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BRAVE WORDS. 's u tt a Democratic Doctrin That Has the ? f< Rigvit Ring to it. DEMOCRATS CAN WIN I w c Next Year If They Will Unite and ? Stick to the People. The Party Has 8 P a Great Opportunity. Its Principles S Are Now Stronger Than Ever. J Manv of the Lareer Papers Are in a r the Pay of the Trusts and Can't t Be Trusted. ^ From Mr. Bryan's latest great * speech thefollowingextractsare cull- v ed. They are words that have the s right ring, that breathe true democratic principles that are calculated to enthuse, and that point the way p to democratic success in 1908: ? 1? p As the Democratic party believes t in the right of the majority to die- t tate the policy of the government, so t it believes in the right of the major- s ity to control the policy of the par- c ty. p 4 r The attorneys general of the vari- ? ous states have endorsed another e democratic doctrine, namely, the J ritfht-to each state to control its do- * mestic affair, and this endorsement & will strengthen our party's posi- * tion. , - e a tl The democratic party is a people's j( party; it stands for a government of it the people, by the people and for the a people. It demands that the govern- c, roent shall be administered in the in- e terest of the people and by those ^ whose Sympathies are with the peo- e pie and not with the exploiters. a c Every question, whether it concerns trade, taxation, transporta- ? tion, labor or imperialism, presents n the issue between the few and the P many?between a government ad- ? ministered for the benefit of a class & and ajjovernment administered for 0 the benefit of the whole people. The democratic party has no rea- B son . for existence unless it champions the cause of the people and it can only do this when the voters control its policy. The people are honest, and they are intelligent enough C to know the cause of their sufferings B and to select the remedies. Y . d si What" the party now needs is to ? prove to the people that it can be p , , trusted to carry out the desired re- j forms, and this confidence can only be established by rooting out of the H democratic organization every mem- " ber whose business connections are such as to bias him in favor of the , corporations which have been secur- P, ing privileges and favors against the ? people. tt With a platform which is really w democratic, with candidates who d really represent the platform, and a with an organization that is really in c< jsymoathy with the platform and the o< candidates, the democratic party can enter upon a vigorous campaign with A splendid prospects of success. Will tl the rank and file undertake the work F -and thus pave the way for a victory? h< si On the trust question, on the tar- ?] iff question, on imperialism, on the labor question?on every question the democratic party insists that its ? ; policy -ehafrbe guided by the people and that the party shall act in the in- rterest of the people. In all matters R concerning the structure of govern ment, the democratic party stands f' for the largest participation of the n1 people in the control of their public gj affairs, state and national. <Xl tc The representatives of plutocracy ri and of aristocracy speak contemptu- di ously of the opinions of the people; w Jefferson did not, and the democratic party prefers to follow Jefferson, w The rank and file of the party fur- F< nish the votes, and in their hands is tt the destiny of the party. The pri- bi . mary system overthrows the boss le and place? the machinery of the par- n< ty in the hands of the masses. This 01 is as it ought to be, for the masses in are brave when the politicians are T: timid, and the masses can tell what sc they want when the self-appointed leaders misrepresent them or misinterpret their wishes. . R The campaign of 1908 is approaching; the public is awake as seldom before. Economic problems are being studied as they were not studied h< until 1896?that was the beginning, gS and investigation has gone on with accelerated speed. The time has ar- r rived to prepare for the coming cam- m paiflm, and the planning must be by te the democratic masses. No man or group of men can dictate a platform k: or nominate the candidates. The ci platform must be written by the vo- sc ters, and the candidates must be se- T lected by the voters, then we can ai have enthusiasm and hope of sue- fr cess. Each individual, whether he calls himself a leader or not, can ai propose, uui uie uecisiou must uc q made by the rank and file of the par- in ty. * Democratic principles are stronger ^ than ever befere. The president has N endorsed our democratic doctrines? o the regulaton of railroads, the pros- j ecution of the trusts, the income tax and arbitration, but the republican TJ leaders have refused to follow him. *( What a strength it will be to us to h: quote the president in support of our v doctrines while the republican leaders oppose them. When have we had such an advantage before? Secretary w Taft goes a step farther than the p< resident does on the tariff question ad gives us arguments which we can se in favor of tariff reform, and len ne weatcens on me proposition rid asks to have tariff reform postoned until after the election for ?ar an early revision might hurt the jpublican party. The Democratic party has a great pportunity at this time. Have the ederal courts trespassed upon the ights of the states? It is the people rho suffer. Have our elections been orrupted and our politics debauchd? It is the people who suffer. Have he monopolies stifled competition nd plundered the public? It is the eople who suffer. Has the United tates Senate become the rendezvous f the representative of predatory wealth? It is the people who suffer nd to the people we must look for elief through the election of senaors by direct vote. Do high import 11+ioc tov fVio manv fnr tho h??npfit f the few? It is the people who sufer. Do the railroads extort an exessive rate to pay dividends upon ratered stock? It is the people who uffer. i There are a few metropolitan paers, calling themselves democratic, rhich are now urging the democrati party to become the exponent of >redatory wealth. It were better for he party if these papers did not call hemselves democratic, for they do he party far more injury by preuming to speak for it than they ould do if they openly opposed the arty. These papers not only mise present democratic sentiment hemselves, but they constantly quote ach other as the exponents of demoratic sentiment, and what is worse, hey are quoted by republican papers s reflecting democratic sentiment, 'hey sometimes admit that the masss favor a progressive policy but in "holier than thou" tone castigate he masses and call upon the "super ?' ? * j t v i i? >r" element to save tne party irora s own folly. Some of these papers re owned bodily by favor-seeking orporations, and their editors are mployed to chloroform their readers rhile the proprietors pick their pockts. Others are owned by men who re aristocratic rather than demoratic in their sympathies and whose Minings toward plutocracy are due 3 a habit of mind or a perversion of eart, but whatever the reason, these apers do not represent the rank and le of the party and do not apprecite the party's opportunities or its bligations. ENTERTAIN NEGRO BISHOP Ashop Potter and Wife Drives With Bishop Ferguson. A special dispatch to The News and ourier, from Richmond, Va.f says ishop and Mrs. Potter, of New ork, who are occupying the resience at No. 600 West Franklin a^et during the General Convention P the American Episcopal Church, riday evening entertained at lunleon Bishop Ferguson, of Africa, le only negro invited to a seat in the iouse of Bishops. The action of Bishop Potter in thus jceiving a negro into his home cire on terms of social equality and reaking bread with him at his table worthy of special consideration beiuse of the fact that the occurrence ikes place in the heart of the South, here racial lines are more strictly rawn than in other sections, and in house where such an entertainment )uld not have occurred during its ccupancy by its owners. While the dinner in honor of the frican Bishop was quiet, it has been le occasion of considerable comment riday night among those who have sard of it. The matter is being conJ 1 i? i vi; - uereu uy uie K^ierai puoiiu <t?> a ur upon the South, the hospitality I which Bishop Potter is accepting George St. Sulian Stephens, color I. a newspaper representative, wholes at Miller's Hotel negro hostelry, here Bishop Ferguson is also stopng during the Convention, was aulorized Friday afternoon by Bishop otter to conduct Bishop Ferguson ?his carriage when the colored Bish> left the House of Bishops in the late Capitol. Later Bishop Potter id Mrs. Potter and Dr. Hunting>n, of New York, entered the carage with Bishop Ferguson and were riven to Bishop Potter's residence, here dinner was served. A telephone message to the house !i.L ? 1_ j. . 1_ ?. _ I ltn a request 10 speaK ro Disnop erguson elicited the information iat he had finished dinner and gone ick down-town. Bishop Ferguson ft word at his hotel that he would )t return for dinner. This is the ily occasion of Bishop Ferguson betg entertained socially in Richmond, here were no other guests present far as can be learned. POISONED HIMSELF ecause of the Death of Her Father and Brother. After grieving over the death of ?r father for a year, Miss .Pauline inpson, a wealthy and prominent ;sident of McKeesport, Pa., comitted suicide by swallowing the consnts of a bottle of carbolic acid. Two years ago her brother was illed in a railroad accident at Cinnnatti. Just a year James Simpm, superintends of the National ube Co., came home from his office, id fell dead at his daughter's feet om heart failure. Miss Simpson became very morose fc'ter her father's death, and freuently expressed to her friends her itention of ending her own life. It is nothing new for Bishop Pot?r to dine negroes at his home in few York, and if he likes that kind f company we have no right to ob?ct to his indulging his taste in that acrviof fKora hnf 9 rocruanf l/lIViV, WUM M UVVVltV )r his hosts should have prevented im from indulging it at Richmond, a. Some people tell the truth only hen a lie will not answer .the pur>se > KILLED BY A NEGRO. wir. Naxnan u. uarricic, a touih Farmer, the Victim. Jhe Murder Was Committed by Han dy Gloster Xear the Place When Constable Valentine Was Murdered Handy Gloster, a negro tenant 01 the place of Mrs. Samuel Dibble, nea Cope, shot and killed Mr. Nathai G. Garrick, on last Monday afternooi in the presence of Mr. W.H.Champey constable for Magistrate C. P. Brun son, of this city. There are a numbe of neero tenants living on this place and Mr. Garrick was Mrs. Dibble' agent, and Gloster had given hin considerable trouble during the year Gloster is said to be a bad, turbulen fellow, and evidently had made uj his mind to have it out with Mr Garrick when he could safely do so He owed Mrs. Dibble $250 rent which he was very slow about pay ing All the other tenant.s had set tied up, but he had not paid a cent and did not seem to care whether h< paid or not. It was Mr. Garrick'i duty, as Mrs. Dibble's agent, to col lect the rent from Gloster. In at tempting to do so, Mr. Garrick an< Gloster had several rows, but did no come to blows. Finally Gloster tol< Mr. Garrick that he would not pa; him the rent but would come up U Orangeburg and pay Mrs. Dibble him self. This was some weeks ago, bu Gloster did i\ot come to Orangeburj and pay the rent as he said he woul< do. In the meantime, Mr. Garrick kep a close look out on Gloster, ant found out that he had shipped som< of his cotton to a merchant at Black ville. It was evident to Mr. Gar rick tnat uioster aia not mieuu u pay the rent at all, and was appar ently getting ready to skip the coun ty and possibly the State. Undei these circumstances it was clearl] Mr. Garrick's duty to report the mat ter to Mrs. Dibble, for whom he wai acting as an agent,' which he did 01 Monday morning. Mrs. Dibble turn ed the matter over to her attorney Capt. B. H. Moss, to attend to. Capt Moss got Mr. Champey constable foi Magistrate C. P. Brunson, to go ou to where Gloster lived and collec the rent. Mr. Champy, who is a cool, discree man, left the city Monday morninj to execute his mission. He went tc iGloster's house and while talking t< him about the rent and running of his cotton, Mr. Garrick approaches from behind, but wa3 not seen b3 Mr. Champey until Gloster rushed b3 him and grabbed a pistol that Mr Garrick had in his hand and shot hiir before Mr. Champey coufd Interfere The ball penetrated the heart and Mr. Garrick fell dead after walking a short distance. The shooting was witnessed by Mr. Champey and the wife of Gloster. It took place neai the house of Gloster. Mr. Champey then arrested Gloster and started for Orangeburg witt all haste, as he was afraid that ii the murder leaked out that Glostei might be roughly dealt with. Aj soon as he got to a phone he notified Sheriff Dukes, who, with his usua: promptness, started out to meet Mr Champey and his prisoner. He mel them about two miles from the citj and accompanied them to jail, whert Gloster was kept until a few min utes of eight o'clock, when he waf taken to the train and .carried tc Columbia and lodged in the Peni tentlary for safe keeping. While w< have not heard of a single threat oi violence on the part of anybody, w< think the precaution taken by Sher iff Dukes in sending the prisoner tc Columbia was the proper thing to do Mr. Garrick evidently carried his pistol in his hand, as he had hac trouble several times during the yeai with Gloster, but there is no evidenc* fhaf ho nttomnfpd tn use tile Dls tol. In fact it was in a case. H? had just returned from Orangeburg after having reported the fact to his employer and Gloster's landladj that Gloster was making way with his cotton and she had better take measures to protect her interests. This report caused the sending of Constable Champey to Gloster's home to collect the vent. Mr. Champey, no doubt, had told Gloster what Mr. Garrick had told his employer in Orangeburg, and also that he, Mr. Ciiampey, had been sent to collect the rent due by Gloster. This no doubt made him more angry than ever with Mr. Garrick. Knowing flic miccinn nf f!nnstahle Chamnev and seeing him talking to Gloster, and remembering the many rows he had'had with Gloster during the year, it was perfectly natural for Mr. Garrick to approach Gloster with his pistol, handy for use in case he was attacked. . As Mr. Champey was between Gloster and Mr Garrick it was an easy matter for Gloster to spring on Mr.. Garrick and catch his pistol before it could be taken out of its case. Being a more powerful man than Mr Garrick ft was an easier matter for Gloster to wretch the pistol out of his hand as he did and murder the man that had caused the constable to be sent after him. The fact that Mr. Garrick did not shoot Gloster is strong evidnce that he merely had his pistol in his hand so as he could use it if attacked by Gloster. but there is no evidence that he attempted to use it. Had he had the pistol out of its case and pointed at Gloster he would certainly have had time to shoot the negro before he was overpowered and disarmed by his murderer. When Gloster jumped around Mr Champey and caught the pistol, he and Mr. Garrick were quite near each other with Mr. Champey between them. TVio fopt fliaf Olnster shot and killed Mr. Garrick after he had disarmed him shows that his feeling was bitter against his victim, and he did not hesitate to murder him in the presence of a sworn officer of the law, who could and would have pro I DONT LIKE HINL i Roosevelt Not in ravor wixn wa Street Gamblers. ; WENT BACK ON THEM 1 Huving Contributed Largely to BL r ^ Campaign Fund In the Last Pre 1 idential Election, Tliey Thougl They Had Bought Him, But Aft? r Serving Them Two Years He Kiel s ed Out, and Now They Turn t Corteljrou. fc The Washington correspondent c ? The State says George Bruce Corte you has gone to New York. Of a the people who are scared at th panicky state of affairs in and aboi " Wall street, George B. is the scan est. His little presidential boomk would be blown into smithereens i s very short order were a real panic t 5 come, and he has been so close t " Wall street all his life that he is who - ly unable to differentiate a real pai 1 ic from a break in securities in Wa t street and the consequent failure c 1 one or two of the big trust compai f ies in that vicinity. 3 For in spite of all the throwing c - cold water on it, it is well understoo t here that the young man from Nei i York who has had such a akyrockt l career has his eye on the Whit House/ and the only way he can gt t there is to be put there in the sam 1 way that McKinley was put there, i g the same way that Roosevelt was pt - there, namely by the backing of th f* ? _ 1 L_ - nnanciai interests. j For whatever conspicuous circun - stance Theodore Roesevelt may g - down into history, it is beyond pei r adventure that with the financier; / frienzied and others, who trade o - what is termed "confidence" an 3 who manipulate the people's mone i upon this "confidence" so as t . amass their enormous fortune, .h , will pass down the halls of fame i . the man who would not stay boughi P Because he would not stay boughi t there is no man in public life or pr, t vate who is so unanimously hated ? Roosevelt by Wall street. t The money interests of New Yor r have always hated Roosevelt; Th ) one time they pretended to loVe hii , was when they bought him up in th f last presidential election with larg l campaign funds. He stayed bough j for a couple of years, during wfyic r time he was the hero of Wall streel But when no longer able to stem th J tide of public clamor for the oustin, of those who had betrayed the pec | pie's trust and committed all sorts o r outrages he turned upon them wit ! his mighty flow of words. Wall street opened its phials o ; wrath against the man they had elec ted and who would not hold ou against the people and let them i: spite of the law continue their deed [ of depredation. They still have fait ; in Cortelyou. He is the man witl whom they made the trade in 1904 ! As campaign manager for Roosevel he collected the money and the ur derstandine yas that the adminis tration was to let the frienzied finar - ciers and trust depredators alone. Cortelyou is still faithful to hi 5 promises, expressed or implied, bu ' ne can not control his chief. So Wa] J street's candidate for the presidenc; > is Cortelyou. He promptly went t New York to help out the Wall stree ; crowd, and he helped them out. 0 f course, Mr. Roosevelt approves c ^ this helping out, for the mere raal - ter of depositing a few million dol > lars in banks in New York is such . customary thing and is so little ur i derstood by the people that there i l comparatively little danger of a r outburst from the people, ones fe ; that the Jittle deal helps them out b - reestablishing confidence in the bank j ing institutions of the country. ; But the very day of the failure o j the Knickerbocker Trust company i: r New York and while Mr. Cortelyo i was up there conferring with J. Piei > puni luurgan <uiu inner magnate about how to relieve the situatio: ' and prevent the people from losini , confidence in the men who have beei untrue to their trusts, Mr. Roosevel was down in Nashville declaring tha during the 16 remaining months o | his term he vould continue to agi tite and put into operation "My Pol icies." One prominent financier in Wal street declared that the man respon slble for the financial crisis in Nev York, which this financier think; means the whole country, is Roose velt. Men are declaring that everj day, but this man submitted to at terview on the subject and it was sen out over the wires. These who hat< Mr RftAaovnlf oov fViof i-P fViii AWVVUV T V! V VJSJtJ 1U1 Vligi Uiuv IJL biui be so it is a thing of which he is proud tected him had he been in any dan ger. These evident facts make i strong case against Gloster, and h< will have a haflfl time to convince ? jury that he did not murder Mr Garrlck In cold blood. It will be noticed that Gloster'i wife refused to surrender the plsto when requested to do so by Constable Champey. This circumstance al so shows the feeling of Gloster noi only against Mr. Garrlck but againsi Constable Champey. According to th< testimony, Gloster instead of surrendering the pistol with wnich he had committed the murder to the officei of the law present, he threw it tc his wife and she refused also tc surrender the weapon that her husband had used to commit a foul murder. The above facts, taken in connection with the fact that Gloster and Mr. Garrick had had several difficulties during the year on account ol Gloster's meanness and overbearing disposition, leaves llttl 3 doubt bul that he took the first opportunity tc murder the man that had prevented him from evading; the payment of s just debt.?The Orangeburg Times and Democrat. | . PKICt OF PAPtK. II The Publishers Everywhere Are Objecting to the Raise. Subscription Rates Will Have to Be Raised to Meet the New Conditions in the Publishing Field. lg The Fourth Estate says while the outcry of publishers against the high s" prices of paper is practically unlit versal the defenders of the present tariff deny that the repeal of the sr duty on pulp would mend matters c. But upon the whole th4 feeling against the "paper trust" is intensely *> bitter and krows more and more bo as the subejt is talked over. The statement that the paper mills are run at a small profit, despite the rise ]. in prices, Is generally laughed at. 11 The widespread dissatisfaction e among publishers cropped out reit cently at a meeting of the Western 1- Pennsylvania Associated Dalies at >t the Hotel Lincoln, Plttsblrg. Osn tensibly the meeting was called to X) complete the organization of the as;o sociatioii, but all routine work was 1- forgotten when the paper question l- came up . 11 The one fact of vital interest >f brought out was that the "paper l- trust" has raised the price of paper from $2 a hundred to 32.80 and $2.90 a hundred, and is even re<1 fusing any quotation on future dew livery orders. It was charged that & the trust has contracted for the entire product of 40,000 tons of the Canadian mills at a uniform price of ie $1.80 a hundred, of which it pays ^ a duty of 30 cents a hundred, making a handsome profit on the trans16 action. The consumers represented at the meeting said that if the duty , were removed they could import 0 their paper from Norway or Sweden [' and save money. 3' The New York Evening Post says j the increased cost of paper and the general situation are worryng the newspapers that are using wood-pulp |e paper. As already shown, the cost ^ has gone up tremendously and, 1 what is more, the supply is by no ( ' means as abundant. White paper is jl now costing $13 more per ton now ^ than a few nionths ago, and the end is not yet. ; k The Post sees great danger to the l6 press unless the people come to the H rescue of ths papers and patronize e them at a higher subscription rate, e The whole country will suffer if an it unnatural rise in the cost of newsh paper living should either restrict t freedom of utterance or force the e press into the hands of a few capig talists willing for one reason or >- another to accept a low profit, or if none at all. h The New York Commercial says "this is a matter that comes vitally f home to the millions upon millions 5- of newspaper readers in the United t States?people who in recent years n have seen the price of every other 8 article that enters into the cost of h living steadily advancing while their " newspapers alone have been unchanged in price or have actually declined; t for unless this steady rise in the l" price of paper is speedily checked through one agency or another, the l" prices of newspapers must be materially advanced sooner or later. ? "It Js an open question whether the cost of some "trust" controlled products?like mineral oil, for in^ stance?would have been higher . had these industries been conducted r without any combinations; the chief ? indictment against these "combines" !, is the stifling " of competition, l'_ killing off the smaller producers; a but the exactions of the "paper . trust" threaten to put up prices on g a product conusmed by five-sixth of n the population." ;j The Patterson Call says "those y who have studied the subject deeply say that the importation of all the paper and material that Canada f could produce would not materially n affect the price . The demand for u paper is so great that the price will >. remain high, without doubt, in the 3 opinion of experts . The real remedy n will be in the direction or inventing g some new method of makng paper, n and if reports be true, some1 ent couraging prospects for that achievet ment are in sight It ought to be f possible to find some material out I- of which paper is made that can be - raised by cultivation, instead of having to depend on spruce trees, over 1 which man has comparitively little - control. f The Louisville Courier-Journal S ' 7 Be that as it may, those who have J watched the course of the people and t the ways of Wali street manipulators - are of the opinion that the New York 3 financiers are themselves to blame. ? *1 fl_l ^ They are tne ones respunsiuie ior : the lack of confidence in them and their schemes. That once any scheme [ backed by prominent New York , financiers was considered a good in[ vestment whereas now anything backed by them is under the shadow ' of suspicion is no fault of any one except of the men who have been guil| ty of such wholesale swindling that the public generally is inclined to feel that they ought to be behind the bars. There is no doubt that RooseE velt would like to have all the credit [ for running in these swindlers, and } there is little doubt that the people " very largely attribute it all to him. 1 He is a remarkable man. He keeps his ear close to tne ground ana ne 1 knows what the people throughout 1 the country want. Cortelyou does not " knowosfhatare y want. He gets his " opiniown li theo many of his type from the clke sn and patrons of the 1 Wold rf-Aub me dining rooms, and one ar. d allstoria o the opinion that f "the people" consist of those who > buy and sell stocks on the New York t stock exchange. That is why CorteJ? you and his friends in New York have 1 the absurd idea that he could under 1 any circumstances stand the ghost of 5 a chance for the presidency. Zack McGhee. s- ' rr--': :. v" ~.r~1 j ' " says "the increased cost of produc- I tion of which many industries are I complaining has not passed the publishing house business by. The burdens of the newspaper publisher have grown enormous in the past 1 two years. All the important items of expense in getting out a paper nowadays are from 25 to 50 per cent, more than they were a year or I two ago The price of print papei I has steadily risen nntil it has reach- * ed exhorbitant figures. (Never has the publishing business been so burdened. In some places newspapers have been compelled to raise their rates of advertising and subscription." i The Reading Telegram says "to 1 add to the perplexities of newspaper 1 publishers, who are facing a tre- * mendous rise in the cost of making ^ newspapers without finding as yet 1 a workable way to distribute the ' burden, the Canadian government is threatening to put an export duty 1 on wood pulp, which, if done, would * soon doom American forests to ex- 1 tinction and force a recasting of the entire publishingbusiness. Thespruce 1 forests of Canada are ample to meet 1 the needs of publishers for genera- ! tions to come and under reasonable < restrictions to open them to Ameri- > can needs would be a source of im- < mense profit to Canada. An arrange- J ment so obviously desirable to both 1 parties should not be complicated < by the Interposition of export duties." < Harper's Weekly says "the publishers ask that the duties "on all J materials entering Into the manu- < facture of printing-pdper be irnme- 1 diately repealed.' This is a move- 1 ment which will appeal to Intelligent 1 persons. War is not invoked. De- : ] struction is not threatened. Criminal statutes are not demanded. But the ] publishers assert that they suffer by i reason ot tne tarm; mai me yttinji-ij makers are given an unfair advan-p tage also by reason of it; and they ask for remedial legislation. Taking \ this action In connection with the j action of the Manufacturers' asso- ] ciation, one is led to wonder if the 3 interests that first procured protec- ] tion are to be the first to ask to be saved from their political device. j "The newspaper publishers are sim < ply asking for free raw material, i They speak as manufacturers. Mr. < Roosevelt, however, is of the general i opinion that his party cannot promise tariff revision until after the : presidential election, if, indeed, it ] will then see its way to do so. To i his mind it seems that the party's i chances will be injured if the country ( obtains any icikling of its opinion on ] liio Ic.QrHncr Bl-lhipflt." ^When the big papers of the coun-j try like those quoted are kicking about the rise in the cost of making newspapers, our readers can understand to what straits the average country paper is put to to make both ends meet We see but one remedy, and that is to increase the income of the paper to meet the increased cost of production or go out of business. ] The Deadly Hot Supper. \ This is the season of the year t when the deadly hot supper is on I deck among the negroes. The second victim in this county this season is Laurence Murray. He gave a hot supper at his house on Mr. D. H. Bair's; place in the Fork on Monday night, Sept. 30, and during its progress Jake Milhouse, Casey Baxter and Boyd Baxter, three young bucks who were present, got into a shoot- < ing scrape and as a result Murray * got a bullet or two in his stomach. He lingered until Monday jfrhen he j died. Coroner Rickenbaker held -an ' inquest on Tuesday. The verdict charged the killing on the three * bucks mentioned above. They were arrested when the shooting took place but were released on bond, j ^' "-ill Ko mit In 1Q (1 tn I I IUCJ* mu uuw .* await trial.?The Orangeburg Times and Demorcrat Doubtless the way of the transgressor may be hard, but the people who travel thereon have no time to get lonesome. WE CORDIAJ All who visitXtolumbia during the Fai Piano and Organ Exhibit Take Notice?We do not exhibit at 14 J 8 Main street, and have some rare Write for catalogues, price, and tt MAI/ONE'S MUSIC HOUSE : 1 Xllb U.IIiJ in Columbia, South Carolina, maki thing in the Machinery Supply Lt Write us for prices before plac COLUMBIA SUPPLY ( On corner opposite Seaboard Air CATALOGl Large White Iron Bed fjfrj $8.90 WKM Beautiful on80 inches hig Roslin Blanket, per pair ?. ..$1X8 # Floor Oil Cloth, per c LION FMI ftmh or Credit. t*rge Decorated PrtT TTM"RT Ball T*"?f $4.98 ^ UUllUJlLDju MYSTERIOUS KiLUNGL roung Physician Sftot and KHM Negro Woman In Union. Jnly of Few Months Ago She Tried to Kill Him?Woman Dies and Dr. Linder Surrenders to Sheriff. A dispath from Union says at one >'clock on Tuesday of last week Dr. iV. L. Linder, a prominent young physician of that city, shot three :imes Lucy Lipsey, a negro woman, who, going to his office on the morning of March 25 of this year, shot aim in the back without warning, rhe weapon used by Dr. Linder was i 32-calibre pistol, one ball entering the right breast and the second slightly below. The shooting occurred on Main street, Dr. Linder being on the side * walk and the woman in the door of awigeri s casn store, in me aci 01 :oming out. As Dr. Linder fired the shots his father, Dr. S. S. Linder, :hanced to be coming np Main street ;nd was only a short distance away. / Fie sprang towards him and attempted to prevent him from firing another shot. In the slight struggle that ensned Dr. S. S. Linder is said to have callad for help and Was heard by Mr. M. D. Hulett who was in the Palmetto Drug Cofnpany, two doors below. Dr. Huiett ran to his assistance, and was tianded the pistol by Dr. Will Linder. As she was shat she Is said to have fallen to the pavement and falling cried out, "My God, I'm Dead.'* Her sister, who had been in the store wun uer, caugm uei as wi< ten. In a sl^ort while Dr. J. H. Hamilton and Dr. Hardy reached her aide and after an examinaton vshe was ' place In a hack and taken to the Rice Drug Co., and then to her borne near the old baseball grounds. Immediately after the unfortunate ' affair Dr. Llnder, with his father, * went to Chief of Police Long and surrendered himself. He was turned av/sr to Sheriff Sand&s by Chief Long and is now in jail. Lucy Lipsey, after being shot, made her will. It was written by Dr. M. J. Hardy, a colored, physician, t and in it she gave all her property to her father and mother at her death, and at their death to her _ v brothers and sisters. She also made an ante mortem rfotomonf fhe snhstance of which is that she forgive Dr. Under for shooting her, that she never thought of shooting him again, that the was not armed when she came np town, that she did not see Dr. Under until (he Sired, that earlier in the day she passad him at the Main street railroad crossing in the buggy with his father, that she spoke to him and thought be spoke*to her, that of this she waft 7* aot certain. v > Eyes Accurately Pitted BYMAIL fYammntteato ractptTtwcu* FREE mmmimmUm '1Mb I CRYSTAL OPTICAL COMPANY I 213 Temple Co?rt- ft. I wmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmM \ G&yjToffered" wortht . YOUNG PEOPLE. Kb natter how limited yoBMtti?Md? Mlon. If 70a deeiie a thorough baatncH tnt? feig and good poalttoa?'Wiiloxogoitf GREAT HALP RATH OFFER. SaceeM, Independence and probable FOB. FRECKLES, As well s Sunburn, Tan, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, ar# cured with Wilson's Freckle Core. Sold and guaranteed by druggists. 60c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 26 : cts. I. 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