The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 07, 1901, Image 1
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VOL. XV.
SEVERELY HANDLED
Anderson County Qals Much Fie*
Adv*rlis;ng
SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS
Hs Rightly Thinks That the Citi
z*ns of the Entire State
Shou'd Not be Held
to Account
Tho Philadelphia North American
has in its issues of Monday and Tucs
day inaugratcd a crusado against tho
system of "slavery" which obtains in
Anderson oounty. This was brought
about by tho rooent oocurrcncos which
led to Judgo Ujnot's ohargo to tho
grand jury to investigate tho matter.
Mr. Geo. JO Prinoo of Anderson, a
member of tho general assembly and a
vory prominent lawyer, was in tho city
yostorday and Hiatcd that tho graud
jury is oompoHed of men who will do
ihcir duty, and tho people can rest assured
that tho eonolusioD readied will
ho a propor finding.
Another gontlemin recalled that ovor
twn vntrn *ir<i .Inrlon ("2 arc n?noiitin?
- ~ J O , ' - - l>~ y 1.VU1V.1HR|
tho grand jury of Audcrson bad somothing
of tho kind oallod to ita attention.
During tho session of the general as
eornbly Capt. Banks of Newberry in
troduood a bill to provide for n constitutional
arm ndmont to inoroaso tho
jurisdiction of magistrates in oases of
violation of labor contracts.
Mr. Welling of Fairfield opposed tho
measuro vehemently and cxolaimcd
that in Andereon county a veritable
Byatcin of (slavery exists, that mon aro
bought and eold as chattels.
This was indiguantly denied by Mr.
R. B. A. Robinson, and tho two membors
of tho general assembly noarly
oamo to blows.
Mr. Wolling's repeated obargos proparod
tho legislature for tho announomunt.
not a week later, that Judgo
Bonot had had the matter oallcd to Mb
attention by an anonymous letter and
that ho had given the grand jury instructions
to investigate tno matter.
Tho Philadelphia N> rth American,
aftor tho court had ordered the investigation,
sent a staff correspondent to
Andorson and now claims to havo made
an "exposure." Half page illustrations
fill up tho front page of tho paper
and tho Andorson "slavo tarffio" is
depioted in phosphorescent colors.
Thero aro columns upon columns of
interviews with prtaohora and othors
and tho staff correspondent, wr.ting
from Columbia, dosoribos tho oondi
tions as ho saw them when in And<,rcon
0VU?
Among tho foatures of tho "tx
posuro" Tuesday wcro numerous interviews
with congressmen.
Tho following is tho story of tho
Washington oorrospondcnt.
Washington, Fob. 25th.
The North American's oxposuro of
tho rovival of slavery in South Care
lina was read with amazement by oongress.
That such a condition oould exist in
that partof tho IJoitod Spates ia this
day was almost boyond tho belief of
senators and ropr^sontativos, and thoy
said Tho North American had dono a
publio sorvioo in making tho faots
known.
Tho form of tho oontraot whioh tho
negroos omployod by tho cotton planters
aro re quirod to sign was perused
with spooial intorcst. Wondor was
oxprossed that South Carolina should
have tolerated suoh a plot for a momont.
CAN CONGRESS INTERFERE?
On tho question as to to whether oon- !
gross had a right to interfero, on tho
ground that it was in violation of tho
ihirtoonth amondment to tho constitution,
opinions differed.
A great many lawyers in oongross
rofusod to give an oif-haad opinion,
deoiaring that tho mattor was too serious,
but all agreed that, whother oon
gross aotod or not, The North Amcrioan
should continue its work by making
tho peoplr familiar with tho deiails
of tho criminal wrongs involved in the
pornioious system.
Tho North'Amorican secured the following
expressions from Hoproscutativo
Asbury C. Latimer, of Beltoo,
Anderson oounty, S C.
hva. ,.?ii :_ u a /i
jic9| nu nun nugivjua iu ouuiu v>nro"
Inia.
"Isoo nothing so inhuman or outragooua
in this statement of fiats.
Whon I sty wc soli newroes, I wish it
distinotly understood that not ono of
ftho bottor olass of tho raoo is subjojtcd
to this troatmont.
Horo tho South Carolina ropresenta
' ivooftho slavo district stopped, and
J for Boveral seconds looked at tho Load
lines of Tho Norih Auuroan.
"I wish to say," ho said, "that I
don't approvo of the i raotice as it is
now carried on. Wire tho ir'.co:pIo
of soiling mon to rtuko them pay for
violations of the law may not bo wl oily
wrong; 1 do think that it is now oarried
too far. Tho governor and tho
, . _j n it in t: . t
oourio 01 ceum uarouna nave, ana arc,
investigating the matter, and I fool assured
that justice will be dono.
SHOULD TIIEY RUN HIKE?
"I think tho pooplo of South Carolina
realise that the manner of treating
these unfortunate wrongdoers has
gone too far, and that a mcro just procedure
will bo hereafter followed.
"We are censured for not allowing
negroes to Tun fee. Aro thoy not lawbreakers?
Should wo allow them to
run loose? It is not oustomary to al,1
low oonviots all the privileges of a oom,
,, -inanity. While all thoso oonfined may
not be convicts, ovory one of the men
has been guilty of some offense against
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m
law and eocioty. The question will bo
eottled, and L know that tho remits
will 6atisfy tho Amorioao people."
SENATOR TILLMAN
K.inttor Tillman in an m iu?ol.v? n?i.l
V* A I it M4MU tu M U I 11 ^vi ? IVTT R.llVi
"1 am ru prised that a respeotablo
new-paper?and I consider The North
American ono of tho moBt rcspcctble in
ibis oountry?should lend iisclf to any
sensational assusations against tho poo
plo of a 8tato of this character.
"Tho existence in ono oounly of
South Carolina of an unlawful pystom
of contracts had already boon called to
tho at'.otition of tho grand jury of that
county by tho presiding judge, who
soorcd tho system in tho stiongest possible
language, and calkd a spooial
terai of court to r? ocivo their report, bo
that ho can tako tho matter uudor judicial
ooncidorat'on.
"Besides, tho Stato authorities, as I
know with absoluto cortaiuly, havo no
Bymjathy wha'evir with any such
wrong doing, 'J'hoy do not prop'^o to
oountcnanco it in any way, ami tho
State gtvmoment will beud iVviy cf
fere to stamp out any buoh unlawful,
cruel system.
"Tho leasirg of convio's has boon
broken up by iho lcgislaiu-o, and no
convicts aro allowed to bo hired to
privato partiep, and tho cooping in along
with tho convicts cf ignorant and -silly
negroes as prisoners can no longor exist,
oven though public opinion did not
frown upon it.
"From my knowlcdgo of tho feeling
of tho people of tho Stato?and I think
I know as much about publio opinion
in South Carolina as any other man?
thcro is no sympathy with any viow of
dealing with labor tl at is not fair and
just.
"Tho naturo of our crops requires a
contiaot that involvos a year's work, and
tho effort of landowners has been in tho
direction of securing such an agreement,
authorized by tho legislature, as
to compel persons, whito and black,
who have ui.vio contracts to cultivato
tho orop on shares to carry out their
oontraots.
"This is for tho reason that the expenditures
of monoy for supplies and
olothiDg during tho winter, and, in
faot, all through tho summer, would
all bo lobt unless the orop was worked
and gathered and prepared for ship
meat.
Tho preparation of land for tho orop
and picking and and ginning takes ten
months, and croppers on shares who
wore not found by contraot to labor by
tho year would havo iho landowner at a
groat disadvantage.
"Thero is absolutely no grcuD I for
any assertion that tho pooplo of Suoth
Carolina sympathizo with this sohemo
to reestablish slavery undor a eodraot
system, and I am euro that tho Stato
authorities will tako all neecs9ary steps
to stamp itcut."
Tho lingering cough following grippe
calls for Ono Miouto Cough Cu-o. For
all throat aud lung troublos this is tho
only harmloss remedy that gives immediate
results. Prevents consumption.
Dr. K Norton.
Looting in China.
Mr Gcorgo Lynoh, tho war artist and
correspondent, gavo his looturo, '"In
tho Heart of P. kin," at New York.
Among tho sterooptioon views with
whioh Mr. L neh illustrated his looturo
woro thoso of tho apnrtmonts of tho
emperor aid < mpross of China in tho
saorcd palace in tho forbidden city.
These rooms of stato had never boon
pnoiogrpnea, cor had a photographer
over Bet foot within tho sacred walls
until Mr. Lynoh and J. (J. llommot
entered with tho allied troops. Mr.
Lynoh had Eomo surprises in tho shapo
of photographs1 which show how tho
soldiors of oertain nations oonduoted
thcmsclvos when tho opportunity to
loot oamo.
When you aro bilioui, uso thoso famous
litilo pills known as DoWitt's Little
Barly Risers to oleanso tho liver
and bowels. Thoy novor gripo.
Dr. K Norton.
Opposes the Steal.
Tho Springfiold liopublioan says:
"Tho lower branoh of tho Wisconsin
legislature is overwhelmingly Republican,
having only scvontoen Democratic
members, against eighty-throe
Ropublicins; but for all that, it has
adopted resolutions urging tho Wisconsin
members of (Jongrets to opposo
tho Hanna ship subsidy bill, by a voto
of seventy eight to fiftcon. This fact
alono should sufficiently warm tho
party in Congress to koep clear of
committing itself to any suoh moasuro."
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Their promptness and their pleasant
effects m\ko DoWitt's L.t'.lo Wariy Risers
most popular littlo pills wherever
they are known. They aro simply perfect
for liv r and bowel troubles.
Dr. K Norton.
To Become a Banker.
Tho oampany of Augusta nanilalists
who have rocontly sequin d the Ilnrriw
I/lhia Springs havo now assumed control
of tho property and Harris, ihe
hu6tler?tho wizard of tlo water*, who
found this spring in tho wildorncs*
Dine years ag? and a few dajs ago converted
it into 1100 000 oash?is about to
engage in the banking business If he
shall bo half ai successful in his now
field as ho was in tho old hold whoro
ho found tho'string, his vonturo will
be a oonspiouous suoooss ?Columbia
State.
See that you get the original DeWitt's
Witolr Hasol Salve wbon you
ask for it. The genuine is a certain
cure for piles, sores and skin diseases.
Dr. E. Norton.
A Bad Break.
A Western Kansas editor apolog'zos
for saying a bride appeared in her
"shirt sleeves." "We wrote, 'short
sleeves,' " says the editor, "as plain as
we knew how."
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CON'I
MURDER AND SUICIDE
D-.W F Aiken Shoots Hi? Beautiful
ttt; XV. rru TT:
niir, xueu niiusen
Dr. W F. Aiken, a leading sjooialiut
of Savannah, Ga., shot and killed hit*
wife in ihcir bedroom nt an early hour
Wednctday morning. Tho roport of tho
pistol awakoncd their littlo son, aged
eight yeara. In his night c'othcs ami
barefooted, tho child ran in tho street
to call apolioemm. when tho (ffioor
entered tho house ho found Mrs. A>kou
d<ul on tho bed, with a bullet holo
through her head, and Dr. Aiken, with
a pistol in hand, lying on tho tl >or
dead. After sh- oting his wife tio had
plajed it o weapon to his own head aed
rent a bullet through his brain. The
ol lid said that ho had heard his fathor
count, "one two throe,'' uud then tho
pistol shoot.
liw?? dcvelojod at tho corner's inqu
at this afternoon that Dr. Aikon
**b about 88 >iars old. IIo was born
in New York, aud was graduated at
Yalo nt tho age 20 yoars. After graduv
lion ho was conncoted for a timj with
tho health department of tho city r.f
Ni?w York. Thou ho took a spools 1
cnurso io diseases of tho cyo and ear,
and oatno south to settlo. He mtrr'ed
Mits Anna K. Potter, daughter o< the
H.v. A (3 Potter, a eh rgjnian of New
Bedford, Miss. Tho ltiv. Mr. Potter
wa^ a clo*o personal friend of Halph
Waldo Emerson. A brother of Mrs.
Aiken, Alfred U. Potter, is now lil ra
rian of Harvard university. This
brothor has beou tolcgrpb u for, and
will arrive tomorrow to t?ko charge of
tho bodies and remove them to Mas aohusct
s for intcrmont
No oauso for tho trago.ly w\s t'ovtl
opened at I he i. quest. It was brought
out that Dr. Aiken was a cigarette
smckrrto ex.os, and that ho was (f
ai rxiremoly nervous tomperamorit.
Two weeks or so ago ho had to havo the
services of physioians in what was bo
lievod to bo morphine poiror.ing, and
it wis rumored at tho time that ho had
attomptcd suioido, but the attending
phveioians said that was improbablo
Lately his friends had noticed an ex
trerno abstraction and irritability.
Dr. Aiken was dovoted tosoicnoo,
and was an inventor of forno noto. llo
in the originator of n.aay opthalmolog
ioal instruments that arc now in common
UFO all over tho oountry. Ho refused
to patont his inventions, saying
thoy woro for tho benefit of mankind.
Ho bad a very largo ar.d lucrative
praotioo, and was in independent oir
oumslanccB. Mrs. Aiken was a lady of
great boauty and many aooonrplinhments.
They loavo four little ohildren.
Prof, lvison, of Lonaooning, Md.,
suffered terribly from neuralgia of tl o
atcmaoh and indigestion for thirtocn
years and after tho dootors failed to
care him they fed him on morphine.
A friend advised the use of Kodol Dyspepsia
Curo and after taking a few bottles
of it ho sayp, "It has our. d mo en
tiroly. I oan'tsay too much for Kodol
Dyepopaia Cure." It digests whit you
cat.
Dr. E Norton.
A Mystery of Verdi's Will.
Verdi's will, fays tho London Ohroniolo,
oontains one very ourious item.
Ilis residuary legateo is his nice),
Maria Vordt, who is married to S gnor
Carrara. To tho infant asylums and
tho hospital for tho blind iu Genoa bo
bequeaths ?4,000. Largo sums aro also
left to tho oharitablo instiutions and to
tho poor of his nativo village, Konoolo,
and also to thoso of Boussoto. where'
ho lived for many yoars. Thon oomos
tho following request: "In tho dining '
room of my villa, St. Aiata, will bo
found two largo wooden boxes of groat
antiquity. I desiro (hat neither shall ho
nnnnrtii hnl V?r?-K hn Kum/nl ;...~
v r M v.. V..MV wv Mtt MU l/Ul UUU lUIUiU'
diatoly after my obscquios." It Is pro
sumod that tho two mysterious boxes
contained manuscripts of unpublished
operas which the matter did not wish
to see tho light.
Tho stomaoh controls tho situation.
Thoso who are hearty and stiong aro
those who can eat and digest plenty of
food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you oat and allows you to eat all
tho good food you want. If you suffer
from indigestion, heartburn, bolohing
or any othor stomaoh trouhle, this preparation
oin't help but do you good.
Tho most sensitive stomachs can tako
it.
Dr. E. Norton.
Slept a Year in a Ooflin.
Fur nearly a year Levi Itboling, who
died at Joplin, Mo., a few weeks ago,
and by willing his $700,000 estate to
tho I. O. O. F. and Masonio lodgos of
that city endeavored to doprivo bis
seven children of the 'Uonfits of his
wra th, slept in a coffin. About thirty
years ago ho was resident of DcSoto. Ill
eight milcH fiom here, whero ho conduotcd
u furniture and undertaking
businoss. While in lhAt vilUgo and
after throe children had beon bom, ho
and his wife parted. lie continued his
busine ss at IX S>to nearly a jcar after
t K A flAl amlree /!?? ? 4 1- ? A - ? - ? ^ ?
v.?w DI I K'nilMIl UKlil g 1.11Mb IIU1U UJ?'IC
his store his home arid slept in a ooffia
Like O.iver Twist, ehildron ask for
moro when given One Minute dough
dure. Mothers endorse it highly for
oroup. It quiokly cures all ooughs and
colds and ovory throat and lung trouble.
It is a hpeolfio for grippo and a '
and has long been a well known 1 life. 1V
for whooping cough. . r:
Dr. K. Norton. theacci
Slow in Hocruitin ,toTny nC
If so little iuterost oonti new leiu
shown to enlist in tbo aror THatteOi1
bilities are that the 1L j
station here will not be. | JVC *
muoh longor. Only about ' i
havo been enlisted and Jtu,.
havo made applioaiion.-^doluu
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IVVII
iVA Y. S. C. TIIUKSl)/
A NEGRO BURNED
In the Street cf Terro Haute, In
cSana For
KILUNO A WHITE WOMAN.
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Crowds (f Mir, Women am
Chi dren Witness \he Batborous
Son*. No Attempt
at Corcaalment
Punishment, swift end torriblo \*a
tuctcd out Wednesday at Terro Haute
Indiana to Qeorgo Ward, tho Nogr
who it urderod Miss Ida Kinkelsteiii
tho school tcaohor, by shooting he
with a shotgun and outting her thrca
Tuesday afternoon. A fow hours afto
his arrest an angry moh battered dow
tho doors of the jail, dragged tho pric
oner to tho Wabash brvdgo, sovera
squares away and hanged him to th
hridgo draw. Not o.ontont with th
iauging tho o owd out tho oorps
uowd, and. lay in/ it on a sandbar un
dor ?ho bridge, kindled a ftro and ore
mated the remains. It was, tho fir*
lynching that Terro Hau'.o ever expe
rionoed.
Ward was arrested at 1(1 a'olook a
tho oar works, whero ho was employe
as a laVoror, and after boing full
idout fied by two oitizjs, mado a oon
fossion llisonly cxouso for tho mui
der was that Miss Kmkolgtoin ha<
called him a "dirty N ggcr" and slapnc
hiiu iu tho fa jo. Sherlf Fasig com
municatcd with Gov.,Harbin, but th
mob aooomplishod its woik boforo th
militia ould bo ordered out.
Tho governor had wjyrftd .C5ap(
Thomas of Go. If, to j Uoo hitroompan
ful'y armed in roadinoss for duty. ..
At noon the o-owd outsido t^o jail
numbering scvaral hundred, incVu'din
mon, women and boys battorcu dow
lho iron doors, but were driven bao
by .Jailor Lawrorca O'DonnoVl, wj?
fired over the heads of tho nub. Ufcfnit
Shonlfs Cooper, llossiok and Loforg
wcro sfruok by scattering bhot am
si ghtly injured, but nobody in th
crowd was hurt. A dotail of polio
vain y tiied to disperso tho crowd
Ar 12:35 o'clock another crowd bat
tcrod down tho outor doors of tho jai
securiog possession of tho keys and en
toring tho o?ll room. Tho sido doo
was opened forthorost of tho orowd
Tho cell was q i ckly oponod and Wan
was diaggod forth, llo fought will
tho dospcrate ferooity of a beast a
bay. llo was dragged out to th
street, still "-hting with all hi
strongth, but ? blow from a heav;
hammer felioi him to tho ground.
A nooso was quiokly adjusted to hi
nook and tho mob starlod with it
victim toward tho Wabash bridge
Tho focblo rosistanoo mado by th
wrotohed oreaturo after that blow witl
tho hammer was soon quietod by th
savago blows of tho mob. Faco down
ward ho was dragged through tji
street to tho hridgo and aoross' th
rough planking of tho xlrivoway to th
drawbridgo. Many aro of tho opinioi
that tho follow was dead before tin
6ciono of tho hanging wan roaohod
However, tho ropo wan thrown 'oyo
ono of tho upper boauis and tho bod:
drawn up.
Thon burning- at thp stako wa
agrcod on unanimously, And a tiro wa
quiokly kindlod on tho bank of th
river just south of tho bridgo. -Tin
body, boaring 'no sign of hfo, wa
thrown into tho firo, and faggots won
piled upon it. tThe stako was omitted
The body was in a horizontal position
tho foot protruding at ono end, th<
head at tho other. Tho can of turpch
tino was poured on tho oagcr flames
After that combustiblo oils seemed b
flow spontaneously toward tho firo an<
the flames loapcd high, whilo tho bod;
of tho Nogro was rapidly oonsumod
Mono of tho mob attempted disguiso.
When tho body was taken down t
bo oarried to tho firo tho bridgo wos
of tho draw was barrioadod, but th
oast bank of tho rivor and tho bridg
on the oity sido bf tho draw wor
orowdod with thousands of men, wo
men and ohildron, gazing at tho awfu
spootaolo. With grim detbrminatio
tho mob fod tho flamos and watohed th
Hof.h shrivel to oindors and tho bono
orumblo and burn.
Houvonir hunters wore on hand ii
foroo, and fragments of tho body ar
now scattored broadcast. Ooe man
whilo tho foot still protrudod from th
flamos, offered $1 for a too from "th
Nigger's foot.." A vcnturesomo youth
drawing a knifo from his pookot, mad
a dash for the prize. Ho quickly ampu
tatcd a too, duiivorod the goods an
got his money.
Ab the bonofl began to orumblo an
fall apart tho fragments wero tako
from tho firo and oarricd away. At
o'clock tkero was nothing loft of th
bouy except a small scotion of tho trim
aDd tho back of tho head. Busy hand
kept tho burning faggots piled upo
tho roasting sogmonts. Women oara
to the toeno by sooros. At about 2.3
o'clock tho barrioado was removed an
tho orowd surrounded tho firo.
Ward was 27 years old, and loaves
widow and two children. Ho oamo hei
four years ago, from Ciroieville, C
Tho statement that he was ono tin
in an insane asylum is deniod by h
wifo. Ho served a jail sentence in 181;
"v laroeny. The loaders of the mo
idfT.lnknown, and as public sentimoi
tho lynching, no proseoutioi
* ' 1 : ted.
ie 0t l,,:. jits of Do Witt's Witoh Hi
nr liable to caujo blood po
* il' eve (bom alone. Theorig
. , ?" ' VUmo DoWitt's upon tl
licr. It is a harmless ai
\ for skin diseasos. Ui
V>b.
Herat
lY. MARCH 7, 1901.
COUNTY OOVFRNMENT.
What Changes Were Made at the Recent
Legialative SesBiou.
Thcro wtro few ocunty Kovornmont
motKurcH |)itr8(dby tlio legislature of
1901. Thoro wa* a oouimitteo of 40 ?p
pointed to draw up a general bill. Hiis
mcasuro was prcsontcd to the hou*o?
and continued until next pension as
W( ro nearly all oilier important geu
rt oral Ki 11 J
Sonator Doan ^introduced a bill tore
oil jo ti e commutation tax in Green
villo county from $2 to 1 Additioial
amendments relating to tlio number of
days for read working wcto made for
the counties of Union and Darlington 1
Tho commutation tax for Ijiuronu ami
^ Florence, was reduced from $1 f>0 to$l, 1
>? ar.d for Hampton wan increased from
o $1 to #2. With tho exemption cf a spo '
! oial moa'-uro for Mailboro, this was
r tho,only county government act passed,
t, ll
r Stjotion l.'That scotion 4 of an act
g entitled '"An act to amond s< olions 2
and 4 of an act entitled 'An aH to | r ?
,1 vido a system of county g< vornmeut 1
p for tho FQVcral counties of the State, ho
0 far as it relatcB to tho maintainirg and
0 working of the roads and highways in <
tho State." approved 19,h of February,
A 1)., 11)00, bo amended on line 55, by 1
inserting botworu tho words "Fair tiold"
and "Grtenwood," tho word 'Green
villo," and on lino f>'?) hy striking out '
tho word, "Grtcnville;" and by insert
d ing after Greenwood tho woids "and
y Ghchtci ti Id," and by striking out tbo
word "1>Arlington" heforo tho word
"Grccnvillo,' and tho word "Union '
j notwecn llio words "L xington" and
,1 " Williamburg," and inserting the
j. word ' Darlington," and by inserting '
0 between tho words "day,' and "pro
0 vided" tho words "Union two days," 1
and by sinking out too word "Haou- 1
ton" froui tho proviso after tho words
y "Laurens ono dollar" and inserting tho
U'Wofrd, "Hampton " bctwoon tho wordH 1
"Georgetown" and "Horry," ho that
L flaidsootion, when ho amended, th&ll
{j had as folldwt:
It Sco. 4. That all inalo porsons ablo to
0 poi'fbrin fho;labor heroin required, bo
y tween tho ago of 18 aud 55 yearH, ex- |
0 oept in tho ountios of Ooonoo aud
j Dickens. whore Ho age b bhall bo bo- 1
c twocu 18 and f)F) yean; aud excopt in '
0 the o juntios of (J rccn >\ood and Chcrtcr
Hold whoro tho ago Bhall bo botwoen
tho agea of 18 ar d f)0; and except in
1 Abbovillc, (Jiiurokoo, Groonville. IKrry,
Orangoburg, Spartanburg and Union 1
r ocuuticH, wlurothoagoH bhall bo from 1
21 to 50, and u'so except ministers of '
] tho gospel in noiusl ohargo of a oongro,,
gation, and porsons pormanontly el s- 1
ablod in tbo military rcrvioo of this 1
0 Slato, and persons who scrvod in tho
H lato war botween tho S ato, and all 1
y persons actually employed in tho ]
quarantine servioo of tho Stato, shall
8 bo required annually to porform, or *
B oauso to bo pcrfonned, labor ou tho *
l( highways under tho dirootions of tho
0 oVorsoor of the road district in whioh '
|j ho shall resido, as follows: In tho 1
0 oonntios of Grocnvillo, Dickons ar a 1
Spartauburg, throo days. In tho eoun0
ties of Abbuvdlo, Ai'ecn, Andt-r or, 1
0 Harnwell, Cborokoe, (Jhosterfiold, Fair- 1
0 ftold, Oroouwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, !
a Laurons, Loxington, Darlington, Wil- '
0 liarnsburg, and York, four days. In
tho oounty of Floronoo fivo days, in
r tho oountios of Hatubcrg, Cbostcr, ,
P Clarondon, Golloton, Djroheatcr, lOigo
fiold, Horry, Newberry, Ooono, Saluda, E
a Orangeburg and Sumter, six days. In (
9 tho ooyntins of Huaufort, Hcrkcloy, '
0 Charloston, Georgetown, liau.pton and 6
0 Marion, eight days; and in tho county 1
H of lliohland, tondays. Union, two days; (
0 provided, that ton hour's labor shall bo ^
held to bo ft day's work; providod, that f
*tho county board of commissioners of y
o any oounty may oauso to bo levied a
; road tax not to exceed ono mill on all '
taxable proporty of any township in (
j thoir county, when so requested by a 1
j written polition, signed by two thirds I
y of tho freeholders of such township, (
Suoh tax to b6 oollootcd as other taxos, J
and to bo expended on tho roads and
0 highways of suoh townships (exoopt in j
t tho tfouuty of 1'iokcns, whero suoh i o- '
0 tition ehall not bo necessary ) And
0 Bamberg oounty?in B^uiberg oounty
0 each special school distriot now or
horeaftor established ahall bo "a road i
j distriot," and tho oounty board of oom '
u miseioncrs may causo to ba loviod a I
0 road tax not to exoocd two mills on all
s taxablo proporty within said road dis- 1
triot, on a petition signed by two thirds i
? of tho froohold voter-i owning property
0 within said road district (exoopt that
in Denmark read district no petition
q shall bo nooossary, but thoro shall be
0 levied and oollcotod annually a tax of
( two miles on all tax .bio property withq
in Said distriot), said to bo oollcotod
1 af 'othor t4$os, and tho funds so col
4 lootod snail bo paid out on tho warrant
of tho township oouiiimsionors, ooun
(j tcrsignoci- oy tiio supervisor of the
n ooiinty, said funds to bo expended on
3 tho jpiuolio roads within said road (lis
0 jtriot whero oolleotcd. Provided, further
k that in lieu of performing or oausing to
[g bo performed tho labor of ten hours
n per day, as nerin named for tho scvl0
eral oountics, a commutation tax inay
,0 bo paid by tho person so liable on or by
d tho 1st day of Mav of this yoar, and on
or by tho 1st of February of caoh yoar
a heroaftor, which in the oountios of
>c Abbeville, Akion, Andorsoo, Jhorokco,
) Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington,
10 Kdgofield, Fairfield, Groenvillo, GroenjH
wood, Piokons, Richland, Spartanburg,
(9 Sumter, Marlboro and Union, shall bo
,j, onodollar; in tho oountios of Floronoo
and Laurens, ono dollar; and in tho
Jg oounties of Barnwell, Bamberg, Boaufort,
Berkeley, Obarlosloo, Chester,
Colleton, Dorohester, Georgetown, Hor
a- ry, IlamptoD, Korshaw, Lanoaster,
i- Lexington, Marion, Newberry, Orangci
tnig, raluda, Williamsburg aod Yenk,
10 shall be two dollars-; and in tho ooumy
id of Oooneo shall bo three dollars. Proa
vldo<J, T?f?onaliable to labor under this
apt sliall havo tho right to furnish a 90mpetont
substitute tolaoor in his ttoad. *
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EVIDENTLY A CRANK.
A Man Visits Charleston Who Is
n- - ? r\ir
\jx i inuiiy v/iiMr.
Jamoa liuohajian Woavor, who
claims to ho a rotircd lawyor of l'hil
adolphift, announced today ftt tho court
houso, whcro ho was a visitor, that ho
would ho a candidato for tho Prosidonoy
of tho United Statos in 11)01, Mr.
Woavor in a gold Domoorat and aaya
his platform will bo a government for
the pool lo and by tho pooplc.
Mr. Weaver in an < x (Joufodcrato aol
dicr, having foujht undor Loo in tho
Army of North* rn Virginia After the
surrender ho drifted to Philadelphia,
whero lie wont into tho drug business,
studied modioino and finally took up
tho 'aw. As a lawyer, bo huh, ho mou
made a nauio for hiimolf as well as
plenty of money. Several joins ago his
wifo died and having no onoumberano
ho retired and cf lato years ho has
been traveling and ptudyicg political
ijuoHt ions
This morniDg Mr. Weaver was a visitor
at tho oourt houso Hi was a stranger
when he ontored but it was not long
be foro ho knew Judgo Aldrich and
qv< ry in nibor of tho Charleston bar
who was present in the oourt houuo at
tlio time lie introduced bimBolf, do
olariug to his newly made friouds that
ho expeoted to b'oomo a oaudidato for
President of tho Unitod StatOB in 1904.
rt ij .L.i t
11U ha a um r,o was a grand nophc-v of
President Buchanan and had a right
to tho offioo.
"Oh, I am a smart man," said Mr.
Weaver, in U king to an Kvoning Post
reporter, "I know litw to build poli
tioal fenooR that Mark II.una with
all his wealth and pover can not do
slroy. It will take Aunt Carrio N*
lion and her littlo hatohot to smash
tho political fonoos that I havo constructed
|
"Charleston is a gold hug town and
yru can say to tho pcoplo through your
pap( r that I'll ba hero when tho next
PrtBidcnlial campaign ' opens and will
talk Domocraoy and good gold money
to tho pcop'.o of this anoiont old city.
This is a grand old town and L lovo it.
Just tell them that you saw 1110 and
that I want a big voto in Charleston.
Mr. Weaver talked about blind tigers
in tho oily, declaring that they wero as
thick as blaok birds in tho summer
time, and while ho has only boon in
Charleston a fow days ho know all tho
ropes and could scaro up a tigor at any
aid time.
Yesterday ho visit#d tho oity hospital
and St Fraoois Xavicr Infirmary,
and went over to tho Islo of Paluis.
"At tho palm bcaoh," ho said, "I
wiped a palmotto, boxed it up and sent
it to my littlo darling in Philadolphia.
"Oh, ycu neod not laugh, for I am on;agod,
oven if 1 am a widowor," ho
ixplaincd.
i4'FVll t lin nnntiln a? a1?a
? w?> ???v |'vuj'iu \ji vimi lumuu in&i
I am going to o^11 on Gov. McSwconov
ind got hia influonoo and support in
ny ra:o for tho Prosidonoy."
Mr. Woavcrsaid ho waa going to stay
,n Charleston for aovcral daja longer
tnd that ho would rcooivo all politicians
at tho Charlcaton Ilotol.?Charcaton
Poat.
Cotton Goods Low.
Prosidont A. A. Marginnia of tho
Vlarginnia ootton mills of Now Oaloana
laid VVednoaday that ho had ontirely
;ut of! tho manufacture of yarn for mar
tot for tho i list two wooks. llo haa alio
materially reduced tho ou'put of |
doth. Tho reason ho gavo waa tho exloflaivo
high prioo of ootton and tho I
rcry low prioo of ootton gooda. llo .
laid tho ootton goods market waa in a
vorso atato of atagnttion than it had
joon for aovoral yoara. llo waa aakod if
hoSouthorn Yarn Hpinnora Abaoeiation,
if which ho ia a prominent member,
lid not havo for ita ohiof objoot tho
general reduction of tho output through>ut
tho aouth, but ho avoidod tho tuboot.
Ho also stated that it waa not
ruo that Knglish mills hadbicn forood
,o oloao this aoason on account of tho
aok of ootton to oporato them.
A Tough Yarn.
A newpptpor at Kastamuni fitatos,
according to a Coylon papor, that
whilo a peasant waa shooting in a
fort at, near that place ho hoard tho
growling of a bear, which ho fouod undor
a tree aulLriog great pain from ]
a 1 tigo thorn in hia paw. Tho animal
permitted the aportauian to extraot tho
thoro, and showed its g'adtudo by
taking tho man, by means of waving
its paw, to a trco in which was a honcyOJUib
twontv nniinda in uini.,l.e
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NO. 32
ONLY ONE ESCAPED.
i
Thirty-five Men Die In a Coal
Mine Fire.
A HORRIBLE 1 HOLOCAUST.
Man Suddenly Found Themselves
Shutloff trcm Life
by a Wall of Raging
Flamer.
Tho worst disaster in tho history of
ocal mining in Wyoming sinoo tho Almy
horror eight yoars ago, ooourrcd at
Diauioodsvillo Wodncsiay night. Thirty
fivo uion aro boliovodto have perisho<l
in n tiro which started in mino No. 1
of tho Dumondnvillo Coal and Coki
company.
Tho blazo was first disc ivorod shortly
after tho night shift oommonood work.
It is thought to havo criginatod from a
careless miner's lamp in tho oil room.
Tho tlurns mado nioh p-pgroan that
only otio man esoaped fiom tho two
onirics in which it was confined. His
n*mo is lohn Anderson and ho was
frightfully burned in running tho
gauntlet of tho tlnmoi, Ho was suddenly
oonfronted by a wall of firo and
sm iko nod wrapping his head in an
overcoat ho ran in trie d rootion of the
main ontranoo. Ho foil unconscious
: and was carried to tho mouth of tho
mino. Tho alarm was sounded and
hundreds of minors at work ie tho
mines and on tho outsido rushed to tho
rcsouo of their imprisoned comrades.
Tho firo had by this tiuio mado suoh
progress that it was impossible to outer
iho rooms of flames.
Tho ennro night was spent in ooDfia*
ing tho firo to tho two ontrios and this
morning it was necessary to soal them
up to provont tho flames from spreading
to other parts of tho mino. This
stop was only dooidod upon after all
hopo of Having tho lives of tho uion had
boon abandoned. Nothing oould livo
fivo minutes in tho firo, whioh was increasing
in fieroonosH overy miouto.
Tho plugging of tho two ontrios will
Hmothor tin; tiro, hilt it may bo several
days boforo tbo barricades oan bo removed
acd tbo ohambors explored. The
oxaot total of moa entombed is not yet
known as a number aro missing, soma
on sick leave and others in tho hospital
Buffering from burns roooived while
fighting tho fl ?mos so that an aoourate
oount is at proeont impoasiblo.
Tho boodos at tho mouth of tho mine
during tho night and today woro hoartronding.
Uolalivos and frionds of tho
ontombod tinners rushod into tho mino.
frantically waving thoir hands ana
orying to tho mino officials and minora
to s&vo their doar one i. Many of the
womon and ohildron woro slightly injured
in tho mowd and by falling over
obstaolos in tho darknoss.
Diamondvillo has boon the Boono of
a number of disastrous fires ninoo the
ooal ininofl were openod thoro ten years
ago, but tho oonfhgrations were nover
a'tended with Horious loss of lifo
Tho mino is owned by tho Orogon
Short Lino railroad lti output is
about 175,000 tons of ooal por year and
upwards of 700 minors aro employed.
Tho firo was ditcovered by a boy
named dames llctsm who bravolv ran
and told many won who were inside.
Kioham Korn, 15 yoars old, also ran
through levels Nos. 6, 7, and B and notifudthoraon,
and many woro saved
through his ocuragcous aotion. Seven
wen, headed by Mino foreman Griffin,
made sovoral desperate attompts to
roaoh the won through tho lower lovel,
but thoir efforts woro in vain, four of
tho seven boing knocked down by fire
! damp, the others ocing compelled to
oarry them to fresh air
It is given out by Superintedent
Thorns* Sneddon and confirmed by
others familiar with tho conditions
that tho livos of all tho mon woro oertuinly
extinguished within three minutes
aficr tho firo gained asoondanoy.
Tho firo is fully undor oontrol tonight,
and Superintendent Snoddon announce
that ho will opon tho mine tomorrow
foriht rcoovory of tho bodies,
and rosuuie work before the week
i closes.
| Superintendent Simpson, with his
1 young son, who are among the victims,
oamo to Diamondsvillo from Alabama,
! about six weoks ago, bringing his wife,
i in tho hope that tho ohangeof olimate
; would benefit hr r hoalth. Tho shock of
I last night's tragedy resulted in Mrs.
1 Simpson's death today.
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