The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 29, 1905, Image 2
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Facts A
By Burton Holme
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European d
Rice is the
Sixteen cents a day is now j
years ago it was six cents.
Japan has very few raillionai
Tokio is a hundred vears oldt
The lovely Japanese cherry 1
On the Japanese stage male
There is only one Japanese i
Danjiro, the great Japanese
Japan.
Japanese dead are buried in
More than 10.000 pilgrims, m
Fujiyama is 12,365 feet high,
foot for every day in the year.
The Japanese people, even tl
Modern Japanese coins and b
in Japanese.
% Semi-nudity is common in ru
and healthful.
The average Japanese is bet
Wrinkles are poetically term*
It is quite proper, even eomr
The Japanese "Hello!" at th<
with the accent on the "nay."
The Japanese farewell. "Say*
so." or "If we must part thus, so 1
Kissing and shaking hands J
Japanese mothers do not kis
lips to the forehead or cheek of t
Sewing on buttons is not a w
Japanese inns furnish fresh
guest. The brush is of wood, sha
of fibre at the large end.
All of the food served to a gu
by him at the time is taken to h
Japanese chop-sticks are deli
The two sticks, already shaped, 1
broken apart by the guest.
Japan has one of the largest
vice to the United States and to
. 4
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By C
I. i N THE stage th<
Ohe interprets, bi
character and t<
self in a charac
== able to guide it
logically so int
which ->n actor
? dressing-room t
To me the swil
ways has formed one of the mosi
profession. I have seen John Dn
In his dressing-room, on being su
versation in a foreign tongue irn
jump from a funny story in the
"When We Were Twenty-One;" '
her next season's route to make 1
tress Nell;" Calve, behind the see
ador hat, stand back and laugh, i
. . . Actors rarely are ill, and
These characteristics of the pro
every night the actor gets out of
another life. Then. too. many pro 1
believe that the audience, like a c
footlights, inspiring and rejuvera
r\f fHncp mvQfpri
19 UUl UliC ixivtv v/i iuvwv w?v..
one direction or another and wh!
within a wheel, that character w
son. the actor's second self. "Wi
nailing to each other across the
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Perils of t
By Be
j. OT only is there
fi ^ ? a tum in an aut
M a temptation to
^ the inclination i
when standing
fought against
^ ^ I refer now
the outer fence
yielded to ever
unrl infA *. hil tpo
laruugu UIC icuvc auu juiu Itiv. xv
with whom I have talked intimat
It comes because when turn!
the track you feel as if you sure!
you turn away, and there is a coi
from that inner rail.
Another peculiar fact about (3
is that it is the inside wheels oi
this is not generally appreciated
machine in a curve in which the
ing out on the right-hand side of 1
down, whereas it is always from
is any hanging out -being done.
4
Cost of Colle?
* N ORDER to pi
f? * against Prineet
.NT ? <> spent, cr more
4 I 1' eight youths to
J I > utes, cost Yale
4 ^ ? no: counting th
| ??< the best part o
The lootba,
sible care. Th<
which would ^indicate to the rani
training. Uniforms and the arm
nearly a hundred doilars for eac!
from the training table cost the
volved an outlay ot $794. The La
chandiso and sporting goods, or c
and shoes per man.
Twenty years ago Yale footb
ens even in those days. Today
wearing gear.?Outing.
Strange Sleeping Places.
An eccentric man named H
who has just died at Romford, di
sleep in a bed for over twenty :
His faw>rite night resort wai
stokehole%t the parish church,
the police stopped his visits,
that he slept while leaning oi
railings in the market place.?Lc
(Daily Expres^
The cily of Salem, Mass., oi
prizes last year to boys for k
JirojED-taiJ moths, - ?
lrty=two
lbout Japan a
fs, Traveler and Lecturer.
y 50,000,000 people, more than half as many
tates.
Mikado" signifies something like "the Sacred
ublime Porte."
of the reigning Mikado is Mutsu Hito.
)f the Empress is O Haru?"spring."
>f the Crown Prince is Yoshi Hito.
ress is worn at all court functions,
common food of the common people.
;ood pay for unskilled labor in Japan. Ten
res and practically no multi-millionaires.
t than St. Petersburg.
trees produce no cherries.
actors play the female roles.
actress?Mme. Sada Yacco.
tragedian, is also the most skilful dancer of
a squatting posture, chin upon knees,
ale and female, ascend Fujiyama every year.
, a thousand feet for every month, plus one
le poor, travel muoh in their own country,
ank notes bear legends in English as well as
iral Japan, and furthermore it is respectable
ter bathed than the average Britisher.
>d by the Japanese "waves of old age."
dimentary, to ask a lady's age in Japan.
i telephine is "Moshi! moshi:" or "Ano ne!"
anara," means something like "If it mu^kbe
be it."
tre rarely practiced in Japan. %
s their children, though they may press the
i very young baby.
ifely duty in Japan?there are no buttons,
tooth-brushes every morning free to every
ped like a pencil, and frayed to a tufty brush
est at a Japanese banquet and not consumed
is home by the servants of iiis host,
vered to the guest in a decorated envelope,
form one tong-shaped piece of wood and are
steamship companies in the world, with scrEngland
by the way of Suez.
e Stage
Second Self A
ustav Kobbe.
5 actor is two persons. He is the character
at, at the same time, he himself controls that
;lls it what to do. This ability to merge oneter,
yet keep partly aloof from it, so as to be
, this contradictory dual personality, psychoeresting,
accounts lor the swiftness with
can step from the society of friends In his
o the stage and be In character
't merging of the actor's self into a role al;
interesting things to be observed about the
?w, while conversing with a friend in French
immoned by the call-boy, plunge from a conto
an English speaking role; Nat Goodwin
wings into the most sentimental scene of
Henrietta Crosman run from a discussion of
ter famous leap through the window in "Misnes,
mischievously knock off Plancon's Toreind
then go on or her Carmen death scenes.
often dio in harness at a good old age.
fession are considered due to the fact that
himself, away from his own humors?leads
essionals who have given the matter thought
omposite personality, projects itself over the
ting the actor with magnetic potency. This
ous influences which cross the footlights in
A ?.?t-/-. tkfit Tvhenl
icn coninouie 10 uj*; uia?\v-u>j ui
ithin a character, that person within a perireless?"
Actor and audience have been sigfootlights
for centuries.?The Delineator.
f7
he Auto Pace 5
irney Oldjield.
a peculiar sensation felt when swinging about
omobile, but there is also what may be called
commit suicide. It is something similar to
that comes to throw one's self over the edge
on a bridge or a housetop, and it has to be
the same way.
to the impulse to steer the machine toward
when rounding a curve. If the impulse was
so little, the machine and driver would hurl
es or the crowd in a jiffy. 'Every racing man
ely has this same temptation,
ing in toward the pole to hold the curve of
ly are going through the inside fence unless
istant fight with one's self from steering out
triving a machine around the turn of a track
! a car which leave the ground. Apparently
. because I hav> seen drawings of a racing
driver's assistant was renresentcd as hang
the car, next t4o the driver, in order to hold it
the inside edge that a man leans when there
%e Sports Ralph D. Paine
aco eleven young men of Yale in the field
on and Harvard last autumn $26,990.00 was
than two thousand dollars a head. To fit
row against Harvard, a test of twenty niiu$16,026.85.
or two thousand dollars a head,
e coxswain. This is boat-racing at a cost of
f a thousand dollars a minute.
II men were equipped with the greatest pos?ir
shoes alone cost $1189, a bill for foot-gear
t outsider that a team of centipedes were in
or of the foot ball warrior cost $3,735.52, or
h of the squad. Hotel bills and meals away
Yale'treasury $5,360.42. Carriage hire inse
ball squad required $2,37S.13 worth of meribout
one hundred dollars' worth of uuifornis
ail cost SZ.YSZ.oU, ana mere were great eievthis
would not pay for uniforms and other
STILL LOVES THE RING,
edge?1 Mabel?So you have broken off the
d noi! engagement? Have you returned his
rears , ring?
s the! Amy?Why, no! that wouldn't be
unti: reasonable. Of course. I have
Aftei changed my opinion of George, but
i the I admire the ring as much as ever,
mdor ?Chicago Journal.
t
Fully 75 per cent, of the rural pop
fforei nlatlon of the Prussian province of
illinj Saxony has drifted to the large cities
?' Bays the Hanover Courier.
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Minor Happenings of the Week at
Home and Abroad. ]
Down in Dixie.
Miss Virginia Downer, of Norfolk, j
was drowned at Alexandria. | j
I Mrs. Eva Fuller was burned to death j
at Petersburg from kindling fire with i
coal oil. : /
E. C. Edwards, of Henderson, was
struck and killed by a Seaboard passenger
train on Wednesday.
I
Gen. William R. Cox was married
: on Wednesday in Richmond. Va., to
I Miss Claiborne or mat city.
The Virginia Corporation Commission
has ruled that the Standard Oil j
and the American Can Companies must i
i pay charter fees of $3,000 and $3,000, 1 j
i respectively.
The annual meeting of the Southern j ,
! wholesale grocers began at Norfolk.
Judge Berryman Green died at Dan- (
ville. i
The training ship at Annapolis, *
known heretofore as the Chesapeake, 1
has been named the Severn. (
O. M. Baldinger, a Norfolk political (
worker, was convicted of offering ]
forged voters' transfers and was sentenced
to three years in the peniten- '
tiary. *
Elsie, the baby of Mr. Jack Penow, .
of Lynchburg, was strangled to death, .
its clothes having caught In the
spring as it fell out of bed.
The Credit Men's Association select- i
ed Baltimore as the meeting place 1
for next year. 1
Confederate veterans paraded .
through the principal streets of Louis- k
ville. Ky. m
In the municipal election at Jackson- 1
ville, Fla., George M. Nolan, Democrat- t
1c nominee for mayor, was re-elected, (
receiving 1,337 out of 1,473 votes cast. '
In St. Augustine. Mayor Boyce was re- i
elected by 183 majority. 1
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At the National Capital.
i
Maj.-Gen. John C. Bates succeeded ,
Major-General Gillespie as assistant ,
chief of staff at the War Department. J
Attorney-General Moody submitted ^
to President Roosevelt a statement re- t
J lating to the Sante Fe rebate cases <
and Secretary Morton's connection with j
them. f
Secretary Shaw is to try the experi- J
ment of paying Government employes '
by check instead of cash.
The President has appointed a com- t
mittee of five to investigate the busi- j
ness methods of the Government and
suggests needed reforms. <
A Washington special says: "It is (
intimated in official circles here that *
negotiations are proceeding looking to 1
an armistice between Japan and Rus- *
sia. The stumbling block in the way 1
of an armistice appears to be that |
neither belligerent is filing to take '
the initiative. The present negotia- ?
tions, it is understood, consists of an J
effort to sound one or both governments
as to their willingness to agree li
? ?? r* ioHnA f
iu at at 1U10UV.V. J
Through the North.
The Chicago Civic Federation advised
against municipal ownership.
President Roosevelt spent a few
days the first of the week In New
1 England.
The City Trust and Safe Deposit
J Co.. of Philadelphia, has failed as a
i result of the Gaskill forgeries. . r
The Lutheran Synod continued its c
sessions in Pittsburg and received re- *
ports on church extension and other j
subjects. c
Both of the 18-hour trains on the \
New York Central and Lake Shore rail- b
road between New York and Chicago i
arrived ahead of schedule time. c
Paul Morton, chairman of the board i
j of directors of the Equitable Life As,
surance Society, has directed two expert
accountants to make an investigation.
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor has
authorized Explorer Champ, to con- I
tinue his search for the North Pole, i
the expedition having been fitted out a
by the late William Ziegler. r
Jesse Wilson, of Indiana, was ap- 1
pointed Assistant Secretary of the In- J
terior, to succeed M. W. Miller, re *
signed. c
The hot weather caused four deaths
In Brooklyn, N. Y.
It is rumored in Philadelphia that
Mayor Weaver may cause the arrest <
of Israel W. Durham, the Republi- s
can organization leader, in connection <
with certain contracts.
Foreign Affairs. <
Emperor Nicholas received a delegai
tion of Zemstvoists, to whom he reaf
firmed his intention of calling a na- 1
tional assembly. f
Germany, suspecting Europe's intention.
has engaged in unusual naval
activity.
The Chinese movement to boycott
American goods is growing steadily. c
j France will take part in an inter- I
national conference upon Morocco. a
Field Marshal Oyama is gradually ex- t
j tending his line of Japanese troops
; from the Mongolian border to the Sea j *
j of Japan. |
Miscellaneous Matters. e
Three hundred descendants of the j
Fries family gathered in a reunion at l
| Winchester.
M. Rouvier, the French Premier, ,
has decided to retain the Foreign Af
fairs porto-folio. *
On motion of counsel for Gaynor ;
and Greene, the habeas corpus pro- i
* Tunc. I
Iceeuings were jjuaipuueu uum * (
day, counsel stating that the motion j J
J to quash his clients' appeal to the | 1
Supreme Court would be argued on <
j Monday.
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild bequep'lr
54.000.000 of his estate to ! ,
i charitable purposes. I ^
The Italian Heraldic Court decided 1
that titles of nobility conferred by the 1
| Pope are valid. ''
It is officially announced that a Jap'
anese detachment in northern Korea
I completely occi^ied Kangsong on ^
Tuesday. A few thousand Russians,
' wtih artillery, imired toward Siasong,
12 miles nort^ard.
The feeling^of doubt that James j
Hazen Hyde ha^|eally sold his majority
stock in the Equitable Life As- 1
surance Society to Thomas F. Ryan i
appears to be on the increase and l
there is a growing belief that there t
may be as much one-man power in the s
society under the trusteeship as be- t
i fore. j
msHRNZAL
:orger Got His Hand in Cleverly For
Near a Million
KANY BANKS WERE EASILY DUPED
Vn Investigation Into the Affairs of
Benj. H. Gaskill, a Philadelphia
Broker, Who Died Four Weeks
Ago, Discloses a Sensational Case
of Forgery.
Philadelphia, Special.?One of the
nost sensational cases of forgery that
las ever been brought to light in flnan:ial
circles of this city was disclosed
vhen it was announced that certificates
:alling for a small number of shares
)f stock had been fraudulently raised
x> hundreds of shares, causing a loss
:o certain banks and trust companies
>f this city of from $750,000 to $1,000,)0O.
The forgery involves the name of
Benjamin H. Gaskill, who went to his
jrave four weeks ago. Gaskill was
:he sole member of the banking and
jrokerage concern known as Benj. H.
Baskill & Co. He had offices in the
Inancial district and his credit was
:onsidered gilt edged.
Gaskill died about four weeks ago,
md at the time of his death he was
jelieved to be worth about half-miliam
dollars. He left no will and adnJmct-rtHnro
h/?crnn tn /Oriop iin hla hue.
ffess. A patron of the firm, whose
lame is not given, bought from the
;state 100 shares of Philadelphia Tracion
Company stock. This was sent to
;he Philadelphia Traction Company's
)ffice to have the transfers recorded.
The stock exchange, of which Gaskill
*as a member, then sent out notices
:o its members not to receive stock
:ertiflcates from the Gaskill estate.
A further investigation brought to
ight a surprising state of affairs. It
ivas found that Gaskill had credited
limself on his own books with 6,000
jhares of Philadelphia Traction stock,
ralued approximately at $600,000, while
:he Traction Company's books showed
>hat he only had 400 shases. It was
ilso discovered that he had raised
stock certificates of the United States
Flail way s of New Jersey from two to
200 and the certificates of the Frank'ord
& Southwark Street Railway
Company, in this city, from two to
:wenty. The latter stock is worth $450
i share.
Gaskill kept two accounts, one re;ording
the transactions of his customers,
which was correct, and another
riving his own transactions His books
diowed that he was losing from $15,000
X) $20,000 a year in his business His
nethod of operation was to obtain ceriflcates
of gilt-edged securities callng
for one, two, three or some other
small number of shares, raise the figires
and give them as securities for
arge loans At kast six banks and
:rust companies of this city admit
lolding fraudulent securities for large
oans.
financier who has been making an
nvestigation said that the amount of
noney loaned on the raised certificates
vill aggregate between $750,000 and
11,000,000. It Is believed that very
ittle will be recovered from the estate.
Texas Railroad Sold.
Beaumont, Tex., Special.?The Beaunont,
Sour Lake & Western Railroad,
i twenty-mile line from this city to
Sour Lake, tapping a rich lumber ana
iil region, has been sold to B. F. Yoalum,
of New York, representing the
It. Louis & San Francisco. The sale
cas ratified at a meeting of the stocklolders
here. It is expected that the
lurchasers will make the road the nuleus
of a line reaching from Houston
o New Orleans, with various branches.
The terms of the s ile were not given
ut.
Ex-Governor Lubback III.
Austin, Tex., Special.?Ex-Governor
'"Yank Lubbock, one of the most promnent
men in Texas, at the advanced
ige of 86 years, was stricken with paalysis.
It may be possible, it is said,
hat he will linger for a day or t\ro,
tut the attending physicians assert that
lis advanced age gives no hope of reovery.
Reddoch Goes to Prison.
St Louis, Special.?M. M. Redlock,
ex-postmaster of Yazoo, Mississippi
when arraigned in the United
States district court pleaded guilty
o having trumped up charges against
Congressman Claude Kitchen of the
* ^ ^ n n*ao
irst i\onn turuuud uiamti, auu
ier.tcnced to serve one year in the
Missouri penitentiary fit Jefferson City
ind pay a fine of $100.
Bowen Dismissed.
Washington, Special.?The dismissal
>f Herbert W. Bowen, for some years
JuPed States Minister to Venezuela,
ind the exoneration of Assistant Sec ctary
^f State Loomis, of the alleraiions
brought against him by Mr.
Jowen, are the outcome of the LoomisJowen
controversy, which has attract;d
wide attention for many months
)?..~t. This disposition of the case is
cade by President Roosevelt in a letter
idclressed to Secretary Taft, made pubic,
approving Mr. Taft's report on his
indings and conclusions in the case.
Dropped Dead While Speaking.
Chicago, Special.?S. P. Shecrin. formerly
secretary of the Democratic naonal
committee, dropped dead on the
v>r>r of tho convention hall in the Au
Itorium Hotel while making an ad"08s
before the delegates to the con>ntion
of National Inter-State Independent
Telephone Association. Death
vas due to appolexy. Mr. Sheerin
vas president of the nev; long-distance
:elephone company, of Indianapolis,
ind had been selected to reply to an
iddress of welcome.
Negro Lynched in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.?Simon
Ford, a negro who assaulted a white
voman near Riverside, has been taken
:rom jail at Hohenwald, Tenn., by a
nob of fifty men and shot to death.
Ford was arrested after being perhaps
'atally wounded. After his arrest he adnitted
his guilt and was later identiled
by his victim. Ford was hauled to
he scene of his crime, about ten miles,
iuffering from his wounds. He asked to
)e killed the quickest way and did not
dead for his life.
South Carotin* Railroad Commiuion i
After Thorough Investigation of the
Wreck of the Ogden Special, Makes j
Report.
Columbia, S. C., Special. ? The
Railroad Commission on Wednesday
filed their finding on the wrcek
of the Ogden special car near Greenville
on April 29. The finding goes
into the particulars in detailand makes
some rather drastic recommendations.
In addition to the regular finding
Commissioner Earle filed a supplementary
report on the wreck and
makes some additional findingse.
The commission says:
"The yard engine and train engaged j
in switching in the Greenville yards ]
was neither a second or third class !
train, and the effect of the train or- ;
ders above mentioned was not to alter j
the* rolotinnc Kntvnon it anH PYtr? pn- i
; gine 1010, as established by the rules ;
of the railroad company. We find the
' rules of the railroad company make
1 all extra trains inferior to regular
trains of whatever class. The rule of
the company which governed the train
in question on the day of the accident
was as follows:
" 'Yard limits are indicated by sign
boards reading 'Yard limits' located
on either side of Spencer. Salisbury,
Charlotte, Spartanburg. Spartanburg
junction. Greenville, Toccoa, Lula, j
Athens. Elberton. Armour and Atlanta
Switching and other engines and trains
may work within these limits without
regard to second class and inferior
trains, but must give way immediately
upon their approach. Second class
and inferior trains must approach and
run through yard limits under full 1
control, expecting to find the main
track occupied. In case of accident, I
responsibility rests with approaching
train.'
"From this it is apparent that as ,
acording to the company's classiflca- '
tion of trains, which is the usual clas- !
siflcation on American railways, the I
extra train of engine 1010 was inferior
in class, and for the purpose of ascer- i
taining its right on the road to sec- I
ond class trains, it was its duty, in J
I approaching and running through i
Greenville yard, tq do so 'under full ;
control,' and 'expecting to find the |
main track occupied,' It was right |
under the rules for the switch engine .
and train to work within the yard lim- |
its without regard to approaching
second class or inferior trains, which '
include extra trains, but they are re- 1
quired to give way immediately upon
their approach.
''Under these rules the entire obligation
of safety rests upon the approaching
train, and, in fact, the rule
explicitly states that 'in case of accident,
responsibility rest with approaching
train.'
"If we take the rules to govern a
train crew, we must decide from the
facts shown that the approaching extra
train, in this case engine 1010, was, j
in approaching and passing through j
the Greenville yard limits, being run |
In direct violation of these rules, and 1
of being under 'full control' was running
from thirty-eight to forty miles
per hour. It appears from the evidence
that the engineer and conductor
of this train had been furnished with
the rules in question had been examin- !
ed on and knew them, but simply in i
action, at least, misinterpreted them.
HOLDS CREW responsible
"The conclusion, therefore, of the
i commission, is that the responsibility
j for the accident rest primarily with
i the crew of engine No. 1010."
The commission after stating that j
the rules of the company are standard
says:
"There is one point, however, that
the commission are not fully satisfied '
with, and that is when the operator i
at Greenville received the last mes- j
sage, that is that the Ogden speeial j
was running forty minutes late, if he j
received it in time, and it seems from j
the testimony that he did, he (the op- I
erator at Greenville) should have
made every effort to convey this notice
to the yard crew. If this could have
I been successfully done, in all proba- |
I bility this unfortunate accident could
have been averted.
."It appears that the trainmen on
this special misunderstood their orders,
and that they considered that
they were running a first-class train.
It further appears that the yard men
in Greenville regarded them as a special,
and that they should have come
into the Greenville yard uador control,
expecting the main track occupied. It
appears that the train crews having
the safety and lives of the passengers |
in charge are not sufficiently familiar [
with their orders, and that railroad
companies should only employ men I
for these position who are thoroughly
familiar with all orders, rules, etc., j
concerning their work.
"It further appears that when so j
many trains are handled over a single
track, that in all such cases the railroads
should use the block system,
and any other precautions that it is j
possible to use. It further appears
that there is not sufficient track room
in the Greenville yard, and that more
room should be given for the handling
of the large amount of business there.
"The commission recommended that
in cities like Spartanburg, Greenville, j
Charleston, Columbia, and other cit- \
ies like these, that the railroad companies
should have an employe for the
purpose of delivering messages, telegrams.
etc.. to the yardmaster and all
yard crews that may be in the yard
; nvor. I
limits on duty, concerning au ,
due trains and the approach of all
extra trains.
"Respectfully submitted.
"J. H. Wharton, chairman,
"B. L. Caughman,
"John H. Earle.
"Commissioners." j
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Shot For Hiring Negroes.
! A special from Florence says that
H. D. Granger, a local Baptist preach- |
er. was shot from ambush and killed j
while working on his farm near there ;
Friday. He lived in the district i
known as the "dead stretch," where I
it is said that negroes are not wel- j
come, and the only explanation of his
death is that he had hired two negroes j
to work on the farm and had protected
, them?even allowing them to sleep
on his premises.
Two New Majors.
Major Walter B. Moore, of Yorkville, !
and Major W. T. Brock, of Cberaw,
went to Columbia and stood successful- j
Iv the examination for promotion.
These are the only new majors in the I
j militia under the recent elections. MaI
jor Moore came through Chester xnd
[ reports that the condition of Mr. Paul
G. McCorkle is extremely critical. Mr.
McCorkle has never rallied from the g
kick in the face which he received 1
from a frightened horse a few weeks R
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Oconee People Ask Poi^jCTarte^^^ff
County Road.
A new railway the "Oconee County !
Railway Company," applied for a charter
Monday. The railway will be
capitalized at $50,000 wlta the privilege
of increasing to $200,000. and will
run from Westminister on the Southern
to Fairplay, which is near the
conjunction of the Oconee, Anderson
and Georgia lines, and will run
through intermediate stations including
Oakway. The declaration asks
for powers to dam rivers and furnish
light and power and provides that the
railway may be operated either by
steam or electricity.
The corporators are W. P. Anderson,
and Wm. Bibb of Westminister; J. W.
Shelor of Walhalla; J. J. Halley. Jas.
Bates and L. A. Edwards of Oakway;
W. L. Thomas of Tugalo; J. D. Sheldon,
E. C. Marett and J. R. Heller of
Fair Play, and J. W. Shirley of Town
ville.
I
Steamboat Launched.
Columbia, Special.?"The City of Columbia,"
Columbia's new freight boat,
to make weekly round trips between
here and Georgetown, was launched
Tuesday afternoon with impressive
ceremony and in the presence of several
hundred people, the attendance being
large in spite of the excessive heat.
The boat has a gross tonnage of 300 and
a net tonnage of 360, is 135 feet Ion;;,
30 feet wide, and is a stern-wheeler
propelled by an 85-horse power engine,
with a down-stream speed of 15 miles
an hour and an up-stream speed of 9
miles. The christening was by little
Miss Janie Murray, daughter of Dr. W.
J. Murray the president of the company.
The Enterprise is backed by the
strongest and most successful local
business men, who intend to make this
an interior port of Importance, adding
a number of various kinds of boats in
the immediate future. With this is
view correspondence has been opened
with the Washington authorities and
with the head officials of the Southern
and Seaboard railroads looking to the
construction of a draw bridge across
the Congaree at a point near where the
roads have ordinary bridges over which
they come into the city a short distance
below the present landing of the
boat. The company intends to blast out
the entire river, if this is necessary, in
order to put on a complete line of
boats.
Edgefield to Discuss the Dispensary.
XT' A rrc\ flnlrl cnncin 1 A ooll ft\ * f|
UUgCUVlU, ayctiai.- A v??it iwt ?
mass meeting of the citizens of Edgefield
county in the court house has
been made and the same will be published
in the county papers this week
announcing Monday July S, as the
time to discuss the matter of voting
out the dispensary here. This action
is fathered by some of the leading
and most influential citizens
throughout the county and there is little
doubt but that an election will
be ordered and the State rum mill dislodged
from this baliwick. Whether
prohibition absolute is in the majority
is questionable and it remains only to
be seen, but the people here are sick
of the State selling liquor.
A Negro Shot.
Laurens, Special.?Ferrell Milam, a
young white man of the county shot
Ader Madden, a negro farm hand Monday
while the two were engaged in
a personal difficulty. A warrant was
issued for Milam, but he came' In and
was granted bond in the proper sum
for his appearance at the next term
of the criminal court to answer to the
charge of assault and battery with intent
to kill.
It seems that Milam shot at the
negro several times, but only one shot
struck Madden, which took effect in
the arm just above the wrist and
ranged upward or inward, coming out
at a point between the elbow and
shohlder. During the fight Milam was
struck on the head, apparently with
a brick or rock. According to the statement
of Milam the negro was whipping
a negro woman and he decided to interfere
for the purpose of stopping
the fuss. Madden resented and the
ngni ensuea.
Heavy Storm Damage.
Tampa. Fla., Special. ?One death
and damage to property amounting to
thousands resulted from an electric
storm and cloudburst which occurred
here Tuesday afternoon. Beatrice Colin.
aged 7. colored, was killed by
lightning while standing in the door
of her hom'e. The roof of the Peninsular
Telephone exchange, fell in
smashing the switchboard and injuring
several young lady operators, none
seriously.
Major Carrington'5 Case Up.
Washington, Special.?The proceedings
in the case of Maj. F. del Carrington.
tried by court-martial in the Philippines.
have arrived at the War Department
for review by the President.
Major Carrington was in charge of the
battalion of Philippine scouts at the
St. Louis Exposition, and his trial was
based on charges of misappropriation
of funds and the duplication of accounts.
The court sentenced him to
dismissal. Carrington was tried by civil
authorities of the Philippines and sentenced
to sixty years and five days imprisonment.
New Enterprises.
The Lynchburg Mercantile Company
of Lee County received a commission
this week. The concern is capitalized
at $5,000 and its corporators are: W.
E. Mcintosh. J. F. Mcintosh. Jr., S. W.
Frierson. J. W. Tarrant and E. D.
Smith.
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Another commission was issuea 10 >
the Evins Land company of Spartan- i
burg. The capital is $11,000 and the j
corporators are: J. Choice Evins and ;
Thos. M. Evins.
The Independent Canning Company
of Charleston will have a capital stock
of $40,000 and the corporators will be:
William Fait, William Q. Lloyd, A. C.
Tobias and Edward W. Wynne.
The Wateree club of Camden will be
a hunting and fishing club. A number
of northerners are among {he
corporators. They are: W. G. Fellowes,
Ralph N. Ellis and Floyd Warren,
all of New York city and John
^^tey of Camden. This is an eleej^Bsynary
organization.
" Judge Thomas J. Christian died in
a hospital at Newjort News.
Many
Langley
coiumBHJ^H^^^H^B
tangle^, a
car ^pairing depa^CTOnt at
the Southern railway in
has unaccountably disappeare^^^^^H^^^B
been seen by his family
his friends since Monday.
home on the Barh&mville
than a mile from the shop*
Monday morning. He w^ .
accustomed place all day *.j
hours timer^sUatu^pvi.^^^^^^^H
o'clock that night
work he was seen by
oing towards his home and
that can be learned of him is
was at the store of Mr. William G. jHH
Allworden. on the Barhamville road, BB
that night. jUM
His wife is unable to account for
his absence, and she says she thinks
hp has heen foully dealt with. She and ',vfl
her two young children have b^n left /mI ^
in a most deplorable condition, ^oth
of the children are sick an-.i she her- ?
self Is just recovering from a receflt V
illness. The eldest of the two chil\ J
dren is two years old and the youngest \ \fl
is only seven months old. They are \J]J
without money or the necessaries of
life and are dependent on the bounty > fl
of their good neighbors for food^a>A~*s*sJH
shelter.
The Langleys investsd in $75 worth 1
of furniture on the installment plan - V
when they began housekeeping some j
time ago, and this has been seized and 9
removed by the furniture house from i J
which it was bought because of her
inability to pay the installments. Mrs. 1
Langley said that she had paid about
half of the $75 and that she had taftt
that and her furniture too. She and her J
children are being cared for at thn _A
home of Joseph L. Gates, who live# J
near the broken up home of the Lang- *
icyu.
So far as can be learned there is W
absolutely nothing to indicate why v
Langley should have left except that V
he was in debt and could not meet'
his obligations. His wife states that
he had no enemies, so far as she knew. A
There is no reason to believe that he <<
has met with foul play. >j
Petition For Pardon.
A petition for the pardon of John, tj
Hendrix, of Pickens county, has been - 3
filed with the Governor. The convict
is said to be a weak-minded boy who,
in 1900, was given a life sentence on the
charge of burglary with attempt toassault.
Daniel Doe, an imbecile, of Barnwell
county, who a few weeks ago pleaded ?
guilty to the charge of larceny and J
was given a sentence of thirty months
on the chaingang, is the object of the- , Js
sympathies of the county officials In
Barnwell who have written to the Gov- ^ Jj
ernor to have the boy released on a
pardon.
Hurley Jones, of Greenville, is serving
a life sentence on the charge of as- p
sault. The mother of the woman who
alleges that she was assaulted, has asked
for the prisoner to be pardoned,
as there were circumstances which are
in the convict's favor. J
New Enterprises.
The Bank of Norway has applied for
a charter. A commission has been Is- - -a
sued to the following corporators: '
W. C. Wolfe and J. A. Berry, of Orange- *
burg, and C. H. Able, J. G. Williams,. $, ^
L. W. Jeffcoat, C. T. Dowling and A. L*.
Garick. of Norway. The capital stock,
will be $10,000.
Tho GipcHnc Music House, of Char- .< j
leston. wants to be incorporated with
a capitalization of $24,000. M . ^
A commission was Issued to the following
corporators of the Bank of
Lynchburg, which will have a capitalization
of $20,000. T. G. McLeod. E. D.
Smith. J. C. Kilpatric, J. A. Rhame,
J. G. Stokes.
The Georgetown Boat Oar Company
was chartered, capitalization. $5,000. ;^
F. D. Wilsey Is president; Walter Haz- $
ard, vice-president, and F. C. Clutter- f v
buck, secretary.
The Timmonsville Lumber Company
was given a commission, the corpora
tors being B. D. Dargan ana t\ u wucox.
The capitalization will be $40,000.
The United Brotherhood of Labor of
Enon. Richland county, was given an
eleemosynary charter, as was the "Industrial
Health and Accident Company,
of Aiken," a burial aid society.
A charter was Issued to the Charleston
Steamship Company, capitalization
$20,000. A. C. Tobias is president; Wal- J
ter Pringle. vice-president: John W.
Peterman. secretary and treasurer. The
largest stockholder is Moses Marks, of
Georgetown. -It/
Walter B. Dean, of Spartanburg, was
appointed a State constable. .
A charter was issued to the Barnwell
County Building and Loan Association,
capitalization, $30,000. George H. Bates
is president and W. C. McXab, secre- L
tary and treasurer. ? - fc
Violating Game Law. I
Mr. H. McRae, of Albriton. Marion I
county, has written to Capt. John C-. ^
Sellers that the fish laws are bekjg
violate dflagrantly on the Little Pee
Pee river. Dynamite, traps and other
means of wholesale destruction are
being used. ,,
Captain Sellers has written to Governor
Hey ward and recommends the
appointment of Mr. S. G. Moore, of Albriton,
as game warden, under the
provisions of the act passed in Februr
ary last. *
Two Great Men.
It was when Odell was govenor or"
New York state and ^ visitor to the
fair at Mineola. L. I., that a plainlooking,
plainly dressed woman shoved
her way through the crowd and said . '
to him: ^ 'J
"Governor, I want your permission
to bring my husband here and intn>
duce him."
"What's the name, please?" queried
Odell.
"Jones, sir?Tim Jones." ^
"Jones? Jones? I beg pardon, but
I don't remember to have heard of
him before."
"No, I don't s'pose you ever did;'
hut he's just won the race for 3-yearolds,
riding his own horse, and is noat
as big a man as you are." m