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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. Tho WhoeK . >r IifRlslatlon "Wore Givrn n Start on Tuesday of linet svort:. "What "Was Done by Thrill. Tho general assembly of South Caro lina was called to order at high noon Tuesday, Jan. 12, in accordance with tho? terms of the constitution. As this is tho middle of a term, the work of organization required little time, and before adjournment tho wheels of .legislation luid been set in motion to the extent that in each branch of tho law-making body new measures had been Introduced. The State of Wednesday gives tho following account of the opening ses sion of the two houses: Early in the day it developed that an etlurt would be made to pull ottilie elections at tho earliest possible date, and in each iiouse resolutions looking! to that end were presented. In the j . senate side the tenor of tho resolutions. was to have tho joint committees on j privileges? and elections report what j vacancies are to be lilied. In the house tho resolution called for the ap pointment of a specific date-Friday of this, week-but as tho resolution was obviously defective in that it failed to lix a time for the election of certain college trustees, the resolution was referred to the house committee on privileges and elections. There were two-score candidates in tim lobbies and around the outer rail, and the lifo of the average legislator will bo devoted to listening to "hard luck stories" for the time interven ing between this and the day of elec tion. vThe most importunate are the candidates for places on the board of Jctorsof the State penitentiary and he directorate of the St ate, dispen . Each of these places pays *4 a for tho time actually spent in the service^of t he State, and in the case of the dispensary board the per diem is limited to loo" 'days. .Hut while the candidates for tho several places at the dispensary and the penitentiary are vigorously pressing their several campaignlels. -the applicants for the position of State librarian are no less insistent. Hy placing this matter in the hands of the legislature and mak ing it an elective otllce. the way is thrown open for the fairer sex to ex hibit what of polities tiley know, and the campaign for this position is an xj-rtduticx? M 1,1 ip;fact that the men do not know it alli 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 bouse was Spe;''-: r Smith's remarks upon declaring tue house ready for business. His was not an address in the usual acceptation of the 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 port rail of the gallant (Jordon of Georgia was shrouded in crepe and from its elevated posit ion the likeness of the chivalrous southerner looked down in benedict ion upon the delibera tive body of a Slate he loved as dearly as his own. Gordon, Hampton, Ker shaw, all these, are represented in t hat _ galaxy of portraiture, and all are gone. Butler, the intrepid, alone remains ol' the quartet of Confederate chieftains whose portraits adorn tho senate chamber of South Carolina. IN THE SKNATK. The senate passed an uneventful - session on its opening day. The roll call showed that 34 members were present, as follows: Lieut. Gov. Sloan, Senators Aldrich, Blake, Drown, Dav-| is, Dean, Douglass, Forrest, (laines, Goodwin, ll irdwin, Hay, llcrndoii, Holiday, Hough, llydrick, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, McLeod, Mower, Deurlfoy, Ragsdale, G. W., Ragsdale, .1. \V., Raysor, Sharpe. Sheppard, Stackhouse. Studland, Tal bivd, VOM Muhlitz, Walker, Warren, Williams. Messrs. Drice, Huller, (.'arpenter. Dennis, Hot, I, McCall and Mciver did not respond lo t heir names. Senator ' J. A. McDermott)of Dorry having re signed lo accept the. olllce of county treasurer, his successor, Mr. G. .1. I lol llday was sworn in and on mot ion was appointed to places held on various committees hy his predecessor. After an opening praverily Dev. W. 1. Her bert, ot Lieut. Gov. Sloan addressed the senate. It was moved thal a committee of Cree be appointed to inform (he gov ernor that t he senate was ready for business. On this committee were Messrs. Sharpe, Stack' ouse and Wil liams. On motion of Mr. Dean the house was not ?lied that the se?ale having been duly organized was ready for business. Senator D ian Introduced a concur rent resolution directing the commit tees on privileges and elect ions of hoi h houses to inquire into what vacancies existed in t lie offices to be lilied by 11 io legislature. The governor's message having been presented by his private secretary, was read in the usual manner, .lust after the ret)ding of the message was completed Mr. Mayfield introduced an omnibus resolution dividing the sever al subjects of thc message into the hands of Hie appropriate committees. Soveral appointments were announc ed by the speaker. J.E. Watson hav lng resigned as doorkeeper J. J. Wat son of Greenwood was given the posi tion. Dill Clerk Duller ls unable on account of illness to attend .this ses session of tho general assembly and Mr. A. D. McFaddin of this city was appointed in his stead. There wore >"'? several minor appointments. Mr. May Held introduced a concur rent resolution providing that all county supervisors be directed to at tend the good roads convention in this city on the 19tb inst., their mileage to be paid by the legislature. This bill waa placed on the calendar. Tho large oil portrait of the late Gon. John il. Gordon which hangs on the north wall of the senate was drappedllr?cr..pe in honor to the distin guished dead. After tim reading of the governor's special message ou the death of Gen. Gordqn, Senator Aldrich introduced a concurrent resolution as follows,: j'Whereas lt has pleased the Al mighty to end the brilliant earthly career of that brilliant soldier and statesman, Gen. John ii. Gordon of Georgia, and "Whereas at a trying and critical period of this State lie came to our aid and rendered voluntary sorvlces of such value and devotion as entitles him forever to be known as a friend of the people of South Carolina; now, therefore be it "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of South Carolina that ?i committee be raised to attend the funeral of Gen. Gordo.iand to pay the St ate's tribute of respect to his memory. "Said committee to be composed of lils exceelleney tho governor or such member of the executivejlepartment as he may designate, the chief justice of the supreme court or such member of the judicial department as he may designate, three senators to be ap pointed by the president of the senate and live 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 tho neces sary steps to carry these resolutions into effect." This was sent to the house of repre sentatives and the senate adjourned ?lt 1.30 p. m. to meet again "Wednes day at noon. As tho hands of the clock on the gallery pointed the hour of 12, the sergeant at arms swung the rn-1." of State into place, Col. Tom C. Hamer, the clerk of the house, raised the speaker's gavel and rapped the noisy members into silence. "Pursuant to the provisions of the constitution the house will now come to order," he de clared and thereupon began the call of Hie roll by counties. When it was as certained oflicially t hat a quorum of the house were present, Speaker Smith ascended the dais on which is the speaker's chair and unnoticed: ''Tho d?lib?r?t ions of the day will be opened with prayer by the chaplain." Thc prayer was given close attention by the members, for the last year's ses sion taught them that in his morning invocation the Rev. R. N. Pratt seeks to throw into the d?lib?r?t ion of the day some uplifting,thought. Speaker Smith's rcmarlcs*?pon open ing the session to business were well put and the tenor of thc whole was "work." Ile referred with feeling to the fact that there is one vacant chair -that of the brilliant .lohn McMaster -and declared that it is a matter of thankfulness that there 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. .Tho. P. Thomas; Jr., and Lewis W. Haskell and upon his cre dentials being shown he was sworn in lo succeed the late Hon. John McMas ter of Richland. Mr. Moses moved that a committee )f titree be appointed to wait upon the governor and inform him that the house was ready for business. This ?vas done accordingly. On Mr. Tatum's not ion tho clerk of t^ie house was sent lo the senat e to inform that body that Lhe Upuse had organized and was ready Tor business. At almost,thc same mo ment Geri. RV ll. Hemphlll, clerk of Lhe senate, appeared with a similar iniiounccment from the "upper I louse." Organization having been perfected, lhe lirst thing in the way of new busi ness was tho presentation by Mr. Aull il* a resolut ion fixing Friday as the time for the. holding of the election of in associate justice to succeed Mr. Justice Woods: for a State librarian, for two directors of the State peniten tiary, to succeed Messrs. Love and Mann: for a chairman of the board ?ind t wo directors of the State dispen sary arid for a liquor commissioner. Slr. Magill moved td refer this to the commit tee on privileges and elec tions. This was voted down bj those who wanted the elections held speedi ly and the resolut ion was adopted. Subsequently Mr. Reamguard moved lo.strike ont the words 'liquor com missioner" wherever they occurred and insert in lieu thereof the words "dispensary commissioner." The vote by which the resolution had been adopted was reconsidered in order to admit ol' this correction, and when the resolution again came before the house Messrs. Williams, Rai nsf ord and Magill succeeded in getting lhe bouse to reconsider the vote by which it had declined to commit the resolu tion, and by a considerable majority it was decided to send the resolution to the committee on privileges and elections in order that the matter might bc iv hipped into proper shape. The st".i..te concurrent resolution along the same line came over and was referred to the same committee. The governor's message was re ceived and read. As it is quito a lengthy document the members had hardly had time in which to read it carefully Wednesday and no expres sion as to its recommendations weir, gathered. The several parts of the message were referred to the proper committees. Thc senate resolutions in regard to Gen. J. 15. Gordon were adopted unani mously and the speaker appointed as members of the delegation live gal lant ex-Confederates who are members of the house, Hon. Messrs. M. P. Tribble of Anderson, W. E. James of Darlington, J. IT. Rrooks of Green wood, Jeremiah Smith of Florry, and J. W. King of Florence. After the int roduct ion of new bills the house adjourned. There were only three new bills, one by Mr. Cooper and one by Mr. Magill relating to mat ters in their respectivo counties, and one by Mr. W. P. Johnson relating to a new., tax on incorporations, requir ing them to mako annual statements' to the secretary of state. / IN THE HOUSE. IN THE HOUSE. What Has Been Done in that Dod the Pa-1 Week. REGULATING THIS RAILROADS. Several Bills of Importance Aro Passed Without Much niuens sion and Goes to tho Senate. The first bill taken up in the bruise was that of Mr. Coggeshall as to pre venting delays in the transportation of freight. This Ts 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 lt, but when it was called up this morning there was not a word said one way or another. The requir ed formal announcements were made. Thc bill went on through, ordered to its third reading without a word of discussion, inquiry or anything else. As ordered to Its third reading the bill, which was asked for last year, was passed us follows: A bill to prevent delays in tho trans portation of ? reight by railroad com panies in tlii- State. Be it enacted by the General ARS'jm bly of the Statt of South Carolina: Section 1. That from and after thc 1st day of May, 1901, all railroad com panies in this State shall transport to their destination all freight receiv ed for transput tatton between .points in the State of South Carolina within' the following lames after same shall have been rece ved, to wit: "Within forty-eight hom's, between points not more than one . mildred miles distant; within seventy-two hours, between points exceeding one hundred and not more than two hundred miles distant; within ninety-six hours, between points exceeding two hundred miles distant. Section 2. T.iat any railroad com pany fii.il!liu t~i comply with tho pro visions of Secti m 1 or this Act for any cause, except the Act of God or public enemy, shall forfeit thc freight chargeable upon such goods as it shall fail tp transpt rt within the time hereinbefore r quired; and in addition shall pay to tin consignee 1 per cent of thc market value of such goods for i each and every day's detention over and above the time herein befirc pre scribed, to be recovered by thc con signee in any Court of com pete ot juris diction, together with the freight so forfeited, if the same shall lu.ve been prepaid. Section :i. That nothing in this Act contained shall he construed to limit or al?cct at y ot her right or remedy now or hereafter existing against such railroad .company for qr on account of such delny in transportation". Section 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act arc ncreby 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 the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina: Section !.. That any railroad com pany or other common carrier for hire in this State, 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 he liable for, for? felt and pay to the party or parties whose gO'ids, wares or merchandise are received, shipped and delayed, ten dollars for every day the same is so delayed, to bc recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction. Speaker Smith made the following appointment for the present session of House: Laborers, Robert Caldwell, Ilobert Ghisolm, L. Smith; pages, Henry Smith, W. A. Mattison, J. M. Banks, Malcolm Johnson, J. A. Cly burn; Speaker';, clerk, J. M. Sharpe; doorkeepers, J. M. Casque; G. It. Cle ments, W. A. Hoof; postmaster, R. C. Anderson. Governor Heyward submitted the report t?l thc special tax commission. Mr. Moses, of the commission, moved i that the report be printed in the j Journal and referrer! to the ways and means committee. This was dorn without the reading of the report. In support ol' his bill against si t machines Mr. Wade said that then were 1,300 slot machines in use In the State, and hf thought that lt war ililli lime fur' ?liem to be removed. His bill was p sserl to its third read ing without urfher argument. Ii provides: Section 1. That from and aft? r tho passage and approval <>r this Act it shall be unlawful for ?my person to' operate within this State any sit li ma chine of whatever name or kind Section 2. Any person whomsoever who shall violate the first section of tills Act shall oe subject tb a tine ol' not more than me hundred dollars, or imprisonment ipon the public works of the county wherein the < Hence ls committed for a-period of not more than thirty day v. The third bill relative to railroads, which was ordered to its third read ing, was thal of Mr. Ho rob, Of Greenville, winch proposes to abolish the bob-tail o; single truck cabs in this State. TIIUKSDA k 's PROCKBOINOS. The house i n Thursday passed a hill which pr- vides that it shall bc unlawful hereafter 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 t uring any primary or other election day, under a penalty upon conviction therefor of not more than $100 nor less than $">() or .'10 days Imprisonment with or without labor. This is a good law. There were four third reading bills, and each was passed and sent to the senate, incl nd ing Mr. Wade's bill to outlaw slot . machines. Thc four third reading bills were: Mr. Beamguard's to provide for thc Immediate delivery of freight; Mr. Coggeshall's to provide lor the immediate shipment and delivery td freight, and Mr. Don ob's to regulate the size of cabs u?ed by railroads. After the conclusion of the work of the ''morning hour" dente was 10 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 thc rate of tag tax on fertilllzers was then taken up. He declared that Clemson's revenue ls $85.000 this year and the COSt of inspection is but $10.000. Ho argued that the burden of this rev enu? is on the) fariner, not on the manufacturer. Mr. D. O. Herbert argued that the cost of fertilizer would not be reduced If the privilege tax should bo taken off. Mr. Donnald suggested that If such ls the case why not double the amount of the tax. Mr. Stackbouse declared that the privilege tax does make a difference In. cost as farmers un . the State line can testify, for they are mado to pay more than the farmers lu North Caro lina. Mr. Herbert maintained his posi tion and declared hi t opposition to the bill, as he wants Cle mson to have the means to give scholarships to poor boys, and he had introduced a bill lo tnat effect. . Debate was adjourned until next Wednesday on motion ol' Mr. Klbler, Who suggested tbat it would be wise .to wait until tbe report of Clemson college is received. The State Out of Debt. The reports of the fiscal officers of the State for the past year will l e in the nature of a surprise to the g( lier ai public, for instead of a deficit n small surplus, something lu the m igli borhuod of $50,000, will be shown.; lt is explained ti at this surplus is due to tbe money Senator Tillnau ob'aln- ? ed from the United S ates on account j of Indian and otber claims, ' .'hat j sum will not bc available again tnis ? year In counting thc recipients, b it lt : is expected that Increased valuation | of property and increased rcci ipts j from other sources will plat e tbe State on a cash basis. This I? probable, even if nothing is done in tbe woy of tax reform and there v?il? be nu.?er otis schemes on that line to come be fore the legislature. They Will Bite. An old negro woman bas created ex citement in Syracuse, N. V., by ap pearing 1 here claiming to have walked all thc way from a plantat.on in Geor gia, who e she was held ?us a slive. She reported leaving 200 si ives on the same plantation. The peo pie of Syra- ; cuse liai bor very great indignation , against the south and thc aid woman is living m 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 ou the bait, says thc Columbia State. _ Negroes Lynea A Nc/it-o. information' has been ''received oft the lynching in Sussex county, Va., of negro named Elmore Moseley by a negro mob. Mosely was tried in the county court last week for killing another negro on thc public highway, in th' presence of the victim's wife and cn.id. He was acquitted. Thurs day a mob of negroes composed of the dead man's friends went to Mosely's house, seized him and carried him to Snyder's farm, near Disputanta. where they hung him to a tree and riddled his body willi bullets. Another Wreck/ One ma-i was killed two locomo ti ves demolished, and live freight cars smashed to splinters as the result of a e..Misi?n between freights No. 72 and (i.'l near Gaffney Tuesday night. The crews of thc two trains saved their lives hy jumping, through En gineer Martin and his fireman, of No. (5."l, were painfully injured. The wreck was caused bv thc confusion of the two sections of No. 72, the through freight which was running North in two sections. Claimed lei Itt, a Witch. Thc most eccentric woman in North Carolina, Mrs. M. E. Edwards, was found dead hy the roadside in Catawba county Wednesday. For forty years she had lived alone, her house being far from any other. She always car ried a revolver and endeavored to make people think she was a witch. On her body were found money and notes and also rabbit feet, and the walls of her house were decorated with pictures of i various persons, cadi with a nail ' driven through the heart. IIi:s <'oiivicllons. The Stale says: "Mr. Biyan has returned from abroad with his politi cal views unchanged. Ile isa radical democrat ic democrat and such polities as his are unreasonable at prcsei t In this country. Wo cunno! alway.- live on fl its leakages of the rich, hov., vcr, and there will he a lime when Mr. Bryan's views will he popular. In thc meantime he has the courage to stand by his convictions while thc party managers are running the ma chine st lief ly on a program of exped?; ency." _ Three Hales Blown; Safe-crackers carly Friday mor ling blew open three safes in the beait of the business section of Charlotte N. C., and within half a block o? the po lice station. When Officers interrupted their iwork one of the burglars shot Policeman Shields in thc breast at close range. The ball struck a bi lt on and thc Officer escaped ir jury. The burglars secured about $-.7 and escap ed. TIN board o? alderme i oiler 1400 reward for the. guilty part es. A Hear Killed. Passenger train No. 14 cn th I Ashe ville and Columbia division of thc Southern ran into a hand of three Italians with two bears, near Saluda, N. C.ykillilig one bf the hears and fatally i ?juring erne of the men. The woiindui mau was struck on thc left shoulder, a|ld was picked up and car ried to Saluda whore it is thought he will likely die._ Schooner Wrecked. A letter from Havana teils nf the wreck on January fi of the schooner Governor Blake, Scott, master, anti a enw of seven men, that went-on a reef six miles from Cay .Tullas, Florida coast. Thc crew escaped lu small boats saving nothing but their clotV Ing. The Mlake sailed December U for Clenfuegbs, fiona Mobile, willi cargo of pith pine, valued at $1,822. ?! BOY'S BODY FOUND Where Ho Was Murdered Weeks Ago by Strange Negro. ? F TILL NO TRACE OF THE NEGRO. -- T.y^ J?unters Discover Badly Do :' . <$bmi><>sril Ki-m ni UH ns Ono o?' Thum, by Chance, j Jumps a Ditch. "?^,C4. Th'? Columbia State of Wednesday sayalhc body of l?-year-old Stephen ? lowell who so mysteriously disappear ed after a trip Into the country in company with a strange negro after Christmas holly and who was believed to baye been murdered by this negro, was found Tuesday Jan. 12, by two hunters. Tho corpse was lying face down' in a ditch pear a stream In a ..hick, and dark and dismal piece of wood far from any public highway on thc*Buber place, three utiles southeast of the oily, lt was. iiVthls direction the Woy was last seen In company with'the negri) in a wag?n belonging to 1'i.llip Epstiu, who had hired the two M go out ju this errand, which provo! the last for the boy and thc beginning nf a tragic and grief-laden chanter which is bumed into the mind of bis poor old mother. Tb? body lies in Van Metre's mor gue awaiting an inquest which will bc hobl by tho coi oner Wednesday. Lt will be carried tu his former home at Killiaus Thursday fur burial. D?BCOVISUY BY MEREST CHANCE Tije case would still he as deep and perplexing a mystery today but f )i chalice willoh iuduccd one ol the hu i terstojump across tile lit le ditch whore the body was lying, ti is act re sulting in Hie .scovery. ''he bony i-,. sb_.i-?_i i_i . _ ..._" lay i in v; wu rr ii WAI ?I i UcdU ? i< ,->i. 11.1 ii and, was In a badly decampe ed state. The face w is lying in about two inc l es ui water, the overflow from a near by small branch, and a clot of leav ? had been washed up againsr. the sid? of the face. The axe, which then: gro failed to return with the wagon < r thc aftorn kin of tho disaopearan u when be rc nuted to Mrs. Epstlntbid Stephen ha 1 jumped oil the wagon ',? go borne in Assembly street, wc found lean i ig against a ti ec ahoi I live steps o;f. There was not a traci of blood oi either the.blade or th< handle; thc blade was rusty and tin print left ii the earth when it wai lifted shoved that it had passtc through se> eral rains as lt stood thc < these three weeks, it n.ute witness tin able to ile i i its terrible evidence > one of the most brutal, cruel and hon i hie murder.' this county has yet wi ; nesscd; Its silent testimony is corro ) orated by a brutal indentation in th left side of the victim's head. Binni was even Tuesday oozing out of til DOS?.'i. ' .'.'.T. 2J?) TU ACE OK NUG Itt). Sat,J? ?ritce hus been 'ibuntl li either ?he county or city otllcers o either the person or the name of th mysterious negro, whose cool villain allowed him not only to return almos through thc quarters ol' the p..hc within perhaps au hour after he ha slain young Howell and turn in th team and go hack to his employe twice that same afternoon after a fe1 cents due him, but to return agai two days later, on Wcdesday, and set to collect fro-o Epstin at the latter store in the same street and almo within hailing distance of police hen,' quarters. And there ls precious sina chance of any valuable light being stu on this end ni tho mystery at thc i inquest Wednesday. lt .VIN HAD OBLITERATED TRACKS. Thc lind was promptly reported person by the hunters to the sherill office, and the sherill lcd hy thc bun ers and accompanied hy Coroner Gre? and his deputy, Bob Baughman, hu ried to the scene. 'Thc sherill was tl tirstollicer to reach the scene and I was soon afterward followed by tl boy's father, John Howell, who w accompanied by his eldest son, Charil Tho relatives had been informed fro police headquarters, which rcccivt the news from Policeman Joncs, wi was informed of thu and while on du at t he Union station. They found co tlitions as described above. The rai had unfortunately obliterated all te tale tracks, an I it may never be knov whether the murder was commftt on the spot where the body was foin or whether thc death-blow was dei in the open and the murderer carri his victim's budy at the risk of be.l see ti at any moment until he fou this lonely spot. However, all tb Important as it ought to be; may of little cai sequence after all, as Hu ls slim chance of the murderer bei run tb justice. MOTHER'S HEART I'ICTURED MURD! . M r.s.. IJiiv i ll saw a reporter at I h une ?III Assembly st reet I; -it Digi out was unable i o talk oulj in a tl connected .vay, a sob inter cuing most/ between every word : ; she : io a rocking chair in a cold ; cid din lighted roo n willi some ten men a womensympathizers gather daron trying to comfort lier, Hit ry tin motions of tue chair pu nc ti iting l expressions of her mot lier's |;iiof. "People kept, coining to rae evi day," she sobbed, "to tell inc tl ?Stephen tn .ist he well and all ri?, and that i ho negro could not lu murdered him in the circuinstanc but my ino .lier's heart cou!:! not ten to them in belief. I knew that poor hoy h; d been cruelly murder I knew that there ii: no accoi nting what kind if an awful crime a ne will commit. And now it has come true ts 1 havj been seeing it along." The police have of course inter?s themselves In the case and have fai fully "5he through the routine \ cc du fe the/ adopt in an instanct its general character, but they h never beep abb; tb generate any th like cnth'udasm, believing as t have all alt-rig that, then: was no i son to lear that violence had li done. Even yesterday they discre ed the first reports that caine h thu lind in the same manner t hey li discredited thc many rumors t gained circulation from time to t heretofore. BOMB STRANGE FEATURES, The case has been characterized many wlerdly strange features, wi have, been fully portrayed in sev arti les published in Tho Sta ti. I time to time since the disappeara Following are extracts from The State's first report of the disappear? aoce: "A queer and perplexing mystery enshrouds tho disappearance last Mon day afternoon out on the Garner's Ferry road of young Stephen nowell. His relatives.have been conducting a most dllligcnt. thorough and painstak ing aa 'well as painful and anxious search for the boy since early Tues day rcornlg. They have worked out every plausible theory or suggestion to-Its -logical conclusion, and the police have been at work on tho case, but the only tangible.reward for these .efforts ls that Howell was last'seen on Monday afternoon about 12.H0 or 1 o'clock by a relativa who recognized him and saluted bim. This was on the Garner's Ferry road near the Hardin street crossing. "The team started out into the country about noon Monday. Mrs. Epstin says that the negro returned with the wagon at about 3 30 and , came back about 0 o'clock to collect for his services. When she asked after Howell the negro told her that the white boy had jumped off at Assembly street, saying be was going , home and asking him (the negro) to , drive the team to Mr. Epstln's. Wo ' further trace can be found of thc , negro, who seems to be a stranger In , Columbia. Re was picheti up Monday | morning loafing about the Southern's , freight station by Mr. Epstin, who \ employed bim 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. He had ..o reason to think that Howell h id any money or other viluablcs about his persou, and so fr.r as is known the two had never exchanged ( a cross word. } "The negro is described as being . about 5 feet 0 inches tall; weighs ' about 150 pounds; cooper colored , complexion, short, thin moustache; teeth set somewhat apart; wore a brown over-coat and a flit hat. "Howell ls rather spare built, has i f: : i j comnlexion and bl'1-? oyes, about 1 the same height as the negro, ne l was a bright, Intelligent, healthful- I looking boy." i ONE DAY IN . AIL ? Anti Promptly Paid a Fine of Ton J Thousand* Doll ara. , Ex-Congressman Edm ind Driggs, of ! Brooklyn, bust Tuesday was sentenced ' tb imprisonment ot one day in Ray- 1 mond street jail and to c line of ?10,- 1 OOO. Driggs was convie ed of accept- 1 lng money, while a congi ?ssman-elect, f for securing a government contract J for the purchase of automatic cashiers ' from the Brandt-Dent company for ' thc post-ollice department. There will be no appeal. '.--Driggii' One was Immediately paid I after sentence was pronounced. Mr. Driggs and bis attoneys saying that ? they endorsed thc statement by the 1 court that an honorable man would . have no desire to retain moneys secur ed under such circumstances. Driggs I was not taken to the jail direcUy. He 5 does not lose his citizenship by the ' conviction, but cannot hold oftioe 1 again in the Federal government. In pronouncing sentence Judge ' Thomas said: "A man of honorable feeling, although he has erred, would abhor the retention of what came to ( him illegally and I believe that s uCh will be your i ttitudc. ? "You will ind that to make sure of , rectitude in your past life, your ( friends will join it with the private , and civic virtues tbat you may achieve . and maintain in the future, and that j In the end you will be judged by your J whole career and not ahme by this intervening fault and failure." Driggs lat? r was taken to the Ray mond street jail and placed in a cell. { Sheriff Hesterberg, af ter consultation . with counsel, decided that the terms of the sentence would be complied with oy detaining the prisoner ouly until midnight._ \V ants to Know, At washington on Tut sday of last week Representative Hardwick, .o? Georgia, intr iduced a resolution ask ing the secretary of war to tell the house of representatives how many Mauser rlflei were captured by the United Statis in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, and how and mirier what circumstances these rides have been "disposed of. In the pre amble to Iiis resolution, Mr. Hardwick quotes from the uresident's message of January 4, in reference to a C.:.la lt!can newspaper dispatch, from which the following is takMi: "Hundreds or stacks of arms, con fiscated hy the Colombian government a J the close of the late revolution, hive reappeared from some mysteri ous source and thousi hdfi of rides, that 1< ok suspiciously like the Mai sers the United State captured in Cuba, are issuing to the gathering for?as from central points bf distribution " Ollioers Like Ga utilera. The Columbia Slate says: 'Wc are curious to know the reasons influenc ing :{f> members of the house to vote against declaring Hie operation of "slot machines" illegal! They are not only gambling devices that are outlawed in many of the "big and liad" cities but they are devices that first entice boys lo gamble. They are enormously profitable to their owners or lessees and only for I hem should their merits be appreciated, lt is easier, however, to ou law the ma chines than to preven! their opera t lon. Officers of the law appear to have a very kindly feeling tor all classes of gamblers except the little darkey who shoots craps in a back alley with a banking capita} of two cent?. These, gel, "pull.-d'and there is righteous Indignation," Dr. Sctieror I-JU ctcd. Dr. J. A. 1>. Scliorer, pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church of Charleston, was elected president of Newberry college by the board of trustees ai a meeting held hi Colum bia last week. lie. wili succeed Dr. Cromer, recently resigned, and he will become the exec'ive head of the Lutheran College as .soon as the necessary change can be made. Ile is a young man of great, mental depth and learning, and it ls believed that, bc will add new life and energy to the institution. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A Negro Fires Upen a Itock Hill Man ' I'nmi Ambush. A dispatch from Rock Hill to Tho State says the community was shock ed over the dastardly attempted of a negro ; named Will Walker to take the life ot Air. W. J. Ingram. Mr. Ingram lives In Rock Hill, but recently purchased a place about six miles av/ay on the Chester and "Rock Hill road. Tuesday morning wbile Mr. Ingram was working in bis Held at this place Will Walker came along the road near by, hallowing and yell ing in a disgraceful manner. Mr. In gram went to where ho was passing and asked whuo he meant by such con duct, whereupm the negro became angry, and readied 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, wbo thereupon disavowed any Inten I ion of being disrcpspectful. This bappcucd about, 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, and was thought to be the end of the matter; but abuut'2 in the iiftornoon, as Mr. Ingram was driving towards Hock Hill In a buggy, ata point; near-where the Trst difllculty iiccurred; without the Slightest warn ing, some one li rt el upon him. The ilinL came from a thick woods on the dde of the road, and the aim was so accurate that part of the load took effect in the trim of Mr. Ingram's hat. As soon as the shot was fired Mr. Ingram looked back and saw Will Walker coming out Into, the road with a gun in his hands, and apparently trying to reload. In order to avoid runtier danger Mr. Ingram then Mien drove on at a fast speed. He af lerwards went to thc ellice of Magis trate Beckham, and had a warrant is sued and after a short preliminary ex iralnutlon this morning Will Walker was committed for assault with intent Lo kill. An Elevator Accident. At St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday a 3rowd of employes pressing against the elevator gate on the sixth lloor of the Lrown Shoe- Company building at Seventh street and Wash ington avenue, caused the gate to ?Ive way and ten persons were plunged jowa the shaft. Six were taken out lead and the oyher four, seriously in iured. Two ol the Injured died soon if ter reaching the hospital and with out regaining consciousness. . The ?mployes had issembled at the close if the work lr the corridors on the litTerent floors walting for the eleva tor to take the ai down. The elevator ; was ut the sevt nth lloor receiving pas sengers when those on the sixth lloor, ?.ager to get bear the door and be first 1 into the cage began to push toward ' ?be gate. Suddenly the gate gave 1 way, just as ?be elevator started 1 ;o descend and ten of the .employes plunged head-first down the .Triait. fcKtt?? Jchr.S'jn, the elevator operator, ?vas taken Into custody by Hie police pending an investigation. Johnson I ?aid the elevator gate did not break, mt that lt had been raised by em- 1 aloyes while waiting for the car to de scend to the lloor and suddenly the em- 1 aloyes in the rear of the crowd began 1 lushing, precipitating them down the 1 ?haft. Factory Superintendent Fray, I :orroborated Johnson's story < Honoring Gordon. The South Carolina ollicial delega- ? Jon tn Gordon's funeral left Columbia it 5 o'clock on Wednesday. Compos- i ng the party were: Gov. Ileyward, ; Senators J. Q. Marshall, Robt. Al- ( lrich and j. W. Stan land and Repre- | tentatives .1. II. Brooks, Jeremiah ? Smith, J. W. King and W. E. .lames, ? md Col. M. P. Tribble. Judge r.rn- . ist Gary represents the judiciary. Prom Camp Hampton are: Col. j lohn C. Haskel1, Capt. D. J. Griffith, . H. Cardwell and W. W. Lumpkln. Damp Hampton sent by the delegation , i large blanket of gray moss for the jruve of Gordon, and a lovely wre. t i. flic wreath of vVade Hampton chap ter, U. D C.. had been sent ahead. ; Shot limsolf. At Charleston Mr. W. Turner Logan, a well known young lawyer mid a member of the legislature, ac cidentally shot himself Wednesday morning in his room while, dressing In taking a shirt, out of a drawer of ? his . bureau his pistol, which was in the folds, was also drawn and in pull-! lng it struck thc side of the bureau, j causing it to discharge, thc ball enter lng his left side and passing between two ribs. The wound is very painful but not necessarily serious and the attendingphysician reports the condi tion of the wo Hided man to be very satisfactory. A LNior Specimen. The August a Chronicle sa vs a physi cian of ?i city not many miles from Augusta, was found asleep Tuesday night by thc police on Jackson street, it was a case of too much ll^nor. The physician d liberately arranged bis overcoat as a pillow and laid down to sleep in the open air. When disturbed by the police, he be catue quite disagreeable and four olll r.ers had to car.*y him to the barracks by force. A Plucky Neuro. A dispatch from Holly Hill to The State says: 1>L. S. Stotitamlre, the one colored merchant of our town, lost his entire stock and building by tire two weeks ago, having only 8500 Insurance ph a stock worth 8:1,000. He shows his energy and pluck by having thc frume a for new btore al ready up and viii soon be already for business at tin old stand." Killed hy n Fall. A special cispatch to The State from Lancaster says Mr. Samuel F. Folsom, an ai ed citizen of Kershaw, was instantly killen" Friday by being thrown from lils buggy. His horse took fright a? the southbound pas senger train on the Southern raliway and dashed away, throwing Mr. Fol som out of the buggy. . ('ri ni minni CnrcICflailftSH. At Savannah, Ga., Daniel A. Dean, ii Central railway englucer, died from Injuries received while, cleaning out the lire box of his engine at an early hour Tuesday morning. While under his engine ii push engine ran against lt. Both hts legs were out off. Dean leaves a widow, a soo and a daughter. ENFORCE THE-1AW. That Is What the Temperance law and Order league Demand*. REGARDING DISPENSARY LAW. Tho Memorial 'flint Was Presented to the General Assembly on Wednesday by tho . Loa^ne. ? The Temperance Law and Order League will present a memorial to tho General Assembly Wednesday. The > text, a3 prepared by the executive commit!ce, is as follows: Memorial-To the General Assem bly of South Carolina: The Temper ance Law and Order, League of South Carolina respectfully represents to your honorabu body-that it ls an or ganization of citizens, representing the sentiments of a large class of the voters of the tftate, having for its object: 1. To rend jr all moral encourage ment and support to the constituted anthorities in the enforcement of existing laws, both State and munici pal, relating to the peace and good order of the community. 2. To render such individual service . as may be practicable and law'/ul in securing and furnishing to tho proper law officers facts and Information of violations of law to enable them to proceed against the. violator. 3. By all lawful means to hold thc sworn officers of the law to the prompt and faithful discharge of their official . obligations to the public/ and by pro- . ceeding against them for wiliul neglect or failure on. their part. 4. Especially to secure a full and satisfactory enforcement of the dis pensary, law, betti against Ih?S? O??? gaged i ri prohibited traffic in intoxi cants and those who violate the pro vision of law while acting as sworn officers of the dispensary. 5. By endeavoring to secure legis lation in the futur? as will ultimately prohibit the traffic lu intoxicants for beverage purposes ir, South Carolina. In pursuance of these objects * it would respectfully urge upon the General Assembly to make such an amendment to the law commonly known as "the dispensary law" as will alford tho citizens of airy com-, munity in which a dispensary may^oe established under tho providions of the law the opportunity to express by ballot their wishes f jr its removal. We make this appeal for the rea sons following: 1. Because as tbs dispensary law makes every citizea a stockholder, sharing tho prolits and liabilities re sulting from the business, as an act of simple justice they should be ac corded the right to end their connec tion with it if they so desire. 2. Because .there are many com munities in thc State,-we believe tho larger proportion, whore dispensaries have been established in opposition to the known and expressed wish of these communities, or where, though orig inally approver], the experience of the evils resulting from the operation of ?ispensaries in their midst has'chang ed to one of disapproval, and who gladly avail themselves of tho means of removing what they realize to be in agency which is only evil and a . prolitic source of disorder, lawlessness ind general demoralization. . 3. because the purpose of legisla tion should be the repression of law lessness and crime, the improvement 3f the moral condition and the promo tion of the happiness of the oeople, md these purposes would de* grealiy ^ promoted by the removal/of dispen saries from these com m unities. 4. Because the recorded facts as to the conduct of the dispensary system shows a large and constant increase in the sale by thc dispensary and con sumption of liquors by the people of the State, and a consequent appalling increase of crimes of violence and immorality traceable directly to this cause. 5. Because tho proposed amendment, if made, would largely decr/iase" area in which liquors.could be legally sold, render thc detection of violation easier and enable the constituted legal administrators of the law to con duct the more limited business in a manner moro eonsonanant with the purpose and intent of the law. 0. Because the demand for this change in tho law is made by the Christian Church of the State, which cannot ba silent under the existing conditions without sin, and which, in the name of her communicants, ap peals to Christian legislators for the means of deliverance from the unholy alliance in which, as a part of the Slate citizenship, they have been forced to participate, Respectfully. J. W. Hamil, chairman; Howell Morell, secretary; executive commit tee, State Toinperinee Law and Or der League. Columbia, S. C., .fan. 12, 1004. Slot Mnotihuts Must Go. Tlie house of rei: resentatlves Wed nesday passed tp tl.i rd reading a bill which prohibits thc. operation of slot machines within the State. The bill makes no discrimination, but makes all machines unlawful. Tho bill declare? "that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate within this State any slot machine of \vhato/er name or kind. "Soc. 2. Any person whomsoever who shall violate tho first section of t his act shall bo subject to. a fine of not more than $100, or im prisonment upon t he public works of the county wherein t he offense is com mitted, for a period of not more than 30 days." A Noteworthy Tribute. Col. Butler D. Price of tho Six teenth U. S. infantry, stationed at Kort McPherson, had a pbice in tho funeral procession of Gen. Gordon, attended by his entire staff, the band and a battalion of the regiment. The O. M. Mitchell Post No. 1. G. A. lt.. with its entire membership, was also assigned a place in tho procession. Killed by Tr nhl. Tom Turnham and Jesse Edge, white farmers, wcro 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 were mangled terri fy.