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?WUL CE?ELTIES Practiced .'a Macedonia by the Turka ; on the Chrbitians. ; : <0> . --- ' t HARDSHIPS THEY XTNDERQO. -Tho .Christian Subjects of tho Sul tan BcBhlos Boing Inhumanly Treated Must Pay.Exorr hirunt Taxes. The Rev. Dr. Malcom Maccoll, dean of Ripon, In England, made some blood curdling charges against the Turk in a recent Berraon preached by him at St. Mark's. Marylebone Road, London, and reported in "The Church Times."" Among .otherx things the cannon said: Now, let me try to give you an diea of what that tyranny under which the Christian subjects of the Sultan groan is and always has been; and let mo beg you tb understand that in what I am now going to say 1 do not exaggerate one a toni of their misery. Every state ment I make, you may take lt from .me, is an understatement of the facts. Ido not base my allegations on the tales of travelers. I base every asser tion which I am now about to make an authentic documents. 1 have read, I believe, without exception, every re port of the british consuls in every part of Turkey from the year 1844 till now, and also every account given of tho condition of the Christians of the Turkish empire by british ambas sadors in Constantinople, and with these I have compared the consular reports of France, Italy and Austria and the dispatches of these ambassa dors. 1 do not make a single assertion beyond these authentic documents, and in what I am going to say about the permanent law of Turkey, as ol every other Musso lu man state which wields independent sway. 1 take my facts from the taxtbooks of the law ol Turkey itself. The tirst point is this, that the Christian subjects of the sultan-and, remember when I speak of the Chris tian subjects of the sultan you must draw a clear distinction between Christians who are living in Tm key as subjects of other powers and Chris tians who are subject to the sultan. A:i the nations of Christendom have so little confidence in the honest) and justice of thc Turkish goverment that they have their own consular jurisdiction and their own postotllccs in Turkey. British subjects, or the subjects of any other Christian power, are not under the rule of the courts ol justice in Turkey. They are under the consular jurisdiction of their own country. The Christian subjects of thc sultan, who are the descendants of those Christians whom the sultans conquered long ago, have no rights at all, but such as those which 1 am about to describe to you. In thc tirst place, it is against the law of Turkej for a Christian subject to the sultan to carry any arm, cither a dagger or a pistol. Again, no Christian subject can give evidence In a court of justice against a Mussulman. The evidence of Christians is not admissible against Mussulmans in any part of thc Turk ish empire. Thc result is this--that 109 or 1,000 witnesses who may bt Christlan subjects of the sultan may see a woman ill used, carried off by force into the house of a Turk, or slain, or relatives trying to rescue her slain, and they cannot prove the crime because, though there may be a thous and creditable witnesses, their evi dence is not available against a Mussulman, and no Mussulman will give evidence against a coreligioust in favor of a Christian. Again, every Christian in Turkey ti llable to a pull tax; that is to say. every Christian in Turkey is liable to pay a tax for permission to live during that year. If thc tax ls not paid at the end of the year, his life is forfeit. The law is universal, though not al ways put in force. And let me say this when talking about the Christians not being permitted to carry arms. Though thc Christians are not allow ed to possess any arms, and therefore are not admitted into the army or gendarmeri of Turkey, every male Christian, from the time lie is titree months old, Is obliged to pay a tax for immunity from military service. He is not allowed to he a soldier, bul he is obliged to pay a tax for not serv ing in the army or gendarmeri. The taxes of which 1 am speaking now an the taxes which the Christian .subject of the sultan pays in addition to the taxes which the Mussulman pays in common with him. All the taxes are farmed out to .lews and ethers, and the farmer of the taxes goes his rounds, and he insists, as a rule, uponv bribes in addition to thc legal tithe, and when he does not get them, he does not allow the harvest to he gathered until the bribe is paid; and during that time he and his retinue of followers ure quartered on the In habitants. The Christians also are liable to force service whenever their Mussulman landlord or goverment de mands lt. Again, they are liable to all kinds of personal insults and in dignities. They are obliged to wear a sombre dress, to distinguish them from the Mussulmans, and they are not allowed to bathe in the same pub lie baths or to draw from the same wells as the Mussulmans. They must live in a separate quarter of the town or village from the Mussulman. The terms commonly applied to them, not by a popular fanaticism, but in sober, deliberate, olllcial documents, are "dogs" and "hogs." Also in legal and olllcial documents the death of a Christian is called his "damnation," because the Mussulman believes that a Christian at death is damned. Now, I will quote one of the ordinary olllcial burial certificates given the Christian subjects of the sultan before a member of thc family is allowed to bo buried. I haye seen it, and I give, you the literal words. They are these: "To the priestof the Church of Mary: This is to certify that the Impure, putrid, stinking carcass of Zared, damned yesterday, may bc concealed Underground." That was given by the judge of the district,, and it, is the ordinary form o? sucli documents. Consuls and british ambassadors have protested against these insults, lint without avail. Another tax and thc most cruel of all, upon the Christians ol' Turkey is the tax called Fazaldik, ironically meaning the hospitality tax. Every Christian householder throughout Turkey is bound to give three days' gratuitous hospitality to every Mus sulman olllcial or government traveler who asks for it, and olllcial is a very elastic term in Tuskey. It includes soldiers, includes police, who are among the greatest scoundrels on this earth; it Includes judges, inspectors and so on. The Christian householder is obliged to give three days' hospital ity to these men and their followers. They choose thc best houses in the village or town and demand the best rooms, and wheu tho shades of night fall they order ; the men out of. the house ahd haye rtb? ; women at their mercy. .This rule la universal. Yolr will Qnd it in tho reports-of consuls,, and you may remember "that, during tho Armenian horrors Of '1894-*95 the leading he.wspapersjof this country, "The Times" ; ?moug them, sent special correspondents to Armenia to report on the facts, and ' 'Tho Times's" special correspondent asserted-and I have quoted his words in a letter to "The Times" newspaper itself a few days ago-that af ter very minute and careful investigation in a large district of Armenia be found that there was not a single Christian woman in the district who had not been dishonored before she was married. . Tbat Is the condition of the Christians through out the whole of the Turkish empire. Let mo give you another example of how this hospitality tax works. 1 now quote a correspondent of another leading English newspaper, a paper which is by no means unfavorable to the Turkish government, but whose writers and correspondents are honest Englishmen who will tell the truth. He was In a certain town in Turkey which was inhabited by Christians. An otllcer of police arrived ai.d de mandud three days' gratuitous hospi tality. All these villages and small towns which are Christian have a head man appointed by the sultan to be responsible for the conduct and taxes of the community. The officer of police found that by the connivance ol this man-at least so he suspected -some of the most beautiful girls of the place had been sent away before bis arrival. What did he do? After bc hud unsaddled his horse and sta bled lt he ordered a Christian standing by to bring the saddle out. It was Christmas day. Tbe head man was pretty well to do, and he was dressed in his holiday attire. The ollleor of police ordered him to kneel in the mud. no bad the saddle put on his back, and a bridle with a bit in it put into his mouth, and he mount ed him and rode him round the place, taking care to ride him, in his best clothes through all the puddles.and af ter his ride forced grass Into his mouth and compelled him, whip in hand, to cat it like a beast. Taking all the taxes together, the amount of taxation that the Chris tians pay is, according to tbe reports of the consuls throughout all Turkey, 157 per cent. leaving them 3."J per cent, of the produce of their labor and toil to live upon, and, in addition to that, they have to pay bribes, and in some places their poverty is such that in some families they have only two or three suits ol' clothes between them, and some of thc family are'oblighcd to stay in the. house while the others go about in the two or three suits that remain for use. You hear people sometimes speak of the toleration of the Turkish government; kot rae you what the toleration of the Turk means. It is a crime for a Mussul man, a crime punishable with death, iii become a Christian, and lt ls a cap ital crime for a Christian to convert him. 11 is a crime also for a Chris tian to dissuade a fellow Christian from becoming a Mussulman. The Christian subjects of the sultan are not allowed to build any new places of worship. They are allowed, gen erally after paying bribes, to repair the old religious buildings, which they had when thc sultan took possession of the country. They are allowed to repair tin oid buildings, but not to remove them beyond tho spot on which they originally stood, nor to In crease their dimensions; they must not have bells to their places of wor ship, and they must not sing loud enough'to offend, thc ears of Mussul lucu in the neighborhood. 1 mentioned just now that the Christian;! are obliged to wear sombre dresses to mark their degredation and to distinguish them from their Mus sulman neighbors. Let me relate, as in example of bow that law is carried out, an instance related from the capi tal, of Uu'sina, now occupied by the Austrians, when it was under the sul tan's administration, lt is the report of a ll ri tish consul named Holmcr, published in one of the Blue Bouks. lt describes a Christian wedding par ty. The bride and bridegroom had carelessly, and thoughtlessly dressed in gay colors, in violation of the law which condemns a Christian to wear any but sombre and coarse clothes. While the service was going on in church, Mussulmans were seen to gather round and to collect the fagots near the church, and when the bridal party came out they fell upon the bridegroom and bride with their yata ghans, or short swords, and hacked them until half dead; then they took their still living bodies and threw them on the Ure, for which they had prepared the fagots, and burned them to death. That happened in the cap ital of Bosina in 18(57, and is reported hy a British consul. THE RETAIL MERCHANTS. They Meet inJColiimDiu and Form a Pcriiiiiiueiit Organization. Thc organization of tile retail mer chants of the State Into a permanent organization took place in Columbia last week. The convention adpoted several important resolutions that are of vital interest to the merchants of the State, and no doubt much good will be done by the Association. The following officers were elected at the close of the meeting Thursday morning: J. IL Levy, president, Sumter; W. J. Ducker, lirst vice presi dent, Charleston; Marlon B. Leach, second vice president, Greenville; J. W. Powell, third vice precident, Co lumbia; Walter Utsey, secretary, St. George;. H. Busch, Jr., treasurer, Aiken, S. C. Committee on Credentials-W. n. Smith, Columbia, chairman; A. B. Moore, Abbeville; Joseph M. Walker, Chester. Committer on Ways and Means James Powell; Aiken, chairman; C. Muller. Charleston; L. E. Williams, Orangeburg; John Bratton, editor Southern Merchant; G. O. Boag, W hillsboro. Committee on Resolutions-Walker A. Utsey, St. George, chairman; J. II. Levy, Sumter; J. W. Powell, Colum bia; Marion B. Leach, Greenville. A part of thc most important work done by the Convention was thc adop tion of the following resolutions: Whereas, the statutes of South Carolina relating to collections and garnishments proceedings, and thc judicial decisions proceedings, and the judicial decisions under them have become so complicated and contradic tory that they have resulted increas ing t/h;,t undesirable class, which, by fraud ?-.nd deception, live off of honest and industrious, making it utterly impossible In the majority of cases for retail merchants to collect their Just debts. M??AL LEPERS. Awful Conditions of 8o?Li?;Life.in the City of Manila, . r ' AS BEEN BY A COLORED MAN. ; Tho White People ?re Doing Them selves and tho Poor Filipinos ? A Great and Xfast lng Wrong. Two years ago the Atlanta Consti tution published from its special repre sentative In the Philippine islands a number of letters showing that dis graceful conditions figured prominent ly in the "benevolent assimilation" of the Filipinos. The statements made by the Constitution's correspondent were bitterly criticise 1 by Republican newspapers, but - just now it is the Couetitution's time to laugh, if, In, deed, anything connected with the conditions in the Philippines may be said to be properly productive of mirth. T. Thomas Fortune, a negro lawyer who was recently sent to the Philip pines in the role of special commis sioner, has written to the New York Evening P ?st an inteiesting article in which he touches upon social condi tions in Manila. Fortune says: "There are relatively Tew Ameri can white women in the Philippine islands. Those who are there have to go away once every two years to re new their life. The climate eats them up. Where white women cannot live permanently, white men will not. "This pregnant fact is the parent of many evils in the social life of the Philippine islands, which are so glar ing that they cannot escape the notice of the most casual observer. Mar riages between white American men and Filjpino women are regarded with as much horror as marriages between blacks and whites In Tennessee. A White chief ot bureau who married a Filipino woman was 'shunned by his associates and hounded by his superi ors? so that he was glad to find seclu sion in a common clerkship in another department; but, being a competent man, he gradually recovered his otb cl?l position, but not his social po sition. Just before I left Manila, in May last, the local press was full ol thc story of a Filipino woman who was deserted by her American hus band. The story was as follows: A Filipino woman in one of thc pro vinces married an American. They lived together for some time. One day the American told his wife he waa compelled to go to India on business. After his departure his wife became .suspicious and followed him to Ma nilla. She discovered that he had taken passage on an army transport, then lying in the harbor, hound for the states. She appealed to the civil authorities to prevent her husband from deserting her, as the Manila newspapers phrase it, but she was told that they had no authority. She then appealed to the military authori ties, according to the local newspa pers, and got a like answer. The poor woman, deserted and heart-broken, was standing on the shore as the tra . '>rt swept out of the glorious bay. "But this sort of agony is avoided in the main by not marrying and giv ing in marriage. I was seated in the third-story room of a house in the Tondo district of Manila one after noon in April last. The weather was warm and sticky. All the windows and doors in sight were wide open. Across Ute way there was a row ot two-story tenement houses, eleven In number. My friend suddenly sail: 'There is a condition for you. Those eleven houses are occupied by eleven American men and eleven Filipino women. Tue house on the extreme left is occupied hy a colored Ameri can, who is married to the Filipino woman. The other ten houses are oc cupied by ten white Americans, who are not married to the Filipino wo men. You will lind that all of these men occupy subordinate positions in the civil government. They are never seen outside the house with these wo men, and they leave them when the? tire of them. The condition is a com mon one herc and in the provinces, and it is much to he regretted.' And as 1 rambled about Manila, as I did all the time that I was uot in the prov inces, I found that the statement made by my friend was substantially correct." lt ls fortunate for Fortune that he ls not attached to the regular army, else he might be court-martialed and dismissed in disgrace. But as it is, the Constitution says that "Fortune has written only, what everybody knows to be true but as truth of this kind is not popular with President Roosevelt and his party, he is not likely now to lind thrust upon him many inviations to stretch his legs under the White house mahogany." Americans Killed. The Vienna Arbeiter Zeltung re ports thc seizure of Armenian church property a Badu and the killing of a large number of Americans. The soldiers tired ten volleys into a crowd of men, women and children, killing 130. The Americans then took refuge in a church, and bred ut the soldiers, who thereupon stormed the building and butchered all who were inside. Tlie exact number is not known. Thc old sexton was bayoneted as lie was ringing an alaru bell. After the light the soldiers bivoucacked in the church yard. Killed by a Limb. Capt John C. May, a planter, a member of the hoard of curators of Kentucky university and one of the most prominent men in thc central part of Kentucky, was killed Wednesday night about 35 miles south of Chattanooga. While climbing a precipice of Lookout mountain a heavy limb uf a tree fell, striking him on tlie head and throwing him fiom the bluff. Ile died before medical assistance could reach him. He was prospecting for coal. A Brutal Attack At Brooklyn, N. Y., with her face and head streaming with blood from a dozen gashes, Miss. Margaret Hunt, prominent in social circules, hung des perately to a negro highwayman Fri day morning at Vanderbilt and Atlan tic avenues. The police arrived just in time to save her life. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt, Water fish and oysters. If you are dealing in Fresli Fish ur intend tu deal In them write for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresli caught lisli and our prices arc as low as they can be sold at. Write us. Try us, and be convinced. MEN WHO ELECTROCUTES. iA.Porson'ot Mystery. Hiia Put Heven: ly-four Persons to- Death, -, When he killed the Van Wormer boya hr the state prison at Dannemora lost, week State EleotrlcianvEd.wurd F. Davis flhlBhed his seventy-fourth execution by - electricity.Of these seventy-one occurred in this Btate, two in Massachusetts and one IQ .Ohio, says the New-York Sun. .' This man, who invented th?'eleotrlo chair, owns the patents on it and ls the only man who can be absolutely,! depended upon to conduct an execu tion without a bitch, is remarkable in; other respects. ? ThuB, whenever he goes he Hocks by himself. . He rarely speaks to anybody unless he is spoken to llrst and then he is found to be n most affable person, more than anxious, to talk about himself and li is. work. He will cheerfully answer any ques tion put to him, no matter how per sonal it may be. T About bis work he is absolutely cold blooded. He looks upon an execution asa matter of busi ness, nothing else. In this he re minds one very much of little Joe Atkinson,, the old Tombs hangman, who was as cheerful an executioner as one would care.to meet. "My dear sir, 1 do not kill these men," said Mr. Davis just after- tbe Van Wormer execution tuan inquirer. "The people of the state of New York acting through a judge and jury, kill them. I am simply the instrument of the law. " I work the machinery by which the State of New. York takes the lives of murderers."? .?avis Is a little gray-haired man of 6}. Ask a New York politician who 1? the hard est man to find in the city and he will tell you Tim Sullivan. Ask a state otlicial at Albany, especially Superin tendent of Frisons Collins, who is the hardest man in the state to lind and he will tell you Davis. Davis is a living mystery. He slips from place to pince, never maintain ing residence in a given locality for any length of time and rarely letting anybody know where he is. Every once in a while be appears suddenly in Albany, maps out his work for the next few months, and then goes away again, whither nobody knows. He can be absolutely depended upon how ever to put in-appearance at the state prison where there is to be an execu tion several days before it is time to take place. He goes right to the death chamber and gets everything in readiness, and after the execution he goes away as silently and as mysteriously as he call. The state prison pays Davis $160 for each man be kills. It has tried re peatedly to buy his patents, but he will not sell. If he should die there arc probably plenty of men who would be able to work bis apparatus, but it would be more or less an experiment, even if an electrician willing to dc the work could be found. Davis' mysterious movements are attributed by some to a fear of assassination. Davis was asked about this receutly and laughed heartily. He receives many threatening letters, he said, but he pays no attention to them. The night before an execution Davit goes to bed very early and leaves word that every precaution is to be taker not to have any noise around his room. Ile sleeps like a top and wakes uj bright and early. His works in tin death chamber, outside of preparing the apparatus, is very slight. li: looks on while the keepers strap Mu men in, then puts his brc^'f:--': . .?'?? -i switch and turns on the current. He never leaves the switch after the firs,! shock until the man in the chair h o ill ci al ly declared dead. Very naturally some people have ar aversion to Davis because he ls tin state executioner. Far from being an noyed by this, Davis ls rath?r amused At a recent execution 'Davis took din ncr at a hotel near the prison. M Adolph Godot, a French physicist refused to sit at the table with him p,-efering to wait until he wa1 t hrough. Davis calmly ate his din ncr, reading his paper the while, anc then smoked two cigars while th? hungry boarders waited for him to gel away. Davis has no assistant. H< docs bis work, alone, and unpleasant as the work may seem, he certainly does it well. THE WINTER WILL BE COLD. An Old Fashioned Sign Points t< Very Severe Weather. There is a good old fashioned "sign' that tbe coming winter will be a se vere one, twentieth . century omei Iconoclasts to the contrary notwith standing. Grandparents held firmlj to the belief that where there was ? suberabundance of fruits^ and nut) Dame Nature's liberality was but tb< display of wisdom in providing he; children substance for the severe win ter that was coming. Another "sign" that has been no tlceable for the past week or ten dayl ls the unusually blood red sunsets and even long after Old Sol has pull j ed up his last tent tlap and the day li done, the sky remains a glory of dcej crimson which gradually fades awaj before the silvery rays of the silver] moon. These signs were all firmly be lieved in by our fore-fathers. Tin wild fruits and nuts are said to exisl in great quantities this year. Ilene? the winter should be an unusally hare one. Farmers are getting to be so up-to date that they come to lose faith ii tbe signs that have been believed it since the beginning of things. Belie in the etllciency onthe ground hog ai the forecaster of the weather, in tin time honored gpose bone as an indica tion of cold or mild weather, or in th? sl/.e of the nut crop as signs of th? sort of weather-mid or frigid-thal is to distinguish the wintry season had all been relegated to the depart ment of tradition in ancient history. Time was when the dweller alonj the country side held himself to hil oak tree or his chestnut grove or loo! at his walnut or hickory trees -to gel bis tip on thc weather probability for the winter. If the crop uf au?riii was large or the yield of nuts wai great un the trees, the believer oi such signs would smile to himself-il he liad his oak and lightwood in anc liked a cold winter -and said: !"M'm we'll have a severe winter, plenty ol frost." Nowadys all signs look alike to bim. If the nut crops arc abun dant, he's well satisfied; if they arc scanty, he takes It philosophically: but he no longer pins his faith to sucl: things. The seasons have changed lie, says, and you can't bank on any thing. _ A Ilig Job. Editor Watterson of thc Louisville Courier-Journal very emphatically de dal rs that the Panama canal project was nothing more nor less than a gigantic Job from beginning to end, by which 810,000,000 was to be divid ed between French and American thieves. HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION Col. Farrow Will Write of South Carolina's Redemption. It wdl be gratifying to know that] ? reliable- history of the Reconstruc tion and redemption of South Caroll n is being prepared whioh-wlll vindicate I the Stateand let the world know what our people had to endure under the carpetbag rule. It will be seen from the.- following l?ttl?r that Col. John P.Thomas bas turned over the data] he had colledtfed to Col. T. Stobo Far row and urges those friends who were assisting him In getting up data on I the subject to turn said data over to | CoK'Farrow and aid him in hts work. Col: Thomas' letter follows: Columbia, S. C;, Oct; 24, 1903. Gol. T. Stobo Farrow", Columbia, S. C. Urged by friends, 1 have been ar ranging to write the history nf Recon struction In South Carolina from 1805 | to 1870-eleven baleful years, embrac ing the times that tried men's souls and women's hearts as the Confeder ate, war never did. In that second war-wherein the pen was the only weapon that could be mad: effective to redeem the State and save our white civilization-I thank God that nt* South Carolinian fought harder ul more persistently tbun I with v^ce and with peu as the records will bhw. \nd I suppose that no survivor of it war knows more than I of the ?cr and the outer spirit of that v. liggle from which South Carolina .^erged with the whiteness of ber jl preserved. Hence I did contem ?ite writing a history which I hoped t?. make the vindication and the Justl C ation of a prustrate State, and the g\bry, too. But Informed by you that y?u have already made considerable progress in said history and that you propose to make yuur history of the Reconstruction peri >d in South Car olina thorough and comprehensive and believing, furthermore, that yuu arc well equipped for your work, I hereby yield to you the held of upera tlon In this matter. All the material that I have bearing upon the subject matter-including the bound files of The Columbia Phoenix and Weekly Gleaner and The South Carolinian under my editorship from 1868 tu 1878 -I shall turn over to you, and I beg all friends of mine, who had expecte to aid me in furnishing the data o' historic matter, to turn said data ovcr to you. With best wishes for the success of your much needed patriotic volume, I am, Yuurs sincerely, Jno. P. Thumas. Col. Farrow was a member of the State Democratic Central club dunng the campaign of 18ti8, uf which Gen. Wade Hampton was the president, a member of the State Democratic ex ecutive committee which issued the call for Stralghtout Democratic con vention which nominated Hampton and Simpson for governor and lieuten ant governor, leading to the redemp tion of the State in 1876; a member of the State press from 1873 to 1883, and chief clerk of the State senate from 1877 to 1886. It will be seen that. Col. Farrow has had unusual OD portuuitteS for becoming familiar with all the incidents of the Recunstruc tion period and is peculiarly titted for writing the history of the reconstruc tion.-Phe State. -r . j T?S "?LD HOBS" 8ALE. . >!'. - Tho Sad Story of Trunks Purchased bv a Greenville Man. ' There is always mystery about the contents of the sealed packages sold at the "old boss sales." Frequently the "sells" are two-fold, bringing in comedy, but occasionally there h pathos and life tragedies passed on In the transfer at these unclaimed arti cles. At the last "old hoss" sale in Green ville a prominent gentleman bid In several wealther beaten trunks at a nominal figure which had been ori ginally consigned to Major Wood, U. S. A., Aiken, S. O. This is not the real hame, which, for obviousv rea sons it is kindly courtesy to leave In oblivion. When the trunks were opened there was reveah d a pathetic story. The Major who had served his country well and bravely for many years, had at last succumbed to the mortal foe, con sumption. He was granted a leave ol absence and came south tu woo bach health, but at Aiken he died. These trunks were shipped to the Major, bul did nut reach Aiken until after hh death. One trunk was filled with a small but very choice library of books, tin subjects naturally dealing principal^ with war and warriors to the taste ol the soldiers. Another trunks con tained a number of relics, curios anc small bits uf brlc-a-brace which hac been gathered together during thc travels of a man of education and taste. Thc personal possesions, in cluding the uniform and the sword which had seen service in the late war were the pathetic contents of an ther trunk. It was a shipment ol things so closely personal, things which lt would seem so natural that the family of any man might treasure, 'hlngs which loved ones would always .'.sire to possess and keep in memory I i the dead, that the gentlemen win iurchased the trunks for the mere freight was reluctant to retain them. Ile wrote to the War Department and told of his purchase and asked if he could be put in communication with tne family of the deceased Major Wood with a view of restoring what was evi dently lost property. The answer came promptly, giving thc address of the widow and laconi cally adding, "Widow refused ship ment unless War Department paid freight." This was the tragedy. Thc sad tragedy of a man who died alone, whose cherished treasures had passed Into thc hands of strangers, who car ed only for tho intrinsic value. Love less and alone, r.hn ?tory thc trunk? told, 'a heartless woman whose vow? were-no more than ashes tossed to the winds was the story the ti links told. Poor Major Wood, who can tell, but all can guess what life held for him whose wife was so nearly a pillar of stone that even Death, the leveler of all anger and hate, could not touch thc heart of Hint.-Greenville News. Millard Lice Hanged. Millard Lee was hanged at Atlanta Friday for tho murder of Miss Lila May Suttles, May 20, 1002. Millard Lee, a rejected suitor, killed Miss Sut tles Just after tho minister had pro nounced the benediction In a little church at Ben Hill, a few miles from Atlanta. Lee was captured after a two days' search by passes. While the case was pending In tho various courts, Lee wus granted six respites and his sanity was the subject of an Investigation. DR. HATHAWAY. Recognized as the Leading and Most Successful Specialist in . His line in the United States. '-A- .?? My euro for thlB disease ls ^TFIf.TlltrH no outtlntr?r danReronn st VP ll iv? mi v? uai attention, andtreatlU tlon and soreness ia allayed and tho canal hcaU !?_._"_I_ Thin d(soaso ls tho enlai WilPinnCGlfi the vitality. Itwoakena uui luuuviu form certainty just as qu any other disease, and their strength ls bellied ed, and learn the causo ot your tcoUblc. He ml ii RI find Poison kS?Viustwh?t?Sy D1UUU I UI3UDI bones, falling halrft I will tell you frankly whether or not you aro a drug?, In os quick. If not quicker, time than any will bc eradloated from tho system forever. Sci Diseases of Women gs to health thousands ot Bullering women. Bend Chronic Diseases ?? ls equipped with tho most approved X-Ray and Home Treatment S? countries. Correspondence confidential. J. NEW1 THE FERTILIZER TRUST Will Sqnoczo the farmers Next Year Pour liol lars Per Ton. Not sn t ? s ti od with the reports that the Fertilizer Trust will raise the price of its manufactured product next year, leading farmers of Laurens county have calle j a meeting at which they will endeavor to suggest some pian by which they will not be forced to submit. Practically the entire business is controlled by the trust. When lt met witli financial dilliculties two months ago the impression went forth that in time..thc farmer would have to make up the deticienoy, and if what the Laurens pqople believe is true that is exactly what will happen. It is said that the rates will be in creased about four dollars a ton, which will cut deeply into the revenue of the agricultural class and will en tail hardships which will be unfortun ate to say the least. Eleven of the most prominent plant ers in the county issued the call for the meeting to be held on November <5, and if they find that the old tariff j will not be continued they will urge 1 their brethren of the held not to buy. j It is not a boycott. Heretofore the planters have been helpless. They had every reason to express the most genuine regret when all of the plants in this and other States, with a few exceptions, passed under the control of the combine, and when the stock was watered and thrown on the mar ket every man with commou sense ; realized that speculators would try to ' get rich at the expense of the impov erished element in the South. Among other things- tile farmers say: "We arc informed that this in creased price is not based on any claim that these concerns are going to give us a higher grade of goods nor do they rely upon the argument made ' upon the occasion of a former raise In ' prices, that it is on account of the raise in the prices or cost of the mate rial used iii the manufacture of their goods, but solely on the ground that ; they are selling their goods too cheap. ; Now arc wc not already paying'a high price lor guano? Would it not be bet ' ter to farm without guano than to ', nive more than we are already paying? i Shall we sit idle and let these concerns ; go ahead and arbitrarily fix the price ! of everything we sell and everything . we buy without even a mild protest ?"' ' In commenting on the proposed ac . tion of the Laurens farmers the , Greenville News says: ' "Thematter is of vital interest to f every farmer in South Carolina. This ? year tiley are being paid more for 1 their cotton, but it will not help them j I to any extent if they are required to ? give up cxhorbitant sums for fertiliz I ers. Just how they can meet the cri sis, should develop, is not an easy problem, but if they unite, and will ! stand together, refusing to purchase thc manufactured article at exeessiv rates, the trust will lind that it can 1 not afford to squeeze when there are ' few planters to buy. lt may be that i something practical will be suggested > at the Laurens meeting, in which case ' it will doubtless meet with the hearty ? support and'co-operation of the mass ! cs on whom wc depend for our living.V What is tile; farmers of Orangeburg 1 County going to do about the matter? i Died Suddenly. I At New York while being con gratulated 'by a number of women friends on her 25 th birthday at her : temporary residence in Brooklyn, Miss . Beatrice Rosenthal, the eldest daugh ter of late Adolph Rosenthal, a I wealthy jeweler of Charleston, S. C., '? uttered a cry and fell unconscious at the feet of her well wishers, and when medical aid arrived she was dead. Two years ago Miss Rosenthal's father died in Charleston, leaving his > fortune to Hcatrlcc and her sister. Why Do We D e? Vital statistics classified shows the respiratory organs to bethe feeble point lu man. Diseases of the lungs ar? out of all proportion in fatality. Take Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Cum and Mullein for coughs, colds and consumption. At Druggists, 2f>o per bottle. SavelYIoney, ave Time, ave Bother. Buy your Paints, Oils, Var nishes, and Brushes, Sash, Do JIB, and Blinds from SH&ND BUILDERS SUPPLY C0\, 615 Plain St Columbia, S 0 " Tho specialist ls now indispensable. In ?ll walks of lifo thoro li adomand for tbemaa rho can do ono particular thing bettor than any one else, and such a maul* one who has confined ls endeavor to, and centered all ut hie energy and ability on the ?peoialty he lias chosou for bl* fe's work. Early In my professional career I realized that Chronic DlseAsea w^^^ Uontton' willoh their Importance warranted. I saw that theso diseases required a special flt* ess which tho busy practitioner could'never acquire. For more'thain iw'e?fy y?ar? Ilfaave de- ! otcd myself exclusively to tho study and treatment of theso diseases, and the fact that pb y s i- ; &ns-'rccommerid mo to their patients ls anovldonce of my skill andablllty ia my spocUl line.' I Ive special counsel to physicians with obstinate and obscure caaes. I havo devoted particular attention to chronic diseases of men'and,women, and' no other, as.- ol disease- requires moro intelligent and expert treatment. It ia a fact that a majority of icnowe tho seriousness of their condition to improper treatment, and ? failure to're*Ui0 tho'. ?portanco of plaolng their case In the hands of a skilled and expert ftpsclallat.' lervous Debility Overindulgence!Indiscretions and excesses aro not tho only.' causes of an impairment of sexual strcnr-tti. Such a derange ment, frequently comes from worry, overwork, mental strain, . which gradually weakens and injures the system, before tho unfortunate victim real lifts . ie true nature ot his trouble. Nervousness, weak back, dizziness, loss of memory, spots before ie eyes, despondency, clo., often are the first symptoms of an Impairment of manly vigor; and If : eglccted serious results are suro to follow. I want to talk to every man who has any of theso rmptomsof weakening of his manly functions. .lean promptly correct all irregularities, and ! ruler my skillful treatment, you wilt have restored 'all of the'strength and glory .Cf. your man- - Dod. Whether you consult nie or not, do not jeopard".T your health by, experimenting With'" ?ady-made medicines, freo samples, so-called quiok cures, cte., as the moat delicate ore-ana of ie body are involved, and only an expert should ba entrusted with your1 case; fiend for f rea )oklet, " Nervous Debility and Its Family of Ills." ? ' V gentle and painless, and .often causes no detention from business or other duties. It Involves '. irglcal operation. Improper treatmont will result in serious injury. I give each case Individ- " i every requirement. Every obstruction is removed, and all discharge soon ceases, in flam ma- ? i up promptly and permanently. Send for free book on Stricture. rgemcnt ot veins ot tho scrotum, which flit with stagnant blood, causing a constant drain upon the entire system and saps away all sexual strength. 1 cure this disease with the same uni-' lek as consistent with medical selence. Probably moro men are afflicted with Varlcocele than - rained away without their knowing tho cause. Como to me at once lt you think you are'afflict*'' ?r freo booklet on Varlcocele. . .-..;.;>..-;...; o ls no longer Incurable, and when I say thatt can euro the most sovore case I do so-because I, treatment has accomplished^ If you have sores, pimples, blotches, sore throat, patna In .tho| >r any symptoms which you do not understand, lt ls important that you consult me at once, and ? n unfortunate victim. I will guarauteo tocare you without tho ase ot strong and Injurious" known treatment. My cure ls a permanent ono, and ls not mere patohwork, and tho dlBcaso id for my free booklet, "The Poison King." - ion who Buffer from tho ailments peculiar to their sex am cared br my gentle and painless md of treatment, which avoids all necessity for surgical operations. Ix you suffer from bearing a pains, backocho, irregularities, leuohorrhea, etc., writo mo about youroaso. I bave rostered for my free booklet on women's Diseases. ty also lnclndos all other chTonlo diseases, Bach as Rheumatism, Catarrh, Diabetes, Bright omach. Livor and Kidney Diseases, Piles, Fistula, Kupture, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, 8. :e, etc., and all who want skillful, expert treatment should write me about their case. My omeo electrical apparatus, so that my patients get tho benefit of the latest discoveries of science. " ryone to consult me without charge, and will refund railroad'faro ono way to all Who'toko It you cannot see me in person write for symptom blanks and full Information about my iuc of home treatment by which I havo cured patients lu every State In the Union and In loreign K fON HATHAWAY, D. ul St... Atlanta, Ga. Geo A Wagener, Pres. Geo Y (Jolenaan. VicePres. I G Ball, Sec'y & Treas. Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company, Successor to C. P. P?ppenbelm. 363 KING STREET, - - .- - - CHARLESTON, S O THE ANSWER TO TITE QUESTION, WHY DOES NOT THE TJP i COUNTRY GIVE CHARLESTON HER ENTIRE TRADE IS, BECAUSE I THEY DO_NOT_KNO_W JDILVRLESTON nAS THIS GREAT ADVAN ALL YOU HAYE TO DO IS TO TAGE OVER HER COMPETITORS. COMPARE RATES. From NEW YORK, N. . TO CnAKLESTON, S C Y i CLASSIFICATIONS PEU 100 LBS, 1 2 3 4 5 6 60 40 34 28 23 17 PER CARLOAD. NAILS. 12c per 100 lbs. cit Will thc up-country buy from Charleston if they sell cheaper tban othe ties? $ W ARE LOOKING H . FOR YOUR 0RD?R5 ' COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC. C?. . COLUMBIA S C. THE GUIGNRAB BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. Building andJEte-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to or I ir. .F(c3 Pf) >C T^&r ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for tlious?n"l< ->> f fr' i YOUNtTM^rYOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of MACFEAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. W. H. Macfeat, ofllcjal Court Stenographer, President. Are You Coming to the State Pair. If you come we want you to call in at our Handsome Store and make our acquaintance. You can have your mail sent yon in our care, and while in the City we will take care of your packages. The State Fair oillcials promise to have this year the biggest Fair on record and thc City of Columbia will do her share in providing amusements. Don't forget the dates, Oct. 26, 27, 28, 20. . P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers, 142-1 Main St .COLUMBIA, S O Founded in l?5u. Graduates 4,45 MEDICAL STUDENTS. Write for Free Catalogue of the r?*s . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. Curriculum included twenty-three lecture courses, -each followed by- a thorough review quiz; seven laboratory courses, and three hours of clinical work daily. New building elaborately eqipped with modern apparatus and .appliances. Tuition 8?5.00. Address, J. DILLARD JACOBS, M. D., Sec., ^ 641 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn. TRTP?P?T BU|,LDNG? RE PRESSED AND -Ol IU1V FANCY SHAPES. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS GEUKGI?-CAROLINA BRICK CO., Howard H. Stafford, President. xv . WRITE ^ORJP^CES^_AUGUSTA, GA: . G. A. GU1GNARD, Pres. G. A. ATKINSON, Sec. & Tres. fcTHE COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., will be glad to answer and correspondence of any person using Machinery, Wo carry 3 grades of lUibbcr Belting. 3 grades of Leather any Gandy Belt._ Also Wood Pulleys, Pipe Fitting, Valves, Shafting, Hangers, Rofliing and every thing else in the supply line. You save money by writing or calling on us. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Columbia, S. C._ Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I AlbDrug and Tobacco Habit, I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Inst itute, of $=5. C. 132'.) Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond ence solicited. ^X^-l^~N*VV?N^rWN*\*N#N^? Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, ts. C: Wilson's Freckle Cure I Guaranteed to rem ove Free kies, Sun Burns, Tans, Motil and Pimples also as a toilet cream Money r e turned if lt fails. Price 50e. Trial /? 1 size 25c. 5c postage. If not sold by your druggist, write ?, H. WILSON <& CO, Charleston, 9. O. 1854. 1902-'03. GREENVILLE FEMME COLLEGE. Greenvale, S. O. College -of nighest, grade. Degree courses and specials. Eaculty of 18. Greatly improved equipment.. Pure mountain water. Climate rarely equalled. For catalogue and terms write E. ?. .J AMES, LITT. D., Pres. fttmtttttmmmttm? High Grade ilnnn BOTANIC BDiDiDa BLOOD BALM The Gre*'.Tested Remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Scrofula, Rheuma tism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Eczema, Soros, Erup tions, Weakness, Nervousness, and a'A BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. It is by far the best building up Tonic and Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It makes new, rich blood, imparts renewed vi tality, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. Wrllo for Book ol Won derful Cures, sent freo on application. If not kept hy your local druggist, tend $t.oo for a large bottle, or $5.00 for six bottles, and medicine will be tent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, ila. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse* and btftutmet the hair, l'rwnoln a lmurlnnt growth. Novar Palls to Hentoro O ruy nair to Ita Youthful Color. Curia scalp illw??n ft hair filling. ?Qc and tIXC at Dru (Bri ita r?anos, Best Organs. The duality,-Terms and Pri?es will please. Call or write Malone's Music House, Established 1881. Opposite YMCA, COLUMBIA, S. 0.,. CHARLES C. LESLIE, -Wholesale Dealers in T^itf?li and Oystera; 8 &20 Market St.. Charleston, S, O'. Consignments ot Country Produce arc Respectfully Solloitcd, Poultry, Eggs. ?C. Fish packed in barrels and boxes for country trade a specialty.