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m--'" " BP' ^ The Press and Banner. i V- BY HUGH WILSON. Iff- . P ABBEVILLE, S. C. "* i . ?r-Pabllshed every Wednesday at 52 a v year in advance. $fe.- Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1902. The Ketone of Mr. and Hn. Benwlck Bradley. The Mall and Express of New York gave a very aooorate account of the escape of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley from the burning hotel. Its said In Babstance : Mr. and Mrs. JBrad: ley appeared at a window on tbe fifth floor on tbe Park Avenue-Bide of the building near Rp thlrty-tblrd street. Mrs. Bradley seems to be oool: ber husband hysterical. Mrs. Bradley ; / ,climbed oat of her window onto an eighteen* ,V' inch ledge that was covered with ice and snow, ber husband following. Hand In band i'\ . they crept along tbe ledge, a distance of sixty feet, with their bodies pressed against tbe bot & . wail, to a point over tbe portico In tbe centre Of tbe botel, from wblcb tbe fireman bad erected ladders to the fifth floor. Wben Mr. ' ' . and Mra. Bradley bad finished tbelr danger ons walk along tbe wall of tbe botel and Y, plaoed tbelr leet firmly opon tbe ladder, a ' ;.mighty cheer went up from the crowds on tbe streets. . - This was equaled only by tbat which arose & ' from tbe crowd wben bUBband and wife 7;,V reached tbe ground in safety. An eye witness speaks thus of tbe matter: *'.. Mrs. Marion Foster Washburn, of Cbicago, HEiJ ' ?hn*u on ths seannd flnnr and ciOADed un E hart, says that as she fled from her room she aw policemen throwing their weight against the doors of rooms and smashing them In. Some of the guests, she says, were dragged oat through the shattered panels. The hall was filled with smoke when she escaped. "There was one woman who had nerve," ?ontinned Mrs. Washborn. "She and her hoabasdbad climbed oat or their room on the fifth floor to a ledge. They saw a fireman standing on an Iron balcony one floor below . and five windows to tbe right of them. The woman orept along the ledge till she was Just above tbe fireman. Then at his oommand . uiv ttrappw 1UHI1UI wiug, act uugvauu iui? .lowed and both were saved." [&v>V ll may be added that Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Jv f each bad an ankle sprained slightly In Jump*1 ping, bat were able to sail the following day ?!>.' for Manila, j ' Tbe passage flrom tbe window to tbe point !Js[ from which Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Jumped ' - Into tbe arma or the man below occupied eighteen minutes. Their course was watched j?v/ ; by a great multitude of people with most thrilling interest, as they picked each ?tept> most cautiously. Mr. Bradley refused to lif&3 leave the room before tbe departure of bis bride. But when ihe was ready to make tbe t';: ' * perilous Journey, they Joined bands, as tbey , - had lately Joined hearts, and If either bad Igraclipped on tbe treacherous Ice. tbey would wf ?- - ' have been dashed from their dizzy belgbt to Mri/ death on tbe pavement below. . When tbe news reaober Abbeville on Sonday morning tbat tbe hotel In wbich Mr - and l^rs. Bradley were stopping bad been destroyed by Are, a bost ol friends In the city gJr'fV-; were extremely anxious for tbelr safety. ^;'i, Ospt.Ljon Immediately telegraphed to tbe proprietor ollbe Park Avenue hotel for In' iormallon. At four o'clock, most gratifying Intelligence came. At nine olclock, Mr. Link v,v vjjuuuvi kuoiivi iuoiu uinu, iu wuiuu uc iuuuu y&: 'tbe letter from Mrs. Bradley, a copy ol which fcXi' .. Is to be found everywhere. He oarrled It to E& Captain Lyon and be and his family were * ' glad Indeed. Unsatisfactory. The business of many of the manufacturing . companies baa been seriously affected lately. For Instance: Tbe price of tbe products oi many cotton mills Is below a fair price. Iu Wfev Aognsta nearly all tbe operatives bave Joined i ; a anion, preparatory to a strike, which will ? probably be called for the 18tb of Maroh, It tbelr demand for an Increase of ten per cent. In tbelr wages, 1* denied. jjjpy Wt bave no doubt that an lnorease of wages Is needed by tbe operatives, but we doubt the ability of many mills to pay the Increase. If jjr/V; tbe operatives In Augusta should attempt to lbroe tbe Issue with tbelr employers, and If :/ tbe mills should be ptopped, great suffering may follow. Tbe mills may shut down. And they would no donbt do so 11 the stockholders ji* . wore consulted. When tbe owners of mill i> >' property are forced to ran their wheels at a loss, somebody will be hurt, and when they are forced to let them stand a still greater namber or people will suffer. ' - We know of no mills jast now which could well afford an lnorcase of ten per oent. In tbe j -.J . pay of Its operatives. And If tbe woodB were fall of such lucky mills, the demand of the ' anion should not be yielded to, except In cases { where tbe oflloers are Incapable of running ' >. tbe plant, yi We believe It is now customary In making contracts for manufactured goods to put In such contracts a provision freeing corporations from liability for failure to perform on \account of the act of the strikers. In all oases wnere corporations which employ union labor aob a provision should be Inserted. No man can tell what anion labor mlgbt do if tbelr WMWjftv^ V?H H VIV W?VIT WU UIQ UpOUU UCtUQl mllktones. Biennial Sessions. , We think the Legislature did right Id kllllng the biennial sessions bill. If our Legislators are really In earnest in an eflorl to save the expense of Legislative sessions, tbey oould easily oat the sessions down to twenty days in each year. Tbey oAlgbt even rednce the sessions down to ten days, whlob would be equal to quadrennial sessions or odo forty days session In four years. The desired end could be easily secured in tbls way, and save all the ? trouble and expense Incident to a chauge In our laws. We notice, however that even the Legislature, which talked so mucb about biennial sessions held together for the last day of the forty days pay allowed by the Constitution. SV^.'y ' r \ -jc : It Pays to Advertise. The Charleston Exposition, or somebody else, teems to be advertising the Exposition? away from borne. That la well. If the local city papers are paid a good sum. and If papers In distant cities receive nice checks, tbere is no necessity to waste a cent on the County papers in the State. Judicious advertising Is a good Investment, and when the Exposition oan have the coontry newspapers publish their matter, without lnoarrlng even the expense of type-Betting. or the cost ol plates, tbey are doing well. Country newspapers are a liberal set, and are generally willing to work for nothing, and pay their own expense. ? , ? Let Di Organise a Ring. This Is campaign year. Js there not good work wblob could be done by a well organized ring? Political rings may be formed at any time without application to tbe Secretary Of State for a charter. It is, therefore, not necessary to advertise the organization or to reveal tbe names of tbe members. Tbe public can only discover the existence of a well organized ring by lta useful work, and tbe names of tbe Individuals camposlng it are of no concern to tbe public. ' The brigands of Bulgaria bave released Miss Stone. Tbey secured a $72,000 ransom. It is not stated whether tbe brigands Intend to take all this money for their own personal nae,or whether a portion of it is to be appro priated to the saving of this country barm * less In tbe sale of any book that she might possibly write. A good coap 15 bars for 25c at McKee'a . , / " ' ' Dp. dlR(I?l?>n on Ihc Reliction* Prr**> Dr. W U xUtic" " as i>ul '"Ue ol tbe mark w hen ppeaklug of the neids oi country churches, be hhIU : "We are proud to say tbat tbe periodicals tbat tell of farming, and stock growing, are on our farmhouse tablet). We find time also to attend tbe farmers' Institute, and en-. Joy the spicy teaching of tbe men wbo take a broad view of agriculture. Fashion monthlies also w> must have, or there wonld be no peace at bome. Tbe country paper too, with their patent lnsldes, often two or three sucn. We must have the gossip of the country or course. Of late we are even taking tne dally from a neighboring city. It would hardly do to let the baseball match get away. And If we should fall to be Informed as to each day's cyclones, floods, fires, robberies, murders, or lose the sanguinary particulars, why, life would be dreary enough. But when It comes to knowing what the King of kings Is doing In the world a great many oi us have a stook of excuses ready. "We take so many papers already. We get no time to read them." -Two dollarsand ahalfayeai! Why, wecan get as big a paper for a dollar and a quarter! Why you must think we are made of luoney." And so we do not know what the Lord Is doing; we do not keep the run of the war. Our soul's have no cbauce to catch the sncred tire. We never get above our acres, our crops anrl our stock. Not realizing that we and our little ohurches are part ot God's great array that Is conquering the world, we are liable to grow petty, complaining, fussy, critical, quarrelsome, childish. Our work as Christians is naught. The local church grows down hill, and the weaker It becomes the harder It Is to harmonize.?Associate Reformed Presbyterian. There Is much In what Dr. Uladden saysIf the periodicals to which he refers paid more attention to religious matters, very much of the necessity for religious newspapers would be removed. The secular press Is surely deficient In the matter of religious reading, and tbey would profit by the suggestions of Dr. Gladden. Why not devote as much space to religious matter, or church news, as Is given to any one of the subjects referred to by him ? The teudency of the secular press is to cover the field, and extend their usefulness. Thirty years ago'but little church news or religious matter appeared in any secular newspaper. Now, the churches avail themselves of the use of the local news papers. Another Loir to Greenwood. It has been less than a month since the death of President D. A. P. Jordon of the Grendell Mill, and now the death of President W. D. Durst is announoed. He died last Sun- I day, leaving a widow, former Miss Annie Cotbran. Mr. Durst was one of the best and most public spirited citizens in this State. ' tie did perhaps more for Greenwood than any other man. In his death the city of Greenwood has sustained a great loss. Conaeleuttons LeKlslatori, Those Legislators Vho desired biennial sessions were not only conscientious but ininliionnt Thou nrnlmhlv knftw the lmDor lance of their services. DUE WEST. Notes of Interest From tbe City of Colleges. Due West, 8. C., Feb. 24,1902. The students of Ersklueand tbe Due West Female College bad au old time candy pulling at tbe Wylle Home Saturday night* Ersklneand the Due West Femaie College bad holiday on Monday In bonor ol tbe late Qeorge Washington. In the afternoon tbey tnduigeu In a spelling match at tbe Female College. Messrs. A. S. Kennedy and A. A. Pearson are serving on tbe Jary this week. Miss Mattle Boyce of the Due West Female College left tor Toronto, Canada, Monday afternoon. She goes to attend a convention ol tbe Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. John Winn and Newton Gordon attended tbe Semi-Annual Celebration of the Eupbemlan Society. One of them was in tbe company of a pretty young lady, the other was all alone. Tbe children of the Intermediate Department of the Due West Public School will cele- i brate Washington's Birthday next Friday afternoon. " Mr. Sloan Ellis sold a load of baled peavlne hav In town last week at seventy-five cents per hundred pound*. Mr. J. M. Knight was overheard making a 1 deal In futures last week. He wan dealing In eggs and not in cotton. ( Eggs are bringing fifteen cents a dozen In this market and the demand for hen trull Is 1 strong. Bring your eggs to Due West. Beef has been ccarce in this place for the past two or three weeks. A good article would sell like hot cakes. ( Mr. Beth Jordan, who lives beyond theSa I vannah liver, recently spent a week with bis i children in and around Due West. Mayor Thomas V. Miller is putting the sidewalks of Due West In nice condition. There Is nothing like having an up-to-date Mayor at tbe head of municipal aflairs. Mr. Parker of Atlanta has been In Due West for a day or two In tbe Interest of tbe endow- I mentrank of tbe Kuiirbts of Pythias. , Tbe Intermediate Department of tbe Due West Public 8chool, in charge of Miss Edith I Dargan, of Florence, S. U., celebrated Washington Birthday last Friday afternoon. The exercises consisted of recitations, readings, ; songs and speeches. Tbe cblldren entered Into tbe occasion with splrltand theexerclses ( were all creditable. A number of tbe patrons , were present and enjoyed the exercises. It Is ; well to enoourage a spirit of patriotism in 1 tbe rising generation, and tbe Due West j School proposes to keep up with the proces- . slon that does honor to the father of bis country. I Miss Clara McAdame spent several days in i Due West last week. Misses Llzzleand Mamie Jordan have taken rooms at Mrs. E. K. Pearson's, xney will oe < glad to serve ibe ladles of the town and com- j inunlty Id dress making. Tbey understand , tbe business and will give atlsfactlon. Rev. C. E. Todd went to a sanitarium or bos- ' pltal In Charlotte last week for treatment. ] HIb friends bope tbat be may soon be restored 1 to bealtb. Rev, James Boyce returned from Kentucky < Saturday nlgbt. He was absent from bome ] nearly two weeks, having gone wltb Mrs. . Boyce to see her mother In ber Illness. Mrs. Thompson (mother of Mrs. Boyce) died last > Thursday. Mrs. Boyoe will remain with ber t rather a while longer before returning to Due West. Seven Inches of snow fell in Due West Fri- t day nlgbt, and on Saturday snow balllDg and ] rabbit bunting were the order of the day. , Rev. H. B. Blakely, pastor of tbe A. R. P. church at Troy, 8. C., will deliver a lecture to ^ tbe students of tbe Theological Seminary ( Thursday night of this week. Mr. Blakely Is 1 one of the strong men of tbe church, and a \ good lecture may be expected. A cordial In- ? vl tat Ion Is extended to the public. t Mr. F. V. Prult died Friday night, February 14tb. 1902. at half oast eleht o'olock. Saturday ' afternoon at tbree o'clock funeral services t were held at blB residence, conducted by bis g pastor, Rev. O. Y. Bonner, after which the body was laid to rest In the village cemetery. For many years Mr. Prult bad been a great sufferer from blB wounded foot. For a week previous to bis death be bad been unable to lake any food. Ho calm and peaceful waB the end that it was scarcely known when he breathed hie last. Thursday will be observed as a day of prayer for colleges. At eleven o'clook In the forenoon a serman, appropriate 10 ibe occasion, will bo preached In the A. R. P. church by Ibe Rev. J no. O. Wilson, D. D., pastor of tbe Methodist church at Abbeville. This will be Dr. Wilson's first appearance before a Due West congregation, and a rare treat may be expected. A cordial Invitation Is extended to the public. Mr. John R. McGee Is la Qeorgla on window lock business. On aocount of tbe bad weather Rev. H. B. Blakely, of Troy, did not lecture to tbe students ol the Theological Seminary lastThurs day ulght. The lecture will be delivered on the second Thursday night of Marcb. Mr. 0. M. Boyd preached at Lebanon Presbyterian church last Sabbath, and Mr. E. A. Ranson at Cedar Springs. From private source we learn that the parsonage at Corslcana, Texas, occupied by Rev. A. J. Ranson and family, was visited by burglars a lew nights ago. While tbe parson was possibly dreaming of the sermon he was to preach the following day, tbe robbers entered his bed room through an adjoining room and took his money from tbe pockets or bis pants hanging on tbe bed pout. When the robber* bad finished looking through tbe trunks, drawers and otber receptacles in tbe parsonage they retired to tbe pastor's study In the church, adjoining tbe parsonage, and enjoyed a quiet smoke, leaving acigur or two tor the slumbering pastor. Tbey did not have time to remain for the morning service In the church. Tbe loss was about ?50. Tbe friends of Professor and Mrs. Renwlck Bradley regret to learn of tbe great peril In which tbey found themselves last Friday night when tbe Park Avenue Hotel, at which they were stopping in New York City, was burned. As we understand tbey occupied a room on the fifth floor of the hotel, when they learned the hotel was on fire they got out of a window and walked for some distance on a narrow ledge along tbe side of tbe building until a fire escape was reached. They then climbed down to the second floor and jumped to the netting held by the firemen below, and In ibis way escaped with their lives. For their providential deliverance the friends of the young couple are very grateful. The dally papers report that Mr. Bradley Bpralned his ankle In jumping. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley sailed for Manilla Saturday afternoon after seeing a number of bodies taken from tberulna. LET PFNSURF BE JUST Columbia Record. A calm and dispassionate review o Saturday's' unfortunate occurrence ir the United Slates senate places th( blame squarely upon Tillman, wh( was a double aggre:?sor, first in the us< of harsh and unjustifiable languagi and second in starting a fisticufi. Mc Laurin would have been less than i mau aud wholly unworthy to repre sent a brave people like South Caroli nians had he failed to act as he did He simply called a halt to imputation! upon his tionor aud defended him?el when be was assaulted. What els< could he have done? Any man o spirit knows that in McLaurin's plac< be would have done what Mr. McLau rin did or more. And yet some peopl< will be so unjust as to blame hitt equally with Tillmau, wlao provokec aud started tlie difficulty. All mei must deplore the affair, but tha should not lead to indiscriminate con demnation of both senators. The men who fought in the senat< Saturday were once pood friends, bu for years there has been a growing es traugemeut between them. McLaurii was attracted to the Tillman movemen in South Carolina politics because i promised political liberty and freedorr of thought aud speech. It sought t< abolish government by rings anc cliques and substitute therefor a condi tiofi of affairs under which there wouk be a full aud free discussion of all pub lie matters, aud officers would be elec ted upon their merits. Though a verj young man at the inception of tb< movement. McLaurin rendered ma' terial assistance in securing its succesi and speedily became one of its recog nized leaders. Indeed, there hav< always been those who believed thai Tillman would have been defeated foi re-election as governor in 1892, but foi the effective stump speaking of Farlej and McLaurin, who offset the effect o Youman's aggressive and logical at tacks upon Tillman, which Tillmat seemed unable to meet. While Tillman may have felt a littk jealous of the laurels hisyoung lieuten ant won in that campaign, in some measure he realized his obligation t( him and their friendship was verj close. While Tillman is au able man he is not a broad man, and he wantec absolute power. He obtained powei as a member of a triumvirate, but it it well known how he succeeded to al the power once wielded by him, 8hel and Irby together, and those two diet bating Tillman and despising him foi his alleged treachery to them. Mc Laurin was too independent to becom< the tool of tillman and this trait of hit character opened the breach betweer them. The first rift occurred early it 1894 and it steadily widened. McLau rin has never waved from his idea o the purpose of the ffceforra movemen to ensure liberty of speech and action and he opposed Tillman's effort tosub stitute a Tillman dictatorship for thi clique domination he had destroyed. McLaurin showed his Independent in 1894 when he refustd to join Till man in deserting Ellerbe, wtiorn Till man first favored as his sucessor, anc forcing the election of Jonn Gary Ev ans through the Colleton plan. H< also showed it in fathering the fa mous Forty movement, which tried U wipe out factional bitterness and bar monize the De nocracy The breact that slowly and steadily widened Tillman becomes McLaurin's bitter implacable enemy when the 'Parii reaty of peace, which ended the Spanish-American war, was ratified ' ? T rnu uy lVldjHUriLTB VUltf. JLUUStr w uu uavt never analized Tillman's motives ic opposing that treaty have not understood why Tillman has been so viru lent in hia attacks upon McLauric for that vote. McLaurin's vote without which the treaty would not have been ratified, blocked Tillman's am bition in a way the public had over looked. When the Paris treaty was ratified Bryan was the recognized national Democratic leader, despite his dinas' trous defeat in 1896. Bryan advocated ratification of the treaty, and in pub lie utterances and interviews urged Democratic senators to vote for it Here was Tillinan's oppurtunity. Phere were some Republican and some i^emuuruin: Beuaiura wuu uiti cot favor the treaty. Tillman organized them to defeat the treaty, believing its defeat, despite Bryan's advocacy of ratification, would discount Bryan's leadershipaud make Tillman instead of Bryan, the national Democratic leader. Such a consummation achieved, Tillman had visions of Presidential nomination. His ambition was fixed high. He seemed in fall svay to carry out his plan to suceed Bryan in the national Democratic leadership. But, " the best laid plans j'mice and men gang aft a-gley." No&es had been counted, and enough /otes could not be secured to ratify he treaty. And Tillman dreamed of ;he presidency. McLaurin was going to vote against he treaty. He has explained why. But Lie voted for the treaty aud that >rote saved it from defeat. Tillman rvas furious. His boast that he would lefeat the treaty had come to naught. Elis dream of displacing Bryan, of defeating what Bryan favored; was shatered and the vials of his wrath were joured out upon the man who slaughered his plans. He immediately inlinuated that McLaurin's change of 'ront was improperly influenced. As lis disappointment has eaten into his leart more and more, he has grown hunter with this insinuation and nore bitter in his hatred of his co!eague, who dared think and act for limseif. Finally, in the senate Saturlay in a discussion with Senator spooner, Tillman agreed that the inluence of Bryan was potent, but inlisted that even his influence was not sufficient to induce the senate to ratify ;he treaty. After he had done all that t was possible for him to do, Tillman isserted, the Republicans yet lacked /otes enough to secure ratification. 'You know," he shouted, shaking his inger at the Republican side, "how .hose necessary votes were secured." Senator Spooner promptly called the jluff'. "How were they secured ?" he iemanded. "I know, if the senator does not," eplied Tillman. "I have received inormution in confidence from that sidt: >f the chamber. I know from that hat improper influences were used in jetting those votes." Tillman long ago proved himself a >aHt master in the arf nf iimi mint ion md innuendo and the above insinuaion was in his best style. But Senator Spooner pinned Tillnan to the wall so that he could not jet away leaving his insinuation nerely an insinuation, as has been lis custom heretotore. "Name the man," insisted Mr. Spooner, "upon whom these influences vere brought to bear. It is due ti e lenator and due the country that he lame him. A man who impeaches alother in confidence is a toward. It' he senator kuows of any man who ias been improperly influenced he houtd name him." "I know," asserted Mr, Tillman, 'that the patronage?the federal paronage?of a state has been parceled nut to a senator sinno the rnf iflentinr ol thai tItaly." "What htate ?" demanded Mr Spoouer. f "South Carolina," shouted Mr. Till ! man. "Then " said Mr. Knooner. "I leavi j you to fight the matter out with you j colleague." j "Well," retorted Mr. Tillman, I never shirk the responsibility for i l statement I make. I know that h< . (Mr. McLaurin, his colleague,) vote< . for the treaty ; J know that imprope influence were brought to bear; ! j know what I believe." f "You simply believe," retorted Mr ? Spooner, "what yon do not know." f Tillman should have been called t< ; order then and there. His frantic as I aertions, to support which he did no ? offer an atom of proof, were an insul * J.. L _ 11 n !J 1 TT I ^ i to ms colleague, 10 rreniueni, iviujviu \ ley and President Roosevelt; for i , McLaurin so d his vote for federal pat t ronage, it must have been bought . President McKinley, who had the die posal of the federal patronage at tha j time, and if the disposal of federal offl t ces in this State is cited as evidence, i . will not i e overlooked that Presiden i Roosevelt's policy in relation thereti t has been the same as that of his pre I decessor. Tillman's charge was ai ! imputation against the honor of tw< > presidents and a senator. It could no j go unchallenged. McLaurin had realized that Till j man's previous insinuations were aim . ed at him, but he knew Tillman am . believed if he took him to task Till r man would adopt his customary coursi ; of retreat from fuch embarrassing situ ! ations by saying "the hit dog yelps,' j or, "if the cap fits you, wear it." B< . McLaurin has confined his replies t< ; statements of his reasons for votlDg fo [ the Paris treaty. Tillman's stock re r plies could not be brought to bear whei r Senator Spooner took him to task an( , told him he would be "a coward" if hi f did not name the man against whoa . his insinuation was directed. Tbii , forced Tillman for the first time in hii political life to make a direct persona > application or'a cbaracter-besmirchinf 1 insinuation. It was a wonderful fea ; and Senator Spooner can pride him ) self upon it. , The result might have been expected Tillman had iterated and reiterated hi: I insinuation that a senator bad beei r bought to support the treaty. He bai 3 never attempted to prove that insinu 1 ation, but kept on making it, despit< 1 Senator McLaurin's perfectly reasona 1 ble and satisfactory explanation of hi: r vote for the treaty, and his denial o . anything but patrirtic motives therein j When, therefore, Tillman, despiti , f.hp Afnrpnnir) pynlnnnfirtn nnri denial i charged McLauriu with selling hi ) vote for federal patronage, aud offere< . nothing but his belief in support of tha I charge, it became absolutely necessan t for McLauriu to call an imperativi halt to these imputations upon hi 1 honor. He did so. After summing U| ; the charge against him, be said . "I desire to state, Mr. President, 1 ; would not use as strong language a I I intend bad I not, soon after the sen . ate met, replied to those insinuation j and said they were untrue. I now saj . that the statement is a wilful, mali ; cious and deliberate lie." I As he started the verbal altercation , Tillman also started the fisticuff. Ii . each instance McLauriu defended him , self. Had he not done eo be cou!< never again have held up his head n this State, in which his people have fo ! generations been brave and patriotic > citizens. Had he not done so, hi I would have been regarded as a coward THE SUMMARY OF COTTON i . MnnnfHCtarea by Slate* Exclnitlve o > Cotton Small Wares. i I si Q,? ' \ i s > ? 2 i i ea o O > J I ! 1 M?M8achuseiUt 8155,761,19* #110,478 327 179,2M . South Carolina....! 39.258.84tt 29.723,919 42.6G n U ? J ? to I ii n J I O" ll-J IOC 04 t\CQ un 4*T< rvuuue loioua rw.uju hu os.ir Nortb Carolina.... 83,011.616 28.872,798 24,46! . New Hnmpshire.. 29,281,835 22.998.249 35.12! > Connecticut 27,851,588 15,489,186 19,51. Georgia 21,158,169 18.457.645 19.8W . Pennsylvania 22 386,121 28.421.470 15 81< MalDe 21.0K7.190 14.081,086 23,80< New YorU ' 14.509,211 9,477,986 14,54; New Jersey | 13.9S9 374 6,540.289 2,221 . Alabama j 11.638.757 8.158.130 8,54! Maryland 7,709 256 5 421,550 2.8.f< ' Virginia j 4.403.206! 2.055,002 4 00) Tennessee ! 3.767.726; 1,994,935 2 99.' . Texas | 2,227.184| 1.199 990 1,011 Mississippi I 2,209,749; 1,472.835 2.4tt 1 Vermont I 1,932,988 999.886 2,09! ' Kentucky 1,867.605 1,?63.7!2 9?l Indiana I 1,678,141 1,835.007 2,175 Delaware i 484,858 372,089 78 1 Wisconsin j 467,808 816.001 591 I Ohio 168.492! 231.045 15J A.1I other States.,.l 4,127 7491 2,871,82i 4,05! nnivn mnv BDFap\TfTMP\irn UMHUJUIII rnibOMUiiiciiu Febronry Term, 1902. To his Honor the Presiding Judge we beg leave to make the following presentment; We have acted upon all bills handed us by the Solicitor. We have, by committee, examined the Jail We found that the Sheriff was In the midst of giving this building a thorough whitewashing and cleansing. Our last Urand Jury made certain recommendations looking to tbe Improvement of the Jail. These Improvements have been made costing several hundred dollars. We think tbe money has been well expended. We found the Jail to be almost entirely without arrangement for beating tbe building?a few stoves scattered over tbe building. We don't think the Jail can be well beated by this method, and would urgently recommend some other means be adopted for this purpose and that at once. A committee of our body visited the poor bouse and found everythlhg out there In good condition, me inmates wen carea ior ana per fectly satisfied. We understand tbe bouses are not Ins nred we tblnk this poor policy, and would recom> mend that tbe buildings be Insured for a reasonable amount Thauklng tbe officers of the court for courtesies exteuded, Respectfully, J. K. Miuek, Foreman. The Nliarne of It. Charleston Post. It won Id be a waste of words to bewail the disgrace brought upon South Caroliua by her Senators engaging In a free light upon the floor of the United States Senate It Is scarcely a surprise that this crowning shame of the pot-house quarrel between them Is wrought, hut there will be no cure of It, therefore, why repine? If the two should be expelled from the Senate, hh they deserve to be, one of them, at least, and he the more responsible for the outrageous exhibition, would be returned by his State, so that it might, be said their conduct fairly represents their Stale. That Is the hard part of It. We sell you goods at living prices. Try us and see. The Speed Drug Co. If you want to stain vour floor, ring up No. IS. The Speed Drug Co. Get our prices on paints and oils. The Speed Drug Company. Walnut, cherry and oak stains. All you want at prices to please. The Speed Drug Co. We are glad to quote prices on an.vthlbg In our line. Try us. The Speed Dru? Co. We have a complete stock of School Books. The Speed Drug Co. ? , I t' On Febru i The Contest is FREE > t wishing to enter mus above date. . . . ; COME AT ONCE AND j THIS IS T1 9f Tickets Given Awa p [ Under Glen Ethe 8 " r ? : PROVISIONS 1 1 r > We Have Them for Yon at L VEGETABLES, COFF FRUITS, r CANNED GOODS, LARD and COTTt HAMS and SI BUIST'S and FERRY' KEROSENE OIL Motto: "Prompt Deliv livery wagons. L. T.&T. i Phones 75 \ $ PEA' I POULTRY and JK The best thing on < : JK and Poultry to prev( JK er diseases which is W now until Summer. W C. A. MI JP Phone 107. YSchlewJl 1 _ BY GEORGE EDV I??--?, W PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, when Governor I of New York, suiil:?"Mr. Graham's story Is I m tbc best account I have hecrd or read of tbc 1 I naval fighting during the war. It needed just i as much courage to about taking photo- I I graphs as it did to work the guns." ;> No subject btis ever hee? before t he |> H tilt: Di:iiiiK'r in wiucii Aiinunn ^nm-.y nsi? " H demand the full recognition of the I H everything just as it occurred and as th like wildfire. Liberal commissions. Ouifi 2-cent stamps for canvassing out fit. ACT Ql M Price $1.50, $1.75, $2.25, $2.75, act 1 AGENTS I W. B. Gt ANTED] Sole Pubj -i ' J--1 1 ."if ' s Dr. Rroashlon's Bible Conference, , Atlanta, Gn.. March 1*10, 1002. On account above occasion round-trip tickets will be sold from all ctatlons on tbe Seaboard Air Line Railway to Atlanta, Ga., at rutp of ooe end one (bird fare?on tbe certificate plan. Convenient schedule from points In Nortb and Soatb Carolina,and Georgia to FREE! Have you seen the hand some Buck's Junior Range displayed at our store. We will give it away to the girl NOT OVER 14 i YEARS OLD j who bakes the best pan ol' biscuit at our store ary 28 th. FOR ALL, and girls it come in before the BET YOUR TICKET. tfE STOVE That will bake the Biscuit that will take the prize. Invite all your ^ friends to come in and watch you. y Free at Our Store 1 Inn. Phone 7. . 1 * GROCERIES. living Prices: EE, Green and Parched. TEAS, (0. & 0.) FLOUR, )LENE, MEAL, IOULDERS, GRITS. S GARDEN SEEDS. OUR LEADER. eries." We run two deVf. Miller. and 85. PT'S ( STOCK POOD.! < earth to give Stock } jnt cholera and oth- 3 so prevalent from J! For sale by J] L, B O R D, j THE DRUGGIST. J| ?mmt?ago\ GRAHAM. j itrtpiil ^sju'dtttt'l I'rinii war correspondent, who 1 ,ril the IT. S. S. ISrooklyn (luring the entire live 1 r '.lie c>iH|>:iii;n. lliu>tracud with photographs I the Author duriug the fight. 1 us FJIasi Sansationa/1 ok of tifas Day, rue story of tho famous cruise of the Flying mulo:' Commodore Wfmidd Scott Schley, Jncluililockmle ami destruction ef the Spanish fleet, l''01C THIi FlltS'l" TIME. in* mi autograph endorsement and personal f the bat lie by Uear-Adiiiirul .Schley. ; flirts of tlio story of the movements rations of the l-'lylni* Squadron as the tolls them in ihts Iwok are correct*" -XV. S. SCIILKV. Urestin/ 'iniutive of facti. Explains the so trograi.f Movements" the "Loop;" the "Coming ' uii l m 'sles conclusively every adverse ruling urt of Inquiry. ^THENTW YORKHERALD says^Mr^fe Crnbsm. in (he lellinj of fads, leaves the 8 1 rjaOer tree to make tbe deduction that If ' ssversl naval officers need a Court of la- I qsilry to re-establish tbelr reputations, II B tiisy can be rc-cstoblishtd." $ ' ubllc that has Interested everybody as ^ eon truiiturl, and tho American people? Zero of Santiago. Tlds book tells e eyewitnesses saw it. Book is selling It and books now ready. Send seven IICK. Now is the time to MAKE MONEY. :oi ding to style of binding desired, m ON KEY COMPANY J Ishers, CHICAGO, J? AMHU Itt. This will be a grand religious gathering, and many topics of great Interest will be dtscusaed, and add rentes made by home of the most renowned ministers In th? world, notably among whom will be the Reverend" G. Campbell Morgan (Moody's ucccssorO Henry Varley of Euglxnd. A. C. Dixon of Boston. W. J. Erdmnn of Pnll&delphla, T. H. Cole of Michigan, and Miss Emma TucKer of Tennessee. For further Information rail on any agent or tiie Seaboard Air Line Railway. * \ Who we Nhonld Send to Itae Ltilila* tnre. Bamberg Herald. One baa only to study the different appropriations made by the legislature to be conAMKA.afll?,floonflao onH OTfrQUO(7Un/>fl of that body. It In blab time that tbe people were sending men to tbe legislature who will puraue tbe name policy in affalra of State as tbey would lo tbelr private business. For tbe financial condition of our people, tbe State government aud Institutions are costing entirely too mucb money. ' r Charleston and Western Carolina R. R Aagnsta and AsheTille Short Line. Id effect Dec. 29,190L Lv Augusta. 10 05 am 2 55 pm Ar Greenwood IS 89 pm ........ Ar Harris Springs. 1 12 pm Ar Anderson 7 15 pm Ar Laurens 1 40 pm 5 85 am Ar Greenville 3 25 pm 10 30 am Ar Glenn Springs ~ 4 45 pm .............. Ar Spartanburg 3 80 pm 9 00 am Ar Salnda 5 88 pm Ar Henderson villa. 6 08 pm Ar Aghevllls........ .i.. 7 10 pm Lv Ashevllle 7 05 am .... Lv Spartanburg 12 15 pm 4 06 eu? Lv Glenn Springs Lv Greenville 12 22 pm 1 45 pa Lv Unrent....?.? 1 45 pm s Lv Anderson 7 25 am Lv Greenwood ... 8 07 pm 4 80 am Ar Angnsta 8 40 pm 11 35 am \ Lv Angnsta 4 15 pm Ar Allendale 6 20 pm m Ar Fairfax 6 82 pm >/ ' Ar Yemassee.... 9 00 am 7 35 pm Ar Beaufort 10 15 am 8 86 pm Ar Port Royal 10 <J0 am b i-j pm Ar Savannah LvCharleston ......... Lv Port Boyal ] 00 pm 6 40 am Lt Beaufort 1 IS pm 6 50 am LvYemassee. 2 30 pm 7 40 am Lv Fairfax .... ... ? ... 8 48 am Lv Allendale.... 8 38 am ' At Anyusta. 11 06 " Lv Oreenwood..... 4 OS am Ar Laurent. 6 00 am Lv Laurens. ........... 6 16 an J Ar 8|iartanbnrg. * 9 fO am Lv Spartanburg.. ........... 8 80 pm - *) Ly Laurens. 6 26 pm Ar Greenwood 8 06 pm > . Close connections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and O. <fc 6. Hallways, and at Spartanburg with Southern Hallway. For any Information relative to tleketa, rates, schedule, etc., address . W. J.CBAIG, Gen. Pasa. A?ent Augusta, G?. , VE. M. NORTH. HoL Agent v T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. SEAB0AED AIR LIKE R. E. v % "CAPITAL CITY EOUTB." dhor'est line between all principal cities North, Cast, South ?nd West Unequalled scheduler. Shedule in effect Dec 1st, 1802. Daily Dally "" NORTHBOUND. No. 66. No. 81. Local Lv Savannah, Cen. T 11 80pm 1 55pm 4 18pm ? Lv Fairfax 1 09am 3 40pm 6 27pm Lv Denmark 1 8Gsm 4 27pm 7 SOpra /? Lv Columbia, East'n T... 4 10am 7 05pm 9 00pm mm Lv Cimden 5 07am 8 00pm............. >_ Lv Chersw 6 89am 9 40pm...?........ Ar Ham If t. ! 7 0ft*m 10 16pm....'. Lv Calhoun Falls, East'nT 1 00am 4 21pm IS 25 im Lv Abbeville 183am 4 Blpm 12 67am Lv Greenwood ......186am 5 19pm 1 2ipm '-5? Lv Clinton......... . 2 46am 6 06pm 2 16pm Lv Carlisle 8 38am 6 58pm ...... Lv Chester 4 00am 7 20pm............... Lv Catawba Junction 4 86am 7 64pm \r Hamlet 7 warn iu iopm.. Lv Hamlet....... 7 26) m 10 40pm dr Raleluh 10 2i)am 1 8oazn Ar Petersburg.... 2 Kflpni 5 64am ArRlchmnd ? 8 05pm 6 35am _.. ? ^ Ar Washington. 6 35pm 10 10am......... ... Ar Baltimore.. 11 25pm 11 25am Ar Philadelphia............. 2 66am 1 36pm * Ar New York 8 13am 4 18pm Port?uioiitD-Norfolk?...... 6 25pm 7 15am Dally Dally 1 , SOUTHBOUND. No. 81. No.27 Local Lv Cheraw, Ksst'n Time. 7 11am 11 06pm Lv Camden ?8 34am 12 63pm Lv Columbia, Central T... 8 40am 1 05am 5 40am Lv Denmark 9 52am 2 17am 7 20?<n Lv Fairfax. 10 30am 2 67am 8 09am Ar Savannah 12 06pm 4 40am 10 00am Ar Jacksonville 8 60pm 9 05am ... Ar Tampa 6 00am 5 40pm............... Lv Catawba, Ebsl'n T..... 9 07am 12 57pin Lv Chester 9 46am 1 58am Lv Carlisle 10 16am 2 00am...* Lv Clinton 11 06am 2 57am 9 46 pm Lv Greenwood 1 11 56pin 3 48am 8 85 pm . j-v Lv Abbeville ....12 20pm 4 08am 4 05 pm / Lv Calhonn Falls 12 50pm 4 38am 4 46 pm Ar Athens 2 21pm 6 13aui 6 22 pm Ar Atlanta 4 66pm 8 50am 8 50 pm No. 66 connects at Washington with the Pennsylvania Kail way Buffalo Express; arriving Buffalo 7.85 a. m. Columbia. Newberry a Laorens Railway Train No. CO /1..lMmVla ITniAB 4tnHnn ot ll 53 t. m. U6f irOYJUJJ ViUUiUiO) UUCU .. .. dully, connects at Clinton with S. A. L. B). No. M, affording shortest and qnlrkest route by several hours to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, St. Louis, Chlca-t go, and all points We6t. , . Close connoction at Petersburg, Blcbmond, Wash\U ington, Portsmouth-Norfolk, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville and Atlanta with diverging lines. I* Macnlflcient vestibule trains carrying through PullW man sleeping cnrs between all principal points. For \'a reduced rates, Pullman reservations, etc.. apply to f .V. P. 8CBD609, D. P. A.. Savannah. Ga. J. J. POLLER, T. P. A., Columbia, t). C. J. M. BARB. 1st V. P. <fe 9. M., Portsmouth-Va B. ?. L. BUNCH, 6. P. A? Portsmoath, Va. I My Dear Santa Clans: 3 DuPre, the Toy Man, has a large stock of Dolls, Dogs, Cats, Horses, Engines, Drums, Horns,. Banks, Games, Blocks, Vases, Tea Sets, [Cups and Saucers, and other Toys, and we want you to go there, and buy our Christmas presents. His Toys are better and his prices are lower than any other dealer. Yours affectionately, Little Girls and Boys. We exchange school books. Speed Drug Co Call and see our line of holiday stationary, C. A. Mllford, The Druggl?t. The most corap'eele line of brushes to be found in town lsatTheSpped Drug Co. Tooth brushes, nail brushes, hair brushes, clothes I brushes, whist brushes, In fact any kind of a | brush you want. The Speed Drug Co. I I Try our seeded raisins, currants and citron I ! if you want to make good fruit cake. W. D I Barkndale. I j Fresh Mountain buck wheat flour always i on hand. A. M. Smith A Co. I , Ocir stock of fancy and heavy groceries la I complete in every detail. Call us up, phone 29 and let us deliver your goods promptly. AM. Smith & Co. Lowney's candy fresh every week at the he up to date drug store of C. A. Mllfo rd. I J