The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 10, 1907, Image 10
RAGE ISSUE.
Senator Morgan Would Make li
a Straight Test by a
WHITE MAK'i PASTY
Wants the Democracy to Declare in It
Platform That it Stands for White
Supremacy Alone and He
Thinks it Would Win
Next Election.
"Resolved, That tbe Democrati
p&rc>v o; iifcj United Stasis Is and ha
alwayabeen ? white c. *? 'r pp.rty."
This plank, Senator J h i T. Mdi
{ran, of Alabama, believe, p^ould t?
inserted in tbe Democratic ,iatlona
platform. He believes further feha
some Southern State, thrc ukq Its dele
gat#?, should press this plana Deiori
tbe committee on resolutions will
the declaration that the delegate
will withdraw from tha convention ij
ease it is not adopted.
He would prefer that the deolara
tiocoome from a Northern delegation
but if Done suoh advance it Le advo
oates that ie ba presented by a South
em State. His own State, Alabama
comes fiftt on the alphabetical Lst
end the high regaid In which tn
Senator's views are held in that Stat
insures that its delegate to the nez
Democratic national convention ar
more than likely to 'oe insistent upoi
the adoption of suoh a plank
''SouId any one State submit thi
plank with a deolaraticnof withlrwi
in oase ic is rejacted it would carr
through," said Senator Morgan
"Moi3o\er, it would carry tbe Presi
deaoy. Ii would overtop ottie
i}jU3. In the Southern S*atea ih
question is acute today, and suoh ;
declaration on the part of the nation
*.1 nnnvnntinn would briner the neirr
question Immediately home to th
* peorle of the North, who, sooner o
later, will have to meet it face t
face, just as we of the South are do
lng today.
"If any oandldate for the Presi
denoj should deollne to mount thl
platform, I would not help him to di
so by yielding my oonvf&tion, no
would I refuse to support him If h
was fairly the nomlhee of my party
I would say to him, 'When you ar
better acquainted with the founds
tions of our government ycu will wel
come this saying truth to which w
will turn at last in order to purify i
and make it perpotual.'
"Alabama has this duty before it
but it must be approached with du
care and circumspection without dia
VUfUUlg UUC TAuva^g (iuuuu ow ?vi
oooupy. Rome was not built in i
day, yet it stands a monumental les
son to toe world upon its seven bills
after many vicissitudes.
*'I have expected this movemeu
and this demand to come from tb
white men of the North as a reaotioi
from tbe extreme aotlon taken li
1850 to 1870, when popular freczy wa
employed as a driving force to rusl
through Congress the disastrous pro
gram of negro political and sooia
equality in the provisions of fore
billls and bills to secure the equa
rights of negroes in hotels, theater
and places of publio resort. That er
has passed away, the North bavin,
rejeoted Its follies, and it may neve
return.
1 ''I'ho nnn? nhiM norm] Q r?f iiVl
Ji uu yKjyjx nuivw |?wwj/iw w? uu
North are feeling the fatal poison o
such enrolments and are exasperate'
at the as* era of brutality tha
social crlmea have developed amen
the negroes everywhere. The whit
people of the South have reiumei
control of thsir local affairs and neei
have no fear that the evil days wll
return upon them In any new am
serious way If they are true to thel
country and Its organic laws.
"The instruments by wh!ch thl
deliverance has been accomplishes
are the ballot box and the cottoi
plant. I do not presume to ignor
the blessings of Providence. I be
lleve that tha spirit of the Moa
High was the controlling force tha
dlreoted the work of the convantioi
that framed the constitution of th
United States and submitted It to
the States and the people for ratlfloa
tion. I believe that the 'people o
the United States' were then set apar
to establish and ezeoute thai plan o
government whlob had no preoeden
or model In the wisdom of nations. ;
do not believe that the Indian tribe
or the African raoe.were ohosen fo
that great trust in the birth hour o
the republic. I And no plaoe for elthe
of them In that new political oreatioi
?'the psople of the United States.
'The people' iostruot:a with tha
vast and preoious duty were namet
In the preamble to the constitution
They and their delegates were al
white people, assembled from manj
countries, and of many languages
They came together by a common lm
pulse, like that of the Wise Men, who
led by a star, met at the stable it
Bethlehem to bear witness to a roya
birth.
"This was the Inauguration of thi
sovereignty of the governing peopli
of the United States, as a racial na
tion or dynasty of white people. In
dians in tribes were then Inhabitant
of vast areas and were segregate);
from the people o! the United States
and were recognized in the oonititu
tion as a self-governing people witl
whom treaties could be entered Into
"Negroes were here, in every Stati
and Territory, but they were slaves
and not even recognized in the oon
gtltution as constituting a people or i
tilbe or as having any right that die
not belong alike to all human beings.
There were no other people in the
country, and the negroes and the In
were not represented in thai
ooaventlon. When the constitution
la fch* nrnamble. declared that 'wb
1$m people of the United States, dc
oriain this government for ourselvef
and our posterity,' the line or delimi'
tetion was made as clear as if th<
Chinese or the negross in the Free
State of the Congo should ordain i
written constitution creating i
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5* ..
government whose sovereignty shoul
belong to them and their posterity
We established 'a people' whose raoli
distinction was that of the white ma
and oonfirmed to them the sovsrelgi
i ty that had won from the Brltlf
* orown."
"Wolf Attacked L*d.
Tearing Itself loose from Its cbaii
a halt-tamed coyote ran at large c
the streets of Greenville Thursda
night attacking several pccpl
among them Lutber Ropers, & ]
year old white lad, whose leg w
fearfully lacerased in several pl?c?
g The wolf wa3 caught by a bi* neg
bl&cksmitb while in the aot < f c'iq\
ing the lad's leg. Tbe blaoksmi!
stunned the infuriated animal with
blow from his fist and later stamp*
it to death. - Several negro men a
tacked earlier in the evening hi
their dotting torn by tbe woif b
suffered no injuries. The wolf w;
0 brought about a year ago from
Western State. It bas generally bei
regarded as tame and doolie, ana it
feared that the animal was suffer!]
" with ralies when killed. The ha
j will be sent to a pastaur institute' f
k examination.
President Speneer's Address.
9 The address of Samuel Speccc
1 president of the Southern Railwa
8 before the Alabama Agricultural A
1 sociation at Montgomery, Ala., <
O3tiobsr 25, was. a masterly presnt
'* tion of the relation ship of the ra
1 roads to the people. Many facts we
brought out that people never reall
when they are oonsldering the ra
' roads and their short comings. Mai
'? popular ideas concerning the magni
^ ed power and alleged oppressive met
? ods of the railroads were complete
1 refuted and the utter impraotioabili
8 of many proposed reforms ai
D regulations in railroad oonti
was oonvinoingly shown. Mr. Spe
? oer voiced the deep Interest of hii
self aud his oompany in the welfa
y of the South and showed how th<
' own Interests, if nothing else, impi
them to do everythihg possible 1
r the development and enriching of t
? South.
Ek
[. Entered Through Skylight.
o Frank York 1b in polioe custody
~ n. ~
c & rcHUib ui uuo wi uuo uivou u*u,
r burglaries In the history of Birmin
o ham, Ala. The robbery In questi
> was that of the Birmingham Ari
Oo. one of the most prominent har
- *are and sporting goods stores In t
s the state. It was entered about
o o'clock Id the night, the suppose
r method being via the skylight, whl<
e was found unhooked. A rope w
used to lower the marauder
e stories to where the oontents of t
. main part of the store^was acccsslb
' Nearly 11,000 worth of firearm
* Sr Dives and outlery were stolen. T
arrest of York followed his attem
to pawn goods which the looal detc
i. tlves think were part of the ari
e the company lost.
i. ?
Dead in Store.
st Mr. A. Bullard, who lived at Ktbt
i- G&,, was found dead In biB stc
lf Thursday morning. Upon investlg
tion it was found that he had be
t murdered, probably Monday nigt
B There were three wounds on his hea
Q inflicted by some heavy club or ai
Q He ran a small merchandise busim
g at Ktbbe and had not been seen I
h his neighbors for several days. Soi
,. one passing this mornirig notic
,1 that one window was broken ai
c when the house was entered he w
,1 found dead on the floor by his cc
s Robbery seems to have been the a
a tive. There is no due whatever
g to the perpetra-or of the orime.
r flaoK Him Quick.
They mads Bhort work of a mi
. derer last week at Centre, Texas. Di
L Garret, a negro killed Dr. M. M. Pa
t on Saturday week ago. The grai
* jury returned a true bill on We
& nMd? of last week, the scaffold w
, constructed the same night, on t
j publio square. The trial took pie
, on Thursday and Thursday afterno
j at half-past one o'clock he was hue
? Dr. Paul was killed by Gurett, whe
he was endeavoring to arrest for A
playing a weapon on the street.
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3 Woman Murdered.
a With head horribly battered by
6 olub and with her throat black ai
>' blue, Mrs. Sarah Kilnger, aged <
? years, the widow of a Civil war veb<
1 an, was found in her home at Sh&i
Q okin, Pa., on Thursday. The vj
e man lived alone. The authoriti
0 have no olue to the murderer and i
r not yet able to deoide whether t
1 (nn?vi? n MO Vlllarl Ho ?nhVw.TO
Tf uiuou TT?W a:uuu M/ AW U\. 1U
^ whether her life nu taken to aocci
* plish some other purpose.
I Merchant Kills Chief.
s J. S. Johnson, a merohant of I
r nett, Ala., shot and Instantly kill
f Chief of Polioe J. W. Jones In Line
r Thursday afternoon. No cause for t!
i tragedy ii known. Johnson gave hii
> self up, but ftaring violence, asked
t be taken to the county jail at LaFa
3 ette, whloh was done.
Wu It Accidental.
James Epps, living near Gaffne
shot and inktantlv killed his wife abo
i 2 o'olook Wednesday. Sheriff Thoc
as, who was notified of the tragsi
\ promptly arrested Epps, The pri
, oner olaims the shooting was acc:de
tal.
e Dr. Edwin Mima wins the Pattersi
e Memorial Cup for the best book
. the year by a North Carolinian.
It will always remain a mystery
s us how some people who can't ps
* their debts oan afford to give b
< functions.
i South Carolina honored the mer
. ory of one of her greates toons on Tue
3 day wheD the monument was unvaiii
, to Wade Hampton In Columbia.
i The Democrats would have an e
1 oellent chance of winning the ne:
nrp?1ri?nt.1?l alonHnn If t.hoxj nrmlH nn
, |?* wwiuwu ?iWl WlWIiVU ii ?UW/ WVU1W vu,
? get together, but that seems impose
. ble.
c The southern immigration oonvei
1 tion as Nashville last week was we
' attended. Gov. Heyward was ti
oentral figure of the convention n
made an address that has be . n vej
' favorably oommented on. He w<
; elected president of the aasooi&tioi
The next session will be held in Bi
| mlngham, Ala.
a SOME PLAIN TALK
7.
ll
jl HOW THE HEN LAW HFFECT
3 THE LABOR SITUATION,
ih ________
A Condition That Mmt be Change
n, Besore We Can Become
)R Truly Prosperous.
mu?. 'oiUnv r\t fKo Qiln^fl
*"i XJLSD Hi 411U1 Ui uuu motiumw W?WUWIM
12 wkS in Newberry reoantly and whii
*s there he learned tfyat .'some of tta
" merchants of that thriving little olt
r> ara afraid that they will nob be ah
to meet their obligations, betuuae a
J many people they have furnished wl
! not pay out). We regret to say thi
? t^ls ocndition is not peculiar to Nei
' i oerry, but is almost general over tt
iut entire State. The Editor of Tt
" Standard uses what he heard over I
Newberry as a texs for a lav sermo
s on the ruincui credit system tbat
2" 90 prov&ienfcin this State,. He ia;
* looking at these conditions from tt
f standpoint of a white man who hJ
found it Impossible to tret labor slut
It has become so very easy for tl
ordinary negro to get hlmielf "ftu
Ished," the situation Is not tender)
,r| pathetlo. He then goes on to thro
out the following chunks of hon
g' aense for the benefit of all oonoemei
' " 1 'The Newberry merchant who los
very much money on the Salada sit
has nobody to blame but hlmsel
* most of his losses are on worthless n
groes who have become too bigoted 1
? work under a white farmer, and wl
_ know that they can get a 'plu
J somewhere and become tenters ar
h" goto Newberry and get all the U<
I" and kindred accommodations thi
LZ they want. Were it not for conditio]
J J like these the white man could 001
, trol labor; as it is 001
trol Is almost impossible, an 3 we mu
_* rent cnr land to the negroes or li
e them lie out. The white man oou
control all this labor and make a 11
log for himself and his laborers, ai
. the merchancts would then be pal
^ A.s it Is, the white man oan't mal
money with all brains and no labo
and the negro can't make money wl1
ail labor and no brains: and so betwei
&s the upper and nether millstones tl
og merohant loses. And who Is 1
g- blame? Is not the merohant wi
on Is so anxious to 'furnitb' the negr
us which to that extent makes him 1
d- dependent of the white man, large
he responsible for the situation?
11 "Give the ordlnsry negro an lm
id and he will take a mile. Let hi
ch get a lien and mortgage, and on the
as he will get him a buggy and harne
?o and other things, and before thi
be have hardly been used he will moi
le ?&xe them again and again to oth
s, merchants?all the time playing tl
he pranks already taught him by tl
? T0 #ii*n4aKlnrv mavnVien
pfj UtSIUUAUblli XI 1 ui uiauiug luviuuau
so. lose on them this year It may be
ns blessing in the long run. Let tha
merchants try to do more buaine
with capable white men, and let tl
worthless negroes work for thei
>6* Several times the last summer we sa
ire >ouDg negroes of the class we mentlc
a- with mule, buggy end harness ai
en clothing of the best, but not paid fc
it. driving in style with kid gloves ai
d, cigarettes on display, and the imp
te. dent scoundrels would hardly give ai
road in passiDg nor would they evi
by rccognize the fact they met whi
If Ill/lion ?nd ri?nt,)nmcn In t,hA WW
lAUlfO WUU RWM ?? ? -WW
ed much less to raise their hate. Co
id dltlon are getting worse and won
as and If they get much worse there
)t. going to be a change, even If It tak
to- ku-klux, red shirts, whide caps i
as something else to bring It about.
In conclusion he says those "fu
nishing" merchants who have so lot
thought that there money lay in tl
*r negrc trade are to some extei t r
, sponsible for these conditions, and i
,u; hope tbey will make an effort to In
j nish the ordinary negro through tl
white man more than before. He la
there are exceptions, but th
n? what tie says above will apply gene
ally. There is much truth in wh
Dn the Editor of the Standard says abo
but are the "furnishing" merohanl
i"3 as he calls them, more to blame thi
the landowners who rent their lan
to shiftless negroes. It seeqas to i
that they are more to blame than tl
i merchant from the faot the shiftli
ad negro is cpmpelled to rent land befo
50 She ''furnishing" merchant will gi
jr. him one cents worth of oredit. If tl
a land owners want to stop the preset
-0. suicidal policy that is being pursue
ey all they have to do Is to refuse to rei
,re their lands to negroes who are n
ho competani to cultivate them profit
0; bly, aed wa'will guarantee thatsui
negroes will get no advanoes from me
chants. The farmers have the wh
handle in their own hands is they w:
only use it. r
a- Our present system will demorall:
ed any labor in the world. Think of
tt for a moment. An, idle, thrlftle
be negro with no oash and no bualne
n- benss to make any cash, goes and ren
to himself a few aores of land, the
y? comes to town and makes arrangi
ments with some merohant to "n
him" then buys a mule, buggy ar
harness all on a credit and starts oi
y.' to see the oounty and incidental
Ul plant a little cotton and oorn. Tb
is no fancy picture, but is an eve:
3y day occurranoe in the early pa
3" of eaoh year. When he eats ont tl
n lieu he gave the merohant he goes t
come otber merchant andumortgagi
3D his outfit for supplies to oarry him I
of harvast time. At the end of the yei
be skips and leaves hardly enough 1
pay his rent. Under suoh a syite:
is Jt any wonder that so many of tt
negroes are worthless, lizy, shlftlei
creaturcs. Wbat incentive Is the]
fr\-m Klrvr fA tnAvt TirVlAri he Ain Qtinnl
Q_ his wants without working. Thei
s. are many honest, hard working n<
^ grces doing well, and the aboi
aoes not apply, but we refer entlrel
to the worthless, shiftless, fellowi
x. who have not the business sagaoit
to manage a farm successfully. Lc
ly us change our system If we want \
(1. become prosperous and happy. ]
will h6lp the negro as well as tt
vfuiua m4u<
a- ?
,ij Killed With Heisaora.
ie Miss O * Kelly, asred 23, was mui
ia dercd Tnursday night at her home i
Hollottay, Mioh., by Joseph Etilich,
ii; r. jict^d nutter, aged 20, who out he
x throat wich a pair of soissors and the
r* drove the scissors into her heart
Ehlich oonfessed,
SIDE LIGHTS. ???
ft mac
' 80."
8 ON THE PRIVATE LIFE OF 11EV. The
? heart.
sam duujbb.
tears 1
ly the
d As Recorded in the Baptist Courier most j
by the Bev. A. W. lamar,
Baptist Preacher. brokei
all to
d Scene One. hand j
ie Some ten jean ago Sam Jones made noeetl!
16 up hla mind that ha would have to for aU
,y change his base of operations and gj
le leava Carters villa. His burdens had
10 become very grtat by reason of the
11 larcrft nnmhAr nf daodIa in O&rteraville Frenc
it and in the county who were depecd
r. ing on his generosity. They waylaid
te him at the train when he was expect- At'
ic ed to arrive; they way-laid him on his act ol
n way to the train; they way-laid him ed oor
id at his home; so he deolded to make a ing w
Is move. He went ovor to Marietta ana Tht
^8 bought'a ten thousand dollar home and seven
le paid two thousand down to seoure the death
is trade. He wenii home and told his atteri
je wife that when he returned from his tude:
ie next evangelistic trip, she must be ed in
r- ready to make the move. heard
ly In the meantime, the news of his when
w removal got out in OartersvlUe, and extrai
se upon Sam's return home, his wife met A 1
a. him at the door of his home and said, house
es "Husband, the house is full of people, fired f
le The parlor is full of white people, and in thi
ft the dining room is full of negroes. lnjur<
e? They are all here to protest againBt vaUec
bo your leaving Cartersvllle. You would gu<;
10 better go right in and see tbem." So gc^u
g' Sam weDt into the parlor. The b\nk- ^
id ers, and merchants, and teachers, and band,
in preachers, and lawyers, and doctors, Th
at and prlnolpal oitlzans were all there. gr*tu
ig One of them as spokesman said in m?rk
n- substance: "Mr. Jones, we have oome guflde
a* to filter oar protest against your leav- Qjz^
st lng Oarterivllle. Tou belong to us wa8 a
at You have spent your life here and we the t:
Id all love yon, and we cant stand yonr ib
v- leafing us. 79% feel yon onght not to The c
id "go, but should spend your remaining vet) *
d. days among us." Sam thanked them free.
Ice all and dismissed tbe meeting. He in*
ir, then repaired to tbe dining-room SRrvu
ub where he found tbe leading negroes, to on
3n merohants, teachers, preachers and wnic!
ae laborers. Tbe leading negro said In &ion (
bo substance: "Mr. Jones, we don't
10 know whether you care much about
o, us niggers, but before the Lord we all Ed
n- love you. There is not a nigger in one o
lj tbls community that would harm a in So
hair on the head of one of your faml- ed wl
jh ly; there Is not a nigger in this county bla i
m but would set up all night with bis men
Be musket ancl guard your home from morn
as harm if he knew It was threatened; in "W
>y there 1b not a nigger in this county gne,;
-t- what knotrs you but loves you. You'se Mr. ]
er been a father to us and our best friend, then
tie Many of us were converted In your i*at 1
be Tabernacle meetings and we T)we nerve
ti everything to yon. We does hate to work
- aM wnn Imva Ci.rterivlll?. Ib will be mum
se bard on us poor niggers, If you leave bis ol
ai us. Mr. Jones, if yon mast go and 8iona
tie will go, we will try to bear it as well of bli
c. as we oan, but wa have come to beg up hi
,w you for Ibe Lord sake, If yoa will go edlto
>n not to take your wife with you. Mr. the I
id Jones, she Is the guardian aagel of this tiion,
ir, community. If there is any poor was c
id white people or any poor niggers in were
u. trouble, she iu there. She it the mln- that
iy litering angeC. For the Lord sake, by in
30 leave her with us if you must go." Brlce
te Sam sat down and cried like a boy is Su]
d, and the negroes cried with him. two
n. Finally when he oould control his brott
a, amotion he said, "ISigtters, let's prav I" e, "W
if They all fell on their kne ji and prayes
ed and as they rose Sam said, "Nigor
gers, I ain't gwine. I'll stay right Fo
here in Oartersville till I go to heav- the 0
ip. en," at tb
He was well loved in his home town. Lake
ae Everybody knew that however bard the i
e- the blows he'd strike for the homes mec.
?s V*famlaniQQ tihP fl
10 U1 UIV |raupiO| 1U1 vmu iiguawuuuvoa
r. and for Goi, tt ey knew he was greit la th
it hearted and loving as a little child. storn
do the i
[I Scene Two. aboa:
ir- Some years ago Sam Jones held a UP *
at meeting with the leading Methodist ash01
ve ohuroh in Little Book. Ia his char- Be?a
is, aoterlstlo style he went for the fash- ??n("
tn ion and the frivolty and the worldli- crIb (
ds ness of the "Sawciety folks," many of ?* fch
us whom were in that ohuroh. They crew
tie were muoh soaadaliztd and offended w*v6
tis as folks of that olass often were wiith could
re his denunciations of tbeir doings, shoot
ve Some two or more years thereafter, ?*ne
ie Sam was to hold a union meeting night
at there and some of the "prlnoipalist lnK,d
d, brethren" went to their young pas- <*ayb]
at tor and said, "Paster, are you going
jt into the Jones meeting?" "Yes,"
a- said he, "I am why do you ask?"
jh "Why," said they, "When Mr. Jones plan^
r- was here before he scandalized us be- 9? ?
lp fore this community and held us up York
111 to ridloule' and we oan't stand for to?38!
suoh treatment. We have come to 1 boy
ze ask you not to go Into that meeting. tbrou
it You are a promising youDg man,
ss and you are very popular with this ed*
ss people and it will Injure your useful- 8erl0'
ta ness if you go against their feelings 71??
in in this matter. We wish you would fo?o*
? - - ut.I, mi fan
0. not do it." xne young man saia in
in tell you what I'll do. You all meet es of
id me in my study to morrow night and w"on
it I'll give you my reasons for believing
iy I should go Into the Jones meeting Bu.
ig tor all I am worth, and after I've pltjtgi
ry told you 11! you still believe as you do, a.
rt 1 will not doit" Jfrhao
\% They agreed and the next night peopl
bo they were all on hand. The youag ? mg
8s preacher said. "Years ago my fathor, neKrc
bo a Methodist olroult rider, died sud- M *0 ]
ir denly In Georgia and left my mother waa ,
to with as six ohildren and nothing la ^
r*> t.hft world axRRDt tha Dittanoe the
le conference provided for the widow f0rsnr
38 and the orphans. My mother weat ae?ro
re to the country town and found thifct r0*m
[y she could get a house for <1,500, and
re by taking boarders she might be able
8- to keep her ohildren with her and ed- ...
rt ucate and raise them until they were ,rL
ly old enough to help. I was a lad of
j, fourteen. Bub where to get that if.? J;,
,y fifteen hundred dollars mother did "fr
st not know. Finally she wrote to *
to Brother Sam Jones, whom she knew *??n.
[t was my fathers friend, and asked him :
ie if he could put put her in the way of ' ?
borrowing the money on long time
till sht oould pay for it gradually.
The mail soon brought a letter from a i
r. Brother Jones enclosing his personal nharii
Q check for fifteen hundred dollars as an UI
a gift to my mother. Thus, she was pistol
* able to keep her famllj- together and
_ when I wanted to study for the minis- fight
try, Brother Jones became my father Thu?
and saw me through college. Now, enoe,
i thin* I ought to go back on J?T
i of God like that, you all say
iy all hang their heads! At loati
they were good men. The IP
began to fill their eyes and finali
leading brother who had been
prominent In opposition to Sam A Won
'Let ns pray," They fell on
knees and their hearts were L
i up. When they arose th6y
ok the young pastor by the
wd said, 1 Go Into the Jones At ]
ag, pastor, and we will back you women
we are worth." And they did. tbe wo
1WAEDSD FOB BRAVERY, the wo
call "l
th Convict Wrenches Qan from office 0
Lan&tio'i Band. d iy
. _ A Sihoh,
Paris, H'rano8, an xtrauruiiiiry
1 brayery performed by an esoap- c
lvlot has resulted in his obtain- -^?w ^
bat is practically a free pardon. The
i man Is Franools Flvet, who jjjg, 7
years ago was sentenced to refted
for murder. The sentenoe was medicj
wards commuted to penal servi- perfori
tor life. Plvet however mooeed UI|gt
escaping, and nothing more was furniil
of him until a few days ago am
he reappeared at Nantes under peered
ordinary clronmsUnoes. torney
unatlo barricaded himself In his timon.
, and from an upstairs window
shots into the crowd of people bq^]
9 street. Several persons were declan
3d and great excitement pre- hardt
1. pose 0
idenly a man sprang forward and in her
ig the wall of the house, wreEob- blared
le gun out of the madman's with i
in bur
e Mayor of Nantes snrotally con- Mrs
labed the s<>racger on his re- ney fch
*hio nnnlnniv and braverv when her m
in); a policeman present reoog of ragi
him as the missing conviot. He She w
rresfced, and was taken before who ri
rlbunal. " remal]
e trial was short bnt sensational. Wh
jrowd cheered and applauded Pi- said si
nd olamoured for him to be set a disc
that 1
tead of being sent baokU/penal beoott
juie for life he was sentenced refuse
e month's imprisonment, after mothe
i he will be free "in consldera* wasw
3f his herolo deed." ted s
house
Death of an Editor. ]
itor Paul Brice, of the Raoord, Wh
f the best known newspaper men made
uth Carolina, for years connect- said b!
th various newspapers In Coium- and a
ind known generally by publio posed
of the state, died Wednesday This
lng at an early hour at his home repref
lnnsboro, of canoer of the ton- uociet
after a long and .tedious illness, Mrs.
Brioe was 43 years old. One of while
amiurkable features of Mr. Brlce's mothc
llnuss was the splendid grit and oured
> he displayed in sticking to his Mrs.
. He almost literally died in har- oame
He was regularly at work In ensbu
Jloe until Nov. 3, resting ooca- that a
lly on a cot he kept by the side comln
} desk. Even after tbls he kept she sa
s work in his room. The last Infant
rial he ever wrote appeared in
Jecord Nov. 15, under the oap"The
Oastellane Divoroe," and Bls
ilear, strong and logical, as If he odlst
in the best of health. He knew &t Tc
death was oreeping toward, inch ftn m,
oh yet he never faltered. Mr. g6rt \
i was a Mason and an Elk. He Ohnro
rvived by i father, a stepmother, but
half-sisters and three full of his
iers. The brothers are Robert Tulas
r? Odcar and J. Clifford Brioe. enoe c
Four Men Lost. , ^
ar men caught by a storm on Pfl11
rib work fo the new breakwater JL ?
e entrance to Holland harbor on
Mlohlgan. were washed away by .
waves and drowned, The four
with El Bennett went out on
rib work in a launch and a scow a. i
e afternoon shortly before the tfagdi
1 >\Tnb? When the wind Htmfik raat m
orlb the boow with Bennett crew
rd, was tom loose. It drifted from
he lake and was finally oast Oharli
e north of Ottawa beaoh with letler
ett safe, although In exhausted *nd ui
tlon. The four men left on the the in
jould not gain the shore because da wh
e immense sea. A life saving and til
attempted to aid them, but the board,
s were so high that no boat
live. atrtempm wore iu&uo wi
i a line to them but the hurrihurled
the line back. When
i olowd the meu were still cling- One 2
esparataly to the crib work. At ly bee
reak Friday they were gone. a gree
Killed by Explosion* ?
the explosion of oellulold In the Proml
of the Bouffard Comb oompany, care*
last Seventy-fifth street, New
Thursday the owner of the busOharles
Bouffard, his wife and t^=m
employed by him were blown ~
igh the window to the street be- z*B
The woman was Instantly kill
Bouffard Is dying and tbe boy 1^
lsly Injured. The explosion " y
ced the third fioor and fire that Z
ved, though it was soon extln- t
ed badly burned several employ- Z
adjoining plants, among 300 of
- I - A i-J
i tnere was a panio igr a time. a
Done by Negroes. X
rglara have beoome active In 1
burg, Pa., and vicinity again af- t
i abatement of two days. Scores 2
uses were entered. a number of 9
e were held up on the streets. 2
jority of the highwaymen were f
>98. At Washington, Pann,, !
Delaney, a negro 17 years of age f
stabbed to death while trying to J ,
an Italian. Alfred Murray, *
nt at the Washington and Jefi
oollese, was seriously cut by a SEs
whom he oaughc ransacking his co
I 2
m
Murder And Suicide, t M.
ier & trlval quarrel Thursday z ?
bis bride of three montbj over j . w
urchase of seme furniture, Delos a
ud, a farmer living near Cas* u
, Mich., shot and killed ber, be 9 ear
turned tLe revolver upon him- a ti
cllii.ig himself instantly. High- 5 oat
was 28 yean old and bis wife u PRI(
e F.<
I Gu
Fatal Pistol Duel * grov
special from Dublin, Ga., says 0 rese
es Gardiner, a white man, and * ^
iknown negro were killed In a fl franj
duel at Beaohman's mill, a few ? the:
from Dublin, early Friday. The t 0 i
was the result of a quarrel 5 y?e
iday over an unknown differ- t iped
J ?ri*n
; --;v* ' JNS
BABY FABM.
HSOME DETAILS OF CRIM
fALiTY IN NEW YORK,
ion Acouied of Vileneis by Her
aughteri Who Have Her
Arrested,
Sew York the specbaole of two
i denounoin* as a aurdems
mu who brought thara into
rid but whom they refused to
nofeheir" was witnessed in th:
f the district attorney Thurs
The women are Mrs. Maria
recently a resident of Mastu
ts, and Mrs Wilhelmla iUilg of
fork.
mother whom Ihe j accused is
7ilhalmla Eckardt, who was arby
representatives of the comity
kl society on a obnrge of having
ned a criminal operation. The
wu made upon Information
i?d the soolety by the daugh
i the two younger women ap*
i voluntarily at the dlstrlot at
's office to amplify ihe teaf
they already had given against
mother.
b Mrs. Sehoeh and Mn. Ihris
ed that they bad seen Mrs. Eok
kill hour-old infants and dis
f the bodies by burning their
kitchen stove. Mrs. Ihrlg de
that her mother had quarreled
ler because she refused to atslst
ning the bodleB of babies.
. Sohuoh told the dlstrlot attor
at when she was three days olc
other wrapped her In a bundU
i and cast her in the street
as rescued by her grandmother
Bared her and with whom sht
aed until she became a woman
en she oame to this oeuntry ahi
le found her mother conducting
irdeily house and she declaret
tier mother sought to have he
ie an Inmate ol the plaoe. Shi
d. The first she knew of he
>r'a present occupation, she said
hen Mrs. Eckhardt's little adop
on made a dlsoovery in th?
which led to the exposure ant
Bckhardt's arrest.
en she learned of the discovery
by the little boy Mrs. School
be went to her mother about 1
be declares Mrs Eokhardt pro
that they go into partershlg
sbedid after consulting wltl
lentatlves of the oounty medics
y, and with a view of eauslnj
Eckhardt's arrest. It wa
oooupylug this position in he
?r'a house, she said that she pro
the evidence whioh resulted ii
Eokhardt's arrest. Mrs. Ihrli
here four months ago from Bagrg,
Germany. She testifies
ihe lived with her mother afte
g here and that in August las
w her mother burn the bodies o
?.
Death ol Blataop Ilfert
hop John J. Tlgert, of the Mett
Espisoopal churoh, South die
Lias, I. T., on Wednesday afte
a ess of ten days. Bishop T1
was taken 111 while attending
ih conference at Atoka, I. T.
disregarded the advlo
phjslolan to rest. He oame t
intending to open the oonfei
>n the 14th, but waa oompelle
:eto his bed. His lllneu wa
i by the lodgment of a pleoe o
sn bone just below the tonsils
caused an lnflamatlon of th
b and resulted in blood poison
Vessel Lost on Reef.
easel supposed to be the bar)
>. htt hf>en lnat rn Red lnli.ni
11th all aboard. Sh? carried i
of 14 men. When she sailei
Quebeo she oarrled as pllo
38 Pelletler of St. Michael. Pel
has not been landed any when
aless he has been carried to sea
dloatlODsare that It Is the Mag
ich strode on Bad Island ree
lat she went down with all oi
We Have
5 horse power Talbott, second
n overhauled. This ?ngine
it bargain for anyone who is ir
are headquarters for anything
)t attention will be given to all
Write uflwhen you are in thi
pDornoes Mfore placing yoa
Sthnblt !? ! .. ?
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WHa^S nHsrihriaf i
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Indole But mMtb led. Q* oir books "Br*
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irlv Cal^aerp Plank ^11?
ILT JERSEY CHARLESTON 6UCC
AKEFIELD LARGE TYPS
He Earliest WAKEFIELD The E?
ibs^e Grown Second Earliest Head
!E: In lots of 1 to 4 m. at (1.50 perm., 6 to I
>. B. YOUNG'S ISLAND, S. C. Mj
I guarantee Plants i*> glr# pun
araniec price to any customer who Is <
rn In the open field, on Seacoast of Son
ring the hardiest plants that can be gro
t In the Interior or the Southern States
3h. They will stand severe cold without
i Two to Three weeks sooner than If yc
es.
tfy Largest Customers are the Market G
South. Their profit depends opon them 1
e my plants for their orops.
also grow a full line of other Plants and
Plants; Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Che
8.
al tanas to penom who make ap club \Y7 TV/T
u Write fol Wb?B?M4 wn?Um? > "
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TIILMAB FOB PBI8IDJJT
"Savoyard" Thinks He Would Makfl
a Fine Executive.
"S* ojard," the well Jmown Washington
correspondent, writes: Ben
Tillman Is bluff, blunt, honest, ia
tensely Southern and Intensely American.
He ctn get more votes In Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and
Minnesota tLJua William Jennings
Bryan or William Randolph Hearst
and I make no doubt thai against tbo
IL?n Lha Republicans are likely to H
nominate he oan get a butch of tleotoialvitei
out. of that fquad. And
*bv not? Hiti oily fault is that bt
speaks the truth. Can you find other
In hire? I here tried and failed. Willx,
sr me gentleman pat me en trask of
one? There he Is, standing up before
the Amerioan people, his heart on his
sleeves, and all oan see that he would
not flatter Neptune for his trident
nor Jove for his power to thunder. Ha
too, would carry a big stick and a deck
of eards. Not as able a man as Ball
ey, perhaps; not as cultured a man as
Williams, oertainly; not as self-poised
as Culberson, maniiestly; be has mors
of the human In him than any one of
them, and with him Christ would
have sat at meat. If every voter of
1 the United States knew Ben Tillman
by hand grasp, had rubbed np against
' him, felt his splendid personality,
realized his wonderful Individuality,
be would be the next President of the
United States as sure as the American
people put character above place.
; As I said at the outlet, the Demo'J
cratio party is invincible when it Is
nnltari and imnotent when It lc dlvid
: ed. It has been demonstrated tint
1 Mr. Bryan can not unite it. It was
1 shown that Judge Parker oould not
' unite It. It is dear that Mr. Hearst
can not unite it.
Any man at the North who would
vote for any of these three would vote
1 for Ben Tillman?that is to say, an[
less Mr. Hearst should run as an In1
dependence League candidate, as be r
probably will. And if he does he will
3 poll as many Republican votes as hs
F will Democrats.
1 Certain it is, the oountry is tiled,
the times art out of joint. For the
\ Republican party the retains am
1 ominous. The election was not a
vote of oonfldenee in even the Roose'
velt administration?certainly not in
I the G. O. P. It is also her* that the
6 returns ny to the Democrats in every
- language and in every dialect of erery
' language: "Ton are too big a tool to
] be given place and power at this time."
J Put ?en Tillman on a safe and one
1 platform and let him tour the North.
8 spitting out the truth as only he can
r do It, and we would see a good many
' things in the returns you wot not of.
1 Truth is mighty. Lefcus Democrats*
f try It, If only for a ohange.
I Should the Republicans nominate -
r isooseveit ror a muni term ne noma
t be beaten.
Fiutiia Peai Fcr &tle.
We have leveral do*en?f8&fl Fo?~
i" tain Pent for sale. Goanmted 1A
d karat. Prioet II and II eaoh, poetpail.
. Leather Pocket* for two or three mm
'r 16 oente eaoh. Mall ottNaA solfeftel.
Address Simi' Book Stom,
a Orangeburg, 8. O
!Ssss.^d
An Organ
* that will last a life time is Jwhat yon
1 want. Our Organs have a pore tone
i and lovely cases. We can supply
3 you with an Organ that will please in
t every particular for only 965 and 170.
J~U ar.l?. n. ?A. nn. auwrial
) UCilYClCU. UI1UD US IVi VIA OJIOWUU
terms of payment, and for illustrations
0 of tbe beautiful Organs referred to.
* j If you prefer a Piano we have beau*1
tlful and good new Upright! from 918S
f up on easy terms.
11 Addreei Malone'i Music House,
! Columbia, S. 0.
i <
tor Sale
hand engine in stock which has reOGBlis
in first class condition and will b*
1 the market for suoh a size engine.
in the way of machinery supplies, and
. inquiries and orders entrusted to oar
) market for anything, and be flart
i orders elsewhere.
< ffslwabia. I. *
leases Of Men and Women |
fully Treated. |
!roa Ihwrnti?, 8p*iU? Blood Fofaia, *
Mob, Debility, Bmk Dow*, ?te^ Otterrk
lotar* Qlaat, mj 4Ln?m ?f tfc* Hacrt, *
1, Bovtk or Lsofa; 8kin Dim?, Blood T
mj off Bladder diMMoa, DImmm pwnliir X
?dl on or writ* w. Wo kavo kad oim T
inot ia tka traatiaaat of thoM rti?M. X V
ily MtablUhtd. Brnaination llaak and X <
is and Vary* Bxhavurioa" and "HaaltY* *
Mm" Mat trm. Paraonal axaouaatioa
bum curable by oar kerne treeUunt plan. ' Y
f your out fro*. Writ* for exuainatioei ~
1 DO. HATHA WAT * 00, Julie tt-D X
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tialiiiifIA jAjjAAAA A A ^ AAA A
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iranteed to Satisfy Purchaser j N
5 J
IESSION AUGUSTA SHORT STEMMED > J
TRUCKER FIAT DUTCH > J
irllest Flat A little later Largest and Latest j m
Variety than Succession Cabbage S j I
Jm. ?t $1.25 perm., 10 m. and ovei\at$1.00 perm. 3 .1
> Special Express Rate on Plants is Vary Low.
chaser satisfaction, or will refund the purchase ? I
llssatisfled at end of season. These plants are ft
th Carolina, In a climate that In just suited to r "
wn In the united States. These plants can be n
during the months of January, February, and 2
being Injured, and will mature a head of Cab- 2
>u grew your own plants In hoc. beds and cold w
ardeners near the Interior towns and cities of m
laving Early Cabbage; for that reason they par- i
Fruit Trees, such as Strawberry and Sweet Po- P S
rry and Apricot Trees, Fig BiiahM and Grape ? '
. C GERATY, rowiqf? 4