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The county record.
Published Every Thursday
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UNOBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
?BY?
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
If these French duelists really mean
business they will challenge each ,
other to an automobile race hereafter.
American locomotives are to be in- I
troduced in Southern Asia. The J
American locomotive lias become a <
conspicuous aud indefatigable globe j
vrvtt or*
It ought not to lio necessary to warn !
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people against taking refuge under a
tm- during a thunder shower. So
many fatalities have arisen from this
cause that it is inconceivable thit
there can be any one unaware of the
danger of such a course.
If precedent has anything to do with
it, no man who has reached the age
of seventy will ever be President of |
the United States, for only five have
over attained that distinguished posi- ;
tion who were over sixty?John Adams,
sixty-two: Andrew Jackson, sixiy-iwo:
William Henry Harrison, sixty-eight:
Zachary Taylor, sixty-live, and James
Buchanan, sixty-six.
The coal producers of England are
threatened with a new rivalry. Extensive
arrangements have been made
for the marketing in Great Britain of
the Texas petroleum as a cheap substi
tute for coal for steam producing purposes.
It would be of especial value
.i,? ?l,0t ?ii
XU \WUMJlj.#?S l\Jk IliC ivawu lulu. mv. *>*
turns without smoke and can tie stored
iwitk greater advantage for Ions voyages.
Should the Texas oil wells provo
to l>e long lived they would no douht
supplant the use of coal in the whole
coalless region of the Southwest. ?
It should he quite possible to live in
. glass houses nowadays without feeling
the necessity of not throwing stones,
since glass bricks can be made which
serve very well in pavements. A
street in f*aris has just been paved
iwith glass. Before it is used the glass
Is submitted to a process called devitrifaction,
which makes it hard, smooth,
opaque and non-porous. Its inventors
claim that it combines the solidity of
granite with the smoothness of asphalt,
and that it is not affected by heat or
ccld. But it is expensive and very
resonant.
The list of killed by explosives od
the Fourth, us gathered by the Chicago
Tribune from all over the country,
was much lighter than last year's.
Only twenty-one persons lost their
lives. But 1G11 were maimed, which
exceeds the record of 1900 by nearly
300. The loss of property by tiros was
only about $S0,000, showing greai
alertness on the part of the Cre departments.
Altogether these figures
are encouraging to those who see no
reason why the national holiday
should be made a Cay of death and
destruction.
The announcement that Andrew Cr rliegie
still has a quarter of a billion ;
dollars to give away probably will
bring down upon him a quarter cf a '
billion persons anxious to tell him how
to dispose of the money, were It not
lor the fact that they already have
come down on him and have been glv- J
ing him their advice ever since he an- i
Bounced "It is a disgrace for a man to j
die rich." From what we can judge |
of the canny little Scotchman, those
' .who would like to partition his wealth
from him may spare the breath it j
LU IUU: uuwvc, icuiaiuo i
New* York Press. All his life he haa
followed his own impulse and his o'.vu
judgment, and doubtless the results
bare been sufficiently satisfactory tu
confirm him in a continuation of that
practice and habit. It would not bo fin
linheard-of thing, however, should it
be discovered that a genius that be infallible
in business may go astray in
charity and philanthropy; but even
should this prove to be the case with
Mr. Carnegie, the world will have the
satisfaction of a splendid example for
other rich men and of benefits that
must come in somu measure from the
iCarnegie gifts.
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;00 MILL OPERATIVES LOCKED OUT
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The Co.'umbia Cotton iTI's Ha\ irp;
Trouble.
Columbia, Special.?Five hundred
operatives at the Olympia, Granby,
Kir-hlanJ and Capital City Mills, who
rotuseil to malte up the time that will
be lest on Labor Day by working six
hours over time last Saturday, were
denied admission to the mills Monday
morning and were notified of their
suspension for a week. The opera
tives fell in line and paraded througli
the village with much cheering. Te::tile
Union N'o. 211 met Monday night
to take action and received hundreds
of new members, since the strength
of the union has been divulged. President
Smith-Whale)- said: "We do not
propose to have unionism in our business.
The mills in South Carolina
have agreed to employ no union labor,
whatsoever. I will close down
every mill before I will employ a
union man. All of my operatives will
be required to sign an agreement that
they will not Lelong to a union."
The union strength is estimated at
000 eld members and has increased by
several hundred recently. The union
is expected to declare a strike at its
meeting, which will affect 3.000 operatives.
President Whaley will issue his ultimatum
it is understood, requiring all
employes to sign his agreement to
leave the union, and will not. moreover.
reinstate the 500 shut out until
their r.aues are also signed to the
pledge. The police are guarding the
mills to prevent dynamiting.
I Four flen Killed.
In an accident'at the new bridge
which the Southern Railway is building
across the Congaree river, near
Columbia, four men were killed and
three injured, one fatally and two
seriously. The accident occurred at
S:30 o'clock Monday morning and was
caused by the falling of two steel
girders about seventy feet long,
weighing fourteen tons each. The two
girders were hoisted about midway of
tho river nbnvo the bridce. The rains
of the night previous had probably I
caused the ropes holding then in I
place to slip. The crash came uwithout
the slightest warning and at the
j time when there were 75 people on the
bridge. spectators and work nfi en.
Three of the men were pinned;to the
bridge and killed instantly, four more
were knocked into the river. tw<j ct
whom were rescued by a governraerft.
tug. which carne up from the Congaree
locks, a quarter of'a mile away. The
names of the dead and wounded are:
S. J. Castleberry, killed; Reuben Alls
ton. killed; Job Debyas, killed; Jim
Reese, drowned. The wounded are:
David Stiles, fatally; A. T. Thornton,
seriously; Sam Willifred. seriously
All of the injured live in Columbia.
The river is considerably swollen at
present but will be dredged for the
body of Jim Reese. Reese would probably
have escaped but he became ter!
rifled and jumped to save himself, and
! was drowned before the tug could
rpArh him. The bridge is being built
by the Phoenix Bridge Company, 01
i Phalidelphia. The bridge was not
| damaged materially by the accident,
, though it is feared some of the iron
, work has been considerably strained
by the falling of the girders. The Seaboard
Air Line's tracks were used
by the Southern until the wreckage
could be cleared.
A Fitting Monument.
The Paris Debate says that a monui
ment is to be erected at.Trets, in the
Douches du Rhone, to the memory of a
man whom it calls one of the national
I glories of France?namely. Urban Du1
bois. the father of the explorer, Mr.
Felix Dubois, author of "Timbouctou
! la Mvsterieous. He was chief cook to
j King William of Prussia, and naturallv
resigned when the' war broke out.
He thereupon immediately unueriooK
to publish in tasteful and often expensive
volumes his vast and detailed
knowledge of the culinary art. producing
half a dor.en volumes which have
become classical in their kind. Born in
1818, he died a few months ago.
Shot a flan Who Testified Against
H.'m.
Columbia. S. C.. Special.?Because
Tom Watson testified against Barlow
Warren at the trial of the latter for
an express robbery which occurred in
1^00. Warren shot Watson Monday
afternoon, at Brauchviile. S. C.. fatally
wounding hi .1. The shooting
was done in cold blood and no words
were passed. Warren is still at large.
Whole Crops Destroyed.
Hamburg. Tenn., Special.?The Tennessee
river is higher than ever known
at this season of the year. There is at
least 75 per cent, of this county's
corn crop under water. What corn is
not covered is that which stood on
high ridges, and it being dry land,
was burned up during the hot dry
weather. The river has backed up the
creeks and sloughs for five miles in
some places and killed both corn and
cotton. A large number of people
here have their whole crop of corn I
and cotton destroyed. Their condi- J
tion is critical.
KNIGHTS GO HOME. I
Tnennial Conclave at Louisville Closed
With the Election of Cfficers.
HAD A PROFITABLE MEETING,
The Elections Resulted In Placing
Prominent Men High Up In the Of.
ficial Ranks.
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Louisville, Ky? Special.?After
electing officers and selecting San
Francisco as the place of meeting the
first Tuesday in September. 1904. the
twenty-eighth triennial conclave ot
Knights Templar, which has been in
progress here since Tuesday, adjourned
Thursday. The festivities
?? > . r> I i,-, a n-iar-niSrf'Tif I-.n 11
luulU IU uu vau iu u. i?M2i>..UvvM.
held at night at the horse show building.
The election of officers occupied
the greater part of the day's session
In the selection of the grand junior
warden occurred the only contest.
Henry Eatcs Stoddard, cf Bryan.
Texas, was elected grand commander,
to succeed Reuben H. Lloyd, of California.
Geo. H. Moulton, cf Chicago,
was elected to succeed Mr. Stoddard
as deputy grand master. Rev. H. W.
Hodge, cf Rhode Island, vms advanced
one rank to the office of grand
generalissimo, n.a ic vacant by th3 ele_>
tion cf Colonel Moulton. Wrn. U.
Melish. of Cciucinnati. was elected to
succeed Rugg as captain general while
Junior Grand Warden Jos. A. Locke,
of Portland. Me., was made senior
grand warden. These officers were
elected without opposition.
The cnlv contest came in the election
of Junior grand warden. There
were 15 candidates. Fra.nk H. Thomas,
ol Washington, ft. C.: was elected on
the second ballot. H. Wales Lines
of Connecticut, was re-elected grand
treasurer on the first ballot. John A.
Gerow. of Detroit, was elected grand
recorder, defeating W. H. Mayox,
present incumbent, on the fifth ballot.
When the elections were finished the
committee on time and place of next
meeting reported. San Francisco was
the only bidder and carried off the
honor without a strugle. Minneapolis
1 1 AA7
put in a bi;l for tne couciave ui wv..
The installation of the new officers
followed. Sir Knight Stoddard, the
new grand master, was given an enthusiastic
reception.
The close of the conclave began today.
and became marked after the
grand ball. By Friday morning most
of the Knights and their wives will
have left, either for their homes or
for places of interest contingent to
Louisville. Mammoth Cave being the
p<Siot of greatest interest The ball
at night was a magnificent show. The
crowd v.as'too great to allow of comfortable
dicing, but the Knights and
their wiVes, pronounced the event n
success." ft Is estimated that 8.O0O
people were present. Receptions and
excursions on the river were other features
of the evening's entertainment
Three Seamen Drowned.
Washington, D. C.. Special.?The
Navy Department received a cablegram
for Captain Craig, of the Albany,
dated at -Aden, announcing that Frank
Sohliz and Timothy McCarthy, while
sleeping jjn the poop deck,of the Alba*
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ny. cm last Sunday nrgat. ?iu
board during an exceptionally heavy
roll of the vessel. Captain Craig's telegram
stated that he remained-in the
locality where the accident occurred
all Sunday night, and until afte^.dayrj;
light Monday, but the men were,
again seen, and their bodies coul&nuiK
be recovered. On the following^Moq.-'
day, George Perkens went overboard^
and was drowned, but his body whs recovered
and will be buried ashore at
Aden.
Boy Killed By Lightning.
Texarkana. Ark., Special.?Texarkana
was visited by a most severe electrical
and rainstorm Tuesday. Prof.
Gasbv's son was struck by lightning
and killed, his neck being broken. He
was under an umbrella with a companion.
who was badly shocked. Two
colored churches were struck and badly
damaged. One residence wa3 destroyed
and others damaged.
Ex-Goyernor Buriel I)end.
Lacona, N. H.. Special.?Cha*.
Buriel. formerly Governor of New
Hampshire, died at his home, i.ere
Thursday. The ex-Governor retired in
his usual health Wednesday night.
When Mrs. Buriel called Mm .-he found
him breathing heavily, death occurring
a few minutes afterward. He was
59 years of ago. In politics he was a
Republican.
Letter Carriers' Convention.
Chattanooga. Ttnn., Special.?The
advance guard and delegates of the
National Letter Carriers' Association
has arrived for the na'icnal convention,
which assembles here next Monday.
The auditing committee of the
national association is here auditing
the accounts of the association. National
Secretary Cantweil. of Washington,
has arrived and other national |
officers will come in. It is estimated
that the attendance will reach 1,500.
The board of trustees of the Mutual
Benefit Association will bo'.d a meeting
Saturday.
MANY PLEASURE SEEK.'RS.
Tlie Rush to Resorts Mas Been Unusually
Heav_, I his Scasou.
The annual summer migration < f
Southern pi!g:ims to the phasure anJ
health resorts of Virginia and the
Northern cities is on with a rush now,
and has already surpassed all previous
seasons. The pace set in the* spring
and early summer promises to be
more tnan Kept up uui-.i uu tcjajii 3
close. This is not at ail rcmarkabie
when one reflects upon the numerous
advantages for recreation and sigh
seeing to he enjoyed for so sma'.l an
outlay of time and money. A trip
over the ever obliging Seaboard Air
Line Railway with its quick schedules
and superb service?the line par excellence
to Virginia and other retorts
?will afford rest, health and pleasure
lo the tired business or professional
man, and prepare him fcr better wont.
The great number of excursions from
Southern points now being run by our
leading newspapers and individuals,
over the Seaboard Air Line attest fully
the high dpgree of public confidence
enjoyed by this progressive and popular
system.
#ri/#tinn m Tcvis
~ San Antonia, Tex., Spcxial.?Reports
frcjm Zapata county there are news
that Ihe poor classes there are facing
siarvfttjot}. They must have Immediate
Irerp'in the way of food or the results
he terrible. Ranch water
has tailed and cattle are too weak to
travel and are dying rapidly. The
country is literally burned up by
drought. There is net a green thing to
be seen except cactus plants. Zapata
county is 50 mile3 from the nearest
railroad and whatever way food i3
sent to the farmers in the faminestricken
place must be hauled from
Laredo, a two days' trip at best.
Street Car Struck by Engine.
Indianapolis, Special.?Fourteen persons
were injured here Sunday in a collision
between the Greenfield inter
suburban car and a freight train ou
! the belt road. The conductor of the car
signalled the motorman to go ahead
and when on the railroad track was
struck by the train, which was moving
at moderate speed. The car wa3 thrown
to one side but net crushed and each
of the 12 passengers was more or less
injured. The conductor and motorman
were also badly bruised and were tak*
en to their homrs.
Of a General Nature.
Mr. George J. Joliffe, who represents
Tregalis, Hertel and Co.. of BalI
timore, while stopping over night at
a house near Slanerville. W. Va., was
the victim of a robber, who tore open
two sample cases and stole about $50
worth of clothing and underwear and
also attempted to break open the
trunks carried by Mr. Joliffe.
The LaGrange Oil Mill at La
Grange, Texas, was sold to the La
Grange Cotton and Oil Manufacturing
Co. The above company has been incorporated
for the puropse of manufacturing
cotton seed oil and by-products
of cotton seed. The oil mill has been
rebuilt, and is now a modern
date plant. C. J. V. Rosenberg' h?t
been elected manager for the new
company. (
The Black'water Gun Club, of Davis,
Ijl\ Va.. .elected the following directors:
J. H. Heltzen. Joe Davi3, Harry
<Hest. Henry Male. J. M. Smith, George
'Amlaw and Oliver Twlgg. George B.
Thompson was appointed secretary. It
was decided to put their grounds in
| first-class condition. The club will In
the near future erect a club-house on
the grounds.
Miss Amanda F Donohoe died at
her home in Loudoun cbunty, Virginia.
Monday last, aged S7 years. It is said
she was one of the little girls who
strewed flowers in the pathway of
General Lafayette when he visited
Loesburg in 1S24. and she retained a
very distinct recollection of that disinugehs-htheeidflrt
marmahmahmahm
tinguished man and of his pleasant
remarks to the children on the occasion.
A Long Swim.
Boston, Special.?To swim from Boston
to- New York i3 the feat that Peter
McNally will attempt, making the
start next'Sunday, the entire distance
to be covered within 30 days. Mr. McNally
hopes to arrive off the battery
in New York before noon on Monday,
September 30. The actual diitance is
2?3 3-4 nautical miles, but the swimming
distance will b? very iittle less
than 400 miles.
RaiJ:r.* A^ain at Work.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.?The turnpike
raiders have broken loose in the
vicinity of Goodlettsvilie and attempts
were made yesterday to wreck two
bridges on the D'ckerson pike. Dynamite
was used and the abutments ca
both bridges were disturbed. About
half the population was awakened by
the explosion, which was set off early
in the morning, and people ran lnI
stinctively to the ^oodlcttsville bank
under the impression that burg'ars
were trying to effect an entrance into
the vault. The raiders made their escape,
but before leaving set fire to and
I destroyed two old taoccupied gate
bouses.
fearful Exp!os;on On Board
Steamer
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A DAD WRECK NEAR PHILADELPHIA
Besides Those Killed Outright a Number
Ar? Injured and Several flore
Are Missing.
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Philadelphia. Special.?White the
steamboat City of Trenton, of the Wilmington
Steamboat Company, was on
her way from this city to Trenton.
J., Thursday afternoon her port boiiewT
exploded, killing eleven persons anil
injuring over a score of others. Four
passpngers are missing, but as many
sustained slight injuries, it is thought
the missing may be among those who
did not find it necessary to go to the
hospital.
The dead are: J. D. Chew, assistant
engineer; Miss Elizabeth Green.
Philadelphia; two firemen, names unknown;
one deck hand, name unknown;
two passengers, names unknown.
Missing;' Ms. John Matthews,.
Mrs. Matilda Cross, of Philadelphia;
two children, who were seen to jump
overheard.
Injured: Scalded and burned,.
Theresa Rhein. Philadelphia, fatally;
Louisa Panchoick, Philadelphia, fatally;
J. S. Smith. Camden, N. J.; Mrs.
Barrett, Camden; N. J.; Mrs. Anna
Hoover, Camden. N. J.; Cecilia Magrogan.
Philadelphia; Henry Magrogan,.
Philadelphia; S. E. Kephart. Philadelphia;
Alice E. Matthews. Philadelphia;
Mrs. G. E. Sm.ih, Philadelphia;
Bessie Brown, Philadelphia; Edna
Van Schack. Hightstown. N. J.;
Jeanctte Read. Philadelphia; Ixjuisa
I Robinson. Camden. N. J.; Wilsoa
Meeke. Philadelphia: W. 0. Mersbaum,
Morrisvllle, Pa.; J. V/. Hastings.
Philadelphia: White Lansing,.
Trenton. N. J" F. A. Deiaeey. Philadelphia:
Mrs. C'aminide. Philadelphia;
Miss Carrie Caminide. PhiladelphiaAlbert
Lee. Philadelphia.
After tLe explosion the boat too'tc
fire and ran aground, she lies a wrecked
and blackened hulk in the marshes
opposite Torresdale. 16 mihs above
this city. Her hold is filled with water
and it is feared more of her passengers
and crew may be found in thebottom
of the boat, when the water
is pumped out. A boat belonging rothe
police department is anchored a
short distance from the stranded exI
cursion steamer, pumping the water
. jii.fofoVl vessel.
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The City 'of 'Trenton mikes daily
trips between Philadelphia and Trenton.
She left the company's wharf
at 1:45 -o'clork Thursday afternoon.
15 minutes behind her schedule time.
Her passenger list was lighter than
usual and she carried very little
( freight. The vessel was in charge
of Capt. W. A. Worrell. The other officers
were: Edward currv, pilot: J.
W. Vanderveer. mate; Edward Murphy.
chief engineer: J. D. Chew, assistant
engineer, and Clayton Peyi
bold, purser. There were about twelvx
firemen and deck hands aboard.
Columbia .Will Operatives Strike.
Columbja^JB. C., Special.-Textile
tTnioji No. 211, at Its meeting declared
a' strike' against the Olympii. Granby.
Richland and Capital City Mi'.ls until
the authorities rescinded their action
' rthlure the union.
rorcing ?
The test of the union's strength will
be made when the mills op?n for
. .work. The striking operatives declare
that they have no fear of being idle ?
indefinitely, but will not accent the positions
that have been offered them
until they have made their fight
agains't the mills. It is understood
that .the textile union will have the
sympathy of the Federation of I^abor"
in the strike new on. Conservative
estimates place the number of strike s
at 900 or 1.000. It is exported that
this number will be considerably augmented
during the next w->ek. The
mill officials -to-day began tin swearing
out of warrants to eject the- striking
tenants from the dwelling houseswhich
are owned by the mills and
leased to the operatives for two weeks
at a time.
Mrs. Young Dead.
Salt Lake, Utah. Special.?Mrs. Zina
D. H. Young, died Thursday aged S">
years. She was born in Warrenton.\.
I Y., in 1S21. and was one of the pioneers
I in the .Mormon raovemem.
married to Joseph Smith at Nauvoo.
111., and after his death became one of
j the wivfs of Brigham Young. There
J are now but four widows of the famou?
Mormon leader surviving.
Georgia Postoftlcs Robbed. VIrwinville,
Ga., Special?'Thieves
broke into the postoffice at Mystic, a
small station on the Tiftoa & Northeastern
Railroad Thursday night, rlfied
the cash drawer and stole two
money order books. When they left
they attempted to fire the building by
taking the chimney from a lamp and
setting the flame agains: a pile of papers.
The papers were pa\<ed tight
and when the postmaster rpene.l the
office early this morning they were
still smoldering, but had not brokpn
into flames. There is no c'.uc to the
identity
of the thieves.
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