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"DO THOU 'LI. BK RT Y GK KAT. 1 N SPIRE OUR.SOULS A ND MAK# OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OK OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS \? m V?-? VOL. XXVI I. J5J0NNETTSVI.L.LE, S, C., FlUDAY, '.DECEMBER; 19, .1902. HILTED IN THE BUD. Tho Proposed Bull Fight Near Rock Hill Wao Stopped HY OEDER OF THE G0V.3JIN0R, Who Ciavo iii? HhO?lir Authority to Call Om. tho Militia O' Neccftsory to Proven I. tho l<'l,?ht. Tho Columbia Stale says it seems that tho report reaching the governor from New York In regard to a pro posed bull fight with "et cobera" tights near Rock Hill Thursday bad ample .foundation In fact. When tho governor reached Ids of fice Thursday morning he found the following from t?d?tor .J. .). Huh of ., ,,_,^?.*:r-?Aoo,....xx.-.?. -iicuuu _ >.w ...... requested to furnish him light: ''.Replying to yours of Wednesday night report referred to appears to be authoritative. Handbills circulated announcing bull tight, dog light, cock tights, otc, commencing Friday al noon On farm of lt. 1*\ TbOmasou, four miles southeast nf il wk HIM," Tile goyei'tair then asked t he attar . ney general to look into the State law t0??v"...on the subject, and was furnished w li U??^iollovvlng: 'Ills Excellency, M. h. SLeSwe bey, Gon'^'nor, Columbia, S. C. SI if: You request to be advised as to tlrV htw this State In r?feroueo to preventing cock lighting, bull light ing, elk Chapt^' 8.P> page 461 j of the cihni nal codoHf thc Slate, provides: ' "JSvcijowlier or person having tho possession,Umarge or custody of ti i .. , animal, wiwin ; \ unnecessarily re -1 or Inhuman manner, or knowingly or wilfully authorises or permits tia same to be subjected to any unneees ;sary torture, Buffing, or cruelly of any kind, shall biriHjnished for any such offense." v\ Another section provfu.\s: " Who ever iniiicts unnecessary pafir?ix suf fering upon any animal, or wlioOVeJ" causes the same to bc done, whether such pci'jon lio the owner thorpof, Or having tile charge or custody of t he same, shall for every such offense bo guilty ot misdemeanor," and be pun ished ns provided by law. Another section provides: ''Every .owner, possessor or person having the ? * 'Charge or custody of any animal, who in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly or wilfully au thorizes or permits the same to be ..siibjectcd to unneessary torture, suf fering orcruelly of any kind, shall foi every such offense bo guilty of inis . demeanor," and punished as provided hy law. Thc samo also provides thal "it shall bo the duly of the sheriff, deputy ?sheriff, deputy State constables, con stables and police pincers to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this ?chapter," and provides thal oi)C-h;sM thc penalty collected shall insure le half to tho South Carolina-Society for the Prevention of Cruelly lo Animals. lt should be noted that in Ibis chap ter the word "animal" or "animals" ?hall bo construed to include all bruie ?creatures, and tho words "owner," "person," and whoever" shall be held to Include corporations, as well as in dividu?is. There is also another provision-' to "bc found in section 2\W of the criminal ?code, making it a misdemeanor for any person toeT. ,<e in or present at y? ~f"m,<&5&fc -ft'?\Vv??.t, "Svitbln three miles of any chartered institution of learning of thls\ Stale, and imposes a penalty j therefor. From "theso citations it necessarily ) follows NUial ample penalty is imposed for bull lighting, cock lighting, etc., ?and that tutsido of the constitutional -oath to Crf/?recthe law, a special stal ,. ' -.ute directs 'thc peace oflloors of the State to enforce toe provisions above cited. Yours very truly, . U. X. Gunter, Jr., Assistant Attorney General. The governor upon receipt of the I above telegraphed to the York sherill L as follows: I To Jno. It. Logan, Sheriff, York ville, S. C.: Information has been received al this department that cock lights, bull lights, etc., ?ire to tako place neal Hock Hill Friday at noon. Urtdoi .chapter HO, page 451, criminal code ol South Carolina, you arc directed and authorized to goat once to Kock Hill result-morely jip excited expectancy. One thing is certain, however, Shorltf .las. ll. Logan is lune and has called out the Catawba lillies, Capt. Dun lap's orders being to report at tho scene of disturbance at once. Realizing that there might be re sistance ol* his orders to prevent the scheduled bull light, Sherill' Lu^an had thc Catawba lillies with 25 men under Capt. Herbert Dunlap on thc ground at the time appointed for the light. As was predicted in letter Friday morning. Mr. Thomason is law-abid ing, and lifter a conference with thc sheriff notified bim that he would call ol? tho lights of bulls, dogs and cocks. Mr. Thomason t hen arranged a drag fox chase with an opossum as thc scent and very pretty race ensued and was witnessed hy a big crowd which had assembled in expectation ol' a lively time. Thc militia and others returned to Kick Hill leaving the sherill' on the ground prepared to pre vent any matched lighting ol any ani mals. 'viiK B.d?uiiij?'Q nK.rouT. Friday evening-cne*"'T0'n?\ving dis patch was received from the sherill ol' York county, dated from Kock lilli: Gov. M. lt. Mcsweeney, Columbia, S. C. Took one constable mid went to see ThOinusson at 8 o'clock ibis morning, lie. said unless enjoined by circuit; .judge t h" hull IkMu and other lights I n pi'?gi'aiilino vVOii'd certainly como .itt* lui; advertised by h ?im. Al ter hear ing this I sen! 1 ir a detachment ot' l he Catawba huies a.-, directed hy you. Captain Dunlap responde.i with 25 men. OM their arrival there was no< i rouble io prevent Mi - boll light. Thc crowd present, was small for thc news papers had published tin fact thal, the govertior had wi rM flin authori ties nor, lopiil'intt tho Uw io tn? violat - ed. At") ?\ ni; every Hiing perfectly quio!. Ph Vre aro about iou cocks ?tb the cock pit. John 1?. Logan, Sherill'. in connection with thc whole matter Assist ?tnt Attorney General (Junior! says that arrests maybe made with out warrant iii cases ol' charges of "cruelty to animals." A gentleman from Rock Mill, who j was in Columbia Fiday, said that this, rende/.vous has been the scene ol' some famous chicken lights recently. Tuero is an enclosed pit on Thomasin's placo and ho not only makes a nice thing on admission, but is said to conduct, a sort of restor?nt where meals are serv ed and where parlies from a distance, can get a sleep-for these mains aro said to last two or three days at, a.1 time. He said that the people of Hock lilli JUC glad that tho governor had gotten wind of the altair and stopped the bull light. Thomason was once a United States depnty mar shal and he has a brother who ls now a Stale constable. WAS W KL Ii ADVKHTISliD. The following copy ol' ii circular J which had been distributed shows that there was every intent to have thc light: "To 'Thc Sporting "Public: "On the. 12th day of December, 11102, .hero will be a bull light at ll. F. Tbomasson's cock pit, situated three and one-half miles east of Hock Hill. S. C. . "'Tho light will be between two reg istered .Jersey bull's, each of t hem four years old ?md weighing about one thousand pounds each. "One ol' the bulls is owned by H. I?\ 'Yhomasson, ol' Hock Hill, S. C., and thc other by M. M. Tillman, of Van Wy ck, S. c. , "The light will take place in a double enclosure, There will be a covered grand sta., with a seating capacity of live hundred persons and upward. Tho light will commence promptly ?it 12 o'clock noon. "Admission fee one dollar. "There will also be cock lighting. Two maliis Of nine cocks each will bc fought that afternoon and night and also tile next day. "Arrangements are also on foot for a dog light between two thoroughbred huh flogs. "There will be a 20-mlnutc drag fox chase in sight ?ind hearing of the grand stand immediately after the bull light, 'l'en fox hounds will be in the chase. "Thcsporting publicare cordially invited to attend. "Ihn ks will meet all trains at Hock Hill that day for thc accommodation of all parties." ) luui/t " mik Hohl Hunk Robbery. A bil uk at Hillsboro, N. M., was held up on Wednesday afternoon by robbers who escaped with consider able booty as but a short time before cattlemen bad deposited some $30,000; 'Phc deed was done in broad daylight. made for the northern or midnight iMn|i*te>i a AUITISIF, a headed for her I H 's posse rk is owned by fits i ?ind ls do ll illsboro is oil' ha nearest railroad Valley, a number of "'hero is no tclc pTTic communication. A Now York Mystery, jdy of thc lad found in Cen uv York Thursday night tilled as that of Hocus M. [11-ycnr-old son of si woll After un examination police expressed tho was murdered, mudo by lln Jdio throat i'.o that he .tich said 1er school. S,ho Fifth rn a bridle ishlotmblc [day Mrs. Hull, living a mi Lowndcsville, while from her well, stepped lg which guvo way, prc 70 feet to tuc bottom, out it was found ono foken and she hud received }A. She died about night. >s a daughter of W. 10. Lowndcsville. She leaves a husband and three little WIM) FOE, A FIGHT. $he Seizure of Thoir Ships Btirs tfp tho Vonezuolane. DANGEROUS FOU FOREIGNERS. Mob AKoinptcd to JU'oak tn Qeimmti and Bl'iU?h IiCRUtlon??. Thon AU Subjects oiv Tifoso Count ricH Arrested. The o na i rel between England and Germany oh tho ono side and Venezu elan on tho other has reached a crisis. Ten German and lour British cutters captured Ibo Venezuelan licet at La Guayra op Wednesday. They went alongside vue Venezuelan vessels um), ?JJ HOI KI ?onf^^^^m^' 'Afi^ "^vTiiiivrrfb a shot being tired, thc British und German torees sc I/.cd tho licet in the name ol' the German omporpr and thc king of England. Two ol' the vessels which were undergoing repairs were broken up. Tho (ler'nltttt cruiser Panther steamed into thu harbor dur ing these proceed lugs wit,h ber decks cleared for action, 'Ph.: Venezuelan .steamers were taken outside the. har bor at 2 o'clock th'is* morning, The General Crespo, Tufm? and fri arg ri tn wen; sunk. Tho Ossun was thc 6 ti ly vessel spared in view ol' the protest made by the Kreuch charge d'? Hai res, IL Qu lev roux, who not! lied tho com modore of the allied (Iced that the Ossun is thc property of a Prenehman. At IO o'clock Wednesday evening PK) German sailors were landed and proceeded to Cardonal, a suburb ol La Guayra, in which is situated the resi dence ol' German Consul Lent/., who with his family they escorted back to La Guayra and placed on board the Warship Vi?eta. Qn their way back I bc German sailors met a party ol' Venezuieari soldiers, but no collision took place. At ft o'clock Thursday morning a landing parly Of ?10 British seaman went to the British consulate and conducted tin; British consul, lt. Schunek, and ?ns bundy on boa rd the Retribution. Tho Gorman.and British residents af La Guayra have been ar rested with the exception of Messrs. Field wick, Prince and Lepage, flic English directors of the harbor cor ? po ration, who barricaded themselves in their house. WANT TO tao I IT. There was a great patriotic demon stration In Caracas when thc news ar ar! vee! thal tho British and ('orman warships had seized the Venezulean war vessels at La Guayra. Crowds quickly gathered and paraded the street and squares of the capital dis playing banners and singing" p:iLiiotie songs. Violent speeches were deliver ed at various points, Thc populace marched to the palace of President Castro, who addressed it. Tho mob then moved on to thc German lega tion shouting "Death to thc Ger mans." The windows were shattered with stones and attempts were made to force the doors, but; thc latter re sisted these efforts, and Mme. von Pllgrim-Baltazzi, the wife of the Ger man charge d'alfaircs, who has been ill in bed for thc past two months and therefore could not leave Caracas with her husband, was thus saved from violence. Tho crowd then marched to thc German consulate and to thc residence of Dr. Koehler, again ston ing the windows and attempting to force an entrance. Thc police made no effort to disperse thc demonstra tion. The excitement was still intense, when at 10 o'clock at night the gover nor ordered the arrest ol' all the ('or man and English residents. One bohr later 205 persons prominent in social a nd, com merdai life were crowded to gether in the police station. All the British residents were arrested except Albert Cherry, of tho Vcnezulea Brifish-owned Central railway, and Mr. Wallace, manager of the tele phone company, who escaped to a place of safety. Ninety-seven Ger man residents were arrested, among thom the German consul, Valentine Bl oh m and Herr Knoop, thc manager of the German Central railway. Herr Slmross, chancellor of thc German legation, was met by thc police near Bolivar square and also arrested. Amid cries of V'! Doa tbto the; Germans*? and "Down with tho foreigners," tho populace di rected Its way to thc German residen tial quarter and gathered outside the Hotel Kl indi, and thc German club, vociferating and uttering insults. CAUSIS OV THIC TKOUHI.K. ??kt~\,tS:j . . Rooking to avoid payment of Bristlsh M<r-i^Ghi' man claims for a long time, and qjjj$ recently did the British and German governments decide to-enforce tho col lection ol' those claims. No schedule of these claims against Venezuela has ever been published, but it is known that tho total is nearly $20,000,000. Ol' the two nations, Germany is the larger creditor, about $ir>,000,000 of I/ho 20,000,000 hoing due German sub: J pets. Tno claimsconsist llrst of unpaid In terest on the $10,000,000 loan of 1800, which was taken up by the. Germans in greater part, and tho rest by Brit ish and French capitalists. This ls said to amount to about $2,r>00,000. Then comes claims for merchandise delivered by German traders to the Venezuelan government and nevor paid for. Lastly, and those, though Indelinlfc in character and undoubtly greatly swelled, comprising thc majority ol' the total, arc thc claims for tho pro perty of German subjects destroyed lu the various revolutions in the'past ton years or more, and tho concessions lost In thc same manner, or of which tho holders wore deprived arbitrarily by Castro altogether. Some $ft0,000,000 ol' Gorman capital aro invested in Venezuela and the present movement ls Intended for tho future security of this as much as for ' tho squaring up of old accounts. Tho claims of Great Britian arc similar In character. Ry his insolence toward tho United States as well as toward ? tho two other countries now at issho 1 with him, Castro has entirely alienat ed our stato department. i NOT WHAT IT SEEMED, A Silver Dollar "With si" Secret. An Interest in? Hlory. A gentleman from tho baby count y of Leo was in the city thc,other day and had hi his possession ono of thc mo;t unique curios soon in many a day. ''Did I ever show this spurious coln that was passed oil on me by a darkey not a month ago?" said tho gentle man, at thc same time thrusting his hand into the depths ol' one of his trousers' pockets and talcing therefrom what' looked like a genuine silver "trade' dollar, of the series or 1887. After a .careful examination it was handed huck to him with the remark: that it was not spurious, but was a trade dollar and is worth about 80 or 85 couta. "I would not take $2' for lt," ro-_ plied thc Lee county man. "It ls H>o most uh quo specimen ot thc si Ivor ..\.v-> JrWtri r-ever saw. Dust ionic here,'' said ho, giving tile Innocent dollar a tap in thc palm of his lia tiri and instantly lt parted hi twain. Only on one edge it was held together by a delicately concealed spring and re vealed the heretofore hidden photo (iraph of.a pretty woman, apparently about IK) years old, m?hcf st'ai t., with blue eyes and light hair-evidently the picture of some man's wile, Upon close examin?t ion it can bo seen that two silver dollars were hollowed out and the two opposite parts lilted to gether so nea 1,1 y that it was only by accident thal, it was found to contain a secret spring. How it came into the possession ol' thc negro is not known nor can his Identity be fully established. The only t heory that-can he advanced is, that It was thc property of some traveling: man who adopted this method of car rying his wife's photograph and doubt less paid it out through mistake, thinking that it, only one of the ordi nary silver dollars so common in the Soul ii. 'IV.vns IVvor Mi Hinch ville. Thc Columbia State says Dr. G. IO. Nesom, State veterinarian, arrived in that city Saturday eveni'mr from \ Blackville where he linc! gone in re sponse to a telegram from Mr. J,.' I), \yhitUe. Some weeksago Mr. Whittle hbtight in western North Carolina one. hundred and liffey steers for his feed pens. About a week ago lifteen of them began to show signs of being < sick and soon four died. The State, veterinarian examined them and found ? that tiley were dying from Texas fever, or southern cattle fever. Mr. Whittle has just gone into tho busi ness of feeding cattle and will no doubt bo very much discouraged with such unexpected results. Two other gentlemen who have recently sustain ed similar losses are Mr. W. 10. Rut land who is feeding 200 steers on his farm at Batesbmg, ami Mr. J. T B?a'ndr .Tr., of Maycsvillc, feeding 125" 1 head. The three nave a total o? near ly 500 choice steers, from Western North Carolina, valued at about $15, 000, and the aggregate loss from Texas fever is about -S>1,000. When ? lt is known that si m ?liar losses are oc curring allover thc State from J une to January thc disease must be reck oned as one of great importance to thc 1 stookrhen. Dr. Nesom estimates that last year it caused losses amounting to over $100,000, and says it will be on- 1 sidcrably moro for 1002. : lkUH??inft Away, lt, is stated that all through thc , arctic region the inhabitants are fast disappearing. Tho Alaskan Esqui maux have been greatly reduced in numbers. When explorers first went among them their number was belmy.- - cd to be from 2,000 to :t,000; howflt is thought that hardly more thus 500 people can bo counted from yl'oint Barrow to thc Aleutian Islands* Tho lot of these unfortunate natives luis been made harder to bear by reason of the destruction of sea life iby the whalers who harried thc Alaskan co.ist. The extermination of thc seal, walrus and polar bear has likewiso done Its share to embitter tho cup of thc Northern races. In Southwest Greenland a similar condition of ii (Yul rs exist?. The 10,000 natives arc bareiy holding theil'own, although largely added by the Danes. Labra do!' natives are likewise decreasing. Twenty years ago they numbered !t(), 000; now they number barely 15,0U0 souls. Two decades ago tho entire pop ulation of tile North was estimated at ?10,000; it ls probable today that thc number has been almost cut in two. Ina few moro years these people will all lia vc disappeared, and nothing of them will remain but a memory. Thc governments that own tho lands in which they live should try and lind out What ls tho cause of thc decay of these poppte aiMhlf possible stop lt. Tho Atlantic Coast Linc Company has made a rather bcttoy showing than other Southern lines this year. Tills indicated by an increase in thc grosh earnings for four months of $900,000, of which $528,000 appears us net earnings. Thc following was said ' recently on behalf of thc com pany. "Both of tile-last two state ments of thc Atlantic Coast Line have shown a good healthy expansion in gross earnings, a fair proportion ol' which have been devoted to increase expenses, leaving satisfactory net in creases. Thc stockholder? should bc satislied with the progress their com pany is making and thc directors seem justillcd In tho recent Increase In thc dividend.?_ An I'ntiMtuil < 'ase. A very un usual caso came to thc at tention of 'dgc Spit th worth lu thc county cour., .it Geneve, 111., when lie committed little Timonthy Sullivan of Elgin to thc Homo for Boys at Glenwood. Tho lad is only 1 years old, and lils mother died hist Septem ber, lils father, Timothy Sullivan, a laborer, abandoned tho child and loft lOlgln. Thc child smoakes and chows tobacco Uko a veteran, and has In herited relish for whiskey and beer. He told tho judge that what ho liked best of anything was cigars, and eagerly seized one when itwos handed liim. Ho testified that his father gavo him whiskey and beor to drink, and witnesses told of tho lad hoing In a stupor frequently from drink. Ho only wolghs twenty-eight pounds and, is thin and palo faced, j |? STJl?NGE CABE. T?'\o Queer Story of a Young Lady Who Steals Diamonds. If SHE A THIEF OE A MANIAC? I H,bo Mccnis to bo Urawa by Diamonds j UN tho Noctlto to tho Polo '. (. ' nat! Steals Nothing MISC Augusta correspondent of The ?jl?jile says a mystery that outrivals t,l, : yellowest of the metropolitan puz /jl .f is uno In., which thc Georgia sea? potticj.ty, Savannah, is puzzled to un cle} ;^'>(,li 'n which a pretty girl of ..?oil c in .?fi?rr? has won tiie soubriquet or? ';ie' "Queen' Of! Diamonds," fmm.JLb*. otMytKat'?ihe seems to.be possesed of a 1| cpi,onuinla, and only on tho sub Jetit of tills most valuable. Jewels. i laughty of manner, in th'? bright est] /possible of moud', and . gay of speech, with abso1 .:tely no thought of UiH jmmer.s'ity of the crime with wlycp she ls charged, except for ?in occasional expression ol' doubtful sor row ut tho fact that she has been cap* ttnvd und her name placed before the public in ?ho manner it has, Mamie de ply rSt ot?ciipios a lonely cell in the Ch] ,.bam county jail. Soc receives occasionally a vlsi lor from among the sb? -"Ith which slie used tb mingle und rep .>... ' .the story of mjr.deuds that wo? i<e tho strongest man blush wit;' ie. 'J irrest of Miss DeChrist in Al lanvast week was of a most sensa tional rm ture and hus continually since then kept /Savannah agog with thc excitement of wjondor impelled by wondering what next, and the entire Sii.t.e lilied with interest as t.o tho possibility of an unexpected furn in tl>v. case. New York in all its history hag never produced a drama of a more slanting nature, than tho exploit of Mamie Dr Christ last .July, and tho connecting subsequent events, when oho'appeared repeatedly at the jewel ry stores of Thens Uros, and A. S. Desbullions and succeeded in robbing them by a most marvelous p'??'v? of watches of high value, 'diamond brooches and rings of various prices. Trtviginatlon does not picture a cooler scene, which was her salvation, throughout her transactions, that thc 11 stylishly dressed, pretty, petite bru-1 I nette who enters thc jewelry stores with' au air that titted to a nicety with tho stories which she told. At the\storc ol' Thens Bros. she was Miss Williams, thc niece of Mr. J. I?. Wil- i Hams, a Savannah millionaire, and at ( Ihololhor establishment she was Miss 1 Blob, a niece of Capt. Henry Blun, i president ol' the Germania bank. the one place she. \v?' '^'! a | < note' seri buted *on socitT^ .., .v?Tj? from Mrs. Williams asking that shell bc shown a lot of Jewelry from which to choose pieces to be taken to Mrs. Williams that, she herself might make selections, and at the other she dis- ( played a similar note purport ing to be i from thc wife of the wealthy banker. 1 At neither store could thc jewelers do enough for thc relative of either of | j these ladles and really Insisted on her taking moro baubles than she had chosen from th?\ cases. They were sorry when this smooth female whom thry had never wen before and whoso Identity v?sys vague to them as that of a forotgniir except for the penciled note wheU'Slie would not take moro than $?,000 worth of Jewels, and that theyfuld not have more valuable,. trinkets for her to bear away to her^ imaginary aunts. Voting Desboullions asked when tho woman left, who she was and was told s!ie was Miss Williams. Then it dawned upon him that there was no such person and a search was institu ted, but the woman was not found. As a matter of fact she was living In a Mat on tho same block where her victims did business the whole time. A craze for having her name appear in print was her undoing. She went to Atlanta and stopped at the Kim ball house. For the purpose of letting her friends see that she was being re ceived by the top of society sho wrote a story to thc Savannah Morning News telling all about, a swell wed ding at which she was present as an attendant. To make the story more graphic she told of a pair of horses running away hitched to a carriage in which were two attendants,the names used being the most prominent tami Hos In the State, and the couple being killed. The whole story was lilied with well known Georgia names, but with strange initials, the signature to thc story being "Mrs. G. W. Wil liams." Tho altair was investigated and found by tho authorities L? been y rely imaginary, thc dramatis per sonae being without existence. On reading tho story thc solicitor general deducted that ?Miss DcChrlst was tho "Diamond Queen," by com parison of thc writing in tho letter to Tho News and thc note left at thc Jewelry store. She was arrested In Atlanta and confessed. She was taken back to savannah, where she told endless conlllcting stories which led to thc popular opinion that she was in sane and caused thc issuing of a writ of lunacy at thc Instigation of her mother. Mamie DoChrlst was born of humble parentage In that part of Sa vannah known as Thunderbolt, but now she (lonies her mother. Killed in a Cotton Oin. \ special to Thc State from Hamer says Mr. Beter G. Mc Machern, a high ly respected and progressive citizen of that place, was caught in tho saws of his gin Wednesday and before medical aid could reach him ho blend to death. Howe "bout 45 years of ago, was a1 baclr and was a doacon in tho . Kenty church, and was onoofMio foremost citizens of Carmichael to\\ i ship. His body waa tn tor red in the family burying ground near his homo Thursday, and a largo concourso of friends and neighbors testified their respect by attendance thereon. It ls a singular fact that tho throe largo ginneries at Hamer, four had each thoh casualties, but tills last is the first with fatal result. Mr. It. 1\ Hamer, Jr., and Mr. I), W. Camp bell, owners of tho two others, and both prominent citizens, havo crippled banda aa a result of similar accidents. CONTROLS FOUR STATES. Tho Mormon Church in Becoming ? ?tro?>K Political Power.- . lt is declared by some of those who know that tim Mormon church now holds tho balanco ol' political powor in four states and they believe lt will soon control seven common wealths. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho are said to be controlled by tho vote of the mom hors of that church, directed bv Its rulers, and soon Montana will Oe poppied by enough of them to hold tho balance ol' power, while Arizona and New Mexico, which mav bo admitted to stuohoud at tho coming session of congress, arc expected to send to Washington two senators and one congressman'each, who will bc In accord with tho ad ministration and will vote and work for tho interests of tho church whey-. ixvov tjioy <-<iO?n !?>?..t'oii'j ,uUJju.?i]u',\Uo?<p;?j congress for action. i, Had it not been for thc work of the I church QlUciais, it is stated that Utah and Idaho would hayo cast their votes for tho Democratic candidates at thc recent clcotion. The masses of the Mormons are naturally. Democratic, having received their inspirations from Brigham Young, who was a Democrat, and tho utterances o? the dead leader were regarded as Inspired. Besides they say the Democrats al ways dealt well with t lieh), lt was a Dcmacratic administration which mado Brigham Young governor of thc Territory of Utah; a Democratic ad ministration whlcli released from prison man Mien serving sentences for "living fchotf religion;" it was a demo cratic administration which admitted Utah to thc Union. Hut since the trend of national poli tics has beeil, in tho direction ol' Re publicanism thc. Mormons have idiangcd. They will ''stay out" un til a Democrat shall have been elect cd president of the United States, those who know them state, and at Lhc general election following all tim states controlled hy then will go Democratic once more. Politicians say that Idaho was a Democratic dato until $4 hours before t he last election, when the order went forth from tho heads of tho Mormon church, Mid tho Latter Day Saluts voted tho Kopublieau ticket. Kondy htUl'dOi'Od' Several days ago a young man lamed Sam Lightsey disappeared from lils home near Sycamore over in Barnwell County. All efforts to lind lim failed, until last Saturday a i>arty ol'young men outhuuting while Kissing through some thick woodland rear the young man's home stumbled iver his dead body, lie been foully mirdercd, and the body hidden away ii thc woods. At .a late hour Saturday night Governor Mcsweeney received a tel? >nuii ??om Mi. J.'-pv-'Tjlyh^s^vvtt^rclr?:--* jive of tlic murdered young man, in vhich he said "on tho night of 2t)th Sam Lightsey, a young white man, ;on of M. M. Lightsey, mysteriously lisappcared from his father's house icar Sycamore. His dead body was round today in tho woods about a half nile from lils father's. Several ne groes on tho plantation were suspect id of murdering the young man hut bbc suspicions were not strong enough for any arrest to be made until after the body was found today.^^tf Daniels arc now under .arrest uria Ea Daniels has confessed Uiatnls brother, Bill Daniels, aniU^thcr negro, Steve Dolly. h^^<?>Wm that tlicy killed Sn^&?]^^y and threatened to kill ^f^Ti^io told it. Steve Holly got tl way and took to the woods. He is about 5 feet ? or 8 inches lull, slender built, black, sharp face and head, Scar over one eye. Talks and moves quiek." lt is to he hoped that the description given above of the escaped murderer will lead to lils capture. Was I'Mrod Into. A party of State, constables left Bickens Thursday to search for stills and moonshiners in the mountains around Caesar's Head. They return ed to town this morning and say they had what is generally known among moonshiners as "a little excitement." On passing around the base of a moun tain the mountain party was bred upon several dill'crcnt points abovo, and for a few minutes buckshot cunio like hall. Fortunately no ono. was hurt. One of the horses, however, became frightened and ran for ? o/eral miles, smashing tho buggy to which it was attached. Several stills were found and destroyed, but no arrests were made. The party consisted of Chief State Constable Chas. Curcton, State Constable Grady and Coleman, and Deputy Sherill"McDaniel. Mr. Harry Valcntlme of Trenton, New Jersey whp was anxious to sec a real live moonshiner, was also in the party, lt is regretted that, though they made their presence distinctly felt, the moonshiners remained invisible. Killed IIIH Friend. Rob Davis, Jr., aged 17 years, was accidentally shot Wednesday after noon by Sam Levi, willie out hunting near Greenville. Tho cn tiro load of shot penetrated tim young man's side and he died at 8 o'clock, four hours after thc accident. He was thc son of Robort Davis, boss of tho card room at thc Huguenot mills. A Bl;; Titi nip. A dispatch from Anderson to Tho State says Mr. Columbus ,0. King, who lives four miles north of that city, lias had on exhibition tho record breaking turnip of tho season. lt weighs a few ounces over 20 poonda and measure 30 inches In circumfer ence. , It is tlic biggest turnip over seen tlioro-blggor than any two tur nips In fact._ Mnglncor ami Klroman Killed. A Rock Island northbound passon ger train ran Into a broken vail noai Tonal, I. T., at midnight Friday. Thc train was badly wrecked. Engi neer George Clark and Fireman Geo, W?lls, both of Fort Worth, wore kill od. ??ono of tho passengers was seri ously hurt. . . ? -.? RKYAN thinks that if President Roosevelt is so anxious for Dv. Omni to havo a good fat oftlcc ho might ap point him postmaster ot Boston oj some other Northern city. \ IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. What "Toxns Fo'vor io nnd. How lt Should bo Treated. ' /'.. . Tho appearance of Texas fever among cattlo at Blackville make? it important for our farmors and others who keeps cattle to know something about this disease, that ls so fatal to thc bovine race. Texas f o vor was not well '..understood, until about twelve,, years ago, hut ls now known to be a spccllii) disease of cattle similar ; in many respects lo human malaria. Tho primary cause of lt ls a micro*-' coplc proton van (animal gorm) which destroys thc red cells ol' thc blood. The animals become infected by being bit ten hy the common cattlo .tok, for merly so numerous in ail cattlo In this State, Ali uatA rjbfc'iit'trcr-itat carVy'licks troul the-ti inc tlmy ,arc cul ves; ac/iuiVr lng immunity to thc disenso (vl?Vh very young, hut If ca ttl-} have never had ticks on thc iii they readily talco the disenso when thoy aro exposed to tick infestation. Tnat is tho trouble with cattle from thc northern States as well as western North Carolina, which ls entirely free from ticks and above tim government quarantine line. Those feeders who ship from there should he .very careful never to ship before frost, to load catlee Into clean cars, not to unload into stock pens where tick Infested cattle have been kept during summer, and to .scrupul ously avoid driving the cattlo ovor roads or through woods where seed ticks may ho on the grass and loaves; also tb ii vole) tho usc of straw or leaves for beddidg if taken from woods where tick-iufestcd cattle have used thc past summer. If, however, it is found th?i? tho cattle lui vc gotten tho ticks on !,hi;m, begin at once to remove thom hy oiling thc parts where they are found, using - cotton seed or cheap lubricating oil. A good way to build a chute consisting of two slatted fences sixteen feet long and two feet apart and so arranged that thc cattle may bo shut in with bars as driven through. Put tho chute in a cross fenco so that cat-tic may he driven from one lot .to-another, making sure that all of them are greased, if any arc taken sick, they refuse food, stand with head hung low or Ho with thohead stretch ed on tho ground in front, have high fever, and In bad oases red urine. I Af ter death thc most noticeable lesson ls that the spleen (molt) is very much enlarged, black, easily torn, upd tilled with black clotted blood. A; good treatment ls to give a pound o? salts every 21 hours till bowels act freely find twice u day given half ounce of quinine' All.who arc interested. id this disease Should write Dr. Nesom at Clemson. cpl lego for Bulletin No. Gleaned from tho KecentOonforenco | ; of tho Methodists ol'thc Slate. Tlic following ligures taken from the report of tho statistical secretary of tile South Carolina conference, made at the s,ef ijfe u WNjSrcwberry last W??&KS? i- V as they rsiiwon satisfaction in botir-q^jy tho Methodist church In t,hc State: i Local preachers, 90; members, 77, 704; making a total membership of 77,851. Infants baptized during tho year, 1,740; adults, 1,413. Epworth Leagues, 48; Epworth League members, 1,780. Sunday schools, 080; Sunday school scholars, 41,00?. Amount raised during the past year by the church for presiding elders, $17,010.48; Tor pastors, $130,534.07. Church organizations In tho Stato, 760; church buildings, 047. Houses of worship valued at $1,380, 870.05, with a reported Indebtedness Of $38,520. Pastoral Charges, 223. Parsonages, 184. Value of parsonages, $275,805; hav ing a reported indebi/cdncss of $18, 973.05. Districts in conference, 10; each1 having a parsonage; value of those parsonages, $30,000; with a reported indebtedness of $1,100. Churches reported damaged during the year, 4; amount of damages $830. Insurance carried by the Methodist! burch in thc State, $315,200; paid out in premiums during tho year, $2, 10. Losses sustained, $744. Tho educational statistics show tho| following condition of tho Methodist institutions in the State; Welford College -Value '$135,000; endowment, $00,215.23; professors, 8; pupils, 188. Welford Fitting School- -Value $15, 000; endowment $5,000; professors 2; pupils, 83. Cokcsbury Conference School Value, $3,000; endowmont, $816. Columbia Female College-Value, $75,000; no ondosvment; professors, ll; pupils, 131. Willlamston Female College-??ot| valued by conference. (This Institu tion ls not owned hy the conference, but simply under Its patronage) pro fessors, 0; pupils, 103. Carlisle Fitting School-Valuo, $20,- j 000; endowment, $5,000; professors, 4; | pupils, about 70. -?_-/ Now Jax wy ors. Thc following young mon woro'auX mlttcd to tho practice pf law in this State at Columbia last, Wednesday having passed thc requisite examina* tlon: W. Christie Benet, Jr., and Porter H. MoMastcr of Columbi^ ?>? M. Frost/and ?I no. P. Graco of Charles ton; lt.. G, Stono lind J. lt. Martin, of Greenville; W, E. Johnson, of Alkqn; W. B. Morton, of. Ahbovlllo; B. F. Keller, of .Orangcbnrg; Preston O. Barron, of Kock Hill; J. L. Sherard and W. L.Laboon, of Andorson; W. YY. Sheppard, W. AV. Coleman, and Barnard B. Evans, of Edgoilold; O. Harley, of .Barnwell; J. Monroe Walk? W.C. Ii or and W. W. Oono. of Waltcvhovo; irby. Jr., of Laurens, and James F. Elmore;[of I tolly Hill. Mr. John son was.recently elected, Senator from Alkon/county, and Messrs. Barron and Irby aro new mombors of tho legislature. WHITE SLAVERY tinder Shylock Maatoi'n in the Penn sylvania Coal Mino?. A-STAIlTXilN? REVELATION. r Tho Cruelty ol' tho Coal Oporntora Told Willi t?lnipllolty and Truth hy OUI Mou nuil Wooion, Startling revelations are being brought to light of tho cruelties ol! thc colvl operators in tho coal mines of Pennsylvania by the coiynh!ss?f)??t?b;A Inyestlg ile tho cause of the coal mi ner's sti'iUo. Tho commission ls nosy V-'SOV.;;,);, ;..?. 'C........ I;.>0| J).,.. 'h"'.'o'.- . tiidoli, resented by some of tho wi ines'. nose li ves are given up to . the coal fining industry,was at times pathetic^' and surprising to tho com missioners, who listened to it With ; lindi vialed attention. ,. ll-Viiy Mccoll, a Markie miner, told hoy his family, including his mother in-law, who was a hundred years old, was set out on tho road . with their housohold goods, rio gavo a graphic description of how ho was injured many times in tho mines. The com pany gave him nothing until . after the employes took up a collection for him, then he was .-given $50 after be ing on the injured list for two years. Tuc company toole out of tho collec tion tho rent he owed. In answer to other questions ho iaid that, ho; wits ono of tho thirteen evicted byithe Marido company? Thon . followed Hie.'most pathetto story yet told the cofnirilsslonors.The old miner, decrepit from many injuries, told un der tho examination of how tho evic tion was curried on. Tho'wife was ' dek and her ope hundred year old mother was blind and unable to wall, rho day On whioh they were "thrown mt" was r?i i ny. Ile took thom tho Dost he conid io lh\zi?t-on, seven miles i\Vay, and piiiccd them hi a'cold, vaoiiSi, ..empty house. 'Wo were gie?t?y worried bociuse if our ?.''haying bcon.turned out ol' our House, and oho, night," tho witness ?aid, between sobs, "she died." "She died?" exclaimed Judgo Gray, ,yho was pacing tb and fro across,tho .-comas he quieldy turned when ho leard tho man's last words. "Yes, slr, she died, and I burled tor yesterday.". ,^ < Ko one oared to cross-examine him, ind Judgo aray said; "That is ail, Mr. McColl, and that's enough." Mrs. Kate Hums, of .leddo, told a ?tory of how sho and her -two- boys vorked years to pay of ah accumulat ^?TtO?si?T?i?r>au-{i:t??aT'DU?r^i^0''N????<l: Markie company, tho narration of ?vbIch dcoply Interested tho commis sioners. She was examined by Law yer Darrow, and in answer to. his gestions she said her husband was an. engineer inside the Markie mines. The husband was killed under ground, leaving her with four children, tho oldest of which was ti boy of oight years. The company never offered hor a penny, but thc employes gavo h?r aDq^v.?j?ij.jt;o defray tho funerpj penses. AtWt : . ?v . killed, she niovcd >..... aiy^ i-?ur-r?om house into ono containing only tw?, one room above tho other, and for tho next six years sho struggled as best she could to get along. She took in washing, scrubbed for tho neighbors, and onco in a while sho was given work cleaning tho ofllee of tho Markie company. When,tho oldest ohild was fourteen years old sho sont him to tho mines. At the end of tho llrst month the lad. brought homo his wago Btatee ment, showing that tho mother owed $3u? for back rent. The boy's wages for tho month had boon taken oil the bill and he carno home empty handed. In tho course of time her noxt boy was old enough to earn a living and, he, too, was sent to the colliery. Like tho older brother tho second boy received no pay, his earnings hoing deducted for rent. Tho mother on the witness stand, was by this time welling up, and when she added that tho money she earned for cleaning tho Markie otUco was never given her but kept by tho company for rent, tho commissioners looked at oho another in surprise. Siie said lt took tho three ot them thirteen years to make up tho debt. Oil lu tho Wolla. Tho Columbia State says much ex oltemont has been caused at Iva in this State by Unding oil im tho wells - of Messrs. G. ?)\ Burdett? and lt. S. Yeargln. Mr. Yoargin discovered (ili lli his well about two months ago, hilt thought some ono had put it in there About this timo ho had somo sickness . hi his family and thought this was tho causo br luand quit using it for somo timo, hut isvuslng it now and can still tasto tho oil.. Nothing : was thought of lt until a tow days ago whon Mr, Burdotfc? disdborcd .fchoro was somo oil in his well. Itoy-hUvo taHcrt no. aotlon yet, but it is hoped they w.?. ?lavo things Investigated .to seo if there really is oil in them. Robber Killed. A dining and fatal attempt to rob tho bank at Dekalb, Texas., was made by four mon Wednesday morning, Ovor th.b bank Is tho local telephone exchanged operated hy \W L, Dodd and his son Marvin, twenty years of agc. Ono of Ulo robbers knocked at. tho telephone exchange door and when Marvin Dodd responded a pistol was presented at lils hoad. Young .Dodd grappled with tho mah, wrcnohed the weapon from him and with it Shot tho bandit, killing him . in b.is tracks. Afusilado followed and young Dodd was shot twlco but hot seriously wounded. Tho tinco -mirving bandits escaped. -^.w,,,........ -. Fatal iWnloatOiu A box o? d?naintto carelessly died fell down a.deon, shaft * high and Wllkoshavro ?Wednesday mon ' Soventeen dead, hil win?!)