The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 10, 1905, Image 1

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The Marlboro* Democrat. "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR som ? t? " ... wu? bUULb Af.D MAKE OUR LIVESIN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OA?SE." VOL. xxx^ BENNETTS VILLE. S. C., EllIOAY, JS'OVEMLJ^UO . 1905. NO. 477* FREE AT LAST Thc Air of National Liberty Breathed in Russia FOE THE FIRST TIMI, Parades and Assemblies Allowed, But (he Revolutionists Are Not Satisfied. They Take Advantage of a Pa triotic Celebration, and March Wlih Red Flags, OuTufsdayof laat week all Rus sia celebrated enthusiastically the emperor's ?Ht of freedom, which the g.eater part of the people received with deepest joy, though In St. Pete rt burg, Moscow and other cities socialists and revolutionaries orga nized anti government demonstra tions atd red tlag parades, which, with tbe patriotic maulfestatlOLS, led to a number of en tlieis between the "Ridi" and "Whites" as the ami government and royalist factions an respectfully termed. On thc whole the day passed more quietly in Rus ala than had bien expected though collisionsbetween the people and the trocps aro reported from varlcua places resulting in loss of life. In each of the two capitals, Si. Petersburg and Moscow, the day was one si.ch as thc Russiars never before have seen. The Slavic people, which during tho long war ju it closed and the anxious period preceding tho an nouncement cf tho new era of con stitutional lt>m .eemed self restrained and apathetic, gave itself up fully to the exuberance ol the mouaeut and spent Hie entire dav In parades and assemblies, which for thc lirst time lu the history of Ru isla, were freely pei mitted. Unch;r the orders of Count Witto and Gen. Trepi it' the trcops generally were withdrawn frem the btieetsof thc cities and tho tu'lest reign given the people to let out theil cntnusla.'.m In demonstrations which so lorigas they wire not destiuctivc, were not interfered with. SIGNIFICANT OMEN. lt was a sign iieant omen that af ter a fortnight, of gloomy and depres sing wiather symbolic of the days ol the strike, the sun shone out bright ly to day In St. Petersburg and brought a radiant Indian bummer day. Thc see-ues In St. Petersburg reminded the obsorvor of events in an Amer.can university tovwi after a gnat f< ol ball victory, buta thousand times magnified. BVom early mom lug thc Streets of the capita) were tilled v> it h a mass of demonstrators who paraded up and down the loni; and broad Nevsky Prospect and ti amp ed time and again the route between the two principal centors of demon stratton, tho Wizen cathedral and university, and, constantly augment lng, reached a grand total of fully 200,000 persons, while down thc Nev sky Prospect late In the afternoon BtolaliSt agitators, consisting of botli stucents and workmen, and members of rtvolutienary organizations lumped into the forefront ef ?t?alrs in St Petersburg and converted tho cele bx at! on Into a great revolutionary de menstratu n. There were long pro oibsions in which buudrcr's of red Hags were carr.ed and to which every? one was cempelled to detr the hat. A gieat majority of tuo paraders Haunted ( n thc ls pels of their coats rosettes and streamers of crimson rib bon, and bcciaiist orators delivered lirery orations from the balconies ot the university anu the portico of the cathtdial or wherever the y cculn gather audiences. They declared the concessions of the emperor's manifes to were lnsulUoient, and that they mist have thc freedom of all political prisoners, the formation of a national militia and thc banishment of (jen. Ti cpo IT and all thc troops under his c. m mauri 20 miles from the oap! tal. COUNTKK l'A KA DICS, Karly in tbe Cay the "Marsollalsc" Rupplan'ed the nations] anthem as the pepinar marching Seng, The loyalists atti mpted to take the lead against thc sici.illsts and revolution ists ly organizing coin.ter parades lu which they carried the red, white and blue hannels of Russia and chanted the national anthem; but they were . driven t ir tin Nevsky Prospect by the overwhelming i.un.ber of the/'Reds" every time they appeared. In the carly part of the clay, great orowds of spectators filled tho broad sidewalks ar d remained until the demonstration assumed so turbulent a character that the well intentioned classes lied to their homes and the merchants hastily boarded up the windows of their stores and shops and baned their doors, fearing an out break which might result In pillage and destruction. Such an outbreak, however, did not eccur, and thc day Closed without serious collisions. Thc nujor portion of tho cl tl/.-, ns tired i ut oy the ioiig C?l?bration o? the first day of Russian liberty, went (arly to bed ar.d at midnight the 'Nevsky Prospect was deserted, cx&pt lor crowds of roughs, armed with clubs, who paraded the avenues sing ing tue national anthem as well as ifcvolutlonary songs and who had frc quent collisions with each other, dur lng which shots were tired. Thc most serious encounter during the day took place near thc barracks of thc Som i no ff regiment, where a crowd of demonstrators In attempt ihg to march to thc technological hi s tl Lute was stopped by troops, Shots were tired on both sides with the re suit that one man was killed and 10 wounded. A prominent lawyer and a professor wcro wounded In a collision at the polytechnic school. Another fatality lesulted from thc demand made by the crowd that bros bc doffed before tho red Hags. All i dicers who refused to obey the demand was set on and beaten with tho stai?a of tho Hags, when he drew his revolver and fired a number of shots, killing one person. In db affray at the Putlloff works h.tween strlkors and non strikers, several men v ere badly beaton. Ten or 12 men worc,wound edin tho cor ll els on the Nevsky Prospect. During the i vening rumors of col lisions resulting In heavy fatalities attained wide circulation, but tbe Associated Press ls nuable to con tl rm them and lt is ( 111 dally stated that beyond tho fatalities mentioned above, no ono was killed. Tho au thorities, however, are more appro bentdve for trmnrrov, when tho li (flor sliops which for the most part were cloded todav, will bc opened, and when thc agitators, after a day's inoeadlary'speeohep, may be aid 3 to work a portion of the population to thc point of a seri in encounter with tho troops or with the loyalists. The soldiers oil duty mingled freely with the demonstrators and fraternized with tho populace. RUSSIAN FRKEBTM. Tho Imperial I)?lolarfttioti ol tito Vt, ir tiracttnu lt following !s the t xl tf thc mani festo prepared bj Kn porer Nicholas and over which ll ossians a; e rt J uic ing: "We, Nicholas, tbe second, by the grace of God, emperor ard autocrat of all the Uussias, Grund Duke of Fin land, etc., deeUre to all our fait! fir subj ;cts that thc troubles and agita tlon in our capitals ar d In t umorous, other places lill our heatt with exc?s sive pain and sorrow. "The happiness of the Rirsian KOV erclgn ls Indissolubly bound up with the happiness of our people and the sorrow of tu: people ls the sorrow cf the sovereign. "From the present disorders may arise great natlonal'disruptlon. They menace thc Integrity and unity of our tOooplre. "The supremo duty Imposed upon us by bur sovereign olllo? requires us to efface ourself and to use all ti e force and reason at our command to hasten lu scouring the unity and co ordination of tho power of the conti a) government and to assure the success of measures for p;ic libation in all cir cles of piddle life, which are assent!al to the well being of our people. "We, therefore, dirt et our govern mont to ca ry out our hlLxlblo wlil n the f( bowing manner: "Flr.-?t-To extend to the popula tien the immutable foundations of liberty, based on the real inviolability of person, freedom of conscience, speech, union ard association. "See<.nd-Without suspending thc already ordered elections to the state dooma, to invite to partloltation in the douma, so far as thc limited time before the 0 invocation of the tlouma will permit, those classes of the popu latlon now completely deprived of electoral rights, leaving thc ultimate development of thc people of the elco torial right in gere al to the newly established legislative order o* things "Third To establish asan un changeable role, that i o law shall be enforceable without tim approval ti the state douma and that.it s.mll bt possible for tho elected of tho people LO exercise real participation In tin supervision of thc legality of theaoU of the authorities appointioned by us "Wo appeal to all faithful sons o' Russia to remember their ("illy toward the fatherland, to aid In terminating those unprecedented troubles and t.t apply their forccB in co-operation w tli us, to the restoration of calm and pe;: ce upon our natal sod. "Given at PetOrhof, October 30, in the elev nth year cf our reigh. N l( llOOAS. " PETRIFIED BODIfcS. la lt m up Alter Hoing Bu ri oil rot ."Many Y ca ru. In removing the bodies from the burial ground surrounding tho old Wharton Stroct Methodist Church, Wharton Street, near Third street, tc West Laurel HUI Cemetery, th? Philadelphia Itocord says, workmen nave found a number of potriliod corpses. That of an unldcntlliad ba by is solid stone, after lying for thir ty Qvo years In trie grave. Tho ch.uh by face, thc dark hair, the. eyelids curtaining tho cl >sed eyes aro perft-ot ly preserved. Tho petri lied bod lei are from ten to twenty times as hoavj as thc natural oorpse would be. One of tho petr.li d bodies resting nj the old receiving vault In front ol thc church is that of I.'cut. George! W. Kenny of tho Seventy ilrst Penn sylvania Volunteers, in tho civil war Tin; opening of lils gravo was under the supe: vision of John H. Hunier son, a trustee of the church, and a friend of Kenny from boyiiood. Doth volunteered for the war within a week of each other, lt was with peculiar feelings that Mr. Iluuterson viewed thc wo 1-proser ved face of his friend, dead for forty yea re, as tho result of thc fatal aim of a Ocnfcd* erato sharpshooter at the hatti- of White Oiks Swamp, in McClellan's peninsula campaign. Mr. Hunter son t ffered a dollar to tho workman who exhumed tho remains if hu found the bullet which b il it d tho Soldier, hut it was not In tho collin. The petrefaotlon ls dui to a .stream of water which Mowed thr< ugh the place years a^o and emptied In tl c Delaware river. During theexeav. idon t f tho southern oorner prop rty st Front street and Grand avei tia while the owner, J.J. Mahon, was In specting the work, two revt luMonary cannon balls wero dug up Hf leen foi t beneath 1 ho .surface. A potriliod carrier pigeon was found a llttlo later while an tdd chimney was hoing torn down. Tho hird had b)Come tightly wodged in tho ohlm noy, and M, ligating, had turned to stone. Around tho log was a silver hand, hearing tho Inscription: "P. I?0070." If the cu rosity ls not claim t(i Mr. Msllon'S BOU, Dr. MiiUon, of St. Mary's Hospital Ht??IV. will pre sent lt to tho University of Penn sylvania. _ Hung Himself. Prof. Sylvester Judd, agod :if> com mitted suicide by hanging near Balti more on Sunday, because bc had lost bis position as professor In George town unlvcrsltp. A GRAB GAME By Which Philadelphia Lost Over Six Million Dollars On STREET CONTRACTS. Report of Major Cassius B. Gillette, Who Was Selected by Mnynr Weaver to See How Much draft There Has Been in thc Quaker City. Six million three huudred and thir ty thousand dollars has timi far been lost outright to tho taxpayers of Philadelphia through tho contracting c Ktihlnatlon which has been engaged In building thc groat lil:ration plant and thc two b"u'evards, ono In the northeastern and thc other in tho southern district of tho ( ity ace ?rd lng to the report Just made public. This conclusion has been reached by Maj ir Ovsslus IO. Gillette, corps of engineers, U. S. A., and John Donald MuoLennan, experts employed by Mayor Weaver to make a full Investi gat iou of the contracts and the work done. M-j,r Gtllotto ls the cflloer who invest igated thc j ibbery lu the havannah Harbor improvements and procured the evidence by which ex Oaptnln Ooerlln M. Carter was con vlctrd, and against which Croono and Gaynor must shortly stand tria'. John Donald MacLonnan is an expe rienced ei.glneor, who recently com ploted thc construction of the gov? urnment's filtration plant at Wash ington. John W. Hill, formerly chief of thc Bureau of Filtration, ls now awaiting trial on charges of forgery, tlc, in connoctlon with t ho nitration con tracts. Thc contracting combination which is accused is constituted in the nain, of Israel W Durham, Republi can boss o Philadelphia, and associa ted with United States Senator Pen rose, of Pennsylvania, and State Senator James P. MoNloh 1. Tuese two men, with D. J. MoNiohol. a brother of the stale senator, (-ompose tho emt meting tl m of Dauiol J. Mo Nichol & Co. Evidence brought out it Hill's preliminary hearing showed that in this il rm D. J. McNiohol owns a ono-twcnth interest, tho othev ?deven twelfths being divided equally between Durham and James P. Mc Nichol, WOHK COST CONTRACTORS $10 ;15(5,000. "Omitting froui construction all ^mall ctmtracts, say, under $.'10,000,'' .die report says, "wo lind for the lil ration work and the two boulevards, \? const r nett d up to date, tho ol ty luis paid or pledged ?18,701 7-11. First Mass work under the BpeoUi '-atlona ihould not have cost ever $12 nu,ooo .vhlch includes an ail iwance of 20 per cent, or $2 070,208 for legitimate contractors' protlta. The difference is $0 :1:10,000. In other world,$18 7(>0 OOO in round numbers has been paid 'or work costing the contractors $10 , ?50 OOO. "Of thc $0,330,000 excessive) cost there has gone to thc contractors win worked under the name of D .1 Mu Nichol $0,0(15 122, similarly to Ryau & K?div $543 800, and to Var. Brothers$89 128. Ofthe$18,70l tn herc remains unpaid about $608,000 to M o N ehol and $75,000 to Ryan ? (Colley. "Some of tlieso cont r.'.c's aro in complete. The estimated cost of completion of the existing filtration contracts ac Contract prie: s is about $1,085,000. A fAlr p-i?.'\ allowing 20 uer cent protit, would be $1.218,000 Tho d il-ironce tho city will lose li these contracts arc completed. "Thc price paid for tho three quar ter.! of a mlle of Northeast Boulevard already constructed is $562 348, or; vhlch there waa a loss to the city of $273,217. There aro niuo and a half miles more of lt laid out on tho maps, lfcompletid at contract prices the additional cist to tho city would bc about $0,(100,000, and tho additional loss at least $2,250,000; On the Southern Boulovard thc a mount p ud to date ls *2S(> :;so, on which thc loss ,n tho one and a quarter milos built rias Leen $H0,12K. To complete al contract prices would cost $350,610, and the additional loss would bc $85 , 555. In other wolds, thc total ivs. of both boulevards as planned at con tract prices vui dd have boon $7,t'.:;i?, ooo and tho total los* to tho city of $520000, . MUCH OF WORK N OT fl HST CLASH. "Much of the work done by Byan and Kelley and D. J, McNIchol ls not ilrot class. The p;-.ns which .show prominently to thc public arc fairly ?vol! done; tho par's that can bo ex amllifed with a little trouble arc dis tinctly second class and not to thc *r.educations Wo, of course, do not know tho condition of such portions as cannot bc Been without tearing up thc work, but wherovcr we have dug into lt wc tli.d lt second class or worse. Thc Southern Boulevard work so far as can bo seen ls good. As yet only thc rough work of tilling has been done." Thc report says that the crushed r<;e!< used lu surfacing the Northeast Boulevard is excellent material, but the foundation rock was found t o bo of a vary poor quality. Thc report also savs that tho investigators founu fault with muoh of tho mathrlal that entered Into tho cousti notion of Hiter beds and also with tho workman ship. Ono of Ihc means by which exces sive prolits were made possible, the report says, was by not permitting fair competition. Tho advertising was wholly Inadequate, scarcely more than a pretenso. The roport gives an example of thc advertising for bids for a $2,000,000 contract. Thc notice appeared In local papers only twenty four days before thc letting of the contract. This was wholly Inade quate, tho roport says the work to bc 'lone was very complicated and very d (Heult tu estimate The s ped ilea Muns wore voluminous and vague, covering 112 printed pages. The drawings covored no less than forty three largo sheets of complicated work, oaoh sheet over ten sq laro feet iu area. NOT BU If FIO IMNTLY AOVKKTISBD. Advertisements for bids for thc o nstructiou of the northeast bou'e va rd wero published fourteen days before tho oraiuanco authorizing the advertisements was approved and tho bids were opened threo days before the ordinance was approved. "A cir?.ful aualysls of all nitration advertising,' the report continues, indicates that everything possible was ioiio 'o avoid any nal publicity wltli out lotliug iii.LL fact appear too pro ulnently in tile records. The bu? reau'H preliminary estimates, instead if being freely furnished to bidders w( re rigorously guarded secrets so far as thc general bidder was cmcernod, exept that they were furnish? d In tho specifications for filtering matcri als, where they were very little need ed. The specifications in many par Oculars were unfair to bidders, and gave ex esslve and unnecessary powei Lo Hie city olllolals. In short, the S pool tl oat! ons wore so drawn that thc engineer lu oharge could harass an un welcome contraotor to an almost un limited extent witiiout the contraotor being able to prevent it or secure legal redress." CONTKAOTS KOK L'AVOltBD IlIDDBKS Tho report, which makes more tiian twelve thousand words, goes iutode tails to show how contracts wero let tn favored bidders, and how other methods were used to help favored contractors. A fr- quently used method of guiding cjutiacts into the desired bauds, tho report says, was to readvortlse thom whenever others were the lowest bidders. In some oases contracts were let to the tlrm which promised to do the work hi tho shortest time and not to tho lowest bidder. The McNIchol bids always propose d .strikingly short periods for the completion of contracts, and in one case notice to brgin work was glvan to McNIchol fi ur months after 'ic started the operation, so that tiie lirm would liavo four moro months in which to complete the contraot. In many instances, thc proposed time was exceeded by from lu to 200 per cont. In the aggregate, the report says, McNIchol could have been as .sensed for liquidated damages for over elmo about $?>:r?,000. Ho way actu ally assessod $3,255. ''We have received testimony from many contractors," the report says in cmncction with favored contractors, '"that tlic conditions described kept them from bidding. We have also received statements that city otliolals directly discouraged bidders from ubmiO.lnj; bids. This ftold -hw-noV yet been fully oxplored." The report says tho nitration sys tem ought to have been completed o; January 1, 1901; that since Juno 0 mot, whon the West Philadelphia distiiot began receiving tillered wate; liiere have boen only ten deaths from typhoid fever out of a population ol 'orty ono thousand. At thc same proportional rato the deaths from typhoid fever in thc whole city sine* January 1, 1004, when thc intered wati r system ought to have been com ploted, should have been hf ty seven or less, whereas 1,267 have died from Hie disease. Since January 1, 1004, Ibo total number of eases of typhoid, including deaths, was il !>78. The inference between 67 and l 2f)7, the report says, represents the loss of life due to tho methods that have been employed in conducting the tiltratlou .vurks. Cr?/,y MAH Klllort, At Phcllma Ga. 2 miles from Leos burg great excitement was created Wednesday night by a shooting alf raj in which J. L. Darby who precipita* ted the trouble, was killed and three other people narrowly escaped wltli older lives. Darby, who is said to have been drinking heavily, went to tho residence of L. W. Minis and be gan shooting through the windows of ihn house, narrowly missing Mr M i ms, his who and W. O. Maiming. The two men rustled out of tiie house to h.v stlgato the sudden attack, when Darby tired llrst at Manning, wounding Iii m In tho leg, and nix at M i ms. M i mu then opened lire on tils assailant, and put four bullots through his head and breast, killing bim instantly. Ile deeply regrets the kiihng and only acted tu save his own life. The two men are reported to ha VJ been g od friends. Judge J. M 11 unes went over tu Pnellma and i.o d a coroner's inquest. Tho ver dict of the coroner's jory was justit! ?.hi homioldo. An Am*y.liijc Story. This amazing story comes from In diana. At Williamsport in that state last week 200 husbands whose homes and fallen Into ncgloct and discom fort owing tu thc idle and gadding habits 0/ iholr wives formed a pro oetislan, marched around to al! the clubs and unions where the women wei e and 0.1m plained loudly of their worthlessness. The most surprising tiling about tills uprising is that many of tho women were moved tu cutifession and some of tho organiza Hons were disbanded on the spot. l\ urn WI port Out. Klro started ?hurlly after I o'clock Wednesday morning In tau Pine (Jrove, VV. Va. hotel from a natural gas explosion, audit destroyed prac tically tho whole town. Tho bull dings destroyed aro: Pino (?rove hotel, Commercial hotel, l'lne Urove bank, M ott ind lut church, Morgan's business block, seven stores and ten bwellhigs. Dynamite is being used tu stop fur ther progress of tiie Hames. It is re ported that several persons lost their I.ves in the hotel, but tn thc excito mont this cannot bo vorllled. No Uno tu ttio World. An Indianapolis I nd. desponont be cause ho felt that bc had outllvtd his usefulness Capt. James O. Wright eighty live years old killed himself Wednesday by shouting himself In the head. Wright bad been a steamboat captain on boats plying thc Ohio and Mlsslsslpl rivers. Ho was a man of moans having been at difforont timos a banker at Madison Ind. and Port Worth Tex. GONE TO REST. Col.T. Stpbo Farrow Died at His Home in Columbia. A GALLANT SOLDIER And an Hxcellcnt Christian Uenthinan HHB Passed Away After a Proud made- tho. sad announcement of the death tn that oity of Col. Thomas vStoho Farrow on Wed ?enday night after an illness of only 24 hours, nts death was due to an attack of uromla. which followed a tlrst attack Just a month ago aud which came near prov ing fatal. He was t.iken 111 Tuesday night and although his condition did [not?t lir.it excite alai ra, lie steadily grew worse from yosterday morning until the end labt night. Col. Farrow has been identified with tho history of this State In time of war and of poaco and the greater part of lils life has been in public servies. Ho was engaged at the time of lils death lu, ot m piling a history of the Reconstruction period which but for lils untimely end wi uki have beon completed In a short time. He was a son of Patillo a"d Jam Stobo F ?row and was born in the village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. At thc a^o of 10, he entered thc South Carolina c diego and graduated in thc class of 1852. He then read law aud was admitted to the bar the fol lowing year, and began to practice in Sparenburg with his brother, James Farrow, who afterwards became a member pf thc Confederate congress. For a number of years prior to and up to the beginning of the war, he served as master In equity of Spartanburg county. Ile entered the Confederate army as captain 6f the Forest ttl ll 38 In iSOl and serval on tho islands along the coast until after the surronderof Fort Sumter. Bafore going to thc front this company was presented with a silk mattie CJig by the youn^ ladles of the Li mest* ;e Female college, which was at thai.- time tho leading educational ?nstlt'v?i j ipr young ladles lu the onrii. -r. . rv of ,tho State. After the reorganiMtioh of tho Uu tn eu Orme forces ho was elected lieutenant colon el of the Thirteenth South Carolina infantry. Gregg's brigade, Army ol Northern Virginia. Ho was engaged In most tf thc Important battles and was twice wounded, once at the second nattle of Manassas, where he was struck In the body hy a fragment of a theil and seriously wounded. He was again wounded at the baV.le of Fred orloksburg. Af ter the close of tho war he moved to Atlanta, where he resided for four years. He then returned to Spartan ourg to live, in time to assist in thc .redemption of his State from radical rule. He was in Coluaibia during tho stirring times of '7u and acted as a courier between the headquarters ol Gov. Hampton and the tlllolals of the famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was elected o erk of thc senate, willoh plae?. he held until 188(i, which he tendered nls re.slgnatlon to accept the position of second assistant auditor of thc war department In Washington under thc ilrst administration of President Cleveland. During the term of Pres ident Harris m Col. Farrow was out of olllce but when Cleveland was clec ted for the second time he was again appointed to thc same position he had occupied du ting Mr. Cleveland's lir ,t term. After the election of President Mo Kinley, Col. Farrow returned to South Carolina and opened a law ellice at Gall' icy. Ho remained here until hhs marriage to Mrs. E. Adelo Ri 1er bo lp luuo, when he moved to Chertaw ano trom there they came to Columbia about three years ago. For the last two years and a half, he has devoted hts life to his work on his history of the Reconstruction In South Carolina from '08 to '7ti, which had he lived, a few months longer, would have been given to thc world. Col. Farrow was married three times; li ist to Miss Laura Henry of Spartanburg In 1864. No children of this marriage survive. He was married to Miss J anie Roth n of Walterboro in 1801, and by this marriage there were eight children, three of whom survive. His third marriage was to Mrs. li Adelle io.lorim of Gaffney on January ll, 1000. Ile ls survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Richard G rt dings of Asheville and Miss Julia Far row, also of Asheville, and om; ison, .Mr. Patillo il. Farrow of Charleston He lu also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia McGowan, who resides with her son, Mr. Samuel McGowan, lu Wash ington and one brother, Col. Henry P. barrow of Gainesville, Ga. Col. Farrow was a Christian gentle man and was distinctly a representa tivo Of tho old school of southern man hood ito w?s a member of the First Presbyterian church and has for 40 years leen at elder In the Presbytot tan ol.? roh .kj different places. Ht waB also a lu, d degree Mason and was a member of tho Scottish Chiefs, his memborphlp being with tho order In Washington. His remains will he taken to his former home In Spartanburg Friday morning for interment. Thc funeral services will bo hold at the residence this city at 5 o'clock Thursday after noon and will bo conducted by thc Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of thc First Prosbyteriad ohuroh and tho Rov. Dr. w. c. Lindsay or tue First Baptist chinch. Geo. W. DQWCQS, for twonty-ono years ticket agent of thc Southern In Charleston, waa arrestod on Monday for ombe/./Jlng $3.321 of tho road's money. The ahortago oovors a period of "ix months. Dowccs lias confessed. Clono Wrong;. MOKE RURAL ROUTES. Tho Kumber in Bouth farolina Re flects rredt On Us Thorn Aro Now on Pilo OvcrOne Hun? tl rc tl rotitiona lor Additional KoutcB. Nuinbor In Operation. The Washington correspondent of the Columbia Record says on aocour t of the cflorts the people of South Oar olina living in thc rural dlatrlots have recently been making to get botter mail facilities, and owing to the good work of her several representatives In congress, tbere are at this time lu op oration In the si ato Gin free delivery routes. During the year there bav boen presented to the post 111 JO di partaient 1,160 petitions for routes l dilTerout parts of tho state, and o. these 501 were adversely reported for one reason or another. On June 30, 1005, there were lu op eration in tu?state 470 routes, and, as stated, there are now lu operation 510- au Increase of forty-two since the lirst of July. Tbere are now psnd lng before the department 143 pebl t ons asking that additional routes ba established In South Carolina. O m sldering the snort time in wh o'l free routes have been in operation, the number which South Carolina now has speaks woll ? r the peop'oof tho state The showing made by South Carolins camparen favorably with that of many other soctlons of thc country. In ttic lirst congressional district 71 petitions have been referred to the de partment; of these 45 have been ad ver&ely reported. Tuero were In oper ation In thia district on Juno 30, 1905 ll routes and on November Ut, 21, and there arc livo petitions now pend ing. In the second district 103 petitions nave been reforrei to the department and of this number 4;} Have been ad versely reported. On .lime 3), 31 routes were In oper atlon and on November there were 35, with 25 petitions ponding. In the third district there were 22lJ petitions pre sented during the year, of willoh num herod 8!) were unfavorably reporter.! 0.i'June 30th theio were 118 routef in operation and on Novembor 1, 122, with 18 petitions pending. In the fourth dlstrlco 238 petitions have been presented, and of this number 113 were reported adversely. On June HO, there were In operation 103 routes and on November 1, 118, with 23 petitions pending. In tho tlftb district 224 pe titions have been presented, with 83 adverse repcrts. On June 3J there were 103 routes In operation and on November 1, 118 with 23 petitions ponding. Tue six .h listrlet presenttd 11(1 petitions and of this number 42 were adversely report ed. On Juno 30, there wore in opera tion -io routes and tlSc fcarM''numbat on Njveraber, 1, with 25 petitions pending. In the seventh distrlot 179 p3titions havo been presented, and of this number 80 havo been reported ad versely. Oi June 30, there were in operation 03 routes and 72 on Novem ber 1, with 21 petlttous ponding. During tho year the total number of petit ions referred to the department in the United States amounted to 50, 808 and of this number 12 585 have been advorscly reported. On Ju:ie 30, 1005, there vs ere in operation a total of 32,055, and on November 1, 33,948, with 4,336 petitions ponding, or the 4,$35 pencllr g 530 have been assigned to bc established prior to Dooembsr 31, leaving 3.781) unacted upon on No vember 1. Tho SIK??I lloanco ol tho llarvost. "God hath visited his people" that is the deepest reading of the harvest, that the spiritual interpre tation of its significance. The pro vision of bread is not the iinal Issue of our wisdom, and ingenuity and ?oil; it ls still the good the gift ol the good Father In heaven. AU oui Ingenuities and devices and triump! i of meobanlcal contrivance have not brought ni one whit nearer to till? possibility. When we have done all, we can but stand with durah tru? and in helpless dependecce before tia? face of God. Every blt of our fi.or NC take from his baud, and whethci we see the bund or not makes no dif f?rence to the f.ict. Wherefore let every man to-day confront the reality seethe tiling as lt really IE; thor shall we bend before Ills high throne with lips full of gratefull songs, be cruise our hearts have had tho visiot 1 of a mercy that readies to tho heav I ens and of a g lodnoss that oovern every human need. i ' l l Acohlont. James II. A. Brooks, a well knowr m ann fact ir er of Philadelphia wai killed; Michael G. l'rlce, a business! associate was seriously Injured, ft- d Ll iel r .vives were painfully hurt in an automobile a-Olden t Thursday neat Absecon, N. J., about 60 miles from Philadelphia. Toe aooident wan caused by a tire slipping ell one of tin ' rear wheels of their automobile while I they were riding at high speed. liquor tu Oooneo. The Greenville Nowa says the re cords ol the United States court shov that tlfteen of OJOUCO county's citizen were convicted o? violations of th? revenue laws during the past term lt seems that the business was popu lar there in spite of the state dispon sary, and now that the latter has beet voted out, lt will hardly bc fair ti snatob up thc next man caught v.'ltl a Jug and start the cry that Ojonee i breaking faith with the spirit of pro hibltioo, Murray UAH Hkippnd, A dispatch from Sumter says i lunch warrant was Issued for Geo. W Murray Wednesday afternoon b: Clerk 2of Court Parrott, and turnet over to Sheriff IOpporson t?> serve Nothing ls known of Murray's presenl whereabouts, but thcro ls a persistent rumor that he left for Canada fou days ago. if ho ls still In tho count] ho will be arrested at once and put or ttio chain gang to servo his scntonoi out. Many Drownoil, jk-?Hj 11... ..i. .. ..i. i .?. au? tho Itimslnn schooner Autores colli ded Woelncsday morning. Both boat: sank almost immcdlatly and all bu throe mon of tho two orows, number lng thirty men, were drowned. MUST PAY LICENSE. Somothlnfr Strong la Bold Under the iiftbo? ol' Haaonoes. Having taken A (all out of the pa* Cent medicino'! whioh oom noto with whiskey and which aro composed large ly of alcohol, by deciding that drug gists selling the same must take out government licenses as retail liquor dealers, Commissioner of Internal ll avenue Yerkes has now turned his attention to so-called essenoes and ex tao's where it is self-evident that only su til clent ll&vorlng is added to disguise somewhat tho character o? tho drink lt has been reported to thc Internal revenue bureau that in pro nibition communities large amounts of alleged essenoes of lemon, vanilla, dum mod and ginger are sold by eoun i try merchants and others as "iUvor lng extracts" which had practically no Bale whatover outside of suoh pro hibition communities. Investigation showt d that some of these essenoes oontalned as high as 80 per cent of alcohol. The commissioner has there fore deolded that whore such essences are made for sale in prohibition dis tricts for uso as beverages every mer chant selling them muBt take out a government license as liquor dealer or bo aubjeot to tho usual penalties. This uotlon hy tho commissioner ls heartily endorsed by both tho straight oui whiskey dealers and by tho prohibi tions, although the latter wero gr ?at ly surprised to learn that under the guise of patent medicines and essene es, whiskey was being sold in prohib? lion communities as freely as tver, al though at somewhat higher prices, it is said that consumption of such goods prevailed largoly in Kansas, Indian Territory, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas and t Isewhere, while in South Carolina thc slate dispensary anthon 1 ties havo held that as many of these medicines and compounds were nearly all whiskey tho should not ho sold by druggists except on bresorlptlon by a reputable physiolan. WOMAN STALKED BY LIONS. Adventure with Six ol tho Bl? Brutci In Africa. Mrs. L. ninde, whose husband lt suboommlssioncr of thc British Easl Africa Protectorate, has had the re markable experience of being stalked by Ilona, and still mo- ? remarkable fortune of living to t .ho tale, lt w&s on the Uganda Hallway, in a spot historio for the ra vagos of man-eating lions, that Mrs. Hinde nut with the thrilling adventute whlon she relates. Camping out, tho party In whi b Mrs. Hlnde was could hear with hor rid regularity the soreams of the wretched victims aa bv?ey. wei? carried off for tho man eaters* nightly repasts. The camp was seventy miles from the nearest commoting link with the outside world, and communication had to he kept up dally by native mali car riers. lt was the habit of the lions to keep pace in the long grass with the runners on the track, and having selected tho most appetizing member of thc partv, to pounce upon him and carry him eft* Into the bush. On one, occasion, when out map making, Mr. and Mrs. Hlnde cam upon a party of a dtz?n lions, possl > bly the man eating troop. Mr. Hlnde tired twice, dropping two of the beasts. He then suggested that Mrs. Hlnde should ride back to camp, while he approached the two Hom, who might be dangerous, even though mor. tally hit. After riding for half an hour Mrs. ' Hlnde looked baok and saw six of the lions following her. The two native * gun bearers ran away, leaving her un ' armed, alone with her sals, an hour from camp. She sot c tr at a fast Rallop, the sab running by her aide. lu their path 1 arouse an angry rhinoceros, whioh Hoc ' from them on to the Hons. 1 Mrs. Hlnde reached OAmp In safety ; while Mr. Illndo was held up by tin rhinoceros, on whioh ho did nut von I turo to tire for fear of turning it ot 1 Mrs. Hlnde. Outrage Nour 0?n*auy. A dispatch from Gaffney to Tin State says a p3bltlon is being olrcu i lated In that city asking for signen : for the purpose of forwarding it ti tho governor of South Carolina wltl i a request that ho oiler a reward fo - tho apprehension of tho parties tba i Hied into the hcuse of Wash Lips comb, a negro living near Gaffney Wednesday night. Wash Llpsoomi is a respectable, hard working ne^ro 1 He thinks that about a dozen shot } wero tired through both sides of hi 4 house, in au <r fl >rt lt is said, to dravi 1 Wash from tho inside. No ono wai 1 Injured by the shooting. In addltiot to shooting with shot guns around tin 1 premises, tho marauders by the use [ of axes, knives or some other kln'l o ' au Instrument out a buggy belonging I to the negro entirely to pieces. Put bu/gy was a new ono and was entire!) out up, being a compl?te wreck. Thv petition had no laok of bigners and ll * is probable that tho reward will bi ' ('ff?rod. It ls thought that the shout II lug and cutting must have boen don by (julio a number, Shot a Wollum. At Knoxville, Tenn,, Charles At i kine, aged 25, son of Chief of P^llci :> J. J. Atkins, shot and almost instant ly killed lC>tu iOuhlcs at ll c'clcc! Wednesday night. Atk'rs had gom into a resort kept by tho woman ant according to tho story of inmates o the plaoo had bogun to ?ralsoa dlstur banco wlioh tho woman ordered hin to bo quiet. Stopping towards hin aa ll to eject him from tho place Atkins pulled his pistol and tired The bullet ontcred tho woman'; heart and In eight minutos she wa dead. Atkins is said to have, beei drinking heavily. Young Atkins wa arrested soon after tho tragedy ant committed to jail. Ti) ."Viii ??iC????t Gon. Isaao J. Wlstar, founder am patron of tho v lat ar Instituuo o , Anatomy and Uiology at tho Univeia* * ty or Pennsylvania, who recently die( not only leaves tho groator part o J his cstato of $2.000,000 to that instl 1 tullun, but also bequeaths to it hi ' right arm and his brain to aid th cause ui auatumiuai research. B \ i i i r f i FEARFUL DEATH A Woman Palls from a Soaring Balloon in Anderson. INSTANTLY KILLED. The Woman's Husband Makes a Success* ful Flight. A. Crowd of One Thous*' ?ad People Witnessed What May or May Not Have Been an Accident. A mest horrible death occurred at Anderson on last Thursday afternoon, whon Mrs. Muido Broad wick, wife o Obarles H road wi ck, aercunant with Riddell 's Southern Carnival Company fi ll from a balloon and was Instantly silled. Mrs. Broad wick was au exper ienced balloonist herself and had made two ascensions while hore, but was not to go up this afternoon. Her hus band was to make the ascension abd parachute drop, and she was standing by to give the signal to out the ropes when all was ready. She gave tho signal all right, and when tbe balloon shot up Into the air she was seen hanging to the ropes be tween the balloon and tho paraohute. After, she had reached a distanoe of 200 or 300 feet she dropped to the earth, striking on the hard ground and was instantly killed. Tho balloon went straight up Into the air and she fell within a few feet of the spot from where she started. A orowd of possibly 1,000 persons wit nessed tbe tragedy. Broadwlok, who was fastened into tho parachute with a belt, went on some distanoe higher and then out loose and descended in safety. Most of the carnival people are in cluded to the opinion b&at Mrs- .Broad wick's death was duo to suicide rather than an accident. They say Broad wick and bis wife had been quarreling for a week or more and this together with the fact that she was an experi enced aeronaunt and there were no projeoting ropes about the balloon har ness liable to entangle a person, lead them to the sulolde theory. Broad wick adm its that he and his wife had quarreled, bu' says they made up, as they had done before. He says though that she knew all about balloons and that he does not see how she could have been accidentally en? tangled in the ropes. He has been In the balloon business 15 years and says {his-wiro had been in the business eight years and that abo v?as quite as : export as himself. He says that as she fell nho called to him to oitch her, but that he oould not do so. Ho thinks it was an acoident and not suicide. Broad wick says Cincin nati ls his home. Ho says his wife's people live there, but that they were bitterly opposed to hor marriage and have never become reconciled to their daughter since her marriage, and for that reason he has not notified them of her death and will have the inter ment take place here Saturday. He is almost completely prostrated. Mrs. Broad wick was about 22 years old and was very popular with tho members of thc carnival company. _^ . Confess, H 111B Crtiuo. AtVildosta, Ga., J. qi. IUwlings has made a confession of hiring Alf Moore to kill W. L. Carter, tut he says that the killing of tho children was not in the "trade." He says that he particularly cautioned th? r i gro not to harm the children. J oe 11 Bently and Mitoh Johnson made a 11 trade with Alf Mooro to do tho bloody IJ work and Joo Bently and Alf Moore wanted to kill Carter on Sunday night before but that they oould not get a buggy at Hahlra to go to Gar ter's house He says they tried to hire a buggy but that the liveryman would not hire lt to thom unless they would tell him wherothey were going. lUwllugs says that his confessio carne without knowledge of his law crs as ho had reaohed the place where lie could not keep quiet any longer. Ile says that he is tnoroughy indiffer ent to the supreme oourt so far as he ls concerned but he wants his sons saved. _ Old MAH FIIKIH NugKOt. Miles Fetter man, an old prospector who has been working around Wyo 'I ming gold mines for many years, . Thursday morning picked up a nugget i of almost pure gold weighing nine ? pounds and valued ak mor j than $2, i 000. Tho el l man ls almost orazy with Joy and the whole country ls out looking for nuggets. Fetterman has prospeoted all over Wyoming without more than a grub stake. F jr tho last week tho old man has boon working on a claim several milos out of town, but had found nothing until Thursday morning. Co?t ot P?por. Thc cost of making paper from corn stalks from $22 to $25 por ton, while that from rags or pulp readies $00 to $76. At present it is estimated that 6;i,000,000 tons of corn stalks rot an nually lu tho Holds. In tho now pro cess ovory part of the stalk will be ut 0d. Flue pap?k* Will Oumu IrOlU Mio pulp, while ooarso wrapping paper and box board will ba made of tho bard outer overing. O?hor portions of tho stalk will go Into varnish, pow der, gun cotton, papier macho, cellu lose, lubrica.nts and other material. Tho W ?KOO of Sin. TOd ward Bearden, money order clerk in tho Augusta, Ga., post?nica, com mitted sulolde on Monday by shooting himself through the head with a pis tol, just after having been deteotod In using post?nico funds in playing the bucket shops. Tho amount of hil shortage ls not stated. Xhlrtoon Drowned. Thirteen persona wero killed instant ly and 30 others injured, some fatally in a wreok on tho A. T. & S. F., rt ad near Kansas City on Monday. Th? train going fifty miles an hour Jume? ed the traok and ran Into the side ?S ? >. ...i . mit i ntuvn wu u.