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YI MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1901 NO.20 ELECTION ORDERED By the Demo'cratic State Ex'cu tivs Commite IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT To Fill Out the Une, x.3 red Terrn I d in Cengrsss of tht Late C'n gressman J Wm St k fe. jn The Dmocrs -ic State Executive a Committee met in Columbia last Thurs- p day. Wre-i the committee was called to order Col. Jones stated the cjbct E of the meeting to be the arrangenent of a primary to rominate some one to fill b the unexpired term of the late Dr. t] Stokes. The following member3 of the p committee were present, the counties of Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Colletoc, Dariir gton. Do, chester, Edge- r field, Georgetown, Greenville, H--mp- s ton, Kershsw, OcInee, Sa'u'a, Spar tanburg, Union and. Williamsburg hav- t no representatives: Abbeville-A W. Jones. Aiken-W. W. Williams. a Anderson-J. Perry Glenn. Bamberg-E T. LaFitte. Barnwell-G. Duncan Billinger. Beaufort-Thomas Martin. Cheeter-T. J. Cunningham. Clarendon-Louis Appale. Darlington-A. L A. Perrit. Faizfield-T H Kitchens. Ficrenoe-1) H. Traxler. Greenwood-D H. Magill. Horry-J. A. McDermott.. Kersha c- J. C. Richards. Lancaster-J Y Williams. Laurans-N. B. Dial I Lexington-D. J. Griffith. Marion-S. G Miles. Marlboro-W. D. Evans. Newberry-Cole L B'esse. Orangeburg-W. 0. Tatum. Pickens-R. F. Smith. Richland-Willie Jones. G Sumter-B D. Lee. York-J. C. Wilborn. B. R. Tillman, Trenton, national ex ecutive -committ,eman. Willie Jones, chairman, Columbia. T U. X Gunter, secretary, Columbia. f< Mr. R. D. Lee of Sumter then offered of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the date of the Dem ocratic primary election in the seventh I congressional district be fixed for the u last Tuesday in August, being the 27th E of the month. - Resolved, That the Democratic c m paign in said district be opened on the first day of August and continue to the - 24th day of August. C Resolved, That the dates and places ( of the campaign meeting be as follows: (To be inerted by committee.) p He also cff red the following: B Resolved, That the Democratic coun- e ty chairme n in the counties and parts t] of ecunties of the seventh congressional district are hereby instructed and re quested to make all necessary arrange- t ments for the primary election and for t the meetirgs. Resolved, That the candidates be as sessed $50 each, as in the regular pri- a maries pay able on the day that cam paign opens. M2r. Tatum thought the date named rathez earls; -that the last of Septem -ber would suit better. He moved to amend by changing to make it the middle f September. On motion-of Mr. Magill the whole I matter was referred to a committee con- e sisting of the members from the several t congressional edistricts. This commit tee returned reporting that the resolu - tions be ad ,pted as presented, however, changing the date for the primary to Sept. 10, and for the campaign to open a on August 6 anid conclude on Sept. 4. Sumter C. H.-August 6. Biehopv lie-August, 7. Eastover-August 8 Broaklard (night)-August 10. Hilton (Lexington county)-August 13th. Lexington-August 16. *Leesvillc-August 15. Orangebnrg C. H -Aunst 20. Orange burg county (slaces to bet designate d) August 21, 22 anid 23. St. George's-August 26. Holly Hill-August 27 Summerville-August 28 Moneck's Corner-August 29. Walterboro- S ptemnber 3 Colleton county (places to be desig- t nated)-Sept. 4 The report of the ecmmittee was( adopted. The committee agreed to leave to the members of the committee from the Seventh district the work of canvassing I the returns and declaring the results. There was consideraole discussion over a proposition by Attorney Generali Bellinger not to assess the candidates anything so far as the ounty commis aioners are concerned. He held that< the assessments by both this commit tee and the cour ty commissioners was tantamcunt to zuling a poor man out of the race- The counties put on cther1 -assessments, and the re were contest ex penses, newspaper advertisements, etc. He told something of the way the thing worked in 1his own experience. Be warned the committee that this was1 leading to debarring any man who was not wealthy from every race for con gress. He was opposed to leavy an unnece ssary assessment. Mr. Tatum .agreed somewhat with Mr. Bellinger and Mr. Martin thought that the commissioners should make the assessments. Mr. Appelt thought that several counties would need money. Mr. T. Y. Williams favored Mr. Bel linger's motion. He said this power of county commissionlers was abused mn many counties. Mr. Lee suggested that the success ful candidate be required to pay $500 Let the man who gets the honors and emoluments of the party pay the ix penses. Mr. Appelt wanted to amead so that no county could assess a candidate over $50) each. Mr. Beliinger said that tle commit tee must d<.cide not to make any as sessments itself leaving it to the coun ties, or vice versa. Somec counties did not pay say election expenses. The counties 'nimical to a candidate could - assess him out< of the race. If the coun ties were allowed to assess he would B move to reconsider the $50 State com mittee asessment. Mr. W. D. Evans wanted to allow the f ounty chairmen to draw on the State hairman fcr an amount not exceeding 50. Mr. Tatum wished the limit in the 1 cueties fixed at 10I each for the can idates. Mr. Dial moved to table the Belinger o: on. Senator 'illman then s'ow'y rose and aid: "We livO in - commerjial age ry've heard someibiog of that braid of Mmcracy recently." Dd the can- 'I tease go to congrecss to represent the eople or himsdlf. Were they going to ut up ofecs here for sale? When ycu take it a ma' ter of purchase and rule oor mce out, you F us the cffi,:es up at p-ice. This thing diould be put on a lane of honor and duty. We are commercial D,:mocrats" in ptying arselves th- cost of our expense- h . T L didn't believe that this committee ti aght to pay itself even though it had L een done all alone. It was unfair for s lem as Democrats to make candidates sy for the cffices. ti The committee declined to table Mr. kc ellioger's motion and it was adopted, fusing permission to counties to as- tl as. ti Mr. Tatum offered a set of resolu: d: ons of respect in regard to the late o :. J. Wm. Stokes. These resolutions at ere thoroughly eulogistic. They were P opted by a rising vote. el Mr. D. H. Magill was about to drop ti is loaded resolutions which is pub- E shed in tb next column, when Mr. b; ellinger cff~red resolutions of respect the memory of the late Hons. W. H. d: [auldin and G. J. Redfern, members P F the committee, who had died since 3e last meeting. The resolutions were 0 iopted by a rising vote. See next two e olumns for further proceedings. r n DR. KILGO IN A FIGHT. t V1 t] [e and R. B. Crawford Engage in a it Perscnal Encounter. d g The Durham correspondence of the a harlotte Obseiver says: Passengers L -ho came in on the morning train from reensboro Thursday brought the news a "scrap" that occured on the train. he parties implicated in the fight a ere Dr. John C. Kilgo, president of t rinity College, and Mr. B. R. Craw- c ,rd, a well known hardware merchant r, Winston-Salem. Mr. Crawford was t ten at the residence of his father-in n w, Rev. Alexander Walker, Thursday orning and asked about the matter. [e said that during the meeting of col- o ge men in Greensbor> some weeks 0 o Dr. Kilgo, in a speech, grossly in- nx slted the good name of his father, Rev. n W. Crawford, editor of the North arolina Christian AdvocatA, and be ii 3. B. Crawfordy wrote Dr. Klgo, ask- >r ig if his speech had been correctly re- al orted in the Raleigh Post, to which n Algo replied by referring him to sov mal persons in Greensboro who heard g1 ie speech. This, Mr. Crawford 'said, r as far from satibfactory to him and 0 hursday morning as he came down on a 1e train from Greensboro he happened go into the second class car where Dr. 0 igo was seated and appi'oached him p 2 a courteous manner, as he was not ngry and had no idea of having a per- i anal encounter, and stated to Dr. ilgo that his lesiter was very unsatis- 1' etory. Dr. Kilgo said that his v rawford's) letter was also unsatisfac- i1 ry to him. Mr. Crawford then said ; >Dr. Kilgo that his attack on his ither in the aforesaid speech was uin- E! arranted and cowarfdly. Kilgo retort- 1! &: "You are the biggest coward in e State," whereup:>n Mr. Crawford " track Dr. Kilgo and several blows were assed before they could be separated A y the passengers. They did not hurt 1; ach other beyond a few slight bruses, b d Mr. Crawford expressed sincere re- 'a ret over the occuranoc, but felt that to e called a coward was an insult which tl houid be resented then and there. Dr. 5 Eigo was asked for a s!;atement ..but ' eclined to have ana thing to say about b he matter. Mr. Crawforl is a graduate 1 f Trinity College and is well known I ~ere. Be is a prominent busiaess man 1 n Wineton Salem where he has resid- t d for several years. He also is promi- f ent in Churca circles, holding several i ificial positions in .Grace Methodist hurch, of his town. Who Is He? The State received information of he accidental drowning at Pawley's Is and on Sunday week of a Mr. Dan Mc ~unis, a machinist employed by the v tlantic Coast Lumber company, andi he people of Georgetown are anxious o acersain whether he had any rela ives. Every effort has been made tot cate the young man's people or hist ame, but thus far without avail. It generally thovght that he came origi-r ally from Boston. He ha I no papers ~hat lead to his identity. The fatal ac ~ident occurred on Sunday afternoon I ast about 3 o'clock. At that hour Mc-t 3ainis attempted to watk across a nar-t row inlet between Pawley's Island and I ;he next one where the current is alwayse ery strong. The tide was too strong for him and he was swept under andc irowned before anything could be donee by his companions to save him. The body was taken to Georgetown.e Will Be There. The New York State e mmission to the South Carolina Exposition has de rided to erect a splendid building on one of the most favorable sites in the Exposition grounds. The plans ac epted cail for a strutture 200 feet1 Long by 60 feet wide and averaging 65 feet in height. The main entrar-ce will face upon the rive.r and the huge pooih wdll ex'end out over the water. The architecture is in keeping with the general design of the Exposition, the plans for the new State building being1 designed by Braaford Gilbert, the su pervising architect. The style is old Spanish. Fifteen Killed. An explosion Wednesday of petro leum on board the American Echaooner L~uise Adelaide, Capt Orr, whi.3h left Prtland. Me., Jane 24 fir Stockholm, in the harbor here retulted in the death of Capt. Orr,ten memnbtrs of -the schoon er's crew and four Sweedish customs ffiials. Two of the crew were saved. The explosion set t~he schooner afire and the blazing petroleum enveloped] th vessenl and those on board. IE IS CONDE NED. he State Democratic Committee Asks Mciaurir TO RESIGN HIS SEAT. hose Wno Stood by the Jugncr Senator Could Not Help Him a Great Dal. At its meeting in Columbia last hurday the State Democratie Exeu ve Committee requested Senator Me aurin to resign his seat in the United tate Senate. The matter was brought p by Mr. Magill who ciferod the fol Wing resolutions: R3Eolved, That in addition to taking ie regularly prescribed oath to abide 1e result of the primary, that all can idates for congress in the special pri Lary pledge themselves to tup ort and vocato, as members of congresp, t' e inciples and doctrines of the Demo -atic party as promulgated in the na onal and Sate pitaforms; notil th' Lme shall have been regularly changed 7 the convention of the party. Resolved, furthe-, That the osadi ates shalt pledge themselves to sup )rt the action of the party cauous. Mr. Appalt said he had no special bjeotions to these resolutions, but he ,'d See no necessity for this. The les set forth the pledge There was o need now for additional pledges. He >ld of the action of the last State con ention. Senator Tillman had told him ien that there was no necessity to put t the national Democracy. While he iff red with some friends he was not ing out of the party. He would sup ort any platform the State or national emocratia party might make, but he ou'd until then urge his own ideas. 'here was no necessity for an additional ledge. Mr. Magill said this was a day of dvanement. There was nothing in ese resolutions in conflict with the >nstitution or rules of the party. He noted the constitution. The man who afused to take this oath had no right iun in the Democratic party; any an holding doctrines not in accord ith the Democratic party should not e allowed to run in the party. Mr. Appelt said no resolution of this Cmittee could amend and add to the nstitution of the party. The com tittee could add nothing to it or take othing from it. Mr. D.al was opposed to the resilu ons because they tied one oongress tan down to policies agreed on long zo and that may be changed. Again o man should be tic d by caucus. Mr. Smith said there were six con ressmen there now who had taken the glar oath; it was no use to requ'r3 a man filling an unexpired term an Iditional oath. Capt. Williams said that no man who muld not stand for the Kansas City latform should be allo;,ed to run. That was the only badge of Damo racy. Mr. Appelt said suppose a Democrat anted to go before the people and con ine them that the Kansas City plat >rm is wror-g; would they in this free auntry rule such a Democrat out? Mr. W. D. Evans said that the man 'ho was elected to succeed D:. Stokes ouli succeed a true man. If a man uld not take this oath he ought to go 'here he belongs. He was sick and red of the talk about what constitutes 4miocracy. If any man wanted to go congress to succeed Stokes he must e a Democrat-oe about whose Dem, racy there could be no qu :stion. Mr. LaFitte said there were true and ried Democra's in this S:ate who would tand here and proclaim that they rould not swallow 16 to 1. All should e allowed to go beforeo the peop'e and t them jadge. We are all white pao le. If he had the congressman's job his pocket he wou:4 take it out, hrow it down and stamp upon it be ore he himself would swallow 16 to 1, She was a gold standard .D-mocrat. Mr. Tatum said he was from the eventh district and favorod the reto ation. Any man oppeseci to 16 to 1 ould never see the inside of the halls i congress from that district. Mr. Appelt wanted to know why not ut voters on the same czelision basir. Mr. Tatum said if a man wvanted to 'ote the Republicaa ticket he culd d> t, but there was a way to do it. Mr. R ohards said that while he ina ended to vote for the resolution hel hought the resolution indircot andi hereore offered the following: I Whereas the Hon. Joh2 L. McLlul in junior United States senator elected o represent the State of South Carolica n the national cingress, has by his al iliations and votes in that body, igrnored he national Democratic platform and hereby misrepressnted his State and is Democratic constituency who elect d him. Therefore, te it Resolved, That it is the sense and onvictions of the S'ate Democratic ex cutive o~mmittee that Senater J. L decLurin, from the standpoint of bon sty and self respect should tender his1 Lnqualified resignation imnmediate'y. Mr. Richards said he was aware that he legislature had failed to pass such a esolution, unwisely in'roduc~d. He hought that action was a rdiection ipon the distinguirhed senior senator rm Srzu~h Caiolina. Hie said he and s people felt that McL.arin was railing the Democratic I ug in the dust bnd he was man enough to say so. Mr. Appelt moved to lay both reso utions upon the table without debate. Senator hilman said he hoped no one vould attempt "to gag us here." Mr. Appelt disclaimed any such in ention. S:nator Tillman then rose Ghis eyes lshing and his lips quivering with uporesed feeling. He said that in lebate a short time ago a circumstance iad arisen that led to the tender of the resignations of McLiuria and himself, d all knew what followed. "Now e here in this room are either Damo srats or we are not. We are t' e repre enaives of the Democracy. Had Mc au-in, had this man, cast his vote in he Uaited Sta:cs senate in accordanc3 with the will and desire of the paople f this State? Who will dare stand up Liere and say that he has done so? But r kno something about it He has voted on important matters with the k Republican pa-ty, since the treaty With J Spain was ratified by his vote. Is this G what you call Democracy? And is that I what 3 ou call a Democrat? I have re- I maiz d quietly in my seat and seen him confer umo and again with Republi cans. Nov we are the engineers and we are is charge of the Democratie train snd we must guide it safely into the D2 moeraeic station. The emergency has arisen and we must act here and now and ere the train safely through. We must protect the par:y interest from r, treachery." S Senator A.ppelt interrupted to ask e S 'nator Tillman if he thought the com il mittee had any right to amend the ii pledge provided in the party constitu- t ion. t Senator Tillman sail: "I am not die- o ussing that pledgi resolution. I am t1 discussing the important substitute c whicL has just been offered and which F carries the discussion into a wider a tied. I want to say here and now that t! Mcuaurin's friends have two means of v reress. This year when things start- ii ed out we were told that we were go d ing to have peace and harmony for u one summer at least. But "peace sad 2 harmony" won't come when there are a sneaks and thieves and traitors going u around and hiring Hessians and dis- a tributin, go'd and buying up newspa p pers. I am fully aware of what I am c saying, and I know whereof I speak." Mr. Appelt: "Senator Tillman, I can't understand what you mean. I G know nothing cf all this. I am a friend of Senator McLsurin and I am here to say so." r Senator Tilman (turning upon Mr. t< Appelt)-I knew that you belonged to to him heart and soul. t] Mr. Appelt very plainly declared that t< he had always been a very warm per p sonal friend and supporter of Mr. Me 0 Laurin and that he had been equally as t1 warm a Supporter of Senator Tillman fi and had bupported his as loyally as w anyone else, and he did not care to a impugn Tliman's motives or have the senator impugn his. v Senator Trman remarked that Mr. g: A.ppelt must have thought that the si :ap fit him, for he had said nothi ng ti concerning him. Referring again to fi KeLaurin's proprietorship of Mr. Ap- E pelt, Senator Tillman said: "Oh, it is a nderstood that you have been "My e Dear Appelt" to him for many years. a Mr. Appelt-Yes, to you as well as gl to McLaurin. e There was a bit more of cross-firing h between Tillman and Appelt and Till fi man continued: n "But the issue is not as to men: in.- re stead it is one of Republicanism. and Republicanism of the most damnable a kind. He said that if MoLaurin had ei coma squarely out he would have had c, some respect for him, even now claim- e ing to be a Democrat, he goes to Char- t< lotte and abuses Democracy by the ei very name. Even the Republican pa- tl pers of the country said that the doe- b: trines that he advocated were pure i R publican doctrines. His friends are n ping up and down the State crying p these doctrines. MaLaarin is bound to the Democratic party by his pledge; is bound to 16 to 1 or bust and all that :Lf a you will. What I want now is for you i to pass th. s resolution and let all Demo- d orats go forth labeled, so that they may be known to. all." Senator Tillman here referred indirectly to remarks made earlier by Mr. LaFstte, having understood him to say that he had re pudiated the 16 to 1 plank. Mr, La~'itte explained that he had misunderstood and explained himself. Eully on the point and disclaimed that: he repudiated Bryan Democracy an~d 2! ssezed that what he had said was ec preceded by a statement that "if he tl were a sound money Democrat" he 5: would do so and so. ec Senator Tillman. then said that a C' man seat to cjngress by the Demo- b ra:ic party should represent and not si misrpeonlt tne party. Another ra- .V. dress that McLaurin had would be for nim and all his friends to use all their e3 effrs, legitimate and illegitimate, to seure the eieoti )n of commereial Demn oras to the next State convention, [i was for the people to be heard, and he ied his faith to she people. If the con vention, perchance, could not be kept s' true to Democracy, then the people a themselves could spesk at the poils n in November and rectify the wrong. Dr. D.al said that this committee, he a thought, had no right to pass the reso- ~ lation and Senator McIaurin would n pay no attention to it, so what was the use to waste time. Senator Tilim an-Certainly, we 'io not expj.c: Liurto do so. Mr. Blase said he favored one-half of the resolution, but the other half he d did not. Mr. Gnnter-Let's see, is that reto0 lutiea cut in half? (Laughter.) r Mr. Blease said that he was willing to condemn the course of Senator M~e Laurin in the senate, but was not wil ling to vote for the resolution reques~t- ~ ing his resignation, as the committee had. no right to do so, as he viewed it. He moved to strike out the words ask ing for McLaurin's resignation. Mr. Cunniegham moved to table this proposition and this was done. Only three seemed to vote for the division of the resolution. Mr. Appelt renewed his motion to table the whole Richards resolu'.in and Dr. Smith seconded the resolution. Senator Tillman demanded the aye and nay vote upon the question and c wanted to settle the whole thing here y ad now. b As the vote was being taken Mr. a Glenn arose when his name was called si and gave the following as his reason g fcr not voting: "I did not vote for thais o committee to ask Senator McL aurin to 'I resign his seat in the United States d senate for the re'son that the consti- t tutin of the party was fixed by the r people and the people will decide the a matter in the next primary." When Mr. LaFitte's name was cal.:ed a he did not vote. When the roll had t been concluded he rose and said: "Re- b ord me as voting no; I did not know a the question." The Richardls resolution condemning Senator McLaurin, and asking for his p resignation, was passe d byi the following C vote: - , To kill the resolution: Louis Appelt, 8 A. J. A. Perritt, N. B. Dial, A. G, C Miles, Dr. IR. F. Smith--5.g For the resolutions calling for Mc- I Laurin's resignation: Senator Tillman, ; Chairman Wilie Jones, A. W. Jones, W. W. Williams E. F. Laffitte G. Dan-. can Bllinger, Thomas Martin, A. S. . Mcoy, T .T. Cnningham, T. H. s etchens, D. H. Trayler, D. H Magill A McDermott, J. G. Richards, T. . Williams, D. J. Griffith, W. D. .vans, Cole L. Blease, W. 0 Tatum, 1. D. Lee, J. C. Wilborn--21. V SEEKING JUSTICE. tear Admiral Schley AiKS for An Investigation Secreary Long Thursday morning N eceived a letter from Rear Admiral ebley calling attention to the criti *sms asainst him which are contained i Maclay's history of the navy and the 2nuendos which have appeared in the he press for several days, and stating hat, in nis opinion, the time had now ome to take such action as would bring be entire matter under the "clear and c aim review of his brothers in arms." al ?e a-ked that the department take such w etion as was deemed best to accomplish his turpose. He also rcquested that p hatever action be taken snould occur a Waehingtcn where his papers and P ata are stored. The secretary im- t ediately decided to comply with t dmiral Schley's request and dictated p letter to the rear admiral saying that V nder the circumstances he heartily 0 pproved of his action and that the de- 8 artment would proceed at once in ac- e ordance with b'i rrgest. THE ADMIRALS LETTER. Admiral Schley's letter is as follows; g reat Naek, Long Island, N. Y., July W 22nd, 1901. Sir: Within the past few days, a se- P ies of press comments have been sent 0 ) me from various parts of the ecuu- C ey of a book entiled "The History of n be Navy," written by one Edgar Stan- i )n Maclay. From these reviws it ap- G ears that this edition is a third volume f the said history extended to include C0 e late war with Spain, which the rat two volumes did not coutain, a-id a ere in use as text books at the naval cademy. '2 From excerpts quoted in some re Jews, in which the page and para- W raph are given, there is such perver on of facts, misconstruction of inten on, such intemperate abuse and de- d imation of myslf, which subjects Mr. 0 [aclay to action in civic law, While I t Imit the right of fair criticism of h very public officer, I must protest gainst the low flings and abusive lan age of this violent, partisan oppon at, who has infused into the pages of 4 is book so much of the malice of un- a irness as to make it unworthy the I ame of history, or of use in any ,putable institution of the country. "3. I have refrained heretofore from ft LI comment upon the innuendoes of a aemies muttered or murmured in se- P -et and therefore with safety to them- al ,lvs. I think the time has now come @ take such action as may bring this p mtire matt- r under discussion under t ie clearer and calmer review of my rothers in arms, and to this end I ark P ich action at the hands of the depart ent, as it may deem best to aocom lish this purpose. "4. But I would express the request this connection that whataver the ' tion may be that it occur in Wash igton where most of my papers and i ata are stored. t "Very respcctfully, 0 (Signed) "W. S. Sehley, P "Rear Admiral U. S. N. ii To the Secretary of the Navy, Wash- t ington, D C." LONG'B QUICK ASSENT.d Navy Department, Washington, D. C., 0 July 24 1901. 0 "Sir: I'am in receipt of yours of the i a d instant, with reference to the 0 riticisms upon you in connection with g ie Spanish-American war, and hear- 0 ly approve of your action under the . roumstances in asking at the hands i this department euch 'action as will ~ ring this entire matter under discus- G on under the clearer and calmer re ew of my brothers in arms.' "The department ill at once proa P ~ed in aecordance with your request. s "Very respectfully, "John D. Long." Rear A-imiral W. S. Sihley, U S. N."g AOTED WITHOUT CONSULTATION. Secretary Long acted without con- P altation with any one and without d ommunicting the request of the ad- ~ iiral to the president. He called into P is office Rear Admiral Crowninshield P ad Capt. Cowles, chief and assistant U ief, respectively, of the bureau of "I avigation, and also Judge Advocate n 'eneral Lemly, who has charge of for- t alities of naval courts He also sent V >r Admiral Dewey. Althouglh Rear ' Ldmiral Schley did not ask specially a ra court of inquiry, but left the ac 0 ien to be taken to the judgment of the a epartment, the secretary decided that a ah a court would be the best means f making the investigation which the ~ sar admiral had requested and the 0 bree bureau officers were called in for e be purpose of discussing the mode oI d rocedura in such cases. After his 8 orfrnce with Admiral Dawey, who I ad responded immediately to the ai sretary's request for an interview, ~ e secretary said that te had not had b Eme to decide upon the composition of td be court, but in response to a ques- 0 on as to whether Admiral Dewey P ould serve upon such a court, if re- v ested to do so, the secretary said: b Admiral De wey will do his duty." Gen. Hampton Leaves. s On Wednesday morning at 11:30 E 'lock over the Southern railway Gen. tl ade Hampton left for the mountains, P eing bound for the famous Sapphire P ountry. He was accompanied by his fi iters, his daughter and his niece. The it eneral though feebile is holding his y wn remarkable well for one of his afe. 'he Southern railway offie.als acci- d' entally heard that Gen. ':lampton was n go mountainward and at once the ai aad tendered him the use of a private b, ar for hiti self and party. Saperin- C ndent Welle'sa car was used and sent h round to the depot on the train. Thus a he trip up was made very comforta- 0l le. It was a compliment that the E ged warrior appreciated.g Hans Jensen,'a Dane, recently ap- ii eared before the judge of the district a ourt held in Garnett, Kan., to be nat- t. ralized. At the close of the usual ex- si mination the judge asked the appli- p ant: "Hans, are you satisfied with the eneral conditions in this country? si oes this government suit you entire- t: r?' "Yas, yas," answered Hans; a 'only I would like to see more rain." t] You may be sworn," said the judge, a I perceivo you already have the Kan- a 'RUTH ABOUT CUBA. chat Gen. W.od Thinks of the Island and Its Per pie. OME INTERESTING FACTS. le Says the Cubans Are Like Most Oth.r People, No Bitter, Nor Any Worse Than Others. The current number of The Outlook )ntains an interview with Gen. Leon d Wood, governor general of Cuba, hich is very interesting. It was re )rted for that journal by Elward [arshall, the American war corres ondent who was so badly wounded in e battle of Las Guasimas, and was anscribed for Gen. Wood and ap roved by him before publication. Gen. Tood begins by declaring that "Ameri in writers have written as if we plant I brains in virgin soil when we enter s into Cuba, as if the first bright icker of honesty had lighted up the is nd when our flag went up, as if intelli mnoe had been unknown there before e bought it with us. All this is rong." Please observe that it is the resident's very close friend, the head the American administration in nba, who says this. Surely he has ) incentive to make a statement min n:zing the influence of his own labors. en. Wood continues: After the war was over Cuba was of >rse practically in a state ' of chaos. . man may be ill without being an idiot id when he is ill he requires the ser ices of a physician, and perhaps of arses; he may even become helpless in a time without reflecting on his ermal ability to care for himself and ork for others. So it was with Cuba. orn and racked by war, disorganized, ismayed, disheartened by years of nflit-she was ill when by the at of te American occupation we came to alp her. It would be folly to say that te is wholly recovered. There are many agering effects of the trouble through hich she had passed, but with her in eas ing health she will throw them off easily as we threw off those which fol wed our War of the Rebellion. I feel no more concern about the fu re of this island than I feel about the ture of my native State. Its resources e so vast and splendid that pros rity is sure to come. Its merchants id planters are intelligent and ener tie, and under the conditions of sace and industry which have come them since the close of the war they ill hasten the advance of that pros arity. This is well said, and it is true. Cuba as crippled because of the wounds, )t the vices, of her people. Gen. Wood declined to discuss the litics of Cuba, saying that there was good and bad in Cuban politics" as sere was "good and bad in the poli es of any country. When people cry at that there are dishonest men in lities in Cuba," he added, "I wonder they ever recall to mind the fact tt there have been dishonest men in litics at home." A home thrut, in sed, but it has been made before with at closing the mouths of Cuba's eager tnsors. Gen. Wood gave this attrac e summary of the natural resources ECuba, resources certain to induce a rest immigration, a great investment capital and a great prosperity: No house will stand without founda bs, no countay can be prosperous ness that prosperity is built upon the .d given resources of fertility and cness in the actual earth which >rms it. Take Cuba, province by rovince. What State in our own land ows a greater variety or a greater ealth of possibilities. Santiago prevince perhaps offers the restest opportunity of development in, lines, in coffee, in cacao. In this one rovinee alone there are immense un eveloped areas of the finest sugar. sd and enongh magnificent land un anted to equal the present total out t of the island. Fine forests of val able timber, consisting largely of lendid native hard woods, including inch mahogany, have never known 1e ax and are only waiting for de elopment to become a great source of ealh. But Santiago's greatest riches ce mineral; its vast deposits of cxide Smangancese and high-grade iron-ore re as rich as any in the world. There ce mountains almost made of iron hich will run 60 per cent. to the ton hen semelted. Less is known about pper in the province, but I known sugh sto freely state that enormous eposits exist there. Besides this, antiago pro'dnce in general is good irming land 'and offers magnificent ricultural opportunities to settlers, ecannot he said that any part of Cuba as been throughly developed; indeed ie island may be called a brand-new untry. Of all the provinces Santiago obably holds the most of the unde sloped wealth, its greatest resources sing mineral. Puerto Principe is a good cattle c->un y. Taere is also much fine timber nding in its soutbern part, and uch entirely undeveloped wealth in e way of copper and iron ores. As ialt is another source of riches in this rovince. Much of- this asphalt is so ce that it is used not for paying but r the manufacture of varnishes. The iphalt has not yet been tried for pay ig, but will be in Habana. Tremen ius deposits of asphalt, indeed, exist Smany parts of the island, and there e probably many which have not sen discovered. There are parts of nba, small as the island is, which ave not even been prospected. As matter of facts there is actually room this -island for the explorer, and tany surprises lie in wait for coming merations. The eastern end of Santa Clara prov te is made up of rich tobacco, coffee. ad grazing country. The middle of ie province and its western end con st of fine sugar lands. Much of this revince is entirely undeveloped. Matanzas and Habana vovinces are agar lands with splendid ti.&aco plan tions in western Habana. I need Lake no comment on the saiality of iee tobacco lands. Habana cigars nd Cubau tobacco are known and orshipped from one end of the smok int the other. Habana comes nearer to being fully developed than any other province. The province of Pinar del Rio is very largely undeveloped. Its riches consist principally at present of fine tobacco sand, and probably much of the unde veloped country many in the future be successfully used for sugar aulture. Even the little Isle of Pines holds millions of dollars of undeveloped wealth in the way of marble and iron. Its timber has been pretty well out. merely because its small size and the fact that vessels could easily reach it made transportion comparatively easy. Between the Isle of Pines and the mainland are famous spong fish eries, and on the island in many peaces are fine mineral springs, which when investigated will doubtless prove to be of great medicinal value. This makes it possible that the island will some day become an important health re sort, although that of course is still a long way off. When asked whether he would ad vise y mug Americans to look for op portunities in Cuba, Gen. Wood an swered: "Of course. Where else in so comparatively small an area within such easy acoess of of the markets of the world can any such range of un developed wealth be found? I have the most unbounded faith in Cuba. If I were a millionaire looking for invest ment I certainly should bring my.money hers, knowing what I know of Cuba's dormant wealth," - Interrogated about the people of Cuba, Gen. Wood replied: I am glad to have a chance to say that with every day I have been in Cuba my admiration for the Cubans has increas ed. The Cubans have their faults, but they have no more than the average run of plain humanity, and it must be rememberel that they have labored un der many disadvantages. The Spani ards on the island are as fine a class of people as I ever knew. They are hon est, industrious, and as faithfulin their devotion to the island as if no war with Spain had ever happened. The word of the average Spanish merchant is as good as his bond. I have heard almost no complaint about sharp dealing among.Spanish merchants. The native Cuban is a good farmer, whether as the owner and manager of a plantation oras worker on it. Most of the professional men in Cuba also are native Cubans, and many of them are of great ability. The Cuban physicians and lawyers are, as a rule, good men; these are the great elements of strength in the population. The element of weakness is the drift ing population of the towns. This ele ment-which offers a serious problem is a direct and natural outcome of the long war with Spain; it will gradually eliminate itself, howover in all prob ability. So far as morale go, the pop ulation here will average up about as other populations average, I suppose. I will say this emphatically; the aver age of crimes against property and against person is much smaller than we have any right to expect in the cir cumstances. After the war there were many bandits in the country; they have disappeared. There were bandits in our own country after our Civil War " The correspondent here diverges to note the outcome of a sensational let ter from the head of the Cuban cigar trust indicating that the tobacco region was overrun with bandits. Inquiry by the American officials proved that this alarmist letter was based on a sheer invention; that there were no banditti whatever. On this point Gen. Wood said: "There is no more need for the traveler in Cuba to fear violence than there is need for a man to expect assassination on the most quiet and peaceful street of the calmest village in the United States. I should not hesi tate"--this with emphasis-"to put my wife and baby into a volante (a two wheeled carriage peculiar to the coun-' try districes) with only the driver, and he unarmed, and send them over any road in Cuba. They might drive from here to Santiago in this way without giving me one qualm of fear that they wculd be molested by robbers or other lawless persons." Could there be stronger testimony than this? Gen. Wood expressed himself as sur prised to see in American papers con stant reports of Cuban hostility toward the United Staterand pronounced them "certainly not true." "Wehave done," said, "all that we could do to meet any juset and reasonable demands of the Cuban people, and they have certainly done a great deal to show their appre ciation of what we have done." It was predioted by the governor gen eral that if the commercial and agri cultural elements of Cuba would enter the struggle of politics and accept office a good government could be formed. He believed in and had advised, he said, the reduction of duties by the United States on Cuban sugar and to bacco, and the-Cubans would be more than willing to give corresponding and compensating reductions on American produts, affording to the United States "a magnificent market for almost all manufactured goods, and for the sugar machinery." It was pointed out by Gen. Wood that the Cuban municipalities were be ing assisted, but assisted out of Cuban funds drawn from customs and inter nal revenue taxes. "All of the expenses of the [United States troops, as to the building of c imps and barracks and the cost of sanitary york of the whole island has also been paid from the Cuban funds." This is a fact that is hard to get into the heads of some of our imperialists; thi y cherish the the ory that the United States is paying out money for Cuba's rehabilitation. The State. No Negroes Wanted. The 300 negroes imported from Ala bama for work in the Latrobe Steel and Coupler works at Belleville, Ill., and whose arrival in that suburb has created serious alarm and threats of trouble, after spending the night on the train within a few miles of their destination were switched to LaGrange early Thursday and the train held to await developments. A mob of white strik ers was waiting for them to land. The negroes were finally sent back south. If there is anything which can be considered as preeminently important to the farmer it is good roads. The cost of bad ones, in the loss of time, the in juring of stock, the wear and tear on ve hiles and harness is something enor mous, not to speak of the worry occa sioned by hauling light loads with groat dimuln hougnh deep mud. FARMERS' ALLIANCE Meet In Annual Session In the City of Columbia THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS A Full Discussion of the Plan :Proposed for the Reorgani zatlon of the State Alliance. The State Alliance met in Columbia last Wednesday night. The attendance was considerably larger than was ex pected and all seemed to take a lively interest in the proceedings. When the roll was called the following delegates from county alliances were present: Dorchester-W. M. Shieder. Florence-W. C. Kelly. GreenwoodP. S. Dew. Lancaster-B. F. Miller. Lexington-James B. Addy. Newberry-J. L. Keitt Marlboro-Chas. Crosland. Ooonee-J. B. Pickett. Orangeburg-J. H. Claffy. Union-A. C. Lyles. York-W, N. Elder. The following additional delegates from subordinate alliances were present: Fishdam-W. T. Jeter. Ford-F. A. Hagman. ' -twell-M. K. Prick. SL aerville-J. H. Aargle. The following officers wore elected for the ensuing year: D. F. Efird, of Lexington, president; W. N. Folder, of York, vice president and State - turer; J. W. Reid, Reidville, secretary and treasurer; J. F. Nosbitt, Lanoas ter, delegate to National alliance;- A. M 0. Lyles, Carlisle, member executive committee to serve three years. Pres' .= dent J. 0. Alexander of Oconee de. livered his annual address to the State.E alliance as follows: Brethren of the State Alliance: As usual, it is with much pleasure tlt, as a member and a brother in this or der, am spared by a figher Being to meet you here once more. in my humble way, have tried to preside .over this alliance for two years, and I ind, brethren, that while I have beenlion ored by. the order, and have been taeated with the greatest respect b every member, I feel that I have been . unequal to the emergency. Our organ ization has, I fear deteriorated under my administration, instead of building up. The cause of this I don't know, us less it is neglect on my part and yours to do our whole duty in enco our neighbors to join our ranks help us fight the battles of life. You can remember, brethren, when our or der was full to overflowing with mem berE; they then saw the good works _ of the alliance and they see it today. The object of the organisation was to help the poor, to assist those who were unable to stand alone, purely a char itable thing, yet how many have with drawn from our rolls; some by death, but a large majority from causes known but to themselves. In the death of Brother J.W. Stokes one of our brightest lights has gone out; hi. at in our order and in the nationaloedi A gress hall will be ard tohfll. He was a true man in every sense of the woid True to his country, true to his een stituents, true to the alliance and tru~ to his -God. Let us ever cherish his ' memory. Now, brethren, let me thank you for having placed the mantle of hen or on my shoulders as your president, and on retiring from this seatlIwanto to assist you in electintg some brother who can and will I hope far aurpass all that & your humble servant has done. The allianes devoted its time Wedne day evening to perfecting its organiss- -i-z tion, electing offiers, etc., and to a general discussion of the best plan for the reorganisation and rejuvenation of the order throughout the State. Lock ing to the revival of the alliance Mr. Crosland proposed that the directors set aside a part of the interest derived from the alliance fund, now safely in vested, and pay an organizer to work up sub-alliances. This plan met with op position on the ground that the fund and interest was a trust fund and could not be used for organizing work. It was contended on the other hand that it would be for the good of the order and the fund. The matter was freely - discussed pro and con and the general disposition was to put an active worker in the field and organiza the Stat. al liance to take active hold of certain business propositions. At this point the Alliance objourned over to Thurs day. A Narrow ascape. The firing of a sheli from the battle ship Kearsarge into Newport, B. I, Wednesday indicates culpable careless ness somewhere. It is most fortunate that the shot did no further damage than to break a few of the stones in the new city hall. It might have caused the loss of several lives and the destrue tion of much property. How the gun which sent this shell came to be loaded and how it happened to be fired are mysteries to the public which will probably be cleared up very soon. Heat of the Sun. Fred H. Hicks, a farmer who raises high grade poultry at his place on the banks of the Millstone river, near Wes ton, N. J., came to the village store recently late in the afternoon, and told how the hot sun had acted as an incu bator, driving one of the hens off her nest and then hatehing nine little chicks out of a dozen of eggs he had placed in the nest some days before. When Hicks told his story he was laughed at, but he stuck to it and said that he could bring two of his farm hands to prove the truth of his words. Short on Men. The girls of Georgia have been call ed upon to face an alarming andastart ling condition of society. Recent cen sus figures reveal the fact that there are not enough men in the state to go around, and that in round figures there are nearly 11,000 more women than men. If Georgia girls' chances are limited to Georgia men the thing looks serious, really meaning that a girl has less than an even chance of getting a proal.n