f THE BATESBUIG ADV OC ATESP | VOL L BATESBURG. S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 1901. . ~ NO. 8 I llMlH SEVERELY HANDLED AndarsonlCountv'Qets Much Fiee Advertising SENATOR TILLMAN TALK? Ho Rightly Thinks That the C:ti "Ztns of the Entire Statj Should Not be Held to Account The Philadelphia North American has in ita issues of Mend ay and Tu^s day inaugrated a oiusado against the Byaten of "slavery'' which obtains in Anderson oounty. This was brought about by tho rooent occurrences whioh led to Judge 13?net's charge to the grand jury to investigate tho matter. Mr. Geo. E Priaoe of Anderson, a member of the general assembly and a vnrv nrnminnnt. Inxvnr vu in thn nit.v I yesterday and stated that tho grand I jury is oomposod of men vho will do I their duty, and tho people can rest as1 sured that the conclusion reached will ft be a proper finding. Another gentleman recalled that over A two years ago, Judge Gary presiding, C the grand jury of Anderson had sornoB Vog of the kind called to ita attensession of the general as.hmbly Ceptr Banks.of Newberry introduced a bill to provide for a constitutional amendment to inereaso the jurisdiction of magistrates in osbcb of violation of labor contracts. Mr. Wolling of Fairfield opposed the measure vehemently and exclaimed that in Anderson county a veritable system of slavery exists, that men are bought and sold as chattels. This was indignantly denied by Mr. R. B. A. Robinson, and tho two members of the general assembly noarly oame to blows. Mr. Wolling's repeated oharges prepared tho legislature for tho announcmont. not a week later, that Judge Benet had had the matter called to his attention by an anonymous letter and that ho had given the grand jury instructions to investigate tho matter. The Philadelphia North American, after the oourt had ordered the investigation, sent a staff correspondent to Anderson and now claims to have made an "exposure." Half pago illustrations fill up tho front page of tho paper and tho Andorsou "slave tarffio" is depicted in phosphorescent colors. There are columns upon columns of interviews with preachers and othors and the staff correspondent, writing from Columbia, describes the oondi tions as ho saw them when in Anderjion. Among the features of the "tx7~poeufe'* tuesuay woro numerous interviews with congressmen. The following is the story of the Washington correspondent. Washington, Feb. 25th. The North American's exposure of - I the revivai of slavery in South CaroIlina was read with amazement by congress. That such a oondition oou'd exist in that part of the United States in this day wsb almost beyond the belief of senators and representatives, and they said The North American had dono a public service in making tho facts known. Tho form of tho oontraot which tho negroes employed by the cotton planters are required to sign was perused with special interest. Wonder was expressed that South Carolina should have tolerated Buch a pljt for a moment. CAN CONGRESS INTERFERE? On the question as to to whother congress had a right to interfere, on tho ground that it was in violation of tho thirteenth amendment to the constitution, opinions diffi red. A great many lawyers in congress refused to givo an off-hand opinion, deolaring that the matter was loo serious* but all agreed that, whether eon len acted or not, Tho North Amcri^^^^^?Afihould continue its work by mak tho peopls familiar with tho dciails of tho criminal wrongs involved in iho pernioious system. The North-American secured the following expressions from Kcpro?enta r t?ve Asburjr U. Latimer, of Bolton, I Anderson county, S. C. "Yes, we sell negroes in Sonth Carolnia. "I see nothing so inhuman or outrageous in this btatomeut of faets When I say we sell negroes, I wish it distinctly understood that noi ono of the better elans of the race is subjooted to this treatment. Here the South Carolina roprcscnta tiveofthe slave district stopped, and for several seeonds looked at tho head lines of The North Anuroan. "I wish to say," ho raid, "that I don't approve of the t ractioo an it is now carried on. While tho ir.ncip'e of selling men to mako thnu pay for violations of the law may Dot bo wi oilywrong; I do think that it is new carried too far. The governor and the eonrts of Scuth Carolina havo, and arc, investigating the matter, and I feci assured that Justioc will bo done. U SHOULD THEY RUN FH1E? ' "I think tho poople of South Carolina realize that tho manner of troating these nnfortunato wrongdoers has gone too far, and that a more just proj oodure will1 do hereafter followed. ' ' "We are oonsured for not allowing negroes to run feo. Are they not lawbreakers? Should wo allow them to run loose? It is not customary to allow oonviots all the privileges of a community. While all thoso oor.fioed may not bo convicts, evory one of tho mon has been guilty of somo effcoeo against law and society. Tho question will bo sottlod, and 1 know that tho ret-ults will satisfy tho Amerioan people." SENATOR TILLMAN. Senator Tillman in an interview said: "1 am surprised that a respectable newspaper?and I oonsidcr The North Amerioan one of tho most respeotble in this oountrv?should lend itself tn inv H sensational asausationa against the poo H pie of a State of this oharaotor. ft "The existence in ono oounty of ?1 South Carolina of an unlawful system ?; of oontraots had already boon oalled to It the attention of tho grand jury of that H oounty by the presiding judge, who I know an muoh about public opinion in South Carolina as any other man? P thero in no sympathy with any viow of dealing with labor that is not fair and *1 just. * "Tho nature of our crops requires a 11 oontraot that involves a year's work, and ~ tho effort of landowners has been in the l' direolion of snouring suoh an agree- *' inont, autboiized by tho legislature, as 1 to compel per6oas, white and black, 0< who have made oontraots to cultivate * the orop on shares to carry out their * contracts. 4,This is f'* ~\o reason that the ex- ^ ponditurcs ot \oy for supplies and * olothicg durii. iho ntor, and, in ^ faot, all through tho summer, would ^ all bo lost unless the orop was worked and gathered and prepared for ship b ment. ^ J w The preparation of iand for tho crop and picking and and ginning takes ten ?' months, and croppers on shares who woro not hound by contraot to labor by 0 the year would have the landowner at a 0 great disadvantage. 91 "There is absolutely no ground for any assertion that the people of Suoth ' Carolina sympathizo with this sohemo ?! to reestablish slavery under a contraot I1 system, and 1 am suro that tho Slate authorities will take all necessary steps * to stamp it out." P CHANGE IN LORD CAMPBELL ACT a1 Granting Exemplary Damages in Case of Death by Accident. a Following is tho text of the aot to grant exemplary damages in cases of death by aocident and entitled an aot p to "amend an aot entitled 'an aot to 01 amend section 23115 of tho revised 8 Statutes of this State, tho same beiDg a part of tic Lord Campbell aot,' ap provea mo inn o?y 01 roDiuary, A. JJ. 1898:"- ?! See. 1. Be it enacted by tho general ? assembly of tho Stato of South Caro " lioa: That section 1 of an act entitled re "an act to amend scotion 2316 of tho revised statutes of this State, tho same ^ being a part of the Lord Cambell act," g, approved tho 11th day of February, p] 1898, be, and hereby is, amended in line d 14 thereof by inserting after tho word Jjj "damagos,' and before the word "as" Q| the words "including exemplary dam ages where such wrongful aot, neglect ^ or default, was tLo result of reckloss ^ ness, wilfulness or malice"; so that said scotion, as amended, shall read as follows: J Seo. 1. Thai scotion 2316 of tho re y' vised statutes of South Carolina of ai 1898, be so amended as to read as fol- el lows: oi Section 2316. Every such action shall bo for tbo benefit of the wife or hus * band and child, or childron, of tho person whom death shall havo been caused; and if thcro bo no such wife, fp or husband, or child, or ohildren, then for tho benefit of tho parent or pa- j? rents; and if there be no such, then for tho bene fit of tho heirs at law of the distributees of the pcrsou whoso death shall have been caused as may bo dc- a pendent on him for support, and shall be brought by or in tho namo of the executor or administrator of such person; and in every such action the jury may give such damages, iceluding exemplary damages, whero such wrong- Ci ful ac?, Degleot or default was the rc 8 suit of recklessness wilfulness or malice. C as they may think proportioned to the 0 injury resulting front suoh death to tho l' parties, respectively, for whom aod for ? whoHO benefit such action shall be h brought. And the amount so recovered K shall bo divided among the before men- h tionod parties, in such shares at ttey 0 would have hoen entitled to if tho de otantd had died intestate and the b amount rcoovertd had been personal * assets of his or her estate." b The purpose of this measure is to oom- 'j pel Corporations, Railroad Companies, f( etc., where recklessness is proven, to give damages in the way of punishment j, to tho relatives of tho party who was M negligently killed. Tho Supreme Court tf South Carolira w has always held under Lord Campbell j. Act that whilo a pctson could r.covcr damages in punishment as well as aotual damages where a person was oripplcd by a 11. 11. Co., yet if that rj fame person was killed instead of orip- ,, 1-J *!-_ _ _ a ? i ? L1 pica inc rciawves 01 trio deceased per Q Hon could only rccovor actoal damages t( and could not punish tho K. H Co , hy w making thctu givo punilivo damagoa for thoir oarclossncss. This Act which Senator Brantley u suooccded io passing after a hard tight f( rovorscs tho Supremo Court of S. C , ^ and now allows a jury to givo Punitive f( damages where a person is killed as will p as whero ho is oripplod. Looting in China. o, Mr Goorgo Lynch, tho war artist and a correspondent, gavo his leoturo, "In ^ tho Heart of l\kin," at New York. | Among tho storooptioon viows with which Mr. Lynoh illustrated hislooturo | wore those of tho apartments of tho " emperor and cmprcRs of China in tho ]< sacred palaoo in tho forbidden city, li These rooms of stato had novor been ci photogrphed, nor had a photographor 11 over sot foot within tho sacrrd walls a< until Mr. Lynoh and J. C. 11 em mot 01 entorod with tho allied troops. Mr. tl Lynch had &omo surprises in the shape o of photographs which show how the a! soldiers of ocrtain nations oonduoted p themselves when tho opportunity to o< loot oanio. si scored the system in tho strongest possible language, and otileu a special trrm of oonrt to rcoeive their report, so ^ thatheoan take tho matter undor judicial consideration. "Besides, tho State authorities, as I know with absolute oertaioly, have no Byiniathy whatever with any suoh o wrong doing. They do not propose to ^ aountonaaoo it in any way, and tho V State givommont will bond every ef p fort to stamp out any such unlawful, c r ol system. 'Tho leasirg of oonviots has been biokcn up by tho legislature, and no oonviots arc allowed to be hired to c private parties, and tho cooping in along d with thn nnnvinln nf iirnnrant. tnd sillu tl ncgrocH ?s prisoners can do longer oxiist, a even though public opinion did not ^ frown upon it. P "From iny knowledge of tho feeling of the people of rho 8tate?and 1 think 0 MURDER AND 8UICIDE >r. W F Aiken Shoota His Beautiful Wife, Then Himself. Dr. W F. Aiken, a leading specialist f Savannah, Ga., shot and killed bis 'ife in lheir bedroom at ao early hour iTedneeday morning. Tho report of the istol awakened their little son, aged ight years. In his night olothes and arefootcd, tho ohild ran in tho street ) oall a policeman. when tho officer ntercd tho house ho found Mrs. Aikon cad on tho bed, with a bullet hole trough her head, and Dr. Aiken, with pistol in hand, lying on tho floor oad. After sh< o ing his wife ho had laocd the weapon to his own hoad ar.d ont a bullot through his brain. Tho hild said that ho had heard hiB fathor ount, "one two throe," and then tho istol shoot. It w?s devclorod at tho corner's inu(8t this afternoon that Dr. Aikon aB abcut 38 years old. Ho was born 1 New York, and was graduated at alo at tho ago 20 years. Afior gradua ion ho was conntoicd for a time with ho health dopartmont of tho oity of low York. Then ho took a spooial ourso in diseases of tho oyo and oar, nd catuo south to settle. He married lies Anna K. Potter, daughter of tho l.>v. A 0. Potter, a el rgjnian of New todford, Mass. Tho Kjv. Mr. Potter ai a clo?o personal friend of Ka'ph i'aldo Emerson. A brothor of Mrs. likoD, Alfred 0. Potter, is now lit ra lan of Harvard univorsity. This rother has boon tolegrphod for, and 'ill arrive tomorrow to tako ohargo of ho bodies and remove them to Massahusot's for interment. No oause for tho tragedy was develpened at the inquest. It was brought ut that Dr. Aiken was a cigarette tnokcr to ex?c?s, and that ho was of n oxircmcly nervous temperament, 'wo weeks or bo ago ho had to havo the srviocB of physioians in what was bocvod to bo morphine poisoning, and . was rumored at tho tiiuo that he had ttempted suicide, but the attending hvsioianB said that was improbable, lately his friends had noticed an exrcmo abstraction and irritability. Dr. Aiken was devoted to soiono o, d was an inventor of some note. He i the originator of uaay opthalmolog sal instruments that ate now in oomton use all over tho country. Ho reised to patent his inventions, saying toy wero for the bonefit of mankind, lo had a very largo and lucrative raotioo, and was in independent oir umstanocs. Mrs. Aikon was a lady of reat beauty and many aooomphshicnts. They leave four little ohildrcn. Cheating the Government. The report of the speoial committee f Congress whioh investigated tho omloyment rolls was made puhlio Thursay by Chairman Moody. D says that Bomo of tho faults observed in the ad linistratiou of affairs of tho house are | imputable to tbo persistence of mem era of tho house in urging upon t e Beers the appointment of their oonituonts and friends to subordinate laces." In tho offices of the o!erk and oorkeepcr the oommittco report that icy "found certain abuses, namely: ransfer of employes from the dutieB r the positions to whieh they were apointed to other duties, unjusilfiablo aymcnts of compensation to employes hilo abient from their posts of duty, ad divisions of salaries." Tho comlittoe says that one employe has not orkod over six months in nearly four ears, during which ho has drawn pay, ad has not boon in Washington for loven or twelve months. Many cases f contributions by employes of salries are mentioned, one of them in the ist congress, being $1,600 anually out F a silary of $3,600. It is explained lat these contributions went toward luafizing salaries of other employes, be committee finds no evidence of the ractice of assessment, contribution or ivision of salaries in tho prcBont conross. The oommittcc reoommend a crmaucnt statute which ah til properly ad equitably adjust compensation and mploymcnt and specifically | revont icsc abuses. A Costly Sweep Out. Playing about a trash dump in the ity of Charleston Thursday littlo Carl anberg, the six year old grand son, of lharlcs Colson, found a package of unpencd United States mail. The child, [linking the papers worthlef-s, tore pen some of tin letters but when he Dund money in tlum took litem to his randfathcr. Investigation showed the liters to certain $3,000 in money and crtificd, endorsed checks. The letters ad been tent from Hock llill to banks, rinsaod people here One ofMic oheoks as for $'J6 17 and another $18 60, from be Comptroller General to President >. B. Johnson of Winthrop oolioge. 'he mrney was to pay for scholarships jr a sooro or so of young ladies from II over the state who are now at that istitution Tho post* ffiie authorities ay the t ackaires mti.it iinvn ln>nn Hitft.t ut of iho Federal building with the asto paper. A thorough investigation i being wade. The South in the Saddle. Tho Now York Kvoniog Post refering to the; southern cotton mill iodusry, makes the elaitn that tho southern tills aro driving the Kali Uiver mills ) the wall, ' 'soiling oloth to the i riot orks and bloaohories in Fall lltvor at rioos which tho looal mills oannot toot. Tho southern mills, fcrcxamplo, take a profit on oloth at 3 con s a yard or whioh the M issaeohusotts mills must avo 3 1-8 Of nts. And this is not all, or otmpetition is promised soon in von tho Btandard wido print oloth, tho d 1 2 inoh, G-lx61 s. Kurthormoro it i to bo addod that tho south has inroancd her spindles in tho |aet year to n amount eeiual to two thirds of *ho toil spindleago in Fall Kivcr, about 3,110,000 Bpindlcs. OppoHeu the Steal. Tho Springfiold Kopublican says: Tho lowor branoh of tho Wisoonsin igislaturo is ovcrwholmingly llopubcan, having only scvontoon Demo mviu uiuiuucta, igtium cigniy tnrco lopublioans; but for all that, it has doptod resolutions urging tho Wisonsin members of Oongross to oppose ho llanna ship subsidy bill, by a voto f scvonty-oight to liftcon. This faot lono should suffioiontly warm tho arty in Congress to keep clear of ommitting itself to any suoh mca are." I i A NEGRO BURNED" In th? Street of Terru Haute, Indiana Fir | ( KILLINO A WHITE WOMAN. Crowds cf Mer, Women and < Children Witness the Baiborous Scene. No Attempt : at Concealment Punishment, swift and terrible was meted out Wednesday at Terrc Haute, , Indiana to Georgo Ward, the Negro I who murdered Miss Ida Kinkelsttin, 1 tho Bohool teacher, by shooting her with a shotgun end outting her throat Tuasday afternoon. A few hours after < his arrest an angry mob battered down i tho doors of tho jail, draggod tho prisonor to tho Wabash bridge, eoveral , ni'iares away and hanged him to tho bridge draw. Not content with the ( hanging the orowd out the oorpse down, and, laying it on a sandbar un- , dor the bridiro. kindled a firn and ?r?. mated tho remains. It was tho first lynching that Torro Haute ever experienced. j Ward was arrested at 10 o'olook at , tho oar works, where ho was employed , as a laborer, and after being fully i idont fled by two oitixos, made a oon- j fession. His only exouse for the murder was that MLas Finkolstein had , aalled him a "dirty Nigger" and slapped ] him in the faoe. Sheriff Fasig com- , mnnioatcd with Qov. Harbin, but tho mob accomplished its work before tho , militia could be ordered out. The governor had wired Capt. Thomas of Co. 11, to jUoohis company < ful'y armed in roadiness for duty. At noon the crowd outside the jail, numbering sevaral hundred, including mon, women and boys battered down the iron doors, but were driven baok ! by Jailer Lawretco O'Donnoll, who fired over the heads of the mob. Deputy i Sheriffs Coopor, Hcesiok and Leforge . wcro struck by scattering shot and . slightly injured, but nobody in the < crowd was hurt. A detail of police . vainly tried to disperso the crowd i Ar 12:115 o'clock another crowd battcrod down the outer doors of the jail securing possession of the keys and entering tho cell room. Tho side door 1 was opened for tho rest of tho orowd. Tho ooll was quickly opened and Ward : was dragged forth. He fought with <. tho desperate fcrooity of a beast at i bay. Ho was dragged out to the street, still fighting with all his * strength, but a blow from a heavy v hammer folio 1 him to the groun^ A noose was quickly adjustedf o his neuk and the mqb started with its ' viotim toward tho Wabash bridge, i Tne feeble resisf.anoo mado by the wretched creature after that blow with < the hammer was soon quioted by the J savago blows of the mob. Faco down- j ward ho was dragged through the t street to the bridge and across tho j rough planking of the driveway to tho j drawbridge. Many aro of tho opinion ( that tho follow was dead before tho ( scene of tho hanging was reached. ( u~?..? .u uunuyci, iuo iopo was mrown over one of tha upper beams and the body drawn up. Then burning at the stake was agreed on unanimously, and a fire was quickly kindled on tho bank, of the river just south of the bridge. Tho body, bearing no sign of life, was thrown into the fire, and faggots were piled upon it. The stake was omitted. The body was in a horizontal position, tho feet protruding at one end, tho head at the other. The can of turpentine was poured on tho eager flames. After that combustiblo oils Beemed to tijw spontaneously toward the fire and the flames leaped high, while the body of the Negro was rapidly consumed. Nono of tho mob attempted disguise. When tho body was taken down to be oarried to tho fire the bridgo west of the draw was barricaded, but the oast bank of tho river and tho bridgo on tho oity side of tho draw wore crowded with thousands of men, women and children, gaziog at the awful spcotaclo. With grim determination tho mob fed the flames and watched tho flarh shrivel to cinders and the bones crumble and burn. Souvenir hunters were on hand in force, and fragments of the body aro now scattered broadcast. One man, whilo tho foot still protruded from the flames, offered $1 for a too from "the Nigger's foot." A venturesome youth, drawing a knife from his pookct, made a dash tor the prizs. ile quickly ampu tatcd a toe, dolivcred tho goods and got his money. as me Doncs oegan to cramblo and . fall apart tho fracmints wore takon . from tho firo and carried away. At 3 . o'clock tbero was nothing left of the i boay except a small section of tho truuk arm the oaok of the head. Busy hands kept tho burning faggots piled upon i the roasting segments. Women came to tho tcoDO by scores. At about 2.30 o'clock the barricado was removed and , tho crowd surrounded tho fire. Ward was 27 years old, and leaves a ( widow and two children. Ho oamo here four years ago, from Ciroievillo, O. Tho statement that ho was one tinio , in an insane asylum is donicd by hia j wife. Ho sorvod a jail nontonoo in 1889 ^ for laroony. The loaders of tho mob 1 aro unknown, and as public sentiment upholds tho lyoohing, no proseoutions ( aro c-xpootod. A Mystery of Vortli's Will. Verdi's will, tajs tho London Chron- 1 iolo, contains one very curious item, {lis residuary legatee is his nicoa. Maria Verili, who is marriod to Sigtior ' Carrara. To tho infant asylums and tho hospital for the bliud in Genoa ho bequeaths ? 1,000. Largo sums are also left to tho oharitablo instiutions and to tho poor of his nativo village, Ronoolo, and also to those of Bousieto, whore he lived for many years. Then oomes tho following request: "In tho dining room of my villa, St. A^ata, will bo i found two largo wooden boxes of great antiquity. 1 desiro that neither shall bo openod, but that both bo burned immo- < diatcly aftor my obscquios," It is pro- i suuicd that tho two mystorious boxes contained manuscripts of unpublished operas whioh tho matter did not wish to seo tho light. ! 7 > COU*TY QOViKNMEST. What Changes Were Mad* at the Re\ cent Legislative Session. fjere were few oounty government lures passed by the legislature of L There was a committee of 40 ap> ted to draw up a general bill. This rare was presented to the house? iui oontinucd until next session as wire nearly air other important gen oral bills. Senator Dean ^introduced a bill torodujo the commutation tax in Qroen villa oounty from $2 to $1 Additioral amendments relating to the number of ilajs for road working were mado for th.i counties of Union and Darlington. Tbti commutation lax for Laurens and Florence, was rcduocd from $1 50 toi>l, and for Hampton was increased from II lo 12. With tho exooption of a spe oial mca-urc for Mailboro, this was the only county government aoi passed. It reads: Sootion 1. That seotion 4 of an act entitled "An aot to amend Hri "Darlington," atd by inserting Sctwicen tho words "day,' atd "pro videtl" the words "Union two days," and by striking out tho word "Ilamrlon" from tho proviso after the words "Lsnrens ono dollar" and inserting tho word "Hampton" between tho words "Georgetown" and "Horry," so that laid seotion, when so amended, bhall read as follows; Sec. 4. That all male persons able to jorform tho labor herein required, bo.weet the age of 18 and 55 years, exicpt in tho counties of Ooonoo and Pickens, where the ages shall bo be;wcen 18 and 55 years, and except in ho ountios of Greenwood and Chcrter icld where tho ago shall he between ho ages of 18 and 50; and exoept in Vbbeville, Cherokee, Greenville. llor y, Orangeburg, Spartanburg and Union lounties, where the ageB shall bo from !1 to 50, and also exoept ministers of .ho gospel in aotual charge of a oongrc;ation, and persons permanently disiblcd in tho military rcrvico oI this State, and persons who served in the ato war between the S ate, and all >crjous actually employed in tho luaractine service of the State, shall >e required annually to perfoim, or iause;l be performed, labor on the lig-nw^a-Uijdoi iho * crirooiions of the iversee: of the road district in which le slia'J reside, as follows;- In the lonnties of Greenville, Pickens ana Spartanburg, threo days. In the counies of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, iarnwcll, Cherokoe, Chesterfield, Fairiold, Groenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, jaurons, Loxington, Darlington, 77 iliamsburg, and York, foil days. In ho oounty of Florence five days, in he oounties of Bamberg, Chester, j #i-n . jiircuauu, \joneion, UoroneSlCr, hidgO ield, Horry. Nowbcrry, Oeone, Saluda, Jrangcburg and Sumter, biz days. In ho oounUca of Uoaufort, Berkeley, Jliarloiton, Georgetown, Hampton and klarion, eight days; and in the oounty >f Richland, ten days. Union, two days; irovided, that ten hours labor bhall bo ield to be a day's work; provided, that he oounty board of commissioners of my county may cause to be levied a oad tax not to exceed ono mill on all axable property of any township in heir county, when so requested by a written petition, signed by two thirds >f tho freeholders of such township, luoh tax to bo collected as other taxes, ind to' bo exponded on the roads and lighwdys of suoh townships (except in he cot-Ay of Pickens, where suoh i cition (.hall not be ncoessary > And damba-g oounty?in Bamberg oounty iach Special school district now or lorcaftar established shall bo "a road listriot," and tho oounty board of com _ uisfeioncrs may causo to be levied a v.^d tax not to exoeed two mills on all axable property within said road district, on a petition signed by two thirds )f tho freehold voters owning property within said road district (except that n Denmark r?.ad dhtriot no petition ihall bo necessary, but there snail be evied and collected annually a tax of two miles on all taxable property withn said district), said to be coilcotcd is other taxes, and the funds so col eoted shall be paid out on the warrant >f tho townbhip commissioners, countersigned by the supervisor of tho jouaty, said funds to be expendod on the public roads within paid road dis trict whero collected. Provided, further that in lieu of nerfnrminp nrnin.in^ in ? -- v o ~e> ?v do performed the labor of ten hour.-) per day, as bcrin named for the several eoi ntics. a oommutation tax may' bo paid by tho poraon ao liablo on or by the 1st day of May of thia year, and on or by the 1st of February of each yearhereafter, whiah in the oountio^ of Abbeville, Akien, Anderson, Jherokcc, Oheatcificld, Clarendon, Darlington, KJgcfield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Piokons, Uiohland, Spartanburg, 3u niters Marlboro and Union, shall be one do Jar; in tho counties of Florcnco and Lfttrena, ono dollar; and in tho oountie1 of Barnwoll, Bauiberg, Uoaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chester,. Colletofh Dorohtator, Goorgotown, lior ry, Hampton, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Marion, Newborry, Orangeburg, StfeLuda, Williamsburg and York, shall bo two dollars, and in the county of Ooonee shall bo threo dollars. Provided, persons liablo to labor under thin aot shall havo the right to furnish a com. polcnU ibhtitute to laoor in his stead. rj o Become a Banker. Thi. ftAmmno af Anatiaia xuu vi AkU(Su wn u?jui?noin who havs rccontly acquirod tho Harris liithia Springs have now assumed control of tM? property and Harris, the hustle. tho wizard of tho waters, who found i spring in tho wilderness nine . - ?Ro and a fow days ago converted i .\nto.$100,000 cash?is about to ongago i? tho banking business. If ho shall bo/ *ff *9 successful in his now Gold as Jf? was in tho old Gold where ho found the spring, his venture will be a oot^Ptouous suoooss.?Columbia Stato. \ t' { THE FREE PASS RECORD How the Members of the House Voted On ItWo hsve bee a asked by members of the houso of representatives who voted against the bill to repeal the anti-free pass act why ueither T'.e Bute nor The News and Courier printed the vote in detail. To this we replied that we did not know; that the legislative reporters of The State, and wo believed of The News and Courier as well, were instructed to give the vote by yoas and nays on issues affecting important legislation; but that the omission of the detailed vote in this osso might be at liibuted to an error of judgment on th-j part of the reporters as to what constituted a measure of importance. At the request of these membats?who, it is hardly necessary to say, voted against tho bill?tte rectify tho .omission by re producing from the j urnal o* tho pro oeedings of tho house of representatives on February 8 the following rcoora: H. 407.?Mr. Spears: A bill to repeal an act entitled ''An aot to pieveot the use of a free pass, express or telograph frank on any railroad by any United States si nator or member of oongrcsa from this Siate, or by any mem ber of tho genoral assembly of this Stato, or by any State or county official, or by aDy judge of a court of record in this State, * approved December 22ad, A. D. 185)1. . Mr. Tatum nldVrd" to strike out tho onacting words. Upon that motion tho yoas and nays were rcquestod, and it was decided in the ncgativo. Yeas, 38; nays, 64 Those who votod in the affirmative are: Messrs. Austin, Baoot, Bcamguard, Brooks, Dorroh, Eld< r, Fraser, Gaston, Galluchat, Gunter, Haile, Hardin, Hoi lis, Kcols, Kiblcr, Lide, Logan. Lo max, MoCaii, McLaughlin, MjLocd, Mishoe, Morgan, Moses, Moss, Prince, Bedtcarn, Bichards, Uuoker, Senders, Strom, Tatum, Theus, W J Thomas, Thompson, Wilson, Wingoand Woodward. ?38. - Those who voted in tho negative are: Hon. W F Stevenson, speaker; Messrs. Ashley, All, Banks, Bates, Bivens, Blease, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Campbell, Carter, Cooper, Cosgrove, Croft, Crum, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dodd, Dominiok, Dunbar,' Durant, Elird, Estridgc, Fox, Freeman, Gonrdiu, Hill, Humphrey, Johnson, Kinsoy, Lever, Little, Lockwooi, Lofton, Lyles, Mauldin, Mayson, MoUraw, McGowa.n, F H McMastoi, J no. MoMastcr, Morrison, Murcbison, Nichols, W L Parker, Patterson, liankin, Richardson, C E Robinson, R B A Robinson, Robertson, Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spears, Vir mnt, Welling, W .lis, Wost, Weston,. Williams and Wf ods.?64. M.p Spears movet' to reoonBider the vote whereby the bill was ordered to a third heading, and to.lay on th^ table. . Whiofc w/a,Agreed to. ,, Th<| journal .of the jtfext day, Feb-, ruary^ih shows that this bill papsed its third reading in the house without division.?Columbia Stato. ? STIR UP CHINESE IRE. The Hatred of Foreigners May Last A Long Time According to tbo opinion .of Sir Chih (Jiiuu Lohfongluh, Chinese minister in London, ami-foreign sentiment will abide in China long after tho present troubles arc settled. His excellency assures that the "one sidednoss" of the powers' programme and tho "atrooitios" committed by tome of their troaps have given Wcsterq civilization aa lQdolibiy blaik eyo among the Chinese people. The Chinese minister said: "1 regret to bo forood to tho conclusion that the record of tho powers up China will live in history as the rcoord of ruined opportunities. Mot tho more sigrnng of poaoe terms oan remove the precotcoivod impressions winch events, 10 the popular mind, h&vo,. not only jusliti.d, but intensified. . Our people have q^t experienced any cf iho refining influences which they were told belonged to tho Occident, fuey have' seen European soldier's tniirdur, outrage and steal. i'ttdy have seen diplomats demanding oxaotiooo- somewhat out 01 kcoping wicn ?.tfio . - philanthropic motives winch- brought the great nations to oqr ahorqs. H'ney have seen, in short, the-policy, of ?u. open1 door with the door slammed in Chiha-s face. ' * Years ago 1 translated tho lives of CromWeil, Shakespeare, Kismarck, Napoleon, Washington and Lincoln. 1 wanted to show my -oouutryiiicn the sort ot "character u.at gtcw-i and- flctrclahed in tue West. .1 aiu,.?gi j ri.'c ior me rresiaenty."". Mr. Weaver said ho was going to at in Charleston for several days long and that ho would receive all poli oians at the Charleston Hotel.?Chi leston Post. March Weather Tho following data, oovering a peri of thirty years, have been oompli from tho weather bureau records Charleston for the month of Maroh: Mean or normal temperature, 57 < grees. The warmest month was that of 181 with an average of 64 degrees. Tho coldest month was that of 181 with an average of 52 degrees. The highest temperature was 86 < greeB on Maroh 21. 1897. The lowest temperature was 24 ? grees, oo Maroh 5, 1873, ^.vertgc date on which first "killir frost ocourcd in autumn, November! Average dato on whioh lait "kiliic frost occarod in spring, March 3. Average* precipitation for the moi 3.78 inohes. Average number of days with 01. an ioch or moro, ten. The greatest mon'hly precipitat was 9.78 inches jn 1872. Thlo least tn'onfhly preoipitation t .59 laches in 1887, The greatest amount of. precipitat _ recorded in any twenty-four conso tiVo hours was 3,14 inches on March and 14, 1889. " The greatest amount of snowfall ; * * ?uj intiUVV-iUUr'WJUlJCUUl hfu'fl (record extending (o wintor 1$!H 1&3& onl>) was traoe inches ''Marc^T 11B9&. fc " Average number of clear days, partly oluudy days, 12; cloudy days, i The prevailing winds have been fr the s >uthwefrt, 2ti.pt r cant. ,/V , i. f'Jte highest velocity el' the wind \ 15 nnles from tho northeast on Ma :(0lt1898. ' " ' Outrage-hya Negro. * Art' unknown negro eoterod iho r< denoe of Mw.- Buchanan, 86 Spr ittreut, in the heart of Atlanta, G Thursday morning, and compelled to oook hreakfasUi.Them, tying her f find hands, bo -ru.ietly ato the break.! after wfiioh lib 'set fire to tho 'house placing 4 q-iiiritity dt paper in the 1 where be han forced Mrs. liachanac i ilio. .The* negro esoaped without . ipg dotooted. . Mra. Buchanan acredn and assistance oatjje boforo the firo I gained rnuon headway. Search is 1 being made for the negro: ' " i . ?r 41 ' i j v ' (j , 1 , . It, f!oini>u 11itrli ? ; SVcdaosday tho commissioner of p Bions dismissed hip ontire force u , wot.Jt'p. holiday and. turned over buitdipg to tho inaugural officials, v will then make roady for the Inaugi bait. To make room for the dancer will be nooosaary to movo HiH>, LIOO r> .son oases, Tho uso of tho pension offi for the inaugural ball will oost the g ornmont $25,000 in salaries alone. Mi tliink thitr islhe lent timo the pons otbeo will ho used for the inaugi I ball. .. A Tough Yarn. ' A nowepapor at Kastamani sta aooording to"'a Ceylon papor, t ' whilo a peasant was shooting it 'forest near that plaeo he hoard 3 growling of a b"ar,> .whioh ho found dor a tree suffering groat pain fi a largo thorn in hip paw. Tho ani permitted tho sportsman to extract , thorn, and showed its gratitude s taking tho manj by means of wai 7 its paw, to a treo in whioh was a hoi i oomb twenty pounds in weight, s ? - > ^ ONLY ONE ESCAPED Thlrtj'fiv* Msn Dtai In a Coal 1 Mina Flra. 1 art he A HORRIBLE I HOLOCAUST. ji^pi *yfl Wen Suddenly Found Them- ^ . for i ^ salves Shutloff from Life ,^c by a Wall of Raging l.be Flames, la, 88? Tho worst distster in the hi&tory of UP ooal mining in Wyoming sinoe tbe Al*0D my horror eight years ago, oacurred at ' Uiamondsville Wednesday night. Thirhis ty gvo men aro believed to have perish103 ed in a fire wbioh started in mine No 1 mjU )ft: of tbe Diamondeville Coal and Coke s . company. The blaf> was first disc jvered shortly 8l* after the night shift oommeoced work. kD" It is though, to have originated from a >D5 careless miner's lamp in the oil room. ^ D(1 The flames made tuch prpgioss that 5,r only one man escaped from the two entries in whioh it was oonfined. His 40 name is John Anderson and he wu ial frightfully burned in running the '?r gauntlet of the flames. He was suidenly confronted by a wall of fire and smoke and wrapping his head in an >ht overooat he ran in tbe d reotion of the main entrance. He fell nneonsoiont lr- and was oarried to the month of tbe * *. 'st mine. The alarm was sounded and f 4 hundreds of miners at work in the th mines and on the outside ruihed to the 0 rescue of their imprisoned comrades. The fire had by this time made such 841 progress that it was impossible to en,n" ter the rooms of flames. The enure night was spent in oonfining the fire to the two entries and this ur morning it was necessary to seal them up to prevent the flames from spread* ill ing to other parts of the mine. This I ey step was only deoided upon after all y- hope of saving the livos of the men had I been abandoned. Nothing could live I od gve minutes in the fire, whioh was increasing in fierceness evory mioute. rs The plugging of the two entries will as smother the fire, but it may be several er dayrt beforo the barricades oan bo rein moved and the chambers explored. The h? exact total of men entombed is not ye' Qy known aB a number are missing, some . B on sick leave and others in the hospital 1 ii" suffering from burns reoeived while T? fighting the flames so that an accurate I ih oount is at present impossible. '1 Tbe soenes at the mouth of the mine nt during the night and today were heart>* ronding. Relatives and friends of the n- entombed miners rushed into the mine. I16 frantically waving thoir hands and crying to tho mine offioir,la and miners ifct to sav(^l.kft\v deal mhjiV Miv.y \s\ 'jfm * ^- "JMOVa and childron were slightly in- ? ? 1? jured in the oiowdand by falling over obstaoles in the darkness. ?y Diamondville has been the soen6 of jer a number of disastrous fires since the ti' ooal mines were opened there ten years ago, but the conflagrations were never attended with serious loss of life The mine is owned by tho Oregon Short Line railroad. Its output is i; / od about 175,000 tons of ooal per year and * ?d upwards of 700 miners are employed. The fire was discovered by a boy named Jamos Hetson who bravely ran l?* and told many mon who were inside. Richarn Fern, 15 years old, also rap *4, ' L through levels Nos. 6, 7, and 8 and notified the men, and many were saved 1-. through his oourageous action. Seven men, headed by Mine foreman Griffin, ie- made several desperate attempts to | reaoh the men through the lower level, I but their efforts were iD vain, four of I M tno seven being knocked down by fire 1 damp, the others oeing cimpelled to - ? ?*" ?' oarry them to fresh air. ( 'B It is given out by Superintedent Thomas Sneddon and oonfirmed by others familiar with the conditions that the lives of all the mon were oer?* tainly extinguished within three min- . Mb utes after the fire gained ascendancy. jU' ion The fire is fully under control to- Tan night, and Superintendent Sneddon an- ^ *** .'bounces that he will open the mine to- v morrow for the recovery of the bodies, ?on and resumo work before the week W* oloses. \A 1.3 .. Superintendent Simpson, with h:s 1 young son, who are among the viotims, v 1 re- oame to Diamondsville from Alabama, I about six weeks ago, bringing his wife, k] of in the hope that the ohangeof climate n ou would benefithrr health. The shook of last night's tragedy resulted in Mrs. flH 11; Simpson's death today., y SB 0? Cotton Goods Low. President A. A. Marginnis of the ? vas Marginnis cotton mills of New Oaleans I roh said Wednesday that he had entirely I cut 6ff the manufacture of yarn for mar- f| ket for tho past two weeks. Ho has al- M so materially rcduoed the output of Jgj_ cloth. Tho reason he gave was the exjDg ccssivo high yrioo of cotton and tho h ( very low prioo of cotton goods. Ho ^ |k0|. said the cotton goods market was in a net worse stato of stagnation than it had M? been for several years. He was asked if .1 Ak.0.i.il \T O - - ijy tug auuiuern 1 aro opinncrs AhBOVlktlOD, t>ed ?' wMch ia a prominent member, J , t0 did not have for its ohief objoot the I jjC. goneral redaction of the output through- " 3C(] out the soutb, but ho avoided the sublad j001, *'90 that it was not j K)W true that English mills had baen foroed to close this season on account of the Sg| laok of ootton to o(k' H r O"*0 ?t?lf SKS A Remarkable Man. ea There if a remarkable old white maa ^5? th living MM* Pantego, Heaufort county. ^ 10 11 is name is Hansom Saundors. Ha is I noarly 90 years eld, ho has been mar'r*: ried six times (his sixth wife still liv* in;) has boon the father of nearly 40 ??* children and apparently has still a ??" long lease of life. He is well and strong tiT" and works hard. He dresses very tbin *ny even in the coldest weather, about like ll"! the average man does in summer, and ' never wears an overcoat. He is covered all over his person with thick, long hair that is greater proteotion than lots of olothes would bo from the oold. He l0S' is regular in his habits and a good hat oitisen. tho Killed in a Wreck, un- Two dead, three badly hurt, others rom slightly hurt and a passenger train mal burned is the resnlt of a head on oolhthe sion between passenger train No 10. by southbound, and a looal freight on the ring Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston railley way Thursday evening at Goal Valley, five miles from MoKoesport. W. Va. \ ' ^