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1 DO THOU LIBMUT.Y Gl?J?AT. I N HIM UK OOH fc?'UbS AND MAKIO O ti lt L'iVKS IN T??Y l'OSSKt&KXN .HAW, OH QUH DHA.TUK QU>ttlOU# IN THY OAU&K.'' VOL. XXV I L BENNETT 8V?LLIS, 0.,;jFu?DAY, .JUNU 20, 1002, it>rri?nn.niittaiir/iiiMi? ruf i i:'f,l"iMirrn"irm?miTirm NO. 20. ASKED TO BES?G?N. ? President Woodward Quite tho South Carolina College. NO SERIOUS CHARGES RI ABE. Tho TetiHteeN Thought that tin? HON( inion His ol' tho In v I it ut ion l/onutoilcil a ('haii/jo. Right upon thc heels ot' t ia1 trouble ut Clemson comes more at the Sout h Carolina eollogo. Tho, troubles di (Vor in deg roo, hut arc? similar In that tho pr?sidents ol' both ure involved, lt. luis hoon for sumo time rumored Unit, when the board ol' trust?es of tho ?South parolina eollogo mot the likeli hood was that President Woodward would ho nuder lire. While these re port wore cur reit t and generally dis cussed in the city, the nubile wore, not. aware ol' what shape the com plaints US to file administ ration would take, whether students would talco the. lota ti ve or whether the hoard of t r?steos would present t ho indict moid. After carefully going over the mat ter in almost continuous sessions for throe days tho hoard Thursday, with some reluctanco reached tho couche sion that lt was for Hie host interests of the institution to red ire Ur. C. C. Woodward as president and proceeded to do so without in any way reflect lng upon Ibo moral character of tia- former president. No successor has yet been chosen und t here will likely he none chosen for some Unit; tis thc hoard In tends to carefully cast- about and lind a suitable executive head for the col lege. When this has been accomplished a special meeting will ho called and tho elect ion will ho held. In the mean time Prof. lion Sloan has been asked to actus ehairman (d' the facility and discharge tho duties of the (?nice of president until tho president has been elected. This hellas consented t?? do. When tho board ll rsl mel this mat ter of the need of a change in the presidency came up at once for consid eration. The board at- once went in? to the imitter at eonsiil?nvbio length and made ti careful I no ul ry Into tile .conditions through ail examination of the members bf tho faculty, and all things considered it was thought that Dr. Woodward's usefulness was im paired at tho college. Tho board sim ply made inquiry Into Ur. Woodward s usefulness to tho college at this time, as its presidiad., and so that their might ho no possible misunderstand ing about file matter adopted tho lol lng before adjournment: Kesolved. That- tho hoard expresse1 . i (^Commence j?j President Woodward'? Uprightness of character and exorna ates him from anything rei Icc Ung oil bis Integrity, Tho board found thal President Woodward has had a gnat man\ rather clitUcull and delicate problems to handle in tho executive depart ment of the college, and it was in flu handling of these tbat the complaint arose. His ability as a professor ami teacher was never tor a moment ijues fhaied, Imf it was not, thought thal he was tho ideal man for president, Tho board made the c hange with at eye single lo the best. Interests of tin college in the matter of discipline and good feeling. There was no coin pla I lit, petition, committee or report of any kind from any of the students of the college and the hoard carefully avoided taking the students into t be mat ter. Tin suggestion relative toPresident Wund ward came frum a member of th? hoard of trustees and the course vva.v taken with reference to that sugges tion alone, and none of the student.4 or classes had any commun icu t ion willi tho hoard bul. Hie trustees talked over the mat 1er freely willi the members: of tho faculty and President Wood? ward himself. Lynched lor Henani Minder. Two negro boys, Harrison and .lames ,OI)lesplc? aged respectively IO and M years, who were under arrest charged with killing Cornella Benson, on a farm in Kowan county, Monday hist, won taken fruin jail al Salisbury. N. C., early lids morning and hanged lu a tree in Hie railroad yards. Theil bodies were thou riddled with bullets. About f>0 men composed the mob and all wore masks. The militia liad hoot! called (mt by authority of the gover nor about midnight, but as cv erv I bl iib appeared quiet they had disbanded whim the mob suddenly appeared and battered down the jail door. Thc ne? gl'oes Wore In Hie attic Of the jail bul the mob readily lound them and drove rapidly out (if town, tiring as lt wont. Alter lynching Uro negroes Ibo muk qiiielty dispersed. Tho negroes ad mitted that they beat the young wo man's brains out- willi rocks becausi she tried to make Unan leave her pre mises. Bli I ph II l ld MI u, Chm hi no? All but tho merest formal I tics of flu plan to combine several of tho hifj shipbuilding yards nf the country lin der one management ha ve berni cum ploted) according to The Herald, A few papers remit in yid, to lie signed und for this purpose a meeting of thosi most Interested will he hold/riuirsdaj lifter which a forma' unnouncemenl of the now coporat ion will ho placet on the market', lt ls said that tin plans contemplate a company whlcl will turn out any kind of vessel fron a trait)psteamship of small dimension.' to a battleship, weighted down wit) tho heaviest of armor. 1 ron and st oe works are being negotiated for, and it ls understood several extensiva plants have been purchased. Hula lim neil al Hen, An itnkn?Wh sailing vessel on lire far to the eastward of Nauwieko iSlioais, was sighted on .1 une u hy Capt Htaboll of the Norwe.lgan steamshii Nora, whleh arrived ut Chester, Pa. Thursday from Hillsboro. N. C. Tie KILLED AT A DANCE. A Sad Feature ol' tho Tornado- li? IlltlUMM. A di ii pit toll do tu lllootnintfton, HI.? says (loath and destruction followed hi tho SvttUo ol' tho tornado Wednesday night. Tho saddest feature was the killing of tho three young women who were attending a dunce at il ie town hall ol' Merna, a small village, ten miles east ol' Bloomington. There was a party ol' 250 young men and women at the dance lu the hail when the tornado struck tho building about 11 o'clock Wednesday night. lOvory body rushed for tho, doors. A num ber ol' yoting cien held the doors to prevent thc people from escaping, fearing that they ?night ho Injured or killed after they got outside, About half of them, however, escaped and then the building collapsed. The oth ers were burled In the wreck. Three were Killed and forty or lilly o titers more tu- less injured, sonic of t hen? seriously. The dead arc: Miss Lena Jahagam, Mrs. Kdward Mart in and Miss Kelly. A ll arc daughters of prominent farmers in tho vleinity. Tile bodies were horribly mut Hated by the heavy timbers. Quite a number of young men mid wo men were taken from the ruins in an Unconscious condition and some nf them are still In that state and it' is feared that there may bo Other deaths, The storm reached Bloomington about ll p. m., commencing with a furious electrical display. Kain accom panied the wind, and thc business dis trict sn tiered severely. Many plate edass windows were blown in and thc stocks of goods were badly damaged. 11U tidied id' trees in the cl ty were broken blt al the trunks and tia? street s a re almost impassable. Build ings all over the city are damaged, but no lives were lost nor was anyone .seriously I iij ti red, A man standing on West Washington st reid was blown ?100 feel but escaped wit h only bruises. A paid WM nen?, Represent at i ve .Innes Of Virginia made il very unpleasant for Buen eambo, a former member of Aguinaldo's cabinet, who hos been brought to Washington by the ad ministration tn he made a witness in behalf Of the administration's Philip pine policy be fofo t he house and senate committees, by confronting him with a copy of a COI'tl lied address written : and signed by himself to tho. Ameri can congress, in which he declared i that President McKinley was seeking by force ol anns to impose American sovereignty on the Philippines and that independence was thc only thing i that would make life and property : safe In I be Philippine*. In other words Represent at ive .Jones has proven that i this wily Filipino was an advocate for Independence until lie had his opinions champed hy being placed on ' thc Anierlcan payroll. I te pi 11 il i <> a II I (CN pons! hi I i ly. The i ni rent. Issue ol tho Philadel phia "City and Slate' devotes a lengthy editorial lo President Roose velt's Memorial Day speech, of which the following is au extract: "if is Ibo cause of American Imperialism [ for which the. President stands in op ' position to the cause of American heuiocracy. These two contlict lng forces are steadily drawing near one another for the lina 1 contest- for the death grapple. There is no posslblll ? ty of ri-conciliation between them. One of these causes rests on the. shift ing, slippery sands of sophism and falsehood, tlu; ot her on t hc immutable hick of t int h. hy t iie logic ot cir cu instances that none can resist,, mul titudes ol usare being led hilo this valley ol decision, out of which we I cannot pass until we have girded our selves tor the battle and have un sheathed our weapons to smile and slay the annies of the. aliens." I AMI i'll to Itrcath Properly. 11 is possible lor a woman to exer cise her whole body to keep lt strong and well, simply by breathing proper I ly. Children should be taught to j breathe and to got into the habit ol i lining tin- whole lung space at each inhalai inn and of emptying it com pletely at each exhalation. There li nn helter way pf getting to sleep SOOlj I alter going to bed I han by breathing i property, Push away the pillow and lie Hat upon the back with the mus ; des relaxed. Slowly draw in thc I deepest brett th possible, hold lt for I four seconds, thou slowly expel lt un til the chest and abdomen ha VC col lapsed. 1 tc peat this until you arc . Hied or fall asleep. There are scorch of ways of varying this exercise. I pp i this ls t he essential. < >f course Ith assuaged that one sleeps with her bcd - room windows open. Kural Mall I lox haw. Tho following paragraph ls take) from tho pos to lit cc appropriation bill , " Whoever shall hereafter wilfully bi , maliciously injure, tear down or do . struy any let ter h'/X or other recepta . hie cst abllshed by order of the post master general or approved or destg hated by him for the receipt or dollV cry of mail matter on any rural frei . delivery route, or shall break open tin same, or wilfully or maliciously in I Jure, Reface or destroy any mull mat j ter deposited therein, cr shall wilfully , take or steal such matter from or ou I of sind) lefter box or other receptacle j or shrill wilfully aid or assist In any o , the aforementioned oft'ensos, shall io j every such olTense bo punished hy i I Km1 of not. more than $1,000 or hy hu , prison mehi for not mote than titre years." AtifoH t'aiiHO Death. Frightened by the rushing of foti t automobiles and tho blare of the I . horns ti horse ran away at Heading > Mass., dashed through the gates a , tho railway crossing and an expr?s Ct train struck tho lenin, killing abo. IMPORTANT JSS.UK. Assistant Beorotary of State Gantt Shov/s Hov/ Taxos Can bo Itoduood. WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED. frlglll'OH lYom OOlOl' NlntOH Air <?u<>t<Mi and Diin'oi'onOoM in Tn\ HyntoiiiH Aro Poliitcil <>?? by !!hu. lt ls not known lo many people Unit last year there was made a modest be* ginning in a project which promises to ho of great benefit to t he people ol' the Slate. Por years the fees collect ed hy the ?Secretary ol* Stale's ellice have aggregated between three anti hair thousand dollars, Willoh ha? bee ii hut a small factor In t hc St at e's In come. Last year however, t he splendid sum of $tO,r?K:i.T 1 was turned Into the State. Treasury mid :t material source of revenue opened to the state gov ernment. There ls of course, an ex planation of l his fact., which must he of interest to the people. When Mr, Cant! was appointed Assistant lo the Secreta ry ot State he found to his sur prise that the oil ice of Secretary ot Stall? tlirhed over annually hundreds ol' thousands of dollars to inn I he gov ernments of the various Staines of the Pilton, lie Immediately bogan work unsolvlng the. problem, and the sum turned over last year ls due lo his ef forts. He found many uuo<|uallt les lu the corporation law (d' thc Stale, which he Sought to remedy. A cor poration having only $ 1,000 of capi tal stock' he found was required under the South Carolina law to pay ?Ml.on for its charter, w hile nt her corpora tions having millions of dollars t?f capi tal were not. required tn pay anything, Understanding as ile did thc detail of these mat ters, he prepared a measure correcting the injustice, und providing anot lier schedule of fees, wit h the re sult thal a large increase lu the reve nue di rived has resulted. Mr Cantt believes that other beneficial reforms along t he same lino can he accomplish ed, and that a large revenue cari bo supplied the Stale government, from Other sources than a direct tax on the property of thc people; and a material reduction hi the levy of taxes for H tate purposes accomplished, In view of these tacts, the following Oneil letter published in thc Columbia Stall-, will ho of especial interest to the tax pavers of the Slate; To the lOdltor of Tho Slate. An experience of over three years hi an executive Ofllce of t ho ;d ute govern ment, prompts some obx* ttlons upon the tax system ot Soutn militia, for which 1 ask your Indulgence, There always has hoon and <IOU?>MCK<H will he until tho end of time complaint aris ing from ony system which seeks to ex act money from the Individual to sup port the State, for lt has hoon said that "Whoever Imposa faultless tax to seo*, Hopes what ne'er was, ls iud , and ne'er shall bo." However, the fact that weeah never reach perfection in tho moans wo adopt should not doter us from striving to wards such an end. While tho best and most benollelont reforms have al ways been hy gradual processes, lt seems to me that we have stoped all progress towards a better system, and that we are. permitting other States o( this union to outstrip us in reaching a solution of t his problem. Au earnest dcsjlC for a reduction in tho tax levy for State purposes is not con ti ned to tho o (lice Reeker, hut ls shared by the best element id the pro gressive and property-owning class id thc people of South Carolina. Por years we have been promised some re duction In the burden, and nu attempt has frequently hoon made to do some thing to-wards lids end, hut, these promises and attempts have been but, Dead Sea fruit In the mouths of thc people, and never ended in fruition. We have, boen told that we wore pay ing our public odleers ext ravaganf sal aries. "Wc have seen salaries reduced, hut thc burden was not lightened, The attempt to Impose an Income tax lided in farclal fail tir?, All this being true, whore can we ?ok for reliefV Thc appropriations for the public schools of thc State must ind will ho continued. A majority ot t ho people are determined t hat (air In sllfutlons of higher education sh.ill bc ideqtiutcly supported for they aro un willing to advertise to tho world that we are too poor or too Indifferent to properly maintain them. Wo cannot deny to tho Confederate veterans the aid of that State which ho defended With his ll fe* blood. All this being t rue. wo have little hope of a reduction in tho levy from a reduction in tho ex pense* of government, where wc have vainly sought it, for ten yetna, only tu he disappointed, Notwithstanding all these facts, a reduction in the levy for State pur poses ls not. Impossible, but must conn instead from tho development of ot hoi sources of Income tx? tiio State govern ment,. Other States have found these sources and we have their oxampti and experience before us. A live mill I levy for State purposes is excessive and burdensome. There is no reason wh> thc levy hi South Carolina should ht heavier than that of otho?'States. Wt have a similar government, our pltblh 1 I debt ls not excessive, measured by tilt Standards wo lind, am) our people art contented anti prosperous. There ls no reason why t in?, man win lailIds a home hore should have placet upon lils shoulders the burden that should be the share of other men. Wi arc hampering the Industrial devi lop mont of tho State hy advertising U tho world teat our State taxes ari higher than t hose of other States. Wt have a protectlev tariff against homo building: we aro loading down will taxes tho man who ls building up an< s I developing tho S ta to by Investing iii: V I money lu manufacturing and other In I for t.lu? need?) of tho Stute government. j The State of Now Jersey (mes tiot'lovy j one doiiui oj laxes for Stale purposes, j out tho secretary; of slut e's ol1l(;o there ? supplies nearly every dollar required j to run tho government . The Stale of i Indiana Jo vies loss than I mill. Can wo realizo it; when we lia ve hoon groaning under t ho burden placed on our sho.iidejs? 1 have In my posses sion fi statement of tho levy for Slate taxation Itv 2i) of tho States of the Union for tho year isi>8; In 21 of then) ! it ls les? I lian J mills: in seven less than 2 milk Kel iel'should besought, where it can i be found, in a readjustment of Hie j burden. Tile land-owning am) prop? j erty-holuinjc class of the people have had tho entire load nu their shoulders vvj'itj? large classes of our people, oft times tho best able lo bear t he but (len, I are es< nplnu. How I? UOll liU'esdothe professional men of the siam pay? Yoi the man who makes and spends $."?.000 a year ls lad ter able lo com j tri laite 1100 to support tim govern ment than the man wdio owns ftp? acres of uncultivated land. Tho negro population pays a pittance for the Schools ami roads, hut does not con tribute anything t.<> support the ma chinery of Ila' Stale' government. Tho methods of accomplishing the end J have pointed ont uro ,?:.; varied as have booti the experience or the other stales of this Union, New York recently grappled with thin prob lem wleh confronts us, ain', directed hy (Juv. O'Dell, an astute lawyer, sue (.ceded lu sn nd i i ist i ng her law as lo collect Ho,0,()0,00o of the fgo j OOO, OOO required to mu ber ?State government from other HOU rees than a direct levy Upoil the real esjato und personal property of the people, Can we not (ind wini? method, if tho majority of the SI ales of ibo Colon have found a met hod? Must we supinely confess thal, willi the Uni fe in our hands, and t he eva m plc he for?' us. we (J rp, upahle to cut t he kind v 1 would notaltmnpt to say from w hence every dollar should come, hut Iii*? wisdom of our legisla tors can lind tho way, if wc elect men who will earnestly scck:n roun dy. 1 am nol advoc'itimg au untried theory, bul ?Sk tho genara) assembly 10 follow tllO put)) blazed out by the ot her Si ates of this Cnion, Tho tax commission of Texas asserted in [WOO tllftt If Ibo entire taxes of tho State were levied against the real and personal property of the people, as we are doing herc lu Suutn Carolina, there woule he such an outcry as has not been heard since the oppressive davs following thc Civil war. J, T. QANTT, DOES FATAL WORK. iSOVOra) People. Horned (<> Ihmfh in hillvien! ('illus. 'Ow(.|ve nu n and ono woman wi ro kihed and aixmt ,'lu persons were in jured in a Uro which, Monday^ after noon .destroyed the sanitarium con dueted by I he, St. Luke's society, at the corner of \\ abash avenue and TweiitydlrSt street in Chicago. Thc society oreti pied the building which was long known as the Hotel Wood rilli, and for a brief period as tho li?te) Lancaster, itv fur thc urea tor portion of the pat lents received in thc institution were 1 In ?se seeking cu re of the drink habit, and those who were addicted to the us?- of drugs. When the Dre broke out, there was on tho lift h Moora number of patients sn lie r liiii from delirium trouions and nonie who worodornngod by ?h ugs. Several of those wore st rapped to their beds, and it was found Impossible to save them so rapidly did the lire spread throng!) thc building. Monday tire destroyed tho Arcade and Citizens National hank block and thoShacko I ford building at Saratoga and enUft?d a loss of live lives. The property lots is estimated at $300,OOO, with insurance of $220,nun. The Arcade property was to haveoeeu sold at paitillon sale June 12. lt is owned hy t he Shoemaker est ate of Ci nc i ni iat I, and llehjttuiiti J. Goldsmith of that place. 'I'lie exact origin of the lire lias not yet been discovered. The lire started in tin* Arcad?' budding on Hroadwa . That portion ?if the bank building occupied by the bank was damaged only hy water. The con tents of the safes and deposit vaults remain Int act. A small lire in the center of London Monday caused the death of nine young jdrlSj lo persons wert- injured, one probably fatally. The lire occur red lu the upper portion Of a live-story buddinu adjoining the Mansion house, in Hie busiest section of Loudon. The ll rsl extension h. dder to arri ve at the scene could not he olovutcd to the height of the foWill Story, und Inmates Of flu? upper llo ns were Compelled to jump down Into a tarpaulin which had hastily been coininaiulered hy the ilromun from a passing fruit van. Several of tltOSC who jumped were badly Injured, and others who refused ; to take the risk disappeared within 1 tho smoking windows. W. I''. HteveaHon I?IMIO?MOII. ' At Hie Democratic Convention of Cliesterticld County, on the 5th of May, thc following resolution was ' unanimously adopted. Whereas, Hon. W. I\ Stevenson has I for several yen rs past served this conn ? ty (Chestcrlleld) In public capacities ; willi (iistingulshodability and udeiity, . and. Whereas,'he has sight lied his I nie tl* , Hon tu withdraw from the Legislative , Held and io enter the candidacy for , tho otilen Of Attorney General of tho Slate. Now hi lt resolved by tho Domo? , oratio bon von lion of ?h?st?Hlold conti* First, That wc hereby heartily en? dorse tho public career of Hon. W. b\ Stevenson during t he six years pust lu which ho hus represented this connt> und commend him for thc faithful um! ofllotent nmnner In which he bas sorv ? cd his county and Stato. Second. That wo do heartily endorsi H him fer tho Office of Attorney Genera to which lu; aspires, und commend lilm to tho favorable consideration ol BoosKVKi/r ts mm. t\vA to bo BisgfUHtod W4ih Hi? ?outh Carolina Experiments. l&AMEB M'LA?RIN AND CAPBR8. ?be Only MailHlViolory Appoint mont tn ThlnNtutn Murin Against Their Advice. Heuutor McfmuHn'w Judf',?)itg> Unoritaln. The Washington correspondent of T io State says President ttOOSOVolt I? vj fy Bv?r? over Ibo i'a i lu rc of hh ex priment lo build up it UopubliOUtl pf:rty lu South Carolina by using Sena i M vittorio and tho Indications nm Mut I ? Ufo distribution nf federal f.. K'OK lu i bo Palmetto Ktato lu tho fpl UrO I hei r will be o now deal, Tho pi-"ddeut In talking with llepubllean Kfinatoi's hu? manlfeatod Irritation o vor tho trouble he ban liad lu niling tho oOtlth Ourolfn? ollleea and han oXpress efl in no uncertain loroiK bl? dlsap I' ntmont over both Senator McLuii rbj and Mr. John Ca por? who has been ?l(,??/tg as l?epubliean rbj?r?O for Mic v;v .ie Upon |.l|e endorsement of Me* l^Htln, When ibo nomination of Mr. Harris td iv? poHtmastor at Charleston wsw withdrawn, ono of tho leading Itcpub Henna of tho somite called upon tho president and naked why this step had j bCA*u taken. Pr?sident UoOHoyolt ex plained the di moult les surrounding tho j .?ce of M r. Harris because of the ills? i<.aires of bis non residence and Mien ho.'Wont on to recite soinc or tho trun Um which bo bad mel. in endeavoring j to till tho ?South Carolina ohMces and di i pot mineo words In t<,l)lug why ho j was disappointed lu tho situation li) I bar, Maje. ile rocullp/i t bat I bo most sat lsfae iqp appoint mont ito bas mudo t bal of Mi. < ainnliigbani Ut l?o ma rahal -wa? iKiKle ln tho fuco Of the strong elYorts of tfenalor Mela|)|rin and Mr. Capers, wJM WOK- doing a)l l.hey eoiild tu secure I bi reappoint monltyf Marshal Melton. I Iii held ..those t-wo gentlemen lo?poh&l bluiilso for Mfjf t roubles ovni* Ibo nomi !*i;iyiou of Mr, Koostor as collector of internal revenue, and Mr. Ulehardsou as postmaster fit fifoeurltlv, in pretty lai^uago he oppressed Ida opinion that tia) combination of Mclaurin and Cap? rs ls a failure lu political leader* sliiO and lui boated his pur none of look ing elsewhere foi endorsements to s Carolina oiiiees lu tho futuro. HO/nO Intimation of thc pr?sident'? foi io: g? |u this respect hus roached Scimtor McUturln and t ho result to tb:vt /io%ls extremely nervous over lils . e. ? -'.v.e, Ho hellove; lie )?n:; a prom I jj: nrsri thc president nf tho court W< 'le^hhv whl 'h he has hr? > ca . ; seeking, btit he reall/es tl uothVdfc,,iH certain in politics until lt happons. Ho ls afraid that tho elVorUs of Uepubiieuri politicians to prevent tin president giving so good an utlleo tn what tliey call a "dead one" may cause the man lu the White H ouse to OV?rlOOK" bim. Tlieii, too, lie ls disap pointed over t he failure-of Ids friends toliCOt)re for him the endorsement nf iHMuoeratie. senators. Uti started out by claiming thai he had letters from a number of leading senators, but inves tigation of these elalun? proves thal they have no substantial basis. The list Which li|s friends gu VG out eon-j tallied seven or bight names, but so far \ US can bo ascertained not one of those , I>einoeratie senators have sent to tho White House the desired letters of on? dorsement. This fact and the further fact that, there would sundy he a light over his cooli rmntion lia yo combined to make Senator McLaurln anything but happy. K?W ills friends, win? KOUlO* tin ' ugo were, claiming th nt bis ap* point mein would g > in immediately after tho vote upon tho IMiilipplne t>il!. are hoping that I?, will go in as a rec ss appoint ment Immediately after the adjournment of congress hut (hoy are not. al all certain that this hope will be realized. ..?.!.. ItoneniiMriotof om. Tile people in and about Kooky Mount, N. C., are much exercised over the escape froto the train at that pla -e of a huge boaconstrlotor which was being taken Nort li hy Ono of tho midway snows of the recent ('balles t?n Imposit ion. Tho snake seemed to the of lils cohtlltomoht and escaped from the cage In which lt bad been shut up. As soon as lt got out of the box it made for the woods and all ef forts f?; roca pl uro lt have proven vain. The escape is a serious loss to the show, while the people do not take kindly to Hie idea of having Hie big shako about the vicinity. Tho coun try about Kooky Mount alfords the smoko excellent hiding and feeding grounds and lt will hardly trouble tho residents of the town, unless they hunt and nttaek it. The Amende?! Kond I mw. Tile road law, as amended hy the recent legislature, ls amended In re gard to the age specilicatlons, and henceforth those liable to road duty come within the range of from eigh teen to Bf ty years, instead of from twenty-one lo Hf ty years, as hereto fore. This amendment to the law wa^ , opjMJsed, lt la undo rs to jd, by over) member of the ?Spartanburg count) delegation In tho general assembly, The members of tho House of Kenre i NemutIves from the ?ower portion ol the state voted 80)idly for this amend ment on account of the fact that it would render lt possible to place st many Idle, loitering negro youths at work lu Improving tho roads of tin state. The law ls uniform through . out tho state, in order to make lt con stltutlonal. I Women of Today. Mr?. Virginia 1). Young, of Falrfnjt 1 S, O.i editor and proprietor of tin I Fairfax Kntcrprlso, desires to edit t collection of sketches on woman ol . today In South Carolina and to thli end asks tho help of her brother edi tors, tho momlKirs ot t he bVdorat?ot r of women's ('bibs, tho Daughters o A 8AD OUTING. Two Mon DroivjiiHl lu thu Presenc? ol'Their rUitutMcN. I There wan ii mid ending to u family outing at Hosstau, Pa., on Thursday morning by the Accidental drowning of Andrew HI loman, aged .05 and Kirk Halley, ag?ii 18 years. Dwight Hailey, father of Kirk, wa? severely Injured and may die. The Hailey and HUomun families, ab<>wt Ki lu all, left their homes In ? ? (loss Um and wont to tho hanks of : Crooked Hun, ashort distance away, about 4 o'clock 'i'hursday morning. They had a llshlog net with them and bogan to fish for minnows with groat success, The not, atfor behn* taken outsoYeral times ai?(| east back, (jnaliy became cn jingled in a shag. The wafer Ut "Mils point ls about H). fcotilepp, the locution being familiarly known HS ''sink hole." After vainly euduvorlng io release lix* nut young Kirk Hailey swam ont lo see what t he trouble was, As lie approached the net he was suddenly perceived to he Como whit? and then culled for help, paying that hts feet liad become en tangled lu tho net. Ills Btrujjrgles were terrible and Andrew lineman, Seeing that the boyeould not .continue lits struggle much longer st utC(| lo his rosette. |{i joman was approaching ? (l|o trapped tuan bc, too, was to throw up bis hunda and make, des perate struggles to ?o forward. The fatal net btu! also wrapped around his feet and he was caught In the saute plight as the hoy. Dwight Halley, father of tho struggling hoy now,Jump 0(1 into tho water and started to re lease the imprisoned men. When he neared the net he was caught as his son and Mr. Hilcman had been and he yelled to the crowd on the hanK' that he was caught in tjje not ?tod could do nothing uioie. i-loahy A- tl* [{allay, brother of Dwight, who had beet) called tn the scono, saw at a ? glauco tl p til root lon in which the net had been dragged. Keeping above ! tho net, he succeeded In rescuing his i brother tmd getting him to thc shore, I in au unconscious condition from j which be had not milled ut t) p. m. He j will probably dP\ At the Instant the I cider hui ley was released from the not the son stink for the last time and Mr. lineman, seeming to muko u I)nal ef fort io nein tho you h? man, also drowned. During all tho time the men were Struggling In tho water their wives and families wove on the bank in agonized helplessness. Kifetuutt und Halley aro well known und quite wealthy. \)\ connected with the accident are prominent and of the oldest families In Armstrong coutny. aiLLMAN5E?D3 OF. ..; : ,. R. . . J . - ?ny* He I* lt,icui}K Nii Condi 'J ' ihn? Nor V'tab'i t? Any. i lu view of numerous reports about this man and that man being "Till man's candidate" for the senate, a statement made to tho Washington correspondent of the Columbia State by Senator Tillman Krlday almost on the eve o? the campaign may prove of Interest in tho State to the "would he" senators and their friends, "There is really no reason why 1 should mix up In this race," said Sen ator Tillman, "nor do i Intend to take the slightest parti in it one way or the other, lt is true that llCforc Kvans entered the race there was but one candidate tn tin? Held, Representativo Lat liner, who had not at one time op posed tue. For this reason, thinking t o hurl UcprcHcii tatlvo Lull mer's chances (or election, the report has been circulated (hut 1 was backing Lat I mer, lt ls untrue to say that I am "backing" any oho of the candi-? dates and the circulators of this report hurt Mr. Lu ti mer's chances by the gratuitous falsehood. Now that Mr. Kvans has definitely announced his candidacy for t he senate there will be two of my former supporters tu the race another reason why I am not called upon to take, a hand. "Hut lt should be remembered that hone of the candidates in t ho mee are running for the schale against roe, They are after the Junior senatorslilp. And because In the past t he ot her can didates, Mr. Elliott, Mr. llemphlll, Mr. Henderson and Mr. I ' Us ton 0, have been political opponent of minc does not seem to me U> furnish either an excuse or a reason for my meddling in the Kamo. "lt ls arnie, adopted lu tho '?Os, that no otic who ls nota candidate shall be allowed to speak in the cam paign. That rulo met my approval at the time of Its adoption and lt meets tn I ne now, Voit cali therefor? say that any report Cl rc lt la ted by any body to the otfeet that I am hacking Lattmer, Evans, or any of t ho other senatorial candidates, ls not only with out authority but ls absolutely fatso. I have said this several times lief ore and 1 assert lt again on thc ovo of thc campaign*" This leaves tho candidates with an open Held. No one will he able tx raise tl\o cry of Tlllmunlsm, for ni otto ls for or against that "Ism" hi the race - t>i ow neil hi I nt ko Huron. During a gale Sunday aftcrnooi . Arthur Martin, aged 21, Hcatrlc? ) Abraham, aged l l, and Norma Abra ' ham, aged 7, were drowned In Luke ' Huron hy tho overturning of u row ' boat off JCdlson Heaoh, Tho i&coldoiv " was witnessed hy u numljcr of peopb hut the storm was HO (loree that tn help could reach the young people Tho storm blew up suddenly \vlth th* j wind from ott tho shore, * KtrAiiftlorl nu Hlenhimt. n A crowd of 8?000 persons witnesse* - tho execution at mblnlght In tbe cit: i park of Tour, France, ol tho larges f of Humum und Halley's performlnj WEAKLY WIPED OUT, Alt Alabama Town Destroyed by tit? Fhe Fiend. I ii one of the most disastrous coolia* grations that over visited Alabama, Alexander Oily, aplaco of 1,500 peo ple, was wiped away Friday hy Uro, tho estimated los? reaching $750,000, which tho Insuran?o win not begin to coyer* The town was not supplied with waterworks and all tho terror Htrlcken people could do was to save what llttlo they could and then, al most prostrate, Mee from the lire. Help was telegraphed for, hut it ar rived only to lind the city a mass of ashes, smoulder!UK fn dust. The tele graph otllco was destroyed and all tele phone communication with the town has been impaired, making it Impossi ble to learn full tiela 1)8 of the thc. ft is learned that only provisions eau bo Ktipnlled to the homeless until Monday. The Uro broke out at Alex ander City machine shops at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Tho long period of hot, dry weather had well prepared thc buildings of the bttloclty for the rapid spread ot thc Hames, A stiff wind was blowing with berco rapidity thc lire spread from building to build ing until tho entire town was a seeth ing 'Wins nf Hames. lavery business bouHO, three banks, two h?tels? two livery stables and niuo dwolHugs arc to!ally destroyed, Not more than two or th reo thousand dollars worth of goods wore saved lu tho Contra! of Georgia depot, while three or four cuts of freight wore totally destroyed. Tho Methodist church, court house and postol?leo went Up Uko Under boxes. No people were Killed, The rall road has established Itatole praph Mues under a tree and appeals for help and for food, AH of tho batiks wcro burned and the damage to them and to ot hors from the 'iocs or valuable papers will run Into thc thousand** nf dollars. The tracks of tho Central of Georgia aro so badly warped that tho passenger trains coat and west will have to transfer. A Hod 8u?ry. A special to Tho State from Smoaks, in Col loton county, on Friday last gave this information: "Tho body of au unknown white, maa was found by some negroctfHU a secbuf^^^o^near this pjaeif Tuesday evening inte? "i*?^1 hao'heen dead for*some time and, was i recognisable, having been vory ladly dlsllgured hy bmwards, and lt was by means of these that ho was found. Magistrate Wilson was not I* lled and on Wednesday held an tri* .piest. lt was learned from the tes* Mmony taken, that lt was tho body of a man giving ids natue a?Henry Dears and who bad wild ho was from Colum bia. S, C. tlc was passing bl nisei f as a preacher, mid from conversation held with him, ItMvas evident timi bis mind was imbalanced. Dr. J. Mi Strickland held the post mortem ex amination, but could lind nothing to show that he had met with a violent death. The Unding of the Jury was that became to bis death from causes unknown to thc jury, but that their liellef was that his death was from natural causes, as ibero was no evi dence of fool play. Tho community is very much wrought up over tho ghastly tind, and an elTort will be made to lind out more of this man." Tho Slate says Sunday "all mystery nurrondi og the matter was dissipated when tho grlof-strlcken mother of tho victim was seen. She lives bore In tho mill district. Henry Hears was rear ed in Hollow Creek township in Lexington county. Ho was -15 years of ago. Ile was first married about eight or nine years ago, and lost bis wife and child. Then ho married again and some time ago bis second wife loft bim and went to tho bad. She ls now somewhere in this elly. Her conduct unbalanced the young man's mind and he l>ecaine Intensely religious. I le wont to preaching and preached hero for a while. About four weeks ago ho left here announcing bis Intention to walk through tho Stato preaching from loor to door. This was what he was olng in Cottoton comity when death 'ame and ended bis pitiable career, ile was always a Christian and a sober, Industrious man, standing well with nil who knew hlm.'\,? lt is supposed that the unfortunate man was men tally, unbalance d. HeNult ol'old l ated. As t he result of a tight at Now < >r loans Wednesday night between Si cilians, Sirtyadoro Luciano, Vlnccnzo Vetura ana marcello Ferrl aro. dead' ind .Joseph Uerracbl and Jos." Co amla, charged with tho murder of Lmlano and Vetura aro seriously wounded. The difficulty was tho out come of an old feud existing between tho two factions of the. Sicilian race lu that city, 1 mbluno and Vetura wore mot by Gerrooht and Collanda on Paydrns streot Wednesday night and the men Immediately opened Uro. Luciano and Vetura wcro kilted and Joseph dornten! and Joseph Calamia wcro wounded. Uerracbl may dlo lloth deny having done any shooting. Au tonio Luciano, a relative of tho dead man Thursday morning mot Marcello Ferrl, who ho said had taken, part lu the killing of bis brother last night. Securing a shotgun Luciano tired both barrels Into Ferr l's body? killing him Instantly. Luciano was arrested. .ti i? i m K.I....?i.iiaiw.Ill >?.II>.? Wami-i A Recount. Col. J. ll. mill, of Savannah, candidate for governor of Georgia hi the, recent Democratic primary In that fttate, has Hied a protest with Chair man Hrow n of t hc State Democratic executive committee against tho elaln of Hon. Joseph Terrell, that Terrel received a majority of 190 votes hi thc recent primary and ls the nominee, or thc ground that thora wore mn nj Irregularities In the count of votes h several count les named by hi in an? asks for a recount of the votes. )?iHHt|xt>t lix qfoxAt/> anio, drought which bas e*b,fo< f throughout Texas for nearly ban {; weeks In damaging tho corn and cot Q_l_lt'illii "'-"'"??^."'"?'.f-'"--- Y*--iiiJ-uA.-ali I TItAINS QOh?m Because Quo nf tho Engineers Over looked His Order*. AN? FIVE PEOPLE Ifc KlllVJ). Tl?? ??flHMi7i?;oi? HAW Oio Train? Afc? pronchiotf, MU? T???Vi?f/Jit ?h?;y Wore ?it Heporut? Track? tiltil tho?r*ft!i. A fatal collision occurred on tho NaHhvJlle, Chattanooga and ?St. Louis railroad Thursday afternoon between Hooker and Summit, two small sta tions about \Z miles from Chatta nooga, Tenn, Five men were killed outright and a!>out 15 others more or less seriously Injured, i'ossibly two or three of the wounded will die1 from the elTeols of their Injuries, The dead ; George KoJlin, engineer of tho ac commodation train. h. A. Rankin, llrcmajn ol' tho ac comodation train, .lames herrard, fireman ot the limited, Express Messenger Webb of the lim ited. Kngineer Ilollin died after belau: re moved to tho hospital. ?Seriously injured, J. W/Barkor, mall Clerk, Kreil Thatoh, baggage master. Mall Clerk Miller? H. lt. Stover, mall clerk. ? ; V A. W. Clark, mail clerk. Engineer George Ray. Train No, fl?, known as tho Jasper nnmodatlon train, loft Chatta nooga abOUt 2.40 o'clock Thursday af ternoon. lt was due at ?Summit at 3.08, Tho uthor train, fast mall No, 1 from M ash vi Ho, waa behind time and tho meeting point of these trains had been changed from tho regular station to ?Stmmlt, One of the engi neers lt is said overlooked his orders and ran past tho designated meeting place, Kl reman h. A. nankin waa horribly mangled and died almost In stantly. Knglneor Hollins was badly Injured, his logs terribly crushed and alargo hole made in lils hoad and left side. 11 ls Injurie? are considered fatal. Knghieer fhmrgc Ray of the fast is seriously ' injured and lt ia thought fatally. His ?reman, dames < Barnard, w^e^giu, \x\^i- '-\x^?^tft' ~ " 1er engine amr^^^Uy h .< n d to - death. A handful of cinders and charred flesh was td 1 that could bo found of him. lix press 'Messenger Webb of tho fast/ mall train was caught under tho Vie bria noddled shortly after having been removed to aplaco of safety . . Tho story of t ho wreck as told by the passengers te a thrilllrig orvi;i\f lng placed in a position to seo'theap proaching disaster. On account of tho position of tho track, there, being a double reverso curvo at the pmco of tire wreck, tile passengers were able to seo from the side of the cars the ap proaching accommodation train. They thought lt merely a passing of regular trains and did not heed tho warning until tho crsh came and it was too late to help themselves. Tho accommodation train being the lighter one, was telescoped, the heavy engine of the fast train ploughing itH way through the ears and splintering them into kindling wood, Roth en gines bad their positions reversed and were thrown 10 yards from the track. None of thc passengers were seri ously injured. Tribute To Di*. Caritate. Recently tho faculty of the South Carolina college adopted tho follow lng* Resolved, That nho faculty of tho South Carolina collage have learned with great regret of tho resignation of Dr. James If. Carlisle from tho presi dency of Welford collegs. Resolved, That In tho long career of this distinguished educator and illus trious alumnus of this college, tho faculty recognize most conspicuous services rendered to tho State, and to the interests of education, of charac ter and of religion, which outlt?o Pr. Carlisle to tho affectionate and last ing gratitude of all tho people. Resolved, That the faculty congrat ulate Welford college on the posses sion of a treasure so invaluable as tho fame of Dr. Carlisle's character and services; and wish for Dr. Carlisle himself many years of well-earned and happy repose. Resolved, That a eopy,of Uris min ute bc sent to Dr. Carlisle, to tm presi dent of Wof fowl college, and to tho dally papers. Dr. Carlisle's reply to thew resolu tions reads as follows: Spartanhurg, dune ll, 19?&. ' President \\ C. Woodward, My Dear Slr: 1 am deeply touched hy the great kindness of your (acuity, nease convoy to them my grateful ap preciation of their action, "The grati tude o? man leaves mo mourning." Heartily reelprocatlnjf all their os* suraucc of regard, and with many wishes for their happiness personal and ollie!al, l arri Very truly yours, das. If, Carlisle. wnxminn lill lii.?i?v.<l?.,.'.?.f ,..???Kw,.. Ktx J f it v<d KM j Drowuod, The Ihltish steamer Camena, from Madras for Rangoon with 000 passen* gers, all nativas, which wa? bo?iev?d to have foundered on May .0 In a cy clone, has ? been discovered sunk at Uaragua Hats in tho Irrawaddy delta, directly In the track of shipping, -rho topmasts of the vessel protrude above tho surface of Die water. Tho^Tu^'i'i K?|>??Mted. As a result of tho explosion lu Roa noke, Va,, of aoan of kerosene oil which was being used to start a die In a kitchen Stover Mrs. Kmma ?Slm:h>tt, aged ?Ovand her daughter, fe/do, aged lo, wmv bumed so badly Thhrs* day evening Hint they died flovttmt hours later. Tho mother attmhyt-ed to Nnmthe.r t ho hamms which had e eloped hot daughter