The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 04, 1905, Image 1
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.. Is hc mrged by meafl
lea. Disease Is In 75 per cent o
homes and the publio schools hav
forced to oIoro. Mrs. Chandler Mui
phy died of the disease.
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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.