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EW RULES od Adopte:1, by the Rail road Commission. T POST TRAINS. itogulntlons by Which it is Proposed to Aid in Procuring Reasonable CoiivoiiioncoB for Passengers. Com plaints Will Probably bo Invited. It Agents Foil to Carry Out tho Rules. The railroad commission has before it for consideration a set of rules and regulations governing the pas senger traffic, which the board will take up at the next meeting for final action. The proposed rules arc in tended to remedy such inconven iences of travel and of failure to travel as thc posting of late delayed trains, the publication of schedules, the maintenance of fires, lights and other conveniences at depots, the handling of baggage and the condi tion of passenger coaches. The com mission, if this set of rules is adopt ed, will also invite the complaining public to complain to the commission when anything goes wrong and the implication is that tho commission intends to remedy whatever goes wrong. Inasmuch as the matters covered by the proposed rules and regulations are of much concern to the travelling public they are given in full, as fol lows: GENERAL RULES APPLICABLE TO PAS SENGKIl SERVICE. Rule 1. All railroad companies, or persons, operating in ?South Carolina as common carriers, shall be required to have printed in largo type, and kept posted in a conspicuous place in each waiting room at depots in South Carolina, from and after the first day of., 1907, the following notice: "Notice.-All railroad companies arc required under the laws of .South Carolina and the rules of the railroad commission to bulletin passenger trains when late; to furnish good, wholesome drinking water to passen gers; to keep waiting room and pas senger coaches clean, well lighted, properly ventilated and comfortably heated when neccessary. "The railroad commission of South Carolina would appreciate the prompt reporting to ?ts ofiico at Columbia, S. C., of thc failure of any company or its agents to comply with these requirements." Rule 2. Railroad companies are required at all stations where pas senger tickets are offered for sale, to open their waiting rooms at least thirty minutes before schedule time of the arrival of all passenger trains, or trains carrying passengers. Rule 3. A soperate room for white and colored passengers, sufficient for their comfort and convenience, shall be provided at all stations where pas senger tickets are offered for sale, and these waiting rooms shall be fur nished with adequate lights, and, when the inclemency of the weather requires, with fire, and at all times kept clean and made comfortable for passengers. A substantial water cooler must he in each waiting room with drinking vessel conveniently placed. The said cooler to be supplied with wholesome water at all hours, to meet the re quirements of passengers. There shall be connected with each of these waiting rooms a ladies' toilet, and wherever practicable, a toilet for men. Such toilets will be considered as connected with the waiting room if thc walks thereto are walled up on each side, and open into or near the waiting rooms,* so as to afford a reasonable privacy to passengers. Rule A. Cn all passenger trains or trains carrying passengers in this State the railroad companies shall furnish safe and adequate heating appliances and lights, and ?hall keep the passenger coaches clean, suffi ciently warm and property ventila ted for the comfort of passengers. Rule 5. All railroad companies shall provide such means oj- applianc es as may be necessary to secure the careful handling of and to prevent injury to baggage. At ail stations where no proper appliances are sup plied the baggagemastershall have such assistance from the train hands or others as may be necessary to handle all baggage without injury to same. Rule 0. Whenever any passenger trains or trains carrying passengers, on any railroad in ?lus State, shall he more than one-half of an hour behind its schedule timo, it shall be the duty of said railroad company to bulletin, and to kc/p posted at every tele graph otation along ?ls line in the di rection in which said train is going, die lime such train is behind its schedule time, and t he t ime of its ar rival as near as eau lie ascertained. Each bulletin board, upon which the foregoing information is to be posted, shall contain the regular schedule of the arrival and depart ure of all trains carrying passengers. All notices as to trains behind sche dule time, shall bi' erased from (lu bulletin immediately after the de parture of such trains. Rule 7. Notice of any change in the schedule time of passenger trains, or trains carrying passengers, must bc posted conspicuously al each of the stations along the line of I lie road and notify the commission in writing, atleastfive (5) days before the change li to take effect. Rule K. Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding two hundred pounds. Rule !). In ease of accident with injury- to any person, the railroad COm pa nv upon whose line such acci dent occurred shall cause immediate notice, with full particulars, to be given to the commission, and in the event of an accident resulting in Hie death of, or injury likely to cause death, to any person, notice shall be given of such accident immediately by telegraph, or such other means as to insure the quickest possible de livery of said not ice; and the offihials of the road upon which such accident occurs, are required to furnish, when so ordered by the commission, with out cost to said commission, immed iate transportation by the quickest route over its line, or over that of other railroads, to and from the place of such accident. Rule 10. No station or depot, .shall be discontinued before 30 days' no tice, nt least, has been given the com mission, and not, until written per AGAINST LABOR LAW. Judge Brawley Declares the State Statute Null and Void. Hays IJCKIHIUUVO Act Is lu Conflict Willi Amendments to United States In the United States district court at Charleston, Thursday, Judge Brawley rendered Iiis decision in the case brought by Attorney John P. Crace, in behalf of Enoch and Elijah Drayton on habeas corpus proceed ings, declaring the act of the Legis lature, making the breach of a farm contract a misdemeanor to be un constitutional, null and void and the two negroes are ordered to be releas ed from custody. Judge Brawley's decision is an able opinion covering many typewritten pages. It deals almost entirely with thc law on the subject with but small reference to the facts of the ease. The case is, however, briefly review ed, showing that the two negroes were arrested in January, 1?H)7, upon a warrant sworn out by Magistrate Lobby Clement before Magistrate Beckett for failure to perform their contract under section 357 of the Acts of 1904. and that at this time, they were still under contract for a task of tho year, not yet performed. The act provides that a conviction shall not operate for the release or discharge of the violator, and when the negroes were arrested in Janu ary, ?twas the second time that they had been hauled up, and put on the chain gang for the same offence. The fact is recited in the opinion of thc court that Clement's books were nev er produced in court, and that Cle ment and his constable. Seabrook were the only witnesses for the pros ecution. "The only criminal act," in the words of the decision, "was the failure to work." In the course of his decision, Judge Brawley stales that the case is brought "by a young member of the bar, belonging to a race which bas suffered three centuries of injustice and oppression, whose heart has been touched by the cry of the lowly and who has apparently at his own cost and from sheer love of liberty and hatred of wrong, makes the appeal for liberty, to which they are entit led under every sanction of the con stitution and laws of this country. It were better that the granite walls which support this court of justice be crumbled into dust than its doors be closed to such an appeal." The court proceeds to say that there is another argument which ap peals to State pride and racial in stincts, that tho legislation is a pari of the local administrai ion in mat ters of great convenience to the in dustrial life of the Slate and thcclaiir of the supreme power of the State h also made. Judge Brawley says thal he shares much of this feeling anc however much others may nroelain their devotion to these principles, hu body bears marks which attest to lui sympathy in the cause. Judge Brawley proceeds to say that the lot of the agricultural labor er is bard and ho bas been called "thc brother of the Ox," in bis un ceasing toil, scant remuneration and dreary isolation, "but the remedy is not found in statutes which chain him to the soil and force him to la bor whether he will or not. Human nature revolts at it and he will es cape it if he eau. lt is by improving his condition and not by still degrad ing it that the remedy may bc found." Judge Brawley concludes by de claring the Slate act to be in conflict with the 13th and 1 Ith amendments of the constitution of the United States and orders the release of the prisoners. United Slates District Attorney Cochran represented tho government in the intervention proceedings which were bled in the ease and the consti tutionality of the act was defended by Attorney General Lyon, and At torney William Henry Parker, and W. St. Julian Jervey. mission from the commission is giv en for such action. Rule ll. On all railroads a half fare ol* riot more than one and a half cents per mile for einleben under twelve years old or over six years of tige shall bc charged. Rule 12. No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 5 cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations, when the fare would be less than that amount. Rule 13, The fare shall always be equal to the distance in miles multi plied by three. Rule 14. Upon a corpse the regu lar passenger fare may be charged. If not in good condition, or improp erly packed, or not accompanied by a person in charge, thc railroad com pany may decline to receive it, Rule 15. There shall be no unjust discrimination as to passenger rates in favor of or against any individual or locality: Prouided, however, that this rule shall not be so constructed as to prevent railroad companies from issuing commutation, excursion or thousand mile tickets as the same as are now issued. The commission also bas under con sideration tho following rules and regulations applying to manner of filing complaints and answers: L All complaints and applications for bearings before tin- commission shall be in writing. 2. Such complaint, or application, shall contain a brief statement of facts and be signed by tho Complain ants or applicants. Complaints may be sent at any time to the chairman or secretary of the commission at Columbia.. S. C., or delivered to any member of thc commission. ?i. If such complaint or application contains mal ter which, in (he judg ment of the commission, requires in vestigation, the secretary shall file the same by placing his file mark thereon with thc proper number, en ter the same on tho docket and noti fy thc parties in writing, 4, Whore any complaint is made to the commission, and il shall ap pear that (here are reasonable grounds for investigation, and stich party complained of shall fail to sat isfy said complaint, aspravided in rule 3, a notice shall be issued to such party (<> appear before the com mission, al the place and time nam ed in the notice, io answer such com plaint. All answers to complaints and petitions before the commission, shall be made in writing. 5, The party, or parties, to any complaint or application, and party complained of, may appear before thc commission in person or by coun BCI. TO KILL IT, The Prohibitionist and State Dis pensaries lt ls Claimed WILL JOIN FORCES At tho Next Session of tho Legisla turo to Kilt tho County Dispensary Law, and Put tho State Under tho Prohibition Law If they Can So oner. Votos ESnough to Carry It Out. Thc Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Post saysjgradual tenden cy of thc State as a whole toward prohibition grows steadily more no ticeable. Many wise in the ways of South Carolina polities arc expecting thc present legislature, which last winter enacted the Carey-Cothran county dispensary law, to pass a straight prohibition law. Talks which your correspondent has had already with State dispen sary politicians and straight prohibi tionists and county dispensary advo cates who visited the capital on bus iness of various kinds, indicate that the prohibitions and State dispensary people will line up behind a straight prohibition measure in numbers suf ficient to sweep tho house of repre sentatives, and possibly to get through the senate with two or three majority. The prohibitionist who last winter voted with the county dispensary people as a method of killing the State dispensary system, now feel that they have discharged their obligation and now that the State dispensary is out of the way, they feel that the road is clear to the slaughter pen for the county dispen sary law. Representative .1. Wrigt Nash, of Sparlanburg, who made such a dra matic and effective speech in thc house last winter in favor of county dispensaries, turning Abraham-like to knife his own Isaac prohibition bill when he came up for a vote under the name of Prohibitionist. Smith of Col Ic ton, will again lead thc prohibition forces next winter, but this time on the straight road for his ' own bill, bearing his own name, which ison the calendar ol' the house. ' lie expects the house to pass the bill by a comfortable majority, and thinks it will get through the sen ' ate. When seen here today, Nr. Nash was cautious about talking for pub lication, but he casually remarked , on the striking fact that in spile of . all the pressure that was brougt to bear to line up in the house last win [ ter for county dispensaries, thc , house failed to pass his prohibition . bill by only two votes, the final vote 5 being 51 to ID. He said that the period intervening this soring be tween the two systems, when there was straight prohibition throughout I the State just after the State dis . pensary system went out and just I before the county system was put ; into operation, had a most salutary effect in favor of prohibition. The taste of prohibition felt like more. There was no disorder nor flagrant violation of the law. And in the counties which have remained "dry" like Spartanburg and Greenville where there are big towns, the law is obeyed much better than many bad hoped, and sobriety is certainly more marked. Speaking* of his own bill, Mr. Nash said there were certain feat ures of it. notably that which places thc sale of whiskey in t he hands of the druggists under restrictions that intended to confine its sale strickly for medicinal and mechanical uses, which were not til together satisfac tory to bim. He feared allowing druggist to handle it would be abus ed, and so far as he was concerned, he thought if such a law could be passed it would be well to outlaw altogether, As a means of meeting the inter state commerce law and preventing whiskev being shipped in for illicit trallie, Ibo favored the Mississippi law, which requires all whiskey com ing- into the State to be consumed within 100feet of thc point of de livery. Mr. Nash will make a number of important changes in his bill bet?re urging its passage State Dispensary Leader ,1. C. Richards, of Liberty Hill, author of the defeated Richards purification State dispensary bill authorizes your correspondent to say for him that he will support a straight prohibition bill. Ile says as he hus talked to a large number ol' both State dispen sary advocates and prohibitionists, and he is convinced both will vote solidly for prohibition, With him was Prohibitionist Smith, of Col I eton who said he would again introduce his Nash prohibit ion bill next session and urge its passage "The next governor of South Car olina," said Mr. Richards, will be Hiebest man who is smart enough to run on a phrohibiiion platform. Of course?, Mr. Ansel will get a second term, according to custom, but three years from now a pr* hibitionist will be elected." I Many prohibitionists and others think Mr. Nash is the man to pul up on such a platform, but Mr. Nash him i'll'is rather shy on the subject. He thinks "a great many things may happen in three years." A contest between him on a prohibition ?md Mayor Rhett of Charleston on high license local option platform would certainly be entertaining, and Hus is not only ;| possibility bot o proba bility. ' Representative Nash, like others of his Kind, whose opinion was asked on the point, do not believe if would be adv isable to make any exception of Charleston in a prohibition law. Mr. Nash said he fully appreciated tho position of Charleston, anti would like lo see thal city gel what ?J wanted in a liquor law, but he fears making'an except ?on of Char leston would not only not be accep table to ol her parts (d' t he State, but thai such a law would be unconsti tutional, That the cause of sobriety has greatly advanced in South Carolina in the past decade is not denied by any intelligent body of men who have had opportunity lo observe and make comparisons, The State dis pensary people are claiming credit for Hus as a result, of fourteen years of dispensary, while there is no way to prove that part of this might not be true, it is likely that the attitude m MYSTERY CLEARED. Mr. John W. Fairey, Bank Cashier, Returns to His Home. Ho Suddenly Disappeared and Went West Wilora Ho Remained For Homo Time. A story full of romance uud moan ing comos from Ornngoburg, Buys Col. August Koim, in ono of his letters from Columbia to Tho Nows aud Courlor. In muny of its details It IB remarkable und brim full of what tho ' novollst would call human interest By tho merest chanco a bright young man baa been restored to his family and to an honorable position in his homo and among his people. Ho loft homo mysteriously. Ho returned almost from tho unknown. Tho News and Courier away back In September told how John W. Fair ey loft Orangeburg ono Sunday after noon, and how, when ho was In New York, ho wrote tho president of tho bank of which ho had boen tho trust mi cashier that ho had gone, and that lie would not bo heard from again. He Indicated that his accounts wore hopelessly Involved and that ho could not stand the strain. Tho suggestion was thou made that ho had loft homo for other rea sons. No one could understand the disappearance. Cashier Fahey wrote that bia accounts were tanglod and asked his family and friends to spend his money to set him and bia family right assuring all that ho had not taken a dollar. That was tho last heard of him since last September. He felt that bc was "done for" and studiously under took to lose himself. Ile wont to New York, but that was not .far enough, and then he wont on tc Chicago, and atm on to Denver ami Salt Hake City and San Francisco and oven to Honolulu. Then he came back lo California and final!) went to Fl Paso, which la on thc borderland between tho United Stales and Mexico. Tltero ho thought himself safe from identification and the detective! of the bonding company. Month af ; ter month passed and he toiled as ? day laborer. Never a word did Ju write or hear from home. Ile want i ed to be alone. Ono day while working In a pack lng house ho was asked to put dowi j some ligures. J le did so and check od them up. The foreman was ac ! supprised at his speed and accuracy ' that he reported the fact to the of flee, and the young man was nskc< if he wished a place In the office Then he was asked for references The wanderer said he had no refer ? enees and could give none, but tba he could look every one in the eye and truthfully Say ho was honest. Tin situation was curious, but tho youiif m;in was asked to accept a posit loi in tho ofllco, with tho statement tba ho could supply no recommendations i thal ho was honest and that he oui j . cared for clerical work. Thon canio a providential meeting Month after month John Fairey linc , not seen a familiar taco, ho had aeei no ono he knew after ho left thc Bast. But one day, not many day.* aso, ho encountered Dr. Sam M. Deal who had gone to live in one of thc health giving outdoor camps at E Paso. Young Fairey at first (.hough! ho would avoid Dr. Deal, but thoj fully recognized each other. Dr Deal has himself been away from Columbia for many months on ac count of bia health, but ho had kop) in touch with home affairs. Ho luid known Mr. Fairey intimately while they both served In tho Spanish American war, and they were good friends. Dr. Deal was assured of Mr. Faircy's honesty, but. Mr. Fairey felt that same despondency and hope lessness of getting his accounts straight. Then Dr. Deal, of his own accord, got in touch with home folks and with Mr. Thomas F. Brantley, who baa been persistent and faithful In trying to clear the record of his brother-in-law, in whom be always had tho utmost confidence. Con ferences were held with tho bank officials, correspondence passed and as a result John W. Fairey la today in Orangeburg, with a clean and clear record and ns happy as man can be. His own reputation has been cleared and his family escutcheon is as bright as it ever hr.s been. Why did John Fairey leave home in this mysterious way? Ile does not know. Ile simply says he got rattled. Ho now tells that when ho worked on his trial balance In September that first lt was $100 out. Ho re ported (bis to Presiden! Moss, but expected to Kel il straightened out promptly. Then he figured and the more he figured the worse lt got until it rounded up $10,000. Ile could not find the (rouble. Ho work ed until his head waa dizzy and then thought, how he could get. away. He went to New York without telling any one a word of his troubles. Aa he got. on the train for Chicago he malled three letters telling of his troubles and assuring all of his hon est y. Thal was tho first any one knew of his leaving Orangeburg for more than a brief rest. The matter creat ed a sensation but throughout, the weeks of speculation and excitement there was never a suggestion that John Fairey had stolen a cent from the lOdlsto Bank, if he really had wanted to take anything ho could bave taken Hie $28,000 in cash that was in the bank vaults and applied tho Hmo lock and as cashier ho might have unod tho balancea in Philadel phia and New York, but such a Hiing never entered his mud. Ills sole thought was to gel away and not to be recognized. He says he simply became rattled and could think of nothing moro (han the unbalanced books and tho folks he left bebind. While In Honolulu for six weeks ho saw several South Carolinians, but none ol' them knew bim, and when be went to I'll Paso every day he passed tbe telegraph ellice, in which Toni Clover sat as manager, and yet ho waa not recognized. (Hover was born and reared In Ornngoburg. While John Fairey was workiio; as receiving clerk and then as C. O. D. clerk and aa bookkeeper m VA Taso, tho export accountants were straightening lila accounts. It took them months and months to get Illings straight, Hut the last of the troubles had been corrected, the dis crepancies adjusted and where there wero overdrafts they hov . lioon paid. It is too long a story to toll how the discrepancies occurred. Tbe largest error occurred by a large draft being sent for Collection and (hen the draft, was red urned. Tho draft was sent a second time and ret urned a second Hmo, and the third Hmo lt was paid. The trouble was that, while lt was cr0(1 tod three (lines, it was charged aa a return Item only once. Orangburg county raises more cot Ion than any other in (he S(a(e and of tho corporations and other busi ness concerns toward whiskey has had more to do with making whiskey drinking to excess unpopular than all other agencies combined. A drinking man is no longer tolerated in business. HUNTING TH? DBVIIiFISH. Tho Creature Abundantly Inhabits Weat Indian Water?. Hunting tho trust octopiiB ls ono of tho dangers which tho enthusias tic modern scientist bravos. ProBl dont IlooBovolt and thoso stutomon who havo stood by him lu gottlug aftor tho octopus of commorco aro to ho commendod for tholr personal courage, hut aftor all, tholr bravery ls of a different kind from that of tho man who goos down undor a couplo of hundred foot of water and doos battlo with tho gonn I no speci men, with its hundreds of suelior arms reaching out from all sides to lay hold of anything which comes In Its way. Tho creature ls found in abundance In tho waters of tho Wost Indies. Tho octopus huntor, without any protec tion, dives down into tho water, spots ah octopus which he must carefully docldo ls not too big for him to han dle, seizes hold of ono of its tenta cles and comos to tho su rf nco with lt. Should ho underestimate its size and strength, he ls lost. Ho meets a hor rible doath alono under tho waters a death In the moshes of tho moat loathsomo of wator monsters. Slowly Its slimy arms envelop his body, a BUCkpr onclrcles his neck and slow death by strangulation Is tho result for so powerful ls the hug of those tentacles that strangulation will be i effected even where tho throat ls pro tected by a heavy diving hood. Prof. Hyatt Vorrlll, representing tlio Now York acsuarlum, ls a hunter of tho octopus In Bermuda waters, and he has captured many of thom, lt econ tl y ho tackled a moderate sized specimen which carno near to being i too much for him. Tho professor . approached tho oreature from behind , and seized lt with both hands back of the mouth. Then having only his , feet free he started for the surface. I Although taken nt. great, disadvan tage tho octopus was fast got ting a grip on tho professor's body, and in . another half a minute would have ; staid his progress to tho surface. , Tho professor's assistants had great dlfllculty In disentangling tho > tentacles from his body. Another 4 octopus hunting professor, working . In Bermuda waters, was so quickly k rendered helpless by the tentacles ol * an octopus he had tackled that he 1 was unable to pull the signal cord for the helpers above to raise him. Fl . nally bis men, alarmed at his pro i longed stay without a signal, drew . him to the surface. The professor j was unconscious and near to death f with tho octopus fast to his body. The octopus when alarmed, always 1 discharges tho contents of Its ink bag, which blackens the water about It, making lt. difficult for Its antago '. ulst to locate lt. Its tentacles are ex I tremoly sensitive. It devours v?sl 3 quantities of all kinds of llsh, oys > tors, lobsters and clams. [ Ttl? LAW KNOCKED OUT. - The Following Is the Act Set Aside by Judge lirawley. i The following is the Act of thc 1 Legislature knocked out by .Judge . Brawley's decision: Any laborer working on shares ol j crop, or for wages in money or other t valuable consideration, under a ver ' hal or written contract to labor on ' farm lands, who shall receive advanc . es, either in money or supplies, and thereafter wilfully and without just , cause fail to perform the reasonable . service required of him by the terms of the said contract, shall be liable to prosecution for a misdemeanor: Provided, That prosecution shall he commenced within .'IO days after the alleged violation, and on convic tion shall be punished by imprison ment of 30 days, or to bc fined in the sum of $100, in the discretion of the court: Provided, The verbal contract herein referred to shall be witnessed by at least two disinterested witness es: Provided, That such contract s shall be valid only between the original parties thereto, and any attempted transfer or assignment of any rights thereunder shall be null and void. Wis?- amt Otherwise Faultfinders are never out of a job. Talk is cheap if you get it from a gossip. Bread is thc staff of life; sugar is the cane. Be up and doing if you would not be down and done. There is more than a peck of t rou ble in some pint bottles. The better some people are tho more violent the reaction. After telling a little white lie t wice it begins to turn black. lt is so much easier for a child to inherit red hair than brains. It is frequently easier to be sure you are right than it is to go ahead. There are times when a pint of wit goes farther than a gallon of wis dom./ .fff is sometimes difficult to distin guish between a sympathetic per son and a curious one. An easy way to make money is to buy stocks when they tire low and sell them when they are high. Many a man has lost his mental balance by attempting to entertain two or more af the same time. While you may not he able to lead a man to water, you seleom have t? ask him twice to face the bartender. Unless a man keeps his best ear glued to the keyhole I he chances are he will not hear opportunity knock at his door, the city does a teni?ndoos business. The bank often l<eeps business men's books and it. evidently did so largely in several Instances. Tho errors have bren Indicated and righted and all is once again serene and happy. Mr. Falroy ls now in Orangeburg rewriting tin? books for his own sat isfaction. He is a young man of ability and, after he has satisfied !<n<? self and every ono else he will go to work, possibly In Kl Paso. Now that lt Is all over lt Ought to bo very grant.vug to Mr. Kailey and his family to know how well every one thought of him, and lt ought, to be pleasant to tue Ed IS to Hank to realize the Confidence of the public in it and in lis management, The bank was Iii no danger of los ing a cont or impairing Its strong surplus. The stock went up Instead of down. Nobody stampeded. No accounts were withdrawn, but. In stead money and offers came from all sides In case funds were needed, but Ibero were no signs of trouble. Tho bank has grown Stronger In tho confidence of tho homo folks. Tho Incident is now closed but who will say that it ls a romaneo in roal lifo? Infernal .^achino, She Carried, Kills '.i li wc Russian i>eleeiives. Tho suporlntondont of polico af Odessa, Russia, and two dotoctlvos of his forco, woro klllod and sovon other poisons sorlously injured hy tho ex plosion of an Infornnl machine in tho contrai pouco bureau, this wook. The agent of no terrorists was a young girl. She was accompanied by two mon. Tho men woro capturod aftor tho explosion. Tho girl escaped in tho crowd. . Tho plot was clovorly carried out. Tho trio entered tho Police Bureau and sot the small package on tho floor. Thoy stood around for a time and thou loft hurrlodly. Tho rush for tho door excited tho detectives. Thoy carno from tho ofllco to investigate Ono picked up tho box Just as tho otnors woro starting in pursuit. It oxploded killing tho superintendant and two detectives, ono of whom was nicknamed "The Hangman," by tor orlsts, for his cruelty to political prisoners. Both tho mon who accompanied the girl woro captured aftor being shot. One was Identified. The build ing was ruined. Tho Fair Sex. When a woman has no one to talk to she writes a letter. All women are consistent, but the majority of them refuse to work at it. A man never realizes the j^oys of life until he is married then it's too late. Any woman with a train to her gown should be able to draw her own conclusions. The more patience a woman has with her children the less she has with their father. On her wedding day a young wid ow always wonders how many men will commit suicide on her account. Women always have a lot to sav ahouttheir rights, hut never a word about the wrongs of the poor men, After a woman has succeeded ir getting a man to say that he love.? her she begins to find him uninter esting. When a woman says that her hus : band is perfection its a safe bet tba1 she hasn't been married three weeks Many a woman averages things u] ' by figuring that her $28 bonnet anc ber husband's $2 lid average $1( each. It's a sure sign a man isn't mar i ried to thc right woman if he sits Ul and takes notice of every noisily i dressed female that passes. : A girl imagines that she's in lov< : with a man when she doesn't enjo; . flirting with other men as much a I she thought she would. Fiinnygrnphs. All men are animals-and some o them are car-seat hogs. The band that rocks the cradli i can't hit an old hen with a brick. If a young man bas money to buri it is easy to induce some girl to strikt : a match. Some men have such weak eyes they actually couldn't tell the trutl . if they saw it. Many a promising young man ha.* found himself posing as the defend ant in a breacb-of-promise suit. Mrs. Henpeck-You acted like i fool when you proposed to me. Hen peck-That wasn't acting, my dear "Blank has just been showing mc his new auto. Fine machine, isn't it?" "Yes. What do you think is its strongest feature?" "The odor!" Client-Didn't you make a mistake in going into law instead of thc army? Lawyer-Why? Client-Hy the w.'y you charge, there would be little k t of the enemy, "By the way, sir," asked the wai - er, "how would you like to have y< r steak?" "Very much, indeed," repris ed the man, who had been patiently waiting foi 20 minutes. "That was rough on Davis." "What?" "He stepned on a piece of orange peel, fell, and was arrested for giving a street performance and causing an obstruction." P.-I see you have my novel. I'll wager you had to look at the last page to see bow it all carno out. Q. -No; I looked at the name of the publishers on the title page to see how it came out, and even now I can't understand how it was. Mrs. McDuff-This paper says that mice are attracted by music, but 1 don't believe it. Mr. McDuiV-Why not? Mrs. McDuff-Because I never see anv mice around when I play the plano. Mr. McDuiV-Well, that's no reason for doubting the paper's state ment. WANTS A MOW COUNTY. Tho People of Kl?oreo Aro Moving to Establish Ono. The IClloroo correspondent of The Stale says: "Inthis day of new coun ty .schemes this section, while say ing very little on the subject, of re cently proposed new counties, has been quietly looking after its inter ests In this connection. There is strong talk of a new county for this connnunity, and the scheme is not mendy proposed because other sec tions of the county want a govern ment of their own. "On account of the central loca Hon and large territory from which a new county could bo formed and tho resources of that territory, this Community feels that lt ls entitled lo full consideration, and every effort will bo put forward to materialize the scheme. While np definite stops have yot been taken the idea has been generally discussed and has met with satisfactory approval. "Tho proposed new county will have ample territory without being squeezed or wedge-shaped, and with such lines and distance's as will eas ily make lt. a symmetrical, well-shap ed county. As soon as a formal meeting is called the proposed boun daries Will be given out. 'Ansel County' has been suggested as a good name for the new county, and In nil probability this name will be settled upon. A formal mooting will be called in the near future, after which the plans for the proposed new county will b.o given out," This proposed county would take In some of tho same territory that the St. Matthews county would want, and If it materializes St. Matthews would have to look else where for sufficient territory to organize its proposed county. dAKR?SON DFSEUTS. One-thousand Turkish Soldiers fjO?vC With Their Arms. The Turkish garrison at Uskuh, Turkey, consisting of about. 1,000 men, has deserted Tho soldiers claimed that tho conditions were un endurable They carried off tholr arms Only fifty hnvo boon recaptur ed Widow Had Herself nnd Mun Arrest ed In Order to Keep Mi*u. Failing in a trliU marriage vonturo, Mrs. A?leo Leach, a widow, of Cleve land, O., had horsolf arrested and then swore out a warrant against | Harry Mantel, to koop him from mar rying anothor woman. Tho two had ' hoon living togothor, agroolng that I If they got on happily they would1 marry. Mantol was attracted by anothor woman's charms and was about to loave the widow. When uhe wanted to hav? him arrested, Mrs. Loach was told that abo, too, was guilty. She agreed to swear out a warrant against horsolf. Rather than go to Jail,-Mantol married tho woman. BUAN?HV???LU COUNTY. , Tho Movement liebig Quietly Pushed Hy People of Branchville. Tho Columbia Stato saya Mr. Hen ry F. Jennings, a well-known lawyer >f Branchville, was In tho city Wed nesday, and while hore was asked ibout tho movement being made in Branchville for the organization of a mw county. Mr. Jonnlngs statod that the promoters have been moving slowly, as they do not wish to mako any misstep. There Is a vory warm contest in tho northern part of Orangoburg be cause St. Matthews wishes to become tho capital of a now county and the pooplo of Orangeb?rg city aro oqual ly anxious to prevent lt. In the meantime Branchville ls proceodlng quietly In her off ort to got votes enough and territory onough for thc creation of another county out of parts of Orangoburg. It. appears to be the desire of the people of that territory to call the new county "Branchville County" In order to keep over before tho people the Important fact in history that South Carolina had the llrst exten sive line of railway in the world, and that Branchville wns tho midway point between Charleston and Au gusta, the termini. (?rand Old County. IN speaking of the efforts to cul up the county to he'p form a num ber of poor, weakly little counties, the Columbia State pays thii tribute to the grand old county o; Orangeburg: "Old Orangoburg is one of th< greatest counties in the Unite( States and she would lose this pres tige if dismembered. It is said tha there are more substantial farmer; in Orangoburg county than in an: other in the State. There are no so many wealthy farmers, but then is a larger number of farmers wh( own and till their lands. This anc other things draw the people of tin county closely together." This is all true and it would be ? great pity to cut up thc grand ole county in order that a few people living in certain towns might en hance the value of their lands at thc expense of thc country people, whe would not be benentted. But at The State says "there has been c great deal of attachment for thc mother county, and it may be hard to get the people to vote to secede from Orangeburg to either St. Mat thews or Branchville." It is our be lief that all thc propositions to cul the grand old county of Orange burg will be voted down. THAT is a horrible story that wc publish on the first page. Nearly ? whole family of negroes were wiped out of existence for harboring anc aiding a negro rapist to escape. H ac tho Padgett family acted as they should have acted, and surrenderee the fiend who had sought shelter ii their home no harm would have com< to them. But instead of doing that they aided him in shooting down th? posse that had gone to arrest him The fiend escaped for the time being but those who assisted him paid dear ly for upholding crime. The soonei the negroes learn that they cannoi array themselves with the criminal! of their race against law and ordei the better for the race.-The Or angeburg Times and Democrat. WE think it extremely bad taste ir a preacher to scold people for no1 coming out to hear him preach. Whal he ought to do is to go to work ant preach such sermons as will draw th? people out to hear him. We have al ways thought the preacher who wt heard say once that he blamed him self when his congregations wen small, was right. He said if otheri could draw hu ge congregations then was no reason why he could not if hit sermons could be made iutcresting. THE Newberry Observer say.? "there is nothing out of the range oj the country editor. The Saluda Stan (lard tells its readers how to laundei silk stockings. The Johnston Monitoi editor remarks that he frequently meetcs girls wearing short sleeve.' "whose elbows have the appearance of not having been washed in fifteer years." The Observer thinks thal "the Johnston girls should imitate, to some extent, those of Saluda and were long silk gloves, or else thej should launder their elbows oftener." BARON Moncheur, the Belgian min ister to this country, after returning to Washington from a visit to thc three hundred Belgian immigrants in the cotton mills of Greenville and Co lumbia, reports that he found the great majority of them contented, comfortable and happy. THE Washington Messenger says: "It is good sign that South Carolin ians no longer make a parade; of the crime when they lynch a negro, but try to keep the matter secret and simply let the victim come up miss ing." The Messenger had best sweep before its own door. EUGENE V. Debs compares Hay wood and Mayer to the murderer, John Brown, all of whom he says are martyrs. Our sympathies have been altogether with Haywood and Mayer, but if they are like John Brown, ns Debs claim they are1, they should be hung the same as Brown was. IT is said in the newspapers that one hundred preachers, actuated by the prospect of a big iee, applied to Wm. B, Corey to be permitted to perform the ceremony of marrying him to Mabelle Gilrrian, the actress, for whom he had deserted his wife. THE Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad pleaded guilty in thc feodora! court in New York on Thurs day of granting rebates, and Judge Holt imposed a fine of $20,000, which was paid. JV C?talo to any of our customers for tho nsl< plumhng or hardware business, am pago catalogue which will bo found i prices on anything in tho supply line. COJULMHIA BUPPIvY ?'SPRING CLEANING" NEEDED, Tho Body Requires lt Just as Much m* iao Rotusa, "You look eiok this morning." . i <?.??> I wok? up with a duli head ache, a coated tongue und that dark brown taste In the mouth." "Dltn't you have pains in your Joints aad muscles." 'YOB. AS my old negro mammy usod to say, 'I have misery in my Joints. .Bettor take a bottle of Rheum-. cid?, old niau. "What does Rhemuactde dot" 'Why Rheumaclde ls tho most powerful and offectlve blood purifier in the world. It sweeps all the germs and poisons out of the blood and 'makes you well all over.' " "Bvor try lt yourself." .Suro I take a couple of bottles of it before spring begins. Qive my blood a spring cleaning. And Rhea* mueblo puts me lu such fine shape that I never have that tired feeing." "Well, I am going to try tuft Ithounmcido you say ls tho best ever. 'Thats right. All tho druggists soil lt. Hotter get a bottle today. You start to get well with the first dose. Tho proprietors say that Rheu maclde gets at the Joints from the insldo and mukra you well all over. And that tho truth, old man." BOY SNAKE CATCHER. rad Fills Orders for Hundreds of Kept ilea Knell Hummer. Snake catching is tho business fol lowed by 14-yoar-old Walcott Gordan Holland, of llovere, Mass., and ho has been very successful in his trade. Just now he ls busy catching 400 reptiles to fill a big order.on hand. He catches tho snakes usually at noom when they are ba,sk Inj; or sleeping in tho sunshine around tho marshes. Young Holland has boon catching snakes for three years. He soils them to tho proprietors of exhibits at sum mer parks and beaches to feed to large and poisonous reptiles. Ho ha.* boon bitten twice, but not seriously. Ho makes hundreds of dollars. TIUO EXCHANGE WINS. I Theodore H. Price's Complaint ls Dis? missed by tho Referee. The complaint of Theodore II Price against tho Now York Cotton Ex change in which ho nsked the courts^ Uto enjoin the.exchange from making alleged improper classification of various grades of cotton, was dlsmiss 11 ed by C. B. Rushmore, tho referee appointed hy tho court to hear the evidence. * 11 YOUR ?RAND MOTHER USED IT. . j Rut She Never Had Sulphur In Ouch Convenient Form As This. Your grandmother used Sulphur ns her favorite household remedy, and so did her grandmother, Sul phur has been curing skin and blood diseuses for a hundred years. But In the old days they had to tako powered sulphur. Now Han? cock's Liquid Sulphur gives it to you In the best possible form and you get the full benefit. Ifundcock's Liquid Sulphur and Ointment, quickly cure Eczema, Tot ter, Salt Rheum and nil Skin Dis eases. It cured an ugly ulcer for Mrs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington, D. C., lu threo days. Taken Internally, it purifies the blood and clears tho complexion. Your druggists sells lt. Sulphur Booklet free, If you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company, Baltimore. Itt Intelligent treatment at your home BY O. w of the greatest misti.koa ninda hy i? opio i CM i it ? o;; in tho colliery fud mim I towns ia their fnibire io o' u?ult tho evporienced specialist for thoir deep sealed or chronic disorders. They suffer id^ng day aftor day, shortening tholr lives hy months rna yoarf,' ither thronah Ignofnnco-ofwhat tho apon?a1 ist oould do for thom ' r ?he belief hat spoo?al 1 refitment would re quire thoir romovAl to the oity. It is not nooosfa-y that you should resi * in the same city In order to re ceive bonoflt of our special treatment. We invito nil m (Teroi s from deJp seated long-ttaroing troubles of Heart? Head. Limos, Stonnoh, Bowoh, Livor, Modder, blood, Norvea, or diseases po oul'ar lo eithor s?x, to write or cali npon ns and loam what we have, dona for others similarly afllioted, and what we ona do for them. 'Hier? is no ohm HO for this conan'ta tton, and it is wert!) your time and ef fort whother you decide to be$ln treat ment or not. For moie than twenty years, T, nwd tho sp> oialisto associated! with me, have giren our entire tinte, thought and ?Ind.? to th? oure of tho doop seated ohr nit or nervous disordors, which 1 ave Iwilllod tho leas experienced all round physician. Whatever you may think your aliment is, it lit not prebable that you can ha quito rtire of your own diagnosis or that of tho ordinary physioinn. Or you may write us, first, in entire confidence. If you choose. Homo esses do not seed a pomonal vlalt, although always advisable. Bend for our booklot on "Hraln and Norvo Kxhauntlon " Malled free In unprinted wrapper. Dr Hathaway & Co., 22?8. Broad St,, Atlanta, da. fir .ii send me in unprinted envel ope, your book for mon, for whioh there is no charge and whioh does not place rae o nd er any obligations to you. Namo. Address. 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