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BALMEITO AFFAIRS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'*
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