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The Democra "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIV ES /L? THY POSSESSION UAJPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE. - voLj?ax. BENNETTSVIKLE, S. C., |*RIDAY, APtflL 8,1904. ti NO. 15. STATE CAMPAIGN. It Is Said that Only Two Officer* Will Be Offered. THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Chairman Garr?s to. Have Six. Can didates Against Him. State Treasurer Jcnuings Will AIKO De Opposed. The Columbia State says since the adjournment of the legislature politics bas settled into more or less quietude, but talk of the coming campaign for State offices is beginning to be heard "on the streets, in the State house and In the places where politicians and their friends congregate. It ris not probable that the campaign will be at all exciting. The officers of the .present 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. Heyward, lt was rumored that Mr. Martin P. Ansel or i Greenville, one of the candidates who made the race in 1002 and finished a very close second, would again oller, but this has beeu set at rest. Lieut. Gov. Sloan lias no rival as yet. At torney General Gunter, now serving his flrst term, having been assistant to Attorney General G. Duncan Bel linger previous to that time, may be re-elected without being opposed, it is safe to say. Secretary of State J. T. Gantt is another State officer who was assistant to lils predecessor, and is now serving his lirst term in Iiis o?dcial capacity. His re-election seems practically assured. There is little d?ubt too that Comptroller General A. TV. Jones will tie again In office When the ballots are counted. He j too was elected to the comptrollership after serving as clerk in that office. Adj. Gen. John D. Frost came up the same way, ror lt wi li be remembered that he was assistant to Adj. Gen. J. W. Floyd. It was stated some time ago that Col. J. C. Boyd of the First Tegiment would be a candidate for Gen. Frost's position but he has sta ted to the contrary. State Treasurer Jennings w!Il 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 agaiust him. It was stated authoritatively Thurs day that Dr. D. M. Orosson of Leesville, an ex-senator and well known in Lexington and patts of ad joining counties, would be a candi date. The Edgelield Chronicle sug gests Hon. T. H. Rainsford for the -pitreo- of trcer.urer. Mr. Ralusford has been a member of the general as sembly for some years. It was stated, however, some time ago that he ' would stand for the senatorial seat to be vacated by ex-Gov. John C. Shep pard. A third candidate, it ls said, will be J. P. Foulk, county treasurer of Bamberg. Much interest centers about thc race for railroad commissioner. Com miPci^ers J. II. Wharton and Banks ?j. Caughman hold over but Mr. Cal vin W. Garr?s, the chairman of Hie board, will be out of office if not suc cessful in the campaign, for his term expires this year. He will bc opposed by Mr. W. Boyd Evans of this city, who was a candidate in 11)02. Two candidates who made the race In 1!?02, Messrs. John G. Mobley of Fairtield and "Cansler of Tirzah," will run again, Mr. John Earle of Greenville, Mr. II. J. GIgniiat of Seneca and pos ibly A. C. Jepson, a former candidate, are the other candidates. A member ship on k inboard of railroad commis sioners sC.'ms an attractive plum for there arc always plenty of seekers af ter *??? -*ruit. The term is six years "and"the sala ry S 1,800 per annum. This is '?A.he situation today but it is so earVy that it is dangerous to make any detftn I te statements about the game ol politics. The political bee is ever busy al 'd insidious and buz zes into many t>. mets without the wearer's realization. The date for tbejcampaign has not yet been set. Thc schedule will he ar ranged vby the new .Jtate Democratic committee which is .yet to be elected by thc State convention, on nomina tion of the respective counties. The present executive oom m I tte has called the convention to meet here on tho third Wednesday in May, the 18th Inst. This convention ls, as is known, composed of delegates selected on the first Monday in May, the 2d inst, by the county conventions, each county being entitled to a nu'ober of dele gates double the number of represen tatives in the general assembly. The local clubs meet on the tf?urth Satur day in April, thc 28th irist, to organ ize and elect delegates t? the county convention, each club being entitled to one delegate for each \> members or majority fraction thereof. Each county convention elcets/a member of the State executive I committee. The State convention el j els a mem ber ol' the national executive com mittee and delegates to the national convention in St. Louis. Family Mileage Ticket?. Commencing March 25, thc Sea board Air Line railway, in compliance with the new law, have on sale 1,000 milo family tickets, good for the usc of the immediate, members of one family, between stations, witton the state of South Carolina, on the line of tho Seaboard Air Line, railway. These tickets are sold at ?25 and are limited to one year from date of issue. The popular interchangeable book, good over.twenty-three'different lines, will continue on sale under same condi tions as heretofore. For further in formation apply to Seaboard agents or address Jos. W. stewart, t raveling passenger agent, Columbia, S. C. Caine Too Lute. Edward M. Sturgeon, who died sud denly in El Faso, Texas, last week mot 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 thc great Eltigre mine in Mexico, lt was sold, hut before he could enjoy the fruits o? the discovery he passed away. BURGLARS AT AIKEN. Stolo Elicit Hundred Dollars tn ? 4 Jewels 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 has been found to the rascals. As burglars "scooped" the town last December and entered the residences or J. W. Platt, P. B. Henderson, L. Bradwell and Mrs. EJward King, leaving no clue to their identity, so did they 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 sirvauts. At 7 o'clock last even ing, while the family were at dinner, a company of negro serenaders came to the door and commenced singing. Several of the family eat on thc 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 him and he walked on around the house. Another member of the family who remained in the dining roora states thao a noise was heard about this time which sounded like a person stumbling In a room upstairs. The entire house-hold was down stairs until about 11 o'clock, when the fam ily retired. Then when they went upstairs to their rooms the tumbled up condition of the dressers and jewelry boxes 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 iu 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, animal's head; one goid ring wii.ii iine diamond set; one pearl sunburst pin, diamonds in centre: three pocket 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; one gold locket and watch charm. . Mr. Grosvenor thinks the value of thc articles stolen will not exceed 8800. A set of very fine diamond ear rings was not taken as also a valuable necklace of pearls. No clue whatever to the theif or theives has been dis covered. Whether the thief really operated in connection with the sere naders ls, of course, mere conjecture. Some think that the town is again suffering from a visit from crooks who often follow carnival companies, fuwJi I as showed in Aiken last week. When I robbers last swept through Aiken it I was just after such a show in Augusta ! and no trace of the $1,000 worth of j valuables lost tbi :. has ever bern I found. Chief of ; rv ice Dob?.y has his : men on the watch and it is posible j that the reseal who visited Mr. Gros ' venor's house last night between 7 land ll o'clock may be caught. The t'lief was captured in Aiken i Wednesday night. A member of the Grosvenor family stated that a negro boy walked up to the negroes who were singing at the door on Mi nday night and they nodded to him and he passed on around the house. Taking this as their clue the police set to work. One of the serenaders was found to be Smart Loyd and the boy who was seen to go around the bouse was Robt. Pearson. The other two serenaders were ascertained to be two followers 1 of the carnival company which showed ! here last week. Loyd was arrested and he told the police to catch Pear son and some of the jewelry would be 1 recovered. When arrested Pearson had in his possession one of the missing purses, containing $15.00 in money, the dla mond ring and the sapphire pin. The two carnival negroes were then searched for but could not be found I in town. Chief I)obe>y, thinking they j would attempt to escape by the trol ley, changed his uniform to a suit of plain clothes and boarded the lt.."Ul car intending to ride back and fortli from Granite ville as long as the cars ran. ! The chief stood upon the front plat form with the motorman and as the car reached the woods on the edge of the eiuy the negroes boarded it after looking the car over carefully. After the car speeded up Mr. Doboy entered ann captured bis men. They are evidently sharp ras'als as they will answer no questions as to their names or where they hail from. Tue winde thing looks like a well devised plan to rob as thc singers evi dently tried to entertain the inmates of the Grosvenor bouse while their partner entertained and helped him self to the valuables. There is no doubt that other places would have j been visited with the same end In I view and Chief Dobey did well to break up the gang. Tue of lier stolen goods have not been recovered as yet, but there is po doubt that this will be done, as the thieves have evidently lui ried. Shot Them hy Accident. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says E. M. Gillespie, who lives about two miles from thc city on the lOasley road, while handling his gun on Monday night accidentally dis charged the piece, the load entering the feet of his infant child, not more Mian 2 years of age. A small portion of the shot entered the hip of bis wife, who was holding the child In her arms, but her wound ls not serious. Dr. W. C. Black was called to attend ? the child, who was so weak from the 1 ss of blood and the shock that he did not amputate the foot, as he fear ed it would not live through the oper ation. The parents are said to be quite reticent over the matter. TIK; Unloaded '?un. On last Thursday at Carlisle, S. C., Loomis Gllliams, a negro shot and Instantly killed one Sang Jeter. The shooting, it ls 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 Jeter, think ing it was no. loaded. /' 0 WERE REFUSED. Charleston Dispensers Ordered Not to Sell to Prescribed Persons. ? THE STATE BOAED'S ORDERS. Dispensary Law MuBt Be Kn forced or Dispensers Will Huller. Drunkards and Minors Can't Got "Booze." Trouble ls brewing among the pat rons of the dispensary as a result of the receipt of a circular letter from the State board of control directing tbe dispensers to comply strictly with the provisions of the law, relating to the sale of liquors to minors and drunkards and to other sections. The circulars were received here Wednesday and put into operation Wednesday morning, with the result that huudreds of applicants tor official grog were turned down by the dis pensers and clerks who were unwilling to take the chances of continuing the promiscuous violation of the law in selling liquor to prescribed persons and otherwise ignoring the provisions of thc act which were Incorporate for the purpose of making the law a moral measure. The conduct of the dispensaries has been a scandal In Charleston lu thc respect of the neglect of certain provisions of the law by the dispensary manage ment which was bent on mak ing large sales. Thc circular of the State board aims to stop this violation of the law by the dispensers, and to require the officials of the system to live up to tne requirements just as the outside public must obey the law. The example of the officials obeying the law ls to bf set before the public that the usually most effective argu ment against the dispensary may be removed. Many people, who are pre judiced against the law, ease their conscience in the jury box hy declar ing that the blind tigers should not be punished for violating th?, law since ttie dispensers themselves are con stantly breaking the law. A complete compliance of the law by the officials will have a most wholesome effect on public sentiment, not to speak of the public moral benefit which can be done by the dispensers themselves in follow ing closely thc provisions of the law. I The matter of complying with the spirit and letter of thc law is not to be left entirely with the conscience of the dispensers, for, it is understood that from time to time, a little bit of detective work will bc done by the Columbia authorities to ascertain if the law is being observed. Parties who give fictitious names in making name in miking application for liquor, uegrocs who do not sign their names or make their mark, drunkards and minors will call at the counters of the dispensers and if they secure their liquors as they have doue in the past, there will be trouble for dispens?is. The penalty is dismissal from office, and also prosecution in thc State courts by the circuit solicitor, who will also institute civil proceedings against the dispensers' bonds, the principal aud sureties being also re sponsible under the act. Thc violation of the law is conse quently not to bea trivial offense, and it is not likely that the dispensers will be so indiscreet as to sell liquor to parties who are on the proscribed list or who are not even known to the dispensers personally, unless these applicants provide themselves with a certificate for the purchase of the liquor, signed by some responsible party, who ls known to the dispenser. The dispenser turned down many appliconts Wedin s lay morning and they got tired (if making the explana tion of their reason, s > much so, that later in the day. they simply refused to sell or give any satisfaction to par ties, under age or known to use liquor to excess, leaving the applicants to lind out for themselves as best they could why the existing order of things had been changed. The dispensers are looking forward to the return of the former free and unrestrained sale. They seem to think that the new regulations have been introduced only for effect, and will soon be forgotten. The new order will give public sitisfaction and it is hoped that there will be no let in the enforcement of the law, as long as it is the law of the State.-The Post. Sale Crackern OuUJilit. Three safe crackers who robbed the bank at Dillion and are also thought to have cracked a sife at Latta have been caught at. Smithfield, N. C. A special from that place to tin; Char lotte Observer says: "Three men are confined in jail here under the strong suspicion of being members of a notor ious gang of safe crackers turning this and other states. Their names are Harding, Waring and Cunningham. They matle their appearance herc last Thursday evening, pretending to bc sign painters, and awakened enough suspicion to warrant the authorities in causing their arnst. A New York detective who has been investigating the bank robbery at Latta, S. C.. on the night of february 2,">, ls at pre sent studying the case. Officers from Dillon, S. C., have been here and iden titled them as the men seen in that neighborhood about the time of thc bank robberv there. There aro alst supposed to be the robbers who math a visit to Kenley some time ago. Tney are wanted at Kollock for post office breaking on Hie night of Keb mary 27th. Extradition papers havi already been made out. and they wil be taken to Marion. S. C., Thursday.' Strikes Cos! ."?louey. Thc New York state board of medi ation has recently published an anima I report. Hp to September; 1903, then j were more strikes, lockouts and labt) troubles hi general in New York thai in any previous year, excepting per haps the yaar 1880. During the pas year there were ll>2 labor troubles Involving 117,000 employees, and ii consequence ?I,'.?00,000 working day: were lost. Owing to the New Yorl building trades strikes :i7,o;n laborer) were Idle, tue total loss in wage: amounting to nearly seven millioi 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. HAD A STILL IN THE CELLAR. W?y Beard'B Distillery In Greenville Was Seized by the Officers. One of the most interesting cases which'the collector of revenue will take to the session of court which meets in Greenville In about twp weeks 1s the prosecution of a distiller named Heard. This distiller was operating a plant near the city of Greenville and had a permit from tho government as well as from the State. lt was suspected that there was something wrong and the place was watched. Finally it was discovered that in his warehouse there was a trap door giving access to a big still in a concealed basement. This illicit still was operated to avoid tho pay ment ol" license on the stulT manufac tured. From tho legalized still some distance away there were pipes bring ing in the steam necessary for working" the mash and operating the retort. There was no escape of steam to indi cate where thc false basement was, and the only means of access was thc trap door which was always covered with a pile of old sacks and could not be seen with tho naked eye. Tho ring by which the door was raised was the only thing which diseoled its loca tion and that would not have been found had not tho oQlcers been look ing for it. The refuse from the hid den still was carried by means of un- I dergrouud pipes to the spot where the refuse from the legalized still was dumped. The whole plant was seized by the revenue olllcers. This distillery had formerly been l operated in the name of thc Babb 1 brothers, who were supposed to have 1 an interest in it. even when it was ' running iii lieanVs name. Both John and Tully Babb have been defendants I; frequently in Hie federal and State courts, answering to the charge of ? violating thc liquor laws, lt used to be a regular thing for the dispensary constables to run in Tully Babb every : ' week or so, and at one t ime there was .i stack of indictments piled up?t^am^t him in t he Greenville court. Ile and his brother look like the typical coun try youths of the poorer class: they are of rai her Innocent countenance but old in tho ways of tho transgres sor. They seem to have prospered, as some years ago they erected a credit able brick building on Main st reet in Greenville, with stores and ollices to rent.-The State. THE OLDEST CHURCH. Tho Goose Creek Edifico to Celebrate Two Hundredth Your. The announcement ot the celebra tion of the two hundredth anniver sary of the establishment of St. James 1 church at Goose Creek will be received, with interest in Columbia. There is a picture of this edilice in the secretary i of state's office which always attracts considerable attention. St. James ls the oldest of the-colon- ? ?al churches now in a state of perfect preservation and unaltered in any de tail from its earliest appearance. Its L venerable walls stand as a monument J of a day that is past, beloved and j revered by churchmen of the present ? ? and the church is a landmark of En glish civilization in this country. The celebration of the two h un red th an niveisiry of its establishment will be ; a notable occasion and it is expecled j that a large number of people will : gather within its ancient walls. Thc celebration will occur on April 17th and an appropriate program is . now bein?? prepared for the occasion. | in the year \W2 thc "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- i elgn Farts," sent from England as the I tirst missionary tu the province of j South Carolina the Kev. Samuel ! Thomas, who was appointed to the : settlement at Goose Creek and enter ed upon his labors with great earnest ness. In 1701 in a letter to the so ciety, he mentions that there was a church erected on Goose Creek which was well attended. This ls tho tirst record of St. James, Goose Creek, so that the present year is accepted \ as the bicentennial of its establish ment and the vestry of the church i have made preparationf for its obser- j vance. Killed In a lt ii un way. The Augusta Chronicle says as a result of a runaway accident, Captain William E. Everett, on of Atlanta's most prominent cl ti/, ons and senior member of the wholesale dry goods house of Everett- Kiley -Bagan com pany, was killed Wednesday afternoon. While driving along Peachtree street with his son, Captain Everett was thrown fnun his buggy by the shying of the horse. The vehicle struck against telephone pole. In front of the Aragon hotel and Captain Everett fell to the pavement, striking on his head. , Ile was hastily picked up and medical aid summoned. An ambulance from the Elkln- Cooper sanitarium respond ed to a call and Captain Everett was > placed hi the vehicle. Before the am bulance reached the sanitarium Cap- j ' tain Everett expired. His death was i due to two wounds on the head. Cap tain Everett's son. E. Q. Everett, i who was with him at the time of thc . accident, was also thrown from the ; : buggy, but escaped without injury. , I Don't Want Them. > Kl Nueva de la Verdad, a newR ! paper of this city, has made a bitter ? j attack on trolley lines, as a result of . ; a project to install electric street trite . lion in this city, says a I'D-?na, Mexl I co, news dispatch. It refers to elee ' trie ears as inventors of the devi', and cites the fact that scores of lives have been lost In the City of Mexico it? rm " j sequence of their operation there. The I i people Puebla, the newspaper declares, ? want to be left alone in peace and sc r!curity. The attack concludes with II the following: "Wo hope Almighty " God will bc kind enough to Pueblana 1 j to save them from this modern j plague."_, LOftl Their John. S t At Klchmond, Va., fourteen negro s i wagon drivers for a baggage company, ?! notitied thc company that they would i i not work with a white man who has ; I been employed as a driver. The com , j pany discharged tho entire negro - force Wednesday and employed white drivers. m - SOME?rOOD ADVICE ' Given tho JMcgrocs by a Preacher cf Thjjir Own Color. "WE BlUST DIGNIFY LABOR." : - Thia in ti.? Crucleat Period l'or ri tho Ncfcbp Raoo. Halo Iiciul ihO. AVIBO Counsel Ibra Needed. The folioing is an extract taken from a sern/qh delivered lu Augusta, Ga., recent^ at Tabernacle Bapfst church by-wife Rev. Dr. C. T. Walker, to tho colored Knights of Pythias, as we ilnd'U(ip the Chronicle of that city. His Subject was "Some Ways of Impr?v.mg tho Condition of the Negro Eacti." The sermon is full of good advice, to the colored people: "Th?tf?jj people-the intelligent, industrious* ones aro dissatisfied, nor vously restlos with present conditions in this country, no sensible negro will deny, that they have suffered enough to be discouraged, most white men will admit, "My race ls passing through a cru cial period: it Is a period of adjust ment, -fBaa r?l?0 needs safe leadens, and wise counsellors. Sensational sermons' alia incendiary utterances will onlyjhcrease our enemies and re tard our progress. Our salvation in this country" will depend upon our be ing God-feav'uig, lawabiding, intelli gent, induirions citizens. Our suc cess will iy.it, be in conflict with the rlominant Klee, but in concord and co-operation' with the best people of this country North and South, East mid "West." We are suffering as a race from tho ' lawless and vicious element among us, ijroin dishonest politicians in and outof the race, from modern fanatics, from unwise leaders, and sensational Newspapers. ' 'Tho negro has friends in the South as weil SH 1? the North, cr he could p.ot remain-: h. the South. There art their farms, and 28,000 part owners of farms, with 550,000 tenants on farms. The banks that are conductei by the race'th the South, and t hen are hundre is of negroes thioughoul the South "onductlng business. wh( can get an; .amount of credit and en couragem&rit from their Souther! white friends. "The invincible and unconquerable American nation believes in progress Ours is a-Christian nation-justice equal and t(;act justice, will yet holt an even bal .nee. As the negro make: progress, bv. 'omes intelligent, accumu lates, savei} and invests his moue: wisely, ref ut .es to shield criminals am condone Crime, as he draws the lim betvieer * 1 - ~~id and the bad in hi 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-jour nais of this country have done a grea work in favor of our race, and the pres eut condition is but a manual train lng school from which the race will g prepared to lace and grapple with th 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 cloud in the heaven the size of a man's hand, but he toi Ahab to luna ry home for t he rain wa coming. Let my pessimistic frieiu st op talking about the dark fut un and, like men, face the problems t life. Act well their part and teat* the race to rise by their own effort and exertions. "We should not only seek emplo: mont for our people, and discount vagrancy, but we should make en ployment. We should organize stol companies, and inaugurate buslnc; enterprises; and in that way train oi men and women in business. WI can't my race conduct grocery, store shoe stores, dry goods and cloth il stores as well as others people? WI should not colored women stand b hind as clerks, cashiers, bookkeepei door-walkers, and superintendents wells as other people. Erugalitv also necessa ?.. The man who mak $5.00 and saves one-fourth of what earns is better off than thc man wi makes 825.00 and spends all. 5 people need not expect help frc political part ies through president messages. They must expect ht from their farms and their vario business enterprises. "We must dignify labor. The lab ing man ls the backbone and sinew this country. Christ was a labor Ile was called the carpenter and t carpenter's son. His life was a bl one; He said I must werk while it day. He employed the idlers, st them Into his vineyard and paid thc Idleness is a curse-lt breeds misch and crime, lt is the busy man tl is al wa) s wanted. Moses was he ing Jethro's Mock when God cal bim to be his ambassador to the co ?of Egypt, he received divine cred i Hals, became the greatest hun legislator the world has ever prod ed; he was Israel's emancipator ; their successful leader until (Jjd c; cd him to Nebo's summit and kis him to sleep. Elisha was busy pb ing 12 yoke of oxen, whe.i he l called to tho prophetic office to s coed Elijah. David, the sheph boy, was called to thc office of ki Amos, the herdsman, to the prop tic office. Daniel the slave was m prime minister of the Babylon empire. Matthew was called fi the receipt of customs. Peter, Jai and John from the occupation of l! lng. Paul from tent-making to the apostle to the gentiles. Will .Cary was called from, the shoe-sho] I Inaugurate modern missions. Linc (?rant and Garfield from humble, t Lions to the council of the nation, to be chief executives of their ct try. Dwight L. Moody was ca from selling goods to be the grea evangelist of modern times. Spurf was called from the country to metropolis of the wt rid. Booker Washington; was called from Wor the tobacco factory to be thc M of his race, and one of the mos markable men of the age. Le work and save and respect ou rsi and work for peace between the i and all will be well." SETTLERS COMINO. Three Items of Considerable Interest ia tlCRard 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 is now in Charleston, in re gard to establishing a German-Ameri can colony somewhere in this state. Dr. Gurneer has interested himself Sn this idea considerably and desires to purchase anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 acres of swamp land which can be obtained cheap and then after draining it render it suitable for colo nization by ajjtrge colony of German citizens who are now in the state of Indiana. They are not satisfied 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 ollicials. It is impossible that the colony may be located very near this city and if not it may bc up near Cheraw. The Seaboard people will do all they can to have it located near Columbia. Thc ellice of commissioner or 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 ctn be answered at once and in this v ny 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, it being intimated in the letter that lie was interested in tills state and might he induced to invest. The capl tallsUwas tri ven the law on the matter, which, according to the recent discus sion of tho supremo, court in the Spar tanhurg mill case, provides what a majority of the citizens in the district shall decide whether or not the enter prise shall bc exempt from the tax. The term fixed by law is live years. Efforts have been made recently by the local oillccrs of the Seaboard to interest a northern capitalist in a st'ick farm about live miles belosv Co lumbia. Toe gentleman who had been in the city several days on pleas ure became Interested In the town and after finding out the cheapness of the land In the vicinity closed a deal for about 200 acres of land just below the city. The gentleman's name ls N. W. Smith and he is expected to return in a few days and complete all arrangements for a stock farm. SIX PERSONS KILLED. Fixa Others Fatully Injured in Aoci- j dent Near Scranton, l'a. Six persons aro known to have been killed and five fatally Injured by an ; explosion in the factory of the Dlckson Squib company at Priceburg, near .Scranton, Pa., Thursday. The dead are: Lizzie Dray, Priceburg. Lillian Malian, Priceburg. Hcckic Lewis, Nortli Scranton. Lizzie Matthews, Olyphaht. fieorge Callahan, Priceburg. Teresa Callahan, Priceburg. Those fatally Injured are: Mamie Gilallon. Martha Hay Brown. Cassie Foultz. Mettle He vron. Oscar Ayser. Twenty girls were employed in the factory. What caused the explosion is not known, but lt ls said that one of the girls threw a squib Into a stove and that thc force of the explosion was so great that it wrecked the building and set it on tire. The squibs are used in coal mining. The Dickson Squib company occu pied only the first door of the struc- i ture, the Callahan family having rooms on the second door, lt was here that the two Callahan children lost their lives. Thomas Callahan, the father, was at work and Mrs. Callahan had Just i left the room when thc explosion oe- j ?curred. The children, aged :i years ? and ti months, respectively, were ; playing on the lloor. ll ith were in stantly killed. The building caught tire and the Hames communicated ti the adjoining buildings, one occupied as a lietel and t he other as a butcher shop. Doth were destroyed. All of the botlies have been taken from the debris. The bodies of the dead employes were so badly humed that it was with great ditllculty that they could he recognized. A fier Couti ter lett era. There iii counterfeit, money floating around and a number of warning cir culars have been issued regarding lt. : The United Slates secreat service ; men are righi behind thc counterfeit , ers and a special to the Charlotte Observer from Greensboro says: "The ' United States government's secret service detective are hoi on the trail ot' the gang who have been recently Hooding the state with counterfeit ten-dollar bills. On the one-dollar bills, which very much resemble thc ! new $10 series, tho counterfeiters have deftly pul the necessary touches I to make it readily pass for the new $10 issue. There is an eagle, on the one dollar bill which the ten-dollar bill tloes not possess, and thc spuriousness ; of thc raised hill can be easily detect ed. Several of these bills have been ! found here, but it is in the eastern j part of the state, where it issaid they are most generally lu circulation. Af ter a conference with Greensboro po I lice ant horll ies, the secret service men II too!: the train for Raleigh, having ; gained there, it is said, an Important link in the. chain of evidence which ; was lost in Pay et I oville, whore a ne I gro had been arrested, having In his > posession one of the raised bills, but , who refused to 'talk.'" j Afraid ol Him. "The President's friends," lt is 1 announced In Washington, "have t strongly advised him against speech i making and have assured him that B his election looks to he certain. They . do not see why he should exhaust Mi i strength and health In sp .echmakhijj s and take chances on some Inopportun? - remark that might do harm.'' Tin s pith of thc matter is in the last tel s words. The Republicans should bi s known this year as "Old Party Af rah of Its Candidate."' ROASTS NEW ENGLAND. Speech Was ill Keply to Gillett'^ s trie km SH on tho South. Recently in the House Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, briclly replied to the state ments of Mr. Gillett, of Massachu setts, on the negro question. Ile said Mr. Gillett had lectured the 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 1002, had tarred and feather ed a man and woman, and he Bald, the perpetrators of thc 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 thc people of Massachusetts enter tained nor re-echoed the sentiment of Mr. Gillett. While the people of 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 to work out this problem in their own way, "as God shall will it." He added those people would work it out," with tlie help of our brthren of the north, if wc 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 opin ion and criticism meet with the calm indifference of our contempt." Mr. Gillett replying, said no believ ed that the Caucasian race, as a whole, is vastly superior tu the color ed race, but lie said he did not believe it followed that every white man is superior to every colored man. He de clared that he denounced such inci dents as had been cited in Massachu setts as be had those occurring in thc south. He asserted, however, that the frequency of such occurrences in the south stimulate similar occurrences all over the country. The subject was further discussed by Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, who said that in the last twenty-live years ii.uOO citizens of thc United States who were entitled to the protection of the law, had bern seized by lawless mobs and put to death. Ile believed that throughout the length and breadth of the United States the peo ple 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 cord of the last twenty-five years will show that my own state has had Ita full share of these disgraceful exhibi tions of lack of control on the part of the people," all of which he said, illustrated the weakness of human nature, which was about the same through tile whole count ry. Kural Delivery Curriers. There has been a large number of requests for Information regarding that provision in the postoftlce appro priation bill affecting rural free deliv eiy carriers. The exact wording of this provision follows: "On and after July 1, 1904, letter carriers of the rural free deliver/ service shall; receive a salary not exceeding $720 per annum, and no other or fuller j allowance of salary .shall be made to i said carriers: and on and after said ; date said carriens shall not solicit' business ur receive orders of any kind for any person, lirra, or corporation, and shall not, during their hours of employment, carry any merchandise for hire: "Provided, That said car riers may carry merchandise for hire for and upon the request of patrons residing upon their respective routes, whenever the same shall not interfere with the pr ?per disshafge of their olllcial duties, and under such regula tions as tlie postmaster general may pnscribe." There was mucli discus Ion before this provision was finally agreed upon, but it is understood that the senate will approve, and it is likely to become law in its present ! form. The hons? conferees will insist upon this being doue, if neceisary. Who Are They? Senator Burton, of Kansas, who was convicted of accepting compensa tion to further tho Interests of a fraudulent concern before the posl ; ellice department in his admissions made statements which must have 1 brought consternation among the other senatorial grafters, but to their intense relief he did not mention any uames. Ile said many of his sen atorial brethren mad i huge sums of money "practicing bofora the depart ments," some vif them making as much as $40,000 a year. We agree j with thc Columbia Record that it is a pity that ?lie senator did not go more into detail and tell the country who ! these men are. What the people want i is to get those "hig up" in Lil is graft ing business at the national capital. IA small beginning has been made, and for tlie good of the country there should bc no stopping until all the : rascals aro cleaned put. Let Them Come. Mr. lt. B. Cultra, of illinois, is visiting his son In Horry county. This young man has established fruit nurseries in that county and has been most successful. According to a dis patch in tlie News and Courter: "Mr. It. B. Cultura says that conditions are ripe, in illinois fi r emigration. Th? older men wisli their suns lo get land and go out on their own account. Land sells t?'.ere for $125 and ?200 an acre, at-d cannot he bought at that price. Consequently tiley must seel other states, and a number have gone to Arkansas and Mississippi." We trust that bur Immigration hurcai \ will be able to induce some of these : j desirable Immigrants to come to tbll state. Whv W?H lt? r As thc Rcbuplioans assure us tba "; the negro always receives fair treat \ mont in thc north, the question ari? \ es, Was the Springfield, O., lynchlni ? done by a crowd of southern demo 1 cratsV If so, why did thc Ohio reput Heans permit lt. MUST OBEY THE LAW. This is the Order that Eas Been Issued to Dispensers. THE BOAED MEANS BUSINESS. There. Has Been They Say General Laxity In Observing tho Tem? peranco Proviwions of tho Law. The following from The State will be read with interest by all who want to see the dispensary strictly enforc ed." "The Charleston dispensers may have been surprised," said a member pf the board of control Thursday, "but they will soon learn that the law must arid will be strictly enforced." He spoke in reference to the special dispatch from Charleston In The State of Thursday concerning the agitation of the Chat teston 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 of the board were put Into operation this morning, caus j ni? nr. I ? t t A .......rimnnn fha "..*_"... ILie> *-*u Uvw u*L?uU?o niuuu|j nue JJ ci ul una of the State olhcial grog shops. The conduct or the dispensaries has been a perfect scandal in Charleston in the unrestrained manner In which liquor was sold to minore, drunkards and blind tigers and in the general failure of the dispensay olllcials to observe the law." The circular here referred to was not sent to the Charleston dispensers alone but to all the dispensera through out the State. At the March meeting of the board of directors the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That the clerk of this board is hereby instructed to forward a copy of the dispensary law to each dispenser In the State, with instructions to strict ly comply with sections 500, 507, 508 ?md 509 of said law." Section 50(> is that which requires the written application for liquors. This section also requires the applicant to state that lie oi she ia uoL a mluOi. or a drunkard. It is as follows: "Before selling or delivering any intoxicating liquors to any person a request must be presented to the county dispenser, printed or written in ink, dated of the true date, stating that be or she is of age and the resi dence of the signer, for whom or whose use lt is required, the quantity aud kind required and his or her true name; and the request shall be signed by the applicants in his own true, name and signature, attested by the county dispenser or his clerk whojre ceives and tile* the requeit. But the request shall be refused if the county dispenser tilling it personally knows the person applying ls a minor, that be is intoxicated, or that he ls in the habit of using intoxicating liquors t%.7 an excess; of If the applicant is not personally known to said countj penser, before filling said order onfk delivering said liquor he shall require the statement ui a rdiiuuie and trust worthy person of good character and habits, known personally to him, that the applicant is not a minor and is not in tlie habit of using intoxicating liquors to excess." If a dispenser violates section 500 in any way it is the duty of the solici tor, on information, to bring Ruit against bim lb thc name ot thc coun ty for $200 damages. The suit ison the bond of the disp'- ;ser, who If convicted is also deprived nf his position. Fur ther civil suits may be enterei. If it is proven that fraud was employed by the purchaser he shall be subjected to aline cf not les than 8200 or six months in jail. Section 507 requires the county auditor to keep the request book on tile in bis olllee. Section 508 requires an oath of the dispenser that he lias attended to the matter of requiring written applications and that bebas turned over to the auditor all of the applications submitted. Section 509 requires the county board to revoke t he commission of any dispenser who fails to require applicants to sign for the purchase and the deposed dispen ser shall be indicted by the solicitor. This section also penalizes dispensers for purchasing liquor otherwise than from the State dispensary and for adulterating the product of tho big gin mill. It 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 lt, whether a continued drunkard or a deacon In I the church and, especially when it ls u busy day, dispenser seldom both 1 ere himself or Iiis customers about till ing out the request blanks in full, if at all. These regulations, together with the day light sales, constitute the justly celebrated "temperance fea tures" of the dispensary law. That their non-observance bas be come notorious not only itt Charles ton but elsewhere is suuleiently at tested by the action of the board of directors in calling attention to these provisions. If they are now enforced it will not bo as easy as it bas been heretofore to buy whiskey in South Carolina-which lias been about the easiest thing in the world. From the board's resolut ion and thc roniark i of one of its members, (ploted above, it looks like liiere may be a change. A Queer Notion, i Mr. C. M. Strader, a Kentuckian, ? before dying in Philadelphia the other day, dictated a will requiring his body to be cremated, the ashes taken to Louisville and "scattered on tho ; wp vas of thc beautiful Ohio." Ho : concluded: "When this is done, if ; the angel Gabriel can collect my re ! mains for thc judgment, I will take i off my hat to bim, and will bo there s at the last roll call." The instruc H lions have been carried out. ? Child ICtlla Father. A special from Fort Payne, Ala., says: J. C. Cole, policeman and dop 1 uty sheriff at Battelle, was killed " Tuesday by his ten-year-old son. The * boy had been lighting with oilier boys ? and his father whipped him for it. !" The child afterwards secured tho pa rent's pistol and blow his father's. head off.