The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, March 10, 1908, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED IN 1* WANT BRYAN. He is Greeted by His State Con vention With Cheers. SOLID DELEGATION Instructed to Vote for Him as the Democratic Candidate for Presi dent.?Platform Adopted Favors Many Reforms.?"Equal Rights to AM, Special Privileges to None*1? Harmonious Meeting. A dispatch from Omaha. Neb., says Thursday was "Bryan Day" in that city and throughout Nebraska. With the Democratic State Conven tion as a nucleus party leaders from every county and practically every primary district in the common wealth gathered there to pledge al legiance to the presidential aspira tions of Mr. Bryan and to consider means for furthering his interests be fore the Democratic national conven tion. Enthusiasm was prevalent through put the day. It broke loose early In the afternoon session of the conven tion and gradually gathering volume, broke out in tumultuous vocifera tions when at the beginning of the evening session the platform com mittee presented this resolution: "The Democratic party of Nebras ka again declares confidence in and admiration for William Jennings Bryan. In him we behold the ideal American citizens?the ideal Demo crat. We rejoice that the principles which he has so ably advocated have been gladly received by the Ameri can people. "Resolved, That the deli gates by this convention chosen ' , and are hereby, instructed to vote as a unit for the nomination of Mr. Bryan for the presidency." This official endorsement of Mr. Bryan's candidacy met the full ap proval of the delegates. The iron clad instructions to the 16 men se lected during the afternoon to repre sent the State at. Denver will, it was thought, leave no doubt as to where Bryan's home State stands. The platform as a whole was large ly Mr. Bryau's own work. That it reflected the leader's view as to what should form th issued upon which the party should go before the country next fall, was not denied. Mr. Bryan, however, said that the declarations of the platform were necessarily ncomplete; that some sec tions undoubtedly will be included in the national platform that were omitted? while others were treated in the Nebraska document in a pur posely brief manner so as to allow amplification at Denver. * Mr. Bryan's Speech. "Our trouble seems to be to per suade the Republicans to accept Democratic policies; our work is to expose the imitation by them of Democratic ideas and to point out wherein they come short in their ef fort to appropriate Democratic doc trines. "Take for instance the trust ques tion. We have definitely convinced the Republicans that there were trusts; now they admit trusts exist. We had difficulty in convincing them that the criminal law should be en forced; now they admit it should be enforced but fail to enforce it. In so far as they have acted against the trusts at all they have acted I along the lines laid down by the Democrats, but the trust magnates are still at large, the trusts pre still flourishing and even the supporters 01 Mr. Taft have no specific remedies to offer for relief, and trusts arise while Republicans are boasting of their crusade against them. They propose regulation of monopolies in stead of extermination, although they have reason to know that regulation has failed and that any one of a number of trusts can afford to con tribute 10 times as much to a com paign fund as can be collected from all the voters who are outside the privileged circles. "On the tariff the Republican lead ers now admit that tariff reform is now necessary but a careful reading of their promises show tnat they use language identical with that employ ed in former platforms which have been the basis ior the present ex tortionate rates. The advocates of the McKinley tariff and of theDingley tariff never asked for more than enough to cover the difference of labor here and abroad but under pre tense of protecting labor they built up the present oppressive schedules. What reason have we to believe their promises ire worth any more now than they have been in the past 20 years? Surely the people will not trust tariff reform to tuose have stubbornly refused to reduce tariff rates when they had full power to do so and then asked to be returned to power that they may do what they have failed to do. "The Republicans admit that rail road regulation has been needed and yet for 10 years the Republican party allowed itself to be overawed by the railroad lobby at Washington and having, with the aid of the Demo crats, secured a little relief, the Re publican leaders now rely upon what has been done; and outline no pro gramme for further legislation. The Republican leaders have watched a few railroad magnates strangle com petition and combine great systems into greater ones, without raising a hand for th- protection of the public and new they ask for another lease A 8 Salley Jr lo au? OX'i 169. state House FIRE RAGES, PUPILS SING. Scholars Marched Singing from the Burning School Building: While a 'fire raged in the fourth floor of the five-story public school building n 19th street, New York on Friday two thousand pupils marched from the building singing "Ameri ca," under the leadership of their teachers. The children were engaged in their singing exercises when the fire gong rang, and they continued to sing as they marched out of the building. There was no sign of a panic and a few minutes after the first alarm was sounded all the children were assembled in the school yard wait ing the word of dismissal. Fortun ately all of the smaller children were in rooms on the lower floors of the building and many of them did not know of the fire when they were call ed upon to march out by the regular fire drill. The fire was quickly ex tinguished after causing $200 dam age. * SHOT BY STRAY BULLET. Young Lady Sustains Serious Injury From Rifle Rail. Miss Russie Prather, one of the best linotype operators in Spa -tan burg and a young woman of wide acquaintance and popularity, was seriously wounded by a stray rifle ball, while walking ;n the surburbs Friday eveninj. She was alone at the time, and was returning from a visit to a relative. The ball pene trated her right hip inflicting a wound that bled profusely, causing her to fall trom exhaustion before she realized that she had been shot from ambush. Who fired the shot is un- j known. * of power as a reward for their inac tion. ( "Under Republican rule the rela tions between capital and labor have become more and more strained and yet the Republican leaders resist each attempt to bring employers and em ployes into more harmonious rela tions. "The Philippines present another instance of gross mismanagement. Instead of applying the American idea to the Philippine question, the Republican leaders imitated the em pires of the Old World and entered on a colonial policy which has in volved us in enormous expense, brought us weakness instead of strength and humiliation instead of glory. "The present financial stringency is another illustration of Republican incompetency. In the full posession of power it has allowed the country to be run by Wal! street financiers and in the crisis is impotent to do more than furnish money out of the public treasury to support the mar ket. It has made no effort to stop gambling?the fruitful cause of pan ics?it has made no effort to furnish government notes for an emergency and it has made no effort to protect deposit's. While it demands secui ity for government funds when de posited with banks, it has left the individual depositor to risk his sav ings without protection against mis management by bank official.*. "The Republicans admit that something must be done and they now know how to proceed. They are so convinced that the present condi tions are deplorable that they ap plaud the president's last message which was an indictment of Repub lican misrule, for all abuses of which he complains are traceable to Repub lican legislation or lack of legisla tion. "We face the future with hope and that hope rests on a firm foun dation. Democratic policies have grown in popularity as the voters have become better acquainted with the evils to be remedied. The Dem ocrats have been looking at public questions from the standpoint of all the people, while Republican leaders have been looking at them from the standpoint of a few. As the strength of a party must be measured by the strength of its prnciples, Democrats have reason to believe that their prospects of success have been great ly increased by the widespread ac ceptance of Democratic remedies. "Another reason for hope is to be found in the fact that the Democrat ic party Is united while the Repub lican party is divided, and the re union of the Democratic party is due to the same causes that have brought division in the Republican ranks. The country has moved forward to ward positive and aggressive resist ance to the encroachments of. preda tory wealth and this growth has brought the rear ranks of the Dem ocratic party up to the firing line, while it has seperated the Republi can reformers from the Republican standpatters. The fight for suprem acy in the Republican party Is a bitter one, and whichever side wins the other will be disgruntled. As the Republicans used one faction of the Democratic party to defeat us in 1896, we shall return the compli ments this year and use one part of the Republican party to defeat the other, for it is so hopelessly divided that it can not be trusted to do any thing at present. "the third cause for hope is to be found in the moral awakening. N*ver in the generation has there been so :h a stirring of conscience. and the sense of justice has been made sen sitive to the Democra'ic appeal, which is essentially an appeal for justice. The Democratic party has been doing pioneer work and now it will enjoy the gratitude and appre ciation heaped upon the pione-. when the character of the work is fully understood." ? ORANGES!] RECEIVERS NAMED Judge Pritchard Takes Full Control of Dispensary Fund. Messrs. .T. A. McCuUough, .C. K. Hen derson and B. P. Arthur Appointed Receivers and They Accept. In the United States Court at Asheville Saturday afternoon after hearing the arguments by counsel, Judge J. C. Prictchard appointed I Hon. Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville, Messrs. C. K. Henderson and B. P. Arthur, the two latter members of the State commission, permanent receivers for the dispen sary funds now in the hands of the 1 dispensary commission, j The court will order that this fund 1 [be turned over to the receivers at once. In the event that tips order) is refused there will probably be a clash of State and Feaeral jurisdic tion. Attorney Gen. Lyon said: I regret exceedingly that there is a person in the State of South Carolina who would accept an appointment as re- j ceiver at the hands of Judge Prit chard." Then taking up the general situation Mr. Lyon said: 'So far as Judge Pritchard undertaking to en join any one from bringing suits or to in any way interfere with the fund involved is concerned I will state that I instituted proceedings in the Supreme Court of South Carolina for the purpose of compelling the i commission to disregard Judge' Prit chard's injunction and to pay into the j State treasury for the use of the At torney General's office the sum of $15,000 which was appropriated fo. the purpose of certain criminal pro-| ceedings and prosecutions of persons connected with the late dispensary. Judge Pritchard's order will most J certainly be disregarded by me,if itj undertakes to in any wise restrain or direct me in this or any other j proceedings I may deem it advisable | to institute. "I regard the entire proceedings | as without precedent and as a most | outrageous disregard of the rights, of the State of South Carolina. It| is founded upon no sound authority. His conduct in appointing receivers on the day before the motion for the appointment of receivers was to be heard in accordance with the formal order which he passed was a most wilful disregard of the rights of the State, and we were thereby denied our day in Court. "As to his criticisms in his former decree, of my brnging the mandamus proceedings in the Supreme Court of South Carolina to compel the com mission to disregard his injunction and pay into the State treasiny the appropriations made for the prose cution of the criminals, the proceed ing in the Supreme Court was in ac cordance with the practice and law in South Carolina, and if this had not been so the Court would have refused to assembie and h"ar the same. "The result of this proceeding can not be foretold. It would, no doubt, be as useless to explain the purpose of this proceeding to him as it was to explain the law and the facts iu the case in which he has assumed jurisdiction. I am most careful as to the opinion the learned Judge may entertain with regard to this proceeding. It is not surprising that he regards any move on the part of the State to protect her rights against those who would despoil her as un warranted. "His conduct has been most un-1 seemingly and the State of South Carolina must look to the United j States Supreme Court for the pre- J servation of its soverign powers. "I am extremely gratified to know that Messrs. Murray, Patton and Mc Sween, members of the State dispen sary commission, have refused to ac cept the receivership offered them, and that their patriotism cannot be shaken by the hope of any reward. "I believe we will finally be suc cessful in the defence of the State, but whatever the result we will de fend her to the last extremity of the law. Knowing the righteousness of j our cause, I believe we will suc ceed. DECLARE FOR BRYAN. Nebraska Populists Instructs Dele gates to Vote for Him. With the largest number of dele gates at any Nebraskan Populist meeting for four years, the Populist convention was called to order at Omaha Thursday afternoon. Resolu tions reaffirming the Omaha platform enunciated in 1S9:' faul declaring for the support of Br> l?y all Populists were adopted. ' convention af terwards listened ' speeches of the 'true Populist bra- made by differ it leaders, while committee pre pared a platforn Cery enough for the old-time Pop Is "A-fter a de bate lasting.two ;:rs th' conven tion decided.-to , o.nd tu the call to the national committee a7l'l to send a full delegati i. to the Populist na tional convent. .. at St. Louis. Thir ty seven deleg i as v.ere selected ror that purpose a>d in ;tructed to v i and work for 'he JTj*eresta of W. o Bryan. HG, S. C TUESDAY. M ANOTHER BLACK APPOINTS BOARD Judge Pritchard Asks Commission to Manage Dispensary Fund. Arthur, of Union, Accepts, Rut the Other Members of the Commis sion Will Decline. At Asheville on Friday application was made to Judge Pritchard in the United States Court hy counsel in the case of Fleischmann & Co. vs W. J. Murray, et als, and Wilson Dis tilling Company vs. W. J. Murray, et als, for the appointment of a tem porary receiver for the South Caro lina dispensary fund. The defendant commissioners were represented at the hearing by Daniel W. Rountree of Atlanta, Ga., who waived the required notice of motion as to the Fleischmann Company, and after hearing the petition, the Court, granted an order appointing the de fendants, Messrs. W. J. Murray, C. H Henderson, Avery Patton, John McSween and B.. F. Arthur, as tem porary receivers for the dispensary funds now in their poses;" m. The petition upon which the mo tion was granted stated that a bill had been introduced in the South Carolina Legislature directing the defendant commissioners to return the funds now in their hands to the State Treasurer. The commissioners were imme diately notified of their appointments as receivers, but up to a late hour Friday night only one response had been received, that of Mr. B. F. Ar thur, who stated that he would ao, cept and would act as a receiver. Dr. Murray has declined, since to accept would be to admit the juris diction of the Federal Court. Messrs. Patton, McSween and Henderson will not accept. Whether or not Govern or Ansel will call an extra session Is now the question. ? FEARED FOR NEGRO'S LIFE. Alleged Assailant of Young Girl Re moved to Penitentiary. A special to The News and Cour ier from Laurens says as a matter of precaution Sheriff Duckett carried to the pennentary a negro prisoner, Fred Eldrege, who was lodged in the prompt action of Constable El (ossaulting the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. MacGambrell, of Princeton. The child is reported to be in a serious condition and much excite ment prevails in the Princeton sec tion. When the matter became known efforts were made by large parties of citzens to run the alleged rapist down, but were thwarted by the prompt action ac Constable El ledge, who arrested and carried the negro to jail, thus for the time sav ing the boy's neck. Late in the af ternoon, however, rumors reached the sheriff that a lrowd was being organized to make a raid on the jail, hence the prisoner's remov J. * TRYING TO FOOL THEM. Roosevelt and Taft Beg for the Ne gro Vote. Jack McGhee in his letter to The State from Washington says the ne gro tickling plant of the Ohio plat form, upon which Taft is to run for the presidency, and which it is un derstood was drafted by one T. R., at ;he White House, is causing con siderable comment in Washington. This plank is to cut down representa tion in congress of the Southern States because of the dlsfranchise ment of the negro. It has often been agreed by Southern statesmen that if the North will frankly admit that the Southern States have a right to disfranch' . thr negro then there would be no objection to cutting down the .eprev ntation accordingly. But th":-; has been no disfranchise ment < r the negro bcause he is a negro, but because he is Ignorant or p ?opertyles. " Took the Wire Route. For a murder committed less than jtfej months ago, George \V"sr a l ro, ; aid the extreme rier.ult.- :n ?.If ric chair at the slate p son Trei c, N. J., on Wedresi ay. ARCH 10, 1908. HAND EPIDEMIC. SOME PLAIN TALK. Senators Tillman and Depew Lock Horns in Senate Over the Part the New York Banks Piny in Speculations iu Loaning Money to Gamblers. A lively colloquy between Senators Depew and Tillman took place when the South Carolina senator attempt ed to have the senate pass his resolu tion calling on the comptroller of the currency to furnish a detailed statement of all loans made by na tional banks in New York upon col lateral security during the C months from June 1 to December 1, 1907. Mr. Aldrich suggested that as drawn the measure had many objec tionable features, but he thought a resolution would ' e framed to give the information desired if it should be referred to the committee on fi nance. Mr. Tillman demanded to kuoTr the objection to the resolution, Mr. Aid rich replying that the,chief objection was the provision calling for the names of people making loans. "I think that would be the very worst thing we could do in the pres ent condition," said Mr. Aldrich. Mr. Tillman disavowed any special purpose in having the names and Mr. Hale asked that the matter be al lowed to go over so that the chair man of the finance committee and Mr. Tillman might agree on a form of resolution. Mr. Tillman said he did not want to go into the pri vate affairs of banks but merely wanted to get at the facts concern ing stock gambling and the loaning of funds of depositors for stock gambling purposes. Mr. Depew said that what was done in New York was done elsewhere and the inquiry might be extended to other places. "But," shouted Mr. Tillman, "most states have closed their bucketshops and New York has not shut up Its bucketshop or gambling house that is swallowing up the little fellows." "South Carolina would be the first to suffer if the New York exchange were closed," said mr. Depew, "and her industrial institutions would feel the effect of a loss of credit if New York is hampered." "I have never discovered that New York is supplying money from dis interested motives," retorted Mr. Tillman; "we pay for everything we get." Mr. Depew said it was safe to say that a majority of demand loans are mode for legitimate purpose. added that he was ready to co-operate in the suppression of gam bung in New York. The resolution was .'Uen offered to the committee on finance. s CAN'T BE FOUND. Relatives of a Dead Man at Asheville Can't Be Located. The body of James Orlando Ami don, who died in a hotel at Asheville several days ago, still lies unclaimed in an undertaking establishment in that city. The body is embalmed and dressed ready for burial, and the lodge of Masons is using every ef fort to locate the relatives of the deceased. A badge found on the lapel of the stranger's coat indica ting that he was a member of that Order. The deceased is said 10 have a brother named G. Fred Ami don at Framlngham, Mass., and a sister named Miss So Amidon at Mld bury, N. H., but telegrams to both places failed to elicit any response. In the pockets of the dead man's clothing w?s found a postai card from the Hawkins Publishing Com pany of Waterville, N. Y., addressed to the deceased at Miami, Fla. ? Killed Invalid Wife. .William Lewis, aged 60, of Buck horn. N. C, killed his Invalid wife by knocking her in the head wth an :t*e. He then tried to kill his st"< . itb a butcher knife, but failed J his pttempt. he fled to the woodf. where a sheriff and posse are hunt in- f r '-i'1 BACK TO LIFE. Making Homes Again Amidst the Ruins of St Pierre. Terror of Mont Pelee Departing With Lapse of Time and Settlement is Forming.. A correspondent of The New York Herald writes from St. Pierre, Mar tinique: Six years have passed since St. Pierre was wiped out by the vol canic forces of Mount Pelee, and in ten short minutes became a city of the dead. For a long time the de vastated region was shunned ami empty, for the horror of that May night in 5 902 held the slanders in its grip. Put slowly this has changed, and the last few months have wit nessed a gradual, but growing re population of the district. St. Pierre today has a hotel, a wharf is being constructed, steamers soon will be in the port whence only one vessel was able to escape the night of the disaster, and the authorities have found it expedient to establish a local police force. The destruction of six years ago was widespread, and those who were left alive fled in terror. The entire di?trct of St. Pierre, covering some fifty square miles, became desolate and uninhabited. St. Pierre, a mass of ruins and waste, was particularly avoided by the islanders, because of the fearful story of death hidden be neath its blanket of ashes. Then with incredibble rapidity the coarse trop ical vegetation took root and flour ished in the volcanic, matter covering the numberless dead amid the fallen walls of their old homes, and nature decked with green foliage the handi work of her unleashed forces of de struction. Such has been the situation in the stricken area until about a year ago, when slowly the people of the sland, their fears and horror stilled by the lapse of time, began returnng to their old homes. This movement went on by degrees, the more timor ous finally making up their minds to follow their braver brothers, until today the district is resuming its old life. St. Pierre is stMl abhorred by many, though it has its own share of the movement of repopulaton, but Morne Rouge, Le Precheur, Grand Riviere, and Af.uoa Bouillon, ham lets that bix years ago were familiar to newspaper readers because of the stories of death, terror and desolation that came from them, have now a population that is increasing each month, and with the people have come telegraph and telephone lines, schools, priests, to say mass in the reconstructed churches and other evidence of a growing rural commun ity. It would perhaps be too much to say that St. Pierre is to be re born and become again the com mercial center of Martinque, for other ports on the island. Fort de France and Trinite, offer better an chorage to ships than did St. Perre ir. the old days. But St. Piere is the hub, as it were, of the roads to the island. It is -asier to move merchandise into St. Pierre than anywhere else, and this revival of traffic will assure a certain actvity. There is today enough movement in and about the city to have made it worth while for an enterprising Frenchman to open a hotel in St. Pierre, in the Place Bertin. This house is frequented by local travel ers, the tourist who come to Icok at the ruins, foreign naval officers on through steamers calling at Fort de France or Trinite. A new wharf will be completed and steamers of the Guerin line are to resume calling at St. Pierre as they did before 1902. Already several merchants have eeared away the ruins of their ware houses and started reconstruction with the idea of opening up again, and they doubtless wll have imita tors who desire to get their share of the local trade. The authorities do not officially sanction this activity at St. Pierre and still warn the people of the dan ger of Mont Pelee. Still the presence of people in the cty has made nec essary the installation of a police force and the clearing away and opening up of several streets. The pavements, sidewalks and gutters uncovered were found to be in ex cellent condition. This excavation brought to light large quantities of human bones, principally in the Rue de la Madeleine. The cemetary also has been partly uncovered and most or the grave stones were found to he in a remarkable state of jreserva ton. * GOT THEIR MONEY. Certain Whiskey Houses Puid by the Dispensary Commission. A dispatch from Asheville to The State says Judge Pritchard in the United States Court Thursday made an order in the Wilson case, other credltorn intervening authorizing the South Carolina dispensary commis sion to pay certain creditors amounts agreed on between the commissioners and creditors. The total amount ordered paid out by Judge Pritchard, in accordance with the Judgments rendered by the dispensary commission, is $148,724. 89. The sworn claims filed with the commission in the 14 cases amounted to $174,079.56. The total amount of "j.raft" and overcharges recovered by the State in these cases is $25, : r,4.67. * 0 $1.50 PEK ANNUM. GARY IS CHOSEN Senator on the Eighteenth Ballot to Succeed Latlmer BY SMALL MAJORITY*. Mr. Gary Has Had Long Service to the Legislature, Also an Original Trustee of Winthrop and Membec of Constitutional Convention?Ex Gov. Shcppnrd Shows Strength in Two Ballots. On the eighteenth ballot in joint assembly Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, former Spei-.ker of the House, was chosen Friday for United* States Senator to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Asbury C. Latlmer. Mr. Gary secured 79 out of 154 votes, one more than necessary to elect. It was the fourth ballot of the day, taken after a strenuous ef fort was made to postpone. Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, was entered and showed great strengtn, getting 34 votes on the third ballot, but he was not vot ed for in the final ballot. Mr. Gary's friends are jubilant over the outcome and he is being warmly congratulated on every turn. His long service in politics has made him known throughout the State. He served continuously from 1891 to 1901 in the House, being Speaker in his retiring term. He was a candidate for Governor In 1900, when Miles B. McSweeney was elected. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1895 Mr. Gary is a trustee oi the city schools of Abbeville. He was a member of the board of trustees that located and built Winthrop Col lege at Rock Hill. He is forty-eight years of age. The deadlock had caused some anx iety to Mr. Gary's supporters, but all the while they contended he would eventually be the choice of the Leg islature. Eighteen ballots were nec essary to choose. I The first joint ballot for United Strtes Senator Friday morning re sulted: Gary 68, Walker 28, T. G. * McLeod 14, J. Wright Nash 13, Maul din 8, Coker 14, Ira B. Jones 5, Wilie Jones 4. Total 154; necessary to a choice 78. Mr. Gary had gained five votes from the last ballot Thursday night. The House immediately proceeded to another ballot. Congressman Lever was nominated in spite of protests from friends that he was not a can didate and particularly did not want to be entered. Mr. Nash's name was withdrawn. The second oallot resulted; Gary 70, Walker 28, McLeod 11, Ira Jones 4, Wille Jones 4, Mauldin 7, Coker 10, ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard of Edgefield, anew entry, 15; Congress man Lever 7. This is the fifteenth, ballot. Mr. Lever's friends now nom inated him. The third ballot resulted. Gary 73, Walker 19, McLeod 4, Sheppard 34, Lever 9, Mauldin 7, Ira B. Jones 1, Coker 2, State Senator D. F. Mc Keithan 1. Total 154. An effort to take a recess failed and a fourth bal lot was entered. The fourth and final ballot on which Frank B. Gary was elected: Gary 79, McLeod 32, Mauldin 11, Ira B. oJnes 4, Wilie Jones 2, Coker 1, McKeithan 1, Walker 24. Total 154. Necessary to choice 78. SENT CHECK To Cover the Amount of Which State Was Robbed. The State says that Col. Felder and Mr. Malvern Hill, in going 07er the old books of the State dispensary, discovered that on an order for 300 casks of beer sold to the State Dis pensary in 1904, the Indianapolis Brewing company overcharged the State the sum of $260. A settle ment in full had been made with this concern nearly four years ago> and their firm name did not appear on the ledger of the dispensary when the commission took charge. Col. Felder addressed a communi cation to the Indianapolis Brewing company calling attention to the find ings of the commission as to their dealings with the officers of the State and advised that the amount of overcharge, $260, be remitted to the attorney general without delay. By return mail came a check for the full amount of the overcharges and no questions were asked. * TRAMPS KILLED IN WRECK. Two Negro Men and One Negro Wo? man Perish. Two negro men and one negro wo man were killed in a wreck on a Norfolk and Western freight train near Tazewell, Va., Friday The ne groes were beating their way in a box car. The wreck wai caused by a slide in a deep cut. Th<- two engines clear ed the slide, but the <:r;rs were plied In a heape. There are about four hundred tons of cod in the cut and It is said two more deadbeats are under the wreckage. None of the crew of the train we--' seriously in jured. ?