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8ETTLM8 l^AWt Xtn Attend the Immigration Convention in Columbia. THX PLAY OF WOBX ADOPTED. will le&ta ta love the south then to bring In raw emigrants who bare never learned our tongue. This was the only point In the resolutions which occasioned debate and the paper was then adopted, first by paragraphs and ,then as a yhole.' Tollowlng is the report of the committee: " There Were Delegations from Nearly Half of the Ooantles In the StAte at the Meeting JLast Tuesday. The Oolumbta State says patriotic men of South Carolina organized In that city last Tuesday week what In time may be one of the great agencies for making the State as great com mercially and agriculturally as It is in its manufacturing interests. This object they hope to accomplish through immigration, .the engrafting upon the citizenship of this State of sturdy settlers from .the old country who will populate the agricultural section now being deprived of Its cltl zens in order to give them employ ment in tbe eottpn mills. MANY COUNTIES REPRESENTED. There were present representatives from 18 counties when the delegates assembled in the ball of the house of representatives. Col. Knox Living ston, of Benhettsvllle, was called to - the chalr and Col. £. J. Wats m was made secretary. A committee on nominations proposed the following list of officers which was adopted by acclamation: President—A. J. Matheson of Ben- ■ nettsvllle. .. iteSBBgfe Secretary—E. J. Watson of Colum- ■biiv Tice presidents from the congres sional districts in the order named: J. E. Tindal of Clarendon, T. S. Wll- Resolved, That this convention rec- commend the establishment by the State of a department of immigration which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to securing immigrants and placing them throughout the State. Resolved 2, That It is t the general assembly of this State to make ample provision for and give liberal support to said department of immigration. Resolved 3, That in furtherance of the*objects of this movement we urge the appointment of a special agent of the State to properly present the re sources and inducements we have to offer to Immigrants to be stationed at St. Louis and remain there during the whole term of the exposition. Resolved 4, That in order further to accomplish the purpose for which we are assembled a committee be elected, to be designated as the “South Caroli na Immigration Executive commlt- tee,” consisting of one-froth cacticoun- \ llama of Aiken, Fred 0. Brown of An derson, J. T. Douglass of Union, Le roy Springs of Lancaster, Dr. J. H. David of Dillon, F. H. Hyatt of Co lumbia. . . \ - The attendance wk« gratifying and the personal Interest of the delegates inspires the belief that the meeting together will not be la-vain; that there is a lofty purpose and that the representative men who were present will do What they can to bring to South Carolina settlers who in the years to come will become a part of the State’s best citizenship. The original purpose was to discuss the plan proposed by Mr. A. J. Mathe- aon of Bennettsville, who had sug gested in a letter to The State that an agent from South Carolina could find in Scotland sturdy folk of thrifty habits who would give new life to the term work wherever they might be colonized If brought to South Carolina. Mr. Matbeson’s Idea was not acted upon, but all such concrete matters were If ft to the general committee which was appointed. A committee on resolutions was then appointed and the convention receded from business until 2 o'clock. When the committee reported, there "'•as some confusion. Many of the delegates wanted to digest the report, but the Charleston delegation—want ing to leave the city at 4.30—carried its point and the convention remained in session taking up the report para graph by paragraph until it was dis posed of.- The feature of the day was the strong and statesman-like speech of Col. Jno. P. Thomas. Col. Thomas has been deeply interested and was present as a delegate from Charleston. When the report was presented be ex pressed his disapproval because of its limitations. THE RESOLUTIONS. jangston, Rev. H. R. Murchison, from the chamber of com me roe. Charleston Chamber of Commerce— W. S. Hastie, J. P. Thomas, H. R. Jackson, I'. Q. O’Neill, O. E. Johnson. Clmrlestph Commercial Club —J. C- > Hemphill, 0.' 8. Gadsden, H. A. Ma- bney, James Cosgrove, Clarence Cun ningham. Clarendon—Rev, R. A. Sublett, J. . Tindall, R. J. Alderman, W. D. Gambrell. Columbia—R. W. Shand, A. C. Phelps, T. H. Wannamaker, J. J. Mc Mahan, E. W. Robertson, C. W. Mc- F. H. Hyatt, E. K. Palmer, H. Gibbes, August Kobn, W. M. ty and each commercial body, of which th e president of this convention shall be chairman, and have power to ap point sub-committees: First—To prepare a constitution for the South Carolina Immigration asso ciation, and each county organization. Second—To prepare in suitable form all information relative to the re sources, etc., of the State. . Third—To elect a general agent Up on whom'shall devolve all the duties appertaining to an immigration agent. Fourth—To devise a plan by which to raise the funds necessary to defray the expeases necessarily incurred. Fifth—To prepare and subuiit to the general'assembly such legislation as may be proper to carry -inta effect the purgpses of thiseonventjon. v Resolved 5, That in order to get the work launched at once this convention calls upon the different counties, mu nicipalities and commercial and agri cultural organizations in this State to send subscriptions to the committee, thus enabling said committee to meet the expenses of the inauguration of the movement and of the preparation ofsnch advertising matter as may be necessary. v . i .,• - ~ ' Shannon; D. Cardwell, E. B. Taylor, A. Hoyt, Jr., J. P. Matthews, W. , Lumpkin, A. M. Richardson, W. A. Clark, "E. J,- Watson. Darlington—J. E. Miller,'' T. J. Drew and J. N. Parrott. Edgefleld^-T. H. Rainsford. Fairfield—Rev. S. C. Byrd, T. H. Ketchin, W. J. Johnson. Florence—R. M. McCown.' Greenwood—E. S. Addison. Georgetown—Patrick Matthews. Lexington^J. Wm. Mitchell. Marlon—T. D. Haseldenfor Marlon; and Dr. J. H. David and A. B. Gor- dan for Dillon. Marl boro—A. J. MathesonV Charles Crossland and Knox Livingston. Newberry—John Scott. Saluda—A. B. Watson. Sumter—E. W. Dabb, R. F. Hay- neswortb, R. I. Manning. Uftlon, City and County—Macbeth IToung, R. L. McNally, V. E. DePass* B. F. Townsend, J. T. Douglass, R. W. Hamilton. * * MATHESON’S PLAN” ENDORSED. Col. Thomas then offered a resec tion endorsing the Matheson plan. This was adopted. Mr. McMahan offered a resolution to the effect that the representatives in congress be asked to seeuxe a. modi fication of the United States statutes Which prohibit the prepayment of the transportation of Immigrants under contract to work and prohibit the as sistance or encouragement of such im- migrants. -’ x ’ The .original resolution wanted the act “repealed,” but after some debate the word "modified” was substituted and the resolution was adopted. The delegations present suggested Bishop Halsey Wants Territory Bet Aside for Colored People. Bishop Luejen Halsey, colored, of the African Methodist ZiOB^Ghurch, shocked some of the delegates to the conference in session in Washington, consider the race problem In the United States, by advocating the na tional Government setting aside one or more States for the exclusive resi dence of the negro race. A storm of protests followed the reading of the paper. Several si^lak- ers declared It would mean a restric- the names of the members of the gen-, eral committee and the president. Mr. Matheson was authorized to select representative and interested members in the counties not represented yester day. The following compose the com- A PATRIOTIC SPEECH. The meeting was called for a high purpose and that purpose had been loat sight of in the report. He want ed the document amended so that Mr. Matiuwon’s' proposition would be taken up in concrete form. Col. Thomas then discussed the philoso phy of this movement. As he spoke a number of youog men became deep ly interested, for he brought to their attention racial and economic ques tions which they bad regarded as but secondary. Ool. Thomas told of the . v immigration in 1870 with Gen. John son Hagood as the moving spirit. It *' had been Inaugurated by a prostrate State. The movement now on* foot has a bright future. He thought the - matter deserving of more deliberation and very careful thought. A number of others agfeed with Col. Thomas, but Col. Gadsden de clared that all that is necessary at this time is to ojrganize, and then the details can be workqd out by the com- mittee. The convention then pro ceeded to adopt the resolutions para graph by paragraph. When the mat ter of having a representative at St. Louis was reached Mr. McMahan of fered opposition. He preferred to send a min to Scotland. The tide of immigration cannot be turned back \ from the west, but we should catch it before the tide comes in. Mr. E. J Watson disagreed with Mr. McMahan It has been shown by Mississippi val- " ley States that immigrants can be brought this way from the west. At this point Mr. J. C. Hemphill, editor of The News and Courier, pre sented Mr. M. Y. Richards, land and mittee: A. J. Matheson, Marlboro, chair man;. C;~C. Langston, Anderson; E. S. Addison, Greenwood; Hon. T. H. Rainsford, Edgefield; Senator J. T. Douglass, Union county ; Mayor Mac beth Young, city of Union;-fL-J. Watson, Columbia; John Scott, New- jerry; J. E. Tindal, Clarendon, J. C. iemphlll and Mr. Hastie of Charles ton; R. M. McCown, Florence; Bright Williamson, Darlington; Dr. J. H. )avld, Dillon; A. B. Watson, Saluda county; J. Wm. Mitchell, Batesburg; lOx Ltvingston, Marlboro; J. Y. Garlington, Laurens, who is the pres- dent olthechamfaerof-oommerce and had sent a telegram of encouragement; W. B. Moore, Yorkville; Pat. Mat thew, Georgetown; T. H. Ketchin, Fairfield, and E. W. Dabbs, Sumter. These men are well known in South Carolina and^ their enthusiasm will carry the ment to success. Alltrf the Ste4* 'Officers were invit ed to seats on the Itin^'ind a commit tee was.sentidown to invite Govr Hey ward to participate. When the gover nor entered the hall he was called up on for a word of encouragement and this he gave earnestly. So the con vention is assured of his cooperntion in the matter of asking for leglsla tiOUY' - .' . w. ...... .. The best returns will come from the northwest. A great many people there are •dissatisfied. The effort is being made to bring them to the •oath and is succeeding. wt The Southern railway has colon I z $00 families from the northwest on i branch of the Sou thorn in Yir- rinta add every now and then this Uy from & GOV. HEYWARD. Gov. Heyward said .there is one thing certain, the future of South Carolina is assured when upoiS suc%an occasion as this men will leave their Writ and come together and seek’^to find ways to build up the State. This has been an agricultural State. Just recently It has become a great manu facturing State and white labor has been taken from the farms. He gave his hearty endorsement to Mr. Mathe- son’s suggestions and advocated the establishment of a bureau of immi gration. His office is flooded with let ters, asking for Information, and he could do nothing lu answering them but for the assistance of Mr. E. J Watson of tbe Columbia Chamber o. Commerce. “I want to see you suc ceed,” he said, “and while in tbe of fice of governor if there is anything Industrial agent of the Southern and UW5 7 * » dJtegaw tbrou«h the oourtee, cm 4o to help 1q thU omelOeh work of the Columbia Chamber of Com me roe. Mr. Richards spoke earnestly in favor of having a man at St. Louis. ill have my hearty cooperation.” The meeting adjourned without any addresses or regular speech-making one of the most remarkable gather logs in the history of tbe State. The presiding officer is a man of work not of words and the meeting yesterday set tbe machinery in motion. The talking will come hereafter. The present were: a,. TRE DELEGATES. The counties represented in the con vention and tbe delegations present were as follows: - Anderson—A. M. Carpenter, a C. THE RACE PROBLEM. ENDS HER LIFE Because Her Shabby Clothing Had Been Commented On FALLS POISONED TO THE FLOOR Extremely Pitifrl Fate of a Young Olrl in New York Toiling to Support an Aged Mother. colored man whicb would forever prevent his eleva-, tion.'. The paper was read at tfie^the littte opening meeting in the Lincoln Tem ple Congregational Church. “Tbe two races,” said Bishop Hal sey, “have never lived in harmony in the southland, and I am of tbe opin ion that it is, impossible for them to do so. • We are told the South is a white man’&.couDtrv, but tf It is, that race has shirked its responsibility in caring for the negroes. The labor of jhe South today is done by about half colored men and half white laborers, he colored labor has proven to be the most expensive that was ever em ployed.” . He went on to say that the white men were crowding the negro out of employment in the South, and that the negro was going to the North and West. He proceeded to speak of the evil of tbe mixing of the white and colored blood, delating .that it was harmful to both races. "Ah adjourn, ment was taken after the discussion, but it is believed tbe Committee on Resolutions will consider tbe paper, and probably bring in a report on the proposed solution. A girl killed herself Wednesday in a big office in the big Constable build ing, in New York, before tbe eyes of dozens of other girls employed there as stenographers like'.' herself, before the clerks and the managers. Tenderly nurtured as a child in a comfortable, happy home, when pret ty, seqtive Charlotte Thomas grew to girlhood this home was swept away. Herdead father’s estate left a legal tangle that when unravelled foiled the family ip possession of only a few hundred dollars. There were three brothers in the family, but these bad families, and seemed able to do ho more than take care of themselves, so in a tiny flat in tbe-Bronx, with her sorrowing, white- haired mother, the girl lived. The girl doubtless meant to be very brave and to go out In tbe workaday world and make her way. But t% world was rude, hard and little Interested in her,- -It wounded and jostled her. It was so cruelly different from the softness of tbe home surroundings that she had known. On the eighth floorof the Constable building are the offices of S. Anary- gros, cigarette manufacturer. There are twenty or more girl& employed there. Most of them are said to have comfortable homes and their salaries to be only so much, plnmoney to thefn— money to be expended in tbe purchase of fashionable clothing and pretty bits of adornment, dear to tbe hearts of young women. The ~group is chic, and every member of it quite pretty. WAS OF GENTLE BIRTH. Little Miss Thomas, who went to work there four weeks ago, was pret ty, too. She had tbe black eyes of the South. The family come from Georgia, and several of her ancestors bore honored names in the history of the Confederacy. The family had an- unfurtunate business venture in which money that had been left by tbe father was swept away. Judge vdilogg, formerly of the ^ Court of Claims, was Mlss Thomas’s guardian. What little of her funds bad been In bis bands was gone. Her brother, a clerk In the Attorney-General’s office at Albany, had secured his sister the place of stenographer at the Anary- I rros offices. It Is safd that her gown was shabby, and her black gloves darned in may places, and that her companions noticed it. One day one of the young men in the office asked tbe girl, thoughtlessly, trtwbelieved, why she didn’t fix up a ittle and dress like the other girls. He was. startled to see the girl’s hands I ;o up to her eyes and her whole small orm shaken by sobs. Not knowing quite what else to do, he merely felt ot^als carefully arranged neckties and walked away* The girl’s employers, however, are not to be misjudged in tbe matter. It got to their ears and they banded.tbe young man his hat. They heard first only a long, sharp cry. Then there was silence. After ward, the mother came out to aak whispers of what had occurred. Wednesday night the body of the ;irl who had been so hurt and worn >y trouble was in her mother’s home. Many members of St. Paul’s Episco pal Church In the Bronx, where Miss homas bad been a constant atten dant, called to comfort her parent, but they went away knowing that they had not succeeded, for one can not speak to grief that sits with s lent, tearless eyes.^-New York American. Lieut. Curtin and Hia Men Save the A Family Row. A dispatch to Tbe Sate says in a fight near Mountville, Laurens county, Wednesday Bob Pitts was three times shot by d. y. Williams, his brother-in-law, and Williams’ throat was cut with a razor. Both men are white farmers. It said that Pitts was drunk and beating bis wife, Williams’ sister. Williams monstrated and Pitts slashed his neck HHams drew his pistol and fired, the first ball striking Pitts near the eye and ranging into Lha throat. The second struck him in the right breast, where it lodged, and the-tbird, fired as-WHliams was falling, struck him in the arm. Pitts is expected to die. Wil iams will recover. It is said that Pitts’ wife was considerably bruised. Murdered a Family. A family of five persons, father mother and three children, have been murdered in their home in Marianna Fla. The bodies found by the mother of the murdered wife. The family’s uame was Gaffney. They lived on the outaktatfeof the town. They had not been- seen for over a week-when tbe wife’s mother went to call oft then) She found the door fastened with padlock, and chains. Noticing blooc spots, she summoned neighbors am the door was forced. Lying on tbe bee was Caffery, and bis wife, their skulls crushed with an axe. On this bed al lay the infant with its throat cut so and the head almost severed. On floor lay other children with their heads severed. There is no clue to tbe murderers. The Priee-Winning Crank. The opening of oongrett brought with it tbe usual number of cranks that infest the capltol, but the prize winner was Hon. George A. Lear who was there with the claim that he hac been elected to congress by. 1,000,000 majority. He sent a letter of jiotifi cation to the clerk of the house to this effect and he was duly gathered in by the capltol police. LeM Whiskey Used. In sixty yean the annual per capita cousumpUbfioT whiskey haagradually decreased from two and a half gallons to one and one-fourth gallons. In forty yean the consumption of beer haa Increased from leas than two more than seventeen gallons per cap! it*. ’ • A dispatch 4rom Norfolk, Ya., says the heroism of Lieut. Curtin and sev eral seamen on board tbe torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence Wednesday saved that craft from , destruction. A ghted candle , left by a workman on wooden box in tbe vessel’s forward compartment, caused a fire which burned much of the Lawrence’s Wood work before it was extinguished by ieut. Curtin and some seamen just before the flames reached the maga- z ne in which a quantity of explosives were stored. In their battle against the flames Lieut. Curtin and bis men were so overedmu By the smoke that they lost consciousness after the fight was won and were hurried on board the cruiser Olympia for treatment, heir condition is not serious.' The fire occurred in a stuffy com partment directly adjoining the maga zine and bad gained considerable leadyway when it was discovered. The place was filled with a dense smoke that baffled the efforts of the crew and caused them to fall helpless the steel floor. Time and again the seamen dived into the fire cham ber and emerged with the unconscious l orm of a seaman ip his grasp. Af ter a hurried resuscitation the sea man and his officer would return only to again succumb to tbe smoke,_ A sailor pluuged into the compartment and a second later came out with the mp body of the officer in his arms. Five seamen in a similar condition were stretched out on the deck. All were hurried on boat'd the Olympia dry dock, the surgeons soon brought them to consciousness. The damage to the Lawrence was trifling. MERELY THOUGHT HER “QUEER.” to The white-haired, broken-hearted mother of the girl Wednesday told how tbe thoughtless remark ;of the clerk had prayed upon her daughter’s mind. Nothing but absolute necessi ty of earning the money Induced her jo return to the place. She kept to lerself at her work, and her com- auioas merely regarded her as queer.” Wednesday Miss Thomas went to a 3ig department store at noon, ancl the money that wasLo have purchasec JuoGbeQR.,was..spent for a two- ounce bottle Of carbolic acid. She must have walked the streets for awhile, brooding on what she meant to do, for when she returned the other girls were already there. She lingered in the hallway, watching them pass in front of her, raising their hands to remove their stylish hats. As the swish of the silk skirt of the last of the girls sounded through the doorway little Miss Thomas swiftly raised tbe bottle to ber lips. She staggered through the doorway She held the bottle aloft. Her face was livid. A strand of thick brown hair had fallen across her brow." Her little body swayed. r. I’ve done 117” she said In a whisper that cut sharply through the room where the amazed groups of girls and clerks stood looking at her. “I’ve done It. I wont suffer any more.” A MOST ^ITIFUL DEATH. She fell and did not rise;~a-Email huddled figure in a shabby gown black. Suddenly one of the girls screamed. Others ran to corners tbe room, their bands to their eyes One girl moved swiftly to the pros trate figure and knelt beside her. “Poor little thing,” she said and stoked the brown strand back from the girl’s forehead. But the act of kindness- was unknown to Miss Thomas. She was unconscious and very near death. Fifteen minutes later an ambulance surgeon stoex away from the cot on which she bad been laid and with a brief movement drew a white linen handkerchief across the girlish features. A while afterward one of the girls went to tbe little apartments at No 869 East One Hundred and ElghtiSt street to tell the mother that her daughter was dead. Bnt she saw the white-haired Southern gentlewoman tbe girl could merely say that Miss Thomas was very ill at tbe offices Mia. Thomas went there. • They left > her alomfor a time beside the lounge COLOMBIANS ENRAGED. | When New* of __ ed Them JtheH They Revolution Reach- Were Wild. . HEROIC CONDUCT. V. 8. Lawrence. The royal mail steamers Orinoco arrived at Colon, bringing news of Gen. Torres and the Colombian troops he took from Panama, on Thursday, after the proclamation of the republic of Panama. On the arrival of Gen. Torres and his troops at Cartagena, news of tbe events on the isthmus quicTfljTtfpread and caused excitement. Gen. Torres and his officers were threatened with arrest as traitors, but tbe threat was not put into effect. The populace, greatly excited, soon crowded /the streets crying “down with the Ameri cans.” United States Consul Ingeraoll, fear ing violence, remained shut up in the consulate. The excitement at Barranquilla In creased ; with the spreading of the news 6f jbhe secession of tbe isthmus, which'^W supplemented by exaggerat ed accounts of the alleged part played by the'United States therein. Pana ma’s declaration of independence was read from a newspaper by tbe prefect to a crowd assembled in the plaza and was greeted by furious cries and shouts of “death to the Panamani ans” and “death to the Americans.” / The prefect followed the reading by a speech, in which he declared that Colombian government would WANTS AN EAR. Rich Western Mu (Mbit Hits Thousand Dollars ter Oat. Will Help Ttata ’ KarleM ’ If He Make* Lite Easy fbr Me, Bays the Crowd. tbe never permit the secession of the isth mus and would win back the lost ter ritory at any cost. The crowd in tbe plaza indulged In many extravagant threats. United States Vice Consul Lovelace was sitting on a balcony of bis house at Barranquilla Thursday night when several stones were thrown at him. He retired Indoors and was not further molested by the Colombians. Revolutionary talk began immedi ately at Barranquilla and threats were made againt congressmen responsible for the non-ratification of the Hay- Herran canal treaty. Fears are entertained for the of Americans in Colombia, and of the possibility of the anger of tbe popu lace being vented against foreigners generally. The authorities at Savanil la have mounted two obsolete guns covering the wharf. the The German Carp. A. lew years ago we hailed the ad vent of the German carp arms, but to-day we are lamenting fact that they were brought to this country. In Wisconsin the fish ward ens have begun to try and clear them out of the waters of the sta/te, hut it almost a hopeless task. The Ger man carp is not what we thought he would be. He lives almost entirely on vegetable matter, with the result that the moss, pond lilies and other growth lave been almost.enjtjrely eaten up, thus destroying the protection to young game tish. The latter are fast disappearing, and the carp are multi plying at a frightful rate. Most peo^ )le have a prejudice against carp and will not eat them, and the public in general are beginning to regret the day they were Introduced into our streams. _ He Is Too Shady. > ie appointment of Gen. Robert ^baA Oliver to be assistant secretary of war will be foaght, it seems. Oil* ?r tsffom Albany, N. Y., and It is said that certain influential Republi cans at Albany have filed a protest against his selection for this place. The New York American says scores of women and girls, men and boys, all eager to sell their ears for 16,000, came with a rush last week to Df. A. L. Nelden’s office, Jn East Tweniy* ninth street New York. The doctor has a rich patient, a Western mining man, who*will pay that sum for an ear which must be grafted on his head-in place of an ear > which he lost by accident. But tbe ear must be perfect and of precise dimensions, as described in the follow ing advestisement printed in the morning newspapers, and which drew the anxious persons who would barter beauty for money: •6,000.00 will be paid for right -ear, 24 inches long, 14' inches wide, with perfect curves and full lobe. Toe ear may be from either male or female and must be from a person in perfect health. Offers by mail considered. Dr. A. L. Nelden, 13 East 29th st. * FILLED AT ALL H0UBS. The doctor’s waiting room was filled at all hours, and many stood outside. Then .they came singly, in twos and | threes, all tbe afternoon. At night fall more than too ears had been ex amined, and tbe respective owners’ names and addresses written down. Others {who came later were turned away and asked to come again today. Telegrams came by dozens from men and women who live out of town and who are willing to sell an ear for 000. Letters will probably arrive in morning’s mail containing similsr offers. One telegram reoived from a woman in Buffalo read as follows: To Dr. A. L. Nelden: Read your offer of 15,000 for aa-ear. I have a perfect ear, but have rea son to care no more for the ear or other features upon which I once prided myself. Let me know at once if yon want me to come on. v IT WAS A CHEERLESS QBOUP. In pitiful contrast to the gay parade of the Fifth avenue throngs in the sunshine Sunday afternoon was the odd assortment of men and wo men who slipped through the prooaa- •5, •—-jW;- “Mr. Roosevelt,” says the New York! tion Into the shadow of Twenty-ninth Sun, “as governor of tbe State of New York, wps perfectly familiur at Albany with the social life of Gen. Oliver,” and “as a matter of fact, tbe president has been furnished with in formation concerning^.Gen. Oliver’s social relations, not only In Albany, but In Florence, Italy.” The Colum bia State says manifestly Bobby te a gay boy. But a president who can stand for Addicks and Crum and tbe like ought not to mind, backing a fel low whose ^“social relations” are just a li ttle off color. street to collect in a silent, unfriend ly, cheerless group inf root of the of fice of Dr. A. L. Nelden. V' On the Right Line. The Columbia State says: “Negfb citizen of Boston in mass meeting have issued a circular calling on all the col ored voters of the north to detach themselves from the control of both political parties and organize with an eye single t# the preservation of rights guaranteed by the last three amend ments.' This wotild not be a bad step. By means of it the nothern. Republi cans may be compelled t6 give some substantial proof of their alleged de- votlon to the brother in black, or else to cease their insincere pretentions. ' A GoodiBuggeatlon. The following from tbe Newberry Observer Is Worthy of consideration by tbe farmers and merchants: ^‘Numer ous suggestions have been made to and by farmers relative, to buying fertilizers. It 16 to tbeir interests to get them as cheap as possible, but no matter what the price may be It ought to be so arranged that farmers will not have to pay for them ^before the first of January. There are too many claims against the farmer already fall ing due early in the fall and compell ing him to rush his cotton to market. A Firebug Captured. A special to Tbe News and Observer from Rockingham, N. C., says: It is believed that the incendiary who re cently kindled two destructive fires here In which 10 or a dozen buildings in the business part of tbe town were burned, Is now in custody. A detec tive and his assistant sent from Ra leigh by State Fire Insurance Com missioner Young, it i| alleged, jaw inry F. Smith, a white man of that place, make three attempts to fire a dry goods store. GhoS the fire died out of Itself and twice was ettingnish- ed by the detectives. The arrest of Smith followed. To sell an ear for I6;000 these in dividuals, representing all degrees of life, came from all parte of tber oity fnd outlying districts. That othere were apparently willing to have their; cars severed for a small fortune did. not lighten tbe gloom of any who. stood waiting at tbe doctor’s door. It simply added to the hitterneii of rivalry. Whatever had been the object of tbe surgeon in stating that he must have a good ear to g^at upon a; rich patient. from the West and was will ing to pay 16,000 to any man or wo man who would give up the needed ear, it did not enter into the consid eration of the earnest men and women' who besieged his door. They had read bis advertisement in the newspa pers and came ready to-receive the money and turn over the ear. - Kamo* a One of the first of A Of v Roosevelt and Tillman. At the business meeting of the gen eral committee of the Freed men’s Aid and Southern Educational Society of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lincoln, Neb., Bishop Hamilton evoked applause by a eulogy on Presi dent Roosevelt, saying in conclusion: “Thank God, we have a President who is not afraid to sit down with a negro and show him the respect that Is due.” Bishop Walden said he was glad that they bad a Sehator Tillman in tbe South, because he was needed o stir up things. Biggest Bwtneee. N. M. Brooks, Superintendent Foreign Mails, estimates that in. the last year 16,240,700 was received by this Government as postage on ar ticles exchanged with all foreign countries. Official statistics of the postal service in eight leading coun tries of tbe world shows that the United States leads in the number of post offices and employes, and as to tbe number of articles of mall matter received by and sent to each inhabi tant. The United States also exceed ed by 17,940,000 the amount expend ed for postal service by Germany, its nearest competitor. those to Arrise with ears to sell was a young womaa about twenty-eight years of age. She was attired plainly, but evidently had seen ihore prosperous days. Her eyes lacked lustre, her shoulders were slightly rouuded, and her face was prematurely marked with tbe lines and wrinkles of worry and trouble. Her ears, however, were small and shapely; . _ . ; _ “Does the doctor live here tba| wants to bay an ear for 15,000?” she timidly asked the girl who answered Statesman’a Great Grandson. J. R. Henry, an et Confederate soldier and a great grandson of tbe famous orator and statesman, Patrick Henry, was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train at Elliston, Ya., Wednesday, and killed. His son, Daniel Henry, was killed by an engine blowing up on his first trip as a fire- tbe same road several years A'Btap at the Booth. Ornmpacker has reintroduced In tbe house his bill providing for a reduction in the congressional representation of those States which have discriminat ed politically against the negro. He has not decided whether he will press measure for consideration this winter j or not, but be Introduced it merely that he might have it on tbe calendar and be prepared to urge it if be deei ed it desirable to do so. It is under stood to be quite likely, however, that no action vrill be takeif on the bill, at least prior 4o the presidential cam paign. i ber ring of tbe bell. “Yoc want tbe doctor to look, at your ear?” the girl asked, with a tinge of corioelty in her tone, tor up to this time she had seen men only. “Yes,” the young woman answered and then she asked eagerly: “He hasn’t bought the ear yet, has he?” “No,” answered the girl. "Y<m may step in and wait for him,” and Toon? woman joined the throof the ante-room. in l man on ago. Rained the Party. >«* The leading Repulican of Loulaiana, Capt. A. T. Wimberly, collector Of customs at New Orleans, says Roose velt’s negropblle policy has wrecked the Republi&an party in the south. Having been asked to reorganise the party in Louisiana he declines the job as a hopeless ondertakdiig as long as Rooeevelt is president. Japan Hot for War. A dispatch from Takeo says tbe en tire Japanese nation is burning with a desire for war with Russia. The peo ple of all classes, government officials, as well as private citizens, feel that only hJ an appeal to arms can the question at issue between the two governments be settled. Pacific dis patches that, have emenatod from Eu ropean souroee are discredited here. The government is making every pos sible preparation for war. Prime Min ister Kataura today made an appeal to tbe people to stand together at the present crisis. Bryan Bails for Evurope. Wm. J.- Bryan sailed tor Europe Wedneeday from New York on the White Star liner Majestic. He paid bis compliments to Grover Cleveland in no uncertain terms. He says the ex-president has no chanoe of tbs nomination even with the help of Wall Street interests. Even if nomi nated be could not carry a single state. Mr. Bryan affirms that the re cent elections prove nothing aad the Kansas City platform democrats like being defeated? 1 They will keep the money question paramount and wfch tbe submission of the minority. He will return in six weeks tor the fight. JS ■ j.JfJ m “The Made of OsmeaC pristine petrified pheno menon,” s stone giant alleged to have been found in Henderson county C., in April of last year, Is dared to be a jeoond While the first giant Iowa stone, the North duct is declared tohftveH cement by the oi sued A. W. Sttton 1 they paid for. said to 1 * SM V- 2&S! Am s- *. ***■ ■