University of South Carolina Libraries
' *. Tiio Press . and fiannerJ "P A "R.T* RTnrso-Nrn : ' _ ; J I - - I I i ... ? tI VBTOWTftWA V )TTWrH.4T>T'E8 I a ! > r* t\ 1 BRYAN UUMtS II m di To Columbia and is Most Warm? 5 ly Welcomed by People oaJ m 01 FI Oil ALL THI STAT*. " or to on A Cordial c> pMen Is Given the Great *? & ard Ei qu n Orator by the People -s of Columbia and Thousands of wj Visitors Frcm Otbtr Places. "c ca Mr. "Willfam JemiDps Bryan's visit z:v to Cdun bia Wednesday was an roca wi lion f f great political mr>mpnt Tnerr a1 were gathered there to meet him pj eYerakt ur.dred o' the leading men of ?n the State, and thev listened Intent- wl iu tn th? words of wisdom of the mac is who Is now rouldirg Democratic 1o thorn bt and sentiment. Mr. Bryar an arrived in Columbia Wednesday mom- an tag hi 3 o'ckck from Charlotte, hip 6* tralr having been delated. pa Widmseay morning Mr. Br} an wat co , en te> tailed at breakfast by a coxmlttre Invited by the Chamber of he Commerce?Mr R'ohard I Manning trt Dr. 0. M. Gallowav, Dr. Julius D to Drehi r, Dr. J A. B. Soberer ard otL- we ers. At 10 30 Governor Hey ward of and isccrt called fn m' tor oars at zsr Wright's hotel, Mr. B-yan's bead- of quart err, and Mr and Mrs. Bryan Soi and party were taken in motor care hii for a pin around the city and ouf his into the country. as After this the par*y drove op to thf srrc rear (f Lrgare college *nd through 8 bu back entrance to tbe in rrocu ci sea which were gathered 2 500 people dia awaiting tbe arrival oi the grcai sp Ameiican cft'z^n. All the ccorDing fcra there bad been a throoe of men ard Ba wemtn aroucd the doers of WrlghtV me hotel, efger and exprcant for tb? wii first glimpse rf the guest of Scutb wil Carolina. He v-a* ottered lustily ?s Ool he came out acd . n^ered the motor ?r oar. Again as he *>-cendf d the p'at- ora form in front of Legare college fcnere Br; waa cheering. ] The morning was beautiful, a) ov thcuph later it became sultry anr< ^d ? - -? Showery, 'mere were ix.au/ muiu present and altogether the atmos pber-? wss ore cf such (rank cordiality Mr for tJ a speaker, that ha, in effect ( declaied that he feared he would ] lapse Into platitudes. There were do Ca; Republicans for him to face aod bin us speech was not given the empbasfc *a whlel perhaps It would hive received vis bad there beeD Id the air a t uch of th< animosity to the speaker. Mr. Bryan nat beoan e very earnest, however, Id de j daring his position on the dual owner an ?hlp rropos tlon which has been so de< m fh calked of lately. He declared ly pr uoiy that be Is rot afraid to speak wa ...? views, aod If they be unpopular dis he Is not afraid to recede tbe dlsep mc proval of tboee who disagree with * him. Soi His speech wis in^tur pars: H't thi dlsseotlt n sr d ridicule of the f p echo* tri on high tar fl b; Mr Lrilie M. 3baw, vl? secretary of the iresurj; his declara yo< tlon that BooBcvelt is popular net be- < - cause of the Rsjubllcsn party, but it lor spite of it, for his popularity comes Ev from tbe reforms which he urges, re- hei forms t8ken from' tbe Demrcratic soi platforor; bis discussion of the Philip- ors pine situation in a way to show that mc bad the Democratic party been vie At toricus in 1900, there wculd have to been med (frcm subsequent romp- coi pine extravagance1) 1500,000,000. ha enough to dig tbe Fanaira canal, and St; there wouldn't be tbe shame of carpet baggers kept in power by bayonet pe rulf; linally bis explanation of tbe an government ownership if railroads we which, in a way, be favors. Tbis Br was the newest and moat significant yc part of bis speccb. Some of the stenogrs pber's notes were rendered al- inl most- undecipherable by the showers So which came up toward the latter p&rt lie of Mr. Bryan's speech. raj When Mr. Bryan snd esoort mount- gr ed the stand there was great enthufclam in ihe crowd, and the Columbia fo orchestra, which had been entertain a i irg tbe crowd, began to play ' Our fo Country 'Tis of Thee " The meet ve leg wat called to order by Mr. W. A he Clark, president of the chamber of he ccirmfrce, who presented Rev. Dr. ap ?nf the First OBUJ ill 01x11 tu. jwiiiv* - - .? Presbyterian church, who made s ut pr?)?r lull of patriotism and noble tL thought. This was referred to very tb feelingly by Mr. Bryan subsequently wi Id bis f^cuhfiion of Christian olt zen- tii ship. E Idently Mr. Bryan Is not aocustiiued to seeing political meet- w iDgp epi ced with prayer. St Mr. Ciark then to< k charge of tbt h( proceedings In the following lntroduc w tory remarks: ai Fullow oitiz^ns, we have as cu* gues!) tcday one of America's most distinguished eons, one distingue as a ci* zen, distinguished as a st Xff. man, distinguished as an orator. H1 las kindly consented to speak to tn.people c-f South Carolina upon thos ' il ??rv ** grest political q ieaiiiuuu wuiv^u bVM- I M oerc the cavoa. It Is cur privilege, therefore, to tx'.end tc him a Caro Una we'oome. He is the guest do: h only of the oity of Columbia, but ol 1 the Sltte of Scuth Carolina. It if * proper, therefore, that Cc'umb1.should iXieiidblm our welcome. I; ,.j Is my rrivllege now to introduce M Jobn A. Willis, iur mayor pro tea. * who wlh extend this welcome. ALDEKMAN WILLIS. f( Mr. "Wiilu, m*ae a viry uD^speccb, ,.j which wis received with 1: q ient lr> ^ teriuptions of applause. Oa behalf # , vur wzv/ u* v /:uutvti?| u? naiu* It is with pleasure I am here before m today in b?half of his honor, our *yor to welcome to our fair city so sticguished a guest, a man well sown to ycu all, either personally or j reputation, and a man that stands gh in the estimation of the Ameri ,c p ople as a clt z d, writer, statesan ard orator. He has been within ir gates before, &nd but a blccfe ?ay addressed our legislature in >en air, and with a pleasant retros ct of that day we are glad to sga*n , tve the pleasure of or ce more wel ming him to our oity, to rur bomes i1 te our hearts. And I am omfi nt I voioe tbe sentiment of every an, woman and child of Columbia Km glad to see so many sti?-jf arp i'h us today, to c'o honor to sonoted gfueft, and I bid them welcome ar d ai.k them for coming to aid us in inoring a man wl o in all bis politi1 career stands out against the hori n of bis far away WrsWn bomc tb the wbiti fl ;g of pu~ity wrapped out bim?and no man can justly lot at bim except to name a pure d loyal American and loved by all 10 know bim. 'Tis true our guest a courage: us mac; this do one car ubt. He speaks what he think; d acts as his consclenoe dictates d fears no man or puty. He wa* Ice the choice of the Dtmooratlc rty and twice defeated, but t.^at did t discourage tbis God fearing man d if the sign* of tbe time are rigvt will again be their choice, and 1 ist and believe he will lead his pa^f y success aod after Njvembtr, 1908, J mav h V3 the pleasure and honor t again weloomlng him net as a citi I i alone, but) as the chief executive this great nation. In this desr 1 uttland we love a man who prove? ? nself to be pure, true and loyal tc t t convicticDs. and to his people, and 0 I Btind bere upon this historic 11 >und and in front of this historic 0 ilding and besides these historic ,nds from behind which so many tinguished South arolinians have ken, ai d as I gszi upon the p i ' .its of McDiffle, Legare, Preston, .mptcn and the lmaortal Calhoun, thinks I see their faces light up bh a sxlle cf appr- val and bid m( r ( Ki onn all aolnnmo fr.n r1p*.r nlf? LU* /WW vu " vivwim v ww ? ? >*. lumbia tbl* true and tried citizn ' iter, Btaterm&n and silver-tongued f ktor, the H ;n. William Jennings pan t flr. Clark then presented Gov Dan- u l Clinch Heyward, who was reoeivwith marked approbation. Gov r yward Raid: t GOVERNOR HEYWARD . Chairman, Ladies, and My Fellow 3it z-.n?: d [ fee' honored to speak for S~utb roliua on the occasion wbioh calls t together this mornlrg. Its is al- d 78 a pleasure to me to extend to Q iting guests the oordlal hospitality, ? i grretirg and the we.'c^me of our ? tive State. b &.nd today, my fellow ci'izns, It ?s t added pleasure and a privilege in t id, to extfnd the right band of gco"5* _ fellowship, aye, both bands, it J rn&est greetings to our honored and tirguished guest, ' Oa. Great C m g iner," William J?nnings Bryan. Sir, you have m-jtand mingkd with nth Carolinians before. You kno^ 3 linearity of cur welcome, and I E ist that recollections cf former a Its lirgeras pleasant memories with s i, as they do *ith us. Dur guest Las just returned from * i g visit to many distant lands ery where he sr j urned honors were * iped upon America's distinguished i by potentates, kings and eirper- c i, and in Eagland "Oir Great Com >ner' was termed "the Gladstone of , nerioa." And when he returned . the 'and of his birth suoh a wel , zie wsj given him as rarely If ever ' s been ' quailed urder t^e Stars and ; rip?s of his native oountry. Differing in numbers and in noise ; rbaps, but rquallog in sincerity j d oirdi?llty is the welcome which i South Carolinians give to you, Mr. y yan, today. O :r only regret is that , ur stsy ocusfc be so brief. And now, Mr. Bryan, I give yon bo the oare and keeping of your u'h Carolina friends?South Oaro ilans, I prtscnn to you the Nebskan, William Jennings Bryan, the pat American. Gov. Heyward's rloging speech was Hewed by cheers which swelled lnfci genuine ovation as Mr. Bryan came rward smiling. Mr. Bryan was lc ry fine voice and without difficulty i made everyone in that big crowd ;ar him. He was interrupted with iplause frequently. After 8p- aklng an hour and 40 min >88, Mr. Bryan ooncluded, although ie orowd willingly would have Bpent io whole afternoon listening to hip nrrta of wisdom and his call to ao on. Mr. Willis announced tbat there auld be a puoilc rec3ptlon at tbe jate capital and there for half ar )ur Mr. Bryan stood shaking hands Ith the South Carolinians who. eager id admiring, crowded upon him. AT LUNCHEON. At 3 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Bryan ere entertained at lunoheon by Oapt. id Mrs. W. E Gorziles at their home 1 Senate street. The guests invited > meet Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were: cv. D. 0. Heyward, Mr. Riohard 1. Zoning, Mr. Martin F. Ansel, gov nor elec ; Mr. Jno. 0. Snepp&rd, forter (jtv;rnur of the State; Mr. Stancpe Sams, Litt. D ; Mr. W. A. Olark iu Mr. Julius H. Walker. The party strained at tbe home of C&pt. GonUes until the time for deparlure of 3P train for Augusta. There was a .mmittee from that city waiting to ccompany Mr. Bryan. The great N braskan evidently Is J -4 /VI., UU TT^ AiA V- ACll )UHQ LI ^UiUUiUltt. XI J Ulil uuu I.'CBIits t( s&y bo, and his friends 1 ere ere ec. de to feel that 1:1a words %era enuine. w * v vnaAAA. A Fine Horse Rilled bj Pesky Yclli Jackets. Stung by bucdreds of vennmG dole ioseots known as "yellow jacket & splet did thoroughbred horse died a few moments in terrible agony ne Brevard, N 0., a few days ago. A party ohaperoned by Mrs A. H :io8, a society woiran of M noph! Tt-nn., had gone to Looking Gla Falls, beau" ifully picturesque wate falls, ten miles from this piace, to a rhe falls. Teams irust be left at tl root of the mountain and then a hal mile climb ever a rugged path nru be made. Mrs. Haines's Dirty seour ly tied tbeir horses and Itf; them di 3ver forty mlnut.<s, while.they wei bo the falls. Oj tbeir return thi were astonished to find the finest ac ual fallen to the grcuud moaning at writhing in agony. Its entire body was covered wit vicious stinginR "jellow jackets," t Dseot which, unlike the bee, oanstir our or score times. As one of tt ?arty rushed up and attempted to ri Uv^ the animal it groaned and e: )lied. It was afterwards discovere bat the horse had been hitched nei in unknown nest of ''yellow jacket! Led, being restless, the buggy wbee :ad worked baok ov?r it, causing fct rlci )us icseots to pour fortn in coun! ess numbers and attack the horse. The lnoident is without prcoeden n this section in the recollection < he oldest settUrs and a singular ooli idence Is that another thoroug^.bre ior?e, this one belonging to Bink? Glomus Shlpman, of this town, wi tung beyond all hopes of reo.'verln i? honey bees, the bees swarming a ver It, attracted, It is said, from learby gum only by tue animal hei if ihe horse's body. COUB [T DISPiNa AB.IES. Lie Noi P?.rmi88*bU Under Oar St?t Constitution. To the Editor of the News and Ooi ier: I don't eip'ct vou to publis his, as you have oar?.fully refralne rem publishing anything that woui end to dispute yc ur position, but a he elections are over and no furthe ise for misrepresentation, I will tr ou and gee to what extent jou are >ewspap r. W.iat bava you gained i he el otion, adoalttirg for the sab 1 argument t-iat you have the Gove) tor and Legislature in 'avor of count lispensaries? This, however, only i .rgument-; we oontend that we h1.? he Legislature. Oan you have count lispeDtfarieo? In our opinion yoi ampalgn has been a myth, you can lave county dispei sares without at ogatlng every business prinolpl xown to trade and oe mm^rce. Sa hot tftn hana hnf.h t.hn H vprnnr lr h Legislature in favor of count dii lensarleB: can you have tbem? Tht s the question. The Const! utlon of South Carotin avs, ;fter enumerating what the L { slacure can do, In regard to the "1 1'ior question," and may au'horia ,cd empower, State, county and mi ilci pal officers, all or either, under tb .uthority and in the name of it Itate, to buv in any market and ri all withi' a State liquors and be' irages in >(I. packages and q ant ies undf , auon rules ard reguiatioi a it dee .ab expedient.'* Njw, suppose C arleston wants county dispensary, 1> cannot buy 1 luor in its own name, but must bu u the name of the State. So, you ssi ve c^n't have county dispensaries; ac Ha ljot*. oamna<nrr? hsan run linr I LIU 1CM3U VOW|#ajgu UMU MWU AMM W fV i fraud. You say we oan have it, bi ihe State muat be responsible for 01 jurchases. I admit that; but Is tt state of Sjuth Carolina bo laoking 1 justness qualification as to permit tt ise of lis oredlb to forty-one couunbli without any supervision? Certain ihe State is not a candidate for tl unatlo asylum, and will prohibltlc jountles be willing: to be taxed to pi lebts of dispensary counties and g< 10 revenue? Hardly. So you & that from a busines* stand point yc aave got t j have State supervision the dispensary or entirely repeal tl law. Now you would be willing repeal the law and return to bar room but that was not the Issue in tt ileotion. So, If you will tell me wh: you have gained it will enlighten m as I can see no gain with all of tt hulebaloo. W. F. Ciayton. Florence, S C Tongue Torn Out. At Paris, Fr&noe, Mme. Dure), widow, owner of 9 small odds and ei Eibop at Vanves, a suburb of Paris, aow lying In a hospital at the pol of deatb, owing to the f arru lnji tos lLfl cted on her by a fvmale bui ar, who tore her tongue cut. T widow was about to olose her she hen a rather btylishly dressed w man entered and asked to be tupp'l with some soap and candles. Ma Durel turned around to get the thin required, and she was then st wd the neok from behind by the womj who pulled her down. The widow, aged person, felt herself powerless the hands of her assailant, and sboi ed for help. As she did so the otl pulled out the widow's tongue by t roots. Two male accomplices of t female burglar now entered the sh J 4*1 muAn lliU I1110U Hi. ?UVJ uuo UiUL ia the till, put all the small goods the place Into packages, and were p paring to leave when lour polioem called by Mme. Dursl's neighoors ; rested them. Mme. Durel, who v uncocsoious, was removed to a hos tal. The two men and the womi Margu rite L Blond, are well kno ai habitual criminals, and ha?o be several times in prison. ? MUSI lit UHAZY [ w us What the "Reverend" Hayes Has is" ir to Say About the ar li DEATH CP BIS SON ,68 ir ?e Who He Refused Medical Aid Claimiig t that He Was a Divine Healing EvangflM, Claiming That He J* Cnuid Cure H'm With ll" Prayer, i a The following letter Is taken frcm ih "The L:v9 Coals," & psper of the "dl lD vine healing" faith, and was wrltter jg by R B Hayes, the ' evangelist" who e- refused to let his son have medloal i- aid, claiming tfcat Le was a "divire healing" evangelist and could cure his Jir. son by prayer. The young lad wat Ijg suffering from an abscess on the brain, te and died at Anderson after a brief 111b near Hayes has been arrested and . -jvill be tried for murder: 1 D.iar Live Coals Family: May the j. G ;d of loye, pvaceand powerfceep you iq true on all lLes till Jesus oomes tr jj take us away. After the ccuicll meet lh ing at this place, of which the unity v *nd fellowship of the saints and won 11 -lerfu! meeting still lingers, I went t t Picket Post, Oconee county, and join lt ad in & meeting with Brother Pat nam, wno aireaay naa tne teat up That place was what, we generally cal, i "burnt district,'' where holiness bar beeu preached. Notwithstanding thorf lad not \ eun a meeting there on thf,e definite fire l:ne In nine year-, a fe* vern still stand'Og true, while tht m j )rltv were In a bxoks'idden oondl I lion The whole community, espao h ially the ecolesibstioal body, legislated d a qu;rantlne against the meeting (3 Toey filled the roads with brush t( sceep peop.e from coming to che tent * While this made the battle hard for II she first few days, yet we preaohert i vnd thcs9 that were s&ved lay on ou; s fac38 before G>d until the victory n cam?. S.me prayed un il 2 o'sloo; :f in the morning. Tie great G >d oi r Abraham, laaac, Jaoob, and E lj..l ij rods down in a chariot of fire and the ir tide rose higher and higher, and in al; '* this was the grandest meeting wt y nave been in for years. Two familier' ir tlv?d In sight of each other that hid < 't aad mUundarstandi'.igs and old gru4 . ) ges against oach other for five years j e and tbey came together, settled up >y got right with God, and mar y all o: d these lam Hies got saved, some sanoti s- tied, some bapt z d with fire. The. it started a red hot prayer meeting, ano the meeting olcsed with victory, a Oo Wednesday, the 15 ih of A jgusi, f- afttr the ouncll meeting here, mj : liitie- ?'JU, r, wiiu wuuiu i<?v i. been 11 years old the 28 oh day of D* i comber, went home *ith his auai, it Mrs. B.am, to Anderson, S. 0 , tc p spend a few wefks. Ha was seaming i iy well wbea he left home, but wa 7- *ak*n tbenczt day with chills ana i- headache. He grew worse, and his ib aunt was not out on d.vlne healing she called in a doctor, and they gave a him medicine, and she thinking he i *culd be allrlght in a few days did iy not let as know anything about it un e, til the 27 th. (J_i this day I took the d tentdoutn, and Tuesday morniog 1 came to West U&ion, S. 0., and ot it nai wa? there 1 met a man with two ir telegrams, one from bcma tellirg me >e t,be news Shey had beard tbe day be in (ore, an2 one fion Anderson, saying ie the doctors would have to perform an m operation, so I met my wife at Senly pci, and went to tbe obild at oace. ! ? We found bioovery low. I went up >n wwn to wire tbe children how he was, ly aid during my absence the doctor at came and told my wife that he bad le Abscess of the brain, and be bad done >u %ii be could except perform tbe opera Dl tion. My wife told him we wtre ou^ ie on divine healing, and were trusting to vhe L <rd, and bhe refused to let him iSi out Bixter's head I at once Bent for dt the saints on my return, and we pray it ed and anointed him, and continued e, to pray. He sremed to get better ds every time we prayed, and when th* salnts would oome in ha would say, ' Pray now." Tbe doctor c; nv again while I was away and brought the policemen with him acd tried 10 force my wife to have ttc3 the operation performed, but she re is fused. Vv e held on to 0.,'d, and on nt Friday, Biiter grew wors^, and I ab ir. golutely turned him over to Gad and g- prayed lor mm to save aim ana nave he His way, bo the L ;rd savod him and >p, saw fit to take him, and he sang three 10 songs before he died: "Tnere is j ed in the Lord," "Oh, mother I'm saved le. tonight," and ' I'm going home to die gB no more." then he passed away at 3 by p. m., to be where there will ba no in, more siokness or pain, to live with an Jesus. in Just after this I went to town to at- wire home and have them dig the lcr grave and meet us the next day, and he jait after coming baok the ctH^rs he came with a warrant and arresfed me op and carried me to jail and put me in ley to a "murder" cell I oarried my biin ble with me and kissed my wife goodre bye, telling her to be true to God and en pray for ma. Ia the nearest cell to fir- me were three white men and I com ?as menced preaching and praying for an? pi- with them. They go*, under convic in, tlon and begged me to pray for them, wn 1 read In the Bible till they shut cff ten the lights; then I prayed nearly ail night and God filled that dark cell "iWU ? *v?* / } * ?-??? ? never felt so neai G,d and tkivja In all my life, and nr twltbstardicg tbat I was away from w'fe and my dead boy, Baxter, and my loved ones. Gw was wltb me, and tbe glory and fir c.f beaver c;me down In- tbat darl ''murder,'cell and made it beaveL, glory to G.v? ar d tbe Lamb forevt^ and ever. God gave me tbe witnee: along towards day that He wcu'd le? me out to go bor e ?1 b irv vf'e -nd my dead boy to bury bins. mc l and shouted and prayed. 1 oed reading the Bible at daylight, ano read tbe first seven chapters of Acts, then thought of John Buoyan, wht spent 12 years lo j><\ and I alsr tb< u rbt of George Fox, and the ap03tlef, Paul, John, Peter, and others, and I iald, "'Lord, am 1 worthy to partake of a little of their ^ufl rlc#?" a d then God filled my scul with His glory and I sh uied all ever tbat oell Morning no* bad ccme, and tbe beautiful sun was shining in through the bars, and about 9 a. m , tbe jtiler brought breakfast for four prison rrs, tbre<; others atd myself. A smal In pan, along with two tmall pUce* it bie&d, and somethirg like ba;f a cup of black tar noolassos, made tbe morning meal, but I was fasting ark? praying and did not eat Aft*r awhih *wo sanctified brothers came and call )d me to tbe door and said they were 'rrlng to get me out on bond, and so it last they got me out or 11 0*0 bend and I was released about 2 pm. Wo oame home on th? ev*uicg tr?lu ietvlng Anderson at 4.47, and arrived it Toocoa sometime &f .er 8. We bur fnrt UkThor t.ho nirt mnmlr.rr ?t. Irt a m. Oourt comes off on Sept. 17, and lam praying Gjd to deliver m* out of the hands of the wlofced. I fee? more fixed and settled to go on and he true tban ever before. Let all the saints pray much for me. The men that g jt out the war rant are the wioked m ?n of Anderson, ind regular holiness fighting, God ha log men, but I feel sweet in my soul toward them, and am praying for &hem every day, that G /d may Bavr ttiem and give them a uonoe 1q heavan T rr?a.n fcn h? fcrna tn flr d If T dip In the cbaingang. I am stiil saved, *ano'.ifie<i, bapt'zed with tbe HoJj 3-hoat and with fire, bed; bealed, and I am lookiog f jr Jesus to oome. Tuccoa. Ga. R B. Haybs, 1>IJSS IN AQOHY. Austrian Sec mod to Have Recovered Bat Wound Wasn'tHealed. Harrowing details are reported concerning tbe death of a strong man, tged 43, who was the victim of &. bite 'rom a dog. His name was Albln Hoahm, and he was the owner of an estate at Promontor near Buda Pesth. Four w^eks ago, while playing with a small dog, Boehm waa bitten in the land. The aound healed, and he thought no more of it. List weak Boehm became unwell, ind the doctors a&oribed his illness to one bite. The; sent Boehm to tbe Pasteur Institute at Buda-Pesth, where the doctors reoognlzed the symptoms of iabies, and inoculated cue patient. Toey wished also te isolate him in a separate room, bat B >ehm returned home, and informed a\H wife that he was irretrievably lost, la deep grief they embraced eaoh other, and said farewell. Boehm's condition became so much worse that he was conducted again Che next day, In tbe company of two policemen, to toe Pasteur insuiuie, md tbe doctors certified that nobbing could be done. Tbeuobappy imn declared tbat be would die at home, so, with two strong attendants, be re turned boma to P/omontor, woere bi vva.8 placed In a separata room la bib bouse. Bifore the open door stood the twr attendants witb two policeman. Thu?, B jehm could speak tbrouxh tbe d joi to bis family and friends. Finally be jecame very weait, so ue tuu*. tu m? bed, then called the attendants, who strappid him down, after which a violent aotaok seized him and caused his death. ' After the death of her husband, the unnappy widow stated that she also aad been bitten by the dog, and, as she had also repeatedly kissed her bus band, she was taken to the Buda Feath Pasteur Institute. Floating on a Plank. The capsizing of the American schooner Twilight and the loss of six of her crew In the recent storm off the Carolina ocast is announced in the fol* lowirg message received at tie navy department at Waanirigton by wireless, via St. Autfuisiaa, from the cru'ser Minneapolis, un her way to Cuia: "The Minneapolis, tl'vy miles eaBt of Charleston, at n ldnigbt pick ed up a man at' bet. fl alloy en a plank. Two men heara las voice alongside at 11. Stopped the t>nlp and turned on the searchlight and lowered a lire boat. Tne man's name Is James 0 len and he belonged to tne schocnei Twilight, which capsized at 6 o'oloo* on the morning of September 17. Tr.ert was seven in the crew. We rcma!a?d in the vicinity, using searohlifc-hk until daylight, but saw no sign of the wreck or any survivors. Fink, Commander." Tne Twilight, O&pt., Feddensen, ?9?7 KAnnonro onH hfir hnmo nnrt was Wllmlgbton, Del. Sbe sailed from Charleston September 11 for Pblla delphia. She w*s built at E tst Haven, Conn., In 1874. Given f> ltiT Years. At Washlrgton, Dal., Charles Conleg, the negro who attacked and injured, Mrs. B atiica Franklin and daughter ten aays ago, was sentenced to tifty years' Imprisonment Wednesday and thirty lashes at the whipping post. Conley was arrested Monday night and confessed. I ??? Nrgroe Pursu d Them But Wri Sc? d Off and R*n. 01 last Tuesday week ago wbll# two young ladles were returning from school, and passing aloe? on a baok street in tbe town of Fort Motte a negro man Darned Willie Ballard draw * pistol on tbem and attemped to fire it, but ss luck would have it tbe p!s tol refused to fire. Immediately on seeing the deadly weapon the young it die fl d. with the ne^ro man within a few feet of them. After pursuing t! em about loO 'e?t or more he utned and, r t ?olog his steps, turned into a oorn field, where he was loss flight of. Within a faw minutes a posse of men wera out after the negro, who was soon captured and placed in the town guard house. He *as then taken before the young ladles, both of whom Identified him as b:ing the one who purfued hem. Immed ately afterwards a meeting of tbe o't'zans of the community was called. E .cb one present was request el to offsr suggestion i or advice as to what disposition to make of the pris oner After fully d'saussing the mat ter a vote was taken and tt was al cacst ura'lmous In Eendibg the prisoner to J\ll for th3 law to take its course. i i The 6it'z<os 6f that community arc *> be congratulated on ?be eocl man er in whio,j they bandit d the matter. The (scoundrel was lodged in tbe Orangeburg j til, from where he is likely to gj to ne penitentiary ior 3cme years. Mark >t iLe Orop 8 ow y. Mr. Harvle Jordan says '*tbe recant meeting of the executive ccmmlttet of the Southern Cotton Association held at Hot Sprlrgs; Ark., fixing the minimum price on cotton, basis midillDg, at interior points at~10 cents Is a low prloe as any firmer could be isked or advised to bold his cotton Ten cents per pjund is practically the bread and miat line and cottoD sold below that figure, however slight, barely represent tbe cost of production. There Is no neoesslty and no kind ol sensible re?sonlng why the South should sacrifice at tbe present ma taring: crop at any prica unasr iu ceots per pound. There is pc prood reason why this crop aho ;ld tell for leas than that of last year, wtilci avera* ed a little over 11 cents per pound, at the porta. Since SspVmber 1,-: 1804, to September 1 1900, tvere have oome into sight 25 500,000 bale* of oottonandof this enormous amount i all had been practically consumer' except about 800 000 bales." The orop is short and Mr. Jordan advise* uhe farmers to market the orop slowly and the price is bound to rise. Five Thousand Lost. dispatch from Hong Kong, u&ina, says & thousand lives were lost daring the typhoon last week and the damage to property, publio and private, was millions of dollars. Twelve ships were rank, 24 stranded, seven damaged and one-half the native oraft la the north sunk. The shipping trade is paralyzed through lack of lighters. The typhoon lasted two hours. Ovar a thousand Sampans and Junks are missing frnm TTnncr TConor a.lor*. Tha mllifc&rv barracks are in ruins. The French torpedo boat destroyer Froude wai wrecked. Har guru were saved, but three petty officers and one seaman lost, their Iivjs. Toe bwrbjr la Btrewn ^ilh wreckage thrown on the shore, *od several thousand Chinese water iwellers must have perished, man? within a short distance of shore. Loses 1q liv-? and propertv among the C llo*se Is appalline. O e launch that oap>iz^d had 130 Chinese on board Taoy wen all Crowned. G >o(t Use fur Whitk*y. D B Roberts, a planter at Rapides i'ariih, Lrv, has discovered that whiskey rill kill cotton boll weevils, which have cost the Sou ih millions of dollars. He placed a number of the weevils In a large glass jar and pourid whiskey Into the vessel to barely oover the bottom. Instantly the weevils began fighting each other, and within a few minutes the last one was dead. Roberts then spriyed with whiskey cotton Infested by weevils. The bugs were killed and the field cleared of the pests. Large sums have been offered for a practloal boll weevil exterminator, tbe State of Texis alone having offered 150,000. Bank Oleik Vanlibei, R 0. Brockington, a member of a prominent Winnsboro family and highly connected la Columbia also, has disappeared with a package of 12.000 In ourrenoy, which he was sent out by the Columbia State Bank to ship by express. He had been there two years and had a fine future and good habits. Ha was only nineteen years old. Not a traoe has been had of him slace he walked out of the ex i press office Wednesday morning. His oondsmen are the losers. He was the xainstay of a widowed mother. To Horateu Bailey. A. D. Jackson, ohalrman of the Democratic Executive Committee of ; Woods county, Texas, has Issued a call for a mass meeting of Democrats of his county at Quitman Saturday, September 19Lh, "boacoertaln and ex' preai our wishes in regard to lnstruct1 ing cur State Senators and our Rap resentativw lo voting against J. w. Bailey, for Ualted States Senator from Texis." Mr. Jaokson states that ;he oall is prompted by reoeat devel* , opments made in the testimony of H. Clay P.erca at So. Louis. I Fifty Foliiontd. 1 A dispatch from Tomassow, Polaud, says fifty persons were poisoned at a ! confirmation supper, eating meat ' coo ked in a copper kettle. Nineteen died. AWFUL UIMdren.;! A Dozen People Killed and A Scores Hurt Friday by M i GREAT IX PI/^ION || Of a Cer of Dynamit? at JJllco, Teao. % The Riilr> ad Sstion Demolished ? j| and Many Oihtr Balldtafs Are Wrecked, Caasiof Heavy Loss. At Jellico, Tenn., on Friday twelve 'M liven were idl ff .d cut, soozea pf peo- p| ole >ere hurt and property destroyed vo the amount of half a million dot- |j bars by the explosion of a carload of dynamite, which waa stacdlcf on ft " t>rack near (he Southern depot in thai f|| city. The explosion made a report that was heard twenty miles Sway, shattered buildings In tbe buaineia >| isotlon of the town. Everv pisoeof .-.-'a item within a radiance of one mile c? the explosion was shattered. j The freight car, one of the Penosyl* ' vaola's lines, c.ntalned 450 boxes of 'J| uO 000 pounds of high explxtos %| consigned to the Rind Powder Com- : % oany, at Olearfldid, Te in T*o causes ' :f ire aaslgaed for the explosion. Oae 'M is that three parties were shooting at % mark on the oar and that a ballet entered the oar and caused tlieexplosion. The other Is that while the I oar was standing on a side track'a aarload of pig iron was swltohed ^ :?& against It and thas the foroe of th? i ju caused, the tx plosion. The depot of the Southern, which ' f&a located near the scene of the explosion, was wholly wvecked. Two ; notela, the thenmargan ana tne uarnut hem were badly wrecked, the ,:;|j bird story of the Utter being wholly fZm destroyed. O ;e person, Mark Atkins, who was asle.p in a room on Ctjta Ifor 'W& it the time, is one of the most aeri- Va jusly Ik J ired of the entire Use, whlob 1 ^*111 jmmber fully two hundred^ boght- :M log all who were but slightly, hurtu J9 Bootless houses were badly fiisflgnred, 1 stress-of goods ruined, while jdtidan- ?^| oea kuffoicd tevtraiy, wirido&a^and V>|H 1oon blo<m out of the houses as far from the soene ai one mile. % Among the buildings totally d?? :royed were the Armour Packing Company's warehouse, the J Jag brewing Company's warehouse, Pinnacle Brew- -<?| ing Oompaay'a warenouae, oil tank I and warehouse of Ke.rn.ucky Gonaum- I "is' Oil Company and the Standard I 0:1 0' m.iany's warehouse. Besides /'J|| er e two damaged hotels, the JeUoo ijS Furniture Company's building eollap* J sed and the stock of the Smith"Dry ra Goods Company was p^a.t oally rula- j d, althouKh tl e bulldlop wMch it oo- ] . uped, the Oumb rUn~ O era H -use, J tbe finest structure in kllco,eaoited 'la ?-??w TPnlltr tMntf ', W1UU HVViO uvwwetw* other fir ma suff^ed losses, tut they p occupied small buildings. R38cuers began work soon after the explosion and medical aid was asked | of Kir xvllle, which sent a dczen pbj. % ?'clans (o administer to the wounded. A T velve ol the most seriously ljared *.'<! w: re sent to Kn^xville to the hosplt* i &ls In chat oay. The holding of In- % quests over the bodies of the Ylotima was begun this afternoon, but was not completed. It is the moet serious disaster la the history of the But Tennessee mlnlcsr section slnoe the terrible ^ explosion la the Fratervllle mines In 3 1902, when 184 miners, met| and toys, lost their lives la & ciai mine? n?ar Coal Greek, less than twenty miles . 3 from thf scene of Friday's explosion. Mayor B. B. Baird issued a circular, | notifying the publio that all parsons v fornd on the streets after'8 o'olock Friday nigbt would be arrested, unless they were owners of building or stoeks of goods or agents therefor. Many people are homeless as a result of the disaster, and as almost every ohimney was destroyed, ccoking cannot badone * in any of the houses. S:>me estimates made Friday night on cue loss of life plaoe the number of victims at as high a figure as forty* but it is believed that t ils a gross exaggeration, and cbat not more than fifteen have lost their lives, if that many. Mill Man unraerea. News received from Igo, Miss, tflls of a desperate attempt to murder Joseph Semms a well known 1 amberman for the purpose of robbery. Semms was ou his way in hie mill wbc employes several hundred nanu., with the week's - payrollt nmeuuting to several thousand dollars. He was shot from ambush and fatally lDjured. At the first shot ihe horse took fright and ran airay land this saved his life more loads from a double barrelled shot gun Of lng fired ot him. Shower of Mune*, A dispatch from New /ork sayi aa a result of a collision, between a trolley oar of the Biooklyn R>pli Traniit Co., and a wagon owned bj the Epstein Goal Company, of Manhattan, . 30 bags containing about t20 cieh in small ooln were strewn abont the street In Bitb Baach, according to she driver. All except the contenta ~ of one bag was stolen. The amall canvas bags burst as they want to the pivemenc, and the j ngllpg coins at;ractcd a crowd of m?.n and boy a who helped themselves until the polioe arrived.