The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, October 13, 1904, Image 1
VOL. I. NO. :s7.
CAMDEN. S. C., THURSDAY, OCOBER 13, 1904.
S1.50 Per Year
Ml. WATSON WHITES
Letter Accepting PepaSst ItoaiMtiM
?He h*?c
SCOMS MTI OTIEI CANBIDATES
Populist Nomlntt D?cl?re? That He
Devotes Most sff His Firs to Parkar
as an Artful Dodger, sines Rooee
velt Stands Boldly Out in the Open.
The letter of Hon. Thomas K. Wat
ton accepting the Populist nomination
for the presidency is in substance as
follows:
"To Hon. Samuel W. Williams. Chair
man Committee on Notification:
"What two great political parties
have, la turn, j#wrnM a country, and
have, between them, brought unsatis
factory conditions, it Is but a natural
fact that a third party should arise.
Citizens who have looked In vain to
"the two great parties" for remedial
legislation lose confidence In both after
a while, and adopt one of two courses:
'They either -^submit to the evils of bad
government, or protest by organizing
a third party.
"To the etntat of history, there is
nothing more saddening than the ten
dency of the people to submit. As a
rule, political education never reaches
the masses. State-craft,, like priest
tiaft. jealously . guards its secrets.
There is-always the inner sanctuary,
which the people are taught to believe
would be profaaed by the touch .of
(heir'unholy feet."
Mr. Watson then takes a fall out of
the ruling Classen in Engjand, Cer
10any. Italy, Egypt and India, and con
tinues.:.'
..''Wow )r it In our own land? Cod
i.ever made a grander home for his
children than tfcat which the Cavalier
of Virginia, the Dutchman in New
\ork. and the Paritan in Massachusetts
bought as a refuge from the systems
of the old world. In natural advantages
this earth /holds no reign superior to
ours. On|ce it belonged to the people.
With his gun, the common man won
it mile by mile from the Indian, the
Frenchman, ..the Saxon, and the Span
lard. What the common man did not
win with his gun, he bought with his
money. From sea to sea. the land which
is ours became oors because the com
mon man wus ready to pay for it With
hit (ax money or hi* blood.
What has become of It? With bewil
dering rapidity, it has been taken from
the common people and given to tho
corporations. It belouged to the govern
ment. to all the people. It was meant to
supply homes to Individual citizens,
and there was enough of It to last for
1'inny generations. To the extent of
about ^00.000.000 ai roa, it has been
given to railroad corporations; and
now. when a common man wants a
home in all thut. vast domain, he must
the railroad corporations to get
THE COM) STANDARD.
"Once upon a lime we had a finan
cial system of our own. Flared in the
constitution as part of our fundamental
law. it seemed to be firmly fixed. For a
hundred years thif> money system was
in operation among us. . Therefore. It
s-m*med to be 'Irrevocably fixed." Very
wise men created this system of na
tional finance. It v.as the one subject
upon which Thomas Jefferson and Al
exander Hamilton agreed. Those two
were, perhaps. tin- greatest statesmen
ibis country ev?-r produced. So pre-em
i tent were they above all others, that
they divided the people into two dis
tinct schools of political thought. But.
Jipon the vital subject of finance, these
roaster-minds reached the same eon
eli'sion: and that conclusion became a
part of the constitution.
"To establish the single gold ktan
?'Hi'd. which sets the constitution aeldct.
the statue had to be violated. The word
?oln" had to be constructed to mean
'gold only;' and the paper note, issued
on silver, had to be redeemed in a man
ner different from that prescribed by
law.
"There are at least five reasons whv
the gold standard cannot be consld<
eied its fixed:
"(1) It In unconstitutional.
"CD It violates statute law.
"CD The supply of gold might In
crease beyond all tho circulations of
the money power. Thus, the standard
<>f value would get beyond their con
trol. In that event, the money power
itself would change the'standard.
"(4) The supply of gold might sud
denly cease. In that event, contraction
v.ould at once set in. because the coun
ty's expansion .in business and in
t rease In population required a con
stantly Increasing ulation of currency.
If the horrors of contraction should
again come upon us by the selfish pol
icv of the money power, the people
would compel a change In the standard.
Wall street gave us the panic of 1873
Wall street gave us the panic of 1893.
l.et Wall street give us another, and It
may find that It baa given us
one too many. The American people
have about reached the limit of endu
rance. *
"We have heard much of 'constitu
tionalism' in this < ampalgn. The sin
cerity of the crl/ne Is known by the fact
that the gold standard, which violates
J he.statute law and the constitution. Is
r.ot only supported by Theodore Roose
x clt. the empcrialist. but by Alton B.
l'arker. the <ho*en apoqtle of constitu
tionalism. ?
"(5) The gold standard Is not 'Irrev
< cable fixed." because It Is unscientific
nnd wrong. Nothing is more certain
than that the people Gf this country
will continue their struggle until they
have a national currency, which the
money power cannot control, and which
answers the purpose of perfecting ex
changes without becoming an armory,
from which the baccaneers of modern
finance draw the Irresistible weapons
| ?with Which they attack Values and raid
' the markets.
"One of the worst features of our
Ananclal system in the farming out to
the national bank of the power, privi
lege and prott of supplying the coun
try with paper currency. Instead of
urine Its own credit for the equal ben
efit of all the people, the Government
lends this credit to the national banker
to be used for the benefit of the banker.
Thus, the national banker becomes the
beneficiary of special privileges; and,
??f his notes upon the credit of the
government, charges his fellow cltlsens
for the use of them. He, the privileged,
fattens upon usury nt the expense of
the unprivileged. There ere now about
five thousand national banks, which
keep In circulation more than four
hundred million dollnrs of their notes
At 80 per cent, this represents a yearly
profit of more than thirty million dol
lars. which they derive from the ?pe
dal privilege of using the public credit
for their private benefit. Clothed with
the sovereign power of creating what
in practically a legal tender currency,
they can contract It or expand It when
ever they please; and. if they decide to
give the country a taste of their des
potic power, ss In 1893, there is no
power which can protect the victim. No
rlass of cltlsens should be clothed by
low with such terrible advantages over
their fellows.
The question of transportation is
discussed at considerable length, as.
also the trust question. There Is also
a characterisation of .Parker and
Roosevelt The Populist cread Is glv-t
en at length, Mr. Watson claiming
that it represents true ? Jefferson Ian'
principles.
In conclusion, Mr. Watson says:
"The Peaple's party favors the pub-,
lie ownership of puMIc utilities. In)
nearly every civilized country the
government owns the railways, thej
telegraphs and the telephones. The
last two should be a part of our poqt-j
office system, to. which should be
added the parcel post, to free our peoj
pie from tho extortionate charges of
the express companies. The People's
party has always advocated the grad
uated Income tax. This would not
enly throw the support of the govern
ment upon tho rich, where It should ?
bo. but would, in a great measure,
prevent the accnmulatluon of huge,
unnecessary and dangerous fortunes.
We favor the eight-hour law. and tho
abolition of child-labor In factories,
where the unhealthy moral and phys
ical conditions are almost certain to
destroy the child. We believe It to
bo a part of man's natural liberty and
equality to labor for himself and not
for a master, and that, the laws should
be so framed that, there should be no
monopoly of the land for-either the
living or the dead. Recently we
liavq heard the insidious voice of
those who tell us that man is not
born free, but must earn his freedom.
This ^pernicious. and false statement
comes from one of those millionaire
colleges, where opinions are censor
ed, just as books are censored by the
Carnegie libraries
"Upon this subject Mr. Jefferson
said tharf'tho God who gave us life
gave us liberty at the same time.'
He also announced as a principle that
?the earth Is given as a common stock
lor man to labor and live on. If for
the encouragement of industry we al
low It to bo appropriated, we must
take care that other employment be
provided to those excluded from the
appropriation. If wo do not, the fund
amental right to labor the earth re
turns to tho unemployed "
FIANL APPEAL.
"To the courage and the intelli
gence of tho voter, I appeal. If you
think f am right, vote that way, or vou
arc a moral coward. L)o not fear
that your vote will 1m* "thrown away."
Your vote Is never thrown away un
til It cea8<jw to be the representative
of your honest, convictions."
Child Fatally Burned.
Newberry. Special.?The house ??l
Fred Trihhle.. colored, on the planta
tion of Mr. .J. R. Scnn. near 1-ong
shore, this county, was burned Fri
day morning about in o'clock, and
a young child within was severely and
probably fatally burned. Three chil
dren were loft alone ii> the house and
one of them attempted to pour kero
sene on the Are. The flame caught the
child's clothing and on tho floor ol
I lie house and soon reduced Ihe little
building to ashes. The rhildicn es
caped without injury excepting til-.1
( ie who used the kerosene.
NE\VSY OLEANISG 8.
Bolivian railroads are after Ameri
can capital.
Tills Is now the yenr 5005 of the
Jewish calendar.
Liege, Belgium, Is In have an interna
tional exposition in 1005.
Only one yellow fever case is report
ed now at Mexico City. Mexico.
An ^Jectrle motor postofHce is being
tried, with apparent success, in Milan.
The i!000 Mohammedans resident In
tendon, Eng.. are preparing to erect a
magnificent mosque.
Railroads in Texas have been unable
to move cotton from interior points to
the coast as fust as It Is offered.
A monument is to he erected in Nu
remberg to I'eter Hcnleltu, the sup
posed Inventor of the watch, who died
In ir?40.
Miss Anna May Yeiser. of Paducah.
Ky.. ha# been chosen to christen the
gunboat Paducah to be launched at
Morris Heights. N. Y.
With a large sum of money In his
pocket, .1. Coyle. an aged traveling
man, of Huffalo, was found dead in a
hotel at Kveleth. Minn.
The building of a "skyscraper"
school, with accommodations for 7500
to MtHio pupils, will be begun on the
lower east side. New York City.
The city of Mocdllug. near Yiennn,
has Just celebrated Its one thousundth
anniversary. It claims to have the old
est electrical tramway In central Eu
rope.
In boring the Hlmnlon tunnel, now al
most completed. 1,500,000 dynamite
blasts have been made. Dynamite to
the amount of 105,000 pounds was
used.
The one hundredth anniversary of
the death of Barbara I leek, the found
or of Methodism In America, was com
memorated at her grave In Blue Church
Cemetery, three miles from Ogdens
burg, N. Y.
In the Baltic 8f?a tb?r? art more
wreck* tfean to ott?r gUc? U
fte wlA.
GEN. RANSOM DEAD
Prwaiaeat Soathen Slatesaua Gees
to lis Reward
WAS LOVED, HONORED, RESPECTED
Ths Imperishable Career of North
Carolina's Moet Distinguished Pri
vate Citizen Closes at the 78th Mile*
?tone in His Life.
Weld on, N. C., Special.?Ex-Senator
Matt. W. Ransom, North Carolina's
foremost citizen, died suddenly Satur
day morning at his country home ln;
Northampton county, near Garysburg,
of heart failure.
The end came shortly after 1 o'clock^
and was the pesceful passing of a;
flame, which had flickered but feebly
for some months. It was his 78th
birthday.
Gen. M. W. Ransom was born on
Oct. 8. 1826, In Warren county. He be-!
came Attorney General for the State ort
North Carolina In 1852. being only 26}
years of age at the time, thus being the!
youngest man to hold this position in;
the history of the State. By reason ofi
Gov. Vance being unable to qualify as'
Senator after his election. Gen. Ran-'
som became United States Senator In'
1872. which position he held constantly^
until 1895. Immediately after which he|
was appointed United States minister
to Mexico, in which capacity he served
for two years. He was a member of
the board of arbitration in the Vene-.
zuelan troubles with Mexico.
He leaves five sons and one daughter,
and a wife. He wan probably the larg
est landowner in the State, the acre
age being variously estimated from 14,
000 to 18.000. In fact, he recently re
marked: "There is only one person,
who knows how much land I own and
that is myself."
The funeral will take place Monday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and the Inter
ment will be made in the family bury
ing ground. Me will be buried with,
Masonic honors.
The following is a brief life sketch
of Ex-Senator Ransom:
He was born in Warren county, this
State, in 1826. and is now, therefore,
sixty-two years of age. For more than
half a life-time he has been a conspicu
ous personage, and a man of recognized
ability and pronounced influence in
North Carolina. Shortly after his grad
uation from the University, at Chapel
Hill, in 1847. he was admitted to the
bar. ami five years later he was elected
Attorney General of the State. Few
men have merited or won such success
ho early In life, and fewer have follow
ed it with so continuous a public ser
vice. In 1855 he resigned the Attorney
Generalship, and was not again in of
fice until the year 1858, when he was
a Representative in the State Legisla
ture. And again, in 1859 and 1860, he
filled that position. He wan sent as a
peace commissioner from the State of
North Carolina to the Congress of
Southern States at Montgomery. Ala.,
in 1861. On the breaking out of the
Civil War he entered the Confederate
army, and rose successively through
the positions of lieutenant colonel, col
onel and brigadier general to that of
major general. In the last named rank
he served until the close of the war.
and surrendered with General I^ee's
army at Appomattox. As a soldier
General Transom showed himself to be
a courageous man and a brave and
skillful officer, and he endeared himself
greatly, by ills humane management
and courteous ?>earing. to the men of
his command. Returning to his native
State at the close of the war. General
Ransom resumed the practice of the
law. at the same time being engaged
extensively as a planter, and it was not
until the year 1872 that he again en
tered public life. Then, for the first
time, he was elected to the Senate of
the United States, a position he has
occupied continuously until the present
time, having been re-elected in 1S7G
and in 18S.1. At the expiration of his
present term, in March. 1SX9. he will
have eighteen years in the highest of
fice within the gift of the people of his
own State, an honor of which he and
the Stale may be proud. Senator Ran
som wns a man of marked ability and
of broad culture. Though he has sel
dom made set speeches in the Senate,
yet his efforts were characterized by
those qualities of conservative good
sense. elegance of expression and
grace of delivery that are peculiarly
his own.
News of the Day.
Julius H. Stone and others, indicted
in the United States District CourUat
Trenton, N. J., for conspiracy in plac
ing Iron inside of cork life-preservers,
were nrio^gned and released on bail.
Mrs. Rosa Harhndi, 22 years old. shot
and killed Michael Roge when he tried
to force her to leave her husband in
New York.
The ereuption of Mount Vesuvius is
greatly diminished.
Russians at Port Arthur have been
rtrlvlng In vain to retake positions
which the Japanese captured.
Czar Nicholas will go to Reval Tues
day to bid farewell to the Baltic squad
ton. V
King Edward telegraphed his condo
lences to the widow of Sir William
Vernon llarcourt.
Countess I .onyay pronounces her sis
ter. Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg.
sane.
General Stoossel issued an exultant
proclamation at Port Arthur In honor
? ?t the repulse of the latest Japanese at
tack.
Southern Italy was shaken by an
earthquake.
Premier tfelfour. In a speech at Edin
burgh. stated that ho was not a pro
tectionist.
There is a bitter political controversy
i ? Denmark over the proposed re-es
tablishment of the whipping post.
Frederick A. Bartholdl. sculptor of
the Statuo of Liberty, in New York bay.
\i critically In In Paris.
Emperor William will have his youn
ger sona schooled In Industrial and
ttnamltl problems.
STATE LAW ANI MBit LEAGUE
r?r?t Annual Meeting to b? Htld In
Columbia.; *
The following aft?tint and call
*H issued by Mr. Howell Morrell,
tecretary or the Statn Temperance,
Law and Order Lengu* by order of
lie President. Capt. J. W. Hamel, of
Kershaw:
"The flr<t annual meet ins of the
State Temperance, Law and Order
!,eague will be held In the hall of the
Young Men's Christian Association in
he city of Columbia. Thursday, Oct.
!7th. at 8 p. m.
"It Is desired that at this meeting
here will be representatives of all
e agues, temperance organisations,
churches, communities, and Individ-,
lals, who sympathise with the efforts,
tow being made to restore, establish,
tnd maintain law and order In this
State. And an Invitation is hereby
?xtended them to meet with us on
'ills occasion. The purpose of thin
lathering will be to complete such
In organization as may be efficient
n stemming the flood ode of lawless
ness which is sweeping over our be
loved State."
?The officers who have issued this
call request the county papers
throughout the State to extend the ln
Htation as widely as possible. The
State League was orfuilsed during
the State fair last year. It has been
it work quietly and no doubt has ac
complished a great deal, but no re
port can be obtained from the officers.
Will Take Testimony.
Testimony will be taken again in
(he matter of Jhe Lexington township
!>onds next Friday. This is quite an
nteresting case.
Some years ago the townships of
Pork, Saluda and Broad River In
Lexington voted an issue of about
MO,000 In bonds to aid in the con
struction of the Columbia. Newberry
ind Laurens railroad. Interest was
bald on these bonds until recently,
fc'hen the townships wished to be re
leased, claiming that the bonds were
illegal. This issue has teen brought
up before,, but the bonds have always
been thought valid. There are some
new grounds this time, however, one
jf them being that the bonds were
paid by the railroad company to a
contract in* company, and that as th?>
jontractlng tirm was composed of
practically th? same men that the
railroad was owned by, there was a
profit derived by them from the is
suance of the bonds.
The testimony is beinn taken by
Mr. John J. Earle, of this city, who
has been appointed special referee
by tho Supreme Court. This body
aecldes the issue In the case. Testi
mony was taken yesterday. The ac
tion is being brought for Mrs. S. L.
DesPorteB, Edwin W. RobvtfaQJK J*
Caldwell Robertson, Edv.'ard Ehrllch,
Edward S. Joynes and E. K. Palmer,
holders of certain of the bonds.
Ben Bennett Gets Five Year*.
Hampton. Special.?In the court of
general sessions a motion for a new
trial was made l>y counsel for Ben
Bennett on the ground that. the evi
dence did not warrant the Jury In
finding a verdict for manslaughter
and that it should have been guilty
:>f murder or not guilty. Judge KIiikIi
over-ruled the motion. Bennett's
counsel gave notice of .appeal to tin
Supreme Court and i?ail was fixed
at $1,000, with the discharge of the i
prisoner subject to the directions or
the Governor iu regard to the charg.*
of violating the conditions of pardon.
Bennett was sentenced to Ave year's
labor on thu chain sang or five years
in. tho pentitentiary. it is probable
that the appeal will be abandoned.
Fire at Opera House.
Sumter, Special.?Fire was discov
ered in the opera hor.so at 8 o'clock
Friday night. It. originated in the
old unused ticket office at the head of
tho steps from tho alley way. It was
full of paper and trash. It is believed
to have been incendiary. Firemen re
sponded quickly and put the blaze out
in five minutes. The First National
Bank underneath was damaged to the
extent of $300 by water. Ducker &
Bultman, by water, $150. Tho loss
to the oepra house is $1,000.
If tha Are had been later many lives
would probably have been lost. The
show was to begin at 8.30 o'clock,
There are no Are escapes.
Only 25,000 Georgians Voted.
Atlanta, Special.?The Constitution
estimates the total vote In the State
election of Wednesday at about 25,
000. There was a light vote through
out the State, except In those coun
ties where theie wan opposition to
the Democratic candidates for tbo
Legislature and for county offices.
Child Severely Burned.
Aiken, Special.?On Wednesday af
ternoon little Joe, the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Cortex, of
Uranltevllle, was so severely burned
as the result of playing with matches
that he died thRt night at 10 o'clock.
The little fellow and his older broth
er wore playing in the yard, exploding
match hraids with ?i pop gun. It ia
not known exactly how the accident
occurred, but hts grandmother heard
him screaming and when she ran to
him the little fellow's clothes were
in a mass of flamos. It Is thought
that, he also swallowed some of tho
fire. He was burled Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the (Jranlteville ceme
tery.
Enjjlne Fell 15 Feet.
8a1uda, N. C., Special.?Passenger
train No. 14. from Ashevllle to Spar
tanburg, ran over the end of the first
safety tra<"k on Saluda Mountain Rt 9
o'clock Sunday morning, the engine and
tender falling over, a distance of about
18 feet. They engineer and fireman es
caped Injury by Jumping. No passen
gers were hurt beyond slight bruise?
sustained by a few. The damage to th*
engine will amount to about $500.
THREE ARE KILLED
A Sad Railway AccMeat Occars At
Charlotte, N. C.
SWITCI ENGINE IITS A FREIGHT
Capt. Wise, Switchman Walter Zei*
ier and a Negro Coupler Named
Jack Goodall, Were the Victim*.
Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Thre?
men, were killed Wednesday night
?bout 10 o'clock at the water tank
near the Southern Railway crossing
at Vance street, in the southeast- part
of the city, by the crashing of a switch
engine into the rear of freight train
No. 73, south bound. Conductor Wise,
whose home was in Columbia. S. C.;
Walter Zelgler, a young white man era
ployed as switchman and a negro
named Jack Goodall, a coupler, were
the men who met death. The negro
died almost instantly, his legs being
virtually severed from his body. Capt.
Wise lived but a few minutes after he
was taken to the Presbyterian Hospi
tal, and young Zelgler expired about
an hour later there. No one else re
ceived any injuries.
The freight is always a heavy train
and it consisted of about fifteen cars.
As Is generally the case, the freight,
upon leaving the Southern yards short
ly before 10 o'clock, gets up some head
way of its own power, and then is
pushed out of the city with the assis
tance of the switch engine. This was
done. The long line of cars attached
to No. 73 had gained some momeiv
turn when it neared the water tank
and the switch engine, with the thre?
men standing on the runnning board. i|
was said, came after It. expecting, of
course, to make Its connection with
the rear of the caboose with ease. But
something went wrong. Trainmev
said that the draw-head of the hea/
freight engine blew out, and sullenly
all the brakes became set and the loni
train virtually came to a standstill
with the swltlich engine bearing down
only a short distance away. There
was not even time for the three men
to jump to safety.
The switch engine crashed into the
caboose, crumpled and buckled it and
crushed the men on the running board
As soon as possible, ambulance was
sent from the Presbyterian Hospital
First. Capt. Wise was taken away, and
he managed to live just about to ge
there. Before he was taken away, by
slanders heard him say: "Now I'll quit
the road for good. All my men have
got killed." His injuries were inter
nal and he probably had no id?>a tha'
ho was hurt so seriously?that he wat
soon to "quit the road" for good, am'
all.
Through Burning Trestle.
Washinton. Special.?A passenget
train on th?> Augusta Southern Hal)
rood ran into a burning trestle nea?
Mitchell, Ga.. r.;> miles from Augusta,
e.'.rly Wednesday, and one man was
hilled and eight others injured. The
sixty-foot trestle was entirely destroyed
hy the flre and the tender, compart
ment car and two coaches also were
turned. The injured were taken to
Mitchell where physicians were wait
ing. All of the baggage and mail was
ecved. The origin of the fire is un
known. Traffie was resumed by trans
ferring passengers to other trains. The
(lead man is W. S. Shurley, white, bag
gage master, injured internally and
died in an hour. The injured are: J. H.
Wrenny, engineer, of Augusta; C. I).
Davis, conductor, of Tennille, Ga.; T.
It. Harper, mail clerk. Augusta; N. S.
Nevlla, fireman, Augusta; C. II. Marks,
passenger, Hillsboro, Ga.; Will Jones,
colored, passenger, Chalker. Oa.; A. J.
Dlemer, Augusta; G. I. Kelly, a pas#
senger, Mitchell, Ga.
Tunnelers Strike Daylight.
Knoxvllle, Special.?Daylight has
gone through the famous Dosset tun
nel, on the Knoxvllle, LaFayette &
Jolllco Railroad, and 93 per cent of the
"heading" has been removed. This tun
nel has been the great stumbling block
In the completion of the new Louisville
& Nashville line between this city and
Jelllco, Tenn. It is now thluKht trains
can be run through the tunnel not later
than the middle of next January.
Killed His Son-in-law.
Dawson. Ga.. Special.?Jesse Wall
shot and killed Hill Oxford, his son-in
law, Wednesday night in Oxford's
yard. The coroner's Jury decided that
the killing was unjustifiable and Wall
was brought to Dawson in custody ol
the sheriff. Wall's statement at tho In
quest was to the effect that he was re
primanding Oxford for neglecting bis
wife, when Oxford cursed him and ad
vanced with an open knife, and that he
P.red to save his own life. A knife was
found by Oxford's side, unopened, and'
this, with the fact thut he was shot in
the back and testimony of eye-wit
nesses, led to the verdict rendered. Roth
parties were well-known white men ol
Terrell county.
Naws of the Day.
Judge Parker held consultation;
with Democratic leaders in New York
The Democratic State Committee at
Wilmington, Del., unanimously re
elected Hon. Willard Snulsbury chair
man.
Hon. Hoke Smith spoke at CharlotU I
North Carolina.
Secretary of State liny made an ad
dress of welcome befoic the Interna
tlonal Peace Congress, which met )i
Boston.
rALAETTO CtOf CONDITIONS
fotton Pretty Well Gathered In Seme
Section*?Fad Sowing of Smell
Grata*
Tfee week ending 8 a. m., October 3,
A ad a mean temperature of 7* de
grees, which la 9 aboro normal, and
iraa, with one exception, the warm
?et week of the season. The extremes
were a minimum of 59 at a number vf
places on September 27th and on Oc
tober 2, and a maximum of 99 at
Batesburg on the 29th. The beat rec
srds for the last three days of Sep
tember were broken on the 28th. 29th
and 30th throughout the State.
The rainfall was confined to- the
Southern counties, and occurred on
the 2d, amounting to slightly over an
bach In lower Barnwell county and
to nearly an inch la parts of Hamp
ton, but generally H was less than
one-fourth of an Inch, and was Insuf
ficient to relieve the prevailing severe
drought: there wa? no rain !s the
northern and western counties. The
condition of late fall crops, truck, gar
dens, pastures and very late corn, has
been materially lowered by the
drought; practically no fall plowing
has been done, and cannot be until af
ter a soaking rain.
The weather was Ideal for harvest
ing and gathering crops.
Very late corn has been Injured by
drought, although most of the corn
crop ripened too early to be affected,
and is now being housed.
Cotton opened rapidly over the
whole State, and picking was rushed
but has not kept up with the opening,
in part owing to the scarcity of pick
ers. About two-thirds of the crop
has been picked. There is practically
no top crop on the stalks In many
fields the bolls are nearly all open,
indicating premature opening of a
portion of the crop, due to excessive
heat and to drouplit. Many small bolls
are drying up. A continuation of the
dry weatiier and rapid opening will
enable the bulk of the crop to be
picked this month.
Ilice harvest is all but finished, al
though it was somewhat retarded by
high tides in the Georgetown district.
Tho weather was Ideal for saving for
nRe crops, and haying is nearly finish
ed. Late peas are not fruiting well.
Minor crops are generally good, and
aro being gathered.
No oats or other small grains have
been sown owing to the drought.
Note*.?This is the laRt bulletin for
tho season of 1904.
J. W. BAUER.
Section Director.,
Fop a Great Fair.
Carolinian's are much interested In
tlu* elaborate preparations going on
for the opening of the Mecklenburg
Fair which occurs at Charlotte. N. C.
October 25, 2*1. 27 and 28tli. In ad
dition to the usual features of a fair
i.u.ny special attractions have been ar
i/.iigcd for the event of 1904. The
?lisplays of farm products, practical
iomcstics and educational progress will
surpass anything heretofore seen at o
county fair. The racing will be of un
usual merit. as a number of fast horses
from ail parts of the country have en
tered. The midway?pure and clean?
tvill offer iis never-failing attractions.
Miss Lillian Shaffer, champion lady
vcpiestrienne of the world will be pres
ent. also Miss Lottie Jewell from the
1's.ris hippodrome. The riding feats of
these two artists will be worth a trip
to the fair. In addition to these attrac
tions there will be many otlior unusu
ally Interesting features. The manage
ment has secured reduced rates on all
railroads leading iuto Charlotte.
In regard to the tournament, which
will be held the first day, rules and
regulations were mailed to more than
r.o riders and the indications aro that
I lie contest will be the largest ever held
in the Stat". The following prizes have
been offered: First, $25; second, $15;
third, $10 and fourth, $5.
Mr. David B. Smith of tho Charlotte
bar. has been selected as orator to de
liver the charge to the Sir Knights he
fore they enter the contest.
Mr. .Tno. M. Craig, chief marshal, is
busily engaged appointing bis assist
ants and hopes to have his list ready
by the end of the week.
At the Executive Office.
Gov. Heyward has declined to pardon
David Jacobs of Chesterfield county, a
white man serving life sentenco for
murder. Jacobs was on the scaffold
with the noose around his neck when
Mr. D. I|. Tompkins, armed with a re
prieve from Gov. Tillman, commuted
ihe sentence to life Imprisonment. The
pardon was requested on the ground
ol feeble health, but such Is not the
prisoner's condition. W. D. Hilton of
Lancaster, who has served a sentence
Tor larceny of live stock, was pardonod
to restore his citizenship that he may
testify In a trial, Cuffy Nesblt, dying
on the chalngang in Marlboro county,
was given a pardon for reasons which
were deemed quite sufficient.
Caught in a Gin.
Anderson, Special.?Clarcncc Cfaw
ford, a negro employed at tho Excel
sior Oil mills in this city, sustained
painful injuries by getting his hand
caught In one of the gins. He was try
ing to clean the saws of lint while the
gin was in operation. His hand was
caught, the rapidly revolving saws
drew in his arm and he received pain
ful cuts even on his broast. Crawford
will probably lose his hand.
A Ginnery Burned.
Laurens. Special.?Saturday morning
at t o'clock the ginnery, grist mill nnd
saw mill of Mr. Will Power, located at
Tower, a station on the Greenville road
13 miles above the city, were totally
destroyed by fire, the origin of which
is unknown. There were three build
ings, all comparatively new as was the
equipment of each, which consisted of
Iwo gins, presses, a suction outfit, two
t?rist mills, nnd a saw mill. The loss,
?vhich Includes four balen of seed cot
ton. Is placed at $3,<>00 with uo insur.
ance.
SEIZE BRITISH SHIP
little (Msg Oi At Preseit ii-ttt Far
Eastern Straggle
TIK JAPANESE BLOCKADEKS ALERT
.The ftithan, With a Cargo1 of Cattlo
?nd Flour From Shanghai* to Pot^
Arthur, Captured Off ew Chwan^
?Continuance of the Oalo in tho
Sea Compel* Inactivity on the Parr
ot the Japanese Fleet?Only* Sklr?
misehe* About Mukden.
Continuance of the gale which de
veloped on the China Sea ant adjacent
waters on October 4 precludes active*
operations by tho Japanese fleet block
ading Fort Arthur. The British Steal
er Sishan. with a cargo of cattle alii
flour from Shanghai for Port Arthur
has been seised by the Japanese djj
New Chwang. A detachment of t&
Finland Guards has been ordered t4
leave St. Petersburg for the far Bast.
Recent Outpost Fighting.
Tokio, By Cable.?The Imperial head
quarters issued a report of the recent
Russian military movements and skir
mishes with tho Japanese south of
Mukden, as follows: On October 4, A ?
few of the enemy's cavalry approached
the vicinity of Alyangplenmen. but our
force drove them off.
"Tho enemy, with a battalion of In
fantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and
Ave guns, advanced toward ShalluhatiU
on October 4, and retreated toward
Huangshan, October 5. In this direc
tion there were also two or three of
our squadrons of cavalry, whose out
post lines extended between Nlaokou
ahan and Wancbieaffen. The Russian
Infantry heading the column wore Chi
nese costumes.
"On October 4, a small body of the
enemy attacked our pickets at Piutaizu
and on Mukden road and were repuls
ed. The enemy left his dead and rifles
behind. All tho enemy wore Chinese
clothing.
"Four squadrons of Russiun cavalry
came to Sunshutsultzu, on the Pushun
road, October 3. and remained there un
til the morning of October 5. Tho
enomy's cavalry patrols have been seen
south of Wulichles and Ijungwangia,
but they retreated north to Luloakou,
leaving infantry patrols.
"A detachment of the enemy's caval
ry, with threo guns, advanced toward
Shiotai and, taking up a position at
Tatai, fired on our troops north of
Yentai.
"The enemy posted at Chantan, on
the right bank of tho Hun river, has
retired, leaving a small force there.
"There are no troops of tho enemy
in the neighborhood of Taotaizu. A
small force of the enemy recently at
tacked our outpost on the left bank of
the Hun river, but was driven back."
British Vessel Seized.
Shanghai. By Cable.?The British
steamer Slshan, from Hong Kong, has
been seized by the Japanese off New
Chwang.
The Slshan carried a cargo of cattlo
and flour, intended for Port Arthur.
The Sishan is a steel-screw steamer
of 1,315 tons, and is owned by Thomas
W. Richardson, of Iiondon.
New Orleans to Manchester.
London, fly Cable.?Manchester's
fight for a diversion of a portion oi
Liverpool's cotton trado from America
has resulted, according to statements
publish.nl, in an arrangement with
tho Ley land Line and the Manchostor
liners (limited) of Manchester, where
by the two companies will combine
for tho purpose of carrying cotton
cargoes Hrect from New Orleans to
Manchester. The I>eylarul IJno steam
er Cuban, sailing from Now Orleans
about the middle of October, will, it
is added, inaugurate the new depart
ure. and thereafter the two companies
will make alternate fortnightly sail*
ings.
Four Dead in Hotel Fire.
St. Joseph. Mo., Special.?Four per- .
sons perished in a flro which destroyed
the Tracy Hotel. In South St. Joseph.
The dead: Lafayetto Frew, livestock
buyer; C. F. Morton, employe of stock
yards company; Mrs. Anna Weston, of
Gentry county, Mo.; unknown man.
Bllbert Weston, 13 years old, son of
the dead woman, is fatally burned. Wm.
Simmons was also badly hurt by Jump*
tog from a third-story window.
Unrest Among Chinese.
Shanghai. By Cable.?Numerous re
ports received from tho interior tell
ing of the activity of secret societies at
points widely apart are causing seri
ous uneasiness. It Is known that the
offlcinls everywhere are displaying
great anxiety and are procuring the
most modern arms and munitions of
war for the purpose of equipping tho
soldiery. There is no certainty as to
whother the anxiety of the officials Is
directed against-, antielpated risings or
as to whether it is a precautionary
movement In view of possible dangor
from a successful Japan.
Beit Winter Quarters.
Washington, 8peMal.?Hear Admir
al Wise, comuiander-ln-chie< of th<i
Atlantic tralnipg squadron, lias roc
commended <hat tho squad/on spend
tho greater part of the winter In Pen
sacola harboi and that *lclnlty. Ho
nays that the facilities for boating ami
other exercises there t*re good. Offi
cials are disposed to t?vor the recom
mendation. and if t'nU plat* is followed
the traluing squadron would not go to
Culebra to parilc'.mito h\ tbe mauoeu*
vre.a this winter.