Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABiISfi23B!!ie? FATAL WRECK. I Passenger and Freight Trains on the Seaboard Collide. THSEE MEN KILLED. ?_ The Engineer and Fiieman of the Freight Train, and a Mail Clerk Buried in the Wreck, Which Was Caused by a Misunderstanding of Orders. Passenger train 66 on the Seaboard, north bound, and a south bound freight, collided near, Biainey? four teen miles north of Columbia on Tues day morning of last week, and as a result three men are dead and two -are seriously injured. According to the statements of those on the pas senger train the wreck was caused by a general misunderstanding of ?orders. The regular passenger train left Co lumbia one hour late. The Florida - Flyer passed the freight at Blaineys and it is believed that Engineer -Smack, In oharge of the Height, thought that there was a clear road ahead. He pulled out of the siding with twenty cars attached, and just ahead the passenger train approached It was too late to stop the freight, 'but Eagineer Robinson, of the pas senger train, applied his airbrakes and the train was brought up with a Jerk, throwing every one out of their seats. It was due to the nerve of Engineer Robinson that the lives of the passengers were saved. As soon as the orash came the pas sengers organized a rescue squad. Engineer J. W. Robinson was found under his engine with both legs broken. His colored fireman, Dan Douglass, was also under the .debris badly bruised up, Engineer A. A. Smack, of the freight, and fireman W. A. Herbert, ?colored, were buried under the ruins of the freight engine?both instantly killed. ? The mail car was the only one of the passenger cars demolished. Mail Clerk H. A. Pattilo was buried under the wreckage and instantly killed. It is reported that a helper on the mail train is also killed, but the postotfice people here know nothing of it. Express Messenger H. E. HInton bad his shoulder fractured, but Con ductor W. M. Whitehurst, in charge ot the passenger train, escaped unin jured. As soon as the news of the wreck was beard, arrangements were made for bringing the train to the city. The bodies of those killed could not be brought out of the wreckage, -but the injured were brought in at neon and removed to che hospitals. Engineer Robinson lives in that city, residing at Mrs. Watson's, on L'urel street. All of the others re ticle either in Raleigh or Jackson ville. Toe railroad commission, acompa nied by a number of newspaper men and Dr. E 0. L Adams and Surgeon "Weston, of the Seaboard, went up to the Fc:ne of the wreck about one o'e'eck. Au investigation has been ordered by the commission and testimony | will be taken-as to the causes at once. - Rillroad men here say that the morning was very foggy and that Iz was almost impossible to see anything a short distance off. It is also said that the freight conductor had been on duty thirty houra and was physl oally unable to interpret the orders. This will all be brcught out in the testimony to be taken before the railroad commission.?Columbia Re ?cord._ Barrrd From JU^nd Hw Served. Although he has served three en listments under the United States Sag ?o^e in the regular ? army, occe in the navy and once as a volunteer?and in each case received an honor aole dis charge, John Bswers, an English man has been refused admittance to the United States. Bowers, despite his millitary service, was never na turalized. He arrlv d at Boston Jan nary 19 and was detained on the ground that he might become a public charge, as he was ill. He was suffering fr, m rheumatism and a buliet woun^ be receive i while serving in the Pnilip pines, which has never properly heal ed. The immigration c ffiV.ials prompt 1? communicated the facts and an ac count c* Bowers' record to the author ities at Washington, asking if he could not be admitted to tbe marine hospit al. .Thursday a message was received announcing that Bowers is not eligi ble for admittance to ?.hin country. Iii van Out ol i)ours. Rov. Dr. John Clendennln, a son-in law of Horace Greeley, believes he owes bis life to living cut of dcors day and night. When he took up his abode in the open last S^ptembur he was thin and emaciated and oad a bad cough, but from the time he be gan sleeping out of doors he began to show im pro vim =nc and now bsiieves he has been oured. During the last six months Dr Clendennln has practi cally lived in the open air spending but little more time within doors than it takes to eat. He drives dur the day or indulges in long tramps, but be sleeps on a balcony off the third story of .his house. Murdered. John Floyd, a lineman for the Bell Telephone company was shot to death while at work on the top of a tele phone post In Savannah, Ga., on Fri day, the murderer using a shotgun. Circumstance point to Jesse Rountree, a former emplove of th? company, ?whose job was given to Fioyd. rap IG aiig 05_ Building ? ?????.v-i &OLJJ AS SIAV?iS. MANY MISSION GIRLS ARE THUS TREATED BY THEIR PARENTS An African Teacher Says the Old Custoia Condemns Many Wo men to Bondage. Marriage customs in Africa have little consideration for the native girls, who are in effect as much the objects of barter and sale as ever they were in the days when the slave trad ers were prevalent on the West Coast. A letter just received from the Pres .byterian mission station at Lolodorf shows how the marriage "palaver" interferes with the education of the girls in the schools established for them by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Miss Jane X. Mackenzie writes the letter and, after telling of the forma tion of the girls boarding school and some details of the day's work of the scholars whom she describers as intel ligent, clean little girls willing and eager to learn, she writes: "Very^happy were the little girls and free for several weeks. Then we fell under the curse of the marriage palaver. One girl, a house servant, was sold to a man owning several wives. When it came to deliverjy of the goods the goods became animated in dissent?not indeed, that consent had been asked of the goods. The station backed the girl. News of this defiance of good Ngumba custom penetrated to the ends of the earth and woke a thousand anxieties. The social fabric was imperilled. Two of the little girls were led away weep ing by canny male relatives: this was sad to see. My own little servant, Makako, was ordered to her town by her uncle, her father being off in Bui, where he is hunting goods with which to buy a new wife upon whose pur chase he means to give Makako as part payment. There you see the exit of three little Injuns.' Thesohool is depleted and illrepute. "Putting up over night In Ipose where one of the children ..lives, I heard from her that the townspeople say of the school, No little girl may marry who enters there. You are reminded, doubtless, of the legent ov er the gate to Dance's hell. My sin gle state is a matter of common mar vel?it doeB not help us In our pre sent difficulty and may be taken as evidence of a cult "com which young Ngumba maidenhood must be - protect ed. "Mfun, the little girl in question bad her slate as a token of her hav ing drunk at the;wells of learning. It hung in her h?o as a diploma h-.ugs in a doctors office?witnessing to her poor little achievements. She slept in my hut and did me some service. I paid my debt with a needle and seme thread. When next I go I shall take her some patches. Patches are dear to little African girls. Poor Amana, when she was taken away went down the path wiping her eyes 01 her bits of patchwork, " We were sad when these children were taken away. Any work tor girls In a polygamous country is sad. Other girls will come. Some whose parents are CnriBtian or otherwise enlighten ed we shall be able to keep: and some will go. Yet not without benefit. Something they will have learned of read ing and Writing, of sewing and washing, of truth and the love of God. "The night before M'un left when I asked the children f jr what they wish me to pray, she said: Tell Him I am afraid of getting married. It is a comfort to know that our high priest was touched by the feeling of chat piteous little infirmity. , TBOILY CARS GBiSE Mistake in Signals Causes the Co lision. Six persons were injured in a collis ion between a southbmnd Eighth avenue c^r and a webtbc.uad Twenty third street car shortly after 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at New York. All were treated for their in juries, which consisted chielly of cuts inflic.ed by flying glass, in a near by dru.r store, ind then went home. Tne accident was caused by a mis take in signals. The motorman of the Twenty-third street car, who ban" slowed up for a north bound Eighth avenue car, started his car ahead, thinking the Eighth avenue trecks were clear. Tust at that moment the south bound Eighth avenue car came rolling along. The motorman of tbe Twenty-third street car, John Streff of No. 442 West Twenty-ninth street, tried to stop his oar, but it was too late and the car hit the Eighth ave nue cai almost in the centre. Tne force of the collision shattered evei v window in both oars, and derailed the Eighth aveuue car, but fortunately did no greater damage. Both cars were weil filled with passengers. Tne E gbtu avenue car was thrown in such a position across the trrcks (f both the Eighth avenue and the Twenty third street lines that traffic both ways on each line was blocked for nearly an hour. Tne motorman of the Eighth avenue car was John Conners, of No. 221 West One Hun dred and Forty-eight street. Killed Hiiusuli. George Wnitney, a member uf the Marine corps stationed at the navy yard at Charleston, accidentally shot and killed himself at Saxon, a station on the Atlantic Coast Line some dis tance above the navy yard, Tnursday. The accident resulted from the care less handling of a pistol. The body was taken oharge of bv the coroner of Berkeley comity and the inquest will probably be held Friday. OBANG-EBUKG, ? A HARD XlQn.1, Grew Battles Pour Hours With Bit; Snakee on Deck. A nervo tingling story of a four hour battle with two pythons t wen by five feet long was brought into port of Kew York recently by the steam ship lodrasamha, together with a tale, in lighter vein; cf how an es caped orangoutang nearly drove him self crazy by pulling the cord of the liteamer's whistle and failing to con nect bis actions wich the maddening shrieks of the signal. The vessel took two months for the trip from the Orient. Five pythons, eight oraDg outangs, one huDdred monkeys, one leopard, two Indian deer and the regular cargo of Oriental goods were carried. Seven orangoutangs died on the voyage. The fight with the pythons took place in the Indian Ocean. They were taken to the deck in cages to be washed. Afber the bath they lay in bhe warm sun and went to sleep. The warmth probaMy made them feel at home and they uncoiled. It was about the time they usually were fed. Two of the huge snakes writhed from between the bars of the cages and crept along the deck. Chief Officer Thirkell was napping when the startling sight of t: e two reptiles winding slowly toward him almost unbalanced his mind. He broke re cords getting to the stern, and yelled do the crew. Captain Craven ordered every man to arm himself heavily. For an hour the men manceuvered to pinion the heads aud tails of the snakes. E/ery time a man got near one of the esoaped prisoners its tail swung around like a carriage whip, and a blow from it would have laid any man low. The Chinese and Ja panese members of the crew were driven frantic. They took to the rigging Tue captain, however, instilled courage into them by darting sudden ly at the head qf one snake and grip ping its neck. A starlwarb lascar imnued with tne same spirit, shoe in like a panther and gripped bhe tail. With nets and blankets the monster was enmeshed and returned to the cage. This was after turee hours of footwork that would have kept a braineo boxer guessing. The obher snake crawled bo bhe top of the engine house and held its pose for an hour, its head swinging from side to side, pendulum like, always ready to str ke. The ventilator, how ever, proved the snake's uadolng. i ujThe python fell throbga the venti lator into an alley way from whici it could not escape H ilf a dozen nets, a dt zen blankets, and ropes were let down and the snake, unable to exlri cat)itself wa3 captured. Afewda>s laser au orangoutang esoaped and swuug himself to the top of the engine house by the whistle rope. A blast frightened it, ana Chattering in terror, it pulled the rope more vlgorou -ly. T.je terrific shrieks of die whistle attracted lAe crew. The big monkey fled to the rigging and remained there all night, but exhaustion made its cipburo easy the nexc oay, Scan du by tha South. Both President R>usevelb and Speaker Cannon have siG the seal of their disapproval in plain terms upon the proposition of Congressman Ksit er, or OjIo, aud Ciumpaoker, ol In dian*,, to cue down representation of southern states in congress for dis franc ilsing ignorant negroes. Ee.fer called at tue white house to talk with cue president on tue 8ubj :cb and it is so-id ae received an Arctic chill. On a former Visit for the s;;me purpose the pre'iaent is reported to have .said to Keire.r that he would never approve <iuy such measure, but would use his Influence again?t it. Bjth Kcifer and Crumpacker have baeu told u> Speak er Cannon that Ue was in 1' .vor of a pure uallob and would never aiiOA'auy bill to come up in the house of repre sentatives wtiich Bteks to punish states for providing for a purer uulloo. Cannon bid ay told a Louisiana repre sentative cuat he was looking out for tue measure of Keifer and Crumpack er, and would promptly tarottle them at the first appearance. P?tal Duel. A dispatch from Fiorola, Ala., says Grady Miller, the IG year-old son of Dr. R L. Miller was Wednesday nigiit shot and killed by the negro porter of the Lake View hotel. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting, bu: the pistol shots were heard. A search was made and nearby was found the negro in a dying condition. He lived long enough to say that he and Mil ler had engaged In a pistol duel. There is no way to ascertain the cause of bhe tragedy. Young Miller was at home for a few days from WoUord college, S. C, where he had been attending school. .People tfuriiud. At Lowell, Mass., at least six per sons lost their lives in a fire wblon partly destroyed the Richardson Ho iel, early Friday morning. Tue tire started a few minutes before 2 o'clock and the dimes rapidly communicated to various parts of tue structure. A large number of guests were in the notel, and those who were in the up per part of the building had little chance to escape by the stairways. The firemen at 2.30 o'clock found the dead bodies of six women in the top floor of the hotel._ OfclcMnj: On. A swell weeding tock place at the Carlisle, Pa., Indian school on Mon day, the high contracting parties be lng Charles Dillon, a Sioux Indian, famous football player, and Mlss;Rose La Farge, a Crow Indian, gradu ate o 1904. Toe ceremony was very elabor ate, the usher and groomsmen and bridesmaids all being educated In dians. 5. C, WEDNESDAY, FEI HE TALKED OUT. A Colored Preacher Praises Gen. Wheeler in a Sennan. -.V- \ SEVE?LY CBITICIZED Booker Washington, Whom He Styles the Arch Enemy of Ail American Progress and Vilest Strife Breeder Between the Races on the Continent. A dispatph to the Atlanta Journal from Macon, Ga., says that the Rev. J.G.Robinson, D. D., colored, Pas to of the African Methodist Church in that city on tbe Sunday after General Wheeler died paid a glowing tribute to that old Confederate hero and veteran andseverly critioised Booker T. Wash ington. While he was talking many of his congregation forgot themselves and applauded his utterances as though he was addressing an ordinary conven tion. The remarksmade by Dr. Rob inson created quite a sensation, and is the tODic of general dltcusslon among the negroes of the city. Among other things he said: "The nation, yea, the civilized world hangs its head in mourning today. God has called from earth's labors one of the greatest factors of olviiization. I re fer ty Gen. Joe Wheeler, the most dashing military genius of modern times. This mighty man?this brave soldier?this great military hero im pressed his greatness upon the world by his'dare and bravery during the struggle of the 60's. So couageous, yet sympathetic was he that he won tbe love, respect and confidence of every section and every race in this country. His dashing - military ex plolts, -he conquering manner in /Which he sat in his saddle and led the famous calvary that made his name illustrious caucrht the eyes of the world and all nations looked on with wonderment and j jined in one voice acclaiming him the most bril liant cavalryman that ever sat astride a horse. "WhenCuba was bleeding on ac count of Spain's cruel tyranny, and 'our own dear country had became sick of tbe 'bloody shire,' and our two great bection?,?the north and the fair ?outh, still had a wide gap between them, the Maine went down in the Havana harbor and the eons of America called for rcv/ngf; yea, their blood cr;ei for justice, aud when the lamented McKinley called men of ever> section aud race to corns forward and defend American honor aud man oood, Gen. Joe Wueeler heard the cry and saidl 'Lot there be no north, no south; our country muso be defended,' and left the councils of tbe na nion's congress aud rushed to the front, giving not only his courage, but his influence to wipe Spanl3n in trigue from tbe face of tbe earth, and to cement the iiaods of love and pa t-.iutit.rn between-the blue and the gray. The story of his bravery and mili tary leadership daring the Spanish American war is too recent for re nearsal. I will not say more. Adiau, General Wheeles 1 you nave gone up to meet Jpab, Alexander, Napoleon, Jackson, Lee, Gran-, Maceo aad th( military heroes of tue ages pus:; but among them all no oi.e will saint brlghter through the a:^es 11 come, no name will be more greatly revered, no life has left greater inspiration for the young manhood of tha worid ao'i ao character ?ill ba studied more tnan that of yourself. Dust to o'us:, ishes to ashes; adieu, till we all m:et . m eome brtgriter*clime, v.Mere all n\ ti( ns will kuovv each o^hcr better, and j under the leadership of the Prince or Poace, the Man of Calvary, Ji-sun UurisD, we will dwell ma united king dom to live through:u: eternity." After paying the aoove tribute to General Wheeler, Rev. Rjbiuson be gin to lalk on the questions confroot ing the Am rican people, and inci dentally referred to the negro ques tion. He said: "We are here a part of th's coun try's population; we followed Wa^h ington during the revolution; we fol lowed Jackson in 1812; we followed Grant and Lee both during the 60's, and we followed Shafter and Wheeler durlog the Spanisn-American conflict; we have tried to abide the will of the national and state legislatures during tihe forty years of our freedom, yet today our existence here and our fu ture destiny is the burning topic in American politics. To say that our being brought here and enslaved un der the American white people, where we could imbibe their civilization was providential should not be questioned. But to take uk aud thrust the bal lot in our bands while the country was yet bleeding and the two sections were apart was the greatest blunder ever committed by a civilized country. Yet the negro was not responsible fur this blunder, and should nut be made to suffer. Other blunders and mis ' takes have bnen made to that extent that the southern heart has become excited and thus South Carolina pro duces a Tillman, Georgia ?. Hardwick, Mississippi a Vardaman, Tennessee a Carmack, Arkansas a Jeff Davis, and Texas a Morris Shepherd, and these men with eloquence chirg-'d wi*;h fir: keep the weaknesses before the eyes of the world. Coextensive with these men and their sentiments has Book er T. Washington operated to the ex ternal detriment of my people. The better class of white people want to trust us; want to help us. They took hold of Booker T. Wash ington and built him up; then he ran 5KATJRY 7. 1906. north and east, and would hunt white lodging houses to stop in, thus giving the southern people the thoughts that the negro harbors in bis breast a de j sire for soolal equality. Again Wash ington has with one voioe urged the negro to keep out of politics, and within the 'next breath bob-nobbed with politicians of the country with suoh deceit, adroitness and using the great influence given him by the southern white man until be has rob bed the entire race of every vistasre of m an hoed and influence it once had under the leadership c! Fred Doug lasH and Bishop Turner. I declare to you that I look upon Washington as the monumental enem>, the greatest fake and vilest strife-breeder between the races tbPt Americans have ever produced, Governor Vardaman not excepted. FIGHT ON lx?? DISPENSARY. The House Passe? a BUI Virtually Killing the Law. The House of Representatives Fri day by a vote of 63 to 47, refused to kill Mr. Morgan's bill whiob provides for option between county dispensa ries and prohibition, except in coun ties with cities of over 20,000, where a third option, that of high license, is provided. The bed rock of the Mor gan bill is the abolition of the State dispensary. After the State dispensa ry is abolished then the counties /are to determine whether they wish coun ty dispensaries or prohibition, except Charleston and Columbia, where the third option is allowable. In the counties that are now prohibition the status is retained and they can only change to county dispensaries upon petition and ballot. The House did absolutely nothing Friday morning except consider the the Morgan bill, and it was within a half hour of the dinner hour wben the vote was takengwhich indicated that ?the House wants to abolish the State dispensary and adopt some other plan. The vote on the Morgan bill was the largest that has been record ed thus far this session. Every mem ber's view went on record with the exception of two. The roll call was taken up at 1.20 o'clock. Toere was a hush over the entire House. Every vote was cloHely watched and many kept tab. Toe motion was to strike out tbe enaoting words and on this the vote stood: Yea?To kill the Morgan bill. Nays?For the Morgan Ml'. Yeas?Hon. M L. Smith, Speaker, Bojrd, Brantley, Brune, Calllson, Clif ton, Cloy, Cullpr, D^schamps, Doar, Dukes, Eoting, E. J. Etberedge, F.>rd, Gaston, Game, Graham, D. L. Green, Harrellson, Higgln.i, Hutto, Irby, Keenan, Kirven, LaFitte. Liney, Las cer, McColl, McFaddin, T J. Maul dln, Miller, Morrisou, Nanc^, Parker, Pittmao, P >lloek, Pyatt, Rvwlinsou, Richards, Riley, Sooll, Tobe, J. M Walker, J. B. Watson, Webb, What toy, Yeldell?47. Nays?Ardrey, Arnold, Ashley, Ballentime, Banks, Boss, Beamguard, Bradham, Brici, Browning, Cochran, Dabbs, Davis. DeVore, Earhardt, Ed wards, Fishburne, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Gasque, J. P. G bson, W. J. Gibson, Gray, W. McD G-een, Hall, Hamel, Hamlin, Harrison, Harley, Haskell, Hemphill, H-yward, Ker siaw, Lawson, Lofton,.Lomix. Lyon, McMaster, Ma-jsey, Laban Miuldln, Morgan, Nasn, Ne<olc, Nicholson, O^ts, P'-tteraun, P.sion, Reaves, Rinker, Sanders, S^y \ Sheldon, Sink ler, Strong, Taylor, Trioie?*, Turuer, VanderHo'-st, V.srner, M. W. Walker, Whaley, Wimb^rly?63. Pairs?D. O. He hero an 1 Sellers, McCants and J. E. Herbert. Gyles and Spivey, Little a ad Anders .n, Faust aud Sra'orook, Giovor and Col cock. The first named were against the Morgan bill, am the last named in parls favored the Morgan bill. Tnere are only two members, Messrs Brant and L. B E:heredgc, vho uid noo record their vote oh this bill. Victim ot A.-.N.-ihiin. A nlspat;:h from T:?h nays the murder of Ganor;I GrlaiZJtff, chief of Dhe s'.aff of one Viceroy of t<:e C.iucs. -us, was most dramatic and audacious. Tbe assa^iu evidjurly hid studied the h ibits of bis vbt;m and lay in wait b9?iud a wall of the Alexander Garden opposite toe entrance to the palace, v/here a carriage was drawn up to take the general for his daily drive. Tne assassin impersonated a painter, carrying the b:.mb with which he committed t!ie crime concealed lu a pain: can. He was thu-. ab'e to reach "??is place of ambus without suspioion, Gjn^-ral Griarzaoff, clad in a crimsn uuifjim, made a shining target. A* tue general stepped into the carraige, the man sprang on the wall, swung the can by a cord and tbe bomb, as if thrown from a sling with marvelous precision, sped straight to the mark and struck the general on the neck. A dash of lire and a terrific explosion followed, and GrlaznolT was literally blown out of tne carriage, with his coachman and Cassack orderly, and the latter's horse was instantly kill ed. A lady who was passing at tbe time of toe explosion was mortally wounded. The as3asln was caught, beaten into insensibility by the in furiated soldiers and carried off to the ancient fortress above the city, where, as Titlis is unaer martial law, he will pr:;bably be executed at dawn. His identity is unknown. Shouts His Mother. "I will kill you for that," cried seven-year-old Willis Hatton at Camp ton, Ky., on Wednesday to his moth er. Sue na'i just spanned him for not letuiuiug promptly from an errand. Tne child rushed to a bureau drawer took out his lather's revolver, rushed back and shot his mother. Then he threw himself upon the prostrate form and screamed: "Speak to me mama; I didn't mean no barm." But she was dead. The father is John Hatton, a large planter living near Rogers In that county. WUKK UN THE EAitAL SOME PRlCTI?AL SUGGESTIONS BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. He Urges His Brother Farmers to Push Their Work Along AH Lines. Dr. H. F. Freeman, of Wilson, N. 0., offers some practical suggestions to his brother farmers in a communi cation to tbe Progressive Farmer of Raleigh, N> 0. Now Is the-time for onr farmers, says Dr Freeman, to be gin to do all the plowing they oan. Where the land has much litter on it, or where it lay out last year, these lands should be broken now and again before planting. Tou should remember that for some years now our springs have been late and tbe land wet, so it was bard to get land broken in time. So look out for tbe good days now and start the two horse plows from six to eight in ohes deep, and where the land is rough, pulverize it with harrows. Now is tbe time to clean out ditch es and let off water so the land can dry out thoroughly: This can not be done to the best advantage just before planting. Glean out, clear up and keep clean every foot of space about the home and farm now while you have time. If you have not already plowed up your garden do so the first nice day that comes. Plow deep and spread broad-cast with any rough litter ma nure you have on top after the plow. Do this twice this spring before plant ing and you will have a good garden if the rest is done as well. There are hundreds of little things that you oan do now, which will add wonderfully to your success this year, if you will look out for them and do them now while you have time. How about the cow and calf? What are you going to do them this summer? Aud those sboats, which you expect to make your meat from next Decem ber? Where are you going to keep them? Oan you get to your horses, cows, or hogs, without jumping from place to place to keep from going into the mud up to your shoe strings? Where is the stove wood?under the woodshed or out in the mud some two hundred yards from the kitchen? Now, my friend, you see all these things to be dene; but don't get coo busy to be<organized into the Cotton Growers' organization. This is the most important thing you will be called upon to do this year, for the general good. Tne agent will soon be In your county. Be sure to look out vor him and help him all you can. Take up this matter and get all the Information you can, so when the or gan!z;r comas you will be ready tc help him. Be sure to see that every man in your township goes to tbe township meetings wneu the time cerae. Now, by the first of April every township should be organized in South Carolina. Be sure to keep down the acreage. In planning for this year's crop don't forget to cut the cotton crup and put In plenty cf corn, peas, potatoes and garden crops. As the Cotton Growers' Association in Co lumbia good men were elected direc tors, who will have cnarge of the bus ness of the Association. These are as good men as we have in the State and they will do all In their power for the good cf our farmers. So be sure to co-operate with them and help in every way you can. The cost will be only three to ten cents-on each bale of cotton you made last yoar. The As sociation has already raised the price 820 on the bale since it was organ: z-d. Now of this 820 gained you can easily, and I am sure willingly, p.*y three to ten cents on the bale. Look out for the agents. Million Dollar Fire. The Uuion elevator containing 1,000,000 bu-ihels of wheat, was de stroyed by fire Saturday, entailing a lo^s of more than 81,000,000. The tire spread bo the Htahles of the St. Louis Transfer ompany, and 200 ^-.tgons were burned, as well as tne *tab'es. The fire started in'a brick ?ingiue house 30 feet from the eleva varor. Before the arrival of the lire department the fiames had spread to the elevator. Assistance was sent fr.?m St. Louis and the efforts of the firemen were prir.cipally directed to ward preventing the fire spreading to adjoining elevators and wprehc,u,es, the Union elevator having been con verted into a furnace within a few minutes after it caught fire. Can't) Wear Them. China has recently Issued and edic*. prohibiting, except in the treaty ports, the sale of metal rimmed spectacles. Tan shoes are also tabooed, and any one dealing in them renders himself liable to decapitation. Tbe latter drastic regulati n is due to the fact that yellow is there tbe Imperial color, to be worn by none save members of the royal family. An Honest Taxpayer. The State says the treasurer of C-X)k county, Illinois, will receive 820 000 in commissions from the estate of the late Marshall Field while un d;-r the inheritance *ax law the State will get more than 81,000,000 Ii death Mirshall F.eld remains tne champion honest taxpayer. Wants Damages. State Senator Anderson, of North Carolina, is suing tne chairman of the Republican State Central Committee fur 820.000 dimages because the lab tar failed to deliver the goods?a ornnaised fat job in tbe Federal ser vice Wheeler fcl onored. Washington has honored the mem ory of General Joseph Wneeler by combining five streets in one to be known as "Wneeler" street. The honor is a deserved one, and the street wiU doubtless keep green tbe memory of tbe gallant fighter. $1.00' pee annum:. DON'T LIKE IT. Senator Tillman Gives His Views on County Dispensaries. C1USHC COMMENTS. Will Stamp the State on the Dispensary " Issue. Will Oppose License for Charleston and Declares Local Option is Contrary to the Constitution. Commenting at Washington Mon day on tbe passage 07 the ho tue of the Morgan bill, Senator Tollman re marked that the members of. tbe present legislature appear to be emu lating their predecessors who were elected in 1890 and have since been known as the "drlf owood legislature." "I note that Mr. Dabbs, of whom I have never heard before, is very un easy for fear I will do something next summer, a id that feeling on his pa"t must be due to the consciousness that conditions are being produced that would- warrant some talk. Fof In stance, on Mr.' Hamel's motion to substitute a straight prohibition bill the yote was 21 in favor of and 77 against. We thus have proof that there are 21 avowed prohibitionists in the legislature, and only 21. * Tet 21 conscientious God-fearing gentlemen have voted for a license provision permitting Charleston to reopen whiskey shops in that city and this is done evidently in carrying out a bar gain to get Charleston's vote to kill the state dispensary. "Tae^rirsb agreement was to have wholeoale Iquor dealers in Charleston as well as retail, but that frightened the leaders of this conspiracy against the dispensary and the wholesole pro vision was struck out. Without Charleston's nine votei the Mirgan bill would have been defeated by a majority of two votes, so it the state dispensary is abolished at this session it will be done by a dirty bargin be tween the old barroom element in Charleston and these twenty one pro hibltlinlsts. "I think it is a very nice text upon wbico to preach some good honest politic! nwv summer aud if my health coatlnms as good as IS is now;I shall certainly fiel called upon to oppoie that and a great many other shortcomings and mysterious trans- , actions that have been transpiring in Che legislature of late. "Wnat about the investigating committee's recent Investigation? "That only exemplifies the need of arousing the people. I have noticed . in the debates constant al u--dons' to the state dispensary as that damnable thing on che Congaree. I waac to a- k who is responsible for the m inage ment of the state dispansarj ? Tne board of dlreotors, of course. Who elected the board V|rectors? Tne legislature. Hiw . .uy of the men who have voted in the hou3S of rep resentatives to kill the state dispen sary voted for the directors who were responsible for tbe label steal? Wno appo nted the county board of Spar tanburg where there has been the most sc mdals and corrupti on in the local management? The members of the legislature from Spartr.oburg. Dd these gentlemen in the legislature luaglne the people ar* all fools and that they will not next sulu-^w.'* hold to a strict account those who without instructions from them presume to destroy the state dispensary, sacrific ing several hundred thousand dollars' worth of property?" "Senator will you canvass the state on the whhkey issue next summer?" "I certainly will whether the Mor gan bill is passed or not." A J?ongl Trip. At Franklyn, Pa., Wednesday Maj. Chas. S. Miller, who recently purchas ed an air ship, gave outsomeoning of uis plans. "If my present plans cirry I shall be soaring around over Frink in within the next five weeks," he said. "Lee S .evens has contracted to deliver my airs alp in New York by Marci 1, and as soon as I get it be and I shall start in it for Franklin. "The balloon will make fourteen miles against tbe wind, which should land us here in thirty hours after starting. "My taking up ballooning a sport is worrying my family, but ter they come to learn how devoid of danger it is I am sure they will want to fly with me " tfatal Collision. A collision on the Great Northern railway Tuesday night resulted in the death of ac least four persons, and probably more. The Great Northern limited, west bound, crashed into an east bound passenger near Columbia Falls, Wash. The fireman on eaob train was instantly killed. A num ber of pas-engers on both trains were It jured. Many coaches were piled up on the wreckage. A wrecking outfit %nd physicians have been sent from Great Falls. Both loc motives were turned c jmpletely over and piled up together many feet from the road. Killed By a Train. Mr. J. Roland Hill, recently of alcolu, was killed by train, No. 53, on Atlantic Coast Line Wednesday night near Brogclon on the Central Riilroad of South Carolina. Particu lars at this hcur cannot be obtained, but it is said that he was riding on the rear end of train, and was known to have been intoxicated while in Sumter the same day ne was killed. He was a sawmill man, well thought of? his only fault being the whiskoy habit. He leaves a wife and sevecil children, Mm