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VOL. XVI. THE CANDIDATES. Names of Some of Those that Havo Been Announced AS SURE TO RUN THE RACE. A Forecast of the Next St a to CamWhich Ih Now Oponiill*-, and Wl.i. i. win i... \V aii-m. The ''campaign next summer" is the roseate future ? which nearlv every legislator 1 ??\ i. So ne h iv | hjcome d . ;.is; 1 %vi! i pu ilio life ukI swear teiat t h ?y will not a^r iln eulct* the lists. (>l.will "^o hack" If j their friends ' uiye them'' l<> do so. i Hut others think that th:s world has ! better things in st ire for thmn. S un of t he member * of t he house at present seek nothing higher than to become senators. In this class may b *. named Messrs. lUitler, of Cherokee. Hichardson of Clarendon, .MeLend of Lee. Ashley of Anderson and Llird of Lexington, provided Senator Sharpe ret ires. There arc several members of the house who have been sinvested as candidates fort Ic speaker's<-h dr. Anions them are Me-srs. lluokorof Anderson. Morgan of Greenville. Williams of 1 ,tjnd'?cfni? oiul ?J .?. I ? '? - * ,r 1 u.iuvii.iiv,! (tun Dtiiii i] ii. iversici w. Kach (if them is well en lowed with i mental attributes, each has had ex- j pcriencc, and all arc popular. The house Is m ire prolific of can li- i dates for static ot'liees than in t.he sen''v ate. The latter is not "so warm,'' bub t he hous is a regular incubator. ! [ + There are fully a dozen state otlleers who were representatives, but none <>f them, except one, was ever in the son- : a to. Among the candidates who will go from the noisy hall of the house to the racy debates in state campaigns .is the speaker, Hon. \V. F. Stevenson of Chesterfield, who is a man of marked legal ability and would add dignity to the otlleo of attorney general, to which he aspires. His election is no sinecure, but Mr. Stevenson has never yet suffered defeat. The only other announced candidate is Mr. I J. X. Hunter, the present assistant at - j torney general, who is popular in the ) state and a finished politician. For secretary of state nearly a quorum of the house will oiler. The avowed candidates from the house are Jlon. J. Harvey Wilson of Sumter, chairman of the ways and means committee: Mr. .1. C. Campbell of Marlboro, Capt. .J. Hampden brooks, that most gallant of Confederate soldiers, and Col. J. 'I*. Austin of Greenville, he of the invincible handshake. (>1 her candidates will in; Mr. .1. T. Gantt, Col. K. II. A nil and Mr. W. W. bradley of Abbcvillc. The house has a trained campaigner and level-headed militiaman as a candidate for comptroller general. In the last few days of the session Capt. .1. (J. Richards of Kershaw announced that he.had about decided to outer the race. Capt. Richards has been a (supporter of t he Charleston Medical (college and of Winthrop hi the tights iin which those institutions figured. .-Senator Sharpc with his lusty vociferation will also lie heard upon the stump for this ottlce. Capt. black, secretary of the state penitentiary board, is a candidate for this office. Mr. Derham may bo hard to defeat for re-election. The attorney general, secretary of state and adjutant general will not stand for re-election. Mr. Derham, Mr. MoMahan and ('apt. .Jenning will Ik*, there when the campaign opens. Now the house lias an aspirant for Mr. McMahan's oftlce. Mr. Arthur .Kiblcr of Newberry, one of the leaders of the "house and a champion of the common schools. Mr. Kibler is also ;an advocate of measures regulating the workings of insurance companies. Prof. (). B. Martin of Greenville has announced himself as a candidate for state superintendent of education, 'Col. A. It. Banks of Bock Hill was suggested some time ago. but lie will not be in tin; race. For adjutant, general the house will have a Confederate veteran who will try to succeed tfiae gallant old soldier who will retire to take up the light for congress in the Fifth district, Capt. A. If. Dean of Spartanburg is a candidate for adjutant general. Capt. Dean has been a consistent advocate of purity in our pension system. He 9s well known In the up country. Col. .Tno. I). Frost of Columbia, the popular and very efficient assistant adjutant general, will be in the race to succeed Mr. Floyd, as will Mr. Paul Ayer of Anderson and the dashing Col. Jack Boyd of Greenville, who has never quit being a soldier since the days when he was "Johnny Rob." The office of railroad commissioner seems to be a soft berth. At any rate there are more candidates for this office than for any other. Among the candidates who are so far In the race are Mr. Henry J. Klnard of Greenwood who is perhaps the leader of the economists of the house, although he is not narrow In his views; Mr. J. G. Wolling of Fairfield, whose success as a merchant and fanner would augur success as a state official, Is also In the race; Senator It. L. Caughman of Saluda, author of the "Jim crow" car law, is a candidate. Mr. J. C. Wllborn of York, the present chairman, will stand for re-election, having served eight years. Mr. W. Boyd Evans Is a candidate?and there are others. No member of the house aspires to be governor -yet. There is one candidate on the other side of the State ' ' ' " ' \ capitol, Lieut. Gov. J. II. Tillnum and the winner will have In defeat about half a dozen other candidates, among them Gov. MeSweeney, Col. W. Jasper Talbert, Capt. I>. C. 1 ley ward of Colleton and Mr. M. F. Ansel of Greenville. The leading candidates for lieutenant governor are lion. Frank It. Gary of Abbeville, whose ability and fairness as a presiding oiticer are axiomatic: Senator S. G. Maytield, who has been for eight years chairman of the senate's most important committee; Senator .1. Lyles Glenn of Chester, and Mr. Cole L. itloase. Since the redisricting of the Stat**, 1 there have been a number of buds on the (lower of congressional aspirations. \ In the first district it is thought that I Mr. Geo. Lcgare of Charleston will be elected. In the second district t he i I following names have been mentioned, i in*I all will prohahl\ run William ' I,'.Mint t ,,f '* >? *? "< ... . ... , ,v?i ?? I III I . \ I . I'llllL.MI IH'lllllj ger and I. (). Patterson of 1 -at nwell; J J. W. Croft of Aiken, and .!. W illiain Phurmond of Kdgelleld. Mr. Helllnger is t he fearless, aggressive and | brainy leader of the anti-trust element I of t110 State. Col. Croft agrees with Mr. Pellinger in that light, and is an eloquent and powerful defender of the J common people on the Moor of the house. In the third district the candidates will be: Senator GeorgeS. Mower of Newberry. Senator Graydon, ex-Senator Met'alia and Wyatt Aiken of Ablieville, Geo. 10. Prince of Anderson and Dr. Smith of Pickens. The latter lias not been heard of much in j politics but he is said to be a very formidable candidate. Mr. .!> 5 Johnson will not be n -elected in the fourth district without opposition. lie defeated Mr. 1 tanyarne Wilson >y about J,000 \ot< s. It is rumored that Senator Dean of Greenville will try conclusions with Mr. Johnson. In the liftli Mr. Kinley will stand for re-election and Gen. Ployd and Solicitor Henry will oppose lum. Dr. St rait will run again. In the sixth no opposition to Congressman Scarborough lias developed. In the seventh Mr. Lever will he opposed by a member of the House in the person of Mr. J. H. MeLauohlin, of Orangeburg. There will lie other candidates no doubt in this district. The legislature is the hotbed from which nvinu ...... --> i 111 1 I J LV.IMH1 |II,I III 1 llll' lilhl'll and vfraft?m! into the soil of State ofliccs where t heir foliage is kept moist l?y the dews of emoluments and perquisites. <Jrenl StorniH North. Dispatches from Wilkesbarre, Pa., show that more than a score of lives wore lost and $5,000,000 worth of property was destroyed in Northeastern Pennsylvania by the recent storms and rains. The danger is over, but the full extent of the damage is yet to be seen. Eighteen thousand homeless persons in the Wyoming Valley are anxiously watching the backwards course of the waters. The water has receded in Paterson, X. .1., so that t.he danger there practically is over, but there were many daring rescues of persons who had stayed in the Hooded houses. So many mills were damaged I I... i ? TV.. . K-. " ? i-iim n il iiiuuni1111 ojjcriii ivcs arc thrown out of work for an indefinite time, in Passaic six men are reported to have been carried down with a bridge, which was washed away. The current was so swift that it was impossible to rescue them. Cities and towns in almost ail sections of New York, and New England states suffered ' heavy damages to property, and delayed trains were reported. A True American. ( Kx-ftovornor Hogg, of Texas, is in Lonnon, England, on business, < Ambassador Joseph Ctioatc made arrangements to have the Texan presented to King Edward at a levee, but Mr, Hogg was required to change 1 his American dress and appear in the regulation court dress of knee breech- 1 es and sword lie fore he could be pre- ' scntcd to the King. When Mr. Hogg was told of the dress demanded, lie 1 said: "Never. If I cannot appear 1 in 1110 ordinary evening dress of an 1 American citizen I will not appear at I all. A pretty sight I would look l rigged up in those gewgaws. I have ' notjhe faintest idea of trying tore- > volutlonizc or even criticise English 1 customs; but blamed if I'll wear an- ? other count ry's uniform: no not even I for the sake of meeting the King." ' Ex-Governor Hogg is no hog on royal < swill. ______________________ 1 flicks on Storms. 1 licks, the St. Louis editor of Word ! and Works, got in his forecasts all , right for the hist week of February. | lie warned his readers against electric storms and the storm period that would go out with February into March. The reports trom Maine to Mexico and from Wisconsin to Key West show that violent an destructive Hoods with high winds prevailed. In his almanac lie says that there will lie unusual disturbances from the tlrst to the fifth of March. Dangerous ot/irmc mo u hn AV*\A/.f a/1 4 I. .ivvmmio liny I/vy I.wi <111 lillisrit; lliiyK. I Thunder storms in the South and sleet and snow In higher latitudes. Stormy gales and blizzards may be exported along the lakes 9 to 10. Up to the 16th storm conditions will prevail. The most stormy period will be tbe 21st to 20th. A Slick KnNcal. Last week a swindler, bearing the name of L. ?T. MoKec, made a victim of K. B. Wetherford, a farmer living at Clearwater, S. C. Fie came to his house claming to be the state geologist and charging all his accounts to the state. Mr. Wetherford cashed a bogus cheek drawn by lilm for $50. Others were swindled in the same way. The governor has been notified and steps will be taken for the capture of the sharper. i ip CONWAY, S. C. A MEAN THIEF. nobbed A Minister as the Crowd Went to the Altar. A PICKPOCKET IN A CHURCH. The Pastor of l ho Church, Took 1 I l> n Collect ion to Kelnihurso the Minister for lliH I1O8B. The Atlanta Journal savs pickpockets played a little joke on the Atlanta detective department Wednesday night,and are now quietly laughing while the detect i ves are wondering. 1 licensed at the piekpoekets daring to appear in Atlanta, almost the entire! detective department went out Wednesday night to capture the gentle-! men of the light linger touch. Saloons, pool rooms, hotel lobbies, everywhere that a had or sporty man would likely he, were visited. And while the detectives were taking in these 1 places pickpockets were quietly enjoying the services at ttie Tabernacle Bap! 1st church, and Just to keep their hand in t hey robhed a few preachers j and worshipers. Atlanta is usually free from t lie pro- i fessional Crook, hilt at nriwnnt li<> 1 seems to be holding his owl). Cases of pickpocketing and purse.-snatchin^ j arc now dail.\Njr nightly (>c< urreuees ' in Atlanta. TlwNtetect ivgts are dointf j some iianl work to nYeak it up, only it did not occur to them to "^o to ehureh. Perhaps the detectives will go to church. If so let the people in the saloon and in the hotels beware, for the pickpockets seem to he kei ping an eye on the />P'""rs as wvli as on possible | Itoodle.. It was nliout 5 o'clock Wednesday '< afternotfn that the lirst suspicion of i pickpockets bcin^ in the Tabernalc church was aroused. Dr. hrom/hton. from his scat on the conference platform, noticed some suspicious looking characters enter. There were four , men and two women in the crowd. Shortly afterward he saw one, of t he men crowd against Dr. Campbell, of Anderson, S. C. It was only a few moments then before Dr. Campbell i went forward and told Dr. Rroughton < he had been robbed of his purse, eon- t tabling Later it was discovered < that two other members of the con- i fcrenee had been robbed. i Dr. J. YV. Hurt, the Sixth ward I physician, had an encounter with a < pickpocket as he was on his way home from the conference. Dr. Hurt was on the street car. when he felt a hand enter his pocket, where he had his ' money. Instantly he grabbed the man and the would-be thief, to get , away, gave up his overcoat, pulling ' it. oir as the two men struggled. The ( overcoat and a pair of gloves found in the pocket were turned over to the ' detectives. They will be used as clews l/> trace the thieves, The over- ' coat was a good one and would indicate that t lie pickpocket was a very prosperous one. The gang now in Atlanta is getting f in some good work. William It. Roberts was on Monday night robbed of a $150 scarf pin on the street car as he ! was returning from the bicycle races : at Piedmont park. Frank Casey was caught by Mr. Roberts and turned over to the police. Casey did not have the pin, but he Is believed to have [ been with the man who did rob Roberts. Wednesday night Steve Wallace was arrested at the union depot on suspicion. Another Theory Attacked. Many people who realize the danger ;>f using impure city water boil it and feel happy. Whether they succeed by this method in remedying the evil is a question which many medical men will answer in the negative. All oIlAIMltll ?1 A 1 * - * M ' ^.iv,nii.TiA") iiKicc lii<tb uic ooiung or Impure water, aside from the destruc- | Lion of the life of some of the disease i?erms, tlie elimination of some of the ^ases and tiie deposit of a portion of the carbonate of lime, always makes 1 it more Impure. Roll a gallon of water until there is but a quart left, 1 ind the quart will contain all the I in- ' purities of t he gallon and will be neary four t imes as impure as before. By xmtinuing the boiling all the impuri- J Lies, animal, vegetable and mineral, xcepL the gases thrown off, will be reduced toonesolid mass. The water s which is evaporated and passes olT as iteam is very nearly pure. In the boiling process the dangerous germs \ may have l>een killed, but their re- t mains furnish excellent material for \ bacterial life to feed upon. v Tlie Potato Crop. Prepare for a large sweet potato ' crop. They make cheap hog food. They are good to have in the family about eight months in the year. Any . variety of the yellow kind is good for r table use. For hogs and cattle the large red kind, are more prolific. Land should be pulverized >\ to 12 inches * deep. Plant In two-foot rows. If you use commercial fertilizer and the land is thin mix 500 pounds acid phos-, phatc. 000 kainlt and 200 pounds cot- j ton seed meal for two acres. WIlAt It COHt. Rear Admiral O'Neill, chief of the naval bureau of ordinance, has figured out the cost of the ammunition expended In the battles of Manila Hay and Santiago. Dewey's consumption of powder and shot amounted to $50,000, while the Santiago fleet used up $H4,804 worth in putting the Spanlards permanently out of business. One hundred and thirty two tons of ammunition were expended at Manila, and 105 tons at Santiugo. -- WK I ? THURSDAY, MA TILLMAN'S OFFENCE. Why the Republicans Were So Anxious to I'iiiiIhIi llim. The Milwaukee Daily News says: There is much of consternation in the select circles of senatorial roguery over the Tillman McLaurin incident, while the enmity proper are much worried over the ' disgrace" that has come to the country because the strenuous senator from South Carolina slapped t lie face of a colleague that had called him a liar. It was all so serious. If Tillman had laughed in t he face of his tradueer, it would have been so much more In harmony with senatorial dljjnitv. while it would not have violated tlv propriotIcs or have shocked that fine sense dl' honor, the wounds of which lire honied hy gilded hahn. Smirk an?l smile, cheat, swindle and corrupt, hut do not be "rude." Ilude he may be. uncultured and ungentlemanly when rascality is rampant, yet Tillman's direel speech and lighting j t)lood, while they do not make for senatorial dignity, are not without serving a good purpose, l-'or plain | talk t here is much need. This winking at corruption under theassumpt ion t hat courtesy demands silence when roguery is afoot is a : species of "courtesy" that is valued I highly in the senate, because it en- i allies the llanuns. Klklnses and that class of statesmen to conceal their activities. However olTensive Tillman's j outbreaks may be to propriety, lie is a ; constant menace to the fellows in the senate thai have bought their seats or thai are serving as attorneys for indusi rial or t ranspoi tat ion corporal ion. lie is likely to break loose, at any time diregard "courtesy" and show them up before the country in their true light. It is natural enough that | i IK so men should desire Io see Tillman retired. It is to he expected that those persons that are shocked at the ; word damn or that faint at the sight nt hi nod though they may look with' complacency upon corruption and cor-, ruptionlsls will bo fttarllcd at Tillman's plain-spoken speech, ltut. ell- j initiate the rogues, the noodles and ninnies and it will lie found that there are no large numbers of American citizens worrying about Tillman. We are falling upon times when there is need for plain-spoken speech. With trust magnates defying the law, I hreat.ening the president of t he I nit d States and demanding of the. ex-1 3cutive that they he exempt from laws, distasteful to them, there is need for men that will not stand upon ceremony or mince their words. It is lime for plain speech. And if that is denied, then beware the deluge. Shot I>own Three TIiIovch. Three burglars, with revolvers and jhloroform, were given a surprise of their lives Wednesday morning in Chicago. They had learned that Jon sobieski, a South Chicago grocer, had Irawn $.'1,000 from a bank. Sobieski, who sleeps in t he rear of his store, was iroused by the crash of a fruit jar, lie crawled out. in the darkness, and, ieelng the trio, began to tire, lying on die floor. Of the three men, he shot .wo and the third lie knocked down with the butt of his revolver. The ihooting was heard at tlie South Chicago police stat ion, breaking in the front door t lie police found the three robbers, Kdgar Mallen, shot through he head and unconscious; Joseph (J. irengivitch, shot through the right eg and right arm, and i'hilip Florg, 1 iruised about tlie face and shoulder, grazed l?y a bullet and a cut. over the lead, with Sobieskl sitting on him. Tillman llad to Talk. When Senator Tillman made his irst speech in the Senate after bis al,creation with McLaurin lie discussed die irrigation bill, lie simply wantid an excuse to say something. "I | lon't know anything aixuit this subiect at all," he explained. "1 Just ( lappencd in here while the matter ,vas being discussed, and as I had | icen rather -well?"Mr. Tillman laused. lie did not know cxactlv low to describe his position. Ho ooked around tho Senate as if waithk' for a suggestion. "Closed up," ] remarked Senator Rerry. "Well, dosed up,"said Mr. Tillman, laughng "I had hcen in a conditon of inioeuous desuetude f(?r a few days and ( [ thought t he Senate might like to ; lear from me again." As the speecli vas In favor of the irrigation hill, the riends of the measure listened inently to all that Mr. Tillman had to ay. Tho Price of a foot. Mr. James C. Schumpert, of New>erry, lost a foot hy an accident on ' he southern Railway at Helton on 1 he Kith of Kphrnnru 1001 l-i^ vas an engineer on that system. He irought suit for $50,000. The trial ame olT recently In Newlierry, and ' he Jury gave a verdict in his favor for 1 >12,500. A motion for a new trial vas refused with the understanding hat the verdict lie reduced to $10,000. | Pen dyas time was given to accept ' jhe reduction or a new trial will he (ranted. A Weary Job* The HulTalo Sunday News supplement is running a scries of plcturesl representing historic events. in the representation of the Santiago sea light the llrooklynand the Oregon arc the only American vessels insight. The Sampson-in-eoinmand clique lias ! a weary Job to handle. Urcm Mheriiinn'H MethodH. Gen. Hughes testllled before the Philippine committee on Monday that, "in cases where the natives of a village were found harboring insur rectors the village was generally burned." That settles one point at any rate, which is the Sherman method is practiced in the Philippines. Hfv?l i. -. . ^ KOI I IK, 1002. GREAT EXCITEMENT. A Negro Most Brutally Assaults a Whito Woman. THE CRIMINAL CAPTURED. ' The Sheriff Prevented a (lynching l?y Promising a Speedy Trial at a Special Term of ('ourt. A dispatch from Florence to The State says pear My mans, in the lower I?: J rt itf Kliii'nni'n > ? , iv/ni'i.,! t.tw i milsuay aUernnon. Mrs. K. I!. It.iynes, a wellknown am! iexpected white woman, was ravished 1?v a negro hrnte. .Iiilius (lihhes. Fvidcntly aware that (lie husband was away from home, the negro called at the house cm pretence , of business. Mrs. I lay lies came to 1 lie j door with a baby in her arms. After a few mimit -s eonversut i< tn j (! ibbes rushed up t he steps and over pow- , ered the lady, Hiatehing the child from her arms and throwing it aside. Mrs. Haynesncver lost consciousness, and when she was released ran to a neighbor's house and gave the alarm. In t he meant iine t he negro had tied. A large crowd soon gathered and Sheriff I fundi readied the scene from Florence j at out n o'cl ick. (lihhes was found at Vc home, about a mile distant from j where lie committed the crime. It was all that Sheriff Kureh could do to ! prevent the angry men from seizing |! t ho negro and swinging him up, hut. | j reason prevailed and ;i lymdiing avoided. Influential men in the eommuni-' ' ty, among whom were the hushaiid ! and hrot her-in-law of t he vict hn, al led t he sheriff in soot hing the intense ex-1' eltement. ()n condi t ion t hat a special | term of court would he convened fort Immediate trial t lie men desisted from I violence and allowed tin* negro to he brought safely to the Florence ia.ll. Thursday night everything seems to be perfect ly (piiet, and there Is no fear of a lynching. AN AI'I'HAL TO Til K OOVKUNOlt. The Columbia State says rather a remarkable and unusual case was called to the governor's attention Thursday. This time a mob agrees not to lynch if tlieStatc will see that a speedy trial is had. This is the lirsl time such a ease lias developed in South Carolina. The governor heard of tire case Thursday morning from the sheriff of Florence county, the telegram being incorporated in the following message sent the circuit solicitor: March a, 1902. Solicitor John S. Wilson, Manning, S. C.: Have just received the following telegram: "Florence, S. C. M. II. MeSweeney, Governor, Columbia, S. C.: Negro raped white woman Wednesday lower part, county, large party present when arrested and desisted from lynch law on condition special term rwkiirt o/mtfnnn #>? ?... * -? * ...... vvvmiu,ih; ilU UIICl!, I pTOITl- S iscd and have negro in jail. Make good 1 my promise, otherwise may 1m; trouble, r Everything quiet awaiting your ac- a tion.?Thomas S. I birch, Sheriff." i We must not have any lyncl?i11>^ in s tliis State. Have wired the sheriff i that the request for special term of court under act of 11)00 must come, through you and I will act favorably upon petition. s M. B. McSwcency. 0 Governor. t This message was sent to the, sheriff: 1 March 0, 1002. 1 Mr. Thomas S. Burch, SherilT, Flor- a ence, S. C.: t Under the act of 1000 providing for v special term of "court such application 'I must come through solicitor, and can t only come through him under the stat- 1 ute. If the matter is presented to the I solicitor by your people I have no a doubt that he, will ask for the special o term of court you indicate. This Is a! i requirement Of law. Personally I 11 favor a prompt trial, but under the o statute can only call the extra term r. upon the writ ten request of solicitor, v Have the petition sent, to me and 1 1 will have the extra term of court or- < rlercd with pleasure. Have wired 1 Solicitor Wilson fully. j M. It. MeSweeney, ;i Governor. ;i This was also wired the sheriff: 1 March r>, 1902. j Thomas S. Ilurch, Sheriff, Florence c S. C.: c J rely on you to protect the prisoner tnd if necessary bring him here to penitentiary. Wire me If necessary. M. It. MeSweeney, I Governor. ^ At 10 o'clock Thursday night the c following telegram was received by the governor: Manning, March 0. To Governor !, MeSweeney: Will go to Florence ^ tomorrow. Will then advslc you. j Sheriff should do his dut y. Jno. S. Wilson. ^ Mysterious Accident. Three miners employed at the Stand- i] ard mine at Mt. Pleasant, Pa., were c instantly killed Wednesday evening y in a mysterious manner. The men 1 were on the cage which was convey- c Ing them to the top when suddenly 1: they were, secrt by their companions to 1 fall. A miner who was on the cage c at the time said that one of the men had lost his holding and in an endeavor to save himself pulled the other two miners with him. Alex Stcl>e, 45 p years old, was the only name of the \ victims that could l>e obtained. A > son of Stcbe came to Standard Wed- i nesday evening from Europe and ar- l rived about the time of the death of his father. BURGLARS AT WORK. All riiNiiccctJHrul Attempt to ICol the Ht. MiitllirivM llmik. I'hc town of St. Mat thews was visit ed I?y a k'nitu of robliers or burglars 01 Tuesday nitfht t?f last week. They llrst entered t he hardware store of Mr. (too. \V. Arthur and proaned a few chisels and other Implements which t hey t bought, t hey ml^ht need and proceeded to the St. Matthews hank and blew open the outer doors of the luitfo safe of that Institution. 'I'liis was an easy enough job, and no doubt the robbers thought they had met with a soft snap, but they were mistaken. After t hey b'ot the outer doors open I hey at t emoted to blow onon t lie inner vim It in which the money Is kept, hut did not succeed. They succeeded, however in damaging it to such an extent that the hank oltleials could not open It themselves Wednesday morning. The robbers also visited tlie general store of Messrs. ltates \ Snioak, from which a few suits of clot lies was taken. The dispensary was visited by tliem and a K<xxi supply of liquor was taken from there. 'The rascals then stole a mule from Mr. II. A. Itaysor, on which they left the town. before leaving the dispensary a liberal amount of whiskey was imbibed by them. They only got t went y-eight dollars in one cent pieces and ti vc dollars in gold from the hank, all the rest of the money and papers in the hank were locked up in the vault of the bank, which the burglars failed to open. The dispensary was robbed of ahofit seven dollars worth of beer and line liquors. In t/rylng to blow open the safe in the !>ank one of the robbers must have H?en badly hurt, by t he explosion as nueli blood was found on the floor of die hank building. On Wednesday wo white tramps were arrested just ibove St. Matthews on suspicion and odged in jail. A Sad Dentil. I >r. Richard Ferguson, -lr., died aiddcnly in Columbia Thursday night, le went to Columbia about two years igo. being then only 2d years old. He tppeared before the State hoard of nodical examiners and, although he iad been out of college for live years, le stood t he tincst examination of a 'cry large number of applicants for ertilieat.es. He then established an itllcc in Columbia and devoted his atentlon exclusively to the ear and eye. Those who had visited thoofllcoof the eading specialists in the South said .hat his was the best, equipped otllce .hey had seen. He was easily tfiven a irst place as a specialist and did a urge business, and was heartily recommended by all who patronized him. ie seemed nervous, hut In his profosional work was a master. Dr. Fcr[tison used opiates and his nervous ystem was very much disaranged, and t is stated that tie. could ?!< <.n nniu ? 'J lie use of opiates. Recently he has >een putting himself to sleep with hloroform. Tliursday afternoon he vas found dead in his Morris chair, vitli a bottle of chloroform on one ide and a handkerchief on the other, le had evidently used too much chlooform. All of the surroundings and .11 of the circumstances indicated that t was an accident. Dr. Earle was ummoncd and found that there was mthing to Ik; done. A Funny Hlory. The Atlanta Journal says quite a ensatlon was sprung on the citizens f Athens Wednesday morning when he rumor became general that the tody of a dead man was at the warelouse of the Georgia railroad depot nd had been there sihcc last Septom>er. Early in the morning crowds vere at the depot to verify the story. Pile box was received by the author!ies in September and was from NewKirn, S. C., and consigned to W. '1'. lofTman. After being in the depot M this while it was opened bv deoot Ulcers Tuesday and tliey were astonslied to find the body of a petrified nan. The f>ox was a plain, oblong ?ne, somewhat casket shaped. The nan Is five feet nine inches and voighs 210 pounds. It is claimed the >ody was found in Saluda river, South Carolina. In the breast are two billet holes and t he man had been scalped, iresumably by the Indians. The teeth ire plugged with gold and finger aid too nails are perfect. The lands are crossed across the breast ust as the Ixxly was buried. It is laimcd that tire man had been on ; xhibltlon in Charleston and Chicago. ! Price* IHghty Year* Ago. From an old journal that was kept j n fHlf) by a merchant of Oswego N. it would appear that it cost the itizons something to live in those lays. Anthracite coal was unknown, nd for illuminating purposes candles ,nd whale oil were used. Salt In those lays was as much a necessity as now, lit it cost $l.2.r> per bushel or er barrel. Whiskey was worth $1 a ration, rum, $2.7f> per gallon; tea, *2 , pound; corn *1 a bushel; tobacco, 4 f tuiLs <i pounn: sugar, 20 cents per touiul; loaf sugar, 11 cents a pound: ambrlc, $1 a yard; dimity, $1 per ard; molasses, $1.44 per gallon; raisns, r>0 cents per pound; shirting, .18 cuts per yard; potatoes, 44 cents per lushei; rye and wheat, $1.50 per tushel; red tiannel, 88 cents per yard; 1 ill, $1 per gallon. ! Smothered In Gold. .Joseph Micoulas, a gold retiner, was it work In a Paris laboratory recently ,vhen he was seized with a fainting .pell, and ids head fell forward Into a :>asin of gold dust, which penetrated his nostrils and eventually suffocated him. This is the tlrst death of the kind ever recorded in Paris. NO. 3H. SLAVERY IN MORO. Governor Taft Tells of One of Our New Possessions. ' DATOS AND SULTANS PLENTIFUL. ; The Whole Population Anxloim to I?? CoiiNlilcrcd .Slaves Ho an to Mulct tlio I'nitod States (hiverniiient. The extent. of slavery in the Philippines was discussed hy governor Taft Wednesday in response t?> questions thy metnhers. lie said slavery was routined to t he sout hern Moro islands. The Investigations made by Governor Taft and his associates bad brought out that the slaves Included men, women and children who were slaves for debt, according to the statements made by the. datos. The slaves could buy their liberty, but until this was done I he condit ion ran from generation to generation. The slaves were members of t he family and t he relat ion was comparatively mild, if it. was possible to consider any form of slavery as mild. Governor Tuft said Dago Mandi bad already abolished slavery hv decree. Mow effective tills was could not be stated. it i i i " " - ii ii i< i ii u i <jh< fsiiiu \ ?ovcrnor i art, "how willing 11 joy arc to consider our desires nnd tlie possibilities of eradl' cat iI lie system." The civil authorities had never rc| cognized slavery in any way he said, and the military had always released slaves, but the slaves did not understand the advantage of liberty and , Governor Tuft said that if we attemptled to end slavery by force we would probably tind the slaves turning their guns against us. The influence of tho I'nited Stales was, however, growing stronger and st ronger for the eradication of slavery. Alt hough our wishes had been made known, yet neither tho civil or military authorities had said slavery must eca.se or war would be made. Kopresentative Patterson of Tennessee, asked the number of slaves. Governor Taft replied that he and his associates had sought to learn the number with the idea that we might buy them and avert an exercise of force. Put when the natives learned this, they all represented themselves as slaves. The governor estimated about one-fourth of this southern population as slaves, or from 2SO,000 to 200,000 In a population of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. When asked how many sultans there were Governor Taft answered that sultans and datos were as numerous as barons in Germany or Justices of peace in the United States. In reply to a question by Mr. Patterson, Governor Taft stated that the slaves were punished by their masters and whipping was not unknown to tlicm, although there was little severity. The slaves were subject to sale, hut he did not know of any separating of mothers for their children. A Terrible CoMt. Seldom has a nation miscalculated worse than has Great Britain In estimating the dillicultics it had to face In the Hoer war. When the British government undertook to conquer the Boers its expectation was that less J t han 00,000 men and less than $50,ono.odu would he SUfQcienjti to end tho struggle in less than six months. The war has l)een going on aljout three years and has cost more than $800,000,000. The. British force in South Africa at the last account was 237,000 men and tlie British loss by death and 1 permanent disabilities has amounted above 25,000. The total number of I casualties including the wounded who have recovered, at the last report, was | 100,701 men and 5,240 otllcers. Seldom in modern times has such a bloody war been waged anywhere and the proportionate loss of otllcers has been the greatest in all history. Unquestionably a great part of the loss both of men and money has been duo to Incompetency. Coiiicn from Good Stock. ?- . ... - majin m11 ?111 .lenKins, wno declined 1 to accept the sword from the people of South Carolina after Lieutenant Governor Tillman withdrew his invitation to President Roosevelt to present the sword, is a son of Major General Micah .Jenkins, of the Confederate at my, who lost his life in the same volley that wounded General Long| street at Gettysburg. Major Jenkins is now commandant of one of the military schools in the State of Virginia. During the Spanish-American war he was captain in one of the troops of Hough Riders organized by General Leonard Wood and President Theodore Roosevelt. In the Charge up San Juan hill he outstripped all tho I other riders and was the tlrst man to land in the Spanish trenches at tho | summit. President Roosevelt was greatly impressed with the daring of Major Jenkins, who, he said, is tho bravest man he ever saw, and he recommended his appointment as major. Predicts Wnr. Dr. K. Benjamin Andrews, who is considered an eminent educator in Nebraska, declares that the United States is on the eve of war with Russia. Poultney Ihgelow Is positive I that, In spite of the Meteor and Prince Henry, this country and Germany ! will soon meet In deadly conflict. : And the envoys of the Boers and tho Irish Nationalists Insist that we join in smiting England, in this, her hour of need. Yet, in spite of all these rumors of wars we persist in feeling placid and peaceful. Somebody must bo wrong.