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NEW CONTRACT LAW As lt Finally Passed tho Legisla- ' ture On Last Day. Runners mid Others Interested in This I,my Should Head it Over Carefully. Among (ho few important acts or general application passed by tho legislature which has just, completed' itu strictly legislative duties is that, on tho subject of tann labor, Which roads as follows: Section I. That any person who ?hall hereafter contract with another to render him personal service of any kind, and shall thereafter fraudu lently, or with malicious intent to injure his employer, fail or, ref use to render such service as agreed upon, ?lian be deemed guilty of a misde meanor. Soc. 2. Thal any person who shall hereafter contract to receive from an other personal service of any kind, and to compensate him therefor, and shall thereafter fraudent ly, or with malicious intent to Injure his em ploye, fail or refuse to make com pensation as agreed upon shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Soc. 3. That the failure of either party to such contract to perform tho obligation assumed by him thereun der, without sufficient cause, and to the injury ol' the ot her shall he prima lacie evidence, In prosecutions under sections I und 2, that he violated Such contract. fraudently and with malicious intent to injure the other party. Sec. 4. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to render personal sorvlco of any kind to him, and shall theron flor fraudent-1 ly, or with malicious intent to injure tho employer, procure advances, in money or other things of value, from him, with intent not to render the se rr ico agreed upon, and who shall thereafter, with like Intent, fail or refuse to perform tho servicie agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of tho fact that the employe (Mitered into the con tract, procured advances, and failed or refused to complete the cont raitt, without sufficient causo, to the injury of th? employer, shall he prima facto evidence of the offense herein do ?#>vMi*?ri ptirl floolnred M mtsdf?n?ennnt' employe, receive. Lue Duneln oi BUCH service, in whole or in part, and willi liko intent fail or refuse to moko th compens?t ion or advances agreed upon shall he deemed guilty of a mis demeanor. Proof of the fact that tlu; employer entered into tho con tract, received tho benefit of the em ploye's services, in whole or in part, and failed to make the compensation agreed upon, without sufficient <?au.se, to the injury of lim employe, shall ho prima fade evidence of the offense herein described and declar ed a misdemeanor. Sec. 6. The contracts referred lo in this Act may be either verbal ol in writing; they most be executed with tlu- formalities required by Sec. Hon :t.r)r., Criminal Code, A. D. 1902; if Verbal, they must be witnessed hy at least two disinterested witnesses, ot related by blood or marriage with in the sixth degree, to either party; and the terni ol' servile contracted for must be for a dell ll Ito time, not exceeding one year. All such con tracts shall be valid only between the Original parties thereto; and any at tempted transfer or assignment of any rights thereunder shall be null and void. Sec. 7. That if either party to any written contract herein referred to desirOS to avail himself of the bene fits of this Act against third parties lie shall cause the same to lie indexed in the office ol the Register of Mesno Conveyances or the clerk of the Court, (wlo re the office ol' Uoglsler of Mesno CoUveyanco does not ex ist.) of (he counly in which said la bor or servile is to be performed, within ten days from (he date of i tho cotnract; and such indexing shall constitute oolite to all third parties. Such index shall show the names of the employer and the laborer, tho date of the contract and dale ol' its termination, and tho location and name of (he place or places whereon the said service or labor is lo be per formed. The clerk of (ho court, ol die Register of Moalie Conveyance.;, as the case may be, shall end rse lils Officiai CertlflcatO, nod the date of tiling to be indexed upon every such contract filed under (he provisions of this Act and his only fcc for the samo shall hf five cents for each Contract, And the clerks of court or Registers of Conveyances, as the case may be, in all the counties of tho State, shall provide a book for indexing such contracts, which shall be plainly labeled "Index Labor Con tracts." SIM:. R. That upon conviction In a court of competent jurisdiction of any person charged willi any viola tion of (his Ad, tho person so con victed ; Ililli he punished by a tine liol less (han lu only live dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment not less than twenty days and not exceeding thirty days for each Off00SO! Provided, That there Hhall ho no prosecution under thin Act unless tho arrest warrant ohall ho Issued within thirty dayB from tho commission of tho offonse. Sec. 9. That this Act ls not in tended und shall not ho construed to protect any of tho partlos to, or pun ish tho violation of, any contract or matter connected therewith, where the Inducement or consideration ot" such contract is money or other thing of value, advanced to or for tito em ploye prior to tho commencement of service thereunder. All such contracts aro hereby prohibited and declared null and void Sec. IO. That all Acts and parts of Acts Inconsistent with this Act be, and.the same are hereby repealed. Sec. tl. That this Act shall go in to effect immediately upon tho ap proval of tho governor. Burglars Notebook. "Here ls an Interesting lind." said Lecoq the detective. "lt is a bur glar's notebook, instructions for the burglarious young. Listen t ml I'll read you some extracts." Ho opened tho llttlo yellow book and read: "To koop front sneezing close eye and open mouth ami press upper Iii) till desire vanishes, "Uso turpentine to drill Iron If it ls hard. "Tut hard soap into cut when saw leg off padlocks. "Black tho face when doing Job mid carry soap and piece of mirror lo wash off willi; also carry towel "Pul rubber washer on bottom of iiso to make soundless. "Carry vial of tincture of arnica Tor cuts and bruises. "Try all chisels before using. "Uso electric lamp, never the old fashioned ntl lantern. "To break window, cut with dia mond and then spread thick white lead on (launel and press from. "Hold lamp always at arin's leng th when lit. Then, ir lt ls shot at iou will not be hit More Iban Merely Discreet, There is a Chicago lawyer who. his colleagues a , er, has a positive genius for malapropos suggestion io his wituesses on tho stand, says Harper's Weekly, Recently this lawyer was counsel in a suit tor divorce, wherein he wai examining a woman who had taken tho stand in behalf of the plaintiff "Now, madam," began lue altor noy, who is always savin", the wrong thing, "repeat the slanderous state ments made by Ibo defendant JU this occasion." Mensure tor Mensure. "And the name ls to be -" asked the suave minister as he approached the font with the precious armful of fat and flounces, "Augustus Phillp Ferdinand Cod I Huton Chesterfield Livingston " i Snooks." "Dear, dear!" Turning to the sex I ton : "A little moro w ater. Mr. Per kins, if you idease." London Tit Bits. Only Parrot Talk. Abrose Austin, an Knglish musician, had a parrot, on one occasion tho late duke of Edinburgh, KOP of Queen Victoria, spoke to it Thereupon the parrot angrily said, "You're a snob!" to tho horror of its loyal owner anil the delight ol' his royal highness. ROTATK Vol K CHOPS. d'oud Advice to (''armers From One of Their Number. Cow peas, $2.00 per bushel; yel low turnips, $1.00; sweet potatoes, $1.25; seed oats. $1.00; seed wheat. $1.40; common hay, $1.00 per hun dred and norn no doubl will bring $1.00 on time in thlS Stale. Any one or till of these crops can ho grown in great abundance on any farm in j South Carolina without tho use ol > common for! Mixers, Tw?lyo to ll ft (ion cents colton is not In ii along w p h those crops, says Mr. j. C. St ri bl lng. You are com pelled to hold and fight for (Ifteen cents cotton. We are now gelling tho above prices without holding or righting for it. Besides more nol pro fits oil some of these Crops, cow peas, hay, small grain and turnips all leave tho land richer in humus after the crops come off than before planting. Noss here, listen, if you don't io into your crops more, you will have to rotate yourself by moving off tho farm or starve out yourself along with your lands. Surely you can chango your way of farming easier than you can move out. THBlCIO MMN Kl,i.i?I> In a frightful Bear Mud Crash of Two Trains, Three moil were killed in a fright ful rear-end crash between I! freight tra hm on the Nesv York, New Haven and Hartford railroad's Harle.) brunch just south of th". Bnrtow sta tion Wednesday. A heavily loaded freight got beyond control on a down grado and run into the rear of anoth er freight Jusl ahead. The conductor of tho Hist freight train was lu the Caboose, and was. instantly killed. Tho engineer and fireman on the en gine ol the second freight were pin ned in tho wreckage and killed. A LlTTIiH SERMON? It \Tn* Agafnat Hin Principie? to Werk On th? ?Sabbath. Bishop Thomas Uowniau, un tho celebration at Orang? of his ninetieth birthday, upolu? wisely of religious toleration, "The oidor one grows," said tba famous Methodist bishop, "the moro oue disregards the little, unimpor tant, uuelesss things thal separate ono denomination from another. Ono I1.X08 ono's mind on the great things that bind all d?nominations together. And they who, neglecting tho great things, neglecting charity and up rightness, and honor, wrangle over small denominational differenced, seem to an old man as absurd us tho Taoist nnd the Shintoist. "Perhaps you know the story. "A Taoist 1 think it was a Tao ist-once foll down ? well, and a Shintoist or some such poison - ran at full speed to his assist anco. " 'Oh, brother,' cried the Shintoist, leaning over tho well-curb, be of good cheer. A I ad de I is ul hand, and I shall have you out III a jiffy.' "The Taoist was paddling about in the dark down below, up to nis chin In the Icy water. " 'No, no,' ho grunted, puffing painfully. 'Fetch no ladder, bro thor. PH climb no ladder today, for this ls Tuesday, the day conse crated by all true believers to the Most High.' "Aghast, tho Shintoist po u rod down prayers and arguments mto Hie well; but prayers and arguments alike were ol no avail with the de vout Taoist. The other, obliged to leave the man to his fate, departed sadly shaking his head at the sound of tho grunts, puffs ami splashes which ascended from tho blackness far bolow. "The next morning toe Shintoist returned to the will. Ile peer.id over curiously. Yes, the Taoist was still Ibero. The noise id Ids struggles still rose up. " 'Ho, brother,1 shouted Ibo Shin toist, 'ls all well with sou below'' " 'All ls well,' replied the Taoist, In a very wonk voice; 'bul 1 pray you, brother, fetch that laddei ai once.1 "The Shintoist throw up his hands in shocked surprise. " 'Fetch a ladder today" he cried. 'Heave' forbid! Don't you know tint this I' i.inosday, the Shintoist Sab bath?' "So saying, the Shintoist departed, leaving the Taoist Plowing and splashing in tho well." Husband (*? they arrive at tho station a minute too lat,M If you hadn't taken so much time with your toiiot, we shouldn't have boon loo lute. Wife And If you hadn't made nie run. we wouldn't have t<> wait so long for tho next train! Transat lantic Tales. A dolt for Him. Miss Kllabolle Mao Doolittle, HM LoOQVllle poole.-.',, ?d', e. , ; . ci;, .si,iud ched a young man at a dance ill? Othor bight, remarks tho Denver Post. Miss Doolittle, when Hie lad inst became fashionable, was oper ated on for appendicitis, and tho young man know this. I n a waltz she had with him lie said: "Miss Doolittle, it seems lo ino von dance better simo you had your ap pendix cut out." "ls that so?" replied tho gi ?at poetess. ''Yes," he said. l'W?ll,'' came from Mix? F.llabdl? Mae, ' why don't you have yours -nt out?" When She "liaised ' Him. Act niling to the Watchword a young man who hud not been mar ried long, remarked at the dinner table the other ?lay: "My dear, 1 wish yon could make bread such as mother used to make." Tie brido smiled, and answered In a voice that did not crombie: ' Well, dear, I wish you could make tho dough thal father used to make." The IMiul Way. "I reelevod a lot of rejected manu scripts today," said Titulars!). "Dbl you?" replied lila friend, 'i had no Idea you had an ambition to shllio as an author." "Not exactly that," said Tltmarsh "You nee. my girl and I quarreled, and she returned all my letters." Answers. lu Trade. Mr. Hans Doc, I aln'd got much money. Viii you dake my bin out In drade? Dr. Hans Why, 1 might. What's your business? "I'm dor leader off her Mddls Chermftn bund. Vo'll play In front off your lieuse effry efonlng."-? Cleveland Deader. ^ \\ SODD* A Pew Words Told Him What Ho Wnntrd To Knun. Upton Sinclair was discussing In Now York tho government's attacks upon predatory ?ad law-breaking trusta. "lt looks as if these trusts," said Mr. Sinclair, "will have io oboy th? law, or oise their owners will find themselves as badly HO1<1 as the rich Bostonian who bought un estate in -Scotland called Oden Anora. "Tho Bostonian bought this estate without having seen il. Ile believed -hat hi could trust the mun he bought lt from. And last dummer ho wont over to have a look ut he place. 'Thc drive from the nearest rail way station to Clon Acora was o mailor of 12 milos. The Bostonian hired a Highlander to drive him. "As the cart joggod along, the Hos. tos?an said: "'1 suppose you kn ww tho country hereabouts pretty well, friend?" "'Aye, Ilka foot o't,' tho . col an swered. " And do you know (lien Acora?" " 'Aye weet,' was I he reply. "'What son of a plato is it?' the . American asked. "Thc Scot smiled grimly, "'Aweel.' he said. 'If ye san th" de'ii tethered on it, yc'ti jula! say, "Poor Hillie! iii? (?uve in. Many years ago tin- Boston & Al hauy railroad made a rub- that pas seagers should not rhlo on tickets Intended to bo used in the opposite direction from thal in which the.i wert; journeying. Ono day a conductor on the wosi bound express cunio to a welt-dross ed, middle-aged woman, jusi after leaving Worcester, who halide;! him a ticket from Palmor io \\ on e.- er. He protested (lao. although \??r> sorry (he rules of du- company would not. allow him io take (hal licked The woman said she had bought il in good faith, len hail never lie fore had an opportunity to 'use it. Sim Intimated with studied polite ness that all such regulations were senseless, ami lina Hy remarked, freezing!}' : "I am willing lo ride backward al! the way if (hat will bo a comfort to you." The conductor gnvo in and took tho lieket. Vhy lt Was Gone. Il-Wii1-1 Mrs. Newlywed Doctor, (hat liol tie of medicine you left 1er bilby i nil gone. Doctor Impossible! I (old >ou o give liini a teaspoonful Once an hoar Mrs. Newlywed Yes. bul Join mi I I and mot her niel t ho nar hu fi to eat.di lake a teaspooiit.il tot lu order to induce hain to ?ak.- lt. Out of Ruhen' Mouths Dr Derril .1 K?llen iee pr* d '?-e. of Hopi? college, ai a diunor in liol lund. Mich., recounted some quaint juvenile d?finition? "They are riotiiili wrns." sahl I t K?llen, "given bj IHUo children ii examinations. Some of (hem, ! think, are rather good, Some sho. unconscious, soino Intended humor.' And with (hat preface,- he began "Perspiration Winn the Ina niSkes your body cry nil use,-.' " 'Pan A diing t<? brush Ri warm off willi.' " 'Monkey A lld le boy with i tail.' " 'Clear soup A (|UHl'l of waite) boiled down to a phil to make i strong.' " 'A hallet girl A lace parasol willi (wo pink Ininti les.' " Th? Associated Charities. A lady whoso cook had suddenl.'. taken ber departure went in soft rc ti of anni her whose address had been given to her. beaching the nllcy. .-he rapped at tho door, which was opened bji v portly colored woman. A .?di" hirgoi one was occupy I UK a rocking chan In Iii? room. Tho lady stated hf! orrand. "No'in* I Isn't 'tomlin' lo wuk di: vcr winter, l's g wino lo rest.' "Then perhaps you know someone who would liku (he place '" "No'in. Pac' ls, do nu lind ladles In tils alley all moans to lek a rest. Wo goes to do 'tass Ina (ed charil lea fo' what wo wains ' Woman'; Homo Companion. A Maller of Memory* Radley See hero, Burroughs, you want to bc civil to lit A I loan,-tl you a dollar the other dny; remember that and remember that yon still owe lt t<> me. Burro, hs 1 assure you. Kndley, l expect io remember thin as long a? I live.-Philadelphia Press. HOG AND HOMINY." ls The Only Safety of the South ern Farmer. No Cotton Being Hold by the Texas Furniert), Say? li. L. Archer, of Spartunburg. The Spartanburg Herald says: E. L. Archer, president of tho County Cotton Growers' Association was in the city recently. Mr. Archer is Just back from Dallas, Texas, where he attended as a delegate the big con vention ol' tho Southern Cotton O row ers' Association. When asked by a representative of Tho Herald con cerning the convention, Mr. Archer said: "There were delegates from every Southern ?late and thoy all .stressed tho necessity of reduction of acreage by diversification. They also advocated laking bettor caro of cot ton, and giving inore (bought to tile marketing of the product, rallier than to Increase the number of bale:-.. "As a result of my visit to Dallas I wish to say specially lo (he fann ers, that. I saw very few patches of small grain- no fields. The Texas tennant is no hotter off that tho ten nant hore. He is naturally a cotton larmer, and ho buys his broad and mea) in (own, likewise the corn for his mule, l saw no barns or coin cribs ?UKI very poor houses. "All the colton made by tennants is sold as soon as gathered to satis fy (he store account. 1 saw very Mule colton; none al the gins, none ?il (be depots. All I saw ol' tho sta ph- w;is a few haleslying on the ground In fenced lots, which aro the Texas wa rehouses." Winn asked how mitch cotton the Texas farmers were holding, Mr. Arc her replied: "Virtually nour-. There is more land than anything else in Texas. There is no help to i>o expected from ihiii quarter so far as the holding movement is concerned. Last year she planted one million and three li II nil red thousand acres moro In cotton than In it*06. Oklahoma planted 668,000 more acres in col len in 1907 thou in 1906; Georgia 667,000 more; South Carolina, 140, iluii mon' ll;ul liol tho Poll weevil ?un? live dry Won thor ruined the Tex as crop Hier would have been a thirty million bille output. boen submissive slaves tor the think ing mini I?; buying such things as were not necessaryi or things thal he could have inado ?il home. lt is linic i!i;ii the chains of slavery he broken, and Hie only way io break them ls io raise more hog and homi ny." CHANGES IN POLITICS. (?DV, Ansel Seems to llave ReOOIIIC Very Unpopular. The Stale says lhere luis boen a marked change during tho last 10 days in the outlook lor the guberna torial campaign, 'l'en days ago there had scarcely been heard a whisper ot" opposition lo dov. Ansel. lt. was unite generally conceded that he would have no opposition for reelec tion, lull lhere has been a change, al though it is somewhat (liffieull to I locate the starting* poinl or to lind iihe reason. Tiler?' are evidences ol' a good deal of quiet activity on the part of pro hibitionists, and il is quito evident, too, that (he majority ot' (he general assembly is "anti-Ansel." Why this is true is not so clear, for a majority stood with him a year ano on the dispensary issue, lt is said, however, thai Hie governor does not consult members ; s freely as they like, and that he takes very few imo his confi dence. They prefer it lo be other wis? . Hut the lack ol' support on the liiirt ol' Hie (oglslatui'O does not alto nether explain the sudden Chango in tho gubernatorial situation. The tact is that a couple ol' months ago when ii was rumored that dov. Ansel might bo a candidate for the United States senate, he was Importuned from many (limiters to remain in the guberna torial chair for another term; indi viduals and newspapers assumed that reelection was his for the ashing. ?KN. CAXTON Ul M?. Was Stationed hi * nih Carolin? Right Miei thc War. Rl'igadiov eral Hnfus Saxton, C. S. A . ned. dropped dead a Wash I' Tuesday ol' heart disease He e I tho army from Massachu sd' 1855 as a Hrs! lieutenant o hird Artillery; received a con i ssional medal for bravery in Hu 'elena- of Harper's Perry, and wai retired April 23, 1904. Genoral Sax ' ion was born S4 years Ugo. ' During and after Hie War Cen Saxton was stationed on the isalnd ?bout Charleston and Beaufort where he was very active in oppress ing white people for tho bonoflt o tho freed slaves, lie was in eharg of tho confiscated lands of tho plant ors, which he distributed largol among tho negroes who own lt yot. Warned Three Times. After having dreams for three nights in tu?. ession which she inter preted as ? ?li ning of her huBband'e death, Mrs. John Coyde. of Brook lyn, N. Y., was told Sunday that he had fallen dead on a Bay Ridge train wnilo crossing the bridge. "1 knew this w*u ' "mint?," said tho gray-haired wombi.. For the past three nights 1 have hau Ut earns that could mean nothing else. In the first dream I saw my husband carrying a platter of raw beef from which the blood was dripping. The next night I dreamed of my mother, who is dead, doing the same thing. Last night 1 thought I heard my hus band's footsteps, but when I went to the door there was no one there. 1 warned him after each dream, but ho laughed at me. I knew he would not come home alive after the last one" Coyde was sitting in thc train reading a newspaper, when he top pled out of his seat to tho lloor. Death was due to heart des? ase. Seven Terrorists Hanged. At St. Petersburg, the seven terrorists who were condemned to I death hy acourtmartialforc? mpliei I ty in a plot against the lives ol (?rani Duke Nicholas Nichilaivitch ti i M. Ghtcheglovitoff, Minister of j ?ice, and whose sentences was com.; med recently by Cien. Hazenkamp, cheif of the generalstaff, were hangul at daybrake Sunday at Lizzy Noss oppo site Kronstadt. Among thus* who suffered death were Calvino, the sup posed Italian, who had in his pos session when arrested a passport issued to the real Calvino, the St. Petersburg correspondent of two Italian papers, and three women, two of whom were 18 and Hi years old, respectively. Hurtled to Death. By the overturning of a pot of boiling tar early Wednesday morn ing at the home of Thomas Hardin, near Greensboro? N. C., two of his children, aged four and six, one of his brother's children, aged seven were burned to death. The pot over turned, molten fluid enveloping three children,causing instant death. Hardin is a prominent dairyman. Who is tho Man? The Aiken Recorder fays: "We have not yet seen any persons, call ing for the nomination of Bryan, explain where he is to get the 242 votes necessary for his election. Will not some one of his supporters give this important information?" Can tivt! Kout,natue a eahdidittc and ryah;ann iori ;' - :*?u-.d?datt'.i i. i HC l? ii gO'od -&t. j thc Recorder to name the next Pres ident. Mn. Hearst has decided that the Independence League will hold its national convention after the Democrats and Republicans have shown their hands. Mit. Taft is playing polities for all there is in it, while the uuderstrap pers of the War Department have to attend to (he government business which Taft is paid to do. THRICE of the renegade Democrats who helped elect a Republican to the United States Senate are from Louisville. That accounts for their vote. SENATOR ?Haie shows that there has been expended in construction of the United States navy during the past thirty-seven years $1,200, 000,000, which he says has been money well invested. We do not think there is any doubt of the sena tor being right in that opinion. THE republican papers of the country are urging that a man from thc South be put on the ticket this year. The Florence Times sug gest that Booker Washing! be se lected as the Southern representative of the Republicans. THEODORE H. [Price, one of '..n? worst enemies Ithefccotlon planter ever had, issued ti very* bullish^ cir cular on cotton after the New York exchange closed on?? Tuesday, in Which he predicts much higher pri?es. We hope he is right. 1 A female burglar ha s been cap tured in Dallas, Tex. She would have escaped if she had not stopped , to primp her hair before leaving the I house that she burglarized. GEN. Keifer, the Republican Ohio 1 Congressman, thinks "the world in - growing better." lt needs to since ' the time Keifer was Speaker of thc * House of Representatives, which led ? to the people turning the rascals out. s Tin; anxiety of Republicans for . thc laboring man is becoming moro und more apparent as the election f approaches, and even Senator Knox .!'is running Senator La Follette a y close raee with their Employers Lia bility bills.