The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 09, 1901, Image 3
A " FLAki u FIRE
I he City of Jacksonville Almost lib%
Iterated
OUR 130 CITY BLOCKS BURNED
Seven Fine Hotels, Many Residences
and Host of the Business Houses
Destroyed.
Vulee, Kia.. Special.?Fifteen million
. dollars won.h of property went up a
j smoke and lO.OoQ people were made
? homelCc* as the result of a fire in Jacksonville
Friday. The entire business
section of the city is in ashes, numerous
lives have tnv.ii Inst, and tho en J
is not yd, as tiie fite is still burning
furiously, defying th^ a/saults of
water, dynamite and the supreme efforts
of the entire population, aid^d oy
Lai fire departments cf numerous sisU-r
ulies. Such is the sad s,ory of <iestrv.
clon caused by the displacement
o. a bit of innocent looking wiie,
which accidcntaliy g >t into the shredding
machine of the American Fibre
Company, at the corner of Davis and
Union stress. The fire sailed between
tho lu-urs of 12 ami 1 o'clock p.
vr... aitd owing to this fact, the loss of
life wiil b? coinoaratively small.
The oiiy building went, the fire cle
1? 4U?
pa:tifjeni uujiui i?. uiu ai uiui;, tuc
county court house, the clerk's office,
with the county records, the Criminal
CVirt house, the city jail and the
gra<i' .1 schools and the Catholic chur.h
and orphanage. Sr. John's Episcopal
church ami tiie convent. The entire
city of magnificent buildings a'l burned
up in les. than four hours. The
fc.no was one that gchbars d.-s?:iptiun.
At 8:30 the fire was checked at
the intersection cf Laura and Lav
streets, w s ? the Commercial Itani:,
which wont u-p in tlarucs, was located,
the Western Union Telegraph office bein
a just across the street and not damaged.
.Among the prominent hotels burned
were the <St. Jmaes, the United State;,
the placode and the Windsor. It is impossible
at this hour to ascertain the
losses, but it is said by insurance
agents that it will be between $S.t?00.0
0 and $9.i?C0,000. Six lives are reported
lost in the conflagration. The
Mayor has called a meeting of the city
council for tomorrow to con-ider ways
and means for relieving the sufferers.
Mr. W. VV. Cleveland, in whose premises
the fire originated and who was
one of the heaviest losers, dropped
dead from excitement. A stalwait
negro bringing a trunk on his head
from a burning bulding went crazy
from the horror of the situation. He
ran around in a circle with the trunk
on his head until he sank exhausted
and diet!. Women ran through the
streets tearing their hair and clothes,
rand in several instances had almost
denundod themselves when they were
caught by friends and led to places ol
safety. Horses hitched to trunks
could not cut loose quickly er.ough
and many of them ran wild through
the demoralized throng. At night the
military was ordered out to guard tho
h-or.sohold goods piled high in vacant
Jot.?.
The fire begun Friday shortly aftei
norm in a fnrtnrv from a Hp.f . ?(*.
tive wire according to the best belief
It burned for nearly ten hours. In
that time a property darr>r^ estimated
from JIO.OCO.OCO to $15.0CKt.0C0 was effected.
According to the city map. T30
blocks were burned, many of them in
the heart of the business and residence
section. The estimate of houses tc
V.ock is ten, therefore 1 300 of thero
"vent up in smoke. Many of the finest
public and private, were burned. The
casualties were several, among them
w-as-that of the Are chief, who sustained
a bad fall. The mayor ordered all
of the saloons closed, and has impressed
help to clear the wreckage.
SHOE INDUSTRY BOOMING.
The Famous Factory at Brocton,
Hass., to Be Enlarged.
Boston, Special.?The boom in New
England industries continues and reports
front the factory centres tell
one tale of universal business activity.
.No line seems to be in a more pre.
perous state than is the shoe industry
From Brockton come especially en
couraging reports. w. L. Douglas is
going to increase the capacity of his
factory to 6,000 pairs of shoos per
day.
The addition will he made in the
form of a wing running out from the
front of the factory loO feet deep, for
feet wide end four stories high.
. j^This will add 10,000 square feet of
v' ^^hacc for manufacturing purposes.
About ? 1,000 more per week will bt
Bp paid out to shoemakers, which will go
:.o increase the prosperity of the community
at large.
When the factory starts up the first
of July it will be on an output in 500
dozen pairs of shoes per day, and the
weekly payroll, exclusive of office
help, superintendent, foremen, etc.,
will be $22,000 per week to those ac
tually engaged in making shoes.
The salesmen on the road are selling
twenty-five per cent, more goods
thae. last season, and to take care of
this increased business the erection
of th^ addition is made necessary,
"lhe inc. eased sale is the direct result
of extensive advertising, the expenditure
for which is now larger
than at any other period, and is to b?
wHU further Increased.
A'LAUIIN IMTERVlEWtD
O.-i tj?c Appointment of Gen. Hnmp- (
ton to the Columbia i'ostoffice.
li-r.iv t:>ville, Sp> ial.?Various re- \
iron* having been printed to the effect j
that General Wade Hampton had b en 1
tendered the office of p:>. tmaster at j
Columbia by S?nator Me.Laurin or a i
friend of his, with the understanding
that he should thro? his inliuence in
favor of McLauriu's re election, and
the general having been quoted as saying
thai be could not be bought, Souaior
McLaurin was caled upon wi h a
view to securing his vr/.ion of the J
matter. The Senator said that he did i
not offer the office to General Hamp- [
tniFanu merely promised to use his in- I
llucnce toward having him appoint*" 1 [
it he derired it. at the request of a
close personal friend of the general's.
"The place, so far as I am aware."
said Senator McL.au/in ' ha; not been
tendered General Hampton. I do not
profess t>> be able to control this appointment.
I was approached by a
devoted friend of his. who is not mm h
more than an acquaintance of mine,
and asked if I would endorse General
Hamp >11 f :r postmaster at Columbia,
a . he thought it would be appreelat I
by him at this time. I unhesitatingly
replied I would when a vacancy oecurj
red. if the general de lred the place I
I was asurcd by his friend that he
' thought it would be aceptmile. i urged
I the retention and re-apointmejvt <>'
C.'-Mral Hampton as railroad ionniisiona*.
and had both wri ten and
pers.- nal a -knowledgenicn.s of his appreciation
of the efforts which kept
him in ofiieo a long time after his te.m
expired.
"Xcbody experts to DUV < rBtiu: a I I
Hampton, and the headlines in The
Oh.:;listen News and Courier a m a; j
insuliii)*-' to him as they are unjust .0
me. I mentioned this matter to a '
f:iend c,f mine in Columbia and it nut
with his hearty approbation and he
1 v hintec. id to ascertain vvh 'ther tlm
' ? nm.-l d?-sired the Poider-t to 'eniier
h:.ii :he petition or not. Everybody ,
; c nue -if ] with it was influenced by a :
: d iicate and true retard for ije-nealj
I Uampon and to dra.ri the matter in'o
the papers for political purposes is in ,
thor keeping with the bushwhack- {
ins tactics employed by those who obje.
t to fair argument cn public ques
, t'.or. *. I ant not and I refuse to be !
drazed into the papers by every j
, canard starrd by my political enemies, j
J 1 Wli WU UiC [/Vw?|/r ,
pr.peis. and make my poiit! on on all
qucsions thoroughly understood at
j Gnunvile on the 22il. instant. This
j particular incid< nt is closed so far as
I am conce; led. but I am confident
that the friend of Gen oval Rxmptan
who firs: approached me will corrobo- j
rate what 1 say. as I believe ne wag '
avting in the utmost good faith.t'iough
entirely without the knowledge of ttie 1
general."
.The Columbia Mend of whom Sma- j
tor M~Laurin spoke, as volunteering to !
ascertain whether General Hamptvn
would accept the office was doubtless j
led it or Geo. R. Koe=ter, though the j
S tutor called no names. The latter
had the following signed editorial in
his paper, The Columbia Record, Sa-turday:
j "Ln view of General Wade Hamp- '
ton's Interview in this morning's State,
| a brief statement fr:cn myself seems '
! niM-ps'irv. As is generally known, I
, am a close personal and political
, friend of S nit or McLaurin, and hnvo
Ik-oh ever since he first came to Columbia
as a member of the Legislature
In IKl", It lias been falsely said I j
wanted the Columbia pas;mastership
as a reward for my friendship for the :
j Senator. Some of my friends tried to '
set me to apply for the office,but I de? j
j clincd to do so, though they said It !
' would be eacv for me to obtain It. I
toJd them I would not even aocept thi !
Shanghai consulship. as it was my in ;
tention to remain In edited a.! harness, i
Discussing this matter with Senator J
Mc.Laurln, he asked me whom I would
recommend for the Columbia post- j
mastership, and led me to believe that I
my recommefidaitoin would have great i
weight with him. I could not recom- (
memt a man unless he was fit for tl.e
office and willing to accept It. I knew
General Hampton was well qualified to j
discharge the duties of postmaster of '
Columbia, but I did not know whet he." I
lie would accept the place or not. I
From what was said at the time a
heme was given Gene.al Hampton. ! !
supposed such a salary a.* that of j'
postmaster of Columbia would be pe [
culiarly acceptable, to him as placing)
him in a position of independence.
I'm* t Itc.iv Vio tvnc nlrl anil cherished I
bitterness toward all who were in any
way respon Ible for his letlrement
f; j:n the United States Senate, and I
did not intend to have my friend tender
an office to General Hampton and
have at rejected. So I told Sena or
McLaurin r would make my recora
mendation later.
"I then talked the matter over with
three Columbians and I asked one cf
them to ascertain if General Hampton
would accept appointment as postmas
ter of Columbia and to make it perfectly
plain that absolutely no conditions
would be aittached to the appointment.
but that If -he accerpfced It 'he
would not be trammeled in any way
and would be considered absolutely
free to support or opipose whom he
pleased. It was an honorable offer,
couched in courteous terms. It was
meant as a recognition of Hampton's
worth and past service which, bowI
ever, did not entitle him to election to
| a representative office, if his vierws were
f ~ " I
, a* variance with those of rh:* po- jpl3 I
whom ii,> ui'd have in represent. The 1
gentleman saw ( -ni>r. 1 Hamp'on and j
! the reply was as < V.;: fe via as th" of- !
| fe . b-ung that. General Hxtnptrn would
i n-rt a eept the nppoinvnent. There j
had been no suggest] .n of 'buying' !
General Hampton. in the oft r and
1 there was no s-orn in its rejro:i;,n. S) i
his words as reported in today's Stat=; '
are a surprise .to fay the l ast o' j
thera. Neither McLaurin no- McKin- j
lev offered an offiea to General Hampton.
"in conclusion. I desire to state that
the information of my offer was not
given the public by me. I told McLaurin
of what I had done and he
said if would have given him pleasure
to have used his influence in liehalf
of General Hampton to secure
him an office without pledge or condition.
I said nothing about the matter
1r\ am-lmrlir flho nrift am at. a loss I
to understand how it became publip."
The "various reports" referred to |
above as being sent out from Colum- :
bia were along the line of the following,
whic h is found in The Washing- '
ton Post, dated Columbia. May 3:
"Senator McLaurin's boldest stroko j
oc the political lines was made when
he tendered to General Wade iiamp- i
ton the Columbia postmastership. It
seems that. Senator M? Laurin has the
South Carolina Federal oliices at his
disposal, and he is causing consternation
in the ranks of the old-line Republicans,
as well as causing concern
to many Democrat/. It was ascertained
that a c lose friend of Mc- J
Laurin bad called on General Hamp- !
ton and asked him to accept the of- 1
flee, which is soon to be made a firstc
lass one. The genera, was requested
not (o mention the matter, and it was
only when assured this afternoon that
the fact ot the tender having been
made was known that he said w/e*
ui god for a statement: 'I would not
accept anything in the world from
that source.' Then, after a pause, the 1
* * ? 1 ? JJ-.l ??! !? nKnolo I
tHM general aunt-1. mm cmjjuu.no. ,
1 he people of South Carolina should '
know bv this time that I cannot be j
bought."
' General Hampton is understood io j
haw no unkindly feelings for the ,
I'r .-ident, who he believes would
have retaineil him in offire on the j
mi!road commission if he could have j
"'ted his own wishes, but McI.aurin
seconded the nomination of |
i.ior the general's seat in the Senate
after having declared he would
r.o- follow the reformers to the exi:
v.itv of unseating Hampton. The
general remembers that with some j
hP'oniess. and McLaurin now occopies
his scat in the Senate."
LABOR WORLD.
Strike disturbances have occurred
at Aznnleollar, in the province of Seville,
Spain.
There are Hid vessels and over 2000
men engaged in the sponge fisheries
in Florida.
The machinists' demand for a nine- \
hour day, at Watertown, N. Y., has I
been refused.
All the employes of the omnibus and
Rtreet car lines in Barcelona, Spain,
went on strike.
Tug liremen and linemen at Cleveland,
Ohio, who have been on strike,
have returned to work.
Substitute mail carriers are to displace
boys in the handling of special- <
delivery letters in Boston. (
Girls who struck for more wages at 1
West's knitting mill, at Ashley. Pean., 1
have been granted their demands. 1
So many negroes have left for the
West Virginia coal mines that farm ,
labor is scarce about Greensboro, N. '
C.
The Ohio Rolling Mill Company, at
Fimllay, Ohio, has granted an increase
of ten per cent, in wages to 400 employes.
Ten thousand additional lunula
will be needed in June to harvest the
crops in Southwestern Kansas and j
Olrlsi liAinn
Reports from T'pper Silesia show '
that fifty per cent, of the persons who 1
have been out of work are now one <
ployed and prices are Improving all
around.
The letter carriers of Philadelphia i
are not to lie permitted to wear shirt
waists this summer, but their uniform
suits will lie made of inueh lighter
material than has been customary in
hot weather heretofore.
Manchester, N. II., is to have what '
it is claimed will bo the largest sin- .
gle mill building ever erected. It is
nearly completed, and is 770 feet long,
with two wings of 3.10 feet, all of an
average width of 100 feet, and live
glories in height, Including basement.
The Problem of City Travel.
-i : r..".' load? to the belief that
every great city will have always a
v>tre of "centres" to which the great j
tiib: of city travel will ebb and How.
The city railroader, in all probability, ,
will have this problem to meet in 11)10
and 1D20 no less than in 1901 and in
greater degree. Unless double-decked
streets or aerial navigation come to his
relief, the problem of carrying the people
will continue to give the liveliest
exercise to his intellectuals.?Western
Electrician.
Landlord System In the Soath.
Aid is being sought in the north in
furtherance of a plan to assist the negroes
in many plates in the black belt
of the south to become land owners,
thug freeing them from the bondage of
the landlord system, under which too
often, the tenant does not receive a
just sJiare of the product resulting
from bin efforts. ^
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m fiOODS SIDE. I
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%Vo.mtintia off-rinir inducements to close '
out our Sumter Goods. W? can mention
only a few of the many Roods red needt
Lu-liej,' 8c Coder vests for 5c.
10c Ties and Bows for Sc.
25c i ics and Bows t r 15c.
Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered,
i in a I'o.t, :<>r 19c;25c goods.
15c Men's Black initial Siik Handkerchiefs '
f-.r 10c.
Men's tnrRc WLite FlRured, Drawn Stitch,
Jap.met Handkerchief for 15c; worth 25o.
Six l.&rR? Wnite Fine H. 8. H mdkerchlefs |
for 60c. in fancy b- x; cheap at 75c.
Three iarRe White Fine H. b. Fl&ndker- j
cnieN, in fancy b>x, for 40c- worth 5>o.
Black-bordered Liuen Handkerchiefs for
12c; ( heap at 15c.
Good Mnnruiug Handkerchiefs for 4c.
Handkerchiefs for lc.
Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2c.
Handkerchiefs for Sc.
39-inch Madras for 7 l-2c; worth ICo.
36-ln h Madras for 6 l-2c| worth 8c.
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR
LESS THAN COST.
Shirt Waists for much leas than it cost to '
make them.
BiG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. '
40cp;que Skirts for 25o. I
98c Crash Skirts for 81c. J
All Summer Goods are being sold at r*> |
duced prices.
NEW GOODS, !
One case Lontrcloth 5c; no starch.
Fine Black Henrietta at 50c.
TINSEL DRAPERY SILK A LINE,
BALL FRINGE.
Black Duck u( S an J 10c.
K17KMTUKK DKPAKTMKNT.
10 piece Walnut Suits $75 to $100.
10 piece Solid Oak ouilo $13, $^2, $25, $30,
$35. $40, $50. $;5.
Oak llali Bucks, French Plate Glaas, $7,
$8.:0, $3.50.
Wardrobes $8 to $25.
Bed Lounges $9 to $15.
Bedsteads $2.25 to $10.
Iron Beds. Iron Cribs.
Parlor Suits $38 to $50.
Baby Carriages $6.50, $7, $7.50.
Hour Oilcloth 30c.
Matting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 25, 27 and
B0 \
10-plece Chamber Sets $2.19 to $9.
Wiudow Shades 11. 15,80, 35, 40o to B1.2&
Stoves $6.50. $7.50, $10 to $11
Trunks $2.50 to $6.50.
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TRAINS OOINtt NORTH.
Dated Jan. 13th, 1301.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No.85 No.23 No.53 No.51
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A M r >1 AM
Lv. Florence 2 50 7 55 9 40
Lv. Kingstree 8 54 10 58
Ar. Lines 3 56 Oil P. M 1116
Lv. Lanes 3 56 911 6 47 11 16
Ar. Charleston 5 23 10 55 8 30 1 00
A.M P.M. P.M. P.M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
' fS
No.73 No.32 No.52 No.50
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AM P M A SI P M
Lv Charleston 6 45 5 22 6 25 4 15
Ar Lanes 8 17 6 00 8 00 6 00
Lv Lanes 8 17 6 00 6 00
" Kin get ret* 8 33
Ar Florence 9 30 7 SO 7 30
A SI P M AM P M
Daily. JDaily except Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia via
Cential 11. It. of S. O.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and
Fayettcvjlle?Short Line?and make close
connection for n'.l points North.
Trains on C. k D. It. It. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 50 a. m.f arrive Darlington
10 15 a. m., Hartsvllle 915 a. m.,
uueraw 11 au a. m.. waaesuoro i*j ^ p. m.
Leave F oreuce daily except Sunday 8 00 p.
m.. nrrlve Darlineton 8 25 p.m., Bennettaville
9 22 p. reGibson 10 20 p. na. L?jave
Florence Sunday only 0 50 a. m% arrive Darllneton
10 15 a. m.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 5 50
a m., Bennettrvllle 7 00 a. m., arrive Darlington
7 51 a. m., leave Purliugton 7 55 a.
m., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. Leave WadesboiD
daily except Sunday 4 10 p. m . Ciieraw
6 15 p. m., Hartsviile 7 00 a m.., Darlington
6 29 p. m., arrive Florence 7 0J p. m. Leave
Dnrlinirton Sunday only 8 50 a. m., arrive
Florence 9 15 a. m.
H. 51. EMMER.SUN". Gen Fa*?. Agent.
J. It. KENLY. Gen'l Manager.
T. II. EM5IERSON, Traffic 5Ianager.
Registration Notice.
The office of the Supervisor of Registration
Will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the pturpooe
of the registering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident of
tho State for two years, and of th?
county one year and of the polling
t irv lv*4Ivnffarfl IA
I t!Vl U L 1U >UIiCU iug vtevw* v^vw - ?
vote four mouths before theday ofeleotion.and
shall have paid,six months be.ore
any poll car then due and payable,
and who can '-oth read and write any
section of the Constitution of 1895
en:minted to him by tbo supervisors,
of registration, or can show that he
owns, and hat. paid all taxes collectable
d.i'ing the present year on property in
this State assessed at threo hundred
dollars or more. J. J. EADDY,
CJerk of Board.
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