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If Bill Was Thete. If Bill was there- k There where the~ i :d .'lss Are raisin such a tus The ca bles wld l be ;:i.":11 1l" A-tellin of the tight; they foh:. For Bill--he's gut t- 1 ut1:1 Panned And just how rither cui. b e. .Aud, with no t rick at ,ll. coul win. There would ie trot- int he air ( ii Billws there. If Bill was there He'd take his submiarines And rapid-lire machine A.nd tow 'em slowl.,:tfi er ek. Right up to where he" flt a t .t Near that there ,ni - it s.... Runs out somi' tiftee iile 1 And then you bet t1em ,m :: He'd fight beliw 'e.i:i1 III And -oue one sire w- 1 : 'd It Rtill Was ;ihere.f If Bill was ther He's stck a donct l'in" To iark the out- in"i 1i Of how'd he'd toareb a nulitn men Aer.ss the land :td b.ck au And put the foreman iI th.e Ut'i. Whose nen' Whi .s;'c Ile ,ion't care which he says ometi Iitst - he ,'irly l .ches 'o see how both sid-- liaike tsta.Lks. There w Ild be ihe in' evrywhere If Bill was there. If Bill was there But he's at 3Mll-r's store Him and a dozen m, re . Of our towns' keenest strategists With stubby pencils iii their fists. Concoctin' battles and camptaignIls That take in all the seas.- and plains, If either vne-the Russ or Jap Is lookin' for a likely chart To run the war w ith tact :nd skill. They'd send for Bill. THE ARMY ROLLS Of the South Carolina Patriots Who Fought the British Under ARION, PICKENS AND SUMTER. A Document that Should Be of Great Interest to the Descendants of the Gallant Men Led by Partisan Leaders. The Columbia State from week to week publishes the names of the sol diers in the Revolutionary war, as they have been culled from the quan tity of loose documents discovered by Secretary of State Gantt in the State house. We publish these rolls from week to week as they appear in The State. The fourth installment fol lows: The rolls, continued from last week, are as follows: Michael Deale, Capt. Moore's com pany, Sumter's brigade. William Deal (No. =i under Maj. Noble in Charleston, before fall of city: Capt. Joseph Calhoun's company. Abner Dean, in Capt. Arranmanus Liles' company: under Maj. Pearson at Congaree's in '$1, Maj. Wallis, at Orangeburg, in '82, and Col. Bratton, at Four Holes in '82. Robert Darlington, Col. Richard son's regiment, Marion's brigade. George Dean, sergeant, Pickens' brigade. Julius Dean (or Druggers), lieuten ant, Picken's brigade. Samuel Dean. William Dean, Pickens' brigade. Simeon Deas, Marion's brigade. Enoch Deason, Capt. Williant Dea son's company, Niarshall's ieg.zent. John Deason, Capt. William Dea son's company, Col. John Marshall's regiment. Quillan Deason, under Cols. Kim ball and Marshall. William Deason, captain: from June 1st, 1780, as private in Capt. Fred SKimball's company, Sumter's brigade: Oct. 20, 1780, promoted to captain in Samter's brigade; from August 15, 1781, served under Gen. Marion 30 days. Jeremiah Dally, lost horse on ex pedition to Cherokee nation. Zachariah Dellay, served during 1782. John Delsh, Capt. Ross' company, Sumter's brigade. George Delaughter, Pickens' bri gade. James Delaney, at Sumter's defeat: desperately wounded in action, dur ing year 1781. Robert Delay (?) served during 1781. Zachariah Delaney, served as as sistant commissary on special service, attached to Gen. Green's army. Hardo Delotch, served during 1781 and 1782. John Deloach, served during 1781 and 1782. Michael Deloach (Delstoche'.X serv e3 during 1779 and 1780. Samuel Deloach, Pickens' brigade. William Delougb, Roebuck's regi ment. William Delwood, Pickens' brigade. Peter D.amatez, served on the Fri gate "South Carolina." Dennis Demsey, sergeant, Col. Brandon's regiment. Edward Denny, sergeant, served prior to fall of Charleston under Col. Brandon: afterwards in Col. Waters' regiment. John Denning, under Capts. Berry and Gray, of Pickens' brigade. Wiliam Dennis, with Col. John Laurens at "Chynaw" June 13, 1782. John Denling, served during 1782. Francis Dennis, served under Com modore Gillon, on the Frigate "South Carolina." - Simeral Denness. Richard Dennis. John Densler, Capt. Jacob Rumph's company, Gen. Henderson's brigade. John Henry Densler, dragoon, Ma ham's regiment. James Densmore. served during 1781. James Denton (widow, Mary): dead at close of Revolution: collector of grain for the armry. Reuben Denton, corporal, Capt. Tutt's independent company, during years 1779 and 1780. Samuel Depree, Capt. Bowie's inde pendent company. John Deramit, Capt. Jacob Rumph. John Derry, wounded in action and attended by Dr. Carter. Daniel DeSaussure, Faq.. paymaster general of militia. Jobn La B. DeTreville 1777 to 1782. captain, Fourth regiment of artillery. Henry Desheizer, Capt. Jolly and Capt. Hughes' company Brandon's regiment. James Denling. served during 1782. Charles Devant, Pickens' brigade. James Devant, served during '81 and '82: also prior to fall of Charles ton. Lewis Devaul, captain. Francis Deveaus, Pick-ens' brigade. Joseph DeLespine. surgeon. William Deval. Peter Deverney M Reuben Devlin. James l).evlin. Jacob D~evore. Matthew Deivoe. John Dewees. Charles Dewitt. served duringr 1781: employed collecting cattle under Wil 11am Hart, State commissary during 2782. Harris Dewitt, 2nd S. C. regiment. prior to fall of Charleston. Reuben Dewitt, dead at close of evolution, 2nd S. C. regiment. Edward Dial, Water's and Casey's Si gi ment. Garret 1 nal Pickens' brigade. Nathaniel Dial, lieutenant, Bran on's regiment: on duty as sentinel at JI Phillip's Fort," in Georgia, under ci apt. Wm. MIcColluch. .]ohn lNial. sergeant. William Dial, Pickens' brigade. .John lDichtel, Capt. Rumph's com >any. hIenderson's regiment. JTosep-h Dick. 3; John Dick, Capt. John Turner's -ompany: also under Marion. ilobert Diek. Marion's brigade. Thomas 1)ick. Willliam Dick, lieutenant, during c '61 and '82. -James Dickun (?), Capt. N. Mar tin's company, Sumter's reorganized brigade. Michael Dickert, captain. James Killey certifies (as his commanding tticer) that "Michael Dickert did the following duties in the State of South Carolina, as quartermaster, under the several commanders, viz: 1781, from April 22d to May the 14th including t 2:3 days duty at the taking of the Fort at the Congarecs. under the command of Col. James Liles, deceased, Waters regiment: 15th August, to 14 days duty at Angromes at the Congarees, i under the command of Col. Jonas Aeard, Waters' regiment; 10th Oct., t.o 14 days duty in gitting of wagons and provisions to supply Gen. Pick ens' brigade at the Congareest 1782, f May 7th, to one month's duty under the command of Cl. David Glenn, in Gen. Greene's camp." John Dickey (of Black Swamp), Capt. Kirkpatrick, Col. Neil. Alexander Dickey, Col. Waters. David Dickey, Lieutenant Hill house. Capt. Kirkpatrick, Capt. Woods, Col. Bratton. Capt. Mouzon's company; sergeant under Lieutenant McGill. John Dickey, purchasing commis sary. John Dickey (of Black River) Mari on during 1780 and 1781. John Dickey, Capts. Jamison (James and Francis), and Capt. Hillhouse, Sumter's brigade. Robert Dickey, Capt. Kirkpatrick. William Dickey. David Dickson, Sumter's brigade. David Dickson. Hugh Dickson, Capt. John Liles' company. James Dickson, Capt. Anderson Thomas' company. James Dickson, Capt. Chestnut's company. James Dickson, Capt. Lawson and lickson's company, of Roebuck's regi ment. Jeremiah Dickson (see Dixon), cap tain, Roebuck's regiment. Joel Dickson, Capt. Anderson Thomas' company. John Dickson, sergeant, Capts. John Wllson and Hugh Wardlaw. John Dickson, Marion's brigade. Josiah Dickinson. Matthew Dickson, Gen. Williamson. Michael Dickson, Capt, Knox's com pany. Robert Dickson, Pickens' brigade. William Dickson, commissary of purchases, Sumter's brigade; also ser vice as private. John Digmon, Capt. Greene's troop of horse, Marion's brigade. Nicholas Dill, Capt. Jacob Rumph's company. James Dillard, lieutenant and captain nnder Pickens; lost gun near Ninety-Six garrison in May, 1781. James Dillard, lieutenant; captain in command of 17 horses at Chas. Crow's Jan. 5, 1781. Nicholas Dillard, Col. LeRoy Ham mond's regiment, Pickens' brigade. Thomas Dillard, captain. Robert Dingie, served during 1781 and 1782. Jacob Dennard, lieutenant, 1781 and 1782. John Dinnard, served during 1781. John Dinnard, Jr., served during 1782. William Dinnard, served during 1782. John Dinning. Ralph Disse, served under Commo dore Gillon on the Frigate "South Caroina." Jesse Disto, sergeant, Capt. Ross, Sumter's reorganized brigade. - Dixon, Col. Bratton's regiment. Hugh Dixon, Col. Walters' regi ment. James Dixon. Roebuck's regiment. Jeremiah Dixon (see Dickinson,) captain, Roebuck's regiment. William Dixon, served during 1779 and to 1782, under Capts. John Wil son and Hugh Wardlaw.. Robert Dixon, served from '79 to. William ~Dixon, lieutenant under Col. Roebuck; also in Brandon's regi ment. Fortunatus Dobbsen, sergeant in Roebuck's regiment. James Dodds. Capt. Edwrd Mar tin (his commanding officer) certifies his account as follows: "For personal military services done in Gen. Wmson's brigade, in Col. John Winn's regi ment, in John Ellison's company, 38 days as horseman; in May 1782, 24 days Gen. Henderson's brigade, Col. Richard Winn's regiment, Capt. Mar tin's company, a footman." John- Dodd, Brandon's regiment. William Dodd, Brandon's regiment. John Dods, Jr., Capt. Edward Mar tin (his commanding officer) certifies service as follows: "1781, June 1st, to 10 days service on horseback in Capt. Martin's company, commencing June 1st and ending the 10th; to 70 days duty on foot, commencing December 20th, 1781, and ending February 28th, 1782: 1782, June 1st, to 30 days duty on foot conmencing June 1st and end ing the 30th, 1782: August 1st, to 30 days duty on foot, commencing August 1st and ending the 30th, 1782." John Dods, Capt. Jacob Cooper. Thomas Doeck, Roebuck's regiment. Thomas Douglass, dragoon, Col. Maam's regiment. Thomas Douglass, continental ser vice from '80 to '83. Solomon Douglass. -Sherrard Douglass. John Douglass, lieutenant in Capt. .John Irwin's company; sergeant un 4der Col. Anderson. (To be continued.) Sentenced for Life. Emil Waltz, who has been on trial at Detroit, for the past six weeks on the charge of brutally murdering little four-year-old Alphonse Welmes, whose horibly mutilated body was found August 18, among some mold ing flasks in the rear of the Detroit stove work's on Adair street, was Thursday found guilty by a jury in te recorders court. His trial has been sensational in the extreme. 'Walt w ho is a man of ungovernable temper, a number of times during the trial completely lost control of himself nd fairly raved against the prosecu or, the police officers, witnesses and ee n his own attorneys who he has declared, at times, were not making the proper efforts in his behalf. Waltz BUYING SCHOOL BOOKS. perintendent Martin 1ssues iun ortant Letter to school Trustees. Superintendent of Education 0. B. artin issued last week an important rcular letter in regard to the pur Lasing of books as follows: o County superintendents of Educa tion: Gentlemen:-I desire to call your special attention to section 25, page t, Regulations of State Board, In 1 dhool ILaw. This section provides Sat: "No public school supplies I all be purchased by school oticers )r use in the public schools of any >unty in the State except such as re authorized by the State board to e sold." It also requires that sellers adopted supplies shall sign a con ract and that state board in conf r ity with the law, requires a sufti ient bond to protect the trustees and cools. The contract states prices nd requires samples to be filed and oods must conform to samples, etc. he regulation further provides that ustees may draw warrants and the ounty superintendent may counter ign warrants for adopted suppies. 'he section closes as follows: "All ersons purchasing any such warrants efore the same have been counter igned by the county superintendent f education, do so at their own risk. Ln agent cf the Union School Furn hing Company, Chicago, stated be re the state board Friday afternoon hat his company "had been selling ibraries in parts of this state for the ist four years." Now, of course, if be people have bought them with rivate funds, I have nothing to say; ut it is clear that trustees and coun y superintendents have no right to guy with public funds goods which are Lot adopted and for which no con ract has been signed and no bond iven. In addition, I am reliably in 'ormed that the Union School Pub ishing Company has been doing pi atical work in other states and that >ven now the state of Tennessee has umerous lawsuits against said com )any for false representations and rregular work. This company made bid for the library books and said yid was refused. Their books cost oo much even if there were no other easons for refusal. I trust that you vill guard these matters carefully, nd see that no warrant is counter ;igned which is not in strict conform .ty with the law. Sincerely yours, 0. B. Mi.uTIN, Supt. On the Right Track. The following article is taken from the Home and Farm, written by Mr. V. F. Turner, of Tennessee, in which te gives some good advice in the way )f getting the best results in poultry raising: The poultry industry in this rair Southland of ours is yet in its in !ancy. We do not know the possibili ties of the wonderful little money makes, the American hen. A great any things have been written about er, in most cases true, and yet the same things ought to be brought to the attention of all raisers of poultry. Every one has his favorite breed, and it should be that way; yet all breeds are profitable if properly housed and cared for. That is where the trouble begins. The farmers in the South could make great advance ments, get thoroughbred stock, house them properly, and give them the at tention that they give the cows, pigs, sheep and horses. So many of. our good farmers think that "the chick ens" are just "for the women folks," in the way, and tolerated because they are here. The hen picks up what she can during the winter months, sits on the fence or in some friendly tree all night, and is expect ed to shell the eggs out j .lst the same, or she is a dead expense. Well, my good farmer friend, suppose you give your cows the same treatment and see if you get plenty of milk and but ter, or your hogs, etc. Build you a modest house for your chickens of lumber that is going to waste, make It warm, but it .need not be expen sive; keep it clean, have plenty of grit, a dust box, fresh water, where they can get to it at all times and feed your grain in litters. Try this next winter, and you will have been pid three-fold for your time and ex pense. The bulk of the winter that has just passed has been continuously cold since the middle of November last but we have had no trouble in getting eggs from our White Lang shans and Single-comb White Leg horns, but we had plenty of room for scratching sheds, kept grit and fresh water before them all the time, pro vided a dust box in each scratching shed, and it was music that delighted the ear to hear them sing and see them work for the grain scattered in the litter, and when you brought in te 25cent-a-dozenl eggs it made it a pleasant and profitable business; but the ouses must be kept clean. The hatching season is approaching now, and every farmer ought to improve his flock, get stock, although it is late now for that, but get pure-bred eggs of yur choice breeds and next year you will have a pen of your own. Negro Girl Shot. A shooting scrape occurred Monday night on the Adams plantation near Congaree. It seems that one Philip Anderson, a lad of 19, and Annie Jane, a negro girl just 16, had been devoted to each other for some time an Phillip was very particular about whom Annie associated with and when he found her at the home of a neighbor he flew into a violent passion and ordered her home. As she fled, pursued by Philip armed with a blun derbuss" intent upon mischief, she turned around the corner of the house and said to Philip "Peep Oo:" That "iled" the noble Philip and he fired at her, the shot taking effect in her arm and lacerating the breast. The wounded girl is now resting easily and Phiip seems te be in hiding, but she says she will forgive. Earthquake Shocks. Two earthquake shocks were felt at Seattle Wednesday night. A vibra tion from east to west, severe enough to rattle dishes, move chairs and shake up the higher buildings, oc cured. In the church of the Im maculate Conception a big congrega tion was assembled and a small panic was caused by the earthquake. An other shock was felt at Vicknia R. C., the severest felt in twenty years. Clocks were stopped and invalids screamed with terror. The seis mographic recorder at the meterologi cal office cannot be touched unti] Saturday. The curator expect the record will show a spasm of unusual GE. Joe Wheeler, who knows somehing about war, holds the opinion that Russia is going to win in th conflict with Japan. We have held tis viewfrm the begimning AFTER FOREIGN COTTON. (iah Prices Here Will Cause Cam patition in Africa. The Chicago Inter Ocean says on lie day after raw cotton reached 18 1 ents on the New Orleans exchange ] :ing Edward opened the British Par lament with a speech containing this ignificant passage. The insuticiency of the supply of aw material upon which the great otton industry of this country de )ends, has inspired me with deep con ;ern. I trust the efforts being made n various parts of my empire to in :rease the area of cultivation will be Lttended with a large measure of suc ess. There is an old saying derived from British political experience, that what Lancashire thinks this year all Eng land will do next year. In the light >f that saying the signficance of that speech from the throne is apparent. Lancashire has been thinking as never before how to escape from bondage to American cotton, and the British government has resolved to do what it can to make Lancashire's thinking effective. Nor are the Lancashire and other European cotton manufacturer es without hope of escape. There are many regions which can grow cotton and which will be made to grow it if American delusions of the last year as to cotton prices and American manipulations of those prices are per sisted in. Egypt offers a case in point. Fifty years ago the cotton plant was mere ly a curiosity of the pasha's gardens there. The American civil war start ed cotton culture, which has steadily increased. The present production is nearly 2,000,000 American bales and the equality is such that Ameri can mills pay 2 cents per pound more for it than for the domestic product. Even with the additions made by the Assouan dam the cotton area of Egypt proper is limited, but in Nubia and the Soudan are vast stretches, of river lands which can be made white with cotton in a few years. On the west coast of Africa cotton is produced which compares with the lower grade American. Both Germany and France are encouraging cotton planting in their African possessions. The little island of Barbodoes pro duced 20,000 bales of cotton last year and expects to make 100,000 within three years. Considerable cotton is grown in the Crimea and elsewhere about the Black sea. India is grow ing cotton, and several South Ameri can countries are beginning to grow it. In fact, the tropical and semi tropical zones clear around the world are full of possible cotton lands. "Natural causes" had soanething to do with the recent high prices which are so stimulating the extension of cotton culture outside of the United States. That other causes by no means "natural" operated is provided by the simple fact that when the managers of the recent speculation finally let go prices went tff 4 cents in four days. The recent successful manipulation of the cotton crop may have given the South "money to burn," but there is the very serious danger that such burning may prove a playing with the fire that will consume the South in a few years in the conflagration of a world wide overproduction of cotton. SENATORS IN SECRET. Investigating the Game in Executive Session. A special to The State from Wash ington says: With the paraphernalia for playing -Jai Alai, a game which figures conspicuously in the contest against the confirmation of Gen. Leo nard Wood to be major general, the members of the United States senate amused themselves for more than an hour Thursday afternoon, protected from the gaze of the public by the closed doors of an executive session. A lively interest was manifested in the game. It was stated by members of the committee that the game will be introduced at the St. Louis exposi tion. Senators Proctor, Oockrell, Quarles, Foraker, Teller, Scott, Pet tus, Blackburn and others who par ticipated in the hearings before the military affairs committee, where the game was explained by experts, were the exponent of Jai Alai. Senators Cookrell and Foraker, who have paid several visits to Cuba while the "Pe lota" season was at its height, ex plained that the gambling features of the game are not essential to its adop tion by the Cubans, while Senators Blackburn, Scott and Teller contend ed that without the betting privil ges the Jai Alai company would not have made application to Gen. Wood for the concession to erect a buil~ling as headquarters for the game. The spectacle of senators clasp'ng the basket racqjuets to their hands and gesticulating in their efforts to illustrate the manner of throwing the "pelta" ball in real play was so un usual that it came nearer holding a quorum than have any of the fiery speeches that have been made for or against Gen. Wood's confirmation. After the executive session had ad j~urned a group of senators gathered in the middle of the chamber, and Senator Blackburn read from the printed testimony given in the Wood hearing to prove that the game is de oted almost wholly to gambling and that Gen. Wood knew this fact when he granted the franchise to the com pany. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Mileage Book Law. The mileage book law will become ffectie March 25th. This is the new law to require the railroads to trans port not only the purchaser of mile. age books but members of his family. The bill was introduced by Dr. S. T. . Lancaster of Spartanburg anc passed without a fight of consequence. The act, which was approved by the governor Feb. 25th, is quite specific and will be agreeable to the traveling public who use mileage books. "Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of 'South Carolina, That from and after the passage of this act every mileage ticket sold by any railroad doing business in this State shall be valid and good for the carriage ovei the lines of said r-ailroad, both for the purchaser and the actual members of his or her family living with the pur chaser at the time of purchase: Pro vided, That the name of any person so entitled to use said ticket shall be furnished in writing to the railroad selling the same by the purchaser at the time of the purchase, and shall be inserted in the ticket: Provided, That this act go into effect 30 days after its approval by the governor." Up to this time the railroads have not given any intimation that they will resist the enforcement of the act, but it s probable that they will do so. THE UNWRITTEN LAW. sa su pain Kelley Acquitted at Bisbopville for Killing W. F. Creech. ar The trial of Spain Kelley for the :illing of W. F. Creech commenced at M 3ishopville last Friday and ended one tt )'clock Sunday morning by the ac- be luittal of Kelley. The killing, it sill be remembered took place last Fall ear Bishopville in the most tragic n nanner. Spain and Creech up to the w aight before the killing had been good c friends, both being young men and a associates. It will be recalled that t< Kelley bunted Creech and when he ti found him on the high road be pur- is sued him and shot him to death in v the coolest and mcst heartless man- h ner. Mr. August Kohn in h is report b of the case for The News and Courier n says there was no intentional clouding t of the issue, no plea of self-defence a and no justification save the one idea that Creech had seduced Miss Maud Kelley. Young Kelley said on oath a without reservation that be went out t to find Creech; first to undertake to n make him right the wrong he had b done his sister, and, if he declined to do so, he was going to kill him. It was with him a marriage or a funeral, t plain and simple. The cry of King a to his friend. "Lookout, Creech!" ( was what, he said, broke the tension C and made him-shoot. Spain Kelley stated plainly that he 0 was behind Creech when he opened t fire on him, and that there was not a t word, exchanged between them. He thought Creech turned slightly in his buggy, but made no claim of self defence, but he simply stood pat, as the politicians says, upon the posi tion that he, as the eldest son of a family of eleven children, had under taken to vindicate the honor of the family and avenge the wrong done his eldest sister. Why did he pursue for miles the wounded' Creech? Spain Kelley urged that he did not wish the seducer of his sister to escape, but that he did not know that he had wounded him in his first shots, and' 2 that when King interfered at the final meeting place he did not know what he was doing, that he was ex- 1 cited and worried and that he fired the two final loads from his gun in a moment of excitment. What was intimated Friday transpired Saturday. The young woman in the case, Miss Maud Kelley, told her story as best she could. It was a sad story, and perhaps there may be those who will urge that it ought not to be printed. But., it is a chapter of real life that tells others convincingly of the pit falls of life and the terrible conse quences of such errors. Miss Maud Kelley is no ordinary woman. I take her to be of more than average education; her family is of the best. Her father for years was in the General Assembly. He is prospering and her relatives are in positions of honor. Her form is rather slender, but her attraction is in her eyes and clear complexion. The eyes of Miss Maud Kelley are dark brown and large, shaded with heavy black eyebrows, and altogether the outline of her face is that of an attractive young woman, except that. her chin is rather large. Her hair is deep black. She came into Court accompanied by her father, mother and two aunts. As the party took their seats Spain Kelley crossed over to his mother and kissed her, and then he kissed the sister who was to go through the ordeal of the law and subsequently he greeted his two aunt s. Miss Kelley, whatever may be her strength, collapsed at the sight of the witness stand. She sobbed and cried as if hysterical for a long while, but later in the day she calmed herself. When asked to take the stand she seemed deaf to the calls. On the stand she answered as simply and as briefly as she could, never raising her head fully, but beseechingly casting her deep brown eyes about as if to say. " How much more of this must I beart"' She told briefiy that Creech was the father of her still-born child, and yet she seemd to have leved and trusted Creech until the very last. From the evidence the trouble began months before she finally told her family, for her father testified that the child was born in July, two months after the tragedy. Never before have I heard such a straight statement as that of Spain Kelley. He willingly assumed the full respon sibility for what appears to be terribly cold-blooded killing, without equivoca tion he shouldered all possible burden for the manner of the shooting and unrelenting pursuit of the already wounded Creech. And with him it was plain that he went forth from the family council to kill. There were whisperings of sensations, but if there were the breath of truth in them the case stands absolutely upon the re cord. That Spain Kelley first heard of his sister's trouble the day before the tragedy I am convinced, absolute ly so. That he loved his sister is also evident, as it is that he, with his father's approval, undertook to deal with Creech. The evidence showed that Creech was a great favorite in Bishopville, that he was introduced into the Kelley family hy Spain Kelley, and that Creech was the only man who had ever had any improper intercourse with Miss Maud Kelley. SPAT KELLEY'S sTATEMENT. Here is the statement of Spain Kel ley, the defendant in the case. He appeared fairly self-reliant and confi dent. He answeredi the inquiries quickly and with precision. There was every evidence of truthfulness and an almost brutal frankness about his statements. He showed no feel ing on the stand, but at other times seemed very much affected at the hap penings of the Court. He began by saying that he was 25 years of age and that he was the second of eleven living children of his mother and father, and that his sister was older than himself and the oldest child. He said that he had known Creech for more than a year and regarded him as a close and intimate friend, Hie liked him so well that he introduced him into his home, invited him to soci ables and saw that he had invitations to picnics and the like. They were the best of friends up to the night be fore the tragedy, when he first heard of the trouble. He had been fishing on the day of the revelation to him by his sister, and om his way home he had stopped and had a talk with Creech at his stable, never for a mo ment suspecting anything wrong. Creech offered him two hundred dol lars if he would get his horse into first-class condition, and he drove off with two young ladies who happened to pass by the stable. That was the last he saw of Creech until the killing. After supper at home his younger sis ter called him out of the room, and after they had gotten away from the main part of the house she threw he arms around his neck and cried and . sobted "Maud." That was all, he id, he could get out of the younger ter, and he told her to bring Maud him. The elder sister, Maud, then me in and she threw her arms ound her oldest brother and began ying bitterly. Spain Kelley insisted knowing what was the trouble and aud said that she would rather die an tell, and she told him that she Ld come to him for protection and at she might as well-tell it all. She d so and told her brother that Creech as to have met her at home that ght at 8.30 o'clock and righted the rong, but that he had failed to me, and that she had waited until c'clock before she said anything to iyone. She told him thatshe wanted > be saved from disgrace and to save ie family if she could, of the prom es that Creech bad made her, of her sit to town that day and how Creech ad told her that if she told her .other or father that he was a dead ian. Alter his sister had told him 2e whole story he told her: "I will ttend to it." He said that he felt it his duty to tt as he was the oldest brother, and bat he had introduced the young ian into the family. He then, called is father out of the house and told im of the trouble and, after consult og with friends, it was decided that he father should go for the minister nd that Spain Kelley should go for !reech. It was then about midnight. )n the way to Bishopville the father aid that Creech boarded at the home f a maiden lady and that he did not hink that it would be right to dis urb her and have a diiculty there *nd so the visit that night was aban toned. - He went home and later on ound that Creech had left Bishopville. le drove across to the road to Cam ten to try and intercept Creech, but ound out early in the morning that ,reech had already passed. Then he vent home and took a nap and next lay started for Camden to find Creech, vith the full knowledge and con ent of his father. He said that then he started out that it was uis intention to intercept Creech Lnd make him marry his sister, End that while sitting by the roadside vaiting he loaded two shells with arge buckshot. He said that he took he extra horse to pursue Creech if he o'nd that he had left Camden. On his wav to Camden, while going down a ill, he was almost upon King before ie saw him. All of the vehicles were noving fast. He heard King call out. Look out, Creech, here is Kelley-" bout this time Creech threw the ines to his companion and made a turn in his seat as if to stoop down. Re said nothing, but thought that the light was on and that there was 3o time to lose, and he opened fire. Re insisted that his hind buggy wheel was just parallel with the hind buggy wheel of the buggy in which Creech was riding. He had to wait a little, be said, as there were two between him and Creech and he could not fire until he had passed Creech. - As soon as he fired Creech and his companion jumped out. He jumped out of his buggy also and about that time Creech was getting up again, and he fired into him again. He saw no effect from either gunshot, and then Creech began to run and he fired at him twice with his pistol. Creech ran towards King, who helped him into the buggy, and they broke and ran in their buggy as fast as they could. He went back to get his buggy, picked up his gun and followed the fleeing men. He said that he followed them for some time and, seeing that he was not gaining on them, he unhitched his horse, adjusted the saddle and started in pursuit of the men, whom he overtook in a three or four-mile race. He said that they went in the direction of Barnett's and not in the direction of Bishopville, and that made bim tbink tbat they were trying to escape and that Creech had not been hurt, because he was able to run faster than he did out of the way of the pistol balls. As he turned into the Boykin place, where Creech and King had gone, he wr~s met by King. King came running out and he threw his gun on King, as .he did not want to be interfered with and did not know what King was going to do. After some words with King he shov ed him out of the way and fired twice, almost simultaneously, into Creech. He said that he was all wrought up, excited and worried at the time o1 the second shooting. He then got on his horse and i-eturned to find his buggy, which he turned over to a friend, and then he left the county to go to Monroe, N. C., as he did not care to be arrested just then. He assumed the name of Law and, after sending his brother hereto look into matters, he quietly returned to Sumter, where he surrendered him self. Up to the time of the disclosure of his sister he had no intimation that there was anything in the world wrong. The home had been a happy one and he had the highest regard for Creech. KELLEY ACQUITTED. At midnight the jury asked Judge Purdy for further instruction. He re peated his charge in substance and the jury returned to its deliberations. After being out until 1 o'clock the jury in the Kelley case retur'ned t0 Court with Its verdict of "not guilty.' There was a murmur, no applause. and no war a. g of applause by the Judge. YoLug Kellev was forthwith discharged and went home. An ac ruittal was generally expected. Engin~eers Narrow Escape. A special to the State from Dillon says Engineer A. Adams, in charge of engine 416, used at Dillon and aeigh borin~g towns for shifting purposes, came near losing his life Wednesday afternoon by the breaking of the con necting rod of the right driving wheels. The engine was running at about 30 miles an hour when the acci dent occurred. The longer portion of the broken rod was left on the crank of the wheel immediately under the cab. With titanic force this huge flail-like bar of steel began its work of demoli tion as the wheel tiew around with lightning sreed, reducing to atoms all the heavy castings of the engine and cab that it came in contact with, bending and twisting the wrought iron pipes and bars, knocking out the base of the air pump from which poured volumes of steam and hot wa ter. The former completely envelop ing everything in the cab so that the tireman, whose post was on the oppo site side of the cab, could see neither the engineer nor conductor, both of whom were on the same seat. So he sashed himself througli the window to the running board and leaped to che ground. When the engine stopped for want of steam it was found the angineer had a badly sprained ankleyf 21s injuries otherwise being very slight. How he escaped being pound d to pulp is mbossible to conceive. TE Democratic party has been DAJ TZLER LOSES HIS SEAT. .ever Remains Just as Though No Question Had Been Raised. A special from Washington to The tate says the house was in session a ittle over three hours Thursday, an . arly adjournment being taaen to per nit the members to make a trip to he site of the proposed Jamestown xposition. The house agreed to the eport of the committee on elections Yo. 1 declaring that Alexander D. Dantzler, contestant, was not elected o congress from the Seventh district )f South Carolina. Also that Julius Kahn, contestant, was not elected rrom the Fourth California district: also that James M. Moody, contest int, was not elected from the Tenth district of North Carolina. This con firms the titles of Representatives Lever, Livernash and Gudger in their seats. The house adjourned until Monday. A NEGATIVE POSITION. In making its report Thursday in favor of Lever, in the Dantzler-Lever contest from the Seventh South Caro lin district, house committee on elec tions No. 1 takes the ground that the investigation shows that Dantzler, a colored man, was not elected. At the same time the committee refusEs to say that Lever was elected and tie report leaves h'm in the same pCsIta n as if no contest had been made. The basis of D tntz'er's claim was that the constitution of South Caro lina adopted in 1895 was contrary to the reconst uction act of June 25, 1868, readmitting South Carolina and other States to representation in con gress, which contained no provision as to educational and property qualiti cation as fixed in the present con stitution and laws passed under it. He averred that if certain citizens of his district had been allowed to vote under . the provisions of the act of 1868 he would have been elected. The report of the committee passed over this claim by declaring it to be plain that Dantzler was not elected, but it goes on to say that if the house should declare that there was no valid election then there could be no one chosen to fill the vacancy thus create d until the constitution and election laws of the State should be changed. If the house should declare the seat vacant, and thus set a precedent, the report goes on to say that as practi cally the same "fundamental condi tions" exist in Virginia, North.Car lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis. sissippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkan sas, the house would be obliged to un seat almost all of the membershil from those States, until their consti tutions should be changed so as t( comply with the Reconstruction act NOT A JUDICIAL BODY. "However desirable it may be for legislative body to retain control 0: the decision as to the election anc qualification of its members, it ii quite certain that a legislative bod3 is not the ideal body to pass judicialll upon the constitutionality of the en actments of other bodies. We have in this country a proper 'forum for thi decision of constitutional and othe: judicial questions. If any citizen o: South Cirolina who was entitled t4 vote under the constitution of tha State of 1868 is now deprived by thi provision of the present constitutiol from voting he has the right to tende: himself for registration and for votini and in case his right is denied, tc bring suit in a proper court for thi purpose of enforcing his right, or re cover damage for its denial. Tha suit can be carried by him, if neces sary, to the 'supreme court of thi United States. If the supreme couri of the United States shall declare ii such case 'that the fundamental con ditions in the reconstruction acts weri valid and constitutional and the Stat' constitutions are in violation of thos< acts and hence invalid and unconsti tional, every State shall be compellei to immediately bow in submission t the dec~sion. On the contrary th decision of the house of representa tives upon this grave judicial que: tion would not be considered as bind ing or effective in any case except thi one acted upon or as a precedent~ to the future action in the house itself. Opens Cage of Beasts. Alfred .T. F. Perrino, the world ri nowned lion tamer and hunter, ha lost his mind entirely and is now i the county jail in Jacksonville, Fla, awaiting an agent from the state 1i: sane asylum at Chattahoochee t come for him. Perrino came to Jaci sonville with the John H. Sparb shows and left them here. Since the he has been giving a side show wit his three huge lions on 'West Ba street. For several days he has bee showing signs of insanity, and Wed nesday, while giving one of his pe: formances, he went into the cage an came out and left the cage door oper saying: "They will not come out, a God is looking after them." He the perched himself on a box and state that he could restore sight to th blind and cure any disease known t medical science by his magnetic pois er. Bystanders closed the door an kept the lions from escaping. Th~ investigating committee decided tha he has lost his mind on the subject C reigion. He preached for some tim to them and tried to explain wher the Bible gave him power over beast and humans. He will be taken t the asylum in a few days. Perinc hails from Lond~h, England, and say that he had a world-wide prominenc in the animal world. He has bee: traveling with circuses for the pas 30 years, so he stated Wednesday. Legally Executed. Henry Williams, a negro, was hang ed at Rtoanoke, Va,, Friday. TIh execution was witnessed by severs hundred persons in the jail yard while thousands thronged the street about the prison. As a precautionar; measure a local military compan; stayed in the armory during the nigh and until after the execution. Th crime for which he was hanged wa pcommitted on .January 13. He en tered the house of George Shields, well-known young business man, an after assaulting Mrs. Shields, cut he throat, struck her little daughter wit: a hatchet and robbed the house There was great excitement and strong movement was organized t lynch the negro, which was defeatec by the Governor ordering out a force of militia to quell the disturbance. 2,000 Japs in Rospitals. According to information receivei from the Russians at Shanghai dur ing the lighting at Port Arthur oi February 10 and 11, the battleshij Milkasa was struck by ten projectile and seriously damaged. Two Japanes battleships and cruisers have beer docked for repairs at Nagasaki an< Sisebo, and two thousand wounded ..n e reported in the hospitals. PEACH CROP UNHURT. But the Boy With the Gun is Getting .: in His Deadly Work. In the opinion of Mr. J. W. Bauer, the section directior, the frosts of this week did no damage whatever to the -- coming peach crops here or anywhere else in the State, with the possible exception of Edgefield county, where ice formation of the 11th possibly de stroyed some of the earlier varieties wbich blcom early. The March cold periods have not been severe enough to injure the most delicate vegetables. The danger of freezes is not yet over, however, though there is no ground for any great alarm for the future in this section-so far as tem perature is concerned. The freeze which occurred ' late in March, 1894, and which practically wiped out the orange and pineaple business : in - Florida, was an extraordinary occur rence which may not be expected to come again in a quarter of a century l or longer, if it ever comes again. The general outlook for a full crop of all kinds of fruit in this section is favor able so far. What the insects will do for these crops later, however, is a matter that cannot be foretold. "Insects," said Mr. Bauer, "are the .s greatest of the farmer's enemies worms, grubs and scale insects of va rious kinds. This condition may be said to be due to the steadily increas ing prevalence of the small boy with the gun. These boys who are out shooting robbins ought to be spanked, every one of them. Every robbin they kill is worth from 85 to-$10 in the number of insects it would destroy if allowed to live. I mention the robbin particularly because he is above all others an insectiverous bird, thoughof course all birds are more or less so. Birds are, therefore, the farmer'sbest friends, and unless more effective means are adopted by the legislature to protect them and encourage their propagation the insects will become increasingly victorious in their war on the growing crops. "If the birds had been let alone in ' the last decade there would be enough of them here now to hold the army of insects in'check. Nature is amply able to take care of hereself. She had provided birds to hold these insects In. check. To see people interfere: with the scheme of nature with their eyes wide open and then to mourn. over the consequences is one of the most'pathe tic sights I know of." - Reverting to the appearance of-frost this week, Mr. Bauer said that the freezing condition had not held an hour and could not have harmedany thing. Even as delicate a fruitas -the banana could stand a temperature of 30 degrees over an hour without in jury, and the lemon could see.sthe banana one better both as to time and degree of lo temperature. Mr. Bauer was asked why it is that forest growth as well as fruit trees.are not killed outright by these protracted freezes .,ch as occur, for instances, at points as far south as North Carolina, where temperature of 20 degrees below zero is not unknown. "That such disasters do not occur," Mr. Bauer answered, "Is due to the wise provision of nature that there is then no active sap in the trees. Yes, no cutting into the'tree at thattime 'you wlll see the Ice ingrained as It were into the very fibre of the wood, but there is then nothing there but the wood itself scarcely. If such a freeze occured when the sap wasactive -death would follow. ~Several years ago a severe late spring freeze occurred resulting in the death of forest trees throughout this and other States.: On the other hand when the sap is active there is a certain amount of heat gen erated by the activity of vegetable life that is able to resist more or-lss severe freezes. "As to the effect of freezes on the budding fruit trees there is another wise provision of nature which the 3 matter you directed my attention to recalls. The buds are divided into - several crops as If in-anticipation of a -freeze. Nature does not allow all of - the buds to mature at once, bultholds others in reserve in' cas the first are L ]dlled. Nature is thus genera3ly abeO to reassert herself and bring out al. most a full crop even If the first buds are caught and killed."-The State. Two Fair Examples. a "Those two negro men are fakr amples of what diversified farming 'will do for the people of. the south," said A. B. Saxon, of the firm of A. B. 3 Saxon & Bro., Augusta, Ga., Wednes. day morning, pointing to Henry Jef s ferson and Butler Gooding, who re side near Edgefield, S. C. The two - negroes bought each a load of country V cured hams to the city and disposed of them at handsome prices. Ito was -simply the surplus crop of winter's meat raised at home, an4. above what d will be necessary to carry them Sthrough the next crop-raising season.~ s Mr. Saxon verified their statement ' that they raise everything at home i needed, meats, grains, stock -feed and e garden truck. They are well to do, 0 both own farms free of debt, and from - season to season never go in debt for supplies. . The only thing they buy in the city is clothing, shoes, coffee, su tgar and smaller articles whichi cannot be successfully raised in this climate. Phil Evans, a third negro from- the same district, brought in a bale of cotton, sold it at 15 1-2 cents, and In vested it in provisions. "The coun r try would be a hundred times better. off if every farmer, white and black, B would pattern after Jefferson and 1 Gooding," said Mr. Saxon, as the two Snegroes drove towards the bridge. To Meet in Anderson. ~ The State correspondent from An - derson say: The State convention of the Baptist Young People's union will 1 meet in this city April 5th to 7th. The Indications are that this will be the largest convention that the or ganization has eyer held. Among the speakers will be Rev. C. E. Burts of Edgefield, President F.. N. K. Bailey of Edgefield, Dr. J. A Brown of Due West,-Rev. H. A. Bag - by of Greenwood, Rev. L. J. Briatow I of Marion, Rev. Will B. Oliver of Florence, Rev. H. M. Fallow of St. r Matthews, Rev. W. T. Tate of Belton and Mr. -H. L. Erckmnann of Charles -ton. The distinguished visitors from . Soutside the State will include Dr. Calley, ex-Gov. Northern, Mr. Bomar and prchably Dr. Sampey. The rail roads have granted for the occasion a fare of one and one-third plus 25 cents. A through car will probably be operated from the lower part of the I State and will run through to Ander son without change. It is very 1m Sportant that those who expect to at tend should signify their intention to do so at the earliest possible moment, Sin order that they may be fully in formed as to rates, routes, etc. Mr. John B. White of Cameron Is the transportation leader, and Mr. W. W. eys of Grenville is his aanIstantL