ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ?K . COLORED LABOR IN RELATION TO TEE PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTHERN FARMER. The past few years havejbeen noted for the great amount of| discontent among all laboring and productive classes. The agriculturist has complained much and with good reason, for he has suffered much. The poor returns had by him have been sufficient ?* grounds for outcry. He has appealed ^ to legislation for relief, but his cry has been unheard. The futility of further appeal is evident to everv one. The farmer must be his own best friend. All of the suggested remedies have been tried and hpve failed. He is as much the victim of combinations and trusts today as before he established the "Grange" or left the old ?...? ? ? a- ? il: 3 T*. political parues lO U'nu a uum. J.b J0 so because .capital is so much more < . easily eombmed . thai> labor, and Specially tcisfbrm of Ial>or which is so evenly distributed, and can from its i very nature have nogreat centers. i These conditions are not temporary but permanent. The farmer need not hope i - ever to be able to cope successfully 1 with all the varied forms of combined 1 capital, uot to findTplief fiom them by -1 law. llis only hdjpe for larger profits 1 on the farm lies in his ability to make ' ? the farm yield more in proportion for i what he spends for his product and t _ then to sell that product in the best e market he can find. In- other words, i larger returns from traftame espendi- i turns will help theilwfcer and this \ alone wilL .Jp" s The farmer's ^Jxpense account Is 1 principally made up of interest on the * original investment, fertilizers, farm* c ing implements and labor. Of these | the most fixed in price and most varia- f ble in quality is labor. Some laborers I are the best investment at high prices< t *? i ? ?? t UUWI8 ure S1003) UUHCIOl wicftj/ij w ployed. c * -f Labor affects the farm itself. Any ? farm can be improved or injured by pom labor or good. The quality of -J the labor affects the expense of the * finning implements. Improper use of * these results in breaking or damaging f ^ them and rendering tliem useless. Especially is this true of the more J coetjy labor-saving machines. Also ^ good eare of them when notin use will f prolong their period of service, while 5 % raskilfm treatment will allow them to / ^ e^esf^up with rust and shorten their * term verykdecidecily. JJ * But the most important thing to the " farmer is the product or the farm. * labor affects this first in the proger or J improper preparation of the ground for the seed"; in the careful ornagl?, gent planting at the seed or setting bf . slips ; in the skilful or unskilfui plow- P ing or hoeing of the growing plant; in the fnnad.cc wasteful harvesting of- W ; in. the attention & . -the sale and ' attractive or unattract- ? % ive way jo which it is prepared for J* markets Thus at every day of its his- . tory the product of the farm is influ- u k enced by the labor employed, and all f will agree thet it is better for the farm- 11 er to pay a good price' for trained labor " than a smaller one for a poorer quality. 7 Vhe Southern farmer's labor supply ? is the colored population. That this u - ' will be the case for a long time there f is little reason to doubt That this la- JJ __ bor at present is very unsatisfactory all jj farmers testify. To improve thequality of this labor is a task to which ev- * ery farmer in-the South should address himself. ? * V How may this be dime ? jj \ As for that great army of laborers ^ in oar Southern fields already, hardly ti any answer can be returned. As for h the future supply of laborers, the n question is more easily answered, viz: h give the young colored people a tram- j, X- iug in agricultnral and indnsaial d schools, and thus equip them fully to a do this better class of work. It is a n good sign that at this time so much fa attention is being paid to this kind of c education for colored people. Cogld a these schools be so multiplied as to in- ^ k dude a much larger, per cent of the fl colored population in the circle of their 0 * influence, the labor en our farms would i in two or three years begin to im- p prove. A school in which a young ^ man is taught how to farm skilfully ; ^ ho w to-produce the most at the small. c est "outlay; how to utilize everything f about the place; how to attain as ? nearly as possible to that ideal of farm- f iug where all of the varied operations y complete one great circle where noth- \ ingis lost?a school like this is a fountaindbf blessing to both the farmer and ^ the laborer of this land. This kind of school does noLedueaie away from la- g bor, as bo much of the education given t w t to the colored man has dene, but edu- s cates for labor, for any man loves to j do what he can do well, and what he ^ can command good wages in doing.- . j The good results of these schools is ] evident to all who have any knowledge f ?* "Rnt: t.hftv are as vet reach, l ULL UlbUM -j ? i ^ ing such a small proportion of the ] colored population that their influence r is comparatively small. A large in- , crease in the number of these schools would gieatly hasten the result of an abundant supply of first-class labor for ^ 4 the farm. These schools are the least expen- , give of any form of training. They j can be made in large measure self-sup- , porting, since an individual's labor can , nearly always be made to defray his necessary expenses. One competent superintendent, who can be had for a . salary, and a medium sfted farm of goo?l arable land, upon which is a house roomy enough for a dormitory for the colored boys with some mess arrangement, together with necessary stock and implements would bo a sufficient equipment for a good training * -'--I .1 1J _ V ? SC&OOL XflC ^lUUlii SUUUJU Ul/b UC bW I well equipped. No expensive prepadon is necessary. The boys are to learn to be practical and resourceful, i It is a good investment of money to pnt in such work as this. It is a bless, ing to the laborer. A better quality of labor would most surely make better times for the farming interests. It would improve the farm. It would Itop the leaks in fanning operations, at would conserve wealth. It would v increase the amount of taxable property. I do not doubt that if legislatures would invest some of the farmers' money, which he pays in the way i'. ' Be -* ms . . \ of tax68 to the State, in such schools that they would not ODly confer an im measurable blessing on the farmers, but would increase the revenues to the State by making the farming landf much more valuable. The surest basis of prosperity is in good returns from the farm. The best way to secure this is in the use of a better grade of labor. D. Clay Lilly, Secretary Colored Evangelization Presbvterian Church in U. S. THE FARMER AND THE TRUST. The trust is the enemy of the farmer. He has enough enemies without being subjected to a new one, and that the most insidious and relentless of all ??n Ko imnMM) An otwu'nlhirol T UIVU Villi MV UU^VWvw life. While every man hi the community will be injured by the trust, except the stockholder*^ >they M?t?; while every class and all professions, will, to & larger or lesser .degree, pay tribute to the trusts, the farmer will be more seriously affected than any other. Every piece of machinery, every implement, utensil which the farmer uses will be in control of the trust. The trust will manufacture them; will put; hem on the market; will impose the ! tribute which the consumer must pay. | The Steel Trust will be the chief cormorant. We will use it for illustration for he reason that itis completely organized, and its deleterious effects are already being felt Since the organization of the Steel Trust steel has advanced in price 100 per cent and is till advancing. This trust owns the narket. It is impossible for competiion to take place. There is no seller *her than the $200,000,000 Steel Trust Sveiy man who is engaged in manuacturing any article which is used by he farmer must buy his steel which enera into the making of the article from he steel Trust. He must pay 100 per ent* more for it than he did one yea go. Every steel plant which was in he UnitedStafces has been swallowed ip by the Steel Trnah Some of the ormer plants have b*en closed. Thousnds of employes h*ve been discharged nd the trust is enjoying the difference etween the cost of production a year go, and the present selling price. If tiere was five dollars piofit on the proaction of steel when it was selling at 17 per ton, there is now a profit of $22. 'he cost of producing the ton of steei as not increased. On the contrary, ; has lessened. It takes no more ore, r coal, or any other material which nters into its njoductjpn than it did efore the trustfg(fti?fctipl. Less la pay to the Steel Trust from thirty to J >rty per cent more for his agricultural . nplements than he has done in the : ast The tax, for such it is, is venal , 1 the highest degree. There is no ! jlief for the farmer with the repnbcan party m power. It most be de- ( ?ted before justice will come. The inner should remember also that for eery bridge which is built, the struc- , iral iron used therein will cost one : undred per cent, more than formerly, "he Steel Trust is a monster which ill devour the substance of the farmer. . The promoters of the trust are now ' t work to form a Hard Wood Trust, yhen that is accomplished they will x the price on every stick of timber ilich the farmer offers for sale. That rust will be the only purchaser. Then e will have to pay tribute to the Varish Trust and to the Paint Trost. Four undred millions of dollars will be pat lto a trust to control the wheat pronet. 4t will be done. That organized nd the price will be fixed for the far ler on hie wheat The farmer will noi ave a genferal market lie will be ompelled to sell to the trust at its figres. They will form a Wool Trust Then the dip is sho wn the trust will iz the price per pound which the farmer shall receive. The product will e held by the trust, and sold at its leasure at a tremendous profit Clothag, bread, and everything else which 3 necessary for the sustenance and omfort, will be put into a trust The armer will have to sell at the price [xed by the trust ahd he will have to >uy at the price fixed by the trust. He rill be robbed in selling, and he will >e robbed in bnying. He will be the slave of the trust. He nil sweat and his bones will ache, but he profits which arise from the conumption of what he produces will go 0 the trusts. It is just as easy to form 1 trust on wheat and on wool as it is to orma Steel Trust. The cormorants rill not stop until the last drop of blood s sacked from the agriculturists. They mow their business. They know what m easy mark the farmer is, and they fcnow how qoietly and patiently he >ears burdens. They will impose them, rhere will be no use in crying after the llilk is spilt?Cincinnati Enquirer. An enterprising Georgia farmer has t>ecome the pioneer in a new industry ?namely, making syrup out of water, melons. He cuts the melons in halves, scoops out the pulp, runs it through a cider mill, presses out the juice and then boils it lor twelve hours oyer a hot fire. Out of 270 melons, worth $5 or $6 at wholesale, he gets thirty gallons of syrup and markets the product at 50 cents per gallon. The refuse is fed to the hogs, cattle and chickens, and the whole operatiou is very profitable. * ?According to an official report of the ? * * " - ' v -i. ?1 U altea asawwicuasai general si swckholm, the govern meat of Sweden owns and operates 2,284 miles of railway, the rolling stock of which consists of 502 locomotives, 428 baggage cars, 892 passenger coaches, 3 .lining cars, 45 postal wagons, 6 combined coaches and baggage, 21 prison vans, 216 fiat cars, and 12,161 freight cars. The annual profits during the forty-three years ol government ownership of the railways have averaged more than one and onethird' million dollars in American money, besides the accumulation of a fund of $2,282,164 for pensioning employes retired on account of age or injury, and a fund of $2,079,219 for the relief of widows and children of de ceased employes. , THE FIRST IMPULSE IN HUMAN LIFE. i When persons begin their life work ( J or are thrown upon own resoures and exertions for a support, the first motive ( i is the making of a living. There must ] ; be enough income from their labor to keep those who are dependent upon the labors ami to provide a decent support for themselves, or thov labor in vain, or at a loss. It is obliged to be a ? hard, struggle for day laborers who 8 have no reserved capital to carry them F over tight places, to pay unexpected 8 doctors bills or funeral charges for those I who must be buried. If sickness over- ? takes the only wage earner in the fam- ^ ily, then everything stops at once, except rents and provision bills and debts. ? In considering the opportunities for ' making a living, it is astonishing that !j' the people who must work (or perish) . do not consider the advantages that agriculture offers, because it is the only 0 calling where nature works all night 1( with the growing crops, to aid the man *] who worgs an amy w iiulhc j 1*1115 for Himself and family. For example, w take the day laboier with a half dozen children, from two to twelve years of 1 age. Suppose he is a carpenter and ? makes $1.50 a day at his calling. That will bring him in $39 for 26 working P( days in the month, [supposing that V3 he has a job that never fails, jv and the cash is always "on tap." * He can hardly get a house to live in ? near such work under $6 per month. His fuel will average $5 per month in the winter time, if they are warm and 01 comfortable, with a family of eight. If 80 the eight members of the family are Pl clothed and shod, asthey deserve to be w< in this land of civilization, he will do well to come off with another $10 a month, not counting what they eat and W] drink, which will consume the rest. If the carpenter makes "buckle and ton- J*3 gue meet," he does exceedingly well. . Should the job fail, or the wages get ^ tied up in court, as some time happens, then the whole thing stops, as before said. Sr Take this man, with six children on * a rented ton, where he supplies noth- tu ing but his labor. Counting his wife, 00 who can hoe and pick cotton?in a ^ pinch?there are five who can aid in 10 making the crop. The house and fuel w< are furnished gratis. They can ran two P? plows, and cultivate 50 acres of land in com and cotton. If they are will- , incr t.n dn go. such a cropper can also J01 "O ? i . a . manage ten acres in wheat?the land- uc lord furnishing land, seed, mules and De implements, for two-thirds as rent, receiying only half with the corn and cot- * ton as rent If the ten acres produce *?] only ten bushels to the acre?the labor- *r er gets at least 30 bushels to his share, 1111 after threshers are paid?amply enough to give his family flour bread the year round. Along with corn and vegetables, etc., he is well supplied. Twenty- D~ five acres in corn should make at least ?: 10 bushels to the acre if properly cul- ~ tivated, and much more when extra J pains are taken. The half of this yield will not only bread his family, but feed 801 a cow and some pigs luxuriously. These are the essentials of a living, and not a dollar of expense, except the -1 clothes and the food perhaps in the 4? first year. Twenty-five acres in cotton 8113 should make at least 12 bales on fair . acreage land. Allowing one bale for .m his share of guano bills, there are five bales that may be his own property, wc with proper industry, at the end of the 8ai year: f Of course a farmer must give the 101 same time in labor?as the carpenter? to make a parallel comparison. He p must put in the same hours and do his 80 work as faitlifully; and while the sum- J?1 iner heat is tiying, he can sit by the fire in wintry storms, while the saw and plane must go on from January to &F December?cold or hot, rain or shine? or be docked for lost time. W( THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. tic th For-some reason lh? warfare against m -? i? ?II U2Q Clg&TClMS UL2S8 WCX1 UifiU vuwvuj ov though the evil is generally admitted a < to be constantly increasing. We have tn even heard it, gravely hinted by those gi who used to assail the habit vigorously N: that it is not so much of a corse after ti< all, as we had been led to believe. But to the physicians still insist that it is th ruinous to the health of boys, and the bi bloodshot eyes and pale faces of. young or smokers, confirm the opinion of the dc doctors. We have no donbt in the n< world that the cigarette destroys five boys where whiskey kills one. One ga reason for this is that it is unpopular in for a youth to drink whiskey, but quite sc the thing for him to smoke a cigarette, pi Recently we heard an old man implor- e\ ing a young fellow to stop smoking be- e< cause the deadly effect of the habit was es plainly written in the boy's face. The pi old gentleman told the youth that he g< would gladly get down on his knees in tfc the street where they were standing d< and pray the Lord to give him strength h< to break the habit, if he would allow him. The boy replied that it was of no use?the habit had such a hold upon jg him he could not quit it That was a ^ sad picture. We shall not soon forget ^ the look of pity on the old man's face 01 nor that of hopelessness on the face of ^ the boy as they departed in silence. ^ There is big money in cigarettes, to be Y sure,?millions have been made by y thoir sale?but we*know one woman, a a loving mother, who would give all the s, millions of a Rockefeller, if she owned a them, if she only had her dear boy back 0 again. There are large numbers of t] bright boys who read these columns. We c long to see them develop mto noble and ^ useful men. You cannot possibly be- n come a noble or a useful man, my boy, 0 and smoke cigarettes at the same time. a One ot two things you must surrender v ?your manhood or your cigarette. ^ Which shall it be??Charity and Child- ? ren. * t A European syndicate composed of c French, German and Russian capitalists t ' has been formed, with a capital of c $20,000,000, to develop the hog' busi- c ! ness in the countries named. Attention e > will be specially directed toward the \ ' country being opened up by the Sib- ] 1 erian railway in Kussia, where climatic, ] crop and soil conditions are similar to f . the Poland-Cliina territory of the north- \ } west. The American hog is today \ - without a rival and has rooted his way 4 into nearly every country on earth. ( THANKSGIVING DAY. 'Once more the liberal year laughs out, O'er richer stores than gems or gold; )nce more wifh harvest song and shout, Is Nature's bloodless triumph told. )ur kindly Mother, rests and sings Like Ruth, among her garnered sheaves; ler lap is full of goodly things. Her brow is brieht with autumn leaves." "Swifter than a weaver's shuttle" he busy days and weeks and months ;o by, making the years, that slip by 0 rapidly we scarcely can realize their lassing. It seems only a little while ince we were making ready fbr last ihanks'giving Day, but a whole year as passed and now the same pleasant uty is belore us. A retrospect of he intervening year will show us mch for which we should feel pro- , oundly thankful in this section of the ! ountry. No great calamities of fire, 1 ood and storm liave devastated our orders nor has any special epidenjpi'f f disease entered our homes to beiave. It is true the summer was hot j ad dry and we were without many j Dmforts that usually we enjoy in the ay of fruits and vegetables ; yet this < as useful for it learned us on how * ttle variety we could live well. For \ ir staple products the prices are bet- j r; so for this blessing and for the ex- j iriences that made us wiser and more r trifty, then too for protection from f mger, we should especially remember t Le coming Thanksgiving Day. Let i i observe it in the spirit by services in ir churches and glad reunions in our j>mes. Some of these homes, in vari- J is sections of our country mourn for J Idier boys in the far away Philip- j ne Islands. For some purpose, that e e cannot undeistand, God has per- f itted this war to be, but out of it no * tubt some good will eventually come ; J ith unquestioning faith we live and rit until the end shall be. From an J ichange we give to our readers a g autiful selection, "The Home Comg Time I Among the things that should make A is Thanksgiving season one of special I atitude is the fact (hat 1899 has been a wonderful year of home-coming?a fi ne in which not only individuals, but k mmunities and even nations liave b emed to turn more or less earnestly a better phases of life. It has been a * >nderful year for the return to nobler a rposes, truer views and higher lines e thought on all vital moral questions. lis last, is a genuine coming home, 0 r the natural resting place for the ? art of man is on eternal rfektepus- u ss and truth. The home of the 81 ye is the heart of God, and it is oniy d ten perverted and wandering and ti rued aside from its Father's house it it can revel in opinions or deeds * it are not lor tne gooa 01 numamiy. ?In this turning of men's hearts to- g ud a new sense of national obiiga- ? n and honor, in the growing recog- w ion of new and nobler standards u business integrity, in the recognition si our need of a purified social life, in n a changed sentiment as to moral and ^ igious duty, we see abundant rea- ?! i for unlimited thanksgiving and fee. N We do not forget the old story. We g ow how the Thanksgiving proclama- a n reads, and how it has read ever a ice in childhood we saw the old pas- ti : unfold the important-looking sheet * the pulpit, and wondered if it could ? quite right for him to have such a ? >rliily looking "hand-bill" in the 0 sred place. - i We are to be thankful now as then fi r the sun and the rain and the har- C sts; for the peace, prosperity and S snty of the land ; for a Constitution J d a Government that have their " Nidations in justice ; for institutions t at ought to hold us back from every d reatening ruin and wreck; for our j eatness in our own sight and in the u ;ht of the other nations of the 1 >rld. ? But we must not forget that except b they lead to the individual or na- r >nal development of character, all ? ese fail of the blessing they were ^ eant to be. Prosperity that fosters If-indulgence and indolence becomes * :urse. Wealth that encourages ex- t ivagance or tempts to vice is not a i< ft Siat "calls for loudest praise," 8 ational gi eatness that stimulates na- ? >nal greed is not a thing over which ' rejoice. The seeming good is but e outward shell of the real good. If 8 -oken, it yields no reality of greatness g prosperity or worth, then it is but a c >ubtful blessing at best, and calls for f > devout thanksgiving. 1 Tin*, for realitv. for true value, for 1 kin in Tightness of living and think- * g, for the home-coming of vagrant c >uls, for the home-coming of deluded irposes and wandering thoughts, for z rery gain to man, woman or child in lucaLion, in temperance, and in honity or truth, for every step of true 1 ogress, in the nation's life, for every J >od word said or good work done in te year that is past, thanksgivings too 1 iep to be uttered should thrill the J aart of every lover of his kind. s Give Them a Little College 1 xperience.?It is the duty of every 1 inner to send the boys and girls oft j > school somewhere before they start , at in life, if it isn't anything more , lan a term at the agricultural college, < iking in what is usually known as the i rinter course. A great many valuable ' lings can be picked up by the wide- ; wake boy or girl in the three months ; pent in taking this course at the State gricultural college. Even if the boy J r girl has been raised on a farm where , hings are done in good shape, they an pick up many items that will help hem along in after life. If there is lOthing more gained, the enlarging of ne's circle of acquaintances is worth 11 it costs. But we are apt to become rrapt up in our own conceit when we 10 not get out and see how the rest of he world moves along, and for a young nan to start out in life in a rut augurs 11 success. We know of a good many tases where young men have taken his winter course in agriculture and tome home very enthusiastic in their sailing, going to work with renewed mergy that soon set them on their :eet, thus paving the way to success in ife. If a farmer will only encourage lis children to make an extra effort to jecure the means necessary to carry ihem through a winter term at college ihey can and will do it in some way or 3ther, and they'll always be glad they ! lid it.?Farmers' Guide. FURIOUS FIGHT IN MARION. HAS EL DEN SHOT NEAR HIS HOME, The Dispensary Row in Columbia Causes Bloody Battle at SellersFour Men Wounded in the Affray. On Tuesday afternoon Nov. 14, a a short while before dark, the streets of Sellers, a small town in Marion County, became the scene of a serious and probably fatal shooting affray. Mr. John C. Sellers, a prominent and highly respected citizen of the town, was seriously wounded- and taken to the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Maxey Watson ; Mr. Ben Sellers was wounded in the abdomen, Dr. Henry Edwards had a load of bird shot in his chest and J. Dudley Haselden, member of the State board of control, had a 38-calibre pistol ball in his leg. The affair seems to be the culmination uf~a letter supposed to have been written by Mr. Ben Sellers to a newspaper some weeks since, accusing Mr. ETaselden of dispensing liquors from Pis home, near Sellers. Monday morning Mr. Ben Sellers re- 1 jeived a message from Mr. Haselden 1 iskiug him to come over to his gin, vhich is located about a mile from 1 tellers, near the Haselden homestead, 1 .he message saying that he wanted ! iir. Sellers to settle with him for a J lumber of bales of cotton which he had 1 ginned for him some weeks since, and 1 o remove his cotton seed which was 1 a the way. Mr. Sellers went over to Mr. Hasel- i len'a at an early hour Tuesday morn- ' ng and the business between the two gentlemen was quickly settled, after J rhich Mr. Haselden accused Mr. Sel- 1 ers of being the author of the above j nentioned article. Mr. Sellers em- 1 ihatically denied the charge, and some 1 tot words followed, each gentleman ' busing the other. At this juncture J ir. Haselden drew his pistol, hut made J io effort to use it. Mr. Sellers was un- ? rmed and said that was no place to ettle the matter. Atthis scene were present, besides J dr. J. Dudley Haselden, his father, ir. J. G. Haselden; his brother, Mr. * u M. Haselden; Dr. Henry Edwards J nd Aubrey Evans. * That morning shortly after the dlf- j culty at Mr. Haselden's gin house, 1 ir. Haselden, in company with his rother, L. M. Haselden, Dr. Edwards ? - ? s m ? nd Au Drey juvans, Qrove in w otmenj, rhere they stopped for a short while nd engaged is conversation with sev- * ral citizens, and left, it is supposed, )r Marion. Nothing more was Been f Mr. Haselden and the gentlemen acompanying him nntil a short nhile efore dark, when they drove in from i sward Marion, both buggies stopping ide by side on the south end of the epot, directly over the railroad r racks. x ? At this moment Mr. Ben Sellers* * rho bad up to that time been in the 1 ostoffice, walked out on the platform, nd as soon as he appeared he was : red at from the buggy containing Mr. 1 [aselden and Mr* Evans. 'The ball, * rhich was fired from a 38-calibre pis- . si, struck Mr. Sellers squarely in the , bomach and deflected upward. The J eztshot fired struck Mr. Sellers in ~ be left hand, entering between the ? scond and third fingers, breaking the a dumb and coming out. c Immediately after the second shot. J Ir. Sellers pulled his pistol and opened re upon the occupants of that buggy. 1 Lt this moment the two buggies sep- ' rated, one going a short distance up 1 ho railroad track and the rear one to 1 he left, a short distance below. The J econd buggy contained Messrs. Hasel- 1 en and Evans. When the buggy v ame to a standstill Mr. Haselden got 8 ut and walked towards a dwelling 1 louse some distance from the platform, 8 rom which point he fired several shots. c )wing to the fact that Mr. John C. Oilers came 2upon the scene at this j aoment, it is not known upon whom 1 fr. Haselden's shots took effect. * When Mr. Sellers rushed out upon J he platform to the aid of his son, he j row his pistol and opened-fire upon \ Ivans, who was then the only occupant ( 1 the buggy. The other buggy at that , Ime contained Dr. Edwards, who was J with a rifle. He wheeled his 8 orse back across the railroad and the ifls fell out on the track and was. not icked up until Mr. Haselden's hands ame back for it, about 20 minutes iter. Mr. John C. Sellers was wounded rith a 44-calibre?apparently a rifle tall, which passed under the J eft Clarice and came out behind the right houlder, and was cut out under the pinal column. The third ball entered he left forearm and came out about our inches abov&the point of entrance. The negro who witnessed the whole hooting sail ?lr. Luther M. Haselden :ot out of Dr. Edwards' buggy as they Irove up and got on the south platorm of the depot. From that side a mllet hole appears in a pane of glass, anging down towards the inner office, md was found on the floor of the inner tfflce, after having gone through the loor. The prominence of all concerned nakes the affair very deplorable. The following are signed statements rom Mr. J. Dudley Haselden and Mr. lohn C. Sellers: Mr. J. Dudley Haselden said : "Yesterday morning Mr. Ben Sellers and nyself had some talk about the letters. [ told him I did not hold him responsible for the letters for I did not believe that he wrote them; I told him I heard that he had been making reference to them and to my home, and that I could cot and would not allow. I then asked tiim if he had made such reference, that it was hard to believe it, and he did not deny it. I told him he would cither have to affirm or deny; it resulted in my striking him, afterwards we apoligized to each other, shook hands and then transacted our business. As he was leaving, I said I suppose we 8hall meet as friends or how. He suggested that we meet without Bpeaking. I suggested that he seemed dissatisfied and that it would ba best to settle it. I told him I would giv& him satisfaction any way he wished it, hn tn pat a friend to represent him. He said, oh no, after reflection, I am not satisfied. I will give you ample notice. The notice I got was while passing the depot in my buggy he rushed out pistoi in hand and opened fire on me, hitting me in the leg as I jumped to the ground. I returned the fire promptly and general firing began. Mr. Ben Sellers returned to the waiting room, and Mr. John C. Sellers ran out and then guns were fired from the waiting room, only John C. Sellers and his son Ben showed themselves at all. Mr. John C. Sellers taking refuge behind the mail crane we exchanged several shots. I think Mr. Sellers was well armed as he fired at least ten times." (Signed) J.y Dudley Haselden. 1 Upon being interviewed, Mr. John C. Sellers said: The first intimation of any trouble was after my son returned from Mr. Haselden's gin and told me how outrageously he had been treated by the mob at Haselden'e, after I having been invited there on a matter 1 of business by Mr. .T. Dudley Haselden. ' Just after my son informed me of the ] trouble, they drove up in buggies, 1 Messrs. J. Dudley*ani Luther M. Has- 1 elden in one buggy, and Mr. Aubrey Evans and Dr. Edwards in another 1 ! buggy. Mr. J. ?). Haselden, the father f of Messrs. J. Dudley and Luther M. s Haselden, in a buggy behind the others, 1 As Dudley and Luther reached the I railroad track, Luther jumped down and shifted his pistol from one pocket I to another. Dudley put his in the foot r of the buggy. Luther went to the north c side of the depot as if looking for some t one. Dudley got out and went on the g nnrvnsUu oMa nt V> a flnrtf tftlflnff hlfl D vpj^uoi WO OIUO U1 IfUW uvpv>) VMM ?D ? W pistol with him. Evidently not finding f who they were looking for they drove ii towards Marion. h " I expected trouble that evening b and we prepared ourselves for it. The mob returned about dark, coming by ti way of Ben Sellers' which was about E half a mile away from the traveled a route from Marion, and when they p reached the depot they stopped both ii buggies. Luther Haselden jumped out q and ran up the steps on the south side tl of the depot, My son Ben was in the tl front of the office door on the west side" ? and I was in the office writing. With- d' out a word being spoken, Aubrey Ev- si ans fired at Ben and struck him on the J< left hand and immediately Dudley fired 11 at him, striking him in the breast. As ti soon as possible Ben pulled his pistol and began firing and emptied his revol- bi per at the crowd. I theu ran out and as I passed through the door I was shot Cf through the left forearm, I think by al Luther Haselden, through the window, bi [ ran down the steps, firing at Dudley zc tnd Aubrey Evans, who were both run- tt aing and firing back. About then Ben el ired at Henry Edwards, with his shot tt jun, but after exchanging a few shots k< vith him he whipped up his horse and 'an off. I was shot in the back by either fa Luther or Dudley Haselden, while 01 ibooting at Henry Edwards. " Dudley Haselden ran through a h< louse and yard and took refuge in a er legro's privy; Aubrey Evans jumped in n a window of a lady's house; Luther laselden went under the platform on tt ill-fours and left the depot running ? ike a buck. It is currently reported hat the crowd had coats of mail manu- tt actured and had them on. le ten ?-J \ Tatiw O CPTT pdo m VOigueu; oKJO-it v< wniimnw. ? THE HASELDEN STORY. 3?pt. Haselden Alleges That Several Men Were Concealed in Depot Building and That Sellers Opened D Hostilities. 'o the Editor of The State: M In response to request of newspaper eporters, and as answer to misrepre- T entations made. I regretfully make his statement as to the recent unforunate affair at Sellers. jr At the outset, let me say that t in- M end to give the facts as they exist. ^ iy friends over the State, and the * rublio generally may depend upon it. d< On the morning of 14th lost. Mr. ? benjamin Sellers and my brother Dud ey became involved in a personal lond I rl WG gUfc W lilic UOpuv^ no iuw m vho informed us that the depot was *j illed with armed men awaiting to at- ^ ack us as we went our way by the f30 lepot to our home. * Inasmuch as I believed my brother ? Oudley to be the object of the proposed ittack, I thought that if we could get fi! llm safely by, the attack might be rvoided. Consequently, I advised that {J L>r. Edwards and I should go ahead b ind slow up our horse just at the depot, 01 thereupon Dudley and Evans were to ? Irive rapidly by and thus by confusing . hem avoid if possible the intended at* " tack. As we approached the depot I ?w two men peeping through the ^ window that looka out upon the roa? ' we were traveling and evidently locat- ~ Ing Dudley. As we slowed our horse, u Dudley's buggy went rapidly by to our left. Just at this time Mr. Benjamin Sellers rushed from the depot with his j}1 pistol upraised, and I stepped from my 11 now slowly moving buggy upon the railroad track, faced him with pistol * Ln hand. He leveled his pistol in my A direction and we both fired. Almost * simultaneously Mr. J. C. Sellers rushed from the depot, and from within a Bhotgun was fired. Mr. J. C. Sellers Bred at me, the bullet glancing my right side. J returned his fire with & twoBhots, one of which was while h. was squatting behind the mail crane ? shooting some one at right angles. * Just at this time I was attracted by a the horse of Dr. Edwards come rush* ri ing back with him in the buggy. A ii gun was fired by some one concealed S in the office full into his face ; where* n upon I rushed up the steps and fired tl through the window at the figures of d three men in the office. I then jumped p from the platform and turned in time b to exchange fire with some one who b had come around the corner- of the i t onannftfi mv onlv remaining l wllAWW# Jk ^ r> ball at him, and it failing fire I went e under the depot. I did not have an- g other cartridge, and so made my way s under the depot to its northern end ; got up and walked quietly, so as not to attract attention, until I crossed the railroad, after which I went as fast as ! possible to join my friends, *11 of. J whom I believed to be seriously wounded if not killed. J The backs of our buggies, shot all to ! pieces by gun* in the hands of parties concealed in a room, tell their own e tale. Luther M. Haselden. i Sellers, Nov. 16, '99. J ' SELLER'S SIDE OF THE FIGHT. \ Father and Son Protest That They ! Were on the Defensive?The State- ! merits Are Very Conflicting. To the Editor of The State: , The telegram from Sellers signed J. t N. W., published in The State of today, < written by the Haseldens, so far as it < relates to our concealing ourselves in j the office at the railroad station and j opening fire upon the Haselden party, is j an infamous and infernal lie. We were not expecting J. D. Haselden and his ( bushwhackers at all, as they had passed in the morning, going to Marion, from : whence, it was expected, they would go to Columbia, where Haselden had , that morning informed Ben Sellers ' v * ' that he had six men to kilh Their return to Sellers was an entire surprise. The Haselden party while at Marion procured breastplates and returned by ihe house of Ben Sellers, apparently lunting him. They drove up to depot and stopped. Ben Sellers was standing on platform, ind his father, J. C. Sellers, was inlide, writing. Without a word, Aubrey ?vans fired from the buggy, hitting Ben Sellers in left hand, and J. D. Hasilden immediately fired, also hitting Ben Sellers, the ball entering, striking ib, passed around, without going into ayity. Ben Sellers returned fire, but >eing disabled before, could not do freat execution. Thinking his son aortally wounded, J. C. Sellers took rom office pistol rushed out and fired nto crowd. Haselden, finding it too iot, took refuge behind small building, taving been hit in calf of leg. When too hot, Haselden ran into and hrough private dwelling of Mrs. Irown and took refuge in Jheprivy of negro family. .Ben j$el lyijg ntjfciliited istol and emptied 16a2m^^lfro shot no H. A. Edwards, who reft the scene uickly. L. M. Haselden in the meanme had slipped to window andvhred n*.#,,'-./**. 1* of Ran fialloM V?J~. fc AAA>tier I kJlV/UgU It CSV l^VU WWAAVk W] WWW www , ,0 len Sellers with gun. ran to side of spot, went under same, crawling, as iown by signs there now, near foil ingth of depot to northern end, and ke a wild buck left the scene of akh; t on. J. C. Sellers is wounded by a 44-calire ride. Haselden has convicts. A. State offiir, with a rifle belonging to the State, ded by State guard and Haselden's ishwbackers, try to assassinate citi>ns of the State. If the six men ireatened in Columbia will shoot Hasden in legs there is no danger to lem. Haselden will run like a turWe cannot lie with Haselden, but in ir, manly, open way, we can defend irselves, our homes and our honor. Aubrey Evans ran into a private : )me, through a window, and fright- j ed family to an extent of a probable- j dictmcnt. The Haselden party had to go Out of teir way some distance?half J&mile to go by home of Ben Sellers. Jff Their scheme is best repre&eirati by leir cowardly treatment of ?g||Serrs at the house of J. D. Haselfleiraat orning, after being sent for 9 Hasden. Respectfully, J. C. Sellers, Ben B, Sellers. ; Sellers, 8. C.. Not. 15 *1890. A en ibs startdra$?e battle, i !r. J. Aubrey Evawoa the Sellers J and Haselden Fig htg^His Story Oon? > umamma wnw miu ? ! , Wn ) the Editor of The Oa the morning in j >mpsny with Hon. L. - Haselden and Drffifeartofttf went i Marion, and on ouwlwurn home we ere informed that * ipot armed men aw^tl^ioJpH^b j kpidly, keeping th^etgaighfc road j om Marion to Seller^ J2udid not, as &s been stated, drive by the home of enjamin Sellers. We decided before < caching the depot that J. D. Haselden as the man they wanted, and we Longht if we conld get him by there j ould be no trouble. ; I was riding with J. D. Haselden, >ing the driving, and as we neared i ie depot I guided our horse to left to "1 188 the front-.buggy, whose occupants J .j ere Dr. Edwards and Capk ??. M. < aBelden. As we were crossing the 1 dlroad track, I looked backwards j 3d saw Mr. Ben Sellers on the depot i latform, with a pistol ifc his hand, ; ad Mr. John Sellers rushing out of ; spot door. I told Dudley to look out. i t this moment pistol shots were fired i Dudley was getting out of buggy. Te were then about 25 feet across the ; dlroad track. I halted my horse end irned in buggy and began firing at [r. John C. Sellers, who was firing in iy direction from behind.a mail crane, positively did not shoot at Mr. Ben sllers, and several shots were fired afore I fired at all. I saw shotguns red both from the door and window I the depot office. After firing my tst cartridge, I dropped .down in the Qggy and, looking around saw some ae pointing shot gun through almost loeed door of the depot office, asking. Where is Aubrey?" After party rft depot door I got out of buggy ana alked across to house of Mr. Brown, wking for Dudley, who had gone in lat direction after emptying his pls>1. Not finding him, 1 returned* to ie buggy and drove off down the 3ad, where 1 was joined by Mr. L. M. Caselden. The ouggy in which I was ow bears the marks of six bullet oles. While I regret the unfortunate ffair, it was unavoidable on our part. -8 for my part, I had nothing against ny of the gentlemen involved. J.A.^Evans. Sellers, S. C., Nov. 17. ?The London Dally Mail says if an ' erial machine was capable of travelig at any rate up to 1,000 miles an oar, a traveler in it, starting westward from London at a speed of 600 liles an hour, would arrest the progess of time. If he started at 10 a. m. ; would always be to him 10 a. m. hould he find his unending day mootonous, he could reverse nis direc[on and get a quick succession of short ays and nights of some six hours' duation, but he could regulate the length y the speed of his machine. Suppose e traveled from London one night at 0 o'clock, westward, at a speed of ,000 miles per hour. He would soon xperience the sensation of seeing the un rising in the west, where it had et a short time before. ?Mr. O. C. King, of Meridian, Miss., rho is commissioner from the State of dississippi to the Paris exposition in 900, has arranged there for what iromises to be a great novelty in the ray of an exhibit from that State. He ias made arrangements with a party rho has secured at the right season >00,000 selected full grown cotton bolls, rhich will be sold at the Paris expos!ion by original cotton field darkies as louvenirs of the American exhibit, Dhese will be the first cotton bolls ever shipped abroad, and they will be eagery sought after by people who have ised quantities of American cotton, 3ut who have never seen it in its natural form. ?The most curious palace in the vorld is the Alhambra, in Spain. It vas originally a fortress, so great in extent as to be capable of holding 10,000 men. It was begun in 1248 and finished in 1314. It contains numerous halls and courts, all decorated in the highest style of Moorish art. ?The Mormon church proposes to srect a large temple in Louisville, Ky. it will be used not only as a place of worship, but also as the central point from which missionaries will be sent to various cities and towns in Kentucky and contiguous States. BRYAN ANALYZES THE VOTE. The Result of the Recent Elections Is a Rebuke to McKinley?Democratic Gains in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Republican Losses in New York and Hew Jersey. Mr. William J. Bryan has given to the press an extended statement, in which he sums up the results of the election in the different States. In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, where the Democrats reaffirmed the Chicago platform, he finds that the/ have made gains, while in New York and New Jersey the Republican vote shows a falling off. Maryland, he declares, is now safely Democratic. _On tne Kentucky election ne uyi: " T&e result in Kentucky does not give any encouragement to the Republicans. The latest returns show that the contest between Mr. Goebel and Mr. Taylor is very dose. The Democrats claim the election of Goebel and > entire State ticket by small pluralities. The Legislature is safely Democratic In both branches and the election of Blackburn to succeed Lindsay is assure!. No one who has watched the contest will doubt that with the Democrats united on national issues, Kentucky can be relied upon for a majority of 20,000 or 30,000." " Ohio is summed up as follows; "What consolation can Republicans draw from the Ohio election? Mr. Hanna secured the nomination of his candidate for Governor upon a platform endorsing the Republican administration, and while the returns Indicate that Nash has a plurality of about 50,000 over McLean, McLean and Jones together have a majority of something like 50,000 over the Republican candidate. aV JJlcLean, ratfhipon a platform empljMcaU&endpr&ig the Chicago plattaga and toadeoming the trusts, milita^ rism apd-Imperialism, and he made a r gallant fight againstgreat odds. Ohio < Lb the home of Mr. Hanna, chairman of the Republican national oommiUee. Postmasters all over the Union were urged to contribute' money to save Ohio. Mr. Hanna took the' stomp himself and called upon Republicans to support the tioket and endorse thd policies of the Administration. Ana J yet, inspite"of all that conld be done, mr. nannav own ooumy was carried by Mr. Jones and the Itepublican party, which had a majority of nearly ?$,0QQ in 1896, is now overwhelm*! hya majority approximating 50,000. The Jones vote is Anti-Republican. Mr. Jones himself has made an open fight against Mr. Hanna and his methods; and the Republican party has turned^ It batteries against Mr. Jones and his followers.* Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas repelts are passed over with brief paragraphs as not of leading importance. On Nebraska be says: "The Ne-< braska'campaign was fought on national issues and the Fusion candidate a. for Judge received about 14,000 this feear as against:-3,000 for th3 Fusion-- v. candidate for Judge lal897., ftmllfrhty Secretary of War Metkiejohn came from Washington to plead with the voters to upheld the rresidentfe pollcies. Senators Thurston and Hayward were on the stomp warning the people not to repudiate the President. Senator* Fairbanks and other prominent Republicans from outside the State lent their influence, but not withstanding the efforts brought/forth hy the Republicans the^ Fusion forces gained a signal victory. Their didate, Jndge Holcomb, carried five of the Congressional districts out of the six and . lost the remainlng^disSriet . [the 1st) hj only a thousand. The Fuslonlsts made a net gain of throe District Judges and a large gain in county officers." Mr. Bryan continues: " Taken ash- " whole the election returns from all th* . States give encouragement to those who . hope for the overthrow of the Republican party in 1900. It is evident that there who relieve in the Chicago platform in 1896 still believe in it. It isatsb evident that the hostility to the Chicago platform among those wno opposed it is not as pronounced as it was in 1896. It is apparent also that there is a growing hostility to the monopolies which have grown up under a Republican Administration. It ii safe to say that the American people would by a large majority pronounce against the attempt to raise the standing army trt 1CA OCA onH ft fa Ann&llv that <*( " upon a distinct vote upon (he issue ft lftrge majority of the people would pronounce against an imperialistic policy which would develop here ft colonial system after the pattern of * European Governments "If the rebuke administered to (he. Republicans at the polls had beer more severe the prospect of remedial legislation at the hands at the Republicans would be brighter. While it was sufficient to indicate that the people are not satisfied With the Republican policies it may not have beer sufficient to stay the coarse of the Republican party toward plutocracy and toward the European ideas of government built on force rather wan upon the oonsent of the governed?a government relying for safety upon a Urge standing army vnthsr tun upon a citizen soldierr." j, , mm