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A GOOD WORK Being Done by the Audubon So ciety as Shown by ITS ANNUAL REPORT Which Has Just Been Filed for the Information of the Public.-Pres ident Taylor Makes a Statement on the Enforcement of the Game Law for the Year Just Ended. Society Deserves Support of AU. President B. F. Taylor of the South Carolina Audubon society has com pleted his annual report showing the work of the society since its incor poration by the general assembly at the last session. The report is inter esting in that it shows the improve ment in conditions in the preserva tion of game and that until the so ciety took charge there was little at tention paid to the laws of this State. The report submitted by Mr. Taylor is as follows: On March 16, 1907. there went in to effect the statute creating the Audubon society of South Carolina, with powei of a State trarne and fish commissio:n. On April 9. the incor porat.6 :d a nmeeting in Columbia and the following officers were e, ed: President. B. F. Taylor. Vice president, Dr. H. N. Snyder. Temporary seeretary, George S. Heyward. Treasurer. A. R. Heyward, Jr. The following were elected to con stitute the board of directors: Neils Christensen, Beaufort; 0. B. Martin, Columbia; Dr. P. N. Mell, Clemson College; C. P. Wray. Ridge way. D. H. Coker, Hartsville; Mrs. Augustine Smythe, Charleston: A. F. Lever, Lexington, and R. I. Man. ning, Sumter. Immediately after the meeting the president began gathering all infor mation available regarding the exact condition of game and fish protectior in the State. He soon ascertained that in many sections but slight at tention was paid to any of the game and fish protective laws. Game birdc and deer weresconstantly killed out of season, and in some quarters a large traffic of their dead bodies was carried on for. market purposes. Fish were being slaughtered in immensE numbers by means of traps and dy namite. Song birds were shot indis. criminately and many were trapped to be shipped North. The beautifu] sea-birds, which nest in colonies along the coast, were constantly rob bed of their eggs each summer. The license law, which formerly required .every non-resident hunter to pay $25 for shooting license, had been sys tematically avoided. Under the old law 14 county game wardens had been appointed. Letters to all these wardens brought out the fact that, owing to inadequate pay, lack of State supervision, and for other causes, they had been practically .in active, one of them only reportng two convictions for violation of the game laws for the year previous. Or the other hand from all over 'he State letters began to pour in asking for him from the Audubon society, showing that large numbers of peo ple were interested in bird and fish protection, and hailed with much joy the fact that the State had at length taken an interest in preserving these valuable assets to the commonwealth. One of the first things to claim the attention of the Audubon society was the publication in pamphlet form of the State game law known as the "Auhrbon law." Fifteen hundred: copies were printed and distributed throughout South Carolina and the more important features have beer printed frequently in the public press of the State. The importance of this work can hardly be underes timated, as there is no doubt that many people violate the game laws through ignorance of the statutes. More than 5,000 pamphlets. with~ plates showirgg the wild birds L. their natural colors, have been distributed in the schools, among farmers and elsewhere. These were furnished by Mr. William Dutcher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies. The work of revising and enlarg ing the wardeni force at once began. Some of the officers who displayed most intert:s - ere s ee.-.mmnissioned by the goveri;:nr a= State wardens, and a nan m -: 2 addi:nz have been made. The following is a list of the names of wardens appointed and serving up to December 15, 1907. J. E. Rutledge, Lancaster; George A. Malloy, Cheraw; W. L. Samson, Cross Keys; George W. Hazzard, Cat Island; William Elliott. Yemasee; D. J. Salley, Orangeburg: William Ly kes, Lykesland; S. M. Rice, Ir., (E. U.) Union; John N. Bates, Spartan qurg; John D. W. Watts, Laurens; J. H. Robinson, Greenville; John Weiking, Charleston; Kajiitan E. Kremser, South Island; Victor E. Thelming, McClellanville; Theo. S. Johansen, Frogmore; Charles Ander son, Port Royal, Richard Stone bridge, Savannah, Ga.; E. Y. Fergu son, Enoree; E. A. Sessions, Ridge way; J. W. Wilson, Conway; Frank E. Johnstone, South Island; W. S. McKaskill, Conway; W. Fletcher, Smith, Gaffney; C. W. Boykin, St, Stephens; S. P. Holliday, Pineville; W. S. McClelland, Pineville, N. C.; H. Warren Richardson, Genett; Thomas B. Earle. Anderson; Halvor S Svendsen, Charleston; Charles J esn South Island; James E. 5.....:. Mt. Pleasant; Frederick H. Brug - man, Hilton Head; Robert Sisson, .vannah, Ga.; K S. Villepi gue, Caen; W. H. Wylie. Rock Hill: J. B-. THook, Clemson College; Dr. L. H' Rusell, Greenwood. The warden force is being enlarg ed as rapidly as funds will permit, and it is expected that before long there will be two or more active of ficers in every county. It has been foand hard to get wardens in a numn ber of the counties, because they are required to work, and because. in some instances, they do not wish to make cases against their friends. It is the duty of a game warden to acquaint the people of his territory with the character of the laws for the preservation of the wild game and fish, to see that the $10 non-res ident hunter's license, now required by law, is paid and to arrest and prosecute all nersons found guilty of JUQR DIED From Heart Failure While Sitting On a Case. The greatLest excitement broke forth in Part ' of the court of gen eral sessions, in New York. where a civil suit was being heard when it was discovered that Moses Olenick, jt:xror No. 2, who was apparently as leen in his chair. was dead. The clerk of the court was calling the roll of the jurors, but when hE reached Olenick's name, taere was no response. He called the name a second and a third time, but still there was no answer. Nearest thE juror was Thomas 'Moore, an agent of the Gerry society, and Moore lean ed forward and touched the appar lenuty sleeping juror on the shoulder Moore saw in a moment that the juror was dead. Dr. Frank McGuire the Tombs prison physician, was hur riedly sent for, but he said the mat had been dead several minutes. H( had been stricken with heart failure FOUND ON REEF. Only Man Who Escaped From Wrecli of Houseboat. The only survivor of the five met who were washed to sea on the ill fated houseboat to Cedar Keys, Fla. Thursday, was brought ashore. hav ing been, found on an oyster reef b: a tug boat. After being battere about for a time by the storm th4 boat went to pieces. This survivo. and one other man managed to keel afloat on part of the wreckage, bu while helplessly drifting in the gul: one of the men died from exhaus tion. The rescued man was in I pitable condition when rescued, hi: clothing having been torn from hii body and he was almost dead fron exhaustion. dens work under the direction an< control of the State Audubon socie ty, and are required to make report of their activities to the Columbi office. It is hoped that soon arrange ments can be made to put a numbe: of these officers on a regular salary but at the present their remunera tion consists of fees for work actual ly accomplished, viz.: $10 for eael conviction which they secure, an< $2 50 for each non-resident licens they may be the means of collect ing. Although the law has been in op eration but a short time, its efficien cy has already been demonstrated In addition to an immense amoun of educational work. the warden have found it necessary to brin prosecutions in a number of in.ta -c es. As a result of their activities convictions have been secured in th, following cases. Killing quail out of season, 4; dy namiting fish, 1; hunting without li censes, 4; killing non-game birds, 2. Eight cases are now pending in th courts. One warden has destroye< over 30 traps in one stream whic] were illegally set for catching fish The dynamiting of fish has alread: been stopped in many p laces, an< hundreds of irresponsible pe opli have been taught that the fish ani game protective laws must be re spected. On the faithfulness and ac tivity of these officers must depent much of the lasting good for whic] the Audubon society is working Many of the wardens have but re .cently been appointed and as ye have not had sufficient opportunit: to show their abilities. The secretary, James Henry Rice Jr., has been in the field a large par of the time since May 1, solicitini members for the society, selectini wardens and performing other du ties of similar character. He has a. ready visited over half the countie in the State. Mr. Rice has however been forced to give his attention t< other duties than those of the socie ty, as his pay is not sufficient fron Ithis source alone to maintain him We hope the income for the comini year will warrant the appointmen of a man to give his whole time an< attention to this work. His service in the field have been satisfactory but with more funds with which ti keep him active much more of thi territory could have been covered He finds in his visits throughout th< State that the unanimous opinion o: the people is that the society is great ly needed and that the game protee tive laws should be made more ade quate by amendment in a number o: instances. These changes are sug gested later in this reoort. IBy direction of the national gov enent, the lighthouse keepers or the coast have been instructed t< protect the sea-birds and to cooper ate with the Audubon society. We haehad all the eighth keepers ap pointed game wardens, with the un standing that their duties as warden! must not interfere with their duties as light keepers. Already we havi obtained from these gentlemen mued valuable information regarding breeding colonies, and their constan1 trips from their stations to Charles leston, Georgetown, Beaufort, and Savannah will enable us to prevent many depredations on islands during the breeding season. The Unitec States department of agriculture has also furnished the society with sev eral hundred copies of their publica tions of "'Game Laws" and the "Val ue of Birds to Agriculture." These have all been distributed in the State. The outlook for the Audubon so ciety work in South Carolina is very promising. Already a very substan tial membership has been enrolled and this will increase as the objieets become more widely known. There are hundreds of people in the State who enjoy the sport of hunting or angling; these should all be interest ed in it work. The owners of private game preserves, whether resident or non-residents of the State, will doubtless gladly co-operate with the society, as, indeed, some of them~ have already signified their willing ness of doing. Every farmer in South Carolina should be a local friend of the so ciety. which is laboring to preserve the valuable insect-eating and weed destroying birds, by whose efforts in field and grove his lands are enab led to produce their annual yield. And then the outlook is bright be ause the movement is a good one and is founde4d on sensible principles. In .37 States in the Union, Audubon societies exist and everywhere they are having an enormous iunuence for good. B. F. Taylor. President. The report of the treasurer shows over $1.000 colled from dues and various sources and a balance on hnrdr of $.2.7 AN ANCIENT TRA'dEDY Recalled by the Sale of Old Books in London. How the Assassins o fthe Mayor of FavorshtuN Were Dealt With By the Old Timers. At a recent old book sale in Lon don some rare books were sold. Among those that brought the high est price were the third folio of Shakespare and "Arden of Faver sham. The first named brought $7, 750. and the latter $6,050. This "Arden of Favershain" is doubtless the tragedy printed in 1592, which was at first attributed to Shakespare. It is the dramatization of one of the most terrible tragedies in private life, and the.play is now attributed to George Lillo. And this is the history: Thomas Arden a gentleman of Kent, was Mayor of Faversham, in 1550. Ar den's wife, Mistress Alice, young, tall, well favored of shape and coun tenance, had a lover named Mosebye. "a black, swart man." The unfaith ful wife and the lover conspired to put an end to the husband. They employed as confederates John Green, a tailor, George Bradshaw, a goldsmith, and one "Black Will.'' a professional murderer. The wicked wife laid a plot for murdering the husband in his own house and procured the services of Mosebye's sister, Cicely Pounder, and of two of Arden's domestic ser I vants, Michael Sanderson and Eliza . beth Hafford. On a day chosen for the deed Black Will was hidden in a closet in Arden's parlor. After sup Der, Arden sat down to play some ' kind of game with Mosebye. Green I stood at Arden's back, holding a can dle. At a signal in the game, Black I Will came out with a napkin in his hand, threw it over Arden's face, and strangled him. Mosebye struck L Arden with a tailor's pressing iron - and cut his throat with a dagger. It is added that Mistress Alice herself, with a knife, stabbed the husband seven or eight times in the breast. - When Black Will had helped to i drag the body into the closet he went to Cicely Pounder's house and re ceived eight pounds for his work. He : then left Faversham. Cicely Pounder then went to Ar den's house and assisted in dragging the body to a neighboring meadow. where they laid him on his back in t his night-gown with his slippers on his feet. After this Alice and her companions says the chronich, "danc - ed and played on the virginals and were merry. a By placing the body in the meadow in his night clothes it was intended to convey the impression that he had - been murdered by some one while I the festivities were going on in the house. Next morning Mistress Alice I alarmed the town with the announce ment that her good man was missing and that she had fears for his safe ty. A search was made by the towns peopih and the body was found. SSome of the people saw a long rush or two from the parlor floor (there -were no carpets in those days, stuck~ -between one of the slippers and the foot of the corpse. This brought the suspicion that Arden had been mur dered in his own house. The details -.of the murder soon came to be un raveled. SThen came the punishment; Mis tress Alice was burned at Canter bury; Mosebye, Green, Bradshaw and Cicely Pounded were hanged; Sanderson was drawn and hanged; Elizabeth Stafford was burned; Black -Will escaped for many years, but was at last taken and burned on a scaf fold at Flushing. Now there was a fine old-fashion editreadgy of Merry England in the hancyon days of good Queen Bess. That this early copy of the play, "Arden of Faversham," should bring $6,050 shows the unmitigated fury of the collector. It is doubt ful if any playwright of today will iattempt to immortalize Harry Or chard and his many murders. Per haps if a mouldy volume of such a play should be in existence 350 years from now there might be found some collector to give $6,000 for it. Ho Know. -There is a well known federal offecal at Washington whose family stoutly maintain that he is absolutely color blind, a contention as stoutly refuted by the offcial himself. On one occasion at table his wife re marked a new tie her husband was wearing. "I'll wager you don't know what color the tie is," she teasingly suggested. "It's blue." . .d the husband. "Right But how on earth did you know?" "Well." said the husband, with the same assurance. "when I bought it yesterday I told the clerk that if he didn't give me a blue one I'd throw Ihim out of' the window."--Harper's Weekly.________ Welter Weight--Did you hear the awful dressing down the master gave your friend Crasher? By Jove, he did let him have it! Thruster-Glad of that. What did he say to him? W. W.-Said he was nearly as bad as yo!-Punchi. New Postal Ruling. The uostmaster general has issued an order., which went into effect on Jan. 1, 1908, which requires publish ers of all papers to drop, from their subscription lists the names of all subscribers after a specified term Ifollowing the expiration of the tirae for which the paper is paid for. Hereafter publishers of weekly newspapers can not carry subscrib ers in arrears more than one year. semi-weeklies, more than .nine months, trn-weeklies longer than six months, and dailies longer than three months. For each violation the publishers will be fined 1 cent for each four ounces. Since the average newspa pers weighs four ounces or less,: each paper sent to a subscriber in* arrers for a longer period than in dicated will cost the publishers 1: cent fine. The same ruling requires that all papers sent through the mails as sec -nd class matter must be paid for and not sent complimentary. The ruling will revolutionize the newspa-' per business, and wil relieve the postal service of tons and tons of newpaper matter, which is carried at ve loIw rate of postage. PAYING POSITIONS. Young Men Urged to Make Appli cation for Them. Several Vacancies in South Carolina Internal Revenue Service Under Civil Service Protection. A competitive examination under the rules of the United States civil service commission will be held at Columbia and Charleston, in the postoffice buildings, on February 1, to fill vacancies in the internal rev enue service in South Carolina. three examinations will be held, one for deputy collector, one for clerk in the office of the collector of internal revenue at Columbia and one for storekeeper-gauger. The position of deputy collector pays a salary of $1,100 and an ex pense allowance of $700 annually is made; the position of clerk carries a salary of $1,150 and the positioa of storekeeper-gauger pays $4 per day, with about six weeks idle time during the year. Major Nicah Jenkins, collector of internal revenue for South Carolina. is very anxious to have good men make application for these different positions. "I, of course, want men of character in the revenue service and the vacancies in my district are worth the while of bright, energetic young men In the State and I hope to see a good number stand applica tion for them. The examinations are not hard and the work required in each of these position is not in the least unpleasant." Major Jenkins says that he will be glad to give any information con cerning any of these positions to any one who may desire it. Applications for the examination must be made on the prescribed form, which, with necessary instructions, may be ob tained from Mr. M. W. Peuroifoy, at the Columbia postoffice. If you can not call on him in person write for blank enclosing two cent stamp for return postage.. All persons wish ing to take the examination should secure blanks and fill them out at once in order to allow time for any necessary corrections. No applica tions will be accepted unless receiv ed in Washipgton before 4.30 p. m, on January 25. All applicants must be 21 years o; age or over. The subjects are ex tremely simple. Other Examinations. On Jan. 22 an examination will be held to fill the following vacancies: Assistant steam engineer in the office of the secretary of war; forest plant ing assistant (male) in the depart ment of agriculture; teacher of me chanical drawing in the Indian ser vice; teacher In the Indian service; machinist in the government print Ing office. An examination lasting two days Jan. 22-23, will also be held to fl vacancies in the Philippine service There are at least 300 vacancies it the position of teacher to be filled and appointments to that positior will be made, except in a few cases at $1,200 per annum. Those appoint ed under this examination will bi eligible for promotion up to $2,00( per year for teacher and from $1,604 to $3,000 for division superinten dent. An insufficient number of eligible was secured from the recent exami nation. It Is anticipated that ap pointments of eligibles resulting from this examination will be made to the position of teacher in March and April next and their transporta tion arranged with a view to their arrival in Manila about June 1, 1908, the beginning of the school year. Others will be required in the various clerical and administra tive offices in the islands. The ma jority of appointments of eligibles resulting from the assistant exami nation are made at the entrance sal ary of $1,200. Each college student who will be graduated in 1908 should state in his application the degree he expects to receive. Men only will be-admitted to this examination. The time allowed for this examni tion is two day of seven hours each. The first three subjects will be given on the first day, and the remailhing subjects on the second day. Age limit, 18 to 40 years on the date of the examination. On January 27, an examination will be held for stenographer and typewriter. Special attention is in vited by the civil service commission Ito the fact that there is a large num ber of vacancies throughout the United States, and the supply of eli gibles for some time has not been equal to the demand. Women will be admitted to this examination for the departmental service, but will not be examined for the isthmian canal or Philippine service. On January 29 an examination will be held for tariff clerk (male), at $1,200 per annum, in the inter state commerce commission. Two days will be allotted, Jan. 29 30, to the examination of applicants for the position of scientific assistant in seed testing, in the department of agriculture. Application blanks for any of these examinations may be secured by applying to Mr. M. W. Peurifoy, clerk, at the registry window of the Columbia postoffice. YOUTHtFUL CRIINAL. Little Girl Confesses to Many Seri ous Crimes. Confessing that she was an in cendiary, a shoplifter, a sneak theif, and a burglar, a 12-year-old girl re cently told the sheriff of Lake coun ty Indiana, a tale of criminal ex ploits which rivalled the record of most offenders four times her age. She is Anna Jensick, of Roby. Id., and her confession followed her arrest on a charge of having set fire to $10.000 worth of hay owned by the Knickerbocker Ice company. of Chicago. The fire, started by the girl and her five year old brother, whom she enlisted as an aid, spread to the ice houses of the company. and for a time threatened to wipe ou the entire town of Robertsdale, adjoining Roby. "I just wanted to see it burn," said the girl. "I know it was wrong. ut something inside of me told me to light the bay and see a pretty fire." This child's mind is certainly Adly h~nedar SALME OLD CONTEST. Will Take Money in Lieu of Seats in Congress. A dispatch from Washington to The News and Courier gave the in formation that Representatives Le gare, Patterson and Lever, from the 1st, 2d and 7th Congrestional dis tricts, respectively, were again to be put to the inconvenience and trouble of going through with the contests filed by the three South Carolina ne groes: Aaron Prioleau, Isaac Myers and A. D. Dantzler, who want to go to Congress from these districts. It appears from the records in the office of the clerk in the House that the testimony in these cases were filed last July, and was opened ac cording to law, during the months of August and SeptembEr of the past year. The papers filed by Prioleau cover 171 pages of testimony and briefly those of Myers 119, and those of Dantzler 114. The committee on elections has announced already that unless more damaging testimony can be secured by the Soutli Carolina negroes than they have produced up to this time there is little chance for any of the present Representatives to be un seated. As a matter of duty the committee is compelled to waste much valuable time in the reading of affidavits from the contestants in these cases, and in listening to long winded arguments from their attor neys. An examination of the briefs that have been filed shows that they dif fer in no material respect from those filed heretofore. In the main they attack the South Carolina electiot laws as being unconstitutional, be cause of the disfranchisement of the negro. Around this is built up 9 sentimental tale of woe about the negro and his abuse in the South which is handed to Congress at the beginning of each new session o. Congress. Neither of the contestants expec to get a seat in Congress, but the: are after the two thousand dollai allowance that the law gives to al contestants for congressional seats It is just such forces as these case: present every two years that con vinces us that the right of suffrag( should never have been conferred o such men as Dantzler and the oth ers, who would cut a grotesque fig ure in the national halls of legis lation. ANOTHER COTTON PICKER Wr. HarriB, of Manning, Secure Patent on New Machine. Mr. C. R. Harvin, of Manning, S C., has invented and patented a cot ton picking machine which gives en couraging promise of doing the worl for which it is designed. The whol apparatus is to be carried on a spec ially designed four-wheel truck an< drawn by horse power along the cot ton rows. The principle on whic1 the machine works is something likt that of the familiar suction flue a the modern ginnerles. .A gasoline engine on the forward part of the truck furnishes the pow er to run a pair of twin fans that di the suction work, while connecte< with the fans are four or more flex Iible tubes, or bose, that may be guided along the rows of open cot ton by unskilled labor. The force o the suction will draw up the flue; all well opened cotton, while a spec al device will pick out open cottoi that does not come freely from the boll. Mr. Harvin has not made a comn plete machine, according to his de sign, but he has rigged up on at ordinary farm wagon an outfit tha demonstrates his idea to be practi able. Being necessarily engaged it other business. Mr. Harvin has hal little time to devote to his importan invention, but he hopes soon to or ganize a stock company with suffE cent capital to push the matter in manner that its importance deserves We hope this machine will prove success. There is nothing that is sC much needed on the firm as a good machine to pick cotton. Labor ol the farms is so trifling that unles: some machine is invented to pici cotton its cultivation will be greatly curtailed. It will effect a great say ing too in the gathering of the cottor crop. Success to you, Mr. Harvin. The Labor Law. Chief Justice Pope Thursday sign ed an order calling an en banc meet ing of the circuit and supreme judge! on January 16 to pass upon the con stitutionality of the contract labot law involved in the case of ex parte Holman. Some Plain Talk. The News and Courier says "there is no question whatever that the im provement of the Edisto River should have the careful consideration of the iver and Harbors Committee in Congress. Representatives Patter son and Lever, of this State, are en gaged in an effort to make this stream navigable for boats of very light draught from Charleston to Orangeburg. Last year, as Mr. Le ver showed in his recent statement to the Rivers and Harbors Board of the War Department, 2,000 bales of cotton and 10,000 tons of fertilizers were sold in the city of Orangeburg. "Sixteen thousand bales of this cotton were shipped to Wilmington and all the rest, with the exception of 84 bales, which came to Charles ton by some good fortune, went to Savannah. All of the cotton market d at Orangeburg should have been sold and shipped through the port to Charleston. That it did not take this irection, as we have heretofore pointed out, was not on account of the rates charged by the railroads 'for the transportation of the cotton. "As a matter of fact the rate to Wilmington from Orangeburg was 30 cents the hundred pound, to Sa vannah 29 cents and to Charleston 25 cents. The advantage of rates en joyed by Charleston as compared with Wilmington amounted to 25 ents the bale of five hundred pounds, and of 20 cents the bale as compared with Savannah. Something more than the deepening of the Edisto River, evidently ivould be needed to draw the cotton from Orangeburg to this port, and that something must be supplied by the people at Charleston THE FIGHT GOES ON. Disfranchised Democrats Will Contend for Their Rights to Exercise Their Constitutional Peroga tive to Vote on All Questions Af fecting Them and Their Property. The county board, in reporting its finding, stated that there was evi dence of irregularities in the con duct of the election, such as voters being allowed to vote at precincts where they were not registered and being allowed to vote without proper proof of having paid taxes, but that there were not enough of such ir regularities to have changed the re sult of the election. The attorneys for the disfranchised voters contend that the question of numbers does not enter into the matter at all, and that the boxes in which such irreg ularities occurred should be thrown out, thereby changing the result ma terially. The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier points out that under the Act governing the formation of new counties it is pos sible to so run the lines of a pro posed new county that one voting plaee can control the entire election; in other words, every precinct but one can be left out of the new terri tory, while the people are included, as the Act does not say anything about the manner in which the lines shall be run, and as is true in the Calhouz matter, the new. county lines may be run without regard to township lines or to the shape of either the old or new territory. Following are the motion and ap peal which will be argued before the State board of canvassers: State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg-In the Matter of the Formation of the Proposed County of Calhoun. To Messrs. Bellinger & Welch, At torneys for Contestees, and Jolin S. Bowman, Jr., Esq., Chairman of County Board of County Can vassers of Election. Please take notice that A. R. Par ler, A. C. Smith and S. J. Smith, fol themselves and all other similarly interested, further protesting ahd contesting the validity of the said election, will ask the State board oi canvassers to sustain the action and judgment of the county board o canvassers upon the following grounds, to-wit. The county board of canvasser. should have declared and adjudged the said election null and void foi the further reasons: 1. Because the said election wa. not secret, but that the secrecy ol the ballot and voting was lost and destroyed because tickets in viola tion of the statutes in such cast made were furnished and used in thl said election, and because the tick ets furnished and used could not be voted and used without disclosing how the elector voted in said elec tion. 2. Because the books of registra tion were not opened in Cameron North, St. Matthews, Elloree ani other towns in said county during the year 1987, although said town: contained over three hundred inhabi tants, whereby numerous voters, whi were opposed to the proposed new -county, were thus prevented fron rgistering, or changing and correct ing their registration as allowed b: law, and voting in the said electior against the formation of the said nem county. 3. Because the statutes unde. which the said new county- electior was held (which deprives numerou: voters residing within the area of the proposed new county, their vot ing place having been cut withoul such area, from voting- upon the question of the formation of, suclt new county, although duly qualified and registered electors) contravene Section 1 of the fourteenth amend ment of the Constitution of the United States, and are therefore void and unconstitutional. 4. Because of mnay illegalities and - irregularities, to-wit: Allowing electors to vote without proof of payment of taxes, allowing electors to vote who were illegally registered allowing electors to vote* when dis franchised by conviction of infam ous crimes, and others of like kind, the box at St. Matthew's voting place therein should have been whol ly rejected and thrown out, thus re ducing the vote in favor of the new county by two hundred and twelve votes, and against the new county by two votes. 5. Because of many irregulari ties and illegalities in the vote and the voting at the voting places of Fort Motte, Cameron, Lone Star and St. Matthews, to wit: Allowing elec tors to vote without proof of the payment of taxes, without being properly registered, after having been disfranchised by conviction. not having paid taxes, residing with out the election precinct where they voted, and the like, the vote in favor the new county would be reduced about forty votes. 6. Because the result was chang ed or rendered very doubtful by rea son of the following facts, to wit: Electors were allowed to vote with out proper proof of payment of taxes were illegally registered, failed to pay taxes, had been convicted of dis qualifying offenses, resided in elec tion precincts other than the one in which the vote was cast, prevented from voting because while residing within the proposed county theit voting places were cut without such area and not opened for such elec tion, prevented from registering or correcting their registration as al lowed by law on account of the books of registration not having been open ed as provided by law, large number of electors within the territory dis couraged from voting on account of so many being prevented from voting and registering, etc., and the county beard of canvassers should have so decided and held the election void for these reasons also. 7. The county board of canvassers erred, after finding as a fact that there were irregularities such as vot ing outside of the right precinct and without proper proof of the payment of taxes, in not going further and holding as matter of law that voting outside of the iil pre~ Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum, No Lime Phosphate CHURCH AT MeCOLL BURNS. Newly Completed Baptist Church in Mill Village Destroyed. " The East Side Baptist Church in Nearly Two Million Bales Less the mill village at McColl, was des troyed by fire one night last week. Ginned Last Year There had been a prayer service in the early part of the night and it Is thought the fire originated from a defective fRue. This is a sad loss to the Bap.tists, who had just recently finished the church at a cost of about $2.000. Fortunately there was about $1,500 insurance on the building. According to the Census. Bureau Re This church was built through the efforts of Miss R. C. Carroll, who has port of Cotton Gined Up to the done a great work at McColl. Im- First of a 9,955,427 ]s mediately steps are being taken to ward rebuilding the church. Were Ginned Last Year Against SINGULAR DENT 11,741,039 Bales GInned The Year Causes a Mai to Lose One of Ms Before. Eyes. The census bureau Thursday Is sued its showing that the number of Mr. J. E. Clark, who lives a few, bales of cotton ginned from the miles from Johnston, lost his eye a growth of 1907 to January 1, 196S, few days ago in a peculiar manner. - was 9, 955,427, as compared with He was mounting his mule to go 11,741,039 last year, aud 9,715,426 home when the animal jumped and for 1906. the buckle on the bridle struck Mr. This counts round bales as halt Clarke in the eye, cutting the ball so bales. The numter of round bales badly that it had to be taken out atincluded is 179,691 for 1908, 255, once. 566 for 1907, and 263,581 for 1906. Sea, island cotton included is 73,628 Senator Tillman's Speech. bales for 1908, and 54,275 for.1907,. and 98.942 for 1906. The number lecture at Orangeburg on the race of active ginneries for 1908 was 27, question is a fair sample of his lec- 276. tures throughout the country he The distribution of sea island cot cannot be said to be a stirrer up of ton for 1908. by States is: Florida, 25 214: Georgia, 37,129; South Car strife," says the Columbia Record. olina, n,295. "He discussed the subject calmly There were ginned 9,284,070 bales and dispassionately, seriously and to December 13 last. The number of forcefuily. He made very clear what bales ginned to January 1'In 'the - i aparnt o ny newhothnksatvarious States and the number of all aat we aenroewithk a active ginnerles are as follows. race Question which cannot be set- Alaamnner0,21baess.43 tied by palliatives. The fact cannot Arkansas, 62.7,725 bales; 2,@83 bec blinked; it is before us and we ginerids.,513bae;424gn can't get rid of it by shutting our neri. 013 aes ,44gn -eyes. Whether it is wise to talk Georgia, 1,765,273 a bales; 4,531 about it or not, there is a difference ginneries. of opinion. If we are te have a so- : Kentucky, 1,329 bales; 2 gin intion that really solves, we shall be nerisiaa 56,7 als ,3 'compelled to discuss the question, to giana,56,47ies.;1,3 -discuss it sanely and in a way that irisaa. 6,7 bls ,3 looks to the welfase of both races. ginneries. "The people of the South are not Mississippi, L,228,446 bales; 3,495 responsible for the race question. It gin seri, 664 aess73g. was thrust upon them by the North, MeIss.r,2,4 ae;7 ~a having had its brhin the psaeof New Mexico, 95 bales, 2 ginneries. the fourteenth and fifteenth amend- North Carolina, 562,479 bales; ment to the constitution by a see- 2,702 ginneries tional and partizan congress. From -Oklahoma, 745,796 bales; 969. that day to this there has been in ex- ineS.Crln,10560bls istence this qnestion, and it won't 3,167 giuneries. do to say that because Senator Till- ,Tennessee, 225,245 bales; 660 m'an or anybody .else recognizes its ginneries. existence he is therefore responsible Texas. 2,092,738 b ales; 3,968 for its ben usin ftoe Virginia, 7,640 bales; 99 gIn amendmenIs had not been enacted neries. there would never have been any ~ HRE RW~D race question, and if they were re- ThStesasithtwey od pealed today we should cease to hear ~fHgbosap ee ie any talk of it. For what is it that: otws fClmiapryI mnakes it a race question? Not thechreoastigfhresadn negro as a man but the negro as a Terisadsoso h atfw voter, who as long as he remains such dy a ordatretIt h N ~ill Continue to be a menace,.tem edn teCnae n ''Senator Tillman believes in strik- tervrhdoefoe h wm ng at the root of the evil, and s ail htteprywr o possibly he is right. 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