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J K i M'.rlR. T1 rlov. Carter, 1 i pok \ i? manahkr; WfDS'KSDAT, OCTOBER, 9, 1901. s Washington Letter. c t (From our IWlior ? orrmpmidenr ) ( Washington, D. C., Oct. 7.? < Callers on President Roosevelt | who hold the idea that he is self- , opinionated when they enter the | \\ hoe H lithe ll?oinllv ?>hnne? it I p" * . betme they leave Whatever he j ii?:.\ have been, his talk since he < became president has not been that j of h self-opinionated man. On the contrary, he makes it a point to obtain an expression of opinion 1 from those ot his (alters he thinks | likely to have any of value. In | short, he is at present seeking, ] not imparting opinions. What he | will do with the information thus , gained is something that only time j can determine. His method was i pithily illustrated by a Senator, , who said to u friend, just after he ( had had a talk with the President: "Roosevelt asked more pointed , tpiestious than any man I eves met, , except Li Hung Chang." I Uncle Sam lost $3,981.71 dur- ' ing the last fiscal year on his mail I service, hut, owing to reform in I the carrying of second clusa mail, i which wont into effect the first of i this month, a profit is confidently i looked for during the current fis. i cul year. Of course a profit is a good thing, but the jiolicy of the post oflice department should be to improve the postal service, I which is far from perfect in many respects, rather than to seek to show a profit at the end of the tis- | cal year. Extravagance in any branch of the public service is al- 1 ways to be deprecated, but the people of this country, who use the mails more extensively than the people of any other country j do, demand the best possible mail ( service that can be had and are | willing to pay for it. < K< prescntati ve Livingston, of t Georgia, said of the sentiment of t the people of his section toward, i the President: "Our people have i no apprehension regarding Presi- i dent Roosew.i. They admire him f for his honesty, integrity, and ag gres^ivo spirit." * President Roosevelt has inter- ( ested himself in the case of Miss 1 Stone, the American missionary who was kidnapped hy f rigands .1 in Bulgaria and he personally as- ( sured two representatives of the v American Board of Foreign Mis- ^ sions that the whole power of this c government wot Id he used to aid ^ iu bringing about the release of " Miss Stone. ^ U. 8. Consul McCook, at Daw- ( son Cuy, in a report to the tie purtinent of State warns the pub be against buying stock in fake rt J5 ' n j,raining companies. lie says: "I h ive the honor to report that mining companies are promoted and ( floated in the States on claims in 1 the Klondike which the public should not touch. The public should beware and not invest their ^ money in companies they know nothing about. No one having a I , it" good claim need float a company. ; ^ ~ """""" !( Killed by k Policeman. Special to The State. Bethune, Oct. 6.?Jesse De-'f( Bruhl, the policeman at Lucknow, (j a little town about eight miles lie- ' Hj low here, shot and killed Davejw Brown, a white man. last ni.rlo ' "'"ip while lie was ondearnring to effect | ^ his (Brown's) arrest. Brown had j been drinking during the afternoon. No further paiticulars! obtainable. J'*>7" Pay your subscription to ^ the Ixjdger, ease. () Killed Her Brotal Husband S ??? s ? t lira. Marcus of Camden Fir?#d the Fatal Bullet Evidently to Pr??- ( tect Her Own Life ypecial ^ The State. Caiuden, Oct. 6. ?The Cauxien ;otton mill villsge was the aceue )f a tragedy Saturday night which >mled in ihe death of Henry Mar;ua, a white man, by the hand of aie wife, Mrs. Mattie Marcus. It ' ip pears from the testimony ai land at tho coroner's inquest that Marco* for several year* had been in the hahtt of maltreating his wife; heating her and otherwise icting the brote. At February term of court Marcus was sentenced to work on the chaingang for resisting an of- 1 tieer who was about to ar-est him ' for some offense. Tho next day tie broke jail and disappeared until last Sunday m ruing, when he and a companion gained entrance into M rs Marcus' house near the Uamden cotton mill, between 4 and 5 a. m., under plea that Marcus wish'd to remove his trunk As soon as he had gotten the trunk out of the bouse Marcus advanced >n his wife with a knife swearing that as he was about to leave Camden forever, he would kill her. She seized a pistol and tired to frighten him, but as he con- i tinned to advance, she tired again, this time aiming at him. The shot took effect, the ball enteiing above the breast bone, causing i his death. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came to his death by a gunshot wound from the hands of Mrs. Mattie Marcus, who has been arrested and placed in the county jail. Detectives and Police Can Heat* ( Nothing of the Missing Clerk. Absolutely no cine has yet been < found as to the whereabouts of the ' nisHing express clerk, Mr. Hel an!, whose strange disappearance ' a'km told of in The State of yes- ' ;?rdav. The police, the city de.? :eetives, the express officials and I lewspaper men have all been mak- 1 ng TijroroiiH efforts in the matter, i ollectively and independently, f ?ut so far without the slightest < incces?. Yesterday a number of 1 'opposed clues were followed out > doselv and energetically all i?d? t ng in nothing. ' The belief is general that the t roung man's mind became sud- \ lenly unbalanced and that he ^ vandered away. It may be that ^ io went to some secluded spot and , lehherately hid himself; it may < >e that he has left on a train; or it ,1 nay be that he has made way with ? uuiself at the canal or the river ^ >r in some other place, the loca- 4 ion of which could not be quickly g nown. The young man's friends j re greatly worried over the af j air, but are hoping for the best. ?The Sta*.e, 7th inst r tn Appeal to America in Miss Stone's Behalf. s Boston, Oct. 4 ?An appeal to 'hristian America has been made c 11 behalf of Miss .Ellen Stone, lie missionary held captive by ^ rigands, who will meet death ^ >ctober 8 unless $110,000 ranI run be paid before that date. The ppeal savs: "The government at Washing- ^ >n has done and is doing every- |? ling otlieially and humanely j>og- j' ble to secure her release. Not- ft ithstanding all this, there is a ^ ossihilitv of failure of negotia- * y one, and it is absolutely necesiry that the amount to he raised c <* instantly raised."' Contributions may he sent te f C1 bidder, I'oabody <fc Ce , trustees, nd must reach their oanking w hum' in Boston before noon of * ctobcr 7. ] g itate Chairman Makes Suggestion iVithdraws From Knee for U S. Senator Presenting <i*u? Hanipt?n'?Niuin?Thinks the Place Should t?e Off-'ied Him Unanimously. The State, 7th Oct A statement was jjiven the >re?s on Saturday by C<>1. Wilie Jones, chairman of the Democratic party in this State, nh i has 9601 an avowed candidate for senatorial honors, which will set the people and the politicians of the State to thinking and talking. Pol. Jones withdraws from the race, and in doing so makes the t U . 4 4 U.. _ * I- 1 * ?iikk?"ii,"i itini nit* i iuei laiiiuislates f?r Senator McLaurin's beat step abide also, and let the position oe unanimously tendered to (Jen Wade Hampton, the most nohle figure today in South Carolina's political and war history. It is a prohibition that will startle nmny at the lirst, hut its appropriate ness and merits will he certain te command much consideration from the people of the State. Here ib what Col. Jones says of the matter in his statement: 44I have concluded not to enter the race for the United States senate next, year, because I feel that I cannot give up mv home business interests, unless there he a special demand for it. I have a very large personal acquaintance with the Democrats of this State. Judging from letters received and many personal interviews I feel satisfied that mv chances for the nomination to this distinguished position would have been fully as good as that of any candidate whose name is now mentioned in nAlinanttnn ?*? ! U u\runvv/iau?l TT Illl HID r>Dimil?rW|]||J, I would hare no political fear to run against any man in this State Bxcept two, nahiely, Senator Tillman and Gen. Hampton, because I believe either of them could beat me or any other mao ?n the State. "By the way, I think the very beat solution of the senatorial cor est would be for all of the young men who are now candidates for he (dace to innoutice their withdrawal on the condition that, Gen. Wade Hampton accented the po dtion and let the old general be dec ted without opposition. "Without any reflection upon iny candidate now in the field I lelieve that Gen. Hampton's news on national politics meet vith the approval of practically ill the Democrats in the State. ;uch a happy and gracious event, is the selection of Gen. Hampton it this particular time would make he Democratic party of this State absolutely irresistable and j ave us of much agitation and eeling when there is so much else I 'or our people to do. * * I happened in 1877 to he one >f the six Democratic hoys who | uirried Gen. Hampten on our ihouldtrs from the platform where le whh inaugurated through the treats of Columbia to the hotel, md today aguin it would he my ;reat pleaisure to cooperate in iterating him to this high position, localise I believe it would bw for he good of the great Democratic >arty of ray State." Coming as it does from tne itate chairman, the proposition is ne that is of peculiar interest, "hat it will meet the unanimous pproval of all veterans in South Carolina goes without saving, and here will he many who are not eterans who will approve of it. t is of course impossible to foreast the course the other cundiutes will pursue. One thing is ertuin, however, and that is that lUMiiu vjicu. uain|nwii, tuw IIJUII rho redeemer! the State from ne;ro rule, be Bent buck to the sen -Announc ILti Respectfully announce to the I'ub STORKS are now open, and invite : Immerse ok Frasii I>ry Goo?N, Not >lioeM, (Jroce hing to Gat' Wo are too busy to quote price . and we feel aure you will be pleased j:y/"We respectfully solicit vol W1LLIAMS-1 ate the people of South Carolina would b* represented on nil the import.iui isstirs by one who bus ever been true 10 his people in time of war and in time of peace. To send him back as u crowning , Jorv to a loiiir and useful life would show to the outside world that South Carolina appreciates a 1 son .Who has done for her what nothing' she can do for him can repay. I I lion. Walteu Hazard for Judge., I Special to The State. Georgetown, Oct. 5.?It is ru- ( mo red here that the Hon. Walter j Iluzard, one of the most promi- | uout lawyers of this city and one ^ of the ablest in the State, will be j nominated with strong probability | of being elected judge?successor ] to O. W. Buchanan. H.A.D. . , Capers Appointed. f . } Cleveland, O., Oct. 5 ?John j G. Capers has been appointed by < Sena or Ilanna, chairman of the committee, to a vacancy in the Republican national committee i caused by the deatli of Judge E. A. Webster of South Carolina. Mr. Capers is at present district 1 attorney. j Attempted Suicide. I Greenville News, 8tb inst. F. H. Lynes, the well known " proprietor of the Gem afe, the ( most fashionable restaurant in Greenville, attempted to kill him- (j self \esterd?y afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by shooting himself with a 38-caliber pistol. llis attempt ? may prove fatal. I Killed His Man. Gov, McSweenev yesterday received an official report from Magistrate Motte of Berkeley county in regard to the killing of 1 a negro desperado. The magis- ) trate advised the governor that having had a warrant for the , . 1 negro he sent his constable out to . , , li arrest bim. 1 ho negro resisted ^ arrest and the constable shot hi i dead. There was a reward for fl the capture of the man and the magistrate wrote to inform the governor of the killing and ask if his constable was entitled to the n reward offered. The constable j being an officer in the discharge 1 of his duty is of course not en' f titled to the reward.?The State. , . a < r. . ..... ?> i wenuetn century medicine. J Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as ^ far ahead of ancient pill poisons and ^ li(|uid physic as the electric light of the tallow candle. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All 1 druggists, ioc. c JjgF" Pay for your paper and you'll enjoy reading it more. C sement !UGHIFS COi, lie that the TWO BIG GANBON *n inspection of their Of i "lew Goods : ions, Olotliin : ries.--- Kvc.nv -r ( * J i?r to ear. s. Come and wee what we have I. 4, ir patronage. HUGHES 00. Young Lady's Awful Deatb. Was Killed by the Accidental Dis** charge of u Shotgun. Special to The State. Newberry, Oct. 7.?A terrible accident occurred in the Beth Eden section about nix miles from Newberry this morninar. Mr. Ernest Schumpert took lis gun and went out to kill a iawk that had been troubling his jhickeos and when he came back le set the gun down behind the loor. Miss Clara Whitman, hia uster in-law, was sweeping the loor at the time and it 18 not mown whether she struck the *un with her broom or whether ;he door was pushed against it, nit it was discharged ami the ead struck the young lady in the ?ye tearing on toe entire upper 3&rt of her skull., killing her instantly. Miss Whitman was 17 i eurs old and was a daughter of Mr. Quincv Whitman Mr. M-hnmpert is a son of Mr. Fred Schumpert of this county. STRAWB RRV PLANTS. The largest stock in the world Nearly lOO varieties All the choice, luscious kinds for he Garden and Fancy Market \lso Shipping Varieties. Also Dewberries, Asparagus, Rhubarb, jrrape Vines, etc-, etc. Our 120 page Manual, free to Hiyers, enables everybody to flow them with success and profit. All plants packed to curry icross the continent fresh us when log. Illustrated catalogue free, specify if vim want catalogue of Shipping Varieties or Fancy Gar len kinds. CONTINENTAL PLANT CO, Strawberry Specialists KITTItELL, N C. 1? IN~ BUGGIES AND WAGONS YVe ?re now selling for $55. JUGGIES * hat we have been sellrig at $60; and Buggies heretoore sold at $55. we are now sellng at $50. So come and get you nice, new BUGGY while they re CHEAP. We are selling the Nissen round nd square hound wagons, also he Owensboro \Vjtgon at surprisngly low prices. We keep on hand some good lORSES? some as fine animals s you will find anywhere. If on want a horse that will suit on in every particular, don't my until you see our STOCK. Wo also run a first-class livery, nd can give yon as good teams as an be had in town. Yours to serve, iLYBURN HEATH MULE GO. local Matters Bore, on Friday lant, to Mr. and Mrs. Ira P. Hardin, a daughter. -*-* Barn, Friday, Oct. 4, 1901, to Mr. and Mr*. O. H. Deale, a daughter. Lower Camp Creek school open d Monday with Miss Maggie Tompkins as teacher. ?0B Mr. R. H. Sapp, of the O. K section, had a mule bitten through the nose by a mad dog lust Thiusday. Mrs Effie Caldwell has returned home from an extended risit to her sister, Mrs. A. J. Bass, at Norwuy, 8. C. \f ,.o \M . I? *1 1 1-aal iu.1 U. AU? u. vnilllllHl, llllll 1IIUO grand children are spending this week with Mrs. C's brother, Mr. W. T. Vanlandioghum, at Dry Creek. Mr. H. E. Coffey h s purchased a lot on Meeting Street in West End and will build on the corner of Meeting and Maple streets, facing both streets. -nRev. R. M. Hilton will preach at the Carnes school house the 3rd Sunday in October, at 3:30 o'clock, p. m. His subject will be the "Prodigal Son." Allen and Robert Witherspoon, colored, were tried on Monday in Magistrate Caskey'a court on the charge of laiceny The jury could not agree and a mistrial was ordered. A new trial will be had this afternoon. Magistrate J. J. Roberts, of Flat Creek township, made his quarterly return to the county treasurer this week of fines and co?ts collected in his court. The amount wan #24.40. -nMr WD .lonos, of Cedar Creek township, whose residence and household trnods were recently de? stroved by fire, has received his insurance money, #600., and has contracted with Mr. J. R. Wallace for the erectioe of a new home. C/K Comptroller General Derham has just issued his annual Pension Report to the General Assembly for the year 1901. The report is quite.an elaborate piece of work and shows Ihe number of pensioners in South Carolina on the roll by counties and classes. <UA> Married, at Heath Springs, on Sunday last, by Magistrate H. W Mobley, Mr. Minor Mackev, of Kershaw, and Miss Bessie* Perry, daughter of Mr. Georce Perrv On the home day, by Magistrate Mobley, Mr. John Maokey and Miss Lula Harris, daughter of Mr J. K. Harris, all of Lancaster county. The mone ' season is at hand and people are making arrangements to settle past debts. Don't forget your paper in making other payments; we have waited patients ly and tried to serve all subscribers faithfully. CJ7J From The Yorkville Ennuirer we learn that Mr. A. Berry Cauthen, formerly of this county, who for the past two years has been the efficient agent of the Three C's Railway at Yorkville, has been transferred to Camden. He and his family leave a large number of friends in Yorkville who regret to see them depart. Mr. A S Clark, who was at one time agent at Heath Springs, has been trans^ ferred frem Camden to Yorkville te succeed Mr. Cauthen. ' t