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VOL. XIV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1905. NO, 27. WHAT THEY GET. The Salaries to be Paid the Dif ferent County Officers. ThRRS OF THE ACT Passed by the Legislature at Its Recent Session. The Superintendents of Education Get Better Pay Than Formerly. Comparison is Interestilg to Note. The legislature recently passed an act providing for the 'salaries of all the officers in all of the counties ex cept judge of probate, master In equi ty and magistrate. For the latter office a special act was passed. Judg es of probate and masters will draw the same salaries and receive the same fees as heretofore. It is declared In the act that the constitution provides that the com pensation shall be graded in propor tion to the population and ne ry service required. The amount of - ary fixed for each officer is given pub lication here, and our readers may find it Interesting to make compari sons, to see how different counties treat their officials in the matter of pay. Another notew3rthy feature is the amount paid in each cunty to tax and governing boards. Following are the salaries to be paid the county officers ttis year: County. Auditor. Sheriff Abbeville-.. $1,000 1,100 Aiken.... .....1,200 2,000 Anderson......... 1,500 1,890 Bamberg......... 800 950 Barnwell ....... 1,250 1,500 Beaufort......... 1,200 1,550 Berkeley ........ 825 800 Charleston ....... 3,200 4,000 -Cherokee.......... 800- 1,500 Chester.... .. ..... 1,000 Chesterfield....... 900 900 Clarendon. ......-800 800 Colleton.. ......1,000 1,300 Darlington....... 900 1,800 Dorchester........ 900 750 j Edgefield......... 1,000 1,000 Fairfield.......... 1,000 1,000 Florence.......... 1000 2,250 C Georgetown ...... 1,000 1.800 Greenville........ 1,500 2,200 Greenwood..---... 900 1,000 Hampton......... 900 1,000 Horry-....-.... 700 700 Xershaw..... .-900 1,100 TAncaster......... 900 1,500 Laurens...... ... 1,000 1,500 Lee.. ........... 850 1,400 Lexington........ 900 800 Marion........... 937 1,800 Marlboro......... 900 1,900 lNewberry......... 1,000 1,400 Oconee.......... 900 750 Orangeburg ...... 1,206 2,500 Pickens........... 675 600 Bichland......... 2,000 2,4001 Saluda....-...-... 800 1,1001 Spartanburg.1 . 600 2,5001 Sumter.......... 1,200 1,800 Union.......... . 900 1 5001 Williamsburg ...900 1,300 York........... 1,300 1,350( Clerk of Supervi-] Court sor. 1 Abbeville.......... 300 81,000] Alken.... ........ 500 800 1 .Anderson......... 500 900 Bamberg .. ....... 250 800 Barnwell...... ... 400 850 Beaufort......... 400 800 Aerkeley..... .... 300 6001 Charleston.......2,400 1,500 Cherokee.......... 250 500 Chester.......... 350 800 Chesterfl d .. ..... 400 600 Clarendon.. .... .. 150 800 Colleton......... 400 800 'Darlington... 425 750 D)orchester........ 300 800 Edgefield .. ..... .. 200 700 Fairfield.......... 300 650 Florence......... 300 1,000 Georgetown .... ...600 800 Greenville.. .... .1,600 950 Greenwood........ 350 900 Hampton......... 300 600 Horry............ 300 600 Kershaw......... 350 700 Lancaster........ 400 800 Lauen .- . .....400 800 Lee.............. 200 700 Lexington .. .... .. 350 ,300 Marion .... .... .. 500 800 Marlboro-..-.-...... 700 900 N~ewberry .... .. ...275 900 Oconee ....... .. 1,320 500 Orangeburg.......-550 700 Fickens.......... 300 600 Riohland........ 1,200 1,200 Saluda...... ..... 250 500 Spartanburg... 1,250 1,000 Sumter........... 400 900 Union.. ......... 400 600 Williamsburg...... 275 700 York............ 300 7001 Supt. Ed. Coroner Abbeville ........$ 600 $ 1501 Aiken........... 600 3001 Anderson......... 750 200l Bamberg............5 800 Barnwell.. .. ..... 500 250 Beaufort......... 400 300 Berkeley... ....-. 300 100 Charleston........ 900 1,800 Crierokee......... 500 100 Chester.......... 600 200 Chesterfield ....... 400 100 Clarendon........ 625 200 Colleton .. .. ...... 500 150 Darlingtoni........ 600 225 Dorchester........ 400 100 Edigefield......... 600 700 Florence......... 800 200 Georgetown....... 690 300 Greenville........ 600 350 Greenwood........ 600 100: Hampton... ..--. 550 125 Horry ........... 400 100 Kershaw.....---- 500 125 Lancaster.. ....--..- 600 175 L auren.....-----. 800 225 Lee .--.-..-..-. ... 500 150 Lexington .. ...... 600 150 Marion...--..... 800 150 Marlboro.. - -700 200 N~ewberry......------ 650 250 Oconee..----..... 500 100 Orangeburg...----. 850 300 Pickens.. .....--.-00 0 Richland...------- - 0 Saluda..---------- 40 100 Spartanburg.--- 1,200 30 Sumter ...-.--.--80--36. nion.. .........500 125 Williamsburg . 500 125 York..... ...... 750 200 The county treasureres are to be p II the same as the county auditors except in tte following Instances: Cherokee, 81,000; Union, $1,000; Lee, $850; Marion, $1,200; Chester, $1,000 and 50 cents for each tax execution. Each county auditor is entitled to a fee of 25 cents for every transfer of real estate recorded. Each sheriff is to receive 20 cents a day for dieting prisvners and actual expenses for himself and prisoners or lunatics when called beyond the coun ty. The sheriff of Lancaster r. c.ives $150 additional for a Jailer Each member of a township board of commissioners, unless otherwise specified, shall receive $2 a day for not exceeding five days. The chair man of township board to receive $2 a day additional while serving as a member of a county board. Ech member of county boards of education shall receive $3 for not more than seven days. Township boards of ass.ssors shall be paid $2 a day per member for not more than three days, except in coun ties having cities of 10,000 inhabi tants, where the members may re oeive pay for not more than 20 days. The members of the county board of equalization shall receive $2 a day for not more than five days. County commissioners shall be paid is follows: Atibeville, -; Aiken, 83 each per day for not more than 100 lays; Anderson, $3, without mileage, ror 67 days; Bamberg, $125 each; Barnwell, $150 each; Beaufort, $1 per Siem and mileage; Berkeley, not to xceed $75 each and mileage; Charles n, $1,200; Cherokee, not exceeding 1100 each and mileage; Chester, $3 per liern per member and mileage; Ches Arfield, not to exceed $50 each with nileage; Clarendon, not to exceed $60 mch with mileage; Colleton, not to )xceed $99 each without mileage; Darlington, not to exceed $105 each; Dorchester, $150 each; Edgetield, not 4 exceed $150 per annum, including nileage; Fairlield, not to exceed $100 ach without mileage; Florence, $125 weh; Georgetown, 875 each without nileage; Greenwood, $105 each and no nileage; Greenville, not to exceed 150 each and mileage not to exceed 1100 each; Hampton, $2.50 per diem 'or each member, not to exceed 25 lays; Horry, not to exceed $90 each; Kershaw, $125 each; Lancaster, $3 ,er dem for not exceeding 25 days; .aurens, $100 each; Lee, 82 per diem ach, ;ot exceeding 30 days; Lexing mn, $J0 each; Marion, $3, not to ex ed 30 days, mileage; Marlboro, $3, iot to exceed 25 days, mileage; New erry, $75 each; Oconee, $250 each; )rangeburg, $500 each;Plckens, 82.50, iot to exceed 100 day; Richland, $3, cot to exceed 25 days, mileage; Wauda, $3, not to exceed 30 days, no ileage; Spartanburg, $400; Sumter, 3 each per diem for not more thtn 0 days, with mileage; Union, $250 ach; Williamsburg, $3 each, not to xceed 30 days; York, $150 each. Clerks and county boards of com nissioners: Aiken, $225; Anderson, 1300; Bamberg, $250; Barnwell, $500 alio clerk of dispensary boaro;) eaufort, $50; Berkeley, $150; Charles on, $200; Cherokee, $200; Caerter, -; Chesterfield, $100; Clarendon, 150; Colleton, $150; Darlington, 250; Dorchester, $75; Edgefield, 150; Fairfield, -; Florence, $200; i1ergetown, $200; Greenville, $250; Ireenwood, $150; Hampton, $200; orry, $100; Kershaw, $25; Lancas er, $150; Laurens, $300; L-'e, $150; ~exngton, $100; Marion, 8200; Mari .oro, -; Newberry (clerk and astor cey,) $250; Oconee, $100; Orangeburg, 200 Pickens, $100; Eicaland, $900; alda, $10C; Spsrtanburg, $500; lumter, $400; Union, $150; Williams >urg, $150; York. $103. Death Dealna Cyclone. News from Roanoke, Randolph eunty, Alabama, states that reports 3ave reached Roanioke of one of the nest disastrous cyclones that ever risited that section, which swept cross the southern part of Randolph ~ounty late last night. Eight or nine ives are known to have been lost and lamage amounting to thousands of olars was done to property. The lyclone started at a point near Double Eleads, and proceeded in a northwest rn course. The residence of Mack Darlisle, white, was demolished and E. C. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed. 3x miles east a number of houses were demolished and three negroes illed and several injured on the Wilson plantation. Toree or four egroes were killed on the Holly plantation, near Bock Mills. At Lme postcfflce a store was demolish ed, and a little white girl, daughter of Mr. Lucas, was killed and her mother seriously in jared. Peasante~ Kiled. A dispatch from Kutno, Russia Poland, says ten peasants were killed and 50 were wounded at Lamenta, March 21, as the result of the shoot ing of infantry sent to quell disturb ances. A crowd of paants from Benignowa proceeded to Lamenta to induce the farm laborers to strike and rioting occurred. The chief of police with a company of soldiers went to the scene and the troops fired two vol. leys at the peasants, killing two on the spot and wounding 50. The latter were brought in carts to the hospital there where seven men and one wo man subsequently died. Eleven others are dying Scene of horror. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the mortality in the Rus san army at the front is frigbtful. Five thousand men succumbed to wounds or disease last week at Har bin. The greater number of the rail road cars and trucks upon which the wounded are piled are brought into the station and lef t upon the sidings without having their human freight removed. The station exhales a ter rible stench, having become a combi ned hospital, refuse heap and charnel house. Severely JPunione.t1 The President has approved the sentence of the court martial inflicted upon Midshipman Arrowood, of North Carolina, recently tried for desertion from the navy. The sentence carries with it a dismissal from the vavy and the law bearing upon the case provid es that a man so dismissed should not hereafter be eligible to any rights of itiznship. NOBLE HEROES. Confederate Monument on the Capitol Grounds of Columbia. THE INSCRIPTION. A Memorial to The State's Brave Sons Who Died for Her, Which Is Also a Testimonial of South Caro lina's Daughter's Devo tion To Them. Rcquests have been received by The State for the publication of the in scription upon the Confederate monu ment on the State capitol grounds, erected by the women of the State. This inscription was written by Wil liam Henry Trescott-, a rative of this State, who was a diplomat of interna tional reputation as well as a litera teur. The hundreds of northern tour ists who stop in Columbia during the winter admire this inscription as more than a literary production, they are moved by the grandure of its senti ment, no denuniciation, no wailing but a manly appeal for "just judg ment" of the cause that was lost. Following are these choice bits of English which embody so beautifully and so perfectly the sentiments of the south: NORTH SIDE. This Monument Perpetuates the memory of Those Who, True to the Instincts of their Birth, Faith to the Teachings of their Fathers, Constant in their L ve for the State, Died in the Performance of their Duty, Who Have Glorified a Fallen Cause By the Simple Manhood of their Lives, the Patient Endurance of Suffering, and the He.roism of Death, and '7ho, in the Dark Hours of Imprisoment, in the Hopelessness of the Hospital, in the Short, Sharp Agory of the Field, Found Support ard Consolation in the Belief that at Home they would not be For gotten. SOUTH SIDE. Let the Stranger. Who May in Future Times Read this Inscription, . Recogniz3 that these were Men Whom Puwer Could Not Corrupt, Whom Death Could not Terrify, Whom Defeat Could not Dishonor, and Let their Virtues Plead for Just Judgmert . of the Cause in which they Perished. Let the Soutti Carolinian of Another Generation Remember That the State Taught Them How to Live and Ho~w to Die, And that from H -r Broken Fortunes She has Preserved for Her Children the Priceless Treaure of the Memo ries, Teaching all wl:o May Claim The bame Birthright that Truth, Cou-age and Patriotism Endure F~orever. It Is not generally known, but Mr. Trescott prepared an inscription for a third face of the monument, but thsre was not room for it. This epitaph was as follows: Those for whom they died In-cribe on this Marble The solemn record of their sacrifice The prepetual gratitude of the State they served The Uddy ing affection of thcse Wno.se lives The seperation of death Has shadowed With an Everlasting Sorrow Scattered over the baltle fields of the south Burled In Remote and Alien Graves Dying Unsoothed By the touch of familar and household hands, Their names are graven here To recall To their Cuildren and Kinsmen Bow worthily they lived How Nobly they died And in what tender reverence Their memory survives In the first two or three years fol lowing the surrender of Gen. Lee, the people of the scuth were face to face with extreme poverty. Even then the women of Columbia purposed to start the moveme't for the erection of this monument. But it was not until Nov. 4,-1869, that the formal beginning was made in the chapel of Washington Street church. Anl address was deliver ed by Gen Wade Bampton and a pray er offL~red by R :v. Win. Martin, whose son Is said to have been the first sol dier of the southern cause to yield his lie. The women of Richland county at this meeting prefected an organiz ation and sent a call to the women of the other counties in the State to join them in the erection of a suitable monument. There were many dilmculties In the way of getting a suitable site for the monument. The carpet-baggers from the north and the renegades and ex slavts of this State who were in charge of the State government could not be appealed to for a site on the State capitol grounds. In August, 1862, the aliens who ccmposed the city gov emnent exacted of the commission, $600 for a small spot of earth on Ar senal Hill overlooking Sidney park. The granite for the foundation was contributed by Judge Jno. S. Green from his quarry on the Congaree river, ard work was commenced on Arsenal Biil. But the workmen soon discover ed that there was Quicksand near the surface and the spot was utterly unfit for the weight of the monument. The association in its dismay at having spent fruitlessly money obtained through the most trying efforts was cheered by the offer of another site, the crest of the bill at the entrance to E mnwood cemetery. At a cost of approximately $600 the base was re Imoved from Arsenal hill to the hill in front of the cemetery, not a conspic uous place to be sure, but the best site available. The contract was 'st In July, 1873 to Muldoon Walton Co., of Louisville, who on eccount of their oxn loyalty to the Corfederacy were liberal and patient with the association in its ef forts to raise the funds. It was this same year that the a s clation lost by death one of Its moir earnest mem bers, Mrs. William Wallace, and by removal its treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Rey nolds. who, even after leaving Colum bia, kept up her efforts to raise funds The contracaing architects were paid $5,000 on the monement. In September, 1875, the marble shaft and the statue arrived from Car rea, Italy, where they had been rash ioned by famous artists. It was decid ed to keep the monuments in storage until the entire purchase price cculd be paid. The contractors made a liber al discount, but even this was nearly equalled by -the storage charges and insurance. The figure which sur mounts the monument is that of a private soldier, but was fashioned after a photograph of Gen. Stephen Ellictton, one of the heroes of the criter. In the year following the receipt of the monument from Italy, a brighter dav dawned in South Carolina and the reign of radicalism was thrown i ft. In 1878 the legislature appropriated $650 for the removal of the base from Elm wood cemetery to the capitol grounds and each member of the general assem bly gave one day's pay to the associa tion. The secretary of state was or dered to further the work in every way and the legislators contributed liber ally of their own means. At length the entire fund was rais ed and May 13th, 1878, was set for the unveiling. The monument there fore stands not only as a memorial to the men who fought for southern rights, but as a testimonial to the courage of the women whose noble en deavors in days darker than war Itself were persevered in until their labors were crowned with success. It Is recal led that not a little financial aid was contributed through the sale of a poem "Sumter" written by Mr. J. B. Al ston, and by receipts from a lecture "Tne Confederate Soldier," by Maj. S. P. Hamilton of Chester. The day of the unveiling was a momentous occadon, more impressive than the pomp attendant upon the vis it of the Marquis de Lafayette, more gorgeous than the ceremonies attend ant, upon the inauguration of Wade Hampton as governor; more significant than the celebration of the passing of the ordinance of secession, for that was but a nation's natal day and the unveiling of the monument commem orated the entire glorious history. of that same natIon; particularly the re ord of the 20,000 South Carolinians who fell in battle and the 40.000 others who came back ragged, maimed and wrecked in hialth. The monument as then unveiled, t had been erected near the Szate house, t bout 60 feet from the front wall of s the building, at a point near where the Houden statue of Washington now 8 is. . After the grand military parade 9 participated in by a score of gaily uni- 1 formed companies from all parts of South Carolina, the proce-son came t back to the capitol grounds where, a from a stand decorated most beauti fully Gen. Jno. S Preston delivered c the oration, Gen. Eilson Capers, the e rector of the Christ church at Green vie, pronounced the invocation. From , the top of the speaker's stand fi ,ared g a streamer bearlr~g the dying words of i &Laxcy Gregg, "Ir I am to aie, I give a my life cueerfully for the indepec c dence of South Carolina." In the pa rade were 40 survivors of the Mexican j war commanded by Capt. W. B. Stan-, ey and the regiment of Confederate a survivors was commanded by Cal. W11 v~ iam .Wallace. There were di z~ns of s bat tie flags of glorious history and eacb e was cheered by the vast n.utitude. Tne newspape's of that day said that j there were15,000 people massed around , capital square when Gen. Preston spoke. The master of cererunies was Gav. , W. D. Simpson. Gins. Hampton and Butler were detained at Washington, at the last moment and wired regrets. G-en. M. L. Bonhan, an ex-governor, I was chief marshal. Tue four young ladies who pulled 1 the c~rd which loosed the drapery z around the monument were Misses Cheves McCord, Doberta Beck, May 1 Dargan and Beverly Means, each of whom had been orphaned by war. Their escort consisted of four veteranis, t each of whom had last an arm: Col. 3.t C. Haskell, Maj. S. L Leaphart State treasurer-3amaes Fraser and S. W. R awan. Tae monument had been ccmpleted three days before, Memo rial day, and the marble soldier was stationed at his post as the funeral 1 bells were calling the women to lay nf )wers on the graves of the dead sol diery. Tnis is not a Columbia possession. It is the property ot all the people of the State. The following contributions were made by other counties; Abbe yille, $201; Aiken, $27; Anderson, $190; Barnwell, $121; Beaufort, $140; Charleston, $1,495; Chester, $195; Chesterfield, $277; Colleton, $31 Clar endon, $67; Darlington, $88; Edge field, $397.60; Georgetown, $285; Greenville, 8469; Hampton, $10; Harry, $87; Kershaw, $310; L?-xing ton, $140; Laurens, 8121; Lancaster, $140; Marlboro, $11; Marion, $35; Newberry. $263; Orangeburg, $493; Osonee, $35; Pendleton, $52; Pickens, $5; R:chland, $3,695; Sumter, $23; Spartanburg, $232; Urdon, $308; Wil liamsburg, $67; York, $96- Total $10, 119.76. Tne legislature appropriated $650; the railraad company remitted the freight charges, there were con tributions aggregating $168 from be yond the borders of the State, making the whale $11,761.46. The architect, Mr. Walton, was paid $9,242 53 and the remainder was paid for site, the two removals of the base, etc. The monument was struck by light ning, the marble figure being broken, and when the new figure was made the monument was moved to its pres ent site overlooking Main street. This in itself forms an interesting chapter in the history of Columbia. Badly aiirt. G-. C. .Teweil, a foreman in the Southern's shops at Columbia was dangerously injured by being struck on the head by C. L. Milford, a car repairer. The trouble arose from a dispute between the two men inside of a car. POOR FOOLS. Many New York Women Each Morning Worship the Sun. HANY OF THEM RICH. AJl the Followers of this ieathenish Custom are Women. The Cult Now Said to be Finally Establish. ed in the Cities of New York and Chicago. The New. York American says maziag fact that 2,000 of New York's women, more or less prominent, are un worshippers and votaries of the dazdaznans, the mystic Persian cult ixpounded by Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht lanish, has been revealed through ihe arrest last Saturday of Mrs. 3rownie Rathbone Weaverson, of No. .50 West One Hundred and Fourth treet, a disciple of the mysterious re Igion. Mrs. Weaverson Is charged with taving taught the Persian theory to drs. Ellen Raehll, an aged woman liv ug at No. 1453 Amsterdam avenue, who is now expected to los her life as he result of the treatment. Instances have been cited in which romen have been driven insane by heir fanatical devotion to the strange ielief; others have been made cripples ,nd doomed to a life of misery; Dr. Ianish, the priest apostle himself, has een arrested on the charge of having orured his followers; yet despite hese facts, the society is not only in xistence In New York City, but the Lumber of his followers among the ashionable'et is growing. This was shown at a meeting follow ng Mrs. Weaverson's arrest in Came le Hall when a vast throng of women, ld and young, and all dressed in the teight of fashion, hung with breath ess attention on the words of the )astur of the Beh-Dinscience, who tood on the platform clad in the ful egaia of his sombre cult. In the morning these women bow to he rising orb and address It as a god. n the evening they prostrate them elves on rugs as did-the Pcrsians of Id and the ancient Toltecs of M. Xico. One day a womin by the name of liss Reuss mounted the platform of he Mazdazaan shrine in Chicago, (for he cult has even a greater following here than in New York) and began o scream and pray hysterically to ta. uin. "She Is insane,"isaid Zir Hanish olemnly to the horrified throng in the reat hall, "but the honor of Mazdaz an has been soved." After the meeting Miss Reuss was aken, a hopeless, raving maniac, to n asylum. Sne nad fasted forty-two at the or er of Dr. Hanisn. He was arrested, nly to be released and resumed thie reacaing of his aectrines. Mrs. Ds enporL Viceceis, one of nis faithful lilowers, was comimanded Oy him to ast forty-two dlays only a snort time !ter, and sne'tried to until weakneje ompelied her to desist. "iJ.nere is nothing but the the Great Am!L " thundered the apostle to hbs ravering followers. "All else is snaduw nd inusio.n. it is by otedience that re live. We must look to God in uur elves. If we disobey, the light goes ut; death ensues." It was in such language as this that )r. Hanmsa preachea at Carnegie Hall: rhile one or his rollowers was beinit ned before Magistrate Mayo with avinig practised, wiT~hout a license, n a week, infirm, oki woman, who ave her all the 'noney she had, which tas only $3 70. Tne women who came to Carnegie [all to hear and applaud him came a carriages. Thieir gowns were of the ttest cut, and diamonds adorned their Lands and ears. The colitrbutions rere liberal, and every gesture of the lack-robed, fantastic figure on the latform was wiloly applauded. With rapt fascination they listened o doctrines which would have made he ordinary woman shudder with a toicism almost uncanny ini its nature. ''Go ye fortb,'' cried the self ap iointed Messiah, "all ye that are un Lappy, and fast.. Pray ye to the sun, he source of life. Cursed he they who ~elleve not. There is no God but the un." And the women grew hysterical in heir fervor. The philosophy expounded by Dr. :anish, he says, dates back to 142, ~00 years before Chrnst. In the old a3nd language "Madsa" means sun, ,ad it is in this origin that the philo ophy obtaided its name. The first attempt by Dr. Hanish heie to start the society a few years ,go met with failure. He then went ~o Chicago and met with better suc ~ess. He establishEd a sumptuous tome as the headquarters of the cult. L'hen, innated with his success, he same back to New York and obtained i, few members. Now he has 2,000 wvomen followers. Wnat Has Been Done. The Spartanburg JAurnal says rhe southern farmer by holding on to als cotton for three three months has put prices up 86 a bale. By continu ng to hold he can put values up still aigher. Tbis experience has shown aim the value of co-operation and should cause him in future years to mtarket his cotton gradually and avoid the shock to the market of throwing it all on at once, as has been the cus tom. Was Not Poisoned. A dispatch from San Francisco sas i~f ter a full police examination of the evidence surrounding the death of Mrs. Stanford, the noted woman pbllanthropist, it was announced late Wednesday night that death was due to natural causes. While confessing their Inability to explain the presence of strycbnine ir. the carbonate of soda which she drank before death they say there was not sufficient quantity to cuse death. SHOULD BE STOPPED By the Civilized Christian Nations of the Parth. Over One Thousand Christian Men, Women and Children, the Prey of Mohammedans. - Full reports of the Baku atrocities are pubbshed at Vienna. The massa cres of Kisbineff and Gomel 'were child's play in comparison. Over 1,000 Christian, men, women and children, were slaughtered within three days by Mohammedans, amid scenes defying deszription. Tae victims were shot, stabbed or turned to death, their eyes gouged out and otherwise mutilated. All this happened in the presence of the police force, a regiment of Infan try and several squadrons of Cossacks and the governor, PriLC Nakashides, who were unmoved onlookers for three days. The officers and troops amused themselves while the slaughtering was going on. The whole was arranged by the government to prevent the political manifestations threatened 2y the Chrisian Armenian pop ulation. The Mohammedans, who are called in those parts Tartars, were supplied by the government with re volvers and ammunition and given a free hand. At the house of Balabek Lalayoff upward of forty persons were burned to death, those trying to es cape the flames being instantly killed, soldiers and officers cooly looking on. Lalayeff,with his old wife and nephew, escaped to the cellar' but were found and cruelly tortured, their eyes being pierced. The military interfered only when resistance was offered by the Christians, and then .the Cossacks helped the Igohammedans to beat the Christians. Tne wells are still full of corpses. Reuter quotes the Peterbargskia Tiedomosti for tbe following accmunt of the massacres at Baku: From 6 o'clock on the morning of February 20 and from noon on February 22 a massacre without precedent and quite unexpected took place in the streets and public squares at Baku. The Tartar inhabitants, armed to the teeth, attacked tWe Armenians, who were unarmed and defenseless, and pitilessly massacred them, without dstinction of rank, pcsition, age or sex. The panic was general All shops and places of business were at once closed, but the owners of them were shot down. A sort of torpor, which it is impossible to describe, seemed at first to have taken posbes sion of everybody. There appeared to be nobody to take the defense of the unfortuiate people. Tne soldiers aid not attempt to disarm the fanati cal murnerers, who hunted men like wild beasis, Killing them by hundreds. It was in vain twat the defenseless inhabitants imp.oree the governor by selepnone to send help. The reply was always the same. "No Cossacks; n guard." It was equivaient to the verircm: "Die, since thou art taken." The oodies of men,,women and chil. dren and horses were lying in the streets and iquares by the dozens, by nulndred3. Tiiere was no oue to take them -away! The authories resuained inactive. Bloodi flowed in screams, and every wvnere the criminal apathy of the au thortiles was tae subject of universal indignation. The m assacre lasted al most three days. Towiara noon on February 19 a Tartar entered an Armcentan church and b~gan tofire on' an armai~n soldie s The police offi cr wh.o was preet arresited lim, tut after ward ,set aim at liberty witnout disarming him, and shouted to the crowd. 'Kill nim, or he will kill you all." In saving himself the tzrimmal fired on the crowd, one of wnom ran f ter nim and killed him. Tais seems to have been the signal. In all 'u fewer than 10,000 cartridges were ex pended. Chaingang Escaped. Nine prisoners escaped from the Lexington County chaingang last week. The gang was located near Mr. Job Swygert's place in Hollow Creek township, not far from Lees yille. The total number of prisoners on the gang was 15 or 18. It was rumored about there that the captain of the gang was away at his home, being sk The guard was said also to have been sick and the gang had been left under the care of a new man. Mr. H. Z. Adams, who resides near where the escape occurred, cap tured two of the prisoners. A tele gram was received from the authori ties at Newberry stating that they had taken three of the fugitives, thus leaving four st-ill at large. It is said that these will hardly be captured, as they are- long term prisoners and one of them came near escaping before his trial, bj filing the bars of the jail. Hung Rim Twice. At Pittsburg, Pa., two men were hanged Thursday and the first unsuc ces:,tul hanging was recorded in Alle gibeny county. Reno Dardata was hanged first, and his neck was broken. William J. Byers follo wed. The loop of the noose was pulled away, precipi tating hirn to the ground. He was not badly hurt, the rope was again adjusted. Thi.s time there were no mishaps. Death resulted from stran gulation. Blyers was convic:ed of killirag August J. Layton at Turtle Cresk on June 3, 1901. He implicated Layto-'s wife and John Mc Williams. Tney were acquitted. McWilliams afterward married Mrs. Layton. Dar dala killed Thomas Sinclair at Im perial on Septemb.r 20, 1903, during a quarrel over a drink of wniskey anci a dollar.________ Another Negro Officer. The president has appointed Ser geant George S. Tnompson of the Twenty-fit infantry to be second lieutenant In the Pnilippine scouts, thus adding one more negro to the commissioned force of the army. Lieut. Ttiompson was appointed on his merits, having received high com mendation for heroism and effiency during the insurrected in the Philip pines. He is one of the crack shots in the army and his received several medals for rifle and pistol shooting He Is now stationed with his regimenlt at Fort Ninhbra Neb. BANKS GJIVE MONEY. Nearly All of Amount Asked For Is Given. Treasurer of Cotton Growers' Asso. ciation Issues a Statement. State ment Also Issued Here. According to a statement received from the treasurer of the Southern Conton a.s ciation, the banks of the cotton growing states have contributed about $7,000 to the movement and only $3,000 aiditional is asked. The amount agreed upon at a meeting of the Southern banking committee was $10,000, and Mr. John D. Walker, the treasurer, states that this money will be used as is all of the ither contribu tions received from fertilizer com panies, oil mills and other concerns. President E. D. Smith, the president of the South Carolina branch of the association Wednesday morning gave out the following Interview: "We have won the fight as to re duction of acreage and fertilizer. Let any man who doubts do as I've done go to the states where the land is pre pared and belag prepared ,and then honestly and faithfully say that the acreage is not reduced and the use of fertilizer for cotton not reduced like wise. "'Tis an insult to the intelligencA and business sense of the farmers to say that they do not appreciate the situation. 'Tis a scandalous libel on the South to say that the great 'New Orleans convention, the most repre sentative gathering ever convened In the South, pledged themselves to a lie. That the several statEs compos ing the cotton belt in their subsequent conventions characterized by their earnestness and conservative busi ness tone were represented by liars, or at best by shallow and unstable en thusiasts. For once in the history of the cotton belt the producers have a word in the price of their product and so sweet and glorious is the feeling, so sure is the prospect of its continu ance, that none need fear that the slaves of ignorance and poverty will dominate them again. "Now the next step is the erection of warehouses at every station ship ping 2,000 bales and up. These ware houses can be built at a cost of $1 per bale, including the water cquipmen Insurance can then be had at one half of one per cent. By bonding the office in coarge the warehouse re c-ipts become negotiable in banks and the cotton tnus stored can be held and marketed as tne price justifies. "We have a moapoly of cotton at a profitable price. We are able to ontrol the market and will from new on The entire-South-not the farmer lone-is alive to the dazzling possi bilties and the world is realizing that fact and all right thinking and right hearted men are applauding our cour age and manhood. Let every one study the situation and get a firm grasp of the principles involved and preach a-d teach them until no one need bsed'eeived jagain. The farmer and banker and merchant of the South have been to scaool and have learned, and their learniLng, ftheir education, is. bringing fruit. Already it has borne fruit tc~ the amount of $10 per bale It will continue to bear fruit to the amount of from four to six millions as an annual profit on canton and its produts. "The South is destined to become the financial center of these United States. We have the brains and are rapidly accumulating the capital. Let every Southerner help." WAJTiD FIV3 MEN KTTLED. Such Is -the Starement Made in a Kentucky Court. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says a plot to shoot down five men in the Breathitt county court - house during one of the feud murder trials there, was brought out in that city Wednesday at the hearing of a mo tion to admit to bail Sheriff Edward Callahan and the Hargises, one of whom is a judge and anotuer a state senator. The sensational story was told by Anderson White on the witness stand. White said that Judge J'ames Hargis 'had given witness a 45-calibre pistol, telling White to go to-the court house, where the trial of Thomas Cockrlll for killing Benjamin Hargis was in progre.ss, and be ready, to do as instructed. Wiiite declared that James Hargis wanted him to shoot five men, in event any tronole started. The men, White says be was asked to shoot were Dr. Cox, James Cockrill, Mark Cockrill, Attorney Vaughan and another. This other, witness re membered as being J. B Marcum. Kill all of these or any cne of them is wnat White said Hargis told him. White said he declined to do this and returned the pistol. Hargis then told White that White would be needed probably as a witness. Hargis told White to return when sent for. Anderson White is a brother of Thomas White, who is now serving a life term for the killing of J. B. Mar cum. "Jeff" Smith followed White. He said tnat before the killing of Cock ril, Judge James Hisrgis declared to witness, "Jin Cockrill has got to be killed. if he is not, Cockriil will kill Callahan or me, or both of us." Witness de c~ined to participate in the plot. H argis threatened, wit ness said, to get George Smith or Cirtis Jett to do the killing. Wit ness said that he was In Hargid' store the day - after Cockrill was killen. Callahan and Judge Hargis were thce and when the news came from Lex ington that Cockrill bad died in a hospital Hargis and Callahan smiled at each other. Men cAre :ScarOc-. In Paraguay the women are in pro portion of seven to one as compared with the man. The consequence is that the men are taken the greatest care of, and everything whicti is un pleasant or might be risky to the life of a man is done by the women. The streets are cleaned, ships are loadE d, oxen are driven by them, and it is even said that they have~ taken part in the country's wars, act'ag as sub titntes fnr their men folkr. LIVED IN TRANCE Mother -and Daughter Hypnotize Each Other. THE DAUGHTER DIED From the Effects of the Spell. A Spec ialist Also lypnotized. Physicians and Hypnotists Puzzled by a Strange Case Reported in New York City. One of the most remarkable cases in the experience of the doctors of the Presbyterian hospital in 'New York ended Friday in the death of -Miss Luelfa Huestis of 'Mount Vemo-n, who with her mother, Mrs. J88.- H Huestis, had been In a trance for 15 days prior to her death. More than two weeks ago both of the women were found unconscious In the home of Henry W. Helfer, a-lawyer of that city, and were supposed to have been asyhyxiated by gas. Neither had since recovered conscioudaess and physicians and hypnotists were puz zled by their unaccountable condi tion. Miss Huestis was an attraetive young woman, aged 22 years Iick of nourishment was the principal. - - cause of her death as it had been Im possible to give her food except in liquid form and through a tube.. Stimulants and oxygen were admins tered without effect. A singularfact h is that the young woman's mother who lay in an adjoining room, began - to show signs of the approach-of death, oon after the death of her daughter Tne mother also is greatly emaciated , and tne physdcians at the hospitl say that her low vitality Is due prin cipally to starvaticn. One specialist in hypiotism and piysiology who investigred the case tas made public his conclusion that the two women had uncosciously hpnotIz-d-edech other and that gas apny ziation nad notning to do with mne case. H: exp ained that he had aimseif been hypnotized while.hyp 2tizng a patient and had only been awarened by tune arousing of the-sub j ct. The case of the two women has &Ltracted oe attention of scientists all over the country. An autopsy ade on the body of Miss. Huestia ,:owed Lhat dean had resulwed from ;as poisoning WAY .XsdiIa LU0.S. L Field Correspondent Points On& Disheartenig Conditions. The Novoe Vreanya,.a paper pub Ished In So. Petersburg, Ruisia, R.F lay published .a remartable dispatch. :rnm a cjrresoondent In the field who, with the oitter tast6 of defeat till on his patase, discusses the caues i Russian reterses, anct contrasts the pint with which Rusia and Japan re conducting tne war and, witirsor ~on and di-'neartment, arraigns~ the aements in Russia wno are nourish ing their propaganda on defeats in the.. ar E.n, "scatteringlin the very hour if aefess," accoroing to the corres pndent, "broadcast among the heart ack, retreating soldrers, proclama ions urging tuem to cease'ig~hting nd surrender." Setting aside the factors of a-tern orary nature, the correspondent enn- - nerates four main causes- of misfort.. First. Failure te establish befdre - he war an adequate intelbgence de >artment in Manchuria or to make nner preparations, contrasted with apanese activity in that direction. Second. Eubsia is dependent upon asingle railway, while the Japanese ave many bases, with the possibility i1 establishing new ones at any point n the coast. Third. The deficiencies of many ~cars, whose mistakes of executlour tng to naught the most carefully hought-out plan of the commander, r whose technical education has not ept pace witnl the aitilery they are equired to handle. Fourth. The patriotism, devotion nd passionate longing for victory of he Japanese. Awful Experience. A dispatch from San F'rancisc; Jal., says the cadfahing schooner zarna from Eisgle harbor, A laska, cias brought Frederic Martin, still ufering from three days and nights n an arctic prison; shut in by the aging sea on the one side and a gla ir on the other. Martin was placed n this dang arous position by a storm which overtook him while fishing off agle harbor last April, and which ew his d-4ry ashore. Notwithstand ig his sufferings and apparent hope essnss of his position, Martin kept a dary, written nourly. It tells of his espair, his recourse to raw fiuh bait s food after two days of starvation, 2 s fight to keep the blood moving by savagely beating his feet with the andle of a gaif, his fnal persever nce and his eac epe by clinging to the dacer in his bare feet; how with a ope he la-soed the pfanaale of a rock far abive nim and then climed up the liff, clinging to the crev.c-.s with his bare fet. Then he ran across the frozen fields to a fishing station. Kinled on the Track. One of the worst accidents that has make d the bistory of racing in New Orleans ocearred Friday in the second race at the fair grounds in that city. Tde aield of 11 horses was about to swing into the stretch when Swedish Lad, runrning sixth, was jumped on by one of the horses behind him and iis near hind leg broken. Court Crier, following, tell over Swedish L id. Jockey McCafferty, who rode Court Crier, was thrown directly In the path of the oncoming horses. Mc'2 ~-ty, tbe only one of the jock eys -e, was carried to a stabie and the4 sent to a ho-pital. It was found that his skull was crushed in both front and back, that both his arms were broken and that he had other injuries. Death Is expected at any moment. Swedish Lad was de