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PAPER I
BY PROF. WILL
Change of Teachers-The frequent
change of teachers is a constant
brake and clog on the progress of
the school. It robs them of anythin4
like an unbroken course of work and
fixedness of policy. Every new
teacher introduces some new feature
Into the work of the school-per
haps -a good feature in itself, yet no
better than what it displaces. I:
requires readjustment to install an'
thing new, and the time and fric
tion are a loss, unless the change is
decidedly for better. Generalb
speaking our best scnools are thoze
which have the fewest changes in
the teachers. It requires at least
one full session for a teacher to
become acquainted with his- patrons
By becoming acquainted with patron:
I mean far more uan mere social
knowledge of them. I mean an ap
preciation of their tastes and thei:
ideals and their ambftions, and a
knowledge of tneir recuaarities, i
yo-u please. Until he understards
these he is not in a position to serve
them and to lead -em, and a teacher
who can not lead is of but litt' ;
force. Not .ntil after a teacher
has taught from four to six years in
a community is he prepared to gix
it his best services. Yet how few
teachers remain in one schoo. LbLrea
years.
Some places eaange teachers every
year simply because they have ac
quired the habit of doing so. Like
any other bad habit, this one grows
upon people. The trustees and the
patrons frequently realize that their
school is far inferior to some other
school, and rush to the conclusion
that they need a change of teacher3,
when the truth is Liaat t.ey ..ave
already injured their schoo by t o
many changes. Have any of my
readers ever seen a pupil, at the be
ginning of each of three successive
seasons-each time by a new teach
er? Is it probable that this would
have been done bf any one reason
able teacher teaching the school tet%
three sessions?
-This evil of change reigns in the
town and country schools alike. I
have in mind one town in this State
which had six principals in eigh:.
years. Change was the only remedy
it knew, and it believed in heroic
doses. A great many rural schools
rarely have the same teachers tw
years in succession. Many of thece
changes, in both town and country
schools, are due to the neighborho )
jealousies and quarrels already dis
cussed. Many a community has its
chronic critics of the schools, who
are dyspeptic by nature and sour Vv
habit. A teacher never satisfies then
longer than one year. They knox
all about schools, and their owr
children are paragons of perfection
If any teacher finds one of these
children anything but a paragon
straightway there is trouble. Tc
listen to these disgruntled fathe
and mothers with their tales of wce
requires patience and grace. It
their eyes there Is but one remedy
change teachers. Not two months
ago I heard a man not far from sixt)
years of age deciare that he intendec
to "break ur~' the only school in hiP
district. unlass the trustees dismissec
the present teacher. It had nevel
occurred to him that perhaps th'
trustees were in the right. SucI
a man is in a small way an anar
chist.
In some instances faultfinders and
dissatisfactIon are unwittingly en
ecuraged by the board of trustees
The board,. either ignorant of ito
function or disposed to dodge at
unpleasant duty, asks the patrons
to elect the teacher. Such a course
is an Invitation to division and tht
disappointment consequent to defeat
and will Inevitably bring about dis
cord. What is the board appointh
for, if not to manage the school by
ussening the occasions for discordt
A good many towns nmake It
KILLING IN EDGEFIELD.
Prominent Negro Shot to Death by
a Young Man.
A dispatch from Edgefield to The
State says Richard Penn, a promi
nent and somewhat educated negro
of the town, was shot and' almost
instantly killed by Tom Gray, white,
Thursday afternoon. Gray used a
pistol, shooting five times, two balls
taking effect, one in the right thigh.
the other two inches above the nave ,
the latter wound causing death.
W. W. Sheppard and Policema'.
Weir were the first to reach Penn
after he was shot and testified at
the Inquest that the deceased made
the following dying~ declarations:
That he was ecoming towards
town and met Gray and they spoke
and deceased remarked that that was
a fine piece of corn. Gray replied
- 'Yes; it is not mine, but belongs
to Mr. Samuels.' They then passed
each other and when deceased ha~
gone about 30 yards, Gray called
him back and commenced cursing
him and drew nis pistol and fired.''
It is said that Mg. ' 1ght Hiolson
was an eye witness to the homicide.
but he did not testify.
Gray nas, so far as is public'y
known, made no statement and hi
version of the affair is not known.
It is rumored that Gray says that
the. deceased- insulted his mother.
Gray is now In jail and has employed
counsel.
The jury's verdict was in accor
dance with the above facts.*
PARKER AFTER TEDDY.
But Roosevelt Dodges by Saying He
Has Answered.
"Well, it was coming to Roos
velt," said ex-Judge Aiton B. Parker,
"and I gave it to him. Now let him
reply." Judge Parker referred to
his attack on the president made in
his speech at Baltimore Tuesda.y
night when he accused the president
of having been tied up with E. HI.
H~arrimanl and Standard Oil inter
ests in the campaign of 1904 when hre
(Parker) was the Democratic c'n
ditate for president. Roosevelt
says he bad fully answered in 1904
the charge made by Judge Parker
in his speech at Baltimore.
Live comfortabiy; extravag~anee is
HIOOWL S.
'
10.4.
LEM H. HAND.
rule to employ only young ineipo-1
ach year drop those who have
:ailed, keeping the more successfi
nes urtil they have become real'
;erviceable, then let them go be
-ause the trustees and the peopie art t
inyilling to pay for good teachi!
it par v:.lue. Some places boast thai
heir schools are the gateway to tn.
,romotion of their teachers. Th,,s
amay be a credit to the school,-an
a discredit to the people. It
iot creditable. if the people ar
;imply letting efficient teachers pas
->ut from their schools in exchang.0
for crude inexperience, because t h,
latter is caeap.
A few town school boards ar
given to the indefensible habit o
advertising every year for appli
cants for every position in the school
when the board does not intend t,
elect a single new teacher. Th.
king who marched his army up tht
hikl, then marched it down again
did no more childish thing than thes
boards do. The thing is not oulb
:ndefensible, but it is hurtful to th,
schoA, unjust to the tegchers, ant' t
dishonest to possible applicants
What meaning does such advertise
ment convey to every teacher in thn
school, no matter how emet.ent o
faithful she may be? When the
teachers ask for its meaning, they are
told that it is only a matter o!
form, and that they need not be con.
cerned. Great big grown businesc
men playing like children! Ler
what about the innocent strange .
who make bona fide applications i
answer to what they suppose is .
bona fide advertisement, only to be
informed that it is a mere form"
What teaeher with any regard fo.
ethics would apply for one of thesE
places, If he knew that no vacancy
existed and that the incumbent ex
pected re-election? Is the boar"
playing a game in diplomacy? Do:
it intend to zee if it can secure bet
ter teachers, -but if not, to re-elect
the incumbents? Such game woule
be dishonorable. If a school boar.
wishes to change teachers for any
legitimate reason, It has a perfect
legal and moral right to do so. Bu!
the change should b made in ,
manly straightforward manner. Le'
the board frankly tell the teachc
not to ask for re-election, declare ,
vacancy, then advertise for applica
tions-if that is the best way tL
secure teachers.
Teachers themselves must beal
their part of the responsibilitY to:
so many changes. There are son
teachers who ought not to expec
any school to keep them longer tha:
one year. The captious (sometime
miscalled spirited), the eccentric
the frivolous, the giddy, and th
ignorant ones may expect to ftoau
about like driftwood. 'inien there ar
some teachers who have an incur
able mania for becoming birds o'
'-assage. I once knew a teacher t:
resign her work to go elsewhere o.a
the ground that she had been it
her present position three years
They apply every time they hear o
.a vacancy, and if they hear of n
vacancy, they ask when the ner~
one is to be. They tell you very
frankly that they are worth a grea
deal more than they are gettin..
and that they are prostituting a
profession when they work for sc
little. Once more, there Is tna
foxy diplomat of a teacher who seel:~
a place in March, accepts it in June
adholds it until about two week
before the school Is to open, thc:
telegraphs the board that she ha'
ccepted elsewhere (at two dollar
a month more salary). She call
this resigning; In law and commo;
sense it Is a violation of conac
Such conduct under ordinary circum
stances is reprehensible, and wholi
unworthy of an honest man or we
man.
William H. Hand.
University of South Carolina.'
RATES FOR STATE FAIR.
Round Trip Tickets Will Be Issuet
With Convenient Schedules.
The railroads have announced the
reduced rates for the South Carolin
State fair, .which is to be held ir
Columbia, as usual, on October 2.5
to 30. Tickets will be on sale or
Saturday, October 24 to Octoher 2 1
inclusive, and for train due to arriv
in Columbia before noon of Octobe'
30, with final limit November 2. ThE
rates apply from all points in South
Carolina and from Charlotte. Ashe
vieel, Augusta and Savannah and
Intermediate stations, and are gran.
ed by the following roads: Atlacntie
Coast LIne, Blue Ridge railway
Charleston & Western Caroline..
Columbia, Newberry & Laurens, Sea
board Air Line and Southern raIl
ways. The round trip tickets in
lude coupon admitting the purchase:
to the fair grounds. The rates from
the points named are as follows:r
Abbeville ..................36
Allendale ...................3.05 I
Anderson ..................4.4C
Asheville .. ................5
Augusta. Ga. ............... 2.7u
Beaufort ...................4-;
Bennetts'illie................3.9 f
Blacksburg ................. 4. e
Camden ....................7.5? 11
Charlotte ...................55 t
Charleston .................4.60 s
Cheaw ....................34
Chester.................... 27
Clinton .................... 2.7
Denmark ...................2.3')
Fairfax................... 3.
Greenville ..................10
Greenwood .................3.2
Laurens ..................... 3.0
ewberry ....................
rangeburg .................2.2- h
Port Royal....-.............70
Prosperity ..................85 S
Svannah. Ga. ..............4.5
seneca .....................13n
spa rtanburg . . . . . . . .
sumter .................... 3.
War in the East.
Bulgaria declared her indepeu-e
lence of Turkey Tuesday andi Princ- de
erdinand declared himself czar. to
'rkey and Bulgaria are assembling d
trmies on their respect!ve frontiers. h
at the other nations will do all he
hey can to preserve peac.E
ar
It s easier for a camel to lose its to
mmp than it is for a ma to dis- t'h
1ARKET CROP SLOWLY'
NTIL PIRICE FOR COTTON GETh
UEITTFRl.
armers Should Use the Warehoiscs
if They Must Hare Money to Meet
Urgent Debts.
Mr. H1. L. Alexander, President o:
ie North Carolina State Union, give
)me good advice t0 the farmers.
.e wisely says whatever your money I
rop may be, market it slowly. L1
poor business policy to force any
roduct on a non-appreciative ma-1
et. The great bulk of agriculturai
roducts are non-pershiable if kept
nder shelter. Of course there i.
!ways the danger of fire, but you
an have that risk covered by insu
nce for a small cost. Feed the mar
ets on short 1ations and you wil
Oon see prices boosted by an increas
d demand. Don't let the cry of
big crops" scare you into parting
-ith your products at a price tha;
-ill not give you a fair and just
eward for your labor and the capital
hat you have invested in your bus,
ess.
You don't find men in other call
ngs disposing of products which
epresent a year's work and inte'
st on their investment, at ' pricv
>elow cost. The farmer has often
Lone this by following the sulcida .
yClicy of forcing on the maiiket i
-our months time, crops which m-..
neet and supply a year's demand.
)f course these crops are not to b
nd will not be consumed in Fou,
nonths. They are bought by the
'middle man" and held in storag
:til the demand of the markets
call for them at remunerativ:
prices.
Farmers should not quarrel with
.he "middle man" as long as he con
ucts a legitimate buying and sell
ng business. They should quarrel
ith themselves for not handling
heir own crops for their own benc
it in the same business-like way that
he "middle man" has been handling
hem for his benfit. If product.
vere not offered for sale on th.
streets of our towns at whatever
*)rice they would bring, the "middle
nan" would soon go out of busi'
.iess. But as long as farmers fol
:ow the present method of marketing
.heir cl'ops, there will be a lcogiti'
ate field for the "middle man," and,
n fact, he is a necess-ry part of hi;
node of marketing. In the case o
:otton crop, which is the principa
noney of the South, we can v-el
elieve that a fair margin Is madE
oy the men who stand between thE
>roducer and the spiner; otherwist
here would not be so many "cottor
Now, how are farmers to get ou
4f these "old ruts" and upon the
ighway of successful business-liki
narketing of their crops? It. musi
e done by extending the seliiII.
eriod throughout the year so tha
he supply will just keep pace witi
he demand. Also by "bunching'
heir products and selling in suci
;uantity as demanded by targe buy
rs. This is co-operative selling.
How is It to be done? Througl
he storage or warehouse plan. G'
o any large cotton market town er.<
ou will find the cotton buyers usins
he warehouses to store their cot
on in, to be he'd until demanded b2
he spinner. F:.rmers should tio thi:
'or themselvese and save the pr~fit:
'at now go to the men who have
een doing it for them.
But, you say that you have bill
hat are due and that you muns
'ealize money from. your crop a
nce . Unfortunately this is trn<
.ith a great many farmers. TOL
nany of them are still followi-ag thi
ld ruinous "credit system," whict
s the legitimate off-spring of th(
'all cotton system" and, next to it'
arent, Is the greatest curse eve
mposed upon the agricultural in.
erests of the South. Well, if yo*
we bills you should pay them wher
ayment is demanded. But do no:
ut all your cotton on the market
o to your local banker and borrow~
n your cotton just as little mone.1
s you can possibly do with. Leave
his money on deposit and~ use a
~heck hook. Your check may possi
ly pay several bills and finally 't
teposited to the credit of some other
na without any money being drawr
from the b'ank.
We mention this because wo knov'.
:hat bankers are more ready to loar
noney if it is to be left on dejvosit
aith them.' Follow this planl an;
;conomize in every way possible un
:il you get ou~t of debt, and thei.
;wear that you will stay out. -1
farmers are ever to attain their com
nercial independence they must
'aise home supplies and quit buying
n credit. We don't know a singli
armer who has followed the "all
otton system" and made a success
Now, a few words about the cotton'
rop. The crop Is greatly over-cati
nated. At the Farmers' Union Con
ention in Fort Worth, Texas. we
Lad reports from every one of the
otton States and according to thes*
eports from the field the commit
ee havng charge of this mnat'er
as fully convinced that we would
.nd in the wind-up that the precsen :
rop is considerably below thait o:
ast year. if the crop is ha'~d off
be market for thirty days we wil.
ee a very material rise in the price.
STOOD) IN WATER
'p to 1Uer Neck Ten IHonrs to Savie'
Child's Life.
For ten hours Mrs .W. Weis. of
ri-sland. Mieb.. stood up to her
ek in water in a cistern to save
er two-year-old boy.
Mrs. Weiss saw the baby, a child2
'a neighbor, fail into the cistern.
e instantly plunged after him, and
iding him at the bottom. hEld hiai
>ove the water. She called for hellp.
it the cistern is ten feet deep and
>one heard her. Late in the after
on she was n:issed and neighbors
'gan a search. It was long after
irk before one o-f the party chancedI
think of the cistern. Looking
wn into it by means of a lantern.
siw the plucky womian. st
ding the iittie one above water:<
r voice was worn to a whisper '1
.d she was rescued in a faintin~. I
ndition. She is seriously ill from
WILL WAGE WARa
Against Disease Is: Resolve of t
State Medical Association. t
MEETING FAIR WEEK
To Preent Tuberculos.is the Associa
tion Will Carry Out the Plans For
mulated at Tubeculosis Congress
Recently Held in Washington--Pre
liminary Actior Already Taken.
As a result of the tuberculosi
congress held in Washington re
cently, definite steps will be taken
in South Carolina to prevent the
spread of the dread disease. Th.
State Medical association will b
called to meet some time during the
fair for the puropse of formulating
plans to bring about this result.
This meeting will be called by
Dr. John L. Dawson of Charlestol.
who is president of the association
and who was one of the delegateF
to the tuberculosis congress. Dr
Dawson will have a definite plan
to propose to the association for
spread of tuberculosis. Dr. Dawso:
familiarized himself at the congress
with the methods for the reduction
of mortality among tuberculosis pa
ients and will be able to give th:
doctors of the State some valuable
information along this line.
South Carolina was well repre
sented at the tuberculosis congres?
Among those who atended were th(
following: Drs. C. Fred Williams
State health officer: J. -H. McIntosh
W. M. Lester and R. A. Lancaster
of Columbia; Dr. C. C. Gamble, Ab
beville: D.r H. T. Hall, Aiken: Dr
Robert Wilson, chairman board of
health. Charleston: Dr. J. L. Dawson
Charleston; Dr. J. Mercer Green
Charleston; Dr. W. V. Brockington
Kingstree; Dr. C. B. Earle. Green
ville; Dr. W. A. Tripp. Easley: Dr
T. E. Allgood. Liberty: J. E. Teague
Laurens; C. F. McGann, Aiken: Dr
Walter Cheyne, Sumter; Dr. A. M
Brailsford, Mullins, Dr. a,. J. Walker
Yorkville.
At this conference there was giver
an exhibition of what is being done
throughout the country and in th:
foreign lands to prevent tne spreae
of tuberculosis. There were. showr
all the appliances used and interest
ing papers were read on the dlsea-q
and the best possible methods o'
cure and prevention. Representa
tives were present from this countr
and Europe and among the numbe
were some of the foremost physic
tans of the world.
Valuable Exhibits.
Perhaps the most important of al'
the exhibits was the showing -if
the work that is being carried on ir
this country to prevent tuberculosi
And other countries, too, had the!
exhibits. the one from Germany beinv
about the best shown.
Dr. C .F'. Williams of this cit:
was one of the interested physicianr
aresent at the congress and he har
'rought back with him a greater de
sire than ever to aid in the gre .t
work of reducing and preventing tu
herculosis among the people of South
Carolina. Dr. Williams considerr
wo of the most Important thing
lone at the congress the following
-rinciples, which the congress wev
on record as being in favor of:
1. That the best means of reduc
ing mortality from consumption :s
he segregation of all tuberculosis
natients in institutions specially
'suipped for the treating of suenr
niatients.
2. 'rhat the theory of Dr. Koch
that bovine tuberculosis is not trans
-nitted to human individuals is non
correct, according to the sense of th
congress.
This latter theory has been worked
on considerably, and as the congres~
indicaied, it Is the opinion of e
large majority of physicians and
pecialists along this line that bovine
'uherculosis Is transmitted to the
'umian being.
Animals Spread Contagion.
This transmission of tuberculosi'
rom animal to human being is a'
extremely important matter,, espei
tally inasmuch as it affects this Stat'
very much and this spread of thF
disease can largely be avoided.
Speaking of this matter, Dr. Wil
liams says: "This form of tuber
culosis is brought about by tht
drinking of the milk of cows. Te
'revent the spread of the disease
Al dairy cattle should be tested for
tuberculosis and eliminated froni the
'erd when the test proves positive.
~outh Carolina dairies have shown
bout 3 per cent of the herd arc
uberculous. A committee has beer'
ppinted by the South Carolina
~ie Stock association to draft a
uit ble bill at the next session of the
egislature to eliminate as far '15
niractic.-'l tuberculosis in cattle and
to prevent the Importation of tuber
culosis cattle into this State. The
object of this bill is to make all
railroad cnmpanies handling eattle
to this State get a bill of health o
he cattle shipped here. I heard
while in the North that thefe were
many honrds of cattle in that see
!on that had as- many as S0 to 9(0
er cen?t tuberculosis cattle in their
fit. These cattle are shipped
into this State from the North anc
Wst and there is conscequently
)rought here the diseased animals
hait in time affect the rest of thi
herd.'
Educate the People.
It is generally conceded that th
best method of prevention of tuber
miiosis and other coummunicable dir
eases is the educatioin of the people.
At the meeting of the hoard of edtu
cation held last year the following
ecommedations5 were made by the
tate board of 1:ealth:
Crowded Settlemnente.
"First. We wo'ld recommend 'i
hat the teaching of physiology an'i -
igiene be made compulsory in the
ublic schools of th'e State:
"Second. We woulo. recommend jd
hat all applicants for a teacher'.o
-ertificate in this State be required ,
o pass ant examination on physioi
'gy and hygio-ne as a part of th-~
guar examination for teachers. - -
nany graduates of colleges are giver
rtificate~s on presenting thier di- i ki
lomal, we recommend that such an- f
licants be required to show that be
hysiology and hygiene were a parr
I.
iploma. If these branches were not
part of the course, require the ap
licant to pass a regular examinA
ion on the se branches.
"Third. We would recommend
hat all of the colleges under the
ontrol of the State be required to
each physiology and hyg!ene as a
art of the regular course.
"Fourth. We would recommenJ
hat the book or books to be used a
ext books for the teaching of these
ranches bear the approval of the
;tate hoard of health.
"Fifth. We would recommend
hat the teaching of the means o'
ireventing the dangerous communi
able diseases be made compulsor'
n the public schools of South Caroli
ia, and we recommend further tha
be book new used as a school boo!
or the teaching of physiology an,
iygiene be used for this purpos'
intil the tSate board of health cai
>repare data.
"Sixth. We would recommen,
hat a physician be the teacher e
ihysiology and hygiene in the big'
,chools of this State when it is po
ible to obtain the services of one fo'
his purpose.
"Seventh. We would recommen'
hat in arranging ~the course for tl
tate and county summer schools the
i course of lectures on the mean
>f preventing the dangerous commu.
1lcable disease be a part of thi.
course.
"Eighth. We would recomment
hat the State board of health shal
-iame the diseases to be considere
's dangerous communicable diseas
es.
"Ninth. We would recommen-'
hat you use you influence to hay(
he trustees of the schools procur,
*ision charts and have the teacher.
'form themselves how to examin
he children to see if their eyes an.
iars are normal."
At the tuberculosis congress J
was very much emphasized that th
best way to prevent tuberculosis I'
V the education of the people.
The resolutions of the State boar
f health were received with enthn
asm by the board of education, br
lothing was done in the matter. Th.
oard of education will again put tb
natter before the board of healtt
'irging that the study of hygier
ind physiology be made a part o
-he course in ail the high school
>f the State.
Crowded Settlements.
Out of the less than 1,000,00
whites in this State 125,000 are err
->loyed in the cotton mills. It I
,itable that in the crowded mil
-listricts tuberculosis Is easily trans
-nitted from one person to another
It Is estimated that in this State ther<
re from 1,500 to 2,000 deaths eac?
vear from tuberculosis, so tha
"something must be done" is tb
ogan of medical men. Among th'
egroes it Is said that tuberculosi
is decreasing within recent years
robably because of the out door lF
ind the better habits that the ra'
:s now leading. The number of t
berculosis patients amiong negror
s still quite large, however, and t
methods of prevention of the disesa
re an important step in this Sta+
here more than half the populr
tion is of the colored race. And
s highly important that the neg"
should be taught in some measu'
ow to bring about a prevention a
ar as posible of this disease.
Appalling Figures.
To give an idea of the cost o
~uberculosis in lives, disability, un
happiness and money would shos
ow important it Is that the mean
f preention of the disease as show'
at the tuberculosis congress shoul
e carried out as far as possib'
~he death rate from tuberculosis
1l its forms in the United States
estimated at 164 per 10,000 of por
Mation and the number of deatbh i
ne year--1906-Was 138,000. A
this rate, it is said, 5,000,000 peopli
cf those living In this country at th
resent time will die of tuberculoeir
The money cost of tuberculosis,i
is estimated, 'exceeds $8,000 pe
eath, these figures including ca'
italized earning power lost by deaf'
and netting a total of $1,100,000.00W
ner year. And of this cost $440
i000,000 falls upon other than thor
who are consumptive. It is said th
he erection of isolation hospitals fr'
nurables in all probably the be'
naethod and most profitable at pre
ent for reducing the cost of tube
:ulosis.
Police Power.
"That we will ultimately have t
lace officers in mills and'other sue'
institutions for the protection e
health is a condition that we are no'
'acing," said Dr. Williams. "Tat'
the mills, for instance, in them are
a large number of worlbrs and these
re deprived of one of the greater
-f all the recognized advantages t:
health-fresh air. The windows ar
kept down and of course the air ir
'he rooms becomes foul and leads te
'ad results in health."
But here again is the conflict be
ween the rnil owners and the one
itives. Should the windows be left
open, in many cases, the operativos
would close them, as there are er
'&ain conditions that fresh air brings
about in the yarn that makes is les
valuable as a product. It Is the con
Census of opinion among medical rn
that certain police powers should be
xercised in the protection of health
and that the State st'uld take cog
-izance of these necessities.
All of these matters will be taken
ip and discussed at the meeting of
he State Medical associationAto he
'eld fair week. The association
'ones to accomplis hmuch in the ma'
'r of the nrevention of tuhr'
"logis in this State and will strm'
'very effort to bring about goodre
lts.r
LABOR'S FIGHT ON CANNON
V'ill Send Many Speakers in Hlis
Congiressional District.
Labor is preparing a final and~
eer~ined onslau.ght on the caneli
cy otf Speaker Jos. G. Canno'i.
'he political action committee of the
icago Federation of Labor yestnr
ay ma'e plans to send a numnber~
f labor leaders into "Un~cle Joe's"
istriot next week. I
During the last three weeks of
1 campaign ther'e will be near!::
fl labor speakers in Danville. K'an
akee and t'iciniy. Two organizers
ir the American Federation of La
>r ar'e in the district now maing
>eeches for the Democratic candi-'
its or peakr Cnnons ~sr
SENATOR SMITH
Favors Mammoth Convention to
Demand Better Prices.
HOW GROWERS LOSE
The Senator Thinks the Southern
Grower Should Get the Benefit of
the Thirty Pound Tare, and the
Meeting Adopted Resolutions to
That Effect.
A dispatch from Bennettsville to
The State says Senator-elect E. D.
Smith came to Bennettsville Monday
at the invitation of the farmers in
this section and made an enthusiastit
address in the court house Monday
afternoon. The immediate reason
for asking hm to be here was the
disagreement between the local cot
ton buyers and farmers in regari
to the deduction for tare on cotton
the buyers having, since the 1st of
October, been operating under a ru's
which makes deduction of 50 cen
for each bale of cotton having more
than seven yards of bagging on the
bale.
Senator-elect Smith discussed the
cotton situation In a broad way, ad
vocating a "mammoth convention"
for the purpose of demanding highei
prices and holding the cotton from
the market, advocated the storing i
,varehouses, referred to work thal
ias been done along this line ii
?lorence and Columbia. He state
:hat Liverpool makes a deduction foi
are of 6 per cent on the gross, oi
;0 pounds tare for each 500-poun'
iale of cotton and that in fixing thb
,rice this 30-pound tare is consid
red, as well as every- other iter
>f expense in connection.
He then stated that if the Souther:
armer did not get the benefit o
he 30-pound tare and put 30 pound
are on each bale it would be th
ault of the Southern farmer an
te should not blame any one els
or it. He illustrated the point a
ollows: Suppose for every bal
)f cotton there is a deduction o
ve pounds for sand. suppose Mi
:armer picks his cotton, prepares j
or ginning and knows there is n
;and in it. He then stated that Mi
'armer would be a fool if he di
iot stop long enough to put fiv
>ound-s of sand in it.
Senator Smith stated that his sei
ices were at the disposal of the col
on growers and in all probabilit
te would make a trip West immed:
itely. He referred to the fact tha
.t compresses and before the col
on Is prepared for exporting the e)
orter patches up all holes wher
he samples have been taken from tb
)ale, puts on more bagging and gel
he advantage of the 30 pounds -
-are.
He spoke of the complaint mad
'y the European spinner when 1
his country recently of the cot
lition In which the Southern cotto
was received in Europe. He sal
hat the merchant in -onnrng hi
toods for sale had adder to hJ
toods the price of the freight, bos
:ng and for wrapping and other e>
senses, that the buyer pays for a
hese things. That it was only jus
~nd right that the buyer of cotto
-hould also pay for that in whic
he cotton is wrapped.
He discussed the effect of the go;
:rnment reports on cotton and state
.hat since the government gives d(
'inite information as to the produs
tion, ginning and other facts in cot
aection with the cotton that it shoul
;o further and give government st:
tistics and have regular monthly ir
;entories as to the number of bale
and weight in every warehouse an
in buyers' and exporters' hands.
His Idea was that the present is
formation is very beneficial to thz
:)uyer and exporter in as much as th
farmer's hand is exposed to the buy
:r and exporter, whereas the buyer
~nd exporter's hand is unknown t
he farmer. At the conclusion C
his address the following resolution
were passed:
"Whereas, the amount deducte
'rom the gross weight of all cotto:
"or tare is 6 per cent, or 30 pound
for each 300-pound bale, we, th,
'armers of Marlboro, hereby pledg<
ourselves to put the 30 pounds tart
on each bale of cotton we produca
ind prepare for market."
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC.
Brown's Majority is About On!
Hundred Thousand.
A special dispatch from Atlanta
Ga., says reports received thers
Wednesday night indicate that Jos.
-ph M. Brown was elected governo:
today by a majority of not less than
75,000. Not more than ten per
cent of the votes polled were fort
Yancy Carter. Disfranchisement
won, but not by so large a majorIty.
J . W. Lindsey is elected pension com
missioner.
In Fulton county Mr. Brawn get e
majority of 4,500 out of less tisan
7,000 votes. Disfranchisement car
ried by a small marjority and A. ..
McBride receiyed more votes for
pension commissioner than all the
other candidates combined.
Only two counties heard from are
believed to have given Carter plu
ralities. These are Chattooga and
Gordon. in each of which only nonm
inal votes were polled.
The returns throughout the State
are coming in slowly, but juxd&ing
from the figures received Mr
Brown's majority for governor is
*astimnated at from 75,000 to l#0.000'
and the vote for Carter will not ex
-:eed 2 5,0 00.
Stole Whole Family.
One of the most peculiar cases
of larceny "after trust" or. recordl
was revealed at Anniston, Ala..
wvheu it is alleged W. C. Irwin.
w'hite man, was arrested on a charg'
yf stealing the whole family of J.
Wi. Humnphreys, a white planter of
Fa!!adega county. It is alleged them
'rwin had been living in seelinsion
rith tioe woman and her three
hildren in Anniston.
Six Boys Killd.
Six 'boys were reported ki~ld a
lugar Ridge. when a frcight traiu
n the Toledo and Ohio Central Rai!- 1
oad crashed into a heavily -laden
xeursio'n train returning frm s
Royel Grape Ca4
-MADE FROUI
Of greatest heal
u e1nVess.V
phosphat
ynC,
GLAD TO BET BACK
SOUTH CAROLINA IS A SWEET
-PARODISE
Compared to Springfield, Ilinois.
Said an Old Colored Woman Wht
is Coming Back.
.At the union depot, Sunday af
fternoon, waiting for a train tt
Augusta, was a negro. woman war
was on her way to some point Ir
South Carolina, says the MacoD
Ga., Telegraph.
Whili in the waiting room sht
fell to talking to some of the ne
groes in the room with her, ane
from the conversation it -was learnee
that she was from Springfield, Il.
and was returning to her old Soutlb
pCarolina home.
She said that seven years ago her
people went to Springfield, becau-11s
they had been assured that the ne
gro was more respectea. In that se
tion of the country, and had ever
right that white people had. Thi
children went to the same school
they ate it the same restarant
a that_ the wan rtio iP
anylltoing acountm of olor.nSh
saideshat the som ith ther, fon
from th e ovretbut ithr -was an
andeas reurngiof there othersu.
Shead thyket soteseles. Tohe
found hatee asuretiht te une
stoodta r was mororepistaintsen
righ that tewhite peoen ad.leh
children wemnMs to---o theresho
andy bute for the ame thate were
etthatethnr waul not get Crwar-he
anud thavteretursndisici.i
aId thatt seexrnt tey Sprg
tisl tohe terue, were three wose
realh mites o thenrahes oterwiee
and they kepouothemel ves. Terho
found tha ot whiedi mv ea uleaig
competood t theae. Shdos notnt
know there they wt, woencase-i
thaegr omasin thre. Soansno, top
Dn wan suhunthing for calingocill..Sh
ondlbu knos theat thfor they er
raithe antd cnto o awate
to wouha rerolneadsewsg
In therecntn toubl in Sring-he
fild theoneroes waere tethed therse
byShe wite thaon theythe were
mobn thenSoth and teoey negro. wh
Sprungfsell ouy t amoer was wleaig
bunh womn whe Sothrsead, wth
s ppingfied here ono famly afe1
thoelld oeve. She odoes to.
now here they wae, becushe had
ntied cthatio thfereln wagainstoth
ng ad hunting forknoger ever
C yers thbfre th e sepa-ho.
f ton heyn ee all wantder gohc
. oSouth Carolina, wanshe waase
tolu therWest knowin that Ifro alie sahd,
bu She said negro dwn' Soh it
unil oe pent al this one ngo.!g
thepiingfl thyo eno ftr, h whol e
listnch. to the Sthi slencei, the
upner hand and gold chne toe liv
inafet and ecasd Andy dati
Fouhe de, and theveral oers .
Aotie tatu this. feein perons h
er. Shen peditsha in a fthuew
thsorien. Thegroeats alwoer the
otoshyxCarina was iluiatn parin
All the Westim aore ntalons.he d
tilement aflle hithne eainT
The paingrm who deats been
l'rrisn totetalin silednce hruew
kpt her Luan annro he eye
wardc anrvd. eymd "their at
o true. fis loro h hosean
ouro Aor Ded alrd Seead. Otwor
:erei consciousn.C
ta aterbutry, Conor pndrthey r
were foundved nater smenfot houy
he1 otes viTmhe eItalieanTed
ndteeetya corle whvegon to
The place we re t codetng oan
Fo&uryers an goal n barige ho
kentry Luaor Fryngoro Whten te
oie outhedaroeinaadegto tothr wae
toa themori onvtentosefor ral
eret founr fortnatl onth Caorof Pu
nacknwou Handreest.e in
Kere wrevd afre omee ort tod.
wder made from
mm of Tarta
GRAPES
lo alum or
e acids
Abkoltelyr
PUTRE
DIED OF RABIES
Woman Succumbed After Hours.
of Torture.
BITTEN BY PET. G
Sevral Other Parties Bitten by th.
Same Dog,- But None of. The
Have Yet Been 'Afected., From
it-The Pasteur Treatment Failed
in the Woman's Case.
Mrs. Harvey M. Day, of No. 16
Cherry street,- Elizabeth, N. J., died.
>f rabies from the bit% of a pet/
bull terrier, in spite o the fact
:hat she had been under the Pastear
:reatment for the past seven weeks.
Mrs. Day had to be restrained in
a straight jacket for twentx4our
ours before she 'died, so violently
lid her struggles become. All hope
f saving her had been given up
several days and her husband was
:ompelled to see her die by Inches
efore his eyes.
While Mrs. Day was strapped to
er bed awaiting death, her husbmn!
sat in an adjoining room, fearing
ary -minute that the disease would
ttack him and that he; too, would
ave to be restrained until relieved.
y death.' In a neighboring house
s Mrs. SamueI Doty, an intimate
riend of Mrs. Day, who was also
>tten by the' dog./ She, too, is Ia
a state of nervous' coulapse. A let
:er carrier was also bitten.
The dog, who was a ' ,et in the
Day hozne, was being led down the
street by Mrs. Day a month ago, when
he became entangled In his leash.
uddenly he began to show -symp
oms of rabies and attacked his' mis
ress. Five times he sank his teeth
n her arm, hurling her to the pave
nent. Mrs. Doty saw the attack and
an to the rescue of her 'friend when
he dog set upon her and bit .her
everal times on the hands and
rms.
The dog then started up the street
nd met Mr2 Day, who had heard
:he screams of his wife and Mrs.
~oty. .The animal fastened his teeth
n Mr. Day's leg, and the letter. car
~ier. who .happened along tried re
ree Mr. Day from the mad bruta
hen he was bitten, too. The dog
as killed and showed unmistakable
signs .of hydrophobia.
All four victims went to New York
and were treated at the Pasteur in
stitute. It was thought all danger
f rabies was over until a week ago,
hen Mrs. Day confided to her physic
[an that she knew she was inoeu
lated. The letter carrier has kept
t work constantly, and this has di
~erted his mind. He, too, Is nervous,
iow that Mrs. Day is dying, and the'
ental effect on him is feared.
PEOPLE HELP HASKELL.
(hey Gave Him 'tbree Thousand Dol
lars to Fight With.
A dispatch from Guthrle, Okla.,
ays that Govenor C. N. Haskell of
hat State has so far received $3,000
t response to his appeal to .the
eople of Oklahoma for funds with
hich to fight President Roosevelt,
. R. Hearst and others. The
Ispatch further says that an agent
the interior department was in
~uthrie last week looking up the
cords of the Prairie Oil and Gas
ympaly, and also the records in the
bel suit recently brought by Gover
r Haskell against Omer K. Ben
iet,. editor of the Oklahoma City
mies.
Quits the Party.
W. C. Cronemneyer, of Mackesport,
a., known for the past third of
entury as one of the original Re
iblicans, has retired from the Re
blican party and is allied with the
Lrty of Eugene V. Debs.
Mr. Cronemeyer was the original
Splate maker of the country, and
very close friend to the lat Presi
t McKinley.
Wherever roads have been perma
tly improved it is founld that there
s been a very great increase in
lue of the adjacent property.
Every Democrat should vote in the
eral electionl this year, and give
rer such a majority that the most
id Republican could flad no ex
se to questionl his right to a seat
Congress
.rllam state gets a lot of hard