The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 13, 1902, Image 6
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KILLED IN A WRECK.
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Fatal Accident on Southern Pacific
Railway,
FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY BURT
Many People Slaughtered OutrightTrain
Was Running at a High Rate
v ' of Speed.
San Antonio, Tex., Special ?A broken
rail caused a frightful -wreck on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, near Maxten
station, 25 miles west of Sanderson j
at 3 o'clock Friday morning. From the
latest accounts received here 15 people
were killed outright and 28 more or
less injured. The dead are: Three
children, of Hart Riddle, of Chetopa,
Kan.; Estavon Contraras, Del Rio,
Tex.; Andrew C. Shelly, wife and
child, Lorier, Tex.; child or u. e,. nuuoen,
Racine, Wis.; A1 Most, engineer,
El Paso, Tex.; W. W. Prince, engineer,
San Antonio; H. Bertschoist, fireman,
El Paso, Tex.; Chris Keel, contractor,
San Antonio; L. A. Boone, Doyline,
Lb.
The injured are: Mrs. Mary Koebler,
San Francisco, internal injury; A. S.
Turner, Blackhawk, Miss., hand crushed;
Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills,
Pa., head hurt; J. Fuller, Washington,
D. C. leg and foot crushed; Antonio
Elrio, Del Rio, Tex., internal; Georgf
Ollenburg, Lexington, Ky., hand crushed:
E. C. Baker, Angleton, Tex., bruised;
Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio. Tex.,
both feet scalded; A. E. Massey, Wilby,
Tex., scalp wound; J. I. Taylor, Mulberry,
Kan., head injured; Mrs. Mitchell,
Philadelphia, internally hurt; W.
P. Adams, express messenger, internal
injuries and badly scalded; Craig Battleman.
North Dakota, head and back
hurt; Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex.,
bruised; Lulons Merales, Del Rio,
Slightly bruised; Antonio Dulon, Del
Rio, bruised; M. L. Robert, residence
; unknown, head hurt; D. P. Havens, El
Paso, bruised; A. E. McKenzie, Safford,
Ariz., slightly injured; R. J. Todd.
Frankfort, Ky., bruised; Thos. 0.
Crowder, Houston, bruised; Wm. Josephs.
San Jose, Cal., back injured; J.
H. Taylor, Birmington, Ala., slightly
injured; Dr. G. C. Martin, Pecos uuy,
slightly injured; C. W. B. Bennett, St.
Paul, Kan., bruised; W. S. Glenn,
Blackhawk, Miss., leg broken; Mrs.
Annie Wortherst, San Francisco, leg
and hand crushed.
The ill-fated train left San Antonio
at noon Thursday. 2 1-2 hours late, and
at the time of the accident was running
at a high rate of speed in order
to make up time. The road at the
""in* whore the wreck occurred is in
a rough country, the curves being sharp
and the grades heavy. It was when
rounding a curve that the train left
the track, it is said, on account of a
broken rail. The hour was 3 a. m., fifteen
hours after the train had left Antonio,
showing that it was still behind
time. All the passengers were asleep
and the shock that followed was the
first intimation they had of the danger.
The train was going at such a rate of
speed that the tender and engine landed
75 feet from where they left the
rails. The cars behind piled up against
the engine causing a fire and all were
consumed except the sleepers.
Signs Bill.
Washington, Special.?The President
has signed the bill creating a
permanent Censuus Bureau, and the
President, in a letter to the Secretary
of the Interior, says: "You will
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sus that his office will continue as
heretofore, to be administered as it
has been administered, until the 1st
of July. On that day he will, with
your permission, appoint such members
of the present force under him
as will constitute the permanent Census
Bureau force, appointing only so
many as are to be permanently employed.
After that date all appointments
will be made under the regulations
of the civil service.
Aid for Southern Education.
New York, Special.?Announcement
was made that there had been organized
in this city an association to promote
Southern education, to be known
as the General Education Board, and
that more than $1,000,000 had been
placed at the disposal of the board of
trustees. The underlying principle of
the association is to be the recognition
of the fact that the people of the
Southern States are earnestly engaged
in the promotion of public education
and that in this effort they
should receive generous aid; and to
this end, and in pursuance of this and
J nocArtioHrtn Will
Kinarea uujetus, iuc ooouv?o.i.?t.i?
.?# seek gifts. )arge and snail, from those
in sympathy with its plans.
News to Ee Given Out by President.
Washington. Special.?At the cabinet
meeting, President Roosevelt requested
the; members not to talk to
newspaper Correspondents about matters
under discussion at the semi-weekly
meetings.1 It was thought best for
the President himself to make public
such matters as he deemed proper to
be given out. Hereafter the President
will do this.
THE NEW SALARY ACTS.
Assistant Attorney Qeneral Gives a j
Construction on Them.
Assistant Attorney General Gunter
has furnished the comptroller general
with two opinions of general interest. I *
The first concerns the salary of prac- j
tically every county official in the j ^
State, and is consequently of much ' '
concern to these officers. It reads as | c
follows:
Dear Sir: You request to he ad- ' T_
vised when under the acts of 1892 the ! *
salaries of county auditors and county s
tpoaoupprn he^in, I a
An act approved Fe"b. 27, 1902, ^
grading the salaries of county officers.
provides that the amount there- !
in fixed, shall become effective May 1, ?
1902. The auditors will therefore ro- f
ceive the compensation now provided a
for until May the first next, when e
they will receive the salary provided f
for in the act above referred to. But i ^
the appropriation for county treas- t
urers has a clause making the opera- j r
tion different from that of the audi- ' ,
tors. By an act approved Feb. 22, j t
1902, it is provided that the following ! s
sums if so much be necessary, be, and t
the same are hereby appropriated to g
meet the expense of the tax depart- t
ment, as follows: For the salaries of ?
county auditors, $29,000. * * For
the salaries of county treasurers, $29,- j
000. The county treasurers of the }
State shall receive as compensation x
for the year 1902, the annual salary t
provided in an act passed at this ses- r
sion of the general assembly, en- ^
titled, "An act to fix the amount of ?
compensation to be paid to the county
officers of the various counties of j
thp State, notwithstanding anything t
contained in said act" It will thus be j t
I observed that the appropriatipn act \ ?
I making the compensation of county t
j treasurers begins on the first day of ; j
January, 1902, upon the basis of the j (
| salary graduation act and shall be- j (
! come effective on May 1, 1902, for in (
no other way could they receive "com-| j
j pensation for the year 1902 and an-;
! nual salary." Then the appropriation ?
act refers to the act fixing the sal-: j
I aries making the provisions "notwith- j
standing anything contained in said j '
! act"; this phrase i3 clearly intended ^
to exempt the salaries of the county ,
i treasurers from the May the first lini- ,
j itation and to allow the salary provided,
to become operative from the
" toAo ; ?
nrst OI JHUUtti;,
The other opinion referred to reads
as follows:
Dear Sir: You request\o be advised ;
upon the following statement: "The j
act fixing the salaries of circuit solic-1 .
itors. approved Feb. 25, 1902. reads as
follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by j
i the general assembly of the State -)t ,
j South Carolina: The circuit solic- ,
i itors of each circuit shall receive a
j salary at the rate of $1,500 per an-1 ;
num, except the solicitor of the First
circuit, whose salary shall be at the ,
rate of $1,S00 per annum. Such sal- .
ary shall be in lieu of all charges
: against the State and county. All \ j
| costs from the defendants shall be, .
paid over by the solicitor to the counj
ty treasurer for the use of the coun- '
1 ty. They shall also receive the same ,
per diem and mileage as members of
the general assembly while in attendance
upon the session. thereof. ,
Section 2. That all acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act, are here- j ,
i by repealed. Approved Feb. 25, 1902. i ,
In the appropriation act. secuou *.
among: the amounts appropriated, appears
the following: 'For salaries of
the solicitors. $12,250. It is evident
i that this appropriation was intended
to conform to the act above mentioned.
fixing the salaries or compen|
sation of circuit solicitors, although
the sum appropriated is $50.00 less!
than sufficient to pay the amount pro!
vided for by that act. I wish to |
j know: First. If under the act increasing
the circuit solicitors' sal j
: aries, this increase dates from Jan- (
uary the first? Second. Does the com-1
pensation provided for in this act. or
the increase in salary, begin 20 days
after the approval of the act first
i oKnra mentioned?"
The appropriation act for 1902,!
makes the following provision in sec-i
i tion 1: That the following sums, if so i
much be necessary, be. and the same
are hereby appropriated to meet the j
! expenses of the executive depart- j
ment. as follows: * Section 2. For i
, the salaries of solicitors. $1,250." To
determine what amount is necessary '
j we must look to the act fixing the sal-!
, aries. The act above referred to fixes
l the salaries at $1,500 per annuum, exceDtt
for the solicitor of the First cir1
cuit, whose salary is fixed at $1,800
per annum. This act was approved
! Feb. 25. 1902. and under the law bei
comes effective 20 days thereafter, j
This act is of course not an appropriation
act, but simply directs the
i comptroller to pay certain amountts
1 out of a fund set aside for that pur- j
pose. Hence it follows that the sali
arics on and after 20 days after the J
1 TTr>hrn?rv 1902. should be at;
MUIII Ui AW. ^
j the above rates and prior to that date |
In the year 1902. the salaries should
ho at the rate of $1,350 each, except
the solicitor of the First circuit, wtio
receives $1,600, as provided by the j
law then of force. (XXI Vol.. p. 417). i
The act fixing the salaries has ex- j
actly the same effect as if it created j
a new officer from that date, and a
salary therefor.
Wild Bill Knocked Out.
Louisville. Special.?Joe Choynski, of
Chicago, defeated "Wild Bill" Haurahan,
of New York, in the fifth round of
what was to have been a 25-round .
match before the Empire Athletic Club,
at Music Hall. The knockout blow |
came after a hot mix-up. which ended
by Choynski putting a stiff left to Wild !
Bill's jaw and following it up with a j
right to the jaw which put Harrahan j
out of the fight.
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NEW FINANCIAL MEASURE. i
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'rovisions of Financial Plan Intro* i (
duced Monday.
Washington. Special. ? Chairman
i'owler, of the House committee on
tanking and currency Monday introluced
an important financial measure
ramed by the Republican members
>f the committee after conferences
txtending through the last two ,
nonths. It brings together into one |
Inanoial measure a niftnber of propo- ;
itions which have been urged separ- |
itely heretofore. Mr. Fowler explains i
he purposes of the bill as follows:
"To transfer from the government
o the banks the responsibility of
irotecting the necessary gold reserve
;nd the burden of furnishnig gold for
ixport, thereby saving our commerce
rom the destructive . apprehensions
growing out of raids upon the gold in
he Treasury, which can. now only be
cplenished by a tax imposed the
w*nnip throueh the sale of bonds; to
>rovide a currency always respon- j
ive and adequate to the demands of j
rade everywhere, and to equalize i
md lower the average rate of in- '
erest In all parts of the United
states; to secure for American enter)rise
and American capital the privieges
and opportunities of engaging
n international banking under the j
lational law and so lay a foundation
lpon which to build an American
nerchant marine; to remove the last i
restige of doubt with regard to our
ttandard of value.
"The measure provides for interna- J
:ional banking, and a division of ;
janking and currency is established. !
mder a board of control, instead of
i single individual in the person of
he Comptroller of the Currency, as
leretofore. The board will consist of j
hree members, whose terms of oHi:e
are for 12 years, so arranged that
rnly one member will retire every
.'our years.
"If the measure now introduced
should become a law, it is confidently
jelieved that the national banks will
issume the current redemption in gold
:oiu of $130,000,000 of United States
lotes. In consideration of the obliga:ion
assumed by the national banks,
hey will have the right during the i
succeeding five years. to issue gradually.
as business may require, an
immint of bank notes equal to 60 per 1
:entum of their paid-up and unimpaired
capital; provision being made
ilso for an emergency circulation. As
:he notes are taken out for circulation
the hanks will deposit with the
government a guarantee fund of 5 per
Centura of the amount of the notes so
,ssued. The national banks hereafter j
will be required to pay interest upon
government deposits at the rate of 1
per centum per annum.
"This 5 per centum guarantee fund,
and the tax upon the bank notes will .
be issued to protect the bank notes, j
All the excess of such taxes with the 1
interest on the government deposits,
will be used to pay off the United
States notes whicn tne uuuas ,
to currently redeem.
"The United States will be the
clearing house district and the current
redemption of bank notes, so
that the amount of notes outstanding
at any time always will be co-ordinated
to the amount of trading, and
precisely as cheeks or drafts reflect
the amount of commercial work being
carried on.
"By and with the consent of the
board of control, the banks may have
more than one place for doing busi
ness. being authorized to establish
themselves in the various cities of
the country.
"No bank note of a denomination
less than $10 will be issued, and the
Secretary of thfe Treasury shall not
Issue a silver certificate of a denomi-.
nation greater than $5. and, there |
nnnn the presentation to him j
a i ivi , u t
of 100 silver dollars, or any multiple
thereof, and a demand for their redemption.
shall exchange gold coin
for the same."
Fltzhugh Lee in Boston.
Boston, Special.?Mayor Collins entertained
General Fitzhugh Lee at an
informal luncheon Friday. Among
those present were Rear Admiral Johnson.
commandant of the Charleston |
navy yard; Lieutenant Governor John
L. Bates. General Thomas R. Matthews,
and General Jcsephus H. Whitney. 1
Governor Crane was unable to attend. (
During the afternoon General Lee was
received by the Legislature at the State
House.
Richmond Murder Hystery.
Richmond. Special.?Wm. Clayton, a
well-known contracting painter, was;
murdered here Sunday in a manner j
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that thus iar Dames me pvuv... ?
found on the sfreet in a residential
section of the city early in the morn
ing. frightfully beater and died at
night without having regained consciousness.
His head was crushed and j
one of his eyes almost punched out. |
Clayton leaves three grown daughters
and two sons. The murder recalls the
Scott case of a few months ago when
John W. Scott, a rich bachelor, going
home from the club early in the morning.
was beaten in such a manner thai
he died soon afterwards. That mystery
is still unsolved.
Wilson Will Not Resign.
Washington. Special.?The attention
of Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
Department, was called Sunday tc
reports that he contemplated soon resigning
from President Roosevelt'scabinet.
The Secretary treated the subject
very lightly, declaring that the re
port was news to him. and adding in
reply to a specific inquiry that he had
no intention of taking the step suggested.
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CHEAP FOOD FOR HOKSESandCATTLEI
Clemson College Makes an Important
Suggestion to The Farmers.
The following communication, is- ;
sued by the Assistant Agriculturist J
of Clemson Agricultural College, is of i
so much value to the farmers of this 1 ,
State on account of the present high
nrice of all Feed products for farm
animals and stock, that I have determined
to get you to publish it:
As some of the products made up in
the ration as made by Mr. Connor
may not be available to every planter
I suggest that any such planter write
to Mr. Connor and state what Food,
products are available to him, both
rough forage and concentrated food, i
and Mr. Connor will take pleasure in
making up a ration to suit his needs
as he has done in this instance. Yours
truly,
C. FITZSIMONS,
General Manager of the Southern !
Cotton Oil Company.
Columbia, S. C.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: Farmers from various sec- j
tions of the State have been writing
asking about the advisability of feeding
horses and mules on cotton seed
m?al and hulls, and also asking for a
cheaper ration than corn.
The following prices are given in a
letter from Scranton, S. C.: Corn, $40
per ton; oats, $45 per ton; wheat
bran, $25 per ton; cotton seed meal, 1
*95 nor tnn Hee meal. $20 per ton.
Of course, corn and oats are out of
the question as a food for horses and
mules at the above prices?so something
cheaper must be looked for.
The analysis shows that rice meal
has about the same composition as-,
corn meal, and we have found that it
is just as good for feeding pigs. We j
have fed it to horses with good results.
I think we are safe in saying
that it may be used in place of corn,
pound for pound.
If no hay or fodder is used in the i
ration and hulls are resorted to as
roughness, some nitrogenous food. (
such as bran or cotton seed meal, must 1
be used to supply protein. Hulls may |
be fed without any fear of injury to
the animal. Should they refuse to eat 1
the hulls a little corn meal or bran
sprinkled over the surface will help
to break them to it.
A good ration may be made up as j
follows:
Cepts.
Six pounds of rice meal, costing,.G.C
Four pounds of wheat bran, costing
G.O
Two pounds of cotton seed meal,
costing 2.5
Ten pounds of cotton seed hulls,
costing 3.0
Total cost of ration per day 17.1
The above is for a horse or mule of
1,000 pounds live weight.
It is evident that a ration made up :
of corn and fodder and containing the i
same amount of digestible matter as
the above ration would cost much '
more than the abeve.
The North Carolina Experiment
Station has fed cotton seed meal and
hulls to horses with good results, but
the experiments along this line have
not been extensive enough to say 1
that cotton seed meal can be fed In
unlimited quantities for any length
of time without injury to the animal.
Numbers of farmers, however, have
reported that they have fed cotton
Beed meal and hulls to mules and
horses with good results.
C. M. CONNOR,
Assistant Agriculturist South Carolina
Experiment Station.
Clemson College.
Consuls Flag Fight
London, By Cable.?Cabling from
Tien-Trin. the correspondent of the
Standard reports a dispute between tne
French and American consuls there, |
arising from the attempts of the
French consul to include certain mission
properties in the French settlement
the American consul, says the
correspondent, hoisted the American
flag on the disputed bulidings. The
French consul now threatens to hoist
the French flag above the American.
Panic in Tobacco Factory.
New Orleans. Special.?A panic occurred
among the 500 girls in the
Hcrdsheimer Tobacco Factory, resulting
from an alram of fire several i
squares away. A strike occurred -orne
time ago in the factory and there had
been a renter for some weeks that an
attempt might be made to blow up the ,
building. When the cry of fire sounded
the girls frantically rushed to leave
the build'ng and many were trampled
n?17 vasts
ana uruiseu. ma ?
old, is thought to bo fatally hurt.
War With Japan.
London, By Cable.?In a dispatch
dated Shanghai, the correspondent of
the Standard says that Chinese mor- j
chants coming from Port Arthur declare
they have been ordered to remove
their families from Port Arthur be-1
cause preparations were being made ;
there for a war with Japan.
Telegraphic Friefs.
An ice combine has been formed in ;
New Orleans. La.
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Consumptive* In An?tmll.**.
According to Dr. Sidney Jones, 16,- I
000 consumptives are moving about J
Australia annually.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Favored Section.
An Immense Water Power.
The Salisbury (N. C.) Sun publishes
an interview with Mr. E. B. C. Hambley
of Gold Hill, N. C., president of the
Whitnev Reduction Co.. Dorticulars of
which have previously been given in
the Manuacturers' Record, in which
Mr. Hambley gives some details regarding
the great work proposed by his
company. This includes the building
of 6 3-4-mile railroad, now under con
struction; the development o a waterpower
planned to give at first 20,000horse-power,
and eventually to be increased
to 46,000 horse power. The
plans include the building of a dam
across the river, which Mr. Hambley
states will be of granite secured from
the company's quarries. It will be 1500
feet long, 40 feet high and 50 feet
through the base. It is proposed that
the power-house shall be 300 feet long
and 100 feet wide, and estimated. to
cost <200,000, with machinery figured
at 4600,000. The company has purchased
about 30,000 acres of land in order
to avoid any trouble with adjacent
property-owners in carrying out its
comprehensive undertaking. Included
in this is a gold and copper mine, on
which It is understood about 4250 WO
have been expended in opening up the
property preparatorv to its larger development
when the water-power has
been completed. It is intended to utilize
this water-power for electric transmission
to Salisbury and a number of
other towns in the vicinity. The capital
for this undertaking has been largely
secured in Pittsburg, Mr. George I.
Whitney of Pittsburg being vice-president;
F. L. Stephenson of Pittsburg,
treasurer, and H. L. W. Hyde or ruusburg,
secretary.
$15,000 Knitt'ng mil.
R. J. Fisher of Athens, Tenn., wTitea
the Manufacturers' Record giving details
of his knitting mill reported last
week as to be established. Mr. Fisher
has erected a brick building 50x90 feet
in size, and has ordered for installation
therein thirty knitting machines, thirty
ribbers, twelve Icopers and auxiliary
machines, besides dyeing plant. The
product will be about 275 dozen .pairs
of misses' and children's ribbed hose
daily. The cost of the complete plant
will from S12.OC0 to $15,000.
Textile Notes.
(From the Manufacturers' Record.)
It is stated that a company has been
organized to build a 5000-spindle cotton
mill at Dunn, N. C.
M. E. Whitehurst, New Berne, N. C..
wants addresses of manufacturers of
cotton and manila rope.
N. B. Mills of Statesville. N. C., contemplates
the erection of a mill to knit
fleece-lined underwear.
' -a * OA fr\ + Vixa flaf.
Tfte report 01 iasi ?=> ? ?
feny (S. C.) Carpet Manufacturing Co.
adding 100 looms was an error.
Releigh (N. C.) Hosiery Co., has obtained
authority to issue 313.000 worth
of 7 per cent cumulative first preferred
stock.
Monarch Cotton Mills c* Union, S. C.,
will build thirty operatives' cottages
and a warehouse. This company has a
10,000-spindle and 300-Ioom mill
J. Lewis Sale, 19o Main street, Dallas,
Texas, is asking for information and
prices on equipment for bleacher? to
be used in connection with sheeting
mill.
Mr3. L. G. Miller of Shelby. N. C.. has
purchased the Laura Glenn Mills at
Shelby, which was sold recently at
court sale to John E. Hurt of Baltimore.
president of the former company.
An order has been passed by court
action for the sale of the Fayetteville?
(N. C.) Cotton Mills. H. W. Lilly being?
temporary receiver, with Messrs. C. JH
Broadfoot and H. L. Cook as comm^H
sioners. The plant has 3120 spind'e^^H
Charter or me itamoru i v .i.j ??
Manufacturing Co.. has been recor<HU
naming Geo. W. Mills, president:
Fauler, vice-president-general m^B|
ager. and Fred Painter, so-reras^B
treasurer. lB
John Calhoun of Dunbar. S. C.. co^H
templates establishing plant for th<B
manufacture of bobbins and shuttles
for textile %iills .and asks makers of
the reouired machinery to send prices i
and information.
Opelika (Ala.) Cotton Mills writes
that it does contemplate installing ad- I
ditional spindles, as reported last week. I
but has not made a definite decision f.s
yet. There are now 6300 spindles in position.
and 1248 more are prposed.
J HaurMon Ihril. Pittsboro. N. C.,
contemplates establishing plant for the
manmacuire ui uwuiih iur ic*ui?
mills, and is asking makers of the required
machinery to send information
and prices on the equipment needed.
At the public sale of the Waynman
Cotton Mills of Waynmanville, Ga., last
week the property was bid in by the
Maddox-Rucker Banking Co.. of Atlanta.
The purchase price was $13,500. and
it is said the company intends operating
the nlant if the courts confirm the
sale. This plant has 3403 spindles and
seventy-six looms.
Shamrock Mills of Winston, N. C.,
states that it Is adding n?w machienry,
as was reported last week. The eom-H
rany has ICO knitting machines, and
adding enough knitters to increase tcfl
"50 dozen pairs of hosiery every monthH
and this capacity is to be increased
fast as the demand requires and opcra^B
tives can to trained for the mill. ^B