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si Mine watchman, Betas! Consolidated Aur. 2,1 Whtcbman airt *outbrim. Kubll?hetl \\edne?day and Saturday - BT? tSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCMTam, a. a $1.10 par annasn?la edveeee. tkee Sauara trat lasertloa.II. subseeoeat la serf too.it Oasetracei fer three saeevtha. ar wiu be mada at redooed rata?. ATI commsnlcatlene water, seb privat? tatereete will be charged far aa edvertlae meats. ObStuartee aad tributes of rispnls ?rttf be charged far. Ml RDFK stirs gKt)R<. KTt)wn. Negro i harged wild < uttimv C'le"* Throat and slashing Wife. <lf?t?rK?'t<>w n. Nov. 7 Jamee Shn ald. a negro man, whose home is at Parker* \ l on the Waccamaw r. la charged with a moat brutal unnatural crime, committed this ling In ti.Ii city, when in a fit ef frenay because his wife refused to accompany him home at once, he eat the throat of his youngest child and slashed hin wife wrth a raaor In SSKh a manner that It Is not expect? ed that she will live. The child died ptat Immediately. Upon the alarm green Sherald fled, hotly pur by negroes, but Sherald outran pursuers and disappeared 1* the In the outskirts of town. Chief of Police L. I.. Bolick and ?oputy Sheriff H H. Ward quickly got on the trail of the negro and suc \ reeded In capturing Mm about two miles from the city, and ho was safsly lodged In Jail Coroner C. J. Fletcher summoned a Jury while the hunt for Sherald was 10 progreee, and the following verdict was rendered: "That the child. Aaron Sherald camo to his death at the hands of Its fath? er. Jamee Sherald. In a brutal man (Signed) "Joelah Doer. Foreman.*' The negroes of the city are much ed qger the uaatat dry deed, and they could. vou}d undoubtedly visit msry punkhment upon the prin? ts* .mn, H\ttMo\ tif.ts Bit; MWORJTY Pmddrnt'H Home State (iocs Demo by flundred Thou?and Votes. Cleveland. ??hi-?. Nov. 9.?Oov. Jedson Harmon. Democrat, rolled up a plurality of 3H.000 over Warren O. Harding. Republican cundidat< for governor, aecordlog to figures ensuing to the Plain uealer tonight from ?5 of the 88 counties In Ohio. That when the ortVlal count 1? com? plete Harmon will have over 100.000 plurality Is extremely prohatde. f<>r la Vlnton. Fulton and Clinton coun ? ttee, which are mlaslng. Harding Is credited with the full vote given An ? drew 1* Harris. Republican candidate lo 19S8. Throughout the State, how? ever, outside <>f Cincinnati. Harding1 has run far behind Harris. The success of the remainder of the Democratic State ticket is no |ong?*r In doubt PRosl l It I V IlKRt KM\ns Dl M? World-Fr Mo ied Hort h ull urUt Pa??c?. \wa? at AiigUMta. Attgueta, Oh . Nov. h.?Prosper J. i, A. Ber? kmans. a noted hortlcultu ralhrt. entomologist and pomologlfd. died here thin morning In his llel year. He was p.eiddent of the National Pomologi. ,u S... U-t %. %!??? president of the International pomologlcal So? lely, with headquarters In Paris: president >f the Oeorgla Hortlcultur.il ftoclctv md th ?;? 'rki i Kntomologi col Society, snd a member or officer In every similar society of note In |hH country snd s?>me sbroad. His seien tine attainments In these lines were of word-wide fame. He was a n i tkve of Belgium I \ I loMOlllll lt\< KS l\ < Ol I >|. Bl \ Thenk?gi\Ins I?hv Iggg RtOSS at I ab (?round*. C dembia. Nov. 10.?Arrang?no all are rapidly being made for the auto middle ra? e? on the fair ground* Thanksgiving d.iv. The fact llfeal several cars wer** put out of the. run? ning early on th.? aslon of the last meet ha* bd automobtM SdOlOfl to challenge other*. The prises will ho IncreuNed. and It was annouiici d today that already six cars had bOSS eotered. Only eight entries will be booked. Kor th. ihre. > <. ? ids the prises will !>?? Five mil race, $"?0 and 12'.; fifteen rolle r oe. $100 and fftf; flftv mile race. $2C0 and $100. April, IH50 Re Just an 881. a i Willi Ml \ Uli. III MIK l\TS WIN WITH A BM lk \i> OVEH OPPONENT!, Plurality Over Republican Represen? tation Will h \hotit M?(.. o. I'. Strength Is l.c-s Than PrtSICUt Democratic Force. Chicago, Nor? ;*?The sixty-second congress will be composed of: 1 'emocrats. 226; Republicans, 163; S.m lallats. 1; Douttful district, s- far r. Total 391; MUJorlty ??t nouee, lttl ? ?emocratle represt uiation in e v< > - of majority. :i0. Comparts returns on Ihe election ? >f representatives in . ongre.-s in 11 u s ihat Um Dsmocmtes e/Ul haves A.r'lng majority of :<> in tin nexl house. The number ol Democrats elected to congress, a- cording to the latest returns, which i n ol nn Unof? ficial character, is 226. The Republican repr- senlation will Is- 163 or 164. Of m Ml tthti |sm than the Democrats no\ bhVS ll the Sl\t\ first congress. The Kleventh Pennsylvania dis? trict, which Is represented in tin Sixty-first congress by a Republican, i* in doubt. The Twelfth Pennsylva? nia district, also normally R.publ! can. Is likewise doubtful. The ear? lier returns Indicated the election of Pobert K. Lee and he Is carried in ?he table as representative of this district. Later returns, however, give Ms Republican opponent, Robert D. Heaton. an excellent fighting chance, and the official count will he nee s sary to determine the result. Absolute confidence Is not felt in the returns for some of the Wiscon? sin districts, and it Is not impossible that the official figures will change the totals of the two parties. The Fifth Wisconsin district Is claimed by Victor L. Berejer, Socialist. Henry F. Cochems, the Republican candi? date, doe* not concede Rerger's * le. - tion and a recount may be necessary to decide the election. Congressional gains were made by the Republicans and Democrats In the following States and districts: Stete ? . Dem. Rep. Connecticut. 2d. 1 o llllnols,;6th. 7th. sth. 16th... 4 I Indiana. 6th.1 0 Iowa. 2d. 4th.2 6 Iowa. 8th.*_ I 1 Kentucky, 9th.1 0 Maine. 2d. 3d.| 0 Maryland, 3d. 6th.2 * Ol Massachusetts. 14th.? 1 Massachusetts. 14th.z 1 Missouri. Uth. ? 1 Missouri. nth. 14th. Uth 16th.4 6 Mlssorul, 11th.? 1 M>\uda, at large. ? 1 NVw Jersey, 3d, 6th. 7th. 8th. 4 0 M**| York. 1st. P. I. 4th. 5th lath, 15th, 17th. 21st. 26th, 27th. 33d. 36th.12 0 N>w York. 32d.? 1 Vorth fOUllMSl. 5th. 8th, 10th.3 0 Ohio. -M. 7th. 11th. 15th. 18th. 19th. -Met. 7 0 Oklahoma. 3rd. 1 0 Pennsylvania. 5th. 8th, 12th. 14th. 22d. 24th. 6 IVnns\Ivania. 10th. I Rhode Island. 1st. 1 We*t Virginia. 1st. 14, 3rd, 4th. 4 Totals.58 Met ! Ismo? ratic *ain. 11 1 \\Ts Rom? MAME li;<;\l. ? / President J. \. Ranks Asks Columbia! CHj < oun< ii to CsM McMmmI Dsss mit Ion Interested in l>eht of Statt* ^Mioty. Columbia, Nov, It,?with s debt Ol BVSf $ I o.ooo ,,n im hands and its Urgent building burned to the ground, j ? apt I A Hanks of St. Matthews. ?jcsaadsnl ol the South Carolina Pair ?octety, ham srrltlsn to Mayor w. H, Qlbhes to ask that the eltv council of Columbls pass s resolution asking | tax IM-'bland d?-legation io Interest Ihe IcgMafare in having the bonds of the sot iet> made legal, At pr? ?? Snl the society can only borrow tm ?nej on Ihs personal notes of the directors, and the bond Issue, Presl dent Hanks snys, sroutd rellove th? unhappy lin.ineial situation. The So clet> has lifted $ I.?Hm of the debt. President Panks asks that the city Ofl Columbls corns to the nld ol the fair and he is sure, he says, that this will be done, The elty has in the past i *s. ii to tiie occasion. As to tin criticism ol Capt. Jno, <; Mobley, tiie retiring president, Capt, llanki ?ays nothing, but he lets it be under? stood that he does not expect the so cloty und ( My to run rotmter of i ich other. You can't Impress a crazv man by talking to him about his Insanity. d Fear not?Let nil lbs ends Thou A in IMTER, S. 0., SATURD, j:?h BUSHELS YIELD \ MISTAKE. Marlboro Boy Raised 177 :t-i Busli p|f on One Aero. Bennettsvllle, November .'.?A pre mature announcement of the result "i the Boys' Com contest foi Marl boro County has been sent out, al? leging a yield of 258 bushels on one acre. Such report was made here last Saturday by two disinterested nun, wln? bad measured the crop. ?fowover, th< y had, ai was stated by them, measured it by barrels in the shuck, and tinding 188 barrels. re? ported IM bushels of corn. When measured by the governing rules, the yield Showed 177 .1-4 bushels. Messrs In W. Williams. Ii. L. Freeman, Dr. J, A. Woodley and the superintend ent of education make this report, They measured the acre, counted the stalks the stems on the stalks and examined all witnesses who had any think t<? do with it. Satisfied that he c orn stored came off the acre, it was weighed and found to total 118,511 pounds No blame or reflection is attached to this young farmer. Arch Odom. The error was caused by the crude way of judging it. The largest yield this year was obtained by Marvin Usher, whu got 188 bushels. His crop will be fully inspected in a few days. Young Odom planted his corn in three-foot nine-inch rows, about six Inches in the drill. Fertilizer used: Two loads of stable manure. 100 meal, 600 pounds Wilson & Gib bos, 300 acid and 600 sods. 300 add and 600 soha. HIS SINS FIND II IM OUT. V'gro Charged with Shooting at ?F White Roys Sent to Jail. The case of Peter Brunson, who is alleged to have shot at two small white boys, Warren Mclntosh and Ycrnon Watts, on Sunday afternoon on the public road between Oswego and Mayesvllle came up in the Mag? istrate's curt Tuesday afternoon. It proved to be only a preliminary for Itrunson was sent to jail to await trial at the spring term ?>f ^he high? er court. The testimony Of the white boys Hen I to prove that they were going to MayesvlUs from Oswego when they met Brunsen In the road, who told them to stop and take him with tin m. They t dd him that they would do no such thing and went on by him. Whereupon he tired at them DOS time with a pistol, the ball pass? ing lust over Ihs buggy. They im? mediately went on home and told their parents about it. Their father game to town the next day and had a warrant sworn out for the negro. Brunson. on the other hand swore that h< took his pistol and went out In the woods several hundred feet from toe road and shot several times at a pine tree. He said that he had not M-fn anything of the boys in their buggy snd did not know any? thing of the matter lyntil he was ar? rested this morning. Brunson was committed to jail In default of $200 bond. NEGRO LYNCHED IN MACON. Mob Overpowers Jailor and Takes Prisoner < barged with Murder. Macon, Qa? Nov. 7. ? \ negro named Walker, who killed Marshal t'harles Buah, of Montesuma. Qa., two weeks ago. was taken from the Macon county Jail by a mob or.d lynched about '.i-.i'.a o'clock ton'ghi ills body was strung up over the water from the Flint River bridge Walker had only been captured :wo hours. Y. Mi < . \. Notes. About nlnet) ?live per rent ul the Srst installment ol the subscrptions to the v. m. C, A. has been collected, A very line showing. This amount has been applied to meeting ail cam? paign sxpensei and payment for the lot which com $7,600. The second installment is coming In well and the ?nance committee, consisting of Messrs. Hurst. Walsh and Blrehurd, aspects to have it very encouraging report lo make at tip nexl meeting of the Board oi i ?ii eci irs, it is eery much to be desired ttutt ail subscribers shsll respond promptly se it Is soh ly upon the busls Of these collections that the Board is enabled t? make its future plans Tin com? mittee On srchltect, plans, and Speei Icatlons has been ul work and > . erclslng very greal care in each step In the arrangements. The Baord fe< i- t ha I it has i n fortunate iti the selection of a Oen erai Secretary, Mr Blrchard Is nn enthusiastic and crhVlenl worker. Columbls automoblllsts are trying to organise ? stat' Auto Association. ?s't at be thy Country's, Thy (iod's an* fiY, NOVEMBER 12, 191 MoR IN CAPITAL OF Ml.fico TEARS DOWN Till. UNITED STATES ENSIGN. - i Police Disperse Crowds Only After, Fierce ChaCP^S?Two Hundred Dts I tubort \r rested?Three Killed. Mexico City, Nov. 9.?This city., re sembeled an armed camp tonight, fol? lowing an exciting day and evening of anti-American and anti-government lemonstratlons, in the course of which an American Hag was torn down and trampled upon. American citizens were assaulted or Insulted in the streets, windows of a dozen American business places were shat? tered and an attempt was made to destroy the plant of El Impartial, the leading Mexican daily, and the ex? ponent of the government policies. Quiet was restored only alter squads el' mounted police with drawn sab r? s had repeatedly charged the mob, killing three of the disturbers, rough? ly handling scores of others and ar- I re ting more than 200. l.ate tonight squads of mounted po? lice were stationed in every block and hundreds of gendarmes were pa? trolling the streets. The demonstra- I tions were confined to the business I portions of the city, no disturb* nces 1 having been reported in the residence I districts. I Through insults to the American 1 Hag and assaults made openly upon I American citidens In the streets, the I anti-American demonstration which I began last night with the stoning of I The Mexican Herald offices developed I this afternoon Into an affair of in-1 terrratlonal importance. | A vigorous prhtest was registered by the American ambassador with the! Mexican department of foreign rela tions and at the same time the facts! were telegraphed to Washington and! Instructions asked for. Tonight the attacks were renewed. Windows in a dozen American bust- 1 niess places were smashed. All about I town shutters were hurriedly drawn! and establishments closed. Forces | <?f^ ptaice- appeared In- she t treats and I kept the crowds moving. I While the police looked on and seem-1 ingly made no effort to prevent it, an I American Hag Moating in front of a! candy store in the centre of the bust-1 ness district was torn down this al-j ternoon by a crowd of several lain- I dred medical students and others, | trampled and spat upon and torn to I bits. The demonstration today was a! contlnueatlon of the affair last! night, caused by antipathy aroused 1 among the people by the burning ail the stake of Antonio Rodriguez atj Rock Springs, Texas, on the night ot I November '.'>. I Publication of violent attacks on I Americans by several Mexican papers! tended to further incense the med I- I cal students, who were the promoters I Ol last night's demonstration. Shortly before noon the crowd is- J sembled before the new Juarez moo-1 ument in the Alamede and procee l-1 cd to the municipal palace, whereI several of their number who were I arrested last night, were being exam- I ined by the authorities. A company I of mounted police followed in the I wake of the crowd, From tie palace! the students marched through Avcn-J ida San Francisco, the principal i>usi- I ness thoroughfare of the city, stop-1 pintf in front of the candy store. I where the dag Incident occurred, I Gathering numbers as it proceeded, I tin crowd marched to the ornes of I the department of foreign relational making demonstrations on the way! agninsl American business places and I breaking windows in the Saint F*ran-1 ejs hotel. Jack Lavis .an automobile repair! man. had a hand to hand encounter! with a dosen members ol the crowd I when they attempted to tear the topi from Iiis automobile and enter his es-1 taldishnient. lie knocked several of his assailants to tin- pavement and drove them from his pla?e. AI tin head "t Juan /. avenue around the famous statue of the Iron horse, speeches were made denounc? ing, all Americans anil a passing street car. conveying school children to the American shool, was stoned. < no child was struck and severely in? jured. Windows of the cars were shattered. Among others who were assaulted were the sons of Ambassa? dor Wilson, and William Marshall, an employe of the National railways. The latter was hit OU the head with a stone and sustained a severe scalp w on ml. During the progress of the stu deuts about tin- city, Qov. Landaj Rscandon of tin federal district. < JhU i of i ?oll? e Felix I >iaz and For? mer American Ambassador Jonquln Cnsnsus followed in automobiles, in ;i speech ;..t tin- municipal pal sr\.\I)Y NEWSPAPERS Ill.It.M. Contracts for ldvcrti*iiig in Publica? tions Issued on Hallowed Da) Are Void in Missouri. Kansas city, Mo., Nov 7.?Con? tracts for advertising by newspapers published on Sunday wore declared void by Judge J . II. Johnson in tin Kansas City court of appeals today. The Sunday labor laws <-f Missouri, the court held were violated when tuch n< wspapers were printed and, therefor* . any contract for work in connectl ?n with the publication would also necessarily be Illegal. The decision was handed down in the case of the owners of the St. Louli Republic against Jermlah Culberts, president of an exploitation com? pany. WOHLD S RECORD NOT BROKEN'. Wrong Method Pscd in Measuring Marlboro Corn Yield. Columbia, Nov. <J.?Mr. Ira W. Williams returned this sfternoon from Benn< ' ^ille. where he went to Investigate t was said to ha\e been the " I "'s record production of corn by - i y Mr. Williams, w ho is the I'rit i '*? farm demonstra tlon agent here m ? 'e ;? sistement for the press thi? (tftemoon which con? siderably reduces the place of the boy in the corn production field. In substance, the r> port of Mr. Wil? liams is that the t?oy is entitled to come second in the list of Boy Corn Club contestants. The error was made in the method of measurement. Mr. Williams*! statement is as fol? lows: "After carefullw investigating and having the corn measured of the re? ported 258 bushels per acre. I find that the world's record has not been broken, that the boy will be second, so far as the reports now stand in the yield from the Boys' Corn clubs in the State. 1 will say. however, that there was no intention on the part of the boy or the committee or the people of Marlboro County to give out any statement that was not absolutely accurate, as all of them were anxious that the facts be known. The mistake occurred in the method of measuring the corn. "We do not accept any measure? ments in regard to the greatest yield in the State, except the absolute weight of the corn. T think, how? ever, that this production is the most remarkable in the history of the state's corn production, it is cer? tainly more remarkable than the Drake yield, if the reports as to how the Drfilte yield was made are trie J for In cost of productin it is by far the bast for the large yields produced and the methods are such that any man could follow and expert the most profitable results. "In a few days, When the exact amount is given out by the proper authorities, a further statement In re? gard to the way the crop was pro? duced will also be made. 1 think it necessary to say that the same in? vestigation was made In regard to the reported 2i's bushels as was ma !? in this case, and the same metho i of measurement applied, which proved that the |2I bushels was absolutely accurate and was produced on one acre of ground." Clyde linge rs, the deaf and dumb boy, who was run over by a freight train near Spartanburg last week, died Tuesday at Cedar Springs. The Muyesvllle Insurance Agency has been commissioned, capital $1,000, corporators, T. B. Cooper and B. I* Spencer. ace. <?o\. Lands) addressed words ol approval of the student's protest, but cautioned them against violence. Amhussador Wilson. In hi* note to the foreign nlfk ??. descrll>ed the oc? currence as a disgrace to the ? Ity and to the .Mexican people and expressed surprise that, inasmuch as his offli e had warning In advance of the pro? posed demonstrations, the Mexican authorities had none, or having it took no action to prevent them. Foreign Ministe r Creel said t.. re? porters this afternoon that every ef? fort would be made to punish those guilt) of offering insult to the llug. An attac k was mad ? upon the plant of Bl hupare ial. and pait of the ground flocr was completely wrecked. Por 20 minutes the mob battered ul the heavy doors leading to the ? )i torinl and composing rooms above with heavy timbers and fired the wreckage. Then the mounted police charged ^itii drawn swords, < ?n- of the- attackers was run throng!) and killed. The others lied. An alarm, turned in from th< offU r ..; the paper, bicedit the lire departnv n( to i be s. en.' before the flame gnln< l Ii. ad w ay. fc: SOUTHRON, IMehtlshed ?uut Vol. XXXI. o 22 fl? BIG SI L 'A s baft ?. < i " Hues kasc ?g^ _/>/o Whiskey Man Buys Ho ??:?i<l Bebato? Fnwtlttngly?Whole Tiling Wm Robber) Prow start to Finish. Chester, Nov. 10.?In the trial hers today of Black, Rawlinson and Solo? mons for conspiracy 10 defraud thr State in connection with the op? r ation Of the defunct State < ispensary, John T. Barly, formerly a liquor i lesman, testified that his houss charged the state dfanjM nsary more for "Congress iiaii" srhiskey than it charged other concerns. Attorney Nelson, representing the defense, in? quired if the price had not been the same before the Raw 1 nson-Biaek Wylie board went into oilice. A varm I Olloquy ensued between coun? sel. Attorney General Lyon objecting to going into affairs of previous boards of directors, but when the testimony was suffered to stand L-on insisted on knowing whi ther Early, before the Rawlinson-Black-Wylie b< ard went into ofHcO, had not be em paying rebates to the dispensary di? rectors. "Why don't you prosecute the old board." asked Nelson. "I would if I could catch them all," re? plied Lyon. "This thing has been a steal from its inception on down te I its abolition by the leg.slature." Early testified Ulat he charged the dispensary from $1 to $1.50 per case higher prices on this brand of whis? key than he charged his other custom? ers, r W. D. Roy, principal owner of *ie Bellroy Distilling Co., was also put up today. He said that he had un? willingly paid the rebates required by the board. In a dispute as to what this conspiracy or agreement should be called. Roy said, "Shall I call it robbery?", IN THE POLICE COURT. Bicyclist Hide on Broad Street and ^ Pnj Fine* for So Doing. Mayor pro tehl Wright, held court for the Recorder Thursday in the inca paclty of Mayor Jennings to do so. A big harvest was reaped although it was not a very rich one. The ordinance against riding bicy? cles on the sidewalks of clayed streets was the one that called so many tip to plead guilty and to pay a tine of $1 er $2. The principal plea was that the ordinance for Broad street had been changed so much and that the stret was not post? ed With "Keep off the sidewalk" sigu for bicyclists to rend and act by. that the offenders W< re Ignorant of the present "Status ol the street with regard to bicycles. There were twelve ol the offenders and thos^ who were present were fined $1 each, while those who were not pres ent, got an aditional dollar for con? tempt of court, except where they had been ? \< used by Police Officer. Williams, who made the arrests, from attending in person, and were tried In their absence and fined. From now on it is probable that most of those who hsve been accustooiod to rid? ing on the skh w alk will abstain from so doing. Connell and Grooms were from out of town and pleaded ignorance or the ordinance and were allowed to go free with the warning that ihe> should be more rsreful {n the fu? ture. I The offenders wt re lined as fol? lows: White?8. B. eraser, ft; W. Y L Marshall. |1; Bertie Oro\er, $1. Bruce Taylor. mt: B. T Grooms and Tom Connell, nothing; Sheperd Nash. $1; K, F. tlcCtellan, $1. Colored? Isaac McKlvreu $1; Albert Mcl^eod. $2: Hen Davis, 12. sir. Jack Harby was lined $1 for Titling on a hicycU alter dark on the street without a light. Most of tin offenders paid their Ii nies, several ol then under protest and with the assertion that they would go bf fon Pit) Council to see it thej could not k* t the Recorder's sentence revi rsed it -?eins the lron> of late that Al? derman Wright, ->v l>< at Council meet? ing was most In favci ? ?. allowing bicyclists to ride on Broad street, should he the first to fine persons for the offense, lie stated that he could not do otherwise than fine the o?T? inb i v uiub r the circumstances, but that du \ had the right to get Council to rescind the sent, nee if it saw lit. s p. Cansler, of Tlrsah, c. l. .bun-, ol Warda ' D. Corbett, oi Swansea, ami Pcrcj C. Dukes? ol Branchvllle, an the iat?si additional ipplicants for appointment as Rail? road Commission* r. There arc now twenti si \? n after the |ob.