Sixty-Eigfht Thousand Dollars in
Fraudulent Bonds.
CULPRIT IS UNDER ARREST.
The Forger Gets Big Loans from
a New York Banker ard
Bank on the SDuri
ous Bonds.
Julius Schroeter, of Forest Hill, N.
J., was arrested in New York Thurs
day on a warrant charging him ith
forgery on complaint of Ladenburg,
Thalman & Co., bai kers, w ho charge
Se uroeter with fori:g boids of the
Et&Le of Virginia. Upon these ateged
forged Virginia bond, amounti- to
about $10000', it i, charged that
Schroeter SUecede in obaulet loans
amounting to $668,001) !rum tht 1ulp-Tt
ers' and Traders' Nazional JBank and
Ladenberg, Tha imau & C.
Accordog to the my as given cut
by Captain McCluaky, Senrocter L0
tained an iutroduatia to .ono of the
presidents of the Importer.' and Trad
ers' National Bank in Septeinaer last,
and negotiated a loan of $30,000, giv
ing as security -50.50000 worth cf Vir
ginia bonds. The folBing month he
brought to the bank $45,000 more of
these bonds, on which he asked for a
loan of $20,000, but there being some
suspicion he was put off for a time.
Some of the bonds were sent to Vir
ginia for verification when it was found
that they were forgeries. They then
demanded that Schroeter put tp good
collateral.
On November 17 Schroeter called on
Ladenberg, Thalman & Co., and nego
tiated for a loan of $3S,000. He offered
$56,000 of these Virginia state bonds.
He failed to get the amount that day,
and the next day returned with $16,000
of bonds which he offered for a loan
of $10,000. This he got in two checks
for $5,000 each. Schroeter then took
one of the checks to the Importers' and
Traders' National Bank awd paid that
amount on his first loan there. redue
ing the idebtedness to $25,000. He
also gave the' bank 450 ,hares of stock
in a manufacturing cowpaoy in which
he was interested and received back for
them $45,000 of the Virginia bonds.
As he had alreadJy given the firm of La
denburg, Thaiman & Co. $16,000 of
the $56,000 offered, he took $40,000 of
the returned bonds to them and
received the $28,000 promised him
on the $38,000 loans.
Later the Ladenberg, Thalman firm
investigited the transaction and found
that the bonds were bogus and imme
diately informed the chief of detectives.
Captain McClusky said Schroeter had
als been successful in negotiating a
loan with the Seaboard National Bank.
Bere he put up $30,000 of the bonds
and received $20,000 on them.
In negotiating the loans, Schroeter
is quoted by Captain MeClubky as say
ing that the bonds were not his but be
longed to Mrs. Emma Emeline Turner,
formerly of Mt. Vernon, but now living
in London, England. He is also said
to have shown a power of attorney
which authorized him to dispose of her
property. Captain McClusky said he
thought there was no doubt the power
of attorney was also a forgery. It is
said that the bonds were issued in 1882
by the Kendall Bank Note c->mpany of
New York city on order of the State of
Virginia. Previous to the full issue,
the amount of which is not known by
the police, 500 of the bonds were issued
and sent t'o Virginia. The order was
unsatisfactory to the Virginia officials
and the rest of the order was cancelled.
The 500 bonds which has been made
and shipped to Virginia were afterward
sold at public auction in an express of
fioe in Virginia as curiosities and mere
ly as pieces of common paper.
Schroeter was arraigned in police
court and held in $5,000 bail for fur
ther examination. He was unable to
furnish bail and was sent to the tombs.
Schroeter refused to say anything at all
either about himself or about the finan
cial transaction. The woman, Emeline
Turner, whom Schroeter is quoted as
having said to have owned the bonds,
is believed by the polhce to be in the
neighborhood of New York instead of
in London. The police say that she
has been indimately~ acquainted with
Schroeter for some years and a party to
his dealnes.
A Sketch of dioebel.
William E. Goebel, who was an
sited in Frankfort, Ky., L.ssL w.eek, is
about thirty- five years old and single.
He has been a prominent figure in
Kentucky politics a number of years
-and was recognized as the democratic
leader of that state. By many he was
called the democratic dictator, but it
is answered that the party follows his
lead but with slight disaffection heie
and there. Senator Geebel was the
author of the famous Goebel election
law, which brougt about the present
state of affairs in that state. The
senator was noininated for governor last
fall by the Democratic convention at
Louisville, and then followed a cam
paign of great bitterness and recrinii
nation. He was opposed by John
Young Brown, Democrat, and W. S.
Taylor, Republican. The Kentucky
state board of canvassers decleared
Taylor elected after a hard contest, and
he was given the certificate and iniaugu
rated governor, but the Democrats
served notice of contest and the legis
lattire decided in favor of Goebel, the
day after he was shot. TJhere has be',n
much feeling between Goebel and his
opponents and the attempt at assassina
tion is 'iot so surprising as might be
e-pected. Goebel shot and kaled a
man in Covington, KZy., several years
ago.. John Sanford, a banker, was the
victim.
Duane Burned to Death.
Mrs. Mary JDuane was burnt to death
Thursday night in ther room at No. 2
Washington street, Charleston, 5. C.
Passer'. by discovered the place to be
are and the alarm was turned in.
When the door was forced the woman's
body, burned to a ciip, was found, in
removing the effects of the room $700
in paper and .$300 in coin was found
seured between the mattresses of the
bed. In building the fire in the chimi
ney Mrs. Duane's clothing probably be.
came ignited and falling in a faint to
the floor the room caught fire and she
was burned before assistance could be
summoned-Columbia State.
Mr. Douthit's Place.
Since the announcement of the resig
nation of Commissioner Douthit the
names of several have been mentioned
in connection with the comm issioner
shp. Among thosa talked of are Col.
. W. Vance, who was put out to give
Mr. Douthit the place, and Represcn
tatives Crum, Ly les and Etird. If the
senate bill passes the h2(use the com
missioner will be elected by the general
To the FolloWing Most Exellent:Ad
vice from the Cotton Plant.
There is no doubt that the farmers of
the South are standing just now at the
parting of the ways, and upon their
decision will depend to a great extent
the policy and plans of a generation.
Cotton has given them more money per
pound than for any year in a decade,
because the crop of last year was raised
for less cost per pound, and hence there
was more clear money realized. Be
sides the average farmer was in a bet
ter financial plight than he has been
for ten years, because he has been
practicing economy and raising his own
food crops for man and beast. The
money brought by his cotton crop has
been more nearly a surplus than any
year since the inflated prices that pre
vailed just after the war, when every
I thing was booming along that line, and
the contagion of going into debt took
hold of the farming class and held it in
a frm grip fo twenty years.
Conditio..S are changed for the better,
and nearly every farmer will admit that
the best plan is to raise supplies on the
farm, make as few obligations as possi
ble, and cultivate only enough cotton
to call it a surplus crop. The large
acreage in wheat would indicate that
the fa-mers are determined to stick to
the policy which has in a large measure
brought them out of debt aud planted
their feet on solid ground, but there
are signs that many of them arce weaken
ing and vacillating at the resent time,
which would forebode a retura to past
conditions and restore the ruinous man
agement of affairs in the South. One
of these signs is that the fertilizer com
panies and agents are generally report
ing larger sales than usual, and the in
ference is that the fertilizers will be
used on the cotton crop. This may
not be true in every instance, but the
large majority of farmers are not yet
adetas in the use of commercial fertili
zers for any other purpose than raising
cotton.
On the threshold of another year
the farmers in the South should make
haste slowly about putting their trust
too much in cotton. What guarantee
is there that prices such as are now
prevailing will be realized next fall? A
craze on planting cotton this spring
will inevitably lower the price in Sep
tember, and already the speculators are
beginning to use the increased purchase
of fertilizers to depress the price of cot
ton futures. Will wo never learn that
the world is conibined against the
Southern farmer to get his cotton for
the least money, and that every factor
which indicates a larger crop is used to
our disadvantage? The sensible and
pointed remarks of Mr. R. T. Nesbitt,
of Georgia, which we print in another
column, gives needed information and
advice, which ought to be taken by all
the farmers of the South. His coun
sel in regard to the farmer putting him
self into a position whereby he will not
be forced to sell cotton early in the sea
son is worthy of careful study. The
bonded warehouses may not be accessi
ble to every community, but there are
few towns in the South where the farm
ers cannot make arrangements with lo
cal banks and merchants to get ad
vances upon cotton after it has been
baled, and thereby prevent the rash of
the crop to the interior markets early
in the fall. There is no doubt that
the advice given last fall to hold back
cotton aided to a great extent in rais
ing the price in October and November,
but concert of action among the farm
ers through banks and merchants where
bonded warehouses do not exist will
have a like effect another season.
Let no one be deceived by the pres
ent prices of cotton, which would not
yield near the profit this year than was
realized from the crop of 1899. Not
only will the farmer have to pay more
for his fertilizers, but as prices have
advanced all along the line, his labor
will cost him more than last year, and
he cannot buy a mule for anything like
the price paid one year ago. His
plows will cost nearly a hundred per
cent. more than they did last year,
and all machinery used on the farm
has advanced not less than fifty per
cent. Agricnu ural implements and
all else bought from the stores will cost
more this year, and it is a matter of
impossiblity that cottoR can be grown
as cheaply as last year, or in fact that
any kind of farming can be done in
1900 at the same cost as in 1899. Far
mers who are so unfortunate as to buy
provisions this year will feel the effect
keenly every time they enter a store to
gt their supplies.
Will the farmers listen to the warn
ings of their best and most reliable
counsellors? Or will they ignore the
facts staring them in the face, and
plunge headlong into a course which
cannot end in any other way than dis
appintment and disaster? The Cot
ton Plant to the full measure of its
Iinfluence wishes to avert the calamity
Ithat is lying just ahead, and- recognizes
with intense satisfaction that somne of
the farmers in South Carolina are pre
paring to fight t be trusts by organizing
their forces in due season. Still the
great masses of our people are supinely
yielding to what they consider the de
cree of fate against them, when by in
telligent and earnest effort they might
teach a lesson to the fertilizer trust
that would benefit them for many years
to come.
A Good Bill Killed.
The bill to provide for the sale of
the governoi 's mansion came up in she
House of Representatives Thursday.
Mr. Rogers moved to strike out the
enacting words. Mr. Gantt spoke in
favor of the bill. The governor's man
sion can be sold for $30,000. Half of
that money can trect a handsome mod
ern home for the governor. The pres
ent mansion is almost a disgrace. It
was never intended for a residence,
but was an arsenal. The hill would
turn into the treasury $15,000 in addi
tion of the erection of a nice home on
property now the State's. The vote
was 42 to 42 and the speaker decided
aaint striking out the enacting words.
'he vote was clinched on motion of
Mr. Gantt. Mr. Richards moved to in
definitely postpone the bill. This was
carried by a vote of 55 to 42 and subse
quently clinched.
A New Device
A Chicago man is applying for a
patent for a "nickel-in-the slot" device
that will be appreciated by the users of
electric motor vehicles. He proposes
to establish small storage stations, sup
plied from a central point, at which
"dead" motors may, on the dropping
Iin the slot by their owners of a coin or
coins, be sufficiently charged to carry
~them home. The device is automatic
Ithroughout.
The supplemental lists'obf casualties
fill two columns in non;>arell type in
he London papers, making 1,200 re
>orted thus far in Gen. Buller's opera
tions north of the Tugela river. The
Daily Chronicle estimates that the total
exceeds two thousand. The forty per
cent. loss at Spion Kop is greater than
any British force ever suffered, except
mesibl atsra Spain, in 1811.
England Has Two Hundred and
Thirteen Thousand Trocps
IN AFRICA TO FIGHT BOERS.
It is Beyond Comparison the
Largest Body of 1roops
Great Britain Ever
In the Field.
A dispatch from London says Mr.
Wyndham's remarkable declaraon in
the house of commons Thursday that
Great Britain wili have in a fertniglt
a total of 213,0K) troom in South Ifrica
with 452 guns, is received with wonder
went. All are now there. eXc.-t about
18,000 that are afloat. Beyo:-d com
parison this is the largest force Gr-at
Britain has ever put into the tiebi. At
the end of the Crimean war sie nad
craped together eighty thousami meu.
Wellington at WVaterloo had 25,000.
Roughly siaking ouly eighty th iand
men are at the front. Teu thou-and
others have been !ost and 10,10t are
shut up at Ladymith.
Excluding these there are severty
thousand troops who have not yet been
in action in additio i to those at sea.
Why so many have not .et been en
gaged is explained by the lack of land
transport and the origin of supplies to
which Lord Roberts is devoting his ex
perience and Lord Kitchener his genius
for details. It seems as though the
weight of these masses must destroy
the equilibrium which now holds the
British forces stationary wherever they
are in contact with the Boer army.
Lack of transports and organization
will not explain adequately why, when
generals at the front request reinforce
ments, they get them in rather small
numbers. Knowledge is slowly pene
trating to London that large garrisons
must be kept in Cape Colony to hold
down the Cape Dutch who, asevery one
knows, outnumber the British residents
three to one.
Old Hens for Mothers.
While the chit f uze of the hen is to
lay eggs and to furnith poultry for the
table, it mubt not be forgotten that
this is on-ly a part of the original de
sign which must not be entirely super
ceded by inventions like the incubator.
This latter may do where thousands of
young fowls have to be grown for
broilers. Not en->ugh hens could be
secured in brooding condition to meet
this demand, especially as it is the
largest when the natural impulse of
every hen is to lay more eggs and not
to become a mother, so says t writter in
Massachusetts Plowman. Hence the
incubator is, and will always be, a ne
cessity. But we hate to tbink of the
life of an incubator hatched chieken
that it is to grow up and live for ycaia.
perhaps, and never hear the sound of
the ben's familiar "cluck." It will
practically grow up without ary rela
tions, the most desolate kind of an or
phan. There are thousands of farmers
who keep hens who do not care to grow
more chickens than their own hens can
hatch. We would advise all such, in
thinning off their flocks of poultry, to
save a few old hens to batch out the
chickens needed for next year. The
old hens will not lay many eggs. Prob
ably their egg supply has been mostly
exhausted. But they will bie all the
more interminable sitters because of
this. Gtve them the eggs of the most
prolific egg producers of the flock, for
these will make the best layers. Most
people encourage the brooding habit
among their flocks by allowing hens
that are nearly past laying to steal a
nest, lay ten or a dozen eggs and hatch
them out. Of course, the old hen is
awfully proud of these chicks, which
she knows are all her own, as only her
own eggs are in the nest. IBut the
chikeus of these old hens will take
after their mother in laying few eggs,
and then quickly becoming broody. It
is by the contrary policy, breeding
from eggs laid by fowls that have little
inclination to set, that the best breeds
of egg producers were probably orig
inally produced. The same policy con
tinued will largely increase egg produc
tion.
A Criminal Assault.
John Wade, a colored hack driver of
Spartanburg, was arrested in that city
Thursday on the charge of criminally
assaulting a 'lored w~man named Lily
Summey, who came down on the train
from Hendersonville, bound for Ne .
York city, where she was going to cook
for the family of Mr. John L Elliott,
on Wednesday evening. The woman
had a ticket through to New York, and
failing to make connection with the
northbound train on account of some
delay of the Asheville train, she bad to
spend the night in Spartan burg. W ade
saw the woman, who is about 25 ys: r,
of age and of comely appearance, ue,
under pretext of taking her to a board
ing house nearby, enticed her to take a
walk with him, and accomplished his
purpose. He was arrested and is in
jail, where he will remain until the
next term of court. Friday night the
colored people of the city held an in
dignation meeting at the court house
and some red hot resolutions were
passed denouncing the act of the hack
man. The colored people are much
exercised over the matter.
Goebel Like the Maine.
The New York Sun'sFrcank fort, Ky.,
correspondent, in the course of his re
port of the attempted assassination of
Goebel, says that the day before the
tragedy, Congressman John Hen/ricks,
a warm personal friend of Goebel, said
to him:
"Senator, I have reason to believe
that there is a plot on foot to assassi
nate you. For the sake of the party, if
you will not be careful for your own
sake, don't go near the State house."
Goebel rep'ied:
"Why. Jonn, I never go unaccom
panied."
"But what good will the men with
you do, if you are shot from ambush?"
"If [ am shot from ambush," replied
Senator Goebel, "my death will be to
the Democracy of Kentucky, what the
blowing up the Maine was to Cub "
With that he aie uissed thle subject,
and it is the only instance kon o
his giving it a moment's reogaition,
even to his most intimate friends.
A Centenarian.
Fannie Blaton, colored, aged one
hundred and eleven years, died on the
30th inst., on Dr. Jesse Cleveland's
place, near Spartanburg. The old wo
man was raised by Mr. Blanton, of
Union county, and has been living near
this city since the close of the Confed
erate War, with her daughter, who was
the wife of Bob Bomar, both of whom
died several years ago.-Spartanburg
Hrad.
What Re Says About a Conference in
His Office.
In view of the question of Senator
Manning on the floor of the senate in
regard to the alleged caucus on the dis
pensary, said to have been held in the
governor's office, Gov. M3Sweeney has
made a statement in regard to the mat
ter. He says he certainly has no ob
jection to the facts being_ known. He
says: "There was rotning private or
secret about it. I saw that there were
a number of bills relating to the liquor
question being offered in the general
assembly, nearly all of which pointed
to the abolition of the state board of
control, and the conference was held
simply to try to get the friends of the
dispensary to agree o.; some plan and
present it, and avoid long and useless
discussion and thus help to shorten the
session. I had no administration bill
to present and have had none. My po
sition was clearly and positively stated
in my niess e. I insisted in the cn
furelne that I did not wantto be on the
board of control, ind so far as wanting
p.ver to appoint the board, I never
thought of that, and knew nothing of
Senator Hlenderrn's amendment until
I heard it read in the senate.
"At the conference, which was held,
it was distinctly understood that it was
not biaing on anyone, and the only
purpose was to try to get the friends of
the dispeusary, holding divergent
views, together and agree on some plan
anid thus save the time of the legisla
ture. I have not assumed to dictate to
the members of the legislature, nor
have 1 tried to get them to place more
power in my hands. Neither have I
tried to shirk any responsibility that
was properly mine.
"I do not conceive it improper for
members of the legislature to confer
about important legislation and for ef
forts to be made to get those who are
seeking the same end together on a
plan to accomplish that end and thus
save time and money for the people.
That is all there w-ts in it. I have not
edeavored to influence legislation fur
ther than to make suggestions, as I am
commwanded by the constitution in my
annual and special messages. My aim
has been and shall be to execute the
laws as made by the law-making power."
LENGTH 0? THE SESSIONS,
'P Will Hardly Last Over the Forty'
Days Limit.
The Columbia Record says "the
joint meeting of the judiciary com
mittees of the two houses held Wednes
day afternoon failed to decide as to
the constitutional limit of this session
:f the legislature. The committee
divided even on the question. Eleven
members believed that the session can
not last over forty days with pay for
the members, while the other eleven
hold just the opposite view. The
question arises over an interpretation
of the constitution. That instrument
provided that four sessions after the
adoption of the constitution the general
assembly might sit over forty days
with pay. As the constitution was
adopted in 1895 it would seem plain
that the session of 1899 was the last
of the unlimited sessions. It is con
tended on the other hand that the con
stitution refers to four legislatures
elected after the ccnstitution went into
operation. The sessson of 1895 was
elected before the constitution was
adopted, but its meeting was post
poned by the constitutional con
vention from the fall to January of the
next year. It is held by one side that
this legislature does not* count and con
sequently the present session is the
last of the four. Since there is some
doubt about the matter, it is safe to
say that the legislature will not be in
ssion over forty days."
To County Auditors.
Comptroller General Derham is send
ing the following circular letter to
county auditors:
Dear Sir: In writing up your dupli
ate for 1900, please. observe the fol
lowing:
First. Require a tax return in due
form from all taxpayers. Do not ac
cept a return that says "same as last
year, or no change in property." Where
the party desires to send return by
mail, let him make return under oath
before a magistrate or notary pablic
and transmit by mail.
Second. Befere entering a name on
your duplicate, check the returns by
the duplicate of 1899 and see who have
failed to make return, or if they are in
another school district, cr township.
Be carful in this work and do not en
ter property twice on your duplicate.
Never charge a piece of land to anyone
until y ou know the source from whence
acquired, and then deduct the same
number of acres from the acreage of
the former owner, as~shown on the tax
duplicate.
Submit to the township board of as
sessors the names of all taxpayess who
were on your duplicate in 1899 and
who do not make return for 1900. An
osevance of these instructions will
prevent mia~y errors and the necessity
Ifor this departeont to conbider peti
tions looking to the corrections of er
rors which should have never been
made. Please acknowledge receipts of
this lcttcr. Yours truly,
J. P. Derhamn,
Comptroller General.
The Eise In Paper.
The rise in paper is really getting
very serious for the newspapers of the
country and one by one they are
announcing that they have found it
necessary to raise the price of their
papets to $1.50 or $2. One thing is
certain. The papers cannot affo.'d to
send out copies to people who are care
less about pay ing for it. As the price
is now, many papers are sending out
over a dollar's worth of paper, not
counting the cost of anything connect
ed with the printing or the mailing for
the price of one dollar and it is said
that the pri,:e is still rising. We are
inclined to think that this is a Repub
lican trust scheme to throttle the inde
pendent country press that stands as
such a menace to their supremacy.
Florence Times.
Pats Washington Aflame.
Thle shooting of Senator Goebel in
Frakfort, Ky., created the wildest
exciteent in Washington. Several
members of the Kentucky delegation in
in the house, including Wheeler, who
was one of Goebel's ablest lieutenants,
will leave for Frankfort at once, and it is
freely predicted here that the shooting
of Goebel is only the first of a series of
tragedies that will inevitably follow.
The fact that Goebel was shot from the
executive building adds to the flame.
A kingdom for a cure !
You need not pay so much.
A twenty-five cent bottle of L. L. & K.
Will drive all ills away.
Wen't Liten to It.
The Spartanbuirg Herald inU
discussing the resignation of Dr.
Carlisle from the presidency of
Wofford College, which he has
tendered to take effect on the
first of June, says "we have nev
er for one moment entertained
the thought that Dr. Carlisle's
resignation as President of
Wofford College could be ac
cepted. Even if the trustees
under some mental aberration
should accept it, the whole state
from the mcuntains to the ,ea,
the whole South, the friends of
education and the intelligent
and appreciative sentiment of
the whole country would cry'
out against it. Dr. James H.
Carlisle is the most conspicuous
figure in the South today identi
fied with christian education.
He is one of the few men who
can be set down as great-great
in mind, in heart in force of
character such as leaves an im
press upon humanity. We can
not believe that any sane man
would willingly consent to ac
cept his resignation. Certainly
no friend of Wofford College
would allow it if by any means
it could be averted. Dr. Carlisle
is not old. He is in the prime
of his power, his mind is as vig
orous and his influence upon
this community as strong as it
ever was. He is indeed a man
whose place cannot be filled.
We feel assured that when the
time comes and he sees the need
for his continued labors at the
head of Wofford's faculty, he
will reconsider or else some
means will be employed to av
ert such a blow as would inevit
ably follow his retirement from
the Presidency. There is not a
college in this or any other coun
try but would honor itself 1n
electing Dr. Carlisle as its head,
even though he was enfeebled,
which he is not. Even with old
age, with bad health, though he
should be decrepid and blind,
he would still occupy a place
that no other man could occupy.
We cannot believe that the
Methodist of South Carolina will
allow such a man to leave his
post, at least without exhaust
ing every resource to keep him
there. The influence of James
H. Carlisle at the head of Wof
ford is incalcuable in dollars
and cents." This is a splendid
tribute to Dr. Carlisle, but he
deserves it all. We join the
Spartanburg Herald in protest
ing against his retirement from
Wofford College as its head. If
need be give him an assistant
who could lighten his work, but
by all means let the grand, hum
ble christian scholar remain at
the head of old Wofford.
Homicides in South Carolina.
No more generally inetresting
information could be given than
that contained in compilation of
figures from annual report of
the solicitors in the several cir
cuits showing the number of
men slain by their fellow men
during the past year in South
Carolina, to what extent the
slayers have punished and how.
Acording to these reports there
were two hundred and twenty
one murders in South Carolina
last year. In these cases the
parties were tried for murder.
Iaddition there were six other
homicides for which the parties
were tried for manslaughter
only. All six of the man
slaughter cases resulted in con
victions There were ninety
seven convictions for murder
and eighty-three acquittals, the
others being disposed of by "no
bills" and dismissal of the cases.
A search of the records as to the
disposition of the cases shows
only eight death penalties and
twenty-nine life sentences. The
other sentences were only terms
sentences. Think of it. Two
hundred and twenty-one cases
of murder, and only eight exe
cutions. Is it any wonder that
human life is cheaper in South
Carolina? According to these
figures it is safer to kill a man
than to steal a pig, far as one's
personal convenience is con
cerned.
A Regular Bonanza.
Mr. W, J. Thackston, of Greenville,
who is in the city in the interest of the
Pikens cotton mill, Boon te be estab
lished, made a statement about cotton
mill investments yesterday which shows
their value. "In 1884," said alr. Thack
ston, "a young man in this city was
giveli $10,000 by a relative. The fath
er of the young man was an intimate
friend of Capt. Ellison Smyth and the
entire amount was invested in stock of
the Pelzer Manufacturing company. It
was never taken out. The accumulated
dividends were left with the first in
vestment. Late in December the
Soung owner of the stock 'oecame of
age and he called to see Capt. Smyth
for a settlement. *Tbe stock had risen
in value from $10,000 to $17 000 and
he accumul~ated dividends amounted to
$11,000, making a total of $2S,000, a
clear profit of $18 000 on the invest
ment. The man was so well pleased
with cotton mill stock that he immedi
ately put' his money out in other mill
securities. "-News and Courier.
That Spanish Cennon.
The captured Spanish cannon given
to the city of Columbia. by the United
Saes government arrived here Friday
and is at the Columbia, Newberry and
Lrens deot The cannon is a very
arg'e brass one about 14 feet in lengh th
rnd is not mounted, the city having to
loot to that. It is evidently a gun used
only for siege or defense purposes. It
weighs 6,600 pounds. It is proposed
to mount the gun and place it in the
State capitol grounds. It will be one
of the most interesting sights to visi
tors to Columbia henceforth.-Colum
bia State.
He Was Absent Minded.
An absent-minded Western Repre
sentative was seen to hurry up to a par.
eel mail box in Washington the other
day and carefully deposit therein a
scrap of paper which he carried in one
hand. In the other hand was a bundle
of papers ready for mailing, and these
he hastily threw into a garbage barrel
which happened to be standing on the
curb nearthe arel box.
Scientist! and Alleged Wise Voiks
Figure Out the Date.
Scientists do queer things sometimes.
One of them has attempted to calculate
In cold mathematics how soon we may
expect the Judgment Day; and he has
prepared a paper on the subject.
Starting with the total amount of
energy stored in the sun and the fact
that the orb of day is continuously dis
tributing energy equivalent to the
work of seven men for each area of
the earth's surface of the size of the
human body, our statistician calculates
that it will require 3.375.000.000 years
of outpouring before a sensible diminu
tion of the quantity of energy given
out can be detected. Up to this distant
period mountains will stand, rivers
will run, plants will grow and animal
life will exist much as it does to-day.
If you realize that solar energy as
soon as used reasserts itself in some
other form, either as sound, electricity
or simple motion, it is easy to see that
this estimate is too small rather than
too great. At any rate, the world is not
liable to stop going for a few years
yet. according to his reasoning.
Some idea of the vastness of the
force that Is meted out to us from the
physical sotirce of earthly life may be
gained, he says, by considering that if
the energy that the sun gives to earth
In a single day could be bottled up and
directed against Niagara Falls i would
cause that great body of water to dash
back again up hill for 4.000 years. If
turned into a single blast of heat it
would cause every living creature in
stantaneously to blight and wiiher: the
Ice around the poles would be melted
in one and three-quarter minutes and
In another eleven seconds all the
oceans would be turned into steam.
If transmuted into electricity a spark
would flash from the earth as far as
the planet Jupiter. If collected into a
single sound the vibration thereof
would not only break every ear drum
in the world, but would uproot the
giant trees of the forest. amd even level
niountains. If changed Into a momen
tary flash of light its burst would
be so blinding as to penetrate the walls
of the deep dungeon and destroy the
sight of every living creature. In bril
lianey this flash would exceed the
brightness of the sun itself over a mil
lion times.
For one man to expend an amount of
energy equivalent to that which the
earth receives from the sun in the
tenth part of a second it would have to
work hard continuously for 57,000,000
years.
This calculation Is remarkaTe in
that it differs by more than 3.374.000.
000 years from the period which scien
tists generally believe that the world
will come to an end. Such experts as
Darwin and Huxley believed that it
could not sustain life two million years
hence.
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A Brutal Crime.
W. WV. Beard, Town alarshall of
Tifton, Ga., is now evading a warrant
in the hands of the sheriff, who is nmak
ing a diligent search for the fugitive.
saturday nicht an overcoat was mtissed
from the hote!, and Sunday morrning
three unknown Negroes, who had come
in the previous day. were arrested on
suspicion. As no evidence eould be
obtained against them, the marshal
and several men took them off in the
woods to make them confess. The
marshall beat one until he was tired
and then made him beat the other two
As the Ncgroes still denied the theft,
the beating was kept up nearly all day.
until late in the evening one of the
Negroes died, and in a few hours later
another one died. The are said to have
been mutilated besides the beating.
The third Negro is still alive. A coro
ner's jury was summoned, and afc~r in
vestigation returned a verdict that the
deceased "came to their death at the
hands of W. WV. Beard, the marshal.
and others. and that th~e same~ was il
ful murder." A warrent was issued
for Beard's arrests, but he has left for
parts unknow.
Enrned His Infidel Library.
Marshall 0. Wag-'oner, the convert
from it fidelity to C~hri-timnity has at
last burned his infidel library, which,
was one of the fiuest in the wold. Hie
has suent thousands of collars and
travelled far and wide to collect it
His first idea was to have a publie
bonfire, but decided, in viewv of the
fact that many tmight doubt his sin
erity, to burn the books in the fur
nace of the Memorial Umted Brethr& n
church, enroner of Ltvrence avenue ano
Hieks street, whieb was done iast night
in the presence of the Rev. E. P.
Rosselot, the pastor, and a few inti
mate friends. Along with the boo~ks
went a number of etchings and engrav
ings of an atheistic nature. lie ap
peared to be the har'piest man in
Toledo as he saw the flimes gradiually
dstroy ing hxa collee: ion. Hie delayed
the burning so long bocause he had
lent many oooks and was desirio-is of
securing them and destroying all at the
same time.-Toledo Dispat ch.
Died of Acid Poisoning.
Jessee Jones. colored, died i'hursday
from a.-id poisoning while working in
the acid chamber of the C2hicora Fer
tilizer Works. The death of Jones has
been reported to the coroner and an
investigation will be held as it is alleged
that after Jones was taken sick in the
acid chamber he was placed in the
blacksmith shop where he was allowed
allowed to remain Ior six hours and
that he died without attention or medi
al aid. Jones has been an employc of
the Chicora works for a number of
years, always working in the acid
chamber. Wednesday morning he went
to work as usual mixing aeid in the
acid chamber. lHe had r~ot been at
work long when he was suddenly over
eome from inhailing the fumes and
gases, and in an unconsciouds condition
he was taken out and placed in the
blacksmith shop, where he died. after
six hours.-Charleston Post.
His Neck Broken.
Ned Harris, a colored emiploye at the
Georgia Chemical works. Augusta Ga.,
was instantly killed Thursday morning.1
He was rolling a~ car along an elevated
track and fell to the ground, a distance
of 30 feet, fall brang his neck.
dB$0@LTELY %
Makes tie food more del
ROYAL &%Xft PM'
THE DRYEST STATE
RAIN FALL VARIES FROM THREE TO
TWENTY-FIVE !NCHES A YEAR.
The People Do Not Concern Them
selves Much About the Rain, But
They Have a Fine System of Irri
gation,
Ari7ona has some timber in the
moulntains and grass in the valleys,
but these grow in spite of the fact that
Arizona is in the dryest part of the
United States. Even within the bound
aries of this one territory, however, the
rainfall varies from over twenty-five
inches a year at Camp Goodwin in the
mountains to three inches a year at
Yuma on the desert. Twenty-five inch
es of rainfall a year means, perhaps, a
possible crop. Three inches a year
means no water at all. The people of
Arizona do not, therefore, concern
themselves much with rain. Tliey talk
about it once in a while, and on occa
sions an inch or two comes down in
a solid chun. and is called a cloud
burst. but such a rainfal has little re
lation to the possibilities of the soil
from a productive point of view.
The settler in Arizona first seeks run
ning water. and then, with confidence,
settles himself upon the land and
straightway proceeds to get rich, for
running water upon Arizona soil is like
unto a gold mine-it produces wealth.
This has been the system ever since
the memory of man, for there are Ari
zona ditches which are nearly 400
years old, and the present generation Is
not quite sure what manner of people
dug them.
It is within the memory of man, how
ever. when Arizona was almost a
trackles desert. overrun with fierce and
warlike Indians, and it is within the
memory of even the children of Arl
zona that all this has changed; deserts
have been made to bloom and all war
like Indians have either been sent to
the happy hunting grounds or are used
for exhibition purposes in wild west
shows and Eastern expositions.
All this has been (lone by ignoring
the usual way of watering the earth
and by utilizing the me.ting snowbanks
as their waters raced toward the sea.
Fifteen hundred miles of artificial wa
ter courses. or ditches, have these am
bitions and industrious Arizona people
dug, and 500.000 acres of this wonder
ful valley lands grow rich with green
things of the earth in response to the
water from these ditches. It is not all
fun to settle on these arid lands, and it
is no easy task to have. dug these
ditches, but the results have paid ten
fold to those who dared the -task.
Great mining camps are always near
by. Miners always have money to spend
They want the best the earth can give
them, and the Irrigated lands of Ar!
zona have been paid for with the
money dug from the bowels of the vol
canie hills.
The running streams of Arizona are
now doing all they can and still more
water is wanted. To get this the peo
ple of the valleys not so favored with:
preparing to store the little that falls
from the clouds at some seasons of the
year. In the mouths of rugged can
ns they will place great rock dams.
The melting snow and the winter rains
will here mingle and lie quiet until the
drought strikes the valley below and
the parched vegetation calls for their
use. Then the stored water will be
loosed, to add more greenery, hence
more wealth, to the dryest place In
America.
An East Side Doll.
"I wish." said a young lawyer, who
has an oitiee in New York and a home
In P.rooklyn, "that I had kept account
of the queer incidents I have noticed
in the course of my walks through the
east side on my way to the ferry. One
of these ineidents-it happened one
rainy day last week-made a particu
larly strong impression on me. I was
hurring along Cherry street, holding
my 'umbrella between me anu' a fine
driving rain, when I noticed a little
girl ahead of me. She was a very little
girl, not more than 5 or 6 years old,
poorly dressed and quite unprotected
from the rain, so far as an umbrella
went.
"I hurried along, vaguely thinking
about how wet and cold and miserable
the child mus~t be. and reiterating In
my mind a determination, to which I
often come, not to go home by the fer
ry. but to take the bridge for~he ex
pess purpose of escaping the sight of
the children down there. When I
camte quite up to the child she turned
sudenly atnd faced me. She looked up
with the most engagring smile and said
quite simply but pleasantly:
"'3Iy dollys n'seep.'
"I looked dIown and discovered she
was nursing in her little arms a whis
key bottle, quart sized and unadorned,
save for a white label discolored by the
rain. What did I do? Oh, I ac
quieseed in the dolly theory and ex
pressed a few of the adult idiocies usu
al undler under those circumstances.
Then I took a good look at the shining
eyes in the child's rain-wet face and
went on. But in spite of any care In
impessinlg on my mind the fact that
her eyes were happy, I haven't been
aie to get rid1 of the recollection of
that dolly"-New York Sun.
Dog Leaves H ome to LIve With Foxes.
Casnde Township, Lycoming coun
ty. ha~s a dog that was stolen by foxes,
and which now lives in the woods with
the sly animals that stole It. N. J.
Maloney, a farmer of the township,
had had several chickens stolen by the
foxes. Mr. Maloney was not the only
person who missed some of his chick
ens. There were others. Some of the
neihors waited with shotguns for the
thieves, and four or five foxes were
killed.
Instead of doing that Mr. Maloney
put a six-menth-old pup in a kennel
near the chicken coop. He thought the
doz wvouldl frighten the foxes away;
but he was mistaken. The first night
that the pup wais put on guard the
foxes madei a raid. and. besides one or
two chickens. stole the dlog. It was
thought thait the foxes had killed the
dog: but s -veral nights ago the dog
was seenl going along the edge of the
out:ins with two, foxes. 'Tlhe dog
has assumed the slyness cf a fox and
can run nearly as f>:st as the foxes.
"We have walked eleven miles this
morning without stopping." said one
Filipino soldier, disententedly.
"That's so." answered the other.
'We taigbt as well join a golf club and
be done with it."--Washington Star.
Why Cows Dry Up.
Cows go dry from mismanagemen
more than from any other cause. Ir
regularity of milking and failure to
"strip" will cause any cow to dry off.
The richest milk is last drawn from
the udder, and for that reason alone
the dairymen should strip closely.
Changes of food, when -nade suddenly,,
will also cause the cows to fall of in
ield; but in wintea the cause may also
b due to extreme cold and insufficient
shelter, while in summer the use of
netting in the windows to prevent the
enrance of flies and other insects, will
serve to prolong the milking period.
arm and Field.
%ME
icious and wholesome
Li HUNG CHANG.
How He Dealt With Three Men Who
Tried to Poison Him.
Of Li Hung Chang numberless stor
ies are told in Chinese society. On one
occasion, when the rremier was hav
ing a bitter light with some of the
more conservative members of the
Tsung Li Yamen, he received as a
present a magnificent cake which he
had reason to suspect contained poi
son. He put the cake aside and set
all his powerful machinery to work
to find out who was at the bottom of
the plot. The Investigation was partly
s6ecessful, the crime being traced to
three men, one of whom, at least, was
absolutely guilty. Li had the trio ar
rested and brought to his yamen.
When they arrived they were ush
ered into his presence and were re
ceived in his courtliest manner. The
cake was produced, with the remark
that "politeness forbade his tasting it
until the three generous donors had
an opportunity to enjoy its excel
lence." Li cut the cake and one of his
servitors handed it to the unwilling
guests. Each took a piece and ate, or
pretended to eat, it. One crumbled the
pieces and let them fall upon the floor,
but the other two ate calmly, without
manifesting any emotion. Ten min
utes and the two men began to show
symptoms of suffering. Li smiled be
nignantly, and said to the man who
had not eaten: "Your wisdom is so
great that I am compelled to preserve
your head as a souvenir of transcen
dent genius."
The man was removed and prompt
ly decapitated. To the other two the
Premier remarked: "The cake that
you are eating is not the one you sent,
but one which I had my cook inLtate.
The poison from which you are suf
fering exists only in your imagination.
I know of no way to cure your pres
ent pain except by letting you share
the same fate as your friend who has
just left the room."
As they were led away the states
man said to his retinue: "It is a pity
that a man who can eat a deadly cor
rosive poisoning, with an unmoved
countenance should so misapply the.
talent wherewith heaven has endowed
him."-Philadelphia Post.
DROMIO BURGLARS.
The Justice Didn't Know Which Was
Which.
General Sessions had a peculiar tan-.,
gle before it in New York city recent
ly. Two men were before the court at
noon, and were so much alike that the
only way to distinguish them apart
was that one John wore his hair pom
padour, while the other John had his
locks plastered down flat.
One is the real John Woods, while -
the other goes-under the name of Mc
Mann. Each is a hobo. John Woods,
the first, was called up for sentence.
He pleaded guilty to vagrancy. A po
liceman testified that John Woods had
served two terms for a similar of
fence.
John Woods No. 1 exclaimed: "Yer
Hon'r, dis 'ere cop is dead wrong, see?
I never was in dis court before. It's
me partner in de cooler dat's de bloke
he means, not me, see?"
The policeman who made the origI
nal arrest came in with the other
John. The cop was puzzled, but made
a selection, and the other John spoke
up: "D~e cop Is dead wrong," he said.
"It was me he pinched t'ree years ago.
Didn't I tell yer where the stuff was,
and de udder two blokes is on de dealI
wid me?"
The judge was perplexed, and he
sent for a deputy sheriff, who takes
the prisoners to Blackwell's. After a'
close investigation he satisfied the
court by recognizing Woods. who was
McMann, as his former prisoner. Both
prisoners were sent back to the same
cell once more.
WORKING GIRL'S RICHES.
Dropped a-,Job in a Hotel to Sell a
Claim for $45,000.
Miss Abbie Eastman, of Phoenix,
At., fought with genuine American
pluck against straitened circumstances
but she is now financially independent
The other day at a Denver hotel,
where she was a guest, she told the
story of how 10 days ago one of her
copper claims netted her $45,000. Miss
Eastman is only 28 years old. She has.
always worked for a living. When,
three years ago, her uncle left her five
copper claims in Arizona, not far from
Phoenix, she visited her claims to
learn the value of her inheritance. She
consulted a lawyer.
"He told me," she said, "that the
claims looked promising, but that, in
order to hold them, a certain sum of
money would be required every
moth. Then I considered where that
money was to come from, as I had
none of my own. So, after falling to
find any other solution, I resolved to
get employment in a hotel. When I
told the lawyer what I intended doing,
and how I meant to set aside every
cent that could be spared from my
wages, in order to develop the claims
he said he admired my determination,
but wondered whether I should stick
to it. But It has finally come out all
right, and I guess now I shall be able
to live without workin.; so hard." Af.
ter the conference with her lawyer,
Miss Eastman lost no time in getting
a position and spent her savings to
hold her claims. The money came a
little at a time, but the work pro
gressed slowy. Her plans for the win
ter are Dot yet announced, except on
one point-she will not have to work
as she did last winter.
Frank Garland died from bullet
wonds inflicted by Officer Camp for
resisting arrest at Swanton, Vt
"Rot" House, a noted Ohio jail
breaker, has escaped from the bastile
at Wheeling. W. Va.
A Sad Accident
An inquest was held over the
body of Willie Robinson, who di -d at
the city hospital Thursday formn a
wound in the head received by an axe
in the hands of his father, Willham
Rbinson, about two weeks ago.
William Robinion, who lives at Mt.
Pleasant, was cutting wood in his back
yard. His 4-year-old child was play
ing near by. when the axe camne off the
handle, striking the child in the head.
e was brought to the city by his
father and seut to the hospital. The
jury returned a verdict that death was
oaused from a blow in the head by an
axe, and that the said blow was 'the
,,ilt fan anident.-Charlaston PQS#Z