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Air Z VOL- XVI MANNING,, S. C.' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 9, 91 N.1 "DROP THE }EGRO" Is Bocke r Washington's Advice to the President ON SOUTHERN SITUATION. Best That Affairs Sh. uld b in the Hands of Men Who Cc m mand the Re spe ct of the Peopie. Walter Wellman says in the Chicago Record that Booker T. Washington was at the White House for several hours Monday evenirg in conference with President Roosevelt. Washington came by invitation, as the Presi, ent wished to consult him with regard to his Southern policy. It was a curious circumstance that the man who had been invited to the national caPital for a conference with the President of tne United States thought it necessary to go to a cheap "nigger" hotel in an un savory tart of the city. By experi enee Washington had learned that the regular hoteis of this city would not make him welcome. President Roosevelt is said by Wash ington to be very much in earnest in the desire to find some satisfactory so lution to what is known as the south ern political problem. In this Wash ington's statement coincides with the best information whion memt era of the cabinet and others have had as to the attitude of mind -in which tbe. now President takes hold of that part of his work pertaining to te future polhtical status of the South. President iicosevelt is by no means sausfied to let matters drift along- as they have been going, and a new de parture is expeozec L'y those who have corferrt.d wita tim on this subject. Tne new departurr, in a w*rd, means a cu; tmglosae from the old lines and the appointment of the best men to federal choes tiroughcut the South, cven if they prove to be Democrats. &me months ago the then Vice Pres ident Roosevelt hiad a long maik wun Booker t. Washigton in New York. Uol. Roosevelt askea Washington what, in his opinion, should be done to im prove the outlook for the party in that section and to get it out or the clatca es of the pro esuional politicians ana of lice hucksters who have so long ruled it. Col. Roosevelt wanted ,to know what was best ior the party and best for the negro. IBooker Waahigton's reply was that the test -policy that conid be aaobted by the earty leaders at the national capital was to "turn down" tae.oid gangs and to appoint highly respectabie white men to the federal offices-white men who held the confidence of their neighbors and the public in general; that stih appointments should be madu without much regard to party'lines; that if the man a community wantea for collector or postmaster happened to be a Democrat, that fact shouid be no bar to hia selection. -If you want to build up the Repub lican parsy in the South and make of it something besides a byword and re proach," uaid Washington, " you must broaden it out; you must get rine better clement of the witites in it. Titat is beat for the party and for the public service. Is is also best for the negro." The leader of the colored race in the South went on to explain that as- Ehe present time and for many years past the Republican party in most- 6f the *Southern States has censisted simply of two rival gangs of ,rofessional leaders and office traders. They claim to be able to deliver the negro vote and to fix up all the delegations to the nation al conventions. The only energy they display is in their rivalry as to which gang shalt control and en joy the emoin ments. As a rule one is about as dis reputable as the other. Neinher rep resents the people of the South. Bushi *are obnoxious s. public opinion. They do nothing for the negro Deyond giving out a few minor job. here and there. They do notning for the eduoation or uphiting ..f the race, and by disgusting the whines with their rotten borouga rule in .fe deral affairs, make it impossi ble for the party to whioh the nagro -belongs to hnave any real voice in puolic affairs. Washington explained that he voiced these views to Co?. Rooseveit, not as a pohitician, as he was not a ponitlcian and never expected to be, out because ft had a most earnest desire to see a better state of things throughout the South than that which now pre vails. Col. Rossevelt was so much impress ed by what W ashington told him that he arranged for a visin to Alabama next November. he was going to Tsiegee wo see the famous insmrute, anu lhe in tended to lico n to mne sec.ia and poli tical corndmton in the bouna for nim self. Of course, the ceath of Previ dent McKimey changea &lh these pians, Bau Mlr. Rooseveit did Lot forget the subject, and askea Washington to come to this ciuy for a conu~rence. Hence the tisim if the leaner of LQae negro race in Ame:.ca to the executive mansion. this eveni.a It is known that fcr a yesr or se President MicKin.e7 had been mating inquirie s as to tine bliUGEf~ tEhe i ty in the S.uth and hL~d vman~iy aeter mined to mane effeas to ramin it. hie 'was at leaEt prepjar.~ to no wna n could. But ho was hLrjcad b; certain politicel egn CYrans. :zo tical polities had end us trier~d4 tj secure many of the neeguons fromn the Soutnern Staies at ;a St. Loeute convention of 1896. In this way tomne obligations had been incurred, reein could not be ruthLesl niorsan. Wiahin the limitar~icnS which inev?aa :y surrounded him M~rr. McdKinie y cid dhe best he couid, and there is no ccux: that, had he lived, a considerable im provement migbt have been expected in some parts of the South. President Rooseveht is not bound by any obligations. He is almost iree handed. Aiready he has the sympatny and confidence of the Soutdern people to a marked degree, and hia ? i:rs re p resent him as being very mnuh in ear nesi in his wish to instute a new pl icy. Ii he adheres to his ideais Lnd follows his instincts, he will c-ompletely the men who have been fixing up de legationa and peddling out offices for many years. He will try to win the allegiance of a new class of men, Re publicans, if they can be found of prop er quality, and if not, then Democrats, gold D2crats preferred, but men of nigh class aove all things. If the Presid 5nt does enter upon this policy, every one in Washington will waich wizh ire-t eagernes2 to see how far te carries ie and with what success. His admirers predict that he will push ,t through, and in time effect a politi cai revoiution in the South. Others not so sanguine wonder if the near ap proach of the political campaign of 1904 with threats of adverse delegations to the national convention chosen by the discarded leaders vill bring about a change of policy, i? not Cf heart. DON'T LIKE ROOSEVELT. Ee Is intirelv Too Friendly Towards the South. Louis Bell Post of the Grand Army of the Republie, at Manchester, N. H., gathered last Friday evening for what was called a McKinley memorial meet ing. It was supposed to be called for the purpose of eulogizing the murdered President and expressing she entisfac tion of his comrades aL his distinguish ed public services and the great benefit they had brought to the republic. In stcad, the meeting developed into an expression of hosiilty and criticism o2 President Roosevels, because of his expressed fricnds:ip for the South and an prde in the gailani services of his reiauves for te Confederacy. One of tzne most emp;atic condemna tions o the k eszie as ceilalnt dispo sition was made by Capt. Fraak H. Chailis, wno-the more sunMe to him belongs to the new generation, being passed national commander of the Sons of Veterans. He said: "i confess that it was with some mis givings 1 zead the letter whien Preei aeut Rooaevelt wrote to a Southern !riend, in wmen he said- Pe was proud of the fact two of his uncies served in Ue Cenfdiate cute, one as an ndmiral in tMe Confederato navy, whide iie other had tred th*,,ias; guu on the Alabama. I confess I have some mis giving& as to the fumire. I don't hke to see the penuiulum twing that way." Of course, no. Such a felilow as would tako no pride in the gallantry and honesty or men who fought for tzeir principles would like to see the secticr.s remain forever disunited, and his own grind doen, as a subject prov ince, that part whieh had suuoumabed from sheer exhausuon. after as mag maicen; a figau as history records. lie would have.the south an outuast for ever, and discord always prevalent in the country, the people' aisunited, and the progresa of the republicretarded at every point. In shorE, he woui make real wnat his f thei fought to ,prevent, a civisio cf the Uamtea Statea- for if ie scnument of the people is not united, of Twuat value :s political con stiction. But what was this speaker doing at a McKin!e; mnLorial meeung? Was the gatherirtg callea to. evile the memory of the dead PresidenI? I. not, it is as onishiig that the speaker was allowed to express such sentiments as he gave fordh, for they were, in every word, re -udiation of and antagonism to the moat marked tendency and the chief ac comphasnment of Jfresident MrcKinley's aministrauon-thze union of the people and the obliteration of sectional lines. .Sohing more utterly out of place could neve been found at a meeting to honor the memory of President McKinley than a criuecism of his succeser for fol lowing in his footsteps toward a com plete reunion of Americans. Ex~cepL for .his phase, the matter is not worii re gard, for such sentiments as were ex nibited at this gathering are very sparsely held and are facing away with every day that passes. Happily they can not c restored.--Charleston Post. Hanged by a Mob. Jim'bo Fields, aged 16, and, Clarence Garnett, aged 18, both colored, were lynched at Saelbyville, Ky., Wednes ay morning for the alleged murder of Wdll C. Har-, a printer, wno was stoned to death on saturday night, Sept. 21. Tzhe boys were takien from the jadl and wung from the Cnesapeake and Ohio railroad tresuie witain 500O yards of the jadz. '1The mob went to the jail and de manded tne keys from the jailer, but he refused to t~urren~der them. The doors of tro jaul rnre Lhen bartered down. Th6 pa:ouers were removed al most before uee had uime .to realiz: wat was 4bppenirng. Tne wort 'was oone qurstiy aiJn uie moo cispersed whoue is memosers idenmiy becoming isown. .Bari. wea. so Sueloyviiie tru tkoanon, Oaio, are at the time of his deth 'was emiho~ec as a printer cn the Saiby Sdemasi. inec aeias of his ceaare Lot accuaeIy known, but the evince was co;. c untvc that Pieida a:d Garnre were is murae'rers .dars bo'., w.. found in a pata leacaig from tne hoase ot the~ mother of Jimbo (.iive it a Trial.. A correspondent of a new NLw York nepaper proposea to nrll n?u the an arams mta kmnness. Heb tte: "I would ile to ece th~e ,~vi:Od gorn met ccmbi- C3)A r~usra t em *eC.n of LQ tse ne arge Oae,:al5 Ih se cuiaty w, ce g ve te m every Le-L goenet, to (ice, tno an. .en yars later we miht ser.c an ez pedin scere o huai Out and report en the sus or fni:urc of the exyori A& Bi Tree. Thai "surreader tree a. Santiago is a very remfarna:ie tree. There have been made from? it ns cuve2nir5 hA) kAles, I72 .?hairs, la4 we b);ee, 11 desks, 200J umbrelia handles~ sa:d 10,UU0 pee riht along and hi r:shing as if a A STRANGE CAS. Died in a Poor House While a Fortune Awaited Her. While she lav dyinr in the poor house, at Wilkesbarre, Penn., a bank ing firm was searching for Mrs. Mary Minich to place $40,000 in her hands. For eight long years the search for her was continued, and when it was ended lat night she had been desd nearly a lear. It was the last blow struck by fate at the aged lady, who once a belle of this city, reared in affluence, suf fered many hard blows and died in the poorhouse. The fortune which would have eased her last years of their pain was left by JIudolph Bach, a bookbinder of Brocklyn, who died there November 27, 1893, without leaving a will. ThA banking firm of Lsdenburg, Thalman & Co., of New York, became adminis trator of the estate, and began the search for Mrs. Minicb, who was the next of kin. No trace of her was found during many years, and it was not until a few weeks ago that a clew cme from a distant relative and was traced to Wilkesbarre, where informa tion was asked of Poor Director Louis Tisch. He was able fo furnish proof that the old lady died November 25, 1900, at the poor house in that county. Her career was an evenfal one. She mar ried Dr. William Minich, one of the prominent physicians of Wilkesabarre. He was reputed to be well to do, bu when he died thirty years ago it was found he left nothing. His widow had to work for a living, and she became housekeeper for Jacob Matthias, a famous road house keaper, who had a place on the -mountaia known as "Seven Mile Jake's." Twen ty years ago he was murdred. Mrs. Minich said she was married to him and claimed a third of the estate, bu) the courts would not grant this e aim. then she gradually drifted unti in 1893, the same year s!e- became heir to the Bach estate, she went-to the poor house and died there last fall, agedl eighty-six years. A famly nam d Bach, scattered through Wilkeoarre valley, will now probably inheri 5 the money. White Man Lynched. James Adward Brady, the man -who assaulted Ida Pugsley, 5 years of age. in Helena, Mont., was Wedneseay morning taken from the j sil by a mob and hanged to a telegrapa pole in the Haymarket :quare about three biocks from the jail. The crowd was orderly and after th6 man had been hanged it quickly diepersed. There were about 20) men engaged in the aff air and they were all masked. They- attacked the jail door with a battering ram, and it soon yielded. On gaining admittance, they demanded at-the point of a gun the keys of the jailer or threatene d if he did not yield the man they would kill him. The jsiler then got the man out of his celi and he was given to the mob. When they first took him, Bra dy said: "What is it gentlemen?" The march to the hanging place was quiet., Brady was given a onance to say a word. He declared that they had the wrong man, although he had been posi tively identified by his victim and a score of- other persons, who had seen him with the child. He also asked that some money that- was due him from the Montana Central railroad be sent to a niece and then he was rulled up. The end of the rope was tied to a ple and the crowd dispersed. - Later heriff McConnell cut -the: body down and place'd itin a cfin. A Chicago Sensation. A dispatch from Chicage says four men-three prominent lawyers and a well known detective--were indicted Thursday afternoon on the chargenof cznspiracy in aiding an 1 abetting Bilff James Lynch, indicted for attempted jury bribing, to escape. The- men in dited were Atorneys Alexander Sul livan, counsel for the Union Traction company, successor to the West Chicago Street Railway company, against which corporation the suits were orignally brought; Eiward Maker and Frederick Sr, Jonn, and George P. Murray obief of doetives for the filinois Central Railroad company. Two of the indicted men-Sullivan and Ma her-furnished bonds shortly after their indictments, in-the amount of $10.000 each. The indictments are said to have been made on the evidence of Lynch, who returned Tuesday and, it is said, turned State's evidence. Lynch was arrested in .December, 1898, charged with offering a bribe to Juror Chris Hawthorne, who was serving in a personal injury ease. Lynch offered the juror $100 to hang the jury, it was charged. A number of otner indict ments were found against the bailiff the first being brought in Janury, 1899. On January 11 Lynch disappeaned. Two Claims It. The Columbia State as Gov. Me Sweeney is confroned with a problem that does nor. otten arise. Somne time ago a reward was offered for the arrest and conviction of one T'. Thompson, who kiied a man in Orangeburg cojinry anci fled from jutice. ihompson went to Macon, Ga., where he was arreste d, being nrougint back to Orangeburg. He y. Oflioer d enkins of M Lcon put in a o aim for the reward offered by the geracr. Just as thle governor was a ut to take ile matter up, a counter c lim was iiid by an asttorney in be -a of a mtan named Thntz, of St. iMat. ta-. 1t beems that Mintz was ini Macon at the time, and that it was he ae~ Thnmpeon, painted hun eut tL. the tf..cr and had nimn arieectoa. is I - ne-st ques aOnl wheshler Minz or the thier sncuta get the reward. The gonor wiki hold up the matter for the prunt, per eing a hearing on behalf of te second c~et A NarowEscape. The steamer Richleau, owned by the Richiau tad UOcaria jvigation ecni payv andl engagedl on the route between Kigston and .alleviiie, foundered to day while bound for this city. Sie wasn within three miles of pors when he book a header and sank. A fairly heavy sea wa::Lunning whtch caused her cargo of freight to shift and before she cold be righted she fided and went do in about 60 feet of wrater. Her cre v and the passengers got ashore safe y, bu~t had a narrow escape, as only a tew minuses elapsed from the shitting of the cargo until the boas had disap I pead NEW JURY ACTS Declared Unconstitutional by Judge Gary An IMPORTANT DECIB!ON. A Matter That Supreme Court Will Have to Pass Upon. Point Raised by Sena. tcr Graydon. The State says the constitutionality of the jury laws of the State has been questi ned, and a deore from Judge Ernest Gary declares that in his opin ion the acts of 1900 ana of 1901 relat ing to the drawing of juries are in con travention of article 3 section 34 of the constitution of 1895. The case will be carried to the supreme court, and if Judge Gary is sustained, the legislature will be forced to pass a new law. "Special legislation" is the ground upon which the acts were declared un constitutional. The constitution speci fically forbids the legislature to pass special laws relating to eartain sub jecis, and in the case of county offiers' salaries, etc., the courts have already decried that the legislature had en acted speial legilation for the several counties. The decree of Judge Gary in the -cass of the jary laws is calcu lated to direct the attention of the law makerd to the necessiiy of avoiding this danger. The fight upon the constitutionality of the law was made by Senator W. N. Gray don of Abbeville. He was counsel for the defense in the caso of the State sainst Wilson, in Cherokee county. Wilson was charged wita murder, and the case was the first on the dcoket when the court was opened at Gaff ey last Monday. Senator Graydon moved to quash the indiotment en the ground that the jury had not been properly drawn. . He declared thit the law under which this jury was ;rawn is in violation of article 3,.section 34 of she constitution. This article states: ''The general' as sembly of this State shail not enact leocs or special laws concerning any of the following subjecots, or for any of the following purposes, to wit": (Then are enumerated thirmeen subjects for which special legislation cannot be, en acted, and among these is "to summon and empanel grand sand petit juries" and "in all-capes where a general law can be mrade applicable, no special law shall be enacted." Judge Gry sustained the contention made by Senator Graydon, and the in dictment was quashed. This practi ouIiy nullified the validity of all jurie3 drawn in that county for this term of court, although several cases were heard by cmsent of both sides thst no objection to the validity of the juries would be made. Solicitor Henry gava notice that he would take'the Wilson case to the supreme court. Senator Graydon was in the city Thursday night. He said that the rea son the jury act of 1900 is special legis lation is bceause it pemits one county to have one way of drawing a jury, and an adjoining county might have an en tirely different way. Charleston has a system of its own. In some counties the jury commissioners draw the jurors, and in other counties the coun S7 commissioners are empowered to do this. Not only is ik unconstitutional, but it is ~wrong, states Senator Gray don, for the reason that'im cases of change of venue, or in cases where a prty has property interest in several counties the different methods of draw ing juries are confusing and perhaps do not guarantee the same rights and offer the same protection It is confusing to the judges themselves (o have differ ent provisions for the several counties. Senator Graydon cay. he can see why there might have been rome excuse fgr trying to make the salaries of county oliers conform to the necessities and reources of a county, but there seems to be no reason why there should be a general jury. law, and but one. The act of 1901 merely validates the juries drawn under the act of 1900. Snator Graydon contends that while the latter act may validate the former statute so far as inaccuracies are con erned, it cannot make the jury laa onstitutional. It is said that this question was broached earlier in the year, and that the trial judge stated that he himself doubted the validity of the actE. in question, but he would not at that time assume the responsibility of passing uaa so grave a matter, for it mighs affect and even, interfere with triaLs by jury in every county in the State for he rest of the year. The following sub- division is the one over which the fight will probably be made: "X[L. The general assembly shall forthwith enact general laws concern ing said subjects for said purposes, which shall be uniform in their opga tions: Provided. That nothing con taned in this section shall prohibit the general assembly from enacting special provisions in general laws." Driven to Suicide. Believing himsilf to be the victim of maiious and unrelenting perecuition, and thiinking that he was rinedn thronga the efforts of his enemies, Ja ob A. Blodt, in a fit of desperation, iled himself by asphyzstion in a lit tle boarding house on Perry street, Cleveland, Ohio, early Wednesday morning. Fer twenty years Mr. Bloat had been idedtiined with prominent business interests in Cleveland. Until a month ago he was universally respect Ied and held in confidence by the most conservative business men. Mr. Blodt was secretary of the Quarantee Bay ings and Loan eampany, which failed a feqg weeks ago. His arrest on the carge of embezzlement followed close after the state authorities had instisu Ited prooet dings a~ainst the company, Iand he wan atii on bail when he ended is life. Mr. Blodt lived in a hand ome residence on Euclid avenue and ijs survived by a wife and three daugh tr. Hie committed the rash act on WE&TBER AND CROPS. The Cotton Crop Seems to be Below the Expectation, Below is the last weekly bulletin of the season of the conditon of the weather and crops of the State issued Wednesday by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of ;he climate and crop, service of the Uited States weather bureau: The week ending 8 a. m1., Monday, September 30, began with abnormally low temperatures, and high northeast winds, and ended with abncrmally high temperatures and light southerly winds. The maximum for the week was 89 degrees at Darlington, and the minimum 47 degrees at Greenville. The first of the week was practically cloud less, and the latter part partly cloudy to cloudy. Light rains occurred over nearly the whole State during the right of the 27th, and light showers over the west ern portions on the 29th. with weekly amounts ranging from traces of rain to slightly over half an inch. In the eastern' counties rain would be bene ficial to minor crops, and the need of rain is imperative in the soutbeasterA counties where the drought has become intensified, to the detriment of truck crops and sea island c tton. The soil is dried out to such an extent as to eause seeds to rot and dry up in the ground. Peas, beans, potatoes and sweet corn are suffering very much. In Charleston and Beaufort counties the rainfall for September ranges from less than a quarter to less than half an inch. Cetton opened rapidly over the east ern, and siowly over &he western coun ties. The weather was favorable for picking, which made rapid progress, except over the exireme western por ions, where it has only fairiy begun. The crop seems to be below experta tions, and disapponting as to yields. The cool weather stopped growth and caused renewcd sheding of ;qnares, blooms and young bolls, making the prospect fcr a top crop very unprom ieiag. The only .eather condition that can now influence the yield, will bo the occurrence of an early frost. Sea island is opening slowly, but contin ues to bkom well on top. The dry weather is affecting i; i'njariously. Much of the porn crop was gasheted, and every report reiterates the pre vious ones as to poor yields. The weather was favorable for haying, and a great deal of forage was saved in find condition. High4 tides interfered sexiousl; with rice harvest, that is nearing completion. The yields are good in places and poor in others. The absence of frost for two weeks will al low a large crop of peas to mature. Sweet potatoes and cane are not as good as previous estimates ind:eated. This is the last bulletin for the sea son of 1901, unless subsequent weather conditions make it advisable to issue special ones. A G0LOOMY VIEW Of the Boer War Taken by the Brit -ish Press. A dispatch from London says within two weeks the war in South Africa will have entered upon its third year, and in the faca of arecrudescenee of organ ized operations by the-Boers and of the impossibility of carryingout Mr. Brod rick'a promise to reduce the war ex penses by sending home some. troops, the government organs are again be coming restiess. There is a mystery surounding the operations and the whole situation in Natal, and the denials and evasions of the war offie concerning the alleged friction between Mr. Broderick and Lord Kitchener from the subject of editorial protests on all sides. "We have the right to expect," says The Standard, 'that the government will lose no time in sending out tuch ample reinforcements as tne military chiefs on the spot deem necessary," The Daily Mail, which finds evidence that Lord Kitchener is in a diffiuit predicanient and fears that the gov ernent is delaying reinforcements out of a desire to avoid summoning parlia ment to vote the necessary supplies, warns the government that if this be the case a grave risk is being run. similar protest. are made on ail sides. The 'jumes after reminding the gov ernment of the "repeated biundera and miscalculations which have cost the empire such a terrible price," says: "A third campaign nas now opened in South Afrios and there is no sign that the government is doing adyching to prepare for .possibly the dragging out of tne war for several months more. Aiready it is too late to provide such a mobile for ce as would be adequate this autumn. is the gov~rnent doirng any7 thing to provide is even if months nonce, and if not what p'ossiie exeise canth government urge for this neglect?" A Rascally Joke. The State says there were some strange stories afloat in Columbia Wed iesday. It was a story of a woman coming hur.dreds of miles to meet her1 lover-only to flnd herself the victim of a cruel hoax. The information comes from a reliale sourca, bnt no names were giv:n. It gem thiat a young msa in Columbia and a young woaln Chicsgo have be'.n corre ponding for sunme tim~e, havilng ri.ad1 this lorsg diltance aoquatutiance through the mneceam of a nenpaper sdaertise ment. Proposals of marriage wefe made. The young man represented that it would be too costly a trip for him to go to Chierngo and hing his bride here, so the brido-orospective came here to me et her atowed lover. When she arrived, no lover met her at the station, so she drove to the street address given in a let'.er from him. When she arrived at her desti nation, she found herself in a squahrd negro settlement, and the house, with the number for which she was lJooking was the worst o:f the lot. Tho- truth broke upon her then. Her fgioce had been using an assumed naore and she had been made a fool of. ' It is said that she is yorung nnd good looking. Detectives are working on the case with the hope of discovering the young man's STATE CONSTABLES Must Let Politics Alone and At tend to Businest, SAYS OV. McSWEENEY. Some Reports Brirg Forth an Of ficlal Stat4ment. The Gover nor and Senators Tillman and McLaurin. There seems to be some talk about the using of the constabulary force for political purposes, as will be seen by the following letter received by the governor Friday from Chief Constable W. W. Sellcrs, who writes from Flor ence: "Dear Sir: Mr. George S. McCravy spent last night here and in talking to him he took occasion to say that any State constable who openly worked against Senator McLaurin would be turned off the force by you. He gave as a reason that you were opposed to Senator Tillman. He also stated that he had informed other constables to the same effect and they thanked him for the information. Personally I have no interest in the matter but have al ways been cpposed to Senator McLau rin. I have no reason to believe that the statement made by Mr. MoCravy was authorized by you, but I thought it proper to inform 3 ou of the report as stated to me by Mr."leCiavy." - The receipt of this letter resulted in the following statement being given the press at the governor's office Fri day. Ordinarily Gov. M3Sweeneydoes not payanW attention to such communica tions, but Mr. Sellers has been on the constabulary force for a number of years and is regarded as a safe and conservative man and on that account Gov. McSweeney is anxious to nip the matier in the bud and put a rest to the statements therein contained be fore, they shall secure more general and public circulation. In the first place he regards it as very peculiar that a United States government officer who has stated that he owes his appoint ment largely to Sentor McLaurin should be credited with making statements to the injury of a State officer. The whole matter, if correctly reported, Gov. Ma Sweeney states is absolutely without foundation, as he had never directed, advised or suggestz d that it would meet with -his approval for a State constable to support or work for Senator Me Laurin or any one elae or even if he had the right to do so ho would not have taken such a course. Gov. McSweeney fnrther-stated that he would not allow any min to remain on the cozistabulary force who devoted his time to canvassing or working for any candidate, and that this had been his policy since he hid been in office, and even during his race foi governor he had it distinctly understood that such of the constables as were opposed to him had that right and be made no suggestion 'or effort that their failure to support him met with disapproval. It has been- the course of his office to advise the'qonstabies that they were to leave activie politics alone and that they were expected to devote their time to the work for which they were em ployed and not to politics. He went on to say that he considered this talk of his connection with Senator MoLaurin as purely uncalled for and without any foundation, and that he could not im agine why such statements should be made because they were incorrect. The fact of the matter was he had never dreamed of the ednatables having any thing to do with the senatorial contest. The reference in the letter that Gov. McSweeney was opposed to Senator Tillman has no foundation .*nd is in correct. Gov. MeSweeney stated that he had always been an admirer and advocate of Senator Tillman and had voted for him for governor and United States senator, and that while on some matters he differs with Senator Till man that he had never lost confidence in him nor was there any reason why he should be opposed to him. He has never had soy correspondence or inter viewsa with Senator McL aurin upon po litical matters and not a line has pass ed between them relative to State or na tional politics, and ak iar as he was con cerned he would not permit any State constable to openly work for any candi date as it is their business to work for the enforcement (f the dispensary law and if they had so little to do that they could devote their time to politics with which they had no concern they would be replaced by other men who could de vote mcre time to the enfo:cament of the dispensary law and less to political contests in wiiich they ought to be con cerned as citizens and not as partisans. Gov. McSweeney went on to say that if at any time it was reported to him that members of the constabulary force were working for any particnlsr candidate and thereby negh eting their work for which they were paid that such a course would be regarded by him as suffcient cause for rem oval. All Kinds of Cranks. R'cently wnen Gove 0:Dell, of New York, reached Albzaey after an absence of a few days he was surprised to find on his denk tro letters requesting him to Gymmit to life imprisonment the sentence of Czolgezs, the murderer of Preident McKieley. One letter was sent by a man ja Illinois and the other by a man in Miaine. They were evi den ily written ny cranks, in the opin ion of the governor, ani ni attention will be paid to them. "You may be assured that nothing will be done by, me," said Gov. O'Dell, "to prevent the ex:cution of Czoigosz on the day fixed by law." The governor also. rteeived a petitijon that the body of the murderer aftet the electrocution be buried at sea. The governor understande that the body must be entrendered to thie condomae man's relatives if t.hey claim it after death and that they have charge of its ainposition. Miss Hall's Father. A well known Boston architect, J. R. Hall, is father of Miss Caroline Hall, the artist who died at sea while disguised as a man and whose body i: now in New York. The aunt of the dead woman, at whose home the fath er iines, being an invalid, admitted theI ide'itity and said that the news had provn a geat shock to Mr. Hall. j A MUTUAL MISTAKE. Typical Scene in a New York Po. lice Court. Thomas McElroy, threescore and ten plus two, a bridegroom of a year, was summoned to Jefferson Market police court, New York City, on the com plaint of his wife, formerly Mrs. Rob Drt Patterson. a widow, who admitted that she was 56 years old. Mrs. McEl roy said that her husband did not sup port her. They met in the spring of 1900, and by August they concluded to marry. Each wanted to stand high in the oth r's estimation, and they exchanged stories about their great wealth. Af ter marriage they went to some high-. priced hotels, each expecting that the ther was going to settle the bills. Fi nally came the azful truth. Mr. Me. Elroy had a $6,000 equity in the build ing at 62 Washington Square South nd Mrs. McElrov had her social am bitions, her clothes and some switches. They went to live at Mr. McElroy's house, but the bride could not sleep in the kitchen as her lord and master de sired. He had a room for himself more comfortably furnished, and the rest of the building was rented. One day Mr. McElroy wanted to sell his house, and that day was Mrs. McElroy's golden opoortunity. She mad, himsgive her 375 for her dower rights. After that was spent she demanded a weekly al lowance. "Why, jadge," said- the husband, "this woman shouldn't ask me to sup, port her out of my slender means. She told mb that she had $1]_00,000."-' "Judge, he told me he had $2,000, 000,". put in Mrs. McElroy. "Told me that to. induce me to marry him. He said that he must hide his property so that his wicked fifty year old son in Eogland wouldn't rob him." 'Judge, se took my dead wife's dia monds," said Mr. McEiroy, "and my table linen, took everything out of my house." "No, I didn't, Judge. Did you ever hear such a manufacturer of stories? He only had one tablespread. And those diamondashe gave to an actress. He was engaged to the actress and he gave her diamonds and presents and money, and just before the actress was to marry him her husband, whom the bad thought was dead, turned up, and Ofen she couldn't marry him. She wouldn't give back those presents, ei ther. Judge, this man has $6,000 orth of paintings belonging to my first husband. Magistrate Mayo told the aged hus band that he must support his wife and ordered him to pay her $12 a week. The Presidents. The North has had sixteen pres dants and the Bouth nine. The executive offie has been occupied by 'northern. men a few days less than sixty-three years, and by southern iien a few days over fifty-three years. This is based on the supposition that Roosevelt will i! out his present term.- Only two of the southern states have furnished pre sidents-Virginia and Tennessee. Of the ncrthern presidents, three- have come from the New England States, ix from the Middle States, and seven from what is now called the Middle West. No president has ever Deen elected from the territory west of the Mississippi river, and only two men have been nominated by the great political parties from that' territory-Fremont from Missouri by the republicans in 1856, and Bryan of Nebraska by the democrats in 1896 and 1900. -Divided politically, nine democrats, two federe lists, four whigs and eight republicans have occupied the presidential office. In the above I do not include Washing ton, the first president. It is unjust to assigni the first and only real non partisan president of the country to any political party.-Galveston Daily News. More Trouble in Chinia. United States Consul MoWade, at Caton, China, in cablegram, says: "General Wu, with 1,500 soidiers, rout ed Triad, rebel, in Singling district. Swatow. killing 200 aind capturing and decapitating prisoners. German mis sion burned. German missionaries fled safely to Hongkong." ~This dis patch taken in connection with previ ons~ advices the department has had from Minister Conger leads to the be lief that the Boxers have,. had nothing to do with the present outbreak, bu; that it is a local disturbance growing out of famine conditions which the Cinese government can sappress. A&n Eye to Busmess. A warrant has been sworn out by C. T. Narramore for the arrest of Postmas ter Robertson hf C'owpens. Narramore alleges in the instrument that some time back, while he was at work in Un ion, he lent an amount of money to his wife at Cowpena by money order; that Robertson, postmaster at Cowvens, de dcted from the amount ' sent a sum of money claimed to have been due him by Narramore, and remitted the re mainder to Mrs. Narramore. A dep ty marshal has been given the papers and they will be served on Postmaster Robertson Thursday morning. The case is one of more than passing inters et. lEssential to Success. That advertising in the newspapsr ha becoma essemial to success in most entrpr:as appears from many indica ions, says the Philaddphia Record. A strking proof is the extraordinary de veloment of the -businees of writting advriments for ine newspapers. One of the old~st and successful schools of this city has found it expedient to es tabsh a department 'for the trraining of "ad*' writers. It is only a question of time whean every kind of business will maje its announcements regularly through the newmpapera. Himself Again. The State says it is stated that Sena tor Tillman's eye is almost entirely well, and would have been all right sooner if he had strictly obeyed his physician's adyie not to u;e is in read ing. It is srtte ac that he has ac eepted a large number of :nvitations in various Ssates to make addresses this fall and ti:st he will leave about the 12th of this month on his tour. He epects to be away from home a month NO SECTIONALIST. The President Qives Extremists a. Plain Rebuke. NO BAR TO SOUTHERNERS They Will Have Exactly thewame Treatment from Him as any Other American citizens. President Theodore Roosevelt, through "Private" J. M. Dalisell of Ohio, has outlined his position ii re gard to the South in unmistakably plain term a. On September 27 the Louis Bell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Manohester, N. H.;'held a memorial service for President McKinley. At that service Capt. Frank H. Challis, past national commander of the Sons.of Veterans, referred to a. letter wiitten by President Roosevelt to a Southern friend in which he spoke of the fact that two of his uncles ad served inthe Confederate navy,.and made( other re ferences to his reasons for entnrtin ing the best.of feeling for the. South. Several other members of thep-osiade similar references, the concensus .. opinion being in the nature of a cri,6 ism of. President Roosevelt's -senti ments. Private Dalzell, learning of the atti tude of the Manchester post, addressed a letter to them, in which he pointed .out the fact that President Roosevelt was as much the Presidentr of the South as of the North; that the war was over nearly forty years ago, apid that the majority of the great menrci the coun try had been engaged in reconciling the dforenoes betwen the Noiv.and the South ever since Appomattox, .when Grant said, "Let us have peaee Mr. Daizell wrote that the-ientiments expresscd were premature, and Oug gested that ~the post wai; for'some aet of President Roosevelt indsicaive- ;f undue favoritism toward the South be fore taking action- condmning him. He closed by noting that the President ,himself was a soldier whose- bery was anquestioned and wie-had-served his country and flag as frell as any members of the Manchester post. Mr. Dalsell sent a copy of this letr to the President, and was invite..to call at the White House - The' President gave him to under staLd that he intended to pursiethe same -course toward the South ai that of Mr. McKinley. He intimate&tAat he regarpd himself as the President of the Southas much as of the North,-nad that in making appointment. to croe or otherwise recognizing the ilaims: of American citizens, no consideration would be paid to the-sectioi if tW country from which they eam& He fully recognized the claim of -the sol diers of the Grand Arag of the RepubV lie and proposed tosee that they were properly cared for in the administra tion of pensions and in the distribu tio-of patronage. But, without refer ents to the issues of the civil war, aid without taking any position as to th. propriety of the course of either the> South or the North, Mr. Roosevelt et' it be plainly understodthat he was no&t a "sea tional" President in any-senseof< the word, and that the fact thait man was from the South would not -operate against him any more than thrheat that he was from the North would be considered as in his favor. Swallowed His Teeth. Maurice A. Brooks, the nineteen year-old son of James A. Brooks, of * Baltimore, Md., while asieep early one morning, swallowed a plate with -false teeth attached. He wasdreamidig that. the plafe had become detached and had slipped down his throat'and awoke to find his dream a realit'y. He aroused hi. father, who hurridd him to a physi clan living near by, butafter an exami nation the youth was told that he had not swallowed his teeth. A thorough search was made at his home, but the missing plate could not be found. As the choking sensation continued and the boy was unable to eat the father took him to the Hopkins Hospital, at which Dr. Finney made an exmintion and fournd that the teeth had lodged near the top of the breast bone. Eiery effort to remove them'through the. mouth failed and an operation was necessary. An incision was made in the throat about the top of the breast bone. The plate could then be plainly- . seen, but was too deeply imbedded too be removed. The incision was .then sewed and the stomach opened. A rub ber tube was then passed in the stom ach and up the food tract past the plate and-ont of the mouth. A cord, with a sponge at one end, was then at taohed to the protrading end of the tube, and the latter was pulled. .The cord and sponge followed it, and the sponge catching against the plate, puldit do0 wr the aesphagus, and thus in~o the stomach, from which it was re moved. The operation is a rare one, but young Brooks is expected to re cover. Hie is employed' at the Baiti more and Ohio Central building. A General Fight. In a fight which? ocurred between a storekeeper. T. J. Upchurch, his sons Victor and Icharlic, and Willis Goodwin, Jr,, in Upehnroh's store at Mc.Dornoagh, Ga., Wodaesday Charlie Uourea was instantly killed with a ~aseba:1 Dat ad his father and brother severely wounded. Goodwin was shot twics, and it is feared his wounds will prove fatai. There were no witnesses o ahe duiaity'. The Boat Capsized. A small sail boat containing seven peroons capaiznd on West Lake, eight miles south of Kalamaso, Mieh. and Mrs. P. Krondyke, P. Van Halat and Miss Edith Maud were drowned. The body of Mrs Krondyke, whose clothing caught on the boat, was recovered. The others sre stili in the lake* Will Oppose It. A Washington report says that Pres ident5svelt wili oppose any effort to reduce Southern representation, which some of the Republican states men of the North have been threaten