The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, March 31, 1905, Image 1
"DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN'.THY CAUSE."
VOL. XX^
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 8t, 1905.
WHAT THEY CET.
The Salaries to be Paid the Dif
ferent County Officers.
TEEMS OF THE ACT
Passed by the Legislature at Its Recent
Session. The Superintendents of
Education Get Better Pay Than
Formerly. Comparison ls
Interesting to Note.
The legislature recently passed an
aot providing for the salaries of all
the officers in all of the counties ex
cept judge of probate, master in equi
ty and magistrate. For the latter
office a special aot was passed. Judg
es of probate and masters will draw
the same salaries and receive the same
fees as heretofore.
It ls declared in the aot that the
constitution provides that the com
pensation shall be graded In propor
tion to the population and necessary
service required. The amount of sal
ary fixed for each officer la given pub
lication here, and our readers may
find it interesting to make compari
sons, to see how different countien
treat their officials in the matter of
pay. Another noteworthy feature ls
the amount paid in each c junty to
tax and governing boards.
Following are the salaries to be paid
the county officers tl is year:
County. Auditor.
Abbeville.?1,000
Aiken.. 1,200
Anderson. 1,500
Bamberg. 800
Barnwell . 1,250
Beaufort. 1,200
Berkeley . 825
Charleston.3,200
Cherokee. 8U0
Chester. 1,000
Chesterfield. 900
--Clarendon. 800
Colleton. 1,000
Darlington. 000
Dorchester. 900
Edgefield. 1,000
Fairfield. 1,000
Florence. 1 000
Georgetown. 1,000 .
Greenville. 1,500
Greenwood. 900
Hampton. ooo
Horry. 700
Kershaw. OOO
Lancaster. ooo
lurens..,.l.ooo
Lpxibitbn.. ;t.... 900
Marlon... 037
Marlboro. 900
Newberry. 1.000
Ocon??'. ooo
Orangeburg. 1,200
Pickens. 675
Riohlaud.. ..... 2,000
Saluda. 800
Spartanburg. 1 GOO
Sumter. 1,200
Union. OOO
Williamsburg_ OOO
York. 1,300
Clerk of
Court
Abbeville.t 300
Aiken. 500
Anderson. 600
Bamberg. 250
Barnwell. 400
Beaufort. 400
Aerkeley. 300
Charleston. 2,400
Cherokee. 250
Chester. U/iO
Cheaterfi -ld. 400
Clarendon. 150
Colleton. 400
Darlington . 425
Dorchester. 300
Edgefield. 200
Fairfield. 300
Florence. 300
Georgetown. 000
Greenville. 1 .ooo
Greenwood. 350
Hampton. 300
Horry. 300
Kershaw. 350
Lancaster. 400
Laurens. 400
Lee. 200
Lexington. 350
Marlon. 600
Marlboro. 700
Newberry. 275
Oconeo. 1,320
Oraugeburg. 650
Bickens. 300
Richland. 1,200
Saluda. 250
Spartanburg. 1,250
Sumter. 400
Union . 400
"Williamsburg. 275
York . 300
Supt. Ed.
Abbeville.i 000
Aiken . ooo
Anderson. 750
Bamberg. 5
Barnwell. 600
Beaufort. 400
Berkeley. 300
Charleston. Ooo
Cnerokee. 600
Chester. ?00
Chesterfield . 400
Clarendon. ?25
Colleton. 600
Darlington. ?00
Dorcheater. 400
Edgefield. ?00
Florence. 8u0
Georgetown. 600
Greenville. ?no
Greenwood. ?o0
Hampton. 550
Horry. 400
Kershaw. 500
Lancaster. ?00
Liurens. .... ?00
Lee. 500
Lexington. ?00
Marion. ?00
Marlboro. 700
Newberry. ?50
Ooonee. 500
Orangeburg. 850
Plckens. 500
Blohland.
Saluda. 150
Spartanburg?. 1,200
Sumter. 800
Union. 600
Williamsburg. 600 125
York. 750 200
The county treasureres are to b :
pr U the K[ime as the county auditors
exe pt in the follnwlog Instances:
Cherokee, $1,000; Union, il,000; L?P,
$850; Marloo, $1,200; Chester, $1,000
and 50 cents for each tax execution.
Each county auditor is entitled to
a fee of 25 cents for every transfer of
real estate recorded.
Each sheriff is to receive 20 cents a
day for dieting prisoners and actual
expenses for himself and prisoners or
lunatics when called beyond the conn
ty. Toe sheriff of Lancaster rtojives
$150 additional for a jailer
Each member of a township board
of commissioners, unless otherwise
specified, shall receive $2 a day for
not exceeding five days. The chair
man of township board to receive 82 &
day additional while serving as a
member of a county board. Each
member of county boards of education
shall receive 83 for not moro than
seven days.
Township boards of assessors shall
be paid $2 a day per member for not
more than throe days, except In coun
ties having cities of 10,000 inhabi
tants, where the members ma? re
ceive pay for not more I han 20 days.
Tho members of the county board of
equalization shall receive 82 a day for
not more than five days.
County commhsioners shall be paid
as follows: Abbeville, -; Aiken, $3
each per day for not more than 100
days; Anderson, $3, without mileage,
for (37 days; Bamberg, $125 each;
Barnwell, 8150 each; Beaufort, $1 per
diem and mileage; Berkoley, not to
exceed $75 eaoh and mileage; Charles
ton, $1,200; Cherokee, not exceeding
$100 each and mileage; Che ter, $3 per
diem per member and mileage; Cnes
terQeld, not to exceed $50 eaoh with
mileage; Clarendon, not to oxceed 800
eaoh with mileage; Colleton, not to
exceed $09 each without - mileage;
Darlington, not to exceed $105 each;
Dorchester, $150 cacu; Edgetield, not
to exceed $150 per annum, including
mileage; Fairfield, no:, to oxceed $100
each without mileage; Florence, 8125
each; Georgetown, 875 each without
mileage; Greenwood, 3105 each and no
mileage; Greenville, not to exceed
$150 each and mileage not to exceed
8100 eaoh; Hampton, 82 50 per diem
for each member, not to exceed 25
days; Dorry, not to exceod 890 each;
Kershaw, 8125 each; Lancaster, 83
per diem for not exceeding 25 days;
Laurens, 8100 eaoh; Lee, $2 per diem
iach, not exceeding 30 days; Lexing
ton, $300 each; Marion, 83, not to ex
coed 30 days, mileage; Marlboro, $11,
not to exceed 25 days, mileage; New
berry. 875 OUCH: 000066, $250 each;
Ora?geburg, $5obeach;Pickens, $2 50,
not to exceed 100 day:-; Richland, $3,
not to exceed 25 days, mileage;
Saluda, $3, not to exceed 30 days, no
mileage ; Spartanburg, 8400; Sumter,
83 eacn per diem for not moro thon
'days, :witkv -mii-?ftfc; I aion, $250
each; Williamsburg, $3 each, not to
exceed 30 days; York, $150 eaoh.
Clerks and county boards ot com
missioners: Aiken, $225; Anderson,
$300; Bamberg, 8250; Barnwell, 8500
(al??o clerk of dispensary boar?. ;)
Beaufort, 350; Berkeley, $150; Charles
ton, $200; Churokee, 8200; Cuerter,
- ; Chesterfield, 8100; Clarendon,
$150; Colinton, 816u; Darlington,
8250; Dorchester, $75; EdgcnYM,
815U; Fairfield. -; Florence, 8200;
Geoigetown, $200; Greenville, 825?;
Greenwood, $150; IIamp?on, $2U0;
Dorry, $100; Kerhhaw, $25; Lancas
ter, $150; Laurens. 8300; L e. 8150;
Lexington, 3100; Marion, 820u; Marl
boro, -; Newoerry (clerk and attor
ney,) 8250; Ooonee, 3100; Orangeburg,
3200 Bickens, 8100; Rio.iland, 89u0;
Saluda, 810C; Spartanburg, 8600;
Sumter, 8400; Union, 8150; Williams
burg, $150: York. 8100.
Draili Dealing Cj-olono.
News from Roanoke, Randolph
county, Alabama, states that rop-jits
have reached Roanoke of one of the
most disastrous cyclones that ever
viBlted that section, which crept
across the southern part of Randolph
county late last night. Eight or nine
lives are known to have been lost and
damage amcuntiug to thousands of
dollars was done to property. The
cyclone started al * point near Double
Heads, and preceded in a northwest
ern course. The residence of Mack
Carllhle, white, was demolished and
Lt. C. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed.
Six miles east a number of h uses
wore demolished and three negroes
killed and several Injured on the
Wilson plantation. Tn ree or four
negroes were killed on the Holly
plantation, near Rock Mills. At
Lime posteflfloe a storo was demolish
ed, and a little white girl, daughter
of Mr. Luca-i, was killed and her
mother serk uily injured.
Peasants Killed.
A dispatch from Kutno. Russia
Poland, says ten peasants were killed
and 50 were wounded at Lamenta,
M rch 21, as the result of tho shoot
ing of Infantry tont to quell disturb
anccs. A orowd of peasants from
Benignowa proceeded to Lamenta to
hiduoe the farm laborers tu strike and
rioting occurred. The chief of police
with a company of soldiers went to
tho scene and tho troops tired two vol
leys at the peasants, killing two on
the spot and wounding 50. The latter
were brought In carts to tho hospital
there where Reven men and one wo
man subsequently died. Eleven others
ure dying;_
Houno ot Horror. .
A dispatch from St. Peteisburg
says that tho mortality In the Itus
-lan army at the front ia frightful
Flvo thousand mon succumbed to
wounds or disease last week at Har
oin. The greater number of tho rall
r< ad oars and trucks upen which the
wounded aro piled are brought into
tuc station and left upon thc sidings
without having their human freight
removed. The station exuales a ter
rible stench, having become a combi
ned hospital, refuse heap and charnel
houso._
Li. vc.cly 1'uiilaheil.
Tho President has approved the
sentence of the court martial inflicted
upon Midshipman Arrowood, of North
Carolina, recently tried for desertion
from tho navy. The sentence carries
with lt a dismissal from thc vavy and
the law bearing upon tho case provid
es that a man so dismissed should not
hereafter be eligible to any rights of
citizenship.
Confederate Monument on the
Capitol Grounds of Columbia.
THE INSCRIPTION.
A Memorial to The State's Brave Sons
Who Died for Her, Which Is Also
a Testimonial of South Caro
lina's Daughter's Devo
tion To Them.
Requests have been received by The
State for the publication of the in
scription upon the Confederate monu
ment on the State capitol grounds,
erected by the woroon of the State.
This Inscription was written by Wil
liam Henry TrescoW, a native of this
State, wbo was a diplomat nf Interna
tlonal reputation as well as a Utera
teur. The hundreds of northern ?our-1
hts who stop In Columbia during the
winter admire tbls inscription as more
than a l?erary production, they are
moved by the grandure of Its senti
ment, no denunciation, no wailing
but a manly appeal for "just judg
ment" of the cause that was lost.
Following are these choice bits of
English which embody so beautifully
anti so perfectly tbe sentiments of the
soutb:
NOUTII SIOK.
Tbls Monument
Perpetuates the memory
of Tbose Wno,
True to the Icsttncts of their Birth,
Faith to the Teachings of their
Fathers,
Constant In their L VJ for the State,
Died in the Performance of their Duty,
Who
Have Glori tied a Fallen Cause
By tbe Simple Manhood of their Lives,
tbe Patient Eudurance of Suffering,
and tbe Heroism of Death,
and who,
in tbe Dark Hours of Iraprisoment,
In the Hopelessness of the lb soi tal,
In the Short, Sharp Avrory of the Field,
? Found Support ai d Consolation
in the Ballet
that at Home they would not be For
gotten.
BOUTn SIDK.
I>t the S| ranger.
Who M:iy In Future Times
Read this Inscription,
Recognize that tnese were Men
H uom Power Couid Not Corrupt,
Whom D nth Could not Terrify,
Whom Defeat Cou'd not Dishonor,
and Let their Virtues Plead
for Just Judgment
of the Cause lu which they Perished
Let tbe South Carolinian
of Another Generation
Remero her
That the State Taught Them
How to Ltvo anri How to Die,
And that from II r Broken Fortunes
She has Preserved f >r Her Children
tbe Priceless Treasure of the Memo
ries,
Teaching ali wi o May Calm
The hame Birtnilght
that Truth, C ung.- and Patriotism
Enc ure Forever.
It is not generally known, but Mr.
Trescott vu pared an inscription for a
third face of the n ouument, but th arc
was not rojm for lt. This epitaph was
as follows:
TnoiO for wlvm they died
In crine on till-, Marble
The solomo record of their sacrifice
The prepctual gratitude of the State
Uley served
The Undying . if-ellon of these
Wm se lives
The separation of death
lias shadowed With a:i Everlasting
Sorrow
Scattered over the baltic Holds of the
south
Burled in Remote and Allen Graves
Dying Unsoothed By the touch
of familar and household hands,
Their names aro graven here
To recall
To their Children and Kinsmen
How worthily tiley lived
Huw Nobly they died
And in what tender reverence
Their memory survives
In the ?n>t two or three years fol
lowing the surrender of Gen. Lee, thr
people of the sou th were face to face
with extreme poverty. Even then the
women of Conimbla purposed to start
the movement for tho erection of this
monument. But lt was not until Nov.
4, 18G?, that tho formal beginning was
marie In the chapel of Washington
Street church. An address was deliver
ed bv Gen Wade Hampton and a pray
er off,red by R v. Wm Marlin, whoso
son is sahl to have b en the lirst sol
dier of tno southern cause to yield bis
h'e. The women of Richland count y
at this meeting prefected an organ!'/,
alien and sent a c.ill to tho women of
the other comities in the State to loin
them in tho erection of a suitable
monument.
There were many difficulties in the
way of getting a suitable site for the
monument. The oirpet-baggers from
the north and the renegades and ex
slav: s of ibis State who were in charge
of the State government could not be
appealed tu for a site on the St\ie
capitol grounds, In August, 1862,
the aliens who composed the city gov
e.mrnent exacted of the commission,
??00 for a srt all spot of earth on Ar
senal HUI overlooking sidney park.
The granite for the foundation wa*
contri taned by Judge J no. S. Green
from his quarry on the Cungaroo river,
at d work was c >mmcnced on Arsenal
Hill. But ti.o workmen soon discover
ed that tin re was quicksand near the
surface and tho spot was utterly nulli
for the weight of tho monument. The
association in Its dismay at having
spent fruitlessly money obtained
through the m .st trying efforts was
cheered by the offer of another site,
the crest of tho l ill at the entra?e
to E mwo 'd emotery. At a cost of
approximately $(ii)0 the base was re
moved from Arsenal hill to the hill In
, front of thc cemetery, not a conspic
uous p'ace to be sure, but thb beat Bite
available.
/
Tbe contract was let In July, 1872
to Muldoon Walton Co., of Louisville,
who on account of their own loyalty
to the Confederacy wore liberal and
patient with the association in Its ei.
forts to raise tho fund'*. It was this
same year that the a s elation lott by
death one of its mont, earnest mem
bers, Mrs. William Wallace, and bj
removal Its treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Rey
nolds, who, even after leaving Colum
bia, kept up hor efforts to ral re funds
The contracting arobiteota were pale
95,000 on tbe monement.
In September, 1876, tho marble
shaft and the statue arrived from Car
rea, Italy, where they bad been fash
ioned by famous artists. It was decid
el to keop tho monuments in storage
until the entire purchase price coule
bo paid. The con tractors made a liber
al discount, but even this was near))
equalled by the storage oharges anti
Insurance. The figure v/hlch sur
mounts the monument is that of r
private soldier, but wes fashioner:
after a photograph of Gen. Stcpher
Elliotton, ono of the heroes of thc
crater.
In the year following the receipt ol
the monument from Italy, a brigbtei
dav dawned in South Carolina and the
reign of radicalism was thrown IT. Ir
1878 the legislature appropriated yQ5l
fur thc removal of the base from ..im
woodA^metery to the capitol groundi
and eaoh member of the general assom
bly gave one day's pay to the associa
tlon. The secretary of state was or
dered to further the work in every wai
and thc legislators contributed Uber
ally of their own means.
At length the entire fund was rals
ed and May 13th, 1878, was set fo
the unveiling. The mouumont there
fore stands not only as a memorial tc
the men who fought for souther!
rights, but as a testimonial to tin
courage of the women whose noble en
deavors In days darker than war ltsel
were persevered In until their labor
were crowned with success. Itisrecal
led that not a little financial aid wa
contributed through the sale of a poen
' Sumter" written by Mr. J. B. Al
stun, and by receipts from a lectur
"Tno Confederate Soldier," by Maj
3. P. llamilton of Chester.
The day of the unveiling was
momentous occas-ion, more lmpressiv
than the pomp attendant upon the vii
lt of the Ma quis de Lafajettc, mor
gorgeous than tbe cen monies attend
am upon the inaugur?t ina of Wad
Hampton as governor; moresignltican
than the celebration of tbe Dashing c
tho ordinance of s-ccslon, for tha
was but a nation's nata! day and tb
unveiling of the monument common:
orated the enMre glorious hi.-.tury r
that same nation; particularly the r<
cord of the 20,0u? South Caruliular
who fell in battle aud the 40 OOOothei
who oame back raf god, milmed ari
wreoked in health.
i^Tho monument tvs then unvehei
?Had been erected near tue State Lou ..
about 60 feet from the front wall <
tho building, at a point near whet
the Houden statue of Washington no
ls. After tbe grand m litary parac
participated in ny a soureof gally un
formed companies from all parrs i
South Carolina, the procoa.on carr
back to the capitol ground? wher
from a stand decorated most beau:
fully G.-.n. J no. S Preston deliver
the i rat ion, Gen. Eilis >u Caner, tl
rect r of tbe Christ church at Gr -e
vibe, pronounced the Invocation. F'O
i be tur; of tha speaker's stand tl a?
a stn amer bearing the dying words
Muxcy Gregg, ''Ir I am to ale, I gi
my life cheerfully for tbe indepe
dence of South Carolina." In the p
rade were 40 survivors of the tfexlo.
war commanded by Capt. W. H Sta
ley and the regiment of Confedera
sm vivons was commanded by Col. W
liam Wallace. There were doz ns
buttle dag-, of glorious histi r> a:id ea
wai cheered hythe vast multitud
Tue newspapers of that day paid th
there werel5,000 people massed aron
capital square when Goa. Prest
spoke.
Tho master of ceremonies was Gc
W. I). Simpson. Gjns Hampton a
Buller were detained at Washiugt
at tho l ist moment and wired regre
Gen. M. L. Bjnhai., an ex-govern
was chief marshal.
Toe four young ladles who pul
the ord which loosed the drup<
around the monument were Mis
(Jueves McCurd, Doberta Beck, M
Dariran and Beverly Means, each
whom had been orphaned by w
Their oicort consisted of four vetera
each of whom had loit au arm: Col.
C. Haskell, Maj S. L Laaphar
State troahurer-James Fraser and
W. R-jwan. Tuo monument had bi
completed three days before, Mer
rial day, and the murble soldier i
stationed at his post as the func
bellt were calling tho women to
ll )wers on the graves o? the dead
ellery.
Tnis ls not a Columbia posncssl
It is the prcperty of all the people
tbeState. The following contribu?!
wore made by other counties; Al
ville, $201; Aiken, ?27; Anders
?1DU; Barnwell, ?121; Beaufort, $
Charleston, 91,495; Chester, $:
Chesterfield, ?277; C.iileton, $31 C
end m, 807; Darlington, $88; E:
I Held, 8397.60; Georgetown, 8:
Greenville, 84(>l); Hampton,
llorry, $87; Kershaw, $310; L-x
ton, $14(); Laurens, $121; Laucas
$140; Marlboro, 811; Marion,
Newberry. 8203; Orangeburg. $
(Ja in?e, $3f>; Pendleton, $52; Pick
85; R'.ohland, $3,(>(J5; Sum'er,
Spartanburg, 8232; d'ion, $308;
llamuburg, $07; Yoik, $?(>. Total i
Hit 70. Tuc legislature appropil
$ti50; the railroad company reml
tho freight charges, lhere were
trlbutiODB aggregating $1(18 from
joiid thc bjrd rs of the S.ate, rna
tho whole $11,701.40. Tue arch I
Mr. Walton, w-is paid 81?,242 53
ibo remainder was paid r r site,
two removals of the b.se, oic.
Thc monument was .struck by ll
nlng, the marble (Lure being bro
and when the new tLure was r
the monument ^as m >ved to its
cut site overlooking M un street,
in Itself forms an in erestlng chi
in the history of C >h mola.
ii..o,i Hun.
G. C. Jowell, a foi man In
Southern's SIIOJS at Columbia
dangerously injurel by being si
uti the head hy C. L Miltorl, ;
repairer. The trouble aroio fr
db pute botweon the- two mon ins
a car.
POOR FOOLS.
Many New York Women Each
j ?
Morning Worship the Sun.
MANY OF THEM BICH.
All tba Followers of (bia Heathenish
Custom are Women. The Cult Now
Said to ba Finally Establish
ed ia the Cities of New
York and Chicago.
Tho New York American says
amazing fact that 2,000 of New York's
'.omen, mure or less prominent, are
sun worshippers, and votaries of the
Mazdaznans, the mystic Persian cult
expounded by Dr. OtomanZar-Adusht
IlanlBh, has been revealed through
tho arrest last Saturday of Mrs.
Brownie Rathbone Weaverson, of No.
150 West Oue Huudred and Fourth
street, a disciple of the mysterious re
ligion.
Mrs. Weaverson ls oharged with
having taught the Persian theory to
Mrs. Ellen Baehll, an aged woman liv
ing at No. 1453 Amsterdam avenue,
who ls now expected co lose her life as
the result of the treatment.
Instances have been cited In which
women have been driven insane by
their fanatical devotion to the strange
belief; otbers have been made cripples
and doomed to a life of misery; Dr.
Hanlsh, the priest apostle himself, has
been arrested on the charge of having
tortured his followers; yet despite
these facts, the soolety is not only In
existence In New York City, but the
number of his followers among the
fashionable set ls growing.
This was shown at a meeting follow
ing Mrs. Weaversion's arrest In Carne
gie Hall when a vast throug of women,
old and young, and ail dressed In the
height of fashion, hung with breath
less attention on the words of the
Daslur of the Beh-Dlnsclenoe, who
stood on tho platform dad in the full
regalia of his sombre cult.
In the morning tnese women bow to
the rising orb and address it as a god.
In the evening they prostrate them
selves on rugs as did rile Persians ol
ola and the ancient Tollte? of Mexico.
Oue day a worn in by the name of
Mls? Ilcuss mounted the platform oi
tue M .'?.iazua.ii shrine In Unlcago, (for
inc cult nan even a greater following
til?rf\..v.,.io./.n NJW York) and began
to scream and pray hysterically to ch.
sun.
"She ls in?ane," said Zu Banish
solemnly to tba horrified throng In the
"re<a hull, "but tho honor of MazJaz
uun has been saved."
Atter thu meeting Miss IOuss was
taken, a nopeLas, raving man.ac, tu
tn asylum.
Sue uad fasted forty-two at the or
uer ot Dr llaman. He wis arrested,
only to ba released and resumed tim
ureaculng uf his uwotlines. Mrs. Da
venport Viciais, one of nis taithiul
followers, was co ann iii .led oy him to
last lorcy-two days only a ?hort time
after, and she tried to uutti weakness
compelled her to deol.it.
" There i:i nothing but tho the Great
I Am!" thuudered the apostle to ilia
wavering followers. "All else is snaduw
and lliuuun. lt is by obedience tnai
we live. We must look to God in uur
selves. If we disobey, the ligut goes
out; death ensues."
It was in such language as this thal
Dr. Banish preached at Carnegie Hall,
while one of nis followers was bein./
dried before Magistrate Mayo wita
Ui.vlng practised, without a license,
un a week, lutlrm, ul i woman, wno
gave her all the monjy she had, which
was only S3 70.
. The women who came to Carnegie
Hall to hear and applaud him came
in carriages. Their gowns were of the
latiBt cut, and diamonds adorned their
nanos and ears. The contributions
were llbaral, and every gesture of thu
biack-robed, fantastic hgure on the
platform was wlluly applauded.
With rapt fascination tney listened
to doctilnes which would have made
the ordinary woman snudder with a
stoicism almost uncanny in its nature.
"Go ve forth," cried the self ap
pointed Messiah, "all ye that ar-J un
happy, and fast. Pray ye to the sun,
the source of life. Cursad he they who
believe not. There is no God but the
sun."
And the women grew hysterical In
their fervor.
The philosophy expounded by Dr.
Banish, he says, dates back to 142,
000 j ears before Christ. In the ol i
Z-jnd Jauguage "Midsa" rae*us sun,
and lt ls in this origin that the philo
sophy ob'.&ided Its name.
Tue ttrst attempt by Dr. Hanlsh
there to start the society a few years
ago met with failure. Ho then went
io Chicago and met with better sue
ceris. Ho established a sumptuous
Home as the headquarters of the cult.
Tuer. Inflated with nts success, he
carcb oack to New York and obtained
a few members. Now he has 2,000
rt omen followers.
What UAH Itoeu Dono.
The Spartanburg J. urnal say?,
tho southern farmer by holding on tc
lils cotton fi r t'ireo throe months ha.?,
put prices up $0 a bale. My continu
ing io hold he dn put values up still
nig uer. This experience has .shown
lom the value uf co-operation and
should cau.-e him lu future years tc
i market his cotton . radually aud avoid
:Ue shuck to tho mantel of throwing
lt nil on at once, as has been Ute cu.
tom._
1 W?n Not Poisoned.
. A dispatch from Soi Franol&COsiva
. nf ter a full police examination uf tb
evidence surrounding ihe death ni
Mrs. Stanford, the notod womu<
philanthropist, lt was announced ia t
i Weducs lay n g it that rieutb was du.
i to natural causes. Willie coufesshn
their loa?htt.y to explain thc pr.-st n <
? of s'rye nhl > ir. tUu carbonate of soo;:
k whloh sha drank b; fore dei h tho)
I say there was not RurDulont quantity
io causo death.
SHOULD BE STOPPED
By the Civilized Christian Nations
of the Earth.
Over Ono Thousand Christian Men,
Women and Children, tho
Prey, of Blohatnmcdana.
Full reports of the Baku atrocities
are published at Vienna. Tho massa
cres of Kisblneff and Gomel were
child's play in comparison. Over 1,000
Christian, men, women and children,
were slaughtered within three days by
Mohammedans, amid scenes defying
description. Toe victims were shot,
stabbed or burned to death, their eyes
gouged out and otherwise mutilated.
All this happened In the presence of
the police force, a regiment) of Infan
try and several squadrons of Cossacks
and thc governor, Prii.ce Nakashides,
who were unmoved onlookers for three
days. The oflluers and troops amused
themselves while the slaughtering was
going on.
The whole was arranged by
the government to prevent the
political manifestations threatened
v>y the (Jim's.ian Armeulan pop
ulation. The Mohammedan?, who
are called In those parts Tartars,were
supplied by the government with re
volvers and ammunition and given a
free hand. At the house of Balabek
Lalayoff upward of forty persons were
burned to death, those trying to es
cape the Hames being instantly killed,
soldiers and i. Ulcers cool y looking on.
Lalayeff, with his old wife and nephew,
escaped to the cellar, but were found
and cruelly tortured, their eyes being
pierced. The military Interfered only
when resistance was offered by the
Christians, and then the Cossacks
helped the Mohammedans to beat the
Cnristians. Tue wells are still full ol
corpses.
Ueuter quotes the Peterburcskla
Tledomosti for the following accjunt
of the massacres at Baku: From 0
o'clock on thc morning of February
20 and from noon on February 22 a
massacre without preced nt ana yulti
unexp.?cted tot.k plac; in thu streets
and public squares at Baku. Tue
Tartar Inhabitants) armed to the
teeth, attacker tue Armenians, wh?
were unarmed and defenseless, and
pitilessly massacred them, without
distinction of lank, pcsltfon, age or
sex. The panic was general Ah
i shops and plac.s of hu.iioe.ss were ai
Once Closed i but the uwuers of them
were shpt down. A sort of torpor,
which lt is impossible to desoribe,
.ecmed at first to have taken posses
..ion of everybody. There appeareu
to be nobody to take the def mae ol
the unfortunate people. Toe soldiers
aid not attempt to disarm the fanati
cal murderers, wno bunted men like
wild beasts, killing them by hundn d*.
lt was In valu tnut the defensele.->s
inhabiiau s imp oree1 the go\eruor h.
t?l?phone to send help. The reply
*as always the fame. "No Cossacks;
n ) guard." it wis equivalent to thu
ver 'ic: "Die, hlnce ihou art takeu."
Tue bodies of meu, women and chil
dren aud nurses were ljlng in tua
streets and squares hy the diZ3uB, by
hundreds. Tuere was no one to take
them away!
The au th ?rlLles remained inactive.
Blood tl J ved in streams, and every
where the orlmioal upatuy of the au
tuorities was tae sutij :0t of universal
Indignation. Tho massacre lasted al
OQOH? three days. Togara noon on
February 19 a Tartar entered au
Armenian church and b gan to Urn rm
an Arm.: lau sold ie s The police oili
er win was present arrested him, Lui.
afterward SOL aim at liberty wicuout
disarming him, and snouted lo the
crowd. "Kill ulm, or be will kill you
all." In saving himself the criminal
tired on the crowd, one of whom ran
?if.er lom anrl killed him. This seems
to have be, n the signal. In all na
fewer than lO.OUU cartridges were ex
pended.
(JhaliiKaiiiC lOacpod.
Nine prisoners escaped from the
Lexington County cnalugang last
week. The gang was located near
Mr. Job Swygert'8 place la Hollow
Creek township, not far from Lees
ville. The total number of prisoners
on the gaog was lo or 1(J. lt was
rumored ab nit tnere that thu captain
of the gang was away at his home,
being sick. The guard was said also
lo have been sick and the gang had
been left under the care of a new
mau. Mr. H. Z. Adams, who resides
near where the escape occurred, cap
tured two of toe prisoners. A tele
gram was received from the auth >rl
ties at Newberry scating that they
nari tak n Mired of the fugitives, tous
leaving Tour still at large. It ls sain
that these will hardly ho captured, as
they are long term prisoners and one
of them cumu near i shaping bi fore
als trial, b. tiling the bars of the jail.
Hung Him twice.
At Pittsburg, Fa., two men were
hanged Tuursday and the first unsuc
oessiul baugiug was recorded in Alie
g ony o ninty. Keno Dardata was
Danged ?rHt, and lils neck was br ken.
Winiam J Byer? folio*ed. Tho lo p
of the noose was palled away, pr^clpl
tating bim to the giouud. Hu was
not badly hurt, tho rope was ugalu
adjusted. This time there were no
mishaps. Death re ulted from biran
guiatlon. Byers v.t.s con vc cd ol
killi? g August J. Liyton at Turtle
Cre k bn Julie 3, 1901. H? Implicated
Layton's wife and J.hu Mu Williams
They we.e ucquittid. Mcwilliams
a terward man leo Mrs. Layton. Dar
la?a kill, d Thoma-. Sinclair at l u
p> r:al on S pt< mb r 2t>. 1U03, during
i i quanel over a drink of wuiskey anu
v dollar. _
A nul li. t- .\c,;r.i Ullin r,
Too president has appointed Ser
geant Ho rge 8. Tuompson of the
t'w. nt y - ii th Infantry io be second
, i vi t tiaut In Hie P nllppino B:outs,
nus adding one more negro io the
commissi iu d foi co of tho aruiy.
Li ut. Thompson v*?fl appointed on
als merits, having uceivid hitch com
Len ia: lo i for heroism and till :li ney
luring the Iii urrected in the Philip
pines, ll Is ono ol the crack riiou
o tho army arid his received Kev ra!
nedals for rifle ai.d pistol shootn g
(Ie ls no v 8tvtloued with his regimen!
at Fort Nlebrora, Neb.
i
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BANKS GIVE MONEY.
Nearly All of Amount Asked For
Is Given.
Treasurer of Cotton Growers' Asso
ciation Inuueo a Statement. State
mont Also IHUUCCI Here.
According to a statement received
from the treasurer of thc Southern
Cotton a.(s elation, the banks of the
cotton growing a tates have contributed
about $7,000 to the movement and
only S3,OOO additional is asked. Toe
amount agreed upon at a meeting of
the Southern batiking committee was
?10,000, and Mr. John D. Walker, the
treasurer, stales tbat this money will
be U6ed aa is all of the other contribu
tions received from feitllizjr com
panies, (di mills and otber concerns.
President E. D. Smith, the president
of tbe South Carolina branch of the
association Wednesday morning gave
out tbe. following in lei vio.. :
"Wo have won thc light as to re
duction of acreage and fe rtilizar. Let
any man who doub's do ns I ve done
go to the states where the land is pre
pared and being prepared ,and then
honestly and faithfully say tbat the
acreage ls not reduced and the use of
fertilizer for cotton not reduoed like
wise.
" 'Tis an Insult to the intelligence
and business sense of the farmers to
say that they do not appreciate the
situation. 'Tis a scandalous libel OD
the South to Bay that the great New
Orleans convention, the most repie
s-ratatlve gathering ever convened In
the South, pledged themselves to a
lie. Tbat the several stat, s comp.?
lng tbe colton belt in their subsequent
conventions characterized by thetr
earnestness and conservative busi
ness tone were represented by liars,
or at best by shallow and unstanle en
thusiasts. For once in the history of
the cotton belt the producers have a
word lu the price of their product and
so sweet and glorious is the feeling,
so sure Is tue prospeot of its continu
atice, that none net d fear that the
slavcB of ignorance and poverty will
dominate them again.
'"Now the next step is the erection
of warehouses at every station ship
?.lng 2,000 bales aud up. These ware
houses oan be built at a cost of 81 p r
bale, including the water equipment
Insurance can then be batt at ou"
ualf of one per cent. By bonding the
office lu charge the warehouse re
C-. ipts become negotiable In biak:-, at d
toe cotton thushtored can be held ano
marketed as tho price Justifies.
"We have a monopoly of cotton at
a protitabie price. We are able to
control the market and will from u JW
ou The entire South-non the farme
ilnne-ls alive to the. dazzling po-sl
bil'tles and the world is realizing tb.it
fact and all right thinking and right
nearled men are applauding e>ur cour
age and manhood. Let every one
study tbe situation and get a firm
grasp of the principles involved and
preach and teach riiem until no one
need b^djseiv d la^atn. The farmer
and banker and merchant of tho Souti i
ria ve been to i-ciool and have learned,
ind their learning, their education, ls
oringing frui'j. Already it has borne
fruit tc the amount of 810 per baie
Lt will continue to bear fruit to the
amount of from four to six millions ju
an annual pro?t on colton and its
produta.
"The South ls destined to become
the financial center e.f these United
States. We have the brains and are
rapidly accumulating the capital. Let
i:very Southerner help."
I WANTED F1V3S MEN KILLED.
Such Ia tho Statement Made in a
Kentucky Conrt.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ky.,
says a plot to shoot down live men In
the Breathltt county court housa
during one of the feud murder trials
there, was brought out in that oit}
Wednes ?ay at tne heiring of a mo
tion to admit to ball Sue: it! lid ward
Callahan and the Hargises, one of
whom is a j nd ne and another a state
senator.
The sensational story was told by
Anderson White ou the wltne.-s
stand. White said that Judge James
Hary is had given witness a 15 cali ore
pistol, telling White to go to the
court house, where the trial of Thomas
Cockrlll f jr killing Benjamin Hargls
was in progress, and be ready, to du
as Instructed. White d.dared thu
James Hargls wanted him to shuoi
live men, In event au> trjuole started.
The men, White says he was asked to
shoot were Dr. Cox, James Cockrlll,
Mirk Cockrlll, Atto.njy Vaughan
and another. This other, witness re
membered as being J. lt Marou m
Kill ali of these or any i ne of mein 1
wuat Wnlto said Hargis told him.
White s^id he declined to clo Luis aud
returned tho pistol. Hargls tuen to.ci
White that White wou.d be needed
probably as a witne:>s. Hargls told
Watte to return when sent for.
Anderson White ls a brother of
Thomas White, who Is now serving a
life term for tue killing of J. B. Mar
cum.
"Jeff" Smith followf d White. He
said tuat bi fore the killing of Cv ck
rill, J tidy? Jame.* H.irgis declared to
wluit8.-s "Jl-n Oockrill has gut to riv
killed. If ne ls not, Cockrlll will kin
Callahan or me, or Loth of us."
Witness (!. obied t<> participate in
the plot. Ilvrg.s threatened, wit
i O B said, uu crt. Qeoigo Smith cr
Curtis J* tt to ho the killing. Wit
neis s.ild that he wi;s in ll >rgk' stori
ino day after Cockrlll wa.> killen.
Callahan and Judge Hargls were, there
and when thc m ws ciaio fran L x
lngtnn that Cockrlll i ad died In a
hospital II irgls and Callanan smlhd
at each otln r.
Mon Are (tum ott
In Paraguay tho w.unju aro in pro
pi rilun of seven to one as compared
with tue m.-n. The consequence iii
tuat the mea are taken I ho greatest
care of, and everything whio i ls un
pleasant or mli.ht be risky to the hf
of a man is done by the women. Thc
i streets are cleaned, ships are loaded,
oxen are driven by th rn, and lt IE
even bald that they hava taken pan
? in the c m m ry's wars, acting as sub
stltutes for their men folk.
Mother and Daughter Hypnotize
Each Other.
THE DAUGHTER DIED
From the Effects of the Spell. A Spec
ialist Also Hypnotized. Physicians
and Hypnotists Puzzled by a
Strange Case Reported
in New York City.
One of the mest remarkable cases
in the experience of the doctors of tho
Presbyterian hoHpltal in Now York
euded Friday in the death ol Miss
Luella Huestls of Mount Vernon,
wno witb ber mither, Mrs. Jas. H.
Eluestis, had been in a trance for 16
days prior to her d atti. More than
two weeks ago both of the women
ero found uucoosoious In the home
of Henry W. Heifer, a lawyer ot that
city, and were supposed to have been
asyhyxiated by gas. Neither had
since recovered consciousness and
physicians and hypnotists were puz
zled by their unaccountable sondi
Lion.
Mes Huestls was an attractive
young woman, aged 22 years. Lack
of nourishment was the principal
cause of her death, as it bad been im
possible io give ber food except in
liquid form aud tnrougn a tube,
^stimulants and oxygen were adminis
tered witihout effect. A singular fact
is that the young woman s mother,
who lay in au adjoining room, began
tu sbo w signs of the approach o? death
oon after the deattroi ber daughter.
Tno mother also is greatly emaciated
aud tue phys,clans at tbe hospital
sty that her lo* vitality is due prin
cipa.ly Co starvation.
Ono specialist in hypnotism and
physiology wno investigated tue case
oas u.a.ie puollc bis concludion that
clio two women had unconsciously
hi puot.z d each omer and that gas
<: po > xiuuui; i.ail uutniug to do with
the ease. H J exp ai ned that he bad
oins.if been hjpuoazed while hyp
uidiziug a patient and bad only been
awaaeut-d by tue arousing of toe sub
ject, l'he ca^e of tue two women has
attracted tuo attention of scientists
?ll over the country. Au autopsy
a.ade un the budy of Miss Huestls
snowed that deatu had resulted from
?as poisoning
Wi!Y jaUaalti 1,06-8.
A Field CorrCHpondont Pointe Oat
Disheartening Conditions.
The Nuvoe Vreaiya, a paper pub
lished lu St. Petersburg, Russia, Fri
day published a remarkable dispatch
ir..m a correspondent in the Held,
who, with the bitter taste of defeat
still on nls pa.ate, discusses the causes
il Russian reverses, and contrasts the
pine with which Russia and Japan
are conducting toe war and, with sor
o 7 and di^oeartment, arraigns the
elements in Ra sia wno are nourish
i. g their pr.'paganda on defeats in the
fal Eist, "scatteringin the very hour
of defeat." accorolng to the corres
pondent, "broadcast among the heart
sick, retreating soldiers, proclama
tions urging teem to cease lighting
and suir^nd r."
Setting aside the factors of a tem
porary nature, the correspondent enu
?aerates four main causes of misfort
une:
First. Failure Cc establish before
the war au adequate intelligence de
partment in Manchuria or to make
otuer preparations, contrasted with
Japanese activity in that direction.
Second, ll i-s?:, is dependent upon
a single railway, while the Japanese
nave many bases, with tho possibility
of establishing new ones at any point
on the coast.
Third. The deficiencies of many
. tile;rs, whose mistakes of execution
bring to naught the most carefully
tnongut-out p.au of the commander,
or whose technical education nas not
kept pice wlto the artl.lery they are
r. quired to hand:o.
Fourth. Tue patriotism, devotion
and passionate longing for victory of
tue Japanese.
Awi ut I?xperieuoe.
A dispatch from Sin Francisco,
Cal., says the c-dfLhtug schooner
Czarina (rom Bigie harbor, Alaska,
oas brought Frederic Martin, still
suffering fiom three days and nights
in au arctic pn-oo, saut in by the
raging sea on ihe oae ?Ide and a g rv
cl.r on the other. Martin waa placed
io ibis dang TOUS p isiilon by a storm
* bleu overtook him while Ashing uff
liigle harbor hst April, and which
olow his d ry annora. Notwithstand
ing his Miff n ings aud apparent hope
1 Hsins-. of tiis position, Martin kept a
lary, wntten ouurly. lt tells of his
do.-p.ur, ma recourse to raw iKh bait
as food after two dav s of starvation,
u s light to keep the bio id movlug by
savagely h. a .mg nls f. et with the
haudle of a gaff, hts final persever
ado and bis e-c pe by clinging to tho
glacier In his baro feet; how withe
opa im la-soo 1 the pinna de of a rock
far ab ivu lum and then ohmsd up tho
cliff, clinging io the orev.c s with nls
biro fe t. Then he ran aoro>s the
fr^ z.n He d', to a tlshiug station.
Killed on tho Traok.
One of the wor.st, accidents that has
mark d tho history of racing in Now'
Orleans uco irr d Friday iq the second
raoe at the fair grounds lu that city.
Toe Held of ll hors .s was about to
swh g Into tho streich woen Swedish
Lad, running sixth, was jumped on
oy one of tho hors, s benlnd him and
its near bind leg broken. Court
Ortor, following, foll over Swedish
Lid. Jockey MeCafferly, who rode
Court Crier, was thrown directly In
the path of tho oncoming horses.
? Mccafferty, the only one of the jook
eys ourt, waa carried to a stable and
thence sont to a hospital. It was
i found tint his skull was or mined in
i both front and back, that both his
i arms were broken and that he had
ot her Injuries. Death ls expected at
any momont. Swedish Lad was do
str JJ ed.