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VOL. XX. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1906. GOES FOR tEDDY. Senator Tillman Arraigns Presi dent Roosevelt in the Senate. S1NATORS LISTEN In Breathless Silence, While the Mor ris Incident White House inject ment, the Fitzsimmon's Leiter, Jui-Jitsn are Used in a Fierce D.nunciation. The recent fjrcb'e removal from the White House c f Mrs. Minor Morris was made the su-j ct of emphatic de nunciation by Mr. Tillman in the sen ate Wednesday. His remarks called out remonstrances from Massrs. Hale, Hopkins and Daniel and led to the very abrupt closing of the doors and the sudden adjournment of the senate In the middle of the afterncen. The speech abounded in Mr. Till man's pt culiar expressicns and was cbaracterized by many severe aad ex ceptionally personal thrusts at the president. At times he wept over what he regarded as the indignities to Mrs. Morris and his eves were full of tears when he declar, d in the f ce of protests from his fellow senat,.rs that he would demand an In restigation cf the White House incident. Tha reference to the treatment '" Mrs. Morris constituted the latter hai of a speech based upon the senator'b resolution making inquItry of the pres Ident concerning the status of our re lations with the republic of Santo D mingo, and was added to illu-trate his theory that the piesent admiristra tion is tending toward imperial sr. In the first part of the address he cr.iar-c teriz2d the course of the Uaited Sat-' In Santo Domingo as a great exte n sion of the Monroe Doctrine and said that if pursued the policy would lead . the country into many serious compli cations. He accused the president of putting the treaty into execution In the face of the senate's refusal to act, denounced the senate as willing to - submit subserviently to all that is ask ed of it, and implored senators to --ishow their independence arnd thus teach the executive a lesson and at - the same time serve the country. THE MORMaS INcDET. With reference to the Morris ocur ance, he declared that the president had been derebet in failing to punish his subordinates for their course and quoted statements from persons said to have been witnesses, to show that the proceeding had been inhuman. He informally presented and said that he would tomorrow formally present a resolution for an investiga i n of the entire incident. It was the introduction of this res olution which called out the protest *from Mr. Daniel, while Mr. Hale ob j cted to the presentation of the mat ter at all except upon proof. Mr. Till -man declared his determination not to be guided by their advice and clos ed with the reiteration of his deter mination to bring in the resolution tomorrow. The announcement occa sioned a number of hurried conferenc esani it is understood that as a result Mr. Tifiman will be urged not to carry cut his purpose. Prominen; senators on both sides said that the resolution would command few votes. Mr. Tillmam's referer C > to the Mr ris incident' was preceded by some re marks on the power f iw press in which he charged that the president h ad gradually assumed to direct that drfarts of the press until White House news has become colored and doctored in the interests of the administration. "Secretary L eb is the apothecary," he said, "and pills on Panama, pills on Roosevelt, pills on railroad rates *and pills on everything pertaining to public aff irs are administered in this way. The newspapers have been the funnel thrcugh which this quack phy sic has been sent aoroad and when some .newspaper man refuses to print that which the president wants there lgreat wrath at the execntlve man S10I." -flnstrative of some stories which crop out "over and trough the bars" Mr. Tllman salid that "the sa'dest and most pitiful example of anything that has ever been associated with the name c f a president was the recent outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris at the White House." He said that because only of the transgression of some rule the wroman sitting quietly in the of fice 'bad been dragged rudely away, hersclothes torn, an ear ring torn out, and thrust into a carriage and taken away sEN~AToE HAL TR OTESTs. At this point Mr. Hale Interrupted Mr. Tmlman to protest against the lat ter's representation cencerning the Morris Incident. "I hope," he said, deliberately, "that I may never figure in. this body as ageneral-apologi.t of the adminitration or any one connec ted with Ii," andocontining said: "But I say to the senator from South Carolina that he is making statemetts and asuming f .cts for which there 13 no warrant, and that he Is makring the most serious'aud defam atory charges against the executive of thIs country, the president of all the United States, having nothing what *ever that hie adduces as proof. '.' must say tet-he senator that]I -do not deem It seemiy thatJhere in the senate -he should makelis the - occasion of dischazginlg before us thei - Tpersdnal feeling of i1l1'w1l1 he hai agaist -the president o~the Unitec -States. It Is nidas spectacle that an: stan-: D ~l ook ~upon either with satis ~ ction or eTeration." The intrrutilonhid noltbene pced nNcrated general Interes through~nt-,,the sehnate chamber ant - - In the gsfieries, eThe giet that pre 'alle& lilmost oppressive, and 1 was'NGRjtlless maked when Mr a ~to reply. .He said: e-"respect~for-the gres - erand Ipatriott ~ rmm Maine and have had such intimate associa tion with him during my service bera, which is not half so lIng as Lis own, that he cinnot Say anything in the way of reprimand to cause ma to lo;e my temper. I want to say to you, sir (iddressicg Mr. Hale directl;), that I am not defaming Theodore Riose velt and I have not allowed my per sonal feelings, suppcsing I have any, to dictate one utterance of mine to ev. I -nut to say to you, sir, that if you will offer a resolution appoint ing a committee cf this body, com posed of Republicansalone, to e xamine into the facts, I will give you the names of four witnesses as reputable as you or I, who will swear to the statement I have made as to what actually (czurred." Mr. H tie-Let the Sznator produce bis testimocy. Mr. Tillmar-Y;u present your ccmmittee. Mr. H ak-And his affiavit3 before he stands up before the -ountry and assails in this rude way the president of the United States. Mr. Tilman-A ! Will you then .ff.r your res-Aution appointing a committee to get at the facts? Mr. Hale-Let the senator himself Off-r it. Mr. Tillman-It is none of my business. It is your business. Mr. Hal-It is as much the sena tor's business as it is mine. Mr. Tdlman-No, you have j st ac cused me of having personal ani mcsi ty and hatred tu gratify. DISCREDITS THE PIESS. Mr. Hale-I do not credit ne cxig gera:ed szatements of the. nwspaper prEss about this incident. 1 believe they are all extravagent, swollen and not justified by the facts. but when ver any Senator up it.his ;esponsibi i y declares that there should be an inv,:s tigation so that we msy have, not statements, not virulence, not denun c!ation but facts, nobody on this side will object to that resolution. - Mr. Tillman-I will offer it and'put you to the test. Mr. Tillman then q-ioted the cffi cial statement concerwng the Morris incident and said that and said that in ignoring the matter the president had practically endorsed it. He added that he had b en told that another lady had been treated at the White House very much as Mrs. Morris had been. Mr. Hale again remonstrated with Mr. Tillman for making the senate the arena for the display of his perso nal prejadices. He declared that it is not true that the senate is inclined to bend the pregnant hinges cf the knee to the preildent and that t'ie presi dent had already learned that the senate is an independent body. He added that senators consult most free ly with him. "Nine of us hesitate to tell him if we do not agree with him," he ad ded. - "The senator is wrong in undertak ing to create the Impression .that the senate is surrendering its rights. I will not submit to this arrange ment. Mr. Tillman said in reply that he thought Mr. Haie shou'd not, in view of his own disavowal, had repiated the statA m nt that he bad spoken as he had because of personal feeling. Mr. Hale rephied that the senator must be his own jud,,e as to that and Mr. Tiliman answered that the state ent was unjusstified. DENIED PERSONAL FEELING. "I say before Almignty God, It Is not tone, he exclaim'.d with faeling. Mr. Tillman then read n typewritten statement from a newspaper reporter who he said was an eye witness of the White House irolident in which the reporter stated that he had seen Mrs. Y:rris carr el oif like a <ack of salt with a negro at her heels and her hanging dress from her knees. "dive us the name of the witness," Mr. G-Pi.er suggested, but Mr. Tillman declined saying that he pre ferred to hold it for the proposed in vestigation. He added that he had names of four men who would testi y to these facts as stated. Here Mr. Tiliman stoppei a'aruptly to move the appointment of a comn mittee of investigation. He sugges ted that five senators be named for the purpose of inquiring into the in cident. Mr. Hale suggested thet as the motion should bz wth'rwn ani brought In proper shape tomorrow and Mr. Tillman c3:nstnted. Here Mr. Hopkins Interposed an ob jection to the entire proceeding say ing that he saw "no more reason why the senate shculd investigate the af fairs of the president's household than that the president should 'investigate the personal affairs of the senator from South Carolina." Mr. Hale said that he had not pre tended to bind any senator by assent ing to such a reolutio~n, but that sa far as he was concerned he would not oppose the resolution, sENATOR DANIEI.'s PLEA. Mr. Daniel then took the floor and entered a most earnest plea with Mr. Tilman not to present tihe resolution.. He evidently regarded the matter as of very great moment and scarcely raised his voice above a conversation tone. He referred to his feelng of attachment for Mr. Tillman and said: "This is a very delicate matter and I hope the senator will refrain entire ly from presenting such a resolution as he has Indicated. It is to be pre sumed," he went on, "that the presi dent will do what is right in his own hcuse, the house of the first citizen of the country, and regard such a resolu tion as an invasion of the comity ci government" Not o 21y did he reprobate the pre sentation, but he expressed regret that any allusion had been made to the MIorris aff air and hoped that noth ing more' would be heard* abcut it on the floor of the senate. "This is not a tribunal which ought to take juris diction in such a matterghe added, and after-expressing his owiattitude of respect for the female sex repeated his request to Mr. Tillman to let the matter drop. Mr. .Tillman declined to acc:de to the request, declaring that his resent ~ ment ofthe mistreatment of al lady - was such that he could not re::oncile silerce and Inaction with his -idea of proprietly. Referring again tothe testimony of witnesses his eyes filld IIwith tears and his voice was almrost aj choketi with emotion wrhen he qtioted Mnoe of. the newsmaper men who hael been present as saying that "he had since upbraided himself with tears in h!s eyes, even at the risk of personal injury. that be did not rush to the rescue of Mrs. M'orrisa." "And what are ycu going to do abouz It?" be asked in a voice now attuned to a high key. "Let these imperialistic practices contir ue? N )thIng: Then, indeed, will the senate sink into con. tempt, into a contempt that w4ll be deserved, the contempt of every good man and woman in the c. untry. I cannot be a party to such a course, but I will take the consf quences. I mvill , ff-r the resolution and the seh ate can do as it pleises with it." THE FITZSIMMON'S LETTER. ContinuIng his remarks he said that 'these poor, pitiful liars, the news papers," had reported that about the time the Morris kjction cccurred the president had, ritten a letter to Prize Fighter Fitzsimmons, showing that his dignity had not been so great as had been represented. Nor had he been too dignified to engage in a trial )f the j-u jitsu system or to put on the boxing gloves. In view of these reports he had waited in the hope that "the president wculd take some action apropos of the brutal treatment of Mrs. Morris that would do crsd t to him as a gentleman, and it was only af ter he had shown sucb besotted indifference to public opinion that I felt called upon to present a true statement of the incident and ask Or an investigation to disprove the falsehocds and garbled statements given out by Mr. Barnes." M--. Tillman closed with a declara tion of hir high regard f.ir woman hood, targht him by his association with his mother and wife, and said that they had "taught him to love woman, and when I see a man Ignore his plain duty to right a wrong to the sex I s ou1 e false to my nature if I remained sIlent. The South Carolina senator closed abruptly and was evidently deeply af fected as he took his seat. It was understood that Mr. Spoon er and Mr. Lodge were to make reply. But neither rose. Instead Mr. Hale again add.essed the chair. The chair was asking "what shall be done with the resolution," when, ignoring the query, the Maine senator moved an executive session. The m'> tion prevailed and in less than two mizutes the doors were closed and one of the tensest days in the recent his tory of the senate came t, an end. A iWINDLING GAME. That Beats All the Other Flim-Flam Schemes Going. A dispatch to The State from Greenville says GreEnville has been invaded with a small army of film flLm artists for some time, but the game werked by Will Brown, colored, among members of his own r-oe Sat urday and Sunday is perhaps the slickest and most daring yet perpe trated in this midst. Brown struck the town Saturday and went immediately to work, en gaglr'g lodging for colored laborers of ue Western Union Telegraph com pany, whom he stated would soon be in this vicinity on a big j b of work. Enormous prices were paid by the ompany he stated, for board for the men and that a bend wag r quired of all who took these me... The b nrd was fixed at $25.. Several negrc hoardng houses were caught by Brown's scheme, and the bond mney was paid in advance. He went from one acuse to another ollecting money on his scheme until a. shrewd colored woman in Oscar street "smelt a rat" and notkiae the police department. Of course the Western Uaion had no such men em ployed to secure boarding places for its men and no work isin progress in his vicinity anyway. The matter was placed in the hands of Off aers Brown and Atkinson late yesterday after noon and they had the man in a very few hours. Offcer Brown has long been noted for his clever detective work, and in this case he did one of leverest pieces of work ever entrust ed into his bands He was soon on the track of Brown and he was arrest ed shortly before 6 o'clock. He was given-a hearing before Mayor Mahon today and sentenced to the works for 150 days, the extreme penalty of the law. Mayor Mahon says he is the slickest negro he has ever had before him. He secured money from a half dczen good colored people, who were innocently taken in by his slick trick. .A new game is found by the trickster every time an old one is discovered and ex posed. The trick worked by Brown was-altogether new in this city, and exceedingly c'everly worked.. He is a shrewd negro and his game. was well concel-ved. Re-hadconsiderable money on his person when arrested and most of those who were defrauded were re paid by Sheriff Becknell oue of these funds. Kinled a Wolfe.. Atlanta is hard to down. Jim Smith, a well known ilton. county negro, last night on the Black Shoals road, near the Soldiers' Home, shot and kllk d a big black wolfe.. The beast had been terrorizmng the hxeigh borhood for a week past, and-in his midnight marauding had killed many: tne fowls. It has also killed two arge and fine shepherd dogs which ha en gaged with it In combat: Wolfe hunt ing had come to be pasttime in - that neighborhood, until the death of the beast ended it last night. It was .dis covered that the left forefoot of -the wolf was off, supposedly from being caught in a steal trap. Acquitted. Y. T. Sanford, former tax collector of Floyd county,- Ga., was acquitted at Rome on Saiturday of the murder of George Wright. He acknowledged tti killing and his defense was that Wright-had interferred with his do mestioselations.-. He is now suing his wife forffirce. *- Broke Jier'Eggs. Mrs Stainford of Riading, Kansas, hasroughat claim against the~ Atchi son, Tapeka'& Santa-Fe railroad for ~1.4O0 damasges for ,breaking a dozen 'eting eggs'that were being shipped t lher,. MILLER'S IDEAS. Says Labor ! aws and Trial Jus. tice System Drives NEGRO FARM HAN[1 From the State, and That There is No Desire for Social Eqanlity on the Part of Negro-s, Who are Under Obligations to the Whites. President Thas E. Miller, of the Colored State College, made a some what.remarkable speech at that in ltitution on E nancipation Day. In order that our readers may see for themselves what a highly educated colored man thinks of the problems that confront the South we make some extracts from the sper c'1. After speaking of the Enancipation of the n-gro, he took up the subj ect of his address. which wasj"the things that effect the negroes in the Smuth after forty years of freedom." Here are some-of the reasons that he claimed was affecting the negroes for the ill: First, the law.making body of South Carolina is responsible for the destruction of our labor. If they had been cmployed by the enemies of an agricltural South to run off the la bor from the South they could not have done the job any more thorough ly and completely than they have done it. Every law that has been enacted in the last 28 years has been intended to protect the agriculturists and keep them a full supply of labor; the rights or protecuion-of the labor. has never been considered in a single one of them. Hence as the labor 1a;w .was against the laborer he has Sec6me more shy year after year; and -when. ever and wherever-he could get awar from it he would leare first to little towns, then to the cities, then to the North. The second cause of the unrest of the laborer is the trial justice system with its plenary powers, and its ir responsible constables. I have seen the irresponsbile con able in the country use his ready revolver on helpless acused charged with the slightest misdemeanor-with no punishment coming to the constaf ble. If I were an enemy to my dear be loved Southland I would have -pid gents and lobbyists begging-our Legislature to continue in power the rresponsible, harassing trial justic: ;ystem. Of all the ills that , if c, retard nd prevent the progress of the South he trial justice system, with its un imited power and lack of responsi ility to QA or man, Is the greatest. Hence the things that aff act us and he South, above all other ills and ~estution, are the labor laws and be trial justice system. Continue hem as they are and we shall not nly succeed in driving away black abor, but we will never get white mmigrants who are so greatly needed o come an i stay In our limits. The third ill is the lack of ~protec tion in the little towns. Hence cur eople run away from the labor law and the trial justice system to the Ittle towns for police protectior; and wen they fall to get it there they go o the big cities, and from the big cities to the North. What is the worth to community n money of an honest laborer-man r woman-between the ages of 16 and 60? Under the slava values a laborer was worth 81,000; but the best teachl ers of political economy claim that we ma1st take into c ins-deration of a Laborer~ the power to consume and produce. This wonud make the value f each laborer to our Commnonwealth bout 86,000. The price of his pro uction annually plus the price of his onsumption is not less than $40 his is 10 per cent on 24 000. And o his producing and consuming pow r must be added the wealth that omes from his-Increase in c*ffspring, which would make his value to the ommonwealth greater still. Hence, every able bodied man or woman that has left South Carolina n the last.28 yearsis a loss of not less than $4,000 for each. SIf the United States census is relia bl we have lost by reason of our peo ple having left the State nut less than 75,000 able bodied laborers in the last 30 years; each one of them valued at ot less-than $4,000. We have lost from the field of pro duction and consumption 875 000 multiplied by $4,000, or $300,000,000 And for what? Why did we not keep these people? Why, because we are short sighted. We have legislated in the wrong way. They are gone, and what? We must noe appropriate annually thousands of dollars to coax and beg the Huns, the P,>les and the Italans, and in time the Chinese, to come here and take their places. I, as a negro, want'prosperity in the Suth; an iIhad itlin my.pow r I 'would bring here and locate every nationality from Europs and by en couragement, and repeal of the obnox os features of the labor lai', and by the curtailment of the great po rer of the trial justice systemn keep the-m here. - The South need-s -their d~rESeuce their coming cannot in any way in jrd-.us negroes, but instead -will helv to develop.our c-ourtry and enlarge the sphere of theiro'wl and the nel gro's usefulness as prodgcers. We want this labor aihd the cheap 'est, easiest and readies wyto-getjit is to tiirn the pages of bj tttes and blot: therefrom every ab-4 that is detrimental to) the comm man, write and black. / Tnere is another matter t touch ' upon ligl tM '. J takes less than 3,000; and in my be loved State the beggarly number of about 5.000. The cry of the greatest A merican agitator and orator, P itrick Henry, was: "No taxation without re presen tation." It was the sentiment that struck a lesson to the thrc.ne of Eig land and gave us the land of freemen. The North has been aroused over this condition; hence there is a move ment on foot to cut down the South's representation in Coregress, and in the Rectoral College. Our friends claim that this move ment is for the benefit of us negroes. But, people of the negro race, be not deceived; for to cut d wn the South's representation can in no way bnefit u; but, on the other hand, it w1ll work great injury to us he*in thE South, To cut down the Sruth's representation will fan and set ablaza the flame of sectional prejudice and hate which will rebound upon negroes as the prime cause, and will afD.ci us and injure us. That provision in the 14th amend ment was a compromise, and in the fullness of time the 15th amendment was passed, which guarantees to us the ballot, and the protection -to cast it; and if the North were sincere-and wanted us.- to vote Cngress would seat the contestants from the South, and the Supreme Ciurt of the nation would find a way to enforce the 15th amendment. No, fellow citizens, let us stand up and look this questiou quarely in the face. We do not,. as hegroes, want any legislation by Congress that will embitter the South against us. What we:need is a united South-black and white-what we need is freedom from outside interference; what we need is Se il protection and a chance to labor and be paid for our services; what we need is the destruction of mob law that is misnamed lynch law. Law is the voice of the people, and we need the law that will come 'from the pulpit, press antl the fireside. of Dar Southern homes! that will prevent Southern sheriffs .and constables ar resting us to turn us over -to the mob volence that we may be butchered, drowned or burned. These improvements can only dome to us from within; and the great southern conscience is not asleep o.A hi-subject. . The best element, of 0hoi Governor .Heyward is a fore iost representative, has resolved to eliver the Southland from mob law. For which* let us return thanke, on this our day Cf .jubilee, to God and the Southlanid There is nzo ba.d deed committed in a community that wil not and does not affec$t the entire people. We, white. and bhek, of the -"Soutb are a 3histianGo'd-loving, Goffearing :ieopie. - Therefore,~let us appeal for the prote6tion guaranteed us as citi zens and men. Let us so conduct )rselves that they will see that we e.wcrthy of every protection that ihoul begi.n. . SWe mu banish the criminals from ur social interCL urs: we must assist in turning every evil doer over to the aw: we must te; ch honest toil, loving ;ervice, and frugaliti; we must teach morality every where; we must in truct the young that this is our ome; that we must love all of its itzens and obey its law; we must put our trust in God and the South and, and do the right. For God is not dead and He will eward us if we prepare ourselves or the full er j tyment of citizen hip. The third thing that affects -us is ur great ignorance and our helpless pvsrty. Ignora? c 31is the m )ther of all vlces; and waile we have many ~cols still the great mass of our ace Is untouched by the civilizing nfluence of Christian education. For here are not more than 15 p r cent :f the children of cur-race in the pub ic schools of the South; and they are ermitted to attend school about four nonths par year. Then again there is not more than 1alf a million of our people out of the arvant class; there are about. nine nillion of our race among the wage arners, or ser vants of the nation. I am fearful that we have waited amost too long to purchase homes and farms; for the farming lands of he South have advanced in the last lcade In selling value more than 800 er cent. We need be frugal in all things. To e irfl~ential we must secure property -all kinds of property, but especially eal estate. There is no st c-i thing as social quality any where under the sun. So tal cquality is founded upon caste istinction, and it has always been oundtd upon c.te distinctior; and no one but a fool would attempt to form it upon any other basis. Wnat we need is equality under the aw and E qual administration of the aw, and an equal protection of our possessions, life and liberties. This may sound idealistic t> the hougtless, but the foundation of his government guarantees, these sacred rights that are laalienable frcm human existence, and they must and will come to us it we prepare ourselves for their enj yment. We have at the head of the Govern ment the greatest American sii e Lincoln. He is broad, catholic, cour geous, prophetic and patriotic. RoosEVELI 6 VISIT. His visit to the South last fall is a lesson that the South and the nation will never forget. His every utter ance.was the speech of broad patriot ism~-yes, of broad Amelricanism. He was not speaking to the South for the South; he was not speaking to the white man for the white ma:; to the negro for the negro;. but he spoi&. a'the greatest living American to Americans-all of every section; for Americans about Amer omZs. But in his speeches we were not for gotten as an integral psrt of the American people. At .Tacsonville and at Tuskegee his (dmonition to our raOc was tha.t of an sexious parent to a helplees child; whelesome and soun&- advice which a e'- l n )t fail to ad Khthe South af its direif' negro stumble, help him u;; but if he lie down let him lie." That is all we need and all we should expect from tte S-:ath, from the laws of the land, or from North ern philanthropy. Yes, if the negro s'umble while ascending the heights of American civilizitlon; if he s'un ble while he is climing the rugged c fs of advanced American citizan ship he should ask, and does ask, of the white man, who has assisted in making his burden heavy by two hun dred years of slavery, not to push him down and trample upon him, but t: step one side and lend h'm the hand of help; help him to stand and walk ,s the path of rectitude, the path of thrift and indu3try, the path of mo rality, the path of frugality; all of which lead to the high plain of Amer ican citizenship. Let us upon this, our day of jubilee return thanks to Goa for having giv en the American people this greatest of Americans, Tfeodore R~osevelt. What have I to say, you ask, ab:ut the future? Fellow cit-z ms, if we negroes hRve a fu ure it is in the South. She is undeveloped, teeming with millions of wealth of the fields, forests and mineF; waiting for enlightened skill to light the furnace fires that will start the buzz of manufacturing industry upon every hill top and amid the valleys. There is standing room here for us, and a fighting chance for the accumu lation of wealth and th'e possession cf reinement. The industrial development of our great Southland has just begun, and every avenue of honest toil and achievement is opened to us, her black sons and daughters. All we have t) do is to remain here,. join hands with the white man, and put our shoulder to the wheel of ma terial progress and prosperity, ard wait the result: for the white man of the South has been doing and is doing his part toward us in very many more ways than we have given him credit for. He Is reidy and wiling to help ua; and if we remain as we have been, faithful to every trust, he will wipi fr: m the statute books every law tha in any way frightens us, runs us- off; or oppresses us. He will give to us all needed prctec tion; he will tax himself and us for our education and improvement; b will help us to make the .Scuh .he hcme of us all with no proscription by the law, or under the law. Any negro who does not: believe this doctrine that I am laying dowfl and cannot be c=7erted thereto should not live in the South. for:the history of nations teac'ies that' all great reforms, lasting reforms, comes from within. Then let usbe jubilant on this our freedom's jubilee jesus praise God bry songs and prayers for having given us the apostles of freedom who assisted in making it possible for Liuciln to free.us and seal our comrhission with his life blood. Let us praise God for the -new na tion that was founded a f 5er Appomat tox, and let us praise Him above aL for the New South that is educating itself to its full duty to us negroes. Let us stand here prepared to answer every call; to do every service; to1ovie the white man, and to stand bymiint in a spirit of forgiveness and for bar ance and thankfulness, with a heart, free from rancor, strife,. debitterners, laboring for the good of our' country, the uplift of all Americans,twhite and black, and the glory of G-od. ~ Ltat us always remember thatr-the South Is full to overflhw with good, well-meaning,.white men, o' whom Wade Hamptoh'was the ripest type. r L et us not forget his dying bene diction of ~the blessing 01 peace, peace, peace. TILL ANS SP2IECH. - . The N wip'par Men Are Glad He Went for Roosevelt. A dispatch from Washington to The Charleston Poss says never In the history of legislation has anything stirred the people to such a high pitch of expectation and astonishment as the speech of Senator Tillman. The speech came as such a surprise that the people are dumfounded and amazed that he had curage to handle Roose velt as he did. G-aerai sentiment is divided, some holding the opinion that trie President should not have been made the sub ject of such a bitter attack. 0O~hers hold the opinion that he failed in his duty in not ordering an immediate in vestigation concerning the Morris csse and that by so dioing it beca'ne ncc:s sary for some one to take action. The speech has developed the fact that outside of Ssnator Hale and L::dze the President has weak b:ick ing in the Senate and that he has lOSt weight on account of his attitude in making himself of too much Impor tance in public matters generally of late. The speech also shows that outside of Hale and Lodge, the President has few strong friends in the Senate to he'p him out In an emergenc~y. News paper men are with Tillman and say that he has made them all his friends on account of the stand taken for them in the press censorship matter. The resolution by Tillman to inves tigate the Morris case, just introduc ed, was v -ted down on mothion of Daniel of Virginia. Pub icIT Dismissed' A dispat ch fronm Anapolis Md., say at noon Wennesday when the full brigade of mid shipman were paraded Sthe regular formation. Midship .an Peterson .Barto Mu zni and W. W. Foster of the first class and Tren mor Cffln,~ Sr., of the third class, were publicly dismissed from the United States navy for hazinig plebes or fourth classmen. .The order of the secretary of the navy Twa a short One and In each -case was ad jessed per nally to the midshipmen dir ctly cncarned. Were Executed. ~tiws, members of the Pjland ~-ommittee, convicte- y * tday. exscutede "a REARKAB. C E A DWARW OF TWENTY-EIG'IT IN CHES IN :E;G'IT Gives Birth to a Six rcund lifant in the City of Gre:n. viYe. A dispatcsi fr~m Green-ville to the S"at says Wt daesday af ternoon at the G eenvllie sanitarium, there was co:n to M:. and Mrs Charles Bo3kin a daugtter. There attaches more than the usual a mouit of interebt to tbe birth of this child. Mr. and M .. B aykin are dwarfs and are said ti.i r tiee smallest .- per sons in Aumeta. Tney have beef asscciated wi-.h the Birkcot Carnival conmpany for some time having c.:.me to this city with this aggregation three mouths ago. Mrs Boykin is familiary known as Dolletta, and was the leading figure In one of the shows with this amusement company. Since the first two or three persormLues In thls city she has baen at the Green ville sanitarium. Mrs. E >ykin is exctly 28 inches in height and her baby is 18 Inches, weighing six pounds. Mrs. Boykin is the daughter of parents of normal siza and is the only dwarf knowu in her family trpc:d back for many gener ations. Her bumand bears the same un~q ie record of being the only dwarf in his family, his parents also being normal In size. Tne physicians state this accounts for the .ffLpring of the diminutive parents being well devel oped and of normal siz . Mrs. B ,Ykin is so small she cannot get into a com-ron chair without as sistance. Sae caaot gt into bed without a footstool or acme other con trivance upon which to climb. When seated in a chair her feet are 14 inches frc m the floor. Her body Is well de veloped, however her shoulders being road and muscular. She is intallec tual to a remarkable degree and her aead- is crowned with a wealth o: vavy, nut brown hair. She was educa -ed along with her sisters at their -icme in Ohio. Not until she was married t) Mr Boykin did she jAn a theatrical troupe but she says her life on the road has been one of pleasure and protit. She is particulary fond of the latest books and during her spare woments she finds a great deal of pleasure in read ing the latest novels. Mr. Boykin has been with his little wife almost constantly since she has been in Greenville, aluhough he did not give up his engagement with the Barkoot people. They wiil na i re turn to their home in 3hio for a time. M's. B -ykln L 23 years of age and has bsen aisried ab ;ut one year. Prob-ibly the only per.3ons who would c mpire with her ani har ha;binI k--own to the people of this section were Mr. and'Mrs. Tom Thumb, all tbough . Mrs. Boykin is said to be much s'maller than Mrs. T,,m Thumb. XELLED. EEEELF.. A Young Lady Shoots Hierself While A wry at School. A spec'al dispatch to The State from Darlington says Miss Sallie Eam, a young ladyabouat 18 years of ge, kl'd herself Tuursday after oon by shooting herself In the breast with a pistol. The deceased was a :aughter of Mrs J. K. Ham, of Tim mnsville and a cousin of Mr. J. K. Dole of Darlington with whom she was living 3,t the time of the tragedy. She h::d bcen in Darli~igtonl only a ishort while, having gone there last f..ll to enter the graded school. She was quiet and reticent of manner a-a given somewhat t-o melancholia. This, however, was not the reast n assigned tor this rash act, It is stat ed by these who knew that dissapoint ment in a love afiair caused her to be ome despondent and determine to end her life. I s see m; that she was in love with a y oung man at her home at Timmonsviile and had been sent to Darlingtonl by her family, who obj C'. d to t-he a arriage, which they sup yosed would o~scur: if she remained at 1ome. Onher return to D rrlington after he holidays she had shown a distaste for school and absented herself frsm it ecently. She was hard of hearing ad had keenly senstve feelings, but howed no isigns of a demented .condl ion at any time pre...eding the trag dy. Her mother and brother visited er in D.s~rlingto-n Thursday..and insis ed that she attend schcol regulary-. t was soon af ter they left that she hot herself, The shot was fir. d while the rest of he "family was at' dinner, at which tme she was In a room alohe. The oronel'd jury brought in a verdict hat the deceased came to her death by a gunshot -wound Indicted by a wepon lgher own hands. Tue jury ttempted to asdign no cause for the ct., -R eso!ation D deat, d. 0.1 Thursday Senator Tillman i-n rnduced the f Alowing resolutior : R solved, That the president of the SLat~e be authorized to appoint a coa mittee of five Senattors to invest'g3.e te recent unf ortunate indident iD the White House resultin;r in expulsion frm the exec~tve edics of Mrs. Slinor Morris and report to the San te." La rep-esenting the resolution Senator Til~m an said the q !estion at. ssue ircvolves t :o vital prop )sitions.. Te fi -st related to the protection of he Presiaeat fron dangerous charac ers, and thie ssconld the protection of he rights of the people. He declared to ab soluteIy proteci the President wud be Vo-makTeim~prisoner. He. ro~ed d. tO a Yft in case of the ~emovlfA P16.i. nt he cohild beI -epacid an ~~ blby with a betterj an." Bii'-e addeed, "when the: ibetie--o tl~2role are e str yed~ ng... t desr ism. 'ne~ lsoition was. ?4id on .hZ - deasf fa sS Thignegatifv8 itere Blackburn. Flry Mc - rea1@ Mauixii, Moz Stone, In afn indristldner. NEARLY LOST. Ensign Hugh Walker Graphical ly Describes His AWFUL }XPRENCE On the III Fated Steamship Cherokee, Which Went Ashore in a -Stom. The Captain Finally Told Th t That I: Was Too Late to Save the Ship. The followirg graphic description of the wreck of the Steamihip Chero. kae was given the Augusta Herald by Easign Hugh Walker of Augusta. En sign Walker is one of the passengers who were on the ill-fsted steamshIp Cherokee who were rescued on last Sunday. The Cherckee was one of ohe e:ack boats of the Clyde line and foundered if Atlantic City on Friday. Tne passengers and crew -of the steamer were rescued by a volunteer -rew under commanA of Capt. Mark Casto. Among the passengers was E isIgn Walker. He had been sta tioned on the government supply boat Yankee in the West Irdies and was on his way tone on the Cherokee. When asked directly as to the three days privation E 'sign Walker told a graphic and clhar-cut sory. He said that on Friday and Friday night, although the Cherokee was hard agfc-und on the Brigantine Snoals off At-lantlc City there was little alarm among the passengers.. Thy had oeen assured that the situation was no cause for worry. Friday nihtz there was given in the cabin a vaude. ville entertainment in which every one took part and although there was a little uneasiness there was no real fear manifested. As the night wore on the seas com mezced to run heavier ard the gale increased. The water was washed over the deck in such a manner that all of the ha'ches had to be closed. I5 was a sleepless night. As the gale increased the woman commenced to. cry and there was a fear aroused In the men. "Saturday some of the pas. sengers appealed to the captain to do" somethirg far us, and he was forced oo admit It was too late,-and. that unless the storm abated there wagr&. lle chance.of our ever reaching hore agailI," said Eaisign Walker. This to mary was a death knell and the fear and grief among the passen gers was evident from this time on. rard. Toe ship was taking water fast and the pcunding of the heavy sWas had torn loose the engines. Every ffjrt was made by the engineers to put the engines into condition but the ,old was fiiled with water and all at .empts i this direciQa had to be abandoned and during the last 24 ours the engines were absolutely us less. E-isign Walker then went on to tell of the harrowing and exciting times that ftllowed. .Being -a man of the sea and therdore one who en well tell tales of the sea his account of the disaster sounded like oneof the famous tales of Cooper. Ensgn Walker then went on with his narra tive whi~h is given in his own Ian guage: " The last night was one of terror. We tried to keep up curage by play ing a phonegraph and singing, but about 10 o'clock we g.. ye up all hope. The ship .rose high .In the air and came down first on her bow and then her stern. -We expected that every p-u-ge would be the last and that she would brake in two on the next wave. "There w'as a terrific noise which could be heard above the wind and sea. I felt that the end had come at last, and for the first time I lost my nerve. Every man dropped to hisi knees and muttered a prayer, and Lhe women lay moaning on. the ficor. Toere was not a light brum'ng, and the water poured in through. the . hatches whi.-h had been burst open by the crash. "We bade good-bye to erci other and all prepared to die. We waited in silence and almost hoped that the suspense soonf-would be over. After a long while the first mate came into the cabin and told us that several plates had been ripped off the steam er's hull, and that she was sinking. We could feel her settle and felt that it would not be long until the sea would close over us forever. "Is was the cook who came to our rescue. He took us up into the gal. bey, where we would be aw~y from toe hungry waves a little longer. There was a fire there and he spread blankets on the fl'or for the women, and there we remained until morning. rhe galley boy tried to sing to cheer as up, but he fnally gave up the aif rt and burst into tears. "Toe water ran In slower then we expected, and when we were taken off by Captain Casto the water had just begun to cover the cabin dloor. We had no food or water al dlay, ani I don't think we could have lived rhrtcush the night." Tae steamer Cherokee is a total oss and'the Clyde line Is minus on. f its best ships. From Mr. Wlejs aecountit will be seen that tjiliaf 2,1 adventure and excitement. are~ v.r but that they are ass ool~advene ures on thle seeg as there were-Jn theM lden times. -Juniped into aW ? A dispatch from swneo tate says Nrs. 30e1 - d near Gaston, commltdtll bout 12 o'cloo~Wdea~ngtb jimping into&Na llO 'fe1--21p he lefra an reurn smilysea(k4oe ~ aa xove& he d ace- ia