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VOL. XVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 25, 1904. NO.36 don J. E. Tindal; OolietoD, M. Howell; Darlington, C. S. McCulloug Dorchester, T. R. Tighe: Edgefiel 1 B. R. Tillman: Fairtield, T. S. Bri( Florence, J. W. Ragsdale; Georg town, W. H. Dorrill; Greenville, J. . Hoyt; Greenwood, H. J. Kinai [ Hampton, M. B. McSweeney; Horn J. A. Lewis; Kershaw, M. L. Smit Lancaster, T. L. Strait; Laurens, i G. Thompson; Lee, W. A. Jaml Lexington. A. F. Lever; Maric James Norton; Marlboro, J. P. Bune Newberry, W. H. Hunt; Oconee, H. Cook; Orangeburg, J. A. Bani Pickens, R. F. Smith; Richland, J. Haskell; Saluda, B. W. Crouch; Spa tanburg, C. H. Henry; Sumter, R. Stackhouse; Union, I F. Peak; W liamsburg, P. G. Wall; York, J. ] Saye. The committee on constitution ai rules consisted of the following men bers: Abbeville, J. R. Blake; Aiken, I A. Giles; Anderson, E. M. Ruck( Bamberg, H. C. Folk; Barnwell, J. Davis; Beaufort, W. C. Vincer Berkeley, E. W. Williams; Cbarlesto J. P. K. Bryan; Cherokee, W. J. Sa ratt; Chester, John M. Wise; Cbeste field. D. M. Barrentine; Clarendon, S. Wilson; Colleton, Chas. Witse Darlington, D. T. McKeithan; Da chester, J. A' Hiers; Edgefield, T. 1 Talbert; Fairfield, J. G. Mobley; Flc ence, J. W. McCown; Georgetown, D Olin Sawyer; Greenville, M. L. Do aldson; Greenwood, E. G. Graydo Hampton, T. H. Gooding; Horry, I J. Holliday; Kershaw, J. T. Ha Lancaster, L. C. Hough; Laurens, B. Crews; Lee, E. D. Smith; Lexin ton, G. A. Guignard; Marion, F. 3 Covir.gtcn; Marlboro, R. M. Pegu Newberry, J. A. Sligh: Oconee, -F. I Carey; Orangburg, D. 0. Herber Pickens, O. R. Doyle; Richland. J. Sloan; Saluda, J. B. Suddath; Spa tanburg, J. J. Gentry; Sumpter, B. Manr.ing; Union, W. F. Bates; Wi liamsburg, J. D. Carter; York, W. ] Smith. PAPERS PRESENTED. When the organization had bee completed, there was a great rush < papers to the desk. Ex-Gov. Sheppai presented the draft of a plantfor which he had been asked to prepal as it might facilitate matters to hai something to begin on. Col. Jno. ( Haskell also presented a draft of platform. The committee Wednesda afternoon subsequently referred the: two papers to a sub-committee of fis consisting of Senator Tillman, Co Hovt, Maj. J. C. Hemphil, J. E. Tif dal and Edward McIver. UNIT RULE RECOMMENDED. The last part of the draft of tt platform offered by Col. H'askell wa embodied into a resolution and receii a favorable report. It requires tt delegation at St. Louis to vote as unit. The committee on platform and re solutions, of which Senator Tilima was chairman, made an unfavorabl report on the following matters: Mr. McCalla's resolution endorsin the plan of national aid for good road which is now before congress. Mr. O. G. Thompson's resolution that the delegation be instructed t vote for DO man whose loyalty to tb Democracy may be called into questio: because he failed to support the nomi nee of the -party in 1896 and 19O( And a similar resolution from one the Newberry delegates. Mr. Wingard's resomution commend Ing to the national convention th name of Judge Parker. Col Haskell's resolution endorsin the candidacy of Judge Altoni Brook Parker, "a Democrat on whot all factions of our party may unite and the "antithesis of the present oi cupant of the White House;" and " man of the highest character, of th simplest tastes, of recognized ability; man of breadth, yet of conservatist and dignity, and one who understand and sympathizes with the souther people." Mr. W. A. James withdrew his re solution demanding "that the presen volume of money be maintained," be cause of the fact that through "th righteous and brilliant campaigns c the Democratic~party the .Republica: party has been forced to grant a meas re of relief to the country." Such it crease is declared in the resolution t be the cause of the present "big price of our raw material." Col. Henderson's resolution requl: ing the aspirants for places on th delegation to St. Louis to state the: positions in referrence to presidents candidates was rejected as unnecessar as many delegates bad been elected al ready. NO CHANGEs IN PRIMARY METHODE The committee on constitution an rules, of which Senator Manning wa chairman, reported unfavorably on al the proposed changes in the rule governing the primaries, notably tb following: Resolution adopted by Aiken count convention and presented by delege tion, authorizing countye executii comirittees to have dispenseis an county - toards voted for in primarli as magistrates are in some countieJ Also a. resolution to provide for a tent porary chiairman to be chosen in tb organization of county convention: Also the resolution to permit clubs, t organize on Monday when for a: reason ttey fail to meet on the fourt Saturday in April. There seems to be a strong sent ment in the State in favor of restric1 ing participation in primaries to tho! qualified to vote in general election: Resolutions to this effect were offere by the Sumter delegation, the Cheste delegation, the Richland delegatic and the Greenville delegation. All< these received unfavorable reports. Col. Hoyt and Senator Manning als offered resolutions to the effect tha the constitution he so amended tha the rolls of every club may be revise not less than three days nor more tha five days prior to each county conver tion. This received unfavorable actic from the committee as did the rest lutiqn adopted by the Richland cour ty convention, requiring candidate to pledge themselves not to sper money or to use whiskey in primari and to make under oath an itemize account of campaign expenses. NIGHT SEssION. Without a word of discussion ti convention last nigh adopted the pla from offered by the sub committe [ontinnurd on npage r. STATE CONVENTION. Democrats of South Carolina Met i Columbia Last Wednesday. COL. D. S. HENDERSON CHAIRMAI MayorRhett and Colonel Wille Jone Delegates at Large by Vote, Gov. Heyward and Senator Till man by Acclamation. The Democratic State Conventior met in Columbia last Wednesday at 12 o'clock, and was called to order b Gen. Wilie Jones, chap. nan of the State Democratic executive commit tee. Nominations for temporary chairman being called for, the name of Mr. E. Marion Rucker of Andersor was presented by Mr. John E. Bre azeale. There being no opposition Mr. Rucker was elected by acclama tion. Upon being escorted to the chair, Mr. Rucker declared that the day of the transient in South Carolin politics is at an end. He expressed the hope and the belief that the con= vention would be conservative in tem. perament. The temporary organiza tion was then completed by the elec tion of Mr. T. C. Hamer as clerk and Mr. J. T. Parks as assistant clerk. These secretaries were subsequently made clerks of the permanent organi tion. -The roll was then perfected. PEESIDENT D. S. HE DEESON. There was a great surprise in store when the election of a permanent chairman was held. For some time no name had been mentioned except that of ex-Gov. McSweeney, and it wassupposed that he would be elected without opposition. However, the friends of 0ol. D. S. Henderson of Aiken decided Tuesday night to put up his names, and by a vote of 213 tc 115 Col. Henderson was elected. Gov. McSweeney was nominated in a very graceful speech by Mr. W. S. Smith of Hampton, who referred to the envialbe reputation of his candi date as a citizen and as governor of the State. Mr. W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw in a ringing speech presented the name of Col. D. S. Henderson of Aiken, which announcement was greeted with considerable applause. During the seconding of these nomina tions Gov. McSweeney's name was also applauded. It was seen eafry in the ballot that Col. Henderson had a big lead. At the conclusion, Gov. McSweeney calledupon the convention to make unanimous the nomination of Col. Henderson and this was done. Upon taking the chair, whither he was escorted by Gov. McSweeney, Senator B. B. Tillman and Mr. Stevenson, Col. Henderson declared that he had no speech to make. He bad not known of the fact that his name would be presented and had not beard even a rumor of it until after he had'retired the night before. He was proud of the honor, as well any man mnight be. When he looked into the faces of these delegates his mind jtraveled back over 30 years of State political history. He spoke of the "Taxpayers' convention" in 1872, when the oppressed white men met in secret halis up town and with bated breath discussed the conditions into which the State had been dragged. "All we could do was to advise, to keep heart and to bide our time," he said. Be saw some in the convention who on that fateful August day in 1876 bad fought out the proposition to put out a straight ticket or a compromise ticket. He saw in the convention some who in the fall of 1895 had met t frame the fundamental law of the State and who went away a untied Democracy, ever to be the party of the united white people of the State. "Why are we here today?" he ask ed. The "Rough Rider" has taken charge of the White Housethe man who is willing to have at his social board the Booker Wahingtons of the country and who is willing to insult the white people of the country and particularly of South Carolina by put ting in office the 'Orums or the land.2 The man In the White Bouse .may at any time lead us into anarchy at homne and 'into trouble in foreign lands. The Democratic piarty has always stood for good government and will insure~ 'tivity along such lines in the futurre." NEED A GooD DELEGATION. He mentioned the possible candi dacy for president of a prominent New Yorker, and declared with grati fication that the pivotal States of the east and of the west seem'to have set tied upon him as their choice. Indiana has spoken in no uncertain terms, say ing tnat she will support the man whom N~ew York will present to the nation-a man above reproach and above scorn in public at d in private life. It is not his province as presi dent to suggest what should be done but he advised the members to find out how every candidate for the St. Louis convention stands with refer once to the men spoken of in connec tion with the nomination for the presi dency. Whether the delegation is in structed or not there should be none on the watch tower but honest and true men. At the conclusion of these rernarks, the president announced that it would be proper to have a vice-president -from each congressional district. The following were chosen: First district-Col. 0. S. Gadsden, of Charleston; second, Mr. S. G. May. ield of Bamberg; third, Mr. F. B. Gary of Abbeville; fourth, Mr. Mi. F. Ansel of Greenville; fifth, Mr. W. F. Stevenson of Chesterfield; sixth, Mr. p. S. Wall of Williamsburg; seventh, Mr. W. A. James of Lee. THE TWO BIG COMIMITTEES. The following committee of one member from each county was appoint. ed to consider resolutions and tc frame a platform: Abbeville, I. H. Mc~alla; Aiken, C B. Sawyer; Anderson, J. E. Bree zeale: Bamberg, 0. W. Garris: Btrnwell, J. W. Jenny; Beaufort, H. D). E .liott Berkeley, J. B. Morrison; Charleston j. 0. Hemphill; Cherokee, N. W Hardin; Chester, J. E. INunnery naesterfield. Edward Mclver; Claren P SOUTHERN BAPTIST h: e; Convention Holds Its Forty-Nint] e k. Annual Session in Nashville. d; Y SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS s; Of the Work Being Done by th4 'n, Church in this and Foreign h Lands and orChurches and Members. C. ,r The Southern Baptist conventlor P. began its 49th! session in the city of ii- Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May . 13th, at the Tabernacle in which the convention met eleven years ago. d President Jas. P. Eagle, of Arkansas, n- called the convention to order, and it was ascertained that more than a . thousand delegates were in attendance. ,r; The first business in order was to ef E fect a permanent organization, and Lt; President Eagle was re-elected by a n, unanimous vote, together with the r- following officers: Lansing Burrows r- and 0. F. Gregory, secretaries; G. W. "- Norton, treasurer; W. P. Harvey, ll; auditor. r- Governor Eagle said he had for some - time been debating as to whether to r- allow his name to be presented, and r. for certain reasons would not prol~est, n" but In future he would decline the n; honor. He said be regarded it as un - wise for one man to hold the office in Y; definitely. -'. The vote on vice president was an R- nounced at the afternoon session, the L following being chosen: John W. s; Thomas, Nashville, Tenn.; C. B. Wil E- lingham, Macon, Ga.; E. W. Stept ens, t; Columbia, Mo.; Robert C. Buckner, ?- Dallas, Tex. r- James Ferguson, of Colombo, Cey L lon, was invited to address the Con Cn vention, and said that he had come ten thousand miles to meet the son vention. He showed the great possi bilities of mission work in Asia. He n emphasized the importance of the ed f ucation of women in the foreign fi- lds. d Memorials on the negro question n were presented by representatives .e from Virginia and South Carolina, and ,e referred to a committee. These ad . vocate appointment of a committee to a study the negro problem and deter ,y mine what methods the Baptist shall ie adopt in aid of the uplifting and wel ,e fare of the race. The afternoon session was devoted to hearing of reports. The Sunday school board report shows the largest annual receipts in its history, the $100,000 mark being passed. 1e The Home mission board's report s shows receipts of $127,850 for the r year. e The Foreign mission board reports a contributions of 8247,512.62. The second day's session of the Southerd Baptist convention was made n memorable by contributions aggregat e ing $52,991 to the endownment fund of the theological seminary at Louis g ville. There was several gifts of $5, 000 each, one coming from a Boston man, and one from an Atlanta wo , man, Mrs. W. A. Wiggs. 0 The report of the visiting commit e tee to the South Baptist theological a seminary at Louisville was presented by Dr. A. 3. S. Thomas, of Greenville, - S. 0. Be said the church should raise an endowment fund of a million dol lasfor the seminary. Judge George Hillyer, of Georgia, e spoke on his resolution to change the name of the body to "The Baptist SConvention of the United States." s On motion of Judge Hlllyer the re solution was referred to a special com mittee to report upon it next year. The convention refused 'to consider a communication from Rev. A. Diaz, e of Cuba, asking for a committe on ar bitration to hear the troubles which a have existed for years in Havana. A s resolution to place the Cubah work in the hand of the foreign mission aboard was reserred to a committee. There had been anticipation of a ripple in the convention when the committee on work among the negroes made its report, but it was received and adopted in a harmonious manner. -This committee, of which Dr. A. C. Davidson, of Birmingham, Ala., is chairman, considered the Virginia me morial, asking for appointment of a commission to study the uplifting of the negro in all its phases. Aftter a session of five hours the committee ar rived at an agreement satisfactory to all interested. It provides for the ap pointment of a representative fr:om each State to confer with the Ho'me mission board with re gard to plans for carrying on the work. The- committee on nomination for d place of holding the next convention s held a session and it is understood that Fort Worth, Texas, was favored by a majority. Kansas City and St. e Louis were under consideration, tnd at the night session Kansas City was selected as the next meeting pla~ce. * The nominating committee repo. ted e in favor of F~ort.Worth, but sentinent d of the convention was overwhelmit gly the other way and before a vote was taken Fort Worth was withdrawn. - No business was transactei by the e Southern Baptist convention on E un - day. The various pulpits of the city c were occupied at morning and ever ing services by visiting ministers and h large congregations greeted them. In the afternoon a rally at the tabernacle in the interest of Sunday school ar.d evangelistic work was at e tended by 3,000 persons. SSouth Carolina's part in the total d statistics of tbe Southern Baptist con rvention as presented by Secretary n Burrows is as follows: Associations, 36; churches, 930; increase by baptism 5,569, by letter 3,870, by restoration 569; total white membership, 104,919; t Sunday schools, 684; pupil 47,638; t value of church property, $1,226,549. d On account of the death of Julius nC. Smith, of Greenville, a new mem ber of the board of trustees of the Louisville Theological seminary had to be elected. A committee was ap pointed to nominate three men from swhom to select the member, J. D. d Capman, of Anderson, being chairmna.n sof that comniittee. Later the comn dmittee reported the names of E. M. Poteat of Greenville, 11. A. Bagby of Greenwood and L. M. Roper of Spar etaburg. eThe following South Carolina pas tors were named for preaching on . Sun'.": Z. T. Cody of Greenville, L. [ur Roper of Snartanburg, H. A. Ba ley of Greenwood, E. M. Poteat of Greenville, W. S. Dorset of Harts ville, V. 1. Masters of Greenville, A C. Wilkins of Abbeville, W. M. Jones of Williston, A. M. Sims of Gaffney and C. E. Burts of Edgefield. The South Carolina vice presidents were all changed this year, J. D. Hug gins of Paxville being put on the home board, J. D. Pitts of Laurens on the foreign board, and J. B. Par rott of Clinton on the Sunday school.j board. The wcmen's mission union, auxil iary to the Southern Baptist conven tion, was largely attended. The South Carolina representatives were: E. C. Watson, J. D. Chapman, 0. C. Scarborough, L. M. R'ce, R. A. Sub lett, J. A. Parrott and -Misses Carrie Mathis, Lois Baker, Minr.ie Moore and Daisle Cummings, Mrs. Watson was a very prominent participant in the meetings. Mrs. Scarborough was named on the committee on plan of work; Mrs. J. D. Chapman was elected on the nomi nations committee; Mrs. L. M.,Rice on the obituaries committee; Miss Lois Baker on the apportionment committee; on resolutions, Miss Daisie Cummings; on literature, Mrs. E. C. Watson, chairman. South Carolina is entitled to 151 del egates in the convention and at the roll call on the opening day 65 re sponded and others have come in since. The last day's session of the South ern Baptist convention was opened with an hour of prayer. The ques tion of work among the negroes was entrusted to a commission to report at the next convention. It is com posed of sixteen prominent men of the Southern States. A special order of the day was the consideration of the work of the Sunday school board and reports submitted by the commit tees. A general discussion of reports fol lowed. Dr. Ford entered a vigorous protest against teaching children that there is such a man as Santa Claus. He said it was a myth and a hurtful abomination that should be relegated e to the rear. It taught children to be 1 deceitful. Officers recommended for various church boards were for home missions, W. W. Landrum, president, a and B. D. Gray, corresponding secre tary. Sunday school, E. E. Folk, y president, J. M. Frost, secretary. Foreign missions, J. B. Hutson, pres ident, and R. J. Willingham, secre tary. RUSSIANS CLAIM A VICTORY. v c They Say Japanese Advance Has a Been Sharply Checked. 1 A dispatch from St. Petersburg says following on the heels of the news cf the disaster to the Japanese 7 fleet the general staff Friday received official advices of the defeat of the Japanese force which was marching from Feng Wang Cheng for the pur t pose of executing a flank movement b on Mukden. Since Gen. Kuroki sent t his column northward to gain the e road leading directly west of Mukden, t Gen. Kuropatkin has kept it under t the closest surveillance, awaiting the t moment when it should- be so distant b from the main Japanese army as to a prevent its early reenforcement. o: Observing this plan the Russians a withdrew and the Japanese, not find- ci ing a strong force of the enemy before s1 them, continued to advace. d When the time for action came is Gen. Kuropatkin let Gen. Rennen- iF kampif loose from leash. Gen. Ren- r nenkampif had under his command f: only a few regiments, but they were ci the flower of the Cossack cavalry. On t: May 18 he fell upon the enemy, whose p number has not yet been revealed, n with such vigor as to compel the tl Japanese retirement 12 mile toward h the base, near enough, it is presumed, 13 to have received reinforcement from A Gen. Kuroki, who immediately mustp have been relieved of an awkward ti predicament. The operation is de- .A scribed by the general staff as just e' such a move as it was expected Gen. E Kuropatkin would make and for which ci Gen. Rennenkampif was fitte-i and fi chosen. jb The casualties sustained by the op- si posing, forces have ~not yet been an- t nounced. tl Apprehension of Rennenkampff's I t Cossacks hovering north, the authori- T ties say, may explain the cautious ac- t tion of Gen. Kuroki in establishing a ti strong base at Feng Wang Cheng and C halting the column which was march- h ing on Haii Cheng. It may also be a d. solution of the mystery of New c: Chwang, which at first was reported to have been evacuated and which is, now said to be reoccupied by the Rus sians, for if Kuroki has definitely stopped h is westward movement Kuro- l patkin oculd safely continue to hold it without danger of the occupying force being cut off. .d The general staff took occasion Fri day to deny the report of a battleh having been fought at Kal Chou in which 200 Russians were killed. As I a matter of fact the Russians quietly withdrew from Kal Chou, being'un-I willing tc expose their force at that point to the attack of a column march ing fromn the east-that landed in southern Liao Tung. The report thatb Kuropatkin had sent 70,0(0 men to g relieve Port Arthur is declared by the general staff to be incredible.h That the Japanese will strain every nerve to take Port Arthur in view of the disaster to their fieet is not ques tioned In naval circles, and in spite of the danger of Russian mines Admiral Too is expected to cooperate in the assault upon Port Arthur. tl Suicides fromn Train. r A dispatch from Stuart, Neb., says: Swinging to one end of a rope which was around his neck, the other end being tied to a car brake, the body ofB Ludwig Radel, a wealthy farmer, was I found bounding along in the rear of a s northwestern passenger train. Radel t had committed suicide by jumping n from the moving train with the rope p around his neck and had been dragged S several miles before being discovered, a Almost every bone in his body wast broken. Several times recently Radel kc had threatened suicide. Yesterday he n boarded a northwestern passenger ia train and went to the rear platform. tI Shortly afterward the conductor found n theivody being dragged by the train. b TWO SHIPS LOST. Cruisers Kasuga and Yoshino Collide and the latter Sinks. BATTLESHIP STRIKES A DIRE. & Great Disaster to the J a p s. Both of the Vessels Lost Were Very Fin e Ones. A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, say: Vice Admiral Togo has reported a. ollows: "A report from Rear Admiral Dewa ays that the cruisers Kasuga anc Toshino collided duririg a fog off Port Arthur, on May 15. The Yoshinc ank, only 90 of her crew being saved. "On the same day the battleshil 3atsuse struck a Russian mine and yank." Giving details of the disaster, Vice admiral Togo says: "At 14 minutes past 1 in the after. ioon of May 15, in a deep fog off Port rthur. the Kasuga rammed the Yo hino, sinking the latter in a few ninutes. lNinety of her crew were aved. "The same morning the Hatsuse, ihile cruising off Port Arthur cover ng the landing of the soldiers, struck mine ten knots southeast of the iarbor entrance. She signalled for ielp and instantly struck another cine. She sank in half an hour. hree hundred of her crew were saved >y torpedo boats." The Yoshino was a cruiser of 4,180 ons displacement, and 15,000 indicat d bc-rsepower. She was built in england, was launched in 1392, was 50 feet long, bad 46 1-2 feet beam ,nd her draft was 17 fet t. - The rmarent of the Yoshino consisted f four 6-inch guns, eight 4.7-inch -uns and twenty-three 3 pounders. the had five topedo tubes, her armor d deck was 4 1-2 inches thick and her 'n positions were prote ted by hields 4 1-2 inches in thickness. The ruiser's speed was estimated to be 23 nots, her coal capacity was.1,000 tons nd her crew numbered 300 men. The Hatsuse was a battleship of 5,000 tons displacement and of the ,test model. She was only completed a 1900, was built in England, was 00 feet long, had 76 1-2 feet beam, rew 27 feet of water, had 16,300 in icated horse power, and was fitted rith water tube boilers. She was ompletely armored with steel. Her rmament consisted of four 12-inch uns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty 2-pounders, eight 3-pounders and )ur 2 1-2 pounders. She had four orpedo tubes; her estimated speed ras 19.11 knots. Her crew number 41 men. ST. PETERS BURG REJOICES. A dispatch from St. Petersburg Sys in naval circles the Japanese itastrophe is a matter for rejoicing, though regrets are expressed that rave men have lost their lives. But als feeling of sympathy Is swallow 3 up in the greater thanksgiving for le blow inflicted on the sea power of te enemy. It is pointed out that be Hatsuse was one of Japan's finest attleship, and that the loss of two aid possibly four warships at intervals Sa few days cannot fall to deeply fect Japan and to influence the >rse of the campaign. The general aff Thursday night Is withouthout riect news of the sinking of the Shik hma and the Fuji, but there is an npression that it may be true. The ports, at any rate, have infused esh life and enthusiasm in onicial rces, where it is believed that the de has turned. No surprise Is ex ressed by the admiralty at the Japa ese vessels striking Russian mines, ie admiralty expecting such a mis ap to Vice Admiral Togo particular since the naval commanders at Port .rthur have faithfully duplicated his an which resulted in the sinking of ie Petropavlovsk. Wherever off Port .rthur the Japanese squadron appear I during the day, that same night ussan torpedo boats stole out and trefully planted contact mines which, aating below the surface, would not touched by the destroyers, but the lps of havier draught cruising in ie mine fieldis would be sure to strike 1em. The favorite point selected by 2e Japanese for bombardments of ort Arthur is Llao Li Shan promnon iry and the water there has been 1cklyi sown with Russian mines. ther points besides Liao Li Shan ave also been mined and it 1:as been igerous for the Japanese ships to use In those waters. Says All Were Black. "God never made a white man. In e beginning all men were black, but their wanderings on th3 earth any of them became bleached. In eir unnatural pallor, these t leached en now look with contempt and in. iference, often with prejuc ice and ate,' upon their brothers, :he ne ~oes, who have retained tL~e color od gave them." So Rev. H1. M. trne: senior bishop of the a.frican :ethodlist Episcopal church it. an ad ess rt the annual conference at Chi go said recently. Many negrc es were esent and applauded wildl:y. The shop continued: "What she ne oes need is more educatlo-1. We iould write books of our own poems, d scientific treaties of our own, in armony with our color and race. on't learn songs like "Wash me and shall be whiter than snow," a song 1 ould not telerate to be sung in my ~esence. I don't want to be misun ~rstood and will say to the white en, whose race at the same time is ie meanest and best I ever saw, that herever our race tries to rise, as a ile, he will help us." A Remarkable Wedding. A remarkable wedding accurred at oonk, Ind., on Wednesday. Win. alker has the smallpox, and his veetheart, Miss Maud Cox, visited 1e house where he lay ill, but was >t permitted to enter. Walker pro sed to her through an open window. e accepted and went and obtained minister. The clergyman stood fif rfeet away from the house and in a lud voice went through the service aking Walker and Miss Cox man and fe. The bride was then admitted >the sick room, where she will re Lain and nurse her newly made hus HELD FOR RANSOM. Bandits Kidnapped Two Rich Men at Tangier, Africa. .A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says an American citizen named Per dicaris and his stepson, Cromwell Var ley, a British subject, .were carried off by the well known bandit Fraissouli and his followers Thursday night and will doubtless be held for a heavy ran som. The captives were staying at Predicaris' summer residence, -only three miles from Tangier, when the bandits attacked and captured them. Perdicaris is of Creek origin, but is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is very wealthy and has lived in Tangier for years. He mar ried an Englisu woman, whose son is his companion in captivity. Fraissouli has notified Mohammed ElTorres, the representative at Tangier for foreign affairs of the sultan of Morocco, that he requires the removal of the sultan's troops from his district, the removal of the governor of Tangier and the release of a number of imprisoned ban dits. When these conditions are com plied with Fraissouli will notify Mo hammed El Torres of the course he proposes to pursue with the captives. Perdicaris was seated at the table with his family when the house was suddenly surrcunded by a crowd of armed Arabs, followed by the famous brigand Fraissouli, who gave orders to seize Pericai is and Varley. At the same time the bandit leader handed to a domestic the letter for Mohammed El Torres, notifying that functionary of his terms. This letter was trans mitted to Mohammed El Torres after midnight. It is understood that the Morocco autho dties will accede to all the demands cf the brigand chief in order to secure the release of the pris oners. A dispatch :'rom Washington says the state department has received a cablegram from United States Consul Gummere, dated .at Tangier -Friday which, after gi-4ng the facts as to the kidnapping, sa;'s: "Mr. Gummere and the British minister are acting with energy in the matter. They have sent a special carrier to the court to inform the sultan's deputy to comply with all requests they make in this matter and to insist that the terms demanded by Fraissouli shall be granted in order to obtain the release of the captives." The demand made upon the sultan; by Mr. Gummere that he pay the ransom demanded in this last case is said to be in accordance with oriental cus toms. Payment is necessary probably to save the lives of the captives. Orders were sent to Rear Admiral Chadwick Firday which he will re ceive when his command, the South Atlantic squadron, reaches Teneriffe, Canary Islands, directing him as soon as he arrives, there to coal one of ships and send it to Tangier. He the Brooklyn and Atlanta and two gunboats. THIRTEEN PERSONS PERIH. By Disaster to Coal Laden Vessels on the St. Lawrence. The worst marine disaster in the history of the St. Lawrens river coal trade occured Friday off Cape North, the~uorthernmnost poin of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, when the steamer Turret Bay laden with coal and bound from Sydney to Montreal, struck on .the rocks off St. Paul's island, and sank in deep water 20 minutes later, caus ing a loss of 13 lives. Only nine men from a crew of 22 were saved. The dead: J. W. Hayden, captain. M. A. McCara, first officer. G. F. Gray, seond ofilcer. -W. H. Adams, chief engineer. H. S. Matthews, second engineer. George Johnson, boatswain, to gether with the steward, name un known, cook, mess room boy, two fire men, a seaman and a helper. According to the government agent at St. Pauls island the steamer struck near southwest llght about 8.30 Fri day morning. A dense fog prevailed t the time and the sea was running nointain high. Almost immediately the Turret Bay backed off into deep iater but sank within 20 mInutes. e The crew a;ttempted to cut tbe boats clear but while thus engaged the essel p12inged ciown, bow first, carry ng every man Eboard with her. Some f the men str.aggled to the surface ,a and clu:g to ficating pieces of wreck ge. Fourteen persons were taken off 1 th3 wreckage by the life saving crew 1 hat put out from the island, but five ot them died before reaching the is and. The survivors say that they did not know that they were in danger until the vessel struck. The fog was so hick that the shore could not be seen and hearing the fog horn at the light ouse they misi ook it for the whistle f another steat ier. The disaster occured 19 miles cif ape North. There is a lighthouse on he northwest :)oint of St. Paul's is and, and also >ne on the southwest oint, and a steam fog whist'd is sit ated near the southwest light. It as this whistl.: that the crew of the urret Bay hea -d. The Turret B iy was owned by Win. I eterson, limited, of Newcastle-on yne, and under time charter to the ominion Coal company, was carrying oal from Sydney to Montreal. Tne teamer was built in 1894 at Souther and and was a steel ship of 287 feet nd gross tonage 2,211. Money Found. At New Orleans attorneys f or the eirs of Mrs. Amelia Noquez, an ec entric old widow who died about wo weeks ago, broke open an old safe I n her late home recently, under order of the court. In the safe they found old, silver and currrency amounting e o more than forty thousand dollars'. rs. Noquez had lived a simple life nd had been hoarding the money for any years.e Murder and suicide. Tieing her five-year old daughter j o her waist Mrs. M. B. Copeland of c olumbus, Ohio, jumped from the r ridge into the Scioto river and both s ere drowned. Efforts to rescue them o THE PRICE OF COTTON Is Now Fixed in the House Markets of the Staple. The department of agriculture will shortly issue a comprehensive report on the consumption of cotton com piled by J. L. Watkins, the cottoa ex pert of the bureau of statistics. It traces cotton manufacture in this country from its inception to the pres ent time and reviewing the industry in the past 20 years says that not withstanding the great increase ia the world's consumption of cotton the overshadowing feature of the period is the phenomenal increase in con sumption in the cotton States. This consumption in the south increased 1,607,000 bales or 509 per cent., the I consumption in the north has in- 1 creased 762,000 bales or 59 per cent. I and in the whole country 2,369,000 bales or nearly 148 per cent. - This, the report says, is of immense significance, to the countries consum ing American cotton because every ad- 1 ditional 10,000 bales consumed in thiis country means shorter time for some I foreign mill, perhaps. its shutting down, assuming,' of course, that no further expansion of the American crop will take place. During the past1 20 years the United .States has in- C creased its cotton crop nearly 5,500,- c 000 or about 96 per cent.; India's crop i has increased 1,500,000 bales of 400 Y pounds each or 73 per cent.; Egypt's 9 crop has increased 570,000 bales of 500 pounds each or 79 per cent.; Rtssia, which used to draw so largely upon f this country for her raw cotton, is now supplying her own mills with s 200,000 bales grown in her trans-Cas- c plan provinces; Brazil has almost S ceased exporting cotton on account of v the home demand for her crop; and o the continent of Europe has increased s Its consumption of cotton 2,492,OOC 0 bales, or about 95 per cent. a The consumption of cotton in East a India, the report points out, has in- o creased 1,200,000 bales or about 200 S per cent. in the last 20 years, and her 14 mills now use about half of the cron t proluced there; Japan has erected I mills equipped with 1,333.000 spindles d and is consuming from 600,000 to 700,- b 000 bales of cotton annually, nearly L. 25 per cent.of which is American; o the world's consumption of cotton has q increased nearly 7,000,000 bales or about 94 per cent. and the Unit:d r States, the largest producer, als has C become the largest consumer of cot- 14 ton; hence the price of its staple is now regulated in the home market in- a stead of Liverpool. Every year since a 1890 there has been an increase in the v number of mills and spindles in opera-. tion and with the single exception of c 1893-94, an increase in the number of d bales consumed. _________ a Beats Marconi's. e A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says a wireless telegraph system in vented by Father Joseph Murgas of p the Sacred Heart Church, this city has been perfected, and Tuesday be tC was notified by the, patent office in S1 Washington that .the sixth and 01 seventh patents on his apparatus had tl been granted. The system, Father" u'rgas believes, is greatly superior to st that of Marconi in that it is more imple and speedy.~ This isas far as tl ather Murgas will say, except to add that exhaustive experiments made ci ith it have all been satisfactory, If tI ather Murgas makes money out of fc t, he will devote it to the chrch. 01 For seven yeaf's Father Murgas has og men working upon .his invention, as iaving established his workshop in ai he rear of the rectory.. He has also tI stablished a, station two miles away ~rom his home, and from these two SI nessages have been sent and received a] n all the stages of the inventor's de- , relopment. Father Murgas took do p-ees in electrical science in Vienna a ~ighteen years ago, and has kept breast of the delopments in electric- 1i4 ty ever since. * d A Sad Accident. A dispatch from Charleston to The of tate says the first and only casualty .m f the Confederate reunion occurred re ~his afternoon in the capsizing of a ta ~mall catrigged sail boat between Fort t foultrie on Sullivan's Island and at ~'ort Sumter, resulting in the drown- gi ng of J. D. Carmichael of Dillon and di . W. Harmon of Lexington. 3. H. te 3nd of Lexington and another man nc rom the same place had a narrow es ape, being rescued in an exhausted -es ~onditon, requiring medical .treat- of 2ent at the army hopital on the is- c and. Sullivan, Nelson and Gibson, cc bree Charleston men, were also saved tb y the fine work of the life saving a~c ~rew on the beach, assisted by several co en of the garrison. The boat was Pt ~wned by Sullivan and the party was th~ n a pleasure sail. A hat was blown to the water, and in putting about udenly, the boat was capsized. The od:es of Carmichael and Harmon g rere recovered. . A Good Joke'.t Sixty members of the Northwest iE lissouri Editorial associatIon, going at o St. Louis from St. Joseph, were g 'held up" in the famous "Blue Cut," cra ear Kansas City, by one of their su umber. Will E. Williams of St. osph, unnoticed by the others,, onded a mask and with a formidable oking, but empty pistol, marched gr to the car and ordered the editors Fi o hand over their cash, passes and at ther valuables. They complied with hil lacrity and at the next station began co eding telegrams home asking for th oney. They did not learn of hoax co ntil they arrived at union station at we ;t. Louis, when their property was re- wa ored to them. ble ta: Killed by a Locomotive, an A dispatch to The State says Dub- c11 n Rush, a colored wan, was killed h ear Darlington on Thursday by aOf ain. Rush had been grazing his w near the railroad. Hie was In a tting posture when the engine ruck him and it is supposed he had ,llen asleep. The whistle was sound- bo d repeatedly and on nearing the ob- his ~ct and recognizing It to be a man an e engineer endeavored to reverse orn s engine, wbich continued on Its wa urse until it struck the man. The hii an must have been sleeping very he undly for the whistle and the roar mc fthe train not to have disturbed frc THE PLATFORM adopted by the State Democrats i : Convention in Columbia. L GOOD AND STRONG DOOUfENT. he Present State Government En dorsed and Commended. The Prosperity of the State Commented on. The following is the platform adopt d by the State Democratic Conven Ion, which met in Columbia last Wed iesday: The Democrats of the State'of South 3arolina, In convention assembled by Their duly constituted representatives, ereby renew their pledge of fidelity o the fundamental, principles of Jet ersonlan Democracy as heretofore re )eatedly announced in our State and ational platforms. We heartily approve the administra ion of our State government as wise onservative and patriotic. Each o ? he departments of the government, xecutive, judicial and legislative, has althfully performed its functions rithin the limitations prescribed by h he constitution. And we congratu ate our fellow citizens that the affairs 4 f our State-have beenso satisfactorily . 7 onducted. that the prosperity an relfare of the people have been pro- J ioted, and there have been peace and od order within our borders. We commend the services of our - - enators and representatives in the ongress of the Umted States as faith; 2l and efficient. We commend the services p lted in the adjustment of the . unts of long standing between the tate and the national government.::; rhereby the payment of a large suma-_.? f money long since due the State;was c We especially commend the condua our senators in their determiner d so far successful protest sgI ;= . e persistent and perniciouspurpose ?4; E the president to infict upon ur7 yur tate a collector of customs at Chan? 3 ston who is-not only unacceptable.o";_ 2e patrons of the office, but is : tted by training and experience to erform its important' duties.-&Andwe eclare that more racial antagonism as been aroused by the policy and aguage of Mr. Roosevelt than byall s Gher administrations during the last 'Y Garter of a century. We believe that the president inbit < ~peated appointment of' the negro };f" rum, as collector of the portof Char ston, without advice and consent & : ie senate, has been influenced more y a purpose to advance his political pirations than by a desire to pro- =' ote the efficiency of the public sef We affirm that our treatment of our >lored fellow citizens does not- justify - ie purpose and endeavor of the preslf' t to produce friction between them ;A? id ourselves.. We make generous provision forth lucation of their children. In. their forts to acquire property to -secure mes, to enjoy liberty, and to elevate eir race, we accord-to them the funI . !ot ction of the law. But're believe it to be indispensab ? the permanency of- aIn the ? ate, and essential to the welfare1 tr people, white and colored alIke,'. , tat mn-matters political the will ofthe _ bite people shall be supreme' and we - row our purpose to maintain white ~remacy. Concerning national issues we make tese further'declarations We believe that the executive, jttdl. al and legislative. departments of ie national government should be rever separate and distinctlrom each her, without the right of either1so urp or encroach upon the functions another. We view' with alarm the hv samption of power by the president - id the surrender of that power by recongress. We believe that the rights of the. ate should be maintaine at all bat -- ds and that every tenslency toward, te centralization of 'power in the tional government to the detriment the sacred right oft home rule should A obstructed and arrested. We believe that honesty in the pub~ service, and economy in the expen~ - ture of public funds, are essential to od government; no taxes should be ied ,nor tariffs imposed upon the ople beyond the actual requirments the government economically ad- ' [nistered. We therefore urge such asonable revision of the. existing riff that manufadturers shall not oh in a higher price for their products home than they demand' for such oducts abroad and such further re lion as will admit free ot duty, pro cts that are manufactured withn e nited States by trusts and mo polists. Lti esnial to the material inter- / of the people and the.development the incalculable resources of our untry that there shall be no unjust trictions upon healthy industrial Epetition. We therefqre demand e rigid enforcement of all laws en ted for the prevention of trusts and mbines and the speedy trial and nishment of persons engaged in eir violation. phe rights of labor and capital are atical. They are entitled to equal tection under the law. Evidences ist in other parts of- the country of owing hostility between these two at builders of national wealth. We plore such conditions as result in e lockout and the boycott. We be e these conditions will be amelior ed under a system of government iting no saecial privileges which hance the profits of the rich and In ~ase the cost of living to the con cer. Convicted of Forgery. George W. Murray, the former con ssman from the Third district, was day afternoon convicted of forgery Sumter after a desperate fight by lawyers to save him. The trial asumed nearly two days. Murray Is e largest landowner In Sumter may, holding about 8,000 acres. He s ably defended and the conviction the result of the strongest possi evidence of guilt, mainly documen y, and a part of which was given :isworn to by Murry himself in a - il suit held last year at which time produced the forced contract and red it In evidence In support of his Negro Lynched by Negroes. L negro tramp was lynched at Sea rd, N. 0., last night by a crowd of own race, who swung him up for assault upon a seven-year-old col d child. A policeman was on his y to jail with the man, who gave name as Dick Whitehead, when was overtaken by an infuriated b of blacks, who tore the prisoner m the officer's buggy and hanged