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0 ELOQUENT WORDS Of General Stephen D. Lee to His Old Comrades. THRILTING SPEECH By Leader of Confederate Veterans a Opening of Reunion at New Or leans. Words that Wrug Cheers of Pride and Grief From Battle-Scarred Soldiers Following is the address of Gen Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chie of the United Confederate Veterans at the New Orleans reunion, last weel in reply to welcoming addresses. Gen Lee said: "The United Confederate Veteran are again met in the city of thei: origin. We are once more the guest of those patriotic and energetic men into whose labors we have entered and to whm the thanks of all survlv ing Confederates- re due. Again and again, we have returned to ta ste o: the inexhaustible bounty of your hos pitality; to be refreshed by the patri otism and enthusiasm of this generou and beautiful city. "The flags of Franoe and of Spain of the Union and of the Confederacy have fliated over the soil upon whic' we stand, but always over brave me and lovely women, loyal to the bes they knew, faithful a)ike to the livin and to the dead; a civil:zition trans planted like ,a rare flower of France b ossoming in the new world, an< bearing exquisite fruit. The Confed erate cannot forget the city of th gallant and accomplisted Beauregard the brave and unfortunate Hood, th city where Jefferson Davis lved t walk and which honored him in hi death with an outpouring of loyalt; and grief which did honor to th Soutnern heart. Here is Metairie where Albert Sydney Johnston speak in imperishable bronze, and the mon ument to the Army of Northern Viy ginia, rises tall and white, like tbi soul of its great chieftain. "We love you, Louisiana, wher: the stern blood of the Anglo-Saxon ha been touched with the grace and thi genius of France. Here amid the ver: chivalry of patriotism there Is wel come for all who prize nobie and gen erous deeds, and, most of all, a wel come for him who loved his countr best and bore her cross of pain-M Confederate soldier. We, who grieve: for this unhappy city in the hour o Its capture and humiliatlon, rejoic in its p ide today, standing secon; only to New York among America ports of export; your mighty river filled with the ships of all nations your historic streets alive with'th commerce of the world. We beholl with satisfaction great railroad sya tems struggling to enter your gate and the merchants of a thousaD cities listening for the murmurs c your markets. 1A e wait the comin of the day when the waters of the A. lantic anid Pacific shall mingle tc gerther, and on both alike shall floa the commerce of this Imperial city when the soDS of those who strugglei in vain fol Southern supremacy sal here behold a peaceful victory, mor magnificent than those of their grea armies, a commercial supremacy mor splendid than their ntoblest vision and here beside the Father of Water shall be reahzed the capital of- thel dreams. "We ha~ve lost dear friends an comrades since we met together, non more beloved and more honored tha: the soldier who was recently laid t rest at Arlington. Joe Wheeler wo; his spurs by true and honorable ser vice. He was a superb cavalry leads and earned en many a hard fough field the right to lead where brava men follow. When the heart of ou common country yearned to express t. her Confederate sons that their wel come home was complete to Wheele: it was given to show, on our behalf that every star on the flag was nov dear to us and that we were ready t< follow it to the very 'Isles of the Sea. It was Southern hands that set sta: after star in that blue field of glor: and if any more stars are ever plantei there it will be strange if a Southern er is not found assisting at the opera tion. Comrades, there is one thing com meitted to our care as a peculiar trus1 --the memory of the Confederate sol dier. So far as lies in our power wi have striven that history may noi lack the evidence of his purity of mc tire, his fortitude, his heroism. I for one, do not fear that justice, how ever long delayed, will rLOt ultimately be done to one of the grandest bodiea of men who ever battled for indepaa. dence, or triumphing over defeat, bound up the bleeding wounds of theit country. "There are three things peculiarl3 left for our corcern. One of these is the erection of pubilo monuments te our Confederate dead, to 'our leaders, but, above all, to those private soldi. ers, who made our leaders immortal, We must not overtask posterity by ex pecting those who .come after us tc build monuments to heroes whom their own generation were unwlling to commemorate. The South has reached a position of material pros perity, which jastliies both Slate and private beneficence to honor the faith ful dead. "In all human lot there hast noth Ing better been found for man than tc die for his country. If there be any virtue, if there be any praise, this fate is to be preferred above all others. We feel It is well with those who have thus fulfilled the highest of all trusts, the duty of a cit zen to his native land; and whatever may have bean their private faults, their public ser vice on the field of battle has rightly given them a place with the immor tals. Theirs was the martyr's devo tion without the martyr's hope. Their generation and their country imposed upon them this high service. They fuliilled it without flinching. Taey felt that the issue of the battle was with God; the issue of their duty was with them. Glorious youths, who in the tiush of life's morning, poured out their lives like a rich obla tion upon your country's altar, we gray haired men salute you! You en. tered the great mystery with the j .y of the patriot in your hearts, the cheer of victory upon your lips. With all our grief we would not have it otherwise. You were spared the pargs of defeat, the shame of Reconstuu tion; nor will it be your lot to totter upon the shore to watch with weary eyes the rising tide of years, "I urge monuments to the Confed erate soldier, first, for the sake of the dead, but most for the sake of the li'vin, that in this busy industrial age these stones to the Confederate soldier may stand like great interro gation marks to the soul of each be holder. Are you also ready to die for your country ? Is your life worthy to be remembered along with theirs? Do you choose for yourself this greatness of soul? "'Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves are triumph and de feat.' "The second thing is this: Let us pass the remainder of our days in suoh wise, that nothing we shall do will bring shame and regret; that we, also, were Confederate soldiers. As we stared with them the glory of their st ff:rings, the fame of their victories, the tragedy of their overthrow, and f that sympathy of their countrymen which covered the defeated as. with a mantle of imperishable love, let us, also, share as best we may their sim plicity of beart, their scorn of all ig noble actions, their dignity of soul, that our descendents may say to us, with swelling hearts, 'He also follow ed Johnson; he also fought with Lee. To this day there stands carved upon the graves of our English ancestors 5he symbol of the Crusader. Their names are forgotten, but the cross re mains. So let it be with the Confed erate soldier! In the great muster day he of the lion heart will take -the hand of the kingly man who sleeps at Lexington, and say, 'Brother, mY cause was also lost.' "And is there any message we would give to the State we loved, and on whose behalf we drew swords, more than a generation ago? As we have sorrowed over your devotion, we now rejoice in your prosperity. We chose for you the fortune of war, rather than a shameful peace. We battled for your principles, rather than yield them, not to conviction, but to force. With breaking hearts we bowed.beneath the stroke of fate. We chose the only course worthy of 5 Americans. Better defeat than dis honor, better the long, bitter story of Reconstruction than tame surrender of the convictions we received from our fathers, the principles which we cherished as the basis of our liberties. We leave our motives to the judg. ment of prosperity. In the choice we made, we followed the dictates of conscience and the voice of honor We sacrificed all that men hold dear for the land of our birth, and, while we have no fear that history will re cord our deeds with same, we do not regard even the verdict of posterity as the eqrivalent of a clear consci ence; nor ought we to have been false to our convictions, even to win the eternal praises of mankind. It our children shall praise us, it is well; if our own hearts tell us we have fulfill ed our duty, it is better. "Last of all, let us remember our less prosperous comrades, not fortu nate even in their death, or in their survival, to whom have been denied Swealth and good fortune; alas! too often, even the blessing of healtn, Swithout which all others avail but Jit tle. If we can perhaps sweeten the last years of these old men, bring back, maybe, the light of other days in their fading eyes, awake in their hearts the great memories, they shall bless us in receiving more than we in giving. Many of the States, whom Sthey so nobly served, have begun tc Sgather then In soldiers' homes, in stitutions which combine the beauty of charity with the grace of gratitude. But there are many other old veter ans who will never be brought within such hospitable walls, and who are left to our personal charge for such sympathy and assistance as are hon. orable alike to them and to us. Lel eeach camp continue its special care for this beneficent labor, and let us see to It that true comradeship shall cease only when the last old soldier has passed beyond human power. "Tj you, brothers of the memorial association, will be given the service of commemorating the soldier's vir tuca in the hearts of those who come after us, by the story of the illustri o.us dead, of comforting the hearts of those who mourn our lost heroes, with such ministrations as bespeak the sympathy of the patriot and the ly ing kindness of those who are familiar Iwitu the same sorrow. "To you, Sons of Confederate Vet erans, we will commit the vindica tion of the cause for which we fougnt. To your strength will be given the de fense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which be loved, and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious, and which you also cherish. "To you, Daughters of the Confed eracy, will be given the loving service of remembering the Confederate dead and of ministering to the living who were dear to him, and are in need of your help and tenderness. Worthy daughters you shall be of the Immor tal women, your mothers, who gave to womanhood a new perfection of heroism anti a more divine expression of sacrifice and devotion. "To you, brave people of the South, to you, true hearted Americans every where; to you, world-conquering race from which he sprung; to all men everywhere, who prize In man the manliest deeds, who love in man the love of country, wno praise fidelity and courage, who honor self-sacrifice and noble devotion, will be given an incomparable inheritance, the memory of our prince of men-the Confederate soldier." __________ Blind Tilgers Cixught. While at a singing convention at a church In Pickens ccunty last wee-k Chief Constable Cureton noticed a great deal of drinkig going on. He concealed himself in the woods near by a- d noticed a crowd below him drinking. He made a run for the scene, and the crowd-dispered, but he caught John Leslie with a pint .of whiskey. When Mr. Curetoo caught him, Leslie attempted to draw his pistol and shoot him. Mr. Cureton prevented. He was finedige? hundred dollars which lXa paid. Dai lis way~ back Mr. Cureton captujetd John Wiiams, colored He had two pints of whiskey on his persOii, but wan he saw Const gj'reton he ra. A fter Mr. Cureton taught hI~m he des ~nIed having the whiskey.' He was seen with the bottles and was.aasked after he denied the charge ho'w the. whiskey got on his clothes. He said that he was with a crowd down in the woods and would not drink wth them and t: ey broke the i:..uor on him. He also was tried before Meistrate lhrris and convicted and was tined :000 or :ma days on the garng. He! COTTON IS KIN0. THE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSO CIATION WINS AGAIN. Foreign Spinners Visit the South to U Confer and ook Into the e Condition. C C The Times says President E. D. I Smith of the state cotton asscciation, o and national organizer, spent Satur- a day night in Florence. He had just e I retruned from a conference at Char lotte with the representatives of the I European spinners association who I have come. over here to look into the t conditions of cotton. It is the plan of the assoMation and is approved by E the representative of the foreign spin ners to.sell direct from the assccia tion to the soinners. Then says Mr. Smith, the New York and Liverpool exchanges may put what figures they please on the boards, the farmers and manufaczurars will deal on other terms suitable to themselves. This scheme, while Utopian in appearance is working out in a thoroughly prac tical form. Mr. Smith calls attention to the fact this is the first time in the his tory of the country that such a deal has been possible between the pro ducer and consumer, the first time that representatives of the foreign countries have come over here to meet and make terms with these people for the purchase of any product and it is a victory for the association that is not to be discounted. It shows that the association is the greatest commercial power ou earth and must be recogniz, d. It had been thought that these representatives of the spinners were brought over here to buy up lands for I European syndicates to grow cott.n for themselves, but Mr. Smith show ed them so plainly the errors in the figures that had been submitted to them to show that cotton could be 1 made at a paofit for six cents that they have have changed their minds In the matter of the selling of the next crop at prices now offered Mr. Smith said that he was not worried. he knew that every effort was being made to buy up as much of itas pos- 2 sible but he expected to get practical I control of the crop for the association I and he knew that only a small propor- I tion of the crop would be delivered to I these contracts. He expected soon 6o see in thorough organization the warehouse and holdiig companies through the south and he fully ex peeted next fall to be able to take every bale off the market without straining the farmer or the local banks. He expected in fact, to get the strain off of the local banks which are now carrying it to the discomfort of 2 other business. He would soon have I something ready for the press on this t line. t Mr. Smith is very enthusiastic over the prospects for the association and its ability to serve its purpose. The greatest indication of this was in the , fact- that while so very few of those who met with great promises at 1Rew, Orleans a year and a half ago held out in the crucial tests that the associa tion were subjected to nearly all of them and now coming back one by one and the work is going on jest as before. The association does not have to seek friends now. those who want to be friends are seeking It. He called attention to the fact that he could now sit in his office in Co lumbia and in a few minutes speak to every state dispensary in the country. I If he wanted to get out any certaini information he could get it into the l hands of every grower in Texas, Ar kansas, or North Carolina j ast as quickly as he could have It distributed over the city of Columbia and in just the form he wanted, each word or let ter italicised. As an argument for raising our sup plies at home, Mr. Smith showed a Times' reporter a typical boll weevil, compared with the Texas specimen ones, which he had taken off the lapell of a gentleman's coat in Maysville. The gentleman was standing by a car load of western hay, from which un doubtedly the sveevil came. In such ways as that the pest will come into this state to blast our cotton fields and we will wonder how it happened. EDN3Y IN POlITIUS. C Campaigns Costs Both Parties Large t Amounts of Money. Did the late Mark Hanna spend six- a teen and a half million dollars on the McKinley- Bryan campaign of 1896, y in aid of the republicau administra- It tion? That is the question people are~ s asking since the statement made on i ithe floor of the house a day or two ago e by Representative Sulzer, of New 1 York, while discussing the national publicity bill. The difference between i a Hanna's sixtern million of gold and b Bryan's half million of silver is too great, they say, to carry g~reat weight b with it. His figures, they believe, are c pullEd too .wide apart, especially as v Bryan, in 1896, had the silver inter ests of the country back of him and b could, and did, probably spend much more than the sum accredited to him. Lincoln was a good spender when It came to politics. In hIs race against s1 Stephen A. Douglass for the presiden- t1 cy he spent $100,000, while his demo- 3 cratic opponent used just half that o: amount. Four years later, In 1864, as Lincoln, when opposed by Gaorge B. w McClellan. spent $125,000 and Mc- nr Clellan 850,C00. Grant, in his first w campaign of 1868 against Horatio Sky- g: mour, spent 8150,000, while the latter t< used $75,000. in his second campaign Grant spent $250,000, theDn a large amount, as against practically the same sum in behalf of Samuel J. Til den. Two yeais later James A. Gar- cc field running for president against W. S. Hancock, usedi $1,100,000, and the hi latter $355,000. When James G. Blaine ai opposed Cleveland the first time in ~ 184, it cost 81,3001,000, and Cleve- bi land used a little more-$,400,000. n In 1888 Benjamin Harrison used $1, 50.000, and Cleveland $S55,000, while. in 1892 the same candidates cost their fc supprers $1,850,0.0, and 82,350,000 in respectiv~y, Cleveland again using b4 more th.nn his republican opponent. In L; 196 MfcKinley is said to have spent re '8L%,500,000 through Mark Hanna, it Beresentative Sulzar's figures are orrect, while William J. Bryan spent 675 000. In 1900 Mckinley spent $9,- ro 500,oo0, and Bryan $425,000, while la The Roosevelt-Parker campaign cosit T1 3500,000 and $1,250,000, respective- bI Won at Las?. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson of fa Terrimac and kissing fame was nomi- j s ated for congress frbom the 6:h dis- Ida trict of Alabama on Monday, having efeated Congressman J. H. Bank A ROXANTIC NARATAGZ L Which a Greenville Farmer Plays S a LeadiDg Part. The Greenville News says an In ,rnational marriage with several un- 8( ;al features culminated Monday t] 7ening in the marriage at Toney S reek, in lower Greenville county, of b [iss Agucs Thompson of Yorkshire, t :ngland, and Mr. E. Holbert Acker, : ne of the most substantial planters nd best citizens in the county. Sev ral years ago Mr. Acker was visiting t latives in Alabama and met Miss 7hompson, also visiting American t in. They became great friends and ' fr. Acker was ol considerable service d o Miss Thompson in facilitating her c eturn to Eagland. A correspondence that ensued result- r d in an engagement, and last Friday a fiss Thompson landed in New York, f aving crossed the Atlantic on the a lampania. She was met by Mr. a Leker, but the marriage which had 1 ieen arranged to take place imme- t lately upon her arrival did not take a ilace. Mr. Acker felt some delicacy a allowing Miss Thompaon to marry 1 Lim until she knew him better and 1 iad a more Intimate knowledge of c rhat her environments would be. So I Le proposed that she come to South i larolina with him, spend several days c n his community, and then make her I lecision. If she should feel that her I Ve would be happy with him, they < ould marry at once; if she were dis- i .ppointed, she should return to Eng- i and and he would defray her travel- I ng expenses. They were in Greenville for a few 1 iours Sunday on their way to Toney I ,reek. The prospective bridegroom I vould not talk, pending Miss Thomp 1 on's decision. They went on to his 1 tandsome country estate In the lower E art of the county, and presumably C liss Thompson found conditions satis- I actory, for a telephone message from I Coney Creek said that they were I narried the previous afternoon. The i ride is a handsome and very attrac- I ive young woman, about twenty-two t ears of .age. Her husbard Is a 3 vidower, sixty or more, with several ! rown children and many broad acres. i uls home is one of the most comfort- ( .ble in the county, and he has been 1 :nown for many years as a good citi- I en, a generous neighbor and a fie i armer. His family is one of the best ( a the Piedmont and his children are I espected and valued citizens of sev- 1 al communities. THOUSANDS BEING FED. Ln Idea of the Task Confronting the Food Ccmmittee. A dispatch from San Francisco says n idea of the task which confronts od committee may be gained from he fact that throughout the city ra ions for 349,440 persons were distri uted Thursday. This Is an average stimate bhsed on reports from a few f the food depots. At one point bursday provisions were given out to 72 persons an hour for ten hoirs. Cis station is neither one of the 'arg st nor one of the smallest and so itsi eports were used as a basis to strike ,n average. All flour that was receIved in sacks s exchanged at bakeries pound for1 ound for bread. Almost all the bak ries in the burned region have opened1 nd are selling bread at 5 cents a loaf. ~here is r'o danger of a meat fanine. iepresentatives of the Western co~m >any in south San Francisco reported o ithe reiief committee this morning1 hat there are now in the yards 1,600 attle, 300 sheep and-500 bogs. More than 200 cattle are killed and ressed daily and sheep and hogs are ut under the knife as fast as they ar lye. The full quota of employes is ,t ork. The Southern Pacific order d all cattle cars to be rushed to San rancisco with precedence over pas esger trains. Wholesale grabbing of supplies by ome while oshers are In want bas1 aused the military authorities to or ter a new system in the distribution i f food. Beginning Friday kitchens and1 ness rooms will be established where aeats will be supplied to all whlo au ly, but DO food will be given out to be carried away. In the distribution of clothing pre-1 aution against fraud will be taken by quads detailed to visit each tent or ach shelter, list the occupants and1 abulate their wants. Orders will be iven out entitling the holders to the I eeded clothing, bedding or other tores. Pitiful stories of suffaring from ex osure, ignorance and helplessness are 2 oodmna the relief committee from alls des. O0 the great refuge camps that i 2 the Presidio, which Is under gov rment control, seems most thdrough i systematiz :d, and that in Goldend 'ate park most disorganized, though 1 :is rapidly assuming a habitablet asis.t Many tons of fresh fruit were distri- d uted free Thursday and Friday. Bun- il es of bananas and boxes of oianges s ere given unsparingly to the people, ho ficcked from the tents along the each and about Fart Mason. Suing a County. An Interesting case argued In the a ipremecourt was that of W. T. Cas- p es as administrator of the estate of ci hn T. Morrison, against the county d 'Lancaster, a suit for 850,000J dam- ti ges for the lynching of Morrison, a h ite man, who shot another white 'I an down on the street. The appeal a as from the order of Judge Gage, fi anting a change of venue in the case s York county. Citizens of Lancas- b r were Implicated in the case. n Milled Himself. i At Ashton, Ga., Mr. Jake Robin c mmitted suicIde Thursday by shoot g himself, the ball entering near the 2 ~art. He is survived by a young wife ad several brothers. Despondency is signed as the cause of the tragEdy, it whab caused the despondency Iss >t state d. b Found Dead. 1 Mrs. Mollie Glwer, aged 30, was hi und dead in bad on Tuesday night c: Bristol, Tenn., her head having fo en split open with an axe. Cyl w lttrell, a railroad mean, has been ar.-b sted, charged wish the crime. cc fMurdiered.w J. H. Fitzger id, a well-known rail ad contractor, was killed by Italian orers In Gies eaunty, Va., on esday. The murderers escaped, T. t nine were caught. Killed By L'ghtning. P Mr. Tnomas Price, a well known as rer living near Ridgeway, was rol ck and killed by lightning Thurs ci: y night. su rei The Christianaity that must be ad- ion Pled I-ck essenCortials. 'Sa$ NEW SCHOOL BOOKS. tate School Board About to Make Contracts for Five Years. The state board of education will >on adopt the series of text books, iat are to be used in the public >hools of the state. The adoption y the state board means a great deal ) the people of the state. It means 4e selection of such text books as are ) be used for the next five years by ns of thousands of children. The adoption made by the state oard applies to the public echools. The graded sch ol or special school istricts as a rule adopt and use their wn text books. There is already the sharpest rival y going on over the forthconming ,doption of text books for a period of ive years. Governor geyward has ,ppointed a strong and able b ard. ,nd the outlook is that the adoptions will be made with care and in the iest interest of the Echool children ,nd people of the state Tae form of contract agreed upon iy the state board of educatioln is a ery long document. Tne facts of :hief interest to the public are as fol ows: (1) The person with whom is nade to furnish books to the schools if the state must have from Septem >er 1, 1906, to August 31. 1911, Dot ess than three depositories or agen des in each county, with a sutfl ,ient iumber of the books agreed on to neet the demand and to be sold at he prices named in the contracts. he books must be sold to anyone in he state at the same price-same Irices must be maintained at all de ositories. (2) Tbere must be a cen iral depository at Columbia, -from hich the other depositories will be uppiled. At least 10 per cent dis ount allowed to agents. Books must )e delivered free of charge for trans aortation. (3) Exchange prices to >e named, at which old books will be eplaced by new. This arrangement o end on September 1, 1907. Prices greed on are to be good for five rears. (4) Books muqt ba equal to amples furnished. (5) Prices must ot be higher than those paid by any ither state or territory for the same >oks. (6) House, firm or company rinting the books must not be a nember of a trust or combination. 7) Acts of the state legislature re erred to in contraots are a part of ihe contract. It will be of interest to note that ihere are to be several histories of 3outh Carolina offered to the state >oard for adoption. Some of these rolumes are being e-peoially prepared 'o be submitted f. r this adoption. everal of the general histories that ire to be cifered the board have been written by South Carolinians and >thers by those who nave lived and worked here for a long time. THE RICH AVD THE POOR U Pared Alike in the Great San Francisco Eartbquake. A dispatch from San Francisco ays the distress of the rich equaled hat of the poor. N~ot a building in ihe business district ecapd. Not a residence in fully three-fourths of the ity but what was burned or shatter d. The artillery and dynamite used o blow down buildings broke win lows and shattered chimneys which be flames did not reach. The people fled to the fcrts and parks and hills. R rughly spesking, he burned district is five miles quare. A smart bremz was blowing she smoke and ashes away md for the first time the dimensions f the damage became apparent. In burance adjusters now on the ground istimated that the property loss will iot fall short of $350.000.000. The insurance loss will aggregate 100,00,000 less. Whether or not ll the companies will be able to pay s a question upon which depends in arge measure th future of San Fran isco. The prediction has been made ,hat not more than 60 per cent. in urance will he paid. No adjuster laces the total to be paid at more han 75 per cent. of the entire insur ince loss. The destruction of life was not as reat as the reports Indicated. The xact number of those that perished will never In all human probability be nown, for many boles were entirely lestroyed. Mechanics pavilion was Ised for a time as a morgue and as a >lace for the injured. Af ter 200 dead lad been taken there and several undred i jured the fire reac'ied the iuildg. No attempt was made to emove the bodies, all attention be ng paid to the injurxed. The result as that not less than 200 bodIes, ew of which had been Identified, vere cremated. Many more deaths will not be in (irectly attributable to 'the fire. These will be caused by explosure and y fright. Tjiirty-six babies were orn at the Presidio grounds Wednes ay. They and their mothers are be g taken care of by the Rad Cross ociety. Scores the Lawyers The Columbia Record says Judge [ydrick again got after the Iaw~ e-s rith a sharp stick for not being readyi rith their cases. thereby causing ex-i ensive delay. With over one- bundred .sees on the docket the roster for the ay was exhausted on account of con nuances and the court was again left igh and dry with no business on hand. 'he roster, it should be explained, is schedule of cases which the lawyers i up, before the court convenes, to ilt their convenienice, a certain num sr of cases being set for each day. If a cases can be rea:hed on the roster has been the custom to adjourn the >urt for that day, and frequently in ils way nalt the time of the court is asted from week to week. Judge ydrick Fiiday told the lawyers that u court must be kept busy; that the iblic had rights which shc uld be re >ected, and that it was wrong to keep 1 expensive court running without Isiness. He would, therefore, Ignore ee roster whenever it did not produe isiness and would sound the docket, ntinuing what cases were not ready r trial. He would give them fairt r:.rning that further delay would not Stolerated. He would go throught ee docket in this way, adjourning I urt sle die whenever no business a sto be had.i Mrs. Heyward a Jatroness. The State says Mfs. D. 0. Heyward >ursday received a New York tele- 3 am from Mrs. Donald McLean, Mrs. d hn A. L->gan, Mrs. Judge R -ger t -yor and other prominent women '] king that she lend her name as pat. v ness in the work Of raising food, a >th1i, etc.. for the San Francisc> t: ferer~s and particularly - the child 'l . This request Mrs. Heyward was oa ly to glad to grant and sent a mes-|t MUST BE TRIEP. REPORT OF THE CO UMITTEE IN TEE CREIGHTON C.bE. His Statement of the Investigation of the Matter by the Committee. The Rev. C. W. Creighton, editor of the Christian Appeal, published at Greenwood, has issued in his paper the following statement In regard to the investigation of the complaints agaist him: "We cannot at this time publish the full details of the investigation of the complaints made by the presiding elders against the editor of this paper. We shall, however, publish enough to give the public an Insight into the methods employed in tnat proceed Ing. "On March 21 last the committee met in the Metbodist Cnurch at this placa. W. T. Duncan, by virtue of nis (ffiae, acted as chairmar; M. B. K-lly served as secretary. In addi tion W. T. Duncan had retained the services df a stenograper-a very competent one. "We were accon panied by oun counse the Rev. J. W. Daniel and the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, and Miss Myrtle Davis, our stenograpber." "The committee was composed of Peter Stokes, a cousin of one of the presiding elders; W. A. Masseabeau, a nephew of another presiding eider whose term of office is embraced in the period covered by the c -iticisms cf the editor of the Christian Appeal, and who Is also under J. W. Kilgo, one of the complainants, and pastor of KIgo's family, -and also that of Blshop Duncan, who has been active in this matter; T. C. O'Dell, who served on the committee at Confer ence. "When the committee met W. T. Duncan, by an arbitrary ruling, which is contrary to the law and practice of the Methodist Church, excludE d Dr Daniel, the counsel of the accused; the Rev. A. J. Cautben, his brother in-lap, and then also tried to exclude iss Davis, his stenographer. "Tne presiding elders made two complaints. "I. Falsehood and slander. To substantiate that charge they produc ed copies of the Christian Appeal con taining an editorial on 'Rings and R sults,' 'How the Scheme Works,' 'ClPrical U: urpation,' etc. "2. Immorality. To substantiate that charge they produced copies of the paper containing commualcations signed by 'A Pastor,' 'John S. Moore,' A Layman,' 'An Old Layman' anc 'Chas. P. Hodges.' The alleged im morality consisted in publishing in the Christian Appeal the communica ticns named. "We demanded the right to cross examine the accusers. Finally four of thcm were put up. During the cros.-examinations the presiding eld ers repeatedly refu3ed to answer and they were told by W. T. Duncan that if they thought the questions "in. crimnated" them they need not an swer, and they did not. On other Important matters they answered, "don't remember" and other similar replies. We were only allowed to c:oss-examine four. That concluded the~testimony. We were engaged until A pril 12 in this matter, not in cluding the period of adjournment When the testimony of the witnesses, . W. Kilgo and W. P. Meadors, as taken by the stenographer was read, they denied it; they were offered the privilege to correct It in any particu lar way they pleased; they declined to make any corrections and then refus ed to sign their testimony. The wit nesses had been kept in thle room over the protest of the accused and. prompted each other during the ex amination. And yet they refused to approve and sign the testimony!i "We demanded of W. T. Duncan that he present their testimony to them for their signatures, but he re fused and, on his own motion, ruled their testimony out. That left the committee without a word of testi mony before them. And yet they re ported a trial necessary. "There is a great deal more that we would like to publish, but It is thought advisable not to do so at pre sent. That a man should be charged with immorality for publishing ncm nations of such men as John S. Moore and Charles P. Hodges over their own signatures and similar communica tions of 'A Pastor,' 'A Layman,' etc. will be astounding to intelligent men; that he should be c'harged with false hood and slander in critigising meth ods and practices which have given rise to dissatisfaction and complaints in the Church for years will bear but one construction and admit of only one conclusion by a lib~rty-loving people; that a trial should be reported necessary without a .word of testi iony by a committee,'the majority of whom are blood tin to presiding elders and their predecessors in offie, will open the eyes of the blindand in spire the ignorarit. . "We are not destitats of feeling, but we Infinitely prefer to be in the place of ti.e editor of the Christian Appeal, with that report against hirn, than In the place of the men* w~ho made it." White Fiend This Time Offiee of Hamilton ctunty, Texas, are scouring the county in search of a white man who assaulted the sixte'zn year old daughter of J. W. Moore, a larmer. The girl was in the cotten 2sld when attacked and was subject d to most inhuman treatment. She lost consciousness and remained in 3hs condition several hours. Her sontinued absence alarmed the family id she was found in the fi.eld Still mconsicus, hut latez revived. -.Sfe rave an accarate description cher ssailant. If her assailant is caigtl ie will undoubtedly be lynched. Three Killed. At Santa Rosa, Cal., an incident aused by the recent earthquake re ulted in the death of three men at he Great E .stern quicksilver mmue. s the cage was being hoisted from he mine a grant boulder dislodged y the shaking earth fell down the haft, wrecking the cage and killing ts occupants. Strung Mimn Up. At OAkwoods, Texas, a seventeeni ear old negro boy was lynched Thurs ay be a mob of seven men, who took Im from the custody of the officers. 'he negro had entered the home of a ridow near town. He was caught ad fully identified and was awaiting cansportaton to the county seat. 'he deputy sner ff who had the pris aer in charge lired several shots at r ie memhers of the mob but without ti Tarriff rar epnue Only. There is no crop raised in the South Brn states that is protected by the tariff from foreign tax on tobacco, but it does not protect the grower, for like wheat and corn. the price is fixed by the exporting demand, there being a surplus raised of all those products, which must be sold in the markets of the world in competition with other countries whicn also raise a surplus. The price of these products for home consumption is therefore largely fixed by what the surplus eyported will bring. Cotton, the money crop of the South, is on the free list and there is absolute free trade in that staple. But everything the Southern plant er buys is protected by the tariff and is taxed from 25 to 175 per cent, which prevents most people from buying the imported goods on account of this tar if tax being added to the pi ice the im ported goods cost ab'oad. The trusts and combines that manuficture simi lar good2 here take advantage of this tariff taxation and add to the profits they charge for their products nearly what the tar iff tax would be on the imported articles over and above what would be a fair profit. So the Am ri can consumer, be he planter, or who ever he is, is compelled to pay the trusts and corporations pretty nearly the same tax that would be- paid on the imported goods. The difference be ing that instead of the gove rnment getting the tax the trusts and corpor ations collect it in increased rofit. As some of the border Southern statts elected Republicans to represent tI-em jus Congress, the voters must have been led To believe that the pro tective tariff was an advantage tc them and that trust high prices were a blessing in disguise. But with wheat corn, tobacco and cattle and protected .by the tar-f and yet seliing at a low orice, while cotton entirely unprotect ed selling at a fairly go:d price, the Republican argument that the tarifi prote4 s the planter and farmer is shown to be but campaign talk and not borne out by actual conditions. The ideal c-n-ition for the plantei and farmer is to have the unobstruct ed right to sell in the dearest markel and buy in the cheapest market. That can only be brought about by the Dem ocratic plan, of a tariff for revenue only, to produce enough money to run the government, when honestly and economically administered. Tte Lobbyist Ire Welcome. A Republican Co- gress is a rich field for the corporations and trust to get in their work, and when a b 1N is pend ing that is intended to plunder the people their lobbyists gather around the corridors of the Capitol like buz zards at a feast. When Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Crisp were speakers of a Dem ocratic House. the corrupt lobby was eliminated. But how different now. Reciting the events on the considera tion of the Ship-subsidy b 11 by the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, a New York newspapei says: "Lobbyists overrun the commit tee room and their leader occupies a place at the head of the table prompt ing Grosvenor, Littlefield and Minor when any witness argues against sub sidy." Comment on such a national disgrace is unnecessary, but voters can draw their own conclusions about whc to vote for next Fall, for it is hardly necessary to say that all the Demo cratic members of the committee are opposed to the bill and every Demo cratic member of the House is in line to vote against it. Why President Roosevelt recommended.this corrupt legislationi is a mystery, but that he encouraged the lobbyists and grafters to corrupt his part) is certain. A Boy Kilcd. -At Bethune on Saturday as a south bound freight train was shifting can. near Main street, the 12-tear-old son of Mr. C. 'V. M[;ers, a highly respect ed farmer who lives a few miles west of here, was run over by the train and instantly killed. From the testimony of Policeman Horton, who was the only witness sworn at the coroners in quest, it seems that the boy was run ning across the railroad on Main str381 when the engine bumped into the cars which were standing on the crossing. knocking him down, with the result above stated. The sad accident cast a gloom over the picnic crowd. Mr. My ers and family have ihe sincere sym pathy of everybody In their sad afflic tion. Shot Mis Wife. At Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Skinner, wife of the mantger of a local manufacturing company, was shot and instantly killed by her hus and Thursday night while seated on the veranda of a local club house. Skinner when arrested, claimed that the killing of Mrs. Skinner was a:-ci dental, that the bullets which struck the woman were intend 3d for Rnbert Simpson, anexpert golf player, who was seat-ed near Mrs. Skinner, and whom Skinner alleges was "esponsible foj .49getie disagreements in his SIT Is very disquieting to the nerves of Republican Senators when Senato Tillman each day reads to his colleag ues a'letter, material or affidavit, setting forth some particular instance of unreasonable sailroad lates or the abuse of power by the coal trust against the little coal shippers. This is the way Senator Tillman gently stirs up the Republicans and reminds them his pitchfork is still in good or er- This accounts for Hopkin's at tack on Tillman Wants Her Back. & Charlesoncies, ot Jacksonville, Fis. ~ffers $3 'ard for -tie return of his ?3-yeat d wife, who elo6ped with his ,rother; lver Jones, some days ago, iaking a 2-year. old scn with her. The rother who ran off with Mrs. Jones a 28 years of age. TnE Spartanburg Journal very truly ays that in the earthquake that shat ered Charleston t wenty years ago the remen- proved the heroes of t-he occa ions. In the darkness and the dan ~er they climbed over wrecked build ngs anid into uncertain alleys, with calls still crumbling as succeeding hocks caused the lcosened bricks and ortar to give way, to fight the dozen ires that sprung into existence with he ist distastrous shake. These men y heroic efl'ort requiring as great ourage as ever moved men to face en 2iesguns in battle. saved Charleston's tal destruction byV tire after the great ELECTION STRATEGY. An Incident Of an English Parlia mentary Contest. In the days before the institution of the secret ballot, when the candidate with the longest purse usually won an election, a former Lord Dundonald, who refused to give bribes, contested Honiton. but was beaten by an oppo nent who paid his electors at the rate of f5 a vote. Then the unsuccessful candidate conceived this brilliant plan, says the writer of a history of the Dundonald family. He announced to his friends that he was quite determined to win the seat next time without bribery. Then he sent the town crier round the town to announce that all who had voted for him in this first election might repair to his agent, from whom they would receive 10. As comparatively few people had voted for him, this was not a very ex pensive process. And at the next elec tion Lord Dundonald was elected by an enormous majority. After the trl umph several people came to him and delicately suggested that some reward was due to such loyalty. ' "Not a farthing," was the reply. "But, my lord, you gave ?10 a head to the minority at the last election, and tne major'ty have been counting on something handsome on thius occasion." - "Perhaps so," said the clever candi date. "My former gift was for their disinterested conduct in not taking my opponent's bribe of f5. For me to pay them now would be to violate my own principles."-Pearson's. "HOOKS" HIS PLUNDER. The Way the Sneak Thief In Mexico Plies His Trade. In Mexico the sneak thief has his business down to a science. The fa vored manner of stealing is from the houses. Most of the buildings are but one story high, and the doors are kept closed and locked. The windows are as large as the doors and extend to the floor. To keep the thieves out of the house they are protected with heavy Iron bars, but the Mexican sneak thief has found a way to overcome this dif ficulty. Because of the lowness of the win dow he can look Into the room and "spot" the articles he wishes. Then he waits- until the occupant of the room Is In some other part of the house. A bamboo pole about as long as a fishing rod is produced, to which Is attached a -piece of string with a fish hook on the end. The thief, by practice, can cast the hook so that it will catch on almost any article in the room, no matter how far it may be from the window. Slowly It is drawn forward and pulled through the bars. In this manner articles are taken off the bureau or tables, rugs snatched from the floor and bedclothes from the bed. Clothing left on chairs or hanging on the wall Is easily removed. The thieves do not even wait until the occupants are out of the room in all eases. There have been cases where men and women who were undressing In their rooms have lost clothlng' while their backs were turned to the window. Intimations. No member of the British parliament Is permitted to say bluntly and direct ly that another Is drunk, but he may hint at the fact In periphrase, as whenu Mr. Gladstone, replying 'to an uncon ventional speech of Disraeli's, remark ed, "The right honorable gentleman has evidently had access to sources of' Inspiration that are not open to me." A violent scene was caused in the par liament of Victoria, Australia, by a labor member saying of- a legal col league, "The honorable and learned gentleman was once called to the bar, and he has since gone frequently with out being called." The angry barrister retorted, "You tea drinking skunk!" Eventually both withdrew and apolo gized. __ The Aurora Borealis. The ancients viewed the aurora bore alis with superstitious awe, looking upon It as an omen of direful disaster. It is not unusual for descriptions of old time battles to mention the fact that the "curious red 'northern lights' gave us warning that something awful was about to happen." In the annals of Clan-Mac-Noise Is to be found an account of a purple aurora which lighted up the northern skies In the year 688 A. D. on the night "preceding the dreadful battle fought by the Irish tribes of Leinster and Munster, and It Is not necessary to mention the fact that the people took it as an omen of the great slaughter which soon fol lowed. A French Characteristie. Now, what I like so much in France Is the clear, unflinching recognition by everybody 'of his own luck. They a'll know on which side their bread is but tered and take a pleasure in showing it to others, which Is surely the better part of religion. And they scorn to make a poor mouth over their poverty; which I take to be the better part of manliness.-Stevenson. The Consolation. "WhatI Wed such a parvenu?" ex claimed the proud beauty. "He has millions," responded her so cial mentor, "and, remember, you need not associate with him after you are married."-Philadelphia Bulletin. Ignorance. Mr. Nuwed-Why dig1 you discharge the cook, dearest? Mrs. Nuwed--She was incompetent, darling. I told her to make a few sweetbreads for tea, and she didn't knoiw how.-Exchange. The Race Problem. The Small Chap-Say, papa, what Is the race problem? Papa-Picking win ners.-Kansaa City Independeit. At Chicago eight hundred negro men and women sh~ook Constitutional A. ML. E. chbrch with applause Thurs ay night when Ida We'ls Barnett dvised the black man to put a revol ver in his pocket and "anticipate the white man in his deviltry." The oc casion for the sph was a meeting called to protest against the mob vic *ence that has marked Springfied, Mo. he last few days. Whnek the speaking had ended resolutions were adopted urgiag President RBosevelt to take iome steps to protect the negro race from destruction at the hands of the THE Baltimore Sun very aptly re marks that "Senator Hopkins must be a genius when he can explain bank looting in Chicogo by asserting that his inquisitor. Senator Tillman, fav ors lynchinmg negroes." The older a man grows the more ncomfortable he. feels In a new suit. The sermon that does not hit is the eman that dine not halp.