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. .*"' \ v ;.: 'iVj:--w r ~ ^ v?- - -- -- ifT miITIM . *- " * ? ' VOL LIV. WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14. 1900. - NO. 30 .J 1 ?W? , ? ??"??Trnn*i I miTTi vtii?ib niVDlTrLV I flTT ATI fin r\ T\ Tl I mTT WAS POISONED. Put Her Husband Out of the Way With Arsenic. A COLUMBIA SENSATION. Bottle of Poison Was Found Concealed in the House, Whers ii Was Hid by the Wife. Columbia has a sensational case for her next term of court. About the middle of last January a man by the name of J..W. Graddick took sick and after a time died under very suspicious circumstances. His wife, Mrs. Belle Graddick, was arrested on the charge of poisoning her husband, but was soon released. After the man was buried the case was reopened, the body exhumed and an investigation made by a ehemist, which resulted in the finding of arsenic in his stomach, which the jury of inquest says was administered I by his wife, who has been rearrested and lodged in jail to stand her trial for murdering her husband. Graddick was about 25 years old, the driver of a bread wagon. Be married when quite young and his wife was very good-looking, but they did net live happily. A young i man named Dawkins, who was put under arrest, but released, was quite intimate at the house, and at the coroner's inquest it was stated that he was like a brother to Graddick. THE INQUEST IN DETAIL. The coronor's inquest had been postpond from day to day, awaiting the report of the chemist, a ad Wednesday night when the hearing started the Court House heli a large:and anxious crowd waiting for the developments of the case. The first witness Wednesday night was the Graddicks' cook, a colored girl, pr named Mattie Fisher, who said that tjae last Sunday she worked for the Graddicks Graddick complained about the coffec. After he took some of the 1 ' - ~ ^ ^ rv> i f nrl on/^ ' cones m me mumjjjg uc ?uuiv&u, &uu ? . at dinnsr Mrs. Graddick put something eise-in the coffee. She quit after that, praddick had complained that he was ^ sick all Saturday eight and that his xyife would not hold him up. She asked Sirs. Graddick what it was she put in . ;the coffee and Mrs. Graddick told her it was- something to ^.top Graddick from drinking. -She kn^w there was poison or something about the bottle because Mrs. Graddick told her not to wash Graddick's dishes with the others. She told Mrs. Constantino, a neighbor, that Mrs. Graddick was putting something in Graddick's coffee>that made* him vomit. Mrs. Graddick threatened to " * i ? 3 .1. tell UawKms to kih ner ana see was ? afraid of him. She certainly told a lie at the last inquest, but she was afraid of Dawkins^ ihe friend of Mrs. Gradl dffe- dick. Witness did not eat at the Grad|r dicks' on Sunday. Mrs. Graddick made her wash Graddick's coffee bowl in a large cap, - Gr?ddick and his wife had a fight during Christmas. Graddick and Dawkins were friendly- same as two broihers. Some time before the fateful Sunday Mrs. Graddick had her dig a hole to put something in the hole. Mrs. Graddick told her she got the bottle from Ella Taylor and paid $15 for it, and it was to keep Graddick from * drinking. Mrs. Graddick did not intend her to see the bottle. She ca'lcd the stuff "coffee essence." . MSS. ANDREW COXSTANTINE, testified that the Negro girl had told the story pretty straight. The girl told her she left there because she knew something was going to happen and she would be accused. About a week % r-% i v i 'i t. before tne J? air iurs. uraaaicK saia snc wished she was a widow, and she told her she would regret it. She did not keep company wiii Mrs. Graddick, as she had heard reports of her. Graddick rented from witness. She visited I Graddick the day he died. The doc* * tor asked her out of the room. Dr. Sarle slammed the door after her and the Negro girl told her there was no use to give Graddick so much morphine and whiskey. She told Mrs. Graddick I ^ it was too late to cry after he was dead, and seemed to be provoked there was neither preacher nor priest present when he died. She had heard pistol shots over theret but did not know who shot. ELLA XAXLVJS 1/IUAUUCL>, testified that she knew nothing about ^ the case. She bought some medicine from Mr. Germany. The Graddicks had the same medicine for sale. She had never sold Mrs. Grddick any sort of medicine. She bought a good deal of root medicine and she let her boarders have some of it. She owed Mrs. Graddick for groceries and never sold r her a cent's worth of anythir-g. She rwas not a root doctor, she insisted. She has the reputation of being a regular root doctor, whatever that may be. JOHN SANDESS, A COLORED BOY, testified that he worked for the GradN. dicks. He was with Graddick one K night while -he was sick. He was in V. the store ard did not know anything. \jfcie ate at tae u-raaaic&s wua me cook. ;Mrs. Graddick gave him what she said jas the medicine during the night. \ EMMA THOMAS, ^ j. a ^ery antique colored woman, testified rate' MrsT^feiddick eaire to see her and tola R he she wSS willing to pay $50 for something to pub^Ir. Graddick to sleep so tie - would never w??e. She refused to sell her anything amkthey parted. She lived a short distance from the Graddicka. She bought occasionally from the store. She was no root^^loctor and knew nothing about such thing^ THOMAS MOOSE, another colored boy, testified that he nursed Graddick several days. tfraddick heaved up a great deal. Graddick smoked cigarettes until he died. Dr. Earle pumped morphine into him. . Graddick told him he had a pain in his k stomach and just before he died he said r he could Dot catch his breath. Grad| dick drank no coSee while he was there. Graddick was in bed four or five days. Dr. Earle left some medicine, he said, to Btop Graddick from smokiDg cigarettes, but it never stopped him from cigarettes. (Laughter.) Graddick ate nothing while sick. He drank a very J little milk and water. He complained i good deal of a pain across the stomach. ?e was present when Graddick di'jd. POLICEMAN BLACK, who arrested Mrs. Graddick, testified that he had hsard rumors of foul play and he went to look into the case. He had reasons to suspect foul play. lie reported the oase to the sergeant and chief of police. He felt justified in going to tlie fullest extent. His suspicious were on what he beard. Mattie Fisher's story when arrested was the same as Wednesday Dight. He heard that a bottle had been found. MR. J. M. MOORE. . testified that_ on the night after the post mortem flattie told turn wnere tne bottle of medicine could be found. He and Mr. Thornton went and found the bottle at the place Mattie indicated. It was from this bottle Mattie said Mrs. Graddick got the drops she put in the coffee. The bottle was a small one and was marked ''laudanum." Tbe bottle was found between the beard and bricks of fireplace where Mattie told him it could be found. Mattie, the cook, told him Mrs. Graddick hid the bottle. The bottle exhibited is from Zemps, ol Camden, and had a white looking liquid. DR. BOBEBT EABLE gave a detailed statement of his treatment of the case, which he had carefully prepared. Graddick suffered a great deal from nausea. He injected but very little morphine. He injected other stimulants. The symptoms pnzzied him and they did not strike him as symptoms of grip. He died so rapidly nothing could be done. He Had all the symptoms of arsenic poisoning, but symptoms were not proof. Nothing else he knew of would have produced all these symptoms. He gave him no arsenic. He asked Mrs. Constantine out because she was not a inena or rue family and had no business there. DE. L. GUEERY testified that he did nci see Graddick before his death. He was called upon by Dr. Earle and explained the case. He held the post-mortem. The body was dressed for burial. He stripped the body, which was pale, the under surface was blue. There was a cluster of blotches near the chin. He had over the body a peculiar eruption. On his elbow he had two skin surfaces. His heart was very good, the lining thin: his liver and lungs were all right. Hia kidney had puss. Hi's spleen was normal. He took out the stomach in toto, and put it in a pitcher and turned the stomach over to the coroner. The room was badly lighted for an inspection. He had never seen or heard of Graddick before. There was no inference from his inspection. The crup- j tion is more or less a sequence of arsenic poisoning. Arsenic poisoning frequently is followed by purging and vomiting. The bottle that was found under the fireplace was shown Mattie and she said it was about the same size. Mrs. Graddick would shake it up and.ifc would foam. She saw Mrs. Graddick take the bottle from under the fireplace, shake it up and drop some in the coffee. DR. 0. T. OWIN'GS, to whom the stomach was turned over for analysis, testified that Mr. Green I asked him in to analyze the stomach. He found arsenic in the stomach, and J then he opened his instnxment case and explained by tubes how he distinguished the arsenic from other inorganic substances. He made several series of tests. There was quite enough arsenic to produce death. The little bottle found under the fireplace contained arsenic. He preserved parts of all the tests. He was absolutely positive there | was enough arsenic in the body to cause death. | CORONER GREEN announced that he had presented all the evidence available at the moment, but if the jury wished further evidence he would adjourn the inquest from day to day. He stated the function of jury and gave out the record, so that if the jury wished ic could return the verdict Wednesday night on the evidence presented. The jury then rendered a verdict that J. W. Graddick came to his death by arcsenic poisoniag administered, in the opinion of the jury, by his wife, Mrs. Belle Graddick. A warrant was immediately sworn out and constables were sent after Mrs. Graddick to arrest her on the charge of killing her husband. Mrs. Graddick has been out recently, wearing pronounced widow's weeds. Mrs. Graddick submitted quietly to arrest. She went pleasantly; had nothing to say about the case and by midnight Wednesday was in. jail. There was no crying or protests.?News and Courier. Smallpox SagiDg. An official report made to the Mississippi board of supervisors reveals an appalling state or affairs in the Jonesville neighborhood in the southern part of Hinds county. The county is literally honeycombed with smallpox of the most virrulant and loathsome form and, during the past sis weeks, nearly one hundred deaths have occured. 'On some days the death rate ha3 been so large that it was impossible to rr* _ jj j ^ L.i secure comns ana ruue casseLs were made from rails. Whole families have been wiped out of existence and of several large families one or two children are left. Many of the patients are now in a critical condition, are without medical attention, and dying at the rate cf froxn three to five per day. The death rate exceeds 75 per cent and the entire lower portion of the county is demoralized. The board of Supervisors will make an effort to check further spread and its morning session carte blanche was given to the physicians to purchase supplies and medicines. A bill for 43 coffins used within the past TwSkWeeks was allowed. Hard en Taylor. The Kentucky senate Thursday passed Senator Bell's bill making it a felony, punishable by confinement in .1-- : in ^ me pci:iicui.l?ljr uuui JL.y vj MV jtoij, for an occupant of a state office to forcibly maintain possession of the office for more than five days after the legislature or other competent authority shall have decided some other person entitled to the office. This bill is to cover the case of Taylor, who claims to be the governor of Kentucky. DEATH IN THE MINE One of the Worst Tragedies In West Virginia Records. . HEARTRENDING SCENES. One Hundred Men Probably Met their Death by the Explosion of Coal Dust in Par! Ach Mine. The greatest mining horror ever known in the New river region of West Virginia occured at Red Ash about 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning of last week by an explosion in the dnftmine of the Red Ash Coal company. The mine was full of men and the explosion occurred near the entrance which was closed by falling slate. A relief crew was quickly at work. The working capacity of the mine is 175 men and it was being worked to its full capacity to fill rush order*. .It is believed over 100 men were at work. The explosion made but little noise, and the accident was first discovered by a laborer at the entrance. The injured are being cared fjr a3 well as possible under the circumstances and every nerve is being strained%to rescue those still in the mine. The news of the disaster swept thmnsrh the town like an electrio ~ shock and within a few minutes hundreds of men, women and children, relatives of the unfortunate miners, were crowded upon the sceoc of the ; disaster. As the conviction that the rescue of the entombed men alive was hopeless forced itself on the griefstricken crowds they became frantic in their endeavors to reach their dead and dying in the wrecked shaft, and the work of attempted rescue was organized with extreme difficulty. Of the first twelve men brought to the sursace five vreredead or died within a few minutes and several of the others were horribly Durned or bruised. As %the work proceeded and the dead bodies were brought up one by one the scenes at the mouth of the shaft became distressing to the extreme. Shireking, frantic women and children impeded the rescuers and added to the horror of the wreek. The mine officials had all the men available at xork in trying to clear away the debris and rescue the entombed men. The managers and bosses of all the mines in this district came to the scene as soon as possible ana jomea in the work of rescue. It is impossible to describe the amount of work done by this concentrated army of men, but they were greatly impeded because of the extent of the enormous blockade at the entrance to the drift. The large, heavy side tires of the entrance were blown out to some distance, together with a lot of heavy timber. Even males were blown out some distance. The force of such an explosion caused an immense falling of the slate and other debris so that the entrance was filled up for a great distance, and the difficultiesin digging through it caused delay in the work c* rescue. As many men as could work at one time were digging away with all their might and were relieved in snort relays by other men so as to expedite the work of rescuing as much as possible. The first successful strike of the rescuers was about 10 o'clock a. m., when ten bodies were recovered. Seven of them were already dead and the other three were dying. As the miners were located at different piaces in the drift and the explosion caused the falling slate to blockade the rooms in different pans of the mine, the work of rescue met with one great obstruction after another at the mouth of the mine. The scene was beyond description, the wives and children and the neighbors of those who were known-to be entombed were there in full force, and their anxiety and distress were most intense. While they were all seeking to help those who were rescued and to get the mine reopened, yet these bereaved people were for the most part in the way of the rescuers and had to be held back from the entrance. The mine is one of the largest in West Virginia and was very heavily timbered in the different drifts. It was for this reason feared that those who had not been killed by falling debris at the time of the explosion, would be pinioned by those connected timbers and suffer death from suffocation. Air wastorced into the mine by en gines on tne surface, which were kept working after the explosion, but it was found that air could be pumped into the drift for only a short distance, as the coal, stone and earth shut of all possibility of reajhing the interior. The pumps and all other machinery in the mine were demolished so that everythiBg had to be done through temporary arrangements on the surface. Telegrams were "sent to Montgomery, Charlestown and other places for physicians, nurses and caskets, but during the greater part of the day there was only use for caskets. All work was stopped in the surrounding mines and the people within a radius of many miles assembled on the grounds of the Red Ash company. Had the accident occurred an hour later many more would have been entombed in the mines. The estimates of the number in the mines when the explosion occurred are bassed on the number who entered at 7 o'clock. The manager stated that by 8 o'clock or 8:30 a. m., there would have been twice as many men in the mines. The population of this mining village is only 500. All are miners and the calamity will reach almost every little house in tne mining town. Food was liberally supplied to the relays of workmen in the rescuing party but many of the women who could get no word of comfort refused to eat or to goto their homes. At a late hour Tuesday nignc tne rnosc reliable estimate obtainable put the number of the victims at 125. So far as could be learned there were 37 dead bodies in the village tonight that have been taken out of the mine during the day, and there are also parts of human bodies at different places, mangled beyond recognition. Most of the bodies that cannot be identified or recognized have been placed in the large blacksmith shop, giving the shop the appearance of a horrible morgue. The general belief is that the explosion occurred by contact with dust when they entered with their light and that it was not due to fire damp as has been currently reported all day. Nearly all the men employed in the mine are white, only about one fifth i i-_.J ? J ^ DCing coioreu <iuu must ui cue uicu were married and bad families in the little cottages Dear the tipple of the great mine. A special train arrived tonight from Montgomery filled with reporters, physicians, nurses and others and one car contained 30 caskets. After the arrival of the train an order was sent back to Montgomery for 50 more caskets. Another train arrived from Charleston with physicians, caskets ana relief supplies. Still another train came in from Hinton, but there is no need of physicians and nurses as the victims are dead. There is great; need of undertakers and expert tnine woikers. The work of rescue is being continued during the night and will be kept up until the mine is clear. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. Annual Conyention of the State Association at Laurens. The State (South Carolina) SundaySchool Association will be convened in annual session in the city of Laurens on March 20, continuing through the 22i. The invitation eomes from all the churches and is hearty. The good people of Laurens know how to entertain, and they hope to have their hooies filled on this occasion with the consecrated men and women who aro engaged in the noble work of educating the children and youth in the Sabbath-schools of the State. It is earnestly desired that there shall be a large attendance of active Christian workers of the several Evangelical faiths throughout the State, and we hope to enlist the hearty co-operation of all well-wishers of this cause ; from pulpits to pews. Superintendents will olease elect delegates at once. Pastors and superintendents are ex-officio members. We hazard nothing when , we say that the time is ripe for greater zeal and activity among us all, to the end that there may be a more widesnread and better study of the Word of God; and to further such efforts is the one and great object of this Convention. Surely this field of service for the Master offers magnificent opportunities for fuller fellowship and cordiality between the several Christian denominations, and of usefulness to the Master in breaking down the strongholds of Satan. Let us therefore be aroused to this great work and, by coming together, feel the elbow-touch of Christian comradeship, become stimulated to renewed fervor, and be bound and knit together in the praiseworthy effort and desire for better and moie desirable methods of teaching. We send forth a Clarion call to every pastor, every teacher and every superintendent to get in line for this cause, to lay aside for a few brief days the usual avocations and set your faces in the direction of Laurens, S. C., March 20-22. Come with note-book and pencil; come expecting a blessing, and let us pray that the God of our salvation will coofer it. Mr. B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, well known throughout all Christian countries as the chairman of the international executive committee for many trnoro TCI II ha trif-.'h no and will deliver several addresses on live Sunday-school topics. His presence alone should insure a large assemblage, but we have promise likewise of the presence of some distinguished educators within our own Slate who will address the convention. The full programme will be published shortly. Fraternally, Wm. E. Pelham, Pres. State S. S. Association. | Newberry, S. C., Feb. 19, 1900. THE GALLOWS CHEATED. . Flanagan, a Notorious Criminal Dies In a Jail. Edward C. FlanagaD, the man who murdered Miss Ruth Slack and Mr?. Martha Allen at Poplar Springs, Ga., VT-_ TT ?_ lOO?? TV^r, on Jew j.ear a cvc xocu, &avc jsmvu Allen the wound which subsequently caused his death and attempted the life of George W. Allen, died 'in the county jail at Decatur Tuesday morning. A post mortem examination will be held and the brain that has puzzled so many-experts will reveal its true condition. Setting aside the crime for which the prisoner wa3 put in jail, the case of Flanagan is remarkable by reason of the many trials, convictions and death sentences which have fallen to him and the attendant train of fatilities which has seemingly followed those interested in the matter. Eight have died and two gone insane. Judge Chandler has three times passed sentence of death on Flanagan. The case has been in all the courts of the State aud a suspension of sentence was had in January, 1899, on account of the prisoner's weakened condition. Flanagan made three attempts to escape from the Decatur jail. On one 1-wP fViooa offomnffl flA rpp.htaH iail \JL VUVOW MV wwv^ . er's baby and held it up in front of him to prevent the father from shooting him. Sis weeks ago he made the last attempt to gain his liberty but was wounded by a guard. The prisoner tried to suicide by drinking kerosene. The belief is general that Flanagan has always been iDsane yet many believe that he escaped the gallons by feigning that his mind was unbalanced. The Horrors of War. A dispatch fr?jm Ladysmith says the British garrison has begun to leave that place and is arriving at the Mooi river camp, where the troops will remain several days, after which they will go farther south. They are emaciated and exnausici"^-?1^ say the roai tc Colenso_ presents scenes that exceed in horror those depicted in Dante's "Inferno." Dead men and animals are lying, mutilated and putrified, in the trenches formerly occupied by the Boers and fill the air with a sickening stench. In cases where hurried burial had been attempted the rains have washed the _ i ./I. | earin away ana out ui luc e*rtu ' ghastly less and arms of burghers. / A PATHETIC STORY. The Bodies of Two Little Boys Found in a Closet OF A VACANT HOUSE. The Cruel Monster Who Locked Them Up Was Arrested and Is Now Locked Up in Jail. Sis months ago two little boys, each about eight or nine years old, went out of their homes one day to play in the streets of New York City. Their parents lived near each other and. the boys were playmates and friends. It is presumed that they were prompt to return at the usual time after such seasons of play until the day here noted. That day they failed to return to their homes. Their parents set up a long anxious search that continued until they were of the opinion that both were drowned. No clue to their disappearance was found. The two little boys simply dropped ont of sight, and were gone?forever, as their parents beleived. A few days ago, the owner, or the renting agent of a vacant house in the neighborhood discovered the need of a plumber in the building. When the house was opened and the gas or water pipes were traced?along through the V> n Vvm i 1 /) i n /v i?fA rs 111C UUUUI.LI5 1UCU Ck OAUOCt where the bodies of the two missing children were discovered wearing the clothes in which they were dressed when last seen by their respective families. Their small bodies had become like the ancient mummies in Egypt?dried up and withered. Somebody, for some - season, had locked these little friends in a dark closet of the empty house. The caretaker lodged in the -.basement. This janitor or caretaker has been arrested, and is now in prison as the suspected murderer of these dead children. He is reputed to be a cruel father to his own children. Complaints had been made against him on this line, before the closet was opened or anybody was aware of .the horrible fate of the two little b$ys so long missing from their homes. i The plasteciogin; the closet gave evidence of their struggle in death. Little finger prints became a witness of their torture and agony. They did ttiAir Vipsf-. fnr lihprfcv hnfc died in this prison, not a .block from their homes and their parents. The vicious creature, whoever'he may be, who deliberately destroyed these little boys, ought to die by slow torture. The electric chair, or the hangman's rope would not meet the conditions of exact justice?when the recollection of what thi innocent boys suffered comes to one's mind. Let us hope their struggle was brief?and death easy?at the end! There is a lesson in this sad story for children and: for parents. It may be a good deal of trouble to keep a watchful Arja nn ohi 1 ron ?DT>l1or T65M vu vuiiuiva v* wuvu j but it is nevertheless a business that pays, in various ways. It should be a warning to other children. not to go into forbidden places?and to keep their parents informed as to tleir play grounds,; etc. There are certainly vile people in the world, who have no limit to their hate or revenge. Children are kidnaped sometimes from motives of greed as well a3 revenge. Very careful parents may sometimes be considered unnecessarily anxious about their children, when they are out of sight, but that extreme is far preferrable to don't-care parents, who turn out their children to follow their own inclinations at such early ages. When I read this pathetic, true story, of real life, I could almost hear the cries of these frightened and imprisoned captives. I review the story for the sake of other children and their parents, Woe Tirm XCUUCAW IV OOA U4U* Attempts have been made by members on both sides of the house to induce Representative Talbert, of South Carolina, to withdraw from his decision to insist upon a quorum at the pension sessions on Friday night and thus avoid the necessity of bringing in the rule already framed by the committee on rules to devote two Fridays of each month to the consideration of private pension bills. The Democrats who are interested in private claims wh;ch are set for consideratijn od Fridiys, sought to prevent the appropriation of two Fridays for pension b;lls, and the Republicans were equally anxious to avoid day pension sesr-ijns. Mr. Talbert, however, declined to yield. He said he believed that the position he had taken in demanding the presence of a quorum for the passage of pension bills was correct, and that he would adhere to it. The rule that has been prepared will be brought in as soon as the Aldrich-Robbins case is out of the way. a. uaii irom japs. A party of distinguished Japanese cotton dealers were in Columbia Wednesday to inspect the Columbia cotton mills. The following were in the party; Mr. Takeo Ya:naaobe, president of the Cotton Spinners' Association o! Japan, and president of the Oiaka Cotton Mills of Osaka, Japan; M. T. Saite, president of the Miye Cotton Spinning Company of Yokkaichi Japan; Mr. S. WataDabe, representing the banking firm of Mitsui & Co., London, San Francisco, New York and Japan, and K. Johnston, of Boston, representing English firms. Ihe party spent the day looking over the mills and were delighted with what they saw. They left on the afternoon train for Washington. Killed Near Greenville. Another tragedy, making the third in tiie vicinity 01 vjrreenvme in mree weeks, occurred four miles east of that city Monday night. Again as in the former two cases the negro was the victim and a white man the slayer, and again whiskey was the railing cause. Monday night about 10 o'clock Pliny Hill was killed near the McBee distillery. There were no eye witnesses, and so far as can be learned the row that led to the tragedy was without adequate cause. No evidence has been brought to show what the trouble was about and the slayer says he does not know. 5TAK iiUU l'iS ?iUA UJELLJLV JSttX. An Important Order from tto Post- 1 master-General About It. Notice is hereby given to the public ( that the contracts for carrying the mail ; on all of the Star Routes in the State of South Carolina, taking effect Jnly 1, . 1900, provide that those who so desire , may have the mail that is addressed to them delivered by carriers into boxes along the lines of the several routes. Any person liviDg on or near any Star Route in the State named who desires his mail deposited in a box on the line of the route by the carrier on said route mav nrovide and erect a suitable box on the roadside, located in such manner as to be reached as conveniently as practicable by the carrier, and such person shall file with the postmaster at the postoffice to which his mail is addressed (which shall be one of the two postoffices on the route on either side of and next to the box) a request iff writing for the delivery of his mail to the carrier on the route for deposit in said mail box, at the risk of the addressee. It shall be the duty of the postmaster at every such post office, upon the written order from any person living on or near the Star Route, to deliver to the proper mail carrier for that route any mail matter, except registered mail, with instructions afc to the proper mail box into which said mail matter shall be deposited; bat no mail matter so delivered to a carrier for deposit shall be carried past another post office on the route before being deposited in a, mail box. The carrier on the StarRoute will be required to receive from any postmaster on the route any mail matter that may be intrusted to him, outside of the usual mail bag, and shall carry such mail matter to and deposit it in the proper boxes placed on the line of the route for this purpose; such service by the carrier to be without charge to the addressees. 1 The mail carriers must be ableto ! read and write the English language and to be of sufficient. intelligence to : properly handle and deposit the mail for boxes along the routes. 1 The law provides that every carrier 1 of the mail shall receive any mail mat- i ter prresented to him, if properly pre- ' paid by stamps, and deliver the same ' for mailing at the next post office at i -1 ! 1 i it.l ? j wnicn ne arrives, out mat uu xccb suau be allowed therefor. ^ 3 The contract price covers all the ser- J vice required of the carrier that is indi- < cated herein. W. S. Shallenberger, ] Second Assistant Postmaster General, j THE JIM CROW CAE LAW. . I . i What the Railroads in this State j Must Now Do. * < The following act was passed at the recent session of the Legislature: "Section 1. That all' railroads and j railroad companies engaged in this z State as common carriers of passengers t for hire shall furnish separate coaches ? for the accommodation of white and t ? j T> i * coicreu passengers: jcrroviueu, jjquai { accommodations shall be supplied to all ( persons, without distinction of race, x color or previous condition, in Buch j coaches. ^ ? j "Sec. 2. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to nurses on trains, nor to narrow gauge roads or branch lines nor roads under 40 miles in length, or to relief trains in case of accident, ] or to through vestibule trains not intended or used for local travel, nor to regular freight trains with a passenger coach attached for local travel, nor to officers or.guards transporting prison- 1 .ers; or lunatics, nor to prisoners or < lunatics being so transported. ] "Sec. 3. That 60 days from and after ^ the approval of this act the rate of . transportation of passengers on all J railroads to which the provisions of ' this act shall apply shall not exceed j three cents per mile for every mile , traveled; and such railroads shall not be required to have second-class coaches 1 or to sell second-class tickets. ! ' 'Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for i the officers or the employes having i charge "of such railroad cars as are provided for by this act to allow or < permit white and colored passengers to 1 occupy the same car, except as herein i permitted and allowed; and for a vio- 1 lation of this section any such officer or employe shall be guilty of a mis- i demeanor and,, on conviction thereof, i shall be punished by a fine of not less i than $25 nor more than $100. - ' "! "Sec. 5. That anypasseopr remain- ! ing in said car other than that provided for him, after request by the officer er employe in charge of said car to remove into the car provided for him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than' $25 nor more than $100. Jurisdiction of such offenses shall be i in the county in which the same occurs. The conductor and any and all < employes on such cars are hereby < clothed with power to eject from the : train or car any passenger wno refuses to remain in such car as may be assigned or provided for him, or to removed from a car not so assigned and provided. l,Sec. 6. That in case the coach for either white or colored passengers should be full of passengers and another < coach cannot be procured at the time, : then the conductor in charge ot the < train shall be, and he is hereby, autho* j rized to set apart so much of the other coach as may be necessary to accommodate the passengers on said train. "Sec. 7. Should any railroad or railroad company, its agentp or employes, violate the provisions of this act, 6uch 1 railroad or railroad company shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 nor less than $300, for each violation to be collected: by suit of any J citizen of the State, -and the penalty j recovered shall, after"paying all proper . fees and costs, go into the general'fund J of the State ^treasury. "Bee. b: Xbat an acts ana pans 01 acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed." 1 Biotin?fin Chicago, Labor troubles culminated in a riot 1 at Chicago- Tfiursday evening. One i man .im sifot and probably fatally i wottnd^a&d sit others were injured, ] oQe.o^ffcheai severely. t i aa ixiaxb o i>Amxaxuj.i. Setting Beady for Reorganization. Condensed Information. Things are beginning to loom up for the coming Democratic party reorganization in the State, preparatory to the holding of the State Democratic convention to be held hi May, and to the conduct of the campaign and primaries to be Jieid throughout the state tnis summer. The first step toward reorganization for the work ahead this'-year, which is a presidential as well as a State campaign year, was taken Friday when Col. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee, issued a call for a meeting of that committee to be held in this city on WedBesday, April 11. The committee will have various matters to attend to at this session. ' In order that those interested in all parts of the State-.might have something for their guidance in proceeding with the reorganization of the Democratic party, Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., secretary of--the State executive committee, has prepared the following, which gives all information necessary and which it will be well to clip and keep. ' ~ "The township .or ward clubs shaU meet on the fourth Saturday in April. These local clubs elect a president, :i recording and a corresponding secre^ ? J ? WV J A I 1 V? A *TA l'aij auu a ucitauicif auu duau uayc three working committees of not less than three members each^a committee cn registration, an . executive commits tee and such other committees as may be deemed expedient. _ , "These clubs shall operate.under the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club to be elected by the re-' spective clubs. Tie executive committee shall appoint its own officers except the chairman, who shall be elected, by the county convention. The local clubs shall eleot one delegate to the county convention for every 25 members and one delegate for each majority fraction of 25. "The county convention shall be called by the coanty executive committee to meet on the first Monday in May rod when assembled shall be called to 3rder by the chairman of the executive 41K A nil <*11 JUHllllltCCC AUU blic WUTCUUVU oxuui proceed to nominate and elect from imong its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and i treasurer, a member of the State executive committee . and delegates to ;he State convention',1 each county being entitled to double tBg number of ieiegates in the State convention as it las members in the geadrfByassembly. "The State conveatijw^eSalibe called >y the State executiye^committee to neet on the third Wednesday in May. rhe State convention ele.cta. delegates :o the national -Democratic convention md a member of the'national Demo;ratic committee." Already there is much discussion as o who will be this State's delegates to he national Democratic convention, [t has been stated that Senator Tillnan would attempt to name them, but his has been denied. So far as the' State campaign is concerned there is >lenty of speculation as to ffho will be ;he candidates for the several State )ffices this year. All incumbents, it is mderstood, will stand for reelection, ind opposition to only three has so far nade itself manifest.?The State. STARVING- POETO EICAffS. People Who Made a Good Living Under Spanish Rule. A dispatch from Washington says ;he acting Secretary of "War has received a communication from Gen. Davis on the subject of food distribution and the relief of the destitute. in Porto Rico. Gen. Davis had intended to discontinue the free distribution ot food about the first of this month, but the industrial condition existing in certain portions of the island rendered it absolutely necessary to continue to feed the starving inhabitants for some time longer. Jn the centre of the island, or the coffee-growing district, there is nothing for the poor to eat.. Any discontinuance of the food distribution, L?p? ? J? *1?- -? cnereiure, uuuci' mcac wuumuua, would result ia a large increase of Bickness and of the death rate. The coffee planters are making strenuous efforts toclearup their fields, but, having no money for their payment, the hands and laborers have necessarily been laid off and a~? drifting into the towns, thereby becoJiiDg public charges. Unless fed at public expense starvation will result and the Military Governor has, therefore, requested a shipment of five hundred tons of rice, codfish and bacon, in addition to the five hundred tons asked for about three weeks ago. In connection with the^ existing in-. dustrial conditions Gen. Davis is of the opinion that the quickest and nost effective way of securing relief would be through lar^e expenditures upon public works. Gen. Davis states that if he could put about 25,000 men at work for a period of three months on the roads, involving expenditures for labor, tool3 and supervision of some $223,000 month, the period of acute distress could be tided ove? The acting commissary general of subsistence was today directed to secure the food asked for immediate shipment. The Way to Stop Them. When the police in .Cleveland, Ohio; f?ere instructed to inspect the performance of ''Zaza" in that city, with a ?iew to securing evidence; as to its immorality, Mrs. Leslie Carter had a severe sore throat and could not appear. A. determination to. prosecute on-the part of the authorities* is all that is lecessary to put an" end' to indecent performances.?Augusta Chronicle.' Bubonic Plaerue- A ease*of what is supposed to be jubonic plague, though the exact lature of the disease is yet uncertain, las been discovered in Chinatown lear SanFrancisco. The patient, who s a Chinaman, was immediately aolated, and th.<e whole of Chinatown >laced under strict quarantine regulaion*. dHUl JLU V&Mn. ? - - - - , B. R. Carroll Killed by D. P. Johnson at Blackville. % -''r?'.'>28 WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES. * ? A Gun With Buckshot Used at Close Range, Then His ^ s Brains Shot Out With . Revolver. A dispatch from Blackville to the Columbia State says B. K. Carroll was fatally shot there at 2 o'clock Thursday by D. P. Johnson. '* It appears that Carroll was on his way or returning from a blacksmith shop when D. P. Johnson emerged from the store of Briggs, Buist & Co. and fired twice at Carroll with a shotgun ; loaded with buckshot at very close range, the gun wads-entering Carroll's . clothing. After Carroll was shot down Johnson emptied the contents of a revolver into Carroll's head and body, almost touching him witK his pistol. Carroll can live but a short while; his brains are ' shot out. _ Carroll was to have been tried for his life at t'.ie comiog sessions! of our cou?t at Barnwell next week for' the killing of James Bolin last Christmas. It seems that some time ago Johnson had sued Carroll for a debt and after the suit Carroll made -public threats to the -.effect that he would kill Johnson - _ i JTTT 1 x. L. it . on aignt. ?ms. is saia to oe me cause * of the shooting, Carroll died at five o'clock, a few hours after being shot _ Both men were white and pf promineat families, Carroll being a man of some means; . He leaves a wife and two .children. Johnson was a blacksmith and always had a good reputation. Frem the talk after the.shooting it seemed that the sentiment of the town was with Johnson. Carroll did not shoot or attempt to use a weapon if he had one. The surgeon says the shotgun wounds were not ' fatal and Carroll would have survived if the oistol had* not been used. Car roll is son of Mrs. Whito, wife of Quartermaster White of the Citadel. Johnsen surrendered to the sheriff and is now in jail. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS. _ Platform of Party as Adopted on Motion of Eugene Debs. At the Social Democratic^ National , convention held at Indianapolis, IncLj Wednesday the following platform was 1% adopted on motion of Eagene Y. Debs: 1. Revision of our antiquated federal ^ ^ constitution m order to remove the ob^ stacles to full and complete control^of government by all the people, irrespective of sex. 2. The public ownership of all industries controlled by monopolies, trusts and rtnmhinps. 3. "The publio ownership of all railroads, telegraph, telephone, all means of transportation, communication, waterworks, gas and electric plants and other public utilities. 4. The public ownership of all gold, silver, coppei, lead, iron, coal and all other mines; also all oil and gas wells. 5. Reduction of the hours of labor J in proportion to the increasing facilities g|| of production.. -4 . . jjfi '6. The inauguration of a system of ffsS public works and improvements for the MM employment of a large number of the,,-? *|P unemployed; the public credit to be' utilized for that purpose. ^ 7. All useful inventions to be free to all, the inventor to be remunerated by ' the public. 8. Labor legislation to be made national instead of local, and international where possible. 9. National insurance of working people against accidents, lack of employment and want in old age. 1 rt AITTll A xv. -i^4vim auu ^v/kuvmi 11511^ for men and women and the abolition of all laws discriminating against women. 11. The adoption of the initiative and referfendum and the right to the recall of representatives by the voters. 12. Abolition of war as far as the IJuited States are concerned and *he introduction, of international arbitration instead. The committee on resolutions reported approval of a resolution condemning the establishment of militarism in Porto Rico and the combination 0? capitalists to deprive Porto Kicans of the franchise. Ah Atrocious Murder. ^ brutal murder was committed Tuesday afternoon of last week about three miles from Yorkville. A negro named Fred Stewart married about three months ago, and about a month i_. i.j _:?i. 1 since ne quarreieu. wuu ma wu? auu kicked her, she being in a delicate condition. She left him and went to her father's honse. Fred went there Tuesday to try and get her to go back with him. She told him she was not able to do so on account of the kick. She was sitting in a chair. Stewart then drew a pistol and shot her, the ball entering the upper part of her breast, passing through the heart and liver. 1 The woman was singing at the time she was shot Sheriff Logan went out at once with a posse>and his bloodhounds, and it is hoped that he will succed in capturing the murderer.. Will Oppose Dr. Timmerman. According to the Winnsboro News and Herald, Mr. E. H. Jennings, who is now serving his second term as county clerk of court of Fairfield county, ,will be a candidate in. the campaign' -} -k j(his summer against J)r. Tknmennan-- _ for;the office of State treasurer.,^Mr. JeaaiDes is an ex-Oonfederate soldifer and is highly esteefl&ed by aH^wm> r>% know him.?The State* ^ . J*&1 " It Must Be Tough.. *'Sapho" has been suppressed^in-Jfejr York. If it was too bad^for Xew^odt it will hardly attempt to-go-on the road. ...