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i: S' tad. Japan fgtimi Ita poaltlOB on tb« mainland of Asia; Korea and Manchuria will be rapidljr taught Weateren metboda, and under the tutelage of Japan tlie Ohlneae Goopire rlU bo opened up to com* '* - Sltutlofl Says McUm HAVING LITTLE FAITH ef v Acreage, He Coo* leads that all the Cottartbe Sooth Prodoce Sold ' || the Solatiofl of the Cotton aaewe heiierer before. . With Alaska, Ouam, Hawaii and the Philippines we have huge atepplog atones to the Orient, friendly ports under our own flwg, depote, baaee of supply, aud If need be, for our protec tion, arsenaK Nearly fifty years ago a secretary of State predicted that large as was our trade with Europe-, greater aa It might become, It would in the ful- uess of the time, be dwarfed in comparison with tbe Inevitable development acnaa tbe Pacific. I believe that Mr. Seward wa } right and that la China there is a market waiting, which will enable us to sell 20,000,000 instead of 10,000,000 bales above ten oenta the pc.und. li wc oouid with so little effort d»- vt lop a market in a locality in North China, it seems to me tt at it oould be done in all accessible portions of the Empire. It ought not to be difficult to teach a thrifty p K)ple the superiority of cot ton over silk us an article of general wear. It is cbetp'ir, and the fact that tt will wash commends it to a people so olesnly in their habits. Then the old saylug^ "Chinamen never wash their clothes and Japs never wash their bodies,” would be more honored in the breach than tbe tbmrvance. All businfes Is done in Ohio* under a system of guilds conducted on siml- deed Prices by Eaisrg- iog Oar Trade. To the E liter of Tbe News ahd Oourier: The drop in the price of •otton is exciting all over the South, and a Ooovenlon has been called in New Orleans to consldtr questions re lating to tbe cotton industry. 1 have Men many remedies pn posed for over production, but have heard nothing about under oonsumpt on, and herein lies (in my opinion) tbe only perman ent solution of the problem. With proper methods of dtstribu- tioo, there Is room for a larger crop of cotton than has yet been produced tn the South. It Is painfully appar sot that burping cotton, reduction of aereoge, etc, are only temporary tx pedlents, and will afford no per man ent relief. Oan we find newer and wider mar- kstl for our staple product? That this would be a complete remedy none can doubt, aud that each markets exist none familiar with the qusetion will deny. Facing us on the other side of the and it was among them that we found a market for our surplus when tbe large crops of the late '90s glutted all other markets. Five-cent cotton proved a great Jtfmulue to manufacturing and led to tbe mervellouedevelopment from; 1890 to 1900, when there was an increase In the United States of 32 per oent, while In South Carolina the output from «u mills ran up from tea to lor* ty million dollare, finding a ready mar ket in China. Indeed demand far outstripped pro <notion, and there wes a steady ad vanoe in the price of spjt cotton un til tbe China market was practically eloeed by troubles in the East, ano •peculation advanced prices alnotm ally, and, instead of an expanding market with advancing prices, we are In the period of a contracting market, with falling prices. It is evident ttut we are facing anotner era of low priced cotton. Oan we take advantage of the situa tion and create such a widespread de mand for cotton gojds that low prices and over-production will never be heard of again? Cotton is now below the c st of pro ductloo, lower by comparison than it has ever been before. Its natural ad vantages are such tbst if we do noth ing It will take care of itself, as it has in tbe past, lutby wisdom we can hasten the day when, the king shall oome to his own again, and this, I apprehend, is tbe great purpose of a Convention of the cotton grower*. China is an old country, with tbe stored wealth of centuries; her people need our cotton, particularly the obeaper fabrics. of the Orient. lar lines to toe Federation of Labor In this country, and this fitct properly handled has proven a help rather than a hindrance to tbe Introduction of American goods in China. You deal witty an organization Instead of indi viduals. If tbe cotton burned during the past weeks had been made into cloth and sent Into portions of China, where American goods are unknown, It would be a far more sensible plan of reducing the surplus and making cus turners of these shk clad millions ip fiut i.ooo mllM of ocean "roTT tween us and these maikets, it must be traversed by ships and each day the dlfil^ulties in that respect multi ply. - Our carrylrg trade is In the hands, not only rf our commerciai rtva’s, but of tbe nations who consume our raw cotton and are therefore^bitterly op pised to assisting any movement where the ultimate affect must be to advance the price of cotton. If the market for go ds Is to be extended they will^see to is ttiat it Is done under their auspices and then not on such an extensive scale as to make tU Mtipie tc&rce and high. The a merman m< rch&ut Hug is a stranger i n the high seas, and will be until Congress taxes some action which will enable cbe American built and operated sh>p to o >mpeto with its sub sidiz d for* L n rival. Fur years meas ures to tha. end have been before Congress, but the demand has never ooire up~Troin the people, because the develi pace t of this continent has heretofore afforded ample so pe, but the days of our national Infancy are gone atd we must go out into the markets of the world upon a footing of equality with the other nations. Upon the Atlantic our currying tr&le is monopolized by enormous foreign steamship lines that are now circling the globe with their ships that 1 e ve Emperors, Kings and nobles for Uulf-ttdvooates and sttcaholders The nations of Europe rejoice In the concentration of the wealth Of their people in their shamahip lines, they are sustained by subsidies from tbeir Ooveauicut and through their con trol of transportation they levy trib At Greenwood the coroner’s jury which adjourned Monday Jan. 10, to meet again Wednesday to finish hear ing tbe evidence in tbe matter of Scott Clegg, whose death was reported Monday Jan. 16, brought in n verdict Wednesday afternoon that he came to his death from a gun shot wound at the nands of his own father, John Ciegg. Tbe verdict was expected in view of developments after Monday’s bearing. The unfortunate tragedy his been the topic of conversation •vex since it. happened. By stm^ T Btarri Minister Wu aay f nee that ute upon all tbe peoples of the earth, iind upon none does it rest more heav ily than the cotton grower. Lets than three per cent of our carrying trade with Europe Is in American ships, a trade totally a bll lion and a half annually, two-thirds of our trade with the entire world. The first step in extending and en larging dur COttOD market must be transportation facilities. It its asking too much of human nature to expect those nations which are looking for cheap cotton to develop new markets Cotton manufacturing has been Intro duced into Japan,but hia not fourish ed, so 1 am Informed, because of the impo'-sfbility of getting theraw cot ton. Butrfor ibis I have no doubt that by this tl&e Japan's cotton factories would be important purchasers, pf spot cotton. . ’The New'OrTeans coavehllon corr-' aider no question In which the South is more vitally interested than ship ping. ‘ About 35 per cent of the total exports of the nation are shipped from Southern ports, while only about six per cent of the imports enter at Southern pjrts. The great bulk of our exports originate in the South or in tbe Mississippi Valley that drains ip to the gulf. New Orleans and the gulf ports are the natural exit, but tbe great Hues of railways ruif ease and west and Ido not suppess any one doubts that there is a ccmmunity of interest between these transcon tlnental Hues and the sabsidlzed foreign steamship companies. That.is tbe combination which has always de fe&ted every effort in Congress to pass ar bill for tbe development of an American merchant marine. tite'question of olothing was one of tbe greatest problems tbat c •nfront- d his people, but little cotton is grown and tbe methods of manufacture primitive. They depend largely upon allk, and he laughingly added that, so great was the population, tbat if cot ton were used as in ptber portions of tbe world, and you oculd get "each Chinaman to add one Inch to the length of tbe tail of his shirt, It _ would consume the cotton crop of the South." v— So far we have otly touched with our cotton trade one small section ia _ , North China, the exports never ex eeeding twenty-five million dollars in one year. It may ,*seem strange that a profit or loss on an industry amounting to •310,000,000 annually should be af- fected by tfe* loss of an export de ‘ mand of 118,000,000 or 920,000,000, but the sceptical have only to refer to tbe history of the cotton trade for 1901, during the Brxer troubles, when experts to China almost ceased tube convinced of the value of our at pres ent comparatively sipall Eastern trade. Tbe year 1904 has demonstrated be yond doubt tbat in spite ofjtbe boll weevil tbe South can produce a crop of cotton far In excess of the demands from present markets, henoe necessi ty forces either tbe curtailment of the erop or finding newer and wider . markets. No one familiar with present condi tions believes that without s( me prov idential disaster the crop of 1905 will be materially reduced. If the acre age is curtailed better cultivation and tbs increased use of fertilizer will The sam^lhtorMte boatooiied for a- mate np the deficiency. We have the quarter of. a century the oopatmciloa large profits of two well sold crops in - ■ ■ ~ - - v --u oor banks and as long as we oan buy mules and guano we will make cotton. The South npw has a practical mo- nopoly In the production of cotton. This she should keep at all Ind new markets, and make cotton to supply tbe world hazird, enough at fair Bed action of acreage may do to talk, bat resolutions will not reduce tt, and I believe tin t there will be man In the Cotton Growers 1 Gonven' tlon who will take a more comprehen sive view of tbe situation. Considering tbat In China alone a population of 400,000,000 trade with us per capita is now ‘ compared with what H ft booed to develop in the years to come, who will undertake to place a tbe quantity of ootton Orient will consume? follows tbe flag." Undcubt- ■S never more favor- markets; the of tbe Isthmian Canal, but under the present v gercus Federal admihistra tlon this is in sight, and then natural laws can no longer be defied. God bas so fashioned this country that the natural direction for its export pro ducts to move is north and south, not east and west New Orleans should be and some day will be onei f the great est. if not Die greatest distributing point in tbe world. At present about 20 per cent of the ships enterinrNorth Atlantic ports oome In ballast, while over 60 per oent entering Southern ports ot me in bal last. This is a serious handicap to tbs ootton grower, for his is an txport product. It means tbat every ship coming in ballast for cotton charges enough freight one way to pay the ex penses of the round voyage, which ex pense comes from tbe profits of the maker of that ootton. About 6b per oent of the cotton goods, made in South Carolina go to China, but under this combination of transcontinental railways and foreign r n Jinor 4 but go north mote than a mlks by tall and find exit, them over tbe Canadian Pacific way. The cotton grower "he pays tbe freight." . ^ J V'hen It comes to our cext door □eitAbors 11 South Ameoia, we are in a still wore- plight. Our ootton goods go to South America via Europe. ;i A vsasel loads in South America, con ss to Charleston, or New Orleans, discharges a cargo, takes a consign ment of goods for South America, but sails direct to Europe and from thence to South America, thus completing the circuit of the triangle, and hold ing at a disadvantage by this double voyage across the Atlantic the Amer ican exporter. Here again "Jones, be pays the freight.’’ " Tbe foreigner intends to control by bis ships the foreign markets and Jie Is bound by self Interest not to enlarge the cotton market to where he will be forced to pay high prices for spot cot ton- Oar consular reports record in s’at oes where American goods con igned to South American ports have been held in Europe and foreign made duplicates sect forward until tbe South American purchaser in despair accepts the European substitutes. Is it good sense for us to continue to allow Europe to buy our cotton, carry it across tbe Atlantic, manu facture it and then send It back acroes the Atlantic and sell It at a profit right at our door? They will do so just as long as they control transport ation. 1 believe it was Grady who said "cotton is a fool," and I add has no friends. ' Jno Lowndes McLaurix. Bennettsvllle, January 13. XU&DGBED HIS BON. T, * ftm Be port of Ixpert Accountant* Who| g 3m t o Ir - Txamiaed the looks , r The Awful Deed Wua the Father Wm Done While Drunk. Total «c? December, ’03.. January, ’04... February, ’04.. March, ’04 April, ’04 May, ’04 June, ’04 July, '04 August, ’04 September. ’04. October, ’04.... November, ’04.. Balance in State treas ury Nov, 30th, ’04. e-er wnca it uappenea. uy - sympathy is expressed for the father, * ’ u ' b cause of the fact tbat it has been shown clearly that he wan drunk at tlie time. In fact, he seemed, as pnrased by some, to be "perfectly C'azy." Whether be caused tbe death Of ills s-n by drunken carelessness or by tbe Impulse of a suddei blind way 0’drunken passion will be for a jury t) decide. # .* John C egg was at once t.rrested and h. now in the county jail to be tried f >r Die murder of bis own son. The tistimony heard by tbe jury Monday, given by Clegg and bis son, was to t re < ff> ct tbat the boy was shot while t rey were on their way to Greenwood, and that they did not kniw who did Is*- The Jury beard from other wit- otsses that tbe little boy said Sunday eight, after they bad arrived here, that bis father had shot bis brother, and that this was aald In Die presence of the fa .her. Tbe little boy’s changed testimony Wednesday was in sub stance Li at bis father pulled out the l istoltc shoot at someUilng on the road an 1 they (his dead brother sod himself) caught hold of the pistol and in st me way his brother was shot. Witneisos living along the road testified that they saw Clegg and heard bis awful cursing. One man W. F. Rhodes, repeated some of his vile oaths, but could not swear whether they were directed at the boy or at the horse. All of tbe test! raony showed that John Ciegg was as wild and frenzied as a man ecu d be made by whiskey, and that as a result of this awful state he caused tbe death of one of his own children. Tbe boy's mother has been dead for several years. Clegg was a pol ceman at Greenwood. There is no dispensary lb the county, and he wks drunk or made crazy by drinking 'blind Uger whiskey, which must have been of Lbe vilest sort, as Clegg seemed and acted like a crazy man while under the influence of it. BjtatlrJcai Information Regarding Um> State’s Liquor Business V tbat is Into—ting. Means. D. Zimmerman and J. W. Jones, tbe accountants appointed to examine the bocks and touchers at tba State dispensary Wednesday re ported tbat they had completed tbeir work. The rollowlog statLticsg. In formation wm given In tbeir reports: ASSETS. Cash in Stats treasury Nov/SOtb, ’04 41,208.96 Teams and wagons 64.00 Supplies’(toventory Nov 30th,’04 7,043.76 Machinery and office fix- * turea 6 328 66 Contraband (Inventory Nov. 3001, ’04 1,498.20 Real estate (inventory Not. JOtli,’04....... 62 800 56 Merchandise In bands of dispensers Nov 30, ’04 494,338.26 Merchandise (inventory of stock at State dis pensary J..... r 403,669 21 Suspended accoimts 2,896 24 Personal accounts due ' State for alcohol ami empty barrels, etc.-. 19 479 31 Total assets 91,029,397.05 LIABILITIES. School fund 9 518,675 77 Personal accounts due by State for supplies, whiskies, wines, beer, etc... 510,72128 Total liabilities...... 91,029,397 06 Cash statement for fiscal year ending Nov. 30th, 1904: - W- ’ RECEIPTS. Balance in, State treas ury, Nov. 30th, *03. oCeTDDCr, tr January, ’04, receipt*.. February,4’04, receipts.. March, ’04. receipts.... April, ’04, receipts May, ’04, receipts .... June. ’04, receipts., .-tt July, ’04, receipts August, ’04, receipts... September, ’04, receipts O.telber.^tt receipts..' 9 20,989 92 —866.688.^6-1^9 248 604 237.570 63 233 449 40 189J)39 75 219 018 73 180,452.31 178,181.02 •enaTorlal Bpokaemeu for Members el tbe Board Declare Tbeir Wllllncneee to be Look, ed Alter. Tbe moat Important transaction of the Senate Wedneeday was the pas sage of the concurrent resolution to Investigate the State dispensary rhera-.-waS vno fight made and the amendment suggested were embodied without discussion. Had anyone anticipated a spicy debate they would have been mistaken, for the chamber did not for any time loee Its wonted air of dignity and newspapers seemed to engage m much attention u the resolution. The resolution wap a special order and therefore wm taken up first on tbe calendar. Senator Me Ivor’s amendment that tbe Ov mmlttee be increased from two senators sad three members of the bouse to three senators wm accepted He also offered an amendment tbat instead of having the committee sit now and report before February 1st (is provided in the resolution) it should meet soon after adjournment and report to tbe next session. Tbe committee is to receive 94 per diem and rnileage. Another amendment submitted by Senator Raysor wm a provision that "statements made by witnesses should not be used against them in any criminal proceeding" be stricken out. This was done. Sena tors McLeod and Brice submitted amendments omnibus in character and giving.the committee the right to find out everything possible about the dispensary-and through any means, its pMt and present history (pelud ed . , » - ' * * Tbe resolution as it now stand* provides that the committee wl.l re port to the next general assembly on affairs of the dispensary. They twin mbs ftMtouyi request a copy of toy M-pwe 1 nervous debility. Impotency, nlarcement of the prooUte.JM ex diseases resulting from the 1 -y'. 'wntK- simple leniruuffe all that you went to know. It is mtemlaln* end laetruotlvo aniTwlll open your erpsi f . _“:nTL ..„V.. A < n «. muita the names of hundred after they Rad Writ for the book. In these *5 year* f have developed'a ofeuns that Ut * , Dew and original and differ* widely from the oldjnetbods to eure men in half the tlm*, la a simple yet effective way. With It I*m< „ _ . Write me and I will a how you the MSk /our vitalitr and strength, your manhood ard health. j»Q ■awer hewMjte >u are, sad so thoroughly that you will atay cured forever. If too will meotlop.how you f ..cted I will eneloae besides the M-nsure book * Self Eaarolnatton that 1 can make aatudy cf your case *nd report to you frecofehan-e. I have elyh t ot her medloa | book* that I wliraendtomen free on roceiot of name and aUUrest, in a olain unmarked envelop* Write me today sure or. J. Nf*uinroN HkTHAW^V, 88 lomao Building 22 1-2 South Broad street, At.rnta, Qa. receipts 219.619.80 241 437 78 290.528 06 92 945,298 DISBURSEMENTS 3'.6,410.00 236.797 07 252 J31 87 236,042 53 193,447.42 194.066.00 201.672 33 162.383.96 195,132.51 225 584 82 229.721.86 390,038 84 92,904,029 21 41 268 96 Total 92,945.298.17 Purchases for fiscal year ending No vember 30th, 1904: Whiskies, Bottles, wines, corks, beer, labels, etc. etc. 303,518 *9) 9 25 771.97 62 128.32 21.708 61 287,532 01 23 412 88 179 408 56 14”314 95 86 292 55 16,150.04 I66 k 207 59 6,006.41 98 177 33 - 8,589.60 Will Loee III* Job. Charles J. Mulky, postmaster at Westminster, S. C., is tbe postmaster wire has-gotten into trouble by mak ing aud soliciting contributions for paying the expenses of negro and other delegates to state and county conventions. Mulky will lose his position, which he has held only since April 19, 1904 The investigation of Inspectors of the postefflee depart ment showed that he had not only made contributions for this purpose himeein but had solicited and ob tained contributions from other post masters, and It was some of those who had complained to the depart ment, as told in this correspondence a day or two ago. In the future all postmasters who either pay money to politicians for traveling or other ex pen sen or solicit money from other federal employM for the same thing will lose their positions. Several other postmMters are likely to lose their positions, ss others are reported 10 bavE done the same thing. Gall* Tbem Liar*. With dramatic fervor, Senator John H. Mitchell, of Oregon, on the flx>r of the United States Senate Wednes day afternoon denounced his accusers and publicly branded tbem as "mali cious and atrocious liars.” In a heart oo heart talk with bis fellow mem- ’yen, he proclaimed his innocence of >he charges upon which te, with Rep- esentatlve Hermann, of Oregon, wm acently indicted at Port And and ex pressed confidence in hla ultimate vin- licatlon. W bo Gan Answer? The Columbia State says: "We wsnt to know. Wm ther<> ever a post- office robbery In one of our South Ca r - olina towns where the rubbers failed to gain ingress by means of a hammer *ecured from "a neighboring black smith shop?” It is only i coincidence or do ail Sooth Carolina postoffl Ms do Dei ember, January.. Fel rnary. March April .... May June..... July AugUatu . . Sept Ootober.. November Totals.. 158 286.08 15,464 01 167,561 52 22,905 86 184 346 0J .18 104 06 297,044.33 .21,966 87 325 839 78 24 717 38 92 316,242 58 9211,903 55 PROKITS. Gross, profits on mer chandise sold during year 9 Contraband seizures State's share of profits on bet r sold by Ger- mahTa Brewing Co .-*—■■ Received on H. T. El en’s account . 652,118 76 7,146.97 719,75 54 03 Total profits..: LOSSES. Supplies used-. Insurance premiums... Breakage and leakage.. Freight and express charges Labor (pay rolls)....... Expanse account Constabulary Litigation.. Revenue license Robbery Of dispensary, June 6th, :03.v.. Robbery of dispj May 13th, '04 Ltes by fire Refunded by State board to dispenser, Aiken .. State’s net profit passed to credit school fund.. iensary, 9 660,039 50 - r $2.11,477.('ll 10,116.93 —- 661,51 ’ 99.524.16 33,873 69 43,372 87 66,412.12 1,627 64 125.00 9 32 72.36 980.98 408.14 .171,377.73 Total losses. 9 660,039 50 Juat Like Tbem. A special to the Chicago Tribune declares that tbe.Colurado .Damecrata. have discovered sufficient evidence to prove tbat recent frauds charged to the Democratic party in that State were the work of the Republicans themselves. Detectives employed by the Democratic leaders allege tbat they have developed a chain of evi dence which will show that tbe boxes which revealed fradulent Democratic votes had previously been stuffed by the Republicans, with tbe purpose ef making out cases of fraud by the Democrat* and then having the boxes thrown out of tbe count. A Fatal Fall. An investigation into tha sudden death of Mr. W. C. Putsch, in Char leston, wm held by the coroner, butt verdict wm rendered that it wm due to an accident, falling down the steps of his residence. He wm found dead tn tbe hallway of his house on Sunday night, and It wm thought that there 4..* WE ARE LOOKING ( ap I FOR YOUR ORDERS B ^ Mv.il COLUMBIA LUMBER & MfC CO H IMk'F COLUMBIA 5 C Ta&MM KHFTRE1 KUFYBE!! KUFYREIII is, aFire Killer. Dj nmtrallor. every L lta fire fighting qualities, iw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning For sale by That I day at the I ___ Every Farmer, un ann, property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00.. <uo Columbia, ©. O. The machinery Supply house of the State shall have authority to summon wit nesses, to employ stenographers and accountants and have access to the txttks and papers of the institution There are special questions for them to investigate, particularly the follow ing: ' ■ - ' Whether ’or not it is a fact that houses represented by agent* who are near relatives of the members of the t f directors receive large orders at each purchase. Is ita fact that members of the board of directors are, or have been, agents for certain wholesale bouses from which .large purchases are made? Is it a fact that parties to whom large orders ate given are not whole sale dealers, but brokers and tbat the orders are filled by tbi -J persona, thus making, the State pay tbe commission of the middle man? Was It necessary to purchase tbe large quantity or liquor ordered in December, 1904, to fin demands, and especially the new and fancy goods purchased which is unknown to tbe trade? Ars the extraordim.ry heavy pur chases made neceasa ry to the best business interests of the dispensary system? What is tbe financial standing of tbe business, and is it run on the beet principles for the interest of tbe law as originally paastd and amend ed? Is it a fact tbat tbe State, through tbe dhpersaries, is vhlating the con stitution of 1895, in hat it is selling whiskey in less quantities than one hiif 6f one pint? Is4t a fact that tbs State is selling 5’s in case goods to its customers and charging tHsm for one quart ? Is it a fact tbat certain agents are traveling over the State and offering special inducements to county die- pansers to ^push" certain brands of liquor, and, If so, Is it a fact known to tbe members of the State board of director^ V Is it a fact tbat certain require ments of tbe law are dispensed with by the county dispensers by order of, or by the consent of the mt mbers of the State b ard of directors? Has the whiskey which bM been recently purchased been ordered out from tl.e dealer or is it held in reserve for future Seiiv.rj ? What is tbe ludfb’edne 1 * of the dispensary for liquors whloi have been bought but not delivered? Tbe committM can call to ita aid any Df tire employes or officers of tfae institution and can apply to tbe gen eral assembly for additional powers. Authority to punish for contempt is given by the resolution, and witnesses shall be paid at tbe regular rate for witneses in Richland county. The meetings shall be public. The ex penses are to be coarged to the dis pensary. Immediately after tbe resolution bad been passed the senator from Lexington, Mr. Efird, announced for tbe member of the board of directors from that county, Mr. John Bell To will, that he "’Courted Investigation. A similar announcement for tbs mem- ber frbin Newberry. Mr. H. H. Evans, but more detailed in character wm made by tbe senator from that county, Dynamite Exploded.\ By an explosion of dynamite one mUs-«a&t ol Radford Ind., gadnaa men' blaoksmithing "on the side?" We are had been foul play. Mr. Pstsoh T« anxious to secure exact information concerning IheM points.” We pass. clerked in a dry goods store end ;inu»rrie<l evening, two ifien were killed and four others lojured. The dead: _ ~ William 8. Jenkins, Bedford. William Garrett, Oolltie. The men who were employes of tbe Central Union Telephone company, had been working on tbe line eMt of tbat city. They #ere returning to town in a wagon m whjch they bad thrown the dynamite, explosion cap and tools. The jarring of the'wagon caused the explosion of tbe caps. The wagon wm blown to pieces and one of tbe horses wm injured. - . -^,' r Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing “RUBEROID.” Write for prices. * ^ The Guinard Brick Works, —^ COrvUMEBlA, CX -■ ."a Building and Re-Presred Brick/ Specif Stupes to order. Fire Proof Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to fill orders for thousands or for millions. jlgaret Habit Alii Drug and Tobacco Whiske I Morphine I Cigaret I Alii Drug an Habit, I Habit | Habit I , ^ ^ Cured by ICeeley iMtitute, of ©. C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, 8. 0. Confidential correspond- enfle solicited. A SBRIOU8 e&AB&B. Tbe Railroad Agent at Perry Arreet- ed Charged With Fraud. Tbe Columbia State of Wennesday says W..J. Pooser, agent of tbe South ern Railway company at Perry, was arrested in Columbia Wednesday cn the charge of forgery and fraiil. He is quite a young man, and his father, who conducts a business at Swansea, wm in Columbia vainly tryieg to get together tbe tangled ends of tbe young man’s business affairs. Pooser seems to have lived beyond his means. Having bad some misgivings as to the way things were being conducted in the off)* at Perry, Mr. Geo. F Zealy, the traveling auditor, checked up the books of tbat office on tbe 13tii of January and discovered a shortage of 9300. An investigation of this shortage led to tbe discovery tbat Pooser bad beeu manipulating claim receipts aod had forged the signatures of claimaiits wbc’ had been paid by the rallroagl company. He bad misappropriated tbe money for his 1 lake Borne '•■•MB' Home Happy. hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. ol Sunday’s own use and had made fraudulent en-]8a. m. to 2 p. m. tries on the books. The American Surety company is on ‘ Pooser'a Load and the la.*p ctor Jn this territory was notified at once He caused a warrant to be sworn out Tuesday before Magistrate Moorman, and when Pooser went to Columbia ai the d.mand* of the railroad people, he was arreste d. This is not the only shortage charg ed against Pooser. He was the agent of the Southern Express company At Perry and is Indebted to tbem in tbe sum of 9471.-' He had obtained this latter sum of money by manipulating collection* °n packages sent "C. O. D.” Tmt part of bis shortages and shortcomings wa* Invest'gited by Mr. F. D Fant, route agentof the South ern Express eumpaby^ v P-joaer win be arraigned before Magistrate Moorman aod after U meoarj .heMlflK __ Istrate J. H. Eidson, Mag ate whose juriadiotion is nearest to Perry. While the inspector of the surety company expresses regret, he feels tbat be must push tbe matter, as his company is largely represented on the sureties of people in public service in this State and shortcomings cannot be overlooked. Eaten by Cannibal* The Rev. M. L. Stimson, South Sea missionary, who arrived recently at San Francisco on tbe steamer Doric, brings the first details of the murder of five Catholic priests and five nuns of New Britain, last Octo ber. After the murders the savages ate the bodies of the victims within sight of tbe German igea residence. Mr. Stimson is settled at Penapi, Caroline Islands, and begot the de tails from the vice-governor of New Brlstain. He said tbe nuns and Good Music Will Do This. You want * tweet-tonad Piano, or yau may prefer * flue Organ. We represent the 8«a*<*atd X*k«r*. Our price* and terms will appeal to you. Call on or sd- dreae 1 MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, 2 In Opera House Block, • COLUMBIA, S. C. TTT1)|TiiMiit T. S. H01XEYMAN, M. 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Mr*, that Totuikilo ideutifi^d the oakef, Salva- will be taken to Salley wheke the Ih9r|tore Ferrartjis tbe man who did the etabbin ed~an< for identificatioh their prisoner were angry mob and the fi^ht their way out When Ferrari wm capture bTback to i be tenement the dffi jui hm surrounded by an poii .iemen had to Good 11 Time. In tbe oity of New York It is an nounoed that open gambling bM been wholly stopped. Irdeed, gamblers, open or under cover, seem to have been put entirely out of business. It wm g vest undertaking tbat District Attorney Jerome entered upon and tt sbemed almost impossible for bias to scooted, but he bM again illustrated the truth of tbe My ng tbat when there to a trill there is e way. natives whose fanaticism had been aroused. Tbe priests fought for their live*, but all were soon killed. Then the cannibals, proceeded to hold a feMt on the bodies of the victims near the residence of Dr. Hahl, the governor. He hM organized a puni tive expedition. — National Good Road* Meeting. Gov. Heyward Wedneeday appoint ed the fuUowlng delegates to the meeting of the National Good Rmds convention which met In Jacksonville iMt week. - Mr. F. H. Hyatt of Co lumbia, president of the South Caro lina Good Road* convention; Mr. J. B. MoBrydeof Florence, OoL Richard bmgleton of Acton, Supervisor D. M. Miles of Spartanburg, Hoc. John A. Banks of St. Matthews and Mr. F. H. Weston of Columbia. In conoeetton with this meeting objtet lessons in road building-wm given under the auspice* of tha Jackaonvllle board of trade. "'/• Two Were Kilted. Two persons were killed and two more very-^seriously hurt Wednesday as a result of a boiler explosi jo which occurred Wednesday morning about 10 o’clock at Graves Mountain, ia Lincoln county Ga. The dead are- William Martin, Jr., white, son of William Martin, who owned the uw mill. •• ' —"Willie Johnson, colored a uw min hand. W illtam C. Martin was badly scald ed about the face, but not seriously hurt. Another negro whose name Is not known is badly burned about tbe body, and arm broken. He will prob ably die. Two other negroes wbo eels werersufrtmfidtfrtjy rmoirof -were standing near ttw engme At tba # — l '‘' , time of the explosion, were blown ovir a rail fence, a distance of twenty feet, but not hurt, with tbe exception of a slight bruise ab ut their bodies. Still Figuring; Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff received a cable message from Gen! Corbin, commanding the Philippines division at Manilla, saying that he bss receivad the following dispatch from Brig. Gen. Carter, commanding the department of the Visayas dated Tacloban, January 14: "Ltomt! Avery, one Poilippine scout aod twp native employees were wounded in action at liolores R ver, en Janoarv 10. Private' Austin, hospital corns wm wounded, and nine of the oon- near Maslog, Samar, 0J January 8. Lieut. Avery and Private Austin ar rived here today.” Tbe officer re ferred to in the above dispatch 1* First Lieut Morton L. Avery ot Philippine doouta