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I tie Democrat ?.DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LlVESjt?? THY POSSESSION ILAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE VOL.^IX. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C.," JplDAY, APRIL 8,1904. NO. 15, STATE CAMPAIGN. It Is Said that Only Two u inc er B w iii Be Offered. THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Chairmau Garr?a to. llavo Six. Can didates Against Him. State Treasurer Jennings Will Alho Be Opposed. The Columbia State says since the adjournment of the legislature politics bas settled into more or less quietude, but talk of thc coming campaign for 8tate ofllccs is beginning to be heard 'on the streets, In the State house and In the places wbere politicians and their friends congregate. It ns not probable that the campaign will be at all exciting. The officers of the jpressnt administration, with the ex ception of two, seem assured of no op position, and the public can hope for no repetition of the sensational sum mer of two years ago. - There has been no announcement of opposition to Gov. Hey ward, lt was rumored that Mr. Martin P. Ansel o? Greenville, one of the candidates who made the race in 1902 and linishcd a very close second, would again oller, but this has been set at rest. Lieut. Gov. Sloan has no rival as yet. At torney General Gunter, now serving his first term, having been assistant to Attorney General G. Duncan Bel linger previous to that time, maybel re-elected without being opposed, it 1B safe to say. Secretary of State J. T. Gantt ls another State ollicer who was assistant to bis predecessor, and is now serving bis lirst term in his official capacity, lils re-election seoras practically assured. There is little doubt too that Comptroller General ? A. W. Jones will be again in office when the ballots are counted. He | too was elected to the comptrollershiy ? after serving as clerk in that office. ] Adj. Gen. John D. Frost came up the j same way, for it will be remembered j that he was assistant to Adj. Gen. J. | W. Floyd. It was stated some time ago that Col. J. C. Boyd of the First regiment would be a candidate for Gen. Frost's position but be has sta ted to the contrary. State Treasurer Jennings will not have a bed of roses to tread upon "in the good old summer time," if Dame Rumor can be credited. She says that three candidates have already arrayed themselves against bim. It was stated authoritatively Thurs day that Dr. D. M. Crosson of Leesville, an ex-senator and well known in Lexington and pal ts of ad joining counties, would be a candi date. The Edgctield Chronicle sug gests Hon. T. H. llainsford for the ?-plaoo--of treer.uror. Mr. Raiusford has been a member of the geueral as sembly for some years, lt was stated, however, some time ago that be would stand for the senatorial seat to i be vacated by ex-Gov. J olin C. Shep- j pard. A third candidate, it ls said, \ will be J. F. Foulk, county treasurer of Bamberg. Much interest centers about the race for railroad commissioner. Com- I mls^iiers J. IL Wharton and Banks Li. Caughman bold over but Mr. Cal vin W. Gards, the chairman of thc board, will be out of office if not suc cessful in the campaign, f< i his term expires this year. Ile will . opposed by Mr. W. Boyd Evans of this city, who was a candidate in 1902. Two candidates who made the race In 1 Messrs. John t?. Mobley of Fairfield and "Causler of Tirzah," will run again, Mr. John Earle or Greenville, Mr. H. J. Gignilat of Seneca and pos Ibly A. C. Jepson, a former candidate, are the other candidates. A member ship on *-l,;,b ard nf railroad commis sioners ms an attractive plum for there art always plenty of seekers af ter ?Jf\i *ruit. The term is six years "and the salli ry $1,800 per annum. This is S(lhe situation today but it is so eanly that it is dangerous to make any definite statements about the game or po.ClliCS. The political bee is ever busy abd insidious and buz zes into many b >nets without the wearer's realization The date for the;campaign has not ! jet been set. The schedule will be ar- ! ranged *by the new otate Democratic committee which is .yet to be elected by the State convention, on nomina-1 tlon of the respective counties. The present executi ve committe has called the convention,to meet here on the third Wednesday in May, the 18th : Inst. This convention is, as is known, composed of delegates selected on the first Monday in May, tile 2d inst, by ? the county conventions, each county being entitled to a mba ber of dele- : gates double the number of represen- ' tatives in the general assembly. The local clubs meet on the f?hirth Satur day In April, the 28th irist, to organ ize and elect delegates t\ the county convention, each club beytg entitled to one delegate for each X5 members or majority fraction thereof. Each county convention elects/a member of the State executive] committee. The State convention cl Jets a mem ber of the national executive com mittee and delegates to the national convention in St. Louis. Family Mileage Tickets. Commencing March 2."., the Sea board Air Line railway, in compliance with the new law, have on sale 1,000 mile family tickets^ good for thc use of the immediate members ol one family, between stations, within the state ol'Sont h Carolina, on the line of the Seaboard Air Lhierailway. These tickets are sold itt ?25 and aro limited to one year Horndale of issue. The popular interchangeable book, good over twenty-three dllferonl lines, will continue on sale under same condi tions as heretofore. For further in formation apply to Seaboard agents or address Jos. W. Stewart, traveling passenger agent, Columbia, S. G. Came Too I.ale. Edward M. Sturgeon, who died sud denly in El Baso, Texas, last week met fortune and death together. For twenty years he had searched In Vain for gold and had traveled from Brit ish Columbia to Mexico in his endeav or. A short time ago he found the great'Eltigre mine in Mexico, lt was sold, but before lie could enjoy the fruits of the discovery he passed away. B?ROLABS AT AIKEN. Stoic Kight Hundred Dollars in Jnwels and Other Valuables. A dispatch from Aiken to The State says that city was visited last week by a bold robber or gang of robbers. No clue bas been found to the rascals. As burglars "scooped" the town last December and entered the residences of J. W. Platt, F. li. Henderson, L. iiradwell and Mrs. Edward King, leaving no clue to their Identity, so did tbey last night and left no trace; only in this instance hut one place was visited. Mr. William Grosvenor of Provi dence, R. I., owns one of the hand somest winter residences In Aiken. He hus a large family and employs many servants. At 7 o'clock last even ing, while the family were at dinner, a company of negro serenaders came to thc door and commenced singing. Several of the family sat on the porch listening, while some remained at the table. One who was on the porch said that a negro walked up to the serenaders and the men in the company nodded to bim and he walked on around the bouse. Another member of the family who remained in the dining room states that a noise was heard about this time which sounded like a person stumbling in a room upstairs. The eutire house-hold was down stairs until about ll o'clock, when the fam ily retired. Then when they went upstairs to their rooms the tumbled up cor ditton of tile dressers and jewelry boxes j showed that every room had been vis ited by some one who had no right there. An examination showed that nearly every member of the family had lost some article of value. A sum mary of the articles taken is reported to be: A small pasteboard box contain ing one pearl earring, set in back enamel: one pendant rose in pink enamel, diamonds and a pearl centre with chain: one pink silk box contain ing diamond snap; one amethyst pin, ? two rows of pearls; one gold bracelet, j animal's head; one gold ring with line j diamond set; one pearl sunburst pin, 1 diamonds in centre: three pocket j books, one with initials on outside (A. L. P.), purses contained several dollars in coin and paper; one gold enameled watch; one sapphire and gold pin; one pearl pendant; oue gold locket and watch charm. Mr. Grosvenor thinks the value of the articles stolen will not exceed 8800. A set of verv fine diamond ear rings was not taken as also a valuable necklace of pearls. No clue whatever lo the thelf or theives has been dis covered. Whether the thief really operated in connection with the sere naders is, of course, mero conjecture. Some think that the town is again suffering from a visit from crooks who often follow carnival companies, ?och as showed in Aiken last week. When robbers last swept through Aiken it was just aller such a show in Augusta and no trace of thc S1,000 worth of valuables lost then has i ver been found. Chief of Police Dobo' lias Iiis men on Hie walch and it is possible that the reseal who visited Mr. Gros venor's house last night between 7 and 11 o'clock may he caught. Tue thief was captured in Aiken Wednesday night. A member of the Grosvenor family stated that a negro boy walked up to the negroes who were singing at Hie door on Mi nday night and they nodded to him and lie passed on around the'house. Taking Ibis as their clue the police set to work. One of the serenade rs was found to be Smart Loyd and the boy who was seen to go around the house was Robt. Pearson. The other two serenaders were ascertained lo be two followers of the carnival company which showed here last week. Loyd was arrested and he told the police to catch Pear son and some ot the jewelry would be ! recovered. When arrested Pearson had in his possession one of Hie missing purses, containing ?sl?.00 in money, the dia mond ring and the sapphire pin. The two carnival negroes were then searched for but could not be found in town. Chief Dolley, thinking they would attempt to escape hy the trol ley, changed his uniform to a suit of plain clothes and hoarded the 9.,'tO car Intending to ride back and fortli from Granitcville as long as the cars ran. The chief stood upon the front plat form with the motorman and as the j car reached the woods on the edge of the city the negroes hoarded it after looking the car over carefully. After the car speeded up Mr. Doboy entered and captured his men. They ; arc evidently sharp rascals as thoy i will answer no questions as to their names or where they hail from. Tile whole thing looks like a well devised plan to rob as thc singers evi dently tried to entertain the inmates i of the Grosvenor bouse while their partner entertained and helped him self to the valuables. There is no doubt that other places would have been visited with the same end in view and Chief Doboy did well to break up the gang. The other stolen goods have not been recovered as yet, but there is po doubt that this will be done as the thieves have evidently buried. Shot Them l>y Accident, A dispatch from ( 1 reen ville to The State says E. M. Gillespie, who lives about two miles from thc city on the j tinsley road, while handling bis gun lon Monday night accidentally dis , charged the piece, the load entering i the feet of bis infant child, not more than 2 years of age. A small portion of the shot entered the hip of his wife, who was holding thc child in her anns, but lier wound ls not serious. Dr. W. C. Rlack was called to attend the child, who was SJ weak from the 1 ss of blood and thc shock that he did nut. amputate the foot, as he fear ed it would not live through the oper ation. Tlie parents are said to be quite reticent over thc matter. Tho Unloaded (?un. On last Thursday at Carlisle, S. C., Loomis Gllliams, a negro shot and instantly killed one Sang Jeter. The shooting, it is said, was done ac cidentally. Gilliam was standing in a shop and Jeter was just on the out side, when Gilliam picked up an old pistol and pointed it at Joter, think ing lt was not loaded. WERE REFUSED. Charleston Dispensers Ordered Not to Sell to Prescribed Persons. ? THE STATE BOARD'S ORDERS. Ulepensary Law Must Be Kn forced ur Dispensers Will Huller. Drunkards and Minore Can't Get "Booze." Trouble is brewing among the pat- 1 rons of the dispensary as a result of the receipt of a circular letter from . the State board of control directing the dispensers to comply strictly with the provisions of the law, relating to the side of liquors to minors and ' drunkards and to other sections. Tlie circulars were received here ' Wednesday and put Into operation 1 Wednesday morning, with the result J that nuudreds of applicants tor olllcial ' grog were turned down by the dis- } pensers and clerks who were uuwllling to take the chances of continuing the ( promiscuous violation bf the law in 1 selling liquor to prescribed persons * and otherwise ignoring the provisions J of thc act which were Incorporate for ! the purpose of making the law a 1 moral measure. The conduct of the J dispensaries has been a scandal In j Charleston in the respect of thc J neglect of certain provisions of 1 the law by the dispensary manage- 1 ment which was bent on noak- i( lng large sales. The circular of the j1 State board aims to stop this violation : j of the law by the dispensers, and to j ' require the officials of the system to live up to tue requirements just as?( thc outside public mist obey the law. ' The example nf the ci?icla?s obeying ' the law ls to be set before thc public 1 that the usually most ellective argu- ' ment against the dispensary may be : 1 removed. Many people, who arc pre- c judiced against the law, ease their 1 conscience in the jury box by declar- 1 lng that the blind tigers should not be ( punished fur violating thc law since 1 the dispensers themselves are con- :! stantly breaking the law. A complete j' compliance, of thc law by the ollicials ' will have a most wholesome elTect on 1 public sentiment, not to speak of the '. public moral beuetit which can be done ' hy the dispensers themselves in follow- 5 ing closely thc provisions of the law. 5 The matter of complying with the 1 spirit and letter nf the law is not to < be left entirely with the conscience of 1 the dispensers, for, it is understood that from time to time, a little bit of detective work will be done by the Columbia authorities to ascertain If the law is heing observed. Parties who give fictitious names in making name in m iking application for liquor, negroes who do not sign their names or make their mark, drunkards and s minors will call at tho counters of the ( dispensers and if they secure their y liquors as they have done in the past, 1 there will be trouble for dispens?is. c The penalty is dismissal from ofilce, c and also prosecution in the State courts by the circuit solicitor, who ' will also institute, civil proceedings I against the dispensers' bonds, the ' principal and sureties being also rc- 1 sponsiblc under the act. ( The violation of the lav/ ls conse- 1 quently not to be a trivial olTense, 1 and it is not likely that the dispensers ? will be so indiscreet as to sell liquor 1 io parties who are on the proscribed ' list or who are not even known to the : dispensers personally, unless these ' applicants provide themselves with a I certificate fur the pu robase of the liquor, signed hy some responsible ' party, who is known to the dispenser. 1 The dispenser turned down many appliconts Wedin s lay morning and 1 they got tired of making the explana- 1 tion of their reason, S'J much so, that 1 later in the day. they simply refused j . to sell or give any satisfaction to par ties, under age or known to use liquor * to excess, leaving the applicants to ( lind ont for themselves as best they 1 could why the existing order of things 1 had been changed. 4 The dispensers are looking forward '??1 to the return of the former free and !1 unrestrained sale. They seem to ' think that the new regulations have : been introduced only for effect, and 11 will soon be forgotten. The new 1 order will give public satisfaction and lt is hoped that there will be no let in the en forcement of the law, as long as it is the law of the Stale.-The Post. 1 Sa Tu Crae keru Cuunht. i Three safe crackers who robbed the i hank at Dlllion and are also thought I to have cracked a sifc at Latta have | been caught at Smithfield, N. C. A special from that place to tho Char- 1 lotte observer says: "Three men are \ I confined in jail here under the strong li suspicion of being members of a notor- ? ions gang of safe crackers turning this ' and other ."-tites. Their names arel' Harding, Waring and Cunningham, j They made their appearance herc last h Thursday evening, pretending to bei sign painters, and awakened enough i suspicion to warrant the authorities in causing their arrest. A New York detective who has been investigating the bank robbery at Latta, S. C.. on I the night of February 25, ls at pre- ! s 'iii studying the case. O Ulcers from Dillon, S. C., have been here and iden - i tilled them as the men seen in that neighborhood about the time of the bank robbery there. There are also supposed to be the robbers who made' a visit to Kenley some time ago. They are wanted at Kollock for post ?nico breaking on the night of Feb ruary 'JTth. Extradition papers have already been made out, and they will be taken to Marion. S. C., Thursday." HtrikcH Cunt Money. The New Y u k slate board of medi ation has recently published an annual report. Up to September? 1003, there, were more strikes, lockouts and labor ! troubles in general in New York than in any previous year, excepting per-* 1 haps the year 1 S8ii. During the past1 year there were 1!>2 labor troubles, involving 117,00(1 employees, and lui consequence 3,000,000 working days I were lost. Owing to the New York building trades strikes ;t7,o;i7 laborers I were idle, the total loss In wages amounting to nearly seven million1 dollars. This ls a terrible showing as to results of such labor movements, ; and is a very potent argument in fa vor of arbitration in such mattors. I HAD A STILL IN THE CELLAR. Why Beard's Distillery in Greenville Wns Sei/.ed by tho Oillcers. One of the most interesting cases which tho eolleotpj of revenue will take to the session of court which meets in Greenville in about two weeks 1s the prosecution of a dist iller named Heard. This distiller was operating a plant near the city of Greenville and had a permit from the government as well ;ts from the State. It was suspected that there was something wrong and the place was watched. Finally it was discovered that in his ware l io us j there was a trap door giving access to a big still in a concealed basement. Tills illicit >till was operated to avoid tho pay ment of license on the stulT manufac tured. From tho legalized still some distance away there were pipes bring ing iii the steam necessary for working me mash and operating the retort. There was no escape of steam to indi jato where the false basement) was, md the only means of access was the irap door which was always covered with a pile of old sacks and could not >e seen with the naked eye. Thc .ing by which the door was raised was Aie only thing which discoled its loca ion and that would not have been bund had not the oillcers been look ng for it. Tlie refuse from, tho hid len still was carried by means of uii lerground pipes to the spot where tho efuse from the legalized still was lumped. The whole plant was seized >y the revenue oillcers. This distillery had formerly been iperated in the name of the Babb crothers, who were supposed to have in interest in it even when it was running in Beard's name. Both John md Tully Babb have boon defendants "roquently in tho federal and Slate :ourls, answering to the charge of violating the liquor laws, lt used to io a regular thing for the dispensary instables to run in Tully Babb every ,veek or so, and ai. one time there was i stack of indictments piled up against lim in the Greenville court. Ile and ds brother look like the typical coun try youths of the poorer class: they ire of rat her innocent countenance mt old in tho ways of tho transgres sor. They seem lo have prospered, as ?orne years ago they erected a credit ible brick building on Main street in Greenville, with stores and olllces to eut.-The State. THE OLDEST CHURCH. Tlie Goose ('reek ICdilleo to Celebrate I Two Hundredth Year. The announcement of the celebra- I ?lon of the two hundredth anniver iary of the establishment of St. James ?tiundi at Goose Creek will be received with iuterest in Columbia. There ls a lloture of this edilice in the secretary )f state's olllee which always attracts ?onsiderable attention. St. James is the oldest of tbccolon al churches now in a state of perfect preservation and unaltered in any de rail from its earliest appearance. Its .'enerahlo walls stand as a monument if a day that ls past, beloved and .evered by churchmen of the present ind the church is a landmark of En glish civilization in this country. The :elobration of tlie two bun red th an il vers iry of its establishment will bo i notable occasion and it is expected ? ?bat a large number of people will , rather within its ancient walls. Tho celebration will occur on April 17th and an appropriate program is low being prepared for the occasion, j In the year 1002 the "Society for .ho Propagation of the Gospel in For eign Paris," sent from England as the irst missionary to thc province of South Carolina thc Kev. Samuel Thomas, who was appointed to tlie ?ettlement at Goose Creek and enter id upon his labors with great earnest less, lu 1701. in a letter to the so doty, he mentions that there was a ?burch erected on Goose Creek which ,vas well attended. This is the first record of St. .lames, Goose Creek, so Jiat tho present year is accepted is Hie bicentennial of its establish ment and the vestry of the church nive made preparationf for its obser vance. Ii Hied in a klunawny. The Augusta Chronicle says as a result of a runaway accident. Captain' William 13. Everett, on of Atlanta's nost prominent citizens and senior member of the wholesale dry goods louse of Everett -Riley-Hagan com pany, was kille l Wednesday afternoon. While driving along Peachtree street with his son, Captain Everett was' thrown from Iiis buggy by thc shying , if the horse. Tho vehicle struck igainst telephone pole in front of the I Aragon hotel and Captain Everett fell Lo tin pavement, striking on his head. Ile was hastily picked up and medical lid summoned. An ambulance from the Elkln- Cooper sanitarium respond ed to a call and Captain Everett was placed in tho vehicle. Before the ara- j bulance reached the sanitarium Cap tain Everett expired. His death was I duo to two wounds on the head. Cap- ! tain Everett's son, E. (}. Everett, ! who was with him at the time of tho accident, was also thrown from the buggy, but escaped without injury. Don't Want Them. El Nueva de la Verdad, a news paper of this city, bas made a bitter attack on trolley lines, as a result of a project to install eleel ric street trac tion in this city, says a Puebla, Mexi co, news dispatch, lt refers to elec tric cars as inventors of the devi!, and cites the fact that scores of livis lia ve been lost in the City of Mexico in con s?quence ol' their operation there. 'The people Puebla, tile newspaper declares, want to be left alone in peace and se curity. Thc attack concludes with the following: "Wo hope Almighty God wili be kind enough to Pueblans to save thom from this modern plague."_. Lost Their Jolts. At Richmond, Va , fourteen negro wagon drivers for a baggage company, notified the company that they would not work with a while man who lias been employed as a driver. The com pany discharged tho entire negro force Wednesday and employed white drivers. ? SOME||tOOD ADVICE M Given th? Negroes by a Preacher of TAjfr Own Color. "WE DIGNIFY LABOR." I .-; This la, U.o Crucioal Period for tho Neg; rp Race. Safo Liead ??a AVIao Counsel Iprs Needed. Tho folioing is an extract taken from a seni.on delivered in Augusta, Ga., recent^- at Tabernacle Baptist church by tJie Rev. Dr. C. T. Walker, to the colored Knights of Pythias, as we flnd'k (ju the Chronicle of that city. His subject was "Seme Ways of Improving tho Condition of the Negro Racii." The sermon ls full of good advice, tb the colored people: "That ii y people-the intelligent, Industrioua'ones are dissatisfied, ner vously restlos with present conditions in this uouiiiry, no seusiblc negro will deny, that they have sulTered enough to bo discouraged, most white men will admit, . "My race- ls passing through a cru cial period.: it ls a period of adjust ment. Tft?v race needs safe leaders, and wiso counsellors. Sensational sermons'and incendiary utterances will only?in<vease our enemies and re tard our'p^.;gress. Our salvation in this countr^ will depend upon our he ine God-feavmg, lawabidiug, intelli gent, induirions citizens. Our suc cess will Sub be in conflict with the dominant race, but in concord and co-operation- with the best- people of tliis country, North and South, East, and West. We are suffering as a race from tho ' lawless and vicious element among us, irbm dishonest politicians in and out-of the race, from modern fanatics, from unwise leaders, and sensational newspapers. "Tho negro lias friends in the ?South as well as in the North, or lie could not remain- ii the South. There are their farms, and 28,000 part owners of farms, with 550,000 tenants on farms. Thc banks that are conducted by the rac*'- in the South, and there are bundie is of negroes throughout the South 'onducting business, who can get an; .amount of credit and en couragemen-i from their Southern white friends. "Tlie invincible and unconquerable American nation believes in progress. Ours is a Christian nation -justice, equal and ej:act justice, will yet bold an even bahnee. As the negro makes progress, boromes intelligent, accumu lates, save?pand invests his money wisely, refuses to shield criminals and condone cd au;, as he draws tho linc bet? cor } ' I y^?? and the bad iii his race, eliminates the idle and crimina classes, he will have the sympathy help and encouragement of good peo pie, North, South, East and West Already the great metropolitan'jonr hals of this country haye done a greai work in favor of our race, and the pres ent condition is but a manual train ing school from which the race will g< prepared to face and grapple with tin great problems of life Does the present warrant a hopefu future? Yes, there are stars of promis* on night's horizon. Elijah's servan saw a patch of clour in the heaven the size of a man's hand, hut he tot Ahab to blu rry home for t he rain wa coining. Let my pessimistic friend stop talking about the dark future and, like men, face tho problems c: life. Act well their part and teac the race to rise by their own elTort and exertions. "We should not only seek employ ment for our people, and discourag vagrancy, but we should make eu ployment. We should organize sloe companies, and inaugurate husini; enterprises, and in that way train Ol men and women in business. Wli can't my race conduct grocery, store: shoe stores, dry goods and elothiu stores as well as others people? Wli should not colored women stand b hind as clerks, cashiers, bookkeeper lloor-walkers, and superintendents : wells as other peuple. Frugality also necessary. Thc man who mak $5.00 and saves one-fourth of what 1 earns is better off than the man wi makes $25.00 and spends all. ? people need not expect help fro political parties through president! messages. They must expect bc from their farms and their vario business enterprises. "We must dignify labor. The lal? ing man ls the backbone and sinew Dhl8 country. Christ was a 1 ibon lie was called the carpenter and t carpenter's son. His life was a bl one; Ile said I must work while it day. He employed the idler*, sc them into his vineyard and paid the Idleness is a curse-lt breeds misch and crime, lt is Hie busy man tl is always wanted. Moses was he ing Jethro's flock when Cud cal liim to be his ambassador to the coi of Egypt, he. received divine cred tials, became the greatest hun legislator the wcrld has ever prod ed; he was Israel's emancipator ti their successful leader until Cjd c; ed bim to Neho's summit and kis him to sleep. Elisha was busy ph ing 12 yoko of oxen, when he \ called to the prophetic olllee to s cced Elijah. David, the shepb hoy, was called to the otllce of ki Amos, the herds-nan, to the prop tic otllce. Daniel thc slave was mi prime minister of the Babylon empire. Matthew was called fr the receipt of customs. Peter, Jai and John from the occupation of ii lng. Paul from tent-making to the apostle to the gentiles. Willi Cary was called fruin the shoe-sbo] inaugurate modern missions. Linc Grant and Garfield from humble fi lions to the council of the nation, to be chief executives of their ci try. Dwight L. Moody was ca from selling goods to be the grca evangelist of modem times. Spurt was called from the country to metropolis of the wi rid. Booker Washington; was called from Wor the tobacco factory to be the M of bis race, and one of the mos1 markable men of the agc. Le work and save and respect ourst and work for peace between the i and all will bo well." SETTLERS COMING. Three Item? of Considerable Interest ill Rogart! to Immigration. The Columbia Record says Mr. Jos. W. Stewart, passenger agent of the Seaboard, Thursday received a letter from Dr. Chas. Gurneer, of Evansville, Ind., who ls now in Charleston, in re gard to establishing a German-Ameri can colony somewhere in this state. Dr. Gurneer has interested himself tn this idea considerubly and desires to purchase anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 acres of swamp land which can he obtained cheap and then after draining it render it suitable for colo nization by ajjwge colony of German citizens who are now in the state of Indiana. They are not satisiled with the climate and wish to come South. Dr. Gurneer is now In Charleston and expects to go to Summerville where he will inspect the French-Canadian colony and afterwards will come to Columbia for a conference with thc Seaboard oillcials. It is impossible that the colony may be located very near this city and if not it may be up near Cheraw. The Seaboard people will tin nil they can to have it located near Columbia. The olllce of commissioner of immi gration is in receipt of a large number of inquiries in regard to statistical information about the state. From the facts now on hand in this olllce the inquiries can be answered at once and in tills way the state is being well advertised. A letter was receiv ed from a capitalist in Texas Tues day desiring information as to the law exempting enterprises from taxation, lt being intimated in the letter that he .vas interested in this state and might be induced to Invest. The capl tallstjwas iii ven the lasv on the matter, which, according to thc recent discus- | sion of the supreme court in the Spar tauburg mill case, provides what a majority of the citizens in the district shall decide whether ur not the enter prise shall be exempt from the tax. The term iixed by law ls live years. Efforts have, heen made, recently hy the local olllceis of the Seaboard to Interest n northern capitalist in a st'ick farm about live miles below Co lumbia. Tiie gentleman who had been In the city several days on pleas- : ure became interested in the town and aftsr Unding out the cheapness of the land In thc vicinity closed a deal i for about 200 acres of land just below the city. The gentleman's name is N. W. Smith and he ls expected to return in a few days and complete all arrangements for a stock farm. SIX PERSONS KILLED. Fivo Others Fatally Injured in Acci dent Near Horan ton. Pa. Six persons are known to have been killed and live fatally Injured by an explosion in the factory of the Dickson Squib company at Priceburg, near Scranton, Pa., Thursday. The dead are: Lizzie Pray, Priceburg. Lillian Malian, Priceburg. Mookie Lewis, Nortli Scranton. Lizzie Matthews, Olyphant. George Callahan, Priceburg. Teresa Callahan, Priceburg. Those fatally injured are: Mamie Gilallon. Martha Hay Brown. Cassie Foult/.. Mettle Ilevron. ( )scar Ayser. Twenty girls were employed in the factory. What caused the explosion is not known, hut it is said that one of the girls threw a squib into a stove and that the loree of the explosion was so great that it wrecked the i building and set it on tire. Tile squibs are used in coal mining. Thc Dickson Squib company occu pied only tiie tirst dior of the struc ture, the Callahan family having rooms on the second Moor. It was here that the two Callahan children lost their lives. Thomas Callahan, the father, was at work and Mrs. Callahan had Just left the room when the explosion oc curred. Tiie children, aged .'i years and 6 months, respectively, were playing on the door. 15 ?th were In stantly killed. The building caught tire and the Hames communicated tt the adjoining buildings, one occupied as a lietel and the other as a butcher shop. Both were destroyed. All of the bodies have been taken from the debris. The bodies of the dead employes were BO badly burned that lt was with great di?lculty that they could be recognized. After Coun ter toit era. There i* counterfeit money floating around and a number of warning clr Clllars have been issued regarding it. The. (Jolted Stales sec rea t service men are right behind Hie counterfeit ers and a special to the Charlotte Ol .server from Greensboro says: ''The United States government's secret ser\ice detective are hot on the trail of the gang who have been recently Hooding the slate with counterfeit ; ten-dollar bills. On the one-dollar bills, which very much resemble tho new $10 .series, the counterfeit eis have dell ly pul the necessary touches to make it readily pass for thc new $10 issue. There is an eagle on the Olio dollar bill which the ten-dollar bill does not possess, and the spuriousness of thc raised bill can be easily delect ed. Several of these, hills have been found hore, but it is in the eas!ern part of the slate, where it Issaid they ave most generally in circulation Af ter a conference with Greensboro po lice authorities, the secret service men took thc train for Raleigh, having gained there, it issaid, an important link in the chain of evidence which was lost, in Fayetteville, where a ne gro had been arrested, having In his posession one, of tho raised bills, hut who refused to 'talk." 1 Afraid ol Him. "The President's friends," lt If announced In Washington, "havt strongly advised him against speech making and have assured him thal lils election looks to be certain. Tliej do hot see why he should exhaust bb strength and health In speechmaklnj and take chances on some Inopportun.? remark that might do harm.'' Tin pith of tiie matter is in the last tet words. The Republicans should bi known this year as "Old Party Afrah of Its Candidate."' BOASTS NEW ENGLAND. ? 7 Speech Was in Reply to Gillett's Strickncss on the South. Recently In the House Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, brlelly replied to the state ments of Mr. Gillett, of Massachu setts, on the neuro question. He said Mr. Gillett had lectured thc south for certain alleged outrages and violations of the law. He declared that Massa chusetts was not free from the charge of the disregard of the law, even though that state may claim to be more relined than others. He cited an Instance where a mob in Marion, Mass., in 1U02, had tarred and feather ed a mau and woman, and be said, , the perpetrators of the outrage had been acquitted and marched through , the streets as heroes. . Ile read from statistics of Massachusetts showing the number of "disgraceful" marriages of whites with negroes In the city of ? Boston. If these facts are true, Mr. , Bartlett said, "the teachings of the gentleman from Massachusetts and those who believe as he does, are , coming like chickens, home to roost." , He did not believe, he declared, that the people of Massachusetts enter tained nor re-echoed the sentiment of Mr. Gillett. While the people bf ? Massachusetts may have peculiar no- , tions as to some things and may be stern in their convictions, they at least : have awakened to believe that the white people of the south are entitled i to work out this problem In their own , way, "as God shall will lt." Ile added | those people would work It out," with the help of our brthren of the north, i If we can have it, but if not we will . work it out without their help." To ( such as Mr. Gillett, continued Mr. ( Burlett, "we will say that your opln- , lon and criticism meet with the calm r indifference of our contempt." ? Mr. Gillett replying, said he bellcv- c ed that the Caucasian race, as a j whole, is vastly superior to the color- i ed race, but he said he did not believe . it followed that every white man is superior to every colored man. Ile de- j dared that.' be denounced such Ind- r dents as had been cited in Massachu- j setts as he had those occurring in the ( south. Be asserted, however, that the frequency of such occurrences in j the south stimulate similar occurrences , all over tue country. { The subject was further discussed j by Mr. Crumpackcr, of Indiana, who . said that in the last twenty-tive years ( 3,000 citizens of the United States , who were entitled to the protection . of the law, had ber n seized by lawless \ mobs and put to death. Ile believed | that throughout the length and , breadth of the Cnlted States the peo- < plo are a unit in desiring to have the ( law enforced everywhere. Mob law he , declared, is not sectional. ( "I confess," he said, "that the re- y cord of the last twenty-five years will j show that my own state has had its j full share of these disgraceful exhib?- t tions of lack ofcontrol OD the part of ; the people," all of which he said, . illustrated the weakness of human ( nature, which was about the same j through the whole country. . , Kural Delivery Carriers. 1 There has been a large number of t requests for information regarding i that provision in the postotllce appro- 1 priation bili affecting rural free deliv eiy carriers. The exact wording of I this provision follows: "On and after I t July 1, 1004, letter carriers of the j a rural free deliver/ service shall j t receive a salary not exceeding ST20 j I per annum, and nu other or fuller i i allowance of salary shall be made to t said carriers: and on and after said 11 date said carriers shall not solicit lt business or re?oive orders of any kind i for any per on, li rm, or corporation, | i laud shall not, during their hours of J employment, carry any merchandise ! ; for hire: "Provided, That, said car- j I riers may carry merchandise for hire > ? for and upon the request of natrons1: residing upon their respective routes, : ' whenever the same shall not interfere j1 with thc proper discharge of their ; official duties, and under such regula- ; tions as the postmaster general may prescribe." There was much discus ion before this provision was finally agreed upon, but it is understood that the senate will approve, and lt ls likely to become law in its present form. The hons? conferees will insist : upon this being done, if necessary. Who Are They? Senator Burton, of Kansas, who: I was convicted of accepting compensa- j tlon to further the Interests of a fraudulent concern before the post-1 (lillee department in his admissions', ; made statements which must have, brought consternation among the other senatorial grafters, but to their intense relief be did not mention any name?. Ho said many of his sen- , at onal brethren mad j large sums of money "practicing before the depart ir.cits," some of them making as much as $ lo,OOo a year. We agree j with thc Columbia Record that it is a ! pity that the senator did not go more \ I into detail and tell the country who these, me i are. What the people want is tu gel those "big up" in this graft ing business at the national capital. ! A small beginning has been made, ! and for the good of the country there j should be no stopping until all the ' rascals aro cleaned out. Let Thom Como. Mr. B. B. Cultra, of Illinois, Is ' visiting his son in Hurry county. This i young man bas establisher] fruit i nurseries in thal comity and has been most successful. According to a dis I patch In the News and Courier: "Mr. J B. B. Cultura says that conditions are ripe in Illinois fi r emigration. The older men wish their sons to get land and go out on tlulr own account. . L ind sells there for $125 and $200 an acre, ai.d cannot be bought at that price. Consequently they must seek other states, and a number have gone to Arkansas and Mississippi." We trust that our Immigration bureau [ will be able to induce some of these desirable immigrants to come to this state. Why Wa H I?? r As the Robu pl leans assure us that 3 bbc negro always receives fair treat j ment In the north, the question aris \ es, Was the Springfield, O., lynching c done by a crowd of southern derao 3 drats? If so, why did the Ohio repub licans permit lt. MUST OBEY THE LAW. This is the Order that Eas Peon Issued to Dispensers. TEE BOARD MEANS BUSINESS. There Has Been They Say Genoral Laxity In Observing tho Tem perance Provisions of tho Law. The following from The State will be read with interest by all who want to Bee the dispensary strictly enforc ed." "The Charleston dispensers may have been surprised," said a member of the board of control Thursday, "but they will soon learn tLat the law must and will be strictly enforced." He spoke In reference to the special dispatch from Charleston in The State of Thursday concerning the agitation of the Charleston dispensers over the recent circular sent out by the board of control relative to the enforcement - of the law. The dispatch said in part: "The instructions or thc board were put into operation this morning, caus ing no litte trouble among the patrons of the State official grog shops. The conduct o? the dispensaries has been a perfect scandal in Charleston in the unrestrained manner In which liquor was sold to minors, drunkards and blind tigers and in the general failure jf the dispensay officials to observe the law." Thc circular here referred to was lot sent to the Charleston dispensers linne but to all the dispensers through )ut the State. At the March meeting )f the board of directors the following ?esolution was adopted: "Resolved, That the clerk of this board ls hereby nstructed to forward a copy of the llspensary law to each dispenser In -he State, with instructions to strlct y comply with sections 5(JG, 507, 508 md 509 of said law." Section 500 is that which requires :be written application for liquors. This section also requires tlie applicant 0 state that he or she is not a minor ir a drunkard. It is as follows: "Before Belling or delivering any ntoxlcatlng liquors to any person a ?equest must be presented to the sounty dispenser, printed or written n ink, dated of the true date, stating jhat he or she is of age and the resl lence of the signer, for whom or vhose use it is required, the quantity md kind required and his or Uer true lame; and the request shall be signed jy the applicants in his own true lame and signature, attested by the :ounty dispenser or his clerk whajre ieivoi and lile* the requeit. But the request shall be refused if the county lispenser filling lt personally knows the person applying is a minor, that ie 1B intoxicated, or that he is in the ,? labit of using intoxicating liquors t vn excess: or if the appUcant personally known to said" count lenser, before filling said order or lelivering said liquor he shall require the statement vi a rei?i???- and trust .vorthy person of good character and labits, known personally to him, that the applicant is not a minor and ls lot in the habit of using intoxicating iquors to excess." If a dispenser violates section 506 n any way it is the duty of the solid er, on information, to bring suit tgainst Iii m in the name ol the coun ,y for 8200 damages. The suit ison the loud of the dispenser, who if convicted s also deprived of his position. Fur ther civil suits may be entero!. If lt s proven that fraud was employed by he purchaser he shall be subjected to 1 line rf not le s than 3200 or six nonths in jail. Section 507 requires the county ?uditor to keep the request book on ile in his office. Section 5(18 requires in oath of the dispenser that he has ittendcd to the matter of requiring written applications and that lie has l urned over to the auditor all of the applications submitted. Section 50u requires the county board to revoke the commission of any dispenser who fails to require applicants to sign for the purchase and the deposed dispen ser shall bo indicted by the solicitor. This sect ion also penalizes dispensers for purchasing liquor otherwise than from the State dispensary and for adulterating the product of the big gin mill. lt is pretty certain that all of these provisions have been very generally disregarded by the Charleston dispen saries but not by them alone, for it is safe to say that few, if any, dispen sers anywhere in the State observe these regulations with any degree of strictness. Whiskey is sold to any and everybody who wants it, whether a continued drunkard or a deacon in the church and, especially when it ls a busy day, dispenser seldom both ers himself or his customers about till ing out the request blanks in full, if at all. These regulations, together with the daylight sales, constitute tho justly celebrated "temperance fea tures'' of the dispensary law. That their non-observance has be come notorious not only -in Charles ton but elsewhere is sufficiently at tested by tlie action of the board of directors in calling attention to these provisions. If they are now enforced it will not be as easy as it has been heretofore to buy whiskey in South Carolina-which has been about the east st thing in the world. From the board's resolution and the remark of one of ils members, quoted above, it looks like there may be a change. A Queer Not ion. Mr. C. M. Strader, a Kentuckian, ; before dying in Philadelphia thc other day, dictated a will requiring his body to be cremated, the ashes taken to Louisville and "scattered on thc waves of the beautiful Ohio." ne concluded: "When this ls done, if the angel Gabriel can collect my re mains for the judgment, I will take off my hat to bim, and will be there at the last roll call." The Instruc tions have been carried out. - Child Kills Father. A special from Fort Payne, Ala., says: J. C. Cole, policeman and dep uty sheriff at Baltelle, was killed Tuesday by bis ten-year-old son. Th'3 boy had bgen lighting with other boy3 and bis father whipped him for it. Tho child afterwards secured the pa rent's pistol and blew his father's, head otl. V.