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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
