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*60 yOL XLur. NO. 79- NEWBERRY. S. 0. FilDAY. SLrL TE MB ER 21. 1900).TWEAWE, 15AYA. BRYAN DAY. By J. R. McGhee. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 19.-Larp and enthusiastic were the crowds wb welcomed William Jennings Bryai the great democrat, the great commoi er here today. Prominent citizer from all over the state were, preset to greet the man whose pronounce views against corporation oppressioi against high tariff, and against tI "big dogs'' of the republican go, ernment-have made him a de'nocr tic leader, a leader of the people. Mr. Bryan's reception in Coltumbi -the hot bed of secession and democracy was heralded by a commi tee of prominent citizens 6'f Columbii who went to Charlotte last night I receive the great commoner and I escort him to Columbia. He arrived here at 3 a. m. and wi conducted to Wright's hotel. At I o'clock lie was breakfasted by lI and Mrs. R. C. Wright, who had ii vited quite a number of prominei persons among whom M. F. Anse Julius D. Dreher, Rev. Sam Smit] Richard I, Manning, J. A. B. Schere A. F. Lever, Gov. D. C. Heyward an others. A large crowd of people were gatl ered in the front of the hotel in ordE to get a first glimpse of America greatest exponent of the common pe pie. After breakfast Mr. Bryan wit Mrs. Bryan and Gov. Heyward wi taken for a spin around the city b Mr. Charles M. Galloway. A large throng had gathered at tl University camnius and was eager] awaiting the great Nebraskan. A 11:30 lie went upon the stand ami the vociferous cheers of the crowd. The address of weleome on beha of the city of Columbia was deliverc by Hon. John A. Wills, whose spee( received marked attention and wi freely commented upon. Gov. Di can C. Heyward was introduced I Mr. W. A. Clark, president of tI Chamber of Commerce, and Gov. He' ward at once began to deliver one < his characteristic speeches welcomir Bryan on behalf of the state of Sout Carolina. When Mr. Bryan arose to speak was some minutes before the cheerir ceased, and when he finally got ti ears of his audience, it was evidei from the beginning that he would hai the rapt attention of his hearers. He has a peculiar faculty of beir ''easy'' with a joke, and interspe sed with his masterly address wei many sparkles of laughter, which we illustrated his points. He spoke of the fact that lie ho to have two sets of speeches alwa ready, one for a mixed audience ai one for a democratic audience. After getting his hearers in a be ter humor-they were already in good humor-lie took up the tarij question as advocated by the Repul lican party. He showed the great defects in hi speech of Secretary Shawv, who cdais ed the great money-loving powers< the present tariff to this country. Mr. Bryani said lie had been a stut ent of the tariff question for twent; six years, and proved by the one argi ment of the Republicans that tI tariff should be reformed. Next lie wvent into a masterly argi ment to show that the present lead en of the Republican forces-Theddol Rjoosevelt-had taken the veritab planks of the Democratic party at was acting on them. The railroad rate bill, the arbitr tion of strikes and many others, I 'said are planks taken directely fro: the Chicago platform of 1S96.' It came in the nature of a compi ment, he said, but the opposing parn should use all of the planks. M Bryan was terribly in. earnest and h hearers were affected by it-he meat every word lhe said. The Republican party have but or man who can be elected in 1908-ani the man is popular because he he advocated democraic principl'es.. Speaking further he told of ral roads and railroad domination. He ha been accused of 'bursting the party because he said in New York his poi son al views upon this great question and he was soundly and loudly al plauded when hie saila that lie ha rather be free to express his indivi dual opinion, giving ear to the opit on of others with equal respet-that e be president. o The railroads dominate the country i, they control legislation-and shouli k. be under supervision of the govern. is ment. it He believed that the state shouk d control them, -while the national gov l, ernment should 9wn and control v Le few trunk lines. . The corporations .control the gov i ernment now and it is better to hav< it under the direct. supervision of the a government than haxe it under thi if control of the railroad. t Mr. Bryan is a great man-'-this is , conceded and no private citizen with o in the )ast decade has been accorde< o so great a respect, so great a re gard as he. is There were a large concourse of peo 0 ple from all over the state present to r. day, among whom may be mentioned .. ex-Governor John C. Sheppiad, 0: it Edgefield; Richard I. Manning, Sum 1, ter; Gov. elect. Martin F. Anscl,- o1 , Greenville; J. Fraser Lyon, of Abbe r ville; Sen. Louis Appelt, of Manning d Fred. H. Dominick, of Newberry Capt. F. E. Evans of Greenwood; W . H. Wallace, W. H. Hunt, E. M.Evans r J. K. Vance, J D. Davenport, GcorgC PS W. Summer, Dr. J. A. B. Scherer . C. E. Summer and others of Newberry berry. h1 Many newspaper men from all partE Is of the state were present. y SPEOIAL TERM ORDERED. y Sheriff Green Asks Governor Hey It ward for Immediate Triall of Dar d gan and Request is Granted -Prisoner to be Protect ed. d h1 Columbia, September 18.-Sherif ts Green ha0s the interests of his count: .. at heart and is very anxious to spar< y Marlboro the shame of a lynching. Hi e is now in touch with Governor Hey ward and thinks he can handle thi situation by getting a special term o: g Court. I The first that Governor Heywar< knew of the matter was contained ir it this message. g Bennettsville, S. C., Sept. 18, 1906. ie Governor ). C. Heyward, Columbia kt S. C., Richard Dargan, negro, in m3 ,e custody charged with criminal assaul on white woman. Sentiment strong g against him. An immediate trial de -maned. Tf this is given no troubli e anteipated, otherwise condition ser 1 ious. The Bar ioins in making this re quest. Please 'cure an immediat( a trial. Answer. 8. B. Green, Sheriff Marlboro County. d He promptly responded as follows September 18, 1906. t- ion. T. B. Green, Sheriff, Bennetts a ville, S. C.: Telegram received. Will dc t all I can for speediest trial withii limits of law. Have wired Solicitoi Johnson, the offer designated by law as to order the Court, to take matter uj 1.. with you immediately. Shall expec ,f you to continue to protect the pris onei-. Swear in deputies, if necessary -and advise me should you nteed othe: assistance. D). C. Hleyward, Governor. e ' 'September 18, 1906. Hion. J. M. Johnson, Solicitor, Mar ion, S. C.: Sheriff Green, Bennetts ville, in behalf of himself and the loca .Bar, asks for special term Court, t< Stry Richard Dargan, for criminal as 1sault on white woman. Under thi circumstances think it best to do s< and have so wired Sheriff Green Please take matter in hand with al e little dlelay as possible and confe' with Sheriff Green immediately. D. C. Heyward, Governor. r. is What a man and his wife say t< t their guests and what they say abou: them after their departure are dif f &rent, quite different. jWards the women use are seldon Sidle. -Some people look on home as a sorn of coaling station. a Many a man gets behind because h< 9 looks too far ahead. -. Any girl who has a dimple ani - understands tliat art of working ii k can make 'a dignified man act like s monkey. TEN, ENTS FOx COTTON. It is Worth That Much and Sh6ald Not be Sold for Less-Why Cot ton Should be Worth Ten Cents the Pound this Year. . rF Tothe Editor of The News and Cou rier: The agony is over.- Ansel, Lyon and Sulivan have .been elected by handsome majorities. Let us hope and - pray that the state is in safe hands, that the grafters will get their just deserts and that the railroads will be made to respect the rights of the pub lie. Now let us turn our thoughts from the melee of politics and from the per -plexing whiskey problem to the cot ton situation and to the Southern Cot ton Association and its efforts to se cure and maintain fair and remunera - tive prices for its staple. Allow me to thank you for your friendly notices of the Association. I am also glad to note that you have the name, ''South ern Cotton Association,'' correct, and that your paper understands all that is implied and embraced under that comprehensive name. Your paragraph er says: "Every farmer and business man in the State should vote a small appropriation out of - his pocket for the support of the Southern Cotton Association before he forgets how to vote." Good for the paragrapherl The Southern Cotton Association is composed of the farmers and the busi ness men of the South. (We have your name, Mr. Editor, enrolled , as an honorary member of the Orangeburg Cotton Association.) It stands for good prices for our great money crop and hence for the financial prosper ity of the South. True, it has made mistakes. Who has not made mis takes? It is human to err. Let us not condemn too harshly, but rather let us hope and believe that the Southern Cotton Association will profit by its mistakes. It is worthy of ou support. It stands like a stone wall between the farmer on the one hand and the con sumer, the speculator and the gamblvr on the other. The Southern Cotton Association is opposed to violent fluctuations in the price of cotton, as injurious both to the producer and the consumer. Before the advent of the Southern Cotton Association I have seen cotton fluctuate from 5 cents to 17 cents, bankrupting and demoraliz ing farmers and merchants, and up setting trade relations and all Che calculations of the spinner. TTI Southern Cotton Association is a pow er to be reckoned with and tends to steady prices, as witness the price of cotton for the past two years. 1). M. Van Vliet says: "The bumper crop was sold at an average of 9 1-4 cents, and the last crop at 11 1-4-cents, and consumptive demands are much lar ger now than the former year and equally as good if not better than i last year." That means that about twenty-five million bales of Ameri ,en cotton have been sold the past twvo years at'an average price of 10 1-4 cents per pound. The Southern Cotton Association, through its executive committee, made 'up of delegates duly elected from each of the cotton producing States andh Territories, lhas fixed upon 10 cents as a minimum price for this crop. - There conservatism won a victory. All things considered I believe 11 cents I would be but a fair price to the pro ducer; but our farmers are not yet educated to an appreciation of the true value of the great staple which at 11 and 12 cents per pound would furnish the cheapest clothing known to the world; hence I advocated the adoption of the 10 cents minimum. I contend that 10 cents per pound is very reasonable, very moderate, very Letus ookinto the situation a lit tIe closer. This has been an expensive crop. The rainfall has been excessive 1and continuous, increasing the cost of cultivation, and at the same time de ttimental to the erop. Very high pric es have been paid for mules, wagons, ploughs, mowing machines, all planta tion supplies, including fertilizers and labor is seorace and growing dearer everydaytioif crop-In both the Car olinne, in Georgia, in Florida the crop it .a n to be short. In the West, IwhLre a large arid vig'orous weed (of ten deceptive to the eye) gave prom kise of a big crop, it is admitted that serious deterioration has taken place in the crop and that the detorioration continues. In a wet season men are prone to overstimate a cotton crop; in a dry season to anderstimate it. Among cotton men this is almost an -axiom. Look at the world. Universal peace prevails. Prosperity is unpre cedented, in mining, manufactures, in textiles, especially in wool, in silk, in cotton. Study these- suggestive fig ures taken from the Commercial aid F4"inancial Chronicle's careful and comprehensive statement of the pre vious season's cotton crop. ''The world's production of cotton in bales of tile uniform Weight. of 500 plouiids is sliown in the following table: Countries: 1905-06. United States........ ....11,048,000 East [indies ............3,970,000 Egypt ..............1,152,000 Brazil and others.. .. ..... 650,000 Total for world .. ....15,820,000 Consumption 52 weeks ..16,395,228 575,228 The )above shows that the consmlip tion for the world for 1905-06 exceed ed the total pr-oduction of the world by 575,228 bales of cotton. Again I quote from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle: The world's total consumptionl for 1905-06 records an appreciable gain over the total reached a year ago, 853, 561, and is 2,085,070 bales more than the result for 1903-04. Spinning Capacity of the Word. "The addition to the spinning capa city of the world ias been fairly heavy the past season. Tie greatest chiange ins been in Great Britain, 1, 500,000 spindles. ''In tle Southern division of the United States the iicrease rvaelit 433,379 spindles. Our statement f'.r tle world is as follows: 119,06,207 in 1906. 116,168,790 in 1905. 2,837,417 increase ini spindles. ''In making Up the foregoing we use estimates for Great Britain and the Coitinent furnished us by Mr. Ellison, who states that in addition to the to tals as given above there are 3,000,000 spindles ini course of installation in Great Britain and 500,000 spindles on the Continent.' Now, Mr. Editor, in view of the facts renehed above, witha in increase of 5,000,000 new up to date spindles, hungry for the fleecy staple, is not cotton cheap at ten cents? The honest spinner says ''yes. '' The middle man and the speculator who is short says "n1.'' It is fi:ietly up to the farmer, who has the hacking of merchant. and banker, to demand and accept noth ing less than ten cents for his cotton. J. E. Wannamaker. Miss Mabel Montgomery's "Zaza.'' Whlen Pierre Berton wrote Zaza, lie builded better than the knew, for' in.. stead of making a ''p)opular'' lay, lie made a classic-a mnodlern, Parisiani classic, and such a simple classie! Ev ery man and woman, and1( one child, ini it is so natural. There is hardly a thing in it that suggests literature. There is no Oscar Wildish straining to be epigrammatie, no George Ber.. nard Shiaw laboring to be smart, clev er, or unique. It is honest work from start to finish. The s tory is as simle in its elements as aiiy in thie first or scond( reader of our schiooldays, but so finely constiructed, with suchi lhu mian characterizations, such masterly thniqueC, powerful situaitionis, anid dIramatic finish ! It is the best play that has come out of France since '"The Two Orphans.'' That is wvhy folk go again and again to see it. It appeals to the heart. Zaza's story has been that of many millions of women, who loved, to find their love betrayed Miss Mabel Montgomery, who will be0 seen as Zaza during Oct. at the Opera House, is the ideal Zaza, in looks and temperament. She will he support ed by a fine company of New York players. A woman loves to pr4end to hate the man she roally .. It 's a wvaste of. linio: to make rules for othecr peopile to live by. "man 's faith ini a muani is often due to his lank of faith in himself. McKINLEY STATUE UNVEILED. I - t Orowd of Fifty Thousand Persons t Grow Frantic in its Efforts to See e Mrs. Longworth. D Columlbs, Ohio, September 14. With panie threatened a crowd of 50,- a 000 persons surging about. a stand erected in the Capitol grounds fran- t, tie to secture a glimpse of Mrs. Nicho- k las Longworth, file President's daugh- tl ler, t lie exercises arranged foi the un- e veiling of a stlattie of Wim. McKinley m this afternoon were suddenly post- 0 poned intil to-night, after the statie d of tle martyred President had beeil hurriedly unvieled by Mrs. Long- i worti. The seechies of lie Occasion i were delivered to-night in Memorial HlaIl. d The crowd was so large and cramp- a ed that it got beyoid control and the l shireking of women an(] children who fi were caught ini the ernsh rapidly w wor1ked the crowd into a frenzy. t May women f'ainted and were carried iI out of the crowd by the police. Mirs. Eliza Muhn anilmd i negress were tram pled on and had to Ie removed in an ambulance. Both Will recove'. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had an ex citin' experience in escaping from the excited crowd. From the speaker's Atand they went through a window, overlooking the platform, into the Governor's office, but they were sear cely inside when the people began to -l Surige hrilol:hi tie doors fron the (or' ridors and the office was quickly fill- V ed. The Ltongworths then attempted to reach an automobile, which was M waiting for them in tie street, but Onice inhide the building they were caught in a siuri'ging erowd. Finding no imniidlite avyenuae 4of(54O1 esap Conigress- N mana11 Longwortl t'ouglit a way for his w'ife out ot the Capitol grouids and (1 aRloss Broad street into the Outlook t1 building.c There they remained uitil tile police I cleared a way for a carriage which a took the Congressman and his wife a to the hotel. Later the Longworths took a train for Cincinnati. ti The committee on arraigements had ) expected anl enormois crowd hut ini a11 view of the solemnity and dignity of at the occasion, the conmrttee believed T that the crowd wotild he easily kept a in restraitL. Under ordinary circm- ti stances the police arrangements would e< have been adequate, but the officers continually found that. they were pow- a erless to cope witi tile c"rowd. a1 Memorial Hall tonight was filled V Witli people. Governor Ha1ris presid- ti ed. The speakers were William 11. Day, A4soeiate Justie' of (he sal- J preme Couirt. of the United States, v John W. Daiiel, United States Sena- t. tor from Virginia, General Joseph Me- i Key, of Brooklyn, N. Y., national com- o mander-in-ehief of the Grand Artny of' the Republic. b Mrs. McKinley was tilnable to at- I tend the dedicatory exercises, but she sl was repr'esenited b)y lier' niece, Mr's. Ida1 McKinley Day. Senator Daniel said in part: d To-day we praise God1 that Ie fill- s ed wvitht love of country and love of all c his count rymen the great goodl mant s whose imange stands before you. A iounid arie youri peop)le of' Ohio, hi r'epr'esenitative not only of your'selves, ja but r'epresentative of the majestic and (e fai' stiretchied masses o)f onur fellow cit. izens who are in the multitudinous ii homes andr cities of the greatest lRe- a public of the world, inhabited by the e freest peatce of all the ages. Onie e language d1o they speak. One voice (e (10 they ut ter. It is thle vitce o,f idlad ness5 that WVilliam McKinley lived, mingled in pathos with the voice of sorrow0~ that lie dlied. Ohio gave him to the Rlepuiblic. Hie glorified ini its deeds of p)eace, friendship, fraternity t and chiai'ity. The republic gave him to humanity. T[he wvorld 's wviser, hap- I pier and better than he lived, and i saw in his death ''the evidence of things seen and( the substance of things hoped for.' Hie b)roughit all his countrymen to beCtter' understanding and closer comn-u mnunion. Hei sent forth the wearers of the b)lue and the wvearers of the grey to battle, elbow to elbo0w, heart to heart, rank to rank. Hie trusted all alike; well he might. Time and asmiin I henard ihm say t hat hiis hiigha- a e'st aimbit ion ' ' to mrake all the peo-. pie feel that they wore Americans. ~ s [o one of the Presidents of the Uni L-d States ever touched a deeper or underer chord inl the hearts of his anntryimeii thani he did, and no one lore tlhofoughly appreciated the good ,ill that was givetn him. By a dastard, pervert and degener te hand he fell. Apotheosis of folly. Not i being in all the world was bet --red, not at hope of betterment has iidled in a single breast. Not a tie mit binds society together was sever i. The foundations of authority 'ere unshakeni. The Government went a just as before. "The Pi'esident is enad' ' raig out like a knell. Slaong live the President,'' rose on We Aemrican voice, tsern, command g, Vietor-iouts, a1 warrior, forward.' This day five years ago McKinley ied. Tht(e whole people vere in tears ud everybody felt, lie had lost a 'ien(. I leave youi with this prayer ir tihe gettle companion of his life, Io may go o lia who caiot come Sher; anmd for you all, ien and wo e(.1n f Ohio,.1 ad all our coailutrymen Nay all love, his love unseen, but 1elt., o'ersladow thee. The love of all our sons encopass tee. Tle love of all our daughters cher ish thee; The love of all our people comfort thee; Till God's love sit thee by his side nain. rAS CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED. Larlboro Woman the Victim of Fien dish Crime.-Young Negro Under Arrest in Marlboro Jail. ews 11ad C ol'ier. Bennettsville, Septeiber 8.-Sun ay iiglt Irs. 1laey Aai Paterson, wv wif,e of' I)r-. It. .1. Paterson, was riilinally assalilted .1at ler liomlie in wv Betlel section of tIi.s contaty, by -olored m1an believed to be Hich rd Dargan, who is under arrest. MArs. Paterson was aloae will her Vo (liildren wheln she leard somebody r-eakinig into lie house. She ran out I tlie bnck door and started to rtin aross tle field to a neighbor's house. Ie tne-ro after lier and eaught. her bout 150 yards f'rom the laoise. She 'ied to serenm fa tor help, lmt, he 'laok I ler and conmiitted tle assault. Mrs. Palerson recogiized the assail nt. to be Richiard Dargan, a negro b)oit 22 years old, who lived on J. A. 1. Moore's place, about ii mnile dis inat. Mrs. I'ater'-son's brotlers, S. .1. aind 13. 11 hbbard, whIto live inl Bennetts ille, were 'photied for. They went > Drn ia's boise and found iin ere, bil coul lnot 'et him )to co'mio iul or to open ile door. ''lhey then at MIr. MNoore, olives ntearby, an.1 i'oke ini, bitl D11a'gai lad escaped by kkim" a planlk 6't of the floor and ippinl,g throlgh1 tie tal I ottn.ll. Thea sheriff't andi a liiarge atumaiber of wtizens r'each'ed the scene early Mon ay mor'ning aand engaged in the mrehd. Abouat. 11 o 'clock lie was 1o t ted and( surr'Ioiundedl in a small (vamp and1( enptuared, lie wuas turned v'er to Sheif f ren, who 1 brouaght iml 1to HennaettIsvi lie andl put him ina ill. He denIies any knaowledge of the amae. Thler'e is nio pr'obability of a lyneh ag. Then people of Ma'lboro are law biding and waat the law to take its wraase, as it hans (loae in a number' of uses befoa'e. Ever'ything is quiet this .'ening. Cold Roast Meats. Whaat to do witha cold roast meats is rteni a praoblemn. Cold lamb is excel nt whlen served in aspic jelly. Make ae jelly, or buy it., whieb is easier anid ruarly as good every way, and poaur a ttle in the bottom of a mold. Cut the Lmb in him slides of iunifor'm size and 'im them neataly. When the layer of Bly is har'd, aarrange the slices with ayers of jelly and pour jelly in last f all. WVhen the dish is quite firm, namold and decorate with small olives, 'affles, eaper's or pimentoes and gar isha with water eresses. The scor'n (If egotism is as harmless a thle slturs (If ignor'ance. Betweena somte ment and sponges the anly appar'ent diffea'eatce is thant ones will La1ke wate.