Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rut* Hl'MTKK WATCHMAN, ssBtablh Consolidated Aur. 8, II f'fcc 8Matcbmj\n anb $out^r?n. ^ ?tssb? i WcMl.MMday and Saturate) ?BT? ?STEEN PUBLISH*'** COMPANY TV I ll.lt per mautb?in advance, giv urtiw?i ?ittr? ?rat Insertion.II 0? euhiequcnt Insertloa.ft Qpoftraeta for three meatha, or ?eager will b% made at reduced rate?. ?B communications which eub earra private atereota will be oherged for aa edvertlaemeata. fjbetaartea and trtbutee of reeamcf be charged for. 1 l I * -1 I IV t s \ v ( IHUAI.T VR. Manual ami Family are tiuest* Clovers ov fi n Warmly Wel Olbraltar. Oct. t.?The fugitive family of Portugal left the yacht Anvile today and are now the guests of the governor at govern sawnt house. The yacht sails for Lisbon tonight. She \etU enter the harbor without displaying any flag will be turned over to the gov lOPt. Th* people <>r Otb altar gave the a w/.rm welcome. When they attended mass at fit. Mary's church tbta morning the edifice was crowded aad thouaands had congregated out" aide. King Manuel and the queen mother drove from the yacht In gov? ernment carriages with the members ?>T their suite, the governor's aide. , the admiral of the port and bis flag ; lieutenant attending them. The o ph> along the route cheered enthu? siastically and the king and queen Hewed their acknowledgment, smil? ing COM>K MM? WINK l>ls \srF.K Two M o Shut In Mine by Fearful KipJoston. Ptarkvllle. Col.. Oct. S.?Entombed ? 00 *xplo?ton tn the Huirkvli; ? |tf the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at Waat SI men are the faVe^^fer'taTJ^ifc' eft ort? rearrefa Pwwrked throughout today trying t9 penetrate the black depth* In tho hep a that some or probably all of She Imprisoned miners might be res? cued alive. The presence of black damp made , the work of reaeuera extremely hax ardoua. Time and again today mem? bers of parties were overcome neces? sitating returning to the open air. Lade this afternoon those superin? tending the work of rescue decided that none should enter the mine un? it a portable fan was Installed. Th* fan reached the mine at 4 o'clock aad was mounted upon an electric motor car and gradually pushed for? ward Into the slope, working as It went, driving the gas ahead and hs waa hoped, to an air shaft thousands os* f iet Insld'* the mine where It might escape. The greatea. caution possible was eaercleed that the motor carrying the fan should not be advanced too rapidly and a sudden rush of gas, or Mak back, overwhelm the men op? erating the m ichlne and snuff out their Uvea. A touching feature of Um rescue work was the self-aacrifhe and devo? tion to duty of James Wilson, sup 1 latendent. who left t .?ick bed to lead the men who volunteered to form rescue parties. He finally succombed to the exertion and. almost overOOgtt kg the casaes. was forced to return to hit bed. According at a statement given out officially ??y the coroner, there are kaown to be In the mine 27 Poles. 1 Hussion, ? Am??tleans. 4 Mexicans and two H?r\Un*. 10 Italians and t negro. Total. SI. The coroner, how? ever, believes six more are entomb? ed who are not on the Hat. At ? o'clock word reached the camp that a two-Inch hole had been bared through a wall and a test of the air showed It to he surprisingly good. Orders were lmemdlat.lv giv? en to enlarge the opening, and If the aar *aa pure, the men were to go on through the cuts of the Httrkvilh* mine as far aa safety permits This information was followed by that the men who were Installing the portable fan had been overcome mi I barely escaped to the entrmtt tf Iki west portal with their lives. They bad penetrated 400 feet when thev were suddenly enveloped In ? damp. The helmet nien assisted their un prote ted con.panhms out of the mine tnd resuscitated He rn John Pettlf, a white firmer, of ? 'h rnkoo nunty. had MM b-g .rush? ed In u r.,:y press, necessitating am? putation. ?h?l April, im*. Be JM M 981. Sl PEACE IN LISBON. I i'eitrn.um m i-i i.i.w ras lit 1 n lavnciied safely. gute? Reigns in Capitol After Over? throw of Rraganza Dynasty?Revo? lution the Outcome of Philosophi? cal Ideas, Say9 BiKfja, the New President. Lisbon, Oct. 8.?L'ubon yesterday was tranquil. Th?"e waj nothing apparently to rhow that the Braganza dynasty had ended and a Republic been set up, except small bands of provisional troops stationed about the city and the cheering everywhere of the red and green Mag of the Republic. Business was proceeding as usual throughout the Capitol. A Cabinet council was held, presid? ed over by Provisional President Braga, and the new Government's j programme looking to a betterment of the conditions of the country for? mulated. King Manuel and the other mem? bers of the royal family are still in Gibraltar. The provisional Government an? nounced that the new Republic was safely launched, and that the military bodies in the various sect'ons of the country had signified their adher I to the 11-putdican regime. T< M >K $212,110.8;t COLLECTION. offering at Triennial Convention of KpineopnlUuis. Cincinnati, I >hlo. Oat 8.?What waa declared to be the largest col? lection ever taken up by plates of any church In America, an Interpre? tation by the Mouse of Biahops upon the "open pulpit," subject and re? fusal to change the name of the Church were among the most im? portant matters transacted by the triennial Convention of the Protest? ant Episcopal Church in session here today. While the Convention body was in session deliberating upon proposed changes ^n the government of the Cnurch. ?* s.d. mn Communion ser? vice was being helJ in Christ Cnurch. ttended by many hundreds of wor? shippers, where the donations were being received from the Woman's Auxiliary for the ge',fpal missionary fund. At the conclusion of this service it was said that the plates placed upon the tables in front of the trustees had been piled with funds aggregat? ing $242,110.83. The showing was nearly $20,000 in SSeaSS of the collection made at Bichmond three years ago. The proposition for a reconsider? ation of the ballot by which the House of Bishops refused to create suffragan Bishops came up today, but was postponed and made a spe? cial order for next Wednesday. The House of Deputies decisively defeated the proposition to change the name of the Church. FERTIX1LER WAR COMING? \merican Chemical Cmnpan> to In? vade V. C. Territory. New York. Oct. 7.?Three new fertilizer plants will be constructed by the American Chemical Company during the next year in the very haart af the territory COVSfOd by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. Out will be at Savannah, fia., where the company has purchased 70 acres af land, and should be com? pleted early In 1911, as the con? tracts haw already been let. Tfct I* oul will be at Wilmington. N. C, and the third at Columbia, S. C. \\'<>rk on the latter two will !*? be? gun as soon as possible and the en? tire three should be in operation by next summer. Altogether the ex? penditures for new construction will total something like $1.000,000. and eg the American Agricultural Chemi? cal has a working capital of approxi? mately $18.500,000. as shown by its r.nt annual statement, it is not likely that the construction work contemplated will ?all for new fln? an< lug while tin- American has ai i? n :i factor in the Southern Held, the move of building three new plants simultaneously cannot be I . sn otherwise than an aggressive invasion of the preserves af the Virginia Carolina Chemical Com? pany. An Interest closely connect? ed with the Virginia-Carolina Cheml eal Company stated that the south? ern field Is large enough f T both, but generally In fertilizer circles the outlook f??r a trade war Is * onslder ed excellent. Those who were wishing for rain two weeks ag ? are now wishing for It to cease. ? Fear ihm?U-t all tin- ends Tktos Via rMTER. S 0., WEDSE8 FLAMES DEVASTATE COUNTRY. SEVERAL TOWN'S AND THREE LIVE8 CLAIMED BY FOREST FIRK. Ilodicn of Victims Being Brought in From Devastated Territory by the Wagon lx>ad ? Other Towns in Croat Banger. War Road, Minn., Oct. 9.?The greatest catastrophe that Minnesota has experienced since the Hinckley catastrophe occurred Friday night and Saturady when the whole Mlnn i esota-Manitoha boundary country was swept by Urc\ and as details be-, eon.e known the disaster assumes ap- ( palling proportions. Tho number of deaths tonight is', estimated fron 100 to UUO, almost entirely among settlers in the woods, aeohnd thy towns of Beaudett? Pitt,] Roosevelt and Graceton. Very lew Of the ?< ttlers are known to have es? caped, and this estimate will likely tall considerably short of the actual number. ?cones of horror uro reported on ? .cry hand. People lost their heads completely and ran aimless about be? wailing their loss. Streets of towns were strewn with personal belongings which were thrown away in their night. Crowds of able bodied men, mostly workmen with no persons to care for ran pell mell to board the waiting train at lieaudette, to the exclusion ?f women and children and refused positively to assist in saving prop? erty. An eastbound freight went tnrough a burned culvert near Pitt and blocked the line. Tho village of Pitt was burned Fri? day night and later the towns of Spooner and lieaudette, six miles distant, were in flames. A high wind was blowing at the timo and within ten minutes alter tho appearance of tho fire the Inhabitants of the town were forced to llee for their lives, un? able to save their property. The fire was heralded by a shower of sparks and bundng brands, which swept across the Beaudette river and the inhabitants had barely time to reach the train which was waiting. Then was acted scenes never to be forgotten by those present. Sick people apparently by the score were carried or assisted to points of safety. There weru five patients in a hospital which was burned. One woman who had given birth to a child the same evening had to be carried to the ofllce of the Shelvin-Matthieu Lum? ber company, in whose building many people took refuge. SUPREME COURT DECISION. 4. Ii. Zelgler Declared Party Nomi? ne?. Columbia. Oct. 10.?Associate Jus-| tice Woods today issued his writ of eertiorarl directing Chairman Wilie Jones of State Democratc executive Committee to produce, before the Su? preme Court. October^!, 8th the whole record In the matter of the protest of J. MCLaughlin. against the action of the CalhOUn Committee, sustained by the State Committee, in declar? ing the Incumbent J. L. Zelgler, rath? er than the relator McLaughlin, to be the Democratic nominee for Super? visor of Calhoun County. in the petition filed for McLaughlin by Attorneys Welch, of Columbia, and Walker, of St. Matthews, it is alleged that the County and State committees erred because they In? terrupted too liberally, to the benefit of Zelgler and, consequently, to Mc? Laughlin damages, the word "im medlatedly" In the party law requir? ing expense accounts to be tiled by Candidate! Immediately after a pri? mary election. Once in A Handled Years. Prom The Dally Item. Oct. iu. Persona In dating their letters to? day must have noticed a curious coincidence?something that has not happened before in a hundred years and which will not happen again un? til a century has elapsed. This is the tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year In the twentieth century. In writing the date on their correspodence, many persons will make the marks. 10-10-10, but few of them * ill think of the fa< 1 that they have never made (lo se figures In one. two, three order before, nor will ever again do so. When the digit*, thai arc used in mol ing the date ate added, the sum la the number of times each digit Is used. When the three numbers are added, the sum Is SO; ten times the sum of the digits, and i ?? t ai be thy Oonn try's, Twy God's an DAY, OCTOBER 12, 191 CASE SENT TO HIGHER COURT. R. If. Elliott Given Preliminary Be? fore Recorder for Larceny of Elec? tric Fluid. R. M. Elliott, a white man of this city, was up before the Recorder Saturday afternoon for trying to de? fraud the Sumter Ice, Light and Power company of its just dues, though when, how much of, or how he withdrew the intangible element, Mr. E. H. Moses was unable to state. The case was not only novel in its way, but it was peculiar in that while he knew that the electric fluid was withdrawn. Mr. Moses could not say how, though circumstantial evidence showed that a "jumper" had been attached to the wires. Mr. John H. Clifton represented the defendant and Mr. R. I>. Lee, Jr., represented the State in the i aaa which was only a preliminary, for the Recorder, after having heard the testimony sent the case to the higher court. The case was begun shortly after 4 o'clock and continued until after 8 o'clock, Mr. E. If. Motel was the first for the State. He told of how his sus? picions were aroused by the falling off of the amount of the current used by the occupants of the house and how, after the defendant had been in the house for several months, he bad been to the house to test the i meter and to see if he could find any ! thing wrong with it. He stated that he found the brother of the de? fendant at the house and that upon testing he found that the meter worked but not with the current that would have been expected of it. He then cut off the current at the switch just in front of the meter and then found that the lights would burn when the current was disconnected. He asked to be allowed to go in the garret of the house to see If he could find anything wrong but the defend? ant's brother refused to allow him to do so. The next day he went back to the house and found the defend? ant at. home. He was allowed to go irlto* the garret of the house where he found that some one had tamper? ed with the wires, the insulating be? ing cut off them. A few days later the defendant called on him at bis place of business and confessed to having put the "jumper" on the wire, put up a hard luck story, and begged him to let him off, assuring him that he would not tamper with the wires any more and would pay him for any amount of electricty that was reason? able. Mr. Moses told him that he would consider the matter and let him know about it later. Mr. Edward McCallum testified that he had rented the bouse to the de? fendant and that the defendant had always paid him the rent. Mr. Wil? lie Brooks Stuckey was then put on the stand to prove the fact that the defendant was the man who had al? ways paid the bills for the use of the electricity and that he had read the meter in February and collected $:?.S(i as the amount due for elec? tricity. This was to show that the defendant afterwards tampered with the wires. th< amount of electricity used in every case after that being less than the amount for the min? imum charges. Mr. Lee then made his presentation stating that it had been shown that the wire had been tampered with and a part of the electricity used In an unlawful manner by the defendant who should be sent to the higher court for trial. Mr. Clifton stated in bis argument that the witnesses had not shown that there had been any contract between the parties and that they showed that Mr. Nettles, the former tenant of the house, had kept a large boarding house, whereas it had been shown that only the de? fendant nnd his brother and wife, and one or two others for a part of the time, had been the tenants of the house since, and that It was per? fectly natural for the amount of elec? tricity consumed to be decreased. The witnesses for the State had not proved that in any case on record had it been shown that the defend? ant had used any ->f the electricity, either lawfully or unlawfully. He asked that the case be dropped on this count, if for no other reason. However, the Recorder after thinking over the case, and taking Ihe evidence int<> consideration, de? cided that the case must ^o to tlfe higher court, bail of 1200 being put up by the defendant for his appear a lice Cal II. Hennicut. n Seaboard en-1 gineer, who was Injured In a wreck) at Coronacn creek, Greenwood coun- | ty, has been awarded n verdict of 125,000 against the Seaboard Air Line. A TnMta'a" TKB TRV 0 ROOSEVELT IN 8E0HG1A. DELIVERS THREE SPEECHES TO ATLANTA CROWDS. Pelting Rains Dampen not Much-Tooted Atlanta Spirt' > uhe Boundless Knergy o* a thusiaAm of the Colonel i'ells Conservators How to i, sxr the South, now to Grow Rico?Si>eaks at Uncle Remus Celebration. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 8.?Theodore I Roosevelt came into Georgia today and found awaiting him a welcome, which was as warm as any he has received during his recent travels. On his arrival in Atlanta he was greeted by crowds, which blocked the streets, j heedless of the pelting rain, and 1 cheered him as he rode at the head l of a parade through the business streets of the city. Early in the day he spent several hours at Rome, Ga., inspecting the Martha Ber y School for Poor Mountain Boys and Girls, and in speaking to another throng of cheering Georgians. Col. Roosevelt made three speches in Atlanta. His first was at the Southern Conservation Congress. Ib urged' the people of tho South to take care of their natural wealth and said j that if the country's resources should fall into the hands of a monopoly the ! poople would revolt. After taking dinner with Mayor Maddox he spoke at the Uncle Remus' Day celebration, j which is being held to raise a fund to purchase the home of the late Joel Chandler Harris, author of the j Uncle Remus stories, and preserve it as a memorial to his work. After speaking of the achievements of Harris, Col. Roosevelt talked on new nationalism. Then he talked to the negroes of Atlanta in a negro church. Col. Roosevelt began his address before the Southern Conservation Congress with a reiteration of his faith in the conservation movement. "I believe in conservation with all my heart," said Col. Roosevelt. * I believe that the time has passed in this country when it was possible for reasonable men to permit the waste of natural resources. I believe that nation and State can co-operate in this great movement, and there are one or two impressions which I i ; think we should endeavor to remove . from the public mind, j "Here and there, and notably in ! tho West, you will find men who say j that our purpose is to lock up the natural resources of the country. That is just as absurd as if a private j individual should say that the farm : er was endeavoring to lock up the natural resources of his farm, when he declined to till his land in such ways that it would permanently lose its fertility. We do not intend to lock up a single resource, but we do intend that the resources shall be used without waste. "Certain of the papers which are edited in the shadow of Wall street, regard the doctrine which I have enunciated as smacking of anarchy I think it is really the height of con? servatism. I think it will help the honest men of influence and wealth when we discriminate in the sharp? est manner between them and their dishonest brothers. Now it is pecu? liarly necessary to do that in con? nection with our natural resources, the. ownership of which, if allowed to go Into one hand or the hand of one great corporation may establish a peculiarly oppressive monopoly. Let us thou make it tho business of the government, national or State as the case may be. to see that the min? eral resources so far as we still have power over them, that the water power of the country, that all sim? ilar powers, are used under such governmental regulation us will al? low ample profit to the users and at the same time guarantee the public at large in its rights. "I think that it is an essential po? sition for the government to take. 1 do not believe that we can afford longer to allow men of shrewdness and some times wdth a lack of scru? pulousness to get possession of the natural resources of the country and then treat them as purely their own to do with as they choose, if bu< h ,1 system of monopoly Is permitted to grow up in extenso sooner or later the people will revolt against It." Col. Roosevelt then spoke of the necessity of preserving the forests, and continued: "I hope that Con? gress will pass the bill for the cre? ation of the great Appalachian for? est reserve, TJi^so forests lie in several different States. The waters which rise in them often go through more than one State, and it should be peculiarly the work- of the na? tional government to see to their preservation, "No portion of our country is go k) KUFTHKON. EKlablLshed Jane. 1M| Vol XXXI. No. 14 PI' J IMMORAL TH cSr DIXON'S PLAY THE ?V^.S OF THE FATHER, IS xN0 DECLARED TO TEACH A * GREAT MORAL LESSON. Play Passed by Woman's Club. Raleigh, Oct. 8.?Thomas Dixon's statement that he would withdraw "The Sins of the Father," from the stage if a representative body of Southern mothers declared the play immoral, bad an interesting sequel here today. One of the foremost so? cial literary womans' organizations in the South, the Fortnightly Review Club of Raleigh met in special ses? sion, after attending the matinee performance at the Academy of Music. Not only did they pronounce the play free from immorality but they voted as follows: "Resolved: That The Fortnightly Review club thanks Thomas Dixon for writing 'The Sins of the Father.' It's theme is treated with delicacy and power, and it teaches a great moral lession. Among the distin? guished supporters of the resolution were, Mrs. Robert R. Cotton, Presi? dent of the National Mothers Club, Mrs. W. W. Kitchen, wife of the Governor. Mrs. T. P. Jerman, Presi? dent of the Raleigh Womans' Club, Mrs Margaret Busby Shipp, widow of the first Southern officer that fell in the Spanish-American War and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, President of the State Daughters of the Confed? eracy. The Academy was packed from pit to dome for the first per? formance of the play in the North Carolina capitol and hundreds of out of-town patrons who had failed to get their tickets in advance were compelled to journey back home without having seen the drama. Thomas Dixon, the author, who is accompanying the play on its tour throughout North and South Caro? lina made two brilliant addresses in response to a dozen curtain calls. - CHARI ESTQN'R POLITICS 1>K NOED. Dr. Howard I ax* Jones Delivers Ser? mon Denouncing Politics and Blind Tigers in City. Charleston. Oct. 9.?In a strong sermon on "The Standard of Church Membership" at the Citadel Square Baptist church this morning, the pastor. Rev. Howard Lee Jones, made some impressive statements in re? gards to Charleston's political ring and "open" blind tigers, which were far from being complimentary. In speaking of election day, Dr. Jones stated that the polls were man? aged by the "dregs" of Charleston's populace, and that honest voters were careful in depositing their votes less they might come in contact with the "slime" on the ballot hexes. Dr. Jones said ft] -ther that in a few blocks of his i .lurch there was an establishment, which had opened up with the avowed intention of furnishing a place of amusement and recreation for the large number of students and other young men of the city, and that now it had been converted into a "dirty blind tiger and everybody knows it." He then asked why the people of the city did not "do something." the main theme of his sermon having been "not what we believe, but what we do:" "for." said he further, "the head of Charleston's political "ring" have followers who are waiting and anxious to do their bidding. and why should not the churches have I their willing followers slso. The State Convention of the Chris? tian churches in South Carolina will be held in the Christian church here Nov. 3-7. A number of men of na? tional reputation from various parts of the United ?iate will take part ia the programme. The sessions of the convention will be open to the general public. The new church will be dedicated on Sunday. Nov. 6. at 11 a. m. About one hundred dele? gates from all parts of the State are expected. All who would be will? ing to entertain one or moflM please inform the pastor or Mr. W. A. Weathers. No. ? : K. Calhouu street, or any other member oi the official board. ing to show a greater rate of devel? opment than the South will show in the course of the next thirty or fort> years. I ask you to see that this marvelous development of the South tak.s place In such fashion thai it will represent not a mere exploita? tion of territory, n t a mere fever? ish growth In wealth and luxury or a honey-combed foundation of mor? ality and good judgment, but that it Will represent a solid and an at at ing and enduring prosperity."