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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
THE PENSION CASE.
The Supreme Court Decides and
Settles the Mister.

The Columbia State of Saturday says
the South Carolins pensioners will not
this year get tn, extra $50,00O which
the Legislature intended to give them.
This will be bad news for the old
soldiers widows, but it cannot be he lip.
ed now. The comptroller cannot pay
out more than the $4,000 Friday
the supreme court filed its decision in
the case brought to test the mItter.
The court WAS unanimous in the judg-
ment. The opinion setting forth the
reasons will be filed later.
Here is the decision:
The State Of South Carolina in the
suprt ma court, April term, 1901.
The State, ex relatione j. Frost
Walker as clerk of court of the county
of RichlAnd, petitioner, vs.. j Z. Der
ham as comptroller general, respond
ent. Per Curiam.
On hearing the petition herein and
the return thereto and after argument
Of counsel. 1t is ordered and adjudged
that the pray eyr of the petition be re-
fused and the petitson dismissed.
1t is further ordered and adjud sed
that the money appropriated in the
general apl roprlation act passed at the
last session of the general assembly to
wit: The sum of 800, 900 be distribu
ted according to the provisions of the
act entitled AN act to provide for pen
sions for certsin soldiers and sailors,
now residents of South CarOlins, who
were in the service of the 5 ate or of
the Confederate States In the latc var
between the States" Approved he 18Th
day of February A ID. 1900 as ame ndod d
by an act entitled an act to amend sec
tion |. of an act entitled an act to pro
vide for pensions for certain soldiers
and sailors now residents of South
Carolins, who were in the service of the
State or of the Confederate States in
the late war between the States, appro.
we'd 18th February, 1900, by increasing
the amount of appropriation and further
prescribing the distribution of same. -
approved 10Th day of February A. d.
1901, The reasons for the foregoing
judgment will be given in an op nioa
hereafter to be filed.
Henry McIver,
Chief Justice.
y. j. Pope, Associate Justice.
Eugene B Gary, Associate Justice.
Ira B. Jones, Associate Justice.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Linenan Killed.

John Martin lineman in the employ
of the G eorgis Telephone and Telegraph
company, Of Savannah, fell from a pole
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock and
received injuries which resulted in
his death shortly afterwards. He had
finished repairs at the top Of the pole
and was about TO descend when he
came in contact with live" wire.
His fellow workmen saw him hang limp
and inert for few seconds and then
fall to the grouLd His head was
crushed by the fall and blood and
brains were scattered on the sidewalk.
Martin was hurricdly taken to a hos
pital. but died in few minutes. Martin
was % years old and came here from
Baltimore, where his father now lives.
He served in Mary land regiment in
the Spanish war.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
DispensarY in Canada.

The South Carolina dispensary law
has attracted the attention of laW max
crs in various states a1d it is said that
Florida will quite likely adoptit. But
from tho northwest territory govern
ment Of Canada comes the latest re-
quest fer Information Nr =. g.
loft, attorney general OF the govern
meut, writes to the governor saying
that he had written for information as
to the state monopoly as to intoxioo,-
ing liquors, but had unfortunately ad
dr., ssed the letter to Charleston. lie
said that he had written to the de-
partment Of foreign commerce. at
Washington for information and had
been advised TO write the governor. He
says that he propos cd such plan as the
South Carolina one TO his government
but he wanted details as to It's opera.
tlOus etc
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
A TORCH DID 1T.
A Wokmahs Disobe diencs of
Orders Causes
THE DEATH OF ELEVEN MEN.
Three Who Will Live, Are So
vsrsly Burned. Worst ex.
plcsion in Fairmont
Coal Region.

Six miners lost their lives, FIVE were
fatally injured and three seriously burn
ed in an explosion at the shaft of the
Georges Greek coal and iron company
at Pennington, w. Va, on the main line
OF the Baltimore and Ohio road Thurs
day morning, The dead:
Maynard Beatty, Of Mannirgton.
Joe Nichols Of Homecoming, Md.
j. ii. Eyerson of Everson, w. Va,
Dan Altered of Pennington
Joe Dominick, Italian.
Tony Philippi, Italian.
|. The injured:
Charlie ston Carpenter, fatally.
Garth Hunter, fatally.
Harrel Everson, fatally.
Jos BlaDey, fatally.
Italian, fatally.
Jefferson Fast. badly burned.
Thomas Bainbridge, burned and
bruised
Italian, burned and bruised.
The Georges Creek company has
headqusrter, In the Eluitsble building.
Baltimore, and extensive mining in
terests Ia Maryland This is the first
mlnr the comp.ny has opened in this
State am fully 81, 200, 900 has been in
vested aOd The niue Is one the best
equipped In tne F.irmont coal region.
Col Il. L. SJmmerville, an experienced
and capable mine superintendent, has
charge # the works. The nine was
only recently put into operation and
about l25 men were employed, only 40
of this number under ground. Owing
to shortage Ia the car supply the men
have only been making about half time
for several days, but yesterday quite
aLumber Of cars we're left at the mine
and the management decided to break
all records with Thursdays output. So,
bright and early this morning the
miners who reside in cosy cottages on
the hilltop above the mine made their
way to the main opening and the car
carried them 253 feet into the earth.
Fifteen of them were assigned to a
portion of the mines that has been
worked for some time and the remain
der were put to work on headings quite
8 distance away. One Of the mon in
the rooms, it is alleged, has smuggled
torch into the mines rs it gives SO
MUM petteT liBnt tnan the safety
lamps prescribed by the company.
There is an imme nse fan which sends
5000 feet Of Ees>pruro the mines at
every revolution and as the shaft was
considered one of the safest in the
region the miner did not heed the fire.
quent warnings of a fellow employe
who warned him of the risk he was
taking. At 9:l5 the miner fred shot
and the smoke which was very dense
caugh, fire from the torch and spread
to either the gas or dus. aud the ex-
plosion resulted. Fortunately the
mine did not catch FIRE to any oxtent.
The explosion vented itself through
the air shaft and almost demolished the
building on the surface in which the
fan was located. The men on the head
ings did not know there had been an ex-
plosion until notified. The air was soon
turned in and in short time the head
ings were cleared of foul gssses and the
work of regcuing the unfortunat COM
menced. 1t was o'clock before the
work was concluded. This is the most
serious explosion that ever occurred in
the Fairmont coal region.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
The Cheapest Man.

The cheapest man | ever knew
said the pos,mau, according to the In
dlanapOhs Sun. His name was John
smith, and nc was cheaper than pin on
bargain day. He used to get letters
from his brother in-lsw ard would open
the envelope by holding it over a tea
kettle. Then he would take out the let
ter and read it, write an answer, put the
answer In the same old envelope and
seal it up again. This done, he would
take it to the postoffi,e, explGin that the
letter couldn't possibly belog to him,
and he didn want to open another man S
mail Of course, as his brother-in law s
five day return card was on the envel-
ope the IostOfhco officials would send it
back. :"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Draw the Linz

Congressman Curtis of Kansas, and
United States Senator Quarles may have
rendered treaty with the Snake In
dians impossible by refusing to cat
deg meat with these redskins. These
gentlemen have returned from the
Snake reservation in the Indian coun-
try, discouraged over the effort to bring
about an agreement TO allot the land 8
of the tribe. These Indians believe
the government intends to finally take
from them all their lands, ard they
look upon the allotting agents as eff
cial swipdler5 While Curtis and
Qu.rles were there the tribe Was hold
Ing its annual jolifcstion, one of the
ceremonies being the eating Of dog
meat The big chiefs offered to adjust
all differcr ces if the visitors would join
them in feast of dog meat which
would prove their sincerity. The states
men declined an came home, and will
report their trouble to congress.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Scotch Wit.

A drunken Irishman was once lodged
in the cell Of Scotch country ponce
station, says Spare Moments, whom he
made a tremendous noise by kicking
the cell door with his heavy hob uailed
boots.
The constable who had charge of the
police station, going to tho cell door,
opened it little and said:
Man, ye mitch pit az yer butts, an
III gio them bit of rub, so that yell
be respectable like when ye como up
sfOre the bailie the morn"
The prieOner, hattered at the request,
at once complied, and saw his mistake
only when the constable shut the door
upon him, saying ooolly:
"Yo can kick ava moo, my man, as
lang as ye like"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Latiner'S : Luck,

Two congressional fortunes, made
since the March adjournment and out
side of Wsll street, are reported. Rep
resentative Sam Cooper, of Texas, is
said to have earned lot Of money out
of the Beaumont oil wells, although
not in all probability a million dollars,
as has been stated, and Represents.
tive Lstimor, of South Carolina as
pirant for the United States senate,
wears satisfied lcok over purchases
Of stock in copper mines in Sonora,
Mexico, which advanced sufficiently tc
make him to the good over 800, 900
Both gentlemen are Democrats.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22

commission he still holds and VIII SO
honors he has entoyed-Sepator Me-
Liurip, after voting on party questions,
against his party in Congress, is said to
be entrusted with the Federal patronage
in South Carolina to create white Re-
publican party in our State. ~
Of course, there arc always the
necessitous and unscrupulous who Will
take Office; that's human record and
has been 30 since the world began and
is so yet. But in view Of the serious
portents now in full view have q con-
fdent belief that, while money can buy
mines and steel plants, railroads and
ocean steamships and while it is un-
fortunately true that power with money
is sn intoxican;, neither can or will buy
or deceive FREQ and self respecting
people.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Burned in a Steamer.

Four men were killed during We'd
nesdiy night in FIRE which destroyed
the steamer o Tensboro, towboat, tied
up at dock at Calhoun, Ky. The dead:
Fireman Crenshaw, of Evansville.
Fireman Brinkman, of Evansville.
Two roustabouts, names unknown.
A FIRE broke out aboard the boat
shortly before midnight and in a short
time it burned to the waters edge.
Capt. Eastman and Engineer Robin
son barely had tina to escape. The
others were supposed to have been
asleep in the hold and were overcome
by smoke. Loss on boat $1,000.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Ordered Away.

a dispatch from Beaufort says
decided sensation Was created here
Wednesday night when thirty odd
masked citizens silently proceeded with
military precision 10 house in ward 8,
where one William Burlingham and
- S NTH, two white meD, who have
for several years held responsible and
lucrative positions at the Port Roy al
naval station, have lived with two
negro women In the open defance of
public opinion. The place was raided
by the police one night last week and
both men, with their female com
panions, were on that occasion routed
out at midnight and on the following
morning TIE mayor of the town dis
covered an omiuous letter In his yard
which was of scandslous mature and
while he could not, with any degree Of
certainty, detect the author of the in
famous production, olrcumstautial evi.
dence was strong against both men,
were al once notified to quit the town
by certain day. This they refused to
do until Tuesday, when Smith became
alarmed and left. Burlio CHAM, how
ever, came up as usual on the naval
station boat at 5 p. m. Tuesday aud
presumably left town Immediately
afterwards as he house was uloccupied d
whom he masked citizens effected an
entrance al aDou. . o clook by breaking
IN the door. Both men have families
In the north snd Birmingham had two
daughters here for some months and
both wore forced to return north in
consequence of their fatherss shame
full conduct.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
TBE WEATHER ANDCRoPs.
What Young Crops Are Doing. The
General Outlook

The following is the weekly bulletin
Of the cor dition of tho weather snd
crops in this State ISSUED LAST week
by Dire c.or Bauer, of the South Caro-
lima section Of the olina:e and crop
service of the United States weather
bureau
During the week ending Monday,
May 13, the temperature WAS lower
than during the previous week, but
averaged slightly above the normal
The maximum for the week was 92 de
grees at AUendAle and Blsckville on
the 9th and 9TH, respectively, and the
minimum WAS 90 degrees at Greenville
on the 1llh.
Beginning on the 9th and continuing
to the close Of the week, there were
numerous light showers over the en-
tire State, ranging from a mere trace
to over an iucn Of rainfall, but no
where was u ere enough rain for the
needs Of crops that in places are suf
f3ring fer want of moisture. The
ground Is hard and cloddy in places,
and In sections there is not enough
mt i5tu1e to geTminate recently anted
seeds The drought is especially Sc
we're IN Charleston county, where truck
yields hsve been materially dimin-
Ished III III fell at many points, bul
only In poItlors of Bamberg aud
Bsrnwell counties to an IL ju- ous tx
tent, and there in places cotton aud
melons Were totally destroyed and will
have to be replaUted.
Cotton planting and rel lantipg is
finished, and most of the replsnting is
coming up to good stands. The first
paintings, where not replanttd, has
poor stands, but some of it continues
to come up. Cut worms injured stands
in Marlboro county. Chopping out and
cultivation hiss begun over the eastern
counties. A general improvemt in
the condition of cotton is noted
Corn has improved in color, altho u gh
stands are still unss i,factory. The
plants are unseasonably small, but re,
gently have begun to grow. Cultiva.
tion is now general, and about all has
been planted, except on botto MS where
the work is under way. R.planting
continues in places.
Tobacco transplanting is practically
finished, and tho young plants are
growing nicely. Rice has come up to
good stands, and lands, where dry
enough, are being prepared for June
paintings. Melons have poor stands.
In sections where the crop is raised on
q large commercial scale, but late
paintings are coming up better. Cane
is also in an unsatisfactor condition
Wheat continues to look well and is
fully headed, but oats have deteIio-
rated, have short straw, ard are suf-
fering for rain. Colorado beetles are
numerous in white potatoes; in the
southeastern counties potatoes are be-
ing 3, with poor yields. Sweet
potato draws are tcarcc. Peaches are
dropping in places, but over the West.
ern counties the fruit prospects con-
tinue promising. All crops are from
two to three weeks later than usual.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Poisoned the Priests Liouor

The jury in the case of Jacob Wynne
charged with the murder of Rev.
Father Chas. p. Riegel, after being out
all night Thursday brought in a verdict
of murder in the second degree. Father
Riegel, who had charge of the Roman
Catholic church at Cheltneham, Pa,
was found dead on doorstep in the
'Tenderloin" district on January 6.
D3ath vas due to knockout drops and
Wynne and eight others who had been
drinking with the priest were indicted.
1t was testified that Wynne bought the
poison and placed it in Father Riogel's
glass Of beer.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
The Snakes of India

The snakes and wild beasts Of India
kill thousands of human beings and
cattle every year, but in 1899 the nun
Der of deaths was large than usual.
due, perhaps, to tfe foods of that
year, which drove the snakes to the
higher lands, whero the homeste ads
are The official reports show that
"a 62l people died of snake bite, and
1906 from attacks by wild beasts. Dur.
ing the same year upward of 9S, ,OOC
cattle wero killed, S9,23S by wild
beasts and the rest by snakes. Phi.
ladelpha Record.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22

or, if be has no seal, s certificate from
the cleik Of court or secretary of state
that he is duly authorized to admins
ter osths.
Fifth-The claim must be at least ten
dollars.
If any dealer wishes further infor.
nation upon any point his inquiry ad-
dressed to the collector will be prompt
ly answered.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Killed on a Trestle.

According to VIM, Burke, an Alex
andria, Va, boy, who claims to have
been an eye witness and cousin of the
parties, Walter Swink and sister, while
crossing a high railroad trestle at
Powwcll's creek, 30 miles south OF
Washington Wednesday night, on route
to Petersburg, were struSk snd killed by
locomotive. Blood WAS found on the
engine, but no trace Of the bodies ha,
been found by the authorities.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
He Was DesDerate

Frank Miller, safe blower and mur.
derer, under sentence at Birmingham,
Ala. to hang juno %, saturated tho
bedding in his cell in the county Jail
Thurday morning with oil and fred it..
A line Of hose WAS run to the cell and
the frs was extinguished before any
damage was done. Miller expected to
burn up.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Poisoned His Step. Son.

Riley Lowe, Of Huntsville, Ala,
charged with poisoning his step SON
Louis Mullins, was Thursday found
guilty of murder in the first degrse. A
death sentence will be proaounced.
Lowe, who is 80 years old is slleged to
have poisoned his 9.year. old step. son
September 8 with strychnine, to get
rid Of him
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
China's Empty Treasurery

The answer of China to the state.
ment of the ministers of the foreign
powers as to the losses sustained BY
nations and individuals in China has
been received. The answer commences
with an appeal to mercy, saying that
the country is impoverished. The an
sEer explains that the utmost China
can offer is $1,000, 900 tales annually
for the next 30 years.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
Charleston Dispcnsaries Closed

Charleston Dispensaries Closed.
1t was announced last night that fol-
lowing the fling of the opinion Of the
attorney general Friday holding
that Charleston county had no legally
constituted board of county commits
sjoners, Messrs. Dukes aud Evans of
the State board of dispensary direc-
tors, who were in the city had met and
instructed State Liquor Commissioner
Crum to order the county board for
Charleston county to forthwith close
ali regular AID beer dispensaries in
Charleston and keep them closed until
further orders. This action, it seems,
is made necessary because tae law re.
qulres the county commissioners to ap-
prove the bonds of the dispensers, and
lnasmuch as Charleston has ard has
had no legal boald of county commits
sloners Tor so ne time, the bonds of
all dispensers are worthless. This is
the situation, 1t appears, until the
courts decide otherwise, If they do 50
decide, or until some scheme can be
devised by which Charleston can Sc.
cure a legal county government. AS
things stand now, In Ihe light of the
attorney generals opinion, Charleston
has no county government whatever.
There are about ten dispensaries in
the city Of Charleston aud this is the
first time they have been closed since
when Gov. Gilman oIedered them
closed alter the famous prohibition de
| clslOn of the supre me court.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22
"COM NJ ERCIALISM. {"
tx Mayor courtenay's View #
The New Move ment.
THINKS DECEPTIVE.
Ar d That The eouth Should Lst II
Severely Alone. Calls the New
Movement Pep Spoon
Politics.

During his recent visit to Charleston
Ex-Msyor w. A Ctuttcnay expressed
his views upon the present political
situation in this State very plainly and
with SO much point that the public
ogght TO know what they are. In re
ply 10 statement OF a representative
Of The News aud Courier that he
wanted to talk to him about CONNER
cialism" and "pap spoon politics" Mr..
Courtensy said:
AS you kuoS, | have been entirely
withdrawn from public matters for
many years and have no desire now to
say or do anything about them. After
so long sileuce | doubt if there arc
many who care to know what | think
But recent occurrences in our party,
the preservation of which | regard as
essential to CUE civilization, should in.
ducc everyone, no. blind to the future,
to consider certain extraordinary hap
penipgs and 10 speak cut plainly.
In my view the most deceptive
scheme ever put before our people is
hat which would abandon cur political
principles and our old allies in every
State in the Uni, n for the transient
plcs that joining the Rel ublicau party
will promote our material inter, SITS.
We have marvellous country-iro !
aud coal in superabuudat ce, grain fields
equal to feeding ourselves aud half the
world, cotton crops for clothing our,
selves and many millions Of distant peo.
pies, cattle in untold quantities, with
an intelligent, progressive and hard
working people, developing all these
colossal natural advantages TIE ad
vaIco in material resources, in educa
ton, in wealth accumulation the past
decade is the wonder Of the world.
From the United States bure au Of
statistics we have this recent exhibit
this after feeding, clothing and sup
plying our $4,000, 600 of population
with all We could possibly want:
Average monthly expectations for the
nine months ending with March 1901
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-. -
Survey ara fr.r Warrington have
b .uu Sork at tie lead sal rs uf the
rFuckee. Carson-iHd Walker rivers
deter inning their How with reference
ID making esti na.esn n The Amount
e money needed to- iS,nstruct storage
rservoirr: The National Govern.
nent proposes to expend an enor.
nous sum in III d State ON this work.
journal.
A singular acct lent happened last
saturday evening at Co'grave. the
"'nrth sling we Il Of Winnie II "a
Li.hining struck u pole not Tar fro q
lie telegraph Off ,e and ran down The
rires into the otfioe. The voltage Of
'e lightning waR ~ such force rs to
bend the keys ON the instrument aud
set fire to the desk. Forum ,iely rie
operator was not Mt his work or he
might have been very badly il Ired.
Andrew Upper. a colorad man who
save he was RIM out If Trurkre 10y
iIe 6Jl and ordered not to come
back, filed up Oh bo"zs yesterday
md made u nuisan e of himself. Iie
Sas arrested by Constable :NcCoy
aud locked up. Andrew blend guilt
this AFTERNOON and Justice Morgan
incl hIm S2o or III DAYS IN il
He took the latter. When Lis time is
out he shou!i be ordered 10 leave
town.