The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 25, 1901, Image 3
ENGINEERS GO OUT.
Serious Tr:::b:c in t:ie Pennsylvania
Alining Regions.
SIRiXE G? STATIONARY FIREMEN'. !
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Thirty Thousand People Are Thrown \
Out of F-inlr.vment- Ei^ht Hour ! S
Day Demanded.
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Wilkesl-ar:?. Pa.. Special.?The 1
strike order of President Mullahy, oi
the Stationery Firemen's Association
of Pennsylvania, directing the men tc ,
^ strike for an eight hour day, was ?
obeyed by the men. Nine hundred i
members of the organization in this i
section of the State refused to go to <
work. Most of the strikers are em- 5
ployed as firemen at the coal mines (
and their failure to report for duty
caused nearly all the collieries in the '
northern anthracite region to sus- j
pend operut ps, throwing out of work. t
it is estimated, 30.000 men and boys,
Some of th individual coal operators
conceded the demands of their em- ?
ployes on condition that the short 1
lour day was not to hold if the men j
employed by the big companies did
not get the same concessions. The ?
u;- hntrovrr
Ul? Wdl .. v. . .
to make a ay concessions. The officials f
claimed that the demands of the fire- I
men were unreasonable; that they 1
had received a 10 per cent, increase
when the wages of the miners were ;'
raised, and that their demands made '
upon the companies was equal to a | j
20 per cent, advance.
The strikers held c. meeting in this j
city shortly before noon. Reports
were received from all the districts ,
and they showed that the strike from j
Pittston to Shickshinny in this i
(Luzerne) tounty were general, and I
that the coal companies were unable
to secure n*\v men to take the places ?
of the strikers, although it was claim- c
ed they had. made desperate efforts to ?
<lo so. The lest they could do. It was J
said, was to press the firemen and fire .
bosses into the service. This was j
dene at a great many of the mines. '
Somebody itaa to <10 11. ut*i tilVi v j
was danger of great damage being 11
done by water and the accumulation '
of gas. Most of the large companies
were successful in getting a sufficient
cumber cf men to keep the pumps
running. Other small companies were
not so fortunate. They wore left en- *
tirely helpless when the firemen quiet :
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For Cumberland River. j
Washington, D. C., Special.?The i
1'nited States army engineers are .
transmitting :h?ir annual reports :o ,
the War Department. Lieutenant :
Colonel M. D. Adams, who is m '
charge of t.te river and harbor work :
in the Nas'.r.'iilc, Tenn., district, in his
annual report to tbp Secretary of Wtr |
i recommends an appropriation cf Si,. !
714,500 fcr the Cumberland river below
Nashville. Ho estimates that this
amount (wh: a is sufficient to com- t
plete the txistiag project) can be prof- i
itably expended during the fiscal year :
ending June oO. 1903. For the Cum- :
berland river above Nashville he re- :
commend an appropriation of $1,203,- ;
740. s
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A French .Minister Shot At. f
Paris. By Cable.?P. Baud a. Minister
or Public WorivS. was shot at while
driving to a cabinet mating at the
Elysee Palace by a woman, who was 1
accompanied by a tea-year-o!d chi u. j
at p.-nrttn w.s not hit and proceeded '
to the Elysee Palace. The woman was '
arrested and pave her name as Olzcws- 1
k>. and said ;he lived at Nanterrc. |
Mine. Olzewsky appears, according to
later arc turn t?. to have fired her p.sto! :
In the air when M. Baudin's carr'age '
was passing. She said she thought M. 1
Dclcasse. Min ster of Foreign Affairs. 1
was in the carriage and fired It to call '
attention to a grievance. Her grievan e '
was brscd upon the fact that 1S96 h; r
husband. Count Olzwsky, was inveg e! <
from Nice across the frontier to the '
Italian territory, where he was arrested (
in false denue'ation, as a spy. '
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North Carolinian Murdwed.
Cleveland. Miss., Special.?Louclus
Reed, manag' r of the W. L. Pearroai
plantation, was shot and killed Tues- )
day by Charles Paillips, a negro em- !
^ J nwilin- 1
ploye<l on the ram. noea iavi ru Xliiyo I
eating at a lunch stand during the '
morning and told him he should be at 1
work. Words passed between them an;l
Phillips shot Reed twice, one ball pa-s- '
ing through the heart. Phiu.ps escaped ?'
and it is believed he is in hiding in tbo I
can brakes near here. The citizens are i
f highly wrought up over the murder and <
if the negro is captured, it is believed <
he will be lynched. Posses with blooJ- I
hounds are searching for ^he fugitive, t
Reed came here from North Carolina !
and stood well in the community. i
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Moulders (ialn Victory.
Chicago, Special.?Important victories
were gained by members of the
Iron Moulders' Union, eight firms
signing the agreement. One erf the
eight concerns was the American Tin
Can Company, known as the "tin can
trust" Of the 12,#00 moulders who
struck Monday over 300 have already
returned to work at the advance demanded
when the strike was ordered.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS,
Cotton Small But Responding to Cu'tivatlon.
The week ending 8 a. m , Monday
Tilly 13fh. had nearly notmal temperiture,
but was slightly cooler than
tsual over the southeastern port on.
ivhere there was also a deficiency in
sunshine. The week's maximum was
100, at Blackville on the 12th, and the
ninimum was 05, at Greenville ar.d
Spa^anburg. on the 9th. luth and llrh
rhere was one severe local storm in
Pickens county, and high, drying
.vinds during the middle of the week
.hroughout the State.
Showers were frequent, and some
luite heavy, along the southeastern
oast and over the southeastern counties.
and there were light scattered
showers elsewhere, but generally
hrcughout the State there was no
-ain until the 14th, when showery
conditions prevailed over the whole
3iate. Rain was badly needed for all
rop3, although the absence of rain
vas favorable for cleaning crops and
giving them much needed cultivation.
;ome fields are still grassy, and will
Mther he abandoned or allowed to
nake what they will in their fcul conlitlon.
Cotton Improved under cultivation,
ind. although 6till very small. Iooks
jealthy and is fruiting better than
ast week. Most of the fields have
)een cleaned of grass, and the plants
ire growing slowly. In places cotton
NMitinues to have a yellow color, and
:here axe reports of shedding leaves
md squares. Sea- Island is thriving.
Jut the plants aro dwarfed, and blight
s present In spots.
Old corn is extremely poor and will
icarcely make half an average crou,
while later plantings are more promslng.
Bottom land corn is praeticaly
a failure. In certain widely sepa ated
sections, the corn crop is excelent,
but its average condition is low.
Tobacco cutting and curing made
apid progress. In localities an lmirovement
in condition is noted, while
?enerally the crop remains poor and |
nferior.
Rice is thriving and responds 'o
ultivation. but in Colleton county i
io*fli.nlllorc H rxf r> cr trront HfimflPP
Unions are only bogining to ripen and
vill have poor yields. Sugar cane,
jorghum, and peas are doing nicely.
Iry weather caused pastures to fail
apidly. Peaches and grape-s are still
otting but not so extensively as hero
ofore. Apples continue to drop.
A Fatal Excursion.
Spartanburg, Special.?The excursion
rain which left Charlotte for Spartan- j
mrg Saturday night was the scene of j
l terrible tragedy, and two men lie !
lead as the result of the affair. Upon |
saving Spartanburg for Charlotte Sat- j
irday morning, three employes of the
Ipartanburg street railway?Messrs.
Julligan, W. W. Stedman and Dexter
Cirby?were authorized to act as poicemen
to preserve order. Everything
lased off quietly on the trip to Charotte
and returning until GafTney had
leen passed. A few miles south of that j
ilar^ n*nr Thirkptv Station, a neero.
Wallace Hayae, entered the ear which
was reserved for white passengers, and
tegan to act in an unruly and boisterius
manner, whereupon Mr. Steadman j
equested him to leave the car. The ne- i
;ro drew his pistol, a 32-calibre weapon I
ind fired, the ball striking Mr. Stednan
in the arm. Then it was that Mr. i
virby received his death wounds, for !
n attenpting to take the pistol from '
he enraged negro he was shot twice.
>nce in the region of the heart and in
:he groin. The unfortunate man died
instantly lu the arms of a friend. The
.rain was not stopped but proceeded to
his city, and the remains of the dead
nan were taken to the undertaking esablishment
of J. F. Floyd & Co. Sherifl
Vernon and his posse early Sunday
morning proceeded to the neighborlood
where the negro left the tiain and
'ound him lying dead about twenty5ve
feet from the track. He had fallen
under the moving train and had been
dragged a considerable distance. He
was horribly mutilated, both legs anc
in arm being almost severed from the
Qody. Another negro, John Pratt, a
companion of Hayne, had been arrest;d,
and when found had in his possesion
a 3S-caiibre Smith & Wesson.
The New State's Prison.
The new main building at the State
penitentiary has been practically completed.
It is one of the handsomest and
best equipped prison buildings in the
south. In a short time the concrete
floors will be completed, and the work
will be done. Last week most 01 ine
ronviots were moved from the old
building, where they have been quartered
since last fall, and they are niw
as comfortably fixed as a set of prisoners
could be. The new building has
all modprn and up-to-date equipment
and conveniences, as well as being as
secure as it is possible to make it. Contractor
Miladay has taken much p'ride
In the work?<loae on this prison stnn>
lure.
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Fire at Calhoan, fla.
Calhoun, Special.?Calhoun- was
rlsited last week by the most disastrous
fire in its history. The fire
broke out at 3 o'clock in the store of
J. A. Nea! & Co., in which the postoffice
was located, and in a short time
seven brick buildings were in ruins
and stocks of goods and other prop
ertv flo the value of many thousand?
of dollars was destroyed.
DISPENSARV AFFAIRS.
Salaries of Local Dispensers Fixed for
the Year.
The directors cf the State Dispen-,
pessary have rearranged the salari s
of the diprnsers. In many eases th^re
were no changes, and in no case was
there a reduction. The Increases were
based on the increase of business during
the fiscal year 1900 and the first
half of 1901.
i ne rotiowmg are rne tuspensns
T/hc3e salaries are to be increased wli'a
the amount of monthly salary stipulated
in each case:
Adam's Run $40 to $50; Anderson
$75 to $80; Bishopville, $63 to $70;
Blacksburg $30 to $55; Cheraw. $.35 to
$70; Charleston (Percival). $65 to $75;
Darlington, $75 to $80; Eutwvllle, $50
to $60; Fort Matte,$35 to $40; Gaffney,
$65 to $70; Georgetown $75 to $83.23;
Hampton. $37.50 to $40; Kershaw, $60
to $65; Lancaster, $60 to $65; Lexengton,
$45 to $50; Livingston, $35 to $10;
Luray, $25 to $30; Manning, $70 to
$75; Marion, $65 to $70; Mayes villa,
$45 to |5o; Monck's Corner. $40 to $5);
Mount Pleasant, $50 to $55; Olar. $30
to $35; Pickens, $33.33 to $37.50;
Ridgeiand, $35 to $37.50; Saluda, $5'J
to $55; Seneca, $50 to $55; St.
George's, $40 to $45; St. Stephens, $25
to $30; Summer .'ille. $C0 to $55; Toddville,
$35 to $45; Union. $70 to $75;
VarnviUe, $30 to $35; Wagner, $35 to
$37.50; Walballa, $40 to $45; Willis
ton, $40 to $42.50; Winnsboro, $60 to
$65.
The dispenser's clerks who girt
raises are: Anderson. $40 to $50;
Bamberg, $20 to $30; Barnwell, $30 to
$35; Camden, $35 to $40; Charleston
(Perelval), $40 to $41.06; Darlington,
$10 to $50; Gaffney, $30 to $33; Greenvills
(Hill), $40 to $15; Kershaw. $30
to $35; Lancaster, $30 to $33; Manning.
$30 to $35; Orangeburg, $40 to
$30; Summerville, $30 to $33; Winnsboro.
$30 to $35.
From the statement of the board the
dispensary at Georgstown does more
business than any other single institution.
The Anderson dispensary
comes close to that of Georgetown.
Lightning's Fatal Work.
Williainston, Special. ? At 3:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, during a
severe electric storm, Henry Davenport
and Ezel Harvey, two industrious
farmers, living three miles abo\e
Williamston, who were at work In the
Held, iook sneaer rrora uic ram unusr
gome pines, when they weie struck by
lightning find both killed instantly.
The bodies were removed to Mr. Davenport's
residence an hour later and
Dr. Frank M. Lander did everything
possible to resuscitate them but their
Jives were extinct. Mr. Davenport
was 41 years of age and leaves a wtfe
and eight small children, the eldest
being but 14 years old. Mr. Harv-y
was 25 years of age and leaves a wife
with three children,the youngest being
a babe two months old. By that fatal
bolt 11 children are fatherless, two
wives are widows and two homes a. a
wrecked.
New Enterprises.
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to the Cross Hill M'.ll
Company of Cross Hill, Laurens county.
the corporators of which are J. H.
Miller, J. A. Davenport, J, G. Williams,
and W. C. Rasor. The capital
stock is to he $15,000. A commission
has also been issued to the Edwards
Lumber Company of Dovesville, Darlington
county. The corporators are
J. L. Edwards, of Darlington, and H.
A. Edwards, of Hartsville. The capital
stock is to $5,000.
Summer School Closing.
Spartanburg, Special.?The State
summer school which has been in session
here for the past month is drawing
to a close. Outgoing trains are
crowded with the departing guests.
There is a desperate effort being made
by persons not directly connected with
the State summer school to have some
other city get the meet next year. But
if it is left to the vote of the teachers
themselves there is no doubt but that
Spartanburg will be selected for the
second time.
New Dormitories at Clemson.
C'emson College, Special.?Extensive
auditions are being made to the dormitory
capacity of the college. The new
dormitory buildlDg will have 80 rooms
and will accommodate 160 students.
The college had last year about BOO students
and will hare this year mpre ap
plications than can be aeoommodated,
oven with the nrw addition. Prof. W.
tj. Rlggs, formerly In charge of the
ilectricaJ department, has been promoted
to hare charge of the mechanical
department also. He starts tonight
for a trip North. The textile department
is preparing some exhibits of Its
work for the Charleston Exposition.
Dawson SoncJs Out Qold. t
Seattle, Wash., Special.?Lifte advices
from Dawson, under date of
June 28, state that the gold shipments
to the ou^ide this year hare amounted
to $5,000,000. Hams, potatoes, cream
and all kinds of fruit are selflng in
Dawson at exceedingly low rates and
traders are losing money. Peaohe,s. apples
and cherries and other fresh
fruits arc plentiful. '
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NEW LEMl'RRAGE RULES.
Important Action By the State Railroad
Commission.
The Slate rai'roail commissioner has
made pnl;ii> it-j new storage rules..
The commission has hoen working on j
i:u: maiu.i' sc?r some unit auu uas i
over all the rules cf the southern
States. There have been several
conicror.tes with the railroad officials
and the officers of the car service association.
I'ne new rules are em- !
MKh-1 in the following action of the
I.' ard:
Whereas an u< t va- passed by the
general assembly cf South Carolina
at the regular session of 1901. and
thereafter approved bv the governor
of the 15th day of February, A. D.
1901, authorizing and requiring the
board of railroad commissioners, "to
tix and prescribe a schedule of maximum
rates and charges for storage
made and charged by the railroads
doing business in this State, and to
fix what time after the reception of
freight at place of destination such
charges of storage shall begin" and
for other purposes. Now be it
Resolved, That we, the board of
railroad commissioners do by virtue
of the authority conferred by said act,
fix the following rules and maximum
rates for storage charges to apply to
all freights stored by the railroads
doing business in this State:
i ill iro ?rht roroivprl for delivery
Is subject to storage regulations.
2. All package freight not removed
by owner i from the custody of the
railway company, within seventy-two
(72) hours after legal notice of the arrival
thereof has been given to consignee.
computed from 12 o'clock of
the day following the oate of sucty
notice of arrival, shall thereafter be
subject to a charge for storage, as set
forth in rules 4 of these regulations.
3. Prompt notices shall be given to
consignees of the arrival of freights,
and the said notice must show date
of its issue, and the time allowed tot
removal without charge for storage.
4. The maximum charges for the
storage of freight by the railroads j
when stored in the warehouses of the ]
said railroads in this State, shall be ;
as follows:
For five days and under, 1 cent per
hundred pounds per day.
For 10 days and over 5 days, 6
cents per hundred pounds.
For 20 days and over 10 dhys, 8
cents per hundred pound*.
For 30 days and over 20 days 10
cents per hundred pounds.
For 40 days and over 30 days 13
cents per hundred pounds.
For 50 days and over 40 days, 15
cents per hundred pounds.
Each additional week and fraction
thereof thereafter, 1 cent per hundred
pounds. The minimvim charge
for any one shipment shall be five
cents. Not more than $1 per day
shall be charged for any one consignment
not in excess of a car load.
5. A consignee living four miles or
over from the depot, and, whose
freight is destined to his residence or
place of business so located, shall not
be subject storage charges allowed in
the above rules until a sufficient time
has elapsed after notice for said
consignee to remove said goods by
the exercise of ordinary diligence.
6. Shipments detained because
billed to order and awaiting bills of
1- J: i?of T-i,/-.t(nric as tn disilOSitiOn.
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shipments held for want of billing instructions,
shipments held for inspection,
change of billing or for any
other purpose, by owner or his agent
are subject to storage charges, and
if such freights are forwarded to any
other point accrued storage will be
added to the billing as back charges j
7. The rates herein prescribed are
maximum rates, but these regulations
will not be held to be violated, if low
er rates are made Ijy the roads provided
that all shippers at the same
point are assessed similar rates without
discrimination.
8. Legal holidays and Sundays shall
not be taken into account, in reckoning
the 72 hours herein allowed for removal
of freight without charges.
9. Due diligence on the part of the
shipper or consignee to remove freight
promptly shall be deemed by the rail
roads a sufficient ground upon which
to remit storage charges accruing by
reason of bad weather or impassible
reads.
10. Freight and storage charges
must be billed in seperate items
though they may be billed on the samt
??heet.
J. C. WILBORN, Chairman.
C. \V. GARRIS.
J. H. WHARTON.
Commissioners.
D. P. DUNCAN. Secretary.
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American cnici pi lav ?
City of Mexico, Special.?Exchange
on New York has reached a premium
of 1.15 above par. This is a whoily
unprecedented rate. There is continued
talk of the consolidation of the great
banks in order to offset growing American
financial and business influence
It was reported that the entire street
railway system of this city and the
Federal districts will soon pass intf
the hands of American capitalists.
TELEGRAPHIC TERSITIES.
Ninety seven in the shade and 108 to
110 in the sun were the temperatures
in Chicago Saturday.
All but two of the New Orleans
breweries have suspended work owing
to the strike of 180 skilled men for recognition
of the union.
The corrected state censns returns
I which were completed Saturday show
J that there are 517.035 people in Baltif
more city and 1.1SU749 in the wholf;
state.
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| Ex-Se: itor Pough. of Alabama, was
not so weft Saturday. He suffers a |
great dpal from the heat. His physij
cian, however, doe3 not consider him
in immediate dangar. i
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CLEVErt DIAMOND THIEP.
He Steals a Sparkler Worth $250 With
an Apple's Assistance.
Men who are more than six feet tall
and who eat apples are regarded with
distrust by every jewelery store in State
street. The reason for this is a theft
that occurred last week in one of the
most prominent stores. The work was
neatly done, and the combination of a
tall man, eating an apple, makes every
clerk and door detective suspicious.
A distinguished looking stranger with
white hair and white beard strolled into
a State street store last Saturday and
asked to sec some diamond rings. The
clerk reached tor them, leaving one try
filled with expensive rings on top of the
show case.
"Here they are," he said, placing the
reccr.d tray beside the first. As he did
so the tall man, who had been munching
at a fine russet apple, threw the core
into the street.
; He and the clerk went over the ringa
jn the trays, but he could not find none
that he wanted to buy. As he turned
to go the clerk discovered that a ring
worth $250 was missing. The clerk disliked
to accuse the distinguished looking
stranger of having stolen the ring.
There was prospect of a suit for damages
against his employer and his own
discharge if the accusation should be
found groundless. Still, if he let the
man get away with the ring it would
mean that he would have to pay for it.
Torn between these positions the clerk
finally hinted that the customer must
have seen the ring.
"Of course I saw it. I had it in my
hand only a moment ago. Ah. I catch
your meaning. You want to infer that
I . Be careful, sir; you do not know
who I am. I won't put up with any such v
nonsense."
The stranger, despite his protests, was
searched, but the ring was not found.
The jeweler was apprehensive of a big
suit for damages until the detectives
found that the tall man is an old-time
hotel thief who wins out often on the
strength of his impressive appearance.
The way lie got away with the ring was
to slip it into the half-eaten apple he
held in his hand and then to throw the
apple into the street, where a confederate
picked it up and got away, and
the tall man could stand a search with
lafety.?Chicago litter Ocean.
The Size of Raindrops.
The Paris Meteorologist Society has
undertaken the laborious task of measuring
the dimensions of raindrops.
It is found that the largest are about
one-sixth of an inch, and the smallest
one five-hundredth of an inch in diameter.
They are larger in summer than in
winter and larger in hot than in cold
climates.
At the moment of condensation of the
lining cfuffl rrroi ?
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numbers of extremely small drops are
formed in close proximity. . 1
As they fall they come together, and
coalesce in consequence of mutual attraction,
and so what we call raindrops
are formed.
In the summer the lower strata of air
are warmer than in winter, and therefore
clouds are formed at a greater
height where conditions are favorable
for rapid condensation.
The drops falling from these high .
summer clouds have more time to grow,
and therefore become larger than the
winter drops. ,
In winter, as is well known, clouds
often exist very near the ground. The
velocity with which raindrops fall depends
both on their size and on the wind,
which makes them fall obliquely.
Other things being equal, a drop of
medium size, say, one-fifth of an inch
in diameter, may strike the ground with
a velocity of some 13 feet a second,
while a very large drop, measuring onesi
x.th of an inch, may attain a speed of
38 feet a second.?London Express.
An acre of bananas will produce, it*
weight, 133 times as much as an acre
wheat. Banana flour is coming into
ise. Brewers are experimenting with
bananas as a substitute for barley.
Prom the fibre of the plant, rope, can?*a3
and thin clothing are being made.
The I argest and Most Complete
hestablishment South.
GEO. S. HACKER & SON,
? MANUFACTURERS OF ?
Sash. Doors. Blinds*
Moulding and Building Material,
Sash Wei (jilts and Cord
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Purchase cnr make, which we guarantee
superior to any sold South, and
thereby save money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty,
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