The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 23, 1905, Image 1
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A FATAL FIRE]
Nineteen People Burned to Death
and Forty Injured (
IN EAST NEW YOBK.
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Many Acts ot Bravery Performed by the ,
I iieinen and Others. Fire Chief
Croker Asserts that the FfcOce J
and Tenement House De- . I
I
partment Are Liable.
lu New York on Tuesday mom- '
in? of l&sb week before daylight nine- .
teen persons were burr.ed to death In
tire which destroyed the tive story 1
tenement hi use at 105 Allen btreet. (
Mjre than 40 were Injured and onlv a
few of the Bleeping inmates escaped
unhurt. Several of those who perished
were r asted to death in plain
view of thousands in the streets.
Coroner Qoldinkrans declared after an
Investigation that lie had reason to
bolkvo the blaze was the work of an
Incen ilary. Toe tire starocd'ln the
basement and spread with frightful
rapidity to the roof. The victims
were caught in traps of llames, the
halls and exits being rendered Impassable
In a few minutes after the blaze
started.
Ti o i u'ldlng was one of the usual
crowded tenements and the disaster
was the worst in the history of tlu
K.st Side. The district attorney's of
lice has begun un inv?.stlgatl< 11 to
place the blame for the great loss of
life. Chief Croker of the tire department
aiserts that the police and the
tenement house departments are to
blame for the violations of the tire
escape law. The tenement house department
oftieials, however, say that
the blame is on the shoulders of the
tire commissioner.
Of the It) dead, three bodies, those
oLa U^y and two girls, remain unldentilied.
The Mentlticd dead are: Kachael
Solomon, 45 years; Jacob Solomon,
It); Isaac Solomon, 18; Jesse
Cohen, 15; Oershon Fuobs, 30; Rose
Wiener, 23; Sander Wiener, 4; Sarah
Kline, (10; Bella Zddler, 30; Harry
Z ldh r. 11: Ida Mnstknw v. 10'
KaufTman, 10; Rose Mi.ler, 4; Morris
Miller, live months old. Crowded lire
escapes in the rear of the tenement
he use were largely responsible for so
many deaths and injuries among Its
population, which approached 200
souls.
HfiAttTF-KNDINa 8CKNKH.
The scenes were heartrending. The
tire started in the basement occupied
by Isaac Davis, his wife and three
children. When Davis reached his
home early Tuesday morning and
went into his store on the same tlcor
he saw a kerosene lamp In the rear
explode. He awoke his wife and both
tried to put out the llamlng lamp,
but without success. A policeman
who heard the cry of alarm rushed to
the scene and every effort was made
to rouse the sleeping people.
Meantime the flames had spread
with startling rapidity and the occupants
of the upper Hours awoke to find
themselves confronted by a wall of
llames on nearly every side. Panic
stricken people rushed to the tire escapes
only tc tlnd them littered with
rubbish. On some of the escapes the
rubbish was soclcsdy packed that it
became Impossible to pass o-rtain
points and men, women and children
stood literally roasting to death as
the llames roared through the wl it
dows around them. One ct the escapes
was manned by Policeman John
J. Dwun, who had ran a plank across
t.fi tJirx Uiin/lAu? i\t n n i >inin<r VcnlM
ViiVy ITIIIUV V/I Ull UV'j UUllll"
ing. He rescued nearly a dozen persons,
but llnally fell 20 feet to the
pavement and shattered his shoulder.
Dozens of pet pie were taken from the
crowded tire escapes and upper windows.
By this time the building was
a furnace aad the rescues were ejected
in u.any cases only through heroic
(Hurts of the firemen. Lieutenant
Bonner, ton of the former tire chief,
ascended the now red-hot tire escapes
tive times.
MANY HEROIC RESCUES.
Four times he brought down a '*?>man
or a child in his arms. The tirCh
time he was descending with an un
conscious woman, bnt staggered and
was barely saved from death. Once
Bonner rescu (1 a little g.rl from a
window where she stood surroundtd
by flames. She pleaded with him to
leave her on the escape and go in
after her little brother who she said
had faiien unconscious. Bonner then
Jumped into what looked like a furnace,
found the boy and saved him.
Fireman Ilannlgan repeated Bon
tier's f? at on the third iloor. Death
reaped a harvest quickly on tne nre
escapes. In the rear two men and
two women were descending the men
helping the women to remove heavy
obstaoles from the escapes. Suddenly
Uames darted from the third fljo^
^vilidows and the quartet fell and k
roasted to death. Another person
JBO with clothes all re was following but
^L^kcwlse sank in ti e flames. Oa tup
of one fire escape lay three bodies,
Mrs. Solomon and her two sons, Isaac
and Jax)b. They had bceu overcome
by the flames. Two others of the
Solomon family were seer to look
from the windows arid then fall back
in the burning building.
The elder Salomon, the husband
and father, was rescued. As the rescued
recogn-z d the oharred bodies of
their loved ones they wept and cried
agonizingly. The streets were filled
with half dressed, weeping, searching
people, lmplorlrg the resoue or those
within the burning struoture. When
the tenants dashed for the roof, they
found the door, which should have
swung easily open, fastened down.
Unable to burst it open, and wedged
in by the surging mass below, numbers
were burned to death.
Oemoorre Won.
For the first time in fifty years the
Democratic party elected their candidates
for mayor on Monday in
Augusta, Biddeford, Belfast and
Brewer, all (n the state of Main.
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3
THE BOLL WEEVIL
the Tirco'or of the Georgia Station
Gives Seme Points.
Cotton OrowAri North and Kast ol
TfX'H UrRcd to Procure
for the Wor?t Now.
A dispatch from Washington to the '
Atlanta Journal says information retarded
by ottlclals as of great value to
sottcn growers Is contained in an artl
3le prepared by Colonel R J. R tiding,
lirector of the Georgia experiment *
station, which is to be published in a!
few days as a special bulletin of the
bureau of plant Industry of the department
of agriculture. This s to
be known ns Farmers' bulletin N)
117. In his introduction Colonel Red*
dmg says:
"In Farmers' Bulletin No. 189, Ifsurd
In 1904, It was stated that the
work of the bureau of entomology for
KV.ral years has demonstrated that '
there Ir not even a remote probability |
that the boll weevil will ever be ox i
terminated,' and that 'the steady extension
of the territory affected by the 1
we' vll from year to year, until the (
northern boundary Is far north of the i
sinter of cotton production In the \
United States, has convinced all oh
servers that It will eventually he dls
tributed all over the cotton belt. In J
ten years It has gradually advanced a 1
llstance of aliout 500 miles and will '
jndoubtedly Invade new territory at ?
ib iut the same rate. It Is not at all c
ikely that legal restriction of any fl
tlnd would prevent or materially hin
lor this spread.' e
"These conclusions," Colonel Redling
continues, "must be accepted as a
)f the highest authority, since they '
lave been reached I y (pi ill tied scien- '
:itic investigators after careful labor- 'J
ttory and tield experiments, conduct u
id for several years on a large scale 1
ind In the older weevil-Infested region v
)f Texas. The matter Is, therefore, "
lot a Ucal problem confined to Texas '
ind nearby states, but alfects the cn n
ilre cotton growing region. I'
"At the Indicated rate of migration c
t is very probable that within ten or K
ifteeu years every portion of the cot- c
ion-producing region will have been
nvaded. It Is well, therefore, for the
jotton growers northward and east- .
ward of Texas to prepare for the worst
ay learning the mtthods that have
ieen found effective In minifying the .
avjges of the weevil, and such other \
emedles or palliatives as may be developed
meanwhile, and be prepared
io apply them whenever It shall bejome
neccessary. In view of the im c
nense Importance and valueof the cot- 1
ion crop, the sut ject has Indeed be- V
some of national importance.
"Tue bulletin mentioned, however, 1
(Ives assurance that although the vory .
arge yields of cotton of former times (,
may no longer he posdble. It Is never- .
heless entirely feasible to produce '
jotton at a margin of profit that will
jompare favorably with that Involved 11
n the production of most of the staple ?
jrops of the United States by follow- '
ng what have become generally known
is cultural methods.
"Among the mist Important of s
these methods are those directed to- c
ward securing an early dt velopmont f.
3f the cotton plant and an early ma
lurlty of the largest possible pre por .
Lion of the crop, and the object of this 1
bulletin is to discuss the practical details
which have been found necessary
ind effective In promoting early maLurlty.
"
"The writer may he pardoned for
stating that most of what appears in
the bulletin Is directly based on long
personal experience as a practical cot- j
Lon planter, and the superadded re n
suits of fifteen consecutive years of c
Held experimentation at the Georgia b
jxperimont station. It was partly the t
purpose of many of these Held expert a
ments to discover the conditions of b
fertilizing and cultuie that were ef H\
fectlve in promoting early maturity p
for the crop and the particular varieties
best suited for securing such early a
maturity. v
"It may be well to state that during j
the whole cf the tifteen-year period a
the work has been supervised by the f
writer, as director of the station, and r
the practical details have been sup;r- c
Intended continuously try James M. d
Ktmbrough, the agriculturist of the ji
station."
The steps necessary to secure early p
maturity are then dlscuised by Oolo- e
nel Redding In the natural order of p
cultural succession, and in a manner 0
which is at once so complete and so t]
clear as to furnish the maximum t
amount of useful information. The t,
whole of this dltcusslon cannot be t
given here, of course, but an Idea of K
It may be gained from the following d
mmmary of recommendations: 1
1. Prepare the soil thoroughly and c
early, b' ginning with fall pi >wlng.
2. Fertilize liberally and judicious
ly, carefully avoiding an excess of nitrogen.
On rich, dark, alluvial and v
freshly cleared soil, phosphoric scld *
alone, In the form of acid phosphate. r
may be applied. e
3. Apply fertirzsrs in the drill and c
bed on them. Broadcasting Is rarely, *
If ever, expedient. c
4. Choose an early maturing and 1
productive variety of cotton and plant 1
on the beds, and as early as possible.
Apply In the seed furrows 40 to 7f> '
pounds per acre of quickly available 1
fertilizer, preferably 25 to 40 pounds ]
of nitrate of soda. 1
6. Reduce to a final stand as quickly
as possible.
6. Let cultivation be frequent and '
shallow.
7. Narrow rows with wide spacing 1
of plants in the rows will result in a f
greater early yield than will wide rows 1
with olose spacing.
Don't lilko It. f
A fight which threatens to assume
proportions of that wagjd against 1
Roosevelt's Crum appointment is be- 1
ing made by local Republicans against 5
the appointment of G. lV. Anderson, 1
colored, oollector of Internal revenue '
for the second district of New Y^rk.
The nomination was confirmed by the
senate. Enemies of the negro i
publican leaders are basing their op
position to the selection on two con- j
teutions. One Is along racial lines. 1
the other embodies the charge that i
he bears an unsavory record. Anderson,
at present., is spending his time <
at Hampton, V*. fi
m
CONAT
TIE PASS LOST.
Japanese Are Pushing Russians
Steadily On To Harbin.
THE JAPS KEPULSED.
n 111k Masterly Retreat a Fertile and
Well Supplied Country Lies Before
Gen. Kuroputkin, With Few
Defensible Positions in
Reach of Mis Army.
A <-11~ i -V. ' n. *
umpa on irum ou. reiersDurg says
tanking tactics by tho Japanese apparently
are in progress again. Tiie
\shcciated Trees correspondent, who
emalns at Tie pass telegraphs that
Jen. Mlstchenko on March 14 engaged
i Japanese farce on the Russian right.
It is possible that the attacking force
vas a Japanese column which disappeared
from observation during the
lattle of Mukden. The Japane-e do
rot appear to have renewal the fronti!
attack up to n ion Wednesday, the
lemonstration on Tuesday having
iiown tiiat the Russians were preparid
to make * determined resistance.
A dispatch from Santoupu says a
angulnary c ur.bit occurred on March
4 on the centre advance ! line of tho
t issfan army eight miles south of
he pass. The Russians repulsed the
dtack ar d even made a small advano
hrough 1,000 corpses of Japanese, adanolng
a large force on the right
lank, where t?en. Mlstchcnk ?, wlio
tas taken command of his detachcent,
though his wound has not yet
tealed, is holding the Japanese In
heck The Russian troops have reained
their normal spirits aud fouglr |
heerfully. !
NKAHLY 8TAHVKD.
Tiie r lllce of the censor has already
een removed to Santoupou, a point
Ight miles nortli of Tie pass and 1
here arc Intimations that it may soon 1
in established even farther nortli. The !
issoiiited lb ess correspondent though 1
sylng nothing regarding the commls
arlat arrangement for tiie troops, de
lares that the newspaper c >rrespundnts
have practically been starved
ut of Tie pas.. Tills may, perhaps, 1
ie an Indication of the amount of food '
vailable for the army, Immense quan- '
lllcsof which were destroyed at Muken,
where practically the entire re
erve commissariat had been accumu !
ited.
The otllce of the censor has been reaoved
to Santoupu, eight miles north
f Tie pass, as existence at Tie pass
or civilians is almost impossible. <
'radically all the newspaper corres
londetits have left for Harbin. For |
everal nights the Akhi elated Press
orresponrient has slept without cov- I
ring on the frosty ground and for two i
ajs lie had nothing to eat. It is ru- i
aored that Chinese killed 80 foreigners .
n Mukden after the Russian evacua- 1
Ion of that place. According to Chin
se reports the governor of Mukden i
ave a banquet in honor of the Japa <
i se generals after their triumphal en- i
ry into the city. i
J ATS AT TIK PASS. '
A dispatch from Toklo says the \
apancse occupied Tie pass at mid- ,
inht, March 15. Details of the ocupation
of Tie pass have not yet
een received at imperial headquarera.
An cillclal bulletin rep >rts the 1
ction and that the Japane.e are in I
ot pursuit of the retreating Rus 1
lans. but it does not mention any 1
arti ulars about the tight. i
The Russians have abandoned their i
dvanced positions on the Fan river ]
/here the desperate attack of the <
apanese Wednesday was repulsed, i
tid have fallen back upon the de- f
enses at Tie pass. Previous to the i
etirement the supplies of wood, etc., <
ollected there were set on tire. A I
esperate, bloody battle is now wag- I
ng north of Tie pass. i
The Russian detachments at Tlo
lass w? re, on March 15, oidered to i
vacuate their positions, and during |
lie night retired in exemplary order, <
waring tueir rear. There had been
Ightlng throughout the day. Before i
he withdrawal of the Russian forces
he military settlement and such of
he stores of fuel and forage as could
lot be removed were set on tire and
lestroyed. The fighting on March
4 and 15 fell to the second Siberia-)
orps.
RUSSIANS AUK PUZZLED.
A dispatch from St. Peterburg says
vlth the evacuation of Tie pass Wedlesday
night the Russian army abanloned
the last stronghold in south
:rn Manchuria and definitely turned
>ver the section to the Japanese for
,he campaign of 1905. At last no
ither strategy is potsible for Qen.
vuropatkln In view of his scanty sup>lies
of ammunition, and stores the
ihattered condition of his army and
vide enveloping movements which
.he Japanese have ceintlnued almost
without a stop since the Russian de'eat
at Mukden.
Nothing has been heard of the part
which Gen Kawamura's army is tak
ng in these operations, but Gens.
Nogl and Oku, operating In the low
illls of the Tie pass gorge, were themtelves
sufficient to turn the shattered
Russian army out of tho fortifications
whioh had been prepared with a view
to being held by the army after it
fhould has been withdrawn from
Mukden. The evacuation of Tie pass
Involves the loss of the coal mines in
that vicinity, whioh, with the Fushun
md Yentai mines gone, is a severe
blow. Tne railway shops at Tie pass
and more supplies were sacrificed.
JAPH PASSING ON.
The Japanese are doing their best
to accomplish the envelopment of the
Russian army, whioh all but suooeeded
at Mukden, but Gen. Kuropatkln with
the railway for a line of retreat, probably
will be ahlo to keep ahead of his
pursuers. A constant succession of
delaying rearguard encounters may be
ttpeoted. Military men at St. Peters
?fM*
f AY, S. C., TllUlh:
burg have but tbe haziest Ideas as to
where the next stand will be made.
Apparently there are no more fortified
positions In readiness and the retirement
probably will not stop short
of Klriu or Kuanohontzy, on the rail
way line; and If the Japaucse press the
pursuit the Russians may retire beyond
and up the Sungarl river, there
to await new levies, the mobilization
of which will begin Immediately in
Russia.
A report received in Toklo March
14 from the Japanese headquarters In
the Held: "In the direction of Sing
king our forces have been dislodging
the enemy from Yingpau, 18 miles
east of Fushun, and on Maroh 11 oc
cupled that place."
WHAT KUJKOPATKIN SAYS
A St. Petersburg dispatch says thr
fol'owlng dispatch has been received
by Kmperor Nicholas from Gen. Kuropa'.kin,
dated March lf>: "Thctroops
are traversing Tie past In g >o:i order
I have Inspected the fourteenth division
of infantry. The men seemed in
good spirits.
"Up to the time of my departure
from Tie pass lighting had not commenced.
1 Hiring my progresi northward
1 saw many troops and trains
in good order. I also Inspected the
regiments recently from Russia who
presented an excellent appearance.
"1 received no further reports of
tightiog after the r. pulse of the Japanese
at the Fan river. Individual
soldiers and bo lies of men separated
from their units have been rejjlnlng
iheir commands curing the prevlt us
two days. The truln service is partly
restored to order, the tro p?have been
provisioned again and are ready for
fighting."
A dispatoh from Harbin says large
numbers of Chinese bandits and
Chinese troops are report- d to be west
of Tsltsihar, and an attack on the railway
is appr bended. Io spite of the
heavy withdrawal of convalescent^
and those who have l>een sent westward,
this city is being ti led to over
Mowing with wounded soldiers fiom
Mukden. A number of Chinese suspects
l ave been arrested here.
Another Hlg itaitln.
News is expected of another great
battle at Tieling similar to the en
^aktcment on th- Shahke river, after
the fall of L ao Yang. Many experts
believe Kuropatkln's position at Tieling
Is stronger than the one he held
at Mukden, owing to the protection
tfiven ills right flank by the inward
sweep of the Ltao river and the ne
sesslty for the Japane>e to cross the
two rivers, Fan and Tohal, before
they can bigin the turning move
merit. On the other hand It is
pointed out that O.ama's force must
autnumber the Russians two to one,
and If the Japanese can overcome the
dltllculties of crossing the rivers, they
bave a better chance of'surrounding
Kuropatklu and compelling him to
surrender than at any time since the
war began;
. a Bold i n lor.
A dispatch from Charleston to The
State says Magistrate Uutise was call
ad upon Wednesday to dispose of a
youthful negro burglar, Edward Singleton,
which was settled, as far as he
was concerned, by committing the
boy for trial at the next term of the
sessions court. Not content with
forcibly entering the residence of Mr.
I. D. Kelly, on Weutworth street,
but after helping himself to what he
wanted, the negro had the audacity
bo go to sleep in Mr. Kelly's bed.
where he was found by the head of
the house. Mr. Kelly applied a razor
it rap vigorously in awakening the
ooy, and when he was thoroughly
iwakened, Mr. Kelly turned him over
bo a police ctllcer, with the result jast
itated.
Thanks Miss tiiihliard.
A dispatch from Anderson says the
eglslaturo of the State of Maine at
!tu -> '
iuo luv/Diiu aui^iun pttSStHl resoiuuonfi
warmly commending tho serv:C28 of
Miss Lenora G. Hubbard of that city
n caring for the graves of six federal
oldiers lurled in the cemetery of the
b'irst Presbyterian church. The resolutions
are engrossed on parchment
ind are signed by the secretary of
itate and the chairman of the committee
on military of the Maine genaral
assembly. Tne soldiers referred
to in the resolution belonged to the
federal garrison stationed at Anderson
at the close of the war. Miss
Hubbard, who is a teacher in the City
schools, had been caring for the
graves of these six Maine soldiers for
a long period, placing dowers upon
the graves regularly on each memorial
day.
Died at Dinner Tallin.
A dispatch from Holly Hill to The
State says Mrs. Miry A. Mellard,
who was probably one of the old at res
ldents of that county, died suddenly
at her home in B iwyer a few daj s ago
of heart fal'ure. While sitting at
the dinner table the end came and she
fell to the (1 >or. Medical aid was
summoned but life was pronounced
extinct. Mrs. Mellard was In her 88th
>ear and the most of her long fife
had been spent at the home where
she died. For years she was a member
of the Methodist ohurch. Many
of her family were present at the interment
at the family burying ground.
Two sons, Capt. J. P. Mellard of Hot
Springs and Dr. Mellard of St. George,
were unable to be present. L. O. Mel
lard, a formor State representative
frrtm Berkely county, is a sou of Mrs.
Mellaid.
ICclit ifcH tiurnpalln.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says it is now detinltely stated that
Ejaperor Nichols.s has approved the
decision..of the council of war to seud
Grund Duke Nicholas Nicholalevltch
to rep'acc Gen. Kuropatkin as the
l)est m. ans of putting a stop to the
intrigues and jeulousies among generals
of the army both at St. Petersburg
and at the front. Gen. SoukhomlinofT
will beohief of staff.
8pi<ler Web llopp.
Ten years ago a French missionary
started the systematic rearing of twe
kinds of spiders for their web, and
The Board of Trade Journal states
that a spider web factory is now in
successful operation at Chalals Mendon,
near Paris, where ropes are made
of spider web Intended for balloons
f jr the French military aeronautic
section. The spiders are arranged in
groups of twelve above a reel, upon
whloh the threads are wound.
I
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iDAY, MARCH 23, 1!
SOCIAL STATUS
(
Of the Races Legally Considered
by (he Supreme Court. (
A LIBEL DECISION.
, 1
It is' Defamatory to Publish a White \
Man as a Negro. Amendments \
to Constitution Have No
Effect in Regard to Social
Relations.
The Columbia Record says a very interesting
and important decision ,
was rendered by the mpreme court
Wednesday morning. It is decided 1
that for a newspaper to publish that 1
a white man is a ne. 1) Is defamatory 1
to the white man, and the newspaper
making the publlcatD n is liable to a 1
suit for damages. The case was that *
or an appeal on the part of Mr. Au- ,
gustus M. Flood, of Charleston, a libel 1
suit having been iustltuted by him .
against Tnc News and Courier and .
L'he Evening Post, of Charleston, for f
damages in the sum of $10 000 because
lie was referred to as being a s
negro. .
The case Is stated as follows: Mr.
Flood is a white man and aclti/.^n of c
Charleston, where, it was alleged, he '
always enjoyed the respect and conti j
icnoe of his fellow cltlz ns, the same .
naving been of value in his business
and a source of pride and pie isure to .
nlm In liIn uncial Ufa 'On.-. i
...u .rvu.ui 11IU. 1 llC V/l'Ul) I Will
further alleges that, the News and
Courier und The Evening P st pub
lished local items in regard to a suit ^
entered against the Charleston elec v
triostreet railway by Mr. Flood for
damagCB for injuries and referred to j
htm as a colored man. Hy reason of
being published as being a negro, Mr.
Flood olalmed that the statement
tended to exclude him f?om society
and by reason of "said false and defa* ^
matory publication tills plaint iIT has
b? eu Injured In his reputation and
hurt in his feelings to his damage ,
$10,000." J
In answer to the complaint it was j
denied that the publication was defamatory
or that any legal damage
was stir^red therefrom, it being
claimed that under the provisions of L
Xlll, XIV and XV amendments to 11
tne constitution of the United Stales
and of the p visions of the constitution
of South Carolina, the use of the V
said word "colored" In application to
any one Is not libelous nor defamatory [J
nor can any legal damage or cause of 1
action arise from such application.
This demurrer having been sustained 1
by the presiding judge, an appeal was
taken on the grounds that the jud^c !
erred in holding that the application J
"negro" or its equivalent, "colored," *
when applied to a white man Is not "
libel ius per se. That the law iu this
state, beforo the adoption of the XIIJ .
XIV and XV amendments to ttie
constitution of the United States was ^
that the term "negro" or "colored," '
when applied to a white person, was c
libelous per se. in that it tended to
exclude him from society. His honor 1
erred In holding that this had been .,
changed and that the negro's social
stktus has been changed by said ^
amendments, .whereas it is shbmitted
that only the negro's legal and politi- J?
cal status has beenalleoted thereby. (.
The supreme court says. "Tnoonly ^
question presented by Mils appeal Is, \
'Is It libelous perse to publish a white '
mail as a negro?" To call a white ?
man a negro affects the social status 11
of any white man so referred to."
Authorities are quoted ?on ?this point
and the court continues: "When we .
stop to think of the racial distinction
subsisting between the white man and J"
the black man, it must be apparent 1
that to impute the condition of a ne
gro to a white man would affect his,
the white man's, social status, and In
case any one published a white mau (;
to be a negro, it would not only be a
nailing to bis pride, t)ut would tend n
to Interfere serloudy with the social fl
relation of the white man with his a
fellow white men; and to protect the p
white man from such public ition it is t
necessary to bring such a charge to an c
Issue quickly." a
In Strauder vs. West Virginia, the ,,
court held that these amendments, j
XIII, XIV and XV, were designed to y
accord members of the negro race the ?
same protection in life, liberty and v
property which was already enjoyed f
by the white race, and nowhere does v
the court in that case refer to the s ? /
olal relations of eacli race. The K
statute laws of this state forbids the tj
association of the two races, in such g
a way It excludes die negro from a
white society and vloe versa. By the
miscegenation statutes, the Intermarriage
of the two races is forbidden
and made a crime Railroads are re v
quired to furntsh separate coaches for 1
the two races. rtViliHn.n an/i n
colored children are forbid en to at- a
tend the same school. Various opiu ti
Ions are quoted to show tnat publish- ^
iug a white man us a negro has <1
ben held to be libelous by various P
courts. y
The court then quotes the language o
of the three amendments to the con- s
stltutlon of the United States referr- t
ed to and argues that it must be ap t
parent from consulting the texts that
| there is not the slightest reference to
the social condition of the two races.
"AH take pleasure," it Is stated in (l
the opinion, "in bowing to the au|
thortty of the United States in regard 5
to these amendments, but we would
be very far from admitting that the j;
social distinction subsisting between
the two races has been in any wise
affected." In concluding the court v
holds:
"We, therefore, hold that these a
, three amendments to the federal con v
1 stltutlon have not destroyed the law a
i of this state, which makes the publii
cation of a white man as a negro anything
but libel. The Judgment - of r
, this oourt Is that the judgment of the j
i circuit court be reversed when it bus- \
, talned the demurrer in this case and j
| the action is remanded to the circuit ^
( oourt for such other proceedings as a
may be in accordance with law." t
h&U.
DOo.
COl'TON HOLDING
Company Organized at New Orleans,
La , Last Week.
MIloprH IDeotcd a?>d IMan* l??rfectetl
to Take Two Million llaleH
Off the Market.
The Atlanta Journal says John I).
Walker, secretary and treasurer of the
outbern Hankers' exccutlvo commltee
and treasurer of the Georgia divi,ion
of the S mthern Cotton association,
has returned from New Orleans,
where the organization of the Plant;rs'
Cotton Holding and Commission
rompany was perfected, olllcerselected
ind plans ma le for at the pre per time
etlrlug two million bales of o itton
from the market until October.
The following otlioers were elected:
IV. P. Brown, of New Orleans, fourth
argest cotton exporter in the world,
president; Harvio Jordan, first vice
president; 10. S. Peters, second vice
jresldent; A. Hrlttan, third vice preslent;
S. P. Walmsloy, fourth vice
jresldent. The secretary and treasur
>r will be named at a meeting of the
lirecb-rs in New Orleans on the first
VIonday in April.
The following wereelicted directors
n the Planters' Cotton Holding and
Commission company and subscribed
or the $."{,000 wortii of stock necesary
fo secure a charter:
Alabama?If. Y. Brooke, A. M.
I ill, L B. Farley.
Giorgla?Ilarvle Jordan, Hoke
>mlth, John I). Walker, M. (J. Gay.
Louisiana? W. P. Brown, W. L.
ster, A Brittao, S. P. Walmsley,
?. L. Maxwell.
Mnsl->sippl ? Walter Clarke, S. P.
rVitln rspoon, Jacob Bernhelmer.
North Carolina?J. A. Brown, J. P.
Vllison.
South Carolina?E. I). Smith, W.
5. Lipscomb.
Tenness e?W. T. Bowdrc.
Texas?J F. lliekey, J. S. Davis,
1. It Dancey, ?. S. Peters, F. M.
Been.
Oklahoma?L. B. Irwin.
Indian Territory?G. W. York.
Arkansas?Dr. L. E. Love, J. J.
Icroggms.
The following exeoutlWTBmnalttce
/as appointed: W. P. Brown, A.
Jrittan, S. P. Walmsley, W. L Foser,
Ilarvie Jordan, John D. Walker,
2. S. Peters.
This executive committee will dirct
the company and have active
barge of the cotton holding movement.
The meeting In New Orleans, which
/as hold Friday and Saturday was an
nthusiastic one and the greatest faith
i expressed in the ability of the com
any to accomplish the ends for which
> was organized. Mr. Walker who atended
the meeting, speaks interestjgly
of the organization.
"The company will not begin oper
ting," said he, until $100,000 has
ceil paid in. Ten million dollars 1
forth of st' ok will be sold at $1 a
hare and the directors are contident
hat there will be no trouble in selling
his stuck. The stock is to be offered 1
o the states in proportion to the
mount of cotton raised by them. The
anks will be made the trustees for
his stuck and in each county the ?
resident of the local organization will
e the agent to sell It. i
"There will be no effort made to j
ake cotton off of the market in any ,
reat quantity until May the first. By ,
hat time the farmers will have de- !
lonstrated whether they are cutting '
own the acreage. If the acreage is
ut down, as agreed then two million
ales will immediately be taken off of
ho market. If tne cotton were taken
IT the market now and the price run
p there would be danger of the acrege
not being reduced."
Mr. Walker also calls attention to
lie fact that the Planters Cotton
folding and Commission co up inv is
lie only organization of its kind which
as the backing of the Southern Coton
association.
A Fatal Flight.
As the result of a quarrel, Eirl
Jarpenter shot and killed A. M. Kale
t Hardin, N. C., Wednesday afiert
on. Before the fatal bullet was
red, Kale shot Carpenter, who Is In
n u.'conscious condition and is elected
to die. Kale was the superin
endent of the Nims Manufacturing
ompany at Mount Holly and was
bout 36 years old. Carpenter Is a son
f O. D. Carpenter, the owner of'tbe
lard in oolton mid, and is ah >ut 21
ears of age The two men quarreled
ver toe employment of mill help, tod
/hen they met in the public road near
lardin a fight ensued. Both men were
/ell known citizens of G iston county,
ifier Kale fired his revolver he was
hot several times by Carpenter, the
mllels taking effect in the head and
ther places. Death resulted lmmedh
tely.
C'ANtro 1m HoHtlle.
Castro, the president of Venezuela,
/ants to punish the United Slates.
lis attitude Is rcilected In a pamitilet
jus, Issued through one of his
dvlsera, Ool. Juan liautlstla D&mcde,
n wliicti plans for sending 30,000
^enizuelans against Ne-v Orleans are
ll?.c:osed. Tne pamp.ilet urges the
lubilc to avenge the insults offered
/eutzuela bv the Americans and delares
that the invasion o? the Missisippi
valley would be the most cffecive
means of curbing the power of
he United States.
A Severe Storm.
A storm of hurricane force burst
iver the Irish and English coasts durng
Wednesday night, and it Is feared
hat many disasters have occurred.
L' It graph lines are broken at many
>oints. The British ship Khyber,
rom Melbourne, Australia, October
16, for Queenstown, was totally
vrecked off the Cornish coast. Tweny
three of her crew were drowned,
.nd three saved. Numbers of minor
vrecks, accompanied by loss of life,
ire reported.
Jhicco a Hympton.
The Greenville News says "the artounceraent
that Vincent Chlcco, the
;tllan blind tiger king of Charleston,
s actually a candidate for the state
egislature to till a vacancy In the
lelegatlon is astonishing, because it
hows the character of that new elencnt
whloh is seeking political glory.'
MHMfc i _ ^ ^ ^
.
COTTON REPORTS.
The Southern Cotton Afisoclat Ion
Will Ishuo Thoni In Future.
A Isolate correct statistic* of the
cotton crop will be one of the main
featuics of work to bo done by the
Southern Cotton association, lieports
will be Issued through the press
of the country every ten days telling
of the conditions of the crop, the nutn
bor of bales ginned and general crop
conditions. The association will have
reports of its own, and will not depend
on the bearish reports of the
government. President Ilarvie
dan has written an article on the subject
of statistics which will be read
with great interest: Mr. Jordau
>-ays: "One of the most important
and valuable features In connection
with the work of the Southern Cotton
association will be Its ability and up
rortunity to gather correct statistics
with reference to the cotton crop of
the South. Since the wide ng't&tlon
of the cotton question during the last/
three months through tha general
press of the couutry and the opportunities
of the farmers to get Information
quickly through the establishment
of rural delivery route;, and
aPo, their growing interest in securing
information, it Is highly important
they lie placed in possessiou of
all the information possible which relates
to the handling of the great
staple crop In which they are so
deeply lntc rested as producers. At
the preseDt time there is a
widespread and general demand
for some definite information in
cotton acreage and use of commercial
fertil z r, the detailed plans of retir|
nn fhn O AAA mm U-i - - ? %
UK siu*> ?,wV|Vuu umtjs surplus {1110
also the extent of an 1 the present
temper of the farmers to contlnuo to
hold their c >tton for better prices
1 he farmers In North Carolina, fo
instance, d.sire to know the exact
condition of alTairs in Texts, and the
Texas farmers wish to be informed as
to what is being done In Georgia and
the Carolinas. All of this information
cannot only he gathered through
the Southern Cotton association and
distributed for the benefit of the
farmers and business men of tbe
South, but steps are already being
actively taken to get up these sta
stlstics In the netr future for general
distribution. The state presidents
and secretaries of the various state
divisions have been requested to get
Inclose touch with the presidents and
secretaries of the various cjtton grow
li g counties and parishes and have
tills detailed information gathered
through Die chairman of the various
civil sub division. This information
as it is gathered will tie submitted to
the secretarjrs of the counties or parishes
and will he by them compiled
and forwarded to tire state secreta
rles, the state secretaries in turn will
forward the Information to the secretary
of the Southern Cotton assocla
tion, where a general and condensed
compilation will be made of Mich sta
tistics and prepared in proper form
to be mailed to the members of the
Southern Cotton association throughout
all the cotton states and territories.
Darling Kobbory.
A special from Spartanburg to The
State says the most daring robbery
recorded In the city's history was the
sandbagging of Mr. W. L. Gowan and
the rilling of his pockets of $15 by an
unknown theif Wednesday night about
OO o'clock on north Liberty street,
about a bl< ck from east Main. Mr.
Gowan had started home from his
greengrocery, 01 east Main street, for
t.hft nli/htv narrvlnu In lilo ln-.m !....??
? , . J. ... ...u IU ?V?I
rfr purse three liive dullar bills, along
with some express receipts and other
papers He passed a pedestrian, a tall
man enveloped In a long black over
coat, who appeared In the act of ty
ing his shoestring. .lust as he walked
by Mr. Qow&n received a blow In Hie
back of the head, wnloh felled him
and tendered him unconscious, during
which time the highwayman "went
through" his pockets A little negro
boy reported to the police that a m in
was lying dead on north Lib rty
street, and when the olllcers arrived
Mr. Gowan had rega'ned consciousness,
arid was lying on the sidewalk,
whith his head resting against a tele
phone post. There was a large knot
raised on his head, about the base of
the brain; but he was not seriously
Injured. Further dovn the street the
pur.se, the papers and receipts were
found, scattered about. The police
have he n working 011 the case; but.
so far; there have oeen no develop
mcnts
Wrecked N ear partanlmrK.
Passenger train N ?. 10, bound for
Columbia from Ash vi le, was wrecked
two and a half miles from Sparturfburg,
a short distance from the j u.ction,
Friday nlghr,. Fireman Cannon
was slightly bruised up, the remainder
of the train crew and the passengers
escaped with a considerable j ir.
The l<;C>mo;ive was turned over and
the tender bl icks the main line. The
mall coach jumped the track, but the
other coaches arc standing on the
Iron rails The accident was caused
by the locomotive splitting the
switch. At the time the train was
slowly speed! g along, approaching
the thstof a scries of switches on the
Aiheville road leading Into the junc
tlon. Engineer Lowe iumr;e..i anrl
escaped un crtched In jumping Eire
man Cannon sustained some painful
scratches and and bruises.
A Great LlKht.
St. Catherine's Lighthouse, on the
south coast of the Is'o of Wight, has
Just been provided with a new light
of 16,000,000 candle power as against
3,000,000 obtained with the old appa
ratus. Seen from the land there are
three distinct beams of light revolving
in view, one just on the point of
disappearing behind the "blank" or
shield, while the others pa-.t rapidly
over the waters of the English channel.
CnnHOtcnon Money.
On Tuesday Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw received $ 12,000 In currency
from an unknown conscicncs stiickcn
person, who -wrote that years ago he
defraudei the government and w.s
following the teaching of scripture
in restoring fourfold. The money
was deposited to the oredit of the
"conscience fund."
L* ***&
NO AID.
A NEW CHIEF.
Linevitch Relieves Kuropatkin
of Command of Army.
HE WAS TOO SLOW.
f ? mi ?
New Armies Will be Raised and Efforts
Will be Mride to Put Effective Forces
In the Field to Meet and Qveiv i*'?
come the Japanese Armies
Under Oyama. *
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says with the Japanese hanging on
the heels and Hanks of the remnants
of the broken, defeated Russian army
Gen. Kuropatkin, tue Idol of the private
soldier, has been dismissed and
dl graced aud Gen. 'Llnevltoh, o>mmander
of {the First arn)y, appointed
10 succei (1 him in command of all the
Russian land and sea forces operating
against the. Japanese. The word disgrace,
written in large letters In a
laconic hnparlal order, wlilch Is gazetted
and which contained not & sin
gie worn or praise, dImposes of the rumor
that Kuropatkln asked to be re|
liovei.
Russian military annals contain no
m >re bitter imperial rebuke. Emperor
Nicholas up in the advice of Gen.
Dragon in I roll and War Minister SakI
haroff, determined the step necessary
when It li 'came apparent Wednesday
that Kuropatkln, while-concentrating
for a stand at Tie Pass, seemed unaware
tnat tlie Japanese had worked
around Westward again and allowed
himself to lie surprised. Old reports
brought by Gen. Gripenberg, regarding
K lropatklo'a falling mentally,
also had influence.
Linevitcli hes been able to bring off
his army in order after the battle of
Mukden. Kuropatkln will return to
St. Petersburg forthwith. The task
con lined to Llnevitch of withdrawing
the remnant of the army of 360,000 to
Harbin is desperate. Ho is hemmed
in all sides,*" Gen. Kiwaraura is presumably
pressing northward through
the mountains eastward ready to
sweep down, and Geus. Nogl and Oku
arc on the west of the Russian forces,
while tiie railroad is threatened If not
already cut and Chinese bandits are
reported In rear of Harbin. The consummation
of the Mukden disaster
is feared.
It Is feared the decimated battalions
have again been thrown Into
confusion by Oyama's relentless and
almost merciless pursuit. The
war office fears that more of the siege
and field guns which Kuropatkln
-aved at Mukden have been sacritloed
in the lllght from Tie Pass. Tho
Russians were oompelled to burn further
stores at Tie Pass and the commiHsarlat
was only beginning to feed
the half famished troops when a new
retreat was ordered.
In the face of the possibility of the
complete loss of the army and tho admitted
fact that Vladivostok is already
possibly lost, preparations for
continuing the war on a larger scale
than ever are proceeding. Another
armv of 400.000 m?n i? cr> hn
? - - , WW .w WV MU UU)|/dUUUa
ed to Manchuria.
It has been decided to form the
new arm lis largely of regular units
leaving reserves to replace the regulars
in garrison duly at home. A divison
of the imperial guard will be
sent to the front. Some of this year's
conscript maybe sent as a separate
army to be organ/Jed under Gens.
GrodekofT, Oripeuberg and Kamaroff.
General mobilization is likely to be
accompanied by widespread disorders
unless the composition and, function
if populir representation under tbc
imperial rescript are more satisfactory
than now appears probable. The
Kmperor twice postponed ^ction on
Governor General liouligan's recimmtndatlons.
Hilled liilo 11 ii.iting.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State says Dudley Hunter, aged 14
years, shot and Instantly killed his
young friend, Patrick. Davis, Friday
morning in Glassy Mountain township.
The killing Is said to have been
purely accidental. The two boys
were out bunting with young Davis'
ather and another yodng man and
they bad stopped on the side of the
r -ad for a short rest. When they
started again young Hunter picked up
ids gun and In some way the hammer
was caugnt and the gun w is discharged,
ihe whole charge of small
bird shot (nterlug Davis' bead. Death
was Instantaneous Hunter immediately
telephone d SheriiT Gilreith, who
deputized J. C. Fisher of that place
to bring the young man to Greenville.
Hunter Is held there awaiting
the verdict of the coroners's Jury.
Hcalded to Death.
The Charleston Post says a colored
man by the name of Norman iirown
'ell liPo a vat of boiling water at
the Charleston Basket and Veneer
Manufacturing Company's factory and
vj-.s scalded so badly that be died Frl
day night in the hospital from the
effoots of his injuries. Brown was
engaged in getting out one of the logs
which are kept in a vat outside of the
fictory to he softened by the boiling
water for use, when he slipped on the
vat, lost his balance and fell side wise
into the scalding water. The fact
that tie was not killed at once was
made possible by the presence of the
thickly massed logs in the vat, which
is about fifteen by twenty feet in area.
Thoy Will lltxluoe.
E. D. Smith of South Carolina, financial
agent of the Cotton Growers
association is making speeches in Alabama
in tho interest of reduction of
acreage, lie says reports from Texas
and Indian Territory indicate that
the reduction will be more than 25
per cent.
A H|> iidtlirlft.
The Marquis of Angefet of Bangor,
Wales, died at Monte Carlo on Tuesday.
H<ywas a yotyig man, remarkable
chiefly for having spent a fortune
of $2,600,000, in addition to an annual
inoome of $50,000, in the oouwe
'ofBlxyearg. vj-,',