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VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 9N
SEVERELY hANDLED
Anderson County Gets Much Free
Advertising
SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS
He Rightly Thirks That the Citi
zens of the Entire State
Shou!d Not be Held
to Account.
The Philadelphia North American
has in its issues of Menday and Tugs
day inaugrated a crusade against the
system of "slavery" which obtains in
Anderson county. This was brought
about by the recent occurrences which
led to Judge Benet's charge to the
grand jury to investigate the matter.
Mr. Geo. E Prince of Anderson, a
member of the general assembly and a
very prominent lawyer, was in the city
yesterday and stated that the grand
jcry is composed of men who will do
their duty, and the people can rest as
sured that the conclusion reaebcd will
be a proper finding.
Another gentleman recalled that over
two years ago, Judge Gary presiding,
the grand jury of Anderson had some
thing of the kind called to its atten
tion.
Daring the session of the general as
sembly Capt. Banks of Newberry in
troduced a bill to provide for a consti
tutional amendment to increase the
jurisdiction of magistrates in cases of
violation of labor contracts.
Mr. Woling of Fairfield opposed the
measure vehemently and exclaimed
That in Anderson county a veritable
system of slavery exists, that men are
bought and sold as chattels.
This was indignantly denied by Mr.
3. B. A. Robinson, and the two mem
bers of the general assembly nearly
ca to blows.
,#TMr. Wolling's repeated charges pre
pared the legislature for the announe
ment. not a week later, that Judge
Benet had had the matter called to his
attention by an anonymous letter and
that he had given the grand jury in
structions to investigate the matter.
The Philadelphia North American,
after the court had ordered the investi
gation, sent a staff correspondent to
Anderson and now claims to have made
an "exposure." Half page illustra
tions fill up the front page of the paper
and the Anderson "slave tarffie" is
depicted in phosphorescent colors.
There are columns upon eolumns of
interviews with preachers and others
and the staff correspondent, writing
from Columbia, describes the condi
tions as he saw them when in Andar
son.
Among the features of the "ex
posure" Tuesday were numerous inter
views with congressmen.
The following is the story of the
Washington correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 25th.
The North -American's exposure of
the revival of slavery in South Caro
lina was read with amazement by con
gress.
That such a condition could exist in
that partof the United States in this
day was almost beyond the belief of
senators and representatives, and they
said The North American had done a
public service in making the facts
known.
The form of the contract which the
negroes employed by the cotton. plant
ers are required to sign was pernsed
with special interest. Wonder was
expressed that South Carolina should
have tolerated such a plot f,>r a mo
ment.
CAN CONGRESS INTERFERZ?
On the question as to to ahether con
gress had a right to interfere, on the
ground that it was in violation of the
thirteenth amendment to the consti
tution, opinions differed.
A great many lawyers in congress
.refused to give an off-hand opinion,
declaring that the matter was too seri
ous, but all agreed that, whether con
gress acted or not, The North Ameri
can should continue its work by mak
ing the peopls familiar with the deiails
of the criminal wrongs involved in the
pernicious system.
The North-Amnerican secured the fol
lowing expressions from Representa
tive Asbury C. Latimner, of Belton,
Anderson county, S. C.
"Yes, we sell negroes in Sonth Caro
"I see nothing so inhuman or out
rageous in this statement of .facts.
When I say we sell negroes, I wish it
distinctly understood that not one of
the better class of the race is subjected
to this treatment.
Here the South Carolina representa
tive of the slave district stopped, and
for several seconds looked at the head
lines of The North American.
"I wish to say," he said, "that I
don't approve of the xpractice as it is
now carried on. While the Irinciple
of selling men to make them pay for
violations of Cye law may not be wi oily
wrong; I do think that it is now car
ried too far. The governor and the
courts of Seuth Carolina have, and are,
investigating the matter, and I feel as
sured that justice will be done.
SHOULD THEY RUN FREE?
"I think the poople of South Carolina
realise that the manner of treating
these unfortunate wrongdoers has
gone too far, and that a more just pro
aedure will be hereafter followed.
"We are censured for not allowing
negroes to run fee. Ara they not law
breakers? Should we allow them to
run loose? It is not customary to al
ow convicts all the privileges of a com
munity. While all those confined may
not be convicts, every one of the men
Shas been guilty of some cffense against
law and society. The question will be
settled, and I know that the results
will satisfy the American people."
SENATOR TILLMAN.
Senator Tillman in an interview said:
"I am surprised that a respectable
newspaper-and I consider The North
American one of the most respectble in
this country-should lend itself to any
sensational assusations against the peo
ple of a State of this character.
"The existence in one county of
South Carolina of an unlawful system
of contracts had already been called to
the attention of the grand jury of that
conty by the presiding jndge, who
scored the system in the strongest pos
sible language, and called a special
term of court to receive their report, so
that he can take the matter under ju
dicial consideration.
"Besides, the State authorities, as I
know with absolute certainly, have no
synt athy whatever with any such
wrong doing. They do not propose to
countenance it in any way, and the
State gtvernment will bend every ef
fer; to stamp out any such ualawful,
cruel system.
"The leasirg of convies has been
brcken up by the legislatu-e, and no
convicts are allowed to be hired to
private partice, and the cooping in along
with the convicts of ignorant and -silly
negroes as prisoners can no longer exist,
even though public opinion did not
frovn upon it.
"From my knowledge of the feeling
of the people of the State-and I think
I know as much about rublic opinion
in South Carolina as any other mas
there is no sympathy with any view of
dealing with labor that is not fair and
just.
"The nature of our crops requires a
contract that involves a year's work, and
the Effort of landowners has been in the
direction of securing such an agree
ment, authorized by the legislature, as
to compel persons, white and black,
who have made contracts to cultivate
the crop on shares to carry out their
contracts.
"This is for the reason that the ex
penditures of money for supplies and
clothing during the winter, and, in
fact, all through the summer, would
all be lost unless the crop was worked
and gathered and prepared for ship
ment.
The preparation of land for the crop
and picking and and ginning takes ten
months, and croppers on shares who
were not bound by contract to labor by
the year would have the landowner at a
great disadvantage.
"There is absolutely no ground for
any assertion that the people of Suoth
Carolina sympathize with this scheme
to reestablish slavery under a contract
system, and I am sure that the State
authorities will take all necessary steps
to stamp it cut."
CHANGE IN LORD CAMPBELL ACT
Granting Exemplary Damages in Case
of Death by Accident.
Following is the text of the act to
grant exemplary damages in eases of
death by accident and entitled an act
to "amend an act entitled -an act to
-amend section 2316 of the revised
Statutes of this State, the same being
a part of the Lord Campbell act,' ap
proved the 11th day of February, A. D.
1898:"
See. 1. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of South Caro
lina: That section 1 of an act entitled
"an act to amend section 2316 of the
revised statutes of this State, the same
being a part of the Lord Cambell act,"
approved the 11th day of February,
1898, be, and hereby is, amended in line
14 thereof by inserting after the word
"damages,' and before the word 'as"
the words "including exemplary dam
ages where such wrorgful act, neglect
or default, was the result of reckless
ness, wilfulness or malice"; so that
said seotion, as amended, shall read as
follows:
Sec. 1. 1'hat section 2316 of the re
vised statutes of South Carolina of
1898, be so amended as to read as fol
lows:
Section 2316. Every such sation shall
be for the benefit of the wife or hus
band and child, or children, of the per
son whose death shall have been
cause d; and if there be no such wife,
or husband, or child, or children, then
for the benefit of the parent or pa
rents; and if there be no such, then for
the benefit of the heirs at law of the
distributees of the person whose death
shall have been caused as may be de-.
pendent on him for support, and shall
be brought by or in the name of the
executor or administrator of such per
son; and in every such action the jury
may give such damages, including ex
emplary damages, where such wrong
ful act, neglect or default was the re
sult of recklessness wilfulness or malice,
as they may think proportioned to the
injury resulting from such death to the
parties, respectively. for whom and for
whose benefit such action shall be
brought. And the amount so recovered
shall be dividcd among the before men
tioned parties, in euch shares as tk ey
wculd have been entitled to if the de
ceased had died intestate and the
amount recovered had been personal
assets cf his or her estate."
The purpose of this measure is to com
pel Corporations, Railroad Companies,
etc., where recklessness is proven, to
give damsges in the way of punishment
to the relatives of the party who was
negligently kille d.
The Supreme Court c-f South Carolina
has always held under Lord Campbell
Act that while a person could recover
damages in punishment as well as
actual damages where a person was
crippled by a R. R. Co., yet if that
same person was killed instead of crip
pled the relatives of the deceased per
son could only recover actual damages
and could not punish the R. R. Co., by
making them give punitive damages
for their carelessness.
This Act which Senator Brantley
succeeded in passing after a hard fight
reverses the Supreme Court of S. C.,
and now allows a jury to give Punitive
damages where a person is killed as well
as where he is crippled.
Looting in China.
Mr George Lynch, the war artist and
correspondent, gave his' lecture, "In
the Heart of Pekin," at New York.
Among the stereopticon views with
which Mr. Lynch illustrated his lecture
were those of the apartments of the
emperor and empress of China in the
sacred palace in the forbidden city.
These rooms of state had never been
photogrphed, rnor had a photographer
ever set foot within the sacred walls
until Mr. Lynch and J. C. Hemmet
entered with the allied troops. Mr.
Lynch had some surprises in the shape
of photographs which show how the
soldiers of certain natior s conducted
themselves when the opportunity to
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Dr. W. F Aiken Shoots His Beautiful'
Wife, Then Himself.
Dr. W F. Aiken, a leading specialist
of Savannah, Ga., shot and killed his
wife in iheir bedroom at an early hour
Wednesday morning. The report of the
pistol awakened their little son, aged
eight years. In his night cothes and
barefooted, the child ran in the street
to call a polioeman. when the officer
entered the house he found Mrs. Aiken
dead on the bed, with a bullet hole
through her head, and Dr. Aiken, with
a pistol in hand, lying on the fluor
dead. After shto ing his wife he had
placed the weapon to his own head and
sent a bullet through his brain. The n
child said that he had heard his father I
count, "one two three," and then the
pistol shoot.
It was developed at the corner's in- t
qu(st this afternoon that Dr. Aiken R
was about 38 Sears old. He was born I
in New York, and was graduated at h
Yale at the age 20 years. After gradua- t,
tion he was connected for a time with
the health department of the city of o
New York. Then he took a special b
course in diseases of the eye and ear,
and came south to settle. He married h
Miss Anna K. Potter, daughter of the d
Rev. A C. Potter, a cl !rgyman of New d
Bedford, Mass. The Rev. Mr. Petter n
was a close personal friend of Ralph l
Waldo Emerson. A brother of Mrs. r
Aiken, Alfred C. Potter, is now lit ra
rian of Harvard university. This l
brother has been telegrphed for, and
will arrive tomorrow to take charge of '
the bodies and remove them to Massa- d
chuset's for interment.
No cause for the tragedy was devel- e
opened at the inquest. It was brought h
out that Dr. Aiken was a cigarette a
smoker to ex:e3s, and that he was of a
an extremely nervous temperament. n
Two weeks or so ago he had to have the
services of physicians in what was be
lieved to be morphine poisoning, and
it was rumored at the time that he had
attempted suicide, but the attending
physicians said that was improbable. a
Lately his friends had noticed an ex
treme abstraction and irritability.
Dr. Aiken was devoted to sciene e,
and was an inventor of some note. He
is the originator of many opthalmolog- W
ical instruments that are now in com- a
mon use all over the country. He re- 0
fused to patent his inventions, saying v
they were for the benefit of mankind.
He had a very large and lucrative i
practice, and was in independent cir
cumstances. Mrs. Aiken was ia lady of te
great beauty and many accomplish- w
ments. They leave four little children. T
Cheating the Government. ti
The report of the special committee b
of Congress which investigated the em
ployment rolls was made publio Thurs- ah
day by Chairman Moody. .h says that h
"some of the faults observed in the ad
ministration of affairs of the house are n
attributable to the persistence of mem v
bers of the house in urging upon t e
officers the appointment of their con- wK
stituents and friends to subordinate
places." In the offices of the clerk and s
doorkeeper the committee report that w
they "found certain abuses, namely: s
Transfer of emploves from the dutiesr
of the positions to which they were ap-d
pointed to other duties, unjusitfiable t
payments of compensation 'to employees
while absent from their posts of duty,
and divisions of salaries." The cm
mittee says that one employe has not
worked over six months in nearly four
years, during which he has drawn pay,
and has not been in Washington 'for -
eleven or twelve months. Many cases
of contributiors by employes of salbt
aries are mentioned, one of them in the t
last congress, being $1,600 anually out
of a selary of $3,600. It :ia explained tl
that these contrnbations went toward h
equafizing salaries of other employes.
The committee finds no evidence of the
practice of assessment, contribution or
division of salaries in the present con
gress. The committee recommend a
permanent statute which shall properly
and eq'uitably adjust compensation and
employment and specifically prevent h
these abuses.
A Costly Sweep Out.*
Playing about a trash dump in the
city of Charleston Thursday little Carl u
Sanberg, the six year old grand son, of a
Charles CJolson, found a package of un
opened United States mail. The child, g
thinking the papers worthless, tore c
open some of the letters hut when he
found money in them took them to his f
grandfather. Investigation showed the n
letters to cor taim $5,000 in. money and ,
certified, endorsed checks. The letters g
had been sent from Rock BHill to banks, b
firms and people here. One of the oheeks d
was for $26 17 and another $18 60, from a
the Comptrollair General to President t
D. B. Johnson of Winthrop college. g
The money was to pay for scholarships
for a score or so cf young ladies from f
all over the state who are now at that f
institution. The postffliee authorities o
say the packages must have been swept b
out of the Federal building with the a
waste paper. A thorough investigation k
is being made. t
The South in the Saddle. e
The New York Evening Post refer- t]
ring to the. southern cotton mill indus
try, makes the claim that the southern a
mills are driving the Fall River mills fi
to the wall, "sellingl loth to tbe print 'I
works and bleaeheries in Fall River at il
prices which the local mills cannot a
meet. The southern mills, for example, fi
make a profit on cloth at 3 cn s a yard a
for which the Massachusetts mills must u
have 3 1-8 cents. And this is not all, a
for campetition is promised soon in
even the standard wide print cloth, the
38 1 2 inch, 64x64 s. Furthermore it
is to be added that the south has in
resed her spindles in the past year to i
an amount equal to two thirds of the t - I
tal spindleage in Fall River, about 3,
000,000 spindles.(
Opposes the Steal.b
The Springfield Republican says: I<
"The lower branch of the Wisconsin t
legislature is overwhelmingly Repub- a
lican, having only seventeen Demo- I
ratic members, against eighty-three t:
Republicans; but for all that, it has ri
adopted resolutions urging the Wis- fi
consn members of Congress to oppose a
the Hanna ship subsidy bill, by a vote o
of seventy-eight to fifteen. This fact d
alone should sufficiently warm the s
party in Congress to keep clear of c
committing itself to any such mea- c
A NEGRO BURNED
n the Street of Terre Haute, In
diana For
KILLING A WHITE WOMAN.
Irowds cf Mer, Women and
Children Witness the Barbor
ous Scene. No Attempt
at Concealment
Punishment, swift and terrible was
ieted out Wednesday at Terre Haute,
ndiana to George Ward, the Negro
rho murdered Miss Ida Kinkelstcin,
e school teacher, by shooting her
'ith a shotgun and cutting her throat
'uasday afternoon. A few hours after
is arrest an angry mob battered down
he doors of the jail, dragged the pris
ner to the Wabash bridge, several
:hares away and hanged him to the
ridge draw. Not content with the
anging the crowd cat the corpse
own, and, laying it on a sandbar un
er the bridge, kindled a fire and are
isted the remains. It was the first
rnohirg that Terre Haute ever expe
ienced.
Ward was arrested at 10 o'clock at
Le oar works, where he was employed
s a laborer, and after being fully
entfied by two citizes, made a con
3ssion. His only excuse for the mur
er was that Miss Finkelstein had
ailled him a "dirty Nagger" and slapped
im in the faze. Sheriff Fasig com
tunicated with Gov. Darbin, but the
Lob accomplished its work before the
ilitia culd be ordered out.
The governor had wired Capt.
'homas of Co. B, to place his company
i'y armed in readiness for duty.
At noon the crowd outside the jail,
umbering sevaral hundred, including
Len, women and boys battered down
ie iron doors, but were driven back
9 Jailer Lawrerca O'Donnell, who
red over the heads of the mob. Deputy
beriffs Cooper, HEesiek and Leforge
ere struck by scattering shot and
ightly injured, but nobody in the
Dowd was hurt. A detail of police
iinly tried to disperse the crowd
Ar 12:35 o'clock another crowd bat
red down the outer doors of the jail
:uring possession of the keys and en
ring the cell room. The side door
as opened for the rest of the crowd.
he cell was quickly opened and Ward
as dragged forth. He fought with
e desperate ferocity of a beast at
y. He was dragged out to the
reet, still fighting with all his
rength, but a blow from a heavy
a,.nmer fellei him to the ground.
A noose was quickly adjusted to his
ck and the mob started with its
etim toward the Wabash bridge.
ne feeble resistance made by the
retched creature after that blow with
Le hammer was soon quieted by the
Lvage blows of the mob. Face down
ard he was dragged through the
reet to the bridge and across the
ngh planking of the driveway to the
~awbridge. Many are of the opinion
at the fellow was dead before the
ene of the hanging was reached.
owever, the rope was thrown over
e of the upiper beams and the body
rawn up.
Then burning at the stake was
reed on unanimously, and a fire was
ickly kindled on the bank of th8
ve just south of the bridge. The
ydy, bearing no sign of life, was
rown into the fire, and faggots were
led upon it. The stake was omitted.
te body was in a horizontal position,
se feet protruding at one end, the
sad at the other. The can of turpen
no was poured on the eager flames.
.fter that combustible oils seemed to
Gw spontaneously toward the fire and
ie flames leaped high, while the body
the Negro was rapidly consumed.
one of the mob attempted disguise.
When the body was taken down to
e carried to the fire the bridge west
the draw was barricaded, but the
ast bank of the river and the bridge
n the city side of the draw were
cowded with thousands of men, wo
ien and children, gazing at the awful
pectcle. With grim determination
ie mob fed the flames and watched the
esh shrivel to cinders and the bones
mmble and burn.
Souvenir hunters were on hand in
>rce, and fragments of the body are
ow scattered broadcast. One man,
hle the feet still protruded from the
ames, offered $1 for a toe from "the
[igger's foot.' A venturesome youth,
rawing a knife from his. pocket, made
dash for the prize. He quickly ampu
ited a toe, delivered the goods and
ot his money.
As the bones began to crumble and
ill apart the fragments were taken
om the fire and carried away. At 3
elock there was nothing left of the
oy except a small section of the trunk
od the back of the head. Busy hands
pt the burning faggots piled upon
ie roasting segments. Women came
the scene by scores. At about 2:30
'lock the barricade was removed and
ie crowd surrounded the fire.
Ward was 27 years old, and leaves a
ridow and two children. He came here
bur year3 ago, from Circieville, D.
'he statement that he was one time
an insane asylum is denied by his
ife. He servod a jal sentence in 1889
r larceny. The leaders of the mob
re unknown, and as public sentiment
pholds the lynching, no prosecutions
re expected.
A Mystery of Verdi's Will.
Verdi's will, says the London Chron
ale, contains one very curious item.
[is residuary legatee is his niece,
aria Verdi, who is married to Signor
!arrara. To the infant asylums and
he hospital for the blind in Genoa he
equaths ?1,000. Large sums are also
eft to the charitable instiutions and to
he poor of his native village, Ronoole,
d also to those of Bousseto, where
.e lived for many year.. Then comes
he following request: "In the dining
nom of my villa, St. Agata, will be
nund two large wooden boxes of great
utiquity. I desire that neither shall be
pened, but that both be burned imme
iately after *my obsequies." It is pre
umed that the two mysterious boxes
ontained manuseripts of unpublished
peras which the master did not wish
o see the light.
. COUNTY GOVERNM NT.
What Changes Were Made at the Re
cent Legislative Session.
There were few county government
measures passed by the legislature of
1901. There was a committee of 40 ap.
pointed to draw up a general bill. This
measure was presented to the houso
and continued until next Session as
were nearly all other important gen
eral bills.
Senator Dean introduced a bill tore
duse the commutation tax in Green.
ville county from $2 to $1 Additional
amendments relating to the number of
days for read working were made for
the counties of Union and Darlington.
The commutation tax for Laurens and
Florence, was reduced from $1 50 to $1,
and for Hampton was increased from
$1 to $2. With the exception of a spe
cial measure for Mailboro, this was
the only county government act passed.
It reads:
Section 1. That section 4 of an act
entitled "An act to amend sec.ions 3
and 4 of an act entitled 'An aet to 1ra
vide a system of county government
for the several counties of the State, so
far as it relates to the maintaining and
working of the roads and highways in
the State," approved 19th of February,
A. D., 1900, be amended on line 55, by
inserting between the words "Fairfield"
and "Greenwood," the word ' Green
ville," and on line 59 by striking out
the word, "Greenville;" and by insert
ing after Greenwood the words "and
Chesterfield," and by striking out the
word "Darlington" before the word
"Greenville," and the word "Union"
between the words "Lexington" and
"Williamburg," and inserting the
word "Darlington," and by inserting
between the words "day,' and "pro
vided" the words "Union two days,"
and by striking out the word "Hamp
ton" from the proviso after the words
"Laurens one dollar" and inserting the
word "Hampton" between the words
"Georgetown" and "Horry," so that
said section, when so amended, shall
read as follows:
See. 4. That all male persons able to
perform the labor herein required, be
tween the age of 18 and 55 years, ex
cept in the counties of Oconee and
Pickens. where the ages shall be be
tween 18 and 55 years; and except in
the c )unties of Green wood and Cherter
fied where the age shall be between
the ages of 18 and 50; and except in
Abbeville, Cherokee, Greenville. Hor
ry, Orangeburg, Spartanburg and Union
counties, where the ages shall be from
21 to 50, and also except ministers of
the gospel in actual charge of a congre
gation, and persons permanently dis
abled in the military service of this
State, and persons who served in the
late war between the State, and all
persons actually employed in the
quarantine service of the State, shall
be required annually to perform, or
cause to be performed, labor on the
highways under the directions of the
overseer of the road district in which
he shall reside, as follows: In the
counties of Greenville, Pickens ana
Spartanburg, three days. In the coun
ties of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson,
Barnwell, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Fair
field, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Laurens, Lexington, Darlington, Wil
liasburg, and York, four days. In
the county of Florence five days.'*in
the counties of Bamberg, Chester,
Olarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Edge
field, Harry, Newberry, Ocone, Saluda,
(rangeburg and Sumter, six days. In
the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston,. Georgetown, Hampton and
Marion, eight days; and in the county
of ichland, ten days. Union, two days;
provided, that ten hour's labor shall be
held to be a day's work; provided, that
the county board of commissioners of
any county may cause to be levied a
road tax not to exceed one mill on all
taxable property of any township in
their county, when so requested by a
written petition, signed by two- thirds
of the freeholders of such township,
such tax to be collected as other taxes,
and to be expended on the roads and
highways of such townships (except in
the county of Pickens, where such pe
tition shall not be necessary.) And
Bamberg county-in Bamberg county
each special school district now or
hereafter established shall be "a road
distrit," and the county board of com
missioners may cause to be levied a
road tax not to exceed two mills on all
taxable property within said road dis
triet, on a petition signed by two-thirds
of the freehold voters owning property
within said road district (except that
in Danmark read district no petition
shall be necessary, but there shall be
levied and collected annually a tax of
two miles on all taxable property with
in said district), said to be collected
as other taxes, and the funds so col
lected shall be paid out on the warrant
of the township commissioners, coun
tersigned by the supervisor of the
county, said funds to be expended on
the public roads within said road dis
trict where collected. Provided, further
that in lieu of performing or causing to
be performed the labor of ten hours
per day, as tierin named for the sev
eral counties. a commutation tax may
be paid by the person so liable on or by
the 1st day of May of this year, and -on
or by the 1st of February of each year
hereafter, which in the counties of
Abbeville, Akien, Anderson, Zherokee,
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington,
Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Green
wood, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg,
Sumter, Marlboro and Union, shall be
one dollar; in the counties of Florence
and Laurens, one dollar; and in the
counties of Barnwell, Bamberg, Beau
fort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chester,
Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hor
ry, Hampton, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Lexington, Marion, Newberry, Orange
burg, Saluda, Williamsburg and York,
shall be two dollars; and in the county
of Oconee shall be three dollars. Pro
vided, persons liable to labor under this
act shall have the right to furnish a com
petetubstitute to laoor in his stead.
To Become a Banker.
The company of Augusta capitalists
who have recently acquired the Harris
Lithia Springs have now assumed con
trol of the property and Harris, the
hustler-the wizard of the waters, who
found this spring in the wilderness
nine years ago and a few days ago con
verted it into$10,000 cash-is about to
engage in the banking business. If he
shall be half as successful in his new
field as he was in the old field where
he found the spring, his venture will
be a conspicuous success-Columbia
THE FREE PASS RECORD.
How the Members of the Hot
Voted On It.
We have been asked by members
the house of representatives who vol
against the bill to repeal the anti-f.
pass act why neither The State r
The News and Courier printed the v<
in detail. To this we replied that
did not know; that the legislative
porters of the State, and we beliei
of The News and Courier as well, we
instructed to give the vote by yeas a
nays on issues affecting important leg
lation; but that the omission of the<
taikd vote in this ease might be
tributed to an error of judgment on t
part of the reporters as to what cons
tuted a measure of importance. At t
request of these members-who, it
hardly necessary to say, voted agaii
the bill-we rectify the omission by:
producing from the j urnal of the p
eeedings of the house of represen
tives on February 8 the followi
record:
H. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to
peal an act entitled "An act to peeve
the use of a free pass, express or te)
graph frank on any railroad by a
United States senator or member of c<
gross from this State, or by any me
ber of the general assembly of t]
State, or by any State or county offici
or by any judge of a court of record
this State," approved December 221
A. D. 1891.
Mr. Tatum moved to strike out I
enacting words. Upon that motion t
yeas and nays were requested, and
was decided in the negative.
Yeas, 38; nays, 64
Those who voted in the affirmati
are:
Messrs. Austin, Bacot, Beamgua
Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Fraser, Gastc
Galluchat, Gunter, Haile, Hardin, H<
lie, Keels, Kibler, Lide, Logan, I
max, McCall, McLaughlin, MeLec
Mishoe, Morgan, Moses, Moss, Prin<
Redfearn, Richards, Rucker, Sander
Strom, Tatum, Thenus W J Thom:
Thompson, Wilson, Wingo and Woo
ward.-38.
Those who voted in the negative ai
Hon. W F Stevenson, speaker; Messi
Ashley, All, Banks, Bates, Biver
Blease, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Cam
bell, Carter, Cooper, Cosgrove, Cro
Crum, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dod
Dominiek, Dunbar, Durant, Efird, h
tridge, Fox, Freeman, Gourdin, Hi;
Humphrey, Johnson, Kinsey, Lav<
Little, Lockwood, Lofton, Lyles, Max
din, Matson, Meoraw, McGowan, F
McMaster, Jno. McMaster, Morriso
Murchison, Nichols, W L Parker, Pi
terson, Rankin, Richardson, C E Ro
inson, R B A Robinson, lobertso
Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spea&
Vincent, Wolling, Wells, West, We
ton, Williams and Woods.-64.
Mr. Spears moved to reconsider t
vote whereby the bill was ordered t<
third reading, and to lay that moti
on the table. Which was agreed to.
The journal of the next day, Fe
ruary, 9, shows that this bill passed
third reading in the house without '
vision.-Columbia State.
STIR UP CHINESE IRE.
The Hatred of Foreigners May Ls
'A Long Time.
According to the opinion of Sir Ch
Cneu Lohfengluh, Chinese minister
London, anca-foreign sentiment u
abide in China long afcer the prese
troubles are settled. His exeelleni
assures that the "one-sidedness"' of t.
powers' programme and the "atrocitie
committed by some of their troops ha
given Western civilization sa indelit
blaak eye among the Chinese peopj
The Chinese minister said:
"1 regret to be forced to the conec
sion that the record of the powers
China will live in history as the reec
of ruined opportunities. Not the me
signing of peace terms can remove t
precor~ceived impressions which even
in the popular rmmdl, have not 01
justified, but intensified.
Our people have not experienced a
of the refining influences which ath
were told belonged to the occidei
They have seen European Goldiers m1
der, outrage and steal.i. Tney have se
diplomats demanding exactions son
wnat out of keeping witn the phhla
Lbhropic motived wnich brougntt
great nations to our shores. Tney ha
seen, in short, the policy of an op
door with the ddor slammed in Chin
face.
" Years ago I translated the lives
Cromwell, Snakespeare, Bismiar<
Napoleon, ',#ashington and LincoJ
I wanted to show my countrymant
sort of onaracter that grew and flot
ished in the West. I am grieved,
a believer in that character, that
last year-s history has failed to su
port the ideals which I sought to p:
ture."
Lahfengluh intimates that China
likely to interpose objections to pa
ing heavy indemnity. He thinks no
ought to be demandied or given ine
cess of the aatual value of the proper
destroyed.
Praise for the Second.
The Columbia State says Gen.
Warren Keifer, under whose comma
the Second South Carolina served
Cuba, writing from his home in Srii
field, 0., to Col. Wilie Jones, fern:
colonel of the Second, says some ni
things about that model regiment
volunteers. He writes:
'-I am very thankful to you for
beautiful copy of 'South Carolina
the Spanish-Americad War,' and I
very grateful to you for the generc
and kind things you say of me on ps
139 of the book in your history of yo
excellent regment-the Second Sot
Carolina infantry. I reciprocatet
good feeling you express towards n
and I know you must feel that I a
alway proud to have you and your g
lant regiment in my commani. I ne'
cease to speak of the promptness oft
troops who served under me to ohb
and the kind spirit the officers and mi
exhibited uniformly towards me. Y
example was a good one for all to I
low.
''Remember me most kindly to any
your offi sers or men you may me
Assure all that I shall never forget
regiment," etc.
Four Children Cremated.
Four children, 4 to 12 years of a
were cremated in the burning residea
of Jacob Balt, at Litchfield, Pa., ea
Thursaye morning.
IsVIDU 1LY A CRANK.
Le A Man Visits Charleston Who Is
Certainly Off.
of Mr. James Buchanan Weaver, who
claims to be a retired lawyer of Phil
ior adelphia, announced today at the court
>te house, where he was a visitor, that he
we would be a candidate for the Presi
re- dency of the United States in 1904, Mr.
ed Weaver is a gold Democrat and says
!re his platform will be a government for
ad the people and by the people.
1s- Mr. Weaver is an ex-Confedera'e eel
le- dier, having fought under Lee in tt e
at- Army of Northern Virginia. After the
he surrender he drifted to Philadelphia,
ti- where he went into the drug business,
he studied medicine and finally took up
Is the law. As a lawyer, he says, he soon
:et made a name for himself as well as
re plenty of money. Several years ago his
ro- wife died and bavivng no encumberance
A he retired and of late .years he has
ng been traveling and studying political
questions.
re- This morning Mr. Weaver was a visi
at tor at the court house. He was a stran
Le- ger when he entered but itwas not long
ny before he knew Judge Aldrich and
- every member of the Charleston bar
T who was present in the court house at
i1s the time. He introduced himself, de
l, aring to his newly made friends that
in he expected to become a candidate for
td, President of the United States in 1904.
He said that he was a grand nephew of
he President Buchanan and had a right
he to the office.
it "Oh, I am a smart man," said Mr.
Weaver, in talking to an Evening Post
reporter, "I know how to build poli
ve tical fences that Mark Hmnna with
. all his wealth and power can not de
d, stroy. It will take Aunt Carrie Na
n, tion and her little hatchet to smash
1- the political fences that I have con
o- structed.
d, "Charlesten is a gold bug town and
e, you can say to the people through your
3, paper that I'll be here when the next
6s, Presidential campaign opens and will
d- talk Democracy and good gold money
to the people of this ancient old city.
e: This is a grand old town and I love it.
rs. Just tell them that you saw me and
is, that I want a big vote in Charleston.
p- Mr. Weaver talked about blind tigers
t, in the city, declaring that they were as
d, thick as black birds in the summer
;s- time, and while he has only been in
l, Charleston a few days he knew all the
r, ropes and could scare up a tiger at any
l- old time.
H Yesterday he visited the city hospi
n, tal and St. Francis Xavier Infirmary,
bt- and went over to the Isle of Palms.
b- "At the palm beach," he said, "I
n, swiped a palmetto, boxed it up and sent
rs, it to my little darling in Philadelphia.
s- "Oh, you need not laugh, for I am en
gaged, even if I am a widower," he
he explained.
>a "Tell the people of Charleston that
on I am going to call on Gov. MoSweenev
and get his influence and support in
b- my raze for the Presideney."
its Mr. Weaver said he was going to stay
i- in Charleston for several days longer
and that he would receive all politi
cians at the Charleston Hotel.-Char
leston Post.
at March Weather.
The following data, covering a period
of thirty years, have been complied
ih from the weather bureau records at
in Charleston for the month of March:
ll Mean or normal temperature, 57 de
t grees.
cy The warmest month was that of 1871,
e with an average of 64 degrees.
s" The coldest month was that of 1872,
e with an average of 52 degrees.
ly The highest temperature was 86 de.
e. grees on March 21. 1897.
The lowest temperature was 24 doe
u- grees, on March 5, 1873.
in Average date on which first "killine'
rd frost occured in autumn, November 20.
ire Average date on which last "killing"
nle frost occared in spring, March 3.
s, Average precipitation for the montl
ly 3.78 inches.
Average number of days with 01. of
Dy an inch or more, ten.
ey The greatest mon'hly precipitation
. was 9.78 inches in 1872.
r- The least monthly precipitation was
en .59 inches in 1887.
e- The greatest amount of precipitation
n- recorded in any twenty-four consecu
he tive hours was 3,14 inches on March 12
,ve and 14, 1889.
en The greatest amount of snowfall re
s corded in any twenty-four.conbecutive
hours (record extending to winter of
of 1884 1885 only) was trace inches om
kMarch 7, 1899.
n. Average number of clear days, 11;
he partly cloudy days, 12; cloudy days, 8.
tr- Th'e prevailing winds have been from
as the sauthwest, 26 per cent.
he The highest velocity of the wind was
p- 45 miles from the northeast on March
to- 30, 1898,
is Outrage by a Negro.
Y- An unknown negro entered the resi
ne0 dence of Mrs. Buchanan, 86 Spring
x- street, in the heart of Atlanta, Ga.'
ty Thursday morning, and compelled her
to cook breakfast. Then, tying her feet
and hands, he quietly ate the breakfast
after which he set fire to the 'house by
J. placing a quantity of paper in the bed
ud where he han forced Mrs. Buchanan to
in lie. The negro escaped without be.
ig ing detected. Mrs. Buchanan screamed
ter and assistance came before the fire had
ce gained much headway. Search is now
of being made for the negro.
a It Comes Eigh.
in Wedaesday the commissioner of pen
im sions dismissed his entire force for a
us week's holiday and turned over the
ge building to the inaugural officials, who
ur will then make ready for the inaugural
*th ball. To make room for the dancers it
he will be necessary to move 300,000 pen
ie, son cases. The use of the pension office.
ra for the inaugural ball will cost the gov
1i- emnent $25,000 in salaries alone. Many
re think this is the last time the pension
he office will be used for the inaugural
y, ball. ________
ur A Tough Yarn.
ol- A newspaper at Kastamuni states,
according to a Ceylon paper, thai
of -while a peasant was shooting in a
et forest near that place. he heard the
he growling of a bear, which he found un
der a tree suffering great pain from
a large thorn in his paw. The animal
permitted the sportsman to extra't the
ge, thorn, and showed its gratitude by
ice taking the man, by means of wavnq~
rly its paw, to a tree in which was a honey
comb twenty pounds in weight.
ONLY ONE ESCAPED.
Thirty-five Men Die In a Coal
Mine Fire.
A HORRIBLE I HOLOCAUST.
Men Suddenly Found Them
selves Shutt off frcm Life
by a Wall of Raging
Flames.
The worst disaster in the history of
coal mining in Wyeming since the Al
my horror eight years ago, occurred at.
Diamondaville Wednesday night. Thir.
ty five men are believed to have perish
ed in a fire which started in mine No. 1
of the Diamondsville Coal and Coke
company.
The blazn was first disc3vered shortly
after the night shift commenced work.
It is though: to have originated from a
careless miner's lamp in the oil room.
The flames made such prpgress that
only one man escaped from the two
entries in which it was confined. His
name is John Anderson and he was
frightfully burnea in running the
gauntlet of the flames, He was sud
denly confronted by a wall of fire and
smoke and wrapping his head in an
overcoat he ran in the direction of the
main entrance. He fell unconscious
and was carried to the mouth of the
mine. The alarm was sounded and
hundreds of miners at work in the
mines and on the ounside rushed to the
rescue of their imprisoned comrades
The fre had by this time made such
progress that it was impossible to en
ter the rooms of flames.
The entire night was spent in confin
ing the fire to the two entries and this
morning it was necessary to seal them
up to prevent the flames from spread
ing to other parts of the mine. This
step was only decided upon- after all
hope of saving the lives of the men had
been abandoned. Nothing could live
five minutes in the fire, which was in
creasing in fierceness every minute.
The plugging of the two entries will
smother the fire, but it may be several
days before the barricades can be re
moved and the chambers explored. The
exact total of men entombed is not yet
known as a number are missing, some
on sick leave and others in the hospital
suffering from burns received while
fighting the flames so that an accurate
count is at present impossible.
The scenes at the mouth of the mine
during the night and today were heart
rending. Relatives and friends of the
entombed miners rushed into the mine,
frantically waving their hands and
crying to the mine officials and miners
to save their dear ones. Many of the
women and children were slightly in
jured in the oiowd and by falling over
obstacles in the darkness.
Diamondville has been the scene of
a number of disastrous fires since the
coal mines were opened there ten years
ago, but the conflagrations were never
attended with serious loss of life
The mine is owned by the Oregon
Short Line railroad. Its output is
about 175,000 tons of coal per year and
upwards of 700 miners are employed.
The fire was discovered by a boy
named James Hetson who bravely ran
and told many men who were inside.
Richarn Fern, 15 years.old, also ran
through levels Nos. 6, 7, and 8 and moti
fied the men, and many were saved
through his couraeous action. Seven
men, headed by 'ine foreman Griffin,
made several desperate atepsto
reach the men through the lower lvl
but their efforts were in vain, four o
the seven being knocked down by fire
damp, the others toeing compelled to
carry them to fresh air.
It is given out by Superintedent
Thomas Sneddon and confirmed by
others familiar with the conditions
that the lives of all the men were cer
tainly extinguished within three min
utes af ter the fire gained ascendancy.
Thefire is fully under control to
night, and Superintendent Sneddonan
nounces that he will open the mine to
morrow for the recovery of she bodies,
and resume work before the week
closes.
Superintendent Simpson, with h's
young son, who are among the victims,
came to Diamondsville from Alabama,
about six weeks ago, bringing his wife,
.in the hope that the change of climate
would henefit her health. The shock of
last night's tragedy resulted in Mrs.
Simpson's death today.
Cotton Goods Low.
President A. A. Marginnis of the
Marginnis cotton mills of New Osleans -
said Wednesday that he had entirely
cut off the manufacture of yarn for mar
ket for the past two weeks. He has al
so materially reduced the outpat of
cloth. The reason he gave was the ex
cessive high price of cotton and the
very low price of cotton goods. He
said the cotton goods market was in a
worse state of stagnetion than it had
been for several years. He was asked if
the Southern Yarn Spinners Association,
of which he is a prominent member,
did not have for its chief obsect the.
general reduction of the output through
out the south, but he avoided the sub
jeot. He also stated that it was not
trae that English mills had been forced
to close this season on account of the
lack of cotton to operate them.
A Remarkable Man.
There is a remarkable old white man
living near Pantego, Beaufort county.
His name is Ransom Saunders. He is
nearly 90 years old, he has been mar
ried six times (his sixth wife still liv
ing) has been the father of nearly 40
children and apparently has still a
long lease of life. He is well and strong
and works hard. He dresses very thin
even in the coldest weather, about like
the average man does in summer, and
never wears an overcoat. He is cover
ed all over his person with thick, long
hair that is greater protection than lots
of clothes would be from the cold. He
is regular in his habits and a good
citizen. ______
Killed in a Wreck.
Two dead, 'three badly hurt, others
slightly hurt and a passenger train
burned is the result of a head-on colli
Ision between passenger train No 16,
southbound. and a local freight on the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charlest&'u rail
way Thursday evening at Coal Valley,