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^fl5TH YEAR. BALMEITO AFFAIRS B B ^^^Bccurrences of Interest From B All Over South Carolina B * MANY ITFMS OF KTATF WFW.Q ?VI vtlltfti Ilk If M A Batch of Livo Paragraphs Covering a Wide Range?What is Going On in Our State. $100 Reward For Goldberg. Gov. Ansel offered a reward of $100 'or the mtosI of Leon Goldberg, who s charged with assault upon an immigrant girl 11 years old. Goldberg ls known to have left Columbia last Friday on the 4 o'clock Southern ,rain. He bought a ticket for Augusts, but it is tnought possible that he rluuiged cars at Branckvillc and went * i o Savannah to take a steamer, ; Sheriff Coleman wired a description < >f Goldberg to the authorities at Sa nnnah, as well us to the police utli tiers of a dozen other citizens, but i io word has been received from any dace indicating his presence. Goltl" >erg was at one lime employed by Ulie South Carolina immigration do]wrtn;eut as interpreter, but had been < discharged and when he committed c'.Jta" hadiio connection with Mr. NVatson's ofiiec. Inasmuch as the crime gms committed upon the child x>l one of the immigrants brought ?yvcr on me \\ liuami, the immigration department is ddin# everything possible to apprehend lliis man and will r.ssi.st the legr.l Milli'urities it' he is '-captured and brought back to ColuiuI bra. l?o Bonds For Commissioners. Tiie attorney general has given the secretary or stale an opinion in which it is stated that commissioners apI pointed to investigate the linanciul I conditions of counties d<? not have to ' give bond, because there is no statue I requiring it. The case came up on p the appointmeut of the commission to ^vestijate the affairs of Cherokee flinty and the seciutary oL state,, at tint request of the commission, asked if bond was required. The reply of the attorney general is as follows: Hon. Ik M. McCown, Secretaryt of ^ Stale, Columbia, S. C. j Dear Sir: Keplying to your request <if the 13th instant, will say that 1 <lo not think it. is necessary for Messrs. C. W. i^icar, N. W. Hardin stud VV. 1). Austell, a commission to ilivestigatc and report the financial condition of Cherol.ee county, under the provision of a joint resolution, approved 7th February, 11)07, to gi\o bond for the faithful performance ol their duty. 1 know of no statute which may be fairly construed as imposing such condition upon t'nih commission. \o.irs very truly, J. Frazier Lyon, Attorney G-neral. The Calhoun Statuo. The Calhoun monument commission ueia another meeting lust week nntl beard suggestions from Capt. William A. Court dey and Dr. llenry A. White as to the statue to be erected at a cost of $10,000. No definite action was taken, however, and another meeting will probably be held, th;< time at Ciumson College, when several of the residents of that section who were acquainted with Mr. Colhoun and could perhaps offer some valuable suggestions will be consulted. Among these are Col. Robert A. Thompson and Maj. Aaron Hoggs, who knew the great statesman. In this way the commission will bo able tip decide the many iittla points and traits necessary to know before the statue can be made. . Pecnago Caso Di^mitBed. Charleston, Special.?Jn the United States circuit court the case against 1 Thomas Scaudone, tlio Italian pljos phatc contractor charged with i>eon?u?e, was nol prossed 011 authority of the attorney general. The case has 1 >cen pending two years. The first t rial resulted in a mistrial. Reqoest Blanks Mast Be Signed. Columbia, Special.?Attorney Gen? iral Lyon has given Dispensary Audii or West.au important opinion rolling Ae use of request books in bounty I iispensories. The opinion answers a query submitted by Mr. UVest some time ago and shows clearly tf.hat while county boards may object to the use of these books on tna unround that it intercferes with busiuhoss during a rush, it is the duty of fi it board to see that the law is car ed out and if not it is the duty of fl e dispensary auditor to report each * oiation of the law. , 1. * )RT ^ I FC PREMIUMS , FOR YIELDS Promium List Committee Makes Important Announcement for the Farmer?. At a recent meeting of the prcm>um list cofnunttee of the State Agrisultural society it was decided to offer prizes for }be largest yields of '.he different crops on one acre and he following schedule was made up, particulars of which may be obtained from the secretary at Columbia, S. C. For the largest yield of corn, oat?, rye, sweet potatoes, cowpea hay, alfalfa hay or cotton, one acre of laud, inline 1007. Fanners wishing to compete for ;hese prizes should notify the seere-tary now, so that full information tnav be sent and the entry mad;. Later on the rules may he complied f.ith and the decision will be made by .ho judges at the next fair, or later, is the harvest is completed. It is Ihe especial aim of the society to proaiotc t ho flyowing of more cereal jrops in the State and the production af lajjrer yields per acre, and the >ociety hopes there will he a number >f contestants for each prize, because the data wj^l be published for the benefit of the whole Stale and will be widely distributed. Free Delivery fcr Newberry. Nov berry. Special.?That free nutil delivery for the city of Newberry is near at hand is no longer in doubt The authorities a short time back promised that as soon as the postllice receipts amounted to as much as iji!0,000 lor one year and that the streets were pioperly named and the houses nuinbered the sv.-tem wo-.ilil >>.* installed. On the '20th inst., the ve?eipts for the Newberry olllce had reached. $10,200, with several clays to come to complete the year. So within a few months this city will be >n joying another convenience alone: lie line of progress with the other progressive cities of the State. Marion's Civic League. Marion, Special.?At the recent annual meeting of the Marion Civic league the following otllcers were elected to serve the ensuing' year: : President, Mrs. C. A. Woods; vice president. Mrs. Mabel Montgomery; secretary. Mrs. II. Hick. Mrs. Wood lias been'president of the orgnization lor several years, and her administration has been a marked success. Sua has been untiling in her efforts to jarry on the great work of the league, ind its achievements in the line of ;ivio improvement are wonderful. t Whoso Pistol Was it? Aiken. Special.?On Friday night Mr Buck Jordan lir.d a very narrow escape, lie came down from Corbett's hoarding house on Park avenue, and just as lie -rot upon the sidewalk he shook an overcoat, which he carried in his arm, causing a large 44cnlihvc pistol to fall therefrom. Upon hitting the pavement the pistol was discharged, the ball going through lis leg and lodging in a sign hoard lbove him. He stated that he was not aware of the pistol in the pocket, as the coat was not his. Bishopvilie Town Election. Bishopvilie, Special.? At the gener>.1 municipal election in Bishopvilie for town officers, the folowing were rolected without opposition to serve lie town for another two years: Mr. I. Kdd Stuekey, mayor; Messrs. J. D. llill, IV. If. Scarborough, Jas. A. Dultaut, W. M. Iieid, A. M. Lee and L \V. Davis, aldermen. Mr. J. M, Henrnon was also eleeteil commie doner to till the place made vacant jy the resignation of Mr. W. K. ".'rosswoll. Constable for Aiken. Aiken, Special.?Mr. Museo Samnils has b??n appointed dispensary constable by Gov. Ansel for Aiken oountyv The salary of the constable is .f'2 per day and actual expenses. It is understood that ho has accepted Negro Eiled at Eishopviilc. Bishopvillc, Special.?Capers Rembert stabbed and instantly killed Jefl Friday at Molioek, a negro section ir this town, Sunday night. Ih>tli of the parties arc cclorcd. It secr.is from the reports that Capers Rembert was to?. friednly with Friday's wife, whic! was the cause of the trouble. SheriC Muldrow immediately arrested Rembert and safely lodged him in jail. Tuberculosis Congress. Gov. Ansel has appointed the following delegates to the American Anti-Tuberculosis congress, which meets in Atlantic City on June 1: Drs. George R. Dean, Spartanburg; W. II. Nardin, Anderson; Dr. O. B. Mayer, Newberry; J. ti. Mcintosh. Columbia; Joseph B. Earlc, Greenville; Manning Simmons, Charleston; A. B. Patterson, Barnwell; Theodore I). Croft, Aiken; S. C. Baker, Sumter; John W. Corbett, Camden; K. L Edwards, Darlington; T. E. McSwain Bingham; J. L. Napier, Blenheim; F. II. McLeod, Florence. I A Mil )BT MILL, S. C., THIJB DESTRUCTIVE FIRES Sweep Through Forests Along Southwest Virginia MUCH PROPERTY IS DESTROYED Patrick County, Va., Being Swept and Already Much Property Los# Has Eeeulted-Conflagration, Which Started Near Stuart, is Under No Control Whatever in Spite of Efforts to Cut Down Timber and Confine It to Certain Limits. Danville, Va., Special.?A tremendous forest lire is sweeping the county of Patrick and heavy damage to property has already resulted and the lives of many are endangered. The fire started Friday night, it appears, near Stuart, the county seal of Patrick, and the terminus of the Danville & Western Railroad, and has been i aging ever since. Latest reports are that the conflagration is under no control whatever, though a largo number of citizens and tanners engaged in an effort to cut down trees and confine the blaze to certain limits. From Stuart the fire has spread southeast in the direction of Danville. Sunday night it had reached Fritz, a distance ol' about 15 or 20 miles from where it. originated. The width of the conflagration is about six miles. About oO farm houses have already been burned and the occupants barely escaped with their lives. At Patrick Springs, an aid established summer resort, four cottages located several hundred yards from the main hotel were burned. The main hotel is located in" a valley with woods on both sides. 11 is in an open space and was saved only by this euclosuu. The sp.mgs are located about two miles from SlmiT, the railroad station, and several ;j,iies beyond Crit/. As yet r.o lives have been repo.lc 1 Ins,, but there have boon mmv t escapes. The valuable dwellinjr houses of \V. X. Martin, a prominent citizen, was destroyed together with its contents. The occupants lied for their lives nr.d no etlort was made to save any thin*.'. The scene of the origin of the fire was on the plantation of the Stuart Orchard Company, which had many aores rf apples and peach trees. Ail of the fruit trees of this concern, which is the largest of its kind in this section of the State, have been burned. Patrick county is a mountainous country located about GO miles southwest of Danville and is famous for its timber lands, and ns a tine fruit LTOwilH* A ...? . 'M't"13 the county arc shipped to all parts of tlio world. The lire is confined mostly to Hull and No Business mountains. The first named mountain was burned several years ago. No Business mountain is a great timber land anil the loss in this respect will be heavy. In the area of about 13 by six miles already swept only a few farm houses located in the valleys escaped destruction. The Danville & Western, a branch line of the Southern, is the only railway that runs through Patrick county. No damage is reported to have been done to railroad property. It is impossible to get any communication to any of the points along! the scene of the fire. The first news was brought here by the erew and passengers of a train arriving hers in the afternoon. No trains run on the Danville & Western Saturday and Sunday, hence the telegraph offices arc closed. The fires on tlie burning mountains illuminated this section for miles around, the blaze being clearly seen by those on the train. By Wire and Cable. E. C. Fosburgh, of Norfolk, was elected presicnt of the North Carolina 1^' * i*ine Association. John C. Blair, Assistant United States District Attorney for the Western district of Virginia, died ..t W.vtheville. The Seventh District Educational Conference is in session at Woodstock. A student of the TJniverity of Virginia who was accused of cheating was acquitted at a public trial, live of the university's alumni sitting as a court. District Attorney .Teromo submitted affidavits of alienists who consider Thaw insane, and asked for the appointment of a lunacy commission. Brig.-Oen. Theodore J. Wint of thl United States Army, died in Philadelphia. Floods have isolated four States in the Northwest, tied up railroads in California and cut a gap SO miles ride in a Utah railroad. WtoSPF i X ' SDAY, MARCH 28, 1907 COMBAT THE PLtA Attorneys For Thaw Deny his Being Insane at Present SHARP FIGHT ON JEROME'S MOVE This With One From Thaw'3 Mother Supplement Unanimous Opinion of Defense Attorneys in Regard to District Attorney's Suggestion Looking to Appointment of Limanv Commission. New York, Special.?The attorneys for Harrv K. Thaw tiled answer to the suggestion made by District Attorney Jerome to Justice Fitzgerald that Thaw is mentally incapable of understanding the nature of the proceedings against him and is a subject for a popv li.-sion in lunacy rather than for a jury which holds only the power of liberty or death. Supplementing their own unanimous opinion, that Thaw does understand the nature of the proceedings against him and daily advises intelligently with his counsel, the lawyers have tiled atlidavits from the medical experts employed by the defense mttl .1 farther nllidavit by Mrs. William Thaw, (he mother of the defendant. Mrs. Thaw, however, does not addicts liereself to the question immediately at issue. She takes advantage of the opportunity, she declares, to state that in the direct line of descent for four generation there has been no taint of insanity or epilepsy in the v. e ;i.. oi * - , ....... .. i.iiuiiw 01.1: rcscillS IIV! "malicious misrepresentation anil gross exaggeration" mi the subject. The Diincipal affidavit ma?le in Thaw's behalf is signed Dolphin ZN!. Delnias attaches to liis personal statement a score or mure of letters and notes he has received from Thaw during the progress of the trial. These writings of the defendant, Mr. Delnias declares, clearly indicate his grasp of the proceedings and have contained from time to time valuable suggestions as to the course of the defense. Turnpike Co. in Receivers' Hands. Norfolk, Special.?The Consolidated Turnpice Company, owning a large majority of the county toll roads and bridges in Norfolk county, under a suit brought by Arthur Depuc, of NewYork, holding $120,000 of the company's $180,000 bond issue, lias been placed in the hands of II. L. Page, receiver. The remainder of the company's bonds are held principally in Now York. The paralleling of the company's toll roads hv troilv liri.i. thus reducing toll collection; the high cost of improvement material anil high labor are assigned as the causes of the failure. Kept the Lamp Burning. Norfolk, Special.?Striken with paralysis and scarcely able to niovo Captain Fimerson, keeper of the White Shoals lighthouse in the James river, stuck to his post until relief came. Although striken early in tSic night he kept the light burning. Ilis feeble erics for boip could not lie heard. lie hung out a distress signal when daylight came. That was seen in the afternoon by a party tff exeursh/ists from Rmithfield. He would not leave the lighthouse until relief came. Captain Fimerson *s home is in Portsmouth. It is hdieve.i that lie will recover. Shot in Drunken P.ow. Clifton, Special.?Bml Cupples and Lute Brooks became involved in n drunken row :it O rro Gordo Saturday and Oupplcs shot Brooks just bolow the heart with a 42-calibor Derringer. At last reports little hope was held out i'or the recovery of Brooks. Timber Land Deal. Dickson, Special.?A dead was consumatcd by which George J'.Ica/.er, a lumberman ol' this vicinity, sets possession of a large tract of timber in the Fifth Civil District, known as the Ilall lands. Tlie timber is very valuable and will at once bo manufactured ir.to aierci.anlablo lumber. Nogross Suspected of Murder. Norfolk, Special.?Charged with being implicated in the probable murder of Charles F. Ferguson, the Newsoras postmaster and business man, whose body, with pockets picked, was found in a lane here early Sunday morning, Thomas Tynes and Lee Johnson, two negroes, have been arrested. The prisoners were seep coming from the lane and on their persons keys and eyeglasses supposed to have been the property of the dead man were found. riMi FntMenwinion Secretary Bonaparte Throws Light on Immigration Law RESULT OF RECENT CONFERENCE Tho Attorney General, in a Communication to President Roosevelt, Answers tho Queries of the Governor of South Carolina Affecting the Ad ministration. Washington, Special. ? Attorney General Bonaparte has sent to President Roosevelt a communication containing answers to various questions affecting the administration of itie immigration laws propounded by Governor Ansel, of South Carolina. The Attorney General upholds the legality of a Stale advertising its inducements to immigration, including a statement of prevailing wages and upholds the legality of introduction of immigrants where they are otherwise qualified and hail not been solicited or encouraged except by payment of their passage out of tho State's public funds. The State's acceptance of contributions to the immigration department funds and advertisement of its inducements therewith and its prepayment of the passage of aliens would not exclude tbf immigrants but might render liable to the law parties contribiting the monov. All these arc with l!u> nviwi<f that no agreement or con tract be entered into. With the changes made by the new law, aliens are excluded when solicited by promises or offers even when there is m contract or agreement and while payment of immigrants passage from State public funds is not barred, its payment with funds out of the board by any society or association makes the immigrants liable to exclusion. The prohibition does not apply to contributions of passage money by such individuals as such. Outcome of Conference. The Governor's letter to the President hears date of March 10. The questions are the outcome of the recent conference held at tlie White House between the President, Attorney General Bonaparte and South Carolina officials, when an opinion of the Attorney General regarding the matter of assisted immigration was under consideration. Three of the Governor's questions answered l?y the Attorney General relate to the existing law and the fourth to the new law of Feb. 20 last which becomes operative July 1. Navy Yard's First Strike. Norfolk, Special.?Plumbers employed in the department of construction and repair at the Norfolk Navy Yard have struck. Work on the battleship Texas and the cruiser Olympia, now being overhauled at the yard, is tied up and there is a probability that the plumbers and other workmen in e<hor lepartments will go out in "ympntliy. The men became oissnt istied as the result of a refusal of their request of an increase in wages from .fd.70 to $4 a day. They declare that they will r.ot return to work until their demand has been satisfied. It is the first strike in the history of the Norfolk Navy Yard and one of the few th?t has oe cured in the Government service. Brig. Gen. Theo. J. Wint Dead. .. ~ I i M uaneipnia, fa., special.?tsnga<lior (Jonernl Theo. J. \Yi;jt, U. S. A., commanding the department of Mi. souri witli hendquaiters at Omaha, died suddenly at a hotel lu-re Thursday. He came to Philadelphia to undergo medical treatment. He was (>2 years of age. (ten. Whit's death was due to heart disease. Fatal Wreck at Crewe, Va. Richmond, Va., Special.?The fast train from Norfolk on the Norfolk and Western ran into an open switch at Crewe shortly before noon Thursday, killing Fireman T. II. Iirown, anil perhaps l'atally injuring Engineer .1. Iv. Pond, both of Crewe. A number of other persons were slightly hurt. The train was badly wrecked ami traffic delayed for several hours. $18,000 In Diamonds Stolen. New York, Special. ? Eighteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from the home of Charles Morgan, son of the founder of the Morgan Steamship Lines, at his homo in Orange, N. J. Late in the afternoon Mrs. Morgan found a drawer i.i her dressing table disturbed and investigation showed 4Jbat her jewel bag was missing. It contained a diamond braoelt valued at $4,000, two necklaces at $2,000 each, and many other pieces of jewelry. . , , ? , } <:s. NO. 52. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION RESOLUTIONS. Postal Committee Rings Clear on tha Subject of Increase of Charge on Socond-Ciass Matter. At a meeting of the Executive committee of the National Editorial Association, held in St. Louis, Mo., tho following resolutions were reported by the Postal Laws Committee, and were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It is for the benefit of the government that intelligence with regard to all public affairs, and all other matters affecting the welfare of the people, should be made to penetrate the whole mass of the peopla and to reach every individual, and Whereas, This can best he accomplished thfough a free and independent newspaper and press; and Whereas, Newspapers and periodicals arc of a character to he handled rather as express than as first-class mail matter, and can be so handled with little added cost in connection with other postal matter in general, and no added cost at all on rural rumcs; aim Whereas. Tlx* present postal laws ami rates have proved entirely satisfactory to tlit* publishers on one hand and the people served, and who, as citizens, constitute the Government; and Whereas, There does not now exist any veal deficit in the I'nitcd States Postal Service, if the departments !ir.<l olliees of Government are properly charged for postal service rcndeied hut there is an actual profit used hy the Government in the payment for the transportation and handling of its own mail matter. Therefore; be it Tlesolved, That we, members of the Executive Ponanittee of the National Editorial Association, in annual session representinir 10.000 newspapers and periodicals, protest against any change in the postal laws of the I'nitcd States that will cause an advance in postal rates or charges on second-class mail matter. Kcsoived, That we believe it has been fully cslaMi hed that 1 cent A pound is a full and adequate postal charge for newspapers and periodicals. Ilesolvcd, That we deein the ores cut law entirely clear and forceful, and that the only trouble lias been that of burdening the law with rules and regulations not required in tint law's enforcement nor justified by any fair interpretation thereof. Resolved, further, That we protest against the charge that newspapers and periodicals cause any real loss, or that they are subsidized by the payment made by the (Jovcrnmcnt to meet a deficit that is really the result of the cost of postal matter carried for the (lovernment. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Association at Jamestown, Va., during the Kxposition and the president ami secretary were instructed to arrange the meeting as near the first of June as possible. It was further carried that the president and corresponding secretary he instructed to visit Norfolk and arrange for the entertainment of the Association during its session. Don't lniy everything that's cheap and you'll escape being taken in. lie is rich enough who does not want. , No. 13-'07. GOOD XATUHED AGAIN. Goad Humor lie turns With Clmngc to Proper Food. "For many years I was a constant sufferer from indigestion, and nervousness amounting almost to prostration, " writes a Montana man. "My blood was impoverished, the vision was blurred and weak, with moving spots before ray eyes. This was a steady daily condition. I grew ill-tempered, and eventually go?. so nervous 1 could not keep my books posted, nor handle accounts satibiactoriiy. i can I describe my sufferings. "Nothing i ate agreed with me, till one day, 1 Happened to notice GrapeNuts in a grocery store, and bougut a package, out of curiosity to know what it was. "1 Ilk cho food from the very first, eating it with cream, aud now 1 buy it by tho case and use it daily. 1 soon found iliac Grape-Nuts food was supply.ng brain anu nervo force as nothing in iliu drug line ever had done or could do. "It wasn't long before I was restored to health, comfort and happiness. Through the use of Grape-Nuts food my digestion has been restored, my nerves are steady onco more, my eyesight is good again, my mental faculties are clear and acute, and I have become so good-natured that my friends are truly astonished at the change. I feel younger and better than 1 have for 20 years. No amount of money would Induce ms to surrender what I havogalned through the use of Grape-Nuts food." Namo given by Postum Co., flattie Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Kead tha little book, "The Road to Wellvilio.'* In pkgs. * I %