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Marlboro' ?DO TnOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX^ BENN ETTSVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1905. NO. y?.ltf A PITHY SPEECH By Senator Newlands on Jeffer son Day in New York. WHO ARE DEMOCRATS The Senator Says the Real Democrats are in the Republican Party as Well as in thc Democratic Party, and that Bryan Will Lead Them to Victory. The speech printed below, delivered at a big Democratic gathering in New York on Jefferson Day by Senator Newlands, of Nevada, ls sDmewhat sensational, but it will bc read with Interest: "What ls Democracy? Who aie Dem ocr ats, and have we a Derne eratic par ty? Thc?e are the questions to be de termined before the next national elec tion. Democracy ls a faith, not an as sociation. Democrats are tl cse who believe in that faith, not thO:e who are simply enrolled in an organization. The Democratic party should bi a homogeneous association of men who intend to put their faith into pract ice, not of men who make a pretence of faith in order to secure Lillee and spoils. Dem ?eratic faith implies equal rights for all and special privileges for none. It implies t?ust in the pt opie a theBOurce of all power. It t^aehisthc holding of all power c'ose in the hands of tbe people. Itm<aus g vernment near to the pei pie. lt rn? ans that cacti county.as to county affairs sha"' govern Itself, and tot be go-e ned by tie State; that each Stat?, as to State af fairs, shall ge-vern it! elf, ai tl be gov erned by the nation; that the nation, in all matters of the g- ueral welfare and defence, entrusted by the Consti tution to its Goverurui nt, shall govi rn Itself and not surrender tho exercise of Its powers to thc Stati s. It meat s that the will of tue people, when ex pressed in constitutions and laws, shad be inforced a< c TOMI g to their letter and spirit unatLct d by partiality anti undisturbed by the changing passions of the hour, lt means the highest re speot for and obedience to t? e law, constitutional and statutory, lt metro ^government bi law, no' ofmeu.'- lt. imanB that the constitutional els! rio ution of powers, national or St--ts, shall be maintained, lt mt ar st batt e powers of governments':ail oe exercis ed for and dedicated to the benefit ann happiness of our own people, and not for the beneiit or conque .st, and sub Jeot'ion of other pee,:! s. It mea ns con struction, not destruction, lt. means peace, not war. lt means that. ur sys terns of nuance, transportai ion und production shall be framtd with a view to the prosperity of the ma y ano not for the advantage of the few. It mars that as to all public utilities, nation al, State or municipal, the Govern ment shall either own or control; that if such utilities are entrusted to pri vate enterprise regard sha,1 i he h cl only for a fair return, not specula'ive advantage. It means the open i o ir for comp?tition and c ?-(.pera1 ion, rot the closed door of n o:u poly, lt m aus the protection of the rights to the many, not of the interests of the f w. It stands against eas . . ra. k, and privilege, lt statins fi r humanity. DKMOCKATS IN DISGUISE. Judged hy the, e principes, the re are men in the Denice .atm organiza tion who are not Demo -rats. Judged by these prlnc pies, there are m ri in the Republican organfz tion who ave Democrats. Judged hy these prhci pies, Abraham Lincoln was a Dem' - orat. Judg cl hy these prim ipi s. most matters relating to dornest c lc . lslation Theodore ii o eve it is a D m ocrat. Should all tbe rt al Demo rat. in both parties he united in one ur ganizatlon they wou.rl control tho 1 >"r lslation of the country. In t he las campaign the coan., s lowed that tue Democratic party had lost, hut R ose vert's message showed th tDtra cracy had won The Democratic ourcv han declared for an immediate assurance to the Philippines of ult?male J.berty under American pron cl 1 n. Roosevelt expressed not the assurance, but the hope, of such liberty. The Denocrat ic party In its pla form had declared for many domestic reforn s. lt u^ \ I; wrote into his Administration plat form a demand for thes.i reforms. Democrats, whether in the 1) moe.al io or Republican organization, will support this demand, and insure its accomplishment. Nomischiev usspir it, no mere desire to dismember tl e President's party or to . m broil his administration prompts the s:.;\> r; by the real Demi erat s lu the D. mo eratic organizati m ol Roosevelt's oo mestic policy. They clo ?t ti ?anse it is their duty to support the man to whom Provldf nee has assigned PK; op por tun 1 ty of ace mpli.-d rn nt. tUitune man can defeat tho accomplishment ef Roosevelt's domestic policy, and that is Roosevelt. C u tl we, thu in, the next four >ear*, tut <.or elves loo e from the external co ; pilcal ion i which have absorbed us for Lito last eight years, we would wi'MS- the trlun ph ant succ?s- of Dernoc acv in ?ill i bo domestic refoims now pres :. g up a' the attention ut the c OM ry. A these reforms would ba a comp!I Iud mainly by thc aid if the Demo ra i> organization, standing he ii 1 a R publican President or D m :ratlc faith, who will bring to hi suppori all the m n of the Republican parly of like faith. WHAT UNITED DEMI CHATS OAN Do. The union of Democrats, whether nominally in the Democratic or the Republican Organization-, on the irrigation question, aeson pl ?shed the passage of an Act the ino t important in the history of the last half cen tury; an Act broad, comprehensive and enduring, which wilbout otber legislation will, within the n x'. liftv years, develop un en.pire hi the re gion webt of tito Missouri dedicated tb hotnes^ekers and the home-build ers, on who-o sturdy virtues the perpetuity of the Republic rests. The union ol Demoorats, whether in the Democratic or Republican organi zation, eau, within tho next four ypatb, oyen up the steel highways of tbs country to the equil, proportion lite and fair use of the entire people. Toe union of Democrats, whether in the Dcmcotatic or Republican organi 2 it ion, can, within the next four years so tcale the tariff wall as to de stroy tho monopolies erected under its shelter. The union of Democrats, whether in the Democratic or Ra publioan organization, can, within trie next four jeans, shape a system of taxation that will brin< wealth under proportionate contribution to the ex penses of the Government. The union of Democrats, whether In the Darno LTt.tio or Republican orgaulzatlon, L*an, within the next four years, amer-d and reform the publio land laws so as to preserve the great na tural wealth of the country-wealth o' coal, of I rou, of copper, of lead, of timber, and of land-for the entire people of the United States, includ ing generations yet unborn, Instead of allowing the publio wealth to ho ibsorbed and monopolized in thl* (jeuoration by a favored few. The union of Damocrats, whether in the Democratic or Republican organiza tions, can. within the next, four years, under Roosevelt's courageous leader ship "shuckle greed and counnlng," .radicate graft and fraud from the public service, and restore tho simple ideals of the Republic ONLY JINGOISM IN THE WAY. All that is necessary to accomplish db.ls is freedom from external compll cations. F?r eight years we have neen engaged In foreign activities. Starting lu the Cuban war for free lorn We ended in the Philippine war for conquest. Having acquired mere right or way over the Isthmus of Pa lama by a treaty which guaranteed Jolombla's sovereignty and bound ifi 0 protect it against tho nations of world, we, lu a mcment of tempta tion wnsted by force of arm* that . ovrrelgnty from Colombia and took t ours Ives. We have been engag-'d n diplomatic negotiations for the ip. n do >r in China; for reciprocity treaties with Cuba; for the adjust ing ut of tlic cubis of American re publics. We have beeu eugaged In Instructing American republics in the ;t ci n~les of international life. We nave been engsged In law making for Hi Philippines and for Porto Rico and for Panama, Whilst we have been oona uer lng other ouutrles mo il poly lias c u quered our own. We bave time to .'?eitle the railroad ques tion in tbe Philippines; we have not lae time to adjust the railroad ques tion in the United States. We have cheetima to give a moderate tariff-to Lae Philippines; we have not time to correct an excessive tariff in the United Statis. Wc can expend vast .urns in Lul a, in the Philippines, in Panama, in colonial exploitation and In naval expansion, but we have no i.ootiey for the internal development of the Republic. Our harbors and our water ways are neglected. Our reform legislation rests in comnilt L es, a id as a result either of favorit litri or neuleet In legislation, the greatest plutocracy lu the hlhtory of (lie world has been created, whilst we have kept our eyes strained towards toe borizjn of imperial aud interna tional grandeur. WHAT WILL ROOSEVELT DO ? Will the many-sided Theodore Il os.-\cit devote himself during the : ext four y ars to the Democratic p licy of domestic reform indicated by his nu : . ga, or will he continue tc e g.jge in activities external to oin co miry, which wm absorb its atten fcion ;. nd pcs p ?ie domestic reform V it i.; e form r, D.moc.acy will bo tri umphant In-fcr^ his adniiriis.tratioi t cs If, on the other hand, he con Linnes io dazzle our p< opie with startliug exhloitions of international PJ ni' clinics, plutocracy will ba at tiimly Intrenched at the end of bli administration a$ lc was at the be ii in'ii. g, i.nd some other Democrat-: Democrat who ts not an imperialism b. aa, as well as at hume-will bi called upon to lead the destinies t, T ie country. The country de.mnndi Da ?ooraey -whether under lt:pub'.l ca i or Dean eratic administration Democracy is triumphant now i Rot s.vc lt stands by Democrati faith, if not, four years hence Dem icntcy will gird it:, loins for anothe struggle against plutocracy i which 1 strengthening In wealth and powe every day and every hour. And ii standard tearer will be fie meu wh< fry. ars have been pre-eminent fe steadfastness, for courage, for pa Deuce under defeat, fur faith in th ultimate wisdom and power of tb pi opie ; the man who hus been und< vialing, consistent, courageous ; th man whose integrity nobody doubl and in who>e sincerity everybody bi lievei. The question will then 1 che development of the Republic a nome. The agency to be employe wi 1 bo a c.mservntlve Demoorac; atid the leader of this Democrat will be the man who has stood tri to Its principles amidst all the glan or and illusions of imperial admint br?lions. Girl Brutally Killed. At Little Kalb, Minn., thero gn at excitement over the dhcovei of th<! dead body or Minnie Klntop me woads. The b dy was entire stripped of clothing, a hatidkerchi as t ightly twisted about her nci and the head was a mass of bruise Two negroes were seen In the vialnl t f wi ere the body was found ai . v ch ls being made for them. Tl girl, who was about to leave for t northern part of the State to take 1 homestead cl. i ms had been in Lin Fdls purchasing supplies. She Ii Di ie Monday evening for Darlh fr..m which station she was to walk lier home. After leaving Darling s A ts not seen again until her body w found. (Shook Too Hard. Tho minister was a great ha shaker, shutting down like a vi One day lie shook a llttlo boy's hat and absent mlndedly irave an aw sq 1 cze as he said: "My little felic 1 iiope you feel pretty well today With tears in his eyes the little I answered: "I did till you she hands with me." ?TILL AT THJfi iiMl>. An Fnglish. Army Offleer Bays the World May Still Turn to Amorloan Battlrlloltl J'or Examples of the Hijghret Mili tary Eflictenoy and Valor. It takes a long time to s'z?. up thc merits and results of a tremendous conlliot Uko the oivll war, and it ls not surprising that the verdict of foreign military students is constant ly changlrg and drawing closer toa true estimate of the facts. A fresh review of tue last stage of war, from Gettysburg to Appomattox, has just appeared lu Englai d from the pen of Captain Batttne of the king's hu%ars. In writing of tbe most critical phase of the contest In America Captain Battlne has in mind the recrnt great military events, and he holds thar the world may still turn to American battlefields for examples of the high est military < tllcicncy and martial valor. Ile says: "The history of the Amrlcan civil war still remains the most important theme for tho sludfent and the states man btcausj lt was waged between adversaries of the highest Intelligence and courage, who fought by land and sta over an enormous area with every device within the reach of human in genuity and who had to create ev:ry organization needed for thc purple after tlie struggle had begun. Justice has hardly been done to the armies which arose time and again from san quinary repulses and from di.-;as"ers more demoralizing than ruy repulse in thc Held because they were caused by political and military incapacity in high places, to redeem which the soldiers freely shed their blood, as lt seemed, in vain. If the heroic en durance of the southern pe pie and the fiery valor of the southern armies thrill us today with wonder and ad miration, the stiibborn tenacity and courage which succeeded in preserv ing intact tba heritage of the Ameri can nation and which triumphed over foes sc foimidabie a: o not less worthy of praise and imitation. The Atceri cars still hold the world's record for hard Ugh th g." The valor of the southern sol lier.-, has long ht en extolled at home as well as abroad, and at one time the eulogists seemed to forget that valor in any army presupposes equal valor In the foe. The lighting records t i the combatants in that great w.-.r do not rest upon mere speculation. They were written in blood, and the ho lc are open to ti e world's Inspeo lon. And every elite r. g merit and elite corps on-elthi?r sliJe rru*t and-o?-u without loss of prestige i-t-nd c >m? parison with an elite equivalent in thc raulcs of thc foe. Tho North had meire regiments In the field t h ui did the South, but the ratio of hard fight ing r? gi mtnts was the same. There were seventy northern regiments which lost from 50 to 80 per cent, of their strength in sing.': engagements and Uity-three BOUtheru regiments tu tho same cb .-s. Figures showing kisses In actual battles are eloquent witnesses nf the valor of individual organization. Th? nighest brigade loss recorded In '.ie confederate army was that <>! Gregg's South Carolina brigade, whet is credited with 1 279 killed in battle. In the non hera army a Vermont brlgaoe bikes highest pl ac s with a lusa of 1,172 kill d and the Iron bri jade is a CiO,e second, with 1,132 deaths on the battlefield. As tilt northern regiments wen regularly re cruited, the losses fell upon greater numerical strength than was the ca e in the South, where reen:' s wt rt scarce. Thu famous "Kentucky Orphan" brigade of the S jut \ being made up of expatriates from th ; lam of fighters, was never recruited and literally fought itself to a "fri zzle," as the Boutbernera expressed it. Gregg's brigade hud the banner regi ment in the South for los-. In battle during thc whole war-thoFir.-tS u b Carolina. Its record was 281 killed, and the banner regiment of the N> rt::, the Fifth New Hampshire, went a notch higher witii a loss of 295 dead on the lick1 of honor. And when lt came te? losses In Bingi engagemeut Balaklava and ali the old wi rid records were i ?feme both by "Yank" and "Jhonnie." In a -ingle charge at Gettysburg the First Minnesota emerged with a less of 82 per cent, kll.ed and wounded, wi Ile the First Texas ut Anti: tara lost 32 2 3 ^r cent In the highest numerl cal loss sustained in a single engage ment the tighter.! of the North and South als ? show- cl their common line age and ((jual valor. A? Gettysburg the Twenty-sixth North Carolina went into action July 1 with 820 m n and loht 58(> killed and wouutied. At Cold llaruor thc F.r.-.t Maine heavy artil lery charged an In trend ed line with 832 rank and tile and lest 58G killed and wounded in the f?pace of seven minutes. Both of these regiments continued righting in the same cam paigns until the cia. of i ho war. lt is a singular fact tha" over the whole field and throughout the war every phenomenal dif.pl&y of valor, tenacity and stubb.un courage on one side was duplicated at some, time by the other side. For the "Bloody Angle," held by Lee at Spottsylvania, there was tho "Iloiseshoe Ridge," defended by Toomas at Chltakamauga, and for Pickett's charge ut Gettysburg there was thc rush for the stone wall at Fredericksburg. In the long run neither side was outfought. Ho h sides sustained the prest g a of Amerl cat s in battle.-Spartanburg Journal. lunched hy Noicroos. A special from Mariana, Ark., sais: Enraged at the Act;on of John Har nett, a negro, In shootii g and killing Albert Wals tL-ld, another negro last Sunday because the latter circulated the report that Barnett was a i au gerous man, 20 other negroes em ployed in a levee camp near Askew, have taken Harnett put and hanged him. From meagre reports the story of the crime Is as follows: Harnett came to the camp early last week ant! secured wnrk. Waist1 field had kneiwr Barnott before and tedd the boss ol a camp that he was a dangerous n an Barnett heard of th.s and the shoot lng followed. Interesting Figures cn Life In surance in this State. NINETY MILLIONS Almost Now Carried ia Policies. Thc Three Dig Companies Carry a Third of the Risks. Interesting Sta tistic? Gleaned from the Comptroller General. There lias been much complaint j amonts' Ufa Insurance agents ganerally Li tat tile bitter warfare that bas been watting In the management of thc Equitable and tho disclosures that] this roure-'t has brought out have to a considerable extent destroyed faith in life lnsuranre and inadc business mucb more difficult to write. Hut,says the] Charleston Post, no Buch condition is n ll :ctrd in the Comptroller Gener al's comparative tabulation, just com pleted, of business dune by all life] companies operating In this State. These figures t-.re for the year ending I D.c. na ber .'{lat la3t, tho figures for the GrsL quarter of the present year not having yet been tabulated. Whet her the ligures for th? new quar ter will show any falling oil can not l e said, but certain lt ls that last year's business showed tho same steady inert ase that has been manifest for! tho past several drcades. * Toe business (if the "three giants" continues to cilrab In million dollar] strides. In 1 !?03 the Equitable had 810,120,551 Insurance in force In South Carolina, wrote 8:?TO,??O In 1004, and bedail tlie present year wltii 311,022. 055. In 1003 the Mutual of New York had in force $14,754,362, wrote 82 040 751 and began the new yr Ar with $15,756,845, Thc New York Life in 1003 had in force 812 - 261,697, wrote 82,570,180 and began Hie prisent year with 813 570,353. lu 1904 thc Equitable received pre miums amounting to 3362,621 30, the] Mutual 3307,225 23, nnJ the New York Lifo 8446,374 36, as against | 1 saes incurred of 811U,884. 8144,580, $170,423 37, respectively. Tiu re is au enjrmous difference be tween the total amount this State pays out annually for (usurarios and thc amount it receives hack In lesses I incurred. But w!die rbis ?3 an appa rently v^ry unjust diff?rence lt must j -nnt-irt> -frrficittea ?Ptmti-CTTc""TrnsrSiT'n?v5'j being incurred come largely from bus Inf ss written m my j eats ago, when the State was not nearly so well pro :eLto'l by amount of in urance in force ; that tho reserve or a :tual cash value of old time insu rai ce policies r.o~v in foice in this State l as grown K steadily as the premium! hav^been paid in and tba' this represents a big To what extent South Carolinians are Insured, what they pay annually for th's and what th;y get Lack in losses lucurr I are shown by the fol lowing Interesting table compiled from the Comptroller General's fig ures ?-hov.il g . he a mparatlve stand lng of t e various lite companies with ri f renee to S m i Carolina business. Tue figures are f r u?e year ending Di cr., ber 31, 1004: i INSU'iANC.'K IN" KO It CK. li New V 1 ee Bu* ne---? Aetna. ....6 2,2OS,502 8 325,426 ?ankers. 1,684,814 113,412 Comm Mulual.. 380.900 11,000 ICqtlil iiltio. 11,022,655 3,470,660 Fidelity Mutual 1,450,073 362,543 Germania. 330.880 205,001 lian foul. 032,078 233,533 Home Friendly. 833,470 457,730 I Home of N. Y... 1,130,463 182,508 Manhattan. 014,308 231,575 .Mass. Mutual... 75,147 16,000 I Metropolitan .. 163,208 151,754 Mutai Ile ne ti I .. o.!2;;.27i> 1,472,242 Mutual Of N. Y. 15,756,845 2,010,751 Mutual Kcserve 607,081 I3,lti2 Nat ionai . o'.?,uno lol,?,00 N. E. Mutual... 1,402.105 280,021 N. Y. Life. 13,570,353 2,570,180 t acilie Mutual.. 1,032,160 738,674 Penn Mutual.. -1 ^.I7,.">?ii 1,250,073 Phoenix. l.052,!>36 77.530 Provident. 1,101,054 518,072 Prudential. 2,780.402 1,056,518 Security L.&. A. 162,000 ils.ooo Sccur. Mutual. 313,441 31,202 Security T & L. 227,279 13,370 ta'.?- L. nf 1. 1,045,600 412,100 Sou. L. & T. 10,000 12,000 State M. L. A... 071,571 251,712 Sun of Canada. 506,517 358,040 Travelers'. 2,503,377 245,406 Guion Cent. 2 856,03'.) 615 860 Washington. 305,784 73,500 Virginia Life... 7,278,363 2,730,816 Total.$86,201,855 $20,757,063 l'KKMIl M i ANI) LOSSES. Premiums Losses Kt(rived. Incurred. Aetna.$ 71,061 8 11,597 Hankers. 52 ..si 3 23,500 Comm. Mutual. 11,070 17,454 Kq u I tallie. 302,021 100,884 Kidd Mutual.. 41,786 ",,7t>7 Germania. 13,520 L,500 I lari lord. 15,121 6,000 Home Friendly 55,409 25,024 linnie ol' N. V... 41,255 ll,OOO Manhattan. 5,248 1 0,217 Mass. Mutual... 2,400 2,000 Metropolitan .. 2,303. Mutual Benefit 208,412 41,203 M ut ual ol' N. V 307,225 144,580 Mut. Reserve... 201,387 10,500 Nid ional. 2,o57 . N. Iv Mutual... 43,470 14,251 N. V. Life. 446,374 170,423 Pacific Mut ual. 33.941 l,00C Penn Mutual.... 138,032 34,504 Phoenix. 37,032 10,50( Provider) . 36,354 4,001. Prudential. 92,086 14,10" Security L.& A. 4,300 . Security Mu! ual 7,470 3,00i Sci urit y T. \ I,. 12,0110 3,50( Mal.' h. of 1. 27.75S 4,501 Southern L.&T 483 . Slat?' M. L. A... 33,064 2,07;" Sun ol'( lanada.. 15,056 2,55 Travelers. 75.707 37,84-1 Union Cent. 76,311 20,201 Washington_ 12,662 1,00t Virginia Life... 259,879 71,121 Total.82,033,035 $943,82< Tous it will oe. seen tint SouCC Carolinians palo out In premiums ovei two and a half millions and received In death lo.sses and cash surrend'.i values little more th.in a third of that yot tui y arc currying nearly ninety million dollars worth of JnauraDce with great reserva values. As lt ls impossible to Sud out the average per thousand of this insurance in force any even expert guess at the oash sur render value of this total insurance io force would of necessity be more or less V??3. That* the total business has D creased so rapidly, as is shown by the amount of new business writ ten, is substantial evidence of the general prosperity of the people. And io these figures may be added many million dollars worth of assessment and fraternal business, such as is written by the Woodmen of the World, Knights of Py thlas and the like, which are popular among certain classes, and which insurance, what ever else may be said of lt ls better than no insurance at all. A WOMAN FATALLY SHOT. By a Man Who Atcomptcd to Kill Himself Later. At'Philadelphia on Wednesday Ed ward Smedes shot Bessie Ilelen Davis ' at the'Tneatrical ihotel, where they 1 were botb staying, Inflicting a proba- i bly fatal wound near the heart and i then attempted to kill himself. The , bullet/flattened against his skull and he was not badly hurt. The couple were members of the chorus in "Tho 1 School Girl" company of which Edna i May is the star. The woman is known ? on th? stage as Bessie Dale. She ls , 23 years old and her home is in He bron, : Neb. Smedes' home it ls be- 1 lieved is in Vicksburg, MiiS. 1 The shooting occurred shortly after ( noon., Otber guests at the hotel . heard a pistol shot and immediately \ after Hiss Davis ran screaming down t tile stMrs and fell unconscious into ] the arms of a servant. A policeman who was passing tbe hotel ran into j the place and when Smedes saw him ( he turned the weapon up in himself. The wounded couple were taken to a < hospital, where it was found the young i woman's injury is likely to prove fa- j tal. Smedes is guarded in the hospl- ( tal by/two policeman. I Theieouple arrived at the hotel on \ Sunday and registered as Mr. and | Mrs. Suedes. Wednesday Miss Davis , obtained a position with a company i now Rehearsing at one of the local ; theatres, Intending to leave "The ? Sohon?" Girl" company. She was at ] tbe t atre in the forenoon rehearsing ? wit' e new company, when Smedes \ galtiv. admittance to tho play house ; and sought an engagement. He failed t to obtain lt. Seeing Miss Davis on ? the at&ge he went to her and threat- { .med to shoot ber if she Joined the < ow c^mpaay. He was ordered from | ftho pl\\Qe and Miss Davis went with | j him. The' returned to the hotel aud ? ?Itu ?fl ?d. they renewed thdr i <\. resulted in ?Lo ohoot- ' lng*. On the bureau in the room was ? found a note written by Smedes | which read: "TJ those who know and \ meet my mother help to sustain and < keep her." A letter addressed to j Mrs. T. M. Smedes, Vicksburg, Miss , , and one addressed to Miss Dax s' , m'ither, at Hebron. Neb., were alsu t found lh the room. A Gilt accepted. I President Sloan, of the South Caro- 1 lina college, has received a letter from ! William Jennings Bryau notifying h'm that the South Carolina college has been named as one of the tweniy- , five state universities Mr. Bryau is di rected to name in Article 17 of the ! Philo Sherman Bennett will, setting '. aside 810,000 to be divided equatlj 1 among such universities. The amount > ach university will get after Inheri tance taxes are pai l will be $:i<>8, the ' interest on wbicu is to ba used to pur chase an annual prlzi for tho best, i-t-say discussing the principles of free * government. Tho gilt was accepte'', with thanks by the executive commit ' tee of the tructees. Mr. Bryan says lie bas so far established such prizes ' lu nineteen states. Why Wu Color Karnet- IOKKH. I The Syrian nightingale has the loveliest voice of all God's creatures and tbe saddest song ever heard, says Mrs. Lew Wallace. Shady coverts fringing the Jordan still shelter the bird tbat "sings darling." There isa legend that the nightingale sat in the olive tree in the garden of Jo seph of Arimathca, and the night before tbe resurrection, through the darkness, she poured out lier soul In s irrowing plaint above the still sleeper in the tomb wherein was never man laid. Whon tbe first Easter morning broke over tbe eastern bills the eggi, in the mst of the brooding bird spar kled with gold, blue, orange and crimson, and so we color eggs at Easter for a memorial of thc lune singer that sang by tho holy sepulcher nineteen hundred years ago. Tired ol' Lifo. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Alec Vandlver Bay, a pauper, aged 84 yeurs, made a desper ate attempt to kill himself near the county parish Thursday. He was found lying on the ground near thc parish church, bleeding from self lu ll cted wounds lu the legs, throat and abdomen When carried to the parish be said that he had tired of life, grlev lng about his little grandchild from whom ho was separated when brought lo the poor house a month ago. He i gave the keeper 81 to give his grand child and said that he would die. Ray used an ordinary pocket knife In stab 1 bing blmself. lils condition is regard 1 ed as exceedingly critical. Monnlblo I'oople. I A dispatch from Anderson to The 1 State says the people of Back Mills 1 township In that county havo voted ! an additional tax of four mills for I school purposes. The vote for the special lew was unanimous, not a ) single voter having opposed lt. Many ) of the districts lu the county have ) voted special levies to support their ? schools, and the movement for betti r . educational facilities is steadily pro I grossing. In one Instance, at least, i In addition to the voting of a I special ) levy, tho principle of consolidation I has been successfully carried out. Killed by Cia?. , Herman J. Pagel, his wife and two . women servants were found uncon I sclous from e.voapln-g gas at Pagei'a . borne Wednesday Kh Chicago. Pagel \ and his wife are/expected to survive, but tho servants failed to recover. COTTON SACKS Destined to Replace Burlap Sacks for Shipping Purposes, UNLIMITED FIELDS}. K New Market Right at Our Door. Char leston Merchants Give Good Rea son." Why BHgs Make Belter Packages than Boxes for . Shipping Goods. While cotton growers of the South ire looking across this continent and icross the Pacitlc for the development af a new market for their great staple, they are probably overlooking the best ind surest market right at their doors The Columbia State says: Tue farm ers of the south do not realize the ?lumber of sacks used by the factories In the distribution of fertilizers every winter-betwen 4,000,000 and 5,000, 300 are employed to huid the phos phate bought by Soutli Carolina farm ers alone. Nor do they seem to under stand that the material for these fer tilizer bags might te cotton but is burlap, Imported from India. The fol lowing letter, written by Mr. G-o. A. Wagener, president of the Royal Bag ging and Yam mill of Charleston, is iecldedly interesting: "Tne dlilerence between the value of :otton sacks and burlap sacks for fertilizers is 90 cents pr:r ton on seam ess and 50 cents per ton on the sewed jotton bags. We purchased last year aurlaps amounting to $2:iR,000, and ihe duty on same was S?? 000. Now 'or your further information I will ?.tate that the total Imports of burlars 'rom Calcutta for th<; 12 months o: ait year fr. m Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st Aits ?J60 705,500 yards of burlaps and 14,158,700 burlaps bags, and from Dundee, Sc aland, and other ports mere were .'10,000,COO yards, maklug a :otal of aoo,705 550 y arc s burlaps al together imported. The total revenue !or the Uiiit?d Si ate government on ill burlaps and b^gs amounts to abou ?2:5,?OO,?oo annually. 1 cote you say i.iat you havi: been talking ti tho 'armers on the sui j ?ct, an<1 1 am glad :o note that t idy are incllued to pay ?.tie dill :rence lu tue cost of the bags, ?ou^ro misr.nkcn,.however, when jou >ay that lt will take from one to on1 ind a half million bales to make the eags for fertilizers, for by my cilcu ition it would take perhaps 20,000, )00 pounds cotton, ai d. of course, if ,hey would use cotton bans for grits, :ice, grain, sugar, salt, cement, rt.Q. t would easily ta'cf. 2.000,000 baL of :ottou to manufacture these b.igs." But ?ha ti dd is no', I'mlted to the JSC of fertilizer sicks; it ls unlimited ? the grocery business, and here i. vhat the gioe.:rs o.' Charleston havt ?0 s y i n the su J act: "O * lng tu the scarcity of coop^reg-? i number of large manufacturers hav< jac? corr pe led io ship their product u b.igs Instead of barrels. This ixp.-ri nee aa; taught many that the ba,, s bv far thc I etter package, fur thc olio.vnig rc ?oi s: "First. No freight to pay on the package. "Seco cl. Tlie stck iv cheapr. " t hird. The sa;k is of value when un pty. "Fourth. A sack cf 100 lbs. is easier ind cheaper to handle than a barrel. "Fifth. The jobber in loading his lellvery wagon san put a sack iu lils wagon with one man instead of two. "Sixth. The jobber's delivery man ian handle i,ho sack to advantage when lie reaches tho retailer. "Why c ?Hon sacks should be used | Instead cf burlaps la: | "First. B caus: the empty cotton sack is of more value to the consumer. "Second. Because cotton ls relied In the United Sates, au J burlaps is imported hum Itu la. "We have cxamlued carefully the cotton sack muuu;'a':tured by the Roy al Bag aod Yarn Manufaiturlng com pany of Charleston, S. C , and unhes itatingly reco.nin.-nd this pickige for grist and sall, and will give lt prefer ence tu the burlaps ur barrels when making our purchases of grist and salt." Signed: Finc.ken Jordan Co., II. T. Foster, S. Ilir-.chman & Son, J. W. Il bs ?n & Sm, Melcher* v<: Co., S. ll. Wilson & Co., F. Welters, Blo hme Milling C >., I. M. Pcarlstine& Sons, II. Viel, C. Wulhern & CJ.. Welch & Hason, Otto Tledeman & Sons, 1). Rhodes & (Jo., F. W. Wag oner & Co., Malo'.iy & Darter. And here is a further endorsement: To Cotton Planters: At a meeting of the South Carolina brauch of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association held Wednesday, the following resolution was passed: The members of the association use for all purposes, when possible to do so, cotton sacks Instead of other pack ages. First, because the empty cotton sack is of morn value to the consumer than jute sacks. Second, b-cause cotton Is a product of the southern States, while burlap ls Imported from India. The cottou sacks manufacture! by the Royal Hag and Yarn Manufactur ing company cf Cnarleston, S. C., have been examined by us very care fully, and this association recommends this package for grist, salt, rice, etc The object uf this resolution ls to create a mo;c general di maud for cot ton. THEO. MKLOHERS, President, S. C. Division, Su.ahern Wholesale Gr c^rs' A's ciuion. "Tint Skin ol a Unit." Tim teacher, picking up an orange that was lying on the desk, explaiued that it was a unite. Tho mxt day tho p clings had teen loft there; so, pick lng up a couple, she a^ked what they were. Thero was a pause. Presently a bright-faced but shy little girl an swered: "Woy, that's the skin of a uulto."-Little Chronicle. 1 COMES HIGH.5 Enormous Expongo Attached to the Operations of Base Ball. What it Costs tho D?neront Leagues of the Country to Amuno tho Public The Charleston Post says indicative I of the marvelous growth of baseball 164 clubs are monitors of the national association, over 2,500 players being employed. These clubs are in the principal leagues of the country. Thu cost, of these oirouits approximate. ?1 658,000 lusalarles, $571,000 intravj eling expenses and 3680,000 for incl' dental exoeOBes, makh g au aggregate of 82,908,400. This is exclusive of independent teams accounting o? which would materially swell the to tal. Organized baseball is provided for 26,007,205 people, accordh g to the latest figures. The salaries of the six South Atlan tic clubs amount to 836,000, traveling requires 815,000 and Incidental ex penses another 815,000. The popula tion of the circuit is about 222 301. The managers of the infant minor are bound to hold their 6alary limit for the season at 86,000 under the nation al agreement, which is based upon population. These figures will give the enthueiasts an idea of the cost of maintaining the league. The cir cult's mileage this season, as already shown In The Evenir g Post, is 31,120 according to the hobedule. Salaries ia the National and Amer ican Leagues alone reach the sum cf 3740,000, and their combined txpsnses :tre more than 8470,000. Tne A merl can seives a population of 8,511,994 and the National 9,380,004. Attcn dance in these two circuits, wbloh means paid admissions alone, las year was: American. 6,048,050 National. 5.328,51i Tue New York Globe recently gave these figures for the majors: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Sal- Tray- Other Cities aries. oiling. oips. '* Now York.$05,000 ?10.000 ?25,000 w Huston. CO.000 10,000 25,000 lr I Philadelphia. to.ouo 10,000 18,<MI Waahingt n. 40,000 10.000 15.000 Uhio-igo. 45.000 10,000 13,01)0 ?L Loui?. -15,000 10,000 15,000 Nj Cleveland. 55,000 io OOH I?.O?O Dolroit. 15,000 10,000 IJ.OOO Totals.?105,000 ?80,000 ?150,000 A NATIONAL LEAGUE. a j Now York.?55.000 ?10,000 ?25,000 rt Brooklyn. -10,000 10,000 15 000 Hpstou. 3(1,000 10,000 15.000 * Pniladdlphiti. 30,000 10,000 20,000 tit i llucago. 10,000 10,000 15,000 Pittsburg.-15.000 10,000 18 000 tL Cincinnati... 45,000 10.U00 20,000 , ?St. Louis. 38,000 10,000 15/ 00 T Totals...?..?335,000 ?80,00J ?113,000 it ..-'The - expertes of -trie pnLc?p.-.. ai leagues of tho United States are ap pi proximately os follows: m American-Salaries, 8405,000; ex- fr .enses, 823&.000; population, 7,511, 994. National-Salaries, 8335.000, ex penses, 8224,000; population, 9,380, hi 000. w Eastern-Salaries, 8150,000: expen- tit es, 8104,000; population, 2,137,8J2. Lt American Association - Salarl's, hi 3140.000; expenses, 8112,000; popula- m tion, 1.445.507. fl. Pacific Coast-Salaries, 8144,000; ia expenses, 884,000; pupulatluu, 721,- sp 032. W Southern-Salaries, 8118 000; ex m pens'-H 888 000; population. 738,242. V Pacific National-Salaries, 840,000; 31 *xpo.usts, 832,000, population, 145,- fl) 849. Ul New York State-Salaries, $48 000; .xpaus.es, 8JO,000; population, 657, 161. New England-Salaries, $40,000; w xpenses, $32,000; population, 468,- I1 479. di Central-Salaries, 840,000; expen- lr ses, 330 000; population, 426,823. h Indiana - illinois - Iowa - Salaries tl 836,000; expenses, $30,000; popula- it Jon, 151,993. ni Connecticut-Salaries, 820,000, ex- c penses 832,000; population, 413 191. q Hudson lt v? r-Salaries, 318,000; e.: <>xpenses, 826,000; population, 320,- t< 729. '* Western Association - Salaries, ti 818 000; expenses, $26.000; population, bl 181,535: Cotton States-Salaries, 822,400; ox penses, 826,000; populatlsa, 117.003. Northern-Salaries, 821,000; expen seS, 325,800; population, 19(i;309. North TI??s-Salaries, 810,000: ex penses, 814,000; population, 334 295. South Texas-Salaries, 310,000; ex penses, 814,000; population, 173,643. Iowa-Salaries, 816.000; expenses. $21,600; population, 133,197. Enthusiasts have only to read these figures to figure where the South At iantlo stands relatively in the coun try. _ ?Jamo 'foo hate. Thomas Yandaw, a conspicuous I ^ figure lu Norfolk Va., for over fifty | f yeais, claimed up to the time o! death that ho was entitled to a for tune In California. Five years agi he was adjudged a lunatic and sent to the Elstern Virginia asylum at WU llamsburg. Two years ago he died and was buried In a pauper's grave A letter has Just been received at y Norfolk from the Pacific coast stating 1 that Yandaw was entitled to a Urge t portion of an estate lu California 1 worth 31,500,000. Yandaw'a wife ls c dead and he lett no heirs. Pound Dytiif:. At New Orleans Thursiay a welt dressed young man apparently 36 years old was found lying on a bench in the olty park. Employ?s tried to awaken him but failed. He was sont to the hospital where he died from tho effects, lt was found, of morphine poisoning. Three photographs of a handsome young worn in and a note were found In hts packets. The lat ter asked that Miss Lola Greon, of 2703CltOHestreet, Anderson, lo-va, a.id Mrs. L. Matthews, of Turonta, Can ada, be notified If auythiug happened to him. |o 1 Humeri tin- Prison Down. / In an attempt to escap.1. Walnes- t day three prisoners set tire tn? the t Parish jail Pontchatoula, La. Henry 1 Taylor, of Vine M nant, Ala., and ( J:ime8 Reilly, of Pnlladelpnla, Pa., t were cremated, and Lucien George Da s Las, of La Fayette, La., was tata ly s , burned. The men were arrested last c I night for dlsoraorly conduot. | A FIRE HORROR. :ourteen Inmates of a Canadian Convent Burned to Death. WOMEN AND GIRLS .erish ia the Flames. Great Heroism Displayed by the Sisters of Charity One Man Sacrificed His Life And Two Otheru Fatally Burned ia Rescuing. A dispa'ch from Montreal, Canada, ays the little village of St. Gene vieve 1B in mourning over the loss of 4 lives in a fire which destroyed the Jonvent of St. Anne there early Frl ay. One nuu, nine children ranging a ages from 10 to 18 years, and four ld women perished in the flames, 'wo nuns were so severely burned hat it is feared they will die. In their grief over the catastrophe he villagers find some comfort In re tting the heroism displayed by Sister larle Adj jteur, who gave up het? " nd Sisters Marie Therese and m] Lober tine, wbo were perhaps far]_ urned in their efforts to save the ves of their children and helpless old romen In their charge. Ono of the first to reach the con ent after the alarm was sounded was alphonse Garaud, who lives opposite he convent grounds. He had two aughtera in the institution and his rst thought was na; urally for their tfety. Securing a ladder he raised i at one end of the building at a indow of the dormitory where he new one of his children slept. When he smashed In the window a reat volume of smoke poured out. '.e rescued one girl and a minute later second girl jumped from the adjoin ig winnow. Urged by Sister Marie djuteur, he ascended the ladder rain and called put; but received no isponse. In another moment flames ere pouring out of the window and 3 was c mp lied to retreat. Tlqe huiid ng wap a grey stone struo tre, h. nd- o:ne in appear ince missive i character and with the church it irrced a central feature of .the pretty Lfcle village, St,. G su;vieye. J* a. viU i i- pari . , i Riviere des Prairies, it is three iles from Beacon!-field and five miles om Pointe Claire. i- Irr at Vanderbilt. At Nashville, Tenn, the main lildir.g of Vanderbilt University as gutted by fire Tnursday. The :e originated in the second story of ie building from a defective flue. A gh wind was blowing and in a few uiw.es the structure was a mass ot imea. A general alarm was turned i and every ergine in the city re? londed. On account of inadequate ater supply the fi re mn experienced uch difficulty in fighting the fire, he loss is placed at ?200,000, with 115,000 insurance on building and i misti) ogs. The operation of the diversity will not be interfered with. Lotti ol' Whiskey. There must be a great demand for hisko.y in the dry town of Gaffney. lie Spartanburg Journal of "Wednes iy, says a large cjuantity of whiBkey i jugs, keys, etc., consigned to parties i GaU'ri^y was put oil train No. 39 at ie Southern depot Wednesday morn lg to be sent back to^Gaffney on the ext north bound train. The express ir, it is said, contained such a large nanti ty of whiskey in jugs that the spross messenger did not have time 3 "put off all of the jugs of liquor and ?as forced to bring much of the stuff o Spartanburg and send it baok on he next train for Gaffney. St i m r Uuoil Juba. Announcement has been made by he navy department that 29 vacan tes now exist in the grade of assist ?t paymaster of tho navy. This ia he oniy grade of the pay corps to i/hich appointments are made from livil lifo. The examination of candi lates for these positions has been set or June 12, at the navy yard in Wash ngton and at Mare Island, California, md In this selection it is the first time vhen no political influence will have >een necessary. The examinations are .pen to all citlz us who are able to o present satisfactory letters from re mtable business ooncerns. Further in urination can be obtained from the >ai master general of tho navy. KtlltcO by lian. At New York four persons were [Hied by illuminating gas Thursday n a tenant hoii.se in the upper East lido.' Tne-y Were Marry Rogers, 76 .jarsold; Hehn Clark, 12; Kite Clark, 0; und Elizabeth Clark, 7. Their cielits were found by the father of the bree children, Samuel Clark, a truck inver, who with ids wire and young on, occupied au adjoining room. Vhen Clark awoke ho smelled gasend raced lt to the next room, where he ouud his three children and the wo nan, a friend of the family, dead. L'he gas had escaped rrom a defective ss tove. Aii't fi (1 lor Ai MOO. The Columbia Record says a war ant has been sworn out for t'ie arrest if J. E. Boyer, a merchant of Brook at.d, cb laging him wltu being respon iblc for the Ute willoh burned that uburb of Columbia last month. It viii be remembered that this fire do troyed practically the whole village ind indicted a heavy lass on the Co rnubia Mids company and the real lent owners of that town. Slnco that .Imo au investigation was ordered ". j ,he ojuptroller g?neral as required by aw, and Mr. Henry W. Holl j way, of Columbia, was employed to look intQ .he matter. Testimony was taken from eva al witnesses in the village, and ifter some correspondence with Soll iltor Timrxerman lt was dcoided to u*r?st Boyer.