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VOL 1, - BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 19Q1. - NO 8~^ '
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AndtrsoniCountv'Oet* Much Fie?
Advertising
SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS
He Rightly Think# That the Citi
ztn# of the Entire State
Should Not be Held
to Account.
The Philadelphia North American
has in its issues of Menday and Tu'S
day inaugrated a crusade against the
system of "slavery" which obtains in
Anderson oounty. This was brought
about by the reoent occurrences whioh
led to Judge 13?net's chtrgo to the
grand jury to investigate the matter.
Mr. Geo. E Virinoo of Anderson, a
member of the general assembly and a
very prominent lawyor, was in the city
yesterday and stated that the grand
I jary is composed of men who will do
I their duty, and the people oan rest asI
Burcd that tho conclusion reaohtd will
w. . c _ J
Iuo m pivpci uuuiu^.
Another gentleman reoallcd that over
two years ago, Judge Gary presiding,
the grand jury of Anderson had somo'Vng
of the kind oallod to its atten?P
ii > the session of the general as
KinblyUept. Dania.of Newberry introduoed
a bill to provido for a constitutional
amendment to increase the
,< jurisdiction of magistrates in oases of
violation of labor oon tracts.
Mr. Wolling of Fairfield opposed tho
measure vehemently and exclaimed
that in Anderson county a veritable
system of slavery exists, that men are
bought and sold as ohattcls.
Tnis was indignantly denied by Mr.
R. B. A. Robinson, and tho two members
of the general assembly nearly
oame to blows.
Mr. Wolling's repeated oharges prepared
tho legislature for the annnuncinunt.
not a week later, that Judge
Benet had had the matter oalled to his
attention by an anonymous letter and
that ho had given the grand jury instructions
to investigato tho matter.
Tho Philadelphia North American,
after the court had ordered the investigation,
sent a staff correspondent to
Anderson and now olaims to havo made
an "exposure." Half page illustrations
fill up the front page of the paper
and the Anderson "slave tarffio" is
depioted in phoBphoresoent colors.
There are oolumns upon columns of
interviews with preachers and others
and the staff oorrespondont, writing
from Columbia, deEoribcs tho oondi
tions as ho saw them when in Anderson.
Among the features of the "exposuro"
'iueBaay wero numerous interviews
with congressmen.
The following is tho story of tho
Washington correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 25th.
The North American's exposuro of
l the revival of slavery in South Caro
. lina wan read with amazemont. hv nnn.
IgreBB.
That such a condition oouM exist in
that partof the United Siatcs in this
day was almost beyond the bolicf of
senators and representatives, and they
said The North American had done a
public service in making the facts
known.
The form of the oontraot which the
negroos employed by the oottou planters
are repaired to sign was perused
with special interest. Wonder was
expressed that South Carolina should
have tolerated such a pbt for a moment.
CAN CONWRKSS I.NTEHIt Kill?
On the question as to to whothcr congress
had a right to interfere, on the
ground that it was in violatioa of the
thirteenth amendment to the constitution,
opinions diff( red.
A great many lawyers in oongrcss
refused to give an off-hand opinion,
declaring that the matter was too Beriour*
but all agrood that, whether con
"jbb aoted or not, Tho North Ameri^^^^^?/'Ccould
oontinue its work by mak*"^^^ng
tho peopli familiar with the dciails
of tho criminal wrongs involved in tho
pornioious system.
The North-American secured the following
expressions from Kopro;entaF
tive Asbury C. Latimer, ol Helton,
a Anderson county, S. C.
"Yes, we sell negroes in SoDth Carom
MB "I see nothing so inhuman or outrageous
in this statomeut of facts
H When I say we sell negroes, 1 wish it
Bm distinotly understood that not one of
^B the hotter olass of tho race is subjected
^B to this treatment.
Bh Here tho South Carolina reprcscnla
W tive of tho slave district stopped, and
for several seconds looked at the head
B lines of The North Ann roan.
Iff "1 wish to say," ho raid, "that 1
don't approvo of the i-raotieo as it is
K now oarricd on. While tho |r-rcip!c
H of selling men to mako them pay for
violations of tho law may no; ho w) oily
^ wrong; I do think that it is now oar
Iried too far. i ho governor and iho
eourtn of Scuth Carolina have, and arc,
investigating tho matter, and I feel assured
that justice will bo dono.
. ; SHOULD THEY RUN PUCK?
"I think tho poople of South Carolina
realise that the manner of treating
theso unfortunato wrongdoers has
gone too far, and that a more just pio(
eeduro will'bo hereafter followed.
' "We are oensured for not allowing
negroes to run fee. Arc they not lawbreakora?
Should wo allow them to
ruD loose? It is not customary to allow
conviotsall tho priviloges of a cimmunity.
While all thoso oor,fioed may
not be conviots, ovory one of the mon
has been guilty of sorno effeaso against
law and soeiety. Tho question will bo
sottled, and I know that tho rosults
will satisfy tho Amerioan people."
SCNATUU TILLMAN.
Senator Tillman in an interview said:
"1 am surprisod that a respectable
newspaper?and I consider The North
Amerioan one of the mo9t rcspcotble in
^ this oountry?should lend itself to any
|-v sensational assusations against tho poc
pie of a State of this oharaoter.
"The existence in ono county of
?1 South Carolina of an unlawful system
Hi of oontrsots had already bcon called to
n$ the attention of tho grand jury of that
Bfc ocunty by the presiding judgo, who
soorcd the system in tho strongest possible
language, and oallcd a speoial
term of oourt to reoeive their report, ao j
that he can take tho matter under judicial
consideration.
"Besidop, tho State authorities, as I
know with absoluto certainly, have no
syini alhy whatever with any suoh ?
wrong doing. They do not propose to v
countonanoo it in any way, and the ^
State gcvernmeot will bend evory of j
fort to stamp out any Buoh unlawful, t
cruel system. .
"Tho leasing of oonviots has been
brok-!o op by tho legislature, and no *
oonviots are allowed to be hired to c
private parties, and tho cooping in along c
with tho oonviots of ignorant and silly 1
negroes ss prisoners oan no longer exist, 1
oven though public opinion did not c
frown upon it. '
"From my knowledge of tho feeling f
of the people of tho State?and 1 think c
I know as inuoh about publio opinion c
in South Carolina as any other man? 1
there is no sympathy with any view of
dealing with labor that is not fair and 1
Just. J
"Tho nature of our crops requires a *
oontTKOt that involves a y ear's work, and
. I, ? l j i 1 .u? t
uiu iiis/it ui iiuuuwuuia uito uttu tu tun
direction of 8"0uring such an agreement,
authoiizcd by tbo legislature, as
to eompol persoos, white and black,
who havo mado contracts to cultivate
the crop on shares to carry out their
oontracts.
''This is f'?r \o reason that the expenditures
ol toy for supplies and
olothiDg durii. Jho ntor, and, in
fact, all through the summer, would
all bo 'ost unless the orop was worked
and gi red and prepared for shipment.
i *
The preparation of land for the crop
and picking and and ginning takes ten
months, and croppers on sharos who
woro not found by contraot to labor by
the year would have the landowner at a
great disadvantage.
"There is absolutely no ground for
any assertion that the people of Snoth
Carolina sympathize with this 6ohcmc
to reestablish slavery under a contraot
system, and 1 am sure that the State
authorities will take all neoessary Bteps
to stamp it out."
CHANGE IN LORD CAMPBELL ACT
Granting Exemplary Damages in Case
of Death by Accident.
Following is tho text of the aot to
grant exemplary damages in eases of
death by aooident and entitled an aot
to "amend an aot entitled 'an aot to
amend section 2316 of tho revised
Statutes of this State, tbo samo being
a part of the Lord Campbell aot,' approved
the 11th day of February, A. D.
18?8:'<- <
See. 1. He it enaotcd by tho general J
assembly of the Stato of South Caro
lina: That scotion 1 of an aot entitled ]
"an aot to amend scotion 2316 of tho 1
revised stalntos of this State, tho same '
L_: _f il.. T 1 f\ L -11 - >1 '
uuiug u j'uiv ui LIIU JJUTU oauiocji aoi, f
approved tho 11th day of February, ]
1898, be, and hereby is, amended in line <
14 thcroof by inserting after tho word J
"damages,' and before the word "as"
the words "including exemplary dam
ages whero such wrongful aot, neglect
or default, was the result of reckless J
nc6S, wilfulness or malice"; so that ]
said scotion, as amended, shall read as ]
follows: ,
Seo. 1. That section 231t>of tho ro ;
vised statutes of South Carolina of i
181)8, bo so amended as to read as fol- <
lows: i
Section 231t>. Kvery suoh action shall
bo for tbo benefit of tho wife or hus
band and child, or children, of tho per- '
son whom death shall havo been
caused; and if there bo no suoh wife, !
or husband, or child, or ohildren, then
for the benefit of tho parent or parents;
and if there be no suoh, then for
tho bent fit of tho heirs at law of tho 1
distributees of the person whoso death
shall have been caused as may bo dependent
on him for support, and shall
bo brought by or in tho narao of tho
executor or uiministrator of such person;
and in every suoh action the jury
may give such damages, including exemplary
damages, whero such wrongful
act, negleot or default was the re
suit of recklessness wilfulness or malice,
as they may think proportioned to the
injury resulting from suoh death to tho
parties, respectively, for whom and for
whoso benefit such action shall be
brought. And the amount so recovered
shall be divided among the before mentioned
parties, in suoh shares as t) ev
would have been eclitlcd lo if the dc
ocanid had died iutcstato and the
amount recovered had boon personal
assets of his or her estate."
The purpose of this measure is to compol
Corporations, Kiilroad Companies,
etc., where recklessness is proven, to
give damages in the way of punishment
lo the relatives of the party who was
negligently killed.
The Supreme Court tf South Carolira
has always held under Lord Campbell
Aot that whilo a poison could r.cover
damages in punishment as well as
aotual damages where a person was
crippled by a K. It. Co., >et if that
same person was killed instead of oripplcd
the relatives of the deceased per
son could only recover aotnal damages
and could not punish tho K. K Co , by
making them give punitivo damages
for their oarclossncas.
This Act which Senator Brantley
succeeded in passiog after a hard tight
roverscs tho Supremo Court of S. C ,
and now allows a jury to give Punitive
damages where a person is killed as well
as whoro ho is crippled.
Looting in China.
Mr Goorgo Lynch, tho war artist and
correspondent, gavo his leoture, "In
tho Heart of l\kin," at New York.
Among tho stereoptioon viows with
which Mr. LyDoh illustrated his looturo
wcro thoBO of tho apartments of tho
emperor and empress of China in tho
sacred palaoo in tho forbiddon oity.
These rooms of stato had never boon
photogrphcd, nor had a photographer
over sot foot within tho sacrtd walls
until Mr. Lynch and J. (J. Homniot
nntorod with tho allied troops. Mr.
Lynch had somo surprises in the shape
of photographs which show how the
soldiers of oertain nations oonduoted
themselves whon tho opportunity to
loot oamo.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
)r. W F Aiken 8iioots His Beaatifal
Wife, Then Himself.
Dr. W F. AikoD, a leading specialist
if Savannah, Ga., shot and killed his
rife in iheir bedroom at an early hour
Yedneeday morning. The report of the
?Btol awakoned their little 6on, aged
light years. In his night clothes and
)arofooted, the ohild ran in the street
0 call a policemen, when the offioer
intered the house he found Mrs. Aiken
lead on the bed, with a bullet hole
hrough her hoed, and Dr. Aiken, with
1 pistol in hand, lying on the floor
load. After shf o ing his wife ho had
daoed tlio weapon to his own hoad and
ant a buliot through his brain. Tho
ihild said that he had heard his fathor
lount, "one two throe," and then tho
)i?tol shoot.
It wis developed at tho corner's inluest
this afternoon that Dr. Aikon
vas abcut 38 >ears old. Ho was born
n New York, and was graduated at
i'alo at the age 2l) years. Afior gradua
.ion ho was oonneotcd for a tinia with
he health department of the oity of
STow York. Then ho took a spooial
joursc in diseases of tho eye and oar,
ind came south to eottle. tic married
VI to A r. r. ? w a i., t .i,.
tacD A&uua ik.. X UllVI, UIU^IUUI UI VUC
11 ;v. A 0. Potter, a el rgyman of New
Hertford, Mass. Tho ltrv. Mr. Potter
*ai a cloco personal friend of Halph
iYaldo Kmorson. A brother of Mrs.
AikoD, Atfrod 0. Potter, is now lit ra
ian of Harvard university. This
brother has bcon tologrphod for, and
vifl arrive tomorrow to take oharge of
ho bodies and remove them to Massajhusot's
for intermont.
No oauso for the tragedy was (level>pencd
at the inquest. It was brought
)ut that l)r Aiken was a oigarette
imokcr to exoeis, and that ho was of
in ezircmcly nervous temperament,
rwo weeks or so ago ho had to havo the
services of physicians in what waB boicved
to bo morphine poisoning, and
it was rumored at tbo time that he had
ittempted suioide, but the attending
plivsioians said that was improbablo.
Lately his friends had noticed an extreme
abstraction and irritability.
Dr. Aiken was devoted to soienoe,
ind was an inventor of 6omo note. Ho
is the originator of aaay opthalmolog
teal instruments that are now in common
use all over tho country. He refused
to patent his inventions, saying
hey were for tho benefit of mankind.
He had a very largo and luorativc
practice, and was in independent oir
sumstances. Mrs. Aikon was a lady ol
jreat boauty and many aooompltBhmcnlB.
They leavo four little ohildren.
Cheating the Government.
The report of the special committee
jf Congress which investigated tho employment
rolls was made public Thursiay
by Chairman Moody. It says that
"some of tho faults observed in tho administration
of affairs of tho house are
ittributable to the persistence of mem
pers of tho house in urging upon t c
officers the appointment of thoir constituents
and friends to subordinate
placos." In tho offioes of tho olerk and
ioorkeercr lbs committee rennrt that
.hey "found certain abuses, namely:
l'racsfcr of emploFCS from the dutiet
if the positions to which they were appointed
to other duties, uDjusitfiable
payments of compensation to employee
while abient from their posts of duty,
and divisions of salaries." The committee
says that one cmployo has not
worked over six months in nearly fout
pears, during which ho has drawn pay,
and has not been in Washington fct
sloven or twelvo months. Many casct
of contributions by employes of sa)
aries are mentioned, ono of them in the
last congress, bciDK $1,600 anually oui
of a salary of $2,600. It is explained
that these contributions went towarc
equafizing salaries of other employes
Tho committee finds no evidence of th<
practice of assessment, contribution 01
division of salaries in tho prcsont eon
gross. The committee recommend a
permanent statute which ah all proporl]
and equitably adjust compensation anc
employment and spooifioally j rcven
these abuBCSA
Costly Sweep Out.
Playing about a trash dump in th<
city of Charleston Thursday littlo Car
Sanbcrg, the six year old grand son, oi
Charles Colson, found a package of un
opened Coited States mail. The child
thinking tbo papers worthlet-s, tori
open floine of thi letters kut when hi
leund money in them took them to hi
grandfather. Investigation showed thi
letters to certain $5,1)00 in money am
certified, endorsed checks. The letter
had been scot from Rook llill to banks
firms and people here One oPi he oheok
was for $'2t> 17 and another $ IB 60, fron
the Comptroller General to I'risidcn
D. R. Johnson of Winthrop college
The mrney was to p3y for scholarship
for a score or so of young ladies froc
all over the state who aro now at tlia
institution The post- ffijo authoritie
say the packages must tiavo been swop
out of the Federal building with th
waste paper. A thorough invcstigatioi
is being made.
The South in the Saddle.
Tho Now York Evening I'ost refer
ring to the; south* rn cotton mill indut
try, makes the claim that tho eoutheri
mills aro driving tho Kali River mill
to the wall, ''Belling cloth to tho } nn
works and bloajhuries in Kail ltivor a
prices which tho looal mills oannc
moot. Tho southern mills, forexamph
make a profit on oloth at 3 on h a yar
for whioh the Massachusetts mills ui-js
have 3 1-8 cents. Ami this is not all
for ot mpetition is promised soon i
even tho standard wido print oloth, th
38 1 2 inoh, tJiifil s. Kurthormoro i
in to hn ulilnd ?li?i *Vi? unnil. I.. a !
creased her spindlen in tho j ml ytar t
* amount cqaal to two thirds of tho t'
tal spindlcago in Fall liivor, about 3
000,001) Bpindlcs.
OpposeB the Steal.
Tho Springfiold llopublican says
"Tho lowor branch of tho Wisoonsi
legislature is ovcrwholmingly Kopul
lican, having only ucvontoon Dome
cratio morabers, against cighty-thrc
Kopublicans; but for all that, it ha
adopted resolutions urging tho Wit
oonsin mombera of Congross to oppot
tho llanna ship subsidy bill, by a vol
of Bovonty oight to fifteen. This fa<
alono should Buffioiontly warm th
party in Congress to keep oloar <
committing itself to any Buoh mei
Bure."
j
A
A NEGRO BURNED
In the Street of Terro Haute, Indiana
For
KILLING A WHITE WOMAN.
Crowds cf Mer, Women and
Children Witness the Baiborous
Scene. No Attempt
at Concealment
Punishment, swift end terrible was
meted out Wednesday at Tcrre Haute,
Indiana to George Ward, tha Negro
who murdered Miss Ida KinkelBttin,
tho sohool teaohor, by shooting her
with a shotgun and cutting her throat
Tuasday afternoon. A fow hoars after
' his arrcat an angry mob battered down
tho doors of tho jail, dragged the pris1
oner to tho Wabash bridge, several
Mj iarea away and hanged him to the
bridgo draw. Not content with tho
hanging tho orowd out the oorpse
, down, and, laying it on a sandbar under
tho bridge, kindled a fire and oremated
the romains. It was tho first
lyneLing that Torro Haute ever experienced.
Ward was arrested at 10 o'olook at
, tho oar works, whero he was employed
as a laVorc, and after being fully
ident ficd hy two oitiiis, made a confession.
Ilis only excuse for the mnr
drr was that Miss Finkelstein had
called him a "dirty Nigger1' and slapped
him in tho faie. Sheriff Fasig communicated
with Qov. Harbin, but tho
mob accomplished its work bofore tho
militia could bo ordered out.
Tho governor had wired Capt.
Thomas of Co. 11, to ilaoohis company
ful'y armed in readiness for duty.
At noon the crowd outside the jail,
numbering scvaral hundred, including
' men, women and boys battered down
the iron doors, but were driven baok
hy Jailer Lawretca ODonnoll, who
fired over the heads of the mob. Deputy
Sheriffs Cooper, Heesiok and Loforge
were struck by scattering shot and
slightly injured, but nobody in the
orowd was hurt. A detail of police
vainly tried to disperse the crowd
Ar 12:35 o'clook another crowd bat;
terod dawn the outer doors of the jail
securing possession of the keys and cni
tering the cell room. The side door
was opened for tho rost of tho orowd.
Tho ooll was quickly opened and Ward
was dragged forth, Ho fought with
tho deeperato ferocity of a beast at
( hay. Ho was dragged out to the
strnflt still lifflitino nrilh all tiio
strength, but a blow from a heavy
hammer felled him to tho grounch
A noose wai quhpkly adjusted^.o hia
neuk and tho m^b started with its
viotim toward tho Wabash bridge.
Tno feeblo resisf.anco made by the
wretohed creature after that blow with
tho hammer was soon quieted by the
savago blows of the mob. Face downward
ho was dragged through the
! street to the hridgo and across tho
. rough planking of the drivoway to the
drawbridge. Many aro of the opinion
that tho follow was dead before the
! scene of the hanging was reached.
However, tho rope was thrown over
one of the upper beams and the body
drawn up.
I Then burning at tho stako was
agreed on unanimously, and a fire was
1 quiokly kindled on tho bank of the
river just south of tho bridge. Tho
body, bearing no sign of lifo, was
thrown into the firo, and faggots were
, piled upon it. The stake was omitted.
I The body was in a horizontal position,
I tho feet protruding at ono end, tho
head at the other. Tho can of turpen'
tine was poured on tho eager flames.
' After that combustiblo oils seemed to
djw spontaneously toward tho firo and
the flames leaped high, while the body
. of the Negro was rapidly oonsumed.
| None of tho mob attempted disguise.
L When tho body was taken down to
be oarried to tho fire the bridge west
of tho draw was bartioaded, but the
oast bank of tho river and tho bridge
on tho oity side of the draw were
- crowded with thousands of men, wd!
men and children, gazing at the awful
' spectacle. With grim determination
the mob fed the Haines and watched tho
> flesh shrivel to cinders and the bones
3 orumble and burn.
3 Souvenir hunters were on hand in
8 foroo, and fragments of the body are
j now scattered broadcast. One man,
* while the feet still protruded from the
* tlaiues. offered $1 for a toe from "the
> Nigger's loot." A venturesome youth, I
s drawing a knife from his pocket, made
J a dash for the prize. Ho quickly ampu
1 rated a too, dolivcred tho goods and
got his money.
4 As the bones began to crumblo and
0 fall apart tho fracmsnts were taken
1 from tho fire and carried away. At 3
8 o'clock there was nothing left of the
1 boay except a small srotion of tho truuk
c aDU the baok of the head. Busy hands
r> kept tho burning faggots piled upon
the roasting segments. Women oame
to tho tccno by scores. At about 2.30
o'clook the barricade wan removed and
- tho crowd surrounded tho fire,
i- Ward was 27 years old, and leaves a
n widow and two children. Ho camo here
s four years ago, from Ciroievillo, O.
it Tho statement that ho was one time
t in an insane asylum is denied by his
it wifo. Ho sorved a jail sontonoo in 1880
>, for laroony. The loaders of tho mob
d aro unknown, and an public sentiment
t upholds the lynohing, no pro9eoutions
, are expected.
u - #
0 A Mystery of Vordi's Will.
i. Verdi's will, bays the London Chrono
iolo, contains one very ourious itoui.
>- His residuary legatco is his nieco,
Maria Vordi, who is marriod to Bignor
Carrara. To tho infant asylums and
tho hospital for tho blind in Genoa ho
bequeaths ?1,000. Largo sums aro also
j: loft to the charitable instiutions and to
n tho poor of his native village, Ronoole,
>- and also to thoso of Houssoto, where
>- he lived for many years. Then oomos
0 tho following request: "In tho dining
>s room of my villa, St. Agata, will be
i- found two large wooden boxes of groat
le antiquity. 1 desire that neither shall bo
;e opened, but that both bo burned immojt
diately aftor my obscquios," It is preio
sumod that tho two mysterious boxes
)f oontaincd manuscripts of unpublished
k- operas whioh the master did not wish
to see the light.
1
~7*
f COUHTY GOVERNMENT.
What Change* Were Mad* at the Re
y ceni .Legislative ttesaloa.
?j?ere were few oounty government
wy?"kures passed by the legislature of
JwL"& There was a commit!#* of 40 apI
Toted to draw ap a general bill. This
o&taure was presented to the house?
am oontinucd until next session as
wire nearly all other important gen
oral bills.
Senator Dean ^introduced a bill toroduio
the commutation t*x in Groen
ville oounly from $2 to $1 Additioral
amendments relating to the number of
dajH for road working were made for
tho counties of Union and Darlington.
The commutation tax for Laurent) and
Florence, was reduced from f 1 50 to $1,
and for Hampton was increased from
fl to $2. With tho exception of a spe
oial inea?uro for Mailboro, this was
the only oounty government tot passed.
It reads:
Section 1. That section 4 of an act
entitled "An act to amend sections 3
and 4 of an act entitled 'An act to {ro
vide a system of oounty government
for ihe several counties of the State, 60
far as it relates to the maintaining and
working of the roads and highways in
the State," approved 19.h of February,
A. D., 1900, bo amended on lint 55, by
iusarting between tho words "Fairfield"
and "Greenwood," tho word ' Greon
ville," and on lino 59 by Blriking out
the word, "Greenville;" and by inserting
after Greenwood tho woids "and
Chesterfield." and by striking out tho
wonj, "Darlington" before" tho word
mville," and tho word "Union '
between tho words "Ltxington" and
"Williamburg," and inserting tho
wcjri "Darlington," and by inserting
betwicon the words "day,' and "pro
videfc" the words "Union two days,"
and by striking out tho word "Hampton"
from the proviso after tho words
"Laurens ono dollar" and inserting the
word "Hampton" betwoon tho words
"Georgetown" and "Horry," so that
Baid section, when so amended, shall
read as follows:
See. 4. That all malo persons able to
perform tbo labor herein required, botwecL
the age of 18 and 55 years, except
in the counties of Ooonoo and
Pickens, whore the ages shall bo between
18 and 55 years; and except in
the ountios of Greenwood and Chcrtcr
field where tho age shall ko between
tbo ages of 18 and 50; and except in
Abbeville, Cherokee, Greenville. Horry,
Orangeburg, Spartanburg and Union
counties, where the ages shall bo from
21 to 50, and also except ministers of
tbo gospol in aotual charge of a congregation.
and persons permanently disabled
in the military Eorvico of this
State, and persons who served in the
late Kar between the S.atc, and all |
porious aotuauy employed ia the
quarantine Borvioo of the Stato, shall
be required annually to perfoim, or
oause>) be performed, labor on tho
hifthvrfya-uudtsi the" Wiruoiions of tho
overseer of the road district in which
he shajjl reside, as follows:- In tho
counties of Grecnvillo, Dickons ata
Spartanburg, throe days. In tho counties
of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson,
Barnwell, Chorokoe, Chesterfield, Fairfield,
Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Laurens, Loxington, Darlington, Williamsburg,
and York, foil days. In
tho oounty of Florence five days, in
the oounties of Bamberg, Chester,
Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, EJgo
field, Horry. Nowberry, Ocone, Saluda,
Orangeburg and Sumter, 6ix days. In
the oounties of Boaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Georgetown, Hampton and
Marion, eight days; and in the oounty
of lliohland, ton days. Union, two days;
provided, that ton hour's labor shall bo
held to be a day's work; provided, that
tho oounty board of commissioners of
any county may oause to be levied a
road tax not to exocod ono mill on all
taxable property of any township in
their oounty, when so requested by a
written petition, signed by two thirds
of tho freeholders of such township,
suoh tax to bo collected as other taxes,
and to' be exponded on the roads and
highways of suoh townships (exoopt in
the oo^-jty of Piokcns, where suoh t e
tition V'liili not be necessary) And
B&mb&-g county?in Bamborg oounty.
each Jjpcoi*! school district now or
hereaftsr established shall bo "a road
distriot," and the oounty board of com-a
mistioncrs may cause to be levied a
iw^d tax not to exoeod two mills on all
taxable property within said road distriot,
on a petition signed by two thirds
of the freehold voters owning property
within said road distriot (except (hit
in Denmark read dittriot no petition
shall be neoe9sary, but thero shall be
levied and collected annually a tax of
two miles on all tax>blo property within
said district) , said to be oollcoted
as other taxes, and the funds so collected
shall bo paid out on tlie warrant
of tho township commissioners, countersigned
by tho supervisor of tho
oounty, said funds to be expendod on
the public roads within said road dis
triot whero oollcoted. Provided, further
that in lieu of performing or causing to
bo porforincd the labor of ten hours
per day, as bcrin named for tho several
cot nties. a commutation tax ma/
bo paid by the porson so liable on or by
tho 1st day of May of this year, and on
or by tlio 1st of February of each year
hereafter, which in the oountios of
Abbeville, Akien, Anderson, Jhorokcc,
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington,
tiigcfield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood,
Piokons, Uiohland, Spartanburg,
Sumteti Marlboro and Union, shall be
onodoJar, in the counties of FlorenoO
and Lftircns, ono dollar; and in tho
oountiei. of Barnwell, Bamberg, Boaufort,
Berkeley, Charleston, Chester,,
Collcto.'b Dorchester, Goorgotown, Uor .
ry, Hampton, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Lexington, Marion, Nowherry. Orango
burg, Ssvluda, Williamsburg a ad York,
shall bo two dollars; and in tho county
of Ooonee shall bo tlireo dollars. Provided,
persons liablo to labor undorthis
aot shall have tho right to furnish a cornpetcntt
lbstiluto to laoor in his stead.
rJ'o Become a Banker.
Tho company of Augusta capitalists
who havo recently aoquirod tho Harris
Lithia S,P"ngb have dow assumed control
of tlie property and Harris, the
hustle* tho wizard of tho waters, whe
found i spring in tho wilderness
nino . - *g? *n<l * few days ago converted
i .VPto.*100,000 oash?is about U
engagoil the banking business.- If ht
shall bo/ "If *3 successful in his now
field as d(J was in tho old fiold whore
he found l!"> spring, his venturo wil
be a oot^Ptouous success.?Columbia
State. \
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;
THE FREE PASS RECORD
How the Members of the House
Voted On It
Wo have been asked by members of
the houBo of representatives who voted
against the bill to repeal tho anti-free
paBa aot why neither The State nor !
The News and Courier printed the vote
in detail. To thia we repliod that we
did not know; that the legislative reporters
of The State, and wo believed
of Tho News and Courier as woll, were .
instructed to give the vote by yeas and
naya on issues affecting important legislate;
but that tho omission of the detail*
d vote in this c?so might bo at
tiibutcd to an error of judgment on tho
part of the reporters as to what consti-tuted
a measure of importanoo. At the
request of these members?who, it is
hardly neooseary to Eay, voted against
tho bill?we rectify tho .omission by re
produoing from the j uroal o' tho pro
ocedings of tho houso of representatives
on February 8 the following
record:
H. 407.?Mr. Spears: A bill to repeal
an aot entitled "An aot to piovcnt
the use of a freo pass, express or telegraph
frank on any railroad by any
United SUu s et nator or member of oongrcss
from this State, or by any mem
Per of tho gonoral assembly of this
Stato, or by any State or oounty official,
or by any judge of a cjurt of record in
this State,'' approved December 22ad,
A. D. 1891. .
Mr. Tatum mdVrcF to strike out tho
uuauuug wurjB. upon mit motion tho
yoaB and oars woro requested, and it
was decided in the negative.
Yeas, 38; nays, 04 !
Those who votod in the affirmative i
are: . .1
Messrs. Austin, Baoot, Bcamguard, 1
Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Eraser. Gaston, 1
Galluahat, tiuntcr, Hade, Hardin, Hoi 1
lis, Keels, Kiblcr, Lido, Logan, Lo 1
max, MoOall, McLaughlin, McLecd,
Mishoe, Morgan, Moses, Moss, Prince, ;
Kedtcarn, Richards, Huoker, Senders, |
Strom, Tatum, Theus, W J Thomas,
Thompson, WiIsod, Wingo and Wood- l
ward.?38. I
Thoso who voted in the negative are: '
Hon. W F Stevenson, speaker; Messrs. ,
Ashley, All, Banks, Bates, Bivens, t
Blease, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Campbell,
Carter, Cooper, Cosgrove, Croft, i
Crurn, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dodd, 1
Dominiok, Dunbar,'- Durant, Etird, Ks- 1
tridgc, Fox, Freeman, Gourdiu, Hill, <
Humphrey, Johnson, Kinsoy, Lever, i
Little, Lockwooi, Lofton, Lyles, Maul- 1
din, May son, MoCraw, McGowan, F H
.vie M aster, J no. MeMastcr, Mdrrison, 1
Murcbison, Niohols, W L Parker, Pat- 1
tcrsoD, Rankin, Richardson, 0 E Robinson,
R B A Robinson, Robertson, 1
Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spears, .i
Vincent, Wolling, W <lls, West, Wes
ton.^VFiliiams and Wfids.?64. I
to./* Spears movce to reoonsider the 1
vote whereby the bill was ordered to a
third i-eading, amd to.lay textTLiOrnTo
on th^tablo. . WhioJti w^s.?groed to. ,,
Thtj journal .of the ^?/oxt day, Fooj-,
ruary?9, shows that t'nis'bili papsed its
thfird reading in the house without division.?Columbia
Slato. ?
STIR UP CHINESE IRE.
The Hatred of Foreigners May Last
A Long Time
According to tbo opinion,of Sir Chih
Cnuu Lohfongluh, Chinese minister in
London, anti-foreign sentiment will
abldo in China long after tho present
troubles are settled. His excellency
assures that the "ono-sidednoss" of tho
powers' programme aui the "'atrocities"
I committed by 101110 of their troops havo
given Wcslerq civilization aa indelibly
blaik eye among the Chinese people.
Tho Chinese minister said:
"1 regret to be forced to the conclusion
that tho record of tho powers on
umua will live in history as the rcoord
ot ruined opportunities. Not tho mere
signing of poaoe terms oau remove the
preconceived impressions which events,
in the popular mind, havo ngt only
jusiiti.d, hut inipnsibed.
Uur people have n^l experienced any
of the refining influences wliioh ihey
were told belonged to tho Occident;,
fuey have? seen buropoan -.oldicrt murder,
outrage and steal, i'noy have seen
diplomats demanding exactions somewhat
out ot keeping wicn the pniljtn-,
thropio motives wuieii-: brought the
great nations to our sharps. ^'h?y have
aeea, in short, the-policy, of en. open*
door with tho door slammed in China-s
lace.'
"Years ago I franslatod the lives of
CromWeil, Shakt-spcare, Bismarplt,
Napoleon, Washington and Lincoln.
1 wauled to show my countrymen the
sort ot "ouaiaotor . that gtoiVi and- lioiKlshed
lu tue West. 1. am...giioVed, as
a believer in that ohapaeter, ,that the
last years bislury has f&llod . to sup
port tho ideals whiuh I sought to picture."
Lahfcngluh intimates that China is
likely to lutofpose objection^'to pj>->
log neavy indemnity. He thinks nono
ougdt to he detuanued or given in ex-,
ctss oi the actual value of the--property
destroyed. . i,i
Praise for the ,$econd.
-The Columbia Stato says Gen. !.
fit r m ' * '*
v> arren jvciier, uuUor wjUoso command
.the dooond South Carolina sor.wed ir*
Cuba, writing from hjs h<\me in Sring .
0., to Col. 4 Wilio .Jones,' fornix:
colonel of tho Second, says somo nioo
things about thkt tnodel regiment of
volunteers. He writes: ? ' '
'll am Very thankful to you'for a
beautiful copy of 'Sotath. (Carolina in
the Spanish- Amerioad..War,\(and, I am
very grateful to you fori.thi . gonojous
.and kind thingsjQ\isvay of ,mo op pago
1$) of ihe toak \n your hiutpry of your
czosllent regiment?tho Sboond. Sbmh
Carolina infantry. I' rddiprooato the
good fcelitog ydu cxprots towards me,
and 1 kajaf yhtt must feci 'that I ""was
aivray protid to have you and your gallant
irgim-mt injny com maul. i never
oease to spcak-uf thr promptness of the
trpopa who served under me to obey,
i and tho .kind spirit tbo officers and men
exhibited,uniformly towards mo. Your
example was a good one for all to fol*
i loW.
, "Remember mo most kindly to any of
i your olh sors or men you may moot.
Assure all that 1 shall never forget tho
, regiment," ole , f
Four Children Cremated.
) hour ohildron, 4 to 12 years of age,
1 wore ore mated in the burning rosidonoe
a of Jaoob Rait, ft l/itohfiold, Pa., early
Thursday morning,
EVIDENTLY A CE&NK.
A Man Visits Charleston Who Is
Certainly OffMr.
James Baohanan Weaver, who
olaims to be a retired lawyer of Philadelphia,
announced today at the ooort
house, where he was a visitor, that he
would'be a candidate for the Presidency
of the United States in 1904, Mr.
Weaver is a gold Demoorat and says
his platform will be a government for
the poopl,e,and by the people.
Mr. Weaver is an ex-Uonfedora'.e sol
dior, having fought under Lee in the
Army of Northern Virginia After the
surrender ho drifted to Philadelphia,
where ho went into the drag business,
studied medicine and finally took up
tho law. As a lawyer, ho says, ho soon
niado a name for himeolf as well as
plenty of money. Sovoral years ago his
wife died and having no cnoumberano*
ho retired and of Tato years he ha*,
been traveling and studying political
questions
This morning Mr. Weaver was a visitor
at the oourt houso, ?1* was a stranger
when he entered but it was not long
before ho (knew Judgo Aldrioh and
every mcmper ol tbe Uharloslon bar
who was present in the oourt house at
the timo. He introduced himself, do
olaring to his newly made frionds that
he expected to become a eandidate for
President of the United States in 1904
He said that he was a grand nephew of
President Buchanan and had a right
to the office.
,"Oh, I am a smart man," said Mr.
Weaver, fn talking to an Evening Post
reporter, '"I know how to build political
fenoos that Mark Hanna with
all hiB wealth and power oan not de
stroy. It will take.Aunt Carrie Nation
and her little hatchet to smash
the political fences that I have constructed
"Cnarleston is a gold bug town and
you cat say to the people through your
paper that I'll be herd when the next
Presidential campaign opens and will
talk Democracy and good gold money
to the people of this ancient old city.
This is a grand old town and I love it.
Just tell them that you saw mo and
that I want a big vote in Charleston.
Mr. Weaver talked about blind tigers
in the oity, declaring that they were as
(hick as black birdB in the summer
timo, and while he has only been in
Charleston a few days he knew all the
ropes and could scaro up a tigor at any
old timo.
Yesterday ho visitrd tho oity hospital
and St. Francis Xtvier Infirmary,
and went over to the Isle of PalmB
"At thd palm beach," ho said, "I
swiped a palmetto, boxed it up and sent
it to m7 little darling, in Philadelphia.
"Qh, you need not, laugh, for I am engaged,
oven if I am a widower," 'he
explkined.
"Tell tho people of Charleston that
J Tm gbing To e U1 on Gov. MoSw**-^ J
and got his influence and support in
my ra,3o for the Prosidenoy."**.
Mr. Weaver said ho was going to stay
in Charleston for several days longer
and that he would receive all politicians
at tho Charleston Hotel.?Charleston
Post.
March Weather
Tho following data, oovering a period
of thirty years, have been complied
from the weather bureau reoords at
Charleston for the month of March:
Mean or normal temperature, 57 degrees.
The warmest month was that of 1871,
with an avcrago of 64 degrees.
Tho ooldest month was that of 1872,
with an average of 52 degrees.
The highest temperature was 86 degrees
on Maroh 21. 1897.
The lowest temperature was 24 de-.
grees, on March 5, 1873,
^.ver^ge date on which first "killing"
frost occurcd in autumn, November 20.
Average dato on whioh last "killing"
frost occurcd in spring, Muroh 3.
Averager precipitation for the month
3.78 inohes.
Average number of days with 01. of
an ioch or more, ten.
The greatest mon'hly precipitation
was 9.78. joohes jn 1872.
Th'o*'least tnontllly precipitation was
.59 taobes in 1887s .. . r -
The greatest amount of praoipitation
recorded in any twenty-four consee.utiVo
hours was'3,1-1 inches on March 13
and 14, 1889.
' The greatest amount of snowfall recorded
in Any tweuty-four-oonseoutivc
h'urs (record extending to winter of
1884, 1835 only) was trace inches on
March 7, P899. ^ '
" Average number of dear days, 11;
Dll'llff flllillltv it ft V- J 1 ? nlnnito Amva tt
f * ?/"I -?
j Tho- prevailing winds havo been fyoip
the siuLbweSt, 2(i.ptx cant. , ii ,
>. f\he highest velocity of the wind was
45 nules from tho northeast on Maroh
w^m
Outrage? byu Negro.
^ An unknown negro ehtered the residenoe
of M*?.- Buchanan, 8G SrriDg
fitreot, in tho hoart of Atlanta, Ga ,
Thursday morning, and compelled her
to oook. Ur*Mf**t,..Than, tying her.foot
and liands, ho <['4.ietl^ ato the breakfast
after which ho 'sot firo t6 the -noaso by
placing 4 <|'istdtity df paper in the bed
where be han forced Mrs. liaohanan to
ilie. .Tho* negro esoaped without beipgdotcoted.
. Mrs, Buchanan aorcimed
apd psaiatanco oa^c before the fife had
gkincrf mnoh headway. Search is-now
being made for the negrb: '
> ?: V' r ? r . .
, . It Couitus High.
Wednesday the ooaimiaeiooerof pen'
,sions dismissed hip pntiro foroo for i
wcik'p. holiday and turned over th<
buildipg to the inaugnral officials, wht
will thon make ready for the inaugnral
bait. To make room for the danoers il
will b$ ndoesaary to move 1400,000 pen
.sonoases. Tho ipso of the pension office
for the inamrura'l ball will oost the goV'
eminent $25,000 in salaries alone. Manj
think thirr is the laat time the pcnsioi
.dC - 1 I . V- - J # - - .L -
I'urou win w nsca lor mo inaugura
ball. . 8. , t) .
A *Poagh Yarn.
A newspaper at Knstamuni states
aocording to "a Ceylon rapor, tha
while a peasant was shooting in i
forest near that plaeo he heard thi
growling of a b?ar,- which he found un
dor a tree suffering great pain fron
a large thorn in his paw. The anima
permitted tho sportsman to extraot th
thorn, and showed its gratitude b
taking tho man^ by means of wavin
its pnw, to a tree in which was a honey
comb twenty pounds in weight*
. . \
ONLY ONE ESCAPED tfl
Thlrty-ffivs M?n Di? In a Coal
Mina Flra. fl
A HORRIBLE I HOLOCAUST.
Msn Suddenly Found Thanv \ 1
vl
salves 8hut2 off from Life
by a Wail of Raging
Flames.
Tbo worst disaster in the history of
oosl mining in Wyoming sinoe the Almy
horror eight yesrs sgo, oocurred st
Diamoudsville Wednesday night. Thirty
five men sre believed to have perish ?
ed in s fire whioh started in mine No 1
of the Diamondsvilie Coal and Cuke
company. *0^0^
The blaz* was first disc ivered shortly
after the night shift oommeaccd work.
It is though, to have originated from a
careless miner's lamp in the oil room.
Tho flames made such prpgross that
only one man escaped from the two
entries in whioh it was oonfined. His
name is John Anderjon and he was
frightfully bnrned in running the
Sauntlet of the flames. He was suienly
confronted by a wall of fire and
smoke and wrapping his head in an
overcoat he ran in the d'roeiion of iK? v
main entrance. He fell unoonsoious
and was carried to the month of the *'r'~ }
mine. The alarm wee Bounded and '
hundreds of miners at work in the
mines and on the outside ruthed to the
rescue of their imprisoned comrades.
The fire had by this time made suoh
progress that it was impossible to enter
the rooms of flames.
The enure night was spent in confining
the fire to the two entries and this
morning it was necessary to seal them
up to prevent the flames from spreading
to other parts of the mine. This
step was only dooided upon after all 1
hope of saving the lives of the men had I
been abandoned. Nothing could live
five minutes in the are, whioh was increasing
in fierceness every mioute.
The plui ging of the two entries will
smother the fire, but it may be several
days before tbe barricades oan be removed
and the chambers explored. Tbe jHflH
exact total of men entombed is not yet
known as a number are missing, some
on sick leave and others in the hospital fl
Buttering from burns rccehed while 8
fighting the flames so that an accurate fl
oount is at present impossible. 1
The soenes at the mouth of the mine I
during the night and today were heart- i
rending. . Relatives and friends of the
entombed miners rushed into the mine,
frantioally waving their hands and
orying to tho mine officios and miners ^
[ to savcUhew de? Mius." Mi?.y ol fhg m
-JWffitfhlnd children wero slightly injured
in the oiowdand by falling over
obstacles in the darkness.
Diamoudville has been the soone of
a number of disastrous fires since the
ooal mines were opened there ten years
ago, but the conflagrations were never
attended with serious loss of life
The mice is owned by tho Oregon
Short Line railroad- Its output is i, /
about 175,000 tons of ooal per year and ^
upwards of 700 miners are employed.
Tho fire was discovered by a boy
namod James Hetson who bravely ran
and told many men who were inside.
Iticharn Fern, 15 years old. also lau ,ni
through levels Nos. 6, 7, and 8 and notified
the men, and many were saved
through his courageous action. Seven
men, headed by Mine foreman Grifhn,
made several desperate attempts to
reaoh the men through the lower level, fl
but their efforts were iu vain, four off fl
tho seven being kcooked down by firo fl
rlamrv Via ntKnro hain? n%mne11?J - *
carry them to fresh air.
It is given oat by Superintedent
Thomas Sneddon and confirmed by
others familiar with the oonditions
that the live9 of all the mon were certainly
extinguished within three min
utea after the fire gained asoendancy.
The fire is fully under control tfte- H
(night, and Superintendent Sneddon an- ^
,'nounces that he will open the mine tomorrow
for the recovery of the bodies,
and resumo work before the week
closes. |B
.. Superintendent Simpson, with h:s a
young son, who are among the viotims, a
oame to Diamondsville from Alabama, > I
about six weeks ago, bringing his wife, LI
in the hope that the ohange of climate m
would benefit her health. The shook of
last night's tragedy resulted in Mrs. U
Simpsons death today., Cotton
Goods Low. 36
President A. A Marginnitt of the m
Marginhis ootton mills of New Orleans ?
said Wednesday that he ' bad entirely H
cut off the manufacture of yarn for mar- 58
ket lor tho fast two weeks. Ho has *1- V
so materially reduoed the out pat of ]
oloth. Tho reason he Rave was tho ex- ]
cessivo high, prioo of ootton aod the !
very low prioo of ootton goods. Ho V
said the ootton goods market was in a *
worse state of stagnation than it had
been for several years. He wan asked if
r the Southern Yarn Spinners Association, J
of whieh ho is a prominent member, I
, did not have for its ohief object tho 1
general reduction of the output through- *
out the south, but ho avoidod tho subject.
Ho also stated that it was not I
, .true that English mills had been foroed ^
to olose this season on acoount of the
la ok of ootton to opC4tt'.',i;,'J|c ""fr JSB
A Remarkable Man.' ' ^
There is a remarkable old white man
k living near 1'antego, Beaufort oounty. v
' His naino is Hansom Sauudors. Ha is
! nearly SO years eld, ho has been married
six times (his sixth wife still living)
has boon the fathor of nearly 40
ohildren and apparently has still a
long lease of lifo. He is well and strong
and works hard. He dresses very thin
even in tho ooldest weather, about like
| the average man does in summer, and
never wears an overcoat. Ho is ooverod
all over his person with thiok, long
h&ir tit* Afl fffAftblV IirAtuAflAn ?han
of olor>Ss would bo from the oold. Ho
' is r'^Ur in his habits and a good
1 oitisen.
Q Killed in a Wreck.
Two dead, three badly hurt, others
a slightly hurt and a passenger train
1 burned is the result of a head on oollt
sion between passenger train No IB.
y southbound, and a local, freight on the
g Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston ratiway
Thursday evening at Coal Valley,
five miles from MoKeesport. W. Va.
^ ^ J