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VOL. XIX, MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY9 AUGUS 3 95 O 8 AN OPEN LEIER. From Hon. George B. Cromer to Senator B. R. Tillman ON THE DIP.ENSARY. Mr. Cromer Appeals to Senator Tiirman to Leave Out Factional Politics When he Discuses the Whiskey Question, Which ie Claims Is a Moral Issue. The Hon. George B. Cromer, former president of the Newberry College, has addressed the following open letter to Senator B. R. Tillman: The Hon. B. R. Tllman.-Dear Sir: I protest ag--iat the introduction of the tom-tem and the spirit of fac tion into the movement by which the merits of the disp:nsary are to be test ed. The tom-tom is the instrument of the juggler and factio;nalism is the re sort of the politician. The people of this State have the right to expect something higher and better from you. Your recent letter to Mr. Higgins was a calm, sane and judical statement of your attitude on the dispensary ques sion, but for this very reason it was distaseful in certain qiarters, and you were accused (f straddling. You gave that letter out. as an express!on of your views, and, my name having been kindly suggested by you, I was asked to answer it in the New Voice. I de clined to do so for the simple reason that in this c-unty we wish to test the dispen ary q.aestion on its merits, and, therefore, oesire to exclude every possible phase of "Tillmanism." In the Higgins letter you recogniz ed the widespread and well-founded belief that the dispensary is corrupt in its administration, and that the present agitation is an expression of popular dissatisfaction. But in your Edgefleld speech you shifted your ground, and took the position that the movement is political in signifi cance and is a covert attack upon you. In the Higgins letter you said that the remedy for the corruption rests with the Legislature; that in the last Legislature the friends and enemies of the dispensary got together and did nothing but appolut a committee; that ever since you were Governor you have given advice and made suggestions, but that your opinion has bad no weight with the Legislature; and that if the next Legisiazure does not apply the remedy, you will help to kill the dis pensary. BY IFLICATIO-N. In your Edgefield speech you said that if the next Ltgislatu:e does not adopt certain suggestions that you in tend to make, you will help to elect a Legislature that will. And you said, by implication at least, that you will go to the Reformers for that Legista ture. I appeal fro~m Philip drunk to Phil ip sober--from the temper of the Edgefield speech to the tone of the Higgins letter. In Newberry there is no disposition to ma~ke an attack upos you uuder cover of a movement against the dispensary. It is not a political movement. It was begun in an oil year in order that it might be a test of a great moral qiestiu , uclouded by personal and politica~l emsidrs1 tions. 10 is not a movemen~t of the politicians, but a -n'vement tf the people. You ha.ve doubtless rot'c-d that the counties that wers stro. -ly "Conservative" are not in the meve ment. I d. not question your right to take part in the ciscusson. Indepeniently of the fact that y ou 'ie me a-uthor -the system in this atC, it would be strange if you were to rowi~n silent. By virtue of your hi h ot111A andc of your great influence it is y u duty to speak-but to spea.k sanely and tem perately as you did in tae Higgins let ter. You owe a great deal to the youth of this state; you owe them the best that you have to give. Wihen the dispensary was firs.t lput cn1 trial there may have been good reason f..r an ap, peal to a faction, but that reason no longer exists. The system hu been on trial more than t.'elve years. It will soon be voted ou by thousands of men who were only eight or nine y ears old when it was adopted. Wnen you speak now, we are entitled to have you speak from the point cf vie v of statesmanship and not of partisan po litics. No IANGER TO TILLIAN. Besides,'ycu have too much sagaci ty to fear that this movement against the dispensary can endanger your po litical future. You occupy a large place in the history of South Carolina for the last fifteen years, and for a number of years no rival has challeng ed your primacy among the political leaders of the State. Ben Tillman, the Senator representing St.uch Carolina, can well afford to discard the methods of Ben Tiliman the partism.f political leader. I do not mean to be offensive. You know of my appreciation of the distinguished 'services that you have rendered this State In a number of di rections. Bot I earnestly protest that you have no right to befog this ques. tion by lowering it to the plane of partisan politics Tnat the administration of the dis pensary system is corrupt any fool can see as he runs. But I go farther than that, even at the risk of having you charge me with cant and hypocrisy. No matter how high your purpose may have been in adopt.-ng the system, in its origin it seems to have been a cun ningly-devisedi sch- ma to chloroform the public consciecel-. No Jesuitical attempt to debauen morals by usmng the end to justify the means could have teen more successful if the sys temn had been honestly administered. The corrupt administration will save us from the system itself. Governor Hoch, of Kansas, tells us: "We are rearing a new civilization here: I beleve there are more than a quarter of a million young people who have never seen a saloon. Prohi bition is the only logical attitude 01 a toward the liquor traffic, and the whole country will some day recogn the fact." What sort of civiliz&tier are we rearing in South Carolina? Oui Supreme Court, in its famous decisior upholding the Constitutionality of thc dispensary law, laid down the follow ing as a fundf.mental proposition anc said that if this proposition is not true the law is unconstitutional: "That ..quor, in its nature, is dangerous to rne morais, good order, heallh and stfety of the people, ard is not to be placed -on the same footing with the ordinary commr dities of life, such as corn, wheat, cotton, totacco, potatces, ezc. Kansas says to her children: "The liquor traffic is dangerous and ought to be prohibited." Siuth 'ar olina says to her thousands of Echool children: "The liq'ior traffic is dan gerous to the morals, good order, health and safety of the people, and therefore we will sell liquor and get all the money we can for the schools." You may call it cant if you will, but in effect here is an insidious attempt to wed public education to the liquor tr fl . It is an unholy alliance and God will put them a-uader. We can not afford to lower the ideals of our schools. We must not poison the foun tain that nourishes the heart and brain of our people. WAS BECoInG DISREPUTABLE. The business of the saloon keeper was becoming disreputable in this State, and saloon keepers were begin nir.g to find it dffcalt to justify the busmess in the eyes of their children. Tne dispensary system attempts to make the tratlic respectable and repu table. How can u.he children in our schcols answer the sophistry of the argument that whatever contributes to the support of the school is good and wise? I lay it down as little short of an axiom that any restrictive scheme tbat takes control Lf a traili.: that is dauger.us to the morals of the people, ad controls it in such a way as to make it reputable, is a vicious and dangerous scheme. Let me suggest an historical paral lel. A great leader was commanded to go down against the Amalakites, standing for immorality, and destroy hem and theirs utterly. When he was called to account by the old prophet and asked what meant the lowing of cattle and the bleating of sheep, his lame excuse was that the people had kept the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord. The prophet's answer was as swifs and withering as ightning: "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." Sacrifice.is good, but there are better things than mere sac rifice. The Government of a great State was commanded by the moral sense of the people, expressed at the ballot box, to go down and destroy the liquor traffic. And when called to account it makes the pitiful plea that while it has not destroyed the traffic it has managed it so as to get money for the taxpayers. Money for the sohools is good, but there are better things than money for the schools. The blight of God's curse falls upon the people tbat.resort to methods that dull the public conscience and lower the tone of public morals. IT CANNOT HELP YOU. Senator Tiliman, the dispensary sys tem cannot help you, and you can help it only temporarily. It is wrong in principle and corrupt in practice, and its doom has been written. By throw ing your powerful influence against the present agitation you may save the dispensary for a while, but it is tottering and must fall. It is fortu aate for you that your reputation rests upon achievements that will endure. You recall, do you not, the desire of Jefferson that his epitaph should re mind posterity that he was the author f the Declaration of Independence, and of the bill of religious liberty, and the father ot the University of Vir ginia. And so his name Is handed down, riveted to civil libsrty, and re ligious liberty and higher education, three things that can never depart f'rom the earth or from the live of men. And you, what would you be re membered by? There is Winthrop and there is Clemson; well may your heart swell with honorable pride. And there i-I will not name the third thing. What true friend would link your name with the dispensary? What bit ter enemy could desire a worse fate for you than to have you raised to that bad eminence? A wise solution of the liquor problem is one thing; the dispensary Is another. I have very little political ambition, and no taste for public controversy. Yu need not remind me that it is none of my business to take care of your reputation. I know that. But in a quiet way I have for many years been doing my best, little as it may have been, to develop strong, clean, Drave manhood in this State, and it saddens me to feel that you are about to let pride of opinion and the fervor of dbate stand in the way of a fair and open test of a great moral ques tion. The people do not need advice, they need free opportunity b> vote. Respectfully, GEORGE B. CROMERt. Newberry, August 11, 1905. Start With New York Lire. Insurance Commissioner R. E. Foi, of Tennessee, announced Sat urday that the interstate examination, of life insurarnce companies would commence on October 1. The New York Life Iasurance Company will be examined tirst. Tnis aninouncement was made af ter a cmnterence between the insurance commissioners of KRen tucky, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Nebraska, Louisiana and TennesseE and President John A. Mc Call, of t New York Life Insurance Company A Good (lift. According tO the report of the exe* cutors of the will of the late W. W. Franklin, of Columbus, Ohio, thE Children's hospital and the Home to: the Aged of that city will get $50,00O( each as well as the residue left aftei a 80,00 estate is settled. The exe cut.rs say that the residue will be t w or three times greater than the speci tic bqests of $50,000 each, and thi: will tbe evenly divided between thi two Institutions. It is thought eaci institution will receive $150,000 a Voted It Oat. The dispensary was voted out Ii Unio County Tuesday by a vote o twenty-two to cne. The vote cas was very light, showing that man: of the citizens of that county caret very little which way the electioz HE DENIES IT. Senator B. R. Tillman Replies to Dr. G. B. Cromer's Letter. DEFI N ES POSITION. Says lie Has Not Nor Does He Intend to Appeal to Factionalism, but Asserts that the Leaders Are Fight ing Him While Fighting the Dispensary. The Hon. George B. Cromer.-My Dear Sir: As your "open letter" ap peai ed in The Sunday News and in to. day's State I presume you expie L an answer through the same medium. I desire, in the beginning, to ex press my appreciation of yt.ur kindly and complimentary allusions to my self. I value them more highly be cause in the past you have not been my political friend. I have read your letter carefully and have endeavored to judge your ar guments and weigh the points you present as sanely as may be. It is not always possible for men to agree, even though both are actuated by the highest and purest motives, and it Is therefore natural that you should misjudge me in some things and disa gree with me in others. N3w hbout the appeal to factional ism; I deny absolutely that I have made sLch an appeal or intend to make such an appeal, and in justifica tion of the truthfulness of this state ment let me -remind you of what I sad at Edgetield. To qaote: "I do not wish to revive factionalism and I am sorry to have the appearance of doing so." "I am aware that many of the strongest supporters of the dis pensary now are men who were and are yet probably Conservatives, while some of its most bitter antagnists are former Rformers. It, therefore, can not be charged that I am endeavoring to draw the old lines whic'i rent the State in twain." Again, "I want this matter settled entirely apart from my personal and political for tunes. It is a much greater question for the people of South Carolina as to how they shall wisely and best gov ern the sale of l'quor than as to whether I or some one else represents them in the Senate. I know there are many men who will vote for me regardless of their former political af diliations and of their present attitude on this question, and it is probable that there will be many who will be aggrieved at my activity in dealing with the question." ONLY A CASE OF SELF-DEFENCE. When a public man is vicic'asly at tacked with slander ana abuse and there is every indication of a purpose to press that attack in the next Democratic primary with a view to his overthrow, It seems to me it is perfectly legitimate for him to give notice to his frie -ds and his enemies alike of what is going on, and let all understand that he is prepared to fight. This is all I have done and so far from expecting to make a plea to the Reformers as y ou charge to be my purpose by "implication," I have ex pressly said that the old lines could not be drawn and I want the Issue settled entirely apart from my per sonal and political fortunes. When I wrote my letter to Mr. Higgins I :nerely alluded to the "true inwardness" of this movement, which I then realized was being engineered by my inveterate political enemies. YEu seem to be aggrieved because I have shifted position fr-im the "sane and judicial attitude of the Higgins letter," and now take the gronmd that the movement is political and a covert attack upon me. Your assertion Is too sweeping, my dear Doctor. The "movement" against the dispensary among the people arises from the dis satisfaction with the management and strong belief in corruption which exists, but while the people are fight ing the dispensary either to purify or destroy it, the leaders are fighting me. You may not be. In fact I kno-. you are not, and probably there are many others who have not such feeling or purpose, but look at the numerous evidences of the political purpose and significance of the movement in the minds of the leaders. One of those who attended the Prohibition Confer ence in Columbia declared it to be the intention to "tilt the State up on edge and spill out not only the dis pensary, but the existing political status." The Darlington News de clared that the "dis.pensary was so int'lmately interwoven with Senator Tllman's politic3l fortunes that the destruction of the one meant the de struction of the other." The mass meeting held at Yorkville on the 7?h of this month, under the leadership of the author of the Brice bill, d .scussed and abused me a great deal more than they discussed the dis pensary or prohibition, and each and every speaker opened his mu? in many respects to ms in the harshest and most insulting manner. Since it will not be denied that the anti-dis pensary forces are an Incongruous ano in many respects an tag nistic aggre gation, midsters of the Gospel, doc tors of divinity, advocates of high license, the old bar room system in its essene-blind tigers, who want free liquor for the money they can make out of it, and yet with this army in motley, led by men with all manner of opinions, and marshalling its forces for my destruction, you, my dear Doctor, tell me that I must remain quiet, continue the same "calm, ju dicial, sane attitude assumed in the Higgins's letter" and not let the peo pe kno& what is going on. THAT "CHANGE OF POSITION." I stated in that letter if the Legis lature did not apply the remedy for the existing evils In the dispensary management that I would help kill the dispensary. More mature thought and a better understanding of the purpose of the anti-dispensary leaders led me to give notice that if that Leg isltue did not apply the remedy T would arpeal to the people to elect a Ligislature that would. Ii there anything wrong In that? Anytinirg Immoral, or unstatesm-ln like? If I had remained steadfast in that position would not all the iLP lu erces that are pissible be broughnt t) bear to keep the L-gislature from doing anytLing, especially doing things which I suggest? If the L: gis lature now in otlice could be thus in fluenced, cajoled and coerced to resist reformation under the specious plea that it was at my dictation and I had q'.ietly fallen in ranks to help kill the disperIvary without first appealing from the Lgislature to the people, do you not see that I would have tied my own hands and surrendered at dis cret'on to my worst enem'&? I hai to deal with one "drift wood" L -gislaLure once. and I appealed to the people to reform It, which they did most effc.unlly by retiring most of those who had proven false to their professions and pledges, to private life. The present Legislature was not elected on the dispensary issue, and is a very conservative body of men, and with so much political elec tricity in the atmosphere and so much thundering agninst the dispensary, It may well pause ere it takes any action. The disclosures at Spartanburg will undoubtedly cause it to do something, but whether it will do anything effec tual or not remains to be seen. I wish to say here and now, as though in parenthesis, the result of this fight, as far as I am personally concerned, gives me no uneasiness whatever. The office of Senator does not belong to me, but it belongs to the people and they will have the right next year to choose my succes sor, and I will bow to their will, what ever it may be, without a murmer. I do not believe that the fall of the dis pensary necessarially means my fall. I do not see what association there is or could poss!bly be between the dis pensary question and the position which I have taken upon it and my fit ness for the high office which I hold. If my health continues good 1 shall ask the people to continue me in the place, not because I am the father of the diapensary, but because of my ser vice in Washington. I am not un easy in the least. So much for that branch of your letter. LIQUOR DRINKING NOT IMORAL. Now let us come to the dispensary sary question and your treatment of it. You quote, with great unction, from the decision of our Supreme Court, "That liquor in its nature is dangerous to the morals, good order, health and safety of the people, and is not to be placed on the same foot ing with the ordinary commodities of lIfe, such as corn, wheat, cotton, to bacco, potatoes, etc." I wish I had that decision before me so that I could give its essence in brief form rather than take an isolated sentence. You are too good a lawyer not to know that the State could have nothing to do with the liquor traffic were it not for the exercise of the police power which rests upon the right of the State Government to control or forbid any and every thing which concerns the morals and health of the people; and right here is where we part com pany in dealing with the ' question. The prohibitionists In general, and you, my dear Doctor, as one of their leaders, are thoroughly Imbued with the belief that liquor drinking Is dan gerous to the morals, good order, health and safety of the people, and you would therefore forbid its sale in any way as a beverage and would limit its use to medicinal, pharmaceutical and mechanical purposes. South Car olina declares in the dispensary law itself: "The manu:'acture, sale, barter or exchange, receipt or acceptance for unlawful use, delivery, storing and keeping in possession within this State of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer mented, brewed, (uvhether lager or rice beer,) or other liquors; any com pound or mixture thereof, by what ever name called or known, which contains alcohol and Is used as a b,::ver age, except as is hereafter provided, Is hereby prohibited under a penalty of not less than three nor more than twelve months at hard labor In the State Penitentiary, or pay a fine of nOt less than $100 nor more than 8500, or both line and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court, for each of fense. All alcoholic liquors in this State, whether manufactured within tnis State orgelsewhere, not having been tested by the chemist of the South Carolina C.ollege and found to be pure and free from poisonous, hurt ful and deleterious matters, are here by declared to be of a detrimental character, and their use and consump tion are against the morals, good health and safety of the State, etc." In the j .dgment of the Legislature, which enacted the law as a compro mise, the dispensary system would bring about the best results. You and y our friends make of this ques tion a religious issue, while the sup porters of the dispensary law consider it a political Issue, and the people of the State have six times by over whelming maj orities sustained such view. You and yodr friends have time and time again presented your ideas and pressed them withivigor and ability, but the voters have not seen itas you did. LIQUOR MoNEY IN THE Sr'HOIs. I woud be the last man to lower the ideals of our schools. I would be the last man to throw temptation in the way of any one, young or old. I would b3 the last man to teaca any child that lIquor is not dangerous; but Is it the nuty of a statesman to hobble the devil, so to speak, when he can' be chained, or is It his duty to simply say he wants to see him hobbled or cthained and then let him loose? The dispensary law properly administered does reduce drunken ness. It does conduce to temperance and good morals, and teaches men the uses of liqu ar rather than the abuses of it. Tuat the State board of con trol Is now under suspcion of corrup tion, with many thiogs pointing to the belief that the suspicion is well grounded, and that the local dispen sers have been debauched, because of the lax ad ministration or maladminis tration of the law, proves nothing Pope long since epitomized this whole subject In that well known couplet: j(Continnurd on for~nth pae.) 'A WARM TIME. A Preacher Calls a Dispensary Advocate a Liar and AKES A SENSATION. The Rev. P. H. E. Derrick Charges Sena tor Blease, of Newberry County, With Insulting and Impugning the Ministry, and Lying If He DeniedCharge. A special dispatch to the Columbia State from Newberry says an unex pected and sensational dispensary de bate took place at Young's Grove in that county on Tuesday of last week, when Rev. C. M. Byod of Prosperity, outraged at statements made by Mr. C. L. Blease who is State Senator from Newberry concerning the Chris. tian church and ministry, protested eloquently. Following this and at the close of the speaking Mr. Blease was halted by the Rev. P. H. E. Derrick, a Lutheran preacher who charged him with in sulting and impugning the Christian ministry. Mr. Derrick seemed to be very mad, when he began talking to Mr. Blease. On Mr. B!ease's denial that he had made certain remarks in his speech, Rev. Mr. Derrick threateningly and flatly contradicted him, renewing the accusation. Mr. Blease turned to walk away but before he had taken twenty steps Rev. Mr. Derrickshouted after him the words, "and if you deny it you are a liar." Mr. Blease took no notice of the words. - While denouncing general hypocrisy and corruption in his speech. Mr. Blease said that If all the rascals were turned out of the churches there would not be a quorum left next Sun day, and that he had never known a preacher who would not take a gam bler's money. The whole affair created intense feeling. Mr. A. C. Jones also inter rupted Mr. Blease to express his in dignation. Aside from the above in cident the day was without marked features. All of the spaakers ac quitted themselves well and were lis tened to with attention but at no time was there great enthusiasm. Mr. John C. Goggans presided, in. troducing Mr. Arthur Kibler as the first speaker. Dr. Geo. B. Cromer and Mr. A. C. Jones followed. A letter was read from Rev. J. A. Sligh, re gretting his inability to be present on account of sickness. Mr. Blease's speech followed, being the only one on the dispensary side. After the incident between Mr. Blease and Rev. Mr. Derrick the crowd called for Rev. Mr. Boyd on the platform. He responded eloquently for prohibi ion. The crowd was estimated at about 800. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. In speaking of the occurrences nar rated above The News and Courier says: Qlite a sensation developed at Ycucg's Grove Tuesday afternooon at a dispensary discussion. In his speech Senator Blease referred to some pro hibtionists as hypocrites, and said: "If you are going to kill the dispen sary because It is rotten, why not kill the Church? If you turn out every rascal in the Church you would not have a quorum Sunday." Here A. C. Jones Interrupted, say ing that Blease had no right to slan der the Church. Argument followed, the crowd upholding Mr. Jones. Then Blease repeated It, whereupon somne one said: "Talk to us like de cent men or quit." Blease resumed his speech, but the Rv. C. M. Boyd, the Associate Re formed minister here, said: "Mr. Blease, just now you told a lady how to raise sons, not drunk ards." Now tell us about the Spar tanburg investigation, when you said on the stand, "I w,.uld like to have a drink now." Mr. Biease replied: "Yes, I said It. You look like a man who would take a bottle of beer on the sly. When we get up town we will take one to gether. I can generally read any man." When Blease was notified that Mr. Boy d was a minister, he apologized. Col. Blesse tried to continue, but the audience yelled, "Boyd! Boyd! Boya !" and Blease's voice was drowned when he was not half through speak ing. The Rev. Mr. Boyd came on the stand. Blesse asked him not to be personal, as he had been promised the last speech. Then Mr. Boyd said he would not speak, but the crowd yelled for him. He said that what he would have to be personal, when a man said at an Investigation that he wanted a drink and here teaches a woman how to raise a son, not a drunkard, slan der churches and virtually blasphemes God. He could not help from speak ing. Mr. Boy d's speech was a master ful oration, to which no synopsi3 here can do justice. -He did not want to say anything today, but had to. When he came here there was no dis pensary, no policeman, no jail. Now all these are here, and the citizens know the state of affaairs. He ap" pealed to thinking men to rid the county of a curse. When Col. Blease left the stand he was confronted by the Rev. P. H. E. Derrick, the Lutheran minister, who challenged the statement made in the speech that no minister ever refused blood money to build a churcb, Col. Blease said he referred to New berry and - seemingly showed the white feather, walking off. Derrick said: "And you are a liar." Train Hit Them. Four young men who reside in Charlotte, N. C., sat on the Southern railway track near Greenville Tuesday ught fell asleep. The outgoing Co lumbia train In passlng killed C. Williams instantly and seriously in jured Paul Fowler and Henry Holley. Edard Ellis eapedar unhurt FELL FROM A POLE. A Promising Young Man Meets With a Fearful Death. Robert Havnsworth of Clemson, '02. Dies From Injuries Received Wbile Performing His Duty. A spccial dispatch from Darlington to The State says Mr. Robert Hayns worth, a young man of much promise, died there Thursday morning from the effects of injuries he sustained in falling from an electric light pole Wednesday night. The storm Wed aesday aftetncon had upset the e]ec tric light wires and Wednesday night it was discovered that some of the arc lights were not burning. The engineer. Mr. Hatchell, at the power plant apprised young Haynsworth of this fact and the latter started on his round to remedy the trouble. He was cautioned, however, to phone when he found a wire that needed fixing so the power could be cut off and he did so once or twice but no message was received at the the point where the sad accident oc curred. When found by the Coast Line night watchman Mr. Haynsworth was lying at the foot of an electric light pole between the depot and a nearby shed. His mangled limbs were across the railroad track and his body was drawn as if 'he had suffered intense conges tion. One leg was completely crushed, causing the main bone to project through the outer skin and clothing; his forehead also sustainel a severe blow in which the skull was slightly fractured. He bled profusely and was ever conscious after the fall. Mr. atchell says that Mr. Haynsworth left the power plant about 9 o'clock nd was not found until 10.15. It is probable that be lay there for over an hour before any one saw him. There are numerous conjectures as to how this accident occurred, but it is generally believed that young aynsworth ascended the pole and 3ame in contact with a live wire which caused him to lose his grip and fall. He must have fallen 25 or 30 feet. When found he was moved to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. . E. P. Sanders, and a doctor was summoned but to no avail. He died Thursday morning at 8 o'clock and will probably be buried Friday at Florence, where his family reside. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Moo aey Haynsworth of Florence and a nephew of that city. In 1902 he graduated at Clemson In the electrical epartment and came immediately to Darlington, where he accepted a posi tion with the Carolina Water and Light ecmpany. He proved himself an efflicient electrician and he advanced rapidly in this line of work. Only a few months prior to his death he was promoted to the position of general superintendent of the electrict plant there. He was a young man with a bright future and he had a host of rienda in Darlington. His untimely leath has cast a gloom over the en ire town. Hungry Peasants. A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, says the disorders In Andalusia as a esult of the famine are growing ilarming. The sacking of farms and the slaughtering of sheep and cattle tontinue pratically unchecked. The istrcts arcund. Carmona, Osuna, Estepa, Utrira, Maron and .Terez are terrorized by hunger driven peasents. The wealthier residents are fleeing and abar.doning their homes taking refuge in Seville, Cordova and other large cities. The starving peasants continue to invade the towns, clamor ng for food and sometimes looting. It is stated that 4,000 are massed outside Osuna, threatning to storm the houses of the rich. Aid from the goverment and public charity is inade Qute and distributed sbwly. Troops are protecting many towns, but the authorites hesitate to take severe measures, partly through sympathy with the distressed and partly through fear lest a wave of violence be provoked. It is estimatad that 1,000,003I are desperately hungry, and that 100,000 of these are actually starving. Wounded by Rutfians. A special dispatch from Anderson to The State says Sheriff Nelson R. Green and his deputy, W. H. Scott, received slight wounds at the farmers' barbecue Wednesday afternoon in ar resting four yoong men of the county for disorderly conduct. The men are A. L. Whitten and three brothers named Richey. It seems that these men were cursing and talking loudly at the table and when they were or dered by the sheriff to keep quiet one of them resisted the officer, who was cut across the abdomen. His depu ty was also slightly wounded. The men were taken into custody and are In the county jail. Pearls F'ounid in Cocoanuts. "Pearls are not found in oysters alone." Sometimes, "said a lapidary, they are found in cocoanuts. I once cut a cocoanut pearl. It was the size of a pea, and its quality was good. It resembled an oyster pearl, only it was a little duller, Occoanut pearls are found In the heart of the nn'. It is thought that they are formed by the hardening of the nut's flesh. Tney are, so to speak, a kind or crystalized tumor or wart. These pearls are rare. They are rarer than oyster pearls. They are also cheaper than oyster pearls, being less hard and less transparent." & small Votle. The Columbia Record says Union county last week voted out the dis pensary by 761 to 416. In the last primary 2,675 votes were cast. In the last general election, in which there was no interest whatever, the vote was 1,651 or 473 more than were cast in tbe dispensary election. Only registered voters are allowed to vote. We have no reason to believe that the result would have been different, but the fact is that less than half of tae white men of Union over twenty-one years old expressed an opinion on this most important question. SORGRIUM RUILND By a Etrange Bug that Was First Eeen in Columbia. The Nature of the New Parasite is as 4it Som%.what Unkncwn to the Department of Agriculture. The. State says there is a strange bug on the farm of the State Hospi tal for the Insane, and even the bu reau of entomology of the department of agriculture is unable to ascertain, for a time, the ancestry of this insect. Not long ago, it will be remembered, the attention of Mr. T. W. Buncb, su perintendant of the State hospital, was called to the fact that sorghum which was used to feed the cattle was dying rapidly. Investigation showed that a small past was preying on the sorghum and an expert was asked for from the government. Mr. E. G. S. Titus, entomologist, came to the city and inspected the damage done by the past, but could not tell what it was. He left for Wash ingtou with some of the "animals" in his valise and microscopical examina tions have been going on. Yesterday Mr. Bunch received the following let ter: Mr. 3. W. Bunch, State Hospital for the Insane, Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr. Bunch: I am very much indebted to you for your kindness to Mr. Titus on his recent visit. Since his return he has been very enthusi astic regarding courtesies shown him. I have to thank you for the arrange. ment to send us material at periods of ten days, in order to better enable us to study the habits of the little pest which seems to be working so much destruction in your sorghum. Until we can get an adult mcqth we shall be wholly in the dark as to the identity of the depredator. As soon as we se cure a moth and find out what it Is, it will throw a great deal of light upon the problem. From the fact that it appers to breed freely in crab grass, I am led to believe that it has attacked corn as well as sorghum, without having been detected by you. Whether its present severity is due to your system of farm ing, made necessary, as I understand, by the rules of your institution, or whether it is a periodical outbreak such as we have witnessed in the case of other insects, I am absolutely un able to tell. I would judge if the crab grass was ploughed under this fall it would great iy reduce the pest another year, but, of course, crab grass grows on other premises besides your own, and unless it is known to occur in other premises about you, I should be very much in clined to urge rotation for a single year with some crop that would nec essitate the destruction of this grass. Some crop that would require constant cultivation until late in the season would seem to be preferable. I would like to ask if ordinarily there is much of this crab grass with your oats. If not, then you should have to look elsewhere for relief. I am in hopes to be able to visit you during the next month, and probably send an assistant your way later in the season, and he will endeavor to, If possible, find out some measure of relief. Thanking you again for your cour tesy, I am, yours truly, F. M. WEBSTEE. In Charge of Field Crop Insect Inves gations. It is said that the pest is making itself known in other vicinities, notab ly on the farm of Mr. B. F. Taylor. It Is seldom that there is an Insect so strange to the bureau of entomology. Bad as Yellow Fe2,ver. The desperate efforts of the health authorities to prevent the spreading of the typhoid fever epidemic pre valent in Brooklyn have not been suc cessful so f ar and the situation is be ginning to be qaf te ritical. It seems that Batch Beach, Bensonhurst and Ulmer Park, situated on the Brooklyn beach, extending from the Narrows to Coney Island, from the center or heart of the disease district. There are various theories concerning the causes of the epidemic. The most plausible Is that persons living In the beach district insisted on bathing at the wrong side of the tide, when the water, backed up by Zhe rising tide, was strongly contaminated by the con tents of the numerous sewers empty ing into the bay. The infected area is constantly spreading and it is feared that b- fore long the epidemic will gain a foothold on the Manhattan side. Should that happen, the result in the overcrowded and unsanitary districts of the B:,st and West sides would be appalling. Up to the pres ent ti'ue there have been nearly two, thousand cases of typhoid in New York and about four hundred deaths caused by that disease. Less Whiskey Used. Mr. John 0. Watkins, Clerk of Court of Anderson County, writes as follows to Senator Tillman;" The re cords in this office show that the ecurt of general sessioas for Ande r son county during the years 1891 and 1892 there were 108 trials and that during the years 1903 and 1904 there were only 51. In this connection I will add an extract from presentment of the grand jury of Feburary, 1904: "We ihink it is a matter worthy of notice that notwithstanding the rapid increase or population of our county, the influx of people from other counties and other States, and the aggregation of so many places of the industrial enterprises located in our midst, yet crime seems to be de creasmng. _________ Just Like Tb. mn. "Reuben Fields, the Johnson county mathematician, who is considered by many to be an idiotic wonder, stopped at a hotel in a small town in Henry county recently," says The Oak Grove (Mo.) Banner. "As usual, In such places, there were a number of drum mers on hand; tnere was also a meet ing of some medical men at the place, who used the hotel as headquarters. One of the doctors thought it would be q uite a jok~e to tell Fields that some of tue M. D.'s had concluded to kidnap hIm and take out his brains to learn how it was he was so good in mathe matics. He was then asked by them what he was going to do about it. Fields replied: I will go on without ains inst lik yon doctors are doing. FIFTY KILLED By Excursion Train Plunging Twentyafive Feet in River. BRAKE DIDN'T WORK. The Train Was from Kinston, N. C., on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, All, Except Two of the Un fortunate Victims, Were Colored People. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says that owing to the inability of Engi neer D. L. Raig to cotrolbis air brakes, an excursion train from Kinston, N. C., bound to that city, p'nnged through an open draw in a bridge over the western brar.ch of the Elizabeth river at Bruce station, eight miles from Norfolk, Taursday afternoon, and 50 persons, mostly negroes, were drown ed. Up to a late hour Thursday night only seven bodies had beei recovered from the wreckage. The list of injur ed so far as can be ascertained, num bars nearly 100, though most of these are slightly hurt. A large numer of physicians fr.om Norfolk and nearby cities went to the scene. Among the victims, the only white ones were Edward Joliffe, manager of the excursion, and Edward Forbes, who assisted him, both of Greenvllle, N. 0. The-Merrit wrecking organiza tion Thursday night dispatches an ex pedition from Norfolk to the scene for the purpose of raising the sunken cars, which lie in about 25 feet of water. Until the cars are raised, no accarate estimate of the number of the dead can be given. The train was composed of an en gine and six passenger cars. The en gine and two cars went through the draw, leaving. the four rear cars on the track. One car was cognpletely submerged and the other partly sub merged. Nothing is visible of the lo comoiive not even the smokestack. It Is believed every occupant of the first car perished. The dead can be gotten out only by diving under the car. The scene following tne wreck was one of indescribable horror, with the shriek i g of men, women and children, who were drowning, stuggling out of the partly submerged coach and floating in the river. The passengers who were uninjured Immediately started to rescue those imprisoned in the cars. Norfolk and Portsmouth were communicated with and physicians were sent out on a wrecking train. Many people In the aeighborhood went to the scene of the wreck and helped in the rescue. The ;njured were taken to the track em fankment and were attended there by the physicians. Collins Ferguson, the colored bridge tender of the Atlantic Coaet Line, was knocked from the bridge by the impact and killed. En gineer Reig and Fireman Alfred Coop er, colored, escaped by jumping. The wrecked train left Kinston, N. C., at 7 o'clock Thursday morning with 165, colored excursionists for Norfolk.. It was due to. arrive at Norfolkat i o'clock Thursday afternoon.r Following this train was another ex cursion train over the sameioad bring ing 300 excursionists fromn Rocky Mount, N. C. Preceding the wracked train was still another excursion traini carrying some 300 merchants .and others from Augusta, Ga., Cbarleston, S. C., and Jacksonv lie, Fia , bound no Baltimore, Pniladelphia and New York, for the purchase of fall good. This first train arrived at Norfolk at 8.30 o'clock Thursday morning, without accident and the Augusta, Jacksonville and Charleston merchants left for the north Thursday night by water. The Rccky Mount excursion Ists and the survivors of the wreck were brought to Norfolk over the Nor folk and Western. Crashed Iato TrolLey. At Cincinnati, Ohio, three man were killed and ten were injured Wed nesday night when a fast through ex press from New York to Oincinnati . on the Baltimore and Ohio South western crashed into a Winton Place trolley Icar In Winton Place a suburb. All the killed lived in Winton Place. Accerding to some witnesses of the wreck John Driscoll, gate tender, hid let the gate down to allow a freight to pass. The locomotive of the freight emitted heavy clouds of smoak, preventing the tender from seeing the passenger train bearing down at high speed and he raised the gates, It Is said. The locomotive struck the back part of the street car and it was tossed to pieces in all directions. A foung Mother. Helen Eister, who would have been thirteen years old on November 5th next, died in the New York Post Graduate hospital Saturday forty five minutes after the surgeons performed the Caessran operation on her. The operation was the last resort to save the lives of mother and baby. It was succeesful, for, although other causes - were faal to the child mother, her baby survived and was cheerful and healthy, weighing seven pounds. The chi:d was an illegitimate one. Made Him insane. At Baxley, Ga., A. J.'Chestnut, who a few days ago shot and killed Marshall Mike Aspinwall, and being pursued by the sheriff and a large number of citizens was wounded, died Wednesday evening. William Smith of Waycross. engaged at Baxiey at work on the school building, shot Chest .us with a rifle and since has become insane and is now in the asy lum. ________ Another &ULar Expedi~cion. A dispatch from Christina Norway, says the steamer Tarranova has been sighted off Honnigsgaag, with Zarigler, of the north pole explorlog expedi tion, heading by Anthony Fiala of Brooklyn, aboard. The vessel had got to 85 degrees 13 minutes north .atitude. All the Americans in the ;arty are well.