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msrnn OPEN. ional Campaign is Begin ning to Thaw Out AND GREAT ISSUES Will Ko Discussed On tho Platform by Thousands of Irntors. Sen ator Tillman Will Ho Prominent Among Them. Some of tho Oth er Speakers on Doth Sides Ave Given Hclow. National political issues will bo discussed to a greater extent the present spring- and summer than they were during- the recent session of congress. This statement may seem odd, but it nevertheless, is true. A change has came over the people of America in the last decade-a change that is particularly noticeable in Washing ton. Years ago, political campaigns were conducted practically through only three or four months, in a pres idential contest, and during only two or three months in a congressional contest. Times have changed and so have political methods. There is no awaiting now for the presidential campaign to begin next spring or summer. It is "on" at the moment. Candidates, in their personality, may not be discussed so much, but issues of the campaign are being threshed out from every rostrum in the coun try. Political arguments and partisan appeals formerly were made either through thc newspapers or at stated gatherings of one or another of the political parties. In the opinion of the best political observers, the day of the political meeting, as such, is passing,- if, ineedod, it already has not gone into history. So far as in fluence is concerned, it has become a reminiscence. People attend politi cal meetings as a matter of curiosity or to put in the time, but not to get instruction as to how they shall vote. In a few years more the "spellbin der" will be out of a joh, because he rio longer is abb1, In the judgment of the political managers, to deliver the goods. For several years the lecture plat form has been increasing i ii import, ance and influence, lt supplements thoroughly the newspaper press in conveying to the people facts and in formation about the government and about the live questions of the day. This is indicated hy the number of prominent Americans-men who are identified with the political life of the country-who have appeared on the lecture plat Corm and who prac tically have abandoned the political rostrum. Year in and year out they preach their doctrine from Chautau qua platforms and lyceum stages. Tile discussions of issues which they present to the people are supposed to be non-partisan, but as a matter of concrete fact they are as partisan as is the individual who deli ves thc address. Political lecturing is not only profit able to the man who is successful at it, hut it enables the lecturer to reach a greater number of people whom he probably desires to reach than any other method. Several members of congress have lecture engagements which will consume practically all of their time between ibis and the con vening of congress next. December, For these lectures, which are either plain political speeches of disserta tion on various phases of social or economic life, those who deliver them receive $50 to $250 each. The price varies with the lecturer and the sttbject. It is not'unlikely that Senator Till man of South Carolina, will deliver his lecture on the race question 150 times before congress reassembles next December. In that time he will earn many times his salary as a Uni ted States senator, for he is Yankee enough to get a mighty good price for his lecture engagements. Every lyceum manager and lecture promot er in the country eagerly sought Sen ator Tillman's services this year, for he draws enormous crowds Wherever he is billed to appear. Senator LaFollette, the diminutive statesman from Wisconsin, will spend much of bis time during the spring and summer on tho lecture platform. William Jennings Bryan, too, will appear frequently at important pub lic assemblages as, also, will Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, who just now is conducting a debate with Mr. Bry an on the issues of the next presi dential campaign. Former Senator Fred Dubois, of Idaho, will attack the Mormons on thc lecture plat form. Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, Governor Folk, of the same state, and Governor Cummins, of Iowa, also will be prominent sum mer lecturers who will seek to strengthen their political pocket books by talking politics for a sub stantial consid?r?t ion. Farmers and Telephones, Many farmers do not realize the immense advantages and labor-sav ing possibilities in the telephone. By its use, one may learn from city or village thc state of the market, thc probable demand, any shortage thal exists, and be prepared to take ad vantage of il promptly, while Mr, Slowpoke is Undine; out too late that there was a brisk demand for the verv goods ho bad to sell. Market reports in weekly papers are ancient history when received these days. What we want is advance informa tion, The telephone was cr Mainly the most valuable invention of the last, half century, anti none have ben efit ted more by it than farmers. They can now sell their stuff in whole or iti part before leaving home and do not. as formerly, have to take the risk oi driving to town with a load only to lind tho market glutted. There is no OXCUSe now for making such mistakes as this and it is safe tp say I hal no farmer who under stands his business is ever caught in such a trap. Dr. Leon Goldburg, who has been acting as interpreter for the state immigration bureau and who has been charged with heine; implicated in the seduction ol' a young girl who came over in the Wittekind, bas dis appeared from Columbia. Five Belgians, who have been working for the street railway com pany in Anderson, have gone to Ne braska, where there is a large Bel gian colony. HUMAN TORCH. Pours Oil Over Her Clothes and Sets Them Afire. RAN OUT IN THE YARD. A Neighbor Who Trios to Hove Her beaten OIY Until He Knocks Her Down. .Survived Illness, but Be lieved That She Was Slowly doing Blind nml Wanted to Die At Once. A terrible tragedy was enacted in St. Louis, Mo., one day last week. Driven to desperation by tbo fear that she was about to lose ber eye sight, Miss Mary Ollinger, 27 years old, poured coal oil overlier clothing at the home of her .sister, Mrs. Bar bara Anderson, No. 2G11 North Broadway, touched a match to her dress, and was fatally burned. She was removed to the City Hos pital, but the surgeons could do lit tle for her, and she died, in a few hours after reaching the Hospital in grout agony. While thc Hames were scorching her flesh, Miss Ollinger fought with persons who tried to save her, and pleaded with them to be permitted Lo die. Slie made no outcry because of pain, but was enduring the tor ture stoically when ber sister discov ered ber and called for help. Miss Ollinger was alone in the house shortly after 1 o'clock on the day of thc tragedy. She opened a bracket lamp and poured the oil upon her clothes, then lighted a match and touched thc blaze to a loose waist she wore. She ran into thc yard, apparently that the wind might fan the Hames, ano was standing there when Mrs. Anderson first saw her danger. Mrs. Anderson screamed for help Richard Rosenkranz, an insurance agent, who lives across the street, rushed into the Anderson yard and I tried to beat out thc lire with" his hands. Miss Ollinger, who was large and strong, fought him with her lists, and cried to bini to leave her. "I want to die!" she exclaimed frantically. "I am going blind, and lhere is nothing left in life for me!" Rosenkranz could not overcome ber. so be ran into the bouse, seized a feather bed, dragged it into the yard, and throw it at the burning woman. The weight knocked ber down, and he soon bad smootbered the llames. Doctor Oliver Bacon, of No. 4363 North Market street, administered soothing lotions, and an ambulance conveyed the young woman to the City Hospital. Mrs. Anderson said her sister sev eral years ago suffered a serious ill ness which affected ber eyes. Recent ly Miss Ollinger imagined she was about to lose her sight entirely and was subject to melancholia. None of the family, however, believed she would attempt to destroy herself. Her near relatives were Mrs. An derson and George Ollinger, a broth er, who is an engineer in Kansas City. At the hospital it was found that Miss Ollinger's body from the , waist to thc neck was a mass of blis ters. _ Voting I'coplo on the Farm. If the young people on the farm are discontented, says the American Farmer, would it not be wise to in vestigate the case? If there is dull ness ami lethargy there is something wrong. A morbid disposition kills every joy, and it should be combated at once. Morbidness is infectious, and its contagion is evil, lt is a duty we owe to ourselves and friends to be cheerful, and the cheerful mood is also contagious. Our yoong people on the farm can, and they should cultivate cheerful ness, self-control and serenity. The "blues" are not commendable. Things will happen to annoy us, but we can keep our voices low and our faces pleasant. We achieve something worth while every time we repress in speech, tones and gestures and ex pression, irritation, impatience and ?ll temper. Our young people on the farm should DC thoroughly interested and alive in all that is going on. Wc1 must keep on climbing the mountain side; we can not stay where we are, and we must not fall back. Advancement must be made, and our interest should be so great there will be no room for morbidness. If we cease to grow we cease to live. Om- young jieonle will not suffer from thc blues il' they read good, strong books, if they study with earnestness the preparatory course for their life work, if they keep up their music or anything else in which they are interested and have some thing to talk of beyond the gossip of i the neighborhood and thc mere friv <ilit ?os of life. All of our young men and women should have a practical work to do, and then some skill of the hands or some fad to lill in the old moments. Many of our girls like the needle, and beautiful pieces of embroidery have grown, little by little, using the frag ments of time. Wc mnsl live outside of ourselves, make self worth something to the people around us, and this will give tis a large interest beyond self; with the other young people, enlist in a cause thal will help the world. If you do this, it is md. likely that, you will often bc very moody or depressed yourself. Tb?1 .Neus ot' the Day, A dispute over thc merits of the i Russian army resulted in a captain oj' Siberian sharpshooters lopping ol)' a prince's ear and being shot twice by his antagonist, the affray occurr ing in a St. Petersburg hotel. The Thaw trial, it is estimated, will cost tho defense a quarter of it million and thc state $100,000. Half of Hie business portion of Summall, Miss., was destroyed by lire. The loss is $50,000* Tlie iron output of the Alabama mines amounts lo more Iban 13,000, 000 lons for 1906. The Milliners' Union ,f Chicago demands that Kastor bato must bear (he union label. In a will ease in New York the disposal of $1)00,000 depended upon a singlo word. The governor has appointed four constables to look after the blind tigers in Richland County. OFFICERS SALARSE Gist of the Act Passed by the Last Legislature. Thc Atiinounts to Ho l?akl Auditors, ? Treasurers, Clerks, Sheriffs and Other onicluls. A showing of the salaries paid to county oilicers in the State appears below and will doubtless prove in teresting to people throughout the State. Some changes were made by the general assembly, though there were fewer this year than usual. It should interest the citizens of one county to know what their neigh boring county is paying her officer, or what any other county is paying. A study of the figures will show that there is a wide diff?rence in the amounis paid the same officer in the respective counties. Some are doubt less well paid, while others are poor ly paid. Of the various county offices per haps that of sheriff carries with it a larger salary in the most counties, ll ranges from $700 in Pickens county to $4,000 in Charleston county. Ab beville, $1,100, deputy $100; Aiken, $2,000; Anderson, $1,800; Bamberg, $800, for keeping jail and dieting prisoners $100; Barnwell, $1,500; Beaufort, $1,550; Berkeley, $1,000; Charleston, $1,400; Cherokee, $1.500; Chester, $000; Chesterfield, $000; Clarendon, $800; Colleton, ?t,500; Darlington, $1,800; Dorchester, $000; ridgefield, $1,000; Fairfield, $1,000; Florence, $2,250; Georgetown, $2,100. Greenville, $2,200; Greenwood, $1, 400; Hampton, $1.000; Dorry, $700; Kershaw, $1.200; Lancaster, $1,500; Laurens, $1,500; Lee, $1,600] Lexing ton, $800; Marion, $1,800; Marlboro, $1,000; Newberry, $1,400; Oconcc, $1,000; Orangeburg, $2,500; Pickens, $700; Richland, $2,400; Saluda, $1, 100; Spartanburg, $2,500; Sumter, $1,800; Union, $1,500; Williamsburg, $1,300; Yt rik, 1,350. In addition to the salaries named the sherill's of the various counties receive ?50 cents per day for dieting each prisoner while in custory, with actual necessary expenses for him self, prisoners and lunatics when called beyond the county. SUPERINTENDENT OP EDUCATION. As a rule the man who fills thc of fice of county superintendent is a very poorly paid official. The salary ranges from $4,00 to $1,200, as fol lows: Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700; Anderson, $000; Bamberg, $500; I Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, $100; Ber keley, $100; Charleston, $1,000; Cher okee, $000; Chester, $(500; Chester field, $500; Clarendon, $050; Colle ton, $000; Darlington, $800; Dorches ter, $450; Edgefield, $000; Fairfield, $500; Florence, $000; Georgetown, $700; Greenville, $700; Greenwood, $000; Hampton, $550; Dorry, $100; Kershaw, $700; Lancaster, $000; Laurens, $750; Lee, $(500; Lexington, $000; Marion $800; Marlboro, $700; Newberry, $800; Oconee, $700; Or angeburg, $850; Bickens, $700; Rich land, $1,200; Saluda, $150; Spartan burg, $1,200; Sumter, $000; Union, $500; Williamsburg, $000; York, 800. AUDITOR AND TREASURER. The salaries of county auditors range from $075 in Dickens county to $3,200; in Charleston county, as follows: Abbeville, 1,000; Aiken, 1,200; Anderson, 1,500; Bamberg, 800; Barnwell 1,200; Beaufort, 1,200; Berkeley, 1,050; Charleston, 3,200; Cherokee, 1,000; Chester. 1,000; Cbes field, 000; Clarendon, 800; Colleton, 1.200; Darlington, 1,100; Dorchester, 000; Edgefield, 1,000; Fairfield, 1,000; Florence, 1,100; Georgetown, 1,200; Greenville 1,500; Greenwood, 1.000; Hamilton, 000; Horry, 750; Kershaw; 1,000; Lancaster, OOO*; Laurens, 1,000; Lee, 1,000; Lexington, 000; Marion, 037; Marlboro, 900; Newberry, 1,000; Oconee, 000; Orangebtirg, 1,500; Dickens, 075; Richland, 2,ooo; Salu da, 800; Sparlanburg, 1,800; Sumter, 1,200; Union, OOO; Williamsburg, 000; York, 1,300. In addition to their salaries the county auditors are allowed a fee of 25 cents for each conveyance of real estate transferred upon thc records I of their respective offices, which fee is to be collected of the person or persons presenting the conveyance for transfer. The countty teasurer in each of the counties of the State receives the same salary as that paid to thc coun ty auditor of such county, except in tlie counties of Union and Marion, where the salary is 1,200, and in the county of Lee, where it is 850. In addition to the salary each of thc county treasurers is entitled to a fee of $1 for each lax execution is sued against delinquents. Only in Chesterfield county is this fee charge able against tho county, where 50 cents is charged. SUPERVISOR, Count vsupervisor--Abbeville, $1 , 100; Aiken, OOO: Anderson, 1,200; Bamberg, 800; Barnwell OOO; Beau fort, 800; Berkeley, SOO; Charleston. 1,500; Cherokee, 700; Chester, 800; Chesterfield, 800; Clarendon, 800; Colleton, 850; Darlington, 1,000; Dorchester, 050; Edgefield, 000; Fair field, l.ooo, Florence, I,loo; George town, 1,200; Greenville, l,2oo; Green wood, 1,000; Hampton (county com missioners 500; each); Horry, 000; Kershaw, 800; Lancaster, soo; Laur ence, 1,000; Lee, SOO; Lexington, 750; Marion, SOO; Marlboro, 1,000; Newberry, I,ooo; Oconee 700; Or angeburg, 700; Bickens, 600; Rich land, 1,500; Saluda, ooo: Spartanburg 1,250; Sumter, 000; Union, 000; Wil liamsburg, 700; York, 700, In the most of the counties thc supervisor and board of commission ers tire provided w ith a clerk at a salary ranging from 100 to 500. The clerk ol'court in each county is paid a small salary and given the fees of the office, which amount to a great deal in some of thc counties. The coroner's salary in Charleston county is 1,800: in Richland it is 650, in the oilier counties it. ranges from 75 per year to 400. Ban Young-, a watchman al a rail road crossing in Columbia was knocked down by a runaway team and run over by a locomotive. He will probably get off with only the amput?t ion of a fool. William DcLoch severely cut George Blatin near Good' Hope Church In Saluda County. Both are while and bad been drinking, it is said. An extensive series of photographs of Clemson College are being prepar ed for exhibition nt thc Jamestown Exposition. A Northern Visitor to Columbia Held Up by Thieves. Tho Victim Soys They Wero Negroes They Took Vid i ms Coat, .'Bhoes and Money. The State says Mr. M. M. Hamel reth, a Northern man, who has been stopping at the City hotel since Tues day evening, was held up and robbed Thursday night about midnight, at the corner of Assembly and Green streets by two negroes. He was re lieved of his coat and shoes and $37 in money. Mr. Hamelreth was walking down Assembly street toward the union station and on approaching the Green Street Methodist church lie noticed a negro coming down Green from the direction of Main. The negro met him at the intersection of the two streets, on . the sidewalk, and asked for a match. Mr. Hamelreth replied that he did not have a match and continued on down Assembly, without hesitation. Just ns he had passed the negro he was grabbed in the collar and almost thrown down, lie tackeled the negro and was making a pretty lively fight, when he was suddenly grabbed from behind by another negro and thrown to tlie grown. They held him firmly on the ground while his pockets were gone through. While the big negro held him the smaller one took his shoes oil' and told him to "scoot." Having secured their booty, the negroes started off down Assembly, in the middle of the road, at a rapid pace. As soon as he regained his feet, Mr. Hamelreth went in pursuit] of the highwaymen, running them ! to within a short distance of thc un ion station before losing sight of them. The negroes disappeared around a street car and it is thought that they went straight to the rail road tracks beyond the depot. Mr. Hamelreth describes the rob bers as follows: One about 5 feet 7 or H inches, yellow, weight about 140, mixed sack coat, ripped in the back of right sleeve, wore cap. med ium negro voice; second man about 0 feet 1 or 2 inches, weight about 17.r>, real black, heavy thick lips, wore slouch hat, slightly stooped shoulders, dressed decidedly coarse and rough. Just before they let go of their victim, one of the coons said; "Run, Tom," Mr. Hamelreth reported the mat ter to the police within 10 or 15 min utes after it happened, but nothing to indicate the identity of the rob be rs has been discovered. The hold-up was almost under an electric light, which was burning bright ly. Mr. Hamelreth says he would recognize either of the ne groes if he sees them again. His ap pearance Thursday night showed that lie put up a good light, his shirt be ing badly torn in several places. He was presented with a pair of shoes at the Union station by a railroad employe. Mr. Hamelreth is an attorney at Long Run, Ohio, and has been in Florida and Georgia for the past three months and was on bis way back to his home. He says he receiv ed $40 Thursday by mail from borne and expected to leave Friday or Sat urday for Ohio. Tillman Quotes limns. A Washington correspondent says one Sunday afternoon recently a party of gentlemen met in Senator Tillman's rooms at the Normandie and, strangely enough, tin; conversa tion did not touch upon the negro question, Mr. Roosevelt, State rights or any political topic. Mr. Tillman directed tin.' talk to the shams and humbugs of modern life, particularly among the class that had recently required great wealth. His remarks, if reported, would have made an ad mirable sermon that could have been delivered from almost any pulpit. Mr. Tillman especially deplored and con demned the practice that so many men had followed of deserting the partner of their earlier struggles and seeking younger women with whom Lo share their newly-acquired wealth. "To my mind," said Senator Till man, "lhere is nothing liner or more beautiful in prose or poetry than the second stanza of LhaL gem of Robbie Burns, 'Jolin Anderson, my Jo John.' Gazing-out of the window at thedriv ing rain, Mr, Tillman repeated the verse he had mentioned: "John Anderson, my Jo John, We clamb Hie bill thegither; And nionic* a canty day, John, We've1 bad wi' ano anither. Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go; And sleep thegither at Hie foot, John Anderson, my Jo." "Those are my sentiments exact ly," said Mi-. Tillman softly, after a brief interval (d' silence. "What a world of trouble and heartache would be saved if we would all live up to them!" HUM a Mission. The weekly country paper has as definite an excuse for being in the world US can be furnished by thc city dailies. Such a publication is not only a business guide, but is a pulpit ol' morals; il, is a kind ol' ti public ros trum where the affairs of tho state are considered; iL is a supervisor of strcctsand roads; il is a social friend, a promoter ol' friendship and good will. Indited by a board and just man, such a publication so (reals thc different sects that they realize their brotherhood ami become in reality what they are pictured in print. The county weekly is not Presbyterian, or Methodist, or Baptist, or Luther an, or [Episcopal, or Christian, bul it (Iocs select the valuable in each church, and (hus it becomes thc harmonizer of discord il binds those whom theology would often sepor ate. Even the so-called small matters of a village or incorporate town tire small only lo those whose hearts are loo full of personal interest. It is very important if some school boy reads a good essay, or speaks well a piece, or sings well a song, or stands nigh in Hie class room, that kind mention should be made publicly of such success, for more young minds ?ire injured by Hie wan! of cheering words than are made vain bj an ex cess of snell praise. JOHN 1). Rockefeller has announc ed his intention of giving two hun dred and fifty million dollar* for Hie? benefit of the poor. It will take more than that to save you, John, in t he grand wind up. Tri!... . '(fin fir! I'rjelrcsTBItfcd Nt ? ft :>vxf. Cutt.: ton I RHEUMATIC jj I -o* g pl Also 6 Specl.'l? ?.-r oil other D I nrV.i;. j fr. ... i.ltp ritic3 rf the Oi !. ECTIO.vIS. A??. ..?. one IUD tcscpoo&tuli In wati r. .il! r m' il? and c. becitln 1 ?BriTliiy?r SOIC PnOPAIL'YOftS, BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. 4" SHAKE THEBOTTL fi?Ij?^?miiBIPX?^^ aj J- ^a=s-ar.,' - ?? " -' - MAY GET ALIENS. U. S. Attorney General Bonaparte ? Elucidates His Opinion. Money For Prepayment of Passage May lie Given Allens hy State but Not hy Individuals. Th? President has made public the decision of Attorney General Pona parte in answer to questions asked by Gov. Ansel, as to the efforts to promote immigration through Com missioner Watson. Replying to the first question whether it is ti violation of the im migration law in force at this time, before thc act of February 20, 1007, takes effect, for a State to advertise its inducements and publish abroad a scale of wages prevailing in its borders, provided no contracts or agreements expressed or implied are entered into-Mr. Bonaparte ans wers in the negative. Neither would the Slate violate any law nor would the alien bc subject to deportation. Thesecond question of Gov. Ansel's was whether the State may prepay the passage of immigrants secured in the manner asked in the first question, provided there is no con tract and the immigrant is left free to choose employment upon arrival. Mr. Bonaparte says thal the passage may be prepaid provided the aliens do not come within thc catagories of undesirable immigrants. He says that the law prohibits any "person" from prepaying passage but the Stale cannot be regarded as a person. The introduction of immigrants under these circumstances, provided every thing else bad been legally done, would not be illegal. The third question is an important one as Gov. Ansel asks whether the State, through its officers, can accept contributions to its immigration fund, provided thc funds are con tributed free from a contract or agreement, thc funds lo be used in defraying the expenses and passage money of immigrants. What would bc the status of immigrants applying for admission under these circum stances. The Attorney General says the question is a difficult onoto an swer. He points out that if thc con tribution were given with the know ledge that they would bc used to pay for advertising and other purposes thc act would come within the inhibi tion of section six of the present law. The elf ed, however, would not be the same as to the immigrants. They could not be excluded but the parties furnishing the money "might bo in my opinion, liable to the penal ties imposed by section 5." lt is doubtful, however, if the govern ment would undertake to bring pros ecutions against contributors. Mr. Ansel Iben asks whether the act of February 20 will materially change matters. The Attorney Gen eral answers with emphasis that it will. Under the new law be says aliens solicited or induced to emigrate by reasons of offers or promises, even when lhere is no contract of employment, will be excluded. In the next place, the now btw excludes immigrants whose passage money shall have been paid by a "corpora tion, association, society, municipal ity or foreign government;" He says the language of the new law does not prohibit a State prepaying passage money, but if the payment is made from funds contributed by persons or associations, tho ?inmigran! would bo liable to exclusion. The prohibi tion, curiously enough does not ap Iv to prepayment by individuals rep resenting the State, providing their action is in good faith, and it is not attended by combination or concert of action. I hider t ho new law, t here fore, a State may prepay the passage of Immigrants bul tho funds must be wholly those of the Stale unass sisted from outside. The Attorney General significantly calls attention to the fact thal in both the old and new immigration laws t he Important of skilled labor is not forbidden when the like can not be found unemployed, As South Car-1 j olina cotton mills stiffer much from c want of skilled labor, the point maj ^ Open the doors to considerable skilled ^ labor in that Stale. Tl IK Anderson Mail says "just as apt as not in the next Congress some member from Massachusetts may come right out and advocate a bill to keep ships of any kind from en- ' p toing thc port of Charleston.'' No s doubt they would liketo, hut it would h do no good, Charleston is destined ( to be a great city, and the hate of a : r thousand Massachusetts will nut re-|li tard her a day. v "THERE'S A G Not the mere terr not the little he ABSOLUTE Rheumacide uric acid in tl a strong an< the blood of ural method SWEEPS nier, I Iseasc* ? Blood, rn I CO., A E. H [??TSS?igd fe Different latest sci en t CURED Af For 10 years 1 li Rheumatism. I \VJ uicians but Roi no rc 1 of ever bi i: R well RHF.UMACi:>l?, I I li ave taken two h .wonderful medicint gotten a " new leas of tho oliscase bas bc MRS. LAU 13< Snmpto bottle ?wt bo ll you sond flvo cents I MAN FOUND DEAD. Merchant and Postmaster Killed and Body Robbed. It ls Believed That the. Person Who Robbed Iiiin Gave Him a Deadly Drug. C. F. Ferguson, pastmastcr and merchant at Newsoms, Southamp ton county, Va., was found dead in an alley leading to the wharf of the Bennett Steamship line, just off Water street, Norfolk, Va., early Sunday morning. It is thought that death was the result of a drug ad ministered by some one for the pur pose of robbery, although Coroner Knight, after a careful autopsy, stated that he could find no signs of poisoning. Ferguson, it is said, had been drinking heavily. To support the drugging theory is the fact that the face of the dead man had turned pur ple by noon. The coroner will con duct an inquest, at which time he hopes to be able to assign, without question, the cause of the man's! death. Ferguson wore a handsome gold watch, willi bis initials engraved on it, and to which a chain and charm were attached. These were missing, . as was everything else the man's j pockets may have contained. The pockets were turned wrong side out. Nothing was left in them by which he could be identified and tho police were for a time af a loss. A Masoaic emblem which Ferguson wore and which the pickpocket over looked finally gave the police a clue, and the body was later positively identified by Mayor's Clerk F. M. Dardoo, who had known Ferguson intimately for many years. Furgoson is not supposed to have ' had a great amount of money, or! much els" of value, save the watch and its appendages. Two rings of small value were left on a finger. Furguson was last seen Saturday night about il o'clock, seated tm the sidewalk, reclining against, a brick wall, anti it was there and in that position ?that be was found Sunday morning. Whether the hotly was robbed before or after death is not known. The police will conduct searching investigation into the ease. Ferguson was about thirty-eight; years old anti unmarried, Keep lt There. Mr. George I*. Rowell, of Printer's Ink, in writing tm the scenes anti in cidents'of a visit to Columbia, he Lakes this state to task for ere inga tablet in the state capitol whereon is emblazoned the ordinaceof secession inti the names of thc men who sign ed it. He thinks the boy who fired iis father's barn should as appro priately, preserve the fagot which caused the conilagration. That, may be Mr. Rowell's opinion, lint we do no! agree with him. The men who signed the Ordinance of Secession in (bis and all the South am States were as true patriots tts he men who signet! the declaration >f independence at the beginning of he revolutionary war, and inhonor ng their memory the Stale does the ?roper thing. She noi only honors hem, but honors herself in erecting he tablet Rowell complains of: The Spartanburg Herald is righi vhen ii says "thc men who signed he Ordinance of secession were the lower of Southern chivalry, and the .,,.,.1.1 l... . f v,nWl i-w-hl/?" T!-..-. voiit] nas lound ??>' nooiei. mej ?ere thc representatives of a race clio counted not on devastation and um, or i sacrifice even of human lives vlion tho eternal principle of right vas involved. Disinterested students of history nth one accord agree I hat these mon yere moved by a conscientious ro bard for what (hey eoncioved to bc heir duty. Many foresaw the con equences, bul they did not hesitate, 118 not Creditable lo be present gen ration lo say that i tis doubtfull if hal "ordinance" would be signed iy a representative body of men of his day, especially with Hie lights he ore them. Rut so long as men reverence dc ol ion to duly, so long as they honor hose who (larc to tlo right as they ec it regardless of pecuniary tn* orson al consequences, they will tie ire tt> keep in minti the men who ad the boldness to declare South karolina a frceand independent stato atlior than submit to what they be loved injustice, anti to back it up /ith their lives and their treasure." iporary relief that the old dp that the doctor's prese AND COMPLETE CURE does. Rheumatism is can he blood, lt is an internal c 1 vigorous internal rented; all its germs and yet act s that it builds up the en 5 ALL POISONS from any otfter remedy, ific discoveries. At the t TER !6 YEARS. 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