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1 Camaaie Hall. New York. Sept SI.
-Democracy's presidential campaign
la Oreater Now York had Its advent
tonight when WllUam J. Bryan at a
aaaaa asastlna ander the auspices of
Taat*asay Ball spoke before enthua
laattc thousands who filled Carnegie
_haJl aad thronged, into the streets.
Una ovation accorded to the presiden?
tial eaadloaie waa a brilliant cWtnax
to n day In which a untied party paid
Mr. Bryan a coasplcu. ua reception.
Mr. Bryan spuk? for over an hour
I en 'Republican Tendencies" at Carne
khte Hall, and for over 10 minutes his
ludteiite aiplaudod nts appearunc*
cn the platform.
Before the meeting the candidate
snake from a cart tall to an overflow
gathering of New York's thousands
who stormed the Una of police to gain
Bad mission to the hall. On his arrival
*usre today Mr. Bryan spok) at a noon?
day meeting aad during the afternoon
Said constant leveea at hie hotsl
[ Wer? Democratic leaders In the city
sind Sine called upon blm.
Previous to the Carnegie hall meet*
ging tonight Mr. Bryan was entertain?
ing at dinner at the home of Mtlbert
C Carry. On approaching Carnegie
hall a little later Mr. Bryan was given
aa ovation by a crowd of 10.000 or
snore naraaaa who could opt sat 10
the hast ? / ;
The candidate waa taken to a flag
draped cart and from It he made a
brief speech. He was cheered re
pea tedar. eepeotarty when a man in
the crowd tried to argue with him and
Bryan made a squelching reply.
~J can1 apeak to* you only briefly, as
tl have a long speech to make Inside "
***ald Mr. Bryan. "Let me call your
attention to the marked difference be?
tween the Republican platform and
oars. The Republican platform Is
different especially In not outlining
neeeeaary legislation. Our platform
tolle the public what we think of what
IbSunjht to be done. We take the peo?
ple into our confidence and thus we
show not only our faith In the merits
of our policies but also In the Intelli?
gence of our voters.
"Now there are four propositions aa
to labor for which we stand. First.
I we believe that there should be a de?
partment of labor with a cabinet ofri?
es Its head.
"Second, we believe that labor
uld be taken out of the operation
the trust law.
Third, we believe that an Indus
dispute should not be sufficient
for the Issuance of an Injunc
"Fourth, wa believe tn trials by jury
In case of Indirect contempt."
A man who claimed to be a union
Iron worker here attracted the atten
1 tlon of Mr. Bryan and aaked him if
It ware true that he had need the
expression that workmen were a lot
of beggars when he waa In congr?
I speak as a representative of or?
ganised labor," the man adedd.
"No you do not." shouted Mr.
Bryan. "My record Is well enough
known, eo that no representative of
organised labor would have to ask mo
such a queetton."
"Did or did you not uee that
presston?" insisted the man.
Bryan answered: "I shall not un?
dertake now or at an/ other time to
answer any and every statement that
may be made by those who are trying
to help the Republican party until
they get an endorsement from tho
Republican party or IU) representa?
tive*."
Mr. Bryan then left the cart and
went Into Carnegie h*H.
Flood R?h>f Fund
SSft,00S.
Augusta. On. Sept. 11?atr. B. B.
Hook, general eecretary and treasurer
of the flood relief committee, submit?
ted for publication last Saturday the
rtret complete Hat of contribution* to
the relief fund that has been com?
piled up to date. It contain* *everal
hundred namea of town* and persona
and enow* a total of approximately
fll.Mt. . . ,
Mied April, I860.
'Be Jost an
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SUMTE!
WA16HI IS CHAMPION
SPEEDS THROUGH THE AIR AT
EASE IN HIS AEROPLANE.
Take* World's Record and Prize of
$l,0O0?l'o\ers Distance of 08
kilometre* and Stay* In Air More
Tnnu One Hour and n Half?Wit?
nessed by 10,000 People.
Lemans, Sept. 21.?In the presence
of the officials of the French Aero
club of Sarthe. the American am?
bassador, Henry White, Qen. Razalne
Hayter, commander of the fourth
army corpa, a large number of French
and foreign experts and a wildly
cheering crowd, numbering' 10,000,
Wilbur Wright, the American aero?
naut, this afternoon captured the
world's record from his brother, Or*
Mile Wright, with a flight In his pow?
erful machine of 1 hour, SI minutes
and SI seconds, coveting In that time
an actual distance of II kilmetres, or
the greatest distance covered by an
aeroplane In 1908, and the aero club
prise of $1,000 for the longeet flight
over an enclosed ground. The wind
was too high L the morning to per?
mit of a flight and when It fell at 4
o'clock this afternoon. Wright made
three false starts.
Finally at 6.IS the aviator got
away nicely, sailing majestically up
the afield.
After rounding the uper turn
Wright swept back and began describ?
ing ellpses.
On the ISth round Wright rose to
$0 feet, after almost skimming the
earth.
In the gathering darkness the ae?
roplane could no longer be seen at
the farther end of the field and H
appeared and disappeared In the
gloom like a white phantom. Only
the sound of the ceaseless churn of
the propellers told the multitude that
Wright was still in the air. Matches
were lighted to keep watch on the
fleeting minutes and night had fallen
when at the end of the 33d round
Wright came lightly to the ground.
With a mad cheer the crowd rush*
*d forward, only being prevented
from hoisting the American In tri?
umph on their shoulders by charging
cavalry.
Among the first to reach Mr.
Wright'* side wae Henry ? White, the
American ambassador, who told the
smiling aeronaut of the keen pleasure
he felt In witnessing his victory. The
ambassador said that he knew he
was expressing the sentiment* of
President Roosevelt and the, entire
people In congratulating him. Sub?
sequently Ambassador White said he
believed the American people should
present a testimonial to the Wright
brothers.
"If Germany honors Zepelln, why
should not America honor the men
who have opened a new page In the
history of the world?"
Wright told a representative of
the Associated Press that he had de*
seendcd only because of darkness; he
still had sufficient essence in the tank
to last an hour. The official distance
of the flight is given as S6.S0 kilo*
metres. For the Michelin aero prize
only the time before sunset counts,
and therefore In his atempt to win
this trophy White set a record of 53
minutes, covering 28.8 kilometres.
WOUNDED FIVE TIMES, SHERIFF
h ILLS HIS MAN.
Georgia Official Has Eneonner With
Nogro Charged With Murder of
Two Hoy*.
Oalneevllle. Qa.. Sept. 21.?Sheriff
W. W. Beard of Hay county was shot
five times here this morning by
George Thomas, the negro alleged to
have murdered the Blus boys about
ten days ugo, and Thomas In turn was
shot and killed by the sheriff. Sheriff
Heard met Thomas on the street and
ordered him to halt. Thomas opened
fire and wounded Beard five times be?
fore he could draw his pistol. Beard
finally got his pistol out and shot
Thomas dead. Sheriff Beard's condi?
tion Is reporter, to be critical.
Three other negroes, Essie Coleman,
Alma Johnson and Suvannah Woods,
the woman whose house Is near the
scene of the tragedy, are confined in
the county Jail as accessories.
TS* only evidence against Essie
Coleman and Almu Johnson Is that
they were with Otafnsj Thomas on
the night of the murder. Coleman
claims to have been drunk and re?
members nothing. Johnson is unable
to give an account of herself.
He was a frank New York beggar,
soliciting in Fourteenth street, during
the early days of last week, when ask?
ed why he didn't go to work, answer?
ed: "Why should I try to get worn
when i couldn't earn more than a
couple of dollars a day, and I can
make $3 or $4 a day much easier?"
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id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln
I. S. C. WEDNESDA
BLOWN UP BY GAS.
Tremendous Explosion of Gas Fol
lowing Undermining of Street by
Breaking of a Main.
New York, Sept. 21.?Hurled ?n the
air by a tremendous explosion of gas
following the undermining of a part
of Hudson street, Hoboken, three men
received such terrible injuries e^rly
today that they are reported to be
dying in St. Mary's hospital. The men
ar?i Robert Broth and Benjamin
Brasch, of 126 Hudson street, and
William Sass, of 25 Gardner street.
fcV the breaking of a big water
main under the sidewalk in from of
123 Hudson street, a large section of
tha ttreet was undermined and cav?
ed. Little notice was taken of the
happening until some tim* tutor,
when a strong smell of gas routed
t ut the sleepers In the houses there?
abouts.
Broth and Brasch went out to in?
vestigate. They were joined by Sass,
who was passing, the caved in por?
tion of the street and sidewalk show?
ed that the water mains had bursted
and the water was flowing down toward
the riVer, but the men could not dis?
cover where Jhe gas came from.
Knowing that a big illuminating
gas main was laid on that side of the
street all three men lighted matches
and began to look for the break. An
Instant later with a terrible r^oar,
fully twenty square feet of the street,
paved with asphalt and the flagging
of the sidewalk were shot upward.
High above the debris flew the
ihree men, Sass going as high as the
top of the houses. Apparently
he got the full force of the explosion.
The other two did not make such an
extended trip skyward, but all three
were unconscious and groaning when
occupants of the nearby houses ran
out in terror to" see what was the
trouble. Some thought the explosion
was the result of an attack by black
mailers and women and children
screamed in terror. Much damage
was done in cellars along Hudson
street by the inrush of water, and the
entire street for nearly a block was
undermined.
Surgeons at St. Mary's hospital say
the three men have but a slight
chance for recovery. Their llmbi; are
broken, their ribs crushed and their
bodies terribly lacerated by the ex?
plosion and the flying bits of stone
and asphalt. No cause Is known for
the breaking of the main.
THAW BEGINS ANOTHER FIGHT.
Jerome Strenuously Opposes All Ef?
forts to Reopen the Case to Consid?
er Insanity Plea.
White Plains, N. Y., Sept. 21.?Har?
ry K. Thaw's fight for a trial by jury
to consider his sanity plea begins to?
day with District Attorney Jerome
strenuously opposing all efforts to re?
open the case.
Judge Isaac M. Mills, of the su?
preme court, today accepts briefs
from Chas. Morschauser, Thaw's at?
torney, and Mr. Jerome and will then
decide upon the application of Stan?
ford White's slayer as to whether he
is entitled to a trial by Jury on his
allegation that he is sane and Is being
unlawfully confined.
Jerome contends that Thaw is an
Insane criminal, who, if free, would
be a menace to society. The applica?
tion by Thaw vaa made last July, but
was adjourned at the request of Mr.
Jerome until today. Since be' 4g ta?
ken to White Plains jail. Thaw has
been denied all extradlnary privileges
and is treated like all other prisoners
confined th'ere. Thaw spends most of
his time writing a history of his case
and expects to make a good record as
a writes with it.
COTTON MILL INDUSTRY CLOSED
IN MANCHESTER.
More Than Four Hundred Mills Have
Shut Down?Dispute Over the
Wa*ze Seale.
Manchester, Eng., Sept. 21.?More
than 400 cotton mills in Lancashire
are idle today as a lesult of the dis?
pute over wages between operatives
and employers. This means that 40.
ooo.OOO spindles are wholly or par?
tially stopped, that more than $250,
000,000 of capital is not bringing in
any return, and that 140,000 opera?
tives are without work and losing
something over $700,000 In wages a
j week. In view of the present condl
I tlon of the market, It Is not felt here
that the strike will last long, for the
card room workers are expected soon
to take a second ballot and agree to
the 5 per cent, reduction in wages,
which already has been accepted by
the spinners.
Inside of twelve years New York
promises to be the largest city on
earth. It is now growing moro than
six times as fast as London.
ls't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an
Y. SEPTEMBER 23,
HEARST REFUSES PLAN.
NOT WILLING TO SUBMIT THE
CHARGES TO EDITORIAL
BOARD.
Comes Back With a "Story"?Cannot
Afford Slightest Controversy With a
Man of the Governor's "Character."
New York, Sept. 21.-?William R.
Hearst, who has been campaigning for
the national ticket of the Independ?
ence party In the South and Middle
West, returned to this city tonight and
soon afterwards isrued a statement
concerning the challenge of Gov. C.
N. Haskell of Oklahoma. In his re?
cent speeches Mr. Hearst had charged
that Haskell, who is now treasurer of
the Democratic committee, had
sought in 1899 to Influence Attorney
Frank S. Monnett of Ohio to dismiss
certain suits then pending against the
Standard Oil company. In a telegram
to Mr. Hearst, which he made public
last night, Gov. Haskell invited Mr.
Hearst to publicly prove his charges
to a committee of editors.
Mr. Hearst refuses to accept the
suggestion of an editorial board of
arbitration in the following lan?
guage:
To the Associated Press:
I address this communication to
you, as I cannot have the slightest
correspondence or controversy with
a man of Mr. Haskell's character.
I Mr. Haskell's proposition reminds I
I me of the well known story of the I
burglar who was caught in the act by
the police. When the police burst in
upon him they found him in front of
a safe which had been blown open,
with his tools in his pocket, a dark
lantern in one hand and his other
hand on the valuables in the safe. The
police dragged the burglar to the
court room and the judge said to the
culprit:
"Well, what have you to say for
yourself?"
The burglar said: "Look a-here,
judge, let's arbitrate this case."
The' court records, the complaint of
the ex-m'orney general of Ohio, Mr.
Monnett, the present assistant of the
present attorney general of Ohio, Mr.
Burnett, the court records of the State
of Oklahoma in the Prairie Oil and
Gas company case, accuse Mr. Haskell
and not I.
Mr. Haskell has had many years in
which to sue Mr. Monnett if that
gentleman committed a libel In nam?
ing C. N. Haskell as one of the men
who attempted to bribe him in the
Standard Oil case.
Mr. Haskell's proposition to arbi
tr?te the matter now shows that he
has a sense of humor, even if he has
not a sense of honor.
(Signed) William Randolph Hearst.
TWO MURDERS IN BRANCHVILLE
Negroes Use Guns and Knives and
Two are Dead and One Not Expect
ed to Live.
Branchville, Sept. 21.?Saturday
morning about 8 o'clock John Henry
Mitchell, colored, shot and mortally
wounded Willie Thompson, also col
ored, about 4 miles from here
Thompson died about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon from the wound. The shoot
ing Is claimed to be an accident.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
Ed Thomas, colored, cut Neighbor
Warren, also colored, at a negro con
ventlon about 4 miles from here. War
ren was cut from ear to ear across the
back of the neck, and is not expected
to live.
This afternoon, about 2 o'clock
LtEzle Julia Grimes, colored, stabbed
Gena 8mith, also colored, to death on
the Main street in Branchville. Gena
Smith was stabbed five times in th
throat and chest, one stab cutting the
jugular vein and carotid artery, caus
ing death in five minutes?
T. C. DUNCAN HELD ON GRAY
CHARGE.
Alleged That He Obtained About Nine
Thousand 1>ollars by Fraud ami
False Pretenses.
Union, Sept. 21.?T. C. Dunca
former president of the Union a
Buffalo cotton mills until their re<
ganization three years ago and one of
I the best known industrial promoter!
of the South for years, was Saturday
evening arrested here on a warrant
charging him with fraud and obtain?
ing money under false pretensei to
the aggregate amount of $8,000 or
$9,000, sworn out by one of the re?
ceivers of the People's bank of this
city.?Special to The State.
The war department Is considering
the question of providing two army
officers Instead of one for Clemson
College and tie South Carolina Mill
tary Academy.
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1908. New 8ei
PINK W. IIA KLEY ARRESTED.
Charged With Killing of IV. Addison
Jeffcoat?Recent Candidate for '
County Supervisor.
Orangeburg, Sept. 21.?Pink W.
Harley was arrested here today and
lodged in Jail, charged with the mur?
der of the late R. Addison Jeffcoat on
the 23d day of last December. The
warrant was sworn out by Frank M.
DeMars, a son-in-law of Jeffcoat, on
"information and belief."
Although it was generally known
that detectives have been working on
this case for some time, today's devel?
opment was somewhat of 'a surprise
to the general public and various
opinions have been expressed. Harley
resides in the section of this county in
which the killing occurred, and was
a candidate in the recent primary for
the office of county supervisor.
The accused will be given a prelimi?
nary hearing on the 24th instant at
10 a. m., before Magistrate C. P.
Brunson, and not until then will the
prosecution divulge any information
which it may have.
The assassination of Mr. Jeffcoat is
still fresh in the minds of the people
of Orangeburg county. He was shot
down at night from ambush while go?
ing to, and very near to his home.
Death ensued a few days later.?Spe?
cial to the State.
Life Sentence Was Unwarranted by
Offense.
Galveston Tex., Sept. 21.?Chap?
lain Jake Hodges, of the Texas State
penitentiary, at Huntsviiie, has just
brought to lght that W. J. Dent, a
cousin of Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jack?
son, and a member of one of the first
families of Virginia, is a life term
prisoner in this institution; that his
incarceration seems without due pro?
cess of law, and that his offense was
j not such as to warrant such punish?
ment even in Russia. He has endured
the sufferings for eight years. But
disclosure by the prison chaplain has
aroused indignation and started a
movement to secure his pardon.
Dent, tep years ago, was given a
short term for swindling, but was par?
doned. While imprisoned, he formed
a friendship with a man named Isaacs,
who was serving a life sentence for
accessory to murder.
Released from prison, Dent got hold
of a pardon blank, which had been
used, and substituting the name of
Isaacs, secured the latter's release.
Isaacs disappeared, but Dent was
caught and sentenced for life. He
was refused a trial by jury, and was
not permitted to testify or Introduce
witnesses.
HOLDING COTTON CROP.
Anderson Farmers Urged to Hold for
Better Prices.
Special to the State.
Anderson, Sept. 21.?Mr. S. D.
Burns, secretary of the Anderson
County Farmers' union, has issued a
strong call upon the union members
to hold their cotton for better prices.
The ginneries throughout this county
are being rushed with business, but
the farmers are not selling the staple
as it is delivered from the gin. They
are storing it in the warehouses for
better prices. There is a fiat price of
9 cents being paid on the Anderson
market, the premium on old cotton
having been lifted several day* ago.
NIGHT RIDERS IN NORTH STATE.
Threaten to Burn Gins If Operations
are Continued In Face of Devlin lug
l^rices.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 21.?Wight
riders have now appeared In this State
and have threatened to burn a cotton
gin if it continues to run in the face
of the declining cotton market. J. F.
Jenkins, manager of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company's plant at Shelby,
received the menacing letter Satur?
day. A cordon of arme I men has
been placed around the gin to pro?
tect it.
Southern Hallway Cl\augea.
Washington. Sept. 21.?Randall
Clifton, general freight agent of th??
Southern railway with headquarters
at Atlanta, has been appointed assist?
ant freight traffic manager, vice G.
R. Browder, who has been appointed
member for the South of the Uniform
Classification committee. F. H. Beh?
ring, assistant general freight agent
with headquarters at Louisville, ha*
been appointed general freight agent
with headquarters at Atlanta.
The citizens of Greenwood are
making arrangements to hold a coun
fair this fall.
Tillman Harsey had his right arm
cut oft In a cotton gin In Lexington
last week.
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E SOUTHRON, 1 >tabli-Led June, 186?
?ies-Yol. XXVIII. So\\
HEARST'S CHARGES DISPUTED.
DECLARES THE STANDARD OIL
CHARGES ARE ABSOLUTELY
FALSE.
Challenges a "Show Down"?Proposes
That Evidence in the Matter he
Submitted to Non-Partlzan Com?
mittee of Editors.
Chicago, Sept. 20.?Gov. Haskell ol
Oklahoma tonight gave out the fol?
lowing telegram, which, he said, he
had sent to William Randolph
Hearst:
I "William R. Hearst, care New York
I American, New York, N. Y.
"Sir: You are stating in speech and
press in substance that during the
year 1899, when Attorney General
Frank S. Monnett of Ohio had several
cases pending in the supreme court
of that State against the Standard
Oil company that I sought to influ?
ence him to dismiss those suits. I
have said, and now repeat, that your
statement is absolutely false, and that
I never had any relations of any kind
or character with the Standard Oil
company. Our conflicting statements
prove nothing. You as a newspaper
man, may and should desire a reputa?
tion for truthfulness; I, as a publlo
official, demand that those who accuse
me stand forth and make known their
proof. You know that a suit against
you for civil damages, or a criminal
prosecution for libel, means long de?
lay and affords your character of
journalism a chance to cover your ex?
penses before being caleld upon to
settle. 1 do not want your money; I
simply desire to expose you to the
public as a false accuser who has dis?
torted public records and manufac?
tured statements for base political
purposes. For the purpose of forever
settling this infamous slander which
you are circulating in your newspa?
pers and on the stump, I now propose
that a eommitte of five or any three
of them, composed of the editors oft
the Springfield (Mass.) Republican*,
the Chicago Journal, the New York;
World, the Indianapolis News and the
St. Louis Republic, be selected to
hear you and mc under oath and all
other evidence they may desire as to
the truth or falsity of your charge, at
the earliest possible moment, and ren?
der their decision to the public in
writing. Should this committee find,
your charge sustained I shall with?
draw from all connection with the
present presidential campaign. Should.:
the verdict be against you. as I know
it will, there need be no other penalty
than the public contempt due every
assassin of character.
"C. N. Haskell."
STATE IS PREPARING FOR DIS?
PENSARY CASE.
Arguments Before the United States
Supreme Court to be Completed
Soon.
Attorney General Lyon and Mr. W.
F. Stevenson, representing the State
dispensary commission, will in a few
days prepare their brief for appeal to
the supreme court of the United
Spates on the decision of the federal
cou?*t of appeals in the matter of the
appointment of receivers for the dis?
pensary funds. While the court of ap?
peals has decided p gainst the State in
this case, the officials representing the
prosecution of the grafters are confi?
dent that the final tribunal of appeals
will sustain the State.
The order of the court of appeals
provides for a stay ol 40 days in pro?
ceedings and it is presumed that un?
til the case is finally decided the re?
ceivers will not be allowed to touch
the $800,000 now in the treasury. Mr.
Lyon is confident that the decision of
the court of appeals has no indica?
tion of the final issue, as only one of
the supreme court Justices sat in that
tribunal.?The State.
COAST LINK FLAGMAN SLAIN.
Murdered Body of Man Ftmnd Be?
tween Rails?Tramp Siispeetcd.
Norfolk. Va., Sept. 19.?The mur?
dered body of F. K. Winstcad, aged
21 years, of Wilsen. N. C. a flagman
.. i the Atlantic <'?>ast Line, was found
between the rails of a track of that
road near Bure, Gales County, eaily
today. His throat was cut from ear
to ear and his severed arm and
thumb were found lying close by.
Wlnstead i* believed to have been
murdered by tramps, whom he at?
tempted to chase from the train.
Solicitor Cooper is making investi?
gations of the recent conspiracy case
in Greenwood county.
W. B. McCaw. a leading lawyer of
Yorkville, died at his home after an
attack of gastritis.