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^ The Press and Banner.
i V- BY HUGH WILSON.
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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
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> Cotton Small Wares.
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1 M?M8achuseiUt 8155,761,19* #110,478 327 179,2M
. South Carolina....! 39.258.84tt 29.723,919 42.6G
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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!
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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.
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t' On Febru
i The Contest is FREE
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t wishing to enter mus
above date. . . .
; COME AT ONCE AND
j THIS IS T1
9f Tickets Given Awa
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> 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.!
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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.
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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.
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