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rHK SI M i l H WATCHMAN, EetahUshed April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear wot?Let all the ends Thou AluiB't at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and Troth'n." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EstanllKhed June, |Mj Vol. XXXVII. No. 30. MOB THIRSTY FOR BLOOD. Barnwell People Seek to Butcher Ne? groes Arrested on Suspicion. i.OYI lt\OK IllJMSl. 11 LK<. RATHS THAT MILITIA UK CALLKH OUT ANH THAT SIII'.RIFF ARM TOSM.S TO PMDUCRVH ORDER IN CITY?CALLS ON G> TIKRNATORIAL CANIHRATK TO AID? MOVM iliytTi AT KILLING Of RARNWKLL CITIZEN RV now > Columbia, Dec. 4.?Angered at the killlriK <>f E. I'uyton liest, a proini nenet white merchant of liarnwell, a mob of determined white men form? ed thin morning; bent on lynching w?rne forty negroes who had been ar? rested charged with the killing, ac ? ording to a long distance telephone message from Senator i'atterson of Uarnwell to Governor Dleaao. The mob, with set faces and heavily arm? ed, were mar.ing ominous preparations according to he report. Gov. Ulease has ordered tho military mpany at Rcriwell under arms. To Its captain, Emlle Harley, he wired "Assemble your compuny and do wha! Is necessary to preserve the peace. Another telegram to Sheriff J. B. Morris, read, "Use every effort at your command, call out posse com itatus, swe?u in extra deputies, and do everything to preserve peace and order there. I warn you not to fall In the discharge of your duties." Not content with this effort to pre? serve the peace Uov. Blease wired to hartes Carroll Slmms, a candidate for governor who lives at Harnwell: "Please use your influence to preserve order nod to see that the law is \ in? dicated. " Having ordered out the military, in? structed the sheriff to swear in extra deputies and cull out a posse Gover? nor Please felt that he had done all he could to avert a lynching. E. PtytOB Pest, a merchant of Parnwell, was shot dead on the streets last night while leaving a restau? rant and some forty negroes were rounded up and locked in jail under suspicion of being the guilty parties. All night the white men of Uarnwell, In posses heavily armed, combed the by-ways and brought in negro sus? pects. As the night wore on the deep j resentment broke forth into smould? ering flames and this morning as men came in from the country and gather? ing began to take on a definite organ? ization a call came to Columbia for the military. The situation is tense and news from Harnwell is eagerly awuited. Tho Purnwell company was one of the five recommended to be mus? tered out of service by the Secretary of War. CHIHUAHUA FUGITIVES PERISH. TRAIL OF DFATIl MARKS JOt R \FY ACROSS DFNERT. Mwlnf from Kebrln Fexlcral Soldiers ?ml Civilian* M<Tt Death In Forty Mile U Uder new Ret ween Chihuahua man ftanfiMm Boeder. * MarfA, Texa?. Dec. 4.?A trail of death marks the path of the thousands of Mexican fugitives, the band being composed of Federal soldiers and civilians fleeing from tho vicinity of ?hluhuanhua City to the Cntted States border. It Is fearer that many Americans sre among the refugees. The hodlei of those dead and dying from hunger und futiguc upon tho desert are monu? ments to mark the trail of the suf? fering and panic stricken fugitives. Tin? d-'v.-rt ih forty miles wide, with to water or vegetation except cactus. Mmt of the fugitives are afoot and the vanguard is approaching the bor? der. Among them is Luis Terraza, a ranch owner and gold mine million? aire. Three thousand Federal troops am among the stragglers who Will surrender to American authorities rather than face annihilation by the < onstHutlonalists. City at Mercy of llandlts. F.I Paso, Texas, Dec. 4.?Two hun? dred soldiers, who were left in Chi? huahua City to police the city until the Constitutionalists take possession, desert* d today and are now in full flight toward the American border. This leaves the city with fifty thous? and Inhabitants at the mercy of ? ?a milts and looters. RF.CF.lt K VI'I'OIMMKNTS. ,M ihn Mud. I Howoiiiun and Virginia Cooper in Work tu Fngreaenngj Da? IMtruncnt. Columbia. I>ec. 1. ? Miss Mabel Itowoian of Sumter and Miss VirginlS Oaafaaf ej Wimoky wees appointed la the rmcroiothig department by the at? torney gestorel today. MRS IVWKill KMT ARRFSTFD. K < /. d ?ml Unshed to Prison t*|m?n \rrt\nl hi fjtggsjgggfli Plymouth. Kng . I ?.?<?. 4.? Mis KmtaeHai Paaaharat, tim militant MurTriiulxf bad?r w.is .hmhi.-,| today tthourd tin- lim r Majestic, taken on a tug und resaaed te Davenport and thence rusheii to Loadon m etitomo tule. Xhe must serve a year and a h.iir imptiaonment, Rnlahlng i?> i for atet at nt< i.f three >? irs. V\ 11 'ii It in mi In ItiH.m. Wnahlnglon. I ?ec 4.?President Wiisou. i?< . .a tu-. ? ..id. imailt ert 1. his room today. lie ? am ? II? .1 all his engagements. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS KXPKCT GOOD RF.SULTS. Look for Settlement of Trouble as a Result of the Internal Opera Hons. , , si ??Jf^^s^y'-?* *MW Washington, Dec. 3.?Government officials here toduy were more than ever confident that the patience tho United states has shown in ts treat? ment of the Mexican problem soon is to be rewarded by a solution brought about by operation of the great in? ternal forces now ungaged in a final struggle in Mexico. Such a conclu? sion has been the one objective point of the American administration. Among the facts which form the basis of belief that the closing chap? ters of tho Huerta regimo now are I eing written is a report to the state department from agents in Mexico that the federal troops no longer are In receipt of their pay, without which experience has shown their loyalty can not be depended upon. Other reports regarded as indicat? ing the speedy triumph of the consti? tutionalist fOTCOl relating ?o the pre pitate flight of the heads of the fam? ilies Which have controlled vast es? tates in northern Mexico. Their flight and the abandonment of their proper? ties deprives the Huerta government of a source of revenue which at pres? ent Is much needed. Inquiry that has been unofficially made into the reports that large ship? ments of arms and ammunition have been ordered by the Huerta govern ment and now were on their way to Mexico has developed the fact that such orders as uro being tilled were placed many months ago, in the early days of the present revolution, when it seemed insignificant. Ther<? today was m> change record? ed in the disposition of American mil lary or naval forces In Mexican wat? er* The navy department announced that the 7'?o marines who yester? day arrived at Penaneolni Flu., on ths Pratrlc had been k? pt aboard ship be? cause there were aol sufficient quar? ts is geh?re at prent nl for all of them. The plan is to keep some of the men permanently aboard ship. I'ltlFsT Ml LI I? AND CHI :.MATI :i>. HcIm'I Corres Murder Women ami Children and Kill 1'ihM. then Hum his Hody. Mexico City? Dee. 4.?Constitution ahst troops today are bombarding Moantlnni the' ehlef Pacific port. They opened rifle fire last night killing :,it\. citizens are fleeing Into ths country. Coaeatlan was captured by the Rebels today, thirty people, most Is Women Mid children were killed. A pro st was shot to death then burn e.i gftei giving bandits four thousand penas _ I ???????? E. PETTOH BEST IflfililT ON I PRINCIPAL STREET OP BARN WELL. Officers Lc?ad Posses in Search for the Man Who Elrcd the Fatal Shot ?Many Arrests Made and Men Committed to Well-Guarded Jail. Bamwtll, Dee. 3.?B. Peyton Best, a well known merchant of Burnwetl,) was shot and almost instantly killed here tonight. The shooting was done on Wall street, only 50 yards from tho court house and about 100 yards from Mr. Best's grocery store. About 20 negroes have been arrested ,and committed to the county jail, where they are held as suspects. The fatal shot was evidently fired by a negro. Two shots were tired, only one of which took effect. The bullet enter? ed the back and passed througn the body near the heart, the wounded man dying in two minutes after he was shot. The shots were fired at 9.10 o'clock. Mr. Best had been to a restaurant for supper and was walking up the street when two shots were fired, Vinco Dunbar and Arthur Harden were stunding in the door of a pool room, a few yards away, and toward them the wounded man staggered, exclaim? ing: "Oh, Lord, boys, I'm shot." As he fell, Mr. Harden caught him and he was carried into tho pool room where he died In two minutes. Oftlcers at once began a hunt for' the man o men who fired the ?hots, and soon between 10 and 20 negroes were arrested as suspects. The county bloodhounds were secured but have been unable to accomplish anything. After the wholesale round-up of suspects another negro was brought in and placed in jail. It is said that against this negro strong circum? stantial evidence, is directed. A strong guard was thrown uround the jail, other arrests will probably follow. It is believed that the shots came from u crowd of negroes standing be? hind Mr. Best! It is said that Mr. Best had been jostled by negroes on the^ streets and ,&?>\ trouble had 'ty^fei inten narrowly avertod. A'negro ' is said to have drawn a revolver and threo times attempted to lire at Mr. Bent, the weapon missing lire each time. The town of Barnwell is excited over the affair, and officers and other citizens are searching for clues to establish the identity of the man who bred the shot. The coroner secured a jury which viewed the body, after which It was removed .0 Mr. Best's late home. The in?iiiost will be continued tomorrow morning. j Mr. Best was 3G years of age and was a native of Barnewll. He Is sur? vived by his wife and five small chil? dren. Mrs. Best is prostrated by the shock. No arrangements for the funeral hnve been made. FATE OF LOPEZ UNKNOWN. Poisonous Fumes of Has Still Pour? ing Into Mine Prison. Ringham, Utah, Dec. 3.?Behind its double bulkheads, the Utah-Apex Mine tonight still held secret the fate of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men. The smudges that were ignited Mon? day continued to pour their poison? ous gases into tho upper workings until late tonight, when they were allowed to die down. Many miners contend there is a possibility that Lopez is safe from the gases In some recess of the mine where Sir may be hid. or that he may have escaped through some unwatched ex It before the fumes became over powerlng, LopSS killed a Mexican miner on November i-'i In a fit of Jealously and followed this crime by killing three pence officers. After a long chase he last Thursday took refuge in the mine Where Saturday he killed two more ? eputies. Ill I Kl \ INCOMES EN RAO EH. Fears That He Will 1 .mhmvor to Wreak Vengeance on Foreigners. Mexico City, Dec. 4. ? President Huerta today was enrsged by eon mess refusing to endortie his plan to raise an army of one hundred and fifty thousand nu n. Government sup? plies, however, are daily becoming senrce and oven If Huerta secures the army be will be unable to equip or feed it. Anxiety amoYtg Americans is increasing daily in fei r that when Huerta finds himself completely at bay he will wreak Vengeance against foreigners, especially Americans. BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WEDDING. MISS ELIZABETH ALLEN RICH ARSON BECOMES BRIDE OF MR. HENRY BURCHILL RICHARDSON. Church of tbe Holy Comforter Beuu ttfully Decorated for Occasion by Junior (.wild?Reception Tendered Bridal Couple Immediately After Ceremony Was Well Attended. On Wednesday evening at 8.110 o'clock Miss Elizabeth Allen Richard? son, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Rich '? ard C. Richardson, became the bride I Of Mr. Henry Burehill Richardson, of Summerton, a well known and popu-l I lar planter of Clarendon County, the ceremony being performed in the Church of the Holy Comforter. The wedding was a beautiful one and the church was packed with the numerous friends and relatives of the bride and groom, who had gathered for the occasion. The interior of the church had been most tastefully and beautifully decorated in an artistic color scheme of white and pink, with the woodwork of the church appro? priately draped and covered with smi lax and ferns, and palms and other potted plants banked around the al? tar. This was the work of the Junior Guild, of which the bride was a mem? ber, and was done under the direct* tion of Mrs. J. C. Huger, who super? intended the decorating. The bridal party entered to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, beautifully rendered by Mrs. Charles W. Kingman, the bride com? ing in last with her father. At the al? tar she was met by the groom, at? tended by his best man, Mr. Eman uel Rickenbaker, of Summerton, who had entered from a side door. At the altar the two plighted their troths as man and wife in the impressive Epis? copal Church marriage ceremony, the Rev. Robert T. Phillips, rector of the church, officiating. While the cere? mony, was being performed Mrs. King man *n?4Uy played < ;.t**alt?t*>? ami Mendelssohn's Wedding March was again played as the bridal party left the church. The bride was beautiful in a gown of white crepe meteor trimmed with lace and pearls. She wore a bride's veil, en train, and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and lillies of the valley. Miss Eleanora Richardson, a sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She was dressed in a handsome gown of pink crepe do chine, en train, and car? ried a bouquet of pink caranations. The bride's maids were Misses An? nie Richardson, a sister of the bride, Miss Ethel Carson, Miss Elizabeth Boykln of Camden; Miss Margaret Manning of Spartanburg, and Miss Su? san Richardson of Columbia. They were dressed in white and carried pink carnations. The groomsmen were Messrs. Percy Harvin, Privateer; Deas Richardson, I Camden; Irvine Richardson and Hen? ry B. Richardson of Pinewood, and Lynch H. Deas. I The ushers were Messrs. Henry Moore and William M. Richardson of Orange burg. Miss Caroline Richardson and Mas? ter Preston Manning were the ribbon bearers, preceding the bride to the al? tar. Miss Richardson was dressed in a dainty gown of white. The Reception. Immediately after the ceremony a! reception was tendered the relatives and friends of the bride and groom by tbe bride's parents at their home on North Main Street. Three hundred guests had been invited for the oc? casion and there were more than two hundred and fifty present, the recep tion proving one of the most popular and largely attended social affairs giv en In the city In some time. The house had also been decor? ated In pink and white and green for the occasion, carrying out the color scheme used In the church. Receiving at the door were Mrs. Henry 15. Richardson of Manning and Miss Jessie Moist'. In the receiving line wer?? Mr. and Mrs. u. c. Richard? son and the bride and groom, who were showered with congratulations t'.v their many friends. Mrs. Agnes Bogin served punch. Misses Emma ?aker, Beatrice sumter and Louise Carson directed the serving of the guests In the dining room. Tho bride and groom left on the late night train lor Columbia, from whi? h pia???? they will go for a trip t?? cities of interest in the north. On their return they will take up their residence at Hummerton, where the groom Is a successful young plant FUND III T wenty Known Dead and 18,000 Home? less as Result of Flood in Texas. WHOLE COUNTRY IS IXUNDATED BY WATER FROM THE RIVERS WHICH ARE STILL RISING?GOVERNOR GVES ORDERS TO SHOOT LOOTERS?BOATS RESCUING MAROONED THROUGHOUT FLOOD TERRITORY?ALL RAI LROAD TRAFFIC ABANDONED. Dallas, Texas, Dec. 4.?Twenty are known to be dead and eighteen thous i and homeless today as a result of the disastrous floods still raging in Ceti? j trol Texas. The property damage is estimated at $6,000,000. Practically all railroads in the flood districts have suspended opera? tion. Many towns are submerged and the residents have fled to higher ground. The exact number of ictims is un known until the wate subsides. All) rivers in Central Texr i are overflow-| Inf. their banks. r.?he Hrazos River s five miles wide in several places, i ive hundred bales of cotton have been washed away at Waxahatehic. Fifty persons in the vicinity of Hillsboro and Malone today are awaiting rescue from tree tops, while the water is rising rapidly. Moats are rescuing the marooned victims as fast as possible, j Looting of abandoned homes was reported at several place? and the I governor is sending o n State troops for their protection frith int orders, j "Shoot all looters, and shoot to kill." Waco was heavily damaged. The levee at Bryan is strained to the breaking point and the whole country is inundated. Today rescuers were moving the marooned families to a pi ice ot safety. TRINITY, BRAZOS AM) COLORADO RIVERA OUT OF BANKS. Seien Huve Lost Lives?Sections of City of Waco Under Water?Prop? erty Damage $175,000. Dallas Texas, Dec. 3.?With three rivers, the Trinity, Brazos and Colo? rado and innumerable small streams, out of their banks as a result ol rains, which began Monduy night and still conLinue, the flood situation in Central Texas has assumed serious propor? tions. Within a territory two hundred miles In length and one hundred miles In uridth, practically all of the low? lands are under water; approximately froin their homes; sct>res> have been rescued from treetop* and floating wreckage; several railroads have been forced to suspend operations and in ; calculable damage has been done to property. Seven persons are known to have lost their lives. Yesterday five mem? bers of the family of W. C. Polk, a farrier, were drowned at Belton, and B. 1'. Lacy and a man named Manley late today met a similar fate near Dal : las. Lacy was driving stock from an over (lowed held when he and his horse became entangled in, a wiije fence and I drov ned. Manley lost his.life while I attempting to rescue marooned vic? tims at the village of Grand Prairie. Waco, on the Brazos ltiver and in the centre of the Hood area, today reported the most serious situations. Sections of that city are under wa? ter i nd it is estimated that more than lO.Ooo residents are homeless. Proper ty d image Is estimated in excess of 175, ?00. The military companies sta? tioned there have been ordered on duty by Governor Colquitt and ball cartridges have been issued to the guardsmen for use in the event of loot ng. So far there has been no dis , ordc r. Tialn service out of Waco was prac? tically cut off by washouts. In the Leon River bottoms, near Temple, a number of men, women and children still were marooned late today after spending twenty-four] hours in the tr?#'s. and tonight it was linn rtain when Improvised boats could be navigated through the swif. water. Near Dallas boatmen to? day rescued a doaen persons from trees in the Trinity Uiver bottoms and earlier In the day boats took refugees from trees near Waxachls and at other points, Cl aritable organizations are ear? ing or many of those made homeless. As i result, exception in isolated case I, there has been but little suf? fering from hunger and exposure. Ti e Colorado Uiver at Austin af? ter ( illing lasi night, today rose again, coming up at the rate of six feet an bout for a time. Three men riding on a log floated down the river at dusk, one getting into a tree far out tr?<n shore and the other two on top of the partially submerged grand stand of the hasehall park. Boats were sent out to rcsruo the men. but wer? unable to locate them in the darkness. Who the men are is un? it no\ ii. Mi. J, A. Scurry and Miss Annie Lawrence of Hrogdon seemed a mar? riage license from the clerk of court Thursduy morning and were married by h in In his office Immediately after wards. OVER HALF THE 831 CADETS STUDY AGRICULTURE. Efficient Work Has Been Done tn ell College Department*, President Says. Columbia, Dec. 4.?Work done by Clemson college la shown in the an? nual report which was made pub? lic through the office of J. E. Swear ingen, State superintendent of educa? tion. According to the report the last session was the most important and in the opinion of the faculty the most efficient and satisfactory ia the his? tory of the college. During the past session the enroll twelr^from South Car^mui^'a from other States. Tho graduates numbered 74. Thirty-live of these were in the agricultural course and 39 in all other courses. In addition 38 received certificates for comple? tion of the one-year agricultural course and three for the completion of the work boy course. Of the total number of students en? rolled 00.3 per cent were in the ricultural course; 41.2 per cent the engineering and other courses and 8.5 per cent in the preparatory course. Enumerating the principal achieve? ments of the year, the report says: "The successful inauguration of the one-year agricultural course, the de? sign and adoption of the new curric ulums for ali of the bachelor of sci? ence courses, the development of the Pee Dee branch experiment station." Because of lack of funds very little building or equipping could be done. "The work of all departments of the institution is well systematized and is a model for other State institu? tions," is the way the report sums up the investigations by the special legislative commitee. It is pointed out that the resources of the college for the year were $284, 748.33. The expenditures for all work by the College amounted to $272,283.41. The annual report was prepared by If. NY. Biggs, president of the college. "It gives me pleasure to testify to a continuation of the cordial relations existing between the board of trus? ses and the president of the college. The mutual confidence and sympathy so essential to the success of the in? stitution have in no way abated since my last annual report. I make spe? cial grateful acknowledgement of the assistance rendered me by the presi? dent of the board, the Hon. Alan Johnatone," says l>r. Biggs, in his re? port nlative to the trustees Of Clcm son. i ajJ ADMIT NO MORE AIGRETTES. This is Oralav Sent to All Collectors of Customs. Washington, Dec. I,?Aigrettes will not be admitted to the United states either on hats or detached, according to a final ruling today sent to all col? lectors of custom*. Game birds will be admitted With feathers, but the leathers must be destroyed. While there la s good deal of cot? ton unpicked on a few large planta? tions the general run of reports in? dicate that tln re is less cotton in the Heids now than there has been the first week of December in several yeara _ _ lA