Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|e IVB SVMTKB WA .VUMAN, EatabU Consolidated Aug. 2,188 9mBmBSf9^f^ss^^t^s'- 1_? Cbf J&attbman anb Soutbron. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SL'MTBR, a C. Terms: $1.10 par annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Bvery subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub eerre private Interests will be charged for ae advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects anil be charged for. fU.VOHT ON GROWING COTTON Condition of Crop II;:imated at 81.1 Per Cent, of Normal Against 7 ?.7 a Year Ago. Washington. June 4.?The growing crop of cotton on May 25 was 81.1 par cant, of a normal condtlon. against 70.7 a year ago and a 10 year average of 11.4. The area plant? ed this year Is about 01.0 per cent, of the area planted In cotton last year, and aggregates about 11.018.000 acres, a decrease of 1.411.000 acres or 4.4 per cent from the bureau's revised estimate of last ysar's planted area. Thlt was todpy'a report of the agrl cull ural department. # Ihe revised estimate of last year s plaited area waa $1.170.000 acres. Th4 figures for the area planted 'hi* y?ar Include that already planted end expected to be planted. ' By States there are planted In acres In lOOt and the condtlon on airy 25. respectively, follows: Virginia 11.000 and 1$ per cent ; North Carolina 1. 410.000 and $$; South Carolina 2 ? 40$.000 and 81 ; Georgia 4.761.000 and 14.; Florida 104.000 and 01; Ala? bama 1.111.000 and HI; Mississippi $. $44.000 and 71: Louisiana 1.155.000 jftj Tesae 0,710.000 and 78; Ar ,000 an<\ 14; Tenneeeee 100 04. 0,000 and] KAlLftOA? COMMISSION MKETS. Matters of Importance Taken Vp Ia*% Werk. Columbia. June 5.?At the regular weekly meeting of the railroad com? mission this week several matters of Importance were taken up. The railroad committee of the Co? lumbia Council of the Order of the National Commercial Travellers of America Sled a complaint against the Southern Railway. In the matter of handlln? biiK*non Train No 27. ar? riving at Rldgeway at 7:15 p. m. The commission took the matter up and asked the Southern Railway to have the conditions alleged In the com? plaint Investigated and report prorr pt lv why auch conditions should exist. A Bumter firm made complaint to the commission that (hey were Im HMJ charged 11 50 per car for switching same from ware house track to de? livery track, both tracks being within the city limits. They were sent a copy of the commission's report for 1008. which contains the laws and rules of the commission in reference to the switchings! cars. The commlMlon has received com? plaints from C. J. Cummlng*. manu? facturer of pine lumber at Davidson. S. On and the Coileton Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, at Rit? ter. S. ('.. complulnlng that the rates on lumh.-r fn South Carolina were higher than In Georgia and Flor? ida, and that the basis for a carload In South Carolina was 20,000 pound* ."id in r<).i and Florida The commission took the mattter under consideration and will ifcvestleate It thoroughly. The Piedmont Orocery Pnmpanv hss complained to the commission In the matter of marking pa< 'lUgJOf in full when delivering same to the ralli eeenpany for ?hipment t'pon the re? ceipt of the complaint they were re? ferred Ml QM thirteenth annual fapgfl .?' the commission for 19<>m. which elves the rules concerning the mark log of package*. To Tin: roi l in \ iiuxoov Walter Wclhnaii Will Start From Spitsbergen In August. Paris. June 0.?Walter WollgMSi who Is about to go again In search of the North Pole, and Melvln Vantinan. his eglneeer, have e<iulpped the dirgl ble balloon to be taken along with them, with an extra set of propellers, capable of being shifted while in mo tion. The start for the pole is expected to begin from Spitsbergen about August V ?lied April, 1860. 'lie Just an 1. 8TJ] COTTON PRICES ADVANCING. HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO RE? DUCE THE CHOP. Recent Reports Have Been Favorable, but they were Issued Before the Rains Began?Sugar Has Been Dull and Rice Inactive. New York, June 4.?Although Ir? regular, the trend of prices In the cot? ton market has been upward mainly owing to heavy rains in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, giving rise to the belief that reports on the conditions of SO to 82 per cent, were offset by rains, in some case torrential, which have occurred since May 25, the real date of most of the favorable crop reports, which have latterly appeared. It was assum? ed, too, that however, favorable the Government report of June 4 might be, allowance in this case would have to be made for the fact that its data also would come down no later than May 25. Meantime a good many re? ports of damage from the central and eastern belt have been received dur? ing the last few day*. Prominent New Orleans men here have Insisted that the North and the East,'as well as Europe, have no/ conception of the seriousness of the excessive rains in the Mississippi Valley and eastward. Texas, too, it is insisted, in some parts at least, has been getting too much rain. Receipts, moreover, have been decreasing. Recent heavy li? quidation has improved the technical position from a speculative point of view and the world's consumption of American cotton during the coming year is expected to be unprecedented ly large. It seems to be pre-ngured by a large broadening of trade gen erally. headed by iron and steel. On the other hand, however, It is a fact beyond dispute that most of the reports on the crop latterly published have been more favorable by 1 to 2 per cent, than that of the Government acreage when the June condition was i 7s.7 per cent. i Borne scout the idee* too, that there is likely to be any decrease in the acreage in the South as a whole, with prices at their present relatively high level. It Is argued that the reduction in the acreage Is often talked of, but not often brought about. The cruo outlook la believed by many to have improved, not only In Texas, but In most sections east of the Mississippi Rlv*?r. A big surplus Is likely to be carried over to next season, which will have to be added to next season's supply. Textiles improve with rather disappointing slowness. The big ad? vance in prices In the last few months, it is contended by scouts, dis? ccunts whatever bullish factors there may be In the situation. Spinners are buying, as a rule, on only moderate scale. Liverpool has been selling, and so has Wall street, the South und West. On set-backs. Jhowever, there bus been such a determination among certain people to buy that prices have actually risen during the week In the teeth of some very favorable crop rt ports. Chicago, New Orleans and Wall street have at times bought with ? free band. July, after selling down close to October, has latterly Increas? ed In its premium over October ma? terially. It Is argued a good June report discussion alvays mean a big crop. In 1896 the June condition was ?7.2 and that of July 92.5. when ev? erybody was predicting a crop of 11, 000,000 bales. But a slump In the con? dition In August to feO-." and in Sep? tember to 64.2 woke everybody up. prices advanced and the crop turned out to be only 8,758,000 bales. In 1904. however, a June condltior of 82, and in 1906 a June figure of 84.8, in each vase Wig the herald of crop* of over 11,190,04)1 bftlea Today the government gave the condition as 81.1 pel cent, with a re? duction In the acreage of 1.45<?'?() acres. The market was but little af Noted, PIER COLLAPSES. MANY DROWN. n? \eny-H\e I Vr?* m*. Are Thrown Into I .like Near New Orleans. New Orleans, La , June 6.??Foul women and two children and probably ?ashf others were drowned tonight when the excursion steamer Hargaret made a fastening at .Vandeville. La., on tlo- north i oast of I*ake pontchar train. twenty five miles from New < u bans. The wharf gaVS way and about 75 pei.pl.? were thrown Into tin lake. Many hOfOtC rOBCUei weie made. The known dt ad are: Miss Lizzie Lortz. Miss Mamie (iotteln. Miss Cath erlne Gotteln. Miss Laura Ray. an In? fant child nnmed Chapin. All of the deceased are residents of New Orleans. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln si ter, s. a. wedn: LAFOLLETTE ANSWERS PEN ROSE. j Senator* Thought Storm Was Brew? ing Because of Personal References to Lafollettc In His Absence, hut Wisconsin Senator Waa Peaceful. Washington, June 4.?No one was required to call a quorum when the Senate met today. The events of last night In respect to the personal ref? erences to Senator Lafollette had caused a feeling that a storm was brewing and nearly every Senator wsa in his place when the Senate met. Contrary to the geenral expecta, tion, the opening scene when Mr. Lafollette took the floor was quite pacific. Mr. Lafollette and Mr. Gal linger had a friendly exchange of words relating to the refusal of the Wisconsin Senator to yield to his New Hampshire colleague for a ques? tion yesterday. Mr. Lafollette then said that he had not been sick yes? terday, but after holding the floor over five hours, did not feel in a con? dition to continue at night and had remained at home to rest. Referring to the session of last night as "seinsatlonal' to such an ex i tent to ob obscure the debate of the day, which had preceded, he turned to Senator Penrose of Pennslvania, who sat in his place on the opposite side of the chamber facing him. "As to the remarks of the Senator fro Pennsylvania," he said, "I would suggest that he would render a very important service to his country for the way he spends his time when absent from this body, rather than In any effort to mke an account for my time." With no nppnstion, the Senate adopted Senator LaFollette's resolu? tion calling on the president to send to the Senate the correspondence be? tween the State Department and hte GGerman government or Its repre? sentative relating to the Germn re? port on wages. BAMBERG FARMER SLAIN. 1 . ? r--> Mr. J. A. Nix Killed Near Denmark By Negro Tenant. Denmark, June 5.?Mr. J. A. Nix a farmer living near Denmark, was shot and instantly killed this morning by Isadore Nimmons, a negro tenant. Mr. Nix had let a crop to two negro women, and the women had hired Nimmons to do the ploughing. Early this morning Mr. Nix went to the ne? gro cabin to get them out to work. It fseems that he was compelled to use force with one of the women, who called Nimmons to Sher relief. Nim? mons rushed in and shot Mr. Nix through the neck without giving any warning, and again through the body as he fell out of the door. Mr. Nix had been given trouble by the negroes many times, and it developed today that Nimmons had threatened in the earlier part of the week to commit the horrible crime, and had prepared himself for It. MAKES PLEA FOH NEWSPAPERS. Chairman of Publishers' Association Appeals to Senator Root. New York, June 6.?John Norris, chairman of the committee on paper ef the American Newspaper Publish? ers' Association, forwarded today to Senator Root a letter setting forth new data on paper duty. The Sena? tor's attention is directed to a com? parison of his newspaper and periodi? cal constituency, as compared with his paper mill constituency, and the state fent |g made that the newspapers of New York State pay seven times as much for labor as all the newsprint paper mills. Mr. Norris appeals for considera? tion of the newspapers as following: "Newspapers are entitled to consid? eration from you even if you ignore the extraordinary function they per? form in disseminating Intelligence, in promoting knowledge and in facili? tating the work of government. Those citizens are the best citizens who are h) complete touch wdth the work of administration and the furtherance of the newspapers mission Is worthy of your serious effort. An Increase in the consumption of paper is due to the Increasing Intelligence of the peo? ple " MANIAC KILLS FIVE MEN. Horrible Tragedy in Massachusetts Slaughter House. Somerville. Mass., June ."?. With a maniacal shlek, John Murphy turned from plg-stlcklng to man-kllllng in the North Packing and Provision Company's slaughter house today, and driving his fellow workmen before him. slew fWe of them and wounded four others. Two of the wounded were reported later as dying. as't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an ESDAY. JUNE 9, 19C CYCLONE AT ELLOAEE. DESTRUCTION ALL ALONG THE PATHWAY. Considerable Damage is Done to Property And Crops?A Number of Persons Were Badly Injured. Elloree, June 4.?A very disastrous cyclone visited this section late yes? terday afternoon which resulted in considerable damage to property and also severely injured a number of persons. The crops are also badly torn up along a path about 100 feet wide, along the line of the storm. The cy? clone first struck the place of Mr. Jack Smith. The dwelling of Mr. Smith was completely demolished. The family, however, were in the dining room, which is a building adjoining the main dwelling, and they escaped un? injured. The storm then passed on to the place of Mr. Watts Hungerplller. All of the houses here were blown down, and the family received some injuries. Mr. Hungerplller is a man of about 75 years of age, and he was badly hurt. Mrs. Hungerplller Is also badly bruised about the back, and a daughter has a thigh and collar bone broken. The other member of the family, a girl, escaped unharmed. From this point the next property struck was that of Mrs. Linne Bair. The dwelling was occupied by Mr. Otto Strock. The barn here was lift? ed off the foundation, but the horses escaped uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Strock seeing the approach of the ugly storm left the dwelling and ran down the road thus escaping any in Jury. The place of Mrs. Perkins was also damaged, the barns being torn down and the chimney to the dwelling also blown down. Mr. Sam Kemmerlin was in his barn at the time of the cyclone, and escaped unharmed, his wife, however, who was in the dwelling, was badly hurt as the buildirfg was blown down. Sne had to be taken "from the entag led mass of timbers. Mr. E. F. Irlck had his barn blown dowVi and also the piazza from his dwelling. One of the timbers struck Mr. Irlck on the head making a long gash. He is badly hurt. The cyclone passed in a northeast? erly direction, and after passing the place of Mr. Irlck lifted from the ground and passed on. PATRICK'S APPEAL DENTED. His Prayer for Death or Freedom Re fused. New York, June 4.?Albert T. Pat? rick's appeal for liberty or death was denied by the appellate division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn today. Patrick had appealed to that court for a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus, which he had obtained from an Individual Justice of the Supreme Court, ordering the prosecuting of? ficers to show cause why he should not be released from prison or put to death of the murder of Wm. Marsh Rice. In support of the writ, Patrick, sev? eral weeks ago made a sensational personal appeal to the appellate divi? sion, In which he declared that the commutation of death sentence to that of life imprisonment by Gover? nor Higgins constituted the impostion of a sentence worse than death. Pat? rick also attacked the legality of his conviction on the ground of conspira? cy. All the justices of the appellate division today concurred in dismissing the writ of habeas corpus. The court sustained the judgment of conviction and the commutation of his sentence to that of life imprisonment and or? dered Patrick to be remanded to Bing Sing prison. In the opinion of the court the most striking paragraph was one bidding that the "degree of punish? ment is not determined by the pref? erence of the convict." This was in answer to Patrick's declaration that lit* imprisonment was a greater hard ship than death. i IIOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG. Infection hi General and Serious Epi? demic la IVurod. st. Petersburg) June 6.? st. Peters? burg is on the eve of a new and se? rious epidemic of cholera, according to the chief sanitary physician of the city, Dr. [vanoflf. Twelve cases of cholera were reported yesterday, and nim today. These are spread In prac? tically all the quarters of the city, indicating that the Infection is gen? eral. When one goose drinks, all drink.? Dutch. ? Truth's." THE TRTJ 19. New Sei STOLE BRASS FROM SHIPS. Warrant Officers and Seamen of American Squadron in Jap Waters Arrest ed. Tokio, June 7.?The departure of Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber'? souadron for Manila, scheduled for today, was delayed owing to the dis? covery of thefts aboard the Galveston and the Denver, in which the names of two warrant officers and several seamen are involved. Court-martials were ordered. Brass and other en? gine room materials, aggregating 2, 500 pounds, were taken from the ships on Decoration Day and sold to junk dealers in Yokohama, The value of the material is estimated at $1,000. LYNCHED IN FLORIDA. Miiik Morris Hanged Near Florida Capitol. Tallahassee, Fla., June 6.?Dang? ling from a limb in the county jail yard, and within sight of the dome of Florida's capitol, the lifeless body of Maik Morris, colored, greeted the people of this city this morning. Al? ready condemned to death for the murder of William Langston, late sheriff of this county, this negro on Friday. June 11, would have paid the penalty of his crime with his life at the hands of the law. A mob of not more than 15 men decreed other? wise, however, and at 3 o'clock this morning Morris was dragged from his cell in the jail and strung to the limb of a tree within the jail inclosure. As if to add emphasis to their lawless? ness, the masked band emptied a round of cartridges into the lifeless body of the negro and rode away without the slightest molestation. Sheriff Houston was in Georgia and when the lynchers arrived at the jail they brought the jailer to the door with the ruse that they a had a pris? oner, overpowered him, took his keys, secured the negro Morris, locked the jailer in Morris* cell and soon accom? plished their work. Lately Morris bad been acting strangely, and its believed that fear that the negro would attempt to es? cape the gallows through feigned In? sanity prompted the act of the mob members who this morning took the law into their own hands to avenge the death of Sheriff Langston. COL. ALEX K. MeCLCRE DEAD. Prominent Journalist and Politician Passes Away In Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa., June 6.?Col. Alex K. McClure, prothonotary of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, and for many years a prominent bQ~re in politicis and jour? nalism, died today at his home in Wallingford, Delaware County, aged 81 years. Col. McClure has been suffering from Infirmities due to his advanced years for some time. Born in Perry County, Pennsyl? vania, he became editor of the Junltla Sentinel when only 19 years of age. He first gained poltlcal prominence in 1853, when he was nominated and de? feated for Auditor General by the Whigs. A member of the Republican convention which nominated Lincoln in 1860. McClure was the one who suggested that the Pennsylvania dele? gates should break away from Simon Cnraeron, of Pennsylvania, and vote for Lincoln. This was done and Lin coln'ss name stampeded the conven? tion. He formed close relations with President Lincoln and his cabinet and took B prominent part In national politics. Col. McClure. came to Philadelphia more than fifty years ago. where for a time he practiced law. In 1873 he Was narrowly defeated for mayor of Philadelphia after a bitter contest. With the late Frank McLaughlin he established the Times and for years wielded a trenchant editorial pen. One of his greatest battles was a cru? sade against the "Dandy Mayor," Wil? liam P.. Smith. He was for many years president of th( Cleveland Club. Si\ Tourists Killed by Fall. Geneva. Switzerland, Juno :;. - While sfx tourists wore attempting to climb Grande Dent, the rope holding them together broke and all fell -. 000 feet Into the abyss, Four of the party, Frenchmen, were Killed and th? |r tWO companions, both Italians, are dying. As the head of the new graduate college of Cornell University the Lue? t. t s have appointed one of the young? est pro fossa ors. Brnest c.eorge Iferrltt, of the department of physics. Blessed is he who Bndeth a true friend.?Bible. .ol. XXIX. No 31 NEW TRIAL FOR DAN HAM I.K. Judge Wilson Allows Rehearing Re cause Jurors Having Seen News paper Account of Kilting. Marion, June C.?Owing to the fact that the jury had been allowed to seo a copy of a newspaper containing an article bearing on the case, Judge Wilson yesterday granted a new trial in the case of young Dan Hamer, con? victed of manslaughter for the k Hing of Pate Walker. The verdict was brought in by the jury after two days' deliberation, following a hard fight for the young man, who is of a promi? nent family. Hamer jind Pate became invalved a quarrel, which ended by Hamer's shooting Pate. Hamer then fled to Texas, but was later apprehended and brought back to stand trial. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, with recom? mendation to the mercy of the court. The defense moved for a new trial, on the ground that a copy of th?? Dil? lon Herald, containing an account of the killing, including details of pre? vious difficulties between the two men, was seen by the jury during Its consideration of the case. The conT stable admitted allowing one cf the jurors to have the paper, at his re? quest. Several of the jurors said they had seen the apepr and thought it had been read. Upon this showing Judge Wilson granted a new trial, which will take place at the fal term of court. The case of the State against An? drew Gainey and John Gainey for the killing of Percy MeLellan resulted in a verdict of acquittal as to John Gain? ey and a mistrial as to Andrew Gain? ey. HERO AT NIAGARA. Louis Cohen Leaps Into Water tor Save His Wife. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June f.? Louis Cohen of Buffalo saw his young; wife leap into the swirling river be? tween Second and Third Sistfr Is! lands at 5 o'clock this afternoon, only 150 feet above the brink of the catn ract. Withuot a moment's hsltation ne followed and struggled to save her. She probably died in his arms. Be? fore it was possible to bring efficient help, an hour had passed during all of which Cohen was making 'ranticr attempts to reach the shore. The cur? rent at this point is about 20 miles an hour. But fortune aided him. With his wife tightly clasped to him he felt himself dashed into a gTOundf tree stump and on this he got a grip with h'.s one free hand. It was nearly an hour after Mrs. Cohen jump? ed into the river when a police officer, James Martin, arrived with ropes and representative James S. Simmons and. three other men. Three t mes they threw the rope' before it fell within Cohen's grasp' and then he was too weak to tie it' about his own or his wife's waht. The two were 20 feet from shore and if was difficult to make a good cas*. Cohen had been unble to keep his wife's face above water. Once Cohen had bold of the rope the men on shore began to pu!L When within 15 feet of the shore Co? hen lost his grip on his wife'n body and it was er.rried down strean and lost to view. When Cohen got on shore he could not speak for ten minutes. His first words were: "She is out there. Go and vet her. She is dead. She died in my arms." At last two s< archers spied Mrs. Cohen's body, held fast by a rock, about 100 feet above the brink. It was with the greatest difficulty that the two men brought the bo iy to land. Life was extinct. Cohen says that worry over the fact that she was unable to Miekle her in? fant depressed his wife greatly andt probably caused her dCSlrS for death*. He is robust and quukly recover^*-* from the shock of his experience. FATAL fire VI' dallas. One Killed and Two Mortalli iaitu-c?fc in Biasing ApertMteni Montau Dallas. Texas. June 6.?In a fin1 whuh started tics morning In 0m kRohan of the Knight Apartment H<-use. corner of Elm and HardwooA streets. Herschel Damully. 8 year*? old. son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Dan ne'.ly. was burned to a crisp and two Others were fatally Injured ard twW seriously hurt. Sixty-two people were asleep in thr building when th<> fire started, srpj taped. A number were forced to .lump from windows to awnings anct then to the street. Many thrillim* rescues were made by the firen**ru The injured were given first ;?ia b> physicians, who rushed to the scene shortly after the fire started. Tlw loss is probably $40,000.