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| VOL L BATESBURG. S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 1901. . ~ NO. 8 I llMlH
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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 H<otious3
and 4 of an act entitled 'An a n to i ro
vide a system of oounty government
for iho several counties of tho State, bo
far as it relates to tho maintainiLg and
working of the roads and highways in
the Stato," approved 19.h of February,
A. p., 1900, be amended on lint 55, by
instrting between tho words "Fairfield"
and "Grtcnwood," tho word ' Grcon
villi*," and on lino 59 by striking ont
the word, "Grienville;" and by inserting
after Greenwood tho woids "and
Uhestorfield " and by striking out the
worj "Darlington" before" the word
ut~ml nvillo," and the word "Union '
bo-wcon the words "Lexington" and
"Williamburg," and inscrtiug tho
wc>ri "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. \
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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<yycd, as
a believer in that character, ,that lite
last years history has failed . to sup
port, tho ideals which I sought to piotu'ro."
Lahfcngluh' intimates- that China is
likely to luiorposo 'objections' to pay*,
lag heavy indeiuhity. He thinks none
ougUt to be detuanacd or given in ex-,
cess ol the actual value of the--property
destroyed. _..
l'raiac for the peooujl. ' '
The Columbia Stato says lien. J.
Warren Keifer, undor whoso command
the Second South Carolina served id
Cuba, writing from his hptno in Scing
fiold, 0., to Col. ,Wilio .lores,' foripfx;
colopel of tfio Slcoond, says somo nioo
things about ihktmodel icgiincnt of
volptitocra. Ha wrilea:'
'4l am Very thankful to you 'for a
beautiful copy of ?Sotith. Carolina in
the Spanish- Aracrioad War,'..and 1 anp
vepy grateful to you fori.thp gonojous
and kiad thingsjqij ftay of ^np op page
Uty of I ho bouk \n your hiutpry of your
exosllont regiment?the Sboond Simth
Carolina infantry, f ' :i!6iprooato the
good (celitog you cxprots towards ^me,
and I kn'wf ybti mint feci "that I 'was
alway propd to have you and your g?liaPt
regiment in my comma ill. 1 noroi
cease to speak -oi blue promptness of the
trpop* who servod under mo to obey,
and the kind spirit the offiacrs and men
?i- * "
i-*uiuii.uu uuuurwiy inwards mo. xoul
example wan a good ono for all to follow.
"Remember (ho most kindly to any oi
your otfi jots or men yon may moot
A.ssuroall that 1 shall oover forgot th<
reguuent," oto. . .
Four ChiJUJron Cremated.
Pour children, 4 to 12 yean of age
wore ere mated in the burning rosidonoi
of Jaoob Rait, pt l/ttohfiold, Pa., carl]
Thursday morning,
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EVIDENTLY A CRANE.
i A Han Visits Charleston Who
Certainly Off*
Mr. James Baohanan Weaver, a
claims to be a retired lawyer of PI
adelphia, announced today at the co
house, wb -re he was a visitor, that
wouldJ be .. candidate for the Pft
donoy of tLa United States in 1904, f
Weaver iB a gold Demoorat and si
his platform will be a government
the peoi !e,and by the people.
Mr. Weavor is an ex-Confedcra'o e
dier, having fought under Lee in I
Army of Northrrn Virginia After <
surrender ho drifted to Philadelph
' where' he aroot into the drug busine
studied medisine and fioally took
the law. As a lawyer, ho says, ho sc
made a name for himself as r.ell
plenty of money. Sovoral years ago !
wifo died and having no enoumberai
ho retired aud of Tato years he 1
been traveling and studying pohti
questions .......
This morning Mr. Weaver was a vi
tor at the court houso 113 was a stri
ger when he entored but it was not la
before ho knew Judge Aldrioh a
every member of the Charleston 1
who was presont in the oourt house
the time. He introduced himself, <
olaring to his newly made friends tl
ho expected to brcomo a oandidate I
President of tho United States in 19<
Ho said that bo was a grand nephew
President Buchanan and had a rig
to the office.
. "Oh, I am a . smart man," said N
Weaver, fn taking to an Evening P<
reporter, "I know how to build po
tioal fenoos that Mark Hanna wi
all his wealth and power can not t
stroy. It will take Aunt Carrie JN
tion and her little hatohet to sma
tho political fonoeB that I have cc
struotcd
"Charleston is a gold bug town a
you can say to the people throngh yo
paper that I'll be hero when tho ne
Presidential campaign opens and w
talk Democracy and good gold mon
to the people of this ancient old oit
This is a grand old town and I love
Just tell them that you saw me ai
that I want a big vote in Charleston.
Mr. Weaver talked about blind tige
in the oity, declaring that they were
thick as blaok birds in tho summ
time, and while ho has only been
Charleston a few days he knew all t
ropes and could scare up a tigor at at
old timo.
Yesterday he visited tho oity hosj
tal and St Fraoois Xavier Infirmar
and went over to tho Isle of Palu:
"At thd palm beaoh," ho said, 1
swiped a palmetto, boxed it up andse
it to my littlo darling, in Philadelphi
"Oh. you qeod not Uugh, for I am e
gaged, even if I am a widower,"
explained.
"Tell tho people of Charleston tfc
"rim going to call on Gov. McSwae"
and got his influence and support
lu> 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
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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.
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