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i L. ( y1_ 4EL543 VO)L.. . .11ANNIN(. IS. C.. WED)NESDAY, DElCEMBEIR 19, O.N.4 A R--p'rt cf Th&.ir Me ing In Greer wocd A MOST PLEASANT OCA$;ON The D-fferent trterers cf th C,u-ch in Go-d Sh:p, e?: a Bright Future Ti:e falowitg rep^irt of the Bi.ptia Convention in G-reenwood we e:ip from the Grecnqci'd Journai: TAX MIisTERs CONFStENC The Haptis,.r minis r rA e in" the it arnUat eorfrcv e at the B.tds: church in G-renwced last Thursday evening at 7 30 ' k. Ts eo .f: r once is held sne dr bifore thA con:n tionj assembes fc.r te turpose ct dis *ussirr questi'ns of interest te tie ministers in their work, but the se meet ings are open to others who) may desire to be present and on this o.esion the conference was weil attended. Afte r a devotiv'al s-rvice cordated by Revs. J. D. Egden. W. T Dcr rieux and C. C. Bt'on, the bo.y was organized by e1c.ing l1 . R. F. Cor ley to preside, Rev. J. S Jordan hav ing declined. as it is the' eu tom to e? et a now p residinig officer ov.-ry year Lv. J. A. B:own was elceted secre tary. At this night sessien "The Devo tional Element in the Lie of * Pstor." and "'he Evargelst as a Factor in church Life" wer- dis.ussed. Revs. W. J. Langston. J. D. Pihts and R. W Sanders made speeches on the first anA the tcond was ciscussed by Revs. J B. Parrott snd F. C. Hiekson. Mr Hickson did not approve of the course of the modern evangelist. Fr-day mornin~g the conferce was led in devitional exercises by R( v P P. Blal.-ck, a blind preacher fron. F~ige field. But the molt interesting o:eur rence of the merning fesicn was the arpfarance of a tcr'o preehcr, Rev Edward Stark, of Edgefi41. w. o wa introduced by Mr. W. L Durst and ad dressed the body. Stark was barn in Virginia and was 100 years of age last August. He was v"nt to Seu'h Caro lina when he was 14 years old and wa-, a slave 64 years He bnlong-i to the Devores and She'pards of E 'rcfield. When the conference arose in a body to welcome this old re.r.)aid invited him to the rostrum to adldress thten, a like incident was recalled whet' a colored preacher addrtssed the S.'uthern Bip tist Convention, at Hot Springs last summer, and how his speech arcusad his white brethren and stirred them to such a pitch of excitement that they gathered about him and threw money at his feet while he begged them to desist. Who can say that the chival roas, chr'stian heart of the South beats against the negro when he remains in his prepar place, fixed for him by the Autior of his creation? A collection was taken up for "Poor old Uoele Ned," who. will soon he gon.e "where the goid niggers go," and when the confcrence han finished its work and was about to adj jurn, this old nogro preacher led the body in prayer. Before the conference closed its morning session Priday, "The Sway of New Testament Principles Over the Present Trend of Rei'gious The-ught" was discussed in an able speech Dr. C. 8 G.ardner. of Greenvdie. The next subject was "Missionary Triumphs" Rev. W. S. Corse:t opened the discus sion withi a well prepared paper. Rev J. E. McManaway read another paper on this subje::t ard the cnerenoe adjourned until t be anternoon. In the af:erncoon "The Mi sionsry Ottcok;" "Sulrltualy a.. an IEement in Exegesis';" fte Winning ann Training of the Yonne," were the topic, discussed by Revs. J \W. Chat man, I W. Wingo and B. P. Robertion. Ttis closed the final session of the confer ence. THE STATE CoNVENTIoN. This amt uu astbly of distinguisL' ed Baptists of Sou'h Carohina m-t at the Green'oo-d Bapusat church at 7.30 o'clock Iidday night. There was an overnow, people tiile-i the galleries, stoon in the aisks and sat on the isor of the roetru.n and Sunday school room and many remnainedl out of doors. Precident WV. D. Rhce called the con vention to order and annonceed that Dr. W. C. Lindsay, of Columhia, would preach the introducttry seru.on. Rev. *.M. Lide and Dr. Ei J. Forrcster. pastor of the cnureh, were with Dr Lindsay in the p.ulpit. Dr. Forrester opened the serviets with prayer. Dr. Lindsay's ti x: was 'I give unto thee the keys of th.' kingsdom of heav en."-Matthew 16 19. Tne sermon was in the interest ot masions and its tretnd was against cuhtu'e as a leacing feature in the ministry. In fact, the preacher's idea was that there should be no such thing as a specialiy enhured minister and nc tuch werd anmeng Christians as laymen, a word he despise.d, but that all Christians should be preachers He went back to Galilee and traversed the age a to illa-trate his idea that cult'ure should not hold a leading place among *en to whom the maste-r had given the kes which utnlock for hunwan:ty the gates of heaven. In our own time he held up the wonderful achievemen:s ol the unlettered Moedy, who had i rceaht mulmudes in the moss en:ighcnesd snuntrits of the world to the foot of t Cross. The crvan--.avion of the Conecrtnen followed'Dr tindsay's sernn. Seco retary C. P. Ervin called the roll of delega-es, atnd en motion R-v. W D. Rice was re ch.e oti treas dnt, C. P Ervin, scoretar': andt V. 1 mtlars~, as sistanit seeretazy. The raport of Fhe eommittee on the crder cf bsness foz Saturday was read and adopted. A mmsage to the conyVcatUon frcm 2. B. Waasn, of Ilidge Spring, wa read expressing regret that his ijlnes hept him away. , The cojnvent'nn was then led in pray er by R-v A. C Wilkins and adjurn ed until 9 30) Saturday morning. SATIIETAT NORNIN(G, The convention operad with devo tional exercises co)nduete'd by Dr. WV. T. Derrirnx Secretary Ervin read the minutes of the naet ng last rnight ar d then a seletmc v.s extended to the D:. " treater ared 'he deacons of the eeur.-h w.re appointed a comumiLetu un re.wzous ;:V:ees. r T. M Bailey read the report of a Mssi. board and Dr. C. S. Gnrdner, the report of the Central Com u~ite of Woman's Mision S.oieues. . t' C i5own read the report of the Bar d ..f Ag..I 3nisse:s' Rhief. ' re ort on the Connie Maxwe'l (r;a' g-aze showcd that there are 121 . e r~ain t.c orphanage and that $4 X51 ; se be, n raibed and expended for . istitution in the last six months. t cc the readirng of the orphanage rt ; ;. r_ se veral e ommi~tees were appuia t Tle inth of the Grev i.e Fcma'e C age a ch-,re of Col. Mlurfeo, cam 2L Sarday morntin on a special traiu at.d visit d the c"uve:tion in a body. h fCo-. vc::r.ion gave thcu a hearty Wel c me. Dr Se :nenr of the Amtrean Blp:ist Puban-g -odiet; R3v. H Ha ', cf .- --; Dr. Ch vcrs. ieerstart o. t 13;p "i o Y ;People a Uni of Amer iea Dr. K-root, Orrespoding spore tar; of the Home Mirsio Board of the deuthern Baptist co..vntiou, were dis s [ti .h: i visitors who were invited to aauresl the convention. At a nmeeting of the AMuni A.~ssc'a ti r of Furnain Univer ity Sa'urday after'oont it was resolved to change the asme of the new hall from Alu-ni Hall to Judson Memorial Hall, in hon or of Paf. C. N. Judson, of the Un versity. Tee conventios Saturday evening :cek up the r.:p. ra olu State Missions. Plhe re port wa- r:ad by Rer. R W Lide. R v. L M R>ver talked of the pro+ jerity of the Sate in the nine years he Lad been away. Dr. B ,iley said that of the $6 000 debt made in 189:, only $14 40 remain ed uapsid. The convention raised the amnount on the spot. J. Wash Watts. F N K Bailey, F M Satttrwbite, Rafa F .rd atd A. P Montague w-re appointed to nominate tru-tee, for Ftrman University. Rev. Richard Carroll, a colored Bap ttt preaeher, addressed the convention. H- is engaged in teaehirg industrial ;u- uits and said that he had rai-d '626 uO for this work and that Dr. Montague gave him the first dollar. The cnvention adj yurned to meet in memorial se:vice S Tnday afternoon. SUNDAY. The cbu:ehes of the city h'd large conTegations Sunday. Dr. Kerfoot preaebtd at the Baptist church, Dr B l at the Preshyterian, and Rev. L 1. Ropi-r st the Methodist cnurch. The weather has been good through out the several days of the Baptist Con vention and the delegates and visitors have been well entertained. On every hand are good words for Greenwood. North Carolina Towns. The popnla:ion of certain places in f North Caro'ir a having a population of more than 2,000 but less than 25,000, is as folloAs. Asheville, city..............14,694 B'aufort, town..............2.195 Bariington, town ............3.692 Cnar:otte, city...... ....18 091 Concoid, city........ ........ 9111 DP-ham,city.................6 679 Ed tutou town,..............3(i46 E :sabeth City, town.. .....6 348 Faycttevilie, town.. ........4 670 Glsrornia, town ....... ....461u G..'dsboro, city...........5 877 Graham, town .... .... ...2,ti52 Greensboro, city...........1.035 Greernville, town .........2 565 Hederson, town ..........3 746 H:ekory, town............2535 High P.>int, village........4 163 Kings 31euntain, tojwn.. ......2 tt62 K'neton, town .... .........4 1u6 Monroe, town.............3 427 Mlount Airy, town.. .... ....2 6StJ Newb: rn. city.. .. .. .. .. .. . R deigh. city..............13 643 R snaieman, town.... .... ... 19 Reidsvi;Je, town....... .....3 2r'2 Rocky Nount, town........2 93~7 Salem, city...............3642 Salisbury, city...........,7 I Statestiie, ci:y...... ....3 141 Tarboro, town............2.499 Washington, town..........4 842 Wilmnington, city........ ....203 976 Wuson, town....,...... ..3 352 Winston, city .... ..... ...1,0 A Strange Case. Miss Fannie 0 Kennon, daughter of Peter O'Kennon, died at her father's home, in Matoaca, near Petersburg recently. Miss O'Kennon, the doctors say, died of old age althoegh it was in A pril that she celebrated her 20th birth day. Her case was remarkable. Sue has not grown in s~atute since she was two years old, ard her faculties at the time of her death were those of a child The was two feet, two inches tall, and could speak only such words as she was able to articulate at the age of 2 years. She played picture books and toys, a::d in all her actions was a per feet child. Her face was wrinkled like that of an oiH woman who had hve'd many years. Her case has attract ed tt:e attention of physicians for some time. FELL NINEUrY FE Er. Joe Booker, colored, met a horrible death at the blast furnace of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad eom panty at Ealy We doesday. He was on the top house. 901 feet above the ground Here is where the laborers pour into the open hot blast the raw ore and other stuff uised in the manufacture of ~pig iron. Booker, for some reason, was careless and approached too near the edge of the iron platform. He sud denly lost his balance and was precip 1 tatc'd to the ground below. He was da-ho:d into a shapeless p~ulp by the fa' ad was lifele~ss when he was pick ed up shortly afteruard. THEY SEUVLEiD 1T. 1In Rush county, Kansas, there was a tie in tho vote received by Mr. Me Carmiek and Mr. Asderson for the cfde of county attorney Before dra sing straws, as provided by law, the two agreed that the winner should m:Jke the lo:.er his det uty and eqna'Iy divide the salary. Mr. McCormick, the Populist, won, and Mr. Anderson will be his deuty. HO.'Es DE3TROYED. Anoder aerious landslide has oeeur red in H.ligoland. Thirty houses have been engalted and a considerable part of the ilatnd has been for three cays under water. Thus far it has been im possible to send relitf, and the losses ha ma vet ban dateained. STrATEh PENSIONS. The Ruies to ba Folewed Under' the New Act BY ALL APPLICANTS. Inf'rma'in That is Valubets Not Only to Ceun'y Boards, But to th Pensicners Themsel'es This yer there era a number of changes in the pcnsion department of trie S.atc sovernment hith should re ceive the careful attention of all mem bers of county boards and apolicacts as well. In the first plate each pan sicrcr has to make an entirely new ap plication. In order that the pension era or those intending t-? grit on the list may fnlly undtrstand the r-quirement" she State board hes prcg ared and i;sncd the following "rules for the gutdsaoe of county boards of pasions, as au-h ou iz-cd by the ac: at prcvt d FKb 19 1900," whicb are given for the irforma tier. of the veterans: (1) The county pension boards will mett as reqiircd by law in January at the county seats, for the purpose of ex amining the spplication s of the various ex Confederate soldiers and saibra adi ,idows who are applicant, for ren -ions under act apprLred Feb 19 h. 1900. Said applications must have the apprvnil of the county board before the State board will approve. (2) Fhe attention of the county pen sion boards is directed to the certif cate of the two witnea es, which re guires that they shall no: be on the pension roll. This is a change from the old form and too much attention cannot be given to it. (3) Do not send to this effice disap proved applications for pensions (4) Do not use old bhanks, but ti ore prepared under act 1900 They wi:1 be desienated by "Application, under act 1900." (5) It will be necessary for every old pensioner to make new application ex actly as if they were applying for the first time. (6) The county boards are cautioned to provide the applicants with blanks suitable to his or her individual case The S:ate Board will not coneider ap plications where this rule has not teen observed. (7) Class A--Those who as a result of wounds received in the war are physically helpless, or who while in such service lost both arms, or both legs or sight; or who are disabled by paralysis and are unable to make a tising, and whose income does not ex eed $150 00. This does not include soldiers whose disabilities arise from diseases and causes since the war. Class B.-Those who have lost one arm or one lee and whose income does not exceed $150 00. Class C No. 1-Those soldiers and sailors diabied by wounds during the war. whose income does not exced $150.00. Ctass 0. No. 2 -Those who have rached the age of 60 years ar-d whose income does not exceed $75 00. Class C. No 3 Widaws of those who lost their lives while in the iarvice of the State or the Confederate States, and whose income does not . exceed Class (. No. 4.-Widows above the age of 60 years whose income does not ex3cea $100 00. Ucu2ty boar-is cannot be too careful in there nmat'ers of 'income" and "physical condition." Fe is a very poor man whose gross income frwm iabor, re-nt an-i oth-er sources does no; exceed $75 00, or poor lands, if any, tha twili nut p:oduce this amount rross Property sufficient to produse $75 in applicant's or his wif.' namn oeDars him. Where soldiers or widows dis pose of their property by giving or selling to their children they are de barred. Widows of pensioners who re-mary are not entitled any long-'r to pensiorns Pensioners who have moved to an other States are no longer entiiled to a penson. Taose who have moved to another county muss have their naaes raceferred and drawtheir pensions from that county. Please note very carefully the fol loing: Let county boards act promptly and fairly, giving the S:a'e board fial in f.ration with complete reports by towahips for each cunty, and writing the Dames alphabetically, full and clear, and beginning with Class A, and giving their reasons for as~proving. In making reports to the Sate board the reports shouild be sigined by each mem ber of the cuaty penaion board. JP Derham, Comptroller General, Charrman. W. D. S ailing, WV. E. James, W. H. Hardin. A Bad Boy A dispatch from Athens, Ga, to the uus'a Caroniele aays: "Cl, vun e er, a 12 year old boy, got hold of a pis to!l t~day and deliberately walke-i down B:oad street, firing at nearly evt ry thiag he saw. He had a 32 calibre pistol and shot several times with it. The Eirst ht was fired at a mule and hit it in the side, severely wounding it. He then shot Moses Mitchell, a young boy, the bullet inflicting a severe wound in the thigh. He shot also at a negro bcy, but did not hit him. Several person-' were attrae:ed by the s'looting and rushed up in time to stop tne boy fro.m doing any further damsage. The boyi gave no excuse for his conduit and he was locked up. OUTLMVWRY INCREASING. Adties from China says that out lawry in K wang Si and K wacg Turg is inresing The ofiiials appear to be losing their hold of the situation and are powerless to restore order. Pirat ing on the river (The WVest river) is in eroluing. CHICAGO JUafICE. Another Chicago tui; who had just paid the regulation $10 lAM)fe has been caght after a desperate revolver fight and probably will be fined again. Jus tice in Chicago seems to be not only blind but to have been born in the silly TOWNS OP SOUT CAROLINA How They Stand Relatively as to Population. At last we have the census figures for the incorporated places in South Caro lina having a po pulation of more than 2 000 !u 1i:s than 25 000 people, and they pit sent seme turjrises, both pleas ant and ncplea'ant. There are 23 such towns and cities bit from the let are excluded all unin e ,rp irated mill tovns like Pa'zor, Pacoiet, G-aniteville, Clifton and Pied ne.oCt. ;lac s which have rhown, per h;;s. the rno-t r,-msrkb!e pereentages of growth of ary cui unities in the Sta;e. Wre th:c' mil! tovns included in ti-e cou::t kcuth ('arolina would bare as trany tcwt.s of 2,000 neople and up 3ad as her much la-ger and more po.a us ister, N.rth Carolina, which has 32 There is no reason that we car see wy theso mill commaities, al th'ugh not incorporated, should not bavo reen separactly enumerated and returncd with the other towns of South Carolina. Tneir rb cnee from the list unfairly mnimizes the urban growth of ti:i- S'ate in that 1et ten years Cbarlesto~n, of ourse, stands at the head of the list of Soul h Carolina sitias, its pnrul lion, previously reported, heing 55 807 against 54 955 in 1890; a gain of 852. or li per cent. OClninbia is th' second city, with an ac-edited population of 21,108 against 15 353 in 1890; a gain of 5,755, or 371 per ent. Greenville comrs third. with 11,460 r'o c sgainst 8 617 in 1890; a gain of 2,S53, or 33.1 per cent. Sp -rtantburg is a ol. e fourth, with 11 395 people again-t 5 544 in 1890; a gain of 5,851, or 105.5 tier cent. Smter-and this will be a surprise to our friends in the Piedmont-is fifth, with a oopulation of 5.673 against 3 865 in 1890; a gain of 1,808, or 46 7 per cent. Anderson is sixth, having 5 498 against 3,018 in 1890; a gain of 2,480, r 82 2 per cent. Rock !!ill is srventh; with 5 485 aga-nst 2 744 in 1890; a gain of 2.741, or 100 per 'ent. Uoine-and here is another surprise ia eichth, with 5,400 prorle against 1,6o9 in 1890; a gain of 3,791, or 235,6 per cent. Greenwood takes ninth place over many older competitors. It has 4,824 peotde against 1 326 in 1890; a gain of 3 493, or 263 8 per cent. Forence loliows as No. 10. with a prtsulation of 4,647 againat 3,395 in 1890; a gain of 1 252, or 36 9 per cent. Newberre is e'eventh, with 4,6"7 aa'nast 3 020 in 1890, a gain of 1,587, or 52 5 per cent. Orangeburg has twelfth place, with 4 455 in habita sts arsinst2 964 in 1890; a gain of 1.441, or 5') per cent. Georgetown has passed Beaufort and taken the thirteenth place, but the number in this case is not unlucky. (i'.rgetown has 4,133 enoule against 2 895 in 1890; a gain of 1,243, or 42 per cent. Beaufort is fourteenth, with 4,120 in hatants against 3,587 in 1890; a gain of 523, cr 15 per cent. Unestar is lfteenth, with 4.(175 agnin!.t 2,703 in 1890; a gain of 1,372, r 5(0 5 per cent. 'The sixreenth place is held by Larens. with 4 029 peortln agaiset 2, 15 in 1890; a gain of 1,784, or 79 per cert. G iffnov follows in seventeenth place, xih 3,937 people against 1 631 in 190; a na of 2 306, or 141 p r cent. Abbevlle is No. 18. with 3.766 in ahiants agan-t 1,696 in 1890; a gain of 2 070, or 122 per cent. A ken is nineeenth, with 3,414 in baitants againat 2,362 in 1890; a gain of 1,t'52, or 43 per cent. Duirlogon is t -centieth. with 3 208 p ople atainst 2 389 in 1890; a gain of Si19, or 34 3 per cent. Can.dn is t'wentv-first. with 2,441 people agains: 3 533 in 1890; an appar ut loss uf 1092, ox 31 per eent. Suammvxli. is twen'ts -seond, with 2.420 against 2 2i9 in 1890; a gain of 201, or 9 1 per cent. Mt. P ca-.anr nolds twenty third place, with 2 252 petople again -t 1,138 in 189i; a guin of 1 114, or 98 per cent. Urkville ceno udes the lisr nmeri aly anai alphabetically with 2 012 in habiants auainst 1 553 in 18941; a gain of 459, or 29 per cent -The 8tate. He Was Demented. TIhe Coluambia State says Thursday Mr T. Hugh Me ghan, one of the tell er of the Carolina National Bank, had a trying exptrience with Joseph Fero, an Auatrian by birth, who tproved to be demented and possessed of a tendency to violence. H-s came up to the win dow and presented in excellent chiro graphy a slip giving his history, Eay ing he had been imp-riuioned by the United States, that he had written to all Austrian consuls in this country, and that he demanded $10,000 which he needed to carry out his plans, adding that if the money was not handed over e would make it lively for some one. eler Meigt an handed him back the paper and told him he could not get the money there. Tne fellow then went out. Tne police were notified and the man was taken into custody as he was enteri':g the Central bank to present his deatand. Liter on Mr. Riedlinger talked with the fellow in German and acertaied that he had been in an in sacesolute in Milwaukee for seven years He was comnmitted to the hos pital for the insan- y esterday afterneen. HO1iRiBLE 5U1CIDE. Gerae W. Wagner, who has for se, eral years been local reriresentauive of the Cash R-gister, of Trenton, N. J, committe~d suicide at Pniladelphia in a ost terrible manner. He placed a pair of large ahears at hi. throat thou by stxitg the hanals repeatedly wish a hatchet dreto the blades of the scis sors into hid neck. After driving the si-rs far into his flesh he walked in to re e-ntry. where probably weak from the loss of t>lood he fell and rolled down the stairs. He was dead whos found. A WARNING The Cleveland Leader is sounding a warning to its friende, the Republicans in Congress. It declares that if the propoition of the Ways and Means commin-tee is adopted and brewers are iven a rebate~ in taxes amanusung to more than $9 000 000 a year, while there is no red uction in the tariff tax on tea the people ate likely to remember it, and a Democratic House will prob ably be chosen at the next Congres sinal election. IRAIN RUBBlRS Asst.ulted a Postal Clerk and R;fled the Mail Bags. BANK ROBBERS FAILED. In Another Holdup on Outskirts of N- w Orleans, Con ductor Kinnebrew Was Shot A bold robbery on the Cotton Beit railway recurred Thursday at Bassetts, Texas. 30 miles souti of Texarkaea. on the tra-n coning north, in which Pos tal Clerk Johfl N Drennis was almst killed and the rail pouches of his ear rfiad of their contexts. The amount stolen is not known. As the train left the Bacsetts water tank at 6 a. m., the express and mail carp ='ere separated from the train but the train crew soon had them coupled up again. In the run from there to Texarkana the co 3ches were uncoupled twice in a very mysterious manner. On arrival of the train at Texarkana the United States transfer clerk knocked at the door of the mail car bus got no response. Officials then forced an en trance and found the clerk, John N. Dennis stretshed upon the floor appar ently dead. A hured examination showed that the registered packages had been opened ard ribbed of their contents, the most rl !ble c wbieb was the Waco-Memphis through pouch, containing a large number of valuable packages. A physician w&s rent for and it was found that Dennis was alive but un conscious. - An ugly wound in the top of his head told the story. Two hours after he was taken to the hospital he revived sufficiently to give the details of the robbery. Just as the train parted at Bassetts' tank Dennis went into the vestibule of the mail car to stir up the are. When he opened the vestibule door he saw two men standing by the stove, one of whom dealt him a terrible blow over the bead with a heavy fire shovel. The first blow felled him and he was then quickly beaten into a serseleee condi non. He knew nothing more until he was revived in the Texarkana hospital. He is in a critical condition. Examination of the car showed that the robbers gained entrance by crawl ing through a small trap door in the floor of the vestibule. In the vestibule is a crank with which a person can uncouple the ear from another, and it is believed it was the intention of the robbers to disconnect and get eontrol of both cars. It is impossible to tell what the robbers secured, but it is be lieved they made a good haul. Officers are on the case, but there is little to work on, as the men could have left the car at three different places before the train arrived here. EELD UP A TRAI:. The scuLbound ininois Central "Fast Mail," due at New Orleans at 7.16 p. m., was held up and robbed by a lone train robber about one mile out side the city Thursday night. His booty consists of one registered mal pouch from Darant, Miss., and six other registered letters from points between Cairo and New Orleans Con dutor Kinnebrew was shot in the groin and J. C. Parker, railway mail clerk, has his left eye powder burned by a shot directed at his head. After pasiog Ke.nner, a small station, the robber clhmbed to the engine, covered the engineer and fireman and brought the train to a standstill. When the conductor came forward he was shot by the robber R E Goldfrby, one of the railway mail clerks, was ordered to get out of his car. The roboer led the engineer, fireman atnd Goldsby to ward the express car and made one of them blow tne safe open witri a stick of dynamite which he surphecd. N' money was foucd here. Lue robber then made for the mail car and there discovrd P.aker, who had hidden the registered pouches. He shot at Par ker and then one of the pcuches wa prouced and he made off withi it. He uncoupled the engine from the train and ran it to Carrollton avenue where it was abarndoned. BANK ROBEERS FAILED. Four mai-.ted men discovered in the act of dynamiting the vaults of John Doershuck's private bank at Shanes ale, Ohio, early Thursday drove off all who attempted to interfere and sot away with between $3 000 and $4 000. An explosion of nitro glycerine about 3 a. in., awakened John R'iodes, who lives opposite the back. Rhodes saw two men working at the vault doors while two others stood guard at the main entrance of the bank building Rhodes, revolver in hand, rushed into the street and was met by a volley from the sentinels. Dozens of the inhabitants appeared only te he greeted by a shower of bul lets. The robbers removed the doors of the yault and pried open the money drawers. Damping the species into bags they backed to the railroad tracks and disappeared on a hand car which they abandoned between here and Baltie. Bloodhounds were secured and a large posse at once started on th trail.____ ____ PHOSPH ATE K0VALTY. It has before been mentioned that the phosphate royalty would likely be vry much less this year than last This condition it seems is due to the inability of the companies to secure bottoms for shipping the rock. The re cords at the capitol show tnat up to Dee. 1. the State has received in tphos phte royalty the sum of $21,20.73. If the same showing for the last month of the year as was made last Deember results the total for the year will be at least $10 000 less than last year. Up to Dec 1. last year, the receipta where $31,d6 23.-The Scate. A REKCKLESS FIEND. A white man named Rnss is in jail at Florence charged with shooting into a train and otherwise creating a distur bane. When Conductor J. 0. Bainton of the Wilmington local freight asked Russ for his fare the man refused it, and shoed a piutol into the conductor's face. Mr. Hinton got help and return ed. Russ diaplayed his pistol again, hut was neverthless hustled off the train. Wak t trai==aovaa of ka tra akat. BUICOED A PRIEST. Some Clever American Crooks Rob a Jesuit Institute According to a story just received from Italy a couple of ciever rascals, said to be Americans played a confi denee game lately on an Italian priest, by wh eh they proefitd to the extent of $50,000. They have not been caught. Sle Rev. Father Grosse, a member of the S>oiety of Jetus, who is the super i:,r of Jesuit Institute at Turin, was the victim Two handsomely dreand men ap parently Americans or Englishmen, caild upca him about a fo naiht ago and told him that they were the trui tees of a rich orphan boy, whose father had teen ktiled in the war in the Trans vaaL. They told the priest they wish ad to place the boy under his esre and have him eduested in the inasirate. At the same time they said they were es todians of $40 000 which belonged to their ward and this money they desired to leave in the priest's charge. Pather Groose consented to take the boy nider his care and also agreed to accept the custody of the funds as tug g6sted. The two strangers displayed several bundles of bank notes apparent ly genuine which they placed in con partments in the safe which Father Grosse accommodatingly opened for them The pair left the house stating that they were going to Milan where they had left their young charge, and would return with him. Several days passed but neither of the men returned. lather Grosse then having become suspicious went to his safe. He found that notes aggregating 10,000 pounds, all the funds of the in stitution, were gone and that the bun dles of so-called bank notes left by the two strangers contained nothing but waste paper. The men, under the very eyes- of the priest had extracted the in stitption's money from the safe while placing their own counterfeits in the compartments. The police of the prin ciple cities in Furope and this country have been notified. A Good Decision. The Columbia S:ate says the sum preme court of South Carolina has done a good job in knocking out the special exemption clauses inserted in so many acts of the legislature against the man date of the constitution. In a Spartan burg case the court has declared that "in order that a law may be general it must be of fc-rce in every county of the state, and while it may contain special provisions making its effect different in certain counties those counties eaanot be made exempt from its entire opera ion." Ever Sinee the new constitu tion was adopted members of the legis lature have been devoting themselves to nullifying its provisions in this matter of local legislation; the common method being to pass a general law and then exempt the majority of counties from the operations tiereof. This was intended as an evasion of the consti tution, but it turns out to be a distinct violation of it and as such has-encount ered the veto of the urpreme court. When the legislature meets there will be a scurrying for cover. - Very many acta passed during the last five years will have to be remodeled to it this eision._________ A Ternibie Death. The Boaufort correspondent of The State says: 'E l wurd Alson, colored, f Kears Neck. came here Wednesday ight to bring his son, eighteen m~nths old to a physician. The man stated that twoweu k- since a huge rat had bitten his live chileren, who had all apparently recovered except the boy whom he brought here. The child showed signs of improvement also, until Wednesday afternoon when he bled profusely from the end of the middle finger of his left hand, and sppeared to be suffering in tense agony. The father hitched up his buggy auji drove fifteen miles to his place where he arrived Ehortly titer dark and took his child to a friend's house anid immediately summoned Dr. . M. Griffia. The doctor could do nothing bit allay the intense agony anid the boy died about an hour after reach irg town. Dr Griffin stated that there was not an ounce of blood in the child's body, ar~d that death was literally due to hemmorage which could have been checked had medical attention been ob tained earlier. Aiston killed the rat and stated that it was fully as large as a half grown cat. The other four vic tims appear to be doing well." Boasted to Death. The two months old baby of Mrs. James Dennis, of Newark, N. J., was burned to death in the family range Wedned ay. Mrs. Dennis left the house about 10 o'clock, having started a fire in the range previous to her departure. The boy Uarleton Dennis was left in harge of his 3 year old brother Carl. The mother remained away longer than she anticiiated and when nearing the house the oder of burning S bsh greet ed her. Hastening in she was h')rrified to see the feet of the youngest child ticking out of the oven, while the en tire stove heated to a red heat. The child had crawled into the over and the fire at that time being low, had either fallen asleep or had been unable to get out when thestove begau to get hot. CHILDISH BEHAVIOR. The German foreign office authorizes the Associated Press to make the fol lowing statement regarding the Walder see-Caffas incident, bated upon a ble dispatch just received from Field Marshall Count von Waldersee. Gen. Chaee wrote Field Marshal Count von Waldersee a letter la a rough tone. Field Marshal Count yen Waldersee re used to receive it, returning the same to Gen. Chaee. The latter then wrote a second letter apologizing for his rbjcetijonable expressions, whereupon Fied Mar-hall Count von Waideree invited Gen. Chaffee to breakfast and the incident a amieobv oloed. A POiITER Readers of The State Wednesday will have observed that High Point, N. C., whih ten years ago was so small a village as not to be separatelY enn meraed by the ceness takers, now has a ppulation of 4,153 people. What dia it? Not cotton mills, although they have wrought equal wonders elsewhere; but farn ure faoteries High Point is the csntre of a very flourishing in. dutry in this line. There are a score of South Carolina towns and villages that culd grow as fast as it has done by follwing High Point's example.-The se. KILLED BY A PALL The Fatal Ending of a Playful Wrest ling Match. Walter Sharp, a young Lexingtonian very nearly grown, was accidentally kiiled on Monday evening just south of the city, and the manner of the killing was most unusual. It seems that the boy's father, Mr. Oscar Sharp, Mr. Jno. Hyde, Mr. Jake Roof and several others, a'l from Lex ington couuy, living some miles west of Brook and, determined to take a bunt on this side of the river, in the vie:nity of the Corgaree swamp. They got their wagon and camp utensils and started out. They came across the bridge in the evening and passed on thru h the city. When the wagon had gotten beyond Fishe'rs mill pond a stop was made to wait for Walter Sharp and a son of Mr. Dave Mathiss, abeat the name age. These young fel tows had been walking behind and had gotten to wrestling a friendly manner, evenly matched. Finally Mathias threw Sharp. The latter's head struck a rook as he fell. Both got up and soon came up with the wagon. Young Sharp com plained of feeling badly, and, getting in the wagon, lay down, the journey then being resumed. Afther going some miles the men noticed that Sharp seem ed to be ih a bad condition. They drove hastily to a place near by and the young fellow was lifted out, while a doctor was sent for in a hurry. It was too late, however. The blow sustained in the fall was a fatal one. The young fellow lingered through the night and then died. The coroner of Riohiand was not notified, but the body was placed in the wagon, and the homeward journey was begun. It was a sad pro cession that passed across the Congaree bridge int. Lexington Bounty about 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Though the wagon had passed through the city, it was not until yes terday morning that the story of the unfortunate accident became known and the facts could be obtained. From all that could be ascertained Sharp's companion had no more idea of doing bodily injury to his fellow than to him self. It was a sudden and sad ending of what each believed would be a most delightful outing. The States. A ROMAN IIc HISrORY. The Rev. . K Griffe's Experiences in Evangeling the Indians The Rev. Joseph K. Grffe, a Presby terian preacher, who has taken upon himself the task of evangeling the Kiowa, Comanobe and Apache Indians, gives an interesting sketch of his life He says that he was stolen by the Indians when he was only two years old. He was ten years old before he discovered that he was not an Indian himself. General Caster sent him to his uncle in Texas, but he ran away, taking with him his uncle's best horse and six-shooter. He again rejoined the Indians. He was finally induced to become a Christian by a band of Salva tion army workers. "In 16 a band of Kiowa Indians raided cur settlement on the Red River iu Texas," he said, '-and killed or car ried inte captivity the women and children. I was then two years old. My mother saw the Indians coming and she barred the door, but the redskins battered it down with an ax rushed in upon us. I was standing in front of my mother, holding to her apron strings. An Indian raised the ax to brain me and .uy mother, in stooping over to protect me, received the blow on her skull and was killed. "I was adonted by Big Bow, the wai chief of the Kiowas, and raised as one of his family. I was trained in the arts of Indian warfare. I did not lean that I was a white boy until after the battle of Washita, when General Cue ter, having defeated our band, found me. He sent me homne, but I ran away again. At the age of sixteen I enlisted in Troop C, F'ourth United States Cay ar;, for special duty among the In dians. I served with the troep two years and then deserted. I was cap tured later and sentenced by a drum head court to be shot. I escaped by cutting my way through the roof of the guard house at Port Reno. '1er years I tramped the country until converted by the Salvationists. .1 was ordered to the ministry at Cleve land, and was for five years p astor of the South Presbyterian Church at Buf falo. I am now going back to do mis sionary work among the Kiowas and to try and save the souls ef the very red skins wholtook the life of my motaer. " Kansas City Times. irisaas With Ramptan. The Charlotte Onserver says Mr. Shakespeare Harris, of Poplar Tent Cabarus county, who made a ;ecord in the civil war as one of Gen. Wade Hampton's scouts, is to spend Christ mas with the old general at his home in South Carolina. Mr. Harris was a young chap in the war and had hair like Bufalo Bill's. The closest place he was ever in was when the Yankee got him. It was a hand to hand combat following a cavarly charge. Mr. Harris' salp was ripped open from the top of his head te the base of his neck by a sabre stroke and the hair and scalp flapp ed over into his face blinding him. Even thou he would have got his man but for the snapping of his pistol. As is was, the Yankee got him, and it was a good many days before he did any more secouting for Hampton. Gen. Hampton aid Mr. Harris have met fre quently since the war, and they are iast the soit of a pair to have a good Christ a together Killed His Father. A Wake ecuety N. C., farmer named Jabal Cooch was killed by his young son at their home Wednesday after noon. Coosh was boating his wife, and when the son interfered he was chased by his father with a knife. The father then again began beating his wife The son returned, secured a gun and lew his father's brains out. The boy made his escape and a warrant was last night issued charging him with mar SWALLOWED 1T. Senator Wellington has told the Be publican cauaus ecmmittee to count him our; but he has also refused to sit with the Democrats. Has he swallowed h. is ltical way-bill Like the famous CuRNLERSONE LAID And the South Carolina Exposi tion is Under Way. iT WAS A GREAT DAY. The Masonic Grand Lodge of the State Tock- Charge:of the Very impressive Ceremonies. A-speoial dispatsh from Charleston to The State says the eernerstone of the exu.ile buildings or cotten pa'.aee, the main building of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition, was laid Tuesday of last week with ap propriatc eeremenies. The exercises were of as intaresdag and elaborate character and were at tended by several thousand people. The grounds had been cleared, a speakers' stand and a triumphal arch erected. The stand and arch were beautifully decorated. The weather was elear, bright and soel and was most auspie ions for the susese of the great enter prise which Charleston has andertakes. The parade of the troops was a feature of the day's exercises. The infantry, naval reserves and the Ger man Artillery and two military bands were in line, under command of Maj. Henry Schachte. The militia passedia review of the distinguished guests in the carriages, which fell into line be hind the troops. The parade may d of from the Fourth Brigade plas at 3 o'eloek, and in lees than an hour the eelman wheeled into the expositien grenaeds and the exercises were begua. On the stand were W. A. Hemphill, of Atlanta, representing Gov. Cand ler; Gov. McSwee ey, Mayor Smyt Grand Master Orlando Sheppard, the Grand Lodge, A. F. M., a number of effiesrs of the Grand Lodge, Gen. Floyd, President F. W. Wagener, the architect, Bradley Gilbert and his spe cial party, and directors of the expo sition, including Col. Wilie Jones; a number of members of the League of American Municipalities and many other prominent ptop!e. President Wager.er called the assem blage to order and made a brief ad dress on the plans and purposes of the exposition and introduced Mayor Smyth, - who presided. The mayor spoke briefly in taking the gavol. Gov. McSweeney next spoke. He was fol lowed by Mr. W. A. Hemphill and others. The speeches were inter spersed with music by the First Ar tillery band. rYn Kisomei c3arEOstas followed the addresses. The cere monies were of an interesting and im pressive character. The Grand Lodge appeared in the insignia of the order wearing white gloves and aprons, "When iarth's Foundation Was- First Laid" was sag by 50 select voices. A prayer was offered by the grand chap. lain and then a number of articles were deposited in the cornerstone box. Grand Master Sheppard then applied the plumb, square and level to the stone, and after it had been properly placed, he pronounced it to be "well formed, true and trusty." The cere mony of sprinkling the stone with corn, wine and odl whose signifiaanse is plenty was then performed. The grand master then struck the stone three times with his hiram and another selection by the choir and benediction concluded the exercises. The trowel which was used by Grand Master Sheppard is the same whien as used at the laying of the cornerstone of Gien. Dr. Kalo s monumnent at Camden, 8. (3. by Mrarquis de L ifayetto. After the exercis:s a special train was run to Snumerviile and the dis inguished guests were entertained with a a inner at the Pine Forest Inn. The stores olosed shortly after noon and business was generally suspended, giving the city the appearance of a holiaay. J. 3. A larrow Escape. John Newton, a prominent farmer residing at Petro, Tenn., had a narrow escape of his life a few days ago. He was plowing in a large field near his house when the earth suddenly opened and his team was swallowed up, he barely escar ing going down with the team. The Reid has been in cuitivation for over sixty yearn, and never before has such a shing occurred. Newton was plowing with a double team and both horses went in the pit. A number of neighbors at once set to yock digging, and after some time secured the team, but one of the horses had to be killed. It is supposed that a large underground waterway was the cause of the cavein, but none was discovered in the chasm. One theory is that it marks the outlet of the lake on the maantain near by which seems to be bottomiess and that the outlet is in the bad of the Tennes ee river. Interesting~ Criminal Statistics. Attorney General Walser Las pre pared his report on the criminal trials in this State for the two years enied June 30 last and made it public. It shows 16,627 trials and devrelopes th~e remarkable fact that thexe were 2,000 fewer than during the previcus two years Of those tried during the past two years 1,345 were mees, 1 280 fe males. 8 625 white, 7.957 negrocy-. do Inians. There were 10 485 COn victions. There are four cap'ital crlmes in tflS State-arson, barglary, miurder and rape. The r~amber of mrals of these are as foxiow: Arsen 21. burglary 51, muxrder 160, rape 35. Up to the time covered by these statistiets there had b-E'n a steady increase in crime. For 191 92 there were 12 006 trials, for 83 94 there were 13,255. for 1895-96 there were 15.693 and for 1897-98 there were 18,541. TWORHUNDRED DROWNED. The falling over board of a man from a passenger boat on the West river, near Ho Kau, China, led to a rush of some 400 passengers to the side of the vesel, which caused her to sink, ever 20 ersomns being dro use d.