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SOUTH ?AROtLVA NEWS. Items, of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed Xor Quick Beading. The amounf so far received by the Comptroller G?n?ral under the license tax is in round numbers about $27,000 and a large number of the-transporta? tion companies have not yet paid their taxes, although, they have complied with the law in making tb* returns. ?A. special provision was mad or com? panies of this character, allowing ! them until May 1 in which t pey, ? ind j it is estimated that about ? ,000 ^v?fl ? com? from this source It is estimated that the income to the state from insurance companies this year .will amount to about $12,000/ The license on each company is ?100 and so far ail of them have complied with the law. ^hey have, however, an? ti! April 1 in* which, to pay up. Concluding that it would be unwise to continue in business without an in creasa of capital, which was at pr?vient impracticable, the stockholders of the Marshall-Westcott Company, at a . meeting yesterday morning, decided to dissolve and go into liquidation, no': on account of any claims made by cred- j itors, but simply because the affairs of the establishment could not be <;ar ried on profitably without increasing the capital Robert A Cooper, of Laurens, was nominated for solicitor of the new 8th-? circuit yesterday over Ex-Solicitor O. X. Schumpert, of Newberry, by a de? cisive majority. The total vote will probably amount to about 6,400, and Mr. Cooper's lead will hkely he 1,800 to 2,000. Matt Butler, the Saluda County ne? gro toto whose head Will Jones -plunged the blade of an axe a few flays aero, died from the wound Monday. The alleged murderer was release 1 on bor*d by Magistrate Etheredge jus : af? ter the wound was inflicted. Sheriff ... Sample yesterday made .an effort to locate Jones but failed He was to formed by the bondsmen, however, that they would deliver him hero to From the returns received it is ap? parent that Mr. Arnoldus Vander Horst lias been elected to the legisla? ture /from Charleston to fill the unex? pired term of 2> J. Baker, who re sighed to accept the position of judic? ial magistrate vacated by the promo? tion of Mr. R. Withers Hemming ;r to the circuit court bench. There was considerable interest to the race on account of Vincent Chicco, the :aoto :.-rious blind tiger. In the new :iinth circuit created by the recent legis? lature the race for solicitor was among Messrs. W. Turner Logan, St, Julian Jervey and A. E. Padgett, the first two of Charleston and the last named of Colleton. On account of absence of re? turns from Colleton, it is impossible to tell the outcome of this race, a*; that .county will give Mr. Padgett a major : :!ty that may be formidable. Cn the . face of the returns from Charleston and Beaufort, Mr. Logan is in the lead > hut it is not possible that he will be elected on the first ballot If Mr Pad : gett gets a solid vote.in his own coun y-ty, which will likely be the case, there will be a second race between Logan and Padgett At the invitation of President Pell of Converse and President Snyder of Wofford college, Mr. Robert C. Ogden and his party of distinguished north ern educators and capitalists who will attend the Southern Educatiom.1 con? ference in Columbia, will visit Spar tanburg on Saturday, April 29-the day after the conference. A Destructive Fire. To draw the fire out of a burn, or heal a cut without leaving a sear, use Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salva A specific for piles. Get the genuine. J. L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer. Centre, Ala, writes : have used Dewitt's Witch Hazel ?Salve in my family for piles, cuts and bums. It is the best salve on the market. Every fam? ily Bhonld keep it on hand." Sole by all druggists. Reaching the Spot. -. It Can Be Done, So , Scores Of Sumter Cit? izens Say. To cure an aching back, The pains of rheumatism. The t'.-ed out feelings, You must reach the spot-get at the cause. In most cases 'tis the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys. Wm J. Clover. Florence, blacksm: th in the Coast Line Repair Shops, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are a great kidney remedy^ I used them for my back which has gi ven iL. lot of trouble for three or four years, I have had to lose time from work on a< ."count of them being so acute. I doctored Cor rheu? matism, rubbed my back with liniments and laid off for two weeks during one a : tack, but sothinp completely cured me. At night it hurts worse than during the day ar d I could not rest in any position. My kidney secre? tions were all out of fix, foll of sediment. Very dark colored and greatly disturbed my rest Finally I sa^ Doan's Kidney Pills ad? vertised and got h. box. They did me more good in one week than all the ot'ier medi? cines I used during four years. The: backache left me, the kidney secretions cleared up and I could go to bed and rest all nigfct without having to get up once." Plenty more proof like this from Sumter people. Call at Dr. A. J. China's irug store and ask what his custtmers report For sale by all dealers; price 50 ??nts, Fos ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, ri. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other. 15 THE? TURN OP THE TIDE. Numerous Convictions of Murder and Several White Men May be Hanged. By W. H. McCaw. Columbia, March 20.-Juries in criminal cases in this State have been notoriously lax for the past quarter of a century with the result that murders and other forms of violence have in? creased steadily and the State has gotten an unenviable reputation abroad. But owing to the good work of pulpit and press there has been substantial evidence recently of the pendulum swinging the other way not only in those counties which have al? ways had an unusually large number of homicide cases, but throughout the state, generally. Spasmodic change of I sentiment has manifested itself in this matter through juries in particular sections-in Pickens, Greenville, Oco nee and Spartanburg counties, for in? stances-a number of times. But a general change of mind throughout the State has just begun to show itself. There are just now seven men un? der sentence of death in this State, ?with the strong probability that four of these will be hung within the next few months. Four out of the seven are white men, and two of these are men of means and influence. The first hanging will be that of Marion Parr, the cotton mill operative of this city, who while his case was about to be taken to the supreme court, confessed freely to his preacher, acknowledging that he was guilty of murder and saying he deserved to and was ready to die. Parr is to be exe? cuted here on the 14th of next month, and it will be the first legal hanging of a white man this county has seen in 40 years. R. A. Adams, the Colleton white man who escaped ?a,il after the su? preme court refused-his appeal for a new trial, afterward recaptured after the governor offered, a reward of $1,000, is to be resentenced at Walter boro next week. He is an ignorant, but a rather influential and well connected man in his county. He killed Jacques in a rage after looking him up to quar? rel with him about a piece of prop? erty. Adams will hardly get a commu? tation There are two hangings set for the 5th of May at Florence, and it is not unlikely that both of these will take place, although the supreme court has not passed on the fate of the white man convicted there a few days ago of the murder of a negro. The time in which he had to perfect his appeal having expired it is presumed that nothing will be done to save him. Sam Marks, the negro who had to be brought here pending his appeal to the supreme court to prevent him be? ing lynched, is to be hung at Florence on the 5th of May for the murder of the white man Hill Langston. The most important case is that coming out of Oconee county, where the noted' Hoyt Hayes case, whose commutation created so much feeling there, against the governor, originated. Earle Rochester, a leading Oconee farmer of that section and considered a fine citizen and desirable neighbor, is under sentence of death for doing a neighbor to death with a shot gun. He and this neighbor quarreled about the neighbor's cattle getting into Roches? ter's crops, and matters went from bad to worse until Rochester met him in front of his (Rochester's) home and waited for him with a shot gun. The matter is now pending in the -supreme court. It is said that on the morning Special Judge McCullough, of Green ville, who presided at the trial, was making his way to the court room af? ter the verdict had been rendered against Rochester he met and stooped to caress a beautiful child playing joy? ously and with light heart in front of the court house. He is very fond of children and a pained and shocked look came into his caressful eyes when he asked her who her father was and she lisped "Mar Earle Rochester." The night before he passed sentence he did not close his eyes, and it said that he voluntarily promised to assist the attorneys for the defense before the supreme court or the governor or both. The case against the two desperate blind tiger negroes, who killed Mag? istrate Cox when he went out to ar? rest them from Fountain Inn last May as they were hauling a load of liquor in a buggy and who have been in the penitentiary for safe keeping, is still hung up in the supreme court. The appeal came near being abandon? ed for the want of funds, but in the eleventh hour a negro preacher scraped enough to base a promise of more upon the negroes having a good lawyer. The appeal is to come up for a hearing at the April term and the decision will therefore not be out until some time next summer. The negroes have small chance of escaping the gallows. ' - STARTLING MORTALITY. Statistics show startling mortality, from appedicitis and peritonitis. To prevent and cure these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remedy, Dr. King's New Life Pills. M. Flannery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, says: "They have no equal for Con? stipation and Biliousness," 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme, druggist. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THE DOMINICAN PROTOCOL IS KNOCKED OUT. Some of the Topics of Current Interest That Are Being Discussed by the Politicians. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington* Mareh 20.-All hope of ratifying the Dominican protocol has been abandoned by the president and the Republican leaders, but the sen? ate has not yet adjourned sine die, re? maining in session on the ground that there are certain judicial nominations which must be confirmed before the final adjournment can be taken. On Thursday Senator Morgan of Alabama sprung a sensation on the senate by attempting to show that William Nel? son Cromwell, the lawyer who engi? neered the sale of *he Panama canal property to the United States and who is supposed by some Democrats of having incited the Panama revolu? tion, had been the deus ex machina of the San Domingo situation. Senator Morgan exhibited to the senate letters from a Mr. and Mrs. Ree' , formerly of Alabama, in whit, they charged that Cromwell had defeated a treaty between Santo Domingo and the United States, which has been prepared by Mr. Reeder and that he has caused to be substituted the protocol now under, consideration by the senate. When the "proposed" Reeder treaty was read in the senate it was found to afford every advantage to the Republic of Santo Domingo and to. the "Reeder Syndicate" but none to this country and it occasioned considerable ridicule at the hands of the Republicans, but there are many Democrats who believe that there may be some foundation for Mr. Morgan's chearges at least sufficient to warrant a very thorough investigation. Sena? tor Morgan has introduced in the senate a resolution instructing the committee on foreign relations to. conduct such ihvesigation, by sub? committee or otherwise, but at present there seems little likelihood of ita adoption. Meanwhile, Mr, Cromwell emphatically denied that he has now or ever had any connection whatsoev? er with Santo Domingo or that he would profit in any respect from the ratification of the protocol. . There is a mystery in Washington affecting the proposed modification of the tariff schedules by congress at its next session. The mystery attaches to the promoters of a report that the Republican leaders are contemplating placing a small duty on coffee with a view to avoiding the necessity of revis? ing the tariff so that it will afford less protection and produce more revenue. It is obvious that some method of in? creasing the federal revenues must be found as the federal expenses have materially increased1 and the adminis? tration will be compelled to draw heavily this year, as it did last, on the accumulated surplus, but it is not true that there has been any thought of placing a duty on coffee, or tea, as is reported. This report has been indus? triously circulated in Washington for some days but for a time no one of the more reliable newspapers could be in duced to father it. Finally it was con? fided to a firm of newspaper writers whose business consists of circulating reports for pay, and then one of the leading newspapers of the country dis? played it prominently in its col? umns. The questions naturally arises. Who is to profit by the circulation of this report- To whom is it of suffic? ient importance to warrant their pay? ing professional newspaper writers to circulate it? Is it a stock-jobbing diplomatic circle and is iit put forth with a view to estranging Brazil from the United States for the benefit of the German trade? These are some of the questions which are being asked and to which no satisfactory answer is as yet forthcoming. There is no doubt but that Presi? dent Roosevelt .will urge the next con? gress to revise the tariff, but there is considerable doubt as to whether or not the congress will heed his recom? mendations. There are strong indica? tions that the senate will be ready to respond to the executive urging-in fact that body has already taken the first step by authorizing its finance committee to sit during recess, hold hearings and subpoena witnesses-but the senate can do nothing with regard to the tariff until the house takes the initiative and that the speaker and the little coeterie which with him con? trol the lower chamber persistently refuse to do. The initiation of a reve? nue measure is the one prerogative granted to the house by the constitu? tion, in which the senate does not share and the members are A'ery chary of doing anything which might appear like a yielding to the senate on that point, so that it is entirely pos? sible that the senate's action, looking to a compliance with the president's views, may have a deterrent effect up? on the house. The president has, it is maintained by prominent members of congress, exceeded his authority by accepting the services of certain prominent ar? chitects who volunteer to act as an advisory board to indicate where pub? lic buildings shall be placed and the character of their construction. In the general deficiency appropriation bill, recently passed, there :s a provision prohibiting any official o? the govern? ment from accepting the voluntary services of anyone not now employed by the government and forbidding anyone so employed from voluteering to do work for which he was not em? ployed. The penalty for violation of this statute is fine, or imprisonment, or both and removal from office. Of course it was mere inadvertence which led the president to take the step he did in violation of the law, but it is entirely probable that ho will have to retrace his steps and disband the com? mittee whose services he has accepted. It is urged that the law was a very necessary one and in the present in? stance it is set forth that the architects selected for the advisory board can well afford to contribute their services without remuneration for the reason that they represent an architects' trust. Congress is sorely opposed to this trust and would doubtless make its will felt when called upon to ap? propriate funds to carry into effect the recommendation of the advisory board. Bungling Legislation. Columbia, March 23.-The Acts for 1S05 show that even with a ! great deal of care, confesi?n crcieps into the statute law. When the two new Judges were elected there were all sorts of suggestions relative to :he rearrange? ment of the circuits, and especially relative to the time for holding the quits. Varions amendments were offer? ed, generally prepared by the lawyers from the circuits. After all of the amendments had been prepared the bill was sent to free conference for the specific purpose that all conflicts and mistakes might be corrected, and yet with all of this care the Acts as passed and as printed shows there is conflict between Spartanburg and Gaffney as to the October term of court The Act says there shall be a term of Court beginning "the last Monday in October, (one week). Then when it comes to the Gaffney Court the Act'says,'"and the Monday following the fourth Monday in October, two weeks.'9 One of these Session?, of the Court will have to be abandoned un les? the Chief Justice can appoint some Judge not otherwise engaged lo hold the con? flicting term of Court. LOST TRIBES Ol' ISRAEL. Arrival of a Strange, Sect From Aus? tralia-What They Expect to do. New York, Match i & -A picture? sque party of men, women and child? ren, 83-in number, members of a reli? gious sect who prod lim themselves descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, arrived here today cn the steamer Prinzess Irene. They come from Australia and are bound for Benton Harbor, Mich., where they say four hundred members of the sect already are established. They call themselves children of Israel and are vegetariana The men wear long hair and beards. They profess to believe in the saving of the mortal body as well as the soul. The Israelites explained that they were getting together :aow so as to be prepared to ascend to Beaven together in August, 1916, when they believe the end of the world wjill occur and Satan will be overpowered and put in bondage. They say that only one tribe of Israel, that of Judah, is now lost, and they ' expect to find that tribe before the end of the >?orld. VERY LOW EXCURSION RATES Via Southern Railway to the Fol? lowing Points. Kansas City, Mo.-Southern Baptist Convention, May 10-17, 1905. Rate, one first- class fare, plus 50 cents, round trip $29.00. Tickets on sale May 7 to ll, final limit May 23, 1905. St. Louis, Mo.-National Baptist Anniversary, May 16-24, 1905, rate one first-class fare, plus 25 cents for round trip $24.25. Tickets on sale May 14, 15, 16, with final limit May 27, 1905. Asheville, N. C.-South Atlantic Missionary Conference, May 17-21, 1905. Rate one first-class fare, plus 25 cents for the round trip, $6.50. Tickets on sale May 16-17; final lim? it May 23, 1905. Fort Worth, Texas.-General As? sembly Southern Presbyterian Church, May 18-26, 1905, rate, one first-class fare, plus $2.00 for round trip $34.65. Tickets on sale May 15, 16, 17. Final limit May 31, 1905. Toronto, Canada.-International Sunday School Association, June 20-27 1905, rate one first-class fare, plus 50 cents for round trip;; tickets on sale June 19, 20, 22, 23, 1905, limited June 30, 1905 Hot Springs, Va.-Southern Hard? ware Jobbers' Association, June 6-9, J.905, rate one first-c::ass fare, plus 25 cents for round trip, $15.85; tickets on sale June 3, 4, 5, final limit June 13th, 1905. Savannah, Ga.-National Travelers* Protective Association of America, May 16-23, 1905; rate one first-class fare, plus 50 cents l'or round trip; $6.00; tickets on sale May 13-14, final limit May 26, 1905. Savannah, Ga.-Fourth Annual Tournament Southern Golf Associa? tion, May 9-13, 1905,. rate one first class fare plus 25 cents for trip, $5.75. Tickets on sale May 7, 8, 9, 1905, lim? ited May 15th, 1905. The Southern Railway is the most direct line to all of the above points; operating Pullman sleeping cars, high back vestibule coaches, with superb dining car service. 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Train ?24 Sumter to Hurtsville Leaves 6 30 8m *' ?19 Sumter to Robbins Leaves 10 00 am " ?ll Florence to Sumter Arrives J 50 pm " ?12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 2 50 pm " ?20 Robbins to Sumter Arrives 8 00 pm ** ?25 Hartsville to Sumter . Arrives 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train ?70 Camden to Sumter , Arrives 9 00 ala " ?71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am " ?68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " ?72 Wilson Mill to Sumter [Arrives 12 30 pm " ?73 Sumter to WilsonMill ?Leaves 3 00 pm TT ?69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Aerent A. C. L A CRISIS IX SAX DOMINGO. San Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, March 23.-It is rumored that at a meeting of the Jiminez party it was resolved to telegraph to the fol? lowers of the former aspirant to the Presidency at Monte Cristi to prepare for ? struggle. The Government is taking precautions to meet coming events. The sitution, although at present quiet, is critical. The Belgian minister here has filed strong protest against delay in the settlement of his Government's finan? cial cairns and a demand for prompt action by Santo Domingo in the- mat? ter. The minister will leave here to? morrow for Havana. THE COLONEL'S WATERLOO. Col. John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo, from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a recent letter he says: "I was nearly dead of these complaints, and, al? though I tried my family doctor, he did me no good; so I got a 5Gc bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cured me. I consider them the best medicine on earth, and thank God who gave you the knowledge to make them.'" Sold, and guaranteed to cure. Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Kidney Disease by J. F. W. DeLorme, druggist at 50c a bottle. New York, March 2L-Andrew M. Gnscom of Philadelphia, who 'disap? peared from Philadelphia several weeks ago, and was supposed to be in Europe, committed suicide on March 19 ?by jumping overboard at sea from fie steamer Minnetonka. Griscom sailed on the Minnetonka from London for this city. When he jumped overboard the steamer stopped and a boat was lowered but he could not be found. It is supposed that he was temporarily unbalanced mentally. Pleasant and Harmless. Don't drug the stomach to cure a cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the mucous, draws the inflammation out of the throat, lungs and bronchial tubes, heal?, soothes < and cures. A quick cure for croap and j whooping cough. One Minute Cough J Cure relieves a cough in one minute be- ; cause it acts first on the mucous membrane J right where the cough troubles-in the' throat or deep-seated on the lunge. Sold j oy all druggists. Killed By a Switch Engine. Charleston, March 22.-J. E. Whal? ley, son of William Wbaley, a mer? chant of St. Stephens, died about* midnight ss a result nf injuries which he received in falling under a switch' engine of the Southern railway yester? day afternoon. The* inquest will be held tomorrow. Whaley attempted to board the front of ? the engine, when he fell under it and he was frightfully mangled about the hoad and body He had been in the service one week and leaves a wife, three months married.. INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY. ~"""lt would have been incredible-bru? tality if Chas. F. Lemberger, of Syra? cuse, N. Y., had not done the best he could for his suffering son. "My boy,"' he says, "cut a fearful gash over his? eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which quickly healed it anc? saved his eye." Good for burns and ul? cers, too. Only 25c at J. F. W. De Lorme's drug store. Pittsburg, March 27.-Five mens were drowned on the Monangahelat river this morning in a skiff which was carried over the dam near Charleroi as the result of high water. Tutt'sPills win save the dyspeptic from many days of misery, and enable him to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, i cause the food to assimila te and nour? ish the body, give keen appetite, J DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sogar coated mm ^maf? Take No Substitute* Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to ail calla for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides draining " bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, 3D. Oct 19-0 Catchall, S. C