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S ENATO R TILLMAN
At Manning Says the Solidarity of
the State Democracy
MUST BE PRESERVED IN TACT.
He W~outid Iact a Pied.'e 4W Ie
m3o3I)raCy 'romh All Camldidates.
But Would Except Mc
Laurin This Year.
The following is a part of a speech
delivered by Senator Tillman at Man
ning last Friday:
There is a matter :f deep intcrest
which will come up f .r discssion :Id
settlement in the coming May coin
vention, and as i am the repreSenta
tive of the le1mocra1cy of this state
upon the natiofnal coanittee it may
not U inprioer for me to express my
views (in it and to inform you as to
the sentiment and feeling of the
Democrats in Washington on the sub
ject. The Democratic party in South
Carolina has occupied a peculi:ar posi
tion for 25 yeas. The whites are in
the minority in this State and under
the reconstruction disoensation there
were some :'5.o00 more negro voters
than whites. The consequence was
that after the overthrow of the car
pet bag government in 1876 we
adopted a system (if party government
and the white people of the State
were educated in the employment of
political methods that obtianed hardiy
anywhere else. We have had an "im
perium in imperio" or a government
within a government. Democracy has
meant white supremacy. and Rtepubli
canism meant negro equality. The
necessity for white unity overshadowed
the other considerations and the Dem
ocrats of the State were taught that
submission to the will of the majority
and loyal support of the nominees of
the party were paramount to all other
considerations.
The lamented Hampton taught us
that an "independent was worse than
a radical." Like all of his actions and
utterances in those trying days that
advice was the very essence of wisdom
and patriotism. His clear judgment
-his most distinguishing character
istic-saw the danger to the State. of
a Democracy split into factions and
appealing to the colored vote. And I
take this occasion to say that no other
living South Carolinian more willing
ly or gladly pays tribute to his leader
ship or has a better realization of the
invaluable services to his people and
the State rendered by this great man
in '76.
HASKELL MOVEMENT.
It was only after the revolution of
1890 that there was anything like free
dom of poltical utterance and action.
The convulsion which brought this
about also brought with it an attempt
on tpart of those who were in the
minority to vfithstand the popular
will: and some of those who had been
most clamorous for party regularity
and submission to the dictates of a
convention . in selecting candidates
bolted and ran Judge liaskell for gov
ernor. The Hfaskell movement was
based largely on personal opposition to
me, and there was never any question
in regard to the loyalty of those who
supported Judge Haskell to the gen
eral principles of Democracy in the na
tion. Following the independent ac
tion of the the Haskellites came the
rebellion of those who voted against
Cleveland for Weaver in '92, amount
ing to some 2,000 or more white votes,
mainly in Pickens and Oconee coun
ties. 'Then in '94 there was another
rebellion on account of the adoption
of the "Colleton plan." Dr. Pope ran
as an independent candidate for gover
nor and received several thousand
white votes. So there have been
three attempts to resist the will of
the organized Democracy speaking
through regular channels. In each of
these instances those who had broken
fealty with their fellows and who
failed to support the nominee of the
party as they had pledged, at the pri
maries to do were forgiven and ad
mitted back to fellowship without
any question. In each case those who
resisted the will of the party of course
felt jastitied in acting independently,
but they were private soldiers so to
speak and the desire of our people for
continued fellowship and good will
among the whites prevented their ex
pulsion from the party. Now
we are confronted with a dif
ferent condition of affairs. The
new constitution adopted in 1895 has
eliminated for the present the negro
majority. The numnber of negroes
eligible to vote does not exceed 13,000.
but it is constantly increasing and
there may be a good many thousand
who are not registered who would be
eligible to registration. There have
been in the recent past evidences of
Republicanism cropping out in South
Carolina in various directions. There
is no doubt we shall soon have a white
Republican party appealing to these
negro voters. The action of one of
your United States senators in advo
cating Republican doctrines and voting
with that party on all essential meas
ures, contending all the while that he
is a Democrat and that he has the
right to define what Democracy means
has brought things to a focus. The
Democratic party in South Carolina,
and it is well understood that the State
is overwhelmingly Democratic, has a
right to be honestly represented in the
senate and in the house and in fact I
do not believe the Democrats of the
State would intentionally and willing
ly elect any man to any ottice whose
Democracy was unsound if they knew
it. Our present danger is Republi
canism in the disguise of D~emocracy.
Therefore the quest ion has been raised
and it is now an issue and it must be
settled as to what constitutes D)emoc
racy and who shall define it. It is con
tended that wve should leave the pri
mary just as it is and make no new
rules and regulations to prevent a re
currence of the election of a man or
men whose Democracy does not tally
with that of the national party. We
are urged to permit every man to vote
who will take the pledge, and not to
require of the candidates any other
pledge than the one now in force. To
the first proposition there can he no
serious objection. We need not be so
licitous about the rank and tile, at
least I do not think the time has yet
come when we must drive (out of the
party individuals who will pledge
themselves to support the nominees.
State and national. though they may
be disloyaL. It would be manifestly
unfair to permit Republicans to vote
in a Democratic primary, thereby en
dangering, if they were in sunicient
numbers. the.2elect ion of a geuuine
Democrat as against some muewuimp
or traitor. I do not think, however.
there are enough avowed Republicans
who will take the oath to make it nec
essary to trace their records back to
the receding November election and
see vwhether iiiev v. ted as11c% pedgU
Cr I uiX.LA IAN i1)AE
It may in time become necessary to
use the registration lists at the legal
el'ction ( purify the club lists. but
we cainnOt well make the rules so ex
acting that we will bar out mien Who
want tLo act independently in imerely
local matters. The fact that our tight
is in the primary and not at the legal
election and therefore hardly half (i
the Democratic votes are ever polled
at the legal election. would make it
difficult to devise a scheme to prove
who had or who had not suppirted the
"nominees of the party." I will not
thereforo discuss that. phase of the
subject. hut it is a matter of vital ne
eessity that we should make candi
dates detine their attitude and give
explicit pledges as to their actions
while in iliice. Senator McLaurin was
chared with Republicanism in his
race In the primary of '97. but he de
nied it bitterly and I thought he was
honest. lie denies it still, but his ut
terances now are all in endorsement of
the Republican policy, and his votes
tally with his speeches. We must
have revision of the pledge given by
candidates which will make it impossi
ble for any honorable man not a Demo
crat to secure the nomination if we are,
to keep the party from being stabbed
in the back and not have a repetition
of the present disgraceful state of af
fairs. At this time South Carolina
really has no voice in shaping public
matters in the senate, or if she has a
voice the votes of the two senators are
nearly always on opposite sides of any
given proposition. This is something
that does not obtain in any other I
Democratic State and I know of no!'
way by which we can guard against a
recurrence of this condition. except to
require all candidates for the senate.
State ofticers. congressmen and other
positions of honor and trust to pledge
faith and loyalty to the doctrines and 1
principles of the party as announced i
in State and national conventions.
This will leave their status as far as 1
it can be devised in words absolutely
known. Senator McLaurin is no longer
a factor in dealing with this question.
lie is simply an illustration of what
might happen again under the present
loose regulations. While his actions t
have shown the necessity for a revis
ion of the pledge to be given by candi
dates, the party can act without con
sidering his case at ill. It is even de- 1
sirable that he be given an opportunity. i
to go before the people and let them r
show him how they feel about his
treachery. The revised pledge can be
required of all other Democrats with
out any charge of persecution or per
sonal application. This is important for
the future welfare of the party, let him r
run if he desires to face the people and S
be elected if he can get the votes. If t
he can win in the primary after his r
record is set before the people he can
win much easier as an independent if
he is denied admission.- We do not
want to be unjust to him or to his fol
lowers.
If the Democracy of South Carolina
wants to put none but Damo rats on
guard it must decide the D~emocracy
of each candidate by requiring a pledge 1
in writing that will defineeclearly what 1
the candidates' opinions are and a Sol- 1
emn pledge to stand by those opinions.
Of course men may sign a pledge and 1
then deceive the people afterwards,
but we owe it to our fellow Democrats
of the country to at least safe-guardi
our Democratic primaries as far as 1
possible.
Two CAMPAIGN PARTIEs. L
There is one other subject connected I
with party policy that demands serious
consideration. The large number of can-i
didates who seek the various State
otices and congressional and senator-1
ial honors render it impossible in one 1
day for those candidates to have eveni
a respectful or decent hearing. Any]
man who is fit to be governor or sen
ator cannot discuss public questions in
any intelligent way if his time is
limited. Some plan must be devised
by which those candidates, who fill 1
t~e really important offices and who
will shape and control affairs, must be
given sutficient opportunity to make
the people understand whether or not
they are competent. Many of the po
sitions which are sought are largely
ministerial and the duties are well de-i
fined and these officers cannot changei
or shape public policy in any material1
degree. There is no good excuse or 1
reason why seven or eight candidates1
for railroad commissioner and 13 or 20i
for the other State offices shall be giv- 1
en time at a State campaign meeting
or so little time as to merely get up:
and make their bow. In the last State 1
canvass it required about five hours
for the respective candidates to speak.
allowing only thirty minutes for the
candidates for governor and ten min
utes for the others, not counting thej
candidates for United States senate1
who usually came last. The limita-1
tion on the time of the candidates for
the important offices if it be continued(
will absolutely destroy all interest in
the State campaign meetings, and fin-i
ally destroy the primary system itself:
and I am strongly of the opinion that
it would be well, indeed necessary, to
have two campaign days in each coun
t say six weeks or two mouths apart
at which certain specified candidates
shall address the people. The sug
gestion has been made that there ought1
to be a -limitation on the number of
meetings to one in each congressional1
district. This will never do, because
the people are entitled to see and hear
the men who seek their votes and if
such a system were adopted there
would be few, if any citizens at such
meeting other than those who live in
the county where the meeting is held.
The newspaper reports would have to
be depended on entirely in order to get
any sort oif information as to what the;
cadidates were saying and what im
pression they made. .and this would
mean the use of the press by those
who were able to obtain its support to<
control elections. Money would be freely
used, and this does not imply that the
press is venal. But few people take
daily papers, and nearly all the week-(
lies have patent outsides. Somehow
all of Senator McLaurin's speeches
were published in these oiutsides orr
sent as supplements. It was legiti
mate advertising, but we do not wvant
rich men who are able to pay for suchI
advertising to have advantage of poor
men who cani not. The only safe way
is to have the candidates face the
voters and let each man decide for
himself. I warn tihe people againstt
surrendering tile right to judge for
themselves. Government by newspa
pers may be a very good thing, but the
people of South Carolina repudiated it
in 1890 and I have no idea they are
going to return to it, and I am there-.
fore prepared to urge the scheme I
have outlined, as the best which sg
gests itself to us. The two sets oif
candidates could begin on opposite 1
sides of the State and thus not in
terfere with each other. The people
ought to dlevote at least two days to I
the selection of the b)est men and this
cannot be bought aot without]
1earing them fully. If the people
ose interest in their government that
overnment must become lad. "Eter
ial vigi lance is the price of lihrty"
s as true now as when it was uttered.
1ang ed by a MOb.
Ernest I )CV y. a IneL)rl I who shot :11)(1
eriouly woun11ded lIIa rry D~owell. a
n0111g white milanl at (lstoi, l'y.. Was
anged by a nolb at 2.:'. i'clock Thiurs
lay and his b ody riddled with bullets.
rhe mob arrived here early from the
Iuston neighborhood and demanded
Admission to the jail where Dewly was
-ontined. The jailer refused to give
ip the keys and the mob battered
lown the doors and secured the negro.
vhom they carried about a*mile and a
ialf from town where they hanged
im to a tree. After he had strangled
o death the mob riddled his body
vith bullets and then quietly dispers
d. The shooting which caused the
ynching took place Thursday. Dewly
tad been ejected from Pickeral's sa
oon at Guston and later meeting
ickeral at the railroad station opened
ire on him. The shots flew wild, how
ver: and struck Harry Dowell, a by
tander. seriously wounding him. The
egro was arrested and brought here
s a safeguard against lynching.
ounty Judge Hagan held an inquest
in the body. returning and finding that
eath had resulted at the hands of a
nob of persons unknown.
Good Manners.
Good manners are more important
t home than elsewhere. As they
annot be put off and assumed as a
arment, we are able to form our
)pinion of a person's home manners by
is manners in society. As a rule
that are called "company manners
tre as easily distinguishable as the
-ounterfeit coin from the pure gold.
beautiful behaviour is better than
beautiful form: it gives a higher
leasure than statues or pictures: It is
he finest of the fine arts. How well
s it that no one class has a monopoly
if this "finest of fine arts." While
avorable circumstances no doubt ren
ler good manners more eommon among
ersons moving in the higher spheres
if society, there should, nevertheless,
e no positive hindrance to the poor
st classes practicing good manners
oward each other. For what are
rood manners? They are the art of
>utting our associates at their ease.
Vhoever makes the finest people com
ortable is the best mannered person
n the room, and nowhere is there so
nuch opportunity for displaying good
nanners as in conversation. Well
nannered people do not talk too much.
['hey are careful to bear in mind the
neaning of the first syllable of the
vord conversation, con (with) that it
neans talking with another; they ab
tain from lecturing, and are as ready
o listen as to be heard. They are
either impatient to interrupt others
ior uneasy when interrupted them
elves. Knowing that their anecdotes
ir sharp replies will keep or need not
nd utterance at all, they give full
ttention to their companion. and do
ot by their looks show that they con
ider him a bore. Another rule ob
erved by every good-mannered person
esides that he should not be impa
ient to get in his word, that a few
rilliant lashes of silence should occur
n conversation. Another rule is not
o select one's self to talk about. It
nust be borne in mind that as a rule
v and our concerns are of no more
mportance to others than they and
heir concerns are to us. Why, then
hould we go over the annals of our
ives generally and our diseases in par
icular to comparative strangers?
Thy shtould we review the hardships
e have suffered in money matters,
a love, or domcstic troubles, or why
hould we boast of our success? It is
onecessary to state gossip or scandal
earing is incompatible with good
nanners. The occasion of silence, says
sishop Butler, are obvious, mainly
when we have nothing to say or noth
ng but what is better unsaid. If we
nust speak of our fellow-beings let it
e good, and if we have naught but
>ad to say of them, better not speak
if them at all.
Why Prices Are Higher.
When the Demccracy contended
or the free carriage of silver its object
r-as to secure a large circulation of
noney and there by benefit the busi
less interest of the country. In 1895
he Democratic party contended that
here was not a sufficient volume of
>asic money, metallic money. This
nsuficiency of metallic money had
>een the cause of the prevailing low
>rices for the previous twenty years.
vents proved the truth of this con
ention. We argued that this con
!ition should be met by the free
:oinage of silver as well as of golc..
hether from fright at the manifest
trength of the party in 1896, or
rom other causes, the volume of me
allic money was increased wonderfully
hereafter. There was coined In the
vorld in 1896. in round numbers. $195
100,000 of gold, in 1897, $435,000,000,
.1most twice as much as was coined
he year before: in 1898 $396,000,000
vas coined. In 1899 the world's coin
ge of gold aggregated $466,000,000.
This increased the volume of money so
.s to relieve the dearth of money and
ncrease prices so that there is no
urther pressing demand at this time
or a further increase of coinage. The
agic of events proved the correctness
f the Democratic theory in 1896. The
Lcessity existed for an increase in the
olume of the currency, and the relief
ras affected through the Increased
oinage of gold just as It swould have
ieen through the increased coinage of
-old and silver. Increase in the vol
me of business may and probably
vill require a further increase in the
olume of metallic money to keep pace
eithit, t and in such a b'ase if there is
ot a sufficient Increase in the coinage
f gold to meet this necessity the de
aand for the unlimited coinage of sil
r may and probably will again be
ome acute.
Guilty of Forgery.
A special from Cape Town says Prin
ss adziwill. wvho has been on trial
eere before the supreme court on the
arge of fogery in connection with
(otes purporting to have been endorsed
yv the late Cecil Rthodes, was sentenc
d to two years continement in the
oouse o correction. The attorney
enneral made a long address in which
te said: "Nothing could be ntore gross
nd treacherous than the princess' be
aavior throughout." Hie appealed to
he jury to arrive at a verdict on the
vidence whticht would rid society tem
(iarily. at least. "of a cruel and dan
eous woman.
A Pardon Granted.
The governor has granted a pardon
n the case oIf Mattison Jlenkins, a ne
rr convicted in Pickens county of as
alt and battery with a recommenda
in to mercy and sentenced to three
nonthts on the gang. Mr. J. P. Carey
wrote the governor that this negro
lad beaten a woIrthless negro who had
nsulted his daughter and that a
ardo wa eminently acted.
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Georgetown the Place of the Coming
Annual Meeting.
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED.
Boat Ride and Drives, aNlO. a
Banquet. Proposed E
clrsioni to Boston
by Water.
The following completed programme
of the annual meeting of the State
press association at Georgetown has
been issued by President Aull of the
association:
WEDNESDAY, 31AY 28.
Association con venesat court house
at 9.30 a. m.
Address of welcome by Hon. W. D.
Morgan, mayor of Georgetown.
Address of welcome by Hon. Walter
Hazard, president of board of trade.
Response by E. 11. Aull, Esq., presi
dent of State Press association.
Miscellaneous business, appoint
merit of committees, etc.
Reports of officers.
"Iow to Publish a Good Newspa
per in a Small Town"--weekly, John
Bell Towill, Ratesburg Advocate: dai
I ly Hartwell M. Ayer, Florence Times.
'"The Country Editor: a Business
Man or a Philantiopist"-James T.
Bacon, Edgefieldi Chronice.
"The Typesetting Machine in a
Small Ottice"-Jos. L. Stopplebein.
Spartanburg Headlight.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
Miscellaneous business.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
"How to Secure and Maintain Coun
try Correspondence--T. J. Drew,
Darlington Messenger.
"The Lights and Shadows of News
paper Life"-Rev. W. P. Jacobs. D.
D., Our Monthly, Clinton.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
Miscellaneous business.
Parade and inspection of city tire
department.
EVENING sEsSION, 8.30.
"The Tendencies of Modern Journal
Ism."--H. L. Watson, Greenwood In
dex.
"The Newspaper as an Educator"
J. F. Fooshe, News and Herald Wirns
boro.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
Miscellaneous business.
THURSDAY, 3IAY 29, 9.30 A. 3I.
Excursion up the Waccamaw river.
visit to rice plantations and old colo
nial residences and Pawley's Island.
EVENING SESsIoN, 8.30.
Annual address by Col. J. H. Es ill.
editor Savannah Morning News.
FRIDAY, MAY 30. 9.30 A. 31.
Business session.
"How to Make a Country Weekly a
Financial Success"-A. B. Jordan. Dil
lon Herald.
"The Moral Responsibility of an Edi
tor-Rev. W. R1. Greever. Southern
Lutheran, Columbia.
Opening the Query Box and general
discussion of queries and the above
subjects.
Miscellaneous business.
Reports of committees. election of
oticers. etc.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 3.30.
Drives through and around the city
and visit to the largest lumber plant in
the world-that of the Atlantic Coast
Lumber company, and other manufac
turing plants.
FRIDAY EVENING, 9.00.
Banquet tendered by the George
town Board of Trade to the associa
tion.
sATURDAY, 3MAY 31.
Association leaves Georgetown.
All the railroads in the State have
granted transportation for the mem
bers of the association and one depen
dent female member of our respective
families. Those who desire trans
portation over the Columbia, New
berry and Laurens railroad should
write to President Aull: and those
who desire transportation over the
other roads must address the secre
tary. The conductors on the G. and
W. railroad will honor the passes is
sued to the members over the A tlantic
Coast Line railroad and transport us
from Lanes to Georgstown and return.
The citizens of Georgetown are ar
ranging a most enjoyable programme
for our entertainment during our stay
in their city, and it is the purpose to
make this meeting a most interesting
one. We hope every editor and pub
lisher in the State will attend, accom
panied by his wife or some female
member of his family, so they can en
joy the occasion with us. The editors
and publishers who are not members
are cordially invited to come and join
the association.
By order of the executive committee.
C. C. Langston, Secretary.
TRIP TO ]IOsTON.
The Merchants and Miners Trans
portation company, through their
southern representative, Mr. J. W.
Smith, have offered the association a
most delightful trip over their line
from Norfolk to loston and return.
They will give us transportation but
it will cost $14 for meals and state
rooms going and returning. The
other expenses of the trip, I should
think, would not exceed $16, making
the entire trip of a week cost about
$30 for actual expenses. I have done
nothing so far in perfecting arrange
ments for this trip, as it was the un
derstanding that we were tG go to
Charleston from Georgetown, but- as
the exposition is to close the day we
adjorn, it will not be advisable to
take this trip.
The Boston trip will be a delight
ful and restful outing and can be
made at a nominal expense. 1 will
not undertake it. however, unless as
many as 25 signify their desire to~
take it, and I must know not later
than the 10th of May in order to per
fet arrangements. Those who have
already written me or spoken to me.
will please drop mec a card at once and
others who desire to go will please do
likewise, If I do not hear from 25 by
the 10th of May, I will not arrange
for the trip. As soon a~s I hear from
the requisite number. detailed an
nouncements will be publjished.
I want to say, also. tihat 1 have just
had a conference with the citizens of
Georgetown. and I want to urge upon
every editor and publisher in the
State the importance of attending the
annual meet. The people of George
town arc noted the world over for
their openhearted hopitality, and on
this occasion it is their purpose to ex
el all former records, and wvhat they
undertake in this line they generally
accomplish. If any editor fails to at
end it will be his loss. I am verv'
anxious to have a large attendance and
I earnestly urge every editor in the
State to lay aside for four the
routine of daily w~ork and take a pleas
ant outing. It will do you good aznd
give you strength and energy for your
(uties. Let no editor or publisher in
the State fail to attend this meeting.
I would be glad to know as early as
po?sible the names of those who ex
peet to attend the annual meeting. so
t hat arrangements for their entertain
iient can be made.
Dont fail to write me at once if
you desire to take the Boston trip.
E. H1. Aull.
President.
Birds That Trap Snakes.
In the southern part of California
there is a strange bird called the road
runner. Few birds can fly better than
this one, but rarely does he ever rise
from the ground, and then only when
hard pressed. Ile prefers to escape
from man or beast by running, and as
he can easily outrun the swiftest horse
his speed saves him from all his ene
mies. The male bird is not larger
than a common barnyard rooster, and
his feathers are as gavly colored as
those of the peacock. The hen is of
dark brown sigebrush color. The
road runner has one mortal enemy
the rattesnake. This reptile is fond
of devouring the road runner's eggs
whenever it comes across a nest in the
sageburush. But the road runners of
ten have opportunities of revenging
themselves. Whenever they come
across a sleeping rattlesnake, sunning
himself on a warm rock, they immedi
ately prepare a trap for his destruc
tion. Prickly pears abound in those
regions. The road runners, generally
a pair, at once begin picking up the
spiny covered leave of this plant and
piling them about the sleeping snake
in a circle. When their work is com
leted they give their enemy a few
pecks to awaken him, and then retire
to watch the result. In vain the rat
tlesnake tries to escape. The ring of
prickly leaves holds him a prisoner.
At every move he makes the spines
prick him, until at last in despair he
turns, bites himself and dies. Travel
ers often come across these circles of
dried leaves, with the dead snake in
the centre. At first no wbite man
would believe the Indian tales of this
strange method the road runners em
ployed in killing their mortal enemy,
but they have since been observed in
the act by several eminent natural
ists, who have coroborated the stories
told by the Indians.
Killed With Mortar Board.
The Augusta Herald says Ilarlem's
colored social circle was treated to
quite a sensation Thursday night by
the killing of one of the leaders. J.
E. Rodgers, of Warrenton, who has
been in Harlem teaching school for
about a year, has for some time been
at outs with a carpenter by the name
of John Henry Pollard. who also
figures in the colored social ring.
Why the bad blood should have been
again brought to the surface is not
related, but Thursday afternoon the
teacher went to a building where Pol
lard was at work and proceeded forth
with to make the atmosphere sulphur
ously heavy. Pollard stood the curs
ing of the teacher for a minute and
then picked up a 1u5 board used by
plasterers, called a "smoothing board,"
with which he hammered Rodgers on
the head. The skull was injured, but
no, one thought the difliculty would
result in anything serious. Last night
Rodgers went to the home of Will
Saunders and before going to bed
complained of his head bothering him.
Still no signiticance was attacked to
the fight until the negro teacher was
found this morning lying dead in his
bed. Pollard has been arrested and
held until the coroner's jury can hold
an inquest.
Victim of a Pick Pocket.
The Florence Times says "when Mr.
W. R. Davis boarded the special train,
Charleston bound, at the depot
recently for the purpose of speaking
with a friend, he had in his hip pocket
a leather bill book containing even
$100 in bills and about 75 cents in
change. An hour or more afterward
he stepped in the bank to deposit the
money. It was gone. Mr. Davis
thinks the pocket book w's stolen by
parties. on the train. He remembers
that whIle he was standing in the
car aisle talking to Dr. Ilowle, of
Darlington several men whom he did
not know jostled against him more
than once,at the time he thought noth
ing of the incident, supposing that
the men had no other purpose in view
except to pass in and out of the car
while the train stood waiting. It was
rather a heavy loss. Mr. Davis makes
it public with the hope that others
may profit by his experience, and
keep their hands on their pocket
book when in nondescript crowds.'
Thse light tingered gentry seems to be
numerous in these parts now. Persons
going in crowded cars should be care
ful where they carry their money.
Wireless Telegraphy.
Prof. R. A. Fessenden, who has
charge of the wireless telegraphy ex
periments of the we'ather bureau
along the Virginia and North Carolina
coast arrived in Washington Thursday
ad conferred with Secretary of Agri
ulture Wilson and Willis L. Moore,
chief of the weathr bureau. It has
been rumored that Prof. Fessenden
is about to resign from the weather
bureau in order to put the results of
his wvork to commercial use, but this
is a question still unsettled. If the
weather bureau continues to back
Prof. Fessenden in his work it is pro
posed to have the results insure to the
interests of the government service
enerally and not to the bureau alone.
Prof. Fessenden announced that his
system is now practically complete
ad that the work for the next few
months will be the perfection of de
tails.
Quit and d(. it without any reserva
tions about next time or any period
of swearing off. There is just the one
way to stop gambling and that is a
aard one and you will find that it will
test all the manhood you have, if you
have the disease badly. Some of you
who do not acknowledge that you have
it can hardly wait for your place to
lose or to get your suppers before
you are hunting the game; and you
think of it all day and you dream of
it all night and try to pick lucky
hinches out of the street numbers.
What it is Costing Us?
Representative Ihay of Virginia
Friday introduced a resolution direct
ing the secretary of war to inform the
house as to the cost of the army in
the Phillippines since may 1, 1898:
also the cost of maintaining the civil
and military government in the isl
ands, the cost incidental to the insular
service of the war department and
other items of cost connected with the
ccupation and possession of the
Philipine by the Uniterd States
What I Live For.
Dr. Guthrie used to say Ihat there
were Moro' religion, good sense and
poet ry in to e following than in all other
similar erforts he had ever read:
I live for those who love me.
For those I know are true:
For I he heaven t hat smiles above ine,
And awaits my spirit. too:
F-or all humnan tles that bind me.
-or the task my ;God assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story
Who suffered for my sake:
To emulate their glory
And follow in their wake:
Bards. martyrs. patriots. sages.
The nobles of all ages,
Whose deeds crown history's pages.
And Time's great volume make.
I live to hail the season.
By gifted minds foretold
When man shall live by reason,
And not alone for gold:
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted.
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those that love me,
With all that is divine.
To feel that there is union
.Twixt Nature's heart and mine:
To profit by affliction,
Read truth from fields of fiction.
Grow wiser from conviction.
Fulfilling God's design.
I live for those that love me,
For those that know me true,
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit, too:
For the wrongs that need resistance,
For the cause that needs assistance.
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.
-The Standard.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
The Weather Better Last Week for
Farm Work.
The following is the weekly bulle
tin of the condition of the weather
and crops, in South Carolina issued
Wednesday by Director Bauer of the
South Carolna section of the climate
and crops service of the United State
weather bureau:
The temperature averaged slightly
above normal over the western and
central portions and slightly below
along the coast, during the week end
ing Monday morning, April 28th,
with a mean for the week of 66 de
grees, a maximum of 91 degrees at
Blackville, and a minimum of 40 de
grees at Santue and Conway. The
sunshine averaged normal or above,
and the winds were generally light un
til near the close, when they were high
in places.
Early in the week there was an un
evenly distributed rainfall and another
near its close covering two dates, but
over a large portion of the eastern half
of the State the week was without
any rain, or with insufficient amount,
and cropsare in need of more moisture
for the best development. Over the
remainder of the State the ground
contains plenty of moisture. Hail
fell on the 19th and 25th, but the
damage was slight on both dates.
Heavy rains on the 19th washed lands
somewhat.
The weather conditions were ex
tremely favorable for farm work, and
generally so far germination of seed
and growth of vegetation, except that
complaint is made of the nights hav
ing been too cool along the coast for
truck. In the upper Savannah valley
and at a few other points, clayey soils
are drying too fast causing them to
crust. The need of rain is indicated
in the lower Savannah valley, the east
central and northeastern counties,
practically over the entire "low coun
try."~ Drought conditions have exist
ed along portions of the coast since
last 20th of March.
Corn planting is nearly finished over
the eastern and central counties, and
is well advanced westward except in
the northern border counties, where
but little has been planted. Early
corn is up to fair stands and has re
ceived its first plowing in the eastern
counties; is up from fair to good stands
in the central counties. Defective
seed, cut worms and birds have caused
much replanting to be done, but not
as much as last year.
Cotton planting is nearly finished
over the eastern half of the State,
where some is up and a little has been
chopped to good stands. Over the re
mainder, planting is being rushed to
completion under very favorable soil
conditions. Cotton seed is scarce in
places.
Much tobacco has been transplanted
and good stands secured. Plants con
tinue plentiful. The acreage devoted
to tobacco will be larger than ever
before. Wheat shows great improve
ment in color and growth. It is in
"boot" and Is heading in places. Oats
have made marked improvement, and
in most localities are very promising,
but need raio in the Pee Dee counties.
Some oats are heading. Gardens nave
improved. Sweet potatoes for plant
ing are scarce. Strawberries plentiful
and being marketed in large quanti
ties. Heavy truck shipments made.
Pasturage excellent. All minor crops
doing well. Fruits very promising in
mort localites.
The Crumpacker Bill.
The whole spirit and purpose of rep
resentative Crumpacker who seems to
be the champion of the bill to cut
down the South's representation in
congress is to stir the embers of sec
tional hate and to create trouble. We
are glad to note that this marplot is
not becoming the hero he expected to
be. It is encouraging to note that
even the IRepublicans having a clear
majority in both houses of Congress,
do not appreciate his efforts to stir
sectional hate and create discord. The
Outlook. which is an exponent of cur
rent thought representative of tihe
whole country. has a very sensible arti-f
le on tis subject. The Outlook is
edited by Dr. Lynman Abbott. who is
one of tile foremost thinkers of this
day. .and who reasons on public ques
tions without prejudice. The Out
look says: "It will mark a revival of
the umost unstatesmanlike and dlisas
trous legislation wvhichl tile country hlas
ever known: it will retive sectional
feeling in its worst form, deepen the
race antagonism and postpone thle
solut ion of the race problem. It is
imossible to solve the problem by
legislation; that truth the country has
learned as tile result of the bitterest
experience. Very muchl more is to be
grained by recognizing the extreme
difculites of the situation and by ap
pealing to the fair-minded southern
whites thlan attempting to force poli
ces upon them whlich they will not ac
cept, and which only confirm thleir an
tagonisms." The day has passed wvhen
such legislation as the Crumpacker
bill can be pushed through Congress.
The business interest of tile North
will not stanr1 it.
TERRIBLE PA' i.
A Suddn Iright S.:ds TwPr t Run
dred Girls VWho
ATTEMPT TO RUSH TO STREET.
Stairways Blocked with Screaming
Uumanity. Many Killed lind
I,-jured. Heart rend ine;
Scenes.
An unfortunate accident to a deaf
and dumb boy, Isador Baccus, in
Philadelphia -Wednesday was directly
responsible for the death of eight girls
and young women. the fatal injury
f three others and the serious injury
of more than two score girls employ
ed in the cigar factory of Ilarburger,
Homan & Co., a branch of the Ameri
ean Tobacco company, located at
Tenth street and Washington avenue.!
The dead are: Mary Geneva. aged
15: H1elen Tolini, aged 12: Elizabeth
Tartine, aged 12: Annie Rosschneider,
aged 18; Louisa de Sepi, aged 16: Ida
Green, aged 18; Annie Ford, aged 1:l:
Unidentified woman, about 25 years
of age, whose body is at the morgue.
Fatally injured: Mary Mesino, in
jured internally, skull fractured: Jose
phine O'Ronco, injured internally.
Unidentified woman, fractured skull,
unconscious. The injuries of the others
onsist mainly of bruises about the
body and fractured limbs.
The building in which the disaster
occurred is a tive story brick structure
and reaches an entire block. Twelve
hundred persons were at work at the
time, 90 per cent, of whom were girls
whose ages ranged from 12 years up
ward.
The trouble began on the fourth
floor of the structure. Baccus. who
was janitor of the building, started
for the fifth floor for a ball of twine.
The elevator was: at the top of the
shaft and Baccus palled the rope to
bring it down. Ie opened the door
leading to the shaft and leaned for
ward to see where the carriage was.
As he did so the elevator, which was
descending slowly, struck him across
the back of the neck, pinioning his
head between the elevator and the
floor. A stock boy released Baccus
and cried for help. The foreman
rushed from the building to call an
ambulance and immediately there was
a panic among the employes. Some:
of the younger girls fainted while oth
ers, not being able to control their
feelings, cried fire. Instantly there was
a mad rush for the stairway leading
into Tenth street. The girls rushed
down the narrow staircase until they
reached a bend in the exit, between the
second and third floors. In their eager
ness to escape the frightened leaders
fell. Others immediately following
tripped over the struggling mass of
humanity and in less than a minute
there were hundreds of children and~
young women struggling in the pas
sageway. The shrieks and screams of
the terror stricken girls could be
heard for a block or more. During.
the excitement an alarm of fire was
turned in, but before the engines could
reach the scene several of the 00
cupants of the building had rushed to
the windows and jumped to the street'
a distance of over 50 feet. Helen:
Tolini, one of those to jump, was al
most instantly killed.
When the firemen and policemen ar
rived every effort was made to quiet
the terrorized girls. The firemen
rushed up the starway and begged the!
girls to be calm, telling them that
there was absolutely no danger, but*
the sight of the fireman seemed only1
to add fuel to flame. While the
policemen and tiremen were endeavor-;
ing to quiet the girls on the stairway~
ladders were being run upon the out
side of the building and the employes~
who had climbed out on the fire es
capes and window ledges were quickly
taken to the street. After a few min
utes the men were enabled to check
the awful crush on the stairway and!
then began the work of rescuing those
who had been trampled and crushedI
between the second and third floors.
A call for ambulances had been turned
in, and as quickly as the dead and in
jured were carried from the building
they were hurried to hospitals. The
number of ambulances was entirely
inadequate and patrol wagons were
brought into use to carry the victims
away for treatment.
While this was going on the scene
about the structure was heartrending.
The building is . located in a section
largely inhabited by Hebrews, many
of whom were caught in the terrible
crush. Parents and relatives of the
unfortunate girls were screaming and
rushing about the streets like mad and
it was almost impossible for the police
Otlicials to restrain the mothers and
relatives of supposed victims from en
tering the building.
The work of rescuIng the girls from
the windows was necessarily tedious.
They were so excited that they did
not seem to understand the pleadings
of the firemen. At nearly every win
dow of the huge structure were girls
screaming and crying for help.
Many were so excited that it was
with the greatest ditticulty that they
were prevented from jumping from the
building, notwithstanding that there
was not a sign of fire and their rescue
seemed only the work of a few mo
rnents.
The panic was ev-er in less than half
an hour, but in this brief space thous
Lnds of persons had been attracted to
Ae scene by the wild screams of the
relatives of the victims and the shrieks
)f the girls at the windows.
Terrible Cyclone In India.
A special from Calcutta says A
:ornado has devastated the city of
Dacca and adjoining towns. Four
undred and sixteen persons were kill
ad. Crops were ruined throughout
:he district. The tornado first struck
~osgola on the afternoon of April 23,
here it wrecked the Datta Jute
Works. From Posgola it moved to
San Achar, where the India General
2mpanys ware houses were destroyed
>y a great wave, which was whirledj
ut of the river by the wind. Every-~
where in the path of the cyclone huts.
:rees, the roofs of houses and people
,vere carried up into the air like1
aper. Thirty-one persons were kill
d at San Achar. 110 near Dacoa. 175
tt Nagalband and 100 at Barnighat.
Isaiah Rhodes, of Bailey's Gap.
.lster county. N. Y., annnounced
Vedesday that his daughter. Mrs.
[ames McCowan, aged 28. of Tucker's
orners. a hamlet in Ulster county,
ecently gave birth to five children.
1I girls, and that all are doing w'ell.
!rs. McCowan's other children are aji
1-m W7 TY ?.) CAUGHT.
S01 1,e Fr fied a :.anniah and Then
i' G..: :...t lecord of Thursday
SJ. L- .~iner-;. :llegeNd owner
of pecan orchards in various sections
of the country. has been caught in
\'icksburg. M iss.. and will be tried at
Savannah on the charge of operating
a fraud through the United States
mails. Anders has swindled people in
every city in the South, and many
Columbians were caught. le adver
tised in a great many newspapers and
sent thousands of circulars through
the mail. They stated that he was
the owner of varisus expensive pecan
nurseries. on which a pecan tree of ex
cellence was grown. Trees of this va
riety he olered to sell to an unsuspect
ing public.
His victims have been' almost as
numerous as the sands of the sea. They
are residents of almost every section of
the South and very probably of other
arts of the country where pecans may
be successfully cultivated. Anders is
the posessor of a bland and seductive
address, which he has no difficulty of
conveying thri ugh the medium of
printer-s ink. ILt has won him many
a victim anl brought many a dollar to
distill.
In somc c:ses Anders sent no trees
at all to thlse whom be caught on his
hook: to others he forwarded the trees
he was engaged in gathering when he
was located in Vicksburg.
The swamps in that locality are fall
of wild pecans, that bear the outward
appearance, s. far as bark and leaves
are concerned, of the culti'vated trees.
If they are not exact reproductions
they are sufficiently like the real thing
to deceive the inexpert eye and for An
ders' purpo;se they sufficed very well
indeed. When he was located near
Vicksburg he was down in the swamps
industriously digging up wild pecan
sprouts and sending them to his con
iding customers. Save for ornamen
tation these sprouts are practicallV
worthless for every purpose whatever.
C >mplaints without number have -
pouAd in upon the postoffice depart
ment and several fruit journals have
described at length the method of his
operations. All this does not seem se
riously to have interfered 'with his bu
siness.
When he has been tried in Savah
nah and his sentence has expired, pro
vided he is convicted, he will be
brought over here and dealt with.
Schley Greeted by Thousands.
A special dispatch from Jackson,
Miss., says one year ago Thursday
Jackson received President McKinley.
as a visitor and 5,000 patriotic citi
zens of Mississippi came to pay him
homage. Thursday an equal number
gathered in that city in honor of the
arrival of Admiral Schley and his wife,
and the welcome they received was one
of wholesouled southern hospitality,
The city was given over to the dis
tingmished visitors from the moment
they arrived at 10 o'closk in the morn
ing from Memphis until they departed
for Meridian that night, and thousands
of people from many parts of the State
enthusiastically greeted the admiral
upon the train's arrival. A parade
composed of military, civic and other
organizations traversed the principal
streets of the city to Smith park,
where Gov. Longino extended a formal
welcome to which Admiral Schley re
sonded brietly and appropriately. At
the conclusion of the speaking the
party visited the public schools, where
2.000 children greeted them singing
"Red, White and Blue" and "Schley
on the Bridge." As a part of thieir
programme the children answered
questions, giving the record of Ad
miral Schley in the war with Spain.
At a meeting of the Second Baptist
church congregation of Little Bock,.
Ark., vWednesday night the discipline
committee presented charges against
Gov. Jefferson Davis, who is a mem
ber of the church. Thbe allegations ac-.
cuse the governor of profanity, drun
kenness and gambling. It was decided
by the congregation to appoint a com
mittee of three to wait on the gover
nor and demand of him a statement
as to whether the charges are true or
not. No further action was taken by
the church. Gov. Davis is out of the
State on a vacation tour and is not ex
pected to return until about June 1.
Until his return no further steps will
be taken in the matter.
Kitted by Doctor.
Town Marshal Weaver of England,
Texas. was shot and killed by Dr.
Wm. E. Allen at Wednesday night.
The right arm of Arthur Young, a by
stander. was broken by a stray shot.
Dr. Allen was seriouisly wounded in
the hip by Weaver. Dr. Allen had
been arrested about 10 days ago by
Weaver. Witnesses state that the
two men met and after some angry
words. Allen pulled his pistol and shot
Weaver four times. As Weaver fell
he pulled his pistol and shot Allen in
the hip, then expired.