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AA]I VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 "IN HIS STEPS." A Christian Daily Paper at Topeka, Kar,sas, for a Week. REV. MR SHELDON IN CHARGE No Slang or Sensational News, The New Editor Writes His Ideas of Christian Daily Newspaper A dispateh from Tokeka, Kan., !als when Lhe rev. C. M1. Sheldon eamic to The Capital oice Mondaiy morning at 7:45 he first proceeded to open a stack of letteis on the busincss mianagers desk. Next he held a cotference with the members of the sitff of The Capital and instructed them as to the work of the day. No spceial assignments were made, but all reporters weie tod to avoid the use of slangit. "You must not u:e the wonrd 'o in reference to a certain political pa ty, said Mr. Sheldon. " The word must be spelled out in full, 'opulist-' Mr. Sheldon selected as the most im portant article to appear on the first page of to-morrow's issue one dealing with starving India. The article quotes letters from several preachers in the Conaregationalist, the Advance and the Outlook on the need of help. Mr. Shel don introduces the article with a signed statement appealing for the aid for the starving and showing that a contribu tion of 5 cents will feed a starving fam ily for . day. "The War Spirit" is the second .rticle of importance on the first page, and i deals with the barbarities of war in general. "Prohibition Tested" is the third article on the first page. Kansas State officers are quoted on the subject. Gov. Stanley a-AU former Govs. St. John, Humphrey an !.orrill declare that prohibition at its wcrst is better than license at its best. Under thelast large head on the first page is an ap peal from M. M. Danner, secretary of the Young Men's Christian association at Denver, for contributions for a home for consumptives in Colorado. This ap p is printed without comment from . Sheldon. The second page of the paper is given -p to editorials, the third to the telegraphic news of the dar with all sensations cut out, the fourth -o local news, and the fifth to contributed articles on religious topics. This prayer appears on the editorial page under tb head, "A Morning Prayer and Resolve by Bishop Vincent:" "1 will try this day to live a simple, sincere, serene life, repelling every thought of discontent, self-seeking and anxiety, cultivating magnanimity, self control and the habit of silence, practis ing economy, cheerfulness and helpful ness; and if I cannot in my own stength do this, or even with a hope of success attempt it, I look to thee, 0 Lord, my Father in Jesus Christ, my Saviour, and ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit." Foilowing is Mr Sh.:ldon's leading editorial: "Last December the owners of The Topeka Daily Capital asked me to as sume entire charge of the paper for one week and edit it as a distiactly Chris tian daily. I have accepted the invita tion on condition that 1 receive no financial compensation, and that a share of the profits be used for some benevolent work, and named the week beginning Tuesday March 1:i 1900), as the week for the experiment. With trae lhearty co-operation of every person connected with the paper and with the help of the %isdem that I have prayed might be given me from him who is wiser than any of ue, I shall do the best I can. Ifa thousand diffurest Christian men who wished to idit Christian dail ies should make an honest attempt to do so, the result might be a thousand different papers in very many particu lars. in other woras, these Christian editors might arrive at different con clusions in the interpretation of what is Christian. it is, of course, the farthest from my purpose to attempt to show in a dogmatic way what is the one thing that Jesus would do in every case- The only thing I or any other Christian man can do in the interpreta tion of what is Christian in the conduct of this paper is to define the term 'Christian' the best tbat can be done after asking for divive wisdom and not judge others who might with equal de sire and sincerity inter pret the probable action of Jesus in a different manner. Wit~h this understanding of the con duct of the paper this week I will state in part its general purpose and policy. -~First-it will be a newspaper. The word 'news' will be defined as anything in the way-of daily events that the pub lic ought to know for its development and power in a life of righteousness. Of necessity the editor of this paper or of any other with this definition of 'news' will determine not only the kind but the quantity of any particular event that ought to be published. The import ance of one kind of 'news' compared with another kind will also determine the place in the paper in which the matter will be printed. If it seems to the editor that certain subjects repre senting great causes that belong to the profondest principles of human life are the most important, they will be given the first page of the paper, whether they are telegraphic items or not. .it might easily become the settled policy of a permanent paper similar to this one to consider the detailed accounts of an unusual battle as of less importance to tihe reader than an account of the usual daily destruction being caused by liquor. TIhe first page of The Capital will contain what seems to the editor to be the most vital issues that affect humanity as a whole. --Second-The paper will be non-par tisan, not only in municipal and State politics, but also in national politics, I do not mean to say that a. Christian daily cannot be partisan. This is simply my interpretation of 'Christian' as ap plied to this part of the paper a life. "Third-On the liquor question the paper will advocate prohibition of the whole liquor business from Maine to California and all around the globe- .By prohibition I mean the total extinction of the curse of making, selling, buying and drinking intoxicating liquors; its extinction by legal enactment, by per .onal total abstinence, and Dy every form of State, homes, church and school education that Christians can devise. "Fourth-The great social questions of the age will be given prominence. The selfishness of mankind in every form of greed, commercially or politi cally, will be considered as of more serious consequences to us as a people than many other matters which too often engage the time and attention of mankind. "Fifth-The paper will declare its ab horrence of war as it is bcing waged today not only in Africa. but in the Philippines and everywhere else. "Sixth-On the matters of 'finance' or 'tariff or 'expansion' -r matters of public concern which ha. to do with maeasur,s of this cbaracter, the editor has pi rsonal opinions which may or may tt be voiecd in Lhis paper. IF he giv t xpression to them it will be in no dogmaeti or positive manner, as if he kuea what the whole Christian truth was concerning them. Ia regard to many of these questions, I do not know what is the Christian answer to them. In regard to others. my study of them has not yet resulted in convictions that are stroug enough to print. I do not wish to declare through this paper a palicy coneercing certain political measures which are not elear in tuV own unnd "Scventh-The main purpose of the paper will be to induence its rcaders to seek first the kingdom of G od. A nation seeking the kingdom of God first of all will in time find right answers to all disputed ;t'iestions and become a pow erful sad useful nation. "Eigh th-Editorial and other articles written by reporters will be signed by the writers. The exceptions will be small items and such local and tele graphic news as in its nature does not require signature. There will be no Sunday paper, but instead a Saturday evening edition suitable for Sunday reading. "I wish to take this oppo.iunity to thank the many friends everywhere who have sent me words of encourge ment. It has ,een impisible for me to answer them personally. I also wish to express to the most of the Christian correspondents who have sent me as surance of their prayeis for this week's work my deep acknowledement of the source of whatever strength I have felt in preparing for a ta.k which lies be yond the reach of and merely human effort. May God bless the use of this paper to the glory of His kingdom on the carth. "Charles M. Sheldon." ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LIVES Is What the Spanish-American War Cost this Country. "The Spanish-American was has cost this country 100,000 lives. This statement was made to a Sa vannah Morning News reporter by Health Officer Brunner. When asked to explain what he mean; by his ap parently very extravagan; statement Dr. Brunner said that he did not refer to the several thousand soldiers, who were killed in battle or died of wounds and disease in camp and hospital dar ing the war, nor particularly to those who has succumbed since being muster .d out, from diseases contracted during their service in the army. "1 mean," he said,).that the war has resulted in the deaths of that number more than would have died otherwise by reason of the dissemination of in fetious -diseases, some imported from trorical countries and others engender ed by the assembling together of large numbers of men in camps under unsan itry conditions. Every army camp provedI a centre of disease which had disastrous ..ffcct upon the community in or near which the camps were sit uated and the seeds of which were af terwrards scattered to other communi ties. "The encamnpment of the troops at Savannah was a mistake from a sani tary ttandpoint," said Dr. Brunner '1I have no desire to see another such encampment here. The sanitary con dition of the camps here was undoubt edly good and the men enjoyed better health, perhaps, than at other camps, but the effect upoa the health of the community was bad. "When I came back here from Cuba last spring," paid Dr. Brunner, "I was astounded at the heavy death rate which had prevailed during the several preceding months. I could account for this on no other basis than that it was due to the presence of the troops This theory was confirmed with the depart ure of the troops from Savannah. As the troops departed the death rate de creased and by summer it was down to normal again. The mortality fig ures for Savannah for the first five months of 1899, taken without expla nation, make a poor showing. The fig uers for the remaining months of the year compare favorably with the fig ures for previous years." Bodies Brought Home. The bodies of three enlisted men of the Second South Carolina regiment, U. S. V., who died in Cuba, have at last been delivered to their nearest kin and buried in their native soil. Soon after his arrival from Cuba with his regi ment, Col. Wilie Jones set to work to have the bodies of those of his men who died in that country removed to their native soil for burial. The three men of this regiment who died in Cuba were: J. A. Epting, Pomaria. Co. L; R. N. Macgay, Ridgeway, Co. L; Thos. S. Trivett, Virgil, N. C., Co. F. Col. Jones says says: "These .poor soldier boys died in camp, near Habana, of fever, contracted in that hot country, and were three of the best soldiers in the regiment." Theii bodies have been received by their friends and buried at their respective homes. Drew Lots to Kill Goebel IA dispatch from Frarakfort, Ky., says: A letter received by State's At torney Robert B. Franklin says that Bransfield Bertram, sheriff of Breckin ridge county, who recently died of pneimonia, revealed on his deathbed a plot of which he had knowledge to murder William Goebel. According to the story twenty-five men drew lots to determine who should do the killing Twenty five beans, twenty-four white and one black, were placed in a box and each of the twenty-five men drew a bean, The man getting the black bean agreed beforehand to kill the Demo crti anpirant for governor. CHANCE FOR BRYAN Mr. Bayne Tells How the Repub lican Party Lost Its Grip. PORTO RICAN BILL DID IT. The Georgia Editor Thinks the Democrats Can Knock the Grand Old Party Out of the Bex Several months ago Mr. Chas. J. Bayne, editor of the Augusta Herald, went to Washington and since then he has been writing letters regularly to his paper. Up to a very recent date Mr. Bayne in his letters predicted that the Republican party would have a walk over in the next presidential campaign but recently he has changed considera bly, and now seems to think tOat the Democrats have the best chance. The fact that Mr. Bayne is a Palmer and Buckner goldbug, and is on the ground at political headquarters, mtakes his opinion valuable. Writing fro-n Wash ington under date of March 14 he says: "It may be Eafely asserted that never before during a period of cqual brevity has there been such a shifting of zreat national principles. It has been a form tive period, and the whole country real izes that issues are now being developed which are to furnish the slogans of fu ture contests between the two great parties-the only two parties which can ever be worthy of the name and pasition of a distinctive factionalism. '-1 have previously endeavored to trace the disintegration of the old Tar ty lines, with side lights drawn from the respretive attitudes of "the men who control" in the Democratic aid in the Republican ranks. I have tried to show that whereas at one time it was a disgrace for a man to go to the polls and openly, boldly vote the Republican ticket, the common sense of the coun try has so far prevailed against silver ism and many other measures closely identified with the demo-populist plat form that the greatest good to the great est number of patriotic Americans is now . their paramount consideration. Factional lines have but little to do with the situation. "These thoughts are inspired by a readjustment of so-called party lines now going on which cannot fail to at tract attention-which, indeed, will form the basis of the contescs in poli tics for many years to come. Fortified by its friendship, recently expressed in tatutes, towards the gold standard, nd secure in its advocacy of expan ion as the "manifest destiny" of a humane people-not to speak of the ommercial advantages to be derived rom securing the markets of the Ori nt for our ten cents cotton-the Re publican party had a walk-over. "But we may as well be candid among ourselves. While one party may have as much to redeem it as the >ther, the blunder of imposing a tariff Dn the products of Porto Rico has dis upted the Republican party. There are no milder terms which will ade juately convey the meaning. It has :used a hurrying to and fro at the white house, where private consulta ions are held. It has alienated a 7eat many of the strong friends of' the admiistration and jeopardized the niddle west and northwestern states, who want free trade. It has done ore than that. It has made it listintly a question whether the pres ent "powers that be" can carry the ~ountry. '-A month ago it would have been nore than folly to ask who would be the nominees of the respective parties. erhaps it is still fully to doubt that McKinley will be the unanimeus choice f the people who have placed him in ower. But the disruption to which 1 have referred is growing, nevertheless, and there are good grounds for assum ng that ex-President Harrison, incar nation that he is of the Force bill, which is a red rag to the Southern bull, ay yet become a factor in the conven tion to be held by the Republicans in Philadelphia next July. He has stated n plain terms that it is our t'plain uty,"-to quote Mr. McKinley-to give free trade to the Porto Ricans, and in departing from the terms and provisions of the constitution we have eparted from right principles, as he sees them. -'The gum of it all is that the Re publican party has lost the cinch it had a few weeks ago; that the Porto Rican tariff, imposed at the behest-the com mand-of the sugar, oil, tobacco and rum monopolies of the country has split the Republicair party in twain and that the breaking up of party ties which hitherto has been chiefly on the side of the Democratic party, now marks the transformation of the other camp, and no man knows what will be the result. Charles J. Bayne. Shoots a Poctor., A dispatch from Richmond, Va., says news reaches there of the shooting and probably fatal wounding at White Piains, -Brunswick county, Sunday morning, of Dr. WV. H. Temple,. by Rev. J. E. Riddick. The latter is a well; known Methodist mini-te.r and claims that Dr. Temple, who was at tending his wife as her physician, had insulted her. Riddick was arrested at once and lodged in Brunswick jail. Temple was shot in four places. rhe Spartan burg Herald says: "Revr. J. E. Riddick, the principal referred to is well known in Spartan burg. Hie is a graduate of Wofford Cullege, was a classmate of Mr. Jas. Cofield, of this city, and during his college days was identified with the most cultured element of this city." Military 'Vandalisat. A correspondent of the Evening Post, writing from Manila under date of Feb. 2, says: "When Gregorio del Pilar's body was found American soldi er stripped it of every bit of clothing, taking the rings from the fingers and a locket from the neck. Not a stitch of any kind was left on the body every thing being taken for souvenirs. For two days the body was left by the road side uncovered until its ordor was of fensive and some Igorrotes were crdered to cover it with dirL. Among the things taken were his watch, money, a gold and a diamond ring." HORRIBLE FAMIINE IN INDIA. Scarcity of Water and Food and Cattle Dying by Thousands. To the Editor of The State: Allow me through the columns of your valuable paper to call the atten tion of your readers to the terrible famine that is now affecting our fellow beings in India. Oxving to the absolute failure of the crops, there is a condition of destitution and wretchedness, in volving millions of the population, such as India has never known. There is a scarcity of water as well as food, and as the cattle are starving by thousands, there is producec a situation, horrible beyond description The government has started a system of relief work which. by the end of Nlarch, will cost $19.200,000. At pres ent about 4,000,000 persons are obtain ing as;i tance from this source. About 22 000.000 persons in British territory ani 27,000 000 in the native states, waking 49.000,000 in all, are now be affected by the famine. The relief secured by government works is barely sufflient to sustain life, and even this reaches but a small,-per cent of the popu'atiou. At leabt 40,000.000 of famishing men. women and children are entirely dependent upon the help sent them from abroad. 3ut beside these, are more than 100,000,000 in other see tions who will be affected more or less by the terrible famine. One of the missionaries to whom we have bcen forwarding relief funds writes Jan. 4th: "Many of the people have deserted their homes, and droves of them, baggard, hungry and dis tresstd. stroll from place to plape beg ging for a little food * * * * I never saw anything so awful as the suffering of the starving. I shall never forget the groans I hear. The people are mere skeletons and are dying fast. Oh! if the people of America who are blessed with abundance could see, and to some extent realiz) the great and urgent need of these starving millions, they would surely do something for their relief." Another writes: "I feel sometimes that I would never laugh a2ain when I see the suffering and the pople d3 ing. Who can describe the suffering, woes, tears and groans which result in the lingering death of multi plied millions? * The sharp, cruel pangs of starvation are prolonged through weeks, and even months before death comes to their re lief. Go wher you will, scores of starving natives are seen wandering about the country seeking food " This condition of things will grow worse as the months go by, as there can be no crops raised before the close of the year 1900. The missionaries in form us that two or three cents ,a day will save a human life. I earnestly appeal to the citizens of Columbia to-hee-d the heart rending call of these starving, perishing millions, and send them promptly out of their abundance, what relief they can. I am sure that it would be pleasing to God, if the pastors of the different churches would bring this matter be fore their congregations at an early day, at some convenient opportunity. I have made arrangements to remit promptly all contributions that may be left at my office, to perfectly reliable missionaries in three sections of the famine district in India, who will pru detly and wisely distribute the funds to the best advantage. John M. Pike, Way of Faith office, 1104 Taylor Street. AN INFURIATED DEVIL. Norwegian Murders His Wife, a Little Girl and Stabs a Woman. Ga last Wednesday'at Washington, D C., in a paroxysm of inexplicable rage or possible insanity Olof Palle son, a Nowegian, stabbed and killed his wife Josephine, murdered little Julia Hengesbach, the 3-year-old daughter of Charles F. Hengesbach, a mail car-~ rier, and murderously assaulted the chil's mother, Mary Ilengesbach, Wedesday afternoon in front of his home, 1121 Twenty-fourth street, north west. Mrs. Ilengesbach now lies near the verge of death at the Columbia hos pital with seven stab wounds in her body, inflicted by the infuriated Nor wegian. Pslleson narrowly escaped be ing stoned to death at the hands of a crowd of citizens which congregated about the scene of the killing, and only the prompt arrival of thle police pre vented him f ronm being roughly handled by the people. Tbe motive for the crime is not defi nitely known. 'the only key to the sit uation is furnished by the man's 4 year old son, who told a policeman that his father had been sick and that his mother tried to get him to take some medicine arnd that he got mad. Palleson struck his wife with his fist while they were in the parlor. She im mediately ran out and Palleson fol lowed her into the front yard, where he stabbed her near the heart, killing her almost instantly. Mrs. iengesbach was in the house with her child to have some dress making work done when the trouble oc urred, and as soon as she saw what had taken place she called for help This angered the man and he mad~e a lunge at her, but, missing her, sta'abed the child, who died some time after wards. Mrs. Rengesbach snatched up her child in her arms and started to run. She had almost reached the con nr when Palleson overtook her and stabbed the helpless woman frightfully on the arms, face and breast. Palleson is 35 years old, and a painter by trade. Sentenced to be Hung. John. M Wam pler was sentenced at Gladeville, Va., Wednesday to be hanged for killing William Jenkins at Norton, Va., three weeks ago. Wamp'en is a leading busines man of that sec tion and Jenkins was a prominent attorney. _________ A kingdom for a cure . You need not pay so much. A twenty five eens bottle of L. L. & K. Will drive all ills away. see a and try it-never fails. A HOT TIME. Not in the Old Town, But in the United States Senate. %N EXCITING SCENE. The' Discussion of the Quay Bill Causes Bad Blood, and Com pliments Were Exchanged by Senators. "I assert most emphatically that when the scnator says I told him I should not speak on this subject, he does not state the truth." This was the sensational retort made in the United States Senate Thursday by Gallinger, Republican, of New Hampshire, to a statement just m'tde by Mr. Penrose, Republican, of Penn s3lvania. who was seeking considera tion of the Qaay resolution. Senators were astounded, and the au ditors it the galleries quivered with ex citement. There had scarcely been the slightest intimation that the debate would take such a turn. For nearly three hours the senate had under dis cussion the bill appropriating $2,095, 000 for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico. -I do not know whether I do spedk the truth," hotly replied Mr. Penrose, or whether the senator from New Hampshire failed to tell me the truth." Mr. Gallinzer retorted that the whole proceeding of Mr. Penrose was unman ly and beneath his notice. Here is the incident in detail: Mr. Penrose pleaded for a few min utes in order to make a statement, and when this was granted he asked that the resolution in regard to the seating of Hon. M. S Quay as a senator from Pennsylvania be taken up, saying that he was satisfied there were senators who were seeking an opportunity to so delay a resolution as to render it im possible to secure a vote during the present session. He continued by say ing that while other important matters demanded attention the fact must not be lost sight of that the great State of Pennsylvania was being deprived of its just right of two votes upon the floor of the senate. The question must be de cided in the high tribunals of the con sciences of senators or upon the low plane of politics, which had in the past characterized such proceedings. As he took his seat Mr Penrose cast his eyes in the direction of Mr. Gallinger, ask iog ihat a time be fixed for a vote and remarkiog: "I look squarely at those nho are creating these obstacles." Mr. Gallinger rose and stated quietly that he had been trying for six days to get an opportunity to speak in opposi tion to the Quay resolution, but had been prevented by other business. He still desired to speak and he knew nany other senators who wished to be heard. To this statement Mr. Penrose re plied that Mr. Gallinger had told him that he did not expect to talk on the Quay matter. "He may have changed his mind," Mr. Penrose continued, "but he most emphatically then told me that he would not speak." Mr. Gallinger was on his feet before Mr. Penrose concluded. "I assert most emphatically," he said, "that when the senator says I told him I should not speak on this subject he oes not state the truth." He went on to say that Mr. Penrose had come to him in an "imperious way" and asked him whether he intended to ask to be eard, and that he, (Gallinger), had told him (Penrose) that he was not en tirely decided as to whether he would speak or not." "I don't know whether I do not speak the truth >r whether the senator from New Hampshire failed to tell me the truth," was Mr. Penrose's response, but he was, he said, very confident of of -his position. To this Mr. Gallinger replied that it was "unmanly and beneath his notice." Mr. Hoar then came forward with a proposition to fix a time for a vote, and the two senators who were party to the heated colloquy said no more on the subject. There was objection to naming a date, and Mr. Hoar postponed his re uest until tomorrow. Newspaper Borrowing. Here is the latest story of the man who is too stingy to take his home paper: "A man who was too economi al to take this paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees, and in ten minutes looked like warty summer squash. His ries reached his father, svho ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a barb ed wire fence, ran into that, breakin-g it down, cutting a handful of flesh from his anatomy, anid ruining a $4 pair of pants. The old cow took ad antage of the gap in the fence, and got into the cornfield, and killed her self eating green corn. Heating the racket, the wife ran out, upset a 4-gal lon churn full of rich cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the whole fok. In the hurry, she dropped a $7 set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, rawled through the spilled milk and into the parlor, ruining a brand new $20 carpet. During the deitement the oldest daughter ran a vay with the hired man; the dog 1,roke up eleven setting hens, and the calves got out and chewed the tails off four fine hirts.-Kansas City Journal. Served Them Right. "Here is another irlustration," re marked one of the officials of the oper ating department of the Seaboard Air Line recently of the fact "that persons who persist in throwing stones and other missiles at moving trains must sooner or later come to grief. "The case in question is one that ocarred last December. The conductor on on of our vestibuled trains reported a widow light -broken out by a stone thrown into the train. It is likely that few railroads in the country are as per sistent as the Seaboard Air Line in fol lowing up such miscreants, and this case which started with barely no evi dence at all, has just wound up in court proceedings before Judge Bu chanan at L'aurens, S. C., wirth the re slt that three negroes, Joseph Ball, Thornton Boyd and J. Leak, respective ly, were proved guilty of this charge, and sentenced to two ysars in the South A GREATiRECORD. Over Four and 9 Half Million in Cot ton Mills This Year The record of South Carolina in the matter of the projection of new capital in cotton mills since Jan. 1 can no longer be classed merely as wonderful; it is phenomenal, and indeed it is to be doubted if there has ever been such a spurt in any industry during the same length of time in the world. Surely the cotton mills are coming to the cotton fields. They are being moved from thier old nests, but the people at home are building them and putting their money into them. The rate at which cotton mills are being established in South Carolina just now means that the State is in the midst of an industrial rev3lution the like of which has not been known in the his tory of the State. The cold figures, officially recorded, in the office of the secretary of state, tell the tale more forcibly than it can be presented in any other way. They show that South Car olina at her present break-neck pace will rot be long in- standing at the forefront of the manufacturing districts of the country. Taking into consideration Thursday's new mills, and the fact that there have been 10 Sundays since Jan. 1, the daily average of capital put into cotton mills since the opening of the year is very nearly $71,000. On Wednesday the papers filed in the office of the secre tary of state showed $300,000 put in new mills; Thursday the jump was a greater one, being $450,000, making very nearly a million dollars of new cotton mill crpital in two days. This drives up the total capitalization of new mills since Jan. 1, including the Easley mill, chartered a fe v days ago, to the stonishing total of $4,525,000, over four and one-half million dollars. Thursday's official record was as fol lows: A commission was issued to the Iceman mills of McColl, Marlboro ounty, the capital of which is to be 1200,000. The corporators are F. P. ratum, T. B. Gibson, A. W. Mofrison Dharles Iceman and A. K. Odom. rhen a charter was granted to the Alpha cotton mills of Jonesville, Union ounty, capitalized at $100,000. The >fficers are W. L. Littlejohn, prsident. md J. J. Littlejohn, secretary and reasurer. The Anderson Yarn and Knitting mills filed with the sec:etary >f state notice of the increase of its apital from $50.000 to $200,000, and he changing of the name of the concern :o the Riverside Manufacturing com any. This means $150,000 of new apital. If the company continues in he knitting business it will perhaps iave the largest knitting mill in the outh.-The State. KNEW HUMAN NATURE. Eow Lawyer Hackett's Insight Stop ped a Foolish.Lawsuit. A good lawyer learns many lessons in the school of human nature, and bhus it was thst Liwyer Hackett did 2ot fear to purchase a tract of land hich had been "lawed over" for ears. Some of the people wondered why he wanted to get hold of property with such an incubus of uncertainty upon it. Others thought ithat perhaps he wanted some legal knitting work, and would pitch in red hot to fight the line fence question on his own hook. That's what the owner of the ad joining land thought. So he braced himself for trouble when he saw Hack ett across the field one day. Said Hackett: "What's your claim here. anyway, as to this fence?" "I insist," replied the neighbor. "that your fence is over on my land two feet at one end and one foot at Least at the other." "Well, replied Hackett, "you go ahead just as quick as you can and set Four fence over. At the end where you say that I encroach on you two feet set the fence on my land four feet. At the other end push it on my land two feet." "But," pcrsisted the neighbor, "that's twice what I claim." "I don't care about that," said Hack ett. "There's been light enough over thisland. I want you to take enough so you are perfectly satisfied, and then we can get along pleasantly. Go ahead and help yourself." The man paused 'abashed. He had been ready to commence the old strug gle tooth and nail, but this move of the new neighbor stunned him. Yet be wasn't to be outdone in generosity. He looked at Hackett. '"Squire," said he, "that fence ain't going to be moved an inch. I don't want the land. There wan't nothin' in the fight., anyway, but the principle of the the thing "--Lewiston Journal. His Proper Place. A few days ago Franklin J. Moses was arraigned in the district court at Boston on the charge of lareeny. rhirty years ago Moses was a Republi an seallowag and during the recon struction period held the office of gov ernor of South Carolina. He was a coispicuous figure in the army of north er adventurers and scoundrels, who cae south at the close of the war for purpose of plundering a helpless people nd having acquired the habit of steal ing, it appears that he was unable to shake it off. After the overthrow of earpet-bag rule in South Carolina he went to -Massachusetts where he has since led a very checkered and unenvia ble career, figuring in numerous dis graceful escapades. He is now, how ever. in the hands of the law for steal ing, and it is te be hoped he will be sent to the penitentiary, which is the proper place for him. Money in Electrisity. In a recent address before the Mon tauk club, of Brooklyn, Charles WV. Price stated that over $600.000,000 ha been invested in electric lighting in the United States and that the total horse power required in the electric lighting of Greater New York was not less than 200,000 horse power, and that in the last thirteen years since the birth of the elsetric railway there had been an expenditure of more than $1,700, 000, anid that now any one could travel by electric cars frem Paterson, N. J., via New York, to Portland, Me., with only three insignificant interruptions which collectively amounts to less than maften miles. THE HORRORS OF WAR An Officer Tells of the Terrible Times During Spion Kop Battle. For real ghastliness, for, a glimpse into the gory realities of war and the horrors of battlefield the private letter of a young British medical officer at Spion Kop printed in the London Daily Graphic, can scarcely be beaten. "I selected a pass," he writes, "overhung by steep clay banks on the top of which I got up a Red Cross flag. Cases .now began to pour down from Spion Kop on stretchers. The Boers opened fire on us, and three bullets went into the fire, knocking the sticks about. The reason for this fire was not the Red Cross flag, but owing to some fommies who were strolling over to it, either to take cover there or to see what we were doing. I promptly ordered them away. A few minutes after Boers let fire five shells in quick succession in my direction, but they fell short and did no harm. This sort of thing went on round me for the rest of the day, but I always kept well in the shelter of the bank. "From this time till 10 o'clock the next morning the wounded came through my dressing station, as the pass was the only exit from the hill. I saw every case and some of them were mutilated beyond description. "Fully 330 wounded and dead who had died on the way passed through my hands. The cheerfulness of the wounded struck me as remarkable men with shattered wounds smoking their pipes, and although starving, not a grumble did I hear. Many a poor chap shot in the morning in the front trenches who could not be reached, lay in the blazing sun all day. One old colonial in Thorneycroft's, witha gray beard, walked down leaning on his rifle; he was a mass of wounds-one ear cut through by a bullet, his chin, neck and chest also shot through by others, and his back and legs torn by shell. He came in and said he just dropped in to let me take his fingei ,4. as it was so shattered he could not pull the trigger of his rifle as it got in the way of the next finger, which he could use, for he wanted to get back up -the hill to piy the Dutchmen out. Of course I would not let him go back. The bullet wounds are beautifully clean, jst a little round hole and as a rule do not do much damage, as they often go through the bone without shattering it, and they don't bleed much. The shell wounds are hideous. "It was frightfully dark and I put one of the lanterns on a stick as a di recting light to my pass; one of a group of soldiers returning to the hill tried to run away with it and I would ha'e lost it only I snatched up a rifle from a wounded man and shouted I would shoot him if he did not bring it back. lie dropped it and ran away, and it went out; but I got it again. Shortly after this both lanterns went out and I bad a pretty bad time, as the pass ften got blocked with wounded. Fi ally 1 could send no more wounded across the drift and had to stack them with the dead in rows on the grass. I olle:ted all the wounded officers on tretchers around me and gave them >randy and a hypodermic of morphia. "The morning light began to dawn Ibout 4:30 and lit up the ghastly faces if the patients around me. My mnen ow got a fire ready and got some more eef tea and coffee, and I had some my elf, the first meal since my dinner the lay before, and after giving the wound dsome as well, I sent them on the mbulances across the drift. "Commandants Botha and Burgess, ho were the Beer generals, came now nn the scene, the former, who was the hief general, was a smallish, thin man, with yellowish beard and hair and had amagnificent rifle, carved with his ame and a text from the Bible. He ad a couple of mounted kaffirs, carry ig nis ammunition and water bottle, nd an interpreter. He seemed, how ver, to understand English, though e refused to speak it, but now and hen said 'certainly,' 'certainly.' There were quite a number of German officers. [ hear:1 one of them had been killed. They let our men search the dead for heir identification cards, letters and oney. It was veiy sad to see the things we found in their pockets-love letter, Christmas cards, little pocket books with accounts, half finished let ters. Several of the Beers handed in little things they found-a check for 103, a purse with money, etc. Some f the officers had trinkets round their necks. One poor chap had a locket with a spray of white heather and we ad to cut his name of his shirt and pin itto the locket as a means of iden tification. I am sorry to say that a umber had had their finger cut off to get their rings, but the Boers said that they did not see who did it, and were idignant." Will Be Completed. The State capitol is to be completed in accordance with the terms of the act f the general assembly. The coramis sion, of which the members of the sink ing fund commission are members, met 'hursday and it was not many minutes before it was almost unanimously de ided to proceed under the act, the nly vote against it being that of Sena tor Mower, who holds that the sinking fnd commission occupies the same poition as a trustee. The presentation o' a little law in concise form by Attor ey General Bellinger convinced the members that the sinking fund com mission was not a trustee, but is the :inisterial agent of the real trustee, the general assembly, and as such had o right to question the act's validity, ut could only do what the trustee or ers it to do. Thus the stumbling block was rolled from the path, and the joint commission got down -to the usiness in hand, taking the first step owards the commencement of the work.-The State. Young Peffer Commit Suicide. A dispatch from Kr.nsas City, Me., sys J. Sherman Peffer, son of the on. W. A. Pefier, former Ui-ited States senator from TKansas, was found ead in bed in a rooming house in East ight street Wednesday afternoon. n the bureau was found a box that had contained morphine and a note reading: Father I don't like to do what am doing but I am tired." In the ead man's pocket were found several typographical union working cards. Ee was about 30) years old and was a a linotype operator. He was not knon to be despondent DRUNK WITH POWER Extinction of the Boer Republics Demanded by the Troops. BLOEMFONTEIN OCCUPIEO. The Boers Profess Satisfaction With the Conditions. They Say the British Shall Never Reach Pretoria. The British war office officially an nounced the following Wednesday af ternoon: "By the help of God and the bravery of Her Majesty's soldiers, the troops under this command have taken possession of Bleemfontein and the British flag now floats over the pres dency, which was vacated yesterday S'ening by Steyn." Delarey, the Boer commandant, wires that in his battle Saturday the British force -was estimated at 40,000. The fa mous Guards brigade, the flower of the British army, were under Colville in the fight. The-first assault was repul sed, only two jBoers being wounded. The second assault was made on the hills to our left. These hills were of great strategic importance. Appreciat ing this, I and 300 men defended the position from 9 o'clock in the m-rning until sundown. The burghers fought like heroes and three times repulsed the massed British, who kept relieving their tired men. Every attempt to storm was defeated. At sundown there were not fifty yards between us.- The British lost heavily. A later dispatch says the British lost seventy killed and three hundred wounded. A dispatch from Pretoria says the reply of Lord Salisbury was received there Wednesday. The publication of the dispatches of the two presidents caused a great sensation here. The general opinion is that the presidents selected the right moment to make sug gestions for conclusion of peace. The federal forces are content with the ex cellent results. The British have suf fered tremendous losses. A dispatch from London says the soldiers of Roberts' army hailed with joy the report that Lord Salisbury had refused aty overtures for peace except unconditional surrender. The men feel'that they have broken the enemy's strength after tremendous efforts and hardships and the loss of many com rads and they demand as revenge the utter extinction of the Boer republics. The New York Journal prints this which it says came as a special from Pretoria, Tuesday via Berlin, Wednes day: "The burghers will only cease fighting with death.. Oar forces are returning to our first line of defence on our own soil. The Natal campaign was longer in our favor than we expect ed. The British will never reach Pre toria. The burghers, Steyn, Joubert and myself as well as all others are united. There. are no differences. 3od help us. "Kruger." ONE KILLED. ONE WOUNDED. & Peniteniary Guard's Desperate En counter With Convicts. Tuesday morning five -convicts, all negroes, made a desperate effor. to overpower and kill the one guard who was with them-Mr. Abe Harling-and escape. The guard after a struggle with his assailants killed one of them; wounded another and prevented all but one from -escaping. The story of the affair is thus told by one familiar with the facts: . - .Early yesterday morning Guard Harling, with five convicts, was sent to some land near the city rented by the penitentiary from Mr. J. M. Roach. The convicts carried rakes for the pur pose of cleaning off grass and other things from the laud. They worked along very well and nothing unusual occurred for some time., The guard was standing close with the eenviets, when one of them made a quick move from the rear and throwing his arms about the guard's body pinioned his arms to his side. Another convict named Houghton took away the guard's gun and all of them had rakes upraised ready to disable or kill the guard and escape. Houghton tried to work the gun, but failed, not knowing how to handle it. It was his inteationa to shoot the guard, who was in the mean time struggling with the convict who first caught him. The other negroes took a hand in the game too/and some of them struck the guard with the rake, but thouighiout numbered and being considerably used up he made a great fight. In the struggle he succeeded in drawing his pistol and he shot Houghton dead. The other convicts began to scatter and run when the guard, again'secur ing his gun from the dead negro, opened fire on the fleeing, convicts. One, Dave Barton, he winged under the arm and he gave up. Two others fearing they might receive a bullet, halted and surrendered. Another, swifter than the rest, ran on, and though several shots were fired at him he succeeded in escaping.. Guard Har :ing rounded up his captured convict. and took them back to the peniten tiary. The body of the dead convict was also taken there. .Houghton has always been a bad ne gro. He escaped from the gang in Edigefield some time ago and was re captured in Aiken. This gang has been doing this work on that particular piece of laud and it is supposod that they made their plot to escape the night before. Guard Harling was not badly hurt by his experience. No set of convicts will hardly ever make another plot agaiinst him under similar circumstances. The coroner held an inquest over the body of the dead negro Tuesday afternoon and exonerated the guard from all blame in the matter.-The State. Will Fighzt to the End. A dispatch from President Kruger dated Pretoria, March, 13, 8 p. in., via Berlin, says: "The burghers will only cease fighting with death. Our forces are returning in good order to line of defense on our own soil. The Natal campaign was longer in our favor than we expected, The British will never reach Pretoria. The burghers Steyn, Joubert and myself as well as all the others are united. There are no direcccsn God help us."