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% 9 VOL. XV. SEVERELY HANDLED Anderson County Qals Much Fie* Adv*rlis;ng SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS Hs Rightly Thinks That the Citi z*ns of the Entire State Shou'd Not be Held to Account Tho Philadelphia North American has in its issues of Monday and Tucs day inaugratcd a crusado against tho system of "slavery" which obtains in Anderson oounty. This was brought about by tho rooent oocurrcncos which led to Judgo Ujnot's ohargo to tho grand jury to investigate tho matter. Mr. Geo. JO Prinoo of Anderson, a member of tho general assembly and a vory prominent lawyer, was in tho city yostorday and Hiatcd that tho graud jury is oompoHed of men who will do ihcir duty, and tho people can rest assured that tho eonolusioD readied will ho a propor finding. Another gontlemin recalled that ovor twn vntrn *ir<i .Inrlon ("2 arc n?noiitin? - ~ J O , ' - - l>~ y 1.VU1V.1HR| tho grand jury of Audcrson bad somothing of tho kind oallod to ita attention. During tho session of the general as eornbly Capt. Banks of Newberry in troduood a bill to provide for n constitutional arm ndmont to inoroaso tho jurisdiction of magistrates in oases of violation of labor contracts. Mr. Welling of Fairfield opposed tho measuro vehemently and cxolaimcd that in Andereon county a veritable Byatcin of (slavery exists, that mon aro bought and eold as chattels. This was indiguantly denied by Mr. R. B. A. Robinson, and tho two membors of tho general assembly noarly oamo to blows. Mr. Wolling's repeated obargos proparod tho legislature for tho announomunt. not a week later, that Judgo Bonot had had the matter oallcd to Mb attention by an anonymous letter and that ho had given the grand jury instructions to investigate tno matter. Tho Philadelphia N> rth American, aftor tho court had ordered the investigation, sent a staff correspondent to Andorson and now claims to havo made an "exposure." Half page illustrations fill up tho front page of tho paper and tho Andorson "slavo tarffio" is depioted in phosphorescent colors. Thero aro columns upon columns of interviews with prtaohora and othors and tho staff correspondent, wr.ting from Columbia, dosoribos tho oondi tions as ho saw them when in And<,rcon 0VU? Among tho foatures of tho "tx posuro" Tuesday wcro numerous interviews with congressmen. Tho following is tho story of tho Washington oorrospondcnt. Washington, Fob. 25th. The North American's oxposuro of tho rovival of slavery in South Care lina was read with amazement by oongress. That such a condition oould exist in that partof tho IJoitod Spates ia this day was almost boyond tho belief of senators and ropr^sontativos, and thoy said Tho North American had dono a publio sorvioo in making tho faots known. Tho form of tho oontraot whioh tho negroos omployod by tho cotton planters aro re quirod to sign was perused with spooial intorcst. Wondor was oxprossed that South Carolina should have tolerated suoh a plot for a momont. CAN CONGRESS INTERFERE? On tho question as to to whether oon- ! gross had a right to interfero, on tho ground that it was in violation of tho ihirtoonth amondment to tho constitution, opinions differed. A great many lawyers in oongross rofusod to give an oif-haad opinion, deoiaring that tho mattor was too serious, but all agreed that, whother oon gross aotod or not, The North Amcrioan should continue its work by making tho peoplr familiar with tho deiails of tho criminal wrongs involved in the pornioious system. Tho North'Amorican secured the following expressions from Hoproscutativo Asbury C. Latimer, of Beltoo, Anderson oounty, S C. hva. ,.?ii :_ u a /i jic9| nu nun nugivjua iu ouuiu v>nro" Inia. "Isoo nothing so inhuman or outragooua in this statement of fiats. Whon I sty wc soli newroes, I wish it distinotly understood that not ono of ftho bottor olass of tho raoo is subjojtcd to this troatmont. Horo tho South Carolina ropresenta ' ivooftho slavo district stopped, and J for Boveral seconds looked at tho Load lines of Tho Norih Auuroan. "I wish to say," ho said, "that I don't approvo of the i raotice as it is now carried on. Wire tho ir'.co:pIo of soiling mon to rtuko them pay for violations of the law may not bo wl oily wrong; 1 do think that it is now oarried too far. Tho governor and tho , . _j n it in t: . t oourio 01 ceum uarouna nave, ana arc, investigating the matter, and I fool assured that justice will be dono. SHOULD TIIEY RUN HIKE? "I think tho pooplo of South Carolina realise that the manner of treating these unfortunate wrongdoers has gone too far, and that a mcro just procedure will bo hereafter followed. "We are censured for not allowing negroes to Tun fee. Aro thoy not lawbreakers? Should wo allow them to run loose? It is not oustomary to al,1 low oonviots all the privileges of a oom, ,, -inanity. While all thoso oonfined may not be convicts, ovory one of the men has been guilty of some offense against i [ , - m law and eocioty. The question will bo eottled, and L know that tho remits will 6atisfy tho Amorioao people." SENATOR TILLMAN K.inttor Tillman in an m iu?ol.v? n?i.l V* A I it M4MU tu M U I 11 ^vi ? IVTT R.llVi "1 am ru prised that a respeotablo new-paper?and I consider The North American ono of tho moBt rcspcctble in ibis oountry?should lend iisclf to any sensational assusations against tho poo plo of a 8tato of this character. "Tho existence in ono oounly of South Carolina of an unlawful pystom of contracts had already boon called to tho at'.otition of tho grand jury of that county by tho presiding judge, who soorcd tho system in tho stiongest possible language, and calkd a spooial terai of court to r? ocivo their report, bo that ho can tako tho matter uudor judicial ooncidorat'on. "Besides, tho Stato authorities, as I know with absoluto cortaiuly, havo no Bymjathy wha'evir with any such wrong doing, 'J'hoy do not prop'^o to oountcnanco it in any way, ami tho State gtvmoment will beud iVviy cf fere to stamp out any buoh unlawful, cruel system. "Tho leasirg of convio's has boon broken up by iho lcgislaiu-o, and no convicts aro allowed to bo hired to privato partiep, and tho cooping in along with tho convicts cf ignorant and -silly negroes as prisoners can no longor exist, oven though public opinion did not frown upon it. "From my knowlcdgo of tho feeling of tho people of tho Stato?and I think I know as much about publio opinion in South Carolina as any other man? thcro is no sympathy with any viow of dealing with labor tl at is not fair and just. "Tho naturo of our crops requires a contiaot that involvos a year's work, and tho effort of landowners has been in tho direction of securing such an agreement, authorized by tho legislature, as to compel persons, whito and black, who have ui.vio contracts to cultivato tho orop on shares to carry out their oontraots. "This is for tho reason that the expenditures of monoy for supplies and olothiDg during tho winter, and, in faot, all through tho summer, would all bo lobt unless the orop was worked and gathered and prepared for ship meat. Tho preparation of land for tho orop and picking and and ginning takes ten months, and croppers on shares who wore not found by contraot to labor by tho year would havo iho landowner at a groat disadvantage. "Thero is absolutely no grcuD I for any assertion that tho pooplo of Suoth Carolina sympathizo with this sohemo to reestablish slavery undor a eodraot system, and I am euro that tho Stato authorities will tako all neecs9ary steps to stamp itcut." Tho lingering cough following grippe calls for Ono Miouto Cough Cu-o. For all throat aud lung troublos this is tho only harmloss remedy that gives immediate results. Prevents consumption. Dr. K Norton. Looting in China. Mr Gcorgo Lynoh, tho war artist and correspondent, gavo his looturo, '"In tho Heart of P. kin," at New York. Among tho sterooptioon views with whioh Mr. L neh illustrated his looturo woro thoso of tho apnrtmonts of tho emperor aid < mpross of China in tho saorcd palace in tho forbidden city. These rooms of stato had never boon pnoiogrpnea, cor had a photographer over Bet foot within tho sacred walls until Mr. Lynoh and J. (J. llommot entered with tho allied troops. Mr. Lynoh had Eomo surprises in tho shapo of photographs1 which show how tho soldiors of oertain nations oonduoted thcmsclvos when tho opportunity to loot oamo. When you aro bilioui, uso thoso famous litilo pills known as DoWitt's Little Barly Risers to oleanso tho liver and bowels. Thoy novor gripo. Dr. K Norton. Opposes the Steal. Tho Springfiold liopublioan says: "Tho lower branoh of tho Wisconsin legislature is overwhelmingly Republican, having only scvontoen Democratic members, against eighty-throe Ropublicins; but for all that, it has adopted resolutions urging tho Wisconsin members of (Jongrets to opposo tho Hanna ship subsidy bill, by a voto of seventy eight to fiftcon. This fact alono should sufficiently warm tho party in Congress to koep clear of committing itself to any suoh moasuro." e * ' 1 * Their promptness and their pleasant effects m\ko DoWitt's L.t'.lo Wariy Risers most popular littlo pills wherever they are known. They aro simply perfect for liv r and bowel troubles. Dr. K Norton. To Become a Banker. Tho oampany of Augusta nanilalists who have rocontly sequin d the Ilnrriw I/lhia Springs havo now assumed control of tho property and Harris, ihe hu6tler?tho wizard of tlo water*, who found this spring in tho wildorncs* Dine years ag? and a few dajs ago converted it into 1100 000 oash?is about to engage in the banking business If he shall bo half ai successful in his now field as ho was in tho old hold whoro ho found tho'string, his vonturo will be a oonspiouous suoooss ?Columbia State. See that you get the original DeWitt's Witolr Hasol Salve wbon you ask for it. The genuine is a certain cure for piles, sores and skin diseases. Dr. E. Norton. A Bad Break. A Western Kansas editor apolog'zos for saying a bride appeared in her "shirt sleeves." "We wrote, 'short sleeves,' " says the editor, "as plain as we knew how." i> vvt'> . / 1 ' \ ' lie Pi CON'I MURDER AND SUICIDE D-.W F Aiken Shoots Hi? Beautiful ttt; XV. rru TT: niir, xueu niiusen Dr. W F. Aiken, a leading sjooialiut of Savannah, Ga., shot and killed hit* wife in ihcir bedroom nt an early hour Wednctday morning. Tho roport of tho pistol awakoncd their littlo son, aged eight yeara. In his night c'othcs ami barefooted, tho child ran in tho street to call apolioemm. when tho (ffioor entered tho house ho found Mrs. A>kou d<ul on tho bed, with a bullet holo through her head, and Dr. Aiken, with a pistol in hand, lying on tho tl >or dead. After sh- oting his wife tio had plajed it o weapon to his own head aed rent a bullet through his brain. The ol lid said that ho had heard his fathor count, "one two throe,'' uud then tho pistol shoot. liw?? dcvelojod at tho corner's inqu at this afternoon that Dr. Aikon **b about 88 >iars old. IIo was born in New York, aud was graduated at Yalo nt tho age 20 yoars. After graduv lion ho was conncoted for a timj with tho health department of tho city r.f Ni?w York. Thou ho took a spools 1 cnurso io diseases of tho cyo and ear, and oatno south to settlo. He mtrr'ed Mits Anna K. Potter, daughter o< the H.v. A (3 Potter, a eh rgjnian of New Bedford, Miss. Tho ltiv. Mr. Potter wa^ a clo*o personal friend of Halph Waldo Emerson. A brother of Mrs. Aiken, Alfred U. Potter, is now lil ra rian of Harvard university. This brothor has beou tolcgrpb u for, and will arrive tomorrow to t?ko charge of tho bodies and remove them to Mas aohusct s for intcrmont No oauso for tho trago.ly w\s t'ovtl opened at I he i. quest. It was brought out that Dr. Aiken was a cigarette smckrrto ex.os, and that ho was (f ai rxiremoly nervous tomperamorit. Two weeks or so ago ho had to havo the services of physioians in what was bo lievod to bo morphine poiror.ing, and it wis rumored at tho time that ho had attomptcd suioido, but the attending phveioians said that was improbablo Lately his friends had noticed an ex trerno abstraction and irritability. Dr. Aiken was dovoted tosoicnoo, and was an inventor of forno noto. llo in the originator of n.aay opthalmolog ioal instruments that arc now in common UFO all over tho oountry. Ho refused to patont his inventions, saying thoy woro for tho benefit of mankind. Ho bad a very largo ar.d lucrative praotioo, and was in independent oir oumslanccB. Mrs. Aiken was a lady of great boauty and many aooonrplinhments. They loavo four little ohildren. Prof, lvison, of Lonaooning, Md., suffered terribly from neuralgia of tl o atcmaoh and indigestion for thirtocn years and after tho dootors failed to care him they fed him on morphine. A friend advised the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Curo and after taking a few bottles of it ho sayp, "It has our. d mo en tiroly. I oan'tsay too much for Kodol Dyepopaia Cure." It digests whit you cat. Dr. E Norton. A Mystery of Verdi's Will. Verdi's will, fays tho London Ohroniolo, oontains one very ourious item. Ilis residuary legateo is his nice), Maria Vordt, who is married to S gnor Carrara. To tho infant asylums and tho hospital for tho blind iu Genoa bo bequeaths ?4,000. Largo sums aro also left to tho oharitablo instiutions and to tho poor of his nativo village, Konoolo, and also to thoso of Boussoto. where' ho lived for many yoars. Thon oomos tho following request: "In tho dining ' room of my villa, St. Aiata, will bo found two largo wooden boxes of groat antiquity. I desiro (hat neither shall ho nnnnrtii hnl V?r?-K hn Kum/nl ;...~ v r M v.. V..MV wv Mtt MU l/Ul UUU lUIUiU' diatoly after my obscquios." It Is pro sumod that tho two mysterious boxes contained manuscripts of unpublished operas which the matter did not wish to see tho light. Tho stomaoh controls tho situation. Thoso who are hearty and stiong aro those who can eat and digest plenty of food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you oat and allows you to eat all tho good food you want. If you suffer from indigestion, heartburn, bolohing or any othor stomaoh trouhle, this preparation oin't help but do you good. Tho most sensitive stomachs can tako it. Dr. E. Norton. Slept a Year in a Ooflin. Fur nearly a year Levi Itboling, who died at Joplin, Mo., a few weeks ago, and by willing his $700,000 estate to tho I. O. O. F. and Masonio lodgos of that city endeavored to doprivo bis seven children of the 'Uonfits of his wra th, slept in a coffin. About thirty years ago ho was resident of DcSoto. Ill eight milcH fiom here, whero ho conduotcd u furniture and undertaking businoss. While in lhAt vilUgo and after throe children had beon bom, ho and his wife parted. lie continued his busine ss at IX S>to nearly a jcar after t K A flAl amlree /!?? ? 4 1- ? A - ? - ? ^ ? v.?w DI I K'nilMIl UKlil g 1.11Mb IIU1U UJ?'IC his store his home arid slept in a ooffia Like O.iver Twist, ehildron ask for moro when given One Minute dough dure. Mothers endorse it highly for oroup. It quiokly cures all ooughs and colds and ovory throat and lung trouble. It is a hpeolfio for grippo and a ' and has long been a well known 1 life. 1V for whooping cough. . r: Dr. K. Norton. theacci Slow in Hocruitin ,toTny nC If so little iuterost oonti new leiu shown to enlist in tbo aror THatteOi1 bilities are that the 1L j station here will not be. | JVC * muoh longor. Only about ' i havo been enlisted and Jtu,. havo made applioaiion.-^doluu oord. / "' : ' ' > ^ li / , ____ x IVVII iVA Y. S. C. TIIUKSl)/ A NEGRO BURNED In the Street cf Terro Haute, In cSana For KILUNO A WHITE WOMAN. _ t Crowds (f Mir, Women am Chi dren Witness \he Batborous Son*. No Attempt at Corcaalment Punishment, swift end torriblo \*a tuctcd out Wednesday at Terro Haute Indiana to Qeorgo Ward, tho Nogr who it urderod Miss Ida Kinkelsteiii tho school tcaohor, by shooting he with a shotgun and outting her thrca Tuesday afternoon. A fow hours afto his arrest an angry moh battered dow tho doors of the jail, dragged tho pric oner to tho Wabash brvdgo, sovera squares away and hanged him to th hridgo draw. Not o.ontont with th iauging tho o owd out tho oorps uowd, and. lay in/ it on a sandbar un dor ?ho bridge, kindled a ftro and ore mated the remains. It was, tho fir* lynching that Terro Hau'.o ever expe rionoed. Ward was arrested at 1(1 a'olook a tho oar works, whero ho was employe as a laVoror, and after boing full idout fied by two oitizjs, mado a oon fossion llisonly cxouso for tho mui der was that Miss Kmkolgtoin ha< called him a "dirty N ggcr" and slapnc hiiu iu tho fa jo. Sherlf Fasig com municatcd with Gov.,Harbin, but th mob aooomplishod its woik boforo th militia ould bo ordered out. Tho governor had wjyrftd .C5ap( Thomas of Go. If, to j Uoo hitroompan ful'y armed in roadinoss for duty. .. At noon the o-owd outsido t^o jail numbering scvaral hundred, incVu'din mon, women and boys battorcu dow lho iron doors, but were driven bao by .Jailor Lawrorca O'DonnoVl, wj? fired over the heads of tho nub. Ufcfnit Shonlfs Cooper, llossiok and Loforg wcro sfruok by scattering bhot am si ghtly injured, but nobody in th crowd was hurt. A dotail of polio vain y tiied to disperso tho crowd Ar 12:35 o'clock another crowd bat tcrod down tho outor doors of tho jai securiog possession of tho keys and en toring tho o?ll room. Tho sido doo was opened forthorost of tho orowd Tho cell was q i ckly oponod and Wan was diaggod forth, llo fought will tho dospcrate ferooity of a beast a bay. llo was dragged out to th street, still "-hting with all hi strongth, but ? blow from a heav; hammer felioi him to tho ground. A nooso was quiokly adjusted to hi nook and tho mob starlod with it victim toward tho Wabash bridge Tho focblo rosistanoo mado by th wrotohed oreaturo after that blow witl tho hammer was soon quietod by th savago blows of tho mob. Faco down ward ho was dragged through tji street to tho hridgo and aoross' th rough planking of tho xlrivoway to th drawbridgo. Many aro of tho opinioi that tho follow was dead before tin 6ciono of tho hanging wan roaohod However, tho ropo wan thrown 'oyo ono of tho upper boauis and tho bod: drawn up. Thon burning- at thp stako wa agrcod on unanimously, And a tiro wa quiokly kindlod on tho bank of th river just south of tho bridgo. -Tin body, boaring 'no sign of hfo, wa thrown into tho firo, and faggots won piled upon it. tThe stako was omitted The body was in a horizontal position tho foot protruding at ono end, th< head at tho other. Tho can of turpch tino was poured on tho oagcr flames After that combustiblo oils seemed b flow spontaneously toward tho firo an< the flames loapcd high, whilo tho bod; of tho Nogro was rapidly oonsumod Mono of tho mob attempted disguiso. When tho body was taken down t bo oarried to tho firo tho bridgo wos of tho draw was barrioadod, but th oast bank of tho rivor and tho bridg on the oity sido bf tho draw wor orowdod with thousands of men, wo men and ohildron, gazing at tho awfu spootaolo. With grim detbrminatio tho mob fod tho flamos and watohed th Hof.h shrivel to oindors and tho bono orumblo and burn. Houvonir hunters wore on hand ii foroo, and fragments of tho body ar now scattored broadcast. Ooe man whilo tho foot still protrudod from th flamos, offered $1 for a too from "th Nigger's foot.." A vcnturesomo youth drawing a knifo from his pookot, mad a dash for the prize. Ho quickly ampu tatcd a too, duiivorod the goods an got his money. Ab the bonofl began to orumblo an fall apart tho fragments wero tako from tho firo and oarricd away. At o'clock tkero was nothing loft of th bouy except a small scotion of tho trim aDd tho back of tho head. Busy hand kept tho burning faggots piled upo tho roasting sogmonts. Women oara to the toeno by sooros. At about 2.3 o'clock tho barrioado was removed an tho orowd surrounded tho firo. Ward was 27 years old, and loaves widow and two children. Ho oamo hei four years ago, from Ciroieville, C Tho statement that he was ono tin in an insane asylum is deniod by h wifo. Ho served a jail sentence in 181; "v laroeny. The loaders of the mo idfT.lnknown, and as public sentimoi tho lynching, no proseoutioi * ' 1 : ted. ie 0t l,,:. jits of Do Witt's Witoh Hi nr liable to caujo blood po * il' eve (bom alone. Theorig . , ?" ' VUmo DoWitt's upon tl licr. It is a harmless ai \ for skin diseasos. Ui V>b. Herat lY. MARCH 7, 1901. COUNTY OOVFRNMENT. What Changes Were Made at the Recent Legialative SesBiou. Thcro wtro few ocunty Kovornmont motKurcH |)itr8(dby tlio legislature of 1901. Thoro wa* a oouimitteo of 40 ?p pointed to draw up a general bill. Hiis mcasuro was prcsontcd to the hou*o? and continued until next pension as W( ro nearly all oilier important geu rt oral Ki 11 J Sonator Doan ^introduced a bill tore oil jo ti e commutation tax in Green villo county from $2 to 1 Additioial amendments relating to tlio number of days for read working wcto made for the counties of Union and Darlington 1 Tho commutation tax for Ijiuronu ami ^ Florence, was reduced from $1 f>0 to$l, 1 >? ar.d for Hampton wan increased from o $1 to #2. With tho exemption cf a spo ' ! oial moa'-uro for Mailboro, this was r tho,only county government act passed, t, ll r Stjotion l.'That scotion 4 of an act g entitled '"An act to amond s< olions 2 and 4 of an act entitled 'An aH to | r ? ,1 vido a system of county g< vornmeut 1 p for tho FQVcral counties of the State, ho 0 far as it relatcB to tho maintainirg and 0 working of the roads and highways in < tho State." approved 19,h of February, A 1)., 11)00, bo amended on line 55, by 1 inserting botworu tho words "Fair tiold" and "Grtenwood," tho word 'Green villo," and on lino f>'?) hy striking out ' tho word, "Grtcnville;" and by insert d ing after Greenwood tho woids "and y Ghchtci ti Id," and by striking out tbo word "1>Arlington" heforo tho word "Grccnvillo,' and tho word "Union ' j notwecn llio words "L xington" and ,1 " Williamburg," and inserting the j. word ' Darlington," and by inserting ' 0 between tho words "day,' and "pro 0 vided" tho words "Union two days," 1 and by sinking out too word "Haou- 1 ton" froui tho proviso after tho words y "Laurens ono dollar" and inserting tho U'Wofrd, "Hampton " bctwoon tho wordH 1 "Georgetown" and "Horry," ho that L flaidsootion, when ho amended, th&ll {j had as folldwt: It Sco. 4. That all inalo porsons ablo to 0 poi'fbrin fho;labor heroin required, bo y tween tho ago of 18 aud 55 yearH, ex- | 0 oept in tho ountios of Ooonoo aud j Dickens. whore Ho age b bhall bo bo- 1 c twocu 18 and f)F) yean; aud excopt in ' 0 the o juntios of (J rccn >\ood and Chcrtcr Hold whoro tho ago Bhall bo botwoen tho agea of 18 ar d f)0; and except in 1 Abbovillc, (Jiiurokoo, Groonville. IKrry, Orangoburg, Spartanburg and Union 1 r ocuuticH, wlurothoagoH bhall bo from 1 21 to 50, and u'so except ministers of ' ] tho gospel in noiusl ohargo of a oongro,, gation, and porsons pormanontly el s- 1 ablod in tbo military rcrvioo of this 1 0 Slato, and persons who scrvod in tho H lato war botween tho S ato, and all 1 y persons actually employed in tho ] quarantine servioo of tho Stato, shall 8 bo required annually to porform, or * B oauso to bo pcrfonned, labor ou tho * l( highways under tho dirootions of tho 0 oVorsoor of the road district in whioh ' |j ho shall resido, as follows: In tho 1 0 oonntios of Grocnvillo, Dickons ar a 1 Spartauburg, throo days. In tho eoun0 ties of Abbuvdlo, Ai'ecn, Andt-r or, 1 0 Harnwell, Cborokoe, (Jhosterfiold, Fair- 1 0 ftold, Oroouwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, ! a Laurons, Loxington, Darlington, Wil- ' 0 liarnsburg, and York, four days. In tho oounty of Floronoo fivo days, in r tho oountios of Hatubcrg, Cbostcr, , P Clarondon, Golloton, Djroheatcr, lOigo fiold, Horry, Newberry, Ooono, Saluda, E a Orangeburg and Sumter, six days. In ( 9 tho ooyntins of Huaufort, Hcrkcloy, ' 0 Charloston, Georgetown, liau.pton and 6 0 Marion, eight days; and in tho county 1 H of lliohland, tondays. Union, two days; ( 0 provided, that ton hour's labor shall bo ^ held to bo ft day's work; providod, that f *tho county board of commissioners of y o any oounty may oauso to bo levied a ; road tax not to exceed ono mill on all ' taxable proporty of any township in ( j thoir county, when so requested by a 1 j written polition, signed by two thirds I y of tho freeholders of such township, ( Suoh tax to b6 oollootcd as other taxos, J and to bo expended on tho roads and 0 highways of suoh townships (exoopt in j t tho tfouuty of 1'iokcns, whero suoh i o- ' 0 tition ehall not bo necessary ) And 0 Bamberg oounty?in B^uiberg oounty 0 each special school distriot now or horeaftor established ahall bo "a road i j distriot," and tho oounty board of oom ' u miseioncrs may causo to ba loviod a I 0 road tax not to exoocd two mills on all s taxablo proporty within said road dis- 1 triot, on a petition signed by two thirds i ? of tho froohold voter-i owning property 0 within said road district (exoopt that in Denmark read district no petition q shall bo nooossary, but thoro shall be 0 levied and oollcotod annually a tax of ( two miles on all tax .bio property withq in Said distriot), said to bo oollcotod 1 af 'othor t4$os, and tho funds so col 4 lootod snail bo paid out on tho warrant of tho township oouiiimsionors, ooun (j tcrsignoci- oy tiio supervisor of the n ooiinty, said funds to bo expended on 3 tho jpiuolio roads within said road (lis 0 jtriot whero oolleotcd. Provided, further k that in lieu of performing or oausing to [g bo performed tho labor of ten hours n per day, as nerin named for tho scvl0 eral oountics, a commutation tax inay ,0 bo paid by tho person so liable on or by d tho 1st day of Mav of this yoar, and on or by tho 1st of February of caoh yoar a heroaftor, which in the oountios of >c Abbeville, Akion, Andorsoo, Jhorokco, ) Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, 10 Kdgofield, Fairfield, Groenvillo, GroenjH wood, Piokons, Richland, Spartanburg, (9 Sumter, Marlboro and Union, shall bo ,j, onodollar; in tho oountios of Floronoo and Laurens, ono dollar; and in tho Jg oounties of Barnwell, Bamberg, Boaufort, Berkeley, Obarlosloo, Chester, Colleton, Dorohester, Georgetown, Hor a- ry, IlamptoD, Korshaw, Lanoaster, i- Lexington, Marion, Newberry, Orangci tnig, raluda, Williamsburg aod Yenk, 10 shall be two dollars-; and in tho ooumy id of Oooneo shall bo three dollars. Proa vldo<J, T?f?onaliable to labor under this apt sliall havo tho right to furnish a 90mpetont substitute tolaoor in his ttoad. * . ? ;V - ' .. . "> '? #v ?? , ? ' .v.- ' EVIDENTLY A CRANK. A Man Visits Charleston Who Is n- - ? r\ir \jx i inuiiy v/iiMr. Jamoa liuohajian Woavor, who claims to ho a rotircd lawyor of l'hil adolphift, announced today ftt tho court houso, whcro ho was a visitor, that ho would ho a candidato for tho Prosidonoy of tho United Statos in 11)01, Mr. Woavor in a gold Domoorat and aaya his platform will bo a government for the pool lo and by tho pooplc. Mr. Weaver in an < x (Joufodcrato aol dicr, having foujht undor Loo in tho Army of North* rn Virginia After the surrender ho drifted to Philadelphia, whero lie wont into tho drug business, studied modioino and finally took up tho 'aw. As a lawyer, bo huh, ho mou made a nauio for hiimolf as well as plenty of money. Several joins ago his wifo died and having no onoumberano ho retired and cf lato years ho has been traveling and ptudyicg political ijuoHt ions This morniDg Mr. Weaver was a visitor at tho oourt houso Hi was a stranger when he ontored but it was not long be foro ho knew Judgo Aldrich and qv< ry in nibor of tho Charleston bar who was present in the oourt houuo at tlio time lie introduced bimBolf, do olariug to his newly made friouds that ho expeoted to b'oomo a oaudidato for President of tho Unitod StatOB in 1904. rt ij .L.i t 11U ha a um r,o was a grand nophc-v of President Buchanan and had a right to tho offioo. "Oh, I am a smart man," said Mr. Weaver, in U king to an Kvoning Post reporter, "I know litw to build poli tioal fenooR that Mark II.una with all his wealth and pover can not do slroy. It will take Aunt Carrio N* lion and her littlo hatohot to smash tho political fonoos that I havo constructed | "Charleston is a gold hug town and yru can say to tho pcoplo through your pap( r that I'll ba hero when tho next PrtBidcnlial campaign ' opens and will talk Domocraoy and good gold money to tho pcop'.o of this anoiont old city. This is a grand old town and L lovo it. Just tell them that you saw 1110 and that I want a big voto in Charleston. Mr. Weaver talked about blind tigers in tho oily, declaring that they wero as thick as blaok birds in tho summer time, and while ho has only boon in Charleston a fow days ho know all tho ropes and could scaro up a tigor at any aid time. Yesterday ho visit#d tho oity hospital and St Fraoois Xavicr Infirmary, and went over to tho Islo of Paluis. "At tho palm bcaoh," ho said, "I wiped a palmotto, boxed it up and sent it to my littlo darling in Philadolphia. "Oh, ycu neod not laugh, for I am on;agod, oven if 1 am a widowor," ho ixplaincd. i4'FVll t lin nnntiln a? a1?a ? w?> ???v |'vuj'iu \ji vimi lumuu in&i I am going to o^11 on Gov. McSwconov ind got hia influonoo and support in ny ra:o for tho Prosidonoy." Mr. Woavcrsaid ho waa going to stay ,n Charleston for aovcral daja longer tnd that ho would rcooivo all politicians at tho Charlcaton Ilotol.?Charcaton Poat. Cotton Goods Low. Prosidont A. A. Marginnia of tho Vlarginnia ootton mills of Now Oaloana laid VVednoaday that ho had ontirely ;ut of! tho manufacture of yarn for mar tot for tho i list two wooks. llo haa alio materially reduced tho ou'put of | doth. Tho reason ho gavo waa tho exloflaivo high prioo of ootton and tho I rcry low prioo of ootton gooda. llo . laid tho ootton goods market waa in a vorso atato of atagnttion than it had joon for aovoral yoara. llo waa aakod if hoSouthorn Yarn Hpinnora Abaoeiation, if which ho ia a prominent member, lid not havo for ita ohiof objoot tho general reduction of tho output through>ut tho aouth, but ho avoidod tho tuboot. Ho also stated that it waa not ruo that Knglish mills hadbicn forood ,o oloao this aoason on account of tho aok of ootton to oporato them. A Tough Yarn. A newpptpor at Kastamuni fitatos, according to a Coylon papor, that whilo a peasant waa shooting in a fort at, near that place ho hoard tho growling of a bear, which ho fouod undor a tree aulLriog great pain from ] a 1 tigo thorn in hia paw. Tho animal permitted the aportauian to extraot tho thoro, and showed its g'adtudo by taking tho man, by means of waving its paw, to a trco in which was a honcyOJUib twontv nniinda in uini.,l.e %s '\*' . / '-L. V.. rr ***%* ? :AM b j. i i v fii I r 'r - - I VTTjT | " jy\ \ A Radi< I t\ /,?) \ RS 0 r > A ( . \ An orl^t ? r?..-J . '< . '. 'u'r " ' v C 3-' ;>< - u t lie \vjrfuiu: cj X. 1* "* - - *..? , , < ' *- - J ever before c9 >TW?*riir?rWW % :mTUT .) Write for our elegant H*T catal ^ we can ?nve yen money in the pm ^ and 1 iie"c a *y id''m aof pay rrenj factory oi throiTgh our regular an V tunity you cannot afford to pass. Ye K, ItH manufacturers. Therefore, a"TH L?ww? "construe ion ?s uiinoce^sary. If y< am (mm offer moat liberal term*. \vaiS stwiRfi mmi cow* For Salo by Spivoy Merointilo C t/XL?? rfl DIL101 i EETJ WJg. / JL <T?thh>S P jmRfc CntsMljSceat OrmUMMtU tt G?? NO. 32 ONLY ONE ESCAPED. i Thirty-five Men Die In a Coal Mine Fire. A HORRIBLE 1 HOLOCAUST. Man Suddenly Found Themselves Shutloff trcm Life by a Wall of Raging Flamer. Tho worst disaster in tho history of ocal mining in Wyoming sinoo tho Almy horror eight yoars ago, ooourrcd at Diauioodsvillo Wodncsiay night. Thirty fivo uion aro boliovodto have perisho<l in n tiro which started in mino No. 1 of tho Dumondnvillo Coal and Coki company. Tho blazo was first disc ivorod shortly after tho night shift oommonood work. It is thought to havo criginatod from a careless miner's lamp in tho oil room. Tho tlurns mado nioh p-pgroan that only otio man esoaped fiom tho two onirics in which it was confined. His n*mo is lohn Anderson and ho was frightfully burned in running tho gauntlet of tho tlnmoi, Ho was suddenly oonfronted by a wall of firo and sm iko nod wrapping his head in an overcoat ho ran in trie d rootion of the main ontranoo. Ho foil unconscious : and was carried to tho mouth of tho mino. Tho alarm was sounded and hundreds of minors at work ie tho mines and on tho outsido rushed to tho rcsouo of their imprisoned comrades. Tho firo had by this tiuio mado suoh progress that it was impossible to outer iho rooms of flames. Tho ennro night was spent in ooDfia* ing tho firo to tho two ontrios and this morning it was necessary to soal them up to provont tho flames from spreading to other parts of tho mino. This stop was only dooidod upon after all hopo of Having tho lives of tho uion had boon abandoned. Nothing oould livo fivo minutes in tho firo, whioh was increasing in fieroonosH overy miouto. Tho plugging of tho two ontrios will Hmothor tin; tiro, hilt it may bo several days boforo tbo barricades oan bo removed acd tbo ohambors explored. The oxaot total of moa entombed is not yet known as a number aro missing, soma on sick leave and others in tho hospital Buffering from burns roooived while fighting tho fl ?mos so that an aoourate oount is at proeont impoasiblo. Tho boodos at tho mouth of tho mine during tho night and today woro hoartronding. Uolalivos and frionds of tho ontombod tinners rushod into tho mino. frantically waving thoir hands ana orying to tho mino officials and minora to s&vo their doar one i. Many of the womon and ohildron woro slightly injured in tho mowd and by falling over obstaolos in tho darknoss. Diamondvillo has boon the Boono of a number of disastrous fires ninoo the ooal ininofl were openod thoro ten years ago, but tho oonfhgrations were nover a'tended with Horious loss of lifo Tho mino is owned by tho Orogon Short Lino railroad lti output is about 175,000 tons of ooal por year and upwards of 700 minors aro employed. Tho firo was ditcovered by a boy named dames llctsm who bravolv ran and told many won who were inside. Kioham Korn, 15 yoars old, also ran through levels Nos. 6, 7, and B and notifudthoraon, and many woro saved through his ocuragcous aotion. Seven wen, headed by Mino foreman Griffin, made sovoral desperate attompts to roaoh the won through tho lower lovel, but thoir efforts woro in vain, four of tho seven boing knocked down by fire ! damp, the others ocing compelled to oarry them to fresh air It is given out by Superintedent Thorns* Sneddon and confirmed by others familiar with tho conditions that tho livos of all tho mon woro oertuinly extinguished within three minutes aficr tho firo gained asoondanoy. Tho firo is fully undor oontrol tonight, and Superintendent Snoddon announce that ho will opon tho mine tomorrow foriht rcoovory of tho bodies, and rosuuie work before the week i closes. | Superintendent Simpson, with his 1 young son, who are among the victims, oamo to Diamondsvillo from Alabama, ! about six weoks ago, bringing his wife, i in tho hope that tho ohangeof olimate ; would benefit hr r hoalth. Tho shock of I last night's tragedy resulted in Mrs. 1 Simpson's death today. mmmirnl ?- CMM 1 MM ^ ? A :a! Change in Marketing Methods J Applied to Sewing Machines. J ' l r l/T* tinder which you can obtain ? atTTV-ftcr value in the purchase of P nous "White" Sewing Machine than P offere.1. P mrm. .?/ ^ oguc i. i'l detailed particulars. How ? chase of a high-grade sewing machine 4 t v/o can offer, cither direct from ^ thotiaed agents. This lp an oppor- P .1 know the you know P taikT<kscrIpti'onT>Tthti machine and ou have an old machine to er. -hange Write to-day. Addrc s in full. J any, (Dep't a.) Cleveland, owe. 5 to., Conway, 8. C. FETTS A Allays frrititiaa, AfeMpitt* UIU A II I ll A1 ?Wtc. T?c*fag Becy. Pwden) XJLTCETTtrNARclkYMthclfMNl . . t . Trouble. of CMHnb ) s at Dn&hta, . . an* am. ?,