The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, March 31, 1905, Image 2
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'DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR DIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS INJTHY CAUSE."
WHAT THEY GET.
The Salaries to be Paid the Dif
ferent County Officers.
TERMS OF THE ACT
Passed by the Legislature at Its Recent
Session. The Superintendents of
Education Get Better Pay Than
Formerly. Comparison Is
Interesting to Note.
The legislature recently passed an
ant providing for tbe salaries of all
the officers in all of tho counties ex
cept judge of probate, master in equi
ty and magistrate. For the latter
office a special aot was pressed. Judg
es of probate and masters will draw
the same salaries and receive the same
fees ns heretufore.
It is declared in the aot that thc
constitution provides that the com
pensation shall be graded in propor
tion to tbe population and necessary
service required. The amount of sal
ary fixed for each officer is given pub
lication here, and our readers may
find it interesting to make compari
sons, to see how different counties
treat their officials In the matter of
pay. Another noteworthy feature is
the amount paid in each ounty to
tax and governing boards.
Following are the salaries to be paid
the county officers tt ls year:
County. Auditor.
Abbeville.il ,000
Aiken.. 1,200
Anderson. 1,500
Bamberg. 800
Barnwell . 1.25U
Beaufort. 1,200
Berkeley . 825
Charleston.3,200
Cherokee. 8u0
Chester. 1,000
Chesterfield. 900
Clarendon. 800
Colleton. 1,000
Darlington. 900
Dorchester. 900
Edgefleld. 1,000
Fairfield. 1,000
Florence. I OOO
Georgetown. 1,000 .
Greenville. 1,500
Greenwood. 900
Hampton. 900
Horry. 700
Kershaw. 900
x.an?astc.r. ooo
Laurena.. 1,000
Lpxi,httl^n..V:.... ooo
Marion.. 937
Marlbjjjo. 900
Newberry. l.ooo
Oconee1. 900
Orangeburg. 1,200
Pickens. 675
Blohland. 2,000
Saluda. 800
Spartanburg. 1 600
Sumter.1,200
Union. 900
Williamsburg_ 900
York. 1,300
Clerk of
Court
Abbeville.s 300
Aiken. 500
Anderson. 500
Bamberg. 250
Barnwell. 400
Beaufort. 400
Aerkeley. 300
Charleston. 2,4uo
Cherokee.. .
Chester.
Chestcrfl dd
Clarendon..
Colleton ....
... 250
.. 350
... 400
... 150
.. 400
Darlington . 425
Dorchester. 300
Edgefield. 200
Fairfield. 300
Florence. 300
Georgetown. ooo
Greenville. 1,600
Greenwood. 350
Hampton. 300
Horry. 300
Kershaw. 350
Lancaster. 400
Laurens. 400
Lee. 200
Lexington. 350
Marlon. 500
Marlboro. 700
Nowborry. 275
Oconee. 1,320
Oraugeburg. 550
Pickens. 3oO
Rlobland. 1,200
Saluda. 250
Spartanburg. 1,250
Sumter. 400
Union . 400
Williamsburg. 275
York . 300
Supt. Ed.
Abbeville.8 ooo
Aiken . OOO
Anderson. 750
Bamberg. 5
Barnwell. 500
Beaufort. 400
Berkeley. 300
Charleston. 900
Cuerokee. 600
Chester. 600
Chesterfield . 400
Clarendon. 625
Colleton. 600
Darlington. 600
Dorchester. 400
Edgefield. 600
Florence. 800
Georgetown. OOO
Greenville. 000
Greenwood. OOO
Hampton. 650
norry. 400
Kershaw. 500
Lancaster. OOO
Lin roi ii,. 000
Lee. 600
Lexington. OOO
Marlon. 800
Marlboro. 700
Newberry. 650
Oconee. 500
Oraogeburg. 850
Pickens. 600
Riohland. -
Saluda. 450
Spartanburg?. 1,200
Sumter. 800
Union. 600
Williambburg. 500 125
York. 750 200
The county trcasureres are to b ?
pp id the same as the county auditors
except In tl o following iustances:
Cherokee, $1,000; Union, $1,000; L*>,
$850; Marlon, $1,200; Chester, $1,000
and 50 cents for each tax execution.
IO J ch county auditor is entitled to
a fee of 25 cents for every tranBfer of
real estate recorded.
Each H her I ff ls to receive 20 cents a
day for dieting prise ?era and actuai
expenses for himself aod prisoners or
lunatics when called beyond the conn
ty. Toe Bheriff of Lancaster ned ves
$150 additional for a J tiler
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 $2 a
day additional while serving as a
member of a county board. E_ch
member of county boards of education
shall receive $3 for not moro tb.au
seven days.
Township boards of assessors shall
be paid $2 a day per member for not
more than three days, except In coun
ties having cities of 10,000 inhabi
tants, where the members may re
ceive pay for not more than 20 days.
The members of the county board of
equalization shall receive $2 a day for
net more than live days.
County com mi.1 stoners shall be paid
as follows: Abbeville, -; Aiken, $3
each per day for not more than 100
days; Anderson, $3, without mileage,
for 07 days; Bamberg, $125 each:
Barnwell, $150 each; Beaufort, $1 per
diem and mileage; Berkeley, not to
exceed $75 eaob and mileage; Charles
ton, $1,200; Cherokee, not exceeding
$100 each and mileage; Chester, $3 per
diem per member and mileage; Ches
terfield, not to exceed $50 caoh with
mileage; Clarendon, not to exceed 360
e_oli with mileage; Colleton, not to
exceed 89U eaob without - mileage;
Darlington, not to exceed $105 each;
Dorchester, $150 cacu; Edgetield, not
to exceed $150 per annum, Inoluding
mileage; Fairfield, no; to exceed $100
each without mileage; Florence, $125
each; Georgetown, $75 each without
mileage; Greenwood, $105 eaob and no
mileage; Greenville, not to exceed
$150 each and mileage not to exceed
$100 eaob; Hampton, $2 50 per diem
for each member, not to exceed 25
days; Florry, not to exceed $90 each;
Kershaw, $125 eaob; Lancaster, $3
per diem for not exceeding 26 days;
Laurens, $100 each; Lee, $2 per diem
..ach, not exceeding 30 days; Lexing
ton, $300 eaob; Marion, $3, not to ex
cetd 30 days, mileage; Marlboro, $3,
not to exceed 25 days, mileage; New
berry, $76 eaoh; Oconee, $250 each;
Orangeburg, $500each;Piokens, $2.50,
not to exceed 100 days; Richland, $3,
not to exceed 25 days, mileage;
Saluda, $3, not to exceed 30 days, no
mileage; Spartanburg, $400; Sumter,
33 eacu per diem for not moro thun
3u ?Lysi wltrr mri_?R;.; I'ai'oh, :$'-50
each; Williamsburg, $3 each, not to
exceed 30 days; York, $160 each.
Clerks and county boards ot com
missioners: Aiken, $225; Anderson,
$300; Bamberg, $250; Barnwell, $500
(tbo clerk of dispensary boan. ;)
Beaufort, $50; Berkeley, $150; Charles
ton, $20u; Cherokee, $20U; C:ierter,
- ; Chesterfield, $100; Clarendon,
$150; Colleton, $15u; Darlington,
?250; Dorchester, $75; Edgefield,
S15u; Fairfield, -; Florence, 8200;
Grt.ugetown, $200; Greenville, $250;
Greenwood, 8150; Hampton, $200;
Dorry, $100; Kerthaw, $25; Lancas
ter, $150; Laurens. $300; L e. 8150;
Lexington, $100; Marum, 820U; Marl
boro, -; Newuerry (clerk and attor
ney.) 8260; Oconee, $100; Orangeburg,
S'iOu Pickcna, $100; Riot ?land, $9u0;
Saluda, 810C; Sp-iriaxihurg, $500;
Sumter, $100- Union, $150; Williams
burg, 815u; York. $100.
Death Dealing Cyclone*.
News from Roanoke, Randolph
county, Alabama, states that, repoits
have reached Roanoke of one of the
must disastrous cyclones that ever
visited that section, which ?*ept
across tho southern part of Randolph
couuty lato last night. Elghtor nine
lives are known to have been lost and
damage amounting to thousands of
dollars was done to property. The
cyclone started at a point near Double
Heads, and pro eeded In a northwest
ern course. The residence of Mack
Carlisle, white, was demolished and
R. C. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed.
Six miles east a number of h uses
woro demolished and three negroes
Killed and several injured on the
Wilson plantation. TV:ree or four
negroes were killed ou the Holly
plantation, near Rock Mills. At
Limo posteffloe a storo was demolish
ed, aod a little white girl, daughter
of Mr. Lucas, was killod and her
mother seriously Injured.
Peasant? Killed.
A dispatch from Kutno, Russia
Poland, says ten peasants were killed
and 50 were wounded at Lamenta,
March 21, as the reaulb of the shoot
ing of Infantry 6ent to quell disturb
anees. A orowd of peasants from
Bemgnowa procooded to Lamenta to
induoo the farm laborers to strike and
rioting occurred. The chief of police
with a company of soldiers went to
the scene and the troops tired two vol
leys at the peasants, killing two on
the spot and wounding 50. The latter
?vere brought In carts to the hospital
there where seven men and one wo
man subsequently died. Eleven others
ure dyings_
rioune nt Horror. .
A dispatch from St. Petemburg
says that tho mortality in thc Rus
sian army at the front I? frightful
Five thousand men succumbed to
wounds or disease last week at Har
bin. The greater number of the rall
r< ad cars and trucks upen which the
wounded aro piled are brought into
thc station and left upon thc sidings
without having their human freight
removed. The station exnales a ter
rible stench, having become a combi
ned hospital, refuse heap and charnel
house._
Uevurely i' i?IIladed.
The President has approved the
sentence of the court martial inflicted
upon Midshipman Arrowcod, of North
Carolina, recently tried .'or desertion
from tho navy. The sentence carries
with it a dismissal from the vavy and
the law bearing upon tho case provid
es that a man so dismissed should not
hereafter -be eligible to any rights of
oltlzenahip. v<
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 hy the women of the State.
This inscription was written by Wil
liam Henry Trescott, a na ive of this
State, who was a "diplomat of Interna
tional reputation as woll as a litera
teur. The hundreds of northern "our
iits who stop In Columbia during the
winter admire tbis inscription as more
than a ll:erary production, they are
moved by the grandure of Its senti
ment, no denunciation, no walling
but a manly appeal for "just Judg
ment" of the cause that was lost.
Following are these choice bits of
Krglish which embody so beautifully
and so perfectly the sentiments of thc
south:
NOKTII SIDE.
This Monument
Perpetuates the memory
of Those Who,
True to the Instincts of their Birth,
Faith to tbe Teachings of their
Fathers,
Constant in their L va for the State,
Died in the Performance of their Duty,
Who
Have Glorified a Fallon Cause
By the Simple Manhood of their Lives,
the Patient Eudurance of Suffering,
and the Heroism of Death,
and who,
in the Dark Hours of Imprisonment,
in the Hopelessness of the Hospital,
In the Short, Sharp A^rory of the Field,
Found Support ai d Consolation
in the Ballet
that at Home they wuuid nob be For
gotten.
SOUTH SIDK.
Lr t the Si ranger.
Who M ?y In Future Times
Read this Inscription,
Recognize that these were Men
. -Vyom Power Couirl Nob Corrupt,
Whom D ath Could not Terrify,
Whom Defeat Cou'd not Dishonor,
and Let their Virtues Plead
for Just Judgment
of the Cause in which ihey Perished
Let the South Carolinian
of Another Generation
Remember
That the State Taught Them
How to Ltvn and How to Die,
And that from II r Broken Fortunes
She has Preserved for Her Children
the Priceless Treasure of the Memo
ries,
Teaching a l wi o May Calm
Tuc harru Birtnilght
that Truth, C urage and Patriotism
Endure Forever.
It ls not generally known, but Mr.
Tre-scott prepared an inscription fora
third face of the monument, but th3n
was n? t rojrn for it. This epitaph was
as follows:
Those for whom they died
Jn crine on this Marble
The solomo record of their sacrifice
The preputual gratitude of the State
they served
The Cady log ; ff- ellon of tnt sa
Wu. se lives
The separation of death
nas shadowed With aa Everlasting
Sorrow
Scattered over the bal tie fields of the
south
Burled in Remote and Allen Graves
Dying Unsent bed By tho touch
of famllar aud household hands,
Their names are graven here
To recall
To their Children and Kinsmen
IIo>v worthily t'iey lived
How Nobly they died
And in what tender reverence
Their memory survives
In the first two or three years fol
lowing the surrender of Gen. Lee, til?
pei plo of the .south were face to face
with extreme poverty. Even then the
women of Columbia purposed to start
the muvemet t tor tho erection of this
monument. But it was not until Nov.
4, 1804), that the formal beginning was
made In the chapel or Washington
Street church. An address was deliver
ed bv Gen Wade Hampton and a pray
er off-red by U v. Wm Martin, whose
son is s.alci to have b en the first sol
dier of tho southern cause to yield lils
life. The women of Richland county
at this meeting prefcoted an organiz
ation and sent a call to tho women of
the other cou;.ties In the State to loin
them in the erection of a suitable
monument.
There were many difficulties In the
way of getting a .suitable site for the
monument. Thc otrpet baggers from
the north and tho reuegades and ex
slav: soi ibis State who were in charge
of the State government could not be
appeal* d to for a site on the Stve
capitol grounds. In August, 1802,
the allens who cc nip ;sed the city gov
ern men t exacted of the commission,
$600 for a srr ail spot of earth on Ar
senal Hill overlooking Sidney park.
Thc granite for the foundation wa-s
contributed by Judge JUD. S. Green
from his quarry on the Congarcc river,
ard work was commenced on Arsenal
Bill. But u.e vsorsmen soon discover
ed that t!' re was onicksand near tue
surface and tho spot was utterly unfit
for the waight 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 the lill at the entrance
to E mwood cemetery. At a cost of
approximately ft (loo Um baso was re
moved trom Arsenal hill to the hill in
front of the cemetery, not a conspic
uous place to bo sure, but tha beat site
available.
Tbe contraot was let In July, 1873
to Muldoon Walton Co., of Louisville,
who on account of their own loyalty
to the COP f.-dc ra cy wore liberal and
patient with the association in its ef
forts to raise tho fund^. It waa this
same year that the a s elation lott by
death one of its most, earnest mem
bers, Mrs. William Wallace, and by
removal Its treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Rey
nolds, who, even after leaving Colum
bia, kept up her efforts to rai te funds
The contracting architects were paid
95,000 OD tbe monempnt.
In September, 1875, the marble
shaft and the statue ariived from Car
rea, Italy, where they bad been fash
ioned by famous artists, lt was decid
ed to keep the monuments in storage
until the entire purchase price could
be paid. Tbe contractors made a liber
al discount, but even this was nearly
equalled by the storage obarges and
insurance The figure which sur
mounts tho monument ls that of a
private soldier, but wes fashioned
after a photograph of Gen. Stephen
Elliotton, one of the heroes of the
crater.
In the year following the receipt of
the monument from Italy, a brighter
dav dawned in South Carolina and tbe
reign of radicalism was thrown fl. Ic
1878 the legislature appropriated 805C
for the removal of the base from Elm
wood-vemetery to the capitol groundf
and each member of the general assem
bly gave one day's pay to the associa
tion. The secretary of state was or
dered to further the work in every waj
and the legislators contributed liber
ally of their own means.
At length the entire fund was raia
ed and May 13th, 1878, was set foi
the unveiling. The monument there
fore stands not only as a memorial tc
the men who fought for souther!
rights, but as a testimonial to tut
courage of the women whose noble en
deavors in days darker than war ltsel
were persevered In until their labori
were crowned with success. Itlsrecal
led that not a little financial aid wa
contributed through the sale o' a po JD
"Sumter" written by Mr. J. B. Al
8ton, and by receipts from a leotun
"Tne Confederate Soldier," by Maj
5. P. Hamilton of Chester.
The day of the unveiling was i
momentous occasion, more i inpress! v
than the pomp attendant upon the vis
lt of the Ma.quis de Lafayette, mor
gorgeous than the cert monies attend
anti upon the inauguration of Wad
Hampton as governor; moreslnnllican
chan the celebration of thc passing c
the ordinance of secession, for tba
was but a nation's natai d.iy and tb
unveillr.g of the monument co rn m om
orated tbe en M re glorious history c
that same nation; particularly the rc
cord of the 20,000 South Carolinian
who fell in battle aud thc 40 OOOothei
wbo oame back tagged, maimed au
wreoked in health.
'Tho monument l\s then unveil AC
Iptd bee'u erected near the State hou.V.
about 60 fett from the front wall t
the building, at a point near wher
the Houden statue of Washington no
ls. After the grand m lltary parac
participated in by a saore of gaily un
formtd companies from all parts t
South Carolina, ttie procession catt
back to the capitol grounds wher
from a Btaud decorated mo^t beaut
tully Goo. Jno. S Preston deliven
tile t rallon, G-iti. Eilis m Capers, tl
rect' r of the Christ chun h at Gr?ri
ville, pronounced the invocation. F'O
i he top of ilu spe.ikei s stand ll a:t
a sir?.amer bearhg the dyiug words
Maxcv Gregg, "lr I am to alt-, I gi
my life cheerfully for the itidope
dence of South Carolina." In the p
rade were 40 survivors of the Moxie,
war coaimauubd by Capt. W. H. Sui
icy and the r?giment of Confedera
survivors was commanded by (Joh W
Hum Wallace. There were doz* ns
hat tie Hag-, of glorious bisti ry and ea
wa-, cheered hy tho vast multitud
Tue newspapers of that day said th
t?iere werel?.OOO people massed aroui
capital square when Geo. Prest
spoke.
The master of ceremonies was Gt
W. D. Simpson. G">ns. Hampton a
buller were detained at Washlngt
at, the l ist moment and wired regre
din. M. L. Bonban, an ex-goverm
was chief marshal.
Tne four young ladles who pull
the ord which loosed the drnp<
around the monument were Mi*
Cticves McCord, Doberta Beck, M
Dariran and Beverly Means, oach
whom had been orphaned by w
Their oicort consisted of four vetera
eacli of whom had lo?t au ann: Col.
C. Haskel), Maj S. L Leapbar
State treasurer-Ja.ocs Fraser and
W. It jwiii. Tue monument had bi
ci mplcted three days before, Mer
rial day, and the marble soldier i
stationed at his po?t as the func
heiL were calling tho women to
fl mers on the graves of the dead ;
dlery.
Tnis ls not a Columbia posscssi
It is the property of all the people
the State. The following contrlbutl
were made hy oilier counties; Al
ville, 9201; Aiken, 827; Ander;
81?0; Barnwell, 8121; beaufort, 81
Charleston, tl,405; Cuestor, 81
Chesterlield, 8277; C.illetou, $31 C
end in, 8ti7; Darlington, 888; E:
field, 8397.50; Georgetown, 8:
Greenville, 84iil); Hampton, ?
Hurry. 887; Kershaw, $310; L'X
ton, 81 lo-. Laurens, $121; Laucas
?140; Marlboro, Ul; Marion,
Newberry. 9203; Orangeburg. 8
Oi?onee, $35; Pendleton, 852; Piek
85; ll chianti, 83,iili5; Sutn'er,
Spananburg, 32;r?; Colon, Silos;
liamsnurg, $07; York, 8U0- Total ?
ll? 70. Too legislature appropil
$i)50; the railroad company reml
the freight charges, there were
irlhutlons aggregating $1<(8 from
>ond tiie barders of the State, ma
;ho whole $11,7(51.40. Toe arch I
Mr. Walton, w^s p.dd 90,242 53
i he remainder was paid f. r site,
two removals of the b .se, ole.
The monument was .struck hy ll
tiing, the marble ti.ure being bro
and when the new figure was t
tho monument >\a-> m .vtd to Us
ootsite overlooking Mun street.
In Itself foi ms an i:? erestiug ch;
in the history of C (lumbla.
({tully itun.
G. C. Jowell, a for man In
Southern's sho..s at Columbia
dangerously Injured by being si
un the head by C. L MlltoM, ;
repairer. The trouble aro-.o frt
di pute betweeu tho two men IDS
a car.
POOR FOOLS
Many New York Women Each
Morning Worship the Sun.
MANY OF THEM BICH.
AH tho Follower! of thia Heathenish
Custom are Women. The Cult Now
Said to be Finally Establish*
ed in the Cities of New
York and Chicago.
Tho New York American Bays
amazing fact that 2,000 of New York's
tromen, mure or less promluent, are
sun worshippers, and votarlos of tho
Mazdaznans, the mystic Persian cult
expounded by Dr. OtomanZar-Adusht
Hanisb, bas been revealed through
tbe arrest last Saturday of Mrs.
Brownie Rathbone Weaverson, of No.
150 West Oue Hundred and Fourth
street, a disciple of tbe mysterious re
ligion.
Mrs. Weaverson ?B charged with
having taught the Persian tbeory to
Mrs. Ellon Bacilli, an aged womau liv
ing at No. 1453 Amsterdam avenue,
who Is now expected to loss 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; others bave been made cripples
and doomed to a life of misery ; Dr.
Hanlsh, the pi lest apostle himself, bas
been arrested on tbe charge of having
tortured his followers; yet despite
these fuels, the society is not ouly In
existence in New York City, but the
number of bis followers among the
fashionable sob ls growing.
This was shown ata meeting follow
ing Mrs. Weaverton's arrest in Carne
gie Hall when a vast throng of women,
old and young, and ail dressed in the
height of fashion, bung with breath,
less attention on the words of tbe
Dastur of the Beh-Dlnscience, who
stood on tbe platform olad in tbe fud
regalia of his sombre culb.
lu the morning tnese women bow to
the rising orb and address it as a god.
iu thu evening they prostrate them
selves on rugs as did the Persians of
oin and the ancient Tolttc> of Mcxtoo.
Oue day a worn in by toe name or
Miss Rouss mounted the platform oi
cue M ./. lazo.au shrine in Unicago, (for
tue cult oas even a greater following
-her'V.V.."0".n NJW York) and began
to scream and pray hysterically to tb
sun.
''She is insane," said Zir Hanisb
solemnly to tho t.orri lied throng in the
sreat ha.ll, "bud the honor of MazJaz
uun has been saved."
Alter th? meeting Miss Reusa was
taken, a hopeless, raving maniac, to
an asylum.
Soe uad fasted forty-two at the or
Mer ot Dr. Uauisn. ile was arrested,
only to be released and resumed tnu
preaching of his Uuotrines. Mrs. Da
venport Vicke/S, one of lils laitblul
followers, was comminded oy him to
last lorty-two days only a short tim?
after, and she tried to until Weakness
compelled her to desist.
"There is nothing but tho the Great.
I Am!" thundered the apostle to his
wavering followers. "All else is snadow
and ihu>iun. lt ls b/ OOedlenoe tnat
we live. We must look to God in our
selves. lt we disobey, the light goes
?mt; death ensues."
It was In such language as this that
Dr. llauish preacbea at Carnegie Hall,
while one of nis follower! was bein?;
tried before Magistrate Mayo with
having practised, without a license,
on a week, lutlrm, oi l woman, wno
gave her all the money she bad, which
was only S3 70.
. Tho women who came to Carnegie
Hall to bear and applaud bim came
in carriages. Their gowns were of the
latest cut, and diamonds adorned their
nanos and ears. The contributions
were liberal, and every gesture of the
black-robed, fantastic figure on the
platform was wildly applauded.
With rapt fascination ?hey listened
to doctilnes which would have made
the ordinary womau shudder with a
stoicism almost uncanny !n its nature.
"Go ye forth," cried the self ap
pointed Messiah, "all yo that aro un
happy, and fast. Pray ye to the sun,
thesourcu of life. Cursed he they who
believe not. There bi no God but thu
sun."
And the women grew hysterical in
their fervor.
The philosophy expounded by Dr.
Ilaulsh, he says, dates back to 142,
OOO years before Christ. In the ol 1
Zand language "Midsa" means sun,
and lt ls in this origin that tho philo
sophy ob'.alded Its name.
Toe tirst attempt by Dr. Hanlsh
there to start the society a few years
ano met with failure. Ile then went
io Chicago and met with better sue
cess. Ile establlstud a sumptuous,
nome as the headquarters of the cult.
Tuen, lull ited with ids success, he
came back to Now York and obtained
a few members. Now he has 2,000
woroon followers.
What Han Moen Dono.
Tho Spartanburg J? urnal says
tho southern farmer by homing on to
his cotton fi r t'ireo three months ha*
put prices up 66 a bale. By continu
ing to bold he cm put values up stlh
higher. This experience has shown
mm the value of co operation and
should cau.-e him lu future years to
i market Ids cotton . radually aud avoto
the shuck to the market of throwing
lt all cu at once, as hat* been trie cu.
tom._
1 Wan Not Poisoned.
( A dispatch from Sm Francisco s tu
. after a full police examination of th
evidence surrounding ihe death of
Mrs. Stanford, thu noted worn D'
philanthropist, it was antn.truced la e
; Wedties lay n g it that death WHS du.
i to uaturai causes. While com', .vu ,
i heir Inahllity to explaiu thc prest n. i
? of s try o nin > ir. the carbonate of so
i whioh slid drank h fore dei h thej
i say there was not sufficient quanti tj
to oauso death.
i
SHOULD JL.E ST?PPE1J
By the Civilized Christian Natiom
of the Earth.
Over One Thousand Christian MOD,
Women and Children, tho
Prey, of Mohammedans.
Full reports of the Baku atroolties
are published at Vienna. The massa
cres of Kisblnefl and Gomel were
ehild's play in comparison. Ovar 1,000
Christian, men, women aod children,
were slaughtered within three days by
Mohammedans, amid scenes defying
description. Toe victims were shot,
stabbed or burned to death, their eyes
liouged 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, 'Mr. co Nakashldes,
who were unmoved onlookers for three
days. The otllcers and troops amused
themselves while the slaughtering was
going on.
Tho whole was arranged by
the government to prevent the
political manifestations threatened
oy the Christian Armenian pop
ulation. The Mohammedans, who
aro called In those parts T?rtara,were
supplied by the government with re
volvers and ammunition and Riven a
free band. At the house of Balabek
LalayolJ upward of forty persons were
burned to death, those trying to es
cape the Hames being instantly killed,
soldiers and colicers cooly looking on.
Lalaycff.with bis old wife and nephew,
escaped to tbe cellar, but were found
aud cruelly tortured, their eyes being
pierced. The military interfered only
when resistance was offered by the
Cnristians, and then the Cossacks
helped the Mohammedans to beat the
Cnristians. Tue wells are still full ol
corpses.
Keuter quotes the Peterbureskla
Tledomostl for the following acounl
of the massacres at Baku: From 6
o'clock on the morning of February
20 and from noon on February 22 a
massacre without preced;nt and o^ulti
unexp.'cted took place In thu streets
and public Square*, at Biku. Tue
Tartar inhabitants, arm^d to the
teeth, attacked toe Armenians, whi.
wure unarmed and Oefeuheless, and
pitilesdy massacred them, without
distinction of lanie, pcsltioa, age or
.sex. The panic was general Ah
shops and places of business were at
once closed, but the owoers of them
were shot down. A sort of torpor,
which it is impossible to describe,
-cerned at first to have taken posses
..lou of everybody. There appeartu
to be nobody to take the defeuse ol
tr.e unfortunate people. Toe .soldiers
old not attempt to disarm the fanati
cal murderers, who hunted men like
wild bcas'.s, killing them by h uncir du.
It was In vain tuat the defenseless
Inhabllan s imp orte" the governor ny
ten puono to send help. The repl}
was always ihe hame. ''No Clacks;,
n ) guard." it was cquivaieut to tho I
vernice: "Du>, since thou art taken."
The bodies of meu, women and ohd
dren and horses were lylo,? in the
streets und i quares hy the d; zens, by
hundreds. Tuore was no one to take
them away!
The. iiuth trilles remained inactive.
Biood ll j ved in screams, and every
where tile crimlual apathy of the au
tbot 1 ties was tue suhj .-ot of universal
Indignation. Tho massacre lasted al
most three days. To wara noon on
February li) a T irtar entered an
Armenian church ?m i b gan to tire on
an Arm.; ian soid e s The police otn
c r who was present arrested bim, but.
afterward set, aim at liberty wiiuout
disarming him, and shouted to the
crowd. ' Kill ulm, or he will kill you
all." In savin? himself tho criminal
(ired on tho crowd, one of whom ran
after lum and killed him. This seems
to bavebevii the signal, in all nj
fewer than 10,OOO cartridges were ex
pended.
(jn*liii(ai>K 10ac>.i>eU.
Nine prisoners escaped from the
Lexiuglon County chalngang last
week. The gaog was lucated near
Mr. Job Swygert's place lo Hollow
Creek township, not far from Lees
ville. The coial number of prisoners
uii the gang was l? or 10. lt was
ru morad ab.iut tnere that thu captain
of the gang was away at his home,
being sick. The guard was said also
lo have heeo sick aud the gang had
been left under the caro of a new
man. Mr. H. Z. Adams, who resides
near whore thu escape uccurred, cap
tured two of toe prisoners. A tele
gram was received from the auth <rl
ties ut Newberry s-.ating that they
bad tak n tiree of the fugitives, thus
leaving Tour still at large. It is said
that these vs i ll hardly ho captured, as
tliey are lung term prisoners and one
of them came titiir escaping bi fore
his trial, b. filing thebais of the Jail.
HmiK Him Twice.
At Pittsburg, Pa., two men were
b&ng?d T lursday and thu first unsuc
cessiul hagging was rt corded in Aile
g eny o ninty. Keno Dardata wa>
initiged tir.si, and his neck was br ken.
William J Byers folio #ved. The lo F
of ibo noose was pulled away, pr^cipl
tating him to thc ground. Ile wat
not badiy hun., tho rope was again
adjust, d. This time there wera nt
mishaps. Deatn re ulled fr.im stran
Uti ation, Byers v. as con vc ed ol
niling August J. Layton at Turtle
Cro k un Jtii.u a, IOU I. Hu huplicatec
Layton's wife and John M.;Williams
Tuey we;e acquitted. MoWllllamt
atterward married Mrs. Layton, Dar
daia kill, d Thomas Sinclair at l u
pt rial on K pt< mb r 2o. 1003, durlu?
i quart el over a drink of wniskey ant
A dullar. _
Anotli. r Neuru onio>*r.
Tiio presltleut ha? appt luted Ser
geant Ge rge 3. Thompson of the
i'w nt >- ll th infantry io be secoue
1 u t nant lu tue P nlippine Seouls,
hus adding one mure negro to thc
eouimi.-sl iud foiCe ot the army.
Li ut. Thompson was appointed or
: ids u orita, having receiv.d high com
rjendatio J for heroism and efii di nc)
luring bbc In urrected In the Philip
pines. He ls one ol the or ac vt sholl
.n the army an i his received suv. ra
ncdals for rill and pistol shootng
ile ls no v st atoned with hlsreglmeni
at Fort Nlnbrora, Neb.
BANKS GIVE MOiNKY.
Nearly All of Amount Asked Foi
Is Given.
Treasurer of Cotton Growerc' Asso
c lat lon Issues a Statement. State*
mont Also Issued Hero.
Accord lng to ii statement received
from the treasurer of thc Southern
Cotton a: s elation, tho banka of the
cotton growing states have contributed
about 97,000 to the movement and
only 83,000 additional is asked. Toe
amount agreed upon at a meeting of
tbe Southern banking committee was
?10,000, and Mr. John D. Walker, the
treasurer, states that this money will
be used as ls all of the other contribu
tions received from fettillzor com
panies, oil mills and other concerns.
President E. D. Smith, the president
of the South Carolina branch of the
association Wednesday morning gave
out thc following inUivie.?:
"We have won the tight as to re
duction of acreage and fertilizar. Let
any man who doubts do ns I ve done
go to the states where the laud is pre
pared and belog prepared ,and then
honestly and faithfully say that the
acreage is not reduced and the use of
ferlilizir for cotton not reduced 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 on
the South to say that the great New
Orleans convention, the most ri pro
smtative gathering ever convened lu
the South, pledged themselves to a
lie. That the several statu s compos
lug the cotton belt lu their subsequent
conventions characterized by their
rarnestness and conservative busi
ness tone were represented by liars,
or at best by shallow and uaataole en
thusiasts. For once In the history of
the cotton belt the producers have a
word in the price of their product and
so sweet and glorious ls the feeling,
so sure ls the prospect of Its continu
ance, that none nee d fear that the
slaves of ignorance and poverty wlli
dominate them again.
'"Now the next step is the erection
of warehouses at every station ship
wing 2,000 bales aud up. These ware?
houses can be built at a cost of $1 p r
bale, lnoiuding the water equipment
insurance caji then bo bau at one
ualf of one per cent. By boudin); the
office lu onarge the warehouse re
?u ipts become negotiable in biuk- at d
tue cotton thus stored can be held ano
marketed as the price justities.
"We have a monopoly of cotton at
a protitable price. We are able to
control the market and will from u iw
.rn The entire South-not the farmer
done-is alive to the dazzling possi
bilities and the world is reuhzlng th.it
tact and all right thinking and right
hearted men are applau .lng our cour
ago and manhood. Lot every one
.?rudy the situation and get a firm
gr^sp of the principles involved and
preach and teach them until no one
need be^djeelvd (again. The firmer
and banker and merchant of tho South
have been to sc oool and have learned,
ind their learning, their education, ls
bringing fruit. Already it has borne
fruit tc the amount of 310 per bale
lt will continue to bear fruit to the
amount of from four to six millions as
an annual profit on c /Lion and itt
prod uta.
"The South is destined to become
the financial center of these Quited
States. We have the brains and are
rapidly accumulating the capital. Let
every Southerner help."
WAHT?D FiVii MEN KILLED.
Huon Is tho Statement M ml o in a
Kentucky Court.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ky.,
sayB a plot to shoot down live men in
the Breathltt county court house
during one of the feud murder trials
there, was brought out in that oity
Wednesday at the heiring of a mo
tion to acimlt to ball She.iff Edward
Callahan and the Hargises, ono of
whom is a judge and another a 3tate
senator.
The sensational Btory was told by
Anderson White on the witness
stand. White said that Judge James
Hargis had given wiints-. a 45-calibre
pistol, tolling White to go to the
court house, where the trial of Thomas
Cockrill for kilting Benjamin Hargis
was In progress, and be teady, to do
as Instructed. White d.dared that
James Hargis wanted him to shool
live men, in event any trjuulostarted.
The men, White says he was a-.k..d to
shoot were Dr. Cox, James Cockrill,
Mirk Cockrill, Attorney Vaughan
aud another. This other, witness re
membered as being J. B Marcum
Kill all of th se or any i ne of them 1
wuat White said Hargis tnld hi.n.
White s?d he declined io clo this and
returned ibo pUtol. Hargis tuen to.a
, White that White wou.d be r.euOeii
probably aa a witness. H.vrgls told
Walto to return when sent for.
Anderson W ito is a brother of
Thomas White, who ls now serving a
) life term for the killing of J. B. Mar
cum.
, "Jeff" Smith follow, d White. He
i said tnat bi fore the killing O? C ck
i rill, Judge Jame? II -.rgis declared tu
. WILLHSS, "J?J1 Ci_ck;ill oas got to i.
killed. If he is not, Cockrill wdl kin
. Callahan or me, or i,oth of us."
I Witness d'o 1.icd to participate in
the plot. II wrgis threatened, wit
i i e s said, to net Geo/go Smith ol
Curtis J< it to (io the killing. Wit
ness s ild that he w?;s lu ll ?rgK' storr
i tue day after Cockrill was killen.
I Callanan and Judge IlargU were Iber?
and when thc tu v>s CAIHO frt m L x
lngton that. Cockrill nad died in u
hospital II irgls and Callanan smiled
at each ottu r.
i .
I Men fir?: Hornau.
i In Paraguay the women are In pro
: P' rtion of seven to ona as compared
with tue men. The consequence h
i tnat thu mea are taken the g reitest
. care of, and everymiug whlc i is un
1 piejuant or might be risky to the lift
of a man ls done by tbe women. Tht
> streets are cleaned, ships are loaded,
! oxen are driven by th :m, and lt is
even bald th it t hey hav? tuken pan
5 in the oountry's wars, acting as sub
stltutea for their men folk.
s~ *
Mother and Daughter Hypnotize
Each Other.
THE DAUGHTER DIED
From tbe 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 the
Presbyterian hospital in New York
eudert Friday in the death of Misa
Luella Huestls of Mount Vernon,
wno with her anther, Mrs. Jas. H.
Huestls, had been In a trance for 16
days prior to her d 'ath. More than
two weeks ago both of the women.
v ere found unconscious 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 condi
tion.
Mit s Huestls was an attractive
young woman, aged 22 years. Lack
of nourishment was tbe principal
cause of her death as lt had been Im
possible io give her food except In
liquid form and tnrough a tube,
cjtnnulauts and oxygen were adminis
tered without effect,. A singular fact
is that the young woman s mother,
who lay in au acijjiuing room, began
to shu<v signs of the approach of death
oou af ter the death* ol ncr daughter.
Tue mother also is greatly emaciated
aud toe phys,elana at the hospital
s ? y that her lo<v vitality is due prin
cipa ly to starvation.
One specialist In hypnotism and
physiology wno Investigated me case
nat ma ic public Lis conclusion that
the two women had unconsciously
ti? puotiz d o -cti otuer and that gas
asphyxiation oad uotulng to do with
mu case. H J exp aiued that he had
nus .i been hypnotized while hyp
ut'iiz.ug a patient and had only been
awakened by tue arousing of the sub
ject. Th? ca^e uf tue two women has
attracted tue atu-ntion of scientists
ii! over the country. An autopsy
mada on thu budy of Miss Hueoois
suowed that dratu had resulted from
?as poitouing
WitY ?U^aiti Lob-B.
A Fluid Cor TCHOU adi: u i Points Oat
DiBhenrtcntng Condiciona.
The Novoe Vre-nya, a paper pub
lished iu St. Petersburg, Ruaala, Fri
day published a remarkable dispatch
.r..m a correspondent In the Held,
who, with the bitter taste of defeat
still on nu pa.atc, discussed the causes
il Russian reverses, ana contrasts the
pint with which Russia and Japan
are conducting tue war and, with sor
o.v and di oieartment, arraigns the
elements in Ra.-sia wuo are nourlsh
u;g their propaganda on defeats In the
fal Ex^t, "scattering In the very hour
o? defeat," accoralng to the corres
pondent, "broadcast among tho hoart
s ck, retreating soldiers, proclama
ci?os urging tnem to cease fighting
and sui rend r."
Setting aside the factors of a tem
porary nature, tho correspondent enu
merates four main causes ot misfort
une:
First. Failure tc establish before
the war au adequate intelligence de
partment in Maachuria or to make
otuer preparations, contrasted with
Japanese activity in that direction.
Second. Ru.-sk ls dependent upon
a siugie railway, while the Japanese
nave many bases, with the possibility
of establishing new ones at any point
oh the coast.
Third. The deflolenoies of mauy
officers, whose mistakes of execution
brisg tu naught the most carefully
te.'H.g .to.ut p.au of the commander,
or whose technical education oas not
kept pice wita the arthlery they are
r. quired to handle.
Fourth. Tue patriotism, devotion
and passionate longing for victory of
tue Japanese.
Awl ur lOxporlenoe.
A dlspatoh from Stn Francisco,
Cal., says the c dd diing schooner
Czarina from Etgle harbor, Alaska,
oas brought Frederic Martin, still
suffering fiom three days and nights
in an arctic pri-.oa, s mt in by the
raging sea un the one ?ide and a g<a
cl.r un the other. Martin was placed
m ibis dang TOUS position by a storm
which overtook him while fishing off
Bigie harbor hst April, and which
olo*" lils d ry ashore. Notwithstand
ing ON sufferings and apparent hope
lessness of bis position, Martin kept a
iary, written hourly. Io tells of his
despair, ?os iecour.se to raw fl->h bait
as food after two days of starvation,
h s tight to keep the bloid movlug by
savagely beating his fi et with the
Handle of a gaff, his dual persever
ance and his e c po by clinging to tho
glacier In hi* oaro feet; how with a
ope ho la sje 1 the pin:.a -.le of a rock
far ab ive lorn cud theu ohm.'id up the
e?ff, clinging to the orev.c s with uls
hire fe t. Then he ran aero>s the
iu zen lie. il-, to a ii,niiijr station.
Kill? d on tho Traok.
One of the worst,accidents that has
ma. k d the history of racing in New'
Orleans oCOurr :d Friday iq the second
ra;e at the fair grounds lu that city.
Toe th ld of ll hors s waa about to
?iwirg Into tho stretch w.ien Swedish
Lad, running sixth, was jurjped on
oy one of tho hors s bciilnd nlm and
Us near bind leg broken. Court
Crier, following, fell over Swedish
Ltd. Jockey MeCafferty, who rode
I vjourt Crier, was thrown di rec; ly in
. the path of the oncoming horses.
. Mccafferty, the only one of the Jook
eys ourr, was carried to a stable and
thence sont to a ho-pltal. It was
> found th it his skull was orushed in
, both front and back, that both his
i arms were brr.ken and that he had
. other lujuries. Death is expected ab
any moment. Swedish Lad waa de*
utr J i fad,