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iL-, J "DO THOU, O HEAT LIRE IT Y, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES I VOL^XI. BE NN ETTS VILLE, S. C,. FRIDAY, ? ?ht-V POSSESSION HAPPY OR O?R UlOATifS PLORIQ] AN UAR Y 12, 1906: MINERS KILLED Twenty-one Men Lost their Lives In a Minc. FEA B FUL MSASTMt y - Ia thc Cooper Mme ni Coaldale, W. Va. The ExpUaion Was Very Sudden and Its Rumbling Could bc Heard for Miles and Miles Around. A special to Tho Times from Blue field, W. Va., says: Twenty-one min ers were killed In an explosion of mine ?as In tho shaft, of the Cooper Mine company at Coaldale, W. Va., atnoon Thursday. Up to midnight Thursday only one body had been recovered. Im mediately fellowing the explosion, which was heard fer several milos, rescue parties set to w??? to explore the wrecked shaft. Coaldale is a mining town situated In Mercer county on tho lino of the Norfolk and Western railway and ia 16 miles west of Blue-Hold, ihitor.ee before In the history of the Pocahon tas coalfield has there bcthfcuoh a fearful disaster as that In the Coal dal Coal company's shaft Tou <Tiy. The victims of that other d(sister Bleep In thc ennetary at I? oahun as. Thursday at noon while tho ooh es ?... .were..crowded with men there was* a sudden and heavy rumbling a mlle and more In the dept hs of the mountain and through tho miles of passages and air shaft of that Immense mine the shock was felt. H.fore th? dote nations had died out, Bank Boss Th? m s WU Hams, who was a long ways from the explosion, staggered to h:s feet, at.d feeling his way Lo a mino telephoue, called to those on tho outside that there had been a terri lie. ? xplosion of mino gas and asked for help. Gathering about thc entrance, has tening orowds urged hy coal heads and aux'ous hearts hurried to prepare for the rescue of the missing ones and an exploration cf the wreck workings. At 4 o'clock one man was brought out. lie was H. C. Conrad, and his body was littr illy torn to pieces. His clothing was hanging in shreds. Up to a late hour Tnursdey night no other bodies had been recovered. Titers was considerable smoke and gas in the entries and notwithstanding * and,werc-vvorklng with full io das aud;smoke wore not bot?n o out very; fast. The following are the dead and their bodies aro with tho exception of Conrad, still burled in the mint: J. W. Larne, W. Lam , .1 n Sloss, Laraz Aladar, Bungai Ki; Anthony Bruce, Pole; H. C. Conrad, SI J as White, John Patterson, Gus Harris W. T. Sullivan, William Price, Wil liam Ward, Walter U vlnn, SIph Gray, Sterling Williams, Albert li .mum, Nathan Harriston, Willi un Curry, Silas Harris, Jone Kelly, Lee Price. The COa'd ile opcratb ti is owned and operated hy the Co< p.ir Brothers, who aro also owners of tl e Mill Creek and McDowell Cuni ?nd C ike comp riles. The Coaldale plant ls considered one of the best operations in the field Ed Cooper is on the ground supervising the work of rescue. Cannot Haul (Joi n Drop Thc railroads of Kansas are unab'e to furnish cars to moy J ooo ?uf of the corn crop. Grain men, farmers and millers appeal in vain for trains in which to ship to market the 190, 000,000 bushels of this cereal, A;l along the lines of the coin bolt arc heaps of corn waiting to be shipped. At some temporary crib.) have been built to sLoro this bul in the great majority Of tho plie S it has been merely piled up on the ground, and some of these piles contain as many aa 10,000 bushels, This corn has been hauled to ship ping points with V e idea that lt was to be loaded into cars which had been ordered, but In m oft Instances the corn got there before tho cars and is still walting for thom. Storms might seriously damage this corn, which ls exposed to the elements, and the men who own lt are kct ping tue wires hot with messages to the railroad asking that their orders U r curs be tilled. Clim <i Wim Al II rd or, A dispatch from Anderson to tho State says Robert Hird and L n An derson, two yentii groes living in tho lower part of this County, have been lodged in jail cn charge with the murder of a negro wc m an at a hot supper, lt v/as alleged that the ne groes were returning home from the frolic, when they mela party siso re turning home. Tooy tired two shoLs into thc Oiowd. on? nf whioh struck a negro woman and ii dieted h jun s from which she died a day or two af terwards. A preliminary hearing was given tho negroes yesterday by Mag lstrate McAiister and the evidence waa snell that accused wore sent to tho county jail to await trial at the approaching term of the circuit court. | ') Lost iiIH Lav - in attempting to avoid a' bicyclist, Mathew Summers, a chauffeur, los*, his own lifo at Harrison, N J. Sum mers was employed by the Worthing* ton Pump Works, and was running His automobile Into Harrison after taking the manager of the company to Orango, when .lames Brown, on a bicycle, turned In front of hbo. Tho Chauffeur swerved his maohlne into a curbing with sue i force that ho was hurled over the hood of tho automo bile against a tree. Brown was thrown from his wlvel and badly hurt. A Landslide, On account ( f recent heavy rains a landslide ocourrod Thursday on the South and Western railroad, In pro cess of constructing near Pine Bldgo, N. G., killing three men and fatally Injurh g-two others. 7/ho bodies of ?Le dead men have been recovered. j TORNADO ?SWEEPS A OHOUMIV CITY WITH DH ITU AN? DI24TltUOTH>N. Two Pe plo Killed, Many Injured end a Groat Teal of Properly Testroyid. A tornada of terrine force passod over Albany, Ga., at 1.30 o'c'ock Wednesday afternoon; coming from a southwesterly dlreotlou and spreading ruin and desolation over portions of a dozen blocks. Shveral persons are dead, otheis will die as a result of lu juries and manv are more or less ser jously hurt. Viewing the wreckage le fi by the toonado, lt seems a mira cle that seores were not killed out right the tribute claimed In the way >f hum vu lives being astonish ingly small. 'Plie known dead arr: Ken Joue, a negro machinist In the Btrploy of the Virginia Carolina Ohemlcal company. .lake Johnson, a 0-year-old nemo boy. Among those whose Injuries will In all probability prove fatal ari : Luta Gladdon, Jesu- Davis, Annie Davis and Jessie Woodall. The Mit ls still Incomplete owing to thc fact that much of the destruc Mon wrought was well beyond the olty limits. Reports from the t?rna lo after lt left Albany have not been received. Hundreds of negroes in the city are homeless tonight and many have lost all their hcu'vehold effects. The In jured arc being careel for and elf >rts aro being made to secure shelter for all. This ls dithcult owing to the scarcity of all kinds of dwi liing hous es in the city. Under dlreotlou of Mayor Rawson, relief will be secured ind promptly furnished those in greatest distress. lt ls dill)cult to estimate the prop erty loss. The Virginia Carolina Chemical company is ti e principal si.-iTerer, its destroyed buildings and machinery having be. n north prob ably $00,000. It Is safe to say that the total lols will t e found to rxeeid $159,000. Very little of the destroy ed property was protected by tornado insurance. The southern Bell Telephone com pany ls among the heaviest sufferers. Its lines were blown down in several parts of the city. Some little ap prehension ls felt for Pretoria, In the southwestern part of the cc uh by. Plie tornado cam.? from that direct lon and as thc telegraph wires aro down nothing can be heard fi om there. - : Obi iii ?01 dor of tho Army UV ll IHM il in ni For rcq testing a sergeant of artilory to chat.go lils seat at a theatre, First Lieut R y 1 Taylor of the coast ar tillery ls r di cid in rank 12 i umbers. Ile was tried by CJUItmartial last week at New York end the verdict was announced Wednesday. The of fonse wa3 committed at a theatre lu New London, Conn., svhere a sergeant of Taylor 'fi own company, who was In Uniform, vacated a seat at thc ri q test of L'eut. Taylor. ".It ls hoped," states the decision which is s'gned by Brig. Gen. (/rant, ''that the sentence of the court wib leave no douct in tho mind of any one that the uniform of a soldier is a mark of honor which must be respect ed In the Halted States." It also (stated that a sentence more severe than thc one given is warrant cd. The theatre incident took place last Cotobur. Sergt. P.arkk b\ Ruttier o? the One Hundred and Twenty-lifch company, coast artillery, whieh was Taylor's ca m pan y, was scated In front Of his superior iilljer at a perform ance. L out. Taylor was not In uni form, Naarby wore a party of friend whom he knew but who were not members of his pajty. It was in or der to make vacancy for one 11' them that he told the Bi recant* to move, lils words to the under ollicer, accord ing to t ho prlntid vcrdlet of the court martial, were; ''Sergent, you had better got vour tlv.kot changed and get your seat somewhere In the rear,' or words to that t tl'rtct." Lieut. Taylor ploadod not gullly to the oharge of conduct to the pnj'j i.i :o of good ordor and uiillt iry disci pillie, saying tnat he had asked the sergeant to move but he sp.ike as ono might to another and did not Intend to convoy to Sergt. Butler the idea that ho was being ordered to move. N' J??<> Drowfiod. A dispatch from IO Ige ll sid says a middle agi tl negro man of (Jolliers, camed Ned Thomas, was drowned Wednesday night In Log creek, four miles west of that towt). Ho was undi r tho Iclluence o? whiskey and his mule was drowned with him, His daughter walked aor03S a bridge and got oafoly over. Ho was an indus trions f(liow and had just borrowed a sum of money from i-ho Rank of Kdge lleld, which money he ls supposed to have had upon his person. Warn?. Ot pew u> lt? Mun. Senator Braokctt, of tho Now York Legislature, on Wednesday Introduc ed a r? solution demanding the resigna* tloil of Chauncey M. Depew a<s United States Senator on account of Depow's rolatlons with the Equitable Lifo As eu raice Society, as el h. closed before the Investigating o?mmltteo After several Senators had eulogized Depew and protested jgalnst referring tho r?solut! m to any committee, Rraok ett sold ne was willing it should be put over, but he did not want to bo "kissed OUt Ot CXlStenO?." Ho BUD80< quently withdrew the resolution. tl*H Two Jobi), James B. Mc Laughlin ls thc only momber of the Dlstrlot of Columbia bar with two widely dlfforcnt and dis tlnot professions. Ho is an excellent lawyer and an ordained minister of thc McthodlHt Kplscpal Church and regularly preaches to Washington congregations. NEED NOT FEAR Thc South jVust Furnish Cotton for the World. SO SAYS AN } XPJLRT. Thc Much Hxploltcdn Assouan Dam Across thc River Nile Will Have Lillie Hffect in Increasing the Production of Cutton in Egypt. That the much exploited Assouan lam aoross thc Nile will have little >r no c licet in stimulating cotton pro motion In l'ijfypl, as has been claimed br it, is the assertion of a gentleman *ho probably knows more about Egypt md 10 Ytian conditions than any man n the United States. This gentleman Is Cope Whitehouse, vho is now In Washington In counoo iou with what ls known ?3 the Lako Iorris prc j coe, in whloh he lg Intor Sted, and which baa attracted tho at ontlon of tho yovernmcnts of thc Jolted ?States, G.eat lirltlan and 1 '.?y pt. KO Y 1?TI AN COTTON O KOW INO. ( "In 1891," said Mr. Whitehouse, in Ihcutslng the mattor a day or two go, "Aniir!'',i!i cotton growers were ? old that thom waa an Immense area f abandoned land, admirably adopted ? 0 cotton cultlvatlo'J, lying between | bo cultivated section of the delta and j lcdltotranean. In 1SS7, the late John , Jard well, of Houston, then OOOSU' | encrai at Cairo made an elaborate , eport on the condition and prospects | f the country, as a whole. 1 a treat og of cotton, Mr. Cardwell .said that , Ittle of that staple was produced ] >rior to tho. timo when the trade of | )ort,s In thc cotton-growing states W"? , ut CIT by the bk ("kudo during bb 1 vii war. Egypt'ans thou began to , tend their energies to supply; so far ] s lay In their power, some of the ro , ultant eic licit. Oao dollar a pound . vas a great Incentive, and the cultiv- , ,tion of cotton in tho Nile valley be j nmo general. In 1880 18S7, thc total ul tl vated area of 10/ypt was estima , td by him at 4 498,520 acres, with ( ?26,1 l l \cresof cotton In lowr r Egypt-, iud less than 60 OOO aores to the , ou'hof Carlo. Oiily ii 14 per cent , if thc. population was engage d In cot- | on culture. The ott on crop was then , ? j .Vt ~f ) ".''ii hiCti iii ?..?< <."....- . ..? I igricultuiii operations, being grown or export after abundant provision lad been made for a food supply cf , ;ce, Indian corn, barley, beans, wheat ,o the value, of 813.000,000, etc. Sug , ir cann land In upper lO^ypli was ,vorth ef>0 an acre. ; STIMULI!? OF mtlTl.SH INFLUENCE ' Tho Egyptian co-ton was used In iho United States In tho. manufacture >f cotton velvets or plushes, pr Incl jally. lt ould novor ci-rupcte with j American sea Island cotton at ?10 or 15 cents for line threads, nor with the iveragc quality of Ti xan growth, on ' ioeou.it of tho prlco. The quantity ' vas also obviously limited to tho neighborhood of a ml I on acres, HO I eng as there was no government In 1 orfc-rence with the food supply. Bul vlien the British took possession ol lie ministry of public works and of Inanco, In I8a;i 1881, the cotton crop 1 mcame the end and aim of all their ' administrative energies. They forced 1 .ho fir mers to abandon rice so that ,he water might be used for cotton, 1 ind hy practically abolishing tho Im- 1 )ortatlon of fresh seed and bhesubstl lUtlon of a native seed, known as 'mit allll,i' the quantity was Incrcas id and the quality lowerod to a point it which it could be used In tho 10 lg lsb mills. At a later period, a reduo don was mado In the area allotted to 1 iu^ar cane. egyptian sugar, in bsau Kui yellow crystals, was sont to franco to ho used with beet sugars, i icing conveyed in French steamers, \hile 1 be cotton wont in British ves inls to I'J.'igllsh atid Scotch mil's. (J KIO AT PLAN Koli IHUIOATION. lt was In I8S7 that Mr, Cardwell ,o< k oogn'zuice of Mr. Wiiltohouso's work. In his report, ho sahl that 'the ourious historical and solentl flo .(?searches of a oltlasn of tho United ?ilutes hud unfolded a hugo plan of ir igation, known to the ancients, and ,he present Egyptian government, ifter at first turning a (loaf oar to lils propositions, seems at this time llsposed io proll*o by this man's phil lopuy." But' he added a warning th at bone tits would not bc realized 'unions foreign power again establish? (1 decay." Under the Lead "A (Irand S?beme," he then described Mr. Whltehouse's Like Morris projected. In the early part of 1S82. Mr. Whitehouse visited I0?ypt and went Into thc desert, where ho found a val oy correspond i og in nfiape, depth and position to that which be bad found depleted on a map copied nearly i>(!0 years before from a more ancient map drawn more than I 200 years before that time, lt was by the use of this valley, with a Oin al about 8 miles In length loading off from tho ll)?tU(l area of tho Nile about 70 miles up tttream from Cairo that lt was expi cit ed to dotilile the available supply of water dining tho period known as low Nile. "Although tho great A frican river looms long and huge, on tho map, f r *Y? rt fl-**?* * . w* . t f Vt Cl r-ti-Afft il 11 iii,-ii uiiru*} ii'wii.i... ^Vvi ) j * ^ ceases to discharge any water Into tho | Medltcrraenan. Ifenco, before there I could be any Increase In cotton culti vation lt was neceasa/y to store Hood water, and tho amount proposed to ba stored b> Mr, Whitehouse was .>, 000,000,000 ouhio yards. This could havo hoon obtained from tho lUiynn valley, with a depth of 220 foot and a surfaoc*. area of 250 squaro miles, hy allowing tho Nllo to raise tho level of tho proposed lako lo that of tho In undation In the adjacent valloy, and then closing tho sh >,.,, gutos, to bo | oponed in March ?> ^iUo rises about 20 feet, . '? Whltehotiso's r PUCO would have huon more than auf iraient. NO DANOKH TO AMKHlOAN COTTON. "I take much Interest in this ques tion," wroto Mr. Cardwell in his re port. "I desire to seo tho scholarly efforts and the persistent researches of ono of my country men succeed; to see American mind do good as a coun terbalance to harm dune by European armies. But years have elapsed and the swamps and eand strewn regions of the delta romain as they were when tho Texas man was consul general at Cairo and Tor 1,700 years before that, although tho scorpolu infested and hyena haunted depthB of tho "region of Gehenna" hava been traversed, mcahurcd and ( xplorod by atore of experts employed by tho Egyptian government, or representing scientific societies of Europe and the United States. "While thc successful carrying of tho preset wculd obviously have a wounderfully stimulating r l?.?ot on cotton growing In K ;ypt," said Mr Whitehouse in discusing this phase of the oase, "tho cotton growers of the south need not fear that a singlo aero will be added to Egypt's cotton area through my < ff irts for at least llvo years. lu 1891 and again in 1804, lt seemed crbaln that the work would be undertaken at once, In 18U8 a contract was made fora reservoir dam tt the fl rat cataract; and even so well informed a vaprosontativo of the United States as Hou. E C. Pentleld, appointed by President Cleveland, ventured the prediction that 1 OOO, DOO ices would bo added before 1000 with an Increase In tho agricultural Dutput of at least 20 per cont. T1IK DAM NOT A SUCCESS. "But th s expectations have proven bo be baseless. Thc dam itself ls a well a milo and a quarter in length Tho English engineers who designed lt as a private speculation for an E ig lish company declarer5 that lt wouid )ffer no obstruction to the high Nile, uut that thc Hood would pass as freely through tho sluiceways as a river through the piers of a bridge. On August 8, last, when tho reservoir mould have been empty, the Nile had beaded up ov<:r 30 feet and was tear ing through 140 passages, about IC ho 60 feet in length, an I 7 t-> 21 In ..idth, ala t ate of more than ?00 mlle; tn hour. Deep crevices had developer >n tho downstream side, and lt wai necessary to construct buttresses ii jreat haste. lt will take at least tw< years to complote these and other rc pairs. "Thc cotton crop has been increas 2d by the transfer of sugar cane lam cotton cultiv?t lon," continued Mr Whitehouse, "but thc oillolal report ?how that thc cops before 1898, whei tho contract for thc da n was signed liavo actually exceeded those ralsot linos its completion. There haR bos' ii .?.?mi oUin/ w' ?!.'. '.???ar?;. -?j^Mabh whole tc.ieme wns a gigantic swindle that a group o? English speculators Df whom Slr Earnest Cassel was th principal, qulotly acqured over 1,000, 000 acres, at prlcos ranging from th government registration fee of 1 Dents p;r acre up to $10 and $20, an then agreed bo build thc dam inorde Lo raise, prices and enable them to un load the land on the Ere neb and E >g Usn public during the four years th sonstruotlon work was In progrese Even Lord Cromor appears to hav become alarmed at tho lmpendin? srash. Thc price of tho lands wa fr *ced up to near'y (OOO an aero, an when tho speculators nave unload? the ground could not be remuncrativ to the cultivator at any such prlcos. WILL NOT KKFItCT PIUCO, "But to rot um to thc cotton que? tion," said Mr. Whitehouse in conch don, "thc American growers hav nothing to fear. The Egyptian ere Df this year ls estimated to bs no lari jr than that of 181)7 8 or about 1,200 DOO hales." A resolution calling on the state d partaient for all the papers rclath bo Mr. Whttehouse's operations I E/ywt has been Introduced by Seni bur Lxlge and adopted, and the da ls now In course of preparation at tl department. I > lin 11 In lc H l> .<Htl-OYO(i" Toe Spartauburft! Herald says Sta Constables Miller, Mulligan and lily rcturnod Wednesday from a twodaj sc. ut In tho Dark Corner, where tin were accompanied on their rounds lt venue Officer Alkon and Constat Ball, of Greenville. They destroy three largo lll'e b dhtilleries and ti thousand gallons of still beer. T otlioera also oonfl.oated thirty ti gallons of wiilskoy. No arres's w( made, and the moonshiners did n attem pt to molest tho Intruders. T constables state that t.vo of t distilleries were located near Lull Durham's place, and the oilier nea man's named Plumly. Tue stl'ls wi destroyed in one day, and thc m put in a bard day's work djstroyl tho plants. Motorman AttHckoil. At Brooklyn tho p dice roser wi re called out Wednesday night disper-o a mob ?vb evJ wrVi threaten! diaries Kropp, a motorman, wh K-AM had killed seven year old Ar Owens, in Brooklyn. The child v erossing the street with her Chrl mas loll, when she dropped the pl thing. In turning to pick lt up i stopped in front of tho ear. In a 1 minuses several ; core of people I gathered, and wheo they learned tl tho girl was dead they attempted drag Krepp from tho inuit of his c Ho took refuge inside, locking fri and back doors. Stones and stl were hurled through the windows him. Finally the police reserves v called out, but lb was only after us their olubs that they succeeded dispersing thc angry cowd. Atl Wcro iioHt. The British bark "Pass,"of Melf Captain Cougal, from A neon for I ot sound, drove ashoro on the n ek Vancouver Island, a quarter of a i east of Amphltritc point, Ttl? night, and all on board wcro 1 Tho vessel was making for tho trance to the straits when a tor southwest gale drove hor to tho shore on Vanoouver Isl" 1 doom*"1 '.' drove w' f tv i ADE_?LAVE8. Ujity Traffic ?n Chinese Laborers For South Africa. VV?LJ* W?BK IN MINES ? ^?*>,- '.y l?';-"' ' : /fw '; ?' ? $ ?'? ? ? Her'.ed Like Cattle. Th ? Contractors Iprdish Them to the Mine Work-ni j Bini They Belong To Their Em ployies,' Body and Soul. Sent to Alines. /.^fetter from Washington to The OhvMr)&rfpu Post says an Interesting sto y'UM -j????? yeaohed this country ooo 'otnlng tho trafilo in Ohinesc oolite > In tho mines of th? Transvaal Ph>?methods of oolleoting, seperatlng and ^hipping tho ooolles is fully do ser! t?d and tho whole treatment cf uhr -A resembles tho seleotiou of oat tie ?pt- tho great slaughter houses mo i than of human beings. Durlug the last year tho "industry," as it lb cal. "4 grow to large proportions Wlijte labor, since the close of thc South African war bas been found in HIIU hdont for-the purposes of mining gol 1 in tho Transvaal, and couse iu j-^tli ft has been neoeessary to ex pur : /.ifoifsanr'sof o >olies to that place Tdo pi J miry work of colli obing the coo.w.1 ls beguu by misslonar/dcc ?ors, at inexpense of tho contractors. The M?'.?,?|?d coolies., aro first marched to ?be Airest rajkpadvatatfon and for \ wa?- -M to thoyshiping point. Being tak '\ from tho trains ttiey are placed in tv. raoks'of dlfrdrenb SIZJS, usually lar^ onough, however to ncommo dat-i from thrd?-tb.four hhndred Obi nos- Bhoh ls then stripped aud ox;i i luod by the doctors, inoludiug teni for eyesight and hearing. Those ace Led . pass into a largo tank ot war .i water and aro there scrubbed with '.oap nv othor coolies. They are thou 'Vaccinated, photographed aud t eh Identification oarda written up on. i ?; /..y '?... . A number ls.'hung about their noe &'ud they aro u lered again, in" ^nether compound until the noxt tratuport Rails. It la said that' they, are fc'.we furnished with a c^py (i uio coi; 1 \ct tliey are to sign both in Chi -<?o and lu English.- It) ls even clo' ?aro told what th-, ??V tract metw':!?, whore they are gol I.Ue wage? they aro to receive, etc., 'out this is ?oriousty doubted.; li'ov.' j Killen have onorgh intellect to undi; <tao<' ;. mniiv.ot <.-:.. should it be 1 Bes? J liquor aro now deniod him, though ne may ha/e all the rice and lea li ls stomach ls capable of holding The lay before shipping, the coolies ire tikeniu lots of ten to the (.Dice of th's Chinese protector for a ilnal ex amination. Here they aro not only given another severe physical test, but r,re asked many questions In the endeavor toase ?taln whether or not the heathorn understands tully where ho lt going and what he is expected to do aftor getting there. In a large hall stand or fq mt som two hundred coolies In rows along the wall. Their only clothing is a pleco if string and a papor tag. If passed up as being ail right, they arc given anotier wash and aro then given cleat, clothes, shooi, bolts, socks, straw hats, etc., aud reappear lu dark blue uniforms. The paper or temporary tag which has heretofore been hanging around the oohes neck ls now exchanged for a pormauent lead one with a number on lb. Ile has no name, horeaftcr a number. 'Pols lead t.ig boc iones as mue i a part of him as his Hoger or any othor sec tion or his antomy. Ho ls now given 8.1? (M- xican) two months piy, and *s bonus, anet askod again If bo prefers to return home or retain the sliver. The answor ls in variably lu favor of the silver. Ilav lng decided to retain the money In ex change for a tag with a number on lt tic pushes it into a tin pan, which later serve him for his rico bowl, his washpau, and for many other use to whioh he may wish to put lt. At this point the c >oly belongs to the con tractor soul and body. Ho ls now placed In a kind of jill, and herc he Olds farewell to his (amby and credi tors. He receives hu kit bag con taining clothing, a blanket, a tin cup and a bamboo pillow, and ls now toa dy to take his place In thc i/old mines of tho Transvaal. Toe IIIS'J shipment of c idles was mule lu July, 1004, and tue total number of shipment's from all ports ti tho present tim'3 is twenty-niuo. The total number of coolies b'hlppcd from ill parts of (Jnlna ls -lu,ooo. Thc deaths havo been comparatively few. Contractors are milking many thou sands of cl ?liars annually out of this slave tr;.ill..., and ns will be KOCH from the numerous physloil te-?t3 to which tho coolies are put, they onrluavor to tr ar sport only what aro onsldorcd geo ! risks. '11 tito others they would undoubtedly lose money. 'I'orriblo TI'M*I<HIJ. At Oilodonla, Minn., Matthew Sty lui. Infatuated with Pearl Whoa ton, (Luightor of S. N. Wheaton, a wealthy farmer, broke into tho Wnoa ton home idiot and killed tho girl and wi ?? oded I.cr.sister Kuti i her moth er and himself. Styler ls a dental .si.u lens at thc University of Minne SOU.. Paarl Wheaton had refused to marry rim. Unable to securo on trance, through tho door, Styer broke through a window and was met by Ituth Wheaton, whOf armed with a revolver attempted to protect tihe family. Styor wrestlod tho revolver from her and shot hor twlco through thc breast and thou turned on Mrs. Wheaton, shooting her In the throat and arms. Ho ran upstairs to Pearl's room. Hreaklng In tho door he shot her through tho heart and t??on shot himself, When neighbors rushed In Stjer was found with his head on tho gin's breast. She was dead a?w* ho wai barely ll ?* The 'nmv.o< . .?< NEW ELECTION LAW. ABOUT USING MOINIiV ANDHQ UOH TO 8BOUHRVOTI3S, -~ Will Bo JspeoUlly Important This Tear as All Clfioers Are to be Eleo'.od. At the last session o? tho Gmeral Assembly aa Aol? was passed making certain offenses in primary oleotlons misdemeanors and presorlbing a form of pledge to be taken and flied by evory ci nd ld a te before ottering for election. Tho Aot has been in c ir .cb .jince last March, but was of no spoo al Interest last year, as no primary elec tlon was hold. Hut in the eleetion tills summer for the State and soma of the oounty. ofllocs all otndidates will have to abide by tho provisions of tho Aot. Among other requirements ovory candidate, immediately after the oleotlon, muat illo an Itemized rftate ment undor tho election. In at least one c unty the filing of suoh a state ment has been required before, but onlv aco-rdlng to a rule of tho oounty oxocutlve oommitteo, but it was in oorporated into the State law at the last session of the Legislature. The provisions of tho Act will bo of Interest not only to prospective candi dates, but to the people generally, and is given in full as follows: An Aot making curalo offences in. primary elections misdemeanorsj sud proscribing penalties therefor. y Section 1-Ha it enacted by the General- Assombly-.of tho S?ato of South Carolina,., at or before evexy political primary elco lon held by anv political party, organ Ration or asso ciation, for tho purpose of ohooslng candidates for oOice, or tho election ot delegates to conventions, in this State, any porson shall, by threats or *ny other form of intimidation, or by the pay mont, delivery or promlso of money, or other article of value, pro oure or offer, pr?mlso or endeavor to procure another to voto for or n g ainsi any particular candidate In such eleo felon, or who Bhall, for Buch considera tion, .cff;r toso vote, shall bo gullly of a misdemeanor. a Seotlon 2-^Every oanuWate offering br oleotlon, Under the provisions of Section 1, shall make the following pledge and the the samo with the jlork of OoUrt of Oommon Pleas for the county in which he ls a candi date,-'unless he should bo a candidate lu moro than ono county, in which jase he shall tilo with the Seoretary )i State, before he shall enter upon ils campaign, to-wit: - t, the undersigned......... .of t? uaroiina, candidate for the olhce of.. .... hereby pledge that I will not K?VO nor spend money, or use intox' atlng Iquors for the purpose of obtaining or nil fencing votes, and that I shall, at lie conclusion of the campaign and lefore the primary election, render to ihe Clerk of Court (or Seoretary of State, as herelnbeforo provided,) uuder )ath, au ii; mi/, ul statement of ah noneys spent or provided by me during ;he campaign for campaign purposes ip to that time, and 1 further pledgi ihat 1 will, Immediately after the pil nary election or elections that 1 am a >andk.ate in, render au Itemized state uent, under oath, showing all further noncvB spent or provided by me in laid election. Provided, that a failure io comply with tills provision shah .ender such election null and void, in io far as the candidate who falls to Ho the statement herein required, but diall not itt ?ot tho validity cf the dcctlon of any candidate complying pvlth this seotlon. And provld il fur rier, that such ltem:/.3cl statement ind pledge shall be op^n to public In fection at all times. Section 3-That any violation of my of the provisions of this Act shall 50 a misdemeanor, and any person, .ipon conviction thereof, shall bc tined aot less than tl00 nor nure than $500, jr bc imprisoned at hard laber for not loss than one uv nth nor more than nix months, or both tine and Imprison ment, In the d.stretton of tho Court. Approved tho Oiih day of March, A. I). 1UU5. Awful Hatchery. According to a story In circulation at Moscow, Russia, the number of summary executions of revolutionists is large. Mr. Smith, an Knglluhman and proprietor of machine works there willen was accldentlly burned, says that he personally witnessed a num ber of executions. When tho '.'Pru* Jina" garrison of thc sugar factories surrendered tho tflijor in command of the regular troops after a few brlof questions picked out tho vloilms who wt re marched twenty paces In front of the. lirlng squad. Tlioy received tho volley ana dropped without n itiugglo. lt ls generally stated boat the victims were handed o^or to thc tiring squad wltii thc omraand, "Take them to thc river," which was tantamount t> a sontenco and war rant for tholr execution. PkOkOtl Up Ht Heil, Advices were received in Charles ton on Thursday of the safety of four llsocrmen, John i'lnoknoy, Lawrence Washington, Mlney Gibson and Frank Simmons, who were picked up at sea by a passing vessel and carried into Norfolk. The men were though to nave been lo.st and that they were safe was pleasing Intelligence to their relatives and friends. Tboy belonged to tho lishing smaok Charleston and while ott shore last Saturday, their small boat got adrift In a sudden squall and disappeared from view, rho smack returned to port without thc mon and there was only ono con clusion thas thoy had bcon swopt out to sea and drowned. union Father wit'i *'iBt. Defending ins mother against her quarrelsome husband Joseph Pollook aged 22 years, of 138 West Cumber land street, Philadelphia, stiuck his father lu the faoo Monday a blow, wh c i resultod in his death. Tho son has boon arrested, charged with mor dor, and lils mother held as a witness, .?her son, who ls lay preaohor, tt from or.ductlng a lovoDi ?rlOO Ot . ? v $200 on ut H Uuwt Tho Columbia Seato eaysa reward of $200 has been offered for tho arrest of Love Dunbar, a negro , who ls charged with having killed Mr E) ll Basher uear Balley in Aiken county' on the night of December 24'?U. The hom?nido was one ot tho most shock - ing of all of the list of terrible orlmes of Christ m is week. Three negroes *ro now in arrest tut LOVJ Dunbar lt> a fugitive and it ls believed that he lb the ono moat guilty. Mr. Fisher was a man of largi means and his death was a calamity to the neighborhood In whioh|h w *s mci a prominent oiiix-en. Col. D. S. Henderson ot Aiken oailud on Gov. Hey ward yester day and put before him the matter 11 such a way that tho effer was made, Shorlff T. P. Raborn wrote the gov ernoi: "Several parties have been arrested In connection with tho mat tor, but one pf tho men who ls bellev ed to have Implicated In tho mur dor has not been captured. Tels mar. ls Fred Dunbar, Jr., alias Love Dun bar. 1 have made deligent se ?roi. for this man aud havo had my depu tics searching for him but to no a vail as yet. .1 desire to recommend that a liberal roward should bo offeree for his apprehension. In this recoW mendation I arri )oinr? JbV W?? y?opli of S.OloyV" Attached to Sheriff Raborn's lettei Isa cimmunioation from Dr.- H. J. S Uley, intendant, written by a sae coincidence on tho letter paper of tin latelO.il Fiber. Dr. Salloy writes: "Said partly, we believe from evi dence was ono of the men who Oreo upon the person cf E. H. Fisher, wh< war, killed on the night ot D?C. 24, 1U05, at the home of Barney Dunbar. Following is tho description of Free Dunbar, Jr., alias Lovo Dunbar, glv en by Shorlff Radorn: "Light' ginge! oake, smooth skin pegro, 27 years ole lix feet two to three inohes In height weighs 175 to 185 pounds full bust, thick throv'ih enqst, amah cars, good, black han; ?rcen black eyes, lit tle pop eyed; long keen pointed nose. Blaok mustache, whioh ho wears trim med at comer? o? mouth. M nth h small-uuusually small for his raoe. Good tooth, the front tooth on righi, side of upper "AW ts plugged with gold gold also 8ho ..s on eye'tooth. Wcaor No. 8 shoes and when last scon won a new pair of blaok . patent loathe) shoes with tan topB. So?o of T*y> aw vest 42, pants 44 and ^<Q3f|9?Hfl|ffiE| of low dives and low drinks to execw lu isa iluo figuro^ neat oftert wears bluY overalls' with aprot front. JI .a a black happy ovo carpenter trade and ia ?aid to bo first olasa hotel porter." TERRIBLE J6XPEBISNGE. Shipwrecked Scmimn WabhoO Ashore it) Dy lu/: Condition. Six days in an open yawl boat wltL waVvS c instantly dashing over then and with only a few tins of canned beef and one gallon of water, ls tin experience of Capt. Bodden and thi six members of the crew of toe Amer loan scnooner Nakomls. The mei reached Penseoola, Fia, Thursday, be lng brought from St. Andrews, when i.hey v/t.re washed upon thc beach li an almost unconscious condition, wi tl limbs swollen and benumcd and ai inoBt dead from exposure. They were found by a party from t> small settlement nearby and given at. tentlon uutll they were able to bl placed In a boat and brought down ti Pensacola, where the vessel is owned Phe story of tue suffering of thc mei. ls a terrible one. Tue vessel put ou from Gulfporb about two weeks ag* for Cuba with a cargo ot lumber Shortly after/ge ting to sea a leak wa discovered and although the pump were started, thc water continued ti rise In the hold until there were sev oral feet. A heavy gale then came on and tin men began to throw i ff the deck load i'he vessel continued to take watei and lt was Soon afterward i that slit listed heavily. Tho men then d?cid?e to abandon tho ship end gathere? food and nautical lnstrumontJSj^uUw?'' lng them on a oabla-U?T?HoT when i big wave e*>*:cpt over the vessel, turn lng lt completely over and throwing everything Into tho sea. Almos by a miracle ouc tf the lifeboats, a jug of water and a few cans of meai were saved. The men then set out forshoro, and for six days and nights, with tho sea running alu ost mountain high, the) puiiod the Open boat sometimes not kuowlng In which direction they wert golug. Towards thc close of tho sixth day innd was sighted and although an elf rt wae made to keep the boat i ff, the strength of tho wearied crow was not sufficient, and a big wxve cast the boat and its contents upon tho beac near Sb. Andrews. Tho mon woro un able to move, he.ng almost dead from cold and hunger. How to id Ve ItlRht. This is tho season of tho year when a great m my people form new reso lutions for the future. This is right and proper, but If these now formed rr solutions aro to amount to any. thing wc must remember that right thinking ls tho foundation of right living. To live tho highest lifo of which we, as human beings, are capable, wo must tlrmly beltcvo and and live up to our belief that we can, should and must resolutely maa lor our thoughts aa wuii tut oui aott?h?', and that wo must control the mental pictures in which wo indulge as much as the words whioh Issue from our Hps. As a man "thluketu in his heart, HO 1? he." Thoughts gonerate feeling. When discouraged and de pressed lift up your chest, take an attitude of courage aud speak these words sevorai timm* niowly and wain estly: "Faith, hope, courage." When sensitive ovor ill-treatment, tako thc ooricot physical attitude and s*\y several times, slowly and earnestly: ' Love, patlcnoo, forgiveness," and gee if >ou dont fool bettor." Distinguished W?^ftff %\?m^x\\%^ elie Horri WMETIM?#HAPPENS. Many I* opie Insist on Past Mortem Sur?? gery to Satiety Themselves ?liat Their Relatives nod Priende Arc D?ad. lustances Are Recalled by Doctors. The Washington Vost says lt n in.f requently happens that persons wb ?avo b3on serioudy Ul aro thought b rrionds and attendants to have breatl id their last when there ls still Ufo thc body. In fact, owes aro on recoil ??? of prematuro burial, and tills partlou arly so In timas of war and pestilence. So great is the horror of suoh * pro-, bablllty oioionti soni? ne.opio tlmt Choy hnv? ?isl?ted.upon post-mortem suc cory being porformso: upon them after ohelr death, somathtng tlv,...; would bo j atal itself, In order to provent '^hey lire calamity of being burlad alive! T iere is oho instance on reoord in this olty whore a woman, a member of orominent family, who at the time o aer last illness oxaoted a promise fr ,er family that when she was p inured dead her heart should taken from her body. This oporat was made by het family physic an of tho besk known among LOO n> t tinners of former years, '.?y (1 There aro uui.y \\*j&nnh* a< u? Ugton to lay who, Jr" !<>t near Pusitu <tie olrcunstanc* /??.onarv. ix?<<o. nan, a phyfi:<yf# imo a 8urK?M]WCI?|{ .crmy, who, tfM^,jJV' J coted for fief* IK0,1 * ?p?fc. Thora ?'j C^Bland mdldinf lonee of death to profy he was lifeless, and h.* hat she was, only in a ti . ': io was sustained by o ?ro?g that only after f when th?ro could r(' .Judge .;(..;. ifM. iino much ftdyftrk ,Voulu , .... in 1.;..?. ballal. tn? those and simUrar mo day during tue frist week, a.prao oloing ?v-.sim-, ...... au lu, study lut vor;.' - . tn?o,' ? he lomaiVod "and vas nearing '<b ':-.>". of my worw in he contagious diLease' b0i.pltal ?a ?7ew York, a call was made ui>uju mc one av to attend a little gb i Woo was :;<i lotisly ill from dlptherla, I found the* ?atient in the attic of a tenament :0use on the Eist Side of the'clty,' tot more than a blook distant from i lie hospital. "If you have ever seen that pathe lo ploturo In which you nooloo octor sadly gazing upon un uuoonaol m child lying upon pillows iixed i . Wo chairs, and tim attitude orrow-?trlcken parents," he d, )'you may get some eerte presented to he room. Ta0 -/as the only thii jalntluK from reprouu. ng picture. "Tue mother was sobbing, lead bowed over a table aod the r waa In a standing posltloa L utely dazol with sorrow. Tne',,j] vas lying on pillows stretohee" ,wo chairs. 'Don't touch her, c he father said ix) mo. 'Sae I? ind in heaven now, and so I te' nyself," said the doctor, "out^tepM ..arel ul examination, 1 found the fain >.tt indio nions of respiration, ?md vi thou t any delay 1 inorodmed .L.to Iihe windpipe tho lat?saurglo.il in? itrumont In vented for suoh oaies, and tn a low seconds plainly discovered ,iie child breathlug. Later on, hav ng culled for a hospital amoulauoe, 1 vrapped the child in a blanket xy .oak hor In my arms to tho piCKft v.vrd. . ; ,',To??^ir nTfr'i?rf^ oovered, aud wheu her pttro^ o s;o her they found her o?os! oom p?ete rec ivery. I had ditlloojj soaping tuelr embraces waonfy" mow for an abioluto trata that! HUI had their baby. "When I tirso saw that o'ltld,' <ald In onolusion, "I felt as certain tao was dead as I knew I myself waa iltvo." otvn xtrcin % otiAiioo. Do not try to make thc oiillcl think as you do "Going at him with plr ;ors,- alppmg him there and pinela aim boro, " ls a deplorable talng 1, a teacher or a pavent to do. ltith thank the Lord that he has a miud hi? own and that ho uses it. Do yoi, Dart bv f urfchOri?cr ita H?H.II?A?I.. n suoh a way that its lnhore/>"" rfinallt.' will romain intacV ' for a your?g mail to taluk <L lof hlmpolf than too meanly; to his i a wera too muoh than nob to ta* thom enough," oico salda minister lo his congregation, if you take ox? ?Oeptions to this volw, aa many of hi/ hearors did, look about and seo wit, I aro tho ones and you will dad tha< thoy aro not those who "hesitate ant (are lost," but those who have faith in i themselves, And this they oan not I have without ind vlduahty, that j mlfirhty foroe. God ol anted, which gives them the wlll to do, and the ? power to do lt._ A iud liooord. Tho annual statement of tho < ner of Ohnrlostou (Jaunty shows hoc nutated in 50 cases during t past year, Mnro having been ., numbev bf violent deaths, which ? mm i ? ,<".. in!,', th? ?Vi?t?y .MI MDM J from natural oauses. There homloldos and two sulo.dep , bo?, tho latter being of piuiiloent oltlzians. Of the deaths, 30 aoadnntsd. B31gb,t of the nu wore killed in thc railroad yards