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MILLINERY RECEPTION
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Our Autnmn Exhibit of Import?i Hats and fashion's latest faneies in Milli
nery will be held on the afternoon of Sept. 30th, front 4 to 9.30.
On the following day, Oct. 1st, we will make an additional grand display of our handsome new stock m the various
departments, which we feel quite sure will be of interest to all who can reach our store on these dates. Tn making this
announcement, we wish our friends and the public to accept it as an invitation, and to become our guests for the evening.
We will be glad to to see you The orchestra will be in attendance to add to the charms of the occasion, and souvenirs
w??i be distributed. Boo't forget the dates, Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st. With best wishes,
Slimier Dry
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CUT BY A CORN SHREDDER.
Sr. Daniel Davis Has Ooe Arm Severely
Injured.
? negro, who came in haste for a
doctor, brought the news to town
abo??t 1 o'clock yesterday of a serions
accident to Mr. Daniel Davis, of Con
/cord township. The negro could give
no particulars of the accident, merely
stating that Mr. Davis, While ope
rating a corn shredder, had' one^ arm
cut to pieces from the hand almost to
the shoulder. It is possible that the
report exaggerates the gravity of Mr.
Davis' injuries, but it is certain that
he suffered quite a serious wound.
Later?Sellable information* is that
Mr. Davis' injuries while painful
are not serious. His hand was pain
fully cut across the back, the skin
and flesh being torn loose, and there
is a deep cut across the' palm. The
arm was neither cut nor injured in
any other way.
Agreements Should be Kept
There seems to be a tendency on the
part of some of the merchants to ignore
the agreement to close all stores
promptly at 10 o'clock on Saturday
night. For some little time some of I
the stores have not been closed prompt
ly and, while at first the late stayers
kept open only a few minutes after
the hour for closing, they are now
"fudging" more and more every week.
If a halt is not called at once, if the
merchants do not live up to the letter
of the agreement' and close promptly
at 10 o'clock every Saturday night, the ?
termination of the early closing coni- j
pact is in sight. While aN majority of
the merchants have no desire to keep
open iate Saturday night and hope to
keep the early closing in force for all
time, still they will be forced to keep
open late, if others persist in violating
the agerement.
There is no good reason for keeping
the stores open until II or 12 o'clock
Saturday night aad it is to be hoped
that the movement in that direction
will be nipped in the bud at once.
SOUTH CAROLINA TELEPHONES.
They are Made in Suinter and Sold all
Over the Country?The industrial
Prosperity of This State.
"About four years ago," said Mr.
F. C. Manning, of Sumter, S. C., at
the Ebbitt House, "I walked into the
office of a man engaged in the tele
phone business in New York city and
asked for an interview. I told him I
represented a factory down in South
Carolina that was turning out all sorts
of telephone appliances, and that I'd
like an order from him.
"He looked at me in such sheer
amazement that I could see he took me
for an escaped lunatic Afterward he
told me frankly that just such an idea
had entered his mind. ' What on earth
do you mean?' said he. 'Have you got
the nerve to come here to New York
from South Carolina for the purpose
of suplying our trade? What do you
think you can produce down there?'
"I had taken the precaution to carry
one or two things along with me in
my pockets, for I knew he'd never go
to the hotel to see what I had. In a
minute he got interested, and before
thirty minutes he had made a bigger
order than ever I hoped, to get. He
is now our New York agent.
"That was four years ago. Today
our concern is manufacturing tele
phones on a scale of some magnitude,
turning out a complete instrument
every ten minutes, and we are selling
them all over the United States and
Canada. We make every part of our
machin?s and even the wood-work of
the switch-board is taken out of the
adjacent forests of white oak, than
which there is no finer timber in the
world.
"The diversified industries of
South Carolina are hardly known out
side the State, and they are being con
stantly increased. The story of the
big cotton mills of Columbia, 'Green
ville and Spartanburg is an old one,
but few people know that at the little
town of Hartsville there is located one
of the great paper mills of the conn
try: nor that Georgetown has lumber
mills with an aggregate capital of
820,000,000, with their own line of
steamships, and with forests covering
tens of thousands of acres of pine
lands ; nor that extensive glass works
are located at Columbia.
"My own belief is that South Caro
lina is going to be one of the great in
dustrial centres of the United States,
and that before the century is much
older nearly every branch of manufac
turing will be located within its bor
ders.?Washington Post.
Chicago banks are daily shipping
from SI, 500,000 to $2,000,000 to coun
try banks in the Mississippi valley to j
supply the needs of farmers in harvest- i
ing the grain crops. _J
ROOSEVELT'S GUB?N POLICY.
President Makes a Speech in De
troit Before Spanish War
Veterans.
Detroit, Mich., September 22.?Pres
ident Roosevelt's two days' visit to De
troit came to an end this evening at
the conclusion of a banquet tendered
him in Light Guard Armory by the
Spanish War Veterans, the opening of
whose" third annual Reunion he at
tended this morning. It was a bril
liant event. Nearly 800 men sat at
tables on the floor of the big armory,
and the galleries were crowded to then*
utmost capacity by brilliantly gowned
women and their escorts. When ?the
President arose, to begin hisVddress,
which was the first of,the evening, he
received an ovation.
The President addressed himself
largely to the issues growing out of
the war with Spain. Coming to the
question of reciprocity with Cuba the
President said : . , .
"We pledged ourselves solemnly at
the outbreak of the war with Spain to
give to Cuba independence. The
world at large sneered at the pledge
and even some of our own people
scoffed at the thought that we intend
ed to keep it. But we have kept it in
good faith and with a keen regard for
the welfare of ?the Cubans. We did
not turn Cuba loose to sink into a
welter of anarchy. We first adminis
tered the affairs of the island until
order had been brought out of chaos,
until the cities qad been cleaned, the
Courts purified, an educational system
started and a just and efficient govern
ment introduced. Then we turned the
new Republic over to the hands of
those whom its people had elected as j
its servants, and bade it Gop-speed on ?
its journey of ' independence. But ?
neither our duty to nor our interest
in the island have come to an end
with the establishment of its indepen
dence. Cuba's immediate proximity to
the United- States rendered its well-be
ing of such, interest to us that we were
forced to interfere in its interest by
the course of affairs.
"For this reason its future welfare
cannot but be a matter of grave con
cern to us. We do not desire Cuba to
stand toward any other nation in the
same relations of intimate friendship
and alii nace that we desire to see it
adopt toward us. 1
"It must, therefore, be i? a certain
sense a part of our international politic
al system,'and it accepted this position
when it accepted the Platt amend
ment. But it is out of the question
for us to expect that it will assume
such a position towards us with regard
to international politics without at the
same time sharing somewhat in the
benefits of our economic system. It
was this reason that President McKin
ley urged, and that I have since urged
and ?hall continue to urge, the need of
establishing closer relations with
Cuba by reciprocity. We urge reci
procity because it is for our interest to
control the Cuban market, because
we are bound to place the Cubans on
a peculiar standing economically
when they Consent, in our interest as
well as their own, to assume a pe
culiar status internationally, and be
cause it is fitting for a great and
generous republic to stretch out a
helping hand toward her feebler sis
ter, just starting to tread the path of
independence. The case stands by
itself and there can be no other like
it. Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Phil
ippines have relations of varying in
timacy to us, and they have either
been admitted within or economic
! system or have been given some of
the benefits thereof. Cuba, though
indedpendent, also stands in a pe
culiar position towards us and should
receive in similar fashion a measure
of -benefit from the partial inclusion
within our system. The questions
that ordinarily concern us as of prime
weight in a tariff matter do not come
in here as of primary importance.
We cannot choose what the articles
are which Cuba shall export. Doubt
less very many of us would prefer, for
reasons connected with our own tariff
policy, tliat her inhabitants were en
gaged in different industries from those
which they, as a matter of fact, now
follow; just as doubtless others of oar
people would prefer that the market
offered by Cuba was one for other
things than those which she actually"
demands. But we can neither deter
mine the wants nor the productions
of Cuba. We must accept them as
they are, and we must remember that
in dealing with this island, especially
now that we are about to build the
isthmian canal, and oar interests in
the West Indian waters have become
so great, we must shape our policy
with a far-sighted regard for the future
and forjtbe interest and honor of the
nation as a whole. I do not believe
a particle of harm will come to ;any
American interest from the adoption
of a reasonable measure of reciprocity
with Cuba. I am certain that the
adoption of such a measure will be in
the interest of our people as a whole.
Above all, while fully acknowledging
the high-mindedness and moral-sincer
ity of those of my associates with whom
on this point I differ, yet I feel most
strongly that by every consideration of
a generous and far-siighted pulbic
policy we are bound to prove to Cuba
that our friendship with her is of a
continuing charater, and that we in
tend to aid her in her struggle for the
material well-being which must under
lie healthy national development,"
BREAKING HOLS ON GUBA.
President Palma Requests Im
mediate Withdrawal of Ail
American Troops.
Washington, Sept 22.?The govern
ment of the United States is to be re
quired to terminate the last vestige {of
authority in Cuba. The war depart
ment has been advised formally by the
department of State that President
Estrada Palma" has notified Minister
Squiers that he desired the American
troops remaining in Cuba to he with
drawn.
The State department does not un
dertake to pass on his request but
transmits it to Secretary Root, holding,
that the problem presented is purely a
military one in proving the competency
of the new Cuban government to take
over and care for the coast defense now
in American hands. Secretary Boot,
while he has not come to any conclu
sion, has indicated that the troops
might be withdrawn. It is a matter
that may be discussed with Presi
dent Roosevelt while the secretary is
in the west. At* present there are
eight companies of coast artillery in
Cuba.
AMERICAN MARINES HOLD ISTHMUS.
Commander McLeon Carries
Things With a High Hand
at Panama.
Washington, Sept. 22.?The navy
department is in receipt of the follow
ing cablegram from Commander Mc
Lean of the cruiser Cincinnati, dated
Colon, Sept. 20:
"The United States guards and
guarantees traffic and the line of
transit. Today I permitted the ex
change of Colombian troops from
Panama to Colon, about one thousand
men eaeh way, the troops without
arms, m train guarded by Aiaerican
naval force in the same manner as oth
er passengers, arms and ammunition in
separate train guarded also by naval
force in the same manner as other
freight "
Officials of the Colombian legation
bere predict that a storm of disapprov
al will arise in Colombia as a result
of Commander McLean's action in dis
arming the Colombian troops before
their passage across the isthmus. It is
stated here that Colombia's agreement
with the Panama Railroad Company
specifically provides for the transpor
tation of Colombian soldiery by the
rialway when occasions arise and the
commander's action is regarded at the
legation here as a direct infringement
of Colombia's sovereignty over the
isthmus.
A belief which has grown so strong
that it no longer can be disregarded,
is held in Central and4South American
diplomatic quarters here in regard to
this latest and, in point of numbers,
almost unprecedented "dispatch of naval
force to the isthmus. This belief
(and it should be stated that the im
pression prevails in spite of emphatic
expressions of high officials of the
United States government to the con
trary) is that the large naval force
which has been sent to keep traffic
open across the isthmus will prevent,
by its very presence, the continuation
of hostilities along the railroad on
any extensive scale, and soon bring
them to a halt altogether, that the
force has been sent there in anticipa
tion of an early signature of the
Panama canal treaty and that it will
be kept there to maintain order.
Derby, Ccuin., Sept. 22.?Wm.
Hooper Young, for whom the police
of New York have been searching, in
connection with the murder of Mrs.
Anna Nelson Pulitzer, has been found,
and is also said to have made a con
fession regarding the killing of Mrs.
Pulitzer. In the guise of a tramp, he
had been wandering about the country
for several days, when he was arrest
ed on suspicion last evening by the
Derby police.
Former Queen Liliuokalani has pre
sented a claim for 820,000,000 to the
Senate Committee of Hawaiian Affairs
at Honolulu. She wants this amount
in payment for the crown lands taken
from her at the time of overthrow of
the monarchy.
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The Civil War in Venezuela.
Light Thrown on the Cause of the
Revolution.
Willemstad, Island of Cnracoa, Sep
tember 21.?A corespondent of the As
sociated Press has bad an interview at
Alta Gracia, in the State of Znlia,
Venezuela, with Gen. Manuel A.
Matos, leader of the revolution against
President Castro, on the subject of
the report that Gen. Matos intended,
in case of his success, to turn over
control of Venezuelan* finances to cer
tain German powers. Gen. Matos
said :
"This is absolutely false, and to at
tribute such an idea to me is stupid.
The surrender, direct or indirect, of
Venezuela to foreign control would be
contrary to my ideas and to my char
acter. I said recently in Paris, Lon
don and Hamburg, and I am not
afraid to repeat it here, that the Gov
ernment of Venezuela should put an
end to the sqandering of the .country's
revenue and administer the national
finances, not for the benefit of the
few, but for that of all Venezuelans
and the satisfaction of our territory.
"Venezuela does not need to be con
trolled. During the ten years between
1890 and 1900 Venezuelan customs pro *
duced $74,000,000; during the same
period of time the legitimate expenses
of the country amounted to $70,000,000,
leaving a surplus of $4,000,000.
This $4,000,000 has disappeared, and
instead of a surplus, the country owes
$7,200,000 for interest. Within six
months after the re-establishment of
peace in Venzuela I intend to show
the financial world what.- the financial
resources of the country are.
"It is true that I desire Venezuelan
finances to be controlled, but not by
foreigners ; they must be in the con
trol of an honest Venezuelan, who will
administer them properly.
"In four weeks' time, when we shall
have arrived in Caracas, I will further
explain my plans for the future of this
country."
TRYING TO RETAKE VELA DE
CORO.
Willemstad, Island of Curacoa,
September 21.?Five schooners, bear
ing about 1,500 Government soldiers,
under the command of Gen. Castillo,
left Maracaibo, Venezuela, yesterday
morning in tow of the Venezuelan gun
boat Zumbador. This expedition will
attempt to reoccupy La Vela De
Coro, which is in the power of the re
volutionists..
News has reached here from Vene
zuela that the revolutionary general,
Mendoza, continues to retreat with
his forces to the interior of the country
in the hope of drawiog President
Castro from Valencia. f
MACHINISTS' WAGES RAISED.
Atiantic Coast Liae Makes In
crease of 20 Per Cent.
Florence, Sept. 22.?A delegation
from the Florence shops went to Wil
mington on Saturday last to inter
view the authorities in regard to an
increase in wages of the men in the
several departments of the shops. The 1
Florence delegation was met in Wil- ;
mingto? by a like body from Rocky j
Mount shops.
The two delegations held a confer- ;
enee with Mr. J. R. Kenley. An in
crease of 20 per cent was asked for and
granted at once.
Mr. Kenley took occasion to say that
the Coast- Line had every reason to be
proud of the men who worked for 'it, \
and he appreciated the service that ;
was being rendered in Florence. The
increase will take effect on October 1. I
^Florence, Sept, 22.?W. F. Clayton,
Esq., has jast served papers on the
Atlantic Coast Line in a suit for $20,
000 damages, brought by the wife of
the late Frank McGowan, engineer,
who was killed abont IS months ago at
Hope Mills, in a wreck of "78."
Langdale, Ala., Sept. 22.--In a fight
last ?night between William Phillips
and William Owens the latter was in
stantly killed and Phillips mortally
wounded. Shooting occurred after
church, which both the young men
attended, and the trouble arose over
a young woman for whose affections
the men were rivals.
Chattanooga has the curfew law in
force. Boys under fifteen years of age
must be at home after 9 o'clock at
night.
One hundred and twenty-four days
of the coal strike cost mine owners,
railroads and others 810(5,000,000.
The city of Los Angeles, Cal., is sup
plied with 9,000 electric horse-power,
transmitted from a waterfall eighty
two miles distant.
ANOTHER WARSHIP FOR ISTHMUS.
Spread of Revolution in Colombia
Calls for Increased Naval Force.
Washington, Sept. 23.?The Colom
bian revolution has broken ont in a
new place according to information
received at the ^navy department to
day. An American fruit company to
day transmitted to Secretary Moody a
cablegram from its agent at Santa
Marta, a .place on the north coast of
Colombia near the mouth of the Mag
dalena river, saying that conditions
there were very much disturbed, that
the telegraph and railroad communica
tion had been interrupted, and request
ing the department's attention. The
dispatch was sent at once to the state
department and our consul at Barren
qnilla, a place near Santa Marta, was
called upon for an immedi at? report
concerning the situation. This report
is expected tomorrow, and'until it is
received, no action looking to the dis
patch of a warship will be taken by
the navy department. In case the
condition of affairs at Santa Marta
should demand the presence of a vessel
the navy department has decided to
send the gunboat Marietta, now at La
Gnayra, but the condition of affairs at
the later point is such that if the
? Marietta is obliged to leave, the Mont
?ornery, at Cape Haiti?n, will be or
ered forwith to La Gnayra and the
latter's place' on the Haiti?n coast
will be taken temporarily by the San
Francisco which will sail from Norfolk i
tomorrow. Rear Admiral Coghlan,
who will have all the warships in West
Indian waters under his immediate
control, is expected to sail on his flag
ship the Olympia, from Boston within
two weeks. Upon his arrival at Cape
Haiti?n the San Francisco will return
to Norfolk for general repairs.
Six hundred marines have been
mobilized at Norfolk to bo sent to the
Isthmus aboard the Prairie, now at
Boston. The Prairie is ready to sail
whenever she may receive notification.
The mobilzation of these marines is in
the nature of a precaution, and unless
they are needed, it is not the inten
tion of the navy department to. em
bark them for the south. Admiral
Coghlan was at the navy department
today with his aide, Lieut. Wells,
and had a talk with Secretary Moody
and Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the
bureau of navigation, concerning his
duties in the West Indies. While no
formal orders have been issued the dis
patch of a flag officer to the Caribbean
practically amounts to the creation of
a fleet division in those waters. It is
understood to be the intention of the
department formally to create a West
Indian division of the North Atlantic
squadron when the winter manoeuvres
in the Caribbean end.
SITUATION AT THE COAL MINES.
Outbreaks in Wyoming Region Wiii
Result in More Troops Being.
Called Out.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 23.?If the
lawless outbreaks in the Wyoming re
gion continue, Sheriff Jacobs will un
doubtedly follow the example of Sheriff
Schadt of Lackawanna county and call
upon Gov. Stone for troops. Several
squads of deputy sheriffs were kept
busy today suppressing disorders.
This evening five carpenters employ
ed ?t the Conyngham mine of the Dela
ware and Hudson company, while on
their way home, were held up by a
crowd of men and boys. The carpen
ters discharged their revolvers in 'che
air which brought a large number of
coal and iron police to their rescue.
The officers iired a volley into the air
and the crowd fled. A stray bullet from
one of the deputies' gun lodged in the
shoulder of a boy who was at work in
tho yard of the "Sheldon axle works,
some distance away. A deputy
n-imed Jos. Kessler was arrested charg
ed with the shooting and was commit
ted to jail for a hearing.
At Hughestown, near Pittston, a
crowd of men derailed a train carrying
a number of non-union workmen to a
washery. The engine and two cars left
the track and two men sustained slight
injuries. A number of coal and iron
police dispersed the crowd.
An address was issued to the clergy
of the United States by the People's ?
Alliance, asking them to pray for a
peaceful settlement of the strike.
Great Price Paid for a Bull.
Indianapolis, Sept. 2.1?At the stock
yards Celm Gi-aves, owner of the Bun
ker Hill farm, sold the Hereford bull
Crusader for $10.000. Edward F.
Hawkins, of Earl Park, Ind., was the
successful bidder.
Detective stones of all kinds at H.
G. Osteen & Go's book store.
PROF. SLOAN REMAINS
ACTIN& PRESIDENT.
South Carolina College Opened To
day. Bright Prospects.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 24.?Today
the South Carolina College will re
sume its exercises for the scholastic
year. The prospects were never bright
er. Up to yesterday afternoon there
were about 75 students on the campus.
The board of trustees of the college
met yesterday to make final arrange
ments for the opening of the session.
The.board did not elect a president at
this-session but had a general talk
about the matter. No tender was made
to anyone and the election was left
entirely open for final action at a sub
sequent meeting of the board. Maj.
Benj. Sloan, who is makiig such sn
excellent [executive officer, will con
tinue as acting president, much to the
I pleasure of the board, student body
I and 'faculty.
WESTERN TRIP ABANDONED.
President Roosevelt Had Opera
tion Performed Tuesday.
Abscess on His Leg Caused by Trolly
Accident.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23.?Pres
iednt Roosevelt's western trip came to
an untimely end in this city today.
He was found to be suffering from a
swelling in the left leg, between the
knee and the ankle, which required
immediate surgical attention and, in
stead of being taken to the train to
continue his journey to Fort Wayne
and Milwaukee, he was conveyed to
St. Vincent's hospital, wher? he was
operated on. The operation occurred
at 3.45 o'clock and lasted only a short
time. Then he was taken to a private
room m the hospital to rest. After
taking a light luncheon at 7.30 p. m.,
he was conveyed on a stretcher to his'
train, which had been backed up on
a "Y" near the hospital, and at 10
minutes before 8 o'clcck the train left
for Washington.
DRAWING THE COLOR LINE.
Ohio Town Stirred Up to Fighting
Pitch by School Teacher's Order.
Line Drawn at Kissing Although Negroes
Attend School With Whites. "
A special dispatch from Bellaire,
0., to the Louisville Courier-Journal
gives the following account of a re
markable case of drawing the color
line im negrc-loving Republican Ohio:
"Never was a community stirred to
greaater depths than is Bellaire over
the action of Principal J. D. Deafen -
baugh, of the Gravel Hill school, in
compelling eleven quarreling girl
pupils, ranging in age from twelve to
fifteen years, to kiss and make ,upr
three of their number being colored.
The kissing scene took place at the
school late Wednesday. Indignation
among white residents was aroused by
Wilda Hopkins, twelve years old, rush
ing into the house at the close of school
Wednesdav, crying as she moaned:
"What do" you think? I had to kiss
some colored girls!"
m She explained that Principal Deafen
oaugh lined up eleven girls; thiee
being colored, and gave them the
alternative of kissing and becoming
friends again or taking a whipping.
Stephen Hopkins, the girl's father,.,
when he heard the story wanted tc
fight. He started out to find Deafen
baugh, and met two other fathers on
j the same mission.
One of the eleven girls lined up, Ida
Eberline, broke from the line and.
dashed through tiie door and ran koine...
She is now the heroine of the scan
! dal, and is Tjointed to as a "girl wish
spunk." The members of the warring
factions each took her turn at kissing,
j calling the girl's name as she did so.
Two of the colored girls kissed are
! mulattoes and the other is black.
I When the whites girls finished kissing
the colored girls, Prof. Deafenbaugh
called on them to give tbem a return
kiss, which was done.
Protests were filed at once with the
School Board, and the Committee on
Teachers and Salaries took up the case.
Deafenbaugh admitted the act as a
mistake. He said :
" I thought it better for the white
girls to kiss the colored girls than to
fight on the street, which the two fac
tions of schoolgirls have been doing."
A special meeting of the board to
day was attended by a majority of the
members, and a resolution was" adopt
ed unanimously giving Deafenbaugh
but a few hours to resign. ?....^ ^