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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
CASTRO BEGs ARBITRATION.
Appeals to United States to Help Ven
ezueIa Out of Trouble

A cablegram received at the state
department Friday from Minister Bow
en-, at Caracas, states thai the Vene
zuelan government has requested him
to propose to Great Britain and Ger
many that the difficulties arising out
of the claims for alleged damages and
injuries to British and German sub.
jects during the civil war be submit
ted to arbitration.
In conformity with the understand
ing already reached with the repre-
sentatives of the British and German
governments Castro's appeal will be
laid before those governments, the
state department acting merely as a
channel of communication. Not much
hope is entertained Of the favorable
reception of the proposition, as IT it
felt that the difficulty has progressed
too far for a settlement by the peace
full methods Of arbitration.
It is certain that the state depart
ment is willing to go any reasonable
length to settle the difficulty in Vene-
zuela in any manner that shall be
honorable and satisfactory to all par.
ties. Therefore Secretary Hay re-
piled to Mr.. BoWen's cablegram, au-
thorizing him, in his discretion. to
use his good Offices to secure arbitra-
ton,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Will kppoint Crum.


According to present indications,
says a Washington dispatch, Presi-
dent Roosevelt will appoint DR.. Crum
collector of the port at Charleston.
This developed few days ago after
a conference which Capt. Capers and
Major Micah Jenkins, of South Caro-
lima, had at the white house. The
president said he could not refuse to
appoint Crum merely on account of
his color and so long as the negro ap-
plicant seems to have been able to
meet the charges Of political treach-
ery made against him. he did not see
how he could help giving him the
Charleston place, no matter no"
strongly the white citizens OF Charles
ton might protest against 1t. 1t is IN
timated that the president is not at
all pleased with some Of the crltl-
cisms which have come upon MIN
from Charleston and that the white
citizens who have been protesting
against the appointment have injured
their case by the character OF their
fight. 1t is fact, however, that
Crum's principal strength lies in his
having been taken up by the negro re-
publicans from the northern states,
who have rallied to his support.
1t is understood that the vacant
South Carolina marshalship is to go
to the present acting marshal, Dr.
CLAYTON, Among the other candidates
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
BOOM IN SOUTHERN MILLS.
Manufacturers Record Shows Gre;

Manufacturers Record Shows Great
Diversity Of Development.
Indicative of the diversity of indus
trial developments in the south are
the announcements in the past weeks
issue of The Manufacturer Record.
For the enlargement Of the Union Cot
ton mills, of Lafayette, Ga., recently
authorized by the stockholders Of the
company, mill architects are now Pre-
pairing plans, which include the cree
ton of Is cottages for operatives. The
company now operates 1850 ring spin
dies and PIP looms in the manufacture
of sheeting, toweling and drills. This
equipment will be increased by 10000
spindles and 2SS looms, ABOUT 100000
being expended on the new buildings
and machinery.
The Lockhart mills, of J-ockhart, S.
c., will build an additional MI. at a
cost of S250,000, and an increase OF
the capital stock from s650.G30 to ST.
100000 has been authorized 10 supply
the funds. There are 25,090 spind'es
and SEQ looms in the present ,.lant.
1t is reported that the purchase OF
500 acres OF land and valuable water
power near Covington, Ga, is ire]lmi-
nary to the erection of 100000 cot
ton factory at that place.
Men already interested il. several
mills at Spray, N. c., have incorporat-
ed a 100000 company to manufacture
woolen cloths.
The Capital City Mills, of Columbia,
S. c., is changing its equiv so as
produce a finer grade of goods. 1t
now has 5000 ring spindles and 200
looms, and has heretofore used 400
bales of cotton a month. With the
change the consumption will be re-
duced to 100 bales.
Work is progressing on the improve
ments of the Hope mills, at Hope
Mills, N. c., and will soon be comriet-
ed. The additional structure is 15Cx
300 feet, and will be equipped with 200
looms and finishing plant, the total
cost being about 100000. The pres
ent plant has 1852 spiudles and 751
looms.
Extensions are made in other lines.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
OFFICIAL TERMS NOW CHANGED.
Georgia Summer Legislative Sessions
Bill Expected to Result in Various
Complications and Tangles.

Georgia Legislators will hereafter
meet in Atlanta on the fourth Wednes-
Gay in June, instead of the fourth
Wednesday in October, as has been
the case heretofore. The house Fri
day morning by a vote of 128 to 35
declined to sustain the veto Of Cover
Tor Terrell, and the senate having
done so on Thursday by vote OF
80 to 3,the bill by Senator Shelton was
declared passed by Speaker Morris,
end the next session of the general
assembly will meet in Atlanta on Wed
nesday, June "a, 1903, or within sew
Ell months from the adjournment
which was held Friday night.
The passage of the bill means that
the term of Governor Terrell, who
was elected for two years, and the
terms of Comptroller General Wright,
State Treasurer Park, Attorney Gen.
eral Hart, Prison Commissioners Jo-
sept. Turner, Clement A. Evans,
Thomas Eason, Commissioner Of Agri-
culture O. B. Stevens, Secretary OF
State Phil Cook, Supreme Court JUS
tices T. ]. Simmons, A. J. Cobb, Sam
uel Lumpkin, w. H. Fish, A. ]. Little
and John S. Gambler will be extended
fcr a period Of eight months, and that
the present legislature will hold
two more sessions Of fifty days each,
one in June, 1908, and another in
June, 1904.
The next general election will not
be held until October, 1904, and un-
der the constitution Of the state the
returns cannot be canvassed until the
session of the legislature in June,
1905. For that reason the governor
and the other statehouse officers and
presumably the judges Of the superior
courts and solicitors Of those courts
in the state must hold until they are
declared elected again, or until their
successors are elected and qualified.
The bill will also change the fiscal
year of the state from September 1st
to June 1st. Everything will be chang
ed about considerably under the new
law, but the legislature by big ma
jority thought it was best for the
state, and so decided despite the veto
of the chief executive.
Governor Terrell, when seen shortly
after the passage of the bill over his
veto, said that he would have to begin
scaling the appropriations which had
been made by the legislature, as the
appropriation bill did not take into
consideration that the legislature was
to meet again in June. The ex-
penses of the general assembly gen.
orally amount to about $4,000 per ses~
sion and deficit will no doubt be
created in the treasury, as the ex-
penses of the session will have to be
paid from the money which is now
being paid into the treasury from this
years taxation.
When the bill was passed In the
house there was great rejoicing among
the members.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
HONOLULU CABLE LANDED.
consummation Of Great Commercial
Event Celebrated on Sunday at
San Francisco.

"In memory of John w. Mackay,
christen the Pacific cable. May 1t al
ways carry messages of happiness"
With these words, in San Francisco,
Sunday, Lucille Gage, 11-year-old
daughter of H. L. Gage, governor Of
California, christened the trans-Pacifc
cable, and breaking bottle of cham
payne over the shore end, inaugurated
a new era in the commercial develop
ment of the Pacific coast. The land
ing and splicing Of the shore end,
which Is to connect the mainland with
Honolulu, was accomplished without
hitch and was witnessed by nearly
10000 persons.
Beautiful weather prevailed, there
being scarcely any surf. The steam
er Newsboy, carrying six miles of ca
BILE, steamed close in shore in the ear
ly morning, and by life saving boats
crew sent a rope to which the cable
was attached ashore. Word was sent
to President Clarence H. Mackay and
the Cable and Postal Telegraph Off
cials that all was in readiness. The
work of hauling in the cable was done
so expeditiously that the officials ar
rived on the beach only two minutes
before the cable had touched the
beach and was christened at 9:55 a. m.
While the cable was being spliced to
the land end, Mayor Schmitz delivered
a short speech, congratulating Mr..
Mackay on the successful beginning
Of the work. He also spoke on the
benefit to the world at large that
would result in it's completion.
Clarence Mackay, president Of the
Pacific Cable Company, thanked the
mayor and those present. Governor
Gage, on behalf of the people of the
state, paid a tribute to the late John
W. Mackay. The final exercises closed
with cheers for the cable, and all
those taking part in its landing. Mr..
Mackay also sent the following tele-
gram to President Roosevelt:
II have the honor to inform you
that the end of the Honolulu cable
was successfully brought to shore
this morning."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Bull Fieht Nipped in Bud.

An attempt to have an exhibition
of fighting bulls, dogs and chickens,
near Rock Hill, in York county, the
past week, almost resulted disastrous
ly.
Governor McSweeney had instruct
ed the sheriff to prohibit the fighting.
The owners of the show claimed that
nothing but an Injunction from the
court would stop the animal fights.
The sheriff thereupon called upon the
Catawba Rifles, of the local militia,
for aid and the bull, dog and chicken
fights were stopped.
After conference with the assist
ant attorney general on the subject,
the governor sent the following tele
gram to the sheriff of York county:
Information has been received at
this department that cock fights, bull
fights, ETC., are to take place near
Rock Hill Friday noon. Under
chaper xxx, page 451, criminal code of
South Carolina, you are directed and
authorized to so at once to Rock Hill
and prevent such proposed violation
of the law, and if necessary call out
the military company at Rcck Hill or
command such posse as may be nee
essary to prevent said fights. Do your
duty in the premises as provided in
the criminal code"
Later Mr.. Thomasson, on whose
farm the proposed lights were to take
place, endeavored to talk to the gov
ernor over the long distance te:e-
phone, but was told to telegraph any
thing he had to say in regard to the
matter.
A sensation was caused about seven
years ago when it was announced that
a bull fight would take place on the
Hayne Bell place, near Renno. in Lau-
rens county. The governor ordered
the sheriff to stop the fight, but he
was delayed in reaching the scene.
Excursions had carried hundreds of
people to the place. When the hour
CT the fight arrived the two bulls
strollod into the arena, looked at
each other, made friends and ended
the sport in a very amusing~man2eT.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
TO SUCCEED MINISTER BUCK.
President Names Lloyd Griscom, Pres
ent Minister to Persia.


The president late Saturday after.
noon selected Lloyd Griscom, now min.
lister to Persia, to be minister to ia
pan, succeeding Mr.. Buck, deceased.
He also selected Richmond Pearson,
of North Carolina, at present consul
general at Teheran, Persia, to succeed
Mr.. Griscom as Minister to Persia. Mr..
Pearson is the uncle Of Hobson, the
hero of the Merrinac.
John Barrett declined the appoint
ment, and there is fine diplomatic
story in connection with his refusal
of the place. Mr.. Kogoro Takahira,
the japanese minister at Washington,
objected to the appointment of Bar
rett when he learned that it was pend
ing, but it is only now that his reasons
for the objection are published.
An attache of one of the oriental
legations tells The Washington Post
that Barrett, in a Boston speech, and
elsewhere, had said the mongrel Fill
pinos were the equals of the Japanese
and the statement had offended the
dignity Of Japan. For this reason Ja-
pan did not want him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
a Case of Foul Murder.

Some days ago young Sam Lightsey
disappeared from his home at Fairfax.
ALI efforts to gain information as to
his whereabouts failed. Last Satur-
day, however, a party of hunters,
while passing through some thick
woodland near the young mans home,
stumbled over his dead body. He had
been foully murdered and his body
hidden away in the woods.
A relative of the young man later
wired the governor that a negro had
been arrested at Sycamore during the
day who knew something of the case,
and that after being locked up he con-
fessed that his brother had committed
the crime.
Bloodhounds were sent to the scene
of the murder in charge Of Guard
Duncan, of the state penitentiary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
"DEFEATED BY LOBBYISTS"

Such is Declaration Made by Official
Anent Georgia Convict Bill.
There has been lobby Of convict
lessees around the capitol with view
to preventing action on the question
of leasing the labor OF the state con-
victs, and the failure OF the leglsla-
ture to decide this question will prob
ably cost the state thousands OF DOL
lars in the end"
This statement was made Thursday
by a prominent and well-known Geor.
eia official, who stated that he had
evidence of the fact that certain les
sees had been lobbying to prevent &C.
ton On the bill at the present session.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
AGAINST EIeHT.HoUR LAW

Is Decision Rendered by Supreme
Court of the State Of Ohio.
The Ohio supreme court Tuesday
handed down a decision in the case Of
the city of Cleveland VS.. Clement
Bros, in which it declared the contest:
ed eight-hour law unconstitutionai.
The case was carried up to the su-:
preme court by the city. 1t had lei
sewer contracts to Clement Bros, and
stipulated that the eight-hour law
should be respected under penalty OF
SO for each violation. The city at;
tempted to hold out $500 in fines ON
settling with the contractors and the
latter sued. s
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
SOUTH AMERICANS AROUSED.

Action cf the Powers Maddens Vene'
zuela's Sister Republics.
A patriotic demonstration look
place at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday
night. A large number of people VINO
had attended a meeting went to the
Venezuelan and to the other South
American consulates, shouting:
Long live Castro!" Long live
Venezuelan" and Long live the South
American countries!"
The participants in the demonstra'
ton. before dispensing, adopted
resolution asking President Plaz to
protest against the action of the al
lied powers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18

An anti contract labor law just
adopted by Nicaragua has taken the
peculiar form of making any laborer
who Is out of employment liable 20
twenty years Imprisonment. The
law defines "lahe:ar' as meaning any
paraen ovsr 1s ysars old, male Or fss
asls, wl.hsas a capital Of saes,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
NEGROES SCORED By PRELATE.

Bishop Turner Calls Down Bolsterous
Brethren in Conference.
II am persuaded that the white
man is correct when he says the negro
is an inferior and ungovernable per-
son." said Bishop Turner in speech
at the conference Of the African Meth
odist Episcopal church in Eastman,
Ga.
During the session Friday the con-
ference became boisterous and noisy,
and it was on this account that Bish-
Oh Turner uttered the foregoing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Farr is Made Receiver.

An order signed by Judge Golf, of
Virginia, was fled in the United
States circuit court at Charleston last
Monday appointing Freeman S. Farr
receiver of the Georgetown and West
ern railway. The Meyer Rubber Com
pany, of New Jersey, is named as COM
plainant. The road runs from George
town to Lanes, in this state, and with
spurs and sidings it has 70 miles of
track.
1t is practically owned by the At
lantic Coast Lumber Company, and is
subject to a mortgage for 100000,
given for bonds.
The Meyer Rubber Company al
leges that the defendant is indebted
to it for s31,250.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
GROVER AND BOOKER
Speak from Same Platform in Interest
of a Neqro School in Philadelphia.

Speak from Same fldtIorHi III inte'Sss
of Negro School in Philadelphia.
Former President Cleveland presid-
ed Thursday night at public meet
ing in Philadelphia in aid of the Be-
rean Manual Training school, an insti-
tuition which aims to give members
of the negro race the benefits OF an
industrial education. The meeting was
attended by prominent jurists, edu-
Gators and business men.
Mr.. Cleveland, who is personally in
terested in the school, was the princi-
pal speaker, and Booker T. Washing
ton, president of Tuskegee institute,
also made an address.
The institution was established less
than two years ago and has an enroll
ment of 200 students.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Stockholders Well Paid.

According to the annual report of
the Spartanburg and Asheville rail-
road recently completed, the concern
has netted the stockholders during
the fiscal year, the sum Of S212,000.
Further items in the said report are:
Total business, s527,oO0. Expenses,
including taxes, S315,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Savings Bank for Mill People.


A $4,000 savings bank for cotton
mill people will be established by w.
A. Law, a prominent local banker; A.
H. Twitchett, president of the D. E.
Converse Company, operating several
large cotton mills, together with sew
eral other mill men. The bank will
be located at Converse. and will be
conveniently located for the opera
tives of the Clifton cotton mills.
The promoters of the mill desire
the mill people to look upon the say
ings bank as their own institution.
The new concern will be known as
ganization will be perfectly shortly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
|: SOUTH CAROLINA
|; STATE NEWS ITEMS.
South Carolina Industries.

The Chattanooga Tradesman shows
the following new industries establish
ed in this state during the past week:
Charleston, $4,000 land company;
st. George, saw mill; Columbia, mat
tress factory; Clio, lumber company;
Anderson, 100000 cotton mill; Wal
halla, $4,000 telephone company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
ENGlAND'S SIDE TOLD.
Parliamentary Paper of Explanation
Issued in London.

Issued in London.
A parliamentary paper giving the
correspondence relating to Venezue-
Ian affairs was issued at London Mon
day afternoon. 1t began with mem
orandum which. after recounting the
existing causes of complaint against
Venezuela, says:
Besides these specific outrages and
grounds for complaint there are
causes in which British subjects and
companies have long claims against
Venezuela. The Venezuelan govern
ment declined to accept the explana-
tions and assurances of his majesty's
government in regard to the Ban Righ
as in any way modifying the situation.
AS a result the position Of his majes-
tvs legation at Caracas is rendered
quite impracticable for diplomatic
purposes, as all representations, pro-
tests and remonstrances now remain
disregarded and unacknowledged."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18

Two More Ships Taken by British.
The Venezuelan troop ship Seamore
and the Venezuelan coast guard vessel
Vcinte Tres de Mayo were captured
in the Gulf of Paria and taken to Port
of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday morn
ing bv the British sloop Of war Alert.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
GERMANY GIVES EXCUSE.

Says Castro's Boats Were Sunk Be-
cause Of Their Unfitness.
In official quarters at Berlin it is
said that the Venezuelan vessels sunk
off La Guayra were old and worth
less revenue cutters and unfit to go
to sea and the other ships captured
have been sent to a certain West In
dian port, to be refitted for use dur
ing the blockade. The destruction Of
the Venezuelan craft, it is added, was
necessary in order to prevent them
from falling into the hands of the
Venezuelans, as the German vessels
had to leave La Guayra.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18

Millions Pledged to Wall Street.
A number of the banks Of New
York and J. P. Morgan & CO. have
formed a pool of s5O,O00.OOO to lend in
the money market in the event OF
actual emergency.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
NEGROES LAUNCH PARTY.

CoIored Republicans in Alabama Meet
in Selma and Organize
Negroes in Alabama met at Selma
Thursday and launched a republican
party. The majority of those assem-
bled are not registered voters, but
claim they are properly qualified to
take a hand in political affairs. They
also claim that the lily whites have no
mortgage on appointments in Ala
bama, as they have been assured OF
the good will of the president.
This republican party will send dele
gates to the national convention to
select a nominee for president of the
United States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD.

Passed Away Sunday Night at Her
Home in Washington.
Mrs II. S. Grant, wife of President
Grant. died at her residence in Wash
inston at 11:17 o'clock Sunday night.
Death was due to heart failure. Her
age preventea her rallying from the
attacks.
Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris,
was the only one Of her children with
aer at the time Of her death, h"r three
sons, who had been summoned, Oil be-
Ing sut st ths sssRl . .s> .,-,-,,>s..->---
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Armitaqe Claim Settled.


The quartermaster general of the
army has approved the payment of
the claim of H. H. Bacon, Of Savan-
nah, administrator of the estate of,
William Armitage, deceased, contrac-
tor for the work on Fort Fremont in
South Carolina. The amount of the
claim is $14,750. There has been
hitch in the settlement of this claim
for some time, owing to complica-
tions growing out of the death of
Contractor Armitage.
Mr.. Bacon, who resides in Savan-
nah, was the principal bondsman Of
the contractor. AS administrator o.
the estate, he has been seeking an ad-
justment of the claims by the war
department. Some days ago the sub
ject was reopened at the instance of
some of Mr.. Bacon's friends and
satisfactory result was reached.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
AN EXECUTION PosTPoNED.

Supreme Court of Georgia to- Pas
Upon tbs Case of tienry Bryant
John Henry Bryant, the negro sem
fenced to hang in MouItrie, Ga, did
not pay the penalty on the gailows
Friday.
His case was carried to the supreme
court by his attorneys in Moultries
and will be given a hearing some tima
within the next thirty days For thts
reason the execution viii not take
place uatil paased upen ~ ne tM
esstns ssafa ..s-sss, & ss IS ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18

House to Hold Sunday Session.
A Washington dispatch says: A
resolution was adopted, which provid-
ed for a session on Sunday, February
8, for paying tribute to the memory OF
the late Senator SeWall,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Robbers Hold Up Bank.

nVUUSIS ET01U OP De1'fN'
A report reached Santa Fe, N. M,
Saturday afternoon that the private
bank of Hillsboro, Sierra county, was
held up by robbers, who escaped with
considerable booty. A short time be-
fore cattle men had deposited some
100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-18
Had Plenty Of Booze.

A party of revenue officers and
state constables raided the premises
of John Babb and father, Joe Babb,
located a few miles west of Green
vile, one day the past week. In a
small house located in Joe Babb's
yard was found a barrel containing
fifty-one gallons of corn liquor, while
in John Babb's home was found twen-
ty-five gallons in kegs. Warrants
were at once sworn out for the par
ties.