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VOL. XIV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBEI 19, 1904. NO.4. WILL NOT HAMt. Hoyt Hayes Saved From Gallows by the Governor's Decree IN THE PBNITENTIARY FOR LIFE Carvalho. Celebrated Handwriting Expert, Declares That Mrs. Lula Hayes Was the Author ofthe All uiportant Note. Hoyt Bayes will nt be hanged. Gov. Heyward has commuted his sen- f tence to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary. This action was based principally on the decision of an expert examiner of questio3ed hand- e writing. Hayes had been convicted f of having killed his wife, and the evi dence was purely circumstantial, with nothing to show motive, and for that a reason it appealed to the governor that there might be cause for doubt; the statement of the expert increase that feeling of doubt to such an ex- C tent that Gov. Heyward is unwilling o to see the man suffer the death, penal- e e. ty. On the other hand he does not e grant an unconditional pardon for the 0 reason that there are so many circum- I stances unfavorable to the accused a that a commutation of sentence seems a to him to be the only alternative. 13 In making the announcement Fri 2 day night Gov. Heyward said: "The fc papers in this case were submitted to n me about three weeks ago and follow- m ing my usual custom I referred them ft to the trial judge and solicitor in or- s: der to get their aid in passing upon fc the petition. ; le "Solicitor Boggs said: "Defendant e sentenced to be hanged on Oct. 14, ri 1904, 1 concur with the circuit and sc supreme courts." P "Judge Danftzler made the follow- s ing report: 'The testimony in this at case having teen printed and prestnt Ed to your excellency for considera- d tion, I respectfully return petitions tl without exprersing an opinion or mak ( ing a recommendation, leaving is to t your excellency to reach a just conclu- b sion frcm the consideration of such f testimoney.' ti "I then carefully, read the testi- b, mony and I examiniQ the written ex- r hibits used on trial. The evidence was t< snirely circumstantial, the defendant a and his wife being alone at the time a' of her death, "The State failed to show any mo P tive for ithe crime. The defense re- i lied upon the theory that the deceas- f ed committed suicide and a note was a produced, claimed by the defense to bi be in her handwriting. This note reads as follows: " 'LULA al "'I am treated well by Hoyt but r C; had rather die than to have the pain F and sickness of motherhood, therefore pa I write to let you know I did it.' ag ' The State claims that this note A was a forgery by defendent, produced G by him in order to furnish the founda- Sj tion of a defense. "The question then, who wrote this C note, was a most material circum- ,G stance to be considered in this case. N Testimony of local experts whas had at P the trial, the prepdonderance of such R evidence being in favor of the genu- a ineness of the paper. Realizing this to C be amost materipoit in t cse I Y sent all the written exhibits used on L trial to Mr. David N. Carvalho of New y York, the most prominent expert ex- a aminer of questioned handwriting, B inks and paper in America, with the B request that he render an opinion. A After keeping the papers several days S he returned them with his report. s "Mr. Carvalho is entirely disinter O ested and gqhile his opinion was not B tested by examination in court, it C shows that the State may have erred .B in charging the defendant with for- Dj gery, in order to conceal his crime. B This presents a case where there is a j strong possibility that the circum- 'I stances now showing the defendant's A guilt may, in the future, be explained E away. 1 cannot bring myself to au- iA thorize the infliction of the death s sentence, which would now and for- ] ever prevent any correction of the 5 mistake, should these circumstances y be explained. ""-'he exercs'e of the pardoning E power can be gov.erned by no inflexible C rule. I have been governed by a sense E of grave responsibility in this matter a to both the State and myself." Gov. Heyward stated Friday night t that he had received a petition signed u by about 1,000 people asking for execu a tive clemrency and another petition s signed by about half that number 12 urging him to let the verdict and the t sentence st and. Great pressure had been brought to bear to have the mane hanged and on ac::ount of the preva-d lence of lawlessness in the State one I writer had urged him to let the ac- s cused be hanged even if he were not a guilty.1 Mr. Carvalho says the note on which1 Hayes was convicted was written by e Mrs. Bayes as Hayes claimed it was. The expert compared the note with other writing of Mrs. Hayes and said they were written by the same per son. This cleared Hayes of forging] the note, and Gov. Heyward was al most compelled to act as he did in commuting the sentence. GERMAE S FOR PALRKER. Teutonic Vote Said to be Against goosevelt This Year. Carter Hi. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, conferred Thursday at New York with Judge Parker concerning political affairs in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Mayor Harrison's visit lasted two hours or more. When Mayor Harrison~ left the apartment of Judge Parker he said laughingly to the Associated Pnss: "I es~me to deliver the electoral votes of I'linois, Wisconsin and In diana." A fterwards he said if that was not a big enough contract heI might include the vote of Ioiva. Speaking of the poldal poll made by the Democrats in Illois he assert-I ed that it had not beens thorough out - side of Cook county, but that Chicago showd largely Democa~c ta wt 5he German vote which is with u:-1 [ think we have a good chance to iarr/ the state. I will n t g ve igures on any one of the three SLes nentioned. 1 never give estimates intil shortly before election and then he tigures I give are acurate. The xerman vote in Illinois is nearly one hird of the vote of the state. It is vith us on the question of imperial. sm. The Germans of my state left heir own country because of an im erialistic form of govtrmrent, and hat tendency displayed in the pres nt administration will turn the ,ermars from tbe Republican party." Acknowledging his defeat by the )emocratic faction led by former layor John B. Hopkins, of Chicago, ayor Harrison declared there are no pposing factions in the party in linois now, and that "the Demo rats are united against the common )e."' RUMXDR OF TA. WAR. Box of Leaden Bullets Left by Sher man's Bummers. "Now and then some reminder of the ivil war is picked up in an excavation r in other place where it has long een bu.ied from sight. Bullets, piec of shells, fragments of gun carriag and other trophies are eagerly easured by the collectors. The Co tmbia State says on "Sunday af ter on a mill operative named Bitt ud near what is called Granby ford large box eight by 12 feet in size ing in the mud, near the river bank. o one had ever seen the box before r the water has never been so low as )w. Bitt prized the box out of the ud and found ttat the lid was care 1ly screwed down. He procured a rew driver and opened the box and und that it was full of old style aden bullets, 56 calibre, and design i for use in Spencer carbines and des such as were used by the federal Idiers during the Civil war. Hitt re )rted his find to Mr. W. T. Atkin >n of the Metropolitian Life Insur ce company, who brought a few of te bullets to The State office Tues y. There was about 75 pounds of kese bullets in the box, the paper ps - having rotted away' from Lem for some water had entered the )x despite the fact that the lid was tened so tightly. It is thought that ese bullets must have been dropped r Sherman's army when fording the ver or crossing on pontoons to come this city in 1865. The federal forces .rried Spencer rifles. These bullets e indented at the base and when tey left the muzzle flared open and oduced a dreadful wound about an ch and a half in diametar. Only a w of them were taken from the box kd the remainder left there as the ix was too heavy to be carried." State Fair Rates. The matter of rates to the fair from L of the principal parts of South ro:ina has been finally settled and day the following table was pre red by Mr. B. H. Todd, city ticket :ent of the Southern: nderson................ 4 41 reenville................4.11 artanburg........... ..... 3.85 ion......... ........... 2.74 rlisle.................... 2.28 eewood.................. 3.17 ewberry................... 2.04 osperity................. 1.83 ock all..............--...3.26 arlotte. .... .... --.... ..-.4.05 ester...... ....-.-.-....2.68 rkville.................. 3.48 ncaster................ 292 !innsboro.............--- 1S7 Liden.............--174 Lackvile........... ......2 228 arnwell........... ... 2.56 lendale................. 3.06 vannah. ................. 500 . Matthews... .... .......184 rangeburg............... .. 2.23 rancville.......... ...... 2.74 arleston.........-......... 4.61 amberg.................. 2.83 enmark........ ...... ... 2.83 stesburg................. 1.71 >hnston............. .. .. ..2 22 renton............ ....... .. 2 43 ken..................... 2.96 dgeield......... .......... 2.61 ugusta................... 3.20 mter............ ....... 2.00 arlington.... ..... .......3.21 lorence. ...... ........... 3.17 .aron. ......... ...---.-.-. .nnettsville.. .. ......... . 3.8 .artsville................. 3.68 onway.. . ..... .. ....... .. 3 10 'illion..............---- 414 anning................... 2 52 In additiL n to the regular passenger ains running on convenient sched les from various points to Columbia, ae Southern railway will operate ecial trains Wednesday, October 6th and Thursday, October 27, on he following schedules: Between Branchville and Columbia: Vednesdav, Oatober 26th and Thurs ay, October 27th, 1904. Leave trachville 6 30 a. in.; leave Roswes fie 6.55 a. in.; leave Orangeburg 7.1~> .m.; leave St. Matthews 7 40 a. in.; save Kingville 8.05 a. mn.; leave Vestons 8.25 a. in.; arrive Columbia .50 a. mn. Returning, leave Columbia October 6 th and 27 th, at 8 30 p. mn. Btween Sumter, Camden and Co umbia, October 26th and 27th, 19'04: mye Camden 3.45 a. in; arrive ingvlle 8.00 a. mn.; leave Sumter '.00 a. mn.; arrive Kingville 8.00 a. ;arrhe Columbia 8.50 a. mn. ReturL. ng train will be operated on the ollowing schedule: Leave Columbia 130 p. in ; arrive Sumter 10.10 p. in.: Lrrive Camden 10.45 p. mn. Did Not Work. At St. Paul, Minn., P. WV. Scinnon Ld wife, of Minneapolis, fell from ,he third story window of the Ger nania Life building to the stone side walk Friday af Eernoon. Tue woman was killed and Scannon was not ex ected to live. The woman's neck was said to have been broken. Tney both struck on their heads. Scannon is the nventor of a fire escape and it was luring a test of the apparatus that ie accident occurred. He bari swung amself down from the eighth .tloor of ihe building to the third, where his wife was awaiting him in a window. The rope which sustained them was~ Light and when the woman's weight was added to that of her husband, the stone window ledge above cut the strndsc of the rope, letting both fall. MUST DO OUR SHIRE. The Democratic States Must Help Carry j he Doubtful States. XONEY NEEDED FOR THE WORK Mr. Willis B. Dowd. Representing the Democratic National Com nittee, is in South Carolina Raising Funds. "It is up to the s'uth to elect Par ker," said a gentleman Wednesday. Inasmuch as the gentleman is an authorized representative of the Dem ocratic national campaign committee the assertion called for an explana tiun. The south's electoral votes be ing certainly solid for the Democratic ticket, it is generally considered that no more than these votes is expected from the south and that the election hinges upon the votes of the "dobut ful States." But the gentleman quoted proceeded to show that south ern Democrats, having an easy thing in their own States, must be relied on to help carry the doubtful ccm monwealths. The speaker was Mr. Willis B. Dowd, a lawyer of New York city, who was in Columbia Wednesday on important business for the national Demccratic committee. He is a na tive of North Carolina, but has lived in New York for many years, and while always interested in politics, has never been specially ac'ive until thiscampaign. He thinks that circum tances never so loudly called for ac tivity on the part of people who have the good of the country-an- especi ally southern-born people-as now. Mr. Dowd is a member of the Demo :iratic club of New York and of the Parker Constitution club, and was one :f the invited guests at the recent 1 anhattan club reception to Judge Parker. He, however, threw down his personal affairs and renounced all ocial and politico-social engagements in order to do the work assigned to aim. What that work is and how mportant it is, he explained to a re porter of The State Wednesday at the Elotel Jerome. t Mr. Dowd, with the assistance of the Democratic campaign handbook, prepared the following tables: FIGURES THAT TALK. Here are the scuthern States cer t ;ain for Parker: Dem. States. Elec. Votes. Aabama........-........ -11 rkansas-... .... .... .... ... - lorida... ..................... 5 3eorgia... ... ... .. ..- ... ..13 Eentucky... ... ... ... ... ... 13 [nuisiana....................... 9 5faryland........... ........... 8 ,ILs'ssippi...................... 10 a slissouri.. .................18 ,orthCarolina....... ...... 12 south Carolina...............9 lennessee.................. 12 rexas...... ............-18 Virginia........ .....- .... 12 West Virginia..-.-.....-.-. 7 Total.--.... ... .. ...... 16 Here are the northern States counted 3ertain for Parker: N~ew York................... 39 Delaware.................... 3 i .iolorado........ ....... ....... 5 1 Total.......... .......... 4 Necessary to a choice..-.-....-.-.239 Total certain D.:mocratic vote.. . .213 Votes to be gained ...... ...... 26 Here are three ways to gain them: Indiana........ ...-.... ....... 15 New Jersey.......... ...-...... 12 Total............. ........ 29 Connecticut................. 7 Nebraska...... ..... ..... .... New Jersey.................. 12 Total........ ..- .... ....... 2i Indiana- ..- ...- ...- .........l1 Nebraska.................... 8 Montana........... ..-........ 3 Total........ .....- .. ....... 26 VICTOR Y IN SIG HT. "Victory is in sight," said Mr. Dowd, "but you can say the same thing when you see two persons sit down to play a game of chess, with the bc ard and men in full view. The result, of course, depends upon the relative skill of the players." "Do you regard politics as a game?" the .reporter asked. "No, I do not," was the emphatic answer. "It is more like warfare, but the principles governing games or war apply equally in politics. Weak ners cannot overcome strength. Lack of organization and Co operation can not prevail against organizatiion, sys tern and efficiency. Everybody must admit that." The reporter admitted on behalf of everybody. "Well, then," continu d Mr. Dowd, "take another look at our figures Here we have a group of southern States with 166 electoral votes. and a group of northern States with 47 elec toral votes struggling with a group of R hpublicir States with 218 electoral vet.s for certain other northern and western States with 45 electoral votes. E'ghteen States, if you please, against 22, struggling for five. You see that the odds favor the Republicans to this point."dd't The reporter saw it and dd' like it. "The worst is to come," continued Mr. Dowd, who says that he believes in sticking to the literal truth all the time. "We sae 22 solid Republican States in absolute accord as to the importance of carrying the doubtf a States, and all cheefully chipping oin to help carry them for Roosevelt What has been the condition of affairs heretofore among the Democratic States? Why, the southern group has hot contributed at all toward the national campaign fund and the bur den has fallen on a few northern IStates, not only to carry their own elections but to win the doubtful States also.'' "You are talking of what has been,'' the reporter said. "What about the present?" "I have every reason to believe that things will be different thIs year," 'said Mr. Dowd. "A sympathetic Smethod Is makringr tn awoaen the whole south to the importance of tiking a hand in the tight and the favorable outcome of it is already assured. I have talked with Chairman Jones of your State committee and he assures me that South Carolina will do her part." "What in general is expected uf the southY" the reporter inquired. "Well, let me ask you a question," said Mr. Dowd. turning to interview the interviewer. "Do you think 10 cents per voter is too much for the national committee to spend on the qualified electors of this na:ion in or to show them the way to vote and to see that they get in line to do it?" He got a negative resporse. "Very good. There are about 14, 000,000 qualified voters in this coun try and 10 cents apiece makes s1,400, 000, does it not? and v ould it be ask ing too much of the south to pay one tenth of that amount? You have in South Carolina, I believe, 41 counties ind would It be a burden for each of them to put up $200 for the wortby ause of helping us dispose of Roose velt and Crum*" "It ought not to be," The State nan responded, with alacrity. "I am not here demanding any ihing," continued Mr. Dowd, "but )nly explaining the situation as I see t, and leaving the rest to your peo REPUBLICAN MONEY ABUNDANT. Mr. Dowd went on to say that the Republicans have plenty of mo.ney, hat Chairman Cortelyou's campaign ,est is full to overliowing. The vast ;orporate and private interests which )rofit by Republican policies and spec al p.ivileges are contributing liberal y; and in New York Gov. Odell and :ieut. Gov. Higgins, the nominee for pvernor, whose political fortunes are it stake, are both men of large wealth ad can reach and influence the cor >*rations. As the Republicans re'y for :ampaign funds upon those who will enefit by Repub'ican success, so must he Democrats depend upon those who ave most at stake in a Democratic ictory. Realizing what may befall the outh should Mr. Rocsevelt with his ro-negro policy be elected, the Dem cratic managers have concluded that he south should be appealed to for nancial help in cairying the doubt ul States. The farmer, wiho pays the ariff tax, and the manufacturer and erchant, who will be injured by uu ettled political conditions incident to he race question, are expected to ear their share of the expense. But he election is only four weeks off and Fhat is done must be done quickly. THE PRCSPECT. Mr. Dowd was asked as to pros ects. He said that as his tables show, te considers New York certainly )emocratic. The city organization is a near perfect as ptssiblre and the up !ate organization is better than ever )wing to Odellism there is a revolt mong the Republicans and the Dem rats are eonfident of carryirg New rork for Parker as well as for Her ck. As to the general situation Mr )owd said that'the organization is in ine condition and all that is needed s money-money to be used in legiti ate ways, such as biring bands and arriages on electiod day and halls and iaring expenses of printing and circu ating literature. Mr. Dowd said that om Taggart is a genius at organiz g, as is Judge Parker himself, and hat with the proper support Mr. aggart can carry Indiana and New ersey AMONG HIS FRIENDS. Mr. Dowd is an exceedingly affable ~entleman and looks the ty pical New ork lawyer. He met some old friends ere. He was a pupil of Col. John P. homas at Charlotte and spoke very ffectionately of his old instructor and1 ery appreciately of the strict mill ary discipline he inculcated. One ot r. Dowd's scho.,Imates was Mr. A C. Sanders of Sumter, who was in the ity Wednesday attending a meeting f the penit 'atiary directors, and the iwo got together and swapped stories >f former days. Mr. Dowd also calld >n Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr , whom he mew in Charlotte and who is now )emocratic county chairman of Rich and. In the evening Mr. Dowd left for )harleston to continue his work. From here he will proceed according to in tructions from headquarters.-The state A Q~J.ER MAN. .rrested for Throwing Five Thouis and Dollars in the Street. Thomas Fitzgera'd, a well-known esident of Jewett City, Corin., was ~ound on the street in Willimantie ~ity early Wednesday throwing away greenbacks, checks and coins. He was locked up. T wo $1,000 bills were round on him, together with bills of imaller denomiL ation and several arge checks, amounting in all to more t :an $5,000. He could give little account of him self. He was identified by Maci r Dennis, of Sullivan, a f..rmer resident :f Jewett City, who is stopping ati Willimantie. The police have com - runicated with the Selectmen of Jewett City, and Fitzgerald will prob ably be taken tack to have a conserva tor appointed.I Fitzgerald worked in the large Sl a ter mills in Jewett City, and had saved up his small fortune out of his wages. One thounand dollars of the money is said to belong to his sister. He has been away from home for about six weeks, and a warrant is out for him on a charge of desertion. He married recently a handsome young woman, thirty years his iuoior, and they have one child less than a yeair old. The man was dressed shabbily, but his p: ckets bulged with yellow back currency. Some of it was gathered up from the sidewalk where he drop ped it as 'ae walked along. He said he was looking for a bank in which to deosit it. Some of the checks were drawn on New York banks, and 0th ers on Norwich banks. He owns real estate in Jewett City, and rec.ntly sold a valuable piece of real estat3 for one dollar. His ycung wife has been looking for him far a month. * THERE is said to be no truth in the rumor that President Roosevelt will order Gen. Leonard Wood to return home and follow on the trail of Gen ral Miles. CLEMSON COLLEGE. In His Report Pr. Nell Suggests Tx tendiug the Tormitories AS MORE ROOM IS NEEDED. The Financial Showing of the In stitution Indicates That There is a Surplus After Mak in, improvements. The annual report of Clemson col lege was filed recently with Superin tendent of Education Martin. The report is for thA school year ending June 30, 1904, and is the fifteentb made. The preliminary shows that in every department it was necessary to fill vacancies made by resignations, showing that Clemson graduates and professors are in demand elsewhere. The demand and expendftures are I enormous and are given in the tabu- I 'ated rep->rt below as follows: The college opened with 580 stu dents and this increased to 605. Over 660 applied for entrance. The board reports with regret that the trustees I have not sullicient money t6 increase C the accommodations of the college. I It is estimated that could- tiis be I d(ne the attendance would be fully 1,000 a year. Agr'caltural, 188 in freshman and C 33 in other three classes. Chemical, 215 students. Mechanical, 346 students. Textile, 41 students. Civil engineering, 14 students. In the preparatory department out )f 146 in the class 91 remained until t the end of the session and 53 (f these b rose to the freshman class, 28 being a :untry boys and 25 town boys. p Enrolled under the new scholarship aw this year were 204 students dis iributed according to an opinion of :he attorney general as follows: E Seniors 5, juniors 21, sophomores 17, freshmen 97, preparatory 34, otal 204. Toe report of the fertilizer inspec- n icn department for 1904 as compared 1 ith 1903 is a follows: 0 1904-Tax cllecet d, $106,730. Tons d if fertilizer sold 426,921. 1903-Tax collected. $103,432. Tcns b f fertilizer sold, 413,728. 0 The expenses, including salaries and y *st of inspection v as $9,150.77 for a 904, as compared with $9.206.68 for b 903. The total income of the ccllege in- A uding interest, fertilizer tax, tul- v ion, Morrill fund, land s-rip, Clem- u on bequest, etc., Is $168,694.62. I The total expenst s of the cAlege to a rune 30 were $128,038.25. p , THE PRESIDENT'S REPo'RT. In his annual report to the general 0 osetably, Dr. P. H. Mell.. president of lemson college, states that 74 ap >icants were denied admission to the olliege tuis fall, and hs suggests that t will be necessary to enlarge the 3ormitories and the laboratories. He s also recommends that the fiscal year a >e changed so that it will end at the a same time as the fiscal year onthe 0 state government-Jan. 1st instead >f July 1st. The scholastic year over she State ends on the date last nam- 1 ~d. Another matter of general interest n the report is the statement as to I he summer institutes conducted in a c mmber of places in the State by l< embers of the Clemson faculty. The a otal attendance on these institutes I was 5,960, and the number attending fI he State institute at Clemson was d 389. t Dr. Mell refers with pride to the a :onduct of the military department t f the college and gives an accunt s A the march to Anderson, 18 mIles y a.way, and the sham battle. The t 3adet corpse is reported to have made s i fine appearance on this trip. S Dr. A. S. Shealy, the veterinary in c :harge since the resignation of Dr.p Nesm. who has gone to the Philip- ia pines, reports that he has made a e umber of experiments with inocula tion with the dreaded cattle ticks and the experiments were successful, a showing that it is possible to nnder :attle immune. The object of this isI to increase the raising of beef cattle i in the State. Texas fever was found s in 12 counties last summer. Mr. Chas. E. Chambliss, in charge of the department of horticu'ture, went to Texas to study the habirs of the boll weevil and is now preparing for circulation a report on this pest 1 which is ruining the cotton belt wt st of the Mirsirsippi river. He was call. ed to a number of counties in this Srte by reports of the presence of 2 the weevil, but found rnone. A few days ago a synopsis of the I inancial report was given. Following I is a more detailed statement for the I year ending July 1st, 1904: RECEIPTs. Balance on hand July 1st, 1903....... .....8,993.42 Interests on deposits- 1.901.24 Cash from Clemson be-c quest........ ....... 3,512.36i Cash from land scrip 5 ,7504 00 Cash from dairy herd. 2,729.18 Cash from dairy..... 504.3 Cash from rents.. ... 300.00 Cash from electric plant. 711 68 Cash from farm.. ... 961 47 Cash from tution........3,250.00 Cash miscellaneous. ... ]39 51 Cash frcm MIorrill fund. 12,500.00 Balance inspection tax, 1902-3.. .... .... .... 21,176-2'J Inspection tax, 1903 4.. 106,261.15 Total..... .. ...... 8168,t94.f32 COLLEGE EXPENsES. Permarnut improvements (New agricultural hall) .$43,040.83 1ilitary department... 2,214.83 Academic department. 14,783.20 Preparatory department. 1,366 60 Eecutive department.. . 5. 196.50' Agricultural department. 9,679.17 Mechanical department 17,531.01 Chemistry dep irt ment 4,192.1:; Textile department.......7,425.67 Frm manager.. ...... ...900.00 M iscleaneous .. .. .. .. . . 21,70.21 Total... ... .. .. .. .. 128,03.25~ oTHER EXP'ENSES. Collecting tax arnd an alyzing fertilizers.. . .... 9.146.'1 Veterinary inspection.. . . 491.68 ntomological inspection. 612.96 Coast experiments . 1,164.30 Farmers' institutes ....... 671.75 $12,076.90 College expenses....... $128,038.25 Tutal expenses ......$140,115.15 MISCELLANEOUS. Under the head of "Miscellaneous Expenses" the following items are re :orded: fanitors.. ...........$ 272.00 Watchman................ 366.00 Earm. ................1,033 36 ecture fund............. 400.00 4eat, light and water.. 5,247 38 ibrary................ 96.16 Lnsurance.. .............753.90 Jatalogues... ...........630.29 ,onvicts.............. ... 2,060.28 ?ortraIt, Dr. Hartzog.... 50.00 ostruction and repairs... 1,546 26 [reasurer's cilice... .......118 02 )ntingent account... 934.79 ?rinting cilize............ 194.54 )airy herd............... 2.27::.01 legistered herd ........... 796.90 land.................... 33 95 llacksmith.. ........... 43.30 .................... .. 11.76 and purchase........ ....447.50 [eamster....... ........203.44 tuditing books............ 200.00 'resident's oifice. ........476.60 .alf barn..... ...........1.551 listory.. ............... 67.15 or mathematics.. ........243.17 chool house.. ........... 11.65 rustees................. 922.20 ,hapel................... 1,139 64 Ldvertisirg.. ...........154 51 .rustee medal. .......... 25.00 air exhibit............... 75.00 Total. .............$21,708.31 It will be seen fro.m the above that he college finished the year with a alance of $28,000 after building the gricultural ball and extending the lant for water distribution. BRYAN ON THE ST UMP. e Is Now Speaking to Large Crowds in Indiana. W. J. Bryan addressed an open air ieeting at Marysville, Mo., on the th instant pleading for the election f Joseph W. Folk, Democratic can idate fcr governor of Missouri. 'ouching on natural affairs he said he alieved his hearers would give him redit for courage etnough to oppcse P.irker openly if he did nut regard him s the best man for the place and that e hoped his reputation for truth and eracity was such that his friend, rould believe him when he said he ras supporting the Democratic nomi ees by every means -in his power. n the afternoon of the same day he dres;ed a large meeting in Elm ark. Having been introduced as "the ian who will some day 3e president f the United States," Mr. Bryan said bat he used to think that he would e president and that he would be the [oses of the Democratic party. "But don't think so now," he said. Mosses, you know was slow of peech, and the Lord selected Aaron s his speechmaker. I beleive that I m the Aaron rather than the Moses f Democracy. I am willing to be the caron of the party, if our Moses who as been so slow of speech will but :ad the people out of the wilderness.' SPEAKING IN INDIANA. Win. J. Bryan, accompanied by W. I. O'Brien, chairman of the Demo ratic state committee, some of the ~aders of the Fifth district, and any newspaper men left Terre Hant, nd., on Wednesday on a special train 3r an eight days' speaking tour of In iana, during which he is scheduled o make fifty-two speeches. Mr. Bry n, in an addr~ss at Rockville, denied he charge that his wishes for the uccess of the Democratic ticket this ear were not earnest. He called at ention to the fact that the Bacon re Dlution was defeated in the United tates senate by but one vote, and oninuing, nid: "Had that resolution assed, there would have been no war a the Pnilippines, $600,000,000 we ave spent t3 force a foreign govern ent upon the people of those islands rould have been saved and the dis strous results of this war of conquest ould not have been." He regards the sacan resolution, he said as the most inportant question the United States enate had had before it in a quarter f a century. Wanted to Kill Him. A dispatch from Valdosta, Ga., ays a mob of negroes are reported to ave fired upon the house of E. J. ngram, a well known negro mer hant of the Tomtown suburb. He ~elieves they wanted to draw him ,way fiozn the house and then kill timn. Hie brought a hand full of bul ets to the city which he picked up on ,he ficar after the rioters dispersed. le fled through a rear window to the cois where he dressed himself. A lozen more shots were fired into the icuse as he fled. He says that there as a row recently in the church to which he belonged and some of the nembers grew bitter against him be ~ause they thought- he prec~pitated t. lie thinks that some of the broth ~rs have formed a "Fo Day Club" to -on him (,it or kill him. Took tise Own Lire. A dispatch to The State says Mr. soldsmith Thompson, a well known roung man and son of Judge 0. G. lhompson, committed suicide Monday ight at the home of his father, tive niles south of the city, by shooting imself through the head with a re golver. He occupied a room alone and .ipon investigation after the report >f the pistol at 1 ','clock at night, a member of the family found the young man in his bed in an unconscious con dition with a wournd in his right tem ple. He had been in ill health some lime and had become despondent, a fact that is attributed as the cause of bis act. He was about 32 years old and unmarried. Fam'ily Feud. At Gutherie, Okla., as a result of a feud two men bave been killed, and the wife and two children of one of the victims is perhaps fatally injured. Murield D~avis and Jerse Meeks were heads of two hostile families. Sunday night Davis went to Meeks' hoase and skot and killed him, then returned home and shot his wife and two chil dron and then sulcided. SCARCITY OF LABOR. Much Trouble Is Experienced i Gatherin.- the Cotton Crop. The fact that the negroes are leai ing tLe farms year after year i greater numbers to stek more profi able and easier employment, or to ge into the towns where they can lca and live as well as when they worke hard all day, is aggravated just no, by the fact that the long continue dry weather is causing cotton to ope with unprecEdEnted rapidity. Tb scarcity of labor was perhaps never s intensely and painfully felt than i is today, according to reports whic: reach here from various parts of th low-country as well as from the re bills of the Piedmont section of th State. Cotton pickers are gettin about the best pay they have enjoyei since the negrres were emancipated The Charleston Pust says: Railroad Commissioner B. L. Caugh man, who has had varied experiene as a practical farmer and who has re cently observed conditions in trips t< various parts of the Stats State, said "There is no doubt but that thi dry weather is causing the cotton t open with great rapidity, and there i also no doubt about the wisdom o. having it gathered without delay, foi two good reasons: If the cotton i allowed to remain in the field if 11 does not fall out of its own weight il loses heavily by the oil drying out and what's of greater importance there is always the grave danger o1 one of these fall gales coming along and blowing it out of the tolls on t( the ground where it becomes stainec or is lost altogether by careless picker, neglecting to gather it. A gale lik( the une that started up here a fev days ago would have resulted in a los! of over $50,000 to South Carolina cot ton farmers had it kept up a day o3 so, as is generally its custom. "I don't know what's gotten intc the negroes lately. They are leaving the farms rapid y, coming to town o. going to what they call 'public works. But those who remdn on the farm are more trifling than negroes eve] were before. Since the establishmeni of rural free delivery the negro farm. ers are getting their newspapers more general y in some sections than the white farmers are getting theirs. "The prevailing price for cottor picking is 50 per cent. higher today than it was last year or in several years. The standard price of 40 cent a hundred has been advanced to s and 65 cents, and I understand tb5( in some sections of tie low-country al igh as 81 a hundred Is being paid, Near the cities that is causing the men and women servants, particular ly the csoks, to desert the households and go to the fields. "Another thing that is hurrying the farmers to get their cotton picked is that they have been frightened Intc the belief that the price will go down from 10 cents to 9 and maybe 8 cents. But so far as labor conditions are con earned the higb price increases the trouble. For this reason: When as sured that the price will probably be 10 cents or more the country mer chant will cheerfully stake the negrc cropper or renter, whereas when the price is low the merchant requires the white farmer to stand for the renter or cropper. "But this heavier price for cott-on picking is not resulting in any more cotton being picked, as sad as that fact is. It is the negro's nature tc work only for an immediate living, and the more pay he gets the lesi work he is going to do. There were four negro excursions into Columbis there last week in as many days. This brought several thoussnd negroes there, many of whom would other. wise have been in the field. Thirtj to forty more bales of cotton would have been picked but for those excur sions." A SALUIDA COUNTY TRAGXDY.D From Which Onie Man Is Dead ant Another Wounded. A dispatch to The State from Saluda says Monday nIght, 10th in stant, near Richardsonville, in thi Northern part of that county, M. M M rse was shot and instantly killed and W. L. Henderson was woundec in the right hand, in the left arm and sprinkled with shot in other parts o the body. Both parties were white and the weapons used were shotguns. Just how the affair was started and wh4 did the shooting which resulted st tragically will probably never bi straightened out. It is known that bad blood has existed between thi dead mnin and Henderson. Several days ago Henderson wa. traveling the road by Morse's home Morse came cut with a gun, and get ting the drop on Henderson, it is said proceeded to abuse him in the mos1 violent manner. Morse, it will be re called, is the man whose - home wa: shot into some months ago at night Thereaf er Gov. Heyward offered reward for the capture of the partie: but nothing ever came of it. From wnat can be gathered the basis of the trouble seems to hay. been of a domestic nature. A nieci of Henderson married Morse's son an< they were separated in the early par of the year. Henderson's brothe: then went for his daughter and carri ed her to his home. To this actio: the dead man took exception and ther nas been an almost continual row eve since, W. L. Henderson being ever tually drawn into the affair. Monday night when the killing oc curred Morse and his son-in-law, Mik DeLoach, were returning home fror E-lge field. They were in a buggy an Morse was carrying his gun. It ap pears that they met Henderson in th center of the road, and that after few words the shooting commenced Just who the aggressor was can no be ascertained. Oae report is tha IMorse was shot two or three times the fatal shot being fired into the al domen. Henderson's right hand wi probably have to be amputated an be may lose his left arm. IW. L.lHendersn, it will be recal ed, figured in the first murder tria ever held in this county, being trie together with his father and brothe for killing John Buzhardt. All< them were acquitted. * MECCA OF DEATI. !Such Proves to be a Drinking Place in New York. WOOD ALCOHOL DID THE WORK t Twenty-five Customers Who Drank at Fritsche's Barrel House Died in a Few Hours After Drinking. e New York has a sensational case on o hand. Acting under instruction from t the coroner, the po'ice have taken 3 into custody Rudolph Fitsche, who. e keeps a little saloon at 723 Tenth ave I nue, New York. Fitsche is. charged a only with being a susplcous person, i but the rolice say that in his saloon, 1 it is suspEcted, whiskey was sold which contained poison, and this whiskey is responsible for the many deaths that have occurred in the neighborhood recently. Fritsche only recently bought the place, which.is of the variety generally described as a barrel house. Investigation of the numerous deaths In the neighborhood during the past few weeks showed that nearly all thcse who had died suddenly were customers of the "barrel-house." Fritsche, after being taken to the sta tion house, was admitted to bail. He returned to the saloon, but the police followed, closely questioned the pro prietor and closed the doors. Twenty-five persons living in the neighborhood, all of them middle aged have died during the past two weeks. The symptoms were In the main identical. They were charac. terized by the attendant physicians in all cses as those of alcoholism. In the past twenty-four hours one death, that of Robert Smith has been report ed while the fol'owing awaited burial: Michael McAuliffe, aged 45, died Saturday. Charles McLeavy, aged 50, died Sunday. William Delain died Friday, aged 48. Adolphe Lehman, died Sunday. Nora M;Ginnes, died Sunday. All these persons resided in a pre scribed territory. Lehman's stomach and a bottle of whiskey purchased in the neighborhod were taken to the health department for analysis the_ result of which has not yet been made public. A doctor living in West Forty Eighth street, who was called to 1 attend severalof the persons mention ed said that while the cases he had seen were p'ainly enough alcoholism, there was yet something peculiar in such an outbreak of the ailment in so circumscrib:d a territory. "I was called," said he, "to see M Leavy. McAuliffe lay dead of the same disease In.a room just across the hall when I got there and McLeavy was already dead when I arrived. "It-would appear as though there had been something in the form of,' alcoholic beverage they had been tak ing which had a powerful effet -in arresting the heart's action. I have found that in the case of several who died they had been In the habit of buying whiskey at the rate of ten cents a pint and that in some In stances they drank'great quantities, pouring It into ordinary drinking tumblers full and pouring it down as though It were water. It is barely possible the whiskey was made of wood alcohoL" Coroner Scholer has ordered the chief statistician of the department 1of health to furnish him alist of all persons who have died durirg the past three months in the district lying between 46th and 53d streets, Ninth avenue and the North river. All will be investigated and If it is thought advisable in any instance, the bo-lies will be exhumed. A report submitted later to Police Captain Hussey by the department of - health analyst, alleges that wood alcohol was found in Lehman's istomach and it Is further alleged that a- bottle of whiskey purchased by a detective also contained a large per centage of wood alcohol. Determined that no mistake should be made, Coroner Scholer at once urdered that the funeral of McAuliffe and McLeavy be postponed and their stomachs analyzed. Samples also were taken from bar rels of whiskey In Fritsche's saloon and the police took entire charge of the place. Coroner Scholer declares it is his opinion that the same kind of whiskey will be found in other saloons and that other deaths will be traced to its use. Insulted His Wif.. H. A. Videtto, a prominent mer chant, of Augnata, Ga., was shot and killed Friday ~night by H. D). Chip man for an alleged Insult to his wife. A negro servant girl of Chapman's had represented to Videtto that her mistress was enamoured of him and repeatedly brought him messages which he returned. Emboldened by their repetition he spcke to Mrs. Chapman Friday morning who re huffed him forcibly. He then apolo gized and explained why he had dared address her. When she told her hus band of the occurrcnce,-.he went to Videtto's store and offered him the choice of a horsewhipping or some Sthing wo:-se. Videtto. tried to fur ther apologize but Chapman re't arat - ed his threats. Videtto turned to 1 ward a telephone to summon the po a lice when Chapman fired,!the bullet r striking Videtto in the back.' He - was taken to tbe city hospital where he died a few hours later. Chapman - surrendered. The States Needed. jThe New York Herald says these - - are the states upon which the Demo. e1 cratic national campaign managers I are counting On to supply the 80 elec .toral votes that must be added to the t vote of the Solid South to give Judge tParker the 239 votes in the electoral ,college that constitute a majority of that body: 1 Colorado............... .....5 i Connecticut..................7 Indiana......... ............15 - Montana..................... 3 d Nevada...................... 3 d New York...................39 rtUtah........................ 3 afWest Virginia...............7 'Totl1.........