VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1908 NO. 26
BRYAN WRITES
And Thanks The State For Fight
Against Misrepresentation.
WANTS A FREE PRESS
But Thinks the WilI of the Peo
ple in Every State Should Have
Voice, Not the Wishes of a Few
Rule or Ruin Newspapers. Shows
Up the New York World and Its
Editorials.
Lincoln, Neb., March 13. 1908.
Mr. Wm. E. Gonzales, Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Mr. Gonzales.. . . I appre
ciate the fight which you are making
against the misrepresentations in
dulged in by the New York World
and those who echo Lneir editorials.
It is not for me to discuss the ques
ton of availability of candidates. I
have never stated that I was the
most available candidate or that I
could poll the most votes. That is
not a question upon which my judge
ment ought to be ventured or ac
cepted. I have simply stated that it
is a question for the voters -.' the
party to determine.
As a Democrat I have resented the
claim that a few editors should de
cide this question for the people. I
am a believer in free press and 1'
recognize the right of any editor. a
whether his circulation be large or
small, to state his opinion and his
reason for it, but those who read his 1
opinion have a right to give it such
weight as they think it deserves. I
have insisted that the readers ought
to know what pecuniary interest the
editor has in the questions under
discussion.
For instance, I asked The World
to state editorially what financial in
terests its owner, Mr. Pulitzer has
in the stocks or bonds of railroads
and in 'the stocks and bonds of cor
porations commonly known as trusts.
The World has not seen fit to an
swer the question. He is reputed to
be interested in a number of cor
porations which are affected by leg
islation, and his readers are entitled
to know what his interests are. If t
he has interests adverse to the in- I
terest of the public, he is not a dis
interested judge as to candidates or
platform.
- If he has interests that would be r
injuriously affected by legislation I
needed by the people, then his opin
ions are worth no more than theopin- I
ons of Mr. Harriman or Mr. Rocke- t
feller. I do not deny the right of
Harriman. or Morgan, or Rockefel- c
ler, of Pulitzer, to own a paper and t
present their views to the public, but f
I do contend .aat in the interest of t
honesty and fair dealing, the owner a
of the paper should be known and I:
the interest of the owner in the ques- I
tions frankly stated.
.The World's unfairness is evidenc
ed in every editorial. In the first
place it ignores entirely the election
of 1894, when the Democratic party
was overwhelmni'gly defeated. This
election occurred before I had any
influence in national politics. It oc
curred when the party was being con
ducted along the lines laid down by l
The World.. It is deliberately unfair
in ignoring this election and charg- -
ing the defeats of 1896 and 1900 to
me, just as it is unfair in ignoring ~
the still worse defeat of 1904, when
it was again the party's adviser. t
It is simply prophesying when it e
says that I can not carry any States e
that I lost before, and that some
other Democrat can. How does it
know? What gift of phophecy has
it? It thought in 1904 that Judge
Parker would prove a popular candi
date. It demanded his nomination
and it advised him each day .3 to
what he should say and do. What
evidence can it furnish that it has
more intelligence today than it had
then, or that its prophecies rest on
a firmer foundation?
There are several papers in your
State which were against me in 1 8956
and have been aganst me ever since.
I do not know whether it is because
of a difference of opinon as to what
ought to be done, or whether they
are connected with interests that are
hostile to the things which I have
been advocating. There are several
papers in the United States which
are known to be owned. in whole oi
in part, by the corporate interests
which they defend. but I would not
make such a charge against the pap
ers of your State. becuase I have no
knowledge as to the ownership or as
to the corporate interests with which
the owners may be connected, and I
prefer to assume that the differences
are honest differences unless I have
evidence to the contrary.
However, it is only fair to say
that these unfriendly editors. howev
er honest they may be. are only so
many individuals, and according to
the Denmocratic theory, they are en
titled to such infiuence only as their
fellow-Citizens may voluntarily give
to their opinions. If the voters differ
from these editors it must be remem
bered that they have a right to dif
fer. and if it should prove that the
voters are mistaken in judgment.
they can consoie-themselves with the
reflection that the editors unfriendly
to me have also been mistaken in
judgment, as is shown by the defeat
of 1904.
I am not asking for any honors at
the hands of the Democratic party:
I have been honored far beyond any
thing that I could claim as a matter
of right or as a matter of merit, and
I ~~pecially appreciate the generous
support that has conme to me from
the Southern States. It has been grat
ifying to me to know that my Dem
ocracy has been satisfactory to the
rank and file of the Democrats of the
South. as well as to the rank and
file -' he Democrats of the North.
If the Democratic voters believe
that 1 can assist the party by being
a candidate why should I refuse?
An why should I take the advice of
HEAVY DAMAGES
GIVEN MOTHER AND LITTLE SON
WHO WERE
Badly Burned by Coning in Conta~t
With a Lire Wire on the Streets
of Florence.
A dispatch from Florence to The
News and Courier says th3 biggest
verdicts ever awarded by a Florence
County jury were recorded Thursday
in the cases of Mrs. Maude Laughlin
and her little son. Lawrence Laugh
lin, b',-.h of whom were horriby
burned by an electric wire in Flor
ence last August, against tne Flor
ence Electric Light and Power (..om
pany and the Southern Publicz Servict:
Corporation Mrs. Laughlin. who
asked $50.000 damages. was award
ed $17,000. and Lawrence Laughlin.
whose suit was for $25.000 damages.
obtained a verdict for $S.000.
Judge Dantzler promptly overrul
ed a motion for a new trial, as he
had previously overruled a motion
for a non-suit, based on the ground
that it had not been proven that the
Southern Public Corporation was in
any way connected with the Florence
ight and Power Company. The case
will be appealed to the Supreme
Court. This was one of the biggest
:ases ever tried in the Court of Com
mon Pleas in this county.
Mrs. Lauglin is the wife of Mr.
:eorge W. Laughlin of Florence.
rhe injuries for which she has been
iwarded damages were received on
.he 19th of last August, while she
ras trying to rescue little Lawrence
ier only son. who had become en
:agled in the street near the corner
)f Ravenel and Cheeves streets. Both
nother and son were so badly in
ured that it became necessary to
mputate Mrs. Laughlin's right hand
Lnd right foot, and the larger por
ion of Lawrence's right har.d. *
TWO ELEPILXTS AT LARGE
,scape from Circus in Florida and I
Make for Georgia. ]
Chief of Palice Dampier, of Val
osta, Ga., received a telegram from
he Van Amberg Shows, at White
prings. Fla., stating that two of
heir elepnants and escaped and were
eaded for Valdosta, where the cir
us wintered.
Later reports which have reached
Lere say the elophants have been sur
ounded nine miles from Geona, Fla..
y a crowd of farmers -ith guns,
nd that the big animals were fired
Lpon. the shots only infuriating
hem and causing them to dash away.
Three or four trainers from the
ircus are hurrying to the scene to
ry and capture them. Telegrams
rom White Springs say the people in
he country through that section are
most terrorized and are organizing
great numbers for a big elephant
unt. *
NEGRO CHILDREN BURNED
three Pickanninnies Perish in a Fire s
f
Near WValhalla. -
Three negro children perished in ~
e flames when the house of Ella C
)avis, a colored man living near Wal- i
ala, was burned Thursday night.
our children alone in the house l
.ere playing with a torch nead a
ck of seed cotton, which caught C
e, igniting their clothing. Though ~
e door stood open the three young
st children were too freightened to
scape.
TWO MLEN SHOT.
ammunity Excited Over Wounding 1
of Young Men.
An unknown negro shot and fatal
r wounded Baxter and Rufus Burns
t Burns. Miss., late Friday. Both
Lre relatives of United States Senatorc
~cLaurin of Mississippi. Gov. Neol i
tas sent bloodhounds from the Ran
in county convict farm in pursuit.
he vicinity is greatly excited and a
arge posse is reported assisting inI
he search of the culprit. The cause
)f the shooting has not been ascer
ained. * i
Ten Were Injured.
Ten persons were injured, none
~eriously, in a troliey car accident at
>hiladelphia yesterday.
? few editors who have never been .
riendly rather than the advice o?
nillions of Democrats who have been
olaborers with me for more than a
'.ecade?
The policy of the party must he
dtermined by the voters and when
: discuss Democratic pr'inicples I dis
uss them with the understanldinlg
hat I have no power to coeree. as I
have no disposition to coerce. I can
only persuade, and I have never tried
to persuade others to believe except
wbere I have myself believed.
You have as much right to your
opinion as to any other editor. and'
surely your D~emocracy can not be
questioned when you, unlike some
other editors. propose to test the
~opularity of measures and ot
men by the vote of the peop1e
Popular government rests upon the
right of the people to rule and ever
party. i~f it deserves a place undera
~oplar government, must recognize
the right of the voters to rule. Power
comes up from the people and not
down to them. You are on sound
Democratic ground when you insist
that the destinies of a candidate.
like the destinies of a country. mnust
he laced in the hands of those who
do the voting, for to he Democratic
we must believe in the capacity of
the people to govern themselves, as
well as in their right to self-gov'ern
Again thanking you for your geni
erous defense of the principles and
policies for which I am contending.
I am, Very truly yours.
W X. J. Bryvan.
WENT FOR TEDDY
Serator Tillman Arraigns Presi
dents Encroachment On
LEGISLATIVE POWER.
He Says Congress Is Subservient to
the President's Will, and Says He
Exercises Too Much Influence on
the Other Departments of the Gov
erunient. House Declared to be
Speaiker's Tool.
With a caution unusual for him,
Senator Tillman reecntly read a. part
of his speech in the Senate, in which
he denounced Executive encroach
ment on legislative power. With this
apparent caution he proceeded to de
liver one of the most direct and de
nunciatory addresses ever heard in1
that body. He was given a careful
hearing. His speech was based on
his resolution instructing the commit
ee on finance to inquire whether na
ional banks of New York are in the
abit of furnishing permanent capi
al for speculative enterprises, etc.
'he resolution was adopted.
Mr. Tillman traced what he termed
t "swinging of the pendulum" from
he regime of Andrew Jackson. when
,ongress assumed control almost to
he exclusion of the President from
egislative influence, to the adminis- t
rations which followed, which, he
eclared, witnessed a growth of Pres
dential powers. The dominating in
luence and control of the Executive
ranch over the legislature and in a
egree over the judicial branches of
he Government were the most mark
d features of the American politics at
his time. "It has taien," said Mr.
'illman, "just forty-one years for the f
endulum to swing from one extreme t
o the other."
"Now," he said. "the House of
tepresentatives has degenerated into
.'le more than a resor i: machine
o do the will of the S'.,1 O.-r and his
ieutenants." Freedom of debate in
he old and true sen- :ias disappear
d from the other end of the Cap- n
tol. he added. In the Senate "3er
ility and cowardice are the order
f the day," he declared, "and the
hadow of the Executive hangs over f
11 and the President's wishes are '1
Imost the only law. e
"There is," he added, "some show
f resistance on mattdr affecting the a
2ulti-millionaires and the great cor- t
orations. The President writes
colding messages and makes inflam
atory speeches appealing to the
nthinking and ignorant masses. He I
as the potent influence of the press
t his command; he has used the
ewspapers and magazines in exploit
g what he calls 'my politics' with
skill and daring that compel admir
tion. With bated breath Senators
enounce his radical ideas in pri
ate and oppose in every possible
tay the measures which he clamors a
r by the passive resistance of non
tion. No one of the dominant par
r' dares lift his voice in opposition
r denunciation, but the Executive
afluence is the only influence In evi- I
ence, while the Senate cowers in si- k
nt resistance. t
"The cause of this condition." de
ared Mr. Tiliman,. "is Federal pat
mage.",i
"The theory that the Senate must '
~dvise and consent' before appoint
ents are made,'' he said, is of lit
e or no moment when Senators show
uch want of courage and self-respect d
d bow submissively to the orders t
om the White House. The mem- 1
ers of the minority party, of course, a
ere largely ignored. Appointments 0
ci the South, where the Democracy3
etains control, are in the hands of -
eferees' who fill the offices for the
->e purpose for maintaining ma
hines. The Senators of the domi
ant party are afraid to resist the t
secutive will, lest they themselves ~
ould fail to obtain the patronage ~
if their States."t
They have also, he declared, a
tread lest they should be forced into le
etirement WXhen clashes have come
between the President and Senatorsd
ri Representatives the people have
a almost every instance sided wlia
he President. he said.
"The people. poor. :simpule souls,
'eading the sp~ecial pleas ar~d r'ophis
ea exc'uses of Repuh~1ca:x editors. Ii
.' W to think -the Pr'esiden- alorne
s honest and patriotic." said MTr. Till-i
ian. ''They believe r'eliousnly' thate
he Senate is c'orrupt-anci the White t
ouse debauched and that the voli
s-my politics. which are so ex
loited in the press-must prevail
md hecome law before any relief can
~e obtained. Senators who do not
agree with the Executive and who i
refuse to obey his will must be re
ired. Congressmen who resist Exec
utive dictation must b~e replaccd by
those who will obey.
"Tu the mad rush to placate the
negro vote we may expect to see he
fore the Chicago Convention meets
o uuote a great New England paper,1
'the President reviewing the re-en- p
isted battalion on the White House
green, after which there will be iun
heon at the Executive mansion.
The President's action in that was
hasty and unjust. inasmuch as the
innocent were punished along with
the guilty. but it is a pitiable spec
tacle all the same to see the mad
race for negro votes.
'"M1r. Roosevelt is .aiways loud
mouthed and even vehement in the
proclamation of his own purity of
purpose and patriotism. He has ah
solte faith in his own infalihility and
is apparently so drunk wit power.
bat he unconsciously lapses into the
imperial 'we' and sends cablegrams
about 'me and my people.' But these
things are of small moment--'vaga
ries of a noble and impetuous spirit.'
ant we could pass them by were it,
not for the existence of cold-blooded
fa.s to show mxentive resnonsibil-1
THE COTTON CROP
FOR LAST YEAR GOES OVER
ELEVEN 'MILLION BALES.
The Census Report Issued by the
Department of Agriculture Gives
the Total Figures.
The census report issued Friday
shows that the cotton crop grown in
1907 aggregated 11.261,163 running
bales. counting round as half bales
and including linters, and showed a
total of 27,677 active ginneries for
1907. This is against 1,.305,265
bales in 1906, and 10,725,602 in
1905.
The statistics include 177,646
bales returned as remaining to be
ginned after the tiem of the March
anvass. The total number of run-.
aing bales as given is equivalent to
11,302,872 of 500 pounds each.
The average gross weight of the 1
>ales for 1907 is 501.8 pounds. The
tem for the crop of 1907 are 10,
798.596 square bales; 198.549 round
ales; 86,793 sea island bales; 198,
49 round bales; 86,793 sea island
ales; linters 276,500 bales.
Tne nurnber of running bales by
tates follows: Alabama 1.126,028;
trkansas 760.162, Florida 57,616,
eorgia 1,891,900. Kansas 34, Ken
ucky 4,205, Louisiana 676,8Z3, Mis- I
issippi 1,464,207, Missouri 35,- 1
97, New Mexico 447, North Caro- i
ina 648,517, Oklahoma 864.106, t
outh Carolina 1,175,375. Tenn(.ssee 1
74,536. Texas 2.271,724, Virginia
1,486. Kentucky's total includes lin
ers of establishments in Illinois and r
Tirginia. i
The linters included 276.500 bales f
or 1907, 322,064 for 1906 and 230.
97 for 1905. Round bales are 198, !
49 for 1907. 268,219 for 1906,,and i
79,836 for 1905. Sea island bales a
re 86,893 for 1907, 57,550 for 1906, t
12,b39 for 1905. t
Average gross weight of the bales u
r 1907, including linters as given, 1;
against 501.9 for 1906; that of a
he round bales is 246.1 pounds forla
907, compared with 245.1 for 1906, t:
nd the sea island 391.6 pounds for t
907. compared with 387.2 for F
906.
Watson's Close Estimate.
The State says when the govern
tent estimate on the cotton crop for
907 came in the estimate made in
ovember by Commissioner Watson's
epartment was compared with the
gures issued from Washington and
was found that there was a differ- a
ce of only 13,498 bales in the a
gures on the South Carolina arop
d 109,957 on the entire crop ofj
ie United States. * C
n
h
RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL. h
G
p
oung Boy Killed While Riding Un- a
derneath Express Car.
Young Dean, the son of a promi- e
mt citizen of Langley, was killed a
esday afternoon on the electric car t
e between Langley and Warren- s
lle, near Aiken. It seems that he c'
ipped off or ran away from school G
d got on the Augusta-Aiken ex
ess car. It is supposed that he b
Lther fell off or was shaken off, h
L1ing on the track and was then p
in over by the car. The men on n
e express car, it is said, did not G
ow anything about the matter and li
e boy remained on the track until u
e car bound for Aiken came up a ft
tte later. The affair is avery de- e.
orable one.
a:
Legally Hanged. C
At La Grange, Ga., Ingram Cana- C
. a negro assailant, was hanged in C
e jail yard Friday afternoon at h
16 o'clock. Canady was convicted 1U
the last November term of .court p
crminally assaulting Mrs. Rosa s
mes.
y for many of the evils which ex- h
t without dispute."
Paul Morton, as vice-president of p
e Santa Fe Railroad, said Mr. Till- It]
an. "in the rebate cases laid him- n
lf open to indictment and liability
personal punishment, but the Pres
lent peremptorily refused to permit
[essrs Judson and Harmon to pros- .
cute him."
Senator Til lman denounaced Presi
ent Roose'lt for not prosecuting
td grafters, and Senator Beveridge
iterrupted to say that the only dif- E
erence between the President and t
enator Tillman was that the former t
rosecutes upon evidence and the E
titer without it. Mr. Beveridge ~
anted to know why Senator Tillman 1:
his flood of messages has not coy-C
red the subject. Mr Tillman replied C
hiat if Mr. Beveridge ."wants me to
nake more criticisms than I have the f
enator from Indiana is a great hi gli
;lutton." .11
Mr. Tillman reviewed- the events t
if the recent currency crisis an dIa
harged Wall street with many mis- 5
emeanors. 4
"The profits of this nefarious stock I
ongering have,", he said, "found
heir way into the pockets of the
*ery man who with evil results of
heir fraud manifest pose as 'saviors'
d 'and crowned kings' and are1
auded to the skies when they werel
'eally trying to save themselves from
the disasters which threatened to
)verwelm them along with their de-1
unded victims. One of these 'sav
lors' had done more than any other.
f the money kings to deluge the
stock market with watered stocks."
A long review was given by Mr.
Beveridge of Democratic politics, and
e declared that aconferencehad been
held in Washington for the purpose
f coming to a plan for asking for
Byan not to again b3 a candidate on
the Democratic ticket, but when Mr.
Bryan was there, he said, not one of
them had the courage to tell him
what they had planned to do. This'
statement called forth denials from
Mr. Tillman, Mr. McCleary and Mr,
Rainey, all of whom declared that
there had never been any idea of ask
ing Mr. Bryan not to run on the Dem
ocratic ticket and that stories to that
WILL BE HUNG.
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AGAINST PINK FRANKLIN,
The Murderer of Constable Valen
tine and He Will Re Resentenced
and Executed.
The State Supreme Court has sus
tained the lower Court In the case of
Pink Franklin, the Orangeourg ne
gro, who was convicted of the kill
ing of H. E. Valentine, white, and
sentenced to be hanged on October
25th, 1907. The case now goes down
to the trial Court for Franklin to be
resentenced unless his colored law
vers take an appeal to the United
tates Supreme Court, which, it is
aid, they will do.
The killing of Mr. Valentine caus
d quite a sensation at the time and
here was fear of violence. Mr. Val
intine, a constable, went to the house
)f Franklin to serve a warrant on)
ruly 29. 1907. The warrant aharged
?ink Franklin with breaking an
gricultural contract, which had
)een made under the law since de
:lared unconstitutional by the State
xourts.
When Valentine approached the
Louse of Franklin, the negro went
nside the house and Valentine
:nocked on the steps. Soon after
vards a shot was fired and Valen
ine fell mortally wounded. The
aan who accompanied. him, W. M.
arter, was also shot from inside the
touse. Franklin was also wounded
*d he claimed that Valentine burst
ato the house and fired at him be
ore he fired at Valentine.
Franklin was represented by Jacob
/oorer, of Orangeburg, and John
dams, of Columbia; both colored.
nd they raised much the same points
at Moorer has used in contesting
he election of Democratic Congress
ien in this State, to-wit, that the
tws of the State . discriminates t
gainst negroes. Of course, there is t
bsolutely nothing in their conten- t
[ons, but the points serve to prolong
ie life of Franklin. Sooner or later
'ranklin will be hung. ( t
s
CAROLINA HONEY WANTED. I
ahnz Says Thousands of Barrels Are r
Sought by Germans. y
The Post says if anybody in or
bout Charleston would. like to sell "
thousand barrels of honey, or one t
undred thousand barrels, Imperial t
onsul E. H. Jahnz should be com- E
tunicated with at once because he d
as received a communication from t
ermany from distributors of that b
roduct in the Fatherland asking for 0
a unlimited suppiy of American and
articularly South Carolina honey..
The Germans use lots of honey
ich year, so much in fact that local h
paies, and even tne bee plants of
ite neighboring countries, fail to
ipply the demnand for honey that
>mes from hundreds of baKers of
ermany.e
It would seem that use could not a
a found for the vast amount of the v,
,ney produced in Germany and im--t
yrted annually, but the supply has
at yet equalled the demand, for theE
ermans have a sweet tooth and b
b
ke nothing better than hteir "homgE
chen" or honey cake, a kind of con
etion that is widely popular and is
ten by high and loqw Germans.
The German .distrib~utors wi. buy
ay kind of honiey in -any.:shape, Herr c
onsul Jahns said redenty, in dis
1ssing the request which. he~has re
~ived from Germany. -The. bitter
oney is as convertible into a~ prime. c
gredient for the h~oney .cake as the
urest sweet honey. Stran'ed-or un-s
rained. thi honey.brought is 'taken.
L~tters- addressed t'o-- Iti .Germand
ynsuI at Charleston. .frota prospec
oney sellers of this city or state
ill be forward~ed to.. Germany and
rices quoted by the distributorst
ere. .i bey wi-l1 give the highest C
tarket prices for honey.
ISSISTANT OBSERVERS WANTED .
Ieather Bureau Sercite -Offers- Op-.
portunity to Younig Men.
An. opportunity ,is offe.red young ~
ien to become assstanit observers in '
de United States Weather b~ureau l
arough the civil service, as.. exvami- C
ations will be held by the:ciyil ser-- .
ice commission on April 15th.. prox
no, at the following places in Soutir;
~arolna .on .that. .day.:. Charieston; t
olumbia and Greenville.
The position pays 5759 with the
rospect of rapid promotion after the
robationary period of six months.
as. ended.: A.D.pticationl for informa
ion in relation to the exarni-'nations. I
.nd .for. , . admission . to the same,
houldbe a'ddressed'to the U. S. Civy
I Sevice Commission-, Washington,
). C -- --
PRETTY WELL FIXED.
enator. Laimer Left a Large Estate
- t~o HiHiers.
At Anderson. the will of the late
enator A. C..Latimer has been pro
ated by Probate Judge W. P. Nich
lson. After each omnember of the
~amily receives certain- -legacies the
v'ill provides that the estate he. di
ided equally. share and share 'alike,
imong the members of the -family.
neluding Mrs. Latimaer. . The will
oes not state the value of the estate.
bt it is generally believed that its
valunation is somewhat between -$300,
000 and $500.000. -
JTumped Five Stories.
At New York Mrs. Sarah Scherry.
a despondent' widow, killed herself
by diving from the front window of
her fifth-story apartment at 64 East
103rd Street into a crowd of women
on the sidewalk, most of .them who~
had children in arms or in-baby car-I
TALE OF HOROR.
Men and Women Beaten on Cer
tain Islands.
HORRIBLE PICTURE
By Gen. Pienaer, Who Says He Has
Seen Children Beaten Until Their
Blood Covered the Ground Around
Cocoa Plantations. Plea to Por
tugese Goaernment to Have It
Stopped.
At Washington a vivid description
Af atrocities alleged to be perpetuat
ad upon slave laborers on cocoa plan
tations on the Islands of Principe
and Saint Thome, Portugese West
Africa, was given in an address on
'Children's Lives in Africa," by
.en. Joubert Pienaer, of South Af
ica, of the International congress on
;he welfare of the child under the
xuspices of the National Mother's
longress.
"The atrocities I have witnessed
n Portuguese West Africa have tak
m such a hold upon me," declared
xen. Pienaer, "that I cut myself
oose from all my business and leav
ng my family thousands of miles
Lway, I have consecrated my life to
he freeing of the men and women
hat are daily being done to death
Lnd the little children that .1 have
een beaten until the blood flowed to
he ground."
The speaker said that he had form
d an association with the Intention
f petitioning the Portuguese gov
rnment on behalf of the slaves to
stablish missionary settlements to
ivilize and Christianize them and
o act as a guard over the slave
rade and to report the atrocities to
he association
"This seems to me," he said, "the
nly effective way of putting a stop I
) this iniquity." He asked for the
upport of the Mother's Congress in
.is mission of humanity.
After stating that " the cruelties
icted out to those degraded human
eings on the mainland were be
ond description," General Pienaer
ontinued: "children are torn from
ie breasts of mothers and sold as
laves. Slaves in the employ of their
sk masters are beaten to death,
zen wud women and children are
iutilated. Often a native has been
one to de-af-h he Is qu.:rtered and
ae different portions of his body are
ung on the trees to terrorize the
ther natives.
CAN'T DO IT AGAIN.
ongressman James Says Corruption
Funds Defeated Bryan Twice.
Loud Democratic applause greet- C
I Congressman James while making
speech in the House on Tuesday, 1
hen he asserted his belief that in
le last two campaigns against M~r. c
ryan, "but for the corruption
rought by the Republicans on the
ionopolies and trusts of the country
ryan would have been elected Presi
ent of the United States." c
Mr. Bryan, he said, stood for some
ing and had convictions and the C
yurage to express them. "He has ~
ever prostituted his garments fort
Loney," he said. "He has never sold i
1 love of -the American people for
yrporation gold." .
"The .people of the country," he c
tid would "in just time do proper
eed and credit to the man who 1
raws the naked sword in their de- l
nse and in their rights," and he
elieved that these people, "are go
ig to elect for President that grand,
at splendid, that matchless Demo
rat: W. J. Bryan.
- DROPS DEAD.
Vhile Looking at- the Corpse of a
* Drowned Baby.
.Ina. -Dunklin Township, in . Green
ille-.County, three miles from Green
ile,' the i-year-old child of Joe Say- 1
as, colored, fell into a tub which
rowned. .The child's mother had 1
aft it..alone to go into the house and
hen she returned it was dead.
The news' quickly spread through
he neighborhood and a number of
eopl'gathered at the house, among
h'eni Joe Jordan, the 18-year-old
on of Mr. J. B. Jordan. He walked
p.to the tub, in which .the child had
een drowned, .looked at it and drop
ed dead.
Mr. Jordan says his son had a nar
ow escape from .d'rowning in the
ame manner when a child. The boy
Lad a weak heart and it is supposed
hat .the recollection of his narrow
scape when. a child and the horror
f the. negro child's death caused a
hock to his system which resulted
n his-death.
lKilled on Railway.
A dispatch to The State says "Miss
eila Davega -received a dispatch
ednesday mornng announcng the
eath of her' brother-ia-law. Mr. E.
Shavasse. from being struck by a
assing train at Lexington. Ky. Miss
DaVega left at once to attend the
funeral. Mrs. Charasse was Miss
Mary DaVega. a native of this city.
and sister of the late Dr. S. M. D~a
Robber Injured.
A dispatch from Asheville to The
State says in an effort to make a
quick -"get away." after he had brok
en into and robbed the Arden post
office. Wlliam Miller, a young man
from South Carolina, attempted to
board a movng freight train, but
fell beneath the wheels. One foot
was cut off and he is otherwise badly
SEN. TILLMAN SICK
HAS BEEN QUITE ILL FOR SEV
ERAL DAYS.
But His Physicians Do Not Fear
Anything Immediately Serious
From Present Attack.
The State says it was reported
from Trenton, S. C., Saturday that
Senator B. R. Tillman is quite a sick
man. It is said that he is not in
an alarming condition. but that he
will not be able to return to his
duties for some time. Dr. J. W. Bab
cock. superintendent of the State
Hospital for the insane, who went
down to Trenton to see Senator Till
man, came back Saturday night and
gave out the following statement:
"Senator Tillman was taken seri
ously ill Thursday night. He spoke
Monday in Washington and after
two days at Clemson College he went
to his home at Trenton, complain
ing of the heat. That night he had
an attack, evidently due to ha:d
work, and the unusual heat, which
produced nervous trouble similar to
hat from which he suffered three
ears ago when he consulted eminent
pecialists in Philadelphia. who did
ot find any signs of organic disease.
Aifter a short rest the senator was
oon at his post again.
"In the present attack the old
ympt3ms of numbness. and tingling
)f the left side have returned, but
hey are lessening in the last 24
ours. His physicians, Drs. Hunter
ind Babcock, are agreed that there
tre now no indications of organic
rouble, and are hopeful that after a :
ew days' rest the senator may be
veli enough to return to his duties
n Washington."
Senator Tillman Better.
It was stated Sunday night by Sen- ]
.tor Tillman's physician at Trenton, i
)r. T. J. Hunter, that senator Till- i
nan had passed a good day, resting 4
vell Saturday night and retaining
uis nourishment Sunday, and in is I
ioped that he will be all right within j
he next few days. Dr. Babcock, of (
'olumbia, who went over to seen the i
enator, returned to the city Satur
ay afternoon and had heard nothing I
rom him Sunday. *
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
resent Members Will Be Reappoint- S
t
ed by Gov. Ansel.
Gov. Ansel Saturday announced at
he meeting of the State board of
ducation that he would reappoint
.11 of the present members of this
oard for the term of four years.
here has been considerable specu
ation on the probable appointments. i
Prof. W. -K. Tate of the Charleston
ehools, representing the First Con
ressional district.
Mr. H. C. Rice, a member of the
iken bar, of the Second district.
Prof. D. WV. Daniel of Clemson
llege, representing the Third dis
rict.
Prof. A. G. Rembert, Wofford Col
age, for the Fourth district.
Prof. A. R. Banks, superintendent
f the Lancaster schools, represent
g the Fifth district. Col. Banks
as been a member of the board un
er five governors and was a mem
er of the staff of two other govern
rs.
Mr. WV. J. Montgomery, member
the Marion bar, representing the
ixth district. Mr. Montgomery is.
e retiring president of the State
lanker's association.
Prof. A. J. Thackson of the Or-:1
*ngeurg schools for the Seventh dis
rict.
Gay. Ansel is chairman of the
oard and Superintendent 0. B. -e
artin Is the secretary. *
3
MOB LYNCHES TWO MEN.t
lorida Farmers Shoot Two Alleged
Murderers to Death. a
At Perry, Fla.. tween one and two i
'clock Friday morning a mob of r
.rmed citizens surrounded the i
ounty jail and took Richard Smith E
.nd Will McMullen, both charged
~ith murder, from the jail carrying c
hem quietly to a secludedl spot on
e outskirts of the town, where :hey
ere securely tied to a post and theirc
)odies riddled with bullets.
The bodies were foun i early nextt
norning by the authocities. Smitt
as charged with the murder ->f a
hite man a few days ago and Mc
dullen was awaiting trial tar the
nurder of another negro. Mc
ullen was a desperate character,I
nd a few days ago overpowered thei
ailor, making his escape. He was
~ecaptured by Marchal Hawkins.
The citizens of -Perry are of the
)pinion that the mob was formed of1
arers of the surrounding country.
o further trouble is feared. *I
ANOTHER SENATOR DEAlD.
enatror Bryan of Florida Passes
Away in Washington.
United States Senator Wmn. James
Bryan. of Florida, died at Providence
Eospital in Washington Sunday
norning of typhoid fever. It was
nly seventy-three days since h'e took
his seat as the successor of the late
Senator Stephen R. Mallory. who died
December 23. and thirty-three days
f that tmne was spent in his fight
against disease.
In Mr. Bryan the Senate loses the
seventh member by death since the
adjournment of the 59th Congress
on March 4 a year ago. They were
the two late Senators from Alabama,
M~r. Morgan and Mr. Peutus; Mr. Mal
lory. of Florida: Mr. Latimer, of
South Carolina: Mr. Proctor. of Ver
mot: .Mr. Whyte, of Maryland, and
M~r. Bryan. Curiously enough, the
last two were the oldest and the
youngest mnemb~ers of the body. Mr.
Whyte was 84 years old and Mr.
FIGHT A DUEL
Gen. Fock Mortally Wounds Gen.
Smirnoff~at Close Range.
PISTOLS WERE USED.
Smirnoff Reflected Upon Brother Of
ficer's Qualities in Memorandum
.on Seige of Port Arthur. Duel
Takes Place in Regimental Riding
School in St. Petersburg in the
Presence of Men and Women.
At St. Petersburg, Russia, Lieut
General Smirnoff was probably fat
ally wounded in a duel fought Wed
nesday morning with Lieut. Gen.
Fock.
The men were in the riding school
>f the Chevalier Guard regiment and
Cought with pistols, standing close
,o each other when the shots were
xchaniged.
The duel was caused by a memo
andum written by Gen Sinirnoff on
;he selge of Port Arthur, In which
ie questioned the courage of Gen.
Pock.
The latter considered that his hon
r and reputation was involved and
hallenged the author of the memo
andum.
The duel, occurred with the full
nowledge and approbation of the
ilitary authorities. It- was witness
d by several officers of high rank,
nd it is even reported that several
women were present.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Gens.
Pock and Smirnoff appeared at the
ding school. Without saluting they
ook the places assigned by their
econds.
The duelists were instructed to
Ire until one or the other was hit.
t Fock's fourth shot Smirnoff groan
d and sank wounded In the abdo
nen above the hip.
The word "fire" was given by Gen.
Cirsieff, the Russian authority on
Luelling.
At the third exchange Smirnoff
ccidentally fired prematurely, but
'ock magnanimously declined to
hoot at a defenceless opponent, and
he fourth and final shots were then
changed.
The duel will be followed by
nother between Fock and Gen. Gor
atoffsky who was criticised by
'ock during the court-martial pro
edings.
Gen Smirnoff was acting comman
ant of the Port Arthur fortress dur
tg the seige and at the time of its
irrender to the Japanese. After his
eturn to Russia he prepared a se
ret report of the defense of Port Ar
ur which was the basis of the
tdictments on which Gen. Stossel,
en. Fock and Gen. Reiss were tried
r their lives before court mar
RURAL SCHOOL PRIZES.
~egulations Adopted by the State
Board of Education.
The State board of education Sat
rday gave some time to a discussion
the prizes to be awarded the rural
hools making the most material
nprovement during the year. It
as finally decided to adopt the fol
wig:
"1. Improvements must be made
etween November 1, 1907, and Dec
ber 10, 1908.
"2. Prizes will be awarded to the
hools where th~e most decided ma
rial improvements have been made
uring the time mentioned.
"3 Under material improvements
re included local taxation, consoli
ation, new buildings, repairing and
ainting old ones, libraries, reading
oms .or tables, interior decorations,
eautfying yards and better general
:uipment.
"4. No school can compete for any
f these prizes unless it is a rural
hool. No town with more than 100
opulation shall be eligible to the
ntest.
"5. All who wish to enter this con
est must send names and descrip
ions of schools, before improvements
re made. to the president prior to
)ctober 1.
". All descriptions, photographs
.nd other evidences showing im
'rovements must be sent to the pros
dent before December 15, 1908. The
hairman of the board of trustees of
ny school that is competing for a
rIze must approve all descriptions
)efore and after improvements are
nade.
7. Prizes wiai be awarded in
hecks at the annual meeting of the
outh Carolina School Improvement
Lssociation December 31, 1908. The
rizes are to be used for further Um
~rovefents in the schools receiving
hem."
SHOOTING OF JUDGE BUCHANAN
'atal Bullet Accidentally Fired by
One of Two Boys. e
A dispatch from Edgefleld says it
*s now "ertain that the ball that
'illed Ex-Judge Buchannlan came
from a rifle in the hands of one of
:wo boys who were hunting, and it
s authoritively stated that the shoot
Lng was entirely accidental. While
Lhe boys are known, the informant
f the correspondent of The News
nd Courier at Ward's refused to
give names, nor have they, so far as
is known here, been made public or
ny confession or statement made
as to their unfortunate, thrugh not
criminal, connection with the sad af
fair. No official investigatIon has
een made.