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NULL AND VOID. Calhoun County Election So De. c!ared by Election Commission. GO TO STATE BOARD. The Board of Election Commission ers of Orangeburg County Unani mously Declare Recent Election to Establish Calhoun County Nun and Void, Because Many Qualified Electors Were Not Allowed to Vote. The Board of Election Commis sioners for County and State elec tions of Orangeburg County de clared the late election to establish Calhoun County null and void on last Thursday. The board, whicb is composed of Messrs. John S. Bowman, W. Brooks Fogle and T. J. Hart, all good and true men, was unanimous in their decision. The hearing of the case consumed all of Tuesday and Wednesday, and much testimony was taken. The commissioners took the case Wed nesday night about 8 o'clock, after all tho witnesses had been examined and carefully went over the testi mony and the many legal points in volved before arriving at their de cision, which was announced at two o'clock Thursday. The members of the Board of Commissioners are among our 'best people. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Orangeburg Bar and both Messrs. Fogle and Hart are w1l-to do farmers. Mr. Hart lives in the lower section of the county near the Berkely line and Mr. Fogle lives in the proposed territory of Calhoun County and is said to favor the new county. The following is the full text of the decision of the Board of Com missioners, which is signed by every member of the Board of Commis sioners. It has been Sled with the Clerk of Court who will forward it immediately to Governor Ansel: "We find some irregularities in several boxes, such as voting out side of right precincts, not demand ing proper proof of payment of taxes, etc., but we find that there are not enough of such irregulai ties to change the result of this elec tion. "We further find that about G5 or more qualified electors residing within the area of the proposed new County of Calhoun, Including por .tions of Orange, Goodbys and Pop lar townships, were deprived of the constitutional right to vote in this election, as the said electors are res Idents of the proposed new county. while their voting places are with out; and the Act of the Legislature relating to the formation of new counties does not provide the means or the opportunity to vote in such cases. "We, therefore, find that in de priving these qualified voters of the right to vote the constitutional pro vision has been violated, and on this ground we do hereby declare this election null and void." All questions of fact were d&cided in favor of the new county, the one point upon which the election was declared null and void being the disfranchisment of voters within the new county lines whose precincts were outside, thereby depriving them of xercising their right of suffrage. Chairman Bowman stated that the board was of the opinion that the Act passed by the Legislature gov erning the formation of new counties was unsconstitutional in that it made no provision for those electors who were seperated from their pre cincts to cast their ballots on ques tions In which they were directly in terested, as guaranteed under the law. It will be noticed that the Board of Commissioners sustains the con tention of the Orangeburg Times mand Democrat that no white Democrat t teth'er for or against the new county, should be deprived of his right to vote on a matter that so vitally concerns him. The Times and Democrat has made a gallant fight for these disfranchised Democrats mentioned by the Board of Commis sioners. and it naturally feels elated on being sustained by the intelligent gentlemen composing it. An appeal will be taken to the State Board of Elections by the pro moters of the new county. Howevel that Board may decide the matter, it will be taken to the State Supreme Court and possibly to the United States Supreme Court, as both sides are determined to have the matte: settled once for all whether a man can be deprived of his right to votc by an unconstitutional law passed b3 the Legislature. When he learned of the decision of the Board of Commissioners Mr. Welch, attorney for the new county p'romoters, stated that the only sur prise was that the decision was un animous, the new county promoters expecting to have at least one vote. He also said that a different story would be - heard after the State board reviewed the case. '. Col. D. 0. Herbert and W. C. Wolfe Esq., who has fought manfully for the disfranchised Democrats are gratified that the county board has sustained their contention, whicb w-'s principally based on the pojit wr h was cited by the beard as their reason for declaring the elec tion nall and void. FIRE AT LAMAR. Thirty-Two Horses and Mules Burn. ed to Death. A dispatch from Lamar to the Co lumbia Record says Wednesday night at 9 o'clock the livery and sale stable of McElven and Hudson and Boykin and Rogers were totally destroyed by fire. Thirty-two head of horses and aiso ce ourne~i, out tne neroic woraj of the citizens of the town checked F ~ACTS CONCERNING SLEEP. Even a Midday Nap is Better Than the Noon Meal. The scholar and professional man, like the anxious housowife, is apt to carry his cares to bed, and insomizia becomes a curse. Men and women who are abused in getting and gain'ng, the merchant, the banker, all alike. fail to secure that self-control which can manage the mind as well aslep as awake. Normal sleep should be purely a physiological repose similar to the rest of animals .who go to sleep with the darkness and a .vake with the light. Some one has said that sleep is like hunger or thirst. representing a diminution of energy throughout the entire body. I hardly think this can be true, but in my judgment sleep rather suggests the diminution of en ergy of the brain, and he is a w!se man who takes the hint when brain fag sets in of an evening and gces comfortably and properly to bed. Of course it goes without saying that night is not the only time for sleep. Men and women who are busy could steal just a few mintues before or after the noonday luncheon tc catch a little nap, and, indeed, I am nearly sure that the noonday nap is worth far more than the noonday mcal, for the digestive processes are surely hindered during the periode of mental activity, and it is the excep tional person in this busy world of ours who is not called upon to use al his brain and brawn to make a living. It has been my. habit to advise moth ers to steal a while away from every "cumbrous care." and, even if sleep fails to be wooed, to take about 2C minutes every day in absolute peace from all anxieties anl relaxing all the muscles. A habit of this kind is easily acquired. and we might have fewver neurasthenic women. whoise nerves make life hideous to their families, if a word like this. spoken from considerable experience were heedced.-Pilgrim. Industries That Shorten Lives. Metal polishers are said to become disabled in about seven years. For that reason they commuand high wages. Most of them die of consump tion. The stonecutter's life is a little longer, but deith comes to him in Lhe same way. Workers in trenches, sew ers, street-cleaners, canal-diggers. workers in caisssons, tunnels, in com pressed air, bridge-builders and rail road laborers, are short-lived. The tunnel under the North river cost more than a score of lives by acci dents. besides perm-nntly impairing the health and shortening the lives of -unknown scores. Building of the New York and Brooklyn bridges was very fatal to h::man life. An engineer told me that they kent the facts out of the newspapers as much as possi ble. All great works of engineering are prosecuted at the expense of hu man life and he-tlth.-Health-Culture. Singular Radium Phenomenon. A German experimenter describes a singular electrical phenomenon ex hibited by a glass tubeful of radiHm bromide. The substance had beer sealed up in tube. Six months latei the experimenter was about to open the tube with a file. but as soon as the metal touched the glass the tube w4; pierced by a brilliant electric spark, accompanied by a sharp sound. it is thought that the retention ir, the'tube of the positively charged Al pha particles, which cannot penetrate glass, and the continual escape of the negatively charged Beta particles. which do penetrate glass, set up a difference in the ele.:rical poten~ia! inside and outside the tube so .great that at last a spark was able tc psthouh the glass wall.-Ex change. The Wink Test. "It is easy.' said an occulist. "tc tell what kind of light most thor oughly suits your eyes. The light that is best for you is the one wherein you wink least. The wink, you see. i the eye's sign of weariness "I have exoerimented on my self and I find that ,an electric light is even better for my eyes than day light. In daylight I wink two anc eight-tenths times a minute. whereas in an electric light I only wink one and eight-tenths times. Candle light is bad for me: in it I give six and a halt winks a minute. Gaslight is bet ter. for in it I only give two and a third winks Origin of Free Lunch. A Scotch investigator has discov ered the origin of the American free lunch in the old Scotch custom o' serving a "Speiding" or dried sail haddock, with each drink of ale 0: whisky. which still is practiced a the inns and public houses of Cale donia. The purpose. of course, is tc create a thirst for more of the bever Iage, and it must be admitted that th< purpose is usually achieved. Evei in America there is more than a sus picion that the ingredients of the fre: lunch are often selected with thi same end in view. Finding the Pin. On. of the veteran tricks of thu clairvoyant is finding the hidden pin You have seen it done. The room i. full of people, and there is possibilit. of collusion: but collusion is unn a sary. i the performer be adroit h knows where to go ewing to the un conscious indications given by the sua ject who does the hiding. But let th subject be blindfolded instead of th performer, and the latter will neve find the pin. Stuart Cumnberland wa a wonder in this sort of amusemen' When asked if he could fiad the p1 under such circumstances he, binz. an honest man, replied that he coul< STARTLING FIGURES, Many Deaths from Accidents During the Past Year. The Chicago Tribune on Wed nesday morning in a summary of th accidents of the year, states that 57,915 persons have been killed and injured in accidents during the year-, 35,612 having been killed and 22, 307 injured. Some of the larger items of the list are as follows: Eatquakes, landslides, etc., 21, 512 killed and 3,092 injured. Explosions and mine disasters, 3, 086 ki.led and 2,721 injured. Storms and floods 4,209 killed and 1,63 injured. Railroad wreck-s, S11 killed and 1.639 injured. Automobile accidents, 229 killed .nd 704 injured. Firearms, 197. killed and 3,978 ajured. Among other deaths are 2,269 lost in wrecks of vessels and 492 in other PLUNGES TO DEATH. Rich Inventor in New York Falls Seven Stories. He Was Manufacturer of Moving Picture Machines and Was Pros perous. Henry Miles, wealthy manufac turer of moving picture apparatus, in New York Thursday night met instant death when he plunged down seven stories to the rear of the Concord Hall Apartments, at the Northeast corner of One Hundred and Nineteenth street and Riverside Drive. Miles lived with his brother. Her bert, on the seventh floor. It is said that for several years he has suffered severely from insomnia, but it is not known whether this af fected his mind sufficiently to cause him to commit suicide. The man's brother said last night that Henry had also suffered from epileptic fits, and that it was during one of these that he in some manner plunged over the sill of the rear window of the apartments, and land ed in the court below. Miles was forty years old and un married. His fall was not witndss ed by any one except his brother. The body went straight down and landed on the head, which crushed instantly. t Death was instantane ous. A surgeon was called from J. Hood Wright Hospital and after a short examination said that there was no need for a doctor. The po lice were notified and ordered that the body be kept in the court until the Coroner took action. In the room which the man occu pied it was found that for two months he had been keeping a diary. This little volume set forth, day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, the inventor's mental and physical condition, the number of times he had suffered severely form the ma lady and other facts in connection with his daily life. The last entry in this diary was marked down at 12.12 p. m. Wed nesday. t was at 10:30 according to the brother, that he fell from the window. None of the tenants were given knowledge of the tragedy Wednes day night, it being feared that many might spend the remainder of the evening elsewhere. But when the. police arrived and the ambulance clanged up, some of them learned of the affair. There was no panic however. MISS SHANNON STILL MISSING. Report That Pretty Brookland Girl . Had Married Untrue- - A dispatch from Columbia to The News and Courier says Miss Sallie Shannon, the pretty Brookland girl who left home Sunday afternoon, has not yet been located. The re port from Pomaria that Miss Shan non had married in that town on Tuesday turns out to have been a hoax, and her parents are more than ever worried about their daughter. Miss -Shannon left her home Sun day evening week after having en tertained her sweetheart, Colt Sum mers. They are said to have parted in anger, and the last seen of Miss Shannon was when she started across the Gervais street bridge towards ithe city of Colum The bridge keeper is positive that she did not come across the bridge that evening, and her friends fear that she jumped into the river after reacing the bridge. The river is badly swollen by the recent rains, and no search has been made for her body. The tele gram from Pomaria is now admit ted to have been a joke, and it is denied that she has been in Pomaria at all. Miss Shannon is a pretty girl of 19 2-ears and a popular teacher in the Brookland Methodist Sunday schol. She is the daughter of Mr. D. H. Shannon. AF'RAID HE IS LOST. Went to Explore the Hfeadwaters of Amazon River. Fears for the safety of Dr. Ham ilton Rice. of Harvard University, who started last summer on an ex pedition to explore the headwaters of the Amazon River, havebeen on ly partly allayed by the receipt of a letter from him written at San Martin, Colombia, on September 9, telling of delays at the beginning of of his perilous journey. It is now thirty-nine days past the date which, on setting out from IBogota, he set at the latest possible Itime for his arrival at Manaos. "If I do not cable from Manaos uy No vember 20 you may give me up as lost," he said to his friend Dr. Hi ram Bingham, of Yale. when they parted in Colombia last May. IDr. Bingham who lectured Thurs day at Madison. Wis.. before the American Political Science Associa tion, said before going to the West that he had been hoping against hope ever since that date and at last was almost forced to believe Dr Rice had been killed, and perhaps eaten. by the hostile savages of the Ama zon country. WRECKED BY DYNAMITE. Tenement House in New York Blown Up. At New York a dynamite bomb. believed to have been set off by members of the Black Hand Socie ty, wrecked the entire lower floor f a five-story tenement house on East Eleventh street Thursday night and caused a panic among the eople of the neighborhood. Negro-as Ordered to Leave. A special from Hodge Win~n par ish, Louisiana, reports that on hear ing of an attempt by a negro to en ter a young girl's bed-chamber on Sunday night the mob ordered al' te negroes in town to leave beforc sunset on Monday. Forty-five fam iies, numbering more than two hun dreda e,.one tonk part in the exo Wire Entanglements, Man in Armor and the Star Shell. RUSS AND INGENIOUSJAPS Japanese Were Not Accustomed to the Searchlights and Were Confused and Blinded by Them-Realized Their Safety Lay in Gtting Back to Camp. Among the many contrivances which contributed to make Port Ar thur what it was, - nothing exceeded in importance the Russian use of wire entanglements, writes B. V. Norre gaard. war correspondent of the Lon don Daily Mail. The single or double rows of these entanglements were the strongest passive defenses of the forts, and the Japanese tried many devices to cut their way through. At first they thought to succeed simply with shears, of which they had brought 50,000 with them, but the wire was too strong. The commonest way was for the soldiers to creep up after dark, lie on their backs. and then try to cut the wires with their shears. For a time another expedient was more successful. A man would crawl up during the night and fix ropes to the tops of some of the poles. and then wriggle back again with the ends of the ropes to the nearest trenches. where his comrades 'ould tug, with an "ichi, ni, san," till the whole ar r^ ngement ; came down bodily. But the Russians soon found out what was happening. and the next time the Japancse tried the same game they iounO that the poles had l'een wire-braced and withstood all tbeir efforts. Of course. the shell fire destroyed much of the wire fences, but the Jap anese had another way of destroying them by powder. They took long bamboo poles and filled them with black, strong, smoke-giving powder. Then a man crept up, placed the pole under the entanglements, lit a fuse, and so blasted part of the wire. Sometimes the men would ,as a last desperate resort, walk up in, broad dayight-I have seen it myself before an attack-protected by one of their big shields, and quietly set tN work to cut the wire right in front qf the de renders. The shields are made of two one-quarter inch iron plates welded to gether, and weigh about forty pounds One slit at the top is for the eyes and the bottom slit it where the man works his shears. The shield reaches to his knees and is slung from his shoulders. He can only walk very slowly, and I do not think he would have much of a chance in a race with a tortoise. The first man who was sent outwras met by a number of rifle shots, which hit him right in the chest; the bul lets did not penetrate the shield, but the impact, which possessed the force of a s'edgehammer blow, knocked him clean over. He was not hurt ,but got Sn his feet again, and the impact of the bullets made him stop and stqg ger, before he reached the entangle ments. Of the active means of defense the Russian searcnulgats and machine guns came in the front rank. They ut terly blinded and confused the Jap anese, At one moment the powercul light was glaring full in their faces. at the next it was suddenly turned off. leaving them in complete and baffling darkne3ss. Then suddenly another light, of which the Russians had nine, threw the Japanese into the fullest relief. Tnstantly a tremendous fire was opened up on them from rifles, and5 especially, from machine guns, which, at this range, played havoc with them on the coverless plain. They could see nothing, they could do nothing; death was among them, and they knew not how to evade it; they were blind and he3lpless, and did not know where they were or whore the enemy was. Everything got mixed up for them. Even the bravest among them recog nized that there was only one thing to do-get away, away from the slaughter, rway from the cruel light. back 1o their own camps, back to the night and the darkness. A Japanese machine gun attempted to rec over the retreat. A star shell instantly detected it, whereupon a searchlight was turned upon it and the Russian quickfirers went up and commenced their "pom-pom-pom" against it and put it out of action at once. It was no use; the attack was hopelssly broken. The Japanese be fore th~e siege were not accustomed to the searchligh~tts. As one of their of neers said to me, gloomily, after the reverse: "They are the most deadly weapons we have to face." At times we could hear a faint swish in the air when a star shell was fred. A thin. ,scarcely perceptibk crved line of sparks mounting sky ward, a rain of 'white phosphorus stars sinking slowly, slowly througt the dark. a glory of light, a dream 01 beauty. and an excellent means of illuminating, for a few moments, thr nderiying country, in a way that n< ten searchlights can do it, becaust the light, of an immense intensity comes from right above. so that ther< are no deep shadows: everything i: laid bare. not a man can move or livr under the circle of light without be jg discover-ed. The ink plant of New Granada Is curiosity. The juice of it can he use. ~s ink without any preparation. A' rst the writing is red. but after few hours it changes to black. Russia has a per capita inv-estmen In industrial enterprises of $4. Whil the United States have $125. On His Dignity. "Waiter, what do you call this?" de manded the bushy haired man at the table in the corner, pointing to a black ened mass that lay shriveled up in the middle of his plate. "It looks like an exceedingly well dne steak, sah," said the sable func tionary in the white apron, standing stily erect "You ordahed it well done, didn't you?" "Yes, but" "Wel, sah, when a gent'man ordahs a steak rare we cook It rare, when he ordahs It mejum we cook it mejum, an' when he ordabs it well done we cook It well done If it takes fo'teen hund'ed cubic feet o' gas. Wish cawfy, saj?"-Chicago Tribune. Killed Two Ofilcers. At Knoxville Tenn,. rather than submit to arrest, Ernest Wells shot and killed Patrolmen Mike Wren and 0. L. Sarnagin, who were try ig to take him into custody. After the shooting Wells surrendered to a citizen and said he would have been sent to the work house if arrested and that he would as soon be hang ed as sent to the workhouse. CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA. How This Distressing Ailment May Be Banished Without Drugs. It is amazing that so common a dif ficulty as dispepsia should be so little understood. by the general public and that its remedy should be so hard to find. But it can be cured, and without any marvelous nostrums, by observing a few important rules of health, says the Kansas City Times. The dyspep tic must first fix in his mind the fact that his ailment is the result of bad habits of eating and living and that these must be changed and that drugs will do him no good. He must begin by avoiding all starchy foods, as pota toes, rice, oatmeal, beans, etc. Meats, soft boiled eggs, milk toast, zwieback, etc., are the best foods for avoiding fermentation and the gas that causes dyspepsia pains. In serious cases but termilk is one of the best dependen cies. Another is boiled milk with a slight addition of limewater. Either of these will enable the most chronic dyspeptic to procure some sustenance without serious distress. He should drink freely of hot water, at least two quarts a day, always tak ing a glass half an hour before maeal time. He should not crowd his meals close together, as with an, impaired digestion it is often best to have the meals six or seven hours or more apart. The rule to be followed is that a new meal should not be eaten until the previous one is digested or out of the way and the stomach has had a little rest, and there must be further rest after eating. It is absolutely essential to eat slow ly and chew with the greatest thor oughness. Complete chewing in the mouth, permitting no washing down with coffee or tea, salivates the food so that it is ready for digestion when it goes into the stomach, and persis tence will put good flesh on any lean dyspeptic. There is a theory that when solid food is chewed in the mouth to an absolute pulp that the organs in the back of the mouth exercise a selec tive action and send to the stomach only that which Is fitted to be convert ed into blood and tissue, thus relieving the digestive organs of handling the waste. Whether or not this is correct is for the science of the future to de termine. Certain it is that nature gave us grinding teeth for the purpose of chewing our food and never Intended that we should swallow it unchewed, as do those animals having more than one atomach. How to Treat Waxed Floors. Those who have waxed floors in their dwellings know, according to In doors and Out, how invaluable turpen tine is in cleaning them. With sand paper or steel wool, dipped in turpen tine, the blackest coating, which is apt to accumulate in winter on waxed floors not frequently polished, can be easily and quickly removed, and a washing with turpentine does much to brighten up any waxed .loor prepara tory to the application of a light fresh coat of wax and polishing with the weighted brush. As' with all other painters' materials, however, turpen tine Is shamefully adulterated, and care must be taken to get only the best and putest from some thoroughly reliable dealer. The usual adulter ant is cheap benzine, and as benzine turns good floor wax a dirty white tur pentine so adulterated has an Injurious effect on t'he floor. The floor "waxes' made with tallow show less effect from adulterated turpentine, but the wise householder will use ~only those floor waxes which are made with bees wax and turpentine, -with a little par affin, but no tallow. How to Renovate Old Silk. Old silkg renovated in the followin: way will retain its luster and look as well- as when new, says Harper's Ba zar: Put two ounces of alcohol, -a ta blespoonful of mucilage or strained honey, a rounded tablespoonful of sofi soap (dissolve a small piece of good quality In water) and two cups of soft water in a bottle and shake until well m.edi Sponge the silk on both sides wA .he mixture,, rubbing well, and then shake up and down in a $ub of cold or cool water, neither rubbing noi wringing. Hold by the edge and flal off the~ water, pin the edges to the line, and while still damp Iron betweer cloths or paper with an iron only mod erately hot How to Care For the Piano. A piano is as sensitive to cold and heat as an invalid, so it must not be put too near a fire or the wood is drawn by the heat. Never leave it neal an open window if It Is raining or thls will rust the wires and mold the in side. Such an instrument should noi be put too close to a wall or the sound will be deadened, and it should be kep1 closed. when not in use. The keys should be dusted daily with an old silli handkerchief. If theyr become yeilou from neglect, rub them with lemor juice and a little whiting. Do not lei the dust fall between the keys. How to Clean an Engraving. To clean an engraving place the pic ture on a smooth deal board and cover It thinly with conimon salt which has been laely crushed. Squieeze lemoli juice en to the salt till It is disselvel Raise the board at one end and por boiling water on to the engraving till all the lemon arnd salt are washed off The engraving should then appeai quite clean and free from sta~na Leave it on the board till perfectly dry. How to Invent a Monkey Wrench. If one hasn't a monkey wrench or a pawr of plers at hand a straight edge nutcracker is just as good and in mos1 cases better, because It Is easily ad justed and the notches keep It from slipping. Took the Gas Route. Marquis C. Gaster. a wealthy re tired tea merchant, and formerly secretary and assistant editor of the Scientific American, was found dead from inhaling gas Thursday in his room at his home, No. 30 West Fif ty-third street, New York. He had been ill recently and feared that he was losing his eyesight. First of the Year. Probably the first lynching of 1908 occurred at Brook Haven, Miss.. Thursday when a mob in broad day took a negro away from police offi cers and shot him. The negro. whose name was not known either to the police or mob, was accused of killing a policeman at Oakvale, Miss. on Tuesday night. Another Victim. At Swansea, Russia, Col Broberoff chief of the provincial gendarmie, was shot and killed in a crowded stret Thursdlay. A GREAT SPEECH. Senator Tiliman Opens the Eyes of Many People. He Discusses the Race Question in a Calm, Dispassionate Manner to a Large Audience. In accordance with previous an nouncement Senator B. . Tillman delivered an address on Wednesday to a large audience of ladies and gentlemen on the race z&blem. The audience was composed largely of city people, the bad roads no doubt preventing many people from the country coming in to hear the distinguished speaker, as they would have liked to do. The court house, where the meeting was held, was comfortably filled, one-third of the audience being ladies. Senator Tillman arrived in the city ox the Atlantic Coast Line train on Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock and was met by Capt. Claffy, Sherifi Dukes, Clerk of Court Salley, Hon. I. W. Bowman and Mr. J. C. Rans dale, of the committee appointed by the ladies to receive- and entertain the senator while here Mr J. L. Sims, of the committee, was unable to meet the senator on account o sickness In his family. The com mitteo escorted the senator to the beautiful country home of Mrs. J. W. Stokes, a few miles from the city, where he was royally entertained for the night. All the members o the committee and some of their wives were also guests of Mrs. Stokes, Tuesday evening, except Mr. Sims, who, from the cause already stated, was denied that pleasure. This. was not the first visit of the senator to the hospitable home of Mrs. Stokes, as he and Mrs. Till man have been guests there before. Mrs. Stokes drove the senator in on Wednesday morning and he was taken to the St. Joseph's Hotel by the com mittee, where he remained until time for the address. During the short time he was at the hotel a number of gentlemen called to pay their respects A few minutes be fore 12 o'clock he left the hotel and reached the 'court house just about -the time appointed for the speech. He was warmly greeted on the street and in the court house by old 'friends and admirers. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. D. D. Dantzler. Then Hon. I. W Bowman introduced Sen ator Tillman In a very few vords as the greatest South Carolinian and one of the foremost statesmen of the times The seirator. as- he arose, was greeted most enthusiastically on all sides. He opened his address by referring to his former visits to Orangeburg, and said hie felt some what embarrassed this time because a fee was charged-to hear him. He said thfs was dong by the ladie's at his suggestion as' a means to help along the grand cause they were wishing for, and that he was glad to be able to contribute, -by his time and labor, to the establish fent of a hospital where the afficted could be treated without going to some other city. Senator Tillfan then took up the race problem and discussed it in a calm and dispassionate manner. There was no bitterness In his speech towards the negro as a -race, but he painted out the .great dan ger that-confronted the South. ip the years to come when the present means used to curtail the~ negro vote will no longer be applicable. He said it was a lementable fact that more negro' children were attending school in South Carolina than white children, and that it was a question of time only when there would be more ne'gro' voters in this State than white voters. He said that the framers of the present constitution went as far as they could in disfran chising the negro without disfran chising white men, which he said would never do. He thought the day would come, unless present eonditions were changed, when the whites would di vide and the negro would be brought in by the two factions of the white people to settle their po litical disputes. He referred to the fact that no election on any ques tion could be settled now in this State without the charge of fraud being charged against one side or the other. He cited as an evidence of what he meant by referring to the frequent contests over dispen sary elections and new county elec tions. He said these contests be tween white people encouraged the negro to hope for political power some day, and he thought the white people should stop it- and settle their, troubles without so much quarrel ing among themselves. Senator Tillman paid a grand and beautiful tribute to th'e womanhood of the South, who, he said, would keep the race pure, but he scored in scatching terms white men who were guilty of the great wrong to theit' race of raising colored familieb. He said all such men were the worst enemies the South had, and that they should be 'made to leave the South in broad, open daylight, never to return. As usual with the sen ator, he did not mince his words when on this branch of his theme but talked out plain and in unmis takable language. He told of some of his experiences in speaking to Nortehrn people. He said the peo ple of the North were having their eyes opened about the conditions at the South and that they were will ing for the South to settle the race question if it was liminated from He s5aid the Northern people had so few negroes among them that the race question did not menace them as it did the people of the South. He said the negro up North was like one dead fly in a pan of milk, which could be swallowed by the people of that section without much inconvenience, but in the South the conditions were reversed. Here, he Isaid, we would have to swallow a pan full of dead fies with hardly enough milk to cover them. This happy illusion brought down the house. Senator Tillman's speech was a splendid one all the way through. He thought the solutior, of the problem was in giving each State the right in .-nel~e Z frage question. The .a 'e only an mere+ synopsis of Senator AWFUL ACC1DENT. A Honea Path Merchant Shoots Fa tally His Wife. A frightful accident occured at Honea Path Wednesday morning, by which Mr. Sherard L. Callahan a well known merchant, shot and killed his wife. Mr. Callahan had started out over his plantation and decided to carry his rifle along. The gun was in his bed room. He had taken it in his hands and, in some way, he does not know how, it was discharged, the ball entering Mrs. Callahan's temple.. Mr. Callaham is almost crazed by the accident and cannot tell how thE gun was fired. It had not been used in some time. Mrs. Callaham lived a short while and never -Poke after the shot was fired. She was a MisE Robinson, of the Craytonville sectioi of the county. She was about 35 years old and leaves five small chil dren. The home life of Mr. and Mrs Callaham was an :unusualy ha~pi one. They were prominent people and had many friends and relative! throughout the county. The acci dent is a most distressing one, and Mr. Callaham Will have the heart felt sympathy of his many friends The accident occurred between 8 an 9 o'elock. PROHIBITION REIGNS. Judge Newman Refuses to Enjoh Georgia Liquor Law. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., say the .most notable feature of the firs day of prohibition in Georgia wai the refusal of Judge W. P. Newman in the United States Circuit cour to grant an injunction pending liti gation which would prevent the put ting into effect of the - prohibitioi law. Papers in the case were filed lat Tuesday on behalf of the breweries Judge Newman simply filed a mem orandum reading as follows: "After careful consideration ai injunction pendante lite will not P4 granted. This being true it is un necessary to call on the defendant to show cause." Under the law the defendants i action against the prohibition bil wi1 have until March in which tA demur or fix an answer. .Thi leaves the whole matter in abeyano until that time. In the meantime prohibition is i effect, in every district of Georgia. Blind Tiger Whiskey. A dispatch from Greenwood t, The State says the only report o any Christmas fatalities In tha county reached the city of Green wood on Friday. According to thl report seven negroes were badl: shot at a hot supper Thursday uigh given at the home of a negro, Pres Carter, on G. M. Kinard's planta tion, eight miles below Greenw.ood One- negro, Miles Moore, Is expecte< to die. The others, tho~ugh bad!: woundcd may recover. All partie were drinkin'g. :Shotguns were use< and the wounded ones are well pej pered with "shot. H'INTS FOR THE DRESSMAKERS, Never Failing Employment and Goo Pay Assured on Specialities Work. -There is a seamstress.in New Yor: who knows how to make butterfie eut of ribbon. She can also fashio: violets and other ribbon trimmings. -She goes out for tlie day making ther and when she has fmilsnedsshe tr'm them with lace. Speaking of her art she -says "There are dozens of seamstresse that are starvirg to death. I 'maki my living and I am busy every day:i the year. Yet I do nothig but mal trimmings of ribbons and lace. I tall your old lace bits and make them u in charming ways and I transfori your ribbons into ornaments whic are priceless when it comes to matter of decoration. "- would," said she, "if I were seamstrss, learn to make ribbon bow especially the new kind, with no en at all. I would learn the Josephin rosettes, the sash ribbon bows, th Louis Quinze knots and the butterflie I would also learn how to trim thes ribbon ornaments with-lace. "Of course, I would learn how t color laces. Recently I took som stained old lace and dipped it untili was a golden yellow. Then I bought yard of real gold lace and mixed it-.i with the other. This I made up int ribbon ornaments for the waist, whic! looked as though they were all mad< of gold lace. - "I know of no better occupation to the moment than the- making of tb< numerous ribbon ornaments wit] which the woman of fashion is trin ming her gowns." How Being Jilted Benefits a Girl. A normal woman shoi'ld not bi soured by being jilted. She woul< only be a little wiser, a little bette: able to judge between the true an< th false afi erward. She would- not be so ready to trust all men, but woull have just as much faith in the on< man as ever should she love again, fo faith and hope and love awe the nat ural heritage of the normal womar These qualities 9.re as much a part C her as life itself. The wise girl, however, recognize that it is better to, be jilted before mar riage th'an neglented iafter-vards. Shb may love him dearly, and yet willing, give him up On b'earing that his hear has changed towards her. Probabl, the worst sorrow a girl can know wculd be hers, with the knowledge that his heart had gone from her t< another. But e~en then, if she trul; lo'es; she would not feel bitter tow ards him. Tillman's speech, which would hay. to be heard to be appreciated. I was a great speech, and was thor oughly enjoyed by all who heard it IHe certainly converted his audience to his,. way of thinking on the tre mndous race problem that wil: Ihave -to be solved by the people oj the South sooner or later. Senator Tillman's reference it his speech to new county dispute: was cheered to the echo by the ad vocates of Calhoun county who wer4 in the audience. While at dinne: Senator Tillman was told that thi present contest against Calhour ounty was brought by white men who were not allowed to vote a; the question, and he said if that was the case the supreme court ought, and he believed would, de clare the election illegal as no white man should be denied his right tc vote. The senator left for Columi bia on Wednesday night.-Orange' burg. Tmes a Democrat. A HLDIAN SACRIFICE. Offered Herself as a Burnt Offering for Sin. Mrs. Elizabeth Mosher, her mind unbalanced by religion fanaticism, burned herself to death at her home in Lincoln. Mich., Tuesday afternoon praying fervently and singing while her body was being consumed by the flames. After kissing her husband and telling him that she was going to take a nap, the woman went to her room up -stairs, soaked her clothing in a gr!lon of kerosene, liglited a match, -nd ignited it. Then throw ing herself upon her knees. by her bedside. she began to pray loudly and to si-g snaatches of hymns. Her b asband's attention being at tracted, he rushed up stairs to find her enveloped in flames. She screameI to him. to go away, and continuedl to pray and sing, while she was bleing literally roasted allve3 Mr. Mos"er made a desperate effort to extinnish the flames, but- his wife fell over dead. SHOR-TAGE IN BERKLEY. The Treasurer and the Auditor Needs Checking Up. Comptroller-General Jones has re ported to the Governor that an ex amination of the books of the audi tor and treasurer of Berkeley County show a ondition of aftairs that jus I tifles the attention of the Governor. The treasurer, Mr. John 0. Ed wards, is stated to be short over $5,000, but this does not necessari ly mean that the t'easurer is guilty of peculation, since the shortage may be due to errors of bookkeep ing. Mr. Jones has a telegram from Mr. Edwards to-day stating that. he has the money to cover the short age.. The auditor, Mr.' C. M. Wiggins, is reported for "grossest. neglect adi carelessness,' and . the statements made by the experts in Tegard to tie auditor's books are very strong, to say the least. - Governor Ansel under the law bas the power to suspend the officers, named and to report their cases to the Senete, but he had not had the opporturity to-day to look into the matter end has -not announced his determination In the premises. THOUSANDS SIGN PLEDGE. Employees of a Big Railroad Give Up Whiskey.. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says probably the -largest temper ance movdment any one business concern has' ever known culminates Wednesday night when a -temper ance pledge, signed- by 25,000 em ployees becomes effective. An ef fort is being- made. to have every employe of :tbe road sign the pledge The movements originated 'by' the' railroad employees themselves - and not among the offi'cers. Three months -ago when -the -Northwest ern begsn cutting its force .to a win n ter basis, Meery .man 'disehargea was -a drinkingdi an,- the t'eetotal lers b~eing retained4 in their posi .tions. - At .o'ne time, It was announced that the -road -had inaugurated a policy always retaining the -non dringing men. -As a result the ddrinking iihen,. -who . remained with the road' haveddecided to quit, ,and Sduring the last month pledges have circulated ~all over the 7,000 miles of the system. - SThe monster pledge will be sent Sto 'the' president of the road, as soon as all the parts are assem bled-. THE CATTLE TICK. eThe Pest Cause Great Loss to South 0en Farmers. SDr. Dodson,ed4irector of the State experiment stations of .Louisiana, has issued an appeal to the people of the Southern States to use their in fiuence with ;the Uni'nI Statess Sen ators and Co'igressmen to secure a liberal appropriation from Congress - to aid the Southern States in fight Ing the cattle tick. eIn the letter he says: ."One of the most important problems con fronting Southern aggriculture Is eradicating of the cattle fever tiek. A careful estimate by the Federal authorities places the annual loss to cattle -in the infested Southern States at the enormous sum of $40, 0Q0,000. "Sufficient work has already been done to demonstrate the feasibility of- c'ieaning the infected territory of the parasite." SEABOARD AIRLINE .RAILWAY. Placed in the Hands, of a Receiver Thursday. -A dispiatch from Richmond, Va., - says Judge Pritchard, judge of the United States circuit court, entered a decree Thursday naming S. DavIes ~Warfield of Baltimore and R. Lan caster Williams of Richmond as re cevers to take Immediate posses son of the property of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. - The bond of each was fixed at $50,000. -This system has considerable mileage Iin South -Carolina. STILL UNSOLVED, No Clue To Identity of Woman Who Was Found in Pond.. The mystery enveloping~ the mur-. der of the "Woman in ed is seem ingly as impenetrable as when the nude body was first discovered on Christmas day, partially concealed in the water and slime of a lonely pond near Harrison, N. J. Thus far the detectives have failed to find a single realible clue of the woman or her slayeyr. The identi Ification of the dead woman by Mrs. Hattie Hull and Detective Drabii, of Orange. N. J., have completely collapsed. Word was received from ~Philadelphia that Agnes O'Keefe, whom Detective Drabili believed the murdered woman to be had been found in that city. Acting Ms.' or Daly. of Harrison,. N. J., annour cel t'-at the -city courcil would off i r a .: - $1,000 .r the arrest and conviction of the slayer. With the hope of finding a new clue inl the way of clothing or effects the pond in which 'the body was found is to be drained. The famous Belgian polie hoends, wihPice Commissioner imported recntl, wllbe used in an attempt to track the murderer.