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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 25, 1906. Sew Series-Vol. XXYI. No X 0 C|? Matt jnnait at? Skaifytm Published Every Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. OUTRAGE AT SUMMERVILLE. J. H. Heines, a Storekeeper, Brutally Assaulted-Negro Suspect Under Arrest. Summerville, July 22.-Mr. J. H. Heins moved to Summerville some time ago from Mount Pleasant, it is understood, and opened a general merchandise business on Carolina av? enue near the old Town Hall. Last night about twenty minutes of mid? night, a mulatto man _ about six feet in height, weight between ISO to 190 pounds, with a V-shaped scar on his forehead, entered the store and at his request was shown some handker? chiefs by Mrs. Heins, but not being able to obtain the kind he particularly desired, left. After one or two cus v tomers had come and departed Mr. and Mrs. Heins, as is their custom nightly, examined the premises for the purpose of being satisfied that there were not persons secreted therein, they then closed and fastened the Car? olina avenue entrance ?and left the store through .the back door for their residence, which is but a few feet be? yond. Mrs. Heins, with a small child in her arms, preceded her husband, who was behind, 'carrying a lantern in his hand, up the piazza steps, and, upon hearing a noise, turned and saw a roan strike brutally her husband on the side of the head, the blow causing him to reel and fallover against one of the piazza pillars. As Mr. and Mrs. Heins left the store there was no one visabie, this assail? ant being probably secreted in the dark on the side of the store building. Mrs.. Heins immediately screamed out and called for assistance and in a few minutes the neighbors gathered and as one of them rushed in the front gate he was jostled by a party leaving ttfe garden, but not being cognizant at the time of what had happened, he gave the "h^cident no attention. It was discovered iipon examination that Mr. Heins had been struck on the side of his face and head with a large stick, the gash on the head being a severe and painful one, and in addition sev? eral of his teeth being knocked out. Upon the alarm being given the as? sailant escaped for the night. Chief of Police T. R. Waring, upon being notified, went promptly to the scene of the crime and kept up the search throughout the night and the * greater part of today. He arrested a mulatto man who has been around the town for a week, whom he found in Grov?rmann's lane asleep, not far from the Heins store. The man gave his jaame as Luke Talbert, claimed to have recently come to Summerville from Floridaa, had been to points in Virginia and that his home was in Greenwood. Upon being asked as to the V-shaped scar on the forehead, he stated it was the result of a blow from an axe in the hands of a relative at Greenwood years ago, but as to other matters he was exceedingly ret? icent. Talbert, upon being taken by Chief Waring to Mrs. Heins, was iden? tified as the tall mulatto man who en? tered the store about 20 minutes be? fore closing, ostensibly to purchase handkerchiefs, and she stated, it is understood, that he corresponded, in her opinion, with the person whom she saw strike her husband. Talbert is now in te lockup. Mr. Hein's injuries, while painful and severe, are not necessarily dan? gerous, and he appears to be getting on nicely under the circumstances this afternoon. Mrs. Heins is the daughter of vMr. J. A. Abbey, postmaster at St. George and niece of Mr. Richard Cook, of this place. Fort Valley, Ga., July 22.-Two freight trains met in head-on collision on the Central of Georgia Railway two and a half miles south of here at 4 o'clock this morning and three negro trainmen wer" killed and Engineer Yets was seriously injured. A h. ?ut 15 cars were ruined. The wreck was caused bv the negligence of tho north bound conductor, who failed to read his orders right and claims that he and the conductor had been on duty for 50 consecutive hours. THIEVES AT SUMMER VI ?JLE. Mr. H. W. Leseman's Hoifce nntered and Looted ol' Valuable Watch and Rings. Sommerville, July 22.-Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock the resi? dence of Mr. H. W. Lasemann, on Sumter avenue, was entered by thieves who succeeded in obtaining and carry? ing off a soltair-e diamond ring, gentle? man's gold watch, ladies' diamond .ring, turquoise ring and a quantity of wearing apparel. Mrs. Lesemann was absent from home at the time, and Mr. Lesemann was at his'place of business on Main street. This matter was re? ported to Chief Waring and ene or two suspected parties were apprehended, but inasumch as there was no tangible evidence, tifey were discharged. Mr. Lesemann's loss in the aggregate may amount to two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars. . GEO. FITZ WALTET I DROWNED. Chief Claim Agent for Seaboard and Manager for Baldwin Detective Agency. Columbia, July 23.-News was re? ceived here yesterday of the accident? al drowning of Mr. George Fitzwalter in the Savannah river at Savannah ! at an hour before daylight yesterday morning. He was the assistant chief j claim agent o% tb.e Seaboard Air Line and was manager for the Baldwin de? tective agency in, this territoy. It is understood here that Mr. Fitz? walter was engaged in gradin*; the railroad interests against the striking longshormen there and was on a boat ? in the stream. He attempted to leap from one boat to another and losing his footing, feel overboard and was never seen again, his body sinking immediately. Mr. Fitdwalter was a well known detective and was a pop ular man in railroad circles. APPRECIATED IN LANCASTER. A Number of Fanners' Institutes Will Be Held This Week and the Attend? ance Will Be Good. Lancaster. July 22.-The farmers are looking forward with much in? terest to the Farmers' Institutes to be held in this county this week.. Many of the farmers are through '"laying by" their crops and itife ?likely, there? fore, that the meetings will be well at? tended. As already published in The News and Courier, the first institute wilr be hef.d tomorrow ?at Pleasant Valley, which is in the extreme southern por tion of the county. The following day, Tuesday, the two institutes are to be held, one at Lancaster Court House and the other at Antioch, six miles east of here. On Wednesday an in? stitute will be held at Elgin, a station on the Southern, four miles from Lan? caster, and on Thursday onegin the town of ^Kershaw. At Pleasant Valley, Antioch and Elgin arrangements are being made for big picnics and other attractions. The Pleasant; Valley pepole have en? gaged the services of a fine brass band from North Caroiina, as an additional attraction for the institute tomorrow. They have also invited the candidates for the Legislature io be present and to make addresses on educational topices. * Ever since the inauguration cf the Farmers' Institute by Clemson College Lancaster has had one or more of them every year, and probably more of them will be held in this county this year than in any other county in the State. The Lancaster farmer believes in the institute, to which is no doubt largely due his present improved methods of farming *and stock rais? ing. RUSSELL SAGE DIES SUDDENLY New York, July 22.-Russell Sage died suddenly today at his country home. "Cedarcrof?." at Lawrence, L I. The immediate (cause of death was heart failure, resulting from a complication of diseases incident to o?d age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his eigheth birthday on August fourth. Mr. Sag- had been in exceptionally good health since his arrival at his summer home about six weeks ago. At noon to? day he was seized with a sinking spell and collapsed, falling into . uncon? sciousness about two hours before his death which occurred ?it 7:30 o'clock. There were present at the end Mrs. Sage, her brother, <""'. J. J. Slocum, the Rev. D'-. Robt Leetch, Dr. Theo? dore S. Shmuck, local physician, and j Dr. John P. Munn, for many years Mr. Sago*? family physician, \vh>> was summoned from New York when the first alarming symptoms were mani? fest. Mrs. Sage and her brother, Col. Slo? cum, aro named as the executors of Mr. Sage's will. A SHORT CROP. LITTLE COTTON ON HAND THIS YEAR AND NEXT. Mr. Smith Oils Upon Every Sub-As? sociation to Bend Every Effort to Make Plan a Success-Review of Situation. Columbia, July 19.-Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina Cotton Association, was in the city to? day and he issued the following- ad? dress or statement, the facts in which will be of general interest to men of all business callings: On account of my sickness I have been unable, to keep in touch with the people of the State through the press. I do not want anyone to imag? ine that tin: work of the association has in anywise lesessened. I take this opportunity to call the attention of all the associations to the fact that from every state in the union there comes reliable information of material crop damage. There seems to be little prospect of a crop exceed? ing, eleven million bales. The world consumed last year, 12,500,000 bales, and the consumption ? this year will probably reach 12,750,000 bales. Therefore, not only for the re? mainder .of the. year but ^or all of next year, there will be practically no cotton in stock If there ?'er was a time when "he Southern Cotton Asso? ciation as an organiz?tion could de? monstrate its power, that time has ar? rived. A strenuous effort should be made to keep the cotton from the market during the months of Septem? ber, October and November, for this is the time when the speculators and the mill men lf.y in their supplies at the lowest possible price. Because they recognize that this is debt paying time, and that the small farmer, the man who needs the help and who needs every cent that his cotton can be made to bring, that this is the time he will be forced tc part with his crop. The Southern Cotton^ Association should bend every effort this Septem? ber as soon as cotton begins to come to the market to use its organized au? thority to keep every bale possible off of the market. Year before last we began the year with considerable stock carried over from the onromous fourteen million bale crop; this year we will begin the cotton year of 1906 and 1907 with practically no old cotton on hand, and with the world demanding more cot? ton than th 2 new cotton can supply. Therefore, I call upon every associa? tion in every-county in the State to meet at once and devise ways and means by which in every county and township they can make arrangements to keep the cotton off the market dur? ing the first of the cotton season by all means available. The prospect in South Carolina, as I know frc m personal observation, is tht poorest for ten years. The country is being flooded with bear literature; every ingenuity known to the opposition is being used to depress the price of cotton. Eternal vigilance is the price of all success, and simply because we have succeeded in gaining and maintaing such a fine price for cotton, let no man imagine that the opposition has weakened its force at all, but fighting more vigilantly than ever before. To show you the tremendous power of the ass'X?iation, for the first time in the history of cotton-cotton that is chalk and paper cotton which hert tofore has controlled the price of spot cotton-was 100 points higher in New York than the spot cotton was in Co? lumbia, South Carolina. Which means that the gamblers and speculators could run paper and chalk up and down to suit their fancv. But for one time in th5 history of the cotton grower he did not allow the spot cot? ton to be influenced by any such gambling gymnastics. My heait'i is steadily improving, and I shall be glad to address mass meet? ings during the month of August in South Carolina. Let everj association be wide awake un and doing; for the greatest part of our existence is now in our hands. E. D. Smith. FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING. Camperdown Mill. at Greenville, Struck-Damage $10,000. Greenville, July in.-Lightning struck the cotton warehouse and the '.loth room of the Camperdown Mill at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Fire broke out in three places immediately after the discharge. ;md. though rain was pouring, the damage is estimated at SDJ.OOO, all covered by insurance. C. E. Graham, formerly of North Car? olina, is president of the Camperdown Mill, next :o the oldest textile manu? facturing establishment in this city. BETTER RAILWAY SERVICE. SOUTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC ASSO CLVTTON MAPS OUT GOOD WORK. Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Officially Requested to Im? prove Service by Putting on Several Additional Passenger Trains for Lo? cal Business. j Columbia, July 22.-An important meeting of the recently organized South Carolina Traffic Association was held here today. If the recommenda? tion of the special committee is car? ried into effect the local railway schedules will be practically revolu? tionized by the addition of new pas? senger trains for the accommodation of local business,' The Southern Railway is requested to make radical changes in the train service between the low and upcoun? try. Three new trains are called for and "the service between Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville. Charlotte and Aug:..--ta would be greatly improved." The Atlatic Coast Line has been re? quested, and has practically agreed to put on a new train between Wades bori and Florence, leaving Wadesboro about 6:50 a. m., and connecting at Florence with the trains for Columbia and Charleston. Returning the train would leave Florenc? at S:20 and ar? rive at Wadeboro about lip. m., con? necting there with the Seaboard train. The chief interest in the meeting to? day centered in the address of the ex? ecutive committee, composed of the president, Mr. Lew^ W. Parker, and of Mayor/ Rhett, of Charleston, and Dr. E. H. Cain, of this city. : The address is "to the citizens of the State of South Carolina, boards of trade, chambers of commerce and other similar organizations within such State, municipal and. other cor? porations interested in. the subject cf railroad traffic within the State of South Carolina," and its cardinal sen? timent is local trains for local travel, better scheduled surer schedules a-d quicker freight delivery. The paper is a particularly strong one. The ad? dress in full follows: At a meeting in Greenville on May 29 last, composed of representatives from various boards of trade and com? munities interested in the subject of railroad traffic in South Carolina, an organization known as the Traffic As? sociation of South Carolina was form zed, and officers were elected, as indi? cated in the heading of this articles. This meeting was representative of many interests and many communities who were vitally interested in the sub? ject of traffic, and who sorely felt the conditions under which we are now suffering in this State. We can justly claim that in the past few years this State has greatly in? creased in prosperity and with this in? crease has been the consequent in? crease in railroad traffic, both passen? ger and freight. According to the ad? missions of officers of the railroads, this increase is equivalent in many in stances to more than 100 per cent in the past five years. Notwithstanding this, during such time the railroads have done practically nothing to in? crease facilities of travel, but on the contrary, have, in many instances, al? lowed their rolling stock and roadb?d to deteriorate, and in some instances ? to become positively dangerous to travel; they have been apparently indifferent about compliance with the j laws of this State and to the rules of j the railroad commission, relating to the length of time to be consumed in the transportation of freight; they have been equally as indifferent to compliance with their own schedules, and have within recent years done lit? tle to increase the facilities for travel which are now justified "by the in? creased travel. Apparently no inter? est is felt in and no attention is given to local travel and traffic, which is to a great degree the remunerative part of the traffic of thc roads, and <n which the increase during thc past few years has been probably greatest. It would seem now that it becomes absolutely necessary for the citizens of the Stale to unite in order to make demands upon thc roads, which while reasonable are necesssary to the in? terests of the people of the State, and wc must put ourselves in position to enforce the demands. For this pur pose the organization of the Traffic Association of South Carolina has been effected. Th<- subjects to be particularly con? sidered by the association, generally speaking, are as follows: ("M A demand fer better local fa? cilities in passenger travel, permitting the citizens of this State to visit the various communities without the loss of time now necessary. In illustrai tion: A citizen of the upper part of the State having an appointment up on business in Columbia, the State's capital, loses as much time from his business to keep this appointment as he does if he has an appointment in , the city of New York. It is an im? possibility for one from such a section of the State to go to Columbia on busi? ness taking any time without being away from his home two nights and from his place of business practically two days. Like conditions prevail with refer? ence to travel between other sections of the State and Columbia, as also with reference to the travel to Char? l? ton. For further illustration: On- the main line of the Southern railway, if citizens of Greenville or Spartanburg er other towns similarly situated de? sire to visit these towns, though the distance be only a few miles, it cannot be done by railroad travel without its being necessary either to leave home before daylight or to return in the early hours of the subsequent morn? ing. Even in such cases, a traveler de? siring to go, say from Greenville to Spartanburg, is dependent upon the schedule of trains traveling 1,000 miles'; and with the irregularity of schedules which have prevailed in re? cent years, this condition has now be tcome unbearable; It is proposed by this association, therefore, to endeavor to secure from the railroads better facilities for local travel, and to secure a recognition of the general view that there should be local trains for local travel. 2. The length of time now con? sumed in going from one section of the State to another is unreasonable. It would seem to be a reasonable ex? pectation vhat with the increased trav? el of the State, conditions of travel should be improved, rather than oth? erwise; yet everyone knows that these conditions have become more incon? venient in recent years. When de? mands have been that the railroads comply with their own schedules these demands have been met by the rail? roads showing e ither perfect indeffer ence to demand or making changes which were more adverse to the pub? lic. For Illustration: Wnen demand was made of the Southern railway that they keep in some degree their schedules between Columbia and the upcountry, they met this demand by increasing the schedule of time con? sumed for such travel, and by break? ing connections which are convenient to the public. To do this, they have even allowed themselves, in some in? stances, more than au hour and a half to make' distances of less than thirty miles and by such increa-^d allowance broken connections which were essen? tial to convenience of the public.The time now consumed in going from Charleston or Columbia to the up? country is more than it was 20 years ago, an i this conditions is rendered necessary, so it is claimed ny the rail reads, because zt-eir rolling stock and their roadbeds are unable to accom? modate quicker travel. 3 The railroad commission of this State, and its legislature, have after careful consideration of the subject, provided a maximum time which should be consumed in the transporta? tion of freight between points within this State. The railroads utterly fail to regard such provisions of law, and there is the greatest uncertainty in the delivery* of freight. It is no com? mon thing for weeks to be consumed in the transportation of freight from one point in the State to another point. 4. Charleston is the chief seaport of .this state, and has today a harbor un? excelled riling the Atlantic Seaboard. It is a reasonable expectation of the citizens of the State thu; some ad? vantage should accrue to them from the proximity of the communities to this important seapoort, but the rail? roads have so manipulated their freight rates as to bring about no ad? vantage at all. On the contrary freight rates are based with regard to seaports in other States, and without any effort to encourage traffic through our own chief seaport. Practically without exception the railroads in this State have been built with the money of the people of this State, and for the purpose of giving advantage to the communities of the State. These rail? roads, through conditions beyond our control, have passed into other hands, but nevertheless the purchasers have bought tlie property with both a mor? al and a legal obligotion that these roads are {?> be used for the benefit of this State and its chief communities, and not adversely to such interests. 5. Th- railroad commission of this State should have authority to enforce the laws ol: thc State with reference t>> traffic, and to force railroad corpo? rations to provide reasonable accom? modation for the local traffic of the State. There is doubt as to the pres? ent authority of the railroad commis sion, and it would be the purpose ot the Traine Association to OQn.sjtd.etf with care what additional legislation may be necessary to carry out th?, purposes stated and strengthen th.0 hands of the railroad commission^ This organization will be in no wis$ hostile to the railroads and it ' is j hoped that remedies for evils com? plained of may be secured without ari appeal to the legislature, but if nee* essary the association will thorugh ita proper committees and attorneys con?? sider the legislation necessary and. make requests therefor. 6. The individual citizen has not th$ time nor the desire, to make continuai issue with the railroads, even though the issues be important to his intern ests. *These issues must be made by a'collective body in the interest of the whole community, with such purpose es the Traffic Association becomes th.Q means by which the railroads of th* State will be held to their default in, the transportation of passengers and freight, and you are cordially invit?, to associate yourself wi'h this associa?, tion. It will be necessary to have, e? course, considerable funds, at the dis/*, posai of the association, and for this, purpose an annual fee of $2 for indi-, viduals joining the association is pro?, vided for. In cases of boards of trade, chambers of commerce, and similar organizations, it is provided that they become members of the as?* sociations upon payment of a sun* equal to' 50 cents per member per annum, in no case to exceed $100, Tou are earnestly urged to join thia association and to lend your efforts toward the general purposes above outlined. We believe that by united. action ana by clear presentation to the rail?; road authorities of the disadvantage under which we are now suffering that which can be done in the better? ment of conditions in this State. We earnestly hope that these advantages can be obtained without friction with the railroads, but we are impressed with the necessity of them, and th? association 'will use its every effort to secure^ them. Lewis W. Parker, R. G. Rhett, E. H. Cain. Members Executive Committee TraN fie Association of South Carolina, THE CRISIS REACHED. \_ The Dcuma Defies the Autocracy and Russia Seems Destined to Kav-e a. v Dictatorship. St. Petersburg, July 20.-All Russia is waiting to see what will be the ef? fect of the adoption by the douma yesterday of- the address to the people contained in the report of the Agra? iian commission. A crisis seems to have been reached in political affairs, One every hand peasant disorders anet revolutionary outbreaks are inereas? ing. The government, on the other hand recently has manifested more determination to' curb the growing power of the douma. Following tho action of the douma yesterday in is* suing what is regarded as a virtual defiance to the government today rises the spectre of a dictatorship as tho probable outcome of the revolution. AVANT A GOOD JOB?? The Government Is Offering Special Inducements for Clerks in Phillp? pine Service. <, > Washington, D. C., July 20.-Spe* cial inducements are being held out by Uncle Sam in order to^procuro clerks for the Philippine service. His big employment bureau, known as tho civil service commission, has just an? nounced that wives or sweethearts o? applicants fer such positions may also be examined for teachers' places. The salaries of Philippine clerks are 31,300 a year to start with and teachers aro paid from $S00 and up. COAL MINE DISASTER. Five Miners Killed and Two Fatally Injaree! at Bluciield, West Virginia, i _________ > Bluefield, W. Va.. July 20.-As tho result of an explosion of gas in tho Dixon mine at Nug er last night nv? miners were killed and two injured sw? seriously that they will die. The men had started down the shaft in buckets when the explosion occurred blowing them out of the bucket to the bottom of the shaft. A gasoline lamp was the cause of the explosion. Searching for Negro Mauslayer, Shreveport, La., July 22.-Posses in the woods searching for Joe Wesley* a negro, who today shot and killed j, W. Bolin, a merchant, who had gone to the negro's house to collect a bill for groceries. Wesley shet BoHtt/ through the heart with a Winchester rifle, causing instant death.