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THE IR. N \\ IE bLDS.
Where the Methodist Ministers Will
Preach Next Year.
THE A"IPOINTMENTS IN FJLL.
As Made by Rish!op wl. wt. uncan
and Hi- Cabnet at the 'Ciow
ol the o
At th1e last annual moin e' b
Southi Carolina .onfereizce. -:N'e; di
Episcopa C rh, Sio11. th- Zip
pointmenits for next year as arrangeri
by Bishop WX. W. buncan aras -
lows:
Charleston Dtric. ,11. W. 1ays.
presiding elder--Aled . C.
Kirkland: B'eaufort. WV. S. <
Black Swamp, A. 1E. lioler: Charles
tonTrinity. J. W. Danie l. E.
0. Watson. Spring Street. .C. C I'
Cumberland and lt. Pla J. L
Harley: Coriosville. C. W. 1ay: Cy
press. C. W. lurgess: Ehrhardit. E. M.
McKissick: Hampton. W. A. Betts:
Grover, W. S. Goodwin, llarleyvill-.
S. D. Taughn: Ilendersonville. F. Ll.
Hutson: McCellanville, o. N. IOu
tree: Pinopolis. W. T. Patrick: Port
Royal. P. C. Garris: Rideland. XV. R.
Buchannan: Ridgeville. J. W. Him
bert:Round 0.. .1. C. Davis: Summer
,Ile. I L. Danil: St. Geoige. P. L.
Kirton: Walterbiro Station. Henry
Stokes: WXalterboro Circuit. W. I.
Murray; Charleston Port Society. P.
A. Murroy. chaplain.
Cokesbury DistrictJohn 0. Wilson.
presldingdelder-Abbeville. P. B. Wel :
Autreville. J. A. Peeler: Butler, . C.
Counts: Cokesbury. C. W. Creighton:.
Donnalds, J. W. Elkins: Greeiwoodi
Station, W. A. Massebeau: Greenwood
and Abbeville Mills. J. H. Graves:
Kinards, J. RZ. Copeland: Lowndes
ville. R. W. Barber: McCornie. S.
T. Blackman: Mt. Carmel, R. C. Boul
ware; Ninety Six, 31. 31. Brabliam:
Newberry, Central, S. H.-immerman,
O'Neall Street. G. E. Edwards; New
berry Circuit. ). P. Boyd: Parksville.
J. T. Miller: Phoenix, R. W. Hum
phreys; Princeton, S. W. Henry: Pros
perity, G. R. Shaffer: Saluda. H. W.
Whitaker; Verdery, E. W. Mason:
Waterloo. A. S. Leslie. I
Columbia District, J. S. Beasley, I
presiding elder-Aiken, B. R. Turnip
.seed; Batesburg, E. T. Hodges: Co
lumbia, Washington Street. 31. L.
-Carlisle: Main Street, W. I. Herbert:
Green Street. R. S. Truesdale: Gran
by, A. R. Phillips: Brookiand. F.
Speer: Edgewood. J. L. Mullinix:j
Edgetield. G. W. Davis: Fairtield. v\.
W. Williams: Fort Motte. 31. M.
Byrd, supply: (iraniterille. C. D.
Mann: Johnston, W. S. Martin: Lan.
ley, J. E. Strickland: Leesville. V. B.
Justus: Lewiedale. W. S. Henry: Lex
ington, W. E. Barre: Lexington F rk.
J. L. Ray: North Augusta, W. A.
Kelley; Ridgeway. M. F. Dukes: St.
Matthews.J. E. Mabaffey: Winnsboro,
J. R. Campbell; Epworth Orphanage.
W. B. Wharton: Superintendent Paine
and Lane, Geo. W. Walker: president
Columbia Female College, WV. WV.
Daniel.
Florence District. A. .J. Stokes.
presiding elder-Cades. Wmn. RunI:
Cartersville. J1. E. Carter: Cheraw
Station. W. L. Wait: Cheraw Circuit.
0. L. Durant: Clyde, J.- A. White:
D~arlington, Trinity, P. F". Kilgo,
Epworth and Lumber, W. C. Kelley:
Darlington Circuit, T. J1. Clyde: Flor
enee Station. J1. G. Beckwith; Geonge
town, WV. M. Duncan: Georgetown
Mission. WV. C. Smith: Greeleyville,
L. L. Inabinet: Harpers, H. L. Single
ton: llartsville. J. J. Stevenson: John
sonville, T. B. Owen: Kingstree Sta
tion. H.J. Cauthen: Lake City, J. E.
Rushton: Lamar. J. B. Traywick:
Liberty. Rt. WV. S peigener: Rome. .
F. Way: Salters. J. B. Weldon: Sam
pit, WV. M. Hardin: Scranton. J1. 0.
Carraway, supply: South Florence. 1).
A. Calhoun: Timmonsville, L. P. Mc
Ghee.
Greenville District. RI. A. Childs,
presiding elder-Anderson, St. John's,
M1. B. Kelley: Orrvilie. B. 31. llebert
son: West End, D). WV. Keller: Easley
and Bethesha, WV. E. Wiggins: Foun
tain Inn. Rt. Rt. D~agnall: Greenville.
Buncomb Street, C. B. Smith: Hlamp
ton A venue. J. WV. Speak: St. Panl's
and West Greenville, T1. G. Herbert
.and G. T. Hlarme'n, Jr.: Greenville
circuit. T. J. XWhite: Greer's, G. T.
Harmon: Liberty. 1D. A. Lewis: Nec
Clure, Rt. G. Mlartin: North Pickens,
C. L MlcCain: J. P. Attaway, super
numerary; Pelzer. T. B. Reynolds:
Pendleton. J. E. -Beard: Pickens. 0.
31. Abney: Piedmont. Peter Stok;es:
Reidville, J1. XV. Sheli: Seneca and
Walhalla, G. F. Clarkson: Starr and
Iva, J. W. Bailey: Lowndesvilie, 3M.
L. Pince: Travelers Rtest. .J. R. So
journer: Victor and Batesville. A. E.
Driggers: Walhaila Circuit. J1. I.
Spinks: Westminster. Rt. M. D)ub'.se:
XWilliamston' andl Belton. A. J1. C'au
then. Jr., Williamston Circuit. J1. 31.
Rogers, Williamston Female College.
S. Lander, president.
Marion District, E.. P. Taylor. pre
siding elder--Bayboro. L. N. Sto:'e:
Bernnettsville Station. A. B. Watson:
Bennettsville Circuit. J. XW. Arial:
Brownsville. 5. J1. Betheca: East Bilen
helm. W. B. Baker: Brightsville. F.
II. Shuler; Brittrn's Neck, J. N.
Wright: Bucksville. F. E. Hodges:
Centenary, .1. A. Graham: Ciio and
Beulahi, A. T. Dunlap: Con way. J1no.
E. Carisile: Conway and Cool Springs.
Jno. Manning: lDillon Stai . on. J1. D.
Crout: illon Mills. .J. M'. Gansque:
Latta. D. Tiller: Little lBock. G;. C.
Leonard: Loris. 5. J1. McConnell: Mar
ion Station. It. E. Stackhouse: East
Mlarion Circuit. XW. C. Power: Marion
Circuit and Nills. E. F. Scoggings5
MIcColl and IBennettsville Mills
J. C. Weleh: MIuliins, T. C. O'Delli:
North Ma rlbow,. T. L. I e.lvin: North
Mullins, B. J1. Guess: Waccamnaw. G.
WV. Gatling.
Orangeburg Dist rict. Marion D ar
gan. presidinrg elder.-- amiberg. M1. XX.
Hook: Barnwell. K. S. Enuchs: flranch
ville. S. A. Nettles: Cameron. Ji. C.
Yongue: Denmark. E. H1. Beckhian.
W. II. XWruton, supernumnerary: Edijst o.
A. J1. Cauthen, Sr.: Eflree. J1. L. Tv
her: Norway. XW. H1. Th~rower: ( range
burg, St. P'aul. .J. A. Cliftonl: Orang
burg circuit. WV. A. Pitts: Orange. B.
II. Rawis: Prvidene, B. 3t. (irier:
Rowesville and ()ranieburg city mis
sion. n A. Phillins: 5m aks. .1. T.
M1ac r:irlaneSrntei --nee
'I . . 1:er"*uron.u supernrary:
k .A.
Itoc llil i stri-1. .1P. C.de s
rsiain~s ca. 10akc khurg. . u .
Clarkson: :lackstock. W. A. Firev:
Cheser.Detel.G. P. Watson. Grace
and Ne-w etB! . G. Murphy: Cius
ter ereui. . . 1. Fridav: East Caes
ter. .. X. Neeiey: East Lancaster. V.
C. Winn: Fort Mill. W. A. Wright:
!iikorv Cr, . . t'
H t .1 , r . C C nr: Ker
w.Z. E. Tur Ipseed: Luncaster, W.
Lawson: North Ilack till- W. 11
A.\raial1: L"' . . M1. McA.eOd:
itL-ek H1iii, St. .la.W. T. lDunca:.Il
Laurel strect an'ld in lrk. M.
E. A.X W vi'us Vn \Vc .1 1.No
la nd: YorkAville. .1. L. Stokes. S. A.
Webr. super:eerary: Yr-k circuit.
. . .u:O York Mills L. T.
spartan'burg M~strict. .). IV. Xilgo.
presitdlngr elder-eh'nont. E.Z.James:
Clifton and Cowpens. V. .1. Snyder:
Cherokee, .1. N. lsom: Clinton. G. M.
Voyd: Campohello. .1. C. i-'owlei: Eno
ree. C. B. Burnis: Ga;yv. .. M. Stead
man: Ganyc ci rc uit. .i . I. Wilson:
.onesville. D- Ilucks: Kelton. A. 11.
est: Laurens. first church. W. B.
Duncan: Laurens Nills. .. G. 1lug-1
gins: MAnarch, North Laureas. -1, N.
McCain: Paca'let Mils, S. T. Creech:
Pacolct. ircuit. J. 1). Frierson: San
tue. E. M. Merritt: Spartanburg. cen
tral. J. 1. . rier:lDuncan. M.L. Banks.I
East Spartanburg. R. L. JIlolroyd:
L nion. Grace church. T. E. Morr iN:
V. 11. Miller. supernumerary: Union
and [tutfalo. E. S. Jones and L. L.
W::goner: Whitmire. J. F. Anderson
and W. L. Gault.
Slauthern Christian Advocate. W.I.
Iichardson. editor: G. 11. XWaddell.
assistant editor: tinancial secretary
XXolford College, WN. A. Rogers.
Sumter District. 1.B. Brovne. pre
siding elder-Bethany, S. 1). Biailiy:
Bislhopville, A. C. Walker: Camden,
A. B. Earle: Camden circuit, G. A
Penney: Foreston. G. H. Poorser: Jef
ferson, T. F. Gibson: .Jordan. E. K.
Moore: Chesterfield. N. L. Wiggins:
Lvnchburg. T. M.Dent: Manning. A.
N. Brunson: New Zion. G. R1. Whit
aker; Oswego and Magnolia. J. H1.
Thacker; Pinewood, S. 0. Cantey:
Richland. S. M. Jones: Santee, C. C.
Herbert: Sumter, R. 11. Jones: Sum
ter circuit, W. C. Gleaton: St. John's
and Rembert's, L. L. Bedenbaugh:
Wateree, R. E. Mood.
Sec-etary of education,J, W. Milgo:
assistant Sunday School editor, L. '
Beaty: transferred, E. T, Adams,
transferred to Southwest Missouri
conference:.Ino'. A. Rice, transferred
to Alabama conference:W. }L Kirton,
to North Carolina conference.
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
Gleaned frim- the Recent Conference
ol-the Methodists of the State.
The following figures taken from
the report of the statistical secretary
of the South Carolina conference.
made at the session at Newberry last
week. are very interesting, as t hey
show clearly tile healthy conditions of
the Methodist ehurch in the State:
Local preachers, 90: members, 77.
7'4: making a total membership of
Infants baptized during the year.
1749: adults, 1,413.
Epworth Leagues. 49: Epxvorth
League members. 1,786i.
Stunday schools. 6860: Sunday school
scholars. 41.905.
Amount raised during the past year
by the chiurch for presiding elders.
S17940.48: lor pastors, 81:30.534.97.
Cjurch organizations in the State,
75: church buildings, 6;47.
Houilses of worship valued at $1,308,
89A.95 with a reported indebtedness
of 838,526.
Pastoral chargtes. 2N3.
Parsonages, 18~4.
Value ol parsonages, $275.S05: hav
ing a reported indebtedness of 818.
97.5.
ilstricts in conference. 10: each
having a parsonage: value of these
pasonages, $a30.000: with a reported
ineteness of 81.109.
Churches reported damaged during
the year, 4: amount of damagres $8:).
Insurance carried by the Methodist
church in the State. 8315.200: paid
out in premiums during the year. A2,
Losses sustainled, 8744.
The educational statistics show the
following condition of the Methodist
institti-Vns in the State:
Wolford College--Yalue 8135.000:
endowment. &66.215.l3: professors. 8
pupils, 188.
Wotford Fittingz School -Value 815.
000: endowment $5,00l0: professors 2:
Cokesbu ry Con ference School -
Yalue. $2.000: endowmfenlt. $s15.
Counxxiia FeaeCo!ege-Value.
75.00: no en lowmnlt: professors,
Williamston Femnale College-NotI
valued byV conference. (This institul
tion is not 0owned by the cnfe~recelC.
but siml)y under its patronage) pro
fessors. a: pupils. 103i.I
Carlisle Fitting School -Value. 820.
000: endowmenrt, i'5.000: profess .rs. 4
puils abo ut 70.
I Fell in a Well.
(On Wedcnesday Mrs. Il!l. living
V.ew mles~ from L' wndesville. whi le
dIawing-waV.ter froma her well. stepped
o the curbing whiich gave way. pre-I
eipiai~Lng her' 70 feet to the~ bottom.
XWhIen takenl (ut it wals foun~d one
ankle was~ ~ broken anad she had receivedl
other injuries. Sue died abouihit nlight.
tM 11111 was a daIur:hter of WV. E.
lnic of Lounde~isville2. SheC leatves a
sowirg c:' husban :d and inlrec li ttle
chidren.
instanltly Killed.
T homasc. Wilso. an' overseer. was
sh ti nd killerd ini the parl' r ofi h.is re
ie'e at Charrlott. N. C.. Wednecsday
nih vy .\' rIu L. :ishop, a travelling
salesman o !'eersurgr. Vai. 1 ishop
h and ha nteln aI~ pprehended.
It ISis j 'Id tha Wilson objIcted~ t
BihIop's preenc A In his hIou*e and
rderd bi n1 to leve In the tquarrel
hat folot wed I Sho'p sho1 t and jinst anut
NIPPED IN THE BUD
'he Proposed Bull Fight Near Rock
Hill Was Stopped
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR.
Who Gave the SheritV AUthority
to Cal! Our the1 3ilitia i1
Necessary 1 Prevt
the -igtht.
Th.n . C2u:i2hia State siys it seems
Lt atle repor reacliing the governOr
fromn New York in rerird to a pro
Losed bull tgt with *''t lter
Eihts near i{o.k lii11 Thursd-y had
1m1plC folndio'i, in fact.
When the governor reached his of
ie Thursday rnorninm-r he found the
rowi fm Editor J. .. 1u1ll of
the HIcck 1Hil Herald whom he had
reouested to farnish li ht
-eplying to yours of Wednesla
n'ght report referred to appears to 1e
*uti horitative.. H and bills circulated
mounicin bull tigih t. dloi ti .Zht. couk
eights ec.. comml2encing Friday a
oon on farm of N. F. Thornason. four
miles s!outheast Lf Iic:k Illi.
The governof tihen asked the attr
aey general to look into the Stato law
Ir. the sub :t. and was funished wi?
he following:
[is Excellency. M. B. McSweene.
Governor. Coumbia. S. C.
Sir: You request to be advised as
o the law in this State in reference to
reventing cock ighting, bill light
1ng. etc.
Chapter 30. page 45!. of the crimi
2al code of the State, provide-:
Every owner or person having the
)ossession. ciiarge or custody of any
nimal. who in an unnecessarily cruel
)r inhuman manner. or knowingly or
vilfully authorizes or permits the t
;ame tI be subjected to any unneces
arv torture, sufTering, or cruelty of
my kind, shall be punished for any
uch offense.
Another section provides; "Who
ver intiets unnecessary pain or suf
ering upon any animal, or whoever
-auses the same to be done. whether
;uch person be the owner thereof, or
iaving the charge or custody of the
ame, shall for every such offense be I
zuilty of misdemeanor,' and be pun
shed as provided by law.
Another section provides: "Every
>wner, possessor or person having the
harge or custody of any animal, who
n an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman
naier. or knowingly or wiifully au- t
horizes or permits the same to be
ubjecled to unneessary torture. suf
ering or cruelty of any kind, shall for
very such offense be guilty of mis
lemeanor," and punisiled as provided
>y law,
The ame also provides that "it
;all be the duty of the sheriff, deputy
heritf, deputy State constables, con
tables and police ofilcers to prosecute
01 violations of the provisions of this t
thapter," and provides that one-half t
he penalty cullected shall insure one
alf to the South Carolina Society for
he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I
It should be noted that'in this chap- I
er the word "animal"~ or "animals"
iall be const rued to include all brut '
:reatures. and the words ''owner.
'person," and whlorver" shall be heldi
:o include corporations. as well as in- .
ividuals. . 1
There is also another provision to
e found ir, section 29d of the criminal.
ode, making it a misdemeanor for 1
ny person to engage in or present~at
:ok fighting within three miles (if
ny chartered institution of learning (
>f this State, and imposes a penalty<
therefor.
From these citations it necessarily I
fllows that ample penalty is imposed
for bull lighting, cock lighting, etc..
id that outside of the constitutioni
path to enforce the law, a special stat
ute directs the peace otiiers of thei
State to enforce the provisions above
:ited. Yours very truly.
U. X. Gunter. .Jr..
Assistant Attorney General. I
The governor upon receipt of the
bove telegraphed to the York sheriti
is follows:
To Jno. Rt. Logan, Sheriff, Y~orkville.
S.C.:
Information has been received at
this department that cock rights, bulli
ights. etc.. are to take place near
Rock Hill Friday at noon. Under]
:hapter 30o, page 451, criminal code of(
South Carolina. you arc directed and
iuthorized to go at once to Rock ilill
and prevent such porposed violation!
jf the law and if necessary call oat
the military company at Rock Hill or
.omlnti such~ poIsse as ma'y be neces
ary to prevent said lights. Di your
duty in premises as poviuded in crimn
nal code. Wire ime fully as to situa-1
tion. M. B. 31cdweenev.
Governor.
Thursday evening the governor re
*'elved the following from the York
sherifi. dated at Yorkvile:
To 1. D. M1eSweeney. (Gove1 nr:
IHave no iniormation further thani
is contained in vyour telegram, but.
wil gZo to Rock Hlill tonight and see
that the proposed violation if thela
is not c nsumnma ted.
Jtohni I. Logan.
Sheri tf.
i. TIhomasonm endeavored to talk
to the govern~or by long distance
'ohine but the governor told M1r.
Thomason to telegra ph him i any thing
he wished to say in regard to the maut
There was somn'ewhat of a sensation
abrut seven years ai"' wh~en it was an
nounced thtia bul 'ight would take
lace on the Hlaynie H.ll place near
Ienno in Laurens countyv. T[ne gover
nor tried to intacept the tight but
the sherili was delyed in getting to
the scene. Excursions had carried hun
reds or people to the place. When
the hunr for thieihoiine enicunlter ar
ived the two bulls strolled intio the
rena. looked at each (t her--mad.
friends and endedl t he sport in a yer
aamsi ng in:. ner.
A dispitchIii foim I. k H ill dated
F idav nmo rning at ten o'clicik says aIt
this u en 'rea del fci excitement is
h wn here and the streets are t ull of
elie discc-ussig the' situatlin and
tie possible resutiis. T he excit ement
ses to he giood na'tured atnd niatural
when th no- t ers tcd that it is not.
m!jpp' sse t ,at nning serious will
rsu itmrly n I. excited expectaciiy.
n tn is certain. however. Sheriff
S.Lon is; !here- and has called
ut the Catwi:V. IRles. Capt. I )n
( ! ori's iig to report at the
Wene i r disr. :mie at oneT.
Nlealing thLat there migiht be r'
isanlOe of his urders to prevent the
che (uled bul tigrht. Sheriff Logan had
the Calwba lti:!cs with 25 men under
apt. Herbert Dunlap ol the ground
1 the i.ne a ppointed for the tight.
.s was predicted in) letter Fida3y
orn Iig. Mr. Thomason is law-abid
ng. a in after a conforence with thle
,heriff notitied him that he would call
11t lhe tight, of bulls, dogs and cocks.
\r. Thomasoni then arranged a drag
OXg chase with ain rpossum11 a, the
cent and very pretty rae % ensiueod and
,wavtnesdb a bicrowd wich
ind assemjbkJ in expectation of a
;e1 ti;ne. Th ue ihi: and other
etuirnedI to Itk Iilti leaving the
Jherilt U:1 the Lround prepared to pre
*ent any mateiied lighting ot any ani
nal.
TIRE sHElIFF'S REPORT.
Friday eyvening, the f')llowing dis
mieh wa; reld from the sheriff of
iork county, dated from ;eclf lIill
Gov. M1. 1;. feSweemney. Columbia,
C.
Took one corstable and went to s I
Chom)nassoin at ' o'clock this mornit.
1" said unl!ss enio'ned by circuit
udge the hull tight1 and other igz
in p!.QgIIrorlam1e w(oul certainly cvma
0 as ad!vertised by noon. A fter t :.
niig this I sent fir a detachment of
he Catawba tijies as directed by you.
:itain Dunlap respoided with 2.
gen. On their arrival there was no
rouble to pre-.ent tle hull lght. The
:rowd present was small for the news
>apers had published the fact; that
he governor had wired the authori
les not to permit the law to be violat
-d. At :; p. m, everything perfe'ctly
[ulet.. There ;re atbout 100' Ocks at
le cock pit.
John P. Logan, Sheriff.
In connection with the whole natter
Bssistant Attorney (general Qunter
ays that arrests may be made with
,ut warrant in cases of charges of
'cruelty to animals.
A gentleman from Rock Hill. who
Vas in Columbia 4.'iday, iaid that this
endezvous bas been the scene of some
arnous chicken tights recently. There
s an enclosed pit on Thomson's place
,d he pot only makes a nice thing
ln admission, bit is said to conduct a
ort of resturant. where meals are ierv
d and where parties from a distance
an get a sleep-for these mains are
aid to last two or three days at a
ime. le said that the people of
tock Hill are glad that the governor
iad gotten wind of the affair and
topped the bull tight. Thomason
vas once a United States deputy mar
hal and he has a brother who is now
State constable.
WAS WELL ADVERTISED.
The following copy of a circular
vilh had been distributed shows that
here was every intent to have the
ight:
'To The Sporting Public:
"On the 12th day of December,
!02. there will be a bull tight at I.
- Thomasson's cick pit. situated
bree and one-half miles east of Rock
il. S. C.
" Che light will be between two reg
stered Jersey bull's, each of them four;
*ears old and weighing about one'
housand pounds each.
"One of the bulls is owned b)y Rt. F.
L'homasson, of Rock Hill, S. C., and
.he other by M. M. Tiilman, of Van
Vyck, S. C.
"The tight will take place in a1
oube enclosure. There will be a
:overed grand stand with a seating
:apacity of tive hundred persons and
ipward. The fight will commencee
>romptly at 12 o'clock noon.
"A dmission fee one dollar.
"There will also be cock fighting.
Lwo mains of nine cocks each will be
'ugit that afternoon and night and
tlso the next day.
"Arrangements are also on foot for
dog fight between two thoroughbred
ull dogs.
"There will be a 20-minute d1rag
ox chase in sight and hearing of the
rand stand immediately after the
>uil tight. Ten fox hounds will be in
he chase.
"The sporting public are cordially
nvited to attend1.
"llacks will meet all trains at Rock
liil that day for the accommodation
f all parties."
Bold Bank Robbery.
A bank at llsboro. N. M., was
ield up on Wednesday afternoon by
robbers who escaped with consider
tble booty as but a short time before
nattlemen had deposited some s:30.000.
[he deedl was done in broad daylight.
['e robbers made for the northern
>art of the county. A fter midnight
hree men were heard galloping at a
urous rate through Fairview. a
nninjig camp, and were headed for
me Black range. A sheriffs posse
s in pursuit. The bank is owned by
'ennsylvaia capitalists. and is do
g a large business. llillsboro is off
he railroiad line, the nearest railroad
>int being Lake Valley. a number of
ies to north. There is note
raphic communication.
Rtobber Kilied.
A daring and fatal attempt to rob
ie hank at D~ekalb. Texas.. was made
y four men Wednesday morning.
)ver the bank is the local telephone
xage. operated by WV. L. Dodd
iid his son Marvin. twenty years of
ige. One of the robbers knocked at
the telephone exchange door and when
Marvin Dodd responded a pistol was
presented at his head. Young Dodd
rapped with the man, wrenched the
weapon from him and with it shot
the bandit. killing him in his tracks.
A fusilade followed and young D~odd
was shot twice but not seriously
wounded. The three surving bandits
esca ped.
A Big Turnip.
A dispatch from Anderson to The
tate says Mr. Columbus C. King,
wlo lives four miles north of that
citv. has had on exhibition the record
brai. tunpo the season. It
and ea sure :N; inrches in ci rcum fer
ence. It is the biggest turnip ever
seen there-bigger than any two tur
n inS ini lac-.
T 1)I."ORA.1 !(T'!4I
The Seizure of Their Ships Stirs Up
the Venezuelans.
DANGEROUS FOR FOREIGNERS.
.Mob Attepintel to 1Breaik ir: Germon
amti Briitish, Leg.ations.. Then
All Sub.jects of Thlo)
countries A rred~.
The arrel l) !t wVeen g agnl: 3' a
Grmav on! 1te one sie anr \'enez
an on the ot!er has reache] a crisis.
Ten Grnn and four British cut.Lers
sLptr th4 e Venezuelan Ileet at La
1uayra on welesday. Theiy went
ongside the Venezuelan vessels and
order the;n to surrender and witoutp
a shot being sired, the Biritish and
German forces seized the fleet in the
n;nle of the German emperqr anrj tie
king of Twngla. Twu of tLe vessels
which were undergoing repairs were
broken up. The German cruiser
Panther steamed into the harbor dur
ing these proceedings .with her decks
cleared for action. The Venezuelan
steamers were taken lit rside tiihle;ar
bor at t o'cloeZ this morning. Tne
General Crespo. Tutmo and Margrita
were sunk. The Ossun was the onlyi
vessel spared in view of the protest
made by the French charge d'aiTaires,
11 Quievre,.! who notltied the (on
mo)dure of the allied fleet that the I
Dssun is the property of a Frenchman.
At 10 oclock Wednesday evening
130 German sailors w-yere landed and
prgceeded to Oardonai, a suburb or La
Guayra, in wich is situated the resi
dence of German Consul Lentz, who
with his family they escorted bac4 to 1
La Gua yra ahd piaoed on board the 1
tirship Vineta. On their way back
the German sailors met a party of F
Venezulean soldiers, but no collision
took place. At 5 o'clock Thursday 5
morning a landing party of 30 British E
seaman went to the British consulate f
and conducted the British consul, It.
Schunek, and his family on board the I
Retribution. The (errnan and British
residents at La Guayra have been ar
rested with the exception of Mesg.rs.
Fieldwick, Prince 4pd Lepage, the
Engl;sh d1irectLrs of the harbor cor
poration, who barricaded themselves
in their house,
WANT TO FIGHT.
There was a great patriotic demon
stration in Caracas when the news ar
arived that the British and German
warships had seized the Venezulean
war vessels at La Guayra. Crowds I
quickly gathered and paraded the
street and squares of the capital- dis
playing banners and singing patriotic I
songs. Violent speeches were deliver- 1
ed at various points. The populace
marched to the palace of President
Castro, who addressed it. The mob
then moved on to the German lega- I
tion shouting, -Death to the Ger- 1
mans." The -tndows were shattered
with stones ae-R attempts were made
to force the doors, bult the latter re
sisted these ecforts, and Mmne. von
Pilgrim-Baltazzi, the wife of the Ger
mari charge d'affaires, who has been
ill in bed for the past two months and
therfore could not leave Caracas with
her husband, was thus saved from
violence. The crowci then marched
to the G;erman consulate and to the
residence of Dr. Koehler, again ston
ing the windows and attempting to
force an entrance. The police made
no effort to disperse the demonstra
The excitement was still intense.
when at .10 o'clock at night the gover
nor ordered the arrest of all the Ger
mvi and English residents. One hour
later 205 persons prominent in social
and commercial life were crowded to
gether in the police station. All the
British residents were arrested except
Albert Cherry. of the Venezulea
British-owned Central railway, and
Mr. Wallace. manager of the tele
phone company, who escaped to a
place of safety. Ninety-seven Ger
man residents were arrested, among.
hem the German consul. Valentine
Blohm and Herr Knoop. th
manager of the German Central
railway. Iherr Simnross, chancellor
of the German legation, was
met by the police near IBhlivar square
and also at-rested. Amid cries of
"Death to the Germans" and 'Dw
with the foreigners" the populace di-I
rected its way to the German residen
tial quarter and gathered outside the
Hotel Klindt and the German Club.
vociferating and uttering insults.
CAUsE OF THE TROUBLE.
Venezuela has becen seeking to
avoid payment of Bristish andl Ger
man claims for a long time, and oniy
recently did the British and German
governments decide to enforce the col
lection of these claims. No schedule
of these claims against Ventezuela has
ever beeun published. but it is known
that the total is nearly 820.000.000.
Of the two nations, Germany is the
larger creditor, about 815.000Y,000 of
the 20.000.000 being due German sub
j ects.
Tne claims consist first of unpaid in
terest on the $10.,000.000 loan of 1896.
which was taken up by the Germans
in greater part, and the rest by Brit
ish and French capitalists. This is
said to amount to about $2.500.000.
Then comes claims for merchandise
delivered by G;ermani traders to the
Venezuelan government and never
paid for.
Lastly. and these. though indelini te
in character and undoubtly greatly
swelled, comprising the majority of
the total, are the claims for the pro
perty of German subjects destroyed in
the various revolutions in the past
ten years or more. and the concessions
lst in theL same manner, or oft which
the holders were deprived arbitrarily
b Castro altogether.
S ome $50,000.000 of German capital
are invested in Venezuela and the
presnt movement is intended for the
future. security of this as much as for
the squaring up of old accounts. The
caim of~ G1 reat Britian arc similar in
c~haacter. 1y his insolence towar-d
the United States as wvell as toward
the two other countries now at issue
with him. Castro has entirely alienat
dl our state clenartment
CONTROLS FOUR STATES.
The Mormon Church is Beconing z
Strong- Political Powe-r.
It is deal;ared by so.e of those
who know that the Mormon chuIrch
now hols the halance of political
power in four states and they believe
it will soon control seven common
wealths. th. Wyoming. Coloradlo
and Idaho are said to he cointrolled by
the vote of the mnebN ers of that
Lhurch. directed bw its rulers. and
sOon Montana will he peopie' by
oh if tiem to hOlM the balane of*
power. while Arizona and New Mexieo,
which may be admi lted to st:ttehoad
tt the comfin" ssion of con;ress. a:e
-xpected to send to Washngto; two
enators and one con.greian;i ea: i.
wVho will he in accord with the ari
Pinistrati n and will vote and worlk
or the interests oi tlhe churcih when
Ver fhey cornie befure either house of
angress for action.
Had it not been for the work of the
;hurch oflicials. it is stated that Utah
Lnd Idaho would have cast their votes
'or the Democratic candidates at the
-ecint elctior. 'he masses of the
Mormols are naturally De:nouratie.
javing received their inspirations
rom Brigham Young. who was a
D)emocrat. and the utterane-s of the
lead leader were regarda as inspired.
cesides the:y say thec D~emiocrats al
valls cleait we'll with them. It was a
)cinacratiC administration which
nade 1ri-tham Young governor .4 the
erritory of Utah; a lerocratie ad
ninistration whioh released from
>rison man then serving sentences for
'ilving their religion;" it was a Demo
:ratic administration which admitted
itah to the Union,
But since the trendi of national poli
ics has been in the direction of Re
>ublicanism the Mormons have
hanged. They will "stay out" un
il a Demoeratshall have been elect
id president of the-United States.
hose who know them s'qte, and at
he general election following all the
tates controlled by them will go
).emocrtic once more. Politicians
dy that Idaho was a Democratic
tate until 24 hours before the last
lection. when tlie order went forth
rom the lleatds of the Mormon church.
.nd the Latter Day Saints voted the
Aepublican ticket.
lQT WHAT IT SEEMED.
L Silver Dollar With e Secret. An
Interesting Story.
A gentleman from the baby county
>f Lee was in the city the other day
.nd had in his possession one of the
nost unique curios seen in many a
lay.
"Did I ever show this spurious coin
hat was passed off on me by a darkey
ot a month ago?" said the gentle
nan, at the same time thrusting his
land into the depths of one of his
rousers' pockets and taking therefrom
vhat looked like a genuine silver
'trade" dollar, of the series of 1887.
After a careful examination it was
ianded back to him with the remark
,hat it was not spurious, but was a
rade dollar and is worth .about 80 or
5 cents.
"I would not take $2 for it," re
>lied the Lee county man. "It is the
nost unique specimen of the silver
mith's art I ever saw. .Just look
1ere," said lie, giving the innocent
lollar a tap in the palm of his hand
nd instantly it parted in twain. Only
>n one edge it was held together by a
elicately concealedi spring and re
realed the heretcfore nidden photo.
~raph of a pretty woman, apparently
tbout 30 years old, rather sto)ut, with~
>lue eyes and light hair-evidently
he picture of some man's wife. Upon
:lose examination it can be seen that
two silver dollars were hollowed out
md the two opposite parts tittedto.
gether so neatly that it was only by
rcident that it was found to contain
isecret spring.
How it came into the possession of
the negro is not known nor can his.
identity. be fully established. The only
theory that can be advanced is, that
it was the property of some traveling
man who adopted this method of car
rying his wife's photograph and doubt
less paid it out through mistake.
thinking that it only onie of the ordi
nary silver dollars so common mn the
South.
An Unusual Case.
A veryv unnsual case caine to the at:
tention of .Judge Southworth in the
ounty court at GJeneve, Ill.. when he
omnmfitted little Timnonthy Sullivar
ro Elgin to the Home for Roys at
ilenwood. The lad is only 4 years
old. and his mother died last Septemn
ber. His father. Timothy Sullivan,a
laboror, abandoned the child and left
Elgin. The child simoakes and chews
tobacco like a veteran, and has in
heritedi relish for whiskey and beer.
Hie t ld the judge that what he liked
best of anything was cigars, aind
sgerly seized oine when it was hanmded
him. lie testitied that his father
ave him whiskey and beer to drink,
md witnesses told of the lad being in
. stupor frequently from drink. l e
inly weighs twenty-eight pounds and
is thin and pale faced.
New Lawyers.
The following young men were ad
mitted to the practice of law in this
State at Columniia last Wednesday
having passed the requisite examina
tion: W. Christie Bernet, .Jr., and
Porter IH. Mec3aster of Columbia: D).
I. Frost and Jno. P. Grace of Charles
ton: R. G. Stone and Jf. it. 31artin. of
Grenville: W. E. .Johnison. of Aiken:
W. B. M1orton, of A bbeville: 13. F.
Keller. of O)rangeburg: I'reston U.
Barron. of Rlock Hill: J. L. Sherard
md W. L. Laboon, of Anderson: W.
W. Sheppard. W. W. Coleman, and
Barnard II. Evans. of Edgetield: C.
arley. of Barnweli: J. MIonroe Walk
er and W. W. Cone. of Walterboro:
W. C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens. and James
F. Elmore, of Holly Hlill. MIr. John
son wa~s recently elected Senator fromr
Aiken county. and MIessrs. Uarron
and Irby are new members of the
Legislature.
Scaldedc. Himxself.
In a tit of rage because his mother
rebuked him and petted his younge:
brother. little James MIeSheeney, 0
Derby. Conn.. three y-ears old. th-rew~
himself into a tub of boiling wvate
and wvas so terribly scalded that hi
ied.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
Obtained in investigation of Chain
ol'Til!e in Spartanburg.
Some interestinmz facts have been
broduht out by investigation into the
chain of ti~e to the lot recently pur
chased for a site for the public build
in-- in Spartanburg made by Mr. .
A.~Phifer. The deeds on record show
that on Fe'ruary 10. 1785. William
W'ood leaied to Thouas Williamson
in conside-ration of the sum of 10
s uiilings. *that pantation or tract of
land contairning 440 acres lying and
being in the district of Ninety-Six be
l'o.w the line on Fair Forest. bounded
suithward by William Woo~is land
and on all others by vacant lands."
The hid Idescr ibed in this lease
enbraces the public square and the
land around the sOlare to the extent
of 440 acres. At ~that time the only
house on this plan tation was the one
whereon the said Tho..aas Williamson
then lived. This lease was for one
year 'and fully to be completed and
ended yielding and paying therefor
unto the said Win. Wood the rent of
one pepper comn on the last day of
the said4 term if the same shall be law
fully demanded." This lease further
stipulated that it was tw be followed
by a release or a deed and consequent
ly on the_ next day, February 11, 1785,
Wn. Wood executed a deed to
Thomas Williamson in c:>nsideration
of ?75 of Virginia currency. To this
deed Win. Wood made his mark. It
was signed in the presence of William
Williamson, Rebecca Wood and Moses
Wood.
Seven years later this land located
in what is now the heart of Spartan
burg was sold by Thomas Williamson
I to William Wells for -240. It is the
same lani that Williamson bought
seven years previous for $75.00, so it
will be seen that advance in real estate
is no new thing in Spartanburg.
January 25, 179M, Wm. Wells sold
355 acres of this land to Wm. Thom
s'on for 4350, showing another very
decided inarease in value owing no
doubt to the fact that a part of the
land had been given to the erection of
a court house and jail and other pub
lic buildings in the "county of Spar
tanburg." This deed recites that the
land is "in the district of Pinkney."
In 1805 these 3W acres were sold by
Wim. Thomson to Richard Thomson
for $5,000. This deed recites that
from the 355 acres, seven acres ex
cepted, two acres given to the public
whereon the court house and jail now
stand, and ten half acre lots were sold
by Wm. Thomson to the following
persons; two to Wm. Wells, one to
Noah Wells. two to Douglas Punkett,
two to W m. Smith, one to Abner Ben
son, one to Nancy McKie, one to
Narcissa MeLie. The remaining
property secms to have remained in
Richard Thomson's possession for
nearly thirty years when on July 5,
1834, he sold that particular tract
whereon the public building is to be
erected to Dr. James J. Vernon, one
acre and three-tenths for $310. The
land was next sold by the sheriff to
James Bivings in 1842 and brought
$1,6C2. James Bivings gave it to A.
W. Bivings, who sold it to Robert E.
Cleveland in 1855 for $5,000. In 1875
RI. E. ICleveland willed tbis property
to Ji. F. and J. B. Cleveland. It will
soon become the property of the
United States government.-T hi e
State.__________
Passing Away.
It is stated that all through the
arctic region the inhabitants are fast
disappearing. The Alaskan Esqui
maux have been greatly reduced in
numbers. When explorers first went
among them their number was believ
ed to be from 2,000 to 3.000; now it is
thought that hardly more than 500
people can be counted from Point
Barrow to the Aleutian Islands. The
lot of these unfortunate natives has
been made harder to bear by reason of
the destruction of sea life by the
whalers who harried the Alaskan
coast. The extermination of the seal,
walrus and polar bear has likewise
done its share to embitter the cup of
the Northern races. In Southwest
Greenland a simnilar condition of
affairs exists. The 10,000 natives
are barely holding their own, although
largely added by the Danes. Labra
dof natives are likewise decreasing.
Twenty years ago they numbered 30,
000: now they number barely 15,000
souls. Two decades ago the entire pop
ulation of the Ncrth was estimated at
30,000: it is probable today that the
number has been almost cut in two.
In a few more years these people will
all have disappeared, and nothing of
them will remain but a memory. The
governments that own the lands in
which they live should try and find
out what is the cause of the decay of
these peopie and if possible stop it.
A New York Mystery.
The body of the lad found in Cen
tral Park New York Thursday night
has been identitiedi as that of Recas M.
Kruch. the 11-year-old son of a well
to-do tailor. After an examination
of the body. the police expressed the
belief that the boy was murdered
Nine wounds, evidently made by fin
ger nails, were found on the throat
and there were other evidence that he
had been strangled. Mr. Kruch said
his son often sold papers after school.
The body was found on the Fifth
avenue side of the park, in a bridle
path near 85th street, a fashionable
neighborhood.
Always a Hero.
The Nashville News says De Wet
has been compared to our Southern
hero. Lee. but in his last performance
there is no similiarity to anything in
Lee's career. One could hardly im
agine our great general at the close of
thie war hastening to write a book to
vent his spleen and disappointment by
laying the blame of defeat on others.
No: there was never such another as
Robert E. Lee in peace and wvar, in
victory and deeat. always a hero.
scarded With Corree.
Lucile Corley, two and one-half
years old, daughter ojf J. WV. Corley
of Ad mlnt. died Thursday afternoon
-t o oclock at her fathers home in
Easxt P omnt fromn burns received about
tiree. weeks ago. The child was play
ink' about the kitchen stove when up
set apot of boiling coffee. spilling the
contents over her from head to foot.
She lingered along in great agony un
il Thursay.
WHITE SLAVERY
I Under Shylock Masters in the Penn
sylvania Coal Mines.
A STARTLING REVELATION.
The Cruelty of the Coal Operators
Told With Simplicity and
Truth by Old Men
and Women.
Startling revelations are being
brought to light of the cruelties of
the coal operators in the coal mines of
Pennsylvania by the commission'to
investigate the cause. of the coal mi
ncer's strike. The commission is now
in session at Scranton, Pa. The tes
timony as presented by some of the
witnesses whose lives are given up to
the coal mining industry,was at times
pathetic and surprising to the com
missioners, who listened to it with
undivided atteation.
Henry McColl, a Markle miner, told
how his family, including his mother
in-law, who was a hundred y eais old,
was set out on the road with their
bouiehold goods. He gave'a graphic
description of how he was injured
many times in the mines. The com
pany gave him nothing until after
the employes took li-acollection for
him, then he was given $50 The be
ing on the injured list for two years.
The company took out of the collec
Lion the rent he owed.
In answer to other questions, he
said that he was one of the thirteen
evicted by the Markle company. Then
followed the most pathetic story yet
told the commissioners.Tbe old miner,
decrepit front many Injuries, -told un
der the examin'ation of how the'evic
tion was carried on. The wife was
sick and her one hundred year old
mother was blind and unable to walL.
The day on which they-were "thrown
out" was rainy. He took them the
best he could to Hazleton, seven miles
away, and placed them in a cold,
damp, empty house.
"We were greatly worried because
of our. having been turned out of our
house, and one night," the witness
said, between sobs, "she died."
"She died?" exclaimed Judge Gray,
who was pacing to and fro across the
room as he quickly turued when he
heard the man's last words.
"Yes, sir, she died, and I burled
her yesterday."
No one cared to cross-examine him,
and Judge Gray said: "That is all,
Mr. McColl, and that's enough."
Mrs. Kate Burns, of Jeddo, told a
story of how she and her two boys
worked years to pay off an accumulat
ed house rent and coal bill, due to the
Markle company, the narration of
which deeply interested the commis
sioners. She was examined by Law
yer Darrow, and in answer to his
questions she said her husband was an
engineer inside the Markle mines. The
husband was killed under ground,
leaving her with four children, the
eldest of which was a boy of eight
years.
The company never offered her a
penny, but the employes gave her
about $180 to defray the funeral ex
penses. -After her husband had been
killed, she moved from her four-room -
house into one containing only two,
one room above the other, and for the
next six years she struggled. as best
she could to get along. She took in
washing, scrubbed for the neighbors,
and once in a while she was .given
work cleaning the offce of the Markle
company. When the eldest child was
fourteen years old she sent him to the
mines. A t the end of the first month
the lad brought home his wage state
ment, showing that the mother owed-~..,
$396t for back rent.
The boy's wages for the month had
been taken off the bill and he came
home empty handed. In the course
of time her next boy was old enough
to earn a living and, he, too, was sent
to the colliery. Like the older brother
the second boy received no pay, his
earnings being deducted for rent. The
mother un the witness stand, was by
this time welling up, and when she
added that the money she earned for
cleaning the Markle offce was never
given her but kept by the company
for rent, the commissioners looked at
one another in surprise. She said It
took the three of them thirteen years
to make up the debt.
Killed in a Cotton Gin.
A special to The State from Hamer
says Mr. Peter G-. McEachern, a high
y'respected and progressive citizen of
that place, was caught in the saws of
his gin Wednesday and before medical
aid could reach him he blead to death.
He was about 45 years of age, was a
bachelor, and was a deacon in the
Kentyre church, and was one of the
foremost citizens of Carmichael town
ship. His body was interred In the
family burying ground near his home
Thursday, and a large concourse of
friends an'l neighbors testified their
respect by attendance thereon. It is
a singular fact that the three- large
ginneries at Hamer, four had
each their casualties, but this lasu.
is the first wvith fatal result. Mr. B.
P. Ilamer, Jr.. and Mr. D. W. Camp
bell, owners or the two others, and
both prominent citizens, have crippled
hands as a result of similar accidents.~
Oil in the Wells.
The Columbia State says much ex
citement has been caused at Iva in
this State by finding oil in the wells
of Messrs. G. F. Burdette and R. S.
Yeargin. Mr. Yeargin discovered oil
in his well about two months ago, but -
thought some one had put it in there.
A bout this time he had some sickness
in his family and thought this was the.
cause of it and quit using it for some
time, but is using it now and can still
taste the oil. Nothing was thought
of it until a few days ago when Mr.
Burdette discovered there was some
oil in his well. They have taken no
action yet. but it is hoped they will
have things investigated to see If
there really is oil in them.