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voL. xvm. "r . V; .' v WHAT The Salaries to be Paid the Dif ferent County Officers. TERMS OF THE ACT Pasted by the Lefislatnre at Its Recent’ Session. The Superintendents of Education Get Better Pay Than Formerly. Comparison Is — . Iqferestinf to Note. TheMegislature recently passed an act providing for the salaries of all the offloers in all of the counties ex cept Judge of probate, master In equi ty and magistrate. For the latter office a special act was passed. - Judg ea of probate and masters will draw the same salaries and receive the same foes as heretofore. It is declared in the act that the constitution provides that the com pensatlon shall be graded in propor tion to the population and necessary service required. - The amount of sal- UoatlOQ here, and pur readers find it interesting to make compari sons, to see how different counties treat their officials in the matter of pay. Another notewsrtby feature is the amount paid in each ounty to tax and governing boards. Following are the salaries to be paid given pub. noenibSTof county boardsof edueatio • aders may ahal1 nnt th.n tban * dterary production, they are tbe county officers ttis year: Auditor. Sheriff Abbeville ...81,000 T.10© ^Aifcen ... 1,200 ... 1,500 2,000 Anderson 1,800 Bamberg ... 800 950 Barnwell .... ... 1,250 .... 1,200 1,500 Beaufort 1,550 Berkeley < .... 825 800 Charleston ... ... 3,200 4,000 Cherokee .... 800 1,600 Chester ... 1,000 Chesterfield.... ... 900 900 Clarendon. ... ... 800 800 Colleton ... 1,000 1,300. Darlington — ... 900 .'1,800 Dorchester.., _ 900 750 1,000 Edgefield ... 1,000 Fairfield .... 1,000 1,000 Florence .... 1 000 2,250 Georgetown ... ... 1,000 1 800 Greenville ... 1,500 2,200 Greenwood,.. .... 900 1,000 Hampton ... 900 1,000 Horry .... ... 700 700 Kersbaw ... 900 1,100 Lancaster .... • 900 1,500 Laurens .. ' 1,000 1,500 Lee ... -850 1,400 Lexington ... 900 800 Marlon ... 937 , 1,800 Marlboro. Newberry... Oconee .... Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg. 1.000 900 1,200 675 2,000 800 1 600 Sumter .... 1,200 Union Williamsburg York 900 900 1,300 1,900 1.400 . 750 2,500 600 2.400 1,100 2,500 1,800 1 500 1,300 1,350 Kershaw 500 Lancaster.........;; 600 Laurens...... COO Lee 500 Lexington 600 Marlon...... 800 Marlboro.. 700 Newberry........ 660 Ooonce ......._._. - 600 Orangeburg....... 850 Pickecs 500 Richland ...... — Saluda 450 i Spartanburg* 1,200 Sumter... 800 Union 500 Williamsburg 500 York 150 The county treasureres are pi i i the same as the county 125 r >175 225 150 150 150 200 250 100 800 *100 600 100 300 360 125 - 125 200 to be auditors exo pt in the following Instances: Cherokee, 11,000; Union, Cl.000; L^e, I860; Marlon, 81,200; Chester, 81,000 and 50 cents for each tax execution. Eiob county auditor is entitled to It fee of 25 cents for every transfer of real estate recorded. f Each sheriff is to receive 20 cents a day for dieting prisoners and actual expenses for himself and prisoners or lunatics when called beyond the coun ty Toe sheriff of Lancaster receives 2150 additional for a jailer Each member of a township board of commissioners, unless otherwise specititd, shall receive 12 a day for not exceeding five days. The chair man of township board to receive 82 a aay additional while serving as a member of a county board. Each shall receive 13 for not more than seven- days. TowdsMd boards of assessors shall be paid 82 a day per member for not more than three days, except in coun ties having cities of 10,000 inhabi tants, where the members may re ceive pay for not more than 20 days. The members of the oountv board of equalization shall receive 12 a day for not mure Him five days. — — County commissioners shall be paid as fpllows: Abbeville, —; Aiken, 83 each per day for not more than 100 days; Anderson, 13, without mileage, for 67 days; Bamberg, 8125 each; Birnwell, 1150 each; Beaufort, II per diem and mileage; Berkeley, not tb t xc ed 875 each and mileage; Charles ton, 81,200; CberokeSi not exceeding 1100 saqp and mileage; Chester, 13 per diem per member and mileage; Ches terfield, not to exceed 860 each with mileage; Clarendon, not to exceed 160 not to exceed 899 Darlington, NOBLE HEROES. Confederate Monument on the Capitol Grounds of Columbia. THE INSCRIPTION. A Memorial to The State’s Brave Soss Who Died for Her, Which Is Also s Testimonial of Sooth Caro* A ~ list’s Daughter's Devo- / tios To Them. Rrquests have been received by The State for the publication of the in scription upon the Confederate monu ment on the State capitol grounds, ereoted by the women of the State. This Inscription was written by Wil liam Henry Trescott, a native of this Stats, who was a diplomat of interna tlonal reputation as well as a liters teur. The hundreds of northern tour Dts who stop in Columbia during the BARNWELL, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905. each without mileage; not to exceed 1105 each; are] moved by the grandure of its senti ment, no denunciation, no walling— but a manly appeal for “Just Judg ment” of the osuse that was lost. Yellowing are these choice bits of English which embody so beautifully and so perfectly the sentiments of the south: —----- -•-'C ... NORTH SIDJC. ^ This Monument— - Perpetuates the memory of Those Who, . — ’ 'rue to the Instincts of their Birth, Faith to the Teachings of their Fithers, ' Constant in their L ve lor the State, Died in the Performance of their Duty, Who Have Glorified a Fallen Cause By the Simple Manhood of their Lives, the Patient Endurance of Suffering, and the Htrolsm of Death, and who, in the Dark Hours of Imprlsoment, n the Hopcleseneos of the Hospital, Clerk of Supervi- Court sor. - Abbeville.. ..*.... .. 8 300 31,000 Aiken .. 600 800 Anderson ... 600 9U0 Bamberg .., 250 800 Barnwell .. 400 850 Beaufort 400 800 Aerkeley .. 300 -600- Charleston . 2,400 1,500 Cherokee.. r. . .T. ;. 259 60U Chester .. 350 800 Chesterfield .... .. 400 4-— 600 Clarendon .. 150 8 i0 Colleton .. 400 800 Darlington .... . — 426 750 DorchesterTT.". .. 300 800 Edgefield 200 700 Fairfield .. 300 650 Florence 300 1,000 Georgetown — ... 600 800 Greenville .. 1,600 950 Greenwood . 350 900 Hampton ... 300 600 Horry ... 300 600 Dorchester, 1150 eacu; Edgefield, not to exceed 1160 per annum, Including mileage; Fairfield, not to exceed 8100 each without mileage; Florence, 8125 each; G. orgetown, 875 each without mileage) Greenwood, 8106 each and no mileage; Greenville, not to exceed 8160 each and mileage not to exceed 8100 each; Hampton, 82 60 per diem for each member, not to exotSd 25 days; Horry, not to exceed 890 each; Kersnaw, 8125 each; Lancaster, 83 per d tern for not exceeding 25 days; Laurens, 8100 each; Lee, 82 per diem tach, not exceeding 30 days; Lexing-" ton, 8300 each; Marlon, 83, not to ex oetd 30 days, mileage; Marlboro, 83, not to exceed 25 days, mileage; New berry, 875 each; Oconee, 8250 each; Orangeburg, 8500 each;Piokens, 82 50, oot to exceed 400 days; Richland, 83, not to exceed 25 fiayx, mileage; Saluda, 83, not to exceed 30 days, uo mileage; Spartanburg, 8400; Sumter, 83 eacn per diem for not more than 30 caya, with mileage; Union, 8250 each; Williamsburg, 83 each, not to exceed 30 days; York, 8150 each. Ueiks asd county boardsof com missioners: Atkpo, 8225; Anderson, 8300; Bamberg, 8250; Barnwell, 8500 (*tbO c:erk of dispensary boarc;) inT^rt, 850; Berkeley, 8150; Uharles too, 8200; Cherokee, 8200; Coerter, —; Chesterfield, .8100; Clarendon, 8150; Colleton, 8150; Darlington, 8250; Dorchester, 875; Edgefield, 8150; Fairfield, —; Florence, 8200; G* igetown,- 8200; Greenville, 8250; Greenwood, 8150; Hampton, 8200; Horry, 8100; Kerthaw, 825; Lancas r. 8150; Laurens, 8300; L»e, 8150; Lexington, 8100; Marion, 8200; Marl- boro, —; Newberry (clerk and attor npy.) 8250; Oconee, 8100; Orangeburg, 8200 Pickens, 8100; Rionland, 89oO; Saluda, 810C; Spartanburg, 8500; Sumter, 8400; Union, 8150; Wllllam& Kershaw... Lancaster. Laurens ... Lee... Lexlugtou . Marlon — Marlboro 350 400 400 200 359 500 700 Newberry 275 Oconee 1,320 Orangeburg 560 Pickens 300 Richland.. 1.200 Saluda., .i 250 Spartanburg 1,250 Sumter *00 Union..' *00 4 Williamsburg 275 York Abbeville Aiken Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley... • Charleston. Cherokee.. Cheater .. ... Chesterfield . Clarendon.... Colleton Darlington . Doroheeter... Edgefield.... Yiorenoe...... Georgetown.. - Greenville Greenwood^ • - Hampton... VS" • r-w— .. 300 Supt. Ed. ..8 600 .. 600 ... 750 5 .. 500 .. 400 -77- 300 900 600 600 400 625 500 _ 600 700 ■ 800 800 700 * 300 800 ' 900 900 600 700 600 1,200 500 . 1,000 900 600 700 700 Coroner 8 150 300 200 800 250 300 100 1,800 190 200 ' 100 200 160 225 .... 600 . 700 ... 800 200 600 300 ... 600 360 ... 600 100 ... 860 125 ^ m • 180 burg, 8150; York. 8100 ti Peasants Killed. A dispatch from Kutno, Russia Poland, says ten peasants were killed and 50 were wounded at Limenta, M;ircb 21, as the result of the shoot ing of infantry rent to qu^ll disturb ances. A crowd of peasants from Bentgnowa proceeded to Laments to iuduoe the farm laborers to strike and rioting occurred. The chief of police with a company of soldiers went to the scene and the troops fired two vol; leys at the peasants, killing two on the spot and wounding 60. The latter were brought in carts to the bospiu there where seven men and one wo man subsequently died. Eleven others art dying. An Editor Wan ed. The owner of Narodny List, a Ser vlan newspaper which is hostile to the government, appeals for a respoo slble editor. The eighth editor in three weeks has Just been arrested anc the editor’s wife, obliged to support herself, tried, in vain, to got permts sion to have an egg stall In the market — Severely Punished. The President lias approved the sentence of tB8btrart martial Inflicted upon Midshipman Arrowood, of North Carolina, recently tried for desertion from the navy. The sentence carries with it a dismissal from tbe vxvy and the law bearing npon the ease provid es that a man so dismissed .should not fter be eligible to any ttghte of f* from his quarry 00 the Ooogaree river, 4rd work Was commenced 00 Arsenal HilL But the workmen soon discover ed that there wps quicksand near tbe surface and the spot Was utterly nnlt for the weight of the monument. The sasociatioo in its dismay at having spent fruitlessly money obtained through the most trying efforts was cheered by the oiler of another site, the crest of the bill at tbe entrance to E tnwood cemetery. Ataoost of approximately 8600 the base waa re moved from Arsenal hill to the hill in front of tbe cemetery, not a conspic uous place to be sure, but the best site available. Tbe contract was let In July, 1873 to Muldoon Walton Co., of Louisville, who on sooonnt of their own loyalty to the Confederacy were liberal and patient with tbe assooiation in its ef forts to raise tbe fncdi. It was this same year that the a s,elation lost by death one of its most earnest mem bers, Mrs. William Wallace, and by remoral it! treasurer, Mrs. J. L Rey nolds, who, even after leaving Colum bia, kept tip her efforts to raise funds Tbe contracting architects wen paid 85,000 on tbe monement. In September,-1875, tbe marble shaft and the statue arrived from Oer- rea, Italy, where they bad been fash- ijned by famous artists. It was decid ed to keep the monuments in storage until-the entire purchase price oouid be paid. The contractors made a liber al discount, but eveu Ibis was nearly equalled by the atoiare charges and insurance. Tbe figure which snr mounts the monument Ti tbit-of private soldier, but wts fashioned after a photograph of Gen. Stephen Eiliotton, one of the heroes of the crater. In the year following tbe receipt of the monumsnt from Italy, a brighter dav dawned'.in South Carolina and tbe reign of radicalism was thrown ff. In 1878 the legislature appropriated 8650 for the removal of the base from E.m- T Horry, 887; Kershaw, 8310; Lexing ton, 8140; Laurens, 8121; Lancaster, 8140; Marlboro, 811; Marion, 836; Newberry. 8263; Omngaburg. 8493; Oconee, 836; Pendleton, 862; Pickens, 85; Rlohiand, 82,696; Sumter, 823; Spartanburg, 8232; Union, 8308; Wil liamsburg, 867; York, 606- Total 810,- 119 76. The legislature appropriated 8650; the railroad company remitted tbe freight charges, there were 000- tributlons'aggregating 8168 from be yond the borders of tbe State, making tbe whole 811,761.46. The architect, Mr. Walton, waa paid 89,242 63 and the remainder was paid for site, tbe two removals of the base, etc. Tbe monument was struck by light ning, the marble figure being broken, and when tbe new figure was made the monument was moved to its pres ent site overlooking Main street. This In Itself foirms an interesting chapter in the history of Columbia. WAITED FIVE MEE KILLED. Sueh Is the Statement Made In a' Kentnoky Court. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says a plot to sboot-down five men In the Breathitt county court house during pne of tbe feud murder trials there, was brought out in that city Wednes’ay at the bearing of amo tion to admit to ball Sheriff Edward Callahan and the Hargises, one of whom’Ma Judge and another a state senator. The sensational story was told by Anderson White on tbe witness stand. White aaid that Judge James Hargis had given witness a 46 calibre ftstol, telling White to go to tbe court house, where tbe trial of Thomas Oookrill fur killing Benjamin Hargis was in progress, and be ready, to do White didared that Over One Thoueand Chrietlan Women and Children, the Prey of Mohammedane. Full reports of tbe Baku atrodtlee are published at Vienna. The massa ores of Ktsbtneff and Gomel were child's play la comparison. Over 1,000 Cbrlitian, men, women and children, were slaughtered within three days by Mohammedans, amid scenes defying desertptiou, T ie victims were »bot, stabbed or burned to death, their eyes gouged out and otherwise mutilated. All this -happened In the presence of tbe police force, a regiment of infan try and several squadrons of ClMsaoks and tbe governor, Pdt ce Nakaahldes, The New York American Myt amazing fact that 2,00Q of New York s Twbo were unmoved onlookers for turee I wornen ’ mor * or days- The offices andTruops amused ™ worshippers wd voUrtej or tne tbemselves-while the slaughtering wts I Mizlaznans, the mystic Persian ^ , . ^ 1 _ instructed. —_ wood cemetery to the capltol^grounds j Hargis wanted him to shoot five men, In event any^Kmblestarted and each member of the general easem bly gave one day’s pay to the assooia tion. Tne secretary of state was or dered to further the work in every way and the legislators contributed liber ally of tbelr own means. At lengtb tbe entire fund was rais ed and May 10th, 1878, was set for tbet unveiling. The monument there fore stands not only as s memorial to tbe men wbo fought for southern fghts, but as a testimonial to tbs courage of t&s women whose noble en deavors in days darker than war itself were persevered In until tbelr labors were crowned with success. It is recal led that not a little, financial aid was contributed through the sale of a poam 1 v “1 “Sumter" written by Mr. J. B. Al-1 n tbe Short, Sharp Agocy of tbe Field, Found Support ard Consolation in tbe Belief that at Home they would not be For gotten. SOUTH SIDS. Let the Stranger. Who May In Future Times Read this Inscription, Recognize that these were Men Wbom Power Could Not Corrupt, Whom Death Could not Terrify., Wbom Defeat Could not Dishonor, , and Let their Virtues Plead for Just Judgment — of the Cause In which they Perished. Let tbe South Carolinian of Another Generation — Remember Tbat tbe State Taught Them How to Live and How to Die, And that from H?r Broken Fortunes She has Preserved for Her Children the Priceless Treasure of the Memo ries, Teaching all wbo May Claim The same Birthright that Truth, Courage and Patriotism Endure. Forever. It is not generally known, but Mr. Trescott prepared an Inscription for a third faoe of the monument, but thsre was not room for it. This epitaph was as follows: - , ’ • ' Those for whom they died Inscribe on this Marble Tbe solemn record of tbelr sacrifice Tbe prepetual gratitude of tbe Start they served Tbe Undying affection of these _ Wm so lives The scperation of death -—_ Has shadowed With an Everlasting Sorrow —-—— Scattered over the baltle fields of the south Buried in Remote and Allen Graves Dying Uusooihed By tbe touch of familar and household hands, Their names are graven here To recall To tbelr Children and Kinsmen * How worthily they lived How Nobly they died And In what tender reverence Tbelr memory survlvee In tbe first two or three years fol lowing the surrender of Gen. Lee, the people of the south were faoe to faoe with extreme poverty. Even then the women of Columbia purposed to start the moveme't for the erection of this monument. But it was not until Nov. 4,1869, that tbe formal beginning was made in tbe chapel of Washington Street church. An address was deliver ed by Gen Wade Hampiou and a pray er offered by R v. Wm Martin, whose son is said to have been tbe first sol dier of the southern cause to yield his life. The women of Richland county ft this meeting prefeoted an organis ation and sent a call to the wotUfo of the other counties in the Start to foio them in the erection of a suitable monument. There wen many difficulties if the way of getting a suitable site for the 1 flowers on the graves of the dead sol- mouumen t. The carpet baggers from | diezy. the north and tbe renegades and ex- slaves of this State who wen in charge Of tbe State fofe^nment could not be appealed to for a site on tbe State capitol grounds. In August, 1862, the aliens who compoeed the city gov eminent exacted of the oommi«lon, Al ston, and by receipts from a lecture “Tne Confederate Soldier,”, by MaJ. S. P. Hamilton of Cbesrtf. The day of the unveiling was a momentous occasion, more Impressive than tbe pomp attendant upon tbe vis it of tbe Marquis de Lafayette, more gorgeous than tbe ceremonies attend ant upon the Inauguration of- Wade Hampton aa governor; more significant than the celebration of tbe passing of tbe ordinance of secession, for that was bat a Nation's natal day and tbe unveiling of tbe monument commem orated the entire glorious history of tbat same nation; particularly the re cord of tbe 20,000 South Carolinians who fell iu battle and the 40,900 others wbo came hack ragged, maimed and wrecked in health. The monument as then unveiled, had been erected near the State house, about 60 feet from tbe front wall of the building, at a point near where tbe Houden statue of Washington now is. After tbe grand military parade participated in by a score of gaily uni formed companies from all parts of South Carolina, the procession came back to tbe capitol grounds. where, from a stand decorated most beauti fully Gen. Juo. S Preston delivered the oratloo, Gen. Ellison Capers, the rector of the Christ church at Green ville, pronounced the invocation; From the top of the speaker's stand Aja a streamer bearing Mae dying words of Maxoy Gregg, “If I am to die, I give my life cheerfully for the Indepen denoe of South Carolina.” In the pa rade were 40 surtIvors of the Mexioan war oommanded byOapt. W.~B Stan ley and the regiment of Confederate survivors was oommanded by Col. Wil liam Wallace. There were doz ns of battle flags of glorious history and each was cheered by the vast multitude. Tbe newspapers of tbat day said tbat there werelfi.OOO people massed around capital square when Gen. Preston spoke. Tbe master of ceremonies wss Gov. W. D. Simpson. Gana Hampton and Butler weie detained at Washington at tbe last momeot sod wired r grets. Gen. M L. Bonban, an ex-governor, was chief marsnal. Tne four young ladies who pulled the o>rd which loosed the drnpt ry around the monument were Misses Ooeves McCord, Doberta Beck, May Dargan and Beverly Means, each of whom bad been orphaned by war. Tbelr escort constated of four veterans, each of wbom bad lost an arm: Col. J. C. Haskell,‘MaJ. 8. L Leapbart— State treasurer—James Fraser and S. W R <wan. Tne monnment bad been completed three days before, Memo rial day, and the marble soldier was stationed at bis post as tbe funeral bell* were calling tbe women to lay The men, Wblte says be was asked to xhoot were Dr. Cox, James Ooekrlll, Msrk Ooekrlll, Attorney Vaughan and another. This other, witness re membered as being J. B Marcum. Kill all of these or any one of them is what White said Hargis told him. White said he declined to do this and returned the pistol. Hargis then told White that White would be needed probably as a witness. Hargis told White to return when sent for. Anderson White is a brother of Thomas White, who is now serving a life term for the killing of J. B. Mar- cum. Jeff” Smith followed White. He tnat before the killing of Cook rill, Judge James Hargis declared to witness, ‘^im Oookrill has got to be killed. If he is not, Oookrill will kill Callahan or me, or both of us.” Witness declined to participate in the plot. * Hargis threatened, wit ness said, to get George Smith or Curtis Jett to do the killing. Wit ness said that he was in Hargis’ store the day after Oookrill was killed Otiiahan and Judge Hargis were there and when the news earns from Lex ington that Oookrill had died in 1 hospital Hargis and Callahan smiled at each other. Death Dealing Oyelone. News from Roanoke, Randolph SHOULD BE STOPPED Civilised Christian •f the Farth. Many New York Women Each Morning Worship the Sol. - ■' i MANY OF THEM RICH. All ike PeMewers el this Heathcalsh Csstom are Womea. The Cult New Said to be Finally Establish- . * - ed is tbe Cities el New York sad Chicago. going on Tbe whole was arranged by the government to prevent the pjlltlc&l manifestations threatened oy tbe ChrisJin Armenian pop ulation. Tne Mohammedans, who are called in those parts Tartars,were supplied by the government with re volvers and ammunition and given a free hand. At the house of Balabek LaUyoff upward ot forty persons were burned to death, those trying to es cape tbe flames being instantly killed, soldiers and officers oooly looking on. Lalayeff.wlth bis old wife and nephew, •soaped to tbe cellar, but were found and cruelly tortured, tbelr eyes being pierced. The military Interfered only when resistance was offered by the Christians, and then the Cossacks helped tbe Mohammedans to beat the Corlstians. Tae wells are atlll full of WHET" " Reuter quotes the Peterbunrskls Tledomostl for the following account of the masaacres at Baku: From 6 o’clock on the morning of February 20 and from noon on February 22 a massacre without precedent and quite unexpected took place in the streets and public squares at Baku. The Tartar Inhabitants, armed to the teeth, attacked the Armenians, who were unarmed and defenseless, and pitilessly massacred them, without distinction of rank, petition, sgs or Tbe panto was genaral. All shops and places of business were at onoe closed, but the owners of them were shot down. ▲ sort of torpor, which it is impossible to describe, seemed at first to have taken posses exp- unded by Dr. O to mao Zar-Adusht- Haolsh, has been revealed through tbe arrest last Saturday M Mia. Brownie Ratbb «ae Wesverson, of No. 150 West Qae Hundred and Fourth street, a disciple of the mysterious re ligion. Mrs Weaverson is charged with having taught the Persian theory to Mrs. Ellen Raehll, an aged woman liv ing at No 1463 Amsterdam avoouo, who is now^expeoted to loss hat IHo— the result of the treatment. Instaooee have been cited In whtoh women have been driven irwane by their fanatical devotion to the strange belief; others have been made cripples and doomed to a life of misery; Dr. Hanlsh, the priest apostle himself, has been arrested on the charge of having tortured his followen; yet despite these facts, the society Is not only In* existence in Nsw York Olty, but the number of bis followers among ttas, fashionable sat Is growing. Tbls was shown at a meeting follow ing Mrs. Weaverzoa’s arrest in Carne gie Hall when a vast throug of women, old and young, and all draaed In tbs height of fashion, hung with breath less attention on the word* of the Dastur of the Boh-Dtanotoana, whs stood on the platform olad la the full regalia of his sombre oult. In the morning these women bow 80 the rising orb and address itns n god. In the swing tbsy prostrate them selves on rugs as did tho rsiMeos of old and the anetoot ToUec*of Max too. One day a woman by tho name of Mtos Ream mounted the platform of the Mszdasnan shrine la Chicago, (for to scream and pray hjstnrtaallj to the “She 1s tnaano,” add Zar solemnly to the horrified thra« In tho to 8600 for a small spot of earth on aenal Hill overlooking Sidney park. - The granite (or tbe foundation was sontrlbntnfi by Judge Jno. «. This Is not a Oolumbla It is the property of all the people of the State. The following contributions won mads by other counties; Abbe ville, 8201; Aiken, 827; Anderson, 8100; Barnwell. 8121; Beaufort, 1146; Charleston, 81,495; Chester, 8196 Chesterfield, 8277; 1 county, Alabama, states that reports have reached Roanoke of one of the most disastrous cyclones that ever visited tbat section, which swept across tbe southern part of Randolph county late last night. Eight or nine lives are known to have been lost ant damage amounting to thousands 0 dollars was done to property. Tbe oyolone started it a point near Double Heads, and proceeded la a northwest ern course. The residence of Mack Carlisle, white, was demolished and K. c. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed Six miles east a number of h uses were demolished and three negroes killed and several injured on tbe plantation, J’oree or four negroes were killed ou the Holly plantattoo, near Rook Mills. At Lime pusteffloe s store waa demolish ed, and a little white girl, daughter of Mr. Lucas, was killed and her mother serlotfay Injured. Scene of Horror. ^ * A dispatch from St. Petersburg says tbat the mortality In tbe Bus- Man army at the front la frightful Five thousand men succumbed to wounds or disease last week at Har bln. Tbe greater number of the rail road ears and trucks upon which tbe wounded are piled are brought into tbe station and left upon the sidings without bavl ig tbelr human freight removed Tne stati >n ex rales a ter- nble stench, having become a combi ned hospital, refuse heap and charnel bouse. ___________ Wbat Mm Been Dope. The Spartanburg Journal says the southern farmer by bolding on to bis ootton f r three three months baa put prices up 86 a bale. By continu ing to hold he can pat values up still higher. This experience has shown Urn tbe value of co operation and should cau.-e him In future years to market hls ootton gradually and avoid the shock to the market of throwing it all on at once, aa has been the cus tom. ~~~r Wm Not Poisoned. A dispatch from Sab Francisco sits after a lull police examination of tbe evidence furroonding the death pf Mrs. Stanford, the not'd woman philanthropist, it was announced late Wednesday night that death wai due to natural cauaea. While confessing tiyMr inability to explain the presence sion of everybody. There appeared ***• k** * greater following *■ to be nobody to take tbe defense of | ^re than in Naw YorkJ and began tbe unfortunate people. The soldiers did not attempt to disarm the fanati cal murderers, wbo hunted men like wild beasts, killing them by hundreds. It was in vain that tbe defenseless inhabitants Implored the governor by telephone to send help. Tbe reply was always the same. ’‘No Cossacks; no guard. ” It wss equivalent to the verdict: "Die, since thou art taken.” The bodies of men, women end chil dren and hones were lying In the streets and squares by the dezaos, by hundreds. Tnere was no one to take themawayl The authorities reixialned Inactive. Blood flowed in streams, and every where the crlmlaal Apathy of the an tborltiee was the suDj-ct of universal indignation. The miasaore lasted al most three days. Towara noon on February 19 a Tartar _ entered an Armenian church and ao Arm^uiao soldie • The police offi cer who was present arrested him, but after ward'set him at liberty witnout disarming him, and shouted to the crowd. “Kill nim. or hs will kill you all. ” In saving himself the criminal fired on the orowd, one of woom ran aftef him and killed him. Tola to have been the signal. In all no fewer than 10,000 cartridges were pended. Cbetnff»Dj( Escaped. Nine prisoners escaped from the Lexington County chalngang last week. The gaog wss located near Mr. Job Swy gen’s place la Hollow township, not far from Leea- The total number of prisoners un tbe gang was 16 or 16. It was rumored abrut tnere that the captain of the gaog was away at hls home, being sick. The guard was said also to have been sick and tbe gaog had been left under tbe care of a new man. Mr. H. Z. Adams, who resides near where the escape occurred, cap tured two of tbe prisoners. A tele gram was received from tbe auth >rl ties at Newberry aiatlng tbat they had taken three of the fugitives, thus leaving four still at large. It is said tbat these will hardly be captured, as they are long term prisoners and one of them came near escaping before bis trial, b, filing tbe bars of the jail. Grpek vuST , 831 Oar-1 of strychnine in the carbonate of soda I; Colleton ■ eodon, 867; Darlington, 888; Edge-1 which she drank before death they field, 8397.50; Georgetown, 8888; *y then was not sofletont quantity GreenvUto, 8489; Hampton, 810; | to oaoM death. Hang Him Twice. _ „ At Pittsbnrg, Pa., two men banged Taursday and the first nnsne- ces-ful banging was recorded In Alle gheny county. Reno Dardata waa hanged first, and hls neck was broken. William J Byers followed. Thetojp of the noose was pulled away, preoipl tatlng him to the ground. He was not badly hart, the rope wm again adjusted. This time there were no mishaps. Death resulted from stran gulation. Byers was convicted of killing August J. Layton at Turtle Crack on June 3, 1901. He implicated Layton’s wife and John McWilliams. They were acquitted. McWilliams afterward married Mrs. Layton. Dsr data killed Thomas Sinclair at Im perlal on September 20,1903, daring oarrel over a drink of whliksy and great ball, “but the honor of- nan has been saved.” After the meeting Mlaa Baum taken, a bopelem, raving an asylum. She bad fasted forty-two at the or der of Dr. Han lab. He < only to be released and preaching of hls doctrines. Mia. Da- venport Vickers, ont eUUt faithful followers, was neassuaded by him to last forty-two days only a short tlmo after, and she triad to until wenkame compelled her to desist. “mere is nothing bat tho the Great I Am!” thundered the »firtW* to Mi wavering followers. '’All else MShadow and iliuaiuo. It is by obedtenos that we live. We must look to God la our selves. If we disobey, the light goes out; death ensues.” It wMlnsqoh laagnigaM this that Hainan preached etOsroegie Hall, while one of his followers wm bslag tried before Magistrate Mayo with having practised, without S' on a week, infirm, old woman, gave her all the mousy she had, which was only 83.70... ’ -. — 1 Toe women who came to Carnegie Hall to hoar and A ppciad him: ssam in carriages. Their gowns wore of the latest oat, and diamonds adorned their uands and ears. Too ojntribaMoos were liberal, and every gesture of the black robed, fantastic figure on the platform was wildly applauded. With rapt fascination they « to dootrinfe which would have ssada the ordinary woman anodder with a stoicism almost uncanny m Its nature. “Go ve fortb,” cried pointed Meesiah, “all ye that are nappy, and feat. Pray ye to tbs sun, tbe source of life. Cursed he they who billeve not. Tnere la no God but the sun.” And tbe women grew hysterical la * tbelr fervor. v The philosophy expounded by Dr. Hanlsh, be says, dates back to lit,- 000 yean before Christ. In the old Zend languase “Madia” and Ur is in this origin that the philo sophy oh tailed its name. Tne flat attempt by Dr. there to start the society a few ago met with failure. He then to Chicago and met with better ceas. He eetebUehed a homeM the beadquarteni Tumi, Inflated with nla a came back to New York 1 a tew members. Now ha followers. a quirrei a dollar. Albert r. noted mall United States, for liberty al the of MeNeilto Island was wanted la ■erring twoyaaal Hs made a daring White