Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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."A jots of itcuB tkit m 4kamm* ' 'A ctmcUm Gfim tripping tight tW M? The irippisg, f??bsreost?d low. Mate* (K fi^M Kks O'fitlntjr attending to t "PNMCd deN MUMt tbe blistered floor j be itnTM 4m fire to drovt, Ami ilotb, sorely, steadfastly, he fights the fairII down; "And then ho seek* the window-frame, all mblm. Wank and l*r?. 'And wim*hif plucky Irish face and gasp* a bit lor air; 'itxai fttniiof on the slimy ledge. aa nar row m hi* fact, lltf hums ? tamo, and looks straight down six stocits to the trect; ? ftr, far below he sees the Trowd'a pair faces flush and fads, ? ItMt Fireman Mike O'Rafferty can't stop to' he afraid. t#e? tbt glares behind a Aad btnir Win to ?bty u the roo? ? 8fl8Mtinw piwuwd in and stifling (ok, to vtiU, witfc coitnie grim. Aad ban |to willing um ply (tot atrira to renoae kin; Bat some time, somewhere, aonehow, help miv'comt ft bit too litf For Fireman Mike Vlhlcrtr, of Enfiae Twenty-eight. "And jJjen l|fcf ranrtiy paper may have With, 'Fire at Ballion'a Wareboase/ tad .the line. 'A Fireman Killed;' Aad, in a aeet. cheap tenement, a wife may mourn her dead. And the small O'Baffertys go fatherless to bed. And hell not he a hero', for, you see, he dida't fall On some blood-spatUked betliefield, slain by a rifle ball; But. maybe, on the other side, or. God's roll of fame . Plain Fireman Mike O'Kaffrrty 'II bo counted just the same." ?Jo Lincoln. n Anonymous Foe T* * * * * R 1CHABD . TBRCtONNINO v/na a disappointed man. He had abandoned his lioine?had left, his wife In wrsth and Indignation, and lind vowed that ho wonld nevermore sec ber. Tru/e, toft bad made provision for toor futiA^e, and believed that bo bad behaved generously. Still, tie was oppressed with a haunting <use that hi* conduct bad reully been mnrked by incousldecatlon, was nds i alien, vav petulent ana overbearing. i;race bad only inarrlcd blm for the >.akc of her child. This was the height of her offense, lint had be not known litis at ttao tiind? She bud accepted him gravely. Kindly, gratefally-that was all. / Grace! An tier name rose to bis lips . %><?morics of ills wlfo presented them-1 selves'to hU? mind?memories of a .natronhood^-that wrung blm now to a tenser emotion. How. wistful slie looked In those days ??f hcs'^h^sldowh^od -howf childishly >-cdatc ii^ tbo garb of woe! What a wealth of affection she lind bestowed thfh child of Harry Svlvester, his ..no heritage to her! How symphtlietle to bim/sbo bad been In the few months ??t" ih/lf marriage?how cheery in his joys,7how solicitous in his troubles! A. croan osouped the nmn us ho wan dewed aimlessly up aud do?wn the long lawe. He bad vowed to ler ve the coun try: and bere, after but tf week's mls ..A- in tbo metropolis, be was in the yt-ry neighborhood of her father's Muuintly-gabled old heuse, whence be / i<nd taken ber. i He ought to have gone elsewhere, the j ntnu assured himself. His visit had Nut served to revive and deepen bis wretchedness. ??????* What bad been the cause of this Miiarrcl? Ktcbard Tregonnlng hntl always ved Graco Arthur-loved her even when Harrv Sylvester led her to the altar. Ho'b'ad not then told hor so. l?ut when poor Harry hnd been in bis jiravo a year he had told her of his lovo. (le knew she tad Riven Harry Syl "J-ster u great love, and that now he ffeld n holy place In her memory. He ?tUl not, In those days, dream that she would give him the same wen 1th of-| i flection, but of late he had hungered lor 1U and bollevikl that she hnd yield ??(1 It to him. He had been chivalrous in his exaction. He had not envied her sweet, matronly pride In her boy? In Harry's boy. Nay, he bad sought to perform Harry's part toward the ilttlc fellow. And now ho was striding to and fro, inpotuouK, half distraught, half hug* >rltig to himself the belief thai he bad been coxencd and deceived, aud yet half rejecting it. Who bad played the traitor's part to blm and to ber? Kven as the mem* ??iles crowded In upon htm this thought would intrude itself, only to remain unanswered. it had been well and insiduously done. Upon returning from his honey* i?inon he hud received the flrst warn ing of what he now bitterly described uk "Graco's treachery I" ? At first those anonymous epistles ad ? Ireused to blm at his office bad con tained little more than gibes nnd ?iieers?had dubbed blm little more ihan an Infatuated fool. Hut each txlbc and each sneer had also warned Mui that the day of disillusion was near. v He hnd at first disregarded these ma Iitruant letters?he had kept them care I'ully from Grace. Why should he trouble hor? Besides, he did not be lieve thorn. He had even laughed at Hie futility of hev enemies. Hut at ln?;t their very persistence had made an impression u|m?u him. They had become more definite in their char acter. 'they spoke of Grace Sylvester having had other suitors. They hinted :? t passages between her and Malcolm Itarrett. They suggested that he was ae? opted because he possessed money, and thus could give her boy a hotter home and a more expensive nalnlng than Malcolm Harrett. Unconsciously the inn it became brusque In his manner at home. He sometimes *at silently glowering at the rtre for hour*. At times he would avoid seeing his stepson for days. Once he would prattle with him for an en tire evening. Then, when he surprised Grace In tears, he would never offer a word of sympathy. The end come Just alnuit a fortnight l?ofore this night, when Ilichard Tre gonnlng was striding along in restless anxiety and bitterness. HIh anony mous correspondent had explicitly as serted that Grace Sylvester hnd bonst >Ht of hfr conqnest, nnd hnd boldly declared that she should neecpt hint because ho w;t* n good "catch," and liecause it would be("n good thing for ? ber boy." Nay, she hnd even said that site did not care for him. Let him fax her with Uor crime if he doubled , ill ?" ' And he ?lld tax her. His wrath overwhelmed hw. "Did you inarry me simply to get a home for your hoy? Wan our wed ding a lovelesa marriage on your part? Was your vow a lto and a fraud? Were you faithless tu heart, if not In fact?" Out rushed the question*. '.caving j the poor woman speechless, powerless to quell lvls rage. Then her tears fell ns the indlgnnt innn proceeded to still further interrogate her. The pent-up suspicion of weeks had now a cruel! expression Imparted to it. In her emotlou she had admitted that when she accepted him alie first thought of securing a home for her boy. and he had accepted this admis sion hk a Justliicntlon of nil the sinister accusations. At all events he had rutthed violently from the house. The man still strode up .and down this unfrequented green lane. At last he entered a Held In which ho and Grace had often wandenil, and flung himself on the turf. It was a close summer evening, and while he was communing with himself?half ap plauding, half ? upbraiding?he fell asleep. Ills very emotion had ex hausted him. ? "You know, my dear Mrs. .Tregon nlng, you have all my sympathy. I cannot tell, you how I deplore the un fortunate business. 1 had not believed .that Mr. Tregonnlng could have be haved with sueli callousness.v Richard Tregonuing awoke with a start as these words fell on IiIk ear. For the moment his faculties, not yet quite under control, he imagined ho was dreuming. lie wondered how hia wife could be there, but instantly re called the fact thut he was near her father's house. But who could Ik* talking to her thus?in toues be in stinctively felt to be untrue? "Of course, my dear, when you mar ried Klchnrd Tregonuing. I only thought you did it been use he was able to provide a good home Cor your l?oy?been use he was a good catch." Good heavens! *Ms*?u?aa-the very language of his letters; Was he now al>out to. receive continuation of all his harsh fears and doubts? He re mained in his prostrate position, intent on every word. A moan, all the more painful be cause of the effort to suppress It?a moan of nuuulsh?had escaped bis wife. "Of course," went on her companion, "you remember that you conflded to me that, though you respected him, you did not love him. You were In doubt as to whether you should accept him. Iudeed, I thought you cnml fliore for Malcolm Barrett/' Auother moan Tell on the ears of the distraught tnnn. Why should his wife be tortured tliua? Resentment pos sessed him even as lie thought of his own fancied wrongs. And who was this woman? Why, it must be Helen Gilbert?Helen Gilbert, whom his father once wished lilm to marry, ami who told lilm that her own'uncle had alrendy hinted that he would look with favor on th^,match; Helen Gilbert, to whom for r while, knowing his father's desire, he had paid considerable at tention. Her accents did not now ring true?they were cold, rather than warm, pitiless, rather tlinn sympa thetic. How strangely she was cor roborating his anonymous correspond ence! "However." pursued Miss Gilbert, barbing her gibe. "I do not see why you should be so cast down and hurt, lie lias provided for you and your boy. I What more could you waut? That, dear, was all you sought!" ?'Htrange," skuIii thought Richard Tregonnlng. "how falthfnl Helen Gil bert Is to the langunge of the anony mous letters! fcMie uses not only the same sentiments, but the very same langunge." , "At one time," ran on tho lady, her tone more Insinuating, but more re pellant, "Klchnrd Tregonuing directed I his attention to tue. 1 rebuked him; I like you. my denr Mrs. Tregonnlng, 1 | could not bring myself to care for him. But, of course, l was not a widow and a mother, and hud not upon me the necessity to find a home. After my re buke of him I lienrd of his attentions to x?u, and was sorry. but when you sold you dlif not care for him I was reassured. I thought no serious harm would come, and that you would lead your life, and he his." The man was alainl 1^ leap to his feet, hut restrained himself once more. His wife was now speaking, and lu indlgnaht tones. "Who has done this cruel thing l don't know. It Is true, I did not care for Richard Tregonnlng as I ought to have done when he proposed to me. Yes, ought to have done, for a truer man never lived. At lenst, I cared lor no other, certainly never for Malcolm Bsrtlett. But his goodness, his kind neas. his sympathy have made me more | than love lilm. Who lias been so in* away was btt uwttir met <f tiaoihslj. ItiiDHibw M> itf ?!!??? to me eqe he toaght you! No, I doat be lieve be is worth your tetn." "Miss Gilbert. I doat know what right 70a bare to aej this" -hhi wife's rolco was now almost firm?"but I do bnow tbat Richard Tt?(oiuiIdk could uerer be guilty of trcacbety.** There were two ejaculations. One came from Miss Gilbert, the other from Dick Tregonnlng's wife. "Forgive me, dear! Com* borne!** said Dick, very brokenly, very entreat* Ingly. "Oh. Richard! Richard!" This was the happy woman's answer. "Mr. Trcgonnlng.** exclaimed Miss Helen Gilbert, "arc you not ashamed of yourself?" "Yes. Miss Gilbert, I am?ashamed of my folly iu believing the writer?I know her now?of those malignant let terw."?New York Weekly. ICS What lie calls "cmanlum" Ih sup posed by dlsel to be a new vlvmont ex isting in u strongly radio-active earth consisting chiefly of lanthanum. On a sine blende screen tbla earth gives flashes brighter than radlnm. Large chimneys are usually felted by cutting away the basetind setting flro to the temporary wood props placed in the carlty. A new method has been successfully tried at Opensbuw, Eng land. three large chimneys being thrown down by dynamite cartridges 1 exploded simultaneously in -holesdrllleti in the brickwork. It is astonishing the minute detail of research and investigation often under taken by the specialist in the pursuit of his profession or hobby. As an in stance It may be mentioned that the Avlcultural Society of Great Britain has Iteen preparing tubulated data on the death rate amoug birds, and liow influenced by diet. Itecent Investigat ion would seem to indicate that the house tree has its use# as a lightning protector. According to an n 11:1 lysisnutde of thell^rhtning losses in the Province of Ontario, Canada, covering a period of several years past, "such trees as spruce, elm or inaple. planted near the farmstead, are a per manent and an increasing means of protection from lightning." A strange tncdiciuc of the East Is "sllajit," loug reputed to cure most dle eases. Mi'. David Hooper tiuds that the tiame is given to an aluminium sul phate exuding from the rocks in cer tain parts of the Himalayas: to a black substance?probably true silajit ? said to form an exudation on roeks in Ne pal. and consisting mainly of alkalies combined with an organic acid, and to a third, or white silajlt, that seems to he of animal oriitin. Westrnmite, a mixture of the heavy oils of tar emulsified by ainuionia. is added to ten or tweuly times its vol ume of water, and applied to roads by an ordinary watering cart, three or four consecutive applications giving a permanent laying of the dust. It seems to be less slippery than tar or tar-oil, and .may be applied without, waiting for the road to become perfectly dry. It Is gaining favor In'France, and. to test it thoroughly, half of one l'arls avenue is treated with it and the other half with tav. raeiuK BwKwuril. ^ The country wagon was Oiled, and | the sum II boy of the party had en sconced himself contentedly in the back of the vehicle, with his brown feet hanging out over the dusty road. By and by the others Ix'gan to comment on various objects of interest as they came into view?the jiew house ou the hill, the npple orchard all in bloom, and a tiny lake in a meadow. The small boy grew discontented. "I don't see any of the nice thiugs till we've gone past 'cm,'' he cow plained. Yet many persons travel through life in that way, ulwny* facing backward. For thiugs that are <>oming they have neither faith nor ambition; for things that are present, they have little In terest and scant praise; some past Joy, grief, or regret holds them faet. There are no days like the old days, no bless ings like those that have been left be hind, and all the pleasantuess of the. road is lost until it Is receding In the distance. Facing backward may not he a matter of deliberate choice, but ft certainly is a matter of habit. Since we needs must journey forward, the only wise and comfortable method is to fnee the way we are going, and en Joy :i# we may what pleasantness it brings.- Epworth Herald. Wild Silkworm'* Superiority. It Is a curious but well authenticated fact ttint the wild silk worm pre duces a silk which is declared <0 lii'vc a bet ter lustre and stronger fibre than that of the captive silk worms. It was as* sinned that the conflhement of and so licitous care received by the cultivated variety had produced a race which had lost some of its original vigor, llecent experiments seem t<? Indicate that the effect so apparent is due entirely to the different l'ood of the wild and do incgttcated silk worm. The leaves of the wild mulberry result in targer growth at each sl?j<o of development and n larger, heavier mature worm, and one that produces a filament of superior quality. 1 Karrrtt'* .fok* In Daath'n Far*. Wilson Barrett, the English setor, who died recently as the result of a surgical operation for intestinal trou ble, was quite a Joker, .lust before he was about to tie chloroformed he said to the doctors: Here's a fine state of tilings. I was (? open my scasoa In a few weeks, and here you fellow* are about to open me." Thirty-six hours later he was a dead man, heart failure through fatty degeneration b?v> ing carried Mm off - ??- ? .Tmktm Ms the Md'tfb ?h^ there MUM t? lt|M for eld tin IijmiI tittmlm al leys. To the ml boy utible decoration* of the streets end cooatry haee were inane fscturnd. filled end emptied sefaly thet they might he utillned ne decora tions for the telle of lonely end de feneeleen dots. To the Weniy WllUee end Meandering ICtkee of the perl* petetlc school of Idlenees these eeme enns come es n varied and assorted coUoctloa of kitchen utensils. To the omnivorous goet they ere a particular kind or ambrosia provided by the pods, along with the newppeptrs. rags, and strings that form hie dally diet. In all theee phpeee the tin con has Impressed whatever person took the trouble to tblok about it at ell, but few have ever paid particular attention to the economic ralno of such cast off materials. A receut number of the American Machinist telle of a disposition of old tin cans, boilers, and such things that smacks of a spirit of economy belong ing more to tbe transatlantic countries tlian.lt docs to wasteful America. Near New York City there is a factory for making weights for wlddow sashes and elevators and ballast for boats, and the raw material used Is composed almost entirely of the tin cans from the waste heaps of the city. The cans ss they are brought in aro placed on a great wire screen, covered with crudovoll. and then set on lire to loosen the dirt, burn tbe labels, and melt the solder. The large sheets aro smoothed out and aent to trunk fac tories to be tacked over the corner* of Saratoga trunks, or to button fac tories. where dlsCs arc cut from the sheets and covered with cloth. The smaller cans are submitted to great pressure nud made into tho weights referred to. Hucli revelations set one to think ing when the elevator crawls toward the top of a high building, just how many tin cans It takes to lift each in dividual, and how many hundred are compresses! In tbe weight which some times slips its hawser and goes plung ing down behind the window casing, to let the sjish fall with the sudden ness of the unexpected on the head of some romntie Juliet leaning out to ward* hor infatuated Romeo. Kconomy is a characteristic new to Americans. The country lias always been so lavish in Its supplies that wastefulness has been second nature to iuost of tbe people. Tbe marvelous growth in population in tbe past quar ter century has put a different phase on tbe situation, and uow various eco nomieal schemes are being rapidly brought into effect. This regeneration of old tin enns Ik one of tbe most inter esting and at tbe same time one of the most having ventures.?Memphis Scimitar. Thn Dock Escaped. Among the enthusiastic sportsmen, of the Police Department of Philadel phia is Special Officer Keitt. of tbe Twenty-third district. Ho t* recog nized as a shot of no mean ability, and every time lie returns from a hunt ing trip bis friends prepare to listen to tales about wonderful shots. One of the latest told by Keitt is this: "1 was out hunting duties a few weeks ago. when 1 bad an exjiericiMn1 which was never equalled lu all my limiting days. I was bright and early In the morning to get shots at the birds while they were getting break fast. I had good luck for a time, and when the sun was about two hours high I decided to take only a few more shots and then get my breakfast. Sud denly a number of ducks flew up. and. by mistake, I grabbed a rifle whih 1 R?ul fnlhe boa^, instead of my shotgun. Before I noticed tho mistake out duck was directly over me and I de cided to have a chance with the rifle. Duck* can't see very good In the sun light but jtfst as t pulled the trigger of tbe shooting iron a cloud obscured tho sun, and this is what saved the life of tbo duck I was after. The fowl saw the rifle ball coming and dodged it. Honest !"~PhlladelpUio Telegraph. Dlftmat Kinds ot Pays. Five kinds of dnys arc recognizcd. and it has been said that tbe word "day" has no real meaning without an adjective defining what kind of o day is mca^t. There is a clvi! day. the nstronomlcal day. the apparent solai day, the mean solar day. and the si dcreai day. The civil day begins al the midnight preceding mean noon, and consists of .twenty-four hour* counted after PJ. o'clock; the astro nomical day begins twelve hours after tbe civil day. or at the mean noon-of the corresponding civil day. These hours are reckoned from 0 t'j 2*1. II will be seen, therefore, that while 1C hours 12 minute-'. January 1 astro nomical time, is also I') hours ]*j min utes, Junuar.t 1 civ'.! time, yet 2S hours 12 ninutes. January I astronom leal time. Is als ? lt> hours 12 minute* a. m.. January 2 civil time. There are many anomalies growing out e?l this use of tbe civil day. ami tbert are mar.y arguments in favor of usinj the astronomical day. It U one of ILm reforms which undoubtedly will 'conn some time.?Lomlo.i Tit-Bits. Lonl Kelvin'* Humility. Lord Kelvin, wh > has )uvt celebratee" bis cigtletb birthday, Is not above Iniv lug a joke. One dii.v lie askeel a dls tiugulshcd oclcntlst this appnientl} simple question: "What is hlottim pa per V* Tbe professor wild* "I glvt it up. Tell me." But Lord Kevlln with a twinkle in ids eye, cried wltl glee: "Never! You must tind it otv for yourself." Walking through a great electrical works, be said to t workman, quite casually: "What b this electricity of which I bear s< much?" The man, not recognizing hit questioner, answered: "I nm sure 1 don't kfcow, sir." "No more do I," re piled Lord Kelvin. And that expresset his humility In discussing a subject on which be knows probably ns muel os any other living man. It is thli Newton-like humility which 1ms en desved him to bis colleagues.?Londoi Cbrrniele. , ? . to go take tmi with? . Knr. havtaf tkm giddy dangb ?ort of grown to be re garded u "Mother," but she la really ancommonty attanctivc, and the girls whom sbe wont la aae and the yoang ?nan -who vaa taking tea with them had no Idea of relegating their goest to any background of matronhood. So they langbed at her fatention of going to "meeting" after supper, ami a Jolly evening sped all too qnlckly. Mcanwblkr "mother" was being aliased at bome. The girls, going duti fully to church with their beaux, were amased not to see their revered parent occupying her usual place in the pew. The beys came bome with tbem after church and stayed until 11 o'clock, and still no sign of the feminine head of the house. At 11 JO their father descended from thp library to Inquire where on earth their mother was, and a couusel of anxiety was heid as to what could possibly hare bepome of tho van tailed lady. The father's propo sition ..to make inquiries at the resi dence where his wife hsd taken tea waa vetoed by his daughters, who said the young ladles must be asleep In their beds, and his sanity would be questioned should he arrtre on audi an errand. At 11.46?of n Sunday night -"moth er'a" light footfall was heard on (lie step*, and she bustled cheerfully in. "Why, where are all the boys who are usually here 8unday night?" she in quired. "Didn't any of them call?" She wns assured that they bad coiled. "Well, was there any trouble? Did any of them get mad that they left so early?" she continued, witii a gin nee at her husband, who wax not prone to honor the Sundsv evening gather ings with liis presence. "Early!" her aghast family exclaimed In chorus, "do you call ten minutes to 12 o'clock early?" And "mother." who had bad a real good time, and thought It wns about 9.45 o'clock, has not recovered yet.? Baltimore Sun. WORDS OF WtSPOM. Floating capital Is a good thing when attached to a solid anchor. Some men seem to believe that money was only made to make. The most wasted of all days Is that on which one has not laughed.?Cham fort. Every dnty which is bidden to wnit returns with seven freslx duties at its back.--Charles Kingsley. Whatever our darkness. Uotl Is In It: and. through faith in Him, if we hove not light at once, wc have peacc.-Wiii-1 lam Mountford. Don't mnrch In every parade. Some times take a comfortable sent in the reviewing stand and let your fellow men inarch past you. The sun can shine on but one side a wall. If you have been living on the | shady side and art. too lazy to cliiub over. don*t blame the snn. A great sermon was preached in' these words: Take your happiness as you go along. Make the most of small pleasures and the least of small annoy ances. I If we do cot cultivate our spiritual nature it lies dormant within us. and we are dead to a whole realm of the highest pleasures, the noblest po*vlbni? ties vouchsafed to humanity. Sulcldii In Japan. The ancient custom of disposing of one's troubles by suicide does not pre . vail in Japan as much as formerly, but compared with other couutrles the ! number of those who annnslly take their own lives seems very large. Fifty years ago, ,wlien a man was In sulted he killed himself instead of the, offender, and the supreme vengeance against nn enemy was to commit sui cide upon his doorstep, because that placed u curse upon him and his fam ily and his homo forever that could not Im? removed. Suicide was consid ered an honorable death, much move honorable than fighting a duel. It was also a sublime method of showing grutitudc and affection. Many a ser vant voluntarily followed bis master, as many a kulght followed his dalrnto to the Japanese hoaven. When dis graced or convicted or accuscd of dis honorable conduct, particularly among the military element, suicide was a menus of atonement and a penance that sufficed for any crime. Officers in the army were given a choice between suicide and court martial. Many of these ideas still cling to the old-fash* lonei\ part of the population, particu larly in the interior of the country. The number of pulcidcs is actually very large, and increasing. (tost* and a Nation's Fat*. The frontier between British India and Tibet traverses districts where there are. mountain pastures, and our main grievance was that certain Tibe tan goats which wvre Ignorant of the line of demarcation were In the habit of straying into British territory. What particular harm tbc goats did by I browsing occasionally on British grass | Is not very clear. In any case, the da triage could not have been confident- < ble. In 17:H? we went to war with flpain on account of the ear of a ecr- ( tain .lenkins, which, we asserted, lujd ^ been cut ??ff by some Spanish official, although it was contended that the ear nas still attached to Jenkins' head. It has. however, been reserved to this century for this country to engage In ii war that promises to be extensive, on account, professedly, of a few wan dering gonts.?London Truth. Th? llrntlil-Nnnk and the l'opr, '?I have drawn ".(Hio.u-ll teeth." said tlie dentist-monk of Home recently be- ] fore his dcutli. No charge wa? made, and the priest worked in the open air in the garden or his monastery, and used no instru ments but his thumb and forefinger. Leo XIII. was one of his clients, nnd Fope Tins IX. said to him once: "Dear brother. I should like very much to have a tooth pulled by yo?t." "Oh. Holy Father!" "But it is impossible." "Oh! Why?" said the monk. "Because." returned the Tope quiet ly. "I have none left to pull."?Home Correspondence Tall Mall Gazette. Mucmcsftus rumY Mr. J. K. Henry, solicitor of tb* ?latk circuit, last week submitted to Go*. Hsyward a report. on the Ker Mr. Henry la my W? condemnation of the killing and calls attention to J "tat? of affair* in Kershaw which ??ke? It almoet impossible ??* ^ State to got any orid?n?t>. . ln U Of the attention which has b?en ?ttractod to the caas aa well "the rtroajr statements in the letter Itself, Mr. Henry's official com munication to the Governor will be very Interesting reading: ? Cheater. 8. C.. Oct. 12, 1904. Gov. D. C. Heyward. Columbia, 8. C. Sir: In obedience to your request I arrived at Kershaw. ?. C., nr. noon on Monday, October a. to investigate the lynching of John T. Morrison for the killing of William Floyd on tho Saturday previous. After conferring with the sheriff of 1 Lancaster. John P. Hunter, Esq., who had preceded me that morning. 1 conferred with and interviewed the mayor, some of the aldermen, the town marshal, several of the citbens, tho wife and son of Morrison and two of Morrison's neigh bors. Prom these I learned that the attitude of tho entire town and sur rounding country was, by hand or heart, "His Blood be upon us and our children." Not n single man anw>ug them but what deplored lynching and 'excused this one, "If one wok cvor oacusahle." Everyone with whom I conversed seemed to labor to impress me with tho fact that this was tho most orderly, qniet and sober lynching that ever occurred?a real pfloua lynching, with the preachers- In tho background, almoet auuinfy saying "amen." I did not get to see any of the local preachers- hut several spoke to me after leaving Kershaw, on tho subject of this lynching, and to my entire astonishment, they voiced tho sentiment, "If there ever was au ex cusable lynching this was It." Where are we going to end up?these horri ble midnight murders by lynch law on all bands and public sentiment fast heading the same way?, a sense of paralysis came upon me with the darkness of Monday night On Tuesday morning I called A special meeting of the town council. Every member, with the town mar shal. met us (8heriff Hunter and my self) In a special meeting. I explain ed that the Governor ban sent, me t:? investigate the lynching: they were sworn officers, like myself; I wanted their help; Morrison had been taken from their custody; they were some what responsible on this account; i wanted them to deal with ine in a perfectly honest and straight forward manner; I would try to do the samo with them; there was no use in my wanting effort if they were in sym pathy with the lynching or would ob struct or refuse to help me in tho investigation. My appeal for help was in the interest of law. and tho name of the State and our Maker. After tliis I asked each and every one of them the following questions: 1. Are you in sympathy with th* lynching? 2. Will you help tho State's officers in fervotlng cut and bringing to trial these lynchers, honestly? 8. Was this lynching done by town forks or from the surrounding; coun try? To these three questions I have ver bntlm answers on file. Two aldermen answered that they were indifferent to the lynching and would not help to ferret out the lynchers. The mayor and one alderman answered that they wero not in sympathy with the lynch ing and would help the State officers, provided it did not. interfere with their business (both of these had much uusincss.) One alderman had done all he could to prevent tho lynching and would do uothing more. The clerk was in sympathy with tho lynchers and would not help to ferret It cut and would cover up evidence if he knew of any. The io>wn marshal was not in sym pathy with the lynching did all li" could to prevent. It and would help all ho could to ferret It out, but he was busy collecting tax**. As to the third quest ion, the opinion of three ol' those present was that the lynching was done by country poop!o, and of four that the crowd that, did it wan mixed; but by four that, the country people predominated. b<*-aus ? nobody could ho mimed from the town after Morrison was taken from the guard house. This last is the opinion of the great major!tv of the townspeople to whom I talked. After Interviewing tho town officers. 1 re quested the town marshal to go to 'ov cry businoas place and announce that I would remain at tho council cham ber until r> p. m., (taking 30 minutes for dinner) and wanted to confer with any one who would give me any as sistance. I urged the marshal not to pass by a single man if possible. As a result, six persons railed on me. one of thorn a member of the inquest jury on the lynching of Morrison. This member of that jury had taken a hand In a lynching bee to the ox tent of voting to hang the culprit; but this was for the nHiialf ?> rrimo. Of all six none knew anything except as "they say." I tried to meet The State's corres pondent, sent word to liini and went to his office.. Ho was out of town. I asked for and tried to find u friend of the dead inun, outside of bin own family. If there was one he would not own It. One man spoke kindly of Morrison, and a man who had known him longest and best. The following ar?< my conclusions: William Floyd was a k<?<mI, average citizen, sober and popular, and of a oopular and influential family. John T. Morrison was crosa-prainod and killed tw?? negroes (excusably or in excusably), had been acoultted and had hail trouble with t>everu1 other people, drank, had no family nor in fluence. His killing Floyd was an aw ful murder and tho community's kill ing him wan more awful still, in that, the conscience of the community ia debauched with hlr. blood which wiW not l?e wiped out for lioif a century. Morrison was a bad man, but not as black us painted. Tho Jury of in (jrest. is from tho country. From tho foregoing facts if tho Jury does not take It Into Hs head to vindicate the law by ferreting it. out. Ihe State is ; powerless. There In nothing. it seems to ine, to Ik- accomplished by the Stnte's officers, unless the coro ner and Jury Invite them back. We <an ussist the county; but can't take charge of it. 1 ain trusting that after the first shock of the lynching has passed, tho conscience of tho law abiding element of that county will revive, and something may be done yet to bring these parties to trial. When f hear from you I will Instruct the Jury of Inquest to close up ltd work. I don't want to be a party to a farce. Very respectfully, J, K. Henry. Solicitor Sixth Circuit. millETTO APFABS Hoyt H?y> Columbia. Special ?Governor H*y+ word has commuted the death sen tence of Hoyt Hayes to 0te imprison ment. Hayes was coavlctod of the murder of his young wife. L<ula. In Oc onco county. The first trial resulted in a mistrial, after the Jary had bee*, cut all night and at tho second trial he was convicted after five hours' de liberation by the Jury, f*? Snprrm Court last J mm refused a new Trial. Hayes was convicted on cir cumstantial evidence, there being no other person about tho premises at the time but the couple, yet a strong sentiment has grown up throughout the up-country agaJnct the defendant RJaco tho flist trial, although tho State failed to establish any motive for the crime, tho woman's own faai Hy who lived ncsr hist, testifying that Ro lar a* they knew llayes and bin wife lored each other devotedty. Th?? bo<*y was found in hed with the fac*? she* away, tho husband notifying tho neighbors that hfs wifb had suicided. A note was found lit tho room, which was .signed at the fop Instead of st the bottom. This declared that sin* was treated well by h?r htmband but t h^ rUr1 X? dU> raf hrr th?n undergo the pain of motherhood. " The question of ??llt. or innocence J yrH to bang upon the He^wTrrt m*?' and no^'nwr ? 8"bmI,U(M ??iH phnse of tho II* to l)evld N. Carmlho, ono of the most distinguished handwrltiug experts in America. who gives it at ids strong conviction thut tl:o not.* wnw not writton by tho woman. The haa attracted a great deal of at tontion throughout tho State, and tin Governor has- received tunny strong let ten. for and against ?ho prisoner Trom Oconee' county. Tho petition r?fnn'",A,,?>? w:,s ?*R**od by over 1.000. and there was a strong countcr pet itu.n :dgncd by ov?-r ft9s. South Carolina Items. Some two weeks ago Wade Hartley, a negro. was convicted bc.fbro Magis trate Waters at Johusttm, in f^dgeflclif county, fur violation or the dispensary ' law. and sentenced to the country chain gang for thirty days. Ho was delivered to the proppcranthorltles ami placed on tho gang. where he died soonafter lielng received. and his bodv was sent to the.county alms house for burial; no notice or tils death l>elng given to his relatives or any ono else. The negro was complaining of lieing unwell and it is said that Its was given a severe lashing and required to do duty. His hasty burial aroused Hit* suspicion of some of tho ritizens ?r Johnston. who liail tho bndy exhumed.' and upon examination, it Is reported Jt was lound that there wns a hole in tiie hack of his head, his back terribly lacerated and one eyp gone. County Supervisor t>e1f, it seems, made an in vestigation and reported that no vio lence had been done tho nogro; but the matter has aroused tho indignation of tho people of that community, and the body will l?e taken tip again and an inquest held, as it is bollovrd that the negro wan beaten to death. When ex humed the shackles wore still on the liody. Mr. .Goldsmith Thompson, a well known young man ami mm of Judge O. <!. Thompson, of Laurens, committed suicide Monday night at the home or his father, five miles south of that. city, by shooting himscir through the head with a revolver. He ocruplcd u room alone and upoit investigation aftcr tlm startling report cf the pistol at I o'clock at night, a member of the fam ily. found the young man in his hed in an unconscious condition with a wound in his right temple, fjr. J. Chris topher, of Lahrens. was hastily sum moned, but the wounded uian never rallied and died shortly before r> o'clock Tuesday morning, lie had been in III health some time and bad become des pondent. n fact that hi attributed as the cause of his act. He was about 3u years old and unmarried. The nf.w dam at fflifton on Pacolet river. Just above the high trestle on the Southern railway, is now about com pleted. The work has lieen in charge of Rngineer i'earoe who has expended his best efforts In building the big dam fin the most scientific plan. The dam is L'8 feet high, and \vifl off ml atnpl<* water for all needs It Hi anticipated. The mill located nlsive on top of the Mil to the west, will bo run by elcctri My. the power developed through an electric drive placed at the dam. Hoyt Hayes, the white man in Tick 'tis county who was lecently convicted of the murder of his wife nnd seutenced l*? be hanged, bus been respited for two weeks by Governor Heywurd. The gov ernor granted the respite in order thsl he might have time to fully investi gate the facts of tin va'<e. Monday night nea.- Ric mrdsonvllle. in the western pari of Saluda count? M. M. Morse wns shot and instantly killed nnd W. 1.. Henderson was wounded in the right hand. In the lert arm, and sprinkled with shot in other parts of the body, lloth parties wen white and the *cap?<ns mod were shot guns. Just how the affair wns started and who did the shooting which re suit Id so tragically will probably never be strelehtened out. Last Thursday morning about nine o'clock while giuniug on the second bale of cotton J. W. nnd tV W. Ander son. of WoodrufT, lost by tire on J. I). Darboy's old stand, a gin house, press, scales, etc.. with engine and saw mill The flre wng <auscd by friction of the shaft that ran the fan of the blast suc tion. When the flro was tfrst discover ed it was a small blaze, hot. before the machinery was stopped the lire ha<( flashed fiver the II;it. room, through the windows nnd doors. Soon everything was burned to the giound and into ashes. There was no insurance. The lo3s of machinery was ahoul fl.oeo. Homicide in Richmond. Rh hmond. Va., Special?James Hoy1<* about 30 years old, was j;hot and killed by T. H. Moore, liis brother-in-law. e.ged '12 years, at the home of the latter here Thursday night. Boyle had been thinking and giving trouble to his rel atives and connections for some dayx, it is said, and Mtsire alleges that he feared he,whs going to kill everybody in the Moore home when he ? ame there. Many a man who Is barking nt hit wife's piety now is bunking a good deal on what It Is going to do for him when be < omes to die.