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SERIOUS CHARGE J Made Against Farnum in Connection With Certain letter, i WHICH JS PRINTED | i Below. And Which Involves High Dispensary Olficials, the R.chland Distillery and Prominent Men in a i Scheme to Control a Certain N.'W:- paper. The Columbia State says quite a sensation was created Wednesda> morning when Senator Niels Cnrls tenscn of M-aufort. rm mbar of the 1 dispensary invesMgitlng ci mm tee, submitted an etlUavlt in whic 1 he preferred a serious charge agi'nst J . j S. Farnum. It will be recalled that I WllAII Sf>nvt.r?r M .rlut.nnuoM raa/l I _ ^ v.. ..... ^ ...UUVUOULI I vm communication a few da; s ngj ho rc marked that it was somewhat like an ' expuigated edition, lie observed the 5 absence of documents to which he had 1 called attention in his ; 111 lavit last ' summer. Wednesday through Senator llav ' and Mr. .1. Fra??r Lyon, the following a ill lavit wascll'jred to the supreme court: The State of South Carolina, County : of Charleston?In the supreme court. The State ex rel. J. T. Hay ' etal.. petitioners, Dlaintiin, against J. S Faruum, respondent, defen dant. Mandamus. Scuth Carolina, Richland Countv Before me personally app. ared Neils : Christeusen, J r.. who being dulv sworn says: To at the letters delivertd by the 1 court to the petitioners are not all of ' the letters contained in dlNpeDhary No. 12 in the city of Charleston aud * to which petiti ?uers c insider them selves entitled under the proceedings Imrol ri That the deponent saw In the cus today of the said J. S. Farnurn in said d.spensary No. 12, a letter of wbiih the following Is a copy: Richland Distillery Cnnpany, Macon, Ga., April 22, 1905. Mr. J. S Farnum, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: In reference to letter of Introduction forwarded to me from Selbles, beg lo state that on the advice of several of my friends 1 was persuaded to take $500 worth of st< ok In this paper edited by James Henry Rloe, Jr., Mr. Selbles also agreed to take a similar amount. It was understood that Evans, Tatum, Towill, and Boykiu were also to take stock In this paper and several other parties who felt an interest in the welfare of the dispensary. For this reason I cmsented to take the stock as stated above. Besides I believe that Mr. UI03 is a power in South Carolina and can be of much help to us aud also to the dispensary. Trusting that I have explained the matter thoroughly to you, aud tna it meets with your approval. Yours truly, 1 The Richland Distillery Company, N. M. Black, President. P. S.?Beg to inclose you the letter. Selbles taken this amount out of stock Jinfl r?airl tr\r 1 * WMV4 J^I*1V4 4U1 lUl N. M. B. That deponent is of the opinion that said letter is periinent to the ( matters to be investigated by the com- , mittee. Neils Chrlstensen, Jr. Sworn to before me this 9th day of January, 1900 B, A. Morgan, Notary Public, South Carolina. This is indeed a grave charge and it may mean imprisonment for Farnum. A great many people Wednes- . day expected that it w^uid mean immediate tro- b!e for the aocubed. The court Wednesday afternoon In the consulting room deliberated over the , matter and passed the following order: \ "On reading the athdavlt herein of Neils Christensen, Jr., dated the 9th j of January, 1906; "On matlon of J. T Hay and J. F. ^ Lyon, attorneys for petitioners: "It is further ordered, that said J. ^ S. Farnum do show cause before this t court at Columbia, S. C., at 10 o'clock . a. m. on the \5th day of January, ' 1906, why he should not be attached . lor contempt of this court for failure , to leliver the letter described in the atlldavit of Neils Obrlsiensen, Jr., as required by previous orders herein. "It is further ordered, that a copy , oi tms orner and also of said ailiiavit of Nells Chrlstensen, Jr., be served on said J. S. Farnum." * "Y. J. Pope, 1'Chief J ustlce. * "Jattuary 10, J906." ' To lilt niial Sohhioiih. The joint Legislative Committee appointed to look into the aliened p. legality of the proceeding under which the "biennial sessions" ameudmontto the constitution was adopted by the legislature two years ago and ratllied by the people at the general election in 1804, Thursday submitted its report. In this document it is set forth that the constitutional exactions and 1 requirements were not observed in the enaotion of this joint resolution, and the joint committee recommends i that the whele transaction be started 1 anew and that the matter be again < submitted to the people for ratitloa- i tion. This will postpone biennial ses- 1 sIoqb of the Legislature a few years. ] id at HOME FROM WAR. *tartlli>K Sopiu'h Kdtotml in flic City of Mono* w. 1 was passing the erupbv university last Sat urday morning. Minute snow was lashing through the air before a alitor wind, but it thawed as it fell, nul people went slopping through the 111 thy puddles, In galpMios, as h thj fashion here. TaitiiDg in disorder thn ugh the dirt and wind, mix d up with the market people and the little Open droskles that d?sh up an1 rlowi the streets like our hanrisotrs. c\m? * string of addles slowly m iking their way westward, They had just pa?s?1 tho booths where the butchers and othe loyalists | slaughtered the students. They had reached the point were the CossacVs shot blindly into the procession that had acc impanied the funeral of the Btudeus lUuraann. There they halt ed because the coss r< ad In fr nt wh.1 mocked with tralllc and a few passers by began to look at them curiously Tl ey were riot to be cal'ed a column, nor were they organized as an advance party. They were not organ Izsd at all, but a few oilv^ry cumt li st, their hairy little hordes throw .UK up a steam into the wind; then a few infantry, not more than a batal Ion, I think, covered with tilth. thel? jniforms torn and patched, some Ir low caps, like our own men, some in nigh furey caps matted with mud and mow. Behind followed a ran: bl lot) of carts, and lb was the Big't jf tne n.en stretched inside them witft iirty bandages r. u id their heads, or Arms, or feet which showed to us what the party really was. They were the soldiers returning from i he. war?the van of the grea and ruined army coming home. At. last they had completed the 5 000 oj [> 000 miles of their j turney through Lhe Siberian plains and were alive in the. heart of their own country. And this Is how they were reoelvtd. The municipality had intended to arrange some sort of festl vtllties at the station. They had intended to give little presents to the men?choc olat.es and cigarettes, 1 suoDose?ino little decorations for the otlicers with the inscription: 'Tothe Defenders of the Country." Whether those festivities were ever held and those little presents given 1 cannot say. Tne papers had announced bhib on sMdiers would b)glo to arrive on Sunday. Tne government took care that they should ar rive on Saturday. The presents may possibly have been rushed out in carts to meet them, though it would be more like the Russian ollloials to retain the offerings of their patriotism for themselves. Rut so little interest was taken in the whole thinir that tha. nvAninn no. ? ?- - v<apers continued to announce that the army would begin to arrive next day, and as far as I can discover no further notice of any kind was taken of the defenders of the country. So they drifted westward of the dirty streets and dissappeared into their barracks. The reservists among them appear to have been dismissed at onoe. At all events the crowds of beggars who with threats and curses violently de mand the milk of human kindness upon the streets have been increased by many tattered creature who limp about in traces of departed uniforms, and as they pass the people say "A soldier from the war."?Moscow Correspondence New York Sun. the wages of sin. A Man and Woman Commit (Suicide in llAloigh. A special dispatch from ltaleigh, N. J., says a sensational double sulciue was discovered there Monday afterjo'm, in which a man of some prominence and well know and a woman if easy vlriure figured. The man was William h. Hood, who for a number if years was deputy register of deeds >f this city and county and whose father was register of deeds until his loath, about live years ai/o. The wonan was a resident of "East Raleigh ind was known among her associates is "Violet." She had been in Rvleigh cut a few months and her family iame has not yet been definitely earned. Mr. Hood, who held a position with the leading department store here, aad been drinking heavily for the last 'ew days. On Saturday night he and the girl, who was apparently between JO and 25 years old, went to the house if and old colored woman. Tnis afternoon the bodies of the two were found there and nine empty laudanum vials revealed the means used by the suicides. Hood left an invalid widow and a child. It is stated that the widow would not permtt his body to be taken to his home after she learned the circumstances of fcho uuIaMa I - ? w- w ,W iiMivai'Vi *1UUU was a man who had many friends J here and in other states, and diss!pa-1 tion seems to have been the sole cause of ills ruin and death. Three months a^o he was treated in an Institution for the drink habit. It is the duty of all parents to see that their children are taught from their babyhood to take proper care of their wearing apparel for the child who lets her clothes drop off her and lie in a heap on the floor invariably grows into the careltoss, untidy woman with whom we are so familiar. " ~ ?m * A boy's best friend is his mother, and the boy who endeavors to pay back what he owes his mother, is the one who will be most sought after by the people who are worth while, and be apt to make the most successful Life, I f ; ? WFZ Y K fei B R BoV D Rhf foill si iic una .i'f suit H^S^HShHo uiei WrMj Eve .,;V sau A h l*My ri fl'vir. Tie n^wsnaper controv ers/ bebwufit D II M ans, clerk of thesinkIng ip id c ,nonjts??10T, and -I issle T. I Giuntt, late novate secretary Scoremy of S'.at.e M II Cooper and pres ent. sec otary i f S ate Ik calculated to make trie people s't up ar-d pav atten tlou. Ak the Newberry Observer says the gisj of bue whuie tiling Is that there has probablv been "graft" In the secretary's ctllce. It looks that way, tncugh the proof Is only circumstantial and Inferential, Five books of the ctil 3e are missing?said to have been destroyed by a very mysterious tire in the secretary's of |. lice?a tire that seems to have known ;, precisely wnere these books were and I to have gone for them and scarcely ! anything else. Four of the books were books Qof original entry, In which Mr. Gauntt, while private sec retary and afterward i as secretary of sta.te entered the charter fees of the cilice; the other was a book kept by VI . v. I .~1 # .1 ? M mi. mcaua luiuneu miuwili^ Jees turned over to him. Mr. Means explanation of the books puts Mr. Secretary Gauntt Is a very awkward position before the public. Mr. Gauntt, replies that Mr. M'ads is an "enemy" and is trying to injure him. Tuere will likely be some revelations by an Investlg&tlng committee ot f -re the matter is ended. South Carolina cannot atTord to let < tibial scandals like this be fc ught out in the newspaper. A thorough.and impartial in- , vestigation is needed and there is i reason to hope that the whole affair will be sifted to the bottom. < SoiiHAtimi of Failing. The sensation of falling down a , precipice is cne tliat few persons have had an opportunity of recording. Prof. Albert Iieim, well known geologist, tias been able to describe the experience to the Swiss-Alpine Club, i aud relates that he was not troubled ! in breathing and felt none of the par- , aljziitf terror that so often over- , whelms victimh of sudden catastrophe. : He felt perfect tranquility, though remarkably quickened mental activity. Old memories were reviewed and ( then his ears were tilled with soft ' musical sounds, and eonsoimisnpsM i wa? lost as the ground was struck. There was no pain nor sensation of ' shock. Family Burned to Oeath. Several porsons, c >mprislng an en- i tire family, were burned to death in a (Ire which destroyed the he me of' Isasc Syler, at Pleasant, Juniata coun ] ty, Wednesday morning. The dead < are'?Mr. Syler his.daughter, Mrs. Peter 1 Martin and the latter's nve chn- \ dren. i Girls, yuu owe 10 your mother to 1 be on one look-out for every occasion ' to make whatever return ycu can for her years of sacrilice and planning for in ii i r hunninnuo a t \ ri tunlLKoirx# rf^?AnF I JUUA OIIV4 Tfun* Jl I uaij r her with unvarying cnirtesy, defer- ( ence, and seea her comfort and pleasure above all others, and never be lin- , patient, for she has had threat patience with yoin I S?ontloi)(l Hnr Life, Three women were burned to death and one was injured Saturday in a lire i that destroyed a l) warding house at i Kill Missouri avenue, St. Louis. The < building caught tire from the fur- ] nace, The dead: Mrs. Pauline Her- i mann, Miss Jewell Reed, daughter of i proprietor; Mrs. Pulvermacher. Mrs. ( linger, aged 70 years, who was sick, I jumped from an uppor window break- i ing a leg. Miss Jewell Reed lost her I life in trying to save others. 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