njDHPENDENCB IN SZL THINGS.
VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1902.
no; 19.
A LIVELY CAMPAIGN
South Carolina Senatorial Aspirants
Get Scrappy;
HEMPHILL , AND LATIMER FIGHT
Latimer Resented a Cussing" From
Hemphill and Landed a . Blow on
His Head. . ; : ;
Columbia, S.- C, Special. One can-,
. didate. , for Senator McLauriri's seat 1
i mi I
Thursday resented being "cussed at
beih "cussed n"-J
by another candidate for the - same
place, and so precipitated a fight, The
campaign v party was at Gaffney,
which has developed Into a sensa
tional campaign . meeting- -place.
Former Congressman John, J. Hemp
h ill objected ; to a , statement ; by Con
gressman Latimer and in turn made
a declaration about an inconsequen
tial matter. Latimer contradicted
Hemp'hill,x who immediately T showed
anger and repeated his . ., statement.
Latimer . denied it. Hemphill stepped
before him angrily and said : f
- " damn you, you know that what
you say is untrue." I . - .
Both are large, strongly built men.
Latimer made a tremendous lunge,
landing hard on '-Hemphill's- head. The
latter struck heavily, but the force of
his blow "was broken by strong men
pulling tb,em apart. Hemphill swung
his closed umbrella for Latimer's
head, but the force of the blow was
broken by men rushing between them.
They were finally overpowered. Hemp
hill being brought to earth by several
men. The fighters were required to
go before the; may or and -put up $10 .
.each. . : - -'l-:
Another Account
Charleston, S?&J Special: The News .
and Courier's campaign reporter tele
graphs from Gaffney, S. C, as follows:
There is something either in the; water
or the atmosphere that calls forth a
difficulty of some sort every time can
didates or officials speak here. It will
be remembered thai it was at this place
that Senators Tillman and McLaurin
found that arguments availed nothing
and both tendered their resignations to
Governor McS weeney; and the incident
of the "Jim" Tillman-DeCamp episode,
a few weeks ago, is still fresh in the
minds of the people. But today two
would-be Senators came to actual
blows, and all about a small natter. It
happened in this way: At the senato
rial and congressional candidates meet
ing held here in the court house Thurs
day, Congressman Latimer was the
last speaker. When his turn came the
dinner.hour had arrived and a majority
ot the 500 in the audience left. Lati
mer did not want to speak to the de
pleted crowd and asked permission of
the chairman to be allowed to postpone
his SDeech Until after dinner, the time
allotted to the Congressmen. The mat
ter was left to a vote and it was or
dered that his speech should not; be
postponed. Latimer jumped up and
said : "I want you all to come back
here and hear me, for thes'e five law
yers have been jumping on one poor
farmer and I am going to answer
them." As they were leaving th bar
of the court room, Hemphill said:
"Latimer you 'ought not to say that,
for. none of us have been jumping on
you today, and you know it. , It has al-,
ways been our rule; to end a meeting
before we stop and j will not be right
toVlhfrfnge upon the time of the Con
gressmen.", 'f-'K- :':' v-"? 'r "
Latimer: "You want to make me
peak 'to empty benches ;you care noth
ing for the Congressmen." r
Hemphill: I do are tor the Con
gressmen, and you know it." ,
By this time they were facing each
other, and both very angry. .
C Latimer: "I know thai you dan't care
for them." -t ; . '
- Hemphill: "(3 d dn 7m, you know
"that is not true." ; : '7---v:'
Latimer then drew" baclj . and; hit
; Hemphill a stunning blow on the cheek.
Several men ; jumped ; in ; between them
and the driving blow ' sent byt Hemphill
at his antagoUst fell short of its "mark,
and tried to hit Latimer; over the; heads
of the Intervening ; men; hut'he; .could
nat reach him. Several men grabbed
hold of both atitaeonlsfa.
making desperate efforts to getateach
other and. in the scuifle Hemphill was
pushed back between two chairs in the
jury box, but was instantly helped to
Ms feet again. This ended the nncident
- - v. i vouuutui, saw iUjU
heard. It is reported that Hemphill
followed Latimer out of the court room
and asked him why he struck him, and
Latimer replied: "Because you cursed
me,? to which Hemphill rejoined: "I
did not curse you." . Latimer said:
"Well, if you did not curse me. I aboW
ogize." This latter statement is mere
iicaioajr, uut me urst part is testimony
and was heard and Witnessed by many.
The . whole affair was : totally Unex
pected, for during the entire campaign
there lias not. been any controversy to
amount tonything between these two
. . ' - I
senuemen, either off or on the "stump.
' . ..... "1 , . . : ' ' I
Phosphate Production. s
Washington; Special.The total pro
duction ; of phosphate rock in the
United States in 1901, according to sta-'
tistics furnished by the Geological Suf1
vey, was 1,483,723 long ;tons, valued at
5,316406, 'as compared with 1,491,216
long tons, valued at $5,359,248: in 1900;
The industry in- Florida which has
been the chief producing. State ' J since
1894, continued to show an; improvement,-
the total output and ' value for
that State in 1901 being the largest yet
recorded. The total production in Flor
ida during 1901' was 751,996 tons, valued
at 13,159,473 as compared with 706,243
long tons, valued at $2,830,213. in 1900.
Held for Train Wrecking.
Washington, N..C, Special. William
Ange, 'accused of removing a rail and
wrecking a Washington & Plymouth
passenger train some weeks ago, was
given a preliminary hearing, at Ply
mouth before a, justice of. the peace
and held for the Superior Court In a
bond of $5000, which he was unable to
give, and is now in v jail,- Hurricane
Branch, the owner of the bloodhound
Tiger, which trailed a man from the
scene of the wreck to Vne's house, had
the dog on hand as a mute witness
against the defendant" It is said that
Ange entered suit against the railroad
for alleged defamation of character be
fore his arrest.
Policrman Kills Burglar.
Detroit, Special. Ddward Lenhan
died at Emergency Hospital Sunday
from hemorrhage caused by a bullet
from Officer F. J. Lemonds' revolver.
Patrolman Lemond , discovered four
burglars entering a grocery on Brook
lyn avenue. He endeavored to arrest
them and they opened fire on him. The
policeman fired bu one shot in return
and it struck Lenhan in the hip, pen
etrating into the abdomen. A -second of
the burglars, is under arrest.
Outlaws Hanged.
Cordell, O. T. Special. A mob of sev
eral hundred men took Levi Reed and
Bud WIngo, outlaws, captured recently
In a raid on the Casey-Cravens gang,
from the county jail here, late Saturday
night, and strung them up to trees do
force them to tell the whereabouts of
their leaders and to give information
regarding their crimes. They finally.
gave the desired information and the
mob returned them to jail, disappear
ing," apparently to get the rest of th
gang. Reed was so badly strangled
that he was revived with difficulty.
Severe Storm at Louisville. .
Louisville, Special. Fo 30 .minutes
Friday afternoon Louisville was plung-
ed into inky darkness- by ominous
clouds, which occasioned much alarm.
These conditions ; preceded one of the
worst storms of tho yearand It, broke
ever the city about- 2 ' o'clock. v The
wind blew at the Tate , of 58 miles an
hour, nearly an inch, of rain fell ia 15
minutes,'.while the temperature drop-
ned 20 degrees in as - many minutes.
Many telephones wet e burned out by
lightning and shade trees were blown
down in all parts of the city.
- Steel Trust Profits
New York, Special. Members of the
United States - Steel Corporation un
derwriting syndicate declared a divi
dent of 5 per cent, on the face, of
$200,000,000- for Sidi'thWi'iwere.
liable; The syndicate was not asked
to advance .more than 12 1-2 per cent.
nf this amount.-however, so its pronts
W - '1.7
at:ftrfl S20.600.000;' on the actual
: f 5!K oooaoO: tor. a return or
1 2S ner cent., less a vcompamwcv
small sum In loss of Interest
COL HEMPHILL DEAD
Passing of a Prominent Atlanta Citi-
zen.
if
TllE END ; OF,: SUCCESSFUL CAREER
CoV Hemphill Established The Con-
stltution, and Has Done fluch For
Atlanta.
Atlanta, Special. Col. Win.-Arnold
V4WMUW Ps W VMa WAS . WW - ' A U. I
(..t;n ,--':mvi r I
business manager of The Atlanta Con-
ititution, died Sunday night , at his
residence on Peachtree street. Colonel
Hemphill had, been in somewhat feeble
health for a number of months, but his
condition was not regarded as serious
ahdlhis death was a great shock to the
entire City, f Colonel Hemphill was 60
years old having been born in Athens,
Ga., in 1846v v.He was' a graduate of
the State ; University of Georgia, in
1861, and in the same year enlisted in
the Confederate' army, fighting with
conspicuous gallantry to the. end of the
war, He was wounded at4he battle at
Gettysburg;
Colonel Hemphill removed to Atlan
ta in 1867 and soon rounded The . Con
! stitution, of which' he was one of the
principal owners until January 1, 1902,
when he 'disposed of his interest in
me ; paper. -ne,servea as aiaerman anu
mayor of Atlanta and as president of .
the Capital City Bank, the Atlanta
Trust & Banking Company, and . the
Atlanta Street: Car Company. He has
Beverfll times been nroraiaehtly men-
HnnPrt a thft nemoeratic candidate for
Govemor of Georgia. . Colonel Hemp.
hHl was twice tUrried, his second mar
riage taking place within the past
year. He is survived by a widow, two
sons and three daughters. He was a
communicant of the Methodist Episco
pal, church, '"'"b : :
The cause of Colonel Hemphill's
death was -apoplexy. He' was down
i town Saturday afternoon attending to
some matters of business, and even
drove to church this morning, but, be?-
coming suddenly ill, decided tp return
home without entering.
j Death of Dr. Marshall
Raleigh, N. C., Special. Dr. A. A.
Marshall, ; pastor of the First Baptist
church, died at 5:30 Sunday afternoon.
He came to Raleigh nearly three years
a?o from Forsytne, ua. tie was ior
j quite a while pastor, of the Jackson Hill
Baptist church, Atlanta. He was taken
ill of yellow jaundice last January, lat-
er cancer of the liver developed and he
steadily grew worse. His death had
been expected any time during the past
month. The deceased was 4? years old
-'.. . - . . . tt .
ana had been,' marriea mree times, xne
last wife being Miss Jennie Chastin, of
Montezuma. Ga. He leaves six child-
ren, the- youngest and only one by his
present wife, a month old. Dr. Mar-
shall was greatly beloved here, being
recognized as one of-the ablest and
most eloquent ministers of the Baptist
denomination in North Carolina. The
remains will be ; deposited fn a vault
here for the present, and later be re
moved to Georgia.
A Bloody Mutiny.
Manila, By Cable. The crew of the
inter-Insular steamer, Hermanos, mu
tlnied at Port Virac, Island of Catan-
diianes. last Thursday. They murdered
the chief . engineer of the vessel, and
wounded the captain, the mate, the sec-
: ond engineer and' one of the passen
gers,; all of whom are Spaniards. Num
bers of the native constabulary went
to the rescue of the ship's offlcers.They
fired into the crew and killed three of
them. 25 of - the . crue surrender
ed and .five jumped-overboard and are
believed to have drowned.- During the
ngnting-on me nermanos we Btwiiucr
- il. a. ... . . ' 1.1- .X . A w A
ran aground
floated.'
but - was
SUDSequeUUy
. Requests a Contradiction.
J London, By Cable.--A letter from
Miss Gladys Deacon, daughter of Mrs.
Edward Parker Deacon, appears in the
London ' naners Monday morning, in
wnlcll writer asks' the papers em-
phatlcally to contradict the4 rumors of
An alieeed t betrothal between herself
and - Crown Prince Frederick" William
of Germany. N s "
DEPUT,ES RELEASED 0N BA,L
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Further Developments in the Strlka
. of Coal Miners, i
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Special. The 25
deputies on guard at the . Warnke
washery, Duryea, when the riot took
nlace Thursday, and who were ar
rested and jailed by the authorities on
the charge of inciting a riot and felon
iously ; wounding, were brought down
from the prison at noon and given) a
hearing before Judge Halsey. It was
shown that , the two- men shot were
not: seriously wounded; Judge Halsey
then released the prisoners in the
sum of $10,000 for a -further hearing
avm ' rt-Vl n . fill 1 lwmm': ' 'mmm
Kill 1VIII iitv : 1 1 i-" i tyt I I JU tM III 111 Illl i v
wnn niiipf ' at thp . WnrtilrA wnqhprv
was quiet at , the Warnke . washery.
but the owners say if they can get the
machinery in shape they will start up
the works again. Sheriff Jacobs is
afraid that if they do there "will be
more trouble. A large number of depu-.
ties will b e stationed ab out the wash
ery and if they are unable, to ;; pre
serve; order the sheriff will call ; for.
troops. Senator Quay telegraphs from
Atlantic- City to the chairman of the
public allowance of this city that ITe
is still under ..the doctor's, care, but
that he would be glad to see a coni"-
mittee from the" alliance any time
they call on him at his cottage at At
lantic .pity.; The alliance wants Sena
tors Quay and Penrose to use their
influence with . the coal operators to
have them consent to arbitrate the
strike.
Boy Shoots to Protect His Aunt. "
Wilmington, N. C, Special. Angered
because he saw him fearfully beating
his aunt, Thomas Overly, 10 years old,
Friday m0ming shot and painfully
Wounded Geo. W. Bundy. who boarded
at the house where the shooting occur-
red and who made trouble because oi
some petty jealousy. The boy s aunt,
Miss B. A. squires, a maiaen may, was
to be sent to the hospital. Another lady
in the house was also fearfully. beate
before the boy came pluckiiy to the res
cue of the women with, the pistol which
he rtpeatedly snapped at Bundy before
and after it had fired. The boy was dis
charged by the mayor and commended
for his action, his mother being In.tne
house and In danger of. the savage
man's wrath. All parties - came hwe
from Charlotte about three years ago.
Bundy boarded at the bouse where the
shooting Occurred and is about 50 years
old. - !.
News Notes.
A new Cabinet has been formed in
Peru. : .:; C":.-y-' -v.;-'-;; ";'i
The Masaya volcano, in Nicaragua,
threatens an eruption.
Groesbeck, Tex., Special. John .War--
ren, a negro, was nangea nere iaau
week for the murder of a negro store-
keeber named . Doc Stevens. Warren
sold his body for $5. ? ! '
Subscriptions "are being solicited' to a
$100,000 company for erecting the cot
ton mill mentioned last week as pro-
posed at Ringgold, Ga. W. ,H. Odell
can. give information.
I
, a Middlesboro, Ky., dispatch says:
Bud Singleton, brother of John Single-.
ton, who was killed this week in wan-
cock county, Tenn., by the Smith boys,
was waylaid and killed near his home
Friday.. The Smith boys are believed to
be guilty of the deed." - : : j
Louisville, Special A dispatch was
received here Friday afternoon from
Robert C. Gray, manager of the South
ern Athletic Club, announcing that tbe
date of the Corbett-McGoyern contest
in Louisville has been changed from
September 15 to September 22.
The President has given orders that
hereafter the names of the enlisted men
of the army who died in the Philippine
be cabled to this country once in every
two. weeks. ; When the volunteer army
was in the archipelago, it was the cus
tom to cable the casualties, but on the
Withdrawal of that army the practice
was" discontinued. : ; iK- :
Little Rockr Special. The highest
temperature of the season was : re
rofded throuehout Arkansas; Friday.
Near; Van Buren : laborers on the Iron
Mountain Railroad were overcome oy
the heat. Three ' are dead. At. Alma
there was one death rrom the heat- But
7 Its nriPA here . The
. ,ot-o nr hn rlav was
94 degrees
Gen. Alger For the Senate.
Detroit, Mien., SpeciaL The News
says: "At: a meeting ; oi T mc .omtawj,
council of the State League of Repub
lican Clubs, at the Hotel Cadillac, Fri
day President-Fenton announced that
next ' Monday General, a., a. Aiger, .xor-
mer Secretary of War, win comae out
with a formal-announcement as a can
didate for the United States senate, to
succeed the late James iicUlllan.
SOUTHERN 'ITJD
.A.
A Worth -Caroy :m :::erpTtse,. ;
Mr. M. DeW. Steycuson writes from
New ; Berne, EC C to the I2aituf ac
turers' ; Record as follows:
"The proposed Pamlico, Oriental &
Western Railroad is to extendi from
the city of JTew Berne via Bayboro,
Stonewall, Oriental and- Vandemere
to a' point near the mouth of Gooso
Creek, all except New Berne being in
Pamlico county. It f s about flf teem or
sixteen miles from New Berne to Bay
boro, which is the connty town: of
Famlico; about ten ' miles fromA Bay-
boro to Oriental, about six miles from
Oriental to Vandemere and r about
twelve miles from Vandemere to the
mouth of Goose Creek, making tb.e -whole
road ; about forty-three i miles
long. Therewiil be a bridge acrosa
the , Neuse river at New Berne, where
the road will connect with: the At
lantic & North - Carolina Railroads
which runs from Morehead City too
Goldsboro. New Berne is also the-
northern terminus of , a branch of the- j
Atlantic Coast , Line Railroad, J whichi
runs from Wilmington to New Berne..
.'Pamlico county is finely situated;
between the Neuse and Pamlico rivers-
and Pamlico Sound. Bay river runs
from Bayboro to the Sound;, and is.
navigable up to Bayboro. The lands-
of Pamlico are very productive, the
principal crops being cotton; corn and
truck,, and there arev large . quantities '
of timber, mostly -pine. I understand
that .. there have recently beem sales .
of large tracts of land in this county
to j cltiaens in a .7estern State. .' Pamli
co is one of the; few counties of -North ..
Carolina in which there are no rail
roads. The people ot the . county are'
anxious to have the road built They
have recently voted to issue $50,000 of"
30-year bonds to make a subscription to
the capital stock of the company. It;
is contemplated that the city of . NeW
Berne will also subscribe."
Textile Notes.
.'. It was recently, mentioned, that
Philadelphia (Pa.) capitalists had im
contemplation the establishment of a
$i;000,00O knitting mill at West Point,,
Va. The names of the projectors
have not as yet been announced, but
it is - stated that H. J. Dagit ! of .43
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, has
plans for the enterprise. It -is report- -ed
.that the main building will be
50x300 feet, to be equipped for manu
facturing underwear; building 50x130 -feet,
- to be equipped for hosiery manu
facture, and 40x40-foot building to ac
commodate the ' boilers. - About 500-horse-power
will be generated by. the
steam plant, and SOhorse-power elec-
trie generators will transmit the pow
er throughout the mill. f
' Brenham Cotton Mills of, Brenhanv
Texas, which were announced as or
ganized several months ago, Thas re
ceived plans and specifications for its
proposed plant, which will have, a3
previously announced, 5,000 spindles
and 160 looms. The company asks'
bids on the construction of the build
ing, the proposals to be opened Sep
tember 4; Plans are on file -with the ,
company; also with John Hill, Prur ;
dential Building, Atlanta, Ga., and
with H. W. Fairbanks, Dallas Cotton.
Mills, Dallas, Texas. , .
PouIan,(Ga.) Cotton Mills, lately re
ported at length, has purchased its
5,000 spindles and 160 looms from the
Lowell Machine Shops of ; j Lowell.
Mass. Some of the buildings are 1
now. ready for the machinery, but a
40-foot addition will be erected to the
main building; also a warehouse and
about twenty cottages. Specifications
for these are about ready; for bids. The
power-plant is. complete,' and delivery
of the textile machinery is tb begin
October, 20. W K. McKerall to secre
tary. ' .;: - . .;. ' . 7 -:;0 ":::''.'"- ;;:.v
Hartsville Cotton Mills of HartsTille, .
S. C, has been completed, recently, and
is now arranging to begin active manu
facturing. Its equipment of 12,000 spin
dles, 300 1 looms and complement Of
steampo wer, 3 etc., has been tested and
found entirely satisfactory.; The com-
pany'has a capital of $25)006 and suffi
cient space for doubling Its equipment
whenever such enlargement Is deemed
advisablo: C. C. ;TwItty of Spartanburff. '
S. C, Is president and treasurer.
Merrimack ' Manufacturing CO.",
Httntsyllle,' Ala., states that there la no.
truth in the rumor that It will tnild a .
duplicate., mill, nor la It intended to "
establish a bleachery in connectlca ..
with the plant. , ,
V The directors of the Mount , Vernon
Cotton Duck Co. and of v the United
States Cotton Duck Association of
which the first named is a constituent
company, held a directors meeting in
New-York city last weekThe United
States; Company dsclared ,-a, dividend of
3 per cent, out of theteniinonths' earn
ings on. the cumulated preferred stock,
and the Mount. Vernon Company , de
cided to pay the intcVcrt on the inccmo
bends for the last x!s deaths