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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Disastrous Floods.

A dispatch from Richmond Va, says
news reached there Wednesday night Of
disastrous floods sll over the State. at
FMmvllle the Appomstiox is higher
than in 20 years aud there has been
great loss to farmers by the washing
away of crops. East and noIthbound
Chesareske aud Ohio trains were de
layod at Charlottesville by high water,
and the Charlottesville wollen mills are
flooded to the second story Danvtlle
reports much damage to the DAnv.lic
snd Western railroad aud at BsssetL's,
west OF the city, church WAS washed
away. The Danville mills are food cd
and the electric light pl,nt had to b,
shut down. New river, at Radford, is
on the biggest rise since 1878. The
electric light plant is wrecked and the
roller mills are under water the second
story. Traffic on the RAdford division
of the Norfolk and Western road is sus-
pended. James river, at Columbia,
has risen from five feet above low water
mark this morning to % feet tonight at
IL o'clock and is still rising. This
means d,nger Of big food here. The
high water from up the James river is
txp, cted to reach here about noon to.
morrow. The merchants and others in
the low lying section Of the city are
moving out. A Bristol special says
Henry Music, of Halls Bottom, Va,
aad Milton Boyd of Wallace, Va, are
reported drowned ia the q bod in that
section. Two residences, a school
house and barn were washed away in
Washington county.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
DON'T WANT NEGROES
A Northern Papsr Says They Are a
Menace.

There has been trouble in the coke
regions of Pennsylvania. They have
been importing negroes to taxa the
place of re ecaloitrant workmen. The
other day the lynching of one Of these
negroes was narrowly averted. The
Pittsburg Post commends the action
of officers in protecting the negro, but
adds:
The bringing in of Southern negroes
of lawless character is an outrage on
citizens who have their homes in the
coke regions and desire peacesble sur
roundiogs. That is something that
should be stopped. The negroes are
menace, and sppear to be growing moro
disordeIly and reckless as time goes on.
Of course, negroes imported 10 work
In northern industries are not taken
from southern penitentiaries, nor do
the agents who collect them advertise
for the 'lswess" and "recAlos They
simply take them as they find them
the common run of negro men to be
found on the streets of any southern
town. These ''lawless" and reckless"
negroes who arc "a menace" in the
coke regions are to be found by the
Thousands 10 every southern state. La
the eyes of northern editors it is a
great outrage when disturbance 90
ours in southern locality where there
are as many Of these negroes as there
arc whites, but to bring handful of
them to work in the mines of Pennsyl,
vAnia lis an outrage" When will our
northern brethren tote fair" with the
south in its boaiiag of the white man s
burden, and be ready to carry their
share?-Augusta Chronicle
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Burned the Site

The Slate leper board recently quiet
ly purchased large lsntation in effsr-
son parish, opposite New Orleans, and
made arrangements to establish q leper
lszaretto. When the news became publio
Jefferson and St. Charles parishes arose
to an indignant protest and threats were
freely made thst the torch aud rifs
would be employed to prevent the trans
fer of he leper colony to the point So
iiected. AT meeting the board
heard the vigorous protests of the citi-
zens of the two parishes but decided to
take no action at present The pro-
testsnts concluded, however, that the
board had determined at least to at
tempt the establishment Of the lszlret-
to in Jefferson. The result was that
during the night the proposed home and
other buildings on the plantation Sc
lected vera fired and totally DESTROYED.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Ended His Life.

Bresci, the assassin Of the late King
Humbert, has committed suicide at the
penitenttsry of Santo Stefano, Italy.
Bresci recently had been suffering from
extreme excitement, declared TO be
from remorse. Tuesday night he made
a rope from his blankets and strangled
himself. On the wall of his cell the
word vengeance" was scratched with
his bloody thumb nail. Bresci's vio-
lence last week culmioated in his at
tsokirg q jailer, in consequence of
which he was placed In a straight
jacket. Later the prisoner feigned
docility, in order to secure an oppor
tunity to commit sgicide which he ac-
compiished by hanging himself with
an improvised rope attached to the cell.
ing. In the caller days Of bis imprison-
ment Bresci resented orders to keep
silent and threstned to kill himself.
At tho cabinet oouocl had tonight,
Signor Golitti, minister of the interior,
informed the king of the suicide of
Bresci. His majesty remained pensive
for q few MON ents and then said ''lt
is, perhaps, the best thing that could
have happened to the unhappy man"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
MLAURINS PLACE.
There Are Many Candidates In
the Field For It.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Thera Will be No Lack of Can.
dIdates, but Who the
Lucky Ono Will Be No
Ono Knows.

Senator McLaurin's speech Wednes-
day at Greenville is generally regarded
IS the opening Of his campaign for re.
election, although there are some
who still profess to believe that
Senator McLaurin will not be in the
campaign next summer. However that
may be, his activity at the present
time naturally diracts attention to the
race for the seat onoe held by Wade
Hampton. From present indications
that race will be warn one. Con-
gresham Latimer, Of the Third dis
triot, is already an avowed candidate
and is actively at work. 1t is general
ly understood that at this TINA ut least
Congressman Lstimer has the good will
II not the active support of Senator
Illlman. State Senator ID. 8. Hender-
son, OF Aiken, is also understood to be
in the race for all he is worth, which is
not q little. 1t has recently been
stated that there is an understanding
between Messrs. Latimer and Render-
son; that the former is looking after
Charleston and the low country and
the latter paying particular attention
to the Piedmont. just what can be
gained from this alleged cooperation is
not known, but circumstances give
credence to the report. Congressman
LaLimer's efforts in behalf of the
Charleston exposition are supposed to
give him Charleston's vote SO far as it
can be controlled, while Senator Hen
derson being possessed of some inhu.
ence with the cotton mill presidents of
the Piedmont would be more apt to
undermine McLaurin IN that quarter.
The name of Col. George Johnstone,
of Newberry, has been often mentioned
in connection with this race. If he
should be a candidate he would be
pitted against the man who defeated
him for reelection to congress @.
Lstimer. This is an interesting coinoi-
dence. Col. Johnstone was in the city
Tuesday, but was not talking poll
tics, being busy with some legal af-
fairs. A close friend, however, stated
that it was most probable that Gel.
Johnstone would have something %
say on the stump next summer. He
is one of the most eloquent speakers in
the State and ready stump debater, so
that his entry into the field would do
much to ljvcl mN.sss I'D. There are
number Of other = R6n..eutis 1niu
for the place, AZ I'm being 1c7.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
A West Virginia Story

A Job, w. Va, special says: To be
crushed to death in the embrace of q
monstrous black bear and their little
bodies afterward msngled and partly de-
voured was the frightful fate that befell
the three young children of E. p. Por-
terheld, mountaineer residing about
II miles southeast of this place. The
remains were found Wednesday by
searching party which had been out
since Sunday evening. The party in
clud,d John Weldon, Maryland hun
ter, who within few minutes after dis
covering the bodies, shot and killed the
bear in neighboriDg thicket. The
children were Mary, aged 3, Willie,
aged 5, and Henry, aged z. Shortly
after noon Sunday they left home to
gather flowers in q clearing near their
home. Nothing more is known but it
is supposed they wandered into the
woods and becoming lost continued on
their way until they were overtaken by
The bear in the dense forest three miles
from their parents home. The boar
feasted off all three Of the bodies. The
bones of the chill ireu had been crus he'd
like straws and the flesh stripped off
with teeth and claws. The party divided
and began q search. Within few min
utes Weldon discovered il in q thick
clump of hemlock saplings near a small
stream. A single shot ended its life.
1t was declared to be the largest bear
ever seen In this neighborhood,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
A Hundred Entombed

An explosion oocur d Friday morn
ing at the Universal colllery at Sen
gaenydd, IN the Rhondda valley Eng
land. About a hundrel men were in
tho pit at the time Of the disaster and
there is little hope f saving the lives
OF any of them. The rescu IT'S at the
Universal cJlliery are working with
great difficulty owing to lack Of air.
Five bodies have been recovered. Tne
wreckage of the pit is complete, al
most uliDg hope that the i'm pris-
oned men can have survived. There
are IS miners missing. The rescuers
hayo found more bydies, but there is
no hope that 10 miners who are still en-
tombod will be brought out alive.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Shot for Eating Pickles.

a dish Of pickles, a sick woman, a
greedy man and man with a shotgun
constituted the clements Of q tragedy
in Birmingham, Ala ,Thurldsy. Esther
Jemison, colored, vas the sick womsn.
She was abed with Rheumatism and wss
eating from q dish of sweet pickles,
that being AL she desired. Dan Allen,
a friend, called and commenced eating
pickles. The woman protested, but the
an continued to eat. About this time
Frank Miller, another friend, enter, d
the room snd became sppriscd of the
actions Of Dan Allen, Miller he'd q
shotgun with him. lie raised the
weapon to his shoulder aud remarkipg
to Allen ''Ill show you how to eat a
sick womans pickles." shot Allen.
Allen will die. Miller was arrested and
put in the county Jail.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
LOst I'M Aha hlnnd

Millions of dollars of damage has
been done and at least eight lives lost
IN Upper Tennessee by the floods,
caused by the recent heavy rains. The
Doe river, the Wsutsga, the Holston,
the Ohukey and the French Brod are out
of bounds and growing crops have been
swept sway along their courses, On
the Chukey river, three children of
Joseph Hill were drowned in his house
while he was at his barn looking after
his stock and unaware of the danger.
On thiS river six bridges were swept
away, doing damage of about 90, 600,
while the damage to farms, houses and
stock along this stream in Greene
county alone will amount to one half
million dollars. At Leeper's mill. on
Ohukey river, two Bolivar brothers fell
from boat into the river, one being
drowned
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Comes Too Late.

In answer to the question what has
been the effect of the presidents atti-
tudo toward the south. Has it tended
to bring about reconciliation between
the seotions?" Senator Carm,ck, Of
Tennessee says: Il feel shout that a
good deal as DR.. johnson did with re-
spect to the grstuitous patronage Of
Lord Che. terfeld: Had it been early
it had been kind When We most
needed the cheering word and the help.
ing hand we got nothing from Mr.. Mo
Kinley and his party butthe cure and
the clinohed fist. So long ss they could
make party capital by waving tho
bloody shirt and by teaching the north
to hate and distrust the south, they
did so, and the Republican conception
of all that was vile in human nature
was summed up in the woras the Con-
federate brigadier.' This brigadier was
forbidden by law to draw sword for
the union and it was not uutil the
sword was needed in the war with
Spain that the law was repealed. We
rejoice that the time of sectional ha-
tired has passed or is passing; but We
do not forget that it might have passed
many years ago if Mr.. Mex nley and
other Republican leaders had desired it
to pass.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Unprecedented May Rainfall.

Not since 1888 has the total rainfall
TOR May beea so great as for the present
month. In that year sc inches fell,
but with only one heavy rain 2 80 fell
In "a hours. This has beon exceeded
in the past day, thu amount for the "a
hours ondirg at 8 a. m of the 2lst hav
ing been 3 62 inches. The rainfall
OF the past few days sIe unique in the
annals of the local cffice of the weather
bureau. not only On account of the largo
total, that since the evening of the 19 IN
amounted to 90 inches, but also on
account of the rate of the fall, which
can De readily ascertained by an electric
se,f-reglsterlng gusgs with which the
office has recently been equipped The
rainy condition was not confined to
South Carolina, but acc mpanied a
general storm that entered the couti-
nent over lower California and moved
In an almost due esstcriy direction with
cOpious rains along its entire course
ln breadth the storm covered the Gu
tire cotton belt, and over this vast area
the rainfall avorsgsd over an inoh IN
depth with, however, the largest
amounts in Georgia and the two Caro-
linss The State.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Disastrous Storm ON Lakes.

A special from Tawas City says: A
terrifce northeastern revailed all day
and last night. The stearmer Balti-
more, coal laden, broke in two and
sank off Au Sable this morning before
dayligt. Thirteen were drowned includ-
ing woman and a boy. The tug
Columbia of Detroit with 3 govern
mont steam dredge and two loaded
lighters for the 500 was caught in the
storm. The lighters and dredge were
lost, parting their six inch cable. The
crew of six men is missing. While
searching today for her tow the Co.
lumbia picked up two men from the
Baltimore on raft. Ghey wers almost
dead and were taken to east Tawas. An.
other man was on the raft, but was
lost despite the efforts to save him.
The Schooner Montmoreucy, which
went around on the Charity islands
several days sgo, has gone to pieces.
Her crew Left her Thursday. TIE
Tswas life saving crew made trip to
her At midnight and rowed Is miles in
the storm and against the wind, but
found no one aboard. The Columbia
picked up her dredge tonight, but the
lighters and the expensive machinery
they carried and the six men are still
missing. The wind is now going down.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Woodmcn of the World.

A spe,ial dispatch to The News aud
Courier says the Sovereign Camp of the
Woodmen cf the World at their recent
session in Columbus, Ohio, appropriat.
ed tho sum Of $500 for the relief Of
Galveston sufferers and tho sum of
81, 900 for the erection OF monument
in the city of Galveston to commemo-
rate the memory Of the Woodmen who
lost their lives in the devastating storm.
The Pacifi, Jurisdiction made an ap-
preparation Of 81, 100 for the sufferers.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
A VOYAGE in a BUGGY

A dispatch from Sharon says Willie
Hoyle started to Yorkville Wednesday
morning In buggy and in crossing 9
small stream just this side Of Yorkville
his buggy broke loose and was carried
down the stream. He could not swim
but saved himself by getting on the
horse and riding it out. He went on
to Yorkville and procured assistance
and came back took the buggy out but
it was badly torn up.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
SHE CLAIMS sELF DEFENSE.
Mrs. Sonins Has Confessed 10
Killing Young Ayres.

The mystery atte 1ding the killing OF
James Seymour Ayres, census Office
clerk, In the Kenmore hctel early last
Wednesday morning, at Washington,
ID. o., and VIII h because Of the pecu.
liar circumstar COS surrounding it has
oroused Washington moro than any
tragedy In several ears, was solved
Monday by volu u1taly confession from
Mrs Lulu [. Bonnie, a m,rficd woman
and guest at the house, that the threo
shots which ended Ayrss' life hsi been
fred in = struggle between herself and
Ayres. Mrs. Bonnie. whose husband
is q drum er for the wholesale drug
housc of D5sitt & Co. OF Ci i;sgo, ex,
planned her presence in Ayres' room st
! o'clock In the morning by saying that
he lad ecme to her room complaining
OF chill aud aski0g for m odicin and
had induced her to follow hi u to his
room TO talk over some alters Of differ
enoe there had been between them. She
said that she dress herself in wrap
per and went to his room. He had pre-
coeded her and when sho opened tho
door aud walked In he quickly closed it
and Informed her he had enticed her to
the room for his o own purposes aud said
If she did not submit to his wishes he
would kill her. Ayres, she said, was
uodressed and had a revolver in his
hand and in sstruggle for its possession
which ensu,d Immediately after she
entered, it was discharged thrae differ
ont times, the shots striking Ayrss at
each discharge, the last one proving
fatal
After her statement, which was
made to the chief of police aud a NUN.
Ter of other officials, Mrs. Bonine was
placed under arrest and taken to the
house of detention, where she will be
held pending the result of the coroner's
Inquest, which has b .en In session
since Saturday aud at which Mrs.
Bonine Sas to have appeared tomorrow
as witness. The tragedy which rs-
suited in Ayers' death was discovered
first about s 30 O'Clock last Wednesday
morning when his dead body was found
Ia his room at the Kenmore, a small
family hotel situated not far from the
capitol. An examination Of Ayres'
body showed that he had been sho.
three times, one bsll entering tho left
leg, smother the left arm, and the third
penetrating the heart aud causing
death. Suicide wal the first theory
advanced, but statements from two
witness that on the night of the murder
they had seen a woman descending q
fire escape leading from the front of
Ayers room st the hotel and disappear
into the parlor of the house ended this
theory and the Killing was quickly dc,
veioped into mysterious and sensa-
tional affair that bsffiad the police an-
til Mrs. Bonine contested.
Saturday the corner began his in.
qdesv, but no substantial clue was
found to connect any person specifically
with the tragedy. The inquest was re
sumed Monday and had developed
nothing directly bearing on the tragedy
except that Mrs. Bonine was much in
Ayers room, when it was suddenly ad-
journed on information that the dis
trict attorney and others were wanted
at police headquarters to hear a state
ment made by Mrs. Bonine.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29
Killed Himself.

A dispatch from Cambridge, Mass,
says FRED q. Foster, of Cambridge
port, Who WAS under suspicion of the
police 10 connection with the explo
sion which wrecked the Cambridgopor
National bank here Wednesday, com
mit;ed suicide by shooting today in
the presence Of police off ter who had
called on Foster make inquiries in CON
noclicn with the case. Foster was 43
years old Fyster had wife and three
children. lie had been under sur
vcilance, the police say, since Wedne-
day afternoon, when it became known
that he presented check at the bank
calling for s., 100 for which he had no
funds in the bank.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29

The gates Of Bilibid prisons, Manila
swung open Friday and admitted a mule
wagon bearing three former United Off
GERS who reluctantly slighted and be-
gan TO serve sentences in expiation of
crimes in connection with the commits
sary scandals. Captain Frederick j.
BsrrOws, late depot quartermaster OF
the department of Southern LuEon, is
sentenced to five years Imprisonment.
Captain James @. Reed, late depot com.
missary at Manila, to three years i'm.
prisonment, and Lieutenant Frederic
Boyer, lato depot commissary at Ca
lambs, to one year imprisonment.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-29

LUOntinued on page 4. ]
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-03

ness. punctuated by a number of weak
spots among the industrlals The
friends OF United States steel were in
clined 10 attribute this weakness to
the contrast afforded with the policy
Of that company in the publication of
its earnings but the United States steel
securities fell back with the rest Of the
market and the professional spscula-
tive sentiment in the street failed APP
psrently to be impressed with the new
policy Of the United States Stee. Cor
poration as an epooh-making depart
ure. The large profits reported by that
corporation had some reassuring effect
nevertheless owing to the wide reach
ing Importance attached to prosperous
conditions In the iron and steel indus
try. The distrust left by the Amalga-
mated Copper episode and the annual
reports OF one or two industrial cor
porations recently showing net earn
ings insufficient to pay the current rate
of dividend and a consequent eneroach-
ment on the surplus for that purpose
probably accounted for the continued
weakness in that class Of securities.
Railroad bonds were duh and irreg-
ular. Total sales par value sl,605.000.
U. S. old As declined u, the SIS and
SIS Il and the new As per cent on
the last call.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-03

Corrected by NeiH & Ellhgham)
Syrup sneef DIP sstuo; Obj qua quart
cans. dozen In case. si.05 doz.; Fancy
Drips bbls 25c t2c additional ia half o2r-
relsD. New orleans meiasses. choice new.
zoe prime, Csc. 3-lb quart cans. 2-doz
case, Sl.4oa165 doz. bakers goods, lSc
gaiion
Teas-Young Hyson, per III. 3oi55c: gun
po~act. 300 SIC: Imperial. 4DndSc; Japan
Gandtcs-ster. full vt. iOM;c; .paraiine.
per lb. lee, Electric. L,ent. per ID. lie.
Ninegar--Choice cider I21isc Der GALLON
standard cry brands. lUat1lr per gallon.
country, l5at6c per Ealio,s as 20 quality.
Tish-No / inaekerel, 200 ihs. 200 iiah,
$1,000. No. / extra maekere., ia.bb'. new.
100 lbs, 100 fish, 500.
Iiee-Fancy pearl, &C; choice pearl, 5Ac'
choice domestic, 61sc; fancy head, 11se,,
Salt-No. /, per Dbl. loo, extra, per Dbl.
8 ,. dairS me . pu. sacks un e.
hams. 1zAc. sl-lb average, lzAc; breakfast
sides 105sailac: ham beef, l51se,
oil-Lard. extra western straine" soc F:
water white, 9l4c; Lewis miners winter
white use: summer white, 40c
Dard-schenks pure kettle, tierces. In;
Silver Lear, tierees, li1Re. The advance Tor
lows tubs. &c, 5G-lb. tins. &c; 20-lb.
tins. sc; l0-lb. tins. &c. 5-lb. tiHs. 1sc; j.
i sag ,,a: e.o2c; cubes. 5.77e; pow
dered. 6.G2c: graduated, coarse, 5.52c;
graduated. fine. a52c, Columbia a, size;
American L. 517c. white extra G. 4.S2c;
c, 467c. choice fruit sugar i47e
Conee-Green cod,s. fancy golden Rio.
lie: fancy green, l5c, choice green. 141zc;
roasting grades. l0H-; 10 0 zbsc Spast'
ed in packages, Arrow l0,14c Pan Handle,
Lie: Arbuclde K Co.'S roasted, l0.14c:
Lion, 10.14c. bulk roasted, 9l2410c. Mocha
and government Java roasted. 2iI2c. Mo-
cha and Java, 2fHe. a grade Rio. l21ac.
Brooms-Ordnary sweeping. s2.300t3.2o
per dozen; carpet. s3.301370; stable, 1915:
whisps, s1.20; hearth. $1.G0