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A CREAT WORK. The State Sunday School Cen: vention to Meet This Month. PROGRAM ARRANGFD A Great Many Earnest Workers in This Important FReid of Christian Work Will Attend, and a Number of Very Interesting Address es Will be Made The 28th annual meeting of the South Carolina Sunday scbool conven tion will be held in the First Presbv terian church at Florence March 28th to 30th inclusive. It is expected that there will be a large attendance. The last meeting was held In Columbia and did a great deal of good. The officers of the association are: President, F. H. Hyatt. Columbia: vice president, Rev. W. E. Wilkins, Columbia: secretary, L. L. Barre, Greenville; treasurer, Rev. W. I. Her bert, Columbia; superintendent pri mary department, Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, Newberry; superintendent home de partment, T. B. Anderson, Coarles ton, statistical secretary, J. Adger Smyth, Jr., Pelzer. The members of the executive com mittee are: William E. Pelbam, chair man, Newberry; Prof. E. L. Hughes, Greenville; Rev. J. W. Shell, Spartan burg; Dr. E. C. Jones, Newberry; Rev. T. H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg; Hon. J. E. Elebre, Sellers; Rev. G. A. Wright, Newberry; T. T. Hyde, Charleston; S. B. Ezsll, Spartanburg; Dr. George B. Cromer, Newberry; Rev. H. P. Witsell. Columbla; Rev. W. L. Seabrook, Newberry;. D. B. Greene, Georgetown; H. E. Ravenel, Esq, Spartanburg; Rev. W. W. Dun can, Laurens. Dr. Pelham, chairman of the execn tive committee and for a long time the most enthusiastic member of the organization, bas Issued a call to pas tors, superintendents aLd teachers, in which he says: "The 28:h annual Sunday school convention will he held in the Presby terian church, For-nce, S. C , March 28th to 30Lh. We hope and pray that great interest will be aroused so that every Sunday school in South Carolina will experience the benefits tat at tend and follow so iaportant a gath ering, and that new life will be im parted by our efforts for th-i aevarnce meut and piomotten of tfIe Ma4ter s cause in this magnificznt field of ser vice. "Surely there Is need for earnest nes, and fidelity, and pr gre ss, and for these we serve. The internation al assordation will send to us Mr. Mary F .etd Bryner, who has an in ternatiooal reputation as a Sunday school expert. Her talks . n Sunday school topics, meth .s, etc.. are per haps nOt equalled, certainly rto: sur' passed, by any otner woman engagec in this work. "Besides this pr m nent and inter esting primary wolker; there will b several 'alented and dis-Inguisbec Caristian wo:kers, r epresenting ali toe Protestant oenon inatior5s, who wii deliver addre'.-" THE FRO'GRuA~t F ,11awing is twe jrogr.-mme of tL exercises: - FIRST SESSION. Tuesday, Mai~rcn 28, 1905. 8 p. m.-D -votioogl-and ..onsr ser -vice conducted by R-v. Melton Clark -'8.30 p. m.-Address by the presi dent, F. H. Hyatt. 9 p. m.-' Sunday school in Japan, Bev. James A. B. Senerer, Pn. D. LL.D. 9.45 p. m.-Enrollment of members Appointment tf nominating commit tee. Adjournment. SECOND sESSION. Wednesday, March 26, ~1905. 10 a. m.-Devotional, Rev. Joh1 * (. Beckwlth. 10 15 a. m.-Report of committe on nomination. 10.30 a. m.-Beport of the exect commidttee, William E. Pelham, chai 10.45- a. m.-"Teaching Througi the Eye," Mrs. Mary Foster 2Bryner 11.30.-"The Parent and the Chill in the Sunday School," Rev. C. E Burts. 12 m..-Open conference. 12.30 p. m.-Adjournmenit. TmIED SESSION. Wednesday, March 29, 1905. 3 p. m.-Devotional, Rev. W. E Oliver. 3.15 p. m.-"Pointers," Mrs. Mar Foster Bryner. 4 p. m.-Report of cfficers: (a) treasurer, Rey. W. I. Herbert; (b) st perintendenti primary departmnent Mrs. M. A. Carlisle; (c) superinter dent home department, T. B. Andel son; (d) statistical secretary, J. Adge Smyth, Jr. 5 p. m.-Adjournment. FOURTE SESsION. Wednesday, March 29th, I905. 8 p. m.-Devotional, Rev. Walte L. Herbert. 8.30 p. m.-"A Model Sunda School," Bev. Win. G. Neville, D. D. LL. D. 9.30 p. mn.-Adjournmenlt. FIlFrH SESSION. Thursday, March 30, 1905. 10 a. m.-Devotionlal Rev. W. I Wilkins. 10 15 a. m.-"The Pastor and tb Child,'' Rev. W. P. WinselU. 10.45 a. m.-'"Reviews," Mrs. Mar Foster Bryner. 11.30 a. i.-"'Our N~eed," Rev. Ii L Herbert. 12 m.-Open conference and que: tions. 12.30 p. mn.-Adjornment. SI.TH SE sION. Thure day, Maren 30, 19..5. 3 p. m.-De~votiorta=, Bev. T. E Liw, D. D. 3 15 p. m.-"Glimpses from tb Field," M s. Ma-ry Foster Br) ner. 4 p. m.-"Intrational Sunda School Work in South Carolina and 11 Importance," R -v. J W. Shell. 4.30 p. m.-EtcdioD and appoini mnent of delegates to the 11an nterna *tional convent~iun, Toronto, June '4 27. 5 p. m -AYjournmtfent. 5EVENTH SESCION. Thursday, MarcL 30, 1905. 8.30 p. i.-"Ca:rist and Childhood -Rev. 0. Y. Bonner, D). D. 9.30-.Adjournment. Past r of all aver gelical denomina tions in S uth Carolina, and ,ucF rin tendents ard te.chers. are cordiallv invited to aterd this c nvention of Sunday school vo-kers. Bring the mutter to the at-e, tion of your Sun day setoo's s, t t a- they way b, prep erly represente-d. Entertanrment for all who desire to attent. Tae rail r-ads will grant spe-cial rates for this occasion. Be su'e to b :y tickets on certiicate plan The international as sociation vill he re presented by Mrs. Mary Fter Bryner of Illinois, who has a world wide reputation as a Sun day school expert. VARIOUS OFFICERS. Official Announcement by the South ern cotton Association. The Names of the Officers for Every State Published With Their Ad dresses. Official Button. The Southern Cotton association has issued the following: The folloiwing are some of the state division cfficers elected at the meet Ings in the various states and the peo pie of the different states can reach them at the aC dresses given: Alabama-W. H. Seymour, presi dent, Montgomery, Ala.; J. C. Adams, secretary, Montgomery, Ala. Georgia-M. L. Johnson, president, Cass Station, Ga.; H. C. Hill secre tary, Monticello, Ga.; John Bostwick, vice president, Bostwick, Ga.; John D. Walker, trea-urer, Sparta, Ga. Members of the executive committee: W. L. Peek Conyers; Augustus Bush, Colquitt, Ga.; J. L. Boynton, Cal houn, Ga. Louisiana-Paul M. Potts, presi d ant, Natchitoches, La.; J. A. Brew. er, of Bienville, La., vice president; G. W. Sentell, secretary, Avoyelles, La., R. H. Jackson treasurer. Rapid es. La. Members of the executive eom mittee: W. L. Foster, Caddo, La., and. F. L. Maxwell, of Madison, La. Mississippi-Walter Clark, prest dent, Jackbon, Miss.; N. B. Crawford vice president, Chichsaw, Misi ; M. A, Fisher, st cretary, Port Gibson Miss ; W. D. Carmic ael, treasurer Hincs, Miss. Ext cutive committe . C. McMartin, Claiborne; S. A Witherspoon, Meridian, Miss.; and R N. McGehee, Wilkinwn. Miss. South Carolina-E D Smith. pres idtnt, Magnolba, S C ; F H. Hiatt treasurer, C .unmbia, S. C ; F. H Wrstoa, secretary, Columbia, S. C Executive committee: R M. Cleve ana, Greenvillc; F. M Farr, Union F. N. G.iffa, Lec; R-ch-ra Smglet. n &chiand, A. C. Lyles, Union; R. M Psu *, Ma~rltoro. Texas-R. E. Smith, pre.4dent Sherman, Tex.; C H. Jenkins, Brown wood. vice preident, W. E Hu clin s.n,.secretary, Du lin; W. R R.vers .reasurer, Ftgin. Exezutive commit te(-: J HI Connell, Dallas; 0 P Ple, Mmieola; 0. H. Jenkins, Browu wood; J. P Luham. Dublin Arkansas-T. S. Buriett, Littli ock. Tennessee -T. C. Long, president Mempis, Tenn.; J J. Sager, s--cre t-_ry, Memphis, Tetn.; W. G. Davi. exr. urive committeeman. Ther-e offcers wil, open headquai ters at some centra~l city in the duffel te~nt s-a es and will begin at once th cndiuct of a vigorous campaign c or.a;Aition1. B ports will oe rt cell ed rw..-or three times a week from tao l ffercnt county chairmen and s.ects taies and nothing will be left undon t t pu'h the orgaization or to get i on a gio d worang tasis. Th<: Gotton as.OCIation button wi be a ver, pret-. 0 eation. 03 eac outton will be a p;cture of a bale C coton. Oa the bale will be the mont gramn of the Southern Cotton asscil ion, "S. C. A." Tnere will also at pear on the tal: the quotation, "I ,uty there will be strength." Rigl .under the cotton bale 'wl;1 apper th words, "T went y five per cent. reduc ,ton," and folowing that the phrase -We will do it." Tnese buttons wi 'be arranged in attractive shape, E ,that tney can be worn en the lapel the coat. Each man who wears one the buttons will be known to fav( the great movement inaugurated t the association. Raymond Bowman, the 16-yea: Sold white bay, pleaded guilty to tl cargesof arson in the court of geni -ral aessions at Charleston on Tuesda -and threw himself upon the mercy the court. Judge -Gage took the p sition that the recommendation< - mercy would have to be made by ti i jury and the case was given to tl jury, with the result that a recon mendation for mercy was made, ar Bowman will consequently miss tU gallows which threatened him. Judi Gage discussed the needs of a reforu atory in passing upon the case, polo ing to the youthful years of the pri oner at the bar and the lkelihood his nature being hardened by contal with more depraved criminals in ti State prison. To Retire CottoD. "A meeting of the Cotton Plantei Commission and Holding compar -will be held in New Orleans on Marc r 10ph, to take active steps to rett~ from the market 2,000,000 bales cotton of the sarplus of the crop 1904. The executive committee the Southern Cotton association b lieves that with 2,000,000 bales r r tired from the market the price ctton will soon reach 10 cents p pound again. A Brute aung. At Philadelphia Charles Yardi was hange d at ten o'clock WednE day morning in Moyamansing pris4 for the murder of Bella Boy cc, k crmmon-law wife, on the night May 7, 1903, after a quarrel. Yarni e p ured kerosene oil over the wo-ni as she lay asleep on a couch and a :re to it. The woman was burned a crisp b'f4-re help arrived. e-atativ Burued. Alice Fuller, a poor white wo.mi who has been living on charity ne Columbia r r a nu-cbr of year,, wi f:und with clot :mg. afire screamii in the woods five milts from the ci Tueday by Fa-mer A J Dowie, Wl exnzuis-d the tire and after bavi' th.' woman's wounds cared for h e her transrerred to the alms houm ue will ikelv ve kize~d bv rrain. Baltimore aid Ohio train No. 1 - which lef, umnb--rland, Md., Tu s~ L night, struck four Wabadh emop thre-quarte~rs of a mile east of Evit crek, instantly killi; g three a. 'slghtly irjui g ghe other. A lynching is reported from Haze ? Churchill county, N- vada. Two m accused of robbery at a railwa.y static ,' rat. in'o the sag" brush, where o Iwas overtak~en and hanged by a mc USK UOTT'NADE. Once Popular Clothes Ought to Come A gain into Vogue Cotton PeoDle Favor Suggestion, but None Wants to B- a Pioneer. Would Benefit Section. The suggestion has been made that the people of the South should take to wearing cotton go'ods, creating ao in creased demand for the staple, and it is for cotton exchanges to put the plan into etr-et and improve the con dition of the market in tbis way. In years gone by, cottonade was very extenzively used in the Southern states in the manufacture of trousers for summer wear and in those days there were no such trousers worr any where as were those made by the old bar.d looms. From the standpoint of comfort, durability and neatness, cot tonade trousers are- unrivalled and yet they have completely disappeared from the market. Instead, the peo ple of the South are spending many millions of dollars, buying linen trousers which are neither so neat nor so generally satisfactory as were the old-time cottonade goods. Many mills would be established for the manufac ture of the goods, while tnousands of old looms would also be brought back into operation to supply the demand for the cotton goods. The many thousand dollats which people of the South spend for woolen and linen clothing would be soent for cotton goods if the demand could be only created by popular fashion, and it re mains for the cotton exchanges of the South to introduce the distinctively Southern kind of dress. The suggestion was recently made by the New Orlears States that the members of the cotton exchange in that city should inaugurate cottonade wearing by donning the suits them selves and leaving it to the ot'er communitlees of the South to foll w suit. The matter has been talkes about by the New Orleans people, but no definite steps have been taken as yet along the line of the suggestion, and it is yet too soon to say whether the suggestion will be put into prac tice. The Charleston Post says: The Charleston cotton exchange people also refuse to commit themselves on the prrposition, preferring to wait the action of the New Orleans ex chang-s and the other coLtn b dies of the South: A leading member of the Charleston cotton exchange thought that the suggestion <f cot tonade wearing was a good one, but he was not williing to take tl-e fi ast step of wearing this form of dress ox declaring his irtrntio to do so. Toe suggestion was a good one in bi; a. ind, and alonz the hnes of great di versific-ti n of the uses of the staple and he could see no reason why the superior form of clothing shoul-l nO1 be adopted, but still, the wearing ol cottonade is now looked up n as at innovation, although the gools-wer( formerly quite comm n. and he doei noz think that the t-uggestion can bt put into practice unless a general and concerted movement along this lini - shoull be- Inaugurated, and h' -thouight that there would be some tro~uble In starting this movement fand getting well under way. The agitation of wearing c-ttonade shouia be pressed, he said, as it offered th' - -nly h< pe of a more general use o clothing and the mtore clothing o the kind which is used the greate the demand for the staple and larg.: 1the benefits to the farmers and busi ness interests of tbe South. State Cotton Asoationi. The harmony and earne soness whicl characterized the cotton growers con vention In Colrombia l.ass week pro m ses success to the movement. Al of the offlcers chosen are practica men, and are devoted to the plans tha the cotton farmers have organized ti carry out. Not one of them have po litical axes to grind, and all of then ~are in a pt sition to devote their timi ~and energies to make a success of thi r movement the farmers are engage' in, which means so much to all class es In the South. To make the move ment a complete success every ona must do his duty in upholding th -hands of those who have been entrust e ed with leadership. This Is where in dividual work wi!i come in and provi mcst effective. Organization Is ne cesary, but the membeis of the stat society must not believe that when th organization has been prefected, th . :nttto adopted, and certain res eolutlors passed, that all has been a.: ecomplished. A beginning has jus been made. The organization is no the end-It Is a means to the end. I eIs through hard, personal, effort, oi ethe part of the interested individuals that this Southern Cotton associatio> will succeed. Every planter In tb cotton states must be seen personally A house to house and farm to fart tcanvass must be made. The weight.: e the whole commut iby must be brough to bear on every wavering brothei and the a' sistance and support of' th ' whole commudity must be given hIm Ly If there remaias a man In any coun h ty not thoroughly convinced thati Ii e interests are in line~ witha the genera ~fmovement of the Southern Cotton at i sociiation, he must be seen and cor f vinced. Toe planters must all stani .. together,_or they will all fail togetheu Remarkabt. Ooccurrence. The people of Newark, N. J., bav been greatly disturbed recently. Th disturbance Is due to a dream bad b the late Mgr. Geo. D< ane The Ne. 1 ark correspondent for . the Chicag . Tribune says that Mgr. Deane, In n c--nversation with a p trlsbioner, fou is hours before he died, told of strang g manifestations whIch had come t .11 hIm on the p'evious nigh'. A iittl n over a week nefore his death Mg s Deane artten.ded a yzrung man, WI: > lie Healey. The boy did not die fc over a week. He was buried Jan 1 and the nr xt day Mge. D ane oile just afte'r finishing his di nner. 0 n the morning of that day he called U r Mr. Healey and told 'rin of the a: pr:et'ce he had the prevsou. nIgh1 g "I ra' either a dreama or a vision,. a whica I appeared to be in heaveu an o was talking to your son. A bore til g srainls of the music came the voice< d your son Willie, saying to me: 'C m' nsignor, are you with us so soot We want you here, for we are all happy.'" Both the monsignor an 2 Mr Healey were much overcome ty the narration and the latts r says tI whole thing was startling to hia sF ur he urs later Mr. Healey hear d the mcnsk~nor was dead. Mlade to Ordr r. A French newsptper asserts tht ,the trade in "artificial" mummies a Egy nt amourts every y ear to moi Sthan $200,000. Most of the up-ti 2 murrmy factories" are In Ilaly, hi . there are also a great number of thei i' Getmans reance and England. VACCUNATION LAW. he F 11 Text of the law Passed at the late ession of the Legibiature Giving Cities and Towns the Right to Enforce Vaccination. Following is the text of an impor ant act passed at the recent session f the general assembly relating to ompulsory vaccination. A similar aw of the State of Massachusetts has ust been held up by the supreme court )f the United States. The act is: A bill authorizing the passage of )rdinances by incorporated cities and :owns. and the promulgation of rules Lnd regulatiOns by the State board of ealth, to enforce and compel the vac :nation and revaccination of citizens ind residents of the State of South arolina; and prescribing the duties f certain officials and persons to that nd, and prt.viding certain penalties or failure, refusal or neglect to com ply ' ith the provisions of the sae. Be it enacted by the general assem bly of the State of South Carcilna: Section 1. The city or town coun 311 of every incorporated city or town in this State may provide by ordi ance for the vaccination and revac :nation with fresh bovine virus un er the direction of the health au thorities of said cities or towns, or of %ome competent physician appointed for that purpose. of all the citizens and residents of such.,ities and towns, excepting such persons as obtained the certificate of a reputable phybi cian that vacciration would be dan gerous to heaith. Such ordinances shall establish the periods of time, satisactory to tbo State board of health, within which vaccination and revaccination shall be required; shall provine for vaccination and revaccina tiun of iLndg nt and pauper individ uals at the expense of the city or i own; and shall establish and provide penal-ies by quarantine and other wise of sucn persons as are convicted f noglect or refusal to obey the pro vi. ons of suca ordinances. Section 2. The State board of bealth saha have general dirt ction and supervision of vaccination and re vaccination in all ciies and towus, and shall, in case of threatened epi oemic of smallpox in any sucn corm munitiy, ard if insufficient ordinance t erein, rtquest the passage of th city or town conocil of a new ordinanc framed in aec;ordance with tue pro vis'ons of section 1 of thi act. Too State board of health snall have ful aad absolute control in matters o var cination and revaccinatka of al persons within this State, who do noi rsie within the limits or juridictioi f any incorporated city or town, anc snal; prormulcate rules and regulation which shall have the force and eff c of law for vaccination and revaccina Lion of such persons under the super vision and direction of agents appoint ed by the said b ard, and which shal contain provisi )n similar to those : ection 1 of this act applying to or dinances, but such requirements ma, be modifed by the State board o health in case of sparsely settled comi munities so as only to apply durn apprehended danger of an epidemic c smallpox and the necessary expense c such vaccination'- or revaccinatlo1 shall be paid by the county commis sioners.. of the county within whici the persons treated reside, and a bL or certificate of the services performx ed endorsed and approved by the Stat board of health shall be prima facl evidence of the existence and value c such services. The State board c bealth shallat all times keep in stoc] a supply of fresh bovine virus and suj ply the same to cities, towns and it dividuals without cost. Section 3. If the city or town cour oil 6! any. incorporated city or tow: shall neglect or refuse to pass an oi dinance in accordance with the prc visions of sectior. 1 of this act, It saa be the duty of the State boardc health to promulgate rules and regt ltions for the vaccination of the citt zes and residents of such' incorpora1 ed city or town, which rules and regt latons shall have the force of an 0: dinance, and the State board of healti shall have the power, and It Is hereb made Its duty, to enforce obedlenc to such rules and reirulations by tb promulgation and enforcement of prn pr quarantine regulations wheneve the said board shall deem It necessar frthe preservation of the pubi ealth from possible danger of threatened epidemic of smallpox, a the cost and expense of such incorpi rated city or town. In case such ii corporated city or town shall ref us or neglect t-> reimburse the Stat board of health for ail of the costi charges and expenses incurred undi this section, including the cost of an necessary quarantine, then the Stat board of health is hereby empowere to collect the same by suit in ax court of the Stare having jurisdictioi from such incorporated city or sowi and a statement of such cast and e: penses by tne State board of healt shall be prima facie evidence of si amount of said e^sts and expenses. Section 4. No superintende'at any institution of learning, and r school board, or principal of an school in tunis State shall admit as gapil any caild or person who cannc pr:;duce satisfactory evidence of ha' irg been vaccinaed so often as ml orolance of the cityv or town in whic the school is located, or If not locate within the city or town, s') oftena te rules and regulations of the Stat bard of he lEh may direct. Section 5. It is hereby made ti duty of every parent, guardianC ot her person, charged with the ca: of, or responsoity for, any child,t see th t such child is vaccinated often as may be directed oy ordinanc of the inc irporated city or town I whi-h -uo child resides, or if not eshent of an incorp'orated cityC ow, so often as the rules and regulb t'ons of the State board of health ma bectioni 6. No owner, lessee, mai .?ger, superintende-nt, or agent opel tin auy manuf securing phosphat l.n, sawmill, turpentine still, storn railroad or other business employin Sorken, laborers or gangs of mei women or chvildren, wh. work, slee or eat together, shall employ an man, woman or child who cannot pr< duce satisfactory evidence of havir been vccinated. And It shall be tt duty of such owner, lessee, superir tend en, manager, or agent, to se that such employes are vaccinated of ten as the ordinances of the incol orated city or town In which sai business is located, or the rules an regulations of the State board health, if such business is not locate witnin any incorporated city or towi may direct. Scotion 7. Any officer or person wI sha fail, neglect or ref ase to compl wihany provision of this act app] be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in a court or com petent jurisdiction, shall be fined In the sum of 8100 or be imprisoned for 30 days. Section 8. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, be and &he same are here by, repeal-d. Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by th.e governor. A VERY BAD STORY Of the Downfall of a Young Man at Sumter. The Sumter Item says on Monday afternoon Feb. 27, Mr John H. Sizer, of the Sizer Lumber company, went before Magistrate Harby and procur ed the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of P. R. Felder, on affdavit charging him with larceny in that he took, stole and carried away the sum of $325 belcngng to the Sizar Lumoer company. The young man for wuom the warrant was Issued is well known in that city, where he has resided for several years. He was the bookkeep er for the Sizer Lumber company, and had the confidence of his employes tc such an extent that he had charge of the moneys of firm, made up the pay roll, received money due the cimpany and drew money from the bank as needed for tne conduct of the business. Some- days ago he told some of his friends that be ,was going to Colorado and others that ' was to Ariz ana aLc still others tnat he was going to Cuba Mr. Sizer, in checking up the bani book and comparing it with the stubs in the cbeck took, discovered a dis creparcy of $120 and called Mr. F;Id. er's attention to it. He admitted the discrepancy and paid over to Mr. Size that amount. Mr. Feider left there Sunday night on the 9 30 train for Co lumbia, and his present whereaboutt are not known. Mr. Siz -r con'tinued his investigatien and in a short timi discovered an addstional shortage o $325. Tnen he decided to have a war raut issued and to make a determine effort to bring about the arrest of Fel der. It is surmised, but not knowl with any degree of certainty, that Fel der went direct to Florida Sunda; night, and by this time may be it Cate It is reported, but not confirm ed, t:at ne had a ticket to Cuoa it his possession when Le lef L the city His method of mL-appropriating hi employer's funds was simple, but el rective. When he would make out th pyroll, of which he had full charge he wo.uld fill out a c- eck for an amoin greater than the payroll and put th difference in his own pocket. To keei the casa book straight he would ente on the stub of the cneck book the cor rect amount of the payroll. Then t make his balance at the bank tall with the footing, of the check boo stubs he would, in bringing down th additions on the stubs, add in th amounts appropriated to his own use A comparisjn of the check with th corresponding stubs, when made, in mediately revealed the discrepancies The books have not yet been thor oughly caecked up and it is possib] -that the shortage may exceed th amount 'charged in the warrant. Th young man had mnany friends In tha city and his downfall is not only shock to them all but causes keen ri gret. _________ 1 Neither Good Nor Nice 1The Chicago telephone girils hai e brought serious charges against tt: e stately matrons and pretty debutant4 of the Windy City. They allege th2 the men are not half so profane, eve the gilded youth who consider pri faity to be an evidence of brains, the women. The telephone girls di clare they are not prudes, nor do the keep the Sabbath nor do many thing . that real good girls ought to do, yE l their ears are offended by the variel ~of oaths turned loose by the gent maidens and the mothers of gent maidens in the seclusion of the homes. In commenting on the aboa The State voices our sentiments e: acty when it says "there is .no mol senseless habit than that of profanit; the effectivenes of a 'cuss word' occasionally impressive, but that lost when they come in a meaningle stream. They Indicate only a r *r stricted vocabulary. But why w men resort to profanitz is -a myste> -~to those who know that it is never a a trative to men. About one girl: nyfie thousand can usi profanity so.: not to seem bold or profane; phe ot1 'es fail markedly. And why shou e good women endeavor to invade tb e territory preempted by those who a ' neither good nor nice ?" y Bomos sent to Russia., e A dispatch from St. Petersbni d says vast quantities of hand bombs a: being Imported into Bassia. Ti 'discovery was accidently made by ti 2 customs authorities at Wirballe: Russian Polaod, on opening an orc .e nary fruit box, marked "orange: whichi contained a hundred sma ~b -mbs. Scores of similar boxes ha' ben c- ming in for weeks It ythought possible that they were i1 tended for distribution among tt strkers ae weapons with which lght the troops. e Unknown Woman Maritered. hTae body of an unidenitified wome d has been found lying on the sidewa a In front of 5529 M 'nro3 avenue, 8 the aristocratic section of Hyde Pai Chicag. Seze had unquestionab e been murdered by a revolver bull' r ired into her head behind the rigi eear, but so far the police have bee 0unable to ascertain her name, or gat 0 any particulars of the crine. It is b leved she came to the place of he udeath in a carriage. r Lincoln'S ifumor. - Lincoln's hu-nor oft-en got him o1 y of trying s.itucztions and tempered h ref0s-:1 uf favors, as happened durir 1- the Civil War when a gentleman ask< -him for a pass througri the Feder: e lines to Richmond. "I should 1 4 happy to oblige you." said Lincoli g 'if my passes were respected. B1 ", the fact is, within the last two yea p I have given passes to Richmond to y quarter ci a milliori men, and not oi Shas got there yet." Killed uis Employer. Early Saturday night Baldwin Mar e a white farmer livirg eight miles fro oo Jackonville, Fla., was shot throug the heart and instantly killed and h d daughter, Mrs. Brittle, was serious: d wounded by Clarence Mason, a neg f employed by Marr. Mason made h d escape but is being pursued by a poss ,COL R. Barnwell Rhett, former: editor of the Mercury and afterwari of Journal of Commerce of Charlesto: . died mn Huntsville, Ala., on Monda 11 mged 70. A (REAT B kTTLE- i Has Been Raging Between the Japs and Russians Five Days In Which the Japanese Have Loosed Forty Thousand Men and the Russians Thirty Thousand. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the battle raging at the front has assumed enormous proportions. Al ready one of the Associated Press' Russian correspondents places the .ussian losses at 30.000 men and thcse of the Japanese at 40,000. It Is added that the attempt to draw a net around General Kuropatkin has not yet succeded, but it is said that the Japanese from Simmintin are at tempting by forced marches to cut the Russian line of communicatIon. Arrivals at Newchwang from the Mukden road report thatthe Japanese are enveloping the city and that irs fall is imminent. A strong force is moving southeast from Kakumen. General Nogi is advancing north along the Liao river. The Japanese on Friday cut off a Russian division, four Sotnias of CQs sacks and 26 guns, endeavoring to re gain Mukden. The Russian were routed and they retreated toward Tie pass, abandonirg their wounded..The Japanese raid on Siamintin drew re inforcements from- the Russian sta tions on the Mukien trail to the city which is threatened, and all the out posts had been recalled to strengthen irs defense. At 10 o'clock Saturday morni'g a Russian division encountered Japa iese scouts near Laopien, 12 milef from Mukden. Near there a tight oc curred which resulted in a Rassiar rout. The RBssians, it is reported Ist five ofn.>-rs and 200 men killed. The Japanese loss is unknown. . A dispatch from St Petersburg says: "General Kuropatkin in a tel gram which arrived bere at 7 o'clocli Saturday evening sild 260.00) JapI-1 ese bad broken wnrough tae Russiar left wing and that it was cut off froir the remainder of the army. "At ten o'clock came another dis patch from General Kuropatkin whict reai: "The Japanese are marchinj on Mukden My position is extreme ly dargerous." In government circles there Is conviction, that General Kuropatkir has been fully beaten. that part of hi army has been dispersed and that thi railroad north of Mukden will probab ly be cut. General Kuropatkin under date o March 3, says all attacks on the lef fr ank were repulsed with.great loss 0 the enemy. He says the Japanes losses are great that they are con stiucting defense with the dead bodle of their fallen comrades. THE NEW TAX L&W SBrings in Considerable Cash to th state Treasury. The Columbia Record say3 tbe larg est return made to the comptrolle general under the new tax law wa that by the Southern railway, whic: shows that the taxes under-this ae aalone, exclusiye of all other county city and state taxes, will amount t $21,000, unless a change is made an the protest, which the tax depart ment has been notified of will g through. s The return under the law lsamad ton the gross receipts of the businei done in this state by foi'eign corpori 2 tions and Vice-President . Andreu - has notified the comptroller genern that the ca'culation was based on th . proportion of business on the mileag In this state which may make som change. This matter will acme u s before the state board at their meel t ing. y Thousands of-dollars in checks hai been received In the office and the ri aturns by foreign and domestic 'con e panies exceed all of the calculationi rThe largest check received so far wa efor $1,100 from the Charleston Minin ecompany, which inclosed the cbec with the return and did not wait ut 'til the return had been approved b sthe office. The taxes paid by tI sAtlantic Coast Line company wi samount to about $12,000. The other foreign corporations hai Ynot yet signified any Intention of pr< ,testng, but several of the domesti companies are writing that the la will be fought. This, however, wi s hardly amount to anythirig as It dsLeasoned that the large corporation s employing the best of legal talen are paying or making the returr ewIthout murmur and that If they al not finding any flaw in the law the: s Uile coubt but that it is constiti g tinal. e Poli Tax Dogers. . e The supply bill for 1905 contali ie the following provisions as to payiz poll tax: ''Any person who shall fa to pay such poll tax shall be deeme "gulty of a misdemeanor and on coi vctio'i thereof before a magistral re sall be pun'saed by a fine of not lei s than $10 or by imprisonment at haz . lbor upon the public wo'rks of ti e culnty for not mire than 20 day o provided, that the county shall n< pay-the cost or fees of any constab r sheriff for the exec',tion of any wa rant or othier process i:s zed in any ca: n by virtue of the provisi. ns of this sel k tion, unless the defendants in sue n cases snail be arrested and convicteI 'k For services herein rendered by tho! .y magistrates and constables who ri t ceive salaries, they shall receive, I Lt addition to such salaries as they a: n now entitled to have by law, the sai n costs and fees; provided, that sal e costs and fees be cllected out of an r paid by defendiants." If you have D< paid your poll tax you had better c so at once. t New Brookiland Burned. s- A dispatch from Columbia says g fire Saturday night in New Brv'klani d n the Lexington side of the Congar4 1 River, has almost wiped out the vii e age. The fire started on the wester ~,side of the tow", which is the bus itness portion, and extended to tbe Ca a lumbia Duck Mill village. At the a time about two-tbirds of the mill vi ie lae has been destroyed. The Colun bia fire department is at the Congart River trying to stretch hose over 1 the burning town in the hope of doir r, some good. The villiage is just acro fl the river from Columbia. Killed Herself. yA dispatch from Savannah, Ga o ss Miss Katie Dotsou, the 19 year: j old daughter of Richard Dots n,< SPooler, placed the butt of a shaotgu against a fence, push the trigger wit .y a stick apd sent the charge throng 15 her breath, killing her instantly. Ti tsuicie was camm~iated Thursday in ,' Ifield near her home. Sbe had had quarrel with her sweetheart. A FOUL _EED. A Citizen of Williston Killed from Ambush in Open Daylight. SHOT FROM HIS HORSE t C The Crime Was Committed in Edge of Woods in Hailing Distance of Some Farm Hands at Work in a Field. ils Watch Missing. A special dispatch from Williston to The State says that community was profoundly shocked Fricay even Ing upon learning that-one of its prom inent citizens, J. T. Smith, Jr., was foully murdered about a mile from town. As usual, Mr. Smith had rid den to his farm, and while ridiDg through a narrow strip of woods was shot from his horse. There were two shots fired, whichi were heard by sev eral persons, and the horse was seen coming out of the woods and was caught by a negro tenant. The woods in which the crime was committed is surrounded by open fields in which were men at work, and it seems impossible for the murderer to have committed this crime in daylight and escape. The shots were beard about half an hour b= fore cark, and in the edge of woods not far from a ten ant house. As soon as the horse was brought to town without his rider a party was made up and search begv n. The body was found about 8.30 p. m. There were two shots which had tak en effect, one in the side of the face and arm and tbe other full in the face. His watch being gone, points to robbery as the motive. Blood "our ds have been telegraphed for and every thing possible is being done to locate the murderer. Mr. Smith was a prominent Mason, X of P., and was not known to have an enemy in the world. Tae community is hlghly wrought up but there has been no rash talk so far, but there is a deter mination to find the criminal if pos sible. STILL A MYSTERY. A dispatich from Wildiston to The State say s there has been nothing it the twn which has Inflic- ed such a shock as the revt lting murder of J. T. Smith, Jr , Friday afternon a out 4 30 o'clock. Mr. Smith bad ridden out to one of his farms about a mile from town, and while in a small strip of woodlane on the place he w .s shot from his horse. Two diabarges were fired, the orne fired wble be wa on h's horse, enterirg the neck at the side, severing the jugular vein and reaking the ver ebrae; t'e other. which was fired when the victim wi s on tbe gtound, entered the centrai portion of the face, infliiting a horri ble wonrd. The wsapon which in filted the wounds was a shotgun, dis charged at close range of a few feet. As scon as the searchiog party which -had been hastily organized upon the reach'ng of the conclusion of foul play, found the body, a jury was empaneled and an investigation begun, but as no teneable evidence could be discovered considiration and decision were postponed until Mon day. As s~en as the searching party reached Williston bloodbcuCds were sent for. By 1 o'clock p. mn., Sheriff Creech and Supervs.r Morris of Barn well arrived with the chaingrang hounds. These dogs were immediate ly carried to the spot and every effort made to strike traii, but nothing was accomplished. Wilistcn is at sea. A horrible murder has been committed and there is no trace of evideoce as to the per petrator of the foul deed. In the cloud of gloom which rests upon the tow:1t there Is a silent, yet intense, de termination to put forth every effort to find and ferret every clue which will L.ring the murderer to his due. Mr. Smith was just in the prime of his manhood. In the estimation of every one he stood in the forefront of Williston's best citizanhip; a man of -shrewd business intellect, of broad mndednese, a man of pleasing man nrs and of universal Esteem, he was a potent factor in this comnmunty's life. The fact that he was the man that he was Is- what makes it the more difficult to arrive at a basis of operation for the detection of the criminal. A NEGRO ARRtEsTED.. Jasper Singleton, co.ored, was ar rested at Williston on Saturday, charged with the assassinsti m of Mr. J. T. Smith, Jr., Friday night. The evidence against him is purely circum stantial and it may be that a fuller Investigation will reveal that be is not Stheright man. This Inguiry is now in progress and until all the supposed tevidence Is in hand It will be impos sible to say whether there Is enough to hold him for trial. Mr. Smith was murdered Friday nizht about a mile r m town. Wrile riding thriughb a s :trip of woods two shots were fired and he fell dead from his hor%e. As soon as the riderless horse was seen a Sparty was formed to search for the murderer and the ssarch was kept up all night. Saturday morning Sin..le ton was arrested and is no0w locked e up. Mr. Smith was one of the most e prominent citi zer s ofa the co~mmunit~v yand his foul murder has created great Sindignation. 0 oman's Whippung Machine. Frederick W. .Peabody, the Boston r lawyer who favots a whipping po0t e for wife beaters in Massachusetts, says that he has receive'd ideas c~n c'rnng a whipping macrine from a -woman. "Some time ago," raid Mr. -Peabody, "a wom'.u came to me and iTtold me thati she had inve-nTed a 9 whipping machine whicht could be d used with admirable results. Sne said that the instrument was so made as 0to deliver blows with equal for c', rius eliminating the pa'.ion of pity toat with a human whipper, mright iuence the severity of the putni-h d ment. Tne machine also would pr i tect the small of the back so that rno permanent injury could be done to te cri minal. It would also turn him about so tha.t every blow might fall in Sa new place " Kills Oauxgticer andi Self. Mrs L. H. Brand, keeper of a board . lg house at Da Queen, Ark., Taurs d day shot her 8-year-old daughter Katie, with a target ride, and then using the same weapon, sent a bullet into her own brain. Bouth will die. ,t Mrs. Brand sent her son Samuel, D 14 years, to another room and locking ee the door, placed the rifle against the )- little girl's head and fired. She then itt.shot herself in the temple. She left n a letter for her husband, in which sheM saishe wa tired of livingr. ALL IX THE SAME BOAT. Why We Sbould Al Help theFarmer in His Fight. We fear that many of our business men do not attach that importance to the fight the farmers are aking for better prices for cotton that they - should, and are indifferent to the she cess or failure of the movement. These business men should remember that every class of business in every coM munity In the cotton States is More or less affected by the price of cotton, and that the farming interests of the South Is the base of all Southena - prosperity. in the language of the Atlanta Journal "for years the perity of the planter-which is to say the prosperity c f the South-bas bk more or less subject to the whim Off) the financial centers, or dependei upon whichever class of market mani--.< pulators obtained a temporary ascen cancy, and was able to regurate the2-"> price of the white staple. The Southr ern Cotton aesociation, by sweeping, , aside the 'artificial barriers, propose to allow the price of cotton to-be ree7 ulated by the laws of supply and d nand, and to this end has pledged fa'rmers to work against over tion. In other words, It proposes bring about the days when the p who produce the cotton shall be a . to sell it at a reasorable profit; work for the stability necesa to the properity of planter and ner. Or-since every community - the south is dependent upon'entto the association proposes nothing than the.fnancial enancipation o South. "Thorough organizsti On 13sn to success. Once thoroughly andc pletfely organized, the association command an annual income of ner a% million dollars-enough toL n e its success in any operation whicalZ< undertakes. But a few thousand&' ]ars are necessary before the wor ..... organ!z.tion is completed. In le what it will do for the business 01 South-of what it has already dor & putting .up the price merely by an nouncement of its program-thebus iness interests of the South, an merchants, manufacturers, men of every sort, must give it financial and moral support; ; work through the maehinery io for their own ultimate beneit ad;, pr,.fit. it is up to every town:-a6Q city in the S-uth to subscribe, s thing to help the association itqorganiziton. "And the money mast be su ed hoon; the organrzation mut completed within the nexte The opportunity for strikin c certeil blow for the iodus r. c-mmerclal emancipation of th a must be seized at once, or it by. If this movement falls s lack of funds to complete tbe manent organization, the South just as well give up,- might justW well deliver herself, bound bandd foot, to the market manipulatorsi e speculators, and say "Do what will with me; Ihad the' remedy my condition within my hands, was tpo weak and to, slow to grip t with strength. HereafJerI am r to work for New York, New Engand s and Liverpool, and take whateverpy . ithey may please to dole out to. e S"We 'are at the dividing lineg be tween failure and success.. If this or ganization Is perfected, If this planil carried through to aSuccessfult summation, we will grasp the fruit~t many drecades of pains and labor. I lsathe trial, thetest, ofthe afmnf energy, and readiness of Southern bus- s inmess Interests. . Ifrit falls; it will be' of little use to try to organize the c& ton country again. Falure means an. - acknowledgment of defest forall time.g And -there is only a few thousand do4 a lars between success and failure~ol a little money between's grand~uu8 of Independent success and an ln2 ' ,*minious future of failure which ssL see the South4bound for alla timetO e the chariot -wheel-ofth pec t and the stock-manipulator. Afw 1housand dollars In the-hands of hn organizers of the Southern Cottona-X socation within the next-few ek means that In a few\ months thre wil~be a million-at their disposal, con tributed by' the planters, and ta success will be theirG,. e Are we going to let it fail? A we going to throw away the firstret oportulnity we 'oave ever had? r-$ we going to cast from us the-onegra .chance which has beenforts~n c years? Are we going to saut our eyes and orop into servitude, Instead of making a concartel eff rt and atai ing control of rthat which Is our own2 ' I, Gave- Lues or ouCy. ~A dispatch fro~m E ?gefield says-t' s John C. Bassev, a furedan of section~ e bands on the Charleston and Western 'e Carolina Blway, was struckbya passing train and .Instantlykil. The casualty occurred near Sheed's, ai small station In Georgia. From the s meagre information ubtalpable here git seems that Mr. Bussey, wih hiis iforce, were travelling on the -road.-on d a hand cir. As they went around -a i. curve they unexpectedly saw an -apd proaching train, and Immediately. went to wo-k to remove the band car d from the track, and, while assistin te in the matter, Mr. Bussey wet his ; death. It was a case of -sacrificing Slife to duty as the track was siccess e fully clear ed, thereby no donot pre r venting an accident thiat would have e terminated in the de~truction of much 5. property of the company. Had Mr. h Buwssey left the nand car on tne track I. he could easily have escaped with his life and without receiving any person : al Injury. Mr. Bussey was a native. n of that county and a most excellent .e young man. He leaves a wife and sev d eral young chl:dren. d Robbe~d a sae d Some time Saturday night. profes >t sbonal cracksmen entered the bank of Flovilla Ga., and wrecked the vault with an explosive, making. an- -easy haul and escaping with $4,000 in a cash. The bank uffcials have .dttle I, or no clue as to who the robb-ers were, :e but it is understood that as many as i. four perscns have been suspected and u it is expected that detectives will be I. on close track within the next six . hours. The robbers used nitroglycerine t and completely wrecked the banking j. oles. The bank Is insured against the loss and the State Bsnking association e Is pushing the search for tue robuers. 0 hooting acrape In a fight between Robert Whit Slock and two negroes near Spartan burg on Tuesday of last week the ne groes fired several shots from a breach loading shotgun, missing Wnitlock but hitting this aunt and he'- little Sgirl. Wiltiock responded wltn a six shooter, but missed. b Broke Idie Neck. A negro named .Teff Prince, while e drunk, fell iato a citch in Spartan bugon Monday night and broke his nek.