MOL. XXVII.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. G^PR?n|?Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1903.
8E??LEES WANTED.
Earnest Men Attend the Immigration
/, ,,. - Convention in Columbia.
. THE PLAN OP WOEK ADOPTED.
. j'-Thoro Were Delegations from Nearly
Half of tho Counties in tho
State at tho Meeting
- libat Tuesday.
-.. The Columbia State says patriotic
{:'%-:mm pf South Carolina organized in
that city last Tuesday, week what in
time may bo one of the great aganoies
for makiu?,t$be "State as great com
mercially and agriculturally as it is
in its manufacturing interests. This
object they hope to accomplish
through immigration, the engrafting
upon the citizenship of this State of
Bturdy settlers from tbe old country
who will populate thc agricultural
section now being deprived of its citi
zens in order to give them employ
ment in the cotton mills.
MANY COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
There were present representatives
-rf-?, from 18 counties when the delegates
assembled in the hall of the house of
repres?ntatives. Col. Knox Living
ston, of Bennettsvllle, was called to
the chair and Col. E. J. Watsm was
made secretary. A committee on
. nominations proposed the following
list of officers which was adopted by
acclamation:
President-A. J. Matheson of Ben
nettsvllle.
Seoretary-E. J. Watson of Colum
bia.
Vice presidents from the congres- ,
sicnal districts in the order named:
J. E. Tindal of Clarendon, T. S. Wil
liams of Aiken, urea G. Brown of An
derson, J. T. Douglass of Union, Le
roy Springs of Lancaster, Dr. J. H.
David of Dillon, P. H. Hyatt of Co
lumbia.
The attendance was gratifying and '
the personal interest of . the delegates 1
inspires the belief that the meeting
together will not be in vain; that
there is a lofty purpose and that the \
representative men who were present
\" . . will do what they can to bring to 1
South Carolina settlers who in the
years to come will become a part of
the State's best citizenship.
The original purpose was to discuss
the plan proposed by Mr.-A. J. Mathe
' son of Bennettsviile, who had sug
gested fn a letter to The State that 1
an agent from South Carolina could
" Jind In Scotland sturdy folk of thrifty
habits who would ?ive new life to .the
farm work wherever they might be
. colonized {{.brought to South Carolina.
'Mr.- Matheson's Idea was not acted
upqn,.bub all such concrete matters
- ' were :ilfA^ to the:, general - committee
^.wtej$ - S^uIat?d^^vu--;;'\ "' ,1
- vc???. jmmxvfj^^a^^v^^^Mm ;was\y
then appointed and the convention
receded from business until 2 o'clock.
Ax -When the committee^ reported, there
"waa some confusion/ Many of the
.delegates wanted to digest the report,
but the Charleston delegation-want
ing to leave the oi ty at 4.30-carried
its point and the convention remained
in session taking up the report para
graph hy paragraph until it was dis
posed of. The feature of the day was ;
the strong and statesmau-like speech
of Col. Jno. P. Thomas. Gol. Thomas '
bas been deeply Interested and was '
present as a delegate from Charleston.
When the report was presented he ex- 1
pressed his disapproval because of its 1
limitations.
A PATRIOTIC SPEECn. \
The meeting was called for a high
purpose and that purpose had been
lost sight ot in the report. He want
ed the document amended so that Mr.
Matheson's proposition would be
taken up in concrete form. Col.
Thomas then discussed the philoso
phy of this movement. As he spoke
a number of young men became deep
ly interested, for he brought to their i
attention racial and economic qucs- j
tions which they had regarded as but 1
secondary. Col. Thomas told of thc 1
immigration in 1870 with Gen. John- I
son Hagood as the moving spirit. It
bad been inaugurated by a prostrate
State. The movement now on foot
has a bright future. He thought the i
matter deserving of more deliberation i
and very careful thought.
A number of others agreed with
Col. Thomas, but Col. Gadsden de- <
dared that all that is necessary at
this time is to organize, and then thc
details can he worked out by the com- <
mittee. The convention then pro- i
cecded to adopt the resolutions para
graph by paragraph. When the mat- ?
ter of having a representative at St.
Louis was reached Mr. McMahan of
fered opposition. He preferred to ?
send a man to Scotland. The tide of <
immigration cannot be turned back I
from the west, but wc should catch lt I
before the tide comes in. Mr. E. J. <
Watson disagreed with Mr. McMahan. i
It has been shown hy Mississippi val- I
ley States that Immigrants can be i
brought this way from the west.
At this point Mr. J. C. Hemphill,
editor of The News and Courier, pre
sented Mr. M. V. Richards, land and
Industrial agent of the Southern and
a delegate through the courtesy
of the Columbia Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. Richards spoke earnestly
in favor of having a man at St. Louis.
The best returns will come from thc
northwest. A great many people 1
there are dissatisfied. The effort ls
being made to bring them to the
south and is succeeding.
The Southern railway has colonized I
OOO families from the northwest on
one branch of the Southern In Vir
ginia and every now and then this i
colony*brlngs lu a u;ood family from
the old country. It is better to bring
from the west dissatisfied people who
will learn to love the south than to
bring in raw emigrants who have
never learned - our tongue. This was
thc only point In the resolutions which ,
occasioned debate and the paper was
then adopted, first by paragraphs and
then as a whole. Following 1B the
report of the committee:
?f THE RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That this convention rec
commend thc establishment by the
State of a department of immigration
which shall have charge of all matters
pertaining to securing Immigrants and
placing them throughout tho State.
Resolved 2, That it is tho duty of
)
the general assembly. of this State to
make ampler provision for and give
liberal support to said department of
immigration.
Resolved 3; : That in furtherance of
the objects of. this movement we urge
the appointment of a special agent of
the bo?te to - properly^present the re
sources and inducements' wo have to
otter to immigrants to be'stationed at
St. Louis and remain there during the
whole term of the exposition.
Resolv?d-4, That in order further to
accomplish the purpose for - wliieh'we
are assembled a committee be elected,
to be designated as the "South Caroli
na Immigration Executive commit
tee," consisting of one f rom eaoh coun
ty and each commercial body, of which
the president of this convention shall
bo chairman, and have power to ap
point sub-committees: -.^ .
First-To prepare a constitution for
the South Carolina Immigration asso
ciation, and each county organization.
Second-To prepare in suitable form
all information relative to the re
sources, etc., of the State.
Third-To elect a general agent up
on whom shall devolve all the duties
appertaining to an immigration agent.
Fourth-To devise a plan by which
to raise the funds necessary to defray
the expenses necessarily incurred.
Fif tb-To prepare and submit to the
general assembly such legislation as
may be proper to carry into effect the
purposes of this convention.
Resolved 5, That in order to get the
work launched at once this convention
calls upon the different counties, mu
nicipalities and commercial and agri
cultural organizations in this State to
send subscriptions to the committee,
thus enabling said committee to meet
the expenses of tho inauguration of
the mov?raent and of the preparation
of such advertising matter as may be
necessary.
"MATITESON'B PLAN" ENDORSED.
Col. Thomas then offered a resolu
tion endorsing thc Matheson plan.
This was adopted.
Mr. McMahan offered a resolution
to the effect that the representatives
In congress be asked to secure a modi
fication of the United States statutes
which prohibit the prepayment of the
transportation of immigrants under
contract to work and prohibit the as
sistance or encouragement of such Im
migrants.
T?e original resolution wanted the
act "repealed," but after some debate
the word "modified" was substituted
and the resolution was adopted.
The delegations present suggester]
the names of the members of the gen
eral committee and the president. Mr.
Matheson was authorized to select
representative and interested membcn
in the counties not represented yester
day. The following compose the com
mittee:
A. J. Matheson, Marlboro, chair
man; C. C. Langston, Anderson; E. S
Addison, Greenwood; Hon. T. H
Rainsford, Edgefield; Senator J. T
Douglass, .Union county; Mayor Mac
both Yoi. city of Union; E. J
Watson, Coi bia; John Scott,-New
:ber'ryvJ..:.Er,? dal,,; Clarendon, ,T. C
tori;; Rr.iM?lJ .pwh.TFlorericef Br?gii
Williamson ?>arlingtoif; Dr. J. H
David, D' m^A. B. Watsuu, Salud
county; - Wiri. Mitchell, . Batesburg
Knox Livingston, Marlboro; J. Y
Garllngton, Laurens, who is the pres
Ident of the chamber of commerce an
bad sent a telegram of encouragement
W. B. Moore, Yorkville; Pat. Mat
thew, Georgetown; T. H. Ketchin
Fairfield, and E. W. Dabbs, Sumter
These men are well known in Sout
Carolina and their enthusiasm wi
carry the movement to success.
All of the State officers were invil
ed to seats on the fioor and a coramil
tee was sent down to invite Gov. Hej
ward to participate. When the govei
nor entered the hall he was called nj
on for a word of encouragement an
this he gave earnestly. So the cor
vention ls assured of his cooperntio
in the matter of asking for legisl;
ti on.
GOV. IIEYWAKD.
Gov. Heyward said there is or
thing certain, the future of Sout
Carolina is assured when upon such a
Dccaslon as this men will leave the
work and come together and seek t
ind ways to build up the State. Th
ias been an agricultural State. Ju:
recently lt has become a great mam
Tacturing State and white labor hi
been taken from the farms. Ile ga'
his hearty endorsement to Mr. Math
son's suggestions and advocated tl
establishment of a bureau of i mu:
gration. His office is Hooded with le
tera asking for Information, and 1
could do nothing in answering the
but for the assistance of Mr. E.
Watson of the Columbia Chamber
Commerce. "I want to see you su
coed," he said, "and while in the c
fice of governor if there is anything
can do to help in this unselfish woi
you will have my hearty cooperation
The meeting adjourned without at
lddresses or regular specch-makin
?ne of the most remarkable gathe
ings In the history of the State. Tl
presiding officer is a man of work m
if words and the meeting yesterd;
jet tho machinery in motion. Tl
balking will come hereafter. T
ielegatcs present were:
THE DELEGATES.
The counties represented In the cc
vention and the delegations prese
were as follows:
Anderson-A. M. Carpenter, C.
Langston, Rev. H. R. Murchis(
from the chamber of commerce.
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
W. S. Hastie, J. B. Thomas, II.
Jackson, F. Q. O'Neill, O. E. Johnst
Charleston Commercial Club-J.
Heraphlll, C. S. Gadsden, H. A. ft
loney, James Cosgrove, Clarence Cu
ningham.
Clarendon-Rev. R. A. Sublett,
E. Tindall, R. J. Alderman, W.
Gambrell.
Columbia-it. W. Shane!, A.
Phelps, T. H. Wannamaker, J. J. ?
Mahan, E. W. Robertson, C. W. I
Creery, F. H. Hyatt, E. K. Palm
T. II. Gibbes, August Kohn, W.
Shannon, D. Cardwell, E. B. Tayl
J. A. Hoyt, Jr., J. B. Matthews,
W. Lurapkin, A. M. Richardson,
A. Clark, E. J. Watson.
Darlington-J. E. Miller, T.
Drew and J. N. Parrott.
Edgefield-T. H. Rainsford.
^airfield-Rev. S. C. Byrd, T.
Ketchin, W. J. Johnson.
Florence-R. M. McOown.
Greenwood E. S. Addison.
Georgetown-Patrick Matthews
Lexington-J. Wm. Mitchell.
Marlon-J. D. Hasclden for Marl
and Dr. J. H. David and A. : B. Gor
dan for Dillon. ,
Marlboro-A. JV Matheson, Charles
Crossland and Knox .Livingston.
Newberry-John Scott.
Saluda-A. B. Watson.
Sumter-E..W. Dabb, R. E. Hay
nesworth, R. I. Manning, rr
Union, City and County-Maobeth
Young, R. L. MoNally? V. E. DoBass,
B. P. Townsend, J. T. Douglass, R.
W. Hamilton. *
SERVED HIM BIGHT.
A Yo un K I i fid y Ii na ds a Masher to tho
Police Station. ,
When a "masher" wants to see .^ou_
home you should, not treating him
with dainty and disdain/ accept hiB
attentions. Then, instead of guiding
bim to your abode, steer him to the
nearest police station. This is the
theory and practice of Miss Lizzie
Burgess, of No. 624 Foster "street,
Evanston Ind.
"Even flirt with him," she says.
Miss Burgess had a chance to put
her' theory into practice with the re
sult that Charlea Scott, who ls said
to have attempted to flirt with her,
occupies a cell in the Evanston police
station.
Miss. Burgess bad been visiting
friends and was walking home. A mau
followed her. Slie gave no heed to the
man's remarks until she reached Sher
man avenue and Emerson street,
about two blocks from her home.
She waited until the "masher reach
ed her.
''May I see you home?" asked the
"masher."
"Certainly," said Miss. Burgess
sweetly, but instead of going north on
Sherman avenue toward her home,
she started south with the Evanston
police station os her destination.
The man waited outside while Miss.
Burgess entered the police station to
"see a friend."
There is a "masher' outside whom I
wish you would take care of," she
told Sergeant Waldron.
The policeman accompanied the
young woman outside and she intro
duced him to her escort. He iook the
umasher" inside and placed him In a
cell. _
THE RACE PROBLEM.
Bishop Halsey Wants Territory Sot
Aside for Colored People.
Bishop Lucien nalsey, colored, of
the African Methodist Zion Church,
shocked some of the delegates to the
conference in session in Washington,
to consider the race problem in the
United States, by advocating the na
tional Government setting aside one
or more States- for the exclusive resi
dence of the negro race.
A storm of protests followed the
reading of-tho paper...' Several .sptak-.
?r??eola^
?icm or tue rights of the colored: man
which would forever prevent his eleva
tion. The paper was read at the
opening meeting in the Lincoln Tem
ple Congregational Church.
"Tue two races," said Bishop Hal
sey, "have never lived in harmony in
the southland, and I am of the opin
ion that it ls impossible for them to
do so. We are told the South ls a
white man's country, but it lt is, that
race has shirked it? responsibility in
caring for the negroes. The labor of
the South today is done by about half
colored men and half white laborers.
The colored labor has proven to be
the most expensive that was ever em
ployed."
He went on to say that the white
men were crowding the negro out of
employment In the South, and that
the negro was going to the North and
West. He proceeded to speak of the
evil of the mixing of the white and
colored blood, delaring that lt was
harmful to both races. An adjourn
ment was taken after thc discussion,
but it is believed the Committee on
Resolutions will consider the paper,
and probably bring in a report on the
proposed solution. -
Your Opportunity To Do Good.
The Thornwell Orphanage is locat
ed in Clinton, South Carolina. It is
the property of the whole Southern
Presbyterian Church. It cared last
year for 210 orphans, with 28 teachers
and ofticers in charge. Of the or
phans, 112 were from South Carolina,
40 from Georgia, 15 from Florida.
Every Southern State was represented.
And some, Northern. The support
of this family and their education
was provided altogether from volun
tary d .mations. They do their best
toward self help. They cook their
own food, make their own clothing
and shoes, raise all thc milk, butter
and vegetables used, and dispense
with all servants. They are worthy.
They arc your own little brothers and
sisters. Thanksgiving day is coming.
Show your thankfulness by sending a
gift of money or provision to thc foun
der and head of the Institution, Rev.
Wm. B. Jacobs, Clinton, South Car
olina. Here ls your opportunity to do
good. _
A Family Kow.
A dispatch to The Sate says in a
light near Mountvllle, Laurens
county, Wednesday Bob Pitts was
three times shot by J. Q. Williams,
his brother-in-law, and Williams'
throat was cut with a razor. Both
men are white farmers. It ls said
that Pitts was drunk and beating his
wife, Williams' sister. Williams re
monstrated and BItts slashed his neck.
Williams drew his pistol and ll red,
thc first ball striking Pitts near thc
eye and ranging into the throat. The
second struck him in the right breast,
where it lodged, and the third, lired
as Williams was falling, struck him in
the arm. Pitts ls expected to die. Wil
liams will recover. It is said that
Pitts' wife was considerably bruised.
A Good Suggestion.
Tile following from thc Newberry
Observer ls worthy of consideration by
the farmers and merchants: "Numer
ous suggestions have been.' made to
and by farmers relative to buying
fertilizers. It ls to their Interests to
get them as cheap as possible, but no
matter what tho price may be lt ought
to be so arranged that farmers will
not have to pay for them 'before tho
first of January. Thoro are too many
claims against the farmer already fall
ing due early In the fall and compell
ing him to rush his cotton to market.
ENDS HER LIFE
Because Her Shabby Clothing Had
Been Commented .On
FALLS POISONED TO THE FLOOR
lilt rein ol y Pitiful Pate of a VounR
Girl in Now York Toiling
to Support an Aged
Mother.
A girl killed herself Wednesday in
a big office in tho big Constable build
ing, in New York, before the eyes of
^dozens of other girls employed there
as stenographers like herself, before
the clerks aqd the managers.
Tenderly . nurtured as a child in a
comfortable, happy home, when pret
ty, sentive Charlotte Thopas grew to
girlhood this home was swept away.
Her dead father's estate left a legal
tangle that when unravelled found
the family in possession of only a few
hundred dollars.
There were three brothers in the
family, but these bad families, and
seemed able to do no more than take
care of themselves, so in a tiny flat in
the Bronx, with her sorrowing, white
haired mother, the girl lived. The
girl doubtless meant to be very brave
and to go out in the workaday world
and make her way. But the world
was rude, hard and little interested
in her. It wounded and jostled her.
It was so cruelly different from the
softness of thc home surroundings that
she had known.
On the eighth floor of the Constable
building arc the offices of S. Anary
gros, cigarette manufacturer. There
are twenty or more girls employed
there. Most of them are said to have
comfortable homes and their salaries
to be only so much plnmoney to them
money to he expended in the purchase
of fashionable clothing and pretty
bits of adornment, dear to the hearts
of young women. The group is chic,
and every member of it quite pretty.
WAS OF GENTLE BIRTH.
Little Miss Thomas, who went to
work thor? four weeks ago, wab pret
ty, too. She had the black eyes of the
South. The family come from
Georgia, and several of her ancestors
boro honored names in the history of
the Confederacy. The family had an.
unfortunate business venture in which
the little money that had been left
by the father was swept away. Judge
Kellogg, formerly of the Court of
Claims, was Miss Thomas's guardian.
What little of her funds had been In
his hands was gone. Her brother, a
clerk in the Attorney-General's office
at Albany, had secured his sister the
place of stenographer at the Anary
gros offices. It is.Bald that her gown
was shabby, and her black, gloves
darned In may places, and that her
companions noticed it. ^^^^^^B||
V.~'rrlWv cl ?ne;rit^the;^"iifc^?Etl?3f< *'
the office aoAcu^uegm^aiu^ :
lt Is believed, why' she. didn't fix up a
little and dress like the other girls!' :
He was startled to see the girl's hands
go up to her eyes and her whole small
lorm shaken by sobs. Not knowing
quite what else to do, he merely felt
of his carefully arranged neckties and. '
walked away. The girl's employers,
however, are not to be misjudged in '
the matter. It got to their ears and
they handed the young man bis hat.
MERELY THOUGHT HEH " QUEER." !
The white-haired, broken-hearted I
mother of the girl Wednesday told '
how the thoughtless remark of the i
clerk, had prayed upon her daughter's <
mind. Nothing but absolnte necessi
ty pf earning the money induced her
to return to the place. She kept to !
herself at her work, and her com- I
panions merely regarded her as
"queer."
Wednesday Miss Thomas went to a
big department store at,noon, and i
the money that was to have purchased :
her luncheon was spent for a two- 1
ounce bottle of carbolic acid. She
must have walked the streets for
awhile, brooding on what she meant
to do, for when she returned the
other girls were already there. She
lingered In the hallway, watching i
them pass in front of her, raising
their hands to remove their stylish
hats. As thc swish of the silk skirt
of the last of the girls sounded
through the doorway little Miss !
Thomas swiftly raised the bottle to
her lips. '
She staggered through the doorway. 1
She held the bottle aloft. Her face 1
was livid. A strand of thick brown
hair had fallen?across her brow, ner
little body swayed.
"I've done itl" she said In a whisper
that cut sharply through the room
where the amazed groups of girls and
clerks stood looking at her. "I've
done it. I wont suffer any more."
A MOST PITIFUL DEATH.
She fell and did not rise, a small,
huddled iigure In a shabby gown of
black. Suddenly one of tho girls ?
screamed. Others ran to corners of j
the roora, their hands to their eyes.
One giri moved swiftly to the pros
trate figure and knelt beside her.
"Boor little thing," she said and
Btoked the brown strand back from i
the girl's forehead. But the act of
kindness was unknown to Miss 1
Thomas. She was unconscious and
very near death. Fifteen minutes
later an ambulance surgeon Btood
away from the cot on which she had
been laid and with a brief movement,
drew a white linen handkerchief across
the girlish features. ^_^J?D
A while afterward one of the girls i
went to the little apartments at No.
8(ii) East One Hundred and Eightieth
street to tell the mother that her
daughter was dead. But she saw the
white-haired Southern gentlewoman,
the girl could merely say that Miss
Thomas was very ill at the offices.
Mrs. Thomas went there. They left
her alon i for a time beside the lounge.
They heard first only a long, sharp
cry. Then there was silence. After
ward, the mother came out to ask
in whispers of what had occurred.
Wednesday night the body of thc
girl who had been so hurt and worn
by trouble was In her mother's home.
Many members of St. Paul's Episco
pal Church in the Bronx, where Miss
Thomas had been a constant atten
dant, called to comfort her parent,
but they went away knowing that
they had not succeeded, for one can
not speak to grief that sits with
silent, tearless oyes.-Now York
American.
COLOMBIANS ENRAGED.
When Newe of tho Revolution Roaoh
'. od Then^They Were W11?Y
The, ..royal mail steamers Orinoco
arrived at Colon, bringing news of
Gen. Torres and the Colomblan.troopB
ho took from Panama, on Thursday,
after the proclamation of tho republic
of Panama. . ,.:'.;,?<,. .
? On ititi arrival of Gen. Torres and
his troops at ^??b?geha, news of the
events on the Isthmus quickly spread
abd caused excitement. Gen. Torres
and his oflicera were threatened with
arrest as traitors, but the threat was
not p?t; into effect. The populace,
greatly excited, soon orowded the
streete'cr'ying "down with the Ameri
cans.'^ - fi
United States Consul Ingersoll, fear
ing violence, remained shut up in the
consulate.
The excitement at Barranquilla in
creased with the spreading of the
news Of the secession of the isthmus,
whlcb^was supplemented by exaggerat
cd accounts of the alleged part played
hy thu'United States therein. Pana
ma's declaration of independence was
read ffom a newspaper by the prefect
to a crowd assembled in the plaza and
was ^greeted by furious orles and
shouts: pf "death to the Panamani
ans" abd "death to the Americans
The^prefect followed the reading by
a speech, in which he declared that
the Colombian government would
never 'permit tho secession of the isth
mus apel would win back the lost ter
ri tory ??t any cost. The crcwd in the
plaza -indulged in many extravagant
threats.
"United States Vice Consul Lovelace
was sitting on a balcony of his house
at Barranquilla Thursday night when
several stones were thrown at bim.
He retired indoors and was not further
molested by the Colombians.
Revolutionary talk began immedi
ately afc'BarranqullIa and threats were
made agu!nt congressmen responsible
for,;jh?:;.hon- ratification of the Hay
Herran^canal treaty.
Fears" are entertained for the safety
of Americans in Colombia, and of the
possibility of ' the anger of thc popu
lace b?ing vented against foreigners
generally. The.authorities at Savanil
la-have'mounted two obsolete guns
covering the wharf.
S HEROIC CONDUCT.
Lieu**' Curtin and His Mon Have tho
U. S. Lawrence.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says
the^jfoism of Lieut. Curtin and sev
eral Examen on board the torpedo boat
destr?yer Lawrence Wednesday saved
that?^raft frpm . destruction. A
Hghw^candle taft-by. a workman on
a wr'/?eri box in the vessel's, forward
co1 '" msntf'.'' cauHcd , a fire which
b ' ?riv?f?i^
' '*t \va.v; Q.si?.n??idslu,d by
^..jtv?- .d'ana??Ww&T&"~-^jiJ?
lie. 3?r ; Hames reached the maga
zine; \-which a quantity, of explosives
werev~$ored. In their battle against
the flames Lieut. Curtin and his men
were i;o overcome by the smoke that
they lost consciousness after the fight
was won and were hurried on board
the cruiser Olympia for treatment.
Their condition is not serious.
The fire occurred In a stuffy com
partment directly adjoining the maga
sine' and had gained considerable
ueadyway when lt was discovered
The place was filled with a dense
smoke that baffled the efforts of the
crew and caused them to fall helpless
to the steel door. Time and again
the seamen dived Into the tire ch am
ber and emerged with the unconscious
form of a seaman in his grasp. At
ter a hurried resuscitation the sea
man and his oi?lcer would return only
to again succumb to the smoke. A
sailor plunged into the compartment
and a second later came out with the
limp body of the officer in his arms
Five seamen in a similar condition
were stretched out on the deck. All
were hurried on board the Olympia
in dry dock, the surgeons soon
brought them to consciousness. The
damage to the Lawrence was trifling
The Gc rnmn Carp.
A few years ago we hailed the ad- j
vent of the German carp with open !
arms, but to-day we are lamenting the |
fact that they were brought to this
country. In Wisconsin the fish ward
ens have begun to try and clear them I
out of the waters of the state, but it |
ls almost a hopeless task. The Ger
man carp is not what wc thought he I
would be. He lives almost entirely on
vegetable matter, with the result that
thc moss, pond lilies and other growth I
have been almost entirely eaten up,
thus destroying the protection to I
young game fish. Thc latter aro fast |
disappearing, and the carp are multi
plying at a frightful rate. Most peo
ple have a prejudice against carp and
will not eat them, and the public in
general are beginning to regret the I
day they were introduced into ourj
streams._
On tho Ki^ht lilno.
The Columbia State says: "Negro I
sitizen of Boston in mass meeting have |
Issued a circular calling on all the col
ored voters of the north to detach
themselves from thc control of both
political parties and organize with an I
eye single to the preservation of rights |
guaranteed by the last three amend
ments. This would not be a bad stop.
By means of it the nothern Republi
cans may be compelled to give some I
substautial proof of their alleged de
votion to the brother In black, or eke
to cease their insincere pr?tentions.
Ho Was i limine.
Andrew II. Green, tho "father of
Greater New York" and one of the
city's oldest and morst remarkable
citizens, was shot and instantly killed
on the steps of his home, on Park
avenue, New York, Friday by Cor
nelius M. Williams, a negro who is
believed to bc Insane. The shooting
was evidently thc outcome of an In
sane delusion on the part of the ne
gro that Mr. Green had slandered
him. _
Philippine Census.
Advance reports Indicate that the
returns of the recent census of tho
Philippines when tabulated, will show
a population of 7,000,000, exclusive of
the wild tribes of tho mountains,
which are estimated at less than 1,
OOO.OUO.
KOOSEVELT SCOEED
?hennan'B Character and Talents
Shelled "Warnily hy Dr. Jones..
ABOUT THE BATTLE ABBEY.
Dr. JoncB Explains the Object of
the Ca UH o and What Will be
Done With tho Institution
When Completed.
In an address Wednesday in Au
gusta, Ga., before the Confederate
convention of Georgia Dr. J. William
Jones, chaplain commander of the
general TJ. C. V. organization, and
at the head of the movement for tho
ereotion of a - battle- abbey in the
South, scored President' Roosevelt In
the harshest terms for lils praise of
General Sherman and a wilful distor
tion of the facts ot history. The ad
dress produced the wildest enthusiasm
among the old veterans of the lost
cause and wus cheered to the echo.
Dr. Jones said:
DB. JOUE8' SPEECH.
"Through the slackness of tho peo
ple In the South there has been allow
ed to stand as undisputed history
statements that aie absolutely arid
entirely untrue. This extends not
only to the ignorant, but to tho
leaders of the land. The president-'?
(Voice: I didn't know we had one)
-In his speech, made at the unveiling
of Sherman's monument, spoke of him
as the greatest leader in the civil war.
Sherman, who was routed at Manas
sas, at Shiloh, so badly defeated by
Stephon D. Lee at Vicksburg that he
was forced to board his transports and
return to Memphis*, Sherman, who
was outgeneraled and defeated by the
noble Forest, who, with a much
smaller force, time and again sent
him flying. Sherman, who never
waged successful warfare until with
overwhelming numbers ho forced hiB
way South and made through Georgia,
leaving smoking- ruins in his rear.
(Voice-Yes, waging war on women
and children). Gentlemen, this is thc
man that Theodore Roosevelt, presi
dent of the United States, character
izes as a brave and brilliant man.
Roosevelt has written a history of the
West, but when he comes to the story
of the great conflict between the
North and the South'hls knowledge
is sadly deficient."
A veteran In the crowd mentioned
Booker Washington's name and Dr.
Jones replied: Booker Washington
is a saint compared with him,"
FALSE HISTOKIES. ]
"Comrades, think of this man Sher- f
man, who lied on Wade Hampton In f
bis official, report to the government {<
about the burning of Columbia, apel )
who, ina;history ; written some years }
aft?r th?7wi>r,- AV.hloli I always >.keep :?
U?^t^^^^-^ '^ .ei^w^littca"-' \
non nr^?au^?Ki1-p?^vc?V)^^-^?.'t'i.i?-' .
mine enemy-would write a book,'ac-' :;
knowledges'that bs lied, and said
that Hampton was a braggart, dod *
that he wished to" injure him with
his own people.
"I saw a history written by a ?
Northern man which stated that .
there were 2,000,000 men in the Con
federate army, when, as a matter of ?
fact, there were only 600,000. I won't <
say where, but at a Southern univer- ^
s i ty, there was a professor of history
who made this statement, and I said i
to him: If we had had 2^000,000 men
we would have run the Northern ar- !
mies beyond the Arctic Ocean. We
only had a small number to fight our .
battles and against them were array- j
ed mercenaries of tbe world and the
negroes, who in the bloody crater at *
Petersburg, were sacrificed by their .
Northern friends."
BATTLE ABBE?.
Dr. Jones opened his address In be
half of the Confederate Memorial As
sociation by paying a magnificent
tribute to Georgia Confederate sol
diers, relating many instances of valor
that came to his notice during the
sixties. To the convention he brought 1
the greetings of Virginia veterans to
the Georgia reunion.
As the representative of the Con
federate Memorial Association, better
known as the Battle Abbey movement,
Dr. Jones entered Into a concise state
ment of its affairs. Charles Broad
way Rouse, a private in the Confeder
ate army, deeded 8100,000 for the
erection ot a Coo federate memorial
hall, the proviso being that the U. 0. .
V. supplement it by an equal amount,
they to select tbe site of the Battle
Abbey.
Dr. Jones announced that already
more than the required 8100,000 had
been raised. The city of Richmond
contributed $50,000 to tho fund. The
aim is to greatly augment the present
amount on band and build the Battle
Abbey on a more magnificent scale
than at first planned. He wanted
Georgia to take a part in the erection
of the abbey.
The idea ls to establish a great li
brary-a library of true American
history. In the building will be pre
served all tbe historic records of the
Confederacy, where it can be consult
ed by thc world in the generations to
come.
In passing Dr. Jones scored the
public schools of Augusta for using
what he termed an infamous, lying
text book, Eggleston U. S. History.
The movement for thc erection of the
Battle Abbey was endorsed amid the
wildest enthusiasm, and a large num
ber present pressed forward to con
tribute to the fund. Cards were dis
tributed and quite a large subscrip
tion list raised for future payment.
lleatcn to Dont ti.
Fleet Wilkins a merchant at Hicks
siding, two miles from Roxboro, N C.,
died Thursday morning from the
effects of an assault committed upon
him by a negro named Adam Hunt.
Thc negro had demanded money,
which being refused he literally beat
Mr. Wilkins to death. He was arrest
ed and loged In Jail._
A Winning Issue.
The only Democrat elected lu a cer
tain county in New York is a small
man with seven children. He was run
on the Roosevelt platform of anti-race
suicido' and tho press called on the
public to vote for thc little man with
the big family. Tho slogan . caught
the public car and changed a thous
and votes.
? I
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THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL j
Destroyed Millions of Dollars 'Worth
of Cotton This Season.'
The Columbia State's Washington
correspondent says \ Representative
Slayden of Texas docs not agree with
Secretary .Wilson's" conclusion that
the boll weevil cannot be exterminat
ed and that the only recourse southern
cotton planters haveJs early planting.
In discussing tho announced. conclu
BIOUS of the secretary of agriculture
Mr. Slayden sa>8:
"I have profound respect for the
ability and charaotor of Mr. Wilson?; -
and therefore I regret to have to differ' '.
from him. What ho suggests is not
practicable-at least not entirely so.
Whether cotton is planted early or
late in Texas does not, as a rule, de-. <
pond upon tho will of the planter.
The season regulates that, and the
season in Texas cannot be regulated; ;
The weevil did millions pf dollars hf
damage in south and south central
Texas this year" in August and
September, during which months cot
ton continues to bloom and to fruit.
In my opinion, the State of Texas has
adopted the right course in offering a
reward for a complete remedy for this
distressing situation. Our state bas
offered a reward of 350,000, open to
the world, for the discovery of any
practical method of destroying the
weevil.
"Suppose the federal government
were to 'offer five times as much,
would it,not stimulate men of science
to even greater exertion? I am told
that when the vineyards of France
were in danger from an Insect a re
ward of $100,000 was offered for the
finding of a remedy, and that it was
found. Whether that is true or. hot
I don't know. But it doesn't matter.
We can make precedents in this coun
f.rir
?"VJ
Such a course would not reflect on
the able corps of scientists In the de
partment of agriculture, whose time
is so fully occupied with other matters
that what study they can give to the
cotton boll weevil is a mere Incident.
Mr. Hudson, president of the San An
tonio and Aransas Pass- Ballway com
pany, in Texas, and it is not one of the
very Important cotton-hauling roads
told me a few days ago tb at approx
imately 100,000 bales of cotton bad
been eaten up on the line of his road
alone this year. That means a loss of
$5,000,000 to the farmers and propor
tionately large sums to. thc transporta
tion lines, glnners and others.
"Haifa million dollars would bea
trilling sumfor the government to :
pay to exterminate this pest, and if
no exterminator were found, no reward
would be paid. - Then, by continued ?
icarcity and high prices in tho United ?
States the cultivation of cotton will '
be fostered loather* para of. the world ?]
ind J.we . -may-l loseta, ^market We .. haye
il??st.'monp^
rttnatl?n^ ? .'.'{.
" " . lio-?.-, _ci;.' ..;
The appointment of; Geh; ..Robert
ihaw Oliver to be assistant secretary i
>f war will be fought, it.seems. Oil-. ^
rer is from Albany,, N._. Y. , ?nd it is 1
laid that certain Influential Republi- 1
jans at Albany have filed a - protest '
igainst his selection for this place. -1
'Mr. Roosevelt," says the New York j
iun, "as governor of the State of 1
Sew York, was perfectly familiur at 1
Albany with the social life of Gen.- 1
Oliver," and "as a matter of fact, the ?
president has been furnished with in- (
'ormation concerning Gen. Oliver's 1
loclal relations, not only in Albany, 1
jut in Florence, Italy." The Colum- 1
jia State says manifestly Bobby ls a 1
jay boy. But a president who can
itand for Addicks and Crum and the
ike ought not to mind backing a fei- \
ow whose "social relations" are just .
i little off color. i
A Firebug Captured.
A special to The News and Observe^
trom Rockingham, N. C., says:^ fe is
believed that the incendiary''who re
cently kindled two destructive fires
here in which lOora?bzen buildings
in the business part of the town were
burned, is now in uistody. A detec
tive and his assistant sent from Ra
leigh by StateJFire Insurance Com
missioner Yrj^?g, it is alleged, saw
Henry F. Sjtfith, a white man of that
place, make three attempts to fire a
dry r>ods store. Once the fire died
ouybf Itself and twice was extlnguish
rwi by the detectives. The arrest of
Smith followed.
RiftKcst BueinesB.
N. M. Brooks, Superintendent of
Foreign Malls, estimates that In the
last year 80,240,700 was received hy
this Government as postage on ar
ticles exchanged with all foreign
countries. Oiiiclal statistics of the
postal service in eight leading coun
tries of the world shows that the
United States leads In tho number of
post on ices and employes, and as to
the number of articles of mail matter
received by and sent to each Inhabi
tant. The United States also exceed
ed by $7,040,000 thc amount expend
ed for postal service by Germany, its
nearest competitor.
A Slap at the South.
Crumpacker has reintroduced irv the
house his bill providing for a reduction
in the congressional representation of
thoso States which have discriminat
ed politically against the negro. He
has not decided whether he will press
measure for consideration this winter
or not, but he introduced lt merely
that he might have lt on the calendar
and be prepared to urge it If he deem
ed it desirable to do so. It is under
stood to be quite likely, however, that
no action will bc taken on the bill,' at
least' prior to the presidential cam
paign.
Japan Hot for War. .
A dispatch from Takeo says thc en
tire Japanese nation Is burning with a
desire for wnr with Russia. The peo
ple of all classes, government otllclals,
as well as private citizens, feel that
only by an appeal to arms can .tho
question at Issue between the two
governments be settled. Pacific dis
patches that have emenated from Eu-1
ropean sources are discredited here.
The government ls making every pos
sible preparation for war. Prime Min
ister Katsura today made an appeal to
the people to stand together at the
present orisis.
; WANTS AN EAR.
A Bich5 "Western Man Offers Five
Thousand Dollars 'for Oho.
AND MANY ABE OFFERED TO HIM.
IT
I Will Help This Earless Man
ir He Ma?ces Lil*? -E?f^^^^^^S
for Me, Baye tho
Crowd. ''jjjfBB
Tho Now York American says scores
ot . women and girls, men and vboys,
all eager to sell their ears for ?5fb00,
came with a rush last week to Dr. A. V
Ii. Nealon's office, in East Twenty- :
ninth st reet New York.' ;
The doctor has a rich patient, a :-vv?
Western mining man, who will pay
that sum for an ear which must bo
grafted on bis head in place of ah ear;
which. be lost by accident. But tho
ear must be perfect and of precise
dimensions', as d?sorlb?d in the follow
ing advestlsement -printed In. the
morning newspapers, and which drew
the anxious persons who would barter
beauty for money:
$5,000.00 will he paid for right ear,
21 inches long, ll inches wide, with
perfect curves and full lob?.'. Tho ear
may be from either male or female and
must be from a person in perfect
health. Offers by mail .-considered.
Dr. A. L. Neiden, 13 East 29th st.
FILLED AT ALI. HOCKS. - .
The doctor's waiting room was filled
at all hours, and many stood outside.
Then they ca.me singly, in twos and
threes, all the afternoon. At night
fall more than 100 ears had been ex
amined, and. the respective owners'
names and addresses written down.
Others *who . came later were turned
away and asked to come again today.
Telegrams came by dozens from
men and women who live out of town
and who are willing to Boll an ear for
96,000. Letters will probably arrive in
this morning's mall containing similar
offers. One telegram reelved;from a
woman io Jtmuaio read as iollowa:
To Dr. A. L. Neiden: Bead
your offer of $5,000 for an ear, I
t have a perfect ear?-but have rea-: I?..V^^
' son to car? no more for the ear or . .
other features upon which I once
prided myself. Let me know at
once if you want me to-come on.
IT "WAB A CHEERIiESS ORO CT.
In pitiful contrast to tho gay
arado of the Fifth avenue throngs Inf .
the sunshine Sunday afternoon was'-^^^M
the odd assortment of men and wo
men who slipped through the procos-. ^' '-? .
alon into the shadow of Twenty-ninth
?treetto collect In a .silent j unfriend
ly, cheerless group in front of tho bf
(V ' ' t.Dr. A. LT. Neiden. . . . .u
;sell an ear for 35,000 ;t-hcs'a In- -,ty
. ^&i#^?S^?^d|fe o? ...
. ? ,?'.?''.'.I.V.. .''.V?'.'.
.^ver^"?6j^s%7^?^^h?": f
?ot -Ug^teh :th?
?tbod; waiting at ?th'?dc^t?r'a0d??i1.; l6
limply added to the bitterness .'of :. .'
rivalry.
Whatever had been .the object of': ; .
ihe surgeon in stating" that he must
lave a good ear to grat upon a. rloh
patient from the West and was will-\
ng to.pay $5,000 to any man pr wo
nan who would give up: the needed > :
ar,-it did not enter Into the consld
sratlon of the earnest men and women
vho besieged his door. They had .
'ead his advertisement in the newspa
pers and came ready to receive the
noney and turn over the ear.
BRINGS A SHAPELY KAU.
One of the fi rat of those to arrive
with ears to sell was a younir :-*??i?-?'
About twen^ei^hJir^fir^age'. She
svas att^-'^?fpiainly, but evidently had
?e^jarniore prosperous days. Her eyes
racked lustre, her shoulders were
Blightly rounded, and her face was :
prematurely marked with the Tines
and wrinkles of worry and trouble.
Her ears, however, were small and
shapely.
"Does tho doctor live here that
wants to buy an ear for $5,000?" she
timidly asked the girl who answered
her ring of the bell.
"You want the doctor to look at
your ear?" the giri asked, with a
tinge of curiosity in her tone, for up
to this time she had seen men only.
''Yes," the young woman answered,
and then she asked eagerly: "He
hasn't bought the ear yet, has he?"
"No," answered the girl. "You
may step In and walt for him," and
the young woman joined the throng
in the ante-room.
Murdered a Family.
A family of five persons, father,
mother and three children, have been
murdered in their home in Marianna
Fla. Tho bodies found by the mother
of tho murdered wife. The family's
name was Gaffney. They lived on the
outskirts of the town. They had not
been seen for over a week when the
"wife's mother went to call on thom.
She found the door fastened with a
padlock, and chains. Noticing blood
spots, she summoned neighbors and
the door was forced. Lying on the bed
was Gallery, and his wife, their skulls rf;
crushed with an axe. On this bed al
so lay the infant with its throat cut,
and the head almost severed. On
door lay other children with their
heads severed. There ls no oluo to tho
murderers.
Brynn Sails for Europe.
Wm. J. Bryan sailed for Europe
Wednesday from New York on tho
White Star liner Majestic He paid
his compliments to Grover Cleveland
Inno uncertain terms. He says tho
ex-president has no chance of tho
nomination even with the help of
Wall Street interests. Even if nomi
nated ho could not- carry a single
state. Mr. Bryan afllrms that the re
cent elections prove nothing and tho
Kansas City platform democrats like
hoing defeated. They will keep tho
money question paramount and whrtx
tho submission of the minority. Ho
will return In six weeks for the fight.
The authorized capitalization of
scrct car lines in the United States in
1902 amounted to $2,870,029,310,
whilo the gross earnings from opera
tions were $247,553,099, and tho next
Income, after deducting all expense;;,
both operating and fixed eharges, waa
,$30,506,977.