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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY (, 1908 NO. 32 THEY WERE HUNG Toland Brothers Pay Death Pen alty for Awful Crime. AN ORDERLY CROWD Of About Four Huudred Witnessed the Execution in the Lexington Jail Yard-Both Were Hanged From the Same Scaffold.-They Held Firmly to Their Former Story of the Murder. At Lexington on Friday Ned and Brack Toland paid the penalty of death for the murder of Mrs. Paul Ellisor on February 26. They died: at a few minutes past twelve o'clock. both being hanged from the same gallows. "I am ready to die and tell everybody to meet me in heaven," were the parting words of each. To the last they held to their former story of the crime as they told it on the witness stand at Lexington on March 12. The negroes met death with scarce ly a tremor. The eyes of Brack, the younger of the boys, displayed a slight moistness. The cunning, in stinctively criminal Ned shed not a tear and he met death with apparent ly as little concern as if it were the most commonplace thing. The boys stood erect while the black raps were being adjusted and very calmly held their heads in position for the sheriff to arrange the- ropes about their necks. Ignorant, depraved, they died with out possibly a true realization of the horrible and atrocious crime which they had commtted. The hundreds who witnessed the execution from housetops. trees. fences. etc.. firmly believed that justice was being meted out to them, but not one would have deigned deny them the privilege of fe'ling that "all is right with God." The trap was sprung at '.'. 2 m.. and in 11 minutes Nevi was prc- { nounced dead and in two mintutes more the last bit of life left thy' body of Brack. They died from strangu lation. As the bodies dropped they swung around for a fe wseconds and then all was still. It was thought that Brack was lill ed instantly, his body hanging per fectly motionless, with not a twich of the hands or feet. Ned's feet and I hands drew up and relaxed repeatedly and he died with a struggle. Fut4I six minutes had elapsed when Brack showed signs of life and- then his fin-. gers began to twitch and once or twice his feet drew up before his body again became motionless. Dr. E. P. Derrick, country physi can. Dr. J. P. Drafts of Barre, Dr. L. B. Etheridge' of Leesville and Dr. R. E. Methias of Irmo, constantly ex amined the bodies at at 12.06 Ned was pronounced dead. At 12.08 Brack was pronounced dead. They were allowed to remain susp~ended in the air until 12.20. when both bodies were cut down and placed in chea, I p.pine coffins furnished by the county. No one claimed the bodies and at 4 I o'clock Sheriff Corley turned them over to Mr. B. D. Clark. coroner, and Mr. Geo. H. Koon, county supervisot. and they were taken to the totters field and buried without cermony. -HANGED AT DARL1NGTON. Gaddy Graham Pays Penalty for Kill ing Furman Mood, Gaddy Graham, colored, was hang ed at Darlington Friday for the mur - der of Furman Moody on the night of Nov. 18. 1907. The hanging took' place at noon and there were few persons present. Among those wbo. witnessed the hanging wvere the fath er brother and uncle of the munrder ed man. Just before 'the dtrot fell SGraham made a statement, admitting that he was guilty of s-ediig and iy, ing. H-e said that t. hated to be hanged for murder, but that he was prepared for the inevitable. On the night of Nov. IS. 1t9" Furman Moody. who hal been em ployed as manager on Mr. WXillian - son's plantation, went hunting. \\hile passing by a corn field on the placet he heard what he thought was some one breaking corn. He hailed and was answered. "I am Isaiah Bosticst, don't shoot. I surrender. Imtne diately he was fired upon, the wounds causing his death some days after wards in Charleston. whither he had been carried in order to get medical attention 'at the hospital. Isaiah Bostick was afterwards ar rested and so was Gaddy Graham. who was put in jail to answer to the charge of having killed Moody. It was found that Bostick was not ia any way implicated: his name was given Moody by Gaddy in order to deceive him as to who was in the field. Gaddy had tried to cover his t " os in every way but was caught and at the trial the testimony of a woman who had go?ne with him in the wagon to steal the corn corrobo rated other testimony and Gaddy was con'icted and sentenced to be hanged on Friday. May I, 190$. BOAT TURNED OY'tl.. Two Men and One Woman Get 1Urowne~d. Mr. and Mrs. Williard Stone and Bod W\ard weore drowned in Muske on Lake about 11 o'clock Wednes day rniaht when their boat was over turned by the high waves." Msis Eth el Stewart ciuna to the boat anc drifted a mile to the shore. All foul f the party belonged at Lakeside. ,.rbui' of Muskegon. Mich, WEIRD THINGS ARE TOLL) ABOUT THE DOINGS OF SOME FANATICS. Two Followers of "Unknown Tongue" Will Be Arraigned on Charge of Lunacy in Pike County. Ga. There have been some sensational developments in Pike County. Ga.. re cently with reference to a religious 'sect which has been operating for the past several years through. that sec tion. Vega. in Pike county being the central points of operations. A lot of these people have been acting so' strangely that they have been severe ly criticised, and in fact. in a num ber of instances their conduct has been such. it is claimed that i. has become objectionable to the commun ity. Last summer they ran a camp meeting at Vega, which became so no torius that people from the entire surrounding country flocked there to v witness the performances. The lead- c ers claimed to have received miracu lous power. and to have a special c favor called the "unknown tongue,' v which consisted of such an alleged r jabbering as was probably never be- I fore witnessed, unitelligible to ordi- b nary begins but clearly understood as 1 they claimed by all the followers of the new religion. Some times various individual, 0 would go off into a trancs like state. n nr which condition they would remain s for hours and days, and at times e weeks. Some times some of theca w would tramp the fields and woods, k shouting and moaning, until tc n; neighborhood would become alarrted a nd the women and children much Frightened. In the meantime repre- c sentatives of the new sect were tray- si ?ling the country, begging funds with in hich to establish an orphans' home o. at Vega and a large framed building h iad been erected, where several chll- at ren had been collected. ' h This condition continued until the fr ike County grand 'jury met two a reeks ago, when certain citizens of Si be county went before the body and H asked relief at its hands. It seerrs si hat the grand jury, in its efforts to di Lid the people of that section. re- of urned two bills against two victims f the new religious order and the te vestigations of the allegt'd home 0 esulted in two children from the di come appearing before the body in at ebulon and from there sent to their t rmer home in C:umbus, Gt. an The citizens of Vega then took a 9 Land and after Oublic meetings no.:i- di ed Manager Stafford that he was nct fC proper person to be in charge of the tic lace and that a proper man would tlh Lave to be put in charge or the plate vi losed. All children there were im- ic ediately sent to their former homes M Lnd it is probable that the orphanage ti s out of business. Interesting de- w ~elopmtnts have been going on, how- st ~ver, in the ranks of the holiness llowers. When .the sheriff of the T ounty went to arrest the young main 1) nd young woman, charged with va. B ~raney, a wonderful state of affaire k: ~as discussed. obai cd From the information otie w hese two people went into a trance~ 01 t the camp meeting last summer. In ti ~hich they lingered many days, They ci hen went to the home 'of the yoitge fC an's fither where they have since ti een, actually refusing to do a single hing', not ev~en bathing or changig tr rearing apparel. The food on which" hey have subsisted- had to be carried al o their rooms and fed to them. They a re sights to look upon. B Strange as it may seem. the father' Cs f this young man is a respecttabie 4 itizen and the faimly esteemed in B :he community and they stoutly rnain- Ul :ain that there is nothing the matter tl 'ith the young man and the young -'l oman~ except that they "had the ower of the Holy Ghost." In the E ischarge of his duty the sheriff car- h -ed the two to Zebulon and placed tI hem in jail. The friends of the fani- e ly at once made bond for their re- I ease, but when the sheriff opened the p oors and told them to walk out they n -eclined, saying that the "Lord had 3 ut them in jail and when He order- n d them out they would obey." * THREE SAFES BLOWN. Sae Robbers Made a Good Haul at Hiartwiell. Ga. Safe robbers visited Hartwell.'Ga about one o'clock Thursdaymong The postoffice was opened and robbed of $50 in money and about $1.000) in stamps. None of the mails were were molested. The safe was blown oper' with nitro glycerine. The Southern express office was also visited an~d the , safes blown. The express money or ders were tosstd about the place. It is believed about $200 was secured there.* TILLMAN TO RETURN HOME. The Senator Left the Sanitoriumf on Last Saturday. Senator Tillman's condition is so much improved that he has returned Ito his home at Trenton. He will conl tinue to rest, remaining quietly at ~home until about June 1. when he ~expects to sail for Europe. This will 1be good news to the many friends of ithe Senator. who hope that he will soon be entirely recovered so as he will he able to return to his dlutise Iin the Senate. where he is so much missed. liMiiseser Short. T\ 'dnesday afternoon the Aiken hoard of control of the county dis pensary visited the North A\ugusta dispensary and e'necked up the ac-1 counts of That institution, finding a shortage of some $4M0. The dispen Isary was ordered immediately closed and will not be again opened until the matter is straightened. This is a heavy blow on the thirsty at Augus FAVOR BRYAN. Congressmen in Doubtful State; Declare That He Would ENTHUSE THE PEOPLE id Poll More Votes Than Any Othe; Candidate the Democrats Coul( Nominate.-They Say All State Should Send Instructed Delegate: for Bryan to the Democratic Con vention at Denver. "We want you to tell the DemQ rats of South Carolina that. with e excepthon, there is not a Demo ratic congressman, who represents it Loubtful district west of the Alle hany mounta.ns who does not feel hat the defeat of Bryan at the Den er convention would imperil Demo ratic success in his district. We rant the aid of the South to preserve ur political lives, and we do not rant the Democrats to watt till the )enver convention but to express bemselves now in no uncertain terms y instructing their delegates for ryan. "If Bryan is the nominee, then we -ill certainly return to congress and ther doubtful districts in our States ow represented by Republicans will end Democrats. If Bryan is defeat I for the nomination, many of us Ill as certainly be defeated. We eep in close touch with the senti ent in our districts, as we have to. ad ths is our deliberate judgment.' Ths is what Judge D. W. Shackle rd. a congressman from 'Missouri. Lid to 'Ir. Zack McGhee. the Wash gton correspondent of The Stale e day last week, to which there was party and unanimous agreement at i informal conference Mr. McGhee ?ld with Democratic congressmen om the Middle West tSates at Con -ess hall. There were preszl. be des Judge Shackleford. Messrs. amnilton of Iowa. Murphy of Wscon n. Russell of Missouri. .4 rof In ana, Ashbrook of Ohio. and Kimball Kentucky. Mr. McGhee ha' 1.dked in the af rnoon also with M Del- l lDeve' of aio. and Dixon ;nd R;.:a of In ana. They are all of or.e accard d without reserve in declaring that e defeat of Bryan at Denver. if ything should bring about such- an expected possibility, would mean saster to Democratic hopes not only r 'the presidential and c..ngressional :kets but for all local tic'ts. And ey each assure him that this is the ew entertained by all the Democrat congressmen in the States:; of the iddle West, with the single excep )n of Mr. Hammond of Minnesota. o thinks that Johnson would be ronger in Minnesota than Bryan. 'If Bryan is nomnin,ate." said one, hen I expect to run and get elected. it if any movement hostile to MIr. ryan names another mxan, then II ow that there is not a possible Lance for me. because Den'ocrats ill knife the whole ticket. If any her man should be nominated, even ough not hostile to Bryan, the Dem-. ats would not come to the 90119 r it is impossible tO get up any en usiasmn except for Bry'n." "There are five counties in my dis ict." said Mr. Ashbbrook of Ohio. 'wo of these are Republican, two -e doubtful, though now Demnocratite id one is safely _Democratic. With ryan heading the ticket. I can easily Lrry the two doubtful districts and ill get a plurality, of 2,0010. butt if ryan is not named at Dentver I fear L consequences, though even then I iink I could get a plurality of some ting like 1 .')" mr Denve- .f Ohic, is the ii-st emocrat who has ever represented is district in Congress. He has be'en te county chairman of the Demo satic ~arty~ in his county and he fows the sentiment among the pe>') le throughout Ohio. His district i3 ow nomally Republican by nearly .000. He says with Bryan as the ominee there is an excellent chanice f carn Ohio for the Demiueratic Mr. Hamilton is the only Democrat romt Iowa. "With Bryan as the Dem ratc nominee."~ he said. "and with 'aft the Republican nominee for esidnt. Allison again nominated or the senate. I believe there is- an cellet c'hanc~e of carrying Iowa. his would not be the case with any ther man in place of Bryan. lIn the ortherni part of Iowa. next to Minne ota. there is a attle sentiment fo~ ohnson, but the overwhelming senti ne~t among Iowa Democrats is be ond all possible doubt for Bryan. and te is a great favorite with Repubii Oly two other men ment;oned rhnson. One of these w~as Mr. Mut >h of Wisconlsn. "We know John Lon up in Wisconsin." said he. "and e eople do not take to him at il. They want Blryan. 1 hones'l'. >lieve that Bryanl could carry \"iS' :onIsi aganist Tfaft .MAr.Murphy .iistrict is largely Republican. h9u tarty lines are being broken up. Th oeople want reform and they wil rote for the man who they think wil irie it to them. the three favor'ite being Roosevelt. LaFollette anl( Ali the Indiana D)emocrlats refer 14 the three districts in their State nov represented by Republicans who hoh their seats by small majo-ities. Thes re Gilhams. with a majority of:s er 'his Democratie olpponemt. wit] 4 90 votes for the Prohibition an Scialist candid-ates: Chatey. wth :.4 majority over the D~emocrat. and 1 s-- votes f'or' the Prohibition and Sc caalist candidates. and the late Al] Bie'k. wvho had a majority of 201 over the Dett~ocrat and 2.190 fr other candidates. These district: they all declar?. will be safely in t1] Democratic column if Itryan is nomn naed. and as surely Republican if 11 Mes-r Shmeford and Russel di: THEY WANT FOOD. CARING FOR THE LIVING IS A PROBLEM. The Ijured Are Doing Well and thl Death List Will Not ExeceCl Four hundred. Practically complete returns fro all portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia show that tue death list in the wind. rain and elec trical storm of last Friday. Saturday and Sunday will not be more than 400. The number of injured stand at about 1.200, with reports indicat ing that a number of the pe:sons hurt in this storm probably will die. Relief measures have been extend ed by the United States governme-it to Hattiesburg, Miss., Purvis and oth er towns in the four States. In ad dition to federal aid the States to: prompt measures for the prompt as sistance of those made homeless by the storm and for hospital accommo dations for those injured. A dispatch from New Orleans un der date of- April 27 says with about 325 newly made graves distributed broadcast over nearly the entire width of Louisiana. Mississippi and Ala bama, the dead in Friday's tornadoes has been mostly cared for at this time, and it was possible with ac curracy to say that the death list in these States would not exceed 350. The few who may be added to this fatalities are possibly a score of the 200 most seriously' wounded in hospi tals throughout the States. The re maining injured number about 1,000 were reported on the road to recov ery. The gravity of the situation cen tered in the problems of the living, .amely, hunger and shelter. At least one stricken town was reported to have eaten literally its last meal at that time and was relying on charity for its supper. Fortunately. the great territory over which the stricken dis tricts were scattered left an oppor tunity for the unharmed neighbors in- 1 terspersed everywhere throughout these centres of want to furnish relief ] more quickly and effectively than would have been possible had the dis aster been confined to one place. I Cities, little and big, on all sides of 1 the tornado belt made rapid prepara- ( tions to ship supplies and men into the tornado districts. New Orleans started a money subscription and also I tipped food to Amite, the worst damaged town in that State. Amite was the town which reported its food supply practically exhausted. Otherwise the little town was making i rapid progress toward rehabilitation, I the primary feature of the restoration 1 being the opening of streets by dragging trees, roofs and other wreck age off roadways. The churches, ev ery one of which was wrecked were , mong the first edifices to rise in 1 e form of temporary pavilions above he ruins. At Purvis, Miss., cook stoves were( aout the most valuable assets in thei ommunity. A few of them had been 1 rought from the wreckage and un er the direction of the authorities heir use was loaned first to one fain-t ily and then to another. Purvis was ne of the few communities still re-i orting fresh lists of injlured and dy ng, who were found in the outlying o'ntry, some of them in a desperatei tate f.rom lack of care. These un-1 fortunates w'ere,made as comfortable s possible. So far as known, all wete eroes. Superintendent of Education '. W. Davis, is i ncharge'of the relief work at Purvis, said in descirbing the stuation: "What we will do largely depends pon what is done for us. We our selves have no resources. The debris iust he cleared away, the dead stock removed, the injured cared for. We have put on a small froce of workers. but will not be able to continlue itemu unless money is rapidly forthcom ing.* BOLD THIEVES. Bound and Gagged Messenxger' and Looted the Safe. "After a desperate uatle with two' robbers, the messenge' in charge of the express car of the New York-St. Louis express of the Pennsylvniia road. was bound and gagged, tossed into a corner, left there,~ while 'the intruders looted the safe in the car of four bags of currency and gold and then signalled the engineer 10 Istop. When the train slowed down the men jumped off the car and es cared. Tn trying to ascertain the cause or the signal to stop, the train crew found the car door open and the mes senger inside. According to the mes senger's story. he was busily engag ed as the train left the union station at Pittsburg. Pa.. at 10:15 p. mi. Without warning he was attacked. and at Carnegie. eight miles from Pittsbutrg. the stop signal was given nd the men got away. * ussed the situation in Missouri. and they say that if Bryan is nominated Missour'i will not only come back into the Democratic column so far as the iresiden tial electors are concerned,. buit that 1 5 of the I 6 congressmen w ill he Democrats. There are now 1" Democrats and four Republicans froem 31issouri. Congressman Rainey ot Illinois say.s. "I can not speak from personlal knowledge as to any other State. but I do know Illinois." he said. "We have a good chance of c~rrying~ Illinois if iBryan is the nomi nee. W\ith any one else nominated there is jbsoluitely no chance. WVith Brya~ n at the head of the ticket. we *can eiert I '' Democratic c'ongressmlenl. I think we could elect nine without him. We tnow have five." MIr. Rain e himself carried his dstrict by aoui~ t .0 plurality. so that Bryan's -deeat would not seriously effect him. He declares that it would huavea vital effect upon the Democracy of t. Ste, which is all for Bryan. PARTY RULES FOR (OVERING MEMBERSHIP OF )EMOCRATI(' CTIBS. The Qualification of Voters. and the Conduct of Primary Elections of the Democratic Party of This State. The following rules shall govern the membership of the different sul- I ordidate Democratic Clubs of this State., the qualification of voters at the primary elections held by the party, the conduct of the primar.c election to be held on the last Tues clay of August. and the second prim ary held two weeks later, if one ,-" necessary. t Rule 1. The qualifications for s membership in any subordinate club - of the Democratic Party of this Sate. o or for voting at a Democratic prim ary, shall be as follows, viz: The al,- d plicant for membership, or voter. shall be twenty-one years of age, or- a shall become so before the succeeding , general election, and be a white Dem ocrat, or a negro who voted for Ger- p era] Hampton in 1876, and has voted. tl the Democratic ticket continuously s since. Provided, that no white man e shall be excluded from participation i in the Democratic primary who shall take the pledge required by the rules; of the Democratic Party. 1 The managers at each box at the primary election shall require every voter in a Democratic primary election to pledge himself to abide results of the primary. and to support the nom- tl inees of the party, and to take the following oath and pledge, viz: "I-do el solemnly swear that I am duly quali- ve fled to vote at this election according t the rules of the Democratic Party, o and that I have not voted before at at this election, and pledge myself to H support the nominees of this prim- ti: ry." w, Rule 2. Every negro applying for m embership in a Democratic Club, or )ffering to vote in a Democratic prim- . try election, must produce a written tatement of ten reputable white men in Rho shall swear that they know of P :heir own knowledge that the apph- an ant or voter voted for General ar Iampton in 1876, and has' voted the m Democratic ticket continuously since. ex 'he said ticket shall he placed in the allot box by the managers, and re- co urned with the poll lists to the th ,ounty Chairman. The managers of be election shall keep a seperate list of cr II negro voters, and return it with do )oll list to the County Chairman. No person shall be permitted to rote unless he has been enrolled on club at least fve days before the at aid primary election. Provded. that in, n Charleston County the voter must. th ave his name o uthe club list at at east sixty days before the said prim- oc Lry election. The club lists shall be inspected th y and certified to by the president th Lnd secretary and turned over to the M. anagers to be used as th'e regular cih ist. fa Rule. 3. Each County Executive of ~ommittee of the Democratic Party 01 this State shall meet on or before ly e first Monday of each election year uit Lnd shall appoint three managers for th ~ach primary election precinct in sp eir respective Count-ies, who shall St ~old the primary election provided liC nder the Democratic Constitution. in ccordance with the Acts of the Gen- M ral Assembly of this State regulat- i g primary elections, the Constitu- th ion of the Democratic Party of this ti' state, and the rules- herein set forth. Cc [he names of such managers may he th ublished by the Chairman of each mI ~ounty Executive Committee in one ar r more County papers at least two at eeks before the election. SC Rule 4. Each voter in said prim- lo ary shall vote two ballots, on which ' fi ahal be printed the name er names A: f the candidates voted for by him si for each of the offices to be filled, to- Ci ~ether with the name of the office. in he tickets to he voted shall be Tur- pl nished by the State an<J County Exec- tt utive Committees respectively, and cc shall contain the names of all candi- C dates for the representative offices C and no other tickets shall he used. p1 The tickets to be voted shall be in o1 the following forms, one for i United States 'Senator. t 1 Governor. tl Lieutenant Governor. 1 Secretary of State. C Comptroller General. ei State Treasurer'.- t Adjutant and Inspector General. t< StateSuplerintendent' of Education. p Attorney Genernal. Railroad Commissioner'. E The othei' with spaces to suit the c: different Counties: For Congress -District. For Solicitor - Judicial Circuit. State Senator. ' - House of Representatives. o Sheriff. Judge of Prohate. Clerk of Court. County Supervisor.a Coroner. County Superintendent of Educa-h tion. Treasur'er.. Auditor. Slagistrate. Master. County Commi~issioners. No vote for House of Representa- .a tives shall be counted unless it con- I tains as many names as the county is I entitled to repritesenltatives. c Rule .5. The managers of election shall opien the polls at 8 o'clock. A.j< M. and shall close themn at 4 oclock. P'. M. : provided, that in< he city of' Charleston the polls shallj open at x o'rlock A-. M.. and sh all i loe at o'clock P. M. A*\fter tab u-1 hating the result., the managers shall certify the same and forward( 1 he hal lot-hox. pol11 list and all other ja pes r'elating tluch ie't iou. by one of their unmber of Executtive Comn mtitteemien. to the Chaiirmen of the rsective Democratic County Execu .tive Committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls5. Rule i6. The County Democratic Executive Commiittee' shall assemble at their respective Court Houses o1. LOST WITH SHIP an Awful Accident Befalls Cruiser of Japanese Navy. FEARFUL EXPLOSION O kcurred n the Stock Magazine While the Vessel Lay at Anchor at Ma kang. Almost the Entire Crew of Young Officers is Believed to Have Gone Down With Their Ship. A dsnatch from Tokio, Japan, says ie training cruiser Matsushima was unk off the Pescadores Island: hursday morning by the explosion f a projectile. The cruisers Itsukhima and Hashi ate rescued 30 of the crew. It is believed that over 200 officers ad men. includng the captain of the atsushima are lost. The cruiser Matsushima has a dis acement of 4,277 tons, being about ie size and carrying practicaily the Lme arnament as the United States uiser Olympia. It carried one 1? cch and 11 four-nch guns. It was one of the older slips of the panese navy. having been built in 3,0 at a cost of $1,000,000. The total crew numbered 35: offi rs and men. Admiral Mospiamtsu, commander the training squadron reports that e explosion occurred8in the stock agazine of the cruiser at 4:0S o' ack Thursday morning while th. ssel was anchored at Makan, The cruiser immedately sank until ply the brdge was visible. Efforts rescue by boats from the cruisers ashidate and the Itsukhima con lued until 9 a. m., and 141 men ?re saved. and at that time the ad irl's report, the cadets saved num= red 58 out of the completement of 0. The sons of Baron Chinda, vice inister of the foreign office, and of ince Ogma, field marshal, are long the cadets who it is feared, e lost; also Captains Mame, Yosh >ro and Yashiro. The cause of the plosion is unknow n. An additional report from Admiral mmander of the squadron, . gives e list of dead as 159; 141 naving en rescued by the crews of other uisers. All offlcrs except four went wn with the ship. Captains Maie, Vpshimora and shiro are among the drowned. The cruiser was coming to anchor 4:10 a. m., when, with out warn there was a terrific explosion and a cruiser foundered almost immedi- a fly. It is supposed the explosion ::urred in. magazine No. 2. a morning of the second day after s election, on or before 12 o'clock to tabulate the returns and de re the results of the primary, so Sas the same..elates to mem!>ers the General Assembly and Couilty ices', and shall forward immediate to the Chairman of the State Exec ive Committee at Columbia, S. C.. e result of the election in their re ective Counties, for U. S: Senator. ate officers. Congressmen and So itors. Rule 7. The plrotests and contasts c County Officers shall be filed with five days after the election with e Chairman of the County Execu 'e Committee. and said Executive immittee shall hear and determine e same. The State Executive Coin ttee shall hear and decide protests d contests as to United States Sen or, State Officers, Congressmen and licitors, and ten days shall be al wed for filing the same.. ule 8. Candidates for the General ;semhly and for County Officers all file with the Chairman of the >unty Executive Committee a'pledge writing, to abide the results of the mary and support the nomninee.s ereof. Canddates for other of" s sThall file such pledge with thc 1airman of the State .Executive ymnmittee. Provided. That the edge of such candidate shall be filed ior before 12 o'clock.'meridian, of e day preceeding the day fixed by e County Executive Committe or e State Executive Committee for e first camplaign meeting of e >nty or State resp~ectively: provid I. further, that in Charleston Coun -the candidates for congr'ss, solicd ir and county officers shall file their edges and pay their assessmlents ithin the time fixed by the County cutive Committee. No vote for any indidate who has not paid his as ~ssment nor complied with this ruI3 1all be counted. The followng is the forri c C the ath: "As a candidate for the offic'? in the Democratic primary ection. to be held on the last Tues ay in August. I hereby pledge my alf to abide the results of such prim ry and support the nominees ther,, f. and that I am not, nor will I ecomne. the candidate of any faction. ither~ privately or publicly suggested. thr than the regular Democratic omination.' If th candidate is run ing for the United States Senate. or 3r the United States House of Re resentatives this additional pledge hall be requtiredl: "I will support the olitical principles and policies of the )eocratic Party during the term f Office for whch I may be elected. nd work in accord with my Dem cratic associates in Congress on a!! arty questions." This the - day f -" Rule 9'. In the primary election erinT~ p)rovided for. a majority of he votes cast shall be necessary to tomiate candidates. A second primary rhen necessary. shall be held two veeks after the first, as provided un Ier the ('oust itu tion of the party. md shall 1be subiject to the rules gor ~rning the first primary. At said econd primary-the Iwo highest can lidates alone shall run for any one >ffice, but if there are two or more racancies for any particular office. .hen double the number of candidates hal run for the vacancies to be TRAPPED BY FLAMES. FIRE CAUSES THE LOSS OF SIX LIVES. Many People Rescued by the Firemen and Police-Origin of Fire Very Peculiar. An early Sunday morning fire in a four-story brick tenement at No. 17 Humboldt stret, a thickly populated section of Brooklyn, caused the death of six persons and the serious injury of four others. Every member of the family, consisting of a mother and four children, are among the dead. There were many thrilling escapes by police and firemen and it was-due to- their- brave work that the death 11 list was not larger. A half dozen or more persons- who were trapped in the upper stories e were saved by jumping into life nets. i The financial list caused by the fire e: is estimated at $10.000. d The fire started in th cellar of the building when the people comprising o the eight families living in the house i were asleep. It had gained much t headway before it was discovered and t three policemen repeatedly risked their lives in dragging people g from within reach of the fames. t< When the firemen came the fire had ti spread through the entire rear of the o house where the fire escapes were, o and the terror-stricken inmates of the a upper floors had been driven to the front rooms where they were hanging S from windows shrieking for help. b: Ladders and life lines were quickly r brought into use and most of the ti imperiled persons were thus rescued. sI The Abrams family lived on the tI third floor. For some reason, the M Lames swept through their apartment to that the only way of escape was tt !y jumping from the windows as Charles Abrams and his sister Anna tb lid this, -but both struck an iron rail- w ng and were dead when picked up. 2! ,Irs. Abrams and -her other children, b3 adie, and Carrie, were burned ,to eath, clasped in each othei-'s arms. * of ht TOUCHED LIVE WIRE. fi: st coung Electrician Meets Horrible Death. st At Sumter Mr. Ernest L. Wicker, to lectrician of the Sumter Ice, Light nd Power company, was instan.ly w tilled about 2:30 o'clock Wednes- th lay by coming in contact with a live di vire, while at work on the line at he corner of Main and Liberty ga treets. to Mr. Wicker and Dave Lawrence, his an Lssistant lineman, were at work on he big pole at the Chandler Clothinig H >ompany corner, putting in a couple en f new transformers and had almost ye inished making the connection when N e accident occurred. They were bI eated on theross bars about twenty bi et from the ground.- a! Mr. Wicker having on a safety $U )elt with which he had 'strapped him elf to the pole. The work was al nost finished and Lawrence says he ud Wicker received a shock at thy' je ;me instant as each cut a wire on - ,pposite sides of the pole. The terrible force of the shock ;hrew Lawrence violently against the st ,ole, causing a severe bruise on hisG >orehead but fortunately for Shim ~ontact with the wire was broken t -hen he received the shock. th Mr. Wicker remained in contact H vith the wire and Lawrence gribi~ed him by the sleeve and- jerked hi H sand loose from the wire but he fell race forward across a bar among the iires and although Lawrence made rrantic efforts to push. him from the ires with a stick the attempt was1 futile and the unfortunate young man l hung there with a current of 2,300 volts strong pulsating through his ody for more than five minu tes. When taken down he was dead bl WILL PLAY BALL. The State League Will Open 'on Next ~ Thursday Afternoon. As agreed on by the club owners of the State League towns, the South Carolina State league season will op en on TIhursday, May 7 and will closea July 29 with 72 gaines played by ach of the four towns. The follow C ing is the schedule of games for the a first week as arranged by Secretary . 13. Houseal:. May 7. S, 9-Orangebu~rg at Sum ter: Chester at Rock Hill. * May 11. 12. 13-Sumter at Orange- d urg: Roci: Hill at Chester.* Solicitors Named. On Wednesday Gov. Ansel an- j ounced the appointment of the new Ciruit Solicitors which are required by the new circuit act recently pass ed. The two solicitors are J. B. Mc Laughlin of Bishopville, will serve for the thrd. and Christie Bennett. of Columbia. will serve for the fifth. There were about 20~ applicants for these positions. filled For instance in a race for Sheriff the two highest shall run. Rule 1 0. In the event of a tie he tween two candidates in the second primary, the County Chairman. if it is a County Office, and the StateI Chairman, if it is for U. S. Senator, State Officers. Congressmen. or Solic itors. shall order a thir dprimary. The question of a majority vot shall be derermil'ed by the number of votes -ast for~ any particular office. and not by the whole number of votes cast min The primary Rule 11 T . ach County Executive C)mmitee shall furnish themanagers< at ech precinct two ballot boxes, one for State Otficers, and the other for Congresman. Solicitor and County OOfiicers. I WILIE JONES. Chairan State Democratic Executive Committee. MANY LIVES LOST In a Most Destructive Hotel Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind. UMBER OF MISSING. Lhe Burning'of the Register Renders Accurate Estimate of Fatuities Impossible-The Fire Was Aiscov ered at Half-Past Three O'Clock Sunday Morning in the Elevator Shaft. At least 12 persons lost their lives 2 a fire which destroyed the New yeline hotel at Fort Wayne,. Ind., any Sunday morning. The entire iterior of the building is a smould ring heap of ruins and how many ead are concealed by the debris can nly be conjectured. The hotel reg ;ter was consumed by the fire and ere is no accurate means of de irminiag who is missing. Charred wood, bricks and twisted irders are piled up between the walls the second story. Piece by piece is must be removed before the roll the dead can be completed. Some the bodies taken out are mangled id charred beyond recognition. The fire was discovered at 3:30 mday morning in the elevator shaft Night Clerk Ralph Piplins. He. ished to the upper floors, alarming e guests until the flames, which had read with great rapidity, drove Lem back. His efforts; howeve-, tved many lives.,' The hotel was erected half a cen try ago and the wood work was'dry tinder. Witiin a few minutes from Le time the fire was. discovered the hole interior was a mass of flames id the only avenue of escape was r the windows. The fire department rescued- many the guests by means of ladders, it some, frenzied by the rush of mes, leaped from windows to the reet. R. S. Johnson, of Pana, Ill., jump from the fifth. story. His body ruck a balcony-and, bounded far In the street. He died a short time ter. As the flames inereased. men and )men were seen iu the windows of eir rooms imploring help. Some d not wait for the assistance of the -emen and leaped to the street. iose who left their rooms before the mes cut off their retreat were able make their way to the fire escape id were saved. That there are several bodies in e .ruins is the belief of Fire Chief ilbrecht and Chief of Police Auck bruck places his estimate of dead t in the ruins as high as 20. The aw Aveline Hotel was -a six story ildng of brick. .It stood in the siness centre of the city. The hotel . Ld its fnrnishings were valued at FAMOUS OUTLAW CAUGHT. un HarperSurouned by a Large Posse and ~Capturet A special from Copper Hill, Ten,-, ates thata posse of' Tennessee and sorgia citizens and United States of :ns have captured- iu the moun ins of- Fannin county, Ten"nessee, .e notorious outlaw John HEarper. arper ' miirdered Allison En.',and sr Blue Ridge 'ver a year ago. e was arrested and incarceratd i* i in Atlanta February 1. 1 90S nding his .appeal to the- supreme urt for the murder of Sheriff Keith M urray county, 'Georgia in July. 07 Rewards amounting to near $900 dollars- were out for his an tet which was accomplished by malt gg him believe that the house in hich he was concealed was being, irned down. DEAD IN A CREEK. [ust Have Been Thrown From Bis Horse and Drowned. * Thos. F. Ferguson, a prosperous irmen living four miles from Abbe ille was found dead in a small creek t 2 o'clock Wednesday. Mr. Fergu yn iad been over to see his moth r and was on his way home riding mle. Upon the mule reaching me without its rider, a search was uade and the b'ody was foundi in the reek. It is supposed Mr. Ferguson ras thrown into the creek and ren eed unconscious and drowned. . . SNOW AND SLEET . - 'ell in Several of the Northern States on Last Thursday. Fllo wing snow during the morning Lours, Pittsburg, Pa.. and vicinity . ras visited by a thunder storm, which aued much damage. Two North side houses were struck by lightning end set on fire. Much apprehension is. elt as to the effect of the snow on rut trees. The snowfall in the su >urban districts was particularly Leavy. Snow also fell at Erie, Pa., - ronesville and Cleveland, Ohio. * WAS REFUSED BAIL. )ecisionl of the Supreme Court in Grover Welsh Case. The supreme court.ias refused to ;rant bail to Grover C. Welsh, who is 10w in the Lancaster jail charged vith the killing of Berry B. Mobley l'he killing took place~Iast February an a train near Heath Springs and was the outcome of a shooting affray in which Mobley 'killed Stephen Welsh. brother of Grover. and Thos Claybourn. The attorneys in their argument for bail claimed that Mob byy was the aggressor, but this was deniedv ythe prosecution.