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VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C., WEI)NESDAY, MAY 24, 1899. NO. 4, A BOLD SWhINDLE. Buncoing the Negroes Out Their Hard Earned Dollars. HOW THE GAME IS WOFKED. One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Has So Far Been Stolen from the Trustful Colored Brother. A dispatch from Washington says thousands of ignorant cilied peoqile in this country are being irndue(d to be lieve that they are to be penzioned by the United States <,vernmenit upon be ing unable to horw that tht-y were for merly slaves. The promoters of this scheme, which has all the ear marks ol a s3 stematic attempt t yextract mone from credulous colored people, by hold ing out to them fac hopes of a govern iment pension, have been at work for a number of yeari. -rA it is estimated that over $l50,000 has becu col lected by the self-constituted mission aries having the project in hand. The subject eama to the service a few days days ago tlhrough some corres pondence between a colored preacher. in one of the Somtlh-i States, and a United States senat -r. The preacher wrote to the senator to inquire into the matter in view of the fact that so many of 'the colored people in his state had been assessed to defray the expenses of the proposed legislation. The senator, who is one of the most influential mem bers of that body, b7 reason of his long service (three terms ) and his appropri ate committee assignments, instituted an investigation, and ibis is the sub stance of what he reported to the col ored divine who sought information on the subject: It appears thtt there has been in ex istence for about ten years or more an enterprise under the title of the "Ex Slave Mutual Relief Company and Pen sion Association, of the United States of America." This association has it agents in every State in the union, for the purpose of locating, if possible, all former slaves. The latter are told that legislation is now pendiog before con gress to pension a'l former slaves as follows: All persons 70 years of age to receive $500 and also $156 more during their natural lives. Persons 60 years to re ceive $300 and $126 more. Persons 50 years to ieceive $100 and i86 more. Persons less than 50 years to receive $46 more; etc. it is necessary for all the supposed beneficiaries of the pro posed legislation to pay into the associ tion 25 cents as a registration fee. It is claimed that over 600,000 ex-slaves have been so registere d According to the circular sent out by the association, a copy of which is now in the hands of of the senate r ferred to, the headquar ters or main office is -.t No. 708 Gay street, Nashville. Tenn. I. D. Dicker son is general manager. The circular is headed "On to Victory." It also contains a picture f General Manager Dickerson. It is ad dressed to "All ex slave associations in the United States. We come greeting as general manager and promoter of' the nie vement, which has been so much opposit ion and more combats in its own ciular than an~ other organization of the pr sent day. - Then follows special mention of the membership fee, 25 cents. Also the information that the national dele-gate in Washington is located at 475 Mis souri avenue; and has secured the str vices of Attorney W. C. Lawson The circular further ar peals to every ex slave to send his 1,au~e a ich the regis tration fee of 25 cents It also appeals to every local associ-ation to retnd 82 50 for a charter at onfce, and every ex slave to send in addition that amount to be used in the movement. These assets are to be se nt to the office of the national delegate, givena above. The circular also anuounces th-at the Nation al Convention at Nashville in 1898 made the weekly publicat ion, the Na tional Capital, 25 cents for three months, the oficeial organ of the aseo ciation.~ Another and a more recent circular of similar importance bears a picture of Se ator William E. Mason. of Illinois. 1 H1. Dickerson. general manager. 714 Line street, Nashville, Ten. This circular declares "it is the only incorporated and ebtartt red move ment in the U'nited States, and others are frauds. It c-alls attention to the bill to peneion <x-slaves introduced in the House of Representatives, .June 24 1890, by then Rc-presentative Connell of Nebraska." In the 54th cougress Senator ThurstoL introduced the Con nell bill in the sente na the circular calls special attention to the fact that the bill "passed to two readings and was referred to the pension comrr-it tee." ____ ___ An Honest Confession. A communication has be en received by Attorney General Terrell, of Gcor gia, from a State's attorney in linois, containing statements which are being read with muc-h interest there. The writer is preparing a pa per to be read to a convention of State prosecutors in Illinois refers to Attorney General Ter rell information as to capital punish ment 'n Georgia. In the course of the letter the Illinois oilicial says: "We have capital punithment in our State for murder only, and for the last few years in this part of the State we have had six or seven lynchilags for the crime of rape, and I am inclined to believe that it is almiost as good a record as is claimed here for some of the Souther States. - Knights of Bythias. The State Lodge of Knights of Py thias met last w eek at Florence. On Wednesday the following officers were elected: G. C., G. A. Neuffer, Abbe ville: G. V. C., M. B. W cod-.vard, Aiken; G-. P., .1. ii. Thornwell, Fort Mill; G. K. R. and 8 , D. J. Auld, Sumter: G. M. of Ex., Wilson G. Hiar vey, Charleston; G. M. at A , HI. H. Husbands, Florence; GJ. L. ., J. Q MManus, Krshaw; G. 0. G.,.J. LI. Bryan, Sene-ca. Supreme Representa tive H. T. Thompson, Darlington. TheGrand L'odge selected Charleston as the place of meeting next year The ~ number of members in the Knights of Pythias Lodges in South Carolina is 4,770, 12 less than last re port. Forty thousand paid to e'ndow metraki So t arlna during the CONDITION OF THE CROPS The Weekly Summary of the United States Wkather Bureau. The followinz is the weekly crop bulletin of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States Weather bureau issued W dnesday by Director Bauer: The week ending May 15th averaged 7 degrees per day warmer than usual, with the maximum temperatures rang ing from slightly below to consideribly above 90 degrees each day. and with the minima correspondingly high. The raitfall for the week was gen erally very light; with moderately heavy rains in the vicinity of Charles ton and over the Pee Dee region. The Deed of rain is general, and the lack of it has materially injured oats, and to a lesser exteit wheat and gardens. Rain is also nvcded to permit cotton and corn planting to be complettd, and to germinate recently planted seed4. Oats are failing rapidly, and spring cats are already a failure. This graiu is about all headed, and over the more easterly counties ii ripening. Wheat has aho deteriorated, but not to the same extent as oats, and in places con tinues very promising. Corn continues to maintain a healthy color, and, with limited exceptions, has a good stand; its general condition, for the whole State, is very satisfactory. In places it has received its second woiking. Cotton has come u p to from very good to fair stands, except on red lands shere the giound is baked and hard and seeds did not germinate well. Ce! tivation and chopping to stands is gen eral. The young plants are small but healthy and vigorous. Tobacco is in urgenu need of rain, both to finish transplanting and to maintain stands which, although gen erally good, are in places very poor. Melons have improved. Rice is ex cellent. Truck is making rapid growth. Gardens are variable, accord ing to meisture conditions. Berries need rain. Apples and cherries are dropping. Minor crops generally are doing well. Over-the greater portion of the Stste the weather was favorable for cultivat ing crops and for general farm work and the staple c.ops, with the exception of oats, continue in a very promising con dition. A Fatal Lasso Throw The skill of eleven year old Frank Beaumont of Chester, Pa., throwing a lasso resulted in his death Thursday evening. Since a Wild West shows ex hibited in the city recently the boys of Chester have been practicing with las soes. Young Beaumont, tired of lasso ing boys of his own age, looked for big ger game. He stationed himself along the Reading railroad, near his house, No. 412 Front street, and prepared to lasso the engineer of freight train No. 56. . The end of the lasso was tied about his waist. As the engine came swiftly up the grade, with a whoop he sent the loop whistling through the air. The engineer was leaning out of the cab window, unconscious of the boy at the side of the track, and was startled to suddenly find his arms pinioned to his sides. The loop of the lasso had f allen with great precision. and as the train moved forward the rope was jerked taut, rendering the engineer helpless. The fireman was on the other side of cab and knew nothing of the tragedy being enacted. Young Beaumont thrcwn off his feet when the jerk came, and unable'to untie the rope around his wast, was dragged for a square, the roar of the train drowning his shrieks. He was finally drawn under the car wheels. The engineer succeeded in freeing his arms and stopped the train, but when the boy was picked up it was found that he was dead. The wheels had torn the scalp from his head and mangled him terribly. Close to a Thousand. The regular monthly meeting of the board of regents of the State hospital for the insane was held Wednesday, all the me ibers being present The board found that the population is very close to a daily average of 1.000, the largest in the history of the institution. Wednesdav 23 patients were discharged on trial by the board. The board dis eu- sed the probability of securing the convits allowed Dy the legislature for the purpose of manufacturing brick for future building purposes, but tbe word ing of the act and the fact that the prison authorities are so pressed for men in filling contracts existing make it extremely doubtful if the institution will get any of the convicts.-State. Decree Against Corsets. The minister of education in Saxony has just issut-d an order that all girls and young women attending the public schols and colleges shall discard cor sets and stays. Saxony favors the de reee, but the girls affected and their mothers are protesting vigorously. Recent and vigorous agitation of the subject in the press and in the lectures iven by professors in the medical schools is responsible for the minister's order. Tight lacing has been denounc ed unanimously by the physicians of Dresden and other large towns because of its effect on the health and of its in creasing prevalence, even little girls in dulging in the practice. The Truth Hurts The Philadelphia Press complains of the following reference to Sherman's barbaric raid in one of the Southern school histories: "Those who sing of Marching Through Georgia' forget that the pillage and burning of private houses and the wanton outrages and insults heaped upon old men, women and children along the track of that army were -a blot upon the American name and upon the civilization of the nineteenth century, and such a blot as all lovers of our country should wish to commit to oblivion." As the Press cannot deny the facts stated, it must object to the bare statement of them. Perhaps it is one of the lovers of our contry who would like to commit the uly reccrd to oblivion.- -News and Courier. Got Two Thousand Gallons. It is stated that the constables who were operating in Charleston duringz the reunion have reported to headiquar ters a total seizure of 2,000 gallons of beer during the week. Some other li quors were seized. The work from all Iaccounts was not very extensive. INSL RA NE IGUE interesting Statistics of the Bus. iness Done in this State. IT GOES UP INTO MILLIONS. The Comptroller General Pub lishes the Figures of t e Amount of 'nsurance Un derwritten in the State in 1898. Comptroller Gener. !-rh:ani Las had somc ivtAing statiie co!npil ed relative to the insurance butions done in this State. 'iTh. tables thow how many hundrcu cf thous:ods of dollars are sent out of the Sate for i surance premiums ad. ou the oth r hand, how much rnuony is rt ceived here in los-cs. The inmur.:uee business i. growitig in this State. anuj: is a gred pity th::t therc are not m kre onserva tive companies di:2 hasinen in thi State, and that some repomi~ble inca do not Eo into i h le inr me ness on a sou.d hnancial b:asis. The reports gotten up by the Coup troller General's office shov the prenii ums collected and lout ineurred in this State only by the emnpanies of which ieturns are publiIied. FIRF INsCRANTC. Aetna Fire Insuranuc. C,;,qyi. wiitten in 1S08 $2.;22 159. prmiluvis 836.297. los-es incurred S27,13. American Fire Insuraace Company, Philadelphia, written in 1SA8 1.360, 922, premiums 820,911, lo ses ieur:ed $17,36; American Fire Insurance Company. New York, written in 1898 $9544. premiums 1,278, lo::ses incur. none. Agricultural Fire Insurance Compa ny, written in 189S $44,100, premiums $654, losses incurred none. British America:% Assurance Compa ny, written in 1i98$347.908. premiums $6,251, losses incurred $3.061. Baloise Fire Insurance coimpany, written in 1S93 $7,400, premiums $149, losses incurred none. Boston Fire Insurance C )mpany, written in 189S $16,000, premiums -,330 losses incurred none. Caledonia Fire Insurance Company, written in 19 $222,759, premiums $4,206, losses incurred -6.495. Connecticut Fire Insurance company written in 1898 8379,500. premiums $5,842, losses incurred 85,916. Continental Insurance company writ ten in 1S9S $1,908,002. premiums $31, 004, losses.incurred $27,840. Commeial Union Assurance com pany, written in 1898 $1,023.973. premiums -11,S14, losses incurred $12, 628. The Delaware In-urance company, written heS 8188, premiums $9,121, losses incurrea $13,625. Fireman's Fund Insurance company, written in 1S98 $516,030, premiums $10,694, losses incurred $5,316, Fort Wayne Insurance company, written in 1898 $57,751, premiums $1,250, losses incul red none. Fire Association of Pennsylvania, written in 1898 $685 745, premiums $9,841, losses incurred 810.8:36. German-American Insurance com pany, written in 1898 8786.253, pre miums $11,254, losses incurred t813, 800. Glenn Falls Fire Insurance company written in 1898 nothing reported. Greenwich Insurance company, written in 1898 8586.825, premiums $9,829, losses incurred $14,037. Georgia Home Insurance company, written in 1898 8564,393, premiums 8.634, losses incurred $12,990. G ermania Fire Insurance cornpany, written in 1898 $632,222, premiums $9,203, losses incurred $3 804. Hartford Fire Insurance company, written in 1898 $3,297,052, premiums $61,640, losses incurred $33,278. Hanover Fire Insurance company. written in 189S $163,255, premiumas $,745, losses incurred 81,0)37. Hamberg-B~remen Insurance compa ny, written in 1893 $503 S22. preimi um 89.346, losses incurred $17.724. Helvetia Swiss Fire, written in 1S9S $35,405, premiums 866S, los.ses incur rd $93.3 Home Insurance compan)y, New Yrk, written in 1898 82.703,122 pre miums 837.198. losses intcurred 838. - 236. Insurance Company of Nort;h Amer ica written in 1898 $1.077,220, pre miums $15.432, losses incurred $9. 946. Imperial Fire Insurance company, written in 1898 8335.343. premiiuam $14.868, losses incurred 814.7-7 L-ancashire Insu ranc '-company written in 1S98 $1.923.7 10,~ piis $28,432. losses incurred -15.51'. Lion Fire Insurance comipa: y. wnrt ten in 1898 8124,861, premi'ums~ (',26. losses incurred $309. London arnd Lancashie written in 1898 $702,737, premiums~ 6.56. losses incurred $3,56;2. London Assurance Corporation, written in 1898 $265,681, premiums $3,484, losses incurred 83,359. Liverpool. Lonadon an:d Globe. urit ten in 1898 $3.9S8,073. premiums 8'5, 655, losses incurred $;3.0N; Mianchester Fire, written in 189 8 $501967, premiums $6,604, losses in - curred s6.139. 31acleberry Fire. writ~en in 1298 $21,641i. premiums 82.279'. I':sses in curred $1.094. National Fire Insuranee company written in 1898 $447. 532. premiums $2,932. losses incurred 87,46S. Northern Assurance company. wrmr ten in 1898 8987.312, premiums s.5.ai. losses incurred 810.9401. North British and Mcercantile writ ten in 189S $1,197.138, premuiuums 817.743. losses ineu'red $21.3 Niagara ire~ Insu'rance comp rany, written in 1898 $219.221j. premiums S'3,74S. losses, in curred 81.875. Ntherland Ire, written ia 189'8 27.300. premiums -t )U, loss~s incur red none. Norwich Unimon 1Fire, written in 189S $909,660. premiums~ $12 . losses in curred 81.042. Orient Fire, written in 1998 $271. 018. premiums 83.752, josses incurred $1;042. Palatine Fire, written in 1898 $5:34. 818. premiums $9.803, losses ineurred Pacific F ire. written in ]:'8 $2-0. .preuiun.s 816. losses incurred -.024. Pennsv.iania Fire. written in 189 SS1.25 pemum .1. 93.!se in curred . .232. Phenix Fire insurance coni rany, Brootk yn, written in jS!N 5733.010. rmnos I.45 loses incurred $9, Phenrix A uranee company, New Y written in 1898 ss70,60, $re. miu-ni E12.731. losses incurred :,1, Pho-nix Fire insurance company. IHart ford, written in 1998 81.216.439, premiums $20,157, bosscs incurred $22. 511. ( .)uecn Fire Insurance cmupany. writton in 18 -1.291.944. premiums 13.833. los:-cs incurred 518.300. Ioyal mexhaie Assuracc, wrigttn in 1s8 511 .2'B peiums 8!!% lo)es i I -z . 2 ,,i. h:d1 IKurance conpany, written in 189 ' 82.06 ~1.409 preiumsii $22, 6, Io S incu;rred..: , 13.1 1. Soutnrn Insurane Ciopany. writ tni in 188 $244.9 11, premium in-4.500. los-cs ineurred 83.781. Stcotti-h Union and National. writ W n io 1, l 1.'- , ,;9)A 1i ;4s ten n 198809.061. preium~ls8.324 Il- -s incarred -33:69S ii 7!ucme1 comnipany. New 0: le ns. writr-n 'i 1'88 -251.451, pre 1 -4 ,'an 1nwurauce company. (United States branch.) written in 1898 Z5:35. 782. pre mins 54.9; . !wes incurred Svea -ire and Litf Insurance coi p.:Ny. (United StatCes branch.) written in !8:1s nothing. in 1s8S $04.913. preiums 52 4I lOs-ei incurred -,901. Western A-suranca conmpaiy, writ ten in 1898 S;3:3. 1'4. premiums 9.2119, loss s ineurred $13.3:1)0. Westchester Fire Insurance compa nv. writ ten in 1898 5292.635, preni uwus $4.239, losses incurred SI.521. Williamsburc City, written in 1393 $252.545. premiums $3,369, losses in eurredl 455. Total. written in 1$9S $43,911,221, premiuns $447.3)5. losses incurred $428.692. ACCIDENT INSURANCE. The accident insurance business also is on the steady increase. The records of companies reporting busioess i: this State show: Aetna Life, accident department. risk written $6S9.500. premiums re ceived 11.444. losses paid $141. American Surety company, risk writ ten 385.400, premiuns received 1,540, lesses paid none. American Bonding and Trust - com pany, risk written 638.501, _premi ums received 2,S72, losses paid $14. 251. British and Foreign Marine, risk written 390.902. premiums received 69.490, losses paid none. City Trust, Suie Deposit and Surety company. risk written 24,000. premi ums received1 - Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, risk written 354.501, premiumi received 1,575, losses paid 314. Fidelity and Deposit company, risk written 897.100, premiums received 6.83:3, losses paid 2:33. Fidelity and Casualty company, risk written 6,107.653, premiums rcecived 1.107, losses paid 4,7G7. G uarantee company of North Ameri ca. risk written 67S.050, premiums re eeied 1,717. losses paid 3,1S2. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection company, risk written 570.500 pre miumns received 5.433, losses paid none. London Guarantee and Accident company. 167.500. risk written 1.046, losses paid 201. Metropolitan Plaite Glass. risk wrIt ten 26.S4S. premiums received 676 losses paid 161. Lloyd's Plate Glass, risk written 28, 549. premiums ieccived 649, losses paid 197. National Surcty c'mpany, risk writ ten 22.032. premiums received 79 losses pid none. Springiield Fire and 3Marine, risk written 71:3 1:33. premiums received 10, 417. losses paid 17.217. Standard Life and Accident Insur ance, risk written 274.350. piemiums received :3 390). losses paid 2 275 Thamies, Mersey and M rine. risk written 792.:396. premiums received 2,716, losses paid 2.275. Union Casualty and Surety Company, risk written 509.833, premiums received .709, losses paid 219. United States Fidelity and Guaranty copany, risk written 642,120, premi innms received 1,769. losses paid f;5. 1troal risk written 13.812.918, total premiums received1 129.5S7. total losses paid SB. 58. u2 F: Issr lANm:. The life insurance business. however. shows the most marked growth and vol ume. Thec following is the showing, as tulished for the life insurance coim paes: Am-:rican Union Life, premnilms re eived 1.789. insurance in force Dece - br :31. 1898. 82.070. Atua Life Insurance company. pre minimisreceived 23,728. losses paid 517, 985. insurance in force December 31, 1898. 958.390. Bankers' Life Insurance -ompany. pre mius received 12.96:3, insurance in fore December 31. 1S98. 514.f00. Bankers' Guarantee Fund. insurance in force lDecemiber 31. 198 213.000. (onnoetirut Mutual Life, premiumis received 13.468. losses paid :.500. in suranee ii for~e December 31, 1898. 515178. 1E;uitable Life Assurance comipany, preiums received 1G6.351;. losses paid 128.596. insurance in force D)ecembcr :31. 1898. l,408.0155. Fidelity Mutual Life Association. tremiumiiis received 27.870. losses pa: d '.00O. insurance in forc ~e ecemnber 31. 198 1.345.144. liome Friondy Society, preiums re eelvd 2:.Gsi;. lo~ ses paid 8,79:1. insur a.e in force Decemiber 31. 1898. 4:37. Iartford Lifte Insurance comipany, priumilis received 15.832, losses paid 21100. insuiranc-e in force December :31. 1898, 759.500). ..om Life Insurance company. pre iuu received 17.093. losses paid .1000 insuirance in force December :31, L ife Insurance company of Virginia. preiuinms received 78,91S, losses paid 3J.71, insurance in force December 81. .31anhattan Life Insurance company, premniums received -13,455, losses paid .415. insurance in force December .11, 18S8. -48. 423. Mutual Benefit Life, premiums re ceived 1.3-9, losses paid 529.024, in siranen in force December "1, 1898. 3. 110. 6'32. Mutual lleserve Fund Life Associa i tion. premiums received $52. 276. losses paid '70 200, insurance in force Decem ber 81. 1893, $2,932.000. Mutual Life lnuurance company, pre ninuis received $244.012, losses paid s15s.3:3sinsurance in force December 31. 1898, $9.if;; 68S. New York Life, premiums received 5184.015 losses paid -144,393. insur ance in force December 31, iS9, 5", (3252i'1. New England Mutual Life. premiums ree-ived ( 18.221, lioses paid $3.791, inizrane- i I ree Diecmber 31, 1S98 Northwestern Life Assurance, pre niuis received 52,688, loses paid 51.Oi00. inzuranee in force December 31 189S. $1a7.500. Phoenix Mutual Life, premiums re ceived '1)67, losses paid $7.000. in surance force Deceinber -1 1-98 $57G. 050. Provident Savings Lire Assurance Society. premiums received S 18.239. luses paid $5,000, insurance in force December 31, 1898. $745,182. Penn Mutual Life, premiums received $42.950, losses paid $12:291. insurance in force December 31 1898. $1.294, Prudential Insurance company, pre miams received .~>.775. insurance in force December 3l, 1898, 199,802. Roval Benefit Society, insurance in force December 31, 1898, 41,400. Security 'rust and Life, premiums recieve- 5.923 losses paid :'.000. insur ariee in force Deccmber 31, 1898, 154, 1l). State Mutual Life Assurance, pre miumus received 2,293, insurance in force December 31. 1S98; SS649. Travellers' Life Insurance company, premiums received 39,980. losss paid 22.009. insurance in force December 31, 1S9S, 3.505.335. Union Central Life, premiums re ceived 33.905, losses paid 11,000, in surance in force December 31, 1898, 1.121 873. Washington Life. premiums received 8,044, losses paid 7,161, insurance in force December 31, 1898, 204,618. Total premiums received $1,172,472. Total losses paid $700,976. Total in surance in force December 31, 1898, $45,714,739. Hampton Thanks His Friends To the People of the State: My du ties during the past week at the Reunion in Charleston left me no opportunity of expressing to my friends my grateful sense of the spontaneous and almost universal sympathy shown by them for the loss I have recently sustained by fire. Let me now assure them that I am.profoundly touched by their mani festation of kindness and by the propo saI to rebuild my, house. But they must pardon me fraIGI i them to abandon this intended act of kindness, though the motives which prompt it are fully and gratefully appreciated. I cannot accept from my friends a testi monial of regard such as they propose, but the affection shown by them in wishing to reimburse me for my loss can never be forgotten, for it is prized by me far more than any gift from them could ever be. It is the duty of every citizen to serve his State whenever called on to do so, and his sole reward should be the consciousness of having fulfilled that obligation. If my fellow citizens think that I have ever been able to serve my State in any manner I only discharged my duty in doing so, and I am amply compensated for any service rendered by their verdict of "Weil done, good and faithful ser vant."' I am, wvith heartfelt thanks for the great kindness shown me, your fel low citizen, Wade Hampton. Oppositien to Rural Free Delivery There seems to be a good deal of feeling among the fourth class post offcs all over thc country against the rural free delivery which has been estab lished by the p)ostoffice department, and the hostility to the system has taken various fcrmas. The reason for this is that the rural free delivery cuts down the patronage of tihe fourth class post offices, not only in regard to the mail, and consequently the postmaster s sal ary, but as thousands of these postof fees are in small country stores it wars against these establishments. Now that a wagon goes over the country roads and delivers the mail direct to the houses of the country people, many who used to go to the store to get their mail need not do so now. The hostili t has grown so intense in sonme places -for instance, in Maryland-that ac tual interference has taken place to break up the s:-stem. The department has sent out a circular letter as a gen eral warning. to the forty odd thousand p~ostmasters to quit their hostile atti tude. In this circular warning agaitist molesting mail boxes placed in- coun try roads is given. Attention is called to the penalty i'or disturbing these boxes, showing that tile fine is not less than 5100 nor' more th a 1,000, and that imiprisonmnent of not less than one year or mnore thian three is imposed. The N~egro Eust Settle It. "The only way," says the New Or leans Pieayane. sin which the \egroes can be fitted for the exercise of any real fredomi th: t would make them worthy of citizeaslhip is to distribute them amon'g the wnite3, largely in the North ern :aw. The distribution of seven miion Negroes among seventy millhon whi es would do everything to improve and elevate in character, morals ano. worth the Negroes who are now crowded in a few States of the Union. outnum beringr the whites in not a few comn miunites to th extent o.f ten to one. It is a go:.d s esin, but the practi cal objection to it is that there is no way to enforce it. Wh ite men in the South chase off later State emigration agents with shotguns, and white men in the North -well, there is Governor Tanner and the white men Pana, Illi nois, for instane. The fact is that the Nero must settle the "Negro question~ forhimself, and lie wi .1 never settle it so long as he remains a. this country. Bv order of the Emiperor of Korea the muembers of the Korean legation in Washington must hereafter wear cloth ing required by the custom of this coun try. Hitherto they have appeared in renal garb. MANY NEW DOCTORS. Result of the Recent Examina tion at Columbia. SEVENTEEN FAILED TO PASS, But Forty-eight Did and were Licensed. One Lady and Five Negroes in the Class. The following is the list of candidates who passed the examination before the State board of Med:cal Examiners last week: iRowland Alston, Charleston. J. D. Andrews, Charleston. Mary R. Baker, Marion county. J. R. Bell, Charleston city hospital. H. C. Beckman, McClellanville. J. J. Bickley, Irmo. C. W. Birnie, colored, Sumter. W. G. Blackwell, Parksville. S. T. Cade, Bordeaux. G. W. Cardwell, colored, Reidsville, N. C. S. M. Cameron, Shelton, J. B Chisholm, Charleston. Hamilton Witherspoon Cooper, Wis ackly. J. C. Drafts, Lorena, A. B. Drafts, Lexington. B. 11. Earle, Greenville. 11. A. Edwards, Sellers. W. G. Fike, Enoree. R. M. Faller, Longmire's Store. W. M. Gaillard, Eutawville. J. W. Gaston, Harmony. C. T. J. Giles, Anderson. J. H. Goodwin, colored, Weston. S. E. Harmon, Columbia. H. F. Hoover, Ridgeway. C. Henslee, Dillon. J. G. Johnson, Lowryville. C. C. Leech, Hickory Grove. J. D. Lewellen, Friendfield. J. A. Lightner, colored, Chester. L. H. Lindon, colored, Charleston. W. S. Lynch, Florence county. J. E. Massey, Jr., Rock Hill. C. H. Prince, Florence. T. A. Quattlebaum. Winnsboro. R. E. Riggs, Holly Hill. J. M. Rushton. Johnston. R. D. Smith, Chick's Springs, S. J. Taylor, Young's Island. J. T. 'laylor, Adam's Run. Crown Torrence, Unioz. R. H. Tutt, Beech Island. J. E. Watson, Iva. J. E. Warnock, Millettsville. S. A. Wideman, Leslie. E. R. Wilson, Cades. C. F- Williams, Yorkville. J. R. Wright, Honea Path. There were 65 applicants before the board of whom 48 passed and 17 were rejected. Of this number nine were colored, of whom five passed and four were rejected. There was only one la dy, Miss Mary R. Baker, of Marion, who passed the bear&,Th-ighet-av erage was made by Dr. C. F. Williams, of Yorkville. Second place, Dr. J. G. Johnston, of Lowryville, Chester. Two Cannons From Dewey. Admiral D)awey has sent and the Na tional Museum has received two c.an nons which he captured from the Span iards at Cavite, near Manila. In one of them two shells and a grape shot were found, and the museum officials are wondering whether or not it had been loaded by the Spaniards daring the fight with Dewey and the gallant admiral incautiously sent it homeward an engine of dlestruction under certain conditions. At any rate, there was a small-sized panic at the museum when the discovery was made. A gunner from the navy yard was sent for and fi nally came. He brought the shells and grape shot to light in ship-shape fash ion. Both shells were of the percus sionl cap variety, but the caps were mis sing The powder, however, was in them, although a little moldy. The museum people incline to the belie~ that; in spite of the mold, the powde~ would explode if subjected to fire. The fact that pieces of coal also were found in the cannons led to the conclusion that they were brought here in a trans port's coal bunker. Formosa Head Hunters. Formosa advices give details of a ter rible massacre in the vicinity of Taikow; Cina, a town in the central district. Thirty unarmed villagers were ambush ed by about 60 savages, who killed 29 of them. Only one escaped. The cause of the massacre is said to have been a dispute between savage tribes over the paternity of an -illegitimate child and the death of its mother. The reputed father of the child denied the charge and refused to make compensa tion to the tribe to which the girl be longed. An appeal to head hunting was the only way by which the injured tribe could prove its righteousness to its ancestors. After the massacre the sav ages indulged in a feast at which the heads of the murdered villagers were conspicuously displayed. The Ravisher Shot. Theresa Thompson, who was dipping turpentine with a younger brother near St. Stephens, Ala., Thursday, was as saulted by a negro named Tom Murphy. The negro had a pistol and threatened the girl with death. A struggle ensued and Murphy laid the pistol down in or der to overpower her. The girl seized the pistol and shot the negro twice. An elder brother who was working at some distance heard the shots and the girl's screams. The negro took the ~istol from the girl and a fight ensued between the white man and the negro, the former armed with a hacker used in cutting turpentine. He slashed the nemro and the pegro shot him. Both Ifell and the negro crawled away a short distance and died. Thompson is re ported in a critical condition. Used to be a Newsboy. Jerome H. Raymond, the youthful president of the University of West Virginia, was a Chicago newsboy 20 years ago. He Decame an expert steno grapher and as one of George M. Pull man's secretaries, and afterwarj. as Miss Willard's private secretary, he found means to acquire a college educa tion. He was professor of sociology in a small Western college before he was VETERANS AND SPONSORS. Some Timely and Pertinent Sugges I tions About the Matter. The Columbia State, in speaking of veterans who stopped over in that city on their return from Charleston, has the following paragraph: "None of them have fault to find with anything connected with their re ception and entertainment in Charles ton. But to a man almost they ex press dissatisfaction with the growing tendency manifested more and more each year to devote the time of the veterans to the sponsors. They feel that the social functions arranged at the auditoriums in honor of the spon sors are getting to monopolize the time so much that the veterans themselves are driven into the background and have practically no time left for the transaction of the business that should receive attention. They believe in the young people having a good time, but they have many years before them for that, while in a very few years more the ranks of the ex-Confederates will be so thinned that there will be but a few to gather on these occasions." A veteran from Greenville, who is far from being prejudiced against young women, says that the solution of this matter lies in a change of the sponsors, who should be elected by the veterans' camps from anmng the widows of Con fedrate soldiers. He contends that the widows of their comrades would more fitly represent the old soldiers, and that they would give dignity to the position, while in full and appreciative sympathy with the occasion itself, without being anxiously concerned as to social functions and escorts and the like. He thinks the Sons of Veterans should apjpoint the young ladies as their sponsors and maids of honor, and that the Sons should have exelusive charge of balls and receptions during the reanions as being more compatible with their youth and position in socie ty. A sponsor is one who undertakes to answer for another, and he believes that the widows of Confederate soldiers can better speak for the survivors than the younger generation who did not ex periencethe hardships and privations of the war-times. Run Down by Bloodhounds. A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn., says Jessie Haffley, a Negro, eighteen yiars of age, has been arrested at Day ton &s the assailant of Miss Bessie Sparks, whose room at the home of Mr. Dean he entered Sunday morning. The negro was apprehended after an excit ing bloodhound chase. The dogs of D.etective Phipps, of Chattanooga, were placed on the trail soon after the crime and traced the negro several miles into the country, followed by a mob of ex cited and infuriated men. The blood hounds were first introduced to. a pair of old shoes the negro had left in the young lady's room. "King Henry," a now famous dog, took up the trail from the Dean residence, following it until he reached a barnyard out of town. When the dog saw the negro at work in the yard he gave a sharp bark and grabbed the man, who begged the crowd to protect him from the animal. Many wanted to let the dog tear him to pieces, but Officer Phipps would not allow this. The man said the shoes were his, but that they had been stolen from his room. Later he made a full confession, in which he related the story of the struggle in Miss Spark's room. He said his motive was robbery, but later ac knowledged that his intention was to assault the young woman. Cannibals in Formosa. The steamship Enpress of India brings news of the ascent for the first time of Mount Morrison, the highest mountain in Formosa, by Stoepel, the explorer of the Pie of Ocizaba in Mexi co. Many previous attempts had fail ed. Stoepel says the heat was terrnfic and he narrowly escaped death from wild animals and men. He found on the mountains a strange tribe of man eaters, hitherto unknown. The people are evidently of Malayan origin. They have never communicated with the Chinese. They are skull hunters, and cannibalism was actually witnessed by Stoepel, who saw the progress of a feast while hiding in the underbrush. Dr. Hepworth's Views. The New York Herald has sent the Rev. George H. Hepworth, of Georgia, to investigate the causes of the lyn~h ing of Sam Hose. In his first letter he tells of the hideousness and brutality of the crime of Hose and its retribution. He says that the retribution, terrible as it was, was natural, and that he cannot tell what he might have done if'ie had been there. Then he follows this up in a judicial tone, showing that for the good of the South and the whole land some remedy for lynching should be devised. A Warning. A press dispatch from Passaic, N. J., says: Tight lacing caused the death of Charles T. Stewart, banker, amateur actor and one of the leading men so cially of this place. He was found dead in bed early Thursday morning and the use of corsets, made necessary by his part in a burlesque in which he participated, it is supposed brought on an attack of appoplexy. Hard to Get At. The census of colored people is said to be imperfect, because they are sus picious of the enumerators and either refuse to answer questions or answer falsely. It is one of their own race, C. H. J. Taylor. formerly registrar of deeds for the District of Columbia, who says that if one of them happens to have been stealing a day before the enumerator comes around he suspects that a search in being made for him and keeps out of sight. A Chance for Old Ladies. An Alabama newspaper prints this ad.ertisement: "To the ladies: I am a widower, ninety-seven years old, and I am looking around for a smart wife about eighty years-one who knows how to work and would be willing to help manage the farm. No young girls need apply. I want a woman who has had at least sixty years' experiencP, and I promise to make such a one hap. py for the rest of her life." A HOME Uli1AUQUA A Charter Applied for By Promi nent Educators of the Siate. THE ISLE OF PALMS Selected for Its Location. The Object to Prom-te Literary, Scientific, Moral and Aesthetic Culture. A Chautauqua association, the pur pose of which is to be to the South what the Northern Chatauqua is to the North and East, is in process of ferma tion and promises to be a great success. For some time Mr. St. Julien Grimke has been in the field explaining its ob jects and purposes to the people of this and other States. As a result he has secured as corporators of the association, which is to be founded under the act of this State controlling social and charit able organizations, many men than whom none in the South stand higher in educational and literary circles. The association is to haves capital stock of $25,000, with the privilege of increasing to $100,000, divided into shares at $5 each. It is to be located at "Chautauqua By-The-Sea," on the Isle of Palms, off the coast near Charleston. This is one of the most delightful spots in the whole Southern country and is easy of access. The declaration filed vith the secre tary of State Wednesday sets forth the purposes of the association as follows: "That it's general object will be the advancement of literary, scientific, moral and aesthetic culture, and the promotion of the cause ,of popular edu cation by the establishmnent and main tenance of colleges, schools and lecture entertainment and recreation appropri ate to outdoor life, to which end it will acquire, hold and sell land, lay out the same in lots, streets and other divisions, erect buildings and other necessary structures thereon, and in general eon duet all business requisite and incident al to the purposes of its organization." All the State and denominational ool lege presidents in South Carolina are included among the corporators. Here is a partial list of the corporators, how ever, to speak for itself: F. C. Wood ward, president of South Carolina col lege; Jno. J. McMahan, State superin tendent of education; Dr. E. S. Joynes, Bishop Ellison Capers, Jos. Daniel Pope, Ambrose E. Gonzales, Rev. Geo. A. Blackburn, Dr. R. P. Pell, president College for Women; President Jno. A. Rice, Columbia Female college; Dr. W. E. Evans, Dr. J. W. Flinn, E. S. Drehr, superintendent Columbia city school; Clarence E. Johnson, Rev. A. R. Mitchell, Jno. S. Verner, James S. Verner and Francis H. Weston, all-of Columbia. Then there are Dr. James H. Car lisle, president of Wofford college; President B. F. Wilson of Converse and eight other prominent citizens of Spartanburg; President Montague of Frman university, S. R. Preston, Rev. Byron Holly and Superintendent E L. Hughes of Greenville; President Hart zg of Clemson college; PresidentfD. B. Johnson of Winthrop college; President W. M. Grier of Erskine college, Due West?4gresident George B. Cronmer of Newberry college; Dr. S. Lander, presi dent of Williamston Female college; Asbury Coward, superintendent South Carolina Military academy; F: N. K. Bailey, Co educational institute, Edge field; J. Thomas Pate. Camden; C. C. Brown, Samter; W. M. Lewis, Clinton; W. T. Capers, Anderson; Carleton B. Gibson, Colambus, Ga.; HEugh C. Mid dleton and Lyon Martin, Angasta, Ga.; Julian Mitchell, Harrison Rindolph, Rev. John Kershaw, Bishop Henry P. Northrop, Dr. - C. L. Vedder, J P. Kennedy Bryan, G. Walter Mclver, Yates Snowden and St. Julien Grinike of Charleston.-The State. Fired by a Cigar Stump. Mrs. J. L. Miller of Charleston, who is in Augusta visiting friends, came near meeting with a serious accident in a most peculiar manner recently. Her dress was ignited by a cigar stump ly ing on the sidewalk, and had it not been for her great presence of mind she would probably have been seriously burned. According to the Augusta Herald, she was walking up Broad street, when her dress came in contact with a burning cigar stump. She did not notice that her dress was afire until she reached the Planters Hotel, where she is stopping, when she dete'ed the odor of burning cloth and discovered that her dress was ablaze. She quick ly smother the fire. Making Trouble. Fool Negroes at the north are still busy making trouble for their race in the south. A Negro mass meeting in East Orange, N. J., called to protest against separate schools for the races, proposed in that town, was liberal of threats, and a letter from Jas. D. Carr, a New York lawyer, was read dealaring that if the Negroes did not receive their rights "we should begin a systematic effort to overthrow the government and establish in its place a monarchy, where our rights will be respected." Deporta tion to Edgefield county would have a pacifying influence upon these long range mischief makers. Launched Three Men of War. Mrs. John O'Keefe, wife of a well known and popular sign artist of Nor folk. Va., Wednesday night presented her husband with three sons. Today the proud father named them Dewey, Sampscn and Schley, in honor of the three naval heroes of the late war. The mother and the three young rear admi rals are doing well. Killed His Wife. John Harrison, a well-to-do farmer living near Pelham, Ga., was arrested Wednesday night for the murder of his wife. It appears that on Monday he was in his field chopping cotton. For some trivial cause Harri son became vexed with his wife and strck her on the head with his hoe. With the aid of two Negroes he carried her to the house, where she died. Har rison is now in jail, and will be tried at