The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 28, 1904, Image 1
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VOL. XIIL
MARCHING ONWARD
Japs Have Turned the Flank ^ Gen
Keller's Position.
A FIERCE BATTLE RAGING
|^. - -
The Claim to Have Marie a
BiioccbhI'uI lieeoiuiaiHaiioe In
Force l|nrier Ceneral
llerftcholiiinii.
'/ A Special from Llao Yang dated
July 20, sais news was received from
Ta Ache Klao Thursday that the
Japanese had broken the K^slan left
Hank between Llufc.-Gen. Count Keller's
position and that of Gen. Ren
i nenkampiT and that they were marching
on Mukden. The rumors to thi
nuet lire persistent.
According to 21 special from Moscow,
the Husky Llstoku of that city
con firms the Asiociated Tress report
from Lino Yang that the .Japanese
have broken through the Russian left
Hank and aro marching on Mukden.
fA KIKHCK KHUIT KAUINU.
A Husssian conc-pondent of tiie
London Daily Telegraph at. Mukden,
under date of July 10, says: "A
tierce light has been raging during the
past two days and It still qontlnuea..
The Japanese, wno are in superior
Strength, attacked with great daring
and coolness. The Russians are contesting
the ground splendidly. The
Japanese Hanking movements to the
east, are the real cause of our retirement.
Heavy losses have been sustained.
The Japanese artillery lias
again shown its superiority."
A ltUHtil A N KKCONN AI8ANCK.
A dispatch from I/ao Yang, dated
I July 20, sajs the Russian eastern
at my baa attacked tiie Japanese on
the other side of tiie valley of the
Llao river. Lieut.-Uen. Count Keller,
after a hard tight compelled the Japanese
to retreat with great loss.
Gen. llerschelman, July 10, had a j
m MHOTMui engagement, rorcing the
.lapanase to rapidly re treat on their
K main force. The Hussion loss was
4 - 200imti killed or wounded. Hands
of Chinese bandits have appeared In
| thlH neighborhood. They attack the
JtuKsian sentries. ^
It is reported that Gen. Kurokl is
suffering from malaria and that he
follows ills army in a litter.
Gen. Oku, it is rumored, has resumed
ills advance beyond Kalchou.
The Russians are expecting a battle.
BUCCKSHKUL SOUTIK.
A later dispatch from Liao Yang,
says tiiat Gen. llersctielman on Tuesday
successfully effected a reconnaissance
in force in the direction of Slkeyan,
discovering large forces of Japkr
anese. He held his position until
evening and then retired with slight
loss.
Gen. Kuropatkin, in a dispatcli tc
the emperor July 20, says that there
hue Knnt) IIA ? - ?- *. 1. i ..
J too KJKsKjU UU JHU Ml W(l l UIUUI^C III IrlllH
sphere of operations. "Wednesday
night," the dispatch says, "our sharpshooters
and Cossacks surprised a Japanese
outpost at the village of Khudianza,
10 miles southeast of lkhav|i
uan. Twenty-one of the Japanese
1 were bayonet'.ed. Tlu se who escaped
A ~ were tired upon by mistake by Japa'
nese who came to their assistance."
| A dispatch from Tokio, dated July
22, says a tlshcrman reports that the
Vladivostok squadron was olT Myako
Thursday, going In a southeasterly direction
at a rp eel of 10 knots. If
this course and speeel was m%:ntalned
the squad n n was oil Yokohama late
Friday. The eastern coast of Japan
* Is shrouded in fe>g. ShlpplngJtas been
suspended awaiting the localmn of the
Ilussian Meet.
jafs win another victory.
A dispatch from Tokio, dated July
. 22, says (Jen. Kurokl, after a severe
light, occupied Klao Tung on July 19.
The place had been fortified by the
Russians, who defeneled It stoutly.
In the lighting (Jen. Kuroki's trcops
drove the Russians from their strongly
fortilleel position on the Chi river
which is northwest of Motien pass
and east of Anpiug, indicting upon
the enemy more serious leases than
they sustained themselves. The tight
began on the 18th aid ended on the
19th. The Japanese lost 424 men In
killed and wounded. The Russian
^ losses are estimated at l,0ob.
Gen. Kurokl began his advance early
in the morning of the 18th. He un
covered and followed the enemy along
the Chi river. The Russian* seemed
to he retiring to the northward when
suddenly two battalions with eight
guns turned and attacked the Japanese
advance guard vigorously. At
this point the Japanese suffered be
fore relief came, one company losing
all its officers. At a late hour in the
afternoon the Russians position was
developed. They occupied an eminence
on the banks of the Chi. This
river guarded their left tlank and high
precipices protected the Russians on
the right. The only approach to
their position was through-a narrow
detlle. The tightlijg continued until
dark when the Japanese forces blv'
ouaced. The Russians made two
counter attacks, but were repulsed In
each case. The Japa*nJ*e renewed
the attack at midnight, posting their
artillery in the valley below and in
high ground to the south of the Russian
position. The main Japanese
body was assigned to attack the Russian
centre; a small detachment was
sent toward the right tlank and another
to watch the enemy's left Hank.
After these positions had been taken
the fighting ceased for a time but was
resumed at dawn. The Russians bad
32 guns in action, and they (Vigorously
shelled the Japanese. To this tire the
Japanese replied and the bombardment
lasted for four hours.
During this time the Japanese infantry
moved forward, the Hankers
had succeeded in soaliog the heights
on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, at which hour the main
force was ordered to storm the Russian
centre. The Japanese artillery
protected this movement splendidly,
but the Infantry met with a severe
tire and lost heavily in galnlpg the
heights. The tioal successful chargo
The Japanese succeeded in partially
cutting off the Russian retreat and
this fojn became a rout. The enemy
went In two directions to the northward
and to the eastward. The Russian
forces engaged Included in addition
to the art! lery seven battalions
of infantry and a regiment of (Jossacks.
The enemy left 1.'11 dead and
.'100 rillcs on the Held. Prisoners
taken estimated the Russian losses at
1,000.
The Japanese lost one oflicer aud f>4
killed and is otllcers and 251 men
wounded.
On July loth Japanese forces attacked
a battalion of infantry and
1,000 cavalry who occupied the Che
Chiato to the northward of Shotien- 1
tsczu. Aft"r four hours ol lighting
the Russians retired across the Taltsu
river.
HAMBUltO-AMKIUCAN I.INK HTKAMSIIIl' '
KKl'OUTKD SKI/.KU.
A dispatch from Sue/., dated July ]
22, say>: The Hamberg-Amcrlcan i
line steamer Scandia seized by the
Russians in the Red sea lias just arrhed
at that place. She 11 es the i
Russsian naval Mag, is commanded by i
a Rmsian naval oMIcjr and is manned i
by a Russian r.?._l crew. She will |
enter tire canal. Her destination is I
not known. <
OKKMANY INDIGNANT. !
A dispatch from llerlin, says: The 1
foreign otllce is without oillclal In- 1
formation of the seizure or the Scan- (
dla, the only thing received up to the J
nrCKAnf. I.lmo li^liur n l.iiloiFMiu ffrtrr.
tho Hamburg-American company '
stating the facts and appealing for J
assistance. The foreign oillce thereupon
cabled to the Herman consul at
Port Said for an authentic version of '
the capture and is awaiting Ills an- ;
swer before making representations
at St. Petersburg. j
The olliclals discuss tlie case witli
an evident at'.cmpt to keep cool, but
they betray deep seated indignation '
at Russia's course. Germany lias no
warships In the Red Sea and the (pies- .
tlon of sending vessels there ins not
yet been considered, but tlie olliclals '
plainly Intimate that this question ,
must arise unless Russia speedily
orders the captain of her volunteer
Meet steamers to cease molesting Her- '
man shipping. .
Tho (illlcials refer to tlie energetic
language of tlie Herman press as fully 1
justifiable. Tlie seizure of the Scandia 1
is regarded as being so excessively un- .
reasonable that the government olllcials
t ry to assume that the captain of
the Russian ship exceeded his instruc- ]
Lions and that Russia will make speedy !
amends.
liATTLK RAGING AT NEW C1IWANG.
A battle was fought Saturday near
Ta Tohe Kiao, which was attacked, it
is believed, witli heavy losses. The
progress of tho battle was watched by
many people In New Ciiwang from the
roofs of houses. The day was clear
and tlie smoke of the guns could lie
plainly seen. The Russian losses are
reported to have been 700.
The Japanese are slowly nearlng
New Chwang. Great excitement prevailed
In that city during Sunday's
and Saturday's fights.
BRITISH SUITS HKI'/.Kl).
I ...... H,.,l #l.? I ?
4VU Tlt.o.1 1UUUI VCD ** 1 y tuai' L'l 115 1 \ !!*?
slan volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk
tired three b'ank shots acr? ss the bows
of the British steamer Ardova, the
cargo of which c insists of coal and ex- 1
plosives, and the yess 1 not stopping 1
the Smolensk sent two loaded shots at 1
her, oie of them passing over her
amid ships and the other over her '
stern. The Ardova was then sri/.ed .
and her irew transferred to the Smolensk.
The vessel will be br ught to
Suez. '
The Vladivostok squadron Sunday
sunk the steamer Knight Commander,
from New York, oir the province of 1
Izu, after transforiIng the crew of 1
Knight Commander to the steamer *
Tsinan. The Knight Commander,
aecordirg to The Marl ime Kegister,
is a British steamer of 2,710 tons [
burthen, commanded by Capt. I>u- ?
rant. She sailed fiom New York
May 0 for Singapore. Last wiek she
was reported as having arrived at
Shanghai.
The Vladivostok squadron also captured
a German vessel, believed to be
the Arabia with 110,000 tons of tlour
and and unknown British steamer.
The two ve s Is were sent to Vladivostok
In charge of prize crews.
A dispatch from London says that ;
the IlU'Slan ambassador has received
ofllcial notification from St. Petersburg
reporting the capture of two
more lhitish ships in the lted sea and
instructions from his government to
notify Great Britain that the same !
procedure will bo followed as In the
case of ihe Malacca, namely, the ves- 1
sels will be taken to a neutral port for
examination by the consuls of the two
nolinna /i
unuiuun i/uuwi mil.
The effect of the additional seizures
upon ttie British government has been
to intensify its determination to settle
the status of the volunteer tleet vessels.
It Is understood that the dis
patch of the British oru'ser Venus to
j the Bed sea and a number of torpedo
I boats cf Port Said is an earnest of the
government's intention to protect
British commerce. No warl ke Instructicns
have been given to the
commanders but 1 lie Venus will closely
watch the procedure of the volunteer
tleet vessels. Some d'plomatlc circles
regard this as being in the nature of
a threat to Russia, tut the ituss'an
diplomats of London express no concern.
AOHRKMKNT RKAC1IKD.
The associated Pi ess is able to state
on the highest authority that the
Russian and British governments have
agreed on a mutually satisfactory basis
for a settlement of the uucstions of
the Russian volunteer ileet steamers
In the lied sea and the seizure by them
of British ships. A few minor points
still remain unsettled, but thete probably
will be cleared up, and it Is not
expected that further complications
will arise.
Great credit for the satisfactory termlnathn
of this incident is due to
Forlegn Secretary Count Lamsdrof,
who, it is admitted, acted In a calm
and conciliatory spirit worthy of a
great statesman. The attitude of Sir
Charles Harding, the British ambassador,
both for moderation and 'dignity,
also provokes praise.
In faot the negotiations throughout
the crises wefe conducted in a
most friendly spirit on both sides.
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MRS. MAYBRICK FREE. ;
A Mother's Fidelity Has Opened the <
Prison Doors. i
IS 8HH INNOCENT OR GUILTY? 1
The Famous ami Rich American Wo- ,
man Who watt Once (Sentenced
to Death Now (Joew Free
anil IJiirewtriotctl.
A special from Turo, Cornwall,
ICng., dated July *20, says Mrs. Florence
May brick Is freo. She left Cornwall
Wednesday on her way to France.
Mrs. May brick's Imprisonment was
not terminated with the clang of
doors, the last sound which remains
In the ears of so many of her fellowprisoners
who had preceded her to
liberty from Aylesbury prison, where
die spent more than 14 years of her
life. It closed before the a roll doorway
of the White convent of the Sisterhood
of the Epiphany in this little
town, with the black-robed sisters
softly uttering their blessings and
K<od wishes for her future. With |
t uu/i Vf ra \f unlwl ?1?
vttv V</1U piiiiiuil 1 ill in. lUa/UllWA DIJl/CI" I
Ed the carriage cf Miss Dalrymple, (
secretary of the sisterhood, ar.d was |
driven rapidly to Staustell, a small |
station 14 mile9 away, where, after |
oxcliaiiKiiiK good-by? s wltli her com- ,
paulons, she boarded a train and t
started on her Journey to France. ?
She will not go to America until her |
presence there Is considered impera- \
Lively necessary.
Tlie greatest secrecy was thrown ,
ibout Mrs. Maybrlck's departure. t
Mother Superior Julian of the con- }
vent said to a representative of the \
Associated Press that under her in- |
Instructions she must refer all Inqul- t
rles to the home otllce. Others at the ,
convent were equally uncommunftu- .
Live. I
At the railroad station orders were |
Issued forbidding the emyloyes to dis- |
3U?s Mrs. Maybrlck or even to admit \
that she was at the convent. The (
little town has taken deep interest In
this International figure. Crowds early
stood at tlie iron gates of the grounds,
waiting for Mrs. Maybrlck to appear,
put they were rarely rewarded, she
*olng out oiTy when the road was reported
clear.
When Mrs. Maybrlck first arrived
liere she was kept under strict sur- i
velllance, never leaving the convent |
walls; even for a walk in the grounds
die would have to be under the escort
jf one of tlie sisters. Subsequently ,
die was allowed to walk In the streets '
jf tills picturesque place and in the
diady couutry lanes in the vicinity.
Those who have seen the published
portrait of Mrs. Maybrlck soon got to
recognize tlie black-robed woman with
black bonnet and flowing strii gs, an i ;
*ave her kindly greetings, which freilipnt.lv
nimtcil nnnnl Iniiil W" VI.. ..
w. j WUUVWIVA.M) 111 1 Oi AU Cby * |
brick seeking so far as possible to ,
ivold the attention of the curious.
Her time at the convent was taken up ,
by sewing, reading and chatting witli
the sisters, endearing herself to them ^
by many acts showing that even the
many years of servitude at Ayleibury
prison had been unable to stamp out j
ber innate kindly disposition.
Those who have talked with Mrs. J
Maybrtck say that within the live
months spent at Truro were happy ,
jnes. She was compelled to observe
the rules of tho sisterhood strictly, as j
Lhe sisters were required to carry out (
the regime of the prison, but the (
rules were not enforced by warders
hardened by contact with criminals, ,
but by friendly sisters who have been (
companions as well as guardians, and '
Mrs. Maybrick expressed her gratitude
to them on her departure. Her 1
past life was not referred to at the ,
convent unless Mrs. Maybrick spoke
bf it. '
When Mrs Maybrick lift her peaceful
retreat this morning she was
iressed in gray, she wore a white boa
iround her neck and she had a grey hat
with (lowers upon her whitened head.
These garments were sent by her 1
mother, the Haroness de Koques. and
were the first colors worn by Mrs.
Maybrick since her imprisonment lf>
years back.
The fact that people at Truro knew
her by sight and that newspaper correspondents
had established themselves
near the oonvent caused Mrs.
Maybrick to determine not to leave
Truro by train on departing from the
town, but to go to Stausfcell, where a
fast express train stopped. After her
departure it was said by a sister of
the convent that Mrs. Maybrick had
given no trouble whatever and that
her conduct had t>een most exemplary,
she observing without question all the
regulations. She ihad nnt nukari tur
and had not been given unusual favors.
Nevertheless the mother superior
was glad to be freed from her responsibility.
Mrs. Maybrick Is not freed unconditionally.
She is out on ticket leave,
but to all intents she is as free as any
other person, can go where she will
and will not have to make a report to
the British authority, as once Mrs.
Maybrick is abroad she will be outside
British jurisdiction.
The Baroness de Roques has made
preparations at Rouen for Mrs. Maybrick's
arrival at her quiet home,
where she will begin a new life.
Mis. Maybrick, who was Miss Florence
Elizabeth Chandler, & member of
a well known and prosperous southern
family, was married July 27tb, 1881,
in St. James' church, Piccadilly, to
James Maybrick of Liverpool. She
was then 18 years old. Her husband
was over 40 years old. In the spring
of 1889 Mr. Maybrick became 111 and
in a few day sho died. H is brothers investigated
his death and charged Mrs.
Maybrick with the murder of her
husband. A long trial followed and a
number of dootors swore that the deceased
died of arsenioal poisoning.
The defense proved that for 20 years
Mr. Maybrick had been a confirmed
user of arsenic and that he daily took
doses large enough to have killed a
dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick
was eventually sentenced to death by
the Judge, Sir Pitz James Stephen,
who spoke for two' days in charging
the Jury. lie said it was impcsdble
for them to And her not guilty in the
face of the medic il evidence. The
judge died some time later In a mad
house. -v
From the time of Mrs. Maybrlck's
conviction her mother, the Baroness]
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CONWAY, S. C..
de ltoques was unremitting in her
efforts In behalf cf the prisoner. She
succeded In having the death s ntence
commuted to peual servitude for life
and finally has obtained the freedom
of her daughter to whose release from
prison she had devoted her life. The
baroness was aided by Influential
friends on both sides of the Atlautic.
In 1900, after the death of Lord LtuselLof
Kll'owen, chief of justice of
England, a letter which he had written
to Mrs. Maybrick In 1895 was discovered.
It showed he was convinced
that she ought never to have be< n
convicted, and It has been generally
understood that all the recent American
ambassadors to the court of St.
fames have done everything possible
lo obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon.
The fact of her probable release was
used as a reas n for securing the postAtettient
of a trial last year of lawflks
bearing on Mrs. Maybrick's Inl
*Rit in land In Kentucky, Virginia
lud W Virginia until she was able permnally
to testify in these suits. Mrs.
Maybrick and her mother would have
lost all title and Interest in the many
thousands of acres of laud Involved in
the case.
On February 4th last Home Secretary
Akers-Douglas, replying to a
luestion in the house of commons,
confirmed the reports which had been
In circulation that Mrs. Maybrick had
oeen removed from Ayle.ibury prison
to a convalescent home, where she
would remain until the summer, when
die would be allowed her freedom.
The home sccreta'y said a license had
oecn granted to Mrs. Maybrick under
the penal servitude acts.
The transfer of the prisoner from a
penal prison to a quiet country home
constituted an almost unprecedented
rctlon on the part of the British authorities.
It was due to the mediation
of the Duchess of Bedford, who,
vs a visitor to Aylesbury prison for
xany years, had taken a keen person
il interest In Mrs. Maybriek, and
linally succeeded in obtaining the mltgatiou
of her punishment to the ex
tent of her beiti# allowed to spend the
last six months of her e ntlnement
uutslde the prison wells.
MRS. NYE LOSES ALL.
KntriiHteil Her Inmate to Ma). W. M.
Itrceu.
A special from Charlotte, N. C.
<ays: Wh?n the United States district
court convened Friday morning
for a continuation of the trial of Wm.
lire esc for embezzlement, the district
attorney asked and was granted permission
to Introduce Mrs. E. W. Nye,
wife of the late humorist, who resides
at Arden. N. C., and who desired to
return to her home.
Mrs. Nyo told of entrusting her
property and all the money she possessed,
$7,f>00, to the keeping of
llreese and said she lost It all. After
the death of her husband, she desired
to take her children on a trip to
IOurope, and before leaving Ashevllle,
she gave Hreese her papers and documents
and instructed him to invest
her money, lie had "been a good
Triend of her dead husband and she
felt that she could trust him implicit
ly. Mrs. Nye also said sire owned
properly in New York which was left
in charge of hreese and lost this also.
hreese test Hied that while it was
true that he had charge of Mrs. Nye's
papers, he did not understand that he
was authorized to act as her agent in
lisposing of her property. He collectad
the interest on her money when
3ue and passed it to her credit. When
the bunk failed he turned the papers
uver to his son, W. E. hre?se, Jr., an
attorney, and wrote Mrs. Nve to this
l ffoct. Upon her return from Europe,
the defendant visited her at Buck
Shoal, her country home, and explained
all the details of the failure. Upon
the objection of the district attorney
tie was not permitted to relate the
tionversat ion.
The witness denied that he drew
Mrs. Ney's money out of the bank,
saying he could not have done so for
the reason that he had not authority to
sign name to check. lie also denied
all knowledge of the los-s of Mrs.
Nye's property in New York. This
property, he said, was purchased by
Mr. Nye before his death, and was
coveted by a mortgage.
Hreese then went on to explain In
detail different notes and said he
knew nothing of the charges of forgery.
Maj. Breeze admitted that he had
signed the name of W. W. Rollins to
two not s for *1,000 each, on April 6,
1897. Theie were the notes Maj.
Rollins had declared to be forgeries
when he was on the witness stand last
week. The witce s sild his relations
with R"llins were cordial and Intimate.
When he affixed Maj. Rollins'
signature to the notis, It was for the
purpose of taking up two other notes
which had fmnn pdSltnMint?H \fat
Rollins was out of town at the time
and upon his return ratified the action
by singing and Hiving Maj. lireese a
blank note.
Plro In Atkon.
Fire accidentally started in the
pine forests in Kustis Park, near the
hotel Park in the Pines, about 12
o'clock Wednesday. Owing to the
drought, the trees and shrubbery burned
like tinder for several hours and
several acres of the Park are badly
damaged. The burned area is in the
northwestern edge of the city and Is
beyond the reach of the fire hydrants.
The city street hands were set to work
with brushes and they succeeded in
confining the lire to the woods. No
residence property was injured. It is
thought that the fire was started by a
combination of crap shooters and olgarettes.
Dropped Dead at a Dance.
While dancing Thursday night at a
party given in honor of the Porto
Utcan school teachers in the Hemenway
gymnasium, Cambridge, Mats.,
Carolous S. Nudd, a student in the
scientific department of the Harvard
summer school, dropped dead. It is
supposed that heait disease was the
causo. Nudd was about fifty-five
years old and it Is said bis home is at
Franklin Falls, N. H. When the
dancing was at its height and he was
guiding onp of the visitors in a
quadrille he suddenly olutobed at his
breast with agioan and sank to the
fioor. Efforts to save the man's life
were of no avail. v
TjP
THURSDAY. JUD
PRACTIALLY ASSURED
Colony of Foreign People to Begin
in the Fall.
WILL BE LOCATED NEAR CONWAY
CoiiwnlHaloiier of Immigration E, J.
Watwon, Mnkon Thorough Investigation
mm to the i'oniii bill ten
Offered l>y that County.
The fjllowiDg Is taken from the
State of Satuuliy which says Commissi
mer of Immigration E. J. Wat
son, who returned Friday from the
lower coast counties, talked interestingly
of his trip.
"1 hive been since Tuesday of last
week up in Horry couuty making a
thorough investigation as to the p s
sibilities offered by that county for
the establishment of an extensive
colony of foreign people,'* said Mr.
Watson. "I made brief investigations
at (Jhadbourn, N. C., as to what had
been accomp'lshed there and visited
the Homewood oolony In Horry, which
Is composed of northwestern people,
and has been exceedingly successful,
as the figures for this year's truck
crops have shown. 1 talked with a
number of tlies3 people In person and
found them all satisfied, fouud that
they wore not subject to sickness and
were really enthusiastic in the work
they are doing. The land in Horry,
particularly on the Waceamaw Neck,
appears to be admirably suited for
truck and diversified aurip.iiltnr? nsl
well as the staple crops. The fields
now under cultivation in cotton and
corn are c >vered with crops that are
as gooa as any I have seen in the
State. Absence of mosquitoes and the
abundant supply of pure water from
arteslans wells and springs is probably
accounted for from the fact that
the coast section of 1 lorry county is
within the (12-01 degree isothermic
zone, the same zone in which such
counties as Richland, dewberry,
Greenwood, Saluda and Abbeville are
located. I tind, too, that the conditions
In this section, other than those
of soil and climate, are such as to
make the establishment of a colony
there decidedly advantageous to the
settler and the State. The representative
business men are thoroughly
aroused over the situation and see
the possibilities, and are anxious to
push the development, of I lorry county
to the fullest extent. 1 tind not
only that the most Inlluential and extensive
land owners of the county
were willing to cooperate by offering
their land at a very reasonable tigure,
but that certain things are in process
of development that will mean much
to the settler. While the linal
arrangements were not concluded before
1 left Conway It may be stated
that the settlement of foreign purchasing
people upjn 00,ODD acres of
land, land bisected by the railroad, is
practically assured. This colony will
be put In on the most approved plan
for colonization, so far as the arrangement
of the land is concerned, providing
in every 320-acre square for a
small community in the centre of the
square, thus affording the settlers who
may not be able to speak English the
opportunity of social life in the even
ings. As far as I have been able to go
into the details of the matter 1 believe
that we will have In this colony
more of the real elements of success
than could be found in the ultlllzatlon
of any other tract of land of this size
to be found in this State.
"In this connection I wish to say
that it is rare that < ne tlnds young
men In the south doing so much for
the development of their section as is
being done by the Messrs. Burroughs
of the Burroughs & Collins company,
which has milling plants, shingle
plants, has developed Myrtle Beach,
has built and Is operating succe-sfully
a railroad line to Ibe beach; which is
now undertaking with others the
building of a railroad line to Marion to
connect Conway with the interior of
the State; which is operating a line
of river freight and passenger steamers,
and which is now building a tine
boat to furnish a dally pissenger service
to the port of Georgetown, and
which is undertaking many other industrial
enterprises. These young men,
assisted by the pen of Editor Itice, are
doing a great work; they propose to
do much to make the prop:sed colony
a success, and 1 have no doubt will be
of very material aid.
"We hope to have all preliminary
matters in regard to this colony In
such shape that the movement of the
foreign people can begin in the early
fall.
"While on the c* ast I made a trip
down Waccamaw Neck as far as Murrell's
inlet. At this point 1 gathered
I considerable information from the
people along the inlet as to the development
of the State's shell fish industry.
This is something that is now
suffering badly, so the people on the
inlet say, from a lack of proper laws.
I am told that the South Carolina oys
ter is the best of all for canning purposes
and 1 find a desire to undertake
wie cunning 01 Mieu nsn on ine part
of many very much in the same way
as is now being done by one iirm on
the inlet. I understand that the matter
Is to be brought up at the next
session of the general assembly and
this department has promised to aid
as far as possible in the securing of
outside capital for a proper development
of tho industry. 1 do not know
to what extent this development can
be pushed, but the matter of shell tish
canning factories on the coast will be
one of the things that will receive the
attention of my department as soon
as some pressing matters have been
disposed of."
One Taken, the Other Ijeft.
A special to the State from Pickens
says during a terrific thunderstorm at
Easley Saturday afternoon Mrs. William
Hutson was instantly killed by
lightning. She and her husband were
sitting near a window when the Hash
came. Mr. Hutson, who was presumably
a little farther from the window
than his wife, was not instantly killed,
but it Is not believed that he will
survive. Mis. Hut* on held In her arms
her infant cbltd and while every bone
in her own body was shattered, the
child was entirely unharmed,
FffluT
Y 28, 1904.
PRAISES TILLMAN.
Cleveland Coiiiuienda l'urknr'H Noble
Course In Htatltijc His Views.
A special to The State from New
York Wednesday says: "Steady,
Democrats, Steady," is the title of an
article by Grover Cleveland which
will be printed in Collier's for July
23rd. In it Mr. Cleveland lauds the
action of Judge Parker in sending his
"gold telegram" to the St. Louis convention,
and expn s es bis satisfaction
with the platform and the outlook in
part as follows:
"No action of Democracy's representatives
assembled in the late convention
can be construed in any other
way than as an acknowledgment of
the gold standard, and a willing
pledge to Its maintenance. This condition
should of itself be sufficient to
so till our m asure of satisfaction as
to cause us to forget any fears or
trepidation that may have vexed us
during the days just past. * * *
"Herein is found an abundantly
sufficient cause for gratitude and congratulation
on the part of all those
who love truo Democracy. I want tc
go further than this and to express a
reverent belief that certain convention
utterances apparently untoward
have worked together for Democracy's
good and that a hippy outc >me has
been reached through a leading wiser
and more certain than the wit of man
could have devised.
"Senator Tillman and 1 have occasionally
dilfered; but I hope he will
take no otTeuse if 1 applaud and give
hearty concurrence to his expression
of the belief that 'Providence has
taken kindly hold of our affairs.' "
After quoting Judge Parker's message
to the St. Louis convent!jd, Mr.
Mr. Cleveland said:
"Those Democrats who have been
Impatient of the silence of their
party's candidate ought to be satisfied
with the effectiveness of his first utterance.
It filled the blank in a disabled
platform, it gave leadership to
the Democratic cause and rallied supporters
by thousands and tens of thousands
to the Democratic standard.
"1 tolieve that no man ever did so
much for the cause and iu so many
directions, iu so short a time and in
so compact a form as was done by our
candidate when te sent his message
to the St. Louis convention. He has
reminded all who profess Democratic
principles that they also have work to
do if they like him, would do the
patriotic political duty the time demands.
"
ItIh SlKlit Restored.
A special to the State from Abbeville
sajs Mr. Norman S. Cas. ii, an
Industrious and prosperous farmer of
that county who has been almost
totally blind since childhood, met
with a peculiar and happy accident
while in town Thursday. Mr. Cason
was sitting In the store of Messrs. P.
Ltosenbery & Co., and in attempting
to put on his hat the brim struck him
in the eye. For a moment he was
rendered totally blind but soon afterwards
his sight oame to him and he
was able to distinguish friends and
objects never before seen by him. He
said he could see the obstruction to
Ids vision gradually passing away after
the total blindness came on. The
good fortune of Mr. Cason has resulted
in his confusion to a small degree.
He did not know the appearance of
ids brothers and friends and did not
recognize them after iie had regained
his sight until they spoke to him.
Mr. Cason's sight improved rapidly
during the afternoon and until he left
town for his home. Heretofore he
had consulted eminent specialists
about his condition but none gave him
any relief or hope. His friends are
now congratulating tiim on his good
fortune.
Orowiti ol (lie Hurnl Mervico.
The growth of rural free delivery
service In the United States has been
rapid and the total amount now paid
annually is enormou*. Previous to
1902 these carriers were paid by warrant
or check direct from the iirst as
DiDuanu |/unuuiaabi;i n U1111X2 Ut
Washington, hut the growth became
so extensive it was decided that the
postmaster at the capital of eaoh
State should pay the carriers in his
State. In 1902 when l'ostmaster Knsor
was made paymaster for South
Carolina, there were 114 rural free
delivery carriers in South Carolina,
and the amount of their salaries was
$00,400. At the close of the tiscal
year, June .'10, 1903, there were 333
carriers, receiving the sum of $192,*
912, over three times the amount paid
out at the close of the tiscal year of
1902. In 1902 the carriers re;elved
on an average of $f>00 per annum; in
1903 about $000 per annum; for the
present year there lias been practically
a $100 raise, according to the length
of the route, most of the carriers get*
ting $720 per annum.
The Battle of Manassas.
Capt. Albert Cronkhlte, of the
quartermaster general's department
at Washington, has gone to Manassas,
Va., to arrange the water supply and
uiiiicr uetaiiB preparatory 10 me great
army manoeuvres which will take
place on the old Bull Uun battle Held
in September. Brig. Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, Brig. Gen. Tasker II.
Bliss and other officers on the board
named to outlino the movement for
the engagement will meet in Washington
on Tuesday and go to Thoroughfare,
Va., to Inspect the battle
Held. They will then return to Washington
and prepare plans to be sub*
mitted to Maj. Gen. Corbln.
Gen. Corbln will direct the movements
of the twenty-Ave thousand
regular army men and militiamen
who are to relight the battle of Bull
Run at the time of the joint manreuvres
of the regulars and National
Guard of the Atlantio division in
September. Col. John W. Pullman,
of the quartermaster's department, is
to be chief quartermaster at the
manoeuvres.
Heavy Hall Storm.
Details of a terrific hailstorm which
passed over southeastern Alabama
have been at Montgomery Ala. The
storm covered an area 15 miles long
by nine miles and destroyed all vegetation
in its path. Cotton stalks were
torn to shrcd9 and even the bark on
the trees was torn off. Subscriptions
for the destitute sufferers are belDg
taken,
>
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CIVIL SERVICE IXAMINATION.
Information Concerning the He*
quIrcmontN of CainlldateH.
The mid-year Manual ot Examination
for poiltlons in the Unlted States
civil service has been issued from
Washington and contains full information
for those desiring to stand the
examinations for the various branches
of the service, 'lhe manual gives
directions concerning the examinations
which will be held In the fall,
aud which include almost every department
of the service. There will,
however, be no examination for the
position of railway mail clerk.
On October 19 examinations for p?ppolutment
in the following branches
of the service will be held in Columbia:
Apprentice, departmental service;
clerk, departmental service; electrotype
ilnisher, government printing
service; elect-o'ype moulder, government
printing service; elevator conductor,
departmental service; guard,
United Sta'es penitentiary service;
internal revenue; messenger, departmental
service; press feeder, government
printing service; skilled laborer,
male, departmental service; stenographer
and typewriter, departmental
service; stenographer and typewriter,
Philippine service; watchman,
departmental service.
Examinations in the following
brauchts will b gin on September 14,
the remainder beginning on Octobor
19: Draftsman, cartographic; observer,
weather bureau; teacher, Philip
pine service; bookkeeper, departmental
service; civil engineer, departmental
service; civil engineer, Philippine
service; pharmacist an1 numerous
other p sitions in the Indian and the
Philippine service.
Persons who wish to take any of
the examinations mentioned should
write to the United States civil service
commission, Washington, D. <J.,
for a blank form of applanation stating
the kind of examination desired.
The application form when received
should be carefully filled out in ac
cordance with the instructions printed
thereon and mailed without delav
to the United States civil service
commission, Washington, I). U. If
the application has been properly executed,
is received by the commission
in sutllclent time to arrange for the
examination, and the applicant is
found to be entitled to the examination
requested, a card will be sent
to him admitting him to the examination.
All examination papers arc shipped
direct from the commission in Washington
to the place of examination
and applicants for examinations must
tile their applications not less than
six days prior to the date of examination.
Otherwise the applications
will be returned.
For descriptions of the stylo of examination
required in the several
branches, applicants had best refer to
the Manual of Examinations, which
may be had by written request upon
the United States civil service commission
in Washington. The exumlnatlons
are based upon a common
school training and a person of ordinary
education and fair intelligence
should experience no ditllculty in making
the necessary percentage. Salaries
in the branches oiTered range from
MOO to 91,200.
It has been frequently remarked
that the south does not avail Itself of
uuo opportunities onerea id tue civil
service and the figures in this manual,
showing the percentage of appointments
from the various States, bear
out this belief. The percentage of
appointments vary from the maximum
of 2,417 883 in the District of Columbia
to thq minimum of 33.333 in
Alaska. South Carolina has a percentage
of 88.058; Georgia, 87.830,
and North Carolina, 90.470. New
York lias a percentage of 101.788;
Main 110.145, and Wyoming 144.444.
These figures show the average proportion
of appointments in the sjuthern,
eastern and western sections of
the country, the southern States
ranking the lowest.
A M03 UNDER INDICTMENT.
Names of Parlies Prominent In Danville.
A special from Danville, Va., says
The special grand jury summoned to
investigate the attempt on the part of
a mob to force an entrance iuto the
city jail for the purpose of lynching
the negro, Roy L. Armas, a flagman
of the Southern railway, Thursday
afternoon completed its labors. The
Jury found Indictments against W. D.
Talley, Bud F. Pruitt, Whit Myers,
Charles Pruitt, Walter Clark, Solomon
Iludgins, Wicker Armer, brother of
the murdered man, W. Bal ltigland,
Charles Vaughn, Kiward Buckner, N.
J. Wall, William Harris, Frank
Chlldresi, R. J. Lynch, George C.
Mills, Elijah Williams, William H.
Mann and Pleasant Meyers. The indictments
will be certified immediately
to the mayor for trial.
Presentments were found against
Wicker Armes and Bud F. Pruitt for
threatening to shoot the mayor and
Police Officer Robert S. Wynn while
in the discharge of their official duties
and against R. J. Lynch for assaulting
Deputy City Sergeant R. L. Wolfolk
while In the performance of bis
duties. Common wealth's Attorney
Thomas Hamlin will immediately file
an information in pac.h aaaa nnn?i
which the acoustd wilt be tried.
The jury also recommended that
oertaln members of the tire depart
ment which department faces on the
alley leading to the Jail in which alley
the officers made their stand against
the mob, viz: ?. H. Utter and L. D.
Perkins, should be cautioned and reprimanded
by the court for using improper
language towards the police
force calculated to discourage them in
the discharge of their duties and tc
inflame the mob.
The Jury also compliments thli
work of the police force in dealing
with the situation and handling the
mob without bloodshed.
Another Killing*
Thos. J. Lyon, magistrate in Hiblei
township, Greenwood oounty, had t
i difficulty with bis son-in law Kd Sie
vens on Hard Labor oreek Tuesdaj
, afternoon. It was renewed at Steven
house at Dornsvllle, when Lyon slioi
him Ave timet, killing him. *
NO. 10.
THE BOLL WEEVIL.
Clemion Entomolo Ut in. T?xm to
Systematically Study It. .
WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK.
And Make Personal lnve?tiK?tlon of
Supposed Investatlon at Various
Points In This State.
His better.
The following is taken from the
State of Saturday which says the
United States department of agriculture
is making a systematic study of
the bo!l weevil, consisting of Held experience
and laboratory work at stations
located in various parts of Texas,
but all In the Infested regions. The
various stations represent typical regions
as to soil and cliunte, the ohief
one of which Is located at Victoria,
where extensive laborutjry work and
Held experiments aro unknown In a
a section that is quite favorable for
the occurrence or volunteer cotton.
The region is typical of the coast belt
and river bottoms, and Is possibly the
best place t > study the weevil as the
ear'/ or volunteer cotton furnishes a
chance to study the Insect as it
emerges from hibernation In the early
spring. The investigations, observations
and experiments made there will
furnish an aooount of the biology of
the weevil at least as complete as that
of any North American species of Insect.
During the last few weeks South
Carolina has had a representative at
that place making an independent investigation
of the weevil, and one that
will enable Clemson college at onoe to
i/ivo unu noroAii ?H fh? I.% ? ?
o? ?v ^/^(ovu cfcii tui; illlUrilliiblOIl
that iuiy be needed to exterminate
the poet, or to recognize its presence,
or to distinguish betwen it and other
insects that injure cotton, should they
iiave reason to believe that the pest
lias been introduced into tills State.
There have recently been many complaints
received at the local weather
bureau ottlce from persous who believed
they had discovered boll weevils
on their cotton and ail such reports
were promptly forwarded by Mr. liauer
to Prof. Chas. E. Uhambllss, entomologists,
at Clemson college for his
information. Llut until Friday nothing
had been heard from Prof. Chambliss
on the subject, when a letter
was received that will explain Itself,
and the subject matter of which is of
vital interest to every cotton grower
in the State:
Victoria, Texas, July 19, 1904.
Mr. J. W. liauer, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: Yours relative to the report
of Mr. J. Tupper llenerey, in
which he states that cotton in Greenville
county is probably Infested with
the boll weevil, has been received.
At present 1 am studying that insect
in the government laboratory at Victoria,
Texas. I will return to South
Carolina during the first week in Au- M
gust, which will be early enough to >-M
take charge of the tields in Greenville
county, should there be an infestation.
Without specimens I am inclined
to believe that the work of the 9
bell worm has been mistaken for the
boll weevil. However, I shall give
the matter my personal attention im- j||
mediately on my return to oollege.
i have already this summer visvisited
several farms where the boll fl
weevil was supp osed to be present, and
found only the boll worm. There will
be no need of reporting the matter to
the department, as i would have |??|
charge of the work anyhow.
I am preparing a large oollectlou in
which the life history and work of
boll weevil will be shown. I am also
securing photographs. I shall be glad (
to leave one collection with you for
ottlce use.
Yours very respcectfully. ^B??||
ClIAIU.KA K. CnAMHLIBS.
Driving Out Auaeinl?, fl :
Wonders are being worked In Porto J ,: :
Rico by Oapt. B. K. Ash ford, assh^H i&|j
ant surgeon, United States Arnjl^s
who is treating anaemia, which A M
threatening the development of
Rico. Hundreds of persons sufferM
with the malady and believed by
tive physicians to be Incurable >ul] 11
been cared by the American
who is assisted by Dr. King, of l|&gg&|H
Marine Hospital Servloc.
from Porto Rico state tbat In the ^Kp||gi&
trict of Davamm alone the docUn^^^^^
treated 931 oases in six weeks and lo.st^K^W
but one case. They are now in Utuava,
where the same remarkable re- V
suits are being reported. In Dayamm
they reduoed the death rate 20 per ^8
cent, in the six weeks they worked %
there among the 32,000 persons subject
to the perniolous anaemia, which
trav 'ers have said will prevent Porto
Rico ?rom enjoying the prosperity it
might have with a healthier and more
! Industrious population.
The two American doctors do not
( attribute the disease to starvation
and underfeeding, as the native doctors
do, and have submitted their patients
to an entirely different sort of /
, treatment. The results have been astounding
and have given the natives
, new hope. Invalids are brought to
the healers in hammocks and on cots
and are afforded almost Instant relief.
Hi* Twenty Hlxtti Child Deftd.
William B. Pettlfore of Trenton, ill 4
J., has Just lost by death the tweaty- J
' sixth child of his family of tweaty M
seven boys and girls. Nozell, the dead mt
boy, was three years old. The twenty- MBk
soveut.l? child was born a year ago.
> Pettlfore, the father, was born a slave H H
1 lifty two years ago on the plantation
? of Col. Edward Hennison in North wH
Carolina, lie went north after the
i war and later located in Trenton. He ^
1 has been married twice. ^
s *
Negro Nominee Deposed.
W. T. Soott, presidential candidate
of the National Negro Liberty party,
r who is now serving a 20-day sentenoe
i in the Bellevilile, 111., jail, charged
with keeping a disorderly house, has
t been deposed. George E. Taylor, of
i Ottumwa, Iowa, has been ohooen to
t till the place made vacant by removal A
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