The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 18, 1903, Image 1
" ~ " '? : . "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AKP MAKE (HMi I.;|VJJS IN" TilY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS7N~T?PY ?AVSB." ; ' ' '
VO'L;*5eSVTf BENNETTSVILLE, S. -C., Fll?D?^i^PTEMBER 18, 1903. - - N?145. "
? TALE OF HOKROB,
Thirty Thousand Christians Are
Butchered by the Turks.
THE VILAYET OE MON ASTIR
In One Vast Charnel House ofJiecay
Inj; Corpses. War Bet ween
Bulgaria and Turkey Sure
to Come.
A dispatch from London says every
thing seems to point to new and ter
rible developments in Macedonia. On
top of the appalling accounts of the
results of the Turkish methods of
"restoring order" in the vilayet of
Monastir comes a threat by thc insur
gents to resort to reprisals on thc
same scale. The Porte's anxiety to
suppress news by expelling newspaper
' ?orrespondent? from thc area of the
operations is held to have but one
, mcaning.# Tuesday morning's papers
comment upon the significance of thc
news, first published by the Associa
ted.Press, that Russia and Austria are
seeking to persuade thc powers to
. coerce Bulgaria as showing a belief
that war is inevitable.
No further news regarding the out
break at Beirut has been received
herc. A dispatch to the Standard
from Constantinople dated Sunday,
' says: "Thc Turks arc much disturb
ed by the presence ot thc American
warships at Beirut, and are making
every effort to have them recalled. In
spite of all assertions that thc United
States only intends them to be there
for the simple protection of the rights
of her citizens lt ls quite possible
that the despatch of the warships ?nay
initiate action leading much further."
HE8ULT IN LEBANON FEAIIHD.
Thc same correspondent, telegraph
ing under Monday's date, on receipt
of thc news of thc Beirut outbreak
says:
"With thc slightest encouragement
disorders might result in the whole ol'
the Lebanon rising in revolt. Tues
day has been foretold as thc date of
the arising against thc foreigners and
many residents of Constantinople are
keeping to their bouses. Personally
1 doubt whether there will bc any
thing more than dynamite outrages
which are pretty sure tobe attempted,
befoie long " ?
The Daily Telegraph's correspon
denti al. St. Petersburg says bo is as
sured on excellent authority that Rus
sia, when she submits proposals to
the Porte for the pacification of Mace
donia contemplates thc dispatch of
her Black sea squadron to Turkish
waters, where it will make a much
longer stay than recently in order to
overcome thc Sultan's objections to
her reccomendations.
The Solia correspondent of the
Morning Leader, says by the end of
tile week the insurgents will have re
ceived a large accession of weapons.
Thirty thousand rides are being smug
gled to them from all sides, and when
these have been received, the real
lighting will begin.
TU It li S EXTE U SI IN ATI NO.
A dispatch from soda, Bulgaria,
says all reports from the vilayet of
Monastir agree in describing the sit
uation as a palling. Between 20,000
and 50,000 Bulgarian inhabitants are
believed to have been massacred by
thc Turks and every Bulgarian village
In the vilayet has been destroyed.
The refugees in the mountains and
forests are dying of starvation by
thousands. At present it is impossi
ble to obtain precise ligures.
Tlie revolutionary headquarters
estimate uhat thirty thousand Bul
garian men, women and children have
been killed, while at least thc same
number of refugees arc slowly perish
ing of hunger. In oflleial circles these
ligures are regarded as an under-esti
mate and oflioials incline to the belief
that the number of the massacred ex
ceeds 50,000. The Turks arc appar
ently determined to exterminate the
entire Bulgarian population of thc
vilayet
in government circles herc thc
situation is viewed with increasing
alarm, lt is reliably reported that
tlie Turkish forces in Macedonia num
ber ?100,000. It is considered impos
sible that such a force has been as
sembled merely to crush thc rebellion.
lt is feared that thc sultan is meditat
ing an attack on Bulgaria.
THOUSANDS nUTC'IIEHKD.
The Macedonian organizations are
preparing a memorandum to be pre
sented to thc representatives of the
powers, in which they will declare
that the insurgents intend to resort
to reprisals for the Turkish atrocities:
The memorandum gives detailed in
formation of villages destroyed and
the massacre of their inhabitants, lt
declares that (io,000 men, women and
children have been slaughtered and
120 villages burned. In thc list of
villages given only two arc in thc
vilayet of Adrianople. Others are
principally in thc Monastir vilayet.
The memorandum repeats the state
ment recently issued by the insurgent
general stall' at Monastir that the
Turks, instead of lighting thc insurg
ents have instituted a general massa
cre of tlie Christians. Thc organiza
tions declare they arc issuing thc
present memorandum because they
arc no longer to restrain the hands
from retaliation and henceforward thc
responsibility will rest with the great
powers.
Mother and Child Drowned.
A dispatch from Philadelphia, Pa.,
says tlie mystery surrounding the find
ing of the body ot fi-ycar-old Viola
Cordes in tile Allegheny river last
Sunday evening was partially cleared
Wednesday evening by the Unding of
tlie body of tlie child's mother, float
ing in the same stream. Prom all
accounts it is believed that Mrs. Cor
des, who -/as about 24 years old,
jumped Into thc river, carrying ber
child with her. Mrs. Cordes had
t made threats of suicide.
MRS. BOYESEN DEAD.
A I tinily Mixed Up Story that Comea
from Chicago.
A dispatch from La Parto, Ind.,
says: "Mrs. Jane Stewart Boyesen
i of Chicago died Wednesday night at
Asheville, N. C., as a result of nerv
ous shock following accusations of a
theft. The news reached there in a
telegram to friends. *W.i??? Mrs.
Boyesen was tit a hotel near Spartan
burg, S. 0-, the room ot a guest from
Augusta, Ga., was robbed of $1100
worth of jewelry.
The landlord accused Mrs. Boyesen.
She was not in good health and thc
charge resulted in her physical col
lapse. Before thc end came she in
stituted a$00,000 damage suit, against
t her accuser in the federal court at
Charleston. Mrs. Huyesen had done
considerable newspaper work and was
a musician of marked ability. She.
was a member of tito Daughters of
the American Revolution, the Chicago
Woman's club and other organiza
tions.
A dispatch from Chicago says Mrs.
Janie Stewart Boyescn/'the Chicago
woman who was recently wrongly ac
cused or. stealing goods from a moc
?h?iiit in North Carolina, is dying at
White Spring, that State, as a result
of the nervous shock she sustained at
thc time. Mrs. Bovescn has been
suffering for thc last four years from
' tuberculosis. Last January she went
to Asheville to seek relief.
Last week she was staying in White
Springs when a robbery occurred.
Through a misuddersfcaudlng suspicion
fell ou Mrs. Royesen and her apart
ments were searched, she sustained a
severe nervous shock from which she
did not recover. Mrs. Boyesen has
been a resident of Chicago for many
years, and is prominent in Uorbh side
club circles. She lias written many
songs and poems.
A TERRIBLE DEED.
J. K. Stark little John F. AIIKCI iji tho
lOxpress OUice.
J. E. Stark shot and fatally
wounded John IP. Angel Thursday
afternoon in tho ofllce of the Southern
Express compauy in Jacksonville, Fla.,
while the latter was protecting the
life of lils sister, tlie wife of the man
who tired thc shot. Stark had been
in Jacksonville several days and this
morning wired for his wife to join
him. She came at about noon and at
2 o'clock they met in the otllce of the
express company, where her brother
was eiqployed. The wife suspected
tlm'ti her "husband meant tb do ber
bodily harm when he endeavored to
get to his hotel. She desired to re
main near lier brother and declined to
go.
*'I have brought you herc to kill
you," Stark said, (.?nick as a dash Iiis
wife seized him as he was endeavor
ing to draw his pistol. She pinioned
his arms and her cries brought her
brother. The pistol was taken from
Stark before it was drawn. Words be
tween the; two men followed and blows
were exchanged. Stark1' went to a
pawn shop, where he procured another
pistol and returned. He entered the
tlie ollice and walked to the cage where
Angel was at work with Iiis back turn
ed. Resting thc pistol in one of thc
small steel holes of the cage he fired,
the ball striking Angel in thc back of
the liearl and lodging near the brain.
Angel fell. Stark looked about him
anti started to leave when a brother of
Angel appeared and seized him; Tlie
brother made an effort to kill Stark
with a knife but others interfered and
tlie police placed Stark under arrest.
Angel is at St. Luke's hospiteal. No
hopes are entertained for his recovery,
but he will live until morning. The
defense that Stark's lawyer will make
is that lie was insane, a theory which
is generally accepted by those who
know him, and who have been with
him during the past few days.
Stark was formorly auditor of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
road. An^cl was cashier of the South
ern Express company.
Turning Out Unseals.
Hugh H. Price, surveyor treneral of
Arizona, IMIS been removed from of
fice as a result- of an investigation
made by Secretary Hitchcock's.orders
into charges preferred against Price
and his chief clerk, W. TO. Murphy, of
receiving illegal fees for expediting
work in that ollice. Krank S. Ingalls
of Yuma, Ariz., lias been appointed
surveyor general in Price's place.
Murphy has been suspended pending
inquiry by the civil service commis
sion into the charges against him.
Ile has sent in his resignation, but it
lias not been accepted. Murphy was
appointed from (?eorgia and Price
from Arizona.
Killed hy un Automobile.
A fatal automobile accident occurr
ed Thursday at Barbe, near Bordeaux
France. A car conducted by an
American, whose name was given as
Martin, said to lie a hotel mau in New
York city, and who was accompanied
hy a party, of guests, became, deranged
arid the vehicle dashed into a ditch.
Ono of its occupants, M. Culvilllcr,
had Iiis back broken and was killed
outright. Martin had a shoulder in
jured but the two other occupants of
the car escaped uninjured.
Fell Tlirbiiirli ii Bridge.
Au engine and 14 gravel cars went
thrungli a bridge near Hugo on the
Arkansas and Choctaw road Thursday
killing four of thc crew. The dead
are:
A. M. Hanna, conductor.
C. IJ. Miller, fireman.
M. McAllin, engineer.
J. T. lilli, brakeman.
Tho bridge was new and unfinished.
No Delny ol'thc haw Here.
Wilford Roschorn, colored, was
hanged at Statesvillc, N. C., Thurs
day for thc murder of Mis. Dolph
Beaver on the 30th of July. Thc coun
ty commissioners ordered that thc
execution lie private, but thc surging
crowd outside the jail yard toro away
the canvas and fully 2,000 people wit
nessed thc hanging. Roscboro met
his fate with.stolld corni,osure.
COTTON REPORTS.
Each Dinner to Keep a Record of
Every Bale Ginned. / ~
WORK OF THE SPECIAL AGEI?T8.
Five Statements Aro to Ho For
warded to tho CciiHus Depart- .
merit DurluR tho Cotton
Season.
The census department is making
every effort to secure accurate state
ments as to thc number of bales of
cotton produced each year, and in or
der to get this information, says the
Columbia State it has been decided to
furnish ?inners with books in which
they may keep a record of every bale
handled by themselves. The depart
ment arrived at this decision, upon
the suggestion of special agents of
tho census department and' upon re
quests from glntiers themselves. The
books have been printed and will be
sent to the agents for gratuitous dis
tribution.
The gin book should be posted daily
and should show a record of every
bule limned. This will provide a new
and uni fora system of bookkeeping
and will facilitate the efforts of the
department to keep track of thc pro
duction. Upon the accuracy with
Which the books are kept this year de
pends the success of thc innovation,
and if the department ls satislicd with"
this year's work the gin books will be
published every year.
These are blank books, properly
ruled, with spaces in which the ginner
may record thc number of pounds of
seed cotton sent him, the number ot
bales and pounds of lint, thc pounds of
cotton seed, and finally notes as to
thp cost of ginning. In keeping books
for the government, the ginner will
keep a record which will be valuable
In his own business, and at the end of
each day his earnings will be right bo
fore him.
Where a person gins for himself he
should, for the purpose of this record,
open an account with himself as "cus
tomer," and thereby provide a com
plete record of all cotton ginned for
himself as well as others.
Tho work of collecting cotton sta
tistics'during thc last ginning season
through special agents appointed by
the government proved quite satisfac
tory both to the producer and to the
manufacturer. ' There will he live cot
ton reports. this season. The first
will show all cotton ginned from Ihr
growth of 11)03 up to and includiii;;
Aug. 31. The second; will show all
cotton ginned from the beginning of
the season to Oct. 18; tlie third all
cotton ginned during the season up to
and including Nov. 18th; the fourth
report will Bhow all cotton ginned
from the growth of 15)03 up to Decem
ber !3th. The Hf th and last report
will likely be made during the tirst
portion of March, 1904, and will show
the total crop of 1003.
. Thc information given is held as
strictly confidential, and thc opera
tions of individual ginncrs are not
divulged. Upon thc joint cooperation
of tlie cotton growers, ginncrs, and
local agents must depend thc success
of the census ^office in this inquiry,
and its ability to render this great
service to the southern people and to
all interested in tire cotton staple.
Cotton statistics collected through
tl?e commercial system, however ac
curately compiled, fall short of the de
mand of both producer and manufac
turer-tirst, in that as they cover thc
quantity of cotton marketed between
Sept. 1 of one year and Aug. 31 of thc
following, they are not statistics of a
crop grown in any one year; and sec
ond, in the liability to error involved
in statistics so compiled.
Nothing short of ollicial reports,
made sufficiently early to form a basis
of prices, will entirely satisfy the cot
ton, grower or manufacturer. A cot
ton man Tuesday said it Is gratifying
to know that the south has the assis
tance and cooperation of the govern
ment In bringing about the result
tiley desire-an undertaking the suc
cess of which now depends upon the
cotton growers and ginncrs themselves.
Realizing that the collection of the
data for these reports ls made at a
season when tile ginncrs' time ls
greatly taxed, and appreciating the
necessity for prompt returns, tlie cen
sus oillce has located, in each county
containing 10 or more ginneries, an
agent, who will visit each ginnery in
tlie county and secure a report of tlie
quantity; of cotton ginned up to cer
tain dates, lu undertaking thc fre
quent and hurried reports now sought,
it is of vital importance that tlie re
turns bc made with absolute uniformi
ty and that all be received at Wash
ington at one timo.
Thia result could not be expected
from individual requests made by mail
of 30,000 ginncrs, at a time when they
are engrossed in their ginning work.
Furthermore, the census'office must,
be kept advised of all changes in the
management and operation ol' these
establishments, ana secure returns
from all new and revived plants. To
accomplish such results, i*" becomes
necessary for the otllcc to nave local
representatives who shall be charged
with the duty of keeping in close
touch with the ginning industry in
cadi county, and of promptly report
ing tlie quantity of cotton ginned.
Mia DIM Do Man."
Judge Audcnreld or Philadelphia
was hearing a case, the proceeding in
which brought to the front a man
named G?sier. A German lawyer rep
resented ono of tho litigants and tie
persisted In mispronouncing Geslcr's
name, calling him Jester. Finally the
Judge said: "The gentleman's name is
Gesler, not J esler. You surely re
member thc- tyrant at whose order
William Tell shot the apple from his
own son's head?" "Sure I do," said
thc German, heartily. "Is dis dc
man?"
i MADE MAD BY HOLINESS.
'-' ., .
A Horrible Tragedy Knactcd tn tho
>s County ot Anderson:
A special dispatch from Anderson
to The News and Courier says a hor
rible case of infanticide causcd' by re
ligious fanaticism occurred, '-Monday
night week in Broadway, Township,
about six miles from tho city. < John
G-raffenreid, a negro, and his wife/
had been attending a "holiness meet
ing," and had becomo greatly wrought
up over the excitment attending it>
They left the.meet Monday night und
spent a greater part of the hight*
praying.
Just before daylight Grsffenreld says,
his wife awoke him and asked him
which he loved best, his wife or his
baby, a child about Ki months (rf'agc.
She said the Lord was-goiug to take
one of them and asked which he
would rather give up. Ile says that if
it was thc Lora's will he would rather
give up thc child. He says tho wo
man then got out of bed and took the
child in her arm and declared she was
going to oller lt as a sacrifice, lie
says he was standing by her trying'to
get ber quiet, when she suddenly ex
claimed: "Herc, Lord, take this
child," and threw-it against the wall.
His wife then threw her arms around
him and tried to choalc him, saying
something about holli of them going
to Heaven together. They had a
scuttle, which awakened the other
children, who ran into thc room and
took tho child and placed it in a bcd.
The woman then jumped out of a
wintlow and left the place and went
to thc farm of W. Q. Hammond,
were she appeared early in thc morn
ing, acting in a strange manner, as if
demented, and Mr. Hammond secured
lier ror fear she w..uld do herself of
others harm. She said- something
about her husband killed her baby,
?and tliis aroused Mr. Hammond's
suspicions, and he phoned Sheriff
Green for instructions. The sherill
gave instructions to have her husband
arrested and this was done Mr. Allen
Martin, who was at Mr. Hammond's
and the man and Iiis wife were
brought here and put in jail.
Tiie woman is either raving mad 01
an adept at feigning insanity, and
spent the day, rolling on thc llooror try
ing to climb thc walls of thc
cell, but no word could be gotton
from lier. Thc man appeared to be
more rational, but is evidently weak
minded and talked freely about thc
affair, though his story is rambling
and disconnected. He does not show
any sorrow or remorse over thc deatl
of his child. The coroner was away
to-day and the inquest has not. ye(
been held, but it is believed the above
arc About thc facts of the case.
THE GAME LAWS.
r ' .;. :--i^J y . . if:
Complaint is Made that Hali' Growr
Hirds Are Killed.
There have already been a numbs:
of complaints t.iat the game law is be
ing violated. It is said that the sum
mer has been very propitious to tilt
raising of partridges and tho field!
are full of young birds which in sorat
localities are meeting with wholesale
destruction at thc hands of pot limit
ers. In view of this fact, it might bi
well for the sportsmen'who love sporl
for its own sake to become familia
with tlie game laws so that they cai
prosecute pot hunters and stop tin
extermination of fledglings.
Following is ii digest of thc gamt
law of 1?02:
Non-residents required to pay ?
license of $2f> to the county treasure
of thc county where the visitor ma;
lie Tor the privilege of hunting in tin
State. Not obtaining said license he
fore hunting or shooting, shall b<
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, ant
on conviction lined not mofe thai
$50. Tliis act, does not apply to per
sons who kill game on their own land
lt is unlawful to kill deer cr tt
worry them with dogs between th
first day of February and the first da;
of September, except in the counties
of . Clarendon, Georgetown, Colinton
Williamsburg. Marlboro, Kershaw
Ilorry, Darlington, Marion and Hork
eley, in which counties it shall not b
lawful between the tirst day of Feb
mary and thc first day of August
Fire-hunting is prohibited.
It shall not bc lawful between th
first day of November to kill any wil
turkeys, partridge, quail, woodcoe
or pheasant: or between tlie first da
of March and the lirst day of Augus
any dove: or, at any time during th
year, to tire-light any' of the bird
named.
lt shall not he lawful for any pei
son, esccpt upon his own lands, or u{
on thc lands of another with the con
sent of the owner thereof, to net c
trap a partridge, and it shall bc ur
lawful for any person to sell, oller fe
sale, or ship or export for sale, an
partridge, or quail, or deer, or wit
turkeys for the space of live yeai
from the approval of this act; provlt
cd, that nothing in this act shall pr?
vent the importation for sale of un
partridge or quail. Any person violai
ing this section shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon eorivictio
shall be punished hy a tine of not c:
cecding *:i0, or by imprisonment i
the county jail for a term not exceet
lng :i? days.
Died ol' Hydrophobia.
Joseph Alston, a colored hoy, !
years of age, died this morning of li.
dropiiohia, at Iiis hume, No. 20ii Asi
tori street. The boy was bitten hy
dog near his home five days ago. Tl
clog was not known to lie mad and fro
what could be learned today it do
not appear that the vound caused at
alarm or received medical attention :
the time. A few days ago the hi
was taken Uland Dr. La Roach Wilst
was called In. He diagnosed thc ca
as hodrophohia and applied thc usu
treatment, but to no effect, and tl
hoy died after suffering in terrible a
ony for hours, lt ls not known if t
dog was killed.
"IHncktlom" l'or Xe-groen.
Tho hlaekdom Town Site cornpat
of Santa Kee N. M., was Incorpor?t
Thursday with a capital stock of $1<
OOO. Thc purpose is to establish
colony of negroes from thc sou tho
States in Chavez county, the name
the town to be Iilackdom.
THE: 1?|5PT WRECK
At Fishing'Ci wk'-Being Investigated
v hv^tuff- Commission.
WHAT? ofeoF THEM S AYS.
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Mr. GnrrlsVi-Tylp to Soeno Fails to
v .. :. ? ^t&V . '
* . Reward.'!!!in With Decision
g ; ) T"? IJIOS.
Chairman -irris of the railroad
eommlssif;??|".. '.dnesday completed and
gave out for publica ti on bis report on
tho Fishlng^rbek disaster. The report
discovers nott tin g new as to the cause
or the conseqaences pf thc wreck. It
self, but ent^.lnto an elaborate de
Tense of tho. liberalities of the statute
giving the.: bfjard autliority in such
matters an?.rj^tlculing the idea thab
tlie board'sh^spectlons.of bridges can
be regarded! .is'.?ny sort of a guarantee
against.dai^?^. The report in full is
as follows: ..' ?';...'* '
Colurn?jtol S. C., Sept. 8, 1003..
To the Uoatjipl^Railroad Commission
ers, CoiurrJM,. s. c.
Gen tlem?uT??n; accordance with law
I went to* Boek Hill and thence to
Fishing creekt'to Investigate the re
cent disastrous wreck on the. South
Carolina and georgia Extension Rail
road compauyis tracks at that point,
i found tbo"?vreck clearedvaway and
burned. Ftp bi thc the best informa
tion t-hat I'tfj?td get (without Actual
mea'suremeh&)"t,he trestle over Fish
ing creek w^yO^?ect high. I found
about 150 p|bp1e engaged in the re
placement i?;thc destroyed trestle,
?fcourse, ib>yas quite Impossible fur
mc to acquire'any thing like accurate
or detailed^ntorm?tion after my ar
rival two d?ys^after the catastrophe,
but I feel that it ls due the board and
State as wefl:tx) report just what 1
found. Brt? before 1 do so I wish to
refer to thef;provlsions of law which
.requires thajt-'in'accidents of this kind
the authorities report the facts to the
commission|Witbln 24 hours. This was
not done. VlLgot ray first in for manion
by what is .commonly known as hear
say on thq,?y?filng of .September 4th.
A. day elated before I could reach the
scene so that my visit to thc place of
wreck wa's|vdelay.ed until Saturday,
September^ 5th.
Mit! OAKUIS AT TIIE UHIDOK.
Thc newspaper reports of this fear
ful occ- , .gb :, wer?} I lound, in tho
maine1 1 1 t; that is to say from the
stands %I.c,??ualby. I devoted, my
eptir' '* H an examl
the rer^aJUbJ
lng t.. msls. .g ot Hb?~??t?^ec?|
corita .?sound timber, but I did
dot lind more than two consecutive
cross-ties to be worthless, or entirely
decayed. A part of the under struc
ture I found In a condition of decay.
Tho trcstlo lies along a tangent where
the spreading of the rails is qujte un
usual. And I examined all the track
wheels that I saw o nd found them in
tact save one which was of thc four
under the front of the engine, the
(lange on ouc of these was broken
off for for about 20 inches and
it was pointed out to me by
tlie superintendent that the frag
ments of this wheel were gathered up
about 5.0 feet to the rear of the point
where the eugine lay. The remainder
of thc trestle witli the cars, which
were a total wreck, were bumed bc
fore.l reached thc scene, therefore I
bad practically no opportunity to ex
amine thc timbers in that part of the
trestle which went down. I cannot,
therefore, with the evidence before me
say just what the prime cause of the
wreck was,' but I have no hesitancy in
saying that If it is a fact that the
wreck occurred from a broken Hange,
that the trestle in its condition of
parbial decay offered less realstcnce- to
a derailed engine than it would if it
had been sound.
I found that the people of Rock
Hill, Yorkville and thc county of
York generally in a state of intense
excitement, a very natural conse
quence of such a fearful disaster when
you remember that the victims were
tho friends and kindred of many of
thc best people of the county. I met
a great many of the citizens of the
county who had visited thc wreck
earlier than I, and there was no ex
ception to the belief that the sole
cause of thc disaster was directly
traceable tb the unsound -structure of
the bridge. ?
INSPECTIONS NATURALLY INEFFICIENT
While there is no law looking to
the punish mont ol' any transportation
company by thc commission for acci
dents of this kind, yet there is a clause
In the statutes which reads: "Sec.
1030. The commission shall have the
general supervision of all railroads
and railways in this State operated
hy steam, and shall examine the same
and keep themselves informed as to
their condition and thc manner in
which they are.operated, with refer
ence to the security and accommoda
tion of thc public and the compliance
of tho several corporations with thc
provisions of their charters and the
laws of thc State; and the provisions
of this chapter shall apply to all rail
roads and railways, and to tho cor
porations, trustees, receivers or others
owning or operating thc same." Of
course, this section ls very general,
necessarily. There aro 3,000 miles or
railroad in the State. Trestle inspec
tion tb 1)0 at all efficient requires a
visitation once in every 30 days, some
times oftener. Thc proper inspection
of a trcstlo requires time and care.
If this sect.iou contemplated a guaran
tee on our parb against danger from
defective construction it would Im
possibility oven if no other duties
than inspection were assigned us, for
thc services of no less than 30 inspec
tors arc now employed In this State.
As you know it has been tho custom
of our commission to visit points
where there is complaint and to un
dertake ro remedy the complaint. Wc
visit the roads once in each year on
account of custom more to Investigate
depot accommodation than to pass
upon thc soundness or unsoundness of
trestles or roadways. In fact lb would
bo as ridiculous as it would bc farci
cal for this board to attempt to guar
~\Vhcro tho
anteo tbe public against accidents
from defective construction. ; i
.There Is but one method of iixing
responsibility known to mc aa a legal
ized one, and that ja for sufferers to
avail themselves of thclrtflght in dam
age.^- It would be, indeed,.a.poor pro
tection; to our people if- tho O. K. of
this commission should exempt any I
railroad from the cue sequences of its ?
acts of negligence. j
KEELING AMONO YOKK l'KOI'Li:.
Bub to return to the matter directly 1
under discussion, I must report to you !
thc feeling of the people lu York 1
county. I found ir. so intense tnat '
none"were willing to dlscucss the eat- 1
astrophe as resulting rro:n any other
cause than that of detective construe- '
tion. I visited the Rick rooms of the
wounded at Rock ITill and found the
patients wounded in this wreck in the
care of trained nurses and under the
eye of the best medical talent- obtain
able, lt was a sight tnat 1 um sure
would stir tile deepcsV sympathies of
the human heart. I say mothers hy
the side of sons lately tho pride 'of
their lives but now In thc agony of
premature death, wi ves at the sides of
stricken husbands and one and all with
thc choking conviotion that their
loved ones were the victims of infidel
ity on the part of a transportation
company who had promised safe con
duct.
THltEE UBCOaniENDATIONS.
Of course accidents will happen
everywhere und so .serious often as to
take the life of some one's loved ones
and the consequences will pass from
the memory of all Rave *'a loving
few." The legislature has not seen
fit. to consider this otlice with such
favor as to provide us with means to
protect the public in thc smallest
measure beyond our own services.
But wc Owe it to the public to du
what wc can to guarantee protec
tion. Therefore, I recommend, ilrst,
that we employ an expert bridge
engineer to inspect carefully the
trestles and track Of * thc South
Carolina and Georgia Extension
Railroad company; second, that we
summon to this olllce at the earli
est possible date the olllcials of the
Southern railway directly charged
with this portion of the road, for the
purpose of making inquiry of- them
Into-the causes of this wreck; third,
that we make iuqulry generally into
the operation of the Southern railway
because of the complaint against
them, and because the tendency of
their operation appears to minimize
local interest in the interest Of what
Is coramcnly known as through inter
ests.
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. GAHUIS,
Chairman.
Fifty Feet Through The Air.
While.Barney Oldfield's racing au
tomobile.was running, nearly GO miles
'?ftlio?r. 'at tbo;j-.6ross-Point track at
TJ?troit^TSrioli;; We?ne??iiy af terscbti..
in the ten-mile open eTont, one eftlie
front tires on the machine burned
through and exploded, throwing the
car into thc fence and injuring Frank
Shearer, a spectator, so terribly that
bodied iu an ambuloncc cn route to
thc hospital. The car went 50 feet
through the air and Oldfield, who kept
his seat, bad a marvelous escape from
death. Ile received several cuts about
the hedy and had one rib broken. Old
field had just time to twist his brake
and head for a spot between two trees.
Shearer was standing against the
fence at this point and the car struck
him squarely, breaking both legs in
several places and fracturing Iiis skull.
He was thrown 75 feet and never re
covered consciousness Oldfield had
presence of mind to throw himself
backward on the fiat deck of the car,
which went crashing through a low
tree and was completely wrecked.
Shearer's brother was standing near
him and had a narrow escape.
Injunction Itcftisctl.
In tho Supreme Court Thursday
morning a decision was Hied by Asso
ciate Justice Ira B. Jones, refusing an
injunction and dismissing the petition
of II. A. M. Smith, receiver of the
defunct bank of the State, against R.
Hi Jennings, State Treasurer. The
petition was fur an injunction to pre
vent the State Treasurer writing o IT
his books thehondsof the hank, which
have been carried for thirty years.
The bonds were stolen during the war
and have never been recovered. The
case has been elaborately adjudicated
in the courts, the judges of the State
sitting on one occasion en bane upon
it. It was decided that the bonds
were due to thc receiver and felic re
ceiver was instructed to apply to the
Legislature for authorization ol* their
payment. At the last session of the
Geueral Assembly, however, an act
wus passed instructing the State
Treasurer to write thc amount of thc
bonds oil his books. Thc application
of the receiver of thc bank was for an
injunction to pievent the State
Treasurer from carrying out thc pro
visions of this net.
Hour oil liner Issue.
Senator Hoar discussed "Problems
ol' the Nation" at the annual summer
outing of the Essex club of Massachu
setts at Bakers' Island Thursday.
Discussing thc rr~e problem in the
south, the senator said: "1 know, my
friends, that there are special difficul
ties in this problem as it affects our
colored fellow citizens. I know how
deeply moved arc thc feelings of our
southern brethren. I would not utter
toward them a word of reproach. I
know hov/ near io their homes and
how close to t bob- social and poli tica)
life comes tills cloud and shadow. ''1
seo that one. enthusiastic southern
gentleman has renewed the proposi
tion that we send the ten million ne
groes puk of the country. This is
totally impracticable. Let us not
delude ourselves. .Ve have got this
question to meet squarely at home.
The negro will stay. The European
und the Asiatic will come. You can
not turn them out and you cannot
keep them out."
A ?oath Ship.
Bearing the bodies of MOO soldiers,
who sacrlilced their lives in the
Philippines, tho transport Kilpatrick
ls expected hourly at New York from
Manila, by way of the Suez canal.
The ship bears tho largest number of
dead that has yet arrived from the
islands. The completo list shows
that less than onc-llfth died from
wounds, received In battle.
DROUTH OVER COTTON BELT.''
Detailed Iteport l'rom Kacli of tho
Cotton ProtlucinK States..
That the people ot this section in
terested in the growing crops in the
South may judge for themselves' the {
indications .upon which the recent de
terioration was reported, tho following
detail report from the New?! Orleans
station ls given below. These reports
ire more in detail than the general
summary constituting, as they do, the
latest advices from the cotton produc
ing states. It will thus be seen -that
there ls a deteriorating, drouth over
the entire cotton belt, as these reports
from the dille rent states wRl show:
LOUISIANA. .
Dry, cool week; low temperature
unfavorable for colton, rust and shed
ding reported in several parishes and
boll worms damaging crop In some
places, early cotton opening rapidly
and some prematurely, picking con
tinues, but is notgcnerul; too cool and
dry for sugar cane; rice harvest pro
gressing rapidly, yield good; oom be
ing gathered.
GEORGIA.
Drought continues, with -hob days
and moderately cool' nights; cotton
opening, shedding and rusting badly;
picking begun in a few northern coun
ties, becoming general io middle and
southern; considerable ginned and
marketed during week; crop in critical
state; fodder pulling nearing comple
tion; late corn badly fired; land too
dry for fall plowing; pastures and some
streams tailing.
ALAUAMA.
Dry week; first four nights quite
cool, temperature more favorable
thereafter; cotton rusting, with much
shedding, stopped growing and bloom
ing in places, considerable open, pick
ing becoming general; minor crops
generally satisfactory, but rain needed
for cotton, late corn and some minor
crops, particularly in northern dis
trict; considerable early corn gathered
yield good; much fodder and hay sav
ed. -
ARKANSAS.
Days warm, bigots cool, total ab
sence of rain; ill crops sullerlng for
moisture; cotton lost' ground, some
complaints of sueeldlng, premature
opening, rust, boll worms and sharp
shooters, but notgcnerul, beginning to
open normally In some sections, needs
rain: late corn needs rain bad)y;-con
slderable hay and fodder saved in
good condition; stock doing well; fruit
prospects unchanged.
FLORIDA.
'Generally dry over greater portions
of northern and western districts,
moderate showers in central and heavy
Tocal rains in portions of Southern dis-,
.trier; ddeajLweek. for cotton to mature;
staple- opening rapidly .'""picking - be
coming general and being pushed, com
plaints of rust and sheddingfeontinue,
though prospects are for fair crop!
citrus fruits and- minor crops In good
condition.
TENNESSEE.
Dot, dry weather prevailed, with
damaging effect on miniatured crops,
particularly late corn and cotton and
some of theminor erops; fine yield of
early eorn assured, late rapidly failing;
cotton not maturing well, rather
light fruitage, shedding rapidly; to
bacco cutting well advanced, late corn
needing rain; large quantities line
forage secured; turnips and potatoes
need rain; apples dropping; too dry
for plowing.
NOKTh CA 110 LI NA.
Week not so warm, with beneficial
rains first two days, but central sec
tion needs more moisture; conditions
favorable for maturing crops and for
farm work; corn good; saving fodder
nearly over except in west; despite
some rust and shedding, cotton is ex
cellent, opening everywhere, picking
advancing rapidly and ginning begun,
good prospect for top crop; curing to
bacco approaching completion; late
apples poor.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rainfall poorly distributed, western
counties suffering from drought: cot
ton improved in places, but generally
deteriorated, owing to rust and shed
ding opening rapidly, some premature
ly, in east, where picking is general,
just beginning td open in western
counties; young corn injured by
drought; rice harvest under way, yield
variable; much hay saved in prime
condition; minor erops need rain.
OKLAHOMA.
Warm, days, cool nights and lack of
precipitation unfavorable for growth:
early corn cutting nearing completion;
late corn maturing fast; cotton doinu.
well and opening, some picking re
ported, no shedding; broom corn, hay,
alfalfa, sweet potatoes, melons and
fruit, fair to good yields; fall plowing
well advanced, but ground becoming
hard. v
TEXAS.
Moderate showers in cast coast dis
trict and parts of central portion, but
general absence of rainfall elsewhere;
boll worms mostly disappeared, but
cotton suffering from drought in the
west and north portions, causing much
shedding and retarding fruiting; boll
weevil puncturing nearly all new forms
in southwest, Central and east por
tions; sugar cane doing - well; rice be
ing harvested, yield average; sweet
potatoes good and ready for usc; much
hay and forage saved.
MISSISSIPPI.
No rainfall; cotton injured by cool
weather fore part of week; rust, shed
ding arid blight general, serious in
south; crop continuos fully three weeks
late, well fruited north, some prema
ture opening, picking becoming gen
eral; pastures, peas and cane good,
but needing rain; sonic localities too
dry for turnips and fall gardens.
A. Desperado Mut'dorctl.
A special from Morganton, N. C.,
says that "Stiver Creek" Sara Pearson,
wr ll known to officers of North Caro
lina as an alleged dangerous character,
was shot and klllecL In a bar at fi
o'clock by C. F. Campbell, a deputy
sheriff. It ls said Campbell opened
fire on Pearson as soon as he saw him,
there having been bad blood between
rue two for some t'mo. Campbell sur
rendered and was placed In jail.
BEiYEKS GIVES UP.
Postoffice Scandal Enters Now Period
of ?otivity.
&RAND JURY STIRS UP TETCSO$,:
And Brings In Indictments Agathst
a Nambor of Postoflloe Of
ficial?, and Blore Are
to . Como.
George W. -Beavers, the former
head of thc salary and allowance dlvi
sion.of the postoffice .department at
Washington, surrendered/himself In
the olllce of United" Statt s Commis
sioner^ Hitchcock, in Washington,, '
Tuesday and gave 35,000 bail for his ...
appearance before Commissioner
Hitchcock on September 15.
United States District Attorney -
Burnett last week .notified Bea vera's :
council that a bench warrant had been ?':
ssued for the arrest of Mr. Beavers,
and that he would be taken Into cus
tody forthwith if he did not Immedia
tely surrender himself. The deten
dant's lawyers then verbally informed ;
the Federal authorities that they
would produce their client on Tues-.7
day.
Tbe indictment against the. former ;
bead of the salary and allowance dlyl- !/ ;
sion was returned two months ago in I'
Brooklyn, and charges htm with hav
ing received a check for $810 from tho -
Brandt-Dent Manuf?cturing . Com
pany, cf Middletown, Wis, which, It -A
is alleged, was paid to him by.the firm
as a part commission on a number of ,
automatic cashiers .furnished the
postal department by that firm.
After deliberating for several weeks
over a mass of documents .submitted
by tlie postofllcc inspectors, the Feder
al grand jury in Washington city
Tuesday returned seven indictments
in postal cases, involving six different ' .
persons. All thc indictments were
kept off the public record and both
tho officials of the. district attorney's
Dtllce ami'.of tho postotfice.department
refused td'divulge names or details of :.
the iudlctments until the parbles in-, .
dicated are arrested. The identity of .
the indicted individuals was thus left
a matter of conjecture. It Is expect
ed that arrests will occur Wednesdayi
.morniug, and that the postotfice de
partment will have some announce
ment to make during the forenoon?
The. grand j ur y's action probably '
marks the beginning of the end of
the Investigation that has been in
progress since the middle of last
March. Voluminous evidence ;has. '
been laid before the grand jury as the
result.of..the inquiry, and while the
-present leportof 1 the jury; di?;pcsns--A?-'.'. :
most of the cases, there;yet remain: '
several to be passed uponi When the v"
latter are disposed of, according to
Postmaster General Payne tlie in
vestigation, so far as the work at ...
Washlnj?ton-is concernad, will be at '
an end for all practical purposes.
Several of the persons indicted Tues
day live outside of Washington. They
will be arrested as soon as hench war- .
rants can be served.
Two other important events occur
red Tuesday In the postal Inquiry,
licopol Stern the Baltimore contrac
tor, who disappeared from Baltimore
before he could be arrested on an in
dictment returned July 31 last, was :
located at Toronto, and thc Jong de
layed surrender of George Beavers,
the former head of the salary and;
allowance division, to the New York
authorities took place. The postal
officials have been searching for Stern
ever since he disappeared arid have -
finally received word from thc Cana-^,
dian authorities that he is in Toronto.
The queston of extradition has been
baleen up with the State department.
The case has features similar to the
Greeoe-Gaynor case. It' was then
contended that conspiracy, was not
extraditable, hut the State depart
ment took the view that .tifo'- acts
themselves involved allegedVe'mbezle^
ment and constitute, extraditable"of- .
fences. Stern was enacted for con
spiracy to defend' the Government.
He was charged with receiving-ii'11
prlce for satchels for lebterrcarrlers,
including shoulder straps, despite the
supply to bim of th?se Btraps at
Government expense. In considera
tion of the supply of these straps to
him, for which he was paid in full, be
is charged with paying large sums tb
W. C. Long, of that city, arid A.. W.
Machen, the deposed head of tbo'freo
delivery service.
"Murder Will Out."
On information furnished by Alice
St?yton, colored, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
Essex Stayton, her husband, was
Wednesday committed to prison ac
cused of murder. She visited a magis
trate's office to ? procure a warrant for
her husband's arrest on a charge of
assault and battery. While telling
lier story she declares Stayer, had
shot and killed Abraham Little, his
brol.her-inlaw, in March, 1?02, at,,.
Grimesland, Pitt county, N. C. When;
arraigned for a hearing Stay tori was;
asked if bc had killed Little, ne said
he had quarreled with tlie man and In
self-defense had shot him. He left
tho place at once and did not know/
whether Little's wound had-proved
fatal. The woman testified that
Little died five days after thc shooting.
Tlie local author?tes wiuoovnrouniciier;
with the authorities of Pitt county,
N. C.
A Torriblo Accident. .
Dr. Edward C. Rushmore of the
Tuxedo colony was fatally injured and?
Miss Cornelia Herrick of Southamp
ton, bis niece, was Instantly killed in
an automobile accident at Arden N.
Y., on Thursday. The automobile in
going up a steep incline thrdo hundred
yards from E. II. Harrlrnan's summer
residence gave out and thc brake
would not work. Thc machine rush
ed backwards down tho I hill going
down a G0-foot embankment on tho
mountain side.
. TITK report that Carrie iNatton is.
about to make her debut on thc stage""
has filled the camp of tho Thespians
with dire consternation. Sho ii to ap
pear in a revised dramatization of
"Ten Nights in a, Barroom," which is
being adapted by liobcri/IOllsworth.