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A/t+ VOL.XVI. ~ANN1G, .C. WEDESDY. OVE~ j %3,1902 NO 17 REPUBLICAN VOTE. It Amounted to Almost Nothiag In the Recent Election. THE VOTE FOR CONGRMSSMEN. The Tabulation of the I by the State Board of Canvas sers ol' the State Election. The Republican vote in this State in the recent election amounted to almost nothing. The 1)enocratic vote was not very heavy either. The tig ures on the constitutional amenrnent to section 2 of article VII.. relat ing to counties and county government. show that a total vote of 2,.sl was cast in the recent election. O1f this there were 26.454 votes in favor of the proposed amendment and only 1,365 against it. About the same to tal was cast in the several counties for State oflicers. none of the Demo cra'ic nominees having oppositioin. In the last general election with a presidenttal contest on to draw out vote-s the 1)emocratic nominee for governor, who had no opposition. re .ceived a total of 46,4-7 votes. The total vote for the Democratic nompi nee who had no opposition, in 119S was 28,159, about what this year's -total is. One of the most noteworthy facts about the last election is that the Republicans, nearly all of whom are negroes did not trouble themselves to vote even in the contests in which they had candidates. The negro vote this year amounts to practically noth ing as will be seen by a glance at the returns given below from the several congressional races, in all of which, save one, there was a Republican can didate. In 1900 the vote by districts for Democratic and Republican nominees was as follows: Dem. Rep. First district.........3,666 1,378 Second district... .6.713 156 Third district.........7,834 203 Fourth district. . . 8.189 251 Fifth district.... ...654 183 Sixth district..... .7,506 395 Seventh District. .. .7.285 534 Of course there has been a rear rangement of districts, but this makes no difference for the purpose of show ing how greatly the negro vote has fallen off this year. Even in Georgetown county the ne -groes did not seem to vote this year to -extent. This is shown by the vote in the contest for members of the .general assembly, the last named be ing the Republican nominee and a ne -gro: M. W. Pyatt 1.195, J. W. Doar 1,054, J. W. Bolts 135. This result in this county removes the last negro member of the general assembly. Bolts being at present one of the members from Georgetown, the only negro in the house. The congressional vote as published by The State is as follows: FIIIsT DIsTRICT. Legare. Prioleau. Total. Charleston.. 1,338 56 1,394 Berkcele. . .. 396 . 65 461 Colleton . .-. 850 24 . 874 Dorchester.. 490 14 504 Clarendon - . 675 16 691 3,749 175 3.924 THIRD DIsTRICT. Aiken. Scott. Total. Pickens.......616 7 623 Oconee.-.--.-..-. 60 1 561 Anderson..1,14 28 1,182 Abbeville.... 829 :~ 834 Oreenwood . .. 991 2 993 Newberry.... 932 15 947 5,082 58 5,140 sECOND DIsTRICT. Croft. Dixon. Total. Aiken.... 1,07- 2 1,075 Bamberg . . .-. 530 11t 541 Barnwell ... St;l 20 SS1 Beaufort.... 430 213 3 Edgetield... . 740 ... 744 Saluda......- 906 1 907 Hampton . . 574 . . . 74 3,134 247 5.381 FOtIRTH DIsTRICT. Johnson. Bllalock. Total. Laurens....- 1,034 11 1.045 Spartanburg 1,693 21 1,714 Greenville..- 1.058 17 1,075 Union......-857 12 89 4,642 61 4,7031 FIFTH DISTRICT. Finley. White. Total. Cherokee. ..- 719 - - 719 Chester.... 514 2 51c York.-.-..-..-. 3 10 745 Fairtield. ... 387 1 38 Kershaw . . . . 361 7 38 Lancaster....- 920 14 934i Chesterfield.. 899 ..- 89U 4,353 34 4.569 SIXTH DIsTRICT. R. B. Scarborough. NIarlboro-..-..-..-.-..-.....379 Marion-.-.-..-.--- -- - 5 H orr .. ... .. . .. ... 530 Darlington...........-.--400 Florence.... .. ...-.--.- - 3 Williamshurg. .. .. . . ...-.- 04 -.Georgetown...........---72 sEVENT11 DIsTICT. Lever. D~autz.ler. Total. Richland . .. .:32: 15 3 Sumter...... 422 as 45 Orangebuirg .Il.71 S 100 i -28 Lexington. .. 1.227 2 62 Lee-..-.-.... 530 6 5 Four votes were cast in the .seco-d district in Edgetield county f'or E. S. Dickerson. .Shot His Rliva!. In a fit of jealousy Tho-nas Mlitchll. aged $8. a cripple shot and instantly killed Elkins Weatherby. need % years. Weatherby was to have been married to Mi1ss Lavinia Miorris. with whom it is said MIit.chell was in ove. All concerned arc prominent people and live at Weatherby. Dickerson conntv. Va. 0 IBX N OT H WVI T H 0.1T F 0 D. I ig.ht Perss~ii~ :.iuvive thle Terris) O:-el ant .Eight Die. ner h picked ut ,nI raft bY the Brit 1s' (lp ofwn r I I nUi . were rescue< !atThursday ,sixzy mniles fromi -es ing Island. lthe s n i ihe wreck Thev had been drtin since ()tibe 9, withom -h1y U' o e xcept two ap pIies. Each apiple wascu !'t "it sixtei pieces. there beinr liteen men a the stewardess on the raft when i left tie vncek(. 'lrce ot ihe me! be'," ~cam maddenmed L b dinking soi w ater an(i leaped o . others and hbe stewvardess - d o stara itoi and x r. The surisors ,utfered a"onizingi: :n t he raft. vTis 12 feet leng Ib 7 fte'- wiiI.. it was half S;\i ver y sVsept overV 0. 'inen ln its occupants. 01nI the night of November 11 thi castaways saw the ilihts of a steamne lid shouted franicalliy. The steame lowered a , at. which passed withi' I ifty yards Of the raft. Then. al thol.uh those (n the raft continuet shouting. the hw.t tu rned andt wei back to the steamer. aLiparently no having heard the cries for help. Af ter this despondency seiz'ed the oceu pants of the raft. One (f them trie( to ap pease his hunMer by chewingI hi 1andk erchief. \Nen the Penguin' boat weit a .lie the ra t (Ily on f the shpwrecked wii. was ahe t, stand.~ All of them were in a mo~s1 emaciated condition. and their faces hands and legs were raw from exposur( to the sun and water. All hope o tinding the remaining forty person from the Elingamite has been aban doned. The co.rrespondent of The Dailb Mail at Wellinaton. N. Z.. cableL that the eight survivors of the steamel Elingamite, who were rescued on z raft by the British survey steamei Penguin, admit that while theii minds were unhinged by hunger somin of them prolonged life by drinking the blood of their companions. Thit was mostly done by mutual consent o: two parties. incisions being made it their skins and each sucking the bloot of the other simultaneously. Thost of the castaways refusing to do thi! nere "tapped" whilst they wer asleep. and it is alleged that th< stewardess died of exhaustion througi loss of blood taken by this process The correspondent adds that the stori of the survivors has caused a feelini of horror in Wellington, their actior being regarded as inexcusable, as th< raft was only four days and a hal: at!oat. Fleeced All Alike. Two bandits held up a gaming der in Minneapolis, 'Minn., on last Thurs. day night and secured S1.943 frorr the score of players and proprietors meanwhile seriously wounding Hlarve3 Howard. the colored porter. -Th( gambling place is located some dis tance from the centre of the city, al the end of a trolley line. Each rob ber used a dark colored handkcrchie to shield the lower part of his face There are two entrances to the plac and the bandits appearing simnultane. ously at either door ordered the in mates to hold up their hands. Trh( score of players and attendants wer< then aligned on one side of the roon and while the bandit leader kept then covered with his revolver, his assistan1 rifed pockets and tills. While the robbery was in progress Steve Carlson who lodges upstairs, looked in. II made a hasty exit with four bullet! fired after him. Then Hlarvy How ard. the colored porter, aroused fromn a nap, bounded in to learn the caust and bounded out again, but two bul lets, one in each leg. tumbled him int the street, where he lay for half a] hour until some of the robbed mer carried him into the place after th4 bandits had left. The robbers backet out, keeping the crowd covered witl their revolvers until they themselve; ad disappeared in the darkness. Half a dozen detectives and a. posset of citizens hastened to the scene, but search for the robbers thus far ha: proved futile. Three Rtobbers Shot. The three Mexican robbers whi murdered Rtobert Rtemmel. an En glishmani in 1901 . were legally sho Friday upon the spot where thi tragedy occurred. Others who were concerned in the murder were sent ti prison for long terms. In June, 1901 Rrobert Remmel, an English manage of mines near Zacuelgan, in the Stat of Mexi~o. was killed in his own hous by a band of robbers. Reminl an< his wife, with a considerable amoun of money and jewels, intended to de part next day for England. There were twelve men in the band. The: went to Remmel's house. which wa in a solitary place and found the En glishman in bed. IIe heard the nois and told his wife to hide her jewels ie then admitted the men and show~ e them a box containing his money The robbhers teok the money and sho him dead in theC presence of his wife On pain of immediate death Mrs Remmel gave up her jewels. The mei were about to kill Mrs. Remmel bu wee frighited away and she esctpe nd hid in the woods until morning The Mexican authorities have spen over a year in tracking~ the~ ro~ers ll of wh lom were captured. The were givenm a trial, the judge ini tht ase~ being sent from the City of Mexi lDied on a Traini. T he Augusta Chroniele say s a whit man, aged about thIirtyv years. wa ondi dead on, the o;utgroing j Cenr tain of Wed nesdayv mning. j IUS T i'm a we t he iiisco very whenii h appoahed the man to oll et i ticet. On his persun wer e founi papr wmL'%hich idenL'titied hi m is ame yinnmey, of H ernd(onI. Ga. Two ticket' iod tor passag'es from H erndon .1 u-.ust and et urn were a~s i lundt Ca1)tn Thoma~s reiiCimebe r at thi mana wa'Ls put 'on the trafn at .ugus~t that ' e.. ugh .to beSi wt Ai as hLti sifeee ti beC Ln pain, comphdaced geat deal, andi rpeatedly an~edl fi water. Hie did not seeml to be deepi nder the iniluenen of liioner. FRM HE RET -R"_. The Vote Cast Recently for Governor Elect Heyward. i THE NEW HOUSE AND SENATE. r 1oster Showing the Large Percent age or New Timber in Lav 3akin; ianich of the Government. The tabulation of the Vote cast in the recent State elecion has been completed. It shows that the only callieate. lion. i). C. Heocywanrd re c'ved a totalof :1.817 votes. the vote for tle other State oteers be-ing slightly below these figures. The vote for Mr. Heyward by counties wats as follows: Abbeville S:S. Aiken 1041. Anderson 1134. Bamberg 533:. Barn well89:3. Beaufort 546, Berkeley 401. Charleston 1195. Cherokee 6S2, Ches ter 525, Chesterfield 905. Clarendon 414. Colleton SOS, Darlington 436. I Dorchester 455. Edgetield 7S2. Fair field 415, Florence 62o. Georgetown 10'. Greenville 10,81. (reenwood 999. , Hampton 5:3, Hlrrv 555. Kershaw 472. 1Lancast<-r !4!. Laurens. 1070. Lee 5 Lexington 1187. Marion 0,. Marlboro 3.4. Newberrv 945. Oconee 571, Orange-hurg 1557,. Picket.s 633. Richland 346, Saluda 913. Spartan hurg 1-51. Sumter 4(9, Union 861, Williamsburg 705, York 707. Spartan burg County cast the largest vote and Orangeburg County the second largest. The roll printed below of the mem bers of the new general assembly, which is complete, we take from the Columbia State. The new members of both h'ouses are indicated by an aster isk. Here is the role: THE SENATE. Abbeville-J. R. Blake, Abbeville.* Aiken-W. E. Johnson, Aiken.* Anderson-J. K. Hood, Anderson.* Bamberg-S. G. 3ayfield, Den mark. Barnwell-Robert Aldrich, Barn well. Beaufort-Thomas Talbird, Beau fort. Berkeley-E. T. Dennis, Sr., Mac beth. Charleston-Geo. Von Kolnitz, Cbarleston.* Cherokee-T. B. Butler, Gaffney.* Chester-P. L. Hardin. Chester.* Chesterfield-Edward McIver. Che raw.* Clarendon-C. M. Davi, Manning.* Colleton-Jiames E. P e u r i f o y. Walterboro. Darlington-Ge. W. Brown, Dar lington. Dorchester-T. W. Stanland, Sum merville. Edgetield-J. C. Sheppard, Edge field. Fairfield--G. W. Ragsdale; Winns boro. Florence-J. W. Ragsdale, Flor ence. * Georgetown.-Le Grand Walker. Georgetown. Greenville-A. II. Dean. Greenville. Greenwood-J. M. Gaines, Green wood. - Hlampton-E. F. Warren, Hlamp ton.* Horry-J. A. McDermott, Conway. Kershaw--J. T. Hay, Camden. Lancaster-W. C. Hough. Lancas ter. ILaurens-0. P. Goodwin, Laurens. Lee-T. G. McLeod, Bishopville.* Lexington--W. HI. Sharpe, Ed munds. Marion-Jamnes Stackhouse. Marion. Marlboro-C. S. McCall, Bennetts ville. Newberry -Geo. S. Mower, New berry. Oconee-E. L. Hendon, WValhalla. Orangeburg-Thomnas M. Rtaysor Orangeburg. Pickens-C. H. Carpenter. Pickens* Rlichland-J. Q. Marshall, Colum bia. 'Saluda-.T. 3L Forest. Saluda.* Spartanburg-D. E. Hlydrick Spar tanburg. Sumter-Rl. I. Manning. Sumter. -Union -J. T. Douglass, n ion. Williamsburg-A. HI. Williams. Lake City. York-Jr. S. Brice, Yorkville. -'THE HIOUSE. Abbeville-M. P. DeBruhl, Abbe ville: M. G. Donald,* Due West: J. D). Carwile,* Antreville. jAiken-G. RI. Webb. Langley; G. L. Tolle.* Aiken: Rt. J. Wade, * Mont morenei: B. F. Hlolmes.* Anderson-G. A. Rankin, Equality: J. B. Leaverett,* Moscow: M. P. Tribble,*~ Anderson: W. P. Wright:* S.N ea rman,* Hlonea Path. Bamberg- Dr. .J. B. Black* and . Spann Dowling.* Bamberg. Barnwell-.J. 0. Patterson. Barn well: W. Chester Smith,* Williston: Walker.* Beaufort-C. J. Colcock, ilidgeland; Js. Glover,* J. C. Bailey.* Berkeev-E. J. Dennis, Jr., Mac beth: G. W. D~avis,* S. W. Russell.* Chiarleston-Hluger Sinkler, W. T. Logan. Rt. S. Whaley, Charleston: Rt. M. Lof'ton. McClellanville: E. M. Sea brook. Edisto Island: D). L. Baker.* as. Hlerbert* and B. P. Carey,* Char Cherokee-W. J. Kirby.* W. Jud on Sarratt. * Chester--A. L. G;aston, Chester: Jnlo. M. Wise," Ilsellville: T. C. Strong. Cornwells. Chesterfield---G. K. Laney, Ches treld: W. 1P. Pollock, Cheraw. nig: .In1. C. Lanham * Summerton: laph s. D esChamnps, Pinewood.( Colleton.-W. 11. F-ox. Osborn:.I. W. 1111 Couttageville: W. D> Benanett,* Da)-rlngton-W-\. E. Ja mes-. 'lmetto: 1. R. Coggcshall. lDarlington: 11. (G. Edg .etield--T. S. Rtainsford, IRopers: 1airtIie16 --W. .1. Johlnson. Rlidge war: C. '-. Fordt'.'iT. W. Traylor. F iorence --J. N. l um111 phrey, Carters vle: . 1:. (Gaiuse." lorence: J. W.i Kilng.* Fiorence. Geio rgetown-- M. W. Pyatt. George town: J. W. Uar. " Georgetown. e,-- l-I-n. A non and Lewis I lurranI. reten vilne -v l . \Vino, Camphellr: Wm. L. Maul din. Ureenville: Ge o. N. ichard son.* Simpsonville. G;reenwXood -.1. 1I. Bro ks. Cam brid'ge: 1). 11. 3;agili. I Greeiwoud: P. I;. 2allison. ( reenwo.V(01 Ilamptoi--T. t). Middleton. J. '. olmi~ans. IHorrv--.J eremniah Smnith. Counway: I).D. ~arelsn.*Conwa y. Nershaw- \1 . L. Smith, Camden; J. G. ILichards. Liberty iJ. Lanaster -T. Yancer WXillians. L1cUsecr: 0. 'W. Potts' 1Pleasant Va~lvv. Laurens-4Al. A. Cooper. Laurens; 11. WN. Nichols. TUmbli)1n1g S-hoals; XW. C. Irhy. . . I atebu r: I>. P. i'ird, Lexington; J. Mr..rio 'a.1. E. .ia:rneg.a n. TIoby: T. F. -takhouse, Iilhn: .1. C. Maie. a. , MiColl.. nettsv ille: N1ev. We!co:ie unick.4 :;ennettsville, and J. P, unch. Blen nettsville. Newberry-Arthur Kibler. New berry: .1. F. Banks. Slighsi: E, 1f, A uL. Newberry. Oconee-W. M. Brown, Oakway; Dr. E. C. Doyle.* Seneca. Orangeburgi-W. 0. Tatum, Copes; A. II. Moss. Orangeburg; lRobert Lide. Oraneburei: ). 0. Ilerbert,* and 1. L. Cu!!er, Orangeburg. Picens-Matthew Iendrix.* .1. A. linton.* lic-hland--Jn. '. Thiomas. Jr.. and John McMaster. Columbia:.L. XW. Ilaskell.* Clumbia: J. M. Rawlin son.* Eastover. Saluda-D. B. Peurifoy* iavirds Ville. and J. W. eedy. Spartanburg-F. Clark Batss.* K. D. Fdwards,* Jesse M. Mahatley, Horace L, Bomur. Dr. S. T. D. Lan eas.ter,* 1. Blacood.* Sumter-Altamont Moses and T. B. Fraser, Sumter; J. A. Clifton, Jr.,* Sumter. Union -A. Cole Lyles, Carlisle; 11. C, Little, Kelton. Williamsburg-T, B, Gourdin; Gree leyville; W. L. Bass,* Lake City; P. S. Wall. York-J, Rochelle Haile, Fort Mill; .1. E. Beamguard, Clover; P, D. Bar ron.* Rock Hill; F, P. .cCain,* York ille. The statements show that 48 of the old members come back to the house of representatives, and that 75 new members have been aceounted for in the returns, making almost a new body in the lower branch of the gen eral assembly. In the senate 19 of the old members held over, their terms running to the next election. Two of these. however. will not be in the next -lenate, others being chosen to fill out the unexpired terms, Of the old members of the senate who stood for reelection three were de feated and nine were reelected. So it is that there will be 26 old members in this Year's senate and 15 new sena tors. Changes in Congress. It is published that since the mem bers of the Fifty-seventh congress took the oath of ollice. MIarch, 1901. 12 members have died, three have resigned and two have been unseated, making a total of 17 changes in less than two years." The State says this is said to be an unusual number f changes in the membership of con gress. Three deaths have occurred since the close of the last session-Rl. C. DeGratlenreid and John Levi Shep pard of Texas and Charles A. Russell of Massachusetts. The others who have died sin':e the opening of the Fifty-seventhi congress were: Mar riott lBrosius, Tenth Pennsylvania, died March 16. 1901: Rousseau 0. Crump, Tenth Michigan. May 1, 190t; Robert E. Burkce. Sixth Texas, June 5, 1901; J. William Stokes. Seventh South Carolina, July 6, 1901: Albert D. Shaw, Twenty-fourth New York, February 10. 1901; Rufus K. Polk, Seventeenth Pennsylvania, March 5, 1902: Amos J. Cummings, Tenth New York. May 2, 1902: Peter J. Otey, Sixth Virginia, May 4, 1902, and Joshua D. Salman. Fourth New Jer sey. May 5, 1902. Of the two unseated members-James .J. Butler of Missouri, and John L. Rhea. Third Kentucky district-the former was reelected at the last election. A Crap Game. One negro is dead and another is dying as a result of a fight which broke up a gambling game in a dis reputable negro section known as "The Bottom." just east of Columbus Ga., at 4 o'clock Wednesday moining. A crowd of negroes had been gamb. lng all night on the bank of a little creek just north of East Twelfth street. Will Carter. a young negro, became angry because the others had won from him, and opened fire on Russell King and Pugh Smith. Smith was shot through the back and was killed outright. King was shot through the head, his brain spatter ing the ground, but is still living al though thought to be in a dying~ condition. lie was removed to the city hospital during the day. Carter escaped and is still at large. Prepared for WVarr A dispatch from Laurens to T1lite State says enquiry reveals a practice obtaining in a certain densely inhab ited colored community in that coun t. associated with the long ago when it was necessary: and that is a habit negro men in this section have lately taken up of carrying their guns-shot guns and rities to church. They say it is a fact andI no uncommon thimp to see a number of old guns in the church durning. ser-vice. The same t higr is true with reference to all ther gathe-ringts. But occasionally pistol slips in and the work is dune tc a tinish. hilled in Mexico. . Hi. Neal. an American. head iokeeper and overseer of the Motor rno plantation near Cordoba. Nexi c. was shot andI probably fataill wunded hiv Station Agent F-ernande' I the employ of the Vera Cruz and PajI- IBailwayv. The shooting occur ed in the depot at Mlatorronge. Nea' was struck twice in the chest by l lets. The shooting is presumed t1 have grownl out of jealousy on the part of l-rinandez. THE NEW ACT Relating to the Collection of Taxes Fall of ComDlieations. WHY IT PUZZLES OFFICIALS. It imposes Well-Ni;gh mpossible Task Upon the County Audi tors and Treasurers. The Troubles Indicated. th eiht ma'le by the legislature at is last sessioi to pass a law that woiuld cure the curse of the annual ex tenioni of the time for the payment (if taxes in the Stane seems to have ruh ( fai')bout complications that are worryin. the State olicers considera-t S. Nut only v are these complications en esingr trouble for the State otlicers. but the countyarged with tia coilect!in or taxes are put in a rather ditliCult position for the books they have do not contain proper spaces, for running out the dilferent columns of ligures necessitated by the terms of the aet, They are in a quandary as to!] how to proceed. Already the Colum bia State has quoted from several let-, ters roodlved from county auditors and treasurers by the Governor in regard to the mat ter. Frid-ay two more came Nwhich are of more than ordinary in The tirst is addressed to the Gover nor and the comptroller general and is signed by the treasurer and auditor of Marlboro Count ., Messrs. J . 1 Thomas and E. S. Carlisle. These of ticers say: "The last general assembly on the 26th day of February, 1902, passed act No. 525. page 671 of acts of general assembly of 1902. The county auditor is puAled to know how to cor mply with the act as the duplicates are not so arranged that there is space for the adding of these percentages, and it will take more or less time to make up new ones and entail more expense on the county for new books; besides this act conflicts with the act requir- 1 ing the auditor to take returns of property from the first of January to the 20th of February. In view of the above facts we write r to ask that you extend the time for e payment of taxes without penalty un til the 1st of March, and let be added 1 the 7 per cent, on all unpaid taxes at : that date. We believe that a large t part of the taxes will be allowed to stay unpaid until toat date under the new law. as many pai!es willing to a pay the 2 per cent, and have the use i of their tax money for the two 1 months. S "Believing that this arrangement I will prevent confusion and make it unnecessary for the auditors to do a s great deal of impracticable work, we t trust that you will be in favor of the I extension.' The other is from County Auditor T. 3I. Mc3Iichael of Orangeburg coun- i ty and is published in full for it deals with matters that the legislature will doubtles.s have to fully consider when it assembles, and points out the com plications referred to. Mr. MIc3ichael says: "The general assembly at the ses sion of 1902 passed an act looking. to the discontinuance of the practice ef extending the time for the payment of taxes. I am in full sympathy with the intent or the said law, being fully convinced of the unwisdom of tax extensions, but the act in ques tion has vital defects which tend to nullify its good intention, and I take the liberty of writing you for the purpose of calling attention to these1 defects and offering some suggestions towards obviating them.*4 " The said act provides a penalty of 1 per cent, on all taxes not paid by Jani. 1. and an additional 1 per cent. on February 1, and 5 per cent. on and after MIarch 1. The act is cumber some and complicated in it operations and~ would give very unsatisfactory re sults for the following reasons: So small a penalty as 1 per cent. is an en- I couragement andl inducement to small taxpayers to hold off the payment of their taxes, and if this law is put in operation it will very greatly increase tie number of delinquent taxpayers, and correspond ingly decrease the 1 money available for governmental I prposes. "Again, thle graduated increase of1 penalty involves tile making up of< three penalty books instead of one as< heretof ore and will tend to complicate 1 and confuse tihe accounts withl the treasurers, and will make it almost impossible to obtain accurate balances in making up the annual settlements. Furthermore, the making up of these several penalty books during the time of taking returns for the ensuing year, imposes a task upon tile auditors which is well nighl a physical impossi bilitv. 1By the timel the first penalty book could be nmade up the month of January would be far spent, and tile same would be true as to February and 31arch. "Ilaving pointed out tile foregoing objections, I now proceed to suggest what appears to me to be a better plan. In the first place I deem it ad visable to extend the time for pay ment of taxes of 1902 until MIarch 1, 1903. and in the mean time have tile legislature enact a law along the fol lowing lines: Let the time for pay ment of taxes expire upon Dec. 31 of the tiscal year for which they are levied and let a lixed penalty (say 10 per cent.) attach immediately. Let this tax and penalty be held in the treasurers otlice subject to the taxpay er's call for 60 days without any fur ther extra charge after which if still unpaid. let the treasurer's costs be at tached and execution issued for its collection. "The real hardship upon a delin quent taxapayer is not the penalty imposed by the State but tile costs and fees of the various otticials whlo serve the tax executionls, and the iold ing oIf of these charges as long as pos sile is the best way to solve the prob lm of taix extension. I submit the foregoing as the re ult ot muclh careful thought based~ upon six years experience as a t ax 011i COLONELS arc almost as thick in Georgia as blackberries in Jfune. The new governor of that State has just meone hlndared brndr new ones. i MADE SURE OF DEATH A Man Jumps in Front of* a Train and Shoots Hinself. Standing in front of an on-rushing rain. Lavausia Lamar. a prominent -nercha:nt of Dawson, Ga., sent a bul et crashing through his brain and a ;econd later his body was torn into ;hreds beneato the wheels of the ieavy Central of Georgia 1,eomotive. Prior to his rash act. Mr. Lamar -ntcred the Methodist church. where Rev. 0. S. Cook was preaching to a arge congreigation and astonished hose present by excilaiming to the inister: '1 hope you will let no one peak ill of me af ter I am gone." He hen left the building and went to his eath, At the conclusion of the services a arty of friends, fearimg that some hing might be amass wit h Mr.Lamar. vent to his store, but finding that: losed continued on to the Central ailroal depot where the searchers were nformed by a policeman that the man hey were looking for had gone down he tracks. Hurrying on, the friends :me in sight of M1r. Lamar just in ime to see him step before the ap >roaching train and shoot himself in he head with a revolver. The trail vas too close to stop beotre the man's iead had boen severed from his body .nd the later dragged several fOot. [he remains were taken to the resi lence of Dr. Lucius Lamar, brother f the deceased. In the store formerly kept by Mr. amar, was found a letter and a will. Plhe letter merely stated that he was ired of life and would end it. In the vill were provisions for Miss FElizabeth amar, sister of the dead man, to a >rother and a salesman the deceased eft his store. Mr. Lamar was a mem >er of the well known Lamar family if Georgia. MT. Lamar's body, fear ully mutilated, was interred at Daw on with Masonic honors. The Greel !iyed Monster. Miss Florence McFarlin, aged 21 'ears, a music teacher, was stabbed to leath in her father's hotlse at Roches er, N. Y., Tuesda3, by another wom .n and an hour later Mrs. Lulu Coung, wife of Frank Young, at one ime city purchasing agent, was ar ested as being the supposed murder r. The woman who committed the led rang th, door bell of the McFar in home Tuebday morning and when Iiss McFarlin answered it attacked ter with a knife. Miss McFarlin ran creaming through the hall into the :itchen, closely pursued by her assail .nt. In the kitchen she stumbled, ialf turning. In a flash her pursuer vas upon her and with a rapid slash tabbed her five times. Miss McFar in sank to the floor. dying instantly. he murderess fled. The only words he was beard to utter were: "She tas come between myself and my hus iand and I am glad that she is dead." 'he dead woman was the daughter of .railroad man. She was a person of efinement and good appearance, Mrs. oung made no statement after her .rrest. Killed by a Train. The remains of Durant Earle, a -oung man who was killed at Spring ield. Mo,, by an accident, was brought o his home in Anderson oin Wednes lay and buried. He was employed as flagman on the 'Frisco system, and ad a run on a local freight between ;pringfield and Kansas City. The ,rain stopped at' a small station to Iril some cars, and Mr. Earle was naking the couplings. Hie had sig malled the engineer to come backward nd went between the cars to make he coupling. As he did not reappeat fter a reasonable time another mem >er of the crew went to look ror him nd found that he had been caught etween the couplings and instantly :illed. The couplings used were the atent automatic kind, A Depot Wrecked. Fire, which broke out in the freight lepot of the Southern Railway at Pell ity, Ala.. Tuesday morning, was fol owed by a terrific explosion, which esulted in two persons being killed md ten injured, two perhaps fatally. hen the tire was discovered the light operator gave the alarm by re eatedly tiring a revolver, arousing he citizens who ran to the depot to telp save the freight. Tflhe fact was >verlooked that fifty cases of dyna nite was stored in the place, and the xplosion occurred while a large crowd >f citizens and railroad men were near he scene. Ten business houses, in :luding the Pell City hotel, were also vrcked, causing a heavy loss. Work of Life Savers. The general superintendent of the ife saving service has rendered his re ort for the year 1902. It continues ,o show most gratifying results of the ork of this humane organization. 'he number of disasters to vessels vithin the scope of the operations of he service during the last year was ~reater than ever before, with the ex eption of the years 1898 and 1901, -et the loss of life was very small. he number of lives lost from docu nented vessels-those of five tons bur len or over-was only 19 while six ve lost from smaller craft-sail )oats, rowboats, etc.--making a total >f 2-a number far below the aver An Artistic Carver. Geo. Sims and Silas Higgins, two )ig negroes. and Marshall Curry,. a mall one, engaged in a crap game a t ock Hill. They got into a row over t and Sims with a brick and Higgins1 vith a stick advanced upon Curry. What he did for them with hisecutlery s said to have amply fulfilled the ex ections of those wvho backed him as a ham pion carver. After knife playf ased it was found necessary to takec eventy stitches in Slms' hide, while mrtstic work upon Higgins was a closef econd. None of the cuts reached ~ital parts. A Barrel Fazmine. Thousands of bushels of fine apples re rotting on the ground ini Connecti :ut. If barrels could be procured the armers might ship large quantities o England and even to the Philip ines. but they cant not be procured. [verything in the shape of a barrel :ommands a high price, the most! lilapidated bringing 35 cents. Farm .oreare rals extremely scarce. A BOY DISAPPEARS. Goe" Off With a Stranger and Has' Not Returned. The Charleston Post publishes an account of the disappearance of a boy 3 from his home near Adams Run in Colleton County. RePresenting him self as a drummer. a man scalled on Mr. Thomas Simmons at Adams Run. about twoj weeks ago and hired a horse and buggy for the purpose of making a trip into the country to visit some of his customers. Tne alleged drum mer asked Mr. Simmons to allow his ion. Thomas Simmons. Jr., to accom pany hin, on the trip. The reouest v wa granted. Neither the drummer. t the horse a-d buggy nor young Sim- r rnons has been seen since and Mr. Sim- t Qeous is in a great state of anxiety [caring that his son has met with foul S play. When Mr. Simmons hired the horsd I ind buggy to the stranger and allowed C als son, aged 17 years, to accompany Y Ihe team, nothing was thought of it, !cr he had on many occasions let his t :eams to drummers to make trips into c ,he country. his son accompanying a 'he. to see that they were properly 3ared for. When the young Simmons V ailed to show up the next day Mr. 3 iimnons began to grow uneasy and a 7 ;earch was made, but no trace of his ;on or his team was discovered. The P riends and neighbors of Mr. Simmons f iave made a search of the surround- C ng country for the missing boy but S iave not been able to learn anything a f his whereabouts. - X It has been about two weeks since V ,he horse and buggy were hired by the s itranger and Mr. Simmons has given t ip his boy as lost or dead. He fears 1 hat his son has been killed, but t< Nhether by foul m.eans or by accident, ti ir. Simmons is unable to say. The s irummer, or the man who claimed to )e a traveling salesman, did not give B ais name when the team was hired 2 ior did lie say with what house he n' as oonnected. He merely engaged :he team for a day, paid for it in ad- ' vance and drove away. There was t 3otbing suspicious in the man's ac- si ions at the time the horse and buggy t was hired. He appeared to be reliable 14 ind carried a sample cabe such as a :raveling men carry while out.on the h oad. S THE STRANGE STORY d t DW a Secret 'Marriage and a Death in Columbia. The Raleigh News and Observer N ;ays; "Death has revealed a marriage t hich took place two months ago, and C: n which a yonng lady of this city is 1 :oncerned. It is the groom who died, t ind this Mr. Norwood Wilson, who a passed away on Sunday in Columbia, S. C. The widowed bride, now Mrs. C Norwood Wilson, was Miss Fannie 0 %IcFadden of this city. Mr. Wilson r was about 30 years old; highly es- S beemed by all who knew him. The arriage took place in Columbia, S. C 3., on November'17, and it was in- ' tended to keep it secret for some time. c Nir. Wilson lived in Raleigh about n four years ago, where he was a tele- 8 ;raph operator for the Southern Rail- C way. He went to the University of t Tennessee to study law and came from 11 Nashville to Columbia where he mar- t ried Miss McFadden, and then went back to his law course.d "Miss McFadden returned to Ra- I' leigh, and was with her sister, Mrs. I John Collier,at 221 South West street. 6 Dn Friday night last Mr. Wilson 'l reached Raleigh on his way to Colum- 1 bia, not having seen his bride since their wedding. He was here but a 1 few hours and seemed to be in good I health, and was happy in the prospectja of his diploma next June, and the'a time for claiming his bride. He d reached Columbia Saturday and on 1: Sunday he died. The body of Mr. Wilson was taken from Columbia tov Greenville, S. C., his old home, and 1 there the interment took place. His wife is prostrated from grief and was unahle to take the trip." The Raleigh correspondent of the Charlotte Obser ver says: "'Some time ago Norwood Williamsl a young man who was a native of Greenville, was employed here as a Southern railway telegrapher. He went to Columbia, S. C., on his way to1 Nashville, Tenn., to study law, and there married a Miss McFadden. It appears that immediately after the marriage he left and she came here and boarded with a relative. Williams was here last Friday for a few hours - to see her and died a day or two ago. His body was brought by here andI taken to Greenvill for burial. He and his wife had never lived together. The marriage had been kept a secret until his death revealed it." Fcotpads at. Work. The Spartanburg correspondent of The State says shortly after midnight Tuesday morning a white man named Mack Blanton, an operative in the I to Whitney cotton mills, who was re turning home from a visit to this city, I met with an unpleasant adventure di rectly after he left the city suburbs t and was walking along the new road Whitney. According to this state- a ments, he was held up by the three 6 negro men. Two of the party gather- t ed him on each side of the body and ~ held his arms secure, while the third I "went through him." taking from his a pockets $35 in cash and a watch val- 1 ued at two or three dollars. Blanton ~ eame to the city and notitied the au- 5 thorities. While on the streets here t he saw a negro man with a watch I chain and charm offering it for sale- 1 it was his own chain and watch charm. Ie asked the negro to let him see it, and obtaining possession of c the trinkets, put them in his pocket t and went otr in search of a policeman When he returned the negro could not j be found. No arrests have been made. s____________ A City Burned. The St. Petersburg correspondent c of the London D~aily Mail telegraphs ' that a tire lasting three clays has de- :1 stroyed the to~wn of Resht. in Persia. p Fifteen hundred houses and many' warehouses were wiped .out and :200 t TROWIN( FAST. L Great Increase of Sohialism is Shown by Recent Election. [AY BE MILLION NEXT 'YEAR. Lt Present Rate of Growth the Vot ing Strength of Socialists in 1904 Should Reach That Figure. Socialism has increased its national ote from 126,445 ja 1900 to more ban 400,000 cast this year. Official :turns when tabulated may swell this 2 500,000. In the Presidential election of 1892 ocialism made its first bid for nation I political support in this country. ts candidate, Simon Wing, of Massa husetts, received 21,164 votes. Four ears later Charles H. Matchett, of ew York, was given 36,274 votes. In be last Presidential election two So lalist tickets were in the field. Debs nd Hammon for the Socialist Democ icy numbered 86,686 supporters, rhile the Socialist labor candidates, [alloney and Remmel, received 39, 59. In conservative Massachusetts the litical students were astonished a w years ago, when the Socialists Lst 3 per cen t. of the vote of the tate and obtained legal recognition ; a party. Both of the old parties tade Aids for the support of their -andering adrierents. They-adopted veral of tbc less rabical planks fra ie Socialistic platform. This was a tethod adopted by Prince Bismarck > combat socialism in Germany, and 3e Massachusetts result W~as the LIme. - A year ago the Socialist vote in the. ay State was 10,761. Returns from. )I cities and towns show that the ew party this time polled 32,105, an icrease of practically 300 per Cent. 'he leaders confidently predict that ley will elect Socialist Mayors next ring in a score of Massachusetts wns. This vastly increased vote was rgely drawn from the Republicans ad accounts for the decreased Repub can majority. In'Rhode Island the increase in the ocialist vote is declared to have been irectly responsible for the loss of the 7 tate to the Republicans. The indications in New York are aat the Socialists made their heav st gains -in Republican strongholds. The results in the- Western States [so possess a political importance. In [ilwaukee the vote for Governor was s follows: Republican, 26,118; Demo ratic, 20,762, and Socialist, 11,731 'oar of the Socialist candidates -for be Legislature were defeated only by: arrow pluralities. The Socialist vote in Chicago ex eeded 12,000, an increase of 400 per ant. Eight Illinois towns made cor sponding increases in Socialist trength. The same story comes from Indiana. 1hio, too, shows a similar Increase. !he recent election places Socialism n the official State ticket there. Min eapolis cast 2,000 Socialist votes and t. Paul about 1,600. The party laims 15,000 in the State. Coving on, Ky., shows an increase from 346 a 1900 to 1,708 in the recent elec ion. The returns from Pennsylvania in icate it has become the-banner State or Socialist votes. President George P. Baer's precinct in Reading cast 96' |ocialist votes against ;l6 last year. 2he Socialists carried Cokeville by a teavy plurality. Lancaster Increased bs vote from 17 to 502; Reading from 92 to more than 1,000; Williamsport rom 211 to 782. Maine cast 3,000 nd Texas twice that number of Soci list votes, while California more than oubled its vote of 1900 for that arty. A corresponding rate ofin 1 rould give Socialism more than a mnil lon votes in 1904. Railway Mfail Service. The annual report of James E. Vhite. general superintendent of the ailway mail service, shows that dur ag the last fiscal year the casualties mong employeesexceeded the recordof .ny previous year. There were 9 rail ray-postal clerks killed, 88 seriously jured. There were handled during he year in the railway mail service 5,062,830,640 pIeces of mail, in addli ion to a total of 24,174,174 registered >ackages and cases, through registered. sourches and "inner registered sacks." The ratio of errors in distribution of his mall was one to every 1 1,&02 leces of mail. The, reports show there were 9,731 clerks in the service nd the grarnd total of miles covered my traveling postoffces (railroad, teamboat and electric) was 178,798, a addition to over 101,000,000 miles f service performed annually by acans of closed mail pouches. Jumped from a Train. Among the passengers on the vesti sule train from Charlotte to Atlanta Vednesday was a well-dressed white san, said to be Frank A. McHugh of few York, who was In charge of a rained nurse. As the train was run ing at a high rate of . speed along bout Thickety, a flag station above partanburg. Mc~ugh jumped from he car windo~w in the Pullman. He ras not touched by the car wheels. Iis rash act was quickly discovered nd the - train stopped, and backed ack to the spot, where the stranger ras picked up. ie was in an uncon ious state and died soon after. The ody was taken on to New Orleans. [e 'had a through ticket to New Or sans, La. Fiv's Bite Proved Fatal. Herman Kaufman, the three year ld son of a tobacco dealer ll.ving In he Bronx. New York, has died from be effects of a fly bite inflicted last ednesday. A few hours later a small pot made by the bite developed to a welling which extended over the en ire cheek. The swelling continued to pread until the whole upper portion f the elhild's body was distended. bhe doctors were powerless to give re er,. and tinally thle victim died. Its laymates say the tIy was an ordinary blue bottie." The physicians believe he insect was infected with erysipe