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"POVERTY." A Book That ;!ught to Make the World t'hink. R. RUNITER, SOCIAL BFORKER, Arraigns Conditions that Give One Hundred and Twenty-five Thou sand People Half the Na tion's Wealth. Like a voice crying in the wilder ness of wealth and luxury, Robert Bunter, the young social reformer, has uttered an appeal for the ten wil lion people of the United States who are steeped in proverty. To give effect to the appeal, Mr. Hunter, with his young and beautiful wife, formerly Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, daughter of Millionaire Anson Phelps Stokes, has abandoned a maision of wealth and luxury In fashionable Madison avenue and established in Grove street, where sloth and proverty abide on all sides, a home from which he and Mrs. Hunter will be able to devote their efforts toward the alleviation of the suffering. Not with any flare of trumpets has Mr. Hunter taken this radical step. He and his pretty wife, whom he met a year ago while they were separately ministering to the poor of the slums, had been in their quarters a week be fore the newspapers found them out. They modestly disclaim any purpose to do anything but bear their just share of any responsibilities that the perilous situation may impose upon all lovers of mankind. But already they are actively engaged in a score cf practical charitable movements. HIS OBO "PO ERTY." Co-incident, with their removel to No. 88 Grove street, Mr. Hunter's book on "Poverty" was published by the Macmilians. It is the result of Mr. Hunter's fifteen years of labor -among the poor of the nation, and it is a ter rible arraignment of the State, the corporations and the individual em ployers of labor, whom he charges with joint responsibility for the con ditions that prevail. Startling as is his statement that there are 10,000,000 people in the United States-one-eighth of our pop ulation-suff-ring from proverty to day; that the scourage of mankind consumption-is epidemic, and that the poor are poorer than ever; he do's not stop there, but predicts, unless re medial measures are adopted, an even worse condition, ending in an ec- n omic feudalism worse than the baron ial feudalism of the Middle Ages. Mr. Hunter idoes not especially charge the Trusts with responsbiLity for the conditions, but the inference which he draws is plain. "Poverty" is a book which is bound to create a sensation among thinking people. At the beginning of his took, Mr. Hunter, in a chapter on general pov erty, deflnes the geographical limits of the state of misery with which he proposes to deal. After referring to the slum districts of foreign cities, he says: CONGLOMRATE POTE~RTY. "In our American cities negroes, whites, Chinese, Mexicans, halfs breeds, Americans, Irish and others are indiscriminately housed together in the same tenements and even in the same rooms. Tae blind, the crip pled, the consumptive, the aged, the ragged ends of life, the babies, the children, the half-starved, underclad beginnings in life, all huddled. to gether, waiting, drifting. This is pau perism. There Is no mental agony here; they do not work sore; there is no dread; they live miserably, but they do not care." Continuing, the author says: "How many people in this country are in poverty? Is the number year ly growing larger? Are there each year more and more of the unskilled class pursuing hopelessly the elusive phantom of self-support and indepen dence? * * * * * I have not the slightest doubt that. there are in the United States 10,000,000 cersons. in precisely these conditions of pover ty, but I am largely guessing, and there may be as many as tifteen or ,twenty millions. But ought we not to know? * ** * "The number of evictions In any community is a fairly good measure of the minimum of distress. In the, year 1903 6*.,463 families in the Borough of Manhattan were evicted from their homes. This is about 14 per cent. of t he total number of the familes in the borough. "As another indication the number of pauper burials shou:d be cited. Every one familiar with the poor knows bow desperately they sturggle to give a decent burial to their dead, *** and yet one in every ten per sons who die in New York is buried at public expense in Potter's Field." Summarizing some of the facts which he then gives Mr. Hunter pre sents this table: sTATISIICs OF DISTRESS. 1903-Twenty per cent of the peo: pie of Boston in distress. 1897-Nineteen per cent of the peo ple of New Yor In distress. 1899-Eighteen per cent of the peo ple of Ne~w York in distress. 1903-Fourteen per cent of the! familes of Manhattan evicted. Every year 10 per cent of those who die in Manhattan have pauper burials. "On the basis of these figures," he continues, "it would seem fair to to estimate that certainly not fewer than 14 per cent of the people in prosperous times (1903) and prebably not fewer than 20 per cent in bad times (1897) e.re in distress." Considering the causes of non em ployment, into which the author temporarily diverts, he makes this significant observation: 'The reorganization of indus try into trusts, causing many thousands of men to lose temporarily their em ployment, the introduction of new machinery, having the same effect: the speeding up of the machines, which exhausts and displaces work men at an early age; exceah e hours in many trades and a too plenti~ul supply of labor in mans industrial centres, are all causes of non-employ ment which teem more active in this country than abroad." The figures or non employment are then reviewed, In conn-ction with other causes of poverty. Mr. Hunter cites the record of railroad accidents in the United States for tne last ten years, showing many thousands were reduced to absolute want because of the death or permanent injury of the head of the family. And he points out that the majority of these acci dents could have been avoided had the railroads installed the necessary safe ty appliances. CONCENTR.AT1(o OF WALT11. In a very signiti-nt tale it is bown tihat of the &65 0U.0000,00 ybich is the estima!ed weaith of the ountr.-833,000.000 000 is p-sessed I >y 1:5 00!. of the 80,0u0000 Of our ,vpulation. Summing up the situation, Mr Blunter embraces in a sing-e paragraph 2is message to the nation: "There are, probably," he says, "in .airly prcsperous years no fewer than 10,000,000 perons in poverty-that is to say uuderfed, underClothed atd pooriy hcus:d. Of these, abrout 1.000;000 persons are public paupers. :ver 2.000,00 working men are un -mployed from four to six months in Lhe year. About 500,000 male immi 4rants arrive yearly and seek work in Dhe very districts where work ii scarcest. "Nearly half the familiks in this ountry are prepertyless. O er 1700, 000 little children are forced to be eime wage-earncrs whEn they should still be sciool. 3 000.000 women find it necessary to work and about 2000,000 are employed in facto:ies. mills, etc. Probably no fewer than 1.000,000 workersare injured or killed each year while doing their work, and 10,000,000 of the persons now living will. if tre present ratio is kept up, die of this preventable disease-tuber culosis'" What is to be doae? Mr. Hunter mentions a few remedie,: "Tbe factories, the mines, the work!h~ps and the railroids must be forced tu cease killing the father, or the b.y, or the g;rl, whose wages alone sutfle to keep the family from poverty; or if the workers must be injured or kilie-, then the family must at least te fairly compensated, in so far as that be possible. Tene ments may be made fairly sanitary by the ac.ion of the community and thereby much of the breeding of wretced soils and diseaced bodies stopped.-New York Amesican. THE RURAL CARRTIRS Reld a Very Interesting Meeting in Colambia Thursday. The State Rural Delivery Carriers association held a special meeting in the United States court room in Co lumbia Tzursday. Tee puriose of the meeting was to hear two address es, which were made by Congressmar. A. F. Lever and Postmaster J. F Enser or that city. and for the dis cussion of matt--, rela-,i g to the im provement of the free mail delivery service. The membership of the asscciation numbers something over 500, bu' there are many of the carriers Y hate not yet bicome members. This meeting being a culled one and occur ring en Thank givivg day, the atten dance was smal. Tae following are the otilcers for the present year: President, D. C. Hayden Orangeburg; vice president, R A. Si!gh, S igh'; secretary, H. E B1 n, Netses; treas urer, Jas. Hartmin, Pio-perity. The morning session opened at 11 30 o'clcek. Dr. Eisor was the first speaker, followed by Mr. Lever. They were listened to with closest at tentitn. After these speeches there was a discrsio.n by the members of the associat'icn suggesting improve ments of boxes for mail, style of wagons, etc. A reerss for dinner was taken at 1.30 o'clock. Business was rcsumed at 3 o'clock. it was agreed toat The R. F. D. News, .the otlicial organ of the Na tional Rural Letter Carriers' associa ti -n, should be sent to every member of the State organization. It was also decided that at the annual meet ing, which is to be held in Columbia next July, the session should be held for two days irstead of one as hereto fore. The dates agreed upon are July 3 'and 4, 19c5. A committee ol three, consisting if Messrs. Samuel C. Tindale of Ecsses, P. M.:. Huff o! Piedmont and N. 0. Pvles of Colum bia, was appointed to present to the State legislature at it its next ses sion a memorial urgirig the passage of laws leading to the Improvement of public and private roads traveled by by the free delivery routes. A re:.olution was offered by Mr. Pyles and unanimously adopted thank ing Dr. Ensor -and Congressman Le ver for their excellent addresses, and Maj. Micah Jenkins, collector of In teroal revenue for the use of the court room, and to the press for courtesies extended. The following members of the asso cation were present: D. 0. Hayden, Orange burg; John C. Moore, Chester; John T. McCrorey, Richburg; P. Mf. Huff, Piedmont; B. J. Martin, D.onalds; Marcy H. Ly brand, New Brookliand; J. E. B. Me Cartha, Leesville; John 0. Drafts, Leesville; Horace D. Crosscn, Lees vile; Samuel 0. Tindal, Neeses; W. A. Sharp. North; W. G. Pete:son, Newerrv; B. M. Wolff, Alma.; W. B Clark, Laurens, Joseph W. Little, Simpsonville; Hagna E. Bolin, Nets~s; L. D. Evans, Blaney; Olin F. Nunna maker, Irmo: E. L. Wingard. Lexing ton: Jesse E. Gardner, Bethune; D. R Fletcher, Kershiaw; M. 0. Rogers, Antioch; N. 0. Pyics, Columbia. Four Were Drowned. The rowboat of William Briggs, ferryman between Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia, Ont, overturned Ttursday in a heavy sea while Briggs, with six passengers, was rowing across the St. Clair river and the following were drowned: Alfred Green, engineer. St. Thomas, Ont.; John S. Chreeman, fireman, St. Thomas; John Dack, braeman, St. Thomas, all of the Pere Marquette railroad, and James Con nell, barkeeper, Sarira, Ont. Ferry man Briggs, John Djbs;,n, an engi neer o-f St. Thomas, and Daniel Fisher, a conductor of Ridgetown, Ot., savedl themselves by ha'nging to the overturned bcat.. Killed at Clemson. At Clemson College James Sizemore, colored, died Weinesday night from the effects of a blow on the head with a stick in the hands of Bill Greenleaf, co'ored. The trouble between the t wo took place on Friday, the 19th of November. "James," the hea:d wai ter at the Clemson club hotel, had sold Bill," a hand at Clinkscales' liv ery stable, a pair of shoes on whicai "il'' stilled owed a dollar. This caused bad feeling. Bill cursed James because he~ kept -aking for the m .n~y and dared" im to come diwn to the stable. James went arAd Bill knocked him in the head. Greenlear has disappeared. J'a mes was a hard working, honest. harmnles negro, and was well thought of, cspeily by the white people who knew bim. Horrible e-nme. At Wanenton, Va., three negro hildren whose mothers lo:cked them' in the room togzether, were burned to death n a fi-e whica dts~rr:yed three iweilings. The fire was of ince-ndiary :>rigin, and the belief is expressed the the parents of the chi~dren started the ont~gmtin ELECTION DECLARED By the Etate Canvassers, Who Declare T hey Have No JURISDICTION IN CONTESTS. All of the Constitutional Amend ments Were Adopted. Total Vote for State Officers and Congressmen. The State board of canvassers c'n cluded its labors Wedncsday by de claring the results of t'je recent elec tions. Tnere wpre two coutests from Republican candidates defeated for congress. but these wi re overruled by the board and the Dcmocratic nomi ness for all ofiloes voted for were de clared elected. The following were declared elected State otflicers for the next two years, r here having been no oppositit n ticket: D. C. Heyward, governor . 51,907 J. T. Sloan, Lieut. Gov..... .. 52,043 .1. T. Gantt, secretary of state 51,b22 U. X. Gunter, Jr.; attorney general ...............51,834 E. H. Jennings, treasurer..... 51.831 A. W. J-nes, comptroller..... 51,833 0. B. Martin, State superin tendent of edu ation.. .. .. 51,832 J. D. Frost, adj1tant general. 51,835 J. H. Earle, railrcad cimmis .sion.:r .... .. .. .. .. .. . 51,803 -For the presidential ehectors, the nine Democrats received 52 863; Re publicans 2,271; T. W. Vaughn, the S.cclalist candidate from R;chland, re eeived 22, and Thomas Watson re ceived one in Spartanburg. . DEMOCRATIC CONGREsSMEN. The foll->wing will serve the State in congress for the next two years, each Dam-cratic candidate hivlng had a decisive majority: G-. S. Legare of Charleston, J. 0. Patierson of Barn well, Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville. J T. Johnson of Snartanburg, D. E. Fin ley of York, J. E. E lerbe of Marion and A. F. Lever of L-xington. The vote cast in the several dis trIcts is as foliows: First District-Logare, 6.068; Prio lean, 234; No'and. 346; total, 6,648. Second-Pattersen, 7,426; Myers 419; total, 7,842. Taird-Aiken, 7,659; Samps Pope, 1; Scott, 142; total, 7.8J2 Fourth -Johnston, 8,516; Adams, 219; total, 8,735. Fiftb-Fnley, 7.928: White, 171; tOtal, 8,099. Sixth-Ellerbe, 8.353; Deas, 376: total, 8,727. . S-venth-Lever, 8,726; Jacobs, 563; ca .terirg, 6: total 9 305. The vote for solicitor was as fullows -there being no opposition to the D 'mocratic caridates: First circu;t, P. T. Hildebrand, 5, 523; seconi, J E. Dayis. 6 590; third. J. S. Wilson. 6 619; fourth, J. M Johnson, 5 514; fiftb, (. B. Timmer man, 6,048; sixth, J. K Henry, 5,691, seventh, T. S S.'ase, 8.239; eighth,-J E. Boggs, 7 192. CONsTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. All of the proposea constitutional imenda.ents were carried. F!rst in interest is the propo Ition to have the 'gislature meet every two years in stead of every year. The vote on this was: Yes, 25 635; no, 14,491; total nutuber cast, 39,856. A mere majori ;y Is required, a two thirds majority be'ng unuecessary. A great deal of interest hat been taken in the effort to amend one con stitution so that local or special laws may be enacted in reference to the building of roads, the age at whicd persons are subjsct to road duty, and on the questioa- Cf drainage. This will permit the legislative delegations to make the road and drainage - las conform to the wishes of the people, for the amendment was adopted by a vote of 26.452 to 11,242. The propo sition to repeal subdivisions 2 and 9 of sectIon 34 of the constitution was adopted by a vote of 20,006 to 12,024. The subdivision referred to would prevent local legislation on road and drainage and this merely supple ments the other amendments voted upon. The constitutional amendment to permit Greenville to increase he: bonded indebtedness to an amount not to exceed 15 per cent. of the val ne of the property In the county. was passed by a vote of 21,682 to 11., 016. THE CONTEST BEARD. When the. clerks reported that they had comrpleted the tabulation, the State board entered into the matter of contests. The first of these came from the first district where Mr. Le gare had two opponents, both of whomn are of the Republican party. Aaron P. Prioleau, colored, charged with a number of crimes, and 3. A. Noland, white. each claims that he could have been elected. Noland was represente d by a negro lawyer named Edward:., whose contention is that cert ain boxesm should have been counted over. TI State board showed that had this been done and all the votes given t o Noland the latter could not possibly have been elected. N'oland's negro attorney also claimed that the votes should not have been counted with a representative of the candidate being there. The board ruled that it has no jurisdiction In this case. Prioleau's extravagant c'aim Is that he would have received 11.800 votes had nt his supporters been denied the righ t to vote. He also claimed that some boxes where he would have had a mnajority were not opened. Pri )leau represented himself. The State bcard declared that it has no right to act In this case also, thete being noi charge of fraud. Jac'jb Moorer, a negro lawyer from Orangeburg, represented Jacobs, the Sumter negro who is contesting M-. Lever's seat. Moorer attacked the constitutionality of the election laws. This matter is also beyond the juris diction of the board of canvassers, as was pointed out by Mr. B. Hart M'>ss of Orangeburg, representing Mr. Lever. The State board of canvassers there fore declared Mr. Legare and Mr. Lever duly elected. Blind Tig->r sho. A dispatch from Charleston to The State se~ys King strt et was a scene of excitemernt Tuursday night as a re sult of the dispensary ccnstables searching Schiaderessi's establish ment. The constablks seized a small quantity of liquor there Thursday af teroon and they returned to the place Thursday night when the two Schlaaeressi 's opened fire, which was returned, about 15 to 20 shots being discharged, but the only casualty was a slight wound in the hand of one of the Schiaderessi's. He was arrested but later was balled at the statlkn huse. Constables Bateman, Wil iars, Patterson and Wright partici pted in the raid and returned the fire of the owners or the place. The raid netted 70 quarts of whiskey brandy nd wine. SERVED HIM RIGHT. t L Rascal Brought to his Senses by I Shotgun Argument. t r Lawrence Gadsden, a negro man s -bout twenty-tbree years of age, cre- r Lted considerable excitement in the Etuple neighborhood, got himself filled with bird shot and finally landed in ail on Saturday night about 10 o'clock. [t seems that Gadsden, who was under rhe influence of whiskey, left Orarge Durg about 8 o'clock on Saturday I aight, going down the old Charleston road toward Bowman. When near Bethel church he went to the house of a colored man by the name of Wash. t .urphy, who being absent, Gadsden ran all the women and children out of the house, and finally went on down the road in the direction of Bowman I as he originally started. When he reached the place of the late A. J. Ruple, on which now lives Mrs Ruple, Mr. John Ruple and his three sisters, Gadsden went in the yard and was bailed by one of the ( young ladies, who demanded to know what be wanted. The fi' nd did not make any reply, but walked on around the house, and, after peeping in one of the windovis, walked upon the piazza that connects. the house proper and the kitchen and dining rootn, and walked to the room of Mr. John Rup!e who was absent, being In Orangeburg on business, and opened the door. About this time he told the young :adies, who were alone, that their brother John. %ho r e had left in Orangeburg, ha3 sent him to stay there until be came, w ien he would take him on to Bowman. Mrs Ruple had gone to spend the evening with her son Brooks, who lives a short distance away, an d Mr. John Ruple, as already stated, had not yet come home from Orangeburg, where he had gone on business. Tais was the situation of affairs when Gads den made his appearance, and, it is needless to say, that the young ladies were terribly frightened. When Gads den had entered the gate and rafused to answer the challenge as to what he wanted, one of the young ladies slipped out of the froat door and went to the house of John Coulter, a colored man who lives on the Ruple place and works for Mr. John Ruple. Another one of the young ladies blew the horn to notify her brother Brooks and ol hers of the unusual occurrence. Ia the meantime Jonn Coulter lost no time in resp-)nding to the call o the young lad'es for help and soon re ported at the house for duty. When be arrived Gadsden had left the piazza and was standing in the yard a shor; distance away. He declined to answer Coulter's questiun as t: what he wanted, and stood his ground unti' Coulter went in Mr. John Rople's rom and got his gun. When Gads den saw this, be mrade for the gate, but failing to get it open, he ran under the house, and finally jumped the fence, making for the woods, fol lowed by Coulter. They had not pro ceeded far befsre Coultor saw Mr. Brooks Ruple, who had been warned oy the blowing of the horn, coming towards him, with Gadsden between them running for the woods. Coulter called out to Mr. Brooks Ruple to shoot Gadsden, at the same time shooting at him himself.. Gadsden contir u:d to run and made his escape to the woods, after being fired at six tiz"'s, both guns being loaded with bird shot. In the meantime several others had arrived on the scene and joined in the hunt for Gadsden, who tad dis appeared in the woods. After some time he was found lying close up against a pine, with the hope, no doubt, that his pursuers would pass him, and he would come back to the road and make good -his escape. If this was his hope, he was disappointed, as he was discovered and brought back to the Ruple house. While the party was getting ready to bring him to Orangeburg, G.dsden made his es capge, and again reached the woods. He was pursued by those present, but hey failed to overtake him, and it looked as if he had made good ha escape. But such was not to be the case, as Gadsden was captured by Mr. 3. C. Murphy, the beer dispenser at Orange burg, who was on his way home, which was not far from the Ruple home. When Mr. Mu-phy had gotten to where the colored man Wash Mur phy lives, he was told by another col ored man, Perry Funches, who lives near Wash Murphy, how Gadsden had acted there, and said he believed he had been killed as he had heard sev eral shots drt d in the direction of Mr. Ruple's, where Gadsdlen had gone. After hearing this Mr. Murphy push ed on to the Ruple home, in front of which he found a number of men standng. After being told of the escape of Gadsden, Mr. Murphy re membered seeing, while passing Faun ches' hoose some distance back, a ne gro man coming to the road from the woods. He immediately turned back and puhed on to where he saw the negro. After pa'sing the place a little ways he met a wagon which was being driven by a negro, who, on being questioned, denied seeing any one. Just as he passed the wagon Mr. Mur phy saw a man running for the swamp across a field. He jumped out of his buggy and balled the man, telling him if he did not s~op he would shoot him. The man stoppt d and Mr.~ Mur phy ied him and too' him back to the Ruple home, wh'ere he had left the ruen from whom Gadsden had Cs caped. It was a hrave~ thing in Mr. Murphy in capturing Gadsd~n as he had nio weapon of any kinzd on his persou. Gadsden is a. large, power ful r-egro, and culd have made short work of Mr. Murphy if he had known the true situation. After Mr. Murphy carried Gadsden1 back It was decided tre bring him to 1 Uangeburg and turn him over to] Sheriff Dukes, whlch was done. Thei only violence offered him after being s.ptured was by Mr. John Ruple, who iv es with his mother and sisters ati te house visited by Gadsden. Wheni he first saw Gadsden be was so exas pterated that he hit him a blow or two I wit a piece of iron. He was socn ateted and the negro was lodged a eiy in jail, where he now is After reaing the j ili Gadsden was exam [ned and it was found that he had been pretty well sprinkled with bird c hot on different parts of his person. s Ii was also dis:;overed that this was nt the first time that the rascal had I been shot as his back was full or old I hot scars. He is said to be a bad, f worthless fellow.r He ha:i seen Mr. .Tohn Ruple inIa town and when hze went to the Ruple i home he knew that nothing but ladies e were there, and there is no tellingi what he might have done, had it not' been for the fact that the young la-t ies saw him when he first entered 9 he gate and were thus apprized of ~ he fiend's presence. Mr. Murphy Is i beng cngriatue on all sida for :ie brave manner In which he cap ared Gadsden In the face of wbat light have been great danger. We ,ope the law will be put to Gadsden ) the fullest extent, and that the iscal will be sent to spend several ammers on the banks of the Conga ee. It is just such no account vaga cnds as Gadsden that hurts the col- a red race in the eyes of the world.- s rangeburg Times and Democrat. r A SALUDA SENSATION. 'our White Men Held for the Murder C of a Negro. "We find that Will Culbreath came o his death from a pistol shot wound a the hands of S. D. Gillion and that J. D. Gillon, M. B. Morse and J. Mid Ioffett were accessories to the kill This was the verdict of the coro Ler's jury at Saluda empaneled to in uire into the cause of the negro, :u'breath's, death and which was eached late Wednesday evening after Luite a prolonged session. S D. Gillion, the principal, has be-n Luite a partisan for the Mo-ses and gainst W. L. Henderson and young Free since M. M. Morse's death a few Neeks ago. U. D Gi lion Is a son of 3. D. Gillion and M. B. Morse is a 3rother of M. M. Morse, Wdl Cul 3reath was the negro wbo was dr.ving ;he one horse wagon the night M. M. Aorse was killed, and for whose arrest ;he governor was indu~ed to offer a eward of $50, but which was with Irawn. It Is but just to say very few, f any, believe the negro had anything o do with M. M. Morse's death and be theory is that the negro was im plicated so as to discredit his testi :ony at the trial of W. L. Hender ;on, should his testimony be in favor >t Henderson and against the State's 3ase. There is not one Iota of testi mony connecting the negro with. the killing of Morse. Several days ago Cul breath was brought back from Prcs perity-whither he went after Morse was killed-by Mr. W. L. Henderson's friends and since that time has been at work for W. W. Henderson, a brother of W. L. Henderson. On Mon day, it is understood, a warrant was issued fi)r the Culbreath negro en the part of the State and S. D. GUllon was made a sp.cial constable to exe cute it. A synopsis of the testimony at the inquest tells tne remainder of the tory. Edgar Henderson, a 14 year old son of W. W. Henderson, was at work in the field with the Culbreath negro. The darkey was plowing and young Henderson was cutting corn stalks. His 12 year old sister happened to be in the field with her brother when Gillion and his party came up. The boy says Mr. Gilli.;n rode up to W11 and said: "Hello, Will! I have a war rant for you. If you run I'll kill ycu." Will ran and was running as hard as he could and fell while running. The girl corrobor.stEd E Ieer Hender son's testimony and in answer to a question as to what Will was doing when shot, says, "He was running, trying to get out of it." Both stated that S. D. Gillion went to where the negro was laying after he was shot and said, "Boys, come look at him. He ain't hurt." The girl was frightentd and begin to scream and she says Mr. Giin camne to her and said, "Daughter don't be afraid. It ain't nothing. Mr. J. D. Davi3, ex-auditor of Edgefld county, was sworn and saiG he was on his way home from School and met S. D. Gillion and Mid Mof fett. Asking them them the news, Gillion replied "nothing'' and then said: "Yes, I have some news and bad news. I have killed Will Cul breath." Gillion then r qu.ested thaat witnesses go to where the nr g-o was laying and sear.h for a knife or pistol. When witness went to the negro he found no knife or pistol. In answer to a question Mr. Davis said Gillion "told me he went to the field where the negro was plowing and told him he had a warrant for him. The negro ran off. He got off of his horse and ran after him, and was gaining on him when the negro turned and put his band in his pocket. Suppos ing the negro meant to fight him he shet him." Other parties testified to seeing the other men handicapped nearby with guns. The evidence showed that the negro was some 30 yards.from Gillion when shot and was running for life. The bullet entered the back of the head and going through was cut out under the skin in or near the center of the forehead. S. D. Glillon came down Thursday evening and surrendered to the sher iff. His son was here also but it is said he went home. W irrants have been Issued for M. B. Mobrse and J. Mid Moffett. it Is also stated that warrants will be issued for Dock Mc Kay and two other parties, whose names your correspondent could not learn, as, it Is said, they were in the woods when Cuibreath was killed and were with Gillion and his party. Mc Kay Is a brotner-In-law of the dead man.Morse. S. 1'. Gillion was tried here jus: after the county was formed for kill tg a Mr. Cog burn In the northwest arn part of the county. Jamped Overboard. "Good-bye, God will take care of me," wrote a young woman whose erth aboard the Old Dominion liner Princess Annie was discovered to have een unoccupied after she took pas Lage from New York for Norfolk Wed. iesday and who has never been seen ine. On the paper in which sh~e ap ~arently bade farewell to her father ,ld to life, was also written a request hat her father, F. J. Henkel, be no Dified at 43 Crescent street, Wakefield, dass. Search was instituted for the lr and in her stateroom was found ier pathetic note. The missing young qoan, who is described asi a young Ir budding into womanhood, took 4assage at New Yorir for Norfolk, giv ng her name as Miss E'izabeth enkel. That this was her true name ,ppears to be Indicated by her note to er father. Klued a Couple. Near PhiladelphA, Pa., on Wednes y Frank Saylor, a negro farm hand hot and kil~ed Henry Henderson, aged '3 years, and when he was overtaken y George Henderson, Henry's uncle, ataly shot him aLso. In addition he c red two shots at E~lla Scott, whose a efusal to accept his attentions s ,roused his jealousy. Saylor escaped sto a dense woods and has sincei vaded capture. Suicided. Adam Weiss, of Chicago, a passen e on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm i I., committed suicide when the stea- c aer was two hours out from New a AKNOTHER CALAMI~TY 'isits Thornwell Opbaniage. Sem inery Burned Down. A dispatch from Clinton to Th tate says at six o'clock Tbusda3 fternoon the Thornwell orphanag eminary building caught fire'in thb D'f from a defective floe and wat urned to the ground. Workmen bac ast finLhed testing a new furnace and he building had been cik sed for tb ay. The fire was discovered earl3 ut as the town has net yet put in it: vaterworks the efforts to put out thi lames were of no avail. The fire soor eached an 85 foot tower ard be:ami , huge pillar of flames. Efforts went hen diverted to the protection of tb4 deCormick, a dormitory building or he orphanage c:4mpus and the recta ion hall of the Presbyterian college )oth of wbich were threatened. B. t >uildings v ere adequately protected .The "Thornaell Seminary for Or >hans," which was the name of th( )urned building, was dedicated ft 883 by Gov. Hugh S. Thomson vbose dtath the people are now la nenting. The building was in process of con truction for 18 montbs, during whici yerioi the labor and other bills wer )rompty met at the end of each week tough at no time were the funds ii iand sufficient to pay them a week ii Ldvsnce. This was the main education Li structure of the institution and con ained In addition to a large chape ome six class r oms. The loss is $8, )00, with only $1,000 of insurance. I lalls therefore as a heavy blow upoi Ln in-.titution which only a few day ago had a similar loss, from which i ad partially recovered by donations En the dining ball of the orphanag belp is necd-d as never before. Th dues from which it caught have bee: in almost daily use since 1883. Th president of the orphanage has mad it a practice to walk around th grounds each night after the retirin hour to cee that all was safe. Th Tiornweil orphanage has man friends. The help of everyone of ther will be needed now. J. F. Jacobs. Receipts of Postoffice. The auditor for the postoffiee d( partment has issued his annual repoi of the gross receipts'and expenses c presidential offi:Es throughout tb country for the fiscal year which enc ed June 30, 1904. The figures show that the total ri cilpt- ,n presidential offizes in Sout Carolina were $430 522; that the sa aries of the postmasters were $71,35; t: at the exp :ni s of special deliver serviceps were 83 425 30; clerk hiro $57, 507; rents, lights and fuels, $10 691, and th cst of free delivery $52 679. The figures as to the variot post, ffi:es in the State are as follow: the first figures be-ng the gross ro ceipts of the sa'aries of the pos mas: ers: Abbeville. $5,358 04; $1,70d,00. A ken, $8 691.03 $2 000.00. Ai derson, $13,232 56; $2 300.00. Bambe;g, $2,990.28; $1.3-j.00. Barnwell, $3,226 28; $,40e.00. Batesburg, 82.234 56; 1.000 00. Beaufort. 84.183 39; $1,600 00. B 'nnettsville. $5 113 45; $1 600.0' On mdpen, 87.359 36: 81.800.00. Char leston, 8113 694 42; $3,300.0' Cheraw, $3 6.22 18; 61.400 00. Chester, $7,8'05 62; $1 800 00. Clemson Coilege. $2,644 00; 81,10' Clinton, $4 697 87; $1 530.00. C.,lumbia, $55 362 93; $3 100.00. Dvling ton, 7 555 87; 81 8 10.00. Di:lon,-S3,718.58; 61,3.0.03. Eisley, $613.52; 8300 00. Edgefield, $3,081 94; $1,300.00. F orence, $7,727.53; 83.800 00. Giffne , $5.879 42; 81,700,00. G orge~wn, $8,600.92; 82,000.00. Greenville. $26 616 48; 82.600.00. Gr( enwood, $9 194. 26; $2,000 00. Hartsvilie, $2 433 14; $1,200 00. Honea Path. $1,204.13; $550.00. Lancaster, 65.891 33; 61,400.00. L urens, $6,487.79; $1,700.00. Manning, $2.7i97.04; $1,100 00. Marion, $4.551.52; $1 500 00. Newberry, $7,575 34; $1.90~0 00. Orargeburg, 68,387 94; $2,000.00. Pelz~r, 63.117 53; $1,400. R~ck Hill. $11,181.98; $2,100.00. Seni ca, $2 869.73; $1, 200.00 Spartanburg, $23,982. 55; $2,600.04 -Syimmerville, $4,621.31; 61.500 04 Sumter, 814.108 27; $2,300 00. Union, $7,002.51; $1,800 00. Walhalla, $1,716 60; $825 00. Waiter bro, $2 692 25; 81.200 00. Westminister, $482 0'9; $275.00. Winnsboro, $3,883 71; $1,500.00. Yorkvlle, 64,258.62; $1,600 30. You can't down Atlanta, Julli Brown, of that city, Is out with a car proposiig that the electors of ai southern states vote for R~osevelt an make his election unanimous. B makes the proposition because lhe say Rosevelt has been unjustly attacke on the negro que'.tion and about thi Philippines and, in fact, on all pnbli guestions. He concludes the card: "S is a good man, half Southern,.and 'w of the South ought to be able to trns im." Murder and Snicide. Mrs. John Xyser late Fridaty aftex noon shot and m rtally wounded Mis Nellie Edwards at her home in Wood lawn, a suburb of Birmingham ani while on a Street car returnng to thb ity, shot and instantly killed herself Both Mrs. Kyser and Miss Edward tre well known. It is said that Mrs Kyer was jealous of ker husband who t is alleged, was formerly engaged ti 11lss Elwards. Cut siP. Thruat. Elmer Joheson, the m~n who gayi iimself up to officers at Joneshort .rk., a few days ago for a murde: :omitted in Cn attanooga, Tenn. ix teen years ago, cut his thrroal thursday morning in his cell, witer< ie was held awaiting the arrival o: uthorities from Chattanooga. John en Is in a dying condition and Is nol spected to survive the night. Killed ais Man. W. J. Blankinship, an aged whitt nan of Oak Hill, 12 miles west o: Jovington, was shot and killed by J. i.. Scott, a wealihy bachelor farme: f that com-nunity. Blankinsaip rente an from S'ott and It Is reportedl thai he two men hive had difficulties re ently over matters pertaining to the liviion of Ban'inship's crop. THE Spartanburg Journal says: 'The dispensary has been -established leven years in South Carolina and nc ther state has adopted it. If It were ,good thing, wouldn't It have pread?" How about South Carol a's anti-divorce law? The fact that I has not spread is no evidence what ver that it is not a good law. Got Two Outlaws. One outlaw is dead and another is 1 jail mortally wound, as the result f a desperate battle between cattle beives and officers of the law near )eth, Iqeaa, onn Moay.o A WAR R')MA ZOE That Was Begun in Newb-rn some Forty Years Ago. A war time romance which was be gun in Nt wbarn in 1862 bad a happy ending in New York a few days ago. An account of it i.s given in the New York World: Goff-Ulmer.-In this city, Octcber 6, 1904, Dr. C-eveland Willis Goff, of New York city, to Mrs. Jane Lawson Ulmer, of Savannah, Ga., by the Rev. Wiiliim B. Tower, pastor of the Washingt n Square Methodist church. By. the foreg?ing annoul.cement, published in the Herald, many friends of a 'iysician well known in his forty y ars' practice in this city, will b. surprised that an elderly man, long ago given up as a hopeless bachelor, has taken unto himself a wife. Few will know that it also marks the good story book ending of a war time ro macce, beginning in Newbern, N. C., in 1862. it does rot lose its interest because Mrs. Goff, - herself white haired, told it last night. Dr. Ge-ff, whose offce s at No. 11 Eist Sixteenth street, was a young physician in Roctister when the call to arms came in 186 1. He enlisted in the Toird New York cavalry known as Van Allen c-.v dry, serving firbt as quartermaster then rising to the rank of captain, aud later do ng duty as a surgeon. Dr. Goff was with the army that occupied Newbern. N. C., in 1862. There be met Miss Jane Lawson. daug'iter of a local merchant, and, needless to say, a very ardent sympa thiz-er of the S.u'.hern cause. Toe young surgeon fell in love with her. $"I am sure that my treatment of Dr. Goff was not th. kindliest," said his wife last night. "In those days, of course, we could see nothing good in the Yankees. But he was 'persis 3 tent." e Tnere was a young Confederate of e ficer in the case at that time. He e was James Ulmer and he was also in g love with Miss Lawson. That made Dr. Goff's suit impoisible and he was told so plainly. What he said when he learned this was not revealed last night, but he continued to urge his suit, even after the war closed. That was all ended when, a few years after the war, Miss Lawson became Mrs. t Ulm. r and moved to Savannah, f where her husband went into busi e ne-s. - Dr. Goff returned to New York and began the p-tactice of medicine. He - had many patients, amasse-a com b fortable fortune, travelled extensively - and in the opinion of his friends was ; a man whose heart had never been af y fected by any woman. , It is likely that the story would have ended here had not Mrs. Ulmer paid a visit to N;w York in October. s Mr. Ulmer had died three years be , tore. There were no children. She was c.mfortably well off and liked to traveL She did not know exactly how if happened. but one day at her hotel she thought of Dr. Goff and wonder ed If he were still living. A direc tory gave his address and she called there. Mrs. Goff laughed last night when she came to this.part of the story. "It was the d crsor,'' she said. "Of course . he had changed. For that niatter, both of us were, well, a little older, . out we were soon cha.tlng about old times duriog the war. Then," Mrs. Goff hesitated and a chuckle came )from her husband.-New York Her ald. _________ Reporg 0f Cotton Ginned. The census tu'eau Friday Issue-d a preliminary repoit en the quantity of enttoa glnnid to Nov. 14, 1904, in 681 counties, fr m which reports have been received to this date. It shows 26,817 active glnneries against 26,710 for the same period in the same coun ties in 1904 of 8 912.125 running bales agaInist 6,414,658 in 1903. The las't named figures include 234,726 round bales for 1904 and 470,620 for 1903. The entire number of counties from which ginning was reported last sea son was 812 When all of the agents should have reported for the present. c-op there will- be published a sum mary distributing by Stab s the tot al quantity ginned during the seison prior to Nov. 14. The entire numnber of active ginneries repoxted prior to 'Nov. 14, 1903, was 29,506, and the en tire cotlton ginned was 7,070,437 run. ning balee. By States the reports for the 681 counties so far rcported for the present season prior to No;v. 14, follows: Alalbama, 56 e untIes, 3,318 active g~nneries, 923,979 runninar bales; Arkansas, 66 counties, 2 266 ginneries, 521, 192 bales; F-orida, 15 Scounties, 214 glnnerles, 41,612 bales; SGeorgia, 119 countIes, 4,571 ginneries, S1, 433,907 bales; Indian Territory, 15 Scounties, 320 ginneries, 207,485 bale-; eKentucky, 1 county, 3 glnnerles, 850 bales; Louisiana. '.39 countIes, 1560 Sginneries, 406,974 bales; Mississippi, e68 counties, 3,733 glnnerles, 973,821 Sbales; Missoursi, 7 counties, 56 gin Sneries, 26,785 bales; North, Carolina, e63 counties, 3,787 glnneries, 508,782 Sbales; Oklahoma, 15 counties, 247 gineris, 90,89ba'es; South Caro lIna, 39 counties, 3 114 ginneries, 921,876 bales; Tennessee, 34 counties, 650 ginneries, 184,063 balks; Te'xas, 6138 counties, 3 855 ginneries, 2 478. 561 bales; and Vir ginla, 6 ccunties, 83 ginneries, 8, 649 bales. Whipned to Death. A special dispatch from Swansea to The State say s Carl Lucas, the 10 - year-old son of Alfred Lucas who lives two miles from Gaston, Lexington county, Is dead as the alleged result of being attacked by two young sons of George W. S'ghtler. The parties are all white. The difficulty ouccurred at the postoffice at Gaston last Monday afternoon week ago, when, It is sid, young Lucas was severely beaten by the Sightler boys. The little fellow went home, but did not tell his pa rents wbat had happened until they discovered blood on his face. When questiened closely he admitted that he had been attacked and beaten by the Sightler boys. On examination It was found that he was bruised from kicks on the side of his head, back, legs and c'oest and was suffering from internal injuries. The little fellow went to school on Tuesday and Wed resday as usual. When he came home Ion Wednesday afternoon be complain ed of feeling badly and medical aid was sommoned. He grew steadily wor:,e and died at 1 o'clock Friday after noon. The boys are all about the same age. A Sad Death. Two boys were out hunting at Greers Saturday afternoon and one of them met with a tragic death. Cleveland E'ls, a wh!te boy, aged 14, while carrying a r.fie along with him, In some unaccountable manner dis-i charged the weapon and the bullet1 entered the forehead of his ccompan lIon, Harrison Gaston, a white boy, aged 12 years. A death wound was irfiicted, and short-ly afterward Gas I ton died. The shooting was purely THE MEADOW LARK A Bird that the Farmere EVeWrh-i Ooght to Protect. The pecp'e whose homes are amn the green fields need no one to tell them of the aesthetic vglue of the meadowlark. It is probable that there are few birds as valuable to the farm er as the meadowlark as it is entirely terrestrial in its babits, procurlng al mo.it its en; ire fod supply frcm insect life harmful to meadows and praire lands. T e meadowlarik is ound I Minnesota, Iowa, western Kansas and i1aiau Territory and -orthemand eastern Texas and all of thecountry east of this li )of states.alsointhe souttiern portions of Manitoba, 0d rio, Quebec, New Brunswick andova. Sc.tia. It bfeels in all partsof. immerse district. In the VInte-J months It Is not generally foundnrt of a diagonal line commencing Atlantic c ast at about 42 de north and running soutbeastely, degrees north in Kansas. An ana5ly@ f the food of the meadowlark one to wonder haw a farmer can so much against his o n Interes-tsa to allow one of the birds to-be premises whlch he controls. It is known that nearly three quar ters of the meadow lark's food fort year is composed of insects, overl2 per cent. is weed seeds, and 15 peri-7 cent. is grain. However, an examzt: nation of the food by monthsishows. that all of the graln" that Is. eate gleaned from the stubblefielda-in he months cf Jantary. F -bruaryM April and D, camber. Aft . month of May, when grain -Is ripr ing and is being harvested, none eaten by meadow larks. Thefavor ite foo- is insects when tvey.can be obtained; for six months of theiyear the amount being over 90 per cent. and during August and September over 99 -per cent. Even during the<-. winter months, when insect life -is dormant, the mados lark inds enough that is hidden below the surface of the ground or seete among the grass to furnishavey an siderable portion of its diet.' Aw.i.Z2-' amination of the table shosi ng' actual kind of food found in tne stomachs gives farther proofoth immense economic value ofhija -L owlark. Grass'loppers 'and CdckeWeI compcs over 25 per cent of while an equally -a-ge share I up of beeti.s, among them weevI's curcullo and click-beefles, th a during the larval stage beint no as wireworms. whenothey often stroy seed b-efore it hase d -thus ruining fllds of obraNd her grain at the ourset. ,Meadow larks also dstroY army worms and numbers of ibeA s. known as the chinch bug. Thi ter pest has destroyed inte213" States during the last hal e-' grain to ihe value of over 43 000. In some of the s .utfirta ea notably Georgia, mcado* lark si, the wneat bird, as It isc'fin stroys wheat; however, tbe study of its foid provas ti b unfounded and erroneous si tunately the meadow larkis by law, in all pars of the n cept in the following states, vs 'k ginia, N 'rt CirolinaGog1M bama, MissIssippI, TanU~iam T nessee. Missouri and Idaho. rical urats of thes ets shdoodn~ sist thas this valuable bird. be gv absolute prttctlon, fo~r ,by dOing!si m'llions .uf insect pests wifl-bede stroyed daily and hundreds ofthc" ands of di liars wilL be saved *io would othlerwise b: lost. --- THE ZUl1WVILL3 cA&B. s seems to be in somewbatotLid L galTangle. The Butawville ]ynchirg case e to be in somewnat of a 11tle'eg1 tangle.'- It was reporte:Han thla ~ ' leston papers histuorday tths t.~ torneys for the men charged wtts muurder of Keitt Bo kard had'pli. to Judge Townsend,,now Iodvg 'court in Charleston, fora mandairus crdering M gs.M Coy t2 give a prelminary ha~~o the men in arrest and thair th ez1. had been issu~d There seem%?t no real objection to giving tbe a hear ing, but merely atehla2ob jection. The Columbia State says Heyward said Saturday night ta~ sies no reason woy Pahner n and the otters should notb havea? limiary hearing if they deiE If it is in aosordanme with lah* sees no reason why they should 6E bave the opportuntity to. bhear Magistrate McCoy,'apon the die4 his attorney, has declined k e. tb case on~ the ground that GvUp ward, and nt Magistrate M2 committed the men to the pn tiary. Solicitor Hildebrand kets same view of the case. Gov.HeB 2 ward ordered the prisoners 'bieub here, for he was informed by Sn1i~r Hildebrand that the jail atMoi' Corner was not fit for the -deatun. of white prisoners for a long peica Solicitor Hildebrand when askex about the matter gave a statemen~t the facts leading up to the meto?r a mandamus. He has reeivedio c fiial notice of such a motionbaIg been made, and he mu-t begea~ four days in which to file an nw. before the matter can be argut While in Charleston attendingtle crimiral court he was approcejy. represen'tatives of the accusd M o5 told him that they had steuredM istrate McC->y's consent to heas preliminary at O:angeburg. C~als ton or at E itawville. Mr. Hi~ b-and returned to Orangeburg ac& tried to get a telegram throngfto Magistrate McCoy, but was unable to N do so, as It was Sunday. Monday be communicated with the magistrate,d wh ' came to Orangeburg to see the solicitor. "Mr. McCoy denies emphatically that he made any such promiseto the attorneys of the accused, and his la. yer, Mr. W. L. Glaze advised the magistrate that he has no power to give a preliminary until the governo himself shall have made it possible. S->licitor H:ldebrand has all along - counseled, as a matter of public saff ty, that instead of a preliminary the attorneys for the defense institute habeas corpus proceedings. For tjihe country around Estawville is thIcly populated with negroes and if a pre. . lil:.inary at that place should be ate tempted there might be troubles ofil - very 'disagreeable nature. And thusM bhe matter rests. Magistrate McCoy~ :lenies that he made any agreement with the attorneys of the defenldanta mnd decines to hear the preliminary. .mtil he shall be ordered by the court so do so. - G. W. BLACKWELL aged 55, opera Aive at the Maple cotton mill at Diil. on, wes killed by a train on the Coast - Uine while asleep on the track Thurs la. He wna drinkring.