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VOL. xx. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 96, 1906. NO. 52. BRYAN COMES To Columbia and is Most Warm. ly Welcomed by People FRO3I ALL THE STATE A Cordial Ret prion is Givena the Gre1 and Elcqu at Orator by the People of Columbia and Thousands of Visitors From Oth r Places. Mr. William Jennings Bryan's visit tc Columbia Wednesday was ar roca sit n of great political me ment. Taere were gathered there to meet him several tundred ot the leadirg men of the State, and thev listened Intent ly to the words of wisdom of the mar who is now n ouldirg Democratic thi ugl-t and sentiert. Mr. Bryar arrive(' i Columbia Wednesday morn insr ar 3 o'ck-ck from Charlotte, his train having been delayed. Wednesday morning Mr. Bryan waE entert.Ined at, breakfast by a cox mittee irvited by the Chamber of Commercr-Mr. R'chard I Manning Dr C. M Galloway, Dr. J alius D Dreher, Dr. J A B. Scerer ard otL ers.- At 10 30 Governor Heyware and et cort called in motor cars at W) Ight's hotel, Mr. Bryan's head qu-rte-s, and Mr and Mrs. B-yar and party were taken m motor cars for a a-pin arrund the city and out into ie ocuntry. After this the party drove up to the rear of Legare college and through P back entrance to the ste- in front cf wbich were gathered 2 500 people awaiting the arrival of the greal An erican cit-z-n. All the morning there 1-ad been a throrg of men and wemeL arcund the do( rs of Wright'e hotel, eager ard r-.xpectant for the -first glimpse <f .the guest of Scuth Carolina. He -was creered lustily as he came out and entered the motor car. Again as he ascended the p'at form In front of Legare college tenert was cteering. The morning -was beautiful, al thcugh later it became sultry anc showery. There were many ladle' present and altegeth:r the atmos phera was one cf such fiank cordalit7 for ae speaker, that ha, in effect. declared that be feared he wouk lapee Into platitudes. There were no Repubicans for him to face and his speech was not given the emphasis which perhaps it would hava recelvec had thtre been in the air a touch ot animosity to the sacaker. Mr. Bryan beer- me very earnest, however, In de claring-his position on the dual owner sbir propos'ton which has been so ii h talked of lately. He declared It adly that he is rot afraid to speak . views, and if they be unpopular. he is net afraid to recehe the disap proval of those who disagree with him. His speech ,as in fc ur parts: H - dissction and ridicule of the speeche? on high tarIff by Mr. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the tresury; bis declara tion that Roosevelt is popular not be cause of the Reruhlicanl party, but in spite of it, for his popularity comes from the reforms which he urges, re forms taken from the Demrcratic platform; his discussion of the Philip pine situation in a waylto show what had the Democratic party been vic torious in .1900, there would have haben saved (frem subsequent Philip pine extravaganeer) $500,000,000, enough to dig the Panarca cana', ano there wouldn't be thes shame of car pet baggers kept in power by bayonet rule; inally his explanation of the government ownership of railroads which, in a way, he favors. This -was the nevwest and most significant part of his speech. Some of the stenographer's notes were rendered al most undecipherable by the showers which came up toward the latter part f Mr. Bryan's speech. When Mr. Bryan and escort mount ed the stand there was great enthu sam in the crowd, and the Columbia orchestra, which had been entertain ing the crowd, began to play Our Country 'Tis of Thee-" The meet ing w as called to order by Mr. W. A Clark, president of the ecamber of ccmrr e.rce, who presented Rev. Dr. Sam M. Smith, pastor of the First Presy terian churcb, who made a prayer full of patriotim and noble thought. This wes referred to very feelit~gly by Mr. Bryan subsequently in his dacussionf of Christian it. zena sp. E idently Mr. Bryan is not .accusonJ.d to seeing political meet igs c per.ed with prayer. Mr Clark then Lock charge of the -pocednlgs In the f~Eowing introduic tory remarks: Fellow cit'zens, we have as cu gue5; today cne of America's most dtr gushed sons, one disting~uised as a citlz'n, distinguished as a at 'tes rman, distinguished as an orator. H. Las kindly consented to speak tot peoplr3 of South Carolina upon thosi get political q:uestionsB which COD cern the r at on. It is cur privilege, tere fore. to extend to him a Caro lina welcome. He is the guest not only ci the city of Columbia, but o1 the S;tate of Scuth Carolina. It if po r, therecore, that Co:ur.bu e Qo.a .xtend him our welcome. 11 my privilege now to introduce Mr J hr A. Willis, cu- 'rayor tro temn io will extlCnd this welcome. .&DIInA m i LLIS. Mr Will' m=.Cle a very line speect which was recen~ed v-ith ficquen~t i trrptons of applause. On behas of the city of Columina,~ he saia: It Is with pleasure I am here befo' you today in bet altf Uhs 1-oner, ot mayi r to we~come to our fair city d ~stiguihed a guest, -a man we know n to you all, einer person~aliV C *by re putat'on,~ and a man that stanC gb in tt e etimei.tionL of the Amer nr pe.pC ic as acit zyn, v'riter, state! man ar d crator. He has been withl cur gae- before, andi but a bioc away adidresseda oar leaislaturei open air, and with a pleasant~ retro pot of that day we are glad to aga ave ht. p'ea'ur5 of orcs more v'E mng himir to our city, to our bomi ard te ot:r heats. And I am confi dent I voice the sentiment of every man, woman and child of Columbia. I am glad to see so many straog-rE witb us today, to eo honor to v' noted a guept, and I bid them welcome ard that k them for coming to aid us in '-onoring a man wl o in all his politi cal career stands out arinst the hori zon of his far-away Western home with the white ft g of purity wrapped about him-and no man can j'stli point at him except to name a pure and loyal American and loved by ail who know him. 'Tis true our guest is a courageous mat; this no one car doubt. He speaks what be tiinkt and acts as his conscience dictate, and fears no man or p -.rty. He was twice the choice of the Democratic party and twice defeated. 1ut that did not discourage this God feering mar and if the signs of the time are right Ie will again be their choice, and I -rust and believe he will lead bis pa- y o uccess and sfter Novemb' r, 1908, we may a ve the pleasure and honor iof again welcoming him not as a citi zsn alone, but as the chief exeoutive of this great nation. In this dear Souttland we love a man who p-oves himself to be pure, true and loyal to his e:envictions, and to his people, and a I stand here upon this historic ground and in front of this historic building and besides these historic stands from behind which so m-y distinguished South arolinians have spoken, and as I g.rz7 upon the p~r traits of McDL the, Legare, Preston. Hampton and the imir ortal Calboun. methinks I see their faces light up with a smile of approval and bid me with you all to welcome to dear ole Columbia this true and tried citiz n writ er,'statesman an'1 silver-tongue? rator, the H n. Wlli&m JenningF Bryan Mr. Clark then presented Gov. Du- - can Clinch Heyward, wbo was receiv d with marked approbation. Gov. [ey ward said: GOVERNOR HEYWARD Mr. Chairman. Ladts, and My Fellow Cit zn-: I feet honored to speak for S.-uth Carolina on tlhe occasion which call as together this -mornihrg. It Is al was a pleasure tome to extend te visiting guests the cordial bosp tallty, the greeting and the we'c-me of our native State. And today, my fellow cii!z-ns, it is in added pleasum e and a privilege in deed, to extend the right hand of gco'. 'y fellowship, aye, both hands, ir. ,armest greetinga to our honoredand distirguished guest, *Our Great Cem mooner," William J-nnings Bryan. Sir, you have met and mingled with South Carolinians before. You know the sincerity of our welcome, and I trust that recollections cf former vilts linger as pleasan t memo. les with you, as they do with us. Our -guest has just returned from r o g visit to many dis-Vant lands. Everywhere he sc i urned honors were iaeaped upon America's distinguished son by potentates, kings and emper ors, and in Eugland'' 0 .r Great Com moner" was %ermed "the Gladstone of America." And when he returned to the land of his birth such a wel :ome was given him as rarely if ever as been - qualled under tlve Stars and Strp's of his native country. Differing in numbers and in noise, perhaps, but rqualing in sincerity and c ardiality is the welcome wbieb~ we Scuth Carolinians give to you, Mr. Bryan, today. O.ir only regret is that your stay must be so brief. And now, Mr. Bryan, I give you into the care and keeping o-f your South Carolina friends-Southr Caro linans, -I present to you the NIeb raskan, William Jennings Bryan, the great Amercan. Gov. Heyward's ringing speech was followed by cheers which swelled into a genuine ovation as Mr. Bry an came forward smiling. Mr. Bryan was in verj fine voice and without diffleulty he made everyone in that big crowd hear him. He was interrupted with applause frequently. After speaking an hour and 40 min utes, Mr. Bryan concluded, although the crowd willingly would have spent the whole afternoon listening to his words of wisdom and his call to ac tion. Mr. Willis announced that there would be a puolic reception at the State capItal and there for half an hour Mr. Bryan stood - rakir'g hanos with the South Carolin.. 2s who, eager and admiring, crowded upon him. A&T LUNCHEON. At 3 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were entertained at luncheon by Capt. and Mrs. W. E Gor.nales at their home on Senate ttreet. The guests invited to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were: Gov. D. C. Heyward, Mr. Richard I. Manning, Mr. Martin F. Ausel, gov ernor elect; Mr. Jno. C. Sheppard, for :er gernor of the State; Mr. Stan hope Sams. Litt. D ; Mr. W. A. Clarb ana Mr. Julius H. Walker. 'The party remained at the home of Capt Gon' nies until the time for departure cf the train for Augusta. There was a committee from that city waiting tc accompany Mr. Bryan. The great Nebhraskan evidently ii found of Columbia. Ha did not hesi -tate to say so, and his friends here were made to feel that his words were genune. Market the Crop Slowly. Mr. Harvie Jordan says "the recen1 meet1ng of the executivo committee of the Southern Cotton Assoclatiol ield at Hot Springs, Ark., frxing thb minimum price on cotton', basis mid lng, at interior points at 10 cents il i low price as any farmer could be shed or advised to hold his cottcn Ten cents per pound is practicall: he bread and meat line ahi.d cc,;to: cold ielow that figure, however slig bt barely regresent the cost of production There is no necessity and no kind c ensie reasoning why the Souti should sacrifice at the present ma ruring crop at arny price under l1 ents per pound. There is no good res Lson why this crc p should sell for les '-?n that of last year, which averag ~eda ltl over 11lcents per pound -the pCrts. Since Septumter 1 194. to September 1, 190.6, ther ~ave come into sight 25.500.000 bale f cotton snai of this enormous amoun all Lad been practically consumel -cept about So0,000 bales." Th ncrop is short and Mr. Jordan advise the farmers to market tbe crop slovi .a lante riisbound to ris. F IERCX FMIG?T. NEGRO ATTACKS ENGINEER D5 HIS ENGINE CAB. rhe Fegro -Tireman Made No Iffort to e'p ihs Engineer in His Battle. E.gineer J L. Lanard, of the S:-uthern railway, had a desperate 5gbt with a negro in his engine cab rhursday morning j -st after he had left K-ngsville and was abcut thirty miles above Oangeturg. His left ear was chewed nearly off by his ferocious assailant, Daniel Goodwin who af teward made his escape. Wil liam Wilson. the engineer's colored Uteman, did not raise his hand to help bis superior. Tust outside i f Kngville T-ursday morning, while Engineer L:.onard was urging his engine to spoed in order t) get the moraing passenger train from. Uharleston into Columbia n time, Daniel G od win,,a negro who had ant: d a fireman for Mr. Lsonare and who hrd been discharged some ten days b- f ire, leaped upon the en gine steps a 'd made his way into the cab of the eng'ne. He announced that he was going to ride to Colum la. Engineer Lionard ordered the big riegro off the locomotive. It would have been agAinst the rules to let him ride. Goodwia refused to go. The engineer stcpped the engine tn put the negro cff Goodwin se!zed a heavy monkey wrench and made a deadly swing with it as the engineer's head He saw the blow coming Iasi in time and slid down from his seat Ele grappled with G-,odwin, and then began t.ne figh-. I was the en zineer's task to prvent G;odwin 'rim brat i ig him wili the wrercb, and at tbe sair tima *o put the desperate fellow :9 Lhe e-gine. The negro wa forced steadily back ward ty M- Leonard, who is not a big nsan, but who is well muscled. BEu Goodwin got a brace against the bsck of the cab and Mr. Leonard'r iaead brushed against his frce. In -tantlv, with tV:e instir ci of a bull dog. G odwin crushed the engineer's -ar betweqn his teeth, and chewed. The pain was horrible. The engineer dtec!eded in tearing away, and then it was that Goodwin made his escape from the cab, and disappeared into nearby woods. He seems to be a des peraze fellow, and had an ally in Mr. Leonards negro fireman. Although in great pair, the en ginecr drove his engine into Clum bia, and there was sent to the infirm ry and received treatment. He re 'urned to Charleston Thursday night. It is thought that Goodwin will be captured, as he lives in the neighbor aood of the place where the atsault was made. The Charleston P.s5 says Mr. Laonard is well known in Char leston. He has been an engineer of the Sfuthern railway fr many years, and is a good man. He was able to receive visitors Friday, but will tave trouble with that irj ired ear for some time to cmme. Reports about his in j -ries were much exaggerated, but nie did have a na~rrow esc spe. WAITS TO BE PARDOJED. List ol Those Who Will G'o to Pardon Board. The board of pardons will meet In Columbia the first Wednesday in Oc tober. There are always a great many pec.ple interested in the work of this board, and so that all interested may know of the pending cases the follow Ing list of the cases to be considered at the approaching session of the board is given: Dan R-:we, Alken County, man .lughter. R F. and J. H. R chey, Anderson, asault and battery and resisting an fflaer. Dock Davis, Atderson, murder, re commended to mercy. C. H. Phillips, Berkeley, larceny live stock, George Stone, Cherokee, petit lar ceny. B H. Parker, Cuesterfield, murder, recommended to mercy. Kelly Davis, Colleton, manslaugh ter. Eddie Patterson, Georgetown, mur der. Ervin and Emanuel Lambert, lar 'eny live soock. Burwell Thomas, Hampton, mur der. N~ed 0. Sessions, Horry, violation dispensary law. Walter C. McManus, L ancaster, ma.aslaughter, recommended to mercy. Bill McClintock, Laurens, man slaughter. Poinsett Gosnell and Sol Nortorn, Greenville, murder. T. J Tbackston, Greenville, viola tion Section 382 Criminal Code. Walter Allen, Greenville, murder. Walter Jones, Laurens, assault and battery, intent. A. B. Amnaker, et al "Amakers,' Orangeburg, conspiracy. Freddie Aikent, Orangeburg, assaull and battery, high aggravated nature A. Folger Powell, Pickens, viola ion dispensary law. John Hendrix, Pickens, burglary, ir night time. William E~iison, Pickens, violatior dispensary law. Thus. C. Aughtry, Richland, mur der. Henry Padgett, Saluda, dispcsini prooerty under lien. - E.1 Turnstall, Spartanburg, larcen: live stoc: . 1 J. D. Walker, Lancaster, sellini s abiskey. -Robert Gunnells, Greenville, assaul with intent to rape. - To borat~ou Banety. [ A. D. Jackson, chairman of th SD mocratic Executive Committee o s Woods county, Texas, has issued: call for a mass meeting of Democral ,of his county at Q iitman Saturday ,September 19th, ' wascertain and ex e press our wishes in regard to instruct s ing our State Senators and cur Rep t resentatives in voting against J. W~ 6 Bailey, for United States Senato e from Texas." Mr. Jackson states tha a the call is prompted by recent deve] ropments made in the testimony of B Clay P.1re at St Louis. FIVE ASSAULTS By Negro Fiends on White Wo men in Atlanta Caused i NIGHT OF TERROR. M: b Invade Nt gro Section In Dediance Of the Police, and Cut, Shoot and Beat Negroes to D ath. Thirty Five Are Killed and Many Wounded. The multiplicity of assaults coin mitted In Fulton ,ounty and Atlante during the past three mont!s, five of whidh occurred from 5 to 9 o'clock Saturday night, resulted in a bitter race war in which at least thirty ne zroes were killed by the Infurtatee white people of the city. Oee of thc assaults Saturday evening cccurre just beyond the outskirts of the ci:.y in Fulton county, and four others al most in the centre of the cily. About 7 o'clock Mrs. F. Arnold, residing In the western part of the city, was at.; tacked In her back yard by a negro, but escaped f :om his c'u ches and frightened him away by her screams. 1'he negro was cbased by the men of the neighborhood, who heard the cries for help, and later captured anf taken to the police barracks. When tAis fact became known it anned a smouldering tiame and In a sbort time a small crowd of white peo le collected a short distarce from the station house, and it appeared that there would be trouble. About the same time news was received tha: Mrs. Obafin, who lives near the Sol liers' Home, had been attacked In th: ame ranner by a negro, and a psas immediately began securing tue w- o& in that vicinity for the find. These two occurrences, coupled with the sev. en similar atcacks that have been :ade upon the. woman of Atlanta in a week, soon had the entire city in a fime of passion.~ In viry snort order three more reported attemp's cf the ::?me nature were received &ud abcu' 7 ;'clcek the mob around that section of Dzcatur street infessed by the na groes had grown to more than 500 people. At first there seemcd little desire to do anything me-re than take tbt egroes being held in prison on tus aarges and lynch them, but about 9 oltck a car passed the corner 01 I ey and Decatur streets, cirryltg & number of n g.oes, whom tome one shot at the car and immediately te crowd began pulling tMe negroes off the car and beating them. Tuere were probably three or four shott fl-ed at tha~t time, tus the attack upon the negroes was principally beating and cufflog. About the same time a couple of negroes were caught n Whiteha~ll street and almost beaten to death. A birbershop operated by negro barbers opposite te viaduct was attacked and com pltely wrecked, the negrces being routed and the fixtures torn to pieces. About 10 o'cloor a negro man snov ed a white woman from tue sidewalse on Whiteball street, in the center of town. Almost simultaneuusly a ne gro woman made an insulAr g remark to a white man on an adja~ning street and he administered what he consid ered due punishment. From this start tie excited crowd, whico had become a mob, began Its work of destruction Fve thou.,and men and boys thronged the downtown streets locking for ne gra. News that a riot had started orought thousands3 more from their homes In the subairbs and residence districts, until fully 10,000 men thronged the downtown section. They made attacks on the incom ing street cars. Elrch car was scan ned for negroes. The trolleys were ulled from the wires and in the semi darkness of the unlighted cars ne groes were beaten, cut and stamped upon in an unreasoning, mad fre: zy. If a ngro ventured resistance or re monsted, it mtant p~actically sure death. 0 se car, half filled with ne g oes, approached from an outside run. The mob tasited for the ca-. Rsistance was mace by the negroes, who had not been apprised of trouble. Three negroes lay dead on the fi or of the car when it was perruitted tc a:ove on, and two more were seriouisly beaten and unconsc o.:s. Mayor Woodward appealed to the mob, but it heeded him not, then he called out the fire department. The result was to stop thre mob in itt work '-i that Immediate section and to drive it to otner strrets. The situation beca.me so threateni g at 11 o'clock that Giv. Terrell was appeal ed to, to order out the State troops. Although DC) re quest had come from the sheriff Gov. Torrell gave tot order mobilitg the eight local in fantry companies at ornce. Phevious ly a police riot call had been sounde. summoning all police reser ves to head quarters With the decision to call cut the troops, the big fire bell scund ed once more, and by five c'c~tck Suz day morning six et.mgaies were under arms. The attacks on nEgroes bad the ef feet of clearing the streets of blacks Street backs were abandoned at curb Sings; drivers on baggage wagons vsn ished and their places were taken b: white men. This fear of troube ha afected several public conveniipces tSunday. The pestcffle C flicials hat fmuch difficulty in dehvenng specia letters; ice de liverIes have been scarec sto private homes; in some restaurart: service has been restrIcted by the ab -sence of regular waiters. Throughoul the day hundreds of negroes havy been fleirg the city. By train and wag -on ar d on foot, they have hurried fron rthe city fearing the posibilit.ies 0: ttrouble In the immediate future. Thb Irioting continued up t:) about tbrc< o'clock Sunday morning when It sub sided. BRYN'S VIEWS ON GOVERN RENT OVNERSHIF OF RAILROADS. He States Eis PosiVon and Says th< Nonop ly is Cr un i, Its In speaking on the su' j -t of pov ernment owaership of railroads Yr Bryan said that two years azo the St Louis convention relieved him of re sponsibility asa leader ard left him a free man, and be could say what he wanted to say and d - what he want ed to do withcut feeling hurt by the Democratic ptrty. "When I was free," Mr. Bryan said, "to express myself I declared I 1ad rpacbed the conclusion tiat the railroad monooly was corrupt in its influence on Amer ican p'litics, 3.nd I wanted to find out a relief for the people and have the railroads .dministered by the govern ment fcr the people. and not by a few nagnates who enrich themselves, and the stockholders. " bave thought tkout it since and I have made some observa' ions abroad and my convictions have been Jnreas -d. and y->t the othlir day when I -aid in New York that I :111 Nelieve whbA I said two years ago I believed, I fcund I was accused of d:swurbinig the tarmony of the D.3moc'atic party One thing resulted from my utter tnces. it relieved me rf rlme suspic ious friends I had it New Y..rk. "Fir instance, there was a Stand ard Oil attorney who lived in Ohio who had come out and advocated my nomination. TVhat embarrassed me The next day after the speeeh in Now York I felt relieved to see an inter view from him, where he said the plan was peosterous, and some papers were beginning to come around, I feel I can breathe easy now since they compliment me with their criticisme instead of embarrassing me with their compliments While it relieved ms from the support of suspicious char acters, it aroused some fears in my mind as to m? good friends. "My frienis, I am still a private cit:z m. The people who say they are for me for president are not in a posi tion to give bond to confer upon me this honor which they would have me j .. I am not going to wait two 7ears and -waste two years of my life and wait f3r the possibility of a presi dental election. No election could -stify me in keeping silent when I abink I .ught t-o speak on a questior of national imp'rtanca. (&pplause.) "I have not attempted to force my ideas on the country, I have been ac ct.ed of it. Some people have accused me of fastening the Chicago platform on the Democratic party. You do an 'justice to others who had so much o do with writing that platform. When the Chicago convention was held very few pe-p'e knew much about me. The Chicago platform was written by ,;he committee. I was not able to get in the committee room. When I ask -d them to reiterate this plank on that platform I did not ask them to stats a rew doctrine that the Democratic party d!d not stand for. "I cnnot force things on the coun try even if I wanted to; nobody forc ed it on me or even convinced me. I have watched the corrupsirig influence of the railroads. I know something of how railroad lobbies infest every State legislature and the national ca ital. I know how they have corrupted ur Lfficials, not merely the le~1ls tuzes and executives, and have secur ed appointments of their employes a judges when appointments were made "In my state when we had -the fight over the rate bill they to k i member of the legislature on a pacia' engine and carried him cut of the State and he has never dared to return from that day to this. "I had reached the conclusion that instead of attempting the impossib~li ty, as I believed, of regulating them with this tremendous influeice array d against the people, It wculd be better to r; c gruiza the inevitabl'e. "I said ultimately I believed this woula be the solution, centraliz , na tion~al ownership, reserving to thle Sate t're power of attending to its own business, because I saw the dan ger in national ownership, and I pro posed the plan by which national ownership should be limited to a few trunk lines and leave the others with the State in uo-r tbat they might build up in the S .as a power to pro. tsc a us from centra z..ton. "I know a good mno c'of my friende do not agree with me I shala not duff er with them Oae mote me the other day th'at he likEd mny sper-ch, that it wa; 90 per cent. g.-od I' I can be 9C per cent. in my D mocracy I will rearer approach perfecrion -.hen some D:mocrats with whom I am associa ed in polities... 'I am trying to prevent centr. zt power at Washington. Tae railroat system we have today in the c-.ntro f a few men Interested in the el-ctic' .f a president centralizes powir ae Washington 100 times more than tn' plan I propose. My plan leaves it t the State, if the State wants privat' ownership it can have private owner ship, if it wants public ownershIp 11 cn have it. It leaves the question t< be decided by the community." Floating on a Plank. The capsizing of the Americar schooner T wilight and the loss of s13 of her crew in trie recent storm off th Carolina coast Is announced in the fol lowing message received at the nava department at Washington by wire es, via St. Augustine, from thi cruiser Minneapolis, on her way ti Cuba: "The Minneapolis, fifty milei east of Charleston, at midnIght pick ed up a man at sea floating on plank. T wo men heard his voice along side at 11. Stopped the ship and turn d on the searchlight and lowered life boats. The m:an's name is ,Tamej Oslen and he belonged to the schoone: Twilight, which cspsized at 6 o'clocl on the morning of September 17. Thori was seven in the crew. We remainei -in the vicinity, using searchlight until daylight, but saw no sign of thi wreck or any survivors. Fisk, Comn mnder." The Twilight, Capt., Feddensen was of 257 tonnage and her home por was Wilmnighton, Del. She sailed fros Charleston September 11 for Pnila delphia. She was built at Essb Ha vn, Mnn.- in 1874.A MUST BE CRAZY What the "Reverend" flayes Na' to Say About the DEATH CF HIS 8(N Who He Rfused Medical Aid Claiminiv that He Was a Divine Healing Evangelis.t, Claiming That He Could Care Him With Prayer, The following letter Is taken frcnr "The Lve Coals," a paper of the "di vine healing" faith, and was written iy R B Heayes, the' evangelist" who refused to let his son have medical ad, claiming tlat be was a "divine healing " evangzlist and could cure his -on by prayer. The ycun.g lad was "uifering from an abscess on the brain, and died at Anderson after a brief ill aess. Hayes has been arrested and will b tried for murder: D.!ar Live Coals Family: May the G,d of love, piace and power keep you ,rue on all les till J.sus comes tV take us away. After the ccuacil meet ing at this place, of which the unit' and fellowship of the saints and won 'erful meeting still lingers, I wen't to Picket Post,-Oconee county, and jpin ed in a meeting with Brother Pat aam, who already had the tent up That place was what we generally cal; a6 "ournt district," where holiness ha, been preached. Notwithstandingthers ad not teen a meeting there on the definite fire line in nine year, a fez Pere still standing true, while the m- j )ritv were in a backsidden condi tion. The whole community, espec ially the ecclesiastical body, legislated a quarantine against the meeting They filled the roads with brush t. keep people from coming to the tent. While this made the battle bard for the first few days, yet we preachern and those that were sv-d lay on our faces before God until the victory came. Some prayed un'-il 2 ozloc. in the morning. T~e gr:at GA Nf Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Kij" h rods down in a chariot of fire and the tide rose higher and higher, atd in all this was the grandest meeting we have been in for years. Two families lived in sight of each other that had had misunderstandings and old grud ges against oach other for five years. and they came tcgether, settled up. got right with God, and nearly all of these families got saved, some sancti fled, some bapt:z.d with fire. They started a red-hot prayer meeting, and the meeting closed with victory. On Wednesday, the 15h of Aigust, after the council meeting here, my little 'son, Baxter, who would . have been 13 years old the 28h day of Do cember, went home with his aunt, Mrs. Beam, to Anderson, S. 0 , to spend a few weeks. He was seeming ~y well when be left home, but wa, 'akani t'.e next day wit~n chills and -.eadache. He grew worse, and his aunt was not out on divine healing .be callei in a doctor, and they gave Am medicine, and she thinking he. vei be allrighat in a few days did -ios let u's know auftning about it un al tbc 27-ti. O'? this day I took the tent dow.n, and~ Tuesday morning 1 ame, to West Union, S. C., and on -way there I met a u'an with two *legrams, one from home teUl-g me me naews they had heard the day be fore, ans. one fnom Anderson, saying the doctors would have to perform an opsatli, so I met my wife at Sen eca, and went to the child at once. We found him very low. I went up town to wire the children how he was, mnd during my absence the doctor came andtold my wife that he had abscess of the brain, and he bad done all he could except perform the opera tion. Mfy wife told him we were on. on divine healing, and were trusting :.he L 'rd, and she refused to let haim cut Baxter's head. I at once sent for she saints on my return, and we pray -d and anointed him, and continued to pray. He seemed to get bette: every time we prayed, and when the saints would come in he would say, 'Pray now." Th~e doctor ec me again while I was away and brought the policemen with n ilm and tried to force my wife to have the operation performed, but she re fused, w e held on to God, and on Friday, Bixter grew wors', and I ab solutely turned him over to God anc prayed for Him to save him and hat: His way, so the Lard saved him anc saw fit to take him, and he sang three songs before he died: "There is JW in the Lord," "Oh, mother I'm saved tonight," and "'m going home to die no mere." then he passed away at p. in., to be where there will be nc more sickness or pain, to live wlt Jesus. Just after this I went to town tc wire home and have them dig the grave and meet us the next day, anc just after coming back the cf~eers came with a warrant and arrested mi and carried me to jail and put me in to a "murder" cell. I carried my bi ble with me and kissed my wife good bye,. telling her to be true to God anc pray for me. In the nearest cell te me were three white men, and I com menced preaching and praying for and with them. They got under convic tion and begged me to pray for them I read in the Bible till they shut of the lights; then I prayed nearly al night and God filled that dark cel with His glory, bless His name. never felt so near Gad and heaven ii all my life, and notwithstanding tha I was away from wife and my deac boy, Baxter, and my loved ones, Go was with me, and the glory and fir ofe heaven came down in that dar] "murder,' cell and made it heaven glory to God and the Lamb foreve: and ever. God gave me the witnesi along towards day that He would Jel me out to go hozee with my wife ani nay dead boy to bury him, and I sanj and abouted and orayed. I commen - cd reading the BPeie at daylight, ane reld the first seven chapters of Acts then thought nf Jnlom Busyan, wbc spent 12 yers i:: j.il, and I alRc t4.- u7 rz of Geo.-ge trox, and the apoi ties, Paul, John, Pater, and others, and I sa.d, "L rd, am I worthy te partake of a ittle of their suff.. ring? and then G.d fii:. d my seul with His glory and I su u ed all ever that cell Morning now bad come, and the beautiful sun was shining in through the bars, and about 9 a. m , the jail or brought breakfast for four prison ers, three others ard myself. A small in pan, along with two small pieces of bread, and somethirg like half s cup of black tar molasses, made the morning weal, but I was 'asting and praying and did not eat After awbile two sanctified brothers came and Wsll ed me to the door and said they were .rylng to get me out on boed, and so at lasr. they got me out on $1 OCO bond, and I was released about 2 p m. We came home on the evening train, '-. v!ng Anderson a* 4:47, and arrived -t Towcoa somstimre af er 8. We bhr :ed Baxter tbe nx. morning at 10 a m. Court comes off on Sept. 17, and I am praying God to deliver me out if the hands of the wicked. I f ee more fixed and settled to go on and he true than ever before. Let all the saints pray much for me. The men that got out the war rant are the wicked men of Anderson, and regular holiness fighting, God-ha ting men, but I feel sweet in my soul toward them, and am prayi.ng for them every day, that God may save them and give them a beme In heav en. I mean to be true to Gcd If I die in the cbaingang. I am still saved, lanciafied, bapt zad with the Holy Gbost and with fire, be.dy healed, and Iam locktg for Jesus to come. T%,.ca Ga. R B HAYBs, DIES IN AGOB Y. Ausnian Seemed to Have Recovered But Woun.d Wasn'tHealed. Harrowing details are reported con cerning the death of a strong man, aged 43, who was the victim of a bite from a dcg. His name was Albin Boehm, and he was the owner of an estate at Promontor near Buda Pesth. Four weeks ago, while playing withr small dog, Boehm was bitten in the nand. The wound healed, and he thought no more of it. Last week Boehm bocame unwell, and the doctors ascribed his illness to t'e bie. They sent Boehm to the P:osteur Irsti'n e at Bada-Puath, -ibere the doctors reccgnized the symp oms of -ables, and inoculated he p:.tiant. They wlshsed also to iso late him in a separate room, but Boehm returned home, and informed Wis wife that he was irretrievably lost. In deep grief they emur.cid each orh er, and said farewell. Boehm's condition became so much worse that he was condtc=ed again the next day, in the company of two policemen, to the Pasteur Institute, and the d ctors cer:lid that nothing ould be done. The unhappy man de 'lared that he would die at home, so, with two strong attendants, he re Lurned home to Promontor, where he 4as placed in a separate room in his nouse. BEfore the opwn door stood the two :ttendants with two policaman. Thus, B&ehm could spealt through the door to his family and friends. F'nally he became very weak, so he took to his bed, then called the attendants, who arapped him down, after which a vio ent astack se.zad him and caused his -leath. Aater the death of her husband, the .nappy widow stated that she also nad been bitten by the dog, and, as see had also repeatcdly kissed her hus band, she was taken to the Buda Pesth Pasteur Institute. ]!'IGSThsNS Y)UNG LADIES. 1N egroe Pursu'd Them But Was scared Ofr and Rau. O.1 last Tuesday week ago while two young ladies were returning from shcol, and pasing along on a back street In the town of Fort Motte a negro man named Willie Ballard drew a pistol on them anid attemped- to fire it, but as luck would have it the pia tol refused to fie. Immediately on seeing the deadly weapon the young ladies fi d, with the negro man with in a few feet of them. After pursu ing them about 10J0 feet or more he turned and, retracing his steps, turn ed into a corn field, where he was lost eght of. Within a faw minutes a posse of men were out after the negro, who was soon captured and placed in the town guard house. Ha was then taken before the young lad'ies, bothof whom dentiflad him as being the one who pursued them.' Immned~ately afterwards a meeting of the citiz3ns of the community was called. E~ch one present was request ed to offer suggestions or advice as to what disposition to make of the pris oner. Alter fully discussing the. mat ter a vote was taken and it was al most unanimous in sendlhg the pris oner to jail for the law to take its course. The eitizcns of that community are to be congratulated on the cool man ner in which they handled the mat er. The scoundrel was lodged in the Orangeburg jail, from where he Is ikely to go to the penitentiary for some years. 1-lye Thousana Lost. A dispatch from Hong Kong, China, says a thousand lives were lost during the typhoon last week and the damage to property, public and prIvate, was millions of dollars. T welve ships were sunk, 24 stranded, seven damaged and one-half the Dative craft In the north sunk. Thre shipping trade Is p~araly* zed through lack of lighters. The ty phoon lasted two hours. Over a thons and Sampans and Junks are missing from Hong Kong alone. The military barracks are in ruins. The French torpedo boat destroyer Froude was wrecked. Her guns were saved, but three petty Cdleers and one seamar lost their lives. The harbor is strewn with wreckage thrown on the shore, and severA thousand Chinese water dwellers must have perished, mans within a snors distance of shore. Lose in lives and property among the Chi nese Is appalling. One launch that capsized had 130 Chinese on board. They wareal11 rowned. AWFUL 0SASTER. 4 Dozen People Killed and Scores Hurt Friday by A GREAT I XPLqSION Of a Car of Dynamite at Jellico, Ten. The Rairoad. Station Demolished and Many Other Buildings Are. Wrecked. Causing fleavy Loss. At .TJllco, TeM., on Friday twelve ives were sntffad out, scores of peo ple were hurt and property destroyed to the amount of half a million dol lars by the explosion Of a carload of dynamite, which was standing on a track near the Southern depot in that city. The explosion made a report that was heard twenty miles away, shattered buildings in the business secticn of the town. EvervpIece of glass within a radiance of one mile of the explosion was shattered. The freight oar, one of the Pennsyl vania's lines, c.ntalned 450 boxes of 20000 pounds of high explosives consigned to the BRnd Powder Com pany, at Olearfield, Tenn. Two causes 3re assigned for the explosion. One Is that three parties were shooting at s mark on the car and that'a bullet entered the car and caused "the ex piosidn. The other is that while the car was standing on -a side track a carload of pig iron was switched against it'and that the force -of the jix caused the explosion. . The depot of the Seutherra, which was located near the scene of the ex plosion, was wholly wrecked. Two uotels, the Glenmorgan and-the Car nothern were badly wrecked, the: IhIrd story-of the-latser:being wholy 'stroyed. O-ie person, Mark Atkins, who was asleep in a room onthis Ior at the time, is one-of the miost seri ously Ir J -red pf the entire list, which xwil! number fully twohundred, count ing all who were but slightly' hurt. Business houses were badly disfigured st<eOs of goods ruined, while Iesiden es suffered sevarely, windows and doors blown out of the houses ,as far from the scene as one mile. Among the buildings totally des troyed were the Armour Backing Com any's warehouse, the .lung Brewing Company's warehouse, Pinnace Brew ing Company's warehouse, oil tank and warehouse of Kentucky Consom ers' 01 Cmpany and the Standard Ol Cmpany's warehouse. Besides the two damaged hotels, the .Telico Furniture Company's building collap sed and the stock Of the Smith Dzy Goods Company was practically ruin 'd, although the building which it Oc cupied, the Cumberland Opera House, the finest structure izr Jelico, esesped with little damage. Fully twenty other dirms suffered losses, but they occupied small buildings. Baseuers began work soon after-the explosion and medical aid was asked of Knxville, which sent a dozen phy sicians to administer to the-wounded. T welve of the most seriously injured were sent to Knoxville to the hospit als in that city. The holding of in quests over the bodies of the victims was begun this af ternoon,'but was not completed. It is the most serious dis aster In the history of the -EastTenn essee mining-section since the terrible explosion In the Fraterville mines .In 1902, when 184 miners, men and boys, lost :their lives In a -coal mine, nlAar Coal Creek, less than twenty miles from the scene of Friay's explosion. Mayor B. B. Baird issued a circular, notfyng the public that all persona fond on the streets after 8 o'clock Friday night would be arrested, unless they were owners of building or stocks f goods or agents therefor. Many people are homeless as a result of the disaster. and as almost every chimney was dest~oyed, cooking cannoti be done in any of the houses. Some esimates made Friday night on the loss of life place the number of victims at as high a figure as forty, but it Is belieived that this a gross exaggeration, and that not more than fif teen have lost their lives, f that many. The Governor Knocked Down. Gov. Heyward met with a' painfual accident In Columnbia on Friday. He crossed over Main Street from the .erome Hotel to Abbott's corner, and jst as he was passing under an awn ing it was let down. The heavy pole on which the awning is rolled up struck the Governor on the head, and ie was knocked down. He was taken into Abbotts store, where he was given attention, and later on he was taken to the Execultive Mansion in a car rige. The accident was painful but not serious. Struck by a Marble. At Omaha, Neb., a small gla mar ble, dropped by a boy from the top of a building, Thursday caused the fatal in jury of William Porter, who hap paned tobe inline of the fall of the marble. The boy was playing on the fourth floor of a building when one of his marbles fell down an elevator shaft. Prter was working In the shafi and was bareheaded. The marble fell squarely on his 'head and he dropped like a lcg. The -i: jred man was taken to a hospital. He has been unconscious for several honra. Fatal Moegnito Bize. A dispa'ch from Charleston says Bobert H. Walton, a well known young man: of that city, died from the bite of a mosquito. The insect stung him on his face and he soratoza ed the place with his dnuger nails, re sulting in blood poison setting in and his consequent death. Minister Kulled. The Reav. Frank Cornelius, a Bap tist minister, near Dupont, Ga., was shot through the head while reading on his front porch. His family rushs ed to his assistance. - It was thought he was aesmasinaited, but indications are that he comjnisted su~idc.