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^^VOLLIV, " WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1900. NO. 19. IIP 1 BRYAN'S TOUR. Welcomed by Great Crowds at Evsry Place. A NEWSPAPER HONORED. ___ j ^ Fearless Bryan Threatens N- w Jersey With a Fiocd Sqj^.f z.y ed Out cf the Watered Stc-ck"?. During the past ten days Bryan has has been speaking in West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennt-yivania. ^ ^ewJersey and New York to immense crowds. He arrived in Philadelphia - Thursday morniag. He was escortcd by the Democratic city committee of Philadelphia. When he arrived at the - Broad street station of the Pentsyl* * vania railroad he was greeted by a ma^s>f? people] that 'jammed the big I train floor so completely that theie was Bcatcuy room for bis party to mate us way to the street. The streets surrounding the station were also crowded with thousands of people curious to s?e the Democratic car d'date. At 11 o'clock Mr. Br. *n was driven to the office of the Philadelphia Tim<-s He was met by Col. A. K MoClure, the veteran editor of tba.; paper, and escorted to a ba!oony on the second * floor of the building. Thousands of people crowded the streets and cheered him. Mr. Bryan was introduced by Col. McClure, and spoke in part as follows: "I am glad to be able to stop a moment ia this city, and I am more delighted to speak to you from the building where this paper is so intelligently edited for American as against European ideas. I believe the only reason our principles are not as strorg in the ^ cast as in the west is because the east w Has not tQ8 same opportunity as iae west. Our party is not the party or the fewTfrst the party of the masses. It seeks no special privileges for some, but equal rights for ail- The Democratic party is making a canvass on a - =v platform that takes its position on every question, but the Republican party is conducting a campaign on a platform that corceals every issue. It dees not reveal its position because it knows thas if it makes its principles -? plain the opponents wiil repudiate them. Just remember, when that p?rty met here in the early Q3ya of our forefathers the Declaration of Independence was its platform. Bat when it met here this year the Declaration of Independence was ignoreu altogether. Tteiiepu&iican party stanos lor <133postism in the Philippines. The Republican party has no remedy for any evil3 that confronts the farmers. Iustead, ifc congratulates the farmer on good rains, the laboring man on his lull dinner pail, as if he were ali stomach. I waet you to know that the full dinner pail argument does notmoet js&a response from those who carry the fafl Winner pail. They vtant something ftfet*,; they want relief from taxes and ironi government by injunction; they . want representation in the president's ^ oabinet; they want settlement of disputes by arbitration; they want la.vs that make it an offense to organize the trusts. I recommended that you read the articles by that distinguished Pennsylvania Democrat, ex Gov Pattison, who has just returned from Puerto Rico and you will 6nd that the Puerto Rioans can write a complaint that will rival the complaint our people h*d against England before the Revolu tion." SPEAKS AT TRENTON, f Mr. Brvan made two speeches at Trenton, N. J., Thursday, the first in Taylor opera house and the second at an open air meeting He was splendidly ? received at both places. Responding to the opera hou^e meeting, where the Democratic clubs of the State were holding their annual convention, Mr. Bryan said; } "The Republican party says everything is all right; that the farmer is happy; that the laboring man has a full dinner pail, and that nobody ought to complain of present conditions. Oar reply is all righiu Let every man who ? is satisfied with his conditions, who believes he is ecjoying his fair share of earth's blessings and the government's . ' uroteotion. vrho thinks that things are all right rote the Republican ticket. I I am perfectly content to draw the line and let all those who think that there is no necessity for better things vote the Republican ticket if I can have the votes of all those who believe things can be male better by better laws." Mr. Bryan denounced private monopoly as both dangerous and contrary to the moral laws. He added: "The trast magnate who usese a monopoly as a means for extortion is upon the same moral plane as a highwayman who goes out at night with his club and brains men ana takes their mrmpw from them: when the Republican party permits tiie monopoly ? to exist it amends the commandment and makes it read: 'Thou shalt not steal?on a smail scale.' The trust is wrong from an economic standpoint, for it you will examine you will find l that the first thiDg that the trust does when it gel a oc ntrol of an industry is to raise tie prices. Then the - consumers suffer. The next thing is to shut down the factories to reduce pro> duction, because a high prioe lessens ? the demand, aDd then the trust throws IA on to the laboring man who is idle, waiting for a job, the expenses of keeping up the high prices. "It is wrong economically for another rC&SVJJ. IV UiSCUUia^a genius, for if all men who have skill in one occupation are undc-r one man, then they hang upon him. It is the hope of independence, it is the hope that you can some day be your own master that stimulates people to highest endeavor; and when you take this hope out of the human breast and plant despair in its place you start downward toward the leVel of the dark age?. And it is baa tor the laboring man, for if a laboring man has genius and skill, and his employer does not recognize his skill and genius, another employer will, w But when there is but one employer, then genius is at a discount, ana a sonUmmil] Ark QC txraH CQ a " Referring to his remedies for the trusts, Mr. Bryan said: ffi-jyv ' ,*': -. * j* ~ .: . ^ ?V - * UI air. almost afraid fo suggest the rp.rnc-dy down here; fur if we succeed in squeezing the water out cf the New Jersey corporations you will have a tidal w&vc greater than th3t at Gslveston. You wiii have a fi:.od for a while, batycu will have honest corporations afterwards. ' Why should corporations organized in New Jersey be permitted to prey on the whole country? Why should a cor poration organiz;d in this State be per mmea to eiuer mtu lutcistaio gucruerce untiHt first shows that it is going cut to do a legitimate business and not going out as a }.igh*aym3u? I believe that if you will provide, first, that a corporation shall have the water squeezed out, and. second, that it phall bbow that it is not trying; to rconopo liza any branch o? busire^s, and then provide for a revocation of the license if the conditions are violated. I believe you could destroy every private mo nopoly engaged in interstate commerce * -l anci prevent tne creation 01 new uuea. I am cot worrying about those corporations coofined to the State, for it the corporations prc-y upon the people of the State and upon them alone. I am willing to leave the people to fii;ht it out with their local corporation and let it live as long as they have anything for the corporation to cat. Bat when a cooperation leaves a State and goes into other Scates, I am not willing to leave it to the State. I am not willing to put 44 States at the meroy of a trurt merely because it hires one State to let it stay there while it plunders the other 44 States." Closing his speech .V?r. Bryan made an earnest appeal for campaign work until the close of the campaign, and asked his supporters not to bet on results saying in part: ' If you have any mosey to spare pat it in tbe campaign fundicstead of bet'ting with it. Do cot try to beat the Republicans at their game. When you bet you bet your money; when a trust magnate bets he bats other people's money. A newspaper friend of mine gave some good advice the other day. He told the Democrats that if they would put their money in the campaign fusd they, would gst satisfaction enough out of success to make them willing to spend the money that way; and if wa lost it was no gratification to give the Republicans Democratic money a3 well as a victory in this cam nskn We cannot so to the great cor porations and ask them to contribute because we do not intend that they sbouid make it back eut of the people. We have got to make a people's fight, and you who are interested in this fight ought to support the fight, not only with your votes, bat with your work and with the money that you can spare." Mr. Bryan's ou'door meeting in Trenton was a tremendous success, both in point of attendance and enthusiasm on the part yf the crowd. He spoke staiding in his carriage and said: "I am willing to risk the issues of this campaign in the hands of the American people. If tomorrow morning the voters were permitted to go to the polls and write on their ballots A * rvv* ? V* A nnnofir.na tueir y^'iUiUUO VU tug \jut/sb.vua ~ tbe country, with do one to intimidate, I have nD doubt that we would carry this country by a popular majority suoh as no ticket has ever received in the United States. The only question to my mind is, what effect wili be pro duced by the coercion that is now being attempted by those who stand at the head of'great coipontions. I went to Auburn, ?., the other day and I learned that the head of a large manufacturing establishment has threatened to close hi works in case I was elected I do not t dw how maDy threats like that will be made. I do not know what effect such threats will have, but I am going to give to you laboring men an answer to such a threat. Whenever your employer tells you fchit you will lose your job if you vote for me, you tell him tbat if the country ia half as prosperous as he says, it is expected you ought to be able to find another job very soon; but if there is no place for a man to work if he losses the job he now has, there is no prosperity in this oountry to boast about. "I ask you when will you be stronger to fight this battle than you are now? If after all this period of boasted prosperity you have not laid up enough money to stand an idleness of a week, don't you think you had better vote for some party that will give you a better chance than that to lay up something for a rainy day?" A TRIUMPHANT MARCH. A dispatch from Jersey City says: "The first day of Mr. Bryan's tour of New Jersey which dosed here with six meetings Friday night, may be desaribed as a mad rush. From the time he entered Washington Park, opposite Philadelphia, until he closed his last meeting here he had inade 15 speeches, the average of their duration was greater than usual. He spoke in succession at Washington Park, Riverside, Burlington, Trenton (twice,) Princeton Junction, New Brunsvriok, Elizabeth, Marion and Jersey City (six times.) His journey through the Si ate was a surprise to those accompanying Mr. Brysn, i? not to him, for in few States, if any, has he had larger or more de monstartive audiences. His meeting at Washington Park ws.s almost arecord breaker in both of these respects, and his meetings in Trenton and his reception in this city were only second to the Washington Park meeting in numbers and in feeling displayed. Probably no candidate for the presi dency was evr so muan jostiea aoout and pushed around in one day's time as Mr. Bryan was today. At most stopping places the police found it impossible to protect him from the hundreds, not to say thousands, of persons i who thronged his pathway and followed him wherever he went." "I have addressed a great many meetings of college boys, but I never had a nicer meeting than this in my life " This is what Mr. Bryan said to a number of the Pinceton college boys who had followed him to his train from his meeting piace at Princeton Junction this afternoon. The meeting was one of the most orderly that Mr. Bryan has had in his whole campaign tour. There wa3 cot an interruption irom beginning to end. "Wben Mr. Bryan arrived he was greeted -with the college yell, and there was a similar demonstration made upon his departure. His address there was entirely to the students. i IA HORRIBLE CRIME. I I | Mystery ct a Ycurg Ladie's Death j Solved. FOUR FIENDISH BRUTES. Extraordinary Record of Revolting Butaliiy. This Ciri But One cf Many Victims. [ Late Wednesday night George Kerr, I Walter MoAliister, William Death and } Andrew Cam bell were arrested by the I police, of Patterson, N. J , accused o? I haviDg caused the death of Jennie ^ TTAmon TO noco .D SSOilieiCr, tilC ;vuug nvugu n^vw body wa9 found la3t Friday on the outskirts of Paterson. Developments show that the circumstance surround | iog the yoang woman's death from one< I of the most remarkable and revolting j crimes which has ever been brought to ! light in ihis country. The police have the five persons more or less concerned j in the affa r in custody. From statej incuts and confessions made they have I been able to trace the course of the ! gir! from 83'J Tfcursday evening until she met htr death, ai;d the travels of her body afterward are aiso fairly well known. Snonly after S o'clock Miss Bossohieter parsed Kent's drug store at Patereon, and near it met Andrew Cambell. There was a short conversation and then the pair walked down Main street. Somewhere en route they were joined by George Walter MaoAlisu-r and Win. JDeath. The four entered Christopher Saai's saloon. Here * J r?.?11 ?e QriQftS were servea. jpiumiy uuo ui bus men telephoned to the Erie depot for a ca'>, and August Schaltorsresponded. This cabman has been the main source of the police's information and has given a detailed atory of what occurred. It was in the neighborhood of 10 u'ciook when the four men lifted the pardy unconscious girl into Schulter's I rig. It is alleged that after the hackman had been cailed, one of the men asked for another rounds of drinks, and into that served to the girl was poured tixo contents of a vial, containing a species of '"kcock out." drops. The men direoted the driver to t&ka them to a road house, but they found the place had closed and repeated rappings produced no results. The party then started back to the oity. In a lonely spot the hack was stopped and the girl lifted out of it and laid upoji a blanket by the roadside. In what followed, the hackman and one of the four, if is said, had no part. The story is too revolting to describe. The hackman claims that he did not leave ! his seat on the cab. He is unable to j say whether the girl W33 alive or dead when she was lifted back into the cab. |~ He remembers max ne- was turn iu timr down beside the river bank. Here the girl, apparently lifeless, was lifted out of the cab and her head and face bathed wi h river water. After a long time spent in trying to revive her the men held a consultation. Their victim was again lifted into the cab and the hackman was ordered to drive like mad to Dr. Wiley's house. Dr. Wiley was not at home and the party hurried to the residence of Dr. Townsend, on Paterson street. The physician was aroused and told to come down stairs at once and give immediate attention to a woman who had been injured. He was told not to wait to dress. He slipped on a bath robe and went out to the carriage door. He felt of the girl's pulse and then stepped back, saying his services were not needed as the girl was dead. One of the men cursea the doctor for a fool and commanded him to revive her. Tne dootor turned and started back into the house. The doctor was offered any amount of money if he would try, but he persisted it was useless for him to try as death had come iong before. The carriage then drove away. There was a consulation among the men. Oae wanted to take the body to the girl's home and leave it there. The other three refused to consider this and insisted upon dropping the body upon the roadway. It was fiaally resolved to drive out into Bergen county, by way of the Thirty-third street bridge. When the bridge wasreaohed the driver was again ordered to stop. The purpose soon developed. When the triple attack upon the unconscious and perhaps dead girl was made, a portion of ninit hail Koon fcnrn nfip. When the party left the scene of the crime one man had a portion of the clothing in a pocket of his coat and another bad the remainder of the garment. When the stop was made at the river bank to bathe the giri s face and head, her combs and her pins had been removed. Tnese were in McAiister's pocket. The two portions of the garment and the combs and hair pins were dropped from the bridge into the Passaic river. The carriage was then driven a short distance along the road into Bergen county. The spot was decided upon as a good placs to drop the corpse. The body was dragged out of the carriage, but just then a wagon was heard approaching and one of the men hurled the body back into the cab, exclaiming: "For G-od's sake drive on; here comes a carriage." The cab went on until the dark spot near Ai^ear mill was reached. 'McAlister caught the girl by the feet and dragged them outward. Another of the % ? ? 1 1 . it. men MtecL the snouiaers ana as me hips reached the sill Mo Alister droppod the feet and the two men held the body upright for a moment and then let go. The girl's body fell backward, the head striking the rock whioh crashed the skull. This oircam&tance which threw the Bergin county authorities off the scent, was not foreseen by the men disposing of the body. The hackman reoeived ten dollars tor his night's ? t * WJT A work. This was paid Dy iucbusier. Walter C. McAlisier is a member of the firm of James McA.lister & Co., throwsters. George Kerr is a member of the J. P. Donleavy Paint company. Andrew Campbeli is a bookkeeper, employed at the Hand Street Silk mill. Wm. A. Death is a young man who was married five weeks ago. The men implicated in the crime were held without bail after a hearing before Recorder Senior today. Judge "* ? Kerr, brother of one of the prisoners, is married to a sister of Mayor Hinchcliffe, the millionaire brewer of Patereon. He also a relative of John Johnson, Demooratic nominee for Congress in the Paterson district. The funeral of the girl was held this afternoon. To avoid a crowd it was announced that the services had been postponed by the coroner. It i3 claimed at Paterson tonight that the affair is only one of,'a so ries of crimes in which mill girls of tbat city have been victims, but this is the first oase known in which any of the girls have lost their lives. BRYAN'S HARD JOB What He "fTill Have to Ovsrcome to Win. To more clearly il!a<?frate tl e task before Mr. Bryan which ie r ust accomplish to be elected, we give be'ow the popular vote of the important socalled doubtful states showing McKinley majorities of 1896, many of which Mr. Bryan must overcome this year to be elected president: California? aqq i?jlv; jlviuic/ uw Bryan 144,766 McKirley mojority 15922 Delaware? MeKiniey 20,452 Brjati 16 615 McKinley majnity 3,837 Illinois? McKinley 607,130 Brjac 464 523 McKinley majority 142,607 Indiara? McK'nlc-y 323 753 Bryan 305,573 1 Wo Kinley majority 18,181 Kentucky? McKinley 218,171 Brjan 217,890 McKinley majority 281 Maryland? McKinley 136 978 Bryan .... 104 746 McKinley majority 32 232 Michigan? McKinley 293.582 Bryan 237,268 McKinley majority 56,314 New Jersey? MftKinUv 221 267 Bryan 133,675 McKinley majority 87,692 Ypw YnrV " McKinley 819,838 Bryan 551,369 McKinley majority 268 469 Ohio? McKinley 525,991 Bryan 477,497 MoKinley majority 48 494 -yygstvn^ima- ? ??? McKinley 104,414 Bryan 92,927 McKinley majority 11,437 WiFConsin? MnTfinlA'O 13?* Bryan 165,523 McKinley majority 102,612 Possession of the Presidency, The length of possession ef. the presidency since the organization of American political parties ha3 been as follow.'-: Federalist?From 1789 to 1801, twelve years under Washington and John Adams. Democratic?From 1801 to 1825, twenty-four years under Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Coalition?From 1825 to 1829, four years, under Joftn Qaincy Adams. Democratic?From 1829 to 1841, twelve years under Jackson and Van Buren. Whig?From 1841 to 1845, four years ander William Henry Harrison. Ttamnf.rfttifl?TiVftm 1 frt 1 R49 frtnr years under Polk. Whig?From 1849 to 1853, four years under Taylor. Damocratic?From 1853 to 1861, eight years, under Picrce and Buchanan. Republican?From 1861 to 1835, twenty-four years, under Lincoln, Grant, Hayes and Garfield. Democratic?From 1885 to 1889, four years under Cleveland. Republican?From 1889 to 1893, four years, under Harrison. Democratic?From 1893 to 1897, four ye?rs under Cleveland. Republican?From 1897 to 1901, four years under McKinley. It will be seen that the country has alternated in party control every four years since 1885 Under that rule Bryan should ba elected this year. All SettledEvery editor has received them, says the Newspaper Maker. The posfcmaeler sends them to the editor. The postmaster is not the blame. For instance, there was a man by the name of, wellsay, Tim Short, who sent us three notioes to stop his paper; he didn't want it any longer. We wondered what was the matter. Upon investigating the subscription book we found out That Tim was short $10. He had never paid a cent and stopped the paper as a matter of economy?tons. He didn't want us to lose any more by him. A few days afterwards Short was at church and his melodious tenor rang out loud and sirong in that stiring old song, "Jesus Paid it all." He might have been mistaken, but his earnestness impressed us. So the next day we sent him a reoeipt in full and begged his pardon for not knowing he had made an assignment of liabilities to the Lord." Good Advice. The Baltimore Sun has this to say to young men, about to oast their first vote: "If they went the golden gate of opportunity kept open for themselves they must vote for William J. Bryan and a Democratic congress. The * * * . 1 ( trusts, wHose sole aim is tc own ana control all the business of the country, will vote solidly for Mr. Mclunley. Young men eager for a fair chance in life ought to need no further enlightenment as to where their own interests lie." ; CLOSING CROP YEAR. Interesting Facts About a Ramarkgb'a Season. DIRECTOR BAUER SUMMARY. The Facts and Figures for the Month of September Was Also RemarkableDirector Bauer of the South Carolina section of the TJri:rd States weather bureau'? climate and crop service, has is-u?Q the following interesting review of t ho crop rear in this Stata, and monthly bulletin for September: A Short Eeview. Tue year of 19is0 has been a noteworthy one in South Carolina, in the matters of rainfall and temperature, and their influence on crop production. The temperature during February was unusually cold, but after that month and up to Acgast it differed but slightly from the normal for the same period. During Angust and the greater part of September it was continously high, at times higher than ever before known, and too high for the normal development of fieid crops. In those months, the neat ana oryness 01 the air, giving it an unnsually large absorptive capacity, together with the scant rainfall, also increased the severity of the drouth. The average rainfall during April (5.41) was with one exoeption the heaviest on record for that month; during May it was slightly deficient, but owug to the amount" of moisture in the ground, crops did not suffer from ihe deficiency; duriDg Juno the raiofall was again very heavy (6 94), and average greater than ever before reoorded for the month. Coming at the time when field oropa are usually cultivated to promote their growth, and to clear rhATn nf wend q. which work was crreatlv impeded, its effects on crops was unfavorable, but as the foliowm? July had only moderate rains, crops were again in*:into good, clean condition. August had the least rainfall on rccord for that month (2 13), and during the second week ot August crops fai ed rapidly under ihe combined influence of the abnormally high temperature and lack of moisture, with bub3eqaent weather conditions adverse to their recovery until most of the crops had reached maturity. The weather conditions were so abnormal during portions of the year that it is highly improbable that there will soon be a repetition as disastrous to - - ?1 - ^ ?TkAOA AT"AriO agriuunuiai iu wacoid. that reached maturity before August, such as the various cereals, most of the fruits, and tobacco, weie fully up to, or above, their normal yields, while those that came to maturity subse"n^nw, peaa. "cane, and sweet potatoes (excepting river rice which was a large orop), were very poor. Climatdlogt For Sepiember. Temperature, in Degrees Farenheifc ?The mean temperature for September, '1900, was 77 1 degrees, which is 5.9 above the normal. The highest local mean was 79.9 at Beaufort, and the lowest Iccal mean was 73 0 at Hoi-1 land. The highest temperature for the month was 10C degrees at Cheraw (1), Columbia and Santuc on the 13.h, at Temperance on the 14:h, and at! lorKviiie on tne iztn; tee lowest temperature for the month was 45 at Hoi land and Walhallaon the 17th, nuking the State range 55 degrees. Tne greatest local monthly range was 53 at | Santuo, and the least local monthly raDge was 29 at Charleston. The mean of the daily maximum temperatures was 88.0. and of the daily minimum temperatures was 66 2. Precipitation, in inchas?The State average precipitation for September, 1900, W29 2 83 inches, which is 130 below normal. The greatest looal amount was 6 15 inches at Trial, aad the least local amount was 1.08 inches at Temperance. The greatest 24-hourly fail was 3.60 inches at Liberty on on the 14th. The average number of days with rain, for 50 stations, was 5, laU^XUg A1V1U a am w juuiu^uuma wuvt. Winnsboro to 11 at Betufort. Excessive Kains?Allendale. l3t, 3 40 in 4 hours 30 minuies; Batesburg, 16 h, 2 03 in 8 hours; Beaufort, 15th, 2 50 in 21 hours; Florence, 14 15th. 1.83 in 2 hours 5 minutes; Liberty, 14, 3.60 in 24 hours; Little Mountain, 1415th, 3.43 in 24 hours; Summerville, 15th 3 04 in 24 hours; Trial, 15ch, 3 31 in 15 hours and 30 minutes; Walhalla, 13-14th, 3 00 in 24 hours. Weather?The average Dumber of clear days was 19 of partly cloudy days 8, and of cloudy days 3 Winds?The prevailing direction of the wind W3S from the northeast at 19 stations; from the eas^ at 9 stations; from the southeast, south and west at 4 stations eaoh, from the southwest at 2 stations, and from the northwest at 1 station. High Winds?Jtteaufort and Uhariestion 6 th, Shaw's Fork, 13th. Kills Her Children. A negro woman named Carry Caldwell, who live in the northern part of Mecklenburg, county, N. C. Wednesday morning killed her three children and committed suicide. The wo man out each of the children's throat with a razor and then drew the aame instrument across her own throat, from effects of which she died some hours later. At the time of the crime her husband was away from home. The woman's brother was at the house and she sent him on an errand to the barn 1 -L - X. X J V- e J ana waen ne rei<uracu ue ivuuu wc three children dead acd the *oican gasping from a gash whioh ahe had inflicted in her own throat. A physician was summoned at once, bnt too late to save her life. The children were aged 6. 4 and 2 years, and their mother about 35. The oause of the woman's act is supposed to have been insanity. The coroner held an inqaest over the four bodies. This Settles It. The women can vote in Colorado, and they say Wolcott shall not go back to the United States Senate. Wolcott may as well bow gracefully to the inevitable, which is not the unexpected. A BECOSD BfiEAKER. Steals Seven Hundred Thousand from Few York Bank. C. L Alvord, note teller of the First National bank, of New York is a de faulter to the amount of $700,OUU Alvord has not yet been apprehended, i He had been an employe of the bank j for over twenty years. The First National is one of the largest banking in-1 stitntions in the oity and its president i is George F. Baker, who is also presi- J dont of the Asto National bank and a financial adviser of the Astor family. The bank is located at No. 2 Wall street and has a capital of $500,000 and a surplus of $5,000,000. The bank gave out the following statement late Wednesday: "The note teller, who has been in the employ of the First National bank for many years is a defaulter to a larpe. amount, id is operations ?ave con tinued for a considerable period, and have been skilfully concealed through a manipulation of his balance bock The discovery was made by one of the bank's employes a few days after the completion of an examination of the bank by the United States examiner. During the continuance of his peculations periodical examinations hare been made by several distinot corps of ex aminers representing the comptrollers department, all expert accounts; and the bank has also bad frequent examinations; neither of which]has developed any irregularity. The aggregate of the false entries amounting to $700,000 j 9 3 ... a. I I Das oeen cnargea on on cue uuvsa ui the bank out of the reserve fuad, without diminishing the surplus and profits of the bank as reported in its last pub-; iished statement. I: is expected that the shortage will be materially reduoed by a substantial sum, of which there is fair prospect of recovery." Alvord was capable and experienced, and the discovery of his defalcations made after he was gone, was a complete surprise to everybody. The loss of money is hardly disturbing the bank, which is one of the strongest in the city. Alvord is about 50 years ^ld and has a wife and three children. His home was at Mount Vernon and he was respected there as well as in the street. His habits were good. It is believed that he lost money in stock speculations, and that some of the money can be recovered. He disappeared about a week or ten days ago. The crime has been known long enough to the officers now to enable them to say with some assurance that Alvord did his work alone. No one else is under suspicion. A statement made by the bank of Sept. 5th showed: Capital $500,000; surplus $5,000,000; undivided profits $1,114,250; deposits $39 997 895; demand loans and cash on hand$23,379(276;timeloans$5,654 610; and stocks and bonds $20,110,409. In the statement the bank s total resources were placed at $52,663,294 Beyond thaiacts contained in the official statement the bank's vice president, Frank L. Hine, absolutely refused to say a word. President Geo. P. Baker when asked regarding the matter said that the statement given out by the vice president" contained all he had to say in regard to the defalcation. When asked if Alvord had been apprehended, the vice president said: "1 don't think he has." At the local office of the detective agency which usually has charge of bank oases, it was said that officials of that company had heard nothing of the defalcation *s yet and that they h&d not at tne | time been assigned to the case. It has not yet developed how the j note teller was able to put his hands on j so much money, but one of the direc-1 tors is reported to have said that Alvord was enabled to take such a large ' sum because as note teller he was in charge of the mail. This he opened every morning and he had ample opportunity to abstract notes, drafts and checks as well a3 money. Of course, he had to be especially skilful to make Ko Ion Thifl 1110 aUWVSUUUD IrHAMUVW* * admitted that be was at a loss to account for the failure of the bank ex aminsrs to discover Alvord's irregularities at their last examination. AN APPEAL TO V0TER3. Chairman Jones Issues an Address Asking All to Vote, Along the line of the letter recently received from National .Democratic Chairman Jones, the South Carolina Democratic Chairman has issued the i fnlinwinc to the voters of the State: To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: In view of the present apathy w&ich seems to exist among the .Democrats of this State as to voting at the general election, I feel it to be my duty as your chairman to address you in this public manner and urge that you all come out on November 6th and cast yoar votes for the Democratic ticket from president to coroner. Our people have gotten into the way of thiuking that when they have east their votes in the primary there is no further use to vote. But this is a very dangerous policy to pursue and may result in great harm to ou; State. Our State and county ticket are safe, as the Kspublcans have put up no opposition at ail. The Republicans have an electoral ticket in the field composed mostly of negroes, and have a candidate in every congressional district in this State hoping to have their candidates seated by f i T ~ T> a ttepu oilcans nouse. juei every jjsjuocratic voter come out and vote for the Democratic nominees in his district and elect them by such an overwhelming majority that noc even a Hepublican house would dare unseat them or even consider a coDtest. The Democrats of the nation have given you one of the grandest, purest and most brilliant men this county has ever produced, and the Democrats of this State have given you seven of your best men as candidates for congress, and I cannot believe that you will not oome out and vote for them. We have heard of late various threats on all sides that our representation m congress would be reduced by a Bepubli can congress on account ot our sman vote in the general election. Now, fellow Democrats, do not allow this serious charge to be made against jou. Wilie Jones, State Chairman Ex. Com. TILLMAN STINGS. Ee is Making Sharp and Imprudent Speeches in Illinois I Senator Tillman, has br 1 making some hot speeches in Illinois. At Joliet the other day he said: "I am not here to make any appologies for South Carolina. We are giving to the negro just such a share in * the Government of our State as he is capable of exercising?and that is d? little. We were iorced to do some wrong', perhaps, in dealing with this question, and I admit it. There were mr.-ra iri ClftrrtllTlA than there were whites and we were forced to get down the shotgun when they attempted to have these blacks ] dictate to us what form of government we should have. You men of the North wou'd not have stood it one year. "How aany men are there in this audience who believe that there is a black man living good enough to make laws for a white man? If you people want to see black heels on white necks then you try it on yourselves first before you attempt to force it on us There is not a colored man liviog that should dictate to the white citizens of this country. 'Yts we occasionally lynch a nigger down onr way. The only diSerence ^ between our way and yours up nere is that wben one of those nijzgers ravishes I a wife or daughter we hunt him down until we are sure of the right man and then we shoot him down as you would a rattlesnake or a wolf. That's our way. Up here you people get excited, aa you did at Akron, Ohio, aad kill a couple of inrocent spectators and burn up a oouple of millions of dollars' property. Some of you make a lot of noise about our not giving the black man a "fair trial' down our way. Why don't we let the Courts try the case? Because we men of the South arc not white-livered enough to permit our wives and daughters to go before the Court and publicly reheaise the details of the crime; that's why. And we are going to keep right on doing just as we ! have done as long as we have any shot- { guns left. What do we want of ?any mnrfl hlack men in this country when I, we cannot treat decently those we \ already have here? ''The Republican party now wants to have free oitizeos here and subjects on the other side of the sea. We will not have it, and unless you people vote it down next month we will be forced some day to shoot it down with our rifles. Let's kill the snake in the egg before it is hatched out." Tillman said he did not want it understood that he hated the negro. As a matter of fact, he said, he had colored servants in his family, and he trusted them with his keys and his privato business. They were gentlemen, he declared, and worthy of respeot But he did not '..hink the illiterate and the ignorant negro should have any voice in the U-overnment. At their Old Game. A dispatch from Chicago to the t Atlanta Journal says "as the end of the campaign comes nearer the Republicans s appear to grow more desperate about the v condition of affairs in Indiana. They t have exerted every influence possible, save one, to check the Democratic movement in that state and have failed, t They now realize that there is only one means by which they can turn the state t ! into the McKinley column. That is by g the ''jadicious" use of money just be- j fo*e and on election day. Being de- t termined to cheat the Democrats out of a victory in the Hoosier State a great ^ slice of the Republican campaign fund } has been sent to Senator Charles Fair-" ? banks, at Indianapolis, and is on deposit ? in a natinal bank at that nlace to be ? * i i rr J spent alter ixovemoer x. xt is assgneu j this found amounts to $200,000. The ' old Dutley scheme of voting blocks of j five will be pit in force and it is expected by Hanna and Payne that In- ] diana will be "saved" in spite of the j will of the honest vo ers of the state.,, 3 Where is Your Food Raised? ! The Savannah News says that a resident of that city went out to buy some groceries the other day and on hia list were butter eggs, flour, Irish potatoes, ] onions, canned goods etc. The grocer 1 was asked where the artioles in qaestion < were produced. The butter, lie said, j came from New York", the'eggs from i Tennessee, the cheese from New York, , the flour from Minnesota, the potatoes | from Canada, the onions from New Jer- < sey and the canned peas from Maryland, 3 In the list named there is not an article j that could not be raised in any county \ in Georgia and ^quantities to supply the demands. We depend too mucn upon ootton and what it will bay and not upon the great resources left us. ? Too Much For Hanna. j The Democrats are laughing about s the perplxity of Mark Hanna when ques- i tioned by a Bryan follower at Hanna's ? Omaha meeting Saturday night. Qaes- i tion were fired at Mark incessantly and i he managed to reply to all of them in t his fashion until this one came from the i I mouth of an enthusiast in the crowd. \ | "Why did McKinleygive ilagland a slice of Ala3ia?" Hanna reflected an ! instant and finding no excuse to offer , said: "That's too much for me." It t sst the croffd wild and seeing that they, j har? Mart cornered the auestione rs al- i lowed him to proceed f A Good Snowing- j Darlington county is * furnishing an t example of profitable farming on no t small scale. It is reported the coun- f ty's farmers will sell nearly 3,000.000 t pounds of tobaeco this season at good i prices. One farmer has- realized $300 from one acre, while another got $1,500 from a ten acre fbld. When the farmers learn that this can be done in t many sections of the south the English- i man may have to pay 12 or even 15 <3 cents for American cotton. t The Purely Business View. v We have spent upwards of $200,000- ? 000 in the Philippines, sacrificed the 1 lives of 3,000 American boys and ruin- 1 ed the healih of 18,000 others, and all for what? For the privilege of selling to the Philippines the beggarly amount of $1,080,149 worth of American goods, a The value of the goods we have sold ] . t > ** l 1 them since the battle ot lUamia wouia a not pay for the powder we have burn- I ed over there. Is the game worth the "! | candle? "3 TEDDY WAS MAD: '-. r /"^* He Said Shouiers for Bryan Were Disreputable. QUESTIONS FIRED AT HIM fhat He Feared More Than Mau sar Builats for He Dodged 'Em Every One. They Were Stumpars. y Gov. Roosevelt's third day of campaigning New York State embraced several features not heretofore marked in his reception other places. At Rome a huge crowd gathered in the public square, and the governor adliessed them from the baleony to whioh he was driven from the train. Two jrowds of small boys followed his carriage, those on one side shouting, "Hurrah for Bryan," while those <m she other side tried to drown (heir _T_ !A i -1 J u.v:_ sneers wku counter outers ior iuuiiou- ^ . ley. While the governor was gpeakink - .^3 \ crowd of juveniles who had gathered immediately beneath the governor kept trying to annoy him by their boisterous conduct. The governor finally referred to them, saying: "It is perfectly characteristic that ;hose who are afraid to hear the truth should try to drown it by noise( and ;hat those who are afraid to talkthemselves should send children of immature age to yell for them." Tne boys continued their cries of "Hurrah for Bryan," "What the matter with Bryan?" "He's all right,* and igain the governor said: ;;One thing, if Mr. Bryan should some here agai-a I ask that every Be- ^ ' publican give him a respectful hearing," ffhioh remark was loudly applauded. Jontinuing, when the applause eeased, le said: ((Because the man or boy irlbo takes the opposite course shows limself either to he or about to be a ihoroughly disreputable citiBen," The governor said it was eminently >roper that the advocates of Mr. Bryin CKATIM imIt hv <a nmTmt 'ree speech and called attention to the iisorder as being an object lesson oI greater value than he oould teach. . - ^ Some men in the crowd tried to aak he governor a list of prepared que*. ions in printed form. He never heard hem because the noise was too great n the men's vicinity, but several of ,he circulars were flung into the carriage which the governor occupied on his eturn from the platform. He said to ,he Associated Press reporter that he rould not discuss them and that the najority of them were. for the attorney ;eneral to make answer to if he desired. lere are the questions: 1. Why did you not prosecute tho> (anal thieves as you promised when ' rou were a candidate for governor? 2. Why did you not oommenoe action >efore the claims were barred? ^ 3. Why dottt you have summons lined against the ice trust? The only ray to commence en action is by sum* Qons. None has ever been served. 4. Why don't you remove the mayor I New York for his connection with he ice trust? 5. You have been only 36 hoars at he capitol attending to business as pveraor since June 1. Do. you think t honest to take full, pay daring that ime? 6. Don't you think a candidate for dee president should find oourteou* anguage to express his thoughts and iot call his anestioneni "hoodlums." 'hoboes," and "drunks," and without ray knowledge on the subject accuse hem of "working their months," 'standing against the flag," and lacking in patriotism"? 7. Why not give oat for publication Mayor Van Wyck's answer in which it ls claimed members of your State administration and Senator Piatt are charged with being partioeps criminis in the icer trust scandal? y Died in Harness. While.addressing the Virginia Pre* ayterian synord at .New Jfort newt Wednesday wv. Dr. Graii; of Atlanta, 3a., suddenly fell to the floor and in ?a :ew momenta expired. Heart diiene Fas the cause-of death. Dr. Oraag was. JH fell known in'&e Prebyterian ohurch M H throughout thf south and held the,. )ffice of secretary of the board of hone missions of the southern general asses- sly. His wife an&i,daughter were atlending the synod wi&^iim. Two Lynched.' A dispatch from Maoon, Ga.^| itory reaches there of an extraoraH ynchiag near Wellston, HoumH jounty. Last week a negro was lyncheiH it that place for assault on white jFoman. Sunday another negro asA mpl l?i? AOifi IAU1WU ? gUA VI UU VVTU 1?W? JL. JIQ nan was captured and negroes of the ricinity asked the white citizens to let ihem have him. This was complied frith and the negro was lynched in the yoods. Lee's Same. - \ It The New Port Herald says: "It was a be expected that fanaties would iowI at the announcement that Robert E. Lee's name would find a place in Jae Hall of Fame. Let them howL ii?e's name waa known tonndyingfame oog before this particular hall was bought of, and its inscription upon a ablet in that hall will not add to its ame, as notning tne ianaacs out s?y Till detract from it." The Herald if igbt. A Hopeful Sign, Senotor Jones is higily elated over he enormous increase in registration n Greater New York. He says it inlioatea that the city will roll tip a remendous majority for Bryan and iterenson and that the Republican ote of the state will not equal thatof he city. The increase of nearly 70,000 n the Greater City is regarded as omitous by the Republican leaders. Would Elect Him. The New York Journal makes an' *" nalysis of the vote in Greater New fork. According to the analysis Bryn wniilrf have 30.000 maiorit? in Brooklyn and 75,000 majority in Now lork. This would give Bryan New fork and eleot him President.