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IS HE ? FRAUD? PEAKY REFUSES TO PRODUCE PROOF. Mjui win. Hayn lie Wont to Um? Pole I? Strmnjc*?*y KcIiictJtnt to I/et tlie Pnhllt' S*??- iiu I? ?mi and iteei >r?u. Washington. aMrch 7.?Comamnd er Peary declined today to submit to congress the proofs of his discovery of the North Fole. He sent In care of Representative Alexander of New York a statement written In the third person and addressed to the subcom? mittee of the house committee on naval affairs. In which he set forth his reasons for refusing to send his data to th* committee. The statement fol. lows: "Commander Peary and his friends say that contracts signed months ago with his publishers render It Impos? sible to make his records and scien? tific data public now. R would not only subject Peary to heavy damages . ?-a loss which he can not meet, hav? ing Just extricated himself from debt Incurred In connection with his vari? ous expeditions?but It would be breaking faith with hin publishers, which he Is unwilling to do under any circumstances." After hearing statements by Repre. sentatlves Hobson. of Alabama, and Moore, of Pennsylvania, urging the granting of a congressional reward to Peary Irrespective of the question of his proofs, the committee adjourned until Wednesdsy without taking ae 1 tlon. Of the committee of seven mem? bers. It Is known that three are op? posed to granting recognition to Com? mander Peary unless the proofs of his ' discovery of the pole are submitted to congress and made public. Both sir. Hobson and Mr. Moore vigorously urged the committee today to honor Commander Peary without further quibbling over the proofs. The former declared that the granting of the rank of a retired rear-admiral was none too much honor to bestow. He argued .that the Indorsement of Peary's proofs by the National Geo? graphic Society was sufficient. Representative Macon informed the committee today that since he pub? licly declared a few days ago that he would Insist upon seeing Mr. Peary's proofs snd was opposed to any legis? lation in the dark on the subject, he had received letters containing 3,000 signatures Indorsing his stand. Will. MWCFACTTRE AUTOMO. Blf.ES. Ro, k Ifill Buggy o?. to Make Xew Venture. Co umblj. March 8.?South Caro? lina's first venture In the automobile manufacturing line is to be made by Capt. Jno. G. Anderson, head of the Kock Hill Buggy Company, who says he will devote to his automobile the same care that has made the Rock Hill buggy known the world over. The new machine, the first models of which are now being made, will be a high grade 30 hores-power 4-cylln drt machine for four persons and It will sell at about $2.600. It will be of simple merhnnlsm and the finest ma? terial sn] superb workmanship ' wi" be put into it. so that South Carolina's first home built automobile shall be In s class lei rtvsjf, BUGOY WRECKED BY At TO. Negro Hurt in CollMon on Street in Darlington. Folrence, March 7.?Adolphus Richardson, a negro, while driving a horse and buggy on Cheeves ttreet last night, collided with the auttmo? bile of F. M. Rogers, Jr., and as s re? sult the negro was badly bruised, his horse's leg br- k?n. |nd his buggy de? molished. The horse was ordered killed by Dr. Mann, chairman of the committee for the prevention of cruel? ty to animals. Saturday evening. Henry Hlnnant, who has been acting as cow minder around FfOfeSMi f->r sj number of years, was struck and run over by R. M. Cannon's buggy, on the corner of ?vans and Dargan street. The old man was painfully* hurt, but probably will recover. DIDN'T IMOI M TO MUCH. Maglv.ai. I Iiun Negro ?|.'? I or Kill? ing \iiother. An amusjng store tosjagf from Dor* ehester county It s?cms that a mag. Istrat?' down there thinks he Is a law unto himself, and has tried a nr-um for kilting another at a frolic and fined him $15. Hi did not think lbs case Important ereomh to carry to the higher court. The matter was re? ported to Solicitor Hll'bbrand who ordered tho mnn arr? stcd and held for court. The n ports do not state what will be done with the magls Irate. ?chamberlalnfs Stomach and 1.1 ver Tablets InvartaUy bring relief to wo? men suffering from chronic constipa? tion, heaoach", biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of the skin and dyspepsia. Sold by W. W. Slbert. COTTON EXCHANGE LEGISLATION southern Men Appear Before Congres? sional Committee?Investigating Anti. Future Trailing Hill. New Orleans. March 6.?President W. B. Thompson and a committee representing the Xew Orleans Cotton Exchange, and Atwood Violette, and a committee representing the "insur? gent" element of the New York Cot? ton Exchange, this week appeared be? fore the agricultural committee of the House In opposition to the Scott anti future trading bill and in behalf of such remedial measures as are neces? sary to remove from the New York future contract the evils charged against it. Until their appearance many inside facts, essential to a clear understanding of the question, had not been brought out. Both Mr. Thomp? son's committee and Mr. Violette':? committee approved U. S. Commis? sioner Herbert Knox Smith's report of the government's investigation of cot? ton exchanges and of the conclusions reached by Mr. Smith, and both point? ed out that future trading carried en under the conditions named by Mr Smith is beneficial to farmer, mer? chant and spinner alike. In the course of Mr. Thompson's re? marks he said: "The evils that have become asso. elated wdth future trading are three in number, the bucket shop, excessive speculation and the uncommercial contract. These three abuses have brought the system into disrepute and have provoked the attack which la threatening the life of the system it? self. The system is attacked not be? cause the evils are inherent, not be? cause the evils cannot be eliminated without destroying the system, but be? cause the aggravating character of the abused has aroused a feeling of re? sentment so furious that for the timo being discriminating justice has been blinded and silenced. "A bucket shop is a place where wagers, not contracts, are made Nothing is ever bought or sold in a bucket shop and no legal or enforce? able trades are made there. It Is a gambling proposition simple and with? out qualification. The keeper deals a game against his victims and what thf y lose he wins. "Excessive speculation in cotton is the*second evil attributed to future trading. Before we condemn specula? tion in entirety It would be well for us to consider the question as to whether or not there is a distinction between the kinds of speculation, be? tween illegitimate and legitimate spec? ulation, between speculation that \r wholly bad and speculation that may be and is beneficial. We believe that there is such a distinction and our conclusion is this: When a man In no wise Incapacitated by reason of ignorance, weakness or lack of means, or disqualified by reason of a position <?r relation of trust, buys or sells a commodity or thing or its representa? tive which Is an enforceable contract therefore because he thinks it I? cheaper, and because he thinks that ho can subsequently dispose of his holding at a profit, the speculation is legitimate, not necessarily harmful to the individual and almost necessarily beneficial to the market for the com? modity in which he trades. But when a man not so qualified and capacitated as specified, undertakes to speculate, or when any man merly wagers that a certain event or tendency may 01 may not occur, or if having' bought and sold a commodity or thing or a contract therefor, he enters into ? conspiracy with others, or uses some - I Idf/ntal power of his own, to <l prey* or advance the price of the com mo< Ity or thing beyond its legitimate value, to the hurt of the bona fide holders ^f or traders in such commo? dity, th.- speculation Is illegitimate hurtful to the individual and to the market in which he trades. Legitimate speculation as here defined is a ben. (11 to the cotton market. ' Th* third evil to be considered 1* found In the terms of the future con? tract Itself and in the rub of delivery and settlement thereunder, resulting In an Injurious effect upon the market and upon the price of cotton, by the delivery Of cotton or tender of deliv? ery, ?>n such contract and under such rules. "The N? w Orleans Cotton Exchang. defends no evil. Our laws and rub s in force <'?t this time represent the b< thought of our members, aided by the Sound Suggestions Of Mr. Herbert Knot smith, oommlasloner of corpora ti'oiM, und r "enforced by hli Approval. \\v have taken counsel not only with the commissioner but a too with lend? ers, and our conclusions have been reached under stress of ;i full appre? ciation of our duty and obligation, not to any particular interest or faction but to the cotton trade at large, We however, are not yet satisfied. We will welcome further Investigation ami ee? CUrlty and will pay earnest bed to? ward the improvement of tim cotton rontract and the COtton trade. Cut we nre convinced thai such Improve* ment will not corns through destruc< ti\. leg 1st Ion, It will corns through con itructlve endet vor." Reports from Washington Friday Indicated that the agricultural com mlttee will make both a majority and minority report on the Scott bill which prohibits future or contract trading in agricultural commodities and that the matter will be fought out on the floor of the House. Cotton men say there is no chance for a bill of this character to pass the senate and little probability of its ever getting through the House. BEATEN TO DEATH BY NEGRO. White Man Slain Will? Stick at Hum Hide, Near Savannah?Black Makes His Escape. Savannah, March 7.?Van Davis, t white man, was beaten to death at Burnside. this county, this afternon by a negro who used a heavy stick on his victim. The negro, whose name Is McKiever, escaped, and blood? hounds put on his trail failed to cap? ture him. It is known he took to the river in a small boat. BERKELEY SHORTAGE CASE. Attorney General Lyon Appears in Suit Against Bond of County Treas? urer. Columbia, March 8.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon went to Monck's Corner yesterday to appear for the State in the case against the bondsmen of Jno. O. Edwards for the recovery of the sum of $5.070.45. Edwards, a former county treasurer of Berkeley, was found short in his accounts to the ex? tent of $5,070.45 by Comptroller Gen-, eral Jones. He was subsequently re? moved by Gov. Ansel and a successor appointed. He was under a bond of $12,000. The bondsmen refused to pay the shortage and suit has been in? stituted. The bondsmen in their answer to the complaint charge that the comp? troller general, the county auditor, and the grand Jury failed to make an? nual inspections of the books of Mr. Edwards and if the inspections had been made that the shortage would not have occurred under the time of the bond in question. The case will very probably come up today. WALKING TIGERS NABBED. Camden Has Few Cases of Drunken oss Since Liquor Laws Have Been Enforced Higidly. Camden, March 7.?Chief Halle and Detective Smyrl, assisted by the good police force, succeeded in catch? ing six law breakers this week?all of them being negroes. Ben Heath, a walking tiger, tried to dispense of his goods on lower Main street, was nab-, bed in the act. Upon being searched 20 one-half pints were found in the clothing. Gilbert Kendricks and Lewis Ballard, two other walking tigers, were caught with the goods and are now out on bond. Gilbert Arthur, a notorious negro, is now in jail, await? ing the next term of court to explain his transactions. Charlie Wright was caught with 12 quarts. Most of these negroes infested the lower part of Main street. Since January 1, there have been less than a dozen cases of drunken? ness tried in the recorder's court. Last year, during the wet spell, there were as many as a dozen a day tried. Chief of Police Halle says he does not think there is a single blind tiger In the city of Camden today. There are rumors that there are a number of them in and around Boyklns Station, 10 miles below Camden. LYNCHING IN FLORIDA. Mob Shoots Bound Victim Almost to Pieces. Tampa, Fla.. March 7.?With three negn??'.-? dead as a result of race riot? ing the neighborhood of Palmetto yes? terday, the wrath of the residents In that ?< Otlon seems to be .assuaged. The sum total of deaths Is three lie groea and two white men, with one white man In the emergency hospital hei I with a bull t hole through his head. Bam Ellis was captured this after? noon and later was literally shot to pieces by the angry posse, after he had mortally wounded Deputy Sheriff J. B, Morgan, who. with Deputy Max Burnett, had a battle with the two Bills brothers. Later In the day the dead body of a second negro was found and this afternoon the other Ellis brother was caught and killed. Hatpins are Nuisances, Chicago. March 7.---Women's long hat pins declared to be "public unls ances" and an "anti-hat pin ordi? nance was passed upon by the judi? ciary committee If the city council to. day, The action followed a week's crusade against the hut pins which culminated today, A HEART TO HEART TALK. Blood is tho life of man. if your sys? tem lias too much uric add, your blond becomes poisoned and you are sure to have rheumatlam. By re? moving this cause Rhumaclde, com? pounded in liquid and tablet form, cm-, s the wore! cases of rheumatism. Rheumaclde is a specific for con* tagloua blood poison. Begin in tlmo. \I druggists. Tablets by mall 26c. BobblttChemical <'<?.. Baltimore, Md.6 DEPUTY SHERIFF DUNN DIES. Officer shot by E. E. Powell at s<?ot buid Neck, N. C, Succumbs to Bui. lot Wounds). Scotland Neck. NT. C, March 7.? Deputy Sheriff C. K. Dunn, of Halt fax county died today from the effect* of the bullet wound which he receiv? ed at the hands of E. E. Powell March 4. when the latter also shot State Senator Travis and Assembly? man A. Paul Kitchin. brother of Gov. Kitchin of North Carolina, and Con? gressman Kitchin of the same State Travis and Kitchin continue to im? prove. Gov. Kitchin, brother of Assembly? man Kitchin, arrived early today. SOME POLITIC AD GOSSIP. Race For Governor to be Very Lively ?Some of the Probable Candidates. Columbia, March 8.?In the lobbies Of the Columbia hotels, where a good deal of South Carolina history is made by the way, they are beginning to align the candidates for governct having about dropped the question of who shall succeed Senator Tillman since it has been announced by the senator's son Hcrry. that the Pitcu fork Statmpiiti has no idea of resign? ing. One of the professional d'^per.sers of political "dope * was lining eut the Held this way lnsl night: "If the prohibitionists had united fro'i'.ily on Featherstone. as I: once seemed likely they would, they could hev^ elected their man in a walic; in fact, they could elect anybody they wanted If they would but get together. But now Jno. G. Richards is a candidate and of course he pulls a lot of voters that would have gone to Featherstone. Blease is going to poll a fairly heavy vote, but hardly any more in propor? tion to the field than he did before. McLeod is going to poll a big vote on the score of personal popularity?and then also his local-option platform is attractive to many citizens. Mr. R. I. Manning is going to have a big fol? lowing, and he, too, will likely run on a local-option platform. I don't think It likely that Speaker Whaley will run for governor, though he may offer for liuetenant governor. Mr. F. H. Hyatt of Columbia is threatening to run. But I figure it is a race for just four men?Manning, McLeod. Richards and Featherstone?and that it is pret? ty likely to narrow down into a ques? tion simply of personal popularity, In which case Manning would seem fo have a shade the best of his compet? itors." All of which, of course, is pure dope; but one hears a good deal more about personalities just now than about platform. Prohibition is not the burning issue that It was, though you will find Mr. Featherstone just as strongly supported as ever by the old line church prohibitionists. It is to be noted, too, that there is a prohibition candidate out for lieutenant governor ?Mr. C. A. Smith. INSURGENT FORCES HAVE MELT? ED AWAY. Nioaraguan Government Spies Report That Rebel Leaders Now Have Only Thlrty-flvo Followers. San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. March 7.?Government spies report that Gen. Mea and Gen. Chamorro ar? rived at Rama with only 35 men. the others having deserted during the tlight of the insurgent troops. The commandant at Greytown re? ports the arrival at the government encampment on the river indio of 140 prisoners of war recently released by Gen. Estrada at Bluefieds. Gen Me? nu's chief artillery officer, Antonio Corrales, has surrendered to Gen. Vasquez at Acoyapa. A Bible Name. The late Bishop Galller was once asked to baptize a negro baby boy. "Name this child." he said, address? ing Mrs. Jackson, the mother of the black mite. "Hallud." "That's a strange name. Mrs. Jack? son." remarked the bishop hesitating. iy. "Scripter name," rejoined the happy mother, with ;i confident grin. "I never saw it in the Hilde." "Win-. Bishop, how kin yuh stun' up dar klddln* a ole ignorant nlggah lalk T Is? Yuh says dat name whenevah yuh says de Lawd's prayer?'Hallud !>?? Thy name!* "?Success Magazine. Chicago housewives have won a victory in the highest court In the State. Tbc Supreme Court of Illinois bas decided thai no more Inflated, short weighted loaves of bread may be s"ld In Chicago. The court up? hold a Chicago ordinance requiring thai the weight of n loaf of bread be plainly marked thereon and thai ill loaves weigh one pound or multiples of fractions thereof. w. J. Nicholls, who organized an alleged wildcat money concern al Greenwood, has been arrested in Ok? lahoma and will be brought back to Greenwood for trial. HOMICIDE EN EDGEFIEL?. Following Dispute Over J>ebt, Mon Pass Hot Words and Resort to Deadly Weapons. Bdgrefeld, March 7.?As a result of a shooting affray which occurred about 3:45 o'clock this afternoon, one par? ticipant. Horace Hammond, is dead, and other. W. F. Vance, has been committed to jail, having surrendered to the sheriff. The shooting occurred near the public square, about 100 yards from the court house, court having reconvened for the afternoon session only a short time before. Five of the six eye-witnesses testified sub? stantially to the same facts. Briefly stated the details of the unfortunate affair as brought out at the inquest held by Magistrate N. L. Brunson were as follows: Hammond and Vance became In? volved in a dispute over an old debt which Hammond owed Vance. After some angry words Hammond called Vance a liar, whereupon both men drew their pistols, Hammond firing the first shot. Rapid firing ensued and continuing until both men's revolvers were emptied^ After the firing oeased one of the eye-witnesses advanced be? tween the men, who were but four or five feet apart, and seized both pistols. Hammond fell to the ground support? ed by his brother, Butler Hammond, who came up as the firing ceased Death resulted in a few minutes Hammond made no statement. Vance received two wounds and Hammond three. Prior to the difficulty the men were bosom friends. Both are prominent farmers in their respective communi? ties, residing about 10 miles west of Edgefleld. Hammond is a young un? married man who leaves his mother, a sister and four brothers. Vance is a man of large family. The streets were crowded with people in atten? dance upon court, and the firing of ten shots in quick succession created great excitement. The body of young Hammond was carried tonight to his home. LEGISLATURE FAVORS FARMERS Number of Acts of Interest to Tillers Of Soil. Columbia. March 8.?Farmers have no reason to complain of their treat? ment at the hands of the recent legis? lature. A survey of the bills enacted into law shows that the general as? sembly adopted this session some very progressive and diversified agricul? tural legislation. Provision was made for the inspec? tion of commercial feedstuffs, the in? come to go to the department of agri? culture, commerce and industry, of which Col. E. J. Watson is the aggres? sive head. A special appropriation of $4,000 for the general expenses of the de? partment was also given, this being a splendid recognition of Col. Wat? son's untiring and successful efforts for the development of the State. An up-to-date pure seeds law based upon the Wisconsin statute was also adopted. For the farm demonstration work so successfully managed in the State by Mr. Ira W. Williams, an appro? priation of $5,000 to supplement the national appropriation was made?a good example for other States. For the great corn show to be held In Columbia this fall $1,000 was giv? en, conditioned upon $4,000 being raised in the State at large. And this is assured, Mr. A. E. Gonzales having pledged $1.000 of the amount. f It is also gratifying to note that the legislature appropriated $500 for the support of the work of the State Corn Breeders' Association, which works along the lines of the most progres? sive of such organizations in the West. The physicological effects of actey lene, now so much used, have been stu? died by Grehant, who has prepared an artificial atmosphere of 79 vol? umes of acetylene and twenty-one vol umes of oxygen, and has noted the action of this mixture on animals breathing it. The acetylene proves to be much less poisonous than carbon mon-oxide, whose effects in lllumlnat in gas and as given off by coal fires are so well known. A pigeon in the acetylene mixture died in thirty min? utes, and a rabbit In forty minutei, but tortoise was unharmed, anil the arrested respiration of a frog was re? stored on being brought into the open air. 'Medicines that aid nature are al? ways most successful. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens the cough, relieves the lungs, op? ns the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by W. W Sibert. If a man is born without any poor relations, he doesn't know any better than to go and marry some. ?Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that Is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. Give it a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Bold by W. W. Sibert. COL. 1?. EL NELSON ILL. Strang** Fatalities Overcome Elder Members of Columbia Bar. Columbia. March 8.?Col. Patrick Henry Xelson, for fourteen years one of the foremost lawyers of the Colum? bia bar and particularly prominent for his connection with noted crimi? nal eases, is in Johns Hopkins Hos? pital, Baltimore, suffering from a very grave form of heart trouble, an an? eurism of the aorta, and no secret Is made of the faot that the keenest anxiety is felt over his condition. Col. Nelson's first great case was the defense of Jas. H. Tillman, when 1 iilman was on trial for murder as a result of the Killing of Editor N. G. Gonzales in Columbia. Afterward he distinguished himself by his conduct oi other important murder cases, one of them being that arising from the killing of Constable Jas. P. Farmer by Wade Hampton Sellers, the "bilnd tiger king" of Columbia. He is also chief counsel for Jas. S. Farnum and others of the men accused In connec? tion with the dispensary scandals, and is prominently identified, in his capa? city as attorney, with the Seminole cases. Col. Nelson is the son of Col. Patrick Henry Nelson, who was killed at the head of his regiment at Petersburg in the summer of 1864. His mother was formerly Miss Emma Cantey of Cam den. He was educated at the Univer. sity of the South, Sewanee, and was married in 1878 to Miss Henrietta Shannon, daughter of Col. W. M. Shannon of Camden. They have a son, Wm. S. Nelson, who Is associated with his father in the practice of law. Col. Nelson was a member of the house from Kershaw in 1885 and '86 and in the spring of 1887 was ap? pointed solicitor of the fifth circuit, serving in that capacity until 1896, when he moved to Columbia and com? menced his real career. In Camden he was the partner of Gen. Jno. D. Kennedy. He gets his title of "Colo? nel" from his service on the staff of Governor John Peter Richardson. Strange fatalitLes and misfortunes have overcome the elder membership of the Columbia bar recently. Col. Joseph Daniel Pope, dean of the Uni? versity law school, is dead and so also is Herndon Moore, the much younger man who succeeded him. Ill health has pursued other giants of the bar, several of whom have spent months of late away from the city in search of healing, some with a degree of sue. cuss very gratifying to the friends who had begun to be anxious. Jacob T. Barron has just returned from a long stay in Florida and G. Duncan Bellinger is now in Florida. Mr. J. S. Muller is partially paralyzed, though no quality of his vigorous mind has suffered impairment. Mr. W. H. Lyles, Mr. R. W. Shand, Mr. B. L. Ab ney and Mr. John T. Seibels are about the only members of the elder gener? ation at this bar left in the full en? joyment of health and strength. Sumter Greys. Yesterday's Columbia State contain? ed a half page description, with photo? graphs, of the handsome department store of J. L. Coker & Co.. Hartsville, S. C. Referring to the brick they say: "Delightful as Old Tapestry." "It would hardly be thought that our common brick, rough of surface, of every shade from dark chocolate to light tan, with rough cut black ends, would come under the classifi? cation of 'richness of material.' Yet they were selected and laid with such care and skill, in Flemish bond, with broad joints, that the effect is as pleasing and delightful to the eye as old taperstry." These brick referred to were manu? factured by the Sumter Brick Works, and Sumter can feel proud to have one of her industries so well spoken of. The "Sumter Greys," the name giv? en to this brick, have obtained a wide spread reputation and are now being specified exclusively for jobs In the cities of Charleston and Greenville, as well as many nearby points. Mr. Ryttenberg has bought a large new boiler and new dry kiln and will double the output of the works. Many a nut is not what it was cracked up to be. ?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are safe, sure and reliable, and have been praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by W. W. Slbert "Mushlngham may have made his money In a hurry, but he hasn't neg lected to take on a supply of culture, just the same." "i know it. Do you know what he has done in that theatre he bought the other day? He's had the word 'Exeunt' instead of "Exit" painted on every door."?Chicago Record Herald. ?Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take Chamberlain's Couch Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by W. W. Slbert.