The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-02
Students Oppose Co.Education.
Strike is on at Charleston.

Several hundred workmen engaged
In building operations in Charleston,
went on a strike Monday morning.
result of the disagreement between
building trades council and employing
contractors. All classes of workmen
except plumbers, electricians and
white painters are involved. The con-
tractors say they are not seriously
hurt, as there is no rush work on
hand, and little important building oe-
ing done.
The matter involved is chiefly recog-
milton of the union, and does not origi-
nally affect wages Or hours of labor,
though these features are being intro
duced and will probably figure in any
negotiations for a settlement. Some
work is being done by non-union men.
TlIIman to be Tried In Lexington.
Judge Townsend, at Columbia, has
decided that the change of venue in
the case of James H. Tillman, indicted
for murder, should be made to Lexing.
ton. The next term of court meets at
Lexington on the third Monday in Sep
tember, when the case is now set for
trial. Judge G. W. Gage, of Chester,
will then be the presiding judge.
Lexington county is, devided from
Richland by the ConSa1ee and Saluda
rivers and the business connections
between the upper, which is the more
prosperous part of Lexington, and Co.
lumbia. are very close. Lexington
court house is twelve miles from Co.
lumbia and one mile from the railroad
between Columbia and Augusta.
1t is said, though not on authority,
that the prisoner will not apply for
bail, in which case he will remain in
jail in Columbia until the week before
court convenes in Lexington.
Clifton Mills in Good Shape.
The board Of directors of the Cliff
ton Manufacturing Company has is
sued an important circular to the
stockholders relating to the recent dis
aster along the banks of the Pacolet
river.
The circular sets forth succinctly
! the losses and present condition OF the
company, and contains much of impor-
tance just at this juncture.
| The loss on mills Nos. l and is
placed at 100000, and when these
mills are repaired the company will
have in operation $4,000 spindles. :
The circular In part contains tho
following:
| Four warehouses at 4uill No. 2, with
1,794 bales of cotton, have been lost.
This vii, prove almost total loss.
/ What we most deplore having to re-
port is the loss of life caused by sixty
cottages having been carried away by
the raging torrent before some of the
inmates were able to escape.
/ after a careful inspection of the
| property as it now stands We are In
clined to think 1t Is worth fully ST.
| 600, 900 to The stockholders, which will
serve as a good basis on when to
| renovate and reconstruct the entire
plant in time Besides, as We were
most. fortunate in saving about 5000
bales of cotton, and as no manufac-
tured goods were lost. we have in our
| possession quick assets which can be
converted into casE at once, more tasn
sufficient to cover all of our present
| Indebtedness"
The board of directors of the D. q.
Converse Co. have rescinded the forth
coming dividend, payable in July, upon
! tho capital stock of the company. The
| total loss at Glendale was $4,000. The
| present capital stock OF the company
! is 100000, but after July the capital
stock will be s5OO.O0O The new Glen
| dale mill has been completed with Its
10000 spindles and corresponding
equipment of Draper looms. The cost
per spindle in the new mill was $3.50,
which it is said cannot be beat by any
mill in the csuth.
Deas Scores Administration.
A Charleston dispatch says: E. II.
Deas, the leading negro republican OF
South Carolina, has prepared for publ