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'VAc lIT 0 08L ist of the Expenditures Made by the Dispensary N'IN COMMITThF. The Re.port Submitted to the General Assembly Last Week by Senator J. T. Hay, Chairman of the Legisisilye Investigating Commission. Seraeor j. T. Hay. cha!rman of the leislav, com-ittee to investigat$ the rumored unsa.tisfactory conditions in the State dispeusary system, last week, preseuted the report of dis bursemen's made by the committee The total amount expendedis $7, In submitting the report, Senator Hly says: ."T:e committee would fourther re nort th-at the original appropriation aS rxhauted, and your commit twere eup.:led to borrow money for th purpose of continuing their ivestiat~, which amount, or such portier of it as may be expended, the com..:ee respectfully requests be paid. "J. T. Hay, "Chairman." F iwing is the statement of dis burserent of dispensary investigatLng cc.mitce appointed by a concurrent resciutin, session of 1925. J. T. Hay, member...... 14 60 C. L. B'ease, member...... 28 60 N. C:rister s-:n, Jr.. member 55 30 T. B. Frasrr, memuer. 20 60 A. L. Gaston, member..... 21 20 j. F. L'-on, membor.... ... 4520 D. A Spivey. member...... 63 20 A. IBooth, clerk. ........ 23 90 J. F. S! umprt. marshal... 9 10 Aet Nne, porter....... 3 00 A. 11. i:och, clerk..........4 50 J. Hy. member........ .7 00 C. L* Blease, m.mber....... 16 60 N. Christen.-en. Jr., member 42 90 T B. Fraser, member .... .. 4 00 J. F. L:.on, member........ 30 90 D. A. Spiv sy, member...... 21 30 A. H. Booth, clerk.... .... 18 41 N. Chri:tensen, Jr., member 42 90 Edmund Baccn, accountant 56 00 J. F. Lion, member........ 125 95 C. L. B! ase, member...... 26 25 J. T. Hay, pay of defective. 227 22 L. L. Motte, stenographer.. 50 00 J. F. Lion, member........ 117 95 N Chriszensen, Jr., member 214 10 Alvin S. Whieler........ .. 125 00 J. T. fly, pay of detective. .'33 79 A. H. Booth, clerk.........5 00 J. F. Shumpert, marshal,.. 2) 4C J. B. Knight, stenographer. 30 00 J. F. Lyon, rer diem, mi leage and exnenses... .. ..206 24 3. T. Hay, pay of detective. 596 28 A. H. Booth, clerk..... .. .. 318 3. Austin, w-tness... .. .. ...9 5i B. F. King, witness.. .... ...11 85 E T. Wmdiham, witness. 5 30 N. Mac heim, witness. .. .. ..1230 J. W. Huseman, witness. ..12 3t0 J. W. stay, witness.... .... 12 50 WN. R. D.llingham, witness 12 30 D N. M les, witness... .....11 30 J. R. Fant, witness.. .... ...12 30 Z A. Searsor', witness......15 3o iR. E. Biakeiy, witness... I 10 Miss. Saran D.tvis, stenogra pher..............---1 85 VW. W. Harris, witness... 13 00 H. W. Ri'chardsonl, witness. 12 50 W. C. MzMillanl, mineral wate~, ecL..---.... 395 D. A. Spivey, member.. .. 77 00 J. F. Shippey, witness... 4 00 H. J. Dunn, witness.... 2 00 R. A. Blackwood, witness 3 00 J. T. Blay, member........32 0 T. B. Fraser, member.......46 62 A. L. Gaston, men.bar,.. 43 4,. B. L. Toland, witness... 4 00 H. P. Cunningham, witnesS. 3 00 Jesse Mah-ff:y, witnes. 4 20 J. F. Scumpert, m~rha.. 31 50 Albert Nance, porter .... 15 00 S. J. Cathcart, witness... 3 00 Charles Little john, witness. 2 00 C. L. Blease, memoir.. .. ...35 20 J. H, Morris, witness......12 00 L. Riebling, witness........4 001 J. W. Huseman, witness.... 4 00 E. B. Donald, witness........4 80 L,.ffa High, witness... ......380 J. W. Seay, witness.... .....1 0 A. M. Cathcart, witness. 4 00 L. E. Farley, witness.... 6 00 N. Cairistensen, Jr., member per diem, mileage, expen ses........--.-----... 27205 5. F. Lyon, member........ 33 30 J. P. Thackston, witness... 4 00 3. M Nichols, sherif's costs 10 00 B. U. Landrumn, witnss.. .. 4 00 W. A. Faster, witness....... 00 Asi Smith, witness.. .... ... 40 R L. Bryan company, ex penaEs.... ............. 9 65 T. B. Fraser, member... ....24 55 A. L. Gaston, mEmber. .....41 50 A. H. Bootu, clerk... .... .. 28 30 C. L. Blease, member......31 90 F. M. Miron, witness.... 8 00 N. Christensen, Jr., member 52 75 J. F. Lyon, member. ......34 60 D. A. Spivey, member.....81 35 J. F. Sc~umpert, marshal 23 85 Aber& Nance, porter.. .... .. 12 70 W. W. Bradley, accountant 329 00 L. M. Fooshe, ac-untan. 105 00 F. F. Covingtonl, stenogra pner.... .....-.--:.. 0 Edgar Brown, stenographer 5 00 . R. Stratford ....---... 60 00 J. M. Rudisail, witness.. .. 3 20 W.0. Tatum.......... A. Manhieim, witness.. ...... 00 . S. Lupo, witness.. ........ 00 J. A. Blackwell. witness.... 17 80 W. S. Evans, sher'tL. .......225 J. S. Nichols, witness.. ...... 50 D. P. .Dcuglass, witess.. .. 2 55 M. B. Gmceon, witness.... ... 30 J. J. Bell, witness....... 48 J. F. Shumpert, marshal... 18 40~ B. L. Skiruer, witnless.......5 90I J. H. Morris, witness--..-.1- 6 80 .. F. M-ehur, witness---- 11 40 . M. Davis, witnCs5. .--...5. 9 W. D. Howard, witness . . 1 80 F. F. Utvligmon, stenogra pher .......-.-.--........ 00 E :gor Brown, w itrness (same J. Rt. Sa~tiLrc, dett tve .60 00 C. L. Blease, memb~er.......28 60 A. L. Gaston, membEr. ... 31 30 W. F. Holmrs, witness... 12 40 W. M. Sanders, witness 4 70 J. T. Hiy, member........ 15 00 . A. Galiiara, constable. 6 00 Albert Nance, porter. .. 17 00 T. B Fraser, member......12 00 L. E. F rey, witness...... ..17801 D. A. Solvey, witness.. .....299501 . F. L:.oa, member, per diem, mileage and expen ses...............2 2524 .. Christensen, Jr., mem ber...... . 44 78 S. Christensen, Jr., member 72 78 E. E. DePass, work........ 100! [eon L. Motte, stenographer (same entry) ............ 50 00 Joe E. Bomar, stenographer 3 00 Miss L'zzie Owings, stenog rapher ................ 2 501 1. A. Kingham, witness.... 2 00 H. W. Bass, detective.. .. ..285 20 W. H. Epperson, sheriff . 3 00 The State Company, print ing .... .... ............ 7 50 J. F. Byznes, stenographer. 9 50 N. Christensen, Jr, member 20 10 J. B Knight, stenographer. 65 00 Miss Mattie Martin stenog rapher................. 2 50 N. Christensen, Jr., mem ber.......... -...2 10 J. T. Hay, member........ 146 77 R. L. Bryan Company, sta tinery.......-...-. 300 J. F. Lyon, member, per diem, and expenses.. .... 133 20 N. Christensen, Jr. member 50 00 W. S. Glenn, witness .-.-. 16 70 N. Christensen, Jr. member 65 60 A. H. Booth, clerk ........ 70 00 S D. Atkins, witness .-.-. 15 90 J. R. Fant, witness.. .. .. . 11 50 J. F. Nunnamaker, witness. 6 30 .T. H. Rice, Jr., witness.... 15 00 C. L. Blease, witness.. .....32 60 T. B Fraser, witness...... 20 60 J. F. Lyon, member.... .. .. 26 t0 A. L. Gaston, membzr. . . 39 50 .. T. Hay, .ember ........ 15 30 N. Christensen, Jr., mem bar. .............. .... 49 25 Aug. M. Dzal, clerk.. . .. .. 24 60 D. A. Spivev, member, per diem. mileage, expenses. 140 50 J. M. Nicholls, sheriff..... 25 25 N. Christensen, Jr., mem 74 50 Luke Lea, attorney, Nash ville, Tenn., fee...... .. 250 00 J. F. Shumpert, marshal... 17 80 Albert Nance, porter 11 80 R B Lewis, witness....... 14 20 W. F. Holmes, witness.... 30 00 J. M. McCandless, chemical expert................ 285 00 C. W. Birchmore, painting.. 6 00 N. Christensen, Jr, member per diem, milsage, expen ses. .................318 65 J. T. Hay, member........ 41 20 A. H. Booth, clerk..... ... 30 00 J. F. Lyon, member.... . 48 60 Augz. M. Deal, clerk ....... 20 00 R. L. Bryan company. sta tionery. ............... 3 45 J. Elmore Martin, sheriff 2 50 J. T. Hay, member.... ....63 00 Total ............... $7,61223 ANOTHER KILING. One Colored Man Kills Another Over in the Fork. The hot supper continues to get in its deadly work. On last Saturday night over in the Fork of the E Uisto, Lewis Curry shot and killed Earnest Fael, both parties being colored. The killing took place at the house of Curry, who lives on Mr. H. S. SpIres place near Norway. According-to the story of Curry there was a gathering on Satutday night of several colored people at his house. Early in the evenir g Fuel and anoth er man got into a row about a debt of ten cents, arnd was about to resort tc 'lows to settle the trouble between them. Carry ran In the house and got a single barrel gun and got in between Fuel and the negro to preserve the peace and dignity of his home. A t this juncture of :f thirs, Curry claim. that some one shoved him', and as be fell his guu was discharged shooting Fuel in the breast. As soon as the shooting to k place every body ran away from Curry's house leaving Fuel where he fell when shot. After waiting until two o'clock Sunday morning, Curry went to Mr. Spires' horse, and af ter waking up that gentleman, told him of the shooting as above described. When he called Mr. Spires Curry ciaims that he did i'ot know how badly Fuel was hurt. He reouested Mr. Spires to gco with him to nis house which that gentleman did. When they reached the house they found Fut-1 dead having been shot trcugh the breast, the shot taking effect in the lungs at.d no doubt some of them pierced the heart of the dead. man. Carry was lodged in the coun i jail. He has employed Messrs. Wolfe & Be ry to represent him.~ Curry claims that the shooting was altogether accidental, but the cauzt will have to decide the matter when .t meets next May. PICKED UP AT SEA. ole Survivor of the Schooner Rsbart H Stevenson.. Adrif:. on a gang plank from nine 'clock Saturday morning. ntil five 'ckct Monday afternoon, without ~ood or watee, Karl Sumner, the only nown surviving member of the crew f the four-masted schooner Robert E. Stevenson, was picked up by the erman steamer Europa, bonid from Philadelphia to Savannah, at 5 o'clock Ionday afternoon in latitude 34 58 orth, lontitude 35.23 west, and was arried to Savannah. Besides the ships crew there were tour women aboard, the wife of the 3aptain, two relatives and a colored servant, a'l going to Habana on a pleasure trip, making a total of 13 peo ple aboard. The Stevenson, loaded with coal, sailed from Philadelphia Jan. 8 for abana. Capt. Rigbee was in charge with First Mate Lewis. Sumner says the schooner grounde d on Diamond shoals. All save four seamen, himself included, took to the boats, cne boat being smashed and he first mate and two men being drowned. This he saw. He thinks the other capsized. Two of the men who remained with the schooner left on a raft, he left on the gang plank,.ana the fourth re maned. Several ships pa sed Sumnner at a distacc before he was picked up weak from cold, hunger and thist, by a boat from the Europa. He thinks h was the sole survivor. Dreaded Spotted Fever. A dispatch from .Newport, R. I. says1 nearly all of 1.500 apprentices at the naval training station live in con stant dread that the fatal spotted fever may strike anyone of them next one boy having already developed in. sanity and has been removed to the insane asylum at Washington, Deaths! of J. F. Rolfe, of Nebraska, Harry' Gale Bootenburg, of Stononma, Vir ginia, makes seven fatalities so far out of eleven cases, which, with the death of Frederick Friend, of Nash ville, Ill., is expected any moment. This morning nreparation began to~ double fumigation of former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes. The othe-s are dlodded with letters from parents asking abut the health of thisir boys. THE DISPENSARY. A Bill Will Be Passed by the Legislature to CUT OUT ALL GRAFT. Senator Tiilnan Says ie Expects Brice Law to be Repealed New Year and That the Dispensary Will Return to the Favor of the People. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Past says it has been learned there that Senator Tillman had several important conferences when In Columbia with the support ers of the dispensary in the Legisla ture .and that when he left them it was with a mighty good understand ing that a bill will be agreed upon by the dispensary people and pushed at the present session. The bill will seek to remedy defects of the existing law, the especial object being to placa the leading cfficers of the institution be. yond the temptation of corruption. Your corres, oni nt is in i osition to state that the main features of the proposed bill will be these: First-The purchase of rye, corn and bcurbon under yearly contract, oids to be advertised for an opened during the sessions of theL -gislature, the State to buy everything from the lowest bidder. Secend-No bid will be r. c -ived from any firm that has not put up with the treasurer of the State a certiaed check for a large sum as an evidence of good faith. The firm receiv ng the bid to be rt quired to put up wita the State treasurer 5 per cent of the gross sales of the State dIspensary for the pre - vious year. Tis will be a guarantee of faithful and. honest p..rformarca of contract. Third-The State to get the whis key direct from the bonded warehous es of the government; before there has been mixicg or blending and when the oroduct is as pure as the government can guarantee It. Fourth-Tbe State to do its own blending and mixing, thereby guaran teeing an ab-oh1 telv pure article, there being no cznoae for doctoring, unless the cAllials of the State do so them selves, which wouli be made Iuish able by a heavy sentence. F fth-Every bid, and Senator Till -nan is understood to regard -this is shout the most imp3rtant feature, to oe submitttd in triplfcate, one bid to the Governor, another to the Speaker of the House and a third to the treas erer; -these offlcials to hold the bids until the day of their opening, when all are to be presented at once. I - the opinion of Senator Tillman, this would .ibsolutely prevent collusion and the altering ;f bids, as the law would pro vide tnat all bids received should re main sealed until opened at a certain time and in a certain (iflice. Sez ator: Tilltman believes that the only way c liusion would be possible would be for the dispensary cotlials to connive with the bidders to delver a poorer grade of proof whisker, but tbis could be av ided beciuse the spe clficanions wculd cal for goods of a cer tain proof, direct from the government bonded warehouses and the proof of whiskey is easily ascertained. Still another importanit feature will be c'hangirg the personnel of the State board of controi so as to give the peo Die of tbe State confidence in the management. This is understood to be now under consideration. "In -my opinion, the people of the State are overwhelmingly for the dis pexisary,' said Senator Tillman, "even in the cohnties where it has been vot ed out. .Toe system is all right, but the people are trjedbaf the bad odor and want to see a' change in the law. The aivocates of the dispensary will, in my opinion, aimend the law at the present .session s> as to prevent cor ruption ad insure the sale of pure whiskeyGh If the enemies of the law prevent the Legislature doing any thing in that direction they will have to be accountable to the people. We will see to that, but unless the Legis lature attempts to do something, there is grave danger of the death of the Law.- I am sure, though, that the friends of the dispensary will make every Liff srt at this sessIon of the Leg islature to purify conditions and to again tstablish the system In the con fidence of the people. If they fall it will be because the enemies of the law uonite against them. "No, there is no danger of the law being knocked out at this sessions, as I see It. The Legislature knows the people prefer the law to anything else and will not knife It. Then when we go before the people this summer and put out candidates for Senate and members of the Hiouse we will line up things so as to show the hands of everybody. Taere will be :nuch dif ference then, and this vote that has been remaining at home will show up for the dispensary." Senator Tiliman expressed the opin ion that if c~uaties that have rccmnt ly voted out the dispensary under the Brice law should elect Senators and representatives this summer commit ted to the dispensary those elected on the dispensary platfcrm would have a perfect right to put the dispensary back in the counties that are now en j ying blind tigers in large doses. Senator Tillman believes the Brice law will be repealed when the Legisla ture elected this summner meets next January. Showdown onl Rural. Postmaster General Cortleyou in his report outlines a policy of strick ter adher nce to the legal regulation of rural mail routes. Most Important to rural route patrons is his intention to "discontinue without delay any route where it is found on Inspection that because of a lack of appreciation of the service the experditure involv ed is unwarranted," and the an nouncement that where patronage Is insumeiient to warrant a droly delivery substitution will be made of a every other- day service. N~ot every route is appreciative and two many patrons look upon the service as something to which: they have the same general right as they have to receive mail at a postolmis. The 814,0 000 .deficit has brought the government* to the conclusion that there is little sense in spending the people's money on those who do notappreciate it. many kil~ed. A cablegram frcom Tokio, ,Tapari, says that on the e 'nstant an ex plosion se - - Akitai on the 'n, andj CH ICAGO HORROR. BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN AS SAULTED AND KILLED By a Brute In the Form of a Man in the Early Evening. One of the most heartless crimes that has shocked this country in many years cocurred in Chicago about two weeks ago. Mrs. Bessie Hollister 30 years old, the wife of Franklin C. Hollister, one of the printing firm of Holiister Brcthers. one of the lar gest corcarns of its kinds in the city was murdered by Richard Ivens, 24 years old, who had attempted to as sault her. The body of Mrs. Hollister was found lying on a pile of staole re fuse, in the rear of the Ivens resi dence, at 368 Belden avenue. Around the neck was twisted a tine copper wire. Death had been caused by strangulation. Ivens who had pre tended to find the body and had repor ted the fact of the murder to the po lice confessed to the crime a short time after he had been taken into custody. His statement to the police, in effect was that he was at work-in his car penter shop, which stands but a short distanee from the place where the bcdy was fcund Tuesday morning and that when Mrs. Hollister passed by he attacked her and when she re sisted be dragged her into the car penter shop and killed her by twisting the wire aro-cd her neck. He then went home and remained there all nig1t. Tuesday morning he went to the barn obtensibly to verform some work. and pretending to find the body rushed into the house and repor ted to his father, and later to the pc lice that the bcdy of a woman was lying on the heap of refuse near the barn. Ivens in his confession claimed that he was drunk at the time of the crime but this is denied by his own mother who says that he came into the. house and ate his supper while perfectly so ber. At the corclusion of the c roners irquest which was held late in the day, a verdict was returned holding Ivens to the Criminal Court without bail. During the inqest Ivens re mained st 1l and apparently showed no inte- ast in the proceedings. When he was called, upon by the coroner to testify i.,hls unconcerned maider and defiant tone caused great indignation among the men in the room, and after the inquest was over W. C. Hollister, brother-in law of law of the murdered woman, made an ef fort to shoot him. Hollister was mak. ing his way toward Ivens, revolver in hand, when an officer caught sight of the weap-n and grabbed Hollister. Other p. liceman came to the officers aid and Hollister was compelled to leave the place. judging from the appearance of her clothing Mrs. Hollister had made a desperate fight before she was killed. Her long hair was tangled as if it had teen pulled violently down; the front of her silk waist had been torn open and the glove of her right hand was missing. Tnree rings, which sue usa ually wore on this hand were gone. Other small articles c f jewelry, which she had worn at the time of leaving the house had been taken. Mrs Hol lister was a woman of great personal charm. For years she had been noted as the possessor of a voice of extraor dinary beauty. The M~ora' Law. Andrew Hamcilton, the life insurance lobbyist, declares that of the S800,000 expended by him In his lobby wor k, not one dollar was expended con trary to the moral law. It is fortu nate far the country that the Hamil ton idea of morals does not generally prevail. The idea that the use of money to debauch legislatures and corrupt judges is not contrary to mor als would, if generally accepted, make government a farce and reduce the people to abject slavery. There was a time when many thoughtful men believed that the Hamilton code of morals poevailed generally, but re cent developments prove that, af all a majority of the people are hon et a-nd will insist that public busi ness be honestly cared for. It requir ed a long time, and multiplied perse cutions, to arouse the people to a realizing sense o-f the fact that the Hamilton cade of morals preyailed in high financial circles, but when .they were finally aroused they took speedy action with the result that a great many men who had long posed as statesmen. patriots and "defenders of national honor" were exposed to public contempt. The Hamilton code f morals will be ably defended by the Amalgamated Association of Porch Climbers, the Burglar's Benevolent and Protective Asscciation, the Sandbaggers" Mutual Association, and kindred organizaitions. But it will be scored by men who believe in the moral code handed down upon Sinia and who are trying to live upright and pulre lives. Cotton and Atalf. The Macon Telegraph says the South Carolina cotton growers, hay ing adopted a resolution for a re duction of acreage by 25 per - aent., except on 10 acre farms,. it Is rec-n mended that ohe farmers adopt alfal fa as a substitute crop. Last year it is recalled that the agricultural socle ty of South Carol~rna supplied a num ber of planters with seed and offered a series of prizes to those who would engage In the cultivation. The exper iments in not less than 25 ~Instances have proved successful. It was shown in one case that 50,000 pounds of al falfa could be grown upon a tract which by previous test, would pro duce only 10,000 pounds of ordina~ry h;'. If the farmers of the State gen eraly shall j in In devoting the extra land to this forage, the benefit would be IL calculable. The saving of the expense of Importing Western hiy would be very large. it has always appeared inexplicsble that the S.uthern farmer who can raise hay should consent to buy It from Mis souri, Ka~nsas or other States. Along with raising of hay cones the en largemnt of the cattle Industry in its many forms, the improvement of the breeds of all manner of stock and resultant protts to the growers. Fouznd Dead. At Charleston L. P. Fouche, of Anderson, a pharmfacy student of the South Carolina Mdibal college, was found wounded--on Comlrag street at) an early hour Friday morning. Hie had been shot in the stomach, and a friend, L S. Max'well, who was with him, was taken into custody by the police, while Fouche was sent to the' Roper Hospital. An investegationi seemed to establish the fact Fridry t that Fouchehad shot himself prota- J bly changing his pistol from his piseol rom his coat pccket to his hip pockiet;. The wound is not serious and the I yun man will doubt'lae recover; ' FOR CALHOUN m@ U X1NT. D. A. U. Asks $2-o00 Aupropria. tion of State L',gitlacure. Yorkville, S. C., Jan. 15, 19C6 We the undersiged. representing the Kings Mountain Cnapter D. A. R Yorkville, S. C., wish to call your at tention and that of your readers to a work which we have inaugurated. ano in which we beg your cordial help and co-operation. It has long been a scurce of rearet and mortideation that South Carolica has no representative in the national statuary hall of the capitol itt Wah ing. This statuary hail was the old hall of representatives; it was t'ie scene of the debates of Webster, and Clay, Adams, Calhoun and 'others whose names are indelibly ass.clatcd with the history of cingress In 1864 at the suggestion of Sera tor Morrel of Vermont, the room was set aoart as a national statuiry hall to which each state might send te lffB;ies of two of her chosen sons in marble or bror z z to be placed per manently here." No South Carolin ain ever views those stately statues, erec ted by practically all the states rf the Union in memory of their chosen sorf' without wondering why our own place has been . so long empty srd wishing that we to could pAin 'with pride to a representative 'ccupying the spAc al:oted to Soitu Car olina. The Kings N*otihtain Chapter Is ds sirous of starting a movement to rem edy this long standing neglect. W have written to every woman's organ ization in the state asking them to join us in petitioning the legisla'u-e to appropriate at this present session the sum of $25,0000 (twenty five thousand donars) for the purpose of erecti.!g a stature of John C. Caltua in the national statuary ball in ru.Ae capitol at Washington. We regard Cal houn as South Carlina's most repre sentative. man; he was forty years -the most conspicuous and influential fig ure in national politics he was repre sentative senator,- secretary of war secretary of state and vice-president. We do hope that you will g.ve us your support and help in th's work We wish through;your paper, to ap peal to every S)uth- Carolinian, men and women, to honor this draf 6 upon your patriotism, and beg them to re spond to the efforts we are making to have our bAloved state take her right ful place in the halls of the nation. We shall be exceedirgly obliged if you will gife this letter a place in the column of y6ur paper. Very respectfully, Mrs. Virgina Mason Brotton, - Miss Maggie A. Gist, Miss Leslie D. Witherspoon, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. G H. O'Leary, Mrs. Walter B. Moore, regent. A Badge Of Shame. The Lake County Herald, pub! h3 at Painesville, Oao, directs an cer, letter-to Lake county's representativs in the state legislature. it was report ed that this representative had an Dounced that he expected to receive a railroad pass during his service, atd wonld accept and use srci a pass. T:ne Herald dirtets attention to the fact that this member of the legislatu e is presumed to act as the attorney i the state 'legislature for the people ol Lake county, and that he will be re quired to vote on important railroad tagislation. The Herald pleads with this representative to re jact the pass, and to stand as a free representau v; of pubhc interests In commenting on the above The Commoner says the appeal is a gocd orne, and it Is hoped It will be heeded. The free pass is one of the great evils of the day, and no public cifiial is In a position to dis charge his duty to the people If he places himself under obligations to the corporations. *The battle against the free pass is not a temporary strug gle. Unless we are prepared to con fess that popular government Is a farce, that battle will not cease until the pass has been abolished. In the meantime let it be understood every wheAe that a free - pass in the bands of a public offcial is a badge of shame. Chur ch Days for 1906. The season of lent will occur un usally early in the year of 1936. It begins on Febuary 28, and ends on April 25, too early for the ladies to do much with the Easter bonnet. Fol lowing are the dates of church days for the year 1606: Epiphany, January 6. Septaugesima Sunday, Feb'iary 11. Sexagesima Sunday, Febuary 18. Junquagesima Sunday, Febuary 25. Shrove Tuesday, Febuary 27. Ash Wednesday, February 28. Q iadregesima Sunday, March 4. Palm Sanday, April S. Good Friday, April is. Easter Sunday, A prIl 15. Low Sunday, April 22. Rgation Saaday, Miy 20. Ascension Day, May 24. White Sunday, June 10, Cor pus Christi, June 14. Advent Sunday, December 2, Christmas day, Decembar 25. New Year's iDay, 1906 comes onj Monday; Talentiae's day on WednESl -day Washington's birthday on Tos day; Memorial day on Wedncsby; Independence day on Wed nesday; [Labor day on Monday, Sept. .~ Hall >we'en on Wednesday,. ORb. 31: T'hanksgiving day on Nov. 29;:Christ mas day on Tu~sday. - I Outrage in Bamtrerg. A dispatch from Bamberg to the News and Courier says.a dastardly at tempt was mad on Thursday night to reck the 7.42 wecst-bound passenge~r train~from Charleston to Augusta. The niscreants placed a heayfy, thirty foot railroad iron directl.y'. across the track, a few hbundredgyardneast of the depot and within the corporate limits. ['hose who committed the crime seem to have been inspired by no oter no ive than miszhief or malice, for the pint at which the obstruction was l placed Is within the town and fra~ ather thickly populated section. It.ij not thought that robbery could have een the motive, for In case the rrain , bad been wrecked a large crowd of our Olizens woul'd have gathered upon -ihe pot pro'mptly, and thus frustrai~ed the desire. Fortuns tely the engineer aw the obstruction in time to pr1e are for It, and the only damage dlone as a wrecked -cowac Lncher. -As yet here is no cli to the DerpetiatOr.S,r ut no expense will be spared to fbr et them out and-eugish them .sever Peters Kidcs. Col. E. S. Peters, former vice-pres! ent of the Southern Cotton Associa on, in a letter, charges President >r.an, who deposed him. last sum. tr, with using the organization for ilftcal ,puposes and, declares that I be decision to hold citton at15 centsjn s ridiulous An 1 nzri rC .. a;4uejl tur e t y v *.er ric~ orms a e 'r a u of mnGde~at.e t B0v rap .r--a crc a edl. of the ns -r.Ira :.AC-k in the South. r r . a is srerg'h wl 1 Ei it :s (.U: r m - : to take : - in to 'h. Mill ised o i i teI stuics n o I zatu-y '-c m th m)! ..:~e to ibii ing hut in th C--sa .- ~n.t - osv .c e i ~l m tc i .I orbe1gi: a.tai. I - c r c~afr a imoC: .: tt r~be test i~c b ne ti id. h try ci e ( c. tkind :o of cutt 3 - the 1 g ja Ci b..j.~t , de..ardofade lyi ar' c: apsid . 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All were turned hor .i bly and it- Is practica 17 inpossible o 1-7, one f:om anothEr, save th( -re:ce in s zq ind:c.Lted that of the mnth;r. .a 'rities b liv Aer mur ed se 'v e mU ri of his f ml s :hey iay in mner neds late Tues -g * or ear'y Wedaeaday m rn u og o o or scme other e. per. For trree monthE s? d J.r Las bcen brcodir-g ovei c f .i .rong -vi u the setlIment e csate of his w f-, fatber's. I: bi this unbalaicAd ayer men T d2uss dest-oyd was tne f xyer, w wasfound lat( r r~y rnoon c the N3rth ora p.ke some m.l 3 from hi ome wilh a bialet wound in hiz CHa T.D THE L&W. A t.ueiv.. frn Justice Kil s Im selfin Kentucky A sp-ial from Henderson, Ky., sayi i. 1. Exa, formerly of Hopkins ilc, K7,, commir.ted Fuicida at the otEl flenderson Wednesday night .;:-hectirg. His body was f<.uud *. u- d iy morning. He was 35 yean i ga and six feet tall, and lighi zo dlxicaed. H had a new suit casi a r ja a fo nd clothing at d somi : b iunrgings, also a policv o1 rsace o!-or 16,000in the New Y irk L '>, payable to bis b-other, and rr picy for $15,000, accident Tee wns a bank book showing - :31 63 had becn deposited In thE B nak of Penscola, Fia. It re sait case was also found a clip . r m the New Or:eans P~cayunf o D v. 26. 1905 Tnis c1pping was dated P is.cola, Fla.. Df c 25, and old oc the robb of Kc<ss & C.'s --re in wuat city of S800 and other :aluablcs, and s-ying that the store -a~ seto fire. A d .<patch f-m Pnsacola, Fla., es J. B. M :en, who committed uicide in H:i derson, Ky., was well on~wn in Pc c0- c)la, where he had tanrrd the Kr:-ss store for the ps -.aree cr four years. Just before Lristmas the safe was robbed and . e buildir g in which the store was :c ated was dred. Th~e following day 'v x ni disappearc d. D stectivas hav. cil wed him through ,Caifornia and her We--tern S'.aites and it is said - uld hiave arrested him Thursday In acky but for the faca that he o moit~tc d suicide Wednesdsy.- I: I! :ma;.ed that the wcrnan in the case e-used to marry him and tis was ihe reason he tcck h'is own life. President Roose~velt Thursday sent t.o the Senate the nomination of Ern Ist F. Cochran, of Anderson, to be United States attorney for Scush Car olina, there by displac'ng John G. C pers, against whomn charges were filea bek re the Department d~ Justice. Phe c'2arges were Investigated'by At torn ey General Moody, who decided It scald be better not to recommend Ca cers' reappointment. The Attorney General had his attention culled tc :ae conduct of some cases in South 2ar'olina and came to the cor c'usi r mat their management was open tc ariic'sm. Cocbran was not a candi sate for Uaited States attorney. He -as at one time assistant attorne3 under C ipers, but resigned some time ;go His appoiunment to succeed Ca. pars will make him a likely candidate for United States jadge of the new district. .A Deserted Village. After. expend ug more than $1,600 000 during the past six years in pur chasieg Nand wo~king thb~ Oopper Fids min~es, for many years the !irdi lhrgrst in the United States, George Westinghcuse, of Pittsburg, [as abandohnd his search f.>r copper te V a ire mountains in Ver nta:a result the village is now cora c y des.:rted1. Westinghouse's presentativas declare that the cop 3ar vtir? is worthless. Scores of min ~rs and their families have left to wn, 2:d niow tbere are not a dozen fami es where the population at one aim was more than a thousand. Furught ut the village all the dwell cgs farmerly occipied by the employ s are being rld andI moved away or :n down. Tue machinery, boilers, .mdfujnaces are being blown up by dynmite. Conscier' ce Hurts Him. The first ad::itio~n to the govern -ga conscenece fund for 1906 was a 320 donation receivzd by SEcretary Paw oT a Si. Louisian, who sign d ris canfessioaas John Smith. "I :e the United States abcut this o~cu it for custom~s dutv" was all the a r sand. Sin~ce the fund was start -ti dringz the administration of John a .'acy Adams, about #300,000 has ;n remitted to the government by :rcrs whose honesty c )r quered them 2ter years. A 8-12 000 donation was cived a year ago from a man in Myark, N. J. TLae money paid the -onetin this way is kept by E. 3. Dauskama, chief of the division of ubic moneys. Balcony FelI. A t Washington, Ga.,.while Earlow ~d Wilson's minsti'elswers/laying a Feld's ocea s ensa : ht a wing of ttle balcony gave way, lng upon a portion of the audience low. A 8eore or more people were ijurd and it was wiraculous that ~veral people were not killed out gut. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I -Worst Tbr~n War. S:tstics show that 17 700 peopl1e F st.tcir flvas in Allegheny codntiy, -j =nsyl vania, the past year by.. acciy :ns in iron and steel mlle, blast $3 rz: c s, coal mines, railroads .and $ he, lines of indutry - ; ja IS ENGLAND DEGENERATING? Statistics Taken from the British Army Confirm 'That View. Arnold White has written as follows in the London Chronicle of physical degeneration in England: "The Ger-. mans drink an enormous quantity of beer, but there is no class in Germany of drink-sodden, dirty and broken mothers such as we produce by the thousand. When Taine was shown the seamy side of London he said that the rush of the inhabitants of an east Lon don slum into a wide street when at tracted by the spectacle of an accident was like a human sewer emptying it self. Before the outbreak of the Afri can war, of 11,000 men who wished to enlist in Manchester, only a little over 1,000 could be sent into the army, The Scotch highlanders and the Irish peas antry are healthy, but English towns men can no longer vie in war with the Tyrolese and Bavarian mountaineers, the inhabitants of east Prussia, the French peasantry, the Montenegrins or the hardy Russians. "BriLain's soidiers -are born of moth ers affected by the normal conditions of town life, both moral and physical. The average stay in hospital of soldiers affected by one preventable disease is 32 days. Thus in one year we have a total loss of 1,738,688 days' army serv ice. Two hundred and three soldiers in the British home army go sick out ot every 1,000; In the French coascrlpt army only 43 become invalids. "In 1845 the standard of height for admission to the army was five feet six Inches; in 1883 it was five feet three Inches, and in 1900 five feet. There is a progressive decline In the average weight. . As the British army is ten times more unhealthy than the Ger man, It loses three times as many by death." Customs In China. China, as seen with our eyes, is gro tesmue. She is the antipodes of all the rest of the world. She seems the up-. side down of everything. "The needle in her compass points to the south, she says west north instead of north west. She enjoys her fireworks in the day time; her ladies use wheelbarrows when they are making calls; theydrive cows instead of horses; the necks of. their prisoners are put in the stocks; their surname comes first, as Roosevelt Theodore; - they mount their horses from the right side; the old men fly. kites, while the small boys sit demure ly and watch them; they keep on their hats as a sign of respect; their crm son visiting cards must be a burden to - them if they do much calling, as they are four feet long and about two wide; their boats are drawn by men, their carriages by sails; they never drink milk and their mourning color is white or pale blue. Their young women, no matter how beautiful they may be, aecording to Chinese ideas, are slaves, while the old. mother of grown sons and the wrinkled' grardmothers are queens, and the most respected and beloved members. of the household. Even the emperor's moth er ranks higher than he does. When ag son is fortunate enough to receive an honorable decoration, he brings it to his mother, who wears It for him. Sunset Magazine. Owls Electrocuted. The temporary suspension of work at the mine and mill of the Granite. Bimetallie Mining Co., at Pittsburg,. caused by an owl becoming entangled in thle wires, recalls the fact that since the transmission line was put in com mission, nearly four years ago, 25 owls have been electrocuted. by coming In contact with the wires, and since No vember of last year 12 fine slmna. of 'the owl family have gone to owl land over this route. The transmisin line is 11 miles in length and ufur ishes a current of 10,000 volts to the mine and mill, No. 4 copper wire being used. The line traverses a -wild- ared unsettled country, the abiding place ot all kinds of wild beasts and birds. Anaconda Standard. -Goats as Pilots. In Switzerland and other mountain ous countries goats lead long strings of animals daily to and from the moun tains, but It Is in South Africa that the goat is regularly kept and employed as a leader of sheep. Should a blinding storm of rain or hail drive the sheep before It, or cause them to huddle to .gether in a corner, so that there Is a danger of their suffocating each other, the trained goat will wake them up, and, by a method of his own, induce them to follow him to a place of safety., The Money-Mad Poor. It Is a great mistake to suppose that every rich man is money mad, for many rich men are money sick, and it - is a still .greater mistake to suppose that the only money mad people In the. world'are rich people. A man who Is 1poo" but bent on becoming rich is much I moe likely to be money mad than a man who has an independent fortune, only he shows It in a different way. A man of large fortune who Is amohey mad shows it by his continued activity in money making. The poor man who is money' mad shows It by envying and hating those who are more successiuL -Chicago Chronicle. Consumption of horse flesh Is largely increasing In Berlin and Its suburbs, where 250 horse slaughter houses exist Many dealers have become so opulent that they have exchanged the humble cell rs where they formerly carried 3n business for handsome shops. In other large towns the same state of affairs obtains, especially in Hamburg, where the annual consumption is computed to be 5,000 horses, much of whlch;how. ever Is used in sausage anuftores, A grocer who sands his suar has more grit than principl, Lyndhed. Bn Harris, colored, was lyrobed by a mob of 70 men at Lazelle, near EHouston, Texas, on Wednesday Dight for killing a white man named Polk. Must Behave Frank Bernosky of Wilkesbar, Pa., withdrewr a suit for divorce gst his wife on Saturday upon her igning an agreement to behave her ielf or the next 0 9 years. - An Awtul Crime At Philadelphia Pa., L'ester.: Don a wtz, 22 years old, a machinistTnri lay shot and fatally wounded his wife,~ e attempted to -kill Mrsn&HAire ficosleion, propietre of hel g oue.wth whom ioarding, anid then comitteaad~1 ide. Jealdtniyjiisaid.to baisepfmp.; ed the crime. 14,-_ The BamnbergBeral~says: Albf.b as been lntrodied ~nVe legislatre: DIncrease the salaries of confrtastn graphers.. This is the .most ridloi.e n thing we have heard fiaey. 'his poitiob is a soft np.5 ii~h rquisites alone - amoa 9u-. - ing handsome, while b-1j.1 L200 a year. It ought to'~~ue stiead of raised. ; -