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OFFICES FILLED. Elections Held in Legislative Joint Assembly on Thursday. NAXES OF THE LUCKY WINNERS All of Theiml Are Good Men and They Will Fill the Different Posi tions to the Satisfac tion of All. The total work of the Legislature Thursday is very nearly represented by these elections: Associate Justice. Chas. A. Woods. of Marion. Directors of the State Penitentiary. J. 0. Wingo, of Greenville: D. B. Peurifoy. of Saluda. State librarian. Miss Lavinia 11. Laborde, of Columbia. State commissioner of the dispen sary, William 0. Tatu n. of Orange burg. Chairman of the State board of con trol, H1. H. Evans. of 3 ewberry. Members of the State board of con trol, (dispensary,) John, Bell Towill. of Batesburg; L. W. icykin, of Cam den. Members of the board of trustees for the South Carojina College, C. E. Spencer, of Yorkville; Robert P. Ba mer, Jr., of Marion. Trustees of Clemson Agricultural College, G. Duncin Bellinger. of Co lumbia: Jesse H. Hardin. of Chester; Ivy N. Mauldin, of Pickens. Trustees of the State Colored Col lege, at Orangeburg. A. G. IPrice, of Chester: J. W. Floyd, of Kershaw. Trustees for Wintbrop Normal and Industrial College, D. W. McLaurin, of Marion: Dr. T. A. Crawford, of Rock Hill. Trustees for the Citadel. Col. C. S. Gadsden, of Charleston: W. W. Lewis. of Yorkville. The final elections were for mem bers of the board of visitors of th Citadel. Col. C. S. Gadsden, of Charleston, and W. W. Lewis, of Yorkville, were nominated and re elected without opposition. Senator Hardin asked who were the incumbents, so that another mistake would not be made. The elections were, for six years. MUCH CONFUsION. There was much confusion about the elections of trustees for Clemson and Winthrop colleges. In some way Mr. Sease's name was not presented .r re-election and he was not renam ed, simply because hisnomination was not presented, and a third trustee had to be found in Mr. Mauldin. When it came to the election of trustees for Winthron College the name of Mr. D. W. McLaurin was presented, and followirg it Senator Brice named Dr. T. A. Crawford, a former valuable member of the board. No one seemed to know whose terms expired. It was known that Mr. Mc Laurin had to be re-elected, but whose term was otherwise to be tilled no one knew. The election proceeded, and then there was surprise when it was suggested that Senator Tillman was being dropped from the board in the same accidental manner that Mr. Sease had just been left off of the Clemson board. In the case of the South Carolina College, slips announcing the full sit uation had been distributed among the members and there was no con fusican. After the vote had been sarted there wrs no way to undo the trouble.Qjo one seemed positive as to whether Senator Tillman was being legislated off of the board or not, but such seemed to be the impression. There seemed, however, to be no remedy, if desired. After the er tire voting of the evening had been concluded, Mr. Bunch asked if a quorum had voted. President Sloan stated that a quorum had not voted for members of the board of trustees of the Citadel, but that the business of the joint assembly having been concluded, it stood ad jou-rned. IS IT sENATOR TILLMIAN? - Thero were 81 votes cast for the Winthrop trustees, and 8.3 would be a quorum. The point (of no quorum was not made at the timne or after the election had been announced, as to the Winthrop elections, but the rec ords will show that 81 :.otes were cast for Winthrop trustees. 1t is stated that a quorum is not 'iecessary in a joint assembly, but wtat the parlia mentary law would be is not settled now. Some say that the Journal would show no quorum, and that the elections will not stand on that ac count. They have, however, been de clared. Then, it is contended, that the joint assembly having adjourned, the question of the Winthrop vote can only be raised in joint assembly, and not in the Senate or the House. It is suggested that another concur rent resolution would have to be passed calling for another joint assem bly to take up the matter. Although it ih said that Senator Tillman is the member who has been droppe-1 there seems to be no certain ty about this matter. Inquiry was made after the joint assembly had adjourned and it de velops here that in 1900 the .Journal shows that there were seven mem bers of the Winthrop board elected. and that they were to draw lots for their terms of office. Who drew the different terms was never reported here, and no commissions were ever issued to the members of the board so as to indicate their respective terms. The South Carolina College trustes are the only ones holding commissions as required. The mini utes of the board would show what terms expire at this session, but there is no record of it here. From what can be understood Thursday the term might be that of Senator Tillman, or of Mr. Rtoddey, or of Dr. EdwaLrd S. * Joynes. PRkOCEEDINGs IN DETAIL. The joint assembWj was called to order at 11 o'clock by Lieutenant Gov. Sloan. Clerk Hemphill announced the purpose of the joint assembly and order of elections. Mr. Sloan announced that the first election was that of an Associate Justice for eight years. to fill the position now held by Associate Justice Charles A. Woods, of Marion. Senator Brown nominated Mr. Woods for re-election and Senator Stackhouse seconded the nomination. The roll being called. showed that every member and Senator present voted for Mr. Charles A. Woods, and having received the unanimous vote, President Sloan announced the elec tion of Mr. Charles A. Woods as Asso ciate Justce for the term of eight years. MANY wANT IT. The next election was for two mem bers of the bcard of directors of the State!Penitentiary. Curiously, for an rar-ac with so little oenation. there were seven candidates, all of whom are or have been members of the General Assembly. The candi dates presented were: J. 0. Wingo, member from Green ville. by Senator Dean aud Mr. R. S. Whaley. Mr. Peter F. lollis, a former mem ber from Chester. presented by Sena tor Hardin and Mr. A. C. Lyles. Mr. D. B. Peurifoy. member of the House from Saluda, presented by Sen ator Ready anl Mr. Herbert. Mr. W. B. Love, of York, former member and Senator from York, pre sented by Mr. Beamguard and Senator Sheppard. Mr. W. D. Mann, former member from Abbeville, presented by Senator Marshall and Mr. Haskell. Mr. W. D. Kirby, member from Cherokee, presented by Senator But ler. Mr. W. M. Brown, member from Oconee County. Messrs Love and Mann are the present members of the board who stood for re-election. The first ballot resulted as follows: J. 0. Wingo, of Greenville, 69: Peter J. Hollis, of Chester, 31: 1). 1. l'uri foy. of Saluda. 66: W. B.- Love, of York. 54: W. D. Mann, of Abbeville. 47; W. D. Kirby, of Cheraw, 3: W. M. Brown. of Oconee, 16. Total vote cast, 133. Necessary to elect, 77. There was no election on the first ballot. The names of Mr. Brown and Mr. Kirby were withdrawn after the first ballot. The joint assembly then prepared for the second ballot, which resulted: J. 0. Wingo. of Greenville, 82: D. B. Peurifey. of Saluda, 81: W. D.tMann. of Aboeville. 53: W. B. Love. of York. 52: Peter T. Hollis, of Chester, 38. Necessary to election 77. Messrs J. 0. Wingo and B. D. Peu rifoy were declared elected. Both are now active members of the House of Representatives and take the place of Messrs Mann and Love, who were ekcted when they were active mem bers of the General Assembly. ONE BALLOT EACH. The next election was for State librarian. The candidates were Miss Lindie H. L-.Burde, of Richland, who has tilled the position with credit arid satisfaction: Miss Julia Tompkins, of COlumbia; Miss Annie B. Dacus, of Anderson; Mrs. J. A. Muller. of Lex ington. Miss LaBorde won in a walk against the entire field. The vote resulted: Miss Linnie H. LaBorde, 103; Miss Jullia Tompkins, 21: Miss Annie B. Dacus, 26; Mrs. .1. A. Miller. 6. Total vote, 156. Necessary to elect, 714. Miss Lavinia Hagood LaBorde was declared elected for a term of two years as State librarian. The next election was that of State dispensary commissioner-perhaps the most profitable office in the State. Senator Raysor nominated for the po sition Mr. W. 0. Tatum, a member of the House from Orangeburg Count ty. During the early days of the ses sion there were several candidates in the field for the position, but it soon became so appearent that Mr. Tatum was a winner that all opposition to him faded away and he was unani mously elected without any opposi tion. The term of office is for two years. After the election of Mr. Tatum as commissioner the next election was that of chairman of the State board of dispensary directors. There were two nominees for the position. Mr. H. H. Evans, of New berry, who is now a member of the present dispensary board of directors. Opposed to him was Mr. .John A. Mc Dermott, of Hlorry, a former Senator from that county. The vote for chairman of the board of directors stood: Herbert H. Evans, 99: J. A. McIermott, 56. Vote cast, 155. Necessary to elect, 78. Mr. H. H. Evans was, therefore, de clared elected chairman of the board for a term of two years. Mr. Evans is the only member of the board who stood for re-election, and he was promoted to the chairman ship Thursday. NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. There was an interesting and tense contest for the two additional mem bers of the board of control. The nom inees were: John Bell Towill, of Lex ington: Joseph B. Wylie, of Chester; Mr. L. Wittaker Boykin, of Camden: R. H.-Walker, of Barnwell. Mr. Towill is at present an active member of the House of Representa tives. Mr. Wylie is a business man from Chester. Mr. L. W. Boykin, of Camden, is a successful farmer and business man and has previously been a candidate for this same position. Mr. Walker, of Barnwell, is one of the modest and retiring members ol' the present House of Representatives, who has little to say, never ma.kes a speech and does not push himself in any way.I It was not altogether expected that there would be an election upon the first ballot, but it resulted as follows: John Bell Towill received 95 votes: L. W. Boykin, S1: Josep.h B. Wylie, 70;~ Rt. H. - Walker, 62. Total votes cast, 154. Necessary to elect, 78. Mr. Towill and Mr. Boykin wereI therefore declared to be elected for terms of two years each as members of the State boards of directors of the dispensary. After this announcement the joint assembly, under the terms of the reso lution assembling that body, took a recess until Thursday at S p. m. THE NIGHT SEsSION. When the joint assembly met again at 8 o'clock the first elections were for two trustees of the South Carolina College. There were two positions on the boardi to be filled. Mr. .Julian Mitchell. of Charleston, who has ser ved so efficiently as a trustee for eight years, declined to stand for re-elec tion. His service to the South Caro lina College has been effective and eicient, but he wished to retire and the College reluctantly loses him as a trustee. Mr. Robert P. Hlamer, .J., an alumnus of the College, and re-' cently president of the Alumni Asso ciation, was elected in Mr. Mitchelal place. Mr. C. E. Spencer, of York, was re-elected on the board without opposition. Tne next election was for three trustees for Clemson College. Mr. Jesse H. Hardin was renominated. Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger was named for the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Garris. There was no nomination for the third place. Presi dent Sloan asked for nominations and kept on asking, and finally Mr. Mor-1 gan jumped up and nominated his friend. Capt. Ivy M. Mauldin. There seemed to be absolutely no one in charge of the matter and later on, after it was too late for remedy. it was found that Mr. L. A. Sease's term had expired arnd that no one knew of it. Mr. Sease was one of the tirst graduates of Clemson. At first it was urged there were only two places to fill, but President Sloan said the reso must have that many nominations ud votes, and later on it was found Ghat Mr. Sease had been unintention illy legislated out of office. WAS TILLM1ANDROPPED? The election had proceeded as it iad started, and the trustees elected were G.. Duncan Bellinger, Jesse H. Hardin and Ivy M. Mauldin. Mr. 3ease was given two votes, although not nominated. The next elections were for the two brustees of the State Normal and In iustrial College, at Orangeburg. There was no opposition to the re Iection of the incumbents, A. G. Brice, of Chester, and J. W. Floyd,-of Kershaw When the two trustees for Winth rop were to be nominated there seem ed to be no one who knew whose terms expired. It was known that Mr. 1). W. McLaurin's term expired, but who the other trustee was whose term expired no one knew. Senator Brice nominated Dr. T. A. Crawford, who was formerly on the board. There were no further nomi nations, and Dr. T. A. Crawford and D. W. McLaruin received the entire vote. After the nominations had closed there was inquiry as to whose terms were being filled. No one seemed to know. but the nearest that could be learned was that the successor of Senator Tillman was being elected on the board. No one seemed to know efinitely, but the advices were that Senator Tillman had been dropped from the Winthrop board in the same way that Mr. Sease had been left of the Clmson board. Messrs. McLaurin nd Crawford were therefore elected without opposition. This; ended the elections and the joint assembly dis slved. SO)E SURPRISING FIGURES. The Governor of Mississippi Says Education Rains the Negro. At Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, 19th instant, in his inaugural address before a joint session of the Mississ ippi legislature, Gov. James K. Vard aman declared that the growing ten dency of the negro to commit crimi nal assault on white women is nothing more or less than the manifestation of the racial desire for social equality. In strong terms he declared that edu cation is the curse of the negro race. and urged an amendment to the State constitution that will place the dis tribution of the common school fund solely within the power of the legis lature. Continuing his discussion of the negro question Gov. Yardaman 'As a race he is deteriorating mor ally every day. Time has demonstrat ed that he is more criminal as a free man than as a slave, that he is in reasing in criminality with frightful rapidity, being one-third more crimi nal in 1890 than he was in 1880. 'The startling facts revealed by the ensus show that those who can read and write are more criminal than the illiterates, which is true of no other element of our population. I am ad vised that the minimum illiteracy of the negroes is found in New England, where it is 21.7 per cent. The maxi mum was found in the black belt Louisiana, Mississippi and South Car olina-where it is 67.7 per cent. A nd yet the negro in New England is four and one-half times more criminal, 100 for 100, than he is in the black belt. .In the south, Mississippi particularly, I know he is growing worse every year. You can scarcely pick up a newspaper whose pages ire not black ened with the account of an unmen tionable crime committed by a negro brute, and this crime, I want to i~m press upon you, is but the manifesta tion of the negro's aspiration for so cial equality, encouraged largely by the character of free education in vogue which the State is levying tribute upon the white man to main tain. "The better class of negroes is not responsible for tbis terrible condition nor for the criminal tendency of their race. Nor do I wish to be understood as censuring them for it. I am not censuring anybody, nor am I inspired by ill-will for the negro, but Im simply calling attention to a most un fortunate and unendurable condition of affairs. What shall be done about "My idea is that the character of the education for the negro ought to be changed. If, after years of earnest effort and the expenditure of fabulous sums of money to educate his head, we have only succeeded in making a criminal out of him and imperiling his usefulness and etticiency as a laborer, wisdom would suggest that we make another experiment and see if we can not improve him by educating his hand and heart. There must be a moral substratum upon which to build or you cannot make a desirable citi rten." The governor also declares that the people of the nation should rise up ind demand the repeal of the tifteenth amendment. The Confederate Generals. The late Lieut. Gen. James Long treet was the highest in rank of all te lieutenant generals on the South arn side in the war between the States. the date of his rank being 2jtober 9, 1862, while the last ap pointment of the twenty-one sordiers olding that rank was the late John B. Gordon, the date of his rank being 1865. and near the close of the war . There are still living four of the twenty-one lieutenant generals of the confederacy; Stephen D. Lee of Mis issiopi, the thirteenth on the list, ais rank dating from .June, 1864; A. P. Stewart, Tennessee, now of Mis ;issippi, 'ranking from June 23 1804: Joseph Wheeler of Alabama, rank ing from February 28, 1865S. and S. B Buckner of Kentucky, also ranking Erom 1865. Gen. Stewart was sixteenth n the list in point of rank. and was appointed in place of Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk. killed in battle June 14, 1864, on Pine Mountain. near tarietta, Ga. The late Gen. Forrest was made a lieutenant general on the same date with Gen. Wheeler. but was seventeenth on the list, while en. Wheeler was twentieth. There were eight generals in the Confederate ervice all our ranking lieutenant ~enerals, viz: Samuel Cooper, Albert 3. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, .loseph E. Johnston, P. G. T. lieauregzard, Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby Smith and John B. Hood, they ranking in accordance with the list given. All >f the generals are dead, as are seven een of the lieutenants generals. He Is Right. W. Q. Hammond, an Anderson far er, gave his check for 8100 on Mon iay for Anderson's share in the ex enses of the State Immigration socie ;y. He says the immigration move ient is the most important that has een launched in the state since the war. RUssIA and Japan are still growi ngra orne anoither. BLIND TIGERS SCARCE. Governor Heyward Has About Bro- T ken Them Up in Columbia. Evidently visitors to Columbia feel the same drought in the way of secur- A ing strong drink that citizens experi- k ence. Some one came down from h Yorkville this week wanting a glass y of beer and afterwards told his expe- M rience to a reporter of the Yorkville Enquirer: " 'Y;u may say what you please about the enforcement of the dispen sary law; but I'll tell you as a fact tbat Governor Heyward has the tigers h on the run in Columbia.' The speaker 1 was a Yorkville citizen who spent a s part of last week at the capital.-f 'With a friend, who though not a u resident knew more about the city than I,' the gentleman continued, 'we r made a search for a glass of beer. s The first place at which we inquired, Y was a restaurant where I had frequ- 1 ently bought beer. 'We don't keep s it.' said the proprietor, and we re- t newed our search. My friend led the t way to a place of which he knew, and a there the proprietor directed us to go r through the back way and up a flight - of stairs. After we had mounted the r stairs about half way to the second story we came to a lattice work door securely locked. It was opened by a s negro. Then we followed along a I dark corridor winding about with con fusing turns until we came to another t locked door. There we rapped re- r peatedly for fully a minutc, ant final ly the door was unlocked by a white man. We told the man what we wanted and followed him through t some more winding corridors in whicb 1 there were no lights, coming oat fin ally into a large room, the door of E which was unlocked. The room was C tilled with people engaged in games of I all kinds, principally poker and the like. It was a regular gambling den. 1 We told our guide that we wanted beer, and he turned us over to a negro porter who declared that there was but a single bottle in the place and 1 he would get it for us. He produced 1 the bottle. and poured out a glass for each. After we emptied the glasses my friend put down a dollar. The n-orter declined to take the money, ying that no beer was sold in the place. We left by the same way we had come in, and on reaching the out- I side, my friend sought to pay the pro prietor; but he also declared that there was no charge, so the bill was not settled. Of couse, I would not pretend to say that -there are not doz ens and dozens of tigers in Columbia for people who know the ropes. In deed, it is probable that the people who own the den where we got the beer make a business of selling whis key and beer to people they know; but if my own experience is to be taken as any kind of an index to the situation, buying such refreshments < on the sly is rather up bill business for strangers."' BOY SOMNAMBULIST'S FEAT. 1 With Arms Incumbered He Climbs -a Tall Palm in Hawaii. A peculiar case of somnambulism occurred lately near Hanalei, on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. William Williams, aged 12 years, disappeared from his home one morning early. When he did not return for his break fast, nor later in the forenoon, his pa rents- became anxious and search was made for him. After some time a na tive found him lyinging in the shadow1 of a great boulder in a place very diffi cult of access. When the native saw him he gave a shout, partly to announce to the other searchers that the boy was found and partly to awaken the boy, who seemed fast asleep. The shout woke the boy suddenly, and seeing the natives black eyes staring at him, as he afterwards explained, he thought-a wild pig, num bers of which are found in the region, was about to attack him. To escape the boy climed a tall co coanut tree growing a hundred yards away, and as he did not respond or come down when called to, the native climbed up after him, but was kept at bay by the boy with a 12-inch knife. Finally his father came and spoke to him, and then he came down, still in a dazed condition, nor did he fully re cover consciousness until he had been taken home and put to bed. 1 He then had but a very dim con sciousness of his experience. All the 4 circumstances indicate that lie had risen from bed early in the morning, prit on his working clothes, taken three books which had been presentedC to him under his arm, and a long knife used in cutting ferns, and start- I ed for the woods; where he cut a 1 quantity of ferns, and carried them to where he was found by the native. I When startled by the shout of the lat-, ter he still kept his books under his I arm and his knife in his hand, and climbed the cocoanut palm to the very ~ top, a distance of 40 or 50 feet, a most ditlicult feat to perform, -even to the I natives with their hands empty and ~ their arms free. The boy was never known to walk a in his sleep before, but is supposed tot have been suffering from nervousness, ~ following an attack of dengue fever. The boy had never climbed a cocoanut palm before.-San Francisco Chroni cle. __________a Great Soldiers. The Baltimore Sun says: "Ofi Hampton and Gordon and many other Confederate generals who preceded c them to that boturne whence none t return it can be said in all truth thati they were without fear and without t reproach. They were the best pro- f ducts of Southern civilization-of a g civilization which gave the country a C Washington and a .Jefferson, Their s fame will not perish with them. So I long as the South is loyal to its noblest a traditions 'it will cherish the memo- t ries of the knightly men who led the a armies of the Confederacy and made f the term "Southern soldier" synony- r mous with valor that never faltered r and dlevotion that was unswerving.'' ti They were great soldiers who battled f for the rights of the South. Not only 3 the otlicers, but the private may be I included in this category. No people b ever fought better or endured hard- D ship for a righteous cause more cheer- i fully than the rank and file of the 'V Confederate army. Like the gallant a oficers who lead them, the privates t were imbured with the noblest and t loftiest sentiments of patriotism that b ever inspired a people. The Georgia Mule.c The Augusta Chroncile says the a Georgia mule scored again Wednesdayf when one of that species, while being a led through the streets, of Columbus, ei Ga.. kicked a tire alarm box off a post. e This broke the circuit which turned i an alarm and the fire department was given a hard and useless run. g Capt. W. J. Kirk, a well known ( civil engineer, died at his home in Cukebrac ro n Moay.n I. BRYAN IN RUSSIA. he "Novoe Vremya" Quotes Him as i the Democritic Leader. - 'Mr. William Bryan, the famous merican politician and rival of the te Mr. William icKinley in the two .st, presidential campaigns. is now isiting St. Petersburg. Mr. Bryan ill not remain long in Russia. Ile ill depart in a few days. Ile came f ere as a tourist who is interested in aussia and interviewed Count Leo 'olstoi. whose writings and teachings fr. Bryan says have penetrated his eart. The ex-candidate is of middle eight. somewhat stout. with a hand )me face and clever eyes. His big >rehead and clean-shaven face remind s a good deal of Napoleon I. It is to be regretted that Mr. Bryan efused to go into the question of Dme sharp politics. In his early outh, he says he became interested a Russia. "When a schoolboy I read Dme on Russia, and I was convinced hat there awaits Russia a great fu ure in Europe, as a great future waits the United Stah s in the ew world." We have mentioned in our paper 2ore than once that of late the A mer an press denounces us very bitterly. fr. Bryan, when asked to give us nme explanation on this subject, re lied in a very resigned tone: "The United States are under en irelv different conditions from the est of the powers. They have no riends nor enemies. Nor do they ave any allies." And as to the kmerican press, Mr. Bryan points out hat our press often criticised the nited Siates government, but that t would be ridiculous to blame the ntire nation therefor. Mr. Bryan re alled that the czar, as the author of >eace was tirst to call the conference ,t the Hague, and has set the founda ion of peace in our times. "Of course,' Mr. Bryan says. "we annot harvest tomorrow what we iave sown today," but he hopes that he peace-loving tune of Russia poli ics will not change. "At the pres nt crisis in the far east," Mr. Bryan ntinues, ";when the air is full of var rumors, it is especially pleasing. shall sympathetically regard Russia, vhose future is very great, and also apan, which stands in the road of >rogress. and it would grieve me in leed if these two conntries should neet in collision. All measures should >e taken to avoid this dreadful war, )ut this, I fear. will not be done." Mr. Bryan was interested to know Lbout our new city administration. e inquired about the parties in the Ity hall, and whether we are satistied vith the results of the election, and hat we await from the new adminis ration. He himself is a journalist Lnd editor of a newspaper. The Com noner, and its circulation is 150,000 :opies. The Commoner is devoted to emocracy, as he is the leader of the emocratic party in America. Mr. 3ryan is also known as the leader of he silver-16 to 1-sentiment. The merican embassy is giving a dinner n honor of its distinguished guest. t. Petersburg Novoe Vremya. A STRANGE WILL. lives His MIoney to the Church in stead of His Family. "I, William W. Kendall, Kansas ity, being of sound mind and memo *y, realizing my obligation to.-my amily and my God, never forgetting he debt of gratitude I owe my H~eav ~nly Father for the gift of his dear on, Jesus Christ, who left His home n heaven and came to earth, taking pon Himself the sins of the whole vorld, expiating them on the cross. ~hat whosoever believeth in Him night not perish, but have everlast ng life, and that includes me: hence :make this, my last will and testa nent" William Worth Kendall, who -was tshoe manufaturer of this city, pro eeds after this prelude to his will iled here for probate, to leave $3,000 sach to his wife, Emily C. Kendall. Lmd his four children, and to the dethodist church $250, 000, the resi lue of his estate.. The will continues: "It is my will that the balance of fy estate, one quarter million dollars, hall be held in trust as a sacred fund, he income of which shall be used for he building of Christ's Kingdom on arth under the auspices of the Meth ~dist Episcopal church. The fund hall be culled the William W. Ke all fund of the Methodist Episcopal :hurch. "'It is my will that this fund shall >e divided among the benevolent en erprises of the Methodist Episcopal hurch as follows: Ten twenty ourthis the board of church extension if the Methodist Episcopal Loan und: three twenty-fourths. the Ma ons' society or Southern Educatlonal ociety: three twenty-fourths, educa ional fund: three twenty-fourths, ermanent fund for worn-out preach A clause in the will directs that if ny of the beneticiaries attempts to reak it. his or her share shall be re uced to 81. The South Has Comupany. The color line is as much in evi ence in other parts of the country s in the South, as daily occurrences rove. This section has no m )nopoly a that respect, and the people of the orth and West are fast coming to a lear and resonable understanding of he Southern position, and are adoot ag it as their own. We are indebted o a friend for the following extract rom The Newark News, a rapid Re ublican paper. The incident oc urred, as will be seen, in Iowa, the trongest Republican State in the nion, with one exception. The rticle is beaded "Negress Won Prize, ut Her Color Barred 11cr From it," nd is as follows: "Judges of piano arte music, seated in an adjoining oom in Des Moines, Ia.. and not per. 2itted to see the performer, awarded rst prize at the recent State Eistedd d, held by the Welsh people of Des toines and neighboring cities, to larguerite Field. Marguerite was orn with a black skin and the wise ien of the eisteddfod called a meet ig to discuss the race question. It ras decided that according the rules f the association the color line must e drawn and that the prize that had een awarded by the judges could not e given to the colored girl He Will Preach. Chas. B. Bobo' a prominent mecr ant of Laurens. has sold his hiome id business and has gone with his mily to Louisville, lKy., where lhe 'ill 'take a course inl thet Baptist heolgical seminary preparatory to tering the ministry. Tired ot Life. Col. .rohn II. Bacon. 75 years old, rmer mayor of Colorado Springs, h.. committed suicide by shooting imself on Sunday because of bad A REMARKABLE ASCENT. 'he Queer Thing an Elevator Did to Robert Denning. R1obert Denning, who runs the pas enger elevator in the tive-story busi ess building at 459 Broadway, had a emarkable mishap Wednesday after toon. Though le hung by the legs, ead downward, in the elevator shaft or nearly an hour, he was extricated >raetically unhurt. The elevator runs in a shaft which s entirely enclosed from cellar to 'cof. The entrance to the elevator on he ground floor is through the east vall of the shaft, but on all the other loors the entrance is through the iorth wall. The ground floor door opens out vard. Attached to it on the inside s a rope by means of which the opera or can pull it shut. Denning was alone in the elevator vhen lie started it up from the ground loor and tried to close the door. He nissed the rope and leaned forward 'or a second grab. The top of the door frame hit him mn the shoulder and caused him to fall orward and the floor of the ascending ar caught his feet and held him lgainst the side of the shaft. The ;pace between the edge of the eleva ,or floor and the side of the shaft was io small that Denning's feet could not lip out, but not small enough to crush hlem. In this manner, head downward and earing. every instant that he would 3rop, Denning was carried up along the smooth side of the shaft until the levator reached the top floor. There t stopped automatically. Denning's yells drew everybody in he building to the elevator shaft. ome one telephoned to police head uarters for an ambulance. Dr. Klea man soon came from St. Vincent's hospital, but owing to the boy's situa ion could not afford him any relief. Tnen the police notified fire head quarters and truck 20 was sent to the rescue. The firemen first placed a ladder in the elevator shaft from the fourth floor, resting its top against the south wall and held it while Dr. Kleaman ascended and gave Denning a stimulant. Then a fireman went up the ladder and held Denning while another fire man dug at the wall of the shaft and chopped the elevator floor until the imprisoned fe.etwere released. They laid Denning out on the fourth floor and Dr. Kleaman examined him. To the surprise of everyone, including Denning himself, none of his bones were broken and he was scarcely hurt. He was sent -home in a cab.-New York Sun. THE BOLL WEEVIL. Dr. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, Dis cusses the Destructive Insect. The Spartanburg Journal says Dr. J. F. Cleveland and J. B. Cleveland returned from a trip to Texas a week or more ago where they went to in vestigate the cotton status in that state. Dr. Cleveland was talking to a reporter Wednesday concerning -his visit, and seemed highiy pleased with his stay in the "Lone Star State." and there they made stops in Hous ton While Dallas. Dr. Cleveland spoke mainly con cerning the boll weevil and the terri ble destruction whichit has wrought. He says that at a conservative esti mate the crop is about a half million bales short. This is felt most heavily in western Texas where the weevil got in its most destructive work. The farmers all over the state, however, are more or less annoyed by it and are determined to suppress or destroy the pest. The government has offered a reward of $250,000 for an adequate solution to this vexatious problem. Dr. Cleveland said that the only remedy which it was thought would prove practical was this: Through the winter months the lands are to be plowed and replowed. Then "King Cotton," an early variety, is to be planted in the spring, along the last of March. This will be from two to three weeks earlier than usual. It is hoped by this thorough mixing of the soil that the larvae of this insect will be buried in the earth and incubation will not result. The boll weevil bores its way into the -cotton boll and there lays its eggs. When the larvae is in cubated it consumes the lint of the cotton and then goes into the ground. It is thought that by plowing them into the earth these insects can be destroyed before the time comes for them to pierce the boll and procreate. If this experiment fails the cotton growers will be in quite a dilemma. There have been many solutions of fered, but none seem practical. This problem has engaged the attention of agricultural and scientific men all over the country. This year's curtail ment in the cotton crop due to the weevil is serious indeed and if this destructive insect is not entirely ex terminated or some impediment placed to its growth, the results will be so farreaching that it will be im possible to determine them. Short Paragraphs. The Mail says tbat 1,200 gallons of :oca-cola were sold in A'uderson last year-ST,440 worth by the drink. Senator Tillman has written to the Spartanburg Journal defending him self for opposing the Panama treaty. James White, deputy, has been ap pointed sheriff of Spartanburg to fill ut the unexpired term of Sheriff Ver on, deceased. The trustees of the Columbia Fe nale college will move the college from the city to Hyatt's Park, just >utside the city limits. John Yelding had his head blown >ff on Tuesday with a shotgun in the aands of Abram Laborde-both color ad. It was an accident. DURING the past year Governor leyward granted only fifteen pardons :o persons contined in the penziten iary. Several of these were granted to people who were very sick. A majority of the qualified ~oters f Yorkville have asked for an elec jionl on the question of removing the lispensary from that town, but they tre refused the privilege of election. Jas. T. Harris has leased the White Stone Lithia Springs in Spartanburg :ounty to Hodges & Co., experienced iotel men of St. Louis, Mo., who will eep the resort open the year round. Accoc-DING to the decision of the, Rebraska court in the case of Senator ietrich it appears to be laiwful to eli a public otfice that you know you ViLL have to dispense. but unlawful o sell one that you already have on iand. That may be law but it is poor ustice. Too Sensitive. Rather than face his creditors, larry S. Twambly. a Biddeford, Me., eweler. ended his life on Monday r DENOUNCES X03 LAW. Gov. Heyward Appeals for More Ade quate Law Against Lynching. A few days ago The State announc ed that Gov. Heyward had been moved very strongly by the lynching in Dor chester and that he would take some steps to have the crime punished. Just what he intended to do was not known until Wednesday, when he pre sented to the general assembly the following special message, which made a strong impression upon the mem bers: To the Honorable the Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In my annual message to your hon orable body reference was made to lawlessness in our State, the frequent occurrence of lynchings being dealt with particularly. The necessity of respect being paid to the law by civil ized communities was urged in this connection. You, the law-makers, had not been assembled here a week when another evidence of this lawless spirit is given )n the lynching at Reevesville. The governor is popularly credited with the power to prevent or punish these outrages against the State. In reality he is practically powerless. When notified,. he may sometimf-4 frustrate the mob by the employment of troops, but when the crime has been committed his hands are practi eally tied. The meagre rewards he has been empowered- to offer out of his contingent fund have proven inef fectual. and this is as far as he is per mitted to go. In the meantime the spirit of lawlessness is unchecked. - Any band of lawless. men may feel' secure in taking the life of a fellow being on almost any pretext. This deplorable condition ought to be remedied. To compel greater respect, for the majesty of the law I recom mend the enactment -of special legis lation in reference to lynching, that the great responsibility of offlcials di rectly charged with enforcing the law be brought home to them, and that more effectual measures be taken for the apprehension of persons who take the law in their own hands. In lieu of some such- legislation, suggest that the governor be provided with an adequate fund for the purpose of suppressing lynching-a fund tha may be used in offering suitabli re wards or in obtaining evidence againsti lynchers in such manner. as may-be deemed best. I sincerely regret the necessity fo this and am not desirous of additional responsibilities, but I will notsh any duty that the general asseiby may see fit t9 impose for the and good name of South Carolina. - D. C. HEYWARD January 20, 1904. Governor. r KILLED BY AN OVP.MPE1t Tragedy on a Plantation About Sever Miles from Aiken. A dispatch to The State says a n gro named Jim Stevens, living on J. D. Prothro's place about seven mie - " below Aiken, was shot and killed byr-. Mr. Jackson Fanning, an overseer-for Mr. Prothro, Tuesday afternoon .Tan. 19. Mr. Fanning was -here Tuesday and stated that -the trouble arose over a dispute with the negro about water ing the stock. The negro was imper tinent and Mr. Fanning reprimanded him. The negro cursed Mr. Fanning - and advanced upon him with an open knife in his hand, and Mr. Fanning drew his pistol but slipped it in his. pocket and struck the negro with a stick. The negro than ran. to his house and others standing by -told Mr. Fanning that he bad better be careful for Stevens would kill him If he had to waylay bimn. Mr. Fanning did not believe- that the negro would trouble him again, : hut he went home and 'got his shot . gun and came out to the gate. In the meantime Stevens bad gotten his shotgun and came bick to Mr.. Sti' ens' place, stoppikng on the way and trying to buy some buckshot. The negro crouched behind a wagon shed and tried to get a shot at Mr. Fan ning who had dropped behind the fence when he saw the negro comings After -the negro came his wife,. who screamed and begged him not to kill Mr. Fanning. Mr. Fanning, think ing that perhaps the womani was maneuvering against him also, turned his head towards her when Stevens shot him and ran. Mr. Fanning's face and head and hands were pep pered with bird shot, but as the ne gro ran off he shot him twice and killed him almost instantly. Mr. Fanning is a young man, un married, and seems to be qniet and orderly. and tells his story in straight forward manner. He has been work-> ing for Mr. Prothro only a few months but his employer speaks well of him. His home is in Williston where he bas many friends. And while he re *rets getting into trouble there is no doubt that he killed the negro in self defense. The coroner's inquest was held Tuesday but thd verdict is not yet known. He Should Rebign. P. D. Barron, wh~o misrepresents - York County in the lower house of. the legislature, seems to have a rather unique idea of the rights, privileges, and prerogatives or the representative in the general assembly or .this com mon wealth. He was taken up a few days ago in Columbia for drunk and. disorderly conduct arid carried to-te station house by the police. Coming up the next morning before the re corder's court he was convicted and fned. This was not only too great an indignity to be perpetrated upon one of the elect and set apart function aries of the state; and not only 'this but as Representative Barron saw it it waspTositively against the law, and he forthwith entered the plea that he, being a member of the legislature was not amenable to arrest and punish ment. As a legislator it was his to make laws, somebody else's to obey them. Such a representative is a re flction on the people he misrepre sents, and they should forthwith re quest him to vacate. "Mas. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" has just bought a $10,000 resi dence in Louisville. This does not mean that the famous lady who found it impossible to be otber than cheerful is to change her dwelling place among the railroad tracks for one in a fashionable section of Louisville. It. means that Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice, who brought "Mrs. Wiggs" before the public, has invested a portion of the goodly siums she has received in royalties on her books and their dram atization in a home. MAJ. Henry A. Meetze died at his home in Lexington a few days ago aged 84. ]Ie was for many years in the state legislature, most of the time as senator, and was a member of the fraud commission that investigated and settled the debt of the State in GEN. R. E. LEE. )ne of the Greatest Men of A, y Country or Age. WHAT OTHER MEN SAY OF HIM. rhe Great Generals of Germany Ranked Him Above All the Commanders of the Civil War. Tuesday, January 19, was the birth :ay of Gen. Robert E. Lee, one of the ;reatest men the world ever produc d. in this connection the following from the Augusta Chronicle will be read with interest: The father of General Robert E. Lee, the famous "Light Horse Harry, " of the old revolution, was a scholarly man, valiant of course, and, Like most men of his day, fond of high ating and drinking. when not engag -d in war. le died on Cumberland island. in this state. le had a quick emper and generous qualities. His istory of the Southern campaign of :eieral Greene is the best of its kind md it gave, as is not always the case in military annals, due praise and redit to hie courage of the enemy. Ile did noi spare. when they deserved it. the faults and weakness of his own oldiery. Of his son Robert he said: "Ie was a good boy. He was always ood." And this was true to the end. ilie had all his father's manly virtues and none of his faults or irregular abits. We have all heard of Earl Wolseley's tribute to Lee as the greatest soldier nd man he had ever met in his event ful life. An English scholar said: "The most stainless of earthly com manders, and except in fortune the greatest. General Miles is no favorite in the South because of his connection with the imprisonment of President Davis0 yet he declared that, in Germany, the great generals there ranked Lee above all commanders, on either side, during the interstate war. And was it not Charles Francis Adams who said that the time will come when "the bronze effigy of Robert E. Lee, mounted on his charger and with the insignia of his Confederate rank will from its pedestal in the nation's capitol gaze across the Potomac at his old home at Arlington, even as that of Cromwell dominates the yard of Westminster, upon which his skull once looked down." But General Lee was a different man from Cromwell and an inexpres sibly better one, in all that exalts hu man nature. In a lucid interval Theodore Roosevelt wrote: "The world has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee, and their leader will undoubtedly rank as. without any exception, the greatest of all great captains that the English-speaking people have brought forth." General Beauregard, in Roman's biography of that distinguished gen eral, rather imputes that President Davis planned the Pennsylvania cam paign, and that General Lee did not approve it; but there is authentic evi dence that Lee himself conceived it, that it was an imperative moment. and he believed his army invincible. Dr. Gaston once told us that the army Lee led into Pennsylvania had not its equal in the tide of times, that it was "the best that ever stepped upon this planet." And yet it failed, because Stuart, it is said. did not keep Lee informed of the whereabouts of Meade and be cause Early failed to take the com manding heights after the first day's victory, but allowed the enemy to concentrate and occupy them. That is what Lee, in our opinion, meant when he said: "If I had had Stor ewall Jackson at Getsyburg I would have won that battle, and a complete victory there would have given us Washington and Baltimore, if not Philadelphia, and established the independence of the Confederacy." General Lee died belie ring this. But Lee fought somie of his grandest battles after the Getsysburg reverse. It was the plan of Jackson, and it was also that of Beauregard, to make a quick and not a waiting contest; to let the Seaboard go; to a large extent, and concentrate two great armies East and West for a miglty onest before the enemy could perfect his navy, organize superior forces, and bring nearly 500,000 Hessians from Europe. We were not beaten fairly, but worn out. Even as it was, had a man like Lee, after General Johnston's death, commanded in the West, with Forrest as his "Stonewall'' Jackson, there might have been a different sto. As D~r. J1. William Jones sums up, "We old Confederates may well be proud, andl we may look the world in the face and confidently afliirm the cause for which these men fought, nd in the faith of wvhich they died, cannot be wrong." If the cause was right, and we be lieve it, it is imperishable, If right, it will wake the world to liberty gain. If Win. Jennings Bryan's arraignment of the present situation at the North is true, and there is no remedy politically, then the constitu-s ion. true Republican freedom, local self-government and the genuine rights of man were overthrown with the physicial vanquishment of the outh. if. as even old Senator Hoar now virtually says, the republic is rlrifting to despotism, by imperial paths and commercial dishonor, then there can be no restoraion except by a return of the people to the basic principles of the Confederacy and to the lofty ideal, the moral grandeur mnd glorious example of Robert E. Lee. One time, the eloquent L. Q. C. Lamar wrote, in concluding a letter nalyzing or paralleling Washington md Lee, with the pen cf a Plutarch, hat the latter belongs to civilization: " Aye, he belongs to civilization! But let it not be forgotten-for such will be the record of impartial history -that it was the Southern type of ivilization which produced him. " And now that a sublime self-im molation has fixed him on the topmost pinnacle of fame, let his immortal image look down forever on the ages, the perfect representative of the mighty struggle, the glorious purpose md the long-sustained moral principle >f the heroic race from which lie ;prung." Never let us despair of the republic vhile such a spirit shines "along the roremost tiles of Time" and such leroic blood and forces remain We front the sun and on the purple ridges The virgin future lifts her veils of snow: Look backward, and an arch of splen dor bridgres The gulf of lnge ao."