Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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. <?mm* *m9* mm 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. Just About Bedtime take a Little Early Riser-it will cure con- j stipation. biliousness and liver troubles. BeWitt's Little Early Risers are different j from other pills. They do not gripe and ; break down the mucous membranes of : the stomach, liver and bowels, but cure by ; gently arousing the secreticus and giving strength to these organ?. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. 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 Dyspepsia Cure.-J. R. Rhea, Coppel, Tex. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co.