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VOL. 14. THE EDUCATORS Meet in Annual Contention in the City of Columbia. WARMLY WELCOMED Distinguished Visitors from all Parts of the Country Attended the Meeting. Gov. Heyward Delivered Address of Welcome. President Ogdcn Given an Ovation. The Conference for Education In the South met In the Col u ml la TheatreWednesday night, and the place U/QU AlPMUfHflirl * ? I f 1\ t ^ 1..1?-J -.1?1 n?wi v?v/nv??U TV 1 VII VI 131 I II^U IM ItU VJ31 tors from the north and from various other parts of the country. The ad dro.ss of welcome was d* llvered h\ Governor lleyward, whose graceful words aud graceful manner cliarmcd all of his hearers. The usual annua1 address was delivered by Preslt enl ltobert C. Ogden, who was given the closest attention. The orator of tin evening was Dr. George S. D. nny, president of Wasldngton and Lee University, who spoke with earnest ness on ''A Southern Interpretation of the Conference for Education," and whose remaiks v/ero- received with many manifestations of appro val. The Conference was called to order by Mr. E S. Dreher, superintendent of the Columbia schools and chairman of tho local arrangements committee lie introduced Governor lleyward. who delivered the add re sof welcome. Mr. Ogden was given an ovation when lie came forword on the platfojm to the speaker's stand in front of some tifty leading educators seated on the theatre stage, in the form of a hal' moon. Mr. Ogden digressed very lit Ho fv/vm hif 1 4 ? Iiunv uuui Ulii (JUUll.tllCIl spCCCUCS, UU! In the instanci s In which he (lid step cutslde his sot speech he was grae fu and easy and ready and spontaneous, lie v.aa frequently interrupted with applause, particularly at his mentioi. of the names of J. L. M. Curry and secretary Edgar Gardner Murphy and United States Commissioner liar rls. v , Mr. Denny was alBO well received I hs earnest and eloquent defence of the movement and the actuating motives of those making up the various boards was heartily applauded. After the exercises in the theatre the visitors were given a reception in the hall of the house of representatives, the conference being invited here by the Colombia chamber of commerce, the legislature and tiie governor. Tho hail was beautifully decorated by Columbia ladles with palms, ceder and the like, and there was a delightful mingling of the rep resentatlves of the two sections of the country. The special train bearing the party of distinguished educators arrived in the city over the Seaboard several hours late. The cause of the delay WUS mncrp?t.f>d t.mMlrt <in Mia Pam-iool vania road and all the way down from Richmond time was made up. The special was met at the North Carolina line by a party of Columbians, includii>K Slate Superintendent of Education (J. B. Martin, Mayor T. II. Glbbs, City Superintendent E. S. Dre her, Commissioner of Immigration E J. Watson, Mr. W. E Gur.'/.iks, editor of The State; Mr. J. MoMahan, Mr T. S. Bryan, Prof. G. A. Wauohope and Prof. Patterson Wardlaw. The party was met at the depot by the local members of the reception committee and was carried at once to the homes. Mr. Ogdeu and Ids party were taken to Wright's hotel. Thoao in tiie family party were: * l> Mr. Robert C. Ogden, R M. Ogden, J. E. Chamberlin, II. P. Waugh, Dr. Wallace Butterick, Mr. and Mrs. Kren T. Gates, Dr. Junes E Russell, all of Now York; John Wilbur, of Baltimore; Mrs. C. W. Ide, of Brooklyn. The rest of the party with their re. idences are as follows: Mrs. Robert Abbe, New York, N. Y., Mrs. W. C. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hamlin Ab bctt, New York; Mrs. John T. Sloan. Utiv. and Mrs. W. C. Bitting, New York; Howard Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen IUkeY, N :w York, N. Y.; Howard Caldwell. Mr. John Graham Brooks, Cim br dge, Mass.; Dr. J. W. Bibcock.** Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Blanchard Boston, Mass.; Judge A. C. Haskell. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bishop, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. W. P. Witsell. Rev. and Mrs. S. N. Grother, Cam bridge, Mass.; Columbia hotel. Miss Natalie Curtis, New York, N Y.; Mrs. W. C. Wright. Mr. Edward II Clement. Boston Mass.; Dr. R. A. Lancaster. Dr. Julius I). Dreher, Washington I) 0.; Mrs. R. H. Walch. Mrs. L. R. Dash loll. Richmond Va., Mrs. R. W. Gibbs. Dr. ElwardT. Devine, New Yoil N. Y.; Mr. W. II. Townseiul. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Draper, Albany N. Y.; Mrs. H. O. Iludglns. Mr. Jobn Emlln, New York, N. Y Dr. J. Wm, Fllnn. Dr. Robert Eraser, Washington, D C.; Columbia hotel. Mr. A. S. Frlssell, New York, N Y.; Mrs. A. C. Moore. Rev. and Mrs. II. II. Frlssell, Dr A. C. Oiborne. Rev. and Mrs. Paul II. Frothing ham, Roston, Mass.; Mrs. Gultaf Syl van. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Fowler, Nc\ York, N. Y ; Mrs. W. L. Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Flenry W. Farnam New Haven, Conn.; Mis. E. W. Rot ertson. Mrs. James W. Hazlehurst, Nei York, N Y.; Wright's hotel. Ml8sM. W. Huntington, New York N. Y.; Judge A. C. Haskell., Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Washing ton, I). C.; Columbia hotel. Mrs. Ctaas. B. Hewitt, Brooklyn N. Y.; Miss E. E. McClintosk. Ml s Hewitt, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mb E. E. McOllntock. Mr. W. H. Heck, New York, N Y ; Mr. E. B. Taylor. Rav. and Mrs. A. B. Kinsolvin Brookln, N. Y.; Mrs. J. A. Meetze. * ?A Mr. Dwight Kellogg, New York, N. Y,; Mrn. C. L. B kcr. Hon, and Mrs. Seth Low, Ne# York, N. Y ; M i). BaDj Sloan. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Lamont, New York, N. Y ; Mrs. August Kohn. Miss Morris, Philadelphia, Pa.; Coumbla hotel. Mrs. B. B. Munford, Richmond, Va ; Mrs. U. W. Glbbes Miss Bllon Mason, Boston Mass.; Mrs. A. G. Morris. Miss I la Mason, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. A. G. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. V. E Macy, New Y ?rk, N. Y ; Mrs. J. M. VanMetre. Dr. and M's. E. K. Mitchell, Hart ford, Co:in.; Mrs. D. W. Robinson. Mrs. A. J. Montague, Richmond Va.; Mrs. A II. Jeter. ? Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Mitchell, Rich luuuu, va.; rvirs. J. A. Willis. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moody, East Northtlcld, Mass.; Dr. H. W. Taylor. M ss L. F. McCoy, New York, N. Y.; Wright's hotel. Dr. and Mrs St. Claire McKelway, Rrooklyn. N. Y.; Mrs. S. L. Miller. Rev. W. N. MoVlcker, Providence, R. I ; Wright's hotel. Miss Nott, Washlntfton, I). C.; Co lumhla hotel. Mr. Geo. F. Peabody, New York, i N. Y.; Mrs G. L Raker. Mrs It T. Paine, Roston, Mass.; Mrs. R. W. Shand. Rov. Geo. L. Paine, Dorohester, i Mass ; Mrs. R. W. Shand. { Dr. L. S Howe, Philadelphia, Pa ; | Mrs. A. G. Morris. I Miss Lydia Redmond, New York, | N. Y ; Judge A. C. Haskell. j Mrs. John R. Saunders, Richmond, | Va.; Mrs. A. II. Jeter. \ M s. Geo. F. Seward, New York, t N Y.; Wright's hotel. I Miss Anna L Seward, New York, j N. Y.; Wright's hotel. I Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Schmelt/., 1 Hampton, Va.; Columbia, hotel. 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thorp, Cam- | bridge, Ma->s.; Mrs. F. II. Weston. 1 Miss Marv Lamar Turpln, Philadelphia, Pa ; E. M. Rrayton. Mr. Willie D. Wo rd, New York, N. Y.; Mrs John J. Selbels. Mr. James Wood New York, N. Y.; Mr. E. R. Taylor. Miss Wood, Now York, N. Y.; Co ' lumbia hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Wood. J New Yo'k, N. Y ; Mrs. S. L. Miller. * Mrs. William Potter Wilson, Phila- ( delphia, Pa.; H). M. Brayton. RUSHING WORK ON CANAL. __ 1 i Might Tlioimaml Mori Now I'lruploycil ; on tho llig Dltoli. Speaking of tho actual physical { work of building the Panama canal, 1 Mr. .John F. Wallace, chief engineer < of the Panama commission, said ( Wednesday at (Ji i:ago that an or- I ganization had already been formed ' embodying a total of 8,000 men. O' this number practically 0,000 men aro engaged in equipment and construe . tion work, and 2,000 men are engaged in policing the canal z me and in sanitary work, and in cleaning up the ' isthmus. This organization will be 1 rapidly increased, and has been in creasing at the rate from 800 to 1,000 men a month. Of the total number of men cm ployod about 10 per cent, are high . men from the United Stat s and tne rest are mechanics, artisans and labor . ers that have been brought from the nearby South American and Central ' American eoasts, and from the West . Indian islands. There is a demand . for men expert In the mechanical trades; for Instance, steam shovel men, draughtsmen, railway track foremen, enginemen, carpenters, . skilled in he ivy timber work and in , the construe On cf be iges and bridges. In addition to the repair of the reslder cos ab iut 2,400 that were con struct d by tho French, eight threestory hotels are being constructed at ' various centers of population, the pur, pose being the accommodation, prlncl pally of the unmarried American men engaged In the work. Two of the hotels arc completed. Muterlil has bean ordered and arrangements made 1 for the remaining six. The h t Is are provided with bath rooms and all , modern necessary hotel appliances Up to date seven American steam nhflVttlv! llDVK hoon Inololln^ ~ .,..v we v ?wvn i >iavmiiovj| aim ten more are on the isthmus In course of erection, or are on the way there, and 24 additional shovalers have been , asked for from the commission. Should it be decided to change the r cinal to sea level Mr. Wallace said it had been estimated that 14 miles of summit cut will lie necessary, and that this would require 100 steam shovels, about liOO engines and train ' crews and 15 000 dump cars. The t service would necessitate four double track railways for the removal of material, which would have to bo hauled 15 miles on an average. Approximate ly 350 miles of construction track will be necessary^ DahIimI to Death. i Ten miners were Instantly crushed , to death Wednesday and terribly mallei'd at the Cjnyngham mine of , tho Delaware and Hudson Company in the northern part of Wilkesbarre, i Pa. The men were being lowered into the mine and when 350 from the sur, face a rope broke and the cave fell four hundred feet to the bottom of ; 'the sbaft. A rescuing party found p the bodies of the men at the bottom . beneath a mass os debris. ? ?* Horrible Accident At Columbia, Friday morning, while at work In The State's pross room where a new press is going up, James Pearson, a negro laborer, was * decapitated in a strange and very sud den manner. A heavy chain, hung v over a piece of running shafting, caught in a set screw .above, and in his clothing below and by the time his (' body was even with the shafting the ohaln was about his neck. Before N any one could start to throw the meter 8wlt>oh his head was torn off and tossed one way and his body thrown the '' other. | r. peoullar Aooldont. At Charleston a verd'ot of accldeni, tal death was rendered by the coroner's Jury In the case of Iiubln Johnis son, who was killed at the Standard E'ertlllzcr works. A large cake of fertlll/.cr fell upon the man's baok a few days ago, Injuring bis spine, which g finally caused his death. The cake weighed about 300 pounds. !><IV CON LOST ON WHEAT And Stole One and a Half Mil. lion Dollars from A MILWAUKEE BANK, Of Which Me Was President, is the Unenviable Record Made by Frank 0. Bcgilow, a Society Leader and Financier of the Middle West. The greatest sensation In banking circles in decades followed the announcement late Monday afternoon of last week of the arrest of President Frank O. Higelow of the First National Hank of Milwaukee, and until I last Kail president of the American l hankers' Association, charged with having defaulted with *1,600,000 of : the funds of his hank. His entire for- I tune and a large part of the bank i funds had been lost In the collapse of I the Gates wheat pool. Overnight he I has been plunged from the highest po I iltlon attainable in the esteem of his I fellow-bankers, who had honored him with leadership In their national organization, to the deepest degradation, evolving Imprhonmet, lo s of the jreat wealth he had amassed, and the ' Inanclal and tocial ruin of his faml- 1 y. Until Ills fall he and his family N lad held a leading plao<\ not only in 1 :he rr ost exclusive circle^ of Milwau- , fee, but throughout the Middle West. 1 IIOPBLKSSLY KUINKD. Mr. Ulgelow was noted for his high t egard for the business maxims of i Benjamin Franklin, and since his < lownfall financiers in that city have | pointed cut that one of his favorite \ mnt uLlrvnu f*r\?vi 1/ -n b 11.. ?-?* ? I uvy uuuiviio iiwm 1 lailtvilll till* iame as that which adorned the lettor-heads of the notorious 620 per lent Franklin Syndicate: "The way to wealth Is as plain as tihe road to market." Ills ruin is complete and hopeless. He has returned 41100,000, all the money in his possession, but the imount of the defalcation is still ibove 41,200,000, with no prospect what this amount can lie lessened in my way. The directors of the hank lavo pledged themselves to fortify the jredit of the institution with 41,<>:$.r>, )00, replacing the stolen funds, but this action was not sutlldeut to present a run on the I) mk. SON'S KUTUHK HLAbTKD. The disgrace i f the banker has affected his son Gordon Blgelow, who was forced to retire from the broker ige iirm of Tracy & Company, with jllloes in Chicago and New Yoik. The llssolutlon of the partnership was an jounced within an hour after the de falcation of the elder Blgelow was earned. Mr. Blgelow was arrested Monday afternoon in Milwaukee, and the arrest is momentarily expected of Henry G. Ooll, assistant cashier of the bank, who has been removed, Jharged with having been a party to the falsitlcatlon of the books of the bank. A warrant has been issued for Ids arrest, based upon a complaint ilrawn by United States District-Attorney Butterlleld charging him, with , Higelow, with the emb zzlement of " Lhe hank's funds in an amount e>osed j Ing $100,000, but he has lied, leaving , tio trace. Subpoenas has also been is J iued for four of the bans's directors. CHICAGO 8KND9 AID. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon a million and a half dollars had been sent ' to the Milwaukee Institution by the hanks of Chicago, and at that hour > E II. Ilamill, of the Corn Exchange < National hank; James I). Furgan, of ' the First National hank of Chicago, I and Orson Smith, of the Merchants' '< Loan & Trust Company hank, all lead- i ing financiers of Cnicago, were in con i sultation with the directors of the 1 First National of Milwaukee. They i agreed to render every aid possible in checking a panic among the depositors, I and hope to restore perfect contidence. 1 The effect of the announcement of < President BIgelow's defalcation could '< not be minimized, however and a run I began on the bank, which soon became threatening. At 3 o'clock, when 1 the hank's doors closed, mure than two thousand persons had gathered in trie streets waiting to withdraw their de posits. 1 ONE MILLION DIIAWN OUT. By that time more than a million dollars had been paid out. One of the first callers was a business man who presented a check for $100,000, repre senting his entire account. He was followed by the City Treasurer, who drew out $300,000 of city funds, and withdrawals in sums from $1,000 to $10,000 quickly followed. The Chamber of Commerce was one of the first concerns to withdraw its funds. By three o'clock there was a line in front of tho bank extending for tevera! blocks. Many business men showed their confidence in the bank by making deposits while the run was on, however, ard while no payments could bo made after closing hours, deposits could be received, and in order to take advantage Of this linlniiA cnnriltlnn a __ _ w/?4vt?w?uu) n> IIV/IO was cut through the Wisconsin street front and deposits were received in that way, after the doors of the bank had been dosed, until a late hour Monday evening. A deal of twenty policemen handled the crowd. BIOELOW FOUND AT HIS IIOMK. Mr.iltlgelow was found in his library with his wifo when the Federal Mar. sh&l called to serve the warrant upon him. "I'll be ready to go with you at once," he said, and after kissing his wife and bidding her an afTectlonablo farewell left with the oilloer. Mr. Big elow was taken before United States Commissioner Blood good and bail fixed at $25,000, which had not been furnished at a late hour. He has broken down completely and was a nervous wreck when he was arraigned, ne. had passed through a frightful ordeal. It is now learned that his confession of his embezzlement was made at a special meeting of the dlrcotors called Sat pn WAY, S. C., THUfl urdayevening and which lasted thirtysix hours, being prolonged through the night and all day Sunday. CONKKSSKD TO XIIS KUIN. Mr. Mglow was stiaken and so nervous when he rose to .address the directors on Saturday evening that lie ojuid not command his voice for several minutes, and gradual'y, through the members of the directory, spread a feeling of fear and apvrehenslon as they noted ills ashen pallor and trembling limbs. Before he spoke they knew that a crushing blow was about to fall upon the Institution. "Gentlemen," he said at last, "I have a painful statement to make? the confession that 1 have misdirected the funds of this bank and that an examination of the bojks, and a comparison of the figures, will show that I am indebted to tills institution for more than $1,150,00. The money has been lost In wheat and stocks. Not a penny of this can be recovered, and I have to olTer toward compensating the bank are personal securities valued at $:J00,000." Tills confession came upon the directors like a thunderbolt. They had apprehended some vague misfortune, but the announcement that the bank's funds had been drawn upon to the extent admitted by President Ulgelow, was of a character almost be pond comprehension. It was later learned that the total amount would reach a rouud million and a half, and from that time on the board of directors devoted themselves to the gigando task of attempting to deal with die Condition confronting them. INSISTKD ON FUN181IMHNT. Afler thirty six hours of dclltrradou they had readied but one con duslon, and that the necessity for pledging individual amounts which vould more than cover the defalcator One of the suggestions made vas that the interests of the bank be iri-tected bv cermitfcimr th? nr??idmr. <i resign and go to Europe, while the 11 rectors made good the amount of /he embezz'ement, but this proposal net the sturdy opposition of other Ureotors who insisted upon the pun shment of the defaulter. The above s a sad story. If it Involved the (ullty party alone It would not be so nd, but It Involves Innocent men and women, the family .of the defaulter. The way of the transgressor Is Indeed iard. Higclow went to bed one night espected and woke up next morning with the prospect of years to be spent n prison, and with that knowledge hat,his family will Vie left penniless when the sucritices they contemplate lave been made. All because he (ambled in wheat and stocks. Hush to Sou Hull PiKlit. The Spanish Council of State havng authorized the resumption of Sunlay bull lighting, on the ground that t is an art, and that the matadors, /Oreadors, etc., are artists, the nationil sport was everywhere resumed Sunlay with extraordinary enthusiasm. The occasion was celebrated at Mad ld with a corrida, in which six bulls were announced to be killel by L j i ita and Mazz&utinlto. There was in enormous demand for tickets, which tinally reached Incredible prices. Many poor persons sold their slothes and furniture to obtain the jrlce of admission. Twenty tin usand acople crowded the bull ring, and iU.OOU, who wore unable to enter, itood outside to listen to the shouts md bellowings. The contests lasted jwo and one half hours. Six bulls and jleven horses were killed. Mazzmtlilto, who hitherto had been merely a lovillero, acquitted himself with luch skill that he was proclaimed a matador by his admirers, who carried llm on their sh juidors in the arena imid a shower of clears, fans, and Jther tokens of approval. Saveti ? Black Fiend. Speeding from an angry mob of 400 white people at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Wednesday, Deputy Sher IT James G. Shellenbai g3r, in an automobile, resjued George Copeland, a negro youth, who had been tracked home by blood hounds and arrested on a charge of issaultlr g and murdering Miss Miranda Hricker, a white woman, aged 55 years. As s )on as word got out that the negro had been placed in jail i mob quickly gathered. The cowering and frightened negro was disguised by a big overcoat and placed in the bottom of an automobile. One f the sheriff's deputies jumped in and a record run was made to Centerburg, 12 miles away. There Cope land was placed in jail under heavy guard, awaiting the arrival of a train for Columbus. Deputy Sheriff Graham arrived In Columbus with Cope land and the negro was taken to the county jail. Graham says that Copeland would have been lynched had he not gotten him out of town. A Family Browned. Klward Axson, his wife and lltttc son were drowned In the Etawali River, near Canton, Ga., on Wednesday. Mr. Axson was taking his wife and child for a drive, when the horse became unruly. He reared for some time and then ran away. The horse tore through the country at breakneck spaed, Mrs. Axson and her child screaming wildly, and Mr. Axson trying liis utmost to slack the speed of the runaway animal. As the horse reached the bridge that spans the Etawah river, it darted to one side, then Jumped straight into the stream, and before assistance could be secured t ie whole family was drowned. The bodies were dredged out of the stream. Mr. Axson Is a grandson of Rev. Dr. Axson of Savannah. Mr- Axson was formerly from Hoston. The little boy whe was drowned was the only child of the couplo. Bryan Hpoko. At Jacksonville, Fla., Memorial Day was observed Wednisiay by a parade of the Confederate Veterans, Sons of Veterans, local military, pollen and snhnnl fthilHmn moo Onn v??lkUtt M A IIU VJUli f derate monument In Hemming Park and the graves in the cemeteries wcjc deoorated with (lowers. The parade formed in front of the city ball and marched to the city cemetery, where an el qent address was delivered bj W. J. Hryan. Burned 1 no Men to Death. The Ilrltlsh steamer Yen Wo wa* totally destroyed by fire at Tunchor Wedneday night. It is feared thai 160 Chinese who were aboard the boat lost their lives In the flames. "E 8 ISDAY, MAY 4,190 UNDER ARREST. Prominent Men Charged With the Killing of Morrison. SENSATION SPRUNG. Many Prominent Citizens of the Town of Kershaw and of Lancaster Charged With the Lynching of Morrison at Kershaw Last October. A special dispatch from Lancaster to The State says greatly to the surprise of all this section several arrests have been made in the case of the lynching which occured at Kershaw, this county, last October. The men arrested are the most prominent and Influential men of Laucaster county. They arc: John T. Stevens, manager of the Kershaw Merchanttle & Hanking Co. Stewart W. Heath, president and manager of the Ileath Supply company. S. W. Welch, also with the Heath Supply company and son of the mayor of Kershaw. ITunnlr IT/. 1~ - . louik uuuKii, & ueer dispenser and member of a prominent family. The arrests of the above were made In Chester, where the men had gone on business. Warrants are also out for the following citizens of Kershaw: S. L. Gardner, Jr., Bur well Truesdale, Henry J. Gardner, John Ilolden, Wm. Croxton, Sr., W. E. Belk, Tom Jones, J. W. Austin, and others. It Is understood that there are 40 warrants In all, 10 of the men accused living in the town of Kershaw and the others In the country. Two other white men and a negro are already In jail on this charge. The warrants charge the parties with complicity In the lynching of Morrison at Kershaw In October. The warrants were sworn out before Magistrate W. P. Caskey several days ago by II. B. Howie, a special detective. The four men named above had no notice of the intended arrest, it is stated, and had gone to Chester on personal business wheu the warrants were served. All the parties against whom warrants have been taken out will be on hand at the pre Umlnary which will be held by Magistrate Caskey Friday morning at this place. It is understood that the citizens of the town of Kershaw will suspend buslnass and charter a special traiu and take all who wish to go free to Lancaster to attend the hearing. There 1m i/rnat. ? n..?> vvuuubuuQ auiUH^ liliu 1 pie of Kershaw that the charges 1 amount to nothing and that the /ens will soon be at liberty, almgh it is Intimated in some quars that one of the number has turnState's evidence. The oase has been rked up by Detective Howie and H. Newbold of Chester. There i a large number of affidavits upon ich the arrests were made. T1IE LYNCHING OK MOUUISON. lohn T. Morrison was lynched on a night of October 2nd, 1901, in ncaster county, near the Kershaw mty line, four hours af er he had led Will Floyed, another white m. Floyd was Morrison's fourth stlm. Morrison met Fioyd on the ternoonof the killing and asked him r the loan of 10 cents. Floyd told m he did not have any change, lereupon Morrison shot him twice, e shot taking etTect In the right le of Floyd's back and the other riking his arm, breaking It. Morrin is said to have told Jim Robinson at he intended to kill F<oyd and ils statement was corroborated later ' Morrison, who said before being inged that he did not want or need ie 10 cents, but asked for it from an iemy in order to raise a fuss with loyd, whom he had for three or four ;ais Intended to kill on an old rudge. The governor used every possible icans to prevent Morrison from being mohed, sending Sheriff Hunter and eputies from Lancaster to Kershaw n a special train, and another special rom Camden bearing a company of bate militia, was also ordered to the sene but to no avail. The sheriff /as too late. Just as his train rolled nto the town, the mjb, which had athered about the guard house, took he prisoner therefrom and dispatched dm to the woods, where he was trungup with buggy traces and shot cveral times. The murdered man was the son of Robert S. Floyd, a substantial citizen lvlng near Kershaw. He was married tnd a farmer and was said to be an :xceptlcn illy fine young fellow, highly thought of. So great was the In iignatlon over the murder of Floyed that no lot in Kershaw oould be bought to bury Morrison aod his body was interred In the pauper's plot. THE CASK DIHMISSKD. The casis against defendants arrested in connection with the Kershaw lynohing were dismissed by Magistrate Casky at Lancaster on Friday. The solicitor afterwards withdrew the pros ecutlon of all others for whom warrants had been issued. The motion of the solicitor for the continuance of the preliminary to next Wednesday on the ground that he was not ready was first argued and refused. Newbold and Howie, detectives, wereoalled, but did not appear. The defendant* at.tnmouo ' then made a motion to dismiss, for ' the reason, first, that the state failed ! to produoe any testimony whatever; j second because the war ran ui on which 1 the defendants were arrested were | sworn out before the magistrate and | signed by him while beyond his jurlsr diction in Chester county. The motion was granted. B. D. Blakcney, Williams & Williams, and 0. D. Jones represented the defendants. Everything ? was quiet and orderly, there being no * demonstration whatever. The court fc house was crowded, there being not even standing room at the door and in the aisle. [fraTn 5. THIS COTTON CHOP. Final Government Report on the Product oi Last Season. South Carolina Increased ItM Production Over Proceeding Year l>y Nearly Hi per Gent. The bureau of the c^nsus has just Issued the tioal report on the cotton crop grown in 1901 The statistics for 1901 are accompanied by compara tlve statistics f >r the crops of 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903. Six preliminary reports were Issu d during the gin ning season of 1904-5, showing the quantity of cotton ginned to .specified dates. The tinal report aggregates the quantities included in eac i or the preliminary statements, and completes the sixth c nsecutive cr. p year for which cotton repjrts have beeu published by the census bureau. The^crop of 1904, as returned by the glnners, and including lintors, is 13,584,457 bales, of 500 pounds It exceeds the crop of 1903 by 3,491,380 bales, or 35.4 percent. The largest crop produced in the United States prior to 1904 was that of 1898, which, according to commercial returns, amounted to 11 235,000 bales^or 15.9 per cent, less than the crop of 1904 The average crop for the live year period ending with 1903 was 9,892,047 bales, or 25 9 per cent, less than the crop of 1904. Among the cotton producing States Texas has held the lirst rank for twenty years. Its production in 19)4 was 3,134,677 bales. Georgia, with a production of 1,960 151 bales, was8rc>nd, having passed Mississippi, which held the second rank in 1903. Mississippi Is third and Alabama fourth win. the exception of Kansas, Arkan-a~, and Texas, all the cotton producing States show larger crops for 1904 than 1 for any other year in whtolT these re ports have been isiued. The States which show the most notable increases compared with 190:$ are Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, bae largest increase being found In Gcor- , gia, where the crop exceeded that of 1903 by 01*2,380 bales, or 48 3 percent. The increase in Alabama is 40 5 per cent, in South Carolina 45 7 per cent, and In Texas 27 per cent. The larg est crop ever grown in Texas was that of 1900, when the State produced 298,870 bales more than In 1904. Toe increase in the combined product! m of Oklahoma and Indian Territory over 1903 is 72 per cent. The number of local cotton weighers who reported to the bureau of the census was 1,372. Much care has been taken by the bureau of the census to secure accurate average hale weights, and the returns have been compared with computations made by Mr. Henry G Hester, secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exohange, who computed the average weight of commercial hales, mark >ted between August 31, 1904, and March 1, 1905, at 519 87 pounds, while .the average weight of the bale exported was 510 96. The adoption of the averages compiled by Mr. Hester would of course result in some variation in the total number, of bales produced. The sea Island cottr n crop of 1904 amounted to 101,317 bales, equal to 41,180,434 gross pounds, an Increase ? var the crop of 1903 of 44 3 percent. This Increase Is distributed between three Stat' s which produce this cotton?Florida, Georgia and South Ciroltna. The average crop of s- a Island cotton for the live year period ending with 1903 was .'14 120 841 pounds The crop of 1904 is 2o.7 per cent greater than the li ve-year av :rage, and Is the largest crop ever grown in the United nio nexo largos'. ming the crop , of 1902, when the production reached , 40,413,053 pounds. I The total nua Inr of establ'shments which ginned some part of the crop of | 1903 was 30,337, or 92.3 per cent of the total number of ginneries reported. , Three States reported over 4 000 uc , tlve ginneries?Georgia, Mississippi , and Texas. The total number or the , active ginneries in the States men ( tinned was 13,480, or 44.4 per cent of i the total, and they ginned 50 8 per cent of the total cotton production in ( the United States for 1904. The census figures show that the average , number of bales ginned by active es tabllshments was 445, compared , with 338 in 1903, and 358 in 1902. The cotton ginning industry Is much more developed west of the Mississippi river than cast of it. Texas, with 14 0 per cent of the number of cotton ginneries, ginned 23 5 p^r cent of the total product, while Georgia, with 16.4 per cent of the total active ginneries ginned but 14.1 percent. The crop of 1904 was ginned in 830 coun ties in sixteen States Of these coun ties 739 were canvassed by 667 local agents of the census bureau, and 99 5 per cent of the total crop of 1904 was ginned in the territory thus canvassed. Ninetj-one counties were canvassed by mall, and in these were located 184 active ginneries, which ginned but one-half of 1 per cent of the crop. The average date of the completion of the final canvass was March 10, 1905. The six preliminary reports of the quantity of cotton ginned, issued by I the bureau of the census during the past season, cover the quantity of cotton giuued to September 1, October 18, November 14, and December 13, 1904, and January 16, 1905. The tinal report now lssuci in iiulletin 19 presents the total quantity ginned during the season. A feature of much Interest discuss4?? i.. ou iu uiiih uuimtin is tne growth Of the cotton seed industry, Indicated in the luppleraontal report of the llntor product of the cotton heed oii mills. The number of these mills has increased from 367 in 1900 to 716 in 1904, an increase of 100 per cent. The bulletin just issued comprises 42 pages of text and tables, in addition to which are pr< sented outline maps of eaoh of the principal cotton producing States upon whloh the crop of 1904 is shown by counties. Murdered HIh Wile. AtQiJncy, Mass., Albert T. Spargo, aged 38, son of CJounoilman Spar go, shot and instantly killed his wife, Elizabeth, Thursday morning and then put a bullet through his own head with fatal result at South Quinoy. Jealousy between the couple Is said to have caused the shooting. / ' BANK OF CON W CAriTAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSF OFF IF O. COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres. Our Bank, boing a local inatit\ building of Horry County and for t suing this policy wo take pleasure i accommodation when consistent wit With gratitude for the liberal cordially solicit your future businei Respect! P A. SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, H. President. Vice BANK Ol Conwc Capital Stock DIRE Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George J. Holliday, Wo will pay you 5 por cent, inl isli savings banks to thoso wishii Try our plan for saving your nicklo those little banks anil tho interest v help yon. DUNGEON HORRORS. (Tew York Man Cast iu Guatemala] Prison for Six Weeks ItOHoriliOH TerrllOo ICxporloncoH ol I'riHoiicrB. Home Wore FIokroiI to l>OAtli l?y IIIn Hide. The following strange story was Lold to an American and Journal re porter by Ilarry Coleman, a locomo Live engineer, of No. 3002 Park ave cue, of his experience in a G.iatema an prison, whero Joseph Darling, at attorney, is now being held for eon tempt. Coleman told how lie was arrestee it the point of the bayonet for nc other reason than that lie had broker a contract; how for forty live days ht lay in a dungeon, where lie was tin iaily witness of prisoners be'ng Hogg od to death; and of how in the end in and a comrade escaped from the coun try afi.er terrible hardship by cutting the telegraph wires to prevent theii recapture by the native constabulary, The story told by him Is as follows; "My only reason for telllog this itory is in the hope that soiu* tiling may be done for two fellow Ameri jans. O.ie is Darling, the other 11 man named Hamilton, who has al ready been eighteen months in tin Guatemala prison without trial and is lying of consumption. "1 can prove what 1 say through at east six United States Ministers win ilded me and my friend to come back jo tills country after our escape "1 went to Guatemala Octoh r 3, 1902, under a two-year contract with ihe Guatemala Central Railroad Jompany. 1 was engaged to 'run1 cetween Guatemala, Mazzatau&go and ERculuntla. "As near as I oan remember It I L was arrested February 25, 1904 1 cad become dissttlstiaci with the manner In which the railroad c m pany was carrying out, Its part of the igreement, and decided to leave the jjntry. 1 vsas met at the San Jo e ihipptng station, 76 miles from Guatemala, and marohed back to the train I had left a few m ments before at the point of the bayonet. When 1 arrived In Guatemala 1 wa;, marched to prison and thrown Into a a tilthv cell. 1 was not given a trial, nor Informed of the charge against me, and every effort on my part ti communicate with Godfrey Iluntcr, the American Consul, met with de rlsion. For forty-five days I remained there. ''The Guatemala prison Is a huge affair, and when I was there aboul 1,200 prisoners, were In the place. 1 and a man man named Hamilton wert the only white men; the rest wen natives. Oar food consisted of rav, corn mashed Into a pulp and beans. "I repeadly saw men flowed t( death. There are two reservoirs al each end of the prison courtyard anc the prisoners were forced to run frorr one tank to the other, carrying t bucket of water In each hand. A picked number of strong men stoor at short Intervals along the line ol gantlet and they Hopped the prison ers with whips as they ran Uy. Some times they were given as much as 201 lashes. At one time 1 saw six raoi dead Jr. the hospital. 'T finally obtained my freedom b] smuggling a letter to the president c the railroad company, telling him j would finish out my contract. "As toon as I got out, In companj with a friend, who was also In tin employ of the railroad, I hired pact mules and secretly left the city at ; o'clock the next morning. 1 ha< taken the engine out on one run jus as a blind. "For eleven days we walked througl the mountainous country, cutting th telegraph wires as we went. Aftc untold hardship we reached the bor der of San Salvadore, where, afte swimming the river we knew we wer safe. The next day we reached Aca jutla. In each large city we came t we obtained aid from the Americai consul and letters of itroducticn t the next one. From San Salvador we went to Port Limon, from there t Kingston, Jamaica, In the West In dies, and finally to Santiago, Cuba an/1 Ila nana In mKInU ? ? ?? ^ mmu tawfuun, iu nuiuii iODl IJJilUt) VvOil sul George Springer give us clothe and food and sent us to New York. "I hope something may be done fo poor Hamilton, who,was only guilt of running over a woman accldently.1 Hoourgcd by MomId* Bowman, Ga.. 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WOODWARD, i , Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. 8. C G. FiftED. Stalvey, i Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, 8. C Conway Market Fresh Meats and Sausage always on hand. Orders are takon and promptly delivered every day. Geo. L. Marsh, \ Proprietor. AN iXPtfiRl' 8rL0i\ ' , shooth Oil" the DrovN of a Young Lady Companion. i At New York Col. Gaston Bordeverry, lmilud as "tire most accurate i shot in the world," ^ave a private > exhibition at the Hipp 'drome Wed, nesdiiy afternoon. The colonel, dressed in the uniform of the Chasseurs d'Afrlque, appeared with his assistant, Mile. LeOUlne do Liulsannn ! First he walked up the Hippodrome's j gallery and shot olT a few pieces of L plaster llxcd on a black disk. Mile. ; de Loulsanne then shot away some i plaster too. ' The colonel decended, lay down backward on a chair, and shot lumps ) of siurar and other trifles from the [> head of his assistant. Then the two 1 orderlies, Pierre and .Jean, put their i heads toother. Between the two i foreheads was a little toy balloon. The . .olor.e; let the air out of that without I any trouble. r Then the colonel did a curious stunt. He has a piano which he plavs with a Tide. lOvery time lie lilts a ) bull's eye below In the neighborhood i of the pedals he strikes a key. In that way he played the Intermezzo of t "CJavalln Uusticana." f Next came what the olonol called 1 "the valr sensational performance of shooting off mademoiselle's clothes." / She appeared in e\er.ing dress of a e brilliant scarlet hup, and mounted a < pedestal. The colonel aimed at and & hit a small while tartfct on her breast, 1 L'hat unfastened a hook, and the cape t dropped off He then shot her hat off. At tiie shoulders and at the hips were i tiny white targets. With the ilrst e shot the marksman hit the ritfht r shoulder target, and the tfown slipped from that shoulder. A second shot r left her very much decollete. The i- shots at the hip targets left the younK lady In a much beflounced peto ticoat. \ Cyclone In Union. n A storm of wind and rain swept f) with cyclonic force over Union at 0 ' <j'clock Wednesday afternoon. The rain poured In torrents and the velo'[ city of the wind was terrible. The 8 western end tf the top story of the Union cotton mills, containing ti e spinning room, was blown In and a quantity of brick precipitated on the y, 11 )or, where a large number of children were at work. Fortunately only one man, John Campbell, was hurt. He was struck on the head and face '* by falling brick, and his wounds are f thought to be serious. Tne damage e to the building probably amounts to ' $20,000 and some of the machinery la also ruined.