The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 09, 1903, Image 1
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V VOL. XVII.
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REMARKABLE SCENE.
Senator Ben. Til man's Retact to
Senator Redlleld Proctor.
ON THE FLOOR OF THE SEN TE.
The S|?rinylleld, Muhm., Republican
Streswew the Incident to tlio
l)it*ad vantage nl* <lie New
EiiKlandcr.
A remarkable episode Is embedded
in the Congressional Record of .January
29. Let us observe the scene it
presents. The senator from Vermont,
Mr. Proctor, had the lloor. He is a
fair representalivc of New England.
Debating with him was the senator
from South Carolina, Mr. Tillman,
who happens to he more associated in
the public mind with the defense of
lynch law than any other senator.
Senator Tillman has often justified
violent acts toward tin? negro race.
These facts tend to make the encounter
between New England and South
Carolina on the lloor of the senile
impressive, for the subject under discussion
was peculiarly an issue of lawlessness
and even savagery.
The senator from New England had
read to the senate the statement by
Capt. Cornelius M. Drowned, late captain
of Co. K. 26th volunteer infantry,
confessing and justifying his act in
torturing to death the insurgent Filipino
priest known as Father Augustin.
The statement was read in full, and
the remarks that followed were made
with full knowledge of Capt. Drownell's
declarations. Drowned gave a
detailed description of the torture,
which is absolutely forbidden by the
articles of war under which the United
States army is governed during
hostilities, and which the world regards
as a crime against civilization.
Some extracts may serve to show the
character of Capt. Brown*, ll's operations:
Knowing that there was on deposit
in the city of iloiloa large sum of
money awaiting his order at the mercantile
house of Huskyn & Co., the
banking houses of the liong-kong and
Shanghai banking corporation, and
the Iianquo Espanol, I insisted that lie
would be obliged to deliver orders for
tills money to me.
The time given him having expired
without result, lie was brought into
my presence and that of other ofllcers
and enlisted men and told that he
would be blindfolded and the water
cure administered until he acceded to
my request.
The water cure was administered
for a short time.
lie still insisted that it belonged to
the pope at Rome The cure
was continued.
Under this physical torture, which
was applied three times, the priest 11nally
signed the orders for the payment
of the money which was In the various
banks. But Capt. Brownell was not
satisfied, lie then demanded that the
priest disclose the hiding place of one
Quintin Salas. Now came the final
tragedy, which under any possible Interpretation
of military law was murder:
lie (the priest) was In a dejected
mood, despondent, thoroughly discouraged.
He told me that he had better
be dead, and wished he might die. . . .
I give him until a certain hour to con
sider whether he would disclose this
hiding place or not. At the expiration
of tills time lie declined to disclose
Salas' whereabouts.
1 finally ordered that the cure be
again administered to him and stepped
into an adjoining room.
In a very short time ... 1 was
warned by a disturbance in the room
where the prisoner was that something
wasj wrong and upon entering
the room the man was dead.
Never, of course, was there a clearer
case for a physician in determining
the cause of a death. Father Augustin
died under torture. Vet, according
to Capt. 1 frown ell's statement, the
post surgeon immediately came in,
looked at the corpse, and decided that
the priest had died from "fatty degeneration
of the heart, and from
complete collapse and mental anguish
over the exposure of his criminal life."
That was the surgeon's little Joke, but
it was of the sort of humor that may
best be described as mockery.
Now, the United States senate,
having heard all these facts as related
by Hrowncll, was then a listener to
this remarkably prevertcd or remark
ably impudent expression of the captain's
views on his own case:
.. 'Plie water cure was administered
,by my order several times to different
natives. ... I do not and never
have believed it cruel or barbarous in
any manner, and whenever it became
necessary, in my judgment, to administer
it, the men chosen for that duty
were chosen with a view to having
only intelligent, careful, humane men
perform the operation.
Senator Rcdfield Proctor when the
reading had ended, stood on his feet
and said: "I propose to make a defense
of Capt. Hrownell. In his position
he was fully justified in baking
any~t*teps he snw proper for the safety
of hiV^command. Father Augustin
might naive been tried by a drumhead
^ court ma ftklal and shot or hung." And
that was >?%iw England speaking in
defense of hidteous torture, which resulted
in munfltar, as a means of warfare.
Up arose/"whom? The senator
from South Carolina, and he aimed
at the ftewV Knglander a thrust
that should havJcut to his soul:
^ "If the senalty" wil1 permit me, I
have only to say iJhat for the honor of
the American ri^publlc and the honor
J
I of the American army, I would to (iod
Father August in had been shot by order
of a drumhead courtmartial rather
' than be tortured to death to #et the
: money from him."
It may be repeated that this was a
reinarKaoie scene in the i nlted Suites
senate. A New Euglander Justifying
both torture and lawlessness in the
army; a South Carolinian, who often
defends lynch law at home, rebuking
with withering irony and crushing
force tlie New England "conscience." i
Mr. l'roctor'sbold defense ol lirownell
was an abomination which assails the
whole structure of law and order, not
to say simple humanity, in ills own
count ry; and it seems like an inspiration
that of all senators Mr. Tillman
should have faced the Vermonter
with that terrilic retort. -Springtleld
(Mass.) Republican.
A BIO FEE.
! \ Young Kentucky Lawyer Who
Kli-uck It llicli.
A young Kentucky lawyer, Captain
C. C. Calhoun of Lexington, lias recently
grown rich from a single fee.
Captain Callioun, as the special attorney
for the state of Kentucky, recently
delivered to the state authorit ies a
certilied check on the United States
treasury for $1,323,909.86. The Louisville
correspondent of the. Chicago
Chronicle says: "lie got tlie money
due to the state for equipping union
soldiers during the civil war. A year
ago Captain Calhoun, a poor, tint
bright young lawyer, appeared before
Governor Beckham and said that
much money was due the state from
the government. The governor said:
i li /i~n. 1
w 11 iiKui, v .1111<m111, i ii appoint* you
to represent the state and if you
collect you may get a fee of 10 per
cent*. Young Calhoun was without
funds, but he set to work at his task :
and spent many months in Washington
looking through musty records of
the civil war claims. After weeks of
tedious work he secured facts and
guides which proved that the government
did owe the commonwealth of
Kentucky the amount named. He
then set to work to have the claim allowed.
Tile proof was so positive
that he succeeded in having the claim
included in the general deficiency bill, i
which was passed by congress and
signed by the president last week, and
Captain Calhoun's fee, which will be
paid to him, amounts to $1112,400.
Captain Calhoun has just married and
will purchase a big blue grass farm
near Lexington, lie will continue to
practice law, however ^ .
A Now Ittvor Bout.
Mr. W. H. Smith Whaley and other
oUlcers of the Olymphia, Granby and 1
Richland cotton mills and also eon- *
nee ted with the Columbia and George- i
town steamboat company, have closed
a contract with the Stevens Merrill '
engineering company of Jacksonville,
Fla.. for the construction of $10,000.
steel-bulled freight boat to bo ready
by November 1. The boat will be
used for carrying cotton goods to
Georgetown for shipment to northern
points and 11 Is estimated that freight
rates will be reduced from II cents:
per hundred to .'10 cents per hundred.
The boat will be a double-decker, having
a capacity of 200 bales and draw
three feet of water. The name will be
Wnal>ln..l/.? \ .. . i- - ...
11 >ioi1111^iimj j\. v>iaii\ <11 bur 1,1 h; presi- j
dent of the Carolina National bank of
tliis city who lias always been prominently
identified with Columbia's
progress.
Uho of I n.j unet Ioiih.
I). F. Mradly, president of the Iowa
college, submits to an Iowa paper two
questions, as follows: J. If a Judge
may enjoin union labor from ordering
a strike, why may he not upon application
enjoin capitalists against reduction
of wages, or other acts alleged to
be oppressive to labor? 2 If it is good
law for Foiled States courts to intervene
in behalf of interstate railroads
why is it not good law for tlie same
courts to redress grievan ;cs of employes
engaged in interstate commerce?
The Sioux City Journal in reply to
these questions says that "the obvious
answer in both queries Is that an injunction
in one case would be just as
logical as in the other." And yet we
do not recall an instance where a federal
judge lias applied the writ of injunction
in this way to corporations.
A Cruel Practice.
Docking horses, cutting their tails
off, is an abominal habit among
fashionable people in the large cities.
The Societies for the prevention of
Cruelty to Animals often cause the i
arrest of poor men dependent upon
their dally labor for a living, who are
found driving a bruised or sore horse
or with too heavy a load on the wagon,
but we have never heard of their
causing the arrest of a fashionable
man or woman for driving a bobtailcd s
horse, deprived of his iKist defense
against pestiferous files.
They Can Htrlke.
A dispatch from St. Louis says the (
injunction issued March 3, by Judge
Elmer It. Adams of the United States ,
district court, at the instance of the
Wabash Railroad company officials to
MAflf ?Al.. L~ I ? * I ?- -1 - " ? * M
milai i uuu orutiifriiouas 01 itauway
Trainmen and Firemen from ordering
a strike on that system, was dissolved
Wednesday in a decision handed down '
by Judge Adams, a week after tin1
hearing of arguments for and against !
the removal of the legal obstacle.
A IIIk Strike. I
Ten thousand bituminous coal <
miners in Indiana are on strike Wed- <
nesday but the operators and the i
miners' leaders believe a settlement
will be readied before many hours ?
through the inlluence of John <
Mitchell, who will confer with the (
operators. The operators contend i
that the miners should accept last c
year's contract. fa
J ; ' ' fai '
CONWA1
WARMLY WELCOMED. I
The Charleston People Receive Senator
Tillrnan With Open Arms
A BATCH OF YOUNG DOCTORS.
The Senulor DoIIvci'n the Annual AtltlrcMM
>it tlie CiradnatiiiK Hsi'i"
cIhom to a liiti'KO ami Ciiiliuvasiic
Audience.
Senator Tillman had a hi# time in
Charleston last week, lit; arrived
there Wednesday having gone for the
purpose of delivering the address at
the commencement exercises of the
South Carolina Medical college Thursday
night at the academy of music,
lie was met at the depot hy 1 >r. 1?\ L.
Parker, tlie dean of the faculty,
Mayor Smyth and Mr. Henry 1*. Williams,
cashier of the Carolina Savings ;
hank, who entertained him at Ids j
handsome home on JOast Mattery. Tlie
senator was driven directly to Mr.
Williams' home, lie received a numof
callers during the dav and was
taken for a drive over the city and
suburbs hy Mayor Smvth Wednesday 1
.1 ft
Ilo was asked for a statement on the
Issues of the day, especially the appointment
of the licitio collector of t lie j
port and other matters on which lie
would lie expected to talk, but he
turned the newspaper men down completely,
saying that, lie would have to
be excused from being interviewed,
lie explained that ho had come to
Charleston in response to the invitation
of the college, and the attention
which was being shown him was all
very much appreciated, but be preferred
not to make any public state- J
moots at this time. Senator Tillman
was the guest of Mayor Smyth at a
private dinner Wednesday evening at
t tie Charleston hotel. Only a few
specially invited friends and the members
of city council were present. i
Senator Tillman was taken in a ;
special trolley Thursday to the Charleston
navy yards, being accompanied ,
by the park commissioners and a number
of the aldermen and the mayor,
lie manifested much interest in the .
work. He expressed the opinion,
however, that he did not think that (
the contractors were making the pro- ,
per progress but he added that they
probably knew their business better ,
than himself. The senator refused '
all other invitations for entertain- (
mcnts Thursday explaining that lie ,
needed rest to have him in lit condi- (
tion to speak. '
On Thursday night the annual com- ;
moneement exercises of the Medical }
College of South Carolina were held, ,
when the degree of doctor of medicine ..
was conferred upon twenty men and \
two women, doctor of pharmacy on j
one candidate and diplomas of gradua- (
tion in pharmacy on twenty-two |
young men. i ne exorcises were of ,
more than the usual interesting char- (
acter on account of Senator Tillman ,
delivering the annual address. (
The Academy of Music seats 1,000 j
people, but the building was inade- I ,
piate to accommodate the crowd and |
many people were turned away from |
the doors. The graduating classes (
were not only very large tills year, but (
were also noted for their excellent (
scholarship. The exercises were op- ,
cued with an invocation by Rev. Dr.
.1. A. R. Scherer of St. Andrew's f
Lutheran church. The annual report |
of the dean, Dr. F. L. Parker, was ^
then read, after which MaJ. Theodore |
G. Darker of the board of trustees, j
conferred the degrees, presenting the
ccrflllcatcs to the following graduates: ;
Graduates in medicine: Drs. G. I'. (
Ackerman, Cottagevllle; .1. W. Durn. .
Charleston; JO. 1'. Carter, Ehrhardt; (
II. M. Carter, Smoaks; F. C. Clark,Co- \
lumbia City, Ind.; J. 1'. DuPre, Mt. .
Pleasant; F. M. Duram, Dlackstock: <
W. 10. Eh rich, Georgetown; T. F. (
Hogg, Thomas F. Johnson, Charleston;
J. C. Lawson, Darlington; M. It.
McMillan, Charleston: M. O. Mauldln,
IMckens; F. J. McKinley, Mount Pleasant:
J. G. McMaster, Wlnnsboro; A.
K. l'rentiss, Charleston; D. L. Smith, '
Anderson; 'P. C. Stone, Greenville; J. '
F. Townsend, Jr., Edisto island; A. 1
M. W vle. Chester. 1
Graduates in pharmacy: Ralph II, N
Daer, Anthony P. Deck man, Francis '
II. Hold, David .1. Purns and 10. J. 1
Conner, Charleston: Alex Clyde 101- :l
lerlie, Conway; J. Leonard Hogan,
Rldgeway; Denjamln Franklin Mc- '
Lend, Clio; Crocket II. McMurray, J
ijunuiovi/ii u^ui^u i.?, .?ierrii>i< unn ivi, 1
It. Monscn, Charleston; Hughes A. (
Moorcr, St.Oeorges; Manning L.Ncl '
son and (). L. Owens, Charleston;
Dan L. Hhiclder, St.Oeorges; Andrew {l
M. Smith and Km est E. Smith, Char- (
lesion;.!. Henry Stonecypher, West- J
minster; J. G. Wannamakcr, .Jr., '
Orangeburg; II. L. Wecker, Char- v
leston, and It. Sumter Williams. (
Sumter.
Doctor of pharmacy; .!. Herbert
I Uirnam, Charleston.
The college cup was then presented s
bo Dr. W. J. Smith by J'rof. Forrest '
vnd the medal for pharmacy to Mr. C. 1
M. McMurray by Prof. A Hard Mem- r
mingcr. The medal for practical work *
n pharmacy was presented to Mr.lt. v
II. Hacr. The valedictories were par e
blcularly pleasing efforts, being dellv- u
jred by Messrs. MoKlnlcy and Lucas b
>f the medicine and pharmacy classes, s
respectively. g
Senator Tillman then delivered the 'J
mnual address, speaking on the modi- v
jal profession. His address was an 'J
specially line one and he was given v
ntciested and close attention through- d
)ut. lie was well received and was 1<
fenerously applauded. b
OVVII
i\ 8. C., THURSDAY
The tlrsb six honor men in medicine
are Drs. \V. J. SmitIt. Clark. Ackerman,
Ehrieh, McMillan and Prentiss.
The last two are women. The. honor ,
graduates in pharmacy are M esse is.
McMurruv, Williams and lluer.
Tl I.I..M AN U.VNqU KTTK 1?.
Senator Tillman was entertained in
Charleston Friday night at one of the j
most elaborate banquets ever given
in Charleston, at which he received a ;
tremendous ovation, lie was most
liberally applauded throughout his
speech, which like all his utterances,
was right to the point. As The News
and Courier puts it he tore the bark
oil", lie went back into recent politi- ;
eal history and told of the conditions. I
which he considered so grave that II
was necessary to organize a farmers'
movement so that men who paid the ex- t
peuses of i lie State should operate it. .
and then lie turned to his experiences,
political and otherwise, with the peo* 1
pie of Charleston. j '
Impressing great love and admlra- 1
tion for the town, he said it was ncocs- i
sary for the younger element to pull .
together to regain the commerce ,
which is now going to other ports, j.
lie took off the gloves in speaking of ,
t he selfw horship of the city and de- ,
dared that if Charleston ever ad- (
vaiuvd it would lie through the elTort j
of the men with whom he was dining |
Friday night. Touching on the Crtim
appointment lie said tliat. it had heen ,
made, that the negro was put into t
one of the most important Federal ,
oil loos and that it was best to keep ,
harping on the matter and wait until '
the next session of the Senate, when (
every power would he used to have '
him rejected. s
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT. \
Ily Whlcli Two Men Arc Killed by an (
A utoniubllo.
t
Count Elliot Zborowskl of New York 1
was killed Wednosay in an automobile J
hill climbing race between Nice and |
La Tnrbin in France. Ills ehalTeur, i
Haroti do I'allange, was seriously in- ;i
Jured. Tiio accident occurred during \
one of the I rials along what is known
us the cornichc stretch. .1 list at t he i
ir.'olwOIit the vehicle readied ab Iibrupl' t
angle the car struck a small rock in v
the pathway, causing a sudden swerve a
which precipitated the two men a
against a wall. Zborowski appears to v
have struck headfirst, as his skull was a
smashed in by the violence of the s
shock. Although the baron was also v
hurled against the wall lie did not t
strike on his head. The body of Count 11
Zborowski was brought to the chapel s
of Lis chateau here and his wile was t
untitled. When she arrived at the ti
diapel an affecting scene took place.
Hie trip Wednesday was the llrst d
Zborowski had made over the route p
ind lie was not acquainted with its c
Id turiirc I I i u ? ??%*? -"I" - ? *
........... a 1,-f IIIUVIIIIIi; >1 U.-? K'""K ill I
i speed of 00 kilometres an hour at
Lin; time of the accident.
Huron de l'allange, who acted as
Jount Ziborowski's chafTcur, died
Wednesday night of tlie injuries lie received
when lie was thrown from the
car. The witnesses of the start of
[he race say that Zborowskl showed
considerable nervousness while awaitng
his turn. Imprudently, he wore
white kid gloves, which prevented
dm from having a firm grasp of the
ireak. At the signal to go, iie started
at half speed, which was soon increased
to lull speed. The accident
xccurred at the first turning of the (
oad. The shock was terrific and
Zborowskl was shot from Iris car and
truck the wall beside the road with
ds head about six feet from the
ground. He fell to the ground dead
11s arms outstretched. Haron de
Hallange was thrown to the left.
At the same instant that Count
Zborowskl and Haron de Pallcngc met
jheir death, another accident occurred
it another point on the road. The
chain of Haron Gasteux's automobile
irokc and the car was overturned
igalnst the rocks. The baron and his
chatTeur were thrown out, but both
escaped with severe bruises.
A MarvelousChild.
" The London Daily News tells about
lie most precocious child that ever
Ived. His name was Christian
Iclncckcr and lie was born atLubeck,
182 years ago. At the age of ten
nontlis he could repeat any word that
vassaid to him: when twelve months
lid lie. know lii/ linnrt. t.li? m-lnolrxil
pi.l<UI|>UI
ivents narrated in the Pentateuch, s
ind In ids second year lie learned to ''
ep'*at the greater part of the Old and 11
S'ew Testaments. In his third year n
ic seems to have known rather more r
11 story and geography than an average '
cabinet minister and before lie was K
our lie was well read in church liistory a
ind theology. It was at tills tender 1]
ige that Christian went to the Court c
>f Denmark, wiiere lie was hailed as a ('
vonder. On his return home writing ?
essons commenced, but tills ordeal s
vas too much for him and at tlio age &
>f four and a half years lie died. K
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A Kteuincr Iiost.
A telegram was received at Jackonville,
T'la., Friday night from Capt.
ohns of the ill-fated steamer John J. p
(ill, who, with six of his crew were s(
cscued hy the steamer Excelsior, ^
'critics the report that the steamer ;l
vas lost together with live of her y
rew o(T the coast of North Carolina r;
in the night of April 1. The steamer a
iclonged to the Cook-Cummee Steamhip
company and carried a crew to- i
:ether with oflicers numbering 1*>. i
Che engineer and two of the crew,
verc picked up by the hark Lillian.
Che captain of the Hill says the ship
vas broken up and abandoned, but
Oes not state the cause. She was
uaded with dressed pine lumber and '
?oth steamer and cargo were Insured. I
T. APRIL 9, 1908.
A BIG STRIKE.
Seventeen Tluusiuid Cotton Mill
Hands Quit Work.
WANTED A TEN TER CENT RAISE *
ii
I I
Which \V?n Ki I'ihi'i! ami (lie |
Strike Followed. The Cotton
I
Industry ol' Lowell In i i
l'ltrnlized.
A hlj; cotton mill strike is on at
Lowell. Mass. A dispatch from that |
ity to the Augusta Herald says Wed- t
lesday morning, for the lirst time in 1
lyiny, many years, on working days,
the hells of the milts have failed to
rlnvr out their morning call. Streets
vhieh are usually marked by the rush
I
md hustle of thousands of people liur yliiK
to their work, are almost tie- '
ierted and a stillness pervades the
nill district, of the seven mills j
.vhlch have shut down four had praeically
no help with which to operate
heir plants Wednesday if their bells
lad pealed for the call oT labor.
Seven cotton mills closed by strike
>f 17,000 operatives, who demand a !
en per cent increase in wa^es. Four :
if the mills are in nood condition II-j
laneially, while the others are not. !'
These mills arc in a combine with the
>t hers outside to keep down the waces. j
The operatives are prolfered generous!
dd from th?^ ot her mills in ot her cities '
ind the American Federation of
/ibor.
'The progressive citizen would he
{lad if the mills would go south and
lever reopen here. They are the |
urso ol tno city. The non-resident
iwners keep out lhe other industries
>y controlling tire sites and Hie magllticent
water power. The prospect
s for a long struggle. The state
)oard of arbitration lias tried in vain
,o elTccfc a sett lement and will make j
mother elTort to compromise on live |
>cr cent increase if possible.
In preference to lighting the textile
minus the agents of seven big cotton
nllls ordered an CtlHre suspension ol 11
vork for an indetinite period. Tliosf 'J[
gents have otlicially announced that ,|
canvass of the help showed that upvard
of 80 percent, were non-union.
,nd were opposed to a st rike. This |!
entlmcnt changed Saturday, and
vhen a second canvass was taken of
he loom fixers, spinners, carders, ^
nippers, weavers and bcamers it was
eeri that the textile council was able
o fulfill its threat und strike In the ^
II ills.
Without delay notices of a shut- *
lown, to take etTect at once, were *
losted on gates, and as piece hands ^
omplcted their work they were told
0 leave. When speed went down at
oon Saturday fully 17,000 operatives
ind been forced into idleness. The
jngt li of the shutdown is problematic ,x
a I, but Is likely to last many weeks, '
s the unions have been promised ll- j
lancial support from the United Tex- j
ile Workers of America, the National ^
lule Spinners' Association, the
imericau Federation of Labor, and
M|
rom the loeal trades and lalior conn- j(
ii, composed of 4f> unions.
Agent W. S. Southwortli, of the j
lassachusetts mills, secretary of the .
Ianufactorers' Association, says that
f the mill people t hink that the shutown
will lie for a fortnight they are .
rcatly mistaken, it, will last, lie
ays, until the agents arc positively
<>iu Liiiit an Liu* operatives want to jj
/oik, and when this time comes the (|
gents will consider the matter of '
csumption. President Conroy, of
lie Textile Council, who stands as
he m rike leader, says:
"The action of the mill agents simlilies
matters. They have simply
nticipatcd us. If they had not dclared
a shut-down we would have h
led them up, any way, and they si
now it. This makes it easier for us oi
o handle the men. I can't say what h
/ill happen. There may be trouble s^
et.'' nc
The shut-down will affect primarily n
lie 10,000 and more operatives. In a li
lonth many hundreds of operatives f<
a small industries supplying material t<
o the big mills will Join the army of u
he unemployed, and the longer the s<
nforced Idleness the greater the par- o<
lysis of industry here. r<
Tiie area covered by the Massaehu- h
ctts, Hoott, Merrimac, Tremont, Suf- l>
oik and Lawrence mills is al>out one h
aile in lengtii by tiiree-elghths of a tl
alle in breadth, bordering on the Mer- st
Imao river. The Applcton and
lamilton mills are nearer tiie georaphical
center and arc embraced in
n area atiout half a mile square. The
roductof these mills ranges from the r<
oarsest of gray cotton to the finest of < '>
ress goods, going through all grades '<
f print cloths, sheeting, shirting, S
ateens, nainsooks, dimities, blankets, a
oweling, table linen and silk-warp c<
oods. The weekly payroll is $138,- ai
00. ol
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The Columbia State says: "The c<
resident, the preident's wife, the tl
resident's daughter, the president's tl
?n - all of them must Ik; followed by b
lie newspaper men and their every tl
ct reported to an anxious country, b
/hat a delightful inconsistent democ- e<
icy of royalty-lovers we Americans '1
re!" b
To Cur
Take Laxative Brom
Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 moi
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SHOT THE TEACIIET,.
\ Striking Ob|eet lesson on CurryInn
Coiict'iilcii Weapon*.
A few weeks ago a teacher in a
chooi in Spartanburg County sliot
ind killed i n * of his pupils, and on
asl Thursday a pupil in a school at
jawdesville in Anderson County shot
irid dangerously wounded the pritici- |
);d of the school. A dispatch from
\nderson to The States gives the
Kirtieulars of the unfortunate alTalr.
I'lie teacher, Mr. .1. F. Harper, who
s tiie principal of the school at
jawdesville, was shot twice by a
uipil named .lames Latimer It seems
hat the teacher had notice that some
(I the large hoys were going to absent
hemsclves from school Wednesday on
ceountof it being All Fool's day and
varned t hem not to do so.
The boys stayed away from school
s they had threatened and Thursday
flernoou the teacher kept them in
Iter school to punish them, lie bean
on James Latimer, a boy of 17
ears, and Latimer produced a rod of
ron from his clothing and began to
eslst. This was taken away from
lim, when lie pulled a Smith A NVeson
pistol and opened tire on the
earlier.
'Plie lirst shot hit a button on Mr.
larper's coat and the bullet and huton
both penetrated the Mesh. Then
second shot was lired which struck
rih inllictinn a llesh wound. If was
bought t hat Harper was moi t allyhurt
ut t he physicians say that his wounds
re not serious. Latimer lied. Young
jatimer Is a son Mr. .1. T. Latimer,
prominent mercluint of Lawdesville
ml nephew of Senator Latimer. Four
r live hoys or about the same i?kc
i'cre implicated In I lie atl'air.
HOUND TO A RASCAL.
'he Sad IMiulit ol' u \ oiiiik laid)' hi
Now York.
The escapades of Nelson Foster
lias "('apt.." A. N. Freeland of.Sinner
created quite a sensation a few
moths a#o when it was reported that
t? hirtj ried and subsequently bad
escrtcd a weailll^ New York younn
oinan. The sequel to 1 i'.; ' alTair apears
in the following in I lie New
no of Tuesday:
"Supreme Court Justice MacLean
2fused Thursday to annul the inarlatfe
of Miss Lli/.a Herri man Wlckes,
niece of Augustus Van Wyek and
x-Mayor Van Wyek, to '('apt.' A.
I. Freeland, otherwise known as Nelin
Foster.
"Mrs. Freeland met the man on a
ransatlantic liner and afterwards at
er home. She was impressed by his
ppearanceof wealth and rcspectabiliy
and Ids own representations con rnlntf
bis antecedents. Tliey were
mrried in Grace ehurcli a few months
ftcr meeting. Mayor Van Wyek
as at the wedding. Humors conccrnivt
Freeland's past reached Mrs. Freenid's
lirother, and on investigation
e found them all well founded. An
iterview followed and Frccland disapcared.
It developed that he had
een a railway roadmaster for years,
as a widower with children and had
ccome a chevalier dlindustrlc in
efault of better i>mnl(ii/mi.ni
"Justice MacLcan says that ho canot
find grounds on the evidence aduced
which would warrant an annul>ont.
Frccland's actions, he says,
lay have been those of a scamp and a
ypocrite, but do not come within
le provisions of the law under which
tarrlagas may be annulled. Permlson
Is granted to renew the suit on
dditional evidence."
(Juick *1 lint ico.
Cable dispatches told not long ago
ow the Ameer of Afghanistan by a
roke of his pen cut down the harems
I' his subjects to four wives each. He
as been administering some very
ivlft justice, too. Not long ago a
icat-seller in Kabul abused another
inn and taunted him about 11is region.
The olTcnder was brought be>re
tlie ameer who straightway senmeed
him to be blown from the
louth of a cannon, which was done as
ion as a nearby cannon could be loadI.
The same day four well-known
ibbcrs we ?. ' ought before him. lie
ad them put into Iron cages and
ung up in four prominent thoroughires
as a warning and at last account
icy or what is left of them were
all there.
Itccurd ol" lllrths and Deaths.
The State savs the i/overnor has
icclved a persanal letter from exovernor
Mcrriam, director of the
2!isus, in which It Is ur^ed that
nuth Carolina should aid the nation1
government in the endeavor to keep
trrecl and complete records of births
nd deaths. The mortality statistics
r the government arc shamefully Indurate
and the census department
i compliance with a recent act of
ingress has written the governors of
ic States to aid In the elTort to tfet
ic data kept properly. The State
oard of health has been working ou
lily line for some time and the local
oards of health are said to have act:1
in a very reprehensible manner,
'he collection of these statistics may
c of Kreat value in the years to come.
e a Cold in On
o Quinine Tablets.
ith?. This signature, ^
no. m
a serious mvttkii
To The Dispensary Regarding Seiz.
ures of Contraband Liquor.
CLAIMS OF REVENUE OFFICERS.
Over Hall' of the Conllxcated Property
is Taken liy the lleprenentut
Ives of the Federal
tiovcrt ment.
The Columbia State says dispensary
ollleials are wondering what will be
the result of the contention between
the State of South Carolina and the
federal government In regard to the
seizure of packages of contraband
liquor. If the matter is allowed to
run on as it is now, the State will lose
over f?0 per cent, of tlie liquor seized
by the constables. In the month of
February, out of the seizures made by
the constables, $000 worth of liquor
was afterwards taken by the representatives
of the federal government.
Mr. II. ll.Crum, the commissioner
of the State dispensary, Wednesday
explained the situation to a reporter
of The State. Up to the time when
MaJ. Jenkins became collector of customs,
Mr. ('rum had had an agreement
with the federal ollleials to the elTect
that the State was to be allowed to
keep all liquor seized by the constables
unless the liquors so seized were evidently
sold in violation of the United
States revenue laws.
Itut under a recent ruling the government's
ganger at the dispensary,
Mr. A. S. Trumbo, is ordered to Inspect
every package shipped In by the
constables and to seize all such as have
not the nam OA of well known and reputable
dealers as the parties from
whom the stulT had been obtained.
Mr. ('rum thinks this has been a very
arbitrary position for the federal authorities
to take?for It throws the
burden of proof on the. State, when
the State Is not interested in forstering
violators of the revenue laws, but
is endeavoring to break up the operations
of law breakers.
During the month of January the
federal government, through Its
agents, relieved the State dispensary
of $.">oo worth of contraband, for the
State could not, under the rulllng of
the department, prove its own right
to ill." nckages. In February the
value of sin.7 'Hied over to the
revenue ollleers was e?C.'I-,nore than
in the month preceding. If tin." <u
kept up It will become a great hard- ^ ^
ship on the dispensary system, for not
only docs the dispensary lose the packages,
but is not reimbursed for the
express charges paid on the seized
liquors from the point of seizure to
t he State dispensary; and furthermore
the State Is but hlrng constabulary
to work for the government.
The constabulary has for the past
few years paid its expenses out of the
value of the contraband turned Into
the big vats at the State dispensary,
but the proportion of stulT taken by
the federal ollleers is 50 per cent, of
the whole amount seized. The attorney
general's otllcc Is urging Crutn's
claim for the return of the liquors
taken from the State by the revenue
olllelals. The dispensary commissioner
docs not censure Maj. Jenkins,
but says the latter is doing right to
enforce the orders of the treasury department.
Ate Any Old Thing.
At Kalamazoo, Mich., six pounds of
nails, screws, lead, iron, cartridge
shells and other foreign substances
were taken from the stomach of Fred
Ccrrow, a Michigan asylum patient,
at post mortem examination. For
years Cerrow had walked about swallowing
metal, lumps of coal, small
stones and brick dust with great
avidity. The stomach contained the
following articles: One twenty penny
spike, I inches long; 22 ten penny
nails; 79 eight penny nails; 23 shingle
nails, 180 bent nails of various assorted
sizes, 29 pieces of wire, 1 iron washer,
li inches in diameter; 4 suspender
clasps; 17 assorted buttons; 120 small
stones; 12 pieces of tin, 8 screws, upper
halves of 3 twenty penny spikes,
three 32 caliber cartridges and 28 pins.
Manv of the lari/er n:?llw worn nartlal.
ly destroyed by the acids of the stomach.
One large 4 Inch nail, which
pierced the stomach, Is believed to
have caused an abscess on his liver,
which resulted in death.
A Great Change.
In speaking of Senator Tillman's
visit to Charleston The I'ost of that
city says: "A year ago we were looking
for Roosevelt and making ready to
do him honor, and all the time
milt mill- i -
>u?uvviii>k i/uiacn npuii xiii111<i11 lor uin
unmannerliness which threatened to
cheat us of our high guest. Now we
are openly and loudly damning llooscvelt
and arc cooking tine dinners for
Tillman. So wags the world."
Six Men Killed.
A tcrrillc explosion of gas occurred
late Tuesday at the coal mine of L. P.
Marshal at Sandova Co. III., resulting
in the death of six men and the terrible
injury of live others. The dead
arc Frank Deroe, Joseph Trioshco,
John Glacino, Jo.Blanco, Lafayette
Amy, William Newhouse. One of
the wouned, Henry Wheeler, lsnotexpccted
to recover.
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