ESTABLISHED IN 16
STATE CAMPAIGN.
It Is Said that Only Two Officers Will
Be Offered.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
?Chairman Garris toj Have Six Can
didates Against Him. State
Treasurer Jennings Will
Also Be Opposed. '
The Columbia State says since the
adjournment of the legislature politics
has settled into more or less quietude,
but talk of the coming campaign for
State offices is beginning to be heard
^n the streets, in the State house and
in the places where politicians and
their friends congregate. It is not
probable that the campaign will be at
all exciting. The officers of the
present administration, with the ex
?ception of two, seem assured of no op
position, and the public can hope for
- no repetition of the sensational sum
mer of two years ago.
There has been no announcement of
opposition to Gov. Heyward. It was
rumored that Mr. Martin F. Ansel of
Greenville, one of the candidates who
made the race in 1902 and finished a
very close second, would again offer,
but this hai been set at rest. Lieut.
?Got. Sloan has no rival as yet. At
torney General Gunter, now serving
his first term, having been" assistant
to Attorney General G. Duncan Bel
linger previous to that time, may be
re-elected without being opposed, it
, is safe to say. Secretary of ?tate J.
T. Gantt is another State officer who
was assistant to his predecessor, and
is now serving his first term in his
official capacity. His re-election seems
practically assured. There is little
doubt too that Comptroller General
A. W. Jones will be again in office
when the ballots are counted. He
too was elected to the comptrollership
after serving as clerk in that office.
Adj. Gen. John D. Frost came up the
same way, for It will be remembered
that he was assistant'to Adj. Gen. J.
If. Floyd. It was stated some time
-ago that Col. J. C. Boyd of the First ,
( regiment would be a candidate for
Gen. Frost's position but he has sta
ted to the 'contrary.
State Treasurer Jennings will not
have a bed of roses to tread upon "in
the good old summer time," if Dame
1 Rumor can be credited. She says
that three candidates have already
arrayed themselves against him. It
was stated authoritatively Thurs
day that Dr. D. M. Crosson of
Leesvllle, an ex-senator and well
known in Lexington and parts of ad
joining counties, would be a candi
date. The Edgefield Chronicle sug
gests Hon. T. H. Rainsford for the
place of treasurer. Mr. Raiosford
has been a member of the general as
sembly for some years. It was stated,
however, some time ago that he
would stand for the sepatorial seat to
be vacated by ex-Gov. John C. Shep
pard. A third candidate, it is said,
will be J. F. Foulk, county treasurer
of Bamberg.
Much interest centers about the
race for railroad commissioner. Com
missioners J. H. Whartori and Banks
"L. Caughman hold over but Mr. Cal
vin W. Garris, the chairman of the
board, will be out of office if not suc
cessful in the campaign, for his; term
expires this year. He will be opposed
by Mr. W. Boyd Evans of this city,
who was a candidate in 1902. Two
candidates who made the race in 1902,
Messrs. John G. Mobley of Fairfield
and "Cansler of Tirzah," will ruu
again, Mr. John Earle of Greenville,
Mr. H. J. Gigriilat of Seneca and pos
ibly A. C. Jepson, a former candidate,
are the other candidates. A member
ship on the board of railroad commis
sioners seems an attractive plum for
there are always plenty of seekers af
ter the fruit. The term is six years
and the salary 51,800 per annum.
This is the situation today
but it is so early that it is dangerous
to make any definite statements about
the game o? politics. The political
bee is ever busy and insidious and buz
zes into many bonets without the
wearer's realization.
The date for the campaign has not
jet been set. The schedule will be ar
ranged by the new State Democratic
committee which is yet to be elected
by the State .convention, on nomina
tion of the respective counties.
The present executive committe has
?called the convention toNmeet here on
the third Wednesday in May, the 18th
inst. This convention is, as is known,
composed of delegates selected on the
first Monday in May, the 2d inst, by
the county conventions, each county
being entitled to a number of d e
gates double the number of represen
tatives in the general assembly. The
?3ocal clubs meet on the fourth Satur
day In April, the 2Sth inst, to organ
ize and elect delegates to the county
convention, each club being entitled
to one delegate for each 25 members
or majority fraction thereof. Each
couQty convention elects a member
of the State executive committee.
The State convention elects a mem
ber of the national executive com
mittee and delegates to the national
convention in St. Louis.
Killed His Son in Law.
Walter McNeal was shot and killed
Tuesday morning near Pearson. Ga.,
by Henry Cook, his father-in-law.
The killing was the finale of a quarrel
that had been nursed by the two men
for some time. Cook met McNeal
and ordered him out of his buggy, i
McNeal complied, whereupon Cook |
drew his revolver arid fired three
times, all of the shots taking effect. |
Cook then spurned McNeal's bodyj
with his foot. Cook left the scene j
going in the direction of Douglass,'
presumably to surrender to the au-1
thorities.
169.
SETTLERS COMING.
Three'Items of Considerable Interest
in Regard to Immigration.
The Columbia Record says Mr. Jos.
W. Stewart, passenger agent of the
Seaboard, Thursday received a letter
from Dr. Chas. Gurneer, of Evansville,
Ind., who is now in Charleston, in re
gard to establishing a German-Ameri
can colony somewhere in this state.
Dr. Gurneer has interested himself in
this idea considerably and desires to
purchase anywhere from 1,000 to
10,000 acres of swamp land which can
be obtained cheap and then after
draining it render it suitable for colo
nization by a large colony of German
citizens who are now in the state of
Indiana. They are not satisfied with
the climate and wish to come South.
Dr. Gurneer is now in Charleston and
expects to go to Summerville where
he will inspect the French-Canadian
colony and afterwards will come to
Columbia for a conference with the
Seaboard officials. It is impossible
that the colony may be located very
near this city and if not it may be up
near Cheraw. The Seaboard people
will do all they can to have it located
near Columbia.
The office of commissioner of immi
gration is in receipt of a large numb r
of inquiries'in regard to statistical
information about the state. From
the facts now on hand in this office
the inquiries can be answered at once
and in this way the state is being
well advertised. A letter was receiv
ed from a capitalist in Texas Tues
day desiring information as to the law
exempting enterprises from taxation,
it being intimated in the letter that
he was interested in this state and
might be induced to invest. The capi
talist|was given the law on the matter,
which, according to the recent discus
sion of the supreme court in the Spar
tanburg mill case, provides what a
majority of the citizens in the district
shall decide whether or not the enter
prise shall be exempt from the tax.
The term fixed by law is five years.
'Efforts have been made recently by
the local officers of the Seaboard to
interest a northern capitalist in a
stock farm about five miles below Co
lumbia. Toe gentleman who had
been in the city several days on pleas
ure became interested in the town
and after finding out the cheapness of
the land in the vicinity closed a deal
for about 200 acres of land just below
the city. The gentleman's name is
N. W. Smith and he is expected to
return in a few days and complete all
arrangements for a stock farm.
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Five Others Fatally Injured in Acci
dent Ne&r Scran ton. Pa,
Six persons are known to have been
killed and five fatally injured by an
explosion In the factory of the Dickson
Squib company at Priceburg, near
Scranton, Pa., Thursday.
The dead are:
Lizzie Bray, Priceburg. .
Lillian Mahan, Priceburg.
Reekie Lewis, North Scrantoa.
Lizzie Matthews, Olyphnnt.
George Callahan, Priceburg.
Teresa Callahan, Priceburg.
Those fatally injured are:
Mamie Gilallon.
Martha Ilay Brown.
Cassie F< mltz.
Mettie Hevron.
Oscar Ayser.
Twenty girls were empioyed in the
factory. What caused the explosion
is not known, but it is said that one
of the girls threw a squib into a stove
asd that the force oi' the explosion
was so great that it wrecked the
building and set it cn fire. The
squibs are used in coal mining.
The Dickson Squib company occu
pied only the first lluor of the struc
ture, the Callahan family having
rooms on the second lloor. It was
here that the two Callahan children
lost their lives.
Thomas Callahan, the father, was
at work and Mrs. Callaban had just
left the room when the explosion oc
curred. The children, aged 3 years
aud 6 monulia, ruayec-uiveiy, v>ere
playing on the tloor. Both were in
stantly killed. The building caught
fire and the llames communicated o
the adjoining buildings, one occupied
as a houel and the other as a butcher
shop. Both were destroyed.
All of the bodies have been taken
from the debris. The bodies of the
dead employes were so badly burned
that it was with great difficulty that
they could be recognized.
Five Lives Lost.
Five lives have been lost and prob
ably upwards of 85,000,000 worth of
damage to property has been done by
the Hood which has devasted many
parts of Michigan during the past, five
days. Wednesday night the indica
tions are that the end is in sight al
though conditions are still very bad
at Grand Rapids and also jalong the
course of the Saginaw river. At
Grand Rapids the water has fallen
two feet Wednesday and at Saginaw
and Bay City, while no such marked
improvement is to be noted the fact,
that much of the ice that blocked the
mouth of the Saginaw river at Bay
City has gone out is taken as a very
favorable indication. Wednesday night
the ice gorge went out and the river
began falling.
Loses the Scholarship.
Senator Tillmanhas notified Super
intendent of Education Martin that
he will appoint Mr. Gibbes Lykesas a
cadet to West Point, and that the al
ternates will be George C. Bowen
and W. n. Price in the order named.
Mr. Robert Stephenson Simmons, of
Charleston, really won the first place
in the competitive examination, but
for good reasons to himself iie signed
his papers ''Robert Stephenson" and
did not sign them with his proper
name, "Simmons."
WERE BEFUSED.
Charleston Dispensers Ordered Not to
Sell to Prescribed Persons.
THE STATE BOARD'S ORDERS.
Dispensary Daw Must Be Enforced
or Dispensers Will Suffer.
Drunkards and Minors
Can't Get "Booze."
Trouble is brewing among the pat
rons of the dispensary as a result of
the receipt of a circular letter from
the State board of control directing
the dispensers to comply strictly with
the provisions of the law, relating to
the sale of liquors to minors and
drunkards and to other sections.
The circulars were received here
Wednesday and put into operation
Wednesday morning, with the result
that hundreds of applicants lor official
grog were turned down by the dis
pensers and clerks who were unwilling
to take the chances of continuing the
promiscuous violation of the law in
selling liquor to prescribed persons
and otherwise ignoring the provisions
of Ihe act which were incorporate for
the purpose of making the law a
moral measure. -The conduct of the
dispensaries has been a scandal in
Charleston in the respect of the
neglect of certain provisions of
the law by the dispensary manage
ment which was - bent on mak
ing large sales. The circular of the
State board aims to stop this violation
of the law by the dispensers, and to
require tbe officials of the system to
live up to tne requirements just as
the outside public must obey the law.
The example of the officials obeying
the law is to be set before the public
that the usually most effective argu
ment against the dispensary may be
removed. Many people, who are pre
judiced against the law, ease their
conscience in the jury box by declar
ing that the blind tigers should not be
punished for violating the law since
the dispensers themselves are con
stantly breaking the law. A complete
compliance of the law by the officials
will have a most wholesome effect on
public sentiment, not to speak of the
public moral benefit which can bedoue
by the dispensers themselves in follow
ing close!v the provisions of the law.
The matter of complying with the
spirit and letter of the law is not to
be left entirely with the conscience of
the dispensers, for, it is understood
that from time to time, a little bit of
detective work will be done by the
Columbia authorities to ascertain if
the iaw is being observed. Parties
who give fictitious names in making
name in making application for liquor,
negroes who do not sign their names
or make their mark, drunkards and
minors will call at the counters of the
dispensers and if oey secure their
liquors as they have done in the past,
there will be trouble for dispensers.
The penalty is dismissal from office,
and also prosecution in the State
courts by the circuit solicitor, who
will also institute civil proceedings
against the dispensers' bonds, the
principal and sureties being also re
sponsible under the act.
The violation of the law is conse
quently not to be a trivial offense,
and it is not likely that the dispensers
will be so indiscreet as to sell liquor
to parties who are on the proscribed
list or who are not even known bo the
dispensers personally, unless these
applicants provide themselves with a
certificate for tbe purchase or the
liquor, signed by some responsible
party, who is known to the dispenser.
Tbe dispenser turned down mauy
appliconts Wednesday morning and
they got tired ot making the explana
tion of their reason, so much so, that
later in the day, they simply refused
to sell or give any satisfaction to par
ties, under age or known to use liquor)
to excess, leaving the applicants to
lind out for themselves as best they
could why the existing order of things
had been changed.
1 The dispensers are looking forward
to the return of the former free and
uurestrained sale. They seem to
think that the new regulations have
been introduced only for effect, and
will soon be forgotten. Tue new
order will give public satisfaction and
it is hoped that there will be no let
in the enforcement of the law, as long
as it is the law of the State.- Tne
Post. _
Murder und Robbery.
Three masked men held up the Ore
gon express, southbound, on the South
ern Pacific railroad, Friday night at
Copley, near Keswick, Col., killed W.
J. O'Neill, he express messenger,
and carried off the concents 01 the ex
press box. The train is known as No.
15 and stopped at Copley, a smaii
station, tor water. As tne train
came to a standstill; three men
jumped on and cut the train in two,
taking the engine and express car
down the track a short distance. They
stopped the engine and deiioerateiy
killed O'Neill by shooting him through
the head. The bandits tnen robued
the express car of its contents out it
is not known how much they obtained.
Alfter robbing the car the men cut it
loose and getting on the engine com
pelled Engineer Joesink to go ahead.
When near Koswick the men dropped
off the engine and disappeared with
their plunder. They have not been
captured._
Afraid of Him.
"T ^resident's friends," it is
am l a Washington, "have
str : sod hi.ii against speech
maKn:. have assured him that
his electi' n looks to be certain. They
do not see why he should exhaust his
st-T ngth and health in speechmaking
an jk. chances on some inopportune
re. .r.c .hat might do harm." The
pit; o. the matter is in the last ten
words. The Republicans should be
known this year as "Old Party Afraid
of Its Candidate."
rBGr, S. C, WEDNESDAY
B?RGLAES AT AU!EN.
Stole JEi?ht Hundred Dollars In
Jewels and Other Valuables.
A dispatch from Aiken to The State
says that city was visited last week
by a bold robber or gang of robbers.
No clue has been found to the rascals.
As burglars "scooped" the town last
December and entered the residences
of J./W. Platt, F. B. Henderson, L.
Bradwell and- Mrs. Edward King,
leaving no clue to their identity, so
did tbey last night and left no trace;
only in this instance hut one place
was visited.
Mr. William Grosvenor of Provi
dence! R. I., owns one of the hand
somest winter residences in Aiken.
He has a large family and employs
many sarvants. At 7 o'clock last even
ing, while the family were at dinner,
a company of negro serenaders came
to the door'and commenced singing.
Several of the family sat on the porch
listening,.while some remained at the
table; '
One who was on the porch said that
a negro Walked up to the serenaders
and the men in the company nodded
to him and he walked on around the
house. Another member of the family
who remained in the dining ruom
states that a noise was heard about
this time which sounded like a person
stumbling in a room upstairs. The
entire house-hold was down stairs
until about 11 o'clock, when the fam
ily retired.
Then when they went upstairs to
their rooms the tumbled up condition
of the dressers and jewelry boxes
showed that every room had been vis
ited by some one who had no right
there. An examination showed that
nearly every member of the family
had lost some article of value. A sum
mary of the articles taken is reported
to be: A small pasteboard box contain
ing one pearl earring, set in back
enamel; one pendant rose in pink
enamel, diamonds and a pearl centre
with chain; one pink silk box contain
ing diamond snap; one amethyst pin,
two rows of pearls; onfe gold bracelet,
animal's head; one gold ring with fine
diamond set; one pearl sunburst pin,
diamonds In centre; three pocket
books, one with initials on outside
(A. L. P.), purses contained several
dollars in coin and paper; one gold
enameled watch: one sapphire and
gold pin; one pearl pendant; one gold
locket and watch charm.
Mr. Grosvenor thinks the value of
the articles stolen will not exceed
3800. A set of very fine diamond ear
rings was not taken as also a valuable
necklace of pearls. No clue whatever
to the theif or theives has been dis
covered. Whether the thief really
operated in connection with the sere
naders is, of course, mere conjecture.
Some think that the town is again
suffering from a visit fr?m crooks who
often follow carnival companies, such
as showed in Aiken last week. When
robbers last swept through Aiken it
was just after such a show in Augusta
and no trace of the 81,600 worth of
valuables lost then has ever been
found. Chief of Police Dobey has hb
men on the watch and it is possible
that the rescal who visited Mr. Gros
venor's house last night between 7
and 11 o'clock may be caught.
The thief was captured in Aiken
Wednesday night. A member of the
Grosvenor family stated that a negro
boy walked up to the negroes who
were singing at the door on Monday
night and they nodded to him and he
passed on around the house. Taking
this as their clue the police set to
work.
One of the serenaders was found to
bo Smart Loyd and the boy who was
I seen to go around the house was Bobt.
? Pearson. The other two serenadcrs
! were ascertained to be two followers
of the carnival company which showed
here last week. Loyd was arrested
and he fold the police to catch Pear
son and some of the jewelry would be
recovered.
When arrested Pearson had in his
possession one of the missing purses,
containing 815.00 in money, the dia
mond ring and the sapphire pin.
The two carnival negroes were then
searched for but could not be found
in town. Chief Dobey. thinking they
would attempt to escape by the trol
ley, changed his uniform to a suit of
plain clothes and boarded the 9.30 car
intending to ride back and forth from
Graniteville as long as the cars ran.
The chief stood upon the front plat
form with the motorman and as the
car reached the woods on the edge of
the city the negroes boarded it after
looking the car over carefully.
After the car speeded up Mr. Dobey
entered and captured his men. They
are evidently sharp rascals as they
will answer no questions as to their
names or where they hail from.
The whole thing looks like a well
devised plan to rob as the singers evi
dently tried to entertain the inmates I
of the Grosvenor house while their
partner entertained and helped him-l
self to the valuables. There is no
doubt that other places would have
been visited with the same end in
view and Chief Dobey did well to
break up the gang. The other stolen
broods have not been recovered as yet,
but there is no doubt that this will be
done as the thieves have evidently
buried.
Shot Them by Accident.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State says E. M. Gillespie, who lives
about two miles from the city on the
Easley road, while handling his gun
on Monday night accidentally dis
charged the piece, the load entering
the feet of his infant child, not more
than 2 years of age. A small portion
of the shot entered the hip of his wife,
who was holding the child in her
arms, but her wound is not serious.
Dr. W. C. Black was called to attend
the child, who was so wea': from the
loss of blood and the shock that he
did not amputate the foot, as he fear
ed it would not live through the oper
ation. The parents are said to be
quite reticent over the matter.
APBIL 6, 1904.
SOME GOOD ADVICE
Given the Negroes by a Preacher of
Their Own Color.
"WE MUST DIGNIFY LABOE.
This is the Crucical Period for
the Negro Race. Safe Lead
ers and Wise Counsel
lors Needed.
The following is an extract taken
from a sermon delivered in Augusta,
Ga., recently at Tabernacle Baptist
church by the Rev. Dr. C. T. Walker,
to the colored Knights of Pythias, as
we find it in the Chronicle of that
city. His subject was "Some Ways
of Improving the Condition of the
Negro Race." The sermon is full of
good advice to the colored people:
"That my people?the intelligent,
industrious ones are dissatisfied, ner
vously restless with present conditions
in this country, no sensible negro will
deny, that they have suffered enough
to be discouraged, most white men
will admit.
"My race is passing through a cru
3ial period; it is a period of adjust
ment. \The race needs safe leaders,
ind wise counsellors. Sensational
sermons and incendiary utterances
will only increase our enemies and re
tard our progress. Our salvation in
this country will depend upon our be
ing God-fearing, lawabiding, intelli
gent, industrious citizens. Our suc
cess will not be in conflict with the
dominant race, but in concord and
30-operation with the best people of
this country, North and South, East
ind West. We are suffering as a race
from the lawless and vicious element
iraong us, from dishonest politicians
in and out of the race, from modern
fanatics, from unwise leaders, and
sensational newspapers.
' 'The negro has friends in the South
as well as in the North, or lie could
not remain in the South. There are
their farms, and 28,000 part owners
of farms, with 550,000 tenants on
farms. The banks that are conducted
by the race in the South, and there
are hundreds of negroes throughout
the South conducting business, who
can get any amount of credit and en
couragement from their Southern
white friends.
"The invincible and unconquerable
American nation believes in progress.
Ours is a Christian nation -justice,
equal and exact justice, will yet hold
an even balance. As the negro makes
progress, becomes intelligent, accumu
lates, saves and invests his money
wisely, refuses to shield criminals and
condone crime, as he draws the line
between the good and the bad in his
race, eliminates the idle and criminal
classes, he will have the sympathy,
help and encouragement of good peo
ple, North, South, East and West.
Already the great metropolitan jour
nals of this country have done a great
work in favor of our race, and the pres
ent condition is but a manual train
ing school from which the race will go
prepared to face and grapple with the
great problems of life
Does the present warrant a hopeful
future ? Yes, there are stars of promise
on night's horizon. Elijah's servant
saw a patch of-cloud in U'.e heavens
the size of a man's baud, but he told j
Ahab to binary home for the rain was
coming. Let my pessimist ic friends j
stop talking about the dark future, I
and, like men, face t he problems of I
life. Act well their part aud teach I
the race to rise by their own efforts
and exertions.
''We should not only seek employ
ment for our people, and discourage j
vagrancy, but we should make em
ployment. We should organize stock
companies, and inaugurate business
enterprises, and in that way train our
men and women in business. Why
can't my race conduct grocery, stores,
shoe stores, dry goods and clothing
stores as well as others people? Why
should not colored women stand be
hind as clerks, cashiers, bookkeepers,
floor-walkers, and superintendents as
wells as other people. Frugality is
also necessary. The man who. makes
35.00 and saves one-fourth of what he
earns is better off than the man who
makes 825.00 and spends all. My
people need not expect help from
political parties through presidential
messages. They must expect help
from their farms and their various
business enterprises.
"We must dignify labor. The labor
ing man is the backbone and sinew of
this country. Christ was a laborer.
He was called the carpenter and the
carpenter's son. His life was a busy
one: He said 1 must work while it is
clay. He employed the idlers, sent
them into his vineyard and paid them.
Idleness is a curse?it breeds mischief
and crime. It is the busy man that
is always wanted. Moses was herd
ing Jetbro:s tlock when God called
him to be his ambassador to the court
of Egypt, he received divine creden
tials, became the greatest human
legislator the world has ever produc
ed: he was Israel's emancipator and
their successful leader until God call
ed him to Nebo's summit and kissed
him to sleep. Elisha was busy plow
ing 12 yoke of oxen, when he was
called to the prophetic othce to suc
ceed Elijah. David, the shepherd
boy, was called to the othce of king.
Amos, the herdsman, to the prophe
tic othce. Daniel the slave was made
prime minister of the Babylonian
empire. Matthew was called from
the receipt of customs. Peter, James
and John from the occupation of tish
ing. Paul from tent-making to be
the apostle to the gentiles. William
Cary was called from the shoe-shop to
inaugurate modern missions. Lincolnc
Grant and Gartield from humble post
tions to the council of the nation, na^
to be chief executives of their coun
try. Dwight L. Moody was called
from selling goods to be the greatest
evangelist of modern times. Spurgeon
was called from the country to the
metropolis of the world. Booker T.
Washington; was called from work in
the tobacco factory to be the Moses
of his race, and one of the most re
markable men of the age. Let us
work and save and respect ourselves
and work for peace between the races
and all will be well."
Safe Crackers Caught.
Three safe crackers who robbed the
bank at Dillion and are also thought
to have cracked a safe at Latta have
been caught at Smlthfield, N. C. A
special from that place to the Char
lotte Observer says: "Three men are
confined in jail here under the strong
suspicion of being members of a notor
ious gang of safe crackers turning this
and other states. Their names are
Harding, Waring and Cunningham.
They made their appearance here last
Thursday evening, pretending to be
sign painters, and awakened enough
suspicion to warrant the authorities
in causing their arrest. A New York
detecti"e who has been investigating
the bank robbery at Latta, S. C, on
the night of February 25, is at pre
sent studying the case. Officers from
Dillon, S. C, have been here and iden
tified them as the men seen in that
neighborhood about the time of the
bank robbery there. There are also
supposed to be the robbers who made
a visit to Kenley some time ago.
They are wanted at Kollock for post
office breaking on the night of Feb
ruary 27th. Extradition papers have
already been made out, and they will
be taken to Marion. S. C, Thursday."
Charfged Her Story.
At Chicago on Wednesday a child's
testimony reversed saved five men
from the gallows. The result was a
striking parallel to the case in which
a striking fortnight ago Millionaire
Peter Van Vlissingen practically de
monstrated that under the police pres
sure a boy named Wiltrax bad given
false testimony leading to the convic
tion of the boy's father for murder.
This instance of youthful unreliabili
ty under oath was in the case of Wm.
McCarthy, and four Polish young men
on trial for murder, the witness being
a little girl, Appollonia Tarpsta, who
gave first direct straighforward eye
witness testimony apparently estab
lishment beyond question the guilt
of the men, and then repudbt i her
sworn evidence. In explanation .of
the remarkable change of front, the
child declared that she had been in
structed how to testify by the widow
of the man. Charges against the pris
oners were withdrawn on the spot by
the State's attorney, the five men im
mediately walking out, free by the
court.
Killed in a Runaway.
The Augusta Chronicle says as a
result of a runaway accident, Captain
William E. Everett, on of Atlanta's
most prominent citizens and senior
member of the wholesale dry goods
house of Everett?Riley?Ragan com
pany, was killed Wednesday afternoon.
While driving along Peachtree street
with his son, Captain Everett was
thrown from his buggy by the shying
of the horse. The vehicle struck
against telephone pole in front of the
Aragon hotel and Captain Everett fell
to the pavement, striking on hi? head.
He was hastily picked up and medical
aid summoned. An ambulance from
the Elkin- Cooper sanitarium respond
ed to a call and Captain Everett was
placed in the vehicle. Before the aiu
bulance reached the sanitarium Cap
tain Everett expired. His .eath was
due to two wounds on the head. Cap
tain Everett's son, E. Q. Everett,
who was with him at the time of the
accident, was also thrown from the
buggy, but escaped without injury.
A Pittiful Story.
A woman, who fifteen years ago
was a society belle in New York and
the niece of a former secretary of the
treasury of the United States, lias
been sent to prison for two months
for intoxication. She was found by
the police lying upon the street, the
centre of a gaping crowd. That was
her first public offense. The story is
pittiful, pitiful. Oil Co ;>amc day
another woman who had moved in
good society in New York was for the
45th time sentenced .to prison for
drunkenness.
.lumped to HIh Death.
Sydney Johnson Hayden of the
Hotel Holley, New York, Friday
jumped to the street from the top
lloor of the 21-story skyscraper at
Broadway and New street. Nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
Hayden went into one of the unoc
cupied offices on the top lloor of the
New street side, raised a window, laid
and umbrella he carried on the ledge
and at once crawled out and jumped.
I His body made one full turn back
j ward and struck the pavement with
I fearful force. Most of the persons who
j were passing in the street ran away
in horror.
A Very Crooked River.
j There are many crooked str ams in
Missouri andtheOsage Rive, is one
of the erookedent. 'xliuic is a l?ru'iei
in Camden County who can float six
miles down the Osage to the town of
Linn Creek and then six miles further
down it back to his home. The river
runs on two sides of his farm, and on
one side it is coming from Linn Creek
and on the other going to it. Ail the
labor the man has to do to make the
round trip is to carry his boat across
his farm.
Child Kills Father.
A special from Fort Payne, Ala.,
: says: J. C. Cole, policeman and dep.
i uty sheriff at Battelle, was killec
i Tuesday by his ten-year-old son. Th<
I boy had been lighting with other boy:
, and his father whipped him for it
? The child afterwards secured the pa
- rent's pistol and blew his father';
1 head off.
?1.00 PER ANNUM.
MUST OBEY THE LAW.
This is the Order that Has Been
Issued to Dispensers.
THE BOAED MEANS BUSINESS.
There Has Been They Say General
Laxity in Observing the Tem
perance Provisions of
the Law.
The following from The State will
be read with interest by all who want
to see the dispensary strictly enforc
ed." ' The Charleston dispensers may
have been surprised," said a member
of the board of control Thursday,
"but they will soon learn that the law
must and will be strictly enforced."
He spoke in reference to the special
dispatch from Charleston in The State
of Thursday concerning the agitation
of the Charleston dispensers over the
recent circular sent out by the board
of control relative to the enforcement
of the law. The dispatch said in part:
"The instructions of the board were
put into operation this morning, caus
ing no litte trouble among the patrons
of the State official grog shops. The
conduct of the dispensaries has been a
perfect scandal in Charleston in the
unrestrained manner in which liquor
j was sold to minors, drunkards and
blind tigers and in the general failure
(of tbe dispensay officials to observe
the law."
The circular here referred to was
not sent to the Charleston dispensers
alone but to all the dispensers through
out the State. At the March meeting
of the board of directors the following
resolution was adopted: "Resolved,
That the clerk of this board is hereby
instructed to forward a copy of the
dispensary law to each dispenser in
the State, with instructions to strict
ly comply with sections 566, 567, 568
and 569 of said law."
Section 566 is that which requires
the written application for liquors.
This section also requires the applicant
to state that he or she is not a minor
or a drunkard. It Is as follows:
"Before selling or delivp-.ing any
intoxicating liquors to auy person a
request must be presented to the
[county dispenser, printed or written
in ink, dated of the true date, stating
I that he or she is of age and the resi
dence of the signer, for whom or
whose use it is required, the quantity
and kind required and his or her true
i name; and the request shall be signed
by the applicants in his own true
name and signature, attested by the
county dispenser or his clerk who re
ceives and riles the request. But the
request shall be refused if the county
dispenser filling it personal! ? knows
the person applying Is a minor, that
he is intoxicated, or that he is in the
habit 0t using intoxicating liquors to
an excess; or If the applicant is not
personally known to said county dis
penser, before filling said order or
delivering said liquor he shall require
the statement of a reliable and trust
worthy person of good character and
habits, known personally to him, that
the applicant is not a minor and is
not in the habit of using intoxicating
liquors to excess."
If a dispenser violates section 566
in any way it is the duty of the solici
tor, on information, to bring suit
against him in the name of the coun
ty for $200 damages. The suit is on the
bond of the dispenser, who if convicted
is also deprived of his position. Fur
ther civil suits may be entered. If it
is proven that fraud was employed by
the purchaser he shall he subjected to
a fine cf not less than 8200 or six
months in jail.
Section 5(17 requires the county
auditor to keep the request book on
I lile in his office. Section 588 requires
an oath of t he dispenser that he has
attended to the matter of requiring
written applications and that he has
turned over to t he auditor all of the
applications submitted. Section 56!?
requires the county board to revoke
the commission of any dispenser who
fails to require applicants to sign for
the purchase and the deposed dispen
ser shall be indicted b, the solicitor.
This section also penalizes dispensers
for purchasing liquor otherwise than
from the State dispensary and for
j adulterating the product of the big
gin mill.
It is pretty certain that all of these
I provisions have been very generally
j disregarded by the Charleston dispen
I saries but not by them alone, for it is
'safe to say that few, if any, dispen
sers anywhere in the State observe
j these regulations with any degree of
'strictness. Whiskey is sold to any
j and everybody who wants it, whether
a continued drunkard or a deacon in
the church and, especially when it is
a busy day, dispenser seldom both
ers himself or his customers about till
ing out the request blanks in full, if
at all. These regulations, together
with the daylight sales, constitute the
justly celebrated "temperance fea
tures" of the dispensary law.
That their non-observance has be
i come notorious not only in Charles
! ton but elsewhere is sufficiently at
tested by the action of the buard of
directors in calling attention to these
provisions. If they are now enforced
it will not be as easy as it has been
heretofore to buy whiskey in South
Carolina- which has been about the
easiest thing in the world. From
the board's resolution and the remark
of one of its members, quoted above,
it looks like there may be a change.
Four Were Killed.
By the premature explosion of a
blast at the Sothern Quarry company
' at Fabers, Va., Thursday, four men
I were blown to atoms and two were
I injured. The dead are: F. F. Jones
! of Alexandria, superintendent of me
: quarry; Otis Brent of Tye River, V i.,
i assistant superintendent; Geo. Maw
Iyer of Fabers, Va., and Ben Hart?
[colored, of Fabers, Va., helper.