The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 29, 1903, Image 4
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heoin.e fheen u .'' r
~It wa bv e9 -~o'm h ee
in: when I rs. '\son. who i-. an i
vald. e ;l her daughter's attentic
to a curious grating sound that can
from the room next door. TI
children had been playing there but
short time before, and the mother. wl
was exceed ngly ner us. .felt wcrri<
at the slightest hitnt it danger.
Alice Nelson. : hough she is only
years of age and frail in appearane
has a rare amount of pluek and dete
mination. She armse quickly at
hastened to the children's room. T1
spectacle that met her gaze as sl
threw open the door was sutlicient
unnerve a stronger person.
A BtRNING LAMIP IER WEAPON.
In the flickering light of the log ti
Ahe saw her little brother and sist
asleep upon the heatth ru--weark
with their play they nad lacked ener.
- to climb on t he high inur-post bed
the corner. Cra'viin! w over iI
gtlor in the direction of the tire was
great slimy alligator. Green foa
dripped from its ponderous jaws at
its wicked stony eyes glittered with
balefvl light. Alice Nelsor perceivt
that not an instant was to be lost
the lihes of the little ones were to I
saved. Already as she stood in ti
.enreay the big reptile was with
about five feet of the little girl's i
cumbent form.
There was no time to look about f
a proper weapon. Seizing a large <
lamo from a table within reach of b
arm the girl leaped forward with
scream, calculating to draw the atte
tion of the reptile from the children
herself. As with open mouth it turni
toward her she raised the flaming lan
above her head and threw it with ,
the strength she possessed into t!
open jaws of the monster.
With an angry bellow the sauri,
snapped his saw-like teeth togethe
and then, while the jets of burning
enveloped his head. he plunged arour
the floor lashing his tail and writhit
with agony. Chairs and tables we
smashed to splinters, and the noise
the breaking furniture combined wi
the bellowing of the saurian quick~
aroused the household.
CHILDREN SCREA3ING WITH FRIIGH
"I never once thought of my o'
danger." says this heroic girl. "3
mind was fixed u pon rescuing the lit1
children, who were screaming wi
fright and so dazed by the awful see
that tbey could do nothing to~ he
themselves."
Thanks to the power of will. Ali
Nelson was able to cope successiu:
with her terrible antagonist. S
avoided his charges and the deac
sweep '?f his tail by her rapid dlodgi.
from side to side. Without losing 0
of the moments so precious to her
the unequal contest she picked up t
children and tossed them up
the high bed in the corner out of t
monster's track.
The cries of her mother, who st
lay on her couch in the front roc
ignorant of the exact cause of t
tumult, attracted the girl's attentil
and she would have run to her, but
she turned her bead the alligator w
-almost upon her. and at the same m
ment the front door blew open al
the two house dogs ran in to the a
of their young mistress.
It was because the front door h:
not been securely fastened that ti
alligator was enabled to gain access
the house. Prowling about in sear'
of food-young pigs or stray puppi
-the creature had penetrated to t]
children's sleeping room witbout b
inig observed by any one in the smni
household.
Goaded by the barking and saa
ping of two dogs the saurian flounder<
out of the children's room and ma<
straight for that in which lay the il
valid mother.
HOT COALs IN ITs NOUTH.
Mrs. Nelson says that when thea
ligator crawled into her room it ma<
straight for the glowing embers in ti
hearth. It was evidently confused;
most wild beasts and reptiles are-i
the light and was partly blinded
the objects around it.
Alice Nelson might have raken r
fuge upon the bed in her mother
room, but recollecting the good use
which she had put tkhe lamp, si
grasped a large iire shovel and tillim
it full of red not coals dashed it agai
at the creature's open mouth.
Enraged by this second fiery atta<
the alligator doubled suddenly abut
and leaping clear of the floor fell upt
the planking of the rdoor with suc(
fury that the whole house swayed at
shook with the shock. The noise
the impact, mingled with the lot
bellowing was such that Miss Neist
stood for a moment completely u!
nerved and on the point of faintin:
But she rallied her hen'umbed fact.
ties, and in the hope that the saurih
might be driven Out of the house I
the dogs she encourged them to hai
and snap at its tough, slimy hid
which even their sharpest fangs cou
never penetrate.
THE BATTLE woN.
As -the now thoroughly madden<
saurian lloundered about in'agor
upon the dloor the girl's eyes fell upo
the tall andirons, oneC of which h;
been shoved into the coals and w;
already glowing red with the hea
In a desperate attempt to drive ti
creature out she picked up this irn
and hurled it at the glittering. vio
ous eyes.' But apparently the cre
ture was heedless of this form of a
tack by this time, for it only bellow<
the louder.
'The last part of the experience
said the girl, in telling of it afte
ward, "was the most terrible of a:
I had run to the back door after
heavy axe which I knew rested ther
and with this in my hand I rusho
back to my mother's bedroom in tin
to find the alligator with its fro,
feet resting 'in the bed.
'I was making clumsy efforts1
drag its whole body up there. whe
my mother was zrouaching in terro
I Iknew that in spite of its awk=:;
movements and the burns that he
disabk d it this maddened reptile co.ul
til deliver a wveil d irected-blow wit
ip n u..:t YSt t1e opp1o -
t a preented, and vStood
near en1ough ;ote "TenomouS h t)
I.' Ale ioti o n heone
LlI
- fa~
1'ENb.WILE. JONES ]PPGINTE gai~
10
4P P
th .s)nsr if ar.
Governo ii lerw'Y ari'' d h api I:
aa
I It V ii;ar i i f ta,:r . :1N
SGen Widie Jones tO succe i the late
A. F. -1rDukes on the >oard of direc- ra
tors of the State dispensary. Gen. to
Jones had accepted the appointmfent. th
but will not stand for reelecton at the ri
ehands of the legislature at the expira
Stion of his term in January of next fr
vear. He has served on the board be- tn
ore. having been chairman of the firs th
eboard organtizedi after the management se
r was transferred from a board consist- w
'i inI:2of cer'tain St:t oti:ials to a boaord ist;
e elected by the geeral assembly. Tne t0 n
a iwg statenient was i\en out iat
'IL fro the gover:drgs ottce last night: j en
a "his app. I;tmlenlt was made after Pi
I much careful onsideration. There ch
were many applicants for the position t
a and many wvel1 qualified to discharge m
d Jts duties. But, after most carefuly bt
i considering the situation the governor
e concluded to appoint Gen. Jones be- w<
e cause of his previous long and eficient
service as a member of the board, his w
e eminent fitness for the position by th
reason or his long business training fu
r and the very high esteem in which he .
Sis held by everybody in the State. li
r "Gen. Jnes was not an applicant tb
a for the position and has consented to fo
n- accept only to fill the unexpired term tb
1o1 with the distinct understanding that Ct
d he will not consuet to be a candidate te
p for reelection before the coming legis- I
Il lature." 10
i The state state says the appoint
e ment of Ge.. Jones will ro doubt cause
i no ittle surprise, but will probably
meet with general approval, for he is
twell known over the State and is
chairman of the Democratic party or
R g anization. There are now in Colum
re bia a number o delegations waiting to
f urge upon the governor the claims of
h their respective candidates and to
ny them the news of the appointmen t
may come as a shock.
. The people of South Carolina cain
n not appreciate how the govern r hat C(
v been besieged for the past thrce d,,s. g
e The telegraph companies have reaped b
Ih a harvest, the special delivery letters Bi
e have come by doaens and the long is
p tancce 'phonies have been kept busy.
Having taken; time by the forelock the t
e governor no doubt has avoided a lot o se
. annoyance in the way of other appegls fo
a for him to appoint this. that or tie
lv other one to a place which seems to be
coveted very much. i
Idae ra ofteDworai at r
An Od Sold ier Fail. k
e At Augusta. Ga.. on Wednesday. til
George Moore, an ex-federal soldier o
e and one of Shermnan's men on his se
march through Georgia, was arrested
1 and lodged in jail to await trial for or
I burglary. fe entered the home of1 at
e Mr. J. W. Robertson, on Walton Way, gi
n and stole a gold watch. On his per- ts
as son, wnen arrested, were found quite el
as a 19,bof jewelry and other valuables in
- supposed to have been stolen, aiso nt
d papers showing that he was dira wing fc
d a federal pension, and a pathetic let- of
ter from his sister in Kentucky. beg- nm
d ging him to give up his vagabond life C1
eC return home and reforrm. Hie was cr
ohfrmerly a member of Co. H Fifth Ohio w
aVolunteers and is nearly sixty years of ec
es age. ____ _ .
'Wednesday night at an early hour w.
Andrew Rainey, a negro, was taken
-away from Constable B~ell by a mob Cl
d and so badly beaten that he died. he
e The constable was on the way to Bain Wl
- bridge, Ga., with Rait~ey to place him ti
in jail to await trial on the charge of mn
arson. He was suspected of having ,bi
. fired the residence of Fred Lang. a an
e farmer, living 13 miles in the-country Gt
me in the night and when the family .ed
s were asleep in th a house. Near the as
town a mob overtook the deputy and ke
a prisoner and demanded the latter un-w
der pain of death. Rainey was ter- w
- ribly beaten and his skull was frac- ini
s tured. After the beating he was car-o
ri ed to the jail, where he died. w
A Rich Thie.
nGeo. T. Gilbert of Waycross, Ga.,
must go to the pen for robbing
~freight cars, thougzh he is a man of g
a eans. being worth S25.000 or $30- Sr
000. His effort to have his sentence T]
commuted to a fine were unavailing av
dand he must do the penance required wr
by the law. Tfhis is as it shuld be, er.
dand we hope to see the time when all er
judges will do as this one did. When ini
a rich man does a crime. let him take an
the same physical punishment that is ni
: eted out to the lowest chain gang p
darkey. This lends to bring all crimi-I
nals down to a common level, where
the blng. A man's money should
bealoig when lhe is guilty of pr,
viltn 0lwso the land. pr<
A 31illion fo~r Tuskegee. T
ral
1 The trustees of the Tuskegee Nor- tr
iy mal and Industrial institute in Ala- ar'
abama have received $uu0,000U towards t
:the endowment fund from Andirew
s ICarnegie. who attended the recient th
. meeting in behalf of the Tuskegee in
estitute, where ex-1'residecnt Grover i
Cleeland presided. The trustees
- will meet soon to take formal action
-in accepting the gift anmd at the :;ame
tme to take measures to still further
increase the endowment. i
THE Journal, of Fayette. Nan.. 10
r ays the account of a recent race
.trouble in its town was "groswly ex- t
aggerated." it gives the "simpl
.facts without exagge ating them, ash
d follows: "The white people of the to
aton simply tied four negroes, one~
Sman and three women. to a tree andw
hrsewhppe them till they were
o blody~ an the man fainted. The gc
'e women.' w're handled a little rougher
.than they ought to have het n. being C
3dragged from their bedis in tir noit th
igowns. The people of Fayette are:
ipeaceable and qiet and weil not adopt str
srave I llowsd vtoughbr l'nt-il
Their Aminitioiri Gavd Out.
iThe British war o1te dt London
.uraday received froa Lrig. Gen.
vini n command cf the "riti.%
es in Somaliland a dipatvh dai"
iles we.tward of (Iakdi, .Suu;
idi A p ri01. ;i follows: U
regret to report that a 1It
uen Under time calcmi. d o U.1.
Ve, v-0yIich !OIL Gu A April 1U. to
-Unnoiter T13 road t 'alla.. hL 11
sterc.ious check April 17.F irig
S heard in the directiou of a smail
rty ucder tne e.mnmand of Col
ivey. which had been sent in a weie
rly direction to reoninoiter.
CoL Cobbe dispatched Cil. PIi;:nk
t with it i) mfen of the Second ibat- h
lion of the Kig's african Rlitles. 4S
the Second Sikhs and two 'xim
ns for the ex:r.catin of Capt. Oli- C
y, if necessary. As a matter of f
et Capt. Olivey had not been en- p
ged. Col. Plunkett, on joining tihe
tachment, continued to push on.
11.45 Col. Cobbe heard a heavy e
e in the direction taken by Col. 1
unkett and at about 1 in the after- C
>n a few fugitives coming in re
rted that Col. Piunkett had been
feated with loss.
" rhe news has been fully corrobo- e
ted since and I have to report the i.
talloss of Cl. Plunkett's party. with y
e exception of 37 Yaos, who have ar
red here. a
"The latest information extracted
m the fugitives is to the effect a
at Col. Plunkett pushed on after e
e enemy's force to open country ,
veral miles westward of Gumburru,
iere he was attacked by a very
rng force of mounted troops and
e enemy's infantry, who attacked
close quarters. lie kept back the
emy until he had no more ammuni- r
)u, when he formed a square and a
arged with bayonets in the direc- b
>n of Col. Cobbe's Seareba. He b
>ved some distance in this manner
it a great many men, including Col. ti
unkett himself, were killed or
C
)unded by te pursuing enemy. e
"At last the enemy's infantry over
selmed the square and annihilated
em all with the exception of the 37
gitives above mentioned."
Another dispatch from Gen. Man- t
g,. who immediately on hearing of r
e defeat of Col. Plunkett started u
r Gumburru with 460 men,*says fur- c
er information reached him from a
'. Cobbe to the effect that the lat- o
r. with 220 treops, was encamping C
th plenty of food and supplies and t
ur days' water.
CONTRABAND WHISKEY
>ind Burie d in a Vegetable Garden f,
at Greenville. p
d
The Greenville correspondent of
ie State savs: The Sunday sinners
ith the opcning of spring time are
eking the Chade of the woods again,
bere their favorite pastime is shufi
g cards and drinking mountain dew.t
ief Hal. with Constables Altor?,
ll. Cooley and Whitmire, reinforced'
iSheriti Gilrenth. Deputy Herman
lenger and Jailer Holcombe, raid-q
the 1tLrge: body of woods near then
erhead bridge on the Paris Mous
in road fo. gamblers and liquora
lers, and succeeded in entrapping
ur negroes. three of whom were I
.ken to ja.il. charged with selling I
urr. The ->fticers saw that oin enter
g the woods they say crowds of0
ite men and negroes down on their d
ess in cir.:les, which is the regula
>n attitude of crap shooters, and thbe
9menit the ottieers came in sight they
attered in every direction. a
This piece of woods is a rendezvous
iSundays for factory operatives d
id trifling negroes, who engaged in
embing, selling liquor, drinking and
~hting, according to taste and in-t
ination. The constables on return
g to the city raided a negro house
rr the Laurens depot, where they
und and condscated several bottles
contraband liquor. Monday after
>on they made a visit to Cripple
eek, near the Air Line depot. where
ime dloth abound at all times, and
nt to the home of George Boliog,
lred, where he was digging in his
rden. After he had dug a space of
ot0 feet the otticers invited him
to the house with them and a search
is made for liquor.
Constable Aitom felt the need of b
ercise, anid returning to the garden f<
picked up the grubbing hoe, with p
ich he went over the same ground ~
at George was digging, and a wo
an asked him not to dig up her seed, ~
t Altom struck a few more licks S
d unearthed four bottles of liquor.
~orge Boling was immediately arrest- v
and taken to jail for safe-keeping, a
it is against the law to grow whis- w
y in this way. His mother is a p
Aite woman with a negreo family C
io has served a term in jail for sell- a
liquor, and she went ahead of the ci
icers so that George might hide the k(
>iskey she knew was in his posses- a
in.o
Killed His Father.
A dispatch from Clinton to the fl
artanburg Journal says Wilter k(
ith, 17 years old killed his father,
iomas Smith, Tuesday night to E
enge what he states were the S
ogs of his father toward his moth
The boy lay in wait for his fath- 0'
as he returned from a saloon and pi
licted three gashes on his head with
axe from which he died during the !3:
zht. The lad surrendered to the k
lice. The victim was 42 years old.
itE mist significant feature or the gj
igress of the settiement of the race *a
>~lem is the change in sentiment .;
the northern press on the subject. g
i New York Sun. one o1f the most et
>id Republican papers in the coun- i1
.has turned almost completely g
>und in its position. it admits that .
good, law abidingr citizens of the
ith must settle the question to g
Ar own satisfaction, and says that a,
re is now a better understanding ir
the north of the burden the south u
s to bear. p
PREACERs of .Pennsylvania are a(
~orously denouncing the bill muzzi- 9
the press, and calling on the 1ft
rernor to exercise the veto power. a
eState says it is natural to find
pulpit championing a free pre5s.
-in so doing it stands for light and in
nesty in public affairs against crime,
-rption and everything? unclea. i
sachers and the worthy papers are w
rking on paralled lines and they ar
.en find themselves traveling to- b
:her in the same road.
ULONEL Watterson calls Grover
veland an "arbiter in modo" If a
Colonel should throw that at any- c
An iucrease I Over Five huindrea
Natmes Ovi Laa: Year.
The cUomtpLrlier nteral has inade
public the nuter cf nioner 5
each couLLy. TDhero are 540 more thi
year .lat ye-ar, the total s
amuuing~. to R.2.- a-zab 7.550 14.'
year. Te increase has been geper
througntut the state, 'Th; vtate boa:a
has ondeavored tG hold the list d0wn
and to rcstric3t the pension fund t(
those who were albsolutely ertitled t(
its benetits. rt will be interesting to
know t.hat the most numerous class of
pen'1ioners w.ll th*s .yar get only
i7. 3. whereas 1at year they -ot
.65;. This rediuction in the amou it
to go to tie pensi(,ners is simply b
cause of the increase in the nun:iwr
adjudged to be entitled to the beidits
of the fund. It will be something of
a suprise to many who have beEn
watching pension legislation to set
where most of the pension fund goes,
as is indicated by the number or pen
sit ners in each or the counties. Tnc
comparative list is as fodlows:
Total Number Pensioners.
Counties. 1902. 190.
Abbeville. ...........141 142
Aiken...............234 251
Anderso ......... 440 442
bamnerg............. 55 6
Barnwell............ 125 131
Beaufort .............37 3%
Berkeley ............116 11
Charleston ...........108 11E
Cherokee........ ....201 20:
Chester....... ......116 13
Chesterfield ..........206 22E
Clarendon ...........138 13:
Colleton............ 334 35:
Darlington.. .........227 21R
Dorchester 63 8E
Edgegeld ............103 111
Fairtield............ 124 121
Florence.. ......... 175 191
Georgetown.... ..... 43 51
Greenville ...........398 41E
Greenwood.... ........ 136 13
Hampton ............176 191
Horry.. ............207 23:
Kershaw...... ........ 36 13:
Lancaster....... ....258 251
Laurens..... ......245 25
Lee................- 12i
Lexington............. 171 211
Marion. ............231 24
Marlboro......... ...138 15E
Newberry.... ....... 153 15.
Oconee.............264 30(
Orangeburg.. ........ 158 18;
Pickens...... ......250 22(
Richland ............197 21
Saluda...... ........151 15i
Spartanburg ......... 51 69]
Sumter. ............200 131
ion...............106 17(
Williamsburg. ........152 17
York.... ...... ....... 294 31
Total......... ..7,750 8.25(
P01SON SENT BY MAIL.
A Man Fats Prepared Food Fron
Package and Falls Dead.
A special dispatch from Pensacola
Fla., to the A tlanta Journal says: Ro
land L. Morgan. a gentleman wh<
came here several years ago from Et
in, Ill., and established quite a set
tlement- at a point in Pensacola Bay
six miles from the city, received
package of prepared food through the
mail Monday and upon swallowing
less than a spoonful was dead in fifteer
minutes.
Later examnination of the bod'
shows unmistakable evidences o1
strychnine poisoning and a test or th(
food he eat was made demonstrates
that it contained enough strychnin<
to have killed a dozen men. Morgan'
relatives can attach suspicion to ni
one. as he had not a known enemy.
In view of this the conclusion is made
that the poison was meant for some
body else, although addressed to Mor
gin. The food came in the manufac
turers' package, this being enclosed
with common white paper. The post
mark is indistinct and postal authori
ties are at a loss to say what is the
emanating otlice.
Three deaths came near being caused
by the contents of the package. A :
soon as the same was opened Mrs.
Morgan and her mother tasted and
immediately became deathly sick. Not
profiting by this warning Mr. Morgat
bimself mixed some milk and placed
it in his mouth. Rigor set in at once
and the deathly stuff acted so quickly
that he fell into an orange bush near
by and badly lacerated his face. De
tails of the case were printed in the
afternoon papers and caused a sensa
titn Morgan was well tixed tinancially
and his relatives stand among promi
nent people in Illinois~ and Ohio.
Try Them.
Mr. P. J1. Rucker, of Columbia,
writes as follows to The State: "Ar
egg wrapped in paper, packed ina
close box in bot weather will keep
three months better than one laid out
in the air three days. It is the alr
that ruins fresh meats, fruits, fish, ice
or eggs. Wrap an egg the day it is
laid and It will never hatch. Eggt
left in open air In July or August will
hatch in three weeks without a her
or an incubator, so they are not flt
to eat in thre". days unless they are
wrapped. Nature has prepared scales
on fish, peelings on fruit, shells on
eggs to keep the air off them. A fis
wrapped in paper in hot weather, not
cleaned. will keep 24 hours better
than one cut and salted two hours.
There is just as much sense in wrap
ping up meats. fish and eggs in hot
weather to keep them as there is tc
wrap up ice to keep it. All I ask of
you is to try it; wrap goxd with paper
and tie so no air can get to them.
Wrap eggs the day they are laid, the
same as you would lemons, and pack
in a close box. There Is one thing
certain that we have not learned all
yet-we only live to learn. Solomon
just learned that he was a fool when
he got ready to die and cried out that
all was vanity." It would do no
harm to give these recipes a trial.
Seven Victims.
It is now practically certain that
seven perished in the wreck on the
Erie at Red House. N. Y., last week.
The bodies recovered are but pieces of
human flesh and bone burned to crisp
and cannot be called bodies. They
bore no clue by which they could be
identiied and railroad otilcials are
unable to do anything toward identi
tication.
.I questioning the logic of allowing
the negro suffrage when refusing the
ballot to the Indian, the New York
Sun asks: "'Is the rascial difference
less fundamental in the case of the
African than that of the Indian? Are
the ultimata possibilities in the way
f training any more apparent at
Tusk:-eree than at (arlisle'-"
THE RON~ HANs
aesia Hai Broken Faith With the
United States
GOBBLING GF MCHURIA.
A dis.patch from ?em-o. Uina. says
ussia has iemanded that China sirn
M agreement practically cdilgI to
er the sovereigntv Of Mfllturia and
cluding other nati' fromin hat
untrV. The Russian cn irge 'atf
tires. M. i'iancon, has infurned
rince Ching. oresiclent of t!)e foreign
lice, that 11o further steps in the
acuation of M:inchuria will be taken
til this azreement is signed. I.rince
hing r-fused the lisu;ian terns, biu7
is refusal prohably pleases Russia as
is acceptance would have done, as
ther alternative means the relinqu
hment of Chinese sovereignty in
[anchuria. The Russian demands
re as follows:
First, no Manchurian por:s or towns
e to be opened: second, no more for
gn consuls are to be admitted into
anchuria; third, no foreigners ex
pt Russians are to be employed in
ie public service of Manchuria;
nirth, the present status of the Ad
inistration of Manchuria is to te
ain unchanged; fifth, the custrms
sGeipts at the port of Newchwat g
e to be given to the Russo-Cinese
ink; sixth, a'sanitary commission to
organized under Russian control;
enth, Russia is entitled to attach
ie telegraph wires and poles of all
hinese lines in Manchuria, and
ghth, no territory in Manchuria is
) be alienated to any other power.
WILL MAKE A PROTEST.
A Wasbington Dispatch says Minis
-r Conger at Peking has cabled Sec
tary Hay a synopsis of the demands
pon China by Russia respecting the
)ntrol of Manchuria. This account
grees precisely with the press report
r Russia's latest coup from the
hinese capitol. Secretary Hay will
ike no action in the matter until he
as communicated the facts to the
ressident and learned the latter's
ishes.
The present impression here is that
ussia's action is distant breach of
ith with the United States. Russia
ledged itself three times formally in
ocuments that aie on record that the
open door" should be maintained in
[anchuria and that Russian troops
ould be withdrawn as soon as peace
'as restored. Final!y the latter
romise took the shape or treaty
,ipulations.- It was provided that
sie evacuation should take place with
1three distinct periods.
'The Russian soldiers should have
ut Manchuria on the 8th of this
ioth, accoraiing to the treaty, but a
lausible explanation for the tempor
ry retention of the remaining Ru5s
an troops was offered by Russia in
ec claim that the country was still
isturbed, and that vigorous military
seasure were necessary for purposes
f nanitation.
Otticials declare that there is no
anger of war with ltussia over tne
sident. The government of the
inited States will record its ideas of
'hat should be done in Manchuria,
nd, as- a result of Secretary Hay's
rjected conference with the Presi
ent, it is probable that a further re
ionstrance will be added, but it is
ticipated that Russia will, for the
me being at least allay foreism op
sition or at least that of the United
tates by carrying out its pledge as
) the open door.
INS URANCE PREMIUNS.
ver Three Million Dollars Paid In
This State Last Yecar.
The comptroller ge.ieral's office is
reparing the annual bulletin of the
usiness done in this State by the
reign insurance companies last year.
y "foreign" is meant all companies
hich have agencies in this State and
ot chartered under the laws of the
tate.
There was a great advance in the
lume of -insurance and in the
ount of premiurns. It is a fact,
orthy of note that the amount of
remiums paid by residents of South
arolina to these insurance companies
as more than double the amount re
~ived into the State on account of
sses. The following advance figures
ill be of interest to the great army
insured in South Carolina:
Foreign tire insurance companies
rote risks of $31,549,428.41. Pre
iums received were $336,350.06, and
sses paid were $226,707.07.
United States fire companies
isks, $58,464,785.42; premiums,
10457.31; losses paid, $467,153.] 6.
Life companies-Risks, $15,803,
)7.70; premiums, $2.030,480.11; losses
jid, $898.677.65.
Accident companies -Risks, $21,
.,220.49; pre?miums, $12,308.61;
sses paid, $341,165.59.
The total volume of risks written
life, tire and accident companies in
102 was $127,139,442.02, an increase
$3,883,924.54: the total amount
premiums received in 1902 was
t,294 656.09. and increase of $403,
.2 or an increase of over 15 per
nt; the total amount of losses for
2 was $i,626.054.46, an increase of
~90.00.80, or over 20 per cent. above
st year.
Trne following license fees were re
ivd by the State from the insur
ice companies: From foreign lire
surance companies, 33,681.75: from
nitd States lire insurance com
nies, $8,222.58: from life insurance
mpanias $13.:352.40: from tidelity.
cident and surety compauies, $2,
.6.54: mortgage company, $100:
aternal societies, $175. This makes
total of 828.448.27.
TlE law in regard to children work
g in cotton mills goes into effect
ay 1. After that date no child un
r 10 years shall be permitted to
)rk- in any cotton mill in this State
d no child under 12 years shall1 be
:allowed to work in a mill from 8'
:iock in the evening till I; in the
orning. In 1904 the age is raised tol11,
id in 190'5 to 12. Exceptions are
ade in cases where the labor of
lildren under prescribed ages is ab
lutely necessary to support a wid
NEW EGOLANDY WALM
. The Suith is Slowly but Surey tus
.-in Her Colton Mill11.
At B .LuO. MilliLE '1VWedV-A1 n'dII
:1 add rosi or welcjae to thi du:, I es
to the annual meetling of the Ne
England (C ttan Manufacturead aa
ci:l in., L4ieur. Gov Cur. , iuil. .'r,
revietfwed the geea ob~Onf et r
ton :a:iruatturln!. iM Now EniUlglani
arivl made31 lnnaiasbwe ie in
du;tr in that setC(U1n and in the su
lie: declared 1!*t 111. ? pite (or comlpc
I i LionI Ne' w !1n.j:iu hl t he :-.e.-;;'
(i cotton mamrfctur- iln .1h coitr
and cu!!ed attentioni to uie fact~s w ie
he said idicat-ti -nt: gra-Ve u'e l
unrest ia this particular indu.-- ry,
ie quoted igures shoxiig t i
crease i the numuber (r active cttoi
spindles in the countl fr on i .0 1. 92
and Said it was idle U) deny the
the rate olf increase in tMe sOutI w;s
much swifter than in New England.
He gave faurther tigures showing that
the south. in comparison with New
England, pays tive-eights as many
ooeratives a little over a third as much
wages for operating about a tbird as
many spindles and said: "No't proxi
irity to the cotton tield.s not climate.
but cheap-labor, long hours, together
with utter absence or ex-itement, and
extreme moderation of taxation ex
plain the growth of the south.
"By the substitution of tine goods
for coarse goods in our factories, Mas
sachusetts has managed to put off the
day of settlement, even to show an in
crease, but ultimately the set day of
settlement must come and we must
face and deal with conditions that
have reduced the spindles in some of
our northern States. Masachusetts
with the shortest t ime limit and t he
oldest age limit of any State in the
i union has to face the competition of
States that limit neither age nor time.
The solution of the problem is not ii
admitting little children in the Ma -
sachusetts mills nor in lengthening
the hours in Massachusetts, but here
'tnd njow to begin a crusade that the
demands of humanity, enforced by law
in Massachusetts, shall be enforced by
law in all the States. Let us n, t, drag
Massachusetts down to the level of Ala
I bama; let us lift Alabama to the level
of Massachusetts. Let us have uni
formity of factory laws throughout the
United States. It is idle for Massa
chusetts to stand alone with wise re
strictions when Alabama and South
Carolina compete with the toil of In
fant tingers against the labor of men
and women."
Hebridean Proverbs.
The dtily talk of the Hebrideans has
4 shrewd picturesqueness. "Let the
loan go laughing home," they say.
That Is, "Be careful of whatever you
have borrowed."
If a person were to be met coldly
- on going to a friend's house, he would
say:
"The shore is the same, but the shell
fish Is not the same."
The impossible is denoted by "black
berries In midwinter and sea gulls'
eggs in autumn."
"Better thin kneading than to be
empty." That is. "Half a loaf is better
than no bread."
"The man who Is idle will put the
cats on the fire."
"He that does not look before him
will look behind him."
"A house without a dog, without a
cat, without a little child, is a house
without pleasure and without laugh
ter."
Homes In Italy.
Speaking of homes and ways of lite
Ing. Mr. Lulgi Villari in "Italian Life
In Town and Country" reveals a curi
ens slate of affairs. In Italian cities
there ar-e no slum districts. The poor
est of the poor may be lodged In the
same palace with people whose Income
runs over $25.000 annually. The poor
are packed away In the garrets or in
the cellars, to be sure, and their mis
ery must be rendered all the more
acute by the sight and scent of such
Iavish living. High class Italians have
no oibjections whatever to dwellng ove
a shop or place of business.
For got H imselL.
Mrs. Henpeck-We hey bin married
twenty years today, Hiram.
IHiram (with a sigh)-Yes, ter twentj
years we've fought
Mrs. Henpeck (scowling) - What2
You old wretch!
Riram (quickly)-Life's battles to
gether, Mirandy.-Judge.
Too Valuable to Lose.
Mr. Grogan-Sure, Molke, an' what
did yez do wit' yure dorg?1
Mike-Oh, he wuz wort' $10 an' O!
kep' t'inkin' If some wan sh'd stale
umn Qi could ill afford th' loss, so O1
gave umn away, b'gorra! -Chicago
News.
Awfully Benighted.
Dasherly--Is he so very ignorant?
Flasberly-Ignorant? Why, actually,
he doesn't even know a cure for coldal
-Kansas City Independent.
Ancestry oL-ghoemazing.
There is nothing vulgar about the
ancestry of the shoemaking trade in
the United States. The first shoemak
er came over in the Mayflower. His
-name was Thomas Beard, and he htid
an income from the London company
of $100 a year and received fifty acres
of land on which to settle. Seven
years later the city of Lynn was
founded, and ever since it has been
making shoes for the world. Philip
Kertland. a native of Buckingham
shire, was the first shoemaker of the
t
city of Lynn. In George Washington's
day Lynn had 200 master workmen
and 000 journeymen shoemakers, turn
ng out every year no less than 300,000
pairs of fine shoes.
Navigating the Elbe.
A curious means of moving boats Is
employed on the river Elbe-a chain
20 miles long at the bottom of the
stream, which is too swift to navigate -
In the usual wray. The boats are 180
feet long and provided with 200 horse
power steam engines which turn a
drum fastened or' the deck. The chain e
comets in over the bow, passing along
on rollers to the drum, around which a
it is wound three times. The chain Is a
then carried to the stern, where It
drops b'ack into the water. The steam
ers tow tive barges contaIning 1,500
tons.
LogienL.
"I could have married either Whip- S
per or Snapper if I'd wanted to. and ~
both of those men whom I refused C)
have since got rich, while you are still jtI
as poor as a church mouse.".
HI'-Of course. I've been supporting
ou nuz these years. They haan't
TH Ei. Indianapolis police were coin- is
pelled to turn in a riot alarm the 1it
other day to save the life of a negro a e
crowd of white men wanted to kill.
Such a little incident: says the Wash- o,
ington Post, but go to show the geo- d<
graphical ramifications of the raeb
Si ari Acctrlte Man frifackei 1. Sa
No Equal.
As a trailer the Colorado Apache has
0o equal. He possesses the acute In
tinct of the hound combined with an
ceurate sense of vision. A turned
ear, a fleck of gravel cast aside, the
Usplacenert of a pebble from Its bed
jii .-, oloar. readable pages.
They ask few it any particulars of
he man they are to follow. They will,
Ls they progrosa oi his track. gather
IP for themselves one by one little
tems as to hs personality, which are
early always verlieed in the end,
WDen following a trail over the iron
!apped rocks and stony arroyas of Art,
:a,. his face is a picture of intense
:0;*'ljr:tiIn. Not a syllable escapes
im. I1I,. pace varies from no visible
ase. .t times he almost runs: then
,vith a rnpid glance behind. he glide
ilon. slowly and vith eyes glued tc
Jhe grou! iiossiily for hours. HIer'
mId there nx"ay be a few stretches of
saud. but dry sand leaves after the
rootstep only an indentation, closing
ifter the pressure. so that to the inex
perienced eye it might have been
orse or a mule that made it and not a
ian. - "Man Trailing With Humar
Bloodhounds" in Outing.
Trick Candles.
"The trick cigar has its counterpar
n confectionery," said a candy manu
lacturer the other day. "The callow
outh who delights in giving explosivr
:gars to his men friends demand.
omething similar for the candy con
uming sex, and we have to meet th4
emand.
"The possibilities of a cream eooco
ate or a piece of nougat are limited
ut we have a few contrivances. W4
nake of a very hard candy an imita
ion of a tooth with a gold crown an
ide it in a cream chocolate. You cai
magine the rest-a party of womei
nunchinig candy, one of them discover
ng something hard and finding a gol(
:rowned tooth-loose in her mouth!
"Similarly we imitate a bone collai
utton in a hard white candy, hide i
:ndy shoe button in a piece of nougat
)ut a bit of cork in a caramel or fill j
!andied cherry with red pepper. S<
ong as the sanity experts don't wee
>t these alleged jokers the candy max
as to put up these trick candies foi
hem."-New York Times.
Honey.
According to a writer in Health, hon
y is a valuable medicine and hai
any uses. It is excellent in mos1
ung and throat affections and is ofter
.sed with great benefit in place of cod
iver oil. Occasionally there is a per
son with whom it does not agree. bul
nost people can learn to use it witI
>eneicial results. Children who have
3atural appetites generally prefer it t(
)utter. oney is a laxative and seda
ive. and in diseases of the bladder an
idneys it is an excellent remedy.
It has much the same effect as win
Dr stimulants, without their injurion
effects, and is unequaled in mead an
harvest drinks. As an external appli
-ation it is irritating'when clear, bul
soothing when diluted. In many placel
it is much appreciated as a remedy foi
roup and colds. In preserving frui
the formic acid it contains makes
better preservative than sugar sirup
nd it is also used in cooking and con
letions. Honey does not inlfure th4
teeth as candies do.
Aneient Rules F'or Carving.
Our ancestors fully recognized the
alue of good carving, and many were
the rules by which a carver was ex
pected to be governed.- The ancien1
"Bke of Kervyng." among other
things. admonishes him to touch venisor
nly with his knife and to "set never 0r
yche, tlesch, beeste ner fowle more
than two fyngers and a thumnbe." Fin
ers he was naturally obliged to use
;ince forks were a luxury of later date
md were not in private use until James
['s reign. Piers Gaveston, the favor
te of Edward II., had three silver
orks far eating pears. but this was re
arded. no doubt. as a great and spe
ial luxury.
Cuckoo Customs In England.
There are or were not long ago In
lifferent parts of England remnants of
ld customs marking the position which
:he cuckoo held in the middle ages. In
shropshire till very recently, when the
irst cuckoo whasiheard, the laborers
iere in the habit of leaving their work,
faking holiday of the rest of the day
mnd carousing in what they called
:uckoo ale. Among the peasantry in
some parts of the kingdom it was con
idered to be very unlucky to have nc
noney in your pocket when you heard
he cuckoo's note for the first time in
;e season.
Cholly's Good~ One.
"Oh, Miss Perkins, I have a conun
wum for you. What is the diff'wence
ietween a jilted fellah who pwretends
me doesn't care and a dish of Dutch
abbage?"
Miss Perkins-Well, go on. What's
he answer?
Choly-One's souah gwrapes and the
ther's sauaukwaut. Ha, hair! Isn't
hat doosid elevah?-New York Press.
Not Sure of mim.
"Why are you so sure that he loves
"Because he stays away from me in
iopes .he can overcome the fascination
f my presence. And there is jfut onle
hing that bothers me-I fear he will
cceed."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A. Neat Bull.
An Irishman, prosecuting another
aan for assault, was asked to explain
he accused's black eyes.
"Ah," he replied readily, "before he
ad time to hit me I hit him back."
It runs in the family-a woman's
nge.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
WOULD WELCOME JESUS.
Rabbi Sa~ a the Jews Would Hail
the "King of Glory."
"If .Jesus Christ should seturn to
trth tomorrow he would be welcomed
ievery Jewish synagogue in the land
ad every Jew would say with David,
sift up your heads, ye everlasting
oors, and the King of Glory sball
me in.' "
This was the climax of the lecture
hich Dr. Hlirsh delivered Thursday
ight before the Epworth League of
. James Methodist Church at Cli-.
tgo. A big audience gave thbe speak~
a storm of applause. He eulogizd
me Lord's prayer, repeating it in uni
n with Christian friends.
"The Jews," said Dr. Hirsch, "do
)t believe in original sin and inherit
Idepravity. They believe every man
a responsible, free agent, and is not
valved in the guilt ojf his fathers or
ildren.
"As they reject the doctrine of
Iginal sin, they reject. of course, the
ctrine of redemption from sin. They
lieve in the Messiah, but the Mes
A WORD OP HONOR.
it X-as the ieans of Bribiging Ua2
Ual Ney to Death.
A saber of honor brought Marshal
Ney to dishonor and death. When Na
poleon entered Cftiro on the 22d of July.
71i. he wax presented with tUree
.wordA of hoaor rlchly inlaid with pre
eoious stones. Ue brought them back
to Europe. ind in 102 he gave one to
Ncy ;da Another to Uurat. keeping the
jji-1 for iuself. Vey received his at
an uniperlin reception. Tie swr.a-t
passed fron one to another of those
present. twoug whr.ni was a y'oung
-pFubaheru Li the Auver1ne regiment.
WIrjn Napoleotn oe'npcd frow Elbe,
Ney left the k!ng and tool sides witl
his formrer ehier. After the allies en
tered Paris. Ney made preparations to
get cut of the country. but his wife an4
a friend persuaded him that there was
really no danger. and he decided to re
main in France. Then came the order
for his arrest. He tied to a castle N9
the possession of some friends and ue.
ceeded in reaching it without his pres.
ence being known. One day. feeling
tired. he threw himself on a couel, firs
taking off his oriental sword. which he
always wore out of sfection for the
emperor. Hearing voices, he sprang
up and hurriedly left the room. forget
ting his sword. A minute later a pap
ty f women and men entere4 the roon,
one of them being the young subaltern
of the Auvergne regiment, now a cola,
nel. He at once recognized the sword
and, calling in some gendarmes, pro
ceeded to search the premises. Finding
that he was discovered, Ney gave him
self up quietly. On Dec. 7, 1815, the
marshal, whose sobriquet was the
Bravest of the Brave, the hero of a
hundred battles, was shot Scarcely
two months after the owner of the sec.
ond sword, Murat. had met his fate in
the-same way.
An Anlliterative Poem on Pig. ;
One of the book collectors of Phila
I delphia has in his library a volume of
Latin jokes that was printed in Ger
many in 1703, says the Philadelphia
Record. The name of this volume to
"Nugm Venales," and it contains 'a
poem 300 lines long wherein every
word-every single word-begins with
the letter "p."
Even the title page of the poem con
tains only "p's." It reads:
"Pugna Porcorum, per Publium Por
cium. Poetam" ("The Battle of the '
Pigs," by Publius Poreius, poet).
Here are two lines of the poem that
show how strange alliteration, so heav
Ily laid on. appears:
Perlege porcorum pulcherrima proelia.
potor;
Potando poteria p:acidam proferre poesim.
Aimcsrt Inered;b:e is the patience that
must bave been required to compose
this work of 1,50 words, every one of
which begins with a "p."
sena:a Tracear.
Among theatrical anecdotes a time
honored chestnut Is that which belongs
to the tent scene in "Richard IIL" The
sto-y is told of Barry S.ullivan, to
whom it prcbably occurred. Anyhow
the narrator has- thrown In a repartee
that is characteristic enough of the fa
mous Irish tragedian.
"Who's there?" exclaims Richard at
the conclusion of his dreaming. Cates
by in his excitement stammered out his
answer and abruptly stopped In the
middle of his phrase, "'Tis I, my lord~
the early village cock."
Sullivan .urveyed the bewilder'ed as
peet or thw o~icer for a few seconds
with a sardornie grin, as If enjoying the
actor's agony. and then growled in an
audible tone. "Then why the mischief
don't you crow?"
Tennysona Memuory.
Tennyson when a young man had a
-strong liking for Gray and classed -hlm -
and Burns as the two greatest lyric
poets or any age or country. He much
loved some of Burns' poetry. But .be
f ore all Tennyson placed -his Bible. He
batd also a great liking for Dante's "In
fernos" and knew it line for line. He
-wotild boast In his pleasant way that
if any one read one line he could give
the next from memory, and he invaria
bly did it.
An Efrusive Combinationl.
Waggsby-Gracious! - If young Got
'rox and Miss Blublud are so fortunate
as to have their marriage blessed with
children, the rising generatlon will be
terrible talkers
Naggsby-Why so?
Waggsby-Why, if "money talks" and
"blood will tell." their progeny will in
bernt tio mighty strong inducements
to be communicative.-Baltimor~e Amer
Ican.
- Silk Adulteration. --
TliIS country is not the only one
where unconsidered trifles are snapped
up by manufacturers and 1put to prac
tical use. In China the down of the
thistle Is gathered and mixed with raw
silk so ingeniously that even experts
are deceived when the fabric Is woven.
It is also used to stuff cushions as a
substitute for eiderdown, and a very
good substitute it makes.
Eve Em'iployed None.
He thought the mothers of the day
were inclined to shirk their proper re
sponsibility, and he was arguing -
against the employment of a maid for
the children.
"Eve," he said, "had no nurseglrL
"And Cain went'wrong," she replied
promptly.-Chicago Post.
Between Friends.
Miss Elderleigh-I'll let you into a
secret If you'll promise not to tell it.
Miss Younger-All right
Miss Elderlegh--I'm engaged.
Miss Younger-Oh, fudge! Suppose 1
do tell It? No one will believe It
Chicago News.
Manna Loa, In the Sandwich Isands1
13,950 feet high, is the highest moun
tain which rises directly from the sea
poral prince, who shall reign over the
Jews after they shall have been re
united and have become a nation
again in Palestine.
"The Jews bold that Jesus preached
nothing but Judaism, the supremacy
of the commandment to love God and
man, the doctrine of the fatherhood
of God, the doctrine that the Sabbath
was made for man, the abrogation of
the law of retaliation, the obligation
to love even one's enemies, and even
the Lord's prayer, which, we redily ad
mit, Is the sublimest petition ever
framed ia the human language; all
these we claim were taken from Jewish'
writting, some of which were comn
posed hundreds of years before Jesus
was born.
"Jesus was crucified by a Rioman
Governor and Roman soldiers. and:
though h!s crucifixion was instigated:
by Jews, it was by a few jealous priests
and .not by the mass of the Jewish
people.
"So far as modern Jews are con
cerned, they regard Jesus as one of the
noblest spiritual teachers that ever ap
peared in the world. The socalled dis
Iciples of Jesus have persecuted the
Jews with savage ferocity for ages and
the Jews have borne their persecutions