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Paper Bug Ht Dy Winift PAPER-BAG bouseke this morning while the finches building a "What in the wc "I'm just about crazy band will eat. I wisk: wha-t awfu: things e it any to know all a! live on air? "Now, there's sausage. I had Ing, and not a bite of it would m and got some ham and eggs cooked, a wouldn't even look at the ham. Last-i husband made me have it taken awa: cake at lunch occause he said he (lid and not a bite of pie or any,-kind of p; the lard. I don't know how we are gc "Why don't you makeyour own se own fcly and try out your own lard asked innocently; "and the bread-can "Good gracious!" said the paper-L any of those things." "Bake 'em yourself," said T. "Why if she thought I had gone crazy. And yet that woman bothers all 1 and telling them her troubles because of mischief. A wvoman who can afford a good making a few of the things the pape about, and a woman who can't afford them herself. If 1 were a man and my wife insis home .n a paper bag, as so many wo home a little imitation money to pay What's happened to all the home-n How long is it since you ate any h, try at your house-the cook or the b The plain, disagreeable fact is tha know any more about the real duties i and she's too indolent and too indiffer Every butcher and grocer shop ni ment. and you can't ge: within ten f( line for your turn. I stood and watched a line of wo and "home cooked" beans and "home c meat the other day till I wondered. w modern home and the modern home ma be done in a shop. Talk about an Industrial revolutic will rise in a "decent cooking" revolut chance cf knowing what ycu a-s eatinj can. Simple J That Isn't By Joseph 1R HAT is a workingma ~~TIthe -working classes ? VV~ Simple as this qt ally accepted answer workiremnan. But 11 to work to place hit onlabor be necessa: There are those one who works' for v an insurance company and receives'.a s Why, there are clerks and office -ni from $10 to $30 per week, who indig; workingmen-that they belong to the You can't draw the line between the "bL'ain workers." because it takes And those who sit still and allow the work are very very scarce. But the funniest thing in this con fessional man, who in one breath say and in the next asks, "How far do th' kicking, intend to push U'S?" In Leeds, England, they are havini factory answer to the question, "Wha cial rate of fare is fixed for workingm< They have tried to decide in the c ingmen's tickets, and the local legal z question. But nothing definite has b< Howver, the tramway coinductors If a man wears a collar he is not accei higher rate. If his neck is bare or 1 privilege of a cheap ticket. That rule wouldn't work very well the laborer is frequently as well dress him, and collars are as common as co No, that test will not do-for us, question for settlement until the time higher than it now does-with some for favor.-New York Evening Journal The Farmei +4'-+++++++. ARMING is virtually + - * that is unorganized, + *+ trolled, except as it * *A merce and the arbitr + 3 +. in other' business.] *++subordination of the * A. traditional individua + + entire scheme of life his own efforts. T 4o make profits, and these profits ar for example, in the habit of gambling mere shrewdness, turns over his mnor the process and contributes nothing t< cr steps outside his own realm. he is :and on the other by organized labor. I he himself secures Is a remaind.-r lef: Century. H-e Was Real Industrious. Two Washington negroes meeting in the street fell into a discussion of the peculiarities of a mutual friend. Said one: "W'hat kind o' a piuss'on is dat man, anyhow? Seems to be he never do rno work." ''Oh. he i~s industrio'.5, al1 r!ght."' promptly responded the :4o02d negrO. "even if he don't do no'hin' hisself. Why. onl y !:~" n.eck ( man :spent two The costiiest building is the Milan anthe'drnal. rusekeepers ed Black. per came and told me her troubles I was sitting on the borch 0althing snug nest in the swaying vines. rld are we all going to do?" she said. trying to get s6mething that my hus the old newspapers would stop telling -erything is made of. It doesn't help )out it; so what are we going to do s'usage for breakfast this morn y nusband touch. Then I sent out nd he nibbled a 'ittle at the eggs, but ight I had catsup on the table, and ray again. He wouldn't touch the jelly 'i't know what the jelly was made of, stry will he eat since he's read about ing to keep from starving." usage and your own catsup and your the way your mother used to do?" I t your cook bake?" ig housekeeper, "my cook can't mate iot?" And the woman stared at me as er nenghbors to death running around ;he hasn't enough to do to keep her out cook can afford to pay that cook for r-bag housekeeper and I were talking I cook ought to be delighted. to make ted- on having an imitation dinner sent men do insist cn doing. I'd bring her for that dinner once in a while. ade bread? >me-made sausage? Who bakes the pas ker? . the average American woman doesn't Af a housekeeper than a pushcart man. ent to learn. )wadays has a "home cooking" depart et of the counter without standing in )men buying "home cooked" macaroni ooked" hash aid "home cooked" mince hat on earth-was the matter with the ker, that all the "home cooking" has to n! Some day the men of this country ion, and then perhaps there'll be some at your own table.-New York Amert 2uestion Answered hana an n. ? Put another way, Sqi constitute ery may appear, It relly has no gener .Taken literally be who works is a ow much of his-time must be devoted a in the worbing class? And must his y to his maintenance? who would say that a workingman Is 'ages. -But suppose he is president of ar-not wage-of $50,000 per annum. e.who receive a munificent "salary" of. Lantly repudiate the idea that they are working classes. those who work with their hands and 6me "brains" to work with one's hands. wheels in their skulls to do all their nection is the average business or pro s, "Why, I am a workingman myself," se workingmen, with their everlasting some trouble in trying to find a satis Constitutes a Workingman?" A spe n who ride on the street cars of Leeds. ourts who are entitled to use the work iind has been mudh exercised over the en decided in the matter. have adopted a rule for their guidance. ted as a workingman, and must pay the .e wears a muffler he is entitled to the in this country, where the mechanic or ed as the merchant on the seat beside it any rate. We will have to leave the comes when honest industry will rant folks-as a measure o! a man's fitness S . . idividualism7 Bailey. the only great series of occupations unsyndicated, unmonopolized, uncon is dominated by natural laws of comn ry limitations imposed by organization n a time of extreme organization and individual, the farmer still retains his ism and economic separateness. His rests on intrinsic earning by means of ie scheme in most other businesses is eoften non-intrinsic and fictitious, as in stocks, in which the speculator, by Ley to advantage, but earns nothing in civilization in the effort. If the farm met on one side by organized capital 'e is confronted by fixed earnings. What at the end of a year's business.--The Coal Is Contradictory. Why is'coal the most contradictory article known to commerce? Because, when purchased, instcad of going to the buyer it goe. t o the cellar. Stops When Wound. What is the riifference between a clok and a partnership? Whrcn a eiock is wound up it uoes: whe'n a firm is wound up it sto~p3. Erd Rasebery has the finest e'cipe ton of snuff imxc in the world, in euding one whi c eoniged to Napoce A V[RY UGLY CRIME White Woman Attacked by Young White Man. Aiken. Special.--A young white man by the iiaae of Pince Barton was brought here and placed in jail Char-ed with committing an assault upon Mrs. M21ttie BryNant. who is Paid to be a divorced woman of Graniteville. According to M-rs. Bryant. she had never seen Barton prior to Saturady night. She says Barton came to her house while she was at a neighbor's. Some of the people in her house called her home, saying that Barton was a miee young man. She agreed to accompany him to an ice cream festival. Mrs. Bryant says that shortly after leav ing the house Barton made an attack upon her, throw inZ her to the ground. She resisted as best she could. and sCreame(ld for help. Some people nearby ran to her assistance, but Barton fled before they arried. Mrs. Bryant's elothes were badi. teon. and she was bitten on the face and arm. She has been confined to her room all day. Barton was cap tured some time afterwards in Graiteville and brought here. Barton is about 24 years old and is a mill hand. When seen at the jail Barton said he was not responsible for his act ion: that he was drunk and therefore didn't know what he was doing. le claimed that Mrs. Bryant threw her arms around his neek and said after that he re membered nothing. He asserted that he knew nothing of the assault and declared that if he got out of this trouble he would "cut out'' liquor. Constable Howard made the arrest. There is no excitement or threats of violence. Lynching by One Man. Columbia, SpYeiil.-A special. to The State from Florence says: After an all-night chase, W. L. Marshall shot and killed Lewis Gray. a negro. for irp' r proposals to his wife. The ne 'ent t6 Marshall's honse during his absence. On being in formed of the affair Marshall armed himself and started in pursuit of the negro; While he was resting at a stoe at Effiingham. Florence county, he negro walked in. He was recog nized and shot to death. Was "Justfiable Eomicide." Florence. Special.-As a result of the coroner's inquest over the dead body of the negro Louis Gregg. the jury, with Mr. Brooks McCall acting as foreman, handed in a verdict that deceased had come to his death as the result of a gun shot wound in then hands of W. L. Marshall and that it was a justifiable homicide. Noth ing new developed during the course of~ the inquest except that the negro brute had actually laid hands on Mar shall's wife, sud offered her a sum of money if she would submit to his proposals. She then screamed and called for her mother, who was inside the house. and the negro fled. Sheriff Burchi was present during the inquest. but did not take Marshall into actunal ustody for lie reason that he show ed a dispo~sitiono ht to disappear, andI the further fac; that several of the most substantial men of the comn munity assured 'him that they would be responsible for Marshall 's appear ing in Florenice Monday morning to tive bond. Sheriff Burch says lie is willing to be responsible for the prisoner. Would Excommunicate Lynchers. Spartanburg. Special.-The Spar. tanburg Baptist Association at its meeting with Friendship church pass ed strong resolutions denouneing lyn chings andl placed the denomination on record as advocating the excommuni cation from the Church of members who may be known to participte in lychings. Killed Over a Card Game. Yorkville, Special.-Three negroes were engaged in gambling in a house in the yard of D~r. W. G. White. 01 this place, and became involved in a row. As a result oif that row one of them, Ben Walker, is dead. Three pisol balls were fired into him by one of the other negroes. One is supposed to have passed through his heart, another entered the brain at the edge of the hair, above the lefi eye, and the third went into the throat. either of which would necs sarily have proved fatal. Well-Known South Carolina Plantei Murdered. Beaufort. 5. C.. Special.-George M. Harvey, a wvell-known planter of the Bluifton section. was murdered Sunday night at the plantation home of his son on Ladies' Island. He war shot in the head and his son found ie body on returning home. Wi! iam Bennett. a negro, is in jail chart. ed withI the c'rime. He denies tha he is guilty. Shoots Brother-in-Law. Spartanburg, Special .-Hen ry Seu) and Charlie Revar,. broth.r-in-laws became involved in a dlifficulty near the Arkwriht Mill and the forme: sot the latter. The bail enitere( levar's stomach andc is c'onsidere srious. Seayv surrendered and is not, in jail. Seny is a member of thL iire diepartmaent and swllkl heet. It is saidl familv dtit~ffern: -rvoe t.~1 trouba,11l bewen t han PALMT0 AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady... .. .... 91-4 New Orleans, steady.. ....9-5-16 Mobile, nominal.. .. --..-9 1-1 Savannah, quiet .. .. .. .. ...... 9 Charleston, quiet.. .........-.9 Norfolkk, quiet.. .... .. --93-4 Baltimore. norinal... 3 New York. quiet.. ...-..-.... Boston, quiet....... ....9.8 Philadelphia. quiet.. .. .. .... 0.05 Houston. steady.. .. .. ....93 Aug-usta, steady..... .. .....9-1(i Memphis quiet. . ..95-S St. Lonis. dull.. ...--.-. -93-4 Lonisville. firm.. ...........1 -2 Charlotte Cotton Market. Thees prices represent lie prices paid to wagons: Good middling... . .9:1-4 Strict middling.............3-4 Middling.. .. .. - -- -..95 Tood middling, tinged.. .. ....9 5-S ~nis............7 1-2(48 :1-j Floods at Spartanburg. Spartanburg. Special.- Spartan burg was visited last week by what practically amounted to a cloud-burst and there was daniage done in sever al sections of the city and county. The damage while coniderable was not heavy and the wild rumors that were current at first for the most part proved to be false. There have for several days been heavy rains in this section and the precipitation Thursday was the heaviest in some time. Up to 6 o'clock Fridav after noon the rainfall was 4.8 inches and during two hours the rainfall amount ed to 3.5. There was talk here of an other Pacolet flood, but inquiries at the 'various mills in this section re vealed the fact that outside of high water and inconsiderable damage, the water had not done much harm. Water rose in the engine room of some of the mills and it was nec essary to shut down. The streams in th'is vicinity are rising and if the heavy rains continue there is a pos. sibilitv of being considerable losses. In the city of Spartanburg there was damage done to the amount of several hundred dollars. Culverts in many portions of the city were washed away and on west Main street the re~ taining wall at the side of the street washed away, carrying a portion of the sidewalk, telegraph poles and shade trees away. St. George -Visited by Disasterous Fire. St. George. Special.-Tice most dis astrous conflagration in the history of St. George occurred about 1 o'clock Thursday night when four mercan tile establishments and two residences in the business section of the town were destroved. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is thought that it was of iniceniiary origin. The fire started in the store of W.,HI. Lott, on south Main street, and spread rap idly to the- adjoining buildings. Or account of the lateness ot the hour and the fact that t he town maintains no fire department made it impossible to cheek the flamerj and for a time the entire business section was threatened. The loss will amount to at least $10.000, which is partially covered by insurance. Newberry Warehouse Bought by Standard. Columbia. S.pecial.-The property of the Newberry Warehouse company has been bought by the Standard Warehouse company of this city. Messrs. George W. Summer. presi dent of the Newberry company, and( Mr. W. H. Hunt, attorney, were in Columbia to close the deal and ar range the necessary papers. Cotton Badly Damaged. Goodwill, Special-This section was deluged with a big rain as any of the season. It is a very serious mat ter now with the farmers who have some good cotton in spite of the we' season, that the fruit is rotting where it is mature enough to be opening. With big leaves and rank foilagc where soda has been applied, rains weekly every day and almost no sun shine, the mature bolls are rotting tc such an extent that from one-fort!L to one-third of theC prospective yield is being cut off. Irrigation Convention. South Carolina will be represented next week at the irrigration conven tion at Boise Cit v. Idaho. The dee gates will not arrive at Boise City until the morning- of Sept. 3, althougl they 'left here. Mayor R. Goodwin Rhett of Charleston and C. F. Dill o: Greenville expect to join the party ir Boise. Mr. Rheir is in the North west on his bridal tour and Mr. Dil) is in Idaho look:ing after his mininm properties neatr Boise. Aiken Banks Combine. Aiken, Special.-The directors o: the Bank of Aiken and the Peoples Banik have decided to consolidate the two banks under the title of the Bani of Aiken. The bank of Aiken wil thereby increase its capital stock tc $100.000 and the Peoples' bank will retire from business. The busines: of bo0th banks will he transaeted at the Bank of Aiken. The Farmer' and Merchant's bank has orzanized and will be ready for business in sur jULL PRIMARY R[TURNS Practically Official Vote Given-Who Will Be in Second Race. Cvlunmbia, Special.-With ireports from every county, nearly all of which are official and the balance complet, with few exceptions it is shown that nearly 100,000 votes were cast in the Democratic primaer on Tuesday. The county committees met to tab alate the votes and in a few instances ehanges were made in the results as reported the day before. It is certain that Lyon and Ragsdale will be in the second' race for attorney general, Lyon lacking less than 2.500 of a ma jority and having a lead of nearly 20.000 votes over his competitor. The large vote for General Youmans sur prised the politic'ans. who all scern ad to think that the race was between the two younger men exclusively. In the race for governor it has been certain ever sinee the first night that Ansel and Manning would be in the second and the only thing want ing has been the total vote of each, Ansel has been more than Iiis liea est two competitors. 'Maning and Blease. aid goes into the second race with a lead of 16(,-i1 over Manning. He has received even more votes than were given Governor Heyward in his phenormena first race four years ao. 36.000. Conptroler (ueral Jones is re cleteted by over 5.000 majority over G. L. W\alker. Col. J. C. Boyd is elected adjttant "cineral andi has made the rernarkable record of carrving every county in the State. except two. Beaufort and Horry. The second race for railroad com missioner is between Wharton and Sullivan. Cansler missing it by just about 2.000 votes. The totals for the candidates for the different offices are given below: For Governor. Ansel.. .......... ....39.850 Manning.. .... .. .. .. ....23,008 Blease.... .. .. .. .. . ......16,802 Brunson.. .. .. .. .. ....... 9,982 McMahan.. ............2231 Sloan.... ..3............3.34S Edwards.............. 5 Jonles.. .. .. .. .. .. ....... S98 The Vote For Senator Tillman. Till- Total for man. governor Abbeville.. .. ..... 769 1.967 Aiken.. .. .. .. ..2.645 2.931 Anderson.. .....4.410 5.039 Bainber.. .. .. ..1.034 1.143 Barnwell.... .. ..1.780 2,003 Beoufort.. ..... .. 578 64S Berkeley.. .....1.146 1.135 Charleston.. ....2.221 2.511 Cherokee.. ..... .1.541 2.045 Chester.. .. ......3S9 1.678 Chesterfield.. .... 2.666 3.264 Clarendon-... ....3.50S 1.644 Colleton.. .. .....2.021 2.288 Darlington.. .. ..1.540 2.117 Dorchester.. .. ...1.206 1,237 Edgefield.. .. .....1.503 1,729 Fairfield.. .. ....1.016 1,266 Florence.. ..... 969 1.530 Georgetown.. .. ..l.001 1,171 Greenville.. ......4.713 3.356 Greenwood.. .....1.476 1.856 Hampton.. .......1.687 1.365 Horrv.. .. .....2.162 2.:370 Kershaw.. .......1.158 1.399 Lancaster.. .. ....2.091 2.091 Laurens.. .......2.24 2.976 Lee.. .........1..503 1,73S Lexington.. ......2.484 3,043 Marion.. .......2.334 :3.137 Marlboro.. .......1.630 1.941 Newberrv.. .... ..1.768 2.2S1 Oconee .....2308 2.477 Orangeburg.. .....2.792 3.410 Pickens ... ".2323 2,609 Richland.. .......2.301 3,300 Saluda.. .. .....1.732 1.902 Spartanbuirg .. ..5.417 6,815 Sumter.. .. ......1.357 1.769 Un ion.. .. .......2.183 2.581 Williamsburg .. ..2.047 2.142. York.. .. ........2.126 2.725 Total.. .......1.099 96.649 Comptroller General. Jones...... .. ...... ....50.27 Walker...... .... ......45,072 Jones' majority. 5.199. Attorney General. Lyon.... .... ...........45.10: Youmans.... .... .......2291t Ragsdale.... .... .......27.52. Railroad Commissioner. Summersett...... .. ......15,57 WVhartoni.... .. .. ...... ..14,02 Sellers.... . .. ..8.633 Cansler...... .. .. ........22,2S( Sullivan........ .... .....24,214 Adjutant General. Boyd.... .. .... ....... ..64.53 Haskell.... .. ...........31.22i Boyd's majority. 33.306. Secretary of State. McCowig.... .... .........1.902 Morrison.... .,.........20.19: Ragin.... .. .... .. ......13.23 Tribble.... .... ......... 7.00: Declined to Talk. Green-:ille, Special.-Martin F. An sel refused to have anything to sa: about his race for governor. furthe: than the following card.of thanks t< lie D~emocratie voters of South Caro hina: "I take this method of thankin the great numbers of voters, all ove I the State. wvho cast their ballots to -ime for trovernor on the 2Sth. and o -saying that I feel deeply grateful t them for the great confidence repose< m i me. "I ask the kind consideration an< support of all the Democratic voter: Iof the State in the second primar; -election on September 11. promisin; to give to the State my best though and abilitv. "MARTIN F. ANSEL.'' Store Room Burned. Union. Special.-Abotut midnigh Saturday the store room of the. Buf falo Cooperative Supply company inear Buffalo. was totally constumed b; I fire, the oritrin not being knowi thougrh it is supposed to have caugh tin a shedl room where seed and o1 were stored. The president and gen eral manager. W. E. G. Humphrey: lives near theO store. but was noC awakened uint il the fire bol gotte: coinsiderable headway. so nohim: wa1 :e..'e from the biidino SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Aug. 27, 1906, as Given Out by thp De partment. The weather was partly cloudy.to cloudy, and generally sultry, the en tire week, in the eastern and central counties, but some days were clear, early in the week, ii the extreme northwestern portion of the State. The temperature averaged about normal in the central and northern portions and averaged about one de gree above normal in the southern and southeastern portions. There was an unusually small range in the daily minimum lemperatures duiing the week. The highest maximum tem perature was 9S degrees at Blackville on the 21st and the lowest minimum temperature was 66 degrees at Green ville on the 23rd. There were frequent local rains and thunderstorms in all parts of the State. and in a large number of places rain fell every day of the week. The central and eastern counties received the heaviest rainfall generally, but scme places in the western counties received excessive rains. The great est local amount was .66 inches at Ilackville. The average precipita tion was muca . beve normal.-J. W. Bauer, Section Dizector. For "Home Coming Week."' Columbia State. The Chamber of Commerce's com mittee on State fair met to consider the matter of bt-inging attractions here this year. It has been decided to have an "Auld Lang Syne' week in connection with~ the State fair, and South Carolinians from all over the United States are invited to take part in the home-coming. The railroads have been asked to give reduced rates from all parts of the country. The occasion of this home-comin- celebra tion is the 30th anniversary of the vic tory of Wade Hampton and the Democrats and the overthrow of Radi eal misrule. It is nroposed to have a parade showing in typical -manner the devlooment of South Carolina since that time. The feature of the parade will be a "eritter company" or a band of mounted men in red shirts, the uniform which drove terror to hearts craven with crime and guilt. It is proposed that the riders in this I parade be men who took part in the actual termoil which made great the leaders in that campaign. The details, of this feature of "old home'' week are to be worked out and suggestions will be received with pleasure by Mr. E. B. Clark. secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce. Any ideas which will add to the pleasure of fair week will be appreciated. Manager K. G. Barkoot. the carnival man, is here trying to make a contract for fair week. He says he has newv shows engaged and can give a midway ex tending from the posto'ffice to the State house. dewn Gervis to the Sea board Air Line passenger station and occupyin part of the 'space in Assembly street Dollita, the little woman who attracted so much atten tion here last fai'i week, is a mother. The baby is nearly a year old . and weighs l14 pounds. Fair week is just eight weeks hence gnd preparations will be started at once to make this a great home-coming week for South Carolinians residing in other States. *Chester's New Building. Chester. Specia.-The work of moulding and manufacturing concrete blocks for the two-story building of Mr. T. L. Eberhardt, corner Main and Wylie streets, began a few days ago. The work will be pushed rapid lv. The building will have a frontage of over 70 feet on Main street and a depth of 100 feet or more on Wylie street. The corner store on the first floor will be occupied by the post office under a five-year contract. The work is to be completed by January S1. Th building will contain desides the uostofnece. t wo store rooms an Main street and one on Wylie street. Negro Boy Killed. SSpartanburg, Special.-James Pil grim, a young negro boy about 15 years of age, was instantly killed in fru', of the furniture factory of the Lion Furniture company, while- en deavoring to board an outtoing freight- train. The boy was ini the emplov of the factory and shortly after the whistle blewr for~ di'ner endeavored to imard the~ frelat train. Chile Declines Rothschild Offer. ,Valparaiso. By Cable.-A state of seige continues here and nobody is allowed on .the streets after 6 o'clock in the evening. There have been some accidents as the result of the Suse of dynamite in blowing up dam agedl buildings. President Riesco has relied to an ofer of the European banking firm of Rothwhild to heir suffe re rs from t.he ea rthquake. saying that he hopes Chilean resources will be sufficient for 'tis purpose. Wounds Prove FataL. Spartanburg, Special-Charles Ray en, who was shot by his brother-in-law Henry Seay, died at his home near the 1Arkwright Cotton Mill. The cause of the trouble between the men is attri tbuted to a misunderstanding relative to family matters. Seav. who is a SOUTH THEIR HOME Booker Washington Addresses Negro Conference DEPLORES CRIMINAL TENDENCY At Convention of Negro Business League, the Race's Leader in This Country Speaks 'With Candor and rorce of Crimes Committed by Ne gros, North and South, and Remedy Therefor-Criminl Negro Must be Got Rid of as Curse to Race-No Worse Enemies to Busi ness Progress Than Lynchers and Those Who Provoke Lynching. Atlanta, G., Special.-The Seventh annual session of the National Negro Business League, of which Booker T. Washington is president, opened here with over a thousand negroes from all parts of the country present. Speeches of welcome L.ere made by Mayor Pro Tem Harwell and Presi dent Sam D. Jones, of the chamber of commerce, which were responded to by the more prominent negro business men. The meeting was called to order by W. B. Matthews, president of the local organization, who made the opening address. The regular pro gramme of the convention was then taken up and a number of speeecs on various industries discussed by negro business men. The sessions., will'continue three days. The principal feature of the night session was the annual address of the president of the organization, Booker T. Washington. After explaining the objects of the National Negro Business League, Booker T. Washington, in his. annual address as president of the league,. said in part: "We believe that while the world may pity a crying, whining race, it seldom respects it. We believe.4hat the influence of one'great. scess in really accomplishing sin thig .that the world resnects will, *farther in promoting our interests. Let con structive progress be the dominant note among us in every section of America. South Negro's Best Home. "Right here in Georgia we have abundant evidence that the negro is learning this lesson at a rapid rate. It is safe to say that the negro in Georgia owns at .least $20,000,000 worth of taxable proprerty and that our people in other sections of the South have made almost equal progress. Within the past year I have inspected and studied tthe eon .itions and progress of our people in the Northern and Western States,. and I have no hesitation in reaffirm ing my opinion that the* Southern States offer the best permanent aibode for the masses* of our people. - "There is much that the bravi;'in telligent, patriotic white men of America can do for us; there is mueb we can do for ourselves. The .execu tive authorities should se that every law is enforced, regardless of race or color; that the weak are protected against injustice from the strong. We have examples in several South erm States that this is being done in an eneouraging degree. Must Get Eid of Criminals ''On the negro's part wve have a* duty. Our leaders should see-to- it that the criminal neero. is -got rid of whenever possible. Making- all al lowance for mistakes,. injustice and - the influcace of racial pride, I have no hesitation in saying that one of the elements , in our present situa tion that gives me most concern is the large number oftc rimis klhat are being committed by neibers of our race. The negro is committing too' much crime, North and South. The crime. aZ lynching everywhere and at all times should be condemned anid those who commit crime of any na ture should be condemned. Our Southland today has no greater enemy to business pr-ogress than lynebiers and those who provoke lyrnehing. ''We cannot be too -frank or too strong. in -discussing thle harm that. the commritting of crime is doing our race. Let iu .stand up straight-end speak out and act in no uncertain terms in this direction. Let us. do our part. and then let es call on- the whites to do their part. ''Right here .in the South the~e,'are 'iore things upon which the races agree than upon ivhich they disagree.. There is no section 'of 'thd &Suth where the negro farmer, mechanic, merchant and banker cannot find en couragement,- opportunity anii pros-5. perity. In -this respest let us not <.verlook the fact that many similar opportunities are at our door." Wegroes Threaten to Lynch. Macon, Ga., Special.-A special tor The Telegraph from Valdosta,'. Ga, says: A 5-y ar-old negro girl was brutally treated by a negro man here. The child is in a dangerous condi tion. The negro population openly threatens to lynch the assailant. The chief of police is exercisini? his au thority to proteetb-he prisoner from the mob. Shaw's Southern Campaign. Washington. Special. -Secretary Shaw will leave Washington on Sep tember 7 for a campaign tour through the South. On September S he will speak in one of thec (itie in Vi \ rginia but whiich one ha nojt hen selected. On the 10th lhe w-: spr at Winston. N. C.. on teJh t Stzatesville. N. C.. on thr I2t at Asheville. N. C. on the J3h a K'*'>-' Tenn.. on the 1.th at NLshvi:!e Ts . ndo