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? ...iS ' .'. cv....'. .. B 5 .. '?? . ? I I ne Democrat "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN TJTY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." YOL. XX^ NO. II SOUTH CAROLINA To Be the Name of One of Our Finest Battleships. THE STATE HONORED n This Way by President Roosevelt, Who Has Announced His Intention of Naming One of the New Battleships After the Pal metto State. A special to the Nev*8 and Courier rom Washington says: President Roosevelt hus conferred a distinct honor upon Representative George , Legare and the Palmetto state by de ( cluing to name one of the two great battleships provided for in the new ! naval bill "South Carolina." Tue day following the passane of ; the biU through the house, after a , hard tight, In willoh forty-one Demo crats, under the leadi rship of R;pre sentatlve George Ltgare, voted for the bill, the president sent for Mr. , Legare and Informed him that he in tended to honor the Palmetto state . by namlni/ ' ne of the two battleships "South Caro na." } The pr. sid dot also took occasion to , assure Mr. Lt gare of his appr? ciation t of his magnificent t fforts in behalf of , the bill which had come to his knowl edge from so many different sources , Not only did he wish to eniphasizi his | personal regard for the Cuarle.iton , oougreisraai), for the high patriotic t stand he had taken and the iflective ( work he had accomplished, but he also wished especially that the name ^ of Souih Carolina snail appear at the . head of the btat of modern battleships l In the Uuited States navy. Attnactimethenav.il bill had to < pass through the rough seas of the . senate and lt was suggested during '( tho interview that nothing couid be ( said ?tout the matter until the naval bill became a law, and the secretary of tha.uavy could be consu'tud as to , the na ning of the prtposed battle- , ships. ?Not until Wednesday night . was the seal of confidence removed. ( The b ll passed Tuesday and the , Presiden, made an uppintment to Bee tne seoretary of tLe navy Wednes day morning when the matter was J finally dtcioed and announced. t The new battleship will be of frcm \ 16,000 to 18,000 tons d?placement, and will have a probable speed of 19 ? knots. The appioxlmate c mt of the t ^imT?-C?TaiinarwiJt harii^auo^oa^.-_\ Whi.e the plans are yet to be drawn fry the bi ard of construction, it is . proba-de that the new battleship In its malo features will follow the lines of the New Hampshire, au thor i z d . last year. The South Caiolina will { in every way be a larger and more poweriul ship tuan the North Caroll . na, authorized by the last cougress. Tbc S .uih Can lina ls to Le a Urst ? class battleship, the North Coroih.a an armcrtd c.ulser. The sister ship j will be named the Michigan. TELEGRAMS PASS. | In notify kg Gov. Heyward, Con- : gressmau Le.svre wired: I Lave jusi. received a letter from President Roi se ; velt notifying me that one of the I two great catiie-aiips authorized bj this cougress will be named "Suulh i Can Ima." ? Gov. Hayward soon after his return i fn.m New York received a tt 1 gram i from Congi es.man G?O. S. Legare an- < nouuclng tile ycod news iii regard tu < the battleship ' South Can lina." I Af u r acknowledging the receipt of i the message, Gov. Hey ward sent the following message: Mr. Theodore lieos*'velt, Pre^Jmt of the United States, Washington, D. c. Ccngiessman L gare informs me officially that you have notified him that one of the two great battleships authorized by the congress will bear the name of South Carolina. In be half of the people of my State, I beg to acknowlege with highest- appr?cia tion the honor which )ou thus c; ni r. 1 can wish for "The South Carolina" no m ?re tilth g and distinguished a career than is included In t.he hope and the belief that she will provi worthy of the hon. red name which you have bestowed upon her, which name we acknowledge willi pr de an" wlin pb a* ure. (.Signen) D. C. II EY WARD, Governor cf South Laroona. President Roosevelt replied as fid lows: "I thank you for your telegram. It was a great pleasure to be able ti name one of the battleships 'South Caiolina.' "TnEODOKE ROOSEVELT." Later In the clay i ?ie governor re ceived notice from Washington that the other battle.-bip to be built would be named "Th" Michigan." He then sent the following telegram to C.v. Warner of that Slate: "Accept my congratulations on 'The Michigan.' Permit me to sa\ that 'The Michigan' and 'The ?South Carolina' are in line company for a glor.i u t oareer " Gov. Hayward received the follow ing tel'gi ara from Gov. Fred M. War ner of L Hising, Mich. : "Thanks for congratulations. The South Carolina and Michigan will honor thc navy and our country." The State truly says the "pr opie of South Carolina are. Very muco dat- (1 to know that ot o o' the gi eat battle? ships now being built will be given th? proud State which for years led in the councils of the nation and may yet be one of the influential States of thc union-as she ls rapidly becoming even now. The action of President Roosevelt has been commented upon In a man ner to dee-light the presldeut of lin great repub ic. Ills no spirit of com mercialism, but Of pride which aclu ates the people of the city of Columbia to feel grateful to the president, wi o by this action gives ev:dmee that tnt War Between the Sections is alan nd indeed, and South Cand?na ls a State to whom the union ls ive the recognition of full C AIN'T BE CLOSED. So Fays the State Supremo Court About Illoree rppensary. Tho Decision Says tho State Board of Directors Hare No Power to Oloso Up a Dispensary. Thc State supreme court Wednes day handed down a decision in the case of the removal of the dispensary from E'.loree. The court sustains the position taken by Chairman II. H. Evans, who. acting upon the advice of the attorney general, voted against the proposition to do away with the dispensary at that place on the ground that the State board tias not the au thority to take such action. In the decision of the court, writ ten by the ohief justice, Hou. Y. J. Pope, a brief history of the case is ni ven. In October last the people of Klirrte signed a petition for the re moval of the dispensary. No charges af misconduct were brought against J. M. Weeks, the dispenser. The people wanted to be rid of the dis p nsary and did not hesitate to say so, all but half a dtzen of tho men of t/hat community having signed the petition asking for the removal of the liquor shop. Toe petition was acted uoon by the hoard on the 14th of D. comber ard Messrs. Towlll and Boy kin are re lorded as having voted to graut the petition. Mr. Evans is recorded as raving voted against the action of the uajority, for he thought the State J ?ard had no jurisdiction. Dispenser Weeks then appealed to the supreme ;ourt for a writ of prohibition to .stop the decree of the S ate board. In his complaint to the supreme court. Weeks aa>s "that no vote bad been ,akeu by the qualin, cl electors of tin :ouiity or Orang? burg to close dis jeusarlrs in said county as provided )y law." He also alleges that n marges had baen made against bi* nanagement, that he cauld not be re noved except for cause, and that the state board has no authority to cloie i dispensary exeept upon the order of .he majority of the peopie of a e< un jy After summing up these facts, he chief justice, says: "A scrui iny of the powers conferred ay law up n the boird of directors of ;he State dl-pensary falls to show mat any power to close a dispensar) mee established has been c mferreo ay law to said board of director-; but, >n the contrary, the law c miers such jower upon a different tribunal." H hen quotes the law as amend, d b> seoator Brice's bill in 1904, and con iinued: "Apart from ali of this, such power n a boatd of directors of State dispen ?ary mlgbt>s?,t at naught the will of ibo people,-aa tx^risa?d b> their-repr ?esentatives, legally chosen. As we jave heretofore remarked, there is no aower given to the State board of di rectors to close a court y oi^p nsary The demurrer ls overruled, and as aa> urther consideration is uot desiri d on ?he merits we will grant the peti tion. "It ls therefore ordered that the ict of the Stale board of control ls mil and void and the writ of prohl aitlon ls hereby ord red to issue, re itrainlng the respondent from enfaro ng their resolution adopted on the 14 .La of December, 1904." Messrs Moss & Lido of Orangeburg and Mr. William El Hutt, Jr., of Co umbla, represeuted Dispenser Weeks, Mr. W. C. Wolfe of Orangtbtirg rep resented thu pe iplc of Ellon e. The. iClion of the supremo cotot means that no c immunity can rid itself ol the dispensary although that same ?ommuulty might not nave wantid a Ilspensary thrust upon lt. It requires me vote cf an entire county to give relief. I'ickeil Up Kt bea. A dispatch from New York says 3apt. J. A. Minot, of the steam dredge re xas, which foundered at sea willi a OsS of twenty-two lives, wat brought Miere Tuesday on the steam r Roi;or dain from Rotterdam. Ot <er survi vors of the Texas were landed at Wat Bif.ud several weeks ano, having been rescued by the oiigantlne Mercedes, after a terrible experience. The Tex as, which was bound from Dintzlo to Galveston, foundered at midnight of Unrlstmas eve. Two of lier boals were launched, but one of them, con taining twenty-two men, sank the oe cupants dro-vuing. In the secant! ouat tim survivors drifted for fourteen days, the last six of whlc i were ab o luu ly without faod or water. Oue died from exposure, another became insane and tho remaining twelve ./ere on the verge or hysteria when help cama. They had d?uuk sea wa (er, and their bodies wore covered *ith boils. One of the survivor when rescued said tint they had just drawn lots to dtcidc which one should ne k.i.o i to furnlSii food for his fel lows, timi t?n?uKh <>t iii>m. Frank D. Ellis, formerly the conti .lentlil representative of the national ? immitteeuuao and Bub treasurer, T.lornas K. Akine, baa l est i ti? cl be fore the S nate investigation commit iee that Akins had told hun itial President R o evelt had as cried to Akins that under no chiuan-tmeei must R. C. Karena be elected to the Un I led Steles Senate from Missouri. "He said also in thatconver allon," said Elus, "lead to mind trat toe Pres ld nt did not want any more, like Elkins, Reims, of Utah, or Clark, of M ?n;ana, In the Senate; that he was having more trouble with Hu m now than with the rest of the S tia e and IP did not want any large railroad corporation in cested in a Unite ! Slates Senator, thal ts what he said; that was \ unllshed." tie Triuii Many. Thirty-five thousand prisoners have faced Judge Rufus B. C ?wing, senior judge of inc g neral sessions court in New York cl.y, since he to ?k his seal on the bench In 1877. The ju !ge, notwithstanding bis vast, experience in that tribunal, still has an opti mist's faith in human nature and holds that crime is not on the in crease. He approves of indeterinh ate. sentence and minks that any one who appears In court after having been punished twice should bo imprisoned for lifo. BACK HOME Gov. Heyward Returns After a Trip to New York. WAS MUCH PLEASED With Northern Capitalists' Faith In the South. The Governor Was the Recipient of Much Attention, Qnd Made a Fine Impression. Col. D. 0. Heyward returned Wed aesday Crom New York city, where he lad gone upon Invitation to speak be .ore the North Carolina society. This was at the annual dinner of t?r^ peo ple of the Old North State who now nake tbeir homes in the American netropolls. In speaking of Gov. Iley ?vaid's visit to New York The State >ays: While Gov. Hayward was thorough y tired out, he bad enjoyed every mo ucnt of his trip. Mr. E. W. Robert ion, who accompanied him on the /isit to the metropolis, said that no j; io cooli have been trie recipient of nore Bi clal attention during the time hat Gov. Heyward spent in New fork. The great banquet of the North Dardina society was held on Frilay .vening of last week at tbe St It -gis. bat greatest of bot?is, wbere ti e CT vice is gold plate and the walter? md bell-boys and footmen wear the decturesque knickeihocker costnme >f the French court. Tbe St. R^gls, n its magnificence, has tak-n away be breath of even the New Yorkers, vbo ar a we 1 used to what souU erners erm tire "'luxuries" of life, yet what 0 the G ttl amltes are fast becoming lecessitles. "1 tried to appear as if I was usnd io h." laughingly Haid tbe governor. Unfortunately, Gov. Glenn could not e present at tbe bar.quer, at which !5U guests sat at tbe tables. Pres ure of work, incidental to thesis don of the North Carolina legisla ture, pr- vented tue chief executive is South Carolina's sister State from peing in the city, nis place, however, 3ov. Hey ward says was .ably rilli d by 1 oseph F. Johnson, an ex-governor ot Mabama, who is a North Carolinian iy birth and ..who-wna...woU - fitted to. participate lu the meeting between ,be governors of the two States. At the banquet were many North Jan.hu?aos wiio have bicorne sub itantial citizms of New York, and me society had also iLvited m courte >y to the governor, about 25 South Carolinians who are well known in the j-eat city. Among these latter was Vir. W. A. Barber, former attorney ?eneral of the State, who is now one if the most prominent lawyers in New York. Gav. Hey ward heard him ?igbly spoken of by men who knew lim well. Through the kindness of Mr. E. W. lt iberteon, Gov. Il ey ward met a lumber of gentlemen who are Influen tial In the financial world, and at heir bauds be received many pleasant octal attentions. Tue governor was particularly gratified with the Inter >st in the bright outlook of the south nanlfcsted by these financial and jusiness m n. "They were remarkably well dis posed toward S luth Carolina," be said ast evening, "and seemed impressed with Its wonderful manufacturing de velopment and Its future. ''Tue cotton warehouse system was something "with which they were quite ^miliar and they seemed to think ibat, backed as it ls by the bankers ot Ulis section, that the farmers would Dave i,o ?illlculty in obtaining the necessary capital once tbesc?eme was lalrly well established. This capital might be obtained both In New York ind in South Carolina. The efforts of the cotton planters to fix a price was looked on most favorably by those gentil m?n." Gov. Hey ward, as ls known, made the theme of Lis speech before the North Carolina society the work of the immigration bureau In this State, and he said that bu was surnrisi fl at tue knowledge which the New York capitalists displayed of the success and work of the bur? au. Thc fact tnat South Carollt.a bad taken the lead had stamped itself deeply, and so great was the Interest in this that tue New Y.irk Herald asked an inter view witli the governor on the 6U0 I.Ct. ' I told them the men we wanted were the highest class. {? lal i ty, ll p s.slble, counted much m u o than quantity In our desires. Homo s ok rs were the colonists we wiso, d, and skilled artisans. The non hern r . agreed with me lu this, bavi g seen tue hiflux ot Immigrants to Castle Garden, and knowing that, many rf them were undesirable. 1 was told that there were between 75,uO0 ann 100 OuO men cut of employment in Ne.v Y^rk City, many of them finish ed workt rs lu their eafts. Howl wished tl at they could know thu ad vantag' s that we have to I.?ET them tiere in our State. I felt that 1 han a mission In making my speech on this point, evm though aw I latir fi.und, the work of the bureau was al ready known to an ext ni." Faith In Charitstin as a coming port was expressed to Gov, He.? waru by som-i of Ni)? York's prominent men. The digging of the Panama canal, they ?aid, was hound tu result In the greatest benefit to the elly, -urprlsing familiarity was dlsplayel In n gard to Charleston's harbor anJ its advantages as a shipping and re ceiving port. "Wherever I turned In New York it stemed to me I met a South Caro | lillian," said the governor. "1 had not teen there an hour before 1 met Mr. T. C. Duncan, president of the Union mills, and Mr. W. H. Sartor, also of Union and who ls president of the Aetna mill. A few of tho State's representatives whom I met and who called on me, were Mr. M. 0. Heath, Maj. W. A. Metts, Mr. Yates Snow den, now connect fd with the E igjlbh department in Columbia university; Mr. E. M. Wilson, Mr. I. H. Hunt of Newberry and Mr. T. W. Lauderdale, who was formerly of Winnsboro but who now lives In Brooklyn. "I was entertained at the home of Mr. John R. Abney, who was solicitor of this circuit under tho Hampton regime. His Interest In South Caro lina ls never falling and I was glad to be able to tell bim about his friends in the State. He has been away 25 years, out, as I said, preserves his love foi his commonwealth." Gov. Hevward also met Mr. John Means Thompson, son of Gov. Hugo S. Thompson; Mr. John C. Calhoun, nu able UoancbT, and M. C. K. Oliver of Gie Mount Vernon-Woodberry duck mill syndicate. Mr. Oliver's love for South Carolina, bis adopted borne for sp iral years, 's very ardent, and he /n'as there ls no place like Columbia. "I'd rather live there than any place In the world," he said to Gov. Hey ward. "Mr. Oliver's faith in Co 'umbla as a great manufacturing cen tre, is .splendid," said the governor. He JIM a braoob ornoo in New York, atwell as one in Baltimore. When the governor and Mr. R ibertson passed through the latter city on their return they were entertained at lunch at the Maryland club by Mr O iver. The gov ernor was In Washington only a few hours and saw none of the prominent men of the Stato Ho left over tho S< uthern railway for hoare Tuesday evening, arrived there about noon Wednesday. "Certainly no one could have made a Oner Impn sslnn thau Gov. Hey ward did," said Mr. E. W. R iberts ?n last t evening "Fio n the time that we s arrtvei at the Waldorf until the day t we. left we were ou the go. There c were so many soo1 al attentions thai I we could not till them, and the cullers a overan the governor. I was delignted t to ba able tu introduce him io the iriends whum 1 have in New York 11 elly, and I know that they were eq ral ly piewRed. Oi every side I hoard the lc most flattering compliments p lld him. | r. ll speech for the immigration bureau was mi-sion work, and in a rip . field, for l um sure lhat northern capital ls sutil '.loutly oertain of tho absolute bnnlit prosieet of the south, and S nub Carolina, to invest its money here " On Saturday, the day following the banquet, Mr Robertson i endured Gov. Hcyward a luncheon at the Uni verslty elua, at whlcn the guests were: W. H. Port? r, president of the Chemical National bank; J. E.! ward Simmons, president of the Fourth Na ional bank; J. E Cannon, vice-president of the Fjurth National bank; R chard Delatield, president of the Natl? uul Park bank; V. P 4" dor, ?ic?i.:d.'nt (if !,ha M::',io'!al . of Comae ce; A. H. w(g'gin, vice president of the Chase National bank; W. L. Moyer, president of the Na tional Shoo and Leather bank; H. G Smith, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce; James Woodward, president Hanover National bank; Henry Pardons, the wei1 known capi talist; C. K O.lver, U.C. Fleltman of Fleltman & Son and Gov. Hey ward. Pire lu Aiken. The Chatfield building on Park evenue, In which were located the Aiken post?nico, the Gift shop, owned by E S. Campbell, the Eagle News and Cigar store, owned by H. S. Jor dan, thc resid? nee of Mrs. S. E. Coat lield and the store of the Aiken Eicc trical Constitution ompany, owned i>y W. Rothrock, were burned there Saturday night. The tire was discov ered at 7 o'clock and burned for more than two hours. The l ul hiing was old and tho smoak and heat were so intense that practically nothing was saved except a portion of the electri cal c impany's stock. The losses will aggregate $10,??O, insurance about 35,000, divided as follows: Mrs S. E. Ctiattield, building 32 500, furniture 31.000; post? dice tixiures 8800, Insur ance 8100; tho Gift Shoe stock $3,000, insurance 8700; Eagle News and Cigar stock 80OO, insurance 8350; Electrical company's osses not known. All of the. postotllce records aud valuables are safe. Many ttkelotonu. In removing a hill In the eastern part of Chattan-oga to supply dirt I1 for the approaches of a viaduct, I * workmen have unearthed twenty skel elens supposed to be thc remains of federal soldiers. Ut ass buttons boar h g the Insignia of the Guion forces were lound near thc skeletons, lt ls tho general opinion that tue remains are ihose of soldiers killed in tho des pi.raic assaults on Missionary rldue, and who wer?"ihastily curled tn trei ct es, being forgotten dunug the stb.e quent severe ba't es ano campaigns of dat vicinity. The Indications are that more, skeletons will be removed before the work ls eon plete. Took I ti,ute u ou ti.H.i At Charleston William Porcher, al enured cook, attempted io commit] suicide Wedm s iay hy taking a qu m thy of *'Roi;g:i on Rtth." ALer swallowing the p> Ison, the negro got fr ghtened and raised an alarm. He was sent to thc city hospital and 10s t r -11 vt 3 wi ro app lid. He will prob ably get, bi t er. Tho negro got the idea into bis head that il lie kept in motion, tho poid m would not take effect and he ran aooub the circets at a lively rate, having bo be qa plu red before being Sent up for tieitmont. Conductor Killed. At Columbia while coupling two (lat cir In ttie islanding stteet yardB of the S lUtheru railway Wednesday Freight Co: ducti r K. G. Stroiiihets* head was ciushed by a beam project li fr mi uno of t ie cars, loaded wiih lumber, anti lie was Instantly killed. Mr. Sbrouthers was from Johns on, S. C. II J leay? s a widow and several j small children_ Made Oootl Haul. Two robbers blow the postotllce safe I at Eist Point, a suburb of Atlanta Widuesday secured 31,500 worth of [stamps and $20 in money and made I ged their chOape. In their haste to get away tho rubbers scattered stamps along the road as far as Fort MoPher I son. So far there is no clue as to the identity of the robbers, THE NEW ROAD LAW Pas a ed by the legislature at Its Se cent Session. The New Aot Goes Into Effect Next Tear and A nv c ts Every County In the State. The new aot to provide for road working in the State will not become affective for another year, but the peo ple of tbe State will be interested to inow waat their representatives in the legislature have done wltb this proposition. Following is the general jill which was introduced by Mr. B. V. Morgan: "Stction 1. That the law in refer ence to the age and time in which road iuty shall be performed and commue ktion .tax provided and fixed in lieu ibereof shall be and remain as now )rovlded by law in this State, except n the countries hereinafter named, md the law in all other resoects in all '.uuntrles shall be aud remain as now >rovlded by law. "Seo. 2. All malo persons able to >erform the labor herein required, tom the age of 18 to 50 jours, both Delusive, lu this State, except In Jreenville, Anderdon, Pickens, Union, darlou, Horry, Spartanburg and Cher okee, where the ages shall oe from 21 o 50 years, lu tu inclusive, and except ? Saluda county, where the age shall >e from 18 years to 55, both ii.elusive, .nd also except minsters of the gospel n actual charg.'of a c ingregation, cachera employed tn a public school, chool trustees, and p rsons perma lently disabled ia the military survie? if th 8 State, and persons who served u the late War Between the S.ates .nd alt portons actually employed in he quat amine service of the State, .nd all students who may be attend ng any sououl i r college at the time vhen tue commutation tax m iv be orne law, shall be required auually to lerform labor on thc nigh-vays un 1er ho direction of the o\or.-,ecr of the oad district in which he shall reside, n the various oountrles, as follow.--: abbeville, four days; Andeison, turee ays; Bamberg, six day.-: Barnwell, ix day : Beaufort, eight days; B?rk leyi eigut a ay-; Guarlestjn, eigut lays; Cherokee, turee days; Chester, onr days; Chesterlleld, four days; harendon, six dayt; Dtrliugton, foui lava; Durohe-tter, six dxyts; Fairfield, our days; F.orenco, four days; George own, eight days; Greenville, turee lay? Greenwood, four daya; Hamp on, six days; H.irry, als day*; Ker haw, hix days; Laurens, four days; '?ee,- six days; Lexie.g ion, six days, it - ?H. -necessar- ? XT ?*?''?" jdx . ............. a; uo mee, two la.,.-, jraokene, live da>a; B.chland, ilghll dayt; Spartanburg, three dayt-; ?alucia, eight days; Union, two days; ?umfcer, eight days; Wiliiamaburg, iight days, and York, Uve days; pro dded, persons liable to labor under ?bia scotlon ahab have the right to urnlsh a competent substitute to abor in his st.'ad; and provided fur mer, ten hours a day shall be a day's vork. Seo. 3. In lieu of performing or musing to be performed the labor of il) hours per day, as herein named for ihe several counties, a commutation ax may be paid by the persons SD Ha de, on or by the li rat day of March n each year, winch lu the iollowlng ?ountits shall bo: Abbeville, one dol ar; Anderson, one dollar; Bamberg, iwo dollar; Barnwell, two dallas; ieaufort, two doline; Berkeley, two lollara; Cuarleslon, two dullats; Cher >kee, one dollar; Cn s'.er, two datlars; Jbestertield, ono dollar; Claieodon. me dollar; Darlington, one dollar; Jorcbe^ter, two rio.lars; Fairfield, ?wo dollars, which snail be expended iy the board of county cammlsslonets ipon the public roads lu the town hips from walch it was collected, Tlorenca, one dollar. Georgetown, two loilar?; Greenville, one dollar; Green vood, one dollar; Hampton, one dol or; Hurry, turee duliars; Kershaw, ,wo dollars; Lturens, ont? d ?Uar; Lee, ?ne dollar. Lexington, three dollar.-; Marion, two dollars; Newberry, three lollara; Ocouee, one oollur; Pickens, ?nedo.lar and a half; Richland, one dol ar; Spirtanbuig, one dollar; saluda, two dollars; Sumter, one lollar; Union, ono d ?liar; Williams )urg, one dollar,ana York, two do,lara; jruvided, in Barnwell a d Lexington lommutation tax collected bhail be xpeudi d by tue board of county com ntsslonera up:?n toe public roads in ,he towohhlp wnere the cimmutitiou s collected; and provl.ien further, t hat n Orangeuirg cou- tv, from and at lei )ctobor the lat, 1U05, all those per uns who are liable to road duty iu ,aid county, as fixed by sect lau l of ibis act, In lieu of p :rf ir mb g >>r caus lug to ne perform o .ill labor upon tue r /ads, shall DO require I LO pay io Ihn jjunty tte ?stirer ul O.an^eourg coun ty on or Dei Ot e thc lat day of Marco ?I each ami e ery j ear an annual aommutatloii t.x, or roa-'l tax, of o^.e .lobar per he il, .vidon s tall be ex pended upon tue public road' of tue jouiily, aud aa noatly as po-slblc in tho t iwnships fiou dulcia lt ?vas col I cted; and auy failure to pay saM road tax a ta l b : a misdemeanor and tue ofiVnder upon conviction shall be punlahed by a tine of not more than tifty dollar, (??o.oo) or inprihoned f u not more than thirty dayb; In the county O' Chesterfield from and afu-i tue approval or tills ?act there ahab be annually levied and collectai a tax of Due and oi;o quarter mills for nao purpos s, ouu lu.ii of which >hal bu u-a-d In the low.ist lp In widen lt ls B ?Hi cted and tue other bali shall h.; used asa general road fund whlcu may bo used to secure machinery, toola, appliances and stock' aud to supple ment other mad funds. Arru the county supervisar ls hereby authortz ed to have the roads Worked by cou iract, by the overseer plan, or by em ploying superintendents of work; and all road hands shall be required to work under any p^r-ou directed by tue supervisor where they have failed to pay the.commutation tax. "Sec. 4. That all acta and parts of aots affeotlng tho counties herein named be and are hereby repeated if inconsistent witta this act. "Sec. 5. Tnls aol shall go Into ef fect on the lat day k>i January, 1000." \ A MYSTERY Did Mrs. Stanford Die of Poison ing in Honolulu Hotel? IT LOOKS THAT WAY. At Least Great Suspicion Surrounds Her Sudden Death in Far OH Hono lulu. "I Hava Been Poisoned. This is a Horrible Death to Die." A dispatch from Honolulu says Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford of San Fran cis ;o, widow of United States Senator Leland Stanford, died at 11.30 o'clock Wednesday night at the Moana hotel here. Suspioious circumstances surround thc death of Mis. Standford She was taken ill at ll o'clock and said: "I have been poisoned." Her last words were: "This ls a horrible death to die." Mrs. Stanford came here from San Francisco on the Korea, February 21. in conversation with Mrs. Henry Highton of San Francisco, who ls now uere, Mrs. Stanford said that an at tempt had been made to poison her in that city and that this washer reason for sailing on the Korea. It was Mrs Stanford's belief, according to Mrs. Highton, that enough poison had been used to kill 20 por-or.s before retiring thai, night, Mrs. Stan ford took a dose of bi-oarbonate of soda, which she purchased at San F ancisco, It is reported that the oda contained strychnine, but this report cannot be verified. Dr. F. H. Humph) les, who attended Mrs Stan ford, ls making an examination of the contents of tue bottle which had not neen touched since Mrs. Stanford left San F,ano seo. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Stanford went to a picnic. She ate heartily. On returning to the hotel she tuok only soup for dinner and retired short ly after 10 o'clock At ll o'clock a gueBt of the hotel who otcupled an adjoining room hear? Mrs. Stanford groaning and running o the room found her lying on Lin llojr. She had evidently tried to -.ummor. help. At the time of Mrs. Stanford's death there were present Miss Berner, her Btoretary and her maid, May Hunt. Both are prostrat ed. In accordance with the local law, a corone?-1* jury was Immediately sum moned and viewed the rematus*wt?ich were later taken to an undertaker's to await an autopsy. Mrs. Henry Highton told the Asso ciated Press correspondent that Mrs. Stanford said to her shortly after ar riving here: "The reason I left San Francisco was because an attempt had been made on my life-an attempt to pois on me, and enough poison was used to kill 20 persons. " "Mrs. Stanford seemed to be great ly affected," said Mis. Highton, "I .ought to disabuse her mind of the idea as I feared it might he only a de lusion, but Mrs. Stanford talked so rationally about the attempt on her life that I do not now hold the belief that it was a mere faucy of hers. I was very uneasy after this talk with Mrs. S anford and wrote to mutual ?rlends in San Francisco about tue matter. They told me they feared such attempts had been made; no names, however, being mentioned." Dr. Humphries male the following statement to the Associated Press! "When I was called in I found Mrs. Stanford in convulsions, and applied the qulokest remedies, but lt was not possible, to s tve her lifo. Mrs. Stan ford said to me: 'Doctor, 1 have been poisoned.' "Mrs. Stanford's condition seemed to indicate strychnine p intoning. Be tween convulsions, her mUid was un usually active, and she said: 'This ls ihe Bec nd time they have tried lt. i hey tried it hist January, and I came here to avoid them.' "I tasted the contents of the bot tle," continued Dr. Humphries, "b? foie making an analysis. 1 am uta ble to swear that lt contained strych nine, but I am perfectly positive that it does c ntatn strychnine." Au aut psy on the r?. mains of Mrs. Stanford was performed next after noon. The physician who c inducted i he autopsy said that the cause of ?eatb was te lau us of the respiratory organs, but that he cannot si ato bow the tttauus was brought about un i! after an i lamination of the contents ui ihu i tomaoh. No ii q lest will be held until High Stu-ilff H.ury nceives the r. port ot toe chemists. Tula report wi.l prob ab y te received tomorrow. lt ls reported tonight that B,. A. Duncan, the tenii'jrlal fojd commis sioner arid c vade il analyst has found strychnine lu the nonie of biciroo nate of soda. No i tlicial rep,rc o; such tindlug has yet been marie, and other chemists have been cailed In u ir ult ,.i i n It ls probable that bne Inquest will be delayed for several days, aw?,liing the aualjSis of thc 0 nlents of the stomaoh. High Sheriff Henry and Deputy Sheriff Btwllns are coaauoting tut Investigation with the assistance of the police < tn, ia s. AN ATTEMIT ON HEH LIKE. A din patch nom San F unesco says on the 1 s. 11 of Lsi in nih it was re p irted ttiat an attempt had been made, to murder Mrs Stanford by means of poison placed in a bottle ol mineral water at her home on Cali fornia street in this olty. It was stated that Bhe had taken three drinks of the deadly mixture, but thc poison had been used In such large quantities that lt terved ns its own 1 emetic Mrs. Stanford was taken violently ill and medical aid was sum moned. The contents of her stomach and the water romalutng lu the bot tle were analyzed and sutllcknt Strychnine to havo killed thrco per SOUR was found. Mrs. Stanford tirst drank pf the water on January liob and from that time her health de dined. Although the story of the attempt to poison her was positively denied, persistent rumors regarding the matter waa revived. An cmolal or the Morse detective agency wno investigated the first at tempt by poison on the life of Mrs. Stanfora, stated tb at there was some foundation for the belief that she bad been poisoned prior tu her departure for Honolulu. Beyond tbat btate* ment, however, he would give no par ticulars. Mountford S. Wilson, Mrs. Stan ford's personal attorney, said that, In bis opinion, and in the opinion of Challes G. Lathrop, Mrs: Stanford's brother, Mrs. Stanford died a natural death. Mr. Wilson said Mrs. Stanford had been lp poor health for some time and probably died from heart failure, apoplexy or s >me similar trouble. WHO SHE WAS. Mrs. Jane Litnrop Stanford was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1825. She married Leland Stanford, wno later became one of the builders of the Central Pacific railroad and accumu lated au immense fortune. As the wife of Governor and later Senator Stanford, Mrs. Stanford for many years took a prominent part in suolal affairs. Sile cooperated wltn ber husband in the feuodlng o'. Leland Stanford Jr., university, and after Senator Stanford's death devoted her st If almost entirely to the interests of the university. .Altbougn the im merse endowment}uf nearly 820,000, OOO ma'1e by Senator Stanford and Mrs. S'anford to the university was placed in the hands of trustees Mis. Stanford until the time of her death nad control of thc funds and the ap pointment of trust, os. Almost the entire Stanford fortune now goes to the university. Mrs. Stanfard had but one child, a son who died at an early age and In memory of whom the Leland Stanford, Jr., university was founded. T li AHM 6 COLLIDE Killing Seven Persona Outright and Wounding Fifty Othon. In a rear end collision Friday night oetween two special passenger tralub from Cleveland on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad en route tu Wash ington, six men and one woman were killed and probably 50 others injured Tue accident happened at Clifton station, eight miles west of Pittsburg, ! ?I Pa., and was cauied by the first spec- hi cial stepping for a hot box and ttic st lecond following'so closely that the ir fiagman had not time to get back far te enough to prevent the collision. ai The tirso train carried a battalion h: of the Omo Engineers. It was made w up of six c jaches and a baggage oar. si Thesecond train, with tho same num- pl ber of cars, carried the Tippecanoe si olub of Cleveland, with a baud ot 25 st or 30 women.. .When the,cxaah..camo the passengers in the rear'car of the ht first train were the principal sufferers ni and all of the fatalities were in tu at ti car. The wreckage took fire from the tt engine and fine entire'arp*rrj;aln .esvrA kt three cars of the second were humea, pi New trains were made up and sent D to the scene to bring the dead and in n; jured there. Maj J. H. McQuiggs, tl who was In command of the Eugi- m neers' battalion, had both legs broken ri at thigh and will probably ale Capt. si Charles E. Pope was the only officer fi of tho Eugineer.-i' battalion to escape, and he will be in command of tuc ci oattallon, wuich will return to Cleve- P land as soon as a train can be made up cl for thurn. The Tipp o.moe cub then it continued their jjumey to Wasniug- ot ton. it When r< ll call was made of the Tip pecanoe club only two men were miss- a lng. They may be among the injured p who were taken to the hospital ai> sf Ltoouester, Pa. The engineer of the w second train says the clack s'guai Ol snowed a green light and ms tram ti went ahead at the rate o? ab->u? 45 or t] 50 miles an hour. When the impact tl came the engine of the second train I a ploughed tiirough the rear Pudman in which the officers were, aud half way Into Lhd touci?o car j st anead of lt. To Real i let Mo? ii sui. 8. The emmittee of the sea island cotton farmers met Thursday in Charle sion and drafted a form of agreement having for its purpjse the restriction of tue bale of seed that tim cultivation may be reduced, as deter idned upou ac che recent meet lng of itu-, p.ailiers, gluuers and mill er?. Tila agreement v.?li be fiiso sub nitted to tue. lawyers f jr suou moai fixations as they m ty s-3e fit; then lt A ill be submitted to tue farin-jts fur sigi a ures, and at the mooting ou Marou 22 l the pa^er wiU bc formait) ?.uni n a-ci put into effect. Toe groAin^' cultivation of sea inland cot ion by other communities suggests the restriction of the sale of seeu, since the cutten does not reproauce lt.-elf lu ot. ier pl ices. \Vi>m?ii sn.io H MU lii.rudor. Edward Hairiw, aged twenty-one years, of City Mi?s, Ma?, waasuotand orooably fatally wounded by Miss 0 Ulm : S. Alderman, upon being dis covered In tue lao er's bedroom. Miss Ayerman, wno ?b mt fifty years id, lives with her mutueraLd maiden siiltr. Sue told the pohc? that she was lying awake in bed rea ling wheu 'hcllgnt was su idenly extinguished She lu deaf, aud did not hear the in (.ruder bu udtstiugui.-dung tue outlines of a man's form, comuiaudjd him to leave. Wheu he m J ved tuwaid her -.he reached for a suotguu kept by her bcd and fin (1 1 ?i-.vlll ... Ul .'?.llllllllC. ?u eldo in the balcony of a crowded thea re, was the method of death ct; osen by au uuknown man, ab ut 22 years old, wno chet and killed ulm self at the Chic go Opera House Sat urday afteruoou during a vaudeville performance. The yoting man shot 1 Himself in tue head. Death was lnstan auecu., and the body fell into the lap I of a weman occupying an adjoining neat. Sue and several other women fainted, but quickly revived. The name of the suicide is unknown. Iioat His Foot. Grover Riohester, a young man 22 yeats old, fell while hoarding a train In Anderson on Tuesday of last week ?and his foot so badly crushed under i tho oar wheels that it had to be am putated, TERROR STALKS Abroad in Every Part o? the Great Russian Empire. ?HE DUKE VLADIMIR s Hunted Everywhere by Assassins, Who Swear that They Will Have His Life. Deadly Warning Are Posted Even on the Steps of Public Buildings. Terror stalks in every part of the reat Russian Empire, and no Grand >uke or prominent till j|ai feels sate. ?be utter Impotency of the police in he face of the terrorist organization * i shown by the Increasing boldness of he latter all over St. Petersburg, ?ven on the stt-ps of pubilo buildings impie notices of Grand Duke Sergius* eath were found. They read: "Toe sentence of death passed upon erg i us-Alexandre) vi ion was executed 'ebruary 17. "Tue Fighting Organization of the S-dal D.mooratio Party." Moreover, the notices were neatly rioted, a thing unknown in the days r the late Interior Minister Yon lehve, when similar notices were al 'ays run off on copying machines, 'ne secret police then were too close a the heels of the terrorists to per itt of the usa of printlr g press. The Grand Duchess Marie Pivlovi, 'hose husband, the Grand Duke Vla lmir, is high on the list of those con emned to death, ls trying to snleld ls life with her own- Since Rad Sun ay the grand duke has not only been lowered with threate and warnings, ut has twice received from abroad irmal letters, signed by different rou ps, informing him of his sentence ) death and of tho assignment o? icn to execute lt. At the same time the Grand Duchess arie, like the Grand Duchess E iza 3th, in the case of Grand Duke Ser- ( us, was notilie.i that her life and 3r son's lives would be spared, and ie was appealed to not to go abroad i her husband's company. The let. irs naturally terrorized the family id household of the grand duke, who as aged greatly during the last few eeks under the strain of what hu in sta is the unjust criticism which laced the responsibility for the blood ied of January 22 wholly on bis ?oulders. Although the grand duke's health, id been falling Xor over a year he la jw almost a complete wreck. For a me the entreaties of hts family and ie warnings of the police sufficed to ;ep him within tue walls of the ?lace, ^rft'slhc?^rl"?Wit?oXG.cand . i uko Sergius, Grand Duke Vladimir' . ? as shaken eft restraint, declaring lat he refuses to Bhow cowardice and nt only drives out in a cl >sed car age, but /on Sunday walked for a lort time up and down the quay in -ont of the winter palaca. At his side, however, on each oo ision, was the Grand Dueness Marie avlovl. The grand duke tries to lude her, but sue insists upun being nmediately apprised if he-is g ling at, donning wraps and accompany ig him. Grand Duke Vladimir has received letter from ene group wnich had reviousiy warned ulm, saying his mtenoe was temporarily suspended, hioh is attributed either to a more jrreot appraisement of his share tn ie event of Jauuary 22, or to a gen ral decision ot tue terrorists to give ,e autocracy a ortattiing speil and walt the. result of tue assassination of land Duke Sergius. Tue lacier coincide, with the views f those acquainted with tue methods f the terro.isw, wno point out that a accession of assassinations ??.oui i de ?ai their obj ec J by compelling the ?Dperor lu the Interest ot tue safety r the imperial Cunny to thrust aside ll question of concessions and to mellon tho m .si drastic measures of 3pression. Ni Kin i'upul.vi lv).i. There are 9,204,531 mgr ?es In the hilted Statis, m.. Inning P?rto Rico nd H..wall Nina-tenths of them live l tue South-nue-tulrd of the popu itlon, bays E?erybJdy Magazine for Vbruary. ?^eveuiy seven per cent ?OTK on M?.uuu farms, of wuloh 21 ere nt aro ao.so.utely, and 4 peroent in lally owned uy negroes. There are 1,000 negro caroeut rs, 20,000 bir nr* and nearly as miuy diCjor?; 16, 00 ministers, 15,000 masons, 12,000 nssmakers, 10,000 es giueers, aud rt men, 5.000 shoemakers, 4,000 mus Maus, 2,000 actors and shu>vmeu, 1, 00 lawyers. Since 1890 negro lhlter cy has sunk from 67 to 44 5 percent. Hop i Al)?iiUouotl. All hope i-i given up In Charleston jr the birk E.ses, wbich sailed from hat port in December wita a cargo t 460,000 feet of lumoer for New fork, and lt is th lught tnat she has 1 ne down and Capt. W. G. Smltb nd his crew of seven men were drown d. The vessel waa a particularly launch ship, of about 900 tons, but rlth such weatr.er as has prevailed off hore the past few months, tho best l ips have been sei loudly troubUd. ?he cargo was valued at about 85,000. Not Maoh i i i ; ; ! 11. "May t'.iesaiuts preserva ye." said ,n old woman in Washington, who iad been given a g. i ?ter by Ojngress nan Cooper, of Wisconsin, "an* may very hair o' your head be a candle to ight your way to glory!" "Well, it von't be such a torchlight procession it that," Mr. Goop :r answered as a lust of wind took off his hat, showing i shinning crown. MOtioonor Im- i. A dispatch from San Francisco says ihe sohooner reported lost off Tomales >ay has been identified as the Jesso ?atsen. Twelve men were aboard 1er at tho tima and all were lost, ao lording to a dispatch rooeived from Point Reyes station. Tne Jesse Mat teo was loaded with gravel.