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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Reported in the South
During the Past Week.

New Industries Reported in the South
During the Past Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported for the past week
ended June 18th, include a bracket
and pin factory at Athens, Tenn;
$1,000 cigar factory at Tallahassee,
Fla; a 100000 coal mining company
at Welch, w. Va; a $4,000 coal COM
pany at Bolton, Tex; another with
capital of $4,000, at Pineville, KY;
coal mines at Lebanon, Tenn; $24,'
100 coal and land company at Petros,
Tenn; a construction company at
Fredericksburg, Va; 100000 cotton
compress at Dallas. Tex; a $4,000
cotton gin at Round Rock, Tex; cot
ton gins at Little River Academy, N.
G.. CampbeIlsville, Tenn, and Bloom
ing Grove, Tex; a 100000 cotton mill
at Cameron, N. c.; a $4,000 cotton
mill at Cameron, N. c.; a $50,000 de-
velopment company at Richmond, Va;
electric light plants at Albany, Ca,
and Bardwell, KY; an electric light
and power plant at Sardis, Miss; a
Touring mill at West Appomattox, Va;
a furniture factory at Mt. Airy, N. c.;
a grain elevator at Reidsville, N. c.; a
$25.0C0 hardware company at Ander-
son. S. c.; a $4,000 ice factory at Nc
Kinney, Tex; $4,000 ice, light and
telephone company at Arcadia, Fla;
$4,000 land company at Elizabeth
ton, Tenn; q lumber company at All
gusta. Miss; lumber mills at DeLand.
Fla; manganese mines near Rome,
Ca; a $4,000 oil company at New
port, Tenn; an oil company at Sunny
brook, KY; s250,000 oil and gas COM
pany at Galveston, Tex; oil and gas
companies at New Decatur, Ala, and
Louisville, KY; an oil and rice COM
pany at Lake Charles. La; a 100000
oil and supply company at Lufkln,
Tex; a 100000 oil mill at Houston.
Tex; a $4,000 oil mill at Henderson,
Tex; an oil mill at McRae, Tex;
plow factory at Chattanooga; a sash,
door and blind factory at Jacksonville,
Fla; saw mill at Peavine. Tenn;
s25O,000 silk mill at Athens, Ca;
spoke and bending plant at Green's
boro. N. c.; steel hoop and cotton
tie mill at Ensley, Ala; $4,000 tele'
phone company at Beaumont, Tex;
tobacco factory at Madisonville, KY;
a tobacco stemmery at Louisville, KY,
and toy factory at Owensbcro. hy.-
Tradesman Chattanooga, TENN
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
STRIKERS FAIL TO RESPOND.
Newport News shipbuIlding Company
Lay Of Many Men and Will
Virtually Close Down.

Twelve hundred men from the va
rious departments Monday were laid
off at the plant of the Newport News
Ship Building and Dry Dock Company,
and as many more will be laid of at
once if the striking machinists do not
return to work. The management
will retain only enough men to handle
the repair work, notably the North
German Lloyd liner Main, which is be-
ing rebuilt. The machinists show no
disposition to return to work. only
two or three responding Monday morn
ing when the yard opened. The de-
partments chiefly affected are those
of tn. boiler makers, blacksmiths, car
penters and ioiners and ship filters.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
LOOMS GOES TO LISBON.
Former Minister PIenlpotentiary to
Venezuela Gets a More Con-
genial Assignment.

The following changes in diplomatic
posts was announced at Washington
Monday:
Francis B. Loomis, minister to Ven
ezuela, has been transferred to be
minister to Portugal, vice John N. 1r-
win. of Illinois, resigned.
Herbert w. Bowen, of New York.
present minister to Persia, has been
transferred to Caracas, succeeding Mr..
Loomis as minister to Venezuela.
Lloyd C.. Griscom, of Pennsylvania.
present first secretary OF legation at
Constantinople, has been made min
lister to Persia.
Spencer F. Eddy, of Illinois, present
second secretary at Paris, has been
made first secretary at Constantinople
to succeed Mr.. Griscom.
Arthur Bailly Blanchard, Of Louisi-
ana, has been promoted from third to
second secretary at Paris.
BY his transfer from Venezuela to
Portugal, Minister Loomis, who IS now
on leave in England. loses $4,000
year. The salary at Lisbon is $500
and that at Caracas $4,000 per an
nun. But Mr.. Loomis finds sufficient
compensation in the climatic change
and in the probability of more congo
nial duty at his new post. Beside, his
actual rank is the same in either case.
namely, minister extraordinary and
envoy plenipotenuary.
Mr.. Bowen, who becomes the new
minister to Venezuela, has a most
creditable record in the consular and
Diplomatic service. He became UNI
ted States consul at Barcelona in
1890 and his office at that post was
raised to the rank Of consul general
five years afterwards. Mr.. Bowen
stuck to his post through the exciting
DAYS preceding the Spanish.American
war as long as any American could
have found safety on Spanish soil. At
the conclusion of the war he was about
to return to his old post, but instead
was appointed minister resident and
consul general to Persia.
The change so far as it concerns
the Venezuelan minister is said at the
state department to have no particular
political significance. Mr.. LOOMS
goes elsewhere than Caracas at his
own request and desire. 1t is true that
the Venezuelan government has ex'
pressed dissatisfaction with Mr.. Loom
is in more ways than one, but the TACT
that the minister is not removed from
the diplomatic service, but is given an
other post of equal dignity and hon
or, is mark of the esteem OF the state
department. Also, 1t may be noted
Mr.. Bowen, the new minister, goes to
his post with instructions on the same
line as those supplied to Mr.. LOOMS,
which formed the basis for his action,
so that Mr.. Bowen, who is man OF
great vigor, is likely to follow Mr.
LOOMS footsteps in the matter OF
policy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
INHUMAN TREATMENT OF BOERS
Fearful Mortality OF Women and
Babies In Concentration Camps"
of the British in South Africa.

A London special says: Replying to
questions in the house Of commons
Monday, Mr.. Broderick, the war secre-
tary, said there were 4O,229 persons In.
the concentration camps" Of the
Transvaal and Orange River colony.
The deaths in these camps for the
month of May number SO men and wo-
men and 31S children. The announce
ment of the mortality was received
with groans from the Irish members
and cries of "Scandalous. Mr.. Brod.
erick added that the authorities were
arranging for the release Of the wo-
men and children who had friends to
receive them, but the government
could not undertake to feed them IN
isolated positions.
The division in the house OF COM
mons on the motion made by Mr.
Lloyd-George, Welsh nationalist, TO.
adjourn the house on the question OF
the treatment of Boer women and
children, which was rejected by vote
of 253 to 1874, served to accentuate the
split in the liberal party on the govern
ment's war policy. Sir Henry Camp
bell.Bannerman, the liberal leader,
supported Mr.. Lloyd-George IN de-
nouncing the policy of concentrating
women and children in camps, and
with Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, lib
eral and the Rt. Hon. William Bryce.
liberal, voted in the minority on MT.
Lloyd Georges motion. About nifty.
liberal imperialists, led by the Rt. Hon.
H. H. Asquith, advanced liberal, and
Sir Edward Grey, liberal, abstained
from voting, as a protest against the
Bannerman-Harcourt-Morley section
of tie house Of commons Identifying
themse ives so closely with the ex-
treme pro-Boers. -
Daily News and The Chronicle
resnecti11 the organs Of the pro-
Boer and impesrr !ist sections, display
the greatest irritation at 4els open
split in the liberal party.
Lord Kitchener has not yet cabled
the details of the reverse OF the ESQ
Victorian mounted rifles Of General
Beatsons column at Steenkoelspruit,
June 18th.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
JELKS Is GOVERNOR.

President of Alabama State Senate As
sumes Duties of Chief Executive.
Hon. William Dorsey Jelks, presi'
dent of the Alabama senate, becomes
governor OF the state incident to the
demise of Governor Sanford. This
was provided for by an act Of the last
legislature of that state.
The change of incumbents will have
no marked effect on political condi-
tions.
Jelks is a young man, very active,
and has made a success of everything
he has attempted, from conducting a
newspaper to holding Office, and his
policy may be a trifle more vigorous
than that of Governor Sanford, other
wise the death of the governor will
bring about no special change.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
@1~1C1eS
! SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Chastised Girl Pupil.

Ike Hughes. forty years OF age. who
has been teaching school for thirteen
years, was tried before Magistrate
Hudgens, of Laurens, a few days ago
ago for assault and battery, said to
have been committed moro than a
month ago.
The charge was that because Miss
Bertha Finch, fourteen years old, did
not attend a certain class on the
ground that she did not wish to be
turned back into a class, being per-
fectly familiar with the text book stu
died therein, the teacher proceeded to
whip her lin a cruel and outrageous"
manner. The stumps OF two switches
we're shown in evidence.
Two lawyers prosecuted the case
and one defended the school teacher
The jury agreed that he was guilty,
taking only three minutes to decide.
Hughes was sentenced to pay fine OF
SO or go to the chaingang. He has
appealed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
EXPOSITION Buildings Going UP.


The boaru of directors of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition have awarded contracts for
eleven exposition buildings, more than
one half of which are now in course
OF construction. The buildings now
being erected are the cotton palace,
commerce building. agricultural build
ing, machinery building, auditorium,
transportation building, minerals and
forestry and art building. The con-
tract for the erection of the negro
building will be let within the next
few days. The state commission has
awarded the contract for the South
Carolina building and the Maryland
building is also in course OF construc-
ton.
A big force of workmen is engaged
at the exposition grounds and the
buildings are being erected as rapid
ly as possible. The contracts call for
completion before the date fixed for
the opening, and the ulrectors have
given the positive announcement that
the show will be ready to open on De-
cember 1st.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
NEGROES sWoRE VENGEANCE.

For a Time Angry Mob Held Sway In
Sixth Ward of Jacksonville, Fla.
At negro political meeting in the
sixth ward of Jacksonville, Fla, Mon
day night mob OF hundred or more
negroes swore vengeance against the
whites, declaring, it is said, that they
would kill any white man who came
in the district.
They seized two street cars that
were passing and drove the motormen
and conductors from their cars. The
mob was dispersed on the arrival of
the police in force. In the melee pre-
ceding the arrival of the police one OF
the negroes was seriously wounded by
q pistol bail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
PLANT MAcHINIsTs GIVE NOTICE.

Demand Work Day Of Nine Hours.
Strike Grows at Savannah.
The strike Of the railroad machin-
lists in Savannah, Ca, appears to be
growing. While the Seaboard Air
Line officials say that they are get
ting along ali right with the new men
employed, the machinists in other rail-
roads are said to be contemplating
going on a sympathetic strike to aid
their fellow-workmen of the Seaboard
in gaining their ends. Monday the
Plant system machinists gave notice
that they must be given working
dav of nine hours in the future or they
would go out
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
INDEPENDENCE SURE
Cuban Convention Accepts Plat
Amendment Without Change.
WASHINGTON GREATLY ELATED
Measure Passed BY Congress Adopted
Without Change BY a Majority
of Five.-EarIy Evacuation
Now Predicted.

A special from Havana says: The
Cuban constitutional convention Wed
nesday accepted tle Platt amendment
by a vote Of Is 70 Il. A resolution to
accept was carried without discus
sion. Immediately after the opening
session SenoresTamayo. Filluendas
and Quesada, constituting majority
of the committee on relations, submit
te as q substitute for the committees
report, the Platt amendment as it was
passed by congress, recommending
that it be accepted and made appendix
to the constitution.
In the vote on the resolution the
twenty-seven delegates present divid'
ed as follows:
In favor of acceptance: Seniors Ca
pote, Villuendas, Jose NJ. Gomez. Ia
mayo, Monteaguedo. Delgado, Betan'
court. Giberga. Llorente. Quesada. San
gully, Nune1, Rodriguez, Berriel
Quilez and Ferrer.
Opposed to acceptance: Seniors
Zayas, Aleman, Eu6aloo Tayamo, Juan
Gualberto Gomez, Cisneros, LAVA, For
tun, Lacret, Portuondo, Castro and
Manduley.
Senors Rivera, Correoso, Gener and
Robeau were absent. The latter two
voted against acceptance in the pre-
yious division. Senor Ferrero voted
with the conservatives, explaining his
change of attitude by asserting that
he believed acceptance would be the
best solution of the problem.
The convention will now appoint q
commission to draw up the electoral
law.
Washington Officials Pleased.
The news of the adoption OF the
Platt amendment by the Cuban consti
tutionai convention was received with
genuine qualification in Washington.
Now that the Cubans nave demon
strated their good faith IN the United
States it Is expected that fairly
speedy evacuation OF the Island Will
follow, contingent only upon the estab'
lishment Of shble government in the
islands.
An effective police force and other
measures necessary to the preserva
ton of good order and sanitation are
deemed as essential prerequisites IN
the formation of the new government
One cabinet officer, speaking OF the
the other requirements are met our
withdrawal might be accomplished
during the summer and that Cuban in
dependence might be reality by next
autumn.
secretary of War Elihu Root, who
was in Buffalo, N. Y, was shown the
dispatch from Havana announcing the
adoption of the Platt amendment by
the Cuban constitutional convention
He said: IF the Cuban convention
Las adopted the Platt amendment 1t
has done the wisest and most patriot,
ic thing possible for Cuba. 1t means
the independence of >:uba and all that
is best and freest in Cuba w.. be back
ed by all that is best in the United
States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
ANXIOUS FOR NEW ROAD.

Citizens Of Decatur, Ala, Working to
Secure Right Of Way.
Subscriptions are being raised at
lecatur, Ala, to pay the expenses OF
a committee and attorney to get the
right of way for the proposed Decatur,
Ianville and Southwestern railroad
Trough the county, the committee to
start out within the next few days. The
roau passes through a section rich In
timber, coal and ron. James E. Moon
ey and John Carlisle, Of Cincinnati,
are interested in the road, and the
prospects are bright for it's early con-
struction.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
MIsTRlAL IN KENNEDY CASE.

Jury Unable to Decide Fate Of Dolly
Reynolds Alleged Slayer.
A New YORK dispatch says: The
twelve men who. since 1915 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the conclusion
of the Judges charges considered the
evidence in the third trial of Dr.. Sam.
mel !. Kennedy for the murder OF
Dolly" Reynolds, reported to Judge
Newburger at 1925 o'clock Sunday
morning that they were unable to
agree on a. verdict. The judge at once
discharged the jury from further SER
vice and renamed the prisoner to the
Tombs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
TO INACCURATE BOYCOTT.

Atlanta Federation Of Trades to Wage
War on Non-Union Labor.
The Atlanta Federation of Trades,
at meeting Wednesday night, official
ly indorsed general boycott Of all
the employers of Atlanta Laving In
their employ non-union men. The ac-
ton was taken on a resolution report.
ed by the building trades council,
which had previously been adopted by
that organization. The boycott Will
20 into effect after July 1st.
The resolution is sweeping, anu In
cl,Ies in the boycott manufacturers,
contractors, and all others employing
nOn-union men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
Moral Wave in Florence.

The Hty of Florence is now enjoying
3ne of those occasional waves of NOR
atty that come from unexpected quar-
ters. After heated arguments council
aas prohibited the sale Of ice on Sun.
lays except on a physicians certificate
md has put on iron clamps that will
.ause the law to be respected. 1t will
be easier to get a gallon Of whisky
than a pound of Ice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
TREASURER PARK IS SUSTAINED
Georgia Supreme Court Decides
Public Property Fund Case.

Attorney General Terrell spent
Wednesday in looking up this matter
for the governor. He found that be-
tween the time Of the adoption Of the
constitution in 1878 and 1880 there had
been derived from the sale Of public
property $1lz,202.26, which was used
to pay current expenses, and has nev.
er been credited to the public prop
erty fund.
Under the decision Of the supreme
court, it is said, this amount must i'm
mediately be placed to the credit OF
that fund and treated in the same man
ner
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
Female Agent Levanted.

Fifteen colored women, who had
been prize cooks and maids in Green
wood, awaited the coming of the north
bound train at that place one evening
the past week. They were arrayed IN
their best and trunks and boxes were
packed. The train came and sped on
toward New York, but left them-left
them weeping, because the agent, a
woman, who had the handling OF the
funds and had secured them places IN
New York at fancy wages, failed to
put in an appearance. When the truth
broke upon the deceived women there
vas loud lamentations and then most
of them proceeded to try and get back
their old jobs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
WEST VIRGINIA ROW ENDS.

President Agrees to Appoint Officials
Named BY .:Ikin and Scott.
The contest over the West Virginia
judgeship was. settled Monday when
Senators Elkins and Scott of that
state, presented to president Mckin-
ley a slate for the officers of the new
southern judicial district. The presl-
dent agreed to the names, which are
as follows:
B. F. Kellar, of Mercer county,
United States district judge.
John K. Thompson, of Putnam coun-
ty, United States marshal.
Ex-Governor Atkinson, United
States district attorney.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
Schools In Prosperous Condition.

Schools In Prosperous Condition.
The past year has been an unusually
prosperous one for South Carolina's
schools and colleges.
In the state, sectarian and monde
nominational private institutions the
attendance has been unusually large,
while the graduating classes have con-
tanned a greater number than in al
most any previous year. The four
white colleges for men and women,
supported by the state, anu the negro
college at Orangeburg, which receives
state aid, have all had successful
years. There will be few changes IN
any of the faculties.
A matter of qualification to Metho-
dists is the consent of DR.. James Fl.
Carlisle, who has been president OF
" offord college 1or twenty-five years
and is seventy-hve years old, to serve
in that capacity for one -yGaF-HHaieo1f HHaieo1fte:
He had decided TO resisf, but was per-
suaded not to DO
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
OIL FOUND IN FLORIDA.
Report That Gusher Has Been DiscoV'

Report That Gusher Has Been DlseoV'
cred Near Town of Dunellon.
News comes from Gainesville, Fla,
through railroad sources that nave
been found reliable, to the effect that
oil has been struck in considerable
quantities near Dunellon, in Marion
county. The strike, according to the
information, is of the most promising
character. The prices OF land in the
vicinity are said to be soaring. The
discovery is four miles from the VII
lage of Dunellon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
opELL BOOM LAUNCHED.
,oeey pIatt Saws New York Governor

"Boss" Platt Says New York Governor
Will Be President.
ut seems to me that Governor Odel
will be reelected and that he Will
later be president"
This was Senator Thomas G. Piatts
reply to a question put to him by a
New York newspaper reporter as TO
whether Governor Odell is likely TO
succeed him In the senate tTl
hence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
WORKERS ARE INTERCEPTED.

Atlanta Striking Maeh'nists Have
Scheme to Keep Positions Vacant.
The striking machinists OF Atlanta,
Ca, have put into effect plan where
by they hope to prevent their employ
ers from securing men to fill the va
cancies caused by the strike.
A close lock out is being kept on
the shops involved in the strike, and
whenever a machinist is employed the
strikers direct their efforts to induce
him to leave his position. Already,
It is stated, that about fifteen non-un-
ion men, who were given the positions
of strikers, have been sent out of the
city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
RAILROAD WAS TRlCKED.

Imported Men to Take Strikers Places
"Julnped" Their Jobs.
Twenty men imported by the South
ern railway to fill the places Of strik-
ing machinists arrived In Charleston,
s. c.. Thursday morning, but did not
go 20 work.
AS soor as the train reached the sta
tion. the men broke and ran in ever
direction. A crowd Of strikers were
on hand and a squad OF police were
present, but tAere was no disorder.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
ANARCHIST BRANDED TRAITOR.

Group at Paterson Burn Letter IT" On
Hand Of Former Comrade.
All through LIE one Of the men who
have composed the paterson, N. j.,
group of anarchists will carry upon
the back of his right hand livid "T'
burned in the flesh and marking him
as a traitor In the cause to which he
swore devotion. The branding was
done at a picnic in Liberty park, Ridge
wood, Ii. The incident may be made
the subject of an official investigation,
based upon a complaint made by the
Italian consul.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
New Georgia Postmasters.

The following new post Offices have
been established in Georgia: Mutual,
Troup county, Mountville 2 IL miles
east, LAGRANGE, Cicero Revis, post
master: seven miles west Reddick,
Screven county, special from Sylvia
MIA, Sullivan, three miles east, Bascom
SIX miles west, John A. Mills, post
master.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
OFFICE TENURE EXTENDED.

Alabama Constitutional Convention
Notes Four Years to State OFFICIALS
The Alabama constitutional conVen'
tion Thursday afternoon adopted an
ordinance providing four year terms
for all state officers. General Sanford
was the only delegate who spoke in
onposition and the majority for 1t was
yery large. The same ordinance makes
the commissioner OF agriculture also
the commissioner of industries"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
WORKING FOR A DEPOT.

Citizens of Charleston, S. c., Deter.
mined to Have New Car Shed.
Books of subscription to the capital
stock Of the Charleston Union Station
and Railway Company were opened
Wednesday at the Atlantic Coast Line
depot at Charleston. The necessary
capital stock for application for char
ter was subscribed and the charter
will be applied for at once and the or
ganization completed Immediately.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
CAPTAIN KING sENTENe

Court DEGREES That He Serve Year
and Pay a $1,000 Fine.
In the United States court at Mobile,
Ala, Captain Cyril w. King, former
construction quartermaster, United
States army, at Fort Morgan, Ala. was
sentenced to Imprisonment in the PEN
itentiary for one year and a half and
IN nav a fine of $4,000. He gave notice
of an appeal and made the required
bond for $4,000.
King was convicted several weeks
ago of receiving hribe