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WINNSBORO. S, a WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1900. NO. 26 ^ I [Report of Their M?e:ing In i Greenwood. : IttST PLEASANT OCCASION i I Different Interests of th? J fehurch in Good Shape *nd : L a Bright Fil-lire < Ahead \ be folowiug report of the Baptist , ??5tion in Greenwood we clip frca J Greenwood Journal: < Ifflf THE 24IXISTE2S CONFERSXC?. Hrko Baptists ministers mot ia their ' Bnunl conference at the Baptist Brcrch in Greenwood last Thursday Kening at 7.30 o'clock. Th:s confer . race is held tee day bafore the conven- < BBo assembles for the purpose of dis- j Bssiag questions of interest to the Ministers in their work, but thess meetfigs are open to others who m%y desire j be present and on this occasion the , Bnferenee was well attended. W^ftfj>-devotiocal service conducted ] fcy Ke'vs. J. I). Hoggins, W. T. D^r- ( lieax and C.,0. Brown, the body wa3 , organized by electing Ktv. B. F. Cor: lay to preside, Rev. J. S. Jordan hav t iug declined, as it is the custom to - |8 eieefc an8w presiding officer every year | j MgwB "Sev. J. A. Brown was elected secre ffiig|g| Afe this night session "The Devo- * | tional Element in the Life o? a Pastor," Upc "The Evangelist as a Factor in ( Imurah Life" were disenssed. Revs. , Vw. J. L?ng9ton, J. D. Pitts and R. W. ||P Sanders inade speeches on the first and i I the aeoond was ciscussed. by Revs. J. j Jk B. Parrott and F. 0. Hickson. Mr ( Hiekson did not approve of the coarse Bw of the modern evangelist. ^ ^ Friday morning the conference was j HT led in devotional exercises by iuv. r. P. Blalcck, a blind preachcr from Fdge 1 QB field. Bat the most interesting occur- ! Bft_ ^?ce-.oflt&-morning fession was the 1 ^^^9?arance of & recro preacher, Rev r SB Edward Stark, of Ecgc field, -who war V - introduced by Mr. W. L Dcrst and ad Jm dressed the body. Stark wa9 bom in Virginia and was 100 years of age la?t c Rfc. August. He was sent to Sou^h Caro . lina when he was 14 years old aad was j fe slave 64 years. He be!osg?d to the Derores and Sheppsrds of E 'gefield. When tho conference srose in a body to ( welcome this old Degro and invited him ^ M to the rostrum to addres? them, a like j incident was recalled when a colored j B5 preacher addressed The Southern BapB tist Convention, at Hot Springs last ft summer,'and hov? his speech aroused fhis white brethren aad stirred them to , such a pitch of excitement that they " gathered'about him and threw money } a-.-, at his feet while he begged them to 1 desist Who can say that the chivai> rous, christian bean of the Soufch beats against the negro when he renins in . his prcpsr place, fized for him by the Author of his creation? A collection was taken up for "Poor old Uncle Ned," who will soon be goce "where the gold niggers" go," and when the conference kw_^_iad finished its work and was about to adpurs; this old negro preacher led the H body in prayer. morning session Friday, "The Sway of New Testament Princ:piesNOver the Present Trend of Religious Thought" ~ was diecufsed in an able" speeoh Dr. C. S Gardner, of Greenville. The next "T^-subject was "Missionary Triumphs.*; Rev. W. S. Corseet opened the discus eioa with a well prepared paper. Rev. r~ w J. E. McManaway read another paper on this subject and the conference adjourned uatii the afternoon. In the afternoon "The Missionary Outiook;" "Spiriraslly as an Element in Exegesis;" __4,fhe Winning and Training of tho Young, 'were tbe topics discnssed by Revs. J. W. Chajman, I. " "W. Wingo and B. P. Robertson. This elosed the fioal session of the conference. THE STATE CONVENTION. k This annual assembly of distinguish" ed Baptists of South Carolina me t at Greenwood Bapdsfc church at 7:30 o'clock Friday night. There was an oreiflow, people filled the galleries, stood in the aisles and sat on the fl^or ' of the rostrum and Sunday school room and many remained out of doors. I Prcoidp>r>fc W D. R'r?f> the arm Wjk vention to order and announced that mDr. W. 0. Lindssy, of Columbia, would ; breach tbe introductory sermon. * Rev. M. Lide aod Dr. ? J. Forrester, i ffjF j ps&tor of the cnurch, were with Dr. ( Lindsay in the pulpit. Dr. Forrester 1 opened taw services with prayer. 5V* Lindsay's t( xt was "I give unto i^thee the keys of the kingdom of heav'en."?Matthew 16.19. The sermon was i in the interest ofmission? and i:s trend f was against culture as a leading feature n the ministry. In fact, the preacher's ^pdea was that there should be no such _-*rfrtoiDg as a ayzvianj tuuui;u Lu>ui=uci ~ wtad eo such word among Christians as ' f^men, a word ho despised, but that ^01 Christians should be preachers He went back tc Galilee and traversed the ages to illustrate his idea that culture should not hold 3 leading pi ice among men to whom the master had given the p*? - . .keys which unlock for humanity the gates of heaven. In our own time he r?^ held up the wonderful zcfeievemenis of the unlettered Moody, who Lad brought multitudes in the moss eniighiened countries of the world to the foot of the I Cro88. The organization of the Convention followed Dr Lindsay's sermon. 8eore'ary C. P. Ervin called the roll of p delegates, and cn motion Rev. W. D. Rice was re-elected president, C. P. Ervia, secretary and V. I. Master?, assistant scoretaiy. The report of the committee oa the orcer cf Easiness for Sfttnr^arr wn? arrl A message to the convention from B. B. Watson, of Ridge Spring, was rsad expressing regret that his illness f^^fjjjykept him away. 00* The convection was t&en iea in prayer by A. C. Wilkins and adjourn 4 ed until 9.30 Saturday morning. sa^^tvir corning. BjB'entio2 opened with devoBcises conducted by Dr. W. gSBs. Secretary Errin read the B the meet ng last sight and ||fe!cime_was extended to the Dr. Forrester and the deacons of the uhurch were appointed a committee on religious services. Dr. T. M. Bailey read the report of the St3te Mission board and Dr. U. S. 3-aidner, the report ot tne uentrai uomajittee of Woman's Mission -Societies. Dr C C. Brown read the report of the B ard of Aged Ministers' Relief. Toe report on the Connie Maxwell Oryhanage showed that there axe 121 [ hiiriren in the orphanage and that $4,381 have been raised and expended for iastitation in the last six months. Afcer the reading of the orphanage report several committees wereappoiut id The pupils of the Greenr lie Female 0 'Ut-ge, ia charge of Col. Murfee, oamtn S?turday morning on a special train md visited the convention in a body. The convention gave them a hearty welsome. Dr Sejmour of the American Baptist Pubiishirg poaiefc?; Rtr. H. Hatcher, ;f Ailant?; Dr. Chivers, secret&rrio''chu B-p^st Young People's Unioaof America; Dr. K- rfoofe, corresponding secre :ar.y of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Bsptist convention, were disiicsuit-hed visitors who were invited to ideress the convention. At a meeting of the Almuni Associa;i. ii of Fcrman University Saturday iftercoon i; was resolved to changc the 3aic8 of the new bail from Aiutnni Sail to Jndson. Memorial Hall, in honjT of Pr-f. C. N. Judson, of the Unrersity. The convention Saturday evening ;ook up the report ou State Missions, rhe report was read by Rev. R W Lide. Rev. L M. Rooer talked of the pros verity of the Stat8 in the nine years he lad been away. Dr. Biiiey ?aid that of the $6,000 lebt mxde in 1892, on!j $14 40 remained nrtnaiil. The convention razeed the tmount on the spot. J. Wash Watta. F N. S Bailey, F. \l. Satterwhite, Rr?.:nt Fv>rd atd A. jfc* Montague Wi re appointed to nominate rustees for Farman University. Rev. RichsrdJCarrcll, a oolored Bap;ist preacher, addressed the convention. I4 is .ergaged ia teaohirg iidustriai >u*suit8 and said that he had raised >26.000 for this work and that Dr. Montague gave him the first dollar. The convention adjourned to meet in nemoriai service Suuday afternoon. ST7NTAY. The churches cf the jity had largo longregations Sunday. Dr. Kerfoot jroaohed at the Baptist ohurch, Dr. 3;11 afc tho Presbyterian, and Rev. L M. Koper at the Metbodist church. The weather has been good through>ut tho several days of the Baptist Con rtntion and the delegates and visitors iare been well entertained. Oa everj 1 land are good words for Greenwood. North Carolina Towns. The.popalaiion of certain places in tforth Carolina having a population of nore than 2,000 but less than 25,000, s as follows. Asheville, city... 14,694 Beaufort, town 2,195 Birlington, town 3,692 Charlotte, city 18 091 Concord, city 7.910 Durham, ciiy, 6 679 Sdsnton tovrn, 3046 Elizabeth City, town 6 348 Fayette^ille, town -.4 670 Ghstonia, town 46lo Gruidsboro, city 5,877 Graham, town 2,052 Greensboro, city 10,035 Greenviile, town ..2 565 Henderson, town 3 746 . Hickory, town 2.535 High Point, village 4 163 Kings Mountain, town 2.062 Kinston, town 4.106 Monroe, town 3 427 Mount Airy, town 2 680 vr- Q i rQit I nswutru, uiii/ Rileigh, city 13,643 Randleman, town 2 190 Rsidsville, town 3 2(52 Kooky Mount, town 2 937 Salem, city 3 642 Salisbury, city 6,277 Scatesville, city 3.141 Tarboro, town 2,499 Washington, town 4 842 Wilmington, city. 20 976 Wilson, town 3 525 Winston, city 10,008 AStranea Case. Miss Fannie 0 Kennon, daughter of Peter O'Kennon, died at her father's home, in Matoaca, near Petersburg recently. Mies O'Kennon, the doators say, died of old age althoagh it was in April that she celebrated her 20th birthday. Her case was remarkable. She has not grown in statute since she was : two y*ars old, aid her faculties at the time of 'her death were those of a child. Tho was two feet, two inches tali, and sould speak only such words as she was able to articulate at the age of 2 years. She played picture books and toys, and in all her actions was a perfect child. Her face was wrinkled like that of old woman who had lived many year3. lier case has attracted the attention of physicians for some time. FELL NINETY FEET. Joe Booker, colored, met a horrible death at the blast furnace of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Edsly Wednesday. He was on the top house, tfu feet above the ground. Here is where the laborers pour into the open not blast the raw ora and other stuff used in the manufacture of pig iron. Booker, for some reason, was careless and approached too near the edge of the iron platform. He suddenly lost his balance and was precipitated to the gro*ad below. He was dashed into a thapeless pu'p by the fall acd was lifeless when he was picked up shortly afterward. TtliJiI OEjLIJU&JL/ 11. in Rush county, Kansas, there was a tie in the rote received by Mr. MoCorar'ck and Mr. Anderson for the cfflco of county attorney. Before drawing straws, as provided by law, the two agTeed that the winner should make the loser his deputy and equa'ly divide the salary. Mr._ McUornaiok, the Populist, won, and Air. Anderson will be his deputy. HOMES DESTROYED. Another serious landalido has occurred in Heligoland. Thirty houtes have been engulfed and a considerable part of the island has been for three days under wv:er. Thus far it has been impossible to send relief, and the losses hava sot yet been determined. STATE PENSIONS. The Rules to b* FoMowad Under the New Act BY ALL APPLICANTS. * TL-i I- 1I.1...UU inTormauon i nst is v<tiuiu ? Only to County Boards, But to the Pans!or9rs Themselves. This year there are a cumber of ? i__ J l r.t cnanges in ine pensiou ueyainitt-u:. u* the State government whish should receive the carefcl attention of all members of county boards and applicants as well. Ia the first place each p?n sioEtr has to make an entire'y new application. In order that the pension era or those intending to get on the list may fully understand the requirements the Stare board has prepared and issued she following ''rules for the guidance of county boards of pensions, as authorized by the aot approved Feb. 39, 1900," whicb are given for the informa- j ;ion of the veterans: (1) The county pension boards wi.'l meet as required by law in January at the county seats, for the purpose of ex amining the applications of tee various ex Confederate soldiers and sailors and widows who are applicants for pensions under act approved Feb. 19vh, 1900. Said applications must have the approval of the county board before the State board wiii approve. (2) The attention of the county pension boards is directed to the certifi oate of the two witnesses, which requires that they ~hall cot ba on the pension roll. Tnis is a ohaDge from the old form and too much &ttention cannot be given to it. (3) Do not send to this cffico disapproved applications for pensions. (4) Do not use old blanks, but tbo^e prepared under aot 1900. They will be liesismated bv ''ADolication. underact 1900." Y. ' (5) [t will be necessary 'or every old pensioner to make new application exactly as if they were applying for the first time. (6) The county boards arc cautioned to provide the applicants with blanks suitable to his or ber individual case. The State Board will Dot coosiaer applications where this rule has not been observed. (7) Class A.?Those who as a re?u!t of wounds received * in the war are phyaically helpless, or who while ia such service lost both arms, or both legs or sight; or who are disabled by paralysis and are unable to make a living, and whose income does not ex ceed $150 00. This does not include soldiers whose disabilities arise from diseases and cattees since the war. Cla3S B.?Those who have lost one arm or one lee and whose income doe? not exceed $150 00. Class C. No. 1?Those soldiers and sailors diabled by wounds during the war, whose income does not exceed $150.00. Class C. No. 2 ?Those who have reached the age of 60 years ard whose income does not exceed $75 00. Clags C. No 3 - Widows of those who lost their lives while in the rervioe of the State or the Confederate States, and whose income does not exceed $100 00. Class 0. No. 4.?Widows abcve the ago of 60 years whuse income does not exceed $100 00. Ccuaty boards cannot bo too careful in thsRA matters of ''income" and "physical condition." Fe is a very poor man whose gross inoome from labor, rent and other sources does cot exceed $75 00, or poor lands, if any, thai will not produoe this amount cross. Property sufficient to produoe $75 in applicant's or his wife's name debars him. Where soldiers ct widows dis pose of their property by giving or selling to thtjir children they are debarred. Widows of pensioners who re-mary are not entitled any longer to pensions. Pensioners who have moved to another States are no longer entitled to a uension. Taose who h&va moved to another couffty must have their names transferred and draw.their pensions from that connty. Please note very carefully the following: Let connty fccsrds act promptly and '-irly, giving tha State board full information with complete reports by townships for each county, and writing the names alphabetically, full and clear, and beginning with Class A, asd giving their reasons for approving. In making reports to the State board the reports should be signed by each member of the county pension board. J. P. Derham, , Comptroller General, Chairman. , W. D. Starling, W. E. James, W. H. Hardin. A Bad Boy A dispatch from Athens, Ga., to the Augusta Chronicle eaye: "Clovus Peel er, a 12 year old boy, got hold of a pistol t?day and deliberately walked down Broad Btreet, firing at nearly everything He saw. He had a 32 calibre pistol and shot several times with it. The first fthnt was fired at a mule and hit it in the side, severely wounding it. He then ahot Moses Mitchell, a young boy, the bullet inflioting a severe wound in the thigh. He shot also st a negro boy, but did not hit him. Several persons were attracted by the shooting and rushed up in time to stop the boy from doing any further damage. The boy gave no excuse for his conduct aEd he wag locked ud. OUTLAWRY INCREASING. Advices from China says that outlawry in Kwang Si and Kwang Tung is increasing The officials appear to be losing their hold of the situation and are powerless to restore order. Pirating on the river (The West river) is inA1*A?C1Q9 CHICAGO JUSTICE. Another Chicago thug who had just paid the regulation $100 fiae has been caught after a desperate revolver fight and probably will be fined again. Justice in Chicago seems to be not only blind but to haye been born in the silly seasen. TOWN'S OF SOUTH CAROLINA How They Stand Relatively as to Population. At last we have the census figures for the incorporated places in South Carolina having a population of more than 2 000 but less than 25 000 people, scd ^? u-.i. _i mey present eome surprises, uuiupc?ant and unpleasant. There are 23 such towns and cities bit from the list are excluded all unincorporated miil towns like Pelzsr, Pacolet, Qranitevilie, Clifton and Piedmoat, places which have shown, perhaps, the moat remarkable percentages of growth of acy communities in '.be Stato. Were these mill towns included in the count South Carolina would ha7e as many towns of 2,000 re op's and upward aa her maoh larger and more populous sister, norm u*ronna, wujcq has 32 There is no reason that we can see why these mill commuaitiee, although not incorporated, Bhouid not have been separately enumerated and returned with the other towns of South Carolina. Their slnenco from the list unfairly \ninimizes the urban growth of this State in the last ten yeais. Charleston, of course, stands at t'se head of the list of South Carolina oitics, its population, previously reported, being 55 807 against 54 955 in 1890; a gain of 852, or Ii per sent. 4 Columbia is the second city, with an accredited population of 21,108 againgr, I 15 353 in 1890; a gain of 5,755, or 37$ per cc-nf. Greenville comes third.- with 11,460 neopie against 8 607 in 1890; a gain of 2,853, or 33.1 per cent. Sp?rtanburg is a clofa fourth, with 11,395 peoole agaicpt 5 544 in 1890; a gain of 5,851, or 105.5 per cent. Sumter?and thi? will be a surprise to our friends in the Piedmont?is fifth, with a population of 5,673 3gain*t3 865 in 1890; a gain of 1,808, or 46 7 per cent. Anderson is sixth, having 5 41J8 against 3,018 in 1890; a gain of 2(480, or 82 2 per cent. Rock Hill is srYsnth; wiih 5 485 against 2 744 in 1890; a gain of 2,741, or 100 per cent. Uoion?and here is another surprise? is eiehtb, with 5,400 pfople 3gainMs 1,609 in 1890; a gain of 3,791, or 235.6 per cent. Greenwood takes ninth place over many older competitors, [t has 4,824 people agair.st 1 326 in 1890; a gain of 3 498, or 263 8 per cent. Florence follows as No. 10 with a population of 4,647 against 3,395 in 1890; a gain of 1 252, or 36 9 per cent. Newberr? is e'eventh, with 4,607 against 3 020 in 1890, a gain of 1,587, or 52 5 per cent. Orangeburg has twelfth place, with 4,455 ichabitants against 2 964 in 1890; a gain of 1,491, or 50 per cent. Georgetown has passed Beaufort and * ? i l . ?r . taken tfce tmrteentn place, dus me number in this ca?e is not unlucky. Georgetown has 4,138 people ae&insfc 2 895 in 1890; a gain of 1,243, or 42 per cent. Bsaufort is fourteenth, with 4,120 inhabitants againat 3,587 in 1890; a gain of 523, or 15 per cent. Unester is fifteenth, with 4,075 against 2,703 in 1890; a gain of 1,372, or 50 5 per cent. The sixteenth place is held by Laurens, with 4 029 people against 2,245 in 1890; a gain of 1,784, or ^9 per ceDt. Gaffnev follows in seventeenth i lace, with iS,y37 people against 1,0^1 in 1890; a gam of 2,306, or 141 per lent. Abbeville is No. 18, with 3,766 inhabitants against 1,696 in 1890; a gain of 2,070, or 122 per cent. Aiken is nineteenth, with 3,414 inhabitants against 2,362 in 1890; a gain of 1,052, or 43" per cent. Darlington is twentieth, with 3 208 prople against 2.389 in 1890; a gain of 819, or 34 3 per oent. Camden is twenty-firr , ^ith 2,441 people against 3 533 in 1890; an apparent loss of 1,092, or 31 per cent. Snmmerville is twentv-second, with 2,420 against 2 219 in lsyu; a gam or 201, or 9 1 per cent. Mt. P;eaeant ho!<h twenty-third place, with 2,252 people against 1,138 in 1890; a gain of 1 114, or 98 percent. Yorkville ccnc ndea the list numerically aod alphabetically with 2.012 inhabitants against 1,553 in 1890; a gain of 459, or 29 per oent.?The State. He Was Demented. lh<? Columbia State says Thursday * ? i m ? i i ll iVlr. T. Jtiugti 3ie?gQan, one or me leiiers of the Carolina National Bank, had a trying experience with Joseph Fero, an Austrian by birth, who proved to be demented and possessed of a tendency to violence. He came np to the window and presented in excellent chirography a Blip giving his history, saying he had been imprisioned by the United States, that he had written to all Austrian ooneuls in tbia country, and that he demanded $10,000 which he needed to carry oat his pians, adding that if the money was not handed over he would make it lively for some one. Teller Meigran handed him back the paper and told him he could not get the money there. The fellow then ^ent out. The police were notified and the man was taken into custody as he was entering the Central bank to present his demand. Liter on Mr. Riedlingsr talked with the fellow in German and acertained that he had been in an in ?i i_ at:'?-T bane aBJIUUiXU 1U.UWBU&CO 1U1 ?itbu years. He was committed to the hospital for tbe iniana yesterday afternoon. HORRIBLE SUICIDE. George W. Warner, nuo has for eereral years been local representative of the Uaah Register, of Trenton, N. J , committed suicide at Philadelphia in a most terrible manner. He placed a Dair of large shears at his throat then br striking the handle repeatedly with a hatchet droTd the blades of the soiasors into his neck. After driving ths scissors far into his flesh he walked into the entry, where probably weak from the loss of blood he fell and rolled dow? the stairs. He was dead when found. A WARNING The Cleveland Leader is sonnding a -4- Pann klfAftna i W&TDlHg tO 110 lriOiiUO) vug ^ic^/ui/nwuuu in Congress. It declares that if the proposition of the Ways and Means committee is adopted and brewers are given a rebate ia taxes amounting to more than $9,000,000 a year, while there is no reduction in the tariff tax * *""? t_ * 1 on tea the people are neeiy 10 rememuer it, and a Democratic House will probably be chosen at the next Congressional election. [ TRAIN ROBBERS Assaulted a Postal Clerk and Rifled the Ma?! Bags. BANK ROBBERS FAILED. In Another H >ldup on Outskirts of New Orleans, Conductor Kinntbrew Was Shot A bold robbery on the Cotton Belt railway occurred Thurtday at Basecus. Texas, 30 miles south of Tcxarkana, on the train coming north, in which Poa-1/^1 4 t VT Y\ 1 A. tai Uierc j oaa n i/eama w*s axtu^Bi killed at-d the mail pouches of his car rifled of their contents. The amount stoles is cot known. As the train left the Ba?scfcts water tank at 6 a. m., the express and nail cars were separated from the traia but the train crew soon had them coupled up again. In the iun from there to ?* * ii 1 icxarKaca me coaones were uucoujjjcu twice in & very Hystericus menncr. On arrival of tbe train at Texarkana the United States transfer clerk knockcd at the doer of *he mail car but got no response. Officials then forced an entrance and found the clerk, John N. Dennis stretthed upon the floor apparently dead. A hu rled examination showed that tbe registered packages had been opened and robbed of their contents, the most valuable of which was the Waco-Memphis through pouch, containing a large cumber ef valuable packages. A physician w?s sent for and it was found that Dennis was alive but unoonsoious. An ugly wound in the top of his head told the story. Two hours after he was taken to the hospital he revived sufficiently to give the details of ihe robbery. Just as the train parted at Bassetts' tank Dennis went into the vestibule of the mail car to stir up the fire. When li/> TToofiKnlQ /Ir\ftT }lap.TX two met- standing by the atove, one of whom dealt him a terrible blow over the head with a heavy fire shovel. The first blow felled him atd he was then quickly beaten into a eenseJese condi tion. He knew nothing more until he votWTIO Tinanital I nao ILTIT^U 'U VJUV Jk V 0 U.M M He is in a critical condition. Examination of the car showed that the robbers gained entrance by crawl ing through a small trap door in the floor of the vestibule. In the vestibule is a crank with which a person can nnconple the car from another, and it is belitved it was the intention of the robbers to disconnect and pet control of both cars. It is impossible to tell what the jobbers securcd, but it is believed they made a good haul. Officers are on the case, but there is little to work on, as the men could have left the car at three different places before tie train arrived here. HELD UP A TRAIN. The southbound Illinois Central "Fast Mail," due at New Orleans at 7:15 p. mM was held up and robbed by a lone train robber about one mile eutsid^ the city Thursday night. Eia booty consists of one registered mail pouch from Darant, Miss., and six other registered letters from points between Cairo and New Orleans. Conductor Kinnebrew was shot in the groin and J. C. Parker, railway mail clerk, has his left eye powder burned by a shot directed at his head. After passiDg Kenner, a small station, the robber climbed to the engine, covered the engineer and fireman and brought the train to a standstill. ' When the conductor came forward he was shot by the robber. R E. Goldsby, one of the railway mail clerks, was ordered to get out of his car. The robber led the engineer, fireman and Goldsby toward the express csr ?nd made one of them blow the safe open with a stick j of dynamite whioh he supplied. money was found here. The robber (then made for tbe mail oar and there disoorercd Parker, who had hidden the I registered pouohes. He shot at Par ! ker and then one of the pcuches was j produced and he made cfi with it. He uncoupled the engine from the train and ran it to Carrollton avenue where it was abandoned. BANK ROBBERS FAILED. Fcur masked men discovered in the j act of djnamiting the vaults of John Doerschuok's private bank at Shanesville, Ohio, early Thursday drove off all who attempted to interfere and got away with between $3 000 and $4,000. -An explosion of nitro glycerine about j 3 a. m., awakened John Rhodes, who j lives opposite the bank. .Rhodes saw I two men working at the vault doors while two others stood guard at the main entrance of the back building Rhodes, revolver in hand, rushed into the street and was met by a volley from the sentinels. Dozens of the inhabitants appeared only to be greeted by a shower of bul lets. . The robbers removed the doors of the vault and pried open the money drawers. Dumping the species into bags they baoked to the railroad traoks and disappeared on a hand car which they abandoned between here and Baltic. Bloodhounds were secured 'a larre Dosse at once started on the trail. PHOSPHATE ROFALTT. ; It has before been mentioned that the phosphate royalty would likely be ery much less this year than l?rt This condition it ssems ia due to the inability of the companies to secure bnttoms for shipping the rock. The records at the capitol show that up to Deo. 1, the State has received in phos phate royalty the sum of $21,270.73. If the same showing for the last month of the year as was made last December results the total for^ihe year will be at lnast 410 000 less than last Tear. Upto Deo 1. last year, tho receipts where $31,946 23.?The State. A RECKLESS FIEND. A white man named Rasa is in jail at Florence charged with shooting into a train and otherwise creating a distnr bance. When Conductor J. U. Main ton ! of the Wilmington local freight asked Boss for his fare the man refused it, and shoved a pistol into the conductor's face. Mr. flinton got help and returned. Busi displayed his pistol again, but was neverthless hustled off ihe train, i i Whai the trail itoT?d off ho fired shot*. * ? / BUNCOED A PRIESTSome Clever American Crooks Bob a Jesuit Institute According to a Etory'juat received from Italy a couple of ciever rascals, said to be Americans played a confidence game lately on an Italian priest, : by which they profited to the extent of $50,000. They have not been caught. The Rev. Father Grosee, a member of the Society of Jesus, who is the superier of Jesuit Institute as Turin, was the victim Two handsomely dressed men ap ; parentJy Americana or Jiagiisnnten, called upon him about a fortnight ago Red told him that itay were the trustees of a rich orphan boy. whose father had been killed in the war in the Transvaal. They told the priest they wished to place the boy uader his c*re and ha?e him educated in the institute. At the game Use they said shcy vere eu*fcodians of $40,000 whioh belonged to 3 ? j a: j__: : men wara auu mxo money wicj ur?iro\? to leave in the priest's charge. Father Grooae consented to take the boy under his care and also -;reed to accept the custody of the funds as suggested. The two strangers displayed several bundles of back notes apparently genuine which they placed in com partmenlB in the safe which Father Grcese accommodatingly opened for ihem. The pair left the house stating tba.: they were going to Milan where th$ had left their young charge, and would return with him. Several days passed tut neither of the men returned. Father Grosse then having become suspicious went to his *afe. He found that noteg aggregating 10,000 pounds, all the funds of tie inEtitution. were gone and that the bun dies of so-called back notes left by the two strangers contained nothing but waste paper. The men, under the rery eyes of the priest had extracted the institution's money from the safe while {.lacing their own counterfeits in the compartments. The police of the principle cities in Furope and this country have been notified. A Good Decision. The Columbia State says the surpreme court of South Carolina has done a good job in knocking out the special exemption clauses inserted in bo many acts of the legislature aga-nst the maadate of the constitution. In a Spartanburg case the court has declared that "in order that a law may be general it , must be of force in every county of the State, and while it may contain special provisions making its effect different in certain counties those ?ounties cannot . be made exempt from its entire operation." Ever Since the new constitution was adopted members of the legislature have been devoting themselves to nullifying its provisions in this matter of local legislation; the common | method being to pass a general law and ( then exempt the majority of counties from the opsratioas thereof. This was intended as an evasion of the constitution, but it turns out to be a distinct violation of it and as such ha&encounkered the veto of the surpreme court. When the legislature meets theTe* wllr be a scurrying for eover. Very many acts passed during the last five years will have to be remodeled to fit this deoision. A Terrible DeathThe Beaufort correspondent of The State says: "Edward Alson, colored, of Keass Neck, came here Wednesday night to bring his son, eighteen months old to a physician, xne man scacea that twowee ks since a huge rat bad bitten his five children, who had all apparently recovered except the boy whom he bronght here. The child showed signs of improvement also, notil Wednesday afternoon when he bled profnselyfrom .V 3 a 1 a n rrA9 rtf Ino 1 I tue cuu ui me iuiuuis uujti v<. <?< iv.. hand, and appeared to be suffering intense agony. The father hitched up his buggy and drove fifteen miles to this place where he arrived shortly sfter dark and took his child to a friend's ! house and immediately summoned Dr. 10. N.. Griffia. The doctor could do nothing bat allay the intense agony and the boy died about an hour after reaching town. Dr. Griffin stated that there was not an ounce of blood in the child's body, acd that. death was literally dae * ? ^ vnkqitli AAnl/) OTTO VlflflTl IU liCUlLUUiiJCD WU1VU bumu iicv uvvu ohcckod bad medical attention been obtained earlier. Alston killed the rat and stated that it was fnlly as Urge as a half grown cat. The other four victims appear to be doiBfitwell." Boasted to Death The two months old bab7 of Mra. James Dennis, of Newark, N. J., was burned to death in the family range Wednesday. Mrs. Dennis left the house about 10 o'clock, having started a fire in the raDge previous to her departure. The boy Carleton Dennis was left in charge of his 3 year old brother Carl. The mother remained away longer than she anticipated and when nearing the i house the oder of burning fhsh greet I ed her. Hastening in she was horrified j to see the feet of the youngest child j sticking out of the oven, while the entire stove heated to a red heat. The ohild had orawled into the over and the fire at that time being low, had either fallen asleep or had been unable to get out when thestove be^an to get hot. CHILDISH BEHAVIOR. The German foreign office authorises the Associated Jfress to mate tne joilowing statement regarding the Waldersee-Ch&ffee incident, based upon a cable dispatch jaat received from Field Marshall Count von Waldersee. Gen. Chaffee wrote Field Marshal Count von Waldersee a letter in a rough tone. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee refused to receive it, returning the same to Gen. Chaffee. The latter then wrote a second letter apologising for his objectionable exjetssions, whereupon Field Marihall Count von Waldersee invited Gea. Chaffee to breakfast and the inoident was amietbly closed. A POINTER Readers of The State Wednesday will have observed that High Point, N. C., which ten yeara ago was so small a Tillage as not to be separately enumerated by the censns takers, now has a population of 4,153 people. What did it? Not eotton mills, although they wrnnrht aaual wonders elsewhere; but furniture factories. High Point if the oeutre of a very flourishing industry ia this line. There are a soore of 3outh Carolina towns and Tillages that eould grow aa fast as it has done by following High Point's example.?The StaU. _ ^ KILLED BY A FALL. The Fatal Ending of a Playful Wrestling HatchWalter Sharp, a young Lexingtonian vcijr iiccuij JIUWUJ ttt?D awuucuiau^ killed on Monday evening just sonth of the city, and the manner of the killing was most unusual. It seems that the boy's father, Mr. Oicar Sharp, Mr. Jno. flyde, Mr. Jake Roof and several others, ail from Lexington couaty, living some miles west of Brookiand, determined to take a hunt on this side of the river, in the vio nity of the Congaree swamp. They g?.. their wagon acd camp utensils and started out. Thty came across the bridge in the evening and pasted on through the oity. VVfcen the wagon had gotton beyond Fisi-e'rs mill pond a 3top was mxde to wait for Waiter 3harp and a son. of Mr. Dave Mathias, ab-nt the same age. TUeae yonng fellows had been walking behind and had, gol;ten to wrestling a friendly manner, evenly matched. Finally Mathias threw Sharp. T&e latter's head struck a rock *.,11 * ~ az lie 1011. JJ Jbii uy auu juuu .< up with the wagon. Young Sharp com^ phtined of feeling badly, ana, getting in tfco wagon, lay down, the journey then being resumed. Afther going eome miles the men noticed that Sharp seemed to be ih a bad condition. They drove hastily to a place near by and the young fellow was lifted out, while a doctor waa 6eat for in a hurry. It was too late, however. The blow sustained in the fall waa a fatal one. The youag fellow lingered through the night and then died. The coroner of Richland was sot notified, but the body was plaoed in tbe wagon, and the homeward TFoa rrn n Tf orfld ft C* T>rn. jwumrj n?3 wgwu* aw ww sma wmxa cession that passed across the Oongaree bridge into Lexington county about 11 o'olook on Tuesday morning. Though the wagon had pasped through the city, it was not until yesterday morning that the story of the unfortunate accident beoams known and the facts could be obtained. From all that oould be ascertained Sharp's companion had no more idea of doing bodiiy injury to his fellow than to himself. It was a sudden and sad ending of what each believed would be a most delightful outing. The States. A ROMANTIC HI3IOEY. TT->? Ufi-rr T TT flfiffa'* 7rTwricnMi in EvHEgeling the Indians The Rev. Joseph K. Griffe, a Presbyterian preacher, who has taken upon himself the task of evangeling the Kiowa, Comanche and Apaohe.Indians, gives an interesting sketch of his life He says that he was stolen by the Indiais when he was only two years old. He was ten years old before he discovered that he was not an Indian himself. General Caster seni him te his nacle in Texas, bat he ran away, taking with him his ancle's best horse and aix-shooter. He azain re j oined the Indians. He was finally induced to become a Christian by a band of. Salvation-army workers. 4'In 1864 a band of Kiowa Indians raided our settlement on the Red River in Texas," he said, 4'and killed or earned intft oaptivity the women and children. I was then two years old. My mother saw the Indians coming and she barred the door, but the redskins battered it down with an ax rushed in upon us. I was standing in frcnt of my mother, holding to her apron strings. An Indian raised the ax to brain me and ^y mother, in stooping over to protect me, received tho blow on her skull and was killed. "I was adopted by Big Bow, the war chief of the Kiowas, and raised as one of his family. I was trained in the arts of Indian warfare. X did not learn that I was a white boy until after the battle of Washita, when General Caster, having defeated our band, iound me. He sent me home, but I ran away again. At the age of eix-.een I enlisted in Troop C, Fourth United States Cavalry, for special duty among the Indians. I served with the troop ' two years and then deserted. I was captured later and sentenced by a drumhead court to be shot. I escaped by cutting my way through the roof of the guard bouse at Jborc .h?qo. "For years I tramped the country until converted by the Salvationists. I was ordered to the ministry at Cleveland, and was for five years pastor of the iiouth Presbyterian Church at Buffalo. I am now going baok to do missionary work among tho Kiowas and to try and save the souls of tho very redekins whojtook the life of my motaer."? Kansas City Times. Christmas With Hampton. The Charlotte Observer says Mr. Shakespeare Harris, of Poplar Tent Oab?rra? county, who made a .record in the civil war as one of Gen. Wade Hampton's scouts, is to spend Christ* mas with the old general at his home in South Carolina. Mr. Harris was a young chap in the war and had hair like But?lo Bill's. The closest place he was ever in was when the Yankee got him. It was a hand to hand combat following a oavarly charge. Mr. Harris' scalp was ripped open from the top of his head to the base of his neck by a (tabre stroke and the hair and scalp flapped over into his face blinding him. JEven then he would have got his man but for the snapping of his pistol. As it was, the Yankee got him, and it was a good many days before he did any more scouting for Hampton, tten. Hampton and Mr. Harris have met frequently sinoe the war, and they are jast the 80i t of a pair to have a good Christ mas together. Silled His Father* A Wake oomnty N. C., farmer named JaBal Cooehwas killed by his young son at their home Wednesday afternoon. Coooh was beating his wife, and when the son interfertd he was chased by his father with a knife. The father ???? k?itin<r Vii rrifa IU9U O^VIU WVI*V*?? The son retmrned, secured a gun and blew hi# father's brains out. The boy made his escape and a warrant was last night issued charging kirn wifck murder. SWALLOWED IT. Senator Wellington has told the Bepublican oaucus committee to oount him out: but he has also refused to sit with the Democrats. Has he swallowed i his political way-bill, like the famous goat? j ; 7 ^ .. ; wt | CORNERSTONE LAID 1 v 9 *"V' ' J And the South. Carolina Exposition is Under Way. . < 5 T-'/j IT WAS A GREAT DAY. ? J The Masonic Orand Lodge of the State Took Charge of the Vwy Impressive S Csremcr>i ?. A-speoial dispatch^rcd Charleston to The Slate says the cor aers tone of the textile buiidicj* or cotfccnjjjLA^_thai_ ? nam buiMioe or~Iae Softih Carolina Interstate and West Indiln exposition, > was laid Tuesday of last week with ay propriate ceremonies. The exercises were of an interesting *od elaborate character and were' iticnded by feveral thousand people. The grounds had been cleared, a speakers' stand and a triumphal arch ereoted. The stand and arch were beautifully decorated. The weather was clear, . bright and cool and was most' auspicious for the suao*se of the great enter* nri<*A vhieh flharlpstnn ha* nndfirtikfta. The parade of the troops was * feature of the day's exercises. The infantry, naval reserves and the German Artillery and two military bands were in line, Tinder command of M?j. Henry Schachte. The militia pmspdift review of the distinguished guests in the carriages, which fell into lfne behind the troops. The parade mov:d off from the Fourth Brigade plaza at 3 o'clock, and in less than an hour the olumn wheeled into the exposition grouads and the exercises were begun. On the stand were W. A. HemphilL of Atlanta, representing Gov. Cand? ler; Got. MeSweeney, Mayor Smyth, Grand Master Orlando Sheppard, of the Grand Lodge, A F. M., a cumber of offictrs of the Grand Lodge, -Gen. Floyd, President F. W. Wagener, the architect, Bradley Gilbert and his special party, and directors of the exposition, including Col. Wiiie Jones; a number of members of the League of American Municipalities and many other prominent people. President Wagener called the assemblage to order and made a brief ad* dress on the plans and purposes of the exposition and introduced Major 8myth, who presided. The major spoke briefly in taking the gavol. Got. MaSweeney next spoke. He was followed by Mr. W. A. Hemphill and others. The speeches were interspersed with music by the First Artillery band. TZl KJLSONIC CIEIMOXUS followed the addresses. The ceremonits were of an interesting and ia* nresarre character. The Grand Lodge appeared in the insignia of the order swirics aprons, "When fifth's Foundation was First Laid" was tuag by 50 select voices. A prayer was offered by the grand ohaplain and then a number of articles wero deposited in the cornerstone box. Grand Muter Sheppard then applied the plumb, square and level to tha stone, and after it had been properly placed, he pronounced it to be "well - 4 . i i i. ff rrtt _ xormea, true aaa trusty. in? cere* mony of sprinkling the stone with corn, ^ wine and oil whose significance is plenty was then performed. The grand master then struck the stone three times with his hiram and another selection by the choir and benediction concluded the exercises. The trowel whioh was used by Grand Master 8heppard is the same whidi was used at the laying of the cornerstoneo!" Gen. Dr. Kalb's monument at Camden, S. C. by Marquis de Lafayette. After the ezerciscs a special trail ? was run to Summerviile and the dia tinguished guests were entertained with a dinner at the Pine Forest Inn. The stores eloscd shortly after noon and business was generally suspended; giving the oity the appearanoe of a j holiday. J. B. A Narrow EscapeJohn Newton, a prominent farmer residing at Petro, Teacs^had a narrow escape of his life a few days ago. He was plowing in a large field near hie house when thej^C suddenly opened and his team w*?s swaiiowed up. he ? ? -- - * J '^-l- 4.1. ^ Dareiy escaping going aowa witu we team. The field has been iar cultivation for over sixty years, and never before has such a thing occurred. Newton wai plowing with a double team and both I horses went in the pit. A number of I neighbors at once set to workjligging, I and after some time secured the team, but one of the horses had to be killed. ' It is supposed that a large underground waterway was the cause of the cavein, ^1 but none was discovered in the chasm. One theory is that it marks the outlet s oZ the lake on the mountain near by whioh seems to be bottomless and that the outlet is in the bed of the Te nnei* ee river. Interesting Criminal Statistics. I Attorney General Walser has pre- 4^ pared his report on the criminal trials ^ in this State for the two years ended June 30 last and made it public. It shows 16,627 trials and developes the remarkable fact that there were 2,000 fewer than during the previous two years Of those tried during the past two years 12,345 were males, 1,280 fe- 1 males. 8,625 white, 7,957 negroes. 45 Indiana. There were 10,485 conviction?. 1 TWa are four caoital crimes in this M State?anon, burglary, murder and rape. The number of trials of these are at follows: Arson 21, burglary 51, murder 160, rape 35. Up to the time covered by these statisticts there had been a steady increase in crime. For 1891 92 there were 12 006 trials, for 1893 94 there were 13,255, for 1895-96 there *ere 15 693 and for 1897 98 there were 18,541. fl TWO HTTNDRED DROWNED. The falling over board of a man from a passenger boat on the West river, near Eo Katt, China, led to a rath of some 400 passengers to the side of the vessel, jshich caused her to sink, over 200 person; being drowned. M I