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HOW IT WORKS. inspartia! View of the Prohibition j ? Experiment as Seen by MAY?TIS AND POLIOS Of the County Scats and the County Officials Who Live There lu Several C( unties. Ti o Experiment Succeeds la Some and Falls In Others. Fifteen of tho 41 counties in South Oarolina have within tho last two years olosed the dispensary by popular vote under what ls known as the "Brice law." These counties now have prohibition, as do tho oounties of Marlboro and Oreen wood, which have never had dispensaries. Wishing to obtain a fair, Impartial and accurate Idea of the working of prohibition under this system of limited local option, Tho Stato sont to its corres pondents in tho county seats of tho 15 counties the following letter: 'Please obtain from the sheri IT supervisor and superintendent ol education of your county and from the mayor and chief of polloo of youi town a statement as to conditions nineo and before the oloslug of the dispensaries in your county, as tc sobriety, law and order. Ask the BherlfiC and ohlof of police paitioularly as to the comparative prevalence of blind tigers under dispensary and pro hlbltion, and also as to the 'jug trade. Give impartially tho senti ment of the people oonocrning oondi tiona before and after voting out thc dispensary, asking each of tbeso cfftolals if ho considers that the peo pie desire dispensaries reopened or aro satisfied with the prescut situa Mon." The replies arc presented be low and they speak for themselves SPARTAN BU ltG COUNTY. Sheriff John M. Nicholls states there ls less lawlessness In tho county and that conditions generally arc bot ter. "I do not think that tho people desire tho rouponing of tho dispeu sary. Tho court records show that there are not as many blind tigers ab in tho days of thc dispensary." Ghitff of Police A. B. Dean, of Spartanburg, in reply to a question, stated that there is at present tn Spartanburg prohibition lu every sense of tho word. Tt:e tigers have been driven out aud with tue excep tion of tho "pooket trade" there is at prisent practically no illicit selling of whiskey here. "The jug trade is still heavy, although 1 ttdnk that there has been a falling off recently." Thc conditions as to law and order ano sobriety are better, as tho police due ket will show, and for the police de partment matters arc certainly quiet er than when thc dlsptnsaiy was here. I do not think that the people generally desire thc reopening of the dispensary in Spaitanbuig." Mayor John li1. Floyd, of Spartan burg, stated that there was no com parison between the number of drunks and disorderlies which come up before him now and the number whion came up during tho dispensary regime. "The present admlnintration of the Oity's affairs ls trying to give thc peo ple praotioal prohibition and is suc ceeding. The general condition of the town In regard to law, order and sobriety ls much better than when the dispensary was in Spartanburg." Mayor Floyd stated that the bund tigers bad beer, driven out of business and that they would he kept out. Inquiry at the express ellice In rc gard to the jug tiadu resulted in a statement being made that there ls a slight diminution in tho traillo, but thia was thought to be owing to thc hot weather. The cypress cilloials State that there is a ?egular trade which varies but little. At times these nhl),mein:; amount to over 100 gallon per day. Thc correspondent eayB "in the city of Spartanburg there are practically no blind tigers, the illlolt dealers having bein driven out by the city administration and tile Spartanburg force of Slate constabu lary." CC0N1CK COUNTY, Mayor das. Thompson, of Walhalla, says that there have not been over half dozen cabes before him foi drunkenness since thc dispensary was voted out. When the dispensary was here be frequently had that many per week. There aro no act! ve tigers In town. The Jug trade ls not ono-hun dredth as muon as thc dispensary sold. Wants no moro dlspensury. Ohief of Police Davis, of Walhalla, Bays that law and order and sobriety have inoreased at least 80 per cent, since tho dispensary was closed. Has arrested but one man for drunknesslu inn last three months. Ile watches express for jug trade. Whon a per son receives more than a half gallon per week he must show what bc is do lng with lt. Have a town ordinance to that effect. Don't want dispensary. Prohibition is a success. Sheriff Will Kay says conditions have improved undor prohibition There aro fewer tigers and much less drunkenness under prohibition than under tho dispensary. Considers Walhalla tho driest town of Its size lu tho Stato. Liquor can scarcely be found here at all. The people over whelmingly favor prohibition. Mr. J. S. Gollcns, county superin tendent of education, says: "As rc gards tho Information you desire con coining tho dispensary and liquor trafilo beforo and after thc dosing of tho dispensary, 1 shall say the condi tions are much bettor since tho dis pensary closed than they were before. \be order of our town ls far suporlor .ow to what it was under thc dispon Ary system. Tho majority of the ?opie of Oconee county desire no dis oensarles for tho betterment of her ?ple." 1'ICKKNS COUNTY. The ?my?r of Piokcns, J. Mci) Bruoo, says: "That the people arc Stistlod and thora ls less drunkness, and less disorder, in fact not enough Of disorder to Justify tho keeping nf a polloo. The policeman was turned off after tho dispensary was closed and we havo not needed ono sli.ee. As for blind tigers, about tho same; there would bo moro If lt were not for State constables keeping them down." Shorlff J. G. Jennings says: "That since dosing tho dispense rles there are less blind tigers In thc county than there wore when thc dlspemary was in operation, there would bc a ore If it were not for Sttto constables. There Is less drunkness and disorder by 9, largo per cont. Tho people aro ??-- ? athfi d with present conditions and in not desire dispensaries reopened. I Tho supervisor, Msj. G M. Lynoh, lays: "That tba people are sathflad . ith pr? sent conditions. There is ss drinking and disorder and not as ?iany blind tigers as there were when llspensary was in operation. u .unty Superintendent of Educa tion lt. T. Halium says: "That the sentiment of the people is against the dispensary and they do net desire lt to bo opented. Tb ore ls less of drun kenness and disorder. LANCASTKK COUNTY. Mayor Wilie, of Lancaster, ls ab sent from the olty and no expression could bo obtained from him but the acting mayor, Waideu T. S. Garter, said: "There has been great impro vement in conditions of both town and county. Virtually no blind tigers now. Ruc ly seo or hear of a drunk man. Remarkable increase in cash trade of town. People thorough ly satisfied with prohibition " Sheriff J dm P. nutter says: "There is much less drinking and drunkenness than when the d upon sary was hero. Believe a majority of thc people here want to see State and county dispensaries wiped off the face of th* earth." M. 0. Gardner, county superviso! Lancaster: "Conditions ovor count) greatly improved. Seldom hear of i blind tiger. M, jorlty of people satis tied with prohibition." I. T. Hunter, oblef of police o Lancaster: "Conditions wonderfully Improved In town of Lancaster slno< d 8p"nsary closed. Rtcords show onlj live (5) arrests for drunkenness f.-r firs' six months of this year as against fifty-four (54) arrests for same month of 1005. Fewer blind tigers. Jiu trado somewhat inoreased. Peopli satisfied with prohibition." SAL.U?A COUNTY. G. 0. Wheeler, mayor of Saludi says: "There ls far less drlnkini and less disorder In tho town of Salu da since the dispensary was removed 1 believe this to bo true in the count at large. As to whether or not lt I desired that dispensary bo reopens in this county sentiment is divided." Dr. J. W. Pitts, ex mayor, said "Tho amount of drunkenness an rowdiness has greatly decreased sine tho removal of tho dispensary and am sure tho majority of the people e the towu and eouuty are pleased a those results. " JJ. F. Sample, Sr., superintendente eduoatlon, stated that "there is lei drinking in tho town of Saluda sine tho removal of the dispensary, by th! I moan that drinking on tho part ( the people from the county, has di created. There aro fewer arrests, bl no laxness In the enforcement of lav The town dil dals are as rigid as eve 1 could not say whether thoro is mo or less drinking In tho county at lari but do believe there ls more UH whiskey handled. In my opinion tl people of thc county prefer the leg sale of whiskey to the illicit salo uf and would rather have the dispensa purged of rottenness and graft thi blind tigers." Il B. White, treasurer, gavo lt his op'nlon "that sobriety in tl town of Saluda has increased at los 60 per cent, since the dispensary w voted out and that there had beer corresponding increase in law a oider. Ho further thinks the poul uf the county do not want the dlBpc sary reopened. Thero in less la wie ness in the county and more sobr ty." B. F Sample, Jr., sbcrlif, sa "There ls considerably less drunki ness In the town of Saluda than wt the dispensary was here. Do r know how it, is in the county at lari The order hero ls much better. Th< was much complaint about the v, thc dispensary was managed a many of our people In the coui think that tho dispensary, propo and honestly managed, if that eau done, the best solution of tho wi key question." NKWBKUKY COUNTY, Chief of Police W. H. Harris, Newberry says: "There ls no cc parlson as to conditions now : when we bad the dispensary. rJ police docket will show that lawh ness has been greatly reduced WI the dispensary was here lt rcqul thc work of two police to keep dc rowdyism and make a certain str and corner passablo tho negre mostly drunk, crowding the thoron fare so. Now that ls all changed ? no chicer ls needed there. As blind tigers, there aro no more ii than before; In faot, there are few The conditions are better ten to on As to conditions in the county, SI: ill' Hu ff ord says bc can tell only wi be hears. That uhcre have been ports of blind tigers in different pa of the county, but these reports w also in circulation while tho dlsp Lary was hero. ANUlfiKSON COUNTY. Sheriff Green says that there been a great Improvement over county since the dispensaries w olosed Some blind tigers existed wi ube dispensaries remained open, ; since their removal the number tigers has shown some decrease. Th are a fow blind tigers, but the fjffU aro vigilant and suppress them they appear. There have boen bl tigers all tho time. Kcwor e-nmplal of drunkenness and shooting and ot disorders reaoh thc olllco of the she now. Mr. Green lives two miles no of the oily on the puhlio roads, solde m sccs a caso of drunkeni now^but while the dispensaries w opeitfrien, noisy anet drunken, pas Along tiie road. Mr. L M. Murphy, oblef of pol :>f Anderson says that conditions b Improved In tho city. There has h lome whiskey sold, but this has h in small quantities and from jug si ped herc to Individuals. That Is xtent of lt. Thero have been tl jonvlotlons In tho polloo court lolling liquor this year. Mr. E. lt, Nicholson, oounty su Inteudcnt of eduoatlon, thinks t londitlons have Improved slnco dosing of the dispensary, ile has jr;en moro than half a dc/.en drun nen since then. Drunkenness In :0untry bas been reduced greatly, ibservatlon leads him to beliovo. UN KIN COUNTY, The correspondent says in the if Linton the police and Stain con des arc very active now, and 1 die blind tiger situation so wei ?and that but very little liquor It ale, oven with what blind tigers n dispensary clays. Police Sergi Cvans, who has been connected v he foroea off and on for tho pant eais, Said; "As to drunkcnncsi ms generally decreased. Thcrooi how arrests for drunkcn'iess, Ji 1)05, 10; and Juno, 11)00 ft. A lind tigers, lt ls much easier to i roi thom now, as moro sentlmei gainst them and the people are ig the polloo moro In broaklng tl p. I believe that if the people v ) voto again, they would go atroi galtst tte dispensary than they did < ts t year, foi the majority N do not i .vant lt at ah, and especially after the i way lt has been run. Quite a great nany prefer h'gh lioerss to either prc uibttion or dispensary." i sherill J. W'Handers, when asked, i Mid: "When the dispensary was here bbo jail was nearly always full. Now lt is often almost empty. There is ?ot one fifth the drunkenness in this county now that there was in dispon Bary days, and I do nut believe the majority of tho people would have the dispensary hack." Tl A H ION COUNTY. Mr. J. R. Wilson, county superin tendent of eduoation, when asked con oerning the situation, said that he thought there was less liquor in the towns, but there seemed to be more in the country in some plaoes than there was before the dispensary was voted out. He said some had declar ed themselves in favor of the dispen sary who had voted against lt before, and gave as their reason that they had to order liquor in too large amounts. Supervisor I. P. Staokhouse said: "The results of abolishing the dispen sary in this county are, In my opin ion, in every way satisfactory and hopeful to the friends of temperance, reform and moral betterment." Mr. E. O Rogers ci the Marlon po lice foroe thinks thero ls less drunken ness and disorder on the street than there has boon for years. He says lt is very raro that a man is reported for being drunk. On being asket con cerning tho "jug trude," he estimated that between 16 and 20 gallons were reoolved hero daily. Ho believes there are more blind tigers than beforo tho dispensary was voted out. Mr. S G. Miles, mayor of the town of Marlon, says: "I think that the general condition of law and order 1B an Improvement. There is not as much drunkenness as before tho dis pensary was voted out, although there are live blind tigers now whoro there was one beforo. The "jug trade" ls largo, but there is nothing Uko as much liquor uBod as bofore." Sherill Evans Bald: "Do not be levo conditions havo been Improved by romoval of dispensary, blind tlgors galore; sentiment pro and con divid ed." (JUKHOK1SK COUNTY. Supervisor Wm. Phillips says that thoro ls dcoldedly loss drunkenness now tban bofore the dispensary was voted out. Does not know whether or not tho law is any botter observed. Mayor Little, of Gaffney says tbat be was mayor of Gaffney for two year? befor the dispensary was voted out and he docs not hesitate to say that hero were tl ve blind tigers then to one now. That the jug trade in his opinion ls now greater than then. That in his judgment the people are well satlstied with conditions as they stand and that under no clroumstanocK would they have tho dispensary baok. That numbers of people whom he knows In person who spent all their earnings for whiskey at the dispensa ry are doing well now and saving money. Ohtefof Police T. H. Lockhart of Gaffney Baya that there 1B nothing like as many blind tigers are running now as when the dlsyen?ary was open, that there ls a great deal less whis key shipped to Gaffney than when the dispensary was tlrst voted out, that be knows quite a number of people who are doing well now who spent all they made for whiskey before the dis pensary was voted out. llOHHY COUNTY. Sheriff B. J. Sessions says: "I oan't say that 1 BOC. any appreciable change In thc citizens' observance of law and order in Horry county siuoo we voted out the dispensary. The J ?g trade I? enormous, liquor ls ordered in largei quantities, and. they Boom to have just as much. I can't say that there aro any blind tigers, but I have every reason to behove there are, and that they aro moro plentiful now than he fore, thc voting out of the dispensary. Candidly I believe, from tho expr?s sions I hear throughout the county, that In the light of present oondl tions, if thc vote were again ordered, the paople would voto to rcopon the dispensary. County Supervisor W. K Holt ob 8orvcs: "I oan't say as to OOnditiOOG in Conway, but my Impression is that there must bo less drinking through out the rural districts of the oounty Binoe the voting out of the dispensary, yet tho jug trade is a great one. Then, too, if they oan't got the liquor, they will make lt anyhow. If whis key oould bc wiped out or kept out, 1 think that would suit our people, but considering present conditions. 1 be lieve the people much prefer tho re opening of dispensaries in this coun ty, In incorporated townB, however, for I don't behove they approve of tho woods dispensaries. In other words, 1 hear freq lent expressions that they prefer thc dispensary liquor to blind tiger liquor, and lt's one or the other. Tho mayor of Conway, Mr. H. L. Burroughs, speaks particularly of Conway, and says: "There may be loss drinking In Conway now than be foro the dispensary was voted out of the oounty, but we don't have as good ordor. Tho prevalonoo of blind tl Ifors, whloh I bellevo is about 20 to 1 inorease, keops the town In a stir. Tho blind tigers are reinforced by the enormous Jug trade to whloh the town ls subject. 1 know tho people are not pleased with blind tigers, and think [.hoy prefer the dispensary. Were thc vote again had on thc question of dis pensary or no dispensary, I think .hero would be little chango 'n the result unless oomblnod with the pri mary when the people turned Out ihen the dispensary, I think, would 30 voted baok." Mr. S. O. Jaokson, county suporvl lor, is of tho opinion that drunken ness has decreased In thc olty, but has ihown an Increase In tho country dis tricts. He says that there are a great nany blind tigers In the county. Mr. R. L. Koys, agent of the ex press company, estimates the increase n tho "Jug" trade at '?00 per cent. An iv^rago of about 50 gallons hi received it the local ollloo cacti day, with an tverago of 10 gallons per day for thc lame period last year. ciuicicN vn.i.K COUNTY. Mayor fl, H. Mahon, of Greenville, isked to compare thc conditions lu he county beforo and after thc vot ng out of thc dispensary, said, "lt s Impossible to got whiskey. The igcrs are under practially perfoot ontrol. 1 believe I am safo In say iig, off hand, that where there wore bree arrosts for drunkenness and dis rdorly conduct as a result of lntoxl atlon under the dlsponsary, there ls ut ono now." Sborlff Gllreatb said: "Mind tig rs havo not Increased in number luce, tho dispensary reign. Tho jug rade of liquor consumed now IB about ne-fifth of that oonsumed during tho ispensary reign. The Jug trade per aps lnoreased slightly when the dis oosary was first voted out. The ' ? ? ? " ?}? ??? wnstahles bocana? exceedingly VlgH inb, and the jug trade dropped oft rapidly until today hardly ai much whiskey la whipped Into tho city through, tho express ciaos as Was ihippod In Immediately following th? abolition ot til? dispensary, - (jrli.no has dooronsed very materially ?nd tba srresta for drunkenness have dropped ?ff very decidedly." Chief of Fol loe Beoknell, of Green vu lo: "Blind tigers ar? under oon brol and conditions In tb? city az? good. A dooided deorease in rowdy- j Ism and fewer arrests. Polio? records show that for th? six months ending January 1, 1006, (under the dispen sary) there were 647 arrests, a..d for tho six months ending July 1,. 1006 (under prohibition) thore wer? 337 ar rests, a falling off of nearly 60 per cont." D?W.INOTON COUNTY. Sheriff Blaokwell says: "A blind man can oom? hore and tell tb? differ ence. In faot there is uo comparison as to sobriety, law and order. Take tb? Fourth o' July, for Instance, when there were several thousand people bere. Tber? was not a disor derly man hero and I did not see on? under the influence of whiskey. All blind tigers of any imp?rtanos have heen squashed. Of course there are a number of pocket blind tigers, but bhero is not ono-tenth of whiskey sold as prior under tb? dispensary. And there is not any big sight of an in crease in the 'Jug' trade either. I don't know positively tho sentiment of tho people, but I am of the opinion that they are satlsflod with present oondltlons. I am confident they don't want the dispensary again." Mayor O. S. McCullough ot Darl ington, wben Interviewed aald: "We have had a great deal botter order In the town of Darlington slnoo the dis pensary was removed than before. Tho records show that," said bo, turning to bis books, showing a de crease of fully one-third in tho oases reoordod In tho same period of time before and slnoo. "Wo bave lees blind tigert In town now than under the dispensary, hut the Jug trado is some larger, I thing the sentiment of the town is that aa long as Floronco, Tlmmousvllle, B.sh op vii lo and Uheraw are with dispensa ries, tho people want ono lu town here to keop trade. But they really prefer not to have a dispensary at all and think that other towns should vots lt out." Chief of Polloe A. B Dargan stat ed: "We have less drunkenness and hotter order There are more blind tigers, but most of them are walking ones. Tire jug trade has Increased, but I don't think the people want the dispensary hack. It is my opinion that they would like to have a high license systom so far as tb? town ol Darlington is concerned." Supervisor C. W. Milling gave lt as his opinion that oondltlons have im proved under tho prohibition roglm?, that there is bettor law and order and that drunkenness bas doorrased. The superintendent of education was also interviewed but ho declined to express an opinion, saying that so 'ar as he is concerned he does nob oare for liquor in any shape or form. . SAVJ5D FROM GALLOWS. Gov Bey ward Commutes th^ Son tenor of Dob Sm lie. Gov. Hey ward Friday commited to life imprisonment the senteu" f Bob Smalls of North Carolina, w?.., - ) . ?>r sentence of death In Darlington jail. Smalls was sentenced to he h ail red In May of last year, but an appea' was taken to the supreme court. /., new trial could not be obtained and the case then cimo up to Gov. Heyward. Bob Smalls and J jhu Null wc/e ?Jwo vagabmd white men working at a saw mill in Darlington county. They killoe! a hard working negro named Frank Scott on the 6bh of March, 1005. Soott had shot a dog belonging to a Mr. Harper for whom tho white men were working. Scott was stop ped on the public highway by thtso two young white mun and was shot down without provocation. Tho as sailants were drinking. They perhaps acted moro in a spirit of bravado than with intent to murder, for the wound was in Frauk Scott's thigh and his death was caused by an artery being severed. After Scott was wounded, and after wards it turned out to be a fatal wound, Noll, In a savage and reckless spirit tired at Mr. Howie, a white farmer, who was remonstrating with the two young men. Noll was nen benccd to servo for lifo and Smalls was sentenced to be hanged. Gov. Heyward has been deluged with petitions in Smalls' bohalf. It was stated that this man was hardly responsible. Ho had never known the dilTerenco between right and wrong and has expressed great peni tence slnoo. There have been more petlblons in behalf of ll.i i man than for any other prisoner whoso life bas been demanded by tho law since Gov. Heyward came into otlloo. The prosecution endeavored to show mulloo booauso of an alleged throat Smalls had made. A wittier who oould not bc ohtalnod at tho time of tho trial has slnoo made an affidavit bhab Smalls did nob make such a bhreab ab bho Mme specified. This re lleves tho case of tho legal aspoot of murder, hut on aooount of the brutal ity of the homicide, Gov. Heyward t.hlnks that Smalls should be required lo spend the remainder of his days in prison. Smalls was but 10 when he oommit lied this orirne. He was from Asho Doro, N O., and his case was one to ?elbe pity. Only Two li lind:, There are two kinds of pcoplo on earth today, lusl two kinds of people, no more, 1 say, Nob Ino sinner and sahib, for 'Ms well understood, The good are half had, and tho had aro half good. Nob tho rich and t he poor, for to count a man's wealth IfOU must Hist know the state of his conscience and health, Mot thc humble and proud, for In life's little span rVho puts on vain ali s ls not eonnted a man. ^ot tho happy and sad, for tho swift Hying years, L ing each man lils laughter and oach man his tears, S'o The two kinds of people on earth 1 mean Lro tho people who lift and the peo ple who lean. Wherever you go you will lind the world's musses Ire always divided In Just these two (.lassos. ind oddly enough, you will lind. too; I ween, 'here's only one lifter to twenty who lean. n which class aro you? Aro you easing tho load >f overtaxed lifters who toll down the road? lr are you a leaner, who lets others hear Tour portion of labor and worry and caro? ?:^Z< v/r. . v. ; STATE EDITORS HAD A BIG'TIME AT ISLE OF JL'ALiMd And PUSH Resolutions ol Thanks to Those- Who Contributed to Their Pleasure. The following were reported bv the committee* on resolutions, wbloh was composed ot Messrs. J lt. McGheos, J. E. Normont, N. Qt. o.tcon, Wm. ! Banks and Jas. L. Sims, and unani mously adopted: .KUMAN?KKRIOAN yiUJBMDS It has been the good fortune of the members of the s .uti? Carolina Stato Press Association to have many cor dial greetings from many good friends in many plaoes. Theso greetings have had muoh to do with the life of our Association, and they are among our most oherished recollections. It has now fallen to our lot, in the kindly disposal of the gifts which Dame f rtune has smilingly shower ed upon us, to havo a welcome that rovealed fuller and deeper moaning of friendly consideration than was con stantly iu ovldenoe In the attentions s' own us by our friends of the Gor man R ilo Club and of the National Sohu'zm Bund. Thoroforo, bo it resolved, That we regrot sincerely ll mt wo can Und no words to adequately oxpross our great appreciation of this welcome, graci ous and cordial, and of the many courtesies that were ours. Resolved, That in the grytoful ac knowledgments wbloh wo hereby ten der to our Gorman-American friends, that wo feol and recognize not only the value of their kindly reception, but that more than all do wo appro olato this renewed ovldenoe of the patriotism aud faithfulness whtob binds them to their brethren in this, their now Fatherland. , MU. ?ADSDI?W A MKMliKll. Resolved, That lu oleotlng Coi. P. ? H. Gadsden an honorary member of this Assoolation, tho members of the Stato press have attempted to oonfer a distinction which is far from custo mary ; this beoauseof the manner In wbloh Col. Gadsdon, as president of i tho Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company, has spared no expenso to his company and no trouble to h.msuif in preparing for this meeting of tho Association and in adding to tho cr joymeut of the members by many courtesies and by > unremitting attention, Rdsolved further, That the Assoola tion is sensible of its Indebtedness to Col. G. G. Greenough, commandant of Fort Moultrie, for his courtesy in i permitting tho members of the press to visit tho forts and garrisons of Charleston harbor, and to Capt. Geo. L Dyer, for bis hospitality at home, and to the other (/Ulcers at tho Naval Station, which, on our next visit, we bopo to see completed. Resolved further, That wo hereby oxpro?s our appreciation of the mark ed oourtesy of Capt W. S. Benson, U. S. N., for the uso cf tho Wistaria for tho delightful excursion. "BSTEBMBD CONTHAirOUAIUEB. " In dosing this, the most eu j jyablo u sslon of tho Stato Press Association, in all its history, bolt. R s dved, That the thanks of the Association are duo and hereby arc tendered to The News and Courier and the Evening Poht, not only for the excellent, manner in wbloh they have kept track of tho meanderings and mind wanderings of the members of the Association, but also because of tho wbolesouled mauner lu which thc men who mako those papers have desertod their offices in order to con tributo to the pleasure, comfort and entertainment of the- A?soolatlon. Especially are tho thanks of thc Association due to the managing editor of Tho News and Courlor, Majjr J. C. Hemphlll, not only for bis genial presence, adding much to the pleasure and Interest and vivacity of thc mootlugs, but also because of his well intended kindness in tender ing bis editorial columns to the mom hors of the Association so that the readers ~f Tho Nows and Courier might bo given an opportunity by this comparison to apprcolato bow ably Tho Nows and Courier is editen seven days out of every lifty-two woek8. VRAIS? FOU IHN? HOSTS. Messrs Riddock & By ms, proprie tors of tiic Hotel Seashore, whlon was the headquarters of tho Association, drew this prize: Hospitality the world over ls the samo, except in Charleston, where lt has an enlargement of thc heart. Wc arc at a loss for words with which to express our appreciation of the many kindnesses shown us. The service hus been all that could be deired. We note the uniform oourtesy of every attaobo from the clever clerks In tho oflloe to tho bell boy?, and in every de tail tho entertainment has been com plete, therefore, belt. KoBolvod, That the thanks of this Assoolation be, and are hereby, ex tended to Messrs Ulddook & Myrna, the proprietors, and the Assoolation trusts that their success as hottllsts may know no bounds. LANGSTON A MF? MBWniCK. Mr. hanks offered thc following: Rosolved, Tnat on account of his conspicuously fatlhful services to this Association as secretary for a period of thirteen yoars, the South Carolina State Press Assoolation hcroby elects and declares that G. C. Langston is oiooted an honorary momber for lifo. Mr. Norment offered the following: There ls no more strong atti Ibu te to bo found within tho scop, and influ ence of our Association than ls the fraternal oord that binds together kindred spirits. With this ls linked inseparably appreciation of sorvlce and al?'Ctlon of deepest Interest lu all that oonoerus eaoh and overy momba' of our Association. Knowing that your eommlttoo voices tho sentiments of our entire Association, be lt resolved, therefore, that wc do not need to ex press to our brother, C. C. Langston, who for twelve yoars bas been our val ued and eillolent secretary, our sincere regret at tho necessary severing of theso oillolal relations. He does not neod to be told that he carries with hlm-our sympathy and affection in the reasons that make his resignation neoss ary. With thc prayer that he will soon bo restored to health, that he will soon bo again numhored among our activo workers, we wish him hoaltb, happiness and prosperity. IN MHMOHY OK UOSWKI.I. T I.OUAN. Mr. N. G. Ostoen, on behalf of the committee, rcportod tho following: When a man dies, who, by having used and Improved tho talents gi von bim by bis Creator, has distinguished himself In bis life-work and has put his fellow mon under obligation, lt ls right and proper tbat they should hon or his memory and put upon record testimony of their appreciation of hts worth and character. Therefore, be lt resolved, That in the death of Roswell T. Logan, the .South Carolina State Press Associa tion bas lost a valued member, and the State of South Carolina i son who served hor well and faithfully. Hts love for bis State and bis ability as a newspaper man-were attested through out tho many years of faithful and ar duous work in the several positions be so ably Ailed. Resolved, That a page in our minu tes bo imorlbed with his name, age and dato of death and a oondensed narrative of his servloe. M'i u:sc resolutions were all adopted unauim usly and with hearty spirit. EDUCATION OF NEGROES. Wants His I'coido tu Uconino Broad winnora With; Good Morals. Tho Chattanooga, Tenn., Darby Times, of July 24, says: The enter tainment given at tho auditorium last night under the auspices of tbe colored department of tho Y. M. 0. A. was a signal success, a number of white people being present besides possibly 2,000 negroes. The principal event of the evening was tho address of T. E. Miller, of O.augcburg, S. C., president of the state .college of S ou th Carolina for negroes at that point. He v?as con gressman from that district to the ttftytlrst congress as well as being a member of the state legislature of South Carolina for a number of years. His subj.lot was the needs of educ tion for tue negro raoo. He said that when Booker T. Wellington iirst started out with his doctrine of a tooth brush and a bar uf soap as the llrst needs of tho negro, be considered him narrow-minded, listening to bim with horror and disgust. "Now, however," he said, "he has broadened out and I admire bim when ho gets upon the platform and asks every thing for tho negro, that the white man has." He evidently did not approve of In dustrial eduoatiou as tho salvation of the negro, as he said he wanted a thorough education that would per meate every oro/ice where there was a negro and make them the equal of ail, making every little negro girl a prluoess to rule In lier community. "Wo need that eduoatton that will make us bread winners and rulers of our own homes. "I would not give ton cents for a white boy or girl who oau only sc*u a poem or rattle ou a plano and cannot make a cup of tea or cook a beefsteak or biscuit when the Ber vant 1B away." Ho su ld he felt the ?amo way about the negro. They should all have a trade beforo they went higher. "We want tho education that will lift us up aud make us the rqualof any race or any pe pie regardless of the eolor of our skin or tho kinks of our hair. "Lotus give "hanks for the now south whioh intends to do right by thc negro, for they do intend to treat the negro right. "Don't go olf and say I told you to get the dollar. No, I bay the moral Viollnr, for the white race cannot Lulld up on an immoral dollar." He sought to Impress upon bis audience thc importance of saving and owning their own homes, thus making themselves respcoted citizens, who should cast their ballot for the pure man regardless of publltio or combinations. ne closed by making an appeal to the negro as a race to upi if ? them selves, saying that If they tried to do right, tho wbke raoo wouM assist them, as they were all lindar the same God, and all brothers in timo of need. DEMOCRATS NEKD FUN DB, GoiiKrosHlonal Campaign Calls for Cold Cash. Representative James Matthews Griggs, o! Georgia, chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee, will be In New York early next week. He will be accompanied by his Urst lieutenant, Representative Elton Jackson Howers, of Mississippi. These two leaders are going to the metro polis to pajs thc bat around. The Democratic committee needs money and it needs it badly, and Messrs. Griggs and Bowers are going to In vade tho money devil rig'it in his lear. It is thc found expectation of Mr. Griggs that Wlllllain Rindolph nearst, one of the most eminent coin collectors of tills party, will hand over a generous contribution to the Congressional committee. Mr. Griggs is grievously disappoint ed over the acknowledgment of a let ter he recently forwarded to Senator Clark, of Montana, the multi-million aire, who, lt was believed, would con sent to a seperatlon from some of his means "for thc good of thc party," in the fall oampa'gn. Tue customary invitation to deliver a number of speeches waa sent to Senator Clark, and lt v/as i xpeoted that a reply would be roceived in the shape of a good s z.;d check. Mr. Clark replied that bc weuid be bus> in Montana this fa 1 and that bc would not bo able to vi?it any other State. The envelope con taining bis letter was shaken again and again, but there wu* no check. The Democratic c remittee has tine headquarters and a large o Ul oe force In Washington's tallest, skyscraper, but lt has not even a bun,; hole around which to build a 'Har'1" BO far a* ti naners go, as it is understood that Chairman Griggs wai. requested to pay his rent in advance. Attack -d a Juror, Bass Barelleld an ex convict, was shot and killed at New Boston, Tex., by Louis Odom, one of the jurors who sent him to thu penitentiary twelve years ago. Haiclieid killed Dr. P/ibort Lee, a prominent young physician of the town Ho was himself a mau of (niluenoo ano a desperate attempt was mado to save bis Hf 3 Odom, who was on thc jury, voted to hang him and held out on Lbat verdict against the eloven other jurors, but Anally oomnromisi d ou. a verdict of twenty yearj at bard labor In tho poulton. tUry, a much longer term than the other jurors wanted to give the prisoner. Bareliold went to jill tlneatenlng vengeance ?gal st the obstinate juror. Ho did not remain In prison the twenty years for willoh ho was sentonood, but got out 01 a pardon. He. began at onoe to perso Mite Odom, and meeting bim, oponod Ure on bim, to which O lom replied, londhig two bullots Into tho ex-oon /lot's bead. Deadly Stroke? Five persons, all young mon rang ngfrom 10 to 28, were Instantly kill. >y lightning on tho grand stand while vltnoBBlng a baseball game on Sunday -t Maytowco, Wis. Four others were orlously injured. .'?? llll'M?m?nNnM?MMMHMiiMlrMti DI BD TOOITOBK. I Lover* Drcwr. 3tt?. Enselva? lUther Thun uiyn Haotn o.hor Up Grievously disappointed because tbolr parente would not pirmtt them to marry, Gustavo Katokr, ?gad 19 your?, and Ella Miller, a beautiful girl of 18, committed lulolde together Tuesday night by jumping Into tbe Doh.ware river. Wednesday night tbe bodies of the young couple, olapsed lu eaoh other's arms, came to the sur face near Chestnut street wharf, Poll adelpbia, and were tak^n fiom the rlvor by the poltoe. Kftthke and the girl had boon miss lng nineo Tuesday when they left their homes to visit friends in another tart of tho olty. Ho had been paying attention to tho young woman for about four years and was anxicus to make her his wife. The parents of botb, however, objected because of their youthfulness, and these obj o tiona caused tho young couple much sorrow. The young woman had ofter spoken of ending her life if not per mittad to marry, but little attention was paid to her remarks. lu-fore leav ing borne Tuesday Kftthke told a ooo du ho was going out tor a launob ride on the Delaware river with Miss MHtav Ht was in good spirits, appar ently, and told the relatives that if anything should happen to him not to let the soioner bury him Iii told tin cousin, jokingly, to hang crepe on the front door and lay a bunch of 18 roses ou his o m i. The young man and woman failed to return to their homes that nleht and the next day ttiey wore reported to the police as missing. The morn ing mall of Wednesday brought a let ter to the girl's mother In which the j daughter said tho mother would nevf r sac her again. Nothing more waa heard of Ihn cou ple until Wednesday night when th? churning of thc propeller of a tug boat which was tielng up at Chestnut street wharf oauaed the bodies to com: to the surfaoe. The way the arms were clasped about each other lt Is supposed tbat K&thke and MI'isMlllor embraoed and jumped Into the river. BOMBA ttUBLKB IN CROWD. And l'?lK'it Mon Aro !? iurnd by tho Explosion? At New York while peaco negotia tions between local union* 2 *nd 480 pf tbo Plumbor8' and Gai Fitters' as sociation were in progress Friday eve ning, two bombs or largo torpedoes, Ulled with bits ( f alone or metal, were thrown from the Third Avenue Ele vated K ti hoad structure Into a group of tho members of the latter union waltiug outside Teutonia hall at S x teentb street and Third aveouo for a meeting to begin. E.ght of tho groups suffered outs and abraslous.from the llylrg fragments. L eal No. 2 recently lost a strike sgalust the master plumbers. The latter refused *o employ any but mom bersof No. 480. which ls 8dilated with the national organizion, while No. 2 is not, and required tho mombers of No. 2 to join No. 480. Many members were willing to do so and applied for membership of No. 480 There was a section of No. 2's membership, how eve?' whloh opposed the mergor, and it is believed that some of that party were responsible for the bomb throw lng. Overtures were mado, however, for an aualoible mergor, and both un ions wore in session Thursday night for that purpose, No. 4Sd in Coucou la hall, and No. 2 in tho Clarendon hotel in E ghteon street. About 600 members were inside the ball and 100 others with many of N t 2's members woo were seeking admis sion to No. 480 wero outside on the sidewalk. Thc bombs fell in the midst of the group. Several were knocked down by the foroe of tho explosion, and others Hung against tho do >rs. N me of the men were dangerously injured and most of them were able o leave the hospital after thoir woundB wore dressed. An Intruder Hhot, Thursday night some one attempt ed to onter tho sleeping room of Miss Irma Nottlee in her father's residence at Lanes. A similar attempt having been made a few weeks previous, Miss Nettles had armed hersolf with hor brother's revolver. Having been awakened by the disturbance, Bbc tlrod dlrcotly through the window blind. An examination revealed blood stains around the window and leading off therefrom, in tho dlrco tlon of Gourdin, tho trail was follow ed about three or four hundred yards to a spot where thc victim had dis carded his blood-stained garments, consisting of a shirt and overall. The bullet evidently took elf ?ot about the face or neck, as the snlrt was bloody from the nook down. The trail oould not be followed after tho garment?* wero discarded, but a pleoo of shirt was found with blood stains on lt near Gourdie, three miles distant, which ls unmistakably a part of the same shirt EiTorts arc being mado to apprehend olio guilty party. Hcvural Drowned? Six lives constituted the total paid Wednesday by Chicago and vicinity to lakes and rivers. Two boys were drowned while swimming. Ono lost lils life in an . n'.-rt to got a water lily and a man fell from a bridge while fishing. The fifth victim died from injuries suffered by striking a timber while driving. Tho sixth fell into the river while running tooatoh abuH In a baseball game. Marriott Many. A :ll?p?toh to The Stato says Rsv. Alf Harrison Purroughs, tilt marry ing parson of Bristol, Tenn-Va., has married his two thousandth doping couple tho count beginning 15 yoars ?go with tho establishment of his dretna Green In the bordor city. Jon pie No. 1,999 came from Tonnes iee and lovc-slck pair No. 2,000 carno from the Old Dominion. Insurance At A T.S Scase, Prcsldont. PALME ITO MUTUAL PIRK Spartanbu Ahorne flro'lnsuranco company that Management Capable and Conservativo. Write for particulars. We Have [ One 25 horao power Talbott, second hi y boo?i overhauled. Thia Kunine ii i groat bargain for anyone who is in 1 Wo aro headquarters for anything ii irompt attention will he given to all i: aro. 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