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KTMTBR WATCHMAN. Ketsh' Consolidated Aur. 3,1 Wrdn?* lay sod Saturday ?BY? ween PUBUSHIr'a company sun Ter. a a ILIO par intui?In admaca. ?*** Sqanre Ar? Inaction.1150 lmi eubst^HJsnt Inssrtloa for thron months, sr wiu w> n.sds st reduced miss. All communications which sob nsisnts toterests will hs sharged SJ an t tributes of as ohsrged for. l>l N 'S V, I K.RhV 111 VII V* Recession Continues Irregu? lar?t onipsrtlTesj Little Baying for Future Requirements. ?Til plain. I*? Nsw York. Sept. SO.?R. O. Dunn A Go's weekly review of trade to? morrow wtll say: *Tha trade r?cession, ? although contlnuea Irregular. Actual I for Immediate needs Is In mnbt branches large, but there Is comparatively little buying lor future sr spsculstlvs requirements. In dry this tendency is manifesting ?L ; "It Is notable in view of all these Ulons thst building operations, though falling behind somewhat OS mi localities are large. with 'soon, tsndency toward firmness ap part nt In certain departments of trssji and steel trade. In general, however, the outlook la sufficiently ^ascertain to make consumers cau me In contracting for future re qslrements ? **Dry goods and men's wear for shipment sre in better demand while spring business Is limited. Dress gAnsjluuns and sub-count prints in ^Hfifll Enods sre being ordered free hnt staple domestics are very all||?onjE^ there is a moderate cloths. ?bp manufacturers ?r ordere for eer? ie end business X \uL~OiV.r es wer." TNOLI.Y LIXF TO KNTk'R T1IIH HTATK. HrMl Mptke Iii < oitxirsM'tlon of At? lanta and Carolina Ulectrlc Rail? way Dvtveii In Atlanta. Atlanta, Oa., Bept. 30.?The first rfks In the construction of the At A Carolina Electric railway, to be built from Atlanta to Augusta ant the ?lumbla or Charleston. n\ C. was driven here today by Mtaa Evelyn Masoa. daughter of Matthew Maoon. vies president and general manager of the line. Work ess the roadbed will be rushed and the ofnctala predict thst the road will be completed to Augusta within B en or. t ha Capt. Jarno? W English, a well rwa Atlanta capitalist. Is presi? dent of the new line and the board Inf directors Includes other men of financial prominence in the State. TROt HI i: FOR Holl In Ihsw That Haje no Fire Ktwapes to Be ProeecuUxi?Penally $100 a Day After Octohur 1st. 9 Columbia. Oot 3.?"I will Institute immediately proceedings against all hotels not complying with the Act passed at the last legislautre. upon request of the traveling salesman's organisation, requiring hotels of snoei than three stories to have fire escapes 1 natal led by October 1st." need Commleutoner McMaete* of the State Dspsrtment of Insurance to? day In Columbia six hotels sre llahh , only one. the Jerome, having install? ed fire escape*. The others complain that they have ordered fire escapes but have bean unable to secure de varies. Tho penslty Is $100 for each day without fire escapes after October 1st. against delinquent ho f'ltotf IM N I I \KM? H SHOT R. I.lndlcr Mortally Wound? ed by III? Rrottier-ln-Iem. Columbia. Oct. 1.?Charles ? 1 sndler. a prominent farmer of the Dutch fork section of Lexington County, lies mortslly wounded. an the result of a gunshot wound, ac? cidentally Inflicted |.,t.. .,,4f.r.lav if loon by his brother-in-law, Frmk healey. while the two were trv in o kill a wild cow for the Community ?ef club. Dm. Knowlton an 1 W nger performed an operation but hope of the wounded m.m's re eery Is felt todsy. 881. Bm Jnm mm 81 MURDERED OH CIRCUS TRAIN. 4 PU L WILLIAMS, OF COLIMBI A, VICTIM 01 Fori, NDDi Hoarding Show Train at Columbiha, with Intention of Returning from \u mi Ma on Regular Pasaeuger, Yonrqr Railroad F.mployeo Found Some Hours Later Dead Beeide Track, Near Kummlt ? Killed and Ho4ly Thrown from Train. Columbia. Oet, 2.?Paul Williams, a bullet wound In his forehead, mute , evidence of a foul murder, lies to? night cold In death at a local under? taking establishment in this city. The body was brought in on the Augusta train at 7:30 o'clock this evening. All that the crowd gathered in front of the morgue knew was that Paul Williams. a nlnteen-year-old i young man, had been shot early to? day by someone or some persons on the circus train of Hagenbeck and Wallace. His body was found today t'V the crew of a passing freight at Summit, a few miles from Batesburg, In Lexington county. Two young men, at 2 o'clock this morning, boarded the circus train in this city, after the show of last night. One of them. J. C. Weekley, is In the city tonight. He brought the sad message of his companion's death. The story told by Weekley is remarkable for the period of the world's existence. It is more a story of ages gone by, when bandits roam? ed and to rob a man was the work of gentlemen. Weekley and Williams were asked to go along on the circus train by some of the men Is the inforamtlou had here. One of the room mates of the two boys is responsible for this statement. According to Weekley, after the i train had sped past Lexington, sov | era] men came running through the cars and out on the flat car, where he and his companion were. He ran and got under some canvas in anoth? er car. There he remained, breath? less with fear., He hoped that WU fftiesav* wtmlu Tollow. He heard a plstoi shot ring out. hut still he re? mained Where he was. Soon he heard someone approach softly and a man King above the canvas he was un I der was relieved of his money. That 1 was the last Weekley heard until he ?Mpped oft the back of the train, i where he had afterwards run. 1 Today the body of Williams was found near Summit. Near his body was a watch fob. but his watch was mhtslng. On the coat of Williams was btood, and It Is said blood was strewn on the circus train. The theory that is adavneed here is that the men who did the shooting and the robbing knew that It was pay day with the circus and they either went slong for the purpose of robbery or belonged to the circus troupe. Williams was employed here as a clerk in the Southern Railway office. He was only 19 years of age and was a handsome fellow. His father formerly conducted a jewelry store here. Ills mother was wired of the shooting, she being on a trip In New York State. His father is in Athens, Ga. F. J. Williams is the name of the father of Paul Williams. He moved to Athens some time ago, his original home being in Massachusetts. Trembling yet from the scenes of the early morning. Weekley said: i "We we.*e around at the Rlanding street station watching the circus men load the car. Paul said to me: *I*et's get on the train and go to Augusta.' We went around to get passes for tho return trip. We didn't find anyone In, and we returned and i">:ird?'d the circus train. We got on a Hat car on top of one of th| circus wagons, and lay down on some canvas. When we had gon,% probably fifteen miles out of Colum? bia we h?>?%rd some men cursing. Thev were calling out. 'What about that gun you have. Turn over there.' and remarks like that. When I looked again they were coming up on the wagon where Paul and I lay. I said. '<'..me on. Paul, let's get away.' then t dTOaped. off of the wagon. I heard ?lie men say. 'There are the-.' It was then I dropped off the wagon ->n tie- II it oar, I ran to another fiat ? >r in i th. n i beard > pfletol shot i kep on until I found i pines where another in in u,m lying down. I asked hint to mow. and I K<>t under the tanvas where he was, the posi? tion being seek itjaM he area above nie und I w:is semred under tho can? vas. I thought Paul eras coming, i i fhe canvas Open so (h it he OOUld some in. in filet, i railed to kirn when I got off of tin- S/agOfl to come ahead. I don't know SSeCtly What Happened tO me for a few minutes. I* I Fear net?Lot all the ende Tbo? Aln JMTE <, > C, WEDinES may have fainted. The next thing I know they were shaking the man ! gbove me and he told them that h?j j didn't have anything but. a sack of 1 candy. When he gave them that they, after searching him ,told him to take his candy hack. Ignorant of Companion's Fato. "I lay under that canvas until light broke today. Then I got up and mov? ed back along the train until I came to the car where Paul and I had been several hours before. I saw two letters there and his watch fob. I saw blood splattered along the length of three cars. I thought prob? ably Paul had got off the train and gone for help. I never dreamed he was kil'ed. But when I got off at Warrenvllle, I notified the railroad authorities. Then I caught the next rtain back to Columbia. I started out on the back platform the whole way to see If I could see anything of Paul, but I didn't see him on the re? turn trip. I don't want to go through such an experience again, it was terrible." Almost broken down, Weekley thus told of the trip that sent his com? panion to his death the night before. Although advices received herd earlier in the day indicated that ten negroes had been placed under ar? rest in Augusta, Weekley says the men talked like white men and he believes they were. He saw only three men in the bunch that reach? ed him and Williams. Alleged Confession of Circus Em? ployee. Augusta, O.aO ct.2.?As a result of two negro employees of the Ha-, gnnback-Wallace Circus trying to rob other employees of the company, on the first section of the train com? ing into Augusta from Columbia last night, one white man is known to be dead, another is missing ad is be? lieved to have jumped from the mov Ig train and been injured or killed, j and a missing negro is believed to j be dead, though no trace can ba J found of him. William Gresham. a negro canvas man employed by the circus, one of a number of the help arrested today by the Augusta police department, hae mfeue a conToeslunKq the author? ities and the circus detective, though the Instrumentality of the latter, In which he says the report that the train was held up is entirely untrue, and that the trouble start-.-d and ended on the train while it was in motion. At the conclusion of the perform? ance In Columbia last night the work for?e was paid off and the larger number of the help indulged freely in liquor. After the train had left Co? lumbia, according to Gresham's con? fession, he, John Wilson and Elijah Clarke were in the canvas wagon, when two white men and a strange negro joined them. Clarke and Wil? son are nergoes employed by the cir? cus people and seem to be intimate friends. Just before the train reach? ed Gilbert Station, forty miles from Columbia. Wilson and Clark and the two strange white men began quar? relling, when Wilson shot one of the white men and threw his body off the train. Clark, who also had a pis? tol, forced the other negro to get on top of the canvas wagon and lump off while the train was running. Whether he was killed or not Gresh? am does not know. According to Graham's statement, Wilson and Clark then decided to go through the train and rob the help, who had been paid off before the train left Columbia, with the inten? tion of themselves leaving the train before it entered the city of Augusta. What became of the second white man on the train, and who was in the canvas wagon, Gresham does not know. Developments indicate that the two white men referred to by Gresham were Paul A. Williams and J. C. We-kley, both of Columbia, and that Weekley was not killed in the pistol shooting, but very probably was in? jured, since a shoe, believed to be his. was found under some tent can? vas In the canvas wagon, where It ap? pears that Weekley hid when the trouble started. How he got off the train or Where still unexplained. The three negroes, Wilson, Clark ind Gresham. hnve b. en sent to the Richmond county ejll, Beeldee these, two white men and a negro, employ of the circus, are being held by the authorities ae witnesses, but heir names are not obtainable, the police authorities declining to give ?ut any of the detalle. Burlier during the day wholesale irreale were made of the circus help ? \ the local authorities and, where lose questioning developed thai in re was no possible connoctoln itrlth the crime, the men arrested nrere released. Ten men hnve been committed to ml at to thy Couatry'*, Thy Uod'a an 1DAY, OCTOBER 6, 19K COTTON Pjgttj ADVANCE. GAIN DOTS TO SUSPICION OF CROP ESTIMATE. (mil-l.lo Public Has Become More In? terested in Market, Account of Bull Speculation. New York, Sept. 30.?-Cotton prices have advanced mainly because Cere is a growing Impression in not a few quarters that the crop has been over? estimated. It is believed that Ut? goevrnwent crop report to be issued on October 3 will be rather unfavor? able it not decidedly so. Moreover the speculation has latterly been broadened. The outside pub? lic is taking more interest In it, en? couraged in some degree, perhaps, not only by the claims that the out took is bullish, but also by the suc? cess which has thus far attended Ihe bull speculation in cotton. Manches? ter has reported a better demand f< r yarns and prices for cloths have been stronger. Western houses have bean buying more freely. They seem generally inclined to take the bull side. They have sent out crop esti? mates of as low as 10,4 00,000 bales as compared with the last crop of lO.?r.0,000 bales. Other Estimates. Other estimates have been 11, 000,000 to 12,000,000 bales and over. Some contend that the crop is simply late, especially east of the Mississippi and later on the receipts will be so heavy that prices will be unable co withstand the pressure, but a lead? ing business journal here has pub? lished unfavorable reports on the condition of the crop in Georgia and Alabama. On the strength of simi? lar private reports from these States and elsewhere one wing of the old bull clique is reported to have brought within a week something like 400,000 bales. Bulls insist that the statistical position is far strong? er than it was a year ago when the supply of cct*on goods was much larger than it Is now, and yet prices were much higher than now. Thqy think spinners at home and febrVxl novo4 bui small* supplies of the raw amterial and have got to buy enough to offset any incerase in the receipts. Rightly or wrongly, the speculative world seems to agree with this view, despite the admitted slowness of the trade in cotton goods, the political unrest, the im? pending Lancashire, lock-out, etc., Wall street, the South and Chicago have been buying. Today there was a strong opening and prices afterward worked up to new high levels for the movement, but toward the close prices broke sharply under decidedly heavy offer? ings and almost all the gain of the early session was lost. There were frequent small reces? sions caused by realizing, but the big final break was caused by a report that a meeting called between En? glish spinners and their operators had adjusted without resort to local arbitration. ANOTHER VICTIM OF CIRCUS. Badly Injured Negro Arrives in Co? lumbia and (lives Information About Murder of Williams. Columbia, Oct. 3.?Mr. and Mrs. P, J. Williams, the parents of Paul Willams, the Columbia railroad clerk who was robbed and killed early Sunday on the Ilagenbeck and Wal? lace circus train, enroute from Co? lumbia to Augusta, reached here to? day from their home at Athens. They were met at the station by Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, of Charleston, the parents of the lad's fiancee, Miss Marie Weaver, who was herself too 111 to leave Charleston. She was writing to her sweetheart when the telegram bringing the news of his tragic death was handed her. The funeral will be held at the home of Mrs. L. G. Helnitieh here tomorrow morning. i Fellon Gilbert, a negro from Greer, j who had joined the circus here show- I ed up today at the office of City Physician Rice, with wounds all over him and said he was the negro whom the same men who are supposed to have killed you Williams, hurled from the moving train near Lexington. He had walked into Columbia. He says the slayers of Williams were ne? groes and believes he can Identify t hem. Toung Weekiey, the companion to tie- Williams boy on the ill-fated ink, has gone to Augusta to Identify if he can, some of the suspects held there. here for complicity In the riot on the Hagenback-Wallace circus train. The other men arrested have been reloasi l. 4 Tiwsn's." TUB TRm 3. DIGNUS OMNIS LANDI8." Youth Stiiys A\?uy From Sehoool to Help Support His Crippled Fath? er. There are hundreds of thousands of small deeds of heroic self-sacrifice j which pass unnoticed, many, of I which are deserving of as much praise as is the bravery of the sol? dier who faces the roar of the can? non's mouth. Highi herr in the city of Sumter J buc h a deed is being daily perform \ ed by a youth, who surrenders his j anxiety for learning to the cause of I helping a father, who Is unable to help n'tiself. I The father Is cripple, and while contributing some little to their sup? port, he is unable to make enough for the'adequate support of him? self and his son. For this reason the bright lad has sacrificed his hopes of obtaining an education, and is working each day for a small salary, which, with what his father makes, is enough to sup? ply their wants. This little story of self-sacrifice, which is only one out of thousands of its kind, is written at the request of a gentleman, who Is a humani? tarian and who taxes an interest in having such deeds brought to the notice of the public. This gentleman stated that anoth? er gentleman who, if his purse were as big as his heart, would, perhaps, leave no room for such occurrences, has offered to purchase all neces? sary hooks for this lad, and Is anx? ious to find some place of employ? ment for him in the afternoons and on Saturday, where he will receive as much as his present small salary and, at the same time, be able to attend school. FAMILY SENTENCED TO PRISON. Edna Hodges, Her Husband and Her Brother Go to Petltenunry, Leav Ing Two Children Free. Aiken, Sept. 30.?Edna Hodges, her husband. Fred Hodges, and her brother, Dan Lewis, have been sen? tenced by Judge Memminger to the penitentiary. This takes the whole family, with the exception of two small children Edna Hodges will leave behind her. They were con? victed of housebreaking and larceny, from a store ner Talatha. After they were placed on trial, Fred Hodges decided he would plead guilty, and on doing so convicted the others. He was given a sentence of two years, and the other man and the woman were given sentences of three years each. Hnry Cohen was acquitted of housebreaking and larceny. Will Carter was found guilty of assault and battery of a high p.nd aggravated nature, and was sen? tenced to 18 months in jail. FIRE IN MANNING. Old School Rullding is Struck by Lightning. Manning. Sept. 30.?During a se? vere electrice storm which passed over this place about 7 o'clock last evening, lightning struck the old graded school building, tearing off a lot of shingles and weather board? ing and setting the building afire. The house is quite large, constructed of heart pine, and would "nave maue a huge blaze but for the heavy rain that held the dames in check until assistance arrived. The fire depart? ment responded to the alarm only to find the lire under control. The proximity of the old building ?<"> the new one causes groat risk to the lat? ter from tire. STILL IN HARNESS. Tlllman Will be Candidate if Im? provement Continues. Trenton. Oct. 2.?"If my health continues to improve I expect to be a candidate for the United States Staate in 1912, otherwise not. All will depend on how 1 stand the work In Washington when I go there In December." This statement, given to the Asso? ciated Press tonight by United States Senator Ben. R. Tlllman, disposes of the recent persistent rumors that be? cause of falling health the senior South Carolina senator had decided to retire from public life al the end oi his present t?-rm in the senate. Herberl Deik, of Bamberg, had his hand mangled in a gin Wednesday. A warehouse at Blackville, owned by Young & Mathls, was burned Tuesday afternoon, it contained $L 000 worth of cantelope seed. w C SOUTHRON, Established Job?. ISM Vol. XXXI. No. 12. THIS STATE'S NEXT' HM _ ANSEL, PARKI7 ve O LEVER AUK M)V' ^ /HONED. Political a May Re Mixed Up Cons* ^ y?-Efforts to Clear Up \> /_ ambia, Sept. 30.?That B. R. 'i .man will not st k reelection to the United States senate is practical? ly assured. Close friends of the United States senator say that his health will not permit h!? return to active politics. Those who have visited Senator Tillman recently give the opinion that he ia preparing to retire on his Trenton farm. It can almost be positively stated that he Is through with politics in this State, according to intimate friends. Sena? tor Tillman's health, however, is very much improved. Naturally the question follows: "Who will go to the United States senate to succeed B. R. Tillman?" There have been many names sug? gested for the place and many changs in South Carolina politics are liable to take place in the space of two years. There is an effort on build up several political possibilities along this line. Will Ansel Run? Among those who have been mentioned as likely to declare them? selves for the position are Gov. M. P. Ansel, A. F. Lever, congressman from this district, and Lewis W. Parker of Greenville. These named have not said positievly that they would contest for senatorial honors yet. Gov. Ansel has stated that he In? tends to go back to Greenville when he leaves the office of governor and resume the practice of law. He was for many years soli:Itor in the Pied? mont section and has a broad ac? quaintance. Gov. Ansel is not a man to talk politics and has never intimated that he would follow the game afte** leav? ing the office of the chief executive of the State. Yet he is one of those wientioncft "^ewis W. Parker is the best kn^wn and one of the most capable mill officers in the country. He has beeni a remarkable success in every? thing1 that he has undertaken. His name has been mentioned many times for the senatorship because it is be? lieved that eventually the political fever will catch him. A. F. Lever, congressman from this district, is also mentioned as possible candidate for the position. He has never made a statement but two years ago was mentioned and was considered a danergous oppon? ent. There are others who might be mentioned, R. Goodwyn Rhett, mayor of Charleston, being among them. The contest is two years away and others may rise up and claim the right for the position. TILLMAN SCORES W. J. BRYAN. Senior Senator "Astonished" .at Nebra^kan's Bolt. Trenton. Oct. 1.?Senator B. R. Tillman, at his farm here today, whin asked for an expression of his opinion in regard to Mr. Bryan's bolt of the Democratic Gubernatorial candidate in Nebraska, said: "I am astonished and must say somewhat disgusted and grieved at Mr. Bryan's action. Tie was the Victim of the bolters among Demo? crats In 18t?, and very justly he has held them up to scorn and has not hesitated to express his feelings at their treachery. His action in bolt? ing the Democratic nominee in Ne? braska, forever silences him on the subject of his own betrayal; and this is too bad. hist when things seem to be coming our way political? ly. "A Democratic House of Repre? sentatives is almost a certainty, and a Democratic President next time a very promising probability. It is too bad. and. in my opinion, ends Mr. Bryan's political career." v. M. C. A. Payments. The first installment on pledges Of V. M. C. A. building fund was due August 1. and yet then' are a few who have not paid. The manage? ment purchased the lot for the build? ing and are forced to carry a note at the bank until the llrst installment is in. Deposit the amount of your payment at any one of the banks or have it ready tor the General Secre? tary when he calls. The Board of Managers. Lonnte Sext< r hilled Aaron Mc Qowan in Anderson county Tuesday, Both negroes.