The Manning times. [volume], January 08, 1902, Image 1

About The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current

Image provided by: University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC

                
AWW~w
VOL XVI ANNINGS. C.. WVEDNESDAY, JANUAR .10.N.2
SOMF GOWU IAlViCE
Given by Pead.n Mi:r cf -
Wtatt Neg-c.!_A r c ag
TO TME R PEOPLE
The N g-; Mu Wok Om !
Cwn Des. ify. Advs. a Fru
gayi.-s A q zsa;n
cf P;:p-y.
The Exposition grou:ls 3t Chazles
ton on New Year'- day wiTh Lhe excep
tion-of the race track was in the posee
sion of .be eo:ed people. Tae s.
tendance was Irgo ad well behve:1.
The negro buidi as tur ed over o
the exposition di-eators by 1). W. D.
Crum of Charleston, a colored physi
cian, with an appropriate address.
The ora&or of the day was President
T. E. MinEr of the Sta'e Collego, lo
cated at 0:angzbu:g. who wa! hstened
to with intorvsi b. a: rresent.
President MiiLz opened with a glow
ing tribute to Lacem, the eacecipa
tor of kis racm, U.d to Fred DCuZas,
"the greates, negra tha: zs ever seen
the light f -a. lJ this cr in any other
coutry," and there ,et :c:tn the great
benefts to ecm to Uarleon etic m.
'!he Exposittr. Of the negro's part
in this enterpise he said:
"Have wo, th> r.:.ee, had a p. ce
asSgnd u? Have we cono anr ttung
to assist yC? lave yon rememb red
ux? Hsve lou reqpcnded tC Cur re
quest? Yes, gentlemen, ne-ro nuscle
and brain have reponded to your every
call in every flEid or 1a8zor that , cu have
assigned thcm here. I am to- cun of
the way in :aytrg tbat two-thi.:s a ihe
work cn grcuat, - buxuditg! and laas
have been cone by the hanics and the
head of rcgro lazorers and nccusnics.
At times ithy have liLrsiiy ewarmes
every por.eon cf tis gro: shoV, are
pretsed, answernm mrv.ry bee at-d cal
from you gentleei at- d ys r assist
ants. Yes, you have reme :ercd u!
and giver uas a bolieg free cf cost.
located m a spot that is the moet beau
tiful -of any por-ion c7 the grounds of
our grana show. Yes, ycu have given
ever) tmn we have seked for; we have
only faiinc to get what we have ,evtr
requestca. No men, situated as cu
have been, could have .r would tave
done mcr.:, and in tbe rF.me et f:ne
million Cgroes of this c~untry, I
thank Ion, gentlemen, 1 thatLk 30U
over much."
TaLag up the race question and the
history ot the negro, the speaker eaid:
"*Thank God, cur freedom 1s recognizd
as a bietssag to the South, and Ged is
God and right is right, the diy ia
bound to dawn upon us ,,hen evar>
right that follo-ve faithfu: mcrv;ce and
fi:ness will be freely atd lovingly ex
tended to us by our rn1crs. I am a
negro, and if it were nt that I was
convinczed that we must remsiz hare i!
the beuth, relyirg upon assistarce Lhat
mut cme from within, yet at all times
making the best of every cipo~iunity,
I would reave the United States, sn
at once. For oh: my peop*le, the w aite
man oft the South :s the white man of
the Northt act; the white man of the
Soute is the white man wherever the
American eagle spreads its wings.
"We have friends across MIason and'
Dixon's lire. fThey have spent their
treasures to assist in elevating us, buL
we have them byv the m;idons nad
around us on this side of the line. But
we must not expect too much from a
race that has a heavy load of pcverty
and ignoranCe, placea on tneir sho:d
era by a slasvery arnd the v~: cf t--c aix
ties.
"We must not forget that it is the
law of nations, se unehangeable as the
sun in its ecurse, that, i: all ocuni~ries,
after great upheavels and f or a long
time trereafter, it is the wcakzr ele
mrent er race in society that enfiere
mostly ano bears the hardest b-uruen
ol the struggle. Our Heaver-y Father
knows that at times in the last thirty
ocd years our lot hias been a nard and
a try:ng~ ont; but the only thing that
murpris me, with my knowlecge of
the laws of nations and pcolitical econo
n~y, is that we have fared so well at
the hanes of the S.>uthern vlite men.
And in time our curts ard tur saw
makers i see that the ra1?:end man
asement iiil keep the nem,: caches
oiean andi free froxs cirt; tin y w:u see
that n.hue flen are notL pt:mitted to
miake the rnegro ecaches the-:r whiskey
drinking tcomes an tneir nmking per..
They he.ve sep-.:e.z na m travil aas
they w~ii :r t:ne-bu: oh, may G~d
hess~cn t i e dsa-ee thatwae ave cis
c:Le:,.s are. as eerrfortab> carches sa
morey they ac.
No SoCAL F.QLiYr.
the:.,.st r ~. eert ci2 ntr
laocer rour.. Ly rcu:.u; a.i. It :::..a
thing as ceira. tqel' an; -re at
ail be to t:.1. a~ bo itniz
wec ra: - :r x n~ 1; Lciiv a
the e. jz:ent i .sie p
maniy M-.
power-- intely a r a o
cohn the ar e-cIa even av'e -
is wiLtrm cur garc. to r~h -n
wreng, Lu: i; er~nn -~r -yeok
ing atd fau. finde. a esi
ag-maae er 'y fa l t:Ar
scs or byU sain s-p.:ey e
lesss i a'r hel ho -I wrea
all ofate -.i tbsvtcmhe '.-a fors a
cooed the a enfor as -a;--0-er~
muoicom fndremasin o ory e rie
e in ier virtue, iuta
.d frugali y We '&v7 been inusu3tri
ces e. h ery adeus miserable
p . fl-uates The fcu!daion of all ra
e ss b en, is now and CVAi
tille foi.
FRCGALITY IS PRoPS1-EaITY
"S=ow mI a pp;e ;hat is f'uZal and
I Will tho y u a people tat iN strong
Virtuous, wethy a-d hapny. Bat ever,
cor.le, anywLere under the ann, thln
make 'no t-,ug'ht for to ar, ni
3p:.c all ihoy mneS from d.y jo day,
7eck to z:-, yar to year, is weak of
ef rEsp teat in self rlianc, weal
in c ai lony aSpirations, and last.
out no last weak in c arioter wiol
is the sr bonum of elevi-ed citi
zenship. A people who h.as nothin
but w they mze atd spet-d frou
day to ds- as, at all timec, in ihe ex
ii t Zen c et r-a L-.... 2s. f ,-.: d tor, rzce-ai re t hef
protetion and benefit of 'he lawi ani
,E3 ineitutions of their land. Theri
i no reople sywhare that 7orks har
der or more faiLhfuily than dces the ne
gro. EXvery fair minded man who work!
hiim will bear testimony to this, bat the
:astitution of slavary h%3 maiis hin a
zperdthrift, and until we eradicate
that chiefest of ali vices we shall nevei
amenut to what we eught to bs as E
producing constituent of Americar
tArft and greatners
LODE NOT ABROAD
"M.!y people. it is ueless For u t(
cry to the whi:c men who are noz a
our doors for hep, kecause all we sha!
kCr get from any one cf them z(4ehaoc
to labor) we have b .en for years receiv
ing at our doors. There i- no remedy
for the ill we bear beyond the hmis of
oar precine'. o3unty cr S:ste Whal
is the use to cry for heil! he'q! from
without when in reality, there is nc
help fov us r thera Let vs, m3
reope, oninue to live in niiy and
fr-:cip with cur white neighborD ;
:.t - srve them i use them; It -i
bear -irh tbem and f -bear f -r the'm;
:et r3 aik all we can and s;end as "it
.r- possibl,; let rs buy their lade
ana get as =uch c it as we cr; let u;
!ave ,ur money and 1 u: mour-y into rail
r:ad stock. My people, *f we own ay
portion of the stocks of any one of the
:ailroads runnirg into our state we
would have a frend in the railroad
counCiL poe?.errl enough to see that oun
coaches are freo from abbh and stench
We would be able to Lave &ur coachie!
ir'ed from the sw-a&y. greasy, be
smeared railroad rection hands as.d
other laboring hards of the raikas
system. Corporations are heartle~s
ihe respectable por,ion of our white
cir zecship dces not om3 into our
coaches to drink and to smoke; hee
we have no wli'e persons to see t'e
condiiicn of cu: o .chEs who are stron
:noUg t to dLmatd from the railroa1
compares what the law gives us, qil
s:ommodations in our cosches wah
the whie pecple.
"rho asy to remedy these evils is to
1uy r;ilrord stcok and have a voice in
the mant geme::t, for they will not shut
s cur zc. out.
kor c.rery evil under the cun,
There's a remedy or thero is ncne.
1' -.here is one, find it;
If 0.ere is none, d not mind it."
"I h.ve found the remed; for ail our
evils, :nd it is frugality.
"ic other words, it is thL willirgness
and power to save, to save, to ccumu
late, to buy stock in railroads by all
means; to buy stoek in any and all the
honesa enterprises of our Southland.
We have obeyed father Abraham's ad
monition to follow the avenues of laboz
and work therein, but in the words of
the prophet Hagai, 'We have labored
and have been paid, ba': we have baa
a hole in the bags" during our exis
~ense as American citizens.
CAN RUN A COTTON FACTORT.
"I ean locale a cotton iactory in ticde
water Carclina and operate it with ne
ro hands, nal m::ke more money on
he uppital invested than has been or
can be made with tihte hands in the
counties of Anderson, Riehland, Ches
er, Greenviile, Spartanbu-g, Cherokee,
Lork or Udnon, and couton factories
have always paid in the eauntis named.
"I h~ave studied the conditions sur
roudng the facto~ies in upper Care
lna and frnow~ for a certainty that the
coditions for making money in cotton
feetories with negro labor in lower Car
*alina are superior to those in~ upper
Caiolina, where white laber is em
pcyed.
"I am not asking to displace the
white labor of the up-country with ne
ro larbor but I want the moneyed men
f the world to know that the chances
to mike IronEy in cotton factories with
egro labor in lower Carolina and
Goria are two to one in cur favor.
Lt any body of men who want to make
money in cotton factories, hanul over
fist, call on me, and if, the y have had
any exoerience in the business lIlI can
vince them that lower Carolina is the
ukc for thiem to build their factorics
ned ge: ri thereby.
NO MONUMXENT TO THE NEGRO
"Nom s:.amg.we nave answereG
to evtry call s:d stoodp in everyfight
thi. - atioa has neglected ta commnem
"I Washwoa there is a great 'ig
ban!i: g~ knon as the~ penion build
i e . isy rdei with aen s of pictures
samnti .v- of the war between the
r- : hihet to the lorot-t rank,
an eitd thm0ea, but they aso
0ht soldi . Eury deed of valor
Wicee wi' the csvy 'a the'reor,
r. rmyc, at d 'enrm th~e hih
* - -
es t .he lowt rm'I ar thereo dae
.. ', o ticuhhe a:te M::.
thsn to'ony rid tbegttt thof am
-aic ser in tre: wuias sidi
iT a "ies, bu s2r in hatd.pane
ze :n W arot) por'.r atpiged.I
'-hr he in ts pure at lc? O
ye.Eu nyi3 h g arb o a
driver He sop:-a s tr g esincm
-o Wyho a itha piearec
-m eh was a Waer b.y ac wait
:^f P:: '? Ds" qusn n~urst 2
*m a byI~ the' iare; : historanB
ai theuae.'d s heiurgo~tv reo
in hist n. e i: to lie by~l the ai
1Cr-i, ya r nthe tono art Ilie a
umij' tnere sno-v yout i mhe 01L pr b
tho sile of a Conifederate mannum-t a
ft * ere~td by a.. e- A' 1
ert 1f5 .r commemorativo of th; *-r
vie '3 and fielhty of the Pcgree e0 --te
Sth during 'he st:xago of the - .st
C use. Beer with me 1lt derix' I
portion cf that ns'ifinent testimoni
to nez-o worth. to niyo character. O,1
--ne 6id- is a dewription, tcalling any tin.a
monu- ent waz erected there i the city
pal pk. an i whm; on snAher
a is a hasvest sceno, Wltl the sum at
: s.ai, au.d a nirO s'ted on a
1 a s:Cs in hani preparing to
eat his no.3n m-361 in :ntentmen1, and
QOher e-ide is a great IeM houe with
c-e, pi-zz% and broad steps, with a
beratiful lawn and invisizg walls
Ssated on the steps is a negro woman
wnh a conotenance beaming with
smiles ani loving care for in her arns
Sis neotied a - m white bab,.
Along the !."k i% t'a ciiid's cirt with
i one whetl iff, at d over the doorway is
the dova of peace. The whole scone
prtsents a ballowed aspect such as ca2
only be witnessed where fidulity, love,
contentment and gratitude are en
thronc d
'Yes. my pecple, this moument was
erected by Cap:. White of Fort Mill,
and in time more will follow this one.
"Lat u-, ih-,. be up and doing,
With a heat I.r any fate;
Sill achiving, stii pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait."
A BRVE aCT
A Policemsn Risks His Life to Save a
Man.
The Charleston Poat say Acting S-r
g.r.t of Police B d-t and Thomas
Walker, white, a rzainter by profession,
were the heroes Naw Yasr Eve of one
of the mest thrilling resca:s ia mid air
on reccrd snywhere. Ic ws a fest
:hiob rc qiired sp'er-did :crve, physies'
srenFcr. and cndurtncz. aid the sorL
Svhwrvery that eru.he's the rum of
tfe-iMisZ who irsiest hapt the daI
of hcro:.c eeds are over Azd to -h'
darmg szt of tLee two m. n, Tihomas
Peepes, a revo pai er. who frtiod
'hile piIiag the ttepIe of the R.
Matthews G% rm:n L.t?:nran Chrch,
in Ch;rlstoz, owes his 11a. Pro.ady
file hunited persons ri'nesscd the
rscue.
Peoples and Wa'ker were both at
work *ou thm !..eepic, standing ca a
Swinging seaff ),d at least 170 feet a'cove
the ear;h, when the negro topri cvyr
in a swoon. He was in deadiy psril.
His inert body waR lying on the edgs
of the te!ffold. Withbout a momen:ts
liesitation. Walker swung himarii from
his secaffold to the c1c. n wh ich Peo
ples lay. Thz double weight me1e the
frail suppnrt sway frightfuiy. Walker
eiutched the nzrr and yelled for hlp.
Acting Sergeant Benat heard the cry
and rcsponded qaially. He 2aw jt
both men were in direst dar-gar.
procured a rope sad climbda up into
the steeple. In ordcr o get his ro'pe
to Walker he had to take ohaices wh.-ih
iLTAlved the possibihty of b.ir~g hured
to death on the flagttones below. An
immense crowd had gathered and
watched with a feeling of sickening
dread ilhe siruggile to save the ncgro.
To add to the peril of the cituation the
negro partially revived and became de
lirious from fright. He labored unzder
the delusion that he had wings ied
wanted Walker to turn him loose ar-.d
let him fly. The temptation was prob
aby a savere one to the white pair.. .r,
but he neld on.
By dint of strenuous exertion lae
managed to catch the rope tat the act
ing sergeant fiata to him. The ncgro1
was then lowered safely to the ground
amid the cheera of the enthusir~stic
s.etatorR.
INegroes not Liked.
IThe peopie of Sydnoy, Nova Sc ytis,
aparendy~ do not take kindly to the
impioration of negro1:-.borers fronm Ala
osma. A number of negroes were re
cenuly taken from the Ba-minghamn die
~rict by the Dominion Coal and Iron
company to work in and about the fur
ra*ea at Sydney. A di=.patchi from
Sydney to the Nova Scotia Hera~d,
published at Halifax, says, in part:
"i'he Herald learns that temporary
quarters are already being prepared for
~ne negroes that the Dominica Iroa.
and S&ect company are bringing here
iom Alabama. The partioniar work to
which these people wil i~e assigned is
about the ovens- work that expodes L-1e
abore to; the. most intense heat, a
feature that made it ebjectionabe to
home labor. The Heralc. is aao mif rm
ed thr.t resid::ms nernr tue ceik8 ovens
wli protesi nmcst strorgly against the
impona.tOn, -.his pro:cst c:min.g iargely
1from own..s of re.1 estate there." Con
urare drepage.1ses: "-Whenth;y
ar brought in in arge nu'ubera they
wilno: ca:oke d upes as a .sree
clas of imos andtheir takes u
.-nrabode near the coke ovens wil iiv nv
a serio.us deterimenta1 efhe. upon he
people."
I Two Were Killed. I
Ai a resuit of a througi passenger
rrsn cn t.e B3lsimore and 0 i0 rea
jmpi.ag thc rek ncar Pittur P.
We.r.day, t~co mnar desuan
na=se2se: n~oi af- ?ee t 84 %
is w~as y~f . e~iue :rsm, camzzi
tw> c:-s a., leeper an Puumsn cair
er, 10 goL:g doin tha gesp gr..de
one' and .:ie-ai muis ves of WG.n
c3e, the engi;ne. fromcau'sea ye::un
ex laintd, jaa~pri the track at h
urve Ad the entire zrain pued ontp
ofit Prob-,by nmo only trhing taet
~rvme.d a dletale deaK.L 'un wa
;as fact ta. athev vesicale cars
idotbrest upt in sicg over the em
A Brave Man.
~F-e e~n, 50 year3 old, srnd a
e I jow : c n as o'Bsem
re un.gua and ro:tads's e -ixper
oft entcrd:ning rfour mna.i i
IMr. Feguson e first and. secnd wives
Idiedi. his third wifeO was ior0cd a.d
hi is iaow :iricg happi'a with his font'1
.gifs.H isoc- fruhndiytermswinth th-e
mohere of all his wive3 an decide to
invite all of them to his New Year's
A FATAL FRWLIC.
Threa Men Dal-ced to Their Death
a: abin~s.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A LADY,
Whse Husband ini One Zcn
Was Killad and Arolher Son
D-sptrately Wounded. A
De:Iorab!- Affair.
The Augusta Herald sys a grewsome
story c-sme to Augata Wedfsday
rnoning, as the finae a New Y-ar's
Eve dac, at the house of Mr. Jesse
Griffin, at Robins, S. C., on t're Port
Royal rcad. A general shooting took
p1a&c, a a rerut f which Mr. George
Dunbar and his 19 year old son and Mr.
Fletcher Bennett iie dead, and Mr. Ar
thur Bennett, another son, lies in an
extremely dengerous condition, at the
hospital, in this city. with two bullet
wounds in his body, and the heart
brokon mother barse escaped with her
life.
Tho story, as told Ly relatives of th
participants in the dfficulty nd others'
who cme to the city, from Robin,
Wtdnesday morning, ii that the youig
folks of the neiyhborhood had arranged
for a 'hristma; holiday danop, and that
Mr. Jesse Griffin, who lives sjcui a
inie from the little railr7ay s'tion,
coasenced for the dance to be given &a
his residence, because is contaicec
irrge rooms, esp.oi&dy saited fir a
dtce of this kind
SAME OLD QUARREL
The early part of the evenins hrd
been pleasantly er .yed, and the con
psny was forming and ukiog pa::ern
icr a qu;re danoe. Mr. Archor Dubir.
yourg white man, about twen Y Ore
yeira cid, was the first one ona the fLor
wiLh his pirtner, uen a man, by 're
.me cf Coub, esme in, ard ,t0:t di
reetly in front of Mr. Danbar. Tne
uing Iman beoaume off-nced at b
srd resented it by pustog jbbo ( 01
nan w.y. Mr. Georgo Dubar, the
aber of th- yeu man, nozi.-IC.' t.
d.i.ulty, sad, seairg that a fight wa
bout to take place, paibd hic pistvi
oat of his pockez. Mr. Grdffi, in whose
esdence the shcoting coeurrid, wma
naeirg cioe by, and, as soon as he
aw MNr Danuar's pistol in hii i~and, ha
rushed up, and cuc2eedcd in ge ting it
away from Mr. Danar. In a few mo
enve, there was a grest deal of onfa
ion, and the ladies present were hur
ied out of tne room.
THE FIRING BEGINS.
Fieteher B nnett, tno.her of the
gnuSs at tie dance, rushed up, and,
iking the pistol from Mr. Griffin
band, began fling. George Krkiand
waa :tardi ., on de porea inst nu!-.ide
)f th dance room, and as soon as he
beard the fist shot, he rushed in, and,
aing out hix p.so!, he, too, beg-n fir
g. In thI extreme exeitaiensi that
revailed for a few minutes, is was im
ossibie to tell which way any of the
men were firing, so far as can be learn
;d. Mr. GQo, -* Danbar was the firat
me shet--and before the eyes of his
ife. She s. e him fall, and, rushing
n, fell prostrate over his body. While
n this positiono, someone firad another
ihot at the then dead body, and the
>llet gras 3d the belt of Mrs, Dunbar,
ut did nlot injure her.
THREE PLOPLI DEAD.
As soon as the firing oessed, and the
ofusionl subsided a little, it was found
ha Mr. Danbar and his 19 year-old
ion, Harry, had been shot dead, as had
'iecher .Bsnnett, while Arthur Dan
ir 1.ty nearby, in a pool of blood, also
sis apparontqy lifeless. It was found,
oever, that he was still alive, but
aneously wounded, one ball having
assed thronga his abdomnen, and an
ther having taken elfect in the left
reast. 'The yourng man was brought
.o the city, this morning, by Dr. Elhis,
f obins, and taken to the hospital,
here Dr. W. H. Doughty, Jr., per
%,rmed an operation and dressed tne
wounds. W hat his chances for recav
ry are cannot be defiaitely stated, as
e, but it is thought that they are
THE BAND FLED.
Mr. Jesse Griffia had been in Au
usa, yesterday, to procure a negro
.sna, for the purpose of furnishing
Lusic at the bali. Tha barnd went to
ie bail. Wuen thi firing took place,
it is said that the musicians find from
he hal. 'They may ha.va come back
:o Augusta, or gai.e elsewhere, bra
h' uave not been heaid from, it ic
-Tired of Life.
The Columbia Rae.-d sa~ys Mr. John
Sanon nied at nis nomne on (_*i ,
.rewL Wednesnay afterrnoou under oir
umase5 whien later cevelo'p.: ti'
e had commmeLLd suiciae by tarin
huaanum.. DLr. A. B. Koovtoa at
s~u bia ar.a dia all in bza pow*er to
save Lne unio:Luast man, but nlia f
ort were unav.,iiable. Upon his re
prr of tne cironnsancas, tne curenier
ieardto Lola no 1542i0st- The d.
eaed hwas iivced here ior over twe~n-y
years. leaves a wif.; and three childreni.
Despoiled Graves.
A dispatch from Bradotcon, N. Y.,
aya Arnna Bail Headsrar, coar,-,d,
me yea::g mu.. 'of Willi~m Hendconn
i in thae ouny jail, cauiged with rob
bi: c me6Lor1as. Fo nmatimd flowers,
rbons and vahes have beau E~md
and dileets have fastened the theite
upon the yong; wonaan. A seorca of
her home reveale~d yards and yards of
ri.abons, which have b-:en aboiu. bon
giots, and many pretty yatecs an.d jar
jinir, which wt.re in use am hioushoid
deuraLions.
A Big Year's Work.
Two sistrs of Atchinson, Kans.,
l.ucdma~ last year three thoucsand
prr of lec curtains, and bid fair to
xezd that numnber this year. In ad
disoa to tr-.uis, the'n ener
itg wor.:er mlso did up a urge numbsz
of piaces of floe laces of all dcerip
tions. The fame of the laundreeses ie
widepread. andi work is sent to them
frm ali parts of their State. Mrs.
Kiopft, the senimr partner, begins he!
work as 6 o'olock every morning, and
rm ne it at a late hour at night.
XUALWu MN
A Mad Jeweler Shoots Women ani
Claildren.
Louis Bitz-r, a jewehlr of Turnei'
FaiE, Mnas., TPesday shot five porsons
two of whom, his clerk, Miss Ida Co
lumbe ard Bizer's five-year-old son
are dead. Kis other victimsq were hi
wife, Christirm, and his two daughters
Anuie, abont 16 year3 of age, and Car
rie, 12 years old. There is evidence
that it wa Bitz~r's purpose also to taki
his own nife, but his prompt arrest ap
paretly .revented him fmm earryinl
out his purpose. He is about 35 yer
of age.
From a note left in his atoe by Bit
zer, it appears thas while he was clean
itg a revolver the erespon was dis
charged a:cidentally and tbe bullet hi
Miss Olumbe in the head, kiiirii he:
ioEtantly. Overcomc by the situarion
Bi;zer zpparentiy rushed to his home
htiesm and wild wih excitement ar
began the work of exterminaiing hii
I family.
T!he little boy, ill in bed with th4
n easies. was shot and killad.
The 16 year-old daughter, Annie, wa
.7ouided through the mift hand and it
the ear, The 12 year old daughter
Carrie, was sot threugh the neck
Mrs. Bitzr was hit in the face, the but
let passing through the nosae.
The sound of the shots brough!
ne.ighbors into the house and BiLze
was arrested.
fho police belicve that Bi'z'r is in
eane. The note which they ,eand it
his store after the affair was almost at
incoherst Jumblo o' words. After tell
ing of the shoctig of Miss Columbe,
Bitzer wrote that tne had determtred t
go to his home and er.d the !Ives of bii
wife and ciidren and his own. H
asked that at his funeral the hymn,
".Narer, My God, to Thee," be Eue-g
aa wiahea cbt his property shouid
be given to hi, brother a.d to hu
moh.er, and ended the letter with an ex
presion to the effeo "God would no
nnt blame a men for doing what he had
done.
hubstantially the Eame story was told
by B.tz-r after his arest.
Blt z.r was taken to 'the Fzacklin
conQ.y jad in G:eeniald. Freds o'
Btzor aver that he gas insarc wbn he
I omii cd the murders, bUt -he diers,
ettr a careflci inveaugation, sas tant
bhey have rcoared no evzaiaew to bear
out tam. claim.
Blaer is said to be financially em
batrabsed in the jaweiry business.
Minor matters are eiked by the towns
peepze to show that B,.s r had acted
strargy for ieveral months.
Car Output Last Year,
During the year 1901 toi varioua car
buiding works in the United matiA
will have huitz, altsgethcr, 142.514 cars
or ll kinds, t..iargea& output for any
one year, and 18,308 more that iu 1900,
asCFrding to the R 3bi1rosad Grz 3te. Teie
fi~urcs, of courte, do not ino-ude oars
butit by riIroAds at threir own shops.
Oas th 142,514 oats, 130,339 are freihs,
2,089 passenger and 5M8 scr.es cars, for
use in this country, ana 4,359 freight,
85 passengsr and 507 street oars for ex
port. The figares for pasenger cars
incude 202 ar"d for street cars a few
for elevated service. Last yenar the
total output of these works was 121,106
ars, as followa: 113,070 freight cars,
1 515 passenger and 6,091 street cars
for use here, and 2,561 freight, 121
passenger an~d 784 street cars for ex
port. Mlost of the figures for both years
are official and in the absence of direct
information ,,e have estimated caref al
ly from data, which makes it certain
our to:als are not far from correct. In
anal zing the returns it wil. be Eeen
tbat a large proportion of the incrCL3e
over last year is in freight cars, while
the output of street oars is loss, Tne
primar~y resson for the latter is, natu
raily, the .aok of demand by the street
railroads; but some of the builders of
teet cars have been kept busy on
heavy cqnipment for snbaroan eitetrie
and elevated service, offsetting the de
crease in ords for smaller ears. Of
tne 134 748 cars built for freighit str
vice, 27.843 were either steel or had steei
unerirames. We do not know the ex
act proportions cf each, but it is safe
to say that nearly four- fifths are of
steel throughout. Last year the totals
were 14,464 all steel and 4,140 with
steel une-,rframes only. Abeut 1,000
of Lhe steel cars built in 1901 were
sent aoroad,
An Engine Exploded.
A boiler in an engine of the Central
Iof Georgia railwap exploded in te
shops in ahemn, Ga., ThuredaY mera
lg, killing nve men-ocitriget sn'1 t.aily
inrmng eleven etaera, iheee ofr whom
wem p-a:>ably die. The heads or tvo o~
Ithe vicsims were blown compietely oli
:,rd were found one hundred feet from
the bodies. A negro pamning ias top
o the round hause was olown one hua"
ded yares. His bocy was reducd te
ani unrecognizale maes of human flesh.
The stioa broke every winduw in tag
b:lding at the coraer of P'o;Aar arma
Fruh aireets, iva niocks irom where
the explosion occurre~d.
Cuban Elections.
The centra! bcoard of trutiny has
mde publec the felicowing returns c1
8e elocuans he-ld in Cuos, D::o. 3L
Tuomnas Erada Pnles, we~ iNational
iht candida1te for tee ,residency of Cubs
en 55 eleorr, whie Gee. Mlaio, Dem
crodle ea'.idate, wlno writhare v fzou
I .i compieg-, hmas ei-ga electora. Seno:
Pamae teeered :ne ulnaniml-' elexors
deegagions from the pr.,vinesa of ilia
nta Cbkra, and ozce eka-or fron
Perto Pznceipe and five electors rron
Saniao. Glen. Maso accrd thre<
elecorae from Puerto Prina~pe and uv
from Santia~'.
IMedal to Schley.
A j-3welled medal, coonposed of dia
mnas arnd raies. war prosented t<
Admixal Schie; mn his aparimcnas her;
y she JrnnirOi er of Uuted .mt~ri
can Meet anies of Baitis.re. A delega
tion composdi :.f alout a dozen mem
hab~s wer'; t 'Hashington and was re
I ive.d privately by the adsiral si I
o'ok. The medal bears the coat a:
Sarms of Maryland, worked in jeweis
with a deign of the Brooklyn and nu
tical emblematic devices ou1lined iz
rubies, and is said to have coat ove:
1000.
LiI
The Annual R-part of the Bui:
ntss Doris List Year,
WHAT THE SCHOOLS GET.
The W'ate B2ard cfCntroI M-kas
I s Report to tne CQv ar
nor. The Gross Profits
Late Wednesday night the annual
report of State beard of directors of
the dispennary for the year ja t Closed
was madse public by the chairman of the
boa-d, Mr. L J. Williams. It reads
ns follows:
To Hs Excellency, M B. MoSweeney,
Governor of South Carolina:
We have the honor to submit to you,
for your information and also that of
the general assembly, this our report
of the business dona by the di-pansary
during the fiscal year closing Nov. 30,
1901.
Eximination of the various accounts
attached hereto, will show that the
total amount of ecst of lqiaors, wines
and beer, etc., purchised during tbe
year, has amounted to $1,617.973 47
and thst our gross sales have amounted
to $2,328.681.21 (exclusive of sales of
frah beer by beer cispeneers )
The ntt profit ( o the S.a-.,) for so
count of the s'ihoot fund is $120,962 25.
The net prdfire, that have acorue.d to
the condes ud towns, dividled -.qual
ly, ar- $424 285 87 whieh makes a total
-.ot prA. of 545.248 12 for the year,
on account of the school fund and
towns and counties.
We hvn for se=e time felt a serious
nerd of more -Narehouse and cce
room, ard aiso a esf and commdious
fire proof vault ior the storage and
preservation of our permanent recorde.
Ca;nsequently we have hai constraused
mnTe storaga espaci-y, and a'so a con
venient two story office building with
a ceimmodious ard up-to dlate fireproof
vault, which nas cost $14,494 81, be
seies other pett; imprevu-n.a
The act sppr.veo Feb. 19, 1900, for
bids us to maze more than 10 p.r eeit.
predt o' accu-mat <A the oano.i fuad,
and the past seir we h;ve made on
that account ia round figures 6 per
cent,, which leaves only a very small
margin which to ran the business, and
while it is tiuna that the school fund is
considorable, amounting at present to
$611,354 33, it is avail.bi very slowly
for pa; mant to the Lo iool3, as that is
our oniy working capital.
We are gratifi d to be able to show
such a high per centan ot net profi:s
on the business done, esplecially as the
pric of Lqacra 1av. b:en very high on
acunt tt the higirc of grain, while
we have nct made any advance in the
price to the consumer.
The system se; m3 to be in very thor
ough working order in -l its details.
Respectfully submitted,
L J. Williams, Chairman,
H. H. Evans,
A. F. H. Dukes,
State B-aerd of Directors.
Some Population Figures.
The~re have teen ce:.sus reiturns fromt
several counties recently, and1 the everc
niert statistician has been putting these E
figures together and comparing nation-<
al progzess. Tiie population of the<
earth, using estimates for countries
without a census, is jlaed at 1 512,e
333,000. Great Britain has increased
in population in ten years from 38,104,
975 to 41,454,219, the Uaited dstes
from 62.819,289 to 76,304,799.i
The veilow races are accredited withf
over one quarter of the population of I
the world. The Chinese Empire hav-i
ing an estimated aces of 4,234,9L0
square miles and a population of 399,
680,000.
Th1e Russian Empire, with territory
8,660,395 tsquare ma~es in extent, has (
128,932,173 inhabitan:s; the British
Enire, leaving sa area of 11,553.538
equare miles has 390,000,000 people.
Germany, with her di pandencies, boasts
an area or 1,237,393 squere miles and ai
population of 71,032,014. France hav
ing a smaller home population than
Germany, is greater both in area and
numner of innabitants when colomies1
are included, having 94,781,183 inhabi-1
tants and 4.571,848 sqnare miles to her
credit. including P'orto Ric> and the
Pmiippines tne Uniited States ranks
well up on the list, having 3 725,310,
square miles of territory and 85.267,040
people under the fiag.
France shows an increase in home
population of less than 3c0,000 in ten
years, while Germany has adden 7,000,
00. G:xat Britain sout 3.500,000,
,Aunria-Hu'igary nearly 6,000,000.
On tras continent Mex:.co has in
cre'ased in population in cix years from
12,491.573 to 13 570,545; tjsneas in t.oo
yiears Ir.um 4 33.5 to 5,338,883;
Baziiha ainea~ 2,167,000 innataats,
BoLsia ias garme. 6b00 Ue) nd ULruguay
z.s more chas euol-e d er populauonu,
&vg b.at 900t,000O ini'soitaats now
a, agains:. 433.2A5 ea years ag>.
la spite oi t..e ravages of war and
dszase, eart qaake, fb~od9 and sooi
d~n the snulingi u'de of humanity
tiis on. In Iihe h, of the growth of
p o itasion ia Lhe w..rld these casusi
the an. di'pesnwaions waioai swell the
da rake are blests in disguise.
They may be ibara on the victims, but
tfney wurm in mne inasest of the sur
vvos L et us hiope it is the survivrnl
Fighting the Trust.
Attorno~ (n-Mra B.iiscra long cx
poc~ed and very imp'orianL report as to
hi b inveedga-.an of the Opiraliobs of
Virgna Carolina Chemical Cumrany,
the alleged ierunser truas in this 8tate,
with the exhibits, some fiky pages of
printed matter, and it is a paper tas is
fall of interest from flrt to last. The
Attorney Goeemal Getwais what steps lc
has taken and reports fully what he has
dicovere-d. He also rio mnnds to
the General Asma de aiopion O:
certain proponed mensut'-s which he
s hi,.ks will wig the traat evil from
South Caroiae'. I.. is tue beginnmg
o f a lon g fsh t rana one that will oc
eupy much of tme time of the General
Aeemoly at its eom:ng seasion. The
Attorney G>;nerai seems to have done
wJnat the Lgislaturo told him to de in
a most thorough, painstaking and fear
less manner. Tne paper is one that
will probably attract national interest.
A TlFE OF HORROR.
WhitV Min Giv: Natives to the
Ctnnibals.~to ba
KILLED AND EATEN.
The Rubbar Concessions Com
p;niss Arms Bands of Can
nibais to Massacre Unr
airned Natives.
A dispatch from London says Cap
tain Gay Barraws, who has just retired
from tLe employ of the Congo Free
State goverrment after six years ser
vice, declared in an interview today
witi a representative of the Associate(
Press seas the conditions prevailing in
the Congo Free State are a disgrace to
civilization and far worse than ever be
fore.
He pictured atrocities of the most
hoTrib!e character perpetrated on the
nasivas by officials and whites who had
conceesions of rubber land. As a
typical instance of the means employed
by the Free State government, Captain
Barrows corroborated the statement of
an American missionary to the effect
that the offiaials employed 500 canni
bals to whom they issued rifie to
"massacre and capture unarmed natives
who had rebeiled against their brutal
methods." -
"I hAve sworn testimony," said Bar
rowa, "of the Belgians handing over
natives to cannibal tribes-for 1the ex
prnsa purpese of being eaten. Forced
Isaor prevwis everywhere and 'shot gun
raIe' is the truest description of the
preaent adminisaration. The compan
ice d.-oiviog wealth from the collecdon
of rubb-r a:e all more or less SaO.e en
terpri-s, as a third or half of the
shars i them are invarisly held by
the yseraIt:eant.
Lmtery. King Leopold and the gov
ernment ave made some sho, of aedon
agura zt agents of some of the upper
Corgo oap'saies, but only minor .l
c.-:- are ever touched and the so-caed
r:foems are mrlS inteaded to thfrow
da- in t-he eyes of the public waOse
odgna::cn has been aroused by she
,tores of ris reign of serrur. While
be prvn; systems for the callection
of rabber -ad the recruisment of na
ives cantimie the Congo Free State
ill reMa a disgrace to he Whie man's
work in Airica."
Payne vs. Hanna.
The selection of Hon. Henry 0.
?ayne, of Wisconsin, to be Postmaster
Seneral has given rise to an interest
ng report to the effect that Mr. Payne
is to nave charge of Prendent Roose
elt's cmpaign in 1904, and is to dis
place 8naror Ranca as party leader.
rnoug:% Le ver an offie holder before
ie eievatiou to the Cabinet Mr. Payne
tas had prominent positaon and done
:xeliant work on the R-publican Na
ional Committee. The New York
imes says: "It is set down for a
ertainty that Mr. Roosevelt intends to
)e a candidate for the Presidency
n 1904, and that his campaign
or the nomination is to be
nude unde: the management of Mr.
E'yne. The prediction is made tihat
ir. Payne will replace Mr. Hanna as a
eliuesi leader. It is said Mr. Boose
ell could not have chosen a better p'er
on to serve him in a political way. Mr.
Esyne is rated here as one of the most
icomplished managers in the Republi
an party, and it is pointed out that he
s particularly strong in the west, where
ar- Roosevelt would be likely to look
~or his greatest support in the choios
f delegates to the next national- con
ention."_________
Men and Horses Perish.
O..e life was lost, two persons were
eronaly injared and part of a car of
auable horses eu route fiem the win
er meeting at New Orleans were de
troyed in a disastrous collision between
iTexas Pacific fast freight and a Hons
en Eas and West Texas freight on a
iding at Keytheville, Va., Wednesday.
rwelve cars of the Houston East West
Les train caught fire and burned to
he tracks. W. J. Daniels of Houston,
iremau on the Houston East and West
ea train, was eaught under the
reck and either crushed or burned
o death. A negro fireman jumped and
~ustaned severe internal injariea be
ides having both legs broken. The,
emaireer ..f the Houston, East and West
Eea3 train who is said to have been
ewly promoted, disappeared immedi
aeiy atter the seeodent. Of theracers
he most valuable animal is said to have
ben George Arnold, winner of the
Ckristmas handicap, the premier stake
rice at New Orleans, who was killed,.
his body being roasted in the fire that
followed the collision.
Comet and Murdered Presidents.
Eaekic's comet has heralded the
:n by assassination of tnree presi
des of the United States. Presi.
de'n' L ~'coin was assassinated on April
15, 1865; E .cke's comet appeared Jan.
25, 1S65 sa:.d was visible five months.
P.:eidea Gxarfield was the victim of
tre assaiw s Oaslaught on July 2)
18S1, -- 'id Sept 19; Eacees comet
a p id Aug. 20, 1881, and was visi
oto the ne eye. Pwoident Ma
Kic asattacud on S&pt. 6 and
a'p -d cie- Aug. 15. 1901, and was
Drowned Out.
A ha d families living in the fiats
sud :ocia::ds arond Qua~tarcega
mre en kolls Thurday night as a
r-us et cX e high water. The river
reedd highaest point at 6 Wednes
day 'g eand remained at a standetill
un oeo:k T,-uraday. By noon it
hai onliy fallen 2 inches. The belt
wi;real ,Ci street 0ar lines are cut off
f:cui al the sut.urba exiept by trans
foe and mzny houses are submergd.
The Tables Turned.
George F. Danovan ;;tempted high
way ro~.bary Thursday night at twenty
Er:. and Galumet avenue, in Chicago,
and was- ota and killed by his intended
v etim, Eagene Hector, fiaancial editor
of a Chew.o noncpaper. In his pocket
was founi . letter which indicated the
writer~ :o t: a stenegrapher in the em
ploy of the United States Philippine .
ccim 1i810.
T W li: 1'x rULA kZ&xlb
By the Collision of a Sailing Vessel and
; Steamer.
A collision at sea early Thursday
morning between the steamers Walla
and an urktown sailirg vessel resulted
in the sinking of the steamship and the
rzobablo loss of at least 20 lives. The
Walla-Walls, owned by. the Paelfic
Coast Steamship compan', sailed from
San Fr:_aisoo, Jen. 1, for Paget Sound
ports. She carried 36 first-clc. P pis
sengere, 28 second-olass and a crew of
80 men. When off Cape Mendcoino, on
the Caifornia coast at 4.10 o'clock
Thursdsy morning an iron tark, be
lieved to be French, loomed up in the
h;z, and crashed into the Walis. Walla's
bow. Th'qn the sailing vessel slid off
into the darkness and was seen no
more. All the passer-gers and crew of
the Walla-Walla, except the few on
watch, were asleep, but were aroused
by the crash. The steerage qaarters
were in the bow and it is believed that
some of the steerage passenger. and
crew were orushed to death. A big
bole was made in the steamer's bow and
she sank in 35 minutea. The officers
and ciew maintained strict discipline
and boats and life rafts were lowered.
All who were not killed in the collision
got off except Capt. Hall, who went
aown with bis ship. He was pick.dup
ater by one of the boats, unirjared,
with the exception of a few buraises.
A choppy sea was running and the
small boats could not land on the
hore, a few miles distant. They drift
about all day, and finally 65 people
were picked up by the steamer Dis
patcb; which took tham to Eareka.
AnoaeLfr boat under command of Ez
ginber Brown and containing 13 persons
attempted to land at Trihiaaa and was
swamped. John Wiliinson, qaarter
master; Wi. Martell firemat; L. &
Drube, passenger, anad three unkaawa
man were drownedi. ThOae in the boat
tao were saved were E 2gineer Browe,
Fireman M-3lllan, .o-.passer Wm
sainn, Sailor O'Leary, Chiii Cock Mar
sihall and Passengers Wm. B S.nith
Id William Mdorhouse George Reise
Df Dan Erancisco, a member of the cre w,
gave the following.
"It was 4 10 wiean the French vessel.
it the Walia- Wdilr, in the bow. All
ere asleep. Th; *eather was cleae,
:he sea was rolling hah. A&I were
panic stricken. The passengers al
-hed out of their staterooms and the
ieck was crowded. Capt. Hail went
lown into the steerage and found a
amily of seven fastened into a room
) the foi c3 of shook jamming the door.
.wo girls of 12 and 13 years we.;
>inioned beneathi fallen timbers. Ihe
irls wera released and the family as
sted vut of their berths. TLe captain
aid the vessel woud sink and all hur
edly prepared to leave. Life boats
ud rafte were lowered, life preservers
ere put on saa the passengers low
red to the bosts. The cohition hap
)eed at 4 10 and ths ves3el did nor,
ink until 4 45, giving the crew and
assengers 35 minutes to leave the
eamer. Sixty-three were lowered,
he life saving boats then being filled.
?anic reigned among the remaining
>aseengera; women screamed and men
d boys hurriedly jumped overboard.
~everal did not leave until vessel began
sink. The officers were cool and
ollected, doing everything possible to
ave the passengers. No one knows
xactly how and why the collision oc
urred, excepting the second officer and
e is missing. immediately after the
olision the French vessel withdrew
ad apparently made no effort to ron
Ler assistance.
"We were drifting here and there, 63
the life boats and rafts for four or
ive hours," continued M1r, Raise, "the
>at I was in had 12 survivors, inolud
ng two ladies. A lady gave me a red
kirt to signal the steamer Dispatch.
He were recogniened and soon resoued.
Che cffieers, learning of the wreck,
earched for others. She had aboard
13 passengers. The Dispatch was
>ound from San Francisco to Seattle,
mt pulled into this port to land the
escud passangers. Capt. Hail, with
he first mate, was saved, the remain
g officers being lost. The Walla
alla was partly submerged, both
oilers exploding and sending pieces of
he vessel in eveiy diretion. The tug
,oat Bauhner arrived here at 10 a. in.
with 14 passengers picked up along the
oast. Among those saved were six
women. A southwestern wind had
irifted them 50 miles up the coast from
where the wreck occntred. The sea
becoming rough, it was dangerous for
hem to iand, compelling them to re
ain at sea. Capt. Hall is at the Hotel
Eureka seriously ijred. Two live.
aving hxas and one raft are yet un
rtecouned for.".
A Foolish Negro.
Because eleetrioity did not change
his olor and a white girl refused to
arry him on thstaceouat, John Jack
son, a negro, 19 years old, comitied
micide Wed?n.sday by drinking oar
bee acid. Jackson formerly workd
the Genesee hotel as a b-llboy and
He was gool looking and jell in love
wha wit neighbor's daughter, who
promied to marry hihn if ne coald get
nis coor charged so it would be a fe
hads ,;;hter. Jackson em$ined to
eocrisi treatmnent for ned . s ix
manths, spent all his mney and .hen
ocame despondent, while his ekin w~a
:ak as over and he was forced to give
up the gid.I
Found Dead.
A dispatua ircnz lu#.eo, Wash.,
ease Lieut. Jamnes i. B..veu, 8'.h artil
lery, was fouid dad in his~ bea at Fort
Canby Thuracasy. His brains were
btown out and by hi, side was found a
Novolver, It is apparently a ca~e of
suicide, though no reason is known way
he should take his iife. He had risen
from the ranks a:.d was a very popular
fcer. Beven w:.s 40 years of age a .
had senved in the Failippines.
Only One-Tenth Paid.
We noti :e from a sLtate~nent from the
Stata Treabu:er that not more than cne
tenth ct she Stata tn.zas have been
paid. This maaks it neccessery for the
State to borrow money to me et the in
terst on the puolic debt. .Een van.
the people exp~cting an .extensio~n of
tim for paymenlt at t..xes it hze 'een a
good many years sinlco so small a per
entaga of the taxes were paid by the
end of the year.