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-U ? 11 VOLUME XII. CAMDKN, 9t 0., FlUDAYi MAI.H IT 15. 1901. NO. 10. ? - " r -i A HORRIBLE CRIME. A Girl In Brooklyn Assaulted By Three Men, GIRL 1$ THOUGHT TO BE DYIM * Alary Paige, id YeamgfUtftfTT.ured to i k.lveiy Stablb bi^fhree Young Men, Drugged anil /j/tado Their Vic l?u. {New YorkVspeelal. ? rnrons^io'.fet and tho phjwU-ffuis say, dying. Mary I'tt.ige, theyprotty lG-ytar-old daughter of C. H.X'alge, Mai at *her father's borne. Brooklyn, tlio viotlm of assault, Sinco sho WiiJi round Tuesday morniniT vv-iiutcviivg 1". streGis ti is sxld she has been conscious only a fqxv minutes "iben she managed to gaHp out. that 6he find br>:ji lured tojfcvliv^ry stable Uy throa youuit mo:i, rWced itu drink a drugged drink atfcl thentaseuulted by the tliiee. Tbo police aoled pFomfr'ly aft?r thof glrrs fat-bet- bad reported to them. Tuesday afternoon they arres ted (<rorg? .Vttb.dt, Jr., 17 years ohU of Brooklyn. He admitted knowing Mary, eaitUhe hwl taken her for a walk Sunday n?ght and that two youog men had joined ihuni, but do-1 claimed that he know nothing1 about lief having been drugged, and denied that thoro.had been aof assault. Ho ga\e tbo nam.OH of the two olhor youths, aud on Mr. Paige's complaint war* rants were sworn out for them. t/itd iti the. afternoon the defectives took a youns irf.ui to the Adams street polbo station, where be made affidavit be fore Mng's ia!e nrenner. The detfN.-' liven saH the youth was a most im portance witness in ,trre cfw. They would not j>ermit. him to talk. Tuccvtiy evening young Abbott was taken b-eforo Mayor Paige and fully identified by her ns the one who bad given her the supposed drugged liquor and ass.vuH.ed her. The girl's condition wn,3 very much improved at night and the attending physician says there is little doubt ci her recovery. Treaty Hatter Dropped. ' Washington, D. C., Special.?No step has been taken by either sidr* since the delivery of the British note t eat ing of Hie Sell ate amendments t> tin Hay-Pauncefote troa'ty ard It is un derstood that none will be taken in the Immediate future. The treaty ?ex pire;! March and it. Is said that at this moment our government Is un- : decided a.=; to whether or not it sh:< 11 J attempt to dtv.w a new treaty with Great Britain. It i#$aid that before anytihlnig of this kind Is dore the ad min Irt rat ion will take stops t.9 learn the views of Senators and1 the party's leaders in Congress. There will be :io trtiity submitted to the Sedat" except upon a pretty clear understanding that it is strcng enough to secure tlio vota of -two-thirds of the l>ody< It is said at the State Department th:t tho British communication submitted yes terday v."111 pot be given out for publi cation for "the present. Grounding of the Training Ship. . Washington, I). C.. Special.?-Word has readied the Navy Department tha' the training ship Dixie which has bsen nground for over a week past at Mary lard Point, in the lower Potomac, was successfully floated Tuesday morning. The Secretary of the Navy lias order ed a count of inquiry to meet a,t the Norfolk r.avy yard, next Saturday, to fix the responsibility for the ground ing of the Dixie, by which the ve?:el was prevented from reaching Wash ington on the occasion of the inaugu-; ration. Tho vessel is to be docked At Norfolk, to make sure that she has ?u*4<alned no serious injury frorft the grounding. Urged to Curtail Production. Fall River, Moss., Special.?Manu facturers are being,urged to come into the agreement to curtaH the produc tion suggested by the selling coram.t te?$ of this city to relieve the cotton cloth market. The committee whl bring about a curtallment^or 60 days* duration In each factory same time be tween the 1st of April and the 1st of August. The com-nvittee that they can control about 1.350,00 svlndles and require about 600,000 more to make the plan bindng. Reciprocity Treaties Extended... Washington, D. C., Special.?It is probabletfce thne for Jhe treaties with Greet Britain, respecting reciprocity with the British West In dian cotoniee wilt be extended during the present week for a period of one tffc nest Pec?bar. \ A PMHtart dUpvteb ai^: "A toil "euiiiU wnit a to to tiam* to ?*m * ***? tnmbto um* :H INStKANCL MUDDLE, legislative Oversight Endangers Vn!? uablo Property. Things lc<|k very gloomy under the v't?io limit ri\iK'0 aot for the insurance -otAhe State Hospital f*>r t!io In .inc. Jfa tht> thiug now stamLs, owing to an oversight or the neglect of rhe legis lature tA handle the matter fhSiottgh" ly practically all of the valuable pro rwty of this Institution, wor:h about $270,000, is and has boon without in surance of fljvy kitul since March l. This seenvs to be another plunder (if the legislature in pa-sing a a;?eHrte act requiring the hospital to tike ?V..Jto insurance and yot not making any provision in the appropriation .>1!| for the payment of the premium. Tuo ro.T.ptrrd*rr -*h-v-h-44w4- -4w*4 Uft had any authority in the maser h?-' would* have i.-sued his wan mt Rome time ago and the whole mrvtter would have hern adjusted by this time. It now looks as if the only remedy :>r the regents of the hospital to meet and borrdw the mon?y from v;o.re bank on no'ei and got the lo;-,is lature to remedy lt3 oversight when 1; reassembles in January next. The following in the 16 U* r fittai the ?f t? tscsurer to the dOmptiO'ler in regard to the matter: Hon. .). I*. Dei ham. comptroller gen j cral. t l'y. Dmr Sir: I hard you herewith ap plication for Insurance to t^nount $272,7^0 of Insurance upon sundry asy lum building*. uhilcr provlsioil of a:l act entitled "ai\ act to provide for State insurance of public . buildings," as amended February 21st; 1901. Si- t ion I of paid net requires me to i ay to the ooTrtmlsslor.ers of the sink ilrs fund one half cf the amount an I'.tally paid In premiums for insurance on public buildings, which payment in this eats amounts to *1.410 Unier seotloh r.ftg the general statutes the State treasurer Is required to pay out all moneys ori'y on warrant of the comptroller, eXcipt in caj-es of ' in tercut on public debt and the pay of members, officers and tmployn of the general assembly." I the;e.'ore, r.sk that you issue to me your warrant for t'he payment by me of said amount o\er to the sinking fun 1 co:nn is3ion. jo that I may comply with the re quirement of section I of said act. It. H. Jennings, State Trctsurer. The comptroller's reply to tills was as follows: Columbia. S. C., March 11. 1901. Hon. It. H. Jennings, State Treasurer, Columbia, S. C. I>ar Sir: Itoplylng to yours of this date containing the application o.' Dr. .1. W. llabcock. superin, end'nt of the State ho?T'Wa? for the insane, tor one v? lr's insurance. with the rfctui^st that I draw a warrant In your favor for hull'the atuo. nt of the usual premium, amounting to $1,419 G3. 'Lh^rc is iu provision iu the appropriation net fcr this insurance on this .property, aud in the permanent act providing for this Insurance, to which you refer, there is no authority conferred on the ? ornpttOiler general to draw ills v/tir :;?nt. There being no appropriation and no warraot of law for mo 'o do etherwlse, I must decline *o issue the. Xitrran-t and hereby roiurn your ap? plication, Yours very truly, J. I'. Derham. Comptroller Ctneral. The only provision made in ttie im propriation act for Insurance on tnls piopei't-y Is 107 for the Insurance of Ihe farm. Another Railroad. The secretary of sta<e has i-:sue;l a commission to the Charleston, Subur ban and Summerville Railway com pany. a new concern which proposes construct and opcrr-'t* a line llc tween life c'.ty of Charlo;ton and Sunj rnervlllc. It is proposrl tt> operate an electric line which will be 28 mllr's in length and of standard guage. Th*. capital stock at the outlet H to be $600,000, with the privilege of Increas ing to * 1.000,000. The corporators are J. J. O'Connell. B. TV Evans. J. W. Simons and . Jonathan Lucus. all of Charleston. That such a line will be n paying one gorvs without paying. Will Co-Operate. Gov, MeSweonpy has received a very courteous Utter from the governor Colorado saying that tha.: official 1. willing to cooperate In every way pos sible to make the Charleston exposi tion a 8ucres3. The Colorado governor rays that the legislature of his Stv;e has adjourned, and It Is too late ro provide for an appropriation, hut he thinks that individual ^ub/Mjrlptior.a will be enough to provide an exhibit. ______ V * New Eaterprise*.. tljhe secretary of state has Issued a rompl#?K>n to the Blackaburg Cott&n ?eed Oil mill of Blackshurg. The cor porator? are 17 F. WhIgoflw n<V A. H. PoitocR; D. R Bird, NW% Hardin awl J: C. Ro?? Of Blackaburg. The cjpftil stock to to be $16,000. and Uie KMyr4,.of Hxe cQg??ny to Indicated in the name. ../ A cbirter??vi grawtd the PaTmet'd Mr.nofacturiag company of Otorltito? which propose* to manufacture cloth leg, rblrCa, underwear, etc., on a cap! tat rtoek of The officer* are 9miachooner Mar THhilih WRECK l!V WIND. ??" " ~ ? furious Cyclone Visits Many West cm Cities MICH DAMAGE IS REPORTED. the .Storiii Particular!^ Oestruc lvo ill Kciitucky?-Hosvy Visitation in Chicago, ^ ? Chicago, Special.--One of the word wind ?;orm? of the season etru -k Chi cago o.irly St:nday, and during tho l\v.i hours that It lastel, damaged p oporty tlm,upfront tho <MtJr t" tho exti'tit of $175,000. % Matty haiivy frlthi*-glass tfi 1 Hows wfti'b tttgwn In. 'lYftrgrnpb mi l tolcphono companion were tlio worst en IT ore: a. Tnouspnrts H <* ; -a Down down and (YiJeftgo waft practi cally Uolm'cd tyom tho West and Nortihwoat by t fir pi von1 and tolograpu. Tin' storm is Iwlleved to havo b?ou tno l sovrro In eon?horn Wteejinstn. fVIoug u short stretch of tlio Milwauk6j road In southern Wlsooifc'.n 500 tele phone polos ?irt? down. Rejiorta from many ioints in Indiana ainl Kentucky a ho indicate heavy datnago from tho M/jrm. Tht Wf? tern llnton and Pos tal Tolog rap'i Companies sniftered se V<iroly by f::l on pole*. It was optima el that there were nOt fewer tluin f>,U0J t>r>!o.s in tho oily thrown down by t'rt fury of the Wind and the atorm. Ser vice almost as far West as Omaha w.u stopped until late In the evening. Trains tntcrlivg Chicago were dela/ei all the Way from ton minuter. t'? nu hour. Tho liutlicgton uiwi tho Mil waukee and St Paul Oojnpan.'es wiio tho worst sufferers in this r"spvei. All tracks and sw-irtiih yarls. At the life feaving sta. Ion at the mouth of the Chi cago river, it was eon-ddcrbd the worst gt?le wibich ban struck Chieag > b:i b ?r since 1894. The water, larbod Into fury, cassis up 'to the Life saving statl >?i and flooded t.he flo.^r for. tho fl ?' t!m< In 12 years. Mo&t ct the shipping: was jirotected In wintet* quarto:s, so that ? ho damage dolie to 'it wan slight; TliE fttORM ttf KENTUCKY. Fulton, Ky. Spec! ad. In the t?rr fle norm that this pee!L-n Satu day night tho damage was greatest i t Hickman and Cltnton. At Clint ?n 20 hcjiro ca hilts Were demoilshoit, two ne gro^ l>eing nortally httrt, and many others badly bruSsotl. Part of Marvin College waa unroofed and the water works plant was destroyed. Eight freight ears on the Illinois Centr.:l twitch a.t the depot at Clinton w r ? blown from tho track. Tho BrtptlH church at Hickman was destroyed) by Wind. A large number of tenant houses and barns were blown down In Kul ton and Hickman countlrs ami the loss Of property is largo. Pa'Uio-ah, Ky.. Special.?A ft >rm f.truck the neighborhood of Maxon'a Mill and overturned three hotlsoi fl led with negroes. Twenty itiblei were blown down and matfy hor?es killol. contenr.te blown away. Three churcnts were destroyed. lio.^s $50,000. THE STORM AT WILLS POINT. ?Houston, Texas, Special.?News from Paturlay's st;.rm Is coming fr.;m north east Texas. There are four dfttd j nd Ave believed to be dying nit Wills Point, where the property loss will reach $100,000. Five pertoco we:? bad ly hurt at New R;*i!x>n. A number of homes were wrecked. Thu piopeity loss there will reach $7f>,000. At Blos som, the riama.go Ij residences was great. In Palyncs county, one man was killed and several persons hurt, two f-sriously. The damage t> p op^f.y was heavy. The wind w.is accom panikrl by rain, which wi:.h hall, did eonslerable damage lnthe rural dis tricts The *et?rm was flrst reported from Uvalde, on tho Mexican l?or.!o". CLOUDBURST AT OWENSIJOltO. Oweai^>o:o. Ky-. Special.?A c'.oud Jiu^t herit did grftit dimage. The sew er wall I at) Main and Davids >trfe^s burst and'a largo water-main w^S lln d^rirsincd and broke in two. For sev eral hour* water rusbed in torrents through the streets. Andfr^on's de partment store lias been undermlno.1 and is in gre-t danger. The i treo. cav In within four feft of Tempi? The.H-e and tlia-t l:ui dir? l< also in great dc.nger. The c ty Ls left In dark b.cks. All stroat oar traffic has been suspended. HEAiVY SNOW STORM IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. Karens City, Special.?Sunday nlght'rt 8row storm was on? of ihe severest of the wimter in western Mis souri and mrthern Kansas WhiTe the fall was not heavy, it drifted l>adly.Thc M''s?ouri Pacific had a pns senger r--aln sluck In a drift for six hour.' neir Jamc^tywn, Kansas. There are brd drifts on a number of Miisouri Pacific branhce-. Two erginca were run on all trains during tkc day 1,000 TELEPHONES OUT OF SER VICE. ? v v Detroit, Mioh,, Spiclail.?Over 1,00") telephone? were rendered useless by the rain which fell and frozo the en tire morning. The thirty-mile wi ^L. whdeh accompanied the iT.ln raise 1 havoc wSlh the wire*, weighed dov/.n by loe. Officials of the Michigan Tele phone Company Mid U in cAniate 1 that their total loa* wll be $20,001. 6tree* car service, was prec.Uy m rTWttrrm'wn* >ut the soilhcrn put of tna Stat*, wire* suffering everywhere. By Wire and C-bte. Tke Adjitut-Ooerar* ^offlcc re ports MtWfcctory prccraa in jecrck W$ m 1 rn lUWlllij iMffueutL j " A lOKTMOIIVS SI IZlKtS, fwo NNccks' l^pjiorf 'TvfnOut by tbe CVustaiutl.-ify C'Jcik Is f in R;atcnieirr fur aiahod by Constabulary < lei k V. \\ Harris of the work doro by l In* dif ferent cl !ef con.-t:\blo* and their men in t)ut',v i\spec.',ivo division 1 V>r tiio period of two w;oH'-t on tint? March 'J: , J F. Ratcmam ami wen rcizel S<> f.tPcii'a vfh "k<*y- brandy, ot \. 33 d z Cvn Ik?;;! ?j of beer mi. \ fovmI MMe up to ooiut and g..t Urn ft trim fulls, f in1 p;.xvls were seized in s null quant 1 ?-3 from the following name I poii-aius. tin1 iocurronc? oi' tit* ??me fV"?rno showing that erlcurcft were ir.n.'o a ? i><; f>v ?\kf fenoivt times: .1. C. Pout. .). I* Shuil, M. S. 8cc11, II. C. I>',xon, E. H. Moor>, I) .f Power.-, J. M. M ore, W. Kelly. .\tll<y? !''>??>(ii ?' H Hunt Hrni.i W. II. Sellers, Geo. ^Tor?F?iT J X.~TTaT-. Ulirva, J. I'Qurav*. Aun'C Hnrdti), J < tiovy, .) C. Tn>pger, I1'. Ojnr.omnn. \V. Dunlup. Hfmry Ho\^6n, ('.. 1,. Wil liams. 10. I). Wall ro, .iiin Siini Ellorfcuw, Henry Me'Phonx>:n W. if. Til or, At. 0. Mo<llin. J R, Croc k?-r. all ;>f Columbia; W. M. Wllam, Peaks; I. A. StfnTeM; ,f*cYr*rtr?' John -Matt-hii*. Ridgew.iy; James uiwfd'<i fi fix way,' M. C. LorK-k. Kltlgcway; VT An thony. Westville; <? \V. Moiir..o. Cain Hf ii; E. K. Sams, Sce.iery Hill; M. (I. Tounani. W-inaubuo, Win. Sml'li, bawkiiis: J lv. M<?b!ey, S. P. AdunH, end 3. At Hoiii'.ii C. L. Carrion and men so'z d " V gallons of whiskey, e.e . 7 battl s of brxif. Bent three oases uj> ? c .urt art I oUalmd e?ne eonvb t ion These b<jLi?re?i wore made from John Iviper and l<ern Nix, a>t Plokon*: Sam Watson, F t'rorkcr, Jako Fraaier, A. M. Chapped. 'Poney IHch^on nttd Hid SiiiRiftton, at Oreonwood} John ifarHe aa<1 Walt f Dv>tKh. rtt ICanlr^: .1 i5?. A. Rob i t-v ii. at IkMiald's; A. C. C'ur^y. Kf. Fjdwaida ami F. Crocker, at Ooro;iaeb; Johit JbirnJs and Dock M'-Mahan, at Fasb v; J. S. Wilfon, -??. (li\"P.i wood; David I.-tills, at Willi.iui ton. S. (). l?aFar and men seized so gal lons wh"sko\s blMliiJy. Cte.. nnrl * otio t.cia.m, convicted six -offenders an I sent three cax-R up t<i onv, The Kf.'ziueJi Were made from Johti Drard, Thomas (Gardner, Si. iSiwinioim. .fuliit-t (Jrren, all ll^r!rcenvtlfe. J. R. Fant and men fo'zed 2<! Ral lons of whiskey, brandy, etc., one doz en lxt!lk-s of beer, and ono still, and soiit seven eawes up to ourt. Tho f.cilziire.s wefe made fp.tm H. 1>. Atkins, CT.xrl SudJiriWi, at Motlny'a Creek; Hurt Edwards. Henrietta Whitmaii, Charko Crawford. Jno. Ivy, A. M. S:u: deis, SImp FowelU L. F. Soctiam'Mi, all J.t Rook Hill; Manda Cowon, James Mult ei*s. Jno. flowan, Myia (.onior, Nolliu l^itierson, all u>t Spnr-tanburg'. H. T. IIowlo and >neU f^ebod 31 gal lons of whiskey, win?, brandy, etc., 41 i'.1 >zon bottles of beer and 105 g.illonn beer In kegs. Tho sflJuzrog wenc rav:o in Charleston and fio:n the followlns hanvel persons: Jaa. Bnlla, E. Z. Zl.< i-eUt, S. P. Scihittdaiessl, Jas. Rollf, W. WtdMrs, Tlio -. D.igg-xn, Our Tcney, I'at Duggran, Puilaxs Cafe. Calhoun hotel, Mi'.-ehtto O'Ccfnnor, Jno. Lulen thal. Charleston hotel, B. B. Edwards, (J. H. B. Me^er.-A. J. Saunders. G. II. (UcrvcT, St?rve 'M.'jU r, Pat O'C inner, Stevo Mooney, E. Z. Zlss-tt, Ca'hoiri hotel, P#t -i)uggajv\ Thr<?. Marks, fiitevo Moonry, H. 0. HosEelmoyer, I). W. Gothon. S. P. Schadrrcs ?!, Charb a ton hotal, Calhoun holol, Geo. Stosic ken, J. P. Piepeir, E. Z. Zlss-ott. Jus. Bolls. Tho?. DngRan.', J. JvJ^uders, CMiarleston hotml, Rldd-oek and Burns, Calhoun hotel, Stovo M-mey, S eve Mil ler, Pat O'Connor,"Calliouu hotol. Ri 1 dpek ami Burnft, Our Ton'?y, Charles ton hotel, R. 8lnipk#?, Thos. Duggan, P. Palls, PIH Wlekott, J. Simpke, Rid dock and Buriv, S:ovo Mcr.oy, Charles ton hotel, Calhoun hotel, Pat B'ig gan.s. the rec.urrenco of same name show the number cf tiinca f.e'z 1103 were made fiv.cn the party. W. W. Sel'orB end men seized three quarts of whirl; ey from Jason Wright, at I^i'.n?lcy. aril 20 bottles of l?ftl<*?rt from Henry Ufurton a$ Warrenvil'e. John (I. Wa'ln an.*l me.n f-e.'ze I f.i r gall^nn cf whiskey fr.im If. i<. P tern, Cades; 1v.o gillom whiskey f?*>ui Thomca Harrc*!, C:tl:.s; <hro? gallons whiskey fr^m P. T. Thomas, Scran o 1; Ihrr-e gallons whiskey from Willi;? 6-imrnona, Cartersvllle; lw> gill m> whiskey frr,m Evandor McDowell. Lake City; two kjijIo?L3 whiskey from Irving Hell. liayLoro. Ex* Congressman a Bankrupt. IMrmln>gham, Ala., S^colal.? M. W. Howard, who while a mcai^r of Con gress from tho seventh district 'of thl? Stnto, wrote a book entitled "If Chrfwt Came to Congress," han filed a petition in bankruptcy here. Ho plicea hU HnbITIt.es aX $10,S27 and aa.vcts at (796. Mr. Howard now re?UIo3 at Port Payne, where ho ha^ b^en identified with some Iniuef'.riaJ projects Minro bin retirement from <kw?ress, ? Will Do His/Best. Gov. McSvjrfn-y bna received tho following lei/.-er from/M.lJ. E. Willia <>f ?Ch-arle^tqn, recently\ app^inte.1 fl h commissioner: \ "Yours to hand. I Am fp>i<e willing to act without pay. bufc T cannot got any one eteo In other parts of the S?tate to work without remuneration. E.ISato, Ashepoo, Comb??h?o, Saatoo, WftOMmaw -rivaas. alLfuli of nrt i ing all shad and shipping them no?th and west tress TS#roft<! anions.. naver allowing one to find Its way to our ifark?t. ? ? ( |" "I will follow uo the government flvh ooaaoiaaionar and got Ma (? stook our rivers end report ppofrtu [tULjHW-"- _? ?-?~~ r? Admiral CottoiA Admiral Gotten, comaMriMt at tho No.folk nary yard, has mods a per tonal MiJpscUoj ot Ihs Colsd toMlsr AJax, which had a Are la he? seal dspsrtaasftl l*o. S, tor tho laat tbite wsshs. Ths MMtt| aoat has fetso moved, acd it Is foood ikat tho not a?gs?*~ ?lhii ^fwn run AMOSON M:.\SA1I0\ Report of Jury in lliol aiiious "hlav' cry" Cases. Much ?!((<?! w;f ha* <?( ivcvntly fn t!??? ,'u'J t rtl?>#?vy IH, It Will l??' tMlU'-!:1 ?-<t I(i(Im> H< not o:\1oivnI an ln\C\'. ina'.'lon hr ilia )^rHtvd jury, w hi< h w.?duly 111ado, iiii.l the royur* riuit t o.iy ?;w iv-ad on Thuivul.iy. Tho c?m t loom was paekt i. 'ho inn In flo'>r w.;<> ota-upied by white p'o yle. ftinl Mr A lilt!'* nailery war. ? ro\vd >\ wil.li ?> I IKor*?' ; was iih>>I in to?s;\ far not fi wr?l ?Jf* 1papers coutor.(.i htttl Is**' 11 rilvulgftf ? h? ("<' man. Mr. H. A. Snlllviii. handed ui? Mi$ paper, which was mui. \\ 11?-a ,l>* reading wi>.s ?>?l. il w is -slnvc' u'or notfrer vccrttH. in re convening. Judge Menot .u) ,>m*--?*.1 thr grand Jury: HK-iVKI' AAUi. "Mr f-Nuvmnn ft'*'' (lentlenun of the .levy: 7 nut tn^AUiXUHX. affords i?C p: Ofoiind j-(!>' f i' ' ? "i N on ha\ 0 dan jour duty, not only flf'S *??d ffeirji -- Iv. hul fairly. I am ^riKk wit): I lu' stntomiT.1 ? *?h*. you .. ave refrain.d from reading tivo romn of wli!ill have puhliuht-.l j-eii - a i .{Jn:tl ifi-, and Mint you ha\e n .'rain*.fiwrli prelng or hrailng nn.y commetw Mint Uihild prejudice von lu your Invi li gation. It rt-'l! fiuritj Is? ynn. therefore. l<> know lio'.v mni'h ?\? 1;*"ii?i;it. Mum* h.i? hern nil over the. iitato uu(| M>* country. ^ IvNSATIO.N A L N lSWSI'A 1 >10.11 K. at Ilia h*::l!t have for^oitcn that the InveKtigntlon svafl njrffvrod and wVift N'n^ cowd noted. They convoyed Mm Idea tiinl tho newspn|>crn find illMeOV fM<>'l tho scaii^rM throu-feh their own efforts. "Your work and the work roil it Is not referred to In these arti olrrt. Jt i1<Kft S'.ry that "happily BiKiW lix-al f-rroi'IS art* m?-(^." hut the rendrr would fnfrr that th?'-?c rffoitn aro title t'> ihf iii-\^par-I l-,'lp found in th<?i^ a ('count:; hftyond wliHl was tnUon fiom the rt-Hmh <vf tho court, ami timr little is fala?>. Thc^'' ))(* w"SPxlT^orK SCU>. Ilov11 than .lust. y t * "In order I n ar tills invostlKainffn Mils court was only doliif? its plain duty, uuletJy, uTVOttcntatiously, hut earnest ly I It Ik prciiilarly 11k- vrork ?>f thia (ouit. {itil tho cruj.' t will 'do It"^ duty, and do^n not pr'ipos"' to A>p lirtcrforfd with hy po'ltic-nl husyhojlli'-n in or nut of oovijCi'C'SH. When the,' char?e -? made Llireo wrrka a^olthe <oiirt h id no Idwi "f doing inore^han showing you gran I Jtnor.i your duty, and It had no thought r.or t?xution that the charge of the court 'wmld he li":?r?1 be yond iht four wr?l 18 of this coiiit room. STATIC I'THCSS OHM M RNPIvD. "ThiOugli the JoiirnnlifvUr enterprhe of your local piper, lhf< t>:illy Mall, actmtcd hy the purf^A and most praiseworthy motives, the cluirfte "R'as 1 published. It was done no! a ft-"!' the manner of wlmi 1? c.illcd. In new?p"P' or clang, "yellow joiirnnll m.' hut b in ply t h at tiie r^'^1 people of A mien on county mtr^t *ee that tho 'Inquitous nyfitrm wvmld he thoroughly looked Into and put an <nd lo; for the en* counigoniont of the law-alddin-g uttd a t-orror to ovil doers; t'li-.i-t it In Rhtt he eoon an-1 known of all people of this county, white and ? hlaek-, that the Etronfi arm of the la.w. , would ho rSretChed out H> prote<;|, the humbU^t ivo?ro ngainrt opjire^wion and wrong. "Other newsj?a|;crs throu^hou't the Elale acted In the same Avay, n<d scnstttion-m&nzors, hut as good citi zen i and chani'plons of a righteoiiK (MIMW Thjjje were no faming head Uncn. no r: a ill in k H.-arehoads. ; lint the puhJlc:i<tjo:f was arcompaniel with strong woi is cif ?oivh tit ;t).'i of the Irhiimnn trentm<'nt of the negro, an 1 with coually F/rong wo:d< of.I'oromon riat!on of the charge of the court. "It was to be expfy.ted th.it news papers in other &a!es would tno tice of a maittcr of f-o much public in terest?nor had wo any desire to hide this ugly thing fBo'm the eyca o. our Hster S|n4cB. Newspapers were only doinR jjieir duty In giving it the ut most publicity mid In condemning it in scathing terms. '"ft gives mo pleasure to nay that, with fow exceptions, the ifercat Journ als in nil parts i?f the country did ?r*{r duty in ibis rcvard: hut some u.ivepH;)('??. ;.T! I io\:bly one. wont f?r beyov'l th^ p; '"^r of Journ alistic criticism. I rcfrT especially to The North American, a l'hlladelphia m wsipaper. "It Evrrr.n that th.'ut paper Sttflit a .staff reporter to th'a county, and while v/-s have no desire do discourage the .sending of special . correspondent* from Philadelphia to Andeivon county fc:* the purpose of finding out the ex art truth, lot 'them tell the truth; !<"t tl.cm treat o serious subjcct liko tills u<_th ail fairness and candor. "V"Facts wHEjr"nTST07rriw> are moro mischievous than falsehoods. 1 do not say that the special corre-s pondents of The North American de liberately wrote wjiat was not true. butTI do say that hi* account was greatly exaggerated, fjr too highly colored, essentially misleading and groMly unjust. NOT A HACK IS "It is foolWi to talk of th<? rn?e<y of Intertcrlng by congress and the SmwI -courts. -Th?y-4g&o?a tie.fact the court and the grand Jury tv.vught the Tastter SrJ*> atten tion and were busy Investigating It We are able to deal with this matter without any outeide help. We do not wWh to waeih on' dirty linen In the federal laundry. There is no politics Ttt mo party I Mm Tint nt f en a race btsue. jiot ?ren Initircctjy. 14 !? purely sod Anply the righting grlvrom wrong. Wo proteot against the ftrr idea of botalde Interference. - that the testimony of aecroes Mesrod la our eourta." The jodg* here cited sereral reruoly, to wUth f with arNd-*hrAl?< govornftf. H ho Ita>1 for\vard<?l <o t i.? solicitor a Witter fo *iv? d hy h in Th? judge said 1J*' luul t'OiiiM o' ? ho mattnr until tho -trial of tli?c Nov *]J and \va* {i<stoni h?\! bryom' moaswro f'.1* ?hft dtaelosuns therein. Yurui::.g to tin4 rtu4ienc? ho ?.a,'d th;'j; ho WftlVted K? Ml vis# t'1^ f??glOOH Hi>t lo hoMwo ru-mora wheh wtfrt* golm i\a to tho Invalidity of all la I or ?<>!/.racts- He said tho conn: will t :i 'force fltt lawful onntraotu. ami lh<a?t irrocu should n<* illAk? the nvintaiu> of t>o' v!ng tho Inves-tlgat.lott mount thr: ,*'l oou!r;iot? worr vohl. Takift* >'?> *'u> pres-or./t?nvent, .lin!p< iidM.i* mid thi* Hmhos mentioned ar ' i *iil that some uf t.iW lc??L lunl l-< en pi'iksoruus) for falso fn.^v Bivn ?i .Mil, while mthcra woro llaihlo In dum (i^^s ?iJBS!y aa well aa for criminal The solicitor, h-u Bald, will do hUs duty, ami U w4ll ho loft to tho pot.it Jurors to do tholr*. (lood work ha*l alraidy boon dom\ ami tho <'\ >1 ia almost atounped out; puhMv- wvi. trr-f'- -K f?*a<4l?Uly nolld 4t4taluaL-the ny.-tem, in which only u fow moil have im V-i iv i i*vVed, Jmlg-o Iionot declared thrtt too j>ro ?vommonit> brought pitiful details. "It lohl of illegal arreart* ami Imprlson men-t, of cruel whipping, of prolon/v?i imprisoitmeut without oven tiio faive nf :i trial. ?tf kid napping uogroc& fio.n oth*r t oin; i iiv?, and eviUl fi om (Soorgla, <>T ft,it iM gtvc testimony, refusal to t?1jfv. and. mosf f/iUful of all, of poor iuA?ri:t.; professing to bolnjs satistlnd and contented." IUh honur warned tho Jurorw that (hoV tnnAt not divulge any of tho te? tlmony. which ho turned over to ..he clcrk of ooutrt and ordered him not to inako It public. Tho prewentmont ho turned over to the Rollcltor lor bin hoip and guldaneo in i>rejparing tho ca^fti. Ho theti r?<r?>nrod to itlio jury's ro mak* as to tho convlet leasing Hy?tom, ,v.'1 Miid >ia was glad thw Jurors ??n cMir?id wi-th him. Tho logi.sJaiure had nlrcnd.v t.nhon ?+to|W to h-)oi? dhla *>'?L0ui "Tlu.ro is no 'llkolliiqyd that: this F.tockado slavery, wiUh r.a Kl^icUloa, whlv^lU'S^ and airmotl guards will ov?m" l e .-JtVH ng:nin 'n -thin or any oLLuxr county.'' Double Daily Service Between New > ork, Tampa,Atlanta, New Orleins and Points Sooth and West. IN RKKKgf KK JHUAHY ,m)1 "tfoUTilWAltn. aL pally Pallor No. 31 No. 27 I.v. Now York. I'. Dill. 12 55 pin J V 10 un| Lv. Philadelphia, " *' H vy pin d 60 mj | Lv. liulllmoro. " " ft 40 j>in C 22 luq i Lv. \V??Hhtiitfton, " " fi ftfl pm H 8D mq Lv, lllchmond, S A. I,. 10 40 I>in 12 23 pity ! i.v. 1'oteruburKi " " 11 81 pin 1 10 pnf j U Morihi a '? 2 05 hiii STwTp^ j Lv. H?miofrf<ni, " 2 80 aui 8 65pi| > Lv. ItuloU'h, " 8 ntn 6 09 pnj ; Lv. Kniithoru I'Jno.i, " 6 37 ntn f> 57 pnj ! Lv. Hit mint, '? C 80 inn H 10 pti) I Lv. Columbia, J " 8 40 mil 10 SO pro i Ar. HitVHimnli, " 12 10 pin 2 20 a:i} | Ar, Jacksonville, 3 60 pm C 30 am i Ar. Tain pit, " 6 00 am ft 00 pm 1 * ; 403 No.Yl" J Lv. Now York.N.Y.I'.A N.f 7 56 am M 55 pm | Lv. PhllndHpiilii, " 10 20 am 11 20 pm 1 Ev.Nmw Yorii,0.1>.H.M.Cot 3 00 pin ...'4 < I Lv. ll.tltlmore,]}. 8.1'. Co f (?30 i>n ; J.V. NVkhU'Iou, N.AW.H.13..... . ..~ .*% 30 ^uj ! Lv. Portsmouth, ij, A. L. 9 6o pm lOOftnflj Lv. WvriioD, " 11 H3 miu 12 80 pm Lv. Norllna " 12 55 am 2 10 pm 1 Lv Jl><M<!"raou, " 1 20 urn 2 46 pm | Lv. HhIoIkIi, " 8 02 am 4 27 pin ; Lv. Houthurn J'lnoc, " 6 18 am 6 43 pul ' Lv. Hamlet, " fi 45 am 8 00 pm Lv. Wlliiilu^ton, " 3 30 (jiq 1 Ar. ('Iiurlottu, . " 'J 51 am 10 46 pm Lv. > ii?.->lur, ?? iOOSutn 11 20 i>m j l.v. Oruouwood, " 12 07 piu 13Jt::o' I/V. A(iii!iih, " U It) pin 408am Ai'. Atlanta, J " 3 35 prn 6 30itiq 1 Ar. AiiK'JVtt, C. A \V. (J. 6 10 pin ) Ar. M.'J'.'oii. of da 7 20 pm 11 lO iiui Ar. Monttfip'ry.A AW.I'. 1)20 pin 11 00 hid Ar. Mobile, L. AN.! 2 65 am 4 12 pin Ar. Nhw OrI?au?,L. AN. 7 HO am 8 30 pin Ar. Nuuiiviil?,N.< .A St.L. 6 tib hit f> 55 pin Ar. Mcmpbln, " * 4 00 pin H 10 am SOUTH WAllD, Daily Dull v No. 401 No. Hi I Lv. Momplnx.NiC.A Ht.L, 1 00 pin 8 45 pin LV. Nashville, ?? 10 65 pm. V 30 um Lv. New OrlrHim,!/. A N., 7 46 pin I Lv. Mobile, L. A N 12 20 am ! Lv. Monttf lu'ry.A.AW.P 6 20 am 130pm Lv. Muoon, if. of Qa HO uin 4 20 pry Lv. Augusta. C. A W. 0. 9 40 am j Lv. Atlanta, * 8.A.L. 12 00 pm 8 00 pna ArAthnnx, 11 "2 48 j.in 1123 pm! Ar(lr?-?uwood, " 4 60 t'tn 2 04am Ar. Clio?t-r. " ? 4.3 pm 4 26 am Lv. Charlotte, " 6 :t0 pm 6 00 am Lv. Wilmington, " 3 80pm Lv. iUnilot, " tt SO pm 8 15 am Lv. HcmUmfU i'litu*, "?10 55 pm 9 65 am Lv. KalotKh, " 1 00 mm 11 AO am Ar. H?'nilt*rflon. " 2 27 am 1 00 pm Lv, N or 1 in a " 8 10 am 2 00 pm Lv. WmUuii. " 4 20 am 810 pr? Ar. l'ortumoutb, " ' 7 00 am 6 AO pm Ar. WaahMohtN.Vvr.8.B. 6 66 am Ar. lialtfmore, B.B.P.Co..?!,.... f64fiaa ArTSewYotW.DAXCo.. .... 11 ?0 PM Ar. Pblla'phia, N.Y.P.AKf I N pm B1Q aai Lr. Now York, ?? 010 pm 8 00 am 7 ! Mo. 44 K:?.SSS&r- " Lv. Hamlet, - ??0p* 090am Lt. bonOMra Piaav * *? "** ? Lw. ?? it. b ?55 n* In ('toxink. JikIko ftonot Rati!: "I thank ,*<>u. Kcutlomrn, moat ?ln finriy for tho oxcollout work you havu .!.?u<\ South Carolun thanka you. An | !v: <vi Kiii;w.y especially will, thank, you for h ivlnt? roliovtxl hop of thia .-?'uiuseful burden uiul frood hen' good i.Miii.' front the #?;ni-.t that a fow of hor ill:: ;U iK t ClfiZ?U8 placed OU K I Your rutin < y h.?-j rau*M i\> bo proud of | H? r Krand jury. You i ertatuly have Ainjily J ih<> toutidan<\> I rojHw <? I in you when 1 ordered yo>u to raako iliia inventlgr.ition." ? N Riol In Porto Rlto. San Juan, l'. It., I'.y C'.tblo.?~A ?pri ons riot occurred hero Thurs layv- As ? oVIork in tUi- e\#Milfu< tlvo ar;lllorymcu and a o'irporal Of artillery named Hla rot k lo t iln.lr tfunr i i? ;Us without oif d-oin and chariot aorcas t'.'.iplr/:* into a utircot In which a mob of pco I> 1 o hud ju.-soinhlod. Tho Holdlcrs flrfcJ a volley into tho air. dispersed tho nioc and t<wm?Kl .iiukuol ?in pcr i n*.cwJont Arunstronk, who was besieged by t^o muu In n Uatuai situa^e'l fiboiit a block from tho city'a ?einr<', tho city had b?t?n overrun )?> a rlotoii* crowd of probably 1.500 pom)mi who . shoutoJ "Down with tho Americana!" .. Danish West Indies. I/oihUmi, by Cable.?'"Tho UnWetf SkiiUv* Kovc.rnir.OT-t hna ud-tlrvvrsed a noco to tho IKtnUli Koverntutao almost tliroat.il tf? iu tone," fiayu >t:hci Cojxsmha roii corre.\>pomh\nt of tho Dally Mail, "to iho oft col that it will I not permit any t?ranKfor of Lhe Danish Wrat In-* dkw to fl'/iy foreign power and that in tho event of Don mark refusing- to ueU ?tho I'jvltod St ait cm will reqniro that In land and nuiriiw ilmvtmllty blmll b? properly guaranteed and tho United Sitatti/ biphero of influence bo rcapoo* t?l." _ n-- ? ' v a The (icrmanic lichlnd lime. Now York. Special.?The t tr airship O^nnanlc had no! 1 e mi i o/.<YMO!l ' na " Glgtotcd fmiii Ki?*o iftland up - to t? o'clock Sund'xy a/'Iomcoh. She W.Vrt ex ported to arrive ou Thurdiy ov?:?in.g. Jnooiioliu; vo'j. rpjiort extraordinary heavy weatlier on Die Atlantic, urai it Is protMiblo that the ttortnitnlc ran into a Htorni and waa obliged to elo.v down. . South Carolina and Georgia Extension R. R. Company. BCHKOUI/E NO. 3. lo Effect 12:01 ft. m., tfundny, Deo, 24th, 'frf llotween Cnnulon, 8. (1., nn<l macks* ? ' 8. C. ....... y .. ? f I .1 XVvHt. Kaat. * 85 33 82 84 EA8TEUN TIME) 2d Clam lflt ClftMS lnt blftfl# 2d 01?M IjO,Fit 1'HK-iiK'r I'assuK'r JPfuang'r , BTA'l IONS. Pailycx. Daily ox. J^ully ex. Dnlly ?X. Huudiiy. Stimlay. Huudny. Buuday, p. m. p. m. 12 50 Cnmrten 12 25 1 15 Lh-Kalb 12 02 1 27 Wontvilla 11 60 1 40 KorMhuw 1196 2 10 Bprlngn 11 20 i! 15 l'lnnnaut Hill 11 15 , 2 35 JwincHMtef 10 55 2 50 Jllver?J<lo 10 40 fl 00 RprliiK^ell 10 30 3 10 Catnwbft Jnno't 10 20 8 20 IrfMlfn 1010 3 40 Kock illll 10 00 3 55 Now Port U 85 4 01 Tlntah 9^0 4 20 York villa8 15 4 35 Kharon ,?p0 i 50 Ilkkory Grove ^45 ft 00 Smyrna 8 85 ft 'JO Jii??!kHtjurg 8 15 P. in. *? "? lictween lllucks hum, S. C., m4 Marlon, N. C. Wort ' EuL 11 33 * J 92 11 EASTERN TIME. <, * STATIONS. \ 2d Class 1st Cln.?? iBnpiaMM CSaM Mixed ra<-anK'r PaMos'r Mixed Dully ex. I)nlly"jr. Pallyl Drily oa. Hun<iay. tSuudny bumlAr. Sunday. ? w IS a. m, p. in. a. rrtl p. n, M 10 6 30 BlaclcsbargJPfff <40 8 30 6 45 KarUjT7 32. h 40 6 to Pattr** S/g'? 7 25 0 20 C 00 Shellfy 710 10 00 6 20 Lattlmore <65 AM 10 10 6 28 Mnoroeboro 6 48 4 40 10 25 C 38 Honrlvtta 6 88 .. 4 Si" 10 60 C 65 For?*t City 6 20 . # If-. 11 15 7 lOltuthorfordtooGOS 9SB 1135 7 22 Millwood 5 58 89f^~, 11 45 7 35 (ixlilfn Vnllojr540 li~ 12 05 7 40 Thrrmnl City 5 87 12 28 7 68 OUuiwood 6 17., t! 12 60 8 15 Marlon 5 00 1.09 [i. in. p. m. a. ra. p. m. . T[. WEST. CinfT'iipy Olvlsfon. V: WSTc i latClaM. UtOlMk " 15 IS EASTERN TIME . 14 t? Pntljn. Sunday. STATIONS. p m a in 1 00 8 00 Blaokabnrg 109 ? 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Fall* ? f 99 3 40 8 40 Tfcaffney 710 p.m. a m. Train No.'83 tearing Marios, m., making eloeo connection at H- OL, with the foatbero't train Cbkr.otte, N. O., and aU | $ connecting with the Soptfcara'8 log to Atlanta, Oa., amtattpo' wlU rwIw paeaengow C*at 8.45?a? 8. O-, -uatbe TraJa