The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, June 29, 1905, Image 1
VOL. II. NO. 22.
CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1005.
S1.50 Per Year
BAD MOTS AT LODZ
Two Ivadred or More Dead aid
a Tboasaad Woaaded
STKEET FIGHTING STILL CONTINEP
Polish City Ressmbles ? 8hambtee Md
th? Fighting Spirit of the People
Is 80 Fully Aroused That the P?>e
once of Ten Russian Regiments is
Insufficient to Step Firing From
Houses.
Lodi, By Cable.?Since thl arrival or
re-lnforcement* actual fighting In the
city haa stopped, but the outbreak Is
by no means quelled, and fresh collis
ions are expected moinontsrlaiy.
The city resembles a shambles and
the terrible scenes of the last two days
will never be wiped from the memory
of the Polish people.
The fighting spirit of the people is
fully aroused. They have tasted blood
and want Wore. Certainly the revo
lutionary spirit is abroad and It re
mains to be seen whether military
measures will have the same effect as
previously.
Saturday at Dainty, a suburb of Lode,
four Cossacks were killed and sixteen
others wounded by a bomb which was
thrown Vnto the barracks. Twenty or
thelt horses were killed.
Occasional volleys are stilled fired by
the police or gendarmes in response to
shots from houses.
The soldiers are showing what ap
pears to be wanton cruelty. Late i.>
the afternoon they shot and killed two
women?a mother and her daughter.
The funerals of victims of the shoot
ing of Thursday and Friday took place
surreptitiously in various outlying vil
lages. It is quite Impossible to give the
exact number of killed and wounded, as
reports vary according to the quarter
from which they are obtained. Cer
tainly the killed number more than
a hundred, and the wounded five times
as many. An official reports says that
the number of casuallties was largely
Increased by the ncglcct of persons to
remain Indoors, and the others who In
sisted on looking out of doors and win
dows when the volleys were being fired
upon the rioters by the soldiers. Resi
dents of the city ssy that they receiv
ed no orders to remain Indoors.
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Peace Conference Date.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Negotia
tions for the peace conference have
taken an Important step forward, a
proposition for the date of the meet
ing of the plenipotentiaries at Wash
ington having been submitted to Rus
sia and being now under considera
tion. The exact date proposed has
not been ascertained, but there Is reas
son to suppose that it is some time
during the first week or ton days of
August, which Is about the earliest
period at which tho Japanese repre
sentatives could be expected to reach
Washington.
Tho Emperor's answer la not ex
pected for a day or two. as the diplo
matic mills of Rusnia grind slowly, and
the Foreign Office, as one of the sec
retaries put it, "is not used to your
hustling American methods;" but it Is
thought that the date will he satisfac
tory, as It will givo ample time for M.
Neiidoff, the RiiHsian ambassador at
Paris, or other Russian negotiators,
to reach Washington, and there will
be llttlo preliminary work for them
to do until tho Japanese terms are
submitted.
Whcthc- rhe proposal regarding tho
date orlgiL?tcd at Tokio or at Wash
ington, cannot be learned, but the fact
that the negotiations was conducted
through Ambassador Meyer may Indi
cate that President Roosevelt has per
haps again stepped to the fore and
suggested to the two powers, neither
of whom are willing to take the initia
tive, a suitable date.
Sheriff Resists Gov. Folk.
St. Louis, Special.?Governor Folk's
order to stop raco track gambling In
Missouri with the aid of the militia,
If necessary, met defeat at the hands
of the sheriff of 8t. Ixniis county.
John Herpcl, who says he will not raid
race tracks or call for troops, and that
if the Governor sends troops to molest
any one the soldiers will be arrested,
possibly shot. Sheriff Herpel declared
he was opposed to raids as a usurpa
tion of the judicial authority, and said;
"An appeal to bayonets Is tho first
threat of a bigot, fired by fanatical
seal, his personal amfcltlon and by
Ideas against the guaranteed liberties
of tho people."
Passenger Wreck In Colorado.
Denver. Special.?Westbound passen
ger train on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad was wrecked at Pinto,
a small station, sixty miles west of
Grand Junction, Col. No fatalities re
sulted. Tho accident was caused by
a broken bolt in a frog at a switch.
Three coaches were derailed and twen
ty-nine passengers were slightly In
jured.
? Dropped Dead While Speaking.
Chicago, Speelal.?8. P. Sheerln, for
merly secretary of the Democratic na
tional committee, dropped dead on the
floor of the convention hall In the Au
ditorium Hotel while making an ad
dress before the delegates to the con
vention of National Inter-State Inde
pendent Telephone Association. Death
was due to appolmy. Mr. Sheerln
was president of ths new long-distance
tetophone oompeny, of Indianapolis,
^wfeyeet?? to ropl/ to m
' UNIT OF COMMISSION
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touth Carolina Railroad Commloolon
Aftar Thorough Investigation of the
Wreck of the Ogdon Special, Makoa
Roport. ? ,, v ? ?
OrtMftbla, 8. C.. Special. ? The
Railroad Cotalmlseloh on Wednesday
!?**?!! Ending on the wrcek
W Ogden special car near Green
ville On April !?> the finding goes
into the particulars In detalland makes
father drastic recommendations.
In addition to tho regular flndihg
Commissioner Baric filed a supple
mentary report ton the Wreck knd
makes fttotne addition*! rihdingse.
The fcomniiMloh says:
nTM ykTd engine and train engaged
la switching in the Greenville yafds
was neither a second or third class
train, and the effect of the train or
ders Above mentioned was not to alter
the relations between it and extra on*
glne 1010. as established by the rules
of the railroad compahy. We fihd the
ruloa of the railroad tempafty make
?11 extra trains inferior to regular
trains of whatever class. The rule of
the company which governed the traltt
In question on the day of the accident
Was as follows t
" 'Yard limits are indicated by sign
boards reading 'Yard limits' located
ton either side of Spencer. Salisbury,
Charlotte, Spartanburg, Spartanburg
Junction, Greenville, Toccoa, Lula,
Athens, Elberton, Armour and Atlanta
Switching and other engines and trains
may work within these limits without
wgard to second class and Inferior
trains, but must give way immediately
upon their approach. Second class
and inferior trains must approach and
run through yard limits under full
control, expecting to find tho main
track occupied. In case of accident,
responsibility rests with approaching
train/
"Prom this It Is apparent that as
acording to *the company's class!flea
tlon of trains, which is the usual clas
sification on American railways, the
extra train of engine 1010 was inferior
In class, and for the purpose of ascer
taining Its right on the road to sec
ond class trains, It was Its duty. In
approaching and running through
Greenville yard, to do so 'under full
control,' and 'expecting to find the
main track occupied,' It was right
under the rules for the switch engine
and train to work within the yard lim
its without regard to approaching
second class or inferior trains, which
Include extra trains, but they are re
quired to give way Immediately upon
their approach.
''Under these rules the entire obli
gation of safety rests upon the ap
proaching train, and, in fact, the rule
explicitly states that 'In case of acci
dent, responsibility rest with approach
ing train.'
"If we take the rules to govern a
train crew, we must decide from the
facts shown that the approaching ex
tra train, in this case engine 1010, was,
in approaching and passing through
the Greenville yard limits, being run
in direct violation of these rules, and
of being under 'full control' was run
ning from thirty-eight to forty miles
per hour. It appears from the evi
dence that the engineer and conductor
of this train had been furnished with
the rules in question had been examin
ed on and knew them, but simply in
action, at least, misinterpreted them.
HOLDS CREW responsible
"Tho conclusion, therefore, of the
commission, is that the responsibility
for tho accident rest primarily with
the crew of englno No. 1010." .
The commission after stating that
the rules of the company are standard
says:
"There Is one point, however, that
the commission are not fully satisfied
with, and that is when tho operator
at Greenville received the last mes
sage, that Is that the Ogdcn special
was running forty minutes late, If he
reog^ed It In timo, and it seems from
the testimony that he did, he (tho op
erator at Greenville) should have
made every effort to convey this notice
to tho yard crew. If this could have
been successfully done, in all proba
bility this unfortunate accident could
have been averted.
"It appears that the trainmen on
this special misunderstood their or
ders, and that they considered that
they were running a first-class train.
It further appears that tho yard men
in Greenville regarded them as a spe
cial, and that they should havo come
Into the Greenville yard under control,
expecting the main track occupied. It
appears that the train crews having
the safety and lives of tho passengers
In charge aro not sufficiently familiar
with their orders, and that railroad
companies should only employ men
for theso position who are thorough
ly familiar with all orders, rules, etc.,
concerning their work.
"It further appears that when so
many trains are handled over a single
track, that In all such cases the rail
roads should use the block system,
and any other precautions that It is
possible to use. It further appears
that there Is not sufficient track room
in the Greenville yard, and that more
room should be given for the handling
of tho large amount of business there.
"The commission recommended that
In cities Hko Spartanburg, Greenville,
Charleston, Columbia, and other cit
ies like these, that tho railroad com
panies should have an employe for the
purpose of dollverlng messages, tele
grams, etc., to tho yardmaster and all
yard crews that may be In the yard
limits on duty, concerning all over
due trains and the approach of all
extra trains.
"Respectfully submitted.
"J. H. Wharton, chairman,
"B L. Caughman,
"John H. Earle,
"Commissioners."
Shot For Hiring Negroes.
A special from Florence nays that
H. D. Granger, a local ItaptiHt preach
er, was shot from -ambush and killed
while working on his farm near thcro
Friday. Ho lived In tho district
known as the "dead stretch," whero
It Is said that negruea are not wel
come, and tho only explanation of hla
death Is that he had hired two negroes
to work on the farm and had protected
them?*ven allowing them to vleep
on bit premises.
ANOTHER BAD WRECK
?
CWcjfo Flyer Suddenly Goes Into
Open Switch.
LARGE LIST Of DEAD AND INJURED
Although None of the Lake Shore or
New Yorh Centre! Officials Ascribe
the blfcaster to Excessive 8peed, a
ftfeturn te the 20-Hour Time le An
nounced;
Cleveland, O., Special?Nineteen dead
and a dozen sllgbtly Injured comprise
the revised casualty list made by the
wrecking Thursday ttighti at Mehtor,
OhtOi of the erist-bound twentieth cen
tury limited, the Lake Shore and New
York Central's elghteen-hour train,
which ran into an open switch, crushed
the Mentor depot and partly burned it
Up, scorching several of the mangled
corpses. The surviving Injured are not
thUch hurt.
The twentieth century limited, ac
cording to announcement from New
York, will hereafter return to a twenty
hour schedule, although none of the
railroad officials ascribe the wreck to
* excessive speed.
It is maintained by railway officials
that the r,witch on which the limited
was wrecked was thrown open and
locked and the switch light extinguish
ed by Rome person, either a maniac
or some one seeking revenge. It Is still
unknown who this person la, although
detectives are working on the case. A
careful examination of the switch
showed that it was In porfcct condition.
Trainmen are of the opinion that the
engineer of the twentieth century train
was deceived by the light of the switch
just beyond the open switch, the light
of which is said to have been out.
W. H. Marshall, general manager of
the Lake Shore, says the speed of the
train was not a contributory cause to
the wreck. He said that other Lake
Shore trains travel through Mentor at
a speed "equal to that attained by tbo
limited, which was not. Mr. Marshall
says, above 60 miles an hour.
The schedule for the train calls for
a speed of 57 miles an hour at Men
tor.
Coroner York, of Lake county, an
nounced that an inquest would begin
next Monday In PalneBfllle.
A revised Hat of the dead follows:
John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nas
sau street, New York.
John A. Bradley, of Hie law firm
of Rowley, Rogers. Bradley & Rock
well, Akron, Ohio.
T. R. Morgan, second vice president
of the Wellman-Seavers-Morgan Com
pany, Clevelauil.
C. H. Wellinan. of the Wellman
Seavers-Morgan Company, Cleveland
died In hospital,
A. L. Rogers, New York city, repre
sentative of the Piatt City Iron Works
of Dayton. Ohio, died in hospital.
S. C. Berk with, 115 One Hundred and
Seventy-fourth street. New York.
A. H. Head, London representative
of the Otis Steel Company, of Cleve
land, died in hospital.
H. H. Wright, traveling man. Chi
cago, died In hospital.
D. E. Arthur, traveling man, Mil
waukee, died In hospital.
J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man,
died in hospital.
H. C. Mechllng. New York city, with
the Wheeling Corrougated Iron Com
pany.
L. M. Elrlck. manager Keith's The
atre, Cleveland.
E. P. Nagle, Chicago, proprietor of
a railway supply house.
Two unidentified bodies, supposed to
he those of L. A. Johnson, of the millin
ery firm of Comoy & Johnson, Cleve
land, and Henry Trinse, barber on the
train.
Allen Tayler. engineer, Collin wood,
Ohio, died In hospital.
K. J. Brant, head brakeman. 2012
Ash street, Erin, Pa., died In hospital.
N. B. Walters, a baggage man, Ham
burg, N. V.. died In hospital.
W. D. McKey. porter, Chicago.
The scenes following the wreck were
appalling. The night was dark save for
the light from the blazing wreck of tho
coach that was crushed and splintered
on top of the engine. Men swarmed
about It combating the flames with the
means at hand, grouping their way
through the blinding, scalding steam
that rose in clouds, hunting for the in
jured. whose piteous cries were such at
chilled tho hearts of those who heard
them. Tho weter supply was small and
the means at hand for fighting the
flames were pitifully inadequate, but
the zeal of the rescuers wrought great
things for the first few minutes.
Four Killed In Boiler Explosion.
Attalla, Ala., Special?A boiler at the
saw mill of the Curtis Attalla lumber
plant exploded killing James Watts,
Will Rosson, Ous Cash and Marlon
Maddox. C. Smith was fatally hurt
and Barney Works was seriously In
jured.
Murderer Hoch Gets Reprieve.
Springfield, 111., 8pecia^.?Governor
Deneen granted Johann Hoch a re
prieve until July 28th In order that
the case may be taken to the Supreme
Court Justice for a writ of superse
deas
Hanged For Murdering Manager.'
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A spec
ial from Tuscaloosa says that John
(Jarpenter, a negro, was hanged there
Friday for the murder of Stewart
Champion, superintendent of the Stew
art plantation, last April. Carpenter,
an employe of the plantation, had a
grudge against the manager, and shot
him In his home at night firing through
the window as Champion sat with his
child In his arms. The child was
slightly wounded and Champion was
killed.
FALMETTO Ctor BULLETIN
tendltlens For Pact Week as Give*
but by the Nparimtnl
*hb week fending^ a. m., Juilti 19th,
had a mwo temperature slightly above
hormal, with extremes ot a maximum
bt 98 degree* at Blackville on the 13th,
and a minimum of ?6 degrees at
Greenville on the 13th. The sunahlM
averaged about normal, although in
flirts of the Btatfe thefe iiu consider
able cloudiness the latter part. There
werb no destructive high winds, or
other damaging conditions.
fab precipitation Was in the form
of thunderstorms and local showers.
The rainfall was heavy in places In the
eastern counties, where it ranged
from half an inch to over two inches,
with scattered localities in all parts
of tnb State that had nO rain or had
?mounts too Small to be beneficial.
There were some heavy showers in
the northern border counties, but they
were widely scattered. The need of
rain is indicated for the central and
southwestern counties generally and
In plAces elsttwherei
Cultivation made rapid progress,
and nearly all fields have been rid of
grass and weeds, except where labor
ers were scarce, or where the ground
has become too hard to plow and culti
vate. The weather was favorable for
harvesting wheat and oats, which
work Is nearly finished except for
spring oats.
There was a general Improvement
In the condition cf cotton, with excep
tions in the casi ? of fields that have
not been thinned Jr cleaned of grass,
but only in exceptional Instances have
the plants attained normal growth, be
ing generally undersized. Blooming
is still sporadic, though fairly general
In the enstem counties. Boa Island
cotton Is in good condition, but as yet
blooming sparsely. Lice are still
present in sections, but are disappear
ing. Chopping has not boon finished.
There has been only slight im
provement in corn, which continues
small and yellow, except on fields that
received early and thorough cultiva
tion. There are many complaints of
corn tassellng low, and of damage by
worms. There is considerable land
yet to be planted In corn.
There Is little change In the condi
tion of tobacco, which shows the ef
fects of too much rain and lack of
cultivation. Rice Is receiving Its har
vest water in the Colleton district, and
is generally doing well. Gardens and
pastures need rain in the central and
western parts. Melons are quite prom
ising. Wheat is yielding poorly at
threshing. Oats also is generally
poor, but with numerous exceptions,
where the yields range from good to
excellent. A large acreage of peas,
for forage, being sown, and more lands
will be sown as soon as it rains.?J.
W. Bauer, Section Director.
To Have Association.
Columbia, Special. ? Commissionei
Watson will call a meeting of the rep
resentatives of the various commercial
organizations of the State for some
time In July. The meeting will be
quite an important one and every town
and city in the State will have repre
sentatives present.
One of the most interested In the
mooting Is Mr. John Wood, secretary
of the Rock Hill Commercial Club. It
Is proposed that the various towns and
cities throughout the State assist the
office so far as the commercial end is
concerned.
At present when there is an enter
prise of Importance to some ot ^r par
ticular section of the State Mt. Wat
son finds it necessary to drop his other
work and assist in locating the busi
ness. although he is usually aided in
this by various towns. If the plan
works there will be no further trouble
along this line and a State organiza
tion of the commercial bodies can as
sist in the development of the State
in many other ways.
With a very small sum a handbook
can be gotten out, bearing the official
stamp of tho office and yet represent
ing the entire Stato in a way that
should be. At present tho cost is too
great and the postage bills too heavy
to permit of any along this lino on a
large scale, although there have been
a very large number of small and val
uable handbooks gotten out by the
office.
The call for the meeting will be Is
sued some time this month and a very
large attendance is expected.
Secretary Hay Much Improved.
Washington. Special. ?Secretary
Hay arrived from New York tonight
nnd spent tho greater part of the
evening with the President, Secretary
Taft Joining the President and Mr.
Hay. Secretary Hay will attend the
cabinet meeting. He looked consider
ably Improved in health. Ho said that
ho would remain In Washington
through this week, and would then
go to his summer home at Sunapce,
N. H.
More Incendiary Work.
Honoy Path, Special.?The handsome
throe-story barn of Mr. J. E. Knight
wan burned Saturday night at 3:00
o'clock. AH the horses were saved but
fodder, oats, etc., were burned. The
loss Is estimated to be over $1,000. Mr.
Knight Is a prosperous farmer In lower
Greenvlllo county, a man known and
well respected, with not an enemy of
whom he knows, so the Are Is a mys
tery. By the herols efforts of Mr.
Knight, the ten head of mules and
horses wpre driven out Just as the barn
was falling In. The f<hful and effi
cient help of the neighbors saved the
other buildings, which caught fire sev
i eral times.
One Death From Heat.
New York. Special.?One death, that
of Miss .Tosle Barnard, who lived on
upper Rast 8lde, and a number of
prostrations besides much suffering In
the tenement districts, were the result
of the excessive heat In New York City
and vicinity. At 4 o'clock Monday af
ternoon the thermometer registered 89
on the roof of the weatlipr bureau
building. In the streets It was several
degrees higher. Sunday was th? hot
test June 18 In S6 years.
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Marty N*w?y Items Gathered From
all iactldtia.
OlMral Cotton Market.
Middling.
dalVMtOtt. steady .<<<*..; 9 3-16
Neir Orleans, firm .444.4.4444.4.9 1-lf
Mobile, firm 8%
Savannah, steady 8%
Wilmington, steady SH
fcorfblk, steady ? -9
Baltimore, normal #V4
New York, quiet 9-20
Boston, quiet 9.20
Philadelphia, steady 9.45
Hduitttri, qulit 9%
Augusta, quiet 4.i;i..8 15-16
Memphis, firm 9*4
St. Louis, quiet 9
Louisville, firm 9%
Charlott* Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid to
wagons:
Good middling 8 15-16
gtrlct middling 8 15-16
Middling 8%
tinges 7 to 7*i
Stains 6% to 7Vi
J, M? Langley Miaaing.
A special from Columbia says: Jo
seph M. Langley, a carpenter in the
car repairing department at tfie shops
of the Southern railway In this city,
b?? unaccountably disappeared and has
not been seen by bis family or any of
his friends since Monday. He left his
home on the Barhamvllle road, l^ss
than a mile from the shops, as usual,
Monday morning. He worked at lila
accustomed place all day and for two
hours extra time, which kept him un
til 8 o'clock that light. After leaving
work he was seei by acquaintances
going towards his home and the Inst
that can be learned of him Is that he
was at the store of Mr. William G.
Allworden. on the Barhamvllle road,
that night.
His wife is unable to account for
his absence, and she says she thinks
he has been foully dealt with. She and
her two young children have been left
In a most deplorable condition. Both
of the children are sick and she her
self Is Just recovering from a recent
Illness. The eldest of the two chil
dren is two years old and vhe younges'
Is only seven months old. They aro
without money or the necessaries of
life and are dependent on the bounty
of their good neighbors for food and
shelter.
The Langleys Invested in $75 worth
of furniture on the Installment plan
when they began housekeeping some
time ago, and this has been seized and
removed by the furniture house from
which It was bought because of her
Inability to pay the installments. Mrs.
Langley said that she had paid about
half of the $75 and that she bad lost
that and her furniture too. She and her
children are being cared for at tho
home of Joseph 14. Gates, who lives
near the broken up homo of the l^ang
leys.
So far as can be learned there Is
absolutely nothing to Indicate wh>
Langley should have left except that
he was In debt and could not meet
his obligations. His wife states that
he had no enemies, so far as she knew.
There is no reason to believe that he
has met with foul play.
Petition For Pardon.
A petition for the pardon of John
Hendrlx. of Pickens county, has been
filed with the Governor. The convict
Is said to be a weak-minded boy who.
In 1900, was given a life sentence on tho
charge of burglary with attempt to
assault.
Daniel Doe. an Imbecile, of Barnwell
county, who a few weeks ago pleaded
guilty to the charge of larceny and
was given a sentenco of thirty months
on the chalngang. Is the object of the
sympathies of the county officials In
Barnwell who have written to the Gov
ernor to have the boy released on a
pardon.
Hurley Jones, of Greenville. Is serv
ing a life sentence 011 the charge of as
sault. The mother of the woman who
alleges that she was assaulted. has ask
ed for the prisoner to l?e pinioned.
as there were circumstances which are
In tho convict's favor.
New Enterprises.
The Bank of Norway lias applied for
a charter. A commission ha? been is
sued to the following corporators:
W. C. Wolfe and J. A. Berry, of Orange
burg. and C. H. Able. J. O. Williams.
L. W. Jeffcoat, C. T. Howling and A. 1/.
Garlck, of Norway. The capital stock
will be 110,000.
The Slegllng Music House, of Char
leston, wants to be Incorporated with
a capitalization of $21,000.
A commission was Issued to the fol
lowing corporators of the Bank of
Lynchburg, which will have a capital
ization of $20,000. T. O. McLeod. B. I).
Smith, J. C. Kllpatrlc, J. A. Rhanie.
J. G. Stokes.
The Georgetown Boat Oar Company
was chartered, capitalization. $5,000.
P. D. Wllsey Is president; Walter Haz
ard. vice-president, and F. C. Clutter
buck. secretary.
The Timraonsville Lumber Company
was given a commission, the corpora
tors being B. D. Dargan and F. L. Wil
cox. The capitalization will be $40,000.
The United Brotherhood of Labor of
Enon, Richland county, was given an
eleemosynary charter, as was the "In
dustrial Health and Accident Company,
of Aiken," a burial aid society.
A charter was Issued to the Charles
ton Steamship Company, capitalization
$20,000. A. C. Tobias is president; Wal
ter Prlngle, vice-president; John W.
Peterman, secretary and treasurer. The
largest stockholder Is Moses Marks, of
Georgetown.
Walter B. Dean, of Spartanburg, was
appointed a State constable.
A charter was Issued to the Barnwell
County Building and I>oan Association,
capitalization. $F,0.000. George H. Bates
is president and W. C. McNab, secre
tory and treasurer.
A NEW KAILtOAD SYSTEM
Oconee PMpli Ask for Charter F?r
County Road.
A new railway the "Oconee County
Railway Company," applied for ? char
ter Monday. The railway *411 be
capitalized at $50,000 wilu the privi
lege of increasing to |200,000, and will
run from Westminister on the South
ern to Fairplay, which Is near the
conjunction of the Oconee, Anderson
and Georgia lines, and Will run
through Intermediate stations Includ
ing Oakway. The declaration asks
for powers to dam rivers and furnish
light and power and provides that the
railway may be operated either by
steam or electricity.
The corporators are W. P. Anderson,
and Wm. Bibb of Westminister; J. W.
Shelor of Walhalla; J. J. HAlley, Jas.
Bates and L. A. Edwards of Oakway;
W. L. Thomas of Tugalo; J. D. Shel
don, E. C. Marett and J. R. Heller of
Fair Play, and J. W. Shirley of Town
vllle.
Steamboat Launched.
' Columbia, Special.?"Th? City of Co
lumbla," Columbia's new freight boat,
to make weekly round trips between
here atid Georgetown, was launched
Tuesday afternoon with Impressive
ceremony and in the presence of several
hundred people, the attendance being
large In spite of the excessive heat.
The boat has a gcoss tonnage of 300 and
a net tonnage of 250, in 135 feet lone,
30 feet wide, and is a stern-wheeler
propelled by an S5-lmrse power engine,
with a down-stream speed of 15 miles
an hour nnd an up-stream speed of 9
miles. The christening was by little
Miss Janie Murray, daughter of Dr. W.
J. Murray, the president of the com
pany. The enterprise is backed by the
strongest and most successful local
business men, who Intend to make this
ftn Interior port of importance, adding
a number of various kinds of boats in
the Immediate future. With this in
view correspondence has been opened
w th the Washington authorities and
with the head officials of the Southern
and Seaboard railroads looking to the
construction of a draw bridge across
the Congaree at a point near where the
roads have ordinary bridges over which
they come Into the city a short dis
tance l>elow the present landing of the
boat. The company intends to blast out
the entire river, if this is necessary, in
order to put on a complete line of
boats.
Edgefield to Discuss the Dispensary.
Edgefield, special.?A call for a
mass meeting of the citizens of Edge
field county in the court house has
been made and the same will be pub
lished in the county papers this week
announcing Monday July 3, as the
time to discuss tlio matter of voting
out the dispensary here. This ac
tion is fathered by some of the lead
ing and most Influential citizens
throughout the county and there is lit
tle doubt but that an election will
be ordered and the State rum mill dis
lodged from this balivvink. Whether
prohibition absolute is in the majority
is questionable and It remains only to
be seen, but the peoplo heie are sick
of the State selling liquor.
A Negro Shot.
I^aureus, Special.?Ferrell Milam, a
young white man of tho county shot
Ader Madden, a negro farm hand Mon
day while the two wcro engaged in
a personal difficulty. A warrant, was
issued for Milam, hut he caine in and
was granted bond in the proper sum
for his appearance at the next term
of the criminal court to answer to tho
charge of assault and battery with in
tent. to kill.
It stems that Milam shot at. the
negro several times, but only one shot
struck Madden, which took effect in
the arm just, abovo tho wrist, and
ranged upward or inward, coming out
at a point between the elbow and
shoulder. During the tight Milam was
struck on the head, apparently with
a brick or rock. According to the sta'?
ment of Milam the negro was whipping
a negro woman nnd he decided to In
terfere for the purpose of stopping
the fuss. Madden resented and the
fight ensued.
Heavy Storm Damage.
Tnmpa. Fla.. Special. ?One death
! and damage to property amounting to
thousands resulted from an electric
storm and cloudburst which occurred
here Tuesday afternoon. Beatrice Co
lin, aged 7, colored, was killed by
lightning while standing In the door
of her bome. The roof of the Penin
sular Telephone exchange, fell in
smashing the switchboard and injuring
several young lady operators, none
seriously.
Major Carrlngton's Case Up.
Washington, Special.?The proceed
ings In the case of MaJ. R del Cnrrlng
ton, tried by court-martini In the Phil -
ippines, have arrived at tho War De
partment for review by the President.
Major Carrlngton was In charge of the
battalion of Philippine s<outs at the
St. Louis Exposition, and his trial was
based on charges of misappropriation
of funds and the duplication of ac
counts. The court sentenced him to
dismissal. Cnrrlngton was tried by civil
authorities of the Philippines and *"n
tenced to sixty years and five days im
prisonment.
New Enterprises.
Tho Lynchburg Mercantile Company
of Lee County received a commission
this week. Tho concern is capitalized
at $5,000 and Its corporators are: W.
E. Mcintosh, J. F. Mcintosh, Jr., 8. W.
Frierson, J. W. Tarrant and E. I).
Smith.
Another commission was Issued to
tho Evlns Land company of Spartan
burg. The capital Is $11,000 and the
corporators are: J. Choice Evlns and
Thos. M. Evins.
GROCERS ADJOURN
Inporteat Meeting Was Held With
Entire Harmony
THE OFFICIAL BOARD IS ELECTED
After a Spirited Discussion of ? Re
port Prom a Portion of a Commit*
tee. Urging Differentials on Flour,
Hay, Grain, Grits and Corn Meal in
Less Than Car Loads, the Matter
Was Left in Statu Quo.
Norfolk, Va.. Speila!.?The Southern
Wholesale' Grocers' Association ad
journed Wednesday sine die. Tho old
Officers were elected aw follows:
President, J. A. Van Hoose, Birming
ham, Ala.; first vice president. G. P.
Thompson, New Orleans; second vie?
president, R. P. Woodson, Memphis;
treasurer. 8. W, Lec, Birmingham.
Advisory board: J. A. Van Moose,
Birmingham: Theodore Melchers,
Charleston; B. F. Bo well, Jacksonville;
J. 11. Wlllian;*, Lynchburg; Adolph
Greyer, Little Rock; A. Mcl). Wilson,
Atlanta.
Th? advisory board will elect the sec
retary and spccial representative of the
association.
The most spirited ill#?iif?ion of the
session was cans Ml by the Introduction
of a resolution fjont a portion of the
committee on differentials and freight
rates reviving the old proposition to
differentials on less than car-load lots.
The committee recommended that tho
president and I he advisory board take
the matter up with the railroads, urg
ing a differential in favor of flour, hay,
grain, grits and torn meal.
H. B. Goodridge, of Norfolk, op
posed the report, which he said was not
ail expression of the entire committee.
The report was leferrcrl back to the
committee, whi'li Inter brought In an
other report, referring the entire prop
osition to the advisory board in the
event it saw fit to take It up. The con
census of opinion scented to be against
a fight with the railroads on this sub
ject.
A report was adopted urging the gen
eral use of cottoit product.4 and recom
mending that wholesale grocers substi
tute cotton bagging for Juto and bag
ging of other materials.
The fire insurance committee was au
thorized to devise a plan of reciprocal
fire insurance, and directed to take the
matter up with the advisory board and
report at the next convention.
The tobacco committee reported in
favor of a 10 per cent, profit to the
Jobber.
The convention decided to meet in
1906. in April, at Jacksonville, Fla.
The president was authorized to rep
resent the association at the Milwaukee
conference of the wholesale grocers of
the United States.
Discredits Ryan's Plan.
Albany, N. Y., Special.?Tho report
*>f Superintendent Hendricks, of the
Xtate insurance department, to Gov
ernor Higgins. upon his investigation
of the Hquitable Life Assurance So
ciety was mado public here and in
New York.
It Is described in the title as "A'
Preliminary Report," and It sharply
criticises the management of the So
ciety as well as the new trust ar
! rangemont for voting the stock agreed
upon by Thomas F. Ryan and the three
trustees designated by him.
In conclusion. Superintendent Hen
dricks says: "No superficial meas
ures will correct the existing evils
in thin society. A cancer cannot ho
cured by treating the symptoms.
Complete mutualizatlon with the oft
mlnation of the stock, to bo paid for at
a price only commensurate with Its
dividends, is. in my opinion, the only
sure measure of relief.
"This report, with a copy of the
evidence taken on this investigation,
will be transmitted to the Attorney
General fur such action thereon as
he may deem proper."
To Test Sunday Baseball.
Jacksonville. Fla., Special.?A war
rant was issued by Justice of the
Peaco Farrls for the arrest of William
C. West, president of the Jacksonville
Amusement Company, owners of ?h*
Jacksonville baseball franchise of the
South Atlantic League, charging him
with violating the law prohibiting the
playing of bnseball on Sunday. The
warrant was not served Tuesday, but
was served Thursday morning. It is
understood that the warrant was Is
sued at the instigation of the franchise
owners, who are anxious to havo the
law tested as to Its constitutionality.
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Degree For Takahlra.
Medford, Mass.. Special.?The degre*
of LL.D. was conferred upon the Jap
anese minister to the United States,
M. Takahlra. and Governor Douglas,
of Massachusetts, In connection with
the observance of the fiftieth anniver
sary of Tufts College. Following the
morning exercises a reception was held
In the afternoon at which Mr. Tak%h|r*
was one of the sDeakers.
Raced With Express Train.
Hamburg, By Cable.?In an attempt
to prove that an automobile can speed
as fast as an express train, Kmperor
William, 'whllo coming from Hanover
to this city, ran an exciting race with
a train at a point where the road and
railway are parallel. The Kalaer's ma
chine maintained a speed of 60 mile*
an hour as long as tho race continued
and It was only ended In disappoint
ment, as the result of a tire bursting oq
the Emperor's machine.