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A NEW EDEN Where They Will Dress Only in Fig Leaves as In THE GARDEN OF EDEN How Would You Like to Wander in This Curious, Freakish Earth ly Paradise With a New Adam and a New Eve Entirely Free From Clothes, Conventionaltes and Original Sin. Of all the freak new religions that are flourishing in the United States, perhaps the most freakish is thE Adam and Eve sect of Denver. Colo. Adam is a man formerly known a James Sharp, and Eve is his wife, for merly known as MelissaSharp. The fundamental tenets of the new; religion are that these two interest ing people are Adam and Eve, re turned to earth free from original sin and just as good as they were be fore the fall and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. They have a divine mission to lead men and women back to the Garden of Eden, which they will establih in the vicinity of Denver. The central figure is naturally Mrs. Sharp, or Mother Eve, as she is now called, a handsome young woman of magnetic rerronality. It will be re called that Eve was unquestionably the most interesting figure in the Biblical drama of the fall of man and his exDuIsion from the Garden of Eden.~ The role of man was the pas sive and rather cowardly one. Eve listened to the voice of the serpent and was persuaded that it would be delightful to eat of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. Then, mistakenly, she persuaded Adam to share the fruit with her, believing that it would contribute to his hap piness. When they were both punish ed for their disobedience Adam base ly and weakly attempted to excuse himself by saying: "The woman tempted me and I did eat." In a restored Eden the woman must be a stronger and nobler char acter than Adam, and the Denver Mother Eve is so regarded by her followers. How would you like to winder ir the Gorden of Eden with a new Ev, entirely free from original sin, curi osity, spitefulness or any other of th faults which have been imputed t< woman since the fall? This is the pleasure that await those who join the new religion, an< it is attracting people in considerabl< numbers. There is no danger that this Ev< will listen to the voice of the serpent He may advance his most specious ac delusive arguments, employ his mos winning and seductive fiatteries, bu she will turn a deaf -ear to him Mother Mellissa Sharp Eve will en vite no man to a picnic of forbiddei fruit. It must be admitted that the menm bers- of the new sect are a strang looking lot, and it appears that th majority of normal men will continu to prefer the ordinary woman, wit] all her faults, including her disposi tion to listen to the voice of the sen pent. Your correspondent called at thi present headquarters of the Adan and Eve sect a large house on Marior street. He was met by a handsom4 woman, with an enthusastic and vis ionary smile upon her face. Instinc tively he felt himself in the presenc4 of Mother Eve. "Mother Eve, I presume?" the cor respondent began, lifting his hat rev erently. "Yes," she answered. "I am Moth er Eve come back to earth again. D< you wish to enter the Garden of Ed en?" "I should like to visit it yern much," She led the way into a large roon full of untidy looking people, among , whom were a number of children. ~A will-eyed, tremendously whiskered man sat upon a throne and announc ed in a loud voice that he was Adam, sent to lead man back into the Gar den of Eden. The correspondent sided into the most distant corner of the room, pre ferring to obtain enlightenment from Eve, who kindly accompanied him. . "How do you know that you are Adam and Eve?" asked the visitor. "One night when we were living in Ok'ahoma and had been atteniding a revivalI meeting, we saw a star fall, and we knew it was a sign. Then we heard a voice saying. You are Adaxm and you are Eve. Henceforth you are free fom sin, and yours is the gift of prophecy. Go forth and lead the children of men back to the Garder of Eden." "Is this the Garden of Eden here?' "Oh, no," said Mother Eve. "This is only the gateway where the re deemed are gathered together and instructed before they are led inte the garden. That is in one of the beautiful valleys of Colorado. We .shall move as soon as Adam has com pleted his preparations. "I shall dress only in a fig-leaf, as 1 did in the garden of Eden, and my husband, Adam, will redeem the world." "A-hem," ventured the correspo-n dent, delicately. "Would a fig-leaf be necessary in a community entire ly free from sin? It was after the fall that Adam and Eve found fig leaves desirable." "Well," said Mother Eve, with a touch of uneasiness, "perhaps I shall be able to do without a fig-leaf in time, but we do not wish to offend the sinful and unregenerate. We have been sent into the world to bring peace and hanpiness and not to stir up strife. Whenever we need it, we receive a revelation telling us just what we ought to do. We shall know when the time is ripe to drop fig leaves. I have no doubt that when every man is a true member of the Garden of Eden fig-leaves will not be recuired. "How many people already belong to the Garden of Eden?"* "Well, I think there are two hun dred of us now. Many of them are children, because they are most free from sin and, therefore, fit to enter the garden after Adam has preached the word to them for a short time. We gather up orphans and children of parent who are not able to care for them." "Have you any children of your "Oh, yes," said Mother Eve, smil ing proudly and indicating a boy of twelve with a bulging forehead and a solemn expression. "Tnat is little Able. He is the brightest flower in the Garden of Eden. He has preach ed hundreds of times and he is almost as powerful a preacher as his father. He will bring many of the race of Eve into the promise land." "As you have a little Abel, am I to infer that there is also a little Cain?" ventured the correspondent. Ah, "said Mother Eve, "it makes us very sad to speak of Cain. Yes, we have a little Cain. His name at first was Thomas, but wien the light was revealed to us we knew that he was Cain. He put our dear little Abel on the stove and did a lot of other dreadful things. Of course, Cain could not come into the Garden of Eden. We had to leave him to wander in the wicked world." "You don't mean to say you have deserted your child?.' "Well," said Mother Eve, "that is hardly the way to put it. Cain would not come with us. He is working for ta grocer in Kansas City and is earn ing lucre." "How will your community be supported in the Garden of Eden?" "Every believer must give up all that he has and follow Adam. He will care for everybody. We shall need very little in the Garden of Ed en. We shall not have money or clothes or houses or any property. We shall sleep in the fields or under tents, and every man will take what he needs from his neighbor. "There will be neither sin or sick ness in the Garden, for it was by sin that death came into the world. Adam wiTF cleanse men from their asins nd lead them back to the Gar den. There we shall live forever. "We shall live on the fruits and plants of the field in the Garden. We shall not have herds of cattle. They were the arl iest form of property that man took to hims'if after the fall, and they were a sign of his sin ful condition. It is wicked to own cattle and to eat meat. He that eats the flesh of his fellow creatures is surely bringing about his own de struction." "Will you do any work in the Gar den of Eden?" "Certainly not. You know that the first punishment of Adam for his dis obedience was that he should earn his bread in the sweat of his brow. When my Adam redeems men from their sins they have no longer need to work. It would be a sin to do so. We shall just wander happily and guilessly in the Garden and smell the flowers and listen to the birds. We shall do no work forever and forever. Adam will preach to us when the spirit moves him. Here Adam thumped his Bible and velled out: - "I am opening up the third king dom. I will redeem the world. ThesE children here will help me." "A-a-men!" cried Mother Eve. "A-a-men!" cried all the oth ers. "Do you feel quite sure that non( of the sisters and daughters of Ev( will disturb your sineless and peace ful life in the Garden?." pursued the *visitor. "Of course not,.' said Mother Eve indignantly. "If you imagine that you have failed to undestand one o: the greatest truths of our religion When woman is redeemed by Adam, sne ceases to lead man into tempta tion, which is her great fault in ai unregenerate state. Nearly all th< unhappiness and wickedness in the world are caused by this fault of wo. man, .as you are aware. When she is free from it, the greatest cause oi sin will be removed and that is why we shall all be good in the Garden oi Eden'' "Will woman have no desire tc wear beautiful c'c thes in the Garder of Eden?" "None whatev er," said Mother jEve," with conviction. "That desire was paid of her punishment for her disobedience. The woman was con -demned to desire finery in order that she might perpetually tempt the man, and he was condemned to labor in the sweat of his brow in order thai he might perpetually strive in vair *to satisfy har ongings. We are the new Adam and Eve, and we are sent to redeem our brothers and sisteri from this slavery. Henceforth Eve, will only desire to appear as the Lord made her." The correspondent felt that he hadl learned everything essential about the new garden of Eden and he w'ent away. As he did so, Mother Eve called out: "Come and .ioin us when you are pure in heart." * TERI/IBLE MISTAKE. Polkceman Shot and Killed for a Burglar in Augusta. Police Offier W. S. Wilkins was shot and instantly killed in Augusta by E. M. Fuller. a member of the Augusta Hardware Co.. Monday night about 10 o'clock, in an alley in the rear of the store. The weapon was a double-barrelled shotgun, at short range, and the" policeman's brains were blow-n out. The slayer immediately submitted to arrest, and later was released on a $1,000 bond. Mr. Fuller, acco.rding to the state ment of his friends, had been work ing in the store; and hearing some one rattling at the back door, thought because of the many recent burglar ies that marauders were about to en ter his establishment, and picking up a gun went out of the front door, followed a side alley to the rear un der the impressinn that he was shoot ing at a burglar. Policeman L. L. Car1"y was with Offeer Wilkins at the time of the shooting, and made a full and detail ed statement of the tragedy. The hardware company is at 639 Broad street, a few doors below the Family theatre. Shortly before 10 o'clock Monday night Mr. J. J. Matthews and other people leaving the amuse ment hall saw Mr. Fuller with a shot gun in his hands hurrying toward the alley a few yards down the street. He was seen to turn into the alley way and after walking a few steps paused, unbreached the weapon, loaded it and proceeded. Wiped Out The Family. Thos. Baldwin, a rich farmer and former merchant. of Coifax, Ills., shot and killed Chas. Kennedy and wife and Mrs. Sim Eisman and' daughter, Cora. Baldwin was arrest ed. Baldwin, who is 68 years old and a widower, is under bond, charged with criminal assault on Cora Eis man, who is but 14 years of age. He had settled with the girl's father for a sum of money. but was subsequent ly arre'stedl and blameid the Kennedy an Mrs. Eisman for the prosecu NEW SCHOOL LAW. Full Text of the Act Giving Fifty Thousand Dollars To Help High Schools in Certain Districts Not Able to MLaintain Them Alone The most important act passed at the late session of the General As sembly in reference to schools was the one appropriating fifteen thous and dollars for a system of high schools. This was introduced in the senate by Senator T. M. Raysor of Orangeburg, for years a member of the State board of education and in his legislative career the champion of compulsory education and other movements. This act is intended to provide a system of schools that will help poor boys to prepare for college. An act to provide high schools for the State. "Be it enacted by the general as sembly of the State of South Caro lina: "Section 1. That it shall be law ful for any county, or for any town ship, or any aggregation of adjoin ing townships, or for any aggrega tion of adjoining school districts, or any incorporated town or city within the State, of not more than 1,000 in habitants to establish a high school in the manner and with the pri vile es herein given. "Sec. 2. That any high school territorial unit mentioned in sectior 1 of this act may establish a high school by an election to be held in said proposed high school district upon the question of establishing thE same; said election to be conducted in all other respects, including the requirements of those who are allow ed to vote therein, as elections are now conducted under section 1208 of the civil code of 1902, in reference to spedial levies for school purposes. If a majority of the votes cast shall be 'for high school,' and not 'againsi high school,' the high school shall be established, and become a body cor porate under the name and style o0 high school district No. blank o1 blank county (the State board to in sert the number in order of its es tablishment in the particular county and also the name of the prope2 county), whereupon the county board of education shall appoint foi said high school a board of trustee. composed of five regular members Provided, That the five trustees foi said high school shall be appointet for six years, one of whom shal serve for only two years, two foi only four years, and two for si> years, the tenure of each to be de termined by lot; Provided, further That the chairman of each schoo district board within the high schoo territory be ex officio a member o: the high school board: Provided further, That the trustees of an special district in any incorporate( town or city operating under a spe cial act of the general assembly shall beex officio trustees of th< high school in that town or city every vacancy be expiration : tenure to be filled for six years an< all unexpired terms to be filled b: appointment of said county board except in special districts otherwis< -provided. "Sec. 3. That the board o: trustees of every high school so es tablished is hereby authorized t< levy annually for the support o: such high school, not exceeding tw< Imills on the dollar in addition to th< levy now allowed by law, of all tax able property within such higl school district, the tax to be collect ed in the same manner as specia levies are now collected under sec tion 1208 of said code: Provided That the right to make it a levi merely for conducting the higi school for the then next curren scholastic year as now defined in sec tion 1232 of said code may be votec down for that year in the saim manner as now provided for in said section 1208 with reference to vot. ing upon special. levies for school district purposes. "Sec. 4. That any public high school already established, or any number of high school grades in a pulcsho already established poieit shall be organized anc adopted as a high school by special election as prescribed in section 2 o1 this act-in any high school territory above described may claim the privi lege of this act: Provided, it con forms to the provisions thereof: Pro vided, further, That nothing in this act shall be construed as a repeal of any of the privileges granted them in the special acts of the general assembly. "Sec. 5. That a* high school maintaining a four years' course of study beyond the branches of learn ing prescribed to be taught in the common schools of the State, and embracing not fewer than seven grades or school years, shall be known as a four-year high school; a high school maintaining a three years' course beyond the common school course, shall ~be known as a three-year high school; and one maintaining a two years' course be yond the common school course, shall be known as a two-year high school: Provided, That any and all high schools so established shall in clude in the course of study instruc tion in manual training, especially in respect-to agriculture and domestic science. "Sec. 6. That The State high school board shall provide for the inspection and classitication of high schools under this act. In doing this, it may invite the assistance of such members of the faculties of the University of South Carolina, Clem son coi'ege, Winthrop college, and the South Carolina Mil tary a::ademy as they may se~ect, and their actual expenses shall be paid out of the fund hereafter appropriated from year to year while actually engaged in the duties devolving upon them. "Sec. 7. That the State board of education as now constituted shall constitute the State high school board. The State high school board shall provide rules for the apportion ment and disbursement of the State aid to the high schools, giving due recognition to the number of year-s of high school work, to the number of courses of study offered, to the enrollment of pupils, and to such other matters of local merit as may appear to the board after a careful; examination of each high school: Provided, That no school shall re eive more than 50 per cent. of the mount raised anr~ually by taxation.. ubscription or otherwise: Provided,: further. That no school shall re-. nupils and two teachers in the high 1 school department: Provided, also, That no school receive more than $1,200 annually from the appropria tion provided in this act: Provided, further, That no county shall receive more than 5 per cent, of the annual appropriation provided for under this act. "Sec. 8. The funds raised in the various counties by taxation, sub scription, or otherwise, for high school purposes shall be placed in the county treasury, together with any appropriation received from the State board of education, and shall be paid out only upon the order of the board of high school trustees, duly approved by the county super intendent of education. Both the treasurer and the county superin tendent of education shall keep ac curate accounts of this fund, as is provided for other public school funds. "Sec. 9. That each of the high school districts so established is here by authorized to receive and use gifts, transfer, bequests or devises of property for corporate purposes, whether they be otherwise condition al, or whether absolute in their terms; and also to issue coupon bonds within the constitutional limit, and to dispose of the same to raise money for the purpose of purchas ing sites and the erection of build ings thereon, or for the purpose of purchasing imp'roved property, suit able for school, or dormitory, or mess hall purposes: Provided, That the question of amount of issue, and the rate of interest, and the time oz times of payment of the principal, shall first be submitted to the quali fied electors within the said high school district who return real ol personal property for taxation, al an election to be held in the same manner as elections for special levieE for school district purppses are non required to be submitted under sec tion 1208 of said code: and Provided, further, That an annual interest or said issue shall not exceed 6 pei cent., and that the sale shall not be for less than par and accrued inter est. "Sec. 10. That the sum of $50,, 000, or so much thereof as may b( necessary, for each of the schoo years, beginning July 1, 1907, be and the same is herby, appropriatec to carry out the provisions of thi! act, and the comptroller general it hereby auth6rized to draw warrant upon the State treasurer for sucl amounts, upon the order of the Stat< board of education, duly signed b: the governor, as chairman, and th< State superintendent of education as secretary: Provided, That tuitioi shall be free in every school receiv ing aid under this act to all pupils ii the county where the school is locat ed; Provided, further, That nothini in this act shall be constructed t mean that pupils of different race shall attend the same school. "Approved Feb. 19, 1907." Good News for Carriers. A dispatch from Washington say: the Senate committee on postoffice and postroads Saturday reported , the senate the postoffice appropria :ion bill. The report on the measur will not be completed until Monday but it is estimated that an increas< of about $3,000,000 has been mad, Hover the amount appropriated b: the house bil, which was- a littl< more than $209,000,000. The larg e st item of increase is involved in al Iitem advancing the pay of rural car r-iers to $900. The present pay o such carr iers is $720 and the hous bill increased this to $840. Nos Ithe Senate raises it to $900. Thi is good news for these hard worke< uublic servants, and we hope the; will get the $900 per year. Making Progre'ss. The French Colonial Association w hich w as started three years ag -by the French cotton manufacturer Swith the object of exploring th French colonies for the purpose o ascertaining where cotton could bi advantageously grown, has obtain ed some surprising results and seem 2to warrant their confidence that in few years the French colonies wil be able to supply a considerable por tion of the raw cotton consumed Ii -France. In round figures Franc4 bought over $80,000,000 worth o raw cotton last year, chiefly fron 1the United States. Of the seed sen to the colonies the best results weri obtained with Mississippi, LouWbians and sea island. Kiept His Word. Gen. Koslevsky, commandant o: the town of Karsnoyarski, Siberia jokingly referred to a threating let ter he had received that day to somE friends with whom he was walking The letter said he would be killet at five o'clock that afternoon. Draw lng his watch from his pocket, thE general remarked laughingly to hih friends: "You see I am still alive.' At about six o'clock -when Genera: Koslevsky was returning home alonf a man suddenly called upon him tc halt, and then fired three revolver shots at him. The general dropped dead. They Took Poison. Lying upon the floor at the home of Emil Koeppen, a night watchman liv-ing in Woodland. a suburb of St. Louis, the dead bodies of Frank Ko eppen, aged 9 years, and Miss Sel ma Giersback, the housekeeper, was found Friday and beside them lay Bentley Koeppen, aged 8, and Rob ert Koeppen, aged 6, both uncons scion. Nearby lay a nearly empty patent medicine bottle. A-fter hard work physicians stated that Bentley would probably recover. They. said that appearances indicated opium poTcning. The Unfortunate Batchelors. The Baltimore American says: "The unfortunate bachelors of the nation have fallen on hard times \arious states are contemplating heir taxation, and now comes ex Presi dent Clev-eland's suggestion tC disfranchise the single voters. Next. President Roosevelt will be sending a special mess::ge to congress ad -iin -penalties attachei, for the .:efish crime of single blessedness -ad( to stop any possible avenue o1 '"cape which might open to the rretched, hunted creatures, next -ear is leip y-ear." Found Dead. At Pittsburg, Pa., Prof. T. M. Talor of the chemistry department of the Carnegie Technical school was onnd dead Thursday in his room at the residence of Mrs. WV. H. Hartzel There was a bullet wound behind his left ear,-and a new revolver was lyig on the floor. Jealous Husianu. Because his wife refused to live with him Will Wagner, of Coving ton. Ga.. emptied the contents of a revolver into her body. The woman ill likely die. The sheriff, with dogs, is in pursuit of the negro. Robbing Dispensaries. The dispensaries at Blackville ad Moncks Corner were broken pen and robbed last wc'ek by someW f the thirsty souls who coni n et along without horz. Measir' will be taken to bring tb':giy prtie to justice. NO CONSTABLES. The Carey-Cothran Act Dispens ed with This Department By Request Gov. Ansel Appoints Specha Officers for Chester, Green wood and Greenville. There has been considerable inquiry relative to the status of the constab lary, as a result of the passage of the Carey-Cothran bill. There is no State constabulary provided for under the Act. Governor Ansel thought so, but to make certain he took the matter up with Attorney General Lyon, and then with Mr. Stevenson, of counsel for the winding up commission, and they both agreed that there is neith er legal authority nor money with which to pay for constables out of the money to be handled by the winding-up commission. The terms of Section 38 of the Ca rey-Cothran Act provided: Section 38. It shall be the duty o: sheriff, their deputies, magistrates constables, rural police, city and town officials, to enforce the provis ions of this Act. If they fail to d( so it is hereby made the duty of thE Governor to enforce the same, an< he is hereby authorized to appoin such deputies, constables and detec tives as may be necessary; the salar ies and expenses of such officers t( be paid out of the profits of the dis pensaries in counties wherein the: may be established, and out of th( ordinary county funds in countie wherein they have not been estab lished. There is, therefore, no S'tate con stebulary force. If a county want constables they will be appointed b: the Governor, but they must be pai( for out of the county funds. In cour ties with dispensaries the expenses o constables must be paid out of th dispensary profits. In-counties with out dispensaries and wanting con stables then the expenses must b borne by the county out of its gener al funds. There is no State fun I available. The winding-up commit sion has no money from which it ca pay constables. It will have to d some very tall hustling to get ou even." although some time ago som of the friends of the State dispensar system said that it had bundles o money and real bona fide profits, an that when it came to being insolver or not being able to pay its debt that it was simply ridiculous, an |the usual cry of those anti papers c . correspondents. Wait and see! L Governor Ansel appointed two coi stables to keep in touch with th Chester situation. The sheriff an mayor of Chester asked for constal les, particularly because of the larg number of labroers on the Powe Company plant. Under the arrang( ment these constables must repoi daily to the sheriff of the county an the sheriff must report at least onc a week to the Governor as to wha the constables are doing and ho things are getting along. Whenever Governor Ansel is a] pealed to by proper authorities an is satisfied that constables are neede in a county he will appoint them a provided for by the Act, to be pai for by the county out of the dispel sary profits or the general fund the case may be. He has full autho: ity to appoint constables even if the are not asked for by constituted ai thorities and will do so if he thini Iit necessary in any county. The chief State constables is bein retained only for a few days, in o: der that he may check up claims an wind up the affairs of the constabi lary department, which cost the Stai about $70,000 per annum. Governor Ansel has received le ters from various sections of tt State relative to the status of tb -constables, and he wishes it plain] and definitely understood that, unde the terms of the Carey-Cothran bi and the bill to wind up the State di: pensary, that the State constabular force is abolished and there is n State fund from which to pay cor stables. He expects to see that th laws are enforced and has alread taken the matter up with all sherifft mayors and magistrates, but where ever there is a legitimate need fc constables they will be appointed, t be paid for out of dispensary profits where there are dispensaries, and ou of the general county funds wher there are no county dispensaries. In response to the general deman Governor Ansel has decided to plac two constables in Greenville Count and one in Greenwood. These ar pointments are made in response t the public wishes and because iti believed that they will do good, Th constables will report daily to th sheriff and the sheriff must repor each week at least to the Governo as to what is being done. The con stables will be paid in Greenville ani Greenwood by the counties out o their general fund, as is now provid ed for by law and as has been the las for some time. REJECTS FLIBTING CHARGE. Judge Holds Conduct of Plaintiff' Sister Didn't Infinence Juror. Superior Judge Howard Ferris has refused to set aside the $25, 300 vertict given Miss Mollie Mc '2uire, of Dayton, Ohio, against th4 Railroad company. He also over. ruled the motion for a new trial. a: veil as all other motions of the de. fense. In his opinion. Judge Ferris corn pletely exonerated Miss Fannie Mc fuire, sister of the injured girl from all charges of having tried tc influence the jury by flirting with Juror George L. V. Steumer. He al o exonerated Juror Steumer from all charges of alleged misconduct on his part. Grief Kills a Mother. Following the tragic death of her son, Robert Finch. the fourteen year-old Ravenna, Ohio, schoolboy ho fell dead when his teacher was -dministerinlg a rebuke for miscon duct. last- Thursday. his mother, Mrs. george Finch, aged 34 years. sud renly expired in the doorway of her home. Her death is attributed to a broken heart. Mrs. Finch had griev ed deeply over her boy's death,say ing to a friend that she felt her own life was soon to end. The teacher was one of those who scught to con ole her, but the heartoroken mother was unconsolable. Three Killed. A train on the Grand Trunk was wrecked near Guelph. Ont., one day last week. Three persons were kill ed and every passenger on the train suffered more or less serious injur s. The entire train with the ex pion of the engine jumped the track and plunged over a thirty froot BUIRNED TO DEATH. One Teacher and Sixteen Children Perish in School Fire. At Montreal. Quebec, Principal Maxwell and sixteen children perish ed in a fire, which broke out Tues day afternoon in the Hochelaga school of the protestant school com mission. The school was located in a brick two story building in the east end of the city, and was attend ed by about 200 children, whose par ents are mechanics living in the neighborhood. The fire 'started from the furnace and was first noticed by a workmen employed nearby. The teachers were notified and the work of getting the children out began. The kinder garden department was located on the second floor and It was here that the loss of life occurred. The children were started out, but on reaching the landing, found the lower hall full of smoke. Into this they refused to decend, though the way at this time was quite safe. Huddled together on the stairway at firrt they retreated to the rooms from which they had come. When the firemen arrived an extension ladder was placed in position, and a large number of children were res cued in this way. Assisting in the work -was Miss Maxwell. The fire by this time was making its way upwards, and the smoke was growing so dense that even the experienced firemen could not stand it. Captain Carson en deavored to get Miss Maxwell to go r down the ladder, but she refused and evading the attempt to detain her rushed back into the back part of the building in search of others of the little ones. When the firemen were finally - able to make their way to the back s portion of the building, she was r found lying on the floor with a lit tle one beside her. All those who perished died from .asphyxiation The building was unprovided with fire escapes. FIERCE FIGHT. Between Members of the North Car. olina Legislatum. 2 The floor of the North Carolina House- of Representatives one day last week was a scene of an en Y counter between. Congressman-elec f R. N. Hackett, of the eigth district I and Representative C. G. Bryant, t of Wilkes county. Hackett used hit s right hand effectively on Mr. a Bryant's ear and jaw. r Mr. Bryant drew a long bladed pocket-knife and made for Hackett - but was intercepted and disarmed e He then attempted to strike Hacket1 with an inkstand and subsquentl e with a chair, but the blows fell shor r The fight took place while a leg - islative committee~ was in session t a matter concerning Wilkes count) d being under consideration. Hack e ett had addressed the cpmmittee ? and when he closed Mr. Bryant, i 7 member of the committee, arose t( speak. I- Referring 'to Hackett's remarks d he said that he resented the asper dsion put upon the commissioners o: his county. Hackett replied that h4 dhad not aspersed the commissioners Bryant repeated the remark. and Sthen Hackett struck him. The comn s mittee was in a tumult of excitemen for five minutes. y Hackett is a Dmocrat and Bryan - a Republican. Both live in Wilkea ? county. When quiet was .reetore< Bryant apologized for his offensive gwords that brought on the fracas. Wanted Their Booze. dThe Chronicle says "the dry spel in South Carolina was felt in Augus ta Saturday. Since the dispensar: went out of existence as a state in e stitution and the county dispensarie: e have not yet been instituted, repor y has it that the South Carolinians ir the territory adjacent to Augusta have been suffering from a terribli oral dronght. Saturday they invad. o ed the city in large numbers t< -quench their long thirsts at sundr3 e places where the cup that cheers and inebriate may be had by all whc Shave the price. As a result the sa oons on Broad street and close tc rthe river did a rushing business not 0 alone across the bar but in bottled g oods and jugs, many of the Caro ians taking a supply in their can eteens so as not to suffer over Sun day. -One liquor dealer in the cen Itral part of the city said Saturday enight that he wouldn't care if the rt dispensary never came back in Car . olina and added that its an ill wind that blows nobody good." People who drink will have it, it seems, at any cost. Serious Charge. At Denver. Colo.. Dr. Benjamin -C. Wright, solicitor for the interna Stional correspondence school of 'Scranton. Pa., is in jail on the charge -of murder, having confessed to the chief of police that he poisoned his wife and daughter, who were found dead in their home. Infatuation for Stella Good, is the supposed mo& tive for the crime. Constables Needed. Believing the proper enforcement of the state anti-liquor law is impos sible in Greeniville county without the aid of specially appointed con stables, more than two hundred prominent citizens have signed a petition asking Governor Ansel to reappoint certain constables recent ly relieved from duty there under the Carey-Cothran act. The historic and famed Washing ton Light Infantry of Charleston celebrated, its centennial on Wash ington's birthday with imposing cer emonies. The Hon. Donald McKay Frost, one of Charleston's most gift ed and patriotic sons. delivered the oration, which was one of power and eloquence. Mr. Frost has already won distinction as a legislator, and his oration on this occasion has add ed to his deservedly high reputation as a clear thinker and forceful pub lic speaker. Charleston is to be con gratulated on furnishing to the coun cils of the State men of such ability and patriotism. If the County Dispensaries are managed properly there is no reason why they should not be just as good as a State Dispensary. There is no denying the foct that some of those at the head of the State Dispensary were on the make. Let those who manage the Count:: Dispensaries shun the rocks upon which the State Dispensary wet to pieces, and all will be well. , If the different towns in the State would resolve to enforce the dispen sary law it would be enforced, and there would be no blind tigers. Some one connetced with the U~n ited States sub-treasury at Chicago has stolen 20)0.000 dollars from Uncle Sam The thief wants COST NEARLY F'FTY. A Stolen Hiss Proves to b an Expen sive Luxury. It costs a fellow something in Bal timore to steal a kiss from a woman. One little kiss cost George Wi!'f in son $45.75, according to a dt-.ision in the criihinal court. Pansy Scimldt a comely woman told the court she was 'tending bar at her husband's saloon on Mulliken street. It was time to close for the night. While reaching with both h::nds above her head to turn out the lights, she said Wilkinson embrac ed her and stole a kiss. "Go 'way, you hord thing."* she said, and Wilkinson went. Then .he swore out a warrant for his ar :-st, and Wilkinson admitted he had thet he had kissed her a number of kissed Irs. Schmidt, and asserted times before. "I iissed her right on the mouth." he said, with emphasis, as though recalling a pleasant memory. 'I he Best Liquor Faw. The Charlotte News gets enthus lastic over our new liquor. "in our judgment," says the News, "there Is not a State in the Union today that has a better law, relative to the whiskey question, than South Caro lina, and such a law would possibly never have been obtained had it not been for its experience with the dis pensary. In that State the matter of whiskey or prohibition is left with each county. Any county may vote in prohibition or may vote in a dis pensary, but never (and here is the beauty of the law) never, can any vote in saloons. In other .words there can never be a saloon in South Carolina." The News goes on to say that, "as bad as the State Dispensary in South Carolina came to be, it led to the passage of a law which is ideal, 'a law which has not an equa in excellence in any state in th< Union." Senator Tillman was the man who inserted in the State Con stitution the provision that no bar rooms should ever be allowed agali in this State, and he is therefore en titled to the credit for the best fea ture of the new liquor law. . W< think the News is correct when i says that the State Dispensary las made the new law possible, and i it turns out to be a good law Sena tor Tillman will have to be give1 credit for passing a law that mad< the new law a possibility. The Thaw Trial. President Roosevelt, like- thous ands of other men, is disgusted wit] the disposition to go into detail phown by newspapers in reportini the Thaw murder trial. On Febru ary 11, the president gave to th Associated Press this statement "The president has communicate with the postmaster general to knol whether it is feasible to bar fron - the mails the papers that give th full and disgusting particulars of th Thaw case. He does not knol whether or not it is feasible itf I is he;wishes it done." Are the news papers really to blame for publisb ing such things as are coming out i the Thaw trial? Are not the read ers of the papers to blame for it , being published? We read an ed torial the other day from one of th so-called religious weeklies scorin the editors of the daily papers fc publishing the "disguzst.ing dietails of the Thaw trial. How did th editor of the religious weekly kno' that the daily papers were publisi ing these "disgusting details"? H must have read them, and so do great many other people who coi demn the daily papers for publisk ing them. Why don't. these peopl quit reading such stuff, and then th newspapers will stop publishing I A Fatal Accident. Mr. Robt Keller, of this city, we shot and fatally wounded while ot . bird hunting with Mr. W. L. Harle: also of this city, on last Tuesda near Elloree. Mr. Keller was sh<c about four o'clock in the afternoo and lived until nine o'clock whe he passed away surrounded by h: devoted wife, little daughter, an other retlaives and friends. He died the Elloree Hotel, where he was cal -ned after being shot. Messrs. Keller and Harley lel the Atlantic Coast Line Railway fo Orangeburg Tuesday morning ove a few days hunt in the Elloree. Cree ton and Lone Star sections. Afte a successful day's hunt on Tuesda .Mr. Keller was counting over wha ie had killed. He had lain his gu: ..own with the muzzle poiniing i: the direction in which he was sitting when a dog came up and began nos ing the birds. Mr. Keller orderei ae dog off, when the dog stepped oi the gun and discharged it. The loa striking Mr. Keller in the stomaclh A physician soon reached him, ani a telegram was sent to Orangebur; for his wife and little daughter, bot] of whom reached him before hi! death. , Mr.Keller was then taken to the hotel at Elloree, where he lingeret until about nine o'clock when - hi passed into the great beyond. Thi remains were brought to Orange burg Tuesday night on the trait from Elloree. Mr. Keller .was abou thirty-six years of age. He- was thi oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M Keller of this city, and was highla esteemed by a large circle of rela tives and friends. Some years ag< he married Miss Annie Adden, wh< with one little girl survive him When the news of the horrible acci dent reached the city on Tuesday afternoon it cast a gloom over all. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat,) Preparing a Statement. Senator Tillman is preparing a statement for the press of his views of the Carey-Cothran bill. He thinks the law will be found undesirable and that an early change is likely. It is stated that Generals Kaul bars, Grippenburg, Rennenkampf and Bildering have challenged Gen eral Kuropatkin to fight duels ow ing to attacks made upon them in his recently, published book on the Russo-Japanese war. The dispensary law has become so popular in Charleston that a member of the Legislature has resigned so as he can accept a place on the County Board of Control. Verily, as .Brother Jasper use to say, "the sun do move." This seems to be a year of disas ters. Now comes the news from Ma nilla that the Philippine Islands have been devastated by a storm, and that several hundred had been killed and thousands rendered home less. The County Dispensaries should use' as much of the whiskey the State Dispensary has on hand as they can. There is no use sending abroad for what can be bought right at homie. Mr. W. 0. Tatum, formerly dispen any commissioner, has been ecwsen as superintendent of the plant uder the newly appointed commissi-;n. Mr. atum will have charge of the en will be responsible to the commis dInnars H~ e isnndera bond of $75E New Dispensay JaW. We publish this week the full text of the new dispensary law. The only change that we can see from the old law is that under the neyw law the county and not the State handles the liquor and all the money that is earned by the dispensaries goes to the different counties and towns in which they are located. Where the temperance feature - of the new law, for which some of the prohibitionists claim so much credit, comes in we have been unable to 2nd out after a careful reading of the. new law. It will be just as esy- to get whiskey under the new law as it was under the old law. One of the curious things about. the dispensaries is that neither ihe' counties nor the State are responsi ble for the whiskey bought by them. As a matter of fact there can be; under the constitution, -no such thing as a dispensary owned and operate& by a county. The Constitution per mits the General Assembly to &u thorize county. officers "under the authority, and In the name of the - State," to engage in the business of buying and selling intoxicating - quors. This act comes within this limitation of the constitution by de claring that the various county dis pensary boards are county officers and are authorized under the author ity and in the name of the State to engage in such business. The State assumes. no obligation whatever in connection with the pur chases of liquor. Every dispensary must stand upon its own bottom: The county, not being authorized to embark in the -business, of course assumes no obligation in conec tion with it. One of the autho-s of the bill says this was provided to prevent whiskey dealers from over lodaing the dispensaries. They.must look to the busisness for their pay and will, therefore, be more discreet in making sales of the quantity which will be sold than If the State or county .was: the paymaster. - the surface- this looks like a wise precaution, and ought to work ,well. We believe . that the new. law. backed by he people and the authoW. ities of the towns In which the dis pensaries are located, can be made I a most' bene'fieial one m the hand ling of liquors, as the State Dlspen sary. was. Let each of ua make It our business to see that the iew law is properly enforced by reporting. all violations of it. There Is no sense now in any friend of the old State I Dispensary" law trying to obstruct 7 the carrying out of the new law. Let us all >pull together for the enforce ment qf all laws whether we believ ed in their enactment or not. The view dispensary law is the law of-the State, and It is the duty of"every t good citizen of the State to do what - he can to have It enforced every-, - where. Whiskey will be sold and 2 drank and we prefer to have It sold. - under the strictest provisions of law, s and this we think the new. dIp*m - sary law amply provides for. Neit e to the State Dispensary the E County Dispensary systema is tha. r best yet devised in this' State for handling-the liquor questo.-The e Oranegeburg Times and Democrat. - Some Important Acts. e At its late session the Legislature Spassed some Important acts. Among" - these may be classed the act to in -vestigate the railroads through an e inter-session commission .of six e members of the General Assembly. -This commission is intended to. work out the Charleston problem.affist, but Its powers ere great and it. may s take up Interstate rates, schedul'es, t equipment, freight delays and many other matters vitally affectinig the 'people of the state. Y Another Important act -passed is t the one outlawing dealing -In. jfotton Sfutures and other farm products In. this State. -This is the- Georgia law on the subject and not only'- does 2n~wy with bucketsh~ops, but forbids, t buying or selling in a legitimate .way.'-If this law is enforced it will -be fai-. 'eaching in Its effects, and twill be the means of keeping at home a great deal of money that' rnow goes into the pockets of shp rers at the North. rAnother act of -Importance is the n-~e limiting the hours of labor in the cotton mills 'and other factories to 62 a week beginning next July and 60 hours a week after nekxt Jan u iary .1, with the pr6viso that 60 hours lost time may be made up in the course of a year. A companion act is that amending the child labor act so as to forbid women and chil dren under 14 working after night What effect this law will have dn our cotton mills we can't say, but we hope It will not affect them' ad versely. The act looking to the establish-. ment of high schools, throughout. the state is of special Importance to. the rural districts. it Is ..mlted to towns of 1,000 population or' less. Tt Drovides for a ,special levy not exceeding two mills in any school district desiring such a high school. and carries a~n appropriation of $50, 000 for aId,. through a state high school board to the poorer districts. This act will result in many high schools betig established In rural districts and give the poor boys of those communities an opportunity to prepare themselves for college. The Legislature spent money free-' ly, and made appropriations totaling nearly a million and a half, about $200,000 more 'than can be raised by the reduced levy combined with other sources of income in spite of the fact that tax values have increas ed twenty-five million. It Increas ed the pension appropriation to $250,000, which no one will object to. Killed by Explosion. By an explosion of dynamite on Friday at Carmi, Ill., Rev. J. B. Tittle, his father, his wife and baby were kIlled and two children of the family were fatally injured. Mr. Tittle, who was~ a Baptist minister, had the dynamite in his house, ex pecting to use the explosive in blow ing out stumps. How the dynamite happened to explode is not known. The residence was totally destroyed. Worse Than Reported. Instead of seven, as first reported, it Is now learned that at least 24 negroes lost their lives by the bura~ ing of the steamer Marion off Beau fort last Friday morning. That num ber of dead bodies have been found. We hope the commission appoint ed to wind up the State Dispensary - will go to the bottom of things, and unearth all the rascality that has aver - been committed by those con noa with it. Let us have the tru'>. is iualb no difference who it hits. The Washington -correspendent of' the News and Courier is, authority for the statement that Congressman A. F. Lever will be a candidate fonr Senator Latimer's place in the prim ary next year. If Lever enters the race he will make It hot for Brer