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BENNETTSVILiLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH ll, 1904.
NO. ll.
JAPAN AM) CHINA.
Whata Japanese Merolia t Fays About
Their Uniting Forceo.
ONLY QUESTION OF FEW YEARS
Before tho English-Speaking People
'.Will Find themselves Arrayed
Against thc Doctrine of
"Asia for AHiatiCM."
Tte Chronicle says Russia and Ja
pan ure still discussed, sometimes ve
hemently in Augusta. The Japanese
sympathizers are in an overwhelming
majority, but the Russian sympa
thizers, though in tile minority, stick
to their guns and are daily growing
more numerous. Mr. Janies R. Ran
dall, who, early in the day, gave Ids
reasons tor favoring tho Muscovites,
was asked it' he had anything more to
say on the subject and replied:
"1 think it is unite useless, at this
time, to discuss the matter, lt is
difficult to change people':, minds, es
pecla'iy when, as Mr. Stephens put it,
they are "sot" in their ( pinions. I
have carefully read all that 1 could
get hold of on both sides of this affair
and endeavored, like Mr. Wedgie, to
form convictions. Re imap?, however,
it may interest your read >rs to have
some peculiar evidence from other
sources than roy own.
The most striking and important
testimony comes from a.lap mese mer
chant of a high order, Yaniocluo, who I
is on a visit to New Orleans. Inter
viewed by a Picayune reporter, he !
said that while his countrymen, like j
himself- wore gratified at the sympa- 1
thy displayed in the United States for i
.lapan, he significantly added:
"Hut 1 believe this will change.
The English speaking nations sympa
thize with us today, but it will lie dif
ferent In a few years. If Japan wins'
thiB war-and 1 do not doubt th?.t
our country will he victorious -.tayan
will be one of the first world powers.
The yellow pei il, as ionic English !
writers' refer to it, is not remote.
The Chinese and Japanese are very
closely allied by racial similarity, and
there is' naturally a strong bond of
sympathy between the two nations,
Just as there is a strong sympathy be
tween the i wo great English-speaking
. nations. If China is ever brought up
to the high plane of enlightenment
that Japan has readied, it will natu
rally, with its immense population, its
vast territory, and its untold and un-1
imaginable resources, lie the most
powerful country in the world. Tin
Japanese have already assisted China
'."not a little. There are many Japanese
(_"~ettcbeis io Chfnes?; institutions, and
Japanese officials in the Chinese gov
ernment service, both civil and mili
*^tary. These are slowly bringing about
a reformation. If this refi rmatlon is
ever brought about completely and
China brought out of darkness lt will
be within the power ol the yellow
races to overrun the world. The
doors of nations tba", are closed today
can be opened. Even European
powers are now closing their doors
against Chinese, but forcing the open- !
?UK of Chinese doors to foieigneni, so
will it lie in the power o? Cnina to
close and keep closet its doors against j
outriders and to force opel the doors
of the western nations. T lat is why ;
I believe Litis sympathy for the Japan
ese will change."
Mr. Yamochimo expresses the
opinion that the J ap??ese- lt uss i a war
will develop Into an international con-'
flict. He thinks that either Germany ',
or Franc will hr forced in lirst because
of'tnAftU' interest in the Far East, and '
beeaus of drong sympathy for
Russia. The lil 1 .' Empire, will
come in later,' bul will get a full
share ol everyiMiing, .just as it bas
always dem:. Then I he Coiled States
will be foie.M? lui . ?lie conflict. ll
may be slower Iban the ot hers, even
more so than Eh} land, hut t bis govern
ment has assumed a position in thc
Orient from which it cannot recede.
"What will bc the result ol' the war no
one can foresee, bul that thc conllicl
now going on ls the bej inning of one
of the great, period* the world's his
tory must be ci meedoo
I regarded Ibis te; imony of the
intelligent, and .'er\ frank Japanese
merchant as vcr j itnj because
it reveals l be t rue. < ?rle ital ambit ion.
A great many people mike Ight of the
"Yellow Peril," ul til I Nit|.m
did not and Karl \\ i does not.
It may bc that t ho fen linen have
minds superior to thi remarkable
persons, but on thal pi ni lhere may
be difference of jud) inei.i il any rate,
if we are to accept Jw testi
mony, expressed I Mi \ unocinio
the triumph of lapau an i he conse
quential reawakening o?< bina, asan
industrial and mania nai ion, bodes
ill for Etiroi .,1, and com
mercially threatens the ! ni ted States.
Some peopli thai I will take
many years ; ?sh the reform
of China, u>,- Indicated, but they for
get that Japan luis risen gigantically,
in their own dav, and in case off j
Japanese domin?t ion, ( bina w ill be no
lv?ggarji
"llowe^" Ido not expect, to con
vince anyuby, ..,,.itos1 his will, but
simply suggest that Si;. Vainoclmo's|
revelation be taken into account.
Personally, I am quite cont eut to
await events, for. as Fredrick the
Great said: 'Battles are fought be
yond the stars,' that is, the destinies
of the world are shaped by the Killer
of Nat ions, and not by the opinions of
of mankind."
Killed Herself.
Mrs. Horace G. Allis, formerly a
prominent society leader in Little
Rock, Ark., committed suicide at the
county hospital by hanging herself
with strips of bed clothes. Her hus
band was atone time presiden! o? the
First National Hank, of that city.
He was tried hy the United States
court and given five years in the peni
tentlary for wrecking that bank. His
wife waB well known over thc state
and the disgrace attending her hus
band's downfall sent her Into seclu
sion. Her husband was pardoned af
ter sewing three years. On his re
lease she pleaded with him to return
to heil and live down disgface, tut he
refused. He was the promoter and
inciter of the Little Rock street
.vay company and numerous other
iclal concerns.
" PREPARING* FOR A GRAB. .
Cobgrfcss W'a?Tts tojttulsc Their Own
"ami Offu'r S?hnten.
It would seem from the various
comments that were passed on the bill
asking for au appropriation of $1)0,
000 from Congress.-for a new stable for
the President, that this ab least would
have detterred his friends from spring
ing another surprise on the country,
as Senator Gallinger did when he ask-jd
that tlie President's salary be increas
ed 825,000 per annum. The reipiest
is in the shape of a hill. It is to be
discussed al t his session. The (ballin
ger bill raises the salary of tho Presi
dent to $75,000; that of the Yiee
I'resident to ilf>,000; of the Speaker
of the House to $12.000; of Cabinet
officers to $15,000: of Senators, Repre
sentatives and delegates to $8,000.
The proposed increase are to go into
effect March 4, li)U5.
lt is recalled that a bili increasing
the salaries of members of Congress to
$7,500 was passed in 1873. A storm
of protest was aroused all over the
country, many vet evan meiiiuers of
Congress were retired to private life,
and the succcding Congress repealed
the law.
lt is pointed out by friends ol' the
Gallinger bill, however, that the in
dignation ol" the people was aroused by
a measure which, is absent from the
present proposition-the retroactive.
The Congressmen of 1S~3 paid them
selves their back salary to the begin
ning of that tenn, and likewise their
mileage. This was generally denomi
nated "a grab," and the Gallinger
bill, it is claimed, seeks to avoid a like J
condemnation.
The ground for the (ballinger bill
was apparently laid on February 2? by j
Senator Hoar, who talked on the sub
ject of Senators salaries being inade
quate. The question was on provid- j
ing suitable quarters for Senators, the,
Democrats having urged that the j
Republicans had known for a Icing
lime, that the Democratic Senators, or
a number of them, were g^ven quarters j
in an unsafe and condemned building.
In the course of his speech Senator
Hoar made the following significan)
iv marks:
"Our salary is also now lower in
practical value than it was before il
was raised li ft y years ago. And yet
the one thing that we do not seem to
have courage enough to do is to say to
t he people of t he United .States t hat
t he compens?t ion of this important of
fice shall be ut least in some degree
adequate to its dignity and character.
"Take the salary of a judge of the
District Court of the United States.
ls t here a judge of a district court of
the United State who would not con
soler his promot ion .to the Senate of
the United States an advance lu
dignity a?'d authority V And yet we
have put up their salaries and the
salaries ott lie judges of the . Circuit,
('oin ks to $0,000 and $7,f>iH) and do not
venture to touch our own."
And now the Gallinger lull is sprung.
There is very lit t le quest ion that the
proposition, in many respects, is one
which has thc Pres'dent alone in mind
and it is not improbable that Senator
(ballinger wrote his hill after confer
ence with leaders in the party who j
bask in the White House sunshine.
A Deserved llebukc.
The Aiken correspondent of The
News and Courier says when benjamin
Buford, the white manTound guilty
of manslaughter in killing the negro,
Larry Blackmore, was presented he
fore Judge Purdy for sentence, he was
asked by his honor if he had anything
to say why sentence of the court
should not he passed upon him. Unfold
replied: " Not hing your honor," and
held up the lapel of his coat, on which
was pinned thc emblem of thc Masonic
Fraternity. Iii-had previously given
a sign, which .Midge Purdy, heine, a
Mason, did not fail to recognize. Thc
man's objeel was evident and Judge
Purdy st reidy said: "That badge can
do you no good her?;. Voil arc not lit
to wear it. Tn row it away. You
have violated al! that is good and
noble that emblem represents, and you
are no brother ol mine. The sentence
ol' the court isthat you shall serve
t wei ve years in the state penitentiary
at hard labor. You can thank your
counsel for saving your neck.
A Horrible Death.
A horrible accident was reported
Wednesday night to Coroner Green as
happening to the lit Me four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Suydam, who live about lill ccu miles
from Columbia, on the Garners' Ferry
road. The parents of the little child
caine to the city Wednesday, and the :
child, on her way home from school,
stopped to play on a pile of logs near
the house. While on top, one of - the
logs turned and she was caught be
tween several and Instantly killed,
her head being crushed. It, was some
time later that the body was found
and iL was late before the parents
were, notified. Consequently they
were not able to leave until after
dark. ' Thc Inquest has been held and
the funeral will he held, thursday. Co
lumbia Record.
A Kool is li Pair.
A dispat di to the Augusta Chron
icle says Willie Pincher, a lad of Ll,
and Kinma Mann, a little, maid who
boast of only l-l summers, the pair
hailing from Goldville, Ala., drove
into West Point Ga., Thursday in a
rather dilapidated turnout and creat
ed astonishment hy announcing their
desire to lind a minister or justice
who would make t hem man and wife. '
Young Pincher said he had the per
mission of iln: girl's parents as well as
her own, but, that the Alabama laws
interfered with his happiness. Noone
could be found who would tie the
knot, and to make matters worse, the
would-be groom found himself devoid
of funds. A purse was made up for
the pair and they drove, into Harris
county hoping to lind some one to
officiate at their wedding.
State Campaign.
State Chairman Wilie Jones has
called a meeting ol' the executive com
mittee of the Democarfic party, to be
held in Columbia on Tuesday evening,
April 5th, in the olllce of the secre
tary of state. Tho state" committee
will tlx the time for the stat ^.conven
tion, at which delegates will ? i elect?
ed to the national Democratic cwyen
tion.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
? Groat Skyscraper Frame Collapse!
in New York.
SEVERAL PERSONS ARE KILLED.
Criminal CarolenHnCBB on thc Part
or tho Contractors. Who Had
OiHrcKiirilcil Kepoated
Warnings.
[n the city of New York fourteen
persons, are believed to have been
i killed, about a score injured and sev
eral are missing through the collapse
Wednesday of the steel skelton of the
Hotel Darlington, a 13-story apart
: ment house in course of erection at
; 57 Forty-sixth street. The steel
? frame work had been erected as far as
Hie eleventh Moor and the structure
was swarming with iron workers,
masons and laborers, when, without
an Instant's warning, the upper Moor
sagged and collapsed and tlie whole
structure fell with a crasii that was
heard for blocks, and shook all the
I buildings in tlie vicinity. A portion
j of the steel frame fell upon th? rear j
of thc Hotel Patterson, on West For- ]
Ity-seventh street, crushing In the!
wall of Hie dining room and killing
! Mrs. 1011a Lacey Stoors, the wife of
' Krank Storrs, a wealthy resident of
Rye, Westchester county, as she was
sitting at luncheon with the wife of
thc Rev. Dr. Minot Savage, who
escaped unhurt.
Tlie cause of the disaster generally
accepted is the overloading of the
doors. Foreman James Halpin, in
charge of the Iron workers, stated
that there was a large quantity of
cement and other building material
on the fifth door, and that on the
ninth lloor were tlie three Iron beams
which were to have been used In con
structing tlie remaining doors or the
buildings. That criminal careless
ness is chargeable to somebody is
shown by the fact that the building
department had placed repeated
"violations" against the hull ling, thc
last one being flied Wednesday at thc
instance of Inspector Charles French,
because "the side walls wi rc more
I than two stories in advance of the
front walls, and the ll tor beams were
not properly hnlfcdand tied."
In spite of this and previous warn
ings, those responsible for J^c con
struction of thc building we it ahead
regardless of consequences. Adj.lin
ing thc collapsed building on Jie west
is thc four-story brownstone lesidence
of Harold brown. S ?me of Hie huge
iron beams struck the side of tbe
house and stove li?les in Hie wall
and roof and dislogcd a part of the
brownstone front which was thrown
to tiie street.! The occupants escaped
uninjured. On the east s de is a
house occupied by A. Walpole (Jragie
as a school for boys. The pupils had
gone home to luncheon a few minutes |
before the crash occurred. S ime of j
tlie beams struck the house tearing
off a portion of the roof and s nashing
holes in Hie side walls.
Mrs. Storrs whose husband ls in
bondon, langland, was sitting In lun
cheon with M r.s. Savage w hen the
crash came, and she and Ernest
Meier, a waiter, were instantly burled
under thc debris thc roof ani walls. |
Mrs. Savage barely escape 1 being ,
struck but her skirt was pinned to
the lloor by a mass of fallen bricks. '
Mrs. Storrs was breathing when ex
tricated, but died within a few min- {
utes. The waiter is believed to bc;
injured. The other occupants of the .
dining room escaped unhurt. The
Hotel Tatterson was shaken to its j
foundations and Hie rear tire escapes ;
on seven stories were torn from their
fastenings and all the windows on
these doors were smashed. The oc
cupants of these apartments hastily ,
quitted thc building. Kev. Minot J. 1
Savage was ill in his apartments inj
thc front of the hotel at tile lime of
thc collapse.
At ll o'clock tonight thea ntractor
in charge of the wrecking work said
that his men had discovered seven
bodies and that two were known to
lie pinned under tlie wreckage on thc
east side of the building;
Splendid work was done by the tire
men, who at thc i i sk of their lives,
crowded under the tangled wreckage
to rescue thc imprisoned workmen.
They were accompanied by Chaplain
Smith of the tire department, who ad
ministered the last riles of tl cchurch
to several of thc injured. Harold
Clark, a watchman, was rescued un
hurt from Hie cellar after teing im
prisoned for four hours. He .'.aid that
lie left Frank Allison,, one of the
owners and builders, on the ninth
tl >or a few minutes before thc crash. ,
Patrick Murphy, the engineer of thc
hoisting engine, and six workmen
were arrested and held as witnesses.
Representatives of the district attor
ney's olllce examined thewTick Wed
nesday and liegan an investigation
to place the responsibility for thc
disaster._
Deadly Uran . Pin.
A special dispatch from Marion to
Tlie State says Mrs. E. I!. Boxworth
is dead as the result of picking a fever
blister with a brass pin. She was
apparently In good health when a
small blister appeared on ber lip and
she picked it with a pin, after which
it festered and blood poisoning fol
lowed. She suffered a great deal until
death relieved her. Mr. Boxworth
was Miss Leola baker, a daughter of
Mr. R. I?. baker, and lived in the
Centenary neighborhood, about 1- ;
miles from Marion. She was a noble?
hearted, Christian woman. Her unex
pected death has casi, a gloom over the
community and caused sorrow in many
bcai I.s._
A Woman Scalped.
At Covington, Ha., Mrs. J. W. Wor
sham, wife of the superintendent ot
thc Covington cotton mills, suffered
Thursday from a distressing accident,
as the result of which she may die.
While in Hie basement of thc mill her
hair was caught In some belting of
moving machinery and she was
scalped, the skin and hal: being torn
from her nose to the back of her neck.
The machinery was stopped as soon
as possible and she was rescued from
lier precarious position. Her condi
tion is serious, and her physicians can- j
not tell what may be the outcome,
aside from the permanent disfigure
ment.
A H0? TIME.
?rover Cleveland Charged With Din
ing With a Negro Man.
There was a red hot debate in Uie
house on Monday, During which Mr.
Scott asked Mr. Gilbert if bc did not
know th' ? a negro dined at the White
?louse during Presideut Cleveland's
drat administration, to which Mr.
Gilbert replied that thc Democrats
were not particularly claiming Mr.
Cleveland, and that he wat not a Urst
class Democrat.
Mr. Scott then said that C. H. .J.
Taylor, a negro from Georgia, was
brought to Washington and was
taken to the White House when Mr.
Cleveland invited him to dine with
him, which Invitation be said, was
accepted.
Mr. Scott drew a contrast between
Washington and Ta>lor, saying the
former was a man ol' recognized abil
ity and had been the guest of distin
guished people at home and abroad,
including Queen Victoria, and declar
ed that the later had nothing to com
mend him save the claim that he car
ried the Democratic negro vote in his
pocket. He said rurthcr that Taylor
had been appointed to a position in
Washington. "And by Cleveland,"
suggested a voice on thc Republican
side.
Continuing, Mr. Gilbert said that
in the Spanish war there were Gener
al Miles, commanding general of the
army; Admiral Dewey at Manila, Ad
miral Schlcy, < ?ener?is, Lee, Wheeler
and Hell, all of whom were Demo
crats. Cn the other side he said there
was a member of thc Republican cab
inet accused of sending embalmed beef
to the soldiers. "Then," he said,
"there was a Republican norse doctor
sent to Cuba who was accused of be
friending the gamblers and lawbreak
ers."
He referred to the conviction of
Rathbone and Neely and alluded to
General Funston, who, lie charged,
had violated the rules of ci viii/. ;d war- j
fare in wearing i/ne uniform of an
enemy in the cap'urc of Aguinaldo.
He next referred to General Davis,
"who," he said, "sold rice and other
provisions to starving natives at enor
mous profits."
Tlie Republicans had promised to
destroy trusts, declared Mr. Gilbert,
but tiley now had a bill in bbc senate
"making lawful all reasonable trusts
and repealing the imprisv' -.ment
clause of the Sherman law as to crimi
nals."
Mr. Dalzell (l'a.) discusssiiig Cana
dian reciprocity, said he had been un
able Lo lind, after exhaustive research,
a single, solitary argument which
would justify thc negotiation of a re
ciprocity treaty between the United
States and Canada;
Mr. Williams (Miss.), responding to
Mr. Dalzell, asked thc majority why
they did not pass thc Kasson treaties
which, be said, represented McKinley
reciprocity.
[DISPENSARY EMPLOYES.
Som.' Fal .lobs Mr. Tatum tina to
Clive Ou..
Tl e Cdumbia State says sixty em
ployes on a $2,-lui) a month pay roll at
the State dispensary aie on the anx
ious bench to know what the new
commissioner, Mr. W. (J. Tatum, is
preparing tu do with their heads.
Mr. Tatum is keeping painfully silent
on the subject, and while the greater
number of the present employes are
expecting to retain their respective
positions, Lhe commissioner is being
besieged from every section of the
State Hy applicants for all sorts of
jobs, lt is Lhought the tension will1
he relieved now in a few days, as Mr.
Tatum is expected to announce his
appintments when he. comes herc to
take charge early this week.
Only one man knows so far "where
he ls at." This is Mr. G. Ii. Charles,
vs ho as chief h jokkeeper and secretary
to the hoard of directors lias been re
appointed by the board with the ap
proval of tiie commissioner. Mr.
Charles has great strength with the
management on account of his compe
tency and long service, and he is pop
ular with thc other employes. Ile
receives a salary of i 1.10 a month.
Thc Incumbents of the other lea 1
ing positions with the monthly salar- ,
? es they receive are:
Superintendent -T. K. Dickson,
412,-,.
Assistant Superintendent .1. E.
Kar hard t, 805.
Shipping Clerk-Ctiarles .1. Lynch,
.S12?.
Receiving ('.erk -W. .). Powers,!
$100.
Five Traveling Inspectors- W. J.
McCartha, N. II. S tansell, '/.. A. Sear
son, A. IT. Dean and Clarence L.
Brown, each $100 and expenses.
Four Bookkeepers-M. H. Mobley,
B. A. Hawkins, W. N. Kider and T.
W. Collins, *r_\*. each.
Revenue Clerk T. I'. C. Reasoner,
&".">.
The new board is expected to hold
its lirsL regular monthly meeting on
the ?Lb of Mareil.
A Slander Nailed.
In reply to news which has been
talked, it is false. As 1 am well
known over the State and 1 know that
noue can prove such against me, as I
now remain single. 1 want one, and
all to know lt. As 1 have been
charged with having a wife. Now if
there is any woman who wishes Lo
make any snob claim against me, this
is the time for I would like to know
wno it may be. if news carriers
would mind their own business, our
county would be far better oil. As I
learn, there arc many who seem to he
interested in rac, Just bear in mind,
if I ever get married, there, will lie
many who will sing ann shout
"Dixie." As 1 have been hearing
bad news and my name is a dayly
song: it must bc stopped now, at once.
- A. M. .1., in Walterboro Press and
Standard.
Otv? lip tho Job.
Postmaster E. S. Parnell of i nion
Junction, Ark., bas resigned because
he h. afraid of being killed by feudlsts.
i Four members of his f iraily have been
j assassinated within the past fifteen
months, and be intends to hunt a saf
pilme.
GIVES IT THE LIE
Grover Says He Did ^Not Lunch
"Witli a Colored Man
AS CHARGED T? Y A CONGRE SM AN.
Social I equality ol' thc Itooseveltion 1
Variety Discussed in a Very
l'iain Manner in the
House Thurndny.
In the houseThursday a letter from
Grover Cleveland to Representative
Webb of North Carolina was read de
nying that C. H. J. Taylor, a negro,
bad dined with him at the White j
House while he was president, as!
charged by Representative Scott of
Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Webb
said he had writteu the former presi
dent sending him an extract from
The Congressional Record und asking
ii the statements made by Mr. Scott
were true. '
"This morning," he said, "1 receiv
ed tlie followiug reply," which he
read amid, applause:
Princeton, N. J., March 2.
E. Y. Webb, 'House of Representa
tives.
Dear Sir: It ls a matter of small
concern to me that Mr. Scott has
seen lit to use my name in a display
of lils evil propensities on the Moor of
the house of representatives. lu an
swer to your inquiry, however, I have
to say of his statement that the col
ored man, C. H. J. Taylor, took lunch
with me at the White Hoi.se that it
is a deliberate fabrication out of the
whole cloth.
As far as Mr. Taylor is concerned, I
understiind, prior to his appointment
as register of deeds at Washington
that he had served as an assistant in
the util ce of the city attorney at Kan- ;
sas City. His nomination as register ?
was con tir med by the senate and lie ?
served in that place with intelligence I
and elheiency. He has since died. |
Some people restrain themselves Trom
abusing thc dead.
My Inquiries concerning Mr. Taylor
before lils appointment, my observa
tion of him during Iiis incumbency,
and the little. I have known of him
since sal isfy me that his character is
very unjustly attacked in the diatribe
of Mr. Scott.
One (barge is made against Mr.!
Taylor l y Mr. Scott whicli he doubly !
clinches with trutli when Jie declares, j
"Ile wa; a black negro." I am led, !
however, to doubt his familiarity with
his suggestion when he adds: "As
black as you ever ssw."
Yours very truly, .
G nov EU CLEV ULAND.
Mr. Webb, said he~wat ted this de
nial t.o~*r?- '.UVrt??r-t bo.j.tatement of
Mr. Scott n. ght fie overtaken.- -- '-'
"Mr. Cleveland was a Irlend of the
negro, but not a fool friend," said Mr. J
Webb. "He never by wt rd or action
encouraged thc dream of social equal- !
ity in the breast of the dacie man." I
This was greeted with ipplause by j
thc Democrats.
"Again," he continuel, "he was
the frier d of colored men. but he also
was the friend of tlie soi them white
nan and sympathized with us in our!
n.ce problems and race burdens, and
that, sir, is more than Mr. Roosevelt
seems ever to have done..'
Mr. Scott said lie accepted the .
statement of Mr. Cleveland as true
and offered his apology to the former
president. In justice to himself, said
Mr Scott, lie desired to say that he
never before heard the report denied.
Mr. Swanson of Virginia asked Mr. i
Scott where lie had heard the report,
to which Mr. Scott replied that he
had seen the statement in newspa
pers.
Mr. Swanson asked further for a
copy of tl newspaper containing tlie
statement. Mr. Scott explained that
these statements were made several
years ago and the papers might not j
ba easily procured. He said that he I
had made full apology to Mr. Cleve
land.
Mr. Scott added that he had
brought to Mr. Cleveland for the tirst
time in four years applause from the ;
I ?einocratle side.
This was loudly applauded upon the
majority side of thc chamber.
Mr. Williamsville minority leader,
charged that Mr. Roosevelt bad dined
Hookes Washington to carry tlie light
of example to the south which does not
believe In social equality. When a ?
question is raised, he said, against the
appointment, of a negro to positions in
the south the statement is made that
there can be no discrimination on ac
c amt of color: but, continued Mr.
Williams, tlie administration would
not appoint a Chinaman as a postmas
ter on thc Pacltio coast if lie possessed
thc ability of Li Hung Chang. Mr.
William , said tlie whole incident was
a telling blow at the abstract theory
of general equality and tin t it "is a
discovery of Hie underlying hy pro
crisy of tile contention thu., all men
are socially equal, regardless of color,
race, traits and tendencies."
Mr. Scott desired to know who had
been asserting social equality.
"I have understood," replied Mr.
Williams, "that the political theory
of your household political faith for
tlie last 20 years has been that men,
regardless of color, race, traits, ten
dencies, characteristics, capabilities
or what-not ought tobe strictly equal
politically," and said social equality
must follow.
"Hut that is not all, the head of
.your party set thc example of social
equality In the only mannet it eau lie
set by inviting a black man toa:
table."
Mr. Williams said thal; ir what thc!
president had done was not to carry
the light of example it was done for
no purpose at all.
"It was an unconscious exhibition.'
continued the minority leader, "of
tlie arrogance that teaches men now
and then to shed the light of example
upon thc benighted white population
of the south."
Mr. Williams went on: "Nor am I
quarreling with Mr. Roosevelt, nor
have I quarreled with him at all. He
bas a perfect right to Invite a colored
man If lie chooses, but as far as I
know he waited until lie vas president
of thc Uuited States so ty could bear
an oflioial stamp before pe ever did
lt."
Mr. Scott said he had ^ade no Im
putation of fault against? Mr. Clcvc
land. He had simply pointed to>the
allegation he made because thc Demo
cratic party had gone luto hysterics
because one man bad invited a col
ored man to his table."
"All right," said Mr. Williams, "1
am glad to hear that because I
thought the gentleman had a sharp
stick and was after my dear and much
adored old friend, Grover Cleveland."
(Laughter.)
Further discussion was cut short by
a point of order.
A LOCAL OPTION MEASURE
Pcrmlttiuft Townships to Vote Upon
Special Hoad Tax.
The special township road tax law,
recently enacted by the general as
sembly, is of much Interest to the
residents of South Carolina. The ast
is so explicit that it is reproduced lu
full:
''The voters or electors of any town
ship who return real or personal prop
erty for taxation, are authorized to
levy and collect an annual joad tax, to
supplement any special or other funds
for like purposes, in the following
manner: Upon the written petition
or request of at least one-fourth of
the resident electors of the township
and a like proportion of the resident
free-holders of the age of 21 years,
as shown by the tax books o? the
county, hoing tiled with the county
board of commissioners, asking for
thc same and stating the rate of the
tax levy proposed which shall not
exceed two mills, the said county
board of commissioners shall order
tho township board of assessors of sa d
township to lind an election at some
place within thc township, after giv
ing notice of the time and place there
of f ir at least tvro weeks in some
newspaper published within thc
county, and by pissing notice there
of in at least three public places
within such township, for such
length of t'me, unless there be no
new sp iper published within thc coun
ty, which event the posting of the no
tices as above shall sufllee. At which
said election only such electors as re
turn real or personal property for tax
ati >n, and who exhibit their tax re-1
eel;.ts and registration certificates as
required in general elections, shall be
all? wed to vote. For said election the
tov nshlp Kiard of assessors shall ap
poi it the managers, and the election
Shi 1 be cinducted as is provided by
law for tl e conduct of general elec
tio :s. At f-aid election each elector
fav iring tl e proposed levy shall casta
ballot cortaining the word 'Ves,'
printed or written thereon; and each
elector opiosed to said levy shall cast
a ballot containing the word 'No,'
prb.ted or writen thereon. Within
ten days af ter such election, if the
majority tf those voting shall vote
for such J?vvj thc board ot assessors
Shalt furnish thc county auditor with
a statemei t of the amount so levied,
and the auditor shall enter the same
in the tax 3uplleate; and he shall an
nually, for two years only, enter said
amount in bbc tax duplicates; and the
county tre; surershall collect the same
as other co ?uty and State taxes. Such
levy shall I e a lien on the property In
such township, which shall be subject
thereto In ':ase of default of payment. I
Sa'd tax sc collected shall be used for
the improvement of the public rtads
of the township, and shall be paid out
by the coin ty treasurer upon warrants
drawn by t ie county board of commis
sioners, countersigned by the chair
man of the township board of asses
sors: Provided, That any surplus of
such levy remaining in the hands of
the county treasurer at the expira
tion of any tiscal year shall be paid
out the next year for tbe same pur
pose."
PROTECTION OF BIRDS.
It Would in IJAI-KO Measure Solve the
?oil Weevil Problem.
In all this talk about expenditures
for helping the farmers in the cotton
belt to kill the boll weevil-govern
ment help that, wc believe, is never
extended io northern farmers when
their crops are menaced-it is strange
that not on,e congressman bas blt upon
the cause of the trouble. The weevil
multiplies because the birds tbat
would otherwise consume it are being
killed otT. Here is a preposition to
spend large sums of federa money to
help the men who have been killing
their best i'riends. Last year the ra va- i
gesof the boll weevil in Texas amount
ed to $2?,l)?u,00?. Did the gains of
the compensate for that? Will the
profits of all tbe feather corkers In
the world imcnd for the hus to be In
dicted on the cotton growers In our
southern tier, if the weevil Increases
bis pasturage? If so, and the whole
cotton belt suffers as Texas has suf
fered, it is estimated that the loss will
equal a quarter of a billion annually.
The man who kills the bird that
bas been eating the grubs and beetles
in Iiis orchards and plantations, be
cause be can convert the bird's skin
into merchandise worth a few cents,
brings upon himself the means of fail
ure, and deserves that failure when lt
co .nos, for the wearings he bas receiv
ed have been plentiful!. The women,
who are responsible for the enormous
slaughter of our songsters, because
they wanted their dead bodies to wear
in hats, arc realizing the necessity
for reform in this matter, and among
tin thinking members of tbe sex the
fashion of bird wearing has gone out.
Tl :re are, however, thousands of the
Ign ?rant and iii bred who advertise
th ir vulgarity by the wearing of dead
au iials upon their clothing, and so
loi < as tbe want exists there will bc
foi nd mc i base enough to supply it,
j though tb J cost is a high one. Take
! tin-shotgun away from the southerner
I for a few seasons, and wo shall bear
less of weevils, and less of appropria
tions. _
Helps Japan.
Tho Turkish government has resolv
ed to forcibly prevent the Russia
Black sea Meet from passing through
the Dardanells, and a light will prob
ably occur should such an attempt be
made. The defenses along the straits
have been strengthened and minos
have been laid. An olllcor has also
been appointed especially to supervise
defensive measures. The reason for
Turkey's bold action, it Is learned, Is
that strong representations have been
made by the powers against such a
breach of Russia's treaty obligations.
? HOMES AND LIVES
Pay a Heavy 'Tribute to tho Haging
Prairie Fires.
A dispatch from Lawton, Okla.,
says prairie tires that sweptover large
portion of Kiowa and Comanche cou?-4
ties Thursday night, destroyed hun
dreds of farm buildings and much live
stock, made 1,000 persons homeless,
caused tho death of several persons,
threatened a number of towns and
swept away Fcores of buildings on the
outskirts of the towns. The follow
ing deaths are verified:
Dr. Harmond, 6ix miles from Law
' ton; body found.
Unknown boy, body found OD
! prairie near Lawtoo, burned beyond
identification.
John Harmond and a daughter of
Mrs. Henderson, living near Lawton
were fatally bumed.
The country was very dry, no rain
having rallen for months. Grass and
stubble tires, set by farmers as is cus
tomary at at this season of the year,
were driven beyond control by a vio
lent gale which rose suddenly.
Estimates of the loss exceed $200,
000.
Report says that more fatalities are
expected as the reports from some dis
tricts are meagre.
At Hobart, the county scat of
Kiowa county, the tire appracbed from
the east, destroying the stables and
fifteen race horses, tifteeu residences,
two business houses aud various small
buildings. Spreading to the south
west, the tire swept seventy-five
thousand acres of military and timber
reserve and Indian school reserve, de
stroying several Indian houses and
forty head of government cattle.
Spreading westward the flames cov
ered miles of the homestead district,
destroying houses, barns and stock.
It was in this district that tive per
sons are reported to have perished in
attempting to protect their property.
L HO Ut.uj^.i . tjii i \r \- ..l* ? \s Jvvu .V.U.. UVU .
They are as follows:
Dock and John Harmon, brothers,
and a man named Fisher.
The other two were women and
their names have not yet been learned.
Late at night the tires began mov
ing ?ou th ward''toward the city. At
midt.ight tive thousand people of the
city were battling with the approach
ing llamos. The advance line of thc
fire was fully two miles in length and
caiDt in a semi circular form.
A thousand men turned their ef
forts to checking the grass hurders of
the reservation at the city limits.
Water from every source, carried in
every conceivable way, was distributed
along this line and all around the city
limits. This served the purpose of
checking the advance lines of the fire,
but wasof llttle^avail in hindering the
continual rolling of the fire brands
into the street of the city. In more
than a hundred places Hames arose
from dwellings, barns and outhouses,
but wherever a blaze'grew nen were
present to quench it with water. As
a result of the ecol judgraeit of the
fire-fighters the city's loss, was only
810,000.
Families lay out in tlu prairie
throughout the freezing nil ht after
.he storm had passed with only thin
clothes on their backs. Hundreds of
n< opie are destitute and are suffering
Intensely from the cold.
AN INSANE SOLDIER
Violto tlie War Department und |
SbootB Down Two Soldiers.
At Washington armed with a 38
callbre revolver, Wm. J. O'Brien,
alias Wm. Duffy, an insane discharged
soldier Thursday entered the war de
partment and going to room 227 in
the mail and record division, shot
Robert J. Manning, a messenger, and
Arthur Wiecker, a clerk. Miss Emma
Saxton, another clerk, barely missed
being shot through the head. The
injury tc Manning is on the right side
Just above the kidneys and is regarded
as dangerous. Wiecker was shot in
the left arm above the elbow. Before
t he maniac could Ure a third time he
was overpowered by James J. Dawson,
a, messenger. It required the com
bined strength of half a dozen men to
finally subdue the man. Piominent
among them was Lieut. Gen. Adna R.
Ohat?ee, chief-of-staff. The lunatic
still held the smoking weaptn In his
hand when Gen. Chaffce noticed it
and with his left hand took the wea
; pon from him and also the pipers in
j his pocket. Majs. Kean and Ireland,
j if the surgeon general's sti ff, were
? hastily sent for and gave tint aid to
i thc injured men before tl ey were
taken to the Emergency hospital.
O'Brien or Duffy in talking to
Charles Brandt, thc chief of the divi
sion, expressed di:;r.atlsfaction with
his discharge papern. Then without
a word of warning he drew the pintol
from his pocket and aimed it directly
at Brandt's head. Brandt ducked and
the bullet entered the arm of Wiecker.
He then turned the weapon on Miss
Saxton and fired. She, too, dodged
and thc bnllct struck Manning.
O'Brien was taken to the police
station, lt requiring four men to get
him out of the building. O'Brien
was admitted to St. Elizabeth's asy
lum In 1893. He later wan paroled
but returned In 1897. Ho served in
the Sixth cavalry ana Third artillery.
No Sloop in Ten Years.
A bert Herpin, born In France in
18(52 and for fifteen years a hostler in
the employ of Walter Phares, of Tren
ton, N. J., declares he has not slept
a wink in the last ten years and that
his eyes seldom closed in slumber for
several years preceding. Notwith
standing this, he does not seem to
suffer any discomfort from his remark
able condition. He goes to bed re
gularly, but says he never closes his
eyes, or at least never for an Instant
loses consciousness of all that ls go
ing on about him. In the morning he
arises refreshed and ready for another
day's work. He-declares tho ohange
of position and the darkness of tho
room seem to give him all tho rest he
requires. The man's story ls sustain
ed by physicians who have examined
him and who have made vain efforts
to afford relief. j
TEACHERS WANTED
By the United States in the Philippine
Island Schools.
HOW TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.
Unmarried Women Not KUiglble for
Kxamlnatton, but Wll'be Glvon
-, Proforeo.ce If Their HUB
bands are Selected. ^
The United ' States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina
tion on March 29-30, for the position
?of teacher in the Philippine Service.
Information has been received from
the Insula Bureau of the War Depart
ment that 150 additional teachers
will be required early in June. The
salary of this position ranges from
$900 to $1,200 pc- annum and will be
based upon the experience and the rel
ative standing in the examination.
Those appointed will be eligible for"
promotion to the higher grades in the
service, ranging from $900 to $2,000
for teachers, and from $1,500 to $2,
500 for division superintendents.
Women will not be admitted to this
examination, excepted that the wives
of male applicants v iii be permitted
to take the examination and, if they .
pass will be preferred in appoint
ments, provided their husbands are
also selected for appointment. This
examination is held in view of the
ueeds ol the service and will not take
the place of the examination schedule
to be held on April 19.
As peace has been established in
the Philippines and the conditions of
living are improving every month,
this examination alfords an excellent
opportunity for young men to enter
an attractive service. Applicants for
this examination should be devoted
to their profession, and conscientious,
energetic, aod successful workers.
The examination will consist of ten
obligatory subjects. There will be
no optional subjects given at this
Linie.
Two days of seven hours each will
be allowed for this examination. The
tirst live subiects will be given on the
tirst day, and the remaining subjects
on thc second day.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, which will
be weighed as follows:
Thesis (of not les.* than 300 words
on. either subjects given, to test
knowledge cf syntax, style, spelling,
punctuation, and capitalization) 12.5;
penmanship (rated on thesis), 5;
Arithmetic (as comprised in the ordi
nary grammar school text-books,)
12.5; English (as treated in the jrdi
nary giammar school text-books, in
cluding analysis and parsing), 12.5;
Geography (mathematical, physical
and political) 10; History aud civil gov
ernment of the United States (ascov
ered in the grammar school text-books
and the CoLstitution of the United
States),-12.-5: Physiology and hygene
(as found in the grammar school text
books), 7.5; Natuaral study and draw
ing (involving a knowledge of the de
velopment, growth, habits, and pecu
liarities of thc more common animals
and plants, methods of interesting
pupils in the study of the same, and
skill in the execution of illustrative
drawing), 7.5; Science of teaching
(comprising school governmenl, meth
ods of teaching, duties of the teacher,
etc.,) 10; Experience-, training, and
titness (rated on Form 2), 10; total,
100.
Age limit, 20 years: but preference
in certification will be given to those
who are under 40 years cf age.
Each applicant wiii be required to
submit to the examiner, on the day
lie ls examined, a recent photograph,
not more than three years old, of him
self, which will be filed with his ex
amination papers, as a means of iden
tification in case he receives appoint
ment. An unmounted photograph is
preferred. The date, place and kind
of examination, the examination num
ber, and the year in which the photo
graph was taken should be indicated
on the photograph.-^
This examination is open to all citi
zens of the United States who com
ply with the requirements, and olfers
an excelleut opportunity to entera
service which has many attractive
features and to see a most interesting
part of the world, China and Japan
are near at hand and are favorite
places to visit during vacations. The
Philippine Service ls classified, and
the law contemplates promotions on
the basis of merit from the lowest to
the highest position.
Appointees will bc required to pay
their expenses from their homes to
Manila.
Persons who desire to compete
should apply for application blanks at
once._
Good for the Governor.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State says a big cocking main was in
terrupted Thursday by Sheriff J. D.
Gilreath, acting under instructions
from Gov. Hey ward, and there was
great disappointment in the crowd
numbering 150 who had come from
North Carolina, Georgia and various
points in this section. The rendevous
was nearly live miles from the city, at
McHee distillery, and the cock fight
ing was about to begin when Sheriff
Gilreath and his deputy drove upon
the ground, which caused such con
sternation a large number took to tho
woods literally. A messenger was
sont immediately to tire city for legal
advice, and when Senator Dean was
consulted this afternoon bc informed
all that the sheriff was obeying in
structions from the governor. The
courier hurried back and it was agreed
to stop any further proceedings.
Sn bj oe I fur the Kool killer.
A Brooklyn min ster, Rev. Cort
land Myers, slated to his horrified
congregation one Sunday that ho had
not washed his hands s'nee he had
shaken the band of President R >cs2
vdt the week before. Thc Minnea
polis Times svys the congregation has
been on the lookout for their pastor's
resignation ever since, feeling con
vinced that be ts qualifying fora pro
fess jrshipinJjlmJD^
Thc .Japanese Won oiled.
Seventy-one wounded ofllcers and
men from the Japanese fleet arrived
at Sasebo on the hospital ship Kobe
Maru from Port Arthur. All these
wore wounded in the attack upon Port
Arthur.
