The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 13, 1904, Image 7
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Thr bishan, V?ich a Cargo of Cattle j
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ano Flour Frorr; Shanghai to Port ]
Arthur, Captured Off ew Chwang i
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of the Japanese Fleet?Only Skirmisehes
About Mukden. .
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Continuance of rlie gale which developed
on the China : '< a aud adjacent
waters on October 1 precludes active
operations by the Japanese fleet blockading
Port Arthur. The British steamer
Sishan, with a ?.argo of cattle and
flour from Shanghai for Port Arthur,
has been seized by the Japanese off
New Chwang. A tlraclnneni of the
Finland Guards has been ordered to
leave St. Petersburg for the far Fast.
Recent Outpost Fighting.
Tokio. By Cable. The imperial head
quarters issued a import of the recent J
Rns.-ian military movements and skirmishes
with the Japanese south of
Mukden, as foilov.-s: On October 4. a
few of the enemy's cavalry approached
v the \ icinity of Alyai.gpienmeii. but our
' force drove them off.
"The enemy, with a battalion of infantry,
eleven squadrons of cavalry and
five guns, advanced toward Shaliuhatzu
on October 4, and retreated toward
Huangshan, Octobei j. In this direc- j
tion there were ais<? two or three of
our squadrons of cavalry, whose out- i
post fines extended between Niaokou- j
shan and Wanckit-afteu. The Russian ;
infantry heading the iniiiimi wore Chi- |
nese costumes. i
"On October 4. a smai 1 body of the (
enen?y attacked our pickets at Pintaizu 1
and on Mukden road and were repuls- j
ed. The enemy left his dead and rifles
behind. All the enemy wore Chinese
clothing.
"Fonr squadrons of Russian cavalry
came to Sunshutsuitzu. on the Fushun
road, October 3. and remained there until
the morning of October 5. The
enemy's cavalry patrols have been seen
south of Wulichics and Lungwangia,
but they retreated north to Lntoakou.
leaving infantry patrols.
"A detachment of the enemy's cavalry.
with three guus. advanced toward
Shiotai and. taking up a position at
on nur t ivmnc nrirfh nf
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VentEi.
"The enemy posted at Ctoantan. on
the right bank of the Hun river, has
retired, leaving a small force there.
"There are. no troops of the enemy
in the.neighborhood of Taotaizu. A
mall force of the enemy recently attacked
our outpost on the left bank of
the Hon river, but was driven back."
British Vessel Seized.
Shanghai. By Cable.?The British
eteamer Sishau. from Hong Kong, has
been seized by the Japanese off New
Chwang.
The Sishan carried a cargo of cattle
and flour, intended for Port Arthur.
The Sishan is a steel-screw steamer
of 1.315 tons, and is owned by Thomas
W. Richardson, of London.
New Orleans to Manchester.
* London, By Cable.?Manchester's
fight lor a diversion of a portion of
Liverpool's cotton trade from America
has resulted, according to statements
published, in an arrangement with
the I.eyland Line and the Manchester
liners (limited) of Manchester, whereby
the two companies will combine
for the purpose of carrying cotton
cargoes Hrect from New Orleans to
Manchester. The Leyland Line steamer
Cuban, sailing from New Orleans
about the middle of October, will, it
is added, inaugurate the new depart- i
ure and thereafter the two companies I
will make alternate fortnightly sailtags.
Four Dead in Hotel Fire.
St. Joseph. Mo.. Special. ?Four persons
perished in ;? fin which destroyed
the Tracy Hotel, in .South St. Joseph.
"The dead: Lafayette Frew, livestock
buyer; C. F. Morton, employe of stock
yards company; Mrs. \nna Weston, ot
dentry county. Mo.; unknown man.
Bilbert Weston, i:: >tar-, old. son of
The dead woman, i; fatally burned. Win.
"SimruQus was also badly hurt hy jumping
from a third-story wind' n.
Unrest Among Chinese.
Shanghai. By Cable.?Nuuieroas reports
received from the interior telling
of the activity of secret societies at
points widely apart are causing serioiio
>it5easiness. It is known ihat the
officials everywhere arc displayiug
great anxiety and are procuring the
moss: modern arms and munitions of
war fcr the purpose of equipping the
soldiery. There is no certainty'as to
whether the anxiety of the officials is
directed against anticipated risings or
as to whether it is a precautionary
movement in view of possible danger
from a successful Japnn.
* Best Winter Quarters.
Washington, Special.?Rear Admiral
WSee, commander-in-chief of the
Atlantic training squadron, has rec.
' commended that the squadron spend
the greater part of the winter In Pensaocla
harbor and that vicinity. He (
says that the facilities for boating and
other exercises there are good. Oflidais
are disposed to favor the recom raendation.
and if this plan is followed
the training squadron would not go to
Culcbra to participate in the mauceu
vies this winter.
STATE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE !
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-irst Annual Meeting to be Held in |
Columbia.
The fcllmvine: statement and cail j
was issued by ?!i. Howell Morroll, i
secretary of tS? Stale Temperance. J
Law and Order i .en Kite. by order of j
; ihe President. Cant. j. \V. Hamel. of !
Kershaw:
j "The first annual meeting of the j
State Temperance. Law and Order
I League will be held in the hall of the
i Voting .Men's Christian Association in
| he city of Columbia. Thursday. Oct.
I 27lh. at 8 p. m.
j "It is desired that at this meeting
Ihere will bo representatives of all
j leagues. temperance organizations,
I ?hurcfc<?. communities, and individ|
.tals. who sympathize with the efforts
j new being made to restore, establish
j and maintain law and order in this. |
State. And an invitation is hereby
extended them to meet with us on
j Ihis occasion. The purpose of this
I gathering will be to complete such
I an organization as may be efficient
in stemming the flood tide of lawless'
ness which is sweeping over our beloved
State."
j The officers who have i&sued this,
call request the county paper;.' j
throughout the State to extend the in-" j
citation as widely as possible. The! |
State League was organized during!
tii6 State fait last year. It has been
aT. work quietly and no doubt has ac-i
complished a great deal, but no, report
can be obtained from the officers.
Will Take Testimony.
Testimony will be taken again in j
'he matter of the Ivexinglon township !
bonds next Fr'day. This is quite an J
interesting case. i
Some years ago the townships of j
Fork. Saluda and Broad River inj ,
Lexington voted an issue of about
540.000 in bonds to aid in the construction
of the Colombia. Newberry
and Laurens railroad, lnrerest was
paid on the*e l>onds until recently. .
when the townships wished to be released.
claiming that the bonds were
illegal. Titis issue has been brought
up befoie, but the bonds have always
Ki-n thought valid. There are some j
new grounds this time, however, one;
of them being that the bonds were
paid by the railroad compauy to a
contracting company, and that as the
contracting firm was composed of i
practically the same men that the j
railroad was owned by. tliene was a j
profit derived by them from the is- j
suance of the bonds. * i
The testimony is being taken by I
Mr. John J. Earle. of this cityv who
has been appointed special referee
by the Supreme Court. This body
decides the issue in the case. Testi?
c. tr TIlA P (
muny was IUHCH > uw,-.
ion is being brought for Mrs. S. L.
DesPortes. Edwin \V. Robertson. J.
Caldwell Robertson, Edward Rhrllcli.
Edward S. Joynes and E. K. Palmer,
holders of certain of the bonds.
Ben Bennett Gets Five Years.
Hampton, Special.?In the court of
general sessions a nifitioe. for a new
trial was made by counsel for Ben
Bennctl on the ground thai the evidence
did not. warrant the jury in
finding a verdict for manslaughter
and that it should have been guiltv
of murder or not guilty. Judge Klugii
over-ruled the motion. Bennett's
counsel gave notice of appeal to the (
Supreme Court and bail was fixed
at $1,000, with the discharge of the
prisoner subject to the directions of
the Governor in regard to the- charge
of violating the conditions of pardon.
Bennett was sen tenet d to five year's
labor on thu chain gang or five years .
in the pcatitentiary. it is probable
that the appeal will bo abandoned.
Fire at Opera House.
Sumter. Special.?Fire was discovered
in the opera house at 8 o'clock
Friday night It originated in the
old unused ticket office at the head of
the steps from the alley way. It was
full of paper and trash. It is believed
to have been incendiary. Firemen responded
quickly and put the blaze out
in five minutes. The First National
Bank unnerncaui was uau>?f>? ?.
xtent or $3U(> ??y water. Ducker &
Bultman. by water. $l".o. Tho loss '
to the vjepra house is $1,000.
If the fire had been later many lives
would probably have been lost. The
show was to begin at S.30 o'clock. ; J
There are no fire escapes.
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Only 25.00C Georgians Voted. ,
Atlanta. Special.?The Constitution '
estimates the total vote in the State J
election 01 Wednesday at about
000. There was a lignt vote through- ,
out the State, except in those counties
where the:* was opposition tr- j J
the Democratic- candidates for rfcp j
Legislature aud for county ofices.
Child Severely Burned.
Aiken, Special.?On Wednesday at- (
ternoon little Joe. the three-year-old '
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mauley Cortex, of 1
Graniteville. was so severely burned
as the result, of playing with matches '
that he died that night at 10 o'clock. J
The little fellow aud his older brother
were playing in the yard, exploding
match heads with a pop gun. It Is
not known exactly how the accident
occurred, but ln? grandmother heard
him screaming and when "she ran to
ban the little fellow's clothes were
in a mass of flanios. It is though:
that he also swallowed some of the
fire. He was buried Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Graniteville cemetery.
Engine Fell 15 Feet.
Saluda. N. C.. Special.?Passenger
train Xo. 14. from Asheville to Spartanburg.
ran over the end of the first '
safety track on Saluda Mountain at 9
o'clock Sunday morning, the engine and
tender falling over, a distance of about
15 feet. They engineer and fireman escaped
injury by jumping. Xo passengers
were hurt beyond slight bruises 1
sustained by a few. The damage to the
engine will amount to about S50h.
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MR. PAYNE IS DEAD
Another Prominent Character Passes
From the St?ge of Action
COR1ELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM
The Postmaster General Succumbs to
Heart Trouble After an Illness of
Seven D.-.yc.
Washington. Special.? Henry C.
Pavnr Postmaster General of the
United Stales, a member of the national
Republican committee, a stalwart
of his party, with the history
of which both in his home, State and
nationally he has been identified for
many years, died at his apartments at
the Arlington Hotel at 6:10 o'clock I
Friday nighi, aged 60 years. The j
death was announced in an official i
bulletin issued by the attending phys- !
icians, which gave the cause of death
as disease of the mitral valve and di- j
lation cf the heart.
Mr. Payne had been in poor health i
for at least two years, but his last ill- ;
rcss covered only seven days, an attack
of heart trouble last week precipitating
the end at a time when after
a rest he seemed to have recovered
a small measure of his vitality impaired
by years of arduous labor. I
Death this aftern oon came after nearly
six hours of unconsciousness. The
last official caller to Inquire as to Mr.
Payne's condition was President
Roosevelt, and ho had been gone only
about ten minutes when the stricken
member or nis cabinet expirea. occ- i
rotary Hay had called at the Payne j
apartments a few minutes before the i
President made his visit. Neither en- !
tered the sick room. As Mr. Roose- j
velt was leaving, about six o'clock, he j
spoke feelingly of Mr Payne to the j
newspaper men gathered in front of ;
the hotel as "the sweetest, most lov- !
ablo and most trustful man I ever I
knew." Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied
by Capt. Cowles, was a caller at the
family apartments of the Paynes during
the late afternoon.
The last day had been one during
which practically all hope had been
abandoned for some hours. The approach
of dissolution began during the
noon hour, when the sick man lost
consciousness and no longer recognized
those whom ho had attempted
to cheer during his illness by saying
to them that he was all right. Whcs
Mrs. Payne saw that the end was
near, 3no sumomned the Rev. Dr.
Dunlap, of St. John's Episcopal
Church, and at iier request he read
at the bedside of the dying man
Psalm 150, *"Oul of tho Depths," and
then repeated the prayers the Episcopal
church provides shall be read at
tho bed of those about to pass away.
Funeral services will be heljl at St
John's Episcqpal Church, in this city,
Friday morning, and at 3:15 that afternoon
the body will be taken to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station and
placed aboard the private car of
President A. J Earling. of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad,
who tendered ti e use of the car by
telegraph and announced that it
would bo here. The remains should
Mila-nnbon Sntlirdnv Oven
lng and servives will be held next
Sunday at the All Saints' Episcopal
Church there. A message has been
sent to the Kt. Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson,
the bishop of Milwaukee, who is
now at a convention in Boston, asking
him if he can officiate. Interment
will be at the Forest Home Cemetery,
Milwaukee. Mrs. Payne has expressed
a desire that the sen-ices b-?
as simple as possible. Further plans
for the funeral will be decided on
later.
Cortelyou to Succeed Him.
Washington, Special.?In succession
lo Mr. Payne, George Bruce Cortelyou,
forosr secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor and now chairman
of the Republican national committee.
will become Postmater General.
Mr. Cortelyou's appointment as head
of the Postoffice Department was determined
on several months ago by President
Roosevelt, when Mr. Payne Indicated
to the President his desire to retire
from the Department on account of
the precaurious state of his health. It
[3 the understanding now that Mr.
Cortelyou will assume the duties as
Postmaster General as soon as he conveniently
can al'tn- the close of the
pending campaign, probably, December
In the interim the responsibilities of
directing the affairs of the Postoffice
Department will develop on First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne.
Only Outpost Fights.
Mukden. Uy Cable.?-There has been
% few small outpost fights, bur otherwise
the situation is unchanged. Tho
Japanese cavalry forces are strong in
that direction, ?tbcir horses are in
splendid condition and the roads arc
good. The Japanese are also activo
eastward and have been re-inforced.
Bystander Shot.
San Antonio, Texas. Special.?lu a
street duel here between J. M. Chittim,
known as the Texas Cattle King and
W. W. Jones, a cattleman and bankci
of Beeville. H. S. Klwell. a traveling
man. of Milwaukee. Wis., chanced in
range and-was accidentally killed. Th#
bullet, it is said, was fired from Chittiin's
gun was placed io jaik
Not Boll Weevil.
Covington, Ga., Special.?The bugs
Fhlch made their appearance in the
cotton fields of Newton county arc not
the Mexican boll weevil, says State
Entomogolist William Newell. Some
specimens of them were submitted to
him. He states that they belong to
the same genus as the boll weevil, but
g^e distinct from the boll weevil in
^"timber of characteristics. There
is no record he says, of their being
injurious to cotton.
IN PALMETTO STATE
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! Occurrencej of Interest in Various
Partf. of the State.
The Case of Ben Bennett
J Hampton, Special.? On Monday
j morning a trut bill for murder was
| found by the grand jury against Ben
j Bennett. Arriving on the afternoon
J train from Columbia he was brought
into courl and arraigned. The case
went to trial with Solicitor Davis
for the State and Senator E F. War
I ren anil W. J. Thomas. Esq., appearing
for the defendant. The jury retired
at 7 p. m. and at 9 p. m. Judge
Klugh and the court officers and attorneys
were sent for. A verdict of
| guilty of manslaughter with recommendation
to the mercy of the court
I was received.
! The case was called up under a
i motion made by his attorneys to have
the case continued to the next term
of court. Bennett having been only
arrainged and the usual three days
allowed him for preparation.
His attorneys made eat nest appeals
to the court for a continuance, but
were opposed in a very strong and
dear argument in reply by Solicitor
Davis, who rehearsed the circum|
stances connected with Bennett's
case, the conditions under which he
had been pardoned by Governor McSweeny,
when he was serving a life
sentence in the State penitenitary,
and also referred to a telegram which
the solicitor had just read from Attorney
Colding of Savannah, who had
represented Bennett during the ordeal
of his extradition from Georgia,
to the efTect, "It was impossible to
attend court in Hampton because he
had to be present at the Supreme
Court of Georgia."
Attorneys Warren and Thomas
urged the court to grant the continuance.
because they had only been em
ployed this week. Judge Kluge refused
the motion. Bennett's ease
was heard Thursday.
* Conway Railroad.
Conway. Special.?The Conway.
Coast and Western railroad had a
force of men 'at work laying tiack
on the extension to Marion, which is
another link in Conway's connection
with the world. This work is another
evidence of the aggressive activity
shown by Mr. F. A. Burrows,
the projector and backer of the Enterprise.
In 1899 Mr. Burroughs began
building his railroad to Myrtle
Beach, and was the subject of much
good-natured raillery as to his hobby.
However, he carried it through and
his road is making money and does
not owe a dollar, a state of things
with hardly a parrellel in Sonth Carolina
road building. It is understood
that the road will bo pushed as fast
as is consistent with permanent work.
The other end, which goes to Little
River, will not he forgotten in the 1
shuffle, but will be carried right
through. The Conway, Coast and
Western has a road within ten miles
of Little River no*-. This point is
28 miles from Conway, just across
from North Carolina. Connection
with Little River will mean connec- ;
tion with Southport, N. C., where
there is plenty of water for vessels
of deep draught, there being 25 feet
of water on tire bar at dead low wa- j
ter with five or six rise of tide.
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South Carolina Items.
C. H. Reed, a flagman on the Southern
Railway, running between Augusta i
and Columbia, was killed by a passen- :
ger train at Langley Monday night between
8 and 9 o'clock. He was sitting
beside the track asleep when struck by
ihe train and instantly killed. It appears
that he was the flagman on
freight train No. 130 which was on the ;
way from Columbia to Augusta and due
to arrive there at about 9 o'clock*. His '
brother was conductor of the train.
William T. Latham, who has been '
confined in the county jail at Camden '
for several weeks awaiting the fall 1
term of court, to be tried for shooting
at a Mr. Redmond on the streets of
Camden some months ago, committed
suicide Tuesday afternoon at about
5:30 o'clock by drinking two ounces I
of lysol, a poisonous disinfectant which ]
had been given him to use on his ;
wound. When found he was in the last
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fourteen ooanlers and two servants
vere poisoned at Mrs. Mattie J. Wll- '
sen's boarding house. ir?23 Washington '
street. Columbia, Sunday, by eating ice
cream made from pineapple In which
100 much acid had been used in the
canning process. None will die, but five
are still painfully ill. Some half a dozen
who arte the cream were not affected.
J. Edward Anderson, the depot agent f
of. Mayesville. who killed" Hurst, ap- .
",-cared with'his attorney before Judge ,
Dantzler Tuesday under habeas corpus ,
proceedings. The motion was resisted c
ty the solicitor on the grounds that he J
had not been served with copies of the
affidavits and the judge postponed the j
hearing until last night In Sumter. (
Early Monday morning a negro J
named Thompson went to the place of c
Mr. W. T. Smarr in Bullock's Creek I
township, near Broad river, and killed
another negro named Jeter, using
a double barreled shotgun, firing both
loads into his victim. Jeter was picking
cotton in the field at the time.
The trouble arose over the wife of
Jeter.
Unless there is a commutation of
his sentence Aaron Williams, the rapist.
will be hanged In Camden en November
4th next.
PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS
Cotton Pretty Well Gathered in Some
Sections?Fall Sowing of Small !
Grain.
The week ending 8 a. ra., October 3,
had a mean temperature of 79 degrees,
which Is 9 above normal, and j
was, with one exception, the warm
WCCK ui tue beasuii. 1 uv trxLrciura
were a minimum of 59 at a number of
places on September 27th and on October
2, and a maximum of 99 at
Batesburg on the 29th. The heat records
for the last three days of September
were broken on the 28th, 29th
and 30th throughout the State.
The rainfall was confined to the
Southern counties, and occurred on
the 2d. amounting to slightly over an
inch in lower Barnwell county and
to nearly an inch in parts of Hampton.
but generally it was less than ]
one-fourth of an Inch, and was insuf- <
ficient to relieve the prevailing severe
drought; there was no rain in the
northern and western counties. The
condition of late fall crops, truck, gardens,
pastures and very late corn, has
been materially lowered by the
drought; practically no fall plowing
has been done, and cannot be until after
a soaking rain.
The weather was ideal for harvesting
and gathering crops.
Very late corn haa been injured by
drought, although most of the corn
crop ripened too early to be affected,
and is now being housed.
Cotton opened rapidly over the
whole State, and picking was rushed
but has not kept up with the opening,
in part owing to the scarcity of pickers.
About two-thirds of the crop
has been picked. There is practically
no top crop on the stalks In many
fields the bolls are nearly all open,
indicating piemature opening of a
portion of the crop, due to excessive
neat ana to arougnt. many smau dohs
are drying up. A continuation of the
dry weather and rapid opening will
enable the bulk of the crop to be
pickdd this month.
Rice harvest is all but finished, although
it was somewhat retarded by
high tides in the Georgetown district.
The weather was Ideal for saving forage
crops, and haying is nearly finished.
Late peas are not fruiting welb
Minor crops are generally good, and
are being gathered.
No oats or other small grains have
been sown owing to the drought.
Note,?This is the last bulletin for
the season of 1904.
J. W. BAUER,
- . Section Director.
At the Executive Office.
Gov. Reyward has declined to pardon
David Jacobs of Chesterfield county, a
white man serving life sentence for
murder. Jacobs was on the scaffold
with the noose around his neck when
Mr. D. H. Tompkins, armed with a reprieve
from Gov. Tillman, commuted
the sentence to life Imprisonment. The
pardon was requested on the ground
cf feeble health, but such Is not the s
prisoner's condition. W. D. Hilton of a
Lancaster, who has served a sentence
tor larceny of live stock, was pardoned
fo restore his citlzenshlD that he may
testify in a trial. Cuffy Nesblt, dying
rut the chaingang in Marlboro county. t
lvas given a pardon for reasons which
wore deemed quite sufficient r
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A Ginnery Burned. e
Laurens. Special.?Saturday morning fc
at 2 o'clock the ginnery, grist mill and _
saw mill of Mr. Will Power, located at s
Power, a station on the Greenville road ^
I.", miles above the city, were totally n
destroyed by fire, the origin of which fc
is unknown. There were fhree build- ^
legs, all comparatively new as was the '
r.nuipmVnt of ceeh. which consisted of
two gins. pj. sacs. a suction outfit, two E;
prist mills, and a saw mill. The loss, ^
i*. hicii includes four bales of seed cotton.
is placed at Jij.t'OO with no insurant
e. . o
g
Caught in a Gin. d
Anderson, Special.?Clarence Craw- V
ford. ? negro employed at the Excel- ?
?ior Oil mills in this city, sustained ..
painful injuries by getting his hand J,
taught in one of the gins. He was try- '
ing to clean the saws of lint while the *;
e.in was in operation. His hand was _
raught. the rapidly revolving saws
drew in his arm and he received pain[ul
cuts even on his breast. Crawford
will probably lose his hand.
Sam Marks Sentenced. si
Darlington. Special.?Sam Marks, the
hcgro who killed Mr. Hill Langston by
[.nocking him in the head several AV
weeks ago aud who has since been f]
guarded by the Darlington military q
icmpany. was oonvicieu 01 murucr i ?here
and sentenced to be banged Nov. I w
li. Moses Ham. another negro charged ^
aitb being an accomplice, was given a J
life sentence in the penitentiary.
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The I'ire Food Congress continued Q(
its meeting in St. Louis. p
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Extra Session of Legislature.
Montgomery. Special.?Acting Governor
Cunningham has declined to call
in extra session of the Legislature in
esponse to the almost universal de- ..j
nand of members of the bar of the ni
Jta'.e because of the recent decision of in
he Supreme Court declaring the Lusk ^
udkiary bill, involving the entire judi- M
iary system of the State, to be uncon- tl
ititutional. The action of the Governor
uakes it incumbent upon the executive
:ommittee to meet and decide who are
Democratic nominees.
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What date is this? asks St. Nicholas.
Of course you would say 1904, y
but if that is meant to denote the 0]
number of years since the Christian g
era it is probably wrong. Look in
some good authority and see if this jyear
should not rightly be at least
120$. It is worth your investigation 3
if it happens to be a subject you have (]
uot yet carefully considered. ?
THREE ARE KILLED
A Sad Railway Accident Occars At:
Charlotte, N. C.
SWITCH ENGINE HITS A FREIGHT
Capt. 'Wise, Switchman Walter Zeig>
ler and a Negro Coupler Nam?4
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MCK UVUU?II| IIVIB uiv w .?
Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Thre#
men, were killed Wednesday night
a boot 10 o'clock at the water tanl{
near the Southern Railway crossing
at Vance street, in the southeast part
of the city, by the crashing of a switch
engine into the rear of freight train
No. 73, south bound. Conductor Wise^
whose home was in Columbia, 8. C.;
Walter Zelgler, a young white man employed
as switchman and a negro,
named Jack Goodall, a coupler, were
the men who met death. The negro
died almost instantly, his legs being
virtually severed from his body. Capt,
Wise lived but a few minutes after ha
was taken to the Presbyterian Hospl*
Lai, and young Zeigier expired about
in hour later there. No one else received
any injuries.
The freight is always a heavy train
md it consisted of about fifteen cars,
is generally the case, the freight
jpon leaving the Southern yards shorty
[y before 10 o'clock, gets up some head*
way of its own power, and then ia
pushed out of the city with the assist
:ance of the switch engine. Thin was
lone. The long line of cars attached
:o No. 73 had gained some momen-, ^
:um when it neared the water tank,
md the switch engine, with the three
nen standing on the runnning hoard, it
was said, came after it, expecting, o|
course, to make its connectten wim
be rear of the caboose with ease. Bat
something went wrong. Trainmen
said that the draw-head of the heavy
reight engine blew oat, and snHenly
ill the brakes became set and Che Ionf
rain virtually came to a standstill,
vith the swithch engine bearing dowq
raly a short distance away. Them
vas not even time for the three men
o jump to safety. ,
The switch engine crashed into thq '
:aboose, crumpled and buckled it and.
:rushed the men on the running board,
Vs soon as possible, an ambnlaaoe was
;ent from the Presbyterian Hospital,
nrst, Capt. "Wise was taken sway, and
le managed to live just aboat to get
here. Before he was taken away, bys tanders
heard him say: "Nov I*H quit
he road for good. All my warn hare
:ot killed." His Injuries were intertal
and he probably bad no Idea that
te was hurt so seriously?that be was
oon to "quit the road" fbr good, and
ill.
Through Burning Treefle.
Washinton, Special.?A passenger
rain on the Augusta Soothers Raiload
ran into a burning trestle near
litchell, Ga., 59 miles from Augusta,
arly Wednesday, and one sna wan ?'
illed and eight others injnred. The
ixty-foot trestle was entirely destroyed
y the fire and the tender, eoeapartlent
car and two coaches also were
urned. The injured were taken to
litchell where physicians were waifcig.
All of the baggage end mail was
aved. The origin of the Art te onnown.
Traffic was resumed by trans
wring passengers to otner trans. in*
ead man is W. S. Shurley, white, bag'
age master, injured internally and
led in an hour. The injumt are: J. H.
ifrenny, engineer, of Augusta; C. D.
avis, conductor, of Tennifle. 9a.; T.
Harper, mail clerk, Augnsta; N. S.
[evils, fireman, Augusta; C. H. Marks,
assenger, Hillsboro, Ga.; Will Jones,
alored, passenger, Chalker, Ga.; A. J.
iemer, Augusta; G. I. Keliy, s pas*
rnger, Mitchell, Ga.
Killed' His 8on*fo?nsi
Dawson, Ga., Special.?Jesse Waif
hot and killed Hill Oxford, his eon-iniw,
Wednesday night in Oxford's
ard. The coroner'3 jury decided that
le killing was unjustifiable and Wall
as brought to Dawson is custody of
le sheriff. Wall's statement at the lnuest
was to the effect that he waa re-imanding
Oxford for neglecting his
ife, when Oxford cursed him and adanced
with an open knife, and that be
red to save his own life. A kaffe was
iund by Oxford's side, unopened, and
lis. with the fact that he was shot in
le back and testimony of eye-witfsses,
led to the verdict rendered. Both,
arties were well-known white men c'-i
errell county.
Tunneleea Strike Daylight.
Kuoxville, Special.?Daylight has
rae through the famous Doeset tunel,
on the Knoxville, La Fayette It
illlco Railroad, and 93 per cent of the
leading" has been removed. This tunel
has been the great stumbling block
t the completion of the new Louisville
Nashville line between this city and
?llIco, Tenn. It is now thinght trains
in be run through the tunnel not later
tan the middle of next January.
Mews of the Day.
Judge Parker held coBMltatlonr
ith Democratic leaders is New York.
The Democratic State Ooamittee at
rilmington, Del., unanimoesly reacted
Hon. Willard Sautsbery chairtan.
Hon. Hoke Smith spoke at Charlotte,
ortb Caroiina.
Secretary of State Hay made an adrests
of welcome before the feteraa?
onal Peace Congress, which ?et fe.
ostoa.