The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 30, 1911, Image 3
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BEAT HIM GOTO
Magistrate Well#, of Stm'er Ccaaly Hat
V a Ijsterim Cate
MADE BIMSELF SCARCE
White Man Severely Whipped by a
Negro Girl's Friends for Taking
Her Buggy Riding, and Then the
White Man Disappeared From the
Scene.
A dispatch from Sumter to The
News and Courier says a case of peculiar
' interest was laid to rest Sat- ,
urday in so far as Sumter County is
concerned, when Magistrate Wells
dismissed the charge against Henry ,
Caldwell, Joe and John Smiling and
James Sweat for assault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature because
of lack of jurisdiction. It was
found when the case came off that the ,
alleged offence had been committed
in Clarendon and not Sumter county.
The case is a most unusual one (
In that it has been most mysterious
from start to finish. It resulted
from the alleged whipping of a white
man named Browder by the Smilings .
and Sweat. It has been stated that >
Browder, a white man, went to live (
In the house of Cheaves, a negro (
y preacher, for whom he was working.
On Sunday afternoon, June 4th, it is ,
said, Browder secured a horse and
buggy from Cheaves, (it is claimed (
that he stole it,) and took the dangh- ]
ter of Caldwell Smiling, a negro, out |
riding. I
The Smilings objected and pursued <
and raiierht nn with him. and it is
alleged, wore out three buggy whips
on him most unmercifully. After
that time rtrowder was seen no more
in the vicinity and it is claimed by
some of the white people of the
neighborhood that the morning following
the whipping considerable
shooting was heard at the place
Browder was last seen and they supposed
that he had been shot and
his body hidden in the woods.
Warrants were sworn out before
4 Magistrate Wells, based unon infor- *
.. mat Ion and belief that Browder had '
^ met with foul treatment and the hear- (
ing was set for Saturday. In the 3
meantime several persons had stated 1
that they had seen Browder and It
was reported that he was at the home
of his father below Greeleyville, 1
while other reports stated that he
was with his sister In Columbia. The
charge was changed from murder to
^ assault and battery and pushed on t
by the whites who had sworn out the
warrants.
At Saturday's hearing before Mag- v
* Istrate Wells the witnesses, who were
mostly friends and relatives of the ?
Smillngs, stated that they knew ?
nothing: about what had happened,
and it was impossible for the State ?
to prove that the alleged .assault f
p took place in this county, while sev- v
eral of the witnesses stated that they t
had been told that it took place at a ^
spot in Clarendon county. Upon a
these grounds the case was thrown j.
out by Magistrate Wells for lack ot {
jurisdiction. In the meanwhile, ^
Browder, whom the case is all about, '
has not been located. * c,
TWO PERSONS DROWNED.
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The Accident Horrifies a Sunday li
t
School Picnic Party. t
At Pensacola, Florida., cau,?ht In a v
' strong undertow, a party of Sunday 0
school picnickers, while bathing s
were carried Into the gulf Thursday f
afternoon, and before a rescue party <
could reach them, Miss Kathleen
0 Suggs, aged 18, and W. B. Wallace, a
traveling salesman of Philadelphia,
were drowned. Four others were i
taken out of the water unconscious
and were resuscitated with difficulty.
A boatman named Charles Dillard alhnrolv
escaned death when he went
y to the rescue of the bathers The
mother of Miss Suggs was among the j'
horrible spectators of the drowning.
ACCUSED OF STEALING. *
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Hut Get License to Marry Soon At C
Buffalo, New York. "
At Buffalo, N. Y., Edward Valen,
tine Lee, who is under arrest, charg- l)
ed with the theft of $46,000 from the
> paymaster's safe while serving as a K
clerk on the battleship Georgia at f<
Habana last February secured a a
license Friday from the marriage license
clerk to marry iMiss Audrey F.
Kelsey, of Washington, D. C. A deputy
United States marshal accompanied
Lee to the clerk's office. Lee P
gave his residence as Washington f<
and his age as 25 years. Miss Kel- rl
eey stated that she Is the daughter of u
Charles A. and Marian E. Wood Kel- fi
^ sey of Washington. She gave her S
age at 22. Y
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Cotton Picker Company.
The Yorkvllle Cotton Picker Company
was commissioned by the Secretary
of State at Columbia Thurs- H
day, with a capital of $4,500. The tc
petitioners are: John Brown Nell, O
of Clover; H. E. Neil, of Yorkvllle, cc
and W. W. Lewis, of Yorkvllle. The p<
company will engage In the sale, w
manufacture and buying ef cotton hi
pickers, etc. * tc
BLEASt'S MISTAKE
SAYS FELDER HAS BEEN INDICTED,
WHICH IS NOT SO.
In Offering * Reward for the Atlanta
Attorney an Incorrect Statement
Is Made.
An official proclamation by Qov.
Blease Friday makes a statement
of particular Interest in connection
with the case of T. B. Felder.
The Governor in his proclamation
says that T. B. Felder "has been indicted
for said charge and is now a
fugitive from Justice from the State
of South Carolina.''
T. B. Felder was not indicted in
Newberry county. This fact was <
among those presented to Gov. Brown
of Georgia on Thursday as to why
requisition papers should not be honored
for Mr. Felder.
The occasion for the proclamation
was the offering of a reward of $200 1
for the apprehension and delivery of '
T. B. Felder, to South Carolina offli
noro
The following Is the proclamation, 1
in which the misstatement of fact
occurs: j
"State of South Carolina?Eyecutive
Chamber
"Whereas, information has been 1
received at this department that one (
Thomas B. Felder did on the second f
day of October, A. D. 1905, and dlv- J
era other times, attempt to bribe a '
member of the Board of Directors of
the State Dispensary of South Caro- 1
lina, and did conspire to cheat and (
defraud the State of South Carolina, 1
by said actions, and has been indicted 1
for said charge, and is now a fugi- (
Live from justice from the State of \
South Carolina. *
"Now, therefore, I, Cole L. Blease, '
Governor of the State of South Carolina,
in order that justice may be
lone and the majesty of the law vin- ,
Iicated, do hereby offer a reward of ^
;wo hundred ($200.00) dollars for
lie aprehension and delivery of the
said Thomas B. Felder to the Sheriff '
>f Newberry County, at any point r
ivithln the State of South Carolina. s
"In testimony whereof, I have here- 1
into set my hand and caused the c
Sreat Seal of the State to be afllxed, f
a ^ 1 U 1 ? 4 U f - tirtr_ 4- li ?%*/ ! /I ^
IL V/U1U1I1LMU, Lllin ivvviHJ'-tiiiiu uaj
)f June, A. D. 1911, and in the 135th
rear of the Independence of the 5
Jnited States of America.
Cole Li. Please,
Governor.
3y the Governor: v
R. M. iMcCown, a
Secretary of State. 1
The other facts in the proclama- '
ion are familiar to the public. ?
lUen.se on the Word Indict.
Governor Blease on Saturday vol- 8
inteered the following Interview:
"What about the use of the word fl
indict' in the Felder proclamation,
is called attention to by The State?
"We would have used the words *
formally indicted,' or 'a formal in- f
lictment having been presented,' if
re had intended to convey the idea 1
hat a grand jury had returned a true ^
rill. The fact that the language used c
s it is, is in accordance with usual f
orm and meant simply to convey the :!
dea. thqt he had been indicted or 1
rosecuted by order of the said State v
ifllcials, to wit: the Dispensary Com- c
lission, and that a warrant for his *
rrest had been sworn out. 11
"These are all nubile matters: have
K?eu thoroughly advertised and none v
nit those who are attempting to e
hwart the officials from discharging s
heir duty would construe it other- 11
/ise. I care nothing for their criti- a
isms. They are weakening them- tl
tdves everyday by their course and k
trengthening me, so all I can say is,
jn with the dance.' " e
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COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. a
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'wo Men in Aiken Jail Following s
Unusual Discovery. v
p
A day or two ago what was believd
to be the workhouse of a gang of j,
ounterfeiters was discovered with- n.
i a few mi lee of Aiken. As a result
f the discovery two white men, Jce p
nd John Feaean, were arrested and c
re held pending an investligatios. ^
fnited States Marshal Huggins and p]
ihief Howard of the Aiken police {r
\ade the discovery. In a hut locat- al
d In a thick wood was found a quan- jfl
ty of old metal, scrap iron, pewter,
rass, etc., but while everything in- ,
icated that counterfeiting had been
oing on, no dies or plates could be 0
)und. The two men when arrested, j1
re said to have had several counter- 1
3it nickles in their pockets. ^
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Rails Fall on Group.
George Williams, a white man of j*
avo, Ga., was instantly killed and x(
>ur negroes were injured, none se- (,
iously, when they were partly buried n(
nder steel rails that were spilled h.
om a flat car on the Waycross and r~,
outhern railroad, 20 miles south of
iTaycross Friday. The men were p,
ding on the loaded car. v{
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Die From Acid Gas.
Two farmers, Silas and Warren
Icks, were asphyxiated at the hot- tli
im of a 75 foot well near London, 8l
nt. Both were dead when dts>vered.
It was evident from the to
>sition of the bodies that Warren to
as overcome first, and that his si
rother lost his life in an attempt of
> save him. oi
WAR TO THE END
Presides! Taft Mdkiag a (real Effort ta
Rash Reciprocity through.
WILL BE A BARD FIGHT
Republicans Consider * Bolt, and
Some of Them Contemplate a Rebuke
to the President and an Appeal
to the Country to Support
Them In their Acts.
The Washington correspondent
of The State says any one who will
watch conditions as they exist at the
White House and in the house and
senate at the present time, and who
will watch the wire pulling that is
going on by President Taft to get the
reciprocity bill through, realize that
It is a fight to the finish. There is
no use denying the fact that it r? >,
procity fails It will be useless foi
Mr. Taft to try for renomination. In
ract, in such a contingency, it looks
like a sure thing for the Democrats.
To administers direct reuke to the .
president and then appeal to the
country is the course which many
jenate leaders are seriously considsrign.
They are not all of any one
'action either.
Democrats in general want Taft
-enominated, because they feel confllent
that they can defeat him. Republicans,
orthodox and heterodox
illl.n n./v 4 P It. 1- -
ill At;, tti c nunuui 111ft 11 nitric ia n
ihance to break the rule of a century
ind a quarter that a president can re
cminate himself when he chooses
rhere has been no exception to the
ule.
Report is that eight Democrats are
low about to determine to vote
igainst reciprocity. If this be ac- 1
urate reciprocity is defeated.
Taking both parties, there are prob- j
ibly not half a score of men in the (
ntire senate who sincerely want to .
iee reciprocity win. Most of the ,
democrats and some of the Republi- ,
:ans will vote fordt; but In private
onversations they agree anions j
hemselves that they don't like it. .
And in the long run the senate
sn't much given to doing the thing it
loesn't like to do.
To defeat reciprocity will necessi- ,
ate on behalf of those Republicans 1
vho vote against it most complete
nd detailed explanations to constiuents.
Wherefore the senate is tonng
up in preparation for a regular 1
rntorical tourney. *
Not less than thirty Republican
enators are loading up for great
peeches in opposition to the presi- *
lent's measure. Senator Nelson of
linnesota is a good illustration. He ^
9 going to take a special committee t
o study Alaska this summer or an- '
umn?provided first he sees the fin- '
9h of the reciprocity discussion. *
Nothing on earth will ,get him away *
rom Washington till he has unload- *
d the big speech he is preparing and f
ivcn his vote against the pact. It (
? expected that he will have two or
iiree days talks to unload, for he is 1
,'orkink night and day on the effort, *
ollecting statistics, studying Indus- T
rial conditions, putting the agree- 1
lent itself under the miscrope. 1
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What Nelson does will be of a piece
,ith the performances of many oth- f
rs. 'Senator Cuflings is at work on a j
peech that will require days to deiver.
Clapp, Ha Follette, Biristow
nd others are similarly preparing
heni3elves, as are many of the regull'S.
1
Six weeks of talk is the minimum
stimate; it may go to eight or ten
eeks. Almost all of the Republicans
re going to make speeches for home r
onsumption. There will be some c
pecially bitter attacks on the presi- c
ent. He will be charged with per- s
erting the maximum asd minimum I
rovision of the tariff act of 1909, d
rlien he issued the proclamation giv- F
ig Canada the benefit of the mininim
duties. Under careful analysis, a
. will be shown that in fact Canada's k
referential treatment of British o
oods made it utterly imposvSible to f
Ivn CnnnHn tho minimum raton Th? h
resident faced the necessity of either
nposing the maximum rates or else t.
brogating the law. He choose the G
iter course. s
The politics of the situation lies
trgoly in the fact that the opponents t
f the treaty are going to do about &
II the talking, and that they are go- n
ig to do it with the definite purpose
f breaking down whatever strength
.e measure has with the country,
hus far the opposition has been re- d
srvlng its fire. It realizes that while s
was doing this, the protagonists of tl
'oiproclty have made headway with T
ublic opinion. Leading progressive t<
?wspapers all over the Middle West f<
ftve committed themselves to the b
easuro; and in their defection is a s<
>rious thing to the progressive Reiblicans
who have enjoyed vast admtages
in the past by reason of
agazine support. 0
So the Republicans who will talk r<
?alnst reciprocity will be taiking for ir
leir lives; talking to get their old m
ipportera back in line, to square T
emselves with the progressive press, o'
i keep their constituents cheerful, 01
! show them that there in no incon- ?
stency between former professions tl
' zeal for reciprocity and present in
>position to It It is a big contract si
MAY IMPEACH HIM
THAT IS WHAT FELDER SAYS OF
GOVERNOR BLEASE.
The Atlanta Constitution Intimates
That Col. Felder Has Much Evidence
for Use.
Under the heading "Gov. Brown
Did Right/' the Atlanta Constitution
has the following editorial on the
Felder requisition:
"Gov. Brown's refusal to honor
the extradictlon proceedings brought
against Hon. Thos. B. Felder of the
Atlanta bar by Governor Blease of
South Carolina, will be very generally
approved.
"At best is appears that Governor
Blease's whole proceeding grows out
of political promptings in which Mr.
Felder figured as a mere incident.
The governor has been charging up
and down the state like a roaring bull
attacking everybody and everything,
and when Mr. Felder gat in his way
he went at him as he had done
against many of the most prominent
citizens of South Carolina.
"It Is now reported that the next
act of this interesting drama niffy
take place before the legislature of
South Carolina on impeachment proceedings,
and if one-tenth of the evidence
Is gathered that The Constitution
hears is available, it can be taken
for granted that the next session
of the South Carolina legislature will
be one of the most interesting in
years.
"A remarkable tribute was paid to
Mr. Felder by his associates of the
Atlanta bar, many of the most prominent
lawyers of the city appearing
in Vi ia K aVi n 1 f r* i
ml ii 10 uciiau UC1V/1 C UUV . I ) 1 U VV II IU
protest against the extradition asked
for by Governor Please.
"The incident leaves the governor
of South Carolina in an unenviable
predietment. He has made a number
of unfortunate and glaring errors
while in office. Rut this one is paricularly
pointed in its brazen attempt
to brin.g into play the machinery of
i soverign State to vent a personal
spite growing out of political difference.
"As for Mr. Felder, he emerges '
from the affair with his public credit
ind esteem heightened."
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FATAH RIOT AT JAHAPA.
Vine Persons Are Killed and Twenty
Are Inured.
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Nine persons were killed and 25 I
yore, wounded. Friday, at Jalapa, 1
VIexico, the capital of the state of 1
^era Cruz in a clash between revolu- '
ionary forces and federal author!- i
ies. t
Acting upon orders from the pro- '
Msional governor, the commander of t
he small force of federals attempted
;o remove from the arsenal in the 1
5tate palace a quantity of arms. The
ntention was to place them in anotn- 1
ir building, but the revolutionary 1
orces, not understanding the motive i
'or the transfer, argued with the sol- *
Hers regarding the matter.
The crowd which was collected in (
ront of the palace, knowing less of i
he order -and its purport than the (
evolutionary forces, joined in the c
)rotest. Police, attempting to dSs- (
icrse the mob, precipitated the (
ihooting. Complete order has been s
estored, according to reports made c
o the federal government and to t
^raneiaco T. Madero. c
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TURKISH TROOPS MASSACRED. r
PhoiisAiiri Soldiers of tlie Sultan Kill- |
eel by the Arabs. v
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Bandits in great force Friday sur- v
rised and cut up a Turkish column n
ommanded by Mahomed AH Pasha r
mtside Gheesan, a town on the Red r
ea, about one hundred miles north of
lodeidah. A thousand Turkish sol- f
liers were killed. Mahomed All ^
*asha is missing. ^
The fighting was so desperate and d
t such close Quarters that H00 Turk- ^
sh fugitives are suffering from serl- t
us dagger wounds. The survivors r
led in disorder to Gheesan, pursued \\
y the rebels. (e
The Turkish gunboat Sutebbe, in* v
ending to shell the Arabs, shelled f
Iheesan instead, killing or wotisding c
everal hundred*of the soldiers.
The rebels captured four big guns, t<
wo maxims, two thousand rifles and j
quantity of ammunition and ulti- a
lately retired. w
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Half Score Negroes Drown. c
While bathing in the bayou Satur- c:
A.. ? ?4- /v
ay <i l ici uuun hi rttiianwuv, r ih., leu i
mall negroes were carried by the: is
Ide beyond the depth and drowned,
he children ranged In age from five
3 eight years, and all met death be- .
>re help could reach them. The
odies were found in a heap by the
marchers.
Train Crashes Into Engine.
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iNorthbound passenger train No. 1, L
n the Kanawha and Michigan rail- a,
3ad, crashed into a helper engine 17
iiles south of Athens, O., Friday
Lornin,?, and two men were killed,
he wreck was caused by failure to
bey orders on the part of the crew
f the helper engine. C
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tat this class of Republicans have r
l their hands, and it will require big tc
>eeches. 'fr
HUGE IRON SHIP
Ike Bi||?d Steaaship Erer Bailt Reached
New Ytrk m Thursday.
IS FLOATING FAUCE
Nearly Nine Hundred Feet Long and
Will Accommodate Nearly Four
Thousand People?Has Every Device
for Safety Known to Modern
Marine Science.
Ponderous and palatial, the largest
and most luxurious ship afloat,
the White Star Liner Olympic swept
smoothly into New York Harbor it>
cently, completing without mishap
her maiden transatlantic trip. She
Teceived a warm welcome, thousands
of people being on the dock to see
her come in.
The Olympic left Southhampton at
noon Wedeesday, June 14. She called
at Cherbourg -and Queenstown.
Her arrival within seven days of
her departure from Southampton, including
6tops at two Intermediate
ports, Is in itself a worthy feat fyr a
ship of Iter size and type. Shipping
men say it proves the Olympic may be
depended on as a "six-day linev.
The Olympic was launched Oct. 20,
1010, from the yards of Harland &
Wolff at llelfast.. Her principal dimensions
are: Length over all, 88 2
feet Pinches; beam, 94 feet; height
from keel to boat deck, 97 feet, and
from hot ton of keel to top of Capit
:n's house, 105 feet six isches;
heighth of funnels above deck, 81 1-2
feet; number of steel decks, 10;
number of water-tight bulkheads, In
lull, 16.
The Great Eastern, which came out
in 1858, was a 700-foot ship, and the
Mauretania is an 8 00-footer. The
Olympic p/actically marks the era o'
the 900-foot ship. The displacement
o" the Man:etania is 45,0i?o tons,
that of the Olympic 60,000 tons.
The bridge deck iromenade on the
new giant is 550 feet long. To go
around it five times means you have
walked more than a mile.
The ship has 3 50 first class staterooms,
100 of them being for a single
occupant only. The suites are
finished in a dozen different styles of
anf Thotr ran oTi f i?nm 4 1 OA A f n ^ O _
4* 1 ?IVJ I 11 V/Ill \ , U \J \J IU 4> ~ f ?
150 for a trip.
The full capacity of the new marvel
of the Atlantic is 3,700 persons.
3he might be called a good sized
watering place. She can carry 65 0
Irst class, 500 second class and 1,500
third class passengers. Her crew
lumbers 856 and there are 63 persons
in the navigating department,
122 in the engineers' and 471 in
:he commissary department.
Every device for safety known to
nodern marine science is provided,
rhe ship's double bottom extends tho
whole length of the vessel, varying
from 5 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 3
nches and containing ballast tanks
hat add to the stability.
>Bilge keels save her from rolling.
3ne of the most interesting features
s the combination of reciprocating
ind turbine engines. The two sets
>f reciprocating engines are of 3 0,100
horse power and the turbine
m.gine, which uses the exhausted
iteam from the reciprocating machinery,
is of 15,000 horse power. The
urhino engines of the Muretania are
)f 68.000 horse power, but the build?rs
of the Olympic did not design a
acing ship.
The Olympic's turbine engine
urns the middle propeller beneath
he rudder, is designed to offset the <
ibration caused by reciprocating enfines,
to increase the speed of the <
ressel, to facilitate her in backing, i
ind to economize steam and coal. In 1
manoeuvring the ship Capt. Smith .
nay cut out the turbine. i
After the Olympic was planned Bel- i
ast had to build the biggest dry
lock in the world. Southhampton ]
nad to spend nearly half a million ,
lollars in dredging a channel for i
ier, and an English railroad had to <
ake all other trains off the track and ^
emove part of the stations along the *
ine to permit a locomotive and a sin- i
le car, bearing the immense frame V
fork for the three propellers, to pass f
rom an inland foundry to the 1
oast.
New York had to extend a pier
nmnnrnrllv tn nrcnmmnHntn hor nnd
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Tarland & Wolff had to build a new
nd gigantic plant, one of the most *
wonderful features of which was a
ew type of seven-ton riveting mahine,
suspended from travelling
ranes, which pinned the plates to- g
ether without the usual ear-destroy- a
5g racket. r
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Bolt Kills Two Men. 1
mnderstorms with lightning killed
jvo men and played havoc generally c
iroughout the State yesterday. Jeff 8
ester and Bud Cole, both white,
ere killed by the same bolt while at e
ork in a lumber camp near Kinder, 8
a. A barn containing hay, grain, *
nd several vehicles was destroyed at J.
le same place.
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Ran Into a Fence. u
At Milwaukee, Walter Donnelly of 1;
incinnatl, driving a Cine car in a 50
die automobile race at State Fair
ark, was killed when his car ran in- tl
a fence. Donnelly's skull was 1
actured against a post. g
MUCH CHEAP BOOZE
MILLIONS OF GALLONS SHIPPED
TO THE SOUTH.
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Report Says Jug Trade Consumers
Are of Lower Grade, as Is the Liquor
They Use.
The Washington correspondent of
The State says Jacksonville, Fla.,
probably the largest shipping point
for liquor in the South, sends out between
3,000 and 4,000 packages of
one or two .gallons daily, or a total of
about 1,500,000 gallons a year. Chattanooga
ships about 786,000 gallons,
Richmond 546, 720 gallons, Petersburg
268,128, Pensacola 267,760,
New Orleans 255,856, Augusta 215,150,
and Norfolk, Cairo, Ills., Emporia,
Va., Louisville, Portsmouth, Va.,
Roanoke and Savannah ship more
than 100,000 gallons each annually.
The total annual movement indicated
Is 6,050,264 gallons. When it
is considered that these shipments
are almost entirely from three or
four States in the Southern part of
the country and that the traffic itself
is country-wide, it is not an extreme
estimate that the entire volume
of this traffic, goiagr entirely to consumers
and not to dealers, is in exces
of 20,000,000 gallons a year.
nun mis statement tne interstate
commerce commission rendered its
decision regarding the investigation
and suspension of express tariff rates
for the transportation of liquor from
mail order houses in the South.
On petition filed by the Southern
Mail Order Liquor Dealers' association,
composed mainly of shippers
from Virginia and the two Carolinas,
these two classifications were su?>pendod
and under this suspension
hearings were had at Richmond and
at Cincinnatti. ,
"These packages," the commission
says, "are sent express charges paid
direct to the consumers on orders In
most cases paid for in advance ur
shipment. The movement is much
more active in the South than in
other sections of the country, partly
because of the extent of the prohibition
territory in that section, partly
because of the largo quantities of
very cheap whiskey manufactured
and shipped there for the consumption
of flie negro population.
While it is not the function of this
commission to be influenced in its
conclusions by the moral aspect of
the question, it is impossible not to
recognize In this tariff one of the important
factors in the race problem of
the South, the evil spirit of that
problem in more ways than one. Gen*
orally speaking the evidence presented
at these hearings went to show a
distinct cleavage in the industry; in
the West a higher grade of liquor
was shipped and a better clientele appealed
to; in the South both whiskey
1 J ~~ ~a
illiU UUUHU uiei o vj 11 a tuuoiuciably
lower grade."
The commission finds that shipments
in corrugated paper cartons
are not unreasonble but forbids the
use of arbitrary weights heroaftei,
adding that in Its opinion the individual
consumer purchasing the jug
trade of whiskey will not be subected
to the hardship by being limited
to two .gallons in a single package;
indeed the limitation may in one respect
result in a benefit rather than a
hardship to him. *
COTTON PICKF2K COMPANY.
IVill Manufacture and Sell a New Cotton
Picker.
The South Carolina Cotton Picker
company having received a charter
was organized on .Tune 22 with a
capital stock of $4,500. The following
ofllcers were elected: Dr. W. Q.
White, president; general manager,
T Drown Neil; secretary and treasurer,
R. Ernest Heath: directors?
Col. W. W. Lewis, Dr. W. G. White,
K. E. Heath, J. B. Neil, and TI. R.
Neil. The picker is the invention of
T Drowne Neil, who has given this
matter considerable study. Among
ither inventions, Mr. Neil got up a
veil fixture some time ago which is
i practical affair and seems to be an
approvement over anything of tho
cind. The cotton picker company is
i strong one and most of the stock
tas been subscribed.
BURNED BY LIGHTNING.
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uii i/wn *7 IU 111*7
Town of Walterboro.
At Walterboro during a thunder
ihower Friday afternoon lightning
truck the barn and stables in the
ear of the residence of tho late Col.
no. D. Edwards, which is occupied
>y W. E. Haskell, Jr., and family of
acksonboro for the summer, killing
ine mule, a flue buggy horse asd
tunning another mule so that it had
o bo killed to prevent its being burnid
alive, sotting fire to the barn and
tables, which with its contonts, were
ntirely consumed. Mr. Haskell had
ust sent a load of provisions from
he plantation. The negro driver and
n assistant had just finished unloadng.
They were both stunned and
miraculously escaper being instanty
killed.
?
Men should do with time what
hey do with water?use it while It
fists. The waiter nvay ultimately
lve out, and time cerainly will.
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