The Manning times. [volume], January 27, 1909, Image 6

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TEDDY ROASTED
Mr. Willett, of New York Fiercely
Attacks Roosevelt
T
ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
"The Passing of Roosevelt" His
ti
Theme-Calls Him a Gargoyle, a r1
Pigmy Descendant of Dutch Trades o:
People, and a Fo4nnrain of Billings.
gate--Denunciation Halted.
Washington, Jan. 18.-Character- b
izing President Roosevelt as a gar- i
goyle and as "this pigmy descendant s
of Dutch trades people," and charg- c
ing him with having "established s t
Court in the White House, which t
would have delighted the heart of v
his admired Alexander Hamilton," S
Mr. Willet, of New York, in the 1
house of representatives today made t
one of the most bitter attacks on the a
chief executive ever heard in that
body. Mr. Willett took for his
theme"The Passing of Roosevelt," c
and in a speech of great length dealt
with numerous of the President's
acts since he came into office and
scathingly denounced them.
So severe was that attack of Mr
Willett that after several efforts
Republican members were able to
force him to take his seat on a cal
to order before he had finished his
speech.
After declaring that in the face
of all sorts of condtions Americans
were possessed of a universal sense
of humor, Mr. Willett said that to
such people. "it must be confessed,
a Chief Magistrate who has himself
no sense of humor, moving like a
horse-tedder over the hayfield of
Amerlean activities; stirring up every
drying blade of once green grass,
to let it fall dryer than before, quar
reling one day with the practical
politicians, then with the part-your
bair-In-the-middle reformers, then
with the Socialists, then with the
great industrial corporations; wrest
ling in agony of spirit with Noah
Webster and our glorious English
tongue taking a fall out of nature
fakirs, exhorting our women to avoid
race suicide, cannot be an unmixed
nuisance.
"He plays tyrant, to be sure, he
is a tyrant who fears the carnival
tiekler. He sees things that have a
bad smell,' but the fresh breeze of
Capitol Hill' doesn't let the odoi
linger.
"He tries our patience, but he is
always good-to laugh at. Thank
Heaven for the things that make us
laugh. Without them *e mighr
easily become raw, untamed Anglo
Saxons, .making much of Magna
Charta bellowing about an effete
bill or rights, or even ready to fight
for freedom of thought, freedom of
speech and freedom of the press, as
did our uncivilized ancestors at Lex
ington and Bunker Hill.
"And Mr. Chairman, should the
gentleman who view this curious
figure with feigned admiration ask
nie how any son of Adami can be at
the same time a haytedder, a jocu
larity and a gargoyle, I can only
answer that this particular hero is
an eccentric exception to all rules.
a solecirm sui generis, a mixed
metaphor vivant, an impossibility .of
the limitations of ordered law that
apply to earth and moon, to stars
and planets,.
"He exists in a strain of the old~
Huguenot, but the French gentle *
man doesn't fly into a passion and
lash the horse of a timid young girl
whose only offence is inadvertently
passing the royal party in a public
highway. Elven Louis. XIV, was not
that sort of a tyrant, and Henry,
IV., Henry of Navaree, the great
Huguenot King, wore the white
plume of noblenesse oblige.
"He tells us that Southern aristo
crats were among his polyglot ances
tors, but I can inform him that if -
*the wife of a Robert Toombs or of
a Jefferson Davis had been treated
by his as Mrs. Minor Morris was he
would have been called out or brand- I
ed as a coward if he had been a
thousand times a president.<
"He is proud to insist that the1
family whose name he bears comes
from Holland; but his ready sur-r
render to the politicians of his owna
party makes it clear enough that 11
fate burghers, who put up theirt
shutters at the first beat of the war g
drum must have been his progeni
-tors. He beats the Dutch, however, 1:
as even his severest critics mustt
confess.
Mr. Willett charged that the Pres
ident had bulldozed President Castro. ~
had seen the Philipinos brutally ~
treated, had marooned Col. Stewart, t
whom hes did not like, had kept sa
young lady from earning an honest
living by telling the trith, had al
lowed "scandalous conditions" to ex
1st in the -army and navy, had
compefled - his subordinates "to act
as hunting dogs for the Czar of
Russia in trailing down men who ~
fought for liberty," had practically
*re-established the John Adams alien
and sedition laws, had forced deser-a
tions, from the navy by allowing in
tolerable treatment of sailors "at the
hands of the aristocracy of .Anna
polis officers," had permitted the q
degredationi of soldiers at West C
Point. who had been put to mental ~
work, and had given a Scotch ver
dict in connection with the alleged E
Panama Canal scandal.
"We have a King and a Court a
now,' Mr. Willett exclaimed, "as
good an imitation of the real thing
known to the nobility of monarchical S
trading Dutchmen can concoct."
The President, Mr. Willett declar- b
ed, showed his teeth at all real d
heroes. "because real .ieroes are gall
and wormwood to bogus ones." s:
Die After Wedding Feast. 0
Johnstown; Pa., Jan. 1 8.-Seven g
foreigners, who are said to have C
been stupefied from liquor, served at g
a wedding celebration - yesterday, TI
were burned to death in a fir; which C
destroyed three houses at Good- F
town. Somerset county. tod-ir. The t4
man who started the fire by pouring a
oil into a stove escaped with pain- ti
ful burns. tl
f:
A woman's ideal of a good figure ti
depends on whether it's her or ti
.omebody as's. r
BIRDS OUR FRIENDS J
[S BUT TREAT THEM AS OUR I
ENEMIES.
1 The Vast Majority of Birds Are
ill Harm'iess-An Economic Force
For Man's Protection
n- All the brids are man's friends ex
b- cept a rrecious few, and even these
ag few are not as bad as they have been
ag painted, says the Columbia Record.
IC- But, as the Record goes on to say,
er men in their ignorance treat them I
-a! :.s enemies, and so' it behooves those
as who have some knowledge of their
ng value to come to their defence. We
are glad to see that the Audubon
Society of South Carolina, which has
he already made our people better ac
n g quainted with birds, is doing this.
-es Its last annual report is a splendid
ch tribute to our feathered friends that
a ught to awaken our people to the
ay importance of safe-guarding them
against' the "snares of the fowler"
and their ruthless murder by the
m- sneaking "pot hunter."
)r- It is gratiflying to know that the
.he lesire for the protection of birds is
L becoming more 1pronounced and
he
wide-spread, not only because they
have been found t boe of incalcuable
ce :>enefit to the human race, but from
t. feeling of sentiment. As our peo
:)le learn more and more of bird life.
a f the absolute value birds are in
naking this a habitable globe, we
v re confident that not only will right
s aws be enacted for their protection,
obut the State will see to it that th.
UC- laws are rigidly enforced.
The vast majority of birds, as has
)een said, is harmless, an economic
- force provided by nautre for man's
e->rotection and happiness. The bene
er- ficent birds have been classified, and
ge set apart from the small number that
'a- are more destructive than helpful.
rk, They destroy what, without them,
akll :rould make this world a desert, in
a capable of supporting human life,
aal We shall not enter upon a discussion
co -f the billions of insects and worms
'hat they destroy annually, whica, if
ral left undestroyed, would make - it
in- impossible to raise any sort of crop.
ec- Every insect-eating bird is worth
lay annually to the farmer more than
s 1e knows. Even the much maligned
cm- row is worth his weight in gold.
lay aranting that he pulls up an occas
ire ional grain of co:n just sprouted,
of le destroys pests a thonsand fold
lay more destructive to the young corn
ce r wheat or oats or barley then he
s; and the farmer ought cheerfully
ate to grant him this smaller measure
>e of toll for the immense amount of
an- good he does. It is said that a bull
)is >at, which men shoot for mere pas
)n time, will destroy in a day thousands
r a of the moths that lay the eggs of
but cotton caterpillars whose ravages
1s. cost cotton planter from $50,000,
as 00 to $100,000,000 in a single sea-.
ian sn
s So we might go on showing the
ch immense value of each kind of birds
ru- to the agricultural interests of the
the country, but if we did so we should
>ne have no time to speak for the birds
rs. trom the standpoint of sentiment.
an This would be a tame sort of world
das without the birds, that form those
or- "choirs invisible," about which
om James Lane Allen writes so charm
the ingly. They are associated with the
A~s- 'iappiest times of one's life.
nal We never hear a catbird sing
er- that we do not recall boyhood days,
On when the apple or cherry trees in
en the yard 6f the old home were made
Sa early in the day, while the dew
Dr. -lrops lil: gems shone in the grass,
ga vocal with his jubilant song. And
tite the little house wren, because of its
ed connection with those far off times
rec. ->f happy boyhood, has for us pe
rty culiar charm, and we would no more
per think of trobbing it of its life than
or we would a child's. So of the blue
as bird and the robin, though of the
latter we have in past ignorance
ill killed many a one, but never after
ex- earning that for son; they compare
es. lavorably with our cardinal bird or
he >ur shy brown thrush that loves the
.:ark, dim woods.
yn- Even the blue jays, pert and imn
se. pudent though they be, which the
th. negroes used to tell us--and we ac
es epted their story as gospel truth
tes tarried sand to the Devil every Fri
ast lay, we love;,nor would be want to
eir -ill one of them now even had we
ith ever discovered that the negroes
tre vere only giving voice to their su
rer erstition They may be classed as
.nd the dandies among birds, and yet
yn in spite of their shrill, discordant
he 2ries, that we used to associate with
an profanity, they are good company
and beautiful to see.
neAh, what a pleasure birds are and
how dull life would be without them!
LWhy men want to kill them, we can
n- ot .nderstand. They are both the
clife and the happiness of the world.
dPerhaps when we get hold of that
dotruth, a bird's life will be regarded
as a sacred thing.*
a~t- NSULT TO A WOMAN AVENGED.
ay Young Negro Lynched by Party of
-Young Men.
ed Hope, Ark.. JTan. 18.--After forc
bing the engineer of the light piant
ho to cut off the current, leaving the
ltown in darkness, a party of young
men early today took an 18-year-old
Snegro named Billiard from the coun
oty jail and hanged him to a tele
lgraph pole. The negro had spoken
to insultingly to a woman clerk in
cHand~s Brothers store Friday. Only
the jail er was on duty, the sheriff
tbeing out of town the ]ynchers
attacked the jail and overpowered
t the jailer.
Is, YOUNG MAN WHIPPED.
a Spartanburg Affair in Which Young t
11f Lady Was Aggressor.
Ic. Spartagburg. Jan. 18.-The po
he lice are investigating a sensational
he whipping case that took place oni
te. Pine street several days ago, when
be a young lady held up a young man
be while the latter was out driving witht
'- a girl and administered a buggyI
et wdhip lashing. The lady in the bug- I
rn gy leaped from the seat and fled
le through an open lot and jumped over I
lf fences and through grapvines. The
'r- police have the names of the young (
g lady who applied the lash and thei
:o the young man, but the girl who fled i
*Is not known.
UDGE CALLED DOWN
N REMARKABLY BEAUTIFUL I
AND SUGGESTIVE CARTOON.
The Magnet" Judge Omitted Cotton
in Giving the Official Bulletin of
the American Farmer.
The Augusta Chronicle says re
ently Judge, the pictorial publica
ion, printed a magnificent cartoon,
alle'd "The Magnet," in which cata
ogued the "official bulletin of the
kmerican Farmers," as follows: 1
"2,643,000,000 bushels of Indian
:orn grown in the year 1908-value
>f this crop, $1,615,000,000. This
um would pay all the interest-bear
ng debt of the United States; would
lig the Panama Canal; would build
ifty battleships.
"The greatest hay crop !n history
-athered last year, 68,000,000 tons
nown down, 12 per cent above the
iverage of the preceding five years.
Value of the crop, $621,000,000.
"660,000,000 bushels of wheat
arvested in 1908, worth $620,000,
000. The most valuable wheat crop
'itherto produced. Value of the oat
arop last year, $321,000,000. The
yield was 789,000,000 bushels.
"The barley crop of 167,000,000
bushels-and with a value of $86,
000,000-has been exceded only
)nce.
"The largest rice crop ever raised
-27,000.000 bushels, value about
$18,000,000.
"The sugar-beet crop not only the
largest in history, but nearly one
half as large again as the average
of the five preceding years.
"The value of the sugar-cane crop
has only been equalled once. Sugar
beet and sugar-cane crops .together
are worth about $94,000,000.
"Value of products from American
,ows close to $800,000,000. Aggre
-ate value of animals slaughtered
ind animal product of the farm is
nearly $3,000,000,000.
"Agricultural 'products - exported
in 1908 valued at $1,017,000,000.
"No wonder the ships sailing for
American ports are full."
Commenting on this p'ublication,
Mr. George Nees, of Augusta, -wrote
Judge as follows:
"Augusta, Ga., Jan. 11, 1909.
"Publishers Judge, New York
City, N. Y.-Gentlemen:
"I note in a recent edition of your
publication a cartoon called the
'Magnet,' in which you catalog the
products of the American farmer.
In looking over the same I am xath
er surprised that you should have
omitted therefrom the most impor
tant of all articles and that is the
great Southern staple, cotton.
"As you doubtless know, the ex
ports of cotton and its by-products,
from the United States far exceed^
in value those of any other commod
ity. The aggregate worth of same
for the past year being more than
five hundred millions of dollars.
"I might also say that in the set
tlement of balance due by our coun
try abroad our exports of cotton are
indispensible, for we can rely upon
the money from our exports of cot
ton every year, while no other pro
duct of the soil can be depended up
on' with the same certainty."
The following tribute to cotton
rom the pen of that gifted Southern
writer, the late lamented Henry W.
Grady, is Interesting:
"What a royal plant it is! The
world waits in attendance on Its
growth. The shower that falls
whispering on Its leaves is heard
around the earth. The sun that
shines on it is tempered by the
prayers of all the people. The
frost that chills it, and the dew
that descends from the stars is
noted, and the trespass of a lit
te worm on Its green leaf is more
to England than the advance of
the Russian army on her Asian
outpost. It is gold from the In
stant it puts fo:'th its tiny shoot.
Its fiber is current in every bkank,
and when loosing its fleece to the
sun it floats a sunny banner that
glorifies the field of the humble
farmer, that man is marshalled
under a flag that will compel the
allegiance of the world, and wring
a subsidy from every nation on
earth. It is the heritage that
God gave this people forever as
their own when he arched our
skies, established our mountains,
girt us about with the ocean, loos
ed the breezes, tempered the sun
shine and measured the rain.
Ours and our children's forever!
As princely a talent as ever came
from His hand to mortal steward
ship."
"Inasmuch as your publication
has quite a large circulation In this
ection, I beg of you, in future, kind
ly do not leave off of your. official
bulletin of the American farmer the
:hief product of this great South
land-the section of our common
:ountry that is developing in vaster
trides than any other portion of It.
(Signed) Yours truly,
"GEORGE NEES."
Judge, in reply, has written Mr.
ees as follows:
"New York, Jan. 13th, 1909.
"Mr. George Nees, 9 LIbrary
uilding. Augusta, Ga.
"My Dear Sir-I thank you for
tour corrteous letter of the 11th and
1ave called it to the attention of the
~artoonist, who must plead guilty
.o your charge, without reservation.
"Very truly yours,
Signed.) "JNO. A. SLEICHER."
Chicago Storm Bound.
Chicago, Jan. 18.--A thick blank
t of fog and smoke settled over the
ity and lake, extending almost the
~ntire length of the city from north
o south, early today, imperilling
raffic and necessitating reduction
f running schedules to the mini
num rate of speed prescribed for
og conditions on all traffic lines.4
Entire Crew Missing.
New York. Jan. 19.-Crews from
he life saving stations of LongI
sland are still keeping watch in
opes of finding the bodies of men
rho perished in the little New
oundland fishing schooner Swallow, (
c'hich was wrecked during the storm
f Saturday night. No trace of bod
s had been found up to this morn
ng. Capt. Morris and five seamen
THE LIEN LAW U1
tLACKLISTED BY THE STATE GR
FARMERS' UNION.
Ludobon Society Commended, Op- Foi
pose Immigration and Suggest I
Other Changes. 4
The State Convention of the Far- I
ners' Union met in Columbia on last liti
7wednesday. Delegates were pres- hei
,nt from thirty-seven counties. Ba
:ome three hundred delegates were acc
>resent and some important matters ly
ed
;rere considered. Mr. Harris, presi- ge
lent of the Union presided. Some no:
good, sensible speeches were made
ind the delegates were very much A.
nstructed thereby. Ba
The following committees were hii
3.ppointed: HE
Legislation-L. L. Baker, R. M of
Cooper, J. R. Douthit. th
Good of the Order-J. L. *Keitt, W
J. H. Lambert and S. N. Welsh.
Warehouses and Marketing-T. T
Wakefield, C J. White, B. F. Keller
and J. B. McBride. t
Resolutions-E. W. Dabbs, 0. P.
Goodwin and J. H. Price.
Fertilizers-D. McIntyre, J. H.
Holman and W. T. Walker
Press and publications-W. D. "I
Grist, D. H. Rice and S. F. Parrott. :a
Diversification of Crops-W. L. ia
Anderson, J. R. Hopkins and J. H.
Price ?r
Foremost among the important
measures discussed and adopted by
the union was the report of the leg
islative committee recommending f
that the immigration feature be
eliminated from the State's bureau
of agriculture, commerce and im- t
migration. The repeal of the lien
law was endorsed and also the re- a
peal of the law with reference to te
chattel mortgages on crops. Work
of the Audubon society was heartily 5e
commended and the law makers S
urged to pass further measures for
the protection of insect-destroying b
birds.
The legislative committee was th
then instructed to appear before the
proper committees of the general
assembly to press the matters above
referred to. Considerable time was te
consumed in discussing the follow- a]
ing report of the committee on ware
nousing and marketing: e
"We recommend that warehouses
be erected wherever possible and m
that our farmers, as far as possible,
seli -their cotton through their ware
houses, as by this plan higher prices
can be realized. In
"We also recommend that the
warehouses of the entire South be
federated into one system, under the
absolute control of the Farmers"
Union, provided that the contract H
relating to ownership and dispo
sition of his cotton stored in said
warehouse be acceptable to the
storer." -B
The Union, after carefully consid- p
ering the financial, plan submitted a
by Mr. J. L. Keitt, recommended that hs
it bie adopted. The plan was then tb
referred to the local Union of the ey
State for ratification.
TIhe committee on fertilizers made st
the--following report: tr
"We have .canvassed 'the ~situation ti
and find that the general opinion is k,
that we buy all of our fertilizers M
through the regular channels of the u]
Union and that we do our mixing at w
home and save from $3 to $6 per ton
and that we advise our members t6 bi
reducze their fertilizers in a reason- j2
able manner so as to be on safe and es
sure basis." -u
The report of the committee on at
the good of the order recommended: in
"That provision be made to press
vigorously the educational work of bi
the Union, directing especial atten- te
tion to the importance of raising si
home supplies as a means of break
ing down the credit and mortgage
business of the State and enable
us tc control the sale of our cotton.
The following resolutions were
adpoted:
"Resolved, That it is the sense
of this body that Congressrfian Lever
be requested to amend his bIll re-W
quiring the manufacturers to give s
the number of bales of cotton onm
hand by requiring the manufactur- W
ers to also give the amount of man- ar
ufactured goods on hand" '
A resolution was adopted provid- sb
ing that the members of the Union a
urge the manufacturers of guano to
use s;acks made of cotton and alsoh
that cotton should be covered with br
cotton bagging. so
It .was also resolved to use the he
Printers' Union label on printing..
The committee on diversification 2
made the following report, whichW
was adopted: s
."Resolved. That it is the deter- 0
minasion of the South Carolina atate
Farmers' Union to raise home sup-fr
plies so far as possible. .th
"Resolved, 'That every local mi.
the State be urged to bring the mat- i
ter of home supplies before the "
membership and enlist personal
pleiges to co-operate and 'become
self-sustaining.
"Resolved, That it is the sense
f this State to plant only 12 acres
f cotton to the plow-the balance
f the land in grain, followed with
peas in summer. Also we urge a ev;
orn crop for the winter with some Ca
f the clover and vetch, thereby re- ple
lucing the necessity of using so foi
~nuca -ammoniated fertilizer and in- fol
reasing the fertility of the soil. the
hus enabling us to raise more th]
stock." sox
The following was also adopted:
"Resolved. That the Farmers' hai
'Jnion of South Carolina go on record thE
is being in favor of prohibition thi
rithout recommendation to the gen- wa
ral assembly." of
TherTe was some discussion of the Th
~ertilzer tax, and a committee ap- boa
,ointed. to visit Clemson and make a ths
eport to the next State convention. get
In appreciation of the work being wil
one by Secretary Wilson of the de- tur
artment of agriculture in this State. ma
ommittee composed of Messrs. L. bec
.'Baker. W. T. Walker and J. B. fio<
)outhitt was appointed to visit Pres
dent-elect Taft at Augusta and urge the
dr. Wilson's appointment to the ag- ple
icultural portfolio in his cabinet. Be:
yommisioner Watson was asked to wif
Lccompany them. fro
It may .be possible for a man to
rite a sensible love letter, but he fro
Leve d es oft:
ISAVORY SCANDALS]
4,VE GRAFT CHARGES ARE
LAID AGAINST
tr Ministers in Connection With
lot Campaign for Mayor of the
jity of Pittsburg.
>ittsburg, Pa., Jan. 18.--The po
.al sensation of years was sprung
e yesterday when four well known
?tist ministers of the city were
used by another minister, equal
as well known, of having dicker
with the managers of W. 'A. Ma
, candidate for the Republican
nination for mayor of Pittsburg.
rhe proposition, according to Rev.
W. Fuller, pastor of the Second
ptist church, was one made to
aself and Revs. Simo, Webb,
nderson and Scott, all in charge
churches last Wednesday, when
y were called into the office of
Iliam A. Roberts, a rich business
.n and friend of Magee.
Lgee.
Rev. Dr. Fuller's statement Is sub
ntiated by witness, whom he had
Lced on the outside of the room
d is to the effect that the five
nisters "boost Magee from the
Ipit, and at the same time deliver
a letter which John Steel, another
ndidate for mayor, had wdritten
ch minister personally."
For this each of the ministers
esent was to receive then and
ere $100. Dr. Fuller says Rev.
r. Scott, who made the arrange
mts with him, and who appeared
be conducting the affair outside
Roberts, assured the financier that
were willing to accept the terms,
quit fighting Magee; but he, Full
balked absolutely and refused to
ye anything to do with the mat
r.
Dr. Fuller declares that when he
Et the room, each of the ministers
ve himself had handed over the
eele letter, which was part of the
.rgain, the closure of which was to
:t each $100.
The statement of Dr. Fuller as to
e conversation In the room between
em was substantiated by several
rsons who overheard it. The mat
r promises to develop into a rather
savory scandal.
Mr. Roberts declares that Dr. Full
is angry with him, because he has
fused to give him further advance
ent on a mortgage which he' holds
,inst his house, while the 'otEer
Inisters accused declare that they
d nothing wrong, that Dr. Fuller,
ore than anyone else, arranged the
eeting in the office of. Mr. Roberts.
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
as Enveloped Western Canada and
All Trains Are Stopped.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jan. 18.
inding snow, driven across the
aries and through the woods by
raging wind of .41 miles an hour,
ts enveloped Western Canada -In
e wildest blizzard the country has
:perienced in recent years.
Train service Is practically. at a
andstill. Passenger and freight
ains are tunnelling their way out
rough deep snow drifts to Sas
ttchewan and Alberta, while in
anitoba all the short lines are tied
and snow plows are being driven
th double power.
Coast express itrains have - been
tried for almost 18 hours in snow
if ts near Swift Current, Saskatch
ran and the snow is blowing back
on the right of way faster than the
ziliary crews can cart it off, chdk
g progress entirely.
Hundreds of homesteaders, were
ried in their huts and were forced
tunnel their way to the stock
eds.
BEAUTY DOCTOR SUICIDES.
cpert in Removing Facial and
Other Deformities .:Suicide.
New York, Jan. 18.-John H.
oodbury, who had engaged for
me years in the business of re
yving facial deformities and other
se improving the personal appear
ce, co:-amitted suicide in the Sea
iff Inn at Coney Island tofay, by
ooting himself in the head and
domen.
It is believed that Mr. Woodbury
d been much worri'ed by suits
ought against him by several per
ns, who alleged that his treatment
d been harmful.
At the offices of the "Facial Cul
-ating Company," it was said
odbury was in good health and
trits when he last visited the place
last Sunday.
Woodbury had been separated
>m his wife for some time, and
bce the separation he had lived at
SSea Cliff, which he owned. He
believed at one time to have been
rth $1,000,000.
[AN AND WIFE FOUND DEAD.
covered in Home at South Nor
folk, Virginia.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18.--Having
dently carried out a pre-arranged
rskaddon and his wife were today
,n to die together, Schuyler C.
id in their bedroom in South Nor
k. An examination showed that
y had been dead for hours and
L.t the deed was probably done
ne time during Sunday.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Carskaddon
i ben shot through the back of
head, the bullets crashing
ough their brains. A revolver
s found on the floor at the side
the bed in which the couple lay.
a theory of the police, and it is
-ne out by the physical facts is a
.t the couple agreed to die to
her; that the husband shot his '
e by pre-arrangment and then t
ned the pistol on himnself. The ~
n's hand was hanging over the t
and the pistol used was on the
r. less than a foot away.
dr. Carskaddion was foreman of
Walworth-Nevill Manufacturing f
nt, and came here from South 6
id, Ind., his former horo 'is e
e is said to have come c' ally nl
n New York city. . a:
ts enough to make a woman o:
un if her husband smiles too tc
BAKEIN
The Only Bakin
made fo
Royal Grape Cream
-Made from Gral
A Guarantee of
Healful, DelCious
WANTS A FREE PRESS.
1llman Issues -Statement on the
Canal Libel Cases.
Washington, Jan. -22.-Declaring
hat "no patriot can contemplate
with great alarm the possibility of
he President's success" in the Pana- ]
na libel cases, now being investigat
d by the grand jury in this city,
nd In New York, Senator Tillman,
f South Carolina, in a statement
*onight, sounded a strong note of,
warning on the question of the free
iom of the American press. Th'e
tatement is as follows:
"Th'e issue is 'a momentous one.
efferson declared that as between
a government without 'newspapers
and newspapers without a govern
ment he would choose the latter,
ecause when properly informed the
people would protect themselves
even without a -government through
the instrumentality of opinion. A
free press can alone preserve' free
institutions. Our great danger now
lies in the control of the press and
its consquent subserviency to those
who use It to deceive' the people and
perpetuate their grasp upon power.
The American people cannot guard
too jealously the right .of 'freedom
of speech, and freedom to print
whatever Is in the- public interest.
The newspapers now under the fire
for their efforts to expose corruption
in high places should have the active
support of every true., American,
for their cause is the cause of us
all."*
COMING TO AMERICA.
Many Laborers to Leave Stricken
District.
Washington,. Jan. 19.-That one
quarter of a million of Italian labor
ers, most of them from Sicily and
Calabria, will leave their, native land
within the coming four months prin
:ipally for the United States as a re
sult of the earthquake, -is'the re
markable' claim made by importers
f Ne* York city in a brief filed with
the house committee on ways and
eans. These Importers declare
hat the lemon' raising area of Italy
will lose nearly 300,000' workers as
a result of the earthquake.
"Normal conditions, which' until
ecember . 28 last, governed .the
roduction and exportation of lem
os from Sicily, have been suddenly
verturned. Nearly, or quite, 150,-'
00 human lives have been suddenly
estroyed, one-fifth being men and
argely. of the laboring class.
"From our .best advices we are
ssured that a quarter of a 'million
ill leave Italy during the, coming
four months, most of them from
Sicily and Calabria.
"Facing the conditions 'now exist
ng In Sicily, we solemnly assure
our honorable body thiat unless the
dty upon lemons is materially re
dced the importation of the, lemon
as reached Its end."
SOUTH AFRICAN FLOODS
n Which Nearly Two Hundred Lives
Were Lost..
Johannesburg, Jan. 22.-One hun
red and seventy-three persons are
nown to have lost their lives today
s a result of the floods, which are
eneral throughout the Transvaal
olony and northern Natal. Great
amage has been done to property.
By the bursting of Knight's dam;
le Waitwatersrand Gold mine In the"
outhwestern part of the Transvafl
-as flooded today and 10 white men
and 50 natives were drowned.
The water from this dam also
doded the lower section of the .town
f Elsburg, where a number of hous
s were swept away and 13 persona
perished. A gold dredge valued at
6,000 broke ardift today on the
aap river and was wrecked. *
FOURTEEN PEOPLE BURNED
u a Poorhouse, Which Was Destroy
ed by Fire.
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan.. 22.
~ushin~g back to save 'their belong
ngs from flames that destroyed the
e's ward of the county infirmary,
iear Canfield late yesterday after
ioon, 14 inmates were seriously
,urned, three probably fatally. All
d been removed to safety when
e dashed back for a coat, another
r a kitten, a third for a dollar
atch and the others for various
ifles. The loss from the fire is
~10,000, with only partial insur
.nce. -*i
Aligator Found Near Florence.
Florence, Jan. 22. - Yesterday
'hile cleaning out a small 'branch,
,hich runs adjacent to the park, Mr.
. V. Crowley, guard of the cha,in
ng, found a young alligator about
jinches long. This was a very
nusual find, in view of the fact
hat there is no water in which there.
e alligators within five miles of
he spot where this one was found. *
Hundreds of Houses Destroyed.
Constantinople. Jan. 22.--An of- ~
cl dispatch reports that more than p
0 houses were destroyed -by the n
arthquake yesterday at Phocaea, a
ear Symrna. The shocks continue g
d the people are seeking .refuge f
the mountains. -The minister
the interior has been dispatched
render assistance to the suffer- fi
FOWDER
lAtely rare
-Powder
of Tartar
Pure,
Food
Watch Yourself Go By.
ust stand aside and watch your
self go by;
hink of yourself as "he" instead of
Tote, closely as In other -men you
note,
rhe bag-kneed trousers and th
seedy coat.
ick flaws; find fault; forget the
man Is you,
knd try to .make your estimate ring
true.
'onfront yourself and look - you in
the .eye- - e
rust stand aside and watch yourse
go by.
[nterprete all y'our motives just as
though
ou looked on one whose alms you
did not know.
et undisguised contempt 'surge
throdigh you when:_
Tou see you shirk, ^O commeiest. 0
men!
Despise your cowardice; cQiemn
what'er
You note of falseness In You any
where.
Defend no one ,defet that s es
your eye
Just stand aside and watch 70s
go.by'.
And .then with eyes unveiled tc
you l6athe
To sing that with sweet,_
you'd clothe
Back to your self-wiled 4enem t
you'll go -
With tolerance for all who dwel
low.
The faults of others then will
and sirink,.:
Love's ciain grow stronger7b one
mighty link-'
When youwit he asbstiute
for "I,"
Ha've stood aside ndatcheyo
self goby
COStly COW"aI
,Lynchburg; Va. an -
Fortune Ryan; mult-iilliona re,.
fnancier and railradS 1agntot .
New York and -Virginia, has ls '
accepted plans for a$600
barn to' be built-on -hls Addgs.
tate in Nelson -ouztty rt i toW
the finest strubture of t knd'n
the South, wit1 the psll-xe
ton of the Vanderbilt estat t.lt
more. --
Fire in 'the Rins
Messina, an.. 1.- fire broke 6
out today among-the rins. Thef're
mains of the Pennesi Palace fell and:
added to the 'conflagration. .The
lames are spreading in spite of the
work .of the 'soldiers .to control it.
The 'situation.'s" serious. The, odor
of burning ftesli mingrles with -the
smoke and Its is feared that peo11
yet alive- are beixi consumled.
Moved Into New Quarters.
Savannah, Ga., Jan.-19.- 'Under
the gua~d of a squad of 'patroImen
the cash, bonds and securitiesmak
ing a total of probably miore thian
six millions of dollars, of'the Citizes 1
and Southern Bank were movedin
its new home yesterilay, andtoay.
the formal moving took place,- re
ception being held ,by the -bank's
officials and- employees.e
Another Shotng- Scrape.
yonesville, Jan. 22.-About six
miles from- Jonesville this morning
Preston Wilson shot anic killed, Ben
Means with a shotgun. The killing
was dlone at .Wllson's -house. Both
are colored. Wilson came to Jones-~
ille and surrendered to the marshal
and was locked up. He. makes the
statement that Means had an axe
drawn on him, and -that he shot in
self-defence.*
-Caution to Writers.
imeople who -wrte things which
they would lIke to see printed in a
iiewspaper, should bear in mind that
what they . write as - their
personal opinion should be fathered
by them, and when they write stuff
that is not fit for them to attach.
their .names to it should never be
printed. Remember, the rule of .all
lecent newspapers and you will
ever have occasion to -put on the
shoe. This Is- the rule which we
give In all kindness.- Never ask a
iewspaper to do anything you are
shamed to do yourself.
After some great catastrophe has.
ccurred it is remarkable what a'
iumber of people claim to have fore
old' it weeks and months in advance.
'he number who thus cim to have
r'edicted the San Francisco and Ital
an' earthquakes is legion. Why they
assert this, unless it is to gain a littla
otoriety, is hard to say for no one
if any sense believes them.
An Iowa editor was asked. "Do
Logs pay." He replied "a good
aany do not; they take the paper
everal years and then have the
ostmaster send it back marked
refused' or 'gone west.' "
When you hear a man sneering
t t.e local paper' because it is not
ig. cheap and newsy as the city
apers, you can safely bet he does
ot squander any of his wealth in
ssisting to make it better and that.
enerally the paper has done more
r him than he has for it.
When a self-made man makes a
>ol of.himself he robs some woman.
BEST EVER HELD
ENERAL SECRETARY WAY
VERY SANGUINE
hat the Sunday School Conventi,
Which Meets in Orangeburg W
Be a Grand Success.
The State Sunday School ConvE
on which meets at Orangeburg FE
iary 16-18, gives promise of bei
ae of the greatest and most si
ssful Sunday School meetings e%
eld in South Carolina. For seve
Lonths Secretary J. M. Way 1
een working hard to do everythi
i his power to insure the fullest pi
ble success. Mr. Way in t
urse of an interview concerni
ie Orangeburg Convention, gii
ie following information, wh:
ill be of interest to all Sund
,hool workers, in this and adjo
ig States:
"It is expected that .the Conyi
ion to be held in the city of (
ngeburg February 16-18, will be 1
reatest in the history of the
ociation. In fact, the plans of 1
onvention provide for twice
uch work, and more than tw
s many workers, as were represe
d in the program of the the 0
ention last year. The compl
rogram will be distributed throt
he South Carolina Sunday Sch
romoter and the various ne
apers of the State in the next i
lays, and contAins the names
ightly speakers, conference cond
ors and those who will lead
otional exercises.
"Those who vill participate in
-arious sessions inelude several m
:hants, several doctors, two coll
>residents, three presiding eldt
everal school teachers, sixteen
ties, all lagders in elementary wo
wenty-six , ministers, including
irotestant denominations of
tate, two musicians of internatio
eputation and three Sunday Sch
pecialists.
"Mr. Marion Lawrence, gene
ecretary of the International S
lay School Association, is the i
>gnized leader of American bun<
chool workers. There is no quo
ion about his being the best infoi
d man in the world on Sun
chool work. He directs the eni
eld work as well as the affairs
he office of the Internatinoal Sun
school Association. Mr. Lawre
'arely finds time to attend our c
rentions and his coming to our St
.onvention for two nights and i
Lay will be a rare treat for our S
lay School workers, one which il
loubtful if they will enjoy si
Lgain. Mr. Lawrence is not onl;
nan of superior intelligence,
>ne of the most consecrated Ch
ian workers in America. He
he mind of jhe master works
tnd a heart as'tender as a child3~
"Mr. Hugh Cork, who will re:
he State about the 11th of Fet
ty, beginning his work~ with
3harleston County Convention, is
if the younger international work
>ut not too young to have made
nternational reputation. He
iad experience in all lines of
~anized Sunday School work, fr
he township convention up to
~reat work of the International
ociation. At the last Internatio
onvention he was elected suI
ntendent of house visitation.
he second afternoon of the cony
ion, it is his purpose to conduc
iouse visitation of the city of
ngeburg, and he hopes to so or
lize the workers that every wl
'amily in the city may be visit
Lnd a Sunday School and chu
ensus taken in from thirty to fo
ninutes. To do this work he ho
.o secure the services of two
ree hundred men and women
isitors.
"Mr. 0. R. Brouse. of Illinois, 3
ttend the Convention with an
ibit of Sunday School stappl.
dr. Brouse is an ex-president of
liois Sunday School Association
"-To those who attended the c
ention at Union last April it is u
ess to speak of Tullar and Meredi
who will conduct the song servi
>f the Convention. The delega
w~ho attended the -convention I
-ear were almost unanimous in th
equest to have Tullar and Mered
gain this year. These men :
:nown for their good work all o
he United States and Canada,
key will win their way at the C
'ention. In fact, no part of
rogram will be more enjioyed i
he song services.
"If we were to speak of each<
f the splendid men and women
ur State it would take more sp:
han any newspaper would be will:
> give us. We are proud of th
very one, and they are going to
great work at the Convention.
"It is expected that four or f
undred delegates, at least, will
and this Convention. Each Sund
chool that wishes to do so, n
end one delegate. Credent
lanks have been sent out to the
cers of all organized counties a
special blank has been provid
the issue of the Promoter to
ailed this week, fer those w
tiled to get the regular blank..
nestions regarding the appointmn
f delegates should be addressed
he Sunday School Avi'ciation
outh Carolina, Pelzer, S. C. De
ates who expect to be assigned
omes should write, as soon as tI
re appointed, to Mr. D. H. March'a
airman of the committee on;
ngements, Orangeburg, S.
peakers and officers of the Sti
.ssociation will need no credentia
ut may represent their counties
elegates.
"The railroads have granted
ecial rate of' one and one-h
tre plus 50 cents, tickets to be s<
the certificate plan. The de
ates will pay full fare going tot
onvention, and in purchasing t
:ing ticket must secure a cetifica
his certificate they will take to t
onvention. have it signed by t
ev. W. L Herbert. recording sec:
ry, and present it to the tic1;
gent when purchasing the retu
ket. The certificate will enti
em to return home for one-h
tre pus 50 cents. Unless the c'
ficate is secured when the goi
cket is purchased delegates get