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SUlfl CK WATCHMAN, EMMI inundated Aug. 2,188 ^bf 5?iH;ittlnnnii ant* Soutbrait l^bttshed Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? fSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8CMTER. 8. C. Terras: ?91.10 per annum?In advance. Advert kJMftM One Square first Insertion.91.00 HMi j subsequent Insertion.?0 Contracts for three months, or seager will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub ' aarve private latereete will be charged few aa advertisements. OMtaartoe aad tributee ef respects erin be charged tor. ? VMltfTION Or M?GRO LODG1?. KnlgtitM of Pythlae Have In voted else law to Drive Negro Oat of Basil Sevanneh. Ga.. Aug. 84.?The ?Pythian Lodge Secret, the oftictal or ggus of the Knights of Pythlaa of Georgia la Its Augwet issue, out Tues gggr. will publish a communication ggem Hon. John P. Rose, of Macon. pact grand chancellor of the order, tgpoa the question of the abolition of the negro lodges of Knights under the act ;ust peesed by the legislature. f The communication calls upon the Knights ef the State to be patient and to make no effort to have the law gafeeeei as indlviduala It la under? stood Grand Chancellor Clifford Walker, of Monroe, will tseue an of? ficial circular In a few days giving I Ohe sc Ii* advice direct to all subor? dinate lodges In his Jurisdiction. It In understood that one of the reasons Governor Brown hesitated to sign the bill which gives to the White secret orders the exclusive rights to their name* la Georgia was muse he feared precipitate action Irresponsible parties from dit ?nt sections of the State and Its isecjuent effect upon the negro or gaJeattona Both Judge Rosa md Hon. Hamilton Dosxglae of Atlanta. *ysfrjsV<ed aa* am-sprr \r* cign the , gss^Eaeewred him there would be no each action en tfae part of the Knights of Pythrea and there will be none. It is understood the plan of those who have been fighting the ne? gro order of Knights of Pythias In the court* for some time Is to give I them until January 1st next to ar? range to change the name of their organisation ra Georgia. If It Is not done by this time legal proceedings will begin. i It seems to be the wish of Judge Roes that the matter continue to be handled by himself aad Mr. Douglas and hie wishes will undoubtedly be reepertod ee far es the Knights are concerned. TUB CHARLESTON HOMICIDE. Exonerated by the Coroavwn oewy. Charleston. Aug. It.?The Inquest wae held today over the body of J. C. Jeudon "policy king" and notori? ous among the sporting fraternity of Charleston, who died last night of tetanus. resulting from a pistol j wound inflicted by William Byrne in "aa altercation at the Palace cafe a couple of weeke ago. The verdict of the Jury placed the blame for the man e death upon Byrno, but declared the shooting to have been Justifiable In defense of Byrno' life. Byrne was accordingly admitted to bond by the coroner In the sum "f if00. Byms was not present at th' Inqueet. being still In the Riverside Infirmary under treatment for bruises and cuts which he received In the mlx-up with Jaudon and the later**' friends. The Asherton and Gulf Railroad Company, through Asher Richardson, president end general manager, has Issued an official circular appointing Mrs. Asher Richardson assistant gen? era) superintendent of the line. This la no smpty honor, an Mrs. Richard? son hae been performing the duties of the position for some time and her appointment is made merely to give her official standing In tie coin pany. In the course of an after-dinner chat recorded in Sir Algernon West's. "Recollection*." the iat*> Admirut Sir Henry Kippe!, who served In I he r , v under four sovereigns, and said the blue collar worn by sailors had tb? lr origin In the dressing of thu pigtail*?which Sir Harry recollected being In use?when a blue cloth was iput on the men's shoulders to keep Uhe grease off their Jackets. The pig pat to disappeared, but the collars re main to this day. -f bslied April. 1850, lie Just a 1. 8TJM iMff JgMjj PITTSB?hI DaWTf SI IKK IFF. TRCOPEK AND THREE FOREIGNERS SHOT DOWN. Mob of Maddened strikers Storm Works of the Pre**od Steel Car Company*? Plant at Slioenville and Pitched Battle Is Fought Between Soldi er* and Foreigners. Pituburg. Pa., Aug. -22.?One State trooper, and one deputy sheriff, and three foreigners were shot and killed tonight In a wild riot at the Pressed Steel Car plant, in Schoonvllle, whose employes are now on strike. At least a score of persons were se? riously wounded, ten fatally. The rioting followed a day of quiet and broke without warning. The riot scene was practically in? describable. Mounted State troopers galloped indiscriminately through the streets with riot maces drawn, cracking the heads of all persons loit? ering in the vicinity of the mill. Deputy sheriffs and troopers broke In the doors of houses suspected of be? ing the retreat of strikers, and whole? sale arrests were made. From t.Su to 11.SO a score of per? sons were arrested and placed in box Jails in the mill yards. During the early stages of the rioting women were , conspicuous. Some of them wars armed, others effectively used clubs and stone. These women, all foreigners. Insane with rage, were mainly responsible for inciting the men to extreme meas? ures. At midnight quiet reigned la the ?trike sone. / Shortly before 9.30 tonight a mob gathered about the Schoenvlile en trance to the car works and made a concerted attack upon the big swing? ing gases of the stoekade. The at? tack was resisted by State troopers and deputy sheriffs, who used riot maces. In the melee Harry Erter, a deputy sheriff, aged fifty years, was shot and instantly killed by a bullet I 'lred. It I? said, bau?a strike ry m pa? th iaer. In an effort to arrest t*he man picked out of the crowd as the one who did the shooting, State Trooper Smith was instantly killed by a re >olver bullet. Troops Fire on Rioters. For the first time since the Incep? tion of the strike the State trooper* opened volley-fire on the mob. Sis strikers fell at the first rempd. Three of them are reported fatally shot. The members of the mob then opened fire wth rifles. Two mounted troopers dropped from their horsea fatally shot. They were taken to the Ohio Valley Hospital in a dying con? dition. As an ambulance) made Its way from the car plant to the hos? pital carrying wounded troopers the vehicle was attacked and the driver forced to flee for his life, The fright? ened team of horse., uttaimed to the ambulance plunged wfsftly in and about the crowd. Tws men were trampled under the horses' hoofs. The ambulance was finally driven to the hospital by a detachment of troopers. Sheriff Gumbert, at the county Jail, eaWed for fifty men t oserve in the strike sone at 10.30. At 11 o'clock the sheriff started in an automobile for the scene of the rioting. He took with him ten .at guns and two boxes of riot ammunition. The county morgue has sent for th? bodies of the dead troopers and deputy sheriff. The Ohio Valley Hospital haa IfOCitOd ten Injured, three of whom are reported fatally hurt. INSURANCE COMPANIES SUED. Arkatwt* Pn***-utnr Alleges a Rate Agreement. Uttb- Kock. Ark.. Aug. II.?Alleg? ing thai sixty-live insurance compa? nies, representing a combined capital of $1&?.00?UM)0. doing business in tha st .?.? of Arkansas, entered into a rate combination on December 14, ltOft. Prosecuting Attorney R, B. Jeffrey, of the 3d Judicial Circuit. Bled ^uit against these companies to da] for penalties aggregating $t>r?, OOO.QOO under the State anti-tru^t .tauKe Tbe suit was brought at Newport, Ark., in the Jackson County ( Mi. g|f ('o'irt. All of the companies sued are rep resented at Newport, it is alleged by tiie State that a combination was ef I -et,m| before ti>e law was passed and tbat subsequent to thS enactment of tin* anti-trust itatUt? and combina? tion dominated Insurance companies organised hero. The igreem< nl ac? cording to the ohargea brought by Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey, exist- <i 224 days, expiring on August 17, 190?. ml Fear not-~Let ail the ends Thou Aln TER. S. C. WEDjNES ? HARVARD SCHOLARSHIPS. Announcement Is Made of Aid Of feied to gOtltliefU Students. Harvard University has received from the widow of James Augustus Rumrill, A. B., 1859. of Springfield, Mass., the sum of $15,000 to establish . in his memory three scholarships to be known as the James A. Rumrill scholarships. Two scholarships of $225 each will ? be offered every year to properly qual? ified students in their first year of residence as undergraduates in Har? vard College who enter Harvard from secondary schools in Virginia, Nortrh Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee or Kentucky. In the assignment of these under? graduates scholarships consideration is to be given, in accordance with the terms of gift, "to the qualities of manliness, leadership and well 1 rounded development, as well as the I scholarly attainments of the candi I dates as shown by their school rec I ords or their records in the admission I examinations, or both. The above scholarships will be as 1 signed on or about September 15 for I the academic year 1909-10. Applica I tlons should be in the hands of the I secretary not later than September 1. I 1909. The assignment of scholar? ships for the year 1910-11 will he I made on or about June 1, 1910, and I applications for that year should he I in the hands of the secretary not lat I er than May 1, 1910. Applications should state clearly j the grounds on which financial aid is I required, and they should be accom I panied by testimonials from teachers I and others regarding the qualinca i tlons mentioned in the terms of gift. A scholarship of $226 will be offer I ed each year to a properly qualified I graduate of a college or university In I the States above mentioned who de I sires to pursue his studies in one of I the graduate departments of Harvard I University. These departments are I Graduate school of arts and sci I ences. I Graduate school ef applied science. Graduate school of business admin I istration. I Divinity school Law school. Medical school. The selection ef the incumbent or I this scholarship will be made by the I appropriate authorities at Harvard, j I acting in consultation with the au I thoritles of the institutions from I which the candidates come. Applications should specify the de I partment of Harvard University that I the candidate wishes t*? ?nt??. II should be accompanied by a copy of I his college Tecord and testimonial I concerning Iiis character and ability II from teachers and others. The qual I Ity rather than the number of the J testimonials Is important. I GILTEN WOOD MAN A SUICIDE? P. P. Hoftwwa-y Dies in a Hospital ?at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 20.?P. P. Hol-i - loway, white, aged 37 years, died this i afternoon at the City Hospital, and the physicians are sure that it is a case of suicide.. Dr. G. T. Home was called to the boarding house at 936! Broad street, Where Holloway lived, I about 2 o'clock this afternoon and found him in a comatose condition. His eyes were wide open and his gen? eral appearance caused Dr. Horne to believed that he h?d taken opium. He was sent to the hospital as soon as the ambulance could be procured and died about 3 o'clock. CAIT. J, F. DIVINE DEAD. Veteran Coast Line Man Passes Away at Wilmington. Wilmington. X. C, Aug. 21.?Capt. J??hn Francis Divine, for 58 years OOntlUOUtly with the Atlantic Coast Line and parent companies as general superintendent and assistant general Superintendent, died here today. In the IOth year of his age. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but spent his boyhood In Baltimore, coming to Wilmington in 1851, and remaining with the Atlantic Coast Line until his death, The funeral Will be conduct? ed Monday. 11,000 GIVEN DENMARK SCHOOL. Boston Woman Leaves Bequest for Voorhees Institute. Boston, Aug. 81.?Under the will of the late Mrs. Marlon Davis Hoi llngsworth, widow of the wealthy Bottpn paper manufacturer, filed tor probate today, the Voorhees indus? trial BchOOl, of Denmark, S. C, is given $1.000. Over $100,000 Is dis? posed of among a considerable list of charities. two i is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an 3D AY. AUGUST 25, I_ GRAFTING COUNTIES TREAS? URIES. Bonding Company Tenders $20,000 in Payment of Shortage of J. C. Langford, of Hampton. Columbia, Aug. 21.?The bonding company has tendered $20,000 in payment of the shortage of J. C. Langford, of Hampton County. The total shortage reported was $24, 171.22, and every effort will be made to get the balance due the State and county of Hampton. The bonding company is claiming insurance. In the meantime the matter is in statu quo. J. C. Langford, treasurer of Hamp? ton, was found short last year and was suspended from office December 24, 1908, by Gov. Ansel, a new treas? urer being appointed in his place. The official shortage is as follows: Due State.$ 5,457.03 Due county. 10,529.10 Schools. 8,610.06 Total.$24,596.19 Turned over to successor. .. 424.97 Net shortage.$24,171.22 The bonding company has sent a check for $20,000, leaving a balance of $4,171.22. It is explained that the bonding company should be liable for the entire amount, aa the treasurer gets bonds every time he is electd to an office, that is to say, each term the bond has to be taken out again. The bonds are good' for ten years. In case a shortage is discovered within that time the bonding company must stand good for the amount of the1 ahortage up to the $20,000 for each term of office. The present payment is, perhaps, the largest in the history of the State for one bonding compa ny. v The Edgetidd Case. In regard to the Edgefleld shortage! a compromise, upon which was en t^rod Into at Edgefleld yesterday at a meeting of the grtfnd jury, the foi-*' low<ng is the official statement of the shortage of Dr. J. T. Pattison: Due State.I 874.39 Due county. 9,767.18 Due schools,. 3,434.83 Total.$14,076.40 From this amount should be de? ducted the following items: Cash paid to successor.. ..$1,448.32 County claims on hand.... 3,961.62 Total deduction.$5,409.94 This leaves a net shortage of $8, 66*6.46. The compromise agreed upon at Ed Keile id yesterday fixed the pay? ment at $5,800, of which $5,00? goes to the county and $800 to ihe State, leaving the balance unaccounted for of $2,866.45. This amount is ap? portioned among the county funds j askd schools. , The Legislature will, no doubt, ae onpt the compromise, because the delegation was present at the meet lng of the grand jury at Edg-efleld. The report Is made by the Comptroller General In his annual report to the Legislature on the matter of .short? ages. SHORTAGE SETTLED. Unpleasant Affair in Edgefiekl Satis? factorily Adjudicate!. Kd-gefleld, Aug. 20.?The grand Jury met here yesterday to consider the recent shortage of ex-Treasurer J. T. Patterson, and if ponuble to reach an adjustment of the matter. Ex-Governor Sheppard appeared for Dr. Patterson and hi* bondsmen, while Solicitor Timmerman looked after the interest of the State and c ^unty. After hearing thene gentle? men and holding a consultation with the Legislative delegation a resolution was passed by the body recommend? ing a compromise or adjustment upon the basis of $6,800, which was ac? cepted. $r>.ooo to lo the county and the remainder to the state. This is to be an end of the unpleasant af? fair. SOUTHERN'S I EW LINE. Weil Founded Rumor Wlnaton Salem That Road Will Build Direct Link. Wlnston-qalem, N. C, Aug. 20.? There if a well founded rumor cur? rent to tbe effect that negotiations are in progress whereby the Southern railway plans to build a railroad from X'?rth Wllkesboro t<? St, Paul, \,?;?.. a distance ??f over ~"<) nubs. connecting with a direct line from the West. Preliminary surveys have been made. (1 Truth's.*' ( f 0 1909 New 8ei GRAFTING COUNTY TREASURERS Correspondent Suggests Newl>erry ITohibitlonist fur Executive Man? sion. To the Editor of the News and Cou? rier: Since the prohibitionists have, all broke down, cut up and defeated the dispensaryites, horse, foot and dragoons, and we will now pass over into the land of Canaan, flowing with milk and honey and where sin and sorrow will trouble us no more, it behooves us?especially the benight? ed dispensaryites?to seek out and put forward our prettiest foot, in the way of officers, to keep the kitchen j spick and span. Having recovered from the rude shock administered to us by the wicked "prohibs" and dusted the grime and sand from our unhallowed garments, we now pro? ceed to nominate the Hon. George B. Cromer, of Newberry, as the next Chief Executive of the grand old Commonwealth of South Carolina. He has said that he wanted no office, (and we believe him,) but he is too good and true and competent a man to hide his light under a bushel. Cincinnatus was forcibly extracted from between his plough handles to preside over the destinies of Rome, and we are sure that Dr. Cromer will allow us to take him from his legal plough to pull the bell cord over the Gubernatorial mule. So much by way of pleasantry. To be serious, Mr. Cromer has never preached the blessings of a rotten State dispensary in one breath and harped on the damning blight of liq? uor upon the morals and manhood of/ the age in the next. He has been a prohibitionist from his mother's breast to the present and would be naught else, though everybody ' be? side him should advocate the traffic. He did not "bite his tongue" when it was unpopular to talk prohibition, and now that his propaganda has got us down, hard and fast, on our backs, we naturally want the best in the shop. The, State is ^calling for men of ??s stripe and, while we do not agree with him on prohibition, we know of no higher and purer and nobler type of manhood in South Carolina than George B. Cromer. "Marcellus." SUES DRUG STORE FOR $20.000. J. M. Styles of Greer Seeks to Re? cover Damages for Alleged Mistake in Filling Prescription. Greenville, Aug. 22.?A suit has been brought for $20.000 damages against the Highland Drug company of Greer by Mr. J. M. Styles of that city, who claims that he had a pre? scription filled which called for a sixtieth of a grain of strychnine and that the defendant company, which filled the prescription, made the amount of strychnine in the prescrip? tion a quarter of a grain. After tak? ing the medicine in the manner pre? scribed by the physicians the plain? tiff in the case deposes that he was taken desperately ill and that his life was despaired of by his friends and his physician. MONUMENT FUND COMPLETE. $19,000 Raised to Erect Memorial to Women of Confederacy. Columbia, Apg. 21.?Capt. W. E. Gonzales, chairman of the woman's monument commission. announced today before having on his summer vacation that the entire $19.000. in? cluding the $7,500 appropriated by the State Legislature. required to bu id the monument, was now in the bank to the credit of the monument commission. This will be good news to patriotic South Carolinians. Shot by Hurglur. Lancaster, Aug. 22.?About t O'clock this morning as a party of young men were passing the Hyatt Massey company's store In Van W'yck they hoard a noise in tlie building and started to investigate. AS thej were about to enter the rear door a man came out, fired at the party with a shotgun and then ran off. The load struck Taylor H. Xisbet. one of the young men. the shot lodging In hi^ shoulder, throat and face Inflicting serious wounds. He was taken on an early train this morning to Charlotte for treatment by Iiis uncle. Dr. Olln Nlsbet. Dr. Clarence J. Blake, of Boston, one of the leading artists of the coun? try, and vice president of the Oren feii Association, lias written an In? teresting biographical sketch for Dr. Grenfell'a new book, "Adrift on an Ice Pan." . _ i a??A _*rfTt)N, Established June, IMA -? ?'? pies?Vol. XXIX. No 52 WELLM&N EXPFDiTIOH FAILS. i HIS BALLOON MEETS DISASTER AT JOURNEY'S OUTSET, Auspicious Start for North Polar Re*. gioiLs Made on August 15, But the Dirigible Balloon Loses Heavy Guide Rope and Mounts Sky wart} and Later Comes to More Grief. Cape Wellman, Spitzbergen, Augx 15.?(Via Hammerfest, Aug. 21,)'?> Walter Wellman's second attempt to sail over the North Pole in a balloon has resulted in failure. The giant dirigible balloon, America, in which Mr. Wellman and his party of three set out upon their perilous flight to* day, met with a mishap after it had proceeded about thirty-two miles from the starting point. Mr. WelK* man and his party succeeded in mak> ing a landtng without injury to any' member and returned to this point on board the steamer Fram, which also towed in the disabled balloon. After a long preparation and wait* ing for favorable weather, the oppor? tunity came today, and Mr. Wellmat. decided early in the morning to make> the start. ^ At 10 o clock in the morning th< anchors were cast loose, the air ship> ascending beautifully. The engince were set in motion and everything semed to work to perfection. The big air craft was headed northward and set out at twenty-five miles an. hour.. After having covered some thirty* two miles the leather guide rope, ta which was attached a thousand pounds of provisions and stores broke away. This was just as the airship, was nearing the pack ice of North Spitzbergen. Released from this great weight, the airship shot upwards at a terrific pace until it was at a great height above the clouds. The pilots sac* ceeded, however, in bringing her down near the earth, turned her about and set out to fight their way seaward and southward against a. strong wind. The airship- proceeded slowly southward to the edge of the pack ice. where the steamer Frana was anchored. The Fram started to tow the ai-ship to Spitzbergen, The strain was so great, however, that it threatened to tear the car to whic& the rope was attached, and Mr. Well* man finally decided to bring the air? ship down to the surface of the wa? ter. This was effected without mie? hap. and the car rested on the surface* of the water until all the members a* the crew, the dogs and the scientific instruments could be transferred aboard the Fram. A fresh start was then made, and the America was to^ ed back to the landing stage arm . within a short distance of where the - start was made. But the ill-luck of the expedition i was not yet at an end. Just ae the airship had reached the landing stage and everything looked favorable foi its rescue without serious damage, a i sudden gust of wind caught the- tig j inflated ba? broadside and snatchrAi it away from its .tow lines. It was carried careening eve? rough ice hammocks for some dig tance, and then it exploded. All thf scattered parts of the airship were subsequently recovered, but the dam** age was so great as to preclude any further attempt to fly over the pel* this year. LIQUOR BAHRED BY ELKS. Orangehurg Ixxlge Decides to Du. continue IXK'kers. Orangeburg, Aug. 21.?At a largely attended meeting of Orangeburg Lodge, Ko. 897. B. P.*?0. Elks, held last night, the resolution quoted be* low was ad >pted. The resolution will go into effect in a few days and all lockers discontinued. IL should be said, however, that only a limited lu mber have ever been maintained. The membership of this lodge is rep? reeentatiVe of the beet citizens of the City, and while there are those who feel thai personal liberty is bein>: ln vaded, they, nevertheleeaj raberdV* nate their Individual viewe to the r\* pressed will of the people at the polls. For. as ESlka, they are taught thai patriotism la a duty, and that conformity to law is the best way iu which love of home and country can be given expression. Tiie resolution is as follows: "Resolved, That no intoxicating ltq> U< re, spirituous, malt or fermented, shall be kept or stored, cither In private lockers or otherwise, within ,any rooiu or place owned or conti till? cd by tiiis lodg< ." Fort Worth, Texas, ? irw days age reported the temperature as high a* 120. The Texan doesn't have to f\\ to it. It cornea to him.?VYHmingtch Star.