Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rg? Bodies of Troops Camped in Five Counties,' Philadelphia, Sept. 24.? Of the ten anthraciet eoal producing counties of Pennsylvania, State troops are tonight camped in five. Despite the presence of the troops in these districts, rioting and general lawlessness con?nues in the entire hard coal territoryvfrom Forest City, Snsqnehanna county, on the north, to Wi?iamstown, Dauphin county, on the south, a distance of more than 10 miles: The section of the strike region in the vicinity of Forest City which has been comparatively quiet ever since the strike began, was greatly wrought up today by crowds of strikers inter fering with and beating men who had returned to work, and, as a result, Sheriff Maxey of Susquehanna county tonight asked Grov. Stone for troops to assist him and other civil authorities to preserve the peace. While there had. been no general riot, the disturbances haje been of such a serious nature as to cause the -authorities much appren disi on. Every effort is being made by the sheriffs of the several counties affected, and the troops, to prevent disturbances from growing to such an extent as to cause bloodshed. Reports are coming in from every section of non-union men and others being either shot or clubbed. Houses of workmen have been burned or dynamited and attempts have been made to hold up coal trains" or derail them. Coal is being shipped from many . parts of the coal fields to market, but compared with the normal output, the quantity is insignificant. The out put for this week will be considerably less, than the average normal produc tion of one dav, which is about 300, - 000 tons. BRUTAL MORDER BY STRIKERS. Non Unioni Miner Waylaid and Clubbed to Death. Scran ten, Pa., Sept 25.?James Winston, fcged 48 years, was killed and his son-in-law, S. J. Lewis, was se verely injured by a gang of Hungarian-1 strikers, who waylaid them on their way to work at Grassy Island colliery of the Delaware and Hudson company. The affair took place half a mile from and almost within sight of the camp of the Thirteenth regiment at Olypli?nt. Lewis got away bat Winston had his skull crushed with a club and fell un conscious. While be lay prostrate .and dying, the crowd jumped on him, kicked him in the face and beat him with clubs. After dancing about their victim, clapping their hands and sing ing, the crowd left him Winston was carried home by Wm.. Doyle, a non union man, and Mrs. Doyle, who wit nessed the murder. Harry JSimrock, Tom Priston and Harry Shubah, the three men who are alleged to have committed the actual crime, have fled. Six men and a woman who were in the crowd from which the assailants emerged were arrested and held in $1,000 bail for each as witnesses, j Mrs. George Marshall, colored, wife of the proprietor of a hotel at Jessap, armed with a shotgun, safely escorted a hunted non-union man through a crowd of 100 strikers, from the hotel to the Sterrick Creek colliery stockade late last night.' When the -crowd began to avenge itself by bombarding the hotel, Mrs. Marshall fired on the nearest group and peppered a dozen men with bird shotv She thus scatter ed the mob. A company from the Fifteenth regi ment was called this morning to dis perse a crowd which was tearing up tracks at the Pancoast colliery in Throop. This evening a crowd of strjfcers threw stones at non-union men who were being escorted home from work in Forest City. The soldiers loaded their guns and the commander said he would .give the word to fire if another stone was thrown. The crowd melted away. One man who held tack was 'arrested. Coal Magnates Obstinate. New York, September 23.?The usual weekly meeting of the directors of the Temple Iron Company was held here today. There was present when the meeting began President Baer, of the Philadelphia and Reading, and other coal road presidents, John Markle and others. In the forenoon Mr. Markle went to J. P. Moragn's office and had a long conference with Mr. Morgan. When leaving Mr. Markle was# asked if the conference had anything to do with the coal strike. He refused to say what the nature of his business had been. Later, at the office of President Baer, Mr. Markle was asked whether it was true, as President Mitchell, of tnhe United Mine Workers, had said yesterday, that no licensed miners had returned to work in the mines since the strike began last May. "That is absolutely false/' Mr. Markle answered. "There are several hundred certified miners at work today cutting coal." Regarding the situation in the anthracite fields President Baer said that every day showed a larger propor tion, of striking minera returning to work. When asked how much longer he thought the strike would last he said : "I am not a prophet. The strike will end. That is the one thing we may all be certain of. But I will not attempt to say when it will end." A Typical South African Store O. R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typi cal of South Africa, at which can be pur chased anything from the proverbial Needle to an anchor." This store is situat ed in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-five miles from the nearest town. Mr. Larson says: "I am favored with the custom of farmers within a radius of thirty miles, to many of whom 1 have supplied Chamberlain's re medies. All testify to their value in a household where a doctor's advice i* nl most out of the question. Within one mile of my store the population is perhaps sixty. Of these, within the past twelve months, no less than fourteen have been absolutely cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This must surely be a record." For sale by Dr. J. A. China. TEMPORARY PEACE AT COAL MINES. A Day of Comparative Quiet?In dications of Differences Being Settled at Lebanon. Philadelphia, Sept. 26.?No disturb ances of moment occurred in the strike region today. There was a small riot at Centralia, in the southern end of Columbia county, where some strikers attacked non-union men who were on their way to the mines, and Sheriff Knorr asked Gov. Stone to send troops to quell the disturbance. Thus far' no troops have been sent. In the Lacka wana and Wyoming regions universal quiet prevails and the soldiers were not called upon to suppress any disor der, while at Forest City, Susquehan na county, the extreme northern end of the anthracite coal belt, the pres ence of the soldiers has had the effect of aweing the rioters. At Lebanon, where the employes' of the American Iron and Steel company have been fighting against the impor tation of colored laborers, there is a. temporary truce with a likelihood of all differences being settled and the men shortly returning,to work. REPORTS OF ATTEMPTED BRIB ERY. Scranton, Pa., Sept. 26.?In a state ment issued today District President Nicholls accuses Michael Grimes, an ex mine foreman, of "being at the head of a movement inaugurated by the coal companies to bribe a number of mine workers'leaders-for'$2,500 apiec6 to vote to return to work. ' ' Mr. Nicholls declares at the close of his statement that "his informants stand ready to prove their assertions in court." Mr. Grimes denies the Nicholls statement, and the coal companies also say it is not true. THE COTTON MILL TRUST. Project to Control Sixty Per Cent, of Them in the South Under One Corporation Said to Have Materialized. Philadelphia, Sept. 26.?The Record wiH say : The Project to consolidate sixty per cent, of the spinning and weaving mills in the south under the control of a holding corporation has finally materialized, and it was an- ; nounced yesterday by one of the man agers of the enterprise that the Fries plan had been adopted by enough of the southern mills to guarantee the I success of the proposition. The cash capital involved in the enterprise now amounts to $25,000,000. This will be increased as fast as additional mills come into the combination. Nearly all the largest and most im portant of thevmodern spinning and weaving mills in the south are inter ested in the project, and those that have not already signed options will do so as soon as the stockholders- of the several companies can be brought together-to ratify agreements already made by the accredited representa tives. Philadelphians directly concerned in the enterprise yesterday confirmed the well-authenticated reports received from the 'sonth as to the adoption of the Fries plan, but they declined to give out a list of the mills actually acquired. They stated tha^ the con trol of the proposed holdings corpora tion would be vested in representative mill men of the south. The executive officers o? the holding company will also be southern mill men. The directory of the new company ! will include several Philadelphia men who are prominently identified with the cotton trade, as well as a number of cotton men actively engaged in the trade in New York, Boston and the New England market. The financial institutions directly concerned in 'the enterprise will also 'have representa- ! tives on the board of directors. The mill owners themselves, however, will control the holding corporation under the operation of the Fries plan which gives them a majority voice in the di rectory, as well as all the bonds and preferred stock issued by the holding corporation. A NEW FORAGE. Mr. H. C. Towsend is experiment ing with a new forage plant which promises great things. He doesn't know the name of it. Mr. 'Townsend, first saw the plant growing in the Abysinian building at tt~i Paris Exposition, and was very favorably impressed with it. The at tendant in the bulling couldn't speak English, and Mr. Townsend couldn't speak Abysinese, so they had to make signs to each other. Mr. Townsend finally made the man understand that he wanted some of the seeds of the plant, and the man gave him one seed ?just one. Mr. Townsend brought that one seed home and planted it and the first year I it produced a stalk from which he got 135 seed. These he carefully saved J and planted again, and this year he will get enough seed to plant a good size patch next year. The plants grow to a height of about two or three feet and are burdened with pods or beans which are very nutritious. Cows and hogs eat them with avidity, and Mr. Townsend believes his plant will be superior to any forage now known in this section, both on account of its productiveness and superior quality. One of the plants was on exhibition at the Evans Pharmacy yesterday and those who saw it were very much im j pressed with it.. It resembles the j well known "sojer bean" somewhat, and Mr. Townsend says it thrives in ! this climate.?Anderson Mail. Natural Anxiety. Mother? regard approaching winter with uneasiness, children lake cold >;> easily. No disease costs more little frves than croup. Its attack j.< so sudden that the sufferer is often beyond human md before the doctor arrive.-;. S;io. cases yield readi ly to One Minute Cough Cure. Liquifies the mucus, allays inflammation, removes danger. Absolutely safe. Acts immediate ly. Cures cough*, cold-, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lang trouble. F. S. McMahori, Hampton, Ga : "A bad coid rendered me voiceless just before an oratorical contest. I intended to withdraw but took One Minute Cough Cure It restored my voice in time to win the medal." J. S. Hughson &Co. LAWLESSNESS HAS INCREASED. Gen, Funston Says Anti-Canteen Law is Degrading the Soldiers in Army. Washington, Sept. 26.?Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston in his annual re port of the department of the Colorado, points out that the percentage of trials by court martial of enlisted men has nearly doubled during the past year. Upon this point the general says : "It is therefore plain that there has been a deplorable increase of offenses in general and of desertion in particu lar. In my opinion there are two principal causes for this state of af fairs; first, resentment to unaccustom ed limitations and restrictions felt by men returning from field service t the monotony and routine work of gar rison life ; second, the abolition of the canteen feature of the post exchange. Since this action was taken saloons of khe ldwest type have been establish ed just outside the boundaries of the various reservations ; their proprietors are, in almost every case, unprincipled scoundrels who leave nothing undone to debauch the soldiers and obtain their money. Being in all cases out side the limits of any city, the pro prietors of these resorts are subject to no municipal police regulations and sell liquor regardless of hours and whether the buyer is already intoxi cated or not. Gambling is universal in these dives and they are frequented by dissolute women. The soldiers whose desire for a drink would ordi narily be satisfied by a few glasses of beer in the canteen, goes to one of these resorts and does well if he escapes before he has spent or gam bled away all his money, overstayed his leave or engaged in an altercation. As a rule the local authorities regard the existenoe of these places with in difference or approval as it causes the soldier to spend his money in the com munity. The efficiency of the army or the ruin of a good soldier is nothing to them. There can be no reasonable doubt that most of the trials by gene ral courts martial and summary courts, at least so far as this department is concerned, are directly traceable to this cause. Since 1 have had com mand here there has taken place the ruin and degradation of several non commissioned officers of long service and fine record. In short, the recent legislation by congress on this ques tion, so far as this department is con cerned, has had no effect except to lower the discipline of the army, ruin scores of good soldiers and fill the pockets of a lot of 'saloon-keepers, gamblers and prostitutes." New Southern Flyer. New York, Sept. 26.?The Southern Railway will put on a new fast mail train between New York and New Orleans. The train is-to cover the distance, 1,374 miles, in thirty-three hours, the average per hour to be 41.3 miles?the fastest schedule for the total mileage named that any road has ever made. The route will be as follows : "New York to Washington, 230 mi les, via the Pennsylvania; Washington to Char lotte, 380 miles, and thence to Atlanta, . 268 miles, the Southern ; Atlanta to Montgomery, 175 miles, the Atlanta and West Point and the Western of Alabama; Montgomery to New Orleans. 321 miles, the Louis ville and Nashville. Good Time to Sell Tobacco. London, Sept. 26.?The presence of three prominent American tobacco men, Messrs. Duke, Fuller and J. B. Cobb, in London is arousing the usual crop of irresponsible surmises. The principals of both the American and British Tobacco companies have up to the? present, absolutely* ' refused to furnish any information as to the nature of any negotiations which may be on foot, but the indications point not to any amalgamation but to a desire to reach some trade arrange ments which will put an end to the disastrous cutting of prices. Floral crepe paper: the newest designs, 15 cents per roll, at Osteen's Book Store. Sept. 2:3?3t. aster's Sale, BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Caro lina, in the case or John W. Durant and Luke Durant against Elsie Durant, Angeline Durant, Wesley Durant, James Durant, Henry Durant, Arthur Frierson, Mark Reynolds, Marion Moise and Shepard Nash as Administrator of the Estate of Janu ary Durant, deceased, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in said County and State, on sale day in October, 1902, being the sixth day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following de scribed real estate, to wit: \ "All that piece, parcel or tract of land containing one hundred and forty four and 6-10 acres, situate, lying and being in the County and State afore said, on Poley Bridge Branch or Swamp, bounded by lands owned by persons now or formerly as follows;, north and east by lands of ' J. N. Corbett : south by iand of J. N. Corbett and lands of James Booth and west by lands of James Booth and lands of the estate of G. W. Lee, which described tract of land is repre sented by the deed of James Booth with plat attached recorded in the proper office in said County in Book V. page 614. Second : Also all that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being in Sumter County in said State, contain I in*r twenty-five acres, more or less, i and bounded by lands owned by per sons now or formerly as follows: north by hu.ds of Frank White, east and south by waters of DesChamps .Mill Pond and west by lands of .lohn E. lJrown and by the wafers aforesaid which described tract of land is de scribed in the deed of Horace Harby to Werry Durant, being the Same Jan uary Durant, recorded in the proper office in said County in Book Z. 593." Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pa for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Sep. 10. 87,000,000 MORE .-C. BONDS issued to Cover Purchases of Pot ash Plant in Germany j And Put Itself in Position to Dictate Prices of Cotton Seed. - New York, Sept. '2Z.? The Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, accord ing to The Evening Sun tonight, con I templates largely increasing its facili 1 ties and placing itself in position to dictate the prices of cotton seed and cotton seed oil. The Sun says: The sale of $7,000,000 bonds by Virginia Carolina Chemical Company to Hall garten & Co. and Blair & Co. has put the company in possession of ample fnnds to enlarge its business and ma terially increase its resources in every way. This step has been contemplated since the company purchased its potash plant in Germany last summer, which has served to strengthen the company for the outlay involved in the purchase", and for a number of other purchases made during the past year in the way of cotton mills and mining plants. It will also give the company all the available funds necessary to continue the manufacture of fertilizers and cot ton seed on a large scale. An enlarged trade in fertilizers is expected by the management during the current "year. The cotton seed oil business on the contrary will, it is believed, be less brisk. The rise in the price of cotton seed promises, however, not only to curtail the sale of oil, but also to make the manufacture of oil a losing busi ness to new outside mills, as they will be compelled to buy seed at the high est prices and sell oil at a low price, because the facilities of the Arirginia Chemical Company will enable it to dictate prices for both. The pension bureau makes a decison which amounts to declaring that no matter how many times a woman mar ries after the death of a former hus band sne remains the widow of the first man she married after death of the last husband. A widow of a sol dier was drawing a pension, she mar ried and was dropped from the pension rolls. Her second husband died and she was reinstated as widow of the first husband. Blaster's Sale. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, in the State of South Caro lina, in the case of William A. Nettles against Jessie H. Bradford, Ashly W. Bradford, Susan Bradford, Kate S. Bradford, Ernest Bradford, Juannita Bradford and Clarence Bradford, I will sell to the highest bidder at pub lic auction, at the Court House in the City of Sumter, in said County and State, on sale day in October, 1902, being the sixth day of same month, during the usual hours of sale, the fol lowinjg described real estate, to wit: . "AH-that paTcel.of land situated in the said County and State, containing fifty-six (56) acres and designated by the letter "A"on a plat made of the estate of Mary A. Bradford by J. M. Nichols, D. S. from a survev closed Nov. 26th A. D., 1879, which said plat is a part of the record of the case of John D. Bradford and others 'againts Louis D. Jervey and others, on file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said Coun ty and State, said parcel of land was allotted to me in said action and is bounded on the north by lot designated "B" on .said plat, allotted to Robert M. Bradford in said action, on the east by tue public road leading from Privateer to Sumter, C. H., on the south by lot designated "M" on said plat and now owned by Richard Monaghan and on the west by land now or formerly of John f$. Richard son, w Also that other parcel of land con taining thirty-four and one half (3???) acres, being the southern portion of lot designated "C" on said plat, and bounded on the north by the other portion of said lot designated "C" on said plat, on the east by the public road leading from Privateer to Sum ter, on the.south by the said lot desig nated "B" on said plat and on the west by lands now or formerly of John Moffitt'and John Nettles, the parcel of land iast described is more particularly represented bv a plat thereof made bv J. M. Nichols, D. S., surveyed Feb. 11th, ISSO, and annexed to a deed of said land to me executed by my broth er John D. Bradford. Also those three parcels of land in the said County and State now owned by me and together containing one hundred and fortv eight acres: one of which parcels was assigned to me in the partition of the estate of my de ceased mother, Mrs. Mary A. Brad- ? ford, by the judgment or order of the Court Jf Common Pleas for said coun ty in an action therein depending in which John D. Bradford and others were Plaintiffs and Louis D. Jervey ! and Sallie D. Jeivey his wife, and others were defendants, containing fifty-six acres, and bounded on the north by the parcels of land which in said partition was assigned to Robert M. Bradford and by him has been conveyed to me ; on the east by the j public road, on the south by land of -Gainley and on the west by 'lands of the said J. Cohen \\ilson; ! another of said three parcels, contain- j ing fifty-six acres, which was assigned in the "said partition to Robert M. Bradford and which has been convey ed by him to me, and bounded on the north by the parcel of land which in said partition was assigned to John D. Bradford and has been conveyed to me, on the east by the said public road : on the south by the parcel cf land first abov? described and on the west by land of J. Cohen Wilson: the I third parcel containing thirty-six acres which has been conveyed to me by John D. Bradford, it being a part qf the parcel which in said partition was : assigned to thesaid John I). Bradford: j and being bounded on the north by I t'ie remainder of said parcel .?o assign- | led to John D. Bradford, from which ' it is separated by a road) on the east ! by the said public road, on the south by the said parcel, which was assigned ! in said partition to Robert M. Brad i ford, and on the west by land of i-Monaghan." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pav for all necessarv paners. . H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter Countv. Sept ?0, 1902 )! A v egetable Preparationfor As - Jj siirjlalingfiieFoodandBeguIa f?! iiiu>lhe Stomachs ar?Btwels of faints/Children I FroirioiesDigestion.Cheerfur ?iess andRest.Contains neither j? Opium,Morp!iine nor Mineral. '! jSoTNarcotic /?cape df Gui Dr SAMUEL PITCI R ' jfcmpthn Seul" \ yf?c.Sama * j ?oAd?&dir- i biaise-Seed + Bsppenrmb - ? BiCaitanateSoda * }ivt7H>Se*d- \ ClaifcdSugar \ V?rdcrjrern^TlaYcr. ) Aperteci Remedy forConstipa , Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions Jeverish ness and Loss of sleep. Facsimile Signature oF XEW YORK. At b months old 35 0osis-j5ei?n EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! For uver Thirty Years THE CCWTAUR COMPANY. HCW YORK CITY. Corn, Oats, Hay, Ship Stuff. Hulls and C. Seed Meal, Carolina R. P. Seed Oat? at HABBY& CO.'S STABLES. Also full line of standard grade Wag ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Pire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we will get your patronage. Yours truly, HARB Y & CO. Aug 8 Fresh Carload just arrived, and from now on ? will keep them constantly on hand. Give me a cali and HI try to please you. ANSLEY D. HARBT. Sept 17 DO YOU ~ DRINK ALE Glenn Springs Ginger Ale, made with Glenn Springs Mineral Water, is the best on the market. 11 *//1* Because all ingredients used are^the purest and best. Because it is made from Glenn ^Springs Min eral Water. The old reliable, that, in its natural state, has been alleviating suffering for over one hundred years is now being made into most delightful drinks. Try it and we know that you will say, as all others have said, that it is "the best." Drinkers of Ginger Ale will be delighted to get this de lightful and refreshing drink, made with Glenn Springs Min eral Water. Experts pronounce it the finest on the market. Try it and you will be convinced. Ask your dealer for it. THE GLENN SPRINGS CO. GLENN SPRINGS, S. C.