Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f THE SOFTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear notr-~Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's and Truth's.' / /THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June,lS&ft Consolidated Aug. 2a 1881. SUMTER. S. C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1906. New Series-VoL XXVI. No Published Every "Wednesday, -BY 03?EEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: S1.5? per annum-in advance. W 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 U ; for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects f: .. will be charged for. HTJXDKEDS OF LUTES LOST. 1 4 Many Killed and Much Property T>amaged as a Result of Cyclone in Havana. * ? Special to The Daily Item. Havan^ October 19.-As a result of one of the worst cyclones in the history of this city upward of one hundred persons are known "to be dead and hundreds of others injured. Thousands of,dollars damage done. The United States cruiser Brooklyn was torn irom its moorings in Ha? vana harbor and it is thought is hard 'aground. Others in the harbor are said to be badly damaged. It is be? lieved that there has ben some loss of life among members of the fleets, j Camp Columbia is practically wiped ^out, leveling every tent One soldier was fatally hurt and a number in? jured. HOLOCAUST US BIRMINGHAM. A Number of People Burned to Death in a Boarding House. j Birmingham,. Oct. 19.-Several ftves were lost in a fire early this ^ morning which destroyed a boarding ^ house at Twenty-eighth street fnd .: Third avenue. . The house was filled with lodgers, many of whom were * in bed when the blaze started. A . panic followed^when they were awakened and some were killed by jjgfc jumping, from the windows, while fW others who were unable to escape , were burned to death. The body of W. B. Lavington, a rolling mill man, was found burned to a crisp hanging out of the second story window where he had evidently J?k tried to escape. Sis other dead and % charred bodies were found; seven others missing. The debris is being searched. ..C. F. Hentch, motorman, and C. C. Tremaine, who jumped from window, are in bad condition. POSTOFFICE BOX KENT. Must Be Paid for Each Quarter in Advance. i The following order has just been issued by the acting postmaster gen? eral in regard to payment of box rents. /The important feature of the order is that it requires payment in advance, before the quarter actually begins: Washington, D. C., Oct. 13, 1906. Order No. 12919. ^ Paragraph 2, section 348, postal laws and regulations, is amended to read as follows: "Box rents must be collected at the beginning of each quarter for the en? tire quarter, but no longer. Ten days before the last day of e<^.i quarter pastmasters are requested to place a bill (on form 1538 of 1538 1-2), bear? ing the date of the last day of the the quarter in each rented box. If a boxhoider fails to renew his right to his box on or before the list day of a quarter the box shall then be closed and offered for rent and the mail wili be placed in the general delivery. "F. B Hitchcock, "Acting Postmaster General." WRECK ON COAST LINE. Wilmington, X. C., October 19. Conductor W. J. Turbeville of Flor> ence, S. C., r?nd Ellis Covington, a negro brakeman, home unknown, were instantly killed in an Atlantic Coast Line freight wreck at Dunn, N. C., at 10 o'clock last night. Four other trainmen were slightly injured. - A statement given out from the Coast Line headquarters is to the ef? fect that a piece of machinery falling from the engine onto a switch derail? ed the train. Nine cars were wrecked and the engine and tender turned over. Captain Turbeville was on the engine when the wreck occurred. W. G. Mclaughlin, engineer, saved his life by jumping. Yard Conductor Bertil H. Gordon was instantly kiled at the Florence passenger station Saturday night by being mashed between two passenger coaches. LAWYER GETS LIMIT. Savannah City Judge Regretted That He Couldn't Give South Carolina Negro Life Terni. Savannah, Oct. 16.-E. Ezekiel, a negro lawyer, from Bluffton, S. C., who was tried in the city court yes? terday by a jury for adultery and for? nication, *. was sentenced today by Judge Norwood upon the return of a verdict of guilty. Judge Norwood sentenced the de? fendant to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs and to serve 12 months in jail and to work six months on the chaLi gang. This is .the longest sentence ever imposed in the city court, it be? ing the limit allowed by law in that court. Before the sentence was passed H. A. McBeth, attorney for the defense, asked the court to be lenient. Judge Norwood said that he would give the defendant the limit, and expressed his regret that the statue did not permit him to send the defendant to the pen? itentiary for life. ' Grace Smith, a white woman, who is a co-defendant, will be tried on a like cnarge in a few days.-The State. MR. LEVER CAUTIONS VOTERS. Urges All Registered Democrats to Votes and Avoid Election Charges By Republicans. ! - i Columbia, October 19.-"Do you j I think the Republicans have gone to ; sleep and will not make a fight for ?this district?" said Congressman ' Lever, who was in the city the other* ? day. "The fact is, I believe that the I next general election will be closer1 than most people suppose unless the | Democrats now registered turn out and vote. This means another fight -before the election committee of the house, and charges of fraud and in? timidation preferred by the Repub? licans of this State."' Two years ago because of the con? stant, urging of the press of this dis? trict, Congressman Lever polled the largest vote of the candidates foi congress in the State and the fact that the Republicans had an un- J wieldly majority in congress caused the committee to decide: in favor of the South Carolina congressman. The registration books are now closed until after the election, as re? quired by law and as the vote in this district can be made fully as large as at the last election, Mr. Lever urges that the Democrats turn out and vote. THE CONVICT SENATOR. Burton, the Grafter Statesman Will Don the Stripes This Evening. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 22.-Former Senator Burton, of Kansas, arrived here at 7:30 this morning to surren? der to the United States Marshall and go to Ironton, Mo., to begin his six months' imprisonment. His wife and niece accompanied him. BLIZZARD IN WEST. Worst Storm of Years Sweeps Across Colorado Plains. . Denver. Colo., Oct. 22.-Scores of sheep and horse ranchmen and cat? tlemen have been caught in the worst blizzard that has swept the Colorado plains in years. It is feared #there has been great loss of life. It is known that thousands of sheep and cattle have perished in the storm that is raging in Colorado. New Mex? ico, Wyoming, Utah. All railways are seriously blocked. In Utah the snow was swept along by a hurri? cane that did great damage in Salt Lake City. In addition a fire destroyed ; the Utah Packing House at Salt Lake I City at a loss of $250,000. EXPENSIVE LYNCHING. Damage Suit For Lynching Denied Change of Venue. Lancaster, Oct. 20.-The Court was engaged the greater part of yes? terday in hearing a motion for a change of venue in the case of the Morrison estate against Lancaster County for $50,000 damages for the lynching of Morrison. Judge Prince rendered his decision this morning refusing to grant the motion. The case will not be tried at thia term of the Court. Murderer Granted Respite. Atlanta, Ga., October 17.-Gover? nor J. M. Terrell today granted a re? spite to George W. Bundrick, who was sentenced to be hanged at Cor? dele this morning for the murder of J. H. Shrouder, postponing the execu? tion for thirty days. The case is to be brought before the prison com? mission on an application for com? mu? * of sentence. ? TERRIBLE STORM. FIVE HUNDRED LIV^S REPORT? ED LOST ON THE FLORIDA COAST. A Great Tidal Wace Swept the Isl? ands, and all Inhabitants Drowned. Property Loss Probably a Million Dollars-The Devastaion in Cuba Was Appalling. New York? Oct. 20.-Six hundred lives ;ost and a property loss approxi? mating $4,000,000 is a conservative estimate of the damage done in Cuba and Southern Florida by the hurri? cane and tidal wave Wednesday night and Thursday. The number of deaths may even reach a thousand. Great Damage in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., October 20. Five hundred lives lost and property damaged upwards of a million dol? lars ?re the estimates of the cyclone's devastation given here today. The most appalling disaster so far re reported is that at Elliott's Key, a lit? tle coral island twenty-five miles south of Miami, where it is reported 500 lives were lost. Dozens of gangs of laborers employed by the Flagler railway interests on the construction of the extension of the; Florida East Coast railway were housed on some of these islands. Three Million Dollars Damage. Havana, October 20.-Contradicto? ry reports continue to arrive at the offices of the Havana newspapers as.| to the extent of the damage wrought there by the cyclone. According tb the most reliable accounts obtainable today the list of dead and fatally in? jured in Havana will be between 30 and 40, while the total casualties on the island will exceed 100 dead and 500 injured. All estimates as-to prop-' erty loss are a mere guess also. The j damage to shipping and buildings in j Havana alone will be upwards of $3, ! 000,000. j Washington, Oct 22.-The weather j bureau this morning received the I following -dispatch from the Observer ! at Jupiter, Fla.: "From Miami South along the Keys where hundreds of men were em? ployed building the Florida East Coast Railway, the storm and high seas did great damage. Many lives reported lost Reports say eighty laborers on living boat and thirty on a passenger steamer are known to be lost. Many were washed off the low keys or driven to sea in house boats. Three steamers are reported here as having picked up a house boat crew at sea. Washington, Oct 22.- President Roosevelt has received the following telegram from Governor Broward of Florida in response to his message of sympathy with the people in the re? cent storm disaster: "I express the sincere thanks of the people of Florida for your ex? pression of sympathy and sincerely thank you for the offer of National aid in any practical way. Will ad? vise you further after investigating matters." DR. BROUWER ACQUITTED. ) - When the Verdict Was Announced thc Court Room Resounded With Ap? plause of Physician's Friends. Toms River, X. J., Oct. 17.-After a trial lasting about 10 days, Dr. Frank h. Brouwer, indicted for the murder of his wife by poison, was acquitted today. The evidence was all in yes? terday and today the arguments were made, followed by the judge's charge. The jury brought in a verdict of "not guilty" inside of an hour. The court room was crowded when Judge Hendrickson ascended the bench to hear the finding. Dr. Brouwer was brought in look? ing pale, but showing little signs of nervousness. The jury then filed into the box and the foreman was asked if they had agreed on a verdict. WITTEKIND HAS SAILED. Columbia, October 18.-The Witte kind, the steamer bound from Bre? men to Charleston, sailed yesterday, according to a cablegram received from Commissioner Watson by ?fis assistant, Mr. Beverley Herbert. The cablegram, further stated that there wt-re on board 482 immi? grants, 1S1 being Belgians and the rest being German, Austrian and oth? er home-seekers who will try their fortunes in the South. The Wittekind will take about 16 days to make the voyage and will ar? rive in Charleston about November 2 or 3. It is believed that there is a full cargo aboard and dispatches in? dicate that Charleston will have a full cargo to ship back. your fougue to I and look in the glass-^you will see the effect YO? can't help puckering-it makes you pucker to think of tasting it By the use o? so called, cheap Baking Powders you-take this ^puckering, injurious Alum right into your system-you injure digestion, and ruin your stomach. AVOID ALUM ?KR Royal is made from pure, refined Grape Cream ot Tartar-Costs more \than Alum but you have the profit of quality, the profit of good health. SIL VIEIRA HAS ESCAPED. 3?issing Havana Agent of Ceballos & Co., on Board of Vessel Which Vis? ited Curacoa Several Days Ago. Nevi Tork, October 17-The steam? ship Carmelina, with Manuel Silveira, the. C^b^A\ banker, whose recent dis? appearance from Havan,- was said to have brought about the failure of Ceballos & Co., and his wife and two children, steamed into Curacoa a week ago last Sunday, according to Capt. Bennett and several of the. pas? sengers and crew of the steamship Zulia, of the Red D. Line which reached here today from Curacoa and Venezuelan ports. H. B. Chase, a representative of a lumber company of this city, who re? turned on the Zulia from La Gifay ra, said the Carmelina put into Cur? acoa early on Sunday, October 7, and left on the forenoon of the following day after taking on coal, and osten? sibly for Porto Cabello. "I was cu? rious enough to look up the Carmel? ina's passenger list," said Mr. Chase, "and I found the names of Silveria, his wife and two orner Silveras, pre? sumably children. I was told that they landed at Curacoa, saying that they were going to New York proba? bly on the Zulia. I learned that they shortly afterwards went to Porto Ca? bello. I thought it strange that they should go to New York from Havana by way of Curacoa. "Nobody paid much attention to the Carmelina," said Mr. Chase, "be? cause none of us knew anything about Silveira or his connection "dtath the failure of Ceballos & Co." Substantially the same story was told by Capt. Bennett, who said he recognized the Carmelina as she came into Curacoa and supposed she was short of coal. -: POLICEMAN SLAYER CAUGHT. ? Negro Who Killed Roanoke Officer is* Landed in Jail. Roanoke, Va., October 16.-After eluding his pursuers five days, John Hardy, the negro who killed Police? man R. M. Beard during a raid on a negro dive last Thursday night, was captured today ten miles from Roa? noke. Hardy went to the home of Preston Shillings, and asked to be al? lowed to rest, saying he was lil. He was recognized by Shilling who gave him a bed. Later three farmers en? tered the room and jumped on Hardy. ; The negro, in an attempt to use a re? volver which he had under the bed covers, discharged the weapon, the : ball crashing through his own head, inflicting a dangerous wound. It is ; said Hardy has killed three men. He i is in Roanoke jail. As a precautionary measure Mayor : Joel H. Cutchen tonight closed all the saloons in the city and gave orders that they were not to open again until : he says so. Several knots of men are I late tonight on the streets, mostly in i the vicinity of the jail, but a lynching 1 is not probable. Hardy is in a preca- ; rious condition. 1 -y LUMBER COMPANIES MERGED. Two South Carolina Concerns Con? solidated With Small Railroads. Capitalized at $1,000,0000. Lynchburg, Va., October 17.-The merger of the Williams & McKeithan Lumber Company of Lumber, S. C.; Apex Lumber Company of Hamlet, X. ,C; Palmetto Lumber Company of McBee, S. C.; Chatham Lumber Com? pany of Durham, X. C., with nummer ous saw mills, 70,000 acres of valua? ble timber lands and two small rail? ways in the Carolinas, with a paid up capitalization of $100,000,000 has been announced. Ern?st Williams of Lynchburg is president. J. M. Bar, former general manager of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, is a director. Lynchburg will be the home office. TAFT IX WASHIXGTOX. He Tells Xewspaper Men Unit He Has Faith in Cuba's Future. Washington, D. C.. October IS. Secretary Taft arrived in Washington i shortly after midnight this morning. He was met by an army of newspa? per men to whom he said: "I have the utmost faith in the future of Cu? ba and an abiding hope that all will end quietly and well. Of course it takes time and patience and careful management to bring order out of the muss created by six weeks of rev? olution, but I am convinced ^hat this will be accomplished zo the satisfac? tion of all concerned." BIG FIRE IX BIRMINGHAM. Flames Swept Through Two Blocks. Loss a Half Million. Birmingham. Ala.. October IS. Fire started in the six-story building of the ProWland Hardware Company early this morning and swept through two blocks. The damage is estimated at $500.000. Two firemen were in? jured. The fire is now under control. MEMORIAL SERVICES. Daughters of thc Confederacy -Pay"] Tribute to Memory of Mrs. Davis. Memorial services in honor of the late Mrs. Jefferson Davis were held Sunday afternoon in the Episcopal church by Dick Anderson, Chapter, CT. V. C. The members of the 'Chap? ter and quite a large congregation at? tended the services which were im? pressive throughout and simple in character. The address was de? livered by Rev. H. H. Covington, Rector of the church. Sumter is not in the Fall Festival md Gala Week business this year and Charleston and other towns are draw? ing the crowds. About 1909 the time ivill be about ripe for Sumter to give mother big blow out for the enter :ainment of South Carolinians. FIRE IX SENECA, The Loss Exceeds Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars. Seneca, October 17.-Seneca waa visted - this morning- about 1 o'clock by one of the most disastrous and. de*, structive fires ever known in her his? tory, completely destroying the Pal? metto's house, the Oconee Inn, thfc residence of Mrs. L. M. Coleman and the stock of goods of Hunt & Harper* the Seneca Pharmacy and Luther Moore, which were contained in stores rooms under the Palmetto House, The small frame storeroom nest to residence of Mrs. Coleman was dyn-* amited to stop the progress of the? flames east. For a time it looked aa. if the Coleman-Jordan building in which is W. S. Hunter & Co., would, ignite also, but by hard efforts th*s building was saved. If this's*?^. room had caught the flames wo?t& have swept the business portion of thfc town, entailing a very heavy loss. A3 near as can be ascertained the loseea are as follows: R. M. Richardson, Palmetto builds ing and hotel furniture, $20,000x in? surance $5,600, Hunt & Harper^ stock, $15,000, insurance $6,540? Seneca pharmacq, stock $5,0.00, insur* ance $2,000, loss partial; L. As Moore, stock $4,000, insurance. $20,000, insurance $10,000;- Mrs. L, 3M* Coleman, loss $5,000, insurance $1, 000; Mrs. E. L. Sloan, $500, insurance. $150. The fire started in the kitchen ot the Oconee Inn, and had evidently been smoldering for a good long time, as when it was dicovered smoke had filled the buliding before there was any flame. It was at least 15 min-? utes after the discovery that flamea i were seen*and it was a matter of a, ! few minutes until it was seen that the Oconee Inn was doomed. With most any kind of fire protection, the fire could have been held to the Ccov nee Inn and its spread prevented. Almost Suffocated. One young man was awakened in his room in the Palmetto House hy some one over an hour after th? alarm was given and he came near suffocating before he could bo gotten, out. There is aboslutely no ground foy suspicion that the work was incon* diary, as it seems clearly a case 0$ catching from a stove. A great many colored people ren* dered valuable service in fighting th? fire and removing goods from thQ stores. E. D. Smith of Magnolia, president of the South Carolina Cotton Grow? ers' Association, and a member of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association, and Miss Anu4? Branson Farley, formerly of Spa*? tanburg, but now of Florence, w41| be married Wednesday evening, Oe* tober 31, at the Presbyterian church! at Florence. A T. P. P. A. Post has been organ? ized in Darlington with a member* ship of 23.