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ESTABLISHED 1805. EWBERRYW FRIDAY, JUNE 14,1901.0 immnr A T TWIE1AWEE,u1.5MAIEA 11UUbInuIAL iul T ri Ull,W1 AUS1'I0IOUS OI'ENINO AT 'illLA)EI. PIIIA YESTERI)AY. Cotnumercial Organizations from All South er Ultles itepresented at the t?atherinog. 0ov stornoof Pennsylvantla esyR iouta Needs Carpetbugs of Capital, Not Uarpetbaggers --Urges Closer Traio Ktolatiouis-President Iargrove Speaks of Southern Industrios ani iesources. Philadelphia, June 11.-Delogates numbering several hundred and rop resenting all of the Southern States and most of the principal cities of the South are attending the annual Southern 1 ndustrial convention, which began a four days' session in Horticultural hall here today. This is the first time the convention has been held in the North and it is ex pected that great benefits will accrue to the commercial and industrial in terests of the North and South through the deliberations of the dele gates. Preparations for the present gath ering had been in progress since last February, when an invitation was extended by the allied commercial and business organizations of Phila delphia to the Southern Industrial association to come here and debate ways and means for furthering the trade of the two sections. The delegates found a heartfelt welcome awaiting them, the State and city joining in the effort to ren der the visitors' sojourn as pleasant as it is expected to be profitable. The business houses in the centre of the city have been gaily decorated with flags and bunting and tonight the exterior of the city hall was a blaze of electric lights in honor of the occasion. The s^elcome to the city's guests con su" all of the morning session, at w . addresses delivered b' itud Mayor Ashbridge. . were made by Gov. Lon gino, of Mississippi, and Mayor Riggins, of 'Texas. The afternoon was given over to an excursion on the Delaware river and tonight the delegates listened to addresses by former Secretary of the interior Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, Ga., and Robert C. Ogden, of Philadelphia, president of the Southern Educa tional conference. The day's events concluded with a reception to the delegates, tendered by Mayor Ash bridge, at the city hall. The Convention was called to order by President H. IH. Hargrove, of the Association, several hundred delegates being in attendance. Bishop Foss, of this city, offered p)rayer, Governor William A. Stone, of Penn sylvania, aroused the enthusiasm of the delegates in his address of wel come by frequent reference to the splendid resources of the South. Governor Stone said in part: "There never was but one period ina our history when we were not glad to see the representatives of the South. We hope to make our rela tions more neighborly. WVe wvant to trade with you. We realize the S3nth is the greatest mission field -fcommere in the world. We recognize that commerce is inspired by the hope of profit and not by Santiment. The South produces two. thirds of all the cotton in the world and makes very little of the finished product. "If we can make steel products and tin plate in this city and under sell Wales, you can make cotton pro. ducts and undersell .England. What . the South needs is not carpet-bag gers, but carpet-bags full of capital. We make many things you need and and you produce things we need. Let us sell to each other. We do not care who has the balance of the - trade. We are one people, speaking one language, under one flag." A felicitous address of welcome was made by Mayor Ashbridge, dur ing which he presented President Hargrove with the key of the city. John H. Converse, president of the B3alwin Locomotive W'orks, and Attorney John F.. Lewis welcomed the delegates in behalf of the com mercial organizations of the city. In responding to the address '-f welcome President Hlargrove spoke of resources of the Southern Sates. aiu ooutnern 5tates," sa Mr. lIargrovo, "contain one-fourth of the area of the Union and the territory has practically as great an agricul tural production as the remainder of the country combined. "Ilis capacity in raw material is almost beyond measuromont. This section has 33 per cent. of the popu lation of the United States. It raises all of its cotton and cotton sood and American rico; 80 per cent. of its tobacco; contains 65 per cent. of its timber resources; 30 por cent. of the coal area; 20 per cent. of its coal production; produces 17, per cent. of its iron and furnishes 80 per cent. of the American pig iron exported; is the third largest cane producing section of the world; contains more coast and river frontage than all the other States; has 20 per cent. of railroad mileage, and affords the cheapest lumber building material, lands, cotton, coal and oil and living in the United States." In concluding President Hargrove said the South possoses everything except adequate population and Ii nance to urge that section ahead of the rest of the world. Governor A. 11. Longino, of Mis. sissippi, followed Prosident Hargrovo in a patriotic address. He said in part: "I believe as did that great South ern statesman, jurist and patriot, L. Q. C. Lamar, as expressed in his eulogy of Charles Snumner, when he said if the people North and South knew and understood each other bet ter they would love each other more. "By a more liberal exchange of views as well as of our respective and distinctive advantages of wealth, all sections would become more pros porous and happy in the exercise of mutual aid, the interchange of ener gies, good-will, business push and progression, the consummate ends of which are among LoO purposes and hopes of this Convcition." Mayor Riggins, of Waco, Texas, was the last speaker. le asserted the South had forgotten the late un pleasantness and was anxious to go in hands with the North for the com mercial benefit of both sides. This afternoon the delegates and ladies of the party enjoyed an excur sion on the Delaware River, visiting points of interest on the river front. ADDRESS BY HOKE srTII. At tonight's session former Secre tary of the Interior Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, was the principal speaker. His subject was: "The Resources of the South." Mr. Smith spoke of the vicissitudes through which the South had passed and said the section had lost more than forty years of growth during the past century, the causes Leing slavery, war and reconstruction, lie detailed the commercial and indus trial history of the South and di rected attention to the opportuni.ties now existing for the profitable in vestment of capital. In this connec tion he said: "The census report of 1800 shows in the Southern States an increase from 1880 to 1800 of 50.76 per cent in valuation of real and personal property; of 108.50 per cent in the vilue of manufactured products; of '19.00 per cent in the value of farm products, and 06.23 per cent in the ecpenditures for public schools. T'he The contemplation of those figures discloses at once the general growth and healthy development, not of an old, but of a new country. The de velopment of the South prior to 1860 'had been swept away by the war and by subsequent conditions incident to the reconstruction era. The resources of the South in 1880 had been scarce ly touched and the marvellous per centage of growth wvhiich I predict for the next ton years is due in large part to the fact that the development of natural resources is still in its infancy. "It is to the three great raw ma terials for manufacture found in tihe South that I especially desire to direct attention-cotton, iron and lumber. A limitless supply of water and coal are alongside them and labor is reasonable and contented, "The coal field of the South cover 60,000 square miles, seven times as large as those of G roat Britain; more than thoso of llussia, Great Britain, France, (1ermlany and Belgium con binod. "The progress made in the South froml 1880 to 1890 is indeed remark ablo. 'Th1o c('tnss of I S90 Hhowo(l an1 incro.s0 in assessd vaitis dr ing the period of ton years of $1,815, 000,000, wlio the increase in tho true value was $3,89)3,0()(,000. In ton years t he value of the natural products of t he South inero)tsed from $1,200,000,00( to $2,000,000,000. The percentago of growth during those ten years in the Southern Statos was about twico that of the Eastern ).n(1 Middle States." s8'FI":E11 DY M . 0 I11N. Mr. Smith was followed by Robert C. Ogden, of t ho Southern Educa tional Conference, who spoke on "Popular Eduation, the Power of In dustrial Progress." In the course of his address Mr. Ogden said: "Truly the white man's burden in tho South is heavy indeed. Nearly, if not quite, six million nogro illito rates and about that same numbor still content with the life of the one room cabin; add to this a great mass of white illiteracy of which I am in comptont to speak with accuracy, and you have a depressing load that is s:ckening to contemplate. "The South has an educational mission. The rural districts are in a special virgin soil for the educator. No equal chance exists in the civiliz od world for a fair trial of industrial education; that education that makes industry habitual, dignifies labor, makes toil honorable. Will the South rise to the great opportunity ?" At the conclusion of the session the delegates repaired to the City Hall, where they were received by the mayor and other city officials. THE SOUTH CAROLINA PARrY. Delegatee to the Convention from this State Hear Kind Words for the Charleston Exposition. [News and Courier.] Philadelphia, June 11.-Special: When the South Carolina and Char leston delegations to the Southern Industrial Conventions reached here this morning they hurried to Horti culturai Hall, where the Convention was in session, and arrived in tit:e to hear such men as Samuel H. Ash bridge, mayor of Philadelphia; W. A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania, and John H. Converse, president of the Great Baldwin Locomotive Works, speak kind words of South Carolina and the Exposition. In welcoming the delegates generally thoe three gentlemen specifically alluded to the Exposition and expressed 'the most cordial sympathy with the enterprise and the most perfect confidence in its success. During the afternoon the South Carolinians accompanied the other delcgates on an inspection of the Deleware harbor, and during the river trip wvere afforded an admirable opportunity of viewing the famous yards of the Cramp Ship Building Company and the Government dry (locks at the League navy yard. In tihe evening they attended the busi ness session of the Convention and then attended the reception given by Mayor Ashbridgo at the City Hall. The immense structure wvas brilliant with electric lights and the reception room aglow with its masses of many hued flowers. Just before attendling the mayor's reception the Charlostonians were in troduced by A. C. Kaufman to RIobt. C. Odgen, president of the Southern Educational Conference; the object of the informal, meeting being to dis cuss with Mr Ogden the feasibility of having tihe Educational Conference to hold its next annual meeting in Charleston during the progress of the Exposition. Mr. Ogded said Charles ton's invitation had been referred to the executive sommittee, and, while it would be some time before a decis ion could be made, he would urge upon the committee, in the event of some other point being chosen for the Conferene's annual session, that a visit to Charleston at the time of the Exposition be associated with the Conference. Why Ho II To a Iiopublictit-,An Interesting ft ,,olution IIe Intotlueet. New York Evening Post.] Washington, MINay 27.-- To polrsons With long onough nemorios, the spetacle of tho war now on bletween Sonators McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina, which resulted in both mnent on Saturday resigning their officos to go before the peoplo for re-election through primaries, is par. ticularly comical. It is less than ton years sinco MeLaurii was known throughout his State by the nick nano "Curly-boaded Johnnio," wh ich had boon fastonled upon him in atroc tion by Tillman, with whom ho was tho i groat favorito. The split cano about, fivo years later, when McLaurin announced himself as "i reformor, but not a Tillianito." Tillman opposed his appoialmttent to the vacancy in tie senlato caused by the death of Mr. Earlo in 1897, and mado an isuo of it bofore the peolo. According to the federal constitution the legislature of a Stato elects its senators; but in a Stato with only one political party, like South Caro lina, it was doomed the part of ex pediency to test the popular fooling -thas is, find out whom a majority of the dominant. party wished the legislature to elect. So the Demo cratic Stato executivo committoe issued a call for an election of United States senators; all the paraphernalia of an ordinary campaign were brought into requisition; each candidate for the senatorship got his friends out to spoak for him; there wore joint do bates and personal encounters, and the thousand other featuros of a "free popular choice" which delights the hearts and prosorves the favorite tra ditions of the Carolinians. When the returns came in, they showed McLaurin the victor by a neat ma jority, the legislature played fair and sent him to Washington in rogu lar form. Mr. McLaurin is very busy now adays explaining how one so recently an advocate of free silver coinage can swallow Republicanism and.the sin gle gold standard at one gulp. But he has a record of a much more radi cal sort than as a silvorito. He was one of the self-appointed physicians who offered prescriptions-sure cures, in every case-for the financial ills which beset the country in 1893. Ho particularly distinguished himself by introducing the following joint reso intion: "Whbereas, FLailures, bankruptcy, and business distress are witnlessod1 throughout every section of the United States in consequence of an inadequate volumue of currency to maintain eqitable prices and make reasonable exchanges; and "Whereas, Under the p)rosont stat ute laws the secretary of the treas ury has ample authority to issue United States notes in sufficient quantit,ies to relieve the present Ii nancial stringency; therefore be it "Resolved, First, That $25,000,000 of United States notes, issued under the several acts of 1862-Oi3, be and1 the same aro hereby declared lost or destroyed, and the secretary of the treasury is directed to credlit the re demption fund with said amount: "Second, That the secretary of (ho treasury cause to be presented, signed, and delivered to the treasurer of the United States $125i,000,000 of United States notes as authorized by the acts of 1802--O3, thle same to be credited to the general fund, and to pay current expenses." McLaurin wvas thoroughly in earn est, lie appeared1 before the house committee on banking and currency to urge favorable action on his reso lution, arguing that the money strin gency was due to the sale of United States securities held abroad. This proved in his judgment that it was unwise and dangerous for the United States to invite investment of foreign capital,' placed the foreign bond holdera upon the same basis as a Chinaman, against whom it is charged that ho does not seek to become a part of the American people, but, having accumulated a competence in this country, carries it away with him. When a member of the on nittoo suggostod I hatt foreign cap)ital ists do not como to this country as a rulo, 2tr. le Laurin changed the sub joct. 11 l)ranllhed off uo1)01 a I)ro joct for having the tsecrotary of the roasury deposit the proposod now $125,000,000 of paper mnonoy Im1 th ban111ks of the souti and west., so ats to asHist in the movomont of the wheat and cotton crops. This idoa took 1 oS0HMsiont of hiin), he0 said, after read ing of tho deposits m11ado by 1110 gov ornor inl Now York banks to relievo the uoney Iarkot inl omuorgencios. Ito did not soo why all tho govern imont's honovolonco should ho ro :Stricted to onu sectionk of country. At for this rOiIiscon -etlce, it. will not be so hard to understand how Mr. AMcl+9tmril ca01 to seizo 111011 tho Ship-Subsidy Bill as 041h vehileo for carrying hitn over iito the ltopubli II'Llltt{N R(OAST:1 TIL.,MA N. I'ro i I ry li an d h Democrat 1'a1ty a m II ind rances to.the At crIal 'rogr eae and I)evoloIoncnit of lho State. |Spartanburg I Herald.] .ionnottsvillo, S..C., J u1n 8.-"The troublo with Tilhuan, is, to 11so slang expression, h has got 'too big for his trousers.' in adversity, 1ndt1 whilo h was striving toward tho goal of his a1111bitions, he was at Imlg nilicont charactor and a lighter of almnost, irrosistiljlo force. ''There are still many things abor i him that aro adntrable), but pros perity has spoiled him. "Whiat ho now 1100(1 is for th people of this Sta1to to talko him across their knoo, paddil him good and hard and then tell him to go about his own busilnoss. If this woro done, it would teach Tillmant that ho doe not own this State and carry it inl his vest pockot. "Once 110 has learnod that losson he may becomo again the 111a11 110 was in former years, and before I got through with him I'll see to it that he gets the paddlo whacking ho so much noods to sot him straight.." Senator lcLaurin got up from his chair and walked across the room to the manttlepieco, above which hung at group of the photos, on the mat of which wore the words, "State Ollicors of South Carolina." Immodiatoly beneath the picturo of MCLaurin, who was, at 29, attorney general of tho Stato, was at picture of Tillman. Pointing to this group, Senator McLaurin continued: "Horo ho is. Look at him. We all1 startod out together. I d1on't bo liove thiero wasH 0110 amiong us8 who was anIimalted by3 anty other than1 hont (est motives, and1( a sincore dlesiro to servoe the State to tho h)ost of our ability,. B3ut of that group), Tillman 1has wVandorod away after falso godsH. "lHe 1has gone from 0110 extrem) to te othuer, until todlay ho stands8 for the socialism and anarchism whuichi masquerades unrder the naume of Do m11ocracy. "He thas1 deceived and doluded0( the people of his State; the things ho roprosein are a curse and a blight upon, not only South Carolinn, but t.ho whole South, and the timio has come when ho must be taught the hardost lesson 110 ovor learnlod. "Before I got through with this miseralo outfit, T will tear the cover off it. Thoso8 pophle want me to fight. I'll fight themu to a finishi. TIhis is [a contest bet woon ignioranco on one sidoe and( intolligenco on the othor. Thle negro quesotion no longer figures. Before November, if TJillman forces the light now, or by next year, if it does not then, the people will be told the truth, and blhe storm of ugnoran.co gathering will1 swoop tihe tribe of T1illman from the Stato. "Thle Dom11ocracy of B3ryan and( Tilbnan is nothing except socialism, populism nd a1(1narchism. It thrives upon and1( advocates the basest cfass of sectional p)rojudicos and appeals to those passions which no honest mfanl will, as an individual, acknowl edge influences him. "It is the (domoeracy of ignorance, intolerance, huate, radicalism, depros. sion, disaster, and the only consola tion there is in it, is knowing that he will never win another victory in South Carolinn." sweeping ShfTrage Clma nge( IVtlett \Il )crtroy Ninety Per Cent. of (ho No gro V'ot -- (iovornor'N Term ai(d s lry Fixetl. lonltgomnory, Alit., Juno 11. '1'hc first. part of ti now constittution Wls today a1luollt ed by (he const it uttonal conlvontioll. The ollico of lioutonallt governor wats croatod and tho gov ornor's sl'btry riaisod from 3,00(1 to $,1)00. 'T'ho torns of tho oxecutive oflicors woro longthonil from two to four years, but they aro inoligiblo for ro-olect ion. '.1'lo goverlior canllnot becoro i candidlato for Unitod Statos t;onitlor wit.hiln one yoar of exliration of 11is lorltu. "'Th1 rmost Hlweoing hU tfrago schenio yot, brought forwarl was that intro/duced today by Iiiurnls, of liurnH villo. It provides that tho following cla9ssos shall not vote: "'hoso who aro 1oasrds or loaf orH, or who may ho infectol with any loathisomo or contagious diseas . 'Thoso who hivo bu(o n (olvictod of treason, bribery, forgory, lircony, robbory, bigamy, Heduct ion, incest, iiiurder, rap or attemt.t to ralpe, arson or burglary. '-I'hose who are descendants of paronts who atro of or dosconiudants of two or loro (lifi'renlt races; thoso who hllt havo mnarried any Womnln llaving i living 1hu1sballid, from whon 8ho has tiot boen logally divorcoI; thos wvho liivo comm1itted any 1ssault itnid battery On his wife or stopdiaughter." This law destroys : ') per eont. of the negro votO and tho ox slaves who aro not debarrod will bo leHs (than Cr 1)01' cont-. Till "S1.AVIKIRv"' CASiS AISE I11FUO11: Tit U(U IT. Truo 1(IiN'Foun(1 Agahinst 5MemnrM. Fowler, Ilat uuonnd mul Oihere by AnletersonI ,rant .ury. [Spocial to '1'ho State.] Anderson, Juno 11.---The grand jury roturned truo bills today against J. S. i"owlor in four catses for con spiracy, falso imprisonmout and as Siult and battery of a high and ag gravated1 natturo. Trum bills woro ro turned against \V. Q. I1ilmmond in four cases on salimo (Aharges; also against Willis icGoo, Goorgo ''hol a, Jamnos Cook, Mike Iiobbilnl, Jaino Martin and V. l. Bailey, 011( Ce. 'The grand jury h1aS iot coiiipleted its work. Pat ]lindmnan, white, wasHconvicted of assault and battery with intent tc kill and carrying concealo l weapons 111(1 WLNas soirtnoil'ed to t.v( years is the ponitentiary or a fino) of $1 50( lie paid [lho fino. Henry Washington was8 lonlviCto( of manIIslaulghter. Counsel for do. fenso maido a1 mot.ion for a new trial. Grand jury hats found true bil1ls ir all cas80s broulght before them11. Th( docket i9 hieavy anmd halrdly hailf th<( cas808 can1 be reachoed at this8 coturt. I)iEA1Tl OF ALA 1AMA.1'I (OVERINOII. ilnarn11: . tmu s urnuord inugutratedu WVhih onl ai lHed o(Ificknes, Neveur Rec M1~ontgomnery, Alat., Jutno I 1 .--WmVn J. Samnford, governlor of Alabaman dlied tonight att Tuscaliioosat, Alat. whore ho 1111 boon ill for 801me timoi D)isonso of the heart was the ron Cau1s0 of donth. GJov. Samrford 11a1 been in T1usca 100o1a several wvolks, having gonm there to attond( a1 mIeetinlg of t.he trusi 10es of tile Stato university. lie hiat h)oon ill since0 before h1is inauguratior 1as governor, but it wasO boioved thai immediato danger of death was past While ini Tusicaloosai, however, his il11n08s returned with renewedi viol on1Co and lie became dalngerousl1y sici that the physiciatns feared to removi him)1 to Montgomery. Yesterday Gov. Samnford wia thought to be improving, but greo worse todlay and1( succumbed to night at 10.10 o'clock. (Gov. Samford wias atbout 56 yeari of ago and was a nattive of Alabama lie servedl in State senate and in con gross; was a member of the cOnstittu tional convention of 1875 a.nd holt other imp)ortant ollicos. 11e wva eMocted governor inl August of las year and( waIs inaugurated DcC. 1 lash Hion. W. D). Jelks, president of th State senate, wvill succeed him as gov nrnor. PRESIDENT McKINLEY STOPS DISCUSSION, DElGIL.AII s HimsEL,F ON TIE Tlli) TI;IRM'" SGI'illsTiON. W, iv ilin't Ac ept Noll ia Molt I . it yIne 'T'ind'rotl IIIi.l) cl ration Wnun Not stupri ing te iin III s rIei,I . Washington, J no 11.---President McRmiloy today announced that he would not accept a nomination for a third term, in tho following state lmont : "I regret that the suggestion of it third tormll has bolO mado. I (ubnt whether I amn callod upon01 to give it notice. But t lhoro aro now (11iostions of the gravest. importanco before the atlninist rat ion and t ho country, and their just considoration should not L:e Prt'judicted in tho public mind by ovOln the sispisioll of the thought of a third term. In vimw thoroforo of Iho reitoration of the suggestion of it, I will say now, once for all, ox prt'ssing it long settled conviction, tliat .1 not oily amnl not and will not he it cainlidato for ia third tern, but would not accoplt a nomination for it if it woro tondered me. ''My only ambition 't- to servo throughout my second tern to the acceptanco of my count.rymon, whose generous cotniiedeico I so deoply il) preciate, and thon with thom1 do my duty in tho ranks of private citizon Hhi1). "Williamn McKinley. "EXctltivo Mansion, \Wasllington, Juno 10(, 1W01."i I.'residont McirKinley's official an nouncenent this morning, disposing of Iho third term idea suggesto.1 by soim of his admirers, croated no great surpriso among his friends who have known of his doep o3nvictions on tho subject. W1'hen Sonator l)opow's suggestion 10 days ago that the prosident should ho ro-olocted for a third term bogan to ho seriously discnHso(l and when over any of the president's friendr felt called up1)onl to endorse the idea the 1roidont docided that tho public mind should be inatimily cleared of evol the suspicion ithat he was seek ing to break (iwil the precedonts of tho past by becoiniig a candidato for another terml. 1 o broached tho sul joct to Secretary I ong late yesterdity aft'rnoon. 11it told him ho believed that an annloncomnt at tho very inicep1tion of the discussion would bo wiSO andl(1 hint igiht olicitlly in formned tie mobil)ers of Ithe cabinet w1ho had bmen informally called to gether of hiis dOcisionl. It mlOt with hoarly atpproval. Thore was uinani.. mous1 conIcurrTonco ini the ibOlief that dliscussionl of a third torm would not Onlly l '1ace the pres5iden1t in a falso light hofore the country if allowed to go on, but would arouse anltagonismn anid groatly eiibarass the atdministrat E lonl ini the soluitioni of the great qunes ti'm b15iefore it. The brief anniounco mot whichi tho prosidlent had pro paired wasL givorh out by Secretatry CJortehyou at noon todlay. After thle cabinet meeting today one0 of the members said1 theoy wore unanhliiious ini their app)jroval of the~ p)residenlt's p)ronunlIciamointo regard ing (lie thuirdi termi. Tihe mlemlber poinlted out thait if the president had allowed tile discussion to proceed for anuy length of time, [notwithstanding the fact that lie has never entertahined even thle most remote idean'of being a candidlate for a thirdi term, an an Ii ouncement mimilar to that made to (lay would have~ b)00n suibject to thle imisconstrucotioni thlat hIe had been forced by public opinion to give up an amb11itionl which he haud never had. No Gentleman. Many a would-be coiplimenClt spoils inl the saying of it. No doubt the Eniglishmilan thought he had said a fine thinig when lie perpe trated tihe following: An English wvorking manl onice applied to a country clergymian for a letter of introduction to a duke of whlom hie wishied to seek aid. "'But Wily don't you go in person and see miy lordi?" asked the clergymian. 1 "WVell, you see,'' was the nervous~ 3 answer, "I donl't like to speak to t. Lord - . He may be too proud ,to listen to tile likes of mec. I can a talk to you wvell enough, sir; for -thlere's nlothing of the gentleman ab)out you!"