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Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Qnr Souls and Mnke Our Lives in Thy Possession !ftapfry, or Our ?X^ths Glorious in Thy Just Bof^no?. ' ? ? ' ' ? ' ' '' "- ' ' " ' --~-~.-~-?->^> ?.? -w^^-^-. li'.j- -Y ,, ,. ._? VOL. XXVI . BENNETTSVILLE, S, C., FBI DA Y< J A N.T. J A II 190i. ; 1 'OUR COTTON MILLS. A Splendid Record Mad? by This Stato Last Y?ar. ALL PAST RECORDS BROKEN Nearly Fifteen Million Dollars Put Into Cotton Mills In tht Last Two Years Fin? Showing. No Stato in tho union will bo ablo to koop up with South Carolina's record - last year in tho matter of building oot ton mills. Including tho in?rennos and tho char tore grantod last year oovoring of course', aotual subscriptions of stock and organisations tho total is $7,795,000 .fr? a,i^ir'mtiat bo oddod tho ooiuprt'nios -t. Mssionod, but whioh havo hot managou ;W file tboir returns and got thoir onartors in timo for -tho annual report. This adds $1,495,000, whioh makos tho baodsomo total for tho yoar of 1900 $9,290,000. Thoro was 31 ootton mills ootually chartered last yoar, whilo M dravo made inoreaaos and onlargomonta. With ohartora grantod in 1899 this makos tho magnifi cent showing of $13 499,000 actually , ..flubsoribod and invostod in ootton mills in a poriod of only two years. Thon thoro are tho mills oommiaaionod this year whioh havo not sont in thoir re turns yet, but will doubtloas do ao ag gregating in capital $1,495,900, making A grand total of capital projected in now Cotton mills in South Carolina iu two years of $14,994,000. The figures apeak volumos for tho smallest ot tho southern Statoa. Hero aro tho namoa, location and capitalization bf oaoh of tho now milla for tho yoar 1900: . THE CHARTERS. Charters woro granted to tho follow ing: Tho Clear Wator Bleaohory ' .and Mfg. Co., Aiken.... .$ 300,000 Anderson . Yarn and Knit ting Milla, Andorson...-. 200,000 Cox Manufacturing Com pany, Anderson. 50,000 . Williamaon Milla, Andoraon 100,000 Rosemary Knitting Mills, Barnwoll .... . 30,000 Blaokaburg Spinning and Knitting Mill, Cherokee. 15,000 Hmoatone Milla, Chorokoo. 200,000 Wylio Mills, Chester. 100,000 llartsvillo Cotton Mill, Dar lington. 250,000 Pork-Shoals Ootton Mill, Groonvillo. 25.000 j The Carolina Milla, (groon villo . 50 000 Franklin Mills, Groonvillo. 45,000 Monaghan Milla, Groonvillo 500.000 BoKalb Cotton Mills, Kor ; ..*haiy. /. ;v . t% 200,000' , Goldvilie Manufaoturing Co. Lauron?.. 150,000 Billon Cotton Milla, Marion 160 OOO I looman Mills, Marlboro... 200,000 t Ootoraro Mills; Marlboro... 30,000 ! Glenn-Lowery Mfg. Co., Nowberry.. 300,000 Nowborry Knitting Mills, < Nowberry. 25,000 Orangoburg Mfg. Co., Or angoburg. 200,000 Orangeburg Knitting Mills, Orangoburg. 10,000 Easloy Cotton Mills. Piokons 200.00C Liberty Ootton Mills, Piok ons. 100,000 Capital City Mills. Richland 100,000 Woodruff Cotton'Mills, Spar { tanburg. 250 000 Saxon Milla, Spartanburg ;. 200,000 Monaroh Cotton Milla, I Union...!. 200.000 Alpha Ootton Mills, TJeion,. 100,000 Buffalo Oottod Milla, Union, 600,000 Butro Cotton Mills, York.. 50,000 Total (31) . ;.'.. .. $4.850,000 INORSASSsOF OA PIT Ab STOOX Tho following shows the not in?rense of capital atook in ootton milla: Andorson Cotton Mills, An deraon...$ 100,000 Cox Mfg. Go., Andorson... 150,000 Riversiao Mfg. Co., Ander son. 150,000 ? Boaumont Mfg. Co., Spar tanburg. v. 70,000 The Oourtenoy Mfg. Co., Ooonoe. 150,000 * Ii. W. Poo Mfg. Co., Green ville. 250,000 Tho Groenwood Ootton Mill, Greonwood. 300,000 ManehoBter Ootton Mill, York. .... 50,000 Williamston Mills, Ander- . son. 100,000 Fairfield Ootton Milla, Fair s' ... field. 135,000 ?ji Olymphia Ootton Milla, , jv Riohland. 250,000 Lanoaster Ootton Mills, Lan oaeter ..... 850,000 Glenn Lowery Ootton Mill?, Newberry. 200,000 1. Eureka Cotton Milla, Ohes p ter. 90,000 . j A ' "OT Total (14). .>,.. $2,945,000 i Ohartors as abovo. 4,850,000 Total.,.$7,795,000 FORMER K?OURUa; Capital Number. 8took. 1898. 6 ' $ 510,000 1899 (inoluding Olm-. .. phia)....v..11 .. 3,276,000 : 1900.31 4,850,000 I This rofors only to now ohartors I granted and doon not take into oonaid ? j oration corporations oommiseionod or inoreaeon of oapital atook. ? . TUB COMMISSIONS. 1 Daring 1900 oommisB?ons wert h sued to corporators of tho following projeoted ! mills, whioh havo not as yet filed their .i- returns and aooured oljarterai-" \ The Croft Mfg. Co., Aikon.$ 200,000 J Tho Winona Mills, Aiken..' .100,000 i Wilmont Mills, Anderson.. 200,000 . s i\ Barnwoll County Cotton, . ? J Mill, Barnwell.???j; v?100,000 \ Ohoraw Cotton Milla, Chea-. ! terflold.. 100,000 ? Blaoksburg Cotton Mill .Oe, . .Cherokee. ; .. . 100,000 Johnston Cotton Mills, ' ? Bdgofioid. 50,000 want. Taory Cotton Mills Green , ' \. 100,000 July 8, w Ootton Mill, Lan . 125,000 >tion Mills, Mario? 100,000 St. Matlhows Cotton Mill, Orangoburg ...i. 100,000 Inman Mills, Spartanburg.. 200,000 Total (12).. tl.495.000 Uoportcd above.?.7,795,000 Total.??,290,00(i And among those milln could bo in? oludod two othors which aro .?ssurod. Oao is tho mill at Uar!isla fdr whioh tho money has boen raisod, and tho other ii a Union mill now under con struction; yot noithor have boon askod for commissions.-Tho State. A Foul Murder. A diapatoh from Winnsboro to the Columbia Stato says tho night bofore Christmas about nino o'olook whilo tho noiso of oannonoraokors was deafening ali ovor tho. town, Wm. llosberough, oolorod, was foully assasBinatod. Tho homioido ooourrod within 100 yards of tho colored Baptist ohuroh whoro llosborough had boon attonding a busi ness mooting of tho deacons. Whilo in tho oburoh a poison esme to tho door and told Wm. Smith, tbo soxton, to inform llosborough that someone want ed to soo him across tho stroot. Hos borough wont cat, and whilo oroBsing tho stroot tho assassin firod at him tho fatal shot with a shot gun heavily oh arg od with squirrel shot. Tho load penet rated to liosborough's heart, llos borough was a highly rospcotod and ptominont oolorod ottizoa of tho town. Ho was tho leading" butobor and also kopt a restaurant, and was making monoy. It was known that ho had about $100 on his person boforo ho wont to tho oburoh. An ho did not return it was thought ho had gono homo. So?roh was bogue for him and his body was found in a cornfield near tho ohuroh about three o'olook Christmas morning. Tho oorpso was terribly laooratcd-his watoh and monoy gono and all his pockets turned insido out. Whito and oolorcd people boro aro much worked up ovor tho homioido. Sovoral nogroos havo boon arrested oharged with thoorime. Big Fire in Marion. A firo ooourrod on Main stroot in tho business part of Marion not long aftor tho middle of Christmas night, and des troyed four storos with all their oontonts oxoopt in tho oaso of Mr. W. 3. Fox worth, who saved his books and papera. Tho origin of tho firo is not known, but is attributed to tho oaroloss disohargo of fireworks by late Christmas rovolera. It waa dioovorcd betwoon 2 and 3 o'olook in tho building owned by Joseph Harroll All of tho struoturoB woro of wood and rory eombustiblo, and tho flamea mado rapid and for a limo irroaistiblo head way. Our town is not provided with an ongino or any organization for combat ting firo; but thanks to tho usual good fortuno that soema tobofriond tho town in suoh an emorgonoy, tho wind was modorato and blow from a favorablo quarter. Tho buildings teat lay in tho path of tho oonfltgration woro com paratively isolated, and thoro waa .ononjh spaco between Fox worth's "ind J. ET Middloton'a otoros to onablo tho oitizons, by dint of strenuous and untir ing exertions, to save tho Middleton building and chook tho progross of the devouring elomont. Provalonco of Leprosy. An appended report to don. Mac Arthur's roviow of tho oivil affairs of tho Philippines for the past fiscal yoar, gives Eomo rather startling faots regard ing tho instruction and provalonoo of loproay in the islands. Aooording to tho estimation of tho FranoiBoan fathom, says Major Guy L. Edio, tho writer of tho roport," there are no loss than 30, 000 lopors in tho arohipolago, tho major Eonion of those hoing in tho Visoayaa. loproay was introduood in 1*333 whon tho emporor of Japan sont a ship with 150 lopors on board to tho Philippinen, a proaont to bo oared fer by tho Cath olic prient?, Thun tho need waa plant ed, and as no praotioal mothods woro evor adopted to oradioate tho dieoaeo or provont its spread, it has taken firm root, and sproad into its prosent for midable phase A houso to house in spection inaugurated last January found moro than a hundred lepera con cealed in dW?llings. Theso woro sent to San Lazaro hospital in Manila, but many othors escaped into tho surround ing eountry. A oommiusion is now ongagod in tho work of solooting suitaolo island or islands for tho pur pose of isolating all the lepors in the arohipolago. Spending Money on a Dream. Tho Standard Oil Company is spend ing $1,000 to asoortain what stuff tho droam of Thomas Clovongor, a farmor, who lives noar Nottingham, Wells oounty, Indiana, is mado of. Two woeks ago Clovongor droamod that on a oor tain spot on his farm there was a rich pool of oil. Around Nottingham thoro is muoh good oil territory that tho Standard and olhor companion havo de veloped, but Clovongor's plaoo is off tho lino, but he wont to .tho Standard and told thom of bin vision and invitod thom to ereot rig thorcon and verify his dream. Clovongor wont away dis appointed at tho indifforonoo of tb?. bosBOS, but two nights moro.in oncees sion ho had tho same droam and he onoo moro wont to tho Standard mon add mado suoh a strong appsahthat they ordered a drill atarted on the spot pointod out by tho farmor. Clovongor is olosoly watching the downward pro gcess of the tobit and the lattor part of the weok will tell tho story. That Oar Service. ??atter. Tho Columbia Stato says Thursday Mr. Haskell, of tho ear scry ?co assooia5 tion, was in tho oity. Ho oallod on tho railroad commissioners, and, it is said, assured thom that practically all of tho now demurroge rules were satisfactory to the railroads. Thoro are a low, how ever, upon whioh tho roads dosiro hearing- The commission, h is under stood, will dooliuo to approve tho as sociation's rule as tostorago pf pa'okages ,and stand to any rofuaing to, pay such' oh?rges. ! ?ffod Oouplo Assaulted. Abraham Johnston and wife, both over 80 years old were bound, tortured and robbed about midnight at their, home a short distanco below Mariotta, O., on tho Wont Virginia side. Thoir as sailant, a gigantic negro,' gained en treno o to the houso to stoal. After no ourlng ?ll valuables he left ?he .victims still hound. Mrs. Johnston is almost 'totally naraljzod from the shook and iiband in badly injurod, BRYAN CONFIDENT That Wo Shall Ultimately Win the Fight. WILL ADVOCATE OR EXECUTE Ha Declares That Destiny Alone Can Teii Whether Hd Will Offer for Public Po sition Tho annual banquot of tho Joffor .ionian olub of Lincoln, Nob , Wodnos nesday night at -tho Lincoln hot ol brought to R;C thor no arl y throo bund rod roproBontativo mon of tho Domooratio and Populist partios of Nobraska, to gothor with a number of loaders from othor Statoa. Wm, J. Bryan m ?do his first ap poaranoo at a publio gathoring ainoo tho oleotion and tho grooting aooordod him in his homo oity waa novor moro hoarty and spontaneous. Tho apoooh of John W. Kern, do foatod Dounoratio oandidato for gover nor of Indiana, arou ol tho banque torn to a high piton of enthusiasm by his laudation of Bryan and his outapokon oritioiam of thoso Domoorats whom ho aoouscd of contributing to his (Bry an's) dofoat. Hit donunoiation of Domoorats who offorod "gratuitous oounsol to Domooraoy," though ho montionod no natnos, was aoooptod by the orowd sa a r?fernnoo to formor Proeidont Olovoland Mr. Bryan, whose aubjo?t wan "prin oiploa livo," said in part: "At this banquot, surrounded by noighborH who havo beon my friends for 10 years, 1 may bo pardoned for saying a word of personal naturo. Five timos you havo voted for mo for publio offioo-twioo for oongroas, onoo for tho Uaitod Statos Senato and twioo for tho proBidcnoy^ and no oandidato ovor roooivod moro loyal support than you havo given, "Whothor I shall ovor bo a oandi dato for offioo again is a question whioh must bo dotorminod by ovonta. .Ono's destiny is not known until his life's work ia oomploto 1 shall bo oontont if it is my lot to aid in tho triumph of tho prinoiplos whilo othors onjoy tho honors and boar tho responsibility of offioo. "Tho holding of publio offioo should bo an inoidontand not tho oxtrOmo aim of the oiti/on. It should not bo an omi, but tho moans for tho accomplish ment of a purpose "Tho proBidonoy acomod.doBirablo bo oauao it would havo ouablod mo to givo offootivo aid to oortain reforms whioh I behove to be nooasaary to tho publio WeliMt), but dofoat-o von a oooond de feat-doos not lesson my in tores t in this reform, and timo may provo that my work is to advoc?lo rather than to execute. "The Commoner will givo mo an op portunity to partioipato in publio dia ousaiona, and I am suro (hat an edi torial pursuit will furnish aa muoh in tellectual enjoyment as I could havo found in tho Win to HOUBO and in ad dition theroto will givo 'ino moro timo for homo ploa?urctj. "Tho prinoiplos for whioh wo con tended in tho last oampaign still live ?nd wo who boliovo in thom must eon tinuo to fight for them. An olootion does not ohango prinoiplos; it only do t?rminos what prinoiplos ?hall bo for tho time boing applied. "Tho boliovors in tariff roforin did not abandon thoir faith whon tho high tariff dooirino was endorsed at tho polia, noithor did protectionists when thoir cause sufforod loas. Tho advo cates of tho gold standard oontiuuod tho fight for monomontalism for 25 yoara in apite of tho platform doolara tiona of all partios in favor of a double standard. Shall we who boliovo in bi metalism loso courage booauao our op ponents havo profited by an inoroasod voiumo ot monoy, thus admitting tho ooonomio principle for whioh wo havo boon oontending? "Dafendors of trusts did not loso heart when all partios donouuood com binations in roatraint of trado. Shall we give, up tho fight booauao monopoly haa triumphed by stealth? Must wo now advooato an imporiai polioy bo oauao our oppononts have won aviotory by denying thoy aro imp?rialiste ? "A oolonial s VD tom in vol vos a Bur rondor of our theory of govornmont and tho pooplo will undorstaad this as aoon aa tho system ia put into corpora tion. If WO Woro to consult our imme diate oonvonionoo and oomfort wo would novor oppoao wrong of any kind, for all warfare involvos a temporary aaorifioo, but thia is our govornmont and muet bo transmitted unimpaired to posterity,- Wo have no ohoioe, there fore, but te stand steadfast, como what may. "If wo aro suoooaaful in divorting prosont tondonoios and in carrying tho govornmont to its old foundations wo shall rojoioo in tho viotory and profit by the roforms scoured. I am oonti dont that wo shall ultimatoly win. But if the trond toward plutocracy oan not be eheokod, it is still bottor that wo should bo dofonted in a rightoous un dertaking than that wo should join hands with thoso who aro ignoring ibo inalienable rights Of man." Chinese Burn Christians. A dispatch from Pekin says tho Hov. Mr. Kelly, tho Preabytorian missionary, has roportod to Minister Conger tho burning by Boxers of 19 Catholio Chris tiana, and now says ho has roooivod fur thor confirm?t ion of tho burning of nativo Christians. Ho Bays tho numbor burned is 21 and that thousands of arm* ed Chinoso have hoon soon ?? ?he Han bo country.- Mr. Kelly in fl rot reporting tho ooo.urroneo admitted his information waa from Chinese so?ro?? and said that tho Japanoso, who havo jurisdiction ovor the territory ?30 miles north in whioh, it is alleged, tho outrago ooour cd, would,investigate tho roport. Terrible Accident. A diapetoh from De? Moinos, Iowa, says tolophono moasagoa from What Cheer vie Ottumwe oonfirra tho report ed drowning of forty-niuo oohool chil dren. They were skating on tho ioo when it gave wey. The aooidont ooour rad al 0 in tba evening. ASSASSINATION OF RULERS Many Were Slain by Cranks and Anar chist During the Last Century During tho oontury now oouiiug to a oloso no loss than 17 hoads of statos and ono cmpross diod by a violont doatb, sayo tho Now York Tribuno. Tho first victim was Cz?r Paul 1, of Russia, stranglod by nobles at St. Petersburg in tho night of Maroh 23 24, 1801. Ho was followod by Sultan Selim III., who, aftor boing dcposod, was thrown in prince, and by ordor of Mus tapha IV. also stranglod on May 8,1808. In 1831 Count Capo d'lotria, prosidont of Groooo, was assassinatod, and in 1851 Dako Oharlos.of Parma was murdorod. Danilo fi, first pri'noo of Montonogro, had oooupiod tho throno only a wook whon ho foll a viotim to blood von goanoo on August 13, 18G0. On April 14, 1865, Abraham Liuooln, tho six teenth prosidont of tho Unitod States, was shot by tho actor, John Wilkes Booth at Ford's thoator, Washington, and diod tho following day. Threo yoars lator, in 1808, Miohaol Obrono vitoh, prince of Sorvia, was murdorod near Bolgrado. Tho year 1870 rooord od tho assassination of tho provident of ll ay ti, Salnnvo, and tho yoar 1878 that of tho prosidont of limador, Dr. Gar oia Morono Tho thirtv-sooond sultan, Abdul A?.u Oban, after boing forocd to abdioato in favor of his nopbow, Mahn mot Murad, died in prison on Judo 4 187G, presumably a natural doath, but an . investigation instituted in 1881 against sovoral of tho higbost officials provod, by tho hands of assassins. Gar field, tho twentieth prosidont of tho Unitod StateH, was shot by Guitoau at Washington on July.2, 1881, and diod from his wounds at IClborou, N. J., on Soptcmber HI of tho H imo yoar. Alex andor H.. of Russia, aftor many at tempts against his lifo, was finally killod by tho oxplosion of a bomb thro .vu by a nihilist, who himsolf was killod at St Potorsburg on M?roh 13 1881. In 1890 PrcBidoot Moroudc/., o San Salvador, waa murdorod, and o July 24, 1894, Prosidont Carnot was stabbed mortally by tho Italian aoar ohist Casorio Santo. Tho anarobist Luoohoni stabed EmpreaB l?liz\both of Austria at Gonova on Soptombor 10 1898. Prosidont H'ourosux, of San DJ mingo was assassinated on July 2G 1899, and this yoar rcoordod tho assas siation of King Humbert of Italy by Anarohist Brosoi, whioh is still in ovory ono's momory. Altogothor nino prosi donts, two omporors, ono king, two princoa, two sultans and ono empress porjahod by tho hands of assassins. Soldiers Sick of lt. Gon. Mao Arthur is confronted by the faot that tho term of enlistment for most of tho soldiers in tho Philippines will expiro on Juno 30th noxt, and they aro nearly all oagor to quit tho eoryioo. It-ls true the war ondod a year ol?' BO ago,' aooording to Mon. Otis, but thoo a goneral doosn't Uko, to bo that far away from homo without au army, and Gon. MacArthur knows that tho GO, 000 mon undor his oomtnand havo no idoa of oontinuingin the aervioo beyond tho timo of their onliatmont. Henoo it is that ho has reoommondod tho of fering of a bonus of $250 to csoh man who will ro onlist. As tho Augusta Chronicle says "how oould thoro bo a severer oommontary on tho wars that aro boing wagod in tho Philippines and South Afrioa? In tho lattor oaso tho British aro offering $1.23 a day for voluntoors to Bubjugato tho Boors, noarly four tiraos tho regular pay, and Gon. Mao Arthur is proposing a bouncy equal to noarly two yoars' pay to in duoo Am or io an o old i ora to ro-o ni i ot. Wo oannot doubt that tho mon in South Afrioa aro as loyal to Groat Bi itain ns hor avorago subjoots, or that tho mon . in tho Philippine? pos BOSS oourago and tho love of oountry. Their first enlistment oBtablishojj this Then why aro thoy about to lay down their arms and rotiro from tho war when thoir aorvioos aro still noodod? In our judgment tho answor is to be found in tho faot that thoy aro dis gusted with tho war thoy aro waging lt doos not havo tho approvf.'. of their oonsoioncoB or onlist thoir patriotism; but must havo tho appoaranoo of profls ing the ocean to aubjugato a poople with whom wo h&vo nothing ia com mon, and who aro bravoly battling in dofonso of thoir nativo land to tho boat of thoir ability and equipment. It is natural that the gorgo of tho Amor! oan soldier should riso against suoh warfare, and that having unwittingly golton into it, he should hail with sat isfaotion tho expiration of his onlist mont, and tho obanoo to got out." Fire Proof Eggs Aooording to a statomont in the Now York Horald hens fod by a Poncsyl vania fanoior on asbostos siftings laid eggs that wcro-ufiaffeotod by firo and honoo would not oook satisfactorily Tho sholl, it appears, is asbestos and fireproof, though tho oontonts aro nor mal. Chiokona hatched from these eggs aro said to havo no foathors but a downy covering resembling asbestos Thoohiokons aro muoh liked, but there is no markot for tho fireproof oggs. Tho a?bostos Oggs rooall? tho ludia-rubber fish doBoribed nomo timo since in tho Now York Sun. An angler, having aught two Buokors of ono sizo, put rubber band about tho two to eeo whothbr thoy oyuld swim Siamosotwins fashion. They swam off all right and woro lost to view. Returning two yoars lator to fish at tho samo place tho vera oioua onglor oaught sovoral fish esohol' whioh had two hoads and two tails with ono body. Whon thoy woro out opon for cooking two bsokbonos woro found, but tlmy woro bound oloso to< gothor by a liga mont, and a dioagroo ablo rubber flavor rondcrod tho flesh unpalatable Shoos umoarod with tho blood woro waterproof. Thoso two yarns ontitlo tho spinnors to tho head of tho ol ass Marriage by tforce. Magistrate Strohoeker, of Rod Top. a notorious nogro HO ttl o mont, near Cha? S leaton, gavo erdors Wednesday that all nogrdos living thoro would have to mar ry, ft i nco tho notioo. was mado eovoral dava ago that suoh ordors would boioou ed magistrate, seventy- ilvo cou pion, lt is said.' havo boon married. Magistrate Mtrohockor maintains that a man wi)! fight quiokor for his paramour than for hin wiro, and to Btop tho run of orimo in that locality han dirooiod tho negroes to booomo legally man and wifo. . \bout tho IR )hh erv of th o Kings tip Dispensary. , THE DISPENSER HELD UP "?IV.:, . iy Four Wicked Mon and Robbed of Eighteen M muiron poi* j lars. He H^d No .A, Bond. Tho Kings^o? oorro?pondont of Tho Itato says oatly Thursday morning, ?B msinoas poople wore ientoring upon hoir duties ?fWtho.day^it was whisper d around tfat tho ciaponsary had gain boon robbed and that Dispenaor P. M. Pleyovliad boon "hold up" and olievod of ov|r $1,800 in oaih j ist bo oro daylight Mr. Pleyov, it appears, ladrolatod full pirtlnularo to Mr. lt. t. Stutts, to?fp marshal. Mr. 8tutts ays he and Mr*, Lomon woro in tho dis ?onBary WooVtbsday night with Mr. Mayer until rfyirly midnight, oountinR ip Monday's fl?i'ca of liquor; that ho mnt to bod About midnight, and was roused by Mp Playor about 5 o'clock ho morning, who stat?d that ho had loon robbod, aVd, gavo tho following tartiqulan: fyayor atatod. . that ho loard somo oh falling him f rom . tba 1 utsido, at tbu-baok door nf tho dispon- | ?ry; that hoi'oto?ad tho'door and was. mmodi'itcly ortyorod by two guns, in i?nds of mtskoti^noii, who domandod lis mouoy or hja .?lifo, and, being un* rmod and unproparod for .any rmoh morgouoy, ho was.powerlosB, and.off er d no resistanc':; ?imply saying: '.'(Ihn tomona, T is iii ' your p?wor.'' Two thora, making fdiir mon in all, 'then arno forward ahr^L?otcred the dlsp?n ary, and took all tho oontonts of tho ufo and two bagis-?f Hquorij and do iboratoly walked . olf, tolling Mr; Mayor to bo oaifofut-rtad not give any 1 larm for at loa;>v'80 minutos, or his ifo would bo in danger. As soon an Mayor thought th?y had loft ho ran to Itutts' houso, whioh is diroetly in front f tho disponssTV. Mr. Stutts --says that af tor he?Hg. roused ho distifrotly hoard tho buggies oing aoroes Bla.o'kriver brid go, which s on tho wost sidp of Kingstroo, noarly alf a milo distant from tho di?pon ary. Mr. Stutts says ho wont on to wako Mr. H. 0, Britton, tho oounty rdlor and also c:*)rk of tho board of ontrol of this ocjunty. Stutts rooitod very thing to hi?i,aud then wont ott o arouso Mr. Lotaon," whom ho found ,runk in. bod, f ad hoing unable to rouso him, ho-t'?m Went bi\Qk homo, nd ho and Mr. (Mayor stabed thoro intil daylight, w)-.;m-Mr, ^Britton oruno nd ordorod ? diu^ Vv.w j- kio);.eu up.:'?\ Mr, J?)^yoV^s?V?ayp boba' lu ok od poa as a straight'mau. omi tho busi oss pooplo all aoom to nave oonfidenoo a him. Ho had not dopositod any ?onoy for about two wooks, and up to short time ggo ho had boon doposit* ng his monoy in tho safo of Messrs. lellor.&r\ whioh m ado it porfootly ?fe. Thc juaty trossurorstates that lr. Playor'a bond ozpirod about tho 5th of Dooomber, and ho promptly otifiod H. 0. Britton, clerk of tho oaid, and Mr. Britton statos that ho romptly notified the Stato board of ontrol, that Mr. Playor was without ond, and thoy paid no attontion. The ounty board, knowing Mr. Player to 0 without bond, quiotly lot him go on oting dispenser, in tho full disohargo f his dutios. To say tho least of this, 1 amounts to almost criminal oaroloai oss, and tho sontimont of tho poople omand at lost tho prompt removal f tho board, as by this aot alono thoy ave shown their unfitness for filling ny nu oh important business position. Mr. Stutts says that he is confident hat ho knows tho four mon who robbed ho dispensary; that ho has no proof, ut that one of the mon woro a peouliar ind of mackintosh ooat that gavo him ead away. If thia wholesale robbery i allowed to pass unnotioed as has Deon ono in tho oaso of ovory other robbery onnootod with tho dispensary here, tho copio will vote to put it out of town, 'ho graded school is almost wholly run y tho profits of tho dispensary at this laoo, and if the town were to lose thia louey it would oauso tho sohool to be losod ono year or longer. Capt. W. H. Kennedy, mayor of -ingstroe, ha? triod timo aftor timo to ot Mr. Player to doposit tho dispon ary monoy, as tho law requires, onoo week, with tho oounty treasury, but rithout avail, as it nooma that he de oaitod whoa ho pleased. Mayor Ken ody further states that he appoalod to lr. Britton, who ia manager for tho oard, to holp him to got Player to do oatt tho monoy, but waa givon no sat jfaotion. Tht oounty treasurer, R D. tollina states that ho also advised Mr. Mayor to bo moro regular in deposi ng monoy. Mr. Player had deposited nly $285 during tho month of D?cern er. It ia not known how muoh tho hortago will aggrcgato, probably $1,800 r may bo aa muoh as .$3,000; Playor aa boon disponsor about a yoar and in bat timo has had thrco robberies, tho ist timo hoing a oomploto deaning up. ?vory disponaor who has boen oonnoot* d with it horo has boon robbod. In the Financial Soup. Tho D?llaa Toxai TimoB-Horald re tarka that tho pooplein tho south who amblo ?n ootton are now in tho finan* lal ooup for aevoral million dollars, oleas thoy are able to margin up and old futuros lator than J anuary. Tho irmer who raised the ootton and in"able D hold it will not bo hurt, aa ho will ot tho high spring prioos. It ia oasy sr eastern financial oontors to nhako ut the woak southorn ;. gamblors in nturoB. This lost money-tn homo in ri ur ry atooka and bonds would do bot* ?r._ Our Turn Will Como. United States Consul Albort, station* d at Br un nw lok,' Germany, officially oporto groat buoinons depression in' hat empiro. Compared with tho sum tor of 1899 building enterprises have allon away by 37 per .oont, railroad vojootfi 58 per oont, and oleotrioal and trcot railway ontorprison 03 per ont. Projected cloottlo lighting and as planta aro a third lons1, whilo in auoh photos of Activity as mining, smelting, iota! manufacturo, ?tono werk, and tho .roduotion of ohomloahr and toxtllou, ha diolirio ia ?orne 27 per oont. MORE SOLDIERS NEEDED. Mon Wanted to fill up Regiments in the Philippine Servioe. Db you want to go to tho Philippines to fight? Undo Saar nooda moro sol diers to Uko tho plftoo of thoso who havo boon killed, died of dhoaso, gone orazy or whoso tim? oxprles next Juno, and already tho reoruiting oflioors aro looking but for now men. Tho Colum bia ltooord says Sorgoant Bonnor, from ono of Charleston ports, and several Krivatos woro in Columbia Wednesday, ' utwhothor to or j >y Columbia's Chi .st ains fostivitios thoy did nut say. At any.rato tho sorgeant oxhibitod a copy of an order, Whi?h ia as follows: To AU Recruiting Offioers: Make aotive oanvases at your station and surrounding towan for whito men, ospooially thoso fitted for tho Philip pino sorvioe. Endeavor to largely in? orcaso onlistmont of do?lrablo men, and whoro nooossary send mombors of party to surrounding towns, to oanvass and diatributo circulars, postors, and hand bills. " Tho ordor is signed by Col. Hodgo, in ohargo of this torritory. In apoakiog of tho ordor Sorgoant Bonnor said: "That this would provo an unuoally doelrablo sorvioo, asa largo number of entirely now regiments will bo organized, and young mon Oan join thoso and romain with, comrades and frionds, ; muoh aa in tho organiaa tion of volunteer roglmonts. It is un derstood that about 35,000 men aro to bo enlisted. Aa many as posh?.-'o will bo ao'ooptod at ay reoruiting cro?os; and they will ho forwarded to somo point designated as a rendezvous, probably .San PranoiSjOO.- whonoo, aftor somo ptolimlaary drilling, thoy will bo sent on/transports to the Philippines, . An order to establish' a reoruulDg offiria.in Columbia will probably bo tho"result of this visit. A Good Road Lawi Tho Philadelphia Timos hos boon investigating tho off cot o' and defect ? of tho Now Jprsoy good.r?ads law and that papor ia so.woli pleaiod with itt} Op?rations and so well, -assured that itp good effcots outnumber its defoota it doos not hesitate to advino tho Legis lature of Ponnaylvanlft to adopt tho Now. Jorsoy law. Ai we.'gather .-from tho Timon the Logislaturo bf New dorsoy passed a pormanont road law Whi?h wont into eftjot in 1893. Tho law permitted tho Stato to aid in tho building of a limited miloago of por manont, roads oaoh year , tho Stato to pay ono-third and tho county and tho municipality in whioh tho road should bolooatod two-thirdo. Tho oost of con atruoting suoh roads por milo has va* rlod.from $4,000 to $5,384; tho dost for .1900, , . Tho total number of milos, of stone !,nd gr?yelroada constructed oiuoo tho ; aw .wont intOv-ef?flot is ^SB^^.^)^.^; iroasrVfor tho peat yoar hoing 148 milos. Tho total Stato outlay for tho ontiro poriodB wa. $950,000. Tho oost to tho localities has boon twioo that amount. The local oommunitios aro so woli ploaaod with tho operation of the law that domand for State aid always out runs tho appropriations m ado by tho Logielaturo for this purpose In othor words, thero aro moro oommunitios willing to upend two dollars for por manont roads in ordor to got tho adan toges of good roads at reduced oost than woro oxpootod. This plan to got good roads is a most admirablo ono, it seems to ns, and we believe it would work woli in South Carolina. It would bo well for tho Legislature to onvoJtgUo this law with a view of adapting it or a similar ono. Smallpox in the State Tho Stato says Dr. James Evans has mado a preliminary roport to Gov. Mo Swooney in rogard to tho condition of smallpox in this Stato, whioh gives a oomploto roviow of tho situation and the conditions existing at both the oponing and clono of tho year. Tho re port shows that there is not as muoh smallpox now prevailing as would bo genorally supposed. Thore is moro or less of tho disoaso in tho oountios of Fairfield, Union, Spartanburg, Barn well, Boauf >rt and Orangoburg. For a while during the summer it was oonfinod almoat entiroly to Union county, whioh had not bcon free from it during the year, and whioh oounty bas b jon tho focus from whioh the adj )ining oounties have boen infooted with on? or two ex ooptions, whoro it carno from North Carolina. Thoro aro at prosent a few OR90U on cortain sea islands, tho origin of whioh has not yet been traced. The lack of powor to onforoo gonoral vaoot nation is ono of the greatest drawbaoks to tho work cf tho Stato board of health. The dssoaso now prevailing is of a more virulent type than heretofore. A Timely Rebuke.' Commenting on the Colorado lynch ing tho Springcld Maaa , Republican says: "Wc shall not hoar anything said by tho north against tho south on this soore for some timo to oomo. Indeed, the northern mouth has boon olosod ovor sineo tho antioutbroaks in Now York last summer and the 'kill any ger' riot at Akron. Wo havo here given somo littlo dotail of tho Colorado affair, in tho hopo that it may disturb a trifle, tho oomplaoonoy of ourront ohuroh oon groasaea and oonforonoea with thoir snug talk of our superior Christian civilisa tion and its missions of armad oonqucat and benovolont assimilation of inferior pooples througout tho world.' v Tho Chicken Crop. lloro is an ostlmato of tho chicken orop: Thore are about 350,000.300 ohiokena in tho United States. Thoy produoo,oaoh year about 14,000,000 eggs, Whioh represents $175,000,000 ' Hoflido?, $130,000,000 worth of poultry is oaten in tho oountry during tho yoar. and the value of tho living hons, at 80 conts npiooo, is' flgurod at $150,000,000. Thus, tho ho? stands for about $455,* 000.000 lu tho 'yoarly economics of tho UnltodStates. _ A White Partridge. The Columbia State nayn Thurmlay afternoon Cadet Bernie Kennedy, of the Citadel, panned through the pity on reuto to Charleston. Ile had with him Bomothing of an unusual oharnoter- -a white partridgo killed by him while on t> hunt during tho holidayo near Jonen ' ville. It was tho first bird of tho kind' ovor soon ia thia part of tho oountry BO far aa known. ' OUB RAILROADS; Rfcoifd of Building for tho Pant Yearn Splendid Ono South Carolina ha3 triado a spjondld record during the past yaar in tho matr tor of railroad building though dait yost's rooord wa? thought to bo an ox oollout ono. Sue is keeping up in thia au in other lines of industrial improvo mont, lloro is what tho annual report of tho Stato railroad commi sion on thin.Hoe will say this year on fho sub joui o? U?W ??ftdfl? ;"Durlugtho fisoat yoar tho following new roads havo boon complotcd'V "Tho Soaboard Air Lino fromf?heraw to Oayoo, a distanoo of 91 milos,) whioh links tho South Bound railroad with tho Tfthuotto and glvoa tho Soa'ipard Air Lino a through lino from U'ch mond to Tampa and othor Florida points. Besidos it opona upa vast ter ritory botweon Ohoraw and Columbia hitherto isolated from, tho markets of tho Stato. This now lino also material ly roducos passongor and freight ratos botweon Columbia and territory about tho oity of Camdon and Choraw. "Tho Northwestern railroad from Sumter to Camdon, distanoo of 27 milos, constructed and own by its presi dent and manager, Col. Thomas Wil son. Thin- road materially roduoos ratos botweon Sumter aod Camdon, "amloonncqiontly botweon Camden aid Charleston. ''Tho Lockhart railroad from L)ok hart Mills on tho Byard-rivor, adis tauoo of 13 81 miloB. Thia., road was built to aooomodato tho oxtonsivo cot ton milling interosts on tho Broad river and will doubtless facil?tate the fur-, thor uso and development of tho un surpassed Watbr power at that po'nt on tho river. "Tho Conway and Seashore railroad from Conway, t?. C., to"tho seashore, a distanoo of 15 miles, giving tho oountry through whioh it passes dird?t com munication with tho Atlantio Coast Lino Byatom of railroads and tho Wao camaw Lino of stoamors. Mr. 'BUT., MoN-ill is tho gonor?l manager, and tho management of tho road is activo ^in further ddvolopmont of tho oom I '.munlty through whioh this road psssoB. '-"A now road in under construction from Union to Glenn Springs, oa?lod tho Union and Glonn Springs, railroad. It has boon oomplotod adifltnnoo of four milos from tho oity of Union to tho Buffalo Cotton mills, and is undor tho ' management; of tho Hou. T. G. Duncan. "Tho Southern , railway extension from Ah?ndalo to t?ardeovillo, ? dis tanoo of 52 miles, oohnoots tho Sputh-; ern railway with tho Fiant railroads ovor whioh it makes ihtough copno? tion from Washington to bTorida points. "AU thoBo nowroadsareoarofttlly lu-.] . epQoted -;hy :i th o co mm ins ion b of oro nu , iuspffstbd and pr ono i absolutely* safe. The ' Southern and 3oaboard Air Lino links aro marvels of sound railroad construction,. being, os pooially dosigned and built for heavy through trnflie. "The total new mileago constructed since tho last annual report amounts to 203 81 milos. DOCTOR VACCINATES HIS'NOB?!. While Administering to Others "He Oot it in the ?eokiJ ' Sorious as tho prosqnt smallpox out break has appeared at various times, it has not boon without its humorous foaturos, though some of the opisodos whioh have oausod " many smiles have soomod anything but funny to tho prinoipal actors in thom. Qno physieian in this oity had a slight soratoh on his right thumb, and whilo ho was vaccinating a numbor of his patienta just a li ttl o of tho virus touohed it unnoticed. Ho knew about it 48 hours later, whon it "took," If ho has boon out of praotioo for a w?ok or two, ho has at least tho satisfaction of knowing that aooording to acooptod theories he is immuno from smallpox. His oxporionoo, howovor, is as noth ing to that of one of tho vaooinators on the staff of Dr. Alonzo Blauvolt, chief iospootor of tho buroau of contagious disoases. This dootor had a slight pimplo on hie nose, and whilo ho Was at work with n codie fi and tooth-pi oks it it ohed and ho .absentmindedly scratch ed it. - This "took," too; and in' a few days the unhappy man was in seclusion Hurtling tho hugo rod, parlo, and blue prob onion whioh would oausev to fado Into insignificance the groatOBt effoots of the wildest wot? torn "no HO-paint" if brought near it. It is ? trying situa tion tor a model of sobriety. In striking contrast of thoBo o*so9 is an old story in o?nnootioa with them to show-that tho infection is not always so easily passed'??ong from ono to tho other. ' It was in tho hoight of tho groat blis zsrd that a man walked into'tho de partment offices, then in the p:iloo headquarters building, with a severe oana right in th: sloughing otago, when contagion is suppoaod to bo almost un avoidable for all uhvacoinated who' oomo in contact with tho patient, Tho stranger said ho had bcon rofusod ad euBsion to an up town hospital, where is trouble was rooognizsd, and that' as cabs could not got around ho had come down town on tho Sixth avenue olovated road, only to bo stallod for, throe hours in a ear so crowded that tho passengers wei ? sta'nding on ;tl>e seats and it was noooan'avy. from tim o to time to opon tho windows' to, Jot out Borne of tho heat from thoir wet and steaming forms. ' This,-too, was a con dition most favorablo for tho spread of the disease Tko man. wai sont to the. P?flthouso as, quickly as ho could bo got th oro, with out' resorting to any other public eon voyanoo, ana the offtiuls had every thing in roadinoss whon tho prosorioed two weeks had gono by to receive tho majority,'if hot all of his follow pan songorsVnO'io of whom, howovor. oame undor their oaro. Still, tho' dootoro oonoludo ovory story of thoao days with the remark: "Tho only way to be safe ia to be vaooinatod.,>--New york Times. Ptaco Makor Killed. Louis Moore shot killed his brother Alf Mooro and John Williams Wodnos day in tho Mountain Hill diatriot of Harrie oouuty, Georgia. Louis Mooro and Williams wero fighting and Alf Mooro tried to sop a rato thom. All the pattie? are neyrobs. A MEMORIAL Of tho South Carolina lntor*8iate o and Weat INDIAN EXPOSITION COi To The Membwrs of the QanerAS Assembly of South Car olina for an Approx \ ration. To Tho General Adorably of tho State . of South Oaxolina: Tho Momorlal of tho South Carolina Inter Slate and Wost Indian Expool- I tiotr tJ?ffipeny, "^itr-oorpoyation^uly-^vA'v;--/-"'.1--^ Ohartorod undor tho law/si of the ; Y| ^ 8t*to Of South Carolina, roapootfuUy shows: That horotoforo tho Gonorol AaBombly ? of this 3tato by a oonourront resolution I adoptod on tho 9th January, 1900. Re- " aolvod, "that tho projootod Exposition in tho fall of 1901. at tho State's Metro polis, of all tho industries and resources pf tho whole State, material and othor wiao, demands and? do?o.rvoa tho on-;, eouragemont and ondornoiuont, end niuo tho aotivo oo oporation of eaoh : ft'nd . ovory oitizon of tho Stato' who Hw tho ? wolf aro of tho Commonwealth at hoart." Your momorisdlotfurthOr ohovvn, that ?m? this encouraging declaration rondo as . abbvo stated by tlw Logialatrvo .popart-, mont of our Stato GovOrnmont, gavo an ; immonsoimpoluato tho prbjoot of hold ing, within tho limits o| South Caro^r lina, an I?torS?to Ifixpooltiph, ,aad;, ' ' '' tho impprta/at Ontp^ W<m thoroaftor inaugurated undoi* most'A?iy ':;\ '-i^?? pioiouB cifouiustanccs. From'- every- , portion of tho ;.8tato oarao ohooring words of ondoreomont and tho. promifio ?; ., of oo-oporati?n and flub?tantial aid. , Tho onterpriso was horaldod at homo .. ; and abroad n'a. a aupromo effort of our^'' people to placo the S tato upon the high- ; oat industrial plano abd develop1 its im- : inenao dormant rououroos. . . Tho Exposition Company w>n obar te'red with an authorizod Capital Steak of two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, of whioh amount noarly two hun^ ;; drou thousand dollars havo already boon Bubsoribod. Strong assurances, havo boon givon that tho tlnitbd Statos Government will appropriate in aid of tho onterpriao tho sum Of t^o hundrod;,;^^ '""?w land fifty thousand dollars, atift that the City Oowttoil oeOharlostonwiH add fifty thoitaaud dollars to tha^ amount; and now, in thia Momorial, your Honor able IJOdy ia ?ospootfully aakod, to apr propriato tho sum of fifty thouaand dol lars , for thc construction of a State ? ; ? , -.building on tho'I?sp?8ition':',eito;'.at?4:-t6'; aid iit a .proper O.Khibit bf tho Agviaul--' -.#!rat and - MOP 1;AHSc. ^?fe^Mor, ?nft.tho. ' >M 'MatoriAl BoaoiirooB bf tho S tato. 'WU is quito, Un?oooflsary. to do. mero than allude to tho great benefits which will bo derived by every portion of our State fromauoh a display of our ro- . sources as Will bo made. Visitors aro expected not only from evory State in ... . the Amor i o ^n Union, but from the IWost Indies, from South America and . frona" elsowhor? abroad. Capital will < bo induood tQ m vost with us and im portant Aeooaaiona will bo made to our - ? ' population. Your, memorialist further ahows that tho projoot has boon sdoopflafuily - brought to tho point of aotivo O'Onatrust ji^Tt? tion, Androquiros at thia junOtur?'tuO' "' foatoring caro and substantial help of tho Stato Government. Its full work cannot ho accomplished nor can tho best results bo attained.without such help. The neooaaity for Slate . aid in suoh undertakings has been recognized . Vf:, in every State in whioh Expositions ';, V ". Ihavo been1 hold. In tho South wo find ar .g othor instanocs that in 1885, fi H tho Uato pf Louisiana appropriated ono hundred thousand (lollara, for tho . Now (Moans Exposition, And that in / 1897 tho Stato of Ton nossoo appropriated (? fifty thousand dollars, for tho Nashville/ Exposition and for tho puvpono o: orooting a building and displayitf thoroin tho rosouroos pf that Stato. ? groat has boon tho appreciation of so opportunities by South Carolina la .< ?iast that heir Legislature in 1883 ohs, ully voted toa thousand doltara, f tho iiurpoao of making An oxhibit at th Mow Orleans Exposition, and again ic 1896 tho sum of six thousand dollars, for. tho pu'rpo?o of mooting tho Cost of a' State oxhibit at tho Atlante Exposition. >?k Tho knowledge of thia pomm?nd?blO C notion in behalf of our Siator Stato*; * gives as sur an co that your Hotiorablo .V Body will now extond its beneficent aid to our own Statb onterpriso. ? Wherofore. Your momoriialiat rp speotfully prays-that your Honorable Body will appropriate in aid.of tho pro- i posed Exposition tho sum o? fifty^.nou* .. sand dollars, to bo oxponded under suoh HU por vision RS may bo rogardod proper add expedient. . ! And your Memorialist will over pray a-nd so forth. Tho South Carolina ,Inter-SUte'and Weat Indian EKpoaition'OompAny^ ,yh By Fi W. WAOSNEU,, Pr?aident..,. ' 'Found-Bead in Bed. J. I. Brftflwoll of 'Evore,t't, found dead in his bed at a boarding1 I house in Charleston Wednesday j morn-- ' ? *< ing. Braswell hae'. bcon in tho oity for some .days. JIo. was J'oupd- .dtui\a;0i ? ji in tho atroetsand sent to trio city hos- y {dtal to bo treatod for alooholism. - He oft a lotter te his wifo, Mrs. N. E. Braawell, and another to tho hospital authorities, giving his right nappie and ! . asking thom to. send his body homo, Braswell had boon a dosier in turnen tino at Tampa, Fla. Ho l?y ' down . AoroBs tho bod with his hoad loaning I over A vcssol, and fired a ballot into his brain,. . <-"?.". .. i Valuo'?f Oottonseod. ??it baa boon dooidod by tho MpjnpMa .(lotton Exchange- that horoafter the dealing and prloos affecting ootton wood and cotton seod products shall reopiyo. moro Attention thr.n has boon tho rulo in tho paot, Complote quotations'ro? apooting tho prodwot Aro to b?gWO?v ;;; Tho Now OrloAhfl Cotton ExoliAngo" HRS appointed a oommitteo on . ootton s o od And tho probabilities Ato thAt AMAnko raonta will bo made shortly for quota*, ttoh rogularly of thAt ptbuuot. Grad ually' tho oxohAnges Are coming to reoogniao tho roar vAluo of thia oom modity, whioh for years WAS, regarded as A mnqrAnoo And a .wftate produot, tr??: