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..DO THOU, GREAT LIB?*TY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUB LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR 0*7R DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE " : rrJKstr~'i*-?~- <t\ canga at : BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY MAR<f)H SO, 1906, NO. 14. FIRMS NAMED That Are Under Suspicion of lnv proper Dealing. WITH l>IvPr NSARY. Utter to the State Boaid from Messrs. Christensen and Lyon Naming Pirras With Which the Direc tors Arc Advised Not to Do Business. Senator Christensen and Represent ative Lyon of the dispensary investi gating committee Wednesday recom mended that the State boi^d of dis pensary directors discontinuo doing business with a number of tirms that havo been previously selling supplies to tho dispensary. Tho recommenda tion was mado as a ret u t of a para graph appearing in The Stato Wed nesday morning, as follow.- : "Tho now board reoolvod a letter frota Chairman Hay of the dhpensavj Investigating committee as follows: " 'The committee is not now in pos session of evidence casting suspicion on any wbh key t<tal?r. Tue position and o .-.nt;' ? of tnt tizard is to ba con gratulate 1 "This it an answer to a resolution adopted at tho first meeting of the board, as follows. V 'Having no knowledge of the evi dence the legislative committee has in its possession, wc he eby lutta c i the cV-rk to ask the committee through its c..airman, Hon J T. Hay, whether or not there IM any evidence lu their possession C'lstiug > v.-picton on any whiskey dealeisor an . other person or persons dealing with mo dtato dlspeu sary of any unfair dealings with the the Stato if so, to honor us with thc names of such person or persons BU that we oan hold up their bids until they have made a satisfactory showing to ttio said committee.' " Messrs. Christensen and Lyon felt, that this might he misunderstood and, knowing that Chairman Hay was not familiar with all the facts in their pos session, thought that lt would be well to let the board know that they con sldered several linns had not dealt properly with the dispensary. Among -the Arms mentioned in the letter to the board are tho Richland Disthliug company and the Carolina Glass com pany, both of this city, and J. S. Far num of Charleston. Wednesday morning the sub-com mittee held a conferei 03 with the bjard in regaid to the resolut on and as a result the following additional resolution war? adopts d and the latter below sei t to th? committee: "In view i t the fact that since thc board addressee a letter to S anatol Hay asking him to give the names of any liquor houses of other conceri.s who were under suspicion of tho dis pensary in C8tlgatiug committee ana having rtcelved his r< ply in the nega tive and it having happened that Sen ator Christensen and Representative Lyon have Just returned from the North after examining certain credi tors of the .ilspensaiy and being In formed that Sjnaior Cnrlstetscn and Representative Lyon have not had timo to consult with Senator Hay sines their return. "Ba lt resolved, That the clerk address a leittr to S.uator Cnris tensen and R preventative L on ask lng them to giY? tho names of any concerns, persons or corporations di - ing business with the dispensary which they suspect ot irregular or improper dealing with the dispensary and whioh have not been reported to the chair man," The lotter to Messrs. Lyon and Christensen ls as fo.lows: Hon. N. Christensen, Jr., and J. Fra zer Lyou, City. Gentlemen: Upon resolution of the State board of directors I am Instruct ed to ask you to give tho names of any concerns, persons or corporations do ing business with the dispensary which you suspect of irregular or improper dcahngs with the dispensary and which have not been reported to the chairman of your committee 1 am very respectfully, M. H. Mobloy, Clerk. As soon as this letter was received Messrs. Christenson and Lyon sent the following reply. Messrs. Rawlinson, Wylleand Black, Board of Directors, S. C. Dispen sary, Columbia, S C. Gentlemen: Responding to your lot ter of e m date will say that, while we havi ,ot evldenco in the case of each of the ooncerns mentioned below that would establish the fact that they have been dealing Improperly or in an irregular manner with the dis pensary, still we will say that wo sus peet that the ilrms hereinafter men tioned may at some future hearing be shown to have been guilty of some irregular dealings therowith. We think that the evidence brought out at a recent publlo session of our committee shows conclusively that the Carolina Glass company and the 0. L. Flacc.is Glass company have been guilty of grave irregularities In their transac tions witl\ the dispensary. In addition to the glass companies above mentioned and tno Novison Wolskopf companv, the Irregularities of wolch wero called to your attention in Chairman Kay's communication, we think you would, under the tor ms of your resolution, be Justified In dis continuing business tor the present with the following houses or ilrms: Messrs. IL and H. W. Cathorwood, Philadelphia. t j?Ck Cranston company, Augusta. Fleischman So Co., Clocinr.r.tti. Gallagher So Burton, Philadelphia. G.trrott So Co., Norfolk. Hlrsh & Sohofield, Now York. ,J. W. Kelley So Co., Chattoncoga. Wrs. L'inahnn Son, Raltimoro. JMeyer, Pitts So Co., Baltimore. Rosskam, Gerstley So Co., Philadel phia. X. Trager company, Cincinnati. Btutbentbal Distilling company, Louisville. Bohland Distilling company, Co lumbia, S. C. '"""-ollna Glans company, Columbia 8. 0. j. .5. Farnum, Charleston, S 0. Pabst Breding oe mp ?ny, Milwau kee 0. n. Ross & Co , Baltimore. C. L. Flacons Glas-t company. Very respectfully yours, Nf"'* Christensen, Jr.? J. Fraser Lyon, Men bers Di^p>.ubary Investigating Committee. It now r< maluB to be seen whether or not the State board will abide by this recommendation. The resolution published above would seem to Indi cate that the board wcu'.d, on tr for mation received, refuse, to purobase supplies from any Hem holieved to be guilty of irregular methods with the dispensary. Olfiolal aotion may bo taken today when the purchases will be made. Y??MMAN KILLED UK \USI-] 111-] It l-l KS Bl) INSULT TO HIM a -v Mr: mi!} vite. Mr. J. B. Gaylord rhot aud "nat?nt ly Killed by Kr. Grover Ka his On last Fflda? ntg'it at tho home or Mr. W. F Outlaw of the Her rlott fcf c dun, L ;e county, Mr. Gro ver Mathis s etoo and Instantly killen Mr. J. B. G.ijlord, both young mer of that section. From information reo< i ved lt seem* that there was a puly atine house o' Mr. Outlaw. Mr. J. B. Gay lord e&O'irt ed M'88 Alma Cougnman to t'.\c party. While the pleasure of tho evening were In progress and everybody WM apparently happy, Mr. Grover Mathlfc was taking a promenado with Mis Ooughman. When out of do >rs Math s attempted to take liberties with the yi.u :g lady She resisted th's attempt and quietly rebuked ulm. He parsLt ed and agaiu annoyed her. Soc then lett him and weut hack into the house, crying. Mr. Gaylord, her escort, and to whom it ls said she was engaged lo be married, begged the young lady to tell him thc came of her tronblo. At first she deolined to tell him, hut final ly informed her s weetheart that?Math is had persistently tried lol lake Uber ties with her. At an opportune time Gaylord took Mathis out into tho hall for an interview. After asking Mathis wh) he had treated the young lady so un gentlemanly, hot words brought on an aherca-.lon. Tnere are several re ports as to how the light started and how tho shojtin { waa done, noue of whioh are positivo, as UIIB orre-BpoL deut has not been able to interview my e,e wlmcsses. From reports, h .seems that Gaylord had a knife acd Mathis nad a pistol. Wnen the ti/bt -as ovei Gaylord was mortally wcund ed and lived bu J a few minutes, and Mathis had one or two stabs In his shoulder, Mathis clalm-i to have aoted in sclf-d? f nse. Tho roporte are coi:ll.coing on uils point, however some claiming that tnere was no mc s>lty or ixoi.so for the killing, these opiulonti being based on what they have gathered from the roporis. Sheriff Muldrow was notified abm; 1 o'cl Ci aud took Deputy SheriI? Mooney ham and went lo the FOdUe ol he homicide. Hu was Informed thal Mathis had went to Bishopville to -.urreuder. Wnen the snerlir return d he f.iliad Mathis there and the prisoner ls now in j ii). HOUKiFI bl) FUJ>1 j??tAL PAR. Y MAII?AO Wound) Niuo l'ornons .uni Hots H >UHO on Viro. Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county, J ist across tho Patapsoo river from Baltimore, Md., is horrified over the deeds and death cf Walter Potce, an Insano mao, 28 years old, who miter ing his brother's bouse Just as friends and relatives were gathered to at tend tue funeral nf tue brot ?er'a Ut tlc child, oponed Hro with a revelver, set tire to the house and himself died frum gunshot wounds, but whether selMntlioted or not li ls unknown, Polee entered thc room and began Hrh g so entirely unexpectedly that several persons were wounded before they could eicapo. Nino people were injured more or lef-s seriously hy shots from revolvers and a repeating shot gun. OT these a brother, John H. Putee, and Wm. H. Miller, a brotbor in-law aro likely to die. Tho orr/.. man found time botwoen shots to sprinkle oil about thc lie use and set lire to lt. Firemen summoned from Baltimore, Md., finally extinguished tho Hames, but not before the bull dlnq had ben almost gutted. On the second door was found tho body of lha manlao badly burned about the waist and with a shot wcuud over hlh heart. Bystanders had fired at him repeat edly, but whether one of their shots hit him during the two hour fusilade or whether he died by lils own bauds uaiiuuly bo COI j ictured. Puteo lb Haid to have shown evidence of insan lny for six or eight months past. The body of the Child was romoyod before thc Ihe reached lt. Bro thors eiouvion <1. At Cordele. Ga., the Jury In the oaso again.st George W. Bundrick, charged with murder, returned a ver dict of guilty and he was sentenced to death. Bund rick and his brother An drew In 8 pU mber, 1902, waylaid and shot to (h ath John Khrouder and wounded his wife. Goorge escaped and Andrew was tried and sontenceo to Ufo Imprisonment. G^orgo was recently captured In Louisiana and brought back for trial. Trains Collide* A freight and a pansongor i min collided in a snow storm near Bloom dale, O/ilo, on Sunday and two men wo; a killed-a fireman and a mail agtut-and 16 persons were injured, Another Sensation in the New York Life Insurance. CvMPAIGN TRIBUTE Paid to Defeat Bryan in First Cam paign. Hamilton Declares He Paid Chalrm n Bliss a Big Sum. Bliss Denies and Hara? Htou Shows Receipt. Tbe following interesting artiole from tho Now York Herald of Maro!) 20, shown the moans used In 1800 by the Republicans to defeat theelectlor of William Jennings Bryon: 1 see that Cornollus N. lilias, treas urer of the Republican natiomil oom mltte, denies that ho had received from me for the Now York L'fe the sum of 875,000 for oampaign purposes in 1800,*'said Former Judr,o Androw Hamilton Wednesday, ojmmontlnk upon Mr. Bliss' assertion that ho nev er mot the J idge. "Maybe inls might stimulate hi* memory a blt," ho added. Judge Hamilton reached Inside the breast pocket of his cjat and produc ! a 8h< af of vouchers, some of which juro tho signature of tho foremost men in?flnanoeof tortay, and stripped nfl a whlto receipt fri m such as th? Republican national committee uses ile smoothed out the b*t of paper, .;;i/."d ab it with an amused (mlle, ano spread it flit upon the table in hie apartment "Lioks as If lt was up to Mr. Bls> to think nomo more, does lt not?' continued Mr. Hamilton. The receipt is a vouoiier for 875,000 segued by Mr Bliss and dated Ootjbji 1 and 20, 1800. It ls explained that the amount was paid over in two pay ments, the ?rst ono of 810.000, on October l, and the balance ot 805,000 JU October 20, the figures at the left hand lower omer of the voucher oeing raised from 810,000 to 875-, ooo. When lt was first brought to thc attent on of The Herald, on Sunday, chat Andrew Hamilton said he held a voucher showing that ho had paid 876,000 to Mr Bliss, ia addition to ohe 60,000 admitted by Mr. McCall to haue been paid to the oampaign fund of the R.'publican party in 1800 Mr Bliss asked concerning the mat ter, and he denied all knowledge of si c i payment. His exaob lanuage was: "S joh a statement ls utterly fa'se. I, as treasurer of the Republican na tional committee, did not receive any money, nor was any voucher therefore issued by me. I do not know Andie? Hamilton, would not know him it 1 should seo him, and nover heard of him until recently." In his home, 180 Madison avenue, yesterday, the nutter wai agiin oall ed to the attention of Mr. Bliss. Since applying t^ you for Infor matton about the alleggd payment of an addlti nal 875,000 Into the IV'pub Hean national committee's fund in 1890 by Andrew Hamiltan, new evl dei.cd has come to hand, Mr. Bliss Can you ri call the Incident todaj ?" was asked. .'1 havo said all 1 caro to say abou? Me matter," returned Mr. Bliss. "No such sum was paid over by Mr. Ham ilton or tho New York L fe. My word ought to be accepted au ilnal." 'But lt ls now known that a wish er exists." 'Tnat ls untrue. No receipt ex ists. If any one says so ho Iles. Have you seen such a vouohoi?" "Yes, Mr. Bliss, and I have a pho tograph of that voucher. WHl you let me show lt to you In ordor that you may pass upon the genuineness of tho signature?'* 'No oh! I won't look at lt. i d0 cline to say another word about the matter." Judge Hamilton explains the exist ac oe of thc cl H. ok and takes a p;cul lar delight in recalling the careful manner In willoh the payment was kept efl the books of the New York Life. Bliss wanted more money." ho naid. "I don't know anything about the 850, 000 whloh Mr. McUall ac knowledged was paid to tho Republi can campaign fund in 1890. Tnat j was another matter. But I know 1 was instructed to pay this money to Mr. Bliss, and that 1 borrowed 875, 000 upon my notes and passed it over to Mr. Bliss. I lirst passed over 810, 000 and got Mr. Blina' receipt for it, and when 1 raised tho balanoo 1 paid Miat ovor.Jand in ordor to simplify the tranbaotlon caused the additlor ?05.000 to bo reooipted for upon the same voucher, preserving tho two dates of payment, 20 days apart. "I borrowed this money and when 1 was reimbursed I took up tho notes ard settled tho Indobtedncas. I knov this traiiHaotlon docs not appoar in ibo regular way upon tho books of tho New York Life. Bu f, you do not suppose, do you, that Androw Hamilton was paying 1(75,000 of his own monoy to tho Re publican campaign fund? As a mat ter of faot, tlio entlro transaction can and will be proved to tho satisfaction of everybody In dun Mme. Do thoy want any nure vouchers of this sort? "I notlco that several men on thc oxecutivo com mitte, haye. Intimated that they ought to make good to Mr. MoOall'a estate tho amount cf 8148, 000 which Mr. McCall paid ovor tu thd RepublicT fnnd. That ls all right, nut I am in a position to tell them that they will have to pay over much more than 8148.0C0 to square tho aotual money contributed to the. oampaign funds by tho Now York Lifo during tho last 13 years. Tille $75 QQQ ls ono addition. Let them got busy and lind moro. In commenting on tho above the Columbia State says: Mr. Bliss says ile. Judgo Hamilton oontldontly waves tho voucher In air. If Mr 1511 HM's word "ought to bo accepted a% dual" it ls nevertheless true that lt will not be so aooeptod. The public has g'eat faith in what is put down ic "black and white " Ooo of two things is oertain. Eith er Judge Hamilton's voucher is gen uine or else is a forgor. If the vouch er or receipt Is a forgery then Ham ton ls either a forger or an ac complice in forgery, and in eith er event, he nhl u d bo prdso cuted. If, on the other hard ne receipt is gonuine, there ls u< other recourse than In the pain f ulcer talnly that Mr. Bliss is Wing. Cer tainly a gentleman of Mr. B iss't 8tanolng will nut rest under euch a susp'olon. Ho mu it and will dun itu that Judge Hamilton ba prosecuted and convicted cf forgery or connivance in forgery. Tnat is tho only oouist that will absolve Mr. Bias from the suspicion that is naturally aroused b> the exhibition of an alleged genuine receipt signed by himself and ac knowledging the reoelpt ot monoy that he denies having reo-ived There is no mistaking what Mr. Bliss's course should bo. It ls plain and peremptory. Until somo one proves that Hamil ton is a liar cf the most maliolous sort, there oan bi no rost for tho weary. Hi is st.rrlug 'em up with a long and point id stick. With the Jaunty as aranco of tho man who admits al and rather glories in the admission, hi ls goto? about disporting himself lu a canner that ls as Joyful to him as it ls dlsconoeruing to the group of high Unacolors and oorporatian Uwyen that constitute his gama. He ls quloC willing to talk and ho ls not careful at to whom be talks about. For the safe ty of those gentlomen high lu thc counsels of il.nineo and of poll MOB, he must be gagged. If he ls not, it is as c?rtala as fate that bo.uething ls go ing to drop. B G MONJE Y IN TRU3K. Ono fr'nrmor Maelo Sovonteon Thons .nd Dollars Cloar. The Slate says Col. E J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, Immigra tion aud commorce, is very biuy n w getting material for a statistical bul letin which ho will Issue shortly Nearly overy day he got3 letters in quiring for Information on certain subjects and lt requires a perse-nal to furnish the answer each time. II? oas decided upon the kind of bulletin bo will Issue and ls preparing the manuscript for thc work. Tho amount and variety of informa tion to be furnished in this pamphlet will be a matter of surpriKO to all workers in ligures. He will give ton age hauled on railroads for each year fora decide; tonnage of fartH'zjrs used In ah* same length cf time; num ber of bales of cotton stun Into thread number of hiles of doth made; popu lation and orops. Oae of tho most romarkablo exhibits which Col Watson has got together in sumo time is a statement of the in come from tho sale of garden truck Blank forms are coming in. These will have to be collaborated. "South Carolina, the Garden Country ol America," is thc title of the pamphlet on gardening for the market. Tho most remarkable statement of all those so far received shows that on ( me farm of 103 aores the owner last year made, not $17 500. On six acres of lettuce ho cleared *2,600; $3 OOO on , 10 acres of cucumbers, a d. (3,300 on 22 acres of cucumbers. Tue public* non of tbesa ligures ls ennuin to ( make everybody quit everything e's? and go Into thc truck raising bus- j iness. Commissioner Watson will leave thc latter part of this week for C em , son college whore he will oonfrr with President Moll and Prof. Cbambllss In , regard to tho terms for the competi tors from this State who will take part lu tho eorn growing oontost. A number of farmers from S JU th Caro Una will take part, several having al ( ready sent In their notlllratlons. Tub State will, as before, be tho only . State In the S~uth to tako part In the contset, and thc $1,000 prl/.j was won oy Mr. Drake of Marlboro In thc last competition. Commissioner Watson wants thc school children to take part as they did in Illinois and thus get up a oro exhibit from South Jarolina for the Jamestown expoal tion. Next week Commissioner Watson will ba In Baaufort whore he will look into the mattor of growing sweet p . tatoeii there. This ls the banner county of tho State in tho matter of raising sweot potatoes. Willie Mon ?tlnut Hantf. A Supreme Court decision seals tho fate of Hob Smalls and John Nail, North Carolina white men, who were convlotod last spring In Darlington of tho murdor of a negro named Frank !?O0tt, whom they Shot on tho streets, tho white men being in a drunken au i rowdy condition. Smalls was only 22 years old and Nail Just 10 at tho time of tho killing. Smalls was given a death sentence and Nail, being recom mended to merov, got a life sentence. Smalls was sentcnocd to hang last May. Tho Supremo Court alli rms the results In thc lower court, and Smalls Is to be sentenced In the near future. Kiiiori His Father. A.ti Atlanta Henry J. Purcall, a bar ber, agod no years, was shot and In stantly killed by lils son, LO isha Pur cell, aged 24, at their homo on Ce,urt lanel strcot early Wednesday evening. Tno circumstances as gatherod f,om several witnesses woro that tho elder Purcell came homo intoxicated and began at onoo a quarrol with his wife. Going from tho he uso he re turned with a briok willoh he made a motion to throw at his wlfo and at I the wifo of tho younger man, who Immediately drew his revolver and tired. Elisha Purcell auriendcred to to the police. Killing in Georgia, Burrell Hush, agod 00, wis shot and killed by Alonzo Haddock Thursday at Haddock, Ga. The slayer ls a?cd ?j. Ho surrendered promptly. The trouble grew out of tho marrlago of a sister of Haddock and tho son or Bush in Macon. The parties are prominent in tho county. TALE OF HORROR. _ Some Indie' is Who Sacrifice Ba bies tol jSacred Snakes to jj WARD OFF TROUBLE. The Unite Living Reptiles Arc Kept Shut I Up In a Cave lu the Mountains and Fetjf on Human Saclll dal |teRh by the Fa natics. Tho KT and jury of Bernadillo Coun ty, Now Milloo, was presented with evldonoo recently whioh apparently snows that gunian sacrifice ls still bo tog praotlsrd. among other barbaric religious rli^os by our Amcrloau lil lians A ^ousldorablo amount of testimony ^jyas producid as to tin praotlcea of^wltohcraft and the com mon habib c,x. tho Indians of murder ing men and women who are suspeot sd of beinp "evil spirits." Ia fact, Joe Luis, chief modlolno man of the Papado tri*/} of Arizona frankly ac knowler'gcc.^that he Is the slayer ol JOMO fa. A n'.ou, a woman, whom the Papagos a nativo village nsa Covered Wefts in tho Gunsight county accused of being an evil spirit who bewitched them and was r soonslb.i for their rrjjjsfortu1 es. During tim Summer a gy!eal m my cattle bolong lng to tho Iftdiaus sickened and died, ind 8taiv:,pkm stared them in th', face. L^to$ some of the leaders o .ho tribe frjjocum jed to a mysterious disease, andftho savages, who sty1 bol?evo in viltbcraft, held Josefa An ton, a wom&n of tho village, respon sible for tjje conditions. Luis, thi ncdlolue rri?n, believed lt his duty t< rid the viii ige cf tho wltoh, so ho lur id her out ?into tho desert and min dered her. But. tho rnost shocking testimony, says tho Ofiireipondent of thc Ne Yjrk Amefioan was given by a Cathi lie iniS8loua% who was admitted te some of tbt> Saced rites of the Indiai> of tho puba.b'of Z a, the most isolat ed of the savage* in Nev M. X O Hero tbe t*r|est was led to a CA ve In ohe mount .lins, the mouth of whlo> ls enclosed 'with a stone wall fifteen feet thiele j Ia this wall there ls .lois eighv o? ton i nu .es In diameter, iud in^ioave lives a huge sacred .make, ch at times omergis ?Iii*... * .. i Tji*! Ind'a? s keep a watcv tho cavo and regard thc appearaoor of tho serpent as a man date upon thuin to produc? a human sacrifice Mr tho oreaiuro. U?uallvl tho witness said, the sacrl Uo.i was voluntary, some lud?an moth ar being ready, under the. spur of re ilglous enthusla.m, to < ir jr her in fant. Vt however, the exhortations if tho frenzied medicine, man failed to rind willing response, then a oouuoh of tho old men of tho trlbo was held ?nd a baby was ploked out by vote, in either eise, willing or unwilling, the mother was led fur ward to bbl maranoo of the cave and kept there .int 1 the snake appeared. As th? iiuge serpent wrl^^led forth through the hole the moti or crept forward ind delivered ov3r bor ohlld. Alter this a dance was begun by the ohlof medicine man, which was joined In by tho o? hors of thj tribe, md tho ooromonlal kept up until sun rise. It is known that a very similar sys tem of sacrifice of babies and adults vras prao'.lsed until recently by the Gllorieta Indians, who lived tn tho Pecos Valley, of Now Mjxloo. Triirty miles north of the village of Glorieta, In the mountains, is a caye similarly lenka up except for a hole 1er anough to admit a largo snake, Tul& ls well known lo all residents of that section. Several years ago when the Glorieta Indians were snake worship pers, a hugo saored sorpeut made his abodo In the oavo. A human sacrifice was made at reg ular periods to this snake, tho cere mony oonneoted therewith being om cf the most saored tenets of the Io dian religion. Sometimes the sacri fice was v luntary on thc put uf tne victim, and sometime was plso?d on tho altar by his comrades. Finally the trlbo dwlndlod down to ono mar. and ono woman. When the timo o? s?.orllico again came around, thc wo mau was seized with terror, as a wo man was alway considered preferable asan elf ..ring to appease the great spirit through the medium of the snake. Unknown to thc man, she lied boforo the fatal hour arrived Left alono to fitoe tho gruesome or deal, tho man was also seized with fei<r and lied tho country. Other lu dians of other tribes know of the cave, and oannot bo Induced to go near lt. Tue grand Jury was Impressed with the need of a thorough Investigation of the aeorot praotlc s of the Indians, and a resolution was adopted calling upon tho United States authorities tu sift the matter to tho bottom and take means .0 stop forever the prac tice of human sacrifico. In vlow of the groat difficulty a white man has in penetrating the seo cts of tho In dlans, it is not surprising that thc Government officials arc ignorant ol theso c uel coremonlals. In fact, many vlllagos of Indians in rcmotu mountain districts i re hardly known to even the wandering mining pros pects, and arc novor visited by agents of tho I) partmcnt of thc Interior. lt must bo remembered, too, that] Now Mexloo is a big territory, with an area as great as tho combined ares of Now York and tho New IO ;g lar.d States, and events may transpiro In certain secluded sections cf lt and be as little known to many other sections as If the inhabitants d*elt ata much great.? r distance from thc scene of these events. Tho bi ghost firms of civil zitlon and prosperity eslst In certain parta of N^w Moxie. but there aro still sumo lud?an puob los, or villages, little known to the white man. Xn one form or another this story which was brought before the grand Jury Is not new, as lt ha? been told around oampfires and t y writors of Pueblo legonds and traditions, but |t ? bas never heretofore been br >u?nt be fore a Judicial body. A version of tho story ls that there ts bur, ono snake of vonerable age and immense size, which bas been trausferrcd from pueblo to pueblo, causing in each in turn a mysterious deoreise in tho birth rate. Another version ls that there aro several snakes, but that thc mediolno men led tho people to be devo that there was only one. S?ll ?inother relates as to how the snake ls gu irded by tho ladlan councillors, .be people being kept ignorant of tho Tate 0/ their children. Tho history of the snake brought to tho attention of the grand Jury is qu te singular. I runs that tbo snake was first kept In thc Santo Domingo pueblo, whenoo it was transferred to tho Jem z pu< bio, the Santo Dominicans paying a largt tribu'6 to have it taken efl* their bands. TbeJemez Ind ans lu turn unload ad it upon tho / a pueblo, whero it has remained for many years That tho snake is a conspicuous tlgure in the religion of most cf the Amor'ctn indians In the Southwest ls, of oourse, well known. Tho mod ern Indians get tbolr traditions fro i tho ardent Azteos, who wore snake worshippers and who, we know, marje human sacrifices and venerated sacred reptiles. The M qui Indians and (heir annual snake dances aro Mirvi-? vals of tho old Azteo ceremonial * The Mcquls capture largo number of rattlesnakes, wash them and d wu*. . vith them, bidding thc serpents lo their teeth. Many of tho dancers vre bitten, but the victims are at nico taken Into a oavi whrro the ncdiolno mau administers an antidote and i o harm ensues. This secret cure or snake bite is known only to one man In ta:h tribe, and he passes the -ecrot on to a ohosou priest before ho dies. No amount of persuasion by white men has ever been able to wrest this saored and invaluable secret from .he Indians. A medicine man will vlways let a White man clio cf snake olte rather than give him the cure. Aside froTi putting au md Co the .mel riles of human Baerl Ilea Mitre iro enough seor et ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians yet un. iei. by white, men tri well repay au Investigation by i-ho Department ot the frite)le r. THVi PP.KSI'HSN I 8 ?AL \l\Y. t^iguroH that Will Sm pt hm a Groat M .-.ny PooplC? The Philadelphia LHgrr says il ? dlscus-.ion of tbe Ins. ill ii. ney of the President's salary has recommenced, md certain facts are b'< ugiit forward nrioh which lt ls doubtful If tiie aver ?ge Amerloan ls ucquMoted. It whl perhaps b?i news m many fchjfct a,! ohough thc President's sul?rv ls $50, DOO, he aciually n ceivas moro tuan ,wioe tnat amouut-$125.000-aver* year. Govommentappropri?t! n year ly devoted to tho czeou ive man.si ?ti, lo addi i ion to the Presidents sal;-ry, ire given as follow: : P?v of Pros! tent's private secretary, $3 250; as dttaub private secretary, $2,250; ste nographer, $1,800; UYO messengers, ?*ch, $1 200; two doorkeepers, oaoh $1.200; four other dei ks at salaries rangh g fmai $1 ??O bo $250; telegraph ?perator, $l,2uo; two ushers, eacu $l,? 400; one night usher, $1 3uo; a watoh LIUU, $000. Thc government abo furnishes aman to lako oure. t>f ihi; fires at $801 a year, a steward at $1, 800, and allowa two special funis o? $40,000 Just mentioned, $12 500 ls for repairsand f.;r refurnishing the White House-; $2,500 ls for fuel; $4 000 f ir the greenhouse ; $15,000 for ?as, match es, tho upkeep of tho stables and various miscellaneous matters. Tue $8,000 ls for stationery, oarpets, the care of tho stables as distinguished from expenditures for feed, equipage iud the Uko. The grand total, Includ ing the President's salary, ls given as $125.000 a year. To most men these apprupri tlons will seem very liberal. Ibis posslblo, for example, that five uundred tons of coal are required In the White House every year for the purpose of heating and cooking Y IL lb truo that the President ls compelled to do a great deal of costly entertain ing, but practically all his household expenses seem to b i paid by tho gov eminent except tho outlay ft>r food and wine. Fifty thousand dollars ls i>ot much for a man who must. Itv* In the style of the President of thc Uni ted States, but $125,000 a year ls a comf jr table income.-Philadelphia Lodger. __ 8?X lilllie lt.-Urn. Congressman J. A. Bede was toe speaker at a big banquet at Grand Ittplds tuo otner nignc, at whlcii wo men were admitted to hear tho spee ches. Mr. Bade apollplz d for the uon-appearance of lt .pr?sent?t! ve Weston, of Indiana, who ho said was detained at home because ot "family matters." "1 want lt. distinctly un elerstoed," said Mr. Bade, "that UL dcr the Itooscv ?lt administration the national bird has been chat gi d from the eagle to the stork. The euglo may soieam, but tho stork eb liv. rs tho goods. I never posed asan Adonis. Mr. Cede continued. "My wife alwa>s insisted that she would never marry any hut a six foot man-ono with a big black mustache. But sho married mo, and now wo have a string of bix little Bedes, Ovurworkod Hun.mir. Pneumonia following a nervous oollapso as a result of strain and tx ottcmont during protracted revival ser vicos at thc Firht Baptist churou at Padiuiha Ky., caused tho death of thc pastor, Hiv. John S Oheek, aged 46 years, Thursday at Waco, Tex. A revival which brought aboiu 1,000 conversions came to an end last S u diy after lasting four months, ..ut Mr. Cheek's mind and health gave way soveral weeks ago and lie had been taken South in tho heipe tnat thc chan'Q wH *>?; .' ? *' hoalth. v? unit. Att ira.I?. Many Australians nave an idea that Japan is looking ojvolously on tneir! island continent, Thuir suspicions were increased tho other day by tho discovery In tho baggage of t*o Japa ueso, who were traveling in Austra lia as mediants, of a comdeto set ot thc secret plans of tue Sydney for I tllloatlous. THE POLITICALL POT. DEMOCRATIC KX.KCVTIVIO COM Al IT UK 13 TO MI3I3T ON A PHIL 5. ratcs for Meetings of County Clubs and County and State Conventions. Oen. Wllio Jones, chairman of the Stato Democratic executive commit? iee, announced Thursday that the committee would be called to mee' this year on April i h to o mst dor th? m Uti rs pertaining to the campaign soon to open and to issue the call for the S ate convention, which will for malty s< t the ball in motion. Tho meeting of the present clubs -.vii bo held on the last Saturday In vp il, tho 28th, and tho oouuty crn .'entions, made up ol delegates select id at the o'.nb meetings, will assemble on tho 7ch of May to eleot delegates to tho State convention, a county ex eoutlve committee and a member from each oounty of the Stato Demo orallo cxeoutlvo committee. The Stato Democratic conVontior will bo held on the 16vti of May, tba' being the third Tuesday, lt ls. not known what matters will cora? befo?e tho convention this year. Atter the .neeting of the convention thc new arrangements for the State oampatgu alon*? Hues dtoldodrprn in the con vention. Tue lt1 nar ar y * ill be map ped out by tho exioi.t ve committee. Tho party eons I,: lotion savs that there shall he one or more clubs io ?.ach ward or township and that th? clubs sh a l meet on the fourth Satur day in April lu State eleotlou years. Um county conveutlons tho first Mon day lu May and tho State convention the third Woduesday lu May. Tho qualifications f >r voting In thi State primaries are that the person who ocslres to vote must, have bo?u a resident of tho S'-ato 12. months and of theoount) 60 days, wh<> must pledge himself to abide by the result ol ttn primaries, and his namo must be on ihe olub list at lcaso five d lys bjfort oho primary. Tho Sta? o executive committee \t ouiiposbd ( f the fallowing repieieuta lives from tuc several c.ninth-? : Abbeville, A. W Jorie*; Aiken, J. It Cloy, Anderson, J P. Glenn; Bim b-rg, u. B. Fro ; Barnwell, W. D Hi. oV; Beaufort, Thomas Mirth ; ?BrKelev. R W. Haynes; Charleston J. F. Rle,; Oherokoo, W. S. Hall Jr.5 Chester, T. J. Cunningham; Cn sterile d. W. F. Stevens n: Claren do.1?; A J. Rlohbourg; Colinton, J. W. Hill; Darlington, J. R. C-ggeshali; Doronester, J. D Bi vous; Bdgcfiel I A.. E Padgett; Fairfield, T. A, Ket ohlnj Fioi-ence, Di H. Traxler, G or getuwn, J. W. Doar; Greenville, J. V Brandet ; Greenwood, D. H. Magill: ilunptoi, L. C. Langford ; H >rry, J A. Mt Dei mott; K irshav/, J -G. P c .rds, Jr ; Lancaster, T V. Willi..m ; L'Usons. T. B Gre* s; L<?O, W. A Jame;; L^xlugton, D J. Griffin; Marlen, W A. Brown; M.r biro, W u B*aus; Newberry, (J L. Bl a o; Oon.ee, F. M. Cary; O rangoonvg lt -bert Ltde; Plckens, W. T. O D 1 ; R-ohiabd, Willy JOneuj S ?lu ft, J. C H. Riuch; Spartanbuig, N. -.>. Bin not i ; Sumter, R I. Mannim ; Union J M G-or; Williamburg, D o Scon; Yolk J. W. Ardroy. Senator Tillman ls an ?*x*( fflc'.o member of thc committee hy reason of his i OJ :o as member of ihn nation al committee. MOTHER STOPS WfiDDIHQ. Separated Couple ?a f hoy Stood Bi toro Minister. Tho oourso of true love, it develop ed last Monday received a rude shock when 10. A. Turnor, of Htggstown. and Miss I\iarl Coleman, of Sa van nat' >vare not married as they had hoped to bo. As the words "I pronounce yon man and wife" hung on the Hps ci Riv. R ibort Vaudeveuter, the mother of ttie would-be bridj dashed In upon theasse.mbUig'3.' Striking apart the two hau ls tnat were about to b u ilted f trevor, she forbade the mar riage. Fainting, the bride fell to tl? ll or and tho groom slood With star log e?es at tho prevention of th' tu I lill merit of his long planned elope ment, Dr. Vandeventer, too startled t spoik tor an Instant, hold the mar nage license h.ostdy in his hand. This was tho mother's opportunity; stu olutohed the llotinso and defied th? munster tu proofed. Dr. ' Vandevon ter begged ttiat sho allow the waddtm caromony to gi on. To this she was obdurate. Tue would b3 bridi wat* r-iHtisoltated, the wedding assemblj dispersed and Miss Pearl, ttie 14-year old bride that was to be, returned dis c.ins?late to her home. Tno mother ls Mrs. Elisa A. Cob man. Tho would ba gro ?rn is ttie ownor of a sawmill at lllggstown Tho wedding o remony was iuterupt* d at the home of Mrs. N. F. Covnrb the lrato mother's sister, at 007 Wen Broad st reet Savannah. Inst Monday Mr. Turner renewed tits tff irts t('win tho mother's con sent, but Mts Ct loman was uerolom lng apparently. Sue said her dau? i tor mint watt tlvo years. Whoo tm license was scoured the girl w?.s g*ivon as eighteen. Sue woars short dress es. Were KoHOuod. Seventeen passengers on throe OVR of the Cleveland Southwestern trac 'ton lino, snow bou d by do"p drifts five miles from Wooster, O do, after spending an uncomfortable night, vere rescu d Thursday by farmers ana liverymen from Wooster, who sent three big sleighs to tho snow mund cars. Tno snow is so doon between Wooster and Borea, 40 miles \way, that traillo on tno road ls at a standstill. Weal n ol' Mr. liiom&R. A dtspa c'i from Wedgf lb 11 to Tho State say M Mr. H. R. U.\i.,ma>*, ono if this community's most substantial OttiZ?ns, and former railroad commis sioner, dlort suddenly Wodneiday of hoatt trouble. He was a man of Uno business ability, whioh was fouless'y mado known during his term as r;iil road commissioner. His sudden death was a shook to his many friends. SHOT FOR MONLY. D. Q. Ziegler Shot by Eugene Hogan at Sumter FOJi N )T PAYING HIM What He Owed Him for Work Done in His Office. Ziegler Was At tacked as He Was Leaving lllh Office. Was Hit Five Times. A special dlspvtoh from Sumter to Tire Slate says blugeue Hogan, Jr., shot D. G Z dglor Friday afternoon at 4 40 o.olook. Tho weapon was a 32 calibre pistol. Ho fired live times, the fl/sts bill '" ontored dlreot'.y uudar the left shoul 1er biado aud took a do wu vard course coward tue right stde. Tue seoood ball entered j ut abouli two luchos a tove the tlrsj oae aud took au oppo dte course. Tao third ball went be j oweeu the body aud fie elbow, graz? ing the lljsh on the arm The fourth lind Ultu shots went wild. The tragedy was euaoted on the stairway of tho Winn building, 13 N .rth Muin street. Mr. Z Iglur was c.ming down the stairway. When iUuUu half way down Mr. Hogan be gan Hrh g from bau top of tho stalr viy. Wnou tho first ball struok Zugler ho turned, ho says, naif way "luuud and begged Hogan to stop, this accounts for tho t*o bulls cross ing euoh oiuor lu tue body, presum ?.ol v. Z Igler ran en down the stairway uno tue stree ti tuen turned aud went into Durau.,'d phurmac/ wuere he Wdb nude comfo. t^ojo until ne could oe luk n to tue dumter h iSpibal. i'he pny lciai.s nave m.?ie HO exactuation with the lt reuigen X-ray, but have j ulled to disolver t.io ou.loos. T.io iootord stat;; tuat he is lu a very .triGus condition aud walle tho .vouuds aro tot noojessatiiy faoal, tucy do not feel at all coull leo & of n's noivery. Z lgler siys him?elf nels .udag to die and has mace a sworn iUtomortem stat'.meut aud given tome directions ab .uo tho disposition if his uuducss . ii Z dglur statos, it is reportad, that a . mr., wnUe in .v mu to uno snooting y. u..g Hogan oa.lid at tau door of his til JU ano he rem>od ulm admittance, tugan demanded thu uuuey tnat fcdg t? WA*, one bi .a ai a urauguts uau when lie was form-?ny ... ...... employ. Z iK 1er ropllea tnat he did UGO have it hut WoU d pay ulai. Hogan went du wu too hallway and lid outiind a lirgeuoorat tho head ot the (stairs, Z dgier says, ana ho old aol know i?i ula presence uotil he leard tho tirar, sh JU from toe rear. Ia s kuown that Zugler was Indebted co i llegan for work cone aud that no cad uaue repeated ?.Horts to collect tue ?eot but without sucotss. The S/ale's corre?poi.d3ut visited ?be young man at tue J MI, out he was ejiigag d in consuitatiuu witu als at torney, H. D. Moise, wno replied that ?ie hau autoing to hay now. Ho was comfortably boated and cool and ol ected. He greeted the correspondent in his usual manner. Ile ls aoout 23 /oars Oid aud nas a very young wae and baby. Mr. Hogan's faohsr, the well known buicuor is prostrated with grief. Z igler has been an architect in Sumter for several years. Ho formerly lad au olUee lu Columbia. He ia about 3 > years of age and has a wife and ohrco children. His homo is at 100 .South Washington Street. SliCW lt. MU ul. A dispatch from Durango, Oolo., says after hiing shov bound for 12 lays on the io t/ summit of Cu mires Pass, at tue oresj of tue San Ju m range, 6U miles from tua uoar?jso cowa, a D invar add Itu Grande train ioiitalaiug 50 pissongsrs Taursiay arrived lu A lam isa lu the Sil Luis v.Uiey. ?ha train loft Dirango oo M . o i 10 and bjoane stilled that utgho, Snow cin dui i fald g day itter day u itu it lay ou the level ??gher tuan th) smoki stuck of tae ,oo ?motivo, ltvilroad employes oar ned provisio n to too lmprisonei pas i nagora by climbing tho moantain on ? suuw shoes, and too passengors wero I made as ooinfurtablu as posdblo. lt).vlug ti tho alga .?..od ., v irai passengers uooamo siCcC. A rotary S'.ow pov penetrated to tao train Weduohday nig.it aud today thu train ran to Al.uosa. f Nour Doiuh'n Door. Tho entire family of doun II. Wil liamson, poitmas.er and station agent it Gi n Osborne, Penney, vania, on the F rt Wayne raaroad. were found unouat-.oioiis from asphj xiatlon Tuurb day morning. Tao famdy .onalsted of the father, motoor and liva omi areli, and when found they wore sop posea to bo in a moribund condition. L'iie di covery w** ru.vde by persons w ho aud gone to tb J sta lou to tako one train foi Pitcsuurg. Forcing ohe .00.8 they found tho en he family still, in their beds and unconscious, i'lio house was lilied with tie fumiu if gas. P.iyslclans wuro summoaed and acroic elf nts were mado to re susoltato tue victims of tho aoo.deut, nit at 10 o'olock only ouo, au Infant, ?lad bjon roviv.'.d. Too WHKIH or Min. Tho Mends of Tnoi. W. Kiley, a wealthy banker and merchant of brooklyn, fear that ac has committed suicide. Thursday night a story was published to the tftipu tuat Kaey had married Mrs. Flora A. Coll, of Broi k .yn, tan-e y< ars ago, in Hommand, I nd.v although ho had auutnor wno at tuc time ?ivlr.g. After the pu ill? cation of the ouarges.KUey was quoted assaying: '\TuiSMC molo will bu m-rc than l oan bear. 1 never cid any thing that was not. honest or honora ble u itu I mtrrled Mrs. Colt. I kno* that it waa wrong sud I am a uta mod ot it."