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TBE ST. LOUIS BOOQLERS.
investigating Bribery in Regard
to Baking Powders and Race
Tracks.
St. Louis, April 21.-The grand jury
continued its investigation of alleged
bribery of Legislators today. Disgust?
ed at the failure of Lieutenant Gov?
ernor Lee to return to St. Louis, Cir?
cuit Attorney Folk will probably go to
New York to negotiate; with Charles
Stearns for the surrender of Kelley, -
. who, it is alleged, represented the
Baking Powder Trust
Governor Dockery telegraphed Cir?
cuit Attorney Folk today that he had
received word that Lieutenant Gov?
ernor Lee is in Staunton, Va.
When the grand jury reconvened this
afternoon inquiry was begun into the
methods used tc favor certain race
track interests during ?ie closing days
of the forty-first General Assembly.
CORRUPTION IH THE ?RMY.
Officers in Alaska Sell Commis?
sary Supplies to Their Great
Profit.
Washington, April 21.-Secretary
Root has directed the Court-martial Tjf
af number of army officers in Alaska,
svho have been charged with making
use of commissary supplies for their
individual profit. It appears that they
have been purchasing supplies at cost
and selling them at a great profit,
something they could do because of the
freight rates on goods* shipped to
Alaska. The papers in the case have
been referred to Gen. ?nnston, com?
manding the department of the Co?
lumbia, with instructions to proceed
against the officers implicated.
It has been more than a year since
the offences were committed, and since
that time the officers have been under
investigation. The report of the in
spectoV who first went over the case
covers more than five hundred pages.
One feature of the peculations was in
connection with handling potatoes.
Large supplies of this vegetable were
sent to the pots and there were turned
over to a trading company,at a high
rate. Although in the hands of the
trading company the potatoes were
carried on the books of the commis?
sary officer as stock on hand, until
some officer made purchases from the
company, when the stock of potatoes
were reduced to meet the credit at the
company's office, and the officer making
the purchase would be charged with
potatoes All the officers; stationed at
Skasway at the time wera implicated,
though it is stated at tba war depart?
ment that there were different degrees
of responsibility. Another Alaska
. case related to alleged shortage in the
accounts of an officer. The. officer
claimed his safe was broken open and
the money stolen. The authorities
\ decided on a Court-martial. The names
of the officers were not made public
at the department. Most of them have
changed station since the irregulari?
ties are said to have occurred.
Our sagacious and esteemed contem?
porary, The Washington Post, cri?
ticises the Confederate Veterans of
New Orleans because they declined to
march themselves, or insult their
guests who are expected to attend the
reunion in that city, by asking them
to march, tc music (?) ground out by
negro bands. It seems that the man?
agers of the reunion, in arranging for
a parade, thought it necessary to
have twenty brass bands. As the
musicians of New Orleans are unioniz?
ed, it was necessary to deal with the
Trades Council in employing these
bands. It seems that there are not
so many as 20 white bands in New
Orleans and the Trades Council arbi?
trarily refused to allow the reunion
managers to employ bands from other
cities, insisting upon the veterans ac?
cepting the services of several negro
bands to make up the required number
This the veterans very wisely refused
to do, and this refusal inspires the
caustic criticism from the esteemed
Post. Now, it may be customary for
white men to march to the music of
negrc bands in the streets of''the na?
tional capital. It is not the -custom
in the south, nor will it ever be,
despite the jibes of The Post or other
captious critics.-Charlotte News.
Mexico City, April 21.-Ten work?
men engaged in making a tunnel on
the Mexican Central's* extension at
Tuxham, in the State of Jalisco, lost
their lives in a cave-in, caused by
several earthquake shocks coming in
rapid succession. The first shock caus?
ed the falling of interior workings,
and when the gang of workmen went
to clear away the debris, they were
caught by a second cave-in, which re?
sulted from fresh shocks.
Can't be Separated.
Some People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.
Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you"can't get rid of the backache
until'you cure the fcidney ache.
If the kidneys are weil and strong, the
rest of the system is pretty sure to be in
vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Mr. Henry Murphy, of 684 Broadway,
Memphis Tenn., professional nurse says :
"For a year or two pain and weakness
ac oss the loins and difficulty with the
kidney secretions indicated that my kid?
neys were overtaxed or weakened. Ail my
knowledge of medicine failed to bring re?
lief, and ever anxious to get rid of the
trouble before it became chronic, I got a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Hanmer &
Ballard's drug store. They performed their
work very satis?acto. ily. I know of a
great many others in Memphis who have
been benefitted by Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by ail dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole
anent? for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no substitute.
EXPOSITION CLAIMS SETTLED.
Capt. Wagener Gets Back $95,000
of the $140,000 Ke Paid Out.
Washington, April 21.-At last the
claims growing out of the Charleston
Exposition are settled so far as the
treasury department is concerned.
Warrants for the payment of all the
claims adjudicated have been signed
and will be mailed to the respective
claimants tomorrow. The settlement
is on a basis of about 65 per cent.
Tlie entire appropriation of $160,000,
with the exception of 7.92, has been
exhausted in accordance with the
ruling of the auditor of the treasury.
A settlement has been delayed over six
weeks ewing to disputes over certain
claims, but the action of the treasury
accounting officers rests upon the
finding of the legaLauthorities, vested
with power under existing law. The
principal claimant. Capt. F. W.
Wagener, receives about $95,000 for
his claim of $140,000.
KILLED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS.
The Fate of a Strike Leader in
West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Va, April 21.-An?
other tragedy, growing out of the bat?
tle between striking miners and de?
puty United States marshals at Stana
ford City last February, occurred near
that place today, when John Harless,
one of the strike leaders, was shot and
killed by JolmJLaing and a man named
George, who went with Deputy Mar?
shal Cunningham and Summers to
arrest Harless on a warrant issued by
the Federal Court. As the party ap?
proached the house Laing and George
were stationed some distance away
to stop Harless in case he should try
to escape
Harless seeing Cunningham and
Summers approaching, made an at?
tempt to escape from the opposite side
of the house. Lang and George called
on him to halt and as he continued to
run they killed him. Harless is said
to have been one of the strike leaders
at the Stanaford City fight. Further
trouble is feared as the result of the
killling of Harless.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Raleigh, N. C., April 22.-A special
from Winston-Salem, N. C., says
The boiler at Shore & Mosers' saw
mill, near Bethania, exploded today,
killing Gid T. Shore, one of the mill
owners, married; Luther George,
single, and William Logan, married,
and injuring Samuel Moser. Luther
George, who was loading lumber at
the time of the explosion, was struck
by a piece of the boiler, his'nead torn
from his body and thrown noon a pile
of lumber. Shore was crushed under
a mass of falling timber. Logan was
scalded to death. Part of the boiler
was blown three hundred feet. The
explosion was caused,, it is thought,
by low water in the boiler.
Gen. Wilie Jones Appointed.
Columbia, April 23.-Governor Hey?
ward has appointed Gen. Wilie Jones
on the board of control to fill the un?
expired term of the late A. F. H.
Dukes. This appointment was made
after the most careful consideration.
There were many applicants for the
position and many well qualified to dis?
charge its duties. ?ut after most care?
fully considering the situation, the
Governor concluded to appoint Gen.
Jones because of his previous long and
efficient service as a member of this
board, his eminent fitness for the posi?
tion by reason of his long business
training, and the very high esteem
in which he is held by everybody in
the State. Gen. Jones was not an appli?
cant for the position, and has consent?
ed to accept only to fill the unexpired
term, with the distinct understanding
that he will not consent to be a candi-,
date for re-election\ before the coming
Legislature.
Pensacola, Fla, April 21.-The battle
ship Iowa, which left Monday to com?
plete her target practice in the Gulf,
was towed in tonight totally disabled
by her steam pipe bursting and tearing
away the steering gear. The accident
happened at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon
and three Government tugs were im?
mediately sent to the ship's relief.
The extent of the damage is very great
and it will require ten days or more
to make repairs. The vessel is now
lying at the navy yard. The squadron
was to have departed for the North
tomorrow, but the accident to the
Iowa will prevent its sailing as
scheduled.
Bishopville was flooded with oil mill
agents again last week. The Oil Mill
Company bought their machinery from
Cardwell Machine Co., of Richmond,
Va., represented by Mr. H. W. Johns,
two large Corliss engines from Hardy,
Tyms & Co., Birmingham, Ala., re?
presented by Mr. J. Hunter Smith
and their boilers from the Lombard
Iron Works. Augusta Ga. The oil
mill will be located in rear of Mr. Ed
Tisdale's ginnery.-Bishopville Vin?
dicator.
Washington, April 22.-A curious
case involving a leper soldier, "who
served .in the Philippines, is before
the war department, having been re?
ferred to the judge advocate general
to determine in what manner the
afflicted soldier shall receipt for his
pay. The leper is an enlisted man
in tho artillery and at present is
isolated in South Carolina. Pay offi?
cers do not caro to have him handle
the rolls to sign the receipt for his pay
so an arrangement will probably be
made whereby the soldier can be paid
through a power of attorney, executed
in the presence of the physician and
nurse in a-ttendanco. An army officer
says that le thinks the leper is on an
island in the neighborhood of Savan?
nah.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tile Kind You Have Always Sough!
Bears the , ,
Signature of l**?ar7Z /&?c?u/??
A REMARBALE CITY.
Pelzer*With 7,000 Inhabitants
No Municipal Government and
Everything Orderly.
From Abbeville Press and Banner.
Having recently returned from a
visit to the most wonderful city in the
world, I imagine a description of some
of its points of interest would be enter?
taining to your practical readers. Day
dreamers will find nothing congenial in
this stirring, yet silent, wondrous
city whose motto is 'Labor is genius."
I refer to Pelzer-a city of (7,000)
seven thousand inhabitants-with no
Mayor, .no municipal government, a
few policemen whose duties seem to
be in name only. Think of a city of
this size with neither lawyer or editor.
In fact lawyers, editors, actresses and
negroes are not allowed a domicile in
this city.
Besides the four magnificent textile
mills, equipped with the most modern
machinery and up to date labor saving
appliances, the tremendous dams and
power house, there is much to see and
admire. The public buildings, church?
es, hotels, bank, graded school build?
ings, armory and lyceum are a credit
to this great corporation. No longer
will the voice of the demagogue, cry?
ing, "corporations h^ve no soul,"
fatigue'our indignation. The graded
school, the armory and lyceum are an
everlasting, undying refutation of
this cheap-bid for' the favor of the
masses. The armory also speaks for
itself-it is there that one' hundred
young men are drilled nightly in the
manual of arms. Should a foreign
foe invade our land, or even threaten
to do so, Pelzer's citizen soldiery and
her splendid band would be ready to
march in thirty minutes to the de?
fense of our country. It is very fine
and sentimental to sit by a comfortable
fire and talk of the wickedness of war
and of soldiers ; but when danger is
actually at hand those very men are
rejoiced to have the mliitary near to
protect their families and property.
So, in the piping times of peace, the
great intellect and far seeing soul of
the kingly man who directs the
destinies of this busy city prepares
against the cruel chance of war.
The graded school is free to all.
Trained teachers are employed by the
corporation. The finest kindergarten
training in the State is furnished the
children of the Pelzer operatives. The
corporation has had this school in
operation ever since the opening of
the mills and now the stockholders
are reaping splendid dividends from
educated labor. I met the teacher of
the fifth grade, Miss Estelle Bradley
of Union, educated in Sumter. Owing
to lack of time, being in the city only
one day, I failed to meet the other
teachers. All are well prepared for
their work. The principal, Prof. Tuck?
er, is a self-made young man, being a
scholarship graduate of the Citadel.
The lyceum is Pelzer's crown of
glory. It is a handsome substantial
building to begin with. Every night
in the week, save the Sabbath, its
doors are open .to the seekers after
knowledge. All the first class daily
papers and standard textile and literary
magazines are there. I noticed Mun?
sey's which is devoted to the smart set
and millionaires generally, but this
wise corporation has a deep insight
into human nature-it appreciates the
fact that "a cat may and does like to
look at a king." The walls are lined
with standard fiction, history, etc.
Comfortable chairs and a glowing coal
fire render the many games such as
crockinole, etc., enjoyable to the young
people.
Once a business man gains entrance
to Pelzer his fortune is made. The
pay roll must run far up into the
thousands. The poeple live and dress
well and have the money wherewith
to gratify every reasonable wish. In
Pelzer life seems to move with silver
wheels upon a golden track. Some of
the operatives with whom I talked are
accumulating money and have it in?
vested at interest.
Naturally with her water power,
Pelzer is in a hilly broken country,
yet the driveways and sidewalks are
the best of their kind. They are built
up of native rock or stone as the Eng?
lish say. Upon Main street these
streets are in places three or four feet
higher than the road and a rock wall
on residence side of same height
covered with *ivy. This is pleasing to
a systematic, order loving person,
and" in dumb, yet eloquent tones it
tells of a master mind who guides and
directs with a paternal care the affairs
of such a large population.
We have been educated to look with
horror upon tne mere idea of the one
man power, but in Pelzer its beneficent
aspect alone is visible. Whatever
comes in contact with Capt. Smythe
prospers, be it man or enterprise.
Several smaller mills have eked out a
precarious existence until he became
interested, and ever after they have
been upon a dividend-paying busi?
ness, lt woald be good policy in
those who have stock in non-paying
mills to entreat this "Great White
Czar" of finance to take a block of
stock when, presto," the dividends will
come rolling in like the majestic
Saluda at flood time.
Capt. Smythe is a statesman, patriot,
poet, civil engineer, a Napoleon of
finance. '
Statesman and patriot because he
educates his people for citizens and
soldiers if need be. The streets and
roads affirm him a civil engineer. The
success of every undertaking in which
he interests himself prove him a very
Napoleon of finance. Poet-for
only a man with the poet's
soul woald have brought a
piece of ivy from an old castle in the
?merald Isle across the sea-to beau?
tify his American home. An ordinary
man would have been satisfied with
tlie same plant brought from Green?
ville or ilodges. Jno. E. Hayseed.
A son was born a few days ago to
Mr. and Mrs. Cormac McCallis, of
Hazleton, Pa., being the twenty-third
child born to the couple. Mrs. Mc
Callis is 41 years old and was married
at the age of 17 years.
2 Each year the secretary of the Sen?
ate buys five pounds of t?e best snuff
for the use of the United States Sena?
tors, and it is kept in two big boxes
on either side ol' tho entrance to the
Senate chamber, lt costs $29.GO each
year, and no one ever uses it. Th;4
custom was handed down from the old
days of snuff-taking, and the Senate
never repealed the lav. which called
for the 1 uying of the snuff, which is
wasted.
GROWTH OF PENSION LIST.
Five Hundred Names Added to
The List Since Last Year-Few
Show a Decrease.
Columbia, April 22.-There are 500
more pensioners in the State this year
than last year. The increase in the
list has been steady from year to year
and now numbers 8,250. The increase
has been general throughout the State.
The State board has endeavored to
hold the list down and to restrict the
pension fund to those who were abso?
lutely entitled to its benefits
It will be interetsing to know that
the most numerous class of pensioners
will this year get only $17.35, whereas
last year they got 819.65. This reduc?
tion in the amount to go to the pen?
sioners is simply because of the in?
crease in the number adjudged to be
entitled tg the benefits of the fund.
It will be something of a surprise
to many who have been watching
pension legislation to see where most
of the pension fund goes, as is indi?
cated by the number ,of pensioners in
each of the counties. The compara?
tive list is as follows:
Total Number Pensioners.
1902. 1903.
Abbeville, 141 148
Aiken, 234 258
Anderson, 440 443
Bamberg, 55 66
Barnwell, 125 137
Beaufort, 37 35
Berkeley, 116 119
Charleston, 108 118
Cherokee, 201 202
Chester, 116 135
Chesterfield, 206 228
Clarendon, 138 132
Colleton, 334 353
Darlington, 227 215
Dorchester, 76 89
Edgefield, 103 117
Fairfield, . 124 121
Florence, 175 191
Georgetown, 43 51
Greenville, 398. 418
Grenwood, 136 130
Hampton, 176 191
Horry, 207 233
Kershaw, 36 135
Lancaster, 258 257
Laurens, 245 258
Lee, ' 129
Lexington, ' 171 211
Marion, 231 244
Marlboro, 138 158
Newberry, 153 159
Oconee, 264 ? 306
Orangeburg, 158 183
Pickens, 250 226
Richland, 197 214
Saluda, 151 159
Spartanburg, 651 691
Sumter, 200 131
Union, / 166 170
Williamsburg, . 162 174
York, 294 315
Total, 7,750 8,250
COAL BARONS IN COURT.
Mr. Hearst's Fight Against the
Coal-Carrying Roads. .
New York, April 22.-Hearing on
the complaints of Wm. R. Hearst
against the Pennsylvania and other
railroads was continued today before
the Inter-State commerce commission.
Mr. Shearn, counsel for the com?
plainant, called for all the contracts
entered into between the Lehigh Val?
ley Read and the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, explaining that he expects
to prove by them the differences be?
tween the actual price of carriage
charged to that company and the pub?
lished schedule price charged to the
independent companies.
Judge Campbell, of the Reading,
and Mr. Kerr, 'of the Ontario and Wes?
tern, protested that no such condi?
tions obtained on their roads. Mr.
Shearn said the contracts would show
the creation of a monopoly ; that the
coal companies have no power over
the output of their mines because they
can only get rid of the quantity the rail?
roads are willing to take from them,
and the railroads will not handle the
coal in sufficient quantities to reduce
the price to the consumer.
" These companies," he said,
" brought the coal to this tidewater for
35 per cent of tin price of 65 per ton
and then turned it back again to the
coal companies, to be sold for $12 to
815 a ton. "
"Where do the complaints come
from?" interrupted Judge Campbell.
"From the independent companies?
No ; from the owners of the palaces
about Central Park, the crowded tene?
ment and the business buildings in
the lower part of the city. Yet if the
price of coal is reduced will your rents
be reduced? Not a bit. Cheaper coal
is. the hysterical demand of your news?
paper, not of the thinking public. We
will show this commission that for
more than a quarter of a century the
people of New York have wrung the
bowels out of the coal regions of Penn?
sylvania, practically getting their coal
for nothing, and -whine like a pack of
whipped dogs when a decent remuner?
ative price is asked by the miners.
"We appreciate very much," Mr.
Shearn replied, " the courteous words
of the representative of the divinely
ordained agent of God in the coal
regions. The people of Nevv- York city,
of Albany, of Buffalo and of Boston
will be grateful for the comparison
with whipped dogs because they ob?
jected to be robbed."
"I think the hearing is going beyond
even the wide limits we purpose to al?
low," put in Chairman Knapp, of the
comimission.
The commission decided that the
ralroads should produce the contracts
demanded. Counsel refused and the
commission certified the point raised
to the United States Circuit Court,
where a decision will be rendered.
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Bainbridge, Ga., April 21.-Last
night at an early hour Andrew Rainey,
n negro, was taken away from Con?
stable Bell by a mob and so badly
beaten that he died. The constable
was on the way to this place with
Rainey to place him in jail to await
trial on a charge of arson. He was
suspected of having tired the resi?
dence of Fred Lange, a farmer, thir?
teen miles in the country, in the night
time and when tne family were asleep
in the hons'\ Near the town a mol)
overtook the deputy and prisoner and
demanded the latter under pain of
death. Rai ney was terribly beaten
and his skall was fractured. After the
beating he was carried to jail, where
he died this morning.
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ver
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Sumter, S. C., Dec. 1, 1902.
JITST ARRIVED .
Thirty Headh Coice
This shipment contains some of the smoothest and nicest
mules eyer brought to this market. Come and see them,
whether you wish to buy or not. A look will be worth the
trouble. Respectfully,
ANSLEY D. HARB1.
Sept 17
Corn, Oats Hay, Ship
Sf off. Hulls and C. ?eed
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Also full line of standard grade Wag?
ons, both one and two horse*
iggies, Harness, Carriages
We also have on hand a full line of building
material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris,
Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe,
Stove Flues, &c.
We want to give you prices when you need
any of above, and we will get your patronage.
Yours truly,
Aug 8
HAR13Y
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A Firs-class Hay Press
A Mower or Rake
A Good Horse or Mule,
A nice Buggy, Carriage,
Wagon, Harness, or any
Farming Implements.
If you do call on or write to me for
mt
prices. I can supply your needs, and
the prices will please you.
>V. B. BOYLE,
Oct 22 SUMTER, S. C.