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"DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. ':>,i|N\SPIREi6^UR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LI Y RS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OH OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. pml. . BEpSTETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 10), 1903. NO. 22. REMARKABLE SCENE. Senator Ben. Til-man's Retact to Senator Redfield Proctor. ON THE PLOOR OF THE SENATE. Tbo Springfield, Muss., Republican Streosea tho Incident to tho Disadvantage oftlic New ICttfjlnnder. 'A remarkable episode is embedded in the Congressional .Record of Jan uary 29. Let us observe the scene it presents. The senator from Vermont, Mr. Proctor, bad the door. He is a fair representative of New England. Debating with him was the senator from South Carolina, Mr. Tillman, who happens to be more associated in the public mind with the defense uf lynch law than any other senator. Senator Tillman bas often justified violent acts toward the negro race. These facts tend to make the encoun ter betweeu New England and South Carolina on the door of the sonnie impressive, for the subject under dis cussion was peculiarly an issue of law lessness and even.savagery. : "The senator from New England bud read to the senate the statement by Capt. Cornelius M. Brownell, late cap tain of Co. Jv. 20 th'.ol un teer infantry, confessing and justifying bis act in torturing to death the insurgent Fili pino prlestknown as Fattier Augustin. The statement was read in full, and the remarks that followed were made with full knowledge of Capt. Brown ell's declarations. Brownell gave a detailed description of the torture, which is absolutely forbidden by the articles of war under which the Uni ted States army is governed during hostilities, and which thc world re gards as a crime against civilization. Some extracts may serve to show tbo character of Capt. Brownell's opera tions: Knowing that there waa un deposit in the city of Hullo a" large sum of money awaiting his order at the mer cantile house of Hoskyn & Co., the banking houses of the ilong-koug and Shanghai banking corporation, and the BanquoEspanul, I insisted that he would be obliged to deliver orders for this money to me. The time given bim having expired without result, he was brought Into my presejice and that of other officers and enlisted men and told that he would be blindfolded and the water .cure administered until he .acceded to fay request. The 'water cure was administered ?-/Jor a short time. Ho'stlll Insisted that it. belonged to : th c.. pope,.at Borne.The: cu re was continued. Under this physical torture, which J?a? Upnllt^vthvejoJUmes'. . LUe.;u.U^"t*J.'.. ..... .. ne orders revthopay men t ~*^?ni'oneyAvhich was -Intne* Various ; wanks. "Jlut Capt. Brownell was not satisfied. He then demanded that the priest disclose the hiding place of one Quintin Salas. Now came the final tragedy, which under any possible In terpretation of military law was mur der: He (thc priest) was in a dejected mood, despondent, thoroughly discour aged. He told me that he bad better be dead, and wished he might die. . . . I give him until a certain hour to con sider whether he would disclose this hiding pince or not. At the expira tion nf this time he declined to dis close Salas* whereabouts. I finally ordered that the cure be again administered to him and stepped Into an adjoining room. In a very short time-. . . I was warned by a disturbance in tbe room where thc prisoner-was that some thing was' wrong and upon entering the room the man was dead. Never, of course, was there a clearer case for a physician in determining thecauseof a death. Father Augustin died under torture. Vet, according to Capt. Brownell's statement, tbe post surgeon immediately came in, looked at the corpse, and decided that the priest had died fruin "fatty de generation of the heart, and from complete collapse and mental anguish over the exposure of his criminal life." That was the surgeon's little joke, but it was of tbe sort of humor that may best be described as mockery. Now, the United States senate, having beard all these facts as related by Brownell, was then a listener to this remarkably prcvertcd or remark ably impudent expression of the cap tain's views on lils own case: The water cure was administered by my order several t imes lo different natives. ... 1 do not and never have believed it cruel or barbarous in any manner, and whenever it became necessary, In my judgment, to admin ister it, the men chosen for that duty were chosen with a view to having only intelligent, careful, humane men perform the operation. Senator lied Held Proctor when tho reading had ended, stood on his feet and said: "I propose to make a de fense of Capt. Brownell. In bis posi tion he was fully justified in taking auy steps he saw proper for thc safety of his command. Father Augustin might have been tried by a drumhead courtmarlial and shot or hung." And that was New langland speaking in defense of hideous torture, which re sulted in murder, as a means of war fare. Up arose-whom? The sena tor from South Carolina, and he aim ed at thc New Englander a thrust that should have cut to bis soul: "If the senator will permit me,-J have only to say that for thc honor of thc American republic and thc honor of the American army, 1 would to God Father Augustin had been shot by or der of a drumhead courtmartiul rather than be tortured to death to get the money from him." It may be repeated that this was a remarkable scene in the United States senate. A New Englander justifying both torture and lawlessness in the army; a South Carolinian, who often defends ly neb law at home, rebuking with withering irony and crushing force the New England "conscience." Mr. l'roctor'isbold defense of Brownell was an abomination which assails the whole structure of law and order, not to say simple humanity, In his own country; and lt seems like an inspira tion that of all senators Mr. Tillman should have faced the Vermonter \Vlth that terrltio retort.- Sprhiglleld (Mass.) Republican. A BIG FEE. A Vuunj; Kentucky Lawyer Who] Struck It Rich. A young Kentuoky lawyer, Captain C. C. Calhoun of Lexington, hus re cently grown rich from a singlo ,iee. Captain Culhoun, us the special attor- j ney for the state of Kentucky, recent ly delivered to thc state authorities a certilled cheek on the Uultcd States treusury for ?1,323,099.85. The-Louis ville correspondent of the Chicago Chronicle says:. "He got Uie money due to the state for equipping union soldiers during tho civil wur. A your | ago Captain Calhoun, a poor, but bright young lawyer, appeared before Governor Beckham and said that much money was due thc state from tlic government. Thc governor suid: 'AU right, Culhoun, I'll appoint you to represent the stute und If. you collect you muy get n fcc of 10 perl cent. Young Calhoun was without funds, but he set <to work nt his tusk j and spent ninny months in Washing ton looking through musty records of the civil wur claims. After weeks of tedious work he secured fucts und guides which proved that the govern ment did owe the commonwealth of Kentucky thc amount mimed.' Ile then set to work to huve the claim ul lowed. The proof was^ so. positive that he succeeded In having thq.yluiui included in the genernl deficiency bill, which was passed by congress ?ind signed by the president last week, und I Captain Calhoun's fee, which will be paid to him, amounts t-b $'132,400.' Captain Calhoun lias just -married und will purchase a big blue- g-russ-farm near Lexington, lie will eunUnue to| practice law, however " Torn Stamps Not Good. Thc post?nico department hus un der preparation a small book, to be is sued to patrons of Lim poslouioes throughout thc country, which will contain a great amount of information regarding the business of the postotllcc ! which is not generally known.- The book will be, in a measure, .u book of | instruction as to how to transact busi ness with thc postolllce. One of the things to bc treated will bc the use of mutilntcd stamps on letters. It ls not generally known to users of post nge stumps that a torn or defaced stump cannot be used. Persons who | huve torn stamps in their possession | have been In the habit of pasting the two pieces together und thus plncingl it on a letter. Phis is prohibited in | tho postal regulations, and the person who uses such a stamp runs the risk of not having his or her letter deli ver ,ed. .Sometimes thc stamps ure so well-repaired that the Lear escapes de tection, but should" the rent in tho 1 stamp be found by -.*-, . ohicials ,-.. ... of iio-va.luo,v:.-;iS? ^ , t? also conc'nlp,;. informal0 ggggpittgS the registry and money order systems. A New Uiver iiout. Mr. W. h. Smith Whalcy ?ind other I officers of thc Olymphlu, Granby und Richland cotton mills and also con nected with the Columbia and George town steamboat company, have closed a contract with thc Stevens Merrill engineering company of Jacksonville, Fla., for the construction of $40,000. steel-hulled freight boat.to bc ready j by November 1. Thc bout will be used for currying cotton goods to | Georgetown for shipment to northern points und ?tis estimated that freight I rutes will be reduced from 41 cents | per hundred to 30 cents per hundred.. Thc bout will lie a double-decker, hav ing a capacity of 200 bales and draw three feet of water. The name will be Washington A. Clark nfter thc presi dent ol' thc Carolina National bank of this city who hus always been promi nently identified with Columbia's progress. UH?: ol*injunctions, D. F. Bradly, president of the Iowa college, submits to un Iowa paper two questions, us follows: 1. If a Judge) may enjoin union labor from ordering a strike, why in:iy he not upon appli cation enjoin capitalists against reduc tion of wages, or other nels alleged to] be oppressive to labor? 2 If ifls good law for United States courts to inter-I vene In behalf of interstate railroads I why is it not good law for the same courts to redress gricvan :csof employ es engaged In interstate commerce? The Sioux City .Journal in reply to ? these questions says that "the obvious answer in both queries is that un In- j junction in one case would be just ns logical ?is in the other."' And yet we do not recall an instance where n f?d eral judge hus applied the writ of in junction in this way to corporations. A Cruel Practice. . Docking horses, cutting their tulls olT, is an abominai habit among fashionable people" in the large cities. The Societies for thc prevention of Cruelty to Animals 'often cause the. arrest of poor men d?pendent upon their daily labor for a living, who ure found driving u bruised or sore horse or wi til too heavy u load on the wng On, hut wc have never heard ol'their causing tlie arrest of u 1'ushiohuble. miiti or woman for driving a bobtailed horse, deprived of Iiis liest deren.se agu i nst pestiferous liles. They Can Strike. A dispatch from .it. Louis says the injunction issued March 3, by Judge 121 mer B. Adams of the United Stnt.es district court, nt thc instnnce of the Wabash Railroad company otllcials to restrain the Brotherhoods of Hallway Trainmen ?md Firemen from ordering a strike on that system, was dissolved Wednesday in a decision handed down by Judge Adams, u week after the hearing of arguments for ?ind against the removal of the legal Obstacle. A 111? .Strike. Ten thousand bituminous cuni 'miners in Indiana are on strike Wed nesday but Die operators ?ind the miners' lenders believe a settlement will be reached before ninny hours through the influence of John Mitchell, who will confer with the operators. Thc operators contend that the miners should ueeept lust your's contract. WARMLY WELCOMED. The Charleston People Eeoeive Sena ? tor Tillman With Open Arms : '., ;y . >-* A BATCH OF YOUNG DOCTORS! The Senator Delivers tho Annual Ad dress at the Graduating IS*or . clues to a Largo, and En thusastie Audience. Senator Tillman had a big time In Charleston last week- Ile arrived there "Wednesday having gone for the purpose of delivering the address at the commencement exercises of the South Carolina Medical college Thurs day night at the academy of music. Ile was met at the depot hy Ur. F. L. Parker, the dean of the faculty, Mayor Smyth and Mr. Henry P. Wil Hams, cashier"of the Carolina Savings hank, who entertained him at his handsome home on East Nattery. The senator was driven directly to Mr. Williams' home. He received-a num oT- callers during the day and was taken for a drive over thc city and suburbs by Mayor Smyth Wednesday afternoon. He was asked for a statement on the issues of the day, especially the ap pointaient or the negro collector of the port and other matters on which he would be expected to talk, but he turned the newspaper men down com pletely, saying that he would have to be excused from being interviewed Ile explained that he had come to Charleston in respjnsc to the invita ti?n of thc college^ and tli2 attention which was being shown him was all very much appreciated, but ho prc fcrred not to make any public state ments at this time. Senator Tillman was-the guest of Mayor Smyth at private dinner.-Wednesday evening at thc Charleston hotel. Only a few specially invited friends and the mern bers ol eily council were present. Senator Tillman was taken in a special trolley Thursday to the Char leston navy yards, being accompanied by the park commissioners and a num ber, of thc aldermen, and the mayor. Ile manifested much interest in the work. Ile expressed the opinion, however, that he did not think that the contractors were making the pro per progress but bc added that they probably knew their business better than himself. The senator refused all other, invitations for entertain ments Thursday explaining that he needed rest to have him in Ht condi tion to speak. On Thursday night the annual com mencement exercises of the Medical College of South Carolina were held, when the degree nf doctor of medicine was conferred upon twenty men and two women, doctor of pharmacy on one candidate nnd di plomas of gradua ir-- . pharmacy ! ori" twenty-two young UTOP. Thc exercises were of more than t he usual interesting char acter on account of Senator Tillman delivering the annual address. The Academy of Music seats 1,000 people, but the building was inade quate to accommodate the crowd and many people were turned away from the doors. The graduating classes were not only very large this year, but were also noted, for their excellent scholarship. ?The exercises were op ened with an invocation by Kev. Dr. J. A. Ii. Scherer of St. Andrew's Lutheran church. Thc annual report of the deaf?, Dr. F. L. Parker, was then read, after which Maj. Theodore G. Parker of the board of trustees, conferred the degrees, presenting the certilicates to the following graduates: Graduates in medicine: Dis. G. P. Ackerman, Cottageville: J. W. Durn, Charleston; E. P. Carter, Ehrhardt: II. M. Carter, Snioaks: F. C. Clark,Co lumbia City, Ind.; .1. 1?. Du Pre, Mt. Pleasant; F. M. Duramt lilackstock: Wi E. Ehrich, Georgetown; T. E. Hogg, Thomas F. Johnson, Charles ton: J. C. Lawson, Darlington: M. It. McMillan, Charleston: M. O. Mauldin, Pickens; F. J. McKinley, Mount Pleas ant: J. G. MeMastcr, Winnsboro; A. K. Prentiss, Charleston; D. L. Smith, Anderson; T. C. Stone, Greenville; J. F. Townsend, Jr., Edisto Island; A. M. Wylc, Chester. Graduates in pharmacy: Ralph II, l?der, Anthony P. Beckman, Francis IT.' Poid, David J. Purus and E. J. Conner, Charleston: Alex Clyde El lerbe, Conway; J. Leonard Hogan, Ridgeway; Benjamin Franklin Mc Leod, Clio; Crocket H. McMurray, Lancaster: George I). Merritt and M. H. Monsen, Charleston: Hughes A. Moorer, Si.Georges; Manning L. Nel son and O. L. Owens, Charleston; Dari L. Shielder, St.Georges; Andrew M. Smith and Ernest E. Smith, Char leston: J. Henry S to n ecy plier, West minster; J. ti. Wai'iiamaker, Jr., Orangeburg;*-!!. L. Wecker, Char leston, and R. Sumter Williams. Sumter.' Doctor oT pharmacy; J. Herbert IhirnarblCbarleston. Thc.college cup was then presented to-Dr.'W. J. Smith by Prof. Forrest and the medal for pharmacy to Mr. C. M. McMurray by Prof. Allard Mem mi riger. Tlie medal for practical work in pharmacy was presented to Mr.H. II. Raer. Tho valedictories were par ti ciliar!y pleasing dbuts, being deliv ered by Messrs. McKinley and Lucas of the medicine and pharmacy classes, respectively. . Senator Tillman then delivered the annual address, speaking on the m ed I cal profession. His address was an especially line one and he was given interested and close, at tention through ont. Ile was well received and was generously applauded; Tlie li ratsix honor men in medicine are Dis. W. J. Smith, Clark, Acker mau, Ellrich, McMillan and Prentiss. The last two arc women. The honor graduates in pharmacy are Messers. McMurray, Williamsand Ilaer. TILLMAN* ItANQUKTTBl). Senator Tillman was entertained in Charleston Friday night at one of thc most, elaborate banquets ever given iii Charleston, at which he received a tremendous ovation. He was most liberally applauded throughout his speech, which like all his utterances, was right to the point. As Thc News and Courier puts It he tore the hark ?IT. Ile went back into recent politi cal history and told of the conditions, which lie considered so grave that lt was necessary to organize a fanners' movement so that men who paid the ex penses of thc State should operate lt, and then he turned to his experiences, political and otherwise, with the peo ple of Charleston. Expressing great love and admira tion for the town, he said It was neces sary for the younger element to pull together to regain the commerce which I:; now going to other ports. Ile took off the gloves In speaking of the" selfwhorshlp of the city und de clared that If Charleston ever ad vanced It would be through the oifort or the men with whom he was dining Friday night. Touching on the Crum appointment he said that it had been made, that thc negro was put into one of the most important Federal o il lc es und that .it was best to keep harping on the matter and wait until thc next session of thc Senate, when every power would bc used to have him rejected. . A DREADFUL ACCIDENT. By Which Two Ric? Are Hilled by an AtMoiuobiln. Count Elliot Zborowski of New York was killed "Wednesay in an automobile hill climbing race between Nice and La Turbio in France. J F is chafreur, liaron de Fallange, was seriously in jured. Tlic accident occurred during one of the trials alone what is known as the corniche stretch. Just at the ? moment tho vehicle reached an abrupt angle the car struck a small rock "In 1 the pathway, causing a sudden swerve '' which precipitated ,the two men against a wall. Zborowski appears to have struck Headfirst', as his skull was ' smashed in by the violence of thc shock. Although the baron was also 1 hurled against' the wall he did not 1 strike on his head. The body of Count Zborowski was brought to the chapel of Lis chateau herc and his wife was notified. When she arrived at thc chapel an nfleeting scene took place. The trip Wednesday was the lirst Zborowski had made over thc route and he was not acquainted with its dangers. His machine was going at a speed td 1)0 kilometres an hour at the time of the accident. Karon de fallange, who acted as j Count Ziborowski's chafTeur, died ; Wednesday night of the injuries he re ceived when he was thrown from thc 1 car. Thc witnesses of the start of 1 the race say that Zborowski showed considerable nervousness while await ing his turn. Imprudently, he wore white kid gloves, which prevented ! him from having a linn grasp of thc break. At the signal to go, he start ed at half speed, which was soon in creased to full speed. The accident ' occurred at the tirst turning of thc road. Thc shock was teirifle .and ? Zborowski was shot from his car aud ' struck thc wall beside the road with j his head, about six, feet fror?, thc ground. Ile fell to the ground dead 1 his arms outstretched. Baron de ' Pallange was thrown to the left. 1 At thc same instant that Couut 1 Zborowski and liaron de Pallenge met ! their death, another accident occurred at another point on thc road. The chain of Baton Gastcux's automobile broke and the car was overturned 1 against the rocks. The baron and his chafT?ur were thrown out, but both escaped with severe bruises. A Marvelous Child. The London Daily News tells about the most i.recocious child that ever lived. His name was Christian Ileiriccker and lie was born at Lubeck, 1S2 years ago. At thc age of ten months he could repeat any word that was said to him: when twelve months old he knew by heart the principal events narrated in the Pentateuch, and In his second year he learned to repeat the greater part or the Old and New Testaments. In his third year he seems Lo have known rather more, history and geography than an average cabinet minister and before he was four he was well read iii church history and theology. It was at this tender age that Christian went to the Court ol' Denmark, where he was hailed as a wonder. On his return home writing lessons commenced, but this ordeal was too much for him and at tiie age of four and a hall'years he died. A Steamer Lost A telegram was recel ved at Jack sonville, Kia., Friday night from Capt. Johns of the ill-fated steamer John J. Hill, who, with six of his crew were rescued hy thc steamer Excelsior, veri lies the report that the steamer was lost together with live of her crew oil' the const of North Carolina on the night of April 1. The steamer belonged Lo the Cook-Cummec Steam shin company and carried a crew to gether with officers numbering If?. The engineer and two ol' the crew were picked up by the hark Lillian. The captain of the Hill says the ship was broken up and abandoned, but does not state thc cause. She was loaded with dressed pine lumber and both steamer and cargo were insured. Served Him Ri^ht. Tho policemen of Joplin, Mo., are charged with the duty of enforcing a city law regarding the area of clocked hoisery that may be revealed in pro tecting the skirts from muddy streets. One city guardian arrested Miss Flos sie llussell for exceeding the legal limit. Slie was taken by the officer before thc judge. Miss Flossie was indignant. She proceeded to demon strate Lo the solemn dignitary exact ly how she crossed the street to pro tect a pretty silk petticoat. Even solemn judges may be appreciative, even human, and there was but one result possible. Thc policeman re ceived a severe rebuke. Thc Mliltln. Adjutant and Inspector-General Frost Wednesday issued instructions to the captains of all thc military companies to have their uniforms and supplies ready for the Inspection ol the army oflleer who is expected herc shortly, lie also Instructed them to recruit the companies uo to their full strength, (?"J men, which ls thought by thc adjutant generals of many states lo he Loo large. A BIG STRIKE. Seventeen Thousand Cotton Mill ' Hands Unit Work. WANTED A TEN PEE CENT RAISE Which ' Was Refused and tho 8tribe Followed. Thc Cotton Industry of howell is Puralizcd. A big cotton mil] strike is on at Lowell, ??ass. A dispatch from that city to the Augusta Herald says Wed nesday morning, for the first time in many, roany years, on working days, tlic bells of the mills have failed to ring out;'their morning call. Streets which ure usually marked by thc rush and bustle of thousands of people hur rying ti?.-their work, ure almost de serted ?md a stillness pervades the mill district. Of thc seven mills which have shut down four hud prnc tlcnlly no help witli which to operate their plants Wednesday if their bells hud ponied for thc cull of labor. Seven cotton mills closed by strike of 17,000 operatives, who demand a teri per.cent increase in wages. Four of the mills, ure in good condition ii nanciuliy, while the others ure not. These mills ?ire in a combine with the others outside to keep down thc wuges. The operatives are proffered generous aid froru the other mills in other cities and the American Federation of Labor, f The 'progressive citizen would bc glud if jDhe mills would go south and never reopen here. They ure the curse of the city. Thc non-.resident I owners- keep out thc other industries | by controlling the sites and thc ning nlt?eentKWater power. The prospect I is Tor-ja long struggle. Thc state | hoard ?{'.arbitration has tried in vain to elTcct^n settlement and will make ?motilen j effort to compromise on tl vc per cenf in?rense if possible. In preference to lighting thc textile | unions flie agents of seven big cotton mills oodered an entire suspension of work for-an indefinite period.' These agents have olllcially announced that ?i canvass of the help showed thal up wnrd Hf 80 per cent, were non-union, and were opposed toa strike. This| sentiment chnnged Saturday, und when $ second cunvass was taken of | the lobra iixers, spinners, carders, nappers, weuvers and beamers it was seen tb|b.the textile council was able to ful?il? Its thront und strike in the| mills. Witl ont delay notices of u shut down,' to. take effect at once, were posted.'jon gutes, and us piece hands compld ?V-their work they were told to leuvj?. ^ When fcpeed went down at' QOOU S^turduy.fully" 17,000 Operatives hud ' -eiV' forced .into? id\eiipss.. .'JTH?.. i ?eng - y? the shutdown is proolcfuutf :ul, buifis likely to lust many weeks, is the (miens have been promised fi nancia*, Bupport from the United Tex tile Workers of America, thc National Mule Spinners' Associntion, the Atnerkan Federation of Labor, and from the local trndes md lubor coun cil, composed of 45 unions. Agent W. S. Southworth, of the] Massachusetts mills, secretary of the Manufacturers' Associntion, says that If the mill people think that the shut down Fill be for a fortnight they are greatly mistaken. It will lust, he 5nys, u.itil the agents ure positively told that all thc operatives want to! work, and when this time comes the ?lgents will consider the mutter of resumption. President Conroy, of1 the Textile Council, who stands the strike leader, says: "Thc action of thc mill agents sim plilies mutters. They huve simply iinticipated us. If they hud hot de clared n shut down we would huve Med them up, any way, and they know lt. This makes it easier for us Lo bundle the men. 1 can't say what will happen. There may be trouble >et." The shut-down will affect primarily the 1(5,000 and more operatives. In al month ninny hundreds of operatives | >n small industries supplying material to the big mills will join the army of Lhe unemployed, und the longer the enforced idleness the gi enter the par-;1 ilysis of industry here. Tlic uren covered by Hie Massachu setts, Hoott, Merrimac, Tremont, Suf folk und Lawrence mills is about one ailie in length by three-eighths of a mile in breadth, bordering On tile Mer rimac river. The Appleton und Humilton mills are nemer the geo graphical center und ure embraced in in aren about half u mile square. The productor these mills ranges from tho coarsest of gray cotton to the finest of hess goods, going through all grades if print cloths, sheeting, shirting, sateens, nainsooks, dimities, blankets, toweling, table linen und silk-warp foods. Tlic weekly payroll is $i:tH, J0?. A Tangled Twine. In the court of common pleas ut Jhnrleslon Monday week .Fudge Wafts ssucd un order requiring u negro law ler named Twine to show cause why ie should not be debarred from prac tice In tlic courts Tor unprofessional :onduct. Thc attention of the court vus culled to Twine s methods in the recent presentment of the grund jury. lt was charged that Twine hud cu ica vorcd to get u number of negroes ,vho were licensed of stealing terrapin .o swear thnt the overseer of the ter .apin farm hud stolen thc turtles. Twine will huve to show cause nt tlic >pcuing of the next term o? thc court md if lie cannot satisfactorily defend limself there will be one colored law ler less ut thc Charleston bar. A ila ti Ic Fought. A dispatch from Constantinople Pited Friday, April :t, says tlic ltul rarian bands and Turkish troops in .he Okbridu district huve fought a Kittie und that 1,000 men were killed >r wounded. Thc railroad bridge iver the Anista river, nour Drama, vas blown up by Bulgarians during ,hc night of April 1 und nil the tele graph wires in the vicinity have been :ut. Drama is about 30 miles from 3crcs, Macedonia. SHOT THE TEACHER. A Striking- Object Lesson Oil Curry ing Concouleil Weupons. A few weeks ago a teacher In a school In Spartanburg County shot and killed onj of his pupils, and on last Thursday a pupil in a school at Lawdesville in Anderson County shot and dangerously wounded thc princi pal of the school. A dispatch from Anderson to Thc Slates gives thc particulars of thc unfortunate altair. Thc'teacher, Mr. J. F. Harper, who ls thc principal of thc school ab Lawdesville, was shot twice by a pupil named James Lull mer. It seems that thc teacher hud notice that some of thc large'boys were going to absent themselves from school Wednesday on account of lt being All Fool's day and warned them not to do so. The boys stayed away from school as they had threatened and Thursday afternoon the teacher kept them' ir? after school to punish them. He be gan on .lames Lat? mer, a boy of 17 years, and Latimer produced a rod of iron from his clothing and began to resist. This was taken away from him, when he pulled a .Smith & Wes son pistol and opened fire on the teacher. The first shot blt a button on Mr. Harper's coat and thc bullet and but ton both penetrated thc flesh. Then a second shot was fired which struck a rib inflicting a flesh wound. It was thought that Harper was mortally hurl but thc physicians say that his wounds are not serious. Latimer tied. Young Latimer is a son Mr. J. T. Latimer, a prominent merchaut of Lawdesville and nephew of Senator Latimer. Four or live boys of about the same age were Implicated In thc affair. BOUND TO A RASCAL. Tho Sail Plight ol' n Young Linly In New York. The escapades of Nelson Foster alias "Capt." A. N. Freeland of Sum ter created quite a sensation a few months ago when it was reported that bc had married and subsequently had deserted a* wealthy New York young woman. The sequel to that alTair ap pears in thc following in the New York Sun of Tuesday: . ~ "Supreme Court justice MacLean refused Thursday lo annul the mar riage of Miss Eliza Hcrriman Wiekes, a niece of Augustus Van Wyck and ex-Mayor Yan Wyck, to 'Capt.' A. N- Freeland, otherwise known as Nel son Foster. "Mrs. Freeland met thc man on a transatlantic liner and . afterwards at ber home. She was impressed by his appearance of wealth and respectabili ty and bis own representations con cerning his antecedents.. (Plicy w?rV .married In Grace church a,%tew months ftffcfcr mooring Miy?i V.-ni Wy ck, was at the we'ddlng? liu'rnofsVohcefn Ing Freeland's past reached Mrs..'Free land's brother, and on investigation he found them all well founded. An interview followed and Freeland disap peared. lt developed that he had been a railway roadmastcr for years, was a widower with children and bad become a chevalier dlindustrie in default of better employment. "Justice MacLean says that he can not find grounds on the evidence ad duced which would warrant an annul ment. P'reeland's anions, he says, may have been those of a scamp aud a hypocrite, but do not come within the provisions of the law under which marriagas may be annulled. Permis sion is granted to renew the suit on additional evidence." (?nick. Justice. Cable dispatches told not long ago bow the Ameer of Afghanistan by a stroke of bis pi h cut down t hc harems of his subjects to four wives each. He bas been administering some very swift justice, too. Not long ago a meal-seller in Kabul abused another man and taunted bim about bis re ligion. The offender was brought be fore the ameer who straightway sen tenced him to be blown from the mouth td a cannon, which was done as soon as a nearby cannon could be load ed. The same day four well-known robbers were brought before bim. HQ bad them put into iron cages and hung up In four prominent thorough fares as a warning and at last account they-or what is left ol' them-were still lhere. Record ol' Hirt Iis anil lleulles. Thc State says thc governor bas received a persanal letter from cx Gbverri?r Merriam, director of the census, in which lt I? urged that South Carolina should aid the nation al government in thc endeavor to keep correct and complete records of births and deaths. The mortality statistics of t'.ic government are shamefully in accurate and thc census department in compliance with a recent act of congress has wrillen the governors of the Stales to aid in thc effort to get the dala kept properly. The State board of health has been working on tb 1? line for some time and the local boards of health are said to have act ed in a very reprehensible manner, 'flu: collection of these statistics may be of great value in the years to come. Calamity Averted. A terrible calamity was narrowly averted at Lake Mills, Wis., Friday, when President Roosevelt's train pass ed through. A large crowd was pre sent, and the moment the train stop ped there was a rush for thc rear end of thc car, from which the president was to speak. There was a jam on thc tracks, when the train began to move backwards. A yell of warning caused the crowd to scatter and while some were slightly bruised in thc scramble, no one was seriously hurt. Hintons Sirlkei-H. A strike among thc factory workers at Colmar, Germany, Wednesday took a serious aspect. Thc strikers formed a procession and marched through thc streets. Soon a riot was rampant and before tho demonstrators could be quieted the police were forced to charge with swords and revolvers. Many of the strikers were wounded and three labor leaders were arrested. BLACK AND WHITE. Crnp-Shootoro Got Caught AH ??lqhf, but Poker Player? Escape. In a recent issue of the Bock Hill Journal mention was made of the fact tb'?t a squad of negro gamblers bad paid lines of nearly 850 into the city treasury, with 23 days, work on the streets as a result of a raid made by the police. In commenting on the action of the council Tbe Journal says we arc glad the police caught th?m and tbat the mayor "laid It on noay v." But what about "gambling in ' high places?" We hear lt whispered, that thc little negroes and bad white, boys who are occasionally bagged down in the "Blackjacks" are not the only sin ners. Let the officers hunt for bigger game, and the mayor will have the op portunity of paying off tho city .debt. This thing Lt clubbing the negroes and a few trilling white people Into in sensibility because their evil natures lcd them into wrong paths and letting big scapegraces go scott free is not fair. Arrest some of the "big fish" you hear so much talk about, and let's have a genuine sensation, and a heap of it. We arc making no charges against the administration or the police, lb ls the same everywhere. The poor and friendless have to "toe the mark," while some others do about as they please. In justification of in action, no one need come back at us for the proof or fir names. We are not a detective. But if the adminis tration is sincere, evidence can be got ten and the city authorities will not have to hunt far to get *t. There are other places besides Bock Hill that the comments of The Journal fits. MEN TABOOED. A Newspaper Edited and Printed Ex clusively by Women. Cambridge, Mass., has thc distinc tion of publishing the only paper claiming to be a newspaper in this country owned and conducted exclu sively by women. The Carabrige Press a weekly, has been bought by Miss Alice Geddes. Twenty one school girls, under a special license from Mayor McNamee, sell the paper on the street. Miss Geddes bought the press from her for mer employers, who conduct? the Chronicle. It is now In.its fifty-eighth year, and Miss Geddes is -showing re; markable enterprise in-getting it out in new type, illustrations and with new ideas generally. She has hired thirty-two women for her circulation department (obtjatned by advertising for them) to make a house to house canvass for subsec tions, and some of the leading mer chants are giving her advertising. The first Issue under the new man-' agemcntjWas...3,800; copies,..or double whaf Bf had been '.under'-thc old1, jj Miss Geddes, ls about twenty" ttya: anddiyes'-ivlth her.grandmother in a charming bouse ?? Massachusetts ave. nue. ? Her parents sire in London. She is a graduate of Chauncy' Hall and of Radcllffi 99. After that she joined her parents in England and s&udied a year In Newnham college. While in Radcliffe she did her first newspaper work for .the Chronicle and was soon made editor or the woman's department on that paper. She has been the American correspondent of the London Ladles Field for several years. On her return from England she resumed her position with the Chronicle and in the year following embarked upon a teaching and lectur ing career as well. The Cotton Crop. The census bureau Wednesday made the first annual statement of cotton production under the perman ent Organization of that bureau. Thc statement is made by William M. Stuat, chtef statistclan of manufactur ers. It places the cotton production, exclusive of linters for the year at 11,078,882 commercial bales equival ent to 10,030,945 bales 500 pounds each. The total crop, including lint ers, was 11,275,105 commercial bales or 10,027.108 500-pounds bales. The difference in the flguers on commer cial bales and 500-pound bales is due to the fact that some of the commer cial bales are round bales, which con tain only 255 pounds, or little more than half thc weight of the square bales. . The explanation is made that the ligures are the result of personal visits on the part of thc census office agents to 32,753 ginneries. The canvass ex tended until March 28th, but at that time there was still unglnned a small quantity of cotton. This is estimated at 181,205 commercial bales, and these are included in the figures given. The production by states in com mercial bales is given as follows: Alabama, 1,Cl 1,33?; Arkansas, 999 029; Florida, 07,287; Georgia, 1, 509,199; Indian Territory, 409,591; Kansas, 45,000Kentucky, l,308;Louls lana, 911,953; Mississippi, 1,451,020; Missouri, 49,552; Norh Carolina, 580 744; Oklahoma, 218,300; South Car olina, 948,200; Tennessee, 328,019: Texas, 2,587,299; Virginia, 10,575. Cupids Arrow. Mr. J. W. Thurston and Mrs. Eliza beth Tims, both inmates of the An derson county home, were married at that place Sunday afternoon by Mr. W. T. Magill, the superintendent of the institution, who is a notary pub lic. The groom is 71 years old and the bride has passed her 70th summer. They have been enamored of each other for some time, and a day or two ago they told Supt. Magill their secret and bc agreed to marry them. Thc event took place Sunday after noon. They arc us happy as two larks and are spending their honey moon at the home tn each other's com pany._ To Ile Sold. Thc Augusta Chronicle, which ls over a hundred years old, is to bc sold at auction by the receiver in whose hands it has been for some months, at an upset price of $40,000, fixed hy the court. In thc course of its long life lt has contrived to accumulate debts of nearly $200,000. The figures are referred to for thc benefit of those who think that thc profession of journalism is one grand, sweet song. A SERIOUS MATTER To The Dispensary Regarding Seiz . urea of Contraband Liquor. CLAIMS OF REVENUE OFFICERS Over Hair of the Confiscated Prop erty is Taken by tho Rcpre sen tat i vos of thc 'Federal Gov crt ut cit t. Tho Columbia State Haya dispensary officials aro wondering What will be the result of the contention between the State or South Carolina and the federal government In regard to the seizure of packages of contraband liquor. If the matter is allowed to run on as lt is now, ihe State will los? over 50 per cent, of tho liquor seized by the constables. In the mouth of . February, out bf the seizures made by the constables, ?000 worth of. liquor was afterwards taken by the repre sentatives of thc federal government. . Mr. H. H. Crum,, the commissioner ..''"' of the State dispensary, Wednesday explained thc situation to a reporter of Thc State. Up to the time when Maj. Jenkins became collector of cus- . toms, Mr. Crum had had an agreement with the federal officials to the effect that the State was to.be allowed to keep all liquor seized by thc constables unless the liquors so 'seized were evi dently sold in violation of the United States revenue laws. . Hut under a recent ruling the gov ernment's gauger at the dispensary, Mr: A. S. Trumbo, is ordered to in spect every package-shipped in by the constables and to seize all such as bave not the names of well, known and rep utable dealers as the parties from " whom the stuff had been obtained. Mr. Crum thinks this has been a very arbitrary position for the federal au thorities to take-for it throws the burden of proof on the State, when < the State is not interested In forster- . ing violators of the revenue laws, but - is endeavoring to break up the opera tions of law breakers. During the month of January the f federal government, through .its agents, relieved the State dispensary of 8500 worth of contraband, for the State could not, under the rulling of the department, prove its own right to thc packages. In February the value of stuff turned over to the ? revenue;"officers was even more than lrr'tit??^onth'P^ecedingv If .U1I3 is kept tip it$vlll become a great hard ship onthe'd?spensarysystem, for not only does the"di?pensa^ybse fihe pack ages, but is not- rehnti^ed for the express charges 'paid '''on J,L?e sei^iT^ liquor?. from the pontt orseizur?^toir the StatcgWjpeDsa?y; and furthermore^. the Sta,t?|^6^^ir]ng^ constabulary to work'for thol^^rom?bt.tkLic^^??^ ' The ?conBt?uSlaVyt h*a>~f oi:: the iffast'f?j few-years: paid'i ts c-xp.5),ises out of Ui^'*^ value of tho ?ontr^f^^turned .'int??lf the big vats ??\tb0?^'*^?i?i^u^v-r- . but the proportion of stuff taken by- . the federal ofilcers ls 50" "per cent, of the whole amount seized.^ Tbe attor ney general's office ls urging Crum's clnim for the return of the liquors taken from the State by the revenue officials. The dispensary commis sioner does not censure Maj. Jenkins, but says the latter is doing right to enforce the orders of the treasury de partment. Ate Any Old Thin?. At Kalamazoo, Mich., six pounds of nails, screws, lead, iron, cartridge shells and other foreign substances were taken from the stomach of Fred Cerrow, a Michigan asylum patient, at post mortem examination. For years Cerrow had walked about swal lowing metal, lumps of coal, small stones and brick dust with great avidity. The stomach contained the following articles: One twenty penny spike, 4 inches long; 22 ten penny nails; 79 eight penny nails; 23 shingle nails, 180.bent nails of various assorted sizes, 29 pieces of wire, 1 iron washer, li inches in diameter; 4 suspender clasps; 17 assorted buttons; 120 small stones; 12 pieces of tin, 8 screws, up per halves of 3 twenty penny spikes, three 32 caliber cartridges and 28 pins. Many of the larger nails were partial ly destroyed by the acids of the stom ach. One large 4 inch nail, which pierced the stomach, is believed to have caused an abscess on his liver, which resulted in death. Crushed In a Mine. Four men were killed and several Injured at London mine, near Dubois, Pa., Friday by a fall of rock and earth. Thc dead are: Earl Waggett, Edward Faye, George Truax and William Pipps. One boy had a leg broken, another his back injured and several others slightly Injured. The dead are well known young men of this place and all were married except Waggett. This mine has been con sidered exceptionally safe to work In and had been free from accidents for a number of years. A Groat Change. In speaking of Senator Tillman's visit to Charleston The Post of that city says: "A year ago we were look ing for Roosevelt and making ready to do him honor, and all the time muttering curses upon Tillman for his unmannerliness which threatened to cheat us of our high guest. Now we arc openly and loudly damning Roose velt and are cooking fine dinners for Tillman. So wags thc world." - Six Rion Killed. A terrific explosion of gas occurred late Tuesday at the coal mine pf L. P. Marshal at Sando va Co. 111., resulting in thc death of six men and the terri ble Injury of live others. The dead arc Frank Dc roe, Joseph Trioshco, John Giacino, Jo.Bianco, Lafayetto Amy, William Ncwhousc. One of the wonned, Henry Wheeler, is not ex pected to recover. ' v Too True. The Columbia State says: "Thc president, thc preident's wife, the president's daughter, the president's son-ail of them must be followed by thc newspaper men and their every act reported to an anxious country. What ii delightful inconsistent democ racy of royalty-lovers wo Americans arel"