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SOUTH CAROLINS SYNOD. Proposition to Remove the Colum bsa Theological Seminary to Atlanta Hot to Be Considered Until Next Regu |ar Meeting Next October. ,Cheraw, Oct 22. -Practically th< whole of tbe time of the afternoon ses sion was given to the discussion o that matter which has been so promi sent at this meeting of the Synod, viz the request on the part of the Synoc of Georgia's committee that a com mittee be appointed to confer ii Atlanta with representatives of th< other synods interested concerning th< proposed removal of Columbia Semi nary. Speeches were made opposing th( request embodied in the overture ty Dr. James Woodrow, Dr. J. Willian 2?linn, the Rev. G. A. Blackburn. The following spoke in its favor Dr. W. T. Hall, Dr. J. T. McBryde, Dr. W. M. McPheeters and the Rev. B. P.'Reid. The request of the overture wa? ?ranted as to the appointment of the requested committee, but the- Synod declined to receive the report of theil committee until its next regular meet? ing. The fallowing are members of the committee : W. G. Neville, W. J. Mc? Kay, W. F. Stephenson, The follow? ing were appointed as alternates : W. L. Lingle, J. W. Flynn, W. A. Clarke. The Kev. Theron H. Rice, of Atlan? ta, preached at the evening session, f?is subject was "The Characteristics of Jonathan's Faith. '' This sermon was a fine presentation of Scriptural truth. At a late hour the Synod adjourned to meet at Clinton in October, 1904. SPECIAL JUDGES APPOINTED. Judge Haynsworth at Newberry judge Ferguson at Laurens. \ The Columbia correspondent bf the News and Courier, under date of the 23rd says : Governor Heyward today issued a oxnmission to the lion. H. J. Hayns -worth na special Judge, to hold the xegular session of Court in Newberry, begining November 2 and continuing for two weeks. The appointment was made at the request of Chief Justice PopOj^who wrote to the Governor that Judge Singh is still unable to attend "Court on account of being confined to ilia bed with typhoid ever. * ? The Bar of Newberry has made formal application as required by law for the holding of an extra term of .civil Court, beginning November 16, and have recommended that the Hon. John W. Ferguson, of Laurens, be ap? pointed to hold this Court. This appointment makes fourteen special Judges that have been commis? sioned to hold Court since the first of September, though the amount appro? priated by the general assembly for this purpose is only $2,500, and will ,_2iot be nearly sufficient to pay the ex? penses of the special Courts. Hester's Cotton Statements. New Orleans, Oct 23.-Secretary Hester's weekly statement issued for .the twenty-three days of October shows 1 a decrease under last year of 96,000 bales, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 204,000. For the fifty-three days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is be? laud the same days of last year 602, $00 bales, and behind the same days year before last 160,000. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 444,187 bales, against 457,357 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 1,566,843 bales, against 1, ?94,729 last year ; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 29,511, against 116,961 last year; interior ?tocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 200,019, against 434,115 last year, and Southern mill takings 294 10, against 337,643 .last year. -The total movement since Septem? ber i is 2,090,373 bales, against 2,693? 448 last year and 2,250,631 year before last Foreign exports for the week have been 232,393 bales, against 208,802 last year, making the total thus far for tile season 1^008,137, against 1,247,741 last year. The total taking of American mills, North and South, and Canada thus far for the season have been 522,544 hales, against 645>4S7 last year. ?Stocks et the seaboard and twenty nine leading Southern interior centres have increased during the week 134, 571 bales, against an increase during *he corresponding period last season of 124,860. 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 to date is 2,258,172 bales, against 2,SK>7,522 for the same period last year. THE WORLDS' VISIBLE SUPPLY. New Orleans, Oct. 23.-Secretary Hester's statement of the world's -visible supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 2,101,998 hales, against 1,827,382 last week and 2,466,801 last vear. Of this the total cf American Cotton is 1,608,998 hales against 1,325,382 last week and 2,023, S01 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt Brazil, India, etc, 493,000 against 502,000 last week and 443,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and held ir Great Britian and Continental Europe 1,095,000 bales, against 1,157,000 lasl year: in Egypt 67,000, against 84,00( last year, and 96,000 year before last in India 199,000, against 182,000 lasi Tear; and in the United States 741,000, against 1,044,000 last year. Asheville, N. C. Oct. 24-The re ceatly completed, Asehville auditor ?um, valued at $40,000, burned today, Besides tho auditorium, the resi dence of Mrs. Penland, valued at $10, (XX), was also destroyed. The proper ties were insured for $20,000 A thea trical company which played at th< auditorium last night lost its scener] and baggage TBE WRECKED UNITED STATES SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. More Testimony Showing that tie Corporation Had No Finan? cial Strength. 3 New York, Oct. 23.- The nature ai the defence which Charles M. Schwat f will make to the charges that have been made against him in connectioi with the financial affairs of the wreck j ed United States Ship Building Com? pany was sharply outlined during the j latter part of the hearing before Ex 3 aminer Oliphant late* today. Lewit ? Nixon was still on the stand and under cross examination by D. Guthrie .counsel for. Mr. Schwab, there was ? an effort to show that the corporation 7 would not have succeeded if the $200, j 000,000 promised under the Sheldon plan of reorganization had been made . available, and that it could not have continued its existence sven if it had received tho much sought for 8900,000 which, it is alleged, was wrongfully j withheld by the Bethlehem Company, j Mr. Guthrie sbowec by Mr.Nixon that [ the $900,000 would have been absorbed . without relieving the company of all [ of the financial embarressment which it suffered, and then asked if it would , have been honest to the other credi . tors if the interest charges on account of the bonds had been paid on July 1, the date of the crisis in the affairs of the concern. Mr. Nixon objected to the word ."honest" and Mr. Guthrie changed ; his question to "Do you think that there is an honest difference of opin? ion as to the justice of paying the in? terest charges, and do you admit in your letter that to continue business would precipitate immediate bank? ruptcy?" r^rsa^cr^rr "I wanted money,' said Mr. Nixon, "and was prepared to make almost any sacrifice. ' "Was it not a fact that the board of directors thought that because of the want of accord, the accumulation of debts and the pressing need for money, the proper course was to " pub? lish to the world that reorganization was necessary in order that people would no longer deal in securities on which interest could not be paid on July IRE?" jg@? "Most decidedly," said Mr. Nixon. "I did not want the people to con? tinue dealing in the securities." The examination of Mr. Nixon was not concluded and will be resumed at the next hearing, which is set for a week from Monday. The mystery surrounding the pur? pose and destination of the check for $250,000 which has figured in the in? vestigation of the affairs of the Uni? ted States Ship Building Company was partially explained today by a former official of the Trust company of the Republic. He said that the check was drawn to cover a payment on one of the ship yard properties and that after it had been made out it was found necessary to cut the sum into a couple of smaller checks. It was one of a series of numbered checks and rather than destroy it, it was put I through the bank by the Trust Com? pany itself. The money called for by the check was not withdrawn from the bank. What subsequently became of any money, that remained after the plants were paid for has not been shown at any point in jbhe inquiry, but it is asserted that this particular check was not cashed and is therefore of no importance to the inquiry. Lesson in a Rich Man's Life. A millionaire in New York told the writer that when h6 was a boy, he let himself out by verbal contract for five years, at $7.50 a week, in a large dry goods store in New York. At the end of three years, this young man had developed such skill in judging goods that another concern offered bim $3,000 a year to go abroad as its buyer. He says that he did not mention this offer to his employers, nor even suggest the breaking of his agreement to work for 37-50. a week, although verbal, until his time was up. Many people would say that he was foolish not to accept the offer mention? ed, but the fact was that his firm, in which he ultimately became a partner, paid him $10,000 a year at the expira? tion of his $7.50 contract. They-; saw that he was giving them many times the amount of his salary, and in the end he was the gainer. Suppose he had said to himself: "They give me only $7.50 a week, and I will earn only $7.50 a week. I am not going to earn SoXKa week when I am getting only $7.50." This is what many boys would have said, and then they would have wondered why they were not ad? vanced. -Success. A Poison Worm. A despatch from Gainsville to the Augusta Herald says : A number of counties in the north? ern part of the state are greatly dis? turbed over the discovery of a small worm, very much resembling a snake about two inches long, which has been found in the heads of cabbages and which has been just pronounced by the state chemists to be deadly poison. A number of deaths have occurred recently in White county wbich are now attributed to the insect. Tbe dis? covery of the worm has resulted in cabbage being stricken from the menu, cards throughout northeast Georgia. The state chemist says a single worm contains enough poison to kill 15 persons. <#? lt Was Mynatt, Not Wentz. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 23.-The un? known man found dead near Clinton, Tenn., yesterday was identified this morning as Marshal Mynatt, of Stony Point, Tenn. It was at first thought that the man might be E. L. Wentz, missing son of the Philadelphia mil? lionaire of that name. John G. Wham "Not Guilty." Laurens, Oct. 23.-The jury in the trial of John G. Wham, charged with the murder of LaFayette Ramage, brought in a verdict of not guilty at ll o'clock this morning, after being out nineteen and a half hours. It is said that all but one juryman was for ac? quittal from the first. ; ? A BULL BUSINESS OUTLOOK. - More Furnaces and Mills Have > Closed and the from and Steel Industry is Unsettled. New York, Oct. 23.-R. G. Dunn & Co's., Weekly review of Trade to l morrow will say : ) Numerous labor controversies have ? appeared, and more furnaces and mills t have closed, the tendency being to . operate only the plants provided with . the most modern equipment. There is ? no anxiety regarding legislation at the . special session of Congress and, de j spite the curtailment of activity in . many manufacturing lines, a hea?y i volume of business is being transacted, i Jobbing trade has become more quiet with the advancing season, and at . many points the weather is not calcu? lated to maintain buying of wearing I apparel at retail. Gross earnings of I the railways thus far reported for October surpass last year's by 6.2 per i cent. Efforts are being made to secure foreign trade, with fair prospects of ; success, particularly in several lines for machinery and other high-class pro? ducts. Bank failures in the Pittsburg region have added to the unsettled condition of the iron and steel in? dustry, and the financial situation is largely responsible fer the postpone? ment of the contemplated structural work. A little encouragement was given to the textile industry by the placing of moderate orders for brown sheetings to be exported, but this Chinese busi? ness is of a -special nature and not a revival of regular trade for the East. Otherwise the cotton goods market is without feature. Failures this week numbered 279 in the United Sates, compared with 239 last year, and in Canada 26, against 22 a year ago. . Fruits As Food and Medicine. That fruit has many uses besides j pleasing to the taste is well known, I but the exact properties of each^kind i are not so well understood by the con? sumers, and a few suggestions on the subject will not be amiss. Fruit alone will not sustain life for any length of time, but helps to fur? nish a variety in the diet. It stimulates and improves appetites and digestion, relieves thirst and in? troduces water into the system, acts as a laxitive or astringent, stimulates the kidneys and suplies the organic salts necessary to proper nutriment. If the medical uses of fruit were understood and care taken to use the appropriate kinds much less medical treatment would be needed. Among the laxatives are figs, prunes, dates, nectarines, oranges and mulberries. The astringents are blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, pomegran? ates, quinces, pears, wild cherries, cranberries and medlars. The kinds used for diuretics are grapes, black currants, peaches, whortleberries and prickly pears. The refrigerants are red and white j currants, gooseberries, lemons, limes j and apples. Apples are useful as a stomach sed? ative and will relieve nausea and even seasickness. Grapes and raisins are nutritive and demulcent, making them excellent for the sick room. It is sometimes difficult to keep raisins, figs and dates away from the inquisitive little ants andjroaches, but this is easily accomplished by putting them in paper bags that has been well brushed over with strong borax water and dried before the fruit is put in. The little pests do not like the borax, and will not gnaw through the sack when thus prepared. A fig sp?it open makes a good poultice for a boil. It is especially useful for gum-boil. A split raisin is also good. Lemons are very useful in health or sickness. Hot lemonade is one of the best remedies for an incipient cold. It is also excellent in case of bilious? ness. For malaria *iie "Roman cure" is prepared by cutting the rind and pulp of a lemon into a pint of water, then boiling until tbtre is only a half pint. One teaspouful is taken bsfore each mea). This has cured obstinate cases when quinine has failed. Lemon syrup made by baking a lemon twenty minutes and then squeez? ing the juice upon half a cup of sugar is excellent for hoarseness and to break up a cold.-The Christian Work. Richmond, Va., Oct. 23.-An order furloughing the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, Va., for 30 days, on account of the outbreak of Typhoid fevar at the institute and in Lexington, was published at rev? eille this morning and a large numbe:r of cadets took the first train from Lex? ington. None of the students at Wash? ington and Lee university have left, it is stated. The prevalence of the fever in Lexington is attributed to lack of a sewerage system in the town. A State constable has been making things lively in certain sections near here. On Friday he captured fifty gallons of wine from Mr. Jack Mc? Knight, who live?; near Bass' Bridge. The same day he seized from Mr. Daniel Cameron, whose place is about two miles from here, a barrel of wine. This he poured out but shipped the McKnight wine to Columbia. Mon? day morning he raided Mr. A. J. Lee's place and got a keg, about twenty gallons of wine. So some will go thirsty to the tune of about a hun? dred gallons of wine and stuff. No warrants have been issued yet.-Kings tree Record A girl in Norfolk, Va., was married twice within twelve days. Her first husband committed suicide because of the attention she paid the man who has become her second husband. An order has been made by Associ? ate Justice Woods in the quo warranto proceedings against G. Kaymond Berry, late county superintendent of education for Marion county, ousting him from that office on the ground of abandonent, and declaring the office vacant. The vacancy can now be lilied ! by the State board of education. Six I indictments charging Berry with forg? ery were found at the term circuit court for Marion county, which ad? journed last Saturday. COSTS OF THE TRIAL Tillman Case Will Cost Count] About $3,000. ls a Lower Estimate Than Was First Made-No Detailed State? ment Submitted by Lexington Yet. Clerk of Court S. B. George, ol Lexington county, has not yet sub? mitted to Eichland county its detailed statem6nwbf the cost of the Tillman trial, except for dieting the jury, which bill amounts to 8290, and the bill for the twelve juryman, which is 8270. There is an interesting point to be decided as to the pay of the rest of the venire for the second week when the trial started. Lexington county holds that this county is liable for the pay of the other twenty-four jurors for the first day of the second week, but the commissioners do not think that this county is liable for the pay of any ex? cept the twelve men that heard the case, as the other twenty-four were summoned to be present and in the interval could have heard any case. This point may have to be settled by the attorney general. Mr. George estimated the other day that the costs of the witnesses would be about $1,600 and that the other costs would be about 8300, making the total amount about $2,500 in round numbers. This is not all, however. For two terms the case was heard in this county, one being an argument for a contiunance and the other for a change of venue. At both of tbese witnesses were present and Clerk Douglass this morning estimated] that the cost for witnesses at these hearings would be about 8500, making the total cost of the case about 83,000 which is a much lower estimate than was first made by county officials.-Columbia Record. YELLOW JACK IN TEXAS. San Antonio Quarantined. Laredo, Texas, Oct. 23.-The offi? cial yellow fever bulletin tonight is as follows : New cases 13, deaths 5 ; total cases to date 509 ; total deaths 42. The latest report from Minera states that there have been two additional crises of fever and one death there, making the total cases 101 and the total deaths 8. A bulletin issued at Nueva Laredo j today saj8 there are 8 cases there, j Two deaths took place there yesterday. GOVERNOR!LANHAM'S PROCLA ~MATION. Austin, Texas, Oct. 23.-Governor Lanham this morning quarantined all Texas against San Antonio on account of the yellow fever there. The order is mandatory upon all railroads to operate no trains in or out of San Antonio from noon today nor handle any freight or passenger business from that city in any shape whatso? ever. 3San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 23.-The yellow fever situation in San Antonio today was encouraging. The official bulletin tonight shows : New cases i, deaths none ; total cases 9 ; total deaths 3. The case reported today is that of a soldier at Fort Sam Houston, who was taken sick before the post quarantined the city, but it was not determined until today that his case was yellow fever. The case is a mild one. The State quarantine against San An? tonio has caused much indignation here, as no State quarantine has been declared against Laredo, where there are nearly 50 cases, against 9 cases in San Anton o. An Interesting Suit Begun. Anderson, Oct. 25.-In the court of common pleas yesterday the case of J. R. Callaham of Honea Path against the Bank of Anderson was taken up. This is a case of considerable interest and importance. Callaham was a mer? chant at Honea Path and doing his banking business with the Bank of An? derson. He owed the bank money on notes which were endorsed, and also carried an open account, having money on deposit subject to check. On one occasion he sent one of his creditors a check, which duly came to the bank and was there turned down, being sent back with the endorsement, "no funds." The bank took, the money which was on deposit and applied to the notes which were past due. Calla? ham claims that the action of the bank in dishonoring the check caused his creditors to press him and he was forced into bankruptcy, and otherwise injured and humliltated, and he asks damages in the sum of 85,000. The case involves points in law that have never been fully passed upon in the courts of this State, and the final out? come will be awaited with interest. The cotton spinners are raising a great howl about the injustice of the Brown cotton corner, and they blame Mr. Brown for all the trouble that have afflicted the operatives in the milis. We would like to know, just for information, who they blame for the suffering of the southern farmers in 1893, when they heat the price of cot? ton down to five cents. We would like to know, also, if they raised the wages of their hands on that occasion because they bad succeeded in beating down the price of the staple, or if they just quietly pocketed the profits? All of these little matters it is well to think of, and while we are think? ing of them we might ask the southern cotton mill men why they aro join? ing forces with the foreigners to beat down the price of cotton this year and knock the cup of prosperity from the lips of the people who created them? -Florence Times. Lord Alverstone of the Alaska boun I dary commission once charged a : wealthy client 85,000 for a few pages of typewritten advice. The client ven? tured to suggest that this was rather a high price for half a day's work, "it's not half a day's work," said his lord? ship. "It is part of my whole educa? tion. All of my years at the temple, all the years I have practiced, all the years of my experience. It is half a day out of the heart of my life. " WASHINGTON LETTER. Littauer Safe From Prosecution I The Isthmian Canal to Come to the Front in the Extra Ses? sion-The Lines of the ! Alaskan Boundary. Washington, D. C., Oct. 26.-Attor? ney General Knox has finally informed the War Department of his decision in the famous Littauer glove case and it is to the effect that Representative ? Lucius N. Littauer, of New York, can . not be prosecuted for the part he ia I alleged to have taken in obtaining con? tracts to furnish gloves to the army in violation of the statute which forbids members of Congress from sharing the benefits of contracts with the govern , ment because the statutory period of i limitation, within which such prosecu , tion could be brought, elapsed more ; than year ago.. The contract was ob? tained by E. R. Lyon on December 7, 1898, apd it is claimed that Congress map Littauer was directly interested in it and as this was a violation of the Federal law he was liable to criminal prosecutioD. However, the statute of limitations has made this impossible and the Attorney General has decided also that as the contract was properly executed and the goods delivered, the government cannot bring an action against Littauer to recover the money. He adds his opinion that "nc useful purpose would be subserved by fur? ther action. This will probably end the case and the republican congress? man will go unmolested. Senator Morgan will introduce a re? solution at the coming extra session asking the President for an explana? tion for his delay in continuing the negotiations for the trans-isthmian canal. The Senator claims that the Spooner act directs the President to treat with Nicaragua as soon as the treaty was rejected by Colombia; the President has merely waited for some? thing to turn up, and is apparently oblivious of the directins of the Senate. It is said that many Senators will sup? port Sentor Morgan, and as the Cuban reciprocity legislation will have to originate in the House, it is very like? ly that while the Senate is waiting it will take up the trans-isthmian canal question. As many friends of the Ad minstration will come to the Presi? dent's support, it may open the session with some very interesting debates. Politicians of both parties here agree in expressing approval of the Alaskan Boundary Award which was given out last week in London. "While it was recognized that this country would never allow Canada to get possession of the disputed territiory, it was hardly thought that England's formal consent could be obtained of a boundary line which was so little of a compromise as the one just agreed upon by the major? ity ox the Commission. But Lord Alverstone, the British Commissioner, became convinced that the American claim was just and he had the moral courage to side with the three Ameri? can Commissioners against the two Canadians. He thus made the vote four out of six and prevented a dead-lock. The Canadians showed their resent? ment by refuisng to sign the award, but aside from reflecting the general attitude of their countrymen and dis? gusting many Englishmen, their action will not have the slightest effect. The line which will be marked on the map agreed upon, starts from Port? land Canal and runs inland, to shut Canada from any access to the sea from that point to Mount St. Elias. It gives us the entire Lynn Canal as well as the towns of Dyas and Skagway which lie at its bead. The importance of this canal is due to the fact that it'is the main route into the Klondike region. The Portland Canal is given to Canada, as are also the twp islands at its mouth, Pearse and Wales; but two other isl? ands lying a little farther out, and in such a position as to command the en? trance, are given to the Untied States. The strategic value of these islands is further enhanced by the fact that they command Port Simpson which is to be the Pacific terimnus of the new trans-continental railroad. The Cana? dians are very indignant at the deci? sion as they doubtless felt that the British Government would sustain them right or wrong. They assail the honesty of Lord Alverstone and their attacks are not tempered by the fact that he is the Lord Chief Justice of England, and that they made a special plea for "distinguished jurists" on the commission. They expected a political decision and got a legal and equitable one yet they declare it to be the price paid by the British government for an ^nglo-Saxon friendship. However the boundary is settled, the Americans are satisfied, and the equity of the deci? sion is England and Canada's quarrel. Another question involved in the case of W. A. Miller, assistant foreman of the bindery of thcGovernment Print? ing Office has just been ciecieded by Controller of the Treasury Trace well. Miller was dismissed by the Public Printer and remained out 63 days when the the President ordered his?! reinstatement. This action by the President was equivalent to a declara? tion that Miller's dismissal was un? just, and in the subsequent discussion with the labor loaders Mr. Roosevelt voiced t!ie same opinion. Miller natur? ally demanded compensation for the time of his forced suspension, and the auditor of the State and other Depart? ments denied his claim. Miller appeal ed to the Controller of the Treasury who has now issued a decision sustain? ing the Auditor in refusing to pay Miller for the time he was out, de? claring that pay cannot be allowed for work not performed, even if the sus? pension should be found to be without sufficient cause. It seems to many here that this is an attempt to com? promise the Miller case. If his dis? missal was unjust he has the same claim to bis pay as he had to reinstate? ment and if there was cause for dis? missing him, he should not have boen reinstated. There seems a contradic? tion in the two decisions and Miller may take the case the courts. Persistent rumors of gigantic land frauds in the Western country have reached Washington and are being in? vestigated by the Interior Department. Goverment officials, Senators and Representatives are said to be involved in the scheme to defraud the govern? ment. The charges are that several great railroad systems and many members of Congress have engaged in a conspiracy by which they obtained title to worthless lands, induced the government to make forest reserves out of their holdings, and obtained ? the right Tinder the lieu land act to select in lieu thereof valuable lands, not so reserved. In this manner they are said to have exchanged practically worthless land for that worth $5 to $b' an acre. This lieu land act never came up for open discussion in Congress as it was introduced by Senator Stewart as an amendment to an appropriation bill and was so enacted, it will take some days to get at the facts from the mass of startling rumors. BELIEF FOR MACEDONIA. Powers Submitted Scheme to the Porte by Which Conditions May be Improved. Constantinople, October 24.-The scheme of the Powers for the amelior? ation of affairs in- Macedonia was sub? mitted to the Porte yesterday It has for its guiding principle|co:atrol of and surveillance over all branches of the administration of the disturbed pro? vinces by Austria and Russia for a period of two years. The proposals in? clude the appointment of one Austrian and one Eussian assessor, to be attach? ed to the staff of Hiimi Pasha, the in? spector general, whose duties will be to exercise control over all the acts of the povincial authorities. A European general in the Turkish service is to be appointed to command the gendar mie. A couple of further important pro? posals, which will be bitterly opposed by the Sultan, provide for the estab? lishment of communiai autonomy and the rectification of the present communiai boundaries, with the view to the creation of spheres, Bulgarian, Albanian, Servian, etc, that shall be more homogeneous in nationality and region. Other points of the scheme deal with the relief of refugees, the rebuilding of villages, schools and churches, the disbandment of the irregular troops and the prohibition of the employment of the Bash i Bazouks. Opposition to the whole scheme is expected on the part of the Porte, but the Austrian and Russian ambassadors demand the adoption of thepian with the least pos? sible delay. Believes in Murder. One of the jurors of Lexington who acquitted J. H. Tillman of murder last week has written to The Spartanburg Journal a letter which throws a flood of light upon the attitude of that tribunal, as well as giving a clear exhibit of the character and qualifica? tions of the members. The jurer writes : Spartanburg Journal, Spartanbrug, S. C. Sir I have read your article in the columbia state which was an insult to Every Juryman who sits cn the Till? man case, not only an insult to that body of men, but to he Judges who was concerned in the case, you are following in the steps of the deceased Editor, "abusing your liberty," I wish to be polite in this matter and show more wisdom ttian you did in writing upon the Lexington court that tried James H. Tillman. To make my letter brief refer you to the annals of History when you fail to find a single conviction of any man for shooing an Editor. The State and counsel for same was satisfied with the Verdict, otherwise the state could have gone to tffe appeal courts, the Masses have ac? cepted the verdict as fair, hut seem? ingly the press wants more blood which can "be found walking in the foot? prints of N. G. Gonzales. Mr. Gon? zales was an able man, but unfortunate? ly he made a great mistake by abusing th? liberty of the press, the courts ht -e sustained the defendant by which all law abiding citizens should be satisfied. If I was an Editor and not satisfied with the Defendant's acquittal and had the grit to follow my pen, would certainly invite the Defendant to Entertain me beyond the Georgia lines which would be more patriotic to my fellowman than to sit in my sanc? tum and abuse him with my pen. In Extending this invitation mention above would say to my ?ro Editor, If should prove the unfortunate one in the affair "not to call it murder but suicide by the abuse of liberty with the wrong man, now, Mr. Editor with the kindest of feelings towards all Editors will you kindly give this note room in your paper and ask the columbia state to copy same am net hunting contrivers)* but will assure the press that any comments made the same will be answered politely. Very Truly yours, W. L Rinsinger. Lexington, S. C 10-21st 1903 There is absolutely no necessity for comment upon this. It speaks for itself in every line. We know now why Tillman was acquitted and we are mere than ever ashamed.-Charleston Post. Pope Pius is Not a? Strict as Was His Predecessor in Some Particulars. Rome, Oct. '24..- All here agree that things have changed at the Vatican and that these are no more the days cf Leo XIII, when every act, no matter how small, was a protest against the usurpation of the Papal rights. An Italian uniform or even a decoration within the precincts of the Vatican was absolutely unknown and, indeed, never thought of, while the following anecdote will show the present trend of events : Some children were to sins: to Pop^ Pius a hymn by Count Della Del Rovere. As they began the hymn, the composer appeared, wearing various decorations, among them two Italian orders and a medal gained during the war of independence. The gendarme on duty stared as though stupefied at the approaching count and pointed dramatically at the decorations. "What are those" he demanded. "Decorations," replied the count, coldly. "Remove the baubles or you cannot enter," said the guard. At this Count Della Rovere smiled, saying: "I have the Pontiff's permis I sion, through his master of the cham? ber. Do vou require further authc I rity?"' I Needless to say the count entered, ? and tho decorations gleamed duriug i the entire time of his stay, under the eyes of the Pope. Only nine men have been hanged in Kentucky in the last five years? al? though there have been 798 killings.