The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 25, 1904, Image 7
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AMERICANS ACT WITH JAPANESE:
China Net Being Able to Prevent the
Russians From Violating Her Neu- j
trality by Making Repairs on the ,
A kold and the Grosovoi, the Japanese
Take the Bull by the Horns.
Shanghai. By Cable.?Shanghai was ;
thrown into a fever of excitement Sun- j
day afternoon by the arrival of Japa- i
nese torpedo beat. She passed the j
Wocsung at full speed and started up
the river at Iu for Shanghai. The
United States torpedo destroyer
Cbauncey. slipped her cable and followed
the Japanese destroyer. The j
Japanese boat was cleared for action, j
She anchored off the Cosmopolitan
dock, where the Russian cruised Askold
Is undergoing repairs.
The taotai has notified American
consul uooanow, wno is wit; ueuu ui
the consular body, that China cannot
protect the foreign settlements. He
contends that Russia ignores the or- \
ders issued by China, and that China J
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nas not the means of making her obey
them.
Consul Goodnow called a meeting of ,
the consular body to take joint action j
for the protection of foreign inhabi- j
tants. The Askold has docked adjacent
to the warehouses here of the Stanard
Oil Company, which are valued at over
$1.000,000. The Standard Oil Company
has demanded protection for its property
from Consul Goodnow. The dock
where the Askold lies is owned by British
interests. Inside this dock is German
and Dutch property, and on the
other side American property.
There are eight American, one German.
two British and four French warships
here.
SURPRISE CREATED IN LONDON.
London. By Cable.?The intervention
of the American squadron at
Shanghai in the Japanese operations
against the Russian cruiser Askold, 1
created (onsiderable surprise in official
circles here. An official of the legation
said: "If the report is not untrue,
the American commander must have
tad good reason ror ms acuuu, sum as
the protection of American interests,
which would have been endangered by
Hying shells.
"Japan has been very reluctant to 1
send ships into the harbor, for she recognized
the international character of
Shanghai, and the laws of neturality
demanded that China should order the
Askuld and the Grozovi to dismantle
or leave the port, she having given
the order and the Russian ships having
refused, it was then incumbent for
Japan to act, thereby protecting the
Chinese neutrality and at the same
time exerting her rights as a belligerent.
It would never have done to perdu
n>it Russian ships to remain in a Chinese
port deliberately and avowedly
violating the neutrality of the country.
Whatever reason actuated tne American
commander, if he really did as reported.
it is certain that no complications
will follow."
A Destructive Storm.
St. Paul, Special.?Death to twelve
persons, injuries to many others and
destruction to property, both private
and public, estimated in round numbers
at $1,000,000, resulted from a
furious gale which tore down the vallev
of the Mississippi at about 9 o'clock :
Saturday night from a point somewhere J
Corporal Punishment Abolished.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?One act
signaling the birth of an heir to the
throne will be the abolition of corporal
punishment throughout Russia. A
ukase to this effect was issued Wednesday.
It is reported on good authority
that Emperor William of Germany asks
the privilege to act as one of the godfathers
to the heir.
Russia Calls Out Reserves.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The Emperor
has issued an ukase summoning
to the colors all the reserve officers
throughout the empire. The Official
Messenger announced the mobilization
of the reserves in 45 districts, calling
to the colors one-tenth of the reserves
of European Russia. Considerably over
half the first-class reserves of European
Russia have now been called out and
practically all the reserves in Siberia.
Current Events.
Col. Ismail Montc3 was inaugurated
as President of Bolivia.
The Board of Public Works is en
gas;ed in assessing railroad propercy
in West Virginia.
"Old Home Week," is being celebrated
in Culpeper county.
^ The United States immigration authorities,
instead of raising any objection
to Mrs. Maybrick's coming to
America, will facilitate her landing '
as much as possible.
Admiral Jewell's squadron will
leave the Mediterranean and go to
Northern Europe.
Minister Pcwell has sent word to
the State Department that President ;
Nord, of Haiti, never threatened t >
massacre foreigners. ,
AT SHANGHAI
s Close By the Russian
leship
near the confluence of the Minnesota
and Mississippi rivers near Fort Snelling.
At about that point the fury of
the elements seemingly divided, and
with a roar descended cn the twin
cities and their environs.
The dead: Lorin F. Hokanson. killed
at Tivoli Theatre: George" Kwenton,
carpenter, killed at Tivoli Theatre;
Richard Hillisbeck, telegraph operator,
killed by lightning; unknown child,
killed by falling wall of dormitory at
House of the Good Shepherd; Albert
Odhe, killed at St. Louis Park; three
unknown dead at St. Louis Park, a
suburb of Minneapolis; four unknown
dead at Waconia. a small station 20
milec wpst nf Minnf>flnnlis.
Beginning below Fort Snelling there
is the first evidence that the storm
struck with damaging effect. It came
from the southwest and howling in its
fury uprooted trees and demolished
buildings in its pathway towards St.
Paul.
It tore off two spans of the high
bridge as completely as if they had
been unbolted from the rest of the
structure and carried away by workmen.
There the bridge connected with
the high bluffs at West St. Paul and
it is 180 feet above the river. This
mass of steel was carried to the flats
below, where flying steel girders and
heavy planks fell on several small
frame houses of the flat dwellers and
crushed them completely. None of the
occupants of these houses were hurt,
they having seen the storm coming and
taken refuge in the caves in the hillside
where they were safe.
MANGLED BODIES FOUND.
Underneath the debris of the Tivoli,
were found, when the storm had passed,
the mangled bodies of Lorin F.
Hokanson, one of the employes in the
s>nn/>n>-+ Kail an/1 Conrirp Kwpnlon OnS
of the audience. The storm then rushed
on to the northeast, over the wholesale
district and here the greatest destruction
to property was wrought.
After causing havoc in St. Paul, the
tornado swept onward to Minneapolis
and its suburbs. Here, however, the
destruction of property was not so
great, although telephone and telegraph
wires were torn down in great
numbers. For hours the twin cities
were cut off from any communication
with the outside world.
Drummer Killed in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?A quarrel
about an open bed-room door led to
the killing of Frank E. Brett, a traveling
salesman by Andrew A. Walline,
superintendent of the Florodora
Tag Company, here Sunday. Brett
had been in the habit so it is cdaimed.
of leaving the door of his room
open when he was undressed. Walline
had remonstarted with him about
the matter on several occasions, and
a quarrel ensued early in the day, resulting
in the killing. Walline claims
self-defense. Brett formerly lived in
Macon, where last season he acted as
coach for the Mercer College Base
una team.
Reported Capture of Fort.
Chefoo, By Cable.?It Is reported
that the Japanese before Port Arthur
have captured Fort No. 25. one mile
north of Golden Hill. The Japanese are
not attempting to storm Liaoti promontory.
Their right wing terminates at
Pigeon Bay. The Russian garrison of
Port Arthur is estimated at 23,000 men.
covering an area of 12 miles. A junk
arriving at Tengchou from the Miao
Taio Islands reports seeing yesterday
Ave Japanese men of war pursuing two
Russian warships, type unknown. They
were going in an easterly direction.
Must Disarm at Shanghai.
Shanghai, By Cable.?The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi has
been ordered to stop repairing and
either to leave this harbor at once or
to disarm. The Russian cruiser Askold
must leave here Monday at noon.
These orders were issued by the taotai
of Shanghai. It is believed in official
circle that both warships will
disarm.
Telegraphic Briefs.
It is pleasant to learn that the Chinamen
are discarding their queues and
the barbers in some cities are doing a
good business removing them. It is a
singular fact that the queue, once a
symbol of salvation, became step oy
step a mark of dignity and patriotism.
But there has arisen a society, known
13 the Bow Wong Woy, which has become
very active in instructing the
Chinese in their own history, and the
removal of thousands of queues is the
result. The wearing of queues has
ctten been cited as an evidence that the
Chinese refuse to become Americanized.
But when barbered in American
style they look very much like other
men.
The annual parade of the Grand
Army of the Republic was held in
Boston and 26,000 were in line.
Mayor Stoy, of Atlantic City, began
a crusade against flirting along
the beach.
George E. Lounsbery, ex-Governor
of Connecticut, died at Farmingville,
Conn.
It is believed in Tokio that Port
Arthur will be captured in a few days.Russian
official reports blame Jews
for the recent riots in the provinces
of Radum and Siedlitz, Russian Poland.
OUR MINERAL RESOURCES
Paper to be Read Before American
Mining Congress. i
Under the direction of tlie State do- |
partment of agriculture, commerce and j
immigration. State Geologist Earl Sloan !
has prepared a paper on the mineral j
resources of South Carolina as viewed
from a commercial standpoint?that is
their adaptability to commercial ssuage.
This paper will be read before the
American Mining congress at Portland, i
Oregon, in October. It is classified into
three heads as follows:
1. Metals?Gold, copper, tin. iron,
nickel. The location and names of owners
of all deposits are given together
with the character.
2. Non-metals ? Monazite, kaolin.
Fuller's earth, potter's clay, pyrites,
granite, marble, limestones, etc.
3. Agricutural adjuncts?Marls adapted
to the manufacture of Portland cement
and fertilizers.
No phosphate is dealt with because
it is considered that about all the capital
that can be invested in that idustry
is now here end is being used.
Mr. Sloan's paper is included in the
whole report which bears the signature
of Commissioner Watson. The introduction
reads:
"To the American Mining Congress:
"At the request of your secretary, I
was recently named by the governor
ot the State to undertake through this
department of the State government,
the preparation of a paper dealing
with the mineral resources of the State,
viewed from the standpoint of their
value commercially. No attention,
therefore, has been given to various
mineral resources that are not of sufficent
commercial value to warrant successful
development. This State has
been for many years without that class
of information about her varied mineral
resources that would prove of value
to the investor. These properties
have simply been lying idle awaiting
intelligent direction and sufficient capital
to develop them. When this department
was established five months ago I
at once determined to secure this information
and present it to investors
in such form as to command attention
and give them facts they wished to
know. A hasty study of the mining
statistics of the State showed an utter
lack of development, there being only
SS mines, quarries and wells operated
in the State employing only 2,694 wage
earners, and showing only $1,834,134 as
the value of the produce placed upon
the market, of which in 1903 $102,573
was in gold and $145 in silver, notwithstanding
the State possesses mining
properties that should produce
many times that amount.
"I soon found that a portion of the
South Carolina gold production was
being credited to neighboring States.
"Knowing the value of many of the
undeveloped mineral properties in the
State, I had already determined to J
carefully prepare just such a paper as '
you requested in your secretary's letter
of May 4 to the governor. Conse- i
quently I have endeavored to give you I
information, prepared with greater !
oara than was nrieinallv intended, and i
cit once I invoked the aid of our very j
competent State geologist, who has ,
furnished me over his signature the
resume of our mineral resources incor- |
porated in this paper.
As to the properties incorporated in J
the treaties of the geologist I will say j
that it is the business of this depart- I
ment to push their development as far.j
as possible. The department will en- i
deavor to show inquiring investors over j
the properties, offering, with his con- |
sent, the further aid of the State geol- ;
ogist when his services are needed.
The department will also endeavor to !
secure such properties as may be
wanted at the lowest possible prices ;
and upon the best terms for investors, I
when the proposition is coupled with |
the assurance of the purchaser that he j
intends to immediately develop the !
property, and there is an absence of I
a purpose to make the transaction j
nmrely for SDeculative purposes. |
Among the porperties now listed with j
the department is the Mary copper
mine referred to below.
"Having had considerable exper- j
ience with development matters 1 do
not hesitate to say that I feel that
there is a fine opportunity for those
who undertake the development of the (
excellent mineral resources of South
Carolina, particularly in view of the
fact that the field is practically a 1
virgin one and unexplored almost, <
and in view of the further fact that .
these properties are so well located
as to railroad and water transportation,
being almost in the suburbs of 1
the eastern markets and seaports." i
An extract from Mr. Sloan's paper (
dealing with iron follows:
"Numerous deposits of iron are In 1
this State, occurring in formatione
ranging from the tertiary to the Silurian,
but up to the present time none
have been noted of modern industrial ,
importance excepting in uie rwu6 ?
mountain district. One zone, beginning
north of King's mountain, extends
southwesterly through Cherokee and
parts of Spartanburg and Union counties.
and comprises magnetic and specular
ores bedded in talcose schists or
shales and in the itacolumitic rocks.
These beds were worked to great advantage
when charcoal was available,
Drior to 1865. The magnetic ore, or
Catawberite afforded a peculiarly superior
iron, close grain and soft, yet
tough, which was intensively employed
in the manufacture of the Confedenate
ordinance. Furnaces and roller mills
were operated for this purpose adjacent
to the Cherokee ford on the Broad
river. Specular ore was also employed
in mixtures and alone for the production
of superior pig metal for castings.
The red ore or Itawberite is a
low grade arenaceous magnetic, which
also affords good pig metal for castings.
"The Catawberite or magnetic ore in
talcose schist, appears intermittently
for nine miles, crossing the uroaa rirer
near Cherokee ford, five miles east of
Gaffney. and half a mile north of a
spur track of the Southern railway. '
It consists of lenticular bodies of magnetite
crowded in talcose schist, pitched
at high angles, attaining places the ;
width of 40 feet, and extending to i
depths as yet undermined. The sorted j
ore in large lots exceeds 50 per cent, j
of metallic iron, and is free from ob-:
Jectionable association excepting in the
matter of the magnesian gangue which '
adds somewhat to the difficulties of
fluxing. The exposures of this ore ad
jacent to the Broad river are the most
prominent and most favorably situated i
for development. ,
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SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Report on Conditions by the Depart j
ment of Agriculture.
The week ending 8 a. m., August j
15, had a mean temperature of 77 !
degrees, which is about three below
normal. The extremes for the week
were a minimum of 59 at Greenville j
oh the 9th and a maximum of 92 at J
Blackville on the 12th. The first j
five days were generally cloudy, the j
last two generally clear. There were j
local high winds accompanying thun- .
derstorms that did slight damage to
corn principally.
There were almost daily rains from
the Sth to the 13th., and less frequent
showers on the last two days. The
precipitation was evenly distributed
throughout the State, but was not as
heavy as during the previous week,
but the ground continued thoroughly
saturated, and the injury to crops was
aggravated by the cloudy weather,
and very high relative humidity that
prevailed. Some bottom lands were
overflowed and the crops on them destroyed.
The injury from the rains
was confined largely to cotton on sandy
lands. {
The early corn was not affected by j
the wet weather except that fodder |
pulling was hindered and some fodder j
that was pulled was damaged; late
corn continued its recent rapid improvement
and has reached a stage
of gTowth which assures it to be a
good crop, regardless of subsequent
weather conditions.
A few localities in the south central
and southeastern parts report no
injury from the rain to cotton, but
over the greater part it has grown
too much weed and is not fruiting
correspondingly, on clay and red lands
while on sandy lands it has turned
yellow and continues to shed extensively,
with rust more prevalent than
last week. A few open bolls have t
been noted in the southeastern coun- '
ties, and a "first bale" was marketed
on the 13th, although that is not indicative
that picking has begun.
Tobacco curing Is nearly finished:
uncut tobacco is making a new and
damaging growth; some injury to the
leaf by tho damp weather, tobacco
in barns. Rice made substantial im
provement, but is ripening siowiy.
Peas are growing nicely. Late melons
are watery. Late peaches are
rotting extensively. Pastures, gardens
and minor crops are doing well,
but need more sunshine. The conditions
were favorable for fall truck
planting and germination.?J. W.
BAUER, Section Director.
Fine Fruit Exhibit
Clemson College, Special.?To the
upcountrymen especially, but to all
South Carolina farmers ,one of the
most encouraging exhibits made at
Clemson College this year Is that
made by Prof. C. C. Newman of the
department of horticulture. He has)
made an exhibit of grapes, peaches,
apples, Irish potatoes and onions.
Of grapes the exhibit is Intended to
show the methods of culture and varieties
that may be grown successfully
in Sntnh Pnrnlinn Prnf Vpwman
shows 81 varieties of grapes, all
grown on the college farm and all developed
to the highest degree. In
color, size and flavor the grapes are
excellent and what has been done at
Clemson Prof. Newman thinks can be
done throughout South Carolina, probably
more successfully in the low
country and middle South Carolina
than in the Piedmont. But the prod-.
net of the Piedmont as shown by this
exhibit will compare favorably with j
grapes from any part of the world, j
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Bureau to Co-Operate. ;
New York, Special.?Representative
W. S. Cowherd, chairman of the Demo:ratic
congressional campaign commit:ee,
came to New York to consult with
George F. Parker, who has been made
lead of the literary bureau of the na:ional
committee. Mr. Cowherd has
ilready sent out a great supply of literiture
from Washington, and It was regarding
the work done and proposed to
je done by Mr. Cowherd, that the na:ional
committee sought Information,
it is quite likely that the two commitees
will co-operate hereafter upon
sampaign literature.
Squadron Leaves Smyrna.
Washington, Special?Rear Admiral
Jewell, commanding the American
European squadron, cabled to the Navy
Department announcing the departure
of his command, comprising the Olympia,
Baltimore and Cleveland, from
Smyrna for Gibraltar. This action is i
taken on the instruction from Minister 4
Leishman, at Constantinople, that the j
squadron's presence is no longer neces- \
sary at S:n: i ra.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Occurrences of Interest in Various
Parts of the State.
Negro Kills White Youth.
Meggetts, Special. ? Allen Porter
Heathington. 18 years old, son of M.
J. Heathington, was shot and killed
Thursday morning by a negro named
Sam Brown, in the Toogoodoo neighborhood,
Colleton county.
Young Heathington was remonstrating
with Brown about some work when
the negro drew a pistol and shot him
in the head. The killing has caused
intense excitement, the whole county
is being scoured by posses and the negro's
capture is hourly expected.
Bloodhounds were secured from Charleston
and are on the trail.
When informed of the affair Governor
Heyward at once telegraphed the
sheriff of Colleton county offering him
tioops and anything fie desired to pre
u ui a i^uuumg. i lie uoveruui iiisu
telegraphed prominent citizens of the
county asking their co-operation to
prevent any violence being done the
nogro.
South Carolina Items.
Rumors continue to be circulated
that Eddie Kennedy, who is suspected
of having killed Jacob Kind, his employer,
in Charleston, has been arrested
first in one city and then in another,
but there is no truth in the stories.
Kennedy seems to have a good start
on the police and he is probably in safe
quarters for a while at least. He is a
Northern man and it is likely that he
has returned North where his accents
and manners would not likely one?
chances of his detection, as would be
the case in the South.
Because the paster. Rev. L. M.
Roper, wanted Mrs. T. A. Brooks, who
was sent to Spartanburg to superintend
the putting down of the new
Church carpet, to have colored women
as assistants in the work, and because
Mrs. Brooks, for reasons which she
Btated plainly, did not wish to acquiesce
in the matter, the finishers, all white
men, on the interior of the new church
have struck, out of sympathy with the
lady, and up to 1 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon the matter was still unsettled.
Will Anderson, a negro railway employee,
was seized with a violent attack
Monday afternoon while carousing and
drinking with a crowd in depot flat
in Spartanburg and it is believed he
was the victim of a black conspiracy to
drug him and rob him. Physicians
were called in and Anderson was carried
to his home where at last account
he was still suffering great agony and
is in a precarious condition. The three
other negroes who were with Anderson
are being held on suspicion. ^
The first bale of new cotton, which
was taken to Charleston on Saturday,
consigned to F. W. Wagener & Co.,
from H. C. Folk, of Bambery, was sold
Monday to the Goldsmith Mercantile
Co. for 12 cents. The bale weighed
445 pounds and was classed as fully
middling. The bale is eight days
ahead of the first bale of last year and
11 days later than the first bale of the
year previous.
Benedict College, a negro institution
in Columbia, will have within a few
months a library building for which
plans have been drawn and which will
cost $5,000, the money having been
donatedJ)y Andrew Carnegie.
The Pickens county candidates are
discussing the automobile, all of
them, it is reported, being in favor of
some restrictions being placed on the
free use of the automobile on the public
roads.
Wm. J. Mcintosh. 40 years old, the
flower and seed dealer of Charleston,
who on Sunday was pronounced dead
in New York and apparently came to
life a short time afterwards, died
Tuesday night at the Hudson street
hospital in that city. The physicians
at the hospital have been unable to
diagnose the cause and the coroner's
office has been notified.
The Palmetto Dry Goods company,
of Greenville, capitalized at $10,000, has
applied to the secretary of State for
a commission to conauci a ary guuus
and shoe business at Pelzer. The corporators
are W. K. Hudgens, of Pelzer,
J. Thomas Arnold and G. H. Mahon, of
Greenville.
Miss Mamie Pearson, of Woodruff,
has been awarded the scholarship to
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, from
Spartanburg county. The college gives
a limited number of scholarships each
year in every county of the State for
which competitive examinations are
held.
Capt. Wm. H. Bertless, a gallant
Confederate officer of Col. Simonton's
regiment during the war, died at Port
Royal Monday night .after a protracted
illness. He was for some years in service
at the- Port Royal naval station
and was highly esteemed.
' Hugh Price, a Marion county farmer,
died a few days ago, leaving an
estate worth $123,000, including $23,000
in cash in bank. He began life without
a dollar after the war. and is said
to have been wholly illiterate.
BURNED AT STAKE.
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Two .Negroes Taken From the Jail
and Incinerated
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AWFUL VENGEANCE OF GEORGIANS
Paul Reed and Will Cato, Convicted
of Complicity in the Murder of the
Hodges Family, Near Statesboro,
Taken From the Military Guard and
Burned at the 8take.
Savannah, Ga., Special?With cloth*
ing saturated with kerosene, writh*
lng and twisting in their agonj,
screaming to heaven for the mercy
that the mob would not- show, Paul
Reed and Will Cato, negroes, two of
the principals in the dastardly murdes
and burning of Henry Hodges and
wife and three of thedr children, six
miles from Statesboro, three weeks
ago, were burned at the etako Tuesday.
This afternoon at 1.21 o'clock a
determined mob charged upon the
court house, overpowered the military
guard, secured Cato and Reed,
who had been found guilty after a legal
trial and sentenced to be hanged,
took them two miles from Statesboro
and there exacted the fearful penalty.
The forenoon passed quietly, the
trial of Paul Reed, the ring-leader in
the murder, being concluded and a
verdict rendered. Sentence was Imposed
upon both him and Will Cato,
sentenced the day before, and Septem-.
ber 9 was fixed as the date for the
execution.
The crowd assembled about the
court house was not so large as Monday.
Nor was it so threatening,
though for that matter, there was
never much parade. There was a ,
quiet about the crowd that augured
the worst and the object of tiie coon- *
trymen who had come in from miles i
around for the trial was never to be
doubted.
Up to the noon hour there waa no
intimation that so soon was to he
enacted the terrible climax. In the
trial of Reed little delay was caused,
and at its conclusion, as before, the a ,<
prisoners were hustled into the wit-"
ness room, where a strong guard of
military was mounted over them. In.
the corridors the agitation began.
Tho spectators left the court room
and from the lawn outside many entered
the hallways. Shortly before 1
o'clock the crowd was addressed by a
tall man, who seemed to inflame it
greatly. He called on those about
him to follow him. Then Captain .
Hitch, of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
who was in command of the
forces, realised that the situation waa
desperate. He posted guards on each
of the stairways that led to the floor
above, where the prisoners were confined.
GUARDS HAD UNLOADED GUNS. With
fixed bayonets, but unloaded
rifles, the guards stood. The mob
surged toward them, but were repulsed
several times. The determinied
effort was yet to be made. At the
rear stairway the gravest danger
threatened. Prominent men, among
them Rev. Mr. Hodges, brother of the
murdered man, sprang to the front
to address the crowd. They begged
them to disperse. Sheriff Kendrlck
was among these. He cautioned the
crowd against violence and pleaded
with them to disperse. "I am your
friend," he said. "I beg you to do
nothing that will reflect on us and on
the community. Disperse and let the
law take its course. We need these
men. There are others to be brought
to justice and only from the information
to be gained from Cato and
Reed can we bring the right ones to
Justice. I can almost promise that
when the case is finally sifted there
will be five parties who are equally
guilty."
"We know you are our friend, Kendrlck,"
some one shouted, "but prom
lse us that you will let tneae men
stay in the Statesboro jail and not be
taken back to Savannah. Then we
will disperse, not until then."
There was shouting and cheering
and Kendrlck could not reply.
"Promise us that," they snouted.
"You shall not take them away from
Statesboro."
The crowd surged upon the jail
and took the prisoners from the officers.
A confession was made by
Reed, who acknowledged killing tha
father and mother and implicated
three others.
The cries of Cato were pitiful, aa
he begged the mob to shoot him. The
mob dispersed quietly after their terrible
act
News By Wire.
The American schooner yacht Igomar
won the principal race for big
yachts at the Royal Albert Yacht.
Club regatta in the Solent.
Maher,* the American jockey, rode
four winners, finished third om another
out of six races at the Stockton,
England, summer meeting. Another
American jockey, Madden, rode two
wftners and one second and one third
horse.
Fifty non-union miners arrived ks
Birmingham from Kentucky Tuesday
night and will go to work for tho
Schloss-SJheffleld Steel and Iron Company,
at the Brooksldes mines. The
strike situation is practically unchanged,
with no hopes of an early
settlement
Germans Attack Herreros.
Berlin, By Cable.?Four columns of
German troops attacked the Herreros
near Hamackart, German Southwest ?
Africa, on the night of August 11The
fighting continued all the next
day. The natives were defeated with
heavy losses. Five German officers.
Including Count Von Arnin and nineteen
men, were killed. Six officers*
among them Baron Von Walter, and
fifty-two men were killed. U
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