The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, May 24, 1901, Image 1

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mm .s "Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy. Vossossion Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence." fm, xxvi BENNKTTSV1LLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 24, 1901, A ?AT SOLDIER. ' "?tomwah" Jackson as Viewed i)v tt Northerner. A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER. The Farpa of this Renowned Man Has Spread ail Over the Civil z d World. Hvorywhoro throughout this 11 t'en, and wo might add thioughe ut tho world, tho fame of tl in rene v ned sol dier batfbeCn sounded abrnd. This however, WAS not ais real MIK. That vt as Themas Jonathan Jaokson, who was born in Olarksburg, Va., January 31, 1824. Ho was only tinco years old when hid fat h or died and bis mother was loft a widow, with tbrco holplotB children in a. i mall room whoro sho abode and taught a small sohool. Muoh of ber. timo wits spent with hor father in Wood Co?nly, whoro ' her brother abo aooomp?nicd her. In .1830 she was married (? Captain Bioko Wood ron, a lawyer of good cduoation, of so oial, popular mattiers, muoh her senior, and without fortuno. Whon only six j oars .qf ago Themas loft his mothor's sido'to . liva with his unolo. Thoim presiipnof herdeath upon thc ycuihiui mind was deep and hating. After this ho lived with various friends until ho Xas.admitUd to Wost Point. .t- ??y lina HOLUIER?JY* oAKEEn. This bogan at West Point during * tho fe ur years in whipb ho or, joj ed ils instruoiion and dis ciplino. lt waa indeed a providential opening for him, and ho entered it with energy and delight. 8o aixicus, indeed, was ho that, With his ordinary earnestness and vi^or ho mounted a berso at sundown and, aocompaniod ny a fPrvant who was to bring tho hors? lu mo, hurriod off to mcot tho stage ceaob. Arrived thoro, ho waB'too latoj however, ho galloped onj and overtook it at tho nox-t station. % Whoo ho en tered on his ooursp^ii.f study ho eoou disoovorcd his de floionoy of proparatiou, and ho had aViough timo, BO that ho w'?'s ^oblighc't? lo study at night. But all lights woro to bp put out at "taps," and whfct was ho todo? His own in gentility availed him hero. Just boforo ? tlie signal ho would pilo up his grate with anthdaoite coal and, lying prono beforo it on tho floor, pursuo his studios. This ho did until his follow students, who hod looked at bim Bide wayB when ho ontcrod, used to say af terward, ''If wo bad bad to slay thoro another year, 'Old Jaok' would hayo bcen at tho head of tho oloss." -y' vAt th?,,olpso of this term of sevoro sludy ho gtaduatcd,; and ohtorpd tho j > ?T*vv, ju Mcjj,iop,^;ini.tho .kM <' vf ' . , ..(r.^; ^vorrifi^? , ,.>. jouant, "lind fut ,1 a?kfioK .had to ? yak? his piaoo, )io was .??vanoecl nox'j in opmniartd to tho captain, and ou ao oount pf his bravery and skill was mado a oaptaip. At the'oloso of this war ho remainpd. in tho City of Mexico for' ptveral months, whoro ho and other of ficers had thoir quarters in tho national palace; Thus ho oamo very no av to tho realization of tho hopo of lodging in tho- "iialls of tho Montezemas," whioh many had ohorishod. Re turning from Moxies, ho spent two years in tho sorvioo, and. was thon fonVt?i.Jfort Meade, near Tampa Bay, Florida,' ''whoro' ho was stationed for about six months. In Maroh, 1851. ho was -olOotpd Professor of Natural m d .. iOxporimontal ; Philosophy and Arti?lory Taotios in tho Virginia Mili tary^Inptjtuto, at J^exlngtion. j V j?HgxJtKJ.'IOIOUS EDUCATION. In th.it) position and.in this koauti fu^plapo.his oar'y religious exporienoo iafirat known. ! His mothor was a Methodist! Whilo in Mexioo ho had loamed muon,about tho Beman Catho lic . Ohuroh .and its worship. Subso qui?ntly;.-ho was an attondant on tho Presbyterian Church. This ho finally dooide'd to adopt as hia own, and bo? oatn6'; otmheotod with it in 1851 Ho ovibyontly: "bid iOmo drawings toward tho ministry, and said to Ititi aunt, Mrs. Ncal?: ] "Tho i.ubject of boooming a he ralet'bf tho Orbes has of ton aorioualy engagod my attont?on. and X regard it as tho mont noble or all professions. But my ?onviotion ia that I am doing good ho?p? and that I am for tho pre Betft^ w'hbrd God would havo mo bo. Within the last few days I havo ail un ut?'al" religious joy. Ido xojoioo to walk in tho lovo of God." lt io said, by ono whoknow him woll, . that af tor ho had booomo a christian ho set 'his (aoo against all worldly con fortuity,' giving tip danoing, thoator going, and every amusoraont that had a tendonoy to load his hoart and thoughts away from holy thhig?\ ^ Whon a question was asked as to tho j:ight or wrong of indul gences that many oonsidcr inno ocnt,;be. would say, ploaflantly, "Woll, I k noy/ it i fi not wrong not to do it ao I am going.to. bo on tho safo sido." Ho wasvory modostand in diff?rent in offer ing prayer in publio; but after an admo nition from tho pastor that all ohris tia.nMhould do so, ho oallcdon his pas tor?.ap(l wanted to know if he wcro ainpng tim ?umber bf. i lioso to whom ho refereed.'; Ho said he was not used to apoakiing in publio; ho was naturally diltifltnt: . "but if you say so, I shall mako >?n effort to load, in prayer, how ever^ Iii ou ll it may bo." Hin hr nt effort waa a serious failuro. but ho poraovercd until hp bcoamo a mighty man in pray or, , ^-Ho1 abstained from tho uso of all in toxioxtibg drinks from prinoiplo. Dur ing tho War ho was asked by a bro thor of?o?Vto jof h him in a sooial glass. Ho robilorU. "NP, I thank you, butl nevor m?o lt., I.am moro afraid of it than of Mom 'pull ts." .As; an instanoo of f what ho regnded as tho will of God and . obodiouop I > it, ho waa askodi "Im agino thai jbe providonoo of God soomod to abrupt you to drof ovory aohome of, lifo .Mn! of poraonal advancomont, and go on a misnion to tho hoart of Afrioa fer the rest of yourdaya; wouldyou go? 1 His oyes flashed as ho instantly ropliod: "I Would'gO without my bat." Hia^jaw's as to how o?nstant prayor may bo* enjoyed arp^ given thus to u friend; ?> .! X havo so nxed tn? iiabit in -, my own mind'that'I ntivaif raise a oup . of wator'to.my.i?ps without lifting up Piy^rttoGod ih thabks and prayoif foi' tho water of lifo. Thoa whon wo lake our meals thoro is tho blo6sing on our food. Whoncvor I drop a lotte r in t he post effico I bond v petition along with it for God's blessing upon its urssion and tho porson to whom it is sont Whon 1 broak tho soal of e ott or rccivod I stopto ask God to proparo no fer its oontonts and rna? o it a mesEongor of good. And whon I go to m v olaBS room, and await tboarrangomon1 ot thooadcts in thoir places, that is m - (imo to inter cedo with Jod for then His friend aekod hin if ho did not forget to do this. 1 c acsworod: "I oan hardly eey that I uo; tho habit has booomo almost as Gxcd aB to broatco." Ho was askod by one: "Major, supposo you should loso your health and booomo buddonly blind,do you Bupposo that jour soronity would bu unclouded?" Ho pausod a moment, as if to woigh fully every word ho uttorod, and then said: "I am suro of it; o von suoh a m i ?for tun o oould not mako mo doubt tho lovo of God. " Ho was fuithor ab ked ; "If in addition to blindness you had to rtooivo grudging charity from thone on whom j on had no olaim, what thon?'' Thoro was a b tran go reve ronoo in his uplifted cyos as ho replied: "If it woro God's will, I think I would Ho thoro oontont for a hundred years."-Dr. Lewis lt. Dunn, in Now York Advooato. South Bound Lease. An important suit has beon ontorcd against tho Seaboaid which has never boen "dtmoetioated" in the ptato. Tho suit arito? out of tho Watts oat c. Ho was injured by falling into a out in Columbia and got a verdict for d.am ages, but tho money has never boen oolh.otcd. Tho suit ia brought to an nul tho loaso cf tho South Bound or Florida, Central and Poninsulnr to tho Seaboard, booauBo both aompanics aro forolgn corporations. Tho euit was brought by Wattn's attoruoys, P. H. Nol?on and John P. Thomas, Jr., and' alto by Attornoy General Bollinger. Tho preliminary volo to show oauso has boon ihhuod hy Judgo Gage and is roturnnblo Wednesday. Tho roeult of theso prcocodirgs will bo of very Bori Qus import lo tho Seaboard lt has filed a mortgago of $75,000,000 in tho soorotary of blato's ornoo on its propor tios in this stato, but should a roooivor bo appointed for tho South Bound all of thia md tho consolidai ion will bo knocked up Tho Seaboard's attorneys informed tho botfrotary of etato somo months ago that a regular charter would bo. taken out as poon as tho various linos woro consolidated. This has not yot boon dono, though a meeting has boen oallod for in Columbia to oifoot a con solidation two days boforo tho proceed ing aro to bo had boforo Judgo Gago in Chester. Tho. Seaboard has boon doing business in Columbia under a ltoonuo issued to. the "Seaboard Air Lino oompanyi" V The Albany Strike. \ A dispatoh from Albany, N. Y., whore a street oar ntriko is In progress, payo tb . 'ii fatally \yound'?'1 ," out fn?W,r oars^?nning'-sm?itbly'a'B'arsS.'' nala, with nb patrono, Ibo oity undor martial m?o, with its oitizons in a frenzy of exoitomout, aud tho oity authorities and loaders of tho strikers trying to got tho railway company to como to an auiioablo sottlomont, was tho situation whon darknoas put an end to tho striko growing out of tho Btroot oar striko Thur&day night. Those fatally wounded aro Wm. Walsh, a m or oh ant, and Leroy Smith, a mor ohant, both shot by national guards men, and Wm. Marshall, a nonunion motorman, skull fraoturoa. Others most Boriou?ly injured aro: Goorgo Doozo, citizen, chook rippod open by bayonot. William Rooney, oitizon, shot by na tional guardsman. Gilbort Hall, non union motorman, shot by mob. Drow tho Line. Congressman Curtis, of Kansas, and United States Sonator Quartos may hayo rondorod a troaty with tho Snako In diane impossiblo by refusing to eat dog moat with theso rodskius. Theso gontlomon havo rcturnod from tho Snako resoivation in tho Indian coun try, discouraged ovor tho effort to bring about an agreement to allot tho lands of tho tiibo. Theso Indians beliovo tho govornmont intonda to finally take from thom all thoir lands, and thoy look upon tho allotting agents as offi oial swindlers Whilo Curtis and QuarloB wero thoro tho tribo was hold ing its annual jolifioition, ono of tho ooromonioB boing tho oating of dog moat. Tho big ohiefs offordd to adjust all diffororoos if tho viBitorp^would join thom in a foast of dog mH$j(?whioh would provo thoir sinoority. ThoBtatos mon doolinod an! oamn home^tnd will roport thoir troublo to congress/. Dispensary in Canada. Tho South Carolina dispensar^ m. has attraotcd tho attontion oj^ law mak ers in various staten, ?md it is/a aid that? Florida Will quito likely adoMt. ??u$ Irom tho noithwost te-rrito^ 'Wvornv '. mont of Canada comes tho -l?V^tjt r<\* quest for information. Mr. VP: U. Tofft, attornoy gcnoral of tho govern ment, writos to tho governor Baying that no had writton for information as to tho stato monopoly ns to iotoxioot ing liquors, but had unfortunately ad dressed tho lotter to Charleston. Ho said that ho had writton to tho .' de partment of foroign oommoroo" at Washington for'information and. had boon advised to writo tho governor. Ho says that lio proposod ?uoh a plan ao tho South Carolina one to bis government but ho wantod dotais as to its opera tions, eto. Lineman Killod. Sohn Martin a linoman in tho employ of tho Georgia Tolophono aud Tolograph oompany, of Savannah, foll from a- vi Wodno6day morning at 10 o'olook rocoivod injuries whioh rosultoU n his death shortly aftorward?. Ho had ftni?hod ropairs nt tho top of tho polo and was about to dornend whon ho carno in oontaot with a "livo" wiro. His follow workmen saw him hang limp and inort for a fow ?ooonds and then fall to tho ground. His head was oruBhod by tho fall and blood and brains wero eoattered on tho sidewalk. Martin was hurriedly takon to a hos pital, but died in a few minuto;). Martin v.- H OK M.'*.*.- .. 1.3 ^?,4 .......... I. . . rrnii un ?VRID yj(U SHU Oniuo uui? IfOu, Haltimoro, whoro his fathor now HVOB. Ho Borvoa in a Maryland regiment in tho Spanish war. FACTS OF VALUE To Manufacturer? and Dealers In Tobacco Products As TO REBATE OF WAR TAXES Th? Farms and Other R< quire monia that Must bs Com piled With. The Time Allow td. Tho following Information bas boon furnished through tho offioo of inter nal rovonuo as to tho vt bato on war taxo? on chowing and smoking tobacoo, ?miIf and oigars and ia of intorost to all de alors and manufacturers: Tho aot of Mnroh.2, 1901, pr?vidos for. a rubato of taxos ns follows: On smoking and ohowing tobaooo and snuff, two and four-ton th cents per pound. On oigars woighingovorthroo pounds to tho thousand, sixty* (60) eonls por thoueand. On cigars weighing less than throe pounds to tho thousand, forty-six oonts por thousand. This robato will bo duo and payable to all doctors and mai. afaoturora whoso olaim, in tho aggrogato, will amount to at lotwt iou donara, aud uo ol&iul fur less than ton dollars will bo oonsidorod. It is nooossary in ordor to mako a valid claim that tho following informa lion bo bbflorvod: At tho boginning of businoss on tho morning of July 1, 1901, tho doalor or manufacturer must, in the proeonoo of two disintoroBtcd witnossos woll known in tho community as persons of good | reputo, and who aro not in his employ, make togothor an invontory of all to baooo, snuff and oigars which ho may have in unbroken original factory paok ages. If a box, bag or caddy, or other paok ago boara evidonoo of having boon opened and repacked, the contento thereof shall not bo inventoried unions tho witnoBROs aro satisfiod that no to baooo, snuff or oigars originally po ok cd therein had boon removed therefrom and other goods substituted therofor. Ibo aotual weight of tho oontontB of any box, bagoroaddy, orothorstampod' package, should ocrrospond with tho Stamp. No addition to tho. Btook shall bo mado aud no adjournment of tho wit UOHBCS and claimant shall intotvono between tho commencement and oom plotion of invontory. ? Tho sorial nu inborn of stamps affixed to paokagos will not bo required to bo given io tho invontory. Paokages of tobacco, stuff and oigar? will bo invontoriod aooording to their sovoral statutory olasajllootiona. ... 'Xh<y %vit.?5c;.y>v ?viho-; anio~Of;: taking tho invontory should oiioh oount .the paokagos of tho- several denomina tiona and koep an aoourato account of tho samo - on separate shoots of papor. Tho computations to bo mado'by tho witnessos of tho total numbor of nuoh paokagos and" thoir aggrogato not woight should bo compared and ohookod with thbsd?alors or manufaoturors' in vontory,' and if agrooing thorowith should bo signed by tho witnossos and tho claimant and delivered to him an a memorandum of his inventory and from whioh ho could make a now olaim, should his original olaim bo lost or mis plaood. l?aoh olaim must bo duly signed and sworn to by tho claimant in tho pres once of his witnossos who will, in his prcsonoo and in tho presonoo of oaoh other, duly sign, and mako affidavit to i nch olaim as attesting witnossos. tho notary administering tho oath should havo a soal, or coed *a oertifi oato from tho clevie of tho eourt or seo rotary of stato that ho is duly ooinrais sioncd and is qualified to administer oaths. Tho olaim as signed and sworn to before tho O?BOOE. administering tho oath shall bo immodiatoly forwarded by him undor soal to tho oollootor of internal revenue for tho district of South Carolina at Columbia, 8. C., if claimant is rosidont in tho H tate of South Carolina. Whon tobaooo, snuff or oigars aro hold by a commission morelma t olaira for tho rebato may bo mado by suoh mor olia nt for, and in tho na mo, of tho aotual ownor. Goods in transit on July 1. 1901, shall not bo invontoriod oithor by oon bignor or oonsignoo on that dato, but whon suoh goods aro received by tho oonsignoo ho may mako a separate olaira for tho robato on form No. 461 in tho prosonoo of two witnossos as boforo doo cribed. Tho olaimant shall oxhibit to tho "wMnosses oopy of bill of lading and ^original invoioo and those napers must be Hied with tho olaim mado for suoh g'o'pds in transit. (WAH porsons in South Carolina who .'dx$ot to have s*ufuo?ont st?ok cn hand' on July 1, 1901, to make a olaim of ton doll ai,-;, should' at onoo write tho ool lootor of in tom al rovonuo, Columbia. S. C., notifying him of tho laot and asking for blank forms. Only a uuflioiont numbor of forma will bo furnished and porsons applying for thom should bo oaroful not to lono thom as tho supply may bo oxhaustod. Tho namo of all porsons to whom blanks aro mailed will bo rooordod in tho collootor'n offioo. Persons writing tho oollootor should give thoir namos and pojdofhoeB legibly. ICvory limn nf ao turor and doalor in tho Stato whoso olaira for robato of taxoFi will amount to ton dollars, or moro, will bo furnished upon applica tion, with a oopy of form 181 boforo July 1, .1901. , > lt should bri borno in mind that no olaim oan bo valid unions tho follow ing elemento aro prosont: First-Tho olaim must bo mado on blank form furnished by tho oollcotor. Booond-Thoro must bo two disintor ostod witnessos. Third-Thoso witnoasos must mcot tho doalor on July 1, 1901, in tho morn ing at hii plaoo of businoss, or whoro his tobaooo is stored, at tho oomraonoo mont of tho .business day, and must oom pl oto tho invontory of s to ok without adjournment. < Fourth-Tho witnossos must sign tho olaim boforo a oorapotont offtoor who shalt attach his seal to tho instrument, or, if ko bas no seal, a cortifioato from ibo oloik of OOH rt or soorotary of stato tb nt ho is duly authorized to admihis-. tor oaths. Fifth-Tho olaim must bo at least ton dellars. If any doalor wishos further infor mation upon any point his inquiry ad? dressed to thoobllootor will bo prompt-' ly answorod. ? i TBE WEATHER AND OROPS What Young Crops Aro Doing. The General Outlook Tho following is tho woekly b?ll?t?n? of tho ootdition of tho we&thor and orops iu this Stato issued last Wook|. by Di re o tor Biuor, of tho South Carol lina sootion of tho olioaa'.o and orop scrvloo of tho Unitod States weather buroau: During tho wook onding Monday, May 13, tho temperature was lowor/j than during tho proyious wook, bul averaged slightly* abovo tho normal.! Tho maximum for tho weok waB 92 do? grecs at AUondalo and Biaokviilo on tho Gth aud 7th, rospootivoly, and tho minimum was 50 degreos at Groonvill? on tho lilli. Beginning on tho 6th and continuing' to tho oloso of tho wock, thoro wow. numerous light ehowors ovor tho'on* tiro Stato, tanging ire m a moro (r?M to ovor aQ inoh of rainfall, but no*?; where was thoro onough rain for thc nooda of crops that in plaooB aro suf| f3;i?jg fr>r-\vftnt p$ tnoirtturn Th/?? ground is haid aud doddy in piados,, and iu sections thero is not enough-' mtistuie to germinate recently planted Boods. Tho drought is ospooially ob?? vero in Charlton oouuty, whoro truck' yields have boon matoiially dinting lshcd. Hui foil at many points, but only in poitior s cf Bamberg an.1. Barnwoll oountios to an injurious cx ^ (ont, and thoro in plaocs colton ami melons woro totally destroyed and will, havo to bo rjplantod. Cotton planting and replanting *m ftuishod, and most of ibo replanting isM ooming up td good stands. Tho fttfi?K plantings, whero not replanted, hali poor stands, bub soino of it oontinuo|) to como up.- Cut worms injured stanq? in Marlboto oouuty. Chopping out and cultivation Ins bogun ovor tho oastorjtf oountieo. A general improvement in' tho condition of cotton is noted Corn has improved in oolor, although) Blands aro still unsativfaotory. Tnt.1,' plants aro unseasonably s ny*) I, but re ' ocutly havo begun ro grow. Cultiva tiou is now general, and about all has hoon planted, txoopo ou bolto uB whore tho work is under way. ltd pl AHli p : continues in places. ">$f?|| Tobacco traubpUnting is praojioaK * ?nishod, and thu youug plants ;a'c< y growitig nicely. Rioo haB oemo up ly good stands, and lauds, whore dr>\ enough, aro boiug propnro'd 1er ,jtuv..v plantings. Molons havo poor ai?\nd^ io oootions whorethoron cv .?-.'..?O' >---1r.rgoi\TC?'i,nV?i'eViial' lioa?o','' , tiui< lata plantings aro ooming up bot tor. Cano ie aim) in an unsatisfactory condition., i Wheat oontinues to look well atfd is/ fully hoaded, but bats havo dot?r?o? ratod, havo short straw, and aro nun foring for rain. . Colorado booties aro numerous in whito potatoes; in thc] southoastorn oountios potatoes aro bo- ! ing dug, with poor yicldn.. Sweoi potato draws aro feearoo. Poaohos ard dropping in places, but ovor tho Wost orn oountios tho fruit proBpoots con tinue promising. All orops aro from' two to throo wooka lator than usual. Charleston Dispensaries Closed. ] It was announocd last night that fol lowing tho filing of tho opinion of tho attornoy goncral Friday holding that Charleston oountv had no logAlly oonstitutod board of county .commis sioners, Mossra. Dukes and Evans of tho Stato board of disponsary direc tors, who woro in tho oily had met and instruotod Stato Liquor Commissioner Crum to order tho oounty board for Charleston oounty to forthwith oloso all regular and boer disponsarios in Charleston and koop thom- olos.od until further orders. This notion, it scorns, is mado nooossary booauso tao law ro quiros tho oounty commissioners to ap prove tho honda of tho disponsors, aqd, inasmuoh as Charleston has and has had no logal boatd of county commis sioners for soaio timo, tho bonds of all disponsors aro worthless. This is tho situation, it appoais, until tho oourts decido othorwiac, if thoy do so deoido, or until some sohemo can bo' dovi?od by which CUarloBton oau so ouro n logal oounty govornmont. As things stand now, in tho light of tho attornoy goncral's opinion, Charleston haB no oounty govornmont whatovor.. Thoro aro about ton di o po nu ar io s in tho oity of Charlo!)ton and this is tho first timo thoy havo boon.cloned nineo whon Gov. Tillman orbdorod thom oloscd aftor tho famous, prohibition de cision of tho supremo court. The Cheapest Man. .'Tho ohoapoat man I ovor know?" said tho pou tm an, according to tho In dianapolis Sun. His namo was John Smith, and no waa ohoapor than pin on bargain day. Ho usod to got letters from his bro thor in-law and would opnn tho onvolopo by holding it over a tea kottlo. Thon ho would tako out tho lot tor and road it, writo an answer, put tho nun wer in tho samo old onvolopo and seal it up again. This.dono, ho would tako it to tho posted!oe, explain that thc lottor oouldn't possibly bolog to him, and ho didn't wont to opon another man's mail. Of eourso, as lita brothor-in-law's five day roturo oard was on tho onvol opo tho post?nico offioials would sond it back." _" . ' ; . . Scotch Wit. A druukon Irishman wasoncolodgod in tho cell of a Hootch oountry polioo station, says Sparo Momonts, whon ho mado a tremendous noiao by kioking tho coll door with his hoavy hob Uailod boots. Tho constablo who had oh arg o of tho polioo station, going to tho ooil door, oponed it a littlo and said: "Man, yo mitch pit ag yor bulls, an* I'll gio thom a bit of a rub, so that yell bo rospcotablo-llko whon yo oomo up aforo tho b?ilio tho morn." Tho prioonor, flattored at tho roquost,' at onco oomplicd, and Baw his mistake only when thc constable shut th? door upon him, saying coolly: "Yo oan kiok a wa' noo, my man, as lang as yo Uko." "COMMERCIALISM." gt Ex Mayor Courtenay's View cf The New Movement THINKS IT DECEPTIVE. Ar d That The South Shou'd Ut lt Severely Alone. Calls tho New Movement Psp-Spoon Politics. During Ino rooont visit to Charleston Ex-Mayor W. A Ccuttcnay oxprcBBod his viowa upon tho prcnont political situation in this State vory plainly and with so muoh point that tho publio ought lo know what they aro. In ro ply to a st ato mont of a ropresontativo of Tho Nows and Courier that ho wanted to talk to him about "oommor oialiem" and "pap spoon politios," Mr. Courtonay said: As you know, I havo boon entiroly withdrawn from'-publie m'attors for many years and havo no dosiro now to 6[\y cr do anything about them. Af tor so long a silorjoo I doubt if thoro aro many who caro to know what I think. But rooont ooourronoos in our party, tho preservation of whioh I rogard nn ossoutial to our oivilization, should in diuio ovoryono, not blind to tho future, t.o oonsidcr oortain extraordinary hap ponings and to spoak out plainly. In my viow tho most doooptivo Boheme ovor put boforo our popple ia that whioh wculd abandon our politioal Srinoiplos and our old aillos in c vory tato in tho Union' for tho transiont pl??-that joining tho ltopublican party .will promoto our matorial interests. Wo havo a .marvellous oountry-iroa and ooal in BuperabuodaDoo, grain Holds 04u.nl to fonding our ?cl vos and half tho .world, cotton orops for olothing our ?SQIVCB and many millions of distant poo 'plesj cattlo in untpld quantities, with ?an intelligent progro.ssivo and hard wotkiDg people, dovulopiug all theso ?oolosflal natural ndvaotagcB. Tho nd .yaroo in material resources, in od invi tion, in wealth accumulation tho pnst do H min is tho wondor of tho world. ., From tho Unitod States burt au of btatistijn wo havo this rooont exhibit. Mr ibis after foedioK, olothing and sup plying our 75,000,000 of population With all wo 0'iil'l poesibly waut: ,vAycrago moithly oxpoitatinni for tho r.i'iio months cndi&g with Much, 19Q1 United StMos., .$124 497 853 00 AgUnd.-..!<.. 117.81G 210 00 ?vorago ending with D<*i'??.mbui-, 1900: Qbrraany... ,.87.551 OOO 00 Franco.... . .. ..50 407 000 00 Uupift.29 560,000,00 'British: India. 20,747,000.00 .'?.i^ii ITnv^Arv..25,713,255.00 BoIgVuVti ..-;. . ;........ . 83 sW, ?oo.oo Italy.......... ........20,518 000.00 Now this, potontlal surpluB wealth exhibit oovorH a poriod whon our China niarkots havo boen oloacd tous and Whon tho Philippine Islauds havo takon lesa than $100,000 of our manufactured goodp, while coating us ovor $200,000,. 0001 s Th OHO figuros aro an ob j cot losson at tho end of a ddbado in whioh tho gov onunont of tho country was ?hared by both political partios, and doiiionstratos boyond a doubt that tho growth of busi ness and wealth is from natural and in dustrial oausos and not from pap-spoon politios. , ,< . ' In tho midst bf this- abundnnoo, this Bweop of prosperity, oom es. a proposal to break up the Domooratio party and hand ovor our politioal powor to our politioal onomiop, who havo not... sparod us in tho past and havo not oven a re moto idea of sparing us in thu futuro. Intorwovon with this doooptivo ploa of pap ?poon politios, a very gonoral im pression is sought to to bo oroatod that tho owners of South Carolina ootton mills aro all in favor of joining tho Re publican party-another d 0 tunion t Thoro have boon quito a number o? juill stockholders' mootings during the past fow wooka, in nono of whioh, as I am informod, Nias any word said on this Bubjoot or any aotion takon. lam in olincd to boliovo that a thoughtless ut toranoo or two. rooontly mado, is tho basis of theso hopos in pap spoon politi oal oiroles. It would bo very surpris ing indeed if South Carolina owners of ootton mills should voluntarily soparato thomsolvos from thoir friends and neigh bors to join a hostile politioal party. Of oourso, mills controlled from a dis tapoo may insist upon thoir managers and cmployooB saying "me too," but that is a different affair altogothor. Not only do prcsont oonditions warn us, but tho future is full of sorious forobodings-to Wop us from politioal Suioido. Sharply dofinod isiuos aro in full viow now and will assumo largor proportions m tho noar futuro. Tho wealth that has aooumulatod in a fow ambitious hands is at work oroating oolossal combinations; already the iron And steel intorosts havo boon morgod, tho ohiof railroads from tho Atlrtntio to the Paoifio aro in prooeas of consolida tion, marino transportation on both tho Atlantic and PaoiQo oooans will follow, and as bas boon announood, "throo mon ip Now York" or somo othor con trat point will oontrol prlcos rf iron and steel produots and ovoryC?ng olso and tho oost of oarriago ovor inland and oooan routoB. in thosp vast capitaliza tions thorb is-30 to 50 por ?ont of what In financial, parlanoo is called, in its primitive ?tato, "water." This'is. all to bo made into solid paying invost monta by a dual prossuro, squooztng out ovory possiblo omployoo and equooz Into tho trust treasuries, through heavy ooats and tolls of oarriago, every dollar that tho gonoral publio can bo made to pay. Tho oontrol of trans-oontinontal railway transportation and tho uniiloa tion of steam froigbts and passago on ?ho Atlantio and PaoiQo oooans, all moved in unison by a singlo boll in Now York, orcatos, a suspicion that a canal at tho Isthmus will hardly bo thought thon nooossary. The South, whioh must largely depend upon tho oponing of a oannal thoro for its future, growth, is, I filippo no, to romain in it fi past condition Of "howors of wood and drawora ot wator" for this combination of hoWiWealth oroators. .. ...... .,To decoy os district 'the v/hito rca-, plo of South1' Carolina^ Wh?W'Mty uturo safoty is in union-to ondoavor to divide or mlfllead^ |ho party, whoso .V;,'./-.-'!-'V-?^^S^^MBM^I?-.''/'.'>".; ?"? ' ?.'.'?>.<< :'.- '<..'.'': oommission ho still holds and vdu BO honora ho has onjoyod-Sonator Mc Luirto, aftor voting on party quostiono, against hi? party in Oongross, is said to bo entrusted with tho Fodoral patronago in Bouth Carolina to oroato a whito Ro publioan party in our Stato. (?) Of oo ur HO, thoro aro always tho nooo8Bitou8 and unscrupulous who will tako 0?B00; that's a human rooord and has boon so sinoo tho world bogan and issoyot. * But in viow of tho sorious portonts now in full viow I havo a con? fidont bolief that, whilo monoy oan buy minos and nicol plants, railroads and ooean steamships and whilo it ja un fortunately truo that powor with monoy ia an intoxicant, noithor oan or will buy or doeoivo a freo and solf rospooting peoplo. . SANK LIKE A ROCK Tho Laso of Lifo anda Large Patsan g?rE teenier Tho first authontio information oon oorning the wreok of tho ste amor City of Paduoih of tho St. Louis and Ton* ncssoo Uiver Paokot ooropany, whioh ooourod at Brunhort Landing, III., lato Sunday night was obtalnod upon tho arrival of tho stoamcr City of Clifton at this port carly Wcdnof day. - Fiftcon pcr?Oij? lost thoir lives, six whitos and nino blaoks. Tho dead: Dr. S. W. Boll, of Cubi Landing. Tonn. Miss Mablo Gardiner, of St. Louis. Oharloa Johnson, aged 84, dook watchman. Prank Gardnor, Toxas tondor of PA duoah, Ky. Two whito firemen, namos unknown. Grant Woodp, eolored, boat baker. Eight odored roustabouts, names unknown. Tho Stoamor Oily of Paduoah stob? pod at Brunkhorst's Landing at 8.30 o'olook Sunday night and took on a load of corn. Whoo in tho aot of baoking away from tho wharf tho boat swung around and struok tho bank hoavily vtith tho storn. A snag im beded in tho bank toro an onormons bolo in tho hull through whioh the wa ter rushed with frightful rapidity. Sho at onoo began to sottlo and at tho ond of three minutes nothing but her roof, Toxas dook and pilot houso rc maiucd about tho surfaoo. Tho otb* oors aotod with groat ooolness and as tho boat sotilod, holped tho startled passoDgorH to tho cabin riof from whioh tho boats were lowered and oar riod ashore Mies Mabel Gardiner of St. Louis ?as asleep in*hor stateroom aod whou th" shook oamosho probably remtinod io drubs Mer body w?s found in tho forward part , of tho oabin. Tho body of Dr. Bell has not yot been roooverea and it is supposed ho was drowned in his stateroom. Tao orow and their roustabout. holpors being on tho lowor d?ok in tho midst of the oargo whon: tho vofi?ol struok, woro pkCod in a po? Mt??n of "moah :awtui pani.' A*i t)ti> stoamor oarobnod in sotting tho big o?rgo, consisting ohicfly of saoka of oom, flhiftod'and boforo tho mon o mid oseapo half of thom wore pinnod down and oithor crushed to doatb or hold until tho wator roso about them. : Tho passengers lost all of thoir be longings, and had to bo auppliod with olothing by thoso on shoro. Tho Oily of Paduoah lies in about 30 feet of wator and tho loss will bo total. Sho was valuod at $15,000. ? THE PENSION 0A8E. The Supreme Court Decides and Settles the Matter. Tho Columbia ?tato of Saturday says tho South Carolina pensioners will not this yoar got tho extra $50,000 whioh . tho logislaturo iiitondod to givo them. This will bo brui nows for tho old soldiers' widows, but it cannot, bo holp od now. Tho oomptrollor oannot pay out moro than tho $100,000. Pnday tho supromo oourt filed its deoision in tho oas s brought to tost tho nutter. , Tho oourt was unanimous in tho judg ment. Tho opinion sotting forth tho reasons will bo lilied later. Hero is tho do oin ion: - Iho State of South Carolina in tho supremo oourt, April torin, 1901. Tho Stato, ex rolationo J. ' Frost Walkor as olork of oourt of tho oounty of Richland, potitionor, vs. J. P. Bar ham as comptroller gonoral, rospond ont. Per Ouriam. On hearing tho petition heroin and tho rot um tit ore to and af Uv argument of oounsol. It is ordorod and adjudged that tho prayoyr of tho potition bo re fused and tho potitson dismissed. It is furthor ordorod and adjudged that tho monoy appropriated in tho f;onoral appropriation not passed at tho aot session of tho gonoral assombly-to wit: Tho sum of $100,000 bo distribu tod a JO ord ing to tho provisions of tho aot entitled "An. not to provide for pon ai ona for cor tai n .?ol diera and sailors, now residents of South Carolina, who woro in tho sorvioo of tho State or of tho Confederate States in tho Into war hotwoon tho States." Approvocfthc 19th day of Fobruary A. D. 1900 as amended by an aot entitled "an aot to nmondflec tion I. of an aot entitled 'ah aot to pr? vido for pensions for oortain soldiors and Rallord now residents of South Carolina, who woro in tho sorvioo of tho Stato or of tho Oonfodorato Statos in tho lato war hotwoon the Stator,1 appro ved 19th February, 1900. by inoroasing tho amount of appropriation and furthor proscribing tho distribution of flame," approvod 19th day of Fobruary A. I). 1901. Tho roABons for thc forgoing judgment will bo givon in an opinion hereafter to bo filtd. \ Henry Molvor, Chiof .) undoo. Y. J. Popo, Asflooiato Justioo. .t?ugono B. Gary? Assooiato Justioo. Ira B. Jones, Assooiato Justioo. Latimor's Luck. Two congressional fortunos, made sinoo tho Maroh adjournment and out side of Wallstroot. aro reponed. Rep resentative Ham Cooper, of. Texan, is said to havo earned a lot of monoy out of tho Boaumont oil wells, although not in all probability a million dollar?, as bas boon stated, and Reproaottia tivo Latiroor, of South. Carolina as pirant for tho United States sonate, wears, a.^aUsfled look oyor tpurohasofi j oivf.tbofe in cop?c* mines i nV Honor?. Mox loo,'which advanced oufiloiontly to mako him to tho good over $100,000, Both gontlomon aro Democrats, A NEW YORK SBNS?TIOJSf/ A Catholic Priest Supposed to Have , Been Murdered. Tho body of a man foiiud late Thurs day night la a liouso in Ninth avonuo, Now York. h?B boon , identified as that of Fathor Edward 8. Phillips of St. Gabriel's, Catholic, ohuroh, Hu/, ? ton. Pa. J who'rooontly had a oonforonoo with J. Piorpont Morgan in reforonoo to tho tbvoatoned striko in tho iron and ocal regions of Pennsylvania. Kirk Stanley, a mawingo operator in whoso rooms tno body waa found, ia undor arroet aa a BUBD?OIOUB person. Deooiu* oeition had advanood so far whoo tho ody waa diaoovorcd that a ouraory ex amination waa not tufHoiont to reveal, tho ovuao of death, <f Stanley wai arrested at midnight,' Tho i'vi non or KOO mod to bo (tailoring from tho tffcota of drink or drags, His manner was tbat of a man who waa badly d?z d. Ho said his noni o waa Kirk Stanley, aod that ho had como to that oiby about a y o ar and a half ago. Ho (-.aid they called him doctor 'but ho bad no diploma. Ho waa a moflsago oporator and intonded to opon an oft!co horo. Coroner H JU ?oh v?ci tod Stanley in hjs ooll and thoro, after muoh persuasion, tho prisoner told tbo following remark aldo story to tho oornonoi : "lt ia truo I know tho priost and thia is tho way I booma o acquainted with him. I loft my homo about mid night May 8 and?, walk od over to tho ooronor of Ninth avonuo and Fiftieth ot root. Thoro I saw standing on tho oorntr tho priost, talking with two girls. Ho was somowhat intoxicated and so waa I, for I had boon drinking in my rooina, Tho priest WAS in good humor and so woro tho girls: They all aoooptod tho invitation, and in a fow minutos wo woro aoatod in iny sitting room dring whiskey. "Tho girls remained with ua about two or thioo hours and thou loft, say ing that thoy had to - go homo. Af tor thty loft both the priost and_ I wore takon ill. I don't know whether tho gigi? had put anything in our drinks or not, but wo woro hauEoatod; Tho priest took a small bottle of modioino from bis vest pookot and swallowed a little and thon told mo to do tho samo. I did so, and in a little wbilo wo both felt bettor. "It waa thon tho priest told mo ho was a Roman Catholio clergyman from Pennsylvania and offered to financially back mo in my ouro. Ho did not toll mo, hiB Miine. "AH d<swn WAS breaking I told tho prio t I thought I wou?d take a littlo walk, as tho air ,would do mo good. ?nd 1 Hhked him to accompany mo, but ho said bo would rath?r rodt whero' ho was. I wont out and roturnod, I should say. two hourn later. " j "When 1 gob baok tho priest waa geno. That waB tho last time I cVor paw bim. Tho dead mani in tho* room , which Capt;. Donohue showed roo was ho). .tU?; prie/'t'J.k'xmWv-'-\Thn\do.ad/-.m'?;p l??kod likoa Noero." \ :'-.).. Stanloy could not desoribo tho two girls, nor would ho admit having had ? woman thoro whom ho called his Wife. Dr.' A. 8. Dougherty of Ashloy, Pa., nophow of tho priost, said; "It may bo that Father Phillips waa lured to Stanloy's plaoo for tho pur i poao of robbery and that ho died thoro that night. I don't bolioyo that tho murder theory ia tenable. ; I have known Father Phillips for 25 yoars and thia is tho sooond time I havo known of his r.oing out on a spree. ''Shortly bofore ho loft Hazloton for Now York my mother visited him and sho told mo af tor hov visit that sho did not Hod him to bo the same man that ho waa formerly, that sho fearod his noivous Kystom waa giving way and that ho waa deoidedlyunstrung." Ordered Away. : A dispatoh from Beudfort saya a deoidod sonaation was created hero Wednoaday night when thirty odd maekod oitizona silently proooodod with military'prooiaion to a house in ward. 0, v/horo ono William BurHngham and -Soaitb, two whito mon, who have for Hovoral yoars held responsible and luorativo positions at tho Port Royal naval station, have livod wi\h two negro w?mon in tho open deiUnoo of publia opini?n. Tho plaoo was raided by the polioo ono night last woek and both mon, with thou- foin ?lo .oom paniona, wero on that oooaaion routod out at midnight and on tho following morning tho mayor * of tho town dla oovorod an ominous lotter in his yard which waa of a scandalous maturo and while ho oould hot, with any dogreo of certainty^ do toot tho author of tho in? famoua production, oirouDiJtantia! ovi donoo was strong against : both mon, woro at onoo notified to quit tho town by a oortain day. This they rofusod to do until Tuesday, whon Smith" booamo ni armed and loft. IhudL.gham, how ovor, ?amo up aa usual on tho naval station boat at 5' p. m... Tuesday and presumably left town iimtnodiatoly after wards as the houso Was unooouplod whon tho masked oitizons offootod an entra.loo at about .1) o'clock by breaking in a tho door. Moth mon hayo families in tho north and Burlingham had two daughtors hore for somo months and both woro forced to return north in oonaoquonoo of thoir fa thor s's ohamo ful eonduot. Tho Snakes of India. $ Tho snakos and wild boasts of India kill thousands of human' beings and oattlo o very year, but in 1899 tho num bor of deaths Waa largoi" than uBual. duo, perhaps, to tho floods ofthat yoar, whioh drovo tho shakes-to the higher lands, where tho homesteads aro. Tho ofhoial reports show that 24,621 pc opio diod of on a ko-bite, and 2,960 from attaoksby wild bcaats. Dur ing the samo yoar u'pwa.rd of 98,000 cattle woro killod, 89,2b8 by wild .beasts aad tho rest by snakes.-Phi ladelphia Record. -; Killed on a Trestle. Aoeording to Wm. Butko, an Alex andria/-Ya,, boy, who olaima to. haye been an eye witnoss and a oousin, of tho parties, Walter Swink and'slslor, wiiilo oroasing a high railroad trostlo at Powwoll's orook, 80 milos* south of Washington Woah?eday night, en routo to; Petersburg, were struck and killod by locomotivo. " Blood was found on tho engino, but'no traoaof tho bodies bas boon found by tho authorities. ti?. A TORCH DID IT, A Woikman'* Disobedicn Ord? rt Cause? THE D.EATH OF EUEVEN MEN. M i # I Three. Who WM Uve, Ar* Se verely Bumed. Worst Ex plosion In Fairmont Coal Region. Six minora lost their liyo9v five woro fatally injurod and threo seriously burn ed in an explosion at tho shaft of , tho George's Orook coal and iron company at Farmington, W. Va., on tho main lino of tho Baltimor? and Ohio road Thurs day morning. Tho deads Maynard Boatty, of Maunington. .foo Ni ?bols of Lon nooning, Md. J. H.'Everson of Evoraon, W? Va., Dan Alforrol of Farmington Joo Dominick, Italian. Tony Philippi, Italian. Tho injune!: Oh arie H ton Cn rp on tor, fatally. Oar th Hunter, fatally; ll rurel Everson, fatally. Jos Bianoy, fatally. Italian, fatally. Jofferaon Fast, badly burnod. Thomas Bainbridge, burnod and hruiflod. *> Italian, burnod and bruised'. Tho Goorgo's Crook company bas hpadquartora in tho Equitable building, Baltimoro, and oxtonsivo miuing in- * toxosta ia Maryland. This is the first mino tho company has opouod in this Stato and fully $1,000,000 has hoon in vested and the mino is one tho beat oquippod in the Fairmont coal rogion. Col. II. L Homin or vi Ho, an oxpripnocd and cnpablo mino aupointondont, bas ohargo of tho works. Tho mino was only rocontly put into oporation arid' about 125 mon woro omployod, only ?10 of this number undor ground, Owing" to a shortnfjo in tho ear supply tho men have only boon making about half timo for sovoral days, but yostorday quito a humber of oara wor? loft nt tho mino and tho management dooided to break all rooords with Thursday's output, ?0, blight and early this morning tho minors who roeido in oosy [cottages on tho hilltop abov? tho mipo mad? fcboir way to tho main opening and tho oar carried ihem 253 iyoi iuiu ibo earth'. Fifteen of th eui worp. nssignoi to a portion of tho minos that baa boon foorkod for soino timo .and tho r^main .el?rwero put to wer 1? oh/ boadinga quito a distatioo away. Ono of tho men in tho rooms; it is ollegod, hon mivugglo'd a tor?h into tho minos as it givoa BO Suoh better light than tho safety mps ,, proscribed ; by; the . ?ompfthy. Thoro iii sn iniro?iuo fan whiob fi??ds / ?G.'fl?lO. fv<i? of. frosh air into tli^?ait?'oa.at every revolution andras', tho .shnffcv'Was oonaidorod ono cf ^bo ' aafosfc in -,tho., region tho minor didVnot hoed tho; frp quont warning ox.'V foilbw oraplpy o who warned him of ''ao rink ho was taking. At 0:15 tho rt. ?nor fired a shot" and tho smojeo whiob i /as very don so oaught fifo from tho toroh and aproad l-jtb;either tho gas or dual and tbp ex plosion resaltod. Fortunately tho mino did not oatob fire to auyoxtont. v. Tho exploB?on vontod Hsolf through tho air shaft and almost doinolishod tho building ott tho surfaoo :n whiob tho . fan Was loo ?tod. Tho mon -ni tho bond ings did not know thoro had boen an ox plosion uutil notified. Tho air was soon V turned in and in a abort time tho head ings woro olear od of foul gasses a^d tho work of rosouing tho unfortunat eom monood. It was 5 o'clock before tho work was oonoludcdi This ia tho most serious oxplosion that ovorooourrod in tho Fairmont oonl rogion. . Burned in aStoamoi*. v c.,;. Four mon were killed .during Wed nesday night in a fire which dostroyod the steamer O ?vonoboro, iv towboat, tied up at dook at Calhoun, Ky. Tho dead: Firoraan Orohehaw, of Evansville. Fireman Brinkman, of Evansville. Two roustabouts, names unknown, A fire * broko put aboard' tho boat shortly bofero midnight and in a short timo it burnod to tho .wator's odgo. Capt. Eastmanvand Enginoor Robin son barely had tima to oscapo. The ? others woro supposed to have boon asloepin tho holland -woro bvoroome by smoko. Leas on boat $6,000. Poisoned tli? Priest'? Liquor. < Tho Jury in tho oaso of Jaoob Wypuo ohargod with tho murdor of ito v. Father Ohas. P. Riegol, af tor being out .all night Thursday brought in ? vordiot of murdor in tho sooonddogreo. Fathov ,' Kiogcl, who had ohargo of tho Roman ; Oatholio phuroh at Oholtnoham, Pa,, was found (load on a doorstop in tho "Tondorloin" . .diatrlot on January 0. > Bjath was du?to knookout drops and v Wy uno f\nd oight others who had boon drinking with tho priest woro indicted. It was testified that Wyo?o bought tho poison and plaood it in Fath?r ItiogoVs glass pf boor. China's Empty Treasure ry t s Tho answer-of China to tho slate mont Of tho' ministers of tliti-'f Proton., powers as to tho losada sustained! by nations and individuals in China, bas boon received, Tho Snswor oommonoos' with an appoal to morey, saying'that, tho oountry is impoverished. The ?r^ . Bffor explains that tho utmost Ohino> oan el?or is 15,000,000 talos annually for tho next" .f10. y ears. ' - ,\\ Poisoned HIS Stop-fri?n, Iii?ey Lowo, of Huntsville, Ala., ohargod : with poisoning hi? ?ton-sou Louis Mullins, was Thursday found guilty of murdor in tho first dt?gwo. A doath soatonoe will bo proKounpod, I Lowo, who is 35 years old,is alleged to ' have poisonod hi? 9-ypar-old step-?on Spptomhor 9 with stryohnitto, to got rid pf Mm.; l?o Was Dosporato. I Frank Miller, safo blower ahd ni^r* dover, undor sentpnop at Birmingham, IAlaotp bang' ? Juno 28, saturated tho .beddingv lo hifl.ooll in the county jail Thurday, mornjlng with oil and fired/i7. A lino of boso was run to tho ' coll arid tho nra .W?fl- extinguished ber?xo any diyt?fto was dono/ Miller oxp?otod, wm* ;1?