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VOL. 14. wped out. ? Such Is the I:ate tb*?' " " Russian bx. c?f comp^ujrusta TrolCAUGHT Tj^an lnt0 and SMASHED TO PIECES A Passenger Car On Its Way from Aiken to August|s. Two of the Crew Killed and Six Other Persons Injured. Mow It Occurred. Two person were killed, three fatally hurt and three others more or less Injured Thursday night In a collision on the Augusta-Aiken Railway line, near Clearwater, between a regular passenger car and a runaway coal car. Motorman J. E. lloldman, In charge of the passenger, car, was In Btantly killed, his head being llteially crushed from his body. Felix Hoddle, an exrtfra man on the road, who was enroute to the city, and In the front end of the car, was frightfully mashed, receiving internal Injuries, and both legs were broken. He lived until the relief car reached Broad street. Three of tho Injured, (J. W. Cheaham, of McCormlck, S. C., A. W. Rub erts, of Augusta, and Conductor A. D. Hill, are seriously Injured, and the attending surgeons give very little hope of their recovery. The tlrst two were passengers on the Ill-fated oar. Claude Atkinson, of Augusta, G, W. Long, of Troy, S. C., and 10 A. Kearnes, of Knoxvllle, Tcnn., while severely Injured, will recover or are only slightly hurt. The accident was caused by a large ooal oar. of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, breaking loose from the large express car, and dashing down grade for a mile or more, colliding with an on-coming passenger coach, and practically demolishing it. Only those who were on the rear platform of the passenger coach, escaped with s ight Injuries. Those within the car were either killed or seriously hurt. SCENE OK THE ACCIDENT. The accident occurred a mile or more beyond the power house, at pole 800. The actual collision took place Juat at the edge of the trestle that occurs before reaching Clearwater. The force of the Impact was some thing terrltlo. The large coal car, which had been going down grade for over a mile, struck the front end of the car, demolishing the platform and not only telescoping the double trucker for three fourths of Its length, but literally reducing it to kindling wood. The unfortunate motorman, who has been killed outright, was found jammed in the top of the roar of the car. The conductor was found jam med beneath the seats on the II >or. Passengers, scats and other movable things In the car, were found fn one mass In the rear end. The only for tunate ones were Long and Cheatham, who were on the rear platform. The work of rescue was undertaken by the orew of the express car assiited by others In the neighborhood. Ah quickly as possible a message was gotten to Augusta, calling for medical assistance. A special car was immediately rushed to the scene, bjarlng I)r. W. H. Doughty, Dr James B. Morgan, Dr. Goodrich, Dr. Traylor, and a trained nurse, Miss 1'enby. On reaching the scene the interior of the express oar was converted into a hospital, and the Injured were given eepvry osslble attention. It was midnight when the special oar and the express car, both ladened with their ghastly freight, readied the oity. They were met at the foot of the North Augu&ta bridge by the two hospital ambulances, the police patrol wagon and undertaker's wagons. On the advice of the physioians the oars were run down to Washington street before the injured were removed and rushed to the city hospital. Despite the lateness of the hours a hundred or more persons gatVfHred to watch the removal of the injured and dead. The details of the acoident were about as follows: TIIK KUNAWAY CAR. Thursday night shortly after dark a special crew, composed of Motorman A, A. Whitmore, Conductor Gay and a negro brakeman, left the power house and proceeded to Clarcwater, after a car of coal, to pull back to the power house. The trip out was sueeessfuliy made, and the coal oar, a heavy affair of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, was attaohed to the Express car, which the special crew was operating, the trip back to the power house was about successfully made when the ooal car staffed on its runaway career. The brakeman was down and opening the switch on to whloh the oar was to be run. The switch had to he backed on to, and evidently in going over it., the coupling broke loose. The heavy coal ctr started down the hill, increasing its momentum at every turn of the wheels. The crew were unable to oatoh the oar. They Jumped to , another and lighter power oar and attempted to overhaul the runaway, but were unsuccessful. They knew the approaohing passenger oar, No. 107, and that It had passed Glare water, the la-t stop. They were ezpeotlng it in a few minutes when the coal car broke away form the Express oar. There was no possible way of warning the approaohlng oar, bound for Augusta, of the danger. Oar No. 107, in oharge of Motor man Holdman and Oonduotor Hill, was due In Augusta at 9:30. Th< orew knew that the Express car wat ahead with a car of ooal. They passer Clearwater on time and proceeded onward, having no reason to expect auj I ( I obstruction on the track, especially a car comiug toward them. NO WAHNINO OK DANOKlt. Those left to tell the tale of the collision can only say that It occurred. The tirst they knew of their danger was when they felt the shock of the collision. There was no other warning. They do remember that the brakes were suddenly applied and an effort made to bring the car to a standstill. That is the story as far as they know it, for they hardly real i/.:d what had happened until the ac cldent was over. Those who saw the wrecked passenger car declare that it was a Godsend that the accident did not occcur earlier in the evening, when the incoming cars are usually crowded. The number of seriously injured was limited only by tire fact that but few were on board. Everybody in the car were caught like rats in a trap. There was no escape. The register of the car, which was in the rear- end, shows that there were live passen,<ers on board. The conductor, the motorman and the exextra man en route to the city, make the eight accounted for in the list of the dead and wounded. OFFICIALS ON SCKNK. General Superintendent Hunt, Su perlntendent of Transportation Furbey, Claim Agent George Conklln and Attorney W. H. Hirrett, Jr , went over on the relief car, and rendered every assistance possible In caring for the dead and dying. As quickly as possible, acting ou the advice of the physicians, the wouuded were brought to the city and practically all that waw possible bad been done for their relief and to save life by the time the cars reached the city. When seen by a reporter the otllclals above named expressed their regrets at tire sad accident which they declared was one that could not be foreseen or guarded against. A runaway car they declared was something that it Is rare that a human being can control, when it must be done quickly, as in this instance. DUAD AND INJUUBD. Motorman Iloldman, who was instantly killed, was a resident of Au gusta. He is a single man. The ofllclals know very little abjut his relatives, although they understand that he lias a married sister in the city. Felix Hodriie is also a single man, and a resident of the city, lie is said to have come originally from Lincoln county. The officials could give very little information at the time about ills family. Claude A kinson resides at 514 Broad si reet, Augusta. G. W. Long resides at Troy, S. C., and Is well-known there, being In the mercantile business. C. W. Cheatham of McCormlck, is a prominent citizen of that section of South Carolina. A. W. Roberts, of Augusta, is with l.hn Pa PITAV l^ailuioit ' ?? VI1V I m I\ui ivuun?jr nun a UUUl^ 111 / . and is well known. E. A. K^arnes is a drummer, hailing from Knoxville, Tenn , and represents the tlrm of M. M. Elkins & Co., and was returning to the city from a business trip over the road. The railroad officials know very lit tie of Conductor Hill, who has a fractured skull. lie Is a new man, recently put on, and the c lllolals only know that It was because he was marked up to be In charge of the car. Nothing is known about his family. As soon as the dead and Injured had been brought to the city work cars and a force of hands were sent to the Rcene of the accident to clear the road. It Is expected that everything will be ready for the running of cars through without transfer Friday morning.?Augusta Chronicle. Killed Them All. William Stephens, who lived at Kiss Valley, Marin county, Cab. on WorlliauHdU IYIIIwIaVaH hid Uilfn uVirvt IT V/UUVHUlMJ} UiUIUUIWU II 111 *? I I t j OUUU his live children, three of whom died instantly, attempted to murder a passing milkman and then ended his own life. Stephens, who was 35 years old, was formerly a book agent, but later was said to be connected with a rubber goods house of San Francisco. The family also conducted a chicken ranch at their home In Iioss Valley. Karly Wednesday Stephens emerged from his house revolver In hand, and tired upon a passing milkman. The milkman whipped up his horses and Stephens pursued him for 200 yards, tiring as he ran. Stephens then halted In the roadway, placed his revolver to his breast, discharged the weapon. The bullet did not end his life and he sent a second fatal bullet through his brain. When neighbors and ofll cers entered the home of Steohens they came upon a shocking scene. The members of the family, each with a revolver wound In the head, wore found In their beds. The wife and three of the children were dead, and it is believed that two of the surviving children cannot live. The children ranged from one to eleven years In age. A I'm he tic Scone. A dispatch from Savannah says a very unusual, as well as pathetic, sight was witnessed by those at the Union Station Wednesday, when the father and mother of Joseph Holland, the 8year-old boy who was run over and had both lens out off by an Atlantic Coast Line switch engine, arrived at the sta tlon for the purpose jf carrying theh dead son to South Carolina for Inter ment. The body of the unfortunate child was wrapped in some white linen, and was borne in the arms of a sister about 12 years of age. The boy died ' from the effects of his injuries. Wher the father stopped to got tiokets for 1 his little family, he told the bystand ers that he was unable to buy a Ci til n ' but would make one when he got t< his old mother's home in Carolina. ; Gats Two Ve?r* More. < A dispatch from Washington sayi k August W. Machen, the former gene i ral superintendent of the free deliver] \ service of the postofll:c department > was taken baca to the Moundsville , W. Va., penitentiary after being sen tenced to another term of two yean following his plea of guilty under hli , joint indictment with W. O. Craw ) ford of Washington and Oeorge E } Lorenz of Toledo, Ohio, for oonspirao: I to defraud the government. Macbei will not he prosecuted on any of thi ? lomaining 11 indictment. CO* A COMPARISON. LOOK AT HOME. Why Decry Russia for Conditions that I:\ist in This Country. A Riot in St. Petersburg Is No Better or Worse than a Riot in the City of Chicago. We have Had More Presidents Assassinated than Rh*sian Czars. As we pass through life many things happen which we do not appear to see ?things that are Important and which affect nations. Then, we only too often fail to see ourselves as others see us, add to that that we are liable to get Into grooves and wear them so deep that we cannot see from their bottom what Is going on around us. It has been and Is the custom in the United States to damn Russia for every thing without rhyme or reason at times; and to magnify man? times every happening there that tends to Injure Russia, be the happening small or large. We have had a magnificent opportunity to witness that spirit In what the press and people have to say about the war between Japan and Russia, and every little labor trouble that the wires have called to our attention. 1 am not setting myself up as an apologist for the government e f Russia, nor as a defender of Its people; neither do 1 intend to censure either. My aim Is to simply point a moral by a little comivirlson hntwaon that.nnnn. try and the United States. Every strike and every row in Russia is at once heralded to the outside world as a rising of the people for the purp.se of overthrowing its government. The cruelty of the government is no doubt greatly magnified in alike manner. The ruler of Russia is pictured as standing in hourly fear of assat-.sination; and every time an olllcial is assassinated, it is put down as an attempt to overthrow the government. It has about reached that point where thinking people put little faith in those accounts. In order to become fair Judges we must see ourselves as we are. Then we will be in a position to judge Rus sia. It must he remembered that there are bad men In every country ? men who are not happy unless they are creating strife, anarchists, commun Ists, socialists and other brands. We have a very large number of that kind of people with us, and Russia seems to iiave her full share. There Is no doubt about that. We must recollect that we have lost more presidents than Russia has lost rulers by assassination. We have continual strikes and riots with bloodshed Juntas Russia has, hut the methods of the strikers or rioters are somewhat d Iferent. President Lincoln was assassinated; and so were Presidents Garlield and MoKlnley; and the person of President ltoosjvelt lias to lie watched and guarded by trained secret service men all the time to protect him against the very class that in Russia seeks the life of Nicholas. Docs all of that mean that the ptople of Russia as well as those of the United States are op pressed by the head of those governments? Are we to understand that bloody strikes and the assassination of our presidents are conspiracies against our government any more than the same happenings in Russia should be so styled? We must apply the same rule in both countries. We have in the United States almost continual strikes and labor troubles; so has Russia. The amount to riots here as well as in Russia, why not give mem trie same classification In both countries? They are too well known here to require a list of them with the particulars In each case. But 1 will call attention to the strikes when President Cleveland had to send United States troops to quell them, and one that Is now in progress In the city of Chicago, the teamsters' strike. Among other things the papers convey the Information that the citizens of C llcago asked for state tioops to quell the rioting; drivers of wagons had to go aritaedd with armed policemen accompanying them. On May 4th more than half a hundred were hurt In all day rioting; on May (tth It was said that the troops would be ordered out as the number of strikers was Increasing and the public peace threatened; on the same day murderous assaults were made on the negroes who had baen brought Into the city to take the places of the striking teamsters; on May 10th, while President Itooiovelt was iu the city, the rioting continued almost in his very pre;enoe; and on May 15th the strikers, the press informs us, had , poisoned some of the horses. No man can tell where It will end. If those things had happened in Itussia what an outcry would have been raised by the press and people of this supposedly free country of ours! neiore coiiaemning itussia In that . way, magnifying ?vary event many, . many times, had we not better throw , aside some of our prejudices and climb out of our old aud dsep ruts, and take a calm survey of homo afI fairs? , It seems that the people of Russia r have not as much supposed freedom . as we arc supposed to have; but, we do not enjoy the same tranquility ) that the people of England do. Of the three governments, that of England, to Judge by results is the best? at least, so far as assassinations, i strikes and riots with bloodshed are concerned. j Russia has many problems to con , front and so have we. They are serl. ous ones, too. Just now we have con fronting us several dangers, and ft among them may be mentioned the 9 great and in'oreaslng power of our money barons and lords; the inoreas. ing number of violence of labor riots, y the two foregoing bjlDg styled a conn diet between labor and capital; the e proper regulation of the government* of our large olties; the flocking to thii Ho**] [WAY, S. C., THURi country of all classes of European Immigrants Including anarchists, communist#, socialists and the like; the great strides that are being made toward a centrally. *d government, all democratic principles being crushed j in the ruBb, and last but not least, the race problem. Takiug everything into consideration and looking at the matter from a dispassionate standpoint, it seems to me that we have no room tooomplaln of Russia so btt'erly and to damn her for everything when we are In a great measure In the same boat with her. As stated we must give like events In both cujntrles the same interpreta . tlon, anfi then draw our conclusion. From long standing prejudice, we see the mote In the eye of the Russian government, but fall to see the beam In the eye of our own government and people. I write this not for the purpose, as stated, of defending Russia, but for the purpose of calling attention to home.matters. It Is often the best way In which to force a truth home. I desire to turn the light on matters of a serious nature at homo. We have c enough here to keep us busy without e crossing the Atlantic to dictate to r other people, and to interfere with r their home affairs. William P. Calhoun. K WRECK OF OODBN SPECIAL. [ i i Hlamod on the Crow tor Not Having j Train Under Control. i t Before tho Railroad Commission at t Columbia on Tuesday of last week the 1 officials and employes of the Southern J1 railway testified as to the circum- s stances surrounding tho wreck of tho ^ special bearing the party of Mr. Robt. | C. Ogden at Greenville, April 29. It i will be remembered that the train, 8 running at the rate of 40 miles an ^ h( ur, crashed Into some empty freight a cars standing on the main line within j, the yard limits. f From the bulk of the evidence It ^ appears that the railroad people are ^ willing to admit that the crew In n charge of the special train is at fault. y Aiie issue oevoives upon the question p whether or not this was a train of the c lirst class. Tho crew In charge claim that it was, as It was being operated 0 on an order which contained a de- j( tailed schedule between Spartanburg ^ and Greenville, which Is according to (, their way of locking at It. an amend- ^ ment 00 the regular schedule. Engineer J. R. Hunter, who was crippled 0 in the wieck and Conductor Acker ^ took the stand. v The rule governing the conduct of ^ yards In cities states: "Switching and n other trains and engines may work ^ within limits without regard to second v class and Inferior trains which latter p must appro ich and run through yard ^ limits under full control, expecting to ^ tind main track blocked. In case of accident, respons bllity rests with ap- 0 preaching train." v While it was in evidence that there j was carelessness regarding the hand- ? ling of messages in regard to the t sptcial at Greenville, still it was testl- s lied by the c fticiala that tiris would r not eiTtct the result and that Engl- s neer Hunter should have come Into ^ the yard limits with" his train under such control that he could stop witliln H half the distance tie could see. Divi- Q sion Superintendent Williams, Baker a and McManus and General Manager N II. B. Spenoer of the Southern and 8 Engineer Llneberger of Charlotte, s test Hied that there was but one wav of j construing the orders received by En- D gineer Hunter and that was that ids v was not a first class train and that he s should have had his train under per- f feet control when lie approached the t Greenville station. The Southern H fthOWprl hv i to pnrrno rv/ 4-Kof w ? .WJ v\Mtva|/wuuwuw Uliau | every effort was made to handle with a success the movement of this Impor- a tant train. Engineer Hunter wan "v familiar with the road and was se c lected to take the train from Oolum- s bla to Greenville for that reason. , ACCIDENTAL DEATH, 9 I \ llrakcman Thrown From Oabooao ( by a Trolley Wire. 1 I The Charleston Post says Coroner i O'Donnell held an Inquest Into the I death of Willie alias Oscar, Jackson, 1 who died Friday morning at the olty j hospital, from the effects of Injuries received by being knocked from a < freight caboose on the afternoon of ] the day before by & trolley wire, near , Magnolia crossing. The verdict of thp jury was to the effect that Jackson come to his death accidentally by the ( fracture of his skull from a fall to the ground as described above. i Jackson, who was a negro of line ' physique, weighing 170 pounds and of < only twenty-one years of age, la said 1 by the principal witness in the case, i D. A. Jenkins, to have been standing . o i the supolo of the through Savannah freight caboose with his face towards i the olty, having his hands outstretch- i ed and dancing a jig. As he neared the trolley wire over the train he partly turned about, too late to duck, and was caught by the wire In a line with his face. Instantly the negro was knocked off his feet, and rolling once over, hit the shed of the cab)Ose, and was thrown to the ground on his head. In tho testimony the reason of his not seolng the trolley wire Is shown by the faot that he was facing the other way. The head brakeman was on the front of the train, and passed under safely, as has been done bun dreds of times by the trainmen. It was only by being on top of the cupola, which Is a foot or two above the level of the shed of the oar, that J acksou placed himself In the danger line. Portrait of Tim rod. The Columbia Record says: "The gift of a portrait of Tlmrod to the city by Hon. W. A. Courtenay was m>st kindly and thoughtful and was highly appreciated, this city having been the home of the poet. Captain i Courtenay has done more in preserv' lng and perpetuating the writings of Tlmrod than any other man, having personally collected and published one > or more editions of his poems. The > portrait will be hung in the library, i which has been renapacd in honor of i Tlmrod." 9DAY, JUNE 1,1H< RESTITUTION. Nearly Half a Million Dollars Ananymously Paid Uncle Sam. A CONSCIENCE EUNI). lascals and Thieves Get Converted, and Like Yachcns, Make Restitution to the Government of the Money They Stole Years Before With Interest. "A guilty conscleuco needs no actuser," Is an adage that Is not believsd by otliclals of the treasury departnent, savs the Now York Tribune. They are of the opinion that the guilty conscience does need a little nodding once In a whhe to cause the >wner to repent and make amends. Vs proof of this contention they point vlth pride to the so called "Conscience <Ymd," which within the last century ias gathered in nearly 9500,000 for ,tie government pocketbook. But for he fact that this mythical "fund" ias been referred to from time to ime in the newspapers, the otliolals )elleve, scarcely one tenth of the huge um mentioned would have been sent r\ f>in Unonn... ?? ?1 * xs vuu vicwiui jr i. Ill' ilClJUUlil pTIIlL* og of the mere words "Conscience Pund" is an accusation tc every peron who at some period of his life has lefrauded Uncle Sam. The constant ppearance of dispatches from Washington giving accounts of unknown tersons in various parts of the counry sending 'conscience contributions' o the secretary of the treasury is the aost eloquent of invitations to other uiltv ones to 'pay up and make your ieace with your conscience and your ountry." The person who sends the amount f his debt to the "Conscience Fund" Barn that no effort will bo made by lie authorities to discover his or her dentlty or to exact punishment for ire original crime. lie fnels that by hus making restitution he will not nly be forgiven for his former miseeds, but will be able to look the zorld in the face once more, sleep letter and get more enjoyment out of Ifc. lie is right In cherishing these icliefs, for the government officials vi 11 make n) attempt to resurrect his iast, and there is no doubt whatever hat Ids own conscience will reward dm for doing the square tiling. If you ask a treasury official for the fflce of the "Conscience Fund" he /ill smile and say, "Go to the Public loneys Division." At the public mo iovs division you will l>e told that here is no suoli thing as the "Conolence Fund," but that the money eceived from the owners of trouble ome consciences is turned into the ;eneral treasury under the head of 'miscellaneous receipts." For the akc of accuracy, a record is kept of very cent thus received, and as long s the treasury department keeps a et of books, entries will be made of uch contributions under the "Con aience Fund" caption. President ladison received in 1811 a sum of Qoney from some repentant sinner vho wished to make restitution of tolen money. Then and there the und was started, and it lias been in nythical existence ever since. No um is too large or too small for entry n the record. Juit as mucii pains tre taken with the three stamps that ome schoolboy sends to make peace vith his inner self as with the fat roll if bank notes some wealthy importer ends to silence the "still small voice" vlthin his portly breast. As soon as money for the "Con icience Fund" Is received at the trcasiry department, Secretary Shaw orlers a little Item placed upon the bulletin board In his outer cilice. The lewspapcr correspondents who go the -ounds of the various offices in the treasury building invariably make lote of the case, and thus the news of i good example is sent broadcast to ihe world. On February 26 last, Secretary Shaw found in his morning's mall a letter containing !'* cents. It read is follows:' "Inolosed you will find l.r> cents whioh I send to pay for two slate pencils which I believe 1 took from an Indian agency located at that time at CJolton, Gal. This was done when I was a small boy about sixteen years old. or something near it. It probably was more than that. I sent the money to the Indian agency at San Jacinto, Ca)., but it was sent back to me. 1 do this because I believe it is God's will. I hope you will dispose of the amount so that it will go to the proper place." A few days after the receipt of this lelter, or to be aocurate, on March 14, a somewhat larger contribution to the "Conscience Fund" came in the mall to the secretary. The missive which accompanied the cash did not tell how the money was taken originally from the goverument, but It was Just as elcquent of a desire to make amends, as the following oopy will show: "I am sending you herewith inclosed $12,000 which is to go to the use of the United States government. Years ago I defrauded the government, but have returned it all, and now am paving fourfold in accordance with the Scriptures. The way of the transgressor is hard, and no one but God knows how, I have| suffered the const quenoes and would ask to do a bountiful restoration. May God pardon while the United States government is benefited. A SINNKH." The postmark upon the package containing the $12,000 was very badly blurred. Some of the olerks In the secretary's office were of the opinion t*hat it had been postmarked New York, while others believe that It came from Newark, N. J., but there was no doubt about the amount of money nor of the quality of the bills, which were mcstly of $60 and $100 denominations. The $12 000 oontrl r -retail! )5. button was tlie largest ever received with one exception. The record was made in 1800 when United States Consul General Patrick Collins at London transmitted to the secretary of the treasury il l 225 15, which had been given to him by the Uov. Prebendary HarfT, vicar of St Giles ohuroli In one of the suburbs of the English metropolis. The vicar informed Consul General Collins that one of his parishioners had handed him the money with the simple re quest that It be sent to the United States government. Although the papers at the time were tilled with speculations by various authorities who advanced various theories to account for the "conscience contribution," nothing do Unite was ever learned either of the conscience smitten person or of tho theft or fraud that he had committed. It was generally supposed that the sender of the money had, at some time, defrauded the government through the Customs bureau, and the same explanation Is now held in regard to the 112,000 package that came to the department on Maicli 14. Many contributions received at tlie treasury department are apparently due to recent conversiou at revivals or campmcctings These are almost always signed "A Penitent," "A Sinner" or "A Lost Soul." The fair sex is especially given to confession, and feminine contributions are nearly always accompanied by long letters telling In detail how they smuggled ineir ? amends, laces unci gifts to friends in the country without paying duty, or used cancelled postage stamps. Many of the letters are sent to the piesident ol the United States, on the suppositt n, pr< bibly, that he will see and read them. As a matter of fact he has too much Important odlclal and personal correspondence to he worried with the conscience troubles of unknown citizens, and Secretary Loeb, who reads or directs the reading of all his mall, sends the money, with the accompanying notes, to the treasury department. Scarcely a week passes without bringing three or four "conscience contributions" to tire white house. During President Cleveland's administration he once received a letter from a 15 year old boy, who returned three two oent postage stamps. "When 1 was a boy thirteen," writes the fifteen year old poQltent, "I used three postage stamps that had teen cancelled, but did not realize the crime 1 committed. 1 hope that I will be forgiven for the crime, because I was only thirteen years old when I did it." One of the largest contributions was during President Harrison's term of cilice. The money came In large bills, which were all cut In two, and at tlrst. only one end of the "roll" was received at the treasury department "1 will send the other half of the money," the man wrote, "as soon as I see by the papers that it has been received In Washington." Tno publication in the papers was made at once, and the man was as good as his word, directing the other halves to Postmaster General Wanamaker. The postottloe department has established a "Conscience Fund" separate from that of the treasury depart uiunl, to accommodate the money and stamps sent in from time to time to the postmaster general. as fast as they are received, however, the contributions are sent up to the treaaury, and go, with the other mites, into the hi# vaults, the contents of which help to pay Uncle ham's bills when they come due. &U JCE8 >FUL CAVALRY RAID. Gen. liincvitcli ltcporis that KiihhIriih Heat i lie Japh. News of a successful cavalry raid by Gen. Mistohenko comes in tne following dispatch from Gen. Llnvltch to the emperor, dated May 25th: "A cavalry detachment commanded by Lieut. Gen. Mlstehenko, composed of a portion of the South Caucasian brigade and Trans-Halkal Cossacks, while engaged May 17th in repulsing the enemy to the southward approached Sinlountchouan. On May 18th squadrons of the vanguard succeeded in reaching the Fakoman road where they burned a stores depot and destroyed the telegraph for a considerable distance. Large bands of Chinese bandits encountered by the detachment were partly annihilated and parlly dispersed. "On May 19th the main body arrived at the Fakoman-Shifudzy road ntirl fnnnrl t.lio ho(..Vi[o ? * tti,.i.~ . vuu uiyi^iiin auuuu ui r aiiU' man occupied by a large Japanese force consisting of guards and infantry with machine guns. The Russians attacked and annihilated twc Japanese companies and captured an other company with all of Its ottlcen and two machine guns. "The Russians seized a road on the right bank of the Liao river and dis persed near Shifudzy a transport tralr seven versts (4 2-3 miles long) witt rice, tln.ied food and fruit, destroyec the telegraph line and took severa prisoners and 100 horses. "On the return Journey the Rus slans dispersed several bands of Chi nese bandits. The prisoners taker number tive otllcers and 234 men." Walls Drtppmt Honey. At Railway, N. Y., workmen en oouraged in overhauling the MoMahor mansion, on Kim avenue, discoverer hhfif t.lrn mo Ho /?9 ? ^u u ii i4 <i vuu null CI Ul (k IUIJII1 III tilt) tlliri story were dripping with houey, whlcl was o* zing from between the plaste and the outside hoards. A dozen larg< p&llfuls of honey were taken out, &n< more remains. Bees swarmed In th< room while the honey was removed an* stung Moses Heed. The house ha been unoccupied two years. Hose and wistaria vines grow over it. Mrs Murray says she has noticed bees fly ing about the house for years and ha* heard their hum and whirr in th walls. Had Dynamite. Passengers aboard a Pennsylvanii train made themselves heard whei the train reached Bedford. Md., Wed nesday morning after the discover had been made that ono of the pas set gers had six sticks of dynamite li his possession. After a heated argu ment the objectionable passenger wa put off the train by the conductor His action was prompted by there cent calamity at South Harrlsburg 01 the same road. u BANK OF I OONW> CAiTrAL STOCK, f20,000.00 TOTAL ASSE'l ? OFFI( B. G. COLLINS, President. '[ C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres. Our Bank, being a local institut I building of Horry County and for th i suing this policy vr? take ploasuro in i accommodation when consistent with With gratitude for tho liberal cordially solicit your future business Respect fi D A. SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, II. ] Presideut. Vice-l BANK Of i Conwa 1 Capital Stock D1REC Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George J. Holliday, We will nay you 5 per cont. inte ish savings banks to those wishing Try our plan for saving your nickles these little banks and the interost wc help yon. STRONG ADDRESS. By Governor Glonn at Opening ot Industrial Parliament. Denounced Immigration Agouti* ol' Western ltmula Who Have Misrepresented Conditions in Mouth. On last Tuesday week at Washing ton, D. 0., the Southern Industrial Parliament, having for its object the exchange of ideas rewarding the best means of directing attention to the resources industries and climatic conditions of the South, was formally opened with delegates from every Southern State and New York, Phila dclphla and Hoston. The parliament was called to order by Commissioner West, of the District of Columbia, who introduced Commission McFarland, through whom the delegates were extended a hearty welcome. Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, was unanimously elected the presiding otilcer and delivered the opening address After drawing a pen picture of the developments of the country during the last hundred years the Governor touched upon the devastation wrought in the South by the conflict between the States, and said the people of that section had gone ahead with a will to re deem, reclaim and build It up, He spoke of the enormous production of cotton, Iron, timber and other commodities In the South and declared that It had risen to the place where it ought to stand "equal, If not superior, to any other section in the universe In which we live." Hut, he said, while the harvest of the South was ureat laborers were few. Latiorers were needed anywhere and everywhere, and he de olared that the South held out to them vast opportunities, and if they would come there was no reason why they could not have the same returns, the same wealth and be even greater and grander than in any other scotlon of the country. Hut while men of brains and energy were wanted the South did not want the riff raff of the oountry or of the world. The governor then aroused his audience to a high pitch when he denounced the methods of certain Immigration agents of Western railroads to turn the tide of settlement from the South by sending abroad maps showing the marvelous prosperity in the West and pioturlng the Southern States in lines of black in order to show that the negroes ha^e numerical superiority over the white, that the South is a place where very few, If any, whites live, where men of money only can endure and where the whites laborer can not endure, because it is i the home of negroes and where the negro is made an equal partner with the I whites. "That assertion," he vehemently declared, "is false, and I herald it I here today. It is the duty of every honest man in the United States, whether i he is a Northerner, Southern or Westerner, to remove this calumny from the best and purest people that this i country has ever kuown." In the South, the Governor said, the negro is given i every legal right he is entitled to. Their children are educated as are > white ohlldren. They aic given asy111 mnu tf\r Ihali- anH rfnmk ??wl i blind, and are everywhere given a > chance. "Hut," he said, "'there is one 1 distinction, one line we draw, and 1 that is the line of social equality." That, he proclaimed, could never be The races were separated by the law of eternity beoause, he said, the white i man never was intended to be put* on social equality with the negro. lie appealed to every one present to make known the truth and thus "correct an error and a lie." In vigorously deny i lng the charge that one of the potent 1 reasons for a less rapid development 1 of the South was the existence of the i feeling of sectionalism and hate for the r North, the Governor bade welcome to a the people of the oountrv from every 3 section, saying that they would be a given the highest chair in the go st 3 ohamber. The day had come when s names of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert s R, Lee would be equalled applauded. A Strange Find. 1 At Connolsvllle, Penn., In the oftlce a of District Attorney Thomas II. Hudson in a woman's shoe, the hollowed heel of which it is said, contains enough dynamite and nltro glycerine a to kill a number of persons. Tuesday 3 night Mrs. Kngle of Unlontown, I Penn., found a pair of ladles' shoes in y her back yard. While examining them she discovered that the heel of a one of them was hollowed out and i- four exploded caps placed on four iron a pegs set in the heel and the hole tilled with waste soaked with nitro-glyoor> ine. The shoes were turned over to Q the authorities who are maklDg a rigid Investigation. NO. 7. CONWAY^ \Y, S. C. SUURPLUS FUND, 117,0057* ,S, $140,000.00. 2ERS* D. A. SPIVEY, Cashier. M. W. COLLINS, Asst. Carrier. -ion, has always striven for tho tip0 betterment of her citinona. In peroxtonding to our customers every sound banking. patronage received in tho past, vra i. illy yours CaSh I E:R L. Buck, Will A. Freeman, 'resident. Caabior. 1 HORRY, y. S, C. $25,000 rrons: W. R Lewis, VV. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman rest on yearly deposits. Will furncj to open small accounts with ua. and dimes, and you will find that > will pay you on your savings will Professional Cards ? _ w.wvvivuwa WM? WW* Dr. RWMcCord7 SUHQKON DENTIST, MULLINS, 8. C. nDT^OricCorf^ SURGEON DENTIST, Conway, s. C. fWOver Bunk of Horry. H- H' Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, 3 rbTscarbrou^ OONWAY, 8. 0., ATTORHWY AT LAW H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney tnfl OuuoMllor at Law, CONWAY. 8. O. G. Feed. Stalvey, Attorney and Ooanaellor at Law, CONWA Y, 8. 0 Conway Market Fresh Moats and Sausage always on hand. Orders aro takon and promptly dolivered every day. Geo. L. Marsh, Propretor. UuviiltliiK Itnpraviiy. The Columbia Record says Recorder Stanley, of that city, on Wednesday ordered Charles Taylor, a white man, to leave the city, and also Imposed a tine of $40. Tills is the tlrst offence brought up under the vagraucy ordinances passed a few weeks ago, and the testimony brought out at the trial, which was by jury showed revolting depravity. Taylor lived in a negro house of ill repute and was a keeper of accounts for a woman who testilied to that iffect.. The man was formerly a drug clerk In Columbia and was well thought of. Drowned Hell mid Children, Mrs Tip Sanders drowned herself and chlldrefi in a creek near her home, two miles South of Sulphur Springs, Texas, Wednesday. The oldest child was a boy of six years of age. The Other children were two girls, aged three years and ten months respectively. The tragedy, it is said, was the result of domestic troubles. Sanders, the husband, left home in the morning to work on the public road. Returning home for dinner he found a note on the table from Mrs. Sanders, belling him that he would tlnd the bodies of tils wife and children In the creek. Hiriotly (ienutno, Most of the patent medicine testimonials are probably genuine The following notice recently appeared In the Atchison (Kan.) Globe: "Joe Tack, a well-known engineer, running on the Missouri Pact tic between Wich itaand Kiowa, lately appeared in a big one. with a picture, and when he was in Ids oflloc to-day, we -asked him . alK)ut it. lie says lie had territlc pains in Ills*stomach, and thought he had cancer. His druggist recommended Kodol and he says It cured him. He recommended It toothers, who were also cured." Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you cat and cures all stomach troubles. Sold hv Dr. E. Norton i ??????? Four Hundred Mule* Burned. At East St. Lois on Tuesday of laat week four hundred mules perished In a fire that destroyed the sales stables of Maxwell & Crouch, and Sparts Bros., at the National Stock Yards The loss is $100,000, and Is said to be covered by Insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Billions Bill was getting bloated, And his tongue was muchly coated. Patent "tonics" wouldn't cure him, Companies would not insure him. All his friends wero badly frighten, But their spirits soon were lightned 1 For Bill sain -and they believed him EARLY RISER pills relieved him, Dr* E. Norton.