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? ? * l"1 vA ? V ^ M^'VnVf^T> fsRzi. ? K ; i ??r / -? > 1 1 U VOL. V. NO. 12. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908 Sl.SOPer Year 'Palmetto Affairs The News of South Carolina in Condensed Form Spartanburg County Swept by Cy clone. spurt nn burp, Special.? A negro ?m, was killed near West Springs, rzurr wen; b,own down a,,d Ibo 1 wl * J^p,e were iMinred about West Springs, Panline and ; ' ,he re8uU of * terrific O clone which passed through that sect ion Wednesday between the hour* ?t 12 and 1 o'clock. The cyclone cleared everything in it* path, uproot ing Riant trees, blowing down Ml HXit, outbuiJdinpi and injuring '"'V number of people- Its path from west to cast, but was very Z'Z\ ^ MK at "">? !>???? over ? 400 J?f t wide. Alter passing through 1 itliin 0 ? " Chas. Jeffries, four miles cast of Jonesville, the cyclone took a northeaslely. direction towards w' kc 7 ' ?B ,,,,, Pa?olet river ?"d ""s m c n no more. llm,u'v""r ??" ,,v lh* ?t ?i ? VV ??- his mother one I>? I II I 1 SPnnK?. was killed 1 r Wo"n ?'??? ?? le ^broken. m "r ?? -rm and a '"""? ?f Mrs. F. I'. West near liv iL rTH wi" ??rli?".v destroyed Jg ?J?lone, hnl no otic was injur I hlacks,',':i"' "h?l' of Herbert as, near \\ est Springs, was lifted ?P and set down 4!>0 feet away There were several men in the shop at the lifTel *?hn}n* Hhe\ter' hut the wind a wav 1 1 ? covotnnK and carried it I I ? ' ^av,ng them standing amid the anvils and forges. i i ,f ?-vc^?ne did great damage jnst bHow Jonesville in the wav of de !? J1 V ; Several Persons were in jured bnt none of them are thonX to be fatally hurt. The home of J C Spears, with the exception of the d?* 1 ing loom, was totally destroyed. Mr j 1 ?? 1 ..W,fe ftn?1 ,lis daughter! ' Inez, were all more or less injured bv falling timbers. *?.l??e<i i?v wJl'T, bar" ?f R Fowler and his I house were blown some hundred ' tl?n i nJay' Sevcral m"?es were in I '.tn:ttea,;. '"o ,im'- '??- ?< The .Iwoflinsr of \V. F. Hame. ' daaZf'- * Haines Mi? I e..llarl??,e broke,,.' hj.'re"^^''^ ' wn^ j with site!, foree was broken |n pieces j No "port ''I'1'' l"""' I'1""'"' erablc rhmn?? ' ,n"1 lM,<MMLconsid- ? vS 'T Wn,,,ffl,, 1,1 tluit , . ? A gentleman from Ni.-.r twenl'Ve.';' So '" "I'rinsa just "??' -in fell in Klv <?<? ?>? so sihi. ' \"i,. v ras a,,,,oM, iu">os ;) :;-v,n z;?! ::r ? " iisicln nl)|(? \ i lielnnirin^ ., , ? ** an, I Mr. Sp ,ar^ 'Z? b^Z mmjH tar rnlH^r we're "ell house, M V F ? l:"T,r?' yards a wav. I more or less injured bv the wreek,,^ ".. . .ierabrr suffered n,: * * ?hr)T "<? , ne. I ne storm travellc<l now west in ?nu? <? ? '"''"en several ?ilJ u f f?r a of miles, but was very narrow. " Mr. F. P. Giles Dead. Lancaster, Special. ? Mr. Frank P. <?iles <lio<l suddenly nt his home here Wednesday about 10 o'clock. Mr (Jiles wns enjoying hi* accustomed good hen 1th a few minutes before and attended to bin business Tuesday as * usnnl. He was taken with a violent couching spell about 10 o'clock and died in about Ave minutes, lie prob ?^"ably burs ted a blood vessel. 1'or a Wow Shipping Company. * Charleston, Special. ? The certifi cate 1?t" the charter of the Charleston Transatlantic Shipping compnnx' was recorded at the ofllce of the register of mouse conveyance. The capital sto<k is J?(?0,000. The company pro poses to operate a line of steamers between Charleston and Liverpool and Itreinen, carrying ehieflv cotton ki oui of Charleston, .John F. Ma.vbnnk V is the chief pro,not?,r of the steam ship line and ax has been stated, the prospects are briyht for the swoc * of the venture, especially with the ar rangements which have been made for a laryr businvs- at the p?rt. Dl:pcnic.ry Wins in Aiken County. \ Aiken, Special. ? The election, hold bore Inst week as to dispensary or prohibition, resulted in a victory for the county dispensary by a very snioll majority. With all but three small boxes heard from the dispen sary has a lead of ,r>5, and it is prob able tho other three boxes will run the majority up to 100 or more. (Ireat ^ interest was taken in the election all ^ county. Winthrop Dormitory to be Sroct-vl Bhorwy. Columbia, Special. ? The Winthrop college board of trustees met in the office of Gov. Ansel to consider tho plans for the dormitory to be erected shortly . The last general assembly appropriated $24,000 for 1908 and tho same amount for 1900 which, with $12,000 given by the Peabody edu cational board, will enable the trus tees to erect a dormitory for 200 ad ditional pupils. The . board Thurs day appointed a building committee, consisting of Mr. VV. J. Koddey of Kock Hill, President Johnson and State Cuperintendcnt Martin. ttamter Municipal Election. Sumter, Speciul. ? The regular city elation was held for mayor and aldermen. The regular nominees of the recent Democratic primary were elected. Commissioner of Public Works R. L. Edmunds was elected without opposition. The following are the members of the incoming city council elected: Mayor, W. B. Bovle; aldermen from Ward 1, Hugh Hayusworth, Willie Bultman; alder men from Ward 2 Henry 1). Barnett K. F. Havnsworth: aldermen from Ward 3, J. K. Ligon. It. L. Wright: aldermen from Ward 4, Waller G. Stubbs, P. P. Finn. The Peabody Board. Columbia, Special. ? Prominent ed ucators throughout the State have for some days considered the appoint ment of a South Carolinian to till the vacancy on the Peabody edu rational board created by the deal I of William A. Courtenny. The faith ful work of ('apt. Court nay on this board was responsible largely for the recognition of several of the institu tions in this State nnd it is the de sire of those prominent in educational circles to have this State representee in the appointment of a successor Several hove suggest ed the name oi Gov. Ansel for the place hut it is not known yet who will be named, tlx inn tin- of supplying I lie vacancy be ing left with the board. New Hotel For Gaffney. GalTnev, Special. ? Mcssers. C. G. Parish, .1. A. Carroll, Z. A. Robertson. 1). C. Phillips nnd J. II. Curry hnv< decided to erect n modern, up 1 ?? dat.< hotel building for Gnffney. The capi tal stock will he $2."), (100. $1(?.000 of which has been subscribed and 111? rest is in sitrlit . as a number of mer chants nnd business men of the city hnve indicated their willingness to as sist in the enterprise. The huililiii'j will be located on the corner of Rob erson and Grennrd streets. near t In passenger station nnd is an ideal lo cation for n hotel on account of ??* proximity to the passenger station as well as to the business section of the city. C. E. May Dcclarcd Elcctcd. Edgefield, Special. ? Hon. ('. E. May was declared elected mayor of l*'dg? field and was installed in office. Col. W. P. Calhoun, his opponent has giv< n notice that lie will contest the election. Magistrate at Gadsden. Columbia. Special. ? Gov. Ansel last week appointed Julian B. Weston as magistrate at Gadsden. Mr. Weston takes the place of F. K. Williams, who has resigned, and the appoint ment is made on recommendation of the Richland delegation. Jfoung Man Drowned. Spartanburg, Special. ? P. Kirbv, , aged 18 years, was <1 row nod in the upper p?>n?l at I'neolet mills Saturday Infternoon between the hours of ."? and (? o'clock, while shooting ducks. The I bodv was discovered about 0 o'clock ; Saturday night and an inquest was held Sunday by Coroner Turner. The jjurv returned a verdict of death from I accidental drowning. Laurens Oldest Citizen Dead. 1. aureus, Special. ? Mr. AIImi Motes, Laurens eount'v's oldest citi zen, so far as can be ascertained, died last week at his home near Mad den, five miles from (lie city. The de ceased was burn in 1 SI II and was. i then fore, ?)."> years old at the time ? ? i his death. He i< yu'.'vived bv his sj ?<? on 1 wife, who w.vs n Mi;. l,ovinr. lie never hnd any children. lie 'owned a small Lome and here hrt i spent his entire life, one of u;?vv:hl and r? p T'.ab'.litv. May Icsnc Bonds. Fort Mill, Sjiecial. ? Fort Mill is ? considerably stirred up .just now over I the question of issuing bonds. An el ection to decide whether or not $10. 000 in bonds shall be issued t" build n new school house has been ordered bv the trustees of the district. A pe tition is also being circulated asking the city council to order an election for the purpose of authorizing the issue of $10,000 in bon is for the pur pose of making street improvements. I THE WORK OF CONGRESS Doings of Our National Law-Maktrt Day by Day. Enjoining State Official To meet conflicts between the Fed eral courts and the State authorities such as have arisen during the past year in Minnesota, North Carolina, Alabama and other States the Senate eommittec on the judiciary reported a bill directing the method of proce dure in cases where an effort is made in the Federal courts to enjoin State officials from enforcing State laws. The bill is a compromise between moasurcs introduced by Senators Ov erman, Bacon and the late Senator Bryan, of Florida, and was reported by Mr. Overman. It has received much attention at the hands of the committee and is intended not only to lessen the frequency of injunctions in such cases, but to modify and soft en the process when it is re.torted to. It prohibits any one Federal judge from granting such an injunction, but requires that all applications for such orders shall be heard by at least three Federal judges, two of whom shall be circuit judges, while the third may be either a circuit or a dis trict judge. It also requires at least five days' notice to the State authori ties. and grants direct appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The text of the bill follows: Text of the Bill. "That no temporary or interlocu tory injunction or temporary re straining order, or decree suspending or restraining the enforcement oper ation or execution of any statute of any State by restraining the action of any officer of such State in the en forcement or excution of such statute shall be issued or granted by anv cir cuit or district court of the United States or by any judge or justice thereof upon the ground of unconsti tutionality ot' the Statute, unless the application for the same shall be pre sented to a circuit jud^e and shall be heard and determined, upon issue made and proof taken by affidavit* or otherwise, bv three judges, of whom two shall he circuit judges and the third mav ho either a circuit or a district judge, and unless a majority of said three judges shall concur in granting such application. When ever such application, as aforesaid, is presented to a circuit judge he shall immediately call to his assist ance to hear and determine the nn. plication, one circuit judsre and one district judge, or another circuit judge. Five Dpvs' Notice. "Said application shall not be heard and determined until five davs' notice necessary f.>r the hearing has been given to the Governor and At torney Oenernl of the Stale mid such other persons as tr.iv he defendants in the suit. Provided, that if a ma jority of said judires are of the opin ion at thft time notice of said hear ing is riven as aforesaid, that irre parable loss and damage would result to applicant unless a temporary re straining order, pendinir I he period of required notice is granted, a majority of said judges mav crrart su'di order, hut the same shall onlv remain in force until the hearinir and determi nation of the application, upon duo notice as aforesaid, has taken place; that an npn?al mav he taken direetlv to the Rupreme Court of the United States from anv order or decree flTrantinsf or denvimr. after notice and Jmnrintr. a tempornrv or interlocntoi-v injunction or restraining order in such cas" : and the hearing of such appeal shall take precedence over all other cases except <hos'? of n s'miliaf character and criminal eases." Minor Happenings. W. A. Kroll of t ljo fjovcrnment Print in?r Oflice. wns suspended for political net i vi t y in the Sixth Mary land district. Chief Just iff Fuller will si* wi<h Jndtro Pint chard in the hearing* of the South Carolina liquor dispensary cas* President Pooscvelt is wai'in" an relive campaign f"" appropriations for four new battleships. The 1 Ton vr debate I the Nnvnl Ap propriation hill most of the session. Rcnrescntn! ivc?? John Oil. Jr.. of Maryland, and Ri'-hmond P. Fob?"n a?'" to ?p?a!< on naval affairs in the Ilmisa. Mcs~rs. Cochran. P.elmont r?*^d Chnndlrtr made arcurnen's; r?n the M?* Ca'l h;t| to eo?np"l pub!i*i!y in eam paitm funds. ,T. M 'Vv'if") MtM1 "ih'TT rnim* tv. Virginia, *Vad P.* ail M"s<.\ a ne'rro. who tr;cd to ai'snnl! his dansrhter. l.eo C. T'nmnrn, who h'Mnd hi* ron<nT:'to. \V. P Pol-'"", a?'d rnbbrd him. haii.v" I ?'M? .""11;. flow /John y\ , Johnson, of Minne sota, iirtr??d adhernneo to the Consti tution in a speech at the Shil<M P.af tlr field. The Massachusetts T?epublican Con vention omitted indorsement of Tnft from the resolutions, as it was fear ed such a pi a u'k would eause partv strife in the State. Theodore Marbnre, of Baltimore made an address before the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia. JUSTICE TO INDIANS President Roosevelt Say s They Were the * first Americans" WE MUST TREAT THEM FAIRLY Oklahoma Commercial Club, With Brasi Band and Flaming Banners Visits the White House in the In terests of the Hemoval of Restric tions of tho Bale of Indian Lands. Washington, Special.?" After all gentlemen, he is the oldest American of all of ns; so give him a fair show; give him a chance." In these words President Roosevelt spoke to the members of the Tulra. Okla., Commercial club,; who with a brass band and flamiug banners, call ed at the White House Friday and made it known to the President that they favored the removal of restric tions of the sale of Indian lands in the new State. The President told the club that he would help them to see that they got their rights and he wanted their help to see that the Indian gets his. The Presidents remarks were as follows: A Homestead of 40 Acres. "It is a great pleasure to greet you here. I take peculiar interest in your State; it is a great State, and it is going to be a much greater State. I endeavor to find out what is really for your interest and then to do it. I went over very carefully with your Representative this question of the removal of the restrictions and came to the conclusin that substantial jus tice Won d be done to both the !.i dian and the white man by keeping for the Indian a homestead of 40 acres of good agricultural land and allowing him to alienate the rcmain drt\ I do not think it is to his ad vantage or to yours that there should be large tracts of non-taxable and non-improved land. "I will help you in any way to see that you c,et your rig;u.? \ow, I w.i.jr you to help me see that the Indian gets his riglits. 1 will help you in any legitimate way; and I will do my best to try to see tint lLo Indian is not kept as an obstruction to the growth of the State. Uut you know ns well as I do that there are plentv of Indians who are not yet as well able to take care of themcsclves as 1 he ;!??!( of von ex e.:?"!v able !?en tlemen of Oklahoma. You cannot af ford, in your own interest, to do less than justice to the Indian, and I want you to make it your work to see tlint your own State courts, your State of ficials, carefully, preserve the riyhts of the Indian, and that you try to give him the chance to which he is entitled. 1 will do all I can to se cure him *hat chance. Give the Indian a Fair Show. "After nil. gen'lemcn. he is the oldest American of nil of us; so yive Mm a fair show; give him a change. I have no svmpathv with that maudlin sentimentnlism about the Indian which is the most intense the farther von got away from where the Indian is. All I want is that you shall not onlv srive to the very able, very ad ? "?? 'd Indian the s i:r > ?!nj\r that, vou give the white man; but that the In dian who needs to be brought along for n decade or two, needs to be cdii~ cated and trained until ho enn stand entirelv on his own feet , shall have vo?- heln. " Tho o'ub mothers were accompan ied b** Senator Owen and Congress man MeCJuirc. The delegation which numbers over a hundred, was greatlv Pleased at the attitude of tho Presi dent and the assurances given by him. Jackson's Nomination Sent to the Senate. "Washington. Special. ? The nomina tion of John W. .Jackson, to bo post master nt Columbia, Torn., was sent to tin* Senate, lib previous nomina tion had hern withdrawn hy the Pres ident because of eharjro* of undue political aetivitv bnt it was later an nounced that the record showed hs service were satisfactory. Senate Ra'iflcs Treaties. Washington, Special.- ? The Senate Friday ratified treaties a? follows: For general arbitration with Norway and Portugal : two conventions nego tiated a( the <onfer<m-e at The HngU" relating to t!i" rights and duties of onutrn! powers in naval war and the limitations of the employment of force in the recoverv of contract debts; between the 1'nited Slater, atid 'J rent Britain coneernin:? tho 11 <!ier ies in waters contagious to the 1'nit ol States and Canada, ami for extra dition between th" Pniti'd States and the Kepublic of Si'U Marino (in 1 1 p 1 V. } Postmaster Kills Ilimr/lf. Reidsville, K. C.. Special. ? .Friday morning Post master James K. M.jrtin committed suioid" in the rear of the liCaksville postolTiee, where he had gone to take tin mail for an early morning train. The loport of a pis tol was heard, hut no one knew any thing about Mr. Martin's act until some timo later, when hi* body wa* discovered. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. The New York Municipal Art So ciety appointed a committee to ob tain more playgrounds for the chil dren. In Amsterdam there Is a factory where 400.000 diamonds are cut an nually. Most of the work Is done by women. Miss Lavinia L. La Borde has just been unanimously re-elected State Librarian by the Legislature of South Carolina. Secretary ? ... is reported as hav ing said at Cincinnati that ho be lieved that woman suffrage would come eventually. Aunt Becky Young, the first wo man to offer herself as a nurse when the Civil War broke out. died at her home in Des Moines. She was seven ty years old. Letitla M. Snow, a graduate of the Woman's College of Baltimore, is at the head of the department of bi ology in the State Normal School of Farmvllle, Va. A royal decree has been issued in Holland abolishing the rule promul gated three years ago which forbade women employed In the postal tele graph offices to marry. Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of I the Speaker, has been elected honor- | ary president of a new patriotic so- I clety to be known as "Daughters of I Senators and Representatives." Queen Alexandra, the Empress Dowager of Russia, and Princess Vic toria paid a visit to the art treasures of J. Plerpont Morgan in London, and the owner explained the history of many objects in the collection. Miss Gladys Squiers, daughter of the American Minister to Panama, r.nd Lieutenant H. H. Rousseau, of the Panama Canal Commission, who were secretly married at Panama, were married in public in the Ancon Chapel. Many prominent persons were present. News of the Day. The Potomac Rover Railway Com pany hns been chartered to build a road from Keyser. W. Va., to Bloom ington, Md. The authorized capital is $150,000 and the incorporators are L. P. Probe, J. J. Beuter, C. H. Geiger, <\ M. Burkett and Antoue Korn, all of Wheeling. Mr. Bedell Pnrker, * wealthy citi zen of New York, has purchased the Wright farm, near Whtatland, Lcu doun cotftity, containing 500 acres, for $50,000. Work will soon begin on a railroad from Cairo, 111., to Bristol, and thence to the Atlantic. To women Tempted to write com promising love letters to gray head ed millionaires in the hope of separat ing them from '.he coin: Don't, warns the Kansas City Journal. The old billy-goats aro loo proud of their conquests to destroy the letters. PROMINENT PEOPLE* TV. R. Hearst is a business man, with a payroll of $5,000,000. Colonel Goethals says the Panama Canal will be open for business Janu ary 1. 1915. John D. Rockefeller complimented the Rev. Dr. Aked on a sermon con demning race tracks. Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, In a speech ai Shiloh battlefield, said recent Supreme Court rulings tend to class Slates as federal dependencies. Many years a director and for a time presi<?.*nt of the New York Life Insurance Company. Alexander E. Orr, retired on account of advancing years. Prince Nashimoto. a cousin of the Emperor of Japan, has arrived in Paris, where for two or three years he will devote himself to military study. The death of Charles H. Parker In his ninety-second year removes the oldest graduate of Harvard College, in which he was a member of the class of 1831. McGill University will bestow upon Sir Caspar Purdon Clark, director of the Metropolitan Art Gallery, New York City, the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Ex-Governor Morrill, r.f Kansas, now worth half a million dollars, was once so hard up that he lost a quar ter section of land because he couldn't pay the taxes. Secretary of State Elihu Root ha* completed his sixty-third year Dur ing his term he has traveled farther than any of his predecessors In tho office. He has visited South America, Mexico and Canada. At Milford. Conn.. Lieutenant Charles A. L. Totten. U. S. Army, re tired, and former Yale professor, died a few days ago. He was widely known because of mathematical de ductions upon which he based pro phetical interpretations of Scriptures. Heary Rain in Texas. Beaumont, Tex., Special. ? Six in ches of rain fell here Tuesday, ac ccpnpanied by a terrific thunder and lightning storm that lasted all day. All streets in the city were under wa ter for secvral hours and stret car service and other traffic was stopped. Lightning set on fire an oil tank at the jlant of the Security ^il Reliin ery, containing 4f>,000 barrels of oil, causing a loss of $125,000. A TRAGEDY IN SIX ACTS. Act 1 ? The Missionary. Act 2 ? Whiskey and Pale Ale. Act 3 ? The Maxim Gun. Act 4 ? A Newspaper. Act 5? Cricket and Football. Act fi ? Death of the Last Aborigine. Finis ? Hand plays "Rule Hrltan nla." ? Tho Egyptian Standard. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Hamilton, Ohio, has sixty-cent gas. Chicago will establish a curb mar* lcet. Independent automobile manufac turers plan a traveling exhibition of cars. The German Imperial Government fs thinking of establishing a petro leum monopoly. America leads the world in trade ?with Japan, according to figures pub lished in Tokio. The National Civil Service Reform Leaguo in a pamphlet attacked the Crumpacker census bill. Federal Judge Grosscup. speaking In Philadelphia, assailed President Roosevelt's attitude on the Anti-Trust Law. Three thousand Chinese, residents of Manila, are held at Amoy on ac count of the prevalence of trachoma among them. The Andover Theological Seminary was removed to Cambridge and be come affiliated with the Harvard Di vinity School. The Bavarian Government has practically decided to spend S90.000. 000 for tho construction of the great systems of waterways. The large number of idle miners In the ITnited States has been at tracted by the apparently rich and unclaimed lands of Alaska. The New England Methodist Epis copal conference voted in favor of removing the Church ban from danc ing, card playing and theatre going. In New Yor* City Judge Foster re leased Michael Briefer, a bigamist, on parole, under bond to support the children of both wives ? not the two women themselves. Forty thousand Slavs petitioned the President at Washington to Inter cede for a naturalized American of their race jailed in Prague for ?n alleged seditious song. Goal Dealers Meet. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. ? A joint meeting was held Tuesday by the Kentucky-Tennessee Coal Dealers* Association and the Southeastern Re tailers' Association. Fully four hun dred visitors attended. F. A. Hobbs, of Bar Ilarbor. Michigan., president of the International oCal Merchants' Association, delivered the leading ad dress. Woman Violated Dispensary Law. Spartanburg, S. <\, Special. ? Mrs. Donie Lyda and her two sons. Chin and Bud Lyda, who live near Canipo bello, were convicted in the Sessions Court here on tlie charge of violat ing the dispensary law. The defen dants were tried in their absence and the court, left a said sntenec to be opned when thy wre produ 1 in court. "Big Offer To All Our Subscribers The Great AMERICAN FAHMER Indianapolis, Ind. The Leading Agricultural Journal of the Nation, Edited by an Able Corps of Writers. The American Farmer it the only Literary Farm Journal pub lished. It Alls a position of its own and has taken the leading place in the homes of rural people in every section of the United States. It gives the farmer and his family something to think about aside from the humdrum of routine duties. Every Issue Contains an Original Poem by Solon L. Coode. 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