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? deco uo ern Man's Viows of the 1 Chain Gang in ANGEBURGCOUNTY. Mr. Boors Engaged Jn tho Immbor Business lu Orangoburg County ' Writes ny Interest lng Lot tor to ii Connecticut Newspaper. Ho Thinks Wo Havo Solved tho Problem for Dealing With linzy Negroes. Tho Hartford, Conn., Courant says Mr. Geo. A. Beers, formerly of Bris tol, Conn., but now engaged in the lumber business in Kowesville, S. C., writes interesting of what he has seen in South Carolina with reference to the manner in which the whites deal with the idle or vicious negroes. The chaingang, he thinks, is adapted to the needs of that section and is operated without inflicting undue cruelty or hardship upon the men sentenced to serve time in its ranks.. After living in thc South for two month in a community where the whites do not number over 200 and the blacks are at least 1,100, and after having had an average of 40 negroes employed for that time. Mr. Beers puts forth his ideas in regard to the negro on the chaingang. The negro will not work more than he is oblig ed to in order to keep body and soul together and he has no idea of the future and no care for it. If he has a reasonable amount of rice and hon ey today with a little pork fat to help it out he is all right and the morrow may take care of itself. It goes without saying that in every community in thc South there are a large number of idle negroes who will not work under any considera tion and in many cases, most for that matter, they are young men. Thc old time plantation darkey has practical ly ceased to exist and there are grown up in his place a modern ne gro who was taught to believe him self as good, or a little better than the whites, and it is from these the vagrant class is drawn that make up the men who work on the chaingang. From vagrancy to the commission of small crimes is but a step and it Beems Mr. Beers says, that the South has solved a question as to what to do with ? class that will not work and is a constant menace to thc civil welfare of the communities, in a way that is right for this section. The North is considering the question what to do with the "rounder" and the idle moderately vicious persons in order to escape constant convic tion in thc courts with the attendant expenses. Thc judge of every local court in South Carolina corresponding to Con necticut police and justice courts im poses an alternative sentence for the crimes that come under her jurisdic tion. He give $10 or '20 days on the. chaingang, or a proportionate penal ty for the offences that come before him. When a negro goes to jail he is kept there only long enough to flt him out with a striped suit and then he is turned over to the county com missioners, who place him on a chain gang and he is sent with his gang to some piece of country road and put to work. Practically all the roads in South Carolinaare country roads and, until recently, were not much bettor than cartpaths, but din ing the last few years many of the roads leading from one large town to another have been put in fine shape;. It is no great job to work roads in South Carolina as the land is practically level and all that is necessary is to run the road machine along the highway and scrape the sand into the middle of the road and then, with the men on chaingang, open the ditches down to clay and cover the sand with a coat ing of clay, which hardens and makes a good road surface. Tho gang op erating in one part of the .State put into good shape in four days nearly a mile of road. There were 15 of the men chained together, four trusties wearing -the stripes, but no chains, and fovir white men who acted as roadmakers and guards. The county of Orangeburg owns the equipment, which consists of one big wall tent, 16 by 20 feet, a small er tent for cooking, two old stoves, bunks for the men, eight mules, the necessary wagons for transportating baggage from place to place and a road machine. Altogether the in vesmtent on the part of the county may be $2,000. Four men are paid wages but even white men do not earn big pay in this county and county commission ers, who by the way are elected by the people, receive $400 a year ex cept one of their number who is road commissioner and who is paid $700. It was Sunday when Mr. Beers vis ited the camp and the men were resting on their bunks, which were strung along the two sides of the tent. As it was a cold day a stove had been put up in one end of the tent. The pipe was run along crotch ed sticks to the other end and the interior of the tent was comfortable. All the men wore chains at tached to each ankle and these? chains wore at tached to short ones, which in turn were attached toa long oin1 and these held all the men on one side of the tent together. The chains are never taken off day or night. Practically all of the men were under 25 years of age anti t hey did not seem to feel their degradation in the least. As a matter of fact a ne gro who had been released from thc gang came into Kowesville, his home, Saturday night and went around shaking hands with all, both white and black, and did not seem to feel that ho had been in a position at all out ? f l''c ordinary. Thc question was asked if thc coun ty could not get better service out. of thc men if they were not chained to gether, and the answer was that it would require a guard to each negro under these condition:, as the men would run away and once lost in the swamps they could never be found again. In considering this quest ion it must bc remembered thal, the Southern negro has not the same sensibility of feeling that the white man has and he does not feel his degradation. Again, ho will not. work steadily un less he is made to. In a mill under Mr. Peel 's care lhere are 40 negroes and not a Monday morning comes that half Of the gang are not absent under one pretext or anot her and the slightest pretext is enough for him GEORGIA LYNCHING ! I Man Lynched and His Family Severely Whipped. And Told To dot Out Of Tho Stnto, Tho Mun Wu? Accused of Shoot? tug a Plantar. The Augusta Herald says Charlie Harris, a tiesto? was lynched Tues day night about 9 o'olock, near the Drano place, in McDuflic county, for shooting Hardin Pearson, a promi nent young farmer residing near Har lem. According to the authentic infor mation Mr. Pearson, who had the negro employed, was giving some directions concerning the operation of the farm when a dispute arose and thc negro drew a pistol and (ired five times at Mr. Pearson, most of the bullets taking effect. He was dangerously wounded and as soon as the news reached the pub lic a posse was organized to search for the negro, who had fled. After several hours he was located about ten miles away from the scene of the shooting and he wai taken into cus tody, presumably to be carried to Thomson and lodged in the McDuflic county jail. While en route news of the dan gerous condition of yountr Pearson reached the crowd and the negro, according to the story told by those who had him in charge, made a des perate break for liberty in the cover of the dence growth of a nearby wamp. The daring attempt to escape seem ed to satisfy the posse of the danger ous character of the negro and his intentions as plainly manifested en raged them to such an extent till he was promptly taken into the thick swamp, whence he had tried to es cape, and was there riddled with bul lets. His body has not been recovered, though it is understood that Sheri fl" Hawes, of McDuflie county, is hives ligating the matter thoroughly. The full statement of the story as it has been related, is to thc effect that Wednesday Hardin Pearson went over to thc farm which he had Charlie Harris, the negro, working, and when instructions were given as to how some work should be done the negro deliberately drew a revol ver, and shot Mr. Pearson several times, so that now he is at the point of death, his life being completely dis paired of. The negro fled when he had finish ed the shooting, but in a short time a large posse was organized to search for him and from time to time their number was augmented by men who had heard of the atrocious deed. For hours a hot pursuit was kept up un til thc negro was located near the Drano farm, about ten miles away. He was immediately taken iii charge, to bc delivered to proper officials, but with the above related result. The lynching is the second to occur in the territory within the last two years. The other was that of a Cum mings negro, who assaulted a young white girl near Appling and was lynched on thc public highway by a crowd of 300 people, who took him from Appling jail. After the lynching was over Wed nesday night, thc report states that a body of the posse went to the home of the negro and after whipping oth er members of the family instructed them to leave the section and never come back again. Tho Sanio Old (ins. In discussing thc chances of the Democracy in thc next campaign the Greenville News says: "Bryan has drifted away from the true princi ples of Democracy as they were inter preted and practiced by Jefferson." What were thc true principles of Democracy as they were interpreted and practiced by Jefferson, and wherein db they differ from the Dem ocracy of William Jennings Bryan? Will the News please enlighten us. The News goes on to say that "the party has too many false leaders, and it may be said to be drifting aimless ly. With true Democracy nailed to thc masthead of the good old ship, with a leader at the helm who ?swill ing to turn back into the old and tried path, the Democratic party could go out and meet the enemy and become the ruling power." This is the same old gag that wc have been hearing since 1896. Papers like the News seem to loose sight of the fact that the Denn ?erat ic party suffered its greatest defeats in 1894 when Cleveland was Presi dent, and in 190-1 when Parker tried to be President. On both occasions the so-called safe and sound Democracy were in charge of things, and what they did, or did not do, about ruined the party. Under the matchless lead ership of Bryan the party won a glor ious victory in 1896, but was swin dled out of it. by the Republicans with the aid of such so-called Demo crats as Cleveland and those who aid ed and abetted him. What the Dem ocratic party needs isa readjustment. There are many in its ranks who are Republicans, and they should be made to go where they belong. We are sorry to say that we have some such wishy-washy Democrats in Soul h Carolina.-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. THE Chicago Record-Herald says that Abraham Lincoln would not feel flattered by thc? claims of many peo ple that they look like him. But if Lincoln were sensitive he would have been heart-broken long ago over the claims of republican news papers that they thought like him. DR. James II. Carlisle of Wofford college Saturday celebrated the 82nd anniversary of his birth. Many citi i/.ens and students called upon him during the day and the local chapters of the I). A. K. remembered him with beautiful floral tributes. He truly a grand old man. to stop work in the middle of the week. They receive $1 a day, and that is big wages for them when the cosl of living ls considered. Mr. Beers has watched them making their purchas es of honey and rice, flour, sugar, pork and tobacco on Saturday nighi io thc stores of Bowenville. These supplies were calculated to last a Areek and it was evident that an av (rage of $1 purchases all tho food hat the family will need for a week. \s nothing has to be spent for fuel md but little for clothing, if. will be seen that the r.jgro docs not have to ,vork much. RICH COCOS ISLAND, Siigllsh Admiral iioltoved It Conceal* cd Treasure, Thousands of dollars have been ' ipent in vain efforts to unearth Ind ien treasures in Cocos island. The sland is in the Pacific ocean, 500 miles southwest of Panama. The . latest expedition for thc recovery of the hidden wealth was made by Ad miral Palliser of the British navy. He died recently at his home in Chiches ter, England. The admiral served in tho Baltic and Black seas, in the Cai ish war in 1817 and in the Paci fic. It was while in the Pacific that he heard of the Cocos island secret. Admiral Palliser ?earned the secret , from Capt. Hackett. Thc captain re lated the story of the hidden millions, , while on his deathbed. He declared that in 1812 a British ship turned pirate and hid its treasure on the is land and in 1835 the barkentine M~ry Dior carried billion and jewels irom the Peruvian town of Callao and de posited them on the same piece of land. A man named Keaton once found $30,000 worth of jewels on the island. Ile bequeathed the secret to Hackett and the latter handed it on to the admiral. The admiral made a half dozen fruitless attempts to unearth thc treasures, but failed. In the last ex pedition the party was broken up when six men were injured by a landslide during a blasting opera tion. PIUMIUS LIKU APES. Explorer Kinds Very Low Typo of Man in Tropical Africa. In his report lo tho Itrltish Foreign 0 ill CO on condition in tho Congo Freo State, Viscount Mountmorres, writes of pigmies that represents tho lowest typo of man. They look like apes and wore lt not for tho fact that -they shoot with hows and provide shelter for the women of their tribes and their children they would ho taken for apes. Tile explorer saw them only for a few minute?, but he ts the first man who over saw enough of them to write concerning their exist ence. The explorer covered 3,400 miles tn canoo and on foot. Ho takes a hopeful view of tho future of the Congo native. It. was while on the Uangi river 1 (nat he found the pygmies. Ho was forcing his way through the brush when be was annoyed by Hie falling of small arrows. Ile looked in thc trees ?tad saw what be thought was a numebr of chipantes springing from branch to branch. They wore about three feet nine inches tall. They showed their teeth do and chat tied something that may have hoon their language. Tho explorer had lit tle chance to Investigate them as he would have been compelled lo lire lo selfdefonco, if he had remained under Hie troon. He found that they live in trees. Their shelters were built In lurks of trees and were made by plaiting the smaller boughs. The little men and women wore no cloth ing. Press Association Orator. The State says at the recent meet ing of the executive committee of t he State Press association it was de cided unanimously to invite Mr. Al fred B. Williams of Richmond to de liver the address before the annual meeting of the association to be hold in Charleston .lune 18 to 15. Friday night Mr. Charles M. Galloway, who acted as secretary of the meeting, received the following telegram from Mr. Williams: "I appreciate the honor you do me and accept, with pleasure the oppor tunity to meet, again my old friends." Mr. Williams .vas in the newspa per business in South Carolina for many years. As editor of thc Green ville Daily News he made the editori al columns of that paper read from one end of the country to the other, and some of his editorial writings were classics indeed. Of recent years he has made his home in Rich mond and as editor of the News Loader he has become a writer of national prominence. Worse Than War. The people killed in a half dozen South American wars does not begin to touch the number killed and hurt by American railways during the course of a year. The accident bulletin issued hythe interstate commerce commission for the three months ending December 31, shows that, during the quarter casualties to railroad passengers and to railroad employes while on duty numbered 20,944, an increase of 1, 094 over those reported during the preceding three months. Tho number of passengers and em ployes killed in train accidents was 474, an increase of 207 over tho pre vious quarter. The number of pas sengers killed in train accidents in this quarter, 180, is the largest on record except that for the quarter of September 30, 1904. Three acci dents, two collisions, and one derail ment, caused 143 deaths. The number of employes killed in coupling cars and engines was 84, as against 81 the preceding quarter. The total number of collisions and derail ments was 3,965 (2,220 collisions and 1,739 derailments), of which 391 col lisions and 190 derailments affected passenger trains. The damage to cars, engines and roadway amounted $3,099,228. Thc most disastrous accident dur ing thc quarter was a collision be tween a passenger train and a train of amply coaches at Terra Cotta, D'. C. In this accident, the commission er says 4.'5 were killed and 63 injur ed. KOCKFI-TOfyLIOH'S IMtlCACIlKll Gives Mini Something To Think About in liusincss. Hov. Dr. C. ''\ Mod, lately of bon don, has becomo pastor of the Fifth Avenue Uaptlah church) of New York which is commonly known as "John I). Itockofollor's church." A dispatch to tho Denver NOWS, under date of Now York, April L's, .says that in his Sunday sormon, Dr. Akod "uncon sciously looked straight al the pew tho oil magnate usually occupies: "Can yon reconcile your business wih God? Was yslorday's deni in harmony with His mind? will your books Stand a heavenly audit? In your oilier dare you put up tho pray i r thal is to say. should you dare If you had any realizing belief In tho Dfflcaey of prayer "Abide with me; nome no! to KO jon rn, hut lo abide With mo!" Will you reconcile your business methods with (?od? A minis try which does not force these QUOS lions homo is sawdust and clinft. TllE "discharged stenographer" kvho sold that 1 larriman letter to Hie newspapers seems to recognize a hot document when he gets hold of me. ; J N niTTQ uiQ nivn&ns: ludgo Willis Brought Suit on i Ground of Desertion. Ms Wife Infatuated With Baxter, a Suttor for tho Daughter's ITaiid, Ignored Judgo's Authority. At Trenton, N. J., a recommenda tion for an absolute divorce from his wife, Mrs. Ann Wain Willis, has been made by the master in the suit of Judge Benaja P. Willis, of Mount Holly. Desertion is given as thc cause, but the carryings-on of Mrs. Willis and Harry Baxter about six years ago form the real reason. Eckard P. Budd, the special master appointed by the chancery court, took much testimony, which gave in detail the performances of thc pair, which interested the whole of South jersey for a time. The principal sacts brought out were that after twenty-five years of happy married life Baxter appeared to break the serenity of the Willis home. He was a stranger in Mount Holly, but not long after he came there he began courting Miss Mabel Willis, daugh ter of Judge Willis. The latter investigated Baxter's antecedents, and forbade him to come to his house. Mrs. Willis joined with her daughter in resenting' this dis play of parential authority, and, ac cording to the testimony, when Judge Willis told Baxter to leave the house Mrs. Willis became very angry and said that if she had a pistol she would shoot her husband. Having the support of both Mrs. Willis and her daughter, Baxter ignored the orders of Judge Willis, and continu ed to visit the home. The report points out that Mrs. Willis seemed completely infatuated with Baxter, who dominated all her actions. They were frequently to gether, and at times Mrs. Willis, bei d?ugiger and Baxter took trips of considerable duration. Judge Willis several times ordered Baxter to leave the house, but his wife always sided against him, and told Baxter to pay no attention to his orders. Reports of what was transpiring spread through the community, and on one occasion Baxter, defying the authority of Judge Willis, locked himself in a room in the Willis home and refused to leave. About mid night a crowd of citizens visited the home prepared to tar and feather the intruder, but was kept from do ing so by Judge Willis' son, who ap peared in front of the house with a gun. On the following day Baxter at tempted to escape from the town, but was overtaken and soundly thrashed by Judge Willis, upon whom he afterwards made an assault with a revolver, and it is believed by wit nesses would have killed him had not other citizens interferred. When Baxter was committed to jail, Mrs. Willis visited him there and brought his meals. She also fur nished bail of $1,000 and employed counsel to defend him. Baxter was convicted of assault and battery and tined $500 and costs. The fine, ac cording to the testimony was paid by Mrs. Willis, whose testimony/at the trial had been against her husband and in favor of Baxter. r' These incidents lcd to an estrange ment between Judge Willis abd his wife, who thereafter refused to speak to him, but lived in a seporat? room in the house and directed in writing instead of verbally what was needed for thc maintenance of the house hold. About four months alter the trial Mrs. Willis left her husband en tirely and went to live with Baxter and her daughter, wdio in the mean time had been married. They are now said to be residing at Hemp stead, Long Island. JPItJCFlCKS CHAROIOS. Another Sensation Created* in the Walhalla Methodist Church. A letter from Walhalla to Tho State .says it will bo recalled that .some weeks ago Ibero was an unu sual and Kensal Ional scrvleo at the Walhalla Methodist church, when Us pastor, Kev. J. C. Younge, made most humble apologies for certain articles written derogatory to certain officers In Ibo Methodist church. On that day Rev. Coko !). Mann, who ls a resident there and a mem ber of the house of representatives and former pastor of Walhalla church arose and said that there wero evil mon in the Methodist church and If some one did not chock their work the church was going to tho had in Sooth Carolina. Things had quieted down; noth ing more was scarcoly heard of the events of that day. lint on Sunday after tho pastor's sermon, Mr. Mann asked that ho he allowed to mako a statement. This ho did In language most scnthing and denunciatory. He narrated briefly the val ions efforts he had made to preter charges against a presiding Oidor, and all without suc cess. Ile told of the manner of his own trial, where Ibo presiding older was tho presiding offlcor, prosecutor and elliot witness and after a trial last ing sovernl hours, with only tho wit nesses for the prosecution sworn, that he (Mr. Mann) was exonerated. Ho made an unmerciful attack upon the veracity of the presiding elder, saying that he had as much confi dence lu lils voracity as he did In that, of Lemcrlck Gadsden of Cl rls tophor Williams, two well known negro characters of tho town. Mr. Mann sahl ho was very anxious to provo his charlies and that be stood ready lo light these alleged falsifiers in tho church at. any time and in any way they chose to como at him. 11 fi VIVl'i!) HY I'.HIiAT! V139. A Man Who Was Hanged Brought Hack To Life. It is reported that John Arm strong, tho negro hanged at Colum bus, Texas, Friday, April 19, for wife murder, revived after being placed In tho collin, and winn delivered to his oro! her at Sealy for burial was given medical attention. It is declared that Armstrong is now living, and that friends and rol lt Ives are keeping the fact quiet, rearing the state may again step In. Tho fact that the negro's feet touch ed tho ground when he was hanged lends credence to tho report. If Armstrong is living, he will he the only living man who luis poid the death penalty. The fact that he was pronounced dead at tho hanging rendors tho state powerless to en force the doath penalty, lt lb said. GOOD JOBS OPEN. Civil Service Places Seem to go Begging in These Patts Commissioner Mcllhcnny's Undertak ing Scconcd by President. Thinks Prejudice is Hoing Overcome. An offort is bolng mndo to popu larizo tho civil service muong tho people of tho South and St fa under stood that lt was with that idea in mind that President Roosevelt a few months ago appointed J. A. Mcllhen ny, ono of hts rough riders, as civil service commissioner. It is known that tho President has not boen satisfied with tho class of peoplo who enter tho civil service lists from Hie South. Inquiry devel oped tho curious fact that among the better class of peoplo in the South, thoro oxistod a real projudico against tho lower grades of the govern meut service. In a measure, at least, this prejudice was duo to tho tact, doubt less, that many, perhaps a majority, of tho napplicants for civil service positions from tho South wore ne groes. in tho opinion of Commissioner McHhenny this projudICo gradually ls being over come. The people are beginning to understand that poli tics cut no figure n a civil soovlco ex amination, and that, although the Republican party has hoon ni nation al control for many years, the sub ordinate positions in the government service are open alike to persons of ali shades of political opinion. If they satisfactorily demonstrate their ca pacity to fill them. Commissioner McHhenny ls con vinced, too, that an important rea son for tho receipt of so few applica tion from young white men and wo men of tho South through the Civil service ls thal that section of the country ls experiencing a phenomenal industrial development. This has afforded both men and women of good capacity exceptional opportuni ties to better themselves In a material way and the government service does not offer them so many attractions ns lt. might offer them ii the condi tions were different. Practical steps have been taken, however, to induce well equipped young white men and women of the South to enter tho public service, Home Southern educational Institu tions are now preparing their stu dents particularly to take civil ser vice examinations, and lt ls expected that this will bavo an Important in (luonco in Improving the class of ap plicants from that part of the coun try. _ BEST FOOD POR IIORSIOS. Save Money ?nd Have Better Stock.by Using Cotton Seed .Meal. At a meeting of tho South Caro lina Live Stock Association, held at Columbia, S. C., on Keb. 8th and 9th an address full of practical advice, backed by scion tl ile knowledge was delivered by the eminent, Dr. Tall lintier, of Raliegh, N. C., on "Practi cal Stock Feeding In tho South." Dr. Huller is a recognized authority on feeds and what he says should have special weight and influence through out the entire south, and that part of hts discussion touching the feeding of horses, mules and colts ls of spec ial Importance to the southern breed er. In the official report of the general discussion which followed Dr. But ler's address, this occurs. Dr. But ler was asked: "You apeak of feeding horses cot ton seed meal. What, about the muscular forming properties of cot tonseed meal compared to corn and oats?" Dr. lintier: "There ls enough known about feeding horses cotton seed meal for nie to state that if you had a horse that you were feeding 14 pounds of corn dally, that, you could take out four pounds of that corn and put In two pounds of cot ton seed meal and get better results. Not because corn ls not the best food we have for supplying heat and ener gy, but there ls another thing needed. When a horse that supplies you mus cular energy he is burning np his muscles Just as you burn coal in a furnace to supply energy to run the machinery in your factories, and he has got to have something to build up those wasted muscles, and corn does not contain lt In sn ilici?n t quan tity. A little Colton seed meal is better than an additional amount of corn. When you are already feeding your horse stover and ten pounds of corn, I would rallier have two pounds of cotton seed meal added than lour pounds of corn. I would rather have two pounds of cotton seed meal add ed than four pounds of oats. Corn ls a splendid horse feed, but we are wasting over two million dollars a year in South Carolina feeding an all-corn ration. "In what proportion would you feed corn and cotton seed meal?" Dr. Huller: "Thal would depend upon your hay." "Henty of hay?" Dr. Sutler: "An average ration for a thousand pound horse doing real hard work, is about IB pounds of grain and Iii to I fi pounds of hay. In stead of IT. pounds ol' fodder and If? pounds of corn I would take T> pounds ol' grapevine hay and ? to s pounds of stover and t hen add I'? pounds of corn and li pounds ol' cot ton seed meal and got better results. If I had oats and cotton seed meal at all, boca USO it is bad to feed unless you can mix lt with something niuo. If I did not have any poa vino hay, I would certainly put some cotton seid meal in the ration of a hard working horse, unless I had plenty of oats, and they were cheap." This is important testimony from Hu? highest authority, and should in terest every farmer and horse owner in tho South. Wo send thousands of dollars into the northwest, every year for com. Wo send into the north west every year thousands of dollars worth of our colton seed meal. No body ls benefited by this but the rail roads. If we koop our cotton seed meal at home to feed it will help us, and Dr. Huller says it will help our horses and Dr. Sutler knows. The Philadelphia Record suggests that President Roosevelt direct Sec retary Cortelyou and Treasurer Rli.s* to publish a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of tho re publican national campaign commit tee. This ls calculated to make Mr. Cortelyou wriggle if not to talk. Over in London recently a man slew a prominent citizen, and there was supposed to be a tremendous .social sensation back of the alVair. The murderer has just been sen tenced to death, after a trial whi< . lasted one day and at which be en tered a plea of insanity. In certain ways the English are not so slow. General Leonard Wood, who was a mere physician ten years ago but now a major general in the regular army, is soon to be stationed at Gov ernors Island. There is good reason for this. General Wood is sent to Governors Island because is it the best job in the army. .< i' FORT. INF UM PKiStJNI The Awkard Fix Confronting a Man Left s Fortune. Ho Is Up Against II Forgery Indict ment If Ho Returns to Claim tlio Millions Left Him. 81 With a fortune of millions of dol lars awaiting him on lits moro re turn to Lake county, Iii., John Yulo Smith, tho only hrothor of tho lato "Sllont" Smith, who died recontly in Japan, is in a perplexing predica ment. The whereabouts of the miss ing brother ls not definitely known, but ho Is thought to bo In Chill. Hut, whoreovor ho ls, bo la n free .nan, whllo, If ho roturns to Chicago to claim his sliaro of lils dead brother's $50,000,000 fortune, be runs a long chanco of Anding in Jail. Many of tho residents of Lake county still rem?mbor John Yule Smith, and a great many of those declare tho hoir of the Smith millions will never ap pear. For 22 years John Smith has been a fugitive from justice, having been Indicted on several charges of for gery and later Jumping his bail. The other members of the Smith family tried to forgot tho "black sheep," and as a result there was general Surprise when, after "Silent" Smith's death, t became known that ho had a brother. In the last ten years before his death the millionaire was not known to have mentioned his broth er's name, nor even tho fact that he had a brother living. If John Smith fails to appear In Cheago for his share of his brother's fortune lt will only be because of his own fear of arrest. Tho Indictment still hangs over him, but ho will not bo prosecuted even if ho does re-ap pear. Tho money which he fradu lently obtained was refunded by "Si lent" Smith, who also reimbursed the man who went tho fugitive's booti. Timo has also softened tho wrath of his victims and it ls quito certain that none of thom would seek to have him punshod If he should return. The official who caused hlsarrest Is now chief of po!leo in Waukegan, and he says that If Smith should return to the State he would do nothing unless compelled hy one of his victims, and that in nil probability the indictment against him would be quashed. The crime for which John Smith was indicted was fraudulotly obtain ing money on worthless mortgages. He sold a large number of thoso doc uments, and evaded suspicion for a long time hy paying the interest, upon thom when it became due. When the fraud was discovered Smith Hod tint a year later was arrested lu Kansas, and after extradition papers had been soon red ho was lodged in jail in Hake county. II?? had considerable difll Ctllty in seeming ball, notwithstand ing the fact that "Sllont" Smith worked hard for lils brother's release When he dually was set free on a bond, he lefl tho country, two days later, and is at present supposed to bo localed in Chill, whore he bad considerable money, il is rumored. WIMi GMT li H; 11 KU PAY. Schedule of Increased Salaries of Kural Mail Carriers. No branch of tho public servleo is of more Interest to tim rural popu lation of tho country than the rural delivery of mail matter. It has had a phenomenal development, and care ful administration and eflicient man agement has brought with it increas ed responsibilities for tho rural car rier. These employes are required to perform services in a suitable con veyance which they must furnish themselves. The poatofllce department, having those facts in mind, succeeded dur ing the last session of congress lu socuring substantial recognition for tho class of employes through an In crease of upwards of $0,000,000 In the appropriation for tho next liscal year. The calculations incident to a pro portionate distribution of the amount appropriated under authority of con gress lo Increase tho maximum sal aries of rural carriers to not exceed ing $'.i00 iior annum-necessarily required most, careful consideration. The work has been progressing un der the immediale supervision of the fourth assistant postmaster general and tho superintendent of the rural delivery. Postmaster General Meyer has ap proved tlu> detailed adjustment and tho new schedule, which will become effective July 7. I'.?07, will make a graded Increase in tho compensation of carriers of from 9 to 25 per cont, based upon the number of miles tra versed hy carriers as shown by tho records of tho department. Tho re adjustment 'adopted will involve an expenditure for rural service during tho fiscal year of nearly $35,000,000. Tho schedule is as follows: Kontos. Per Annum. 24 or ?nore miles.$noo 22 to 21 milos.$864 20 to 22 miles.1 0 1 S to 20 miles.$?20 IC. to IS milos.$<>:>(? to lfi milos.$640 to H milos.$604 to 12 milos.$4 OS to 10 miles.$122 14 I 2 10 8 0 to S mik' 2'JO IM KUNAI. MACHINE Intended For An Atlanta Girl Was Opened by Her Mother. Atlanta has another sensation on hand. I'Yod Hush, arrested for send ing an Infernal machino to tho homo of lils sweetheart. Miss Kate Mc ('arlhy, was said to have been identi fied by a negro messenger boy, who said he received tho package from a man "who looked Uko Hush and who stood in the Street after sending In Ibo call. Tho machine exploded when Mis. McCarthy, mot her of the girl oponed tho package and tho bouse was almost demolished. Tho negro said he had Instructions not to send tho box until Thursday morning but lt went out last night by mistake. Miss McCarthy was al tho t heater, and her mother received tho package instead. An attempt to opon lt resulted in an explosion which shattered the interior or tho homo and threw Mrs. McCarthy across the hall into the room where twins were Sleeping. She suffered serious in juries, luit will recover. Hush ls a business partner of C. V. Doolittle, a commission merchant who accompanied Miss Hush to tho theater. Hush, when arrested, deni ed any knowledge of ibo Infernal machiltO. The box was of oak, eight Inches long. It contained dynamite and a pistol so arranged as to ox? piode whoa the box was opened. The concussion shook tho whole block. Former Gov. Odell of New York refersto political reformers ns grass* hoppers. They seem io lu? ve done a ?ooo (leal of damage to his crops. IK the court should impose lines against the Standard in the aggre gate sum of $29,000,000, we believe it will be a sign that the price of oil is going up. ? WOoi?n JAILER, lio lives Alone in Houso Connected With the Prison. Rhode Island has within its bor ers a woman hiller who is woll on i years, but who manages the most nruly prisoners, as well as any man ould. She is Mrs. Evolyn G. Smith nd sho lives in tho old penal lusti ution known as the Kent county jil, In East Greenwich. She has ved there all her lifo and by the mks of tilings will continuo to make lint her abodo until sho goes to the ravo. Tlie old Jail wo? oroctod In Kent ounty about 100 years ago. It con ista of n two and a half story houso f box-liko type. In tho rear thoro a wing made of bricks in which the ells are found. Mrs. Smith lives a the houso and lins solo chargo of ho jail and its occupants. She is hie to hold lier position as jailor fllciently, probably from inherited blllty in that lino of work. Sixty Ive yeas ago the old jail was presid ed Ivor by Karl Pago, a granduncle >f Mrs. Smith. Then title to the >ro porty and tho position of jailer insscd to her grandfather, then to 1er father, and upon lils death to her lusband. When tho latter died there vas no other surviving member of he family, and, aB Mrs. Smith had icen raised in the jail and knew all ibo Ut caring for the prisoners, tho ibunty authorities gavo her tho office .kinking that she would lill it as woll is any man could. MOSTLY IN THE PAPERS. bounty Peoplo Not Interested in Proposed New County, Tho St. Matthews correspondent of Plio Stato says more aggitatlon on ho subject of a new county has hoon .onduetod hy the various county pa cers and their correspondents than ny the people who are most luterost 3d. One meeting was held in that portion of Lexington county that was Lo bo included In the new county, hut results wore not so satisfactory lu fact no deltnito steps toward the foi niatlen of a new county have been taken, such as snvoying tho linos, etc., and these lines must he estab lished before th?; real fight begins. In the meantime friends holding each view of the subject are lining up for the light. REST TIMK TO GET WELL. All Poisons Can Re. Driven Out Of tho System Now. Right now ls the best season of the year to get rid of the blood, liver and kidney affections that have boen troubling you. You need building up in-order to stand tho strain of the hot weather of Slimmer. Let Rheumatism, Sciatica, Cont Catarrh, Indigestion or Constipation run through these months and they be come chronic and hang on for years. A regular course of Rhcumacido taken at the present Hmo will thor oughly cleanse the blood, tone up the stomach, set the liver and kidneys to doing their normal work again, and will build uii the entire system. While lt is the most wonderful blood purifier, in the world, yet. Rhe nineide is a purely vegetable prepar ation that operates through entirely natural methods. It has been tested in the delicate stomach of a baby without tho slightest harm. Hot ter get a bottle today and start, to get well. Rheumaeido lias cured hundreds of stubborn cases after all other remedies, noted physicians and even the grent Johns Hopkins Hos pital have failed. Rhoumacide has cured thousands of cases and wo believe it. will cure you. Your drug gists sells lt. Rheumaeido "gets at joints from the inside" and "makes you well all over.*' Earth's Angels. None ever saw an angel Except the ones in books; I don't believe a mortal Knows how an angel looks. We guess at something misty, With trailing wings of whito, With amber tresses floating, And garments strangely bright. But I believe that angels Walk here In mortal guise; Though we discern but faintly Through hoavy-lldded eyes, Or see them as they leave us, Who walked before us here, Their angelhood quito biddon Because it lived so nour. I can remember angels Who seemed but common folks, Who wore old-fashioned bonnets And faded winter cloaks; Who came when dire disaster Crowned lesser home mishaps, Or when new claimants crowded The dear maternal lap. With curving arms wide open To take the weary In, With patient love to listen To childish want and sin. What better thing could angel ,For childish sinners do Than listen to their story, And bid them strive ?mow? And there are fireside angola Upon whoso faded bair Wo see no crown of glory And yet the crown ls there! Then, there aro mother angels With patient love, and true, Whose loving hand upholds us The darkest trials through. Ah. me! tho childish angel Who beckons as I write Perd?anse I should not know him In mystic robe of white, He wears a schoolboy's jacket, And where tho shadows fall, I walt, through long and lonely years To catch the long-hushed call. VOl'R GRAND MOTHER USED IT. But She Never Had Sulphur Tn Such Convenient Form As This. Your grandmother used Sulphur is her favorite household remedy, find so did hor grandmother, Sul phur has been curing skin and blood liseuses for a hundred years. But In the old days they had to lake powered sulphur. Now nan ook's Liquid Sulphur gives it to you In the best possible form and von get he full benefit. Ifnudcock'fl Liquid Sulphur and liniment, (illicitly cure Ke/.oinn, Tot er, Salt Rheum and all Skin Dis eases. It cured an Ugly ulcer for Mrs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington, ). C. In three days. Taken Internally, it purifies the ilood and clears the complexion ifour druggists sells lt. Sulphur Booklet free, if you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company, (altimore, We Rave One 26 Horse Powor Talbott, BO l?ntly hoon overhauled. This Kilgin bo a great bargain for anyono who glue. Wo are headquarters for any! plies and prompt ntlontlon will bo t trusted to our caro. Wi tto UH wher and ho sure to got our prices bofoi Columbia Supply Co., 4* K?LLS HIS BROTHER Shocking Tragedy Occurred Sun day Night in Salute Walk? Into The Bedfooa* of Hil Brother mid, In n Drunken Condi tion, Shoots Him Down. A shocking fratricide was commit ted on Sunday night in the extreme northwestern section o? ?miUM? oyu.u ty whoa Lawton Lowory, a young white man, shot his brother, Preston; Lowery, to death In tho homo of the latter: From the meagre information ob tained Monday morning at this dis tance from the awful tragedy lt ap pears that Lawton Lowery, who lives in the home of his bro uer whom he has slain, carno in soino timo during the night, and going to hlB brother's room with a shot gun told him he was going to kill him. The dead man replied: "No, I reckon not; but Booing the drunken condition of Law ton and fearing ho would do some thing rash, ho rnn under the bed from him. After romuining under the beti for a short timo he started to come out, whereupon tho -fatal BhoB was fired and ho was killed almost Instantly. , The affair is deeply (Jep?orol by the people In that section who know the two boys. Lawton was tho older and unman led. Preston Lowory waa married. Thoy lived In tim same homo and wore farming together. There seem to have boen .no cause at all for tho homleldo and it ls at tributed to the drunkenness of Law-^ ton. w ho, It ls said, was addicted noCT\ only to drink but also to the. uso of morphine. Realizing next morning tho enor mity of his crime, lt 1B said that the Uvng brother ls now begging, that ho also be killed. Tho homo of the Lowery boys ls In tho Panhandle section of Saluda coonty and close to the Edgofield line. They aro spjjis of James Lowery. Mr. A Kansas newspaper wanta; to know what is to become of . the Philliphines. Thousands of people in this country have their theories, but the American public doesn't seem to be worried at all about the proposition, provided we can get rid of this white elephant some way or other without compromising the na tion's honor. A drunken man in Cleveland shot a little girl, but explains that he was aiming at an adult who happen ed to be passing. Does he expect to be released for another shot at the man? WASHINGTON political gossips now say that President Roosevelt has de cided on Cortelyo? as his successor, and that all the power of the admin istration is to be exerted to force his nomination by the Republican party. $ Intelligent treatment at your home ny O. o of tho groatost mistakes rand* by p-oplo residing in tho country nud ania 1 towns ia thoir fai'uro to o>usult the experienced specialist for thoir dw'p-Boatod or chronic dls?rdorB. Thoy mif?or al- ng tiny nitor tidy, shortening thoir livofl by months and your, , oithor throuch igno'tuicoof whatk> . tbt> specialist could do for thom or tho bel lof hat spooial t realm nt would ra qui e thoir remevsl to tho city. His not nooo3fii-y that you should roui u in tho samo city in ordor to re coi .> bonoflt of our social treat mont. Wt? in? ito td! ?uno roi 8 from doop sealcd, lony-B'jv'fting troubles ot lloart, Hoad. 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