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hearts go out to the people who, as
your ancestors did, seek to unfurl aud
to uphold the flag of liberty and to
do so just as your forefAthers did who
engaged In the struggle with the same
enemy.
The appeal is made to the liberty
loving people of America. When
came hero came fearing that the
people were hostile as their govern
ment has been unfriendly to the Beers
[ fpd, indeed, that the contrary is
true. The h arts of tie American
people go out to these South Africans
so grsndly struggling with the enor-
nous power of England, to maintain
their right to keep and to rule the
land they redemed-but you have not
impressed the federal administration
with your will. The pvesid ,nt does
not enforce the treaties and his SUB
ordinstes despise them.
The English government is at the
end of its resources. The Beers have
won as against them. If the American
people will stop the shipment of sup
plies from American ports to British
armies, the war will end and the Wey-
Ter like atrocities at Bloemfontein and
Pretoria-the murder of women and
children-wil end.
80 in behalf of those sturdy burgh.
eTs in arms who will part with life
rather than liberty, in bohslf of those
women and little ones who dying Of
starvation aud in prison yet cheer
their brave ones in the field, in the
name Of your own history and tradi
tions and principles and for your own
sakes, at this season, | make bold to
pray you to keep the faith and the
law made by yourselves and compel
your government to be American in
the traditional and glorious sense
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BOLD ROBBERY.
Train Held Up by One Man and
Robbsd by Three.
SECURES $s3, 900.
RsvoIvers, Rifles and Dynamite
Used Freely. Wounds sev-
eral and Makes Their

The Great Northern trans. continental
train No. 3, leaving st. Paul MINI,
Tuesday morning at 9 O'Clock, was held
up at Wagner, Mont, 1876 miles east of
Great Falls, at 800 Wednesday after
noon by three masked men who blew
open the express car and wrecked the
through safe with dynamite, securing
$93,
The robbery, in daylight, was one of
the boldost that has ever occurred in the
west.
One Of the robbers boarded the "blind
baggage car at Hindale, a station
shout 20 miles east Of Wagner. he ap-
pesred to be a common hobo, but when
the conductor discovered him at stop
almost Immediately afterward he drew
heavy Colts revolver and ordered him
to return to the rear Of the train on
penalty OF instant death. The hobo
then climbed over the locomotive ten
der, and at the point of his revolver
compelled the engineer and fireman to
stop the train al a rsvine q few miles
east Of Wagner, where his confederates,
two IN number, both masked, lsy in
wait. The hobo then compelled the
fireman and engineer to abandon the
engine and firing began on both sides
OF the train as it came to a stop.
Passengers on the train began to look
out Of the windows and a brakeman
alighted on one side Of the train while
the travelling auditor, Douglas, alighted
on the opposite side. Both instantly
became the target of Winchesters in
the hands of the robbers and were
wounded. A passenger on the tourist
coach who was looking out of the win
dow was struck by stray bullet and
seriously injured and two other pas
sengers were shot but neither were Sc
riously injured.
To wreck the door of the express car
with dynamite, with which both the
confederates who appeared from the
ravine We . literally supplied, was the
work of au instant. The expressmsn
was compelled to leave the car at the
point Of a rifle, and the through safe
was immediately dynamited. The first
charge did not break it open, an6N
others in quick succession were neces-
sary before it was forced. The robbers
burriedly gathered in its contents, con-
sisting of specie shipments, drafts, coin
and valuable negotiable. paper, and re-
treatado keeping the train crew and
off TT the point OF their
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-10
Race Riot.

Reports reached Denver, Colorado
Thursday Of a serious race riot
which has just broken out in the
mountains OF Campbell country bet
ween negro and white miners. The
trouble started at a negro dance where
a fight was in progress meas Lafollotte,
a mining town. The town marshal was
sent fo7 and tried to arrest the negroes
with posse of FIVE men. The negroes
opened fire on the officers aud the of.
fcers returned to town. About 20
men returned to the scene and opened
fire on the negro cabin. There were
about ID negroes in the house. They
returned the fire but soon made q break
for the woods. lG the running fight
that followed three negroes are said to
have been fatlly shot And a number OF
others wounded.
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GEN GOMEZ Tc TIE PUBLIC.
Came to America to Embrace His Dear
Friend, Estrada Palmer.


Gen. Maxine Gomez, while in New
York last week gave out the following
statement.
In response to the request of the
press for me to M IKE a statement in
regard 10 Cubs, all | have to say is
that the acceptance of the Plat amend
ment by the Cuban constitutional
conVe2tiop has already defned the
political situation Of Cuba, and as the
Cubans sre all anxious to establish self
government, they are sll working to-
ward this epd There is not one who
does not desire ID see the fl SO float free,
hAg which rperesents so much suffer
ing and 50 many facEif ,es for freedom g
sake. The whole world has known this
many years.
The sole objeat of my visit has
been my great desire to embrace my
old, true aud loyal friend, Tomas Els.
trAda Palms, whom | have not been
able TO see since peace wal established
ana Of course, to pay visit to Presi-
dent Mckinley, 10 whom we Cubans
owe 50 much, and also to pay my re-
spec.s to Secretary Root.
MS - not my nrIt visit to this
city, of which | have many pleasant
and also sad recollec.ions for | have
once silently and unknown trod the
throughfares of a fIeo country with
tks only ardent hops of helping to
break the chains thai enslayed Cuba.
Today everything is changed. On
again setting foot in this free land l
feel happy, for in America l see
friend, who having shed his blood side
by side with us for fresdon has earned
eternal gratitude ald established the
mutual obligation between the two
peoples 10 miintsin the peace and in.
depend enc of tho island of Cuba.
(Sigued) NJ. Gomtz."
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CALLS ON M'KINLEY.
len. Gonsz. Cuba's Grand Old
Hero Calls on the Pre- sident.
q ST A VISIT OF COURTESY.
len Leo Pays His Rsspscts TO
tho Savior OF Cuba
and Talks Alb out
Him

Gen G omez and party arrived at the
0sr department at 10 30 Wednesday,
After short conference with the Sec
rttary Of war they went to tho White
House to see the president. While
u an. Gomez was az the war department
he met Gen. Miles. Although the com.
mander of tho United States army has
been several times in Cuba, he aud the
commt, ,uder Of the Cuban Army never
met before. Secretary Root escorted
o'clock this forenoon. The Cuban gen.
eral SGs accompanied by his son and
Sen9f Gonzales, the private secretary
of Gen. Wood. TIE President received
the party very cordially in the Red
psrler. The interview lasted alb Jut half
sn hour and st its conclusion Gen.
Goghez reiterated through his interpre
teY, thst his mission to this country is
ilS no way political He came here to
visit his old friend, Senor Palma. aud
debired before returning to see Presi-
dept Mckinley, for whom he has a very
high regard, and to express to him per
so9hlly the deep gratitude he felt for
th3 sssistsnc, of the United States in
thsS Cuban struggle. No political topics,
hej said, had been touched upon during
THO interview, which wos purely social.
Ilhe president Invited Gan Gomez to
be his guest ct dinner Wednes1a day eve
ning5 when he will meet the members
of tile cabinet now in the city.
Sforetsry Root remained with Pres
idcr}t Mckinley for short time after
q ms. Gomez had departed. When he
lef4 The White House he said there was
absolutely no political Significance in
the visit of Gen. Gomez The gen.
ersll he said had never before met
President Mckinley and the call was
PURELY one of courtesy, as Gan. G. G,mez
d;dS not feel that he could not return
hor$ without seeiog President Nc
KinESy and paving his respects and
thanking him for what this country
has do3pe for Cuba. After the dinner
Wedne&dav night & G,n Gomez and his
son returned to New York.
Gen. SitzbuVh Lee was among those
who call l@d on Gen. Gomez at his hotel
Tho visi4 recslled that interesting Pc
riod wbe! G EN-. Lee was the American
consul general at Habaus, aud Gomez
was leadN NA Cuban contingent in
the field. Sksleor his view OF
siIj s,s s. e, Ii, sp,s.,a
L. ~ '
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CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP.
Lowest Average in This State Since
the War.

The monthly report of the stati ,tician
Of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington will show the average CON-
dition Of cotton on June % to have
been 81 /, compared with 81 5 on the
10Th OF The preceding month; IS on
July l, 1900, and yearly average OF
S6 3. The condition of 81 l is, with
exception Of the July condition report
ed last year, the lowest recorded condi-
ton reported for this season. The cou
dition in the principal States reported
is as follows:
North Carolina II, South Carolin. 20,
Georgia ~, Florida 78, Alabama so.
Mississipp' st. Louisiana S4. Texas sc
Arkansas 81, Tennessee 85, Oklahom.
81, Indian Territory 88
An improvement is noted during
June OF two points in Texas, three
points in Arkansas, Odlahoma and In
dian Territory; four in Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana and sevec iu
Tennessee. Ga tho other h md there
was decline OF eight points In Georgi,
and Florida, and ten in North Carolina
and South Carolina.
w ANh WIZ SASSpbiSh VI
where the reported average condition is
one pont above tho mean averages re-
ported to July in that State for the
last ten years. not only was the condi,
tion recorded, with the exception OF
last year, for the cotton region as q
whole at this season, but in Georgiu
and South Carolina it was the lowest
during period of thirty five years
while in North Carolina it was the low.
est, with one exception, during the
same period.
Excessive rains, followed by heavy
growth of grass and woods, caused
much damage in Alabama, Gerogis
South Carolina and North Carolina
while in Louisiana and Texas the
growth was retarded by the drou yht.
The gravity of the situation is great.
ly increased in North aud South Caro-
lima and Georgia, and to some extent
in other States by the scarcity Of lab or
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-10
Sad Picnic Ending

There was quite q sad ending to the
other wise pleasant gathering of citiz ,ns
of Mccormick s. @. at Searl's Mill to
hold an old fashioned Fourth of July
picnic. The two little boys of Mrs. p. f.
Creighton, aged respectively 8 to IL,
had gone In bathing some little dis
tsnce down the river away from the
crowd. They waded out over their
depths, and when DR.. Manley Brown,
who was the first to discover them,
came upon the scene, they were Just
sinking for the third time. He called
for assistance and Immediately sprang
into the water. A large crowd quickly
gathered and they soon succeeded in
finding the younger one of the boys,
but the elder one was not found until
1t was too late to save him. The SYM
pSthy of the entire community goes
out to the beresved mother, who now
suffers this second bereavement so soon
having quite recently lost her husband.
The dead boy WAS just reaching that
stage in life whom he could be Of some
assistance to his mother,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-10

. OF theIySS }pstit,., conSenoeo tnsS
this Particular, because the tax which
1t imposes is purely and simply a tex
upon the instrumentalities by which
the State, through its laws, seeks to
minimize the evils of the liquor traffic
within its borders. The federal gov.
ernment 1t is held cannot constitution
ally interfere with the administration
of these laws by requiri ng a special tax
stamp to be paid by its officials as a
condition precedent to the exercise OF
their duties.
Commissioner Yeikes has the claim
for refund of taxes by the State of
South Carolina under consideration,
but has rendered no opinion yet. While
1t is true that this dispensary system
may be designated State agency, aud
It's maintenance upheld as constitution
al under the police power resident IN
all sovoreignties, yet the oommi i5sioner
IS inclined to the opinion that it is not
such necessary State agencY, or suoh g
needful function Of the State govern.
ment as will exempt it from federal
taxation. There are certain agen cies
absolutely essentisl to the life of a
State, such as the maintenace of courts,
executive officials, collection OF taxes
for the payment OF necessary S ate Cx.
penses and 1t may be admitted that the
national government can at no time and
In no way, directly or indirectly, levy
tax upon these necessary State
agencies; otherwi,e the national gov
ernmeDt might tax them out Of exist.
eDce. But, the government contends,
when the State performs a work aud
assumes direction of an agency which
has been and can bo performed by its
citizens in their individual capacity, a
new aspf ct arises. If it is Unconstitu-
tionsl to require the local agents en-
ployed under the dispensary system Of
South Carolina to pay the government
the sums required for retail and whole
sale liquor dealers stamps, then this
same State and all other States, the
com missioner points out could take con
troll not only of the sale, but of the
manufacture of whiskey, beer and to
bacco, aud if so then the question
would arise, could the government levy
any tax upon the products of plants
under ard operated by the State aud
used for these purposes2 II 80, while
the States might thereby be able to pag
all Of their governmental expenses she
general government, it is sMd would
lose an internal revenue income Of some
500, 900, 600 per year,
1t is understood that if the commits
aioner's decision is against the State,
as seems probable, the case eventually
will go to the supreme court OF the
United States.
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TERRIBLE HEAT.
Blk Hundred Deaths and Many
Prostrations
HOSPITALS FILLED.
Tents Being Erected on Hospital
Orc unds. Horses Arc Fa Ing,
and Automobiles Are Used
as Ambulances.
as Ambulances.

Rainstorms Wednesday, with con-
sequent fall in temperature, were a
Godsend to the bulk of sSeltering hu-
11yN New York. AS soon as the
last storm Of the afternoon had passed
over, the temperature immediately be-
gan to ascend. The wind which blew
durip the storm also commenced to
abate ry rapidly, until it assumed
the proportions of slight breczs only.
These atmospheric conditions, coupled
with the very considerable humidity
which came as an aftermath of the
downfall Of water from the clouds,
made the spfferil almost as intense SIS
it was when the thermomater had reg.
istered several degrees higher.
Most OF the hospitals are already
crowded to their u,mlst capacity, and
many of them have erected tents on
their grounds for the cJmmoda,ion
of the heat victims.
The death ratio has Increase with
such rapidity that the morgue is being
taxed as it never was before, aud every
available foot of that institution is now
occupied By corpses. Hospital attend
ants are col!apsipg under the extraor
binary strain to which they have been
subjected and were it moi for the volun.
teers who have come to their aid the
situation would be sat'y aggravated
by enforced neglect of heat patients.
Although the ambulance service has
been augmented by the addition of
automobiles which have been loaned
for the purpose, it is greatly insde.
quate. The horses used have been
most carefully nursed alorg to preserve
their stamina, but Notwithstanding this
many of them have given out. Their
places are being filed from outside
sources, and SO great is the tcncity
of available animals, because Of the
combination of heat and the grip with
which New York horses are affi cted,
that it has been necessary to send to
- la, CITIES to get fresh supply.
~ first down pour of rain
Wednesday it was &C
Inder and fair sized
duced tie tempera
be humidity made
D6wever, that the
IS not perceptible 10
kh most people would
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Increases Postage.

a special from Washington says:
The cabinet was In session about two
hours Friday and devoted the entire
time to minor matters. Postmaster
General Smith explained how the reve-
nues of the postal service were being
kept at point far below what they
otherwise would be but for the fact that
under the present clas Iifcstion large
class of periodicals. were being handled
at the rate of one cent a pound, which
vas a great financial loss to the serv-
ic,. IL WAS his purpose to modify the
regulations so as to compel this class
OF publications to pay eight cents 9
pound instead of one as now. These
new regulations, it is said, will be is
sued in few days. Secretary Hitchcock
stated that the proclamation opening to
settle ent tre Wichits, Kiowa and Co.
msnche lands in Oklahoma would be
given to the press for publ
cation at an early date. The date of
the opening will not be announced until
that time.
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all thf se disappeared in the ravine,
and were seen later, one mounted on .
bay horse, one upon q white horse. one
upon buckskin heading southwark at
q furious gait, the booty being plainly
visible in sack thrown across the sad
die bows of the rider upon the buck
skin horse.
As the hobo climbed over the tom
der to the locomotive cab, he drew on q
mask rendering it almost impossible to
secure good description. Each Of
his confederates was masked and the
only information obtainable regarding
them is that one was evid sntly q half
breed.
This was the robber upon the buck
skin horse. The gang headed for the
Little Rockies range, lying across the
Milk river In an almost inaccessible
country, consisting mainly of bad
lands. Posses were Immediately organ
lied in pursuit, one by sheriff who
happened to be. passenger on the
train.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-10
ANOTHER BANK FAILS
In Buffalo Because of It's Connection n
With CITY National.

The Niagara bank OF Buffalo, State
institution, has closed it's doors. The
following notice has been posted on the
doors:
1 have closed aud taken possession
Of this bank.
(Signed) +. ID. Kilburn,
Superintendent Of Banks.
The Nisgara bank was organized
September 10, 1891, 1t had q capital
Of 100000. The ofic ,rs are: Prssi-
dent, p. FL. Griffin; vic, president, NJ.
NJ Dirke; cashier, VIM. T.. Hayes.
The chsirman of the clearing house
committee, s. NJ. Clement, said Thurs
day morning:
1T should be distinctly understood
that the closing Of the Nisgars bank
Flu :sday has been brought about SOLE
ly by reason Of its close connection with
the City National bank, its president
having been vice president of the City
National bAak, and that no other ma
tiousl bank here is anyway affected.
AS the meeting of the clearing
house committee Wednesday at the
close of Wednesdays business, the
Niagara bank was the only bank that
applied for any assistance and arrange.
ments were made to give the assistance
asked for, pending the report Wednes
day morning by the banking depart
ment as to the solvenoy Of the bsnk.
Mr. klburn, the superintendent Of
the banks on his arrival in town Thurs
day morning became satisfied that the
bank could not get through with the
assistance asked for and accordingly
directed that the bank be closed in or
der to best protect all interested"
The bank superintendent wts seen
in the Niagara bank aud asked why
the bank was closed. He said:
~ have closed this bank be ,aus, /
think it insolvent. The main reason
for the failure is the failure of the
City National bank. This bank is in-
volved t an extent not to be an.
nounoed, bu. do not deem it safe to
permit this one to continue business
any longer. As to whether this bank
has been in trouble heretofore l hav e
nothing 10 say."
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eat Chicago FIRE,
cV pss and made
II Insurance. Of
SNI1lI ed up In the

drug business, but soon sold out for
$22 600 cash. He then went to Australia
and embarked in the cattle bust
ness-raising, buying and shipping ca
tie. He would buy and ship as many
as 5000 head a month to Liverpool,
making large profits on each shipment.
He had purchased years before, a
piece of suburban real estate now in
the heart of the city Of Ohicsgo, and
for which he has recently refused an
offer OF moro than $4,000 He also
owns valuable estate in Australia.
The other day he deposited with q
DAnville bank two drafts on the Mel
bourne, Australia, bank for $37, 900.
Whom he took his departure a little
more than thirty years ago he
left behind him son and a daughther.
His mission to this country was to lad
them. He really found both living in
ReidsVille, and they are to receive a
goodly share of his fortune. Mr.. Dill.
lard says he will not return to Austria
LA, but will dispose of his holdings
ther, and henceforth live and die Ia
his native state. He is an uuss sumiu q g
and we'll hammered colored man and
speaks Of his old owners and their rela-
tlvos with veneration as "Marster" OF
'Mlstiss." lie says that the creates;
fault of mis- race Is: "rhey do not
know tn, value of q dollar: they will
not save up. They csn make it, but
will spend it," DIR. Dnlard is easily
worth b5tween a quarter aud half mil.
lion Of dollars.
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Lynched for the Usual Crime

A negro named jim Bailey was lynch
ed near Smithfeld, n g., last week for
Asssulting a white girl. Wedues ay at
noon Maud 5 Strickland. the IA year old
daughter of farmer living near NTH
tiold, went to the field to carry dinner to
her father. When returning she saw
negro IL the path ahead. Her little
sister was with her. The negro told the
sister to go on or he would kill her. He
caught Maud, choked her and OUTRAGED
her. Her little sister ran back to her
father and told him what had happen
ed. Strickland and his two brothers
found that the negro was Jim Bailey and
that no was at work in the field. They
tried to capture him. Bailey was armed
with hoe and hatchet and escaped. Later
he mot two negroes who disarmed him.
Strickland and Charles Powell seized
Bailey and put him in buggy to carry
him TO Smithfeld to deliver him to
Sheriff Ellington. While on their way
a mob met them four miles from town,
took the negro ftom them and hung
him to a tree. Powell went on to Smith.
field and told the sheriff of the lynch
ing. The sheriff and coroner Went out
at midnight and brought the body to
Smishfeld. 1t Is said the lynching oc-
Cured about 10 O'Clock Tuesday night.
1t Is also said thNt Bailey used knife
upon his victim.
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Two White Men Stabbed.

At Fleetwood, park Ohio, Friday, ohm
and Albert Slaughter, white, were
probably fatally stabbed by Luther
Page and Abner D Tens, colored. Chas.
Martin and Riley Slaughter were beat
en- with clubs. The trouble occurred
over sn attack on small white boy by
9 colosed man. A small siz ID riot fol-
lowed. Finally the colored men were
arrested and placed in the county Jail.
After midnight an attempt was made
to organize q mob to lynch the prison
ers. A crowd gathered at the tunnel
on Olive street, but no one volunteered
10 lead the assault on the jail. If the
attack had been made u bloody battle
undoubtedly would have occurred as
90 armed men were ON guard duty
around the Jail where their friend were
Inn nriSonad paS