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VOL. XVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. M ARCH 30,1904. NO.28 STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic Cmmittee Issued the Call For It on Tuesday Night. CAMPAIGN IN SECOND DISTRICT The Dates of the Meetings in the Several Counties and OA the Pri'aries Have Been Fixed. In compliance with the call issued recently the State Democratic execu tive committee met at the office of the secretary of state Tuesday night of last week and made arrangements for the campaign in the Second dis trict and also for the meeting of the State convention. In the absence of any delegate from Spartanburg, Gen. Wilie Jcnes, chairman of the com mittee, read an invitation from that city, but on motion of Mr. T. B. Crews it was decided to hold the State con vention in Columbia and Spartanburg's generous offer was declined with thanks. There was quite a large re presentation, very few counties being without committeemen on the floor. The following delegates were pre sent: Abbeville-A. W. Jones. Aiken-J. M. Polatty. Anderson-J. P. Glenn. Bamberg-C. B. Free. Barnwell-W. C. Smith. Berkeley-R. W. Haynes. Charleston-John F. Riley. Cherokee-John Q. Little. Chester-T. J. Cunningham. Clarendon-W. C. Davis. Colleton-J. W. Hill. Darlington-A. J. A. Perritt. Dorchester-John D. Bivens. Edgefield-L. J. Williams. Fairtield-Thos. H. Ketchin. Florence --D. H. Traxler. Georgetown-J. W. Doar. Greenville-J. T. Austin. Greenwood-D. H. Magill. Hampton-M. B. McSweeney. Kershaw-John G. Richards. Laurens-T. B. Crews. Lee-R. E. Carnes. Lexington-D. J. Griffith. Marion-James Stackhouse. Marlboro-W. D. Evans. Newberry-C. L. Blease. Oconee-J. W. Shelor. Orangeburg-B. H. Moss. Pickens-W. T. Odell. Richland-Wilie Jones. Saluda-E. S. Blease. Spartanburg-L. Y. Bennett. Sumter-Altamont Moses. Union-J. M. Greer. Williamsburg-A. H. Blackwell. York-J. C. Wilborn and secretary Jas. T. Parks. The following offered by Mr. Magill was adopted: "A convention of the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina is hereby called to meet in the city of Columbia at 12 o'clock noon on May 18, 1904, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national Democratic convention, and to transact such other business as the convention may see proper. "The county chairmen throughout the State are hereby instructed to call together their executive committees and order meeting of the clubs in their respective counties on Saturday, April 23, for the purpose of electing dele gates to the county convention to be held on Monday, May 2nd, 1904, for the purpose of electing delegates to the State convention. Each county is entitled to twice the number of delegates in this convention as it has members of the legislat ure." The resolution also carried a para graph providing for a primary in the Second congressional district on Tues day, the 19th of April. But as this is a special and not a general primary -it was thought fair to all of the candi dates for the voting to be done on Saturday as that day of the week is more satisfactory to the people in the rural districts. Accordingly a resolu tion was adopted to appoint a com mittee of one member from each county in the congressional district to frame resolutions more explicit in their nature and fixing the primaries for Saturdays instead of ~ Tuesdays. The members of the sub-committee' were: M. B. McSweeney of Hampton, Dr. W. C. Smith of Barnwell, C. B. Free of Bamberg, J. M. Pollatty of Aiken, L. J. Williams of EgldE S. Blease of Saluda, and Beaufort was not represnted. After some consultation the follow ing amendment to Mr. Magill's resolu-, tion was prepared and the resolution as amended was adopted by the exec utive committee: The committee, composed of mem bers representing the countie~s in the Second ccngressional district, respect iully recommend that the first primary for the nomination of a co:.gressman to fill the vacany existing in the Second congressional district be held on Saturday, April 231. And a second primary, if the same be necessary, be held on Saturday, May 7th. That the executive committees of the various counties compsing the Second con gressional district meet at their re spective court houses on the Tuesdays following the primaries to tabulate the votes of their county. That the committee of the State executive com mittee shall meet on the Fridays following the primaries to tabulate the vote and declare the results of said primaries. That the county chairmen of the counties composing this district are hereby instructed to assemble their respective executive committee and make all necessary arrangements for these primaries. The committee further recommends the campaign meetings be held at the court house, county seats, of the various counties on the dates herein after named: A pril 5--Saluda. April 7--Edgetield. A pril 9--Aiken. A pril 12-Barnwell. A pril 14--Bamberg. A pril 16-Hampton. April 1 9--Beaufort. It was decided that the primaries should be held on Saturdays, the county executive committees should meet on Tuesdays following, giving ample time for each precinct to be heard from and the State committee, or its representative, on the Fridays following the meeting of the county committees. As the Second district is interested more than the rest of the State. it was decided to let the special committee tabulate the vote instead of requiring the entire com mittee to meet, and exGov. McS wee ney, L. J. Williams (or his substitute), Thos. Martin, J. M. Pulatty, C. B. Free, Dr. W. C. Smith and E. S. Blease. one from each county in the Second district, were appointed wit the addition of D. H. Magill, A. W. Jones, D. J. Gritith and Gen. Jones as chairman. There being no further business the committee adjourned. As the campaign in the Second dis trict closes on the 5th of April, the last day for filling the pledges with the State chairman will be at noon of April 4th.-Tbe State. I Trusts Destroy Individuality. In an addr ss before the students of the college of the city of New York. W. H. Truesdale, president of the; Delaware, Lackawanna railroad, de scribed the great combinations of capital and labor as socialistic, declar- ! ing the tendencies are to shackle, if not destroy, the American individuali ty to which the country owes so much. i After des~ribing the development of the great industries, the greatest of which is the railroad business, he ex pressed the opinion that the gain is due to the spirit of American free dom, and he said he does not expect the same proportionate mileage to be constructed hereafter, as the cost of the terminals will interfere, but the t improvements will continue rapidly as ever. He said great combinations of capital are impossible elsewhere and it is a question if it do not stifle mdi viduality. The labor organizations d may be beneficial in some ways and c have done good in some cases and in jury in others. he declared, and when they stifle ambition they do harm. Fatal Ending of an Elopement. C A special from Batesville, Ark., t says: S. M. Hall, a well known mer chant of Austin, was shot and killed Wednesday night at eight o'clock by jt H. C. Hancock. The tragedy is the C sequel to the elopement of Hall and t Miss Bessie Hancock, a daughter of U H. C. Hancock, in January last. V Hall recently returned to Arkansas b and stated that he proposed to live t down the past and resume business n at Austin. Hall arrived in Batesville e Wednesday afternoon. Hancock came a: up on Hall in front of the court house b. at eight o'clock and immediately, h pulled a revolver and began firing. al Three of the four or five shots took cl effect in vital parts of the body. Hall b fell after the first shot, dying almost b instantly. Hancock surrendered to n the sheriff and was placed in jail. is A London Tragedy. it A ghostly crime was today un earthed at Kensalrise, a suburb of P: West London, England. The police s found a trunk in a boarding house, b containing the bodies of a woman and ! child, who disappeared two months g ago, and who had been murdered. d The bodies were covered with several w inches of cement. The officer sus- e ected a lodger in the house named it rossman. When they attempted to it rrest him he dashed through the streets pursued by a large crowd. it Seeing escape impossible, CrossmanS rew a razor and committed'suicide by utting his throat. The police nowt re digging in the garden of the house, o hinking other bodies are possibly b uried there. A Fanny Case. A dispatch from Towanda, Pa., t: ays forty years have been knocked s ut of the life of Edward Smith, a b farmer, by a single blow. Last week t e was felling a large tres. In fall- L ng it struck anotier small tree which t fell on Smith, cutting a deep gash in ai his forehead. Hie was unconscious for I v some time. and since he has recovered t e has no recollection of his present ea life. He acts like-a boy again, al- b hough he is over tifty. He plays the E ames he played while a boy and goes a bout doing the same farm work he ti did as a youngster. He has no recol lection of his life for the last forty years, but otherwise is in good health. t) Lt. Gov. Sloan Married. t Mrs. Fannie Blake Gdllian and Lieutenant Governor JTohin T. Sloant were married Wednesday night at then home of Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Blake, atc Spartanburg. Bishop W. W. D~uncan oiciated. The bride wore a hand some gown of lilac chiffon with ant underdress of taffeta and a valuable diamond tiara, the gift of the groom. A largely attended reception wa ii tendeed Colonel and Mrs. Sloan byt Dr. and -Mrs Blake. which was the decidedl social affair of the spring d season. The couple left tonight for; California; and upon return, will re- t side in Columbia. Wnef Henry Madison Mann. an eleven- n year-old boy, son of T. C. Manun, a prominent citizen of Abbevill e. shot himself through the heart. The lad became exasperated, it is said, be cause of the release of a pet bird that he kept in a cage. It is stated he entered his room and locked the door. A moment later the report of a pistol attracted the attention of the family Mrs. Mann, the lad's mother. rushed to the room. Henry opened the door for her, stepped back and fell to the floor dead. Cane Growers Convention. A letter has been received from D. G. Purse, president of the interstat cane growers aiciation by Governor Heyward asking the appointment of five delegates to the next meeting 01 the association which will be held in Jacksonvill May 4 u;. The governor has replied statling that he does not care to undertake the appoint of delegates in this way but should any one desire to go they can be appo.inted by communicating with the governor. Choked With a Borne. Mrs Robert Walthour, of Walthour- 1 ville, Liberty county, Ga., died at the 7 Telfair hospital Wednesday, under peculiar circumstances- A few days ago while eating turkey for dinner a bone lodged in her throat. She could not get it out and died as a result of is ogingn in her throat.j SHERMANS LIBEL. He Char ed Hampton With Purning Columbia to Injure Him. GEN. HAMPTON'S INDEGRATION, Hoped Never to Meet Sherman as lie Could Not Trust to Keep His Hands Off the Milici ous Slanderer. In a rezent issue of The Saturday Evening Post. former -Senator George s. Vest, of Missouri, writes of Gen. ade Hampton with whom he served n the Senate, and was on terms of is imate friendship. One of the most oteresting portions of Senator Vest's rticle is that dealing with the burn ng of Columbia, which Gen. Sherman alsely, maliciously charged against ;en. Hampton. Senator Vest brings >ut no new facts in relation to the natter, but presents-the whole case -ery concisely and clearly, as follows: It is not my purpose to revive any >itter memories of the civil war. I cold it to be the first duty of every itizen to promote as far as he can the ra of good feeling which now exists o a large degree between those who vere once engaged in armed conflict. should not now allude to the coa roversy between Gen. Sherman and ;enator Hampton in regard to the urning of Columbia, but for the fact bat I have lately seen the statement ade in a widely circulated publica ion that Hampton was responsible or that terrible event. I deem it my uty to lay before the public, without omment, the unquestionable state Dents of Gen. Sherman himself and is officers as to the responsibility for he destruction by fire of thirteen undred houses inhabited by non ombatants and not used for any mill ary purpose. In the official report, made in the pring of 1865, of his march through he Carolinas, Gen. Sherman made P he statement that the burning of olumbia was caused b} Gen. Hamp )n, who commanded the rear guard f the Confederate forces, ordering he cotton, whicu he had caused to e piled up in the streets of the city, be fired, and that, although Sher ian's soldiers labored earnestly to ttinguish these fires, the wind rose ad caused the burning cotton to be town upon the roofs of the adjacent ouses until the fire became unman ;eable. "And without hesitation I large Gen. Wade Hampton with aving burned his own city of C.ium a: not with malicious intent, as the tanifestation of a silly Roman stoic im, but from folly and want of sense tilling it with lint cotton and tin On July 14, 1865, Gen. Ham p. n re Lied to this charge, and stated that far from ordering the cotton to 3 tired in the streets of Columbia, he td, on taking command of the rear card the night before, issued an or er that no cotton should be fired ithin the city, and that when he acuated Columbia on the next morn ig there was not a bale of cotton on ithe streets nor anywhere else. In a letter published in the proceed igs of Congress in April, 1866, Gen. erman says: "The citizens of Columbia set fire >thousands of bales of cotton rolled 2t into the streets, and which were arning before we entered Columbia. myself was in the city as early as 9 'lock, and I saw these fires." In a deposition of Gen. Sherman, ten before a United States commis oner at Washington city in 1872, in ae case of Browne vs. United States, e swore that a brigade of the Fit tenth army corps, commanded by rig. Gen. Stone, o' Iowa, were the rst Federal troops to reach C.lumbia ad that this brigade formed the pro st guard which was distributed' >roughout the city. IIe also reit ated his charge that the city was urned by the flaming cotton which ampton had tired before he left, and. 'ich was carried by the high wind the adjacent houses. In January. 1873, Brig. Gen. Stone, ho commanded, the Federal troops at tirst occupied Columbia, made 2e following statement in The hicago Tribune: "The entire brigade was distributed brough the city. Up to this time o tires occurred in any part of the I ity save those of public buildings and uartermnasters' stores, fired by the nemy the day before v-e entered, 1 aink, but which fires had not ex nded and did not extend to any ther part of the city. The streets some places contained bales of cot n, which had been cut open, and; ese caught tire twice or three times uring the day, but these tires had een promptly put out by some of the remen, aided by a detail of soldiers nder charge of an otlicer." ie further says: "Col. D. J. Pal er, commanding my regiment, tihe eventy-ifth Iowa, and to whom 1 ad intrustedl the charge of the most angerous part of the city, confirmed y opinion tha~t there was a plot to; urn the city by telling me several .rcs had started in his district; that; te had succeeded in putting them out o far. but could not much longer, .nd that, in his opinion, the next one ould fire the city. The wind after unset had increased in violence, and .bout 9 o'clock was blowing almost a ur:icane from Col. Palmer's district ight toward the heart of the city. \l at once fifteen or twenty tiames rom as many ditferent places along he river shot up, and in tenminutes he fate of Columbia was settled. "The next morning it was discovered he guard had been too small; and al hough a square mile of the heart of he city had been eaten out, and the nen~s appetite for revenge satiated,; et it was then considered that a di ~ision of troops was necessary for pro ost duty. In his Memoirs (page :288), Gen.I hernan says: "Having utterly ruined Columbia, he right wing began its march north-; vest to Winnsboro on the twentieth." What Gen Sherman thought in re ;ard to the rules of civilized warfare s best explained by himself. Gen. ialleck having written to Sherman at savannah that he hoped when he cap nurld Chareseton the city would he re duced to ashes and salt sown upon the ruins. Gen. Sherman in his Memoirs (page 22,;) says he answered Ilalleck as follows: "This war differs from European wars in this particular: We are not only fighting hostile armies, but a hos tile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war, as well as their organized armies. * * * "I will bear in mind your hint as to Charleston, and do not think it will be necessary. When 1 move, the Fif teerth corps will be on the right of the right wing, and their position will bring them into Cuarleston tirst; and if you have watched the history of the corps, you will nave remarked that they generaly do their work pretty well. The truth is, the whole army is burning wic h insatiable desire to wreak vengearce u von South Caro lina. I almost trem ble at her fate, but feel that sue deserves all that seems in store for h'r." He also stated in his deposition in the case of Browne vs. United States, to which reference has already been made, that :e and his army, both of ficers and m gn, thought that South Carolina should be extirpated, which meant utter destruction beyond the hope of resurrection; and he also stat ed in the same deposition that if he had thought it necessary be would have destroyed Columbia as he would a prairie-dog village. In his Memoirs (page 287), Gen. Sherman says that the tire that de stroyed Columbia was accidental, and on the same page he says: "In my official report of this confla gration I distinctly charged it to Gen. Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedly, to shake the faith of his people in him, for he was, in my opin ion, a braggart, and professed to be the special champion of South Caro lina." In the last conversation I ever ad with him on the subject, Gen. Hampton said that the charge of Sherman made against him as to the burning of Columbia was the most agrant injustice that could possibly 1 be perpetrated by any man who tlaimed to be a soldier and gentleman. "During the whole war," h? contin- 1 led, ."I never committed an act in. riolation of the rules of civilized war fare and never permitted my soldiers o do so. I was second in command when the cavalry raid was made into Pennsylvania in 18G2, and Col. Mc- 1 lure, the well known editor of The Philadelphia Times, has testified in pis memoirs how scrupulously I caused .he rights of private citizens and non ,ombatants to be respected by my nen when we captured Chambers- I urg. Of course, we took such neces ;aries belonging to private citizens as ve were compelled to have, but in ,very instance the owners were given vouchers upon which they could ollect-the value of the property so l oaken from the United States govern nent. I never permitted my soldiers o enter an orchard or to draw water rom a private well or cistern without t irst obtaining the permission of the 1 )wner. No outrage or violence was ommitted by them in any instance, end yet when I returned home after 1 he war I found my residence burned, which was two miles 'from Columbia, -nd also Millwood, the home of my ~randfather and father, around which ~lustered the most sacred memories of y life. 1 had lost in the war all my 1 state and had seen my brother and: oungest son shot down upon the attlefield: but Gen. Sherman was notr atisfied with this, and has attempted o place upon me the terrible stigma f having burned the houses of my riends and neighbors in Columbia. A 2re cruel and false accusation was 1 ever made, and though I shall not ake myself ridiculous by seeking any eronal satisfaction, I hope that we ay never meet, fur I distrust myr wn self-control if face to face with a :an who has wronged me so foully." society P'olygamiy. Some ugly features of >ur national ife and what to do about them was he subject of a lenten sermon Sun ay night by tbe Rev. Dr. McKim of ~he Epiphany church at Washington, . C. Dr. McKim made a direct: ~orcible attack on the "Almost con cienceless extravagance and passion or display" that has spread down ard among the people. He drew a ivid picture of the "Progressive olygamy" of society divorces, as com ared with the plygamy of the Mor ons, and made a caustic reference to - ~he "graft top to bojttom of society," rd "even the dark and portentious hadow of the betrayal of public ~rust lying across the legislstive halls f the nation." A Peculiar Accident. Lieutenant Barton E. Gardiner, U.] .- A., on furlough from his company] n A rizona an~d a passenger on the east] >ounid Southern P'acitic train, going to isit his mother in Massachusetts,i net with a peculiar accident Thurs ay as the train was nearing the de ot in Flatomia, Texas. lie was seat d in a chair car and was asleep. He twoke as the brakeman called out the ame of the station, jumped from the indow and fell under the cars, both egs cut otf. Immediate attention was given him and he is resting well. lariner said when lie heard the rakeman announce Lhe station lie reamed his captain commanded a harge anri it was this which caused he accident,. Horrors or the Deep. The British steatmer Cubal, which~ rrived Thursday at New York from Peru and Chili, reports that on Feb uary 12th, in the Straits of Magellan, she fell in with a Chillian sealing schooner in distress. The schooner was a very small craft, with a crew of sixteen men. They had been out six months and were starving. They had caught 150 seals, and the only pro visions obtainable were shellfish and water. Their boat had been stove-in and rendered useless in bad weather. Capt. Berry supplied them with abund ant provisions. A dispatch from Manila says Capt. DeWitt, with a detachment of con stabulary and Lieut. Pitney, with a detachment of scouts have just en countered Macario Sakay, the so-cal led president of' the Filipino republic, Sakay with 15 of his followers were killed and the remainder of the band was captured. There were no casual ties on the present A mericans. RAJLROAD MILEAG&E Built Last Year in this State and the United States. OUR STATE rHOWS UP LAMELY. The Railroads Now Have Nearly Thirty Million Dollars Worth of Property in South Carolina. It would seem that nearly the entire surface of the United States is.by this timea net work of railroads, but the statistics show that there was more mileage in new roads last year than at any other time since 1887, when the construction was more than twice as much as last year. South Carolina shows but a small percentage of the construction, the to tal being but 27.68 miles. However, if the roads projected are built in 1904 this State will show up better in next year's statistical reports. The roads constructed last year were: Bennettsville and Cheraw-Kollocks to Bennettsville, 14 miles. Carolina Western-Extension to Smithville, 1.75 miles. Charlotte, Monrce'and Columbia aamberg Junction to Jefferson, 11 miles. Edgmoor and Marietta-Extension to Lando, .93 miles. The Railway Age gives the following s: of roads projected (not including the projected line to Saluda court .use, 14 miles): Alcolu-Extension to Motts, 6 miles. D. W. Alderman, vice president, 1lcolu. Carolina and Western-Smithville so Tillman, 16 miles; under construc ion. H. B. Horton, auditor, Hamp ton. Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia Tefferson, S. C., to Monroe, N. C., 25 niles. Wm. Moncure, president and reneral manager, Raleigh, N. C. Chesterfield and Lancaster-Ruby ;o Lynchs River, 17 miles; surveyed. .. H. Page, general manager, Cheraw. French Broad and Southern -Tox way, N. C., to a connection with the outhern railway in Oconee county, . C., 50 miles. John S. Verner, Co umbia. Hampton and Branchville-Maul !inton t, St. George, 18 miles. W. ). Mauldin, general, superintendent, 3ampton. Mount Pleasant and Georgetown vount Pleasant to McClellansville, 65 niles. W. G. Miller, president, Sum nerville. Mount Pleasant Southern-S uth >ort to Gibsonville, projected. Pee Dee River-Mars Bluff to Ran :ins Mills, 30 mile. W. L. Rankin, ars Bluff. Saluda River Lumber Co.-Green ille to Davenport, 23 miles; to be >uilt over the old roadbed of the Caro ina, Knoxville and Western, R. E. Fohnson, president, Greenville. - Spartanburg and Union-Spartan >urg to Union, 30 miles; incorporated. Tennessee, Georgia and South Car mlina-Anderson, S. C., to Charleston, Menn., 200 mile. W. B.- Frink, presi lent, Blue Ridge, Ga. Union and Glenn Springs-Buffalo o Murphys Shores, 4 miles. George rf. Wright, general manager, Union. The South Carolina end of the Ten essee,' Georgia and South Carolina vill be considerably less than 200I iles in length, as recorde.d by The Lge. The Spartanburg and Union ie is supposed to be a projected elec rc line. Oklahoma stands first of all the ;tates and territories with 653 miles, .nd Louisiana is second with 456 iles to her credit. Ther. are eight tates and territories 'ihowing over :00 miles each, as follews: Oklahoma, '53 miles; Louisiana, 456 miles: 'exas, 357 miles: Indian Territory, 19 miles; Arkarnsas, 263 mile; Penn ylvania, 245 niles; Missouri, 243 iles, and Iowa, 240 miles. The following table shows track laid y years since 1886: ~ear. Miles. 887............... .....12,983 888.................... .. 7,106 889...................... 5,230 890...................... 5,670 891...................... 4,28) .892 .... ........... .. .... ..4,192 893........ ............. 2.6352 894................... . 1949 .895.. ...................80 896;.... ................ -1,84S 897........ .......... -.1,880: 898.. .... ..... .. .. . -.... 3,0831 899................ ...... 4,588! 900.......... ............4437! 901 ... ..... ........--... 5,222 .902..................... 5.648 903...........................5,786 In Cannada 839.22 miles of new oad were built last year on 27 lines, Lnd incomplete returns from Mexico how 341.43 miles of track laid on 12 mns. The Railway Age gives the follow ng as the summary in each of several tatcs last year: tates. lies ils iabama...... .... 13 118 Alaska............100 .rizona..........- 17. .rkansas...........1235 alifornia.. ... ... .. 12 14 olorado.... ..-....6-3. Elorida......... ... 1. Jeorgia............ 1215 daho.............260 llin's. ........... 143 [ndi na........... 0 0.. ndian Territory..39..) Iowa ......... 5....0 entucky.......... 128.4 Louisiana........... 2042 Main.............. 2 ..0 Michigan........... 211.8 Minnesota .......... 1 19.' Mississippi.. .. .... . 103.0 Missouri.. .. .. .. .. .2 Montana.. .... .....210 Nevada...... ....... 1 60 New Jersey.. ....... 2 .) New Mexico... ...... 1271 New York.......... 31 North Carolina...... 12O North Dakota. . ... .. 5 2. Dhio............. 1026J Dklahoma........... 13 633 regon............ 15 Pennsylvania. .. . .... 32 251 outh Carolina. ..... 4 768 Lenese..... 1. 10.00 Texas............... 20 3 -6.68 Utah.. 5 120.52 Vermont............ 1 5.00 Virginia..... .... . 9 45.17 Washington......... 12 116.13 West Virigina....... 24 165.80 Wisconsin...... .... 10 86.73 Wyoming........... 1 3.00 Total in 43 States and Territories ...... 401 5,785.98 The report of the comptroller gen eral shows that last year the railroads returned for taxation 3,005 miles of track in this State, and that the total value of all railroad property in the State was 829,467,716.-The State. A SENSATIONAL INsluENT. The Confederate Flag Gives Way to "Old Glory" :t Clemson. An occurrence at Clemson College of unusual and sensational interest is thus described by an eyewitness: There has just been erected at the college a flag-pole, eighty-six feet high. Recently one of the boys took up a collection and had a flag, four teen by twenty-one feet, of the "Stars and Bar" made, and the afternoon of March 12 at 6:30, while the college band played "Dixie" and amid the cheers of the uncovered five hundred Clemson boys, the flag of the Confeder acy was raised. It was lowered after dark and the companies marched to the pole from reveille this morning, and again the flag was raised amid the cheers of the Clemson corps. It stayed until 9'clock, when the commandant, who is a Northerner, ordered it taken down. The boys had it down and hid before his orders could be obeyed. Immediately after release from quarters at the morning inspection, however, all of the boys went to the flag pole and were raising the flag for the third time. The com mandant came out of his office, caught hold of the rope and ordered it lower ed. But in spite of his protestations and his placing one boy under arrest, the flag was raised. The flag floated proudly till after church, when the commandant made a speech in which he said among other things: "Boys, I don't blame you for honoring the flag your fathers and grandfathers fought for. Three cheers for the flag of the Southern Confeder acy." (Three cheers were given with a vim in which the minister, the fac ulty and the ladies joined heartily. Continuing he said: "But the South proved that there was only one flag in 1898. Boys, there's no use talking, we have the greatest flag on the face >f the earth to day. And now I want the band to play Dixie while we lower the Stars and Bars, and' then to play the Star Spangled Banner while we I raise the Stars and Stripes." t So while the ban'9 played "Dixie" i and while the boys stood with un- f covered heads sendi:g forth cheer , upon cheer, the flag of our fathers was e lowered and the flag of our forefathers and our flag was raised. Three rous- ] ng cheers were given for "Old Glory" e and then three for ihe commandant. e WILL DCDGE IT. he Republicans Afr-aid to Vote on the M~ormor. Question Now. A dispatch from Wahington saysC he Republican le:.de'rs in the Senate re taking no chai aes of having to ind up the Smoot :.vestigation and rote on the Mormon ap..tle's right to i seat at this session / Congress. 'hey made up their mninds it wouldi ot be good policy, politically, i,0sr le the case prior to the presidential lection, but evidence against the Mor non hierachy, which includes Smoot,1 piled up with a rapidity tbat astonish d and disconcerted the Republicans. )nly relatively unimportant details were left for investigation and it was ound that new witness3s would have o be called to testify as to tlcs3. To allow time to get these witness s from Utah tkhe hearings before the ~ongressional ::ommitte on privileges d elections were adjourned for ten ays or two weeks, the Republicans ~ounting on being able to wind up in the session of Congress by April 15, md certainly by May 1. But the Dmocrats have shown a disposition o resist the early adjournment pro-1 gram by insisting on a prolonged de ate on the postoffice appropriation ill. This opened a prospect that the Smoot hearing would be completed efore the session of Congress could e brought to a close. A hastly ad ournment, with the case ready for ettlement would be a practical admis ~ion of the Republicans that they were running from it. So the Republicans adopted tactics aculated to offset the Democratic; ove to prolong the session. They I failed to send out the summons for the 0 'r 50 additional witnesses required n the Smoot case. The Democrats have just discovered this and are ngry about it. They are anxious o keep partisanship out of Smoot ease as long as possible, but they now - feel disposed to raise a row in the 1 Senate over whac they regard as the nexcusable delay of the Republicans.1 To GoBack to Iowa. Jesse Huffman, a soldier now sta tioned at Fort Fremont, S. C.. will e taken back to Centreville, Iowa, in a day or so, to stand trial on the harge of forgery. The story of Huff-1 mans crime was told by W. B. Davis. n otlicer of that town, who called on the governor Wednesday morning for requisition papers and the warrant. Huff man was a rather bad character. 1 although ef good family, and it was after he joined the army that it was discovered that he had forged a note of the National Bank of Centreville. The amount secured by Huffman was only $27.50. but the bank is . willing to spend $200 to get him back. Cor respondence was had with the war epartment, and it was found that his release could be secured in order that he might be tried. Governor 1 Cummings wrote to Governor Hey ward in the matter, and as soon as proper papers could be obtained Mr. Davis came on for his prisoner. Word 1 was wired the captain of Huffman's ompany at Fort Fremaont and the man was placed under arrest to beI arrierl back to Iowa LEFT WIFE AT HOTEL And Then Went Out and Blew Out His Brains. D. Paul Hughes, secretary of the Dupuesne Mining Company, director of the Pittsburg State Bank, promi nent in Pennsylvania financial mat ters -and well known in New York, blew out his brains on the shore of Nahone Lake, near the Norfork & Western Depot, Norfork, Va., Wed nesday, Hughes registered at the Ai lanta Hotel ten days ago with a wo man supposed to be wife, and gave the name of D. P. Hayes. Some of his mail came in that name. The woman says she knows very little of Hughes. At the inquest Wed nesday afternoon she said she knew nothing that could have caused him to..take his life. She was unmoved, and stated that Hughes might have another wife living somewhere. Without a tremdr or any indication of nervousness, she entered the jury room, led by'Coroner Kight, passed ttuough the crowd ana out to the Morgue. She spent a moment before the body and returned to the jury. There was no trace of emotion upon her couatenance. She took the oath and replied to the questions of the Coroner in tones as clear and distinct as though uttered by one who never had suffered a pang of 0orrow. She stated that she met her hus band in Baltimore about two weeks ago; but she is from the southern part of New Jersey, but was visiting in Baltimore. She said she knew noth ing of the man save that he gave his name as Hughes; that be came from Pittsburg, and that he had a mother there. Hughes had been drinking for the past week or more, and Colonel David ion, of the Atlantic Hotel, said he rrequently warned the unfortunate nan that he must keep sober around he hotel or remain in his room. Eughes always had plenty of money. Ee received numerous letters every lay, and cashed money. Papers showing that Hughes was a ktason and a Phythian were found in is effects at the hotel. The statement 'ound on the body was produced at the inquest: "My body I give to the first medi al institute that may care for it for be - purpose of dissection. I do this n the interest of science. I am going )n a long exploring expedition, and nay be help Peary find the North Pole." A COLD WINTER. Covember, December, January and February Were Below the Normal. The Columbia Record says accord ng to Section Director J. W. Bauer he winter owed us 200 degress, it be og that many below the usual mark or the winter months. Shortly after o'clock Sunday the sun crossed .the quator and put an official end to vinter, according to the astronomers. n common parlance winter did not nd until midnight last night; At all vents, the winter has been the cold st that has ever been experienced by olumbia since the establishment of he weather bureau here. The winter has been remarkable, ot so much for exceptionally low emperatures on only a few scattered ays, but for continuous cold, broken nly by warm spells now and then, of inly a few days' duration. The months f November, December, January and February have all been below the nor nal. There have been several low temper ,tures recorded, and in November all ecords for weather in that particular nonth were broken. February was narked by a light snowfall, and in >oth January and February there vere different days in which sleet fell .nd icles hung from the trees and louses. Up to March the deficiency was 249 legrees, but this month was a little >etter anid about 49 of these have been mocked off. The normal for the nonths of Dacember, January and ~ebruary complied from the records of he bureau since its establishment in 889 are as follows: )ecember.-.......-.-.-.-.--.-..--..48 anuary..-... ...... ...... .....46 ~ebruary..-...-.-.-....-.-....-.-.48 As a matter of fact the actual mean emperature was: )2cember....... ....... ....... 42 anuary........ ........ ..- ....42 ebruary.......- ....... .......44 This shows how each month fell be ind and the intense, continued cold vhich this section of the country has jad. - Epidemic of Suicides. Three professors of the Ohio Uni rersity have committed suicide in less ban a year. Tney are Profs. E. A. Eggers, F. C. Clark and C. W. Mesloh. [he epidemic of suicides began on tpril 8, 1903, when Ernest August Eggers, head of the department of lerman, shot himself through the ead, when confined to his room by cute rheumatism. On Sept. 19, 1903, ?rof. Frederick Converse Clark, at he head of the department of econo nics and socology, walked into a pas rure on the campus and sent two bul ets into his brain. On Tuesday, dfarch 16, 1904, Prof. Charles Walter desloh, assistant -professor of Ger nanic languages,'died at home on the ampus from some drug taken with uicidal intent. having just a week >efore attempted to kill himself. ?rof. Eggers killed himself because ie could not endure the pain of rheu natism. Prof. Clark shot himself be ause he had lost all of his own and ~is parents' money in wildcat specula ion, and Prof. Mes'.oh ended his life .s the result of a nervous state. >rought on through worry because he iad not been promoted to the chair ield by Prof. Eggers. We Hope Not. The Aiken Journal and Review an ounces that the ladies of that town ,re so pleased with the appearance of he northern equestrienne as she dash s about astride that the custom will >e adopted by the natives. As the olumbia State says such is familiari y. Three years ago the ladies of Liken were quite shocked when the irst northerner to ride there with tirrups on both sides of her man's addleapeared in public. KILLED THEM ALL. A Wife's Love of Dancing Makes Husband Commit TERRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE Mortally Wounded, the Wife Fights - for Her Child, but the Fren zied Husband Kills Child and Himself. Maddened by jealousy and stung by bitter words of reproach, Christian Kirschoffer, a Williamsburg, N. Y.. hotel keeper, shot and mortally wounded his young wife, slew- his four-year-old son and took his own life Wednesday. The tragedy was the end of a martial history of five years, beginning with Kischoffer's elopement with the woman he killed Wednesday and who was then his wife's niece. After the death of liis wife he married the niece. Residents in the neighborhood of Kent avenue and South First stree: were startled-by a succession of pistol. shots in the second story of Kirschof& er's Hotel, at No. 965 Kent avenue, about 10:30 a. m. Wednesday. shrieks of "Murder!" "Police!" in a woman's voice, brought Policeman Fallon, of the Sixtieth Precinct; George Ehnen, a citizen, and Fire man George Mulligan, who rushed up stairs, burst in the door of the aparta ment in time to see the murderer fire . a shot inth his own head. The policeman grappled with tie man, who, although wounded _=r death, still struggled savagely to fr ~? upon the intruders. As the revolve was wrenched. from the man s hand, he fell to the floor and expirec. The room resembled a shaneh On the floor, near the door 1ea into the rear room, lay the murder s little son, gasping in the death. Swooning, at the 'windoW which the wounded mother had asd ' in her frantic efforts to escape doom, hung the body of Mrs. KIrsoh offer, with blood streaming from . wound under the chin. The police officer picked up the child and hastened with him into the street in search of medical aid. Blt f the little fellow expired before anam bulance from the Eastern District Hospital arrived. His father's bullet had pierced his brain. Meanwhile Ehnenn and Mulligan ; carried the wounded woman down - stairs, and into a neighboring store , She did not regain consciousness, bu murmered the name of her little boy w, When partly revived by Ambulanvew>. Surgeon Shanks she prayed them s save her baby. The crime was undoubtedlyremedA-: itated and carefully planned. Ki offer was insanely jealous of his She had youth and-rosy cheeks, an was but twenty-six years old. He was forty. He oijected to her gayety, and protested against- her attend ance at dances. She went over to Elizabethport on Monday night to at tend a masquerade. The husband ob jected, but the young wife had pre pared a costume, and -she went, de- -3 spite protests, to the home of her cousin, Michael Martz, with whose - family she attended the ball. Mrs. Kirschoffer did not return home until nine o'clock Tuesday morning The husband met her with furious ~ anger. A bitter quarrel followed dur-' ing which dishes we're thrown by both. 3 Having exhausted itheir~ passion nusband and wife went. about their several duties in connection with their restaurant; the man going upstairs, donning his best clothes and then hurrying to the butcher shop wheie - he bought a lot of meat. He next bought a pistol, which he loaded. From the gun shop Kirschoffer went into the saloon kept by his life long friend, Frederick Bertz, at the corner of Wythe avenue and South First street. Here he drank'deeply, announcing that it was the last glass of liquor he would ever s~wallow inthis world. Arrived at his home the man called his wife and child into the sleeping rooms of the family on the second floor, locked the door and deliberately murdered them. He threw the wog - man upon the bed in the front room and fired the weapon into her throat, the ball passing through the chin and into the bones of the head. The wo man appears to have struggled wildly for her child's life, for she broke away, and running to the window farthest from the bed, threw up the lower sash and shrieked for help. Aid came too late for as the woman ran the husband put a bullet in the boy's head. Old Men Must Go. Following the orders issued by th Atlantic Coast Line railway establs ig a pension system for the employee f the road who have seen a certain umber of years of sarvice, the general manger has followed this up with aother that will affect a number of~ men on the system whc) will not re eive pensions. The recent order is hat all men over the age of seventy must go. The road has come to the onclusion that the necessary work annot be gotten out of men who have reached that age and on April 1st hey will step down and out for young r men. The recent order inl regard o pensions provided for a pension of ne per cent for each year of service for the salary received provided thie mployes had seen a service of ten ears. The new order provides that f the age of seventy has been reached he employe must go anyhow, pension r not. Killed by (as. In the city of New York three peo pe were killed by illuminating gas n a live-story tenement in east Elev eth street Wednesday and many oc upants of neighboring flats were ore or less overcome. The dead are: tto Grossman, 35 years old, a hostr er; Jennie Grossman, 32 years, his wife, and Rusie Longfelder, 33 years ld, a seamstress, boarding with the Jrossmans. Two gas jets were found urned on full he-ad. Accrding to the neighbors~ Grossman several times treatened to turn on the -gas and ed his life and that of his wife. Tues ay night, it is said, there was a mer ymaking at the Crossman flat and mcnirable wine was drunk,