The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 19, 1904, Image 1
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.........