ON THE SIME TREE.
Mgia Mots Ojrietfy Gosducfs a
Trijfc Lpehing^
j&?coh, Ga., June; 2&-An Albany,
<5?, dispatch to Tte Telegraph says:
Baker county was the scene of a
triple lynching about 2 o'clock ' this
morning when a mob of 50 determined
men entered the town of Newton and
?ecured possession of Garfield McCoy,
Wiley Anette and George McKinney,
Miller county negroes, who had been
Arrested and lodged sn jail for the
fiji, murder last Saturday night of F. S.
Bullard, a prominent white farmer of
the Seventh district of Baker. The
manner in which the prisoners were
obtained is unique and altogether
without precedent. Jailer William
Screws, who resides near the jail,
was awakend about 12 o'clock by
Bailiff R. C. Tucker, who stated that
he bad a prisoner to place in the lock
?p. As scon as fee had unlocked th?
prison door he was suddenly surround?
ed by a swarm of men with drawn re?
volvers who demanded that he unlock
the cell in which the Mi?er county
negroes were lodged. He did as com?
manded under protest and the three
negroes v/ore dragged*jfrom tho jail,"
:the prisoner cf Tucker making his
.escape daring the excitement. The
appeals foi* mercy were lost on the
mob, who began beating and slapping,
-them with knives as soon as they had
left the. door of the jaiL
The mob lost no time in leaving
Newton with the negroes, and when
about a nile west of the town the
thx&jmes were halted, nooses tide
about their necks and amid the shouts
-of the mob the men were strung up.
The crowd fired severalhundred shots
into the swaying holies arter which
they quietly dispersed.
The crime for which the negroes
were lynched occurred on the planta?
tion of Bollard last > Saturday nigraV
- during the progress of a dancf given
bj one of BuHard's tenants.
Negroes from Early, Miller and
Decatur counties were present and -
trouble was soon started by McKin?
ley, An?ete and McCoy putting but
the lights. Just at this juncture
Bollard appeared on the scene and
^ eommandea Order. . His interference
was reseated by the three negroes,
?who opened fired: upon bim ?. with re?
solvers. Ballard fell mortally wound?
ed and died Tuesday,
The negroes'~were "arrested" Monday
and lodged in the jail at Newton. At
Itheir commitment triai.ii- was proven
that the ?act that killed Bullard was
fired by McKinney and that Anette
and McCoy also fired at his*- The
negroes were remand?d-tp jail to await
trial ! at.i?e next session of Baker su?
perior court, and absolutely no talk of
lynching was indulged ha by citizens,
It is the consensus of opinion that the
work of the mob was largely due to
the fact that Bollard's family is left
in a sad condition, his wife being a
hopeless invalid, and several small
children are dependent The lynching
was a gre&?. snrjprise to the people cf
the cc*m?gr, as ift was, generally be?
lieved t&at the?w would be allowed
to take/i?s;course in. iheir cases. The
lynching ?s generally deplored.
Sispensary Funds for the Schools.
The comptroller general has issued
warrants aggregating v'?8?ft)00 "which
will be paid to the several counties in
the State as their part of the dispen?
sary profits. This money was set
aside by the board of directors some
time ajjo and. represents the profits of
tberBtate dispensary for tH? first half
Sf tbe year.
> Following is the amount each coun?
ty will receive, including the "de?
ficiency fund" paid to several coun?
ties enumerated below :
Abbeville, $2.468.08; Aiken, $2,
419.93; Anderson, $2,831.26; Bamberg,
$1,063.40; Barnwell, $1,688.82; Beau?
fort, $1,787.82; Berkeley, $2,373.06;
Charleston, $3,359.85; Cherokee, $1,
203.50; Chester, $1,384.06; Chester?
field $M48.11; Clarendon, $1,287.53;
'Colleion, $2,472.56; Darlington, ~$i;
558.73 ; Dorchester, $366.55 ; Edgefield,
. $2,394.36:; Fairfield $1,49181; Flor?
ence, $1,613, IQ ; Georgetown* " $1, -
837.58: Greenvillei:;^m^;rfereen-t
wood, $1,696.28; fiamp^ $?57&S0;T
Jiorry, $4,518.55; Kershaw?'$?,?&;?4 ; f
Lancaster, $2,520.05!.; Laurens, ?2,-1
D16.67; Lee, $2,2c?. 90; Lexington,
$1,776.50; Marion, $2,842.35; Marl?
boro, $1,376.83; Newberry, $1,822.24;
Oconee, $2,132.77 ; Orangebarg, % $3, -
Fickecs,. SI, 360.29; Richland,
<~*$1,979.63; Saluda, $1,973.21 : -Spartan
barg,' ^,06&71; Sumter, $1,662.55;
Union? ^1^546,11 ; .Williamsburg.$\, -
679.23; York $2,428.91.^^
Before making the apportionment
the comptroller general complied with
the requirement that each school dis?
trict must receive at least $75 per
annum from the constitutional 3 mill
tax, and if in any county the funds
be too meagre to run each school dis?
trict up to that amount, then the de?
ficiency must be made up out of tb*
?. dispensary funds. After such d?fi?
ciences have been mot the remainder
of the dispensary fund is to bc divided
among the counties oa the pro rata of
school enrollment ic those counties.
There -was deficiency in-Ander^
son, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chester Dar?
lington, Dorchester, Georgetown,
Newberry, Richland, Spartanburg,
Sumter and Union counties. Horry
received over $3,000 to make up the
deficiency in that county where there
are many school districts. The defi?
ciency was as follows :
Abbeville, $2^5.^0 ; Aiken; $279.04 :
Bamberg, $100.50;; Barnwell $101;
Berkeley, $1,019.14? Chesterfield, S818. -
04; Clarendon, $364.21 Collefon. $1,
027.19; Edgefield, $948.73; Fairfield,
$113.42; Florence, $16; Greenville,
$77.40; Greenwood, $15.72; Hampton,
$424; Eorry, $3,118: Kershaw. $25;
Lancaster^ $869- 50 ; Laurens, $120.50 ;
Lee, $1^261.56 ; Lexington, $246.64;
Marion, $700.95? Marlboro, $151.43:
Oconee, $889.62 ; jOrangeburg* $48.24 ;.
Pickens. $271.44; Saluda, $644.28; Wil?
liamsburg, $234.89; York, $36.09.
State.
It will be interesting to know that
Porto Rico is furnishing a market of
a millioa dollars per month to the
producers and merchants of the United
States 'and supplying nearly a mil?
lion dollars worth each month of tropic?
al products required by the United
Staten.
Mim WEEKL? ST?TEMEMTS.
The Movement of Cotton Shows a
General Decrease.
I -
New Orleans, June 26.- Secretary
Hester'? weekly cotton statement, is?
sued today for the 26 days of Jane,
shows a decrease under last year of
10,000, and a decrease under the same
time year before last of 82,000.
The amount brought into sight dur?
ing the past week has been 31,320
against 46,038 for the seven days end?
ing thae date last year.
Sinee Sept 1 receipts at all United
States .ports were 7,653,728 against
7,474,798 last year; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers to northern mills and Canada
1.064,531, against 1,090,794 last year ;
southern mill takings 1,798,500 against
1,604,12S last year.
The total movement since Sept. 1
is 10,493,943, against 10,157,719 last
year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 1?.075, against 55,563 last year,
making the total thus far for the sea?
son 6,540,135 against 6,362,807 last
year.
The total taking of American mills
north and south and Canada thus far
for the season have been 3,881,627
against S,705,-537 last year.,
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading southern interior centres have
decreased during the week 5,801,
against a decrease during the cor?
responding period last season of 47,811.
Including stocks; left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop the
supply zo date is 10,714,017 against
10,517, 048 for the same period last year
Screta ry Hester announces that on ac?
count of interruptions in cable service
the available supply statement has been
unavoidably delayed and cannot be
given out - until tomorrow morning.
This will be the last into sight state?
ment for. the season.
The Sffeaninc of lt.
The presiding judge who ordered a"
change of venue in the case of Jas. H.
Tillman, indicted for marder, gave
no reasons for his decision. There
can be, however, only two grounds for
such an order in- any case-first, that
prejudice against the defendant in the
county of the crime has been exhibit?
ed by acts or threats of violence; and,
second, that prejudice has been stirred
up by newspaper publications since
the crime or in other ways, perhaps by
the ministry. .
The first reason could not be consid?
ered at all in this case. Not one mo?
ment since the crime was committed
would the defendant have been in
danger of mob violence had he . walked
the streets of Columbia alone, unpro?
tected and unarmed. That is a fact
which none have dared to. dispute.
It was all?g?d, however, that the
press and the pulpit of Columbia had
so stirred np prejudice against the de?
fendant that it is now impossible for
him to obtain a fair trial in this coun?
ty. Tlie ministry needs. no defense at
our han?s and we shall attempt none.
Sb far as the' press is concerned, it is
out- record under oath what the inten?
tion and the endeavor ol _The State
lia ve been, jat?djve need not amplify
the substance of the three affidavits
presented to the court and published
ki this newspaper the day before yes?
terday. Whether The State has-sue
ceeded in living" spf to that intention
and endeavor we will leave it to a
fair press and a fair public to say.
It now appears that restraint has
ail along been useless-worse than
useless. Had the press in truth, as
falsely charged, "lashed and slashed
and cracked its whip" the effect could
have been no more than it has been
falsely pictured as now being. With
the uttermost efforts to arouse feeling
against the murderer of its editor
The State could not have stirred this
community more than that murderer's
attorneys say its silence has, done. Yet
wi. ; do. cot regret th?; p??icV. of re
rapnt-i for whatever another tribunal
?fe- decree, oirr conscience and, we
believe, ? just public opinion are
satisfied that every demand of fairness
has been met.
It is left for us only to point" but the
significance of the interpretation now
put upQit the law. It simply means
that when bite man shoots- another in
South Carolina the dying must not be
prayed for in the churches-lest pre?
judice against his assailant be stimulat?
ed. lt means that when cue man kills
another in South Carolina the deed
must not be denounced by the dearest
and closest friends and kindred of
him who is gone-lest five, or per?
chance twelve, months later there be
roused prejudice against the slayer.
This is censorship which surpasses
in severity that of any European coun?
try whose people enjoy a semblance of
personal liberty. It is a censorship
which is utterly repugnant to the in?
stitutions of this republic and to the
right of free speech which they guar?
antee and protect ; a censorship which
cannot and will not be heeded so long
as there lives one minister to beseech
God's marcy for the dying and one
editor not afraid to write what he
knows to be true,-The State.
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Steamship of * 9,000 Tens Ca?
pacity Crosses Charleston Bar.
Charleston, June 26.-The steam?
ship Raneauga, Capt. Sorenson, from
Hamburg, 4,500 tons kainit, arrived
here today.
The vessel is the largest sHip that
has ever entered a sonth Atlantic
port, having a capacity of 9,000 tons.
She came "in drawing 27 feet of Wa?
ter and- had four feet under keel at full
tide. The ship will discharge here
and. proceed to Norfolk for coal to
South America when* she will take
on another cargo and return to Char?
leston.
The Raneauga was formerly the Idaho
and was a transatlantic steamer. She
was bought by the Chilean govern?
ment and converted into a war vessel
at the time of the threatened war
with Arfirentina and was later charter?
ed to a steamship company.
'Tis a pity that South Carolina edit?
ors and South Carolina people insist
upon expressing their honest convic?
tions in matters of public interest.
Spartaafcurg Herald.
The Philadelphia North American
and other Northern papers have asked
the" governor for his opinion on the
Wilmington, Del., lynching, but he has
nothing to *ay about it.
SEjj&?? ix Wimm.
Br. Snyder Charges Capt. Kelty
With Serious Assault and
Battery.
Kingstree has something very mach
like a sensation. It all arose over a
criticism made by Dr. Snyder on the
city council of Kingstree and a charge
of carelessness in the conduct of the
town's affairs. This was published
some time ago. Last week a signed
article appeared in the papers of that
town retracting the charges and ex?
pressing a satisfaction on the part of
Dr. Snyder, after a careful investiga?
tion of the books and records that
things were as they ought to have
been.
This week an article from Dr. Syn
der appears saying that the signature
to tne paper published the week be?
fore had been obtained by force and
the statements were not true. He
goes on to tell that ho had been induced
by a show of friendliness to go to the
office of Capt J. A. Kelly to look over
the books and that while there, on his
refusing to sign the paper he was set
upon by Capt Kelly as he sat in ah
arm chair against the table and would
haye been beaten over the head with a
hickory stick bad not the stick been
caught by Mr. St Arnaud.
In the tussle he. says that he fell
down and was-jumped on by Capt
Kelly, who was in ' ' a fury of rage
devoid of reason" and his head beat
nearly into a pulp. Mr. XeRoy Lee,
who he says was present, probably
saved him by suggesting, that if let
up he might sign the paper, which he
did ' * to save his lif e. * '
He now rettsacts the whole / state?
ment, declares that the' investigation
of the books was a farce.
Why Russia favors Us.
Whi??t Russia';seeins to be'running a
.very independent schedule in Europe
and asking no favors of Germany or
Great Britain, she maintains the
friendHest' attitude towards tt?e United
States and manifests a disposition to
convince us of her cordial good wilL
The question arises, why these over?
tures of friendship towards the United
States? If Mr. A. Maurice Low is
correct in his diagnosis of the case in
the July-September Forum, it is be?
cause Russia needs our ^money. Ac?
cording to Mr. Low. Russia has bor?
rowed from France not loss than $800?.
000,000, and the lending power of
French financiers is about exhausted;.
Germany needs ?ljher own capital
for. domestic use, and Engiisn financers
refus? to lend money to Rcssia which
may be used for war against Great
Britain.
This condition of things leaves
America as the only available nation
from which Russsia may hope to get
her needed funds. Up to the present
time she has not been successful in
borrowing in this country, but is look?
ing forward, says Mr. Low, to the
day when Russian government loans
will be subscribed for by New York
syndicates. Mr. Low says :
"This explains why Russia regards
it as absolutely ' essential to keep on
good terms with the United States.
Moreover, there is always a fear in the
Russian mind that the United States
and Great Britain will be found work?
ing in harmony in Asia The interests
of the two countries rnn on parallel
lines, so far as trade is concerned, and
anything that gave any one power an
advantage over all the others in trade
matters would affect the United States
almost as much as it affected Great
Britain. Russia also forsees, what
few Americans comprehend at the pre?
sent; time, that the political interests
of the United States are involved in
ber commercial interests in the Far
East, and that politically the natural
ally of the United States is England.
To Jbe able to obtain access to the New
York money market and to prevent a
closer and more complete understand?
ing .between the two great English
speaking powers in the Far East is
'the purpose of Russia's diplomacy,
r In her effort to accomplish her purpose
she Js careful to do nothing to an?
tagonize the United States ; on the con?
trary, she always endeavors to create
the impression that for . tliis country
she. entertains the most tender senti-'
m?iits and~that she can deny her noth?
ing that she asks.
The Way to Success.
In a recent issue of the Saturday
Evening Post appears an article en?
titled, "Fortunes and Fre?ks in Ad?
vertising,*' which might be read with
profit by every business man in the
country. In this article four interest?
ing tales are old of large fortunes
made through judicious advertising.
The first is of a family in Lynn, Mass.,
that once was in a prosperous condi?
tion but through financial depression
became reduced in*circumstances. As
a last resort a medical compound that
the family had a recipe for was bottled
and in a small way a trade was worked
up. Xn a moment of enthusiasm Ta
member of the family expended $63.40
for an advertisement in one issue of a
Boston newspaper. r It was within
$20 of the entire fortune of the family
that .was thus almost recklessly thrown
away on an advertisement. But the
venture paid and fortune of several
million dollars resulted from this first
experiment in advertising, the policy
being continued, of course. The
man or firm who wishes to be success?
ful in business must not only adver?
tise liberally, but must "stick to it."
It is the everlasting keeping at it
that wins success. The persistent
man is the man who reaches the top of
the ladder. In these modern days the
merchant who believes that he can
get along without advertising, might
just as weil be buried alive -Press
and Printer.
Geo. Vanderbilt Will Build a
Modern City.
Asheville, N. C., Jnne 26.-The
Citizen says: It is reported that
George W. Vanderbilt has acquired a
large tract of land between Henderson
? ville and Brevard, N. C., about 20
j miles from Asheville, and will shortly
j commence the construction of a model
I manufacturing town, all of which will
I be completed and ready for occupancy
j before any one will be permitted to.
! settle in the new city. A complete
I system of waterworks, electric light-1
! ing, heat and power will be installed.
! A perfect city will, it is said, be
! cleated and given over to habitation. I
OVERHEU W?iTES TO PRIOLEAU.
the Colored Aspirant for Cony
gress Who Claims That He is
Banished From His Home.
Aaron Prioleau's letter has been
answered by Gov. Heyward. Bnt the
colored Republican who is contesting
Mr. Geo. S. Legare's election to con?
gress gets little satisfaction oct of that
letter. Prioleau complained that on
account of his eminence as a candidate
he is subject to persecution and has
been run out of his home town, Eu
tawville. He of course presented one
side of the question and the reply of
the governor, while dignified and
kindly in tone, shows Prioleau that he
can get redress in the courts if he
has a grievance. The governor says
in his letter: "From your letter 1
gather that you complain that the
magistrate courts, the State court and
the United States courts have been
used as a means of persecution and
that you can not obtain justice in those
tribunals. Of course I feel it unneces?
sary to say that as to the United States
tribunals the State authorities have no
control over its operations. If the
magistrate courts have been used un?
justly* I suggest' that you refer the
same to the grand jury of the county
and-the presiding Judge and I am
satisfied that upon the complaint such
action will be taken as will give you a
fair trial. Then, too, if you have
been held under charges that were
groundless and the action of the offi?
cers was malcious you have a cause of
action for an action for malicious
prosecution. You do not state in your
communication that you have resorted
to this remedy and I suggest that if
there is a case of malicious persecu?
tion that you appeal to the courts.
"As to your suggestion that the con?
tract for the rent of a store was
violated; I beg to suggest that the
proper tribunal,for redress is that of a
civil action in'the courts and if. a local
magistrate will" not give justice you
have the right, upon the proper affi?
davit, to have the case transferred, I
regret tb;hote the suggestion that you
are compelled to remain from home on
account of threats and I am satisfied
that if you apply to the local civil
authorities such action will be taken
as to protect your rights as a citizen.
And I suggest further that you send
to this office evidence of the fact that
the local officers have declined to give
you such protection as the law guar
anat?es, and I will then take the mat?
ter up with the view to seeing that
you are given legal protection.
"Tne only record that I have before
me is your communication, and the
facts are too meagre for me to take any
executive action, and as above suggest?
ed please send me your charges in some
tangible form in order that I may give
it consideration.
"You may rest assured that as chief
executive I will do all in my power to
see that you have all the civil rights
and privileges of a citizen of this
State."
The Tillman Trial From a Fi?
nancial Point of View.
Columbia, June 26.-The trial of
the Tillman case in Columbia would
have cost the county about $3,500,
but it is estimated that the transfer to
Lexington will run np the bill in the
neighborhood of $6,000. It has cost
the county already about $500. The
case will not cost Lexington a cent, as
it ought not to. Richland will have
to pay all witnesses', jurors' and con?
stables' fees-in fact, every item of
expense connected with it . Over a
thousand doiars will be saved by not
taking it to Saluda. The figures
given are only for one trial, and if
tibe case has to be tried more than
oncei as many people anticipate it
will, bej the final cost becomes guess
work. A great majority of those who
signed the affidavits saying that a
change of venue ought to be had, it is
said, are not taxpayers, and they will
bear none of tthe burden.-Cor. if.
and C.
Capt. M'Beo Has Resigned.
New York, June 26.-At a meeting
of the directors of the Seaboard Air
Line railway held in this city this
week, Capt. V. E.. McBee, fourth
vice president, tendered his resigna?
tion to take effect July 1. Capt. Mc?
Bee proposes to take a vacation before
taking up any additional work. The
duties of the fourth vice president will
be divided among the other officers of
the company and the office of fourth
vice president will not be filled at the
present time. .
Some facts from Richmond, Va.,
says the Chattanooga Times, are be?
ing cited in cities where private cor?
porations refased to supply "dollar!
gas." The facts, as stated, are that
"some sixteen years ago Richmond
acquired ownership of its own gas
plant. It is announced that it has
now been paid for-out of the profits
the citizens get 'one dollar gas'-and
the board having charge of the plant
turn into treasury $75,000 per year
profit. Richmond people say that un?
der no possible circumstances would
that municipality surrender its gas
franchise to a private corporation."
Dr. James Evans went down to Fowl?
ers, in Williamsburg connty yester?
day to investigate a case of small
pox of a serious type. Dr. Evans
after thoroughly looking into the situa?
tion placed the case in charge of Dr.
A. D. Epps. Dr. Evans also advised
Dr. Epps to vaccinate every person
exposed to the disease and also advised
the town council to strictly quarantine
the infected locality.-Florence Times.
The New Orleans States says: "No
intelligent person in Washington
thinks for a moment that corruption
is confined alone to the postoffice de?
partment, but, on the contrary, the
concensus of opinion is that all the
other departments of the public service
are reeking with 'graft' which will
soon be laid bare. It has been charged
that; the treasury department is
honeycombed with corruption and f hat
great frauds upon the governinjnt
have been committed in contracts for
the army and navy. All the depart?
ments are packed with unscrupulous
politicians, and it is impossible to be?
lieve that the system of grafting dis?
covered in the postoffice department
does not prevail in other branches of
the'service.
ANOTHER FEDERAL SGAKOAL.
The Department of Agriculture
Under Fire-President Roose?
velt Says "Get at Facts."
Washington, June 26.-Scandal in
the argicnltnral department has just
been brought to the president's atten?
tion and another cabinet officer has
received the presidential pronouncia
mento-"Get at the facts."
Extensive frauds are charged in
connection with the letting of gov?
ernment contracts for seeds. Evidence
has been filed before the court of
claims in the case of the New York
Market Gardeners' association which
so seriously reflects upon the seed
distribution bureau of the agricultural
department that the president could
not let the matter pass unnoticed.
From the evidence already produced
it looks as if the government had been
defrauded of large sums of money
appropriated by congress for yearly
"seed dispensation" as a result of the
action of seed firms in violatng their
contracts. The New York firm alleges
that the government still owes it over
818,000 under the contract for furnish?
ing seed for distribution. On the face
of the evidence produced it appears
that the government has lost a small
fortune in the transaction and the
facts point to gross carelessness if
nothing worse on the part of officials
of the department of agricluture.
Here are the facts as developed :
For the purchase and distribution of
seeds congress appropriated $108,
874.18. Of this amount the manager
of the New York Market Gardeners'
association, Arth us C. Ne?lis, is said
to have received $90,57436. It is the
balance of $18,000 that the association
claims.
In the counter allegation it is con?
tended that Mr. Neliis violated a pre?
vious contract in 1898, /but that de?
spite this fact he received a second
contract-in 1900. Among the charges
against the contractor are that among
his seed packages were of short
weight; inferior quality of seed were
sent out ; the cheapest kind of paper
employed; shipments delayed, al?
though the law provides a fine of $25 for
every day's delay ; and that an official
of the department of agriculture was
interested in the machines used in the
manufacture of seed packets and that
government inspectors allowed pack?
ages of short weight to pass unchal?
lenged. The law required that pack?
ages be shipped early in November but
as a matter of fact their shipment
was delayed until the following
February.
It is beileved that cue investigation .
ordered by President Roosevelt will
develop scandals involving the whole
question of seed contracts and the pros?
pect is that officials in the department
of agriculture will be facing the
music after it has died out at the post
office department.
New Scholarships for Meo
Teachers at the South
Carolina College.
Clause from Appropriation Act of Gen*
eral Assembly. 1903:
"That one thtrosand six hundred an?
forty dollars be appropriated to be used
io provide forty-one scholarships in the
Nor?ial Department, one from each
county, of the value of forty dollars,
besides the remission of tuition and
matriculation fees, the beneficiaries to
be selected under regulations to be pre?
scribed by the Board of Trustees."
This means $40 in cash to the student,
besides remission of $40 tuition and of
$18 matriculation term fee. Thus the
scholarship student will receive from
the College 15 a month for eight months
to assist him in his necessary living
expenses. ^
REGULATIONS BY THE BOARD.
1. Applicants shall be young men at
least nineteen years of age. The pur?
pose of the G?n?ral Assembly being to
encourage men teachers, preference
will be given to those who furnish sat?
isfactory evidence of having already
taught for- at least one session, and
with success: but if from any courtly
?bere be no suitable applicants who
have 'taught, the scholarship of thai
- county may be awarded to a young
man who only intends to teach.
.2. Applications shall be made to the
President of the College, at Columbia;
before July lat, upon pr&scribed blanks
furnished by the President or by County
Superintendents Of Education, upon re?
quest. These blanks shall provide for
information and references as to the
applicant's age, physical condition, gen?
eral character and ability, educations!
advantages, financial circumstances,
teaching experience, and purpose in
taking the special normal course. The
information thus submitted will be re?
garded as a preliminary examination,
and those who receive permits to stand
the later examination Will be credited
with the combined results of these two
examinations.
?.. The later and formal examination
shall be upon English Grammar and
Composition, History and Geography.
Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra.
(Algebra, however, is not indispens?
able.) The Normal Scholarship Com?
mittee of the Faculty shall prepare the
questions and mark the papers. The
County Board of Education of each
county is requested to conduct this ex?
amination at the same time with the
entrance and other scholarship exam?
inations of the South Carolina College
and of Winthrop College (which this
year will be on Friday. July 10th). The
County Board will receive the questions
from the President of the College, and
is requested to return the answers to
him. at Columbia, forthwith, by mail
or express,
4. A standing Committee on Scholar?
ships, appointed from the*Board, in con?
junction with a standing Committee |
from the Faculty, shall select the schol?
arship students for each county upon |
the results of the examinations re- j
ported by the Faculty Committee, and ?
nil the other information submitted, i
The proper announcements shall be j
made through the President.
?. After the first year the incumbent
may be reappointed, provided that, in
the judgment of the Faculty, his apt?
ness to teach, his. progress in ctudy,
and his general character indicate that
he is a suitable person to fulfill the
purpose of the scholarship as provided
Cor by the General Assembly.
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RAILROAD SUED BY GIRLS.
Alleges They Were Too Busy
Hugging and Kissing to Board
Train.
Three voa cg ladies, all students of
Converse College at Spartanburg,
have entered suit against the South?
ern Railway, claiming $1,999 damages
because they were unable to board the
vestibule at Spartanburg, several
weeks ago, says the Charoltte News.
All three of the young ladies are
from Mississippi, and they went to
the depot for the purpose of boarding
the train for their respective homes.
They contend that the train did not
stop long enough at the station in
Spartanburg, for them to arrange
their tickets and get aboard. They
also contend that by reason of the
fact that they did not catch this train,
they were delayed, causing their pa?
rents and others unnecessary an?
noyance and suspense.
The Southern will contend that No.
37, the Washington and Southwestern
Vestibule Limited, stopped at Spar?
tanburg the day in question just as
long as it usually does ; that a number
of passengers boarded the train on
that day at Spartanburg, among this
number being an aged man with his
wife. Affidavits from this- couple will
be presented in which they say they
had ample time to board the train and
were not unnecessarily pushed for
time. Another contention of the
Southern will be that the plaintiffs
in these suits were college girls; that
they were busy kissing and hugging
their schoolmates; and that they acted
as if they had ali day to board the
train, when, in reality, they had only
a few minutes.
It will also be contended by the de?
fendant company that the conductor
in charge, Capt. S. C. Stovall, gave
the usual notice that the train was
about to depart; that these young
ladies could have easily heard him call?
ing "AIT aboard!** But, they were
still busily engaged in kissing and
saying goodbye, so much so they did
not heed the warning given by the
conductor in charge of the train.
These suits will be brought at Spar?
tanburg and the outcome will be
watched with much interest-Jour?
nal.
Jim Crow Trolleys.
On July 1 the Jim Crow car prin?
ciple will be inaugurated on Colum?
bia's electric railway. There will not
be separate cars, but conductors will
be clothed with police power to enforce
a separation of the races. The scheme
contemplates filling up cars with color?
ed passengers from the rear to the
front and vice versa with the white
people until the car is i'ulL The law
does not prevent cars being used ex?
clusively for " whites or blacks. There
was no general demand for the passage
of the law, for there has been only
isolated instances of disorder or in?
solence on the part of the negroes,
but these isolated instances caused the
enactment of the law. Colored peo?
ple do not form a large proportion of
the passengers, except on Sunday,
and there has been remarkably little
friction.
The People's Recorder, a paper pub?
lished by Columbia colored men,
though recently moved to Orangeburg,
which has a considerable circulation
among negroes in Columbia, came cut
injjan editorial last week and advised
the negroes to boycott the cars so long
as the law is enforcd. An effort will
be'made to have that idea carried ont,
and colored preachers are prominent?
ly identified with the movement.
Should the boycott be instituted it
would mean some loss, though not a
croat deal. The street car owners will
enforce the law, of coarse, but they
feel that there is no demand or neces?
sity for it and that aside from the
monetary loss there will be consider?
able unnecessary trouble imposed upon
employees to carry out the law.
The boycott by colored people of the
electric railroad apparently began Sun?
day and before the law is of effect,
conductors report that the falling off,
especially for Sunday, was noticeable.
The State says : There were a few of
that race who had not heard of the
ban or who had taken no notice or it
but they w?r? .'guyed" at times as
the cars passed groups of negroes on
the streets.
A Mine Horror in Mexico
Baratorean, Coahuila, Mexico, June
28.-Twenty-four miners were killed
and about "fifty others injured in an
explosion of gas that occurred on
Thursday night in La9 Esperanseas
coal min?s the property of the Mexi?
can Coal and Coke Company. The
disaster was caused by the ignition of
gas by the flame from a defective lamp.
The men were on the point of quitting
work for the day. Probably one hundred
men were in the mire at the time
of the explosion. After the shock
of the explosion those who were able
to move rushed for the exits, but the
falling earth and debris carried many
down to death. Fully fifty miners
escaped with broken limbs and. scorch?
ed flesh.
As soon as it was known that the
flames had subsided, miners went be?
low to ascertain the extent of the
damage. At last reports the dead
bodies of twenty-four men had been
brought to light. A (rall of the roll
has determined that they were the
only ones who perished immediately,
though others may die as a result of
their in jul res. .
Cheraw, June 26.-The snag boat
The Great Pee Dee, under the com?
mand of Capt. Hamer J acobs, came np
to Cheraw on Wednesday and returned
down the river on Thursday. C&pt.
Jacobs says that preparations are be?
ing rapidly advanced to begin work
near Cheraw. Alreay work is pro?
gressing further down the Great Pee
Dee and the long desired end, the
cleaning out and deepening of the
channel of the river by the govern?
ment, will now be accomplished.
Catarrh of the Stomach.
When the stomach is overloaded ; when
food is tasen into it that fails to digest, it
decays and inflames the mucous mem?
brane, exposing the nerves, and canning
the glands to secrete mucin. instead ol' the
natural juices of digestion. This is called
Catarrh of the Stomach. For years 1 suf?
fered with Catarrh of the Stomach, caused
by indigestioE. Doctors and medicines
failed to benefit me until I used Kodoi
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