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1/ '' ?. VOL XVI. > ' - ItARTZOG REMAINS. i Clean on Trmtees Refuse to Accept His Resignation AVD IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. t ' i The II >aril Was I naiiiuious l*? On ' Decision. .Mistakes Have 1 I Hocn Made, lint Will < be Corrected. i President Henry S. 1 lartzog is to : remain tit the head of Olemson college. A special dispatch to The State from 1 Cleinson College says this was settled , Wednesday. The trustees of the col- i lege, met in their annual meeting that : night. The first matter taken up was : consideration of the resignation of j | President llartzog, which was tender-1 ed at the special meeting of the hoard ; three weeks ago. The board was in . session several hours Wednesday night ; ' again Thursday morning, and : j Thursday afternoon the following ; I statement was given out: The hoard of t rustees of Cleinson ' college with a full realization of the gra\ ii.y ?>i iiin." issue* involved, ;ui'i a sense of our primary obligation lo! consider only the interests of tliis; great institution, liave given most careful consideration to tlie rcsigna-! lion of President llartzog now before us. We have made a careful invest iga- ' Hon of all t he charges that have been presented, and given a patient hearing to all parties desiring to lie heard. ' it seems to us that the charges are ! chiefly the result of misunderstanding and have been magnified in the minds of the students to a greater extent than they deserve. We can lind ( nothing against President Hartzog involving moral turpitude. We realize that mistakes have occurred. We propose to remedy them. We have \ kept in view the absolute necessity of maintaining and preserving discipline in the college, while giving due weight to all that lias been urged as to t in; \ relations alleged to exist between the \ president and the corps. We recall ^ tlie faithful, efficient and satisfactory % manner in which President llartzog \ lias for live years past administered / the business . interests of the college. Jr Hearing all these facts in mind and with a realizing sense of the grave responsibilities resting upon us, it is the deliberate opinion of t.he hoard that the resignation of President llartzog should not lie, accepted. Therefore V?n. it Resolved, Thut this board respect- | fully requests and urges President 1 iartzog to withdraw bis resignation and continue his valuable services to this institution. When the statement was given out it was stated that it had been unaniniously adopted, every member present voting for it. All the members m/fr were present except Col. Norris. The sessions of the board at this meeting were held with closed doors and there was no public taking of testimony as at the last meeting. After the decision of the board had been announced President JIartzog went before them and thanked them for their vindication of him and their expressions of coniidence. Ifc said that since it was their desire that he should do so he would withdraw his resignation and remain as the president of the college. Tliis afternoon President 1Iartzog was asked by this Correspondent if he desired to make any statement for the public. He replied in the negative, remarking that he did not feel that i hnvo ur;w mii\/ si/'imittwm oil' lii iii In make any such statement. lie said that lie had all along demanded the fullest investigation of his administration of the affairs of tile college, and now that the investigation had been held and he had been vindicated and asked to remain the president lie naturally felt gratified, lie remains at the head of the college and will serve it witli the zeal and devotion as heretofore. After disposingof the Ifartzog matter the trustees took up other routine matters that naturally come before them at their annual meeting. Two or three of the younger members of the faculty have1resigned, with a view of accepting positions elsewhere, but these resignations would have occurcd any was and have no connection with the recent troubles at the college. Hard on (lie Army, The Indianapolis News makes the point very clearly. It says: "The President's great mistake was In comparing the Philippine atrocities to Ij^F lynchings In this country, much to the disadvantage of the latter. We can not think that a brave and honIivmu (illlror ivnulrl i"irn havn the army judged by the same standard as that applied to an irresponsible and furious mob. The crimes of the lynchers arc quite as bad as anything that has been done in the Philippines, hut they do not rellect so discreditably on the country because they are not committed hy the sworn agents of the Government itself." Killed by a Train. The only serious accident reported resulting from the Georgia election was tiie killing of Capt. Henry P. Walker at Jfelalr, a few miles from Augusta. Cnpt. Walker went to the polls early to vote, walking up the railroad track. Strange incident is that he walked directly into an approaching train. He was deaf, hut his sight was good, and there is no theory advanced for cause of strange accident. His body was badly mangled. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. The i'nmlitlacy of <tie Hon. I'rank II. <?? ry. (Abbeville Press aiul Manner.) As wo have already asserted through jho columns of this paper, we propose to support lion. Frank it. Gary for the oft ice of Lieutenant Governor. In the light of past experience, the ract of liis being a home man, issuf(icent reason, if there were none higli3i" and more potent, for this decision. I tut aside from this, no man in the State is better fitted by legislative experience and natural bent for the position to which he aspires. lie is familiar with every detail of the work, having served in the Mouse >f Representatives, lirst as a clerk in the earlier days of Ills st ruggle with fort une, then as a member, and later is Speaker, the duties of the Lieut enmt Governor being practically identi al with those of Speaker of the Mouse )f Representatives. Mis record as Speaker is surpassed by none equaled by few of those who have tilled that responsible and honorable position. Coming upon the >eenc while factional feeling was high, by a course always correct, impartial, ind deferential, he gained not only I lie respect and admirat ion of his associates lie gained their warm and heart v friendshin. and it is a notable fact that some of the host, tributes to his worth ami impartiality we?re by those who differed from him in polities. Mr. Gary's commanding presence, his graceful and easy hearing in the chair and his knowledge of parlamontary law, would comport most happily with the requirements of that dignified and cultured body. Whatever Success he may have attained in a political way is due to his recognized ability and to a spirit of candor and fidelity that lias always marked his career. The following extracts speak for themselves: "lie served live years as Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives and was commended on all sides for the dignfty, fairness and ability with which he presided over that body."J The State lnd. Art. Ed. .July 8, 15)01. "By his retirement the State loses the best speaker it lias bad since John C. Shcppard held t he place, and one of the host the State had ever had." (Greenville News.) "One of the most intelligent and industrious members of the last House was recently heard to say that he had taken particular pains to observe the conduct or hpcauci* nary ana ho had never known a single occasion when thai otllcer was other than scrupulously fair in his rulings. Indeed, said this member, it was evidently the Speaker's constant, anxious purpose to do right at every stage and to every member of the House." Hampton Guardian. "None but kind words can be said of the work of Speaker Gary as lie lias really proven to lie an exact, competent and impartial presiding otllcer. The resolutions were entirely in place.' Legislative Correspondent of the State. "He lias made a .model onicer and we have no doubt that the good people of Abbeville will return him to the place that he has so acceptably filled. Do this and the Legislature will again place him in the Speaker's Chaii without opposition." Hampton Guardian. "He was elected Speaker of the House of llepresenlatives in .January, fsiMi, to fill out the unexpired term ol Speaker Jones, which position he now holds. At the close of each session ol tlie Legislature over which lie presided as speaker, resolutions were unani mously passed by Die flouse express ing its appreciation of the Speaker'* fairness, ability and impartiality. Coming as these resolutions did front members of the House represent injj all shades of political opinion thej were a high compliment to Mr. (lary.' The Daily Hecord. (And many others of similar import.) Show Their Scorn. One of the most sensational scene# ever witnessed in a church in any citj was enacted at St. John's liomai Catholic Clinch at Worcester, Mass. Thursday when Mary E. Donaher, i teacher In.the public schools of Wot ccster, war. married to Dr. Maurice W. Quinn, a dentist, of hrocton. Af the wedding party entered the churcli It was met by hisses from 1,000 wo men, who had apparently gathered foi that particular purpose. A detail ol police was present to protect the bride and groom, but they were entirely powerless to maintain order. Tin women rushed by and around them, close to the wedding party, and gav* vent to their feelings in no unccrtah manner. The demonstration grew out of the attempted shooting of l>r Qulnn several days ago by Miss Itcrth: Condon, of this city, who asscrlet Qulnn had betrayed her under promls< of marriage. Muhi I if Crazy. Kev J. Laurler Rogers, of Santt Cruz, Cal., formerly a well knowr Raptist minister, who recently em braced Mohammedanism, has con fessed himself guilty of arson, and I; now in custody, lie sat tire to sev eral buildings at a dairy where he wai working for the benefit of his health as he explained. His motive for th< crime, lie says, was revenge on thos< who had compelled him to do roenia service. The lire destroyed his clcri cal library, three minstcrial suits am a gold watch presented to him by lit former congregation at Ocala, Fla While in charge of a church at .Tack sonvllie he taught English to man; Cuban refugees. He will be examine* as to bis sanity. lie pi CONWAN BKN TII/LAM AN. j A Kentucky Editor's Estimate of Our Senior Senator. PAYS TRIBUTE TO J. C. CALHOUN. Henry Wultci'Moii Advise* Senator> Tillman Not to I'hc II is 1'itrlilork (JuiteHn Freely. Of the t riumvirs, Clay, Webster and Calhoun, who during the critical period of sectional agitation lying between the Missouri compromise of 1H20. and the compromise measure of 1 Not), variously divided the admiral ion of the people, Calhoun easily led iTvthe perfection of his intellectual and ethical structure. He possessed not the imagination of Webster nor the magnetism of Clay; but to a mind richly stored and rightly trained, and a logical power never surpassed, lie i united a Comanding personality; Doric in Its simplicity; suportcd by private virtues to which neither Mr. Clay nor Mr. Webster could hold a candle, lie was undonhtlv the chariest onhlic man America lias yet produced, not excepting Washington, nor forget ing Lineol; I'm* very incarnation of pure reason and pure morals. Mr. Calhoun was a leader ol men. not a follower, lie was a publicist of original ideas, a construct! \ 'statesman. 'Although a doctrinaire, he was a man <>f affairs, and, whether in the warolliee, or upon the Moor of the senate., he showed himself equal alike to the work of administration and to the exigencies of debate. 11 Is courage was undaunted, but restrained by a self-possession which never for a moment lost, its dignity. Among his colleagues lie was respected as none other was. He stood in his t ime, and lie stands in history, as the embodiment of the rarest type known to our frail humanity, a superb manhood, uniting in itself the too often conflicting elements of genius and character. Vet was it Mr. Calhoun's strange destiny to become the central figure, if not the author, of a series of errors of judgment and intellectual misconceptions, ultimately visiting upon the South an 1 Iliad of woes. That negro labor was indispensable to the prolltablo cultivat ion of cotton, sugar and rice, and that , therefore, the institution of African slavery was essential to the well being of t he sout liern States of the I'nion iiidi i uu ^ux'i niiinii >vu* ;i cimiipact of independent, sovereignties, eaeli having the right to nullify the laws of congress and to withdraw from the Union at it own will, involving the idea and doctrine of peaceful seces> slon: These were t he two cardinal mistakes to which this noble and groat ' mind dedicated all its extraordinary forces; deeply laying the foundation , for a war of sections disastrous in its consequences to the interests dear to his heart, valued the Union, hated barbarism and cruelty, and, in his own life, realized the most ascetic ideals and exalted Puritanism. With all his gifts of intellect and culture, he was a provincial. Educated at ^ Yale, lie detected, pcrhlps he exaggerated, the commercialism which even then was beginning to corrode the public life and conscience of that, wide awake and go-ahead section, lie . disliked travel, lie enjoyed the repose, the seignory, of the piatatlon. His! | migrations from the day of his entrance to congress to ids mortal exit from the scene, had lain between his home in South Carolina and Washington city. If lie had gone 1 abroad lie would have seen that the trend of enlightened thought was set 1 against slavery and lie would have ? known that it could not be maintained [ for long in a few States lying upon the South Atlantic seaboard of the United States. Ife would have given his great intellect to the finding of some way to abjust the institution of . slavery to the advancing movement of ' the modern world. His failure to see, ( to know and to do cost the south clearly, unless wo are to consider all : that happens as preordained and from the beginning of time inevitable. South Carolina justly reveres the ? memory of Calhoun; nor holds him ani swcrable for that which only a seer, . inspired of God, could have forecast and averted. The archaic pile lie - reared out of his own high conscious* ticks proved but the fabrloof a vision. - It was as the republic of l'lato. The } beautiful mind, the noble purpose, that while lie lived, gave it- life and j light, remain; and, even as the strani ger wanders aimlesly among thedeso* I late shrines of a ghostly past the crumbling walls, theshipless wharves, t the empty marts, the very familiar 1 li/uicnlukl/l il/ttoo eu /kf oliltroli*ir I I l\/l(#*v-l I* ?I * I llVfTT^/IO Wl Vylll > (ill t> IA 'III 3 from the lintel?the spirit of honor a?(l fluty and love brood in the air about him, whilst from tho rico Held and tho cotton patch, that no more v echo the son# of a blissful If ignorant ? content, comes a voice saying. "The - story is not yet told to the end." s HEN TILLMAN. A little less than three years beftrre s John Caldwell Calhoun died in Wash, ington ciiy, his harness on his hack, 8 there was born in Edgefield, S. C., J a baby boy, destined to play a part 1 and cut a figure in the public life of - the Palmetto State, and to occupy the 1 scat In the senate of the United States s which Calhoun had filled, so long; a . farmer's boy, as Calhoun was, and Ids - name was llenjamln liyan Tillman. y Pursuing tho restless life of this 1 stormy petrel of contemporary politics, we prefer to believe that two baby \ S. c\, THURSDAY Tlllmans wore born thai llthof Anmist. 1H47; one with a pitchfork, the other with a darning needle; loth with a rattle; for it is not easy to reconcile Tillman, the constructive statesman of schools a nil industries the Tillman of the darning needle mending South Carolina's stockings the successful author of the greatest practical moral innovat ion of modern times, the dispensary system and the Tillman of knock down and drag out polities, the Tillman of the pitchfork. Each of us doubtless has within himself somthlng of the Jckyl and the Ifyde. Why not llcnjamin Ryan Tinman? Was it not Jekyl who studied under Ualphin. who. though hut a child, enlisted for a soldier, and, stricken with half blindness, suffered the torments and horrors of the last year of the Confederacy, returning loan impoverished homestead to follow the plow during the awful days of reconstruction, and. getting a few pots and pans! together who married Sa'.lie Starke? Surely it must have been, it was: whilst tin* Tillman that swooped down from t he hills upon the blucbloods of i the old regime, and sent both Hamilton and I hitler to grass, and raised so much hell to the square inch generally, was llvdel Hvcryl>ody in Washington personally likes this brittle, brusque gentIonian with the pitchfork. ll, is sulci the pitchfork is sometimes padded with velvet. In his private life Tillman is as virtuous and clean as Calhoun was. llis integrity, as his courage, is unchallenged, llis abilities show for themselves. Why should such a man, with his opportunities for good, his power for harm, not put himself through a course of introspection, why should he not. begin to restrain himself? That fracas in the senate ought to have been a Hash of light idng indicating Hie situation sis if concerns him individually. Honest 1 v, he was seeking to smoke out a rat. He did it: hut why place himself on an equality with the rat? One can always tight. Of all things a light is the thing that can not, will not get away from us unless wo so let, It. Ilut, in polities, lighting is a mighty poor business. < >ne has to kill so many adversaries, and, though lie kill a thousand, once he loses a battle, it is goodbye', my honey, Good evenin', Mary.lane." It is much hotter to give and take; to live and let live. Try it, Hon Tillman! And so it is that, addressing this sturdy pugnacious, upright man, as one brother to another, though as an older to a younger, we say, quit your foolishness, discipline your intellect and your temper and keeping your pitchfork handy, reserve it for emergencies. Foraker is by nature a sweet fellow: and, even Lodge is not so bad if you fumigate the premises. They I I', i . ii i v |innvmiwii,ii |HJIIl Jl^lcliltS Mil ICS" man-like bunko ste.crers spread eagle card sharps and llicy play you, dear boy, for a farmer, as you are! Learn some of the t ricks of trade, if not for proiit, at least for protection. Snatch the Hag out of t heir hands - they have no more right to it. than you have and, after smuggling their faces with its folds, swipe the stall' olf over their astonished craniums. Leave the nigger to simmer in liis juice, but mop the lloor wit.h Lodge's cant about religion and civilization, and with Foraker's buncoinbc about the boys in blue! The pitchfork Is all right, but Ido not always use the pitchfork. And, finally, senator, not merely in South Carolina, but in Democratic party councils generally, t ry the virtues of sweet oil. Throw the nasty old bottle of vitrei out of the window. An ounce of sweet Is worth a pound of sour;.and, you can afford it. Your name and fame as a lighter arc safe. You have conic to your kingdom. Lord it. if you please, but lord it like a king! OUTBURST OF MARTINIQUE. The Sen About SI. Vincent Doing CuriHt nntly i' plica veil. A special from Fort do France, Island of Martinique says a volcanic, outburst from Mont Polcc.Friday resulted in the formation of a heavy cloud similar to that of May 2<) last though it. was not so dense. No stones fell and when the cloud had spread over Fortdc France half an hour later there was no panic at that place. It is noticed at Fort do Franco that ttic volcanic outbursts coincide with the changes of the moon. Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent, Wednesday, .Iuno 4. Vessels leaving the Island of Martinique have experienced upheavals and agitations of the sea, pointing to submarine eruptions between Martinique and St. Lucia. Jn the island of St. Vincent the shining fleece clouds which have been continually rising and spreading in the direction of the Soufrle.ro volcano since May 10, and which have been mistaken for tropical clouds have proved to be steam emitted from the crater from which flashes of flames are issuing nightly. This combined with renewed vibrations in the fire /.one lias Increased appprebensions that there be may another eruption of the Soufrierc Shortly. The eruptions at Martinique seem to relieve the St. Vincent volcano materially. Connections between the two volcanoes is indisputable as every eruption in Martinique is accompanied by corresponding seismic and atmospheric disturbances there. Edmund O. ltovoy, assistant curator Of the American Museum of Natural History: Dr. Thomas Augustus dagger, assistant geologist of the United States geological survey, and George 0. Curtis arc endeavorin to ascend the eastern side of the Soufrlere. They arc still awaiting an opportunity to make the ascent. i , ,H'NE 12, 15X)2. TKRMS OK I'KACK. |>; Armisty Granted and Self-Government Promised in Time. P (I EXILES TO BE TAKEN HOME. \ e< '1 lir Itoers Ack tiowletlK*' the I'n^Usli J' Kln^, but Tlmy Will Vol In* Tavnl to I'ay Wait 's Post, | A dispatch from London says not in 1 years lias the house ol' commons been so thronged with such a brilliant and j enthusiast ie audience us when the first . lord of the treasury and government 1 leader in t he bouse, A. .). Balfour, an- v nouneed Monday afternoon the peace \ terms concluded with the Honrs. Amid breathless silence, broken a ? few seconds later by applause such as '* the house of commons seldom bears, 1 Mr. Balfour stood up and announced the terms on which the war in Sonlh v Africa had been ended. The reference . to the Boers acknowledging King Ed- 1 ward as their sovereign made the hit of tlie day. As the liberality of the ^ terms grew plainer, the cheers on the ( government side of the house dimin- * isueu while UH' opposition's satist'ac- ' Hon was propori ionatoly increased. 1 Balfour autioiiticcd ihe terms of peac in Soulh A frlca ;is follows: "llis excellency Lord Milner, in lie- ! half of I lie British government.; hise\- ! collcncy Mr. Steyn, (ion. Ilremnor, 11 lion. I>? NV??l and .ludgc Ilert/.og, net- a ing in hehnlf of the Orange tree 1 Slate, and Gen. Sohalk Burger, Gon. 11 Beit/., Gen. Louis Botha and Gen. " l)e La Bey, acting in behalf of their ,l respectivo hurubers, desiring to lor- N initiate present hostilities, agreed t.o '' the following terms: "The burghers forces in the Held will forthwith lay down their arms j' and hand < or all guns, rllies and ammunition of war in their possession or r under their control and desist from further resistance and acknowledge 11 King Edward VII as their lawful sov- 1 e reign. "The manner and did,ails of t his snrrender will be arranged between Lord s Kitchener and Commandant General s Botha, assisted by Gen. Dc La Key 1 and Chief Commandant DeWct. "Second, all the burghers outside * the limjts of the Transvaal and Orange Itiver colony and all prison- " ers of v.-ir at present outside South v Africa who are burghers will, on duly (l declaring t heir acceptance of the position of subjects of Ids majesty, be 1 brought hack to their homes as means :l of transport can be provided and means of subsistence assured. 4'P|? i ...1 >1... I.......I....... .... I IS i 1111 * i? iin iMii^unn swj in in IIIII^ will not lie deprived of their personal v liberty or property. a "Fourth, no proceedings, civil or 1 criminal, will he taken against any v 1)0rollers surrendering, or so returning 1 for only acts in connect ion with the 1 prosecution of the war. The bene (Its ( of this clause do not extend to certain N acts contrary to the usages of war N which had been notiticd by the com- ' mander-in-chief to the Hoar generals N which shall be t ried by court martial 11 after the close of hostilities. "Fifth, the Dutch language will be taught In the public schools of the 1 Transvaal and Orange llivcr Colony, ( where the parents desire it, and will ' be allowed in the courts of law, for the better and more effectual administra- ' tion of justice. ' "Sixth, possession of rifles will be allowed in the Tarnsvaal and Orange River Colony to persons re<iuiring them for their protection on taking out a license according to law. ' "Seventh, the military administration of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony will, at the earliest possible date, be succeeded by a civil government, and so soon as circumstances permit representative institu- ' tions, leading up to self-government ! will be introduced. ' "IClghth, the ([uestlou of granting tlie franchise to natives will not be J decided until after the introduction of self-government. ' "Ninth, no special tax will be ' imposed on landed property in the I Transvaal or Orange River Colony to I defray the expenses of the war. ' "Tenth, as soon as the conditions i permit it a commission to which the f local inhabitants will lie represented 1 will be appointed in each district of < Die Transvaal and Orange River ] Colony, under the presidency of a 1 magistrate or other official for the purpose of assisting in the restoration 1 of the people to their homes and supplying those, who, owing to war loses, are unable to provide for them solves, with food and shelter, and the necessary amount of seed, stock and Implements, etc., indispensable to the ( resumption of their normal occupation. His majesty's government will place at the disposal of these commissions the sum of three million pounds sterling and will allow all the notes issued under the law of LUOO of the South African republic, and all receipts given "P to officers in the field of the late republics, or under their orders, to be presented to a judicial commission, which will be appointed by the government, and. If such notes and receipts are found by this commission to have been duly Issued in return' for valuable considerations, they will bo received by thefl/'St named commissions as evidence of war losses suffered by the persons to which they were orglnally given. "In addit ion to the above named free grunt of three million pounds sterling, his majesty's government will be prepared to make advances, or loans, for the purposes, free of in to rest for two years, and afterwards repayable, over a period of years, with 'i j i i i i * ' ' t tvnl, interest. No foreigner or |] bel will be cnllt led to benefit under lils clause." riLONIHTrt TO UK TKIKD KoK TUKASOM. gc After lie had concluded reading the eaco agreement, Mr. Balfour proceded ; "There arc certain Import ml obits not dealt with in t he document mi have Just read, and which was sign-1 J I on Saturday night. Therefore it lay he convenient it I read a dispatch rom Lord Kitchener to the secretary (>l f state for war, dated May ;to, as I' >iws: "Alter handing the i'.oer delegates copy of the draft of the agreement, read them a statement and gave hem a copy of it, as follows: "llis majesty's government must lace on record that the treatment of h< lie ('ape and Natal colonists who |v ave I icon In rebellion and who now Lirrendor will, if they return to their 111 clonics, lie determined by t he Colonial curls and in accordance with the laws is f the colonies and any British suh- g., jets who have Joined the enemy will j)( 0 liable to trial under the law-ot I hat part of the British empire to niloh thoy belong. be Ills majcst.y's government arc ',.i- m armed by the Cape government that |,, heir views regarding the term to be . ranted to British subjects in Cape > Jointly now in t he Held, or who have j nrrendered or been captured since In ipril 12, 1 BO I, are as follows: With U cgurd to the rank and lilc t.he\ should ( ; II. alter surrender and giving dp; heir arms, sign a doeunient before lie resident magistrate oft lie district I VN' 1 which they surrender aeknowledg- j ',! Hi' themselves guilty of high (.reason, to 11<i tin* punishment to lie accorded !< hem, provided they are not guilty of i al inrrier or acts cont rary to (.lie usages Ik f civilized warfare, shall be that tiiey m re not entiled for life to he registered oters or vote in any parliamentary or H rovinolal couneil or municipal dec- sli Ion. hi ''NVlth reference to justices of the hi eacc, Held cornets and all others who A old olllclul positions under (.he gov- bi rnme.nl> of ('ape Colony, or who have l w con occupying a position of authority, | W r who have held commands In the so chuL or hurgher forces, lliey shall be.es riewtf >r high treason before t,lie or- 11 iinary courts of the count ry or such 11 pedal courts as may hereafter be con- at i 1 Luted, their punishment to be left , j M' o the discretion of such court, with m he proviso that in no ease shall the of lenalty of death he inflicted. "The Natal government are of the ; pinion that rebels should he dealt idtli according to the law of that colnv." at "These arrangements," concluded < tr. Balfour, "the govcrnnicnt have &I pproved." jA .Sir Henry Cauiphcll-Banucrinnn, the bi jibcrul leader, in behalf of the oppo- | sc Ition, said unbounded satisfaction.'" vould be felt throughout the empire. ! w t t he. conclusion of peace. They were M inanlmous in admiration of their late L ncmies, now their friends and followiti/ens, whose military qualities, te- I' uiclty of purpose, and self-sacriliclng vv lovotlnn to liberty and country, bad '1 von I.hem the respect of the whole ' vorld and, foremost of all, the respect ' if their opponents, lflevery member h vould olTer congratulations to the king a ind to the country on the thrice bless- b d restoration of peace. sl Mr. Balfour having announced that (| he government, would take an earl) s: ipportunlty of moving a vote of ' hanks to Lord Kitchener and the (' 'orccs in South Africa, the members <' if the house of commons returned to jhclr ordinary avocations. ' o MR. A. C. JEPSON 1 t t CJIvph Kpuhoiih Why Ho Would Make a dotal Uailroat! < 'oin inIhIoiipi. To the Voters of South Carolina i olTcr myself a candidate for the )tllce of 1 tail road Commissioner and ! isk your support. 1 am a practical railroad man, I think it best for the interests of the people of the State \ ind the proper working of the commission that there be at least one practical railroad man on the board, and 1 think you will agree with me. I have liatl forty years experience in railroading, I have had tiyears practical Meperidine in the construct idn department. J have been for the past thirty Lwo years a locomotive engineer and the last eigliteen years in the, service >f the Atlantic Coast Line and I am proud of my record there and my record as a citizen of South Carolina. The commission needs the services r?f a practical railroad man, not to direct its policy, hut to advise and counsel the body in an intelligent manner upon many points that men who have had no experience cannot he expected to have knowledge of. Such a man can often prevent imposit ion on the ( commission and at the same time be , just to both sides in the controversy, t be cause lie knows t he problems that ^ each have to settle. i Other States recounty.e the necessi- 1 t.y for a practical man on the board. ( It is as necessary to have a practical ' railroad man on this board as it is to J have com potent lawyers to till the po- , sitlons on t he bench. ; 1 do claim to be such a man and my < forty years of experience ought to be a guarantee of the truth of my claim. 1 ask you to weight the subject and if you tind my record as a citizen and my record as a railroad man satisfactory and myself worthy of your vote that ; you will give me your support. I will be pleased to serve you faithfully and well, as well as I have served the railroad company, and my record there is forty years without a single dismissal, suspension of even reprimand. Yours very truly, A. C. J EPSON. Florence, S. C. !<T. A > Jim Black Told All Was Promised * HAT FIRE WOULDN'T BE USED. in* of tlio Murdcrorx of Mrs. Jones Shot to Death mill his hoily Nailed to TiM<*Kra|)h Pole. \ special dispatch rrotri Walter>r< to The State says Jim Mack was nehed a' New lload Wednesday gill for the murder of Mrs. J. K. ties a month ago. Til information thai Jim Illack was carried from ivunnah, where lie had l)een apprended, to llavenei for a hearing !>cre Magistrate Holding. As stxtn as > liad been identified as the one seen [ur Mio place at, tin* time of the crime * ottered to tell them all about it if icy would not burn him. 'l'hey promised, lie then said that himself had killed Mrs. Jones and irew her In tin* goat house, while lin Ford, Ned I'rayor and a negro I lose name could not he learned itched; that the purpose of tlio U i 11 g was for robbery, lie having been Id by one of the hands that Mr. >nes had money in the house. lie so told of a number of ot her rot lies that< had been committed and a imber t hey had planned. I'art ieulars are meagre as to how lack was killed, but he was probably lot to death, after which they hung s t)ody to a telegraph pole by nai g his hands with a railroad spike placard was then placed on his bodi, it t liavn't been able t? ascertain hat it, was. Cain Cord is in Jail, ab 'allcrlxiro, Ned l'ryor was killed ine time ago while attempting to cape. There are two reports as to le other negro implicated: one is ial he mas found dead in the ^wamp )out two weeks ago and the other is lat lie lives several miles from Rave>1 and that the mob is now in search him. TAKKN KltOM DKFUTV HIIKKIKKS. A crowd, presumably from Ravcnel, lino to town during Friday night id at 2 o'clock next morning took ii 11 Ford from thecustody of Deputy leiifls II. N. Ramsey and G. S. rnett and, it is supposed, lynclicd im, although no signs whatever are (Mi this morning either of the mob the body. Cain Ford is the negro ho was implicated in the murder of rs. Jones by the Confession of Jim lack reported in The State Friday. Deputy SherilT A rnett, when seen lis morning, stated that the mob as composed of 150 to 200 people; lat during the evening lie had been m iforined that an effort would l?e made f V > take the negro from the jail; that V e waited until everything was quiet nd about 2 o'clock in tlie nigbt lie >ok the negro out of the Jail and larted for Columl)ia by way of St. leorges. Before getting very far lie aw someone approaching from beilnd and looking back lie ran into a rowd who were cons6aied beliind tlie H orncr of a fence and was overpowered, isarmod and the prisoner taken away. 10 states that a sack was thrown ivcr Ids head, ills pistol taken away rom him and discharged, lie was brown upon the ground and held un* 11 t ho orriit-fl 11:1 rl t:iU'on t ho noirrn way. Ramsey, succeeding in getting his >istol and tired at tlie mot) at close an go, but, could not lire again, being mincdately disarmed. He does not mow whether the shot took elTect or lot. There was a regular fusilado on lie edge of town. After being releas(I they bot h got together the citizens ?t' l! 10 town and followed the mob, nit were unable to overtake them. I'his morning the shcritf and his posse carched the surrounding country but hey have not been able to find the >ody of the negro or any of the paries. it, Is supposed that they curried <'ord to New Road, the scene of the rime, where lie will probably l>elynchid. Information is this morning that ill the roads leading out of town were piardcd. hater: Reports just received that Vord was found in the woods a mile roni town, tied, alive and unhurt. Later: VValterboro, June 0. Re>ort continued. IVrd Just rccomniittid to jail unhurt. IicucIh Them All. "One Minute Cough Cure beats all ^ )t her medicines I ever t ried for coughs, olds, croup and throat and lung roubles," says I). Scott Our in of Lo- ' (anton, Pa. One Minute Cough Cure s the only absolutely safecough remedy which acts immediately. Mothers jvcry where test ify to the good it has^M||||||| lono their little ones. Croup is Hidden in its attacks that the doctor^^^^^^ )ft.en arrives too late. It yields nice to One Minute Cough Cure Plea'^BrasffiBasi int to take, Children like it. cure for grip, bronchit is, coughs. I)r. K. Norton. \ ti Tut i innl v .% ?? i ? I a wt # Early Wednesday morning, Batosburg station, Win Halti-^H?^nM^B| 11 well-known young business HnHMH that place, slipped while tuMSfflHHBnS board a Southern lhtilwa|^B^M8fflBH|^HB had the fore part of on<flglffi|j^3^JjXS^^u eruscd olT the car few ago were^^^^^^Bttj^^BBj marriage to a popular Lexington, the wedding affair and take place on^^gflHBHHHHHfl lng of this week.