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___~~o V~ ' Ui~ , AUGUJST' '28.0 1908 I Ir li A T cv W A- 'r nk --- -- - . yWard Not Likely to Have Next Year-Other Political Prophesies. hn in News and Courier. already a great deal of rious States about iandi. i'State offices, and for months ' residential possibilities have "riously considered. In South 'Phl, under the primary system, 'Otion is virtually held in Aa ery second year. The result a W system is that there is an ever campaign guing on. Since rimary system has been in vogue idates have been grooming as 1 as one campaign closes. The contest in the State closed a full ar ago, and the wonder has been tpt candidates did not begin their rk for the next contest a week fter the second primary of 1902. ortioscely, there has been no cam ign this year, and politics have n allowed to slumber for a while. ounty newspapers have, however, n writing about candidates and ues, and people who are inter tpd have been talking about the Y, ture of certain men now more or s in the public mind. At the primary last year a practi cally new set. of State oilicials was elected. With the exception of reasurer Jennings all the State House olicials were selected for their first term last summer, and there seems to be ian unwritten law that where Aflice holders attend to their dotios Ihey be given a second term without oppositin. This custon, SON1.4 fo apply to, practically alt elci e oilicrs, and, therefore, tl,3 chances aro fNvorablo 4 tit least al . other year of polit ioal- et Last yen Governor iey%vird hld strol string of op1)ponlen(ts. I.I .,ill bo a1 cantidate for rominata, and just now the out-look is that he w!l have no opposition. There wtts s.own taIL immediately after the first primairy of last year that Mr. Martin F. Ansel would be,pressed for Governor at the next. primary, in view of the surprising and extraordinary race that he made with the strong field in the race. He has stated that. he will not oppose Governor Heyward for re election, but he has his eye on the Governor's chair after that. Nothing has been heard politically from former Congressman Talbert since the last primary. The impres sion now is that if Governor Hey. ward's administration continues to ran as smoothly and satisfactorily as at present, he will have no opposition in 1904. Then the doors will open. Mr. Ansel is already in the field Mr. Talbert is almost certain to be, bnt tihe older men wvill have to look to their laurels, as it is rumored that Speaker Mendel L. Smithb, of Oam den, and Rtepresenatative T. Yancy W illiamus, of Lancaster, would make excellent Gubernatorial timber, and the frienads of Lieutenant. Governor John TI. Sloan natutrally expe~ct. him to bie promnoted. (JAN A (1o0D MAN (1lT A TiinD TEItUM. Withi ti s prospect thle h kolihooed is there wvill not he nmuch of ai caml paign next year, unilesis something happens andl that is al wa) s possible. Capt. Jennings ruay 1.11and( for re election for State Treasuror, but he has before himi the, defeat of D)r. Tiimmerman, who stood for ai Lhirdl termi, anid the custom of iindinag nae me.n. Tf there were any ot her otlice for which Treasure.r .JennImigs might shift he would standl a better chance thamn for a third term. If he runn there will be opposition. There is s>mne talk that Col Boyd will run against Adjutant anid Inspector Gen - oral Fraost. Cr,. B.oyd oIposed Gen. Frot ~ haat. year tan d l st , and the milit in sa em erminegntlyv sat istied wit,h the presenat 51 a,buinistrton0 One of t tig 11igh'n that will comUet lnp. before t he G enral Assm-aa a ' ly this wintor wvil bIe for di Opjensamry comamissioner. It is ui~m, .-rod bu CJommei'suior ii.LI 11 umu will not stmtad for :e-le'ctionl. Mr. W. 0. Tatumn, of Oranigeburg, is an active and avowed canditftt for the place. He is now a member of the lionse' of Representatives. Mr. D. Franke 1tird, of Lexington, is spoket of a a caididato for the positlion The position of 1tato IUlrim-in will also be filled at the approaohiuc session of the Assumbly. There will hardly be any serious opposition t< the re election of Miss LaBorde, wh< now holds the position. STATE OFFIOERs POORLY PAID, State House officials, most of whom are newcomers here, find that Columbia is a very expensive place in which to live. Rents are high, as compared with most other places in the State; provisions are as high as elsewhere and servants command good wages. The experience of most of the State oflicials has been that, unless they have other sources of in come, from their homes or profes sions, they run behind. State officials who are expected to do any amount of entertaining can not possibly live upon their incomes. This may seem strange, but the faot is that no Governor in recent years has been able to come out even on his salary, and the salary of Gover nor is the beat that is paid by the State-$3,500. Of course there will be plenty of men who want the glory of being elected Governor of this glorious State and there are many men who would accept the oflice without any pay, but it is well to know bo1w things etand. COST OV BEINO A CANIDATE'. Aside froin the eX0Ienose of living i Columbia there is the m penso of the primary systim. In some 3t.ates the legitimate expenses of a cam pign are pait, by the Slate. In this State eve-y candidate has to pay his ->wn transportation--unless he has passes--has to settlo wit.h th hotels, 'Aly for advertising, gt. up his plate matter for the linpars, hb. -. Weutary tickets printd, :n-1: the comlilittov v. it it te a :N building of a noV eim:.' i iige attend the fairs awl ierh *: r. Ig.. to have someIj Mm ,i.5 boxes, and the "friejd" us ' ace cepts pay for "his ti i." 14 1 iur prisinig how those lit.to tiiigr voirt n p. Ote of the candidatos ir. the recent Statri campnign laptd a vlotl(- fa en what. monoey he spent. lHe issatislied that every cent he exponded was for legitimate and necessary expenses, and that he did not use any money in tin improper way or to influence a single vote. His books show that he actually expended $528 for expenses during the campaign and that l, "chipped away" $200 for incidentals, subscriptions, tips and the like. In other wordsi, the expenses of the pri mary were $723. This applies to defeated as well as to successful can didates, and this is a low average, as some defeated candidates spent twice that much to be defeated, and it all went to meet legitimate expenlses and keep pace with othier candilates. WARRANTS FOR TIHE CONSTABLES The Charleston Merchant Charg'es Them With Assault and Battery With Intent to Kill. TIhe~ State. (Charl,ston, Aug '26 --Wm'arant.s were sworn out today by A. W. Winters agai nst State C~onstab les ,1. LF. Batemana arnd J. A May,. charrg.. inig themt with assault and hatte'ry withI initent toi kill. A hearinag has been set for tomiiorrow morning. TheIi casie' againist i3tatemian and1( M~lay g?rew onit of at raid thbat wats nad npuonij) the sto: r of H . Wi e ters last. Satuirdlay niighat. The con.k s tbl,*s ratidedl ihn est abl ish menit aenarchirng for co ntbnd( lit1inor arnd duiring thbe raid a nafhetl took puiam bei-t.ween the constables)0 and , . J . Wiejt~ firs. t he (e 'nist abi leis knoting ~ himi in~ the hed with i ilies andu t heir pos toils Wieto'rs wats I.h. ,wr. fully. \\'he:n A \\'. \\ ist H ,wI(( huirriedl toi thle store to tlmi i... thi (es.nso of th lii ttaIcl. )I wI e W ti - krockedlX Winters iin Ihu headi:t. I'wat himii ablout thle body. Manicy casesH of y ellow'A fever,i hm.ev beeni rei'orteal fronm Mmeia 5 NEGRO LYNCHING CONVUNION. LAn Address Issued to the People ( the State by Negroes Assembled In Columbia. The State. There met in Columbia Tuesda nearly a hundred negro men whos purpose is to put themselves on rec ord as denounc7ng the crime whic provokes lynohings and to formulat an appeal to the white people to pt down mob law. These men ca hardly be called representatives c their race, for they are of an orde of intelligence which is above th average of the colored people. Bn they ard the exponents of that rac and the advocates for their peoph The convention met at noon in th Bethel A. M. E. Zion church, th pastor, Rev. B. J. Ramsey, presiding Rev. M. G. Johnson, a Presbyteriai preacher of Columbia and the prin.4 mover in this matter, was electe< chairman, Rev. G. T. Dillard, vice chairman and Rev. J. A. Brown, sec retary. ISHOULD BE NO RACE HATRED. In opening the convention's pro coedings, Lev. M. G. Johnson sai< that these foul crimes of whici negroes have been accused are pain ful to the hearts of all true colored citizens who want it understood tha they empbatically denounce t ha: par partienlar class of crime and mos bitterly condemin the perpetrator the object of thiH meeting is to tak steps for the higher moral elevatior of that class which would commi sneb crimes and to appeal for th. suppression of mob violence, no ony bocause the inilioe. 'LotimeE 41 f*r its pu1ish[ment, !)Ql boausi the habt of lynch law wi et ofind ftor it victims perso n IIlty o "tin ' !e=: revolt ing. 1.N: (!NJUSTIFlIAL,E. I" %niynhing ever justifiablo, O !,-'es it l'osavin the crime for which i .'1)1)3.' Tiaft WaS the Subject ( .iddruss by Rev. M. W. Ii!brt, a .:it"Lor in Bendict colleir. H1e made the broad statement that law lossness is not a cure for lawlossness It is the execution of vengeance and is not justice. It is the expressioi of race prejudice. and race prejudice is the mother of injustice. It is a remedy to cure negroes of crime while white people go free. lie declared lynching to be the outcome of race prejudice, but his remarks at this point were not cal. culated to make the convention think any the more kindly of the white people. At the night 'session the first speaker was a negro lawyer of Bennettsville, E. J. Sawyer. His theme was an appeal to the intelli. gent and humane white citizens of this country for a more faithful en forcement of the law against mob~ violence. Trhere were 87 lynchings in the south alone last year, and it is estima nted many thousands partici pated in those crimes. They are guilty, murderous, riotous, and yet allowed to go free. What will the harvest be? There is a remedy and it (can ho found by the cooper. aitioni of the law feairinig negroes and the crime dletesitinig white peop)le. (oMMON sE~NsE! 5PEEUI. Tlhie speech which had more comn mon.41 14ense in it, and& yet was delivered in aI scholarly style, was fronr the liev. G. T. Dillard, a Presbyter ian missionary. WVhile he spok( loyally antd prondly of his own race thero waszi not hi ng o4f uinkindniess fot the . other race ini a word that he said. H1 e first told of thle necessit3 of miak ing the home at.iractive and of uinpressinog upon this minds of th children les'sons of trn'4h and1( honor. TIff- NImou J'EAga.9, Ito I hen touched in>n ab phase of the. ( IIst Iii n ) wha requ liredi soe h? l*'or 4) y ears lie saidi, the wa aI b'ladly by thle ''arpet er and4 alolawagsiu lite C o ep4'4t5t Iheonop)oly in S (ie . ,' I, lint of thle niegro p'roehere. J'The cuntrol the negroes ahnoitst absolutely anid yet it is said t hat of the 2(0,000( negro pirenihiers half (1nn1 read onh~ with tho greatest dilicidty. lie paid a splendid tribute to the honest edu cated preacher who has dug out the beauties of the Bible in many lan guages. But there are hundreds of the negro preachers who are abso y lutely corrupt "and we preachers e must get together, get down to busi i. ness and put the rascals out," he h said. Better homes, better schools e and fumigate the ministry was his t remedy for the criminal assaults of a which the race is accused. f He was followed by Rev. R. E. r Wall of Columbia who was assigned 9 to speak upon the question, "How t can more kindly relations be estab. D lished between the races." He ad vised the negroes to assure the white D people that they are satisfied with their color and to show them that no work is menial. Ask the white poo i ple merely to treat them as men, pay 3 them their just due and get out of - the negro's sunlight and "our hearts best blood shall be theirs." The last speaker was 0. W. Mur ray of Sumter, who once represented the negroes in congress. He denied the fact that negroes seek social equality. wEDNESDAY's SESsION. At the session Wednesday a per manent organization was formed. Rev. W. G. Johnson was elected president, Rev. Q. T. k)illard vice president, and Rev. J. A. Brown secretary. The following address was issued to the people of South Carolina: THE ADDREHS. We, the colored citizens of South Carolina in convention assemblel, desire to direct the attontion of %Io law abiding white citizensof thooz,xe to the alarming amount. of !avess ness that is being practiced in tho State which is disturbing the peaco and good order of society, generally, creating much bad feeling and an. tagonism between the races and en. dangering the lives of many citizens by mob violence. It is well known that in the majority of instances where for any cauve a difliculty occurs between a white and colored man, the lattor has nothing like an equal showing before the courts if at all permitted to come to trial. It cannot be denied that if a colored man is accused of any serious crime in which the interests of a white man is involved, especially if the crime results in personal injury to the latter, a lynching is likely to take place. Whenever there has been a semi blance of a race riot in South Caro lina the principal cause was the attempt of white men to punish crimes charged against negroes, in stead of invoking the law. Nuimer ous instances could be cited in proof of this fact and we venture to chal lenge the impartial public to cite a single instance to disprove this. The negro in South Carolina has no voice or participation in the en actment or th enforcement of the law. We, therei.,-, appeal to the white peop)le for the proper enforce. ment of the law which they them selves have made, for we have relied upon the promises of protection and equality before the law made by the late G3ov. Wade Hampton and sulo cessors and endIorsedl by the lawv abiding citizens. WVe wish to record our unqualitiod condemnation of all criminal acts by negroes. We dJo not deiny that the negro race fur nishes an alarmingly large per~ cent. of the criminal class of South Caro lina, and we (do not cond(onie thiei r crimes. We denounce the crime of rape as inhuman amnd brutal and those who commit it should be in flicted with the severest punishmor t provided b)y law, but hold t.hat I o heinoumsness of the cien noh ol3 strengtheni the demand (of e jory trial. We feel assured t.hat the bet ter clhss of white citizona do niot be Ilievo I hat (lhe better claiss of coloredl cit izensi would harbor or conceal any umiiuber- of t he rae who is accnsed fcrima from t hm: Umpe s'rly consti unjust di~lb l un'Im om t-ircefum stamnces and we regret that riot eIven au liberal reward by the. governor will secure the identificat ion andarr..... of white lynehors in South Carolina. VO do tot recall nt minglo ifitaice where white lynchors have been cOun victed in this State, but it is on re cord that. for the one and only in stance whore (in the county of Pick ens) negroes lynched a white ra. pist the lynchers were tried and convicted. We deplore the un reliable methods used by the State press and by the manasement of the Associated Press disp offices in the State to secure correct reports of crimes alleged to have been commit ted by negroes. Too often sensa tional reports that excited little or 110 interest in the localities where the alleged offenses occurred are sent out. by the press. And lynch ing parties have probably beon or ganized under exciteraeint resulting from such reports. We deplore the cruel and inhu mausattacks upon the negro race that are being made by the senior United States senator from South Carolina and prayerfully hope that the good white people of the State do not en dorse his views. We are surprised that those high in authority, State or Fedoral, would make utterances capable of the inference that the bet ter class of negroes should )e held any more responsible for the morals, poverty or crimes of their race than the better class of other races coni posing the republio should be for theirs. The negro proves no less re. sponsive to the civilizing influence in Ainricain life than any other race. 'irtoher wo declars that, the gross crimes charged against, the race are not'committed by the educated and self respecting claiss. To our mind this is a forciho argument favorable w ith, extension of the school ternIs and1 the improvement of our educa tional facilities Wo entertain the hope that the senitminoit expressed by the ex-gov ortior in the following, "It is not ne cemary to worry about the nogro, Ie is getting all the education which is provided now and could get no more under compulsory attendance," (100 not prevail. Why is not compulsory education as necessary for the col or,d children as for any other class of children ? Why should we expect an illiterate negro to be a more law abiding citizen than an indolent white man Y We most earnestly ap peal to thos) in authorit.) for a con tinuance of their efforts on behalf of the colored schools, which they de clare to be one of the most indispen sable helps in the improvement of the race. We p)ledge ourselves to earnestly and faithfully advise our people to abstain from all lawlessness and the habits of shiftlessness arnd vagrancy. We further pledge ourselves to sup. port the niegro) pulpit andI press in denouncing all criminal acts on the part of our race. We further pledge ourselves to unite with our whlite fellow citizens in all lawful methods for the appre. hensioni and arrest of all personis who may 1)e charged with crime, and pledge our co-operation with the white miniiistry, press and law. abidmng citizens ini the creationi of a heal thy sent imenit in the interest of law arid order. Signed by (G. I). Itohinson, chair. mnani; W. P. Carol ina, Ja tcob Moorer, 'C J1. Sawyer, K. IC. Wall, .J. B. Mnctiebio, It. 11. ltichiardson, 10. 11. and( J . A.. lireow, secretaury. T1hne strike of the Utichmiond, Va.-, street railway empijloyes has been oflicially declared off, It lasted sixty nine days and cost the street oar- compi~any $125,000; the strikers, irn loss of wages, $St),000;teSa, for troiops, etc., $75,0)00; and the city, for ext ra police, $5,00(); one mrn'u wa, 'diot and( killed andi~ scores of ot hers wvor- nore or less seriously T'he Sioniter- (uards oif Chiarlestoni wont first place in the Inmter State h ih Shioot at Savaninah on Tuesday, demonuustratinig their title to the dis tinctioni of being the best uimiali fled shots in the South att the 200, 300 andl 50 0-vard ranges. ANARCHY IN MACDONIA. Shocking Outrages by Turk and Bulgarlai Alike.-Horrifylng I)etoils of Mas sacres and Atrocities. A report fr>)m Sofia under reconi date MSYS that. reports from Monas tir, authenticated by the Russian au< Austrian consuls, give horrifying details of the massacros and atroci ties. At the village of Armoumkt the Turks destroyed 1) houses out of a total of 157, ald imssacred overy man, woman and child. The wolun were subjected to the most torriblo atrocities by the soldiorti. Eighty rovolutionaries,cap)t tired at Krnshovo, who were skt inl the direction of Monastir in chains, woro siallghtered by their guards. The sanitary cemioitiojs of Kru.s hevo are doscribod as revolting The dead are lying in the streets, stripped of every garment, tiho Turks even taking the vestments off the body of a priest. nUJIMARIAN4 VERtSUS TURtK4 Salonica, Angud 23. ---An insurg ent movement is afoot. in the vilayet of Salonica. It is feared that it, threatens Vodna, (forty Nix illilos from hero,) Salonica and other towis. Well informed porsorns Imre share inl the general dist(ietudo. Lui gf' band ire reportod to have been or ganized by Bulgarians, who, it is vx pected, at a given Hignual, mIlay resort to generl inmendiarimn. ''lhe Turk iNiii populationi i resolve< sliiull great distirba-eft (wccur to ( extermi nate all the Bl11gariais inl tiiH city. 0onmequentl,y a mnbmr of linigarian residents are leaving Salonica. The iutilated corpses of ninoty women ain( children wovro found in one building; pieces of the bo(io had been thrown into the street. Fifteen. of the princill m(erchantm of the town were killed and their heads exhibited on poles it, Nionistir. MAKHACIIE8 IN 22 vi.Lans, Sofia, ltigaria, Angust, 2-1.--Th Turks are reportd to Iiave iniissicred all the women and childInl inl twenty. two villages of tho (iNt rietN of Florina and MonaNtifr, anid to kivo afterwards burned the villagvs. Th y are AlIo allegod to have killed a 11unonber of prisoners. MACK 0l' 01alisi?i .V Mornstir, Eurt)pean Turkey, Au gust 2.1. Tho ow heanut ifful city of Kruschevo, is a heap of ruini. The women aind children aire hom11-. less, exposed1 to thel w~eaither and fr.mine. The1l town iN ronde(lred un-l inhabitable by3 the odlor of corpses which are b)eing gnawi~ed by dlogs anid pigs, the Tuiirkish auIt,horitieN relfusiing to aillow thlemu to be resetledl unnor the p)rotoxt that an iminoutst will b)e held. On August I 8 thle TulrkN coricon.. trat. Nosveon bat tal ions and 0110 bat. ter; on KriuNsevo. TJhey niaide an offer to the Komiitajis to allow the Women and11 chiild ren to leave the towun. This p)rop)oNal was dleclinled and1( the b)omblardmieunt b)egan. TIhie K(omitajiN ( tiiick ly abaliinde thle town and1( liscapjed to thle nieiglhboriing forest whiern pursuiit wais ipossible. The TIurkN ontorod the townt, and1(, gulidled by Tluirk ish viillayers from t he neighborhood1, ut tacked the houises of lie Groek rnotabi lest and1 ordered thIe il inmat( to b)e Nsourchied and striped They seize.d the money and jIwItl an :1 ravished11 thle womonj , ths lItw hic resisted b eIing imme11(1i diatly killed. A Greek p)riest , who sought to pro toot his datighter, wasN k illed.''h girl's eairrings were torin out amid he hanifd was5 chopped oif to secure bracelet. Winfiold .Baker wvas conivmcted1 ir Donville, Ill., of assault to m11urdei the. sherniff, and was seni tncedl to I14 yoars. Banker wa'sl a 'moer of the mob that ait.taiecd thle I)anvi lle jail ill Jully after having lynchied a niegrc and burned his body. Inunmediately aifter the verdict ini Baker's caise I painter was arrestedl for (rit icizing the court officials. A bale of the new cotton crop wmi so(lIt St. George's oni Tuesday foi 11I cents aI pound1, thle ble bringing $75.55. - ---- - 7 - ~ .. J A h~ GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. A schooner was capsized off South Norwalk, Conn., Tuesday night and her crew of seven were drowned. A rain of toad frogs practically blouked traflic at Salt Lake City for an hour just before noon on Monday. A negro who murdered a magis. trate near Rocky Mount., Va., two yours ago, was captured this wook in Missuvri. In a po.wder mill explosion at Carthage, Mo., Wednesday three miien were killed and throo injured, oneo fatally. A cloud-burst struck the vicinity of Maarysville, Kan., oni Tuesday, flooding the surrounding country to a depth of from five to fifteen feet. The people of Naples witnessed a remarkable spbctacle on Wodnesday when Vessuvius Huddenly throw up a coluiml of lava and stoiNes movoln hun. dred feet high. A now line of steamiships will be established by the LIouisvillo & Nashvillo road between Pensacoln, Flia., anld the most importat. ports of Southern Europe. Sprouting peas in the stomach iof the 7-year old daughtor of ,John Ponte, a railroad coiiductor of Cres. toi, lown, amsed her deat.h this wook. Ani autopsy revealed that the child hadl swallowed whole peas. At a political cainpaig iumot.ing in Arkansas Judge Carroll L. Wood of the Supreme Court, who is oppos. mng (iovertor )avis for a third terru for governor, knocked the governor off the stand four feet to the ground. A huge derrick on a bridge in New York on the Central railroad on Tuesday fell in(o the water sixty fet below, carrying with it sixty workmen, four of whom wore drown (d Tho only mam uninjuiiired wis the ono on topl the derrick. The body of (A. Wallace tiddieck, who left his homo at. Hotford, N. C., a few days ago to join a house party, was found in lte water near Eliza beth City, N. C., with $6 in the pock ots, though tiddick left home withi $12 . Poil play is suspicionod. The Now York Sun reports tfhat a little girl in New York, who was totally blind for several years, has had her sight slhghtly restored by (lie use of radium. T1he Atory states, howvever, that the recovery is yet too slight to give ground for any 1hop). Between forty andi fifty people weore burnied to (leath i[n a fire in a resitdental flat ini Budapest, iilungary, onl Sunlday night. More thtan twvo hundred peopl)1 wyore ini the upp)er stories of the buil ling, anud only tihe work pe~ople near tihe doors wvere able to effoeot their escape. Th e farmers oif Nort h (Carol ina have sholwn themselves in dead earniest in their war against the I obaWco trust and the agitation is making rapid progress mI favor of a comnbinat.ion of tihe manufneifatirpzrs andl merchantts to create a miarket for bright leaf tobacon, indeltptndlent of thle t rust. TPhe American schooner 0. I't lI"ntley, bounid from (ionfingosa to Mobile, is repJorted lost ini a stormil wit.h a crew numbering eight. l'iyo other schioonera are report 0(d wrtcke,i wvith crews numbering from six to ten. TIhie vessels Were in the track of the great West Indian hurricane. Tlhe newspaper train carrying thle Sunday edlitionl of thme New York newsp)apers over the New York Coni. tral road was wvrecked on Sunmday by the rtecklessne(ss of thme enlginior, who at rnck a most (danigerotns culrvo at 7() mimles an ho(ur. Thie eliginoer and fireman were 'killed anid thie news paper messengers injuredl. Beofore a large crowd of spectators at Roeadville, Mass., oin Mondy 1( with weoather and track conditions8 perfect, Lou Dillon trotted a mile in two minutes, breaking the world's trotting record. The half waUs mamde inl I.00L, the third gnairter in 304 seconds, anti the fourth quarters in the wonderful time of 29 secn,s.