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VOL. XV. BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1902. ■ NO. 33. WILL BE TRIED. The War Department Orders Whole sale Courtmartial of Officers FOR BARBAROUS CONDUCT. President Koosevelt Will Not Take Any Excuse as Justifying In human Conduct on Part of Americans. It begins to look as If some of the American otticers over in the Philip pine Islands will be held to account for cruelties practiced on the native*. As a result of the consideration by the cabinet last week of the charge* of cruel treatment of Kilipiui* by United State* (u*Wlem.' Secretary Hoot has x . made public tliw^oliowing correspon dence: War Itepartment. t Waaliington. April 15. IwC. » Mjr Iirar S-nator I bi'gtoacknuwl- edge the receipt of rour ropy of the trattmony of Srivt. Ota*. S. Iliicy and iTIvate William I>r« Smith, late of the Tumi)-«uti) Infantrj. taken i«- fore'yimr iximmiltre )e*trraM. I m- rkar ao>py of a dhoalch nhk'li haa been amt tritar to waj t*en (Tiaffee. mnmanding the dit takai at thr Phtl fupinr% (NrertlMM hate tern fltrtt to thr lodge adtiwalrgr«irrai<rf in* arrnx to take petfarf ate|m la amiedanra* uitb thr r. O Thr u«r (Vbartnwn’ characterize the coitiuct of the army generally in theJ’hwippines; but the fact that any sue* acts of cruelty and barbkrity appear to have been done indicates the necessity of a most thor ough, searching and exhaustive inves tigation under the general charges pre ferred by Gqv. Gardener and you will spare no effort, in the investigation already ordered under these charges, to uncover every such ease which may have occurred and bring the offenders to justice. The president desires to know In the fullest and most circumstantial man ner all the facts, nothing being con cealed, and no man being for any rea son favored or shielded. For the very reason that tha-president intends to back up the army in the heartiest fash ion in every lawful and legitimate method of doing Its work, he also in tends to see that the most rigorous care exercised to detect and prevent any cruelty or brutality, and that nun who are guilty thereof are punished. Great as the provocation has been in dealing with foes who habitually re sort to treat.'herv, murder and torture against our men. nothing can justify or will lie held to justify the use of |torture or inhuman conduct of any I kind on tlu* part of the American {army. * Klihultnot. Secretary of War. WADE HAMPTON 8 A MONUMENT TO HAMPTON. Farewell to HU OM Moldler* From llto PlaaM IM»j. trtWI Ti i auti sci Ifttirf ft lorfw mi ttirti t# etlrttoi thr ivanBittIrtr, trniltft^ to ill f*"%jprthNMii£l* f niMtvffi cwtr In t Itr Bit it l SJ) m t*mw vt itm Lftilftl M 4Mt9 Mff lifer IMMVM Mtf • tffii «ii rtf f hr tirf f*** f it* 11 When Vhe • *i*if<■derate Ileunion was ' beki In (YalumWa last Way t Im* <4d aui- .flers called <41 General HampiuQ at , lus laane in a isalj. tin Hint ouca •!>ei he made Uw f<4k#nlitg ipiarti m i .»w»rwW«. 1 Uste Indaad. n* from mm t*w it aam. fiswn liar man ntawa I Wad t|w laaaw In iSomaMnd. I knew Ihn* were anlr I think Ml* one •e thr Writ am pnrta wtm mi# * The kites kism writ T><e kmg imgwr S smell . -, kHMjMmBkJ^fefeHs.,. I mkahi pnmfhtnm this in saiaag TW • aeks km w • tl The Mehet yell Iftml hath l la J • kemsea c kenr Mi wkl Unm* I laws R Call Made on the Citixehs of the A " State for Subscription. The movement for the erection of a splendid monument tq Gen. Wade Hampton, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue' has now been launched, and it is in good hands. Camp Hampton, of Columbia,, last week adopted the following resolution, which will be read with Interest. ’ Resolved, That for the purpose of erecting in the city of Columbia an equestrian statue of the illustrous citi zen and soldier Gen. Wade Hampton, Camp Hampton. U. C. V., Invites sub scriptions from all of the citizens of South Carolina, such subscripVjons to be sent to all of the daily paflcniof the State, to be by them acknowMgcd from time to time as received and then forwarded to the treasurer of the cen tral committee herein provided tor. That the following named, survivors of the Confederate State* army, are | requested to act as “The Hampton ' Statue Central Committee.” who shall I# clothed with power t n receive the ! funds sularribed for said statue, select ' the site for It In the dtj of Columbia, appoint sub-committee's and do all such other bualucas as may be Derm- ' sary for the furtherance of the end In ; view: First Ci*igrimii*iil Dietricf TI*eo {ifcieel*. darker I . "wcoDd 04 J. W Mr*•re Third I* II. HraDrU 1 PoDfUi Col. Jas A. Hoyt, i- null-< •4. Ja* •» Hart HISTORIC LETTERS Which Passed Between Gen. Sher- " man and Gen. Hampton JUST BEFORE THE WAR CLOSED; *»■ k. ♦ * mm i mm f B* •■to* * 4 « * * k *4H v I t Mp w mmmmm- wm*m m fegit (Uhp B/bB BmtBt feM Mfep 1 mi mmm mB** Bmtm m I# ti tMlMtoii. to tor » (to Mtototowi vto «tot^ivt til j ■jtoi (to| to (hi bbBB bbBBBBbi BBm %m fWdk • s thifetofttk IImI -sa»#% Ml mi •anti* Cwl A. C. MmMM That u*r |‘aDgtiim of the « unfed evary and all uthat ••egsAUatkans of , tmt»m m •ywrpDSDy wnd *iw thnmamst the male. d» dd4 hefehf re*|«MaS*d U «p^4at •stltssri oosmMSms lo o—^resw m thsaaaeewd ' mt ewsiDg ■ (MUng memokal he *«*r iHDeMrinm and 'aw^wted ehhflDlD The ran*iwt*a«a D»ee ewawimmir the »»«w*% I •rm tn# fawm aa •my ke wemel dhgDttfh fnoa iW4 Mwue • Mhiagfem any* f (Mi dnrkafDd he fr%»a»k» mare hat • Ub*r Ikee D •as *4 gaaatae aakwe la hMa akaadmmat faflsi •aarh R e eiemad Ihaa he - aa «atSmola # ImMge MerfmaMy ewaaammaasa That of General HampUtn Correct ly Voice* the Spirit of Ite Author and In Now of Interest. The following correspondence l»e- tween Hampton and Sherman passed into history years ago. but the letters will be read with peculiar interest to day, when tl»c people of South Caro lina and the entire South are mourn ing fbt '!< :iti» of t»ne of their ^rvatest chiefuitw and defenders. Union for agers had been shot for daHtardly out- mges upondefenceles* w<nnen. and ihe ; incidents called forth Sitcrman'* letter which waa aa follows Headquarters In tla* Field. Frltruary 24. laikV IJeut. Gen Wade Hampton. Uoro- manding Cavalry Forces, («»nfederate t Mate* Army Gauerak It MoMrlally . reported to ate that our kwaging par {t Ira are murdered after capture, and ! iahriM “Iieath to all foragers." On* 1 tfMtanee *4 a bewtonsnt and w ten men I nraltTmlentile, andao>4her uf lwet»- | if "■mr a ravine ngtitv m»h fmat thr : mala fuad,** ahoaf three gsllea fn*n i I'ewMrrvtiw | hateuadrrrda *lmil*r . aumtwf uf iw*w*er» ID «■*•> hale!* lo , 4lfeMWM' , RrTrTMrMMMMt" I II aiawti I mm priwmrfs raalasad la van *m» aafs. ami < an Maad M a» hpig aa , toa and ocmld •nggesi that i«n* riv- . —aw W **•■> •» > T r '' ever. . I«l» I ekBn In 14mm a»m#*» tm ' | hr MrgSh *n one of ymav I '•#»fvekrv»*rs IR emaour. yam egmwui qamtpm mi NahS Im !■*##* «m Mm mmntvr ** ft Is a * * * itghi as «M as hldMM)h*~^feiP mmamrv *4 esenraiimg M sariy* a * l> < vi • wmstanrew. ami ■ Mm /tiff anthwl Mas aid smgmty avy smansminom I • im RMagd al iMmrttm Pwl I «#a Ra4 hf <trv tastawwaa av** c*a fsgppmi hi my nails he hea#e f *et>« wamm tlmsehmv I m*m* <wi exposure. Yotir line of march can he WEATHER AND CROPS, traced by the lurid light of burning houses, and in more than one house-" liold t here is now an agony worse than that of deatli. The Indian scalped his victim regardless of age or sex, but with all ills bari>ai;ity lie always re spected the persons of hLs female cap tives. Your soldiers, more savage than the Indian, insult those whose natural protectors are altsent. In conclusion 1 have only to request that whenever you have any of my men “murdered* or “disposed of,” for the terms appear synonymous with you, you w ill let me hear of it, tluit I may know what action to take in the matter. In the meantime I shall hold 56 of your men as hostages for those you have ordered to be executed. 1 am yours, etc, Wade Hampton, Lieutenant' Gcucral. M «»t HcCr**y. From Rutherford county. N. C., come* a repirt of one of the in<Mt un usual affairs. A man ha* made all, . .. . . .. . preparaUoasto vs.mmit suicide, and; P^ably injured peache* illgbtly In I intends to make of ii * gala net'a* ton. i but other wlae did no material Al'en CwgMtell is an aged, wealthy dau ‘ a « c ’ 0, »' i, ‘K ^ the ^‘‘Wkrd I ami yery eccentric fanner of that season. II i/m jt Is said lie ha 1 The General Rackwartlnem of the Heaaon Haves the Crop*. , I,. - ■ I "■ {_' —. • v r — • The second weekly bulletin of the season of the condition of the weather and crops in South Carolina was Issued last week by Director Hauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau. It is as follows: The early part of the week ending Monday, April 14, was unseasonably cold, with heavy frost and thin ice in exp<*ed places to within about 30 mile* of the coast, on the Wth. The ckisc of/the week had about normal temperature. Light fn»t* occurred In the northwestern portions on the Kth and 11th. The frosts of the week nip ped some com, yellowed some oats, in- On the Tth. there was a beneficial lion. It I* said lie has sent out _ vital ion* t.. all gf Mi ■■■■Nig le-! rE,n ,ha, l '" l ‘ nllr '* Suto - latlves to alU-uda tag dinner which hr * nd r*»MOJd In amount* from «me-thlrd inUiKi* t'i give at hi* Itontc ini June 10. The unique feature «4 the In- ’litatkgi. It h *aid. I* that It Vontaln* the annoureement that at the n* IwNir. sharp, th>wr present are tu Uavs . th* plearurr and rtperlmrr the n>>vel ■easalkm u4 wring him lake his «>wn life Md t i^rwh t! t* a I •sifetlrratr vrteraa. la bis MlVllalksv he (ksa 1*4 simwnmkv lbs awtlsd he Dill rm- I m 4ta#atrtitag htaartf. hut hr la still thr pn<sd piMaeswg uf hi* t44 si my f»**4%sf. aa4 (Imp wtr» knew ‘ bha Dell are latpresasd attb Ihr lis- "ntjt-|Brwnumpn«» dpi !«•* napisi ays si btmirlf to over an Inch. In places It waa ao- nunpanled by hall. There waa a snow flurry In Newherry county on the Sth. Thr sunshine was about ntgmal. High winds prevailed on the flth and UU^. The week was generally favorable for farm work and rapid progress wa* made in preparing lands fur spring WILL BENEFIT US. That Is What I* Said of the Prasi- denta Visit to * THE CHAELS8T0N EXPOSITION. President Roosevelt Will Not Forget His Visit, and the Whole Honth Will be Bene- dtted by It. Of course President Roosevelt’s trip tu Charleston, say* the Washington correspondent of the Columbia State, was a Nucoeas, the occasion for the heartiest demonstrations from South Carolina wherever he went, and a genuine pleasure to the distinguished visitor himself. There doubtless were some people In Washington who doubted that this would be the case. Byt the number did not Include any of the South Carolina colony. No one who knew anything about Mouth Caro linians doubted fur ah a* tbs guest u4 mi tsdtem lands, j come could have •vt lo pk*a. than that Carolina the preatdent could has* re ceived other than the | did. sad rertalaly aa pUUliiWt. * *hk ti are alill U*; In the •artheartsn> sad ea*t central I stay •ithln the bredsm at tbs omailre • -cn plaallag k» nearly An- Huwwvwr, so murb ha* loww «M and •shed aad marb Is •# «• panr stanch ' wntlen atwmt tbs premdantl visit la dr wane bas iwe* replanted tenh I tbs sduvt lo ftvw pasty «4 rngh MHHFTi RMRURb Bm to ■to 1% hMbRvhv k I iitototo i isamitofe mi pi • 9* »« Hn m I pi ■ ♦ ■ 11 U latov- Wk h *' ■toto toto Btmg ito fwm, ■•i m IfetoB H to toir ■a u tot i fetobipr ft tofl Hto to ■Mtftototo^to wreak* fan idreea Uret toto i ■toto toPHto tiMMN M la areArere 1 m ^ hto BBmBrn bA fafartfal til t ires Am la A It ■ m# VMW ttfePwft t to to ia niaflM toft m (HM IHf ■toM If mmmB 1 (Mgh* see 1 IHi ItedNi MMfeMil # • Int t ■ nw akeia lias Um | faM tftlfidf vfiaSre sai 4#to to Mf w dfa reasUy fia fifa. * f •toll |H ftod “ fa ■ Ml iwaiare are 1 tof tofetotoutifttok ■■ * fa adMSf MS Ik to fto rtf tototo «»4 *• Mf At totoH CHf tH t toMtoftM fegai toVtotoi 11 %» Utol ft Hr per—*.! to b ■torftoi pM 1 to toftotoit TMlki ■to i fa t M-re Rfa - to $ lafa f kr%4e.4fa | fall ( Lffat toto ■ftfefefeMp __ ||fe» | kpgB ■toitoto ■■■ #4 | liar pm ptotototo i itoi 4k fafar A. f%t Ik •■ft btm f'Wt * w to to tofei ifegt* Hi 4tfftof •toil rtoa ■i 1 HsfafafeM twit • 9W| it !•# totoUft IBH 4mi ■ ■ toft ■ totori i Itor toltoli mu Hto ■to 1 II tolflg* Hto ■i to HHfttoy to m ■ • Ifificlt % * 4 ■**! ftHr to* 1 toll ft «4 Utocbtotoli fr tor to tolferto to# to! 1 Ike ft Hr \ mmBi IHftl tow 4fr 4 «iirtl*4 • to* ■to IMA • i. ■. * > toto ■to I 8^4#' %>> tmifmmmrn Mtotofi •ft* - 4 I 4 I | '«sb ■ -♦-* I Ms* IDs bMlwS Ukas sms. bas sd s#d I VMDF »*•» «ss»a is* •ws amwthpkh Ib wpsweva w* RNMMHfek § ■■NMHIi >flMhmami Rtf 1 Mam *wm la wan la* bed lb* a A gwM uf at M | I a llaasph H. »*«-<• tbs 11 ifatoft W T faiasfa Akm itoto tototofy to Htok • to toto 1 Mtoi real fare eere-’ oSJket dfa] Hafts* at H #re 1 J MMktoiMft tof (to 4! !■ immUmf **■* to4 Msllreai re X. Y. Ria to» ttofttoe jto il pm ft ttoftw Itoi K Htoft fare* fa res k Ifaefhfi* t«wto ■tok.tMftl*y twipftfafV «4ilto< f«tof ttotop*" Irev fdlyw irfiare he were ••4 |tof! toto 4f# feMN •fxlrfwto tltof <Bp •eaily d* •rVded tkal re toittoi %m toil itoi ito«» *f#vw<4iir MS* aaaftd fia l ' '■ftorfwfai 4 ttoftllftf ■ wfifai ] dr # tm mtBmmmtPp , Mre are lakva fia lire to tow ttoitoift to to ■tototof " t toil ii If «i ifafi <4 to Hto l toftp. Itoto Itotto 4fth j iwafrtel A FfakklR •iwftolft 4 fNMRftklfeMf fire 1 1 vfttotoftot# toMbtorfft i f>«av 4 lAd s^efatS* lo to toftf^rfifel.** y' mmi cftMtortotut: , waled Ik al Mar are art i b> Waiter, iMure*. t list k*trvl him to ire he killed ter pU-aard Gen it it ws* ivo Unit* I that alien Maj. Waller asked Gen. Smith to define thr age limit for killing lie replied "every- thing over ten.” If sqch testimony was given, and the fact* can be established, you will place Gen. Smith on trial by court martial. Votcrday U fore t he senate commit tee on Philippine affairs Sergt. ('tuirles S. Riley and Private Win. Lewis Smith of the Twcnt v-sixth volunteer infan try test! tied that the form of torture known as the “water cure" wga ad ministered to resident* of the town of Igbarras, Iloilo province. Island of Panay, by (letachment of Eighteenth United States infantry under com mand of Lieut. Arthur L. Conger, un der orders of Maj. F. Glenn, than cap tain Twenty-tifth infantry, and that Captain and Assistant Surgeon Pal mer Lyon, at that time a contract sur geon, was present to assist them. The officers named, or such of them as are found to be responsible for the act, will be tried therefor by courtmartial. Conger and Lyon are in this country. Both the Twenty-sixth volunteer in fantry and Eighteenth infantry bavin returned to the United States an most of the witnesses being presum lively here, the secretary of war reels that Maj. Bfr-F. Gleen, Twenty- fifth infantry, lie directed to proceed to San Francisco and report to the ? eneral commanding the department of lalifornia with a view to his-trial by courtmartial under charges alleging the cruelties practiced by him upon a native of ttie Philippine islands at Igbarras on the 27th of June, 1900. .If you can discover any witnesses still in the service of the Philippine islands who can testify in support of the charges, or if Maj. Glenn desires the .%ttention of any person* now serving tu Hie Island* a* witnesses for the de- fenae, you will direct them to proceed U>San Frai* inco for that purpose As the (vo year* allowed fbr the prewe- cutlofl by the statute of limitation* is •early at aa eod no time it lo be bat You will take ourbcouraMD advancing or port#mimg the tovertlgaiawio pee v tout! J ufRrred WUs l hr camdurt vrf MnJtb aad Maj Gbars as M**U taraabm yaa la i aerate ifwrtbam Il w Wiarewd ihaft Ubv vartat waa <4 ,e t . i.a . > j4 • • Runs amewawuwMi aRifmaw nan wi*ar t or hi* of elate Wme* among id np- di- I I Ire from public life and said “Fattier abUu . an old In-art H liroken by tlie *t is it im*- to lay ht* wean you.” That is all I shall ask of South Car olina a few feet of earth where my kindred for sis general Usieare resting. And 1 am proud to say that one or more of each generation, since they were kliomn in South Carolina, has tilled a bloody grave for Sout h Carolina. (Applause.) I claim no credit for that. Emry South Carolinian who was true was willing to give his blood and his life for tin old State. 1 am sure that 1 was willing to do so. I think lean say so to you. my men, that 1 never turned my back npon any of you when your faces were turned to ward the enemy. The greatest honor that I felt during the war was once when l came upon a poor private who was dying. I stopped'beside him and he said: “I am happy to die fighting and I am proud to die fighting under you.” I pray God will bless you and will give you pace and prosi>erity, give it to the old State, give »it to each one of you and that you will go home and tell your kindred that yoirhave seen your old comrade, and that he thanks them til rough you. A Hominy Trust. Details as to the organization of the American Hominy company lias been made public. The cotnpany has a capitalization of .$l,2. r >0,oo0 preferred stock and $2,500,000 common stock. Eight big companies, mostly in the West, have joined in the combination. Among the objects of this corporation are: To manufacture, produce, adapt and paepare, and to buy, sell and oth erwise deal or traffic in hominy, brew- ere' grits, com meal. feed*, sugar, oils and.other similar substance*, and any and all products and by-products de rived from com and other grains and vegetable prvalurts aad ao v mlxlurm aad owajsssadi l hereof etc. The ITmltaavaga Ti—* a fra 4ar* ago roalalaxl (be futloalag The recent storms have caused murb dam age to the handsome South thfuliaa n*eminent at Ohirkaaauga park. The Bwmument greeted tq the South UarohniarM aho participated In the battle uf < htekanuiuga rvmaist* of a huge hronre palmetto tree on a mar ble Itase. The w iod* and storms liave stripped the hrunie leave* and broken off three liuib* of the tree. Dart of tlie bnmze is lying on the ground by the monument, while the rest of it has evidently been carried away. The marble esplanade around the monu ment lias also been cracked and seriously damaged. Unless re pairs are made at once the handsome monument erected only a short time ago will be ruined.” The governor's attention has been called to the mat ter. and has taken it up with Gen. Walker and other members of the com mission. •rjMiler. • m asreiv agree wRa ya in pronouncing you gawlv at mtfr<Wr if yoar order I* carried out. Hefore disattatlng I ha port lun of vuur iel ler 1 I tag to asuire yoa that for every a»l- dkrr uf mine "murdered*' by you I , shall havq executed at once too of yours, giving in all caara preference to anv officers who may la in my hands. In reference to tlw- statement you | make regarding the death of your Tor-' agers. I rave only to say that 1 know ' nothing about It; Hat no orders given | by me authorixes the killing of prison-1 ere after capt ure. and t lat I do not be-1 lieve that my men killed any Of yours, except under circumstances in which] it waa perfectly legitimate and proper thaLthey sliould Kill them. It is a part of the system of the thieve*, whom you designate as your foragers, to fire tlie dwellings of those cfUMm whom they have robbed. To check this inhuman system, which is justly execrated by every civilized nation, I have directed ray men to shoot down all of your men who are caught burn ing houses. This order shall remain in force as long as you disgrace the V Freed the fnut wftra it aa* very •hilt ehr was drinking water Wt*a Ss • «>■■■$ « Htr A ilksiashti f»Ma kt. Jua M**. MpB^4K7ijEAA * a -—-*■ * uf a »Uwf skaagfrtrtad la a garsiag laam* ikwae am Arewd a dtem*art emwedt •»wia Are* thak •** fcai a* Maa Ma/gairt * araiii. *4 Hrtiam ee Md. law »*are TW sa*ee gaewa aa Ida pa*fww *»•» fs«k#r (vtf hen Mire • pinM ka##*wH*4 *-■ be Artaiaed Aa a Rtar b*—ai at baakrv Raa vaavey wMba taaa Ikafepe(Tl.y wMa im**nag fvwrert* la a petweSa ww<«4 NM te**a • taary tW I fata aal «*• W4 A ftar «*■■>*'•***’<* »—4 -J «*• •re** iw Ttmtt * va aw w wa# #*a»fwk» aa a* • f- »rr r I aevMra •read Iks lakma W arerek Ma #aa fHda RW fi H •«* «a*Hevl«4f. A •ewAeta vkt A aaaal 1 $** Ike fsevaery o4 Cbw rewareeat t We* are m* t*are af h waul n m takea fw<re Ike «l«rere4k «4 Ike rtewv rear iksd hma sal a area* NsdWi tire* It **» #arr%l*«k tW al*a*aire re«f A lUuaatwirg \ V . aketre 4% whlra re MsRvriHg from •f»fv ml a • i m licil tier rbarbvfs dSd da*- m>**v and revrefvwre ke* »i' wre n • Freelroi Aawy. The • •Jumhl* State ssyw the pen abm clerk to busy making out the re-1 t . vis»-<| pension roll* ‘••r J he furttn-r * . , action of th** State toanl of penalMi* , next week. It wa* announced Thurs day Hat while Hiere wiaild be a oin side rattle increase In Hie U)tal num- j jar of pensiooere on this year’* ndto, | Hie increase will not he as large as was expected. Many names lave been [ A Georgia Ywrw. toady at ckae range The was imawdtately amated. The ain did ant rertrt arrvat He name was Haleahanrtt, that he student at Kle€. where he har Hilary eer- vka fur partiripaUng in the hots of I toll. He said he had sutaequenUy been pardoned, but that he had ant been reinstated at the university and that he therefore revenged himself up on M. Sipisgulne. rf Wadk- Uremc Lacaare Cdrelag J«*ba Utretb Wrtktaa Jr wyawikw >-*•• I? year kocaak lkw» year la |3 dUkes f m far mreta re A <UartAwa • A Fatal Fire. Mrs. Wallace E. King, her niece and two children were'burned to death at their home in Wallin a village near Frankfort, Mich., Wednesday night. Those who perished were: Mrs. King, Vida King, aged 8 years, Y'ernaKing, aged 6, and Miss Anna King, a fiiece, aged 18. Beulah; the 3-year-old daughter, was thrown from an upper window by her mother and saved. The four bodies were recovered Thursday morning burned to a crisp. The fire originated in King's general store, over which his family lived. It had obtained such a start tfhon discovered that the bucket brigade, which quick ly formed, could do nothing tq check IL Mr. King, who was township treasurer, was not at home Wednesday night. He had gone to Copcmish to deposit the township funds that he had collected. Misfortune pursued him even on the trip for he Rat his coat with 9175 In the pocket. j Aa (H4 Maa. L, -res Geurgr Gallia, of Huntlagtua, Tex . k negro, IAS yean «4d, ha* breaded • auaseroa* family He I* Ure faibrv <4 $7 ctuidfea ail vt ettonai kfb fcrtRg He tore’ltegraredrluidfea I# gareAgtaaArkfkifea aad 1 great great grwkt—rtrea knag makWg ' tka tonkat aarekaatotoi# at Ma Ifcresfy HR tmmmt RRwaktdM' Mgn owii profession of arms by allowing your men to destroy private dwellings. You say that I cannot, of course, the r >> ut there is a right older even than this, and one more inalienable—the right that every man has to defend his home and to protect those who are depen dent upon him: and from my heart I wish- tint every old man and Ixjy in my country who can fire a gun would shoot down as he would a wild beast, tlie men who arc desolating their land, burning theirhomosarJd insulting their women. * You ar? particular in defining and claiming “war rights.” May 1 ask if you enumerate among tliese the right to fire upon a defenceless city without notice: to hum that city to the ground aftkq it had been surrendered by the inhabitants, who claimed, though in vain, rhat protection which is always accorded in civilized warfare to non- colalanU; to tire the dwelling house* | of citizens after robbing Uiem: and to ; perpetrate even darker crimes than t torse -crime* too black to be men- tamed. . Yuo lave perm It ted. if yu# lave not ordered, the ruremireiufi uf (bear offra- iaa J nuiuanii| aad thr ruka uf war >uu fired aa Ure t it j of Oofsgatdk , aMkreak k au*d of aaraib^afMf^to sd aareaeiarei la #n«au f*q#*ei| y«a |MAi.Mu afireto ray I# kaiaa todoag a* mare Ikamaanfl* at ati - «ra aserens *«• < IfiapreaR dropped i»y Uh* State board from the list* sent In, and there are about 250 that will be taken off by reason of the death of the pensioners. This Isa much larger annual death rate than has heretofore t»en prevailing, and shows in cold figures how rapidly those who helped to fight the south's hatties arc passing away. A Close Call. Four assistants to an undertaker suddenly dropped a coffin they were carrying out of the Patterson, N. J., Jail door, when the supposed corpse broken open the lid and sat up and in vociferous Italian said hq was not dead. He was Alexander Scazeilet, imprisoned for some slight offense. He had been called iq the morning, hut did not respond and could not lie aroused. The jail officials were in formed aqd sent ■ for a physician who pronounced the man dead. Tlie un dertaker was sent for. t ut was finally not needed. v Can't Be Removed. Judge Buchaqan has declined to grant the petition for the removal of the case brought by the.St^te agalnfft the Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany for violation of tlie- State anti trust act from the State tbtbe United State* court, and other move* of In- Acn.rdlng to the Augusta Herald I tel tie Chancey, an old white wuman who live* near Athens, Ga., Is the owner of an old mule uf the genuine Georgia variety. A few days since she went out to curry the animal, Who*e hair had remained unclipped for some time and was probably three Inches long. While currying the old mule she noticed that about half the hair on his tail had been clipped off close tq the skin. The mule kept switching his tail towards his back as if something bothered him. The old woman began to make a close inspec- tion.of the animal, and discovered the trouble. A small rat has gnawed the hair off tlie mule’s tail and had car ried it on top of his back near the hips. There Is a little hollow on the mule's back; the industrious rat had woven the hair into a neat nest and was resting in the snug home pleas antly and securely when the old wo man ran him out. Too H^naitive. It Is reported from Toklo that the officer, Yamow Gowsky, who was In charge of the battalion of Japanese troops. 200 of whom lost their live* in a snowstorm, has committed suicide by poisoning himself. The cause Is stated to be that hto father, a very tcrest in the now famous proc.-edlng ' 0 kj and respected aoldler, wrote re ar- kX|« <'t*-<l in shortHm'MM was iK-ard by Judge Burfarun in CuJ- umhia •« Thursday. proachir>g hto am with having lust 200 brave men aad being saved blm- Bttf. G«il HU F*y. Lieutenant Cuaireacdrr l\4U, ah# testified that Schley dhuaed the a bite frather at tire toil Ur of weiHHreu, aad •too to Ure katy ana alier llikt ever j *•• toefelry asaied. tow taea ir warded' . far hto fafklt j U/tea aary rffigar If ’ Ure >## satreret otkaaal kMarto* kft Msafaa., M*aar aad Yareaa Tfaa fa *4 tka aidtwfl ware* la lire gfifa vf red Heart** Frail. The Washington lire i uiuaitea Mate rays forawttoa gaiaad aa I 9 M. laired. It at I bare to White trip to thr fact •d an ' called forth by akiog the line because of U>* difference poilUcaJly which he realised existed between hitneelf and the pie whore guest he waa. Hut while the prreldeot ha* ■ re it waa meant that he i the demonstrations In hto being utterly devoid of any political significance, It to geofraily admitted that hto visit to Charleston will not be. without IU effect on him In the political dealing! he will have with the south during the remainder of hto ad- mlnlstraUon as the chief execuUve of the nation. Not only has South Caro lina been the gainer by becoming per sonally acquainted with Mr. Roosevelt, but, as he said in one of hto speecbefi, and as he repeated many times since returning to the White House, “I am a better American for my visit.” Ik Is of course rather early to point to any tangible result* of the presidents visit to South Carolina, but as a pro minent Republican senator put it to day, one who is a close friend to the president, “President Roosevelt dur ing his trip to South Carolina bas learned to know her people as he had never known them before, and he may be counted on not to forget them, What a gqoaeh Lifted. A well known student of nature once tried the growing force of a squash. When it was 18 days old and measured 27 inches Jo circumference he fixed a sort of harness around It, with a long lever attached. The pow er of the squash was measured by the weight It lifted; the weight being fixed to the lever. When it wac 20 days old, two days after the was fixed on It, It lifted «0 On the nineteenth day It lifted S,<