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;Kipg VOI,. X V. HELD IN SLAVERY. |j i i Result of the Investigation of the < Anderson Grand Juy i A PLAIN RECITAL OF FACTS i y Direct Charges Preferred Agiinst I i Those Guilty of False < i Impriscnrm nt and < of B arbarity. j Tho spooial committee of the Anderson County Grand Jury appointed by Judgo Benet to investigate certain oharges against largo land owners in 1 that county mado its report last Thurs J day to tho court. Tho cominittco says that in tho caso i of Magistrato J. J. Gilmer wo find that for somo timo past ho has been in tho 1 habit of issuing warrants and causing ( arrests and frequently committing aoouscd persons to jail without ever enter- , ing tho oaso upon his docket. This is | ospeoially truo where the eascB have j boon compromised aftor tho arrests j woro mado. Wo find that from Sopt , 16, 185)1), to .Ian. 12, 1901, ho made ] payment to tho county trcaeurcr of a number of fines and items of costs oollootcd bv hitn, but that during that timo ( ho oollootod through tho sheriff's oflijc , alono $34 80, which properly bolongB to tho oountv and failed to nav thoin over to tho ccuaty trcasuror as required by law. IIo also oollooted $18 80, which i ho failed to turn over. I Wo find that Feb. 19,1001, aftorthis | investigation was begun, tho said .1 J, i Gilmor paid to the oounty trcasuror tho sum of $f>3 20 to cover these amounts. 1 Whilo wo have not been permitted, for i tho laok of time, to make a full inves i titration of all tho irrcgularitios of this t offico, wo aro convinced ho has been ' guilty of tho grossest irrogularitics, ] and wo would suggest that a complete ] investigation of his books and accounts should ho had and that ho Bhould bo ' prosontcd for misappropriation of tho < funds so collootcd by him. THE FATE OF WILL HULL Regarding tho arrest of tho Nogro 1 Will Hull, which you wcro directod by \ tho oourt to invptigatc, wo find that , a warrant was issued by Magistrate Gilmer for tho arrest of this Negro , upon an affidavit of A. T. Newoll, charging him for a violation of labor oontraot, and that W. S Newell, a brother of tho prosecutor, was deputized by tho Magistrato to servo said warrant; that tho oonstablo so depu tized requested tho deputy sheriff, .J. A. Dillingham, to go along with him ! and assist in making tho said arrest and representing that said Hull would probably oreato trouble when arrested and that tho assistanco of tho deputy 1 sheriff would bo needed. j Tho arrest was mado on Friday night , and tho Nogro was brought to Anderson , on tho pamo night. Tho deputy phoriff , suggosted that tho prisonor bo taken to | jail, but tho Negro said that ho would profor to go on with W. 8. Newoll, and that Mr. Newell informed tho deputy 1 that tho magistrato had instruoted him j that ho should carry tho prisoner on homo with him. \ Subsequently tho magistrate was in- ( formod by tho prosecutor that tho oaso had boon compromised and that tho : Negro had agreed to stay with him and won out nis contraot. Tho rest of tho facts woro brought out in open court. We exonerate tho deputy sheriff from all blamo in tho mattor. Tho principal work of this oommilv. v has been tho investigation of the stockades of tho oounty and tho abuses of lati^rers uodcr tyrannous oontraots that h* grown out of the farming out of convibis and tho working of free laborers with thom. Wo have taken the testimony of mora than 50 persons ?that of the landlords, their oversoors and guards, togother with a large number of laborers and a fow othor oitizens. In thoso investigation wo have been treated with evory oourtosy and generally we have found no dispo sition to obstruot our work upon tho part of those whoso farms and stookades we visited. A most oaroful inquiry failed to roveal that any genoral abuse of tho la boring olass exists in this oounty, so that our work soon narrowed down to those places whoro stookados existed and free laborors were employed. Wo visited the farms of J. Helton Watson, A. T. Newoll, P. B. Allen, J. It Miller, JKIias MoGee, W. Q Hammond and J. 8. Fowler. THESE EXONERATED. Wo wero unable to find any abu os at the farm of J. B. Watson. Ho has a stookade and works freo laborors also, but we found no evidence that free laborers wejo put in tho rtookades and worked in lino with the oonviots, or tubjeotcd to any illegal restraint or abuse. rPL it! " * j no bsujo miug w?h ituo ai mo rarm * of P II. Allen. Wo found that ho had 1 taken two oontraots in whioh tho la- ' borers agreed to work undor guard and ] be looked up at night, but his own ov- ] ideooe and that of all tho laborers so i far as we could ascertain, was that < those provisions had never been en- j forood. A. T. Nowell works Stato oonviots and has a stockado, but ho has worked ' no free laborors along with tho oon- ] viots reoontly, when ho has taken two oontraots of that sort. Ono of those ] was the case of tho unfortunate Negro < Will Hull, who wss killed by W. 8 J Nowell a few weeks ago and whose oase is referred to above. "frkk labor!" 1 J. K. Miller formerly workod oon- j viots, but they were takon away by tho ' State, and he now employs only "/roe" ' m labor, if indeed wo may ueo tho word Frco to dopcribo thoso laborers who havo signed his oont raots and Bubjootcd themselves to tho conditions existing an his farm. Ho has a stookado whioh wus originally built for bis 8tato ooniota and bis oonlraota provido lliat tbn "freo" laborers will work under guard ind will allow thomsolves looked up at night. i \ C. L -x it!- - 1 v/ur iirai invutm^HuuaH ai mis piaoo were mot by a statement from tho negroes that thov wore satisfied with their treatment, but their manner indi sated coercion and Bubsc'piontly wo mado further investigations which con vinecd us that J. It Miller, and his sversecr, ?J. A. Ktuorson, had boon uuilty of whipping nogroos, looking them up at night, working them und<.r zuard and putting shackles upon them. Among theso unfortunates were John Harrison, Will Wright, Warren Sloan and Licko Jones. Wo found several of Mr Millor's oontraots left blank as to tho time of scrvioo aud amount to bo paid, though tho ooutraets wero duly signed and witnessed. In tho oaso of Warren Sloan, ho teemed to liavo boon arrested by J. It Miller and another man, whose nauno wo aould not ascertain, near Contral, in IVckcns oounty. Thcro is testimony that do warrant-was oxhibitod, if any exi ted, but ho was handcuffed and Ukon to Miller's stookado and kept thcro until this investigation began. Sinoo our first mit to this stoohaio ho was turned looso and allowed to go homo. In our judgement, tho said J. It Millor and J A. Kmcrson should bo presented by ibo grand jury for tho cffanacs above meutionod, and wo so rccomimnd. KLIAS MCGEE 8 PLAN. In many reepcots the most romarkiblo cisn coming under our notioo is that of Klias Mcgoe, who has ncvor omployed S at.0 oonvicu, but who built a itockado and prepared to treat his la borers as oonviots. His contracts pro vido that tho laborers shall bo worked under guard and looked up at night and ihero was abundant ovidonoo to show that ho had locked up in the stoekado, worked under guard and whippped his laborers Among those who suffered a part or all of those abuscso woro VVosley Norman. Handy Ktrlo, Yaoco Smith, Georgo Tilly, John Cliuksoalcs, Clar ouoo Gailliard, Kvins Wood, Louis Alexander, Morris lordan. Somo of theso negroes had boon arrested and signed contracts aftor being put undor arrest. .John Clink oiles was accused by Klias MoGeo of stealisg corn, was brought to Anderson handcuff id and after ho had signod a contract, but without any trial, turned over to W Q Hammond, who carried him to tho laiter's stookade. Wo think tho grand jury should mako presentment against KUas McQoo, and wo so reoommood. W. Q Hammond runs a largo farm in this county and employs a considerable numner both of Slato oonviots and "frco" laborors. llis contracts provido that tho "frco" laborers shall bo workod uudcr guard and looked up at. night, and thoy suffer th;s illegal imprisonment and more, for tho ovidonoo shows that a turn!-or of these unfortunatos have boon worked under guard and gun, Kavo been looked up at night and on Sundays and have been shaokled and whipped. Among thoso who suffered theso things at tho hands of Mr. Ham inond and his overseers, Wm. Hailey, James Martin and Hay, are the following: Isham Abcrcromuio, Pink Uogers, .James Clintion, John Howoy, Tom Parks, Charloy Johnson and John Olmksoalos. Soveral of thoso woro in jail at tho timo of our examination. They had beon indioted last fall for gambling, had beon takon out of jail on bond by Mr.'Hammond and koDt at his farm without (rial until the investigation began, when he surrendered thorn t>ack to the sheriff. Tho negro, Tom Parks, whoso oaso was called to tho attention of tho grand iurybytho providing judgo, was roeased almost immediately thoroaftor. lie was takon forcibly and without trial indcr ono of tho labor oontraotB abovo 'oferrod to and oonfinod in tho stookado worked with the eonviots and suffcrod ho other abuses abovo mentioned until this investigation was begun. Wo earn that porhaps a sooro of other la sorors hold under similar ojntracts lave loft this farm during tho past fow wocks. Ooo of thorn, Pink Kogors, dates that he was given a whipping of )0 lashes by Wm. Bailey at tho stookido. Wo think that tho facts disclosed do mar.d that W. Q. Hammond, James Martin, Wm. Bailoy and Day thould bo prcsontod by tho grand jury 'or tho violation of law abovo montion)d and wo so recommend. J. 8. Fowlor, who first used tho contract providing for froo laborers to bo treated as oonvicts, workod undor guard, looked up, etc., employs a oonlidcrablo number of oouviots and also >f tho so-oalled "froo" laborers, lie tias two stookades, ono of which is unlor tho supervision of James Cook and which was formerly managod by Willis MoGoo. Tho otbor is undor tho ohargo t)f hovi Thomas. At these farms tho jonviots and "froo" laborers have boon worked together undor a guard who sanies a gun, they have boon looked up at night and somo of them whipped, rhero was no ovidcnoo of any of thorn having been shaoklod. Some of them had boon aooused of tiivial offenses ?nd were put under contract to work )ut dobts or to ropay money advanoed for them. James Evans, Baylis Artor, Alonzo Lark, Frank Bowlan. John Bell, Itobort Brown, Foster Butlor. Dan Hill, Wiltis Harper, Joe Whitfield, Jim Uioe, John Gilliam, Turner Walker. Andrew Dobbs, Dock Frecley ana Drayton Wheelor aro some of the no<roes who havo been oonfinod in Mr. Fowler's stoakado. Willis McGee, Jamos Jook, Levi Thomas, George Thomas and Mike Liobbins should havo presentments uade against them by the grand jury or whipping different ones of these neproos. Willis MoGeo was espeoialy is gi CON W oruol. It was testified that ho had givon tho nergo Baylis ArlorlOO lashes ' on one oooasion und that ho whipped llohort Brown most sovoroly and oruclly and on ono oocapion shot five ( tirnoi at Dray ton Whooler, ono of tho bullots passing through Wheoler'a hat. Tho testimony goes to show that Goorgo Thomas shot at Book Freoley and that ho was also ready at tho whip pings. Androw Dobbs was found to bo suffering from rhouuiatism whioh ho says | was brought on by boing compelled to stand almost waist deep in mud and water in cold weather ditohiug. Ho was arrosted by A. M Bailey, who has boon aoting aa a Hort of oonstablo for J. 8. Fowler but waa never tried. J. A. ltioo is a negro of rather weak mind who was oapturcd somewhoro in Utor gia and charged with having escaped i from J. 8. Fowler's stookado in this t county. Upon being brought horo it t was found that ho waa not tie man ho was suapcoted of being but novortholoas after being kept for aovoral days s in tho stockado ho entered into one of ^ tho labor contracts and has boon in tho i stockade. for sovcral months, though ' unwillingly there. A numbor of "free" t laborers havo left Mr. Fowler's farm c sinoo theso investigations were first 1 bogun but sotno unwilling ones woro ^ still in tho stockades when wo visited 1 them. 1 We found no evidence to onnneot f Mr. Fowler in any way with tho whip c pings of thcao laborers, but ho was a party to theso ootraots which provided 1 for tho illogal imprisonment and work- f ing under guard of the laborers and is <rosponsiblo for thoso provisions being t onforocd and that presentment should 1 bo mado against him thorofor. } Wo submit hcrowith tho memoranda j of toatimony which wo havo taken 1 which will show to tho court and solicitor moro fully tho facts whioh wo havo 1 reported and will onablo thotn to got 1 tho namos of tho witneBsos to provo 1 suoh fao'.s. It is propor that wo should s add that much of thcabuso has already I been oorrootcd as a result of this in- ( vosiigation and that somo of tho par- ' tioB havo been to us with tho assuranoo 1 that they would immediately oorreot r tho evils existing on their farms to 1 whioh wo havo called attention. * Owing to tho widespread influence ( andclT.-ot that follows any public dis ' cussion of-tho <iuostion of farm labor <in this Stato and tho result that many follow a presentment suoh as wo pro- * pose it is propor that wo should in oloa. ing this loport outer into a briof discussion of tho influences that havo brought about tho ovils reported and make suggestions as to tho rotnedios thorofor. YVo havo hoArd iumors that this investigation has already oroated a widespread interest and that tho conditions havo boon discussed with some fooling but wo havo as far as posaiblo avoided reading anything published or said in this rospoot in order that wo might pursuo our investigations without any intluonee or bias from any quarter. Tho quoation of farm labor in this Stato is a vory difficult ono and tho proscnt laws regulating tho sumo aro insufficient. Tho ncgroos whom wo found oonfined in tho 6tockado woro composed largoly of a olasi of shiftloss dobtors who aro subjoot to indiotmont for potty oflonso, and who oould not bo successfully workod undor ordinary oontracts. Thoy aro mon who havo no property, and mon who cvado thoir debts unless oompellod to pay them. Against thorn tho prooops of a oivil oourt is worthless; that of tho oriminal oourt undor oxisting laws is inadequate. Something should bo dono by the legialaturo to grado tho punishmont of this olass aooording to tho offenoo. Hut tho worst troublo has not boon in tho defect of tho provisions of tho law so muoh as its enforcement. It has oomo to bo a sottled policy in this county that indiotmont for violation of oontraot and for disposing of proporty undor lion should be compromise i, and not triod. Wo aro oonvinoed that this is wrong in prinoiplo and dangerous in practice. Whatever injustioe may be dono an individntl V??t dionAoitin ~ ? mx. * *JJ VI UIJ whioh ho has lion, or by tho violation of a coptraot by oao of his omployos, and whatever foroo might be given to tho effoot of penal statutes to induce payment of debts or fulfillment of oontraots that never has beon tho true intontand purpose of tho ponal statutos. They are cnaotcd to prevent public wrong, and when a prosecution has onoe boon instituted and tho powor of tho oriminal oourt invokod, the qt?ostion of privato rooompenso shouid disappear, and tho publio interest alono should bo considered. While this may result in oooasional hardships, it is tho only safo policy. Abuses will otherwise grow up until the oriminal oourts are dogradod into maohines for privato gain, and often for extortion and oppression. In our judgment it should be ( a crime to compromise any oaso after [ indiotment found with a viow of private gain. Nor can wo condemn too sovoroly that other fruitful souroe?in faot, the origin of tho abuses heroin roportod? tho leasing out of oonviots to work on private farms. Evils already "dotailod are too eloquent to necessitate a discussion to prove this. Huoh a system f i * * .a . i ? A snouid not do tolerated after Ua results hive boon oxpised as in this oounty. c Wo haVo heard it intimated that our ? investigations and exposures would 1 disturb tho labor oonditioDS to suoh an oxtent as to orcate trouble in this j State. We do not believe that it is true, but if it wero wo would not hesi ' tate to deolaro tho evils we fino and to 0 domand that tboy should be ab>liihod. The duty of this body is plain: Wo c must stop tho violations of law. that * now exist, and if others begin on the 1 part of the laborors themsolvos, thou J wo will unite with tho law abiding 1 oitiiens of the oountv iu punishing and 8 terminating these evils. The result of our invest! gttions show * Continued on pago 4.. t ovvti AY, S. C. THURSDAY 4 TRUE INU ICrilENT Df the United States in Her Dealing With Cub*. "UARS AND HYPOCRi TE8 ' s What France and Spain Tiuthfully Say We A^e. Our Country Disgraced Ba? fore Nrt'ions Tho dealing of tho United States with Cuba is infamous. If you don't ,hink ho read what we print below from ho Columbia State: Tho Latin races aro accustomed to ineor at tho hypoorny of tho Angloluxon. Frenchman, Spaniard and Italian regard oant as a characteristic of Iritish and Amcrioan cxpiossion, and ,hoy marvel much at tho curious bout >f ipind which oausos tho men of these lations to cloak all thoir evil purposes with tho protonoo of high and holy mo ivos., Kvon moro do thoy tnarvol at his booau-c tho oloA is threadbare rom ovcrmuoh uso and uttorly fails to mnooal that which it attompts to oovor. The solomnity of this moral pretenoo is nado even moro absurd by its utter atuity. Does tho Arglo Saxon sue toed in fooling bimsolf? asks tho Lain; how can ho? And as ho can leithcr doludo himsolf nor tho rest of uaukind by tho assumption of holiness n his worst works, what is tho uso of t all? Tho Latin is right. In this respect ho Anglo Saxon is his inferior, for he lot only sins as freely as any other inlividual of tho human family but ho idds to that sin tho further vioo of hyicorisy?and all to no cffoct cxeopt tho iroation of a universal disgust. Tho Latin docs not troublo himself to bo lypoorit'o il. Ho takes a pleasure athor in boing frank about tho mo ivos for his wiokodnossos. If ho vishos to conquer another ho admits hat ho does so for tho sako of glory; f ho wishes to soizo upon tho property >f another ho acknowledges that ho is lotuatcd by tho desiro for loot; if ho vishos to appropriato tho rights of mothor ho proolaims that ho docs it or tho sako of power. Ilo is abovo tho lontomptiblo meanness of alleging that 10 indulges thoso appetites simply for ho good of tho viotiui. Whon tho United States wont to war vith Spain in ordorto "liborato" Cuba, ipaniurds and Fronohmon, rolying in in their tfenoralizitinn of thn Anirlo. 4axon character, itiaintcd that tho ilodgo contained in tho Tcllor resoluion would bo violated and that a way vould bo fouod to hold tho Cubans in mbjeotion to tho conquerors. Timo ban irovon that thoy w< ro right; timo has ihown that tho houor of tho Doited hatea, pledged in this matter, in as ittln rogardod as it was whon tho IJniod Statos administration in tho spring if 1 K(! 1 pledged itself not to disturb tho itatus quo regarding Fort Sumtor and olegraphod south, "Faith as to Huintor ully kept," whon an expedition was lotually in making to violato the igroomont. Spanish official paporn vhioh wo road in the interior of Cuba >oforo tho oloso of tho war, appealing o tho Cubans to mako oommou oause vith Spain for tho roason that thoy vould bo botrayod by tho United Hates and placed under alion control, voro prophotio in thoir warning. The Jubans refused to boliovo this, and vo oould not imagino such bad faith n view of tho professions with whioh he war had been entered upon; but ho ovont proved that thoy woro right. For a concentrated oxhibit of Anglolaxon hypocrisy in its most loathsomo orm wo oommond to tho public tho in lugural address of l'rosidont MoKinloy lolivercd reoontly. Nothing in Dickins is moro illustrative of that oon cmptiblo vioo than this dolivcranoo of ho ohiof magistrato of tho Unitod 4tftt.cn on hia Aauiiinntinn n( itm - W ? WW.U?I|'V>VU w? mw TTU1B if government for ft Booond torm. The vholo addrosH is permoated with o?nl ind falso protonoe. it giveB one the ireops to road it. The president in gUd to bo advised by tho recont aot >f oongro98 of tho policy which tho egislativo braooh of tho government loenn csiontial to tho boat interests of ^uba and tho IJoitod Slatos"?a polioy vhibh tho proaidont himself formulatod md forood through oongross by mians vhioh can bo oharaotorizid only as iribery. Tho samo nausoous protonoe if oboying tho mandate of oongross is nado in rogard to the Philippines? vhon congress in this mattor, as in ho Cuban mattor, aotod only upon the tombined influences of monaoo and boluotion pKoooeding from tho executive. Tho address fitly oonoludes with the isiortion that "tho government's reposentatives, oivil and military, aro do ng faithful and noblo work in theii nissionof EMANCIPATIONand merit ho approval and support of thoir counrymon." Faugh 1 Wo oonoludo with ao editorial froix ho Chicago Times-Herald, whoso edi or. Mr. Kohlsaat, is a personal friend if Prosidont MoKinloy and a llopubli tan. Lot tho administration be Judgod IV an honest friend I Bat yesterday tho word of this re< mblio might, liko that of Caesar's, lave stood against the world. Today rho so weak or simplo in all the oourti rf nations as to do it revorenoe? Tho Timos-Horald has a word ol lommcnt to offer upon the Cubat unondmont to the army bill as an ongnal proposition. It may oOntain the risesl provisions that oould be devised or establishing pesoe and giving s lablo government to the island. What we insist upon is that the Unied States was not free to adopt any uoh conditions and hang them aboul he neok of Cuba. It was pledged U I lpf? r, MARCH 14. 15)01. 1 Htriko tho Spanish fottnr? from an op pressed and shamefully abused people, with u soloinu disavowal of any pur poso of substiluiing American rule, howe ver beneficent, in its place Wo wish Tho Tiuios Herald had the space to rcproduoo ono titlo of tho fervent uttoranoes thai accompanied tho adoption of the now notorious resolutions of April 20, 1808. They till pages and pages of tho Congressional Kooord, and in tho light of tho action of tho senate this week thov ring falser than tho kiss of .Judas. How tho sena'on hoped and prayed that tho btarved and soourgrd pooplo of (Jul u would not ho botrajod with tie proiuiso of freedom only to be taugbl to look with suspioion and ha tr< d upon tho Sum and S .ripen as they 1 hid looked ou the liuud yellow 11 m of Spain! I'ho air of both houses of oingross was surcharged with olootrio olo<iuonoo that conttastod American honor with Spanish perfidy. Such a cool headcl sena'or as Knuto Nelson of Minnesota declared that there woro "better and stronger grounds for our recognizing the Cuban republic than there was for rcocgniz in* tho IJoitod Statos by I'Vanoo 111 1778. To ignore Uotu< z and tho Cubin ropublie," tuid ho, 'booms to mo to be oold, ioy heartiersnoss, unworthy a great nation and a great people." Intervention and indepondonoo for Cuba were on tho lips ami in tho votos of a majority of tho donate, and almost a unanimous houso during the night of April 18, 181)8, when tho fauiou.resolutions went back and forth between tho two bousos until they oamo to a final agreement which let slip tho ar mioB of tho Unitcu States for the i mancipation ot the Republic of Cuba from tho thrall of Spain. Senator Stewart regarded "tho ro cognition of tho iudepcudonee of Cuba as a oiadition precedent to any inter f<.ronoo whatover." llo ropudia od all suggestion of "hostilo constraint on pairtots who havo struggled as tlio i?..v i o uuunu imiruni liavj. It was ''with muoh hesitation and muoh sadncHs" Senator llawloy disousHed the declaration of tho indopondouoo of Cuba which ho opposed. Our own Senator Culloui denounoed Sjain as a robber naiiou, and appoaled to overy "lover of freedom and hu manity tho world over' to further tho saorod oauso ot Cuban indepondonoo. In concluding his spei oh on th^ <(>ioation April 15, 181)8, this what bona tor Tollor said in repudiating tho idea of a war of aggraudizcmont: "Mr. Prosidoni, I want tho scnato, boforo wo conoludo this debate, to say to tho world in tho mod omphalic manner that wo do not intoed in auy way or manner to derivo bonclit from this intoivent on. Spain is loo weak and too poor to pay indemnity. 1 want tho Eonato to say that we do not intend to tako that itland; that whatever wo may do as to souio other islands, 1 as to this island, tho great bono of oontontion, wo do not intend to tako it from tho legally constituted authori 1 tios of tho island as now ostablishod. "At tho proper time, if no ono else I doos so, L proposo toolfcr home amond mont to tho joint resolution that shall mako it oloar to tho world that it shall ' not bo said by any European govern 1 mont when wo go out to mako b&ttlo 1 for tho liborty and freedom of Cuban 1 patriots that wo aro doing it for tho > purposo of aggrandizomont for ourI solves or inoroasing of our territorial 1 holdings." And Mr. Tollor was as good as his word, as tho oonoluding disavowal of tho resolutions of April '20, 181)8, tcsti1 ties. Yot Senator Toller lastTucsday voted ' to rivot Auierioan suzerainty on Cuba 1 in tho plaoo of Spanish shackles. - By that voto he and his associates havo sir pped tho intervention of tho United States on bohalf of Cuba of tho last vcstigo of disintcrostodnoss and havo writton hypoorisy and shamoless porfidy liko a blister across the hitherto fair and untarnished brow of Amorioan honor. Thoir promptness and their pleasant t effects in iko DoWitt's Lttdo Early ltis ors moat popular littlo pills wherever | thoy aro known. Thoy aro simply porfeot for 1 ivar and bowel troubles. Dr. E. Norton Drunk at tho Throttle. Tho Moscow o irrospondont of tho London Daily Mail says: ' During the recent heavy snowstorms f)0 inon wtro sent to oloar tho snow out of a railway outting noar Wolovo, on tho Kiasani Ural lino Thoy woro just leaving the i outting when tho train camo down > at full speed and orushed about HO men i into shapeless masses, their olothing i clinging to tho axles and stopping tho train. Inquiry shows that the engine driver and all the guards woro drunk " i t " . Tho lingering cough following grippe . oalls for Ono Minuto Cough Cure. For all throat and lung troublos this is tho t, only harmloss remedy that gives irn mediato results. Prevonts consurop tion. ( Dr. K. Norton. I Killed by Lightning. A special from Wolsh, Qa., says: i Throe persons were killed hero Monday night by a lightning flash, whiohsot on fire the house whero tho victims wcri , sleeping. The family of Postmaster ' Morgan had rotir?d vIiaii Mr Mnri?*n i was arousod by the flames. He haatoDod to awaken Lis w fe and children and dis' overed that his wife, his twolvd >o*r > old soo and six year old daughter wore ' doad. Three other ohildron wore uoi hurt The bodies were taken out jnot before the burning roof foil in. i See that you get the original DoWit.'s Witoh ilatel Salvo when you ' ask for it. The genoino is a otrta.n i cure for piles, sores and skin diseases, i Dr. Jfi. Norton. I M\KESAN ASSIGNMENT. A Noted Financier Exemplifies Republican Prosperity. It is announced frotn Now York that .John K Soirlis, tlio woll known finanoier and at pr< sent in tho general corporation and financial btninoHS, in?tlo on asatgnniont Tuosdsy for tho benefit of oroditora to Klwsrd K, Dwight. Mr Scarlca ia preaidont and director of the Am r;ean Cotton oompiny, American Typo K under* ootnjany and Hyatt Hollor Botring ootupany ; vice president and director if the Minoo?polis and St L >ui* lltilroad oonmany; li?'? roa'ional Trust 0 )iui a iy and Union Traction an i ITooirioo;)iupan> ; chairman and diroo tor of the Baltimore Chosapoike and Atlanti ir tlwa< ; secretary and dir-o tor, Biooklyn UoopTigo ootnpanj ; di recti r Amoriotn Uoffeo oompani , Amir io?n Sugar It fining oompany, IVoforred Accident Insurance company, Western National hank, Spraguo Klootrio ootn patty. Tcrutioal Warohouui company and Universal Lasting ootupaoy; trustee American Deposit and Loan com I any, American Surety ominany; Brooklyn Instituto of Arts and Sciences, Kquitablo Life Assurance aooioty As treasurer of tho Sugar oompany and president of the Western National bank, Mr. Scarlcs gained a reputation for business sagacity and because of bis re pu'atioo was asked to ontor tho diroo torioH of v inous corporations. 11 ih friends say that ho scctned t> havo un limited faith in tho possibilities of tho Aiuorioan Cotton oompany. Oao of tho banks with which Mr. Soarlos had an account is tho Merchants National of Wall s'reot. An oflioial of ono of tho loading hanks down town said today that Mr Srarlcs had boon in a bad way for ready money siuoo last fall. In tho American Cotton oompany ho w?h associated with I litod States Hr>rmtr?r .Jones of Arkan as. The latter oo n- | paoy 0011 rola tho patonts f r a co'ton oomprchs aid ia said to havo doLo n prosperous business. Tho atoii aoli ojntrois the situation. Thoso who are hearty and -itiong aro thoco who oan eat aud digest plenty of food Kodol Dyspepsia Cuio digests what you oat and allows you to oat all tho good f ?od y< u want. If you suffer from indigestion, heartburn, bolohing or any other at< niaoh trouble, tliii pro paiation oin't help but do you good. Tho moat sensitive stomachs oan tako it. Dr. K Norton. . They Rido Astride. Tho Savannah Nowa aaya tho sooicty women of Now York and olsuwhoro who aro wintering at Aikon, S. (J.? Mrs, Thomas HUohoook, Mrs .John Jaoub Aator, Mias. Kiatia and othors ? havo adopted an innovation in horseback riding, it ia reported. They havo dis oarded the aido aaddlc, and now tako tho saddlo in man fashion. Thoy wear long o<?ats and long boots, and tuoh certain other parts of ooatumo as pormit the in perfect frcodom and aelf control while on their hcrsos. Tho aatrido atylo of riding ia allogcd to havo bcoouie almost a fad among tho fashionables. Thoy find it oasior, safer and moro cuj oyahlc. Counterfoils of DoWitt's Witoh Hazol Salvo aro liablo to causo blood p)iaoning. Lcavo them alono. Tho original has tho uamo DoWitt's upon tho box and wrapper. It is a harmless and hoaling salvo for skin diseases. Unequalled for piles. Dr. 10. Norton. In a Had YVay. M innnoAf * V? a n nAWAl. i? * ? 11.1* . . .uuu..isv? nan n UUJUIlJf III UUIUUUU! county, whioh in bankrupt and in a condition bordoring on anarchy. A court decision whioh allows logging companion to avoid tho payment of baok taxes has caused tne irjublo. Tho county lias no money and no fuolforits oth.scH, and merchants hsvo long since refused to aooopt warrantH. Tho county judgo and jurors havo gono out on striko and most of tho offices havo been olofe 1 by thoir oooupants. Thoshtr.ff, who has boon oaring for his prisoners at his own oxpense, threatens to turn them looso so that ho ran hunt fot a job that will support his family. Tho legislature is being supplicated for aid. When you aro bilious, uso thosi famous little pills known as DeWitt's Lit tlo Karly llisers to oleansc tho liver and bowels. Thoy novor gripo. Dr. K Norton. 11 ever before ^ Write for our elegant II-T cata ik we can aave vnn mnn*u ?'a? ? ^ 1,1,7 # and the easy terms of paymcn # factory or through our regular ai ^ tunity you cannot afford to pass. Y< x Itw manufacturers. Therefore, ncT L'? construe ion is unnecessary. If y t.in offer nnst liberal terms. WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMP For Sale by Spivoy Meroantile C tfl |X1 DR. KOFI -5v| EETI ^51/ -L CT^hlng a gJifZ Casts only 25 ceat OraMdlWeeaU UO. J 1 NO. 33 WHAT IT COSTS". Congross Expanded Nealv a Blll|->n ?nd Half Dollars. IMPERIALISM COMES HIGH. Congressman L-virgaton Bays "That the Half That Is Contemplated Has Not Bean Put In Operation. llepresmtativo Cannon, chairman of I ho houco oouiuiittoo on appropriations, and Keproscntativo Livingston, tho senior Dcnooratio mcnibor of tho committee, havo prepared statements of tho appropriations of tho 50th congress. Both place tho total appropriations for tho congress at $1,110,062,545, placing thoHo for tho first sossion at $710,150 Hl!2 and for tho sco >nd a $729 911,Mr. Cannon publishes a table showing tho oxpondituros of tho previous o>ngro*sat $1,508,212,637 and Mr. Livingston uiakos a comparison with tho 5lib congress whioh appropriated $1,011,580,273. In his statomont Mr. Cannon says: "Of tho total appropriations made at ihiH session, at least $30,000,000 will not, in tho light of past experience, be exponded This considerable margin i?* J uuvtvuu numii cA|iui(iiuur"H 1DQ appropriations made by oongross indicates a Him total of oxpsndituros daring the fiscal yoar 1902 of not oxoeoding $699,1)1 1,082 07 ThiHSum includes $52,000,tMM) on account of tho sinking fund roquiromonts for tho tisoal yoar 1902, whioh, of ooutpo, under iho terms of the law, will bo mot only to moh extent as surplus revenues in tho treasury may jormit. Aftor meeting the fallenordinary requirements of tho publio to'v oJ under tho appropriations whioh have been mado, thoro will surely rouiain huflioient rt v 'ou> for 1902 to moet not loss than $20,000,000 of tho requirements ( f ti e sinking fund. "Tho iu( st uiatkod inoroaso indicated in tho appropriations for ordinary oxponsos of tho government mado for the two years 11101 and 11X12 at the two sessions of this QongrosH ovor thoso of the two procoiing years 1899 and 1900, provided f )r by tho both congress, is for the postal service. Tho noooisity of thoso iuoreaaod appropriations to moot largo businoss demands is referred to as a cause for congratulation. The appropriations have boon roduood $128,lf>0,091 by this oongrons undor thoso pr^vidod for by its prodoeessor and this has rondcrod possible a reduction of taxes in the sum of $11,000,000. "With a continuance of tho wise administration enjoyed by tho country, thoro is ovcry reason to anticipate a further rtduotion of publio expondituros in tho near futuro and a corresponding furthor roduotion of taxor." MR UVlNUHTON MAYHJ "Tho 54 th congress was tho last one that mado appropriations for the support of tho government prior to the beginning of tho Spanish-Amerioan war. "Tho bOth oongross is the first oongross appropriating for the support of tho government sinoo tho oloso of the HO-oallc<l Spanish Amorhan war. Tho difforocoo botwocn tho appropriations mado by tho 50 th oongross and those mado by tho 54th congross aro $395,482.272. Daring tho session just closed tho demands of tho pooplo, through their representatives, for tho oonstruotion of tho Niciragua oanal, havo gone unhooded, and thoso for now public buildings havo boon persiUontly domed. Tho rivor and harbor bill has been pormittcd to fail. Tho payment of just claims of honest people against the government has not boen provided for. "Tho oooit casual examination of the tablo makes oommont practically unnecessary. It shows that tho army for oaoh of tho two years prior to the : Spanish-\merioan war cost a little j over $23 000,000, and but little more than $40,000,000 for the two years oovorcd by tho 54th congress, while for the two yoars since that war?1901 and 1902 ?it cost $115 000,000, or $230,000,000 for tho two years, exclusive of the defioienoios that havo boon provided tor [Oontiauod on pago 4 ] mi BGMnUttl cal Change In Marketing Methods J, Applied to Sewing Machines. * Inai plan under which you can obtain \ 1 3 and Setter value in the purchase of 1) unous ^rnite^Tievving Machine than W offered. ? logue and detailed particulars. How 4 rcliase of a high-grade sewing machine i I we can offer, either direct from ^ ithorized agent*. This is r.a oppor- 0 >u know the "White," you know ^ eTTTTccr<leseription of th<Tntac!lTi!?TiKr T ou have an old machine to exchange J Write to-day. Address in full. 'ANY, (Dep't A.) Cleveland, OHIO. 5 o., Conway, S. C. FETTS A Allays Irritation, AMs MpcHm, I B I 111 A Regulates the Bowels Hi I N it Strengthens ths CWU. 1 I 11 1-1 Makes Teething Cany. owden) jLJLTEETttmA Relieves the BmmA . n . . Troubles of Chttdren ?f sat Druggists, any am. .MOFPKTT, M. D^ST.UMH*M| \ ' " ?id