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IRK dubon So ny EPORT cen Filed for the tho Public-l?res Makea a Statomont oiuout of tho Gouio Year Just Kuded.-? vos Support of AU. '.Taylor of the South [ubon society has com al report showing the lociety since its incor ho general assembly at on. Tho report is inter it it shows the improvo riditions in the preserva fe and that until tho so ?harge there was little at ,id to the laws of this State. H submitted by Mr. Taylor ^ws: rtirch 16, 1907. there went in r>ft tho statute creating tho ??ii society of South Carolina, J?wers of a State game and f?sh Fission. On April 9, the incor 'ors held a meeting in Columbia |he following officers were elec ^ ;sident. B. F. Taylor. :i\? 'Q President, Dr. H. N. Snyder, ??.mporary secretary, George S. tey ward. Treasurer. A. It. Heyward, Jr. The following were elected to con fute the board of directors: leila Christensen, Beaufort; O. B. Columbia; Dr. P. N. Mell, Lnson College; C. P. Wray, Ridga D. II. Coker, Harrisville; Mrs. wcustine Smythe, Charleston; A. cr&ever, Lexington, and R. I. Man ning, Sumter. Immediately after the meeting the president began gathering all infor mation available regarding the exact condition of game and fish protection in thc Slate. He soon ascertained that in many sections but slight at tention was paid to any of thc game and fish protective laws. Game birds and. deer weretconstantly killed out "Vseason, and in some quarters a irge traffic of their dead bodies was arried on for market purposes. Fish being slaughtered in immense ..fiers by means of traps and dy -4te. Song hirds were shot indis* , mutely and many were trapped Ie? shipped North. Thc beautiful aniirds, which nest in colonies w'ng the coast, were constantly rob ;d of their eggs each summer. The [ense law, which formerly required ^'ery non-resident hunter to pay $25 fr shooting license, had been sys matically avoided. Under thc old .W 14 county game wardens had I cen appointed. Letters to all these f/ardens brought out the facf. that, >wing to inadequate pay, lack of otate supervision, and for other causes, they had been\practically in acive, onu ox uumi ?iny ieporuhgT two convictions for violation of the1 game laws for the year previous. On the other hand from all over the State letters began to pour in asking for him from the Audubon society, showing that large numbers of peo ple were interested in hird and fish protection, and hailed with much joy the fact that the State had at length taken an interest in preserving t hese valuable assets to the commonwealth, One of the first things to claim the attention of tho Audubon society was the publication in pamphlet form of the State game law known as the "Audubon law." Fifteen hundred copies were printed and distributed throughout South Carolina and thc more important features have been printed frequently in the public press of thc State. The importance of this work can hardly be underes timated, as there is no doubt that many people violate the game laws through ignorance of the statutes. More than 5,000 pamphlets, with plates showing tho wild birds h. ih<?ir natural colors, have been distribuir.;! in the schools, among farmers and elsewhere. These were furnished by Mr. William Dutcher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies. The work of revising and enlarg ing the warden force at once began. Some of the officers who displayed most interest were recommissioned by the government as State wardens, and a number of additions have been made. The following is a list of the names of wardens appointed and serving up to December 15, 1907. J. E. Rutledge, Lancaster; George A. Malloy, Cheraw; W. L. Samson, Cross Keys; George W. Hazzard, Cat Island; William Elliott, Yemasec; D. J. Salley, Orangeburg: William Ly kes, Lykesland; S. M. Rice, lr., (E. U.) Union; John N. Bates, Spartan qurg; John D. W. Watts, Laurens; J, H. Robinson, Greenville; John Weiking, Charleston; Kajitan E. Kremser, South Island; Victor E. Tbelming, McClellanville; Theo. S. Johansen, Frogmore; Charles Ander son, Port Royal, Richard Stone bridge, Savannah, Ga.; E. Y. Fergu son, Enorce; E. A. Sessions, Ridge way; J. W. Wilson, Conway; Frank E. Johnstone, South Island; W. S. McKaskill, Conway) W. Fletcher, Smith, Gaffney; C. W. Boykin, St, Stephens; S. P. Holliday, Pineville; VV. S. McClelland, Pineville, N. C.; II. Warren Richardson, Garnett; Thomas B. Barle. Anderson; Ilalvor S Svendsen, Charleston; Charles Johnson, South Island; .lames E. Sw.?ii, Mt. Pleasant; Frederick H. Brui' Mian, Hilton Head; Roberl Sisson, Sivannah, Ga.; K S. Villepi gue, Ca e Vn; W. H. Wylie, Rock Hill; J.H. Hook, Clemson College; Dr. L. IF Russell, Greenwood. The warden force is being enlarg ed as rapidly as funds will permit, and it,is expected that before long there/will bo two or more active of ficer? in every county, lt bas been found hard to get wardens in a num ber of the counties, because they are required to work, and because, in some instances, they do not wish to make cases against, their friends. It is the duty of a game warden to .quaint the people of his territory , ?h the character of the laws for preservation of the wild game K'sh. to see that the $10 non rcs ^J untcr's license, now required " paid and to arrest and di persons found guilty of ->f the game laws. War From Heart Future While Sitting OM tv Case. The greatest exoltoment broke iorth In Part 1 of the court of gon era! sessions, !n New York, v.* her o a . civil HU it was hoing heard wheu it wau dlBOOVorod that Moses Olenick, ] Juror No. 2, who waa apparently as leep ia his chair, was dead. Tho clerk of the court was calling tho roll of the Jurors, but whon ho roached Olenlck's name, thoro was no responso. Ho called tho namo a ! second and a third tlnlo, but still thoro was no answer. Nearest tho J Juror was Thornes Mooro, an agent ' of the Gorry society, and Mooro lean- \ od forward and touched tho appar ently sleeping juror on tho shoulder. Mooro saw in a moment that tho 1 Juror was dead. Dr. Frank McGuire, \ tho Tombs prison physician, was hur- 1 rlodly sent for, but he said the mun ! had boon dead several minutos. He ! had boon stricken with heart failure. 1 FOUND ON RUFF. Only Mon Who Escaped From Wreck of Houseboat. Tho only survivor of the flvo men : who were washed to soa on tho Ul- 1 fated houseboat to Cedar Koys, Fla., J Thursday, was brought ashore, hav lng been found on an oyster reef by ? a tug boat. After being battered oho ut for a time by tho storm the j boat wont to plocos. This survivor 1 and ono other man managed to keep afloat on part of tho wreckage, but While helplessly drifting In tho gulf ' ono of tho mon died from exhaus Moil, Tho resound man was In a 1 pit able condition when roscuod, his ? clothing having been torn from his j body and ho was almost dead from ex haust lotti 1 dens work under the direction and control of the State Audubon socio- 1 ty, and are required to make reports I of their activities to the Columbia - oflice. It is hoped that soon arrange- i monta can be made to put a number i of these officers on a regular salary, < but at the present their remunera- s tion consists of fees for work actual ly accomplished, viz.: $10 for each < conviction which they secure, and I $2 50 foi each non-resident license < they may be the means of collect- ' lng. Although the law has been in op- < oration but a short time, its efficient I cy has already been demonstrated. J In addition to an immense amount I of educational work, the wardens 1 have found it necessary to bring < prosecutions in a number of instanc- < es. As a result of their activities, \ convictions have been secured in the following cases. i Killing quail out of season, 4; dy- t namiting fish. 1; hunting without li- I censes, 4; killing non-game birds, 2. t Might cases are now pending in the 1 courts. One warden has destroyed '<? over 30 traps in one stream which r were illegally set for catching fish. J The dynamiting of fish has already I been stopped in many places, and l hundreds of irresponsible people have been taught that the fish .and < game protective laws must die re- "I spected. On the faithfulness and ac- I tivity of these officers must depend 1 ... <. . . ' " i" ''). ??iVi-o..' i/i. > 'H UIOUIIK KUDU un \yiuon'i> the Audubon society is woyking. ( Many of the wardens have Hut re- ( cent ly been appointed and fys yet i have not had sufficient opportunity to show their abilities. The secretary, Jantes Henry Rice, I Jr., has been in the field a large part i of the time since May 1, soliciting i members for the society, selecting J wardens and performing other du ties of similar character. He has al- * ready visited over half the counties 1 in the State. Mr. Rice has however, been forced to give his attention to ( other duties than those of the socie- J tv, as his pay is not sufficient front this source alone to maintain him. We hope the income for the coining year will warrant the appointment of a man to give his whole time and attention to this work. His .service? in the field have been satisfactory, but with more funds with which to keep him active much more of the territory could have been covered. He finds in his visits throughout the State that the unanimous opinion of the people is that the society is great ly needed and that the game protec tive laws should be made more ade quate by amendment in a number of instances. These changes are sug gested later in this report. Hy direction of the national gov ernment, tho lighthouse keepers on the coast have been instructed to protect the sea-birds and to cooper ate with the Audubon society. We have had all the eighth keepers ap pointed game wardens, with the un standing that their duties as wardens must not interfere with their duties as light keepers. Already we hrve obtained from these gentlemen much valuable information regarding breeding colonies, and their constant trips from their stations to Chnrles leston, Georgetown, Beaufort, and Savannah will enable us to prevent many depredations on islands during the breeding season. Tito United States department of agriculture has also furnished the society with sev eral hundred copies of their publica tions of ''(Jame Laws" and the "Val ue of Hirds to Agriculture." These have all been distributed in the State. The outlook for the Audubon so ciety work in South Carolina is very promising. Already a very substan tial membership has been enrolled and this will increase as the objects become more widely known. T?tere are hundreds of people in the State who enjoy the sport of hunting or angling; these should all be interest ed in it work. The owners of private game preserves, whether resident or non-residents of the State, will doubtless gladly co-operate with the society, as, indeed, some of them have already signified their willing ness of doing. Kvery farmer in South Carolina should be a local friend of the so ciety, which is laboring to preserve the valuable Insect-eating and weed destroying birds, by whose efforts iti field and grove his lands are enab led to produce their annual yield. And then the outlook is bright be cause the movement is a good one and is founded on sensible principles. In 37 States in the Union, Audubon societies exist, and everywhere they aro having an enormous influence for good. li. F. Taylor, 1'resilient. Thc report, of thc treasurer shows over $1,000 colled from dues and various sources and a balance on hand of $62.17. AN ACCIDENT TRAGEDY Recalled by the Ssl* of Old Books In London. How tho Assassins o it ho Mayor of Faversham Woro Dealt With By tho Old Timers. At a recent old book sale in Lon ioh some rare books were sold. Among those, that brought the high est price were the third folio of 3hakespare and "Arden of Faver sham. The first named brought $7, 750, and the latter $6,050. This "Arden of Faversham" is Joubtlc3s the tragedy printed in 1592, which was at first attributed to Shakespare. It is the dramatization of one of the most terrible tragedies in private life, and the-play is now attributed to George Lillo. And this is tho history: Thomas Arden a gentleman of Kent, wa3 Mayor of Faversham, in 1550. Ar den's wife, Mistress Alice, young, tall, well favored of shape and coun tenance, had a lover named Mosebyo. "a black, swart man." The unfaith ful wife and the lover conspired to put an end to the husband. They imiployed as confederates John CJreen, a tailor, George Bradshaw, a goldsmith, and one "Black Will." a professional murderer. The wicked wife laid a plot for murdering the husband in Ins own bouse and procured the services of Mosebye's sister, Cicely Pounder, and of two of Arden's domestic ser vants, Michael Sanderson and Eliza beth Halford. On a day chosen for the deed Black Will was hidden in a 2loset in Arden's parlor. After sup per, Arden sat down to play some kind of game with Mosebye. Green stood at Arden's back, holding a can lie. At a signal in thc game, Black Will came out with a napkin in his liane!, threw it over Arden's face, md strangled him. Mosebye struck Arden with a tailor's pressing iron and cut his throat with a dagger. It is added that Mistress Alice herself, with a knife, stabbed thc husband seven or eight times in the breast. When Black Will had helped to frag the body into the closet he went to Cicely Pounder's house and re ceived eight pounds for his work. He Iben left Faversham. Cicely Pounder then went to Ar len's house and assisted in dragging the body to a neighboring meadow, vhere they laid him on his back in lis night-gown with his slippers on lis feet. After this Alice and her companions says the chronich, "danc ed and played on the virginals and vere merry. By placing the body in the meadow n his night clothes it was intended ;o convey the impression that he had >een murdered by some one while lie festivities were going on in the muse. Next morning Mistress Alice darmed the town with the announce nent that her good man was missing md that she had fears for his safe ly. A search was made by the towns loople and the body was found. Some of the people saw a long rush jr two from the parlor floor (there vere no carpets in those days, stuck letween one of the slippers and the 'oot of the corpse. This brought the iltip/^iiOii dilue Krtiin n'au "u'e?'ii1 ?iVUl' lered in his own house. The details )f the murder soon came to be un raveled. Then came the punishment, Mis press Alice was burned at Canter bury; Mosebye, Green, Bradshaw md Cicely Pounded were banged; Sanderson was drawn and hanged; Elizabeth Stafford was burned; Black CV ill escaped for many years, but was it last taken and burned on a scaf fold at Flushing. Now there was a fine old-fashion id Itreadgy of Merry England in thc nancyon days of good Queen Bess. That this early copy of the play, 'Arden of Faversham," should n'ing $6,050 shows the unmitigated fury of the collector. It is doubt ful if any playwright of today will Utempt to immortalize Harry Or chard and his many murders. Per haps if a mouldy volume of such a play should he in existence 350years from now there might, be found some collector to give $6,000 for it. Ho Knew. There 1 < \ well known federn! official at Washington whose family stoutly maintain that ho is absolutely color blind, a contention ns stoutly refuted by the official himself. On one occasion ut table his wife re marked a new tlc IHM- husband was won ring. 'Til wager yon don't know what color (he lie ls," she teasingly suggest od. "lt's blue," said the husband. "Right! But how on earth did you know ?" "Well." said the husband, with tho same assurance, "when j bought lt yesterday I told th,- clerk thut if lie didn't give mo a blue one I'd throw him out ol' the window."--Harper's Weekly. _ Welter Weight-Did J'OU bear the awful dressing down the master gave your friend ('rasher? By .Tove, ho did let. bim have il! Thruster -I ?lad of that. What did h? sn) to him? W. W. - Said he was nearly ns bad as you! -Punen. New Postal Killing. The postmaster general has issued an order, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 1908, which requires publish ers of all papers to drop from their subscript ion lists the names of all subscribers after a specified term following the expiration of the time for which the paper is paid for. Hereafter publishers of weekly newspapers can not carry subscrib ers in arrears more than one year, semi-weeklies, mon* than nine months, tr ?-week lies longer than six months, and dailies longer than three months. For each violation the publishers will be fined 1 cent for each four ounces. Since the average newspa pers weighs four ounces or less, each paper sont lo a subscriber in arrers for a longer period than in dicated will cost the publishers 1 cent fine. Tin' .same ruling requires that all papers sent through tia- mails as sec ond class matter must be paid for and not sent complimentary. The ruling will revolutionize the newspa per business, and will relieve the postal service ol* ton;- and tons of nowpapor matter, which is carried at a very low rate of postage. Vowg Men Urged to Make Appli cation for T??sm. ??verni Vacancies in South Carolina Internal Ito venu? Servie* Under Civil Service Protection. A competitive examination under tho rules of tho United Staten civil service commission will b? held at Columbia and Charleston, la the postofflce bulldiugs, on February X, to lill vacancies lu the intorual rev enue sorvico In South Carolina, thxeo examinations will be hold, ono for deputy collector, ono for clerk in the ofllco of tho collector of intornul revenue at Columbia and ono for storekooper-gaugor. Tho position of deputy collector pays a salary of $1,100 and a ox pense allowance of. $700 annually ic made; tho position of dork carries u salary of $1,150 and the posltioa of storokeeper-gaugor pays-$4 per day, with about six weeks Idle time during the year. Major Micah .Tonkins, collector o? internal revenue for South Carolina, is very anxious to have good men make application for these different positions. "I, of course, want mea of character in the revenue service and the vacancies In my district are worth the while of bright, energetic yoong men in tho State and I hope to see a good numbor stand applica tion for them. The examinations are not hard and the work required In each of theso position is not in tho least unpleasant." Major Jenkins says that he will be glad to glvo any information con cerning any of those positions to any one who may desire it. Applications for tho examination muBt be mado on the prescribed form, which, with neccRRary Instructions, may be ob tained from Mr. M. W. Peurolfoy, at tho Columbia postoflicc. If you can not call on him in person wrlto for blank enclosing two cent stamp for return postage.. All persons wish ing to take the examination should secure blanks and lill them out ut once In order to allow time for any necessary corrections. No applica tions will bo accepted unless reliv ed in Washlpgton before 4.30 p. m. on January 25. All applicants must be 21 years of ago or over. The subjects aro ox tremoly simple. Other Examinations. On Jan. 2 2 an examination will bo held to fill tho following vacnncies: Assistant stearn engineer in the ollie?) of the secretary of war; forest plant ing assistant (male) in tho depart ment of agriculture; teacher of me chanical drawing in the Indian ser vice; teacher in tho Indian service; machinist tn the government print ing oillco. An examination lasting two days, Jan. 22-23, will also bo held to fill vacancies in the Philippine sorvico. Thoro are nt least 300 vacancies In tho position of teacher to be Ulled, and appointments to that position will bo made, except in a few cases, cit S1.?.0O iinr prin.m,. TV.OH? ^r^'l ' 'J j ?j ] '. ed under this examination wi'U be oliglblo for promotion up to $2/>00 por year for teacher and from $1.000 to $3,000 for division superinten dent. An insufficient number of eligibles wns secured from the recent exami nation. It ls anticipated that ap pointments of eligibles resulting from this examination will bo made to the position of teacher in March and April next and their transporta tion arranged with a view to their arrival in Manila about Juno 1, 1908, tilt? beginning of tho school year. Others will bo required in the various clerical and administra tive offices In tho islands. The ma jority of appointments of eligibles resulting from tho nsslstant exami nation nro mado at tho entrance sal ary of $1,200. Each collego student who will bo graduated In 1008 should state in his application tho dogreo ho expects to receive. Men only will bo admitted to this examination. Tho time allowed for this examl tlon ls two day of seven hours each. The rust three subjects will bo given on the first day, and the remaining subjects on the second doy. Age limit, is to 40 years on the dat? of the examination. On January 27, an examination will ho held for stenographer and typewriter. Special attention Is in vited by tho civil service commission to tho fact that there is a large num ber of vacancies throughout tho Knited Slates, and tho supply of eli gibles for some time has not been equal to tho den.and. Women will be admitted to this examination for tho departmental service, but will not. be examined for tho isthmian canal or Philippine service. On January 2!) an examination will he held for tariff clerk (malo), at $1,200 per annum, in the inter state commerce commission. Two da.w will be allotted, Jan. 2'.' 30, to Hie examination of applicants for the position of scientific assistant In seed testing, in the department of agriculture. Application blanks for any of theso examinai ions may be secured by applying to Mr. M. \V. Pourifoy. clerk, af tho registry window of the Columbia post?nico. YOI THFl'?, CULMINAI;. Little tib? Confesses to Many seri ous Crimes. Confessing tva* site was an In cendiary, a shoplifter, a sneak theil*, and H burglar, o 12-year-old girl rc ready tobi tho Sheriff of Lake CO Uti ly, Indiana, a tale of criminal ex plolts Which rivalled the record of most offenders four times her age. Slie is Anna .1 onside, of Roby, ind., and her confession followed her arrest on a charge of having set lire to $10.000 worth of hay owned by tho Knickerbocker Ice company, Of Chicago. The lire, started hy t lu girl and hoi* flVO year old brother, whom she enlisted as an aid, spread to tho ice houses of tho company, and for a time threatened to wipe oui the viii ire town of Robortsdalo, adjoining Roby, , "I just wanted lo see it. burn." said tho girl. "I know it. was wrong, but something Insld* of mo told mo to light tho hay and HO* a pretty Ure." This child's mind is certainly badly balanced. BAMI? OhD WM Take Money Congress, A dispatch from WaBhlugtpu to The Nows and Courier gavo tho ia-, formation that Representativos ' Le gare, Fattorson and Lover, from tho 1st, 2d and 7th Congrcstiouol dis tricts, respectively, wore again to bo put to the inconvouionco and trouble of going through with tho contests flied by tho throe South Carolina ne BIOOB: Aaron Frioloau, Isaac Myors ?nd A. D. Dautzlor, who want to go to Congress from thoso districts. It appears from tho records In the offlco of tho dork in 1.10 House (that tho testimony in these cases were riled last July, and was opened ac cording to law, during the months of August and September of tho past your. Tho papers flied by Prloleau cover 171 pages of testimony and briefly thoso of Myer? 119, and thoso of Dantzler 114. Tho committee on elections lins announced already that unless moro damaging testimony can bo secured l>y tho South Carolina negroes than tney have produced up to this time Lhoi^. is little chance for any of tho ?>resont Representatives to bo un wonted. As a matter of duty the committee is compelled lo waste much valuable timo in tho reading if affidavits from tho contestants in :heso cases, and in listening to long winded arguments from their attor neys. Au examination of the briefs that invo boen filed shows that they dlf 'er in no material respect from those lied heretofore. In the main they ittack tho South Carolina election awe as being unconstitutional, be muse of tho disfranchisement of tho logro. Around this is built up a sentimental tale of woe about the legro nnd bis nbuso in tho South, vhie.h is handed to Congress at tho teginning of each new session of Congress. Neither of the contestants expect o Ret n sent In Congress, but they ira after tho two thousand dollar illownnee that tho law gives to all ;ontestants for congressional seats, t is just such forces as these eases -?resent every two years thal con vinces us that tho right of suffrage ihould never have been conferred on lUCh men as Dantzler and the oth .rs, who would cut n grotesque flg ?ro in tho national halls of legls atlon. AXOTlIKlt COTTON PICKEN >Ir. linrvin, of Monning, Secures Patent on New Machine, Mr. C. R. linrvin, of Manning. S. I., has invented und patented a cot on picking machine which gives en couraging promise of doing the work or which it is designed. The whole ipparatus is to be carried on a spec ally designed four-wheel truck and Irawn by horse power along thc cot on rows. Tho principle on which ho machine works is something like hat of the familiar suction flue at be modern ginneries. -A gnsoline engine on the forward ?art of tho truck furnishes the pow r to run a pair of twin fans that do 110 n.yiTjrL?.r. ?"TTY-TI T'r'i" -*-i pith tho fans nie four or more flex ble tubes, or hose, that, may he ;ulded along the rows of open cot on by unskilled labor. The force of be suction will draw up the fluei 111 well opened colton, while a spec al device will pick out open colton hat does not come freely from the ?oil. Mr. Harvin has not made a com plete machine, according to his de iign, but be has rigged up on an ordinary farm wagon an outfit that lemonstrates his idea to bo practi able. Being necessarily engaged lu ither business, Mr. Harvin has had Utle time to devote to his important nvention, but ho hopes soon to or ganize a stock company with sufli :ient capital to push the matter in a nanner that its Importance deserves. We hope this machine will prove a mccess. There is nothing that is so mich needed on the farm as a good nachine to puk cotton. Labor oh Iii- farms ls so trifling that unless ?ome machine is invented to pick ;otton Its cultivation will be greatly jurtalled. lt will effect a great sav tiK too in the gathering of the cotton :rop. Success to you. Mr. Harvin. The Labor Law. Chief Justice Pope Thursday sifin >d an order calling an en bane meet us of the circuit and supreme judges >n January 1 ?3 to pass upon the. con ititutionnllty ot the contract labor aw involved in the case of ex parte Iolnian. Some Plain falk. The News and Courier says '"there s no question whatever that the im provement of the Kdisto River should lave the careful consideration of the tiver and Harbors Committee" in Congress. Representatives Patter ion and Lover, of this State, are en mged in an effort to make this itream navigable for boats of very ight draught from Charleston to )rangeburg. Last year, as Mr. Le ver showed in his recent statement ,o the Rivers and Harbors Hoard of ,he War Department, 2,000 bales of .elton and 10.000 tons of fertilizers vere sold in the city of Orangeburg. ''Sixteen thousand bales of this :otton were shipped to Wilmington md all the rest, with the exception >f 81 hales, which came to Charles on by some good fortune, went to Savannah. All of the cotton market id at Orangeburg should have been old and shipped through the port to 'harleston. That, it did not take this lirection, as we have heretofore jointed out, was not on account of he rates charged by the railroads 'or the transportation of the cotton. "As a matter of fact the rate to Wilmington from Orangeburg was !() cents the hundred pound, to Sa vannah 29 cents and to Charleston ?5 cents. The advantage of rates en loved by ('harleston as compared vfth Wilmington amounted to 25 !0ntS the bale Of five hundred pounds, ind of 20 cents the bale as comparec? villi Savannah. Something more (hau he deepening of the Edisto River, widen tl y would be needed to draw he cotton from Orangeburg to this lort, and that something must be supplied by the people tit Charleston vho are engaged in the cotton busi ness.'( THE FIGHT GOES ON. Disfranchised Democrats Will Contend fer Their Rights io Exercise Their Constitutional Peioga tire te Vete en All Questions Af fecting Them and Their Property. The county board, IM reporting its flndlug, stated thut there was evi dence of irregularities in tho con duct of the election, such as votors being allowed to vote at precincts where thny were not registered and being nile ?ved to volo without proper proof of having paid taxes, but that there were ?ot enough of such ir regularities to have changed tho re sult tf the election. 'JM,e attorneys for the disfranchised voters contend that the question of numbers does not eater into the matter at all, and that the boxes In which such Irreg ularities occurred sho'ild be thrown out, tkoreby changing the result ma terially. The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier points out that under the Act governing thc formation ef sew counties it is pos sible te se run the lines of a pro posed new county that one voting place caa control the entire election; In other words, every precinct but one C!in be left out of the new terri tory, while th? people are included, as the Act does not say anything about the manner in which the lines j shall bo run, and ns ls true in the Calhoun matter, the new county , lines may be run without regard to township lines or to the shape of either tho old or new territory. , Following are tho motion and ap peal which will be argued before the , State board of canvassers: State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg--In the Matter of Hie , Formation of the Proposed County of Calhoun. To Messrs. Bellinger &. Welch, At- , torueys for Contest?es, and John S. Bowman, Jr., Esq., Chairman of County Board of County Can vassers of Election. Please take notice thal A. H. Par lor, A. C. Smith and S. J. Smith, for themselves and all other similarly , interested, funner protesting and contesting the validity of tho said election, will ask the State board of canvassers to sustain Hie action and . judgment of the county board of canvassers upon the following ' grounds, to-wit. 1 The county board of canvassers ( should have declared and adjudged , Hie wild election null and void for the further reasons: 1. Because the said election was not secret, but that the secrecy of ' the ballot and voting was lost and \ destroyed because tickets in viola- j 'ion of (he statutes in such case . made were furnished and used in tho ' said election, und because tho tick- y ets furnished and used could not be . voted and used wit bout, disclosing' ho- .> elector voted in said elno ra*., ' \ i 2. Because the books of registra-^ Hon were not. opened in Cameron, I North, St. Matthews, Elloree and ' other towns In said county during the year 1 907, although said towns contained over three hundred inhabi tants, whereby numerous voters, who were opposed to the proposed nev. 1 county, were thus prevented from | : rglsterlng, or changing and correct ing their registration as allowed by law, and voling in the said election against the formation of the said new county. 3. Because the statutes under which tlie sahl new conni y election was held (which deprives numorom voters residing within the area of Hi? proposed new county,' their vol ing place having been cul without such area, from voting upon the question of the formation of such new counly. although duly qualified and registered (doctors) contraven, Section l of the fourteenth amend ment of Hie Constitution of the United states, and are therefore void and unconstitutional. 4. Because of mnay illegalities and irregularities, to-wit: Allowin.' electors lo vote without proof of payment of taxes, allowing electors to votft who were illegally rogistered allowing electors to vote when dis franchised by conviction of infam ous crimes, and others of like kimi Hie box at. St. Matthew's voting place therein should have been wbol- i ly rejected and thrown out, thus re ducing the vote In favor of tho now cornily by two hundred and twelve I votes, und against the new count) by two votes. 5. Because of many Irregulari ties and Illegalities in Ibo vote and the voting at the voling places of Kort Motte, Cameron, Lone Star and St. Matthews, to wit: Allowing oloc tois to vole without proof of the payment of taxes. Without being properly registered, after bavin;: been disfranchised by conviction, not having paid taxes, residing with out the election precinct whoro they voted, and tho like, tho vote in favor (ho new county would be reduced about for?y voies. 0. Because the result was chang ed or rendered very doubtful hy rea son of the following facts, to wit: lCleclors were allowed to vole with out proper proof of payment of (axes worn Illegally registered, failed to pay taxes, had been convicted Of dis qualifying offenses, resided in elec tion precincts other than tho one In which the vote was casi, prevented from voting because while residing within tho proposed county their voting places were, cut without such area and not opened for suc h oloc (ion, prevented from registe- inj: or correcting their registration as al lowed hy law on account of tho hook! of registration not having boon open ed as provided by law, largo number of electora within tho territory dis couraged from voting on account of so ninny being prevented from Voting and registering, etc.. and the county heard of canvassers should have eo decided and hold (ho election void for those reasons also. 7. Tho county hoard of canvassers erred, ofter finding as a fact thal ibero were Irregularities such as vol lng outside of the rigid precinct and without proper proof of tho payment ol' taxes, in not going further and holding ns matter of law that voting outside of the ri mid lU'?efnel ??.... voting without proper proof of pay FOLK HOUSES DROWNED. They Hud n Death Struggle Icy Wnt^i'rt, The Stato flay? lu the tAwa?fiy ?inn< ot Ilogahoo swamp, seyv'eu mllei southwest of Columbia. \\ party li chargo of a string of horses had ac exciting ndvouturo WudneBAlay night The rains und snows of th)e last few days had pourod a torroat Ut? tUc stroams feeding the Colgare? and tho river had ovorflowod Ithe swamp BO rapidly that the parti wore not aware of their danger liintil they were in tho grasp of an leyland death laden stream. After a harrowing struggle in benumbing waters\in the darkness of midnight, the members of the party wore saved. Tho llvo stock wus the property, of tho Faulk livery stables, of which Mr. John II. Faulk IB mauuger. 'The horses, 13 in number, had been bought in Orangeburg, and were be ing carried to Columbia by Jahn Medlin, assisted by Ferney Owens und another boy. The road from Orangeburg follows the Congareo river up to Brookland, where the crossing is made ou a bridge. The place at which the crossing was attempted wus formerly passa ble by means of a bridge. But the bridge must have been washed away or the swamp had been flooded by tho recent rains for as soon AB the horses entered thc water, which was under normal conditions, very shal low they did not find bottom. There were two two-horse wagons and ont to tho scone. The horse attached tc not. bo cut loose and they wert drowned, the bodies being found lat or in tile day when Mr. Faulk wen' to tho scene. Thc horse attacked tr the buggy was cut loose und thb one and one of the remaining horser which were not. attacked to uny ve li biles have not yet been found. Medlin and the small boy along [.ame very near being drowned when the accident occurred in their effortp to suv the horses. Medling caught one of the horses by the bridal und was by this means saved from drowning, it required some time to revive him after he had been taken from the water. The small boy caught hold of ono of the horses in tho water and swam ashore on its back. The boy, as soon as he came out of tho water, commenced to ?ream at the top of his voice and 'his ai I ract cd nearby persons. These ?ame to the assistance of the parties ind lir<s were built, und all possible aid was given thom. They assisted in resuscitating Medlin ?nd made au .flori lo lind some of the lost horses. Blind Tigers tho Cause. .Sometime before the election in Union County on the liquor question, which came elf last Friday week agro, the correspondent of The News and fourier at Union predicted that the lispensary would win. The corres ?ondent said that the county was! .arried for prohibition by such a arin1 majority in 1905 the people yere anxious to give it a trial but :h X since that time innumerable >hnd tigers had been doing business n the country as well as the towns md liquor could be purchased at 'nearly every other house in the Review says "nothing but the exis oncc of such conditions could explain he great change in the vote in that .ounty in two years. There was no lispensary in the county so that it cannot be charged that it was due to the efforts of any officeholders; the newspapers of the county worked tard for prohibition; the pastors of he various churches delivered lee Aires on the subject at points in the i?unty, and no champion of the dis lensary's cause appeared oh the (tump. On the day of the election the women of Union canvassed for /otes and at the polls served lunches *.o the prohibitionists. With such irganizcd work on behalf of the pro libitionists the only explanation of heir defeat is the statement of the .orrespbndontat Union that thevot .rs had decided that in as much as liquors were being sold all through he county they might as well con sol the sale of it and derive the rev snue from it." neut 01 laxes are fatal violations of he ('(institution of South Carolina md render the entire election void md Illegal. Wherefore the contestants pray ho nid election be declared void md Illegal for these reasons us well, md that otherwise the notion and judgment of tho county board be sus ained and confirmed. D. O. Herbert, W. C. Wolfe, Attorneys for Contestants. I TUM ONI/ in Columbia, South Carolina, muk I thing In tho Mnehinery Supply Li Write us for prices before plat COLUMBIA SUPPLY ( On corner opposite Seaboard Ali LOOK FOR TH I lt means I lint wo aro manu fact mid sales agents fir complete 1 Plants, in steam or gasoline, ? nry mid Portable Hollers, ? lodgers Pinners, Shingle, mid Corn Mills and unj chlnery. Our stock prices are right and ant ced. . Write fo GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY, B E PLANTS FOI Wakefield omi SuCCCSSlOil tuc?. ' Urge ? > Ciulf.ow ??i growers In tho world. Wc stock tor ?0 years, ?nil a ls safe t<> i talnablc I lu v have successfully std ilrouih ?ml arc relied OK by il?' most ero South, Wc guarantee full count sud safe ratet S: Cabl <KC and l onnie (. o. t>. Yoi per thousand; S tit M.Oi/O at $1.1* per ihOUS Cauliflower, nco pei thousttod, quantities ? Write your name and expr?s? W. U. HART, BIN ftifciencea: Kiitcrprise Hank. Chariest iiM/niiii .i.i. CHURCH AT McCOiA HUHNS. "" " * Newly Completed Hupflst Church Ju M?? Village Destroyed. The East Side Baptist Church lu the tull? village ut M<:Cull, wus de troyod by fire one night last wee Thero Jind boen a prayer service lu the early part of tho ulght and it is thought ibo Uro originated from a defectivo Hue. This is a sad loss to the Baptists, who had Just recently finished tho church at a cost of about $2,000. Fortunately thero was about $1,500 Insurance on tho building. This cl)inch was built through the efforts of Miss lt. C. Carroll, who hos done a groat work at McColl. Im mediately steps are being taken to ward rebuilding tho church. Seillltor Tillman's Speech. "If Senator Tillman's speech or lecture at Orangeburg on the race question is a fair sample of his lec tures throughout thc country ho cannot bo said to be a stirrer up of strife," says the Columbia Record. "He discussed the subject calmly and dispassionately, seriously and forcefully. He made very clear what is apparant to any one who thinks at all that we are confronted with ? race question which cannot be set tled by palliatives. The fact cannot he blinked; it is before us and we an't get rid of it by shutting our yes. Whether it is wise to talk bout it or not, there is a difference f opinion. If we are to have a so ition that really solves, we shall be impelled to discuss the question, to ??seuss it sanely and in a way that )oks to the welfase of both races. "The people of the South are not responsible for the race question. It /as thrust upon them by the North, laving had its birth in the passage of the fourteenth and tifteenth amend nent to the constitution by a sec tional and partizan congress. From that day tn this there has been in ex istence this qnestion, and it won't lo to say that because Senator Till man or anybody else recognizes its existence he is therefore responsible for its being a question. If those amendmenls had not been enacted there would never have been any race question, and if they were re pealed today wc should cease to hear any talk of it. For what is it that makes it a race question? Not the negro as a man but the negro as a voter, who as long as he remains such will continue to be a menace. ''Senator Tillman believes in strik ng at the root of the evil, and possibly he is right. Enfranchise ment of the negro was a mistake, so admitted now by thc North. The rec tifying of that mistake would cer tainly be an effectual remedy, would solve for all time the difficult prob lem. But the trouble is the country has gone too far now in holding to the mistake to recede. It could have been done twenty or twenty-ilvcycavs arro - VJ "iov ?-v-^v.^,^*^ doubt ii IL woiiui oe v...^...neni. eo do so now. This, however, is a mere matter of opinion that may be er roneous. "Upon the whole, we are inclined to think Senator Tillman's speech will likely do far more good than harm. It was temperate, far-sight ed, and, whether his remedy shall ever be applied or not, it will tend to impress on our people the impor tance ot' two things: More earnest efforts in the cause of education and the encouragement of whites to set tle in the state. While wc believe that the superior intelligence of thc white man will always rule in South Carolina, we should at the same time look ahead and forefend ourselves against the potency of possible ma jorities. More and better education for our people and more settlers are our present crying needs. 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