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BAD FOR CUBA. A Serious Fight Between Two y Political Factions. srj? \ ' GRE VT EXCITEMENT. ________ i I The Liberals and Moderates Clash^in a 1 ] Hotel\ in Which Six People Are Killed *or Wounded. Troops Hurried to the Scene by the Government. A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, aays official dispatches have been re- ? tcelvcd from Clenfu6^09 on Friday afternoon announcing the killing of j Congressman Enrique Viliuendas, i leader of the Liberal party and the mo'it able orator of the lower house, and the chief of pollen of Clenfuegos, during a coDlllct between the two ( political parties, the Liberals and Moderates, The tfoverument advlcis Hay the police had information that ! within the hotel in which Villuendas | resided a quant by of arms had been deposit*, d and they went to the hotel i to investigate the matter. As the polic i ascended the stairs they wore j met by a party of L'berals who fired nu mem, Killing unier or I'jiice ill ail- , o. The police returned the tire kill- , log Vllluetidas and wounding several ( others Intense excitement prevailed at Clenfuegos and Havana. , As the news spread throughout Ilav- ] ana the Liberals and Moderates are i rapidly gathering in their respective i clubs and it is feared that unless the leaders give wise coiipsel a clash may i result. A dispatch to the Associated ] Press from Clenfuegos says that about six pers? lis were killed and 25 wouudtd during the conflict. i Dispatches to the government say that besides Congressman Villuendas j and Chief of Police lllance two policemen were killed and a number of policemen and civilians wounded. Rural guards surround the entire block in which the Hotel Suizo, the scene of the affray, in situated. One telegiam says that "Villuendas tired the shot which killed the chief o* police, while according to another telegram tire Nhot was lired by .J >se Ferpand( z, a Liberal, who has b u ar.csted. A search of the hotel revealed two dynamite bombs in the room occupied by Villuendas. The police in searoh/v the hotel were o*rrylug out the order of a judge who was informed that explosives were bidden there. The government has received a tele gram from Senator Frias asking for reinforcements at once. Toe tele gram says: "While in Cienfuogo* at | j/tvnvLi v i-i w iui u'Oi*) <n13 ivp; uK uiuuf i ^ every precaution Is needed as there 1 Is danger of assault. I recommend that the authorities prevent the entrance Into Cienf urges of probable trouble makers woo are liable to In vade the city. Tnere are fears of dynamite bon b throwing." < Acting on the advice of Senator Frlaa, the government. Friday even- ing sent a train of live cirs load d , with rural guards, the largest number of whom are destined for Oienfuogos, , while the others will be distributed In Mantanzas and Santa Clara, where advices received by the government indicate serious trouble may occur at any time. The train also darries artillery and the troops are supplied with 111 000 rounds of ammunition. The feeling in Havana Friday night is most in tense. The L'berals are bitterly de nouncing the government, saving they have received no advices from Gien fuegos because the government will not permit the use of either the gov ernment telegraph lines or of the cable r . ' lines. DoHortt'd UIh Wile, The Augusta Chronicle says a young married lady, a former resident of that city, but now of Greenville, S C., and who has been in Augusta for the last three days on a visit, is strard d here without money Or personal belonging Of any vaIuo Her husband has apparently deserted her, departing with her jewels and their money to another city?Atlanta, it is thought. This act was made known Thursday morning when the young lady created no llotle excitement at the union station by Instituting a search for her mining hu. band, whom she wu? to hii-vo met at the depot., and by proclaiming amid.-tt t"ars and sob* that her b tter half had deserted her, taking the jowels and money with him. A kind-hearted'colored I matron proffered her services, wide; were accepted, and the two visited the ticket office, the baggage and express offices, in search of some clue which would lead to the finding of. the recreant husband. By this tlnr.e quite I a number of people had become inter est.ed In the lady's esse?she had made no effort to keep It from being known ?and with their help a olu^ was found. He had expressed bis trunks * ( to Atlanta, and the record of this act was on the exress company's booss. Damage Hult. Mrs. N. J. Fuller has entered suit against 32 cltizans Of Greer, for $10,000 damages alleging I bat they sur rounded her hou^e when she was ill causing her great pain and almoet causing death. Tne mob was after her husband who was wanted for keeping a blind tiger but was never convicted. # MANY LOAFERS [die Men Who Will Hot Work for Love or Pay. The Vagrant I^aw Should be Enfor* cod AgaiiiHt lillo Negroes anil Idle White Alon. The Augusta Chronicle says: "With contractors and others employing laborers complaining that work Is being delayed owing to the scarcity of day laborers, and the farmers clamoring for field hands, to gather the fast maturing crops, it is a fact that Augusta <s infested with the negro loafers, able bodied men who do not work, who are not hunting for work, who do not want work and who will not accept work, even at fancy prices. These negroes can 1)8 seen by the hundreds every day. They are loafers around certain bars and localities They can be seen In twos, fours and in groups of a dozen or more. How they live is v.oil known?being supported by negro women who are at work, and requiring very little on which to > ubslbt All they waut is an occasional short Job, to secure the price of a drink. It is believed that the stoiling now going on, the night ly robbery of stores and dwellings, can he traced to this class. "There are laws on the statute books of G.orgia, and the City Code, with which to handle these loafers," said a well know contractor Thursday, "and what is puzzling ins is that the slty police and the county authorities [Jo not force them either to go to work jr leave the city, ir they will not work n the city, run them Into the rural districts, where they are so Indly needed by the farmers. Let them understand that tt Is go to work or move on in Augusta. Tae new solicitor of the city court could begin ills term of otlico with' a popular nr?v3tnent, a crusade against the loafers of the city." 4'1 sent out for several laborers a day or two ago, needing them badly," said another clt'zoo Thursday, who is at the head of a well known corporation, 44and whbo a uumber of loating negroes were to be fouud, on all sides, not a one wanted any work to do. They could not be hired. A c tier of wages above what is usually glv^n day laborers In Augusta was turned down " 44 the scarcity of Laborers is not due to any extraordinary building boom or to the fact that there is any large public improvement in progress," said an architect when seen in reference to the matter. 44It is true that there are a number of improvements in progress, as well as buildings in the eoute of erection, but no more than is usual at this favorable time of the year. The trouble being experienced is duo in a large measure to the fact that negroes do not want t) work and tOip nlt.v anrl p/Mint-.u DnHwirHiAu n WW J ?..w .-vx iiliu y nuuuwjiuiVtl UliUH them to live idio audi profligate liven. The continued enforcement of the vagrancy laws of the state and city w jultl in a large extent, In my oplu ion, remedy the trouble." Around on cotton block, where the lleecy staple Is coming in at the rate of from 3,000 to 6,000 bales of cotton oer day, it was learned that there Is a scarcity of reliable laborers, and in consequence considerable delay Is being experienced in handling the receipts. Good.handp, who known how to truck aud work about cotton are in demand arc! can tind euiplo>ment. A Chronicle reporter made a round of the sections in the business canter of the city, where it is complained that these negro loafers can be found Idling away their time. The conditions were found just as rep >rted From hoard street to the river on Mc Kinue street is a favorite place, and just 38 were found in groups. Inquiry developod the fact that few of tnese were ever seen to work more than a day or two at the time. On Center street, Bridge It >w, about the many negro cook shops on side streets, and as hangers on near bars, they were found in idleness. In the southern section of the city It is fraid that hundreds of loadog ue grocs can b? spen daily. -Gentlemen who have closely investigated declare that they can bo found doing noth ng day after day, and are generally known to exist by their wits. The demand for a crusade against the loaf ers of tne city Is general. Roco<n zed as a dead weight to any community, It is argued that they should be forced to go to work or move on. A Very Sad Cane. Ih cause her six year old son, from whoso father she had been seperated a month, refused to allow her to kl.ss him, Mrs. L W. Chomault, of Richmond, Ky., one of the most prominent society women of the State, commit ted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. When they separated Mr. Chernault, who is one of the richest men 1.. t/ A. t * - - Ill JYWIl/UUKy, LOOK Mlft ooy, who IS the only child. Wednesday afternoon Mrs Ghemault telephoned that she would like to see the boy. Mr. Ghemault brought the little fellow to the house where his wife was stopping. As soon as he caught sight of his mother who was standing at a window, he positively refused to enter the house. No amount of persuasion could prevail upon blm to do otherwise, wnlch so shocked the mother that she immediately retired to a bathroom, where she swollowed the poison. lUirned W?l'i *iul Children. At Madison, Ind., Geo. Ford, a far mer, set tire to his house Thursday morning, burning his wife and three children to death. Ford In under arrest and is believed to be insane. LUCKY ESCAPE. Large Passenger Steamer Rammed at Sea by a Schooner. BOTH SHIPS SAVED. Six Passengers and Two Officers of the Steamer Were Injured. The Collision Took Place as the Steamer was Rounding Cape Cod on Her Regular Trip. Tho injury of six passengers and two of tho ship's officers by a oolllson at sea was reported by tho steamer Juniata of the Merchants and Miners' Transportation company, bound from Boston for Baltimore and Norf ilk. which returned to Bos to a, Thursday afternoon, badly damaged. The Juniata was rammed Wednesday night JO miles e ll Chatham by the fivemasted schooner Ilarwood Palmer, bound from Baltimore for Portland, Me., with a cargo of coal. The injured: Mr. and Mrs. Friedell, Pittsburg, badly bruised. L J. W. Jolinson, North Abington, Mass., leg broker; injured internally. Condition serious. Mr. and Mrs. JobnO. Murray, South Boston, bruised .and badly shaken up. Corporal J. J. Mattingly, United States marine corps, hands cut. Capt. Z Nickerson of the Juniata, injury to hands. Q larter master John Crockett, hands cut and bruised. No one on hoard the schooner was injured. That the accident did not result In a general loss of life ou the steamer is considered remarkable by everyone on hoard. The steamer had a great hole stove in her starboard 3ide amidships, her cabins from that point forward were ripped and torn into kindling wood, her pilot hcuie was wrecked i ana the foremast and smokestack were carried away. The J uni '.ta returned to her dock here Thursday afternoon and landed her passengers. Arrangements were mado to transfer the cargo. The Palcner lost her jib boom, bowsprit and headgear. Too accident ( ccurred at 9 50 o'clock Thursday night when the Juniata was steaming aioung Gape God. A fog hung over the water and the Bteamer'h speed had been reduced somewhat. Capt. Nick :rson was in the pilot house directing the movement cf his ship. Suddenly the lookout shouted a warn* I ing that a big vessel was to the star board and bearing down on the steam er rapidly. Gapt. Nickerson ordered the v/heel put hard over and the engines reversed but even as his order was being executed the Hipping of huge sails and shouts of alarm were heaid and in less than a minute from the time the lookout gave his warning the steamer was struck a terrific blow squarely amidships on the starboard side. Immediately following the first, crash the schooner scraped along the side of the steamer, her spars and rigging turning the upper deck into a mass of wreckage. The state rooms and the pilot house were torn apart -as though made of paper. The immense jib boom of the schooner after unrjotiog the state room and pilot house became imbeddled in the upper works and was snapped off short. All aboard the steamer remained cool and there was not the slightest ~ * - i- - cviuonoi; ui <i patue. as a precautionary moasure the lifeboats were made ready by the crew and sailors not thus engaged went to the assistance of a number of the passengers who were vigorously working on the mass of debris In which several other passengers, Oapt. Nickerson and Quartermaster Crockett were burled. It was found that J. W. Johnson was the only person seriously injured. Ills state room was almost opposite the spot at which the schooner struck and was buried iu toe mass of wreckage. His right leg was broken and he sustained Internal Injuries and cuts about the head and face. The schooner, although damaged, signalled that she was in no danger. Both vessels remained at the scene until daylrght, when the extent of the injuries sustained by each was learnea. The hole in the side of the J unlata was found to be live feet above the water line. Capt. Nickerson decided it would be safer to steam back to Bostou. The uninjured pa.sseugcrs were sent to Providence by train, whence they proceeded to their destination on the steamer E^sex. v. i #? ai? ? xiik viAwv iji me collision nas not been tixed. (Japt. Nickerson refused bo discuss the accident In any way. ltobb.)(l tho Navy. A dispatch from Toklo says information has been made public that three r.aval paymasters have eihb.zzled $105,000 of government funds. The announcement has been calmly received by the public, but the knowledge that the commission of the crime extended over the period of ai year without discovery may, it is said, ause a feeling of distrust and uneasslness towards the naval administration ?nd furnish a weapon to the politic a parties that are opposing the govern ment. 18 HE A HIGHWAYMAN. Mariou? Charge Codgod Against Ofll cor of National Hank of Denver. A strange story comes from Denver Col. P&ytng teller of the Denve National Hank In the day time ant highwayman at night, Is the exlstenct laid bv the Denver police at the duo of Wm. V. Wright. The Htory of tho alleged double lift of tho young man, which his manj friends have vainly attempted to sup pre&s, came as a thunderbolt, and tht exclusive circles in which the younji man moved are agog with excitement The young man, well dressed and ol gentlemanly demeanor and not in tht lea3t having the hangdog appearance usually expected of a hold-up man was brought into the police station a! the city hall shortly after midnight Saturday morning in tho patrol wagoi in custody of Patrolman J as. Cum mings, who hud recolved him from ? seventeen-year old boy, Charlie Mo 0 1j 1 is, one of the tinkers of Oouitj Judge Llndsey's juvenile court. According to McGillls and the vie tims of the alleged hold up two men Samuel Shark, a shoemaker, and B Bushvinslry, a carpenter, both raei thlrifty Hebrews, who live ill the Went Side of Denver, had been dowi t?wn late attending a meeting an( seeing their friends and were walkim iiome. They had crossed the bridgi over the Platte river when they wer< seized and a demand made for thoi money. Instead of complying the: called for help when the hold-up mar whipped out a revolver and, eockinj it, said he would kill them if the: uttered another sound. McGllits, who lives near tho scene heard the cry for aid. rushed out witl a loaded club In hand and found fchi robber still with the gun ready foi action. The lioid up man attempted to turn the guu on tho lad, win rappod him over the head with hii billy and took the revolver away. Mc GUlls called for help and walked hli prisoner until ho met Patrolman Cum mlngs. Oa the way toward police hcadquar ters tho young man admitted that Ik was paying teller of a bank with twelve millions in deposltsand beggec his ciplors to let htm go, saying thai he would be ruined If he were exposed Tlis name w^s entered on the pollct blotter as W. E. Wright, but tho p<> 1 i t?i. pantaln rtkft >ir>i K/aH t.iit* {riantlt.u r\ tiie alleged hold up. He was throwr into the bull pen with other arrests t( await aetion and no entry was inadt at the time on the charge of highway robbr.ry, which had been lodged bj young McGlllis and the two victims Eurlyin the morning before ttm< for the police magistrate to dispose o cases Wright was allowed to go aoc the entry on the blotter was wrlttoi ''sick." The police captain whei asked In regard to the action in th< matter said that he believed th< yi img man was only ill or slightly in toxicated and that be was probably li no way responsible for the alleged 00 eurrence. Mr. Wright, paying teller of tin Denver National Hank, was at hi! desk when the bank opened Wednts day morning denied that he was iru plicated in tho matter in any way. He ridiculed tiie idea that he was 5 highwayman. Mr. Wright has always moved in the best clrcies of Denve society and is a protege of J. D. That cher, pres dent of the bank, In whicl he is employed. MONajY JfOU KUHOOLi. A Question oh to tho Distribution o tho Dispensary Surplus. 'PhA O ilnmVUa RpnnrS anua nn an count of the doubt as to the exact lav on the subject, it will be necessary b make considerable inquiry into tin method of distributing the dispensar school money in counties voting ou the dispensaries. The conditions, it 13 stated, ar very peculiar. The school law, as com piled in 1903, made no provision fo counties that might be dry, and Marl boro and Greenwood received the! share of the profits as well as any de ticiency that might exist according t the superintendents of education. The law of 1904, approved Februar 25, however, provides that no count voting out the dispensary shall recelv any part of the surplus after the d<s ticiency has been made up. This evl dently means that the deliclency shal be made up in all counties, but th question has arisen whether or no Marlboro and Greenwood, under thl law, will receive a share of thesurplu money or not It Is believed, althougl there has been no test made of it that the act of 1904 applies to ooun ties that had dispensaries but after wards voted them out. O i the othe hind, It is said that in Pickens am Union a (/est will be made of it am that these counties will claim thci share. The amouno rocelved by dry oouc ties voting out the dispensary In 190 was as follows: Cherokee $4,439.3 Marlboro 6,012.2 Greenwood 6.547.6 Newberry 6,376.2 Union 5,451.1 PJckens 4,4146 in M trlboro there was a detlcieno of $155.80 in the school fund, whlcl was made up before the surplus wa distributed. An O lio man fell dead while courl log the lady from whom he had bee dlvoroed. This should serve as a wart I ing to men who are thinking of goin itaok. "bank of CONW, CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSE OFF! r B. (J. COLLINS. Pitfsidknt. 1 C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pkes. d Our Hank, being a local institu r building of I lorry County and for tl suing this policy wo take pleasuro ii 3 accommodation when consistent wit] f With gratitude for tlio liberal cordially solicit your future busbies ? Respect! ! p A SPIV ^ Itobt. B. Scarborough, II. j President. Vice| BANK Ol > Conwa i (1a pital Stock DIRE ' Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George .I. I lolliday, W o will pay you 5 per cent, int i ish savings banks to tlioso wisliii > Try our plan for saving your nicklc 1 these liltie banks and tho interest w * help yon. I THE'^HU I 1 \ 3 Tliis brand on a shoe meani * THE 15EST for your money on J. 1C. 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If your I doaler docs not keep it, send the I R money to the Ladies' Advisory | fe Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine K w Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and tho | ? meuicino will bo sent you. XWlNEsFl f CARD VI y o riravind and Hauli n( JJiUJlll?3 U1IUL uaui i 11{ r 1 have secured all the Boan r ends at the Conway Lumbe ! Company, and I will i'urnisl 0 tliem cheap on short notice y Best cook wood you can get y I have headquarters at tli e store of the Hal L. Buck Co. |* and orders for <1 raying am 1 hauling left with me will 1) 0 promptly attended to. ' S. M. Tompk'ns. Sea-shor R. R. Conwa1 i r a DAII Y SCHEDULE, rt 1 Lv Myrtle Beach 7 a. n Ar Conway 7:40 a. n [. Lv Conway 0:00 a. n 1 Ar Myrtle Beach 9:45 a.ir Lv Myrtle Beach 1:30 p rr 8 Ar Conway .. .2:15 p. a 0 Lv Conway 5:30 p. n (i Ar Myrte Beach 6:10 p. ir Morn Or Alt. y A dispatch from San Francisco saj h State Senator Henry Dunkers, servii .3 a term in prison for attempting t brlhe during the last session of legli iature, has made a full confession, gii r ing th8 names of twelve other sent n tors who received monoy, aao M * names of bribers and amounts paid K A wholesale prosecution Is promts* by the district attorney. CONWAY. AY, S. O. SUURPLUS FUND, $20,000. TS, $ 180,000.00. CERS: I). A. SPIV I V, Cashier.1^ M. \V. COLLINS, Asst. Cashier. tion, lias always striven for the uj>10 betterment of her citizens. In peril extending to our customers overy !i sound banking, patronage received in the* past, we 8. ully yours EY_ L. Ibick, W ill A. Freemau, President. Cashier. ? IIOHRY, ly. S, C. $25,000 CTORS: W. R Lewis, W\ A. Johnson,! Will A. Freeman orest on yearly deposits. 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I have opened a Shingle Yard and can till your or~ dors promptly. : HflL L BUCK. Livery and Drayage. i- 'Phone 36. 6 Horry Tobacco Warehouse^ * J. E. Coles.