The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, November 23, 1905, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSPAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1005
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FIVE DIE IN FUMES
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Pitiful Scenes in a Tenement
Mouse Fire
ROASTED LIKE RATS IN HOLES
Bleeping Tenants on Five Upper
Floors <of New York Italian House
Were Out Off While the Ground
Floor Became a Roaring Fnrnaoo
Beneath Them.
New York, Special. ? At least five
persons were burned to death in an
Italian tenement house fire at 221 ?
Seventy-third street. The house was
aix floors high and the sleeping ten
ants on the five upper floors were
made prisoners by flames, with the
ground floor a roaring furnace be
neath them. Three of those who lost
their lives were kneeling in prayer
when the tire reached them.
The police believe that the flre was
started by an incendiary. It began in
a heap of rubbish at the bottom of an
air shaft and spread through tho in
terior of a grocery store 011 the
ground floor. A policcmnn wos the
first person *? Reu tl*c fin*> j?st a8 it
bad begun to creep up the air shaft.
He ran into the building pounding on 1
the hall doors all the way up to the
sixth floor to waken the tenants. The
fire followed him so swiftly that when
ho reachcd the top floor he was oblig
ed to send the tenants there out to
the lire escai>es to save them from
suffocation.
When the (ire department arrived
with its ladders, nearly every one on
tlio fire escapes was kneeling in pray
er. Adding to the pathos of the scene
was the action of the men, who stood
with their arms full of personal pos
sessions while their wives fought un
aided to protect the childrcu from be
ing trampled by the crowd or suffo
cated by smoke. Every one 011 the
tiro esca)>es was saved by the lire
tneu.
The lessee of the house told the po
lice that tho Black Hand Society had
recently sent him letters demanding
$2,000. Although the demauds did
not state what the penalty was to be
for refusing to pay the money, the
policc hava begun an investigation,
on the belief that the fire was started
by tho writer of the letters,
Odell Hotly Denies All.
New York, Special. ? Former^ Gov
ernor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., and
United States Senator Chauncey M.
Depew, as witnesses before the Arm
strong legislative ? insurance investi
gation committee, denied parts of the
tcstiiupny of James Hazen Hyde in
which their names were used. Mr.
Odell in the course of his testimony
called Mr. Hyde's statement "base
calumny ' ' and when he was asked
whether he directly or indirectly had
made threats to liavo the charter of
the Mercantile Trust Company re
voked. his face flushed, and striking
the arm of Ihe witness chair with
his list, he exclaimed. "There is no
truth in that statement, so help me
God."
School Dormitory Burned.
Moultrie, (la., Special. ? Five swept
away the boys' dormitory of Norman
Institute at Norman Park. It was a
wooden structure and, with the fur
nishings, was valued at $8,000. The
trustees decided to replace the build
ing with a brick dormitory to ooit
$12,000. The boarding students have
been received into the homes of Nor
man Park until the new buildings
can oe completed.
News in Bri?f.
The old Richmond and Tidewater
Railroad is to be completed by a now
company and called tho Richmond,
Rappahannock and Eastern.
Tho Virginia Conferenco of the
Methodist Episcopal Church decided
to meet next year in Portsmouth.
The Woman's Union annual meet
ing at Frederricksburg adjourned
after electing officers.
Petersburg is raising a fund for the
Kussian massacree victims.
The Russian Government finds the
Polish situation growing bourily
worse.
King Alfonso of Spain arrived in
Vienna.
Republicans made some gains in the
Spanish municipal elections.
The German Foreign Office states
there is no present parpose of vacat
ing Germany's lease of Kiaocbau,
China.
?Tnpan is to issuo a )Vj."i0/HH).OOO 4
per cent, loan to convert outstanding
debts.
Barge Wrecked.
Norfolk, Vs., Special. ? The ocean
barge, Frank Pendleton, of New
York, loaded with over two thousand
tons of coal, was rammed and sunk
by Merchants and Miners steamer.
Kershaw, coming from Boston, off
Ijauiherts coal dock. Tho bargo struck
a rock amid ship and was almost cut
in half. The crew was saved. Wreck
is in the channel and will have to he
moved,
RATE BILL IS OPPOSED
lipmiilHtiiii of 40 Tioading Coal
Mints in the Knoxville Section
Draw U| Petition Declaring Hkins
Anti-Bebate Law Sufficient ? Final
Aetyon Delayed Until Meeting at
Lonisrille.
Kndxville, Tenn., Special. ? A meet
lag of coal operators of Tennessee
and Kentucky was held here at which
forty leading mines of this sectior*
were represented. Their meetings
were eecret and definite action was
delayed on the Esch-Townsend bill,
for which purpose the meeting was
called, until after a meeting ot Louis
ville, Ky., which will be held there
by the coal men of the northern end
of the district. It is the plan to se
cure a representative committee from
the two sectional meetings and send
the same to Washington to appear be
fore the Senr'e committee and set
before them their objections to the
Esch-Townsend bill. A peition drawn
up recitcs the belief of the coal ope
rators that the demand for new rate
legislation is the outcome of failure
of some of the common carriers to
impartially apply the published tariff
to all shippers, by the granting of
rebates, concessions from tariff rates
either directly or indirectly. The pe
tition further recites that the Pres
ident is right in demanding the stop
page of all rebates, expresses the be
lief that the Elkins law effectively
remedies the rebate question when
properly enforced, and urges the pas
sage of legislation necessary to pro
vide the proper machinery for the
effective stoppage of rebates of what
ever character arising from the fail
ure to observe impartially the pub
lished rates of railroads. "Any leg
islation," recites the petition, "that
will radically disturb the prevailing
conditions will inure \o our injury
by destroying the elasticity of present
rate-making methods, and as far as
coal rates are interfered with at all,
local monopolies will be created by
law, which present methods of rate
making make impossible." The pe
tition recognizes that there are evils
to remedy, expresses the belief that
tho Esch-Townsend bill will not fur
nish relief and prays for a hearing,
Killed by a Train.
Reidsvillo, Special. ? Richard C.
Hall, employed with tho double-track
ing force of the Sonthern Railway,
waa struck by fast trail No. 30 Sun
day afternoon near Stokesland. He
waa standing on the main line signall
ing the crew of the work train and
did not noiice the approach of the
passenger train, and was struck by
the engine and knocked a distance of
fifteen or twenty feet. When picked
up a few minutes later by a fellow
workman he was dead, a largo hole
being cut in the back of his head and
an arm broken. Deceased was 26
years old and was a resident of Dan
ville.
Oofessed Large Robberies.
New York, .Special. ? Confession to
the robbery of $100,000 worth of
gems from fashionablo New York
homes in flie last two years was made
by Harold Prescott a painter. His
profit on pawning the jewelry, Pres
cott aald, was but littlo over $5,000.
Almost by accident the painter was
arrested in connection with a reccnt
?mall robbery and the police were
ignorant of the value of their arrest
until at his arraignment, when
Preacott said that his thiefts could
not be concealed much longer and
then cogfessed.
The Hardware Manufacturers.
Washington, Special. ? Tho Ameri
can Hardware Manufacturers Asso
ciation endorsed President Roose
velt's plan for railroad legislation.
Tho convention also agreed to a reso
lution approving "a plan to re-organ*
ize the American consular servico on
a strictly business basis." The Asso
ciation elected F. S. Kretsinger, of
Cleveland, president and decided to
meet at Hot Springs, Va., six month*
hence. The National Hardware Asso
eiation elected W. S. Wright, of
Omaha, president.
|26,000 Tire at Gate City, Va.
Gate City, Va. ? Special ? The Myr
tle Hotel, the law offices of Richmond
Bond and McConnell Carter, J. M
Lane & Sons' grocery store and Javno
& Williams' barber shop wore des
troyed by fire. The lire started l'roin
kitchen stove in the hotel 'about 5:10
o'clock when no one was tip except
Billy Michael, the colored porter. Tho
loss will be $25,000.
To Build Nicaranga Canal.
Mexico City, Sjiecial. ? Tho Mexi
can Herald has been informed that
th% governments of Great Britain am
Japan have practically decided t?
construct a ship canal of their owi
across Nicaranga, practically on tin
lines rejected by the American f.ov
eminent, Great Britain will furnish
the capital and Japan the labor. Brit
ish and Japanese engineers regard
the Nicaranga route as the onl yone
really practicable.
FOR SEA LEVEL ROUTE
Decision Readied By Canal
Commission
BORAD OF ENGINEERS AGREE
After Nearly Three Months' Hard
Work, Advisory Body, Oomposod
of Engineers From All Parts of the
World, Goes on Record Against
Locks by a Vote of 8 to 5.
Washington, Special.? By a vote of
8 to 5, the board of consulting engi
neers of the Isthmian. Canal commis
sion placed itself on record as favor
ing the construction of the Panama
Canal on the sea level. This decision
represents the outcome of nearly
three monhs hard work. Early in
September the engineers gathered
from all parts of the world to assist
the American engineers in the direc
tion of the momentous question of
constructing the Panama Canal, at sea
level or at a greater altitude, involv
ing a system of locks.
foreigners came to Washington
absolutely without instructions from
iT" Kove,ri?Ments and without
rl ? /? nU,m,ed to be ^,idcd ?" their
direction solely by the facts to be
ture of ? ^ * ? a,,ylhin? ?' ?hc na
thl? !fIV? votc wn* <?kt?n; and
Jus ' ?hnT H ?WaH "" inUin!Ct tCSt
no? 5? ? m ? ^ro,)os,ti'?n was can
not be stated with absolute certainty
but t is conjectured that the issue was'
ta of a
anv ? o r ,OUM bc c???tructed. At
an> iate, the vote disclosed the fact
that a majority of the eight Ameri
TJSrfr* U,ld0r (he ]c?" of Oeue"
The foreigners were against the
particular type mentioned in the pro
position. but it was not clear that at
that moment they were opposed to the
ThZ V?rrVtl?n ?? * canal.
J' ,,1 tes.t ('omo; ?"d the time be
tween %1 uesday and the meeting Sst
uiday was consumed in some very
strong presentations on the part of
the majority of the American dele
gates to influence their foreign col
leagues to accept one of the other
lock propositions. Tho Americans
there is reason U> believe that three of
and Mi"*!* ' probab,J General Davis
M,S;rjr
The decision was reached about
noon and thereby the board practical
ly concluded its labors. There will be
a few more meetings next week simply
to deal with small. details and to put
into permanent form the results of the
board s protracted meetings. Tlie for
eign delegates desire to leave for their
LuVopean homes by the 27th instant.
To accomodate them in this, the full
board has agreed that they may con
clude some purely formal work at a
special meeting to be held in Paris in
?ZCt?r 7 Jamtary- 11 expected
b nrd wnitm1npn iUember8 of thp
noard mil go to Paris to wind m> this
fc, of, w,,ich
'C ,,,e ''nal report of the bomil
tho conclusions reached byThe' holm!
l{ ?nd t lie re ii even
SsMra*S?S
, P at extl>er of Which thero
rany bo great changoB proposed, for
tho commission must pass tho plans
and its own recommendations to the
thTm til' i* in tUr"' mu8t HtnmP
nroval ?n i f8 own approval or disap
proval and forward them to Congress
which, after all will be the court of
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"he fn.tC".r "imP'y through
will I e<lditional legislation
will be necessary if a sea-level "a , ?
such a" V fT. U'e bonrd ^at
such u canal will cost from seventy
more thanetheUn^e<, do,,n?
mnal i win c 'al>e8t practical lock
ana l and will consume from live to
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Ships Sink With 100.
London, By Cable. ? The Southwest
ern Railway's cross-channel steamer
Hilda was wrecked off St. Malo, on
the north coast of France, and it is
believed that one hundred or more of
her passengers and crew were drown
ed. The Hilda left Southampton Fri
day for St. Malo with considerably
more than one hundred souls on board.
Her passage was greatly delayed by
a log in the channel, and when near
ing St. Malo she. ran into a severe
storm, apparently missed her course
and foundered on the rocks off Jar
din lighthouse, three miles from St.
Malo.
Hester's Cotton Statement.
New Orleans, Special. ? Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's vis
ible supply of cotton shows the total
to be 4,280,850, against. 4,001,145 last
week and 3.0"?,s,lS2 last year. Of this,
the total of American cotton is 3,502,
850, against 3,208, 41ft last week and
3,120,182 last year; and of all otliei
kinds, including Kgvpt, Bray.il, India,
etc., 778,000, against 763,000 last
wook and 52W,000 last year.
A. R. P. SYNOD ADJOURNS
Larfwt Attoaduot in History of ths
Church ? Baseball at Erskine Ex
cites Debate.
Due West, SpeeiaL? Tlic 102nd
synod of the A. R. P. Church tbe
South held its final session in the local
church Tuesday night, adjourned at
11.30 after trsnssetin nil the business
that had come up for consideration.
Excepting the resolution adopted re
lative to the enlargement of the for
eign mission policy of the church by
establishing a station in India, there
were no matters of unusual signili
cance discussed and yet the meeting
of the synod of 1005 will be memor
able from the fact that it was proba
bly the most largely attended meeting
in its history.
At Monday night's session it was
decided that Rev. A. J. Ranson ol
the Spartanburg church be allowed to
canvass the Seeohd Presbytery for
sufficient funds to erect a suitable
house of worship ot that place and
that Rev. G. W. Hanna of the Little
Rock. Ark., field be instructed to can
vass the remaining presbyteries of the
church for the same purpose at his
station. v
The synod approved the action of
the board of trustees of Erskine Col
cege providing for a ten per cent, in
crease in the salaries of the profes
sors, and that the salary of the prin
cipal of the fitting school be raised to
$<>00. The faculty were also given
permission to select tutors for the
departments in which they were so
] ->dly needed, that of English, chem
istry, languages and mathematics.
Right of way over campus of 40
feet to be used for a street leading
to the proposed depot was granted
the promoters of IHie West-l.)onalds
railroad. This action was strongly
op|>osed by some members of the
synod.
The matter that elicited the most
attention and consideration, espec
ially on the part of the students of
Erskine, was the action of the synod
on the report of the hoard of trustees
of the college recommending that Er
skine be withdrawn from the S. C.I.
A. A. and be allowed to play no base
ball oft the home grounds with any
college. The main argument of those
in favor of such action was the pre
sumed fact that gambling had large
ly entered into tho sport and like ille
galities were practiced by the stu
dents when on i baseball trip. After
some lively discussion, led by Col. J.
L. Kirkpatrick and representatives
of the faculty on behalf of the
synod voted down the resolution, and
tho boys clapped wildly, ignorant of
the sound of the moderator's gravel.
Rev. T. G. Boyce, D. who was
until lately the junior editor of The
Associate Reformed Presbyterian, the
church paper, asked the synod to co
operate with the newly elected editor.
Prof. G. 0. Parkinson, in making the
paper a success and for the quench
ing of any sectional feeling against
that organ.
A resolution was offered and adopt
ed to petition the president in his
coming message to congress to give
some attention to the great need ot
abolishing the liquor traffic.
After several other unimportant
matters had been disposed of, the
synod was led in prayer by Dr. , JScill
E Pressley of Mexico and after a
song was adjourned with benediction
by the moderator, to meet at Camden,
Ala., Thursday aftor the second Sab
bath of November, 1900.
Greenville Goes Dry.
Greenville, Special. ? At the elec
tion held in Greenville county on
Tuesday to determine tho question of
dispensary or prohibition, the dry
ticket won by a majority estimated
closely at 4 to 1.
Killed By a Negro Boy.
Greenville, Special. ? Doyle .lack
son, a 16-year-old i#gro boy, shot and
instantly killed a white man named
Ward Sunday morning at 10 o'clock,
on the plantation of Maj. Bellew in
Glassy Mountain township. Jackson
surrendered himself immediately after
the tredgy, and was brought to the
Greenville jail by Maj. Ha I lew, arri
ving at midnight.
To Colonize in the South.
Columbia, Special. ? Commisiouerof
Immigration Watson is at work on a
scheme to have the Salvation Array
l>cople establish a large colony in this
section. Representatives of the array
are now in this locality preparing tho
for colonization in the South from the
West and Southern Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Western New
York, and it is thought that colonies
will he established in several of the
Southern Stutcv. These represent a*
tives will a No visit Mobile, Chatta
nooga and other Southern Cities
News in Brief.
The silver jubilee of the Federation
of Labor begun n at Wilkcs-Barre, Pa.
Rev. Stephen M. Merrill, Methodist
Episcopal Bishop, of Chicago, died at
Kcyport, N. ,T., aged 80 years.
President McCnll, of the New York
Life Insurance Company, was order
ed to demand "Judge" Andrew
Hamilton's return to tell the investi
gating committee about the disburse
ment of the ' ' yellow -dog fund."
ISLE OF PINES REBELS
Effort to Set Up Independent
Government
WASHINGTON FIGHTS SHY OF IT
Territoiial Government 1b Said to
Have B^en Erected and Officials
Selected to Administer Its Affairs
by American Residents, Who Own
Fire-Sixths of the Soil. >,
Washington, Special. ? It has been
known for several months that Am
erican residents in the Isle of Pines
were becoming restive under Cuban
control, but surprise was created at
the reported erection of a territorial
government on the island and the
selection of imj>ortant officials to ad
minister the affairs of that govern
ment. No advices indicating such ac
tion have been' received officially.
It can bo said that the would-be
secede r? will reeei\e no encourage
ment from the administration. Sec
retary of State Root, when he was
Secretary of War, was very clear and
emphatic "that the Isle of Pines be-,
longed to Cuba as a matter of right,
as a matter of justice;" furthermore,
that in procuring naval stations in
Cuba for the United States there was
a general understanding tl:ct tho I?l??
of Pines was to be ceded to Cuba,
although its title hud been in doubt.
The reported secession of the resi
dents from Cuba control is deprecat
ed, but action regarding it. if any
should be contemplated, would be tak
en only al'ttr the government had
been advised officially and fully as to
the situation.
Senator Quesada, the Cuban min
ister here, called at the State De
partment and seemed to be consider
able agitated over the news of the
movement in the Isle of Pines. He
had an interview on the subject with
Secretary Hoot, but declined to make
any statement concerning i*. The Cu
ban legation has no advices concern
ing the reported secession. The con
tention of the American residents of
the isle is that as they own in fee
simple live sixths of the ground and
as the remaining one-sixth is in the
hands of one or two Spanish fam
ilies, the 1,200 native residents be
ing non-property owners, they have
a right to bo heard by tliis govern
meut. I
Now $250,000,000 Jap Loan.
London, By Cable. ? The Associated
Press is informed that the Japanese
government has decided to immedi
ately issue a new foreign loan of
$250,000,000 at four per cent., which
will be used partly for converting the
external t> per cent, loan and partly
for the redemption of the internation
al loans. It is understood that France
will participate to a considerable
amount, the Rothschild's Paris house
being tho issuing house there. The ex
act date of the issue has ot yet been
decided upon.
New Movo For Mrs. ChaJwick.
Cleveland, O.. Special. ? Kx- Judge
F. J. Wing, counsel for Mrs. Cavsie
I.. Cbadwick, announced thut an ap
plication for a writ of eortiorari is
now beiug prepared and will be sub
mitted to the Supreme Court of th#
United States with a view of obtain
ing a review of Mrs. Cbadwick 's case
before that tribunal. The Supreme
Court will bp asked to consider Mrs.
Cbadwick 's case on the general
ground that errors were made in her
trial here before tho V. S. District
Court and also in tho U. S. Circuit
Court of Api>enls in htr pase.
By Wire and Cable.
Willia H. And icws denied, that any
of his transactions with the Enter
prise National Hank in Allegheny
City, Pa., were otherwise than regu
lar,
Call money readied 2f> per cent, in
New York, and Secretary Shaw said I
he could not relieve tho situation j
w'hilo speculation exists. *
Killed by Water Fixture.
Bethlehem, Pa., Special.-? While
Mrs. II. A. Fueling, wife of Head
Master 1'ooriiig, of the Bethlehem
Preparitorv School, was in the kitcli
cn of her home the water back of the
stove exploded and a largo piece of
flying iron struck her on ilie head,
crushing her skull and instantly kill
in* her. Ficf-sie Miller, a servant.
thrown the length of the rooji and
injured by coming in contact with
the furniture. The room was badly
wrceked and sot on fire, but the
flfnie.s wfie exi uivuii-h' d bv painters
who were employed on the premis'-s.
Vladivostock Mutiny Over.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.? Advices
ftoiu Vladivostock indicate that t!ic
mutiny of the soldiers and sailors has
been quelled and order partially re
stored the commandant having agreed
to send homo the reservists and time
expired men detained there. Mr.
fJroener, tho American consul at
: Vladivostok, telegraphs that a
| thousand Cossacks have been brought
| there from GrodekofT to aid iu quell
ing the riots and patrolling the street*
BLEASE TRIAL OPENED
Chance of Venae Denied by Judge
Memminger.
Saluda, Special. ? When court con
vened Thursday morning: the case of
the State against E. S. Blease, charg
ed with murder, was called. The so
licitor and Mr. T. S. So use, who in
assisting in the prosecution, formally
moved for a change of venue, the mo
tion being based upon the affidavits
of 2!M) citizens of the county that they
did not believe the State could obtain
a fair and impartial trial. Defend
ant's counsel in reply read the affi
davits of 325 citizens who swear that
a fair and impartial trial in this case
can be had in ?\~.'uda county. In ad
dition to these affidavits were submit
ted by 20 citizens who slated that
they had signed affidavits for a change
of venue under a misapprehension.
Hesidcs these, defendant s counsel
submitted affidavits of the county
supervisor of Saluda county, the sup
erintendent of education, several mag
istrates in the county, those of an cx
snpervisor and an ex-sheriff. The so
licitor, in presenting his side of the
ease stated that this was a rare case
and should not be tried by the strong
friends of either side for it matters
not how the case should terminate,
improjver motives would be suspected.
The affidavits show that a State sena
tor from this county is charged with
the killing of another man almost
equally as |?opulur. and that under
such circumstances it would indeed be
difficult to procure a jury free from
bias and prejudice.' The affidavits as
weti a* the leeords show that the
Stale could not pet representation at
the local bar, but that on the other
hand, every member of the legal fra
ternity at this place represents the
defendant.
Th" purpose of all judicial investi
gations is to get a trial even above
suspicion. In spite of the fact that
(lie sympathy is always with the de
fens*? in eases of this kiiyl the State
shows by the affidavits of 2!W men
that there is no probability of a fair
trial in Saluda county. All that the
State asks is that it be transferred
to some county where there is* on rea
son to believe bias or prejudice ex
ists.
When the affidavits on behalf of the
defendant had been read the solicitor
lskcd for time to procure other atli
lavits for the State. This Judge Miin
mingcr promptly refused.
At the conclusion of Mr. Sense's
lrgnnteul Judge Meminingcr held that.
? he showing made by the State was in
sufficient and declined the motion.
TO EXTEND C. & L.
Work on Extension of Chesterfield &
Lancaster Railroad From Ruby to
Gum Springs Now in Progress
Cheraw, Special. ? Mr. A. O. Page,
general superintendent and one of the
largest stockholders of the Chester
Held Lancaster Hailroad is authority
for the statement that the road is to
extend immediately from Huby. the
present teriininus, to (him Springs, a
distance of about eight miles, the
work of cutting out the right of way
being now in progress. Maj. Charles
II. Scott, a prominent and exjx'rienc
?>d ci\il engineer of Elkins, West iYr
.iuia, has charge of the survey of the
wtension and will personally super
vise the const met ion of the work.
For a number of years he was con
nected with the engineering depart
ment of the Cheaspcake & Ohio rail
road and recently has been employed
by the Hon. Henry Oassaway Davis in
the construction of railway work in
West Virginia.
The extension of the C. & l>, Hail
road from Huby will follow what i*
kno\vn n* the upper route, with sever
al slight (iltorntioiiK in die line of sur
vey. From Huby to Hum Springs it
will go a lit t lo south of the old nor
?hern survey, leaving Mt. Crocrhan to
the right n short distance, several
thousand dallars being saved bv this
slight alteration. Eroui Gum Springs
the road will be built to Fox l'lace,
and from there to the river; it is hard
to say which route it will take, but
likely the upper one, via Dudley,
touching the river near the Wildeot
stream opposite the little town of
Tradesville, in Lancaster county.
To Fledge 8. C. Fanners.
Columbia, S. C., Special. ? Secre
tary F. H. Weston, of the South Car
olina division of the Southern Cotton
Association in an interview said:
"Today I am in receipt of instruc
tions from headquarters in Atlanta to
institute a movement toward securing
pledges front the farmers for the cot
ton which they now have on hand for
1") cents.
?'We know that th'-rc is a most ac
tive demand for dry ^oods and that
tb^ mills have not. the cot Ion neces
sary to run thein to till thes? con
tacts The association c-nsideied 11
cents a fair but not u treasonable
price for cotton, bnl in view of the
?*eiv aggressive campaign 1 1 1 ?? r has J
been instituted against c: ?i t c?:i hi the
last few days it would be absurd for |
the Southern Cotton Assoeialion to
stand by and seo the producers of
cotton throughout the South despoil
ed of millions of dolhrs.
"We must convince the pinners of
the world that the price of cotton
is to be fixed by the producer and uot
by the 8)>eculator.
"We have the money on hand and
proposo to pay these canvassers for
I their work.
PALMETTO Aff AIRS
Occurrences of Interest From
AH Over South Carolina
i
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range ? What is Going
On in Onr State.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
The cotton market ortVrinjr limited.
Low middling 10l?
Strict low middling 1oas
Middling 10'..
Strict middling
Good middling lo:^
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, catty II ;]-io
New Oilcans, quid 11 i
Mobile, quiet i t?:t (
Savannah, dull 10?.4
Norfolk, steady I0~u
i???lt iniore. nominal 1 1 1 ^
New York, quiet 11'.,
Boston, quiet i j i
Houston, easy I! j.jf;
Augusta, steady ma
Memphis, quiei il'l
St. Louis, quid j i :<M
Louisville, linn hi,
Charter* and Commissions.
The secretary of stale issued a
large uumber of charters ned com
missions last week.
The Cheraw Naval Stores Co. re
ceived a commission and will he cap
italized at $.li?,000, tht* corporator*
hciiifr W. F. Stevenson, E. Prcscott.
M. W. Duvall, D. T. Matthews and T.
(t. Mali hews.
? The Shannou-Stevcus-Roy kin com
pany of Cheraw will he mercantile in
character and will he capitalized at
$25,000. The corporators are: C. ,1.
S. Shannon. Jr., John T. Stevens and
W. A. Boy kin.
The Standard Warehouse company
of Columbia secured its charier. The
oflieers are: 1). (!. Hey ward, president ;
E. C. Cat heart, treasurer; K. T.
Lipscomb, secretary. The hoard of
directors consists of 1). C. lley ward,
Edwin W. Robertson and August
Kohn of Columbia, .1. A. Brock and 11.
E. Ligou of Anderson, Ellison A.
Smyth, Lew in W. Parker and \V. E.
Bcattio of Greenville and .1. K. I bust
of Greenwood. The capital stock of
the company is $.">00,000.
The Chester Ice Co., capitalized at
$20,000, was chartered with T. L. Kb
erhardt as president and treasurer and
C. L. ltidgcly us vice pLCsident and
secretary.
The Haile Shoe Co. will bo looted
in Union and the capital will be
000. The corporators are: Win. I.
Haile, John A. Fant and Francis M.
Fair.
The Farmers' Bank ol' William
ston will have a capital of $lf?.000 and
the corporators are: W. A. Simpson,
Geo. I). Sullivan, E. II. Welbourne. J.
E. Wukellcld, Jr., and J. ('. Duck
worth.
The corporators of the Georgetown
club whose purpose* are rated as
athletic and social are: Lewis O 'Bry
an and W. S. Moore. The capital is
$.300.
A chuher was given the Aiken Cot
ton and Stock exchange, capitalized
at $2,000. The olllcers are: (). II.
Mobley. president ; Nelson Johnson,
vice president; W. J. Moseley. secre
tary, and H. L. Courtney treasurer.
The Seaboard Product Co. of
Georgetown will manufacture turpen
tine product*. The capital is .+ 10,000
and the corporators!- are: A. G. Jor
dan, J, B. Steele and E. W. Kamiu
ski. ?
The Oregon Lumber Company of
Greenville has increased its capital
from $3,000 to $10,000.
Briefs of State News.
Chief of Police Norris of Augusta
has written Governor lley ward that
I>. C. Murphy, a life sentence com id
who escaped from the Stale prison,
is now in jail in Swainsboro. Murphy
whs ben fenced to be lumped for the
murder of County Treasurer Copes*
of Orangeburg, but lia.s his sentence
commuted to life iupri^onnient and
was sent up March 2<?. 1S!?7. lie es
caped soon afterwards.
Mr. Oscar van der Mecnsch ha*
opened a bureau in Ghent. Belgium,
to represent South Carolina in the
immigration and colonization line, lie
is a delegate to Belgium, 1 1 ? >1 1 .? n?l and
France. Mr. Powell Evans of Phila
delphia. a son of Dr. Juir.cs Evans of
Florence has been appointed special
commissioner to Fiance.
(jov. Sornuel W. Pen'iypackrr of
Pennsylvania, liar- written t?i Guv.
Hey ward sugsrertiiii.' n monument at
Valley forge from each of t ii" t!.i '
teen original State*-. The trooj *
frojp thu* State were camped there
and the general ;??s>embly may appro
priate if sum for a small memorial.
The governor has received a | I i -
t ion for a pardon for .Mien Milan,
who is serving a 12-year sentence
from Pickens county for conviction of
manslaughter. Milan killed .1. Can
non in .10H. Both were negroes.
The annual meeting o ft he Sons of
the Revolution in this State will bo
held in Charleston on December 14.
Jovernor Hey ward has been asked to
deliver the annual address at the ban
quet.