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'DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MA^B OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE " '. Ll BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., ERIDAY, MARCH 27, 190*. NO. 20. ' THE ?EttE? PROBLEM. Roosevelt, "The President of the Bia- k Belt," and Is NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. The Prejudice Against Hie Ne?ro ls Not Local, But Prompte?! l>y World-Wide Hare ? - Sentiment. The race question was again dis cussed in the United States senate "Wednesday. Mr. Money of Mississip pi spoke for two lion rs, his remarks having direct reference to the action of tiic president in closing tlie india nola, Miss., postolUce. Mr. Money ex plained at tlie outset of Ids remarks that if he could secure unanimous con sent for leave to pi int lie would not take up the time of thc senate. Thc sentiment of the senate seemed to he that remarks not delivered should not he spread in thc record. Ile there upon proceeded, and delivered himself of some severe strictures of thc presi dent, stating in the course of his re marks that Mr. Roosevelt was iiot the president of America, but the presi dent of the "black belt." At times bc was closely interrogated by Messrs. Foraker and Spooner. It was the inherent and constitu tional right of a great community, said Mr. Money, to lia vc their mail handled regularly. Letters, he said, which have been addressed to Heath man, to important county officials rc siding at lndianola, have been sent to Greenville, and this he declared was an .unwarrantable interference with the liberty and rights of the people of lndianola. It was indeed to punish the people of lndianola, and in his opinion, thc punishment had gone far enough. The de partment has shown to the world its authority and nobody had disputed it. He declared that the postmaster general should do ali he .could bo heal the breach and not c<m -tinue stubborn and vindictive. "The department lias made the people baie thc administration." Directing his remarks to President Roosevelt, he said that in Hie south it was believed that Mr. ll MISO vet b, wh?u he succeeded Mr. McKinley, w.ould make an American instead of a sectional president, hut a change hud cune over this dream. "He is not so ranch an American president," said Mr. Money, "as he is the president of the black belt," and he added willi some feeling, "we don't consider him a great American president." He de clared that of all tlie appointments made in Mississippi none have given such general disgust as those made hy --..^rthis-administration and, he said, thc president had raised the question of social equality of Hie negro, but Hiere could never possibly lie any social equality between thc two races. "There is a race prejudice in Hie south," lie said, "and I thank Chid there is." Thc; prejudice againstTthc negro, he asserted, is not local, bub prompted by ii universal, world-wide sentiment. Answering Mr. Foraker, bc said that these recent appointments lia ve re vived the race question and while Hie people of the south had heretofore tol erated negro otliceliolders they did not want any more of Hiern. "This isa white' man's country and a white man's government," said he. "lt has been carved out thc wilderness and conquered from Hie Indians, not for the African, but for Hie white man." ?Mr. Foraker asked Mr. Money if his objection to colored people holding of fice extended to till offices of all kinds, and also whether it would include the enlistment of colored men in Hie army to defend Hie Hag and tin; constitu tion. Thc reply wits that he had no particular objection to colored men serving in Hie anny, but declared Hutt it would bc better If no colored men held any nflicial position whatever. "Would you dec i ti zen i KC the negro as to voting?" asked Mr. Foraker, "and if so should that be taken imo account in fixing the representation in congress?" "That ls another question," said Mr. Money. The participation of the negro in the allai rs of thc government, lie thought, was dangerous. "Is it the demand of the south," in -quired Mr. Spooner, "that the. presi dent of the United States shall in no .case appoint a colored man to federal ollice in Hie sou Hi?" Mr. Money replied (hat lhere was ?no demand made and no authority for it, but it was Hie feeling in lin sblltli ..that no colored mar, no matter what his qualifications may be, shall hold federal ollice. Tlie. whole truth ol' history, he declared, shows the utter incompetence of thc colored race self government. Mr. Spooner rema riced that a presi dent of the United States who would yield to the demand ol' any section that the right ol' citizenship should t be surrendered would show himself unlit to hold the ollice and quite will ing to violate his oath as president. Mr. Foraker commented upon Mr. Money's statements as being most re markable because of their far-reaching consequences. -J^-^^y?ey expressed Hie conviction that theamimo^.i^i?^ l<> thc constitu tion which made n?lTriS?ivotn's was a tremendous mistake, aiid^iUll said : vast number nf people, ol' tlieNidr'<h entertained t lie same view. He s.tiVJ there lias been no objection in lliesouth to a colored mau working and none had been killed for so doing as was the cace in Illinois. Tlie feeling which obtained in the south, he said, was thill if a white man did not think himself socially better than t he negro he was not hail' as good. In the millier of these appoint menus Mr. Money said Hie president should consider conditions in the south. Ap pointing negroes lo ollice in the south was most, obnoxious.and repugnant to that sec Li dil. It was impossible, hu declared, for ?my one raised north of Mason and Dixon's line to know any thing al out the negro. 1 le concluded by sayi' ?; that there had been no in tention f creating any disturbance whatever in lndianola, but the (doa of hohl ?ULT a public meeting was that it would apprise the postmistress of the wishes of the citizens and that it might lead to her resignation. The basis or all the trouble, he said, was the referee system as lt prevails in the south. THREE MEN KILLED. <'nul Cart) on a Death 7" ?'ip in u Coal Mino. Tiie breaking of a coupling, follow ed by the runaway of a striug.of load ed coal cars in the Sunshine mine at South Fork, Fa.,-; late Thursday after noon, caused the death or three-men, the fatal injury of one, and more Or less serious injuries to mine others. Thc dead: Tony IJordcr, of South Fork, aged 10 years. Joseph S. Strank, South Fork aged 30 years. .. Frank McClain, of Kben field. Thc injured: -Coulbaugh, of Smith Fork, spine injured and breast crushed, will die. Albert Paul, of South Fork, arm, leg and collar hone broken, serious. William Parker, South Kork, crush ed about head and body, will recover. A half dozen others whose names could not be ascertained were badly bruised. Thc accident occurred about fi p. m. as the men were leaving the mine. A trip (if about 25 loaded ears was being hauled to the surface by an endless chain. When the cars left thc centre of thc minc lifteen ore men climbed aboard. All went well until the trip reached a "dip" about IUD yards from the mouth of the mine. The train climbed three-fourths of thc steep grade in safety, but a short distance from the level track the hitching be tween the second and third cars broke, instantly the mino slope was tilled with shouts of the men as all of the cars with the exception of the lirst two commenced to back down thc grade. Slowly at lirst but with grad ually increasing speed the cars sped downwards, giving the men scarcely an opportunity to Jump and save themselves. When about 200 yards from where thc hitching broke thc foremost car left thc track and the remainder of the train (lilied up back of it. II KIA' KOK TIIK INJURED. Those who had been fortunate enough to jump from the runaway cars quickly ran to the outside and told of thc accident. Help was quick ly brought to the men buried beneath the pile ol' wreckage, which tilled the six-foot heading for a distance of twenty yards. At ti late hour Thurs day night the wreckage had been cleared away and the injured ali taken out. SOLD DEATH FOE. $100. Herl) Doctor Arrested Vor Adminis tering Poison to Thirty-Four Men. Seventy letters, written mostly by women, haye been found in the home of George llooscy, tim negro "herb doctor" of Philadelphia, who is ac cused of being an accessory to the al leged murder of William C. Danzc. These letters, which arc said to be of an incriminating nature, vary little in their terms, and, it is asserted, show that Jloosty charged 8100 for every case. Some of the letters point to payment of thc fee installments. Tlic police oilicials have directed the opening of 34 graves, having se cured evidence that leads them to believe that George IToosey, the negro "heil) doctor," ls responsible for at least that many deaths. Iloosey is in jail as accessory to thc murder of William G. Danzo, whose widow is charged witli having administered to lier husband slow poison furnisliod by Mle negro. "We do not know how many pois on i'm/ cases can he traced to Iloosey," said a police official today, "but thus far we have secured evidence that has warranted us in directing the opening of 3-1 graves." This case is assuming proportions far beyond the comprehension of those connected with it at tim time Doosey was arrested. Thc real investigation is just beginning and before it pro ceeds much further startling develop ments will crop out. A St rutile Case. Twenty years ago last August Mrs. Adam WincgarUcr of Zanesvillc, Ohio, received a bite from a copperhead snake. Annually thereafter, with tiie recurrence ol' dog days, the wound would become swollen and her limb would assume thc peculiar mottled appearance ol* a copperhead snake, lier health became broken in time anti recently she dieu with all the symptoms of a snake bite just re ceived. Physicians say there tire but few similar cases on record. A ('nulky Te.aclior. , ? Prot. A. T. Weaver, o? Ashville, N. C., at the head of a leading education al institution lias been sent, to jail be cause he refused fi bc vaccinated and also because of his refusal to pay a line of $2;"> for the same. The vaccina tion was ordered tis a precaution against smallpox. Prof. Weaver, it is said, may institute legal proceed ings against thc authorities, and may lake the case before thc Supreme Court ol' North Carolina. An Honor Well HoHtowcd. The president Thursday announced lite members of the board ol' visitors to til.; West Point Military academy trs^rV;)JiJW8: Hon. I). P.. Henderson of Iowa, lloiiM'Corgc V. Maxtor of Colo rado, ('ol. Ashiwy Coward, superinten dent of tho South' Carolina Military academy; .Iosep!) C. . Darlington of Philadelphia. Wm. A. Pew, Jr., of P.oston: the Kev. ISrucst M- Stiers, I). I.).. St. Thomas church, Kew York, and .1. G. Schiuidlappof Cincin nati. A Fatal Accident. At Port Wayne, Ind., a freight train crashed into a furniture van or the. North Side Transfer Company at tiie Sandusky stree! crossing, at Alle gheny, Wednesday, wrecking the van and killing two men. Two others were seriously injured. Thc van was completely wrecked and three horses were killed. \ BRIGHT OUTLOOK. The Governor Tells of the Day : of Industrial -Prt sperity. GREAT FUTURE FOR THE STATE The People ol' Houth Curolliia Arc UeiiiK Hrought Into Touch With Those of Other ' Staten. . * Gov. Hey ward" attende^! the anni versary dinner of tile Hibernian Socie ty in Charleston last Tuesday night, week. Ile responded to the toast of South Carolina and '.ipokeas follows: Mr. Toastmaster ?ind Mcmhers ol" the Iii bern ian Soe. c ty: Before addressing myself to the subject of the toast which has just been announced-a toastwhieh strikes a responsive chord in every heart around this board and tinds it echo in thc hearts of every true Carolinian from the restless wave bf the Atlantic to the range of blue mountains-on thc northern border of our Stivtc-1 must say a word of thanks for the invita tion willoh brings me here "touight. To tell yon that 1 appreolato most highly the-honor you have done me would not be expressing all that 1 feel. lt is not only an honor buta privilege to commemorate with the members of this historic society the birthday of nim who is the patron saint of thc Emerald Isle. ?Today with fonder memories, the hearts of Irishmen the world over are turning back to Erin. Today they rejoice because that liberty which lifts always had a home in Irish hearts is about to lind a lodgment on Irish soil. I Today thc prophetic words of your own poet, tho' we of America and of tile south can claim him too, are be ing realized, when lie said: "Look aloft! look aloft! the clouds drifting by, There's a gleam through the gloom there's a light in tile sky, 'Tis: the sunburst resplendent-far ' Hashing nu high! ? Erin's dark night ls waning, her day dawn is nigh!" . lt cannot, my friends, come too soon From our hearts we all should say: God speed tl ie coming or that day. "Never mind how poor an Irishman may he when he comes to our shores there is one thing which he always brings witli him, and that is his love of country; but loving and remember ing thc land from whence he came makes him none the less loyal to the land of his adoption. Irish South Carolinians-Irish Americans, are true South Carolinians, they are true and patriotic Americans. Tiley love Son til Carolina and they love America with the same love that they love Ireland and hence it is that on such an 'occasions as this, when a toast is proposed to the "State of South Car dilla," thc Palmetto is greeted by as "loyal hearts and true" as ever hailed thc shamrock in an Irish banquet hali; The few words which I shall ad dress to you tonight shall bc to you not as Irishmen or as descendants of Irishmen, but as Charlestonlans and as South Carolinians-as men who rejoice that "over the newly-wedded moun tain and seaboard" as expressed in my toast, "peace and prosperity" now reign. I know, my friends, and my countrymen, that I voice the senti ment of every true Charlestonlan and of every true South Carolinian, when I say I rejoice that the day has come when, forgetting the things of. thc past wc eau, hand in had and shoul der to shoulder, with renewed cour age,1 as brethren, press on to the things which lie before. If it has fallen to my lot, as you kindly intimate in thc sentiment willoh has just been read, to hear an humble part in bringing about this happy condition, 1 can only say that I found a fertile tield, in the pl wing of which 1 found ready and willing helpers from the mountains to the seaboard. In every section of our State I found sturdy South Carolin ians-men' who loved South Carolina -men whose warm handclasps and whose -untiring labor did far more than anything I could do to accom plish the results upon which we felici tate ourselves tonight. The era of peace and good will which today is prevailing in South Carolina means much for us in the present "and for the future-for us, for our children and for our children's children. .Whether or not wc shall attain our full measure of good de pends upon us and upon us alone.- If wc are to work out successfully.thc great future which I .'"believe Hes ' bc- j fore us tis a people, wc must practice not only" in our lives but also.in our politics tlic.-principles of thc golden rule. We. should-seek.to build up and not to pull down-to understand and not to misunderstand, remembering always that wc are one people'witli ii common'heritage arid a com mon-des tiny-ali sons of one mol'lier and that mother the grand old common wealth of Soutjh Carolina. " A brjgh.tcr diiy is breaking over our State-a day of industrial prosperity such ns our forefathers never dreamed of. lt is coming as surely as thc sun will rise upon thc morrow. -. We can see its signs on thc horj'zon-we -can breatho it in thc very atmosphere. . Wileri a storm ls over, and thc Ifghtr' tiing lia's ceased to Hash and thc thun der to shake the earth, how .gladly does the traveler behold thc rainbow In the cloud! .lt ascends from the rugged mountain top and with its my-, riad of colors spanning the . skjjj it seems to sink to rest in tho bosom of thc oxjean-i-a holy.covenaut that n?y?r again shall those- waters cover the earth. " '- 7 *. So it iii wi th .1 hat prosperity \vjiich today is gradually spreading ' its bright .'bow of promise over South Carolina. From the "everlasting hills" ot tlic Piedmont to tho*' bar on yonder harbor its light ls beginning to radiate. That light is entering today thc humble home of thc laborer, making his home better and happier, it is1-causing^ the farmer, to shig be-, hind tiJ.e.pjow, .it js" touching, as with the wand,of a. niagician, our bleeping 'marts of'trjjde and bidding 'tuc ni awake;, it. is making ns South Crt'ro liaiis realize thc fact that 'truly* -our lines ate fallen in pleasant places'' nhd that , wc have "a goodly heritage." And even beyond this. In placing us lu closest commercial touch with all parts of our country, it is also placing us in closer social touch with our sis ter States-it is making us and our fellow citizens In distant Slates know, and understand each other better, and again like that bow in the cloud, it stands as a pledge, a covenant, that never again shall the people of South Carolina pass through the struggles that they have in days gone by. In tlie great future which I feel sure lies before us as a State, Charles ton, thc chief metropolis of South Carolina," must play a" conspicuous part; This old city has never been round wanting in .thc past-In the days, whioh tried tren's souls, and .she will'never be found wanting in tlie future when she is called upon to work for the upbuilding of the State and tlie betterment of its. people. .. I rejoice to see Charleston taking on new life-and in saying this I feel satisfied 1 bespeak-the sentiment of all South Carolinians. Asa friend of Charleston I .rejoice that from the bel fr?y of old St. Michael's the watch man can again call out over your city, as he did in thc days gone by? "All is well." As a South Carolin ian, I rejoice that cry need not lie confined to the limits of this city, but can extend far beyond. Hean fall, as a benediction, upon tho ears of the sailor, as from yon quiet harbor he turns his prow to seaward, and then it can.be caug'ht up by the winds of thc ocean and wafted back across our enlirc State, even to its mountain tops. Although there is still much to be done; although there are still great problems to be solved, and evils to be eradicated, yet the wisdom, under God. to solve them, and the determi nation to eradicate thom, and hence it is that of South Carolina it can be truly said "All is well." We have no cause for discourage ment-wc have every cause for en couragcinent. As one of your watch men on the tower, I can say to "you tonight that thc State of South Caro lina I;: advancing in every : way, and that beneath her banner united march her sons. "Our union is river, lake, ocean and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when God cubs the die: Though darkened with sulphur, tl iou gb cloven with steel, Tlie bliic ?rch will brighten, thc waters will heal." HOW HE WORKED FARMERS. A Swindler Taken Advnntago ol' a Casi) lu Advance Custom The Columbia State says a gentle man from Newberry county tells of the manner in which B. lb Fray and his associates "worked" tV\e-_?~n?dinv? people of the rural 'district. '"Bray?., Johnson and Jones arc the names given by thc three who caused the honest yeomanry to separate them selves from money which represented toil, self-denial and whose investment in buggies would have prevented the farmers from enjoying home comforts'. Now they have nothing to show for the money-an'3 Fray is gone, lt is an easy manner to "llim-llam" the farmers according to the statement of this gentleman. They are accustomed to order from agents who come around with catalogues, and the purchaser is required to make a cash payment to insure the company that it will not lose the freight tolls should the pur chaser fail toc?me up with the money when the goods arrive Fut Fray seems to have been greedy. Ile was not satislied with an advance payment of a nominal amount, but required half of the value of the arti cle. Iii 'this way his sales were fewer but it did not make him an object of suspicion. When he did catch a farm er, Fray Fled him well. While he had catalogues from a well known mail or der house, there is no evidence, to In dicate that they were aware of Mra>'.s being In this section. The justly ct 1 ebratod Rray came from Chicago, and he practiced on the IUinbi.su farmers before coming south. Sears. Roebuck & Co., thc linn whose name bas been used by Fray have oll'ered a reward for thc capture of Fray, Johnson and Jones, and, partly ibrough their.efforts, a parly who duped farmers in Mississippi in thc same way has already been jailed for three, years. This would tend to show lack of'Complicity on the pan of thc Chicago house. It is strange that with all the ras cality of which Fray has been guilty the ofllcials of the law in Columbia haye been furnished, with no adequate description of his personal appearance. His disappearance ls now causing them to long for a glance at his face. Two Ooolorh Differed. A special from Tarboro, N. C., says: Dr. II, T. Fuss, who was shot here Sunday by Dr. J. M. Faker, died air his residence that night between 11 and l~o'elo;k. He was on thc operating table, and as he began to show signs of sinking the operation was not com pleted. Farly Iii'thc night bc became unconscious and thereafter sank rapid ly. The funeral took place from Calvary church this afternoon. .Rev. Dr. (Iambic conducting the services. Thc church could not scated the im mense crowd-that attended. The re mains sverelnterreel in Calvary church yard. Dr. Maker, who isouton bond, left here Wednesday for Richmond on professional business. The coroner's jury went to the house of thc deceased and viewed thc remains this morning, then adjourned until the'; 2!lrd, when they will hear testimony. The prel iminary hearing will be on Monday. A Terrible DlnnMor. The steamer Mariposa, which ar -riv?d lit San Francisco one day last ?Week'from Samoa, brings news of thc disastrous hurricane which swept over the PpumQtu group of islands in Jan uary. In all Over li?l) lives were lost and thc linancial loss will exceed $??00, 000. The Pomoutu group of islands number about 100. Relief measures have been Instituted and everything possible is being done at Apia and 'Other- places in the Sanioan group to relieve* thc- Bufferings of the Fomoutu islanders, . '' ? >\Vvi? ,H ? k ???a ... I FOUND A? LAST. I- " Thinking Her Husband Dead a Lady . I, . Marries Another Man. C?BIO?B GTOBY OF WEDLOCK. Mysteriously Ilisnp .^pearcd Thiec j em u Aj;o, and f,", --''.' q ? V" : V His Kt-main.s found in th? .vi? v . Woods Last Week. <!->?'. The following dispatch published edUn The State on Tuesday, 17th in stUpt, caused considerable comment in.Columbia and elsewhere: 1>A human skeleton was found in an Isolated spot in a pasture six miles fr^in Wilmington, near the coast, and id?ntilie'd, asa result of au hivestiga tio? by the coroner Wednesday, as thai pf W. \V. Young, a white car penter^ 32 years old, who disappeared from his home in this city May 3, 1 yoi?. The eau ie of the man's death ls unknown and thc investigation is being pursued. Members of his fami ly say they advertised for tho man and'rn'adc diligent search, at last giv ing up hope of iindlng him. Young has a wife and two children in Colum bia, S.. C,, Mrs. Young having married a railroad employe named Ihmerts af tee the first husband's disappear anc?v"' O'rLlast Thursday morning tho State published the following sequel to tho aLoyedispatch: The Mrs. Young referred to is the widow of the late Mr. Wm. J. Roberts, a car inspector in the employ of the ?Southern railway, who was kill ed a .tew weeks ago by being run over in the Atlantic Coast Line yards. She married Mr. Roberts,, believing her lirst husband was dead, no word hav ing lieen heard of him since May, liiOO. Thew dispatch from Willingtun was the.first information she has had con cerning him since that time. Mrfc. Young, or rather Mrs. Roberts, lives.-at 929 Oak street in the Shannon district, and when seen Wednesday by ?ltate reporter gave the details of ber?hrst husband's strange disappear ance^, In (he year 1890 Youuy, a carpen te&by^ trade and a native of Camden, married a Miss liairby, the daughter of d': farmer livirlg in that'County. This is the present Mrs. Roberts. ... They made their home in this" city f?r.a short period of time, leaving it to go,; to Parksvllle, and thence to Augusta. After two years'residence the. couple went to Wilmington, Ti. O..^M?/- ' - * .. During . the period of their Uf? in .'? ? ?. uV? *..?.?..*. H ou^t",irv>r?ke' aown-'?VjiVh? was able to work at his trade only at Intervals. He grew no better and gradually his mind became affected. At the end of seven years M rr.. Young decided to leave Wilming ton with her two children and return to this city to make her home with her father. The little family was then in very reduced circumstances and thc plan was practically forced to a con clusion by this dire necessity. Young, who was then almost totally Incapaci tated for work, was left with his sis ters in Wilmington in the hope that he might recover. Mrs. Young was in constant comrmF" nication with his sisters from time she left North Carolina in November, 1899, but lier husband's mental condi tion did not improve. Ile grew moody and took long walks alone if not watched. At times far out in the forests he would fall to tho ground in thc rigors of an epileptic lit and in his paroxysms indict personal injuries upon himself. Once or twice he was found lying across his mother's grave in Believue cemetry. Finally it was decided that he should be sent to the North Carolina State Hospital for the Insane and a medical board was apponted by the authorities to examine bini as to his sanity. Hut on the day previous to the examination Young mysteriously disappeared and nothing luis ever '.?ceri heard or Ii i m until the gruesome dis covery on Monday last of his grinning skeleton lying in thc dark woods near the mouth o? tile Cape Fear river. After Young was lost to sightevery attempt was made to ascertain his whereabouts. The country for miles around Wilmington was searched and advertisements offering rewards in serted in the newspapers of thc State Mis fate remained a mystery, through it was practically concluded that he had- fallen, in one of Iiis perambula tions, into the Cape Fear river and had -been drowned. His life was in sured and his widow kept up thc pre miums for many months, expecting that his body would he recovered. For this purpose she used in part the re ceipts from the sale of lils tool chest When ail hope had been abandoned the policy was allowed to lapse. Mrs. Young has now two children 0 and ll years old respectively, born to her by lier first husband. On Feb mary (J, 1902, she married Mr. Roberts, firmly believing at the time that her first husband was dead. It is a question as to whether his death had occurred at the time, but the pro liabilities are that it had. Kurili l'Yee Kontos. There are now 2?10 rural free deliv ery routes in operation in South Car ulina and more in process of being established. These carriers arc paid by checks issued by Postmaster Ensor against funds on deposit ill the Caro lina National bank, tho national de pository in Columbia. Sonic idea of tiie magnitude to which tills service has grown in tills state can be ob tained from the statement that thc monthly pay roll of these carriers amounts to over $11,000. Torn hy ft Hear. O. H. Sanders, an aged resident of Houston Tex., was attacked and al most torn to nieces Wednesday night by ?i ?avago bear. He was throwu to the ground and horribly mangled by tiie frenzied ' animal's tusks. Two bulldogs lind >yhrcu men came to his assistance, and Rescued him. His in inrlr-sure frii/hnful ' V GOES UP FOB LIFE. \V. C King CunvIctCil of Murdering James und Samuel Rodgers. i William C. King, the white man who murdered James and Samuel Rodgers in Florence County on Jan uary 31, was round guilty with re commendation to mercy Friday hy the jury In the court of general ses sions at Florence. His attorney, Waller "Wells', Esq., made a motion for a new trial, but when court re convened liYldny afternoon he an nounced his abandonment of the mo tion, but gave no ice of an appeal to the supreme court. Judge Gage then sentenced King to the penitentiary lit lund labor for his natural life. A dispatch from Florence to The State says verdict has given unusual satisfaction, and groups of men can bc seen on thc streets discussing the case. Then general concensus of Opinion is that it marks the begin ning of a new era in South Carolina, especially this part or the State, lt is asserted that this is tile first con viction of a white man for the killing of another in this judicial circuit since Lockhart was convicted of uian slughterln Williamsburg county years ;igo under the late Judge I, P. Witherspoon, AH the evidence in the King case ?oes to prove that lt was an unpro voked, uncalled for murder of two obscure men, and all about a dog which King admitted that he had never seen, lt is learned that thc jury on thc first ballot stood eight for for murder with recommendation to mercy, three for murder outright- and jnc for manslaughter. Oh thc sec ind ballot eleven were for conviction with recommendation to meroy and ano for manslaughter. The next ballot was in conformity with the verdict rendered. When King was asked If ho had inything to say why sentence should not tie passed upon him, he shook his liead and said, "I have nothing to iay." Judge Gage did not undertake to jive him a lecture, neither did he re 'er to the heinous crime of which he itood convicted, but simply passed ihe formal legal sentence of life im prisonment in thc penitentiary. William lying is., a man who pcr ?aps has seen ?'.\ summers; about six Peet tall, weighing about 1(>0 pounds, [lc has a brutal f.'ce. large protrud ing jaw lune, cold steel grey eyes which move restlessly from side to side .vithunt turning lils hiad. lils head s very small and'exceedingly narrow icrosi the base of thc skull, lt is dated that the two Rogers men are int the only victims of his nimble pistol. Upon what grounds his attorney will- base his' appeal to the supreme spurt ls. not known, for it is an ad mitted faot that the judge charged jhe j?ry?on -every point ou which ;he .vas requested and neither directly or ndirectly referred to a single-, fact ?onnected with the case, nor did he ?ouch upon the evidence in the case. Employment Tor Girls. One of the most Important of the lew institutions started in Charles ton and in the entire state, is the new plant which the American Cigar Company opened about eight weeks lgo in Charleston. The company is ?mploying young women and teach ing them the art of making cigars. They have at present only about two li u nd red and fifty. Rut can give em ployment to tive thousand. Thc work ls clean, healthy and easy to learn, iitid the amount of money that the jirls can make is far greater than in my other trade or employment. In dx weeks time the young ladies make from SI to $l> and in three months from ST to $10 per week. A very strong effort is being made hy the management to secure only the high est class of young ladies who are forc ed to earn their own living. The Commercial Club of Charleston and a number of the leading ministers are assisting the company by sending them all the worthy young ladies who arc in need of employment, and they have given the concern their hearty approval. In order to break the monotony of work a piano is played] in the building every al lemont! and the girls are allowed to sing while at work. An elderly lady acts as ma tron and one of the leading physicians of Charleston is employed to treat the girls free of charge to them. Of course no negroes arc employed lind everything possible is done to make the work both protita hie and pleasant. Good board is secured for girls from thc country at very low rates. Let the Sunshine In. The room should be sunny in all ail ments except a very few affections of the eye, for sunshine is the best germ destroyer wc have, and will make a room more wholesome and sweet than any disinfectant, says the Scotsman. Nowdays it is not considered neces sary to darken every sick room as it used tobe. It ls more fashionable and much more healthy to let In sunshine all over thc house than it is to close thc blinds so that thc furniture may not fade, lt is cheaper and much pleasanter to have a faded carpet than it is to have a case of sickness, and the doctor's and the nurse's bill to pay Thc dark, stuffy room, whispering voices and tiptoe tread have passed way, fortunately for the patient. Shot Front Ambush. II. G. Chcatham, Robert Quattle bautn and Clebe Penn, there well known farmers of the Phoenix section of (?rcenwood county, were seriously shot from ambush at 2 o'clock Thurs day morning. Cheatham received a charge of buckshot in his chest and arms and is the most dangerously wounded. It is reported that thc desperadoes \wre negroes and that seven or eight/volleys were exchanged. They Will Oe Thcro. Among other novel features of the St. Louis exposition will be thc reun ions of the Smith and Lewis families, which all the Smiths and Lewises In the country will bc invited to attend. I Thc Smiths are raising a fund of 810, OOO for tho. erection of a building on the exposition grounds to be used as their headquarter? during tho fair. STATE PK AR M A CE D' TI CA L BOARD Holds a Must Pleasant Mooting in. .thc City of OrnnRcburc The State Pharmaceutical Examin ing- Board, windi is composed of Drs. Edward A. Burnham, Frank M. Smith and W II Zeigler of Charleston, (). E. Thomas and O. Y.^Owingsof Colum bia, J. G. De Lor me of Sumter and M. H. Sander or Bock Hill, n.et in Or angeburg on Wednesday morning ta bold thc spring examinations. For the first time in thc history of the board there were no applicants for ex amination and thc board had nothing to do. j. The absence tn* applicants while a disappointment in one .sense, shows that the young men who are to bc the pharinoists of years to come are fully alive to the responsibility of the pro fession andar? prcparpariu themselves through college courses instead of trying to prepare themselves through an apprenticeship in the drug store as In days of yore. Thc hospitality of Orangcburg is proverbial, and thc members of thc board were the recipients of many pleasant attentions at the hands of the resident profession, thc most note worthy of which was a banquet in the evening. This delight ailair was given at St. Joseph's hotel, the drug gists of the city, the hosts of thc even ing, and the guests, the members of tho examining board, the resident physicians and members of the press. Those present were: Dr. Edward S. Burnham, Dr. Frank M. Smith, Dr. i W. II. Zeigler, Dr. J. G. DeLorme, i Dr. O. E. Thomas, Dr. II. Sandier, Dr. J. G. Wannaraaker, Dr. J. M. Oliver, Dr. A. S. Hydrick, Dr. T. C. ; Doyle, Dr. A. C. Dukes, Dr. S. A. Reeves, Dr. M. G. Salley, Dr. T. A. i Jellords. Dr. D. J. Hydrick, Dr. ILE. Beeves, Dr. 1). D. Salley, Dr. Lin C. Shecut, Dr. J. A. Clifton, Dr. Chas. P. Perryclear. Hr. W. lt. Lowmau, i Dr. A. C. Ligon, and Messrs, George i T. Keller, J. T. Parks, J. L. Sims, i Robert Lide, W. Ki Seasc. . 1 Tile dining room and table were i prettily decorated for the occasion and thc menu varied, comprising the deli cacies of the season. There was no i sebspcechmaking, bub Dr. Doyle, who < is tile city's mayor, made a short ad dress of welcome which wits responded to by Dr. Burnham, chairman of the : pharmaceutical board. A number of gentlemen were then called on for speeches, all of whom responded briefly und to the point. i The evening was enjoyed to the ut most by the entire party and the j members of the axamining bjard de- .1 dared it the mast delightful entertain- ? ment ever accorded them.' As for the ? hosts of the evening, they fount) such. '. a keen pleasure in their role that they i announced their decisilon to ask the State Pharmaceutical .association- to- ? meet here next year, and If tlfc Invita tion is accepted it is safo to* say the association will be entertained In royal style, surpassing anything ever ' accorded them. CONFEDERATE RECORDS. The United States Government 1 Want's to Preserve Tnt m. I The Columbia Record says it was not generally known that in the ap- ! propriation act of the recent congress < provision was made for the compila tion of a complete roster of the officers and enlisted men of the Union and Confederate armies. Secretary of War Root has sent a letter to the gover nors of all states asking theirco-opera tion in this work, which will be a most important and a stupenduous one. In his letter he says there will be little or no difficulty in preparing a roster of the Union soldiers, for the state's furnishing them have already under taken that duty and now have as complete records as possible. He says, truly, that there will be difficulty in obtaining Confederate records in his department, and we wish that was the only difficulty to be encountered in this great work, for the loan ol' the necessary documents might easily be obtained if they were in existence. Wc fear few of the Southern states have ever looked after this matter at all carefully or systematically, and we know that our own state has no re cords that are at. all complete. Time and again the legislature has been asked to appropriate a comparatively small sum in order that Confederate records might be preserved, and though at times small sums have been voted for the purpose, the amount has never been large enough to insure a complete and correct list of the names of all the soldiers of this state who en listed in the war. lt is hardly neces sary to show that lt is proper to pre serve tile names of all who fought or died in the cause of our state, not only because such a compilation would bc of great historical value, but be cause it ls our sacred duty to do so. The legislature in looking after thc matters of present or pressing need has neglected to appreciate thc Impor tance of tills work, and the conse quence is that we have not these re cords for ourselves, and unless Con federate camps now take thc matter in charge and sec to it that our re cords arc complete, the government compilation so far xs weare concerned will be very inaccurate. If the South Carolina soldier is to receive the full credit due) him something must be done to put our records in proper shape, ior thc government records in thc future will be taken as official and correct. Nothing But Hot. Thc Columbia Record says a good deal of nonsensical rot is being talked and published as-to what was said between Cliicco and the governor in their interview, aud some of thc bright sayings ascribed to thc blind tiger dealer, he is mentally incapable of conceiving, much less saying. Thc interview, in so far as Chlcco was con cerned, was in ono sense an outrage ous insult to tile majesty of the law, and had he not como under a flag of truce, as .it were the governor would have been Justillcd In at once placing him in Jail. This making Chlcco thc] hero of conversational controversy, so to Speak, is disgusting, when tho cir cumstances are considered. TWO DROWNED While Asleep on a Steamer, Which Suddenly Sinks While THE PASSENGERS BLUM* ERED. Tho AVaters Poured In Awakening Men, Women und Children to or Terrible Reality * of Their Fate. A dispatch f rom Palatka, Pla., says the steamer Metamora of the Lucas; line running up the Ocklawaha rlv?r sank Thursday-morning a little after three o'clock four miles above the mouth or the river. A^s the passen gers were all asleep and tho steamer Mink almost without a moment's warning it is almost a miracle that so few were drowned. Rufus King and Walter Watson, both colored, residents of Palatka wete drowned. ' ' /anual Myers?- the well known r <>, who was at the wheel when t' -boat went down, was the first tc ?Iscover that the boat was sinking. He immediately called Cap tain Mercier, who had just retired. Ehgineer Fred Priest, who was on duty at the time also noticed the pe culiar lurching of the vessel and turn ed on thc midship syphons, but Und ing no water be started aft and dis covered that tb? . vessel was sinking stern first. Engineer Hosignal by this time was on deck and ordered all -.lands to the cabin top. In an Instant the vessel made a lurch to port striking the timber on the north bank of the river ind with a crash rebounded to star board and sank, submerging the sec 3nd deck and ?liing the state rooms with water. With an axe Engineer Rosignal broke in the doors and windows, while jther members of the crew under Captain Mercier carried out the half drowned passengers, some of whom bad to be passed to the cabin roof aver thc outer rail. A boat was immediately sent to Welaka and within an hour row boats ind launches were at the scene of the disaster. On these the terror stricken women and children were taken to Welaka, where they were clothed and fed. Little or no baggage, belonging:to. ; . the passengers has been recovered.. ,r Many escaped in their glib clothing ~' only. The boat lies at an -angle of al most 45 .degrees/. It is thought she can oe'floated. .It is not known with certainty what '. Gaused the bo?t to sink; put it is believed ber hull struck a sunken log, causing-her to spring a leak. There were twenty passengers on board and all were saved., -The two men who were drowned were of the arew.-<-:-~r~-: ' A Terrible Trugetly. A horrible tragedy occurred at Riley station, Ky., on the Loulsevllle and Nashville railroad Thursday when Deputy Sheriff J. B- Williams with a posse of three men, went to arrest an unknown crazy man. The maniac was armed with three pistols and was frightening people in that vicinity. He imagined a mob was after him to bang him. When Deputy Sheriff Williams and his posse approached the enraged man and attempted to overpower him he drew his pistol and commenced to fire. The deputy sheriff, was shot through the body, sustaining a serious wound: Gabriel Floyd, in the back, Samuel Payne, through the arm and Samuel Devers received a scalp wound. After Williams had fallen bc raised and fired a bullet through his antagonist's head killing him instantly. Nothing was fou.id on the dead man's person to identify him, but he had S42 ir. money and a gold watch. Early in the day ho had said that his mother lived in Nelson county. The recovery of Williams and Floyd is doubtful. The Human Body. A French chemist, of a particularly inquiring turn, says the Medical Journal, has determined by experi ment that the body of an average man, of about 80 kilos, lias all the chemical elements represented in the yolk and white of twelve hundred or- .. dinary sized eggs of the common hen. Properly reduced, such a body would furnish 9? cubic metres of gas and sufficient hydrogen to fill a balloon * with an ajcensional force of 70 kilos. Normally, thc human body contains iron sulllcient to make seven large nails, fat for thirteen candles, car bon for sixty-five grass of pencils, phosphorus to tip eight hundred and and twenty thousand matches, to gether with the constituents of salt, fifty-nine lumps of sugar and forty two litres of water. Would it not be well to use some of our surplus popu lation to these ends. Let us diver sity our industries. Accounts Short. A shortage of over $5,000 has been - found in thc accounts of the late J. S. Campbell, county treasurer for Rich land. It is a year since the death of Capt. Campbell, and the estate lias made no settlement with the county. Mr. R. M. Spigener, the treasurer elected, has declined to take the ollicc from Mr. E. J. Brenner, who succeed ed Capt. Campbell, until the cloud can be cleared. The late treasurer was in feeble health and had a great deal of sorrow the last two years of his life. His mental condition is advanced charitably as the cause of thc deficiency. No official statement can be obtained. Thinks Pennell Did lt. A Buffalo preacher has undertaken to place responsibility for thc murder of Burdick upon thc lawyer, Pennell, who was crushed to death beneatli his automobile ten days after thc mysteri ous crime had been developed. The preacher declares that Pennell killed Burdick and afterwards deliberately drove his automobile to a death plunge to kill himself and his wife. IN the Farmers' Improvement so ciety of Texas there are a.000 negro farmors, whp own 50,000 acres of land. That's the sort of solution of the race problem that is needed; and the whlto poople of thc south aro willing to do all in th ?ir power to help tho negrt.es solve it along that lino.