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\ \ * THE QB'J.itY RECORD, Published Every Thursday ?AT? UN08TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BI ? 0. w. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Dnm TVml nnnnrpntlr wnnis lnimnn Ity to stagger some more before be Is satisfied with the price of the Boer "war. The Indian Witness says that \f is safe to assume that 100.000,000 of the population of India have an average annual income of not more than ;; head. - "To-day it is literally true.'' raya the London Daily Mail, "they arc selling American cottons in Manchester, pig iron in Lancashire and steel i"l Sheffield." The quantities, it is true, are still small, hut they are increasing rt a tremendous rate, and the mere fact that they are imported into land at all is significant. The British Government has announced its naval program for the n? If iirnvhles for tb vui'""n , hnildinp of 154 new warships o." all clashes, including live submarine ijoats and ten torpedo-boat destroyers. All of them are to be equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus. When these additions arc made to it the Eritish Navy will number 570 Cshtiay chips. It is estimated that the annual consumption of milk in the United States is about 100 quarts per capita annually. This does not refer to the milk alone that is used in the form of ral'.b, out it includes all the mill; rrom which is made our butter aud choose. The food products of milk arc growing in popularityevery year. The preseut low consumption indicates tc some extent the possibilities iu tlia field of dairying. French scientists have been making experiments in regard to the offec. of certain perfumes upon the voice. Many ?f the most successful teachers oi singing have cautioned their pupils stringently against the use of strong wfnmps or the nroximity of odorous flowers. Souie masters go so far as to forbid their pupils the use of any perfume at all. and if one of them is detected wearing a hunch of violets the lesson is postponed. The perfume of the violet has been found to b? particularly injurious to the voice. Whether the condensed food of the future will be in the form of tablets, to be dropped into a cup of hot water, or in the shape of plasters, to be slapped on the skin (which is able to Absorb the nutritious qualities), is still to be determined. The present tendency is clearly toward tabloid preparations. On the other hand, by the use of plasters mankind would escape all the multiple forms of indigestion, facetiously observes the Philadelphia Record. The object of the American being to work as much as possible, it would be a boon to him If be could simply put on a plaster for dinner and go on with his affairs. That the scheme is reasonable has been shown in the case of a woman patient in a Ch Icago hospital, who has been kept alive and strong for a year on beeftea baths twice a day. In the uew appliances that enter into common life, the automobile, the telephone. the portable camera, the phonograph. the electric car. the typewriter, the elevator, the manufacture of machine tools, the American makers are far ahead of the British aud in some cases have a practical monopoly of the business. When the British Postoffice took up the telephone service It intended to use British material, but was obliged to go to America for its instruments, greatly against its will, because it could not get what it needed in England. So with printing machines; "the American makers are absolute masters of the iield. No flrstt-lsss daily or weekly paper to-day would think of having any but American presses." "American machinery, in almost every business, saves time, turns out more, and put muo&f -ffe-'tltt1 pocket of the man who buys it." .T 7 ) r 4NUIKtR LY.NCtflNG Follows Assault and Murder of a He* sp.ctabi^ White Woman. Chattanooga. Special.?A special io The Times from Winchester. Tcnn.. says: Henry Noles, the negro who criminally assaulted and shot to death Mrs. Chas. Williams, wife of a prominent farmer near Winchester, Teuu., last Friday, was captured early Sunday at Water Tank, near Cowan. Tenu. He was carried to Winchester by his captors and placed in the county jail. Sheriff Stewart attempted to barricade the jail and protect his prisoner. A mob of several hundred gathered about the jail. Assistant Attorney General Matt N. Whittaker appeared at the jail and made a speech to the infuriated citizens. He appealed to the citizens to assist him in allaying excitement and upholding the ma jesty of the law. He promised to ro convene the grand jury tomorrow to promptly indict the negro and have him speedily tried at the present tern*, of court, assuring the crowd that his conviction and legal execution was a foregone conclusion. This appeal was supplemented by Judge J. J. Lynch, Foster Ramsay and others. No sooner had their appeals been made than several hundred citizens of the neighborhood where the crime was committed came up and augmented the crowd to thousands. They swept forward upon the jail, overpowered the sheriff and his deputies, secured the prisoner and started for the scene of the crime, 12 miles distant, at 10:15 a. m. The mob was orderly but determined. It senied that the whole population for miles around had turned out to see the fate of the wretch. A procession marched to the Williams home. Ariiving at a point in sight of the crime, the negro was placed on a stump and given a chance to make a statement. He mounted the stump stolidly and laughed as he began his statement. He said: "Tell all my sisters and brothers to meet me in glory. I am going to make that my home. Tell my mother to meet me where parting will be no more." 4 He was then asked a number of questions. Interrogated as to whetner or not any one else was implicated in the crime, .\oies siaiea empuancally there was no one implicated but himself. "Why did you kill Mr;. Williams?" was asked. "I just done that because I had nothing else to do." He was taken from the stump, earned to a tree near-by, bound to the tree by chains and his body saturated with oil. At 1:40 p. m. a match was applied and instantly the quivering body was tmvoloped in flames. Kails wore pitched about the burning body and soon life was extinct. The negro made no outcry at any time and died as stolidly as a stoic. There were no disorderly scenes about the burning body. At least 6.000 people witnessed the horrible fate of the negro. Many remained until nightfall, aug menting the btaze until the body was completely consumed. They then departed ior their homes quietly. Lying on the floor of the family room with her face splashed with clotted blood and the oaken planks stained with the same drops, Clias. Williams found his young wife Friday afternoon when he returned from marketing his wheat in the little town of Maxwell. A bullet had crashed through her head and life was comnwaiv ovtinpt. Two baby children witnessed the crime alone. The oldest boy. aged 5. told what had occurred. The young mother had been shot and killed by Henry Noles, a negro hand upon Williams' place. As the mortally wounded woman sank to the floor. Noles fired again, barely grazing the child's head. The negro fled to the woods. On receipt of the news the sheriff departed with bloodhounds. A posse of determined citizens. well armed and provided with a rope was also on Noles' trail. It is reported that the motive was robbery and $L'0 was obtained by the murder. Mr. Williams is a fanner, well-to-do. and one of the most prominent residents of his section of Tranklin county. The dead woman was a member of one of the oldest and most respect ed families in the county. Train Rtns Into a Washout. Atlanta. Special.?A Constitution special from Valdosta. Ga.. siys: "The south-bound pasenger train on the Georgia Southern ? Florida Railroad ran into a washout nearWhite Springs. Fla.. Friday night. The rear coach turned on its side and was dragged along on the ground for some distan e. The 15 or 20 passengers in the coach were considerably bruised and sha\o:i up, but no one w23 seriously injuitJ. Wreck on Seaboard Air Line. Columbia, S. C., Special.?The Florida & Metropolitan limited train of the Seaboard Air Line was totally wrecked Sunday night at 10:25 o'clock seven mile3 south of Cheraw, cue to a sand bank washout. The killed ami wounded are: Fireman Rosemoud, crushed to death: Engineer Muse, shoulder and leg injured: Tom Cleary, another engineer, injured in knees and legs; postal clerk messenger, name unknown, slightly bruised. The Igu^fcpgers escaped wit h a sever# shaking up. I THE SCHLEY CASE, j Agreement Concerning th: Statitf^rK fiowison. , HIS COMPETENCY I.ErT TO' COURT. Reply of the Department to Schley's Letter, Inclbsing a Clipping From a Newspaper. n%?ut?r> n -**v? ** aaiiiuswu, lj. v/., o,m.di.? . UC| .Vary Department gave out the corns- i popdence with Admiral Schley relative to opinions said to have been expressed by Admiral Howison. a mem- I ber of the court of inquiry. The closing [ letter of the Acting Secretary of the | Navy states that it will be irregular i for the Navy Department to hear and J determine questions affecting the com- J petency of members of the court, an i advises Admiral Schley that the quesr tion of Admiral Howison's compet.n y will be left to the court of iaquiiy itself. The correspondence follows: Washington. D. C.. Aug. 19, 1991. To Secretary of the Navy: Sir:?I have honor to enclose herewith a newspaper clipping in which Rear Admiral Henry L. Howlson. (who has been selected to fill tv? vacancy caused by the relief of Rear | Admiral L. A. Kimberly, from the | court of inquiry), is represented to i ha^e expressed certain op.nions. If th s statement, taken from The Boston Record, be true. It would. In the Judgment of my counsel, disqualify him for ( sorving in this inquiry, I respectfully request that a copy of this letter, with thi3 enclosure be submitted to Rear Admiral Howison for his consideration, and I would further request that I may be favored with a copy of hl? answer. I have entertained high personal regard for Rear Admiral Howison. throughout a long professional service, so that I feel sure that, if the , statements exDrcssed in the enclosed j clipping are true. Rec.r Admiral How- I ison would not be willing to serve as a judge under sik^H circumstances. 1 he.vs the honor to be, Very respectfully, W. S. SCHLEY, Rear Admiral. U. S. N. (The newspaper clipping referred to is enclosed in Admiral Schley's letter.) Navy Deaprtment, Washington. D. C.. Aug. 20. 1901. Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, W. S. N., Washington. D. C.: Dear Sir:?Your leter of the 19th inst.. enclosing newspaper clipping in regard to alleged statements of Hear Admiral Henry L. Lowison. was received by mail this morning. Soon after its receipt Capt. James Parker, one of your counsel, called at the Department 9> \ stated that he intended to go to Boston on Saturday to make a further investigation in the premises, and wished that no step be taken by the Department until the result of his visit could be communicated to the Department. The Department would be pleased to learn immediately if it be your desire that action be withheld for tha present. Respectfully, F. \V. HAUhbn, Acting Secretary. The Arlington, Washington. D. C.. Aug. 20, 1901. Sir:?In reply to the Department's letter of this date referring to clipping containing alleged statement of Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison. I would say that I believe i-hat the action requested should not be withheld, as its purpose was to avoid any delay in the court after its session had begun. 2. I beg, therefore, that thp request of my letter of yesterday may b? communicated to Admiral Howison. Very respectfully. W. S. SCHLEY. Rear Admiral U. S. N. To the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. Sir:?In reply to your letter of 19;h inst.. inclosed a newspaper clipping and requesting the Department to send u tn Roar Admiral Hiwison. together with a copy of your letter, you are Informed that the appointment of ReT Admiral Howison as a member of the court of inquiry was ac^mpl'shed oi'y after taking great pains to insure absolute impartiality in the officer selected. To a question unofficially put as to hl3 availability.in case the Department should require h.s service. Rear Admiral Howison replied: ' I know of no reason why I should not b-^ available for such duty should the Department so decide. I have made no puhl'c utcrance relating to the s'lb'ec1 and I have seen none of the off'cial reports and paners bearing upon t^e questions to be decided by the court." Your counsel. Cant. Parker. hef.->--? the appointment had h *-? amornev' mentioned to the Acting Secretary tv names of certain rear admka's. ?nr one of whom, he said, would b? p^r? ?? * ? D n n ? A r\ m 5 ro 1 reotiy sausiaciurjr tu i AUiU..u. Schley. One of the names so mentionel was that of Rear Admiral Howison. It may be added that of tour officers onsuited by the Department, the narr.ps of three were upon the list thus mentioned by your counsel. This much has been detailed in order to remind you of the fact that a fair-minded officer of excellent reputation and of unblemished character had been found in the person of Rear Admiral Howison who. at the date of his apointment appears to have enjoyed the confidence of both the Department and yourself. Your request is based upon a newspaper clipping that purports to contain state- j ments in regard to the truth of which j j 1 you do not yourself express an on'n'm. .You ask the Depa-tmcnt to lay before R<\ir Admiral Howison a stiiement. wholly unsubstantiated, that ap .pears to have been made by seme person unknown at a time and pla~e likewise unknown. The Department is unable to view your request in any other light than that of a preliminary challenge of the ftness of Rear Admiral Howison to serve as a member of the court. It will be treated as is usual n cases of courts of inquiry. The established practice in the military as well aa in the naval semes has fixed the methods in which the right o-f challenge before court-martial and cotir s of inquiry shall be exercised. The Department, having constituted the court, should not at this s'age of the proceedings undertake to haT anl determine questions that may arise reon?/>tinir tVio nofpnpv nf its m^m OJiCVUli^ WMV V ? bers. Such a proceeding would be irregular. a':! questions of this nature being left to the determination of the court itself. This correspondence wi'l be taken to the president of the court for information. Resnectfully. F. W. HAOKETT, Acting Secreta.y. To Rear Adiniral Schley. U. S. N. Science healers Arrested. Dayton. Fla.. Special.?Helen Post, her husband. Colonel C. C. Post, and ' her son-in-law. C. F. Burgman, were arrested on information sworn to by j Postoffice Inspector Fred D. Peer. charging them with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. The three . were taken to Jacksonville, where they ! will have a preliminary hearing befoic United States Commissioner William Archibald, tomorrow morning. The | offense alleged consisted in sending ! through the mails circulars professing I to cure patients at a distance by mean; of mental science. Norfolk & Western Deal. Philadelphia, Special.?A high olTl rial of the Pennsylvania Railroad stat- j ed that there Is absolutely no foundation in fact for the report that Gcuic | - ? v - * 4.U , I interests have secured concroi 01 mi | Norfolk & Western. The oficial added that nobody need worry about Pennsylvania's poeitioon in regard to the Norfolk & Western?that the Pennsylvania has had control for some tii e ol ; the Norfolk t Western and still : old> that control. , Dead in a Bath Tub. New York. Special.?James W. Lyall, j C3 years of age, a wealthy manufacturer of cotton goods, was found d:ad n a bath tub at his home in this city i with the gas turned on. The theory of the family is that Mr. Lyall bad been overcome by faintness and fel!. j stinking the gas bracket in falling and so turned on the gas. They siy t' a: t he had no reason to commit suicide so ! far as they know. To Exchange Crop Reports. Washington. Special.?John Hyde, ' the statistician of the Agricultural De- j partment, returned from a tour 01 me i countries of Europe, where he went for I the purpose of arranging a system fcr the exchange of telegraphic crop re- , ports. He announces that his trip was I a complete success and that in the J n?ar future the crop reports of the j wheat-producing countries of the world will be exchanged by te.egraph. Investigation Under Way. Washington. D. C.. Special.?General Bates, comanaing the Department of Missouri, telegraphed the War Department a report of the premature explosion of a shell irr a siege gun at Fort Riley, yesterday by which a sddier was killed and a number of oth- j ers wounded. He says the commsn'.- j Ing ottiee;* oi me pus. ?as investigation. An officer of the ordnance department has b?on srnt t) Fort Riley to make an investigation for the ordnance bureau. Philippines Surrender. Manila. Special.?Word was rec?ived Sunday that the insurgent colonel, Loreel, with 17 officers and 13 men. surrendered yesterday to Copt. Brown of the Fourth Infantry, at Talisay. Toe surrender of numerous other smaller t contingents last week brings the tntil to more than 200. Governor Taft i3 expected to return to Manila Tuesday | after having appointed civil official* ; throughout a'l northern Luzon. I l'ortnial'? r<ipi|i*r Qurrn. The Queen of Portugal is one of the most popular of reigning sovereigns; so that anything like a revolution in Portugal is absolutely out of the question. The recent act of heroism through which she saved a fisherman fmm Hmwnini? will not diminish that popularity. The fisherman was in a boat which capsized, and was in a very bad way indeed, when her majesty, who happened to be near, fiung herself into the water, swam to the rescue and brought him safe to shore. Anyone who has ever tried to swim with his or her clothes on will realize the pluck of the young queen, and as it turned out that the fisherman's leg was Droken her act deserves all the more wonder and admiration. / EXPLOSION KILLS 5. Dangerous Fire Fighting Among tha Burning 0;l Tanks. MANY FIREMEN MERE IN PERIL The Great Oil Reservoirs a Mass ot Raging, Roaring Flames? HeroicWork. Philadelphia, Special.?Five persons are known to have been killed by the the Atlantic Refining Company's QUA works nt Point Rrppto at mirinic^H? The dead are: John McCullom. Engine Company 49; James Falls, Engine Company 49; John Dougherty, Truck Company No. 9, and a fireman and an employe of the refining company, too badly burned to be recognized. When the explosion occnrred the firemen of Engine Company 49, and employes of the Atlantic Refining Company, in all about 50 men, were at work in the pumping house drawing o:f oil from the I timing tanks. The flair.es fhot liiyh in the atr and the lU'oping house was almost completely demolished. The fietnen. who had been playing streams on the othc.' ttnks, the?i directed their attention tothe rescue of the men who had been imprisoned in the pumping house. It Wjs nearly an hout before the men could be reached. Meanwhile a score of streams of water were pouring upon the ruins of the pumping house. The promptness with which the firemen turned their attention to the rescue of the men undoubtedly saved a. conro nf livpc Since eariy morning the flames have spread to five additional tanks, makj ing 13 that have been destroyed. The fire is by no means under control and although mosc cI the tanks not yet on flre a-o more or less isolated from tho?e that are hurting, there is constant fear of the flames reaching some of those that have thus far escaped. The almost exhausted firemen are paying no aUention to the burning tanks, devoting their endeavors to saving the tanks and other property not on fire. The heat is so fierce that they have been driven away from the hose. A device is used that will hold the nozzle stationary and in a position to throw water 0:1 the sides of thetanks and the fire-fighters "retired to a sale distance to observe their machine:? ?t woik. Meanwhile the oil in th? tanks nearest those cn fire is being pumped to the most distant tanks. The big coper shop was od fire at one time but the flames were extinguished before the structure wan much damaged. As usual, the officials of the company refuse to give any estimate of the loss. Those in position to know estimate it at from 3500.000tc 31.000.000. The Point Breeze Oil Works has been devastated by fire on t-.i ..a. i-o a cm ji several occasions, r.icvci _ fire started which burned fiercely for three divs, destroying much property and causing heavy loss. Seventeen years ago the>e was another fire which defied tie efforts of the firemen for six Jays. Ugly Bus'ness in Missouri Pierce City. Mo., Special.?For nearly 15 hours, ending about coon, this town of 3,000 people has been in the hands of a mob of armed whites, determined to drive every negro from its precincts. In addition to the lynching last night of William Godley, accused ^ of the wanton murder of Miss Gaze'le Wilde, and the shooting to death of his grandfather, French Godley. the mob cremated Pete Hampton, an aged negro, in his home, set the torch to the houses of five blacks an l with the aid of Statu militia rifles, stolen ;ro:n u>e local company's armory, drove dozens of negroes from town. At noon Lbe excitement died down, the ir.)!i gradually dispersing more from lack of negroes upon whom to wreak their hatred than for any other causa. Profitable Peach Growing Rome. Special.?The last of the El6er;a peach crop has been shir pel, and fruit growers have time now to pause and count pr: fits. The bulk of the crop v as shipped las: week, but many ?ars went to market this week. The rains did not injure cr ine.rero with shipments tnl s?owers are jubilant as a c*n equ nee. It is s imatcd that COO to 600 cars were snipped out of Floyd, Bar.ow. Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Of th s amount Floyd sent out about loO. While the crop was not so large as expected the prices obtained core than offset this. Growers mile more tnis j ear than any year since the ii> dustry began. Fire at /"lobile. Mobile, Ala., Special?Fire destroyed the boiler house, office and some machinery of the Ollinger Dry D>ck Company, also the office of the National Dredging Company, entailing a'together a loss of several thousand dollars. A lot of lumber was also burned. Several small vessels lying near by escaped by moving up the river. (|