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VOL.* xiv. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1904. NO. 13. THE BOLL WEEVIL. Action of the Cotton Growers Convention Last Week. SEVERAL GOOD TALKS. Reselations Adopted Providing for the Thorough Organization of All Cot. ton Growers to Co-operate With the Goyernment in mighting the Weevil. Last week the National Cotton Con vention met at Shreveport, La., with ever one hundred delegates present representing the cotton producing States and others. Many able speeches have been made by the delegates and visitors. Gov. Blanchard, in welcom ing the delegates, said: WOULD BE A CALAXTY. "The question that has brought you here to hold this convention is not one affecting merely the cotton growing region of the South. It af feets Intimately and directly the whole country. If the cotton crop of the South is to be destroyed by this pest-if the growth of cotton as a commercial product in the South is to css as the result of the invasion of this insect-It wil prove a world wide calamity. It will afect ru'n ously large commercial interests; it will affect disastrously every ccmmer cial Interest and every line of trade the world over. More, perhaps than any other sir gle product of the soil, cotton permeates and adjusts and r, g ulates the balance of the world's trade. "Its culture and harvesting, its preparation for the market, its trans portation to market, its marletfing, its manufacture and the sale of its fabrics give employment to millions of people in our own country. Its transportation abroad gives -employ ment to many thousands of ship building and seafaring men, and its manufacture Into cloth in foreign lands, and the sale of such manufac tures, give employment to millions of men and women there. "As a merchantable product, it is well-nigh indispensable to the world's trade. But more than thi'A. The ccntinued growth of cottcn in the e Southern States se ms absolutly in dispensable to the convenience and comfort, aye ! even almost to the ex istence itself, of the people of the world. In. the far greater part the people of the world depend on cotton fabrics with which to clothe them selves. oUR corroN NEDE. "Their reliance is cn the Southern States of the great American Repub lic for that which clothes them, for here In the South we have the practi cal monopoly of the growth of the cotton plant. Great effort and vast expenditures of treasure have been made to develope its growth in other regions of the world's surface, but without success. "The cotton in the world grown. outside the United States has scarcely an appreciable effect on the cottoc market. The eyes of all are on the South's cotton. What Is the A meri can crop going to be? What the price It will likely bring? These are the questions men ask of one another the world over. "The South, gentlemen of the con vention, is the clothier of the world. Let its crop of cotten fall for three years consecutively and the people of the world will go in rags and naked iiess. Suppose, now as threatened by this pest of the boll weevil, it fails permanently; and what will the peo ple do- for clothing? Wool and silk and ramie fabrics will not go round, as staple articles of clothing, to more than a third of the world's population Are the people to go naked? "That is not too broad a Question the truth and say this: we tried for many years to live in MississippI and share sovereignty, and cominion with the negro, and we saw our institutions crumbling, we saw the civilization that our forefathers had fought f' r. passing away, and the law of self preservation being tbe first law, wt observed it. We rose in the majesty highest type of Aziglo-Saxon man hood, and tcok the reins ot govern ment cut of the hands cf the carpet bagger and negro, and, so help us God, from now op we will never share any sovereignty or dominion with him again." THE BOLL WEEVIL. An important address was delivert d by Dr. W. D. Hunter, of the bureau of entomology, department of agricul ture at Wasthingtoni, who has charge of the boll weevil investigations Swhich Is being conducted by the de jtment. His subject was the "Boll Weewil Situation." He said in part: "The ravag:es of the boil weevih have afgected not only the cotton pro ducers 'et Texas, as well as of tue United States, but have also disturb ed the general economic conditiot a troughout ite south and have causedl disturbances in every quar' er of the globe where A merican cotton is used in the factecris. fIt has caused every person in the world, who uses cotton in any forrn, to pay more for It than *formerly. The pest was first known to occur in Texas in the vicinity of *Bro a'rile eabout' -3892. Since that -date it has advanced annually 40 or 50 miles, and there seems no proba bility that it will not eventually reach all parts ofithe south where cotton ik produced, if It dces not indeed reach other cotton producing countrits. At present the iafested territory covers practically all of the cotton produc ing counties in Texas and the larger portion of six parishes of Louisiana. Numerous reports regarding the oc currence of the pest outside of the States that hatve been mentioned bave been investig ated and fcund to be erroneous. "Caeful investigation of the life bistory of the pest reveal few factors trat seem to indicate that It will die out as has been the case with some of the injurious insects, although it is not beyond the range of possibilities that some such an occurrence may eventually take place. The only sug gestion that has been offered towaids ch.. cking th-e invasion of the pest is in the est abliit ment of a wide zone of ia: d in which the cultivation of cot ton should be prohibited. On account of the miny difficulties in the way of such a prec.dure and on account of the reasonable degree of success that bas attended efforis toward controll irg the pest In Texas it seemed doubt. fui if such means would be justified. RAVAGES OF THE WEEVIL. "The effects of the ravages of the boll weevil in Texas may be summar izd as follows: "l, It has during the past five years caused a loss of at least $80, 000.000. - "2. It has increased decidedly the area required to produce a bale of cot ton. :'3. It has practically destroyed the credit of the small farmer, who has been in the habit of depending upon cotton, although farmers who have diversified their crops are still able to obtain necessary credit. "4. It has had the effect of driving large numbers of negroes from the cot ton lands of the State. Negroes lend thtmselves poorly to the modifications in the system of producing the staple, which are necessary on account of the ravages of the pest. Intensive cul tivation, to which negroes can be brought only with great difficulty, is one off the great essentials in produc ing a crop. "5. It has forced a diversification of crops, and in this way is considered by many parties as a beneficient in fluence. Wnile this may be the ulti mate result of the work of the boll weevil, the depression that comes from the changes necessary before a complete system of diversification may be followed is apparent to all parties who have investigated the matter in Texas. "It will be noted that cotton pro duction in Texas has -decreased an nually (with the exceptien of one year, 1900) since the invasion of the pest, although the reduction has not, on the whole, been very decided. This absence of a great falling off in pro duction is due to two principal fac tors-(1) that there has been a con siderable increase in acreage, and (2) following the suggestion of the bureau of entomology of the United States department of agriculture and their own experience, the planters of Texas are becoming familiar with the pro per s stem that mUst be followed to mitigate the damsge by the pest. The system recommended by the de partment of agricu'ture, as the re sult of several years' study of the hab its of the pest, and experiments upon a large scale in various parts of Texas is now generally snow as the 'cultural sa3 stem.' Tae greatest danger to be feared frem a further invasion of the cotton belt is that this system, which has been found to work.well in Texas, may be less applicable elsewhere. Many conditions of climate and plan tation practice show that there will be increased difficulty when the pest reaches the alluvial lands, which pr> duoe the bulk of the crop In the east ern portion of the belt. This em phasizes the continuation of the ex perimental work of the department in regions that are about to become invaded." METsT B3 DTOYED. The Convention aojourned Wednes day, after being in sebston three days. Before adjournment the following reslutions were adopted: "That we extend our sincere thanks to the department of agriculture of he Unizted State for the timely assist ance it has afforded in an effort to ovrcme the cotton boll weevil. "-That we think the department of entomology, headed by Dr. W. D Hunter, which has accomplished ex cellent results In educating the people regarding the nature and habits of the boll weevil and otier insect pests and for the well conceived plans and work of experimentation along this line. 'That we heartily approve the methods already employed as being both scientific and practical, and chat we emphasize the idea of thorough preparation of the cotton lands, a re duton of acreage, the rotation of crops and intensive culiivation, wit1 most vigorous efforts to secure earl; maturing cotton for all the boll wee vil districts. "That the cotton plante s through out the infected districts are hereby urged t.) co-operate with the general government in the plans for overcom mg this devastating pest. "That it is the sense of tbe (Jon vention that the Legislatures of the cot ton States be memoralized to en act i tringent laws for the protection of sll insectivorous birds, their eggs and young." "It was further resolved that a vig orus campaign (f public education shuld be Inaugurated through the fumxers and pedagogical Institutes or the~sev. ral cotton States, the press. and tbrough the public schools. "Resolved, That it Is the sense of this National Cotton Convention that the early fail destruction of all the cotton stalks in the boll weevil in ected areas c f Texa and Louisiana is an absolute necessity. "Resolved, That we commend to the legislat:ve bodies of any iufected aea, the urgent necessity of taking immecdiate steps under the supervision Iof proper atWorities to burn the cot ton stalks of next year s; stematicall5 and at o-nce behind the pickers." FARMERs TO ORGANIZE. A plan for organizing all the cotton growers of the South to comnbat the boll weevil was introduced by Oswald Wilson, statistical agent of the Unit ed Si ates department of agriculture, statiorsei at Fort Worth, T1exas, was received and Incorporated as a part of the resolutions. It is as follows: "The result of the experience of all the scientists and practical farmers in the holl weevil area up to the pres ent time is that cotton can be made even under boll weevil infestation i! the farmers are properly organized. "This means the adoption of what is known as the cultural method. It order that every farmer in the South may have the benefit of this cultural "That the president of this Con vention shall select five -members wbo, with himself and the secretary, shall constitute the general executive com mittee. "That the v!ce president of each State shall select six prominent men from each State, who shall constitute a State, executive committee. "The State executive ccmmittee shall organiz! each county In their respective States by appointing a chairman, who, in turn, will select an executive c. mmittee to assist him. 'The county executive committee will enroll the names cf all the cotton farmers of their county, sendir g the same to the State executive commit tee, who, in turn, will report to the national executive committee. "We recommend that each State raise a sufficlent fund among the cot ton farmers, merchants and bankers to carry on this work. "We recommend that the various State Legislatures and the depart ments of agriculture, through the bu reau or pla.it industry and the divis ion of entimolcgyy, co-operate in the campaign of education with the Sta e executive committee and county exfcutive committee, to reach each individual planter, as they have done in Texas, and that a sufficient ap propriation be made by Congress to provide the necessary literature and! instructions to carry out the cultural methods. "Until some remedy is found wbich will destroy the boll weevil and elimi nate him from the cotton field, cf the South, to make a cotton crop will de pend upon the individual efforts of each cotton farmer, and without this organization the Government cannot aid firmers as they should be aided. "As 72 per cent of the cotton farm. ers are tenants, it is absolu.ely imper ative that they and their landlords be organized. As fifty per cent of the cotton fai mers are negroes, it is more important that they be all crganized, as the boll weevil will affect the ten ants and negroes more than the land lords, or those who own their own farms." Sent Back to Scatland. The first deportation of an immi grant wbo came direct to this state took place Wednesday, although Com missioner Watson has been at work on the case for several days. The immi grant is Hugh Gorman, from Scotland. and he is suffering with a severe case of asthma. How he got past the strict inspection of the United States de parment at Philadelphia is a mystery, but the man was evidently anxious to come to this state where his son had been working for some time, and in some way managed to deceive the in spector at -Philadelphia. The rules of the government are very rigid along these lines and the steamsnip com panies will be made to take him back free of cost.-The Record. Moboed Himself. At Mansfield, Ohio, sixty girls mobbed Jacob Rose Wednesday night. Their plan to tar and feather him was almost carried into effesr. Roose was bound with ropes and bea ten and slapped by the girls. The at tackers were employees of the Brown glove factory. Roose owps the fac tory building and has been turning ..fr the water which supplies the power, it is alleged. The girls were angered by the loss of time. Roose was lured out of the building, tied with a rope and dragged toward the gas house, where the tar and feathers were ready. He slipped out of his bonds locked himself in his factory. The girls tried to break in, but were pre vented by thEir employer. R Jose was badly frightened and bears marks of rcugh handling. He has been as saulted by the girls once before. Let It Alone. Gov. Heyward has written wisely and well to the secretary of the Na tional Child Labor Aes )ciation in dis approval of the agitation that is being made for further legislation in South Carolina against employment of chil dren ine the mills. T ae movement is for a further restriction upon the em ployment of children. The law now puts the age minimun at twelve years for employees in the mills and it is proposed that this be raised to fo.ur teen years. Gov. Hey ward points out that tae law is working to the satis faction of everybody and there is no good t> come of a further agitation at this ti:ne. The Governor is entirely -ight. .4 Long khat. A physician (.f R gers, Ark., is au thority for the s. atement that Miss Lowney, residing three miles from that oity, has just completed a self imposed fast of 48 days with no ili ef fect Ste we:ghed 240 pounds at the beginting of her fast and it was for she purgote of reducing her weight that the task was undertaken. Sne now weighs 200 p' undls. and although for 48 days s e .uusisted e tirely on water, she is in the best of he ith. Wnotesal te rder. News of a wholesale murder has just reached Berlin from the village of Moderstien Saxony. Herr Fre'm denburg, wife, and three children and two grandchildren were murdered and the perpetrators set tire to the house to hide~ the crime. The police have arrested the nearest relative on sas picion. Beer Betrle nas iL. At Spartanburg A. L. La vrence, White, wss struck in the face several times with a beer bottle in Thacks ton's beer dispensary Tiiursday after noon. He was seriously but not tatal y W(ounded. Two young men, Shaver and W..oten, tare arre tel, chragad pith making the attack. The pan.i ulars of the diffculty are not known. Pardoned.t Gove Heyward Wednesday pardoned Henry Jackson, who was sent up from Hampton county for three years for stealing a sheep. As publishedi in The State Tuesday, Judge Purdy asked for this pardon volunitarily as he feels that he passed too severe a sentence upon the convicted man. Foolishi Boys. An entire class of students have withdrawn from the Virginia Agri cultural and Mechanicle college at Blacksburg. One of tbe cla-s hung the commandant in effgy and was ex pelled therefor. The other membera MORMONS ACREE To Mutilation for Disobeying the Mandates of the Church. MARRIAGE A FARCE. One Man Stood Proxy Four Times for Marriages of Living Womaa to Dead Men. Mrs. Geddes' Youngest Child Not Yet Six Years Old. Several witnesses were heard in the case cf Senator Reed Smoot before the senate committee on privileges and elections. the committee resuming its investigation after a long recess. The first witness was the Rev. J. M. Buck ley, editor of the Christian Advccate of New York, who told of a Mormon meeting he attended in Salt Lske City, Utah, last summer, In which President Joseph Smith declared he would not give up his plural wives. Geo. Reynolds, a higt cfficial of the church, testifned in regard to the core moi s that have taken place in the endowment house and concerning ec clesiastical divorces granted by the l church, and John Henry Hamlin told of the plural marriage of his sister, Lillian Hamlin, to Apostle Abram Cannon, wbich ceremony, he said, he understood to have been performed by President Smith since the manifesto of 1890. Most of the testimony re lated to the inside church policy, but did not connect Senator Smoot with any of the alkged violations of State or natitnal statutes. Dr. Buckley told of a speech of 1 President Smith on the subject of marriage, The witness said Presi- 1 dent Smith declared that the mothers of his own children bad been given him by God and were saints of God. Dr. Buckley said President Smith de-. fended the Mormon marriage, and . declared that polygamy was not adul. 1 rery, but was a system *of marriage. President Smith was quoted by the witness as saying that he could not give up any of his wives. In answer to questions by Senator I Overman, Mr. Reynolds said marri :g s were parformed with . dead per- I sons in the endowment house. Mr. Taylor then asked if divorces were granted in the endownment. "The church grants divorce to those who have been married for time a-d eternity, but does not divorce le gal marriage until the cmurts have acted," said Mr. Reynolds. "Plural marriages are not recognized by the courts and therefore the church does not consult the court in granting di vorces in cases of such marriages." Senator Foraker asked if such di vorces were granted from dead par. sons. "In a few instances only, I should say," said the witness. For something done after death or before?" the senator asked. "In life time." "Is the dead person given an oppor-1 tunity to be heard?" the senator1 asked. "No sir, it is because such cases are held to be unjust to the dead accused that so few divorces of _this kind are grantcd," said the witnes. "Is any one appointed to defend the aceused?" "Never; but t' e complainant is given a nearing if satisfactory evi dence is furnished to the church." Mr. Reynods testified that the president of the church always has bad the authority to Issue ecolesiasti cal divorces. Mr. Taylor showed the witness a contract of se paration between George T. and Ellen Watson, which Mr. Roy nolds acknowledged he executed in1 1897. He stated that no does not know now whether the marriage headissolv ed was a plural one or not. "Are you a polygamist?" Mr. Tay icr avked. "~Yes sIr," answered Mr. Reynolds. "Have you any chiidren married In polygamy?'' "I believe so; one daughter." Mr. Reynalds testidied that he has 26 children. Mr. Re.Lolds gave the names of the seven presidents of the seventies, of which he is the rourth in rank. He testified that three of the seven were polygamists. Senator DuBois asked: "You have two wiyes now, I be lieve, Mr. Reynolds, your first wife being cead?" ".Yes sir." "If you were to marry another wo man tomorrow which would be your legal wife?" "The one last married." "Would not that be adultery?" "It would be if I continued to live as the husband of the other woman, but I do not sustain such relations with more than one." "Mr. Reynolds said he understood that the manife to of 1890 permitted him to live with hisiplural wives with out violating the laws, but that no further wives couild be contracted. Despite this testimony It was brought out that the witoePs has had children uy two wi ns since the manifesto of 1l90. and he acknowledged the truth ruiness of these statements. In answer to questions by Senator McComas, Mr. R.eynxlds said he had never preached against polygamy nor had he tried to get others to do so. Mr. R.:ynolds said he did not know of any eilort made by any offcials of the church to carry out provisions of the Woodruff manifesto putting an end to poiygamy. Mr. Reynolds said he was one of the advisers who aided| in perfecting the Woodruff manifesto, which was first submitted in Presi dent Woodruff's hand sntting. He1 testifie~d that committee had revised the manifest~o. "I believe the mani fesso is said to have been inspired," asked Chairman Burrows. -It was a revelation from the Al jm rhty." "And you changed it?" "Not the meaning." "You just changed the phraseolo gy?"1 "Yes, sir." "Then as I understand it," said Senator Burrows, "when this revela tion came ffom the Almighty. the grammar was bad and you c rcected it?" The witness said the phraseolcgy had not been inspired, but was Presi dent Woodruff's own. This testimony kept the committe room in an uproar. Mr. Hamlin sai I he was the brother of Lillian Hamlin, who, the protes tants have tried to show, was married to Apostle Abram Cannon on the high seas in 1896. Mr. Hamlin said it was the family convention that his sister was married to Mr. Cannon in the summer of 1896, and that t.he cere. mony was performed by President Smith on the Pacific coast. Lillian was said by her brother to have been an attractive young women. He said he had not heard from her for four or five years and did not know where she was now. She had one child, he said, a daughter who goes by the name of artba Cannon "Well, nobody doubts that the child Is Abram Cannon's daughter?" asked Mr. Tyler. "No sir, was the reply. J. H. Wallis, Sr., of Salt Lake, said be had stood proxy four times for marriage of living women to dead men. He had been through the e adow ment house twenty times. He was asked to give the oaths taken by those who participated in the ceremonies, ind this he did, together with a de icription of the secret signs executed )y each person. Nearly all of the ob igations -were that those who took art would not rev al anything they iaw or heard, on penalties of mutila ion of the person, and everyone who >ased through the temple, said the itness, was compelled to agree to the onditions laid down by the priets. The penalties agreed to were given >y Mr. Wallis as follo Rs: That the throat be cut from ear to ar and the tongue torn out. That the breast be cut asunder and he heart and vitals be torn from the )ody. That the body be cut asunder at she middle and the bowels cut out. That if demanded we will give all ve possess to the support of the ihurch. The next obligation was one of ihastity In which obligator agree not o cohabit wity any person not given irn or her by the priests. Another obligation was one that we would "never cease to importune high eaven to avenge the blood of the rcphets upon the nations of the arth or the inhabitants of the earth, don't just remember which," said be witness. "This was followed by a notation from the Scriptures, I hink Revelations 6:9, The souls of hose slain cried aloud on the altars for engence." Mr. Wallis, when cross-examined, aid be had always considered the ob gations in the light of a joke, and hat he thought many others had con idered them in the same way. George H. Bromhall, president of he Brigham Young university, testi- f ien that he had two wives, married be ore 1890. He sald Senator Smoot fre tuently addressed the students and ,ways urged them to obey the law. JTosiab Hickman, a teacher in Brig- 1 am Young unlversity, testitied hat for ten years he lived with two ives and had children by both of ,hem. He said he had taken no stepsr o conform to the 19." in relation to narriages. "-Then, as you understand it, you ~re not legally marrie-l to your present ife?" asked Mr. Taylor. "No, sir." The witness said he took the wo nan, who became his second wife in .890, to Mexico, and that the cere onoy had been performed while theyt ere walking through the cinntry. le said there were no polygamous narriages performed in the United states at that time. Mrs. Margaret Geddes, of Salt Lake, aid she became the plural wife of Wm. Geddes in Logan, Utah. She had 'our children. Her husband died in )regon and sme then went to her hus and's first wife and there their baby was born. She broke down crying as he gave this testimony. it was 3rought out that her husband died ~hrteen years ago and that her young et child is five and a half years old. ie said she had not been married a econd time and refused to give the ame of her youngest child's father. We Hold the Record. The Norfolk Landmark congratu tes Virginia on the smallness of the ccialist vote, saying it believes-that State polled the least number of Deb3 votes in the galaxy of States. Vir ginia gave the Socialist candidate 60; while the Palmetto State tendered im but 22, so South Carolina :eads. nd this State gave Tom Watso'n but me vote, while Swallow drew a blank. Ls not that the national record?--The tate. Lumber Goes Up. The Georgia Interstate Mill associa ion held a meeting at Valdosta, Ga., las; week which was largely attended. Reports indicated the greatest im provement in the demand for lumber, specially planing mill stock, during bhe last 80 days that has ever been known. In consequence the price list for 1905 on coastwise stuff was raised~ 11 per thousand feet. The Interior prices remain the same. The rules which were formulated in Savannaah last week were adopted with thre ex eption that a moditicatibn is wanted In the allowance on 12 Inch sizes and ver. Quick Work. In San Francisco the other morning Dr. and Mrs. Gerlach, leadcs of so ciety, Quarrelled at the breakfastl table. Exactly 60 minutes late Mrs. Gerlach was in court filling a demand for divorce. That is only one of the sweet privileges of living in a state of matrimonial uncertainty. A Pathetic Case. Fred Marax, residing near South Bend, Indiana, has been informed that his father, George Marax, has been sentenced to hang January 26 in Norwich, Conn., for murder of a hired man. Young Marax lz, penni less but has started to walk a thous and miles to say gonod bye to father. WHERE HE STANDS. Senator Tillnan Defines His Position Towards the Negro in REPLY TO A NORTHERN CRITIC. Denics that He Ever Used the Race Issue in Any of His Politi cal Camiafgns and Never Will. The New York Evening Post pub. lishes the following letter from Sena tor Tillman: The editorial page of The Evening Post is couducted so ably that one is surprised to 6nd therein an attack on a public man which is both unjust and unfair, as well as untrue. In your issue of December 10 1 read: "Senator Tillman's own attitude on the negro question is worth dwelling upon in this connection. No one can surpass him in his ranting about it; no one can make a more disgraceful speech about it to our college stu dents. No one has defended lynching more openly, or preached the doctrine of the forcible suppression of the ne gro more boldly. No Southerner has approached him in the tears he has wept over the Crum case or the pic turing of the horrible results which were certain to follow this policy of recognizing the negro of merit. Thanks to this line of action, he has risen to his present estate and built up a serviceable machine, which, ac ording to present prospects, will keep him in the senate, as long as life lasts. Yet in his private relations to the negroes with whom he is brought into contact, he Is kindly and courte Dus. He even aids those who aspire to rise to better things. We have be Core us a circular of a South Carolina :olored school which contains his earty endorsement of the institution ind its head, and is in the nature of in appeal to Northern philanthro pists. In short, he is just like, the Beffins and Vardamans In that he aas swung himself into office by naking use of a prejudice which irouses popular passions. If his po itical welfare demanded it, he would Irop his 'sacred crusade' in behalf of ;he integrity of the white race, pre ,isely as he has abandoned his un Fielding opposition to Crum in the ace of Taeodore Roosevelt's admir Lble refusal to throw over that nomi 2ee."1 Now as to whether my speeches are 'disgraceful" or not is a matter of )pinion, and I do not object to your xercising the liberty of calling them uch. I have advocated lynching for the rime of rape only, and I expect to ontinue to advocate it under the con litions which obtain In my state and ri many other states in the South, vhere the negroes outnumber the vhites. I believe that Anglc-Saxon ivilizition in the cotton states re Laires the political suppression of the iegro, and I have said so; but I have ever "wept any tears from the Crum ase," and I have exercised the same iberty of thought which you claim or yourself, backed up by long ex. ierience on the ground, to express my pinion of the result of such an ap ~ointment. So far, there is nothing in your edi orial which gives offence except the ipression of your opinion of me and ny public acts and for that 1 do not are. But when you say, "He has isen to h~s present estate and built :p.a serviceable machine which, ac erding to present prospects, will :eep him in the Senate as long as life asts,'' you are entirely outside of the ecord, and hate intentionally or un-1 ntentionally uttered what Is untrue. did not make the negro an issue in ither of my races for Governor, nor ras it an isbue In either of my elec. ions to the senate. The race issue had nothirg what iver to do with any -of those elec ions, and my hold upon the people if South Carolina, if I have any, loes not rest upon any such founda ion. That I am willing to treat "courte >usly and kindly" a worthy colored nan is only the truth. That I am eady to assit negroes in any legiti nate effort in becoming better men nd women is equAlly true, but I have lot "swung myself Into office by naking use of a prejudice which 1,rouses popular piassion." Again, you say: "If his political welfare demand id it, he would drop his 'sacred cru lade' in behalf of the integrity of the white race precisely as he has aban loned his unyielding opposition to Jrum in the face of Theodore Roose relt's admirable refusal to throw over Ghat nominee." This portrays me as i. self-seeking demagogue, which I am aot; but let it pass. Whatever may be my future, politi :ally, I will always be found in the ranks of those Southern people as a eader or as a private who are preach ing a crusade against negro equality to2 behalf of the integrity of the white race. I will never consent or permit, if I can help it, negro domination in South Carolina or amalgamation of the races anywhere, and if I have de >ided that I will not obstruct a vote in the Senate on Crum's nomination, lt Is because I see no good that can tny longer come from such a course. Believed To Be Lost. The three masted schooner William Churchill, which sailed from Boston. Mas. November 7 from Wilmington, N. 0., has not yet arrived at her des tination, and the owners believe that the vessel has been lost. The trip should have been completed in from 10 to 15 days and the Churchill has now been out 33 days. Capt Jossen was in command and shipped a crew of eight men, all foreigners, from Boston. Two Kialed. South-bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train from Rocky Mount, N. C., to Willmington was wrecked Wednesday by running into an open switch at Overman's siding. Two miles north of Warsaw. :Engineer Guiilford F. Horne of Williamston and is colored fireman, Sterling Creech of Rocky Mount, were instantly killed. None of the passengers was seriously i jured although the entire train with the exception of a Pullman was piled up alongside the track. Coast Line officials here are of the opiuion The switch was tampered with. THE MiRACULCUS ESCAPE Of the Captain. His Wife and Crew of a Barkentine. A dispatch from Boston, Mass., says a story of hardship and miraculous es care from death was revealed by the crew of the New York barkeatine Emita, which was brought to that port Wednesday by the Clyde line steamer New York. The Clyde liner rescued the unfortunates Sunday, Dec. 11, 15 bours after they had been carried adrift on a fragment of their vessel. The Emita, which left Fernandina December 7th with a cargo of lumber for Fall River, struck on Diamond Shoal, (ff Cape Hatteras, Saturday night, Dec. 10, during a heavy storm and was pounded to pieces by the fur ious seas within half an hour after she touc' ed bottom, yet not a life was lost. Capt. W. E Reemie of Machias, Me., his wife and a crew of seven men were in the vessel when it stranded. The barkentine suddenly struck bottom with a terrific shock and brought up on Diamond Shoal. In a few minutes the vessel swung around and great waves threatened to sweep all hands from the de,k. The entire crew and the captain's wife found shelter in the forward house. In a few minutes the masts were carried away and the baw of the vessel began to go to pieces. Gaps in the hull widened, and finally the crew was swept away from the rest of the wreck in the forward deckhouse, sup pcrted by a portion of the mair deck. The little party drif ted for 23 miles, standing in more than a foot of water In this uncertain craft. At last the steward found some dry matches and kindled a fire, which attracted the at tention of the New York's officers. dwift Justice. The people of McDuffle County, Ga., have given the entire South a most worthy example to follow in the mat ter of law and order. About two weeks ago two negro men, Butler and Reid, killed a Mr. Story, a very prominent citizen of the county. He was an esti mable and popular citizen, and his brutal murder naturally caused great excitement, and there was talk of lynching, but, Judge Hammond, of Augusta being notified of the- fact, hastened at ones to Thomson, where the two negroes were confined. As soon as he arrived in the town he ad dressed the large crowd of people as sembled, promising them that the law should be adminfstered at the earliest possible time. The law-abiding citi zens of McDuffie accepted his asur ances and having pledged themselves to uphold the majesty of the statutes Df the State, dispersed, to reassemble T'esday morning following to be pres nt at the special session of the Su. perior Court that Judge Hammond ad called for that date. Tuesday the rial took place and the men convict d, without recommendation, were entenced to be hanged December 7th, the minimum twenty day, set I >y law, being the br!ef remnant allow- I sd them. We agree with tneAAusta& Jhronicle that "the prompt anlir houghtful action of Judge Henry C. ammond and Solicitor Joseph-Bey olds in hastening to Thomson -to< revent the good name of the comn noonwealth being stained byI other lynching, and that of he people of McDuffie county Lu dispersing and returning to heir homes when thus assured of the] ure and speedy administration of jns ice upon the two criminals, John Butler and Guy Raid, was not only ~dmrable, but should be disseminated roadly on account of the effect it| hould have as an examale." Justice,j wift and sure, as in this case, will son abolish the lynching habit, ex-1 ~ept for one crime. All honor to udge Hammond, Solicitor Reynolds nd the law abiding people of McDuf fie County, Ga. May otber sections f the country follow their worthy xample. -The Times and Democrat Lived Cheap Died Rich. There is $159.000 In special public equests- in the will of Charles E. rench, a retired drug merchant, whose death occurred in Boston within a week. There Is also a gift of the residue of his estate, after satisfying hose beauests and several personal equests, to the Boston Provident Association and the Associated Chari tes, the income to be used for individ als worthy of charity. The city of Boston is to get $98,000 all told, thel purpose being to promote good scho0 larship in the public schools and to ake care of the Colonial Burial rounds, the old state house and the ldest and largest trees on the C:.m mon. The testator's home was in' Commonwealth avenue, but he was 'ound dead in an office building hei wnEd In Boylston street. Mr. French acted 2.s tanitor and elevator man be - sides scrubbing the floors. He boastedl of living on 21 cents a day. Two Firemen Dead. Jacob Miller and John Fellows, fire men, killed and two other firemen hurt and a property loss of $6.50,000 tells the story of the fire that threat ened the business section of the city of Minneapolis. The houses totally destroyed are: Bouterelle Bros., furniture house; Peck's photograph supply house; Binliff Manufacturing company, art goods, and three build Ings occupied by these concerns on Fith street and first avenuo. Other property in the vicinity was badly damaged. Miller lost his life by fall ig down an elevator shaft where he was inclnderated, while Fellows was burned to deat, being cut off by the lames from escape. The Hughes Tragedy. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict on Monday that the Hughes family at Trenton came to their death by the hands of persons un known to the jury. The public has ettled down to the conviction that B. B. Hughes, in a fit of insanity, murdered his wife and two daughters and then committed suicide. A Tragedy. A special from Saratoga, Miss., says E. E. Man;;um, a prominent citizeni of Magee. was shot and killed by Prof. J. E. Wood ward principal of the high school Thursday. A son of Mangum was whipped by Woodward and sub sequently Mangum met and knocked Wondward down. DEADLY STEAM Causes the Death of Three Men on a Battleship. CAUGHT IN A TRAP. Three Civilian Boilermakers Meet a Her rible Death on the Battleship Mao sachusetts on Account of De. fective Machinery or Carelessness. Caught In a trap and helpless to save themselves, three men lost their lives and four otheis, including Lieut. Win. C. Cole, were terribly scalded Thursday by a rush of steam and boil ing water in the fire room of the bat tleship Massachustts, lying at the League Island navy yard at Philadel phia. The dead are: Edward Babb, mLrried, boilermaker and civilian. Andrew Hamilton, married, aboiler maker and civilian. Charles P.ltzel, boilermaker's helper and civilian. The injured: Lieut. Wm. C. C)le, U. S. X., assis tant engineer of ihe Massachusetts, scalded about the head and body. Taken to the naval hospital. Wm. Anderson, khip's boilermaker, badly scalded; takea to the naval hos. pital. James Wilson, bciilermaker's helper and civilian employe, ealded; taken to the Methodist hospital. Joseph A. Duran, boilermaker's helper and civilian, scalded; taken to St. Agnes hospital. With the exception of Lient. Cole all the killed and iniured resided in Philadelphia. Lieut. Cole received his injuries In a heroic effort to rescue the others. The accident was caused by the giv ing way of a gasket or rubber washer' on a boiler on the starboard side of the ship. The Massachusetts has been at the navy yard for some time undergoing extensive repairs particularly to the boilers and machinery. Although Capt. Edward 'D. Taussig and his. complement of officers and men were aboard the ship, the Massachusetts Is virtually in charge of the authorities )f the tavy yard. The boiler on which the accident occurred had re ,ently been cleaned and thoroughly mted, and the boiler makers were rhursday at work on another boiler. Without warning, the gasket between she boiler plate and the boiler head rave way and a terrific rush of steam Lad hot water occurred. The doors >tAha re r re closed at the ac-. :ddent occufe )f es-:ape was a safety W mne man, Bramlet;'a ship's fireman, shought of the ladder, and he escaped without a scar. -Few of the upper decks knew what 2ad happened until the steam came rusbing up from the seething -pit' be- - tow. The work of rescuefwas prompt md to this promptness tiiose who es :aped death owe their thanks. The irst to enter the fire hole was Lient. Jole. Without hesitating at becoming scalded by the hot water and steam te entered quickly and dragged the nan from the place to the door where shey were taken in charge by others. Bubb and Hamilton were dead when round, the Bitzel died a few minutes after being taken on deek. Whether the gasket was detective or whethfer it had been carelessly put in place remains for the offcial court of inquiry to determine. It is said the boiler had been thoroug'ily overhauled' and tested under a tremendous pres sure of steam. At the time of the-s3 aident the steam pressure was only mfuient to run the ship's heating plant. The accident wil cause little or no :lelay in preparing 'she battleship for Hangedl El::her Way. A white man was arraigned before a colored justice of the peace during reconstruction times for killing a man and stealing a mule. It was in Ar kansas, near the Texas border, and there was some rivalry between the state, but the colored justice tried al way to preserve and impartial frame of mind. "W'se got two kinds og blof in dis vere co't," he said. "rTexas law and Arkansas law. Which will you bab?" Thte prisoner thought a minute and then guessed he would take the Ar kansas law. "Den I discharge you to' stealin' de mule an' bang you to' e.Wng de man." "Hold on a mirute, judge," said thle .prisoner. "Better make that Texas law." "All right. Under de law ob Texas I fine yo' kilin' de man and hang yo' for slealin' de mule." starved to Death. Alfred Dooner, a laborer, died of starvation in New York last Satur day. He fell from exhaustion when directly in front of one A the most fashionable hotels. The man, like tens of thaonsands of others in N~ew York, has been out of employment. New York's problem, wita a vast army of unemployed, is a great one, but the fact of human beings dying of starvation in a laud of plenty Is diffi cuir, to realize in this part of the country.-The State. Miust suffer. In view of the finding of the court of appeals of tha District of Colizmb.a the general belief prevails that Ma cben & Co., defendants in the post cifice conspiracy case, will have to serve their sentence of two years each and pay lines of $2,000 each without much further legal wrangling. A F~re~e kight. In a free fight at a church supper at Loweh, Ky.. cn Monday night Wil iam B.gat was killed and yim Mit chll wa fatally Injured.