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UL1 _ _ _ _ _ L THE IR. N \\ IE bLDS. Where the Methodist Ministers Will Preach Next Year. THE A"IPOINTMENTS IN FJLL. As Made by Rish!op wl. wt. uncan and Hi- Cabnet at the 'Ciow ol the o At th1e last annual moin e' b Southi Carolina .onfereizce. -:N'e; di Episcopa C rh, Sio11. th- Zip pointmenits for next year as arrangeri by Bishop WX. W. buncan aras - lows: Charleston Dtric. ,11. W. 1ays. presiding elder--Aled . C. Kirkland: B'eaufort. WV. S. < Black Swamp, A. 1E. lioler: Charles tonTrinity. J. W. Danie l. E. 0. Watson. Spring Street. .C. C I' Cumberland and lt. Pla J. L Harley: Coriosville. C. W. 1ay: Cy press. C. W. lurgess: Ehrhardit. E. M. McKissick: Hampton. W. A. Betts: Grover, W. S. Goodwin, llarleyvill-. S. D. Taughn: Ilendersonville. F. Ll. Hutson: McCellanville, o. N. IOu tree: Pinopolis. W. T. Patrick: Port Royal. P. C. Garris: Rideland. XV. R. Buchannan: Ridgeville. J. W. Him bert:Round 0.. .1. C. Davis: Summer ,Ile. I L. Danil: St. Geoige. P. L. Kirton: Walterbiro Station. Henry Stokes: WXalterboro Circuit. W. I. Murray; Charleston Port Society. P. A. Murroy. chaplain. Cokesbury DistrictJohn 0. Wilson. presldingdelder-Abbeville. P. B. Wel : Autreville. J. A. Peeler: Butler, . C. Counts: Cokesbury. C. W. Creighton:. Donnalds, J. W. Elkins: Greeiwoodi Station, W. A. Massebeau: Greenwood and Abbeville Mills. J. H. Graves: Kinards, J. RZ. Copeland: Lowndes ville. R. W. Barber: McCornie. S. T. Blackman: Mt. Carmel, R. C. Boul ware; Ninety Six, 31. 31. Brabliam: Newberry, Central, S. H.-immerman, O'Neall Street. G. E. Edwards; New berry Circuit. ). P. Boyd: Parksville. J. T. Miller: Phoenix, R. W. Hum phreys; Princeton, S. W. Henry: Pros perity, G. R. Shaffer: Saluda. H. W. Whitaker; Verdery, E. W. Mason: Waterloo. A. S. Leslie. I Columbia District, J. S. Beasley, I presiding elder-Aiken, B. R. Turnip .seed; Batesburg, E. T. Hodges: Co lumbia, Washington Street. 31. L. -Carlisle: Main Street, W. I. Herbert: Green Street. R. S. Truesdale: Gran by, A. R. Phillips: Brookiand. F. Speer: Edgewood. J. L. Mullinix:j Edgetield. G. W. Davis: Fairtield. v\. W. Williams: Fort Motte. 31. M. Byrd, supply: (iraniterille. C. D. Mann: Johnston, W. S. Martin: Lan. ley, J. E. Strickland: Leesville. V. B. Justus: Lewiedale. W. S. Henry: Lex ington, W. E. Barre: Lexington F rk. J. L. Ray: North Augusta, W. A. Kelley; Ridgeway. M. F. Dukes: St. Matthews.J. E. Mabaffey: Winnsboro, J. R. Campbell; Epworth Orphanage. W. B. Wharton: Superintendent Paine and Lane, Geo. W. Walker: president Columbia Female College, WV. WV. Daniel. Florence District. A. .J. Stokes. presiding elder-Cades. Wmn. RunI: Cartersville. J1. E. Carter: Cheraw Station. W. L. Wait: Cheraw Circuit. 0. L. Durant: Clyde, J.- A. White: D~arlington, Trinity, P. F". Kilgo, Epworth and Lumber, W. C. Kelley: Darlington Circuit, T. J1. Clyde: Flor enee Station. J1. G. Beckwith; Geonge town, WV. M. Duncan: Georgetown Mission. WV. C. Smith: Greeleyville, L. L. Inabinet: Harpers, H. L. Single ton: llartsville. J. J. Stevenson: John sonville, T. B. Owen: Kingstree Sta tion. H.J. Cauthen: Lake City, J. E. Rushton: Lamar. J. B. Traywick: Liberty. Rt. WV. S peigener: Rome. . F. Way: Salters. J. B. Weldon: Sam pit, WV. M. Hardin: Scranton. J1. 0. Carraway, supply: South Florence. 1). A. Calhoun: Timmonsville, L. P. Mc Ghee. Greenville District. RI. A. Childs, presiding elder-Anderson, St. John's, M1. B. Kelley: Orrvilie. B. 31. llebert son: West End, D). WV. Keller: Easley and Bethesha, WV. E. Wiggins: Foun tain Inn. Rt. Rt. D~agnall: Greenville. Buncomb Street, C. B. Smith: Hlamp ton A venue. J. WV. Speak: St. Panl's and West Greenville, T1. G. Herbert .and G. T. Hlarme'n, Jr.: Greenville circuit. T. J. XWhite: Greer's, G. T. Harmon: Liberty. 1D. A. Lewis: Nec Clure, Rt. G. Mlartin: North Pickens, C. L MlcCain: J. P. Attaway, super numerary; Pelzer. T. B. Reynolds: Pendleton. J. E. -Beard: Pickens. 0. 31. Abney: Piedmont. Peter Stok;es: Reidville, J1. XV. Sheli: Seneca and Walhalla, G. F. Clarkson: Starr and Iva, J. W. Bailey: Lowndesvilie, 3M. L. Pince: Travelers Rtest. .J. R. So journer: Victor and Batesville. A. E. Driggers: Walhaila Circuit. J1. I. Spinks: Westminster. Rt. M. D)ub'.se: XWilliamston' andl Belton. A. J1. C'au then. Jr., Williamston Circuit. J1. 31. Rogers, Williamston Female College. S. Lander, president. Marion District, E.. P. Taylor. pre siding elder--Bayboro. L. N. Sto:'e: Bernnettsville Station. A. B. Watson: Bennettsville Circuit. J. XW. Arial: Brownsville. 5. J1. Betheca: East Bilen helm. W. B. Baker: Brightsville. F. II. Shuler; Brittrn's Neck, J. N. Wright: Bucksville. F. E. Hodges: Centenary, .1. A. Graham: Ciio and Beulahi, A. T. Dunlap: Con way. J1no. E. Carisile: Conway and Cool Springs. Jno. Manning: lDillon Stai . on. J1. D. Crout: illon Mills. .J. M'. Gansque: Latta. D. Tiller: Little lBock. G;. C. Leonard: Loris. 5. J1. McConnell: Mar ion Station. It. E. Stackhouse: East Mlarion Circuit. XW. C. Power: Marion Circuit and Nills. E. F. Scoggings5 MIcColl and IBennettsville Mills J. C. Weleh: MIuliins, T. C. O'Delli: North Ma rlbow,. T. L. I e.lvin: North Mullins, B. J1. Guess: Waccamnaw. G. WV. Gatling. Orangeburg Dist rict. Marion D ar gan. presidinrg elder.-- amiberg. M1. XX. Hook: Barnwell. K. S. Enuchs: flranch ville. S. A. Nettles: Cameron. Ji. C. Yongue: Denmark. E. H1. Beckhian. W. II. XWruton, supernumnerary: Edijst o. A. J1. Cauthen, Sr.: Eflree. J1. L. Tv her: Norway. XW. H1. Th~rower: ( range burg, St. P'aul. .J. A. Cliftonl: Orang burg circuit. WV. A. Pitts: Orange. B. II. Rawis: Prvidene, B. 3t. (irier: Rowesville and ()ranieburg city mis sion. n A. Phillins: 5m aks. .1. T. M1ac r:irlaneSrntei --nee 'I . . 1:er"*uron.u supernrary: k .A. Itoc llil i stri-1. .1P. C.de s rsiain~s ca. 10akc khurg. . u . Clarkson: :lackstock. W. A. Firev: Cheser.Detel.G. P. Watson. Grace and Ne-w etB! . G. Murphy: Cius ter ereui. . . 1. Fridav: East Caes ter. .. X. Neeiey: East Lancaster. V. C. Winn: Fort Mill. W. A. Wright: !iikorv Cr, . . t' H t .1 , r . C C nr: Ker w.Z. E. Tur Ipseed: Luncaster, W. Lawson: North Ilack till- W. 11 A.\raial1: L"' . . M1. McA.eOd: itL-ek H1iii, St. .la.W. T. lDunca:.Il Laurel strect an'ld in lrk. M. E. A.X W vi'us Vn \Vc .1 1.No la nd: YorkAville. .1. L. Stokes. S. A. Webr. super:eerary: Yr-k circuit. . . .u:O York Mills L. T. spartan'burg M~strict. .). IV. Xilgo. presitdlngr elder-eh'nont. E.Z.James: Clifton and Cowpens. V. .1. Snyder: Cherokee, .1. N. lsom: Clinton. G. M. Voyd: Campohello. .1. C. i-'owlei: Eno ree. C. B. Burnis: Ga;yv. .. M. Stead man: Ganyc ci rc uit. .i . I. Wilson: .onesville. D- Ilucks: Kelton. A. 11. est: Laurens. first church. W. B. Duncan: Laurens Nills. .. G. 1lug-1 gins: MAnarch, North Laureas. -1, N. McCain: Paca'let Mils, S. T. Creech: Pacolct. ircuit. J. 1). Frierson: San tue. E. M. Merritt: Spartanburg. cen tral. J. 1. . rier:lDuncan. M.L. Banks.I East Spartanburg. R. L. JIlolroyd: L nion. Grace church. T. E. Morr iN: V. 11. Miller. supernumerary: Union and [tutfalo. E. S. Jones and L. L. W::goner: Whitmire. J. F. Anderson and W. L. Gault. Slauthern Christian Advocate. W.I. Iichardson. editor: G. 11. XWaddell. assistant editor: tinancial secretary XXolford College, WN. A. Rogers. Sumter District. 1.B. Brovne. pre siding elder-Bethany, S. 1). Biailiy: Bislhopville, A. C. Walker: Camden, A. B. Earle: Camden circuit, G. A Penney: Foreston. G. H. Poorser: Jef ferson, T. F. Gibson: .Jordan. E. K. Moore: Chesterfield. N. L. Wiggins: Lvnchburg. T. M.Dent: Manning. A. N. Brunson: New Zion. G. R1. Whit aker; Oswego and Magnolia. J. H1. Thacker; Pinewood, S. 0. Cantey: Richland. S. M. Jones: Santee, C. C. Herbert: Sumter, R. 11. Jones: Sum ter circuit, W. C. Gleaton: St. John's and Rembert's, L. L. Bedenbaugh: Wateree, R. E. Mood. Sec-etary of education,J, W. Milgo: assistant Sunday School editor, L. ' Beaty: transferred, E. T, Adams, transferred to Southwest Missouri conference:.Ino'. A. Rice, transferred to Alabama conference:W. }L Kirton, to North Carolina conference. INTERESTING STATISTICS. Gleaned frim- the Recent Conference ol-the Methodists of the State. The following figures taken from the report of the statistical secretary of the South Carolina conference. made at the session at Newberry last week. are very interesting, as t hey show clearly tile healthy conditions of the Methodist ehurch in the State: Local preachers, 90: members, 77. 7'4: making a total membership of Infants baptized during the year. 1749: adults, 1,413. Epworth Leagues. 49: Epxvorth League members. 1,786i. Stunday schools. 6860: Sunday school scholars. 41.905. Amount raised during the past year by the chiurch for presiding elders. S17940.48: lor pastors, 81:30.534.97. Cjurch organizations in the State, 75: church buildings, 6;47. Houilses of worship valued at $1,308, 89A.95 with a reported indebtedness of 838,526. Pastoral chargtes. 2N3. Parsonages, 18~4. Value ol parsonages, $275.S05: hav ing a reported indebtedness of 818. 97.5. ilstricts in conference. 10: each having a parsonage: value of these pasonages, $a30.000: with a reported ineteness of 81.109. Churches reported damaged during the year, 4: amount of damagres $8:). Insurance carried by the Methodist church in the State. 8315.200: paid out in premiums during the year. A2, Losses sustainled, 8744. The educational statistics show the following condition of the Methodist institti-Vns in the State: Wolford College--Yalue 8135.000: endowment. &66.215.l3: professors. 8 pupils, 188. Wotford Fittingz School -Value 815. 000: endowment $5,00l0: professors 2: Cokesbu ry Con ference School - Yalue. $2.000: endowmfenlt. $s15. Counxxiia FeaeCo!ege-Value. 75.00: no en lowmnlt: professors, Williamston Femnale College-NotI valued byV conference. (This institul tion is not 0owned by the cnfe~recelC. but siml)y under its patronage) pro fessors. a: pupils. 103i.I Carlisle Fitting School -Value. 820. 000: endowmenrt, i'5.000: profess .rs. 4 puils abo ut 70. I Fell in a Well. (On Wedcnesday Mrs. Il!l. living V.ew mles~ from L' wndesville. whi le dIawing-waV.ter froma her well. stepped o the curbing whiich gave way. pre-I eipiai~Lng her' 70 feet to the~ bottom. XWhIen takenl (ut it wals foun~d one ankle was~ ~ broken anad she had receivedl other injuries. Sue died abouihit nlight. tM 11111 was a daIur:hter of WV. E. lnic of Lounde~isville2. SheC leatves a sowirg c:' husban :d and inlrec li ttle chidren. instanltly Killed. T homasc. Wilso. an' overseer. was sh ti nd killerd ini the parl' r ofi h.is re ie'e at Charrlott. N. C.. Wednecsday nih vy .\' rIu L. :ishop, a travelling salesman o !'eersurgr. Vai. 1 ishop h and ha nteln aI~ pprehended. It ISis j 'Id tha Wilson objIcted~ t BihIop's preenc A In his hIou*e and rderd bi n1 to leve In the tquarrel hat folot wed I Sho'p sho1 t and jinst anut NIPPED IN THE BUD 'he Proposed Bull Fight Near Rock Hill Was Stopped BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR. Who Gave the SheritV AUthority to Cal! Our the1 3ilitia i1 Necessary 1 Prevt the -igtht. Th.n . C2u:i2hia State siys it seems Lt atle repor reacliing the governOr fromn New York in rerird to a pro Losed bull tgt with *''t lter Eihts near i{o.k lii11 Thursd-y had 1m1plC folndio'i, in fact. When the governor reached his of ie Thursday rnorninm-r he found the rowi fm Editor J. .. 1u1ll of the HIcck 1Hil Herald whom he had reouested to farnish li ht -eplying to yours of Wednesla n'ght report referred to appears to 1e *uti horitative.. H and bills circulated mounicin bull tigih t. dloi ti .Zht. couk eights ec.. comml2encing Friday a oon on farm of N. F. Thornason. four miles s!outheast Lf Iic:k Illi. The governof tihen asked the attr aey general to look into the Stato law Ir. the sub :t. and was funished wi? he following: [is Excellency. M. B. McSweene. Governor. Coumbia. S. C. Sir: You request to be advised as o the law in this State in reference to reventing cock ighting, bill light 1ng. etc. Chapter 30. page 45!. of the crimi 2al code of the State, provide-: Every owner or person having the )ossession. ciiarge or custody of any nimal. who in an unnecessarily cruel )r inhuman manner. or knowingly or vilfully authorizes or permits the t ;ame tI be subjected to any unneces arv torture, sufTering, or cruelty of my kind, shall be punished for any uch offense. Another section provides; "Who ver intiets unnecessary pain or suf ering upon any animal, or whoever -auses the same to be done. whether ;uch person be the owner thereof, or iaving the charge or custody of the ame, shall for every such offense be I zuilty of misdemeanor,' and be pun shed as provided by law. Another section provides: "Every >wner, possessor or person having the harge or custody of any animal, who n an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman naier. or knowingly or wiifully au- t horizes or permits the same to be ubjecled to unneessary torture. suf ering or cruelty of any kind, shall for very such offense be guilty of mis lemeanor," and punisiled as provided >y law, The ame also provides that "it ;all be the duty of the sheriff, deputy heritf, deputy State constables, con tables and police ofilcers to prosecute 01 violations of the provisions of this t thapter," and provides that one-half t he penalty cullected shall insure one alf to the South Carolina Society for he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I It should be noted that'in this chap- I er the word "animal"~ or "animals" iall be const rued to include all brut ' :reatures. and the words ''owner. 'person," and whlorver" shall be heldi :o include corporations. as well as in- . ividuals. . 1 There is also another provision to e found ir, section 29d of the criminal. ode, making it a misdemeanor for 1 ny person to engage in or present~at :ok fighting within three miles (if ny chartered institution of learning ( >f this State, and imposes a penalty< therefor. From these citations it necessarily I fllows that ample penalty is imposed for bull lighting, cock lighting, etc.. id that outside of the constitutioni path to enforce the law, a special stat ute directs the peace otiiers of thei State to enforce the provisions above :ited. Yours very truly. U. X. Gunter. .Jr.. Assistant Attorney General. I The governor upon receipt of the bove telegraphed to the York sheriti is follows: To Jno. Rt. Logan, Sheriff, Y~orkville. S.C.: Information has been received at this department that cock rights, bulli ights. etc.. are to take place near Rock Hill Friday at noon. Under] :hapter 30o, page 451, criminal code of( South Carolina. you arc directed and iuthorized to go at once to Rock ilill and prevent such porposed violation! jf the law and if necessary call oat the military company at Rock Hill or .omlnti such~ poIsse as ma'y be neces ary to prevent said lights. Di your duty in premises as poviuded in crimn nal code. Wire ime fully as to situa-1 tion. M. B. 31cdweenev. Governor. Thursday evening the governor re *'elved the following from the York sherifi. dated at Yorkvile: To 1. D. M1eSweeney. (Gove1 nr: IHave no iniormation further thani is contained in vyour telegram, but. wil gZo to Rock Hlill tonight and see that the proposed violation if thela is not c nsumnma ted. Jtohni I. Logan. Sheri tf. i. TIhomasonm endeavored to talk to the govern~or by long distance 'ohine but the governor told M1r. Thomason to telegra ph him i any thing he wished to say in regard to the maut There was somn'ewhat of a sensation abrut seven years ai"' wh~en it was an nounced thtia bul 'ight would take lace on the Hlaynie H.ll place near Ienno in Laurens countyv. T[ne gover nor tried to intacept the tight but the sherili was delyed in getting to the scene. Excursions had carried hun reds or people to the place. When the hunr for thieihoiine enicunlter ar ived the two bulls strolled intio the rena. looked at each (t her--mad. friends and endedl t he sport in a yer aamsi ng in:. ner. A dispitchIii foim I. k H ill dated F idav nmo rning at ten o'clicik says aIt this u en 'rea del fci excitement is h wn here and the streets are t ull of elie discc-ussig the' situatlin and tie possible resutiis. T he excit ement ses to he giood na'tured atnd niatural when th no- t ers tcd that it is not. m!jpp' sse t ,at nning serious will rsu itmrly n I. excited expectaciiy. n tn is certain. however. Sheriff S.Lon is; !here- and has called ut the Catwi:V. IRles. Capt. I )n ( ! ori's iig to report at the Wene i r disr. :mie at oneT. Nlealing thLat there migiht be r' isanlOe of his urders to prevent the che (uled bul tigrht. Sheriff Logan had the Calwba lti:!cs with 25 men under apt. Herbert Dunlap ol the ground 1 the i.ne a ppointed for the tight. .s was predicted in) letter Fida3y orn Iig. Mr. Thomason is law-abid ng. a in after a conforence with thle ,heriff notitied him that he would call 11t lhe tight, of bulls, dogs and cocks. \r. Thomasoni then arranged a drag OXg chase with ain rpossum11 a, the cent and very pretty rae % ensiueod and ,wavtnesdb a bicrowd wich ind assemjbkJ in expectation of a ;e1 ti;ne. Th ue ihi: and other etuirnedI to Itk Iilti leaving the Jherilt U:1 the Lround prepared to pre *ent any mateiied lighting ot any ani nal. TIRE sHElIFF'S REPORT. Friday eyvening, the f')llowing dis mieh wa; reld from the sheriff of iork county, dated from ;eclf lIill Gov. M1. 1;. feSweemney. Columbia, C. Took one corstable and went to s I Chom)nassoin at ' o'clock this mornit. 1" said unl!ss enio'ned by circuit udge the hull tight1 and other igz in p!.QgIIrorlam1e w(oul certainly cvma 0 as ad!vertised by noon. A fter t :. niig this I sent fir a detachment of he Catawba tijies as directed by you. :itain Dunlap respoided with 2. gen. On their arrival there was no rouble to pre-.ent tle hull lght. The :rowd present was small for the news >apers had published the fact; that he governor had wired the authori les not to permit the law to be violat -d. At :; p. m, everything perfe'ctly [ulet.. There ;re atbout 100' Ocks at le cock pit. John P. Logan, Sheriff. In connection with the whole natter Bssistant Attorney (general Qunter ays that arrests may be made with ,ut warrant in cases of charges of 'cruelty to animals. A gentleman from Rock Hill. who Vas in Columbia 4.'iday, iaid that this endezvous bas been the scene of some arnous chicken tights recently. There s an enclosed pit on Thomson's place ,d he pot only makes a nice thing ln admission, bit is said to conduct a ort of resturant. where meals are ierv d and where parties from a distance an get a sleep-for these mains are aid to last two or three days at a ime. le said that the people of tock Hill are glad that the governor iad gotten wind of the affair and topped the bull tight. Thomason vas once a United States deputy mar hal and he has a brother who is now State constable. WAS WELL ADVERTISED. The following copy of a circular vilh had been distributed shows that here was every intent to have the ight: 'To The Sporting Public: "On the 12th day of December, !02. there will be a bull tight at I. - Thomasson's cick pit. situated bree and one-half miles east of Rock il. S. C. " Che light will be between two reg stered Jersey bull's, each of them four; *ears old and weighing about one' housand pounds each. "One of the bulls is owned b)y Rt. F. L'homasson, of Rock Hill, S. C., and .he other by M. M. Tiilman, of Van Vyck, S. C. "The tight will take place in a1 oube enclosure. There will be a :overed grand stand with a seating :apacity of tive hundred persons and ipward. The fight will commencee >romptly at 12 o'clock noon. "A dmission fee one dollar. "There will also be cock fighting. Lwo mains of nine cocks each will be 'ugit that afternoon and night and tlso the next day. "Arrangements are also on foot for dog fight between two thoroughbred ull dogs. "There will be a 20-minute d1rag ox chase in sight and hearing of the rand stand immediately after the >uil tight. Ten fox hounds will be in he chase. "The sporting public are cordially nvited to attend1. "llacks will meet all trains at Rock liil that day for the accommodation f all parties." Bold Bank Robbery. A bank at llsboro. N. M., was ield up on Wednesday afternoon by robbers who escaped with consider tble booty as but a short time before nattlemen had deposited some s:30.000. [he deedl was done in broad daylight. ['e robbers made for the northern >art of the county. A fter midnight hree men were heard galloping at a urous rate through Fairview. a nninjig camp, and were headed for me Black range. A sheriffs posse s in pursuit. The bank is owned by 'ennsylvaia capitalists. and is do g a large business. llillsboro is off he railroiad line, the nearest railroad >int being Lake Valley. a number of ies to north. There is note raphic communication. Rtobber Kilied. A daring and fatal attempt to rob ie hank at D~ekalb. Texas.. was made y four men Wednesday morning. )ver the bank is the local telephone xage. operated by WV. L. Dodd iid his son Marvin. twenty years of ige. One of the robbers knocked at the telephone exchange door and when Marvin Dodd responded a pistol was presented at his head. Young Dodd rapped with the man, wrenched the weapon from him and with it shot the bandit. killing him in his tracks. A fusilade followed and young D~odd was shot twice but not seriously wounded. The three surving bandits esca ped. A Big Turnip. A dispatch from Anderson to The tate says Mr. Columbus C. King, wlo lives four miles north of that citv. has had on exhibition the record brai. tunpo the season. It and ea sure :N; inrches in ci rcum fer ence. It is the biggest turnip ever seen there-bigger than any two tur n inS ini lac-. T 1)I."ORA.1 !(T'!4I The Seizure of Their Ships Stirs Up the Venezuelans. DANGEROUS FOR FOREIGNERS. .Mob Attepintel to 1Breaik ir: Germon amti Briitish, Leg.ations.. Then All Sub.jects of Thlo) countries A rred~. The arrel l) !t wVeen g agnl: 3' a Grmav on! 1te one sie anr \'enez an on the ot!er has reache] a crisis. Ten Grnn and four British cut.Lers sLptr th4 e Venezuelan Ileet at La 1uayra on welesday. Theiy went ongside the Venezuelan vessels and order the;n to surrender and witoutp a shot being sired, the Biritish and German forces seized the fleet in the n;nle of the German emperqr anrj tie king of Twngla. Twu of tLe vessels which were undergoing repairs were broken up. The German cruiser Panther steamed into the harbor dur ing these proceedings .with her decks cleared for action. The Venezuelan steamers were taken lit rside tiihle;ar bor at t o'cloeZ this morning. Tne General Crespo. Tutmo and Margrita were sunk. The Ossun was the onlyi vessel spared in view of the protest made by the French charge d'aiTaires, 11 Quievre,.! who notltied the (on mo)dure of the allied fleet that the I Dssun is the property of a Frenchman. At 10 oclock Wednesday evening 130 German sailors w-yere landed and prgceeded to Oardonai, a suburb or La Guayra, in wich is situated the resi dence of German Consul Lentz, who with his family they escorted bac4 to 1 La Gua yra ahd piaoed on board the 1 tirship Vineta. On their way back the German sailors met a party of F Venezulean soldiers, but no collision took place. At 5 o'clock Thursday 5 morning a landing party of 30 British E seaman went to the British consulate f and conducted the British consul, It. Schunek, and his family on board the I Retribution. The (errnan and British residents at La Guayra have been ar rested with the exception of Mesg.rs. Fieldwick, Prince 4pd Lepage, the Engl;sh d1irectLrs of the harbor cor poration, who barricaded themselves in their house, WANT TO FIGHT. There was a great patriotic demon stration in Caracas when the news ar arived that the British and German warships had seized the Venezulean war vessels at La Guayra. Crowds I quickly gathered and paraded the street and squares of the capital- dis playing banners and singing patriotic I songs. Violent speeches were deliver- 1 ed at various points. The populace marched to the palace of President Castro, who addressed it. The mob then moved on to the German lega- I tion shouting, -Death to the Ger- 1 mans." The -tndows were shattered with stones ae-R attempts were made to force the doors, bult the latter re sisted these ecforts, and Mmne. von Pilgrim-Baltazzi, the wife of the Ger mari charge d'affaires, who has been ill in bed for the past two months and therfore could not leave Caracas with her husband, was thus saved from violence. The crowci then marched to the G;erman consulate and to the residence of Dr. Koehler, again ston ing the windows and attempting to force an entrance. The police made no effort to disperse the demonstra The excitement was still intense. when at .10 o'clock at night the gover nor ordered the arrest of all the Ger mvi and English residents. One hour later 205 persons prominent in social and commercial life were crowded to gether in the police station. All the British residents were arrested except Albert Cherry. of the Venezulea British-owned Central railway, and Mr. Wallace. manager of the tele phone company, who escaped to a place of safety. Ninety-seven Ger man residents were arrested, among. hem the German consul. Valentine Blohm and Herr Knoop. th manager of the German Central railway. Iherr Simnross, chancellor of the German legation, was met by the police near IBhlivar square and also at-rested. Amid cries of "Death to the Germans" and 'Dw with the foreigners" the populace di-I rected its way to the German residen tial quarter and gathered outside the Hotel Klindt and the German Club. vociferating and uttering insults. CAUsE OF THE TROUBLE. Venezuela has becen seeking to avoid payment of Bristish andl Ger man claims for a long time, and oniy recently did the British and German governments decide to enforce the col lection of these claims. No schedule of these claims against Ventezuela has ever beeun published. but it is known that the total is nearly 820.000.000. Of the two nations, Germany is the larger creditor, about 815.000Y,000 of the 20.000.000 being due German sub j ects. Tne claims consist first of unpaid in terest on the $10.,000.000 loan of 1896. which was taken up by the Germans in greater part, and the rest by Brit ish and French capitalists. This is said to amount to about $2.500.000. Then comes claims for merchandise delivered by G;ermani traders to the Venezuelan government and never paid for. Lastly. and these. though indelini te in character and undoubtly greatly swelled, comprising the majority of the total, are the claims for the pro perty of German subjects destroyed in the various revolutions in the past ten years or more. and the concessions lst in theL same manner, or oft which the holders were deprived arbitrarily b Castro altogether. S ome $50,000.000 of German capital are invested in Venezuela and the presnt movement is intended for the future. security of this as much as for the squaring up of old accounts. The caim of~ G1 reat Britian arc similar in c~haacter. 1y his insolence towar-d the United States as wvell as toward the two other countries now at issue with him. Castro has entirely alienat dl our state clenartment CONTROLS FOUR STATES. The Mormon Church is Beconing z Strong- Political Powe-r. It is deal;ared by so.e of those who know that the Mormon chuIrch now hols the halance of political power in four states and they believe it will soon control seven common wealths. th. Wyoming. Coloradlo and Idaho are said to he cointrolled by the vote of the mnebN ers of that Lhurch. directed bw its rulers. and sOon Montana will he peopie' by oh if tiem to hOlM the balane of* power. while Arizona and New Mexieo, which may be admi lted to st:ttehoad tt the comfin" ssion of con;ress. a:e -xpected to send to Washngto; two enators and one con.greian;i ea: i. wVho will he in accord with the ari Pinistrati n and will vote and worlk or the interests oi tlhe churcih when Ver fhey cornie befure either house of angress for action. Had it not been for the work of the ;hurch oflicials. it is stated that Utah Lnd Idaho would have cast their votes 'or the Democratic candidates at the -ecint elctior. 'he masses of the Mormols are naturally De:nouratie. javing received their inspirations rom Brigham Young. who was a D)emocrat. and the utterane-s of the lead leader were regarda as inspired. cesides the:y say thec D~emiocrats al valls cleait we'll with them. It was a )cinacratiC administration which nade 1ri-tham Young governor .4 the erritory of Utah; a lerocratie ad ninistration whioh released from >rison man then serving sentences for 'ilving their religion;" it was a Demo :ratic administration which admitted itah to the Union, But since the trendi of national poli ics has been in the direction of Re >ublicanism the Mormons have hanged. They will "stay out" un il a Demoeratshall have been elect id president of the-United States. hose who know them s'qte, and at he general election following all the tates controlled by them will go ).emocrtic once more. Politicians dy that Idaho was a Democratic tate until 24 hours before the last lection. when tlie order went forth rom the lleatds of the Mormon church. .nd the Latter Day Saints voted the Aepublican ticket. lQT WHAT IT SEEMED. L Silver Dollar With e Secret. An Interesting Story. A gentleman from the baby county >f Lee was in the city the other day .nd had in his possession one of the nost unique curios seen in many a lay. "Did I ever show this spurious coin hat was passed off on me by a darkey ot a month ago?" said the gentle nan, at the same time thrusting his land into the depths of one of his rousers' pockets and taking therefrom vhat looked like a genuine silver 'trade" dollar, of the series of 1887. After a careful examination it was ianded back to him with the remark ,hat it was not spurious, but was a rade dollar and is worth .about 80 or 5 cents. "I would not take $2 for it," re >lied the Lee county man. "It is the nost unique specimen of the silver mith's art I ever saw. .Just look 1ere," said lie, giving the innocent lollar a tap in the palm of his hand nd instantly it parted in twain. Only >n one edge it was held together by a elicately concealedi spring and re realed the heretcfore nidden photo. ~raph of a pretty woman, apparently tbout 30 years old, rather sto)ut, with~ >lue eyes and light hair-evidently he picture of some man's wife. Upon :lose examination it can be seen that two silver dollars were hollowed out md the two opposite parts tittedto. gether so neatly that it was only by rcident that it was found to contain isecret spring. How it came into the possession of the negro is not known nor can his. identity. be fully established. The only theory that can be advanced is, that it was the property of some traveling man who adopted this method of car rying his wife's photograph and doubt less paid it out through mistake. thinking that it only onie of the ordi nary silver dollars so common mn the South. An Unusual Case. A veryv unnsual case caine to the at: tention of .Judge Southworth in the ounty court at GJeneve, Ill.. when he omnmfitted little Timnonthy Sullivar ro Elgin to the Home for Roys at ilenwood. The lad is only 4 years old. and his mother died last Septemn ber. His father. Timothy Sullivan,a laboror, abandoned the child and left Elgin. The child simoakes and chews tobacco like a veteran, and has in heritedi relish for whiskey and beer. Hie t ld the judge that what he liked best of anything was cigars, aind sgerly seized oine when it was hanmded him. lie testitied that his father ave him whiskey and beer to drink, md witnesses told of the lad being in . stupor frequently from drink. l e inly weighs twenty-eight pounds and is thin and pale faced. New Lawyers. The following young men were ad mitted to the practice of law in this State at Columniia last Wednesday having passed the requisite examina tion: W. Christie Bernet, .Jr., and Porter IH. Mec3aster of Columbia: D). I. Frost and Jno. P. Grace of Charles ton: R. G. Stone and Jf. it. 31artin. of Grenville: W. E. .Johnison. of Aiken: W. B. M1orton, of A bbeville: 13. F. Keller. of O)rangeburg: I'reston U. Barron. of Rlock Hill: J. L. Sherard md W. L. Laboon, of Anderson: W. W. Sheppard. W. W. Coleman, and Barnard II. Evans. of Edgetield: C. arley. of Barnweli: J. MIonroe Walk er and W. W. Cone. of Walterboro: W. C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens. and James F. Elmore, of Holly Hlill. MIr. John son wa~s recently elected Senator fromr Aiken county. and MIessrs. Uarron and Irby are new members of the Legislature. Scaldedc. Himxself. In a tit of rage because his mother rebuked him and petted his younge: brother. little James MIeSheeney, 0 Derby. Conn.. three y-ears old. th-rew~ himself into a tub of boiling wvate and wvas so terribly scalded that hi ied. SOME INTERESTING FACTS Obtained in investigation of Chain ol'Til!e in Spartanburg. Some interestinmz facts have been broduht out by investigation into the chain of ti~e to the lot recently pur chased for a site for the public build in-- in Spartanburg made by Mr. . A.~Phifer. The deeds on record show that on Fe'ruary 10. 1785. William W'ood leaied to Thouas Williamson in conside-ration of the sum of 10 s uiilings. *that pantation or tract of land contairning 440 acres lying and being in the district of Ninety-Six be l'o.w the line on Fair Forest. bounded suithward by William Woo~is land and on all others by vacant lands." The hid Idescr ibed in this lease enbraces the public square and the land around the sOlare to the extent of 440 acres. At ~that time the only house on this plan tation was the one whereon the said Tho..aas Williamson then lived. This lease was for one year 'and fully to be completed and ended yielding and paying therefor unto the said Win. Wood the rent of one pepper comn on the last day of the said4 term if the same shall be law fully demanded." This lease further stipulated that it was tw be followed by a release or a deed and consequent ly on the_ next day, February 11, 1785, Wn. Wood executed a deed to Thomas Williamson in c:>nsideration of ?75 of Virginia currency. To this deed Win. Wood made his mark. It was signed in the presence of William Williamson, Rebecca Wood and Moses Wood. Seven years later this land located in what is now the heart of Spartan burg was sold by Thomas Williamson I to William Wells for -240. It is the same lani that Williamson bought seven years previous for $75.00, so it will be seen that advance in real estate is no new thing in Spartanburg. January 25, 179M, Wm. Wells sold 355 acres of this land to Wm. Thom s'on for 4350, showing another very decided inarease in value owing no doubt to the fact that a part of the land had been given to the erection of a court house and jail and other pub lic buildings in the "county of Spar tanburg." This deed recites that the land is "in the district of Pinkney." In 1805 these 3W acres were sold by Wim. Thomson to Richard Thomson for $5,000. This deed recites that from the 355 acres, seven acres ex cepted, two acres given to the public whereon the court house and jail now stand, and ten half acre lots were sold by Wm. Thomson to the following persons; two to Wm. Wells, one to Noah Wells. two to Douglas Punkett, two to W m. Smith, one to Abner Ben son, one to Nancy McKie, one to Narcissa MeLie. The remaining property secms to have remained in Richard Thomson's possession for nearly thirty years when on July 5, 1834, he sold that particular tract whereon the public building is to be erected to Dr. James J. Vernon, one acre and three-tenths for $310. The land was next sold by the sheriff to James Bivings in 1842 and brought $1,6C2. James Bivings gave it to A. W. Bivings, who sold it to Robert E. Cleveland in 1855 for $5,000. In 1875 RI. E. ICleveland willed tbis property to Ji. F. and J. B. Cleveland. It will soon become the property of the United States government.-T hi e State.__________ Passing Away. It is stated that all through the arctic region the inhabitants are fast disappearing. The Alaskan Esqui maux have been greatly reduced in numbers. When explorers first went among them their number was believ ed to be from 2,000 to 3.000; now it is thought that hardly more than 500 people can be counted from Point Barrow to the Aleutian Islands. The lot of these unfortunate natives has been made harder to bear by reason of the destruction of sea life by the whalers who harried the Alaskan coast. The extermination of the seal, walrus and polar bear has likewise done its share to embitter the cup of the Northern races. In Southwest Greenland a simnilar condition of affairs exists. The 10,000 natives are barely holding their own, although largely added by the Danes. Labra dof natives are likewise decreasing. Twenty years ago they numbered 30, 000: now they number barely 15,000 souls. Two decades ago the entire pop ulation of the Ncrth was estimated at 30,000: it is probable today that the number has been almost cut in two. In a few more years these people will all have disappeared, and nothing of them will remain but a memory. The governments that own the lands in which they live should try and find out what is the cause of the decay of these peopie and if possible stop it. A New York Mystery. The body of the lad found in Cen tral Park New York Thursday night has been identitiedi as that of Recas M. Kruch. the 11-year-old son of a well to-do tailor. After an examination of the body. the police expressed the belief that the boy was murdered Nine wounds, evidently made by fin ger nails, were found on the throat and there were other evidence that he had been strangled. Mr. Kruch said his son often sold papers after school. The body was found on the Fifth avenue side of the park, in a bridle path near 85th street, a fashionable neighborhood. Always a Hero. The Nashville News says De Wet has been compared to our Southern hero. Lee. but in his last performance there is no similiarity to anything in Lee's career. One could hardly im agine our great general at the close of thie war hastening to write a book to vent his spleen and disappointment by laying the blame of defeat on others. No: there was never such another as Robert E. Lee in peace and wvar, in victory and deeat. always a hero. scarded With Corree. Lucile Corley, two and one-half years old, daughter ojf J. WV. Corley of Ad mlnt. died Thursday afternoon -t o oclock at her fathers home in Easxt P omnt fromn burns received about tiree. weeks ago. The child was play ink' about the kitchen stove when up set apot of boiling coffee. spilling the contents over her from head to foot. She lingered along in great agony un il Thursay. WHITE SLAVERY I Under Shylock Masters in the Penn sylvania Coal Mines. A STARTLING REVELATION. The Cruelty of the Coal Operators Told With Simplicity and Truth by Old Men and Women. Startling revelations are being brought to light of the cruelties of the coal operators in the coal mines of Pennsylvania by the commission'to investigate the cause. of the coal mi ncer's strike. The commission is now in session at Scranton, Pa. The tes timony as presented by some of the witnesses whose lives are given up to the coal mining industry,was at times pathetic and surprising to the com missioners, who listened to it with undivided atteation. Henry McColl, a Markle miner, told how his family, including his mother in-law, who was a hundred y eais old, was set out on the road with their bouiehold goods. He gave'a graphic description of how he was injured many times in the mines. The com pany gave him nothing until after the employes took li-acollection for him, then he was given $50 The be ing on the injured list for two years. The company took out of the collec Lion the rent he owed. In answer to other questions, he said that he was one of the thirteen evicted by the Markle company. Then followed the most pathetic story yet told the commissioners.Tbe old miner, decrepit front many Injuries, -told un der the examin'ation of how the'evic tion was carried on. The wife was sick and her one hundred year old mother was blind and unable to walL. The day on which they-were "thrown out" was rainy. He took them the best he could to Hazleton, seven miles away, and placed them in a cold, damp, empty house. "We were greatly worried because of our. having been turned out of our house, and one night," the witness said, between sobs, "she died." "She died?" exclaimed Judge Gray, who was pacing to and fro across the room as he quickly turued when he heard the man's last words. "Yes, sir, she died, and I burled her yesterday." No one cared to cross-examine him, and Judge Gray said: "That is all, Mr. McColl, and that's enough." Mrs. Kate Burns, of Jeddo, told a story of how she and her two boys worked years to pay off an accumulat ed house rent and coal bill, due to the Markle company, the narration of which deeply interested the commis sioners. She was examined by Law yer Darrow, and in answer to his questions she said her husband was an engineer inside the Markle mines. The husband was killed under ground, leaving her with four children, the eldest of which was a boy of eight years. The company never offered her a penny, but the employes gave her about $180 to defray the funeral ex penses. -After her husband had been killed, she moved from her four-room - house into one containing only two, one room above the other, and for the next six years she struggled. as best she could to get along. She took in washing, scrubbed for the neighbors, and once in a while she was .given work cleaning the offce of the Markle company. When the eldest child was fourteen years old she sent him to the mines. A t the end of the first month the lad brought home his wage state ment, showing that the mother owed-~.., $396t for back rent. The boy's wages for the month had been taken off the bill and he came home empty handed. In the course of time her next boy was old enough to earn a living and, he, too, was sent to the colliery. Like the older brother the second boy received no pay, his earnings being deducted for rent. The mother un the witness stand, was by this time welling up, and when she added that the money she earned for cleaning the Markle offce was never given her but kept by the company for rent, the commissioners looked at one another in surprise. She said It took the three of them thirteen years to make up the debt. Killed in a Cotton Gin. A special to The State from Hamer says Mr. Peter G-. McEachern, a high y'respected and progressive citizen of that place, was caught in the saws of his gin Wednesday and before medical aid could reach him he blead to death. He was about 45 years of age, was a bachelor, and was a deacon in the Kentyre church, and was one of the foremost citizens of Carmichael town ship. His body was interred In the family burying ground near his home Thursday, and a large concourse of friends an'l neighbors testified their respect by attendance thereon. It is a singular fact that the three- large ginneries at Hamer, four had each their casualties, but this lasu. is the first wvith fatal result. Mr. B. P. Ilamer, Jr.. and Mr. D. W. Camp bell, owners or the two others, and both prominent citizens, have crippled hands as a result of similar accidents.~ Oil in the Wells. The Columbia State says much ex citement has been caused at Iva in this State by finding oil in the wells of Messrs. G. F. Burdette and R. S. Yeargin. Mr. Yeargin discovered oil in his well about two months ago, but - thought some one had put it in there. A bout this time he had some sickness in his family and thought this was the. cause of it and quit using it for some time, but is using it now and can still taste the oil. Nothing was thought of it until a few days ago when Mr. Burdette discovered there was some oil in his well. They have taken no action yet. but it is hoped they will have things investigated to see If there really is oil in them.