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65883 A' STRANGE STOltY. fu -,.? ' y Mrsi John Hopkins Claims f'Ue For tun? of Chirles Hill, WHO DEED IN LOS ANGELES; COL. Her Attorney is Now Iii Calvi Bton Hunting WituossoB to tho Will, There Are Many Claimants. Several days ago there appeared in the papers a statement that Mrs. John Hopkins and her son, C. ?. Alexander, now of Lancaster, had fallen heirs to an estate of $143,000, left them hy one Chas. Hill alias "Salem Charley" who recently died in Los Angeles, Cal." Wishing to ascertain if there was any truth in it and if thc, wills now - held hy Mrs. Hopkins, dated 24th Die., 3878, and 24th May, 1892^til0 Guion Progress wired The Herald at that place for information. The following reply was recel' -d: Merits of various claims to Hill es tate set for trial May 12. 10slate~~in j hands of public administrator and amounts to $120,000. Two wills already produced. One of the women claims that her deceased husband and Hill were members of a gang of coun ter-felters operating in middle western States, thai Hill about 18 years ago made a will, leaving his property to thc woman's infant daughter, who is a variety actress, with her older sister. The last phase of the case is tl ie claim of the attorney for public ad ministration for tees held up as ex cessive. LOO Kl NO Foil WITNKSSKS. V. E. Dc Pass, Ksq., who is to re ceive Hall' of the amount he secures Of thc will, also telegraphed t<> Gos Angeles, but the information was very meagre, it simply said tile amount in volved was $112,000. Mr. Dc Pass is now in tile city of Galveston, Texas, in search of Hie two witnesses who signed thc last will and testament in that citv in l.S!)2. J. A. Sawyer, who is assisting Mr. Del'ass, left for Atlanta Tuesday and should the two witnesses, Henry McNeasc and R G. Odell be found, May 1st Messrs. De Pass and Sawyer will leave for Los Angels to present thc two wills now held by them for Mrs. Hopkins and her son. Mrs. .lohn Hopkins lives at West Springs and before marriage tu Mr. Hopkins was Mrs. I loht. 1!. Alexander, and it was lo him thc wills were made but he having died Sept. 24, KSS7, at Greenville the wills go to his widow and her sons. In I .SOI Mrs- Alexander was married to lier present husband, who came here about eight yen is ago from Kalamazoo. Mich. Ile first worked at the carpenter's trade, bu I kl ing Union cotton mills, No. 2. Alter saving up a little money he bought a place near West Springs and scut for his son to'come and help him work his farm. Thc purchase of the farm and a couple ol' horses took all tho money he and his son had saved. They there fore gave J. Q. Wray a mortgage on the two animals to furnish them with supplies for the year, lt being a bani year and knowing almost nothing about farming as carried on in thc south, they did not more than make expenses. However they tried again. During that year tho lather married Mrs. Alexander and the next year he went to gold mining at thc theo Thompson gold mines, and has been engaged in that business more or less ever since, scarcely making more than a living for himself and family. His son Is now a mail carrier between this place and West Springs, in addition to which bc peddles chickens and eggs along the road. As mail carrier he re ceives about $10 a month. Several days ago Mrs. .John P. Hop kins came into thc possession of a -scrap of newspaper which led to the discovery that she and her son were heirs to tl ie estate. From where thc clipping came and the year is not known, but it is evident that it was a last year's clipping, lt reads as fol lows: "Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. !?.. -An al leged will of the late Chas. Hill alias "Salem Charley,'" who left an estate of $142,000 in cash, for which numer ous claimants have appeared, was tiled today by Mrs. Gertrude Griggs. Thc document is written in pencil on a scrap of paper and bears thc signa tures of George Manning, a famous counterfeiter, now dead, and U. Griggs, the former husband of the woman. The will is dated .lan. 14, 1888, and leaves the entire Hill estate to Gertrude briggs, said to be a varie ty actress, the lo year old daughter of Mrs. Griggs."' vj As soon as Mrs. Hopkins read lt she remembered thc name and that she had a will made by the same person. She then found the two wills, one dated before this alleged will and the other since. As soon as she bad found them she sent them to V. IO. Del'ass and said she would give him half of the estate if he would collect it. After looking into tile matter fully he took as his assistant .T. A. Sawyer, and they pro ceeded to West Springs to further in vestigate and get power of attorneys from Mrs. Hopkins. As soon as they had scoured it Mr. Del'ass left for Galveston to hunt up thc witnesses; while Mr. Sawyer was to go direct lo Los Angeles. However, Mr. Sawyer did not go any furl lier than Atlanta, Ga., where he will probably walt for more information. The will and deed lirsl. made was drawn up here, and had as witnesses' Mr. Philip Dunn and James Wall. Mr. Dunn was well know here and his widow, who is very wealthy, stilt re sides here. ll is said in Gie will that Mr. Hill deeded and willed everything tn Alex ander for "I, ("lias. Hill, ha vine hover forgotten bim as the ?inly per son that ever sa veri my lile." Train Kohheries. My the record of tho Cincinnati,? Kx press-Gazel le, it appears that lhere were twenty-two train robberies in the United States in 1002. In the past thirteen years, according to the same authority, 320 railroad trains have boen "held lip" in this country, and ninety-eight persons have been killed and 107 injured, mostly by gunshot wounds, in the perpetration of Hie prime._ Sohl His Head. Arthur Jennings, agc 27. a resident of Florci.ee, Gal.i lias negotiated with an Kastern medical institute for the purchase of Iiis head. Jeuning's head is almost twice the normal size. Ac cording to the Inforihation, the price is $100,000 down and an additional $1,000 to lie paid lo his i ela tl ves ai the time of bis death. His head measures thirty-six inches in ci rou ni france. PX' ?Uli ABPfl LETTER. Ho Discusses Middle Mori Pol?tica and Other Things. I was'ruminating about tho grand army of middle men that it takes to carry on the trade and. commerce of this country. I verily believe that they make more money than tho manufacturers and there are twice as many of them. A friend of mine re cently visited a largo manufactory of sewing machines and thc superinten dent told him that thc prime cost uf la first-class machine was $9.00 and they jobbed them off at $13. The Jobbers sold them for $15'to agents. I The agents retail them at $.'{5, Tor bc has to rent a store room and keep a horse and wagon and make repairs free and sell on installments and -sometimes has to take a machine back for non-payment. When the original Hill A rp moved to Texas he took his wife's machine with him and left his note behind with $10 unpaid. Shortly after that a new agent was sent herc who not acquainted with the A vp family and bc came out to my house and wanted mc to pay the note. 1 had hard work to convince him that I was another Arp. The note was signed "William Arp, his mark, and Cinderella Arp, her mark. My wife was very indignant that she should be suspected of making her mark. Well, now you see how much money went to the middle men after thc machine left the factory-$25-twice as much as lt cost to make it. Just so it is with thousands ol' tither things that go through thc hands of middle men. I was ruminating about this be cause 1 received a report of 500 copies of my new book that Mr. Hy rd bad sold. The book cost 85 cents to cleo troy ty pe and print and bind it and I was to have half thc profits arising from the sale. The price was $1.2:" postage paid, which was ll cents. Thirty copies had been sold here at the book store for $.'!7.f>0. Tiie book store kept 2f> percent, or $0.37. Mr. I ty rd get $28.13. The Height ?int incidental expenses amount to :t conti a copy. So the cost was SS cents um it netted 'Xl cents and my half bf tilt dill' .'renee was 2] cents on a copy. Tin publisher and agent or middle ?hen get about all there is in a book. 1 am not complaining at anybody but myself, for Mr. Byrd told me that the price woidd have tobe 81.50 ti make anything, but 1 wasn't think ing about agents charging so m ucl and I wanted tiie people to have it ic cheap as possible. But it can't go ol this way. The publication nins stop or tlie price bj raised to $l..">t and if an agent won't sell for 25 cent a copy, bc needn't sell at all. Til j books sell themselves bli thc counter Hut Mr. Byrd can continue to sell ot mail orders for $1.25 and 10 cent more for postage. This will ba a tai divide all around and give thc poo author about 1"> cents a copy. Senator Hoar's speech at Chicago i before me. Nothing since the wa has so cheered me and impressed m as that beautiful speech. Why doest!1 every newspaper in the South copy it or that part of it that pays such tribute to the Southern people. Win; 1 .finished reading it I would hav hugged the old man, if he had bec near enough. Listen-"My li fe; poll t cally has been a life o? constant strit with the leaders of the Southern poi pie, yetas I grow older, 1 lia ve lennie not only to respect and esteem th?n but I love the great qualities whic belong lo my countrymen (d' I. Southern States. They ave a non race. We may well take pattern I roi them in some of Hie virtues that ghi stChgtll and ulory to a free pcopli Their love of home; their chi val rot respect for woman-their cou iago their delicate sense of honor-the constancy which can abide by an oph ion or a purpose through adversit and through years and generation And there, ls another thing-cuvetoti ness, corruption and the low tempt; lion of money has not yet found at place in Southern politics. "My friends, we cannot alford t live in a state ol' estrangement from people wiio possess these qiinlitie They are friends of ours, born of oi burning, ?lesli of our flesh, blood < our blood and if 1 haven right I speak for Massachusetts, will sa 'Entreat nie not lo leave thee or fo sake thee, where thou goest, 1 will g Thy people shall be. my people, af thy Hod my Hod.' " This is only a part of it. 1 ha placed if in my scrap book along wit the admirable editorial comment i The Constitution. The Senator spoke truly when sa that corruption in national poll ti had not yet reached the South. If fl case had been reversed our mcinbc would not have unseated Butler, bi will? the Northern members the en justify the means. Yes, 1 reinemb from away back how the old rai fought us. My lather was brought i in his State and mother in Sou Carolina and when the Senator and were in our early manhood (we wc born in the same year) the war beg; between those two Stales. Yes, inc than lilly years ago, and has been b ter and unrelenting ever since. Tl is the li i st sign of a returning sense justice that has come from any ure man of thc Old Bay Slate and wei joice that it has (ionic from Senat Hoar, the noblest Woman of them a Its liifluiicncc will reach from Chica to Boston and ifs generous senti met will thrill every breast in the Sont land. 1 care nothing tor Mr. I loose vi nor his late letter.-- 1 am loo obi l)e deceived by wordy pa rn g ra pl When he retracts his slanders on .Ii ferson Davis and apologizes to 1 widow 1 will have sonn; confidence bis bonor and his professed goori i tentions, but not until then. If is a gentleman he will do that, ll" is not a gent leman he won't, and t h is all-lhere is in it . Thomas Nels l'age and Harry Stillwell lOdwui and the Methodist picacho, of C climat), t o the contrary notwithstai ing. Senator Hoar would not lu uttered and published those sland and if he had done it unwittingly, would have long ago made, thc ?Imei I honorable. "Slander is sharper Hi the sword. Hs breath rides on I P isling winds and its tongue o venoms all the worms ol' the Nil Roosevelt Is a .stubborn, conceit politician. Ile professes to be friend to the South, when he is n 11' we send a consul to a foreign co try and they do not like him he is called because he is "non grata | sonni" How much more, careful sim the President be 1.0 appoint no om olllce who is not grateful to our ( people, if Roosevelt is a friend w makes him keep on shoving Dr. Cr on fin; people of a great city ICharlesauii. And the negro is au I rogant, conceited fool or he woul< I lake it. "I know" that you ?ay that yt)U love rae,, ' . But why did you kick me down the stairs?" . Some ono asked Tum Reed If there was Buch a thing as an honest politi cian. Ho said, "Yes. An honest politician is one whom you can buy aud he will stay bought, but even they are scarce." BILL Am*. THE DISPENSARY LAW Must bo Enforced in Charleston Uto Sumo as Elsewhere Governor Heyward says he depre cates exceedingly the recurrence of thc dispensary trouble In Charleston. Ile ls emphatic in his opinion that it ls had for a constable, or any other olllcial, to carelessly indulge in thc usc of pistols, but at the same time he is equally emphatic that the author ity of thc constables will be upheld, and thc disrespect shown ip thc law has made him all the more determin ed that there shall be a proper enforce ment of the law in Charleston. In speaking of thc matter,he stated that it was not a question as to whether it was distateful or pleasant; it was simply a question as to whether or not violators of thc law shall be al lowed to override the constituted au thorities. He believes that bc will be sustained in his efforts to make the law respected by every self-respecting, law abiding citizen, irrespective of whether they personally favor the law or not. Ile has stated on several oc casions in public interviews that it is his purpose to carry, out tho dispen sary law in Charleston as elsewhere, without fear or favor to any section of thc State. He also had stated that he would not persecute any section, and will en deavor as Tar as possible in carrying out the law lo be mindful of the con ditions that existed. That: he hud furthermore stated his recognition of the condition which existed in Char leston, and that it would bc practically Impossible to free the City I rom all violators of the law, owning to its cun ditions and surroundings, but that he proposed to make violators 'if the law have a decent respect for the law. These views he entertained during the campaign and had so expressed him self, and has reiterated them after Iiis election, and had practically repealed them in his inaugural. He stands upon that ground today and believes his efforts will bring bini the moral support of all right-thinking citizens. The Governor reiterated his unwill ingness to make thc law objectionable or lo force unpleasant conditions upon any community, and he sincerely trust's Unit adherence to the law will make this nu necessary._ A Homo Thrust. The Richmond News-Leader makes a forceful answer to the suggestion that if Virginia puts Lee's statue in the national capitol Kansas may place .lohn Brown's there. Thc News Leader says: "We are threatened that if Virginia insists ou a statue of Lee in Washington, Kansas will insist on placing .lohn Brown there. If Kansas prefers to go before posterity with .lohn Brown as her typical hero and representative man, there is no reason why Virginia should object. We aie entirely safistied to have Lee repre sent us. and if Kansas issatislicd with Brown wc can consider the matter with equanimity, especially as we had the pleasure of hanging that distin guished citizen of our sister State. Come to think of it, however, we do not know but that Brown is about as well as Kansas can do: and he may go into statuary hall not as the demon stration of lier malice but as her hon est effort to present' her best. The two other leading and famous Kansas men we recall at the moment are John J. Ingalls and Soeklcss Jerry Simpson, and Brown seems to size up well with any of them. And as to the matter of juxtaposition of the statutes we arc not sensitive. At Harper's Ferry, on a time forty-live years ago, Cen. Lee. insisted on get ting close to Brown, along with some marines, and we have no objection to having Brown in the same hall with him. In fact, for our part, we are willing to make overtures lo Kansas and propose that if we can get room enough and she will put up her Brown statute, we will put (Jen. Lee. who caught him, on one side, and (?ow Wise, who hanged, him on tho ot her." Well said. "By their fruits ye shall know ul ie m." Jamison Pushed thc Hutton. K. K. Jamison, of Lockhart Shoals, in Union County, went in company with two friends, lo thc Insane Assy lum al Columbia to visit au acquaint ance. The three men are employees of the Olympia mill and practically strangers to the residue portion of the city. Arriving at the main gate of the Assylum Jamison inquired: "How can we get into the building when we go up the steps?" "King the bell and send in your names," directed the gatekeeper. So up thc walk thc mei) went and meeting no one at the door Jamison stepped just inside the lobby, opened the door of a small red box and pulled a lever. The indicators in the engine house rang and ll show ed upon thc dials. The ll remen jump ed for the machines and the great doors thrown wide the apparatus raced away to the asylum. Jamison had rung the bell. The department found no blaze and the matter was in vestigated, with the result the unfor tunate Jamison was carried before the recorder, whose court was in session at tl.I"), when the alarm was sent in. The three men swore they had never seen an alarm box before, though there are many of them in t lie build ings in the mill district. Jamison paid $10 for his innocent diversion. .Slew Wi Te iiml Hahics. Adolph Krauss, a Herman farmer. ? living ~I miles west of St. Louis, near Belle Fontaine, Thursday night killed bis wife and six children wit li a sledge hammer. Ile then knocked himself unconscious with the hummer, From all that can be learned Adolph Krauss entered the bouse some time Thurs day afternoon armed with a sledge hammer. Without warning he struck his wife in Hie head, killing her in stantly. Then seizing his first child, aged 12, he dealt a murderous blow. The oilier live children were killed similarly, thc last being a 0-months old baby. Krauss then placed the seven bodies side by side on the liom in one room. He then seized the liam hier and dealt himself a blow on the skull, which fractured it and knocked him unconscious, Iiis body falling almost in line with those, o'.' his victims. On the Ilise. A month ago extract of peppermint could be bought by the druggist at. 81.?H) per pound, and now it sells for $5.51) per pound. They say t he crop is <i failure, '-ut crops don't always have lo fail for prices to increase. ' ? ?'mp-' XS THE COt?HTS, < A Receiver Applied for In the Blatter ol" tho Alliance lixchungo.. Tho Columbia State says a petition has_becn fled with Judge-Ernest Gary asking that a receiver: be ap pointed for tho "Farmera Alliance Exchange of South Carolina, Limited," and in the meantlmo the judge-hus issued an injunction forbiding' that exchange from using "any of the sum or $20,000. which is now banked in Columbia until the case ls tried on the 2lst inst. IL IO. ilrookfchiro, *a stockholder, brings the suit on behalf of himself and on behalf of certain of the stock holders of the Cash Mill sub?alliance and on behalf of all other stockholders of the first named association who are willing to share the expenses of thc action. Thc Farmers Alliance was Incorpo rated Dec. ll), 188?, with a capital stock of $50,000, divided into 1,000 share at $?0 each and witli A. C. Lyles, .1. L. Keitfc, J. li. Doiitbit, .1. If. Asbc, S. T. McKcown, 0.1?. Good win, M. L. Donaldson, J. C. Colt as direcliors, who will be defendadts in thc suit. The complaint alleges that thc di rectors no longer usc the funds of the exchange for the purposes for which il was organized anti thal thc money invested should be returned to tbc stockholders fm* fear that it may be dissipated; also there are scverel clninis against thc fund which ought not. to bc paid and that sonic decision as- to their validity should be arrived at. The complaint ls quite lengthy In character, bub the chief points have been covered. The plain rill is repre sented by .lames Vei ner, G.; Duncan Bellinger and YV. ll. Townsend. Ili'itiii Iicukn. Only a poor serm?n satisfies every body. Adversity is the safety brake on vanity. Gossip thrives only in a Held of listeners. Those who have suffered arc host able lo feel. Clean politics will come when honest men assume cont roi. Trouble is about all some church members give thc preacher. Satan never wastes time on thc owner of a well-thumbed I li ble. A corrupt city government is pas sible only in a city full (d' hypocrites. b'rom pretext lo practice is such a long distance that most men never cover it. There is, loo, plenty of room at the bottom, but the company is noli nearly KU select. Those who become tired at a 40 mi utile sermon can sit tinco hours in a t heatre. When a man protits through wrong or fails through lack ol' effort he is very apt to talk about "destiny." There ts .something wrong about Hie christianity of thc church mem ber who takes no Interest in politics. The longer a boy Is tied lo his mother's apron-strings thc nearer bc is lo success when bc does cuji losse. Sonic people think they are grow ing sentimental whch~:^y]iiuih^"-ihcy are merely in need (if^allve.r 'legiila tor. r ... When men are as true lo themselves as their dogs arc true to their masters this wilt be a much better world lo live in. The best knowledge is knowing bow to appreciate what we have and bow to get along without the things we cannot possess. If the Howers that grow on the graves of the dead bael bloomed in their lives thc world have been made better and brighter. Nothing makes a niau feel that lie is growing old like Untiing out for lirst time that be -an no longer "chin him self!" on a horizontal bar. The man whose children ire not glad lo see him when he comes borne in thc evening is not lo be trusted any further than you can throw a barn yard by the gate. -Will M. Mau pin in Tlie Commoner. \'c(?fo "Herb" Doctor. Charged with having poisoned her husband, Wm. I!. Dan/.e, wi o died IS months ago, Catherine. Dan/.e was committed to prison in Philadelphia, Pa., friday and George lloosscy, a negro "herb doctor" and fortune tel ler, who it. is charged, sold poison to the woman, also was held as an ac cessory to thc alleged crime. The principal witness against thc woman was a private detective who called on "Dr." lloosscy, the detective feigning illness. While bc was being treated for "kidney trouble" thc delect ive told bini he was having trouble with a woman, and thc "doctor" volun teered to sell him a powder that would kill thc woman in three days. "Dr." said bc bad t? i ven a woman some pow der moro than a year ago to get rid of her husband. The woman promised thc "doctor" $100. but only gave him $51'. A eily detective then lesli lied I hat Catherine Dan/.e admitted hav ing .secured a drug from lloosscy which she put in her husband's coffee in order to cnn' him of thc drinking habit. Slic furl ber admitted, the detective said, thal she had paid lloosscy arter slic had collected *:i.(KH) Insurance; that was on her husband's life. A chemist lesli lied that the package thc negro intended lo give thc private detective lo kill the Hell lions woman contained KIO grains ol' willie arsenic. Southern Itaptisi Convention. The forty-eighth session ol' the Southern liaplist Convention, the largest deliberate body in the world, will lie held in Savannah. (Ja., this year beginning May S. Its session will ito held in the. First Du pl is l Cl ul rt h lhere. If is anticipated that between 2,000.and 2,f?t)0 pcOple will be in at tendance. Pr?par?t ions for t he care ot this immense gathering arc now in course or preparation in Savannah. A room for thc secretaries bas been secured in I be De. Soto and all dele gates will be urged lo regLler lhere as soon as possible after they reach Hie eily. < hie of the chief mat leis of con sid?r?t iou in Savannah is how lo bouse I.lie enormous inliux of visitors. A Hi).; 11 mil. Chief Constable Dalesman Wednes day afternoon found an elegant as sortment ol' boo/.e in a negro bouse near flic river in Columbia. The house was unoccupied, but in it were found 15 kegs ol' whiskey contain ing live gallons each, one box contain 20 quart bot ties, and live barrels con taining '.?on hall' pints. ...SS g^^^iV^ffi^'"' - .-.-?tea. SHOT FROM AMBUSH, . J..?.,-J--T Mr. W. ?. Croft, of Fairfax, Wa? tlio Unsuspecting Victim. - W. Li. Croft, a white- mah about 55 years old, who resided in Fairfax,, was shot from ambush about a milo from bis home at a late hour Monday night and instantly killed. Circumstances point very strongly to Frank Strong, a young negro, tis tho assassin. Strong and his wire, Ella, hao\ separated and the latter had obtained shelter and employment from Mr. Crort and his wife hi Fairfax. The evidence shows that Mr: Croft and Ella Strong left Fairfax about 8 o'clock Sunday night to go to Frank Strong's house, a mile and a half distant, to get some furni ture that Ella claimed. Mr. Croft stopped at his son's house, which is about 200 yards from Strong's, Ella going on by herseir. After a stormy encounter with Frank she returned to the place where she had lort Mr. Croft where the two re mained until. arter midnight when they lert on Toot together Tor Fairfax; When ttjey had proceeded a few hun dred yards in a road that skirts around a branch and at a spot where stands a cluster of pine trees, a loud report of a gun rang out in thc stillness of thc night and a Tew minutes later Ella Strong was back at Mr. Lee Crort's and reported that some one had shot Mr. W. L. Croft and that he was dy ing. Tho younger Croft hastened to the spot and found his father in tiie throes of death,having almost breath ed his last breath. The weapon used was a shot gun, probably an old army musket as Strong had such a gun, and was load ed with large slugs or buckshot, some of which took cITect in the deceased's right breast and some In his right hand. Kihi Strong declares that she does not know who committed the deed, but she has told con dieting stories and it is believed that she does know. A posse has been hunting for Frank Strong, but he has not yet been ap prehended. His running away sug gests his guilt. As might be supposed from the above narrative the deceas ed's character was morally had but he was not of a turbulent or eombatatlvc disposition. Magistrate Gouge (d' Al lendale Is holding the inquest at this writing. Tlie deceased leaves a wife and two grown sons, and a brother. Thc State. BRIBERY IS COMMON. (>ov. Garvin, ol Illunie Island, In dulges in i'iatii Talk. In a special message sent to the Senate Governor Lucius K. C. Garvin, or Illunie Island, dcclargcs that bri bery is common in many towns of tlie State and that many members of the legislature occupy seats obtained by purchased votes. The Governor re commends the appointment (d' a com missioner to employ agents to detect bribery and bring oU'enders to justice. Governor Garvin is the Inst Democra tic Governor Rhode Island has had in a number of years. The Senate is Republican. The Governor in his message says: That bribery exists toa g real ex tent in the elections of this State is a matter of common knowledge. No general election passes without, in some section of the State, the pur chase ol' votes by one or both of the great political parties. It is true that the results ol'the election may not often be changed so far as the candidates on thc Slate ticket are concerned, but many assemblymen occupy the seats they do by means of purchased votes. Ju a considerable number of our towns bribery is so common and has existed for so many years that thc awrul nature or thc crime has ceased to impress. In some town:; Hie bri bery takes place openly, is not called bribery, nor considered a serious matter. The money paid to the voter, whether $2, $f> ir $20, is spoken of as a payment for his time. The claim that the money paid to thc elector is not for the purpose of in fluencing his vole, but in com pesai um for lime lost in visiting the polls, is the merest sophistry, and should not deceive any adult citizen or ordinary intelleigence. lt is well known that in such towns, when one political party is su piled with a corruption fund and the other is without, the party so provided invariably elects its assem bly ticket, thus alford lng positive proofs that the votes are bought and the voters bribed. Smith Carolina I'ostmasters. The United Sl ates postollice depart ment, in a recent publication, gives the salaries of the postmasters of t he principal cities and towns in South Carolina. The ligures will be of gen eral interest. Abbeville.$1,000 Aiken. {,1100 Anderson . . :J,:2()o Hamberg. I,MOO I tarn well. 1, 400 ?atesburg. 1,001) IleauTori. I,(UK) Hennettsvillc.. 1 ,<?un Camden. 1,700 Charleston. It,300 Ghera w . 1,200 Chester. 1,800 Cl.'insoh College . 1,100 Clinton. 1.100 Columbia. 11,100 l)a fl ing ton. 1,800 Dillon. 1,100 hldgelield. 1,200 florence. ... 1,800 Ga If ney. 1,700 Georgetown. Limo Greenville. .. . 2,000 Greenwood. I?000 Lancaster. Lino Laurens . . .. . 1.700 Manning. 1, Um Marion. I, loo Newberry. I. soo Orangcburg. I,mm IVI/er. I,.-iou Hock Hill. 2.0D0 Seneca. 1,100 Sparta ii bil rg. 2,000 Summerville. 1,500 Sumter. 2,200 Union. 1,700 Wullerboro. 1,100 \V (unshorn. 1,100 York vii lc. 1:500 As tn Howards. The governor is being einbarassed by Ud lers from parties requesting that rewards he oir? red for those who have committed some crime. Sometimes these letters come only a day orso af ter thc crime is committed, and the law expressly States that nu reward should be offered until Hie officers had used every means in their power lo capture the criminal. Consequently the governor does not feel that lid would be justified in offering a re ward in those cases. 2B0M1ST OF NO AVAIL, Tho Notorious Blind TiKOr Chicco Calls Upon Governor.Hoy ward. - , Thursday Vincent Chicco, Abo uu- . crowned king of East Bay street, paid tits respects to his excellency, the gov ernor of South Carolina, TJils unex pected honor came about by reason of tho fact that certain vcssals of the sovereign State of South Carolina bad committed depredations upou thc ter ritory of Lbe Impulsive keeper of the famous resort Tor the bibulous lu the old city by the sea. Chicco ls unique He made no effort at dissimulation, but approached Gov. lleyward in a straightforward man ner and protested against the deter mination of thc chief executive to en force Hie dispensary law in Charles ton. But bc was unable to stir thc governor from the linn and unequivo cal declaration that the law shall be enforced. In vain Chicco protested that it would bc ruin to himself and others like iii m. Gov. Hoy ward received Chicco in a . very kind and dignified manner and r gave him a considerate bearing. The . new chief State constable, Mr. Ham mett was present, and Chicco gave I liirn tho cordial greeting which Chicco ' gives every budy. "Chick" became j celebrated during the administration of Gov. Tillman, and thc maker of in comparable spaghetti and mixer or drinks divine declares that be has bad not less than 814,^00 worth or linc liquors seized rrom his establishment.. The raid most expensive to himself was thc one in which a large quantity of Imported liquors were captured hi cullin boxes which had been used as a. ruse. Another visitor rrom Charleston called upon tho governor Thursday, I Maj. VY. A. Boyle, chief of the police department. Thc police and thc con stables have had some disputing lately, it being alleged hy thc latter that they arc not given proper support by thc police of Charleston. Maj. Bovie presented a letter from Mayor Smyth conveying Iiis best wishes to thc governor. Altera consultation with thc mayor. Chief Boyle had come to discuss the situation with the gover nor and to present some facts rrom thc standpoint or thc police depart ment. The governor was assured or the support of the Charleston police de partment. Furthermore it, was prom ised that when Hie police are notified that a wagon is suspected of convey ing contraband they will give chase and assist in making arrests. The contingency of Chicco building a boat did not, come up olllcially, but lie stated In Columbia that the mounted constables could hot catch his boat.- * Tho Slate. A Migniliciuit Admission. Thc speech delivered by Secretary of War Boot before tuc Union League club in New York, tends to cotijirm thc report that Mr. Roosevelt's advis- " ers have warned him that be has gone a bit too far on tho negro question. Mr. Boot took occasion to say that in extending White house courtesies ti thc negroes, Mr. Roosevelt bad gone no further . than any or Iiis predeces sors. lie also invited special aiton- ? tlon to thc lad that Mr. Roosevelt J has appointed fewer negroes to outee j than did Harrison. Hayes* or Melvin- 7 Icy. Mr. Koot declared that thc four- g teen th and fifteenth amendments 4 have utterly failed to carry intoeircct jj tile plan formulated to elevate the black mab hy making Ililli a citizen and giving him thc right to vote. Mr. j Koot said that be believed that within c a few years the overwhelming domini- -j ant white opinion in thc south would succeed in excluding the negro from 1 all olllccs in .southern states and bc left upon bis hearers the impression " that he did not regard it to bc thc 1 duty of thc north lo interfere with the inevitable result. Thc Kansas City .Ioumal, one of the leading Republican papers in the 1 west, commenting upon Mr. Hoot's speech, says that because Mr. Roose velt has bad t ime to mani fest his dis- . approval, if lie felt any, but has not ] done so, "the speech must stand as 'j thc latest and most up-to-date Kc- ?. publican doctrine as announced from > thc White house." The .Journal fur- - ther says: ''This speech, where it I deals with thc negro question, is so i absolutely contrary to the record of } the Republican party il is difficult to ? realize that it could have been de livered by tine of thc party's leaders so eminent in authority and high in position as Mr. Koot is. if Hie atti tude of thc Republican party is chang ing thc negro has himself to blame. In Hie border stales between thc north and the south, and 111 all the larger cit ies, the negroes are no longer loyal adherents of tho party t hat treed them. Republican leaders arc begin ning to feel that they cannot rely on the undivided support of the black vote, and so it is not, strange that their sympathy should cool with this loss of confidence. But Secretary Koot, f course, did not refer to this. He meant, that the racial benefits which were expected to ensue rrom clothing the negro with citizenship bad not materialized and that negro suffrage bad proved a disappointment from a patriotic standpoint." This will doubtless bc interesting reading to those who have imagined that the Republican party was the disinterested friend ol' the negro. As. - thc Commoner says it will bc Observed ( that this Republican paper says that the negro has himself to blame if the altitude of the Republican party ls ; changing. The fault of the negroes, according to luis Republican organ, is that in thc holder slates between thc north and Hie south and in all larger cities the negroes arc no longer loyal adherents ol the Republican party. Tlic fault, according to this Republi can organ, is that thc negroes have gi ven Republican leaders cause lo feel that, they cannot relyon the undivided support, ol' thc black vote. 1 "And so," says tIiis Republican , drgan, "il is not strange that their 1 sympathy should cool with this loss ol' confidence." Tlie Journal editorial . in willah this comment appears is en titled "A Significant Admission." The Journal meant that thc head-Hue ' should apply to Secretary Root's ad- 1 dress; and yet it ls particularly ap- 1 plicable to the admission made by the I Journal itself, which is, in effect, that | thc Republican party is thc friend of < the negro for political purposes only. 1 Sn fe Ulowers. Safe blowers cracked thc safes of thc Atlanta olllccs of the Standard < Oil company early Friday morning 1 and secured $"?01) in casli and 82,000 < in checks. Nitro-glycerine was used 1 by the men in opening Hie safes. 1 There ls 110 clue to the robbers. ? Thoroughly eradicates thc excess of Uric and Lactic Acids from thc system; starts the Kidneys into healthy action, cures constipation and indigestion.. - THIS DONE, YO U~ ARE WELL OF RHEUM?TISM, ANO ANY OTHER DISEASE CAUSED BY IMPURE BLOOD. Do not be discouraged if other remedies have failed. RHEUMACIDE has made its reputation by curing alleged iacurable cases. Docs not injure the organs of digestion. OOLDSDOBO, N. C., Aug. 25,1003. Gontlcmcn-Sonic six yenni np;o I began to have sciatica, and alan a chronic easo of muscular rheumatism. At times I could not work at all (my business boin? baggago muster on Southern ll. lt.). Fur days mid weeks ot a thoo I could network, ely Buffering was Intenso. Phystolans treated mo, without permanent relief, Uowovor. Trian n number of nd vor Used remedies without pormanent benoMt. Finally I tried " HIIEOUAOIDE." lt cli<l tho work, and I bavo had ox . collent health for three years. I cun ebcorfutly say that all rheumatics should use " HrjEuuAoiDC." for It is by far tho best remedy. IL ?. LOMAX. I Price $1.00 prepaid express, or from your Druggist. Bobbitt Chemical Co., - - Baltimore, fid., U. ST. A. Sweet Gum & -SI ull???? rAYLORS Jherokee Remedy oi Cures Coughs, Cold?, Whooping Cough, LaUrippe md all Throat and Lung Troubles Made of I'ure Sweet Uuni, Mul lein and Honey. Your Druggist b?lls it 25 and GO If At full line of Hardware is not bet ter than oilier, don't buy lt." Our salesmen are out. Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company aoa KI NI; st. un A UL ESTO N: C n. JPIi<e ?;o t>lo Company, -rriE l.ALO'LST MAH UFAOT?UE?S OF Eiigh (hale Pianos and Organs IIS THID AVORL/D. Factories, Chicago a ri Sr. Charles, Illinois. Oaoit 1. TW ) MILLION DOLLA KS, $2,000,000. wiri'di House, 282 kinj St. c *nHeston, S. C. 1T?N0S AND OB OAKS Sr II oh Easy Terms. Kororo buying w ?lt .or our ci mi .gue ai I terrys Factory prices'in adc. A Pilli hik of Sheol M-.- .ic au ' sinai] Musical Instruments m stock. .1. V. WALLACE, Manager THE: :AHLE OOIYIRAIMY:. t M Ah,.F.SP??S\ S. C. GObUIMBIA LUMBER & MPG. GO. SASH, DOOR?, BLINDS, INTERIOR PUNISH, MOULD ING ftNDLUMBBR, ANY QUANTITY. Golumbia, G.. So ntlioi" sn ?^iil way. toad down. sTo. 13. 0 05am 1 35am ? ispui > 45pm ?-'"ipili ; lOpni lonni 15am i 1 tip hi 30pm toad Kown. No. ll. I ISpm ) 25pm Read Down NT0. 14. I 52pm ? 45 pm io 10pm i oOain II loam i :50pm > l?pm [ 3()pm I {ead Down So. 34 L 40prh J ailinn Schedule in Effect January 13', 1903? NO. 15,-. fro. 10. 6 25am_Iv Orangeburg ar.. .-rr .3 Hain 0 55a in.ar Columbia Iv.1 40am ....ar Kook Hill Iv.10 31pm _ar ( 'ballotte Iv.i) tiOpiii 12 01pm.ar (Loenville Iv.8 10pm 10 OSaih_ar Spartan bu lg ly.8 10pm 1 lupin.ar Asheville Iv.4 00pm _ar Washington Iv.10 ?lain _ar New York Iv.12 IO am 11 10pm_ar Knoxville Iv. 8 l? am li) 35am.ar Louisville Iv. 7 30pm ,s loam_ar Cincinnati Iv.so?pm No. 33. No. 12. 1 oiipni.Iv Orangeburg ar.8Slain ar Columbia Iv.7 ooam 8 20pm......ar Kock Hill Iv. 0 20pm.ar Charlotte Iv. 7 40am.ar Washington Iv. 2 00pm.ar New v'ork Iv. No. 12. . . No. Hi. 8 57am.Iv Orangeburg ar.7 48pm 11 Wain.av Chariest on Iv.5 OOpm 12 30pm.ar Augusta Iv......2 45pm 8 lapin.ar Atlanta Iv.7 55am 5 35pm.ar Ki rm ingham Iv.II 30pm ll aila in.ar New ( nleans Iv. - ar Louisville Iv. ar Cincinnati Iv. No. 10 He nd np . No. 14 4 45pm ii 3 10pm . 015am 8ioam. ?MOam 10 35am . 7 05anr ?) 50pm 3 25 pm 5 55pm 7 40pm 8 30iu?-: Head Up No. 34. 1 35pm ..9 15a in 8 Wain !l 50pm 3 25 pm Uead Up. - No. 13. 10 05am 7 30ain 7 00am 1145pm 4 10pm ii 20am 7 40am 5 30ani Head Up. No.:i3. : 4 00pm 1 50pm No. 15. t flam.Iv Orangeburg ar.5 25am 7 00am.ar Charleston Iv.3 20am Pullman Drawing room Ku Ile t, Sleeping ears between Charleston and New York. For full inform?t ion apply to any agent or address: S. IT. Hardwick, General Passenger Agent, "Washington. D. C.: C. H. Ackart., General Manager, Washington, I). C.: W. H. Tay ldc, Asst. General Kassenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga'.; R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Char esl on, S. C. o? o > to pq (A PH O C 7, T p O H " I h " H ? 1 J ./ 0 " ZZ O /: 3 S'S -H *s - - y, C ~ - ~ J 1 ? .ii W Z = rt^ .-? -fi ? ~ rt' Cypress Shingles. If you will 1 aul them, we will sell at the follow! ig low prices, as long as they ast. 0 x 20 $3.75 i ex thousand. 1 x KS limul Drawn Heart Cy press at $3.25 per thousand. Now if you want a good roof, come right along. "lhnnrl Hnilrlnnrt ClnnnlrT Th (?15 Plain St., Collin.ina, Si C. Killed on thc Kail. Mr. .las. K. MoArthur, of Gaffney, was killed ina railroad wreck at Dan ville, Va., about one o'clock on Wed nesday. He was returning to Gaffney from Richmond, Va., where, he had purchased a carload of mules. Thc leccascd was :t2 years of age and un ina fried. Many Cullie Perish. Itcports of loss of cattle from star vation continuos to come from the plains of Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado where the ranchmen had not provided their herds with shelter and food. Whole bonis perished from cold :md lack of food. iiUBMOTD ROOFING. ? inexpensive to lay. Easy to keep in repair.. Light and very dd rabie. Waterprot t' anil (odorless. Not a lieut ed by change of tem perature. Hastie' . Acid and Alkali-proof. Firt-resisling and oil-proof. Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. Needs no painting or coating. Will not deteriorate with age. - WK mo FOK PRICKS SOUTHEASTERN LIME & CEMENT m AU classes building material, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^fc*g%-s ?r c j, OLIVEROS, lilfc. > -SPECIALIST LYU, ..A n, NOSE AXii THROAT. i< i! 6i Spectacles Gimriintccdi OKKIOK '424 and 142(5 Marion Street Columbia, S. C. Carolina Portland Cement Co MARLESTON Vy^uiuiit V,U?, South Carolina. Gager's White Lime,Ccmcntf, Flic Kricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. -27-Iv.