The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 05, 1902, Image 2

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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. HEY WARI) AHEAD. Talbert in Second Race, Not Far Ahead of Ansel. MARTIN DEFEATS Mo M A ll AN. Gunter Dof'cntH Stevenson. Several Will Jllavo to Hun Over lu tho Second Primary, lo Ho Hold Next Tuesday. Tho returns given below aro eulo!al as tabulated by the State Democratic Executive Committee. Thc vote polled for governor was 1)5,3(17, while thad for senator was 05,110, hoing third In size. Latimer leads out the senatori al race by a good figuro, his vole being 22,071, and .fohn Cary 10 va ns comes second with 17,803. For gdyornor Capt. lleyward has more than doubled tho vote of his nearest competitor, Talbert, who lt appears ls iii the second race with 18, 218 votes against Ansel's 17*085. Till man ls in fourth place with 10,398 votes, and Timmerman brings up thc rear with 0,515 votes. Col. Sloan leads out the race for lieutenant governor hy nearly 5,000 votes and will make the second race with Cary. Gantt and "Wilson will run over for ?scorot?ry of state, the latter leading out by nearly 1,000 votes. Gunter has been nominated for at torney general by over 8,000 votes over Stevenson, and Superintendent of Education McMahan is beaten by Martin by 2,000 votes. Frost led the race for adjutant gen eral by a handsome ligure and will make the second race with lloyd. Jones and Walker will make the sec ond race for comptroller general, thc latter leading by nearly f>,000 votes. For railroad commissioner, 10 va ns, who ls in first place, Is close pushed by Caughman, with whom he will run the second boat. Mobloy is in third place. Wilburn ls badly beaten. VOH OMITED STATICS 8HNATOU. William Elliott.13,058 ..John Gary Evans.17,803 John J. llemphlll.13,201 D. S. Henderson.13,771 .George Johnstone.13,550 .A. C. Latimer.22,071 Total.'.95,110 For Governor. Martin F. Ansel.17,085 J). C. lleyward.30,551 W. .Jasper Talbert.18,218 James H. Tillman.10,398 W. H. Timmerman. 0,515 Total.95,307 For Lieutenant Governor: Cole D. Please.'. .. 19,274 Frank M. Gary. 35,404 .John T. Sloan;:. 39,779 Total ..04,517 For Secretary of Slate: J. Thomas Austin. 22,398 J. T. Gantt.34,130 .J. Harvey Wilson. 38,030 Total.04,540 For Attorney General: G. X. Gunter, Jr.51,582 W. F. Stevenson. 13,073 Total .04,055 For State Treasurer: R. IL Jennings.91,572 Fpr Comptroller General: N. W. Brooker.18.420 A. W. Jones. 24,865 W. II. Sharpe.21,780 'G. L. Walker. 29,320 Total.94,391 For Superintendent of Education: ?John J. McMahan. 45,801 C. IL Martin. 48,850 Total.94.741 For Adjutant and Inspector General: Paul E. Ayer. 2,987 J. C. Boyd. 30,527 John D. Frost. 30,043 John M. Patrick. 20,057 George Douglass Bouse. 3,804 Total.95,008 Ii'or Bal h oad Commissioner: ."James Can sie r. 8,015 B. L. Caughman.18,411 W. Boyd Kvans.20,174 A. C. ifopson. 7,170 Henry J. Kinard . 5,127 John G. M obley.15,241 Hugh H. Prlnco. 2,005 ?J. C. Wilborn.10,153 .J. G. W?lling. 7,281 Total.91,507 TUM CONG U KSKION AL VOT?3. Thc following ls the vote received hy thc dllfeient candidates In the sev oval congressional districts: First District. Legare. 7,40(j Bacot. 3,597 Second District. .Croft. 4,09(1 Bellinger. 3,971 Thurmond. 8,821; Third District. Aiken.. 3,042 ?Smith. 2,828 McCalla. 2,400 Prince. 2,017 Bucker. 1,20(1 ?tri bbl lng. 2,197 Graydon. 1,181 Fourth District. Johnson.10,831 Wilson. 5,58i Fifth District. Finley. 7,28( Strait. 3,101 Wilson. 2.22C Floyd. 1.30? Sixth District. Scarborough.13,33( Seventh District. Lever....10,57*] McLaughlin_. 2,13? Hoy Drowns In Woll, Quite an unusual death occured at Urbana Ga., at H. L. Thompson $ Co's, saw mill on the Tlfton, Thomas ville and Gulf railroad when a negro hoy foll in a well in thc mill quartoi and was drowned. Ho had boon dead some time whon found, PREMONITIONS OF DEATH. (Juriotia C< Incidences Vilich Await n Natural lO.vplaiiallon. "Premonitions ol' death atcoft.cn scouted at," ?aid a well known Wash ington newspaper man, "but tlicro aro occasionally aut hentic instances aris ing which raise doubts as to whethor there may not bc, after all, some sort ot' indefinable spiritual phenomena lu the Incidents. "lt will be recalled that a well known chief of division in one of the departments, in apparent perfect al th (?n thc last day he appeared tho office, died recently of apoplexy that night. 1 have since learned that on the evening in question, short before he retired, a large dog in his household set up such a prolonged and dismal howling in his yard that he ?nt out with a revolver, under thc supposition that there might be in truders prowling about, although thc dog howled and did not bark. Tito dog fused to stop howling upon the ap oaeh of ids master, and followed bim in the house, whining and show ing evidences of distress, looking up into thc otllolal'.; face in such a peou tr manner that t lie members ot the family at thc lime thought it exceed ing strange. Tho dog continued to follow Ids master about thc house, toling strangely in thc manner 1 have described. On the following morning the otlieial was found dead lu lils room. "The above incident is a curious mt, as is also tin; follow! ug, and bile md, (d' startling ghostly interest, also local to Washington, thu par tics being members of my own family. "Some time ago my wife's motlier started on a journey to California. .yeral days after lier departure an el derly colored woman, who had been a ive in lier family, having been raised with my wife's mother, called at tho house. As in similar instances in the South, there had been a warm attach ment existing between former mis tress and slave, which has continued through life. Tile old servant was islbly agitated. She. declared . she. bad been 'warned' that my wife's mo tlier died at an early hour that morn ing'on the train. When asked whether sile bad received a telegram to that effect slie replied that she had not, but that at tlie hour in question she liad been awakened by thc ringing of the front door bell, Iii responding to thc ill she had found no one on thc steps in cacti Instance, the bell having been pulled three successive times. lier house, by tho way, was on a down town street, and was recently razed to make room for a busl ness structure. "Atabout 10 o'clock on thc morning ol' the day when the former slave had communicated the intelligence of my wife's mother's death we received a telegram from thc ollicials of tho rail road, dated from a far western state, announcing lier sudden death at about tho hour when thc colored companion ol' lier carly childhood had heard tho pulls at the hell. Had thc hell been ung during the ordinary holli's ol' the ay wc would have attached no im portance to thc former slave's positivo tsscrtion of a spiritual visitation from tim deceased lady, hut as it was about o'clock in thc morning the incident has ever been one of more than usual interest hi our family, lt the pulls at the bell were not supernatural, tiley were assuredly a strange coincidence." -Washington Star. Gantt foi- Secretary ol'State. Mr. j. T. Gantt, who is a candidate or promotion to tho ellice of Secretary of State, deserves to succeed In this election, and doubtless will be elected, becanse of thc excellent record he ha? made during a four years' incumbency ts assistant Secretary of State. Mr. Gantt has been at all times ail,hl'ul and ellicient, always at his post of duty, and ever willing and ready to ?o, if need be, beyond bia duty to serve those having business with tills important otllec. He has systematized and improved tlie records, opened new records and dices, and adopted tlie most approved business methods in this work. Ills four years' experience in tho olllee has qualified him to carry on thc work without hitch or hind rance? and to point out needed changes and amend ments to tlie corporation law of thc Slate, the enforcement of much of which devolves upon this ollicc. As a result Of his work, the receipts of thc olllee have increased ten-fold-ovci $10,000 having been turned into thc treasury to reduce tho burden of taxa tion last year: The work in willoh Mr. Gantt takes most pride, however, and for which he is best known, is the attention he has ittracted to the valuable records ol thc State and the steps to preserve them, for which he ts responsible. Realizing this fact, thc State commis sion requested li i m to prepare an ex hibit for tlie Charleston exposition, and tho splendid display in the State building resulted. Tho exhibit wai secured by Mr. Gantt/ largely frorr rubbish In the State house. lt is upon tills record that Mr. Gantt asks tho votes of the people, and ht deserves election.-Dorchester Demo crat. _ >lim Tait CH i Fa (ul Nap. Louis L. Conway, a foreman in thc New York city cleaning department laid down on the cliff at One Hunchee and Eighty-seventh street and thc Speedway for a nap. After sleeping an hour ho awoke and, In stretching, lost his balance, rolled over thc edge of the cl i ll* to the Speedway below, ? dlstanco of lao feet,, and was Instant ly killed. Conway's fatal fall was wit nesscd by several pleasure seekers oi thc cl I tl'. Killed lier Children. Mrs, Kate Wagner, wife of Ross J, Wagner, a machinist, killed her twt children, aged six years, and herself Wednesday night, at their homo ii Little Rock, Ark., hy cutting theil throats with a razor. No cause li known for thc act. Their bodies wert found In tho 'house next morning by the aged motlier of Mrs. Wagner. -Urow tho Idno. A Cobb County Ga., farmer, accord lng to tho Marieta Journal, on hear lng that his daughter was ongagct with plngpong, dcclargcd she might flirt/ as much as sho pleased, but thal sho shouldn't hiing any Clilncso lnt< I tho family. i ..' HEY WARD PLEASED With the Result of the Recent Pri mary In This State. HE TALKS ABOUT THE OUTCOME. KxprcHKcs His Grnttlleutioit nb tito Very Ilnurisomo Voto <ilvon niin in Ali Parts of .Sout h Carolina, Capt. 1). C. Itcyward passed through Charleston last Thursday, cn route to Columbia. Capt. I ley ward stated that he could not be but Intensely grut!Heel at tho handsome vote accorded him, and while he felt highly complimented, ho accepted it as an evidence that thc great mass of voters In South Carolina approved of his eil'orts to conduct his campaign on high principles, and that, they were In accord with his platform to administer tho laws of tho s ta to fairly and impartially and to bc a gov ernor of tho entire state, without re gard to factional or sectional differ ences. "1 certainly appreciate tho voto given mc by the people of Charleston," he said. "I cannot possibly thank them in person, but I felt so assured of their kind consideration that be fore the recent primary 1 devoted my time elsewhere, feeling assured that Charleston would stand by me, as she has so loyally done. 1 hope to bo back here in a few days and meet as many of my Charleston supporters as possi ble. Another gratifying feature of tho recent vote was the very liberal support given me by the mill districts. 1 have always been a friend to thc la boring men, as evidenced by the unani mous voto given ino by every laboring man who lives in my neighborhood, but I have not been in public lifo be fore, and had no way heretofore to prove lt, ano therefore cannot hut feel that the loyal way in which thc mill districts stuck by mc is a tribute well worth cherishing, and should J becomo governor I will endeavor to prove to those worthy citizens of our state that they have not reposed their trust lu me unwisely." "What do you think of your chances In tho second primary?" was queried by the reporter. "They could scarcely be better and not bo a certainty," replied Capt. Ileyward. "1 believe practically every vote given me lu the lirst primary will he accorded mo in the second race. In my case yon see thc support was the spontaneous expression of people to one whom they trusted, lt was, 1 take it, a vote of love, affection and respect and they will be just as ready to give it to me in the second race as they word in thc lirst. I have every reason to colinton thc support of thc friends of the defeated candidates. In the campaign I treated every one of my opponents fairly and gave them every possible consideration. I have the good will of Dr. Tlmninrman, Col. Tillman, Gol. Talbert, and Mr. Ansel. All of them 1 count as friend ly to mc and in thc second race f colinton receiving thc bulk of the votes of each defeated candidate. "The total vote, you see, recorded up to date, ls about 80,000, and using that simply as a basis, 10,000 odd votes will be required to elect. My vote is already about.'12,000, sol mere ly have to get 9,000 votes out of the f>0,000 given to my opponents to give mo the required 10,000, These figures aro crude, but they aro practically about thc way lt will result and a blind man can therefore sec that my chances arc excellent. Just let my supporters remain true and then usc all fair and honorable methods of in ducing the supporters of tho defeated candidates to Join with them In their support of me." "What about your movements, Capt. Hoy ward," inquired the newspa per man. "My movements," bc replied, "will bc largely governed by circumstances. My plan ls, however to continue thc fair, upright, honorable and high campaign which I have heretofore con ducted, and knowing and believing, as Ido, that lt moots the full approval of tho State, my efforts will bc to roll up a largo majority, so that there will be no question as to whether the peo ple of South Carolina approve of the manner of thc campaign which just has been concluded." A llruvo Woman. Nlnctocn prisoners of tho county jail at Covington, Tenn., made an attempt to break out this morning In thc absence of thc jailor, and nearly succeeded. They had bored through tho top of tho cage and were about to break through tho roof, when tho wife ol' Jailor Smith took a hand. She armed a negro "trusty" and taking her husband's shot gun, covered tho prisoners and kept them still until her husband's return. Tho prlsoiicrs were then forced to return to their colls. _ No llepublicnn Ticket. While the Democrats are holding primaries, tho Republicans lu their hopeless minority aro keeping very quiet, says Tho Stato, of Columbia. Thoro have been rumors that thc Re publicans would call a convention in September and put out a full state ticket. A leader or that party stated, the other day, that the Republican state committee would meet in Sep tember, but he felt suro that no con vention would he called. Humeri to Dont h. In a Ure at Oehiing, Nob., six peo ple lost their lives. S. II. McOumpscy, a machante, started a lire with kero sene. The can exploded, Igniting thc ) clothes of McCumpscy, his wife, two , children, aged one year and four days, ) respectively, and two other little i' girls. Tho parents remained in thc * burning house trying to savo t?ioohll ) dren and all perished. r , iiii i i Klllcri by A Tramp. Police Oftlccr J. J. Flowors was killed Just beforo daylight Thursday . -by two tramps, at Ressemer, Ala., . while ho and Ofllcor Smithcrnian wore I looking for loiterers. They found two i whlto mon In a box car anti ordered i thom to como out. The moa rofiiscd ) to do so'and as MoWorV-ijtvuok a match ho was shot dead, DR. LEN TOO LIBERAL. - v There is Trouble ilrowtlig fbi* Ulm in Ills Assoc i ul lon. Dr. Rca (J. Broughton, of the Bapt isl/Tabernacle oburob, of Atlanta, scorns to bo a lltttle blt too liberal for thc Oilier Baptist denominations of tho city, and thoy have gone after him, along with thc Christian Index, tho State Baptist organ, with a hot iron. lt is alleged that Dr. Broughton ls receiving into lils church members from " The (as tho Index says) Camp bcllites and pedo-Bapttsts" without such members being baptized by a regularly organized minister of thc Baptist lalfb'. In other words, the Inmersi?n by Christians or Primitive Baptists does not go Villi the other Baptist church es'in Atlanta, and lt ls hinted that Dr. Broughton will be carried up be fore the forthcoming session of the Stone Mountain Baptist*association,of which his church is a component parti The mt ol' evidence of thc liberality of thought practised by Dr. Brough ton^ congregation is best told in a conversation bad between a Methodist layman and a lady member of Dr. Mrougbton's Church last Sunday night nu thc portico of the Baptist Taber nacle church. "Why, Mr. Blank," asked this lady, laughing, "what ls an old Methodist like you doing down here at a Bap tist church V" "I don't know that i'm ata Baptist church when I'm here," he replied. She smilingly assented.. "Well, you're about half right. Jt ls about half way between Baptist and Metho dist," and that closed tho Incident, Dr. Broughton and his church is popular with all other denominations in the city, except thc Catholics, and most of his audience every Sunday night ls composed of numbers of other congregations and non-church mem bers. TERROR OF CONGO STATE. Octopus Fi'cquotifs Caverns and Devom-H Men's Hrulus. A Belgian o.hccr just returned from Lhe Congo Kroc State reports that in thc caverns ol' the Ucl lc river there dwells a species of octopus that pre sents a grave danger to all who navi gate the river in small boats, say an Antwerp cabio to thc Philadelphia Ledger. Tim strange boasts iw'ooallod "ipeg wc" by the natl ves.-and. uro very num erous in the neighborhood of thc sta tion of the Amadis, owing to tho num ber of rocks and caves in that rcigon. 'They attack-the native canoes, capsiz ing them easily with their tentacles, and according to their state of hunger, seizing one or two men. Tho octopus drugs lils human prey to lils cavern, and there, without Inlllot lug tim slightest external wounds, feeds on his victim's brains by Insert ing the points of his tentacles In his nostrils. He generally keeps his prey fifteen hou I'S) then lets tho body float out on tho river. "1 was an eyewitness toa disaster of this kind," says the Belgian. "A canoo was capsized in tho river and one of thc three occupants disappear ed. When the survivors swam ashore they told us that an octopus had turn ed over their boat and carried off their companion. "Tlie next morning about 9 o'clock thc body was found floating and no trace of any wound could be found, while the only abnormal appearance was the swollen state of the nostrils. On examination it was found that tho brains had been cxtraotcd. Tho natives of thc Uclle all dread tho 'mcgwe' while those of the Itlmbrl know nothing of its existence," M mit; tho First Hovolvor. Joseph Shirk, formerly of Lancas ter, Penn., the man who made tho first revolver, died the other day. Thc present generation hardly Imagines a time when there was no revolver, but in truth it is a modern weapon and in it? real elhcicncy only a few years old -not to exceed IO. Before the civil war there were tho old-fashioned pep per boxes, which were dangerous to thc user; then came tho "navy," which had tx) bc loaded like a musket, each barrel requiring separate at tcn tion, and usually being ineffective ex cept at point-blank range. Jim Was Mistaken. Just before thc primary election Jim Tillman furnished this modest predic tion for publication in the Atlanta Constitution: "I am perfectly confi dent I will bc thc next governor ol' South Carolina. It may not be pos sible for mc to win in thc first pri mary, though I may; I will not be many votes shy of a clear majority. 1 am sure of winning In tho second pri mary." Child Killed hy Cow. At Hines, Ala., tho tliirtcen-years old daughter of William Hollonian, Jr., was leading a cow to pasture, and slipped tho rope over her wrist. The cow was frightened and ran away Into thc bushes, dragging the child behind her. N(i ono saw the accident and she was unconscious when found. She died that night. A Fatal Swim. A special from Miles City says that Sergeant Moon, of troop H, Thirteenth cavalry, was drowned while attempt ing to swim tho Yellowstone river. His body has not yet booh recovered, though detachments of soldiers from Fort Keough havo been actively en gaged in a search for it. l'owor ol' tho Prosa. Tho Columbia State says: "That newspaper opposition is more effective than newspaper support ls again Demonstrated In this campaign. It was undoubtedly owing to tho fight of thc press, practically solid, that "Jim" Tillman carno out sq far be hind." Flvo Woro Drownod. Flvo mcmbors of a boating party of six employes of tho Rattle Creek sani tarium woro drowned Thursday night ?in Lako Goguno, near Battlo Crook, Mich. Their rowboat was run down by tho steamor Welcome. E URAL DELIVERY, Ono Hundred and Bixty-Sevon Routes in This Stato. GR?AI? INTEREST IS SHOWN. And tho PoHttilUco Dopnrt iiinnt. HUH Received Many Applioti i ions ,fm? IOH(nl>li.sliincnt. ol'Now . . ' i f I'S- ?J One?. According to thc oilleinl list, of the postblllco department In Washington, which list has Just boon compiled for thc usc of tlie oftloluls, South Carolina from/May 1, l8t)i)toJuly 1, 1902, bas becn'glven 1(57 rural delivery routes. T/hii; ls considerably In advance of numbers of Hiatos larger than South Oarbllna. ' lt ls said that tho demand for agent H to hiy out new routes In the State is greater from South Carolina than al mos!/ any other State ol' bor popula tion. Interest In tree rural dellvqry has In creased greatly in the last year and today there aro on tile at the de partment in Washington a great many petitions from South Carolina. Following are thc rural delivery of fices In South Carolin?, thc date of es tablishment, and the number of routes now being operated: Abbeville, May 1, 1800, three. Aiken, May 15, 1890, two. Hamborg, April lKill?, twp. narnwelj, Nov. 1. ?9Q?, one, . bennetts v| I IQ, .lune \ 1000, live, : blshopvlllc, Dee. 2, 1001, two, i blenheim, .Inly I, 1002, two. Camden, -lan. 1. 1002, ono, Cameron, May, Jo, |00|, ono, .Campobello, Keb. 1, I0O??, throe, / Central, Oct I, 1001, ono. 1 i Cherokee, Feb. I, 1002, one, Chestcrlleld, Keb. I, 1002, one. < Chicks Springs, Keb. I, 1002, ono. ? Columbia, Nov. I, 1001, one, ? Copo, Feb. 1, 1002, two. i Cordova, Nov. 1, 1001, ono. 1 Cottage ville, Oct. 1, 1001. < Cowpcns, Keb. 1, 1002, ono. 1 Darlington, April 2, 1000, two. Denmark, Nov. i, j901) one. Dllllon, April 2, 1000. 1 Ed ts to Island, March 15, 1000, one. ' ftlloree, Dee. 2, 1001, two. Kairplay, Jtitio 10, 1002, one. . ' Fort Mill-January 1, 1002, two. I Fort Mott-November 1, 1001, one. 1 Fountain Inn, December 2, 1001, . two. I Qetslngor, October 1, 1001 one. Qaycouvt, May 1, 1902, ono. ) Greenville, March 1 fi, 1000 throe.. Greenwood, May 1, 1890, two. i Greqr, February 1, 1008, ono, Hammer, February 1, 1002, one. i Hickory, April 1, 1002, ono. /Inman, February 1, 1002, two, "" Johnston, June 1, 1890, .tinco. Lapford Station, June 2, 1002, ono. batta, July 1, 1002, one, 1/aurons, June 2, 1002, one, Loesville, Kobruary 1, 1002, two. Lewledale, November, 1, 1901, ono. Lexington, May lo, 1001, one. Liberty, October 1, 1001, two. Lowndcsville, December 2, 1001, two. ' MeColl) April 2, 1000, one. Moore, May 1, 1000, one. Mountvllle, June 2, 1002, two. Newberry, August 1, 1001, one. Nichols, July 1, 1002, one. Ninety-Six, April 1, 1001, one. North, November 1, 1001, one. Orangeburg, March 1, 1800 three. Peak July 1, 1002, ono. Prosperity, May 1, 1800, two. Raplcy, Keb. 1, 1002, one. Ridge Spring, Hoc. 1, 1001, two. Hock Hill, Jan. 1002, four. Howcsvlllc, May 15, 1001, one. Sb. George, Deo. 2, 1001 two. St. Matthews, Nov. 1, 1001, one. Saluda, June 1, 1800, two. Seneca, May 1, 1800, four. Slmpsonvillc, Deo. 2, 1001, three. Sigh's, May 1, 1800, two. Smoak's, Dec. 2, 1001, two. Spartanburg, Aug. 15, 1800, four. Springfield, Dee. 2, 1001, one. Sumter, Nov. 1, 1001, one. . Traveller's Rest, Keb. 1, 1002, one. Trenton, July, 1, 1002, two. Waterloo, March 15, 1000, one. Wcllford, Jan. 1, 1002. two. Westminister, Oct. 1, 1001, three, Woodruff, Oct. 1, 1001, two. York ville, July 1, 1002, two. Anderson, Oct. 1, 1901, eight. Helton, May 1, 1809, four. Kasly, Oct. 1, 1901, live. I lon ea Path, Keb. 1, 1901 two. Iva, Oet. 1, 1001, four. Pel/or Oct, 1, looi, two. Pendleton, Oct. I, 1001, four. Piedmont, Oct. 1, 1001, two. Starr, Oct. 1, tool, two. Town ville, Oct. 1, 1901, two. Wllliamston, Oct. 1, 1001, two. Caused Hy n Cat. A terrible explosion of gunpowder occurred at 2 o'clock Wednesday after noon In tho cabin of William Hollo man, a negro, on tho plantation of Mr. Gib. Lowe, live miles from Wash ington, Wilkes County, Ga., and asa result Lily Holoman, aged 15, is dead, while Prince II elhanan, aged 7, and Jesse Holloman, aged fl, are seriously Injured. Thc parents of thc children were attending tho great negro camp meeting at Liberty Hill, near Wash ington, and departed at onco for their home upon rccolvlng Information of tho accident. A bottle of gunpowdor was standing upon tho mantelpiece, when a cat jumped from tho loft and knocked lt on the floor and partly Into the fire. The children were stunned and burned by tho explosion. Lily was thrown Into convulsions, willoh terminated In her death a few hours afterwards. A r'a i ul Mrr?t?. At Richmond, Va., Sunday morn ing J. D. Wilson, a well known young man, shot and Instantly killed bis frlond, G. TO. Apporson, Tho fami lies of tho two occupied tho samo house, Appcrson'8 family was away and Apperson bad changed bis Bloop ing room. Wilson, bearing a noise In tho room, proceeded to investigate. Soolng a form which, In the dark, he supposed to bo that of a burglar, he oballongcd, and rccolvlng no answer, fired with tho above result. Roth tho families are highly connected. HEY WARD WILL WIN. What An Up-Cotuitvy, ; ?Man Hays About tho Second linc?. Thc primary election upset calcula tions of every sort anti knocked many predictions awry. Its results and whal the second primary will develop con tinue to excite discussion and specula tion. "Slnco it has been decided that Col. W. J. Talbert will contend with Capt. I). Clinch lleyward in tho second pri mary," sahl a business man from thc Piedmont belt, Friday, to a reporter of thc News and Courier, "Micro can scarcely ho any doubt as to tho out come I know somothlog of tho drift of sentiment In Anderson, Goonoo, Bickens and Greenville*, where Ansel polled probably IO per cent, of hh vote, and lt seemed to bc generally understood that Ansel should get thc bulk of the votes lu tho Hist primary and In the second primary they would go to lleyward. It was not believed, oven In that section, whore Ansel h (tnown and esteemed, that ho wauk] bo tn tho second nico, but Piedmont folk wove going to voto for him, willy nilly, lt was not that they cstcomed lleyward less, but they loved Ansel more--and they stuck to him, as tlioy always have dono. Now, howover, since Ansel ls no longer a factor to he considered, tho major part of his 17,000 and moro votes will go to lley ward. Coming developments will prove the truth of what I say. "As for Dr. Tlmmerman's volo, there ls no reason to believe that lleyward will get scanty recognition from it. If the Doctor's yotc could ho identll]ed it, would reveal his strength with what,'foy- tho want of ti better ?amo, \ would call tho re ligious or church-going class. The Goctor ls an active member of the Baptist Church, and, yoi} remember, lui was not at all worried QVOV tho In terrogations anent his habits by the Kev. Mr. Motts. Thc Doctor received aver (1,000 votes, and If tho deacons md preachers had boon In tho major ity In this s tato ho would havo suc ceeded McSween?y, and thoro wouldn't lia vc been any second race, cl thor. Certainly ho ls to be congratulated on the charaotcr of the vote he got. "Thc friends of Col. Talbert say he iv lu .secure Tillman's vote. Suppose lie docs, every single ono of them, lleyward goes Into tho second primary with 1,M9 more votes to his credit than the combined strength of Till man and Talbert. And If you don't think lleyward is rporO Invincible In Ansel's stronghold than Talbert, I beg to direct your attention to thc tabu lated fact that from the remnant vote loft by Ansel to lils competitors lley ward got 530 to Talbert's 801 In An tlerson, 570 to Talbert's 240 in Green. ville, ai?l to Talbert's 84 In Plckcns nid 347 to Talbert's <H id Coonee. Now tout's official" _ EXPENSES OF OANDHLVTES. lO.xpeHenoo ol' n Georgian That Many GarolhilaiiH Can Appreciate Below ls given thc expense account of a Hall county candidate who favor ed a lato primary. From this time on he says he will always bc In favor of an early primary, although ho will never bc a candidate again. Hero is thc way he put lt down: "Lost 4 months and 33 days can vassing; 1,340 hours thinking about tho oleotlon; f> acres of cotton; 23 acres of corn; a whole sweet potato crop; 4 sheep; fi shoats; and I beef given to bavbeous; 2 front teeth and a considerable quantity of hair in a personal skirmish. Gave 97 plugs of tobacco; 7 Sunday school books, 2 pair of suspenders; 4 calico dresses; 7 dolls and 13 baby rattlers. "Told 2,880 Iles; shook hands 23, 475 times; talked enough to have made In print 1,000 large volume size of patent olllcc reports; kissing 12(1 babies; kindled 14 kitchen fires, cuta cords of wood; 474 bundles of fodder; picked 774 pounds of cotton; helped pull 7 wagon loads of corn; dug 14 bushels of potatoes; toa ted 27 buckctf of water; put up 7 stoves; was dog bit 4 times, watch broken by baby, cost $3 to have repaired. "Loaned out three barrels of Hour 50 bushols of meal, 150 pounds ol bacon, 37 pounds of butter, 12 dozer eggs, 3 umbrellas, 13 lead prliiclls, 1 Bible dictionary, 1 niowblado 2 hoes 1 overcoat, 5 boxes paper collars, nont of which havo boon returned, "Called my opponent aperambulat lng Har-doctor's bill $10. Had Uv< arguments with my wife-result: Cm Ho wer vase smashed, 1 broom bandit broken, 1 dish of hash knocked olY tin table, I shirt bosom ru hi ned j 2 hand ful whiskers pulled out, 10 cents wort! of sticking plaster brought, bcsldci spending $1,708. Jtesult of* a Qiinrrol. Llzzlo Hall, 20 years old, and Josepl Campbell are dead, and an unknoWr man is dying in Rollevuo hospital Now York, as the result, the police say, of a quarrel in thc woman's apart m?nts. According to tho pollco, th? two men entered tho apartm ents ant a quarrel ensued, during which foin shots wore Hied. Tho Hall womat lived in threo small rooms in the rea of tho first floor of the houso, whlol ls a largo tcnomont house. Her almosi nude body was found on tho door o tho bedroom, with a buhot hole in ho heart. Campbell's body, fully drcsset and also shot through thc heart, \w lying behind that of tho woman. Tin unknown man lay dying ii) tho sam1 room, a bullet having entered tho bast of his brain and shattered tho splna column. According to tho tenants ii tho house, tho two men entered th woman's apartments Wednesday fore noon. Sounds of quarreling wor hoard soon af tor, and ono woman say she heard four shots fired in rapii succession. Sho ran from hoi* roon across tho Strcot to tho quarters pf ?< Uro onglno company, whoro sho told o thc shooting. Tho pollco woro sum moued and took charge of tho prom ises. A vevolvor With four, otnpt; chambors was found in tho room. " ' ?.?.V. ' ' Homiotdo tn I/ancnstor. In a dldlculty lu tho Dwight nee tlon of Lancaster county Thursda; Samuel ??. Usher was shot and In ?tautly killed by John A. Steel Roth wore prominent farmers. SAYS HE WILL WI& Oat 'Valbort .Hopeful di* AVIimiiift.j?? Hoo'oml tinco. A reporter for tho Augsta Chronicle called on Cob Talbert whllo he was In that elby on last Friday and Inter viewed him tiboub his race for govcv nor. Ho said lb was true that ho had bceu successful in tho primary bo bho. exbonb sbabed. lie showed a telegram ho had Just .received from Col. Willo Jonos, chairman of bho Dem uorablo party in South Carolina, of ficially informing Col. Talbert that he had run second and would bo in bho second race. "I was suro of ib all alon?," thc colonel assured mo. "I now it was a close vaco, hut, after the llrsb returns Started in, I never for a moment lost faith bhab I would win over all bub Mr. Hey ward. Tho newspapers; in their enterprise, did all in their power bo secure tho returns quickly ami all of them-including Tim Cbroniclo, thc llrsb papor 1 evor subscribed lo in my Ufo, by tho way-was wrong with tho Qthors, Tho Conmbla Sbaboscoms to have hlb it about right this morn ing and tho bip Thc Chronicle gob last night was right. Hut 1 sec you went bo Charleston for further infonnabibn, and tho returns collected by the News incl Courier did not make mo out as second in thc run. Hub, gracious knows, I am nob saying a word against the newspapers. Wlu\b to my mind ls remarkable is tho endeavor, tho enterprise, the work, that they havo expended In collecting the returns, and tluvt they could ho as accurate as they vre In the necessary hasty eollccton of nows is marvellous. STAN US ON IMS FLATFOKM. "Oh, ? don't know abouts .second campaign,' I am going over to Co lumbia on the I o'clock brain and will, t suppose, meob bho officers of bho party, and will bc guldcdby the direc tion bhoy give. Li the second race, as in thc llrsb, lsband on thc-platform enunciated In thc campaign. Plat forms were made to stand upon. "Tho outcome? Youngman, lam as positive of success as you aro sitting tliero. I don't want bo bo considered boastful, but there ls no moro question about my election as governor of South Carolina than there is that there ls to be a governor to succeed Miles H. Mcsweeney, 'Well, I deolaro I can not. think of anything I could say of thecampign bhab would interostyou. Tho second primary is on Sopb. u nexb." Col, Talbert ls very enthusiastic over tho outlook. He has a largo num ber of friends and well wishers in Augusta and when it became known that ho was In the city a number of gentlomen called on him. Many ab bempbed to eoudolo with him on his defeat, but ho qutokly turned sym pathy Inbo congratulation by showing tho :ott\olal telegram from tho-.spate chairman. Tho n?ws <jbt?kly : got ?out that ho had run In second and was in thc second primary and friends Hooked "fibont him to congratulate him to tlie exbenb of pubbing on a I small sized ovation to tho distin guished Carolinian. Tho 10(1 m ut ional Revival. There is being awakened a wide spread interest in education. Through out tim country tho attention of tho people ls being ~ oalled to this great1 matter. Tho condition of our schools, both secular and denominational, is being looked carefully into, and largo plans for their Improvement aro be ing projected. Specially do the sohools in tho rural regions call for Immedi ate and thoughtful attention. Our scheme of public school education in tlie country, In many places, is scarce ly worthy tho name, and is hardly moro than excuses for schools, says I thc Baptist Union. With miserable houses, only tho most simple and crude apparatus, poorly equipped1 teachers, only a few months in ses sion, and with inadequate dircotiOn and superintendence, it is quite Im possible to have such schools as bbc | blmes demand. lb is high blmo our peoplo were moved in bb is mabbor. Public schools have come bo sbay, and they must he made adequate to thc great work committed bo bhem. The best mon in tho country should ho made superintendents and school com missioners, and should give them selves with great seriousness and in dustry to the charge of tho duties of tills oftlco. The best men in thc community should deem lt an ?honor to be pormitted bo servo on bho school board. Fewer and hobtor houses should bo secured, trained and mature teachers employed and moro months occupied. Theso things our peoplo should demand and conti imo to de mand until thoy aro scoured. Leb lb bo undorsbood bhab our schools aro nob j simply bo furnish emiploymcnb bo tho | favorite daughters of a neighborhood, but a placo for Inmost and hard work on thc part of mon and women - that | have neon highly and thoroughly brained for their life work. Let our people ho stirred to serious thought and. action in these things, and not tako it l for granted that things aro hound to i remain as they aro. Speak out In i meeting whonovor things aro not what they ought to be. It Is tho right of i an honest tax-payor bo gob bho besb b for his monoy, and nowhere is lb so f important bo gcb bbb besb as in our public schools. A Family of Suicides. Coroner Grcon Tuesday hold an ln qucsb ovor bho body of Bessie Codo,: colored who dlod Monday night from thc cff(?bs, of morphine poisoning. Tho verdict of tho Jury was that she oamo to hor death from,an overdose of morphine administered by hor own hand. It was a caso of suicide. Sh had attomptcd once hoforoto kill hov self. Just a fow weeks ago Eugeno Codo, hor hrotpor, took lils own Ufe. Suicides among negroes were unknown until a few years ago.-Stato, Sand HntfKOd to Oonth. Fred Wost, of Boston, ls dead ab Saratoga N. Y., from tho effects of hoing sandbagged. West had Just emerged from a olub homo when he wu? sot upon by two men who boat him down and emptied his pockets of sovoral thousand dollars. THIS STEEL TRUST, It Is Now Worth Ovor Ono Billion Dollars. EARNS HALF A MI LLI.ON I) AI LY. Thc Vlfi?ro? Mudo in tho Aflldavlto Avo ekysorniu'iH. It lins a HMV plus oV Sixty-llvo Minions, i At Trenton, N. J.. Wednesday, tho United States Steel corporation filed in tho court of chancery an answer to tho amended' bill of complaint of J. Asplnwall Hodge, Homard Smith and William IL Curtiss, to. restrain the proposed conversion of $200,000,000 1 per cent, preferred stock Into $200, 000,000 5 per cent, second mortgago . bonds. Tho answer denies that tho books of" thc corporation show Curtiss to bo tho . owner of any stocks of tho concern i1 Smith, lt is averred, did not own any stock of record until Juno 24, 1902, after tho plan of conversion had been adopted, and Dint tho stock now recorded in Smith's naine was voted In favor of tho plan. Hodge, it is admitted, owns- 100 shaves of stock, but lt ls alleged that ho was not present at tho stockholders' mooting when tho plan was submitted and that his stock' was not voted either . by himself or proxy. It ls denied that fifteen or mole of tho directors of the steel corporation aro members of tho syndicate through which the pvefovred stock was to be converted into bonds. lt ls admitted that somo of tho di rectors arc members of tho syndlcato, but that this fact was communicated to overy stockholder In tho circular of April 17, 1002, in tho following words*. "To further the success of tho plan there has been formed a syndicate, In cluding somo directors, who Wjdl re cciyc four-llfths of the 4 par cent, commission to be paid under the con tract with J. P. Morgan &Co., men tioned In the notice of stockholders* meeting." The answer says that the directors In tho corporations are ft 'minovlfcy in tho board of directors, but they aro large stockholders and favored the ; conversion plan becauso they believed lt would bc advantageous to them as stockholders. It Is denied that any stockholders had been offered special terms in cou-j - ncctlon with Converting th?lT pre ferred stock Into bonds in ordor to se cure their allirmativo votos for the pjan. lt ls denied that thc $50,000,000 of additional capital which. it was pro posed to obtain waa needed for pur poses that werechargeable to tlio earn ings of tho company. Tho answer theil takes up tho lino of. argument made in tho affidavit of George W. Perkins, chairman of the il naneo committee, filed la?t w?ek^ lix which Mr; Perkins claimed that this additional $50,000,000 was needed to pay for improvements and to glvo the . company a larger surplus to. permit it to do a cash business and bo protected against a money strlngenoy in tho event of a business depression. The answer says tho earnings ot tho cor poration for the year endlug March ill, 1002, wcro $111,003,054; for the month of April, 1002, $12,320,700; May, $13,120,300; Juno, 12,220,300; July, estimated at $11,900,000, or at the rate of $150,000,000 a year. An inventory ls filed to show that tho company's property is worth $1,400,000,000-more than tho com bined par value of tho preferred and common stocks. It ls stated also that tho company's surplus is $05,000,000, Thc answer emphasizes the point raised by Mr. Perkins to tho offeot that thc conversion plan would reduce, the fixed charges of thc company and bo advantageous to all stockholders, both preferred and common. A Cn ?vt; for Insomnia. How many of us, asks the London Dally Mail, ever give our lungs a full draught of the fresh air that is tho lifo of thc whole body? We all know what our lungs aro for. Wo all breathe at least thirty times a min ute. Yet we practically never, breatho with all our lungs; novor breathe properly. It is possible for a man to oxcrolso his whole body, to keop it strong and well, simply by breathing properly. Every child should bo\ taught tb breathe, and to get into the habit of filling tho wholo lung spaco at each inhalation and of empty ing it completoly at each exhalation. Do you know there ls no bettor way Of getting, to sloop soon after going to bed than by breathing properly? Hero is a specimen breathing exorcise: - Push away your pillow and Ho Hat upon your back with your muscles re laxed. Slowly draw in the deopest breath possible, hold it for four .sec onds,, then slbwly expel it until your: chest and abdomen havo collapsed. Ropeat this until you aro. tried or. fall asleep. . Thin In Michigan. ' Walter Lemerand, lately from Toledo, Ohio, went to his homo at Mooroo, Mich., on Friday, mid found a man, a Fronohman named Jos. Labavgo, also of Toledo, In tlio houso '0 with lils wlfo. A quarrel ensued, Labargo dually running from tho house. An officer attomptcd to ar rest him, when ho ran down Third street, a crowd pursuing. Tho cry "Assaultorl" was raised and the,mob .began to shoot. Labavgo van into a corn Held, wheio ho was surrounded and shot dead, a bullet penetrating his heart. Mrs. Lemerand said: "The ' man was Rlttlng in the parlor with mo when my husband carno homo. Thoro was nothing wrong." Mrs. Lomevand said that she and Labargo had planned , an clopomoiit. An autopsy was performed on' Labarge's, body apd tho Inquest will bp hold later. Two mon whose shots killed Litharge ave known, but no arrests will bc mado until after tho tuque:.t. Mou? trouble lit roportcd -froth tho Philippines. Tho Moros, the Horcost tvlbo, Mohammedans by religion and assassins by trade, .havo signified ade sivo to ?ight. Gen, ChaiVco has boen instructed lo accommodai o them, and we will like!*' have lurid reports of ..Inhumanity."