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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. 8??tbi^waia? ?ad'' Gorman Fp?ak for l enoir "Country'a Ht nor. ^'c?fi . ' 'SECOND ' NAPOLEON- " / Q l^s?ttjiit'.ttnil Mrv ?oou?fo..O?*tl . cised by*?tri. Uoriuun"Without j* .f K , Itesforvo.-Tho Stopy 'of - ington on "Thursday'; ?vas,.--tho? scene of wJk*RP^ miaftj^aj^^^ '?':y. president'srecbgnltioiT?f the indepeu %-:;..;v4ettCjB*pf.tbe/-j:op?bHo of panama.. The ^^./.?ls?i^bri'li?g^M with"* speech by Mr. r.v/rrHo?f. ?n inquiry and l>; - Ins ted several botu^^-TCri addition to .; Mr. Hoar's address'there were speeches .O- ; by Mr. Gorman arid . Mr; F^niker.'.. All ^ i three were ^notable-. ujEt-e??inoes abd of historical'interest. ; - . . - >?..yjir.. Hoar1...TOniin?'d^hfe'V'r?marks to :*hl8 resolution ?hd they Were carefully : . written out and read from.manuscript : fit? held that this couittry bas'not yet ff; v'r?c?ived' full. official ' information ' con>. ?-'fv^cern?ig, tbel'isthmian; revolution and ?P ' criticised in sharp terms the conduct QL- (o?'thls country, as shown by'v.*what;has ' ?be?ii gi von ou t. "''."' There was no reservation "in'^tr. Sa ^Gorman's utterances. HB_practically Salle'gedrthat?the situnUon- ih Panama ' had,been created to make a campaign Pi :issud; iandsaid that .?vinless further light was thrown on th^OvSubject ho ;'.. \?;^wbuld oppose' thei Panama; Cfe^yr.'A. ? Mr. Foraker tobk Mr.^Hoar to'-task ' - 1^ior bis remarks- refteetlntsibh the ' ad ^^mlntstnttiori. ..'?"'He defended - the ad-, ^^^?ifetratibnJfor''jts attitude- toward I ,v v^^thb. panama revolt. AV heated collo ?qUy.'tookv placo* between*'Mr.- Foraker # wl-Mr.? Hoar during an Qffor-b of'-vbhe. K^r'^??feachuBottf? senator to expj?t?mbre roJl^j^bsitiohvinithe .mr^t?r^rj ..'. * j'n~ isthmian can iii, -ijut>iwas anxious m?& oiit'/tbinV?r suspicion, bf Su>?j??al*-d?sV ?'^hdnbr%.' >?What.w'C?xj^iifcWi^* r' '.\hp,.- s|?u\3??s . 4ld:'* ?ii8?goyojcnmQiiti^ ,.-' - ^?wi?g. that a revolution ?ws^nBo't?tf' . ot? tate*' place, ?so. arrange' matl>e'r&'t^ib'fi jtheiyycyoTvtion," .whether, pcli^e&bl?.' br - : ?;^th?r,wise,} should bp /permitted; to go on without, interruption,- and^.w?ieliher. or notji??Won?f'a?t^ ures ti.prevent Colombia from stopV ping ib?\ ; ?.^?Mif^ Hoir quoted, the correspondence n'r^n'tiie revolution {ind asked," bad. b?c'ir'- .-It was "^'-'^ ' ^respond all tho ' the he-' v arnave .nT"rigii"tr\xr.?^?lv7^ "nis mighty ' policeman on j .imus, seeing a 'man-, about .'.to S&fi ,? another,- is.justified before the Jt is struck in manacling the-as* ailed party, and whether after the - . ..assault has been made, t/ie policeman is justified in claiming the pocket book, which has been, taken from the victim by the assailant, should be V4 turned oyer to^hlm/the policeman) on tl^^ujnd t^iat jip was tho /ightful ?i ./'?\Mr.: Gorman took tho Hoer as soon ;. /i/.:' jas Mr.'Hoar had concluded, and there .was from the start evident interest in what h?'might.say. He began with a reference to Mr. Hoar's speech and complimented that senator highly on his attitude, and alluded to the Demo cratic attitude on tl j? canal question. On the latter point he said that Dem ocratic senators generally are as favor able to the construction of the canal as Republicans. ? Mr. Gorman said the facts were all that were desired, and he proceeded to refer to the extension of the execu tive influence, saying that this influ ence had bf/wi extended from time to time unty? "the senate had become practican* the agent of the execu " . "v-^tive. " .ay.e affair in Panama, he do ciaied,.'- .i "the most flagrant act of transgression that has ever taken place iii ; the history of the country and it should be resisted without re gard to party." Mr. Gorman criticized Mr. Loomis for his discussion of the Panania situ ation at a New York banquet before the injunction of secrecy had dcen re moved by the senate. Mr. Gorman said Mr. Loomis had discussed the Panama situation at a banquet at which perhaps many were excited by wine, and had, "given information which the senate had not liad from the administration or from any source. He did not," Mr. Gorman concluded, "tell the country all the facts, but he made the assertion that the presi dent was a bold and great man, who had had the courage and the patriot ism to land marines and suizo a part of tho territory of the republic of Co lombia, which wc were under contract to guarantee to that country." "This ls," he added, "in light of the facts, before us, nothing less than Usurpa tion." Mr. Gorman then discussed the president asa "Second Napoleon," which title had, ho said "been assign ed by some." "A second Napoleon indeed!" he exclaimed, "had it como to this that tho United States must have a Napo leon to shape its dest inies and to dis tort the presidential office from its proper functions??' Here Mr. Aldrich interrupted Mr. Gorman with a question as to whether it was tho "purpose of the reconcen '. trated Democracy to defeat the treaty." Mr. Gorman replied that lt was not his practice to treat ques tions of international scope as a party man and he believed that by the un ion of all thc forces inclined to protect the best Interests of thc country its honor could be saved. Ile agreed, ho said, that tho canal must bo built, but in the .light of all the facts at present known it was even more im portant that tho integrity of tho . American people should ho preserved. "Won't the senator go a step far ther," asked Mr. Aldrich, "and state whether it ls the purpose to reject tho treaty?" "No, Mr. President," responded Mr. Gorman. "I understand," said Mr. Aldrich, : -, 'thati Avli?b he says tsvLnntamount tc $h.aj>?but Is would be glad to haye him putjt ih'worcls.n ':*;%\x. Gurman1-"I say ,to"the senatoi from Bhtxlo island that, If tho case \ stands, as it ls; now; - wi th only the in formation tho adn?nistr?ition. mas. fur ? n?8l?ed:jis'to this hour, then we con sider ,;it ? most. ob j ec tlonable\ tfansac tion, and let m6' say to : tlie'sen'atoi when you talk about Tesponslbility, wt cari take the; responsibility : and say; bc ' tho adniihistfatiori""without regard tc party, r/cpng?ess jliag directed you. tx .i?6\;qn?;'-'or-two., 'things-to. construe! the canal'and do' it without' delay when you can hot get it at'T?namr go to Nicaragua, and construct . il tihoVe, ?nd?qlb"at once.''' .;-R?fef?ltig't't? 'hls.estimato of tia .presidential office -air. Gorman said - *I db not desire to do the president bl tho .United-States any injustice. J re spect the office. I beiieve that who ever occupies it ought, to. have fail consideration./ But . the executive must have a-respect for congress, ant ?: special consideration for the sonate of the United States. wn?n it'eoines te the consideration of ' treaties, for he cannot make ono without its consent. .When tho attempt-tb deprive us ol all tho facts;is made I rdsent. it. " li . Coming again to the * direct consid eration bf Mr. 5 Aldrich's inquiry,: fit said: ''Open your books and give us the'information. If you fail to do it in this case; if he will give us no fur tlifer information, than he has present ed!, speaking for myself, I cannot sustain him. ,Of course there is cour agh enough and patriotism enough or. this sido of the chamber to. stay him , br{ahy impetuous ofllcer who attempt* I ?n. impudent, act that may affect thc 1 entire country. -. "What I want and what I-" believe tho. people want, is that there shall be nothing that will disturb the business intorestsof this bountrj'; nothing that will put In jeopardy because of thc fear of some, extreme -action oh,thc part of the executive, tbe-tlrtiftt'nnc =eiiterpfise that.wo' havel^^iiffjBrijoy 'cid. Every thotfghbfo?^ ;th? fact that 'wl^J?a^^^^??r ? yean 'ati?i moro passed " tli&ugh _-?n era ?l Unexampled pfbsperlty^^f?'expansiop, Of -reckless expbnditul-cs^?fJiriprudehl inyestmonte, and how '[tliQsbal?nce ol \ho world-Is ; taking: 'act?b^j?,1?"dgin j .olir prospoti?ty? ' ?nd : is;.-p]5ttings obsta desiri our; way/'^aiid: will^c?iitihue t< put. In our way.;qbstru?tiqMj that1 ' wil impair.arid haVo'im^ hov se r io'usiy .ftif^ctih^X?v?.ry.Yfei^?n?ssr-'in -terest.". '".'?.. * . . ' . yv . . Y.i ,-? .- Mr... Gorm?nV'ititimated ;in;cqnclu sion that the,situation had been invited for.polittoal/p?rpose; and on tlils^ojnt said: ^^'A/'Ayar.'par .ty^it^^b^Mid^ris ipi:; ititi {s^cbuj?\i? hevcr;def?at?dr?Q?i-it bo*i??ft?t?r.^>?c .of;ahy_.iflali^ er pol?tica chance, irfammfep^'c?/^.tu?., co nd i ti c?$ Sjtj?fls t - n ecessacy f o r T I o' litical succesk."?ivhf? tho: .ibg/ianft'ittjc *m'y of tho- conni i'.-:"-, may /be,, exhib? toe some .'l?VoiiT?'i .laud^tol^s^ o?' hy man ' li? ' r-'.yv-VS>.st?: ItV Who can bo serio .?.ly troubled 1 the senate) in this case, as iii all oth ers, will stand for tile safety of tin mechanic and tho jv age earner, busi ness interests, peace and prosperity The fathors breaded this body so tba it can prevent i/hprudent action. I has but'soldoni'permitted the excite ment of the l?ur, the desires of ambi tious men typub in jeopardy the bono of tho government or its commercia prosperity." Mr. Foraker in reply arraigned Mi Hoar's'position, saying he knew ther would bo trouble when the Democrat agrtrtid to vote as a unit on every mat ter'except when that vote interfere' with individual conscience. "Something tho Republican do no known," said Mr. Tillman. Continuing, Mr. Foraker said tba he did not know who would be th Democratic exception, but suspecte since Mr. Tillman Thursday displaye bis rare knowledge of all matter scriptural that he would be the one. Mr. Foraker said ho bad felt n great surprise when the attack upo the president had been made on th Democratic sld3 of thc chamber, bu that he had been shocked when, th senator from Massachusetts made th character of speech ho did. Mr. Fo aker expressed the opinion the speec should have been made in execute session. Mr. Tillman gained tho floor to ai Senator Foraker If ho had any know edge of tho mobilizing of that 1,0< soldiers to march upon Bogota ar whether Information of this cbaract did not como from tho White llous Mr. Foraker said that not hing hr been given to him on that subject, ai advised Mr. Tillman if lie wanted tl information from thc White House apply there himself. Mr. Morgan inquired if Mr. Forak hold that tho Colombian congress w ever in any way committed to tl treaty. "They simply rejected it," repli Mr. Foraker. "No agent was sent the president of thc United States ai I no agent was sent to Panama. S had a right if she saw fit to go into i boll ion. Weeks before she dcclar ber independence it became kno1 that sho would take that step-r officially, but to every man who stv lcd that situation and know what 1 man nature would do under tho c cumstanceai " Tlie administration- at Washlngtx he said, was not unmindful of tho ? uation, "ai id tho president took t steps indicated by tho telegram a from which tho senator from Mas chusettsderives such conclusions.' Mr. Hoar strongly disclaimed h lng drawn, any such conclusions J Mr. Forakor concluded by saying th was no real ground for criticism of I course of/'tho administration. Mr. Mitchell of Oregon then spi on the -'Lewis and Clark expositl after?ch the senate adjourned. ly i ve Stock Dnrnorl. A dispatch to Tho State says barn of Mr . II. S. Lipscomb at Pac? was destrci?yovl by lire Thursday, gothor wHs . Its contests, consist!nj 18 horses^ id mules, two cows, tl hota^fig-?) bushels of corn, 1, busHKwSsotton seed, 100 bushel; svtfflHraPatoes, two carloads of 1 twOHfgles and ono two-horse wat I ThSWS was no Insurance. The bu 1 inervas valued at about $1,000. 1 I:.-'. . . ' THE OTHEE SIDE A Statement ot the Olympia Mill Case A BETHEN TQ THE COMPLAINT 1 Tho Char?o? Denied and tho Mutter Qf Ooiumon v?nd Trcf^irod 8toot, Halarle? ?nd. Foca f,f, ?V .. ' ; Aro Bet Fortb. The; charges against the manago ment of \ the Olympia ?mill : by - Mr. Leonard Pl?nizy pf Augusta- have-'a't^ tracted.ho little attention. : Yesterday afternoon . Mr. William Elliott,: Jr.,. representing the Olympia Mills com pany, served-on Mr1. B. L. Abney, at torney for Mr. Phmizy, the return or T?ply^to: charges- In tho complaint. Tlie matter is to bo heard : before Judge; Simonton next Monday at Charleston. - In.sumriilng up the declarations in the return, ttie ..following 'statement .was mado: yesterday ! by a membe^' b? the syndicate associated witt?v/Mi.' Whaley. in thisgreat undertaking: .--.'.' In tho early part-?f 1809 Mr. Wha ley? who .had-sold a great deal of cot ton mill machinery for the large man^ ufacturPrs who had their headquarters in and around Boston, and who-had acquired their, warm friendship, learned that a movement was'then on foot to raise the prices of .all cotton mill machinery from 20 : to -SO per cent., and to change the -terms upon which the machinery would be sold. Previous to that time it- had been the oustom -of . these': manufacturers to take preferred "stock, of tl}0 mills 1" part payment of th?ir machinery. Mr, Whaley thereupon entered into con-" tracts .-with these- manufacturers for tho machinery-necessary "to equip ? mill such as the Olympia. These.con tracts>mountod: to.- about' $1,059,0001 . Subsequently, the pieces of all cot tonVinlll maoiKxipry'v.weie raised, from f^^^^i^W^?^^ waa donerby ? conference" Of "alli^?- manufacturers in the .Tihited^Stai^s;^' About the samo time all st$?? fthti'irpn-and products of steel>^fl-.^ron were- increased -largely' inpric?^.'l, Steel rails,Wentrup fronvG? to^?^p?r cent. Mr.. wh'al?y. ?Isp. .in. iys;;t?'d|.v?dua? capacity^ c?r?tracted for tho :b?r?has? 6t!.'&irwt-?f.!t?M -. oh which'r??^ lo cat6d;:V.}I?itrien.taid bofofet?iis'nisso ciateciU: Cpiumdia "tho -prbje?t?o&?r gan'i??n^th'e Olympia .otton' nii?liand .r?piescnt?d - that the^purcliaser?f the mtml?^^^ 1805'.V'would '?? cost -SfrdmVr??20r>,'000"to' 830p,fl?^.;-mpre'tt?^ which .u?iliad. cbn'ttact?d.;. ' . Tho i-la'n-agWcd'''updnV->yas for the Complu.-' to bo organized with fi co ! ??tock -bf 1,000,000 and'Sah' ^f^'S?pO.OO?; ot proferred a'tock. preferred stock was siibseqtj'??tly' "sed to $;7 ?QfpO?;, ; It^^* their. AO^'* ' ^her^-ive.s- ;to .P\viJ;|;-^.(^n<! ^proceeds', of71 its ; sa'io towards the ?purchase and paymonb for the ma chinery. The common stock was sub scribed for by the .syndicate and by Messrs. Carey, Bayne & Smith of Bal timore. , ? ? m ^ Seventy-fiye thousand dollars Was is sued to Mr. Whaiey in payment for the increased price of tho land, which had -boen previously ? bought by him in his individual capacity. Of this amount ho divided out all but $26,000 amongst his associates and $300,000 was put into bis name for tho differ ence between his contract prices for tho machinery and the prices at which it could have been bought at the time of the organization of tho company. Of this amount $93,000 was turned over to Messrs. Carey, Bayne & Smith of Baltimore, who were helping to finance tho enterprise. Tho balance of the stock was never actually turned over to Mr. Whaley or any one else, but was hold and used for tho purpose of raising money on syndicate notes for the use of tho corporation. The remaining $615,000 of common stock was subscribed for by the syndicate and subsequently Messrs. Carey, Bayne & Smith, tho latter taking and paying for 8125,000 worth. AS TO TniS ORAN11Y MILLS. I ? t I i i! li O :'C % h c P 1 :y M w ll lr. a si o S' 0 n fi a s a ? s u a ri a t 1; o ? a ii h c t a o V a \: a Y tl 0 0 About this time lt bad become ap parent that the Granby cotton mills could not be made a success with the electric power which was then sup plied by tho Columbia Water Tower company. Thoro were frequent inter ruptions for entire days and more frc quently^stlll the power would not be sufllclcnt to run her looms and spin dles up to a proper speed for tho whole of many days. Her help was dissatis fied and tho output of the mill was altogether unsatisfactory. The com pany had entered into a binding con tract with tho Columbia Water Power company, who had in their litigation with the street railway company made it known that they would seek to en join any efforts to supplement hy steam power the electric power which they wore furnishing. Tho directors thou conceived the idea that it would bo a fair and legiti mate contract for Granby to subscribe $250,000 to tho capital stock of the Olympia if in consideration of which Olympia would build a steam plant of sufilcient capacity to supplement thc water power company's contract with Granby and would enter Into some contract whoroby Granby would bo at all times supplied with ample electric power at no greater cost than would havo boen the supyly from the water power company. Tho directors thought that this would bo ,n advisable tiling to do, because wi.ii the amount of debt that Granby thon owed if it bad become known that tho power was in adequate they thought that it would have sorlously embarrassed her if not ruined her. It was thought also that tho stock of Olympia could be dis posed ofLaa soon as lier operations were started, and thus that the dif ficulties that she had mot with wpuld be remedied by the comparative like uso of her credit until tho stock of Olympia was sold. Tho samo was true as to Bichland As a matter of fact, today Granby will have to shut down If tho power Is not supplied by tho running of Olym pia. Of tho ontiro issuo of tho $750,000 of preferred stock of Olympia $266, 000 waa subscribed and paid for by investors. Tho entlro balanco was is par:" :. ? " ? ' - , .... ' V i J . f ; :', -:- >: : : -> I * ' * .'.I .:*..*.. . TEtI2'M!ATr)CB OF ?AJ?AUIE3? J As to. ti ie Claries"'for :'?iy.irr^ the early; parly .bf 1^02; all Of <the&. ag.ipg bilicoo and to,'that fcipiq ?sBrv?d without'.??in\ satioii !^nd>?K?^ of ;the.company..:that" ib ?was milking" ni?h?y;?b'a" rate winch' wouldd?stlfy' lb if salaries weroVlix?d aggregating $20,U09,: wliicli;jriclude'd the pr?sident-, tli? vice-president;" finance committee, the se?r?t?ry and treasurer and the general manager "and 'the attorneys bf thecompany. These salaries by the terms of tho resolution were" to con tinue only, so long.as the ??rnlhgs?f: the -company justified their 'payment' and as a matter of fact they were.dis continued in 'the / early part Of \'the year 15)03, us soon "as it was ascertain ed that the company was. nob making money. X. It-is nut true that Mr. Wlialey or his. linn, were paid $50,000 pr any 3th"er largo amount for,the prepara tion of thc plans and tho s?pervisln& ? is architects the construction ^''?"?m mill. . .They Svb^jKifdSesr- thad oho 1er ccnfcifnyinTo-^ho hilnimuiu charge "br such work by competent..nilli mginecrs would\-be two per cent VIcssrs. w. B. SnflWi "rVhaiey Sc: Co. lid this wbi'lcf?r,le^tU>..i. half of thor isual charge b?ci?^e'of"their-interes? n the ent?rprlse^ri?? total siim jpaid mein.-.was oniy/?^fitf?O, which "iriclttdr" >d their, service's "iii supervising the ?onstruotion of the,' Mills'Avenue store ind ?i^ inils stables, all the op?ra-, -Ives'; houses'.and do'lng ali the grading . ind other work around the premises - s woll as tho work bh tho Olympia pill itself. $f?W$J MK. PniNIZY-'? COMTLAENT. " V ' The-following Is the amended com i.?al?t made. by Mr. Phi nlzy 'under late of. D.ec 7th: (a) Complainants aro .Informed and < ?elievo thab W. A. Clark, W. B. . imith Whaley, WvG,.;Childs and W. ', ?; iljyies, directors - of said- company, ? ?ribr:tb:'and ab the'i'ttmb^bf .building. , ho'pjyiripla millj^cpristltiited 'them- ? ^Tf?s'tf syndicate vor. body ofpromo? \ ?ra;-Vand;'olIered'' their , ser vices In or- ? anizihg-.a con^paiiy of which, they \ r?roy?tockhblders and directors; had \ ssdod- to . them land received: three. | lundred;: thousand ($300,000) dollars { f. tlio.'*cbr?mou'-'stoclc. ? of. Ui? said t Jlyriipialin i?:,'. whio?i..th'?y1 issued r-tb j h?msolvoV ^ a bonus, and- for widish \ oth?ng ' ?tSvpald by them iifbo the . pm'pany :for" said.- stock,; bub.-.-for.- t??p' t urpose of making the books, balance \ hero was an" Ih.creasa; o f --IXA- noi??llal- j ?lue' pf:t-I?e p?iuif. as ari offset 'tb-tlV' ^'i^'.'.^f'.t?iis> unpaidsibci?);s?ild boin .as V fcx g i ft : - w i tl J?uti v : coi is ide ra tl <. W*pl? youl '."ind contrai-v\ t?thp a,. ices' of I said promoters cbiisi?v>. hi v in .the usual elTorts. of placing or elling the stock, and thore was no s onslderation moving from such pro- ^ mters to the company, and that the - ctlOus asset $300,000 in amount, gave j pparent deceptive value to pvoforred . tock and helped to deceivo complain- ( nts into the purchase oflthe same. , (b) Complainants further allego ( pon information and belief- that tho , tatemcnts issued . by the company j udor tho direction of tho directors ? re Incorrect and convey an erroneous eprescntation in that the lists of ssets so prepared makes it appoar hat. the company owned and held irge blocks of stock of the value set ut in the statements; that upon an xamination of tho itemized list and ssets it appears that these Stocks were tterly and absolutely void and worth 2ss, being the unissued stock of tho ompany itself on which no subsorip ibn or other payment'hud been made, nd which had no value beyond that f the paper and ink upon which they i-ere printed; that said stock carried s such assets being-shares of un- i ssued stock of the Olympia mills < nd valued at $-in the statement ireparcd under the authority of the lireotbrs and issued to t he public and n both of which the preferred stock if complainants were purchased. SKUIOUS CHA HOES. (c) Complainants further allege, ipon informat ion and belief, that the ' aid board of directors have in all espccls valued their duty as officers md put their interests as individuals 1 ar above and beyond their obligations is directors. That contrary to law md good conscience, they have made :ontracts with themselves individual y, ir; each of which C?ISO the company vas damaged and the said directors greatly benulited; that although tho ?aid W. II. Smith Whaley was select id as such president because of his ?upposed ability skill and experience is cotton manufacturer, mill engineer md expert and paid a salary therefor, md as such bound to give his time, ittention and labor to thecompany in ronsiderat ion of the salary paid, and mat contrary to law and objections of )ffleers, he charged tho company the mm of $50,000 for plans and specifica tions of said mill, which sum is not )nly illegally paid, but far in excess to the value of his services. (d) Complainants further charge that they oidy learned of tho facts liereinbefore set out in the three pre ceding paragraphs within tho last 10 :lays, and that immediately thereupon they gave not leo to t he officers of the defendant company t hat they objected to tho issuance of tho proposed bonds. That since the Information has been obtained by complainants there has been no meet ing of tho stockholders and board of directors, and that it luis, therefore, been Impossible for com plainants to attempt to obtain redross ab their hands; that it would have bcen-useless to apply to the said board of directors for tho rights to which complainants were entiled, Inasmuch as the wrongs hereinbefore recited were committed by them, and the wrongful Issue of stock, the grant of bonuses, tho. mixing of accounts thc deposit of the Olympia company's pro perty as security for tho debt of the Granby and Klchland mills, and all of the other acts of waste and misman agement woro committed by tho direc tors themselves, and lt ls nob reason able to suppose that they would undo t?/?%?t?jS?~ willoh thoyhad inflicted fair; r?.efi??'from their purpose and in tea??mi vo'carry out the breach of tho agr?er?ihtJ: set out in Exhibit "A," li^bn We faith of which complainants probated:their'.stock. But, notwith udiit^?uch'facts, complainant, did ppwpr to obtain redress .. /ery^ notice possible of their and repudiation of what, the ad don?, "and. demand of anea) the wrong- and repair jj-all of which-they declined "?-tho contrary urged com j? io consent to the same and VO* f;a_issue of bonds, ..'vi? mpl?inants further charge ffljk .mention of tli? stockholders otjf srmpia cotton mills was held lri.f>. \TU?)l?, S. C., on November 14, 1902 Recording to tho notice herein b?rore jrofotred to and that Leonard Phiui/.y one of the plantiffs heroin, at&odljd said convention lu person, > ir^behalf to himself and his co pl?i?." ? protested against the creation or. "tfx^.jntlon of any debt or lien upon tlio'i jrrdperty of said company, and did act'4dly 1 vote against the same, lils stoc?? jfnd that of his co-plaintiff, A. S?r^ '^that notwithstanding tho pro ii -3he complainants and over his ;?th ins, .$1)750,000 20-years 0 per M& %ds was voted, issued, ex?cut ai .'placed upon thc said Olympia c$h mills, secured by mortgage of .?nVL property and franchises, all of Ssl fl acts and doings upon tho p?rf# tthe said. defendant company, its^t^ ?tors and stockholders these cbnVPh?.?a'nts allege to be illegal, in y?l.idVand contrary to the resolution madiv^py said company with these coTftpianants on December 1, 1901, a Cfl>y..'Ok which is found in Exliibit %i^?3attached to tlie bill. * . ;f : Safety of tnt 3outh. 7" TdieVc?lumbia State says: "Thoso who.beiieve that the Republican party has ; ce?sed to make war oj on tho Sout^j^ ill do well to watch olio pro ceedings of tho elections committee on the ' l'-'pb?itesb against Congressman Lev?T^D?ntzler received but 167 votes. Fow oVeri knew that such a candidate was irtthe field. Yet wo hear tho old story, familiar in Reconstruction Jays pf- the suppressed negro vote. Tho negroes as a rule have long since ?oasedto bes i pw a tliought on politics; md wei believe tliat even if every one w?r? viUlowed to vote only a beggarly xirpbraPs.. guard could be rallied for :hb .R?v?ublicaii3. The Republicans do lot c?i??'for negro per so, and any a?r jion 'liikon in his behalf indicates jlthor" % fear of Democratic success iii :ho. north, unless the negro is favored ijpf tr south, or a desire to "make a r>ji ent to turn out Democratic con fi.^ni^n in 1905, for the house may )e at^Uiat time uncomfortably, close. 1?re js rtitjr^ 4s hot a scintilla of proof that hpreiv)t?-167 voters wanted Dantzler. ~~*-qsaidby a wiso stateriian .-cy. of the south depended 'stratton and congress In ^rlcs bf South Carolina it ?nree million dollars worth ..id beer in the year ended he S?lB of last month, which ?3 near y $50 [,000 worth more than in the irrced jog-fiscal year. The net profits ibis yfhr.to State, counties and towna vas 88B8.266.35, an Inorease over 1002 if $7:,584.02. .The reports of Chair man Williams of the board of direc tors arid of the legislative Investigat ng committee will not be ready for l?verai weeks, but the following fig ures were obtained from the books by i reporter of The State on Thursday: Net proiit to towns and counties, 1903..._..8 512,210 35 Net profit to State, 1903.. 120,200.00 Total net profit for 1903.$ 638,482 35 Net profit to towns and counties, 1902.$ 443,198 76 Net profit to State, 1902. 123,699 57 Total net profit for 1902.$ 560,898 33 Total increase over 1902. 71,584 02 Total gross sales, 1903. . .82,817,998 77 Total grosssales, 1902... 2,406,213 60 ov bi bc ti cl. L ll; lo ht E I? lo O bi tl Ol e( in E Increase over 1902_$ 411,785 27 Killed Himself. After greeting a bank examiner who bad come unannounced to exam lue bis accounts, Asa C. Bushnell, cashier of the Yale National bank In New Haven, Conn., went into the basement of the bank Wednesday and shot himself, death ensuing soon af terward. A statement given out by Edwin S. Greeley, president of the bank, and by John T. Manson, the vice president, Wednesday afternoon says that an investigation of the books indicated that the cashier was Indebted to the bank for between $12,000 and $15,000, and that be had been speculating in stocks to a limited extent President Greeley sald-tbat Bushnell bad been with the bank 21 years and that he was the last man who would have been suspected of speculation, as his personal habits seemed, to be above reproach. A Cluan Sweep. At Boston, Mass., tho Democrats won an overwhelming victory in the mun lol pal election Tuesday, Mayor Patrick Collins being re-elected by 27,000 plurality, the largest ever given a mayoralty candidate in the history of the city. The board of aldermen next year will bo solidly Democratic and that party will have a largo ma jority In the common council. Thc city ns usual favored licensed liquor selling by a large majority. 9 Killlnrflliu] hy Hinkle. "My wife ls a witch and slowly killing me by magic. I want a di vorce," said M. J. O'Shaughn?ssy, of Omaha, Neb., who says be ls a cousin of the president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, to the Chief of Po llco Thursday. Mrs. O'Shaughn?ssy ls a clairvoyant, and, according to her spouse, bas seven husbands living, from none of whom has she received a divorce. A Hl?h Mortol. The Washington Post says tho South Carolina man who confessed to having burned his business rival's'store bad prodadly beon reading tifo testimony in the shipbuilding trtist litigation and thought anything was fair in tho suppression of competition. ' ' ' ? s /\ THEY WILL ?TGHT. Colombian Troops. Are Ensiling Rapidly to tho Front. in ARMY LOCATED BY ATLANTA ? mc ors Parley on tho Beech anti tho Colombian Commander Hands tho Americans a Written Protest. A dispatch from Colon says the ?Jnited States cruiser Atlanta, Com nandor Wm. H. Turner, returned ;here Thursday night from the Gulf of Darieu. She discovered December'15 i detachment of .Colombian troops, lumbering visually about 500' men, jut, according to their , statements, totaling 1,500 or 2,000 men, at Tltu natl, on tho western side bf the gulf, ust north of the mouth of the ?trato iver. Tlie commander of the Atlanta ent ashore an officer who conversed vith tlie Colombian commander. The atter protested energetically against -lie presence of American warships in Colombian waters, in so much as war ?etween Colombia and tho United itat?s had not been declared, and po Itely request tlie Atlanta to leave the ruff because it belonged to Colombia, /?mmander Turner Ignored the re dest and the" Atlanta returned to talon to report to Rear Admiral Cogh an. The Colombians are clearly busy pith protective and strengthening leasures. Although they treated tho Lmericans courteously they decidedly esented the presence bf the Atlanta's Hiding party. Tho Colombian force ras composed partly of the men landed ecentlyab the Atrato river by the Co-, nubian cruisers Cartageno and Gen ral Pinz?n. Early in the morning of Dec. 15 the Ltlanta sighted a small schooner in lie centre of the Gulf of Darien and ! allowed lier to the western shore, 1 diere the schooner attempted to hide ehi nd an inlet. Lieut Harlan P. , 'errill of tho Atlanta was ordered to oard her and thereupon a whaleboat aa lowered and pulled towards the ;hooner. Through the courtesy of ie naval ofllcers'tho correspondent of ie Associated Press accompanied tho :irty. It was found that the schoonor ad on board 100 armed Colombian )liders, commanded by Gen. Rafael]; ovo, who said Gen. Daniel Ortiz, , >ramander-iu-cliief of the Colombian trees of the Atlantic and Pacific, had >? large camp a milo away , on tho ? ainland. Gen. Novo requested Lieut, errill to land and confer with Gen. ? rtiz. After temporarily returning * i the Atlanta, Lieut. Perrill went - ick to the schooner, and in the * eantime, had taken up a position off beach within a small bay.' Great ^ rcitement prevailed araong^ the Cpl nbians on the whaleboat's'approach. here were repeated - cries' of ' ' Viva ? jL?rnbia^V^d-theie^.r'"'- " sudden jfnblan ^ us aria na... vue uHJt,-rane? os ^H?"^ iscade. Gen. Otiz appeared otie f sach whoh Lieut. Perrin wen Ashore, io' whaleboat in. the meantime /*-'r?g t ose by. Gen. Otiz insisted tri?t j; ieut. Perrin should fly the Colombian y lg at the bow of the whale boat, or ?| wer the American flag ab her stern, (, icause she was in Colombian waters. ? ieut. Perrin replied that he did not v ive a Colombian flag and refused to 8 wer the Stars and Stripes. Gen. ( rtiz did not insist upon his so doing,- t nt he protested in writing against ie presence of the Americans in Col- y nblaifwaters. Lieut. Perrill accept- j 1 tho protest and conveyed it to Com- ? lander Turner, . who handed it to , ear Admiral Coghlan on his arrival oro.1 ( During the conference with the Col- | molaris ashore, Lieut. Perrill was . irrounded by Gen. Ortiz's staff, while iland, a few paces, there was a somi ircle of armed sentinels. The beach i both directions was also lined with mtlncls. Gen. ortiz did not permit lieut. Perrill to leave tho point of the each where ho landed. While Perrill ?as awaiting the Colombian protest, "irsb Lient. Edward B. Manwaring, ammanding the marine guard of the atlanta, rowed up in a cutter for tho urpose of communicating with Lieut, 'errill and to gain certain military in Dimation. Lieut. Manwaring went shore and the cutter joined the whale oat oil the beach. The Colombian camp appeared to o permanent, was well provisioned nd probably destined to he used as a ase of operations. Gen. Ortiz and thors'freely expressed the determina ion of Colombia to fight to the bitter nd in case Gen. Reyes' visit to Wash iigton is not successful and Panama ? not returned to Colombia. A Fair Sample. Tiie Columbia State says: "Gov. Hlell's moro active participation In ho politics of Now York city, has re ulted in tho selection of one Charles I. Murray as president of tho Repub ican county committee. Murray is he kind of politician that ono Then lore Roosevelt would not have stood or when Roosevelt was a political ro omier in this same New York city ho New York papers say Murray rep esents tho lowest typo of Republican 'leader" in the metropolis. The qual ty of his gray matter is revealed by .ho story that when ho was aquoduct oinmisslonor In 1808 lie proposed to tatlon 400 or 500 guards along the iqueduct to prevent the Spaniards rom poisoning Now York's water sup ily. As this was a good scheme to five jobs to 100 or 500 heelers, some if Murray's party colleagues supported t but Mayor Van Wyck didn't soo it ,hat way and removed Nurray from lillee-which, perhaps, was about as ?ood a thing as Mayor Van Wyck over lid. Murray ls now the leader of tho ?olebratod "do Ate" district, though tio does not live therein. " Wages Reduced... A dispatch from Conn el ls vi lie, Pa., lays a reduction in wages averaging 17 per cent, and affcotlng 30,000 men In tho Conncllsvlllo coko regions was announced Wednesday. Tho H. C. Fric! Coke Co. takes tho initiative in this, Vac first reduction ?ince tho great strlko of the early 90's, ard to day posted notices at all thoir plants announcing tho reductions. - SAFE BLOWN OPEN. Tho Vault .of tho Courtenay' .Man.; :... ufac turing Company Hobbed; .'V A dispatch from Seneca to The State says the safe of the Courtenay Manufacturing company at Newry was robbed Tuesday .night of $2,600; 81,600. of this was io silver, the balance In paper and the money .of Newry poltoillce was inolded in this amount. '. ?? No rar rests have been made, but | three persons are under suspicion. One of these is a white . man who I has been passing as an insurance agent at Seneca. Tuesday nighthe bought | a doublebar rel lcd shot gun" from J. A. Glgnillial for 832. He drew his bank 1 book on the Seneca bank add Issued a check for 8100 and took the changer1-! 868. Wednesday it was learned from the New York bank that-it was" drawn upon to make deposit in the Seneca^ bank that this man's chsck was worthless. . He left Wednesday morning at 2 a. m. on train 35, westbonnd. He claim ed to be from New York. He speaks the southern brogue. -?He is about 35 years of age, . has light -hair, a red beared trimmed to a point, and ls about five feet 10 inches high. His face is red and pitted with pits on nose, in centre of forehead was very deep scar. Iiis weight is about 160 pounds. There are two other suspici ous characters who can be identified if arrested. One of these is about 30 or 25 years old, live feet 10 Inches high,-weighing 175 pounds, black hair, fair complexion, clean shaved, speaks northern brogue; had on light brown overcoat. The other is 34 years o\?\ ?ve feet eight inches; weight 150 pounds; short moustache; black bair and black eyes; dark complexion; speaks northern brogue. A reward of 8200 ls offered for the arrest and the proof to convict the guilty party. The Courtenay Man ufacturing company, Newry, S. C., or B. It. Moss, sheriff, Walhalla, S. ? 3hould be notified io case or arrest, j A Y0UTHF?L MTJBDEBEE. 1 A. Young Lad Instantly Killed bv An other Young liad. Fred Bradshaw, the fourteen-year )ld son of C. L. Bradshaw, of 122 Chestnut street, was shot and instant y killed Tuesday afternoon shortly ifter 2 o'clock by Jim Dean, a 16 rear-old boy'who lives at the corner if Mitchell and Davis street. Jim DeanV the 16-year-old boy, was lelivered to( Call Officers Luck and Jaddox at 3^30 o'clock by-his mother, vho had benn aiding the officers In hiding her oivn son. Young De?n ls now held at policej teadquarters on the Btate charge of ourder. H?{ admits that he -killgd o?ng Brad?^aw, but claims thafc the hooting was accidental; '; H e says he ms shooting at . an'3^<jlli?'t'' sparr' ?gM*' M ?" - '. SMS r?r?" ...v- to locate n 'A he j , v o?nd his mother, howevci*. and tola isr that unless ber son wa* dobvcrea" o the poll ?a it would go bard, with dm when he" was captured. She pr?m sed them that she would find hereon .nd give him to them. At 3:30 ?'clock she returned . to the Atlanta iniversity, where she left the officers, vtth her son. The boy was placed on L street car and carried to police head quarters, his mother accompanying ilm. He told the officers that he did .ot know he h?d hit young Bradshaw rntil he saw the latter fall. The boy s heart-broken, apparently over the ihootlng and still holds to his story ihat it was accidental. Dean, though only a child, haB a ?riminal record, according to Detec tive Simpson, who says the boy has bsen arrested on two or three occa sions. Bradshaw was shot in the back with a 22 calibre rifle, the bullet penetrating his bart. Dean had been out hunting lt is claimed, and the shooting occurred in a hollow in the rear of the Atlanta University. The boys were goodkfrlends previous to the shooting. Tho calibre of the bullet was very small but it struck a vital spot and instant death for young Bradshaw was the result.-Atlanta Journal. _ A Brutal Murder. At Boanoke, Va., Bobert Burchett I was murdered with an axe in bis j home at Max Meadows Wednesday night. HIB body was dragged some I distance lrom the house where it was) found early Thursday with the head crushed and mangled. Suspicion1 pointed to Burchett's wife and a man named McGlamery, who went to Max Meadows from North Carolina and they have been arrested. When ofli cera went to the'Burchett home they found Mrs. Burchett engagad in washiug up blood from the floor and bloodstains were found on her cloth ing. -The accused deny all knowledge | of the crime. Go Up Head. A dispatch from Atlantic City Bays I Blchard Burbad swears- that he caught, in Lakes Bay, the largest.oys- \ ter ever reported in that part-bf the ? country. Tho bivalve measured two feet In length, foulen inches across its baok, twelve inches in depth, and tho meat in it weighed twenty-four pounds. He tells an exciting story of what a time fie had In getting the oyster into his boat. Burbad stands at the head bf the class Wanted Revengo. <Tho will of the late Cardinal Her rero y Espinosa contains, according to a special dispatca from Mrdrld, the extra-ordinary bequest of 810,000 to tho "first Spanish general landing in the United States territory with an army sufficiently. strong to avenge tho defeats of Cuba and the Philip pines." Pending the- happening of this event the legacy is. to remain de posited in the Bank of Spain. Great IiOss by Fire. At Bochester.-N. Y., aseries of Ores, supposed to ibe incendiary, have des troyed property worth moro than a half million dollars. Tho flames raged until after daybreak Wednesday morning in two largo faotories. Every fire engine and fireman In tho city aro still on duty. At least two and pos sibly more have lost their lives. Is Broagat to the Front Again-by. the Publication 4)P BEISTOWj^ PULI, EEPOET^ VT. "??\' v. ':. jip .Uow Trusted Govoruniont OfilcJaJa . Worded the JPoat Offlccs of ~tho..Coan.try Fpr/ Their Tho full report of Fourth Assistant postmaster.General Bristow was m?^ piibllp W^anjes?ay with the exception : of the^?xt?tbibs, which aro withh'elSragj beca use Vf^de nd ? n g criminal cases. The report reveals mady new-facts brought out 4-by the mot-th? of lnves?. v tlgationand nb.t embodied In the'oSK v 'oial abstractjnade publie a . fortnight ? ago. . \ .,?^, :?: The reporter speaks of; proliiRate ? expenditures, for Bundy time record-' ( exs-.It states that Hugh M. ki Lan- \; mon, secretary, of the PiieV, mutic Can- > beling Machine company, testified daring the Investigation that In this t cjty-in^l902-, where he came, for or- V ders, Beavers referred him to a clerk > ntimed H. Clay ton -Graff "as the mau bo do business with," and that in per sona?^c^nvereation Graf! said, "You ? know nobe of us are here for our>:i-Ci health. _.The goveromeDt.ls not libe- \ rallo; the matter of Its f alarles and it . costs'mLUch to live in Washington." /Edwardv.S. Allen, now ? clerk at the Cleveland, O., postofflce, testified '? that reports be made on the merits of /\ the\Hampden cancelling machine / ' wereloot satisfactory to First Assist/^ ?. anb-Postmaster General Heath or to Beavers and^says- he ? was plainly afd vlBedthat it was Mr. Heath's desire that these machines be Installed .and the desire1^ of Mr. Beavers, "and the general.staff," that he do less talking derogatory to the machine- The'ma shines proved worthless. Jj The report says thatH. J, Truesdaleof Bingham ton, N. Y., of the cancelling machine :ompany, told the inspectors that be oru the order was given for 100 Dore- ??? nus cancelling machines, 200 shares s $20,000. worth) of the stock of the . < ompany was transferred to the first - ' sslstant postmaster general, Health, *~ leal th promising to order not lessV> han 300 machines afc 8225 each. '1- , tuesdale said that the stock was.:: iter bought from Heath. The evi Inrf.bHt ence agalD^t^He^th^yas submitted 0 the graj?d jury, but the district at orney said It was not sufficient to . barrani'the Indictment. The'report desorlbes the efforts of Lil. Baud of the postmaster gen a's office to sell stock . in a mining Vr impany to postofflce employes/and }''t* ives evidence that Rand . used gov rnment clerks in transacting private ' iisiness. . : >./ Regarding the sale of promotions Ipi [ew^Yotk-'Oity and '.TGIlSey city the (ppr.t^;my 3tl?ns: Ba>^hne, -??;vJ.,' as fe?YlB&.^jw^^ that. while 1 mate friend of Beavers tv..v.U>rki-,?t ?eted'from 38,Q00t^ 810,000 for t?a^'?!: 'legislative fund," ; for ;tbii . clerk8,H,'!:-'. V?isestated that, he u^ed about $3,-; OO -'of this . monev for ^xperises and - hat the balance, 80,000 o'^r $7,000, ho .aid- to Benjamin Parkhvtrtit, "lntl ?i?be friend of Beaver:!." '.. These.facts were submitted to the ;rahd-jury here in May, bufc'fche dis rieb attorney recommended against irosecutlon on the ground of rnsuf Icieut evidence and further effor? fco vard criminal process"against Beavers ind Weis in this case was dropped vhen, on May 31, last, the statute of imitations operated In Beavers' case.\ The report names a number of in- \ itanc? where clerks were appointed ) m the order of Beavers, against the wishes of the postmasters. These ?lerks performed but meagre services. Minerva Jeffrey, the report continues, was a $000 clerk at Fredonia, N. Y., tor the first five months in 1899, bhough she did no wort. The post master never saw her, he says; and he payments were sent by check to Washington and deposit? d in Beavers' personal bank account. Regarding contracts with congress men for lr ases of postofflce premises, the reporter says: "Tbere is no evidence in the matter that Beavers* reckless and high band ed proceeding in the mater of leases - was the result of any general scheme of corruption or blackmail on his part. His purpose seems to have been to x place members ot congress and In fluential politicians un?er personal obligations to him." EARNINGS OP THE RAILROADS. . - ii teres t i n g Figures Submitted by the Railroad Commission. From the report by Secretary Dun can of the railroad commission Ifc wlll_^ be Interesting to know those roads " out of the total'qf 19 which made the most money and the net incomes of which were the greatest. Out of a total Income of 813,117, 181.10 from all source it is found tbafc^ the consolidated Coast Line anrf Plant system received the largest, the fig- ? ' ures being $3,780,530.26, and their . net income less ail expenses including cost of maintenance and taxes'was $1,407,208.61. Tho Southern operating the Oaroli na division came next with a total of $2,816,805.90, and a neb income" of $885,320.51. Tho total income of tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line was less than that of the Seaboard, bub their net iocomo_was greator, due no doubt to che heavy expensesbf build ing which the latter has had td go through. The total income from Charlotte Air Line was $1,478,018;07? - and tho neb income was $58?,O60.39j~ while tho total income,of the.Sea board was 81,670,100.24, and the neb v income $441,562.45. The Soubhcrn railway in bhis Sbato led this by seve ral thousand dollaw,- their total in? I come being 81,642,712.09, while theit net income was $538,438.33. The Charleston and Western Caro lina ls tho lasb of bho roads whoso In? I como exceeded a million dollars, I Their total income was $1.035,508.66^ and their net Income was $133,734.18. Th'esi) figures are for tho year end,? .ng June 30, 1903,