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^J^Be Titles of the Additionsj|^^H the Statute Law. ? V A LIST OF THE NEW ACTS. V The Pleasures That Got Through and ? Were Ratified at the Session of 1898, Just Ended. A The following are the laws made at the session of the General Assembly just ended, and continued from last week's issue: An act to authorize sheriffs and dep* uty sheriffs of the State to arrest criminals without warrant in certain oases. An act to establish and declare the law as to distress for-rent. An act to exempt students of colleges from road duty or the payment of commutation tax ia the towns and oities of ' this State. A joint resolution to authorize and direct the secretary of State to enclose the Confederate monument on the Stato house grounds. An act to provide for the inspection of foods, drugs, spirituous, ferment ad and malt liquors, and to provide for the punishment for adulteration thereof. A joint resolution to autorize and re-' quire the county superintendent of education of Abbeville county to pay J. R. Blake Jr., county treasurer of said county one hundred and thirty (8130) dollars. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the city council of Anderson to issue bonds in aid of an additional subscription to the capital atock of the Savannah Valley railroad, to validate the city ordinance and election authorizing the same, and to authorize a consolidation of aaid bonds with former issue of bonds for the same purpose," approved December 24. 1884. An act providing for the eroction and ^aintenanoe of gates across public highways at certain points and for the < punishment ofpersona failing to close same. An aet to enable the sinking fund commissioners to lend.fnnds to the county board of commissionors of Anderson county to build the house and jail in said county, and vb authorize the said county board of commissioners to pledge the special tax levy,to secure the same. * ^ An act to amend an act entitled "Am aet to provide for the formation of certain corporations and to define the powers thereof," approved March 9th, 1896, so far as the same relates to the notice to be gtTen in order to obtain a new charter or an amendment to a charter, and in order to mortgage a corporation's prooerty to secure the paymeut of its obligations. Au act to amend an act entitled "An net to reduce the required height of a lawful fence, and to punish persons laumg 10 mainuun lawiui iences wuen ^ *07 stock shall orou the same," ap* V proved March 2, 18J6, so far as the ^ same effects Berkeley county. An act to amend section 1636 of the general statutes of 1882 (appearing in section 2544 in the revised statutes of 1893, as amended by the act approved February ?th, 1896, No. 1 and No. 80, Telating to legal holiday a) An act to require all railroad and railroad companies operating trains and doing business in this State to provide and operate separate coaches 01 separate apartments in coaches for the accommodation and transportation of , white and colored passengers in the fltate. , A joint gesolntion to authorize and require the county treasurer of Newberry county to pay to Mrs. Carrie F. Ureneker ninety-one and 25-100 dollars, Being the aggregate amount of five echool claima of which she is legal owner and holder. An act to make appropriations to meet fho ordinary expenses of the State government for the fiscal year commencing .tannarv lit 1AQN An act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1896. An act to make appropriations for the payment of tjie per diem, mileage and stationery certificates of the members of the general assembly, the salaries of subordinate officers and employees thereof, and for other poroses herein IH act to amend an act entitled "an Hb amend section 15 of an act enH '&u act to provide for the election Be State board of control and tofurW regulate the sale, use and con ptiou, transportation, disposition of Bxicstion and alcoholic liquors, ?' approved the 5th March, 1897, prevent the manufacturing and diamng of euoh liquors within two miles Lny church or pnblio school. Itn act to amend an act entitled "an I to amend an act entitled 'an act to ovide a system of county government r the Beversl counties of this State, so r it relates to the working of the roads d highways in this State,'" approved dr .March, 1896, excepting Sumter unty. i An act to amend an act entitled "an alci to dispense with publication annually of the itemized statements of iheir departments by county treasurers of Fairfield and other counties. An art to amend sections 4. 5. 10. 11. ,12andl3ofan act entitled "an act to provide for tbe registration of all electors in this State qualified to vote in ' State, county, municipal, congressional and Presidential elections." ! An act to amend an act entitled "an act to establish Bamberg county, and to provide for tbe election of a clerk of tha board of commissioners, define his duties and provide compensation therelor." An act to provide for tho winding up of the business of corporations whose charters have been forfeited. An aot to authorize town authorities _ to exchange labor of town convicts trith county authorities. An act to provide for the oounty government of the various counties of this State. An act to amend section 1238 of vol. 1 of the revised statues, relating to the general stock law. An act to amend section 18 of tbe code of the civil procedure so far as the same relates to the county of Berkeley. s An act to incorporate Cattle Creek > - !ic " ^ ^??? ? ^^^^ rournl of Orangeburg county. to amend provisions 2 aud 3 ^^^Kion 970 of the revised statutes of amended by the act, approved ^^^PFebruary, 1897, as to subdivision reference to tbe terms of the mem- , of the beard, the date of their ^Beting, and the qualification of applicants. An act to provide for tbe number and appointment of clerks and attaches of the Senate and House of Representatives. An act to exempt a portion of Kershaw county from the nitration of article I. of chapter XXXV., title X. of the revised statutes of 1393, known as the general stock law. An act to amend an act entitled *'an act to amend section 2 of an act entitled 'an act to require the dieting of all pris oners before and after conviction wtien in the custody of the supervisors aDd sheriffs of the State,' approved 9th day of March, A.D. 1896," approved 2d day of March, 1897, so far as the same refates to Beaufort county. An act to authorize a lease of certain lands on Young's Island and the erection of a wharf and and structures thereon. An act to amend title 4, section 146,of the code of civil procedure of 1882, being known as section 146 of the code of civil procedure of 1893, relating to the place of trial of civil action. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to prohibit trusts and combinations and to provide penalties," approved 25th of February, 1897. A joint resolution to repeal a joint Minlnfinn on till Art "a inint resolution to require the comptroller general to issue his warrant for the cost of advertising the appointments of the county boards of registration and the State treasurer to pay the same," approved March 2,1897. An act to require all magistrates to submit their dockets to the county board of commissioners quarterly, and said board to report on same to court An act to amend section 1687 of the general statutes relating to thehuntiug of deer," approved December 24, 1886, and embraced in section 420 of the rei vised statutes, 1893, Vol. 2, approved | 9th March, 1896, so- as to extend the time for hunting deer in Charleston and Florence counties. A joint resolution authorizing the payment of unpaid salary to C. H. George, j ex-treasurer of Aiken county. An act to incorporate the Barnwell Bailroad company. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to provide reindexiug certain records in office of mesne oonveyance for GrehwaHo county, and to authorize and require the', county commissioners of said county to levy a special tax to defray the expenses of the same. An act to amend an aot entitled "An act to incorporate the Abbeville, Pelzer and Piedment Bailway company." approved Dec. 24, 1894. - ? * ? - i ??v . n l An act to amena an actoi ine ueuorsi Assembly, approved Deo. 18,1891, entitled "An act to amend and confirm the charter of the Piedmont Savings I and Investment oompany of Greenville, ; S. C." An act to abate all taxes dae the < State and county by certain citizens of Colleton county who have suffered loss' es by the storms of 1894 and 1893, rend( ering them unable to pay said taxes for the fiscal year 1892 and 1893. An act to amend an act entitled "An | act to amend section 2555 of Vol 1 of the revised statutes of 1898, being section 2431 of the general statutes regulating the fees and costs of clerks of common pleas and general sessions, and to establish a special fee bill for the county of Snartanburg," .approved March 6th, 1897.' An act to renew and extend the charter of the Middle. Stfeet Sullivan's Island Railroad Wharf Company. Ad act to amend section 10 of an act entitled "An act to establish Cherokee oounty," providing for a transfer of soits and records to said county. An act to amend section 4 of an act entitled "An act to require the supervisor^ the State to publish quarterly reports," approved the 2d day of March, 1897. A ioint resolution to abate all taxes due by the taxpayers of Colleton county for the fiscal year 1893 and 1894 including that portion of the .county known as the storm district. An act to amend section 18 of the code of civil precedure so far as the same relates to the counfy of Berkeley. An act to amend certain sections of the general railway law, chapter 11, article 10, relating to certain offenses and penalties, and to insert a new section to be known as 1734a. An aot to amend section 1678 of the general statutes of this State, being section 410 of the revised statutes of 1893, Vol. 2, by adding after "Williamsburg" the county of^lorence. An act to fix the time of holding the courts of the Seventh judicial circuit of thie State. An act to define the rights of the sinking fund commission as to unpaid tax claims, and forfeited and other lands in the control of said commission and for the management of the same. An act to provide for an additional maigstrate in Greenwood county, located at Verdery. An aot to amend an act entitled "an act to regulate the traffic in S6ed cotton j in the county of Barnwell," approved; December 24th, 1888, so as to include j the county of Hampton wi thin its pro- j visions. An not to amend the law in relation to the location and names of voting precincts in this State, approved 9th March, 1896. An act to tlx the salaries of the county superintendents of education of the several counties of this State. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to designate the holidays in the county of Charleston to be observed in the acceptaece and payment of bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory 1 notes,approved December 14th, 1892. An aot to amend section 1819 of the general statutes of 1882. An act to make railroad corporations liable to a penalty for the failure to post the schedule of rates as provided in section 1650 of the revised statutes of 1893. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act entitled 'an act to provide for the formation of certain corporations, and to define the powers thereof," approved the 9th day of March, A. D., 1896. An act to add a second proviso to section 2559 (2435) of the revised stati . A -.3 r 1 J utes of 1893, as to compensation of probate judge of Horry county. An act to amend an act entitled "an act requiring the sinking fund com- j mission to lend funds to the several i county boards of commissioners of the 1 State for the use of their counties in I preference to lending same to other applicants for said funds," approved February 23tb, 1897. An act to confer on the oouncils of the cities and towns of this State power to make and establish certain rules, bylaws and ordinances, including general police power. An aot to amend section 320 (374) revised statutes, 1893, as amended by aot approved 17th December, 1894, as to county treasurers' compensation, so far as relates of Horry and Marion counties. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to require certain officers to keep an itemized account of their income by virtue of their office, and to require them to make an annual report of the same to the county supervisor," approved 0/1 1811? An act to amand an act entitled ".An act to provide for a salary to the register of mesne and conveyance of Greenville county, and to require fees for recording to be oollected and paid to the county treasurer. A joint resolution to relieve J. S. MoCall, county treasurer of Florence county, of. liability for a balance of 138 58-100 oounty funds, lost by Coffin bank. KINS OF THE WHEAT PIT. Joseph Loiter Is the Most Successful Y> ung Financier in Chicago. . During the past few years Joseph Letter has made his way rapidly in financial circles and to-day is regarded ns the most successful money king in Chicago. Now he is called the king of jtlie wheat pit. All through the great prain speculations of the second half of 1897 he played a winning hand and (showed even shrewd Phil Armour a few tricks. Joseph Letter is n sou of Levi Z. I Letter, the rich Clilcagoan wuose i charming daughter married Georgo J Curzon, the brilliant young English political leader. The elder Leber baa millions. The basis of his fortune was laid in a country grocery store and the great superstructure tvas constructed in the dry gioda business in Chicago. | Six years ago Joseph Leiter, then 24 years old, graduated from Harvard University. He didn't look like a man of business. It was somewhat of a disappointment and surprise to two sorts of friends of his that he went Into business at all. All the men and women who knew him picked him to assume at once the profession of a gentleman of leisure. It was reported that be had a valet. It would have regularly followed in the natural order of things that he should have frowned upon markets and rentals and leases. I His father believed that he had business ability and placed $1,000,000 In the young man's hands. For a few months Leiter was a prey for the wolves. Then he tried a new game ---? TT~ .4-m.-1Ias1 ?ha oltno. UI1U SUl'lTWJtU. UC Dhuuicu tuw ? >? > tJou before Investing. When he wanted tome of the Chicago City Railway stock he learned the cost of operation and all of the minor details of the work. To-day he virtually controls all the street railways of Chicago's South Side. When the father saw the son's ability he gradually turned the manageJOSEPH LEITEB. ment of his own properties over to him. By his cleverness they have fattened. It Is considered a conservative estimate to put the properties under his control?and he Is only 30?at $30,000,000. It makes him the youngest financial king In the world. The fortune Is divided among the best institutions Of the city, extends Into the big railroads, out into ranch holdings In the far West and great pits of wealth In the hills of the ore countries. The more he spends the more he earns, and the men who help him to. operate claim that one of the best reasons for his phenomenal progress Is his devotion to the essential little things of his various Interests. Ills own fortune has grown to great proportion. Lowered by Block and Taokle. The vicinity of 3d and I streets In1 Sacramento was both amused and shocked recently by the sight of a coffin being lowered by means of block' and tackle from a second-story window. Within the coffin, as subsequently ap-' peared, was the body of a woman who weighed too much for the pallbearers to carry down the stairs. The stairway1 down which the coffin would have had to pass was very narrow and two people In front and two In the rear would have found It difficult to walk down together. Consequently, there was a, consultation among the friends and relatives of the deceased as to how to re-j move the body. This resulted In a resort to block and tackle. With these: fastened securely above the window' the coffin was triumphantly lowered to: the sidewalk and swung Into the bearse.?Sgn Francisco Chronicle. % .. ' .. 1. ' " , . SUITE Pill HIT; J t ! A Convention Called to Nominate a Ticket. 14TH INSTANT IS THE DATE. Delegates Are Wanted Who Favor Prohibition Legislation?The Call As Given Out. The following call has been issued by the Prohibitionists for a convention to be held in Colombia: Columbia, Feb. 25, 1898. The State central Prohibition committee having determined to call a convention of the Prohibitionists of the State to meet in Columbia, April 14, 1898, have authorized their executive committee to issue such call. The said commitee hereby publishestbecall, and the regulations which will be observed in selecting delegates to represent the several counties of the State in said convention: 1. The Convention will assemble at 8 P. M., on the 14th day of April next, in the hall of the House of Representatives in Columbia. 2. The chairman of the respective county committees will call meetings or conventions of the Prohibitionists of their county, who favor the enactment of laws restricting tne sale oi aicououo liquors in this State to medicinal, scientific, mechanical and *acrr.m*utal ! purposes only, and the nomination by j the Convention of State ticket, who will support such legislation, to be placed | before the voters for their ohoice at tne next Democratic primary elections, and ' subject te the result of said elections, j 3. At such county meeting or con- i vention the number of delegates select- J ed, in the manner determined by the j body, shall be not less than the number : of Representatives from the county in j the General Assembly, but may be a ' greater number, if so determined by said county meeting or convention. 4. That said county meeting or convention shall be called to meet not later than the 4th day of April next, and if from any cause it shall be found impracticable to assemble such meeting, then the county executive committee are authorized to appoint said delegates and certify their appointment to the secretary oi the State executive Committee. L. D. Childs, chairman; F.H. Hyatt, C.D. Stanley, J.G. Dale, L.B. Haynes, Chas. P. Wray, Thos. J. LaMotte, sec retary; State executive oommitiee. J. L. Quimby, Aiken; G. Af. Elliott, Beaufort; John B. White, Charleston; J. 8. Mofihtt, Chester; J. 8. Strain, Cherokee; J. O. Gough, Clarendon; T. J. Drew, Darlington; John Lake,Edgefield; Cfaas. P. Wray, Fairfield; F. P. Covington, Florence; J. M. Whitmire, Greenville; P. L. Star key, Greenwood; W. fit Dowling, Hampton; B. L. Beatty, Horry; Waddy C. Thompson, Lancaster; L. B. , Haynes, Lexington; W. 8. Foxworth, I Marion; H. 8. Vandiver, Oconee; J. i L. Silly, Orangeburg; Julius E. Boggs, Pickens, L. X>. Childs, Richland'; J. W. Herbert, Saluda; C. M. Hurst, Jr., Sumter; J. H. Carlisle, Jr., Spartanburg; S. T. Scaife, Union; Joel E. Brnuson, Williamsburg; J. J. Neville, York. , STATE NKWS ITEMS. The following State items are taken from the News and Courier's correspondents from the following points: Florence. The Atlantic Coast Line is doing a heavy business just now hauling fertilizers and truck. Several extra freight trains bare to be run every day to move the stuff. The truck has been very near/ lur this season of the year. The vt'U.ueru r.xi resa Company will soon pin ou ilivir regular express train, whicu will i* run daily, except Mon.my. j inn wi.l put the truck from Fiorina and lower South Carolina in New iorK tir iJuiladelphia within twentytuur Lours alter shipment Cheraw. There i* much activity in mercantile circles now, the farmers coming in to arrange for advances for making the year's crop. Fertilizers, mules, liens, etc., are the all-absorbing topic. Quite a heavy business is being done by the merchants who do a time business, buf the indications are that owing to the low price of cotton the acreage will be considerably reduced and more attention paid to raising home supplies Messrs. Crossland & Everett, men oi means and large planters with fine lands and available water power near Cberaw, on the Marlboro side of the Pee Dee Hiver, contemplate building a cotton mill over there. It is hoped they will carry out their intention and thus add to this section another industry that will be of lasting benefit to it < Saluda. Col. R. B. Watson, appropriately termed "the old elephant of Saluda, ' was m town a few hours one day recent- ! ly. Having come ou business solely ind being rushed for time, he had not a fn ??v r?nno?rnini?th?<?omirii? I a npaign, further than that it was likey to be one of the liveliest since 1892. I ' ;Ie seemed to be in fine spirits and < considered his prospects for election good. Col. Watson thinks that the dispenary will cut afcigger figure in the campaign than any other plank. He stands mtspoken squarely in favor of the dis- ; >ensar.v. His position on the matter of < :ommon school education is perhaps i letter known than that of any man iu ( the State. < While not in favor of killing or crip- i oling any of the State institutions, yet i le desires to bring the great blessing f common school education home to he masses. Spartanburg. ( The 1st of March finds farmers well , tp with their preparation for a crop. Uthough February has been a cold nonth, the industrious ones have dons nuch work. The freezes have put the ' ground in excellent condition for the 1 ilongh. Spring oats have been sown ind are slowly coming np. Vegetation I aas been kept back by the freezes, and the weather-wise say that it ^ill be a good iauit j ear. - ' ' r-'fH-. . , > *: ' pi ins of m He is Quoted as Saying Southern Men Should Stay Home} Except TO DEFEND THEIR SEAPORTS, We Are Just Recovering From a Terrible Struggle, and Another War Would Give Us Another Setback. A dispatch from Columbia, S. C., to the New York San says: Oen. Wade Hampton, one of the two surviving lieutenant-generals of the Confederacy, consented to speak of the Maine disaster and the probability of war with Spain. "I cannot express an opinion on the cause of the Maine tragedy," said the General, "as that is a matter which will be determined by experts aod divers. But as to what course the United 8tates should pursue should the disaster prove to be due to treachery, or to fanatical hatred of the United States on the part of some individual Spaniard, I do not hesitate to say that we should demand a heavy indemnity and enforce tbe collection of it at the muzzle of the gun." General Hampton was asked if he would offer his services to the governu-a. ? J i- T? men*, uuh uwiuieu vo hub war. rroia his subsequent conversation the infer* ence conld be drawn that he would not. He would advise, he said, that the men of the Sonth stay at home and let the North furnish the troops. "We are, said he, "just recovering from a terrible struggle, which depopu* lated our section o~f the country, and another war would give us another set* back. If it becomes necessary our citi* zens should take arms to defend their seaports, but not otherwise." When asked what disposition shonld be made of Cuba General Hampton ex* pressed a strong disapproval of annex* ation. "We haye enough bad voters in this country now," he said, "without tak* ing in any more. It would be well for the United States to exercise a protectorate over both Cuba and Hawaii, but I am unalterably opposed to annexation. " The Mecklenburg Celebration. Circular orders are being sent out from Charlotte, N. C., in regard to the coming Mecklenburg celebration and the laying of the corner stone of the Mecklenburg monument, which take place in that city on May 20. The general in mmmtni) nf th? 'Cnntinantal Army" in charge of the celebration has announced the following appointments of officers from Booth Carolina: Colonels Leroy Springs, Thomas F. McDow, N. G. Gonzales, James Tillman, Arthur S. Tompkins, John Don* novant, R. T. Fewell, FanlR. Brat ton, Frank Weston. Lewis Parker, Ernest Gary, John P. Thomas, Jr., T. 8. Sinkler, Tenry T. Thompson,' Edward Simons, Harry Topper, Cowper Patton, William C. McGowan (deceased), J. H. Marion, A. C. Haskell, Jr., J. G. Hemphill. _ Harris Gets Ten Years. Chris Harris the negro accosed of attempted assaolt at Anderson soma months ago, and who was caoght at Niagara, N. Y., was taken to Anderson, last week and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He plead goilty to the charge. The sentence seems satisfactory to the people generally and Harris appears glad that he got off so light The negro showed ingenoity in his escape, when he committed the dastaws? I rr at 4-am nf T^iarrrtiaasl a a avAmtn he Valked through the public square under an umbrella, accompanied by a negro companion. He hurried to Penjdleton, thence to Seneca, on to Atlanta, then to Tennessee, north to Philadelphia, and last to Niagara, where he was captured. 4 Tour Across the Continent. It is stated that very shortly th? Fishburne brothers, two young Columbians well known in bicycle circles will start out to ride from Columbia to | Omaha, Neb., on their whebls, going thence to the Pacific slope. They have about closed a cop tract with certain manufacturers to ride and advertise the qualities of their wheels. The boys expect to have a fine trip of it and ses something of the countrv. By the time they get back it will doubtless be known whether the Maine "was blown up" or not.-?The State. A Candidate for Kach District, Washington special to The State says: One of the South Carolina Republicans at present in Washington Bays the Republican party will again have s candidate for congress in each district this year. The Lake City outrage, they probably think, will help their chances of successful contests before a Republican congress. Will Plant Usual Amount In Cotton. The movement of the farmers ol Spartanburg county to reduce the cotton acreage has not met with a hearty response. The public meetings have been failures and the meeting for the Brst Monday in March was called off by the president, because no one seemed to take any interest in it. Spartanburg county may be depended on to plant the usual land in cotton.?News and Courier. Spartanburg to'fiave Sewerage. The city council of Spartanburg has 1 let the contract for a complete survey of the city, looking to the putting in of sewerage. The work will begin at once [ aud every portion of the city will be carefully mapped off, though it is only hoped to build a portion of the ' sewers at present The AsylunTTnsurance. All the insurance on the buildings and property of the hospital for the insane has been placed. The total amount [or which the, property has been in sured for three years is $230,880. The average rate at which the insurance was written was 2.082, making the total amount of premiums paid by the i State lor this insurance $5,847.92. This insurance was equally divided among the twelve members of the local board of underwriters.?The State. ll . ' v \ /'*. ' v - r .: * ? MII IIS SB. | Prominent, Well-to-do Farmers Af? aypj in the Band. EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES.';^^ Burning and Burglaries Been Geilf . on for Months, Almost Openly?H# * Telling Who are Implicated. . . A special to the Colombia State from Pomaria, of the 3d says: "The bottom has been knocked" ont of Pomaria, and the war in Cuba is placed in tb<i back- ' v' ground for the time being. It ia watt known the most daring robberi, wanton . .'Ja burning of buildings have been going on here for several years and little attention seems to have been given it, aa V-jMj all thought it was a band of "home- ' ' raised Jessie James," and none eared \ 'M to strike for fear of being strnek back. So bold and daring had this beooma : 3 that good white men saw parties drive in the place in the bright moon light or early dawn rob and leave without * $5 even reporting the matter rr names, however well were the parties known, fflS for fear of bodily injury or secret ;i hurt. " ' VM First, E. B. Hipp's store was burned, : ^ robbed first, it was thought. Then the railroad depot was forcibly entered, and wagon loads taken, 'then SeizlCr k Co. 's store robbed of several hundred dollars' worth. ti? ?ia j. XUCU B^BIU bliO UVUIUOXUIBUIVWI 7(>J this time detectives came, secured a t> yjH large lot of the stolen property, but by . ->|i a pernicious practice and methods ol< the rail road, "better compromise and * ^ get money than to punish the culprit,'" , the matter eras hashed, although some kip of the "best citizens," or so supposed, were implicated. Then came the burning of Col, Hoi- <?*g loway's gin house and other build- , My ings. ? Then the last, by whieh it is hoped the parties are trapped and broken up, ,.x' ^ was thst two weeks ago. D. Hipp'a large store of plantation supplies wae > 't>m robbed. Mr. Hipp lay apparentlyqniet, bnt a detective, in the gnise of a pio- C ture en larger,". came upon the seine, t :%M He foond a wagon load and two buggy loads of the stolen goods in the , -j house of Mr. A. F. Riser, a former clerk; also in the bam. forty kegs of blasting powder belonging to : i<|j the railroad. This was in a house near. 'Meg the railroad built for that purpose. The house was burned, end. '-^3 it was snpposed, the powder, too, until, its finding. Mr. Riser lived with hie .. M| father, a most estimable citizen and a strict church member; a well-to-do farmer. Goods of a small nature were' fonnd in other houses of men of good repute. So far, the authorities havo t arrested A. F. Riser and brother, a Mr. V J. Bickley and several negroes, ons the renowned "blind tiger" and "dispen-" sary enemy,-' Yillius Baker. There ie \?-'i no particle of doubt that there , are ? large number interested, ana wnas uw , , astonishing, so much so aa to border on disblief, is that some of the moat' well-to-do farmers,.men of families and' atrial church members, so hie even of wealth, are thought to be implicated . . f ^ and should any one "peaeh* on hi* pals, then, in that ease, I can only say ' .vJ-m 4 the end is nst yet." The question thin good people are asking each other is? 44 Whither are we drifting," when soma of our best men are turning robbers and firebugs. Another special from Newberry says , l> J as. A. Riser and his three sou*, At- ;',Wl bert F, Joe and Willie, and John Buckley, white, and Willis and WiOiaai Baker, colored, were arrested at Po* : maris. In default of $650 bond they . . ^ were committed to jaiL Won't Have Mudh to Do. State Chairman Tompkins, of the Democratic executive committee, wa?' V.al asked by a Columbia State representative about the coming May State oon- , vention. He did not have much to aay, but does not see what the convention (. jj will have to do. other than sleeting m new State committee and making such f -fa changes as may be deemed necessary in the party constitution aud roles gov- , erning the primary elections. Asyel . '"j be baa beard of do changes. The pa?lication of the call from the Probibi- Ji tionists, showing that they intenJto" pat ont s State ticket in the ooming w campaign, baa created qaite s stir in / ^ political circles. Not a few of the rep- y alar iine politicians are feeling a little > unco mfortable ove^ this action of thoee who are fighting so persistently against the liquor traffic. ' - t.-u Converts of the Mormon Doctrine. \ ] Manning corresponent of the Colom- ''-uA bia Register say* an exddns often $2 white persons left thhs county for Colo* rado, converts of the Mormon dootrina. They represent the families of 8. R. Tobias and James Haley. A dsogb* ' ter of Mr. Tobias left a year ago with ' .a a Mormon elder to be married in a Mor- . mon temple in Colorado. 8he has writ- ' ten such a glowing description of her adopted home, that tog* ther with the influence of the Mormon elders in this county, the two families have embraced the Mormon faith and left for thn '* lr West The families are well-to-do. A Horrible Death. At Pelzer Mrs. L. A. Bell was burned to deith. She was at home alone; her . daughter, a school teacher at Pelzer,be- i fing absent At 4 o'clock Miss Bell retar ned from her school daties end en terms: the house found her mother Ijr- 7\ ing ia tbe fire piece in the parlor, the upper pert of her body, erms end heed burned to e crisp. _ It it presumed tbei Mrs. Bell was sitting bj the fire end was the victim of heert failure, falling into the fire. This ttud That. Work will soon start on the carpet mill at Gaffney. The Plant System of railroads have bought the Waiterboro and Western, L'Xtending from Waiterboro to Ehr- ' ""'HjS bardt, in Barnwell county, twentyseven miles long. The South Carolina and Georgia ' 'Ml railroad has contracted with the Ohio vf jails car works for 100 cars, to be rie- .ivered in a short while. All of the order is for flat cars of the latest improved pattern. The cost of the care '' will be about $34,000. .. -/MM