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Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. ? and FW no+-~I*t rJl Usr mds Thoti Alrne*. at be thy Country a. Thy God's and Truth *.- THE TRUE SOUTHRON. EfctaMlshed Jone, 1 5UMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1911. Vol. XXXIII. No. L ?BIHU5IUI SWtPI BT SI (IHM KEIftttTM OF Ith. KTOHM ALOX? THK s|.\<<?.\sT RKCKIVKD MM, ciiaH???!on Tmln Ih-lsyed by Washout ?C'oriiniunt<a (Ion Obtalaed but No Newa Fort Heining ? rHuseragers Tell of storm Prom The Hatty Item. Aug. 28. Reports of a big storm along the sea coast have been received from Charleston, but further communica? tions Wire cut off for moat of the day and it has been Impossible ' learn the extent of the damage which WM Inflated. Last night there were many who feared that there was a big storm along the seacoaet when the heavy rata and wind from the northeast Sat Burater, and thHr worst fears ere realised this morning when they found that Charleston and other cities stoat the sear oast had been cut off from communication by the storm end U was tmpoeslble to learn what damaire had been done. f The only newa of the storm came In Indirectly. There were a number of passengers on the morning trsln from Columbia who elated that they had heard other passengers, who had hist come Into Columbia from Char? leston, say that there was s big storm ^gotng on down there ar ! that the W residents and visitors jn ths neigh* boring islands to Charleston were sll mm.vtug for tie mainland. They report? ed that ths cars from ths Isle of Palms and gulllvana Island were crowded as long as they ran. but - that the fen-y boat had been stopped * at the Charleston wharf ssrly Is the evening and a large number of peo? ple were left on Mount Pleasant A passenger who came In this morning from Florence on the early morning train said h? had been told ths same thing by persona coming In on train ^ No. ft frosi Charleston. Hs said that train was Isle owing to the This morr lug all of ths regular , saoratag trains, which arrived about ] t .is. can e La sacspt the trsln from Charleston end this was marked up to 11: IB and later changed to 8.86 p. , m. The agent at the station said, that It was impossible to learn when . the train would arrive aa rommunt- | cations wrth Charleston had not been I secured sad at 11: IS aft. Holly, the I nearest station to Charleston ob tain k sble over the railroad wire, reported that the train had not passed there. It was therefore Impossible to say when the train would arrive. It was learned through the agent at aft. Holly, however. that the train had left Charleston and was being held i up somewhere between the two pr ints by s washout In the track. Re ceatry a new double track has been put in by the Coast Line a!ong that section and It Is thought th.it there was a washout along this port of the track. It was further learned from this ' point and also from Monks Corner that there hud been a terrific storm at those places and it was thought there that the storm lower down to? ward the coast had been worse. The last train to psss over the track out from Charleston wu No. ft2, which cams Into Florence early this morn Ing. At the time that this tr>1n passed the tracks were In Rood con? dition and the storrn which damaged them mu?t. therefore. ha\e come somewhere near midnight or later. This was the first touch of the au? tumnal sale and atorma which usu? ally come about this time r>r a lit? tle later every year, but it Is the first time In many yeara that Charleston haa been completely cut off from In? land potn'a. It was not until after 10 o'clock this morning that the ' ? csl telegraph companies secured con? nections with Charleston and then the only news obtained *.?s that th< >. bad been a Idg storm, loa that work was going on to get everything 'n working order as rapidly as posai blc. F.very effort has been made 10 get s press telegram through to Charles? ton and OSgntSj a replv giving news of the storm haa failed up to tb?- ln>ur The ffcillv Ib'rn went to preaa. Th*? Col iroida State has the follow? ing to say of Co- storm w h b Sun? day snd last night was lolng su< h damage | , Charleston Southern passenger tram No. ifi. Isaving ch.irl'Htton st 6 n'ri .ik, waa run In two section* ve?t?>rdav on ac? count of the crowds but th? h i nd aeetion dill not reach c0 lumbal until after midnight A pass* nger on the train aald that Iber?? w s , *?. ,m!v downpour of rain during the day and In the afternoon the wind Mew the Water UP to a few feet of the BSV Vllloi. on the Isle of ISIma. A con or en the s'pi ? - .r fold Mr,, ?iU IH MDIITSOMEHY. UMWM OlflmBHDNl To ?c ii ku) >!? it1 .miu :k 12. I Strong lvh-Kaiioii Will Represent South Carolin??Mating Will Con? sider Plans for (Gradual Marketing of Crop. Columbia. Aug. 27.?E. J. Watson. State commissioner of agriculture, commerce and Industries, has ac? cepted an invitation to attend a meeting of cotton growers and others interested In the cotton crop, to be held in Montgomery, Alabama, on the t"2th of September. The invitation was extended in a telegram received at Mr. Watson's office Frday after? noon, from Mr. R. F. Kolb, State commissioner of agriculture of Ala? bama, The object of the gathering, aa stated in the telegram, is to consider the gradual marketing of the cotton crop, and to correct erroneous im? pressions aa to its volume. Commis? sioner Watson la not in Columbia to- \ day. but it is stated that he expects to take with him a strong and rep t resentatlve delegation from this Suite. Although no direct r'xtementa are made aa to who will be Included in the delegation, it la thought that probably some of the leading manu? facturers of ths State, and a number of the leading members of the State Farmers' Union, will go to Montgom? ery, to meet there similar rep.eaenta tlvea from other States of the South. 1 that many were leaving Sullivan's Is? land. I The summer houses on 8ulllvan's Irland arc in a very exposed position, none ol them having any protection I from the sweeping win is. Though there may be much discomfort and 'a great deal of anxiety it la hardly probable that the island dwellers will i he in serious danger, aa the Jet ties form some protection from the waves. A cltlsen of Charleston stated that ths wind blew 60 miles an hour in th* afternoon. Up the line of the ! Southern until Branchvllle was reach? ed the wind was very high and tele? graph poles were down In many placea. I Excursionists returning from Char? leston early today reported one of the 1 moiit severe storms seen in recent .years. The train, the Isle of Palms I flyer, left Charleston at 8:25 o'clock I last nicht, arriving here at 1 o'clock 1 this morning. ' This is the worst storm in ten years." said an old man standing at the ferry wharf as passengers hurried by to catch the train to Columbia. It is reported that a chimney was blown down, doing much damage to the union aatlon in Charleston. It was also said that the window panes at the union station were blown out by the Iforce of the heavy gale. The passengers reported that the trip from th?? wharf to the union sta? tion at 7: SO o'clock waa made with much danger because of the falling of sign? and other debris caught by the heavy winds. It was said that a warning had been issued to ull residents and excursion nils to leave the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island. There was a general exodus from the two low-lying islands to the city but several hundreds were held up a the Mount Pleasant wharf when the ferry boat was stopped because of the lerrtfk wind and high seas In the harbor. It 1? estimated that at least 300 cx curslnnUfis wore left in the town 0 Mount Pleasant. Just across the bay from Charleston. I thought that the wind would Mow the train gfl the track durln the tirsf miles out of Charleston, said a passenger who arrived thi morning. "Telegraph pob-s Itl ? B along the .|. s - d the |ra< According to several passengers th ram began to fall In Charleston early yesterday und the gab- started a about ;{ .?',<? yesterday afternoon, in? creasing In velocity until dark. The railway othvials did not think that the storm woui?i interfere with the regular paswngci ira.t.^ leaving thirty IhH morning. Mgguii \ gdjef Water, Scattering reports pb-kod up from the wires this afternoon hi the local Western Cni .n omes ore to th< effect that th* violent storm whleh I ? pi the ggggi ,,r the Carolinas and Oeoi gi.i list muht hit Chnrienton and Its island suburbs a worse blow even than *as indicated lv the reports ap pi ?ring in thJi morning's p p*ra, The new .? received M Is np.rno h is to the effect that !?? ,?h Sulli Island and the isle ,,r Palme are un? fOf water. \., reports, howevefi ? odd gg ?senrod Si to whether th. re UFT FINDS FAULT. PRESIDENT CHARGES DEMO. OCRATS "DID PLAY POLITICS " Also Arraigns Insurgent Republi? cans for Lending Aid in Passage of Tariff Revision DHU?Thinks Con? gress Should Hove Quit After Pac? ing Reciprocity?-Speech Before G. O. P. Club Believed Opening Gun in Presidential Campaign of 1912. Hamilton, Maas., Aug. 26.?Presi? dent Taft began the Presidential cam? paign of 1912 here today, his friends' believe. In a speech that breathed | defiance, he scored the "insurgert" members of the Republlacn party in Congress and the Democrats, who combined to revise several schedules of the tariff at the special aesalon just closed. He singled out Senator LaFollette, Winconsin; Speaker Clark and Chair? man Underwood, of the House way* and means committee, aa leaders of the attempted revision. He indicated that he regarded the proposed revis? ion aa injudicious and dangeroua to business, but made It plain that if ihe tariff board in December reports that downward revision of the cotton and wool schedules should be made he will recommend It. Standing on the board terrace of Congressman A. P. Gardiner's farm, with Senator Lodge and other Massa? chusetts Republican leaders, the Pres? ident addressed 600 members of the Essex County Republican Club. Their cheers were loud and long. President Taft in part aald: "The extra session of i . gress was called for the purpose of passing the Canadian reciprocity, which it did by a support made of votes from both parties. Our Democratic friends were not content to allow the session to pass with the accomplishment of the purpose for which it was called. They assisted?most of them?In the passage of the reciprocity bill be? cause they believed in Its usefulness. However, having pursued a purely statesmanlike course with reference to reciprocity, they did 'play poli? tics* of the moat irresponsible char? acter, in reference to three tariff bills, which by uniting with certain Repub? lican^ in the Senate, they were ah * to pass and present to the Executive for hie signature." Continuing, President Taft stat'id that he recognised the general de? mand for a reduction of duties con? sistent with maintenance of a meas? ure of protection that shall enable the industries of the country to live. Adding that the time of the Chi? nese wall and difference in cost of production here and abroad has passed, he said the Republican party was now under an obligation to carry through a revision of the tariff which shall meet the popular demand; that when the tariff board shall make its report in December, on wool and cot? ton, he expected to submit to Con? gress recommendations based on the report for a revision on both ached u'es. 'I have already expressed my opln kn that the wool schedule i3 too hirh," continued the President; "that it has prevailed for so many years I that it ought to bo revised and is the subject of complaint, not only to con? sumers, but also by those who are en [gggsd in the Industries affected. So 'far a I can help it. however, DO such muds with ji full knowledge of the facts as found by un Impartial Inves? tigation. "Th" puhlio will hove ample time calmly lo conoldor and de< Ids wheth ? r they sire to put Into power gen tlometi loading s party, who, while professing S wish for facts and infor? mation, so :is to Risks tariff legislation as just as possible, no sooner have the opportunity than pass their meas? ures, with the old Ignorance of the facts, with th.' same political mo? tives and with the same difference us to the exact operations of the du tlss Impooedi as they themselves Severely criticised In others rospon .-H ie for tt iIT b clslatlon.* Gov, Rlease has appointed D. E, tfmoak supervisor of Colloton county to iuc< si d .1 < >. ?IrlfUn. dsceased. v .i. ir v low ol nr. or not. II Is thought that ;i great deal of damage has been done to the numerous cot* Lagos on the Islands, but tins report Cannol be Verified. Tie- above came by was of Augusta, ?tid i* Is therefore evident that this city has ? itabllshed communication ton and it ' oUld n ? be s! ?'eil :it Mm* '? would arrive here, iris lean Ii irn? I b COTTON MARKET STRONGER. BULLISH REPORTS SEND PRICE OF STAPLE VP. Unfavorable Weather Conditions, Complaints of Rust and Shedding and Damage by Insecte Factors iu Advance?Better Demand for Dry Goods and Smaller Estimates of Crop also Have Effect. New York, Aug. 25.?Trading in cotton has been swayed on the one hand by bull support and short cov? ering following complaints of extreme drought and heat in the Southwest, and on the other by generally favor? able and recently improving crop ao- j counts, together with Southern lei ling. Until recently the weather in Texas and Oklahoma has been dry, with extremely high temperatures. Texas, In some cases, has complain? ed of labor for picking as being insuf? ficient. Some of the new Texas cot? ton is said to be of poor grade. Trade interests have bought futures to some extent and the fact that the New York stocks of cotton are small and that they are in small hands, has In? duced short covering of the August delivery. During the week prices have ad? vanced l-4c on the new crop months, while spot cotton and August here have advanced about 5-8c. Although hot and dry weather in the South? west has been the leading bullish ar? gument, rust and shedding have also been complained of in Texas, Alabama and in some of the Eastern cotton States, while in Mississippi weedy ground and excessive damage by in? sects as a result of heavy rains have also been used as bullish ammunition. Moreover, Western dry goods mer? chants report a steadily improving demand. Crop estimates have been running smaller and by many it is claimed that the world's spinning re? quirements during the coming sea? son will he around 14,000,000 bales. However, as intimated hitherto, crop accounts have recently become more gratifying: crop estimates in many instances have, therefore, been increased; Liverpool has been in? fluenced unfavorably by recent la? bor troubles, as well as by large Southern offering, and the South has continued to sell futures on all up? turns. New cotton Is dally moving in larg? er quantities, particularly in the Southwest, and it is claimed that un? less adjustment of the English labor troubles soon occurs and thereby oc? casions a renewed demand from Man? chester spinners, accumulation of new cotton In Texas would follow and that holders of this cotton will have to sell futures against it as a hedge. Many are awaiting the Government condition report on cotton. It Is due September 1. Of late prices have ris? en on expectations of a bullish Gov? ernment report, short covering and bull support, as English labor ad? vices have been more optimistic. Geor? gia and Alabama have complained of shedding and there have been some predictions of renewed heavy rains in the Mississippi Valley. Manchester, too, has reported a more active yarn market and offerings from the South have* been less evident. Wall street Interests, moreover, bought on the an? ticipation of an unfavorable bureau roport. AVEROPIiANE lands in dark. First Night i.amiin- Ever Made by one of Army's Areoplnnes. W ishington Aug. ? -f>.?The Aral night landing ever made in an aero? plane at the army aviation field hi c.diege i'ark. Md.. was accompllahed tonight by Lieut Den Milling and R, C, Kirtland. Guided by signal fires tiie aviators brought their machine down oin of the dark to till cheer.* <a Mi,' other members of tin- army aviation school who awaited them. The) hail flown from the park to the Ch< iry Chase club four miles dls ' a'hero their reception was so enthusiastic thai they remained until darkness before thoy realized thai they were forced to report at the aviation held. Clemency to Dato - Columbia, B O., Aug 24,?Stiles Mooru who was convicted several years ago In Oconee county on the ? harge ol nn attack on a child-woman under fourteen years of age anil sen? tenced to li years in the Btate pen? itentiary has been paroled by th? governor during good behavior. Tht governor has extended executive clemency in 812 canes as follower Parolen, im. Pardons, 102. THE BEATTIE TRIAL. COURT OVERRULES1 DEFENSE OX TWO POINTS. Prosecution Regards Testimony of Sydnor, Tally a^id Briggs as Highly Important. Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 25.?The defense in the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., charged with the murder of his wife on the Midloth? ian turnpike met with two set backs at the opening of court here today. Judge Walter A. Watson quickly over? ruled a motion to exclude the "Dear Kid" letter, writen by Beattie to Beulah Binford and introduced yes? terday, and followed this by denying a motion which questioned the word? ing of the indictment as to the wound being in the "face" Instead of the skull.or brain of th* victim, as shown by the autopsy. In addition to the^e rulings, the most important developments of the day were brought out in the testi i mony of several material witnesses. R. L. Sydnor, a dairy man, Sam Tally, a day laborer, and A. K. Briggs, tho 15-year-old son of a Richmond contractor, took the wintness stand and gave what the prosecution re? gards as the most important and most dramatic testimony so far Intro duood In <U1 an even dozen were heard, but Paul Peal Beattie, the star wit? ness for the commonwealth, was not called. The dairyman swore that between sunset and dark on the night of the murder he saw an automobile similar to Beattie's halt at the roadside in the nelghobrhood of the scene of the crime. A lone man stepped out. and this man, the prosecution will attempt to show, was Beattie, concealing the gun with which it is alleged he shot his wife. Tally swore that about 11 o'clock that night, sitting on the back porch of his home, not far from the road? side, he haard the scream of a woman, then a shot, and finally, the noise of an automobile starting. The Briggs boy testified that some time between 10:30 and 11 o'clock on the same right he and a companion in an automobile passed a car at the road side, a stone's throw from where the murder was committed. The man, he said, apparently was fixing a tire, and was standing on the run? ning board. The boy was not asked If the man he saw was the prisoner but under cross-examination by the defense he maintained that they passed no other car. His companion will be called to testify. A JOKE, SAYS MR. AIKEN. Congressman's Explanation of Quiz? zing of Palmetto Senators. Washington, Aug. 25.?Publication of the correspondence between Rep n tentative Wyatt Aiken, of the 3d South Carolina district, with the two South Carolina Senators, In his ef? fort to ascertain which, if either, had made to Governor Blease a statement about the comparative intelligence of of members of the South Carolina delegation in the House of Represen? tatives, was the news incident of greatest interest to the delegation during the ( losing weeks of the ex? tra session. There was a good deal of discussion of the matter among the Representatives, but none except Mr. Aiken would say anything for pub? lication. It is fair to say that the 3d district I Congressman did not "give out" the correspondence in the sense of ask? ing that it be printed. The News and Courier's correspondent heard from another source that the correspond? ence existed .and when In- want to Mr. Aiken and asked If the corres? pondence might be seen and copied, Mr. Aiken said he hud no objection. I Except with regard to what he held to be the unsatisfactory nature of Senator smith's reply, Representative ; Aiken exhibited In his manner no signs of ill humor al ans time whon the correspondent approached l\im on i in? subject of his quest. .iu.-t before Congress adjourned, Mr. Alken said thai he was surprised to sec how much importance had nein attached to the Incident In some of the South Carolina papers. He declared thai he bad written his letters of In? quiry largely in a spirit of mischief, and th:it he regarded tin winde mat? ter a joke. \\ ial ion for i 'olleton a contract has been entorod into between a committoe of the citizens anl the Curtis Ivlatloh company to have pne of their most experienced and renowned aviators give ihres night?] hero salesday in October* WaJforbore Press and Standard. COACHB8 LEAVE TRACK AND FALL IX RIVER. Two Cars Plunging From Trestle Crash Against Masonry Abutments, Shattering Into Fragrant*?Many Veterans Victims. r,S Manchester, N. Y., Aug. <Tith a list of killed and Injure from complete at midnight, ? sons are known to have lost lives and between 50 and 60 ? iave been in jured, many of t seriously, in the j wreck of Leh' ? alley train No. 4, on a trestle ? here today. Two car the train plunged oft the stru were hurled against the stortv .nbankment and dropped to the bed of Canandiagua outlet, 45 feet below, vfhen the fast-running castbound train was derailed and broken in twain on the viaduct. An? other car rolled down the embank? ment beyond the river. The re? maining 11 cars of the train kept the roadbed. The first car which went over, a day coach, plunged to the creek bed and was crushed upon the rocks. It landed upon its side and few of its occupants escaped death or serious injury. The following car plunged head first into the chasm and with the forward end resting in the creek, stood balanced almost perpendicu? larly. The wreck, aside f:om its fright? fully calamitous chr-aoter is remark? able In thrt two cai*i from practically the centre of the traaln were singled out of the disastrous plunge into ths river bed. The train carried many veterans re? turning from the Grand Army campment at Rochester, and at 1 two of the old soldiers are known to have gone to their death in the wreck, A large proportion of those killed and injured were women. It is feared that other bodies may f?t be found Jn the w.ecka*? -'s?tA that several of the more seriously In? jured will did. The wreck was one of the most disastrous ever recorded on the sys? tem. Crowded with passengers, many of whom were war veterans and ex? cursionists from the G. A. R. encamp? ment at Rochester, the train mads up of 14 coaches, drawn by two big mogul engines, was 40 minutes late when it reached Rochester Junction, and from there sped eastward to make up time before reaching Ge? neva. The engines and two day coaches had just passed the centre of a 400 foot trestle over Canadiagua outlet, 150 yards east of the staton at Man? chester, at 12:33 o'clock when the Pullman car Austin, the third of 'a :ong train, left the rails. It dragged the dining car with it and two day coaches and two Pullmans. In this order followed. All bumped over the ties a short distance before the coup pling between day coach No. 237 and the rear end of the diner broke. The forward end of the train dragged the derailed Pullman Austin and the diner over safely, after which both plunged down the south embankment and rolled over. The free end of an ill-fat??d I^ehigh Valley day coach, in which most of the victims were riding, with a Grand Trunk day coach, stripped the rear guard of the south side of the trestle and plunged to the shallow river bed more than 40 feet below. The end of the first day roach that w?mt over struck the east embank? ment of solid masonry, and with the other ?'.0-foot car behind it, both shot against the wall with terrific force. Both cars were filled with passen? gers. In g few moments the cars lay a mass of battered wood, metal and glass, under which a hundred men, women and children, many of whom 'were killed instantly, were buried. jThe greatest destruction occurred in the day coach. No. 2:?7. A dozen per? ls-ens later were taken dead from the second day coach, which, after fol? lowing the first over the trestle, snap? ped it^> rear coupling and thus saved i ! the rest of the train from being dragged along. Th! second day conch struck on tb< bottom and stood end up. the rear end projecting a few feet above the top of the trestle All of the passi risers In this car were plied In a tangled mass Of broken seats ut the bottom of the car. According to the appraiser's re? port whi< h was tiled in the. surro R ?tr's office, in New York, by Deputy Sti te Comptroller Julius Harburger. the estate of V. Marlon Crawford, the novelist, who died at Sorrento, Italy, on April :?, ',r>a<?. ia valued at only