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'.. Mi/ ) ' The iYLarlborj) Democrat i : "jCTf' ' Tr--: ====a f "DO THOU, Ci H li AT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OU OUR DEATHS UXORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." YOL XXXII j DENN I?TTSVILLK. S. C., f RID AY, MARCH 27, 1908 NO. Iii _i_ .- 7_ TALE OF HOROR. Men and Women Beaten on Cer tain Islands. HORRIBLE PICTURE Hy Gen. Pioneer, Who Says Ho HUH Seen Children Beaten Until Their Blood Covered tho Ground Around Cocoa Plantai ions. Pira to Por tugese Gouernment to Have lt Stopped, At Washington a vivid description of atrocities alleged to he perpetuat ed upon .slave lahorers on cocoa plan tations on I he Islands of Principo and Saint Thomo, Portugese Wost >. Africa, was given in,an address on jj, "Children's Lives in Africa," by (len. Joubert Plenaer, of South Af rica, of tho International congress on the welfare of the child under tho auspices of tho National Mother's Congress. "The atrocities I have witnessed ia Port ugliest! Wost Africa have tak tip'n such a hold upon me," declared Gen. Plenaer, "that l cut myself loose from all my business and leav ing my family thousands of miles away, I have consecrated my life to the freeing of the men and women that are daily hoing done to death and the little children that .1 have soon beaten until tho blood (lowed to the ground." The speaker said that he had form ed an association with tho intention bf petitioning the portuguese gov ernment on behalf of tho slaves to establish missionary settlements to ; Ct vi} lue and Christianize them and to act as a guard over the slave trade and to report the al rot ?ties to the association "This seems tt) me," he said, "the only effective way of putting a stop V to this Iniquity." Ile asked for the \, support of the Mother's Congress in his mission bf humanity. After slating Mint " the cruelties meted out to those degraded human beings on. the mainland were be yond description." General Plenaer continued: "children are lorn from tho breasts of mothers and sold as slaves, slaves in the employ of their lash masters are beaten to death, j >u?ien nod women and childvm arel mutilated. Often ti native luis hoon ?lotte to (leith he is quartered and! tho different portions of his body aro hung on the trees to lerrori/.e tho other natives. A NOT ll. UH SIOXATOH Bli v'> Senator Bryan bi' Clorida Pusses Away in Washington. United States Senator Wm. .Ihmes Bryah, of Clorida, died m Providence Hospital in Washington Sunday morning of typhoid lever. ll was only seventy-three days sime he took ! his seat as the successor ol the lat* Senator Stephen K. Mallory, who died December and thirty-three days Ol' thal imo was spent in his tight against disease. In Mr. Mry.in the Senate loses the seventh mouther by ?loath sime Di,, adjournment of (ho 55tih Congress j Ol) Marth I a year ugo. Tiny were the I wo lalo Senators from Alabama. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Peltus; Mr. Mal b>' r\ of I 'Ibrldii : M r. I ail hum . bf ..South Carolina. Mr. Proctor, ol Vcr mont ; Mr. Whyte, of Maryland, and Mr. Bryan. Curiously chough, 'be last two were the oldest and (he youngest members of lite body. Mr. Whyte was SI years old and Mr. Bryan less than ?iii, ASSISTANT OBSl-?in CBS WA NT CD Weather Bureau Service oilers Op portunity lo Young Men. Ail opportunity is offered young men to become asssta it observers in the (.Inited States W Oath Ol' bureau through th?! civil servit--, as exami nations will ho held by the r-ivii ser vice commission on April it>th, prox imo, ?it the following places in South Carolina on that day: Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. The position r-ays with the prospect of rapid promotion after tho probationary period of six months has ended. Application for informa tion in rotation to tho examinations, ?ind for admission t?? the same. Should be addressed lo the LT. S. Civ il Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Cobber Injured. A dispatch from Asheville to The state says in an offort to make a p quick "get away," after ho had brok en into and robbed the Arden post ofllCO, Willam Miller, a young man from South Carolina, attempted to board a inovng freight train, but fell beneath the wheels. Ono foot was cut off uu<\ he ls otherwise badly loured. . THEY ARE NEEDED SOUTH CAROLIN ANS BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. Delegations from Columbia, Orange* burg .'md Sumter Present Claims of Thuir Towns. Tho^ Washington correspondent of Tho Nowa and Courter says Colum bia, Orangeburg and Sumter, through their representatives, bad a hearing Thursday before a sub-committee on buildings and grounds with refer ence to securing Federal appropria tions for public buildings in (bose places. These delegations were com posed of tho following: From Slim ier, H. I. Mailling, Marion Moise. Ceo. I). Shore. IO. T. Reardon, Dr. J. A. Mood and W. Tl. Seal; from Colum bia, ?. F. Taylor, Ceo. 1). Huggins. Willie Jones, Dr. Cain. F. H. Hyatt, Micah Jenkins and T. li. Stockhouso; from Orangeburg Mayor J. \V. ll. Dukes, R. H. Jennings, J. W. Mow man and A. D. Webster, Those gen tlemen wore mel upon arrival at Washington hy Repr?sent?t ire Lov er and sliowed every possible at I tui tion. Al 10.30 o'clock the hearing be gan. While, the arguments put forth by tho different speakers were hi the main the same, (hoy differed in a few particulars. Messrs, Manning, Moise and Shore, who spoke in be half of Sumter, called at teni ion to the fact that their town was the hest in the Slate, which statement was at once challenged by Columbia ami Orangoburg. They said all they wain ed was for the members el the com millee who hud this mailer in hand to go Ihme and they would see that their town was entitled lo helier post office quarters than ii now enjoy ed. For Orangoburg Messrs. Howman and Wehster called attention to tin' rapid growth of their town, and said that from a hamlet with practically no business to sponk of a few years ago, it had grown in the" list len years lo a place of such importance that tin? Government should be ashamed of its present pi stolhce building. livery phase of Orange inirg s commercial life wiv touched upon Postmaster Webster conclud ed his remarks hy seo ii:-: lhal at Hie present lime Orangoburg w as I runs ailing its postal business in a build ing 2 1 hy .'il feet, and lhal Hie rom merdai interests Of tho low ii KIM) tho people demanded ind tor lacill t ies. Fol' Conimbia then- appeared M I?' Taylor, Postmaster 11 uggns and Mo ?or Micah Jenkins They told at some length the story of Coho: -.a s rise from Hie ashes ol' wat ind bor commercial Importance of the pres ent time. P. H. Hyatt told the com mittee thai Columbia was like Hie little boy who had outgrown ni pants, he ought lo have a new pair, of il he couldn't have a new pair Iiis old ones ought io me patched. Tittil; he said, was Hie condition m Col um Ida Willi respect lo the pOSlOlliCO building. Tile mein beril of the committee u sk ed hunt hors of qucstohs and seem ed interested in the hilorniulloii given tle-m. lt is probable that Mi Lever will have a delegation yls.ii South Carolina sonn lime during the prest ni session of Congress to lake a look al Hie places wapliir..' Federal ?dd. and he will endeavor tn convince them thai Gol I? iii bin hugh) to have $500,000 with which io ea large her present building: Suhltor $ li 0,000 for enlarging here; and Or nngebiirg % 100,000 with which io build on,- lhere. THREE HUNDRED PERISH lu Hie Sinking ol the Japanese Steam ship, Hide yoshi. A dispatch from Loudon dated Mardi ??l'. gives details from Tokio, describing the sinking of Hie Japan ese steamship Malsu Maru, which was rnhimob hy the steamship Hide Yoshi otf Todohokao, stating that more than 240 passengers and tin crew of 43 perished. Tho captain Of the liutsu Ham, as well as t li.w, did everything In their power to pre vent the panic, but failed. They stuck lo their posts and went down wit li Ibo Stlip. NEGRO CHILDREN HF RN ED Three Pickauiiinnies Perish in a Fire Near Walhalla. Three negro children perished in tho Hames when the house of Billi Davis, a colored man living near Wal hada, waa burned Thursday night. Four children alone, in tho house were playing with a torch a?ad a Hack of need cotton, which caught lire, igniting their clothing Though tho door stood open the three young eat children wore too f reign toned to [esoayt*. . SEN. TILLMAN SICK HAS UNION QU1TK I I.I. I OK SF.V KltAI. DAYS. Hut His Physicians Do Vol Fear Anything immediately Serions From Present Attack. The State says il was reported from Trenton, S. C., Saturday that Senator lt. ll. Tillman is quite a sick mun. li is said that lie is not in an alarming condition, hui that he will not he alli?- lo Killin to his duties tor sonic Hine. pr. .1. W. Bab cock, superintendent o? thc state Hospital lor inc insane, who went down lo Trenton lo see Senator 1 ill man, ?ame hack Saturday hight and gave ont the following statement: "Senator Tillman was taken seri ously ill Thursday uighl. Ho spoke Monday in Washington and after two days ai Clemson College he went to his home ai Trenton, complain ing ol' the heat. That night he had an attack, evidently due lu ha.ai work, and the un usual heal, which produced nervous trouble similar to thai from which lie suffered three years ago when he consulted eminent specialists in Philadelphia, who did not lind any signs of organic disease. After a short rest the senator was soon al lils post again. "In tho present attack Hie old symptoms of numbness and tingling of Hie left side have returned. Inn they aro lessoning in the last "?A hours. His physicians, Hrs Hunter ami Ititi.cock, are agreed (hat Hiero are now no indica i ions of organic trouble, ?ind are hopeful i hui after a few days' res! the senator may he well enough to rOturil lo his duties in Washington." Senator Tillman Hotter. lt was stated Sunday nigh! hy Sen ator Tillman's physician ai Trenton, Dr. T. J Hunter, thal senator Till man had passed a good day, resting well Saturday night and retaining his nourishment Sunday, and lu tts hoped that he will he all right, withjh the next few days. Hr. ilahcock, ?d' Columbia, who went over lo seen lae Senutor, returned to the city Satur day afternoon anti had heard nothing I rom him Sunday. no MID ()!. KD! r t rios. Cresent Members Will lie lo appoint ed hy (iov. \ nscl. Hov Ansel Sutuedik) announced at i he ne . i ing ol i he Si.io- hoard ol education thai he would r< appoint all ol Hi.- pi. sent tiionibors of Hiis hoard lor the term of lour years. Thei, lias hbeii considerable specu lation on He probable appointments. I'M?! W K Taio ol the Charleston schools, represen Hug Hie First Con gressional dist i ii t Mr ll (' lt i ce a inuinhor ol (he Aiken i,ai. of Hi? Second district. l'ioi H VV daniel ol Clemson collei;.', representing the thud dis trict IToi A (!. Hehiberi, Wol?ord Col lege, loi- Mn- Fourth district. I'roi \ I; Maul..- superintendent ol He' I,uneasier schools, reprosetit iilg the Hit li district. < ol. Banks has boon s in?tltlior of Hie hoard fin der lu.- uo ve ii do r's and was a mobi lier oi ile tat! ol two nt her govern orr. M i' W I Mont i'onier\. member | of tie- v ! . . i < ? 11 I ia i . i cpi iv .al inc, t he ? sixth di.arid. Mr. Montgomery is j i he rhi inn:', pfOsidenl ol' t he Siaie j I 'auk' !' s ?s> ocia! ion l'io? v .1. Thiteksoii of Ho' t)r- j .ineehiiii: schools for ino Seventh fl ii*- j driel. : ( .<o \itSei is chairman ol' I he hoard and Superintcndoiil O li. ! Marlin is the secretary SHOOT! XC Ol'1 .Tl'IK?K lit CII.Y.VW Katnl Hiiliel Accident ni ly Fired bj One ol' Two Boys. A dispatch from Rdgefield says lt is now ''Cl'tn Ul that the ball that killed I0x-Judge Buchnnnnn came from a rille in (he hands ol' one of two boys who weri' hunting, and it is authoritively staled that the shoot ing was entirely accidental. While thc boys are known, (he Informant ol' the correspondent of The News and Courier at Ward's refused lo give names, nor have they, so far as is known hero, been made public or any confession or statement made as to their unfortunate, though liol criminal, connection willi (he sad af fair. No Official In vost iga Hon has been made. * Legally Hanged. At i,a Orango, tia., Ingram Cana lly, a negro assailant, was hanged in the jail yard Friday afternoon at 1:16 o'clock. Canady waa convicted at the hud November torin of court of crminally assaulting Mfa, Ilona Jo*(M. * THE COTTON CROP FOIl ?^I?ST Y KAU GOES OVER ELEVEN MILLION BALES. Tho (Visits Report Issued by the Department of Agriculture ?ires th? Total Figures. The . census report Issued Friday allows that'tho cotton crop grown in 1907.- aggregated 11,261,108 running bales,' counting round as liait balea and'including' lintern, and showed a total. bt? 27,1.7 7 active ginneries for I907.>' This is against 13,305,265 bales,-: ia 1 900, and 10,725,802 in 1 905. , Tho statistics Include 1 77,046 balea, roturned as reinahdng io 1K> giniied after the idem of tho Morell canvas \ The total number of run ning'dudes as gi *en is equlvi'lont to ll.3Q2.872 of 500 pounds ?ich. Tho average gross weigh i of tho bales^for 1007 is 501.8 pounda. The Item .for the crop of 1907 are 10, 798,59o square bales; 198.549 round bales'; 86,793 sea island hales; 198, 5 4 9 .'round hales; 86,793-sea island hales; linters 270,000 bales. Ta? pumbei of running bales hy States follows: Alabama 1.1 20,028; Arkansas 700.102, Florida f.7.0l(>, Georgia 1,891,900, Kansas 34, Ken tucky 4,20.'.. Louisiana 676,823, Mis sissippi 1,404.207. Missouri ;t:., 997, New Mexico 4 17. North Caro lina 048,r?iv. Oklahoma 864,106, South Carolina 1,175,?75, Tennosscc '..'T t.r.I'.O, Texas 2,271 ?724, Virginia 9,480, Kentucky s total includes lin ters of establishments in Illinois and Virginia. The linters included 276.500 hale., for'i907, 322,064 for lino; and 230, 497 for 1905. Round bales arc lits,. 549 for 1907, 208,219 foi 1906, and 279,8^6 for 1905. Sea island hales aro 86.893 for 1907, 57,550 for 1906, li-2,1539 for 1905. Avrage gross weight of thc halos for 1907, including linters as given, ls against 5 0 1.9 for 1906; Ilia I of tho round bales is 246.1 pounds foi 1907 com pa red with 2 4f,.l tor 1900, ate1 'be,sea island 3 9 1.0 pounds foi i?vi, . unpared willi 387.2 . foi 1900. * Watson's Close Estimate. The State says when the govern ment estimait' on the cotton crop for 19 j) 7 caine in lin- estimate m.nie in November b> Commissioner Watson's depart mein was compared with ti e ligures issued from Washington and it. was found that there was a differ ?.nee ol' Only 13 19S bal?,-! in the li ?pi res on th-- South Carotin? arop and 109.957 on the entire crop ol thc IJhilcd States. < OMI MTS SUP IDF.. ,\ Columbian Takes l'oison and Theil Statis Himself. Mli?l H. Miller, a representative of the V. S Roystor Guano company. Norfolk, S'a., committed suicide at ttn> 11 ll I boro hotel. 'lampa. Fia . Friday morning, taking about loo gnlias of morphine ami later stab bing himself1 three times near the heart with a six inch pear! handled dagger; Miller left i wo loller- . om- to Iiis wife at Camden S C., lils home, ami another lo I'. I-:. Uliii'k of (lie I'rairie Pebble phosphat? aonipnny M|d herrj. Flit In He- leite, io Iiis wile Miller slated that he li iii) ao cause lol- tile Silicide, but felt ali ll lt co ll I i o 1 ilihli' illipuhe W hieb Ile could .?ol COU qtihr. .| he le'ter lo I Undi I elated 'o busi ness mail.-; Miller had ?.ll at Ttl m pa two vvi'i ks, sihphliig at the Tampa Pay Imo ! P.clore going to Tampa he spent three weeks at ibo Prairie Popple Phosphate plant in itu- interest of bis employers. Killed mi Railway. A dispatch to The State says "Miss Della Davegii received a dispatch Wednesday morang niinoniicng the death ol' her brothel in law. Mr E. Chavasso, from hoing .struck by a passing train at Lexington. Ky. Mis* HaVega ?eft. al once to attend ttlO funeral. Mrs. Chavasso was Miss Mary Ha Vega, a native of Uti:* City, ami sister ot the late lu S. M Pa Vega." Shot Wife and Sell. Mad with love for another woman, determined to sever the bond;, that bound him to a woman he did not love, George Willoughby, prominent m business and church circles at Milwaukee, Wis., shot his wile dead Friday morning and twice wounded himself. Jumped Five Stories. Al New York Mrs. Sarah Sclierry.l a despondent widow, killed herself by diving from tho trout window of Iber fifth-Story apartment al 64 Baal 103rd Street into a crowd of women on tho sidewalk, mont of thom who had children lu arms or In baby car rin*^ * HEAVY DAMAGES GIVEN MOTHER AND LITTLE SON WHO WKKM Had ly Burned by Coming in Contact With a L?TO Wire on the StrectH of Florence. A dispatch from Florence to The News and Courier says thy big/rest verdicts ever awarded by a Florence County jury were recorded Thursday in the cases of Mrs. Maude Laughlin and her little son, Lawrence Laugh lin, both of whom were horribly burned by an electric wire in Flor ence last August, against thc Flor ence KJoctrio Light and Power ( coo nany and the Southern Public Service Corporation Mrs. Laughlin, who asked $;'i0,oi)0 damages, was award ed $17,000. and Lawrence Laughlin, whoso suit was for $25,000 damages, obtained a verdict for $8,000. Judge Dantsder promptly overrul ed a motion for a new trial, ns ho had previously overruled a motion for it non-suit, based on the ground that it had not been proven that tho Southern Public Corporation was th any way connected with the Flo-enoe Light and Power Company. Tho case will bo appealed to tho Supreme Court. This was one of tin; biggest eases ever tried in the Court of Com mon Pleas in this county. Mrs. Lauglin is the wife of Mr. George NV. Laughlin of Florence. The injuries for which she has been awarded damages were received on the 19th Of Inst August, while she was Irving to rescue little Lawrence her only son. who had become en tagled in the street near the corner of Kavonel and ("beeves streets. Holli mother and son were so badly in- 1 juted that it became necessary to ( amputate Mrs. Laughlin's right hand f and right foot, and tho larger por tion of Lawrence's right hand. * * MOH LYNCHES TWO MEN, ( " .. ' ' ' i Florida Farmers Shoot Two Alleged Si mtier era to Death. c At Perry. Kia., tween one mid two ( o'clock Friday morning a mob of j inned citizens surrounded the ? :otinty jail and look diehard Smith t md Will McMullen. both charged , ?villi murder, from the jail currying Ihom quietly tb a Seclude.! spot on . thc outskirts of tho town, where ?hoy ( ivere securely tied to a post and their | bodies riddled with bullets. ( Thc hollies were fouil I early next morning by tho authorities. Smith was charged with tho murder >f a ? while man a few dd.VS ano and Mc- t Mullen was awaiting trial for tito ' murder of another negro. Mc Mullen was li desperate character. , Hld ll few days ago overpowered the j Inlier, m King his escape. Ho was ( recaptured by Man hal Hawkins. , The citi/."iis ol' Perry aro of the , . pinion that the mob was formed of farmers nt' tho surrounding country. No further trouble is feared. TWO KLKPHANTS AT LARGN I Ncapc from Circus in I loi ida and Malic for Ccnrgin. chief ot Palice Dampier, of Val dosla, (?a., j'?celved a telegram from tho Van Arnberg Shows, ut White Springs, I'la., stating that two of tin lr elephants and escaped and were headed for Valdo.-ta, where the cir ilo- wintered. Later reports which have reached' h. re say thc elephants have been sur rounded ? 'ac miles from (leona, Fla.; by li ere I of farmers with guns, and thal the big animals were fired upon, the shots only infuriating i hem and causing them to dash away. Throe br four trainers from the circus are hurrying lo Iho scene to try and capture them. Telegrams from While Springs say the people in tho country through that section are almost terrorized and are organizing in great numbers for ll big elephant hunt. * TWO MFA SHOT. Community Excited Over Wounding of Young Men. An unknown negro shot and fatal ly wounded Maxtor and Rufus Hums nt Mums. Miss., iatc Friday. Doth are relatives of United Stales Senator McLaurill Of Mississippi GOV. Nco] has sent bloodhounds from tho Hen kln county convict farm In pursuit. Tho vicinity ls greatly excited and a large posse is reported assisting in the search of tho culprit. The cause of the shooting has not been ascer tained. Fatal Explosion. The boiler at tho saw mill of O W. Mooro ut Homeland, (la., blew up Friday morning, killing Mr. Moore, the proprietor, Instantly, and seriously scalding three other men. Mr. Moore was ono of tho wealthiest i men in that section of tho State. * FIGHT A DUEL Gen. Fock Mortally Wounds Gen. Smirnoff.at Close Range. PISTOLS WERE USED. Smirnoff Reflected Upon Liether Of ficer's Qualities in Memorandum . .on Soign of Port Artliur. Duel Takes Place in Regimental Hiding School iu St. Petersburg in the Presence of Men nnd Women. Al St. Petersburg, Russia, Lieut General Smirnoff was probably fat ally wounded in a dael fought Wed nesday morning with Lieut. Gen. Kock. The men were in the riding school of tho Chevalier Guard regiment and fought with pistols, standing close to each other when the shots were exchanged. The duel was caused by a memo randum written by Gen Smirnoff OK the soige of Port Arthur, In whick ho questioned the courage of Gen. Kock. The latter considered that his hon or and reputation was lavolved and challenged the author of tho m?mo randum. The duel, occurred with the full knowledge and approbation of tho military authorities. It was wltncas ed by several officers of high rnnk, ?tad it is oven reported that several women were present. Shortly before 10 o'clock Gens. Kock and Smirnoff appeared at tho riding school. Without saluting they took tho places assigned by their ieconds. Tho duelists were Instructed to Ire until one or the other was hit. Vt Kock's fourth shot Smirnoff gr?an >d and sank wounded iu tho abdo nen above the hip. The word "lire" was given by Gen. Kirsieff, tho Russian authority OJI luelllng. At the third oxchango Smirnoff tccldonlnlly bred prematurely, but ''ock magnanimously declined io ?hoot at ii defenceless opponent, nnd he fourth and final shots were then exchanged. The duel will be followed by i not her between Kock and Gen. Gor tntoffsky who was criticised by ."ock during the court-martial pro ;eedings. Gen Smirnoff was neting commun iant of the Port Arthur fortress dur ng tho seigo and nt tho time of ita surrender to tho Japanese. Aftor bia ...turn to Russia he prepared a se cret report of tho defense of Kort Ar thur which was tho basis of tho ndlctmonts on which don. Stossel, Jen. Kock and Gen. Reiss were tried or their lives before court mar tial. DROPS DEAD. While Looking at the Corpse of a Drowned Raby. in Danklin Township, In Green ville County, three miles from Green ville, the 1-year-old child of Joo Say les, colored, foll Into a tub which drowned. The child's mother bad I bf I it alone to go into the house and when she returned it was dead. Tho news quickly spread through the neighborhood and a number ol' people gathered nt thc house, pinong them Joo Jordan, the lS-yoar-old son of Mr. .1. 13. Jordan. Ho walked np to the tub, IU which the ich lld bad been drowned, looked at it and drop ped dead. Mr. Jordan says his son had a nar row escape from drowning In the same manner when a child. The boy had a weak heart and lt ls supposed, that tho recollection of his narrow escape when a child and tho horror [>f tho negro child's death caused a Shock to his system which resulted in his death. HAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL. Young Hoy Killed While Kiding Un derneath Express Car. Young Dean, the son of a promi nent citizen of Langley, was killed Tuesday afternoon on the electric, car lino between Langley and Warren vlllo, near Aiken. It seems that, ho slipped off or ran away from school and got on tho Augimtri-Aiken ex press car. lt ls supposed that ho either fell off or was shaken off, falling on the track and was then run over by the car. Tho mon OH the express car, it is said, did not. know anything about tho matter and the boy remained on tho track until tho car bound for Aiken carno np a little later. Tho affair is avery de plorable one. Ten Were Injured. Ton persons woro Injnrod, non* seriously, in a trolley car accident at Philadelphia yesterday.