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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
THE GOVERNORS VIEW.
What he Thinks of the Ordinance
Passed In Charleston.

The Columbia State says there has
been considerable speculation in the las,
few days since the adoption of the new
ordinance in the city of Charleston by
the council of that city looking to the
enforcement of the dispensary law by
police force in regard to the eff lot this
act of the municipal authorities will
have on the attitude of the board of
directors of the State dispenssry and
the other State authorities.
1t was impossible Wednesday to sec
any of the members Of the State board
but Governor MoSweeney was asked
what he thought Of the action taken.
The governor expressed himself freely.
He said to q representative of The
State ~ think that tho city council
OF Charleston has shown excellent
judgment and l believe that Mayor
Smith and his council have done the
very best thing for Charleston. They
have, as | said, displayed excellent
Judgment in adopting this ordinance
aud placing Charleston in the position
that she deserves to be placed in. With
this action of the city council the State
board of directors, if the police carry
out the law and enforce it and prose cut
the blind tigers in the police court,
should llaoe Charlesto1 in the position
occupied by the other towns and cities,
and give her back her share of the
profits. | believe thst she will be pu.
back on that basis. just here permit
me to say that think Coiumbia should
follow in line and adopt jlst such an
ordinance.
"As l have said all along, on the
stump and elsewhere, | would be in
favor of taking the constsbles cut of
Charleston altogether it the municipal
authorities in Charleston would show
me that they srs enforcing the dispen-
sary law. l have always taken the
around that there ought to be no con,
stables In any city whose municipal
authorities will enforce the Law; that
the police ought to enforce the law.
Take the case Of the town OF Anderson
| am assured that the police there on.
force the law absolutely and that there
are no blind tigers there now. The
people say they have no beed for the
constsbles. l believe that this can be
done Charleston with first class police
force not afraid to do it's duty. Now
let the police force do its duty as has
been done in Anderson aud as other
cities and towns are doing"
Asked rs to the result of the enforcs-
mont of the law in Columbia since the
extra police were givIn the constables,
the governor remarked: Chief Bate
mans report shows that the result SO
far has been irit rate. Ii speaks for
itself"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Poor Sampson.

Tho question s5 to whether or not
Rear Admiral Sampson will appear as a
witness before the court of ina liry
asked for By Sohley appears to be sur
rounded by mystery. Tne nsvy depart
mont is silent on the subject. 1t Is
claimed by some that the plea that
Sampson must take vacation is made
With view Of making 1t appear that ho
is 900 i'll to 60 before the court. How.
ever, it hiss been known for some time
that Sampson is in terrible physics
condition, aud it is Iunored that his
mind msy have beon affected. This,
some reports have it, is accountable for
the soi citing orders ne sent Schley
before the battle off Ssptisgo.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
THE LATEST
Out in India

According to the Indian Lancet, a
medical jlurnal, a satisfactory ds-
crease in the number Of people and
cattle killed by wild animals in the
-punjsb is shown by the reporI for 1909.
Inc u5.quItou, soske Is, OF course,
far and away the worst Of these ills,
but In q province where considerable
moro than half million people must
inevitably die every year, IN the ordi
nary course Of nature, it is reassuring
to hnd that only S93 people received
their quietus from snake bite. 1t is
curious to note that more deaths from
knAke bite occurred in houses than
either In the heid or ia the jungle.
The only human deaths from wild
animals were those caused By mad dogs
and mad jackals, which numbered 29.
Regarding cattle, 762 were killed By
leopArds and 81 by wolves. 1t seems
strange that no mischief should have
been caused b. tigers or rbesrs-perhsps
they are being killed off too fast. Dur
ing the year in question 1874 wild ami
ms!s were slaughtered, including IL
tigers, 1876 bears, iSi ieopIris, and 80
wolves. Moreover, IL, 272 lnakes were
killed.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A New Englald View.

"The sole defender of McLsurin, or
what they call "Commorcisl Demo
cracy' at the Union s. @. political pow
WOW last week WAS John b. Cleveland,
president of cotton mill. He favored
imperislistic expansion, for the sake OF
markets, and declared that there wss
not a mill In South Carolina today with
possibly one exception, which was
making Z cent. But IL imperialistic ex-
pausion is effective for markets, how
can this be2 Mr.. Cleveland had evil
dently forgotten that the country for
more than two years has been enjoying
the alleged benefits of markets forcibly
annexed. ."-Springfeld Republican.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A Lone Robber.

A lone robber held up q stage at
North River, n. Y, on Wednesday
night. The stage which was stop.
ped connects with a train which
reached North Greek, Warren county, q
station on the Adirondscks and Hud-
son railroad at 1920 O'Clock a. m.
When 1t left the station it contsined
seven men and o3e woman, besi q
quantity of express aud mail matter for
Biue Mountain lake. When the stage
was one and and half miles north OF
Dunlsps hotel st North river q masked
robber suddenly appeared. His first
move WAS to shoot enc OF the horses.
He then ordered the passengers to hold
up their hands and alIght. Six o. the
men immediately took to tie woods,
the remaining man staying with his
wife, who was relieved of $40, but the
robber failed to fnd a lager sum Ia
another pocket. The hjgbwaym.n then
proceeded 10 ras the mail bags and
piuudor the express packages, taking
cvcry hing OF value. After he haa
doae his work he disappesrod iato tho
woods sad searching pArties up 20 dark
haVo been unabie to fad any trace of
him.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Followed it Too Closely.

II and my father before me have
been reading your paper for 80 years
or more, and wouldn't miss copy Of
1t for anything-it wouldn't seem nat
ural to go without it" wrote man to
the Columbus, Ga, Enquirer. Sun. "A
year or two ago the paper hsd 3 mum.
Der Of poin.ed editorials urging farmers
to raise everything they needed at
homo. What's the use of buying any
thug, it said, while sou can raise it
at homer Well, that thing struck me.
Pretty soon | needed somc corn whis.
key for mecical (and other) purposes,
and made it. have Just faished
working out the senteTc CO. | guess you
meant we'll, but you didea't know WhAt
trouble you were getting your read ers
into.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A Winning Game.

Uaclo San - playing heads Twin.
snd- tails You loso game with little
Guam, According TO recent decision
OF lie treasury department that unhap.
~ ntue uot IN tie ocean is foreign
country when 1t is matter OF ooilectin z
duues on articles imported thence into
tnls country, bat when IL is matter Of
paying drawbacks to exporters OF goods
on which import taxes have been col
Looted Guam suddenly aud by some
mysterious process become domestic
territory. Thus we collect tho taxes
In sii InBtsnues, and our little protege
gets the privilege Of aBng the fsg,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Initiating Sherman

Arnold White, the we'll known news
paper mon engaged in writing English
news for American papers, declares in
his most recent letter that the Boer
war has reached such state that
"Sherman's march through Georgia is
the fsvorite historical today" because it
is regarded IS "alesson in devastation" "
How interesting this truth so plainly
stated must be TO northern critics and
southern defenders Of British methodist
But We are sorry for the Beers if Kit
chener is to ape, Sherman. We are
also sorry for the British statesmen
who are responsible for suoh bArbarity.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21

The tug that hurried out to the scene
as soon as the FIRE was discovered su,.
ceeded in rescuing no less than 20 men
who were olinging to wreokage and
ropes tied to the burning structure.
The tunnel which has been under
course Of construction for several years
past and is still far from complete, has
been the cause, all told of tho loss of
more than 80 lives.
Four years ago an explosion In the
st ore section of the tunnel resulted
in the suffooation of 18 men. Two
years ago in similar accident several
moro men were killed at almost the
same place and todsy's catastrophe
adds at least ten additional lanes to
the death list.
The fire which destroyed the crib
Wednesday morning was due TO an
overheated boiler smokesisok. The
boiler exploded soon after the flames
broke out.
The crib itself was Of pine timber
built IN straight from the wster's edge.
The map, who were asleep in their
hunks, sp:aug up to find themselves in
the mldst Of the h,mes. The boards
oil around them were burning isr,ely
Down III the shaft, under the lake, IL
mon we're at work digging unconscious
until the air supply was cut off, OF the
awful holocaust abyvs them.
Mayor johnson expressed great in
dignatiou Wednesday whom he learned
that no boAs Of life prcservers were pro
vided IS q safety measure By the con
tractors at the crib. He declared that
the cane would receive the closes. in
vestiga.ion, aud that those fou nd guilty
Of criminal negligence on the matter
would be prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law.
Late Wednesday afternoon Pumer
Jones, of Warren, Ohio, an employe Of
the tunnel contractors, and one of a
psrty of Iesouers who descended into
the shaft to look for the missing men,
vas oysrcom, by gas aud expired within
a few iputes His bOdy lies in the
tunnel 10 feet from the bottom Of
the shaft snd is covered with wster.
The life liue attached to the body be-
came fould and could not be pulled
out.
David Kelly, another me ember of the
rescuing party, was overcome by gas
and Is in precarious condition.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A Big Steamer.

The new steamer Celtic, which re
Gently made her first trip ACROSS the
Atlantic, is nine story foster, with
four open or promenade decks, one Of
which contains the dining saloon for
cabin passengers, above tho water line.
Most Of tho trAus.All sntio liners have
ouly one, and very few two. She is
72l feet long, will carry and accom-
mOdate 5000 people, including the
crew, aud being built for comfort runs
with little roliing in rough weather.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
The NeGroe' S Best Friend.

A Negro preacher is quoted as say
ing at the Emancipation Day celebrs-
tion In Wise county, Va, the other
day: "Oae thing | cannot understand
IS that the same white man who votes
in Riohmond to take away the vote of
tho Negro will b, the first man to help
the Negro when he gets into trouble. !"
The Augusta Chronicle says the ex
plsnstion is easy. The southern white
man is tho best friend the Nsgro has.
He is always ready to help him in need,
but he does not consider the ballot safe
in his hands.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Bit Finge Off.

The Augusta Herald says George
Csrtlodg5, tho youngest son Of Sergeant
CArllodge, OF the police force, was en-.
gagged in feeding horse yesterday after
noon, when the animal bit the end Of
the lads finger off. Tne wound is =
very painful one, bu! for the loss OF
part Of the finger, the accident is not
serious. The boy Was hoIdiog piece
f grass in his hSLd feeding the amin al
when the teeth Of tho horse closed
d. IN on the ingor, tSking it off com
y e.eiy.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Gould Not Wait

The tobacco trust executed a mort
gage in New York for $3.50. 600, 600 on
june 15.h, on which it had to psy in
stamp taxes $75. 600 BY waiting If
teen days, whom tho law was repealed
on the lst Of July, that much money
could have been saved. Evidently, =
little item like $75 900 cannot stand in
the wsy Of $3.50, 900, 900 trust.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Quick Work.

a dispatoh from Charlotte sys about
800 people gathered in front Of the
jail here Thursday night and demand.
cd the person Of William Monroe, col
ored, charged with criminal assault. On
show Q: strength by the guards tho
crowd iasliy disperscd Judge Hoke
ordered troops TO the jsii Thursday.
Monroe was today tried, convicted and
sentenced TO bo hanged on Sept. 13.
The jury was out one minute and 20
seconds, the whole trial consu ming less
than two hours.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Desperate Encounter.

A Charleston dispatch says: "SerSt,
Bendt, one Of the party Of polics Of
hcers who had the desperate encounter
last week with the negroes suspected
OF killing the chief of police of Shelby,
n. o., had a narrow escape sgain Wed
nesdSy. lie and Ssrgt. Haley came
upon John BslliOger, notorious negro
character, who is wanted in Colletou
county. The negro opened FIRE, with q
44.calibre pistol, on the ofhSer Sergt.
Bendt returned the FIRE, putting two
balls In the negro. Bellinger was sent
to the city hospital. He will probably
recover"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21

been brought into requisition to enable
people to get from their homo to the
higher portions. Several factories have
beon compelled to shut down.
Lake Poptiohsrtrsin has been back
ed into the old and new canal. Both
oyerfowtd their banks for q cousid er-
able dis auoe
The rear, or low portions of this
city, thickly populated territory tSo
miles in width, is flooded to a depth of
two feet. There is considerable suf-
fering among the poor.
A Louisville and Nashville trsiu
from the cast, due at 7:25 .. m, has
not yet arrived, nor have the coast
trains over that road. The high water
in the lake and the fl pod in the rear
OF tho city have csused the delay.
Hundreds of business men of New Or
leans live along the gulf coast during
the GUNNER aud thus far have been
unable TO reach the city.
Many Louisiana people arc spend
ing the summer at Grsad IIle, which
is adjacent to the Cheuiere. Over
1000 lIvos were lost at tho later place
when that neck Of land was swept by
storms few years ago.
q. Milne5urg the excursion steamer
Nell CAnIia oapszjd at its wharf dur
ing the storm aud is pounding heavily
sEsiEs. the pier. Those aboard es
oapod. The tug boat Neptune is also
reported to have capsizsd.
The Mississippi river in front of the
city today resomb!od miniature gulf.
Nesrly every harbor craft had to hug
tho ehoro ia order to avid bsing
swampsd.
Regular WesibouDd Texis add Psoi
flo trains could not be sent out be.
cause the transfer boats which carry
the trains across the river were unable
10 MAKE their landings.
AL tho tugs in the ha,b)r are CD
gagged today in trying to ssvJ the feet
OF shout 2U0 boats lying above the city
Botween Fix aad ten boats have al
ready been lost.
THE LATEST
The latest news from the storm is to
the effect that it did not do IS much
damage as just reported Many ships
Here wrecked on the gulf and on the
Mississippi, and there wGs considerable
loss OF life, but lister news will have to
revea, how many people wore drowned
during the storm.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
Killed zach Othor.

A dispatoh from Greenville, n. O.,
says: No6s relohed here Wednesday
Of dou Die murder near & ard aers cyoss
roads, in the southern section Of this
country. Wm. Gardner, Mack Dixon,
both white, quarreled over some small
matter. Gardner drew pistol aud shot
throo balls into D.xons abdomen.
Then Dixon knocked Gardner down,
took the pistol from him and shot the
two remaining balls into Gardners body
Both men died in = short while"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A Mad Tom Cat.

A mNn who has just returned from
the up country to Charleston brought
back az souvenir a thrilling story of
sn attack made on white woman by q
mad tom cat. According to his ao.
count the woman was waking In the
yard when, without warning, the cat
made vicious lunge and planted its
sharp claws just below her throat. The
grp was so strong and powerful that
the woman could not break it. Her
cries sttrAcked members Of the family
Whom they attempted, no Eever, to take
the ca! away the grip had evidently
turned to loosjsw ard the animal could
not be removed. Tho womAn's suffs sr-
ing was terrible. A fosl effort was
made to free her from the cat, but this
wss not accomplished until the ami.
malls head bad been completely severed
from it's body. Even after death the
teeth cluug to the fl ssh in a vice like
grip. The wound was oauterized and
at last reports the woman was improv-
ing. IL was sad that before attacking
the woman the cat had bitten )to or
animals, AID In the same neighborhood
other cats had assaulted their owners.
The fear Of hydrophobia was so great
that all dogs in the immediate vicinity
OF the goman's home have been blocked
and chained.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
A Good Law.

William +. Curtis reports c)ndi-
ton of things in Sweden that is 20.
table. He writes that in that country
the saloons are closed on Saturday,
which is the universal pay day, while
the savings banks remain open until
midnight Saturday night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10
THERE ARE MANY ROADS.
The Finger Posts Marking the Many
By-paths of Present Day Troubles
Seem to Point the Same Way.
Lack of Nerve Force.

Day by day the columns of this
paper bring new evidence from ,Scran-
ION people of the great work he'ns
done by Dr. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills.
Why they accomplish so much Is easily
explained-they are prepared with an
eye single to restoring nerve force.
They accomplish this object. which no
other medicine in the world has ever
been able to do; that's why hundreds
of Scranton people offer their testi-
mony.
Mr. Samuel Rogers, of No. 12S Hyde
Park avenue. Scranton, Pa, says: II
was i'm rundown condition, head
aches, nervous and sleeping badly and
tine appetite poor. I was told of DR..
A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills and got a
box. AS a result / sleep and eat we'll
again. 7 am very much pleased with
them and glad TO recommend them to
others. This ! can do conscientiously."
DIR. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at soc. box at dealers. or DIR. A.
W. Chase Medicine TO-. Buffalo, n. Y,
See THAI portrait and signature of A.
w. Chase, NJ. D., ara on every package.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10

w. j. McLain. travelling passenger
agent Of the Illinois Central railroad
was a caller at the LackaWanna. rail-
road offices yesterday.
An order was issued on Saturday by
the I.ehigh Valley Railroad company
increasing the pay of conductors and
brakemen on passenger trains between
Jersey City and Buffalo. The increase
amounts to about 81 month.
National Committeeman Frederick
Dilcher is expected to arrive here next
Monday and assume charge of local
mine workers affairs. 1t is also
thought that President Mitchell will be
here tomorrow to attend the hearing
in the libel proceedings he instituted
against Editor Little of the Scranton
ian.
Samuel Il. Morgan has became in
side superintendent for the Delaware
and Hudson coiiieries on this side of
the river, having resigned from the I.e-
high and Wilkes Barre company. Mr..
Morgan is one OF the best mining Off
cials in this part of the state. He has
been with the Lehigh and Wilkes
Barre company for thirty years.
Wilkes Barre Leader.
engines on the Lackawanna road, made
Il record recently. which the railroad
men are still talking about. The train
to which the locomotive was attached
was late leaving Hoboken, and Engi-
neer Johnnie" Troch pulled her over
the Pocono and Jersey meadows in
record breaking time, without an ef-
fort, making up nine minutes of lost
time as easy as ii takes to tell it.
No. 6, the famous Buffalo New York
limited on the Lackawanna railroad,
was overloaded with passengers yes
terday afternoon, and an extra car was
necessary to accommodate the patrons.
The train was made up of seven
coaches, and il arrived and departed
on time as usual. This train seems to
be the popular train on the road. and
No, 8 which runs through Scranton
at 1,55 p. m. every day is also a favor
tie with the travelling public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10
Cheap Rates to California.

Parties desiring to make trip 10 Cali
fornia, Arizona or New Mexico, either
for business OF pleasure, can do So now
at almost half price.
Every Tuesday, until April 3Oth, in
elusive, tickets marked "Colonist" may
be purchased via Southern Railway for
$44.00 from Washington, $3.50 from
Philadelphia, and correspondinsly low
prices from other points.
The Southern Railway and southern
Pacific company operate through eX-
cursion sleepers from Washington,
leaving Mondays, Tuesdays and Fri
days, the Tuesday sleeper being avail
able for "Colonist" tickets. The berth
rate in these sleepers is only 800, two
people being allowed to occupy one
berth If desired. Personal conductors
and Pullman porters go through with
each sleeper, There are other new,
convenient and economical features
connected with these excursions which
may he ascertained from Charles l..
Hopkins, District Passenger Agent,
Southern Railway, SIS Chestnut street,
philadalnhia 80
HaAN"-'ff>
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10
Car Record Department.

The I.ackawanna Car Record de-
partment. which was so seriously at
fectcd by the loss of their records in
the Lackawanna avenue fire recently.
is now in ship-shape running order in
their new quarters over the First Ma
tional bank. and in fact, everything
seems to be in better shape than ever
before. Several additional clerks have
been added, and it is a vertable bee
hive of industry.
Under the efficient direction of p. J.
Sweeney, the obliging head of the de-
partment. the records are kept in a
faultless manner, and Mr.. Sweeney is
as popular with the boys as was his
worthy predecessor, Mr.. Sproule. who
is now chief clerk to Acting Superin-
tendent of Car Service NJ. e. Casey.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10
MOTTO r..
This and That.

Brakeman lohn b, Jones reports for duty wit
B1y,CI's non.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-10
General Foremen's Conference.

Master Car Builder l.. T. Garfield, of
the Lackawanna railroad. had IA con-
ference with all of his general foremen
in this city yesterday. for the purpose
of considering several matters which
will be of interest TO all the employees
along the line. The particulars of the
conference We're not given out for pub
lication, but Will be held in allegiance
for some time.
Those present at the conference were
Master Car Builder l.. r. Garfield and
General Foreman II. &. Smith, of
Scranton; General Car Inspector c. L..