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Wi i < Hi THE COUNTY RECORD. * Published Every Thursday f^^Wngstres, south Carolina, 1 -?TLOUIS J. BRISTOW, ; Kdltor and Proprietor. : Of all men in the world, drug clerks and railroad engineers should not be ao overworked as to imperil their pres- ' ence of mind, observes the New ?ork Tribune, Science having demonstrated that , the stomach is superfluous, dyspeptic gentlemen who contemplate a trip to ; the Klondike region this spring should 1 be oarefnl to check all unnecessary baggage at home. The loosening of white doves at the launching of the Japanese cruiser ? prompts the Philadelphia Press to j suggest the appropriateuess of setting tree a young eagle when a United States w&r vessel first meets the ; water. PhiUiAliftta a-n nroteatin? against i the proposed new issna o! stamps commemorative of the Omalii (Neb.) exhibition. They say the issue will serve no good purpose, and speculators, will bay the stamps and hold them for * high price. Prussia's paternal government has ordered tiro private schools in a little town near Potsdam to be closed be cause they interfere with a rival es- ' r tablishment. One may be kept open \ for a year longer provided' the pro- j pnevor engages u>ia&eiu umj iweuy ^ fV pupils and to teach them no foreign , languages. v. ?arlj morning exercise is denounced nowadays by the majority of hygienic | teachers. At that time, they say, vitality is at its lowest ebb, and needs the stimulation of food. About midfcg afternoon is the best time for gentle i :$* outdoor exercise. At this time, too, i it is most desirable that mental labor E -t\,i, I should cease. r A great improvement has been made j in Parisian duels. The seconds ina&n | affair of honor between a dramatic : ' , author and one of his critics made a aaistake in the place of meeting,thereby sending their principals to op| poeite ends of Paris. This made a V | subsequent meeting at close quarters ; unnecessary. ?-?" A recent writer on the Chinese cpt't/i ton industry state?, as a remarkable tact, that in China cotton yarn can be ' produced for ten cents per pound. In \ i our southern mills cotton undershirts ! - can be produced for a fraction over gjk ten cents apiece. There is hope for V our cotton manufacturers, even in * ^ competition with the Chiuese. The chief aid-de-camp of Don Carlos is quoted as saying that all his v master wants to enable him to get the ! crown of Spain is the help of "God and His Vicar-General.'' Being in-; . ftsrrogated as to the individuality of i the latter, without whose aid even Dirine help i3 vain, he frankly ex-1 plains that the Yiear-Geueral is no other than?money! A potent vicar, ' r truly! exclaims the Xew York Tribune. ' \ England's scheme to get China ^ heavily in her debt is shrewd in more -t ways .than one. By that coarse China * can be made to leave her custoips in British hands, which implies that the * great trade ports are not to be ceded ; stray, nor territorial relations changed. > Then by insisting that part of the loan % shall be used to pay off Japan, the latter power is given the means to buy store ships and guns in the British ' market. The tliriffy side of British F + diplomacy was never more apparent than it is in this Chinese undertaking, which sufficiently accounts,thinks the Sun Francisco Chronicle, for the alarm in other qnarters. The present year will not be lack- j log in political interest. In twenty- ! five states of the Union elections for j governor will be held, and these elee- | tions will serve to throw much light j upon national issues. Governors and statehoase officers are to bo elected in Alabama,Arkansas, California,Con- ! ; Hectical, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, j Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, (Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, (New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota, jOregon,' Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, pouth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, ^Wisconsin aod Wyoming. In the Above list of states every section of j the country is represented. Rho lelsl- | * and's state election will occur in April, ! * Alabama's in August, Arkansas's in j September and Georgia's in October, i .The remaining ones will all occur in ! November. W ith this outlook ahead, j there is not apt to be much idleness ' .titmong the politicians. ' m ft ZOLA FOUND GOUTY.! # The Champion of Dreyfus Must Spend a Year in Jail. j GOT THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE. I The Mdb Howli at Zola When the Verdict la 'Announced?He U Calm and | Will Not Appeal?His Frlenda Were Horrified?An Oration to the Soldier* ?France No Longer a Trne Republic. ' Pabis, Franc? (By Cable).?Emile Zola was found guilty on all the counts in the charges made against him In conjunction ; with M. Perreux, editor of L'Aurore, growing out of the publication of the letter criticising the Government for the way the Esterbazy court-martial was conducted and coming his belief in t'uo innocence of yfus. The jury declared there were no extenuating circumstances. Zola received the maximum sentence?one year's im- < prisonment, in addition to a line of 3030 francs. A true bill was also found against Perreux. He was sentenced to four months' Imprisonment and a fine of 3000 francs. When the trial was resumed M. Laborl, continuing his speech, spoke at great length, amid frequent interruptions from the military officers. Zola looked very tired, lime. Zola was present. She had on a brown dress trimmed with golden embroidery. Advocate-General Van Cassel, ; the judges and all the Jurors, except one, ; showedthc utmost indifference to Labori's I speech. I SI. ESTILE ZOLA. He ridiculed the evldenob of the ezperts, and declared, amid howls from the public, ; that an infamy had been committed In the communicating of the secret document. . | Ho read out the last letters received by Mme. Dreyfus from Devil's Island, which brought tears to the eyes of ranny of the ladies. He gave a long eulogy on Picquart, attacked Esterhnzy, and concluded amid howls of reprobation at 4 o'clock. The Judge then asked the prisoners if they had anything to add to their defence. Zola in a hoarse voice said, "Nothing." Perreux shook his head to the Judge, who then directed the jury as to the two questions to ' which they had to make answer, namely: J One. Was Perreux guilty of libelling the Esterhary court-martial? and two. Was Zola guilty as his accomplice? He added that if extenuating circumstances were found they should be added after answering the questions. The jury retired at C.SO p. m. During the ; absence of the jury Zola sat munching sandwiches. Laborl was in a state of great exhaustion, almost lying on the counsols' bench. The Jury returned at five minutes to 7. When they announced both the prisoners guilty without extenuating circumstances there was a most violent scene in court. Cries of "Long live France!" "Down with the Jews!" "No Jews in the Army!" "Long live Estorhazj'!" rent tho air. General Gonso waved his sword and Derouledo waved his hat. Mme. Zola Gun? j her arms around her husband's neck and Labor! caught his two hands. The court retired to consider the sentence. When the Court returned, tho President again asked the prisoners If they had any- I thing to say In application of tho penalty. Both prisoners shook their heads. The President then sentenced rcrreux to four months' imprisonment and a line of 3000 francs. This was received in silence by the public, but when he sentenced Zola to the maximum penalty of one year's imprisonment and a 3000 francs' Dno, a hideous shout of exultation broke out. which was eohoed back by a roar from the huge crowd i outside. The court was cleared amid indescrib- : able excitement, and guards, whose rifles were loaded with ball cartridges, were cheering vociferously. They cried out that : the sentence was inadequate. It is inadequate to describe this distract- j od country by saying that France is no longer a republic. It is better and truer to say that France has never been a republic* No man dares cry "Vivo la Bepubiiquo" in the streets of Paris. 51. Zola and 51. A. Perreux, managing editor of the Paris L'Aurora, were prosecuted i by tho French Government as the result of a letter written by 51. Zola and published j in L'Aurora on January 13, 1898. In this letter, which was addressed to the President i of France, the novelist alleged, among other things, that the dourt-martial which had tried Count Esterhazy, charged with oemg me reai numor or me ureyius oordereau, had dlsmlsss.l tho case by orders. The trinl of the novelist and the editor licgan on February 7 in tho Palace of Jus- , tice. The conviction of tho defendants was a foregone conclusion from tho llrst. The bordereau, or memorandum, men- 1 tioned in tho trial was written upon one ! side of a sheet of foolscap, and was alleged to haTe been found among the wa3to paper In the Germany Embassy in Paris. I ?The paper was watermarked, and none like it was found either on Dreyfus, at his office, or at his home, although the bordereau was alleged to be in bis handwriting, and a verdict to that effect was found at his trial. The memorandum in question related to certain Important French military secrets. Dreyfus was arrested on October 15,1894, and after nls conviction whs publicly disgraced and sentenced to life imprisonment on the lie du Diable. Victim of a Cuban Bomb. Jose Poo, the lawyer who was wounded V? i.u? M J uv mo ujipiuMvu ui u uuiuu cue umrr uaj , in the Irijoa Theatre, Havana, is dead. Death of a Playmate of Lincoln. Asstin Gollaher died at Hodgenville, Ky.i aged ninety-three years. Gollaher was a boyhood companion of Abraham Lincoln. They were born on adjoining farms and attended school together. Gollaher onee, at the risk of his own life, saved Lincoln from drowning. Rewards For a Postmaster's Murderers. Postmaster-General Gary and the Governor of Soath Carolina offered rewards for tho arrest and conviction of the mnrderers of Baker, the colored Postmaster at Lake City, S. C. \ n^np THE NEWS EPITOf/.ilfiO. Waahlncton Itetntu Guns and mounts for auxiliary erufsera are to be shipped from the Washington foundry to the Now York Navy Yard, where In a few hours they can be placed on the vessels for which they are Into nded. The President sent to tho Senato tha nomination of Charles J. Haubert to b? Jlarshal of the Eastern District of New York. The President appointed Colonel Henry C. Corbin Adjutant-General of the Arm}*, to succeed General Samuel Breck, retired, on account of ago. Tho Postofflce Department will have a rural free delivery system in operation in New Jersey about MarcflU next. Passed Assistant Surgeon Thomas BBailey, United States Navy, was found dead In Washington under conditions which led to the belief that he had committed suicide. Secretary Alger returned to Washington, greatly improved in health by his visit to Fort Monroe. Mr. Allen's Cuban belligerency rider to the Diplomatic Appropriation bill was laid on the table in the Senate, the Vice-President's decision ruling it out of order being sustained by a vote of 51 to 5. Late information in regard to the Maine disaster received in Washington shows that a boiler explosion could not have been the cause; the Court of Inquiry intimated that the ship probably could bo saved. Representatives of leading American railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to take furthor action against the Canadian Pacific. There are thirty-one "casual" cruisers, as the vessels of the merchant marina capable of doing naval service are known, which may be called on in case of emergency. The President nominated Oliver J. D. Hughes, of Connecticut, to be Consul at Sonnecberg, Germany. representative Mahanoy, of Buffalo, in the House condemned New York's "Four Hundred" for attending Abram S. Hewitt'9 "vegetable party" while the Nation was 1^' mourning for the Maine disaster. The House passed a resolution asking the Secretary of the Treasury to inform it what measures bad been taken to prevent filibustering. Domestic. Floods and avalanches havo partly destroyed the town of Monte Cristo, situate^ in the heart of tho Cascade Mountains, Wash. Three buildings of the National Tobacco Company in Louisville. Ky.,?rere destroyed fire Friday. Loss, $330,090. Two .men received fatal injuries. The new steel strut for the torpedo boat Por.er, now lying disabled at Mobile, has been sent to that city from tho Herreshoff works at Bristol, B. I. A schooner from Gloucester, Mass., has arrived at San Francisco with a party bound for the Klondike. The trip took 12*. days. ' Thirty American locomotives and 150C tons of railroad iron left New York by thu steamer Cbaigearn for China. r\- TT^ ? A \f-A ml>/% WOO 0A*V u i. nciirv u. wvviyiii^ai, wuv ??n oru teneed to fourteen years in Sing Sing Pris on October 15, 1890, for causing the death in New York City, of Annie Goodwin, diet in the prison hospital from senility. An assessment amounting to $188,003 will be levied on the policy holders of the bankrupt United Life Association by the receiver. Adam Wearer, of Bursonville. renn.,shol and killed Erwin Mondeati. a Doputy Constable, and Constable Atherholt. The Portland (Me.3 Chamber of Commerce passed resolutions urging Congress to withdraw tho bonding privilege from the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Tho monitor Terror left the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard under sealed orders. An avalanche swept down the mountain slope at tho south end of Lake Bennett, Alaska, burying 200 tons of miners' supplies. General TVsloy Merritt left Governor's Island, Nsw York Harbor, on a tour of inspection of the fortifications ia tho Department of tho East. Thomas A. Edison began many suits against tho manufacturers and exhibitors of movable fllm pictures, alleging tlint all such devices nto Infringements on his kinetoscope patents, nnd if he can establish his claim he will levy a royalty.. Marine insurance companies rafted their rates oa vessels in Klondike regions. John D. Hart, President of the Ilart Steamship Company, of Philadelphia, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for aiding a Cuhan filibustering"expedition on the steamer J.aurada, was taken to tho Eastern Penitentiary.' Repairs to tho Charleston, York town, Philadelphia, rensacola, Hartfoidl and Adams are being rushed at >ue Maro Island (Cal.) Navy Yaid. Testimony was brought out at the trial of Sheriff . Martin and his deputies for murder at Wilkesbarre, Penn., to the effect that the strikers threatened to stop the Harwood CoJIiery. Incidents were narrated to show where they shot at men and wanted to cut the rope of aplnnewhen a carload of men wero being hauled up. Ignatius Donnelly and his stenographer, Miss Marion Olive Honsen, wero married in Minneapolis, Minn. Amos R. Eno, the well-known merchant, real estate owner and financier, died at his home, in Now York City, in his eightyeighth-year. Admiral Bunee, Major General Wesley Merritt, and Spanish Consul-General Baldasino visited Captain Eul&te on board tho Spanish warship Vbscaya in New York Harbor. Thousands of persons went to Tompkinsville to try to get a view of the cruiser, but the fog was in the way. The vessel was decorated and a salute was flred in honor of Washington's Birthday. The Senate at Albany, N. Y., passed tho Biennial Sessions amendment to tho Constitution. * Georgo W. Simmons, a Boston merchant, nccidently shot nnd killed himself at his summer residence, at Nohant, Mass. Washington's Farewell Address was read in the court at Wilkesbarre, Penn, Tues day, where Sheriff Martin and his deputies are are trial for murder. Witnesses said that the strikers at Lattimer were armed and flred at people promiscuously, whilo they used violence to make others go witli them. rorelffn. Colonel Plcquart has been punished, practically cashiered, lu fact, for his part In the Zola trial. Other persons also who sympathized with Dreyfus have been punished. The powerful 'wrecking steamer Right Arm arrived in Havana and was prepared immediately for work on the forward turret of the Maine, the condition of which may go far toward determining tho cause of the explosion. It has been announced by a Mexican paper that Thomas A. Edison and an English syndicate have purchased the Ortiz grant, in South Santa Fe County, fcr $1,500,000. A dispatch from Rome says that the Italian Government has decided upon energetic action against Hayti. The pledge of Russia to Great Britain, to keep the ?>orts of China free, was quoted verbatim In Parliament; one-half of the Chinese loan was underwritten in London, the amount, $40,000,000, being oversubscribed. Secretary Chamfterlain has made important concessions in the direction of selfgovernment in British South Africa. Mr. Gladstone will undergo an operatior 'or necrosis of the nose. TES8I0N AT WASHINGTON Government Actively Engaged in Prep? arations For Hostilities. IMPORTANT NAVAL ORDERS. Administration Will Take So Action Before Receiving the Court of Inqu try's Report?Believed That the President Will Take Decisive Steps if the Board or Inquiry Reports That the Maine Was Not Destroyed by an Accident. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Ensign Powelson's discoveries showing that the keel of the battleship Maine was driven upward by the explosion that wrecked her, as told in special despatches from Havana, seem to havo entirely removed the accident theory from the sphere of discussion. Rear Admiral Sicard is still in charge of the fleet, which, with the exception of the Now York and the Iowa, remains at the Dry Tortugas. The New York and Iowa lie off this harbor. The Admiral said that he exl pected to be better soon, and he looked much improved. When asked with refcrI ence to the expected arrival at Key West of the Court of Inquiry, Rear Admiral Sicard 1 said: "I have received no notification of its coming. When it doe3 come it will prob! ably sit in the United States Court House punning nere." The Admiral expects the Marblehead and the Detroit, bat says the fleet will not be brought in a body to the Key West harbor. | In Washington, while no action will be ' taken nntli the official report of the Court of Inquiry is received, both In the Cablnot | and in all other official circles, the question * now considered is as to the demand to be made on Spain for the loss of the battleship. Members of the Cabinet spent two hours and a half with the President diseussing every possible contingency, even that of war. No official opinion will be expressed until the Court or Inanity lias reported, and meanwhile the Administration urges patience on the part of the publiu until the evidence Is obtained and soberly considered. \ UNITED STATES 3 ' One of the most Interesting contributions mado to the small sum of Information thns far gathered respecting the cnnse of the disaster to the Maine was an emphatic denial by Senor du Bosc, Charge d'Affaires of the Spanish Legation in Washington, of the published reports that the bed of the harbor of Havana is covored with mines placed there long ago by the Spanish authorities in anticipation of the possible appearance of a hostile fleet. The denial is couched in the most explicit terms, ending with the declaration that the suggestion is regarded as "an insult to Spain," and, unless disproved by the official investigation now in progress, removes from consideration one of the tneories of the disaster which has been advanced in many quarters. ~* admiral sicard. If any additional evidence is needed that the United State3 Government Is preparing for an emergency, it ean be found in important orders issued in regard to the military and naval forces. At no time since the Chilian war scare, when Secretary Tracy made arrangements for transports and for concentrating the naval fleet In Chilian waters, have such active steps been taken by the War and Navy Departments. It is even admitted, in some instances directly, that no time is being lost in putting the country on a war footing by utilizing every available means within the present authority of the Administration. Not from one or two sources, but from a dozen has the information been obtained. What has'been ascertained is significant enough, but probably does not represent half or a quarter of the preparations. Departure af tho VIzeaya. New Yobk Citx (Spocial).?Tho Spanish cruiser Yizcaya left this port Friday afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, and i Captain Eulato declined to tell his des tin'ntion. Despatches from Havana state, however, that the Spanish cruiser A Peaceful Omen. United States Minister Stewart L. Woodford gave a banquet in Madrid In honor of the new Spanish Minister to Washington, Scnor Polo y Bernabe. A semi-official Spanish report alludes to the event as a peaceful omen, but thelmparcial expresses distrust of the United States and urges Spain to prepare for war. A Presbyterian Celebration. The quarter-millennial anniversary of the completion of the Westminster Confession of Faith was celebrated at Trenton, JJ. J. Dr. Patton and ethers delivered adrianaaMa. i! V Alfonso XII^^^Lcnn moved to n buoy farther in thc^Brtr to make room for the Vizcaya, whicl^^kpeeted there. Montgnme^^^iU For flavana. Tampa, Fla. ^^ocial).?'The cruiser Montgomery, Con^knder Converse, left Port Tampa with Viers to proceed to Havana, with a brief ^op at Key West for the purpose of reeelvrog further Instructions. While here the cruiser took on 800 tons of coal, which is supposed to last for two months under ordinary circumstances. Lonr to Take a Rett. Washington (Special).?John D. Long. Secretary of the Navv, has transferred the routine department duties to Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. The causo of the Secretary's temporary retirement is given as HON. THEODORE ROOSITEtT. (Assistant Secretary of tho Nary, In charge during Secretary Long's vacation.) overwork, and it is annonnced that he will take a rest of a few days. The fact that the Secretary did not do this without thinking it necessary to transfer the direction of affairs to Mr. Roosevelt has caused much comment la Washington. Monitor Terror Off Old Point. Norpoli, Va. (Special).?TLe monitor ? [ONITOR TERROR. . , Terror spent another day at anehor off Old Point, awaiting orders from Washington. Spanish Vice-Consul Humphreys retorned from New York and confirms the statement that the Viseaya will go directly from New York to Havana. All overtime work has been suspended on the Puritan, though a large force is working regularfy on the vessel. She will Ke put in the wooden dry dock. RUSHING WAR PREPARATIONS. Time tho All-Important Question With the Administration. "Washixgtos, D. C. (Special).?Phenomenal activity in the work of war 'preparation continues. At every seaport, army post, navy yard, and in every factory devoted to the manufacture of war material, there is a display of energy such as has not been witnessed since the Civil War. Time is the all-important question with the Administration now. Every hoar that can be gained is worth weeks of time after the declaration of hostilities. The Government wants time for the Americans to get safoly out of Havana; wants time for tho completion of the court of investigation's work there; wonts time for the saving of the big guns of the Maine and their removal to our shore, and, above all, wants time to push the work upon the SafaiuM and the srreat shios vet in complete. " Situation la Spain. Loxdox (By Cable).?According to a special dispatch from Madrid, the conviction is increasing in Ministerial circles that the worst mast be expected. The dispatch says: "The Government has no cnoice if the United States adopts a threatening attitude, fcr the prospect of war is popular with all parties, and the more excitable newspapers are already urging the Government to take measures to enable Spain to striko the first and decisive blow." D. A. R. OFFICERS ELECTED, rs Mrs. Daniel 3Ianninj; Defeats Sirs. SicLean and Mrs. Bracket!. The Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, at Washington, elected Mm. Daniel Manning, PresidentGeneral. She received 396 votes, to 110 for Mrs. Donald McLean and 220 for Mrs. Rose Braokett. Other officers elected were Mrs. A. D. Brackett, of Virginia, Vice-Prcsldent-Geneial, in charge of the organization of chapters; Mrs. Charles A. 8takely, Washington, Chaplain, re-elected; Mrs. Albert Ackers. Rocordlog Secretary-General; Miss Sue Hetzel, Register-General; Mrs.Mark B. Hatch, Treasurer-General; Mrs. Robert S. Hatcher, of Maryland, Assistant and Mpj (Irtrtrndo Bos aidWil(tU-UOJUU4Wt comb Darwin, Librarian-General. The Vive-Presidents-General and HistorianGeneral are yet to be elected, Mrs. Manning was nominated by Mrs.,i Shepard, of Chicago, Mrs. McLean by Mrs. Ogden Doremus, of New York, and Mrs. Brackett by Mrs. H. V. Boynton. Elec- j tioneering was very active. Rumor About the British Minister. j It is said that certain London and New York papers have been endeavoring to obtain possession of letters written by Sir Julian Pauncefote concerning the rejection of the arbitration treaty, with a view to compelling him to follow Senor Depuy do Lome oat of this country. Deputies Approve Zola's Sentence. In the French Chamber of Deputies Premier Meline expressed approval of the conviction and sentence of M. Zola, and the Chamber then, by a vote of 416 to 41, declared its confidence in the Government. | 4 '.\ 1 .**- ;""') I '*)' , IT^H An Impromptu Mass Sumter Earnestly LAWLESSNESS AT LAkI^^^H * ~ " Citizens of Every County to Express of^^m Crime?Tne liovernor " r Hj^^H | At Sumter, on the 24th, e mess iogof the citizens wafcfreld house to someVflBS^J^^^^^H^B committed at place on The meeting was suggested Buch ready more was given that be held, the gathering^B^^^^^^^^^^H representative, there^^^^^^^^H^^H prominent citizens ent townships The meeting was ca^H^^B^^^^^H Mr. Richard! Manninj^^^^H^H^^H nated Judge T. B. Mr. L. K. Jennings, of ^^^HHHH elected secretary. JudgeH^^^H^^^^H in a few brief and pointed^^^fl^^^^^^H object of the meeting and marks from those i resent \v- at t.a He spokebrfeflyincon^^^^^HH^^H the horrible crime, commi^^^H^^H^^B City that has disgraced n^^^^^^^^BB section, bat has brought rejHHHHH the entire State of South all her citizens. He said it right-thinking and men to place upon this crin^B^^^H^^B of their condemnation ancfl^^^^^^^B censure, and offered the resolutions as the sentiment Whereas, we, citizens of of Sumter in mass meeting have learned of the mnrders committed St Lake City in of Williamsburg; and while w^B^^B^^B disapprove of the appointmeni^^^^^^^B groea to such positions as are qB^^B^B to promote antkgoni&m races, yet we are ^ shocked bejBfl^^BB pression at the intolerance ardioe of the crime, and wish^^^^^^^B claim in no uncertain words and unequivocal condemn ation^^^^^^^B and similar crimes and declare lief that the right-thinking ai^^^^B^B respeotiny people of Somtercon^^^^B^B of South Carolina agree with^^^^B^B these views. Therefore, be it tB^^H "--Kesolved, first, That we herebl^^^^^B on record onr severe eensure crime and of the Bpirit of iatoluknJ^^^BB those participating Resolved, "secoprfT^T hat we cal^^^^^B the citizens of she several countie^^^^HB this State to meet at their respec^^^^B court houses and declare their eond^^B^I nation and censure of the act. _^^B^^^B That we commend the chief execuV^^^^B of this State for the prompt meastt^^^^B he lias taken to apprehend the guijBB^B parties, and that we reapecifolly aJP* JB most strongly urge that no means ? . H spared to bring them to justice. Col. B. D. Lee made a forcible speelh 1 in seoonding the resolutions and ?m- " phasized the great necessity that exists for the intelligent, law-abiding citizens of this State, and of the entire country, " to use their uUnost influence and earnest endeavors to pat down the spirit of lawlessness that appears to be on the increase in the land. In commenting on the unexampled rj horror of the Lake City massacre, CoL Lee spoke of how the spirit of violence had spread until the lawless element now lynch men for all crimes aftd for no crime at all, as in the Lake City case, where prejudice alone was the motive that actuated those who killed in cold blood a man and his baby and shot and wounded painfully his wife and children. Hon. Altamont Moses also spoke in favor of the resolutions and in the condemnation of the Lake City murderers, , and of the lawlessness and violence that prevails. Gen. E. W. Moise seconded tho resolutions in a short speech, in whiph he reviewed the growth of crime in' this A btate and the entire conntry. M The resolutions were than adopted by a rising vote, every mau "preWfti ing in favor of them.?The btate. To Settle 18,000 Acre*. A nnecial to the State from Chsz^^HI^^I ' ton, says Mr. O'Callahan,the legal ! rosentative of the Philadelphia &yi^^^^K| ; cate which recently pnrchas^l^B^BB property of the South C&toIidI^mH^^H and Lumber company was in the few days ago for the purpose of secunj^^^^B possession of the titles to the proper^^^^H purchased. Tho property consists ^^^^B fine farming and timber lands oitenfl I ing from New England City to Monek^^^^B | Corner and covers about 16,000 acree^H^H i The company also owns the Berkele^^^H 1 railroad and it is understood that thai^^^B will extend the line of road from Cht^^^B cora, its terminus, to Eutawville, adia^^^B tance of 16 miles. Now that the titlas^^BB to the property have been secured iwi^HH new owners will begin at once to iuv^^^H prove the property and colonize it witU^^H people from the North and NorthwesL B Already much money has been spentro ^^B improving the property and the werk will continue uutil it reaches a btat^ ofv.^^B , high cultivation. fl^B Wilt Get Chris Harris. /i T?I i L. ^ i : j _ i.u I viOTeruor r-uerue uaa rvccveu n wr gram from the private secretary of the Governor of New York stating that warrants had been issued for the arrest of | Chris Harris, the Anderson rapist. . ! , Blew iter t utlier's Uea4,Off. JBB | At Nebraska City, Neb., Mary Ku- ^^B witzky, a 17-year-old girl, blew her father's head off with a shot-gun while ^^B he was asleep. The father came home^HQ J drunk and chased the family out of the * T 1 , house with a butcher knife and threatened to kill them. He was finally pacified and induced to go to bed. It is ' supposed that terror from the occurrence of this kind drove the girl insane. I She has been arrested. *'*