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KIUIUR AL COMMPNT& OM unn r-n-,-
Be Dead as Result of
in . niir isfejisr iv im tm in ti tr-n
Over Cini? I4ttrTisi-sj,i Atst 1 1 nnrn nr 1 a
-a. IN UbFEWSE OF
red arc Dead. ivi ul IIBL.L.IIU IWIIIUi UUULU U
IIIRft iii i r-n nnnn ninnnr-
Wflb MLLtll bUUU Mlt
Chester
Hards of The
Old Veterans
South Carolina City De
corated ith Miles and
' Miles of Bun tins Em
btematic of "The Lest
Cause."
Solo, by Miss Lucile
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a ,n Gen- T- w- Carwile.
-JO p. m. Adjournment.
MaifS:' i' RecePtloIi to Sponsors anu
h, rnn: in r00ms of the Com
C ub tendered by Chester
CaSeru.;and Chester bounty
Music by United States Navy Band,
n m- Public Meeting at the
nuuse.
Concen r-y Lniteri st
Presentation of Sponsors and Maids
uuuur in laDieaux Picture by Col
James Armstrong, of Charleston.
r.V i . J iUlss -race L,umpkin, of
Columbia, S. C, Sponsor for the First
Brigade.
r?fednale Concert, managed by Mr
ics n. urennecue.
Confederate
Hood.
The parade, Big Horse Show and Re
union Ball are on the program for to
morrow. The Annual Address.
The annual address was nevt iiciiv.
ered by the able president of iimestuue
wunege, Dr. Lee Davis? HndsrA ua wt
and vxterlor of the residences at his best tQis morning and "delivered
:m l busin.'ss establishments; numbers ' saiS-S " a ess' In part Mr- Ldge
i i-.u.ils making the wplkl
, " :. & : 'r. , ue:irt 01 outh Carolina this
1,4 111 Ui oouinern airs; "our uursts into bloom. The red rose
;!h -1. . I.l.-rly soldiers, with snowv hair.'of a people's love unfolds before nnr
I -n.1., I shouUlors, furrowed faces and eyef, The Perfume of a mighty state's
t tt.rinu' xiens. ert!n , gratitude rises to you rich and sweet
uiuci unu pure rrom each velvet petal of this
I-.- iUy for the last time, the annual spirit flower. The beautiful city of
i.ii,i;.n ut the Confederate veterans 0f,cnesler ls a-throb and a-thrill and a
!i Carolina was called to order in
ii.. I. in onventlon hall by the chief
i.Mi-liall, Col. John WhitfiuM ir,wi n
fj( quent Words of Ex
Mayor Caldwell Keys
of The City Deliveted to
Commander of Veterans
A fternoon Program.
j . i ial to The News,
t h. st. r. s. C., June 23.-In the midst
ft tlinusandjt upon thousands of stars
an. I liars waving in the breezes; mass
..: i.M and w hite bunting bedecking the
ardly be Able to Reach
Verdict Before Saturday
1!
III'!'
i " ' lo( k this morning.
quiver with the electric emotion amus
ed by the presence in her midst of men
who in the sixties stood in the far-flung
uullic ime oi ireeaom, and in triumph
uure aiou our banner blazened with the
r..lwiiH Heed then called upon Chap-!f,niff of ahundred famous fields, and
i n Ceil (innrr., w r,A..i., .. i """--J1- u uuu uaieu me
o ;, , gW , Gor,lon- of Cam-'greatest angers an performed the most
" ii. v., who delivered the invoca- wondrous prodigies of valor that were
Hull
Address of Welcome.
i ii n ex-Mayor Robert B. Caldwell,
: 'Ms city, delivered the address of
ttH...rm He, In part, said:
i am commissioned by the good
i I"" neater to extend to the Con
i'.i.i.HH veterans a most hearty wel-
uiiiif ti our city, for nowhere is the
v "Mf,!,. rate veteran loved and es
! iu. .l mure than in Chester, and no-
vmi' Th no me people delight more to
li'Uior lii r ii .
"A ( oii.M.i, rable discussion is now in
iif.'ri's among the papers of the land,
a; t w lift her or not the South is now
i;la. that it lost in the fight in which
;i tiiok jiart.' This idea was suggest
' I in a recent speech at Gettysburg by
Hi- distinguished secretary of war, Mr.
I'i' kitiMin, who claims to be a South-
in- r. I haven't the honor of knowing
Mr. l)i( kinson personally, nor do 1
'aiiii to know the sentiment of the
utioln South. However, I do understand
t!if filings of the people of this com
iii'iiuty. and I want to tell you that
tii'Te is no one here who is glad that
.v,)ii lo.-;t. The issues of the war were
K"'t l'd at Appomattox and were settled
'""'"'i' e are lullv- refnnrilpd tn
anrn r or that settlement, and
We Ore Just as good Americans
:is can l)t found anywhere on the face
" Hi" earth, but when this is said the
who., story is told and nobody but a
I' M. Kaile would stand above the sacred
dust of the grandest heroes that ever
went down in oattle and even suggest
that the surviving comrades and the
f"ii :iiK daughters of those men are
!'l.id that they lost."
Keys of the City Turned Over.
Wor Henry Samuels, in an appro
Hiate speech, delivered the keys of
"t to lien. Zimmerman Davis.who
th..
today
i ':uiuus yuuigies oi vaior tnat were
lever rofnr.loH rn 5 sr.i.i
- . - .i uU uic luiperiBuaoie
pages of history.
"It is well for the city to greet you
with the golden glory of thousands and
thousands of lamps; it is eminently
proper that she should strew your path
way with the brightest flowers that our
Southland bears; it is altogether right
she should put in your hand the magic
pass-key that will open to you every
home, aye, and every, heart within iir
limits; but the dazzling brilliance of
mese lamps is but dim beside the
brightness of your renown: the loveli
est blossoms that the fairest
Of Chester mav trive vnn nro ull
hue when compared with the unfadine
chaplet that Fame's own fingers have
greatest dangers; performed the most
luxurious mansion that receives your
mortal bodies with .rieht rovel wel
come here is but an humble tenement,
a mere outward symbol, in compari
son with that spiritual abode, at once
home and shrine, that has been erected
for you in the soul of everv lnvai
Southerner.
"Republics, the old adage says, are
ungrateful. Soldiers of South Carolina.
believe it not. I make no mention now
of the visible evidences of the gratitude
ot your state. Whatever our people do
of that nature is to be taken as but a
token of the sentiment that fills our
souls. The gold that the state pays
in pensions to her heroic sons is as
naught either to you or to us, when
weighed in the balance with the mint
ed treasure of the heart's precious hom
age. So it is with memorial shafts. It
is entirely fitting that the people of
South Carolina should mark the places
where their soldiers sleep with costly
marble. We honor ourselves when we
honor our gallant defenders. But their
real monument is to be sought in the
living consciousness of the neonle. The
fans I "r l" , "5U?It -1 grandest sculptured piles is only a
r 'mwl. Davis trknsient emblem of our eternal love,
i.io 1 .i , ,.he,iayr thanking him Soon the sharp teeth of time will de-
Tl..r. t 0,'mS , .... 'stry the monument. Moss will fill
" i n ed states Navy Band, at this J up the graven letters, storms will black
" "; i'mjki iiin. .avp Rnmo mnsr t - i i : ..i i i , ...
. a - -1 1 ii Lilt? uijiiMitMi si "it i m ii rt- yt it ii snciTi ma
marble will crumble and its dust be
mingled with the dust of those whose
deeds it commemorates. But as long
as the Southern rivers flow in their sil
very windings through valleys embroid
ered with flowers, as long as the moun
tains look down on snowy fields of cot
ton, so long as the magnolia and the
honeysuckle and the jessamine weight
the air with sweetness- as long as our
Continued on Page Twelve.
ril i,r selections, which delighted the
iiiiiit iisi. crowd.
The Afternoon Program.
."I" meeting adjourned for rTinnpr
'Mi is furnished free by the city of
; i"ter, t assemble again at 2:30 this
re-
:i ( i.i.i ... .
' " "" me program for the
ier of the day. Is as follows:
'""'i'l tributes to Confederate dead
isceilaneous business.
Memorial to the late Gen. M. C. But
.Moriiiig
ARGUMENT
I RIGGERS
TRIAL NOW IN PROGRESS
JL COURT ROOSE
St. Leo's Nur
ses Graduate
Special to The News.
Greensboro, June 23 YPsfoM nt
St. Leo'S Hnsnif:il th ,in
"iv- ua9 UL
nurses of '09 held their graduating
exercises before an andipnro r.,,-,.
ing mostly of their sister nurses sis
ter's of charity, physicians and a few
friends. '
following the exercises a heantifni.
y nyyuimea mncneon was served to
une nurses. The graduates were Mrs
Winifred McCall Halohan, Miss Chris-
tjtornom, Miss Mary Waler. Miss
rsionie Blow and Miss Katherine Du
mas all of whom left yesterday after
noon IOr KaieiCh Wherp trwTn,, thaxr
will stand an examination before the
fatate Board of Nurses Examiners.
and will return tonight to serve out
their term at St. Leo's before entering
upon their life work alone.
This class was said bv some of the
faculty to be the best prepared of
any graduates of this hospital, all ot
mese young ladies possessing unusual
nursing ability, as well as the in
tellectual capabilities that mean suc
cess.
Important Rdlings ot
Mr. McClammy, of WiU
mington, Made the First
Speech For The State and
Was Followed By Mr.
Keerans.
The Evidence to Prove In
sanity Carefully Reviewed
And Analyzed- Dr. J. P.
Munroe Last Witness for
The Defense.
The long taking of testimony in the
case of Will S. BIggers on trial for
the killing of J. Green lincui wnc -i-
Od yesterday afternnnn In-
- "J iroLI"
mony of Dr. J. P. Munroe th 1-,i;nr
alienist introduced by the defense.
The argument began at once. Mr. Her
bert McClammy, of Wilmington, mak
ing the first sneech. As th
dant was not placed on the stand, the
state gets the opening and closing
speeches. The order of the speeches
yet to be made is as follows:
Order or Soeeches.
Attorney General BickettU?'t& speaker for
Few Men Who Escaped
Were so Badly Injured
They Could Give no De
tails Information Hard
to Obtain.
Developements
In New Yorkr's
Murder Mystery
Al elated Press.
Y,rk; Jne 23. If the state
; , 1 X Chung Sin last night,
-i lA'im Liner lf Vinvlrifr
. , . - t-l v. UUTillh I . 1 1 V.. V
hl'"l lias iriven the mithnrltloa
''I' due to the hiding place
Ki'i.i". . '""" nave noi maue u
t(sl """ ,l "as resulted In
In
t.i.
I' -fitly
"iy tan
'f l.e
no ar-
"i'' maze of conflicting stories
' nnng and even nftpr ho n nnn-
:jvi In ....,. jl
.1 I If III U . .1 . . - -
' llll!H
lilt..
xv ".noted AS nssertlnp- that h
uru know where Leon fled after
idilam. , S,!:'r8 ,H)(1." In the trunk,
la, " ''- "iimiwcd giving Ieon the
l'-nu-. V (t 2fi0 wnich Ch"nS had
if, . V -u uain
Illll .
Uu: arier (bung's statement might
however, that the Chinaman
activity ofT.ie police dur-
told a good deal more about Leon than
the police have allowed to become pub
lice. There was much telegraphing about
the country by. the police last night,
following Chung's story that he saw
Leon strangling the young woman.
Chung's reluctance in telling the
facts, his evident first intention to
deny that he knew anything at all
about the murder, and his extraordi
nary indifference as to the terrible
fate of the young woman, all con
vince the police that he has by no
means told all he knows about the
murder.
Further attempts to make him di
vulge the facts which the police most
desire those giving a clue to Leon's i
hiding place will be made, but there
seems to be scant hope of getting any
useful Information.
Bq Associated Press.
-rlii .
jriLLsuurg, -a., june zs. An ex
plosion occurred today in the mine of
the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Co.,
at Wehrum, Indiana county.
Over 1,000 men were in the mine.
A number are reported injured.
It is believed a large number of
the men were killed and injured.
At 9:45, nearly two hours after
the accident, few of the 1 Oft mo-n
who were in the mine have reached
the surface.
Many May Be Dead.
Two hours after the explosion it
was believed a large number of the
men were killed and many injured.
Definite information is lacking,
however, owing to the isolation of
the place.
Greatest fears were expressed that
the accident was a serious one.
The few men who escaped from the
mine were burned and blackened, in
dicating that the force of the ex
plosion was heavy.
Great Confusion in Mine.
None of .hem is in condition to give
details, but from one it was learned
that the explosion seemed to strike
every portion of the mine simul
taneously.
The rescuing party is making little
headway owing to the great confu
sion at the mine.
Injured Brought Up.
At 10:45 three bodies, terribly mu-i
tilated, had been recovered from the
mine. At the same hour 10 injured,
some fatally, had been brought to the
surface.
By Associated Press.
Manila, June 23 According to news
received here Lieut. Noble, with a com
pany of the'23rd, constabulary, on June
18, struck a part of the Davao mutin
eers and killed Sergeant Academia,
leader of the mutineers in the ensu
ing fight.
Sergeant Hewson of the American
forces, who killed the mutineer chief,
was wounded during the skirmish. The
pursuit of the mutineers continues.
THE FIRST COTTON BLOOM
..Mr. L. H. Robinson Finds one on His
Plantation.
The first cotton blossom of the sea-i
son is reported to The News by tele
phone this morning by Mr. L. H. Rob-
inson, of Providence. He will bring the
bloom in by Saturday as visible evi
dence cf this early blossoming. Mr.
Robinson is one of the early men on
the cotton plantation. He always gives
somebody a race for the first new boll.
t
X
Goods
Do Not
Grow Old
on the
Shelves
of the
Merchants
Who
Advertise
in
The News
X
By Associated Press.
New York, June 23 Edawar Roman
called as witness in the Gould separa
tion case, who said his business was
dressmaking, testified he was employed
by Mrs. Osborne and tlati seen Mrs
Gould and talked with her frequently1
when she came to try on her gowns.
He had never noticed and words or
conduct on her part which would in
dicate she was under the influence of
intoxicants.
un cross-examination the witness
saut Mrs. Gould's account at Mrs. Os
borne's in 1906 would amount to more
man ?zu,000.
Mrs. Sells Called.
Mrs. Elisha W. Sells, intimate friend
of Mrs. Gould, and who was her quest
voum estates, and on the yacht
Niagara many times since 1902. testi
fied she had never seen Mrs. Gould in
toxicated or boisterous and abusive in
her language to servants.
Shearn took the witness over various
cruises on the Niagara in 1902 and 190.1
upon which occasions the witness was
Mrs. Lrould's guest, and their stay at
imoiia ceacn ana aim Beach in
lyoo, and Mrs. Sells testified that the
plaintiff had always conducted herself
in tne proper manner.
NO
fvlUROERER
TO EE BROUGHT
BACK TO OUflHARi"
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, June 23. Governor
Kitchin has issued a requisition to
the governor of Ohio for Soloman Shep
pard, who confessed at Columbus to
having assassinated Engineer Holt, at
Durham, a crime for which Reuben
Barbee has been imprisoned for many
months.
. The negro claims that Holt kicked
him off the train and that he shot him
for this.
Special to The News.
Greensboro, June 23. County Audi
tor Abbott has received a very im
portant decision of the state attorney
general to me effect that the certifi
cates of deposit placed in the hands
of the insurance commissioner by
nome lite insurance companies to
guarantee payment of claims, are
taxable as personal property. If this
decision or opinion of the attorney
general is carried out by the Cor
poration Commission, it will mean to
iwo companies at least in Greensboro
alone, additional' taxation of over
$4,000 a year for county, state and
uuy purposes, or more tnau 2 per
cent o nthe total face value of the
guarantee deposits.
Another ruling of interest Is that
Section 50 of the Revenue Act. re
quiring owners of billiard and pool
tables, which are kept in buildings
in which "drinks" are sold to pay
$50 state license tax, means any soft
drink even to mineral water, if it
'sold."
Dollar Lumber
Was Voted Down
By Associated Press.
ashmgton, D. C, June 23. The
senate today voted down an amend
ment for dollar lumber by a decisive
vote of 240 to 44.
Mr. Russell G. Lucas for th rlefon-o
Mr. Frank M. Shannonhouse for the
state. - - .. .. ..... .
Mr. W. C. Maxwell for the defense.
Mr. Plummer Stewart for the state.
Ex-Judge Frank M. Osborne fnr fh
defense.
Solicitor Heriot Clarkson rinsing
the stale.
Mr. Lucas will probably mnk th
concluding speech for this afternoon,
Mr. Shannonhouse openins: In the
morning. It is thought that th
speeches will be hardly conclude.
fore Friday morning by midday. Judge
Council says that as the law Is not
complicated, his charge which he will
read to the jury, will not be more than
an hour in length, hardly that long.
A verdict will hardly be reached by
the jury, therefore, beforo Frldav
Inz or Saturday ninrn in p-
Judge Will Stay to Receive Verdict.
Insane case v edicts ar cont in
the clerk but Judge Council win r.
main to receive the verdict In this
case.
The last witness to go on tin-
stand yesterday afternon was rVr T
P. Munroe who was re-called In tha of.
ternoon by the defense in answer to
a question by Judge Osborne frw hl
opinion as to the condition of nig
gers' mind at the time of the killing
assuming that all the evidence con
tained in both hypothetical miPsf Inn a
to be true. Dr. Munroe stated that in
his opinion the defendant WAS fncanA
at the time and that he did not know
right from wronsr.
The doctor was not subjected tn a
very lengthy cross-examination. When
Daughter of Jeff Davis
Not SlCk as Reported th?:hypotheical luestion or the prose-
r I cution was nrnnniinrid tn him w
was asKed His opinion as to the men-
By Associated Press.
Colorado Springs, Col., June 23. Re
ports of the serious condition of Mrs.
Addison Hayes, of this city, a daugh
ter of Jefferson Davis, the leader of the
Confederacy, appear to be exaggerated.
Mrs. Hayes has been ill for some
time, but she is able to be about and
entertains frequently.
Street Car Conductor
Stabbed by Negro
By Associated Press.
Richmond, Va., June 23. On a street
car today, George E. Lewis, conductor,
was fatally stabbed by a young negro
wnom ne attempted to put under arrest
for refusing to move out of the aisle
when ordered.
The negro made good his escape.
ARGUMENTS
i en a girl she has a musical laugh
and she will giggle for the rest of her
life.
If it takes nine tni1nr tn mn-- n
iman. where does the self-made man
1 come in?
I
FINISHED
BREESE CASE
Special to The News.
Asheville, N. C, June 23. The ar-
tal condition of the defendant at the
time of the shooting assuming the
facts in the state's bynothetica
ticn to be true and those in the nnM.
tion of the defense untrue. Dr. Mun
roe stated that under such conditions,
in his opinion the dfendant wag sane
at the time of the killing.
Dr. Munroe Last Witness.
Dr. Munroe was allowed to stand
aside at 3:45 o'clock and this ended
the taking of evidence In the case.
mt. Aicciammy addressed the inr-
on behalf of the state. He has a clear
and forceful style and his speech was
a strong presentation of the Kfnto'
side of the case.
Just before Mr. McClammv Trrn
his speech Judge Council made a few
remarks on the orderly manner In
which the trial has been conducted sn
far and stated to the audience that
he desired fhat.no demonstration of
any kind should be made during the
following speeches: that evervhoriv
must remain quiet and let no disturb
ance of any kind interfere ' with the
proceedings. There was a lar.
crowd present many attending evna.
daily to hear the-speech of Mr. Mo-
i-.iammy, and the closest attention
was paid by the audience thrfmK.f
the speech.
The first sneech In the rtofonco f
W. S. Biggers for the killing of t n
Hood was made by. Mr, J. W. Keerang
this morning, beginnlnf:. his sneech di
rectly after court convened. Mr. Keer
ans made a strong dea for his rifemt
and brought the entire evidence before
ine jury, arguing that at the time of
5 T Leo D5 ?e idIftment he kng the defense" vas Insane and
Iv t5 o ?JJmtedStatel V?' knewntthat.he was doing wrong.
W. E. Breeze and others alleged bank "I shall, argue to you" he. saldTthat
wreckers, was finished this afternoon the insanity of the defendSt was
and Judge Newman took the case un- brougt about by the inhuman treat-
der advisement. - men nroMi ' vi " .
Judge Newman announced himself. You should have no prejudice
would not be bound by the In this raan r i'
v- Jir& ui 141-
. sanity. Mr. McClammy' argued to you
Later
that he
Renegar decision