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tribute* of coapecto
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of White Firemen
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will ultimately
gradual elimination of all
negro firemen,
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JCLY 4TH CLOSING.
Will Close Monday. July 5tli?
TtMMss Who Hare Signed.
ffles 4th of July falling on Sunday
the undersigned merchants ri>
hgree to close our places of
|ess on Mondsj. July 5th.
(VDonru-II A Co..
Joseph M. Chandler.
Cwttlno m afcKnlght.
Levy ik Monee.
Htubbg Pros..
W. A. 'Thompson. Per H. A. Hoyt,
' The D. J. Chanlder Cloth ng Co..
The duraler Ins. Agency,
J T. Cunningham.
Purater Book Store.
Lev I Bros., ^
W. H. Tates.
Sumter Grocery Co.,
Knight Bros..
L. W. Foleom.
H. L. Ttedsl*.
Schwerts Rr>s..
Burns Hard wars Co.,
L. B. LeGrand.
A. A. Straus* m Co..
Ducker a Bultman,
B. J. Barnett.
M. Green.
M 'orinii k Jewelry Co.,
The Sumter Dry Goods Cot,
The Sumter Clothing Co..
Singer Sewing Machine Co., Per J.
M. Guthrie.
Cash Dry Qeoon Co.,
Shaw m McCnllum Mer. Co.,
Mr< M" O. Crowns,
T C. Seuffe.
O B. Bostlck.
Oeo. D. Shore A- Bro .
Wm. H Cobb Co.,
Wltherspoon Bros., Furniture Co.,
Valph Hill.
The Haber?l??her>.
Ilm L. Atkinson.
Sumter Hardware Co.,
V H Phelps,
* Beck Bro?. Co.. Per A. K. Durham,
DuRant Hardwere Co.,
B?ltmnn Sho?? Store,
J. D. Cralg Furniture Co.,
U B. Randal.
A Chester special says: "Gne of
the biggest sales of cotton ever made
la this pert of the State was pulled
off Utat week, when Mr. 8. M. Jon is,
of this city, sold to George McPadden
and* Brothere. the big Importers,
through their representative, Mr. J. O.
Barron. 57 2 bales of cotton at 11
cents the price of the lot being 11*.?
ISO
to?tc
?bed April, ISM.
1.
'Be Just an
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II6KUY BY COLUMBIA,
Mit. FRANK WELDON SEEMS TO
BE CONFIDENT.
Interest Along the Line? He Finde
That the Counties South of Colum?
bia Hare Done Good Work.
"There It absolutely no question
about the Capital highway being es?
tablished from Atlanta through Au?
gusta to Columbia," said Frank C.
Weldon yesterday. Mr. Weldon was
in Columbia on his way north along
the proposed route. "I have been in
dvery county along the route from
hero to Atlanta and they will all co?
operate. It is encouraging too, to
know that a vast amount of work has
beeu done and that in most counties.
It will require not more than a lew
weeks to put their links in excellent
condition. In two counties one day's
work will repair their roads from
border to border.
"In a few counties much good work
lias been done by private subscription.
And by the farmers contrtnutlnr
teams and labor. This is especially
true in Lexington County, this State.
Ia Alken County, $4,500 was r*!r<e<i bj
subscription. The road from here to
Augusta Is fairly good now and has
l>een traversed in three und a half
hours.
"Mr. Sam Roof of Lexington took
roe out several miles yesterday In his
Bulek, on the road to Batesburg, and
despite the recent heavy rains the
rc adway was fairly good. Supervisor
Langford hi giving Lexington County
a splendid system of highway*.
??When this Capital highway la im?
proved from Washington through
Richmond, Raleigh and Columbia to
Atlanta* we will have the only long
stretch of road In the Unite* States
suitable for touring through .he win?
ter. When the North Is covered with
enow, the motorist can ship to Wash"
Ipgtott or Richmond and then have
?to miles of good road to Columbia
I and Atlanta, and we expect to extend
o?r highway 400 or 100 miles more
to ThocaosvUle, St. Augustine and
Palm Baach."
Mr. Weldon left yesterday after
tor Camden. He will go to
1H< to Society
oh to Ttaioigh,
Richmond and Washington. He is go?
ing systematically from county to
county and la making a report on
conditions in each county to the high?
way association's executive commit?
tee.?Columbia State.
SMITH SUSPENDS McLENDON.
Georgia Governor Temporarily Re?
moves Head of Railroad Commis?
sion for Not Reducing "Port
Hates."
Atlanta, Qa., June 24.?Gov. Hoke
Smith, who ret ree from office on Sat?
urday, today suspended from office
Chairman S. C. McLendon of the State
Railroad Commission because of Mr.
McLendon's recent decision in refus?
ing to order State railroads to reduce
rates between Savannah and Atlanta
known as the "port rates."
A feature of the suspension Is that
Mr. McLendon was a successor of Joe
M. Brown, now governor-elect, who
succeeds Gov. Smith on Saturday, and
whom Qov. Smith dismissed from his
position as railroad commissioner
about two years ago.
Qov. Smith said that Mr. McLendon
was suspended because he was oppos?
ing the platform upon which the gov?
ernor was elected and was pursuing a
course which the governor thought det?
rimental to the interest of the State,
?a will send a special message to *he
legislature tomorrow giving the rea
fpr the suspension,
i'he "port rates"' controversy was
for lower rates on iron and coffee.
Several Atlanta firm? petitioned for
this reduction, claiming that other
cities, particularly Nashville, enjoyed
lower rates from Georgia ports than
did Atlanta, in hli opinion aecidlni
against this petition Mr. McLendon
iri that to grant the lower rate?
would be equivalent t<> Interfering
with hrteretate eommerce, which the
Ptate Railroad commission had no
iii lit t.? do.
RAID IN "Till: DARK CORNER."
Officer* Destroy Heer und Still FU?
t?rm snd t arry Two l*ri?oner* to
Greenville.
Greenville, .tune It.- After deatroy?
ing '2.000 gallons of beer, breaking up
a 200 gallon steam boiler anil OttlCT
paraphernalia, raiders returned from
"the Dark Cornt r* 'today with two
prlnoners, Wilson Poole and Irwin
Robertson, who were captured at the
plant, competing one of the most suc?
cessful raids in years.
d Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alm
1TER. S. P.. WEDNE
STRIFE IN C0MMISS10H.
DR. MURRAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMISSION AND GOV. AN?
SEL REFUSE TO DIS?
CUSS IT.
Strife Is Caused by Refusal of Dis?
pensary Commission to Modify the
Order Taking* Dispensary Money
Out of Columbia and Alken Banks.
Columbia. June 25.?That Chair?
man Murray, of the dispensary wind
ing-up commission, has tendered his
resignation to Gov. Ansel is currently
reported, but both Dr. Murray and
Gov. Ansel decline to discuss the
matter.
It is understood that Gov. Ansel has
persuaded Dr. Murray to withhold his
resignation for a few days in the hope
that he will change his mind, and this
ho has apparently done. What he
wili finally do, is not known.
At first Gov. Ansel was disposed to
laugh the reporter into the belief that
there was no truth in the report, but
on being pressed closer with ques?
tions, gave tlds as his ^ultimatum: "1
have nothing whatever to say to the
newspapers." There have been sev?
eral conferences today between the
two gentlemen.
The first of the week Dr. Murray,
in declining to make the resolution
regarding the redistribution amongst
the banks of the dispesary fund, pub?
lic, gave as one of his reasons that the
resolution would be modified, and U Is
believed that his failure to accom?
plish this after corresponding with
the other members .of the commission
has lead him to tender his resigna?
tion.
A member of the commission says
Mr. Brice has written Dr. Murray a
yery tart letter regarding the propo?
sition to modify the resolution. Mr.
Brlce sent this member a copy of his
reply to Dr. Murray. He would not
discuss the exact nature of the con?
tents, i
At Greenville, Mr. Patten today re?
fuses to talk, either about Dr. Murray's I
resignation or to make the corres?
pondence between him and Dr. Mur?
ray regarding the modification of the
resolution public. He said his letter
to Dr. Murray was .mild.
*?* ^irftlt'i 11 iin i i k?
MURRAY HAS NOT RESIGNED.
Chairman of Dispensary Commission
Brands Rumor as False.
Columbia, June 25.?Governor An?
sel stated tonight that he had not con?
firmed the report that Chairman Mur?
rey, of the dispensary commission
has not resigned. In fact Dr. Murray
has not resigned. He stated today
that there was nothing in the rumor
that he had resigned. As a matter of
fact It is known here *hut Dr. Mur?
ray discussed the matter with Gover?
nor Ansel and, it la stated, waa ad?
vised to take no action to reconsider.
ACCIDENT ON OLYMPIA LINE.
An Unknown Paesengcr Was Serious?
ly Hurt?Had Not Regained Con
cslousnetia.
Columbia, June 27.?In a collision
last night at 11:30 between an At?
lantic Coast Line freight train, No.
220, and an Olympia car of the street
railway company, at the Assembly
street crossing, Preston Easterly,
motorman, was slightly injured, and
an unknown white man, a passenger
on the car, is perhaps seriously injur?
ed.
The injured passenger had not re?
covered consciousness at a late hour
last night end his name and the ex?
tent of his Injuries could not be learn?
ed. One Injury sustained is a frac?
tured ankle, another is a wound In
the head.
DROWNED IN CANAL.
Prominent Railroad Man Lost His
Life While Routing on Columbia
Canal. ?
Columbia. June 2S.?Mr. A. L. Roy
tt< r, chief cl?rk to BUpt Williams, of
the Southern Railway, was drowned
In the Columbia canal this morning
While out In a small boat. The body
has not yet been recovered. With him
were former chief clerk, Frank Harp?
er and Night Clerk Hannah, of the
Columbia Hotel.
BRYAN'S SON M ARRll 1>
Weds MUs Roigvr, of Milwaukee, at
(.rand Lake, Colo.
Grand Lane, Colo., June 24.?Wm.
Jennings Bryan, Jr., and Miss Helen
Virginia Borger, Of Milwaukee, were
married at I.SO this morning at Kin
nlhlnlO Lodge, the summer home of
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Levering, on the
shore of Grand Lake. Only the Im?
mediate families of the couple were
present.
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s't at be thy Country's, Thy God's am
ISDAY. JUNE 30, 19(
GEN. HASKELL DEAD.
GALLANT COM3!ANDER OP CON
FEDERATE ARTILLERY
Passing of an Epoch?Men Such as
Butler and Haskell Are Going From
Among Us?Sketch.
Col. John C. Haskell died Saturday
morning at early dawn and was
buried yesterday (Sunday) evening at
6 o'clock in the Trinity churchyard
near Hampton and those other men
whom the fortunes of the war had
made famous. His death causes sad?
ness throughout the State. He is sur?
vived by his wife, four brothers, one
sister and four children.
Sketch of Col. John C. Haskell.
John C. Haskell was born in Abbe?
ville, S. 0.? October 4, 1842, and was
educated at home until 1859, when he
entered South Carolina College at Co?
lumbia. There he remained until
1861, when he enlisted in April in the
Confederate army and was appointed
junior second lieutenant in Company
A, regular artillery. The company
wis first stationed at Fort Moultrie.
but it was afterwards changed to a
light artillery, and after the fall of]
Fort Sumter was sent to Virginia. Mr.
Haskell remained with the company
until December, 1861, when he re?
signed his position and was appointed
an aide on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's
staff, which position he held for only
a short time. He was then transfer?
red to Gen. W. G. Smith's staff, who
then held command of the Valley
army, and served with him until the
battle of Seven Pines, rising to the
rank of major. He was then with
Gen. Longstreet at Gaines Mill, where
he lost his night arm. After his re?
covery from this wound he returned
to the army and remained at Gen. R.
F. Lee's headquarters until the battle
of Fredericksburg in December, 1862.
In this battle Maj. Haskell's horse was
killed under him, and In falling he
was so Injured that he was compelled
to return to Richmond. Some time in
February. 1863, he was given the
command, of the North Carolina ar?
tillery, and served unler Gen. D. H.
Hilt during the winter campaign in
that State. After this campaign was
oven he joined Gen. Longstreet's corps
and was assigned to the command of
a battallion, thus serving until the
close of the war, in the meantime be?
ing promoted to the rank of celonel.
On the night of October20, 1864, when
Gen. Lee attempted to turn Grant's
right, Col. Haskell was severely woun?
ded in the head, laying him up a
month or so. At the surrender of Ap
pomatox, Col. Haskell surrendered the
artillery of the army ?s a member of
the commission of which Gen. Lee
was the head. Returning from the
aimy he married Miss Sarah Hamp?
ton, a daughter of Gen. Wade Hamp?
ton, and went at once to Mississippi,
where he engaged in the occupation
of a planter for seven years. In 1877
he took up his residence in Columbia,
S. C, and was immediately elected to
the State legislature. He has been
several times re-elected, the last time
In 1890. He was admitted to the bar
in 1879, and has ever since practiced
his profession. From 1883 up to 1890,
he acted as counsel for several rail?
road companies but resigned that line
of practice in 1890. In all his rela?
tions in life, Col. Haskell has evinced
noble characteristics. In the war he
was in all the principal battles except
those which occurred while he was
disabled by wounds, and though early
deprived of his right arm, he bore
himself bravely. As a legislator and
a counselor he has exhibited rare
ability, and an integrity of character
unimpeachable. He had a family of
four children?three sens and one
daughter.
SHOOTS HARD-HEARTED GIRL.
Virginia Youth Attempts to Kill Lady
Who Spurns Him.
Norfolk. Va.. June 24.?William
Wallace, aged 21. today shot Daisy
Holoomb, aged 19 years, to whom he
had long been paying court, in ports
mouth. A serious wound was indicted
In the Shoulder. Wallace then shot
himself in the abdomen. The girl wa
just leaving the Portsmouth knitting
mills for her home. She refused to
Stop and talk with Wallace and he
began shooting. MlSI Holcomb is the
daughter ol w. Holoomb and Is ex?
pected to recover, while Wallace, now
M the King's Daughters' Hospital, will
probably die.
Greenville, June 23.?The home of
g. H. Mahon, mayor of GreenvUle,
was entered last nl^ht and money to
the amount of sixty dollars was taken
from the trousers of Mr. Mahon.
Cireenville is having a large number
r>f robberies nightly and the officers
Eire not able to apprehend the guilty
parties.
I Truth's." THE T?*"~
6000 FOR CHARLESTON.
THAT PORT TO HAVE DIRECT
LINE TO POCAIHOXTAS COAL
FIELDS.
Norfolk and Western and the Atlan?
tic Coast Line Join Hands in the In?
terests of Making This the Great
Southeastern Distributing Port for
Pocahontas Coal.
(From News and Courier.)
New York, June 25.?The Norfolk
and Western and the Atlantic Coast
Line railroads, through the president
and general counsel of each road, to- I
day completed arrangement to fur?
nish the Winston-Salem south-bound
railway with funds required to com?
plete its line from Winston-Salem, N.
C, to Wadesboro, N. C, a distance of
about 50 miles. These two points are
the termini of the Norfolk and West?
ern and of the Atlantic Coast Line re?
spectively, and when linked up will
establish a short line from Charleston
through the Pocahontas coal fields to
Cincinnati and thence by other roads
to points North. The new line will
be owned jointly by the two systems
building it. Although It traverses a
very heavy country, It will neverthe?
less be laid out in ab nearly a straight
line as possible, and will be construct?
ed to take care of a trunk line busi?
ness. No new financing, it was said
today, will have to be undertaken by
either road in connection with the
new construction.
Upon the completion of the new
line, it ie the intention to make Char?
leston the great Southeastern distrib?
uting port for Pocahontas coal and to
that end immense coal pockets will
shortly be constructed along the har
bor. While the growth of Charleston
as a shipping port is expected to be
very considerable upon completion of
the present plans, it is said that it will
not necessarily be at the expense of
Norfolk. Pocahontas coal can be car
ried to the latter point entirely over
the Norfolk and Western's own lines,
whereas in shipping to. Charleston
some of the haul must pass over the
Atlantic Coast Line. It will, there?
fore, be to the interest of the Nor?
folk and Western to see that coal is
not diverted from Norfolk, while at
the lame time Charleston's tob nage
can be built up by increasing the out?
put of the coal beds.
Southern railroaders have long had
It in mind to take advantage of the
splendid harbor facilities of Charles?
ton, which is known to have one of
the finest ports on the coast, and with
that object in view the Winston-Sa?
lem and South-bound was incorporat?
ed some years ago. Construction of
the road, it was said yesterday, would
have been undertaken in 1907 had It
not been for the sudden advent of the
panic.
Precisely what effect the new coal
routings will have upon the general
freight situation in the Pocahontas
region was a subject which traffic of?
ficials did not care to discuss today.
It was soid, however, that the effect
of the new arrangement would not
prove beneficial to Edwin Hawley's
plans. Hawley's road, the Chesa?
peake and Ohio, is closely paralleled
by the Norfolk and Western, which is
controlled by the Pennsylvania.
It Is certain that Hawley's scheme
to establish a trunk line to Chicago,
and thence a trans-continental line
via the Alton and the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient will receive the
hearty opposition of the Pennsylvania,
and this road is now in a position to
attack Hawley whenever it choses to
do so, from two quartan at once.
Through the medium of the Norfolk
and Western it can hotly compete
with him on traffic to Norfolk, and at
the same time will be in a position to
recover its losses by profitable ship?
ments to Charleston over a new route,
which the Hawley linos do not paral?
lel. From the standpoint of the At?
lantic Coast Line, however, the new
arrangement with the Norfolk and
Western is said to be purely a busi?
ness propoetion, and by no means Im?
plies that the pleasant relatlone be?
tween Hawley and Henry Walters
have cei sed.
The Official Announcement.
New York. June 25, 1909.
Editor The News ahd Courier,
Charleston, B. C.
At .? meeting today the Norfolk an I
Weetern and the Atlantic Coaat Line
completed Anal arrangements to fur?
nish the Winston-Salem south Boun I
Railway with funds required to com
pb te its line from Wlneton-8alem to
\\ adeeborc
H. WALTERS,
L. E. JOHNSON.
Editor Newi and Courier,
Charleston, S. C.
Congratulations to Charleston on
the official announcement that the
Norfolk and Western and Atlantic
toW****? -? ?^WLshed June, 1???
les?Yol. XXIX. 3o 37
WEATHER AND COTTON.
PRICES MAINLY AFFECTED BY
CROP CONDITIONS.
Recent Gain Due Largely to Excessive
Precipitation In Belt?Situation
Continues to- Improve.
New York, June 25.?It Is to a
large extent a weather market in cot?
ton, and as condtions much of the
time during the week over a wide
stretch of territory east of the Mis?
sissippi river have been unfavorable,
the sharp advance that has occurred
is not at all surprising. The market
promises to be sensitive to an unusual
degree to adverse/ weather news dur?
ing the remainder o fthe season. The
official weather reports show that for
the season from March 1 to June 21
there has been a surplus In the raln
fr.l s compared with the normal, of
?
roughly 13 to 20 inches in parts of
Alabama, and from 7 to 15 in portions
of Mississippi. The market has been
flooded of late with serious reports re?
garding the situation, not only in
these State but also in other portions
o? the eastern belt, and there is a
growing belief that ideal weather
conditions during the remainder of the
season will be absolutely essential to
the raising of anything like a normal
yield. Reports from Texas have been
favorable in the main, owing to the
fall of beneficial rains, but reports of
damage from weevil, it la worthy of
note, are increasing. It is contended,
by the advocates of higher prices that
the plant in parts of Alabama and
Georgia, as well as Mississippi, is so
badly in the grass that considerable
areas will have to be abandoned.
Meantime trade In cotton goods
continues to expand. The advices from
Fall River are cheerful. Mills in New
England are believed to be carrying
small supplies of the raw material.
Stocks In Russian and some other*
continental mills are said to be at a
low stage. Suppliers of unsold cotton
at the South ae decreased in many
localities and dispatches indicate them
to be unusually small.
There can >e no doubt that a large
yield will be needed. The present out?
look for the crop In very important
f-Ct.ucn* leaves mue? vo by JialiJ^
There has been a noteworthy aroad
entog of the speculation here of late
The unfavorable character of much of
the crop news has encouraged outside
public; buying and strong intersts in
the cotton trade proper are commit?
ted to the bull side.
VICTORY FOR MRS. GOULD.
She Obtains Seperation and $36.000 a
Year Alimony. 4
New York, June 25.?After a triaf,
which lasted nearly three weeks/
Katherine Clemmons Gould obtained4
a legal seperation from her husband,
Howard Gould, third son of Jay Gould,
by a decision of Justice Dowllng, M
the Supreme Court today. With the
exception of alimony, her victory was
complete, but in this phase of the
case the court decided that $36,000 a
year was sufficient, although in her
suit Mrs. Gould asked for $250.000*
She has been receiving $25,000 it
year from Mr. Gould, so that the
amount fixed by the court is but a
slight increase compared with the
amount sued for.
It was in the vindication of charg?
es of intoxication and her alleped re?
lations with Dustin Far num. the ac?
tor, that Mrs. Gould scored most
strongly, for, not withstanding the
long array of witne>se< !? >r Mr. Could,
who gave such testimony as to make
Mrs. Gould appear at times as de?
fendant rather than plaintiff. th<
Court held that the alleged "intoxlt
tion" might have beer, due to exicte
ment. As to Dusttn FarAum, it 'was ?
*
held that her nssn tion witl. hirr\
came after Mr. a id Mrs. Gould mrpi
abated, and that the 'risUand
ently made m obj
Mira Jona C Twitchell. of t !-lo. at
recci.t g a<K:ate of Osteopathy, at
Kfrksville, Mo., has ff<>oe to Green-*
ville to locate for p: act Tree of her
pi ofession.
("east Line will build u con?
necting link. bringing the great
territory opened up by tfco
Norfolk and Western thro\.;:'t
tht coal fields of Virginia out
to the West into direct connect
over the Coast Line with your mag>,
niflcent port.
If to this achievement CbarfestOtl
becomes one of the terminal points ot"
the Clinchileld Road, with its marvel?
lous coal lields and its connection Co
the West, t will take a sudder* and
mighty leap forward. Charleston-"*
day has dawned.
RICH A KD 11. EDMONDS*
Editor Manufacturers* Record