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; ; 7^ ~jg?gj&fx 1 * "? > '. VOL LIII WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 24, 1899. ? m.42fg|gpg A BOLD SWINDLE. Buncoing the Negroes Out Their Hard Earned Dollars. HOW THE GAME IS WORKED. One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Has So Far Been Stolen from the Trustful Colored Brother. A dispatch from Washington says thousands of ignorant colored people in -v this country are being induced to believe that they are to be pensioned by the United States government upon being unable to show that they were formerly slaves. The promoters of this scheme, which has all the ear marks ol S SySt ID2UlC 2X Ct HI jjl cAbiaw UIVMVJ from credulous colored people, by holding out to them false hopes of a government pension, have been at work for a number of year?, and it is estimated that over $150,000 has been col lected by the self-constituted missionaries having the project in hand. The subject came to the service a few days days ago through some correspondence between a colored preacher, in one of the Southern States, and a Uuited States senator. The preacher wrote to the senator to inquire into the Trustor in view of the fact that so many of the colored people in his state had been assessed to defray the expenses of the proposed legislation. The senator, who is one of the most influential members of that body, by reason of his long service (three terms.) and his appropriate committee assignments, instituted an investigation, and i his is the substance of what he reported to the colored divine who sought information on the subject: It appears that there has been in ex * T-oorc r?r mrtrfi an lstence iyr auuuu ?.cn ?? ? enterprise under the title of the "ExSlave Mutual Relief Company and Pension Association, of the United States of America." This association has its agents in every State in the union, for the purpose of locating, if possible, all former slaves. The latter are told that legislation is now pendiDg before congress to pension a'l former slaves as follows: All persons 70 years of age to receive $500 and also $156 more during their natural lives. Persons 60 years to receive $300 and $126 more. Persons 50 years to receive $100 and >86 more. Persons less than 50 years to receive $46 more, etc. It is necessary for all the supposed beneficiaries of the proposed legislation to pay into the assocition 25 cents as a registration fee. It is claimed that over 600,000 ex-slaves have been so registered. According to the circular sent out by this associalifi?,a.copy of which is hands of r?'^*-ci^?P?te~reierred to, the headquarters or main office is at No. 708 Gay street, Nashville, Tenn. I. D. Dickerson is general manager. The circular is headed "On to Victory." It also contains a picture of General Manager Dickerson. It is acdres?ed to "All exslave associations in the United Staies. ' AW mindrrar we come greeuug r and promoter of the movement, which has been so much opposition and more combats in its own circular than any other organization of the present day." Then follows special mention of the membership fee, 25 cents. Also the information that the national delegate in Washington is located at 475 Missouri avenue; and has secured the services of Attorney W. C. Lawson. The circular further appeals to every exslave to send his name with the registration fee of 25 cesis. It also appeals to every local association to send $2.50 for a chartcr at once, and every exslave to send in addition that amount 1 1 *? HP V* AO A to D6 used in i-ae muvcmcuu jluvov assets are to be sent to the office of the national delegate, given above. * The circular also anrounccs that the National Convention at Nashville in 1898 made the weekly publication, the National Capital, 25 cents for three mnrmfhe tho nffinial OT2an of the SSSO* ciation. Another and a more recent circular of similar importance bears a pioture of Senator William E. Mason, of Illinois, I. H. Dickerson, general manager, 714 Line street, Nashville, Tenn. This circular declares "it is the only incorporated and chartered movement in the United States, and others are frauds. It calls attention to the bill to pension ex-slaves introduced in the House of Representatives, J une 24, 1S90, by then Representative Conneli, of Nebraska.'' In the 54th congress Senator Thurston introduced the Con?11 T-'1' - flip firoular Il?il U1JL1 111 um?? r calls special attention to the fact that the bill "passed to two readings and was referred to the pension committee." An Honest Confession. A communication has been received by Attorney General Terrell, of Georgia, from a State's attorney in Illinois, containing statements which are being read with much interest there. The writer is preparing a paper to be read to - ??Stof-o rvrnsAfviitors in & i;VU>CUUVU Vi w/v^vv Illinois refers to Attorney General Terrell information as to capital punishment 'n Georgia. In the course of the letter the Illinois official says: "We have capital punishment in our State for murder only, and for the last few years in this prrt of the State we have had six or seven lynchings for the crime of rape, and I am inclined to believe kthat it is almost as good a record as is claimed here for come of the Southern Ik?WfttCO. Knights of Pythias. The State Lodge of Knights of Pythias met last week at Florence. On Wednesday the following officers were elected: G. C., G. A. NeuSer, Abbeville; G. V. C., 31. B. Woodward, Aiken: G. P., J. H. Thornwell, Fort Mill; G. X. K. and S., D. J. Auld, Sumter; G. M. of Ex., Wilson G. Harfey, Charleston; G. M. at A., H. H. Husbands, Florence; G. I. G., J. Q. McManus, Kershaw; G. 0. G., J. H. Bryan, Seneca. Supreme Representative, H. T. Thompson, Darlington. jjSfr The Grand Lodge selected Charleston as the p'ice of meeting nest year. Uw^^^The number of members in the B Boights of Pythias Lodges in South IP id 4,770, 12 less than last reForty thousand paid to endowH^k in South Carolina duriDg the CONDITION OF THE CROPS. The Weekly Summary of the Unite States Wkather Bureau. The following is the weekly crc bulletin of the South Carolina sectic of the climate and crop service of ti United States Weather- bureau issue Wednesday by Director Bauor: TJia xtppL- Andinj? Mav 15th average 7 degrees per day warmer than usua with the maximum temperatures ran; ing from slightly below to consideribl above 90 degrees each day. and wit the minima correspondingly high. The rainfall for the week was gei erally very light; with moderated heavy rains in the vicinity of Cbarle ton and over the Fee Dee region. T1 need of rain is general, and the lac of it has materially injured cats, and i a lesser extent wheat and garden Rain is also needed to permit cottc onrJ nlantine to be completed, an to germinate recently planted seeds. Oats are failing rapidly, and sprit oats are already a failure. This grai is about all headed, and over the mo: easterly counties i,s ripenir g. TVhe; has also deteriorated, but not to tl same extent as oats, and in places coi tinues very promising. Corn continues to maintain a health color, and, with limited exceptions, hi * ^ J AAn/^itlAn a gOOU SUIUU, 1W3 gcuuai wiiuiiivu, the whole State, is very satisfactor; Id places it has received its secor working. Cotton has come up to from vei good to fair stands, except on red lam where the giound is baked and ha] and seeds did not germinate well, Cu tivation and chopping to stands' is gei eral. The young plants are small bi healthy and vigorous. Tobacco is in urgent need of rair both to finish transplanting and i maintain stands which, although gei erally good, are in places very poor. Melons have improved. Rice is e; cellent. Truck is making rap: growth. Gardens are variable, accor< ing to moisture conditions. Berri* need rain. Apples and cherries a] dropping. Minor crops generally a: doing well. Over the greater portion of the Sta the weather was favorable for cultiva ? 1 c 1. ing crops ana tor general iarm wui&. <u the staple c.ops, with the exception i oats, continue in a very promising coi ditron. A Fatal Lasso Throw The skill of eleven year old Frai Beaumont of Chester, Pa*, throwing lasso resulted^ in His' death Thursds evening. Since a Wild West shows e: hibited in the city recently the boys i Chester have been practicing with la soes. Young Beaumont, tired of lass ing boys of his own age, looked for bi; ger game. He stationed himself alor the Reading railroadjjjfsr-mshous< No. 412 and prepared t lasso the engineer of freight train N< 56. The end of the lasso was tie about his waist- As the engine cam swiftly up the grade, with a whoop h sent the loop whistling through the ai The engineer was leaning out of tb cab window, unconscious of the boy ? the side of tbe track, and was startle to suddenly find his arms pinioned t his sides. The loop of the lasso ha fallen with great precision, and as th train moved forward the rope was jerke tant, rendering the engineer helples; The fireman was on the other side < cab and knew nothing of the traged Yrninff Beaumor ? v?o ? - thrown off his feet when the jerk cam< and unable to untie the rope around h: waist, was dragged for a square, th roar of the train drowning his shriek: He was finally drawn under the a wheels. The engineer succeeded i freeing his. arms and stopped the trail but when the boy was picked up it ws found that he was dead. The wheel 1 ' - * t-f?/vTV> ^10 on iiau turu mu sutiip num mangled him terribly. Close to a Thousand. The regular monthly meeting of th board of regents of the State hospifc for the insane was held Wednesday, a the members being present. The boar found that the population is very clos to a daily average of 1.000, the large: in the history ot the institutioi Wednesdav 23 patients were discharge on trial by the board. The board di: cussed the probability of securing th convicts allowed Dy the legislature fc the purpose of manufacturing brick f( future building purposes, but the wore ing of the act and the fact that th prison authorities are so pressed f( men m tilling contracts existing mat it extremely doubtful if the institutio will get any of the convicts.?State. Decree Against Corsets, TUa mlnicfor rt-P in Kaynn 1UC J-U1U l/A vuuvwvavm v _ has just issued an order that all gir and young women attending the publi schools and colleges shall discard co: sets and stays. Saxony favors the d< creee, but the girls affected and the: mothers are protesting vigorousl] Recent and vigorous agitation of tfc subject in the press and in the lecture given by professors in the medic: schools is responsible for the minister order. Tieht lacine has been denouni ed unanimously by the physicians c Dresden and other large towns becaus of its effect on the health and of its ii creasing prevalence, even little girls ii dulging in the practice. The Truth Hurts. The Philadelphia Press complains < the following reference to Sherman barbaric raid in one of the Souther school histories: ''Those who sing < 'Marching Through Georgia' forget thi the pillage and burning of privat houses and the -wanton outrages an insults heaped upon old men, wome and children along the track of thi army were a blot upon the America nnm/v Tinnn oivilizatinH ftf tl uauic auu uyvu vuv v* . .? ? - ? nineteenth century, and such a blot i all levers of our country should wish t commit to oblivion." As the Pre: cannot deny the facts stated, it mu: object to the bare statement of then Perhaps it is one of the lovers of oi country who would like to commit tl ugly record to oblivion.?Mews an Courier. Got Two Thousand Gallons, It is stated that, the constables wi were operating in Charlesixm; duric the reunion have reported to headqua ters a total s- " ".ure of 2,000 gallons < beer during the week. Some other 1 quors were seized. The work from a i accounts was not very extensive. INSURANCE FIGURES id Interesting Statistics of the Business Done in this State. >P in IT GOES UP INTO MILLIONS. id ^ The Comptroller General Pub ?- lishes the Figures of the ly ;h Amount of Insurance IJna derwritten in the State ll in 1898. Comptroller General Derham has t0 had some interesting statistics compiis. ed relative to the insurance business done in this State. The tables show ia how many hundreds of thousands of dollars are sent out of the State for inf? surance premiums and, on the other lQ hand, how much money is received here r? in losses. The insurance business is 1 growing in this State, and it is a great ie pity that there are not; more conservaa~ tive companies doin^ business in the and that responsible men iy do not go into the life insurance busiiS ness ou a sound financial basis. 3r The reports gotten up by the- Comptrolier General's office show the premiurns collected and losses incurred in this State only by the companies of 'J which returns are published. FIRE INSURANCE. Aetna Fire Insurance Company, written in 1898 $2,032,159, premiums a" $36,297, losses incurred $27,153. American Fire Insurance Company, Philadelphia, written in 1S9S $1,360,922, premiums $20,911, losses incurred t0 $17,366. Q" American Fire Insurance Company, New York, written in 1S98 $95,449, F," premiums ?1,278, losses incurred I none. Agricultural Fire Insurance Company, written in 1898 $4i,100, premiums re $654, losses incurred none. re British Americas Assurance Company, written in 1898 $347.908, premiums $6,251, losses incurred $3,061. V Baloise Fire Insurance company, l<7, written in 189S $7,400, premiums $149, losses incurred none. Q" Boston Fire Insurance company, AAA A.4 AAA written m i?ys Slt),uuu, premiums :nwu losses incurred none. k Caledonia Fire Insurance Company, written in 1898 $222,759, premiums $4,206, losses incurred ?6,495. ^ Connecticut Fire Insurance company ? written in 1898 8379,500, premiums s_ $5,842, losses incurred $5,916. Continental Insurance company written in 1898 $1,908,002, premiEaftSL^?? ~~ 004U.o_ssfi? fircTffred $27^540. Commercial Union Assurance com'' pany, written in 1898 $1,023,973, ' premiums $11,814, losses incurred $12,Jj 628. The Delaware Insurance company. ' written in 1898 $536,18S, premiums ' $9,121, losses incurred $13,625. ' Fireman's Fund Insurance company, ' written in 1898 $516,030, premiums $10,694, losses incurred $5,316, Fort "Wayne Insurance company, , written in 1898 $57,751, premiums $1,250, losses incuired none. \ Fire Association of Pennsylvania, written in 1898 $685,745, premiums ^ $9,841, losses incurred $10,836. tf-erman-Amen can insurance com^ pany, written in 1898 $786,253, pre1 miums $11,254, losses incurred. $13.s 800Glenn Falls Fire Insurance company ie written in 1898 nothing reported. 5' Greenwich Insurance company, ir written in 1898 $586,825, premiums n $9,829, losses incurred $14,037. Georgia Home Insurance company, l"s written in 1898 $564,393, premiums f $8,634, losses incurred $12,990. Germania Fire Insurance company, written in 1898 $632,222, premium? $9,203, losses incurred ?3,804. te Hartford Fire Insurance company, j written in 1898 $3,297,052, premiums II $61,640, losses incurred $53,278. Hanover Fire Insurance company, ie written in 1898 $463,255, premiums 5t $4,745, losses incurred $1,037. L Hamberg-Bremen Insurance company, written in 1898 $503,822, premium? $9,346, losses incurred $17,724. ie Helvetia Swiss Fire, written in 1898 )r $35,405, premiums $668, losses incur)r rid $93.5 [. Home In. .-ance company, Xew ,e Yurk, written in 1898 $2,703,122 prev miums $37,198, losses incurred $38,:e 236. n ' Insurance Company of North America written in 1898 $1,077,220, premiums $15,432, losses incurred $9,946. y Imperial Fire Insurance company, [s written in 1898 ?835,343, premiums q $14,868, losses incurred $14,767. Lancashire Insurance company written in 1898 $1,923,710, primiums [r $28,432, losses incurred $15,519. T Lion Fire Insurance company, writg ten in 1898 $124,861, premiums $2,026, >g losses incurred $309. 'i London and Lancashire, written in >s 1898 $702,737, premiums $6,956, losses incurred $3,562. ? London Assurance Corporation, .e written in 1S98 $265,684, premiums ! S3.484: losses incurred $3,359. Liverpool, London and Globe, written in 1898 $3,9S8,073, premiums $65,655, losses incurred $63,086. Manchester Fire, written in 1S9S )f $501,967, premiums $6,604, losses in's curred $6,139. n Madgeberry Fire, written in 1898 >f $251,646, premiums $2,279, losses intt curred $1,094. :e National Fire Insurance company d written in 1898 $447,532, premiums n $2,932. losses incurred $7,468. Acctiron/i/i nnmnoriTT vcPit 11 UilUClU ^.XOOUiAUw J n ten in 189S $987,312, premiums $7,549. Le losses incurred $10,940. is Xorth. British and Mercantile written ;o in 1S9S $1,197,138, premiums $17,745, 33 losses incurred $21,572. 3t Niagara Fire Insurance company, 1# written in 1898 $219,220. premiums ix $3,748, losses incurred $4,875. ie Netherland Fire, written in 189S d $27,300, premiums $450, losses incurred none. Norwich Union Fire, written in 1S98 GCknn Cz?(\ rv??Amitir?c ^ Iacqpq in 10 curred $1,042. tg Orient Fire, written in 1898 $271,r 018, premiums $3,752, losses incurred >f $1;042. i- Palatine Fire, writ?en in 1S98 $534,11 SIS, premiums $9,803, losses incurred $23,635. v * r< i Pacific Fire, written in 1898 $230.059, premiums $3,816, losses incurred $1,024. Pennsylvania Fire, written in 1S98 $S21,625. premiums $13,933. losses incurred $S.232. Phenis Fire Insurance company, Brooklyn, written in 1898 $738,010. premiums $9,456, losses incurred $9,872. Phoenix Assurance company, New York, written in 1898 $870,611), premiums $12,731, losses incurred $14,188. Phoenix Fire Insurance company, Hartford, written in 1998 $1,216,439, premiums $20,157, losses incurred $22,511. T Queen Fire Insurance company, written in 1898 $1,291,944, premiums $13,833, losses incurred $18,300. Royal Exchange Assurance, written in 1898 $11,200, premiums $198. losses incurred none. Royal Insurance company, written in 1R9S ?2 061.409. Dremiums $22,668, ? -* ? 7 7 7 * ' losses incurred $38,191. Southern Insurance Company, written in 1S98 $244,911, premiums $4,500, losses incurred $3,7S0. Scottish Onion.and National, written in 1898 $693,060, premiums $8,324, losses incurred $3:698. Sun Insurance company, New Orleans. written in 1898 $251,451, premiums $4,550. losses incurred $11.144, Sun Insurance company, (United States branch,) written in 1898 $535.782, premiums $4,964. losses incurred SSZY. ? Svea Fire and Life Insurance company. (United States branch,) written in 1898 nothing. Teuto^ia Insurance company written in 1S98 $94,913, premiums $2,046, losses incurred ^yui. Western Assurance company, writ. ten in 1S98 $633,104, premiums $9,299, losses incurred $13,300. Westchester Fire Insurance company, written in 189S $292,6S5, premiums $4,239, losses incurred $1,521. Williamsburg City, written in 1898 $252,545, premiums $3,369, losses ini curred $55. Total, written in 1898 $43,911,221, premiums $647,305. losses incurred i $428,692. ACCIDENT INSURANCE. The accident insurance business also is on the steady increase. The records of companies reporting business in this State show: 1 Aetna Life, accident department, risk written $689,500, premiums received $1,444, losses paid $144. American Surety company, risk written 385,400, premiums received 1,540, losses paid none. American Bonding and Trust company, risk written 638.50^, premiums receivedYokes''pai<Tl>T3rl foiT { Uritish. and Foreign Marine, risk written 390/902, premiums received j 69,490, losses paid none. City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety company., risk written 24,000. premi- j ums received 130, losses paid none. T tnUIIifrr A aan ra rts>A I jjwyiujcia j~diuk/?Aivj Corporation, risk written 354,501, premium: received 1,575, losses paid 314. Fidelity and Deposit company, risk written 897.100, premiums received 6,833, losses paid 233. Fidelity and Casualty company, risk written 6,107.653, premiums received 16.107, losses paid 4,767. ^ n vr.-_i.i_ a : U-narantee company 01 norm America, ri3k written 678,050. premiums received 1,717, losses paid 3,182. Hartford Steam Boiler inspection company, risk written 570,5*. 0 pre- j miums received 5,438, losses paid I none. London Guarantee and Accident | company, 167,500, risk written 1,046, | losses paid 201. Metropolitan Plate Glass, risk writ ten 26,848, premiums received 676 losses paid 161. Lloyd's Plate Glass, risk -written 28,549, premiums i eceived 649, losses paid 197. National Surety company, risk written 22,082. premiums received 79 losses paid noDe. Springfield Fire and Marine, risk written 713,133; premiums received 10,417, losses paid 17,277. Standard Life and Accident Insurance, risk written 274,350, premiums received 3,390, losses paid 2,275. Thames, Mersey and Marine, risk written 792,396. premiums received 2,716, losses paid 2,275. Union Casualty and Surety Company, risk written 509.833, premiums received 1.709. losses paid 219. United States Fidelity and Guaranty company, risk written 642,120, premiums received 1,769. losses paid 65. ; 'JLtoal risk written 13,812.918, total 1 9G ^Q7 fnfo 1 InQQAQ premiums ICUCIYCU vw*** , paid $48,588. LIFE INSURANCE. The life insurance business, however, shows the most marked growth and volume. The following is the showing, as published for the life insurance companes: American Union Life, premiums received 1,789, insurance in force December 31. 1898, 82,070. Aetna Life Insurance company, premiums received 28,728. losses paid 517,985, insurance in force December 31, 1898, 958,390. Bankers' Life Insurance company, premiums received 12,963, insurance in force December 31, 1898, 514,C00. Bankers' Guarantee Fund, insurance in force December 31, 189S, 213,000. Connecticut Mutual Life, premiums received 13,468, losses paid 3.500. inA ? * r\r\c> surance in force December 6L. iqvo, 515,178. Equitable Life Assurance company, premiums received 166,356, losses paid 128,596, insurance in force December .31, 1898, 6,408,055. Fidelity Mutual Life Association, premiums received 27,870. losses paid 10.500. insurance in force December 31. 1898 1,345,144. Home Friendly Society, premiums received 26,6S6l losses paid 8,799, insur ancein force December 31, isys. 43<,570. HarL >rd Life Insurance company, piemiums received 15,832, losses paid 21.000. insurance in force December 31. ! 189S, 759,500. I Home Life Insurance company, premiums received 17,093, losses paid 3,000. insurance in force December 31, 1898,481.525. Life Insurance company of Virginia, premiums received 78,918, losses paid . 30,571, insurance in force December 31. 1898. 3,087,725. I Manhattan Life Insurance company premiums received $13,455, losses pai $415. insurance in force December 31 1898; $448,423. Mutual Benefit Life, premiums re ceived $91,359, losses paid $29,024, ir surance in force December 31, 189? $3,110,632. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Associs tion, premiums received $52,276, losse paid $70,200, insurance in force Deceit ber 31, 1S98, $2,932,000. 1* . IT-fl T ' _ _ luutuai June insurance company, prt miums received $244,012, losses pai $158,333. insurance in force Decembe 31,1898, $9,166,688. New York Life, premiums receive $184,015 losses paid $144,393, insui ance in force December 31, 1898, $6, 625,291. New England Mutual Life, premium received $18,223, losses paid $3,791 insuranca in f?rce December 31, 189 $590,689. ^Nortnwestern JLiie- Assurance, pre miums received $2,683, loses pai ?1.000, insurance in force December 31 1898, $107,500. Phoenix Mutual Life, premiums re ceived $19,637, losses paid $7,000, it fAr/>o 31 189F $576,050. Provident Savings Life Assuranc Society, premiums received $18,23S losses paid $5,000, insurance in fore December 31, 1898, $745,182. Penn Mutual Life, premiums receive $42,950, losse3 paid $12,291, insuranc in force December 31, 1898, $1,294, 350. Prudential Insurance company, pre miums received $5,775, insurance i force December 31, 1898, 199,802. Royal Benefit Society, insurance i force December 31, 1S98, 41,400. Security Tru3tand Life, premium recieved 5,923 losses paid 5,000, insui I ance in force December 31, 1898, 154, 100. State Mutual Life Assurance, pre miums received 2,293, insurance i force December 31, 1898; 88,649. Travellers' Life Insurance companj premiums received 39,980, losses pai 22,009, insurance in force December 31 189S, 3.505,335. Union Central Life, premiums re ceived 33,905, losses paid 11,000, iE surance in force December 31, 1898 1,121,873. Washington Life, premiums receive 8,044, losses paid 7,164, insurance i force December 31, 1898, 204,618. Total premiums received $1,172,472 Total losses paid $700,976. Total ic suracce in force December 31, isys $45,714,739. Hampton" Tharis His Friends To the People of the State: My dt ties during the past week at the Reunio in Charleston left me no opportunity c expressing to.friends my grateft sense ofthe spon?aneous~an'<f' aTmos universal sympathy shown by them fo the loss 1 have recently sustained b; fire. Let me now assure them that! am profoundly touched by their mani festation of kiu'dness and by the propo sal to rebuild my house. But the; must pardon me for asking them t< abandon this intended act of kindness though the motives which prompt i are fully and gratefully appreciated. ! cannot accept from my friends a testi monial of regard such as they propose but the affection shown by them ii wishing to reimburse me for my loss cai never be forgotten, for it is prized b1 me far more than any gift from thea ^ n-m-f V.o Tf 4e t.TiA r^Tifv nf AVftr' uuuiu oroi vu* JL w vuv ~ .?, citizen to serve his State wheneve called on to do so. and his sole rewan should be the consciousness of havin; fulfilled that obligation. If my felloe citize'ns think that I have ever beei able to serve my State in any manner only discharged my duty in doing so and I am amply compensated for an; service rendered by their verdict o "Well done, good and faithful sei vant." Iam, with heartfelt thanks fo the great kindness shown me, your fel low citizen, "Wade Hampton. Oppositien to Rural Free Delivery. There seems to be a good deal o feeling among the' fourth class post offices all over the country against th rural free delivery which has been estab lished by the postoffice department, am the hostility to the system has takei various forms. The reason for this i that the rural free delivery cuts dow: * 1 1 xAIaoO T-V^Q f Luc patronage ox luc iuuhu wimo * offices, not only in regard to the mail and consequently the postmasters sal ary, but as thousands of these postof fices are in small country stores it war against these establishments. Nov that a wagon goes over the countr. roads and deliver? the mail direct t the houses of the country people, man; who used to go to the store to get thei mail need not do so now. TheTiostili tyhas grown so intense in some place ?for instance, in Maryland?that ac tual interference has taken place t break up the system. The departmen has sent out a circular letter as a gen ?flio -frirfcv ndd thousani ciai rvajijuxu^ ?v v postmasters to quit their hostile atti tude. In this circular warning agains molesting mail boxes placed in coun try roads is given. Attention is callet to the penalty for disturbing thes j boxes, showing that the fine is not les j than $100 nor more than $1,000, am that imprisonment of not less than on year or more than three is imposed. The Negro 2ust Settle It. " The only way,:' says the New Or leans Picayune, "in which the Negroe can be fitted for the exercise of any rea freedom that would make them worth; of citizenship is to distribute thee among the wnitea. largely in the North ern States. The distribution of sevei million Negroes among seventy millioi whites would do everything to improve and elevate in character, morals am worth the Negroes who are now crowde< ' f +V./1 TTn?nrl nnfnnin | ID. 3t 16 W 01<11(JS U1 tilt ^ i-L-LVI-i, VVftVAAU.UA bering the whites in not a few com munities to the extent of ten to one.1 j It is a good suggestion, but the practi ! cal objection to it is that there is n< j way to enforce it. White men in thi I South chase off Inter-State emigratioi I atrpnts with shoteuns, and while men ii the North?well, there is Governo Tanner and the white men Pana, Uli nois, for instance. The fact is that th Negro must settle the "Negro question for himself, and he will never settle i so long as he remains in this country. By order of the Emperor of Kore the members of the Korean legation i: Washington must hereafter wear cloth ing required by the custom of this coun try. Hitherto they have appeared i: Oriental garb. J \ MANY NEW DOCTORS. j ? !- Result of the Recent Examina| tion at Columbia'i ig SEVENTEEN FAILED TO PASS, t j. But Forty-eight Did and were ? Licensed. One Lady and d Five Negroes in the Class. - The following is the list of candidates 8 who passed the examination before the o State board of Medical Examiners last week: Rowland Alston, Charleston. ^ J. D. Andrews, Charleston. Mary R. Baker, Marion county. J. R. Bell, Charleston city hospital. H. C. Beckman, McClellanville. J. J. Bickley, Irmo. C. "W. Birnie, oolored, Sumter. W. G. Blackwell, Parksville. S. T. Cade, Bordeaux. , G. W. Cardwell, colored, Reidsville, J N.C. S. M. Cameron, Shelton, ^ J. B Chisholm, Charleston. TTomil^An Wifhorannnn Pnniw Wis ? ackly. J. C. Drafts, Lorena, A. B. Drafts, Lexington. "" B. H. Earle, Greenville. H. A. Edwards, Sellers. W. G. Fike, Enoree. R. M. Fuller, Longmire's Store. W. M. Gaillard, Eutawville. J. W. Gaston, Harmony. C. T. J. Giles, Anderson. J. H. Goodwin, colored, Weston. S. E. Harmon, Columbia. '' H. F. Hoover, Ridgeway. C. Henslee, Dillon. r J. G. Johnson, Lowryville. J C. C. Leech, Hickory Grove. J. D. Lewellen, Friendfield. J. A. Lightner, colored, Chester. L. H. Lindon, colored, Charleston. W. S. Lynch,, Florence county. J. E. Massey," Jr., Rock Hill. ' C. H. Prince, Florence, j T. A. Quattlebaum. Winnsboro. I R. E. Riggs, Holly Hill. .T \f "RneVitjin -TnTinflfAn V 4-VM0UWVUI v VMUUWM* , R. D. Smith, Chick's Springs, S. J. Taylor, Young's Island. J. T. Taylor, Adam's Run. ' Crown Torrence, Unioi. R. H. Tutt, Beech Island. ' J*. E. Watson, Iva. J. E. Warnocfe, Millettsville. l' S/A. Wideman, Leslie, r E. B. Wilson, Cades. \ C. F* Williams, Yorkville. ?4- /; it. Wngitr-S^aPath. There were 65 applicantsE^^o-i^^f r 1 J _C AO J T7 wflvfl uuaru. ui wuuui to yatsacu ?uu x nws j rejected. Of this number nine were colored, of whom five passed and four " were rejected. There was only one la7 dy, Miss Mary XL Baker, of Marion, 0 who passed the board. The highest average was made by Dr. C. F. Williams, ? of Yorkville. j Second place, Dr. J. G. Johnston, of Lowryville, Chester. [ Two Cannons From Dewey. a Admiral Dewey has sent and the Na7 tional Museum has received two cana nons which he captured from the Span7 iards at Cavite, near Manila. In one r of them two shells and a grape shot 1 were found, and the museum officials g are wondering whether or not it had 7 been loaded by the Spaniards during a the fight with Dewey and the gallant r ? t ? i_ i. ix i i admiral incautiously seut it uuuievraru , an engine of destruction under certain 7 conditions. At any rate, there was a f small-sized panic at the museum when the discovery was made. A gunner r from the navy yard was sent for and finally came. He brought the shells and grape shot to light in ship-shape fashion. Both shells were of the percussion cap variety, but the caps Were misf sing. The powder, however, was in r them, although a little moldy. The e museum people incline to the belief, ?- that; in spite of the mold, the powder d would explode if subjected to fire. The a fact that pieces of coal also were found s in tue cannons lea to tne conclusion a that they were brought here in a transport's coal bunker. '1 ' Formosa Head Hunters. " Formosa advices give details of a terrible massacre in the vicinity of Taikow; Clima, a tosra in the central district ^ Thirty unarmed villagers were ambushed by about 60 savages, who killed 29 ^ nf fliom Onlv nnp ARf?arw?d. The r cause of the massacre is said to have been a dispute between savage tribes 3 over the paternity o* an -illegitimate child and the death of its mother. The ? reputed father of the child denied the charge and refused to make compensaj tion to the tribe to which the girl belonged. An appeal to head hunting " was the only way by which the injured tribe could prove its righteousness to its ancestors. After the massacre tin savages indulged in a feast at which the ? heads of the murdered villagers were | conspicuously displayed. The Ravisher Shot. Theresa Thompson, who was dipping turpentine with a younger brother near - St. Stephens, Ala., Thuraday, was ass saulted by a negro named Tom Murphy. ] The negro had a pistol and threatened 7 the girl with death. A struggle ensued a and Murphy laid the pistol down in or. der to overpower her. The girl seized a the pistol and shot the negro twice. 3 An elder brother who wa3 working at ? Bfcm#* distance beard tbe ?;hnfcs and the I girl's screams. The negro took the I pistol from the girl and a fight ensued . between the white man and the negro, . the former armed with a hacker used in " cutting turpentine. He slashed the . negro and the negro shot him. Both 0 fell and the negro crawled away a short e distance and died. Thompson is rea ported in a critical condition. a ?? r Used to be a Hewsboy. Jerome H. Raymond, the youthful e president of the University of West Virginia, was a Chicago newsboy 20 ? years ago. He became an expert stenographer and as one of George M. Pullman's secretaries, and afterwari as Miss Willard's private secretary, he found means to acquire a college educa] tion. He was professor of sociology in a small Western college before he was chosen to hii present enviable position. VETEBA2JS AM) SPOHSOBS. Some Timely and Pertinent Suggestions About the Hatter. The Columbia State, in speaking of veterans who stopped over in that city on their return from Charleston, has the following paragraph: "None ef them have fault to find with anvthincr connected with their re ception and entertainment in Charleston. Bat to a man almost they express dissatisfaction with the growing tendency manifested more and more each year to devote the time of the veterans to the sponsors. They feel that the social functions arranged at the auditoriums in honor of the sponsors are getting to monopolize the time so much that the veterans themselves are driven into the background and have practically no time left for the transaction of the business that should receive attention. They believe in the young people having a good time, but they have many years before them for that, while in a very few years more f.h* ranks of the ex-Confederates will be so thinned that there will be bat a few to gather on these occasions." A veteran from Greenville, who is far from being prejudiced against young women, says that the solution of this matter lies in a change of the sponsors, who shonld be elected by the veterans' camps from among the widows of Confedrate soldiers. He contends that the widows of their comrades would more fitly represent the old soldiers, and that they would give dignity to the position, while in full and appreciative sympathy with the occasion itself, without being anxiously concerned as to social functions and escorts and the like. He thinks the Sons of Veterans should appoint the young ladies as their sponsors and maids of honor, and that the Sons should have exelusive charge of balls and receptions during the reunions as being more compatible with their youth and position in society. A sponsor is one who undertakes to anawer for another, and he believes that the widows of Confederate soldiers can better speak for the survivors than the younger generation who did not experience the hardships and privations of the war-times. Run Down by Bloodhounds. A funr* P)l?HonAAITa X4 VUO^/cntU 4-AVtU vuaVvouvvgW) VM?*> J says Jessie Haffiey, a Negro, eighteen years of age, has been arrested at Bayton as the assailant of Miss Bessie Sparks, whose room at the home of Mr. Bean he entered Snnday morning. The negro was apprehended after an exciting bloodhound chase. The dogs ofBetective Phipps, of Chattanooga, were jsLa&aLon the jbrail soon^after the crime and traced'the negro sevefaf~SH)^-4aUl. the country, followed by a mob of excited and infuriated men. The bloodhounds were first introduced to a pair of old shoes the negro had left in the young lady's room. "King Henry," a now famous dog, took up the trail from the Bean residence, following it until. he reached a barnyard out of town. When the dog saw the negro at worK in the yard he gave a sharp bark and grabbed the man, who begged the crowd to protect him from the animal. Many wanted to let the dog tear him to pieces, bnt Officer Phipps would not allow this. The man said the shoes were his, bnt that they had been stolen from his room. Later he made a full confession, in which he related the story of the straggle in Miss Spark's room. He said his motive was robbery, but later acknowledged that his intention was to assault the voune woman. Cannibals in Formosa. The steamship Empress of India brings news of the ascent for the first time of Mount Morrison, the highest mountain in Formosa, by Stoepel, the explorer of the Pic of Orizaba in Mexico. Many previous attempts had failed. Stoepel says the heat was terrific, and he narrowly escaped death from wild animals and men. He found on the mountains a strange tribe of man eaters, hitherto unknown. The people are evidently of Malayan origin. They have never communicated with the Chinese. They are skull hunters, and i cannibalism was actually witnessed by | StoepeL, who saw the progress of a feast wliile hiding in the underbrush. Dr. Hepworta'g Views. The New York Herald has sent tie Rev. George H. Hepworth, of Georgia, to investigate the causes of the lynching of Sam Hose. In his first letter he tells of the hideousness and brutality of the crime of Hose and its retribution. TT- il t.mVla oa no says mai me reumuuvu, wmwiv ?o i it was, was natural, and that he cannot tell what he might have done if he had been there. Then he follows this up in a judicial tone, showing that for the good of the South and the whole land some remedy for lynching should be devised. A Warning. A press dispatch from Passaic, N. J., says: Tight lacing caused the death of Charles T. Stewart, banker, amateur actor and one of the leading men socially of this place. He was found dead in bed early Thursday morning and the use of corsets, made necessary by his part in a burlesque in whieh he participated, it is supposed brought on an attack of appopiexy. Hard to Get At The census of colored people is said to be imperfect, because they are suspicious of the enumerators and either refuse to answer questions or answer falsely. It is one of their own race, C. H. J. Taylor, formerly registrar of deeds for the District of Columbia, who says that if one of them happens to have been stealing a day before the enumerator comes around he suspects that a search in being made for him and keeps out of sight. A Chance for Old Ladies. An Alabama newspaper prints this advertisement: "To the ladies: I am a widower, ninety-seven years old, and I am looking around for a smart wife aDOUt eigaty years?uuc nuu j^uuns how to work and would be willing to help manage the farm. No young girls need apply. I want a woman who has had at least sixty years' experience, and I promise to make such a one happy for the rest of her life." A HOME CHATAUQUA A Charter Applied for ByjProminent Educators of the State. TUC ICI C AC PAI MS I III* IVkhi W? r*HiTiv Selected for Its Location. The Object to Promote Literary, Scientific, Moral and Aesthetic Culture. A Chautauqua association, the parpose of which is to be to the South what the Northern Chatauqua is to the North and East, is in process of formation and promises to be a great success. For some time Mr. St Julien Grimke has been in the field explaining its objects and purposes to the people of this and other States. As a result he has secured as corporators of the association, which jwto be founded under the act of this State controlling social and charit able organizations, many men than whom none in the South stand higher in educational and literary circles. The association is to have a capital stock of $25,000, with the privilege of increasing to $100,000, divided into shares at $5 each. It is to be located at "ChautauquaBy-The-Sea," on the Isle of Palms, off the coast near Charleston. This is one of the most delightful spots in the whole Southern country and is easy of access. ^ Tile declaration niea witn tne secretary of State Wednesday sets forth the purposes of the association as follows: "That it's general object will be the advancement of literary, scientific, moral and aesthetic culture, and the promotion of the cause of popular education by. the establishment and maintenance of colleges, schools and lecture entertainment and recreation appropriate to outdoor life, to whieh end it will acquire, hold and sell land, lay out the same in lots, streets and other divisions, erect buildings and other necessary structures thereon, and in general eonduct all business requisite and incidental to the purposes of its organization." All the State and denominational college ?residents in South Carolina are included among the corporators. Here is a partial list of the corporators, however, to speak for itself: F. C. Woodward, president of South Carolina college; Jno. J. McMahan, State superintendent of education; Dr. E..S. Joynes, Bishop Ellison Capers^ Jos. Daniel ^ Pope, Ambrose E. G-onzales, Rev. Greo. A. Blackburn, Dr. R. P. Pell, president College for Women; President Jno. A. Rice, Columbia Female college; Dr. W. , Evans, Dr. J. W. Flinn, KJU" schools; Clarence E. Johnson, Bev. A. K. Mitchell, Jno. S. Verner, James 8. Yerner and Francis H. Weston, all of Columbia. v ^ Then there axe Dr. James H. Carlisle, president of Wo5ord college; President B. F. Wilson of Converse and eight other prominent citizens of Spartanburg; President Montague of Furman university, S. R. Preston, Rev. HAIIW ni) flnn?nnti>n<)Anfc "R. L. UVUJ ?UV? ? Hughes of Green\ille; President Hartzog of Clemson college; President D. B. Johnson of Winthrop college; President W. M. Grier of Erskine college, Dae West; President George B. Cromer of Newberry college; Dr. S. Lander, president of Williamston Female college; Asbury Coward, superintendent South Carolina Military academy; F. N. K. Bailev. Co educational institute, Edger field; J. Themas Pate, Camden; C. C. Brown, Sumter; W. M. Lewis, Clinton; W. T. Capers, Anderson; Carleton B. Gibson, Columbus, Ga.; Hugh C. Middleton and Lyon Martin, Augusta, Ga.; Julian Mitchell, Harrison Randolph, Rev. John Kershaw, Bishop Henry P. Northrop, Dr. C. L. Vedder, J. P. Kennedy Bryan, G. Walter Mclver, Yates Snowden and St. Julian Grimke of Charleston.?The State. Fired by a Cigar Stump. Mrs. J. L. Miller of Charleston, who is in Augusta visiting friends,, came near meeting with a serious accident in a most peculiar manner recently. Her dress was ignited by a cigar stump lying on the sidewalk, and had it not been for her great presence of mind she would probably hare been seriously burned. According to the Augusta ~ T> J Herald, sue was waiting up x>ru&u street, when her dress came in contact with a burning cigar stump. She did ?. not notice that her dress was afire until she reached the Planters Hotel, where she is stopping, wfien she detected the odor of burning cloth and discovered that her dress was ablaze. She quickly smother the fire. Making Trouble. Fool Negroes at the north are still ' busy making trouble for their race in the south. A Negro mass-meeting in East Orange,' N. J., called to protest against separate schools for the races, proposed in that town, was liberaj^of threats, and a letter from J as. D. Carr, a New York lawyer, was read declaring +T10+ if tli a VocrmAadid not receive their rights 4 4we should begin a systematic effort to overthrow the government and establish in its place a monarchy, where our rights will be respected." Deportation to Edgefield county would have a pacifying influence upon these longrange mischief makers. Launched Three Hen of War. Mrs. John O'Keefe, wife of a well known and popular sign artist of Nor folk, Va., Wednesday nignt presented her husband with three sons. Today the proud father named tjbem Dewey, Sampson and Schley, in honor of the three naval heroes of the late war. The mother and the three young rear admirals are doing well. "med His Wife. John Harrison, a well-to-do farmer living near Pelham, Ga., was arrested Wednesday night for the murder of his wife. It appears that on Monday he was in his field chopping cotton. For some trivial cause Harri- . - ?j son became vexed with his wife and struck her on the head with his hoe. With the aid of two Negroes he carried ~ ^ TT : her 10 the house, wbere sue aiea. Harrison is now in jail, and will be tried at Bainbridge at once.