The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 24, 1905, Image 1

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The "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." m. VOL BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1905. NO. 9. VICTIM OF BOMB. rhe Grand Duke Sergius Assas? inated in His Carriage. DItlVER ALSO KILLED. Toe Uncle and Brothcr?in Law of the Emperor Nicholas Killed at Moscow While Driving in a Coach. The Murderers Were Arrest? ed and Locked Up. A dispatch from Moscow say?? that while the Grand Duke Sergius was driving Friday from the Nicholas palace through the Senate quarter, his carriage was followed by two cabs. At the law courts a sleigh in which were two men, oue of whom was dressed as a workman, went quickly ah.:i?d of thc ?rand duke's carriage. The sleigh then slowed up tu allow tho carriage to pass and at that mo ment a bomb was thrown beneath the carriage. The force of the ex plosion broke all the windows of law courts and the report was heard out Bide the city. The carriage was blow.") to piece?, nothing but the four wheels remain ing. The horses were not hurt and bolted. The grand duke was instant ly killed. His head was blown off, actually being separated from his body, which was frightfully mangled. The coachman was also killed. He was so frightfully burred by fae ex pit sive with which Hie bomb was ona)ged that he died wi-ie being taken to a hospital. On the arrest of the. murderers, neither of wh< m was known to the police, ene of them cooly said: "I don't oare. 1 have done my Job " An immense crowd gathered at the spot and made a demonstzatien against a number tri students, who commenc ed scattering revolutionary pro lama tions. Within a few minutes after the explosion people might have been seen gathering up pieces of wood and cloth lng as mementoes of the tragedy. When the Grand Duehess E"zibeth, widow of Grand Duke Serguis, wa* Informed of the occurrence, she immediately went to the scene vlt'i out waiting to put on a hat or doak. The pates of the Kremlin were closed as toon as the news of the assassination was conveyed to the authorities and the remains of tha raw?7*55e^Wcrtakett--to the Nich olas palace. AKKKfcTED BY A POLICEMAN. One cf the assassins was arrested by a policeman, who overtook him as he was running from the scene of the as saBioatlou. The rr an carried a revol ver but made no attempt to use it. He expressed gratification that the Grand Duchess ESlzabetb was not a> companing ber hutband, Grard Duke Sergius, when the latter was killed. The assas;n refused to reveal his idm ity, but admitted that he was a mern ber of the socialistic revolutionary party. The head of the Grand Duke Serylus was literally blown to atoms. A xtass of his brains was found nearby by a woman, who handed lt to a police commissioner. The grand duke'a pocketbook, which contained letters and money, waa fuucid nearby. At A c momi nt ol the exj. osiou the Grand Duchess Ei'fc-ibeth vas at the Kremlin, superintend!) g v rk f r the wounded at me front, and wa- about to i recced bu the rcsi-L i.ee of the gov ernor general, expecting te? meet her husoand there. Her carriage was waking outside the Kre mlin. Prayers for the murdered grand duke wrro held later In thc evming, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, civil and military tniel?is being piestnt. Thc. body of Grand Duke Sergi iswlll be nterred in the cathedral eif the fort rt si of St. Peter and St. Paul Tht> extra newspapers announce the deuth of Grand Duke Sergius hythe explosion of a bcrxb, but nive no de tail;}. HWR IN EltAIUlY CAKKIAOK. According to later details Grand Duke Sergius, who generally was ac companied ty his wife when out driv ing, was ( n this occasion going to 1 ii private Russian bath In his old otll cial rcslcienca in Ivcrskala street. Ti)e vet bl? in which he rode was a pl lin, shabby, clor.id car l?ge such as would not be likely to attract atten tion, lt was felic wed by detectives in iv couple of cabs The granel dulce wai; driven rapidly, and was half way across the Miuare between thc Great. Belt tower and the Nicholas nate, when the bomb was thrown b meath his carriage, where lt exploded, liter all> demolishing the vehicle, killing the grand nuke and fatally iijurkg tt e c river. Tiio only uctual witnesses of the assassination were a couple of police men on beats In the vicinity. Its-Ll appears to be uncertain whether the a^as-sin was In a sleigh or hiding In thti tunnel beneath the Nicholas tc wer. A few people who hud been attracted by the sound of the ex plo sion made their way Inside the Krem lin before the police w:re able to cle?.e the gates, but, they were speedily ejected. While enormous crowds were gathering outside tho gate the boely of Grand Duke Sergius was taken bc way of a private corridor from the palace to the Che uci; ?T mcnahtry Priests will pray there throughout the nb ht andefllcers and aides de camp will keep vigil over thc body. K< neuen, Killed. An explosion i ccu red Thursday n.crning on the British submarine boat known as ''A 6," which was in Queentown harbor. The explosion oc curred while ollioers were tilling thc gasoline tanks. A second explosion occurred as a parly of eleven rescurers were hrh gin,; up the eh ad and Injured frc m the hold. The original crew of th'i hubmarlne boat numbered ten. Ti e total casualties, Including those among tho rescuer*, ls said to bo twenty. AN ADDRESS To the People of the South from Pres? ide, t Jordan. Let tho South Continue to (Hand Pat In tho Protection ot lier Great Money Staple To tho People of tho South: The Southern Cotton asscolatlon re cently organized at New Orleans, La., by the largest and most distlnguiHbad gathering of prominent farmers; mer chants, bankcrH, cotton men and Others, 1B already getting well under way and exceeding the most sargulne expectations of those who at Now Orleans so enthusiastically advocated its policies. The dally press of the south indi cate today that hundreds of county and precinct organizations were per fected ou tho 11th instant throughout tho entire cotton belt under the plans adopted by thc Southern Cotton asso-" elation, and that thousands of Tam ers, merchants and bankers have en thusiastically Joined the movement. Reports this early from hundreds of counties, townships, precincts and parishes show that everywhere the pledges on reduction of acreage aod guauo are being promptly signed up by the cotton growers. The very se vere weather of the past ten days has in no wiso checked the determination of the farm ra to Immediately orgau Izj and meetings everywhere have been largely attended. Another matter wulch the cottjn world must be forced to understand, and that is, that spot holders of cot ton in the south are (irmly and unal terably tlxed In their determination to hold cotton and refuse to sell at prices less than 10 cants per pound c e livered at the ports. Holders lu every part of the south signify their wllit.g ness to sign contracts to tie up the surplus part of the crop until next fall and tho Planters' Cotton and Commission company recently organ ized at New Orleans as a branch of the Southern Cotton association with W. P. Brown as president will have but little trouble, in s-curlng the nec essary tie up of 2,000.000 bales. The Southern Cotton association has already proceeded far enough to assure it3 sueeess. Its policies of or gar ization and conduct of its ul!airs, is broad and liberal enough to com maud the prompt and active support of the cotton growers and all allied business interests In the south. The cotton world has been absolutely amazed at the acton of the farmers and southern bankers during the past two months. The spinners are demanding the fuitlllm mt of contracts from the buy ers. The buyers must yet buy the cotton to lid their contracts and the spot cotton is in tbo hands of the pr? uucers. In many sections farmers are now hauling their cotton home from warehouses. In other sections warehousemen are offering to store cotton free and bankers are advancing loans at 0 per cor^t per annum. The entire south ls working in perfect harmony and unity to restore the price of cotton to its legitimate value of 10 cents. No colton must be sold on tempo rary advances. It ls a well laid scheme of the "bears" and buyers to bring out cotton on the market so as to Insure heavy reaction in price and s:cure the fulfillment ff spot con tracts. Hold cotton tighter than ever before and prove to the foreign spin ner and speculator, who consider the southern farmers as so many "brain less laborera," that we cm cumbine and force tho world to recognize for I once that the south can and will pro tect, its i tte rests, Let thc active work of organization rapidly prooeed. L-.'t every county and parish in the south hold its meet ings on til?.; IOU), organize and elect delegates to attend the meetings at the State capitals on the 21st. The railroads have ni ready intimated their willingness to give a rate of t hs fare for the round trip tu all delegates at tending the State meetings on Feb ruary 21st. Reduce your acreage and use of guauo at ieist 25 per cent, or more. Diversify your farming Interests and plant more food crops. Hold your cotton with a death grip until prices advance to 10 cents. Pay no atten lion to temporary advances. Help tu tie up tho two million bales uf the surplus and "bears" and export irs will be whipped to a standstill. The sixty millions uf dollars cutoff the value of the crop during tire 1 vii GO days by speculative depression will be returned and the south will again . n joy her period of prosperity. We must win In thia contest. 1 he future of every farmer, merolia it, banker and business and professiooal men of the south ls at stike. Co operation is now almost perfect. L t us stand unfalteringly together. Let no break In the ranks ce ir amy where. The cutton ninn are frightened. The "bear" speculators ?ire frightened They can't hold out many week.-, lo ig er. We iiave victory in sight. Stand by the Southern Cutton association and with success. Recognizing the Importance of dis seminitlig information throughout tile southern press for tho benefit of all the people interested In this muvo ment, the Southern Cotton associa tion has oponed in Atlanta a depart ment of publlolty, which will dally from now un supply all tho news to the press frum every section ot the s uth covering the entire work of the association and all other information on the cotton situation. The columns of the southern press lu all sections have been placed at our disposal and ls aiding the move ment in every way possible. Letters of lnturtst bearing on the present sit nation and all other matters of news intended for publicity should be serot to the Southern Cotton As oclatlon, caro T. J. Slmmors, Jr., Manager, Department of Publicity, Atlanta, Oa. We want good strong letters from farmers, merchants, bankers and others. Let the Routh c ntlnuo to stand pat in tho protection of her great money staple. We nuw have the situation absulutely In our control. BAU VIE JOKDAN, Pres. Southern Cottou Association. A MYSTERY SOLVED Body of a Missing Han Found in Fair Forest Creek. lt Is Supooscd That Me Shot Himself and Fell Into tho Creek Whcro Ho Was Found. A dlspa*ob to Tho State says Mr. F. O. Trcfzor, tho well known jewel er, who mysteriously disappeared from Unlou on Tuesday afternoon, February 7th, was late Thursd ay a?* ternoon fe und In Fair Forest creek and evidently committed suicide while in a state o? mental aberration, as a wound was found near his heart. For a week the keenest anxiety has prevailed aud searching parties have scoured the country, but though many indications poloted o his body being In the crock, nothing could bo really done, as the stream was greatly swollen on accouutof the recent melt ing of the sno^vs, and not until Thurs day afternoon was it possible to take out a boat and Institute a thorough search. Ills tody was discovered about 4. I? Thursday aferteruoon ah-3 .the wound near his heart ?as apparently made by a 38 calibre piston ball. The dis cr very was made by J. E. Mabry at the bend in the creek, a stream about six miles west, of Union, half a mlle below the big Rice bridge. The b trty was kept under water by somo willow trees. Thursday a big boat 3 by 17 feet was made and taken out Thursday afternoon, accompanied hy Gllber J. Foster, brother of Mrs. Trefzer, H. G. Balley . and J. E. Mabry. After galulng the stto.i.u they pulled down the river, carefully examining every thing for some distance, when at a b^nd half a mile below Rice bridge near the Pruitt pl tc;, Mr. Mibry saw s m ?thing under the water which cjuld not be at first distinguished. Calling to Chas. A. Bethell and John Bishop, who had joined the par ty at Buffalo, they pulled the boat up t o where the o> Jccfc was, and shoo ing, they pulled out the budy of Mr Tie'z:r, which had become entangled ut.der willow branches and could not rise tJ tho surface of the water. Mr. Tre z it wore the same brown suit, blue overcoat and cap that he had on when ho left Union Tuesday, Feb. 7th. Ills face was very much swollen and discollored, though other wise the body ls well preserved. Ells body had bam pierced by a pis toi ball, apparently a 38 calihre, which, however, has not yet been found, as it was evidently lost in th stream. His body ls thought to have tioated down some distance from where tracks were previsouly discov ered. On his person were found a ring, watch and chain, while lu the upper left vest pocket was a pocketbook of the Beaver organization Containing his own picture, and lu a purse was .1.19. Arrangements were at ouce made for bringing the rema1 ns lo town on a tl.it cir from Buffalo as a sp?.cial train, and arrived there about 0 o'olcok after whlc'i tho body was taken to thc Bailey undertaking establishment where the ii quest was held. In 1880 he married M Us Florence Foster, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. W. M. Foster, and of this union live chil li reu have beon Dorn, the youngest three years old and the eldest, Miss Fannie, 17 years of age. About; 1891 Mr. Tre'z.r left U lion for E berton, ; (Ja . where he conducted a le weir j es : bablishment fer ten years,'returning to Union ab .ut three years ago. Mr. Trefzer was an expert watch maker, ami of quite an Inventive turn of mlud. During his first, residence in Union he b came very much Inter ested in perpetual m ition, and gave so much thought tc this that he be came almost mentally unbalanced, though he afterwards seemed to re cover from it. lt was while in Elber ton that he met with a terrible acci dent In mending a piece of jewelry which destroyed the sight of o?r; eye eutirely and came near killing him; sluce which time his wife has had to devote almost her entire time tu con due ing the business. Mr. Tre'zar was i m in of very quiet ili-po^ltlon, and a nit-ni'ior of the First B.'.pUst church, lie was also a Mason and a Beaver. Ile had two brothers iu thU country, hut both have died within the past few years, and one brother and a sister still re side In Germany. A Fatal M rt ck. R bert Gilbert, flagman, and Fields R ee, a colored fireman, were killed ?Tuesday night in the head-on c illi ston between freight train 71 arid 74 of the Southern raliwiy at Latuems, twelve miles south bf Greenville. The track was bli eked for more than twelve hours. K iglneer Gotzlne, on train 71, left there near midnight with orders to take the .siding at La them, which ls just a spur track In the woods. Wednesday he admits that he ran by the far end of thc switch b.fore discovering it. The I brakes were quickly applied, but the train was gob g down grade and was still moving wlien 74, rounding a curve, dashed In. Ooizlne jumped and ei-caped with slight bruises, but Rice, his tireman, was killed. Gilbert was on the same train, several others were hurt, but none, seriously. A W rook. A dispatch from Spartanbutg to The State says No. 37, the Southern's southbound vestibule, tho handsom est and n ost i xpei slve train of the system was wrecked at Fair Forest, live miles from Spartanburg, at 1.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The loco motive and tender, two mall cars, the baggage and chair combination car and thc dinning coach were derailed, and three sleepers and the Gorton minstrel coach were left on tho tracks. Six persons were injured, none seri ously._ M??ny Baptized. Ninety new numbers were baptized at the Springfield Baptist ohutoh. In Greenville on Sunday. Tho num ber that joined at tho revival jual dosed was 135. The remaining 45 will be baptized later. Hon. Hoke Smith Writes on the Cotton Problem. FARMERS WILL WIN. He Endorses thc Action of the New 1 i Orleans Convention and shows What Qo-operatisn Cnn Do. Believes That Lint Cotton li Worth Ten Cents. lion II jke Smith, Atlanta, Gs. Dear Sir: In purs nance to a r?solu- | lion Dassed by the subcommittee of i the Southern Cotton association, now 1 in session in this city. I am instructed ' to request nf-^u an article for publl- I cation Iii the press throughout the I south giving your opinions as to the 1 probabliity of the success of the work i undertaken by the Southern Cutten association in the Interest of not only 1 the cotton planter, but all others in ' terested In the south's great money < crop-cotton. '< Thc committee Insists on your com- < plying with their request for the rea- : sou that they feel that your good opinion would add much weight to I the. nu ?vernen t and assist tl. em mate rially in carrying out the work under taken. 1 With assurances of my highest es- . teem. 1 Very truly yours, Richard Cheetham, Secretary. Mr. lt'chard Cheatham, Secretary of the Southern Cotton Association. Dear Slr: It gives me pleasure to cjmply with the requ?st contained in your letter c?f F bruary 9. I cordially approve the work map pi d out for the Southern Cotton as>o claiim. The association will give an , opportunity feir bankers, merchants, . manufacturers and pro'esdGiial men of the cotton growing Stales to or g?nlz3 with cotton plant?is luto a permanent cooperating forte having as its main object to make the lint cotton grown in the south bring a l stabie prie1, of 10 cents a pound. KESl'LT IS KEASIULE. Such a result is feasible.. It can certainly bo accomplished, If all who will be bene ti ted by lt will help to ac complish lt. Lint cotton raised in the southern States is worth 10 _cents a pound, The manufacturer can alford to pay the planter 10 cents. This is true because the price of 10 cents a pound will not prevent fabrics made of southern lint cotton from controlling the market against all competition. Silk, fUx, wool and c itton raised in foreign c mntrles are the competitors of southe rn lint cotton. Goods cannot be manufactured from these four raw materials to succes>fully compete with goods made from southern lint cott-n when the lint cotton ce sts the manufacturer no more than 10 cents a pound. The manufacturer of cot ton c tr mt only afford to pay the planter 10 cents a pound for Hat cot ton, but a stable price of lo cents would help the manufacturer by making more stable, the price of goods manufactured from Hut cotton. If t. :c s ut!u rn '-'tites produced an nually only the quantity of conon re quited by the mills, s iles at 10 cents a pound would readily follow. lt has teen thc greal fluctuati in in the slz-* of tbe mops and unbusinesslike man r.er in which much of the cotton ls markt ted by tho planters and the general want of trustworthy sources of information on tbs part of planters that l ave made po-sible great waste and loss to the south through the lluctuatlons in the price of cotton. L;st year the crop raised exceeded by nearly 2 000.U00 of bales the amount needed for this year's con sumption. Buyers concluded the price could be forced down below ? cunts a p Hind, and we were presented with tho spectacle of au etTort to price a crop of 13,000.000 bales at over i 100,000 1)00 less than thc price at which a crop of 11,000,000 bales sold. Because the planters have raised 2, 000,000 more bales than will be con sumed (luring the present year buyers proceed upon the theory that they should be paid $100 000,000 less than they would have been paid had their er p be ;n 2,000,000 of bales smaller. This has been very much the mode of procedure with reference to the sale of pasi crops. Surely there must b? a way lo protect the planters and the c>tton growing Slates fr.un suc'i losses. If the Southern Cotton assn elation receives the support which I believe lt will receive protection can be had against such results. As an in mediate remedy the meet lng at New Orleans proposed: First. A reduction of acreage In cotton this year as compared to last year or 2f> per cent., with a correa ponding reduo ion in ?lie use of com mercial fert iii/, TS. AN IMMEDIATE REMEDY. Second. Tue sale, now oi no cotton for le-;s than 10 cents per pound de livered at the ports. Third A combined etTort to with draw fron the market and carry over to next year 2,000,000 bales. Tho mere earnest declaration of these three purposes by the N> w Or leans convent tm stopped tho decline In thc price Of cotton and carried lt up over 95 per bale. You ask my opinion of the proba ble succ ss of the work vou havo un product ion this year so that next year the mills ab.:orb the surplus carried over from last year, they will show to the world that it is their Intention not to pile surplus upon surplus, and the holders of surplus crops will onl> be called on to wait 12 months for sales Such intelligent conduct by the planters will inspire all people with confidence and belp vastly the cfiorts to give cotton a stablo price of 10 cents per pound. It will make it easy to withdraw tho present surplus of 2,000,Oto ba:es from the market and to orrry lt om to next year. It will make it poaalb'e for the farmers to sell at practically 10 cents a pound the balance of the cotton which they bold. STRONGER FINANCIALLY. I believe the cotton planters are In a Ktronger ?oaccial condition than ever bet?re, and I have confidence in tbelr purpose to curtail tho crop. From what lean learn, they do cob intend to sell except at approximately 10 cents. Of course, some may bo forced to do sd, but X believe they aro tew\ The merchants and bankers should aid them and discourage sales at the present prices, while at tbe mun a time lucy should urgo a reduction of the | aew crop. Your plan to reduce tho acreage is | mest Intelligent, and you are im mensely aided by the fact that the surplus ottun ls still in the hands of the planters. Tho.-.o who are selling cotton futures rely upon the planters to give up tneir cotton, at preseut prices and are also relying upon an other year of overproduction. They ire basing their opinions upon what] has happened in years past, when con 3ltlons-vastly differed from those of I the present time. Then che surplus | cotton had pass d from the planters ?ow they hold the s jrp'.us and are | ible. to,keep lt. If the crop is reduc 3d this year so that a ?rice of 10 cents | Is restored, your organization will de velop itrength for future years to I tielp carry a Burplus crop. You will be able to help perfect) system of low Insurance and cheap interest, and lui many Jother ways contribute toward establishing business methods for | marketing cotton. Cooperation is necessary if astabloj price 18 to be given to our great crop. The accomplishment of such a result will bench t all ot our c.tizens and from all (who dwell In the cotton growing States) your association should receive encouragement aurl support. Very ?'-"-.erely, II Jmlth. NO DEFALCATION CHARGED I;': Against J. T. Gantt, clio Secretary or] State by Committee Tho joint senate finance and house I ways and means corrmiltee made its report) Tuesday night on the Gantt] matter as follows: 'Whereas, tho report of the com mltteo appointed to examine the booki? of the state officers, together with the letter of the secretary of itato ia reply thereto, has been re ferrejl tb us, and, whereas, we have given a hearing to the committee who] ruado t.he report, and also fco the lion. J. T.j .Gantt, secretary of state, and also^oVMi. D. El. Means, clerk of the | slukjug fund commission, we beg to | repp-'. '* report of the commit tee ?nd we commend the I tiv.n tmgn ana competent manner in which their work has been done, and we cill attention to the fact that the report of the committee does not charge any defalcation on the part of the seoretary of state. "R I. MANNING, "Chairman Finance Committee. "ALTAMBNT M03ES," "Chairman Ways and Means Com. In connection with the committee endorsement of the special commit tee's rinding, Mr. Gantt's boast in his | reply to the legislature is reaalled, namely, that ho would resign If the report was correct. Some members of the committee | were severe in their denunciation of candi t ins in Mr. Gar.tt's dllje, and wanted a resolution adapted excoriat ing the secretary of stat?, but wiser ct uusel prevailed nn-i aitor two days thc rep >rr. as given above .as igreed to, the indignant ones : elrig won over. Stopped Wild Engine. A runaway locomotive on the D ila ware and Hudson Riilroac? wos stop ped recently by anothc r locomotive be ing sacrificed in a col isi?n which de stroyed both. The runaway was a pusher at the end of 3 heavy train go ing up the steep Yaiesvllle grade, j The engineers and firemen jumped off 1 at a station, acd the pusher broke loose and started down i?rade. A warn ing was f-ent to Wtlk jsbore, Pa., to ward which the locorr olive was thun dering at the rate ol' a mlle a min ute The yardmen had ouly a few mo ments to decide whether to let the runaway speed past the passenger sta tion there, perhaps sicrl?einj; many Uves or start another locomotive to ward lt. The latter plan was adopted. A locomotive was switched to the main track und starter! up the road. As the runaway carno Into sight th^ crew of the second locomotive jumped, and the next minute the collision oc curred. Booze Soil tl. The State says Constables ITarling, Garner and Kellett raided Sellers' place on Gervais street Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock and 8-'iz d 282 half pint bottles or "Kin-'s Cnolce" corn whiskey, B?X (tuart bottles of corn whiskey and 17 bott les of M icon be er. Tho constables went up between Un coiling and the roof and found all of tbe booze hidden theie. No objection was made by Sellers to tho raid ur seizure. Tala ls tho argest haul that has been made in scinto time, as Ute weather has been tou cold for outdoor work. Alter the : .1 ..nilen', oil. President Roosevelt has ordered a most rigid Investigation of the meth ods of the Standard (Jil trust by the department of commerce arid labor, ile took this action Thursday after a 001 ferenoewitb Representative Camp bell, cf Kansas, who Introduced an in vestigation resolution wbiob was pass ed Wednesday. The Investigation will Include far reaching possibilities, the Hhowing up of discriminations, blacklists, boycotts, etc., and may re sult In criminal prosecutions 8galtst some big meo otiinccted with the Standard. Treated Them Madly. The Russian consul at Pekin com plains that the Japanese are cum pell ing Russians to leave Port Arthur without their prc porty and that many Russian sick and wounded who have been detained at Port Arthur have died because ot the unsansltary con dition uf the tuwu. Th?czar has made a probwt through Franc*. SENTENCED TO DIE. Marion Fai r, a White Man, Most Fay the Penalty For Murdering Another White Man on tho Gallows at Columbia on April 14 Next The State say's that( there was en acted in the Richland Court Thursday a Bcene dramatic In the extreme and only too infrequently seen in the Slai.e of South Oarollua. Marlon Parr, a convicted murderer, waa placed tefore the bar and sentenced to be banged on the 14th day of April next. The court room was well filled with spect ators. Before the bar itood the criminal, the first of hii race to be in such a position since Robert Hodge stood up to receive his sentence in i860. There was a deathly silence over the asscm bled crowd, and during this time scarcely a word was spoken sive by the principal actors in Ll is tragedy in tbe life of a white man who had been cmvlcted of a foul murder. When asked the customary question by the judge, as to whether he had anything to say why thu sentence of death should not be parsed upon "aim, the prisoner in a calm and cool man ner expressed the opinion that he had proved an alibi and consequently was innocent of the crime. He claimed that becaucj be was poor an 1 friendless be was being persecuted by Burne on<;, (or what causa be did not know, lils re marks were short and he displaced lit tle, In fact not any, nervousness while making his speech. Parr cloded with a plea for the mercy of the court, seemingly not knowing that the oulj punishment which could be indicted under thc verdict was that of death At tbe conclusion of the prisoner's remarks and amid complete silence, the judge started upon the speech which was to conclude with the words which would, in all probability, settle the fate of the prisoner at the bar. Judge McDonald said that he would not review the evidence adduced dur iug the trial and also stated that he regietted that he could not grant a new ti i il. This he said he could not do and perform his duty, and perform his duty he would, unpleasant though 1J might bo. The contentions of the de fendant's counsel he had carefully weighed and nothing would have pleased him better than to have grant ed the new trial, but he had not been conscientiously able to do so. He said that before him was one of the unpleasantest duties which mau ls called upon to perform for his coun try. Counsel had been appointed for the defendant and well had they rep resented bim. He hoped that they would bo able to carry the caso to the supreme court, so as to decide upon all points of the law. Upon the evl dence, that court had no power to act. The correctness or the falsity of that had been passed upon by a fair and impartial jury. Judge McDonald went on to say j that thc prisoner had claimed that he j was innocent, but in the human trib unals such matters c uld only be Ridg ed on the evidence presented, both for and against the prisoner. Tnere might bi an error, but so far as hu man justice could decide the prisoner was guilty of a most foul and unjusti fied murder. Under the verdict de livered by the jury there could be only one sentence passed. There was only one power that c mid Bit.ve the guilr,y man. uulcss possibly ihe supreme court granted anewtiial, and that was the governor. The judge said th;it bo waa sorry for the ma .1 and hoped that every eff)rtwoud he made to sn-e him fron death. During the time wnich will uo given to thc pris oner the judge suivi t'ont he would commend him to God and hoped th"lt the condemned man would spend Life time In praying to the Almighty G jd f.ir forgiveness. He would lind in the Christian religion that comfort ann consolation of which he was In sore need. Tho guilty man had been tried before God and bis country, so bis ouly hope was to pray God giant him His forgiveness. Judge McDonald then sentenced the unfortunate man to be hung on Friday, the 14ch day of April next. There was a sigh of relief as scon as the fatal words had been pronounced ami the crowd quickly left the court room. Parr did not*exhihit ai y emo tion and seemed as little concerned in the proceedings as heretofore. Ile was relumed to the Jail until tho day of his execution, wh'ch ls Friday morning, only 26* days distant. Ano on that morning, unless there is in terventlon, Marlon Parr will stand trial before his G d as here be has stood trial before his country. Kiln (1 I,y Train. The Columbia R cord says passen gers on the early morning train Tues day from Charlotte brought news of the accidental killing of Mr. W. G. Horn at Blythewood, lt seems that there was a freight on tho sluing at that station and that Mr Horn at tempted to cross b?th tracks as the passenger train passed, not being abie to seo the approaching train on nc count of the steam from the freight e ngine. When struck he was hurled several feet and was evidently in stantly killed. Mr. Horn was well thought of in tiie community at that place. Burnt tu Death. A dispatch from Spartanburg to Tm- State says while ber mot hcj had gone out to a well for a buokot of water Thursday morning, Ethel, the three-year-old daughter of Rv W. Lewis, head of the card room of the Tucapau mill, played too near the Art aud the tl lines from the open grate set her dress on lire. She was fearfully burned and despite tho attention of several physicians died Thursday afternoon._ To Kuturu n.i.;i.. A dispatch from Washington savs tho house committee on military af fairs Thursday author]/, d a favorable report on a Joint resolution providing that Union and Confederate battle Hags In the custody of the war depart ment shall Le returned to the proper authorities In the States In which the regiments bora tho oelors wera organ ized. THE PRIVILEGE TAX Will Go to Clo in BO n College At It Hat Always PODO. The State Sonate',.Kills the Pollock Bill After lt Had Passel tho Lower House. j While the senate's session Tuesday I morn i UK waa nob of great length, n very important piece of business was transacted when the t ouse bill to give Winthrop sonar; of the very large priv llago tax on fertilizers was disposed of. Tbe bill was killed. Debate was resumed 0:1 the bill Just attar the sen ate returned from Joint assembly when the Judges for tbe ninth and tenth circuits were elected. Senator Manning thought the bill should be regarded cautiously, and for some time he did not know how to vote for it was the expression of a strong feeling that expenditures at Clemson were inordinate. Ile thought j lt best, however, to kill the bill be cause the estimates and reports from various sources varied by thousands and thousands of dollars. H 'sides, no one could tell what would be the amount of Income of the privilege tax. And, again, lie did not consider it good business and economy to establish a duplicate plant ror ferti'izer inspec tion. Ile felt sure that after the ag itation tbe trustees of Clemson would let the general assembly and the world know what was going on there. A friend of all colleges, Senator Blake said lie was for uo particular one. lie did nob, however, think that Winthrop needed tho bureau or the money. Senator Blake thought Clem son, Instead uf belrjg a failure, was a .'grand success" Ile commended the >onool for establishing itself on the poor red hills of Oe mee instead of the rich lands of other counties. He cited thc fact that Clemson graduates were well spread through the country. If Clemson was a failure then kill it. Senator Blake in stating the advan tages of Clemson enumerated the ag ricultural stations and farmers' in stitutes as examples Ile arg ie i that the Clemson beq lest and privilege tax aud Morrill fuuds were all used prop erly and that Clemson should have them all. FL T the committee, Senator Hardin gav3 a resume of ths expenditures which the legislative com ilttee had reported at Clemson. He said that he thought toac tue college could get along on about 820,000 or $25,000 less. If it was conceeded that Clemson had too much tnjney and the bill was the way to oheck expenditures, said Senatir McLeod, then lt was an ad ; mission that Clemson bad got beyond the control of the general assembly. lie did not think the bill the proper way to cut expenditures. As to Clem sou as a failure or a success, he was very much an enthusiast as to ita ca pability. Clemson had come at a nec essary time aud ucoomplished the ed ucation of the m in who wished to create rather thau go into one of the professions, hujh as law or medicine. S ?natur Mettled's speech was a good appeal from Jj js staudp_ybai- t Senator W. J^Dofi&son. author ora similar bill to the Pollock measure, said that his purpose in supporting the bill was to piace Clemsm on a business basis and remove the uncer tainty due to the supposed fluctuation of the privilege tax. The tax had gradually risen in amount and yet there waa an unpaid amount in Clem son's experses last year of 816,000. As tar as the farmers paying all of the tax, Senator Johnson held that th-3 merchants piy a la-go part of lt. At Clemson afc lji.t half ul the bays ware no: 3 ms of farmers, and there were only live agriculturists in the graduating class lade year, so lt ls .said. At Winthrop almost every girl 'a thc- daughter of a farmer. Senator Johnson stated that Clemson's total ncome of 82:10,000 was about 8100, 000 more than the income? of the oth ";}r State institutions, roughly estimat ed as follows: South Carolina college.. .8 30,000 Citadel. 25,000 Winthrop. 65,000 Cedar Springs and colored col lege. 20,000 8130,000 This 8230,000 went to about 000 students while the 8130,000'went to about 2,000 students. In 18518, Senator Eli rd said he bad passed a measure through tbe houso giving Clemson 830,000 nf the tax, but a N.irth Carolina law (the Patapsco case) had since held that if the tax was divided lt cased to be an inspec tion tax, and was thou a ??urce of revenue Although he thought Clem son got too much, be must oppose the oill because he believed the act would he uncoustl Lutional and tile tax would be cut oil. Tue latter p lint was made the basis of argument by Senator Hood, who read fruin a supreme court dlclslon on inspection tax on telegraph poles! This tax was lost because tho court held that it was placed merely for revenue and not for necessity. He thought that lt would be dangerous to divide the tax under the guise of thia bill which was merely a means to raise revenue fur Winthrop. After some motions and counter motions the direct vote was taken on Senator Cole L. Blease's motion to Indefinite ly postpone the bill. The vote was: Ajes-Senators Blake, Blease.C. L , li i :e, Brooks, Carpenter, Douglas, li irle, Etirri, Hay, Hood, Hudson, Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, McGow an, McLeod, Raysor Stackhouse, Walkur-19. Naya-Senators Black, Brown, But ler, D nnis, Hardin, Hough, Johnson, W. J., Mciver, Talbert-9. Tho following pairs were reported -Senators Williams (aye) with W. E. .fob m on (na>); Pourifoy (aye) with Christensen (nays); Blvens (aye) with Wells (nay): Hydrick (aye) with E. 8. Blease (na;). And so the bill was killed after passing thc house. Uood tor WotXorri. Tho election of G 20. E. Prince makes live of thc circuit Judges lo South Carolina graduates of W<.ff .iro college, and one of the supreme court Judges is also a graduate of that in stitution. Sells A Finger to Aa Actress Who Lost One. WILL BE GRAFTED ON. The Op?ration Is Performed by Ticing the Hands of the Two Women To gether fer Three Weeks While the Finger ls Exchanged One to the Other. The New York American says: Dr. A. IJ. Neiden, ot No. 13 Eist Twen ty-ninth street, said Wednesday that if his pkms do not go awry he will Thursday afternoon or Friday graft a new flncer on the hand of a woman patient who lost the middle one of her left iiand by an accident a few years ago and who has felt very badly about lt ( ver since. She has been so humiliate d, in fact, that she has kept her loss a Beeret from the members of her family and has worn an artificial finger, which, aside from being Incon venient, has causad her great uneaal-_ ness of mind for fear it might drop f off at an Inopportune moment. Tue woman declares that the absence of the ilngtsr so interfered with her career as an ardst that she was forced to aband* n che stage. For all these reasons she came to New Yuri a few days ago and thronen an advertisement in the newspaper* offered 85C0 for a new Anger. Sae re fused to give her mme and address, buc produced a large sum of money. A Brooklyn wjinin, who also shyly decllaes to reveal her identity for the i imo being, offered to part with one finger for 3500, and seemed to think she had made a good bargain at tint. Both women aro at Dr. Naldan'a home now, and declare that they are ready for Che ordeal. The woman who cxpeots to get a new finger was in - high spirits Tues day. She consented to have her hand photographed, showing Chat the fin ger was really missing, and then told why she was so anxious for another in its place. She is a striking blonde. "I lost this one," she said, holding up her hand, "about six years ago. lt was shot off, and I was pratty lucky that the bullet hit my hand instee.d . of my head. Th3 doctor thit attend-" ed me might have saved the finger, but he did a bad job, aad had to am putate it. At that t<me I was on the stage, and my husband waa living. II-J died soon af Ger, and I was forced to give up my profesilou. "You see, a maimed hand didn't I look very well from the front of the ihpase, and, although I had an arti ficial tr/jfox. mide, it was not a suo oe8s. And now"! atn-har_e to get a finger of dish and blood." - "The woman who is to sell ?ier&u ger admits that she wants the money. "My husband hid two fingers am putated at Bellevue a year ago," sha explained Tuesday, "aad he gees along very well wlohout them. Why shouldn't I do without one? Wa don't make a great deal, and so hava been aole to save only a small amount." Dr. Neiden spoke hopefully of thi forthoftmlDg operation. Eli had al ready placed two nota sid3 by side in au airy back roora of his offl.:e on the s cond tl. or, aud betweeu Chem has had constructed an iron rest upoa which the arms of his paciencs are to lie until the transferred finger is on th 2 hand of thu purchaser. "About three weeks in all," he de clared, "will probably be consumed, and at tbe end of that time I hope bo have aohieved a co nplete success. Tbe operation is a delicate one but not part.cularly dlftlault. The chief trouble will be In keeping the finger in place after it is transferred. To do this it must be firmly bandaged and both arms enclosed in one plaster case so :is to prevent ita hiing dis placed. Two nurses will be on watch day aud aigbt to prevent, if possible, any viole nt movement on the part of either woman. ' "For tbreo weeks at least the two women must He quiet and will have to be fed b/ attendants. They cannot even tum over, so you see the ordeal will be hi moro ways than one a try ing one. In spite of that, I hope to succeed. "When this woman who wanta a new fingir first came to me I hesi tated a long time before I consented to take ber case, but she was so anxi ous and v,be other woman wa3 8o will ing thal I finaally c.msented. All that remains now is to have the con tract sig led, whijh I believe will be done in the morning, and then we can go ahead." Wim tod Thom to Sures;!. A bill has been introduced in con gress proving a severe penalty for any one using the malls for spreading the boll weevil -pest. The bill fixes the penalty at $?,000 or live years In the penitentiary. The bill was brought forth by rather peculiar circumstanc es, lt seems that some wild Texan wrote to a New York cotton firm sug gesting tbat the best way to reduce the cotton supply is to distribute the boll weevil throughout the ?outh. Tnls firm sent the letter to the oom mittee on agriculture, and, hence, the introduction of the bill. Out i in? A rf ray at AnUurcon. "T* A dispatch from Anderson says Mr. G. F. Slipp, an overseer in the Br< gon cotton mills, was dangerously cut Friday by Mirlon Tice, an opera tive in his department. It seems that Mr. Sllpp had ocasi?n to re prove Tice for unsatisfactory work. Tice resented lt, drew his knife and cut thc overseer in several places. One of tho wounds ls considered seri ous, but lt will hardly remit fatally unless some other complication arises. Tice escaped after the difficulty and has not yet been captured.