THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1901. NO 19
A GREAT SOLDIER. ;
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"dtorw wall" J^ktcn at Viewed
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oy a Northerner.
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A CHRISTIAN COLD ER.
The Fame of this Rrncwnid 1
Man Has Spread all
Over the Civil z d
Wr rid.
Everywhere throughout Lfcis t5cn, ;
and wo might add thiought ut tne
world, the fame oftlisrtni ted sol- 1
dier Las been ttunded abr.it'. This
however, was act bis real urn. That (
was The mas lenatlsn laclsrn, who ,
was bora in Olarktlurg, Va., January
31, 1824. Ilo was only three years old
when his father died and bis mother
was loft a widow, with three helplcis (
children in a email room where she
abode and tauglta small sohool. Much
of her time was spent with her father
in Weed County, where her brother
alto accompanied her. In 1830 she
was married to Captain Hlake Woodson,
a lawyer ef good education, of so
oial, poyular mar tiers, much her senior, i
and without fortune. When or.ly 6ix
3 cars of ago The mas left his mother's j
side to liva with his uncle. The im
prest ion of her death upon the ye uthful '
mind was deep srd listing. After this 1
he lived with various fiie nds until he 1
was admitted to West Point.
HIS SOLDIERLY CAREER. ,
This began at West Point j
during the fi ur years in which 1
he crjo3ed i's instruction and discipline.
it was indeed a providential ,
opening for h m, and he entered it '
with energy and delight. So aixieus, ]
indeed, was ho that, with his ordinary ]
earnestness and vigor ho mounted a \
horse at surdewn and, accompanied oy <
a servant who was to bring tho horse |
hi mo, hurried elf to meet the stage- (
ce aoh. Arrived there, ho was too late; t
however, he galloyed on, and overlook j
it at tho next station. When he en ,
tcrcd on his courso of study ho soon |
diseovored his de tioicncy of preparation, j
and he had a lough time, so that be i
Wb8 obl'gbed to study at night. Hut |
all lights were to bo put out at "taps," 1
1 L .i t i - 4 - O If
kcu wan was do loaor ills ov n in- ,
gt nuity availed him here. Just before (
the signal he would pile up his grate t
with anthdaoito coal and, lying prone i
before it on the floor, pursuo his i
studies. This ho did until his fellow (
students, who had looked at him side ]
ways when he entered, used to say af- ]
forward, ''If we had had to stay there
another year, Old Jack' would have
been at the head of the olass."
At the close of this term of severe
study be graduated, and entered the t
- - Trrioy Lu M< *i -jo,?I n *hc -baLil* qJ '
Chcrubusoo Captain McQruder"io6t his c
first lituteuant, and as Jaokson had to (
take his plaoe, ho was a vanocd dcxi i
in oommand to tho captain, aid on ao x
count of hiB bravery and skill was mado f
a captain. At tho close "f this war he ?
remained in tho City of Mexico for t
several months, where ho and other of- c
fioers had their quarters in tho national t
palace. Thus bo oame very near to t
the realization of the hope of lodging s
in the "halls cf tho Montt zuuas," f
which many had cherished. x
Returning from Mcxic , ho spent c
two years in the service, and was then i
rent to Fort Meade, near Tampa Hay, x
Florida, where he was stationed for
about six months. In March, 1851.
ho was oleotcd Professor of Natural c
and Experimental Philosophy and
Artillery Taotics in tho Virginia Mili t
tary Institute, at Ltxicgtion.
HIS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. B
In this position and in this beautiful
place bis ear'y religious experience
is first known, llis mother was a
Methodist. While in Mtxioo ho had '
learned much about tho Roman Catho- r
lit? Church and its worship. Subso- c
i,? ? J - -. -
'jutinij liU wao au ailt'uuaiil 1>U lilt*
Presbyterian Uhuroh. This he finally t
deoidcd to adopt as h's own. ard bo- i"
came oonneoted with it in 1851 lie t
evidently had tome drawings toward ?
the ministry, and said tohis aunt, Mrs (
Ncale: "Tfcc rubjict of beooming a t
hr raid of the Cross has often seriously 1
engaged my attention, and I regard it 1
an the most noblo of all professions. <
But my oonviotion is that I am doing 1
geed here, and that 1 am for tho pre- i
smi where Cod would have me bo. <
Within the last ft w days 1 have an un i
u ual religious joy. I do rejoice to i
walk in the love of Cod." t
It is said, by one who knew him well, >
that after ho had become a christian he i
set his iaco against all worldly eon i
fermity, giving up dancing, theater
going, and every amusement that
had a tendency to lead his heart
and the lights away from hob )
things. When a question was asked
as to tho light or wrong of icdul >
genets that many consider inne- ,
cent, he would say pleasantly, "Well, .
1 kno>v it is not wiocg not to do it so 1
am goiDg to be on tho safo side." He
was very modest ar d in different in r ffi r
ir g prayer in public, but aftt r an adrno .
nitiun from the pastor that all ohns
tians should do so, ho called on his pastor
and wantid to know if ho were
among tho number of thoso to whom ho
rtferrtd. Ho said ho was not uBed to
sieaking in public; lie was naturally
diffident: "hut if you say so, 1 shall |
make aD t ffort to lead in prayer, how- f
ever difficult it may bo." (lis tiist effort ,
was a serious failure, but ho perscvt red j
unti' ho bccamo a mighty man in pray
or.
He abstained from the uso of all intox'citing
drinks from principle. Dur
ing tho war ho was asked by a brother
officer to join him in a social gla^s. He (
replied: "No, I thank you, hut I never '
;? t ;? .1 . /
uno iv. ? mm uiuit aiioiu ui it in?u u 1
Federal bull In." An an inntauoo of
what ho regai (ltd an tho will of God and
obodioccc i > it, he was asked. ''Imagine
that .he providence of God sooiLod
to direol you to droj every nchemo of
life and of personal advaiiooment, and
go on a mission to tho hoart of Africa
tor tho rout of your days; would you go?"
His oyes flashed as ho instantly replied:
"I would go without my hat."
Hi9 views as to how constant prayer
may be enjoyed are given thus to a
friend: ' 1 havo so fixed tho nabit in
my own mind that I never raiso a oup
of water to my lips without lifting up
my heart to God in thanks and prayer for
k
I he water of lifo. Then when wo take
our meals there ib tho blessing on our
food. Whenever L drop a lottt r in t ho
poetcfficc I send a petition along with
it for God's blessing upon its nrssion T
i nd the person to whom it ib sent Whon
1 break tho seal of n ettor r. .cived 1
stop to ask Qod to ] roparo no fir its
contents and ma: o it a m< meager of
good. And wheD 1 go to mv clans room, T
and await tbo> trangomoo ct the cadets
in their plaorc, that is m time tointcroedo
with Jed for thou.' j
His friend askod hi n if he did not
forget to do this. ? e acswcroo': "I
oan hardly say that I uc; tho habit has
bcocmc almost as ?xcd as to Ireatoe."
He was asked by cue: "Major, suppose
you should lose your health and beoomo
suddenly blind, do ycu suppose that your
serenity would be unolouded?'* llo
paused a moment, as if to weigh fully fi
every wotd he uttered, and thon said: ni
"I am suro of it; even such a misfortune .
r>miM niif molr n mn il AiiV\t ?K a Iaha a#
tiO situation wncu aarkDcsa put an
cd to the strike growing out of the wl
itreot car strike Thursday night. Those vc
atally wounded arc Wm. Walsh, a fl':
ncrchant, and Lcroy Smith, a meribant,
both shot by national guards- mi
ucn, and Win. Marshs'i. a nonunion ^ri
uotorman, skull fractured.
Others most seriously injured arc: I'l
George lloozc, oitizen, check ripped
?pt n by bayonet. 6V(
William Kooney, citizen, 6hot by na- CD
ional guardsman. l'r
Gilbert Hall, non union motorman, 01
hot by mob. bU
Drew the Lino.
CI
Congressman Curtis of Kansas, and ro
United States Senator ljuarlcs may have 6j,
endeicd a treaty with the Snake In ta
liana impossible by refusing to cat
log meat with theeo redskins. These
tentlemen bavo returned from the oa
'oakc rcscivation in the Indian counry,
discouraged over the effort to bring jD
ibout an agreement to allot the lands yc
>f the tribe. These Indians believe 0],
ho government intends to finally take y(
rom them all their lands, and they
ook upon the allotting agents as effi j1(
jial twitdlers While Curtis and j0
Juarles were there the tribe was hold- m
ng its annual johfieation, one of tho 80
;eremonies being tho eating of dog
neat The big chit fs offered to ad just ,
ill diflcrci cos if the visitors would join B.'
hem in a feast of dog moat which Mj
vould prove their sincerity. The states *
ucn dcclued arC came home, and will
epcrt their trouble to oongress.
I)isjM'nsar> in Canada.
Tho South Carolina dispensary law w:
ias attracted the attention of law mak- or
rs in various states aid it is said that b<
b'icrda will quito likely adopt it. Hut g.
rom tho noithwcst territory govern
nent of Canada ocines tf.o lvtist re- o
. r _ : r. t- >? ^
I Jen hi ikiuiu .1 iii ir l. <11
I'offl, ft.lornty g . nerai of the vovrru d(
ncnt, writes to the governor saying L
hat he had written for information as S.
o the fctate monopoly as to intoxiooi- as
ng liquors, but had unfortunately ad
irtssed the lctt?r to Charleston. He w
taid that ho had written to tho ' dc- fo
partoient of foreign commerce" at th
Washington for information and had
jcon advised to write the governor. He b!
tajs that he proposed such a plan as tho tfc
3e U' h Carolir a one to his government
Hut ho wanted dctals as to its opera- gi
.ions, etc
Lincinitii K illcd. t?
.lohn Marliu a lineman in t he e mploy
)f the Georgia Telephone and Telegraph ti
sompany, of Savannah, fell from a pole J1
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and
eccived injuries which resulted in ol
lis death shortly afterwards. Ho had in
iniahed repairs at the top of tho polo
ind was about to desuend when ho 1>1
iirno in oontaot with a "livo" wire,
liis fellow workmen saw him hang limp on
tnd inert for a few acoonds anu then
'all to the grouLd. His htad was Hi
irushcd by tho fall and blood and in
trains wero soaitered on tho sidewalk, hi
Haitin was hurriedly taken to a hos- m
isital. but died in a few minute!. Martin oc
vas -it tears old and came hero from ac
Italtimoro, where his father now lives,
lie served in a Maryland regiment in ol
.ho Spanish war. st
MV% Ui?au MJU UVUUV iUU IU*U VI
Ucd." He wab further af ked: "If iu 81
addition to biiidncts you h*d to r oeivo di
(Tudgmg charity from thoito on whom
>cu nau to ciaiin, wnat ttienf i hero fc
was a i-trango revcrenoo in n?s uplifted
tyos as ho replied: "If it were God's
will, 1 think I would lie thoio content Ht
ror a hundred yearp."?Dr. Lcwib It. P'
Dunn, in New York Advocate.
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South ltountl Lease. l'
An import ant suit las been enterrd
against the Scaboaid wh'eh has niver
been "d< moMicatcd" in ihoptato. Tho
suit aritesout of tho Watts catc. Ho
was itjurcd by falling in'o a cut in ^
Columbia and got a verdict for dam- ^
ag< s, but tho money has never bocn ,
coll'oUd. Tho suit is brought to an c
nul the lease t f the South Bound or
Florida, Cential and I'eniurular to tho '
S? aboard, because bo h oompatiics arc
foreign corpoiations. Tho ruit was
brcught by Watts's attorneys, D. 11. 111
Nelson and Jthn 1' Thomas. .Ir , and
*l?o by Attorney General Belling* r. w
Tho preliminary rule to show cause
has been isrucd by Judge Gage and is rt
returnable W< ducsday. Tho rcrult of ^
.heso prrcceditgs will be of very scri)us
import to tho Seaboard It has
iled a mortgako of $75,000 000 in tho
locrotary of t-tate's etlioo oq its proper:ics
in this state, but should a roooivor
3o appointed for tho South B* und all
if this *nd tho consolida'ion will bo (|(
mooked up Tho Seaboard's attornoys
nformcd tho iccretary of state some
nonths ago that a regular charter would
30 taken out as soon as the various
iocs were consolidated. This has not
ret been done, though a meeting has been
sal led for in Columbia to effect a oon- * '
lolidation two days beforo tbo prooocdngs
aro to bo had beforo Judge Gago m
n Chester. Tho Seaboard has loon qc
loing business in Columbia under a ,
iocnso issued to tho "Seaboard Air ?
Line company." ^
The Albany Strike. gj
A dispatch from Albiny, N. V.,
vhorc a streot car strike is in progress, W1
".ys three icn fatally wounded, Inn- Be
Ireds of others with broken hoads and
sut faces, cars running merely as arse
ials, with no patrons, tho city under P*
uartial rule, with its oitizens in a U(
renzy of excitement, and tho city J*1
tulhoritics and leaders of the strikers H
rying to get tho iailway company to *'
omo to an amicable settlement, was P*
FACTS OF VALUE
o Manufacturers and Dealers
Tobacco Products As
0 REBATE OF WAR T*XE
he Farms and Other R- q Jlr
men's that Must be Comp'led
With. The Time
A k w d.
The following information has be
irnishcd through tho offioo of int
il revenue as to tho ribato on v
ixob on ehowiog and smoking tobaci
3uIT and oigars and is of interest to
calcrs and manufacturers:
Tho act of March 2, 1001, provic
ir a robato of taxes as follows:
On smoking aud chewing tobacco a
luff, two and four-tenth cents ]
jund.
On cigars weighing t vcr threepoun
) tho thousand, sixty (?> ') cents i
houeand.
On cigars weighing less than thi
)unus to tho thousand, forty six eci
jr thousand.
This rebato will he due and payal
1 all dealers and mat ufaeturcrs wht
aim, in the aggregate, will amount
least ten dollars, and no cairn f
ssthan ten dollars will be oonsidcre
It is necessary in order to make
lid claim that the following iuftru
on bo observed:
At the beginning of business on I
orning of .July 1, 1901, the dealer
aDufaoturcr must, in the presence
to disinterested witnesses well kno
the community as persons of go
putc, and who are not in his cn p.c
ako together an inventory of all I
icco, snuff and cigars which he m
ivo in unbroken oiiginal factory pi c
;es.
If a box, bag or caddy, or other pac
;o bears tvidenoo of having be
i.'ned and repacked, the oontct
oroof shall not bo inventoried unit
o witnesses aro satisfied that no l
icco, snuff or cigars originally pack
lercin had been removed thcrefrc
d other goods eul stiiutcd therefor.
'1 he actual weight of the contents
iy box, bagoroaddy, or other stamp
c-kagc, should ocrrespond with t
amp.
No addition to tho stook shall
ado and no adjournment of the w
isscs and claimant shall intoivo
itween tho commencement and ooi
etion of inventory.
The serial cumbers of stamps affix
packages will not bo required to
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TVU iu IIIU luvcLiury.
Packages of tobacco, stuff and oigi
ill bo inventoried according to the
veral statut >ry classification"
The witnesses at the time of takii
o inventory should caoh count tl
ckagcs of the several denomin
ins and keep an accurate account
e same on separate sheets of pape
10 computations to bo made by tl
messes of tho total number of su<
,ckagc9 and their aggregate n
light should be compared and oheok<
th the dealers or manufacturers' i
ctory, and if agreeing thcrewi
ould bo signed by tho witnesses ai
o claimant and delivered to him as
emorandum of his inventory ai
am which ho could mako a new olaii
ould his original claim bo lost or mi
accd.
Kioh claim must bo duly signed ai
rorn to by tho claimant in tho j rs
ico of his witnossos who will, in h
esenoo and iu tho proscuco of ca<
her, duly sign aod make affidavit
eh claim as attesting witnesses.
Tho notary administering the oa
ould havo a seal, or send a oerti
to from tho clerk of tho court or st
tary of stato that ho is duly commi
jned and is qualified to administ
the.
Tho claim as signed and sworn
iforo tho efficer administering t
,th shall bo immediately forward
r him under seal to the collector
tcrnal rcvenuo for the district
>uth Carolina at Columbia, S C.,
aimant is resident in the State
>uth Carolina.
When tobacco, snuff or oigars n
:ld by a commission merchant clai
r tho rcbato may be made by su
erohant for, and ia tho name, of t
tual owner.
Goods in transit on July 1, l'.H
iall not be inventoried eiit.nr
gncr ??r consignee on that date, b
lion such goods aro rcooived by t
nriignce he may make a separate elv
r tho robato cn form No. Mil
0 presence of two witnesses as bcfc
ssotibed.
Tho claimant shall exhibit to t
ilDessrs copy of bill of lading a
iginal invoice and theso t?ap< rs mi
1 tiled with tho claim ma io lor su
-ods in transit.
All persons in South Carolina w
ipeot to have sullicient stock n ha
i .July 1, 11JU1, to maks a claim of t
illars, should at onou write ilio c
ctor of internal rcvoLiie, Col u mo
C , notifying hiui of the laot ai
king for blank forms.
Only a sufficient number of fori
ill be furnished and persons applyi
r thorn should bo careful not to It
lein as the supply may bo cxhaustci
Tho name of all persons to wh<
auks aro mailed will bo recorded
io collector's cffioc.
Persons writing tho collootor shot
vo thoir names and postoffioes logibl
Kvory manufacturer and dealer
io State whoso olaiui for rcbato
xes will amount (o ten dollars.
ore, will be furnished upon applii
on, with a copy of form 1S1 bcf<
uly 1, 1001.
It should bo borne in mind that
aim can to valid unless the folio
g dements aro present:
First? Tho claim must bo made
ank form furnished by iho collcolo
Sooond?Thorc must bo two disiutt
iled witnoBsos.
Third?Those witnossos must m<
10 dcalor on July 1, 1001, iu tho moi
g at his place of business, or wh<
ib tobaeoo is stored, at tho oouitucni
en; of tho businoss day, and uu
implote tho inventory of stook withe
Ijournmcnt.
Fourth?Tho witnoBecs must sign t
aim beforo a oompotont officer w
tall attaoh his seal to tho instrumci
cr, if bo has do Real, a oortifioato from <
tho olc k of court or secretary of stato
tbat ho is duly authorized to administer
oaths.
in Fifth?Tho claim must be at least ton f
dollars.
11 any dealer wishoa further information
upon any point hia inquiry addressed
to tho oollootor will bo prompt8
ly answered.
TBE WEATHER ANDCB^PS
? A
What Young Crops Are Doing- The
Ueneral Outlook
Tho following is tbc weekly bulletin
of tho condition of tho weathor and
crop? in this Stato ist-u:d last woek
cn by Director Biuer, of the South Carocr'
lina s.'o'ioa of tho olima'.o and crop K
rnr S(.rv:co of tho United States weather hi
3>? bureau: ti
During the week coding Monday, ?
May 12, tho tetupiraturo was lower 0]
'cs tliau curing tho irovious week, but pi
averaged sligh'ly above tho normal, of
nd Tho maximum for tho week was '.12 do w
){-r grees at Allondalo and Black villo on c;
the t>th and 7th, rospootivoly, and tho
ds minimum was nU degrees at (irecnvillo
cr on tho 11th.
Bt ginning on tho tilh and continuing wi
co to tho closo of tho week, thoro wore m
j(rt numerous light thowers over tho co- fa
tire State, laniriDK from a meroiraon ?n
)'e to over an iuoti if rainfall, but do- m
)r0 where was tl ero enough rain for the 15
to needs of cropB that in places are suf- th
or foring ft r waut of moisture Tuo es
>d. gnundis ha:d and cloddy in places, di
* and iu sections there is not enough to
ta uk i-tuic to gotmitiato recently |> anted pc
seeds. The drought is esjeoially se
Jie vt-rc iu (Joarlcilou county, where truck so
or yields have been uiatciiaily dimin ill
of ishtd II ol felt at many points, but pr
?n only iu poittots tf Bamberg and St
ad Barnwell coupWos to an njurioui?x pi
,y lent, and ihcro in places cotton and wi
io melons were totally doatroyed and will
ay have to be replanted. ar
4. Cot;on plauting and replanting is eq
finished, and most of the replanting is wt
;k coming up to good stands. Tho tir31 so
cn plantings, where not replanted, has pi
its poor stands, but souie of it continues ar
HH to ccmc up. Cut worms injured stands w<
LO- in Marlboio county. Chopping out and co
{d cultivation h*s begun over tho eastern va
)m oeunties. A general improvemint in ti<
the condition of cotton is noted dc
of Corn has improved in color, although
ed stands arc still unsa i factory. Tnc at:
he plants are unseasonably sm*ll, but re- ?
ccntly have begun to grow. Cultiva pi
be "on is now general, and about all has wi
4t- been planted, excopt on bottoms where A
nc the work is under way. ltoplanting ni
n continues in piaocs. Hi
Tobacco trantplanting is praolically Kt
cd finished, and tho youag plants aro A'
be growing nicely. Kioo has oeiuo up to G<
good stands, and lands, where dry Fr
ir8 enough, aic being prepared fcr Juno lit
jir plantings. Melons havo poor stands, lTr
in scotions where tho crop is raised on A]
Dg a largo oowmeroial scale, but late Bi
be plantings aro coming up hotter. Cane It.
a is also in an unsatis'aotiry condition,
of Wheat oontinuos to look woll and is cx
r. fully headed, but oats have deteiio- mi
he rated, bavo short straw, and aro suf- wl
3h fering for ram. Colorado beotles aro let
et numerous in white potatoes; in tho go
cd southeastern counties potatoos are be- 00
a. ing dug, with poor yields. Sweet
th potato draws arc t caror. Peaches arc th
ad dropping in places, but over tho West cri
a era oounties iho fruit prospcots oon- bo
ad tinuo promising. All crops aro from be
u two to three weeks later than utual. ne
is- , , d_
Charleston Dispensaries Closed, po
ad D was announced last night that fol3
lowing tho filing of tho opinion of tho sw
lis attorney general Friday holding to
sh that Charleston oounlv had no legally ha
to constituted boari of county oomcuis- po
sioners, Messrs. Dukes and Kvans of us
th tho Siato board of dispensary direo- mi
a ters, who were in the city had met and
c instructed State Liquor Commissioner 0f
is Crum to order the county boatd for pr
er Charleston county to forthwith closo th
ali regular at.d hetr dispensaries in mj
to Charleston and keep them clobed until pU
he further orders, This action, it seems, T1
cd iB made neoo?ssry because tie law re- I sti
of quires the county commissioners to ap- fe
of prove the bonds ot the dispensers, and, in
if inasmuch as Charleston has at.d has su
of nad no legal Loan! of county commis- clj
hioncrs for bouo time, the bonds of tc:
>ro all ditpenseis are worthless. This is ba
im the situation, it appeals, until the ca
eh courts decide otherwise, if they do so in
be decide, or until seme scheme can bo oo
devibtd Ly wlnuh Charleston can so- th
IIt cure a legal county government. As be
n- things stand now, in the light of the ()
ut attorney general's opinion, Charleston ta
ho has no oouniy government whatever, an
tin There aro about ten dhpecsaricB in th
in the city of Char.eston and this is the
ire ti'st tunc they have been closed sinoo us
when Gov. Tillman oredcred them fo
he closed alter the famous prohibition do su
ud einton of tho tuprt me court. fu
ist pr
oh Tin- Cheapest Man. W(
an
j,0 "The cheapest man I over know? 0(J
t](1 said the post man, according to the In- at
1,, diartapohs Suu. His name was John ji,
duilth, ani lie was cheaper than pin on
ja bargtin day. lie ubcU to get letters tl(
aj fiom his brother in-law and would open ^
the envelope by holding it over a tea aL
1)R kettle. Then ho would take out the let- n,
Dk, tor and read it, write an answer, put the tr
|tj0 answer in ilio same old envelope and Hl
1 seal it up again. This dono, he would
)Ui lake it to the postcffiic, explain that tho 0fl
jn loiter couldn't posribly bolog to hint, ti<
ami he didn't wantto open another man s jn
mail Of course, as his brotber-iu law's (1,
|y fivo day return card was on tho envel- l0
,n ope the postethco officials would sond it m
of ev
sa. Scotch Wit. oc
lie A drunken Irishman was once lodgod th
in tho cell of a hootch country pence pi
no station, hays Sparc Moments, whon he ra
w- made a tremendous noiso by kicking li
the cell door with his heavy hob nailed th
on boots. in
r. The constable who hal charge of tho M
er- pclico station, going to the coil door, ci
opened it a little and said: tt
Sot "Man, ye milch pit ag yer buils, an' w
rn- I'll gic thorn a hit of a ri'h, so thatye'll 0)
jio bo rcspcclablo like when yo oomo up g<
eo- aforo tho bailie tho moro." pi
1st Tno priconor, Nattered at tho request, di
>Ut at onoe complied, and saw his mistako cl
only when the oonstablo shut the door
ho upon him, saying coolly: pi
ho "Yo can kick awa'noo, my man, as i
at, lang an yc like." tc
i
'COMMERCIALISM."
x Mayor Courtenays View cf
The New Movement.
THINKS IT DECEPTIVE.
d That The South Should Let It
Severely Alone. CalistheNew
M vement Pe-p Spoon
P.'litiCS.
DuriDg his recent visit to Charleston
x-Major W. A C? urtcnay expressed
s views upon tho j resent political
tuation in this State very plainly and
ith so much point that tho public
jght to know what they aro. In re
y (o a statement of a representative
Tho News and Courier that he
anted to talk to him about "sommeralism"
and "pap spoon politics," Mr.
jurtenay said:
As you know, 1 have boon entirely
itbdrawu from public matters for
any years and have no desire now to
y tr do anything about them. After
long a si'ctec I doubt if thero aro
any who oaro to kuow what I think,
ut recent occurrences in our party,
0 preservation of which I regard as
seoti&l to (ur civilization, should in
:cc everyone, not blind to the future,
consider curtain extraordinary hap
inirgH an 1 to speak cut plainly.
In my vi w the most deceptive
hems ever put before our pcop e is
at which wi uld abandon cur political
inoiples and our old ahies in t very
ate in the Uni- n for the transient
<>a that joining the Ke| ublioan party
11 pre mote our materal inter-sts.
Wo have a marvellous country?iroi
d coal in Ruperabucdarcc, grain fields
ual to feeding ourselves and half the
jrld, oott n crops for clothing our
lvi s and many millions of distant p
cs, cattle in untold quantities, with
1 intelligent, progrcieivc and hard
nking people, developing all these
lossal natural advantages. Tic ad
rcc in material resources, in cduoa
)D, in wealth accumulation the past
cade is tho wonder of tho world.
From tho United States nureau of
alisti^n we have this recent exhibit
this after feeding, clothing and sup
jing our 75.000,0(10 of population
thall wc cjuld possibly want:
vcrago monthly cxportations for tho
ne months endicg with Maich, 1001.
A 1 O a n-n AA
UHUU U.AIU3 flirii *;?< uu
jgland 117,816 246 00
vcriitp ending with Daoombur, 1000:
rmany 87,551,000 00
aroc. 56,-467.000 00
isai a ^. 29 550,000.00
^tish India 26,7-47,000.00
petria l^?gary 25,743,255 00
llgium. 23,568 000.00
tly 20,518 000 00
Now this potential surplus wealth
hibit covers a period when our China
irkrts have been oloscd to ua and
len tho Philippine Islands havo taken
'a than $100,000 of our manufajtured
odp, while costing us over $200,000,0!
These figures are an object lesson at
c end of a decade in which tho govument
of tho country was shared by
th political parties, and demonstrates
vond a doubt that tho growth ofbusiss
and wealth is from natural and inatrial
causes and not from pap-spoon
litios.
In tho midst of tLis abundance, this
cep of prosperity, comes a proposal
break up the Dcmooratio party and
nd over our political power to our
litical oncotic*, who havo not sparod
in tho past and have not even a ro)to
idea of sparing us in tho future.
Interwoven with this deceptive plea
pap spoon politics, a very general imession
is sought to to bo created that
o owners of South Carolina ootton
ills arc all in favor of joining tho Koiblican
nartv? another dtlnnior. t
lere have been quito a number of rnili
mkholders' meetings during the past
w weeks, in none of which, as I am
formed, was any word said on this
bjoot or any action taken. 1 am inincd
to believe that a thoughtless ut
ranoeor two, recently tnade. is the
sis of these hopes in pap spoon politiI
circles. It would bo very surprisg
indeed if South Carolina owners of
ttoa mills should voluntarily separato
cmsclves from their friends and ccigh>rs
to join a hostile political party,
f course, mills controlled from a dis
noo ma/ insist upon their managers
id employees raying "mo too," but
at is a different affair altogether.
Not only do present conditions warn
i, but the future is full of serious
robodings?to keep us from political
loidc. Sharply defined issues are in
II view now and will assume larger
oporlions in tho near future. The
aalth that has accumulated in a few
nbitioui hands is at work creating
ilossal combinations; already tho iron
.d steel interests have been merged,
o ohief railroads from the Atlantic to
e I'acifij are in pioccss of coneoltdaod,
marine transportation on both the
tlauiio and Pacific ooeaus will follow,
id as has been announced, "three
on in New York" or souic other cenal
point will control prices of iron and
eel products and everything elso and
ic cost of carriage over inland and
loan routes. In these vast capitalize
ons there is 30 to 50 per cent of what
finannial norltn.... in /.oil?.l 1~ - - -
imitivc state, "water." This is all
be made into solid paying invent
cots by a dnal pressure, niueezing out
'cry possible cmplo>oo and tqucczto
tho trust treasuries, through heavy
ists and tolls of carriage, tvory dollar
iat tho general public can to mado to
ly. Tne oontrol of trans continental
ilway transportation and tho unifiea
on of steam freights and passage on
to Atlantio and Paoifu ocoans, all
oved in unison by a single bell in
cw York, creates a suspicion that a
inal at tho Isthmus will hardly bo
icught then necessary. Tho South,
hioh must largely dcpcad upon tho
pening of a cannal thcro for its futuro
'OWtb, is, i supposo, to remain in its
*st condition of "hewers of wood and
rawors of wator" for this combination
f new wealth oroators.
To decoy or distract tho whito poolo
of South Carolina, whoso only
iture safety is in union- -to endeavor
i divido or mislead tho party, whose
A NEW YORK SENSATION. ^ TORCI
. Catholic Priest Supposed to Have
Been Murdered. A Wo<kmar>'s
Tho body of a roan found 1 ato Tburs- Ordi ra
*y nitfht in a kouio in Ninth avenue,
ew York, lias been identified as
lat cf Father Edward S. Phil ips of -rue nr?ru r\
t. Gabriel a Catholic ohuroh, llaz3I
>0, Pa-, who-rocently had a conference
ilh J. Piorpont Morgan in reforenoo
?the threatened striko in tho iron and >" ' Who Wi
al regions of Pennsylvania. Kirk varalw Bun*
tanlcy, a massage operator iu whose *
ioms the body was found, is undor ntcaion ir
rest as a suspicious person. Decern
osition bid advanced so far when tho Coal
idy was discovered that a cursory exxaua'ion
was not tuffiaient tn r?vn*l c>: _ ? - -
commission he still holds and wh so
honors ho has enjoyed?Senator tooLtrrir,
after voting on party questions, ^
against liis party in Congress, is said to
bo entrusted with tho Federal patronage
in South Carolina to oreato a white Republican
party in our Sta'.o. (?) ,
Of ooursc, thero arc always tho
necessitous and unscrupulous who will .
take office; that's a human record and '
has bcon so sinoo tho world began and J5
is so yet. But in viow of tho Berious
portents now in full view I havo a eon- w
fident boliof that, while money oan buy tc
mines and Bteol plants, railroads and
oo(an steamships and whilo it is un- '
fortunatoly true that power with money rt
is an intoxicant, neither oan or will buy ai
or doooivc a frco and self respecting j"
peoplo.
ai
SANK LIKE A ROCK tl
T
The La?s of Life and a Large Paisn- fr
c * _
ger ? te?m*r
The first authontie information oon- K
oerning tho wreok of tho stramor City
of L'aducah of the St. Louir and Ten- ^
ncssco ltiver l'aokct company, which 0|
ooourcd at Bruohort Landing, 111., lato hi
Sunday night was obtained upon tho
arrival of thostoannr City of Clifton c(
at this port early Wedneiday. tj
Fifteen persons lost their lives, six al
whites and nino blacks.
The dead: tJ
Dr. S. W. Bell, ef Cubi Landing. w
Teon. ni
Mibs Mable Gardiner, of St. Loui-?. 0c
Charles Johnson, aged 84, deck Bt
watchman. 0f
Frank Gardner, Texas tinder of l'a- gi
ducah, Ky. a.
Two white firemen, names unknown
Grant Woods, colored, boat baker hi
Fight Cilor. d rou-tabouts, names ai;
unknown.
The S earner City of Paducah stop- r0
ped at Bruikhorst's landing at 8 30
o'clock Sunday night and took on a tv
load of corn. When in tho act if )D
backing away fiom the whatf the boat th
swung around and struck tre bank ia
heavily with the sttrn. A snag im
brded in the bank tore an enormous
hole in the hull through which the w? j,r
tir rushed with frightful rapidity. She fiat
onee began to settle and at the lj,
end of three minutes nothing but her [
roof, Tex*s deck and pilot house re- fe
mained about the surface. The cfli
ocrs aotod with great coolness and as w
the boat settled, helped tho startled j,'
passongcrs to tho cabin rjof from
which tho boats were lowered and car
ried ashore.
Miss Mabel Gardiner of St. Louis
was asleep in her stateroom and when ^
the shock oamo sho probably remained
to dross. Her body was found in tho
forward part of tho oabin. Tho body
of Dr. Dell has not yet been recovered
and it is supposed he was drowned
in his stateroom. Tne crew and their
roustabout helpers being on the lower
deck in tho midst of tho oargo when w|
tho vetsel struok, were placed in a pnsition
of most awful peril. As die jQ
steamer oarcened in setting tho big
cargo, consisting chiefly of saoks of
corn, shifted and fceforo tho men cauld ^
csoape half of them woro pinned down
and either oiuihed to death or held
until the water rose about them.
The passengers lost all of tbc'r belongings,
and had to be supplied with j
clothing by thoso on shoro.
The City of Daducah lies in about 30 [j,
feet of water and the loss will bo total.
ii' a u TTa 1 II All a* 4 1 ? Ih/tlk
owv n aa v muvu a v 4" 1 ?, UU",
THE PENSION CASE. tfc
hi
The 8upreme Court Decides aud >;
Settles the Mstter. a*
Q(
The Columbia State of Saturday says hi
the Soutn Carolina pensioners will not n
this year got tin extra $50,001) which tJ
tho legislature intended to give thorn.
This will bo bad news for tho old
soldiord' widows, but it oaunot be holp
od now. The comptroller cannot pay
out more than the $100,000. Friday d<
the supremo oourt filed its decision in ^
tho casj brought to tost tho mitto-. Ul
Tho court was unanimous in the judg- tn
incnt. Tho opinion setting forth tho w
reasons will be fiiled laur.
Here is tho docision: f(
l'ho State of South Carolina in the
suprcun oourt, Aj ril term, 1901. f
Tho Stato, ex relationo .). Frost n
Walker as clerk of court of the oounty 1'
of ltichland, petitioner, vs. J. 1\ I>jr b
ham as comptroller general, respond b
ent. Per Curiam. P
On hearing tho petition herein and ?
tho return thereto and aft?r argument
cf counsel. It is ordered and adjudged
that tho prajoyrof tho petition bo re- w
fused and tho potitson dismissed. *
It is further ordered and adjudged J
that tho money appropriated in tho f'
general apj ropriation act passed at the d
last stssion of the general assembly?to w
wit: 'l'ho sum of $100,000 bo distribu b
ted according to the provisions of tho d
act entitled "An act to provide for pen- *
sions for certain soldiers and sailors, o
now residents of South Carolina, who sl
wore in tho strvioe of tho S ato or of I
the Confederate Slates in the laic wsr a
betweinthti3tat.es." Approved Ik- 19. h *
day of February A IV 1900 as amended 01
by an aot entitled "an act to amendstc "
lion 1. of an aot entitled 'an aot to pro 11
vide for pensions for ocrtain soldiers d
and sailors now residents of South ^
(Carolina, who wore in thoscrvioo of tho c
Statoor of tho Confederate States in L
tho lato war between tboStatos,'appro
ved 19th February, 1900, by increasing
tho amount of appropriation and further
prescribing tho distribution of same." ^
approved 19th day of February A. IV 0
1901. Tho reasons for the forgoing ^
judgment will bo given in an op nioa j
htrcafter to bo filid. y
Henry Molver, tl
C'hiof Justice. K
Y. J. I'ope, Associate .Ju.?tieo.
F.ugeno 11 (Jary, Associate Justice. o
Ira 11. Jones, Assooiate Justice. i,
Latimer's Luck.
Two congressional fortunes, made ].
sinco tho Miroh adjournment and outside
of WalLtroot, arc reportod. Representative
Sam Cooper, of Texas, is
said to havo earned a lot of money out
of tho lloaumont oil wells, although a
not in all probability a million dollars, b
as has been slated, and Hoproscnta- p
tivo Latimer, of South Carolina as- c
pirant for tho Unitod Statos senate, 1
wears a satisfied look over purohasos V
of stook in copper mines in Sonora, t
Mexico, which advanced tufbciontly to I
tnako him to tho good ovor $100,900. o
ltoth gentlemen aro Pcuiocrats. | b
-- ? otx minors lost l
le oiuse of death. i .. fatally iniurcd and
Stanley wa? arr> sled at midnight. , . .
ho | risoDor scorned lo bo suffering c 1D aa ^P'otion
oui tho t ff.ots of drink or drags, llis Goorge's Creek coa,
aunerwas tl at cf a man who was at Karmington, W.
adlydizd. He said his name was 0f tho Baltimore an
. ik Stanley, and that ho had como to A
lat city about a jcar and a half ago. da*fmornl??; Thc
o said thoy called him doctor but ho i 1 V?'
ad r o diploma. Ho was a message Joe Nichols of Lc
Iterator and intended to open an cflioo '} " kverton of
prc Dan Alferrel of 1
Coroner Bautch visited Stanley in his If,!;1 r
ill and thoro, after muoh pcrtuasion T. ^ . ?P
10 prisoner told tic followirg remark- CharUJ,toln Ctrp(
, c story to the oornonoi: Carth Hunter, fa
It is tiuo I knew tho pno.t and ? j K '
lis is the way I booamo acquainted i ? i>i ? ?
i.h him. 1 left my homo about midight
May 8 and walked over to the , ? '
g vt i i n #. .i t J ( n ( T aO D I t
ironer of Ninth avenue and hiftioth Thomas B.inbr
root. I here L saw standing on tho brt ised
irn.r the priest, talking with two iuHa?, burned a
r s. He was somewhat intoxicated n' .
id so \w I, for 1 had been drinking u__j ,l,?
' ? headquarter- in tho
my rooms. Ffao pn.stwaa in good l{lhl4 and e
imor and so wore the gins rhey all ^ ia M ,and
toeptod tho invitation, and in a few miQ(. ^ CQr )%
l:.ut< h wo were tested in my sitting aiB|fl ^ |M, * ,
rL i j ,! . . veslid aijd ihe ail
! he girls re unmcd with us about , ,,
? . ... , , equiip u in i tie hii
lOorih c Lours and then left, say ,, , , j
..... ,j. u \t Col K. L dm. nun
g ibat t! ey I ad to go home After , .,
.. i r. u u T . > r and oa.nole mine
V left both the priest and 1 were . t ..
. i i , l . ., .. charge it the wor
ken l 1. 1 don t know whether the j .
, , , j*. only recently put
gls had put an^tlmg in our drinks > 10- K
, R . j tu amut 12a men wert
not, but we were uaureatod. the ?.. . ,
,4i ii i . i t j- of this number una
it st tcok a small bottle of medioiue . . ..
. , , ,, i to a shortage in the
om In v.st tocketand swallowed a , ? ,
tic and then told n.e to do the same. f a 0 ?D ^ , CjU,,m%
did so, and in a little while we both '""J?",!. till-!
, , ' a number of cars we
c cr" . and tho managemcn
"It was then tho priest told mo ho all rcoords with Thi
is a Roman Catholic clergyman from blight and early
-nnpjlvania and offered to financially uuners who resido i
ck mo in my euro. Ha did not tell th0 hilltop above th
0 his name. way t0 tho main op
"As dawn was breaking I told the carried them 253 f
ic-.t I thought I would take a little Fifteen 0f them
ilk. as tho air would do me good, portion of tho m
>d 1 asked him to accompany me, but worked for acme tin
1 said he would rather rest where ho dor wero pUt to woi
is. I went out and returned, 1 should a distance away. (.
y, two hours later. the rooms, it is alii
"When 1 got back tho priest was a toroh into tho m
no. That was tho last time I ever muoh better light
whim. The dead man in the room lamp9 prescribed
btoh Capt. Donohuo showed me was There is an immens
it the priest I know. The dead man 5)00(, fool 0{ frortp
ckod like a Ncero. every revolution an
Stanley could not desoribe the two considered one of
rls, nor would ho admit having had rCgion the miner dii
woman there whom ho called his qucut warnings oi
who wirnod him
l)r. A. S. Dougherty of Ashley, Pa., taking. At 3.15 tl
jphew of tho priest, said: and the smoke whie
"It may bo that Father Phillips was caughi firo from the
red to Sfaulcy's place for the pur- to either the gas or
ise of robbery and that ho died thoic plosion resulted.
iat night. I don t believe that tho mine did not oatch
urdcr theory is tenable. I havo Tho explosion ve
lown Father Phillips for 25 years and the air shaft and all
lis is the sooond timo I havo known of building on tho su
s going out on a spic j. faa was located. Tl
' Shortly before he left Hazleton for iDg8 did not know t
cw York my mother visi'cd him and plosion until notifii
ic told mo after hor visit that she did turned in and in a
3t tind him to bo the same man that jngS wcro cleared o
e was formerly, that sho feared his WOrk of rescuing l
in v ui rysiem was giving way anil licenced. It was 5
iat ho was decidodly unstrung." work w48 conclude
serious explosion t
Ordered Away. tho Fairmont ooal
A dispatch from Btuafort savs a .
coidcd sensa'.ion was orcatcd hero liuriieu in
Wednesday night when thirty odd Four men were
lacked citizens silently proceeded with nesday night in a 1
lilitary precision ?.o a house in ward t>, tho steamer Offens
hero one William Buriiogham and up at dock at Calhc
Smit'n, two white men, who have Fireman Crensh
>r several years held responsible and Fireman Brinkm
icrativo positions at tho Port Kojal Two roustabouts
aval station, have lived with two A fire broke
fgro women in the open defiance of shortly before mid
ublio opinion. Tho place was raided timo it burned ti
y the police one night last week and (Japt. Eastman a
oth men, with their female com- son barely had ti
anions, wcro on that occasion routed others were supp
ut at midnight and on tho following asleep in tho hold
iorningll'0 mayor of tho town dis- bytmoke. Loss o
ovcred an ominous letter in his yard ?
hich was of a scandalous mature and Poisoned the
hilo ho oou'd not, with any degroo of m. ? ..
crtaint y, detect the author of tho u- . th?
UDOU9 production, circumstantial cvi- ,,, 1 p .V
eooe was strons asainat boih F?th?r Chas. P. K
.. r .. .1 7 all night Thursday
ere once not 1 hod to quit the town of murdor io tho S(
y a certain day. Tins thoy refused to Ui , whQ w ,
0 untii Iuesday, when brnith became , . .
I?tmcd aud Icf,. ho.- ?*0
vcr, came np as usual on the naval rondorloio.. di(1
:atioo boat at 5 p. m. lucsuay and n^.u IB<kl
ti I*. . i* ai l'jatn vi a ^ diio to
rcsumably loft town .immediately Wynne mnd oight ,
forwards as the house wis unoccupied drfoki ?nh\he
h-n the masked citizens effected an ? .? .a , .J
ntranoj at about o clock by breaking ** "9,
1 a the door. doth men have families P"I9on "d pUood
i tho north and durliugham had two ^ sss 0 ccr'
aughtcrs here for some months and China's Emp
oth wore forced to return north in ,,,, f
>nsciiuenoo of their fathors's shame- ,e a?s*ef ?. .
,1 ojoJIHI """ ot lh,?
powers as to tho
Tho Snakes of India. nations and indiv
been received. Th<
Tho snakes and wild beasts cf India with an appeal to
ill thousands of human beings and tko country is imp
itlle every year, but in 181W tho nurn swer explains tha
er of deaths was large* than usual, can offer is lTi.UOO
ue, perhaps, to tho floods of that for tho next 30 ye
car, which drovo tho snakes to the
iglur lands, wht.ro the homesteads Poisoned I
ro. Tho offieial reports show that , ,
I t'?'Jl ptoplo died of snako bite, and , ' c>, ?
iUitl from attaekiby wild biasts. Dur- V ir.?0..*|j. '">l9
, 4 , I . til 1Q M nlianc ??
jk mu saiuo jcar upward ol im.UUU .7." ''""'""i 7
attlo wcro killed, 89,2:W by wild ^ 2
i it ( v i i>* death eentenca Vf
CM S andthe rest by snakes.-l hi- , who is ;<5 y(
tdolph.a lleoord. have poisoned his
rn Al Scptcmbor 9 witl
Killed Oil ii 1 restlo. pf him.
According to \Vm. Burko, an Alex- "
niria, Va., boy, who olaims to havo Was
con an o\o witnoss aud a ocu9in of tho Frank Miller, s
artios, Walter Swink and sister, while dcrer, under sonic
Dssing a high railroad trestlo at Ala., to hang Jui
'owwoll'a creek, 30 miles south of bedding in his oel
Vashington Wednesday night, on route Thurday morning
o Petersburg, were struck and killed by A lino of hose was
ooomotivo. Blood was found on tho the fire was cxtii
ngine, but no traoo of tho bodies has damage was done,
icon found by the authorities. burn up.
ft
J
A
I DID IT.
Disobadl?nc? of
Causas
F ELEVEN MEN.
II Livf, Ar? Said.
Worst Exi
Fairmont
Region.
hoir lives, five were
throe seriously burnat
the shaft of the
I and iron company
Ya., on the main line
id Ohio rosd Thursdtad:
of Mannington.
maooning, Md.
Kverson, W. Va.,
^armiogton
taliao.
talian.
inter, fatally,
itally.
fatally.
lly.
iad]y burned,
idgo, burned and
nd braised,
re^k company has
E laitable building,
Ktensivc mining inThis
is tbo first
has opened in this
>00,000 has been inue
is one the best
ninoutooal renion.
rille, ati exprienotd
fupcintoodent, has
ks The iu no was
into operation and
) employed, onlv 40
er ground. Owing
oar supply the men
:ing about half time
>ut yesterday qaile
re left at the mine
t decided I. break
irsday's output. So,
mis morning tbo
in oosy cottages on
10 mine made their
ening and the oar
ect into the earth,
were assignei to a
ines that has been
le and the remain k
on headings qnito
)no of tho men in
sgod, has smuggled
ines as it gives so
; than the safety t
by the company.
e fan which tends ^
n iuro t no mines at
d as the shaft was 1
the safest in the V
d not heed the freF
a fellow omploye
of the risk he was
le miner fired a shot
?h was very dense
i torch and spread
dust and the exFortunately
the
fire to any extent.
ted itself through
most demolished the
irfaco in which the
he men on the head
here had been an exsd.
The air was soon
short time the headf
foul gasses and the
ihe unfortunat corno'clock
bofore the
d. This is the most
hat evor occurred in
region.
ii Steamer,
killed during Welire
which dostroyed
boro, a towboat, tied
>un, Ky. The dead:
aw, of Kvansville.
tan, of Evansvillo.
, names unknown,
out aboard tho boat
night and in a short
o the water's edge,
nd Engineer Robinun
to escape. The
osed to have been
and were overcome
>n boat $0,000.
Priest's Liquor,
oaso of Jacob Wynne
s murdor of Rev.
iegol, after boing out
brought in a vordiot
soonddegroo. Father
largo of the Roman
it Chcltneham, Pa.,
n a doorstep in the
trict on January 6.
knockout drops and
)thcrs who had been
priest wero indioted.
it Wynne bought tho
;? i.v.i i? _ ? _
it iu i iincr uicgei s
ty Treasure ry.
China to tho atateatera
of tho foreign
losaca sustained by
idaala in China has
) answer oooimonoo!
mercy, saying that
loveriahed. Tho ant
tho utmoat China
,000 talea annually
ara.
lis Step-Son, ,
f Ilantaville, Ala., oning
his atop son
n Thursday found
i tno nrst degrse. A
ill be frrt)?.ounced.
jars old, in alleged to
year old stop-son
I strychnine, to get
Desperate,
afe blower and murnoo
at Birmingham,
no 28, saturated tho
II in the oounty jail
with oil and fired it. 1
i run to the ooll and 1
aguished before any g
Miller expooted to 1
I