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I I VOL XVII. | H ^lLUMAN PUT RIGHT. He Disclaims a Wish to Meddle in Local Affairs IN THE VON KOLNITZ'S MATTER. Hut SayH Ho Would Consider VimKoliiit/.'s Election us un A vowel tliat Charleston is Kottuldicaii. The publication in The News and Courier of the correspondence between Senator Tillman and Mr. L. Arthur O'Neill, relation to the candidacy of Mr. George ! '. VonKolnit/. for the State senate, puts a ditTerent phase on the matter. Senator Tillman shows in his letter that his opionlon on Mr. VonKolnit/.'s candidacy was solicited by Mr. O'Neill, and he expressly disclaimed any intention of interfering in local potties, and he asked that his letter should not he printed for fear of causing the public to draw the conclusion that he was making an issue with Mr. VonKolnit/. and his friends. The following is the correspondence between Mr. O'Neill and Senator Tillman: O'NKILL TO TJI/LMAN. Charleston, S. C., June ID, 1002. lion li. It. Tillman, United States Senator for South Carolina, Washington, D. C. Dear Senator: The writer, who has met you on a number of occasions and was with you at the National Democratic Convention in Kansas City, .Inly 4, 1DOO, when we nominated W. J. Itryan for 1'resident of the United States, and we all shipped ? with Mrs. Gregory; you occupying the room with the late Congressman Stokes, of Orangeburg; and 1 occupying the room with our present railroad commissioner, Wilborn, perhaps will bring to your mind readily the fact of our acquaintance. I am wcllnwaicof t he fact that you meet so many pro pie throughout your travels that you -jir<' apt to lorget a number of your no qiiuiiu.uurcs in iiif raiiucuo Mate. We have a mailer up here and I am one of those that always like to go to headquarters on a question that involves the Democratic party of South Carolina and the South. I had a talk in Columbia last week with our mutual friend, Col. Wilie Jones, and lie suggested the idea that it would he ? _proper to address you a letter and get the facts. What we want to know, and we are satisfied you can tell it. to us in the plain language: What is a Democrat and what is a Republican? Can a man who has professed to be a Democrat stump the State of New York, West Virginia and other States and, as we understand it, subject to the dictations of the national Republican executive committee at so much per speech in Mckinley's campaign against Ihyan, and after Mckinley was elected became an applicant for ftoc district attorneyship of this State, .iow be permitted to enter the Democratic party and run for State Senator from Charleston? We are under Impression that we want no Commercial Democracy or Republicanism in this State and at till times one must sail under his true colors; whether it lie for free silver or not, so long it is the platform of the Democratic party. Wn 11'? \tr\ *t I i?n* im of" D" I it c mi >u cuv* a jo ntuuu lAJ uni* i'Ciuucratio party, whether it was for Itryan or free silver. Even the gold bugs could not claim our politicsand we desire to know from you if this party can now attempt to re-enter the Democratic fold and run for State Senator. The party in question who is now attempting to run for State Senator from Charleston County, after McKfnley was elected, tiled Ills application and came within an ace of being appointed by McKinlcy district attorney for South Carolina. Could you not in the interest of the Democratic party look up the record in the department of justice and have a copy of his application and all papers that were tiled at the time; so that it can be properly put at this end in the hands of our local Democratic executive committee or referred to the State executive committee at Columbia for action, so that when the gentleman attempts to lile his pledge for olilce the proper steps can be ^akon in the matter and forever cut out the question of Commercial DcmocVacy or Republicanism. 1 will apprccmte more than words can cxpiess your advice 011 this subiect. what stens are neecsxarv to l.nke to have none but true and tried Democrats attempt to run for otlice in this State. I enclose in this letter the gontleman's card, announcing himself us a candidate for the otlice of State Senator for Charleston County. This letter is written to you personally as a number of your friend:; desire to know what steps are necessary to take in such a case. Your good advice will be more than appreciated and will he considered, if you so require it, .strictly confidential. Perhaps it would be best for me to mention to you that Col. Wilic Jones, Governor McSwceney, Congressman Latimer, Leon J. Williams and men of this standing will tell you who 1 amttand that I have always, stood straight and voted the Democratic ticket on the Kansas City platform, and have had the honor of attending both conventions which nominated W. J. Hryan. Awaiting your early favor with your good advice, 1 am yours truly, L. Arthur O'Neill. TILLMAN TO O'NKTLL. Trenton, S. C., July 11, 11)02. Letter written by the lion. P. R. Tillman, J illy 11, 1002: L. Arthur O'Neill. Ks<|., Charleston, S. C.? My Dear Sir: Your letter of June tt? has remained unanswered much longer than 1 intended, lint 1 ! have been on a dead run, besides be- . Ing away from home a good deal since i | it was received, and that must be my j excuse. ; J* vent to the department ??t" justice 1 to und out about VonKolnitz's appli- ' cation and endorsers. 1 found that lie had made application for the position of district attorney shortly after Mo- | Kinicy's tirst Inauguration, but after lie was turned down lie has withdrawn t lie papers, so that there was nothing on file. VonKolnit/. undoubtedly ! stumped for McKinley under the direc- : lion of Ilanna's committee in several : Northern states, aim it is tlie essence of cheek for him to appear in the guise 1 of a Democrat and ask the people of Charleston to send him to the State Senate, but I am beginning to lose ; faith in the Democracy of your people. The action of a good many so called I )emocrats in the Harris postoillce mat - j tor is sufficient explanation of my having this view. 1 sincerely trust that those who arc on t lie lookout as real i Democrats will see to it that, no such i' treacherous creature as VonKolnit/. 1 has shown himself to lie will he pro- ' muted. Hut, with the Charleston Host act : ing as an out-and-out Republican or-! J gan, while claiming to '>c Democratic, ! an<4 Hemphill sawing wood and saying | nothing. Democracy appears to beat a low ehi> in Charleston. Hy very hard |; lighting and a gtnid deal of manocuvr- i ing I got a large appropriation for the navy yard, but I certainly would not ! make any elTort again in that direc- ' tion if your city goes Uepubliean and You Kolnit/.'s election would mean that to me. 1 write you this privately, but you can take such steps as you see lit <lis- | erectly and let the people know how matters are. I would not like to have ' this letter published, for the reason it would appear to he meddling in your loeal affairs. K. 15. Tillman. o'nicii.i. to tii.lm an. Charleston. S C., July 2.'1, 1U02. lion l?. It. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of .lul.v l I came to hand and carefully noted i and much appreciated. It covers the case exactly and I have followed your request, as you stated that you wrote this letter privately, but I could take such steps as 1 saw tit discreetly and let the people know how matters are. 1 have not in any shape, manner or form given this letter of yours for ; publication, as yuu stat ed that, you would not like* to have your letter published, for the reason it would appear tp be meddling in our local politics. 1 wired you under date of I he lath to your home in Trenton, asking your permission to publish your let terjoi nt ly with mine, and had a wire back the , ltith of July from your son, saying that you were in Talladega. Ala. and that you would be there on the 17th. I wired you on the 17th the following , wire: "Letter received; by all means wire me authority, if necessary, to publish your letter jointly with mine; will do you untold good and kill applicant." 1 have never heard from you since. The Western Union Telegraph otllce informs me that my wire was delivered to you on the day of the 17th, at 12 noon. I have given in no shape, manner or form anything for publication to the papers, awaiting your authority to so do, and 1 am still waiting to hear from you in answer to my wire to yon to Talladega under date of the 17th, as 1 am satisfied if you will give me premission to publish your letter in our daily papers here jointly with the one 1 wrote you June 111, it will be the means of preventing Mr Von Kolnitz from going to the Senate. I mail you per this mail a copy of our afternoon daily Post, with write ups in it on the situation, and from what is I can learn this information was casually mentioned by Mr. linger Sinkler, member of our Legislature, who met you at the meeting in Uock Hill, and the paper states that you gave him this same information and desired it publicly announced that it was your opinion In tlio matter. I have done as you directed -In a discreet matter taken steps to let the people know how matters arc, hut I have in no shape, manner or form given for publication your letter to any newspaper, but 1 am very anxious and so are a number of your friends here to do so, and trust that as quickly as possible you will cither telegraph or write me giving me this authority. I must say to you that I am greatly surprised and so would you be if you only knew that some of your strongest friends hero were advocating the election of Von Kolnitz. 1 do not desire to call any names, but some people at tills end who claim ano iio (ioudl you recognize them as some of your best friends, are advocation this man Von Kolnitz. I trust that you will >.ce lit to give me authority to use your letter, and 1 am satisfied, and so seems to l>e the general opinion of the public at this end, that it will do you any amount of good in this community to allow this communication to be published, and they will not consider that you arc attempting at all to interfere witli local politics. We are very anxious here to get out and have Mr T. Moultrie Mordecai run for the Senate -a bona tide straight out and out Domoarat but he does not want to enter the field, as so many of your supposed friends are actually attempting to support Von Kolnitz. We will have to act quickly to defeat Von Kolnitz. All pledges must be filed here by August 11 and the sooner we get out someone against Von Kolnitz the better it will be. 1 await your early reply. L. Arthur O'Neill. hr Mi m CONWAY, S TILLMAN TO O N KILL. Trenton, s. C., .luly 20. 1002. 1j. Arthur O'Neill, Esq, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sir: 1 have your letter of July 2.'1. As so much publicity has al- ' ready been given to my attitude in the Yon Kolnit/. matter 1 will be obliged it' you will publish the corespondence between us, so that the peopleof Charleston and others interested will know what 1 have had to say and what 1 think aliout it. i do not wish to have the appearance of meddling in Charles- I ton's local atTairs, but I would rather be considered a meddler than he misrepresented. We have many types of so-called Democrats in South Carolina imd Charleston seems to have a special stock of her own. If the city is ltcpublican it behooves the rest of the State to know it. It. It. Tillman. WHERE IS JEFFCOAT? *s I l lit" Is Indeed a Itird of fhiNHiigc ami ( 11 a i*d In follow. ? The Augusta correspondent of The | State says Charlie.lelTeoat, the second . edition ol Tracey, seems to be equally its fearless as the lat ter. While the nlllcers are chasing him in one part of I the swamps he turns up at another i point and converses with workmen as ( long as he likes and t hen walks oil'. Friday afternoon he talked to a gang of pole hands on the Port Koyal ( road about 20 miles below Ani/usta. sifter which lie walked away into the ^ woods in an uiiconeeriied manner. ] from thai time until last ni^ht notli- | iiiK was heard from him. Now, however, the information comes t hat he took dinner with some , negroes at Hancock's landing, some , 2*) miles down the river of the Caro- ( lina side in ltarnwell county. The intormation was brought to the city | hy a river hand who says Jetfeoat gave ( 11is name and said that lie would nev r I be taken alive, lie was armed with a , brace ot revolvers and a Winchester . rille. , During Ids visit to the ne^ro house j he walked about, the place and talked to ;tll the people, hut never once left any of his arms where they could he r gotten hold of hy any one hut him- ' self. Kvrn while eating lie sal with ( his-pistols in his pockets and his t itle across his lap. I lis manner held the nerror's in awe ;( and no attempt whatever was made 1 to stop him or molest liiin in any way. When he left he said nothing about where he was tfointf, but reiterated the statement that he would never he ] taken alive and walked olT toward 1 thewohdsin a most unconcerned man- ' tier. ( Want a IMspeiiNui-y. I The people of l<'t. Mill area^ltatinK ! the question of establishing a dispensary in that town. It is said that ' from $ 1 .r),()00 to $20,000 worth of | whlul/mr L-1.1 I.iw./I * " I... 4 . ....... ?iunnv.j in nlll|i|JUII III Ullilt lillWII yCill'1* by Charlotte dealers, and as tlie establishment of a dispensary would take a large revenue from them, it is ' reported that these dealers will go to ' Ft Mill and take a hand in the primary ! by spending money liberally in order ' secure its defeat. Citizens of the town are divided on the question, but some of the best citizens are in favor of the ' dispensary. While they admit that the dispensary will not break up blind tigers, they argue that if people will drink whiskey the money might as well be kept at home and not distributed in Charlotte. If the bar keepers take a hand in the primary, the contest will be a lively one and the result will be watched with a great deal of interest. Hungry IimIIuiih. A special from Tucson, Ariz., says: Driven to desperation by hunger and thirst, a band of 30 Yaquis, nearly half of them women, attcked the Carmen ranch near Ilermosillo Saturday and a fierce fight followed. When a patrol of Mexican troops came to the rescue two of the women and five of the men lay dead. The Yaquis were weak from hunger and when attacked by superior numbers they were com polled to surrender. Fifteen prisoners, including two chiefs, were marched 1 to Hermosillo, where they will be sent by (Jen. Torres. The band is supposed to he the last remnant of those who took to the warpath some time ago. 10 x tent of the brought. The National weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions says: Drought of considerable severity prevails generally from Virginia and the Carol inas westward over Ken lucky, Tennessee and the northern portion of the central and east Gulf States, including eastern Arkansas, southwestern Missouri and the southern portions of Illinois and Indiana, while heavy and damaging rains have continued in Texas, portions of the Missouri valley and the lower lake region. Many Immigrants. Immigration Into the United States during the tiscal year just closed was greater than any previous year except 1882. The number of immigrants arriving at the various ports was 7 .'10,798 as ageinst 787,992 In 1882, the record year. The immigration last 1 year was 108,900 in excess of the record of 1901. The number of steerage immigrants last year was 487,918 and the number of cabin immigrants 1 74,950. 4 Painfully figured. Mrs. ttarle, the lovely and accom- < plished wife of Itev. A. II. Earle, who is highly esteem by many people In < llcaufort sustained a painful injury 1 Tuesday afternoon by falling down the 1 back steps of her residence. The shock < rendered her unconscious for a time. ' It is hoped that the Injury will not 1 prove to Ikj serious. 1 \ OtVtt C., THURSDAY, S SKVKHK SHOCKS I 3f Earthquake Almost Completely Wipes Out a Town. VALLEYS TOSSED AND ROLLED Like the Surface ?>l* tho Oceun. The I*eo|?lc Terrorized by the Dentriititiou Wrought, aiul dec. A strip of country lf> miles Ion# I>y four miles wide, rent with imping lisaires and dotted with hills and knolls jlmt sprung up during the nl^ht as If >y limbic, a village in ruins and hunIreds of people lleein^ for their lives, ire the results of Wodneslav night's icisinie disturhance in the valley of Los Alamos, in the northern part of Santa Itarbara county Cal. During the last four days hat section of the country has >een KiiiiKcn i?y a series or j ?art hquakes that, is not precedent n the history of tradition of the j I'acille coast. ;ind the continuance ot , Liu; disturtianees an I the increasing j severity of the shocks have so terro- i rlzed tli?> toll ibltnnts tiiat they arc j leaving for other parts as rapidly as possible, iind even now the village is ihnost entirely deserted. The (list urhanees began Sunday evening with a shock which caused sev ral thousand dollars damage to property in the village and the su^ar country, being more severe and more disastrous in t he vicinit y of Western Union Oil company's oil wells on Carriage ranch. The shock was followed by a number of disturtianees less severe md less disastrous, continuing through the remainder of Sunday night an i Monday. (>n Tuesday night, beginning at 11 )Vlock, there was another series of icven shocks, all of which were light, j I n act ion t licsc disturbances resembled the waves 011 a pond of water. The ! most, severe shock of t he entire scries jeeured at 11.HO o'clock Wednesday morning. Mills were shaken and twisted to their foundations and the valleys trembled and rolled like surface of the ocean. (Jreat, fissures were run deep in the earth; hills and knolls ippcurcu in icvei vaneys; springs of water appeared In places that had licendryand the general topography if the valley was greatly changed in many respects. The disturbance had do general direction, but was what is known as a "twister." It was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which increased until the earth began to rise and twist and the hills began to tremble. With the lirst warning sound of the tpproaching disaster t he terror stricken people rushed into the streets and sought places or safety In vacant lots uid roads, while many lied towards the neighboring hills. The lirst virbrations were similar to the preceding disturbance in direction and elfect, hut they were immediately followed by the most terrilic shock ever experienced in t his section of the State. The earth trembled, rolled and twisted until it was impossible for people to stand erect, and terror strickn inhabitants crouched together in the darkness fearful that the earth beneath them might open and swallow them. 'Idie terror inspired by the rumbling and trembling of the earth was increased by the sound of falling buildings which gave some idea of the terrible destruction that was being wrought. When the most serious shocks had passed and the rumbling sounds had died away the people gathered ill grutins about. the ruins; of t lmir homes unci places of business and when they saw the extent of the damage of them, fearful of a repetition of this experience, immediately started on foot or by any conveyance that could* be had for places where the previous shocks had been less severe. In the darkness of the night it was impossible to determine the full extent of damage wrought, but with the dawn of day the stricken village had the appearance of the ruins of a city long deserted. A church had been lowered to the ground and not one brick of the building was left standing. Chimneys toppled over, frame buildings had been wrenched apart and thrown from their foundations, tidegraph and telephone wires had been broken and t here was not a building in town that had not been damai/od more or loss seriously. In store buildings that were totally destroyed the merchandise was thrown from shelves and everything breakable was destroyed; not a pane of glass was left in any window in town and in those frame cottages and dwellings that were left standing stoves were overturned and crockery and glassware were destroyed. A conservative estimate of the loss to property In the village is $30,000 and this amount probably will greatly Imi increased by the damage In the surrounding country. The extent of. the most severe portion of the disturbance is 11 miles long by four miles wide, but the shock was felt throughout Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. At tile Western Union oil wells on the Carriage ranch, two banks were wrecked and much other damage done The disturbance continued throughout the day at intervals of two hours but none of the shocks was severe. The people have deserted the village, Bvery conveyance has been taken and the passenger and freight trains have left here since the severe shock of last night have been loaded with peo\ Ll'CJUST 7, UK)2. pie ilccing for safety. Sinn1 t i > llr; disturbance t>11 Sunday night there have been more than 70 distinct shocks and those who have been keeping records have now driven up. as the disturbance have become almost continuous. WORLD'S DEBT INCREASES. l'lvory Nation Owes More Money Proportionately I'lvcry Year. In 1801 the world's debt amounted to $.{,000,000,000; in 18-48 after I he Napoleonic wars, it was $s, loo,000,000, in 1001 81,800,000,000. It increased within the last century by $28,800,000,000: but whereas during the tlrst part of this century, notwithstanding the gigantic wars which then unsettled part of the world, it increased but at the ratio of .'I to I, the increase during the second part was at the ration of 10 to 1. Toward this increase each nation has contributed with all it power. (>nly two nations presei ved thier cool blood; (Ireat Britain, which during forty years reduced its debt by$l.ooo,000, and llie United Stales Which reduces its liabilities by over $1,100,000,000. o The Austrian debt, which in 18."?0 was hut $(>00,000,000, reaches ill present $1,700,000,000; the debt of (Jerniany has prown fnun $110,000,* ooo in is;o to $.'>.">o,ooo,ooo; tlml of Italy, which in I sun was $1.loo,ooo,ooo, is now $2,.*>8.1,000,000; the debt of llussia which in !?*>:{ was $100,000,ooo, exceeded in 1000 $.'t,ooo,ooo,ooo. France is easily winner in tills contest; her debt, which in I Sf>2 was litt le over $ 1.000,000,000, amounts today to about $5,800,000,000, or almost six times t lie amount in the former years, constituting almost one-llfth of (lie total world's indebtedness. The debt of (lie (Jerinanic and Slavic Kroup of nations (lie last quarter of the century have been due ehielly to the purchase of construction of railways, and they possess in those "physlcisT1 capital which almost equal llieh total ilel.it, and derive therefrom a revenue sulllcient for tlie service of this debt, tjuitca dllVerent pict ure is presented by silie Latin nations. These have within t he last twenty-live years increased their debts by $.'>,000,000,000. Spain and Italy nearly doubling their debt. France almost trebliup hers In return they can not lie said to have acquiicd any well defined material assets. France particularly, which perhaps spent more than any otiier nation has 011 her railways, will have to wait until 1 !jr?4 to acquire ownership of t hem, lie Dressed Ah a Woman. /Mrs. John Henry Fran/., residing in Alleghany, Fa., has untitled the police that her husband, a soap holler, is in tl 10 habit of lnasoueradiiur to fenviln clothing, and wants him arrested. She says ho litis paraded in women's dress for twenty years. Fran/, is is, and is the father of six children. Ills wife declares he spends till his money for lingerie, and neglects to pay rent and grocery hills. Last Monday, she alleges, Fran/, read tin advertisement of a bargain sale of women's skirts worth $0.50, marked down to $2.00. She says her husband had only $:i and demanded the extra SK) cents t< purchase a skirt . This she says; she refused to give him, and he gave hci a heating. Mrs. Franz showed the officers her husband's female outfit, consisting of dresses, corsets, underclothing and other articles. Itailroud Accident. The intqrestate commerce, commission has issued a bulletin on collision* and derailments of trains and casulaties to persons for the three month* ending March .'II, 1002. According tc this showing the number of persons killed in train accidents was 212 and of injured 2,111. Accidents of othei kinds, including those sustained by employees while at work and by passengers in getting on or olT cars, brings the total number up to 811! killed and i), 1)58 injured. During this period there were 1,220 collisions and 828 derailments,of which 221 collisions and 81 derailments affected passcngei trains, resulting in 11 fatal accidents to passengers and 820 injured. Tin damage to cars, enginesand roadways by these accidents amounted to$l,014,268. Swung II1 in I'p. Charles Craven, the supposed mur dcrcr of William li. Wilson, farmer living near llerndon, Va., was lynched Thursday afternoon on the l'ike, one mile east of Lees burg, Va. lie was taken from the Jail at Leesburg by a mob of 150 men, who overpowered the guard, broke in the outepdoor and then entered the cage, using hammers and crowbars. Little dilliculty was encountered In this work. A noose was thrown around the prisoner's neck and |w? IIM.L. Lwl /I *1 II-- * ? in; v?u.-> n.:u uiiwil l/lir Ill I/IIO (Ill'tlCtion of the scene of the murder. The party had proceeded scarcely a mile when the rope was thrown around a tree and Craven was pulled from the ground. As soon as the lx>dy was raised in the air, the mob tired fully 600 shots at the dying man. <?nvc It U|>. The State board of equalization hat adjourned. The board wrestled with the knotty problem of the equalization of real estate values for several days and finally had to give, it up as a bad Job, and finally left values as lixed l>> county boards, memorializing the legislature, however, to pass laws that will make it possible to carry out the purpose of the act relating to equalization. Then the values of cotton mills, etc., were passed upon as ascertained by the board, put on a on pel cent, basis of valuation, and left al that. The Ixjard has worked earnest ly and vigorously from the start, re alizing its important duties, but fount that It could not accomplish what wai desired. \ INFORMATION FOR TIIE VOTERS. Ii is llopctl I'tin'^lMlci'tMl Voters Will I{?*i" Ister t liin Year. The improtancc of t ho registration i of voter s to participate in the ^en[oral State elections, jud^in^ from 1110 , small number of registered persons , in eacli community, does not seem to be fully realized. This >ear those who are interested in the future of the South are urging qualified voters to register, and it is hoped that there will lie a general compliance. In order that all may know when they can register and what the requirements are a representative ot The state recently asked Assistant Attorney (leneral Hunter to prepare the following; summary of tin1 laws on the subject of registration: "The registration books must lie open for the registration of electors entitled to registration on the tirst Monday in each mouth at the Court House, unHl .'to days before the general election, when they shall be closed I unt il after the elect ion. "In cities and towns of over 600 Inhabit ants the Supervisors of Registration shall open the book of registration for one meetings'at such time as may he designated by the hoard after two week's notice, posted in such town or city, at which meeting shall be registered such qualified electors) oi me county as may present themselves. "Persons becoming of age during the .'10 day prior to the general election, during which the hooks are closed, may lie registered by applying hefore the books are closed, if otherwise qualified. The registration hooks are likewise closed 20 days before any special election. "All persons registered on or before January I, imps, shall remain during life qualified electors, unless afterwards they become disqualified by the constitution for committing crime, etc. Persons moving from one county to another may have their registration cert iIleales changed to the. county to which they have moved as soon as It is determined that they were duly registered in the county from which they moved. 4"10very male citizen of the State and of the. United States, 21 years old and upwards, who shall have heeu a resident of the State for t wo years, hi the county one year, in the polling precinct at which lie offers to vote four mouths before any election, and shall have paid, six moths before any election, any poll tax due, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution submitted by tlie registration otliccrs, or can show that lie owns and has paid all taxes collect!bier hduring the previous year on property Mil the St ate assessed at MOO, or more, 'Shall l>c entitled to registration. "Of course persons convicted of certain crimes, such as burglary, arson, adultery, wife beating, breach ' of trust, forgery, larceny, etc., are I ineligihietfor registration. "Persons holding a registration < certificate arc entitled to vote upon proof of the payment of all taxes, in < iiwiiik |MMi I/CIA, cl.W.IM'll .l^illllM mill, and collectible during the previous year." In order to vote In the Dcinoeratlc primaries, in doing which the majority of the voters think they have done their full duty ascitizens, the requirements for vot ing are very simple. The constitution of the Democratic party on this subject says: "At tlie election only Democratic white voters who i have been residents of the State 12 months and the county (10 days preeedi Ing tlie next general election, and i such negroes as voted the Democratic i ticket in 1H7U, and as have voted tlie I Democratic ticket continuously since, to tie shown by tlie certificate of ten - white Democratic voters, who will pledge themselves to support tlie nominees of such elections, may vote; t Provided. That no person shall lie ali lowed to vote except Ids name lie cnI rolled on tlie particular club list at i which lie offers to vote at least live days before tlie first election. Each ; club shall have a seperate polling > place for primary elections. Tlie club rules on the party shall constitue the registry list and shall be open to inspection by any member of the party, and the election under this clause shall lie held and regulated under tlie act of , tlie General Assembly of tills State, approved December 22, 18SM, and any subsequent act of the Legislature of this State." Wholesale Muichles. Oriental advices describe an appalling epidemic of suicides of young , women in Southern China. The usual , method is for six or eight girls to tie i themselves together and deliberately walk Into a deep river. Six hundred girls have committed suicide in tlds s manner. The wholesale suicides have caused much alarm and the authori, ties are exerting strict measure to prevent them. They are most numer; ous in Kwang Tung, around Canton, ' and on the Island of Hainan, in Kwang Tung. There was a dearth of rain for months despite dally prayers. Many girls believed the gods had forsaken them and therefore end1 ed their existence. The famine in 1 Hainan lias caused girls to he sold in[ to slavery. Many sought death in the mariner described rather than become slaves. Blasphemy, j The Columbia Record says: "NVc never really appreciated so much what i the real meaning of the word "sacrl lege" was until we read what Jim r Tillman said at Chester, referring to t, the newspapers: They may crucify me on a cross of slander, but Cod in - heaven knows it Is unjustifiable as 1 when they pinioned to the cross the i lowly Na/.arene.' Could blasphemy possibly go any further." NO. 2. > | FERTILIZER CASE Remanded to the Stato Courts by Judge Simonton. A VICTORY FOR MR BELLINOER. J Tl?e Stato llan the Itight to llavo tlio CatO Ill-ought ami Trletl in ller < >wn < 'onrtH. In the United Stales circuit court at Charleston on Tuesday of last week Judge Simonton handed down his decision in the case of the State of South Carolina against the Virginia-! 'arolina Chemical company, granting the motion of plaint I IT for the remand of the case to t he State court. The decision is a victory for Attorney Ceneral Itellinger. It will lie recalled that.several months ago Attorney (ieneral Itellinger brought action against the Yirgiuia-C irolina Chemical company, in the Itichland county court, under the antl-t rust act, alleging that the company was purchasing and acquiring a monopoly of t he fertilizer industry, contrary to law. The attorney for thccoinpany moved before Judge Ituehanan for a transfer of the suit to the federal court, alleging the act to he in derogation of the constitution of the United Slides. The judge refused the motion, hut the attorneys secured copies of the proceedings and tiled them in the circuit court and Judgj Simonton lieard the arguments on the motion of Attorney Oeneral ltd linger for t he remand. Judge SI 111011 ton's decision is lengths containing many law citations. Toe court notes that accompanying the records, there is no order of the State court, removing the suit, "lint from admission," continues the court, "made at the bar and from the whole tenor of the arguments, It appears that the a Use nee of the order, removing 11io cause, was not based upon the insultloiency of the bond, tint upon the legal ground tiiat the case made by the plaint iIT does not raise the federal question on which alone this court can take Jurisdiction. The question involved In this discussion is grave and beset with ditUculty. The State lias the right to have the case brought by her, tried in her own courts, unless the constitution of the United States has secured to the defendant the right of protection in the federal court." 0 Judge Simonton ruled that the federal question did not appear on the face of the record, and lie was bound to go by the record and remand the case to the Slate courts. The decision shows that the act of the legislature contained no mention of the constitution of the United States, and no rights, claims, privileges and immunity of federal statutes which would bring the act into any relation or con I llict with the federal law. The court states, however, that a federal question might be raised hereafter in the State courts, and in such an event a direct appeal can he taken to the United States supreme court from the State supreme court. The State. The Turbulent North. The Augusta Chronicle says It must l)c very trying to the nerves to dwell in the northern portion of this great rcpnpile, and we of the South who Inhabit a quiet, peaceful and law-abiding section do not realize perhaps, how much we have to i?e thankful for. For the past six months our telegraphic dispatches have told daily the same sad story from the northern states, and accounts of strikes, riots, anarchistic plottings, dynamitings and mysterious murders in the large cities, have !>ccn the constant burden of the wires. And now the unrest and disorder seem to Ik; culminating in Shenandoah, Penn., the town having been in the hands of a mob and such a reign of terror instituted Wednesday night that hie governor of the State was forced to call out two regiments of the National (ruard and a battery of artillery with the hope of reserving order A Fatal Fight. Augustine Alajaraza was fatally stabbed at an early hour Tuesday morning by Estanislado Perez in Ciudad Portirlo Diaz, Mexico. Perez in return received shots that caused his deatli a few hours later. Doth men were enamored of the same woman, and in a quarrel which followed a conversation about her, the shootimr ilnrl i>lll t Inir l-?~ -? ..ap> ?? *? vmvuiii^ VAAyll I I UUi 1 111; llt'illt of Alajaraza was severed, but lie succeeded In indicting fatal Injury to his adversary liefore he died. Alajazara was well known in musical circles here * and Perez belonged to Monterey. Will lte|M>rl Soon. Inquiry at the postoffice department has developed the Information that it might lie a week before the authorities are In possession of the report of the Inspector recently ordered to Pickens at the instance of Lieut. Gov. Tillman to Investigate the alleged tampering with his mall. The Inspector reports direct to divlslou headquarters at Chattanooga and his pokt Is forwarded from there to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow. Sinko 11 atto, a wealthy Japanese ^ now residing in New York, has been appointed by his government to make a thorough study of tea growing conditions in South Carolina. Mr. llatto said that his government had been greatly Interested In the published reports of the plantations in South Carolina.