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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
Looting in China.

Mr. George Lynch, tho war artist and
correspondent, gave his lecture, "In
the Heart of P,kin," at New York.
Among the stereopticon views with
which Mr., Lynch illustrated his lecture
were those of the apartments of the
emperor and empress Of China in the
sacred palace in the forbidden city.
These rooms Of state had never been
photographed, nor had a photographer
ever set foot within the sacred walls
until Mr.. Lynch and j. 9. Hemmet
entered with the allied troops. Mr..
Lynch had some surprises in the shape
Of photographs which show how the
soldiers of certain nations conducted
themselves when the opportunity to
loot came.
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scored the system in the strongest pos
sible language, and called . special
term of court to receive their report, so
that he can take the matter under ju-
dicial consideration.
Besides, the State authorities, as /
know with absolute certainly, have no
SYM athy whatever with any such
wrong doing. They do not propose to
countenauce it in any way, and the
State government will bend every eff
fors to stamp out any suoh uolawful,
cruel system.
"The leasing of oonvicts has been
broken up by the legislature, and NO
convicts are allowed to be hired to
private parties, and the cooping in along
with the oonviots Of ignorant and silly
negroes IS prisoners can no longer exist,
even though public opinion did not
| frown upon it.
From my kno Wedge of the feeling
of the people of the Stste-and think
| know as much about public opinion
| in South Carolina IS any other man
there is no sympathy with any view OF
dealing with labor that is not fair and
| just.
The nature of our crops requires a
contract that involves years work, and
the fort of landowners has been in the
direction Of securing such an agree
ment, authorized by the legislature, as
to compel persons, white and black,
who have made contracts to cultivate
the crop on shares to carry out their
| contracts.
This is frr Me reason that the ex-
penditures OF Sey for supplies and
clothing duril lhe nter, and, in
fact, all through tho summer, would
all be 'st unless the crop was worked
and g, red and prepared for ship.
| ment. a
The preparation Of land for the crop
and picking and and ginning takes ten
months, and troopers on shares who
were not hound by contract to labor by
the year would have the landowner at a
great disadvantage.
There is absolutely no ground for
any assertion that the people of Suoth
Carolina sympathize with this scheme
to reestablish slavery under q contract
system, and | am sure that the State
authorities will take all necessary steps
to stamp it cut"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
EVIDENTLY A CRANK.
A Man Visits Charleston Who IL
Certainly Of.

Mr.. James Buchanan Weaver, who
claims to be retired lawyer Of Phil
adelphis, announced today at the court
house, where he was q visitor, that he
would be . candidate for the Presi.
dency Of the United States in 1904, Mr..
Weaver is gold Democrat and says
his platform will be q government for
the peoI 10, and by the people.
Mr.. Weaver is an ex-C Confede 10 sol
dier, having fought under Lee in the
Army of Northern Virginia After the
surrender he drifted to Philadel phia,
where he went into the drug business,
studied medicine and finally took up
the law. As lawyer, he Gays, he soon
made name for himself as we'll as
plenty Of money. Several years ago his
wife died and ba wing no encumberanc ,
he retired aud of late years he ba,
been travelling and studying polItical
questions j.
This morning Mr.. Weaver was visi-
tor at the court house. He was a stran-
ger when he entered but it was not Ions
before he knew Judge Aldrich and
every member of the. Charleston bar
who was present in the court house at
the time He introduced himself, dc
claring to his newly made friends that
he expected to become q candidate for
President Of the United States in 1904
DE said that he was . grand nephew of
President Buchanan and had O right
to the office.
"Oh, am 8. smart man." said Mr..
N ~, f,TI liz a.
reporter, Il know how to build poll
tical fences that Mark Hanna with
all his wealth and power can not de.
stroy. 1t will take Aunt Carrie Ma.
tion and her little hatchet to smash
the political fences that 1 have con-
structed
Charleston is gold bug town and
you can say to the people through your
paper that III be here when the next
Presidential campaign opens and will
talk Democracy and good gold money
to the people Of this ancient old city.
This is grand old town and l love it.
just tell them that you saw me and
that | want big vote in Charleston.
MIR. Weaver talked about blind tigers
in the city, declaring that they were as
thick as black birds in the summer
time, and while he has only been in
Charleston few days he knew all the
ropes and could scare up tiger at any
old time.
Yesterday he visited the city hospi-
tai and st. Frauois Xavier Infrmary,
aud went over to the Isle of Palms.
AT the palm beach," he said, 81
swiped palmetto, boxed. it up and sent
it to my little darling. in Philadelphia.
nsOh, you need not laugh, for 1 am en-
gagged, even if am a widower," .he
explained. ~
Tell the people Of Charleston that
] Am going to CAL on Gov. McSwsz-cs,
and get his influence and support in
my ra,e for the Presidency
Mr.. Weaver said he was going to stay
in Charleston for several days longer
and that he would receive all politi.
eians at the Charleston otel.-Char-
ieston Post.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
March Weather.

=. The following data, covering period
OF thirty years, have been complied
from the weather bureau records at
Charleston for the month of March:
Mean or normal temperature, 81 de-
grees.
The warmest month was that of 1871,
with an average Of GA degrees.
The .coldest month was that of 1872,
with an average of so degrees.
The highest temperature was SO de-
grees on March 81. 1897.
The lowest temperature WAS "a de-
grees, on March 5, 1873,
Average date on whi,h first "killing"
frost occurred In autumn, November 20.
Average date on which last killing"
frost occurred in spring, March 8.
Average precipitation for the month
3.7S inches.
Average number Of days with ,01. OF
an inch or more. ten.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 9.7S. inches in. 1872. go
The least monthly precipitation wa;
90 inches in 1887. a.,. --4.
The greatest amount OF. precipitation
recorded in any ,!twenty.four conseeu
tive hour. Vas 8, IA inches on March Ia
and II, 1889.
The greatest amount Of snowfall re.
corded In any twenty-four consecutive
hcurs (record extending to winter Of
IH 1889 only( was trace inches or
Average number OF clear days, IL
parSly cloudy days, II; cloudy days, g.
$ Fhe' prevsiiing winds have been FROM
the southwest, 26. per cent, !:.,R, .,
+. The highest velocity Of the wind waI
40 miles from the northeast on Marof
20, 1898, go
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
A Costly Sweep Out.

Playing about a trash dump in the
city of Charleston Thursday little Carl
Sanberg, the six year old grand son, Of
Charles Colson, found package of un-
opened United States mail. The child,
thinking the papers worthless, tore
open some of the letters but when he
found money in them took them to his
grandfather. Investigation showed the
letters to cor tain So 900 in money and
certified, endorsed checks. The letters
had been sent from Rock Hill TO banks,
firms and people here. One of>the checks
vas for $50 II and another $l8 go, from
the Comptroller General to President
ID. b. Johnson of Winthrop college
The money was to pay for scholarships
for score or so of young ladies from
all over the state who are now at that
institution. The post, fiji sc authorities
say the packages must have been swept
out Of the Federal building with the
waste psper A thorough Investigation
is being mado.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
THE FREE PASS RECORD.
How the Members of the House
Voted On It.

We have been asked by members Of
the house OF representatives who voted
against the bill to repeal the anti. free
pass act why neither The State nor
The News and Courier printed the vote
in detail. To this we replied that we
did not know; that the legislative re.
porters OF The State, and we believed
OF The News and Courier as we'll, were
Instructed to give the vote by yeas and
nays on issues affecting important. legis-
lation; but that the omission of the de-
tailed vote in this case might be at.
uibuted to an error of judgment on the
part OF the reporters as to what consti-
tuted measure of Importance. At the
request of these members it is
hardly necessary to say, voted against
the bill-we rectify the omission by re
producing from the j urnal OF the pro
ceedlngs Of the house of representa-.
tives on February 8 the following
record:
III. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to re.
peal an act entitled IAN act TO prevent
the use of free pass, express or tele-
graph frank on any railroad by any
United States senator or member Of cor.
gress from this State, or by any mem
Der OF the general assembly of this
State, or by any State or county off oial
or by any judge of court OF record in
this State, approved December 22nd,
A. d. 1891.
Mr.. Taium moved to strike out the
enacting words. Upon that motion the
yeas and nays were requested, and it
was decided in the negative.
Yeas, 38; nays, 81
Those who voted in the affi rm atiye
are:
Messrs. Austin, Bacot, Besmguard,
Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Fraser, CASTOR,
Galluchat, Guuter, Halle, Hardin, Hol
lis, Keels, klbler, Lide, Logan, Lo
max, Mccall, Mclaughlin, Mcleod
Mishoe, Morgan, Moses, Moss, Prime ce,
RedtearD, Richards, Rucker, Sanders,
Strom, Tatum, Theus, w } Thomas,
Thompson, Wilson, Wingo and Wood.
ward. -38.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Hon. w E Stevenson, speaker; Messrs.
Ashley, All, Banks, Bates, Bivens,
Blease, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Camp
bell, Carter, Cooper, Cosgrove, Croft,
Crum, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dodd,
Dominick, Dunbar; Durant, Efrd, E,-
fridge, Fox, freeman, Gourdin, Hill,
Hum phrey, johnson, Kinsey, Lever,
Little, Lockwood, Lotion, Lyles, Maui
din, May yson, McCraw, MCGOWAN, 4 81
McMsster, Jno. MoMsster, Morrison,
Murcbison, Nichols, w L Parker, Pat
tersoD, Rankin, Richardson, Q X Rob-
iD.oD II u poh;,oos D.l-
Sinkler, j b Smith, NJ L Smith, Spears,
Viz vent, Wolling, w Ills, West, Wes.
ton, Williams and VIZ DDS.
M, Spears moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill was ordered to O
third ..eading, and to lay tsrrt mori05t
on tha table,: Which Was sgreed to. +,
Tho journal of the gext day, FEB.
rusryA9, shows that snis bill passed it.
third reading in the house without di
Tision.-Columbia State.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
A Mystery of Verdi's Will.

Verdi's will, says the London Chron-
icle, contains one very curious item.
His residuary legatee is his niece,
Maria Verdi, who is married to Signor
Oarrsa. To the infant asylums and
the hospital for the blind in Genoa he
bequeaths FL, 600. Large sums are also
left to the charitable institutions and to
the poor of his native village, Roncole,
and also to those of Bousseto, where
he lived for many years. Then comes
the following request: I'm the dining
room Of my villa, st. AVata, will be
found two large wooden boxes Of great
antiquity. desire that neither shall be
opened, but that both be burned imme-
diately after my obsequies." 1t is pre-.
sumed that the two mysterious boxes
contained manuscripts Of unpublished
operas which the master did not wish
to see the light.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
Praise for the Second

The3Columbia State says Gen. j.
Warren Keifer, under whose command
the Second South Carolina served ius
Cuba, writing from his home 10 SIZING.
field, O., to Col. Willie Jones, former
colonel of the Second, says some nice
things about that model regiment Of
volunteers. He writes: tt ~
am very thsnkful to you for a
beshtifut copy of South Carolina in
the Spanish AmeriOad, War, and / au
very grateful to you for, .tbe ..geneIo GUS
and kind thingsyoy say Of. me on page
l39 of the book in your history of your
excellent regimeRt-the Second South
Carolina infantry. + fs6iprooato the
good feeling you express towards me,
and know YOU must feel that | was
aiWay proud to have you and your gal
liant regiment in my commani. 1 never
cease to speak,of tho promptness of the
troops who served under me to obey,
and the kind spirit the officers and men
exhibited uniformly towards me. Your
example was a good one for all to fol.
low.
Remember me most kindly to any OF
your offi lers or men you msy meet,
Assure all that shall never forget the
regiment" " etc
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
Opposes the Steal.

The Springfield Republican says:
"The lower branch of the Wisconsin
legislature is overwhelmingly Repub-
lican, having only seventeen Demo
cratic members, against eighty. three
Republicans; but for all that, it has
adopted resolutions urging the Wis
consin members Of Congress to oppose
the Hanna ship subsidy bill, by vote
OF seventy eight to fifteen. This fact
alone should sufficiently warm the
party in Congress to keep clear Of
committing itself to any such mea-
sure"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
A Remarkable Man

= There is remarkable old white man
living near Pantego, Beaufort county.
His name is Ransom Saunders. He is
nearly 80 years old, ho has been mar.
ried six times (his sixth wife still liv-
inG has been the father of nearly 40
children and apparently has still
long lease Of life. He is we'll and strong
and works hard. He dresses very thin
even in the coldest weather, about like
the average man does in summer, and
never wears an overceat. He is cover
ed all over his person with thick, long
hair the ,.ds greater protection than lots
of clo' Ss would be from the cold. He
is USGlar in his habits and 3 good
citizen.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
MURDER AND SUICIDE
DR.. w. T. Aiken Shoots His Beautiful
Wife, Then Himself.

DIR. W +. Aiken, a leading specialist
of Savannah, Ga, shot and killed his
wife in their bedroom at an carly hour
Wednesday morning. The report Of the
pistol awakened their little son, aged
eight years. In his night clothes and
barefooted, the child ran in the street
to call policeman. when the officer
entered the house he found Mrs. Aiken
dead on the bed, with bullet hole
through her head, and DR.. Aiken, with
a pistol in hand, lying on the floor
dead. After she DING his wife no had
placed the weapon to his own head aud
sent bullet through his brain. The
child said that he had heard his father
count, ''one two three" and then the
pistol shoot.
ltw.s developed at tho corners in
quest this afternoon that DR.. Aiken
WAS about 38 years old. He was born
in New York, and was graduated at
Yale at the age 20 years. After gradua
tion he was come oted for time with
the health department of the city Of
New York. Then he took special
course In diseases of the eye and ear,
ouo Ohluo ooutU W ecttle. E1e mdTTleu
Miss Anna X. Potter, daughter of the
Rev. A Q. Potter, q clergy lyman Of New
Bedford, Mass. The Rev. Mr.. Potter
wa, close personal friend Of Ralph
Waldo Emerson. A brother Of Mrs.
Aiken, Alfred q. Potter, is now litra
rian of Harvard university. This
brother has been telegrphed for, aud
viii arrive tomorrow to take charge of
the bodies and remove them to Massa-
chuset's for interment
No cause for the tragedy WAS 6evel-
opened at the Inquest. 1t was brought
out that Dr.. Aiken was a cigarette
smoker to excess, and that he was of
an extremely nervous temperament.
Two weeks or so ago he had to have the
services of physicians in what was be-
lieved to be morphine poisoning, and
it WAS rumored at the time that he had
! attempted suicide, but the attending
phvsicisns said that was Improbable
Lately his friends had noticed an ex.
treme abstraction and irritability.
DIR. Aiken was devoted to scienc Q,
| and was an inventor of some note. He
is the originator Of any opthalmolog
ical instruments that are now in COM
mon use all over the country. He re-
fused to patent his inventions, saying
they were for the benefit of mankind.
He had very large and lucrative
practice, and was in independent cir
cumstances. Mrs. Aiken was q lady Of
great beauty and many accomplish
ments. They leave four little children
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
a pn,Ioh Yarn.

A newspaper at Ksstamuni states,
according to Ceylon paper, that
while a peasant was shooting in 3
forest near that place he heard the
growing of bssr, which he found un-
der tree suffering great pain from
large thorn in his paw. The animal
permitted the sportsman to extract the
thorn, and showed its gratitude by
taking the man, by means Of waving
It's paw, to tree in which was honey
comb twenty pounds in weight,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
outrage byna Negro.

- An unknown negro entered the resi-
dence of Mira, Buchanan, Sc Sr.ing
streee in the heart of Atlanta, Ga, ).
Thursday morning, aud compelled her
TO cook, breakfast, Then. tying herfeet
and hands, he quietly ate the breakfast
after which he set FIRE to the house by
placing a qlantity 81 paper in ths bed
where he han forced Mrs. Buchans to
lie. pThe negro escaped without be.
I, ing detected. = Mrso Buchanan screamed
|, ,apd assistsqce cspe before the FIRE had
gained much headHay. Search is now
being made for the negro. ~ ,t,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
To Become a Banker.

The company of Augusta capitalists
who have recently acquired the Harris
Lithia Springs have now assumed con-
troll Of the property and Harris, the
hustle, the wizard of the waters, who
found ispring in the wilderness
nine ago and few days ago con-
verted unto. 800, 900 Oash--is about to
engage j, the banking business. IL he
shall be- Alf as successful in his now
field as .ie was in the old field where
he found the spring, his venture will
be q conspicuous success -Co!umbia
State.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
:. 1t Comes High.

Wednesday the oommissio onerof, pens
isioDs, dismissed his entire force for .
gesk'p- holiday and, turned over the
building to the inaugural off ,ials, who
will then make ready for the inaugural
ball. To make room for the dancers it
will De necessary to move 300, 600 pen
son cases, The use Of the pension office.
for the inaugural ball will cost the gov
ernment $25, 900 in salaries alone. Many
think this is the last time the pension
ofhso' will be used for the inaugural
hall
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
Killed in a Wreck

Two dead, three badly hurt, Others
slightly hurt and a passenger train
burned is the result Of head on colli-
sion between passenger train No l6.
southbound. and local. freight on the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston rail-
way Thursday evening ct Coal Valley,
hve miles from McKeesport. w. Va.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06
Four Children Cremated.

Four children, 4 to IL years of age,
were cremated in the burning residence
Of Jacob Bait, ct LitChfeld, Pa, early
Thursday morning, ..,s
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-06

Senator Tillman in an interview said:
II am surprised that a respectable
newspaper-and consider The North
American one Of the most respectble in
this country-should lend itself to any
sensational assusations against the pee.
pie Of State of this character.
"The existence in one county OF
South Carolina Of an unlawful system
Of contracts had already been called to
the attention Of the grand jury of that
county by the presiding judge, who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-17
X. OF p. LODGE APPOINTMENTS.
Grand Chancellor of Minnesota An
nounces Members of His Staff.

Grand Chancellor of Minnesota An
nOunces Members of His Staff.
WINONA, Mimi, Oct 16-George P.
Tawney, of this city, grand chancellor of
the Minnesota Knights of Pythias, has
completed his selection of deputy grand
chancellors and announces the following,
the names of the lodges being given
when there is more than one lodge in a
town:
apolis-Minneapol No. 1, Arthur
l.. Jones; Unity No. 4, NJ c. Brady; Her.
mion No Is, A: c. Godfrey; Nora No. SO,
G. J. Skarnes; Nicollet No. A. Charles W.
Farwel
st; Paul-Lincoln No 10, L. G. Shack
ford; Webster No. 20, Robert Rose; st.
Paul No. 43, Frank Baer; Capitol No. 81,
Lindsay Waters; Twin City No. So. H. l..
Donnelly; Washington No. "a, James f.
Angel
Duluth-North Star No. s., Frank L.
Kitehl Gammi No. 1913, j. 6. Cook.
stillwater-Frank T. Wilson: Anoka,
lev r FMciG6infy; lie eh Sueur James X pa
Wing, H: E. :Akenson; Mortified, ]. F.
Glover; Moorhead, George L. Hall; Wi
mona; George J. Hillver; Henderson, A.
Ada, Louis Pfund; Crookston, jacob H.
Skroseth; Fergus Falls, Frank L. Hunt;
Bralnerd, Charles d. Johnson; st. Cloud,
Otto Otto H. Wood Mankato. 7: W. Hart; St.
L.
harrington; Redwood Falls, George L.
Parkhill; Waseca, James M. Hanley:
Ellsworth E George ]. Wilson; owatonna,
Gonagle; Rochester, E. L. Sinclair; Aus
tin, c. F. Cook; Lyle, George Robertson:
Herman, w, T. Zeibarth; Slayton, c. A
Norton: Albert Lea. c. S: Edward;
Falls, Daniel E. Hickey; Lake crystal,
D: H. Edwards; Appleton, A E. Close;
Pine City, a. H. Lambert; Sleepy Eye,
Earhuff; Medford. F.; G. Hos
Tracy, John N Weisner; St.
Paul Park, F; N. Truax; Cloquet, Charles
Marshall, Virgil B. Seward; New Duluth,
c. Christopherson; Elbow Lake, W. E.
Landeen; Princeton, 7. F. Scheer; Itch
Mtse Edg a6ins9R Ths seoff r. e w.
wood, Frank E. Reed; Barrett, John C.
Peterson: New Ulm. C. A. Zelle; Glen
coe. Frank w. Hayden; Adrian. John E.
King; Benson, J. c.. Collins; st. James,
ger; Winthrop, Ed H. Huebner; North
Branch. J. III. Huber; Luverne, W. A.
Wright; Halstad, G. J.. Gillgert; Monte
Q. Hubbell; Louisberg. K. Kolkjen;
GAINESVILLE. Charles S. Marden; Sank
Center, j. Fred Cooper; Pipestone, G. J..
SChesley; West Duluth, ]. g. Cook; De-
Campbell; Milaca, E. E. Price;
andria. G.. A. Kortsch; Vernon Center, ].
III. Thompson; Fort Smelling, Frank
Woldt; Howard Lake, Thomas r. Briggs;
Stewartville, John w. Peck; Metro
James S. Lands; Lake Benton, L. M.
Townsend; Hibbing. Thomas F. Brady:
Eveleth, c. w. Rahbar; Dassell, E. r.
McGrew: Biwabik, c. H. Morrill,: Madi-
son, M. P. Berg; Mantorville, c. M. Coop
er; Waverly, Charles E. Wright; Little
Falls, F. H. Nero; Buffalo E. S. Oakley;
Kasota, M. A. Ostrander; Pelican Rapids.
Charles R.. Fraser; Fairmont, A. A. Hor-
ton; Argyle, Frank G. Bennett McIn-
tosh, T. R. Brownlee; Atwater, S. M
Silvertson; Chokio, D. C. Donovan; Cam
bridge, John w. Glover; Jackson, Willis
G. Harrison; Detroit, Arthur c. Wedge;
Tenney, William Cross Garden City, e.
G.: Nickerson; Proctor Knott, Thomas 3.
Gilmore; Lamberton, Frank w. Rinke