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THE BATESBURG ADVOCAT^^^ VOL 1. BATESBURG, S C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1901. NO. 19 A GREAT SOLDIER. "dtomwah" J&ckscn as Viewed dy 8 Northerner. A CHRISTIAN COLD ER. The Fame of this R*ncwmd Man Has 8;>read all Over the Civii z d Wcrld. Every*hero throughout this 1 t:cn, and *o might add thioupm ut the world, tbo fame of tl is rim tcii soldier Las been (.curded abr ut'. This however, was not nis rial iisi. That *as Th? uias Imattan lackscn, who was born in Clarkil uri> V a.. Jnmiarv 31, 1824. Ho was only llirce years old when his father died and his mother was left a widow, with three helpleia children in a r mall room where she abode and taught a small school. Much k* cf her time was spent with her father in Weed County, where her brother alro accompanied her. In 183(1 she was married to Captain Blake Woodeon, a lawyer ef good education, of so cial, popular mat ncrs, much her senior, and without fortune. When only six years of ago The mas left bis mother's side to liva with his utclc. The imprest ion of he r death urcn the ye uthful mind was deep ard Irst'ng. After this he lived with vsiious fiie nds until he was admitted to WcbI Point. HIS SOLDIERLY CAREER. This began at West Point during the fi ur years in which he erjoyed i?s instruction and discipline. It was indeed a providential opening for h m, tod he entered it with energy and delight. 8o arxicus, indeed, was he that, with his ordinary earnestness and vigor ho mounted a horse at tut down and, accompanied oy a servant who was to bring the horse heme, hurried iff to meet the stagece ach. Arrived there, ho was too late; however, he galloped on, and overtook it at tho next station. When ho en tcred on his course of Btudy ho soon discovored his de fioiency of preparation, and he had a rough time, so that be Whs obligbcd to study at night. But all lights were to bo put out at "taps," and what was he to do? llis own ingenuity availed him here. Just before the signal ho would pile up his grate with aDthdaoitc coal and, lying prone before it on tho floor, pursue his studies. This ho did until his fellow students, who had looked at him side ways when he entered, used to say afterward, ' If we had had to Btay thero another year, Old Jack' would have been at the head of the class." At the olose of this term of severe study be graduated, and cmcred the (r- - -wriay in J^Iexino*--la the -kaltta qJ Cherubusoo Captain McGruderlost bi9 first lieuteuant, and as Jackson had to , take his plaoe, he was a vanocd next in oommand to the captain, and on ao count of his bravery and skill was made a captain. At the olose of thiB war he , remained in tho City of Mexico for several months, where ho and other officers had their quarters in the national ' palace. Thus he oamo very near to the realization of the hope of lodging in the "talis cf tho Montezemas," which many had oherishod. Returning from Mcxic , ho spent two years in the service, ar.d was then font to Fort Meade, near Tampa Bay, Florida, whero ho was stationed for abcut six months. In March, 187)1, ho was olootod Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Artillery Taotics in tho Virginia Mili tary Institute, at Lsxingtion. HIS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. In this position and in this beautiful placo his ear'y religious experience is firBt known. His mother was a Methodist. Whilo in Msxioo ho had learned much about the iioman Catholic* Church and its worship. Subsequently he was an attendant on the Presbyterian Church. This he finally decided to adopt as h's own. and became oonneoted with it in 1851 lie evidently had some drawings toward tho ministry, and said tohis aunt, Mrs Ncale: "Tfcc subject A becoming a h< raid of the Cross has often seriously engaged my attention, and I regard it an the most noble of all professions. But my oonviotion is that I am doing geed here, and that 1 am for tho press nt whore God would have me be. Within the last few days 1 have aQ un u ual religious joy. I do rejoice to walk in tho love of God." 11 is said, by one who knew him well, that after he bad become a ohristian he set his iaoo against all worldly eon fermitv. eivinsr un dancinp. theater going, and every amusement that had a tendency to lead his heart and thoughts away from holy things. When a question was asked as to tho right or wrong of induli genets that many consider innocent, he would eay pleasantly, "Well, I know it is not wiocg not to do it so 1 am going to bo on the safo side." He was very modest ar d in different in r ff< r ing prajer in public; but aft< r an admo nition from the pastor that all ohriH tians should do so, ho oalkdon his pas tor and wanted to know if ho were among tho number of thoso to whom he referred. Ho said ho was not used to speaking in ptublio; lie was naturally diffident: "but if you say so, 1 shall make an e (fort to lead in prayer, how ever d.ffiouit it may bo." His first effort was a serious failure, but ho persevered unti< he bccamo a mighty man in pray or. hie abstained from the use of all intox'citing drinks from principle. Dur ing tho war ho was asked by a brothei officer to join him in a social glass. He replied: "No, I thank you, but I nevoi use it. I am more afraid of it than ol Federal bull Is." As an instanoo ol what ho reguded as tho will of God and obodionce I > it, ho was asked. "Im agino that .he providenco of God soomod to direol you to droj every scheme ol L lifn inr nf rsnn?l advancement am: go od a mihbion to tho heart of Africi Jor tho rout of yourdays; would you go? His oyos flashed as ho instantly replied | "I would go without my hat." His views as to how constant prayci may bo enjoyed are given thus to i friend: ' 1 havo so fixed tho nabit ir my own mind that I never raise a ouj of water to my lips without lifting u[ my heart to God in thanks and prayer foi tho water of life. Then when we lakt I our meals there is tho blessing on our I food. Whenever I drop a lotti r in t he postifficc I bend ? potition along with it for God's blessing upon its nrsston i nd the person to whom it ib sent Whoo 1 break tho seal of n etter r. .cived I Btopto ask Qod to | reparo bc fir its contents and ma: e it a nxstonger of good. And when 1 go to ms clans room, and await tbosrrangemoo ct the cadets in their piaocs. that is m t ituo to interoedo with Jed for thou..' His friend asked hi u if he did not forget to do this. c answered: "I oan hardly say that I uo; the habit has boecme almost as fixed as to Ircatro." He was asked by cno: "Major, tuppose you should loso jour health and beoomo t. iwtrlotilu Klitii) r} A vni uii nnnon ikai a ah* ? V?vm V Ml/ MliUUjUV / V U DU|'|'VDV l?'? V J V'U I serenity would bo unoloudcd?" Ilo paused a moment, as if to weigh fully every word he uttcrod, and thon said: "1 am sure of it; cvon such a misfortune could not rnako mo doubt tho love of Gcd." Ho was further as ked: "If in addition to biitdness you had so r ooivo t rudgicg oharity from those on whom you had to claim, what then? ' Thoro was a strango rcveronoo in his uplifted lyes as ho replied: "If it were God's W'll, I think 1 would lio there oontent for a hundred ycarp."?Dr. Lewis 11. Dunn, in New York Advocate. South Hound Least'. An important suit has been entered against tho Staboaid wh'ch has never been "d( mes'ioaU d'' in thostato. The suit arites out of tho Watts case. Ho was irjurcd by falling into a cut in Columbia and got a verdict for damagi s, but tho money has never bocn collected. Tho suit is brought to an nul the lease t f the South ILutii or Florida, Central and PentDsular to the S< aboard, because bo h companies arc foreign corporations. The suit was briught by Walls's attorneys, P. II. Nelson aDd .Jihn P Thomas, .Jr , and al?o by Attorney General Bellinger. The preliminary rule to show cause has been issued by .Judge Gage and is returnable WidntBday. Tho rc.-ult of these prcccedicgs will be of very serious import to iho Seaboard It has filed a mortgage of $75,000,000 in tho secretary of slate's eilioe ou its properties in this state, but should a receiver be appointed for tho South B? uod all of this end the consolidation will bo knooked up Tho Seaboard's attornoys informed tho secretary of state some months ago that a regular charter would bo taken out as soon as the various lines wero consolidated. This has not yet been done, though a meeting has been called for in Columbia to effect a consolidation two days beforo the proceedings arc to bo had beforo Judge Gago in Chester. Tho Seaboard has Icon doing business in Columbia under a uoenso issuta to tne "Oo&Doard Air Lino company.'' The Albany Strike. A dispatch from Albany, N. V., where a street car striko is in progress, fs.ya t! iec men fatally wounded, hundreds of others with broken heads and cut faces, cars running merely as arse nals, with no patrons, the oity under martial rule, with its citizens in a frtnzy of txcitcment, and the city authorities aud leaders of the Htrikcrs (rying to gel tho lailway company to come to an amicable settlement, was tho situation when darkness put an end to tho striko growing out of the street car strike Thursday night. Those fatally wounded are Wm. Walsh, a merchant, and Lcroy Smith, a merchant, both shot by national guardsmen, and Wm. Marshal, a nonunion inotorman, skull fractured. Others mo6t seriously injured are: Goorgo Booze, citizen, cheek ripped opt 11 by bayonet. William llooncy, oitizen, shot by national guardsman. Gilbert llali, non union motorman, shot by mob. Drew the Lino. Congressman Curtis of Kansas, and United States Senator Ovaries may hayc rendciei a treaty with the Snake In dians impossible by refusing to cat dog meat with these redhkins. These gentlemen havo returned from tho Soakc rcscivation in tho Indian country, discouraged over the effort to bring about an agreement to allot tho lands of tho tiibc. These Indians believe the government intends to finally take from them all their lauds, and thoy look upon the allotting agents as efti oial swindlers While Curtis and Quarles weie tliero tho tribe was holding its annual jolification, one of tho ceremonies being tho eating of dog meat The big chiefs offered to adjust all difforci ees if the visitors would join thcui in a feast of dog tucat which would prove their sincerity. The states men declined an' came home, and will report their trouble to oougress. Dispensary in Canada. The South Carolina dispensary law has attraotod the attention of law makers in various states aid it is said that Kicr da will ipiito likely adopt it. Mut Irom tho noithwest territory govern mcnt of Canada otitis the litist jcquest f< r ioforu a'i n Mr 1\ G. I'offt, attorney general o! the govern mcnt, writes to the governor saying that lie had written for information as to tho state monopoly as to intoxiooting liquors, but had unfortunately ad dressed the letter to Charleston. Ho 1 said that ho had written to tho ' dc1 nartment tl foreign comnieroo' at Washington for information and had been advised to write tho governor. lie says that he propotcd such a plan as the ; S( u? h (Carolina ono to his gove-rnuien1 but ho wanted detals as to its operations, etc Lineman k i 11< < 1. .lohn Mamu a lineman in tho employ of tho Georgia Telophono and Telegraph company, of Savannah, fell from a pole Wednesday morning at In o'clock and received injuries which rcsultod in his death shortly afterwardd. lie had finished repairs at the top of tho polo and was about to descend when ho ciuia in oontaot with a "livo" wire, llis fellow workmen saw him bang limp and inert for a few seconds ami then fall to tho grouLd. llis head was orushed by tho fall and blood and brains were scattered on tho sidowalk. r Mattin was hurriedly taken to a hosk pital. but died iu a few minutes. Martin , was 2f> years old and came hero from , Baltimore, whero his father now lives. } Ho served in a Maryland regiment in t tho Spanish war. FACTS OF VALUE To Manufacturers and Dealers in Tobacco Prcducts As TO REBATE OF WAR TAXES The Farms and Other R< qjlremen's that Must be Comp'lid With. The Time A lt w. d. Tlio fallowing information has bcco furnished through tho office of inter nal revenue as to the rib&to on war taxoB on chewing and smoking tobaec?, snuff and cigars and is of interest to all dealers and manufacturers: The act of March 2, provides for a rebate of taxes as follows: On smoking aud chewing tobacco and snuff, two and four-tenth cents per pound. On cigars weighing e vcr three pounds to tho thousand, sixty (?'>< ) cents per thousand. On cigars weighing less than three pounds to the thousand, forty six cents per thousand. This rebate will bo due and payab'e to all dealers and mat ufacturers vthote claim, in the aggregate, will amount to at least ton dollars, and no c'aim for 'ess than ten dollars will bo considered. It is necessary in order to make a valid claim that the following inf> rma tion bo observed: At the beginning of business on the morning of July 1, 1901, tho dealer or maDufaoturcr timet, in the presence of two disinterested witnesses well kno*n in tho community as persons of good repute, and who are not in his en ploy, make together an inventory of all to bacco, snuff and cigars which he may have in unbroken original factory ptek ages. If a box, bag or caddy, or other pack ago bears evidence of having been opened and repacked, tho contents thereof shall not bo inv~toried unless tho witnesses aro satisfied that no tobacco, snuff or cigars originally packed therein had been removed therefrom and other goods substituted therefor. '1 lie actual weight of the contents of anv box, bag or oaddy, or other stamped package, should ocrrespond with the stamp. No addition to tho stock shall be mado and no adjournment of the witnesses and claimant shall intcivene between tho oooimcnoomont and com plotion of inventory. The serial numbers of stamps affixed to packages will not bo required to be given in tho inventory. Packages of tobaeco. stuff and cigars will bo inventoried according to their several statutory classification* The WltneStOS at tho limn nf l*ltino ?c the inventory should eaoh count the packages of the several denomina tions and keep an aoourate aocount of the tainn on scparato sheets of paper. The computations to ho made by the witnesses of the total number of such packages and their awgrcgato net weight should be compared and oheckcd with the dealers or manufacturers' inventory, and if agreeing therewith should bo signed by the witnerses and the claimant and delivered to him as a memorandum of his inventory and from which ho could mako a new claim, should his original claim bo lost or misplaced. Kach olaim must bo duly signed and sworn to by tho claimant in the prts once of his witnesses who will, in hi; presenoo and in tho prosecco of each other, duly sign aod make affidavit tc buch olaim as attesting witnesses. Tho notary administering tho oath should havo a seal, or send a ocrtifi cato from tho clerk of tho court or stc rotary of stato that ho is duly oominis hioned and is qualified to admiuistci c aths. The claim as Bigncd and bworn tc before the officer administering the oath shall bo immediately forwardec by him under seal to tho collector o! internal revenuo for the district ol South Carolina at Columbia, S C., i claimant is resident in the State o South Carolina. When tobacco, snuff or cigars ar? held by a commission merchant claiu for tho rcbato may be made by buc! merchant for, and ia tho name, of thi actual owner. Goods in traneit on July 1, l'.'Ol shall not bo inventoried either by 0011 tigner or consignee on that date, bu when such goods aro received by thi consignee he may make a separate olaiu for tho rebate en form No. I'll ii the presence of two witnesses as befor described. The claimant shall exhibit to th witt < >s? s copy of bill of lading tut original invoice and these napi rs in us bo tiled with the claim ma ic f?jr bucI goods in transit. All persons in South (Carolina whi ixpeot to have sullioicul stock n ham ?u .July 1, 11)01, to malt-j a claim of hi dollars, should at onco write the ooi Lclor of internal revenue, Coluuuia S. C , notifying him of the laot am asking for blank forms. Only a sufficient nuuibor of form will be furnished and persons applyio for them should bo oarcful not to los them as the supply may bo exhausted. The name of all persons to whot blanks aro mailed will bo reoordod i the collector's office. Persons writing tho co'loctor shoul give their names and postoffiecs legibly Kvory manufacturer and dealer i tho State whoso claim for rebate c taxes will amount to ten dollars, e more, will bo furnished upon applioi lion, with a copy of form 1S1 bcfoi July 1, 11101. lr a - . I ? J 1 *?1 - .V Diivui i uu UUI HIJ ill 1I11IJU IIIU n claiai can to valid unless iho follow iug elements arc prcsont: First?Tho claim must bo made o blank form furnished by tho oollcolor. Second?Thoro must bo twa disiuloi OBtcd witnesses. Third?Thoso witnesses must met tho dealer on July 1, KM)I, in iho uion ing at his place of busiucss, or whei bis tobacoo is stored, at tho oommcnoi men: of tho businoss day, and mu: oomploto tho inventory of stock wilhoi adjournment. Fourth?Tho witnesses must sign tt olaim beforo a oompotont officer wh shall attaoh his seal to tho instrumcn tr, if ho has do Real, a certificate from theolo'k of court or soorctary of state that ho is duly authorized to administer oaths. Fifth?The olaim aiust bo at least ton dollars. It any dealer wishes further information upon any point his inquiry addressed to the collector will be promptly answered. TBE WEATHER ANDCR^PS What Young Crops Are Doing- The Ueneral Gutlook Tho following is the weekly bulletin of tho condition of tho weathor and crops in this Stato istmd last week by Director Itiuor, of the South Carolina s.'o'ioa of the climato and crop service of the United States weather bureau: During the week coding Monday, May 13, tho temperature was lower >i.... L. i ..l iiiau uuuug vuu | lUYlU'ja Wf'Jft, UUl averaged sligli'l/ above tho Loruial. The maximum for tho week was H2 do greos at Allondalo and Bltckvillo on the t?:h and 7th, respeotivoly, and tha minimum was 50 degree* at Greenville on tho 11th. Bi ginning on the (>lh and continuing to tho cloao of tho week, thoro wtro i nunit reus light tdiowers over tho entiro State, inngiog from a mere iraoo to over an iuoii i f rainfall, but noi where was tl ere enough rain for tho , neeos of crops that in pUcos are suf faring f? r waut of moisture Too ground is haul and cloddy in places, , and in sections there is not enough mi i4utc to gcuuinale recently p anted set da The drought is esjcoialiy severe tn Charleston eouoty, where truck yields have becu mateiiaily diminished II til fell at rnaoy points, but only iu poittois <f Bamberg and Barnwell coupWes loan iiju* jus <x tent, and thcro in places ootton aud melons were totally destroyed and will have to bo replanted. Cot.on planting and roj lantiDg ie finished, and most of the replanting is coming up to good stands. Tho first plantings, where not replanted, has i poor stands, but some of it continues i to come up. Cut worms injured elands in Marlboio county. Chopping out and cultivation h?s begun over tho eastern l counties. A general improvement in tho condition of cotton is noted Corn has improved in color, althcugh stands are still unsa i factory. Tnc ; plants are unseasonably sm*ll, but reocntly have beguu to grow. Cultivai lion is now general, and about all has been planted, except on bottoms whore i the work is under way. Ujplanting continues in plaoes. Tobacco transplanting is practically finished, and tho young plants are growing nicely, ltice has ciiuo up to good standB, and lands, wLero dry i enough, are being prepared fcr June plantings. McIols havo poor stands, in scotions where the orop is raised on a largo oommcreial scale, but late plantings arc coining up hotter. Cano is also in an unsatisraoUry condition. Wheat continues to look well and is fully headed, but oats have deteiioi rated, havo short straw, and arc suffering for rain. Colorado bcotles arc nuourous in white potatoes; in the southeastern counties potatoes are be mg e. g, witn poor jields. Sweet potato draws are i oaroc. l'eachcs arc dropping in places, but over the West crn counties the fruit prospects continue promising. All crops are froui two to three weeks later than usual. Charleston Dispensaries Closed, i It was announced last night that following the filing of tho opinion of the i attorney general Friday holding i that Jharlcston county had no lcgallv > constituted boar] of county commissioners, Messrs. Dukes and Evans ol i the State board of dispensary direc ttrs, who were in the city had met ace insiruetcd State Liquor Commissionei Crum to order tho county boaxd foi " Chailcston county to forthwith olost ali regular and beer dispensaries it > Charleston and keep them closed unti : further orders. This action, it seems 1 is made neoc.-stry because tie law re t quires the county commissioners to ap f prove the bonds of the dispensers, and f inasmuch as Charleston lias and ha; f had no legal Loaid of county commis sioncrs fur so no time, tho bonds o 0 all ditponscis t>ro worthless. This ii 1 the situation, it appeals, until thi 1 courts dooido oihorwitc, if they do s 2 decide, or until some sohemo can b< devised Ly which Charleston can se t euro a legal county government. A things stand now, in iho light of th t aitorut-y general's opinion, Charlcstoi n has no oonntv mvarnmAnl a There are about ten dif-pensarica ii n the city of Charleston aud this is th c fiist time they have bicu closed sinoi when Gov. riliin&u otedcrod thee u closed aitcr the tumous prohibition do 1 oinioa of the tuprt me court, t h Tim Cheapest Man. ;j "The cheapest man I ever know? sa d ttie postmau, according to tho In ii dianapoha Sun. His name was Join Smith, and nc was c lira per than pin o bargun day. lie u?ed to get letter j horn his brother in law ar.d would ope tho envelope by holding it over a to H kettle. Thou he would take oultholul ^ ter aud read it, write an answer, put th 0 answer in tho same old envelope an seal it up again. This done, he woul u take it to the poateffijo, explain that th ? loiter oouldn t pos;ibly bolog to hin and hedidn t wantto open another man j mail Of course, as his brolber-iu law fivo day return card was on tho onve n opolhc postoffioo officials would send i if back." / Scotch Wit. c A drunken Irishman was once lodge in the cell of a Scotoh country pom o station, says Sparc Moments, whon h 1- made a tremendous noiso by kickic tho cell deer with his heavy hob u*ilc n boots. Tho constable who had charge of th -- pclioa station, going to the octi doot opened it a little and said: it "Man, yo mitoh pit tg yer buils, a l- I'll gic them a bit of a rub, so that ye' e bo respectable like whon yo oonio u 3- afore the bailie tho morn." st Tno prieonor, Mattered atthorcques it at once complied, and taw his mistal only when the constable shut tho do< to upon him, saying coolly: o "To oan kick awa' noo, my man, i t, lang as yc like." . i ? "COMMERCIALISM." tx Mayor Courtenay's View i The New Movement. THINKS IT DECEPTIVE. Ar d That The South Shou'd Let I Severely Alone. CalistheNew M -vement Psp Spoon P.lifiC8. During hia recent visit to Charlestoi Kx-M.j or W. A C< urtcnay expressei hia views upon tho i resent politics cituation in tb's State very plainly am with so n.uch point that tho publi o^ght to know what they aro. In re ply lo a statement ot a rcprescntativ of Tho News and Courier that h wanted to talk to him about "commer cialism" and "pap spoon politics," Mr (Jourtenay said: As you know, 1 have boon cntirol; withdrawn from public matters fo many years and have no desire now t 'ay <r do anything about them. Afte so long a sileccc I doubt if tkero an many who caro to know what I think Hut rcoent occurrences in our party tho i reservation of which I regard a essential to tur civilization, should in dceo everyone, not blind to the future v'uijmu' r certain ixeraoraiuary nap pcnirgsani to speak out plainly. In my vi w tho most deccptiv scheme ever put before our pcop'e i 'hat which w, uhl abandon eur politics principles and our old abius in ever State in the Uni?n for the tranbicn plea that joining the Ret ubltcan part; will pr* mo'c our mater'al iottT-sts. Wo havo a marvellous country?iro at d coal in suptrabut.dai ce, grain field I dual to fecdiog ourselves and half th i world, cott n crops for clothing our selvi s and many millions of distant pen i pics, cattle in untold quantities, aait) an intelligent progrc-isive and hard i working pcop.c, developing all thes colossal natural advantages. The ad varco in material resources, in cduea tion, in wealth a'cuwulation tho pas decade is the wonder of tho world. Krom tho United States bureau o statistics we havo this recent cxhibi ? this after feeding, clothing and 6up plying our 75,000,000 of poiulatioi with all wo cjuld possibly want: Average monthly exportation** for th nine months tndirg with March, 1001 United States $124 407 850 0' Uogiand 117,816.216.0* Average ending with Ddoombor, 1000 Germany 87,551,000 0 Krai e M 50,467,000 0 Russia ^. 29 550,000.0 ITrUish Tndia 26,747,000.0 Austria Angary 25,743,255 0 Belgium.."^ 23,568 000.0 Italy 20,618.000.0 Now this pjtcntial surplus wcalt exhibit covers a period when our Chin markets have been closed to us an when tho Philippine Islands havo take i less than $100 000 of our manufasture i floods, white oosticg us over $-00,000, 000! These figures aro an object lesson a i the end of a dccado in which tho go^ eminent of tho country was shared b both political parties, and demonstrate i beyond a doubt that the growth ofbusi ness and wealth is from natural and in dustrial causes and not from pap-spoo politics. In tho midst of this abundance, thi i sweep of prosperity, comes a proposi ; to break up the Democratic party an ' hand over our political power to ou political enemies, who havo not spare f us in tho past and have not even a r< mote idea of sparing us in the fu'uro. 1 Interwoven with this deceptive pie r of pap spoon politics, a vory general in r prcssion is sought to to bo created thi 3 tho owners of South Carolina ootto > mills ire all in favor of joining tho K< 1 publican party?another dtlusioi There have been quite a number of mi! stockholders' meetings during the pa: few weeks, in nono of which, as I ai ? informed, was any word said on th 1 subject or any action taken. 1 am i; dined to believe that a thoughtless u f teranceor two, recently made, is tl b basis of these hopes in pap spoon polit 3 cal circles. It would be very surpri 3 ing indeed if South Carolina owners < o oolton mills should voluntarily scpara' themselves from their friends and ncigl S VtATJ A inin a liAaliln 0 Of oourac, mills controlled from a di 3 tanco ma/ insist upon their manage and employees saying "mo too," hi 3 that in a different atlair altogether. c Not only do present conditions wai s us, but the future is full of scrioi n forebodings?to koep us from politic 1 suicide. Sharply defined issues are full view now and will assume larg proportions in tho near future. Tl wealth that has accumulated in a fc ,, ambitious hands is at work oreatii colossal combinations; already tho iti and steel interests have been merge " the chief railroads from the Atlantic D tho Pacific are in pioccss of coDMilid '8 tion, manno transportation on both tl D Atlantic and Pacific oceans will folio a and as has beeu announced, "thr men in New York" or houio other ce " tral point will control prices of iron ai '* steel products and everything clso ai ? the cost of carriage over inland ai 0 ocoan routes. In these vast oapitaliz ' tions thtro is 30 to 50 per cent of wh ,9 in finanoial parlanco is called, in i 8 primitive stato, "water." This is i to be mado into solid paying invei lt incuts by a dual pressuro, squeezing o every possible cmployoo and tquc< into tho trust treasuries, through hea costs and tolls of carriage, every doll id that tho general public oan le made e pay. Tno control of trans continent ic railway transportation and tho unifi< ig lion of steam freights and passago id tho Atlantio and Pacific ocoans, moved in unison by a single bell to New York, creates a suspicion that r, canal at tho isthmus will hardly thought then nceoBsary. Tho Soul d' which must largely depend upon t 11 opening of a cannal thero for its futi ip growth, is, 1 suppose, to remain in past condition of "howcrs of wood a t, drawers of water" for this oombinati to of new wealth creators, or To decoy or distract tho whito p plo of South Carolina, whoso oi is uture safety is in union -to endea to divido or mislead tho party, whi commission he still holds and wh so honors he has enjoyed?Senator tooLirrio, after voting on party questions, against his party in Congress, is said to f be entrusted with the Federal patronago in South Carolina to oreato a whito Republican party iu our State. (?) Of ooursc, thero arc always tho necessitous and unscrupulous who will take office; that's a human record and has been so Binoo the world began and is so yet. But in view of tho serious I portents now in full view I havo a confident boliof that, while money oan buy mines and steel plants, railroads and ooc an steamships and while it is unfortunately true that power with money is an intexic&n*, neither oan or will buy or docoive a frco and self respecting people. n i SANK LIKE A ROCK1 1 111 f - P r # * " n i ne i^ass 01 iiiia ana a Largo fas a n0 gerltesmfr The first authentic information oonooming the wreok of tho strainer City of L'aducih of tho St. Louit and TenucBseo lliver Packet company, which oooured at Bruuhort Landing, 111., lato Sunday night was ebtaincd upon tho y arrival of thostoatmr City of Clifton r at this port early Wedneiday. o Fifteen persons lost their lives, six r whites and nino blacks, o The dead: l)r. S. W. Bell, cf Cubi Landing. , Teoo. s Miss Mable Gardiner, of St. Louis. Charles Johnson, aged 81, deck , watchman. Frank Gardner, Texas tinder of 1'adueah, Ky. e Two while firemen, names unknown s Grant Woods, colored, bjat baker. >1 Kight cilord roustabouts, names y unknown. t Tho S earner City of Paduca'i stopy ped at Brut knorst's landing at 8 JO o'o.'ook Sunday night and took on a :i load of oorn. When in the aot if h backing away fiom the whaif the boat o swung around and struck ire bank heavily with tho stern. A snag im beded in the bank tore an enormous h holo in the hull through which the *? ter rushed with frightful rapidity. She e at onoo began to seltlo and at tho end of three minutes nothing hut her > roof, Texas deck and pilot house rot maincd about the surface. Tho effi oers aotcd with great coolness and as f tho boat settled, helped tho startled t passengers to tho cabin roof from > whioh the boats were lowered and cara ried ashoro. Miss Mabel Gardiner of St. Louis e was asloop in her stateroom and when . tho shock oarno sho probably remained J to dross. Her body was found in tho D forward part of tho cabin. Tho body of Dr. Bill has not yet been recovered t) and it is supposed he was drowned 0 in his statiroom. Tne crow and their 0 roustabout helpers being on the lower 0 deck in tho midst of the oargo when 0 the vessel struck, were plaoed in a poll sition o/ most awful peril. A* ..lie 0 steamer oareencd in setting the big h cargo, consisting chiefly of saoks of a corn, shifted and before the men oculd d escape half of them were pinned down n and either crushed to death or held d until the water rose about them. - The passengers lost all of tbc'r belongings, and had to be supplied with it olothiDg by thoso on shoro. The City of Faducah lies in about 30 y feet of water and tbc loss will bo total, s Sho was valued at $15,000. THE PEN9I0N CASE, n The Supreme Court Decides and Settles the Mstter. d The Columbia State of Saturday says ir tho South Carolina pensioners will not d this yoar get thi extra $50,000 which >- the legislature intended to give them. This will bo bad news for the old a soldiers' widows, but it oannct be holp i- od now. Tho comptroller cannot pay kt out moro than the $10U,000. Friday n the supremo court filed its decision in 3- tho casj brought to tut tho mittc. j! Tho court was unanimous in tho judg11 mcnt. Tho opinion setting forth tho H reasons will be filled later, ru Ikro is tho docision: is Tho Siato of South Carolina in the i suprtiui court, Aj ril term, 1901. t Tho State, ex rclationo J. Frost io Walker as clerk of court of the oounty i- of Hiohland, petitioner, vs. J. I*. Dors ham as comptroller general, respond of ent. For Curiam. to On hearing the petition herein and h- tho return thereto and aft? r argument y. of counsel. It is ordered and adjudged s that tho prajoyrof tho petition bo rers fused and tho petitson dismissed. ji It is further ordered and adjudged that tho money appropriated in tho rn general apj ropriation aot passed at the js last session of the general assembly?to al wit: Tho sum of $100,000 bo distribu in ted according to the provisions of the er act entitled "An act to provide for pontic sions for certain soldiers aad sailors, :w now residents of South Carolina, who ig were in tho scrvioo of tho S ato or of >n the Confederate States in tho late war d, betwoen the States." Approved he 19. h to day of February A D. 1900 as ainc tided a by an aot entitled "an act to amend see L I .? J 1 - - -. - iic iiiiu i. ui >u aei enuueu an ajt 10 pro w, vide for pensions for certain Holdiers oo and sailors now residents of South n- Carolina, who wore in thofcervioo oftho ad Stato or of tho Confederate Slates in od tho late war between the States,'appro od ved li*th February, 11*00, by inoreasing x tho auiountof appropriation and further at prescribing tho distribution of same." 19 approved U>th day of February A. 1>. all 1001. Tho reasons for the forgoing st- judgment will bo given in an op nioa ut hereafter to be tiled. )% Henry Molvor, vy Chiof Justice, lar V. J. Pope, Associate Justice, to Fiugcno It Gary, Associate Justice, lal Ira It. Jones, Associate Justios. ra ~ : : : : on Latimer s Luck. all l'wo congressional fortunes, made in sinco tho Miroh adjournment and outa siuo of Wallstroot, are reported, ltcpbo rescntativo Sam Cooper, of Texas, is Lh, said to havo earned a lot of money out ho of tho ltoaumont oil wells, although iro not in all probability a million dollars, its as has been statod, and ltoproscnta nd live I.atiraor, of South Carolina asoq pirant for tho United Statos senate, wears a satisfied look over purchases oo- of stock in oopper minos in Sonora, ily Mexico, whioh advanced tuffieicntly to vor make him to tho good over $100,000. oso ltoth gcntlomon aro Pomocrata, A NEW YORK SENSATION. A Catholic Priest Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Tho body of a man found lato Thursday night in a bouse in Ninth avenue, New York, lias been identified as that cf Fathor Edward S. Phil ips of St. Gabriel's Catholic ohuroh, Hazil ton, Pa.. whoToaently had a conference with J. Piorpont Morgan in reforonoe to the threatened strike in tho iron and otul regions of Pennsylvania. Kirk Stanley, a massage operator in whose rooms tho body was found, is under aireet as a suspicious person. Decomposition had advanoed ho far when tho body was discovered that a cursory examination was not tufiioicnt to reveal the ciuse of death. Stanley wai am sled at midnight. The I risonor seemed to bo suffering from the < ff cib of drink or drugs. His manner was ll at cf a man who was hadiy d?z d. He said his narno was Ktk Stanley, and that ho had corno to that city about a year and a half ago. lie naid they eillod him doctor but he had ro diploma. Ho was a message operator at.d intended to open ar office nerc. Coroner li.?u?ch visited Stanley in his coll and thero, after inuoh persuasion the prisoner told the following remarkable story to the oornonot: "It is tiuo I knew the priest and this is the way 1 became acquainted with him. 1 left my homo about midnight May 8 and walked over to tho coroner of Ninth avenuo and Fiftieth street. There 1 saw standing on the corm r tho priest, talking with two gir s. He was somewhat intoxicated and so was I, for I had been drinkiog io my rooms. Tno pri> st was in good humor nnU so were the giris They all accepted tho invitation, and in a few mi utts we were seated tu my sitting room dring whi k:y. "The girls rtuitiucd with us about tvoorih c; hours and then left, say >ng that tl cy I ad to go home After thi j' left both the priest and I wore taken i 1. 1 don't know whether the gtgls had put an^tliirg in our drinks or not, but wc were uameated. The priest took a until botiio of medicine from lisv<8t j ocket and swallowed a little and then told me to do the same. I did so, and in a little while we both felt better. "It was then tho priest told mo ho , was a Homan Catholic clergyman from Pennsjlvania and offered to financially ; back mo in my cure, lie did not tell | clc his name. t "As dawn was breaking I told the ( pric:t I thought I would tako a littlo walk, as tho air would do me good, and 1 asked him to acoompany me, lut he said he would rather rest where ho ( was. I went out and returned, 1 should , say, two hours later. I "When 1 got back tho priost was gone. That was tho last time I ever saw him. The dead man in the room which Capt. Donohuo showed me was i not the priest I knew. The dead man looked like a Negro." Stanley could not describe the two girls, nor would ho admit having had a woman there whom ho called his wife. Dr. A. S. Douglcrty of Ashley, l'a , nephew of tho priest, said: "It may bo that Father Phillips was lured to Stanley's place for tho purpose of robbery and that bo died thorc that night. 1 don't bolicvc that the murder theory is tenable. 1 havo known Father l'hillipa for 25 years and this is tho sooond time I have known of his going out on a spies. 4 Shortly before ho left Hazleton for New York my mother viai'cd him and she told mo after her visit that she did not tiad him to bo the same man that ho was formerly, that sho feared his neivrus fystem was giving way and that ho was deeidodly unstrung." Ordered Away. A dispatch from lkuafort savs a decided sensation was orcatcd hero Wednesday night when thirty odd mat-kod citizens silently proceeded with military precision to a house in ward ti, where ono William Iiurliugham and S mitn, two white men, who have for several years held responsible and lucrative positions at tho Port ltojal naval station, have lived with two nrgro women in the open defiance of puoiio opinion. Tho plaoo was raided by the polico one night last week and both men, with their female com panions, wcro on that occasion routed out at midnight and on tho following morning the mayor of tho town dis covered an ominous letter in his yard which was of a scandalous mature and while ho cou'd Dot, with any degroo of oertainty, detect tho author of the infamous production, circumstantial evideuce was strong against both men, were at once notified to quit tho town by a oeriain day. This they refused to do until Tuesday, when Smith became alarmed and left. tturli..gham, howover, came up as usual on tho naval station boat at 5 p. m. Tuesday and presumably left town .immediately aft rward- as ho house was uaooaunicd wh n i ho iua<ked citizons effected an entrance at aocir. o'clock by breaking in a the door. Both men have families in the uorth and hiurlingham had two daughters here for some months and both wore forced to return north in consequence of their fathcrs's shameful oonduct. The Snakes of India. Tho snakes and wild beasts cf India kill thousands of human beings and cattle every year, but in 1890 tho num ber of deaths was large* than usual, due, perhaps, t> tho floods of that year, wlnoh drove tho snakes to the higher lands, where tho homoattads are. Tho otfioial reports show that 24.021 ptople died of snako bite, and 2,%t> from attacks by wild beasts. During the samo jcar upward of 98,000 oaltlo wero killed, 81),238 by wild btasts and tho rest by snakes. ? Philadelphia Record. K illed on a Trestle. According to Wm. Burke, an Alexandria, Va., boy, who claims to havo bicn an o\ o witness and a ocusin of tbo parties, Walter 8wink and sister, while CDSsing a high railroad trcstlo at Powwell's creok, 30 miles south of Washington Wedncrday night, on route to Petersburg, wero struck and killed by Ilooomotivo. Blood was found on tho engine, but no trace of tho bodies ha? boon found by the authorities. A T0RCI1 DID IT. A Wo kmati'i Disobedience of Ord? rs Causes THE DEATH OF ELEVEN MEN. Three. Who Will Live, Are Severely Burned. Worst Explosion in Fairmont Coal Region. Six minora lost their lives, fno were fatally injured and throo seriously burned in an cxplotion at the shaft of the Goorge'B Creek coal and iron company at Farmingtcn, W. Va., on the main Lino of the Baltimore and Ohio road Thursday morning. The dead: Maynard Bcatty, of Mannirglon. .loo Nichols of LoDaooning, Md. J H. Kverson of Kverson, W. Va., l)aa Alfcrrcl of Farmington .loo Ojuiinick, Italian. Tony Philippi, Italian. Tho icjurid: Charliston Carpenter, fatally. Carth Uucter, fatally. Ilarrel Kvtrson, fatally. Joa Blaccy, fatally. ItaliaD, fatally. Jtfhraon Fast- badly burned. Thomas Baiabridgo, burned and bruised. Italian, burned and bruised. The George's Crc^k company has headquarter, in the K i unable building, Baltimore, and extensive mining interear> ia Maryland. This is tho first mio" the ootnp%ny has opened in this State an i tull> $1,000,000 has been invented and the uiiuu is one tho boat equipp d in trie Faiimout ooal region. Col li. 1 i S .uiim rviilo, an exprienotd and oa.itole inino nupcintendent, has cnargeif tho works Tho ni ne was only recently put into operation and abcut 125 uio were employed, only 40 of this numUir under ground. Owing to a (shortage in the oar Bupply the men have only boon making about half timo for several days, but yesterday quite a Lumber of ears were left at the mine and the management deoided to break all reoords with Thursday's output. So, blight and early this morning tho miners who rosido in oosy oottagea on Lho hilltop above tho mine mado their way to the main opening and tho oar carried them 253 foct into the earth. Fifteen of them wero assigned to a portion of tho mines that has been worked for some time and the remainder wero put to work on headings quito a dittanoo away. Ono of the men in tho rooms, it is alleged, has smuggled a torch into tho mines aa it gives eo muoh better light than the safety lamps prescribed by the company. ^^ 1 There is an immc use fan which rends 5,000 feet of freuOTm luto the mines at s every revolution and as the shaft was V considered ono of the safest in the region tho miner did not hoed the frequent warnings of a fellow employe whft wirnAi) him nf tKn riaV Ka taking. At D.lo the miner fired a shot and the trnoke which was very dense caught fire from the toroh and spread to either the gas or dust and the explosion resulted. Fortunately the mine did not catoh fire to any extent. The explosion vented itself through the air shaft and almost demolished the building on tho surfaco in whioh the fan was located. Tho mon on the headings did not know there had boen an explosion until notifiod. The air was soon turned in and in a short time the headings wero elcared of foul gasses and the work of rescuing the unfortunat commenced. It was 5 o'olook before tho work was ooncludtd. This is the most serious explosion that ever occurred in the Fairmont ooal region. Burned in a Steamer. Four men were killed during Wednesday night in a fire whioh dostroyed the stcauu r U wensboro, a towboat, tied up at dock at Calhoun, Ky. Tho dead: Fireman Crenshaw, of Kvansville. Fireman Rrinkman, of Kvansville. Two roustabouts, nainos unknown. A fire broko out aboard tho hoat shortly before midnight and in a short time it burnod to the water's edgo. Capt. Eastman and Engineer Robinson barely had tinn to escape. The others were supposed to have boen asleep in tho hold and woro overcome by smoke. Loss on boat $G,000. Poisoned the Priest's I .inner The jury in the case of Jaoob Wynne charged with the murder of ltev. Father Chas. P. lliegol, after being out all night Thursday brought in a vouliot of murder in the second degreo. Father Kiegel, who had charge of the lloman Catholic church at Chcltncham, Pa., was found doad on a doorstep in the 'Tondcrloin" district on January 6. Djath was due to knockout drops and Wynne and eight others who had boen drinking with tho priest wcro indicted. It was testified that Wynne bought tho poison and placed it in Father Kiogol's glass of beer. China's Empty Treasurery. The answer of China to *ho statement of tho ministers of the foreign powors as to tho losses sustained by nation* and individuals in China has boon received. Tho answer oommonocs with an appeal to mercy, raying that tho oountry is impoverished. Tho answer explains that the utmost China can offer is Hi.(100,000 tales annually for tho next JO years. Poisouotl His Stop-Son, , l'.lcy Lowe, of Iluntsville, Ala., charged with poisoning his step-son Louis Mullins, was Thursday found guiuy oi murder in the first degree. A death eontcnoe will be pronounced. Lowe, who is 35 years old, iB alleged to havo poisoned his 9-year-old step-son September 0 with strychnine, to get rid o( him. Ho Was Desperate. Frank Miller, safo blower and murderer, under scntcnoo at Birmingham, Ala., to hang .Juno 28, saturated tho bedding in bis cell in the county jail Thurday morning with oil and fired it. A lino of hoso was run to the oell and i the firs was extinguished before any i damage was done. Miller expooted to burn up.