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THE FORT iMILL TIMES.
17TH YEAR FORT MIRE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908 NO. 8
SOUTH ATTACKED
Republicans Trying to Revive the
Reconstruction Bitterness.
GETTING DESPERATE
Itcpuhliran* Afraid to IaM tin* People
Know How Much Money They arc
( iven by the Trusts for Corrupt
legislation and Heroine* Virion*
Toward* tlie South.
A campaign contribution publicity
bill, embodying an amendment by
Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, providing
for a reduction in the representation
in the house of the representatives
in those States having disfranchisement
was passed by the house by
a vote of 150 to 125 following a lively
debate. The measure was brought
iip under suspension of the rules and
but 40 minutes were allowed in which
to discuss it.
The Southern members in particular
were bitter In their detiiincintlmi n( I
the apportionment provision of the
hill. Mr. Williams, the minority
louder, was especially vigorous in his
attack, characterizing the hill as being
an attempt to revive the conditions
of Reconstruction days. On
account of the Crumpacker amendment
the Democrats voted against
the bill in its entirety.
In brief, the provision regarding
publicity of campaign contributions
is applicable to the national committees
of all present parties and the
national congressional committees of
all political parties and all committees,
associations or organizations
which shall in two or more States influence
the result or attempt to influence
the result of an election ut
which representatives in congress are
to lte elected.
Tito Crumpacker amendment provides
for the re-enactment of certain
sections of the old federal election
law, except that the idea of the force
lull authorizing the use of troops at
the polls is eliminated. It also provides
that the director of the census
shall submit to congress a report on
population showing the number of
male citizens, white and black, in
eaci. State and the number disfranchised
for the purpose of enabling congress
to ascertain the apportionment
in representation to which --- States
may lie entitled.
i??r. Crumpacker explained his
simnndiiionic lw -? ?
signed against fraud and intimidation
in elections. He undertook to
say, lie declared that no member of
the house would object to a law
whose only purpose was to secure
houest elections.
In thoopinion of Mr. Hacker i Mo.-,
if anything were wanting to demonstrate
that the leaders and managers
of the Republican party In th<
house were guilty of deceit and false
pretense the hill supplied that want.
Kxprossing the belief that Mr
C'rumpacker, in including his amendments
to the pu'iiclty bill, did not
represent the sentiment of the leaders
on the part of the majority in attempting
to revive the principles of
the force bill. Mr. Lassiter protested
against the measure.
Mr. (Jillesple warned the house
that by passing the bill the condition
of the negro would be made worse
than at present.
Following brief remark? by
Messrs. Rennett and Ronynge in support
of the bill, Mr. Williams madu
vigorous speech against It. "The
great old party," he began, "hits resolved
itself into a vaudeville stock
company." He charged the Republicans
with not daring to face anj
irrnftt imlilie niipstinn in :i I'nir nmi
straightforward way, by combining
several proposition In one bill
"What are yon trying to do." he in<|iitredr
"Does the gentleman front
Indiana think he can turn the hunch
of the clock of time back half a century?
Does no think he can produce
the days of the carpet-bagger and
Heconstruction in the South once
more? Does he think the Imsincss
intorests of the North will stand fot
a recurrence of the saturnalia?"
The reduction in representation
amendment, he declared, had boon
added to defeat the publicity bill.
"You have no idea of reducing the
representation of California, Massachusetts
or Connecticut.
The people of the South, he said
are willing to take the issue. If it
was desired to ignore amendment
and the Republicans were willing to
restore to Mississippi the power to fix
her suffrage along racial Hues, the
people of that State were ready for
the gauntlet. "Throw it down whenever
you please!" he exclaimed. "As
to the reduction of our representation
in congress," he said, "in (Jod's name
take it and welcome to it; but be
honest when you do It."
Mr. Williams declared that if the
.iil.lif.lt *r urn <\f the till! should be
come law "It will (lanin your Republir?n
party and ho worse for you than
the force hill which defeated Harrison."
It was all false pretenses, he
declared, and he said to the RepuhliejMis.
"Like children you are playinv
with flre In a powder magazine." ! Inclosed
hy ask lug the Republicans il
they were fools enough to believe
that the Routh would ever again submit
to the polices to which she submitted
when she was weak and help
less. '
Maftr
DRINK MORE WATER.
MOST PEOPLE DRINK ENTIRELY
TOO LITTLE.
It Should Bp Taken Chiefly Between
Meals and Not While Eating?Give
the Water Cure a Trial.
One of the most universal dietetic
failings is to neglect to take enough
water into the system. When one
stops to think of the many functions
which water has to perform in the
body, the need of a large supply is
realized. The uses of water in the
body may be summarized as follows:
It furnishes the blood with a fluid
medium so that nourishment may bo
| -i Ir an ??11 nuriu ho Kn/lw
the waste removed, and this causes
rapid changes In the tissues.
2. It enters into the composition
of all tissues of the body.
a. It forms the chief ingredient of
all the fluids of the body and maintains
their proper degree of dilution.
4. it serves to distribute the heat
of the bc-dy.
5. It regulates the temperature of 1
the body by the process of absorption '
and evaporation. , 1
It is estimated that water composes
about 70 per cent of the entire ]
body weight, and it is an almost 1
universal solveut. Its importance, i
'.he re bo re to the system cannot be s
overrated.
The amount of water required by i
i heal-by individual in twenty-four 1
hours is on an average between sixty- i
five and seventy ounces, besides <
about twenty ounces taken in us an I
ingredient of solid food, thus tnak- l
ing a iota- of eighty-five to n'nety
ounces. J
A great many people leading sod- ;
entary lives take too little water, and
also err in taking it for the most
part when eating. A certain amount t
a water should form a part of every i
meal, and particularly is It necessary s
to those who have very active diges- <
(ions.
It assists the escape from the i
stomach of those substances made t
;oluble by the action of the gaitric |
juice und the churning effect of the
stomach, and will oftentimes make digestion
comfortable when it other- l
wise would he attended with dls- i
tiess. 1
While some liquid should he taken r
with the meals, the foods should not '
be washed down, for this interferes t
with digestion (especially starch )
digestion), and may also cause the s
individual to swallow morsels of food
altogether too large and resisting foi i
the stomach to manage comfortably. <
The proper time for taking the
bulk of fluid is between meals, par- I
ticularly early in the morning before 1
t , ?? ?i_u. I
lirt'tlKlUHl, illiu Ul Ill&HL IUIII
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JOHNSON'S IMjATFOKM.
Please Wall Slwl and Hie Thieving '
Trusts. ,
The Springfield Republican says (
the platform adopted by the Minne- ,
sot a Democrats in placing Gov. Johnson
before the country as a Presidential
candidate, is manifestly keyed
to suit the Eastern and Southern conservative
wing of the party, while
containing compliments and concessions
calculated to concilate the following
of Mr. Bryan. No one who
was ignorant of Gov. Johnson's record
in Minnesota would know from
'his platform how much of a radical
he had been in his present office, for
the platform contains no hint of
.ome of the policies which, as Governor.
lie has advocated.
This appeal to the conservative
ving of the national Democracy is
'mu'iivoi' tho Wind of nolitics which
iov. Johnson's Presidential candldncx
\ow Ton-Ps upon him. Ho must win
he nomination, if that he possible
iot by competing with Mr. Bryan li
lis own line, but by sotting himself
ip as a contrast. Gov. Johnson's
Presidential candidacy had its origin
n the growing desperation of those
teinoerats who rould not endure the
bought of another Bryan candidacy
;r the thought of Bryan in the Whin
House, and its chief dynamic force is
lerived from the bitterness felt for
Bryan by the elements represented
most conspicuously by the New York
World.
The Johnson platform will not
displease those elements. They are
making a stubborn contest in the
hope of taking advantage of the two'birds
rule, and it is upon that alone
that, practically speaking. Gov. Johnson's
hopes now rest.
Children t'nder Treatment.
The nine children bitten in Green
ville l?y a mad dog were taken to
Atlanta for treatment, but only five
were found to need treatment. Mr.
rence. who went with the children.
>a.vs the physicians in charge of the
institute told him the dog had nhout
he worst case of hydrophobia iniagina
hie. an examination showing its brain
cell to he full of hvddrophobia germs.
Monster Whale Caught.
I A large whale was caught at Cnpe
' Lookout Sunday and was towed to
r Beaufort, N. C.. where it wil, he pull'
ed out of the water by the ship yard
railways. The monster is about hO
feet long and 25 feet around the body.
' The estimated value of the bone and
'loil is $600.
DIES OF RABIES.
Heard Doctors Say "You Die In
Seventy-Two Hours."
SWIFTLY FULFILLED.
One Other Man ami a Ciirl in Hanger 5
From tIh* Same Bog, ami Are Now '
Ilcing Treated in the Pasteur In- (
atitute. Took in Stray Cur. I
I
The prediction of death passed up- i
nn IVIIIUn. 11 * ?- - -
,, luiuiii 11. .niirsii lasi Monaay ny <
the physicians of the Pasteur Insti- t
tnte at New York was fulfilled two
days after when he died of hydro- 1
phobia. Unconscious from the ad- f
ministration of opium, the wealthy 1
Brooklyn manufacturer escaped the 1
last tortures of rabies t
Warned by Dr. W. I#. Wheeler t
two days ago that he did not have c
inor than three or four days to live, u
Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances s
then was in the best of health, turned
to leave the Pasteur Institute and u
drive back to his home at No. 74 1
Ocean aenue, Flatbush. C
"Before I go, doctor, tell me just t
how long you give me to live. I n
have things to arrange before I die," t
mid Mr. Marsh without the slightest" d
sign of excitement. h
"You must get. all important bust- n
aess cleared tip within thirty-six a
hours." answered the doctor. "You
may live twice that l??cg, but voul .\
ivlll he suffering then, v -i will not f
he in a mental cunliiion .o attend t
to business." f
"Thank you. doctor." replied Mr. q
Marsh. Then he turned to his son o
ind said: , c
"We will go homo now, boy." s
When Mr. Marsh entered his home,, tl
jpposlte Prospect Park, he called his 0
wife, three sons and two daughters a
ind told them of the sentence of d
ieath that had been passed upon him. o
Then he gave his attention to l-usiless
details and prepared to die. with a
he one request that his end be made q
leaceful by the use of drugs. a<
Ramsey Marsh, the twenty-one-year tl
old son. and Miss Kdna Thompson, g
>ook keeper for Mr. Marsh, are tak- v\
ng the Pasteur treatment in an ef'ort
to ward off an attack of rallies, a
The young man does not recall being c!
dttcn. but Miss Thompson was at- c
acked by the dog the day after Mr. h
Marsh contracted the disease, and i>
>umuiui-u it imu nuc on ner cnin. ?
Pour years ago, when h?* opened ^
ip his factory, he found a little dog w
>n the street.
' | need u-wutchdog. and this little '(
fellow is to be our mascot," he told
liis employes. This was the name- 11
ess dog?each employe had a dif- s
ferent name for the animal?that 'l
ansed the death of Mr. Marsh.
As near as the employes cnn recall, ''
die dog entered the office about six
weeks ago, with a cut on its side. It
whined around the feet of .*ir. Marsh, ^
who was busy with his daily mail. a
"Something wrong with you. old ''
fellow?" asked Mr. Marsh, and he
leaned over and patted him. On dis- ^
covering the wound lie dropped his r
work, washed the cut and tied it up 11
with care. d
"There you are, old fellow; now v
run away," he said. The brute lick- il
ad his masters hand, and Mr. Marsh '
commented on the action. saying
ihat if ever a dog was trying to thank
uny one it was this one.
No one is sure. not even Mr. h
Marsh, but it is supposed lie had a
sore from a hangnail on one of his" ^
fingers. By this means the dreaded
virus entered liis system, making the 11
third known case of Its kind in the 11
history of rabies. f
Last Saturday morning Mr. Marsh a
had occasion to go to the basement *
of the factory to test one of the meters.
He turned on a water faucet 5
and the rushing of the water seemed 1
o have :> strange effect on him. lie v
commented on it at the time, hut t
carried out his work. An hour later c
he told Mr. Hangerter that he felt 1
sore and wanted to stretch all the >
time. t
"I am not sure, but I would not <
l?e a bit surprised if I am suffering I
from" ?Mr. Marsh did not con- i
tinue the sentence, but the sudden
twitching of his throat seemed to t
work him into a nerous condition. ?
'I think I will go to see a doctor," ?
he said, and, taking his hat, started :
for the office of I?r. Henry M. Culltn- I
an. No. :: Linden avenue, a few blocks
from the factory. Instead of going I
to the office, Mr. Marsh made a nam- 1
her of calls on friends on his way
home, stopping at a road house less i
than a block from his heme.
Saturday evening he spent at home,
si minuter 01 iiis menus, including
Mr. llangerter, calling to discuss
business matters. He still complained
of pains and the nervous twltchj
ing aliout Iiis throat.
Sunday morning he realized that
he was seriously ill ana Dr. Cullinan
wu.< called. Mr. Marsh still failed
to confide his suspicions to his family
or to the physician, and it was not
until Monday morning that l?r. Cullinan
had a chance to make a complete
investigation, i nrn it was that
he told his patient lie thought he was
suffering from rallies.
Calling a carriage, they made a
hurried trip to the Pasteur Institute
in Twenty-third street. It required
but a few seconds for Dr. Wheeler to
make the test, and then came the
HAD CLOSE CALL.
MR. \V. S. BROWN WAS DISCOVERKB
J 1ST IN TIME.
To Save Him From llciug Asphyxia! ?1
at Wright's Hotel in Columbia
on Friday Morning.
The Columbia State says: Mr. W.
3. Brown of Lancaster was found iu
room 264. Wright's hotel, Friday
nornlng about 7 o'clock in an unconscious
condition, due to the ininlation
of gas. It is possible that
le would have been asphyxiated withn
half an hour if the odor of the
;scaping gas had not been discovered.
Many seemed to think tnat Mr.
Irown had deliberately turned the
sas on in an attempt to end his life,
nit Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it as
lis opinion that Mr. Brown turned
he gas on and forgot to light it and
hat his near call for death was accidental.
Mr. Brown left the hotel
ibout 10 o'clock, before he could be
een by a reporter for The State.
Mr. Brown registered at Wright's
ibout t o'clock Thursday morning,
ie asked what time the train for
'harlotte left. On being informed
he time of departure of the t>
I'clock train for Charlotte he told
he clerk, Mr. Cronenlmrg. that he
lid not care to get up that early and
eft a call for 7 o'clock. - He paid his
light's lodging in advance and was
ssigned to room No. 2t?4.
When the porter went up to call
ir. Brown he received no response
roin his knock on the door. The
ransom was slightly open and the
limes of escaping gas were detected,
'he matter was reported at the office <
f the hotel immediately and a hnrrid
investigation was made. No reponse
came to repeated knocks on
he door and it was Anally forced
pen. Mr. Brown was found lying
cross the bed in an unconscious conition
and the gas jet was turned full
n.
Dr. Mcintosh was summoned and
fter working with Mr. Brown for
uite a while restored him to conclousness.
It is said at the hotel
lint Mr Ui'Att'n hn/1 Uttlf* i e\ env rn_
urding tlio affair and at 10 o'clock c
alked out of the hotel. d
If Mr. Brown turned the gas on in ti
deliberate attempt to commit suiIde
no reason for his act is known in I
olumhla. Tt is said that he is an z
iburanee agent. but nothing could o
e learned about his affairs. * H
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utal sentence that the oteur cure ?
'ould be of ho help to -?r. Marsh, t
ie was told that he had waited too v
mg. Dr. Wheeler Informed -o pa- ^
ient. that an effort was being- made 0
ow by the Paris brunch of the in- f
titution to find a cure for a man in
is advanced stages. \
"No hopes of that man returning |<
I time to help me?" he asked. i;
"None." the doctor replied. e
i iieii came the drive to the pretty r
ome in Brooklyn, where his wife a
nd children were anxiously await- v
iig him. p
After telling his family that the t
octors had hut little hope of his a
ecovery. he asked his son. Ramsey,
r lie had come in contact with the i
og. and gave instructions to send f
>'ord to the factory at once to warn f
II employes to hurry to the Pasteur a
nstitute if they had come in conact
with the animal. , <1
Mr. Marsh had many business de- t
ails that he wanted to arrange and i
I?- WM3 HIIXIUIIH HIIQUl H pillOUl IlOl St"- S
ess gun that .Mr. Bangerter had f
ieen working on for some time.
"Father tried to cheer us up," said
ine of the sons yesterday. "He had
lopes that he might live, but the
Irst stages of the disease had passed
ind when he realized this, he knew
le could not live."
it was not until Monday that Mr.
rfarsh had to give up and go to bed.
Phe convulsions had set In. and it
vas only with the greatest effort that
te could keep his mind on the vari
us subjects he wanted to clear up.
I'uesday saw a slight change for the
vorst, and then came the refusal of
ill food. The family called In a
orps of doctors who labored over the
atient, but medical skill could do
tothlng. ,
Tuesday morning. telegrams,
elephone messages and letters began
arriving at the Marsh home by the
wore. People drove up in carriages
ind automobiles, all declaring they
had a sure cure if but given a chance.
Cranks, attracted by the first published
accounts of the story, declared
lhey could cure by prayer, by digging
up the dog and other methods. Physicians
seeking advertisements wired
to the family offering their cures.)
and from San Francisco came one
message that read: "God and His
miraculous powers will cure you."
So frequent, became the telephone
calls and the messages that the family
bad tlie telephone and front door
bell disconnected.
About noon Tuesday the suffering
of Mr. Marsh became so great that
drugs were given to him. which had
the result of lessening his pafn. An
effort was made to give him liquid
food, hut the doctors decided that
was useless.
Shortly before fi o'clock Or. Cullinan
discovered that the patient was
sinking fast and that the pulse was
growing weaker with every beat. He
notified Mrs. Marsh and the children
that the end was but a matter of moment.
At 5 o'clock the end came. *
SOLID FOR BRYAN
Delegates Instructed For Him By
the State Convention.
WITHOUT ANY DEBATE
The Iron Clad llesolut ions Instructing
for the Great Commoner Were
Passed Without Any Discussion or
Division.?Tho Bryan Sentiment
Was Xeurly I'nanimous.
The State Democratic Convention
[>ut itself squarely on record for William
Jennings Bryan on Wednesday
is the Democratic candidate for Presdent.
The convention, whicn met at
loon in Columbia on Wednesday, to
. ci^mccu ueiegai.es 10 me l>emicratic
National Convention, four at
arge and two each from the seven
longressional districts, voted in fav>r
of instructing its entire delegation
o vote for Bryan at Denver, "first,
ast and all th"o time." A resolution
o this effect was adopted without
llvision.
Kx-Speaker of the House M.
>mith was made permanent chairman
ind made a patriotic address to the
convention. after which other pernanent
officers were chosen. The
present secretaries were reelected.
Senator Clifton was made treasurer
tnd J. S. Wilson sergeant at arms.
Permannct. vice presidents were
hosen as follows, each going iu with>ut
opposition: Fifth district. C. M.
Viggins; second district. I>. S. lienlerson:
third district. It. A. Thompon.
fourth district, Howard II. Carisle;
fifth district. J. Harry Foster;
ixtli district, I)r. Olln Sawyer, sevenh
district. It. I. Manning.
Immediately after organizing a
esolutlon was introduced referring
11 the resolutions to the resolutions
ommittee, but while this was intmeliately
amended so as to oxcopt the
esolutions referring to instructing
r not instructing the delegation to
)enver, the Bryan people ins'sting
hat it was much more manly and
ourageotts to t n this question
llrectly and unbiased by any cotnnittee
report.
The first resolution culling for
Irynn came from Editor W. K. tJonales,
of The State. Several it hers
ffered resolutions along the same
ine. Mr. llerndon introduced a reslution
carrying out Senator TiIIaan's
idea of instructing the dolor alon'to
adopt the unit rule. This
ras voted down, and an effort was
hen made to carry the whole matter
ver to the evening session, but this
ailed.
Finally a substitute was offered by
V. P. Pollock that the delegation be
nstructed to vote for Bryan first,
ast and all the time, the resolutions
ommittee to suitably draft such a
' nuiuuuil U III I US II1C <11 Vvl !IUw li MM
doption in the evening session. This
t'as adopted amid cheers from all
?ortions of the hall. The convention
hen took a recess for dinner and ressembled
at 8 o'clock.
After the convention reassembled
n the evening the comimttee on preterm
and resolutions reported the
ollowing, which was unanimously
idopted:
"We heartily endorse, as the canlidate
of the Democratic party for
(resident of the United States, Willnm
Jennings Bryan and hereby inli
net and direct that the vote of
louth Carolina in the national condition
at Denver be cast as a unit
or his nomination until the sume
s secuerd."
By the terms of this resolution the
>outh Carolina delegates are bound
o support Bryan on the first ballot
is well as on every subsequent balot
unless his name should be wlthlrawn.
The meaning of the resolution
s that he, Bryan will get 18 votes
Tom South Carolina "first, last and
ill the time," as declared in the Poloc.k
resolution adopted in the morning.
The convention then proceeded to
sleet delegates to carry out the above
instructions. Senators Tillman and
riarv were elected by acclamation as
two delegates at large and Gen. Wilie
Jones and Col. 11. if. Walkins were
elected as the other two by the convention.
W. F. Stevenson. T. B.
Crews, J. IV Grace and Jt. F. Smith
were elected alternates.
The nominations for district delegates
were then announced as follows:
First district?T. It. Waring and
Dr. F. .J. Carroll; alternates, J. E.
McCoy and VV. E. Kirhy.
Second district?L. J. Williams
Hnd J. E. Hurley; alternate, N. Christen
son, Jr.
Third district?Kenneth Raker and
VV. J. Stribling: alternates, H. C.
Tillman and C. I?. Mann.
Fourth district- R. F. Townsend
and W. C. Rlack; alternates,Clarence
Cunningham and S. J. Nichols.
Fifth district?John (?. Richards,
Jr., and J. M. Cherry; alternates. VV.
W. Dixson and N. VV. Hardin.
Sixth district?J. H. Manning and
I). H. Traxler; alternats, VV. H. Andrews
and D. A. Spivey.
Seventh district?T. F. Rrantlej
and J. H- Clifton; alternate, J. S
Wannamaker.
These nominations were confirmee
by the Convention.
Dr. Sawyer nominated Senator Till
man as member of the national exec
SENATOR TILLMAN
HAILED FOil EVROI'K FROM DOS- (
TON OX SATL'KDAV.
Kays We Have (lie Republicans Beaten
and (hat Bryan Will Be Elect ?l
in November.
A special dispatch from Boston to
the Charleston Post says Senator Till- *
man. in an interview just before he
stepped aboard the Canopic with Mrs.
Tillman for a European trip. Saturday
morning said, referring to the
presidential election, "We have them
licked. Tho other fellows are in a
broken and disgruntled state."
Regnrding the outlook for the coming
Presidential election the Senator r
said: "I am going to Europe for two c
reasons. One is to escape the Pres- s
idential CH mnnl trn .....J ?t
vi me omor is f
t:? have a rest and a Raid time, f ?
am tired and am going away to get t
hack my health. I am going to p
Spain to see if they can cook garlic c
the way 1 like it. No poking around i\
for curiosities or beautiful paintings p
for mine."
Mr. Tillman also in the course of
the Interview likened President Roos- ^
eveit to Caesar. "While the President ,|
may. be the wisest man in the United t|
States today, 1 am not willing to ac- ?
knowledge it." lie declared. "I tl
think there is no fear of Mr. Roose- it
velt's being the next President. Wil- p
Ham Jennings Bryan is the man who n
will next occupy the White House."
Accompanying the Senator is his
physician, Dr. J. W. Uahcoek, of Co- c;
lumbia. ,
SENT BAUK HOME. n
The Times Says Morcnre Police Aid J'
in l(?*s?'iie Work.
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The Florence Times says a very
sad case was brought to the attention w
of the town authorities there Sunday o<
morning when two young girls, Mag- aj
gle Smith and I.illie Campbell, ages jr
about 16 and 1 .S years appealed to
the police to help them get back to w
their home in Columbia. ti
Lillle Campliell told the story to 0|
Ofltcer Cain of how she and her (.t
friend had been pttrsuaded to come a
to Florence l?y a woman who lived 0|
there. Saying thai everything had t0
been misrepresented to tliem. They |^
were told that this was a line place p,
to live and that they could easily ol
obtain employment and would get
along well. h,
I.illie accepted her story and came
down here with this woman Friday. t|.
When they arrived at this woman s at
house they at once realized that they ,i.
could not be satisfied at such a plae \ j-r
They became dissatisfied and wanted ai
to leave and were ill treated tliis (()
woman who tried to force them to a
stay. They said that they were determined
to leave that place and so
back to their people in Columbia if 0>
possible. ,
They went to the residence of a |
citizen about 10 o'clock Saturday
night and were allowed to spend the ^
night. The next morning tlieir case j
was reported to the police and the ;(|
result of the whole thing was that 'fi
the woman who had pursuaded them
to come down here was made to pay a,
their way back to Columbia. * l1;
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MIST RK-KMiOI.L
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All Who \\ ant to Vote .Must Wet New P(
Tickets.
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In order that the electors may m
properly understand the act passed '
by the last legislature in regard to ^
the re-enrollment of voters we publish
it below: ^
"Section 1. He it enacted by the
General Assembly or the State of \
South Carolina. That the Supervisors
of Registration in each County of the
State are required to re-enroll all
the qualified electors In this State
during the year 1908.
"Sec. 2. That at the same time M
the said Supervisors shall register all
persons who may make application '
therefor and who may ho entitled
thereto.
"Sec. 3. That for the purpose of 11
such enrollment and resist ration the n
said Supervisor Rhall keep the books ''
of registration open at the several '
County seats every day (Sunday ex- '
cepted), between the hours of nine
a. m. and six p. in. during the months '
of uly and August. 1908; and in addition
thereto they shall attend, during
the month of September, 1908, v
at least one day in each township,
in their respective Counties, of which 1
at least ten days' notice shall he giv- 11
en by advertisement in a newspaper f
publish in the County; and in Conn- '
ties containing fifty thousand itihab
itants they shall attend in each city, '
town of Indnstiral community, containing
three hundred or more in- '
habitants, at least one day upon similar
notice." '
Fires Jail and CJets I/ong Sentence. 1
William Oarrity, arrested for a
boyish prank and locked in the jail
at Derby, Conn., set fire to the
I building causing flames which overcame
officers and enabled him to (
make his escape. He was reoupturr
ed after a long run and is now serv- |
ing eight months in jail.
utive committee and he was elocted i
I by acclamation.
Resolutions of regret at Senator i
- Tillman's sickness and absence was
- passed.
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TERRIBLE WRECK
Caused* by an Express Train
Crashing Into Another.
SIXTY ARE KILLED
lefetlitc Switch Throws Fast Mail
Against I,oral Traiu Carrying Pilgrims
to the Shrine at Turnbout,
all of Whom Were Killed or Seriously
Injured.
One of the most disastrous rallond
accidents In recent times ocured
at Contlch, a station six miles .
nuthcast of Antwerp, Belgium, on
lie main line at 8 o'clock Friday
lorning. The exact number of rlcims
had not been determined up to
ite in the night owing to the difttulty
of removing the bodies from
lw>
ui iMies, DUt the latest estimate
laces the number at sixty killed and
ne hundred wounded.
The catastrophe ajtpcnrs to have
ecu duo to a defective switch, where
lie main line crosses n local line. At
lis point a train carrying n large
umber of pilgrims on their way to
ie Shrine at Turnbout. was staudir.
into this the Antwerp-Brussels
* press dashed at a speed of fifty
liies an hour, literally leaping on
ip of it.
The heavy coaches of the express
rashed ti. guter train into splintrr..
The sides of the express cars
ere torn from their fastenings, the
nors practically collapsing, thus
recipitating ihe passengers to the
Ule uninjured, when they tied freuted
across the field. |
But for this fact the death roll
ould be niucn greater. Few of the Si
zcupants of the local train escaped I
live. Those not killed were badly j|
ijured. many of them mortally. I
The rescuers, even the doctors,
ere sickened at the sight that mot I
icir gases. Evidences were found I
r horrible death struggles that oc- H
ired in lue coaches. At ono place
dismembered hand was found gS
Utching one of the supports of the I
irn car. One body was lying across |?
ie boiler of the locomotive crushed B
to a shapeless mass. The majority iM
' the dead could not be recognised. B
ther being decapitated or their B
ads being terribly crushed. I
The signal man at Coutich saw B
iat his switch was not working Just
; the Antwerp express came thun- B
ring down the line. He leaped B
om the window of his signal station B
id heroically ran down the track B
ward the oncoming train, waving B
red flag. His effort was too late to &S
,rert a disaster. |||
The engineer and fireman of the B
cpress were ki 1 l?*d at their post.
he judical authorities of Antwerp B
ton arrived on the scene and opened shF
t investigation into the disaster. B
he v ordereH ?! ?
? ...... iuuii ill ['jrji
targe of the switches under arrest, 1H
though It Is believed by the authori- ij||
ves that they were blameless. ^gB
Prince Albert went to Contlch this $$?
ternoon and visited the wounded. |??j?
iving cancelled an engagement to H
eside at a banquet j? t Antwerp. fl
With regard to the cause of the
llision, a railroad offieal stated 1|S
lat the switches were being repair- |$|
1. and that fne workmen who had ^
en placed J>t the temporary hand H
vitch appeared to have made a D
istake or the switch failed to act. >
he engineer, it was stated, saw the
linger and applied the brnkes, but
was too late to avert the disaster.* ^
ATIONAL CAMPAIGNS COttTLY. H
mounts S|?'iit l?y Parties in Presl- ^
dential Klrrtion Years. |i|
Reecnt debates in Congress on a ?Sj
ational publicity bill have revealed 1||
jmo interesting facts, not the least |j|
f these being that as far hack as H
890 when Lincoln and Douglass Hj
ere tie- oppe.tng candidates of the H
Republican and Democratic parties 'Jy.
[ spectlvely, tremendous amennts of
ioney wore expended for campaign J|
urposes. In only two Presidential %
lections sice 1880 has the Repub- Jg
- spent less than the Democrata. 9
'hose two years were in 1HS4, when ||j
antes (5. Illaine and drover Cleve- |||
and were the candidates, and In j|S
Sit2, when Harrison and Cleveland IS
:ore the nominees of their party. gg
The following, which is believed to H
as accurate as it is possible to H
nake it. shows the total expend!- f|
ures of both the Republican and the ||
temocratic parties since i860: |||
ISfii). Abraham Lincoln, $100,- ^
>00; Douglass, $50,000. 1
1864, Abraham Lincoln, $125.000; I
dcClellan. $60,000. I
1868, i s Grant, $15t>.0O0; 8ey- I
liour. 175,000. /'
1872, U. S. Grant, $250,000; Horice
Greely, $50,000.
1870. R. H Hayes, $050,000; Tillen.
$900,000.
1880. Garflold. $1,100,000; Hanrook,
$355,000. <
1884. James G. Blaln, $1,300,000;
Cleveland, $1,400,000.
1892, Harrison, $1,850,000; Cleveland.
$2,350,000. 4
1890. McKinloy, $16,500,000; Bryan,
$675,000.
1900, McKinley, $9,500,000; Bryan.
$425,000.
1904, Roosevelt, $3,500,000; Parker,
$1,250,000.
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