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VOL. XIX. BENNETTSVILLE. S. C.P FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1904. 4 THE OPENING DAY. The Work of Legislation Has Been Started in Good Form. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. The Whools of l>?islati.>n Were Givrn A Start on Tuesday of Jittst '.Verle. What Was honq by Them. Th? general assembly of South Caro lina was called to order at high noon Tuesday, Jan. 12, in accordance With the* terms of the constitution. As this is the middle of a term, the work of organization required little time, and before adjournment tho wheels of .legislation had been set in motion to the extent that hi each branch of the law-making body new measures had been introduced. The State of "Wednesday gives the following account of the opening ses sion of the two houses: Early in the day it developed that an etlort would be made to pull off tho elections at t he earliest possible date, and in each house resolutions looking to that end were presented. In the j senate side tl ie tenor of tho resolutions | was to have the joint committees on j privileges- and elections report what j vacancies are to be lilied. Iii the house tho resolution called for the ap pointment of a specilic date-Friday of this, week-but as the resolution was obviously defective in that it failed to lix a time for the election of j certain college trustees, the resolution was referred to the house committee on privileges and elections. There were two-score candidates in the lobbies and around the outer rail, and the life of the average legislator will be devoted to listening to "hard luck stories" for thc time interven ing between this and the day of elec tion -%.T??G mest Importunate arc thc candidates for places on the board of direciorsof thc State penitentiary and onjthe directorate ol' the State dispen sary. Each of these places pays $4 a '?&y for the time actually spent in the service,of t he State, and in the ease of tile-dispensary board the per diem is limited to 1 o? "days.-Jiu l while the candidates for the several places at ?he dispensary and the penitentiary are vigorously pressing their several campa ignlets, -t he applicants for the position of State librarian aro no less insistent. By placing this matter hi the hands of thc legislature and mak ing it an elective otllce, the way is thrown open for the fairer sex to ex hibit what of politics they know, and - the campaign for this position is an t,lib;fyct that the men do not know it all! There has been only one death in either branch of the assembly, and only one resignation. Few were de tained by sickness or on account of business and the attendance yesterday was very full. The feature of the day in the house was Speaker Smith's remarks upon declaring the house ready for business. His was not an address in the usual acceptation of thc term, but remarks made extempora neously, impressing upon the mem bers the fact that they were elected to perform a high and honorable duty and urging them to keep that purpose ever before them. His remarks were brief and made a deep impression. In the senate the matter which was most impressive was the fact. that, the splendid portrait of the gallant Gordon of Georgia was shrouded in crepe and from its elevated position the likeness of tlie chivalrous southerner looked down in benedict ion upon the delibera tive body of a State he loved as dearly as ids own. Gordon, Hampton, Ker shaw, all these are represented in that j galaxy of poi trail ure, and all arc gone. Butler, the intrepid, alone remains of the quartet of Confed?rate chieftains whose portraits adorn the senate chamber of South Carolina. IN THU SKNATE. The senate passed an uneventful ? session on it* opening day. The roll call showed that ?14 members were present, as follows: Lieut. Gov. Sloan, Senators Aldrich, Blake, Brown, Dav is, Dean, Douglass, Forrest, Daines, Goodwin, ll udwin, Hay, Herndon, Holiday, Hough, Hydride, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, May Held, McLeod, Mower, Pen ri foy, Ragsdale, D. W., Itagsdale, .1. W., Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stackhous?, Staulahd, Tal bird, Voil Kolnitz, Walker, Warren, Williams. Messrs. Brice, Butler, (.'arpenter, Dennis, Hoo l, .Nie'"all and Mciver did not respond lo t heir names. Senator ? .1. A. McDermott nf [Jorry having re signed to accept the otllce of county treasurer, Iiis successor, Mr. G. .1. Hoi. liday was sworn in and on motion was appointed to places held on various committees by his predecsssor. After an opening praver by Kev. W. I. Her bert, of Lieut. Gov. Sloan addressed the senate. lt was moved that a committee of three he appointed to inform the gov ernor that the senate was ready for business. On this committee were Messrs. Sharpe, Stackliou.se and Wil liams. On mot ion of Mr. Dean the house was not Hied that the senate having been duly organized was ready for business. Senator Dean introduced a concur rent resolution directing the commit tees on privileges and elections of holli houses to inquire into what v acancies existed in thc offices to he tilled by tho legislature. The governor's message having been presented by his private secretary, was read in thc usual manner, .lust after the rei) tl i rig ol' the message was completed Mr. Mayfield introduced an omnibus resolution dividing tho sever al subjects of the message Into the hands of the appropriate committees. Several appoint menta were announc ed by tho speaker. J. E. Watson hav ing resigned as doorkeeper J; J. Wat son of Greenwood was given the posi tion. Bill Clerk But ler is unable on account of illness to attend this ses 8ession of t ho general assembly and Mr. A. D. McFaddin of this city was appointed in his stead. There were several minor appointments. . Mr. May Held introduced a concur reub resolution providing that all county supervisors be . directed to at tend the good roads convention in this city on the 10th inst., their mileage to be paid by the legislature. This bill was placed on the calendar. The large oil portrait of the late Gen. John B. Gordon which hangs on the north wall of the senate was dr?ppedjlr?crope in honor to the distin guished dead. After the reading of the governor's special message on thc death of Gen. Gordqn, Senator Aldrich introduced a concurrent resolution as follows,: .''Whereas lt luis pleased the Al mighty to end the brilliant earthly career of that brilliant soldier and statesman, Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia, and "Whereas at a trying and critical period of this State he canto to our aid and rendered voluntary services of such value and devotion as entitles him forever to be known as a friend of the people of South Carolina; now, therefore bo it "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of South Carolina that a committee be raised to attend tile funeral of (Jen. Gordon and to pay the State's tribute of respect to his memory.. "Said committee to be composed of ids exceelleney tho governor or such member of tho executivedepartment as he may designate, the chief justice j of thc supreme court or snell number of the judicial department as he may designate, three senators to bo ap pointed by tho president of tho senate and five members of the house of rep resentatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house. "Resolved that the sergeants at arms of the two houses take the'neces sary steps to carry these resolutions into effect." This was sent to the house of repr? sentai ives and Cue senate adjourned at 1.30 p. m. to meet again Wednes day at noon. IN THE nousic. As Gio 1 Kinds of the clock on the gallery pointed the hour of 12, the sergeant at arms swung the mall ol State into place, Col. Tom C. Hamer, thc clerk of the house, raised thc speaker's gavel and rapped tho noisy members into silence. "Pursuant tc the provisions of the constitution thc house will now come to order," he de clared and thereupon began thc call ol the roll by count ies. When it was as certained Ollicially that a quorum ol thc house were present, Speaker Sin i tl ascended tho dais on which is tin speaker's chair and unnoticed: "Th< deliberations of the day will he opcnei with prayer by the chaplain." Th? prayer was given close attention bj the members, for thc last year's ses sion taught them that in his mornint invocation the Rev. lt. N. Pratt seek! to throw hilo the deliberation of tin day some uplifting.thought. Speaker Smith's remar ksnipori open ing the session to business were wei put and the tenor of the whole ww "work." He referred with feeling t< the fact t hat there is one vacant chai -that of the brilliant .lohn MeMaste: -and declared that it is a matter o thankfulness that t here is but one. At the conclusion of his address Mr, W. T. Aycock of Columbia was es corted to the bar of the house by Hon Messrs. .Ino. P. Thomas; Jr!, ant Lewis W. Haskell and upon his ere dent ?als being shown he was sworn ii to succeed the late lion. John McMas ter of Richland. Mr. Moses moved that a committe< ol* three he appointed to wait upon tin governor and inform him that tin house was read}' for business. Tbl was done accordingly. On Mr. Tatum' mot ion t he clerk of the house was sen to the senat e to inform that body tba the bj?use had organized and was read; for business. At almost the same inc mont Gen. H.' R. Ilemphill, clerk o the senate, appeared with a simili! announcement from the "uppe house." Organization having been perfected thc lirst thing in the way of new bus! ness was Ibu presentat ion by Mr. Alli of a resolution lixing Friday as th lime for the holding of the election 0 an associate justice to succeed Mi Justice Woods: tor a State librar?an for t wo directors of the State pcniteii Mary, to succeed Messrs. Love an Mann: for a chairman of the boar and two directors of the State dispel sary and for a liquor commissioner. Slr. Magill moved to refer tills1 I he commit tee on privileges and elec Mons. This was voted down by tlibs who wanted the elections held speed ly and the resolution was adoptee Subsequently Mr. Beamguard move to strike out tlu; words "liquor eon missioner" wherever they occur re and insert In lieu ttaroof the wort "dlspeuaary commissioner." The vol by which the resolution had bee adopted was reconsidered in order t admit of this correction, and whe the resolution again caine before ll house Messrs. Williams, Rainsfoi and Magill succeeded in getting ll house to reconsider the. vote by whit it had declined to commit the resoh Mon, and hy a considerable majori! it was decided lo send the resolutio lo the committee on privileges ai elections in order that, the matti might he whipped into proper shape. The senate concurrent, r?solutif along the same line came over and w referred to the same committee. The governor's message was r eel ved and read. As it, is quite lengthy document the members hi hardly had time in which to read carefully Wednesday and no exprc sion as to ils recommendat ions we gathered. The several parts of tl message were referred to the prop commit tees. The senate resolut ions in regard (Jen..I. B. Gordon were adopted iinai mously and the speaker appointed members of tho delegation live g? lani, ex-<."oiifedcrates who are memhi of the house, Hon. Messrs. M. Trlbble of Anderson, W. E. James Dallington, .1. H. Brooks of Grce wood, Jeremiah Smith of Bony, ai J. W. King of Florence. After the introduction of new bi the house adjourned. There, were oi three new bills, one by Mr. Cool and one by Mr. Magill relating to mi ters In their respectivo counties, a ono by Mr. W. P. Johnson relating a new tax on incorporations, requ lng them to make annual st^emei to t he secretary of state. | if IN THE HOUSE. What Has Been Done in that Bod the Past "Week. REGULATING THE RAILROADS. Several Bills of Importance) Aro Fussed Without Much Discus sion and Goes to tho Senate. The first bill taken up in the bnuse was that of Mr. Coggeshall as to pre venting delays in tbe transportation of freight. Tb is bs the bill that was favored by the Charleston Freight Bureau last year. The bill had a fa vorable report with a minority op posed to it, but when it was called up this morning there was not a word said one way or another. Tbe requir ed formal announcements were made. The bill went on through, ordered to its third reading without a word of discussion, inquiry or anything else. As ordered to its third reading thc bill, which was asked for last year, was passed as follows: ? A bill to preven t delays in tho trans portation of freight by railroad com panies in this State, lie it enacted by the General Af=som bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That from and after thc 1st day of May 1004, all railroad com panies in this State shall transport to their destination all freight receiv ed for transportation between points] in thc State of South Carolina w ithiu ? the following times after ?same shall have been rece ved, to wit: Within forty-eight hoc s, between points not more than one hundred miles distant : within seventy-two hours, between points exceedin.' one hundred and not more than two hundred miles distant: within ninety-six hours, between points exoeedug two hundred miles distant. Section 2. T<iat any railrtad com pany fallinc t > comply with the pro- j visions of Secti ?ti 1 of* this Act for j any cause, except the Act of God .ir | public enemy, snail forfeit thc freight chargeable upon such goods as it shall ' fail to transpi rt. within the time hereinbefore r (pured; and in addition .shall pay to lin consignee 1 per cent of the market \alue of such g ?ods for i each and every day's detention over and above the time herein before pre scribed, to be recovered by '.he con signee in any Court of com pete ot juris diction, together with the freight so forfeited, if the same shall hi.ve been prepaid. Section 3. That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to limit or affect any other right or remedy now or hereafter existing against such railroad .company for or on account of such delny in tvansportation: Sectlon 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts Inconsistent with this Act are nereby repealed. Later on Mr. Beamguard's bill to provide a penalty for the unreasonable delay in thc shipment and delivery of any goods, wares and merchandise by any railroad or other common carrier for hire came up, and after some dis cussion was passed as follow*: Be it enacted by thc General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section L That any railroad com pany or other common carrier for hire In this Slate, who shall delay for an unreasonable time the shipment and delivery of any goods, wares and mer chandise delivered them for transpor tation, shall, in addition to any dam ages they may now be liable for, fon felt and pay to the party or parties whose go ds, wares or merchandise are received, shipped and delayed, ten dollars for every day the same is so delayed, to be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction. Speaker Smith made the following appointment for thc present session of House: Laborers, Robert Caldwell, Robert Ohlsolm, L. Smith; pagers, Henry Smith, \V. A. Matllson, J. M. hanks, Malcolm Johnson, .1. A. Cly burn; Speaker'.s clerk, .1. M. Sharpe; doorkeepers, J. M. Casque; G. R. Cle ments, VV. A. Hoof; postmaster, lt. C. Anderson. Governor Hey ward submitted the report ot thc special tax commission. Mr. Moses, of the commission, moved that the report be printed in the .Journal and re terre 1 to the ways and means commit ec. This was done without the reading of the report. In support, ol Iiis bill against si t machines Mr. Wade said that then were 1,300 slot machines in usc in tim State, and hp thought that it \va^ hieb time for' 'hem to be removed. His bill was p sscd to its third read lng without urther argument. It provides: Section I. That Crom and aft? r the passage and approval of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any per.-- >n to operate within this State any sh i. ma chin? of whatever nairn or kind. Section 2. Any person whomsoever who shall violate the lirst section cf this Act shall he subject to a linc of not more than >ne hundred dollars, or imprisonment upon tl c pubi c works of the county therein Hie ( trence is committed for a-period of not more, than thirty days. The third hill relative to riilroads, which was ordi red to its t hird read ing, was thal' of Mr. Do-rob, of Greenville, which proposes to abolish j the bob-tail Ol single truck cabs in ! tills State. 'J'UL'KSIiA V'S PIIOCKKDINOB. The house cn Thursday passed a bill which pr. vides that it shall be unlawful berei fter for any person to sell, barter or give away or treat another to any malt or intoxicating liquor within three miles of any vot ing precinct curing any primary.or other election day, under a penalty upon conviction therefor of not more than ?100 nor less than $00 or 30 days ? Imprisonment with or without labor. This ls a good law. There were four third reading bills, and eacli was passed and sent to ?ie senate, Including Mr. Wade's bill to outlaw slot machines. The four third reading bills were: Mr. Beam guard's to provide for the immediate delivery nf freight; Mr. Coggeshall's to provide tor the Immediate shipment and delivery of freight, and Mr. Dorioh's to regulate the size of cabs uaed by railroads. After the conclusion of the work of tho "morning hour" debte was re sumed on Mr. Haskell's bill to require the recording of deaths, births and marriages. After some discussion the bill was killed. Mr. Donnald's bill to reduce the rate of tag tax on fertillizers was then taken up. He declared that Clemson's revenue ls $85.000 this year and the cost of inspection is but $10.000. He argued that tho burden of this rev enue ls, on thel farmer, not on the manufacturer. Mr. D. O. Herbert argued that the cost of fertilizer would not be reduced If the privil?ge tax should bo taken orr. Mr. DOnnald suggested that If such ls the case why not double the amount of the tax. Mr. Stackhouse declared that the privilege tax does make a diff?rence in. cost as farmers un > the State line can testify, for they arc made to pay more than the farmers in North Caro lina. Mr. Herbert maintained bis posi tion and declared bi {opposition to tbc bill, as bc wants Clemson to have the means to give scholarships to poor boys, a> ' had introduced a bill to bpati efi't\ Debate was adjourned until next Wednesday on motion of Mr. Kibler. who suggested that it would be wise to walt until the report of Clemson college is received. The Suite Out of Debt. The reports of the tiscal oftleers of ! the Slate for the past year will l e in thc nature of a surprise to thc gt lier ai public, for instead of a dcticit a small surplus, something In the n< igh borhood of $50,000, will be shown., it ls explained that this surplus is due to the money Senator Till mail obtain ed from the United S ates on account of Indian and other claims, '-'li?t sum will not be available again th's year In counting the recipients, b it it is expected that Increased valuation of property and increased receipts from other sources will plate the State ou a cash basis. This hi probable, even if nothing is done in the woy of tax reform, and there will be nu ?er ous schemes on that line to co:ne be fore thc legislature. They Will lil te. An old neuro woman has created ex citement in Syracuse, N. Y., bi ap pearing I here claiming to have walked all thc way from a plantat,on In Geor gia, whe estie was held :is a slave. She repo ted leaving 200 si ives on the same plantation. The peo plc of Syra cuse bai bor very great Indignation against the south and thc old woman is living in the fat of the land. Which all goes to show that even an old wo man can gold-brick the shrewd Yan kees. They all will bite; it just de pends on the bait, says thu Columbia State. _ Nff??"f ?s Iiynch \ ~S>m-o. Information' has 'beti? received or : the lynching in Sussex county, Va., of ao negro named Elmore Moseley by a negro mob. Mosely was t ried in thc ; county court last week for killing another negro on tho public highway. ; in the presence of the victim's wife ? and child. He was acquitted. Thurs day a mob of negroes composed of the j dead man's friends went to Mosely's i bouse, seized him and carried him to l Snyder's farm, near Disputanta, where they hung him to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. Anot lier Wreck.' One m.vi was killed two locomo tives demolished, and live freight cars smashed to splinters as the result of a collision between freights No. 72 and oil near Gaffney Tuesday night. The crews of thc two trains saved their lives by jumping, through En gineer Martin and his fireman, of No. O.'l, were painfully injured. The wreck was caused bv the confusion of the two sections of No. 72, thc through freight which was running North in two sections._ Claimed to Iii- a W itch. Tile most eccentric woman in North. Carolina, Mrs. M. E. Edwards, was found dead by the roadside In Catawba county Wednesday. For forty years she had lived alone, ber house being far from any other. She always car ried a revolver and endeavored to make people think she was a witch. On ht r body were found money and notes and also rabbit feet, and the walls of her house were decorated with pictures of various persons, each with a nail driven through the heart. Hrs ConvlctlonH. The Stale says: "Mr. Bryan has returned from abroad with his politi cal views unchanged. Ile isa radical democratic democrat and such politics as his arc unreasonable at preset t in this country. Wo cannot alway.- live on thu leakages of the rieh, however, and there will lie a time when Mr. Bryan's views will be popular. In the meantime he has the cou rag?! to stand by his convictions while the. party managers are running thc ma chine st! ictly on a program of expedi ency." _ Three 8nfen Mown; Safe-crackers carly Friday morling blew open three safes in the beait of ; the business section of Charlotte N. (J., and within half a block of the po lice .station. When olllcers Interrupted their ?work one of the burglars shot Policeman Shields in the breast at close range. The ball struck a bi tton ano thc officer escaped ir jury. The burglars secured about $ii'i and cs cao- ; ed. Tin board of alderme i offer $400 reward lor thc guilty part es. A Hear Killed. Passel igor train No. 14 cn the Ashe ville and Columbia division of thc Southern ran Into a band of three Italians with two bears, near Saluda. N'. C., killing one. of the bears and fatally i ijurillg one of the men. Tho. wouiidet man was si ruck on the left shoulder, ??nd was picked up and car ried to Saluda where it is thought, ho Will likely die._ Schooner Wrecked. A letter from Havana tells of the wreck on January r> of thc schooner Governor Mlake, Scott, master, and a enwoffeoverj men, that wanton a reef six miles from Cay Jutias, Florida coast. The crew escaped in small boats saving nothing but their cloth ing. The Mlake sailed Deo? mt ?cr i\ for Cienfuegos, fiona Mobile, with cargo of pith pine, valued at $1,822. ) BOY'S BODY FOUND Wljcie Ho Was Murdered Weeks ; Ago by Strange Negro. F TILL NO TRACE OF THE NEGRO. Two jUuntpra Discover Badly Dc composed Remains as Ono ol' Thom, by Chance, j Jumps a Ditch. The Columbia State of Wednesday says the body of 10-year-old Stephen Howell who so mysteriously disappear ed ?fter a trip into the country In corapVny with a strange negro after Christmas holly and who was believed to haA'e been murdered by this negro, was Tound Tuesday Jan. 12, by two huiliers. The corpse was lying face down in a ditch near a stream In a tides', and dark and dismal piece of wood/far from any public highway on the Silber place, three miles southeast of the/oity. lt was Hi this direction thc-Woy was last seen In company with'the negro in a wagon belonging to Philip Epstin, who had hired the two ti) go out JU this errand, which provejd thc last for the boy and the beginning of a tragic and grief-laden chapiter which is burned luto the tuindxof bis poor old mother. This body lits in Van Metre's mor gue awaiting an inquest which will bc li?ld by the coioner Wednesday, it wjll be carried to his fori*>?j?f hume at l??llians Thursday for hu>?al. DISCOVERY BY MEREST CHANCE Tiie case would still be a* deep and perplexing a mystery today but fir chalice which induced one ol thc hu 1 ters tojump across thc lit le dit? li where thc hotly was lying, ti is act re suiting in Hie .scovery. ' 'be bony hiv fni-e downward, bead 1 p sfcrca u and was in a h.idly decompo-ed state. The face was lying in about two inc 1 cs ot water, the overflow from a near by small br inch, and a clot of leav ss had been washed up against; thc side of the face. The axe, which the ne gro failed to return with the wagon < n che j.itern ion of the disappearance when he re lorted to Mrs. Epstin th.-.t Stephen hal jumped oil the wagon ",o go home m Assembly street, was found lean i ig against a ti cc abm t live ?tops o;f. There was not a trace of blood oi either the.blade or the handle; thc blade was rusty and the print left ii the earth when it was lifted shoved that it had passttl through sc eral rains as it stood the c these three weeks, ?i'n.ute witness un able to He i i its terrible evidence ol oneof the nost lu ulai, cruel and hon i ble murder.1 this County bas yet wit nessed. Its silent testimony is corro > orated by a brutal indentation in thc left side of the victim's head. Blood was even Tuesday oozing out of the ons?.'; ! >r?i..T. NO .TU ACE Ol" KEG KO. ?~'Nct.-u trace has b?bh 'found' by | either Mic county or city officers of either the person or the name of the mysterious negro, whose cool villainy allowed him not only to return almost through the quarters of the police within perhaps an hour after he had slain young Bowell and turn in thc team and go back to his employer twice that same afternoon after ti lew cents due him, but to return again two days later, on Wcdesday, and set k to collect fron Epstin at thc latter's store In thc same street and almost within hailing distance of police head quarters. And t here is precious small chance of any valuable light being shed on tliis end ol tho mystery at thc i l inqucst Wednesday. KAIN HAD OHLITER?TED TRACKS. The lind was promptly reported n person by the hunters to the sheriff's ofllc.e, and the sherill led by the hunt ers and accompanied by Coroner Green and his deputy, Bub Baugliman, bur ried to Hie scene. The sherill' was the lirst oilicer to reach the scene and he was soon afterward followed by the boy's father, John Howell, who was accompanied by his eldest son, Charlie. The relatives bad been informed from police headquarters, which received the news from Policeman Jones, who was Informed of the lind while on duty at the union station. They lound con ditions as described above. The rains had unfortunately obliterated all tell tale tracks, an 1 it may never be known whether the murder was committed on the spot where the body was found or whether the death-blow was dealt in the open and the murderer carried his victim's body at the risk of behn*, seen at any moment until he hum 1 this lonely spot. However, all this, Important as it ought to be, may oe nf little cai sequence after all, as there is slim chance ul" th? murderer being run to justice. MOTHER'S HEART I'lCTURED MUHDE tl. Mr.-.. U>>\ .. ll s.iw a repui cr at her h une in Assembly street I: st night, .nut was unable lo tall: onlj in a ri s connected ,vay. a sob inter tining : I most net wt cn every wort! : ? she sit in a rock lng chair in a cold ; nd dimly lighted JOo-h with some ten men and women syn pathizcrs gather ti around trying tu comfort her, tin ry tun ic nil lions of tue chair punctl iting t ie expressions of her mother's '.lief. "People kept coming to me eve -y day." she sobbed, "to bell rae th vt Stephen muse be. well and all rig it and that tho negro could not ha.c murdered him in 11 ie circumstances, hut my mo Ju r's heart cou!:! not 1 s ten to them in belief. I kiley that i ?y poor boy h: d been cruelly murdered. 1 knew that there is no accounting lar what kind )f an awful crime a negro will commit. And now it has nil come true is I have been seeing it ?.ll along." The politic have of course interest ul themselves in the case and have faith fully gone through the routine pio oedufe ttie/ adopt in au instance of its gent ral character, hut they have never reen abler to generate anything like enthu iiasm, believing as Lil ey have all along tbat. there was no na son to fear that violence had been dune. Even yesterday t*.ey discredit ed the. Hist reports that came in of the lind in thc same manner they have discredited the many rumors that gained circulation from time to time heretofore. SOM K 8THANOK FEATURES, Theca.se lias nei n characterized by many wlerdly strange teat un s, which have been full..- portrayed In several arti les published ni Tho Slat' I rom time to tim? since the disappearance. Following are extracta from The State's first report of the disappear: ancc: "A queer and perplexing mystery enshrouds tho disappearance last Mon day afternoon out on the Garner's Ferry road of young Stephen Howell. Ills relatives.have been conducting a most dllllgcnt. thorough and painstak ing as 'well us painful and anxious search for the boy since early Tues-' day mornlg. They have worked out every plausible theory or suggestion to its logical conclusion, and the police have been at work on the case, but the only tangible.reward for these efforts ls that Howell was last seen on Monday afternoon nbout 12.30 or 1 o'clock by a relativo who recognized him and saluted him. This was on the Garner's Ferry road near the Hardin street crossing. "The team started out into the country about noon Munday. Mrs. Epstin says that the negro returned with the wagon at about 3.30 and came back a hoot 0 < ?'clock to collect for his services. When she asked arter Howell the negr > told her that the white boy ha? jumped off at Assemhly street, saying he was going home and asking him (the negro) to drive the team to Mr. Epstln's. No further trace can be found of thc negro, who seems to be a stranger in Columbia. Re was pichen! up Monday mornmg loafing about the Southern's freight stu; iou by Mr. Epstin, who employed him to assist in hauling some whiskey to the dispensary for the contables. Mr. Epstlne did not ask the negro's name. "The negro did not return the axe with the wagon and no load was brought back from the country. Ile had ..o reason to think that Howell h id any money or other valuables about his person, and so f;.r as is known the two had uever exchanged a cross word. "The negro is described us beiug about 5 feet G inches tall; weighs about 150 pounds; cooper colored complexion, short, thin moustache; teeth set somewhat apart; woie a brown over-coat and a felt hat. "Howell ls rather sparc built, has fair complexion and blui eyes, about the same height tts tho negro. He was a bright, intelligent, healthful looking boy." ONE DAY IN TAIL Ami Promptly I'ahl a Fine ol' 'l'en Thousand" Dollars. Ex-Congressman 10dm md Driggs, of Brooklyn, last Tuesday was sentenced t> imprisonment of one day in Ray mond street jail and to e line of $10, 000. Driggs was convie ,ed of accept ing money, while a congressman-elect, for securing a government contract for thc purchase of automatic cashiers from the Brandt-Dent company for the post-o Hi ce department. There will be no appeal. >'.? .Deigg&'.lino was immediately paid after sentence was pronounced. Mr. Driggs and his attoneys saying that they endorsed the statement by the court that an honorable man would 1 have no desire to retain moneys secur ed under such circumstances. Driggs was not taken to the jail direcUy. Iii ; does not lose his citizenship by the conviction, hut cannot hold olllce again in thc Federal government. In pronouncing sentence Judge ' Thomas said: "A man ot honorable feeling, although he has erred, would abhor the retention of what came to him illegally and 1 believe that such will he your attitude. "You will ind that to make sure of rectitude in your past life, your friends will join it with the private and civic virtues that you may achieve and maintain In the future, and that in the end you will be judged by your whole career and not alone by this intervening fxult and failure." Driggs late r was taken to the Ray mond street jail and placed in a cell. Sherill" Hesterberg, after consultation with counsel, decided that thc terms of the sentence would be complied with oy detaining the prisoner only until midnight._ \V ants to Know. At washington on Tuesday of last week Representative Hardwick, ol Georgia, introduced a resolution ask ing the secretary of war to tell the house of representatives, how many ? Mauser niles were captured hy the United States in Coba during the j Spanish-American war, and how and under what circumstances these rides ; have been disposed of. In the pre- ' amide to his resolution, Mr. Hardwick (pioles from the president's message ol January I, in reference to a Costa Rican newspaper dispatch, from which the following ls taken: '?Hundreds of stacks of arms, con tiscated by the Colombian government ac the close of the late revolution, have reappeared from some mysteri ous source and thousi rids of ri Iles, that li ok suspiciously like the Mat sers the United State captured in Cjba, are issuing to the gathering for?as from central points of distribution " Officers Like (Ja iiihlcrs. The Columbia State says: 'We are curious to know the reasons influenc ing 35 members of the house to vote against declaring the operation of "slot machines" illegal: They ure not only gambling devices that are outlawed in many of thu "big and bad" cit ies but they are devices that lirst entice boys to gamble. They are enormously profitable to t heir owners or lessees and only for them should their merits he appreciated. It is easier, however, to ou law the ma chines than to prevent their opera lion. Officers of the law appear to have, a very kindly feeling for all classes of gamblers except the little darkey who shoots craps in a back alley with a banking capita} of two cents. These get "pulled" and there is righteous indignation " Dr. Seilerei' IOU ctcrt. Dr. .1. A. 15. Soberer, pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church of Charleston, was elected president of Newberry college by thc board of I r?steos at a meeting held In Colum bia last week. Ile will succeed Dr. Cromer, recent ly resigned, and he will become thc executive head of the Lui heran College as soon as thc necessary change eau be made. He is a young man of great meni al depth and learning, and ft is believed that ho will add new lifo and energy to the institution. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A Negro Fires I*pim a Rock Hill Man from Ambush. A dispatch from Book Hill to Tho Stat? saya thc community was shock ed over thc . dastardly, attempted of a^ negro ; named Will Walker to take the life: of Mr. W. J. Ingram. Mr.- Ingram lives, in Rock II lil, but recently purchased a place about six miles away on tho Chester and' Hock Hill road. Tuesday morning while Mr. Ingram was working in bis field at this place Will Walker came along the road nearby, hallowing and yell ing In a disgraceful manner. Mr. In gram went to where he was passing and asked what he meant by such con duct, whereupon the negro became angry, and reached In the direction of his bip pocket as if to draw a pistol. Anticipating his action Mr. Ingram drew his pistol, and covered the negro, who thereupon disavowed any inten tion of being disrepspeotful. This happened abouti 8 or 9 o'clock In the morning, and was thought to be the end of thc matter; but about'2 in the aftoruoon, as Mr. Ingram was driving towards Rock Hill In a buggy, ata point near where the first difficulty-) occurred, without the slightest warn ing, some one ti red upon bim. The shot came from a thick woods on the side of the road, and tho aim wa" so accurate that part of the load took effect In the trim of Mr. Ingram's hat. A3 soon as the shot was tired Mr. Ingram looked back and saw Will Walker coming out into the road with a gun in his hands, and apparently trying to reload. lu order to avoid further danger Mr. Ingram then then drove on at a fast speed. He af terwards went to the otllce of Magis trate Beckham, and had a warrant Is sued and after a short preliminary ex amination this morning Will "Walker was committed for assault with intent to kill. An Elevator Accident. At St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday a crowd of employes pressiDg. against the. elevator ?ate on the sixth Moor of the Brown Shoe- Company building at Seventh street and Wash ington avenue, caused the gate to give way and ten persons were plunged down the shaft. Six were taken out dead and the ocher four, seriously in jured. Two ol the injured died soon after reaching thc hospital and with out regaining consciousness. The employes tiad assembled at the close of the work ii the corridors on the different floors walting for tho eleva tor t?o take then down. The elevator was at the sevt nth floor receiving pas sengers when those on the sixth door, eager to get near the door and be first Into the cage began to push toward the gate. Suddenly the gate gave way, just as ?t?o elevator started to descend and ten of the employes plunged head- first down tho .*haft. J-umc-i Johnsen, tbp elevator operator, was taken into custody by the police pending an investigation. Johnson said the elevator gate did rv o break, hut that lt had been rtised by em ployes while, waiting for the car to de scend to the tloor and suddenly the em ployes in the rear of the crowd began pushing, precipitating them down the shaft. Factory Superintendent Fray, corroborat ed Johnson's story. Honoring Gordon. The South Carolina official delega tion tn Gordon's funeral let t Columbia at 5 o'clock on Wednesday. Compos lng thc party were: Gov. Heyward, Senators J. Q. Marshall, Robt. Al drich and J. W. Stanland and Repre sentatives .1. M. Brooks, Jeremiah Smith, J. W. King and W. E. James, and Col. M. P. TribUle. Judge ern est Gary represents the judiciary. From Camp Hampton are: Col. John C. Haskel1, Capt. D. J. Griffith, I). Cardwell a ad W. W. Bumpkin. Camp Hampton sent hy the delegation a large blanket of gray moss for the grave of Gord on, and a lovely wre. t i. The wreath of vVadc Hampton chap ter, U. 1) C., had been sent ahead. Shot Himself. At Charleston Mr. W. Turner Logan, a well known young lawyer ami a member of the legislature, ac cidentally shot- himself Wednesday morning in his room wi ii le dressing in taking a shirt out of a drawer of | [ his bureau Iiis pistol, which was in the folds, was also drawn and in pull-.;1 lng it struck the side of the bureau, causing it to discharge, thc ball enter ing his left side and passing between two ribs. The wound is very painful but not necessarily serious and thc attending physician reports t he condi tion of Hie wo inded man to be very satisfactory. A Poor Specimen. Tlie Augusta Chronicle says a physi cian of a city not many miles from Augusta, was found asleep Tuesday M night by thc police on Jackson lt street. 11 was a case of too much liquor. The physician d.liberately arranged his overcoat as a. pillow and laid down to sleep in the open air. When disturbed by the police, he be curae quite disagreeable and four offi cers had tocar;y him to the barracks by force. A Plucky Negro. A dispatch from Holly Hill to The State says: "L. S. Stoutamire, thc one colored merchant of our town, lost his entire stock and building by lire two weeks ago, having only $500 Insurance on a stock worth $.'1,000. He shows his energy and pluck by having the frame a for new store al ready up and viii soon be already for business ?it tin old stand." Hilled hy n Fall. A special c ispatch to The State from Lancast-.r says Mr. Samuel F. Folsom, an at ed citizen of Kershaw, was instintly killed Friday by being thrown from ids buggy. His horse took fright at the southbound pas senger train on the Southern railway and dashed away, throwing Mr. Fol som out of the buggy. Crt rum I mi I CnrclcsHiiRHs. At Savannah, Ca., Daniel A. Dean, a Central railway engineer, died from injuries received while cleaning out the lire box of his engine nt an early hour Tuesday morning. While under bis engine a push engine ran against, it. Both his legs wore out off. Dean leaves a widow, a son and a daughter. ENFORCE THTfcXAW. ?.1 That Is What the Temperance Law ?nd Order League Demands. REGARDING DIS FEN? AK ? Tho Memorial That Was Presented to tho General Assembly on Wednesday by tho . League. ? ..".'.'V?' * The Temperance Law and Order Leaguo will present a memorial to t he 3eneral Assembly Wednesday. The bext, as prepared by the executive ?ofrimittee, is as follows: Memorial-To the General Assem 3ly of South Carolina: The Tempor ihce Law and Order League of South karolina respectfully represents to ,'our honorable body .that it is an or ganization of citizens, representing he sentiments of a large class of the rotors of Ute State, having" for its )bject: 1. To rend .. i- all moral encourage nent and support to the constituted inthorities in the enforcement of ixistlng laws, both State and munici pal, relating to the peace and good >rdor of the community. . 2. To render such individual service . is may be practicable and lawful in ?curing and furnishing to the proper, aw ofllcers facts and Information of -.ioiations of law1 to enable them to iroceed against the violator. 3. By all lawful means to hold the ; iworn ollicersof tho law to the prompt ind faithful discharge of their official ; ibligations to the public* and by pro- ? leeding against them for wilful neglect >r failure on their part. 4. Especially to secure a full and atisfautory enforcement of the dis iensu?j' law, both against those ?n* raged in prohibited traffic in intoxi- f ants and those who violate the pro vision of law while acting as sworn ? tl ic er s of the dispensary. 5. By endeavoring to secure legis ation in the future as will ultimately ifohibit the traffic in intoxicants for leverage purposes in South Carolina. In pursuance of theso objects* it vould respectfully urge upon tho general Assembly to make such an imendment to the. law commonly mown as "the dispensarj- law" as viii alford the citizens of any corn-^ nunity in which a dispefis^y may^be istablished under the provisions of lie law the opportunity to express by >allot their wishes f ir its removal. WR make this appeal for the rea ons following: 1. Because as tba dispensary law nakes every citizen a stockholder, * haring the profits and liabilities re citing from the business,, as an act if^ simple justice they should be ac orded the right to end their coniiec ion with it if they so desire. 2. Because there are many com I nm i ties in tho State, wc believe tho &.rger proportion, whore dispensaries- , tave been established in opposition to he known and expressed wisli of theso ommunlties, or where, though orig nally approved, the experience ol the vils resulting from the operation of lispensaries in their midst has-eliang (1 to one of disapproval, and who ;ladly avail themselves of the means if removing- what they realize to be n agency which is only evil and" a irolilic source of disorder, lawlessness nd general demoralization. 3. Because the purpose of legisla ion should be the repression of law essness and crime, the improvement f the moral condition and tho promo ion of the happiness of the oeople, nd these purposes would ljRT gre&?y iromoted by the removal/of dispen aries from these communities. 4. Because the recorded facts as to he conduct of the dispensary system hows a large and constant increase in he sale by the dispensary and con umption of liquors by the people of he State, and a consequent appalling ncrease of crimes of violence and inmorality traceable directly to this ause. 5. Because the proposed amendment, f made, would largely decrease 4V.av ?? irea in which liquors.could' be legally old, render the detection of violation ?asier and enable the constituted egal administrators of the law to con luct the moro limited business in a nanner more consommant with the jurpose and intent of the law. 6. Because tl ie demand for this mange in the law is made by the Christian Church of the State, which :annot b? silent under the existing conditions wit hout sin, and which, in -he name of her communicants, ap peals to Christian legislators for the neans of deliverance from the unholy liliance in which, as a part of the State citizenship, they have been 'orced to participate, Respectfully J. W. Hamil, chairman; Howell Morell, secretary; executive commit tee, State Temper-nice Law and Cr ier League. Columbia, S. C., .fan. 12, 1904. Slot Machines Must Go. Tlie house of representatives Wed nesday passed lp tl .ira reading a bill which prohibits tho operation of slot machines within the State. The bill makes no discrimination, but makes ill machines unlawful. The bill leclarcs "that it shall be unlawful for iny person to operate within this ."tate any slot machine of whatever lame or kind. "Sec. 2. Any person whomsoever who shill violate tho first section of this act shall be subject to. i Uno of not more Mian $100, or im prisonment upon the public works of '.he county wherein the offense is corn il i ttcd, for a period of not moro than 10 days." A Noteworthy Tribute. Col. Butler D. Price of tho Six-" teenth U. S. infantry, stationed at Fort McPherson, hid a place in the funeral procession of Gen. Gordon, ittended by his entire staff, the band ind a battalion of tho regiment. The D. M. Mitchell Post No. 1. G. A. E., with its entire membership, was also Assigned a place In the procession. Killed by Train. Tom Turnbam and Jesse Edge, white farmers, were killed Friday af ternoon by a southbound Central of Georgia railroad train near Lafayette, Ala. Edge was killed Instantly and Turnham lived half an hour. Their heads and bodies v??ro mangled terri bly.