The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 12, 1906, Image 1
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VOI^CjiXI.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C,; FRIDAY, f
;si()N JIAIM'V QR Ol/R DIOATilN pLOj
(TAR Y 12, 1900.
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MINERS KILLED.
Twenty-One Men Lost their Lives
in a (Mine.
FEARFUL DISASTER
Ia tbe Cooper Mine at Coaldale, W. Va,
The Explosion Was Very Sudden
and Its Rumbling Could be
Heard for Miles and
Allies Around.
A speolal to Tho Times from B'uc
fleld, W. Va., says: Twenty-ono min
era were killed in an explosion of mine
gas lu tho shaft of the Cooper Mine
company at Coaldale, W. Va., at noon
Thursday. Up to m'dufght Thursday
only one body had been recovered. Im
mediately following the explosion,
which was heard fer several milos,
rescue parties ae'j to w?rTi to explore
the wrecked shaft.
Coaldale is a mining town situated
In Mercer countv on the Hue of the
Norfolk and Western railway and is
16 miles west of H lue Held. Hut once
before in the history of the Pocahon
tas coal Held lias there ben such a
fearful disaster as that in the Coal
dal Coal eompauy's shaft Tou^day*
The victims of that other disaster
sleep in thc cimetary at P oahoniai.
Thursday at noon while tho minus
-?erejirowded willi men there was? a
Budden and*}eavy rumbling a mlle and
moro in the ^depths of the mountain
and through tho miles of passages and
air shaft of that Immense mino the
shook was felt. Ht fore the detonations
had died out, Hank Boss Tb? m s WU
liamB, who was a long ways from the
explosion, staggered to his feet, and
feeling his way to a n ine telephone,
culled to those on the outside that
thero had boon a tortille e xplosion of
mine gas and asked for belo.
Gathering about the ontranco, has
tening orowds urged by coal heads and
anx'ous hearts hurried to prepara for
tho tesouo of thc missing ones and an
exploration cf thc wreck workings.
At 4 o'clook one man was brought
out. He was H. C. Conrad, and bis
body was littrdly torn to pieces. His
elothlng was hanging in shreds.
Up to a late hour Tuursday night
no other bodies had beou recovered.
There was considerable smoko aud gas
in the entries and notwithstanding
W? p?rk?ng with'fuii
bo gas aiimBmoke wore ur>t
hetng i out very; fast.
e following" ar? tho dead and
their bodies aro with tho excoption of
Conrad, still burled in the. mine: J.
W. Larne, W. L^ru-, .1 n Sluss,
Lara/. Aladar, HuogtnKf ; Anthony
Bruce, Pole; H. C. Conrad, Silas
White, John Patterson, Gus Harris,
W. T. Sullivan, William Price, Wil
liam Ward, Walter Q .vinn, Siph Gray,
Sterling Williams, Albert H .mum,
Nathan Harriston, William Curry,
Silas Harris, June Kelly, Lee Price.
TheCoa'd ile operation is owned and
operated by the Coi par Brothers, who
are also owners of the Mill Creek and
MoDowell Coal mid Coke comp .ules.
The Coaldale plant ls considered one
of the best operations In the lield Ed
Cooper is on the grouLtl supervising
the work of rescue.
Cannot Haul Corn Crop
The railroads of Kansas are unab'e
to furnish cars to m jv j one ix\t of
the corn crop. Grain men, farmers
and millers appeal in vain for trains
in which to ship to market the 100,
000,000 bushels of this cereal. All
along the Hues of the corn bolt are
heaps of corn waiting to be shipped.
At some temporary cribs have been
built to store this but in the great
majority of tho pb.e;s lt has been
merely piled up on ttie ground, and
some of these piles contain as many
as 10,000 bushels.
This corn has been hauled to ship
ping points with thc idea that lt was
to be loaded into cars which had been
ordered, but in rn oct instances the
corn got there before tho cars and is
still waiting for them. Storms might
seriously damage this corn, which is
exposed to the elemouts, and the men
who own lt are keeping ibo wires hot
with messages to tl ie railroad asking
that their orders for oars be tilled.
Ch*u'K< (1 Willi Murder,
A dispatch from Anderson to tho
State sayH Robert Hird and L n An
derson, two young negroes living In
tho lower part of this county, have
been lodged In jail cn charge with the
murder of a negro woman at a hot
supper, lb was alleged that the ne
groes were returning home from the
frolic, when they met a party ?Iso re
turning home. They tired two shots
into thc oiowd, ono of whioh struck a
negro woman and ii lllctod ii jures
from which ;,hc died a clay or two af
terwards. A preliminary hearing was
given tlie negroes yesterday by Mag
lstrate McAlister and tho evidence
was such that accused were sent to
the county jail to await trial at thc
approaching term of the circuit court.
rt ii 18 .it re
in attempting to avoid a^ bicyclist,
Mathew Summers, a chauffeur, lost
his own lifo at Harrison, N J. Sum
mors was employed by the Worthing
ton Pump Works, and was running
his automobilo Into Harrison after
taking tho manager of the company
to Orange, when .lames Brown, un a
Dlcjclc, turnod in front of him. Tho
Chauffeur swerved his machine into a
curbing with such force that ho was
hurled over the hoed Of thc automo
bilo against a tree. Hrown was thrown
from his wheel and badly hurt.
A I ? . minion-.
On acoounb cf recent heavy rains a
landslide ocourred Thursday on tbe
South and Western railroad, In pro
cess of constructing near Pino Midge,
N. C., killing three men and fatally
lnjurlr g two ethers. 7/he bodies of
the dead menbavt* been recovered,
TOltNADO ?SWMPi?
A GKOHOil CITY V. ITU DE) ITH
AND DHSTltUCTlON.
Two Pe pie Killed, Many Injured and
a Great Teal o? Property
rest roy id.
A tornarla of terri til J foroepassed
ovor Albany, Ga., at 1.30 o'o'ook
Wednesday aftoruoou,- oomlng from a
southwesterly direotlon and spreading
ruin and desolation over portions of a
dozen blooks. Several persons are
dead, otheis wili die as a result of in
juries and many aro more pr less sor
lously hurt. Viewing the wreckage
ltf*p by the toonado, It seems a mlia
ole that scores were not killed out
right the tribute c'.almed In the way
of ii ii m \n lives balng astonish
ingly small.
The known dead arr:
Hen Jono, a negro maohinlst in the
employ of tho Virginia Carollua
Chemlcal company.
Jake Johnson, a 0-year-old negro
boy.
Among those whoso Injuries will in
all probability provo fatal arc :
Luta Gladden, Jesie Davis, Annlo
Davis and Jessie Woodall.
The Hit is still incompleto owing
to thc faot that much of the destruc
tion wrought was well beyond the
city limits. Reports from the torna
do after lt left Albany havo not been
received.
Hundreds of nrgroes In tho city are
homeless tonight and many have lost
all their household effects. The in
jured are being cared for and efforts
aro being made to sr cure shelter for
all. This is dllllcult owing to the
Boarolty of all kinds of dwelling hous
es in the city. Under direotlon of
Mayor Rawson, relief will be secured
aud promptly furnished these iu
groatest distress.
It is d;ill?ult to estimate tho prop
erty loss. Tho Virginia Carolina
Chemical company is the principal
sufferer, its destroved buildings and
machinery having be: u worth prob
ably ?00,000. It ls safe to say that
the total io's will be found to exceed
?l?O.OOO. Very little of the destroy
ed property was p'otected by tornado
Insurance.
The southern Hell Telephone com
pany ls among the heaviest sufferers.
Its lines were blown down in sevoral
parts of tho city. Some little ap
prehension is felt for Pretoria, in tho
southwestern part of the OOUhty.
Tho tornado came from that direotlon
and a\ tho telegraph wires are down
nothing can be heard from there.
? -- " '
A Snobbish OMonr ul tho Army In
duced In Itn.uk
For rtq lesting a sergeant of artilery
to change hts seat at a theatre, First
Lieut R>y I Taylor of tho coar.t ar
tillery is r.deckel in rank 12 Lumbers.
Ho was tried by" cjiutmartlai last
week at New York und tho verdict
was announced Wednesday. The of
fense was committed at a theatre In
New London, Conn., whero a sergeant
of Taylor's own company, who was in
uniform, vacated a seat at tho rt q lest
of L'eut. Taylor.
"It ls hoped," states tho decision
which is 8'gnod by Hrlg. Gen. Grant,
"that the sentence of tho court will
leave no douct In the mind o? any one
that the uniform of a soldier ls a
mark of honor which must he respect
ed In the United States."
It also stated that a sentence more
severe than the one given is warrant
cd.
The theatre Incident took place last
Ojtclvr. Sergt. Patrick F. Ruttier
of thc Ono Hundred and Twenty-li feb
company, coast artillery, which was
Taylor's company, was scated in front
of his superior (ill ?cr at a perform
ance. L eut. Taylor was not in uni
form. Nearby were a party of friend
whom he knew but who were not
members of his pajty. It was in or
der to make vacaney for ono t f them
that he told the sergeant to move,
lila words to the under ollleor, accord
ing to t he printed verdict of the court
martial, were;
'Sergent, you had botter get your
ticket changed und get your seat
somewhore in the rear,' or words to
that i l??ot."
Lieut. Taylor ploadod not guilty to
thc oiiargo of conduct to the pn ja
nice of good order and military disci
pline, saying that bc had asked tho
sergeant to move but he spoke as ono
mlgiit to another and did not intend
to convey to Sergt. Butler the idea
that he was being ordered to movo.
Nfjrro Drown i>U,
A dispatch from K igeti dd says a
middle aged negro man of Colliers,
named Nod Thomas, was drowned
Wednesday night in Log creek, four
miles west of that town. Ile was
undi r the JMluence of whiskey and
his mule was drowned with him. Ills
daughter walked across a bridge and
got safely over. He was an indus
trions fellow and had jost borrowed a
sum of money from tho Hank of Edge
ll Sid, which money he ls supposed to
have had upon his person.
Wanui Di new to tteBtgn*
Sonator Braokott, of tho New York
Legislature, on Wednesday introduc
ed a ri solution demanding tho resigna
tion of Chauncey M. Depew as Unltod
States Senator on account of Depow's
relations with the Equitable Lifo As?
euraico Soolety, as disclosed before
tho investigating committee. After
several Senators had eulogized Depew
"_,-......?.",.) ""ni, "I vs, ,'.< ri-Itt,. Ml?
?nu vov-ouou ?-fi??......, IwlU(ll'l)
resolution to any committee, Hraok
ett sold he was willing lt should bc
pu', over, but lie did not want to bo
"kissed out of exlatenoo." He subse
quently withdrew the resolution.
Util Two JOIM.
James B. Mc Laughlin ls tho only
momber of tho Dlstrlot of Columbia
bar with two widely different and dis
tlnot professions. He ls an excellent
lawyer and an ordained minister ol
tho Methodist Kplsopal church and
regularly preaches to Washington
congrega tiona.
NEED NOT FEAR
Thc South /Tust Furnish Cotton
for the World.
?SO SAYS AN!XPERT.
Thc Much Exploited*! Assouan Dam
Across tho River Nile Will Have
Lillie Effect In Increasing Hie
Production of Cotton in
Egypt.
That the muoh exploited Assouan
dam across the IS lie will havo little
or no tffoot in stimulating cotton pro
duotion in Ejypt, as has been claimed
for lt, is the assertion of a gentloman
who probably knows moro about Ei*ypt
and K ytian conditions than any man
in thc United States.
This goutleman is Cope Whitehouse,
who is now in Washington in conneo
tlou willi what is known as the Lako
Morris project, In willoh he ls Inter
ested, and whioh has attracted tho at <
tentlon of the governments of tho
United States, G.eat Britlau and 1
B?ypt.
KOYl'TIAN COTTON CiKOWINO). 1
"In 1891," said Mr. Whitehouse, in
discusing the mattor a day or two
ago, "American cotton growers were |
told that thoio was an Immense area
of abandoned land, admirably adoptod ?
to cotton cultivation, lying between ?
tho cultivated section of the delta and |
Mt dltorranean. In 1887, the late John ,
Cardwell, of Houston, then consu' |
general at Cairo made an elab?rale ,
report on the condition and prospecta (
of tho country, as a whole. Io treat
ing of cotton, Mr. Cardwell Bald that ,
little of that staple was produced i
prior to the time wnen the trado of ?
ports In tho cotton-growing states wn?l,
cut off by the blockade during th
civil war. Egypt* ans then began to ,
bend their energies to supply; so far 4(
as lay In their power, some of the re ,
sultaut dellcit. Oae dollar a pnund .
was a great incentive, and the cultiv
ation of cotton In the Nllo valley be '
carno general. In 1880 1887, tho total
cultivated area of E?ypt was estima (
Ucl by him at 4 498,520 aores. with (
820,114 acres of cotton in lower Egypt,
and less than 60 OOO aores to the ,
touth of Carlo. Only 2 1- 4 per cent ,
of the. population was engaged In cot |
lon culture. The cotton orop was thou ,
<i -'.-rt Qf fc7?&?:lae* ti . ... * ' ?- ,
agrlcuitui?i operations, being grown
for export after abundant provision
had been made for a food supply cf ,
!oe, ?odian oorti, barley, beans, wheat
to tho value of $13,000,000, etc. Sug- j
ar cann land In upper E^ypt was
worth ?50 an acre.
STIMULUS OF mtlTTSll INFLU1CNCIC
1 Ttie Egyptian co.ton was used in
the United States In tho manufacture
of cotton velvets or plushes, prlncl
pally. It c;uld never compete with 1
American sea Island cotton at 30 or
36 cents for Hue threads, nor with the
average quality of Texan growth, oh i
account of tho price. The eiuantlty
was also obviously limited to the
neighborhood of a mi I on acres, so 1
leng as there was no government in 1
terference with tho food supply. Hut
when the Hrh lah took possession of
tho ministry of public works and of
finance, lu 1863 1881, tho cotton crop
became the end and aim of all their ;
administrative energies. They forced
tho firmers to abandon rice so that 1
thc water might be used for cotton, 1
and by practically abolishing tho im
portation of fresh seed and thesubsti
tutlon of a native seed, known as
"mit all ll, ( ' tho quantity was inorcas
cd and the quality lowered to a point
at which it could be used in the Bag
tish mills. At a later period, a reduo
tlon was made in the area allotted to
sugar cane. Egyptian simar, In baau
tlfill yellow crystals, waB sont to
France to be used with beet sugars,
being conveyed In French steamers,
willie the cotton went in british ves
sols to English and Scotch mills.
QU IS AT TI.AN VOU IKUIOATION.
lt was In 1887 that Mc Cardwell
toi k cogn?zmco of Mr. Whltohouso's
woik. In lils report, ho said that
"the curious historical and scientific
researches of a oltl'/.m of tho United
States had unfolded a hugo plan of Ir
rigation, known to the ancients, and
the proscrit Egyptian government,
after at llrst turning a deaf ear to
his propositions, seoms at this time
disposed to prol?t by this man's phil
sophy." Hut- ho added a waining
that bonellt.H would not bc realized
"unless foreign power again establish
ed decay." Under tho head "A Grand
Scheme," he then described Mr.
Whitehouse'*! Lako Morris predicted.
In tho early part of 1882. Mr.
Whitehouse visited E/ypb and went
toto the desert, whore ho found a vai
loy corresponding In shape, depth and
position to that which he had fen nd
depicted on a map copied nearly ono
years before from a more ancient map
drawn moro than 1 200 years before
that timo. It was by the use of this
valley, with a canal about 8 milos lu
length loading off from the il Kided
area of tho Nile about 70 miles up
stroam from Cairo that it was expect,
ed to double the available supply of
water during thc porlod known as low
Nile
"Although the groat African river
looms long and huge on the map, f r
moro than three months every year lt
ceases to discharge any water into tho
ir.^u.._.._.u rr_
M i I I , I I i i i i i , , ...ill!,' I, III. Hil.. U1UIUI
could be any lncroaso in cotton culti
vation lt was necessary to store Hood
water, and tho amount proposed to
bo stored by Mr. Whltohouso was 3,
000,000,000 Ouhiu yarlin. Thia could |
havo boon obtalnod from tho lUiyan
valley, with a depth of 220 feet and
a surfaoc area of 250 square miles, by
allowing tho Nllo to raise tho level of
tho proposed lake to that of tho In?
' undatlon In the adjacent valley, and
then dosing tho si< v, gatos, to bo
Iopened In Mardi >?Uo rises
about 20 feet,
Whltohouso'* *
onoo would have boen more than bur
ffolent.
NO DANG EH TO AMICIUCAN COTTON.
"I take much Interest in this ques
tion," wrote Mr. Cardwell in his re?
port. "I desire to see the scholarly
efforts and tho persistent researches
of ono of my countrymen succeed; to
KOO American mind do good as a coun
terbalance to harm done by European
armies.
But years have elapsed and the
swamps and sand strewn regl?os of
the delta romain as they were when
tho Texas man was consul general at
Cairo and for 1,700 years before that,
although tho scorpoin infested a.id
hyena haunted depths of the "region
of Gehenna" have born traversed,
measured and txplorod by a fcaro' of
exports employed by tho Egyptian
government, or representing solentlflo
societies of Europe and the United
States.
"While tho successful carrying of
tho prcj^ot wculd obviously have a
wounderfully stimulating rffjot on
ootton growing In E;ypt," said Mr.
Whitehouse in disousdug this phasp
of the oase, "tho cotton growers of
the south need not fear that a single
acre will be added to Egypt's cotton
area through my efforts for at least
tlvo years. In 1891 and again in 1894,
lt seemed certain that the work would
be undertaken at once. Ia 1898 a
contraot was made for a reservoir dam
at tho first oataraot; and even so well
Informed a reprosontatlvo of the
United States as Hon. E C. Penfield,
appointed by President Oloveland,
ventured the prediction that 1 OOO,
OOO sees would be added before 1900
with an Increase in the agricultural
output of at least 20 per cent.
THE DAM NOT A SUCCESS.
"Hut th s expectations have proven
bo be baseless. The dam itself is a
well a milo and a quarter in length
The Knglish engineers who dosi trued
lt as a private speculation for an E ig
lish company declared that it would
dior no obstruction to tho high Nile,
jut that thc Hood would pass as freely
through tho ululceways as a river
through tho piers of a brldgo. On
August 8, last, when the reservoir
ihould have been empty, the Nile had
leaded up over HO feet and was tear
ing through 140 passages, about 40
lip 00 feet lu length, and 7 t*> 21 in
..kith, at a rite of moro than 50 milos
MI hour. Deep crevices had developed
on the downstream side, and lt was
necessary to construct/ buttresses in
?roat hasto. lt will take at least two
years to complete these and other re
pairs.
"The cotton crop has been increas
3d by the transfer of sugar catie land
sottoo cultivation," continued Mr.
Whitehouse, "but the ottlolal reports
?how that thc crops before 1898, when
bhe contract for thc dam was sigDed,
have actually exceeded thuso raised
duce Its completion. There bas been
S l?uu O? cv. i j ?u ?,?7. I IM wt; j -?ftiMCllHjhC
whole Ki'.ionio was a gigantic swindle;
that a group of Eugllsh speculators,
of whom Slr Earnest Cassel was the
principal, quietly aequred over 1,000,
000 acres, at prices ranging from thc
government registration fee of 13
cents per acre up to $10 and $20, and
then agreed bo build the dam In ordei
to raise prices and enable thom to un
load tho land on the French and E ig
Usn public during the four yoars the
construction work was In progress,
E/en Lord Cromer appears to ha vt
become alarmed at the Impending
orash. The price of tho lands wai
fr -ced up to near'y $500 an aore, ant
when the speculators have unloader
bhe ground could not be rcmuncrativi
bo the cultivator at any such prices.
WILL NOT EFFECT THICK.
"But to return to the ootton ques
blon," said Mr. Whitehouse inconolu
don, "tho American growers havi
nothing to fear. The Egyptian croi
of this year ls estimated tu be no larg
ar than that of 1807 8 or about 1,200,
OOO bales."
A resolution oalllng on thc state dc
partment for all the papors relattiij
to Mr. Whltehouse's operations ii
E/yiit hus boen Introduced by Sena
tor Lodge and adopted, and the dat
ls now in ootirse of preparation at th
department.
Dint Ultu lt M Deaci'OYOd,
Toe Spartanburg Herald Gays Stat
Constables Miller, Mulligan and Haye
returned Wednesday from a two day
so. ut lu tho Dark Corner, where the
wore accompanied on their rounds L
lt .venue Ohioer Aiken and Constabi
Bell, of Greenville. They destroy?
thrco largo I ll' c b distilleries and Qi
thousand gallons of still beor. Tl
olllcors also coull >oatod thirty ID
gallons of whiskey. No arrest we:
made, and the moonshiners did n<
attempt to molest the Intruders. Ti
ooustables state that two of tl
distilleries were located near Luth
Durham's placo, and thc obhor near
man's named Piumly. Too stills we.
destroyed in one (Uy, and tho mi
put in a hard day's woik duBtroyll
tho plants.
Motorman Attacked.
At Brooklyn tho p'illoo roserv
wore oalled out Wednesday night
dispone a mob wh.e*i was throntunii
Charles Kropp, a motorman, wlu
car had killed seven year old An
Owens, in Brooklyn. The child w
crossing Ibu tili out wi blt ?ie? Gi n li
maa loll, when she dropped tho pla
thing. In turning to pick lt up s
stopped in front of tho oar. In a f<
minutes several scoro of people h
gathered, and when they learned tl
the girl was dead thoy attempted
drag Kropp from tho front of his a
He tOOk refuge budd*, locking frc
and hack doors. Stones and sth
wero hurled through tho windows
him. Finally the police reserves vv
called out, but lt was only after usl
their clubs that thoy succeeded,
dispersing thc angry cowd.
Ail W?roi/ont.
Tho British bark "Pass, "of Mol ft
Captain Oaugal, from Ancon for P
ot sound, drove ashoro on tho rccki
I Vancouver Island, a quarter of a n
east of Amphltrlto point, Tues
night; and all on board wore li
Tho vessel was making for tho
tranoo to tho straits when a tor
southwest gale drove hor to the
shore on Vancouver Isl" 1
doom*"1 ' ' diove w' " f<
ut!
AD|JL?VES.
y Traffic in Chinese Laborers
Por South Africa.
WILL 1VOBK IN MINES
Hcr'ed Uko Catfle. Th? Contractors
Ij?rnlBli Then? io the Mine Workers
?ml Tiley Belong To Their Em?
ployica, Body and Soul.
Sent to Mines.
Afralter from Washington to The
OhiM^pn Post -says an Interesting
sto.yum jest reached this country
con reining tho trahie in Chinese
oolite i in tho'mines of tho Transvaal
i'htf methods Ot oolUotmg, soporatlng
audfchipplng tho ooolloa is fullv do
nor) ?j?d and tho wholo treatment ti
the ra resembles the selection of cat
tle Cor tho great slaughter houses
mo e than of-human boiugs. Durlug
the Mst year tho "industry," as it lb
oar.Sl grow to largo proportions.
Wb Ho labor, since the close of thc
SOU^JL African war has beon found in
sut?.S?eutior. the purposes of mining
gol '.]>ln tho Transvaal, and cpnse
ciuj-itly ft has been ncocessary to ox
per. '. iiou'sar^sof.o )olles to that plaoo.
T^to primary work of collecting the
ooo'.v?;* ta begun by missionary'dtc ?OM,
at u&expense of t?i? cpntra?tors. Tlie
s c #|rad coolies, are first marched to
tho airest rai) batfoiti and for\
uping'' point. Being
tak fi fro. ins they are placed
in Lv ruoks'of dliWvr?nb SIZ?S, uoually
lar^ ' ouough, however to af ora mo.
dato frouvthrdo to four hhndrei Ohl
nose.; Id ?.oh io tlion stripped, and
exa i-??AGd by tho doctors, including
teni for eyesight aud hearing. Thds&
*co ? ted ?pass into a.largo tunk of
?ai '.!% water and aro there scrubbed
with neap by other coolies. They are
Lho:i vaccinated, plied and
theil ritten up
ju. i . ?
A? inn}: abput ' their
noe i,. and they aro inhered again
ir." ? !.u > ;.) room pound un tl ? . tho next
tratW ? ls said that they
aro. !.'.;..' cu nil.shed wibli a op'y.t? tho
f-oi:' .ilga both tn
[)h{ .-?,0 and in io..?,di?ih. it 'is ' oven
;)la" ! aro told what
bli '........? vhoro they arc
roi .u receive,
ito., A)ut< fchl - lousty doubted.
Few.! 'olf';? h*yo miOtgh Intellect to
imdi( ^i^^^^^t.:^ should it
Seso] liquor aro' now deniod him,
though no may haze all the rloe and
bea h ls stomach ls oapable of holding
The lay before shipping, tho coolies
ire b ikon In lots of ten to the ellice
A the Oblneso protector for a final ex
imiD'ation. Here they are uot only
<lven another severe physioal test,
>ui are asked many questions in the
iiideavor to asc ertain whether or not
libo heathern understands fully where
lie it going and what ho is expected
bo dui after getting there.
In a large hall stand or tq lat sour
two hundred coolies In rows along the
wp.ll.i Their only clothing is a piece
if string and a paper tag. If passed
np as bchiK allrignt, they are given
iiiotier wash and aro then given
.io M dollies, shoes, belts, socks,
jtraw hats, etc., and reappear in
lark bluo uniforms. Tho paper or
bemporary tag which has heretofore
been hanging around thc cjolles neck
ls now exohanged for a permanent
lead one with a number on it. ile
has no name, hereafter a number,
rtiis lead tag bec >mes as muo 1 a part
af lilm as his Uuger or any other sec
bion of lils antomy.
Ho ls now given i:i8 (Mexican) two
months pay, and $8 bonun, and asked
again If he prefers to return home or
retain the silver. The answer ls in
variably lu favor of the silver. Hav
lng decided to retain the money In ex
change for a tag with a number on lt
lie pushos it into a tin pan, which
later serve him for lila rice bowl, his
washpau, and for many other use to
which he may wish to put it. At this
point the c >oly belongs to the con
tractor soul and body. Ho is now
placed in a kind of Jill, and hore he
bids farewell to his family and oredt
ltors. He receives hu kit bag con
taining clothing, a blanket, a tin oup
and a bamboo pillow, and ls now lea
dy to lake his place in the i?old mines
of the Transvaal.
T.ic first shipment of oohes was
mide lu July, lum, and tho total
number of shipments from all ports to
tho present timo is twenty nine. Tho
total number of coolies shipped from
0,11 parts of Onlna ls 40,000. The
deaths havo boon oomparatlvoly few.
Contractors aro making many thou
sands of d dlars annually out of this
slave truth.), and OS will bo soon from
the numerous physic il tests to which
tho coolies are pub, they ondoavor to
trat sport only what aro o mstdertd
goo l risks. O.i tho others they would
undoubtedly lose money.
Torrlhlo Tr*KO?t j.
At Cilodonla, Minn., Matthew
Sty lor, Infatuated with Pearl Whoa
ton, dMightor of S. N. Wheaton, a
wealthy farmer, broke Into the Whea
ton homo shot and killed tho girl
and w< noded her si3tor itu th her moth
er and himself. Styler ls a dental
sin lens at thc University of Minne
sott,. Paarl Wheaton had refused to
marry bira. Unable to seouro en
trance through the door, Slyer broke
through a window and was met by
Liuth Wheaton, who, armed with a
revolver attempted to protcot the
family. Styor wrestled tho revolver
from hor and shot hor bwioo through
the breast and then turned on Mrs.
Wheaton, shooting her In tho throat
and arms. Ho ran upstairs io Pearl's
room, breaking In tho door ho shot
her through tho heart and thou shot
?himself. When neighbors rushed in
? Slyer was found with lils head on the
i gin's breast. Sim wan dead w"*- bo
wai barely ll * The
NEW ELKO MON; LAW.
IM. 'tjiih '-, " i
Auoirr USING MONIOY AND i,i<i
UOK TO 8I3UUUK VO'JL'MS.
Will Be FspeeUUy Important This
Year as AU Cffloers Aro
to bs Eleo'.ed.
Ai tho last sesciono? the General
Assembly an Aol? was passed making
certain offenses In primary elections
misdemeanors and prescribing a form
of pledge to be taken and flied by
ovoiy candidate before offering for
election, The Aot bas boen in c ff jot
since last March, but was of no speo al
interest last y ear, as no primary oleo
tlon was held. But in the election
this summer for the State and soma
uf tho oounty. dittoes all omdidates
will have to abide by tho provisions
of the Act.
Among other requirements every
candidate, immediately after the
election, must Ale an itemized state
ment under the elootlon. In at least
one cunby tho Hiing uf suoh a state
ment has boon required before, but
only according to a rule of tho county
executive Committee, but lb was in
oorporated into the State law at the
last session of the Legislature.
The provisions of tho Aot will bo of
interest not only to prospective candi
dates, bub to the people generally, aud
Is given in full as follows:
An Act making certain offences in.
.primary elections misdemeanors arid
proscribing penalties therefor.
Stetson 1-Bo it enaoted b/ tho
QenoraV ?Assembly- of .tho Sljtato of
South OalwUpa^ ab or before every
political primary elco lon held by anv
political party, organ'/zabion or asso
ciation for tho purpose of choosing
candidatos for ?nice, ortho elootlon
of delegates to conventions, in this
State, any person shall, by threats or
auy other, form Of intimidation, or bj?
thc payment, delivery or promiso of
money, or Othor ?rtlolo of value, pro
euro or offer, promise or endeavor to
procure another to voto for or ?gainai
auy particular oandidate la such
tlon, or who shall, tor such consider*.;
tlon, .off jr to so vote, shall ba guilty
of a mlbdemeanor. <;
Seotlon 2-^-Kvery canuHdato offering
hf olootton, under thc provisions of
Section J, s'.iail make tho following
pledge and ?lo the samo with the
clerk of Ooiirt of Common Pleas for
tho county in which he is a candi
dato, unless ne should bo a candidate
lu moro than ono oounty, lu whtou
o??o ho shallfllo with tho Sooretary
of Stato, before ho shall ontor upon
Hopaign, to-wlt:
. . .oj .
ua roi ina, candidate for tho omeo of..'
.... hereby pledge that I will not give
nor spend money, or use intox' atlng
liquors for the purpose of obtaining or
influencing votes, and that I shall, at
the conclusion of the campaign and
before the primary eleotlon, render to
tho Clerk of Court (or Seoretary of
State, as hereinbefore provided,) under
oath, an itemized statement of all
moneys spent or provided by me during
tho oampalgn for oampalgn purposes
up to that time, and I further pledge
that I will, immediately after tho prl
mary election or elections that I am a
candidate In, render an itemized state
ment, under oath, showing all further
moneys spent or provided by mo in
said election. Provided, that a failure
to comply with this provision shah
render such election null and void, lu
so far as tho candidate who falls to
illo the statement herein required, but
shall not effdot tho validity of the
election of any oandidate complying
with this seotlon. And provld. d fur
ther, that such itemized statement
and pledge shall be open to publie In
spection at all times.
Section 3-That any violation of
any of tho provisions of this Aot shall
bo a misdemeanor, and any person,
upon conviction thereof, shall bc lined
not loss than (100 nor more than (500,
or bo imprisoned at hard labor for not
less than ono nv-nth nor more thar,
six months, or both tine and Imprison
ment, In tho d stretton of tho Court.
Approved tho Otb day of Maroh, A.
1). 1U0T>.
Awful tSutotiory.
According to a story in circulation
at Moscow, Russia, tho number of
summary executions of revjlutlonists
is large. Mr. Smith, an lOngMshman
and proprietor of machine works there
whicn was acoldcntlly burned, says
that he personally wltnossed a num
ber of exeoutions. When tho 'Diu
jina" garrison of thc sugar factories
surrendered tho cllh?cr In command of
the regular troops after a few brief
questions ploked out tho viotlms who
were marched twonty paces in front
Of the firing squad. They received
tho volley ana dropped w i thou t a
struggle It ls generally stated that
thc victims were handed o^er to tho
lirlng squad with the command,
"Tako them to tho river," which was
tantamount b, a sontence and war
rant for their execution.
I'lokod up ul Hon,
Advices wore received In Charles
ton on Thursday of the safety of four
flsecrmcn, John Plnoknoy, Lawreuco
Washington, Miney Gibson and Frank
Simmons, who were picked up at soa
by a passing vessol and carried into
Norfolk. The men woro though to
nave boon lost and that they were
safe was pleasing intelligence to thoir
i ol rt 11 von and friends. They belonged
to the fishing sivtaok Charleston and
whllooff shoro last Saturday, their
small boat gob adrift in a sudden
squall and disappeared from view.
The smaok returned to port without
tho mon and there was only ono con
clusion tnas they had boon swopt
out to sea and drowned.
Killed Father With Flat.
Defending his mother against her
quarrelsome husband Joseph Pollook
agod 22 years, of 138 Weat Cumber
land street, Philldolphia, struck his
father in tho fauo Monday a blow,
wo!0*1 resulted !n his do*th: Tho son
has been arrested, charged with mur*
dor, aud his mother held as a witness,
..hor son, who ls lay preacher,
it from xmductlng
ML
?IDVO Dp
$200 on U?H Huai
The Columbia State Baya .?.
of $200 has been offered'tor thu ar
of L jvo Dunbar, a negro wu
charged with having killed Mr. Ifi
Fisher near Balley in Alkon cvqutvty'
oh the night of December 2? .U. The
hom?nido was ono of the moat shock
ing of all of the Hst o? torrjblo crimes
ofObrlatnha week. Three negroes
aro now in arrest but Lov.> Dunbar ls
a fugitive and lt ls behoved that ho is
the ono moat guilty. Mr. Fisher was
a man of la' gi means and his death
war* a calami 17 to the neighborhood
in whiohjh w \s seo1! a prominent
oitizen. Co), D. S. lionderdcn of
Aiken oaJlud on Gov. Hoy ward yester
day and put before him the mattor 11
such a way that tho tffer was made,
8n?jr!ff T. P. Itaborn wroto tho gov
ornoi: ^'Several parties have been
arrested in connection with tho mat
ter, but one of the mon who ls bellev
ed to have Implicated in tho mur
dor has not been captured. T/tils man
j lsFrod Dunbar, Jr., alias Love Duo
bar. I have made doligent se vroL
for this man and have had my . depu
ties searching for him but to ho a
vail as yet. I desire to recommenc
that a liberal reward should bo offeree
for his apprehension. In this recoW
inondation I MYij A*?PJ3 Jbto t?%/f?op&
of S^lloy. )
^-Attached to Sheriff lUborn's iettei
isa cimmunioatlon from Dr. IT. J.
S Uley, Intendant, written by a sad
coincidence on tho letter paper of tht
late IO. II Fl her. Dr. Salloy writes:
"Said partly, wo bolle ve from evi
dence was ono.of tho men who fireo
upon the person cf 10. H. Fisher, wh<
was killed on tho night of DM). 24,
1005, at the home of Barnoy Dunbar.
Following. IS the description of Froc
Dunbar, Jr., alias Lovo Dunbar, giv
en by Sheriff ttadoru: "Light? glogfei
cake, smooth skin negro, 27 years ol:,
lix feet two to threo iuohea in height
weighs 175 to 185 pounds full bust,
thick through ouest, ;small ears,
good, blaokhair: keon blaok eyes, lit
tle pop eyed; long keen pointed nose.
Blaok mustache, whloh ho wears trim
med at corners of mouth. M n' h lt
snii.ll-unusually small for ids rape,
Good teeth, tho front too? . . 1
titdo of upper *'.iw ls plugge*
?old aiHo abo ./a on oyo too!
No. 8 shoes and when last.
a new pair of blaok pate
?hO?n with tan topa. Hi
12, pants 44 and .'15
of. low dives and/
drinks to oxoetk fri
Isa tine flguro\-ne
Often wea ra 1%
frotit. J :
carpenter tirad?, a
first olass hotel porter."
TERRIBLE, JtXPEBISNOS.
Shipwrecked Seaman Wafchou
Ashore in Dy In? Condition.
Six days in an open yawl boat wltL
wavvis onstantly dashing over thea
and with only a few tins of canned
beet and one gallon of water, la tht
experience of Capt. Lodden and tin
six members of the orew of the Amer
loan Bcnooner Nakomlsi The mei
reached Pensecola, Fia, Thursday, bed
ing brought from St. Andrews, who?
uhoy were washed upon tho beaoh h
an almost unconsolous condition, wi tl
limb'-, swollen and benumcd and al
mo?t dead from exposure.
They wcro found by a party from &
small settlement nearby and given at
tontlon until they were able to bi
placed In a boat and brought down ti
Pensacola, whore the vessel is owned
The story of the suffering of tho mci.
ls a terrible one. Tue vessel put ou
from Gulfport about two weeks agt
for Cuba ?Ith a oargo of lumber
Shortly af ter/ge ting to goa a leak wa
illsoovered and although tue pump
were started, the water continued U
ilse in tho hold until there were sev
oral feet. ?
A heavy gale then came on and tht
men began to throw iff the deok load
The v.-astl contluued to take watei
and lt was soon afterward* that shi
listed heavily. Tho men then d?cid?e,
to abandon tho ship and gatheret
food and nautical lnHtruments^r?la(ty
iug them on a .oabja.^^OT?HO, when t
big wave parapi ?vor tho vessel, turn
lng lt ojmplctely over and throwing
everything Into the sea. Almos
by a miracle ouo of the lifeboats, a
Jug of water and u few cans of meal
wore saved.
Thc men then sot out for Bhoro, and
for six days and nights, with tho seas
running alu oat mountain high, the)
pulled the open boab sametlmes nol
knowing in whloh direction they were
going. Towards tho close of tho sixth
day land was sighted aud although un
elf rt was made to keep the boat iff,
the strength of tho wearied orew was
not su niel ?nt, and a big wave oast the
boat and its contents upon tho beac1
near St. Androws. The men wore un
able to move, he.ng almost dead from
cold and hunger.
How to I.Ivo Hight.
This is tho season of tho year when
a great many peoplo form new reso
lutions for the futuro. This ls right
and proper, but if these now formed
resolutions aro to amoutit to any.
thing wo must remember that right
thinking is tho foundation of right
living. To live tho highest lifo of
which wc, as human bologs, are
capable, we must (Irmly believe and
and live up to our belief that we oan,
should and must resolutely master
our thoughts as well as Our aotlous*,
nv\A thnt. ow m<io* r>r\ii*./\l > V.? K?..?*?
...... v..MW ' ? - ' * - ? .... wvHv.v. w..u UiUll|K,L
pictures In which wo indulgo as much
as the words whloh Isauo from our
Hps. As a man "thlnketh in his
heart, RO is he." Thoughts ?onorate
feeling. When discouraged and de
pressed lift up your ohest, tt>ke an
attitude of courage and speak these
words seve ral tlrntts slowly and earn*
estiy: "FalVu, hope, ec v. rage." Y/h....
sensitive ovor ill-treatment, take tho
oorrcot physical attttudo and say
several times, slowly and earn
1 Love, patience, forgiveness,'. and
see if you dont feel better,"
SOMETIME
Many P opie Insist on P?at Mortem Sur
gery to Satisfy Themselves Timi
Their Relatives "and Pri?n?s
Arc hand. 1 Stances Are
Recalled by Doctor?.
.iii H.
V ...
Tho Washington. Pout saya tt n
infrequently happens Mnvt persons wb(
lave b3?n serioudy lil aro thought b.
friends and attendants to have bVeatlJ
jd their last whoo there s^11 MP ,\
the body. In fact, oasos aro on recoil
of premature burial: an
arly so in times Ot war and ;
$o great is tho horror of auoh. a pjrcy,
bablllty among some ryi?plo thud they
ar
mory bolUR por for m^
?h?ljf death. BOmiitntng ?
atal Itself, in order to prevent 1
Jiro calamity of heh. ; A ail
Toere is ono Instance o 1 ??U
city whe'?o a woman.. a mem bet or
?minent family, who at tho timo
uer last illness oxaotod a prom?
,er family that whoo si
'lounped dead her heart , should
taken from her body,
was mad* by her family physic
of tho bes*- Uno wu among i/he ?>'
Ffa>t ne-a?- JPp>j
KIM-., IKf/9.
an
tuonela of
There ar
na>?, a phys
tnao ? Burg
amy, who,
Jeotod for ?
NCIiil,
ST 4
d JJnIMin
d
Judge ^
similar ? tonio!''
, <o,"
t.Jy
aud
: in
ii ow
ono
? .vi
Bal
vas nesting "'hy 0;
.he contagious di: <
York, a call, waa made
av to attenci a little gi
lously ill from dlptheria, I found the"
>atlenb in tho attic of a tenament '
touse on the Eist Side of the'eltyi's
tot more than a block distant from
he hospital.
"If you have ever seen that pathe
lo picure in which you nooloo
octor sadly gazing upon an unoonsoi
us ohild lying upon, pillows tixed
.wo ohalrs, and th? attitude
.orrow-atrloken parents," ho
d, "you may got aomo
ce no presented
he room. 'Ta?
vus the only tul
minting from rcprouu
og ploturo
"The mother was sobbing,
?ead bowed overa table and tho f/
r was in a standing position/,
utely dazei with sorrow. Tno' !vl
vas lying on "pillows stretohec
?wo chairs. 'Don't touch her, <?
.ho fathor said to mc. 'Sao L,
Vnd In heavon now> and so I tc-?
nysolf," said the doosor, "buVte
careful examination, I found tho fain
ist Indio Uions of respiration, and
vi thou t any delay I uitrodmed into
.he windpipe the lat?s-, surgical ia
i tm aient liivcuted for auoh oases, and
tn a few seconds plainly discovered
?he ohild breathing. Later on, hav
ng called for a hospital amOulauoe, I
-viapped tho ohiid in a blanket jp
,00k hor in my arms tu tho P)LKi,
*???i
oovered, and when tier parer*
.0 soe her they found her dos
oomplete reo ?very. I had dillie
soaping their embracen waon
.mow for au abtoluto trutu that
aili had their baby.
"When I tirso saw that o\iild,
?aid in 0 inclusion, "I felt as oertatu
mo was dead as I know I myself waa
iilve."
Olvo Tin nt a Ohmic o,
Do not try to make tho ohild think
as you do "Going at him with plr
tiers,-alppnig him there and pinela
aim hero, " is a, deplorable tiling f,
a teacher or a parent to do. Huh
thank the Lord that he hos a miad
hts own and that ho uses it. Do yoi
part by furthering ita developwr
. li Ulan JH/I? lUUOEOV 1
finality will romain Intact,,
Cor a young man to tatnk T
of himself than too meanly ; to
hts powors too mucii than not t-iTJL
thom enough," 01 00 said a min ,
to his congregation. If you take ex?
oeptlons to this veiw, as many of hi/,.,
hoaroradld, look about and see wir Sj
tho ones and you will dud tha.' ' '
aro
they aro nob those who."hoaitato ani,
are lost," but those who have faith in
themselves. And this tliey oan not
have without Ind vldualiby, that
mighty fore?, God plantod, willoh
gives them too win todo, iht
power to do lt.
A !{*<! Kooonl.
Tho annual abatement O?? tho coro
nor of Charleston ?iuntv shows tha
hecfilotatod lo 60 oases daring t
I psst year, there having been
number of violent deaths, whloh.d
not lno?udotho many sudden dr/
ilium oauho.H. Tiicr.C W?
los and two aulo.deg ,'hot
the latter being ol
1 citizens, Of the
IftondontAl, Klght of the. hu
; W'jre killed In ?n.- . yards