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HOW IT WORKS. Impartial View of the Prohibition m Experiment as Seen by ti d MAYOS AND PLIC? a Of the County Seats and the County S Officials Who Live There in Several a Counties. Tte Expcriment Succeeds in Some and Fails in Others. Fifteen of the 41 counties in South 1 Carolina have within the last two years closed the dispensary by popular vote under what is known as the "Brice law." These counties now i have prohibition, as do the counties of Marlboro and Greenwood, which have never had dispensaries. Wishing to obtain a fair, impartial and accurate idea of the working of proib-tion under this system of limited local option, The State sent to its corres pondents in the county seats of the 15 I counties the following letter: i 'Piease obtain from the sherff, supervisor and superintendent of f education of your county and from the 6 mayor and chief of police of your f town a statement as to conditions c since and before the closing of the dispensaries in your county, as to a sobriety, law and orer. Ask the sherifi and chief of police particularly as to the comparative prevalence of blind tigers under dispensary and pro- s hibition, and also as to the 'jug' a trade. Give impartially the senti- c ment of the people concerning condi- ] tions before and after voting out the s dispensary, asking each of these c cficials if he considers that the peo ple desire dispensaries reopened .or are satisfied with the present situa tion." The replies are presented be low and they speak for themselves. 1 SFARTANBURG COUNTY. Sheriff John M. Nicholls states there is less lawlessness in the county 1 and that conditions generally are bet ter. "I do not think that the people desire the reopening of the dispen sary. The court records show that there are not as many blind tigers as in the days of the dispensary." Chief of Police A. B. Dean, of Spartanburg, in reply to a quesuon, stated that there is at present in Spartanburg prohibition in every sense of the word. The tigers have t been driven out and with the excep tion of the "pocket trade" there is at present practically no illicit selling of 1 whiskey here. "The jug trade is still heavy, although I think that ther'e 2 has been a falling off recently." Tne l conditions as to law and order anu sobriety are better, as the police doc ket will show, and for the police de partment matters are certainly quiet er than when the dispensary was here. I do not think that thaepeople generally desire the recpaning of the dispensary In Spartanburg." Mayor John F. Floy d, of Spartan burg, stated that there was no com parison between the number of drunks' and disorderlies which come up before him now and the number which came up during .the dispensary regime. "The presenat admmnitration of the city's afairs is trying to give the peo pie practical prohibidon and is sue ceeding.- The general condItion 01 the town in regarn to law, order ana sobriety is much better than when tue1 dispensary was in Spartanjburg." Mayor Floyd stated that the biand tigers had been driven ou;. of business and that they would be kept out. Inquiry at the express offi.a in re gard to the jug trade resuited ina statement being made that there is a slight diminution inutne trLaffl, bus this was thought to be owing to the hot weather. The express ci11ciaisa state that there is a regular trade which varies but little. At times z these shipments amount to over 100 t gallon per day. The correspondent t says "in the city of Spa.rtanburg there r are practically no bind tigers, the a Illicit dealers baving been driven out a by the city administration and the f Spartanburng force of State constabu- n lary." ' ccowEE corNTY. Mayor ,Taa. Thompson, of Walhalla, ~ says that there hare not been over half dczen cases before him for drunkenness since the dispensary was voted out. When the dispensary was 0 here he frequently had that many per & week. There are no active tigers in town. The jug trade Is not one-hun dredth as mucn as the dispensary sold. Wants no more dispensary.~ Chief of Police Davis, of Walhalla, I, says that law and order and sobriety c< have increased at least 80 per cent. ci since the dispensary was closed. Has ti arrested but one man for drunkness in si the last three months. He watches ti express for jug trade. When a per- a: son receives more than a half gallon a: per week he must show vwhat he is do- tI ing with it. Have a town ordinance ti to that effect. Don't want dispensary. o: ProhibItion Is a success. di Sheriff Will Kay nays conditions ni have improved under prohibition. c: There are fewer tigezts and much less se drunkenness under prohibition than ni wader the dispensary. Considers 01 Walhalla the driest town of Its size In a] the State. Liquor can scarcely be found here at all. The pecple over- o: whelmingly favor prohibition. I: Mr. J. S. Collens, county superin- s( tendent of education, says: "As re- It gards the information you desire con- pi ceining the dispensary and liquor a: trafflc before and after the closing of cc the dispensary, I shall say the condi- se tiens are much better since the dis pensary closed than they were before. ir 'te order of our town is far superior c iow to what it was under the dispen- cl vmry system. The majority of the se sople of Oconee county desire no dis- m nnaries for the betterment of her cc 'ple." o1 - PICRENS COUNTY. The mayor of Pickens, J. McD. Bruce, nays: "That the pecple are of g tisfied and there is less drunkness, bI and less disorder, in fact not enougu tl] of disorder to justify the keeping of a bf p:olice. The policeman was turned sa off after the dispensary was closed and in we have not needed one since. As f for blind tigers, about the same; th there would be more if it were not f or iye State constables keeping them down." ha Shersff J. C. Jennings says: "T-at s since closing the dispenssr:es there 19 are less blind tigers In the county C.d than there were when the cispen-ary tr< was In operation, there would be more ag; If It were not for State constatles.in There Is less drunikness and disorder up -i-d with present c-nditious and n.,t nirre 3ii-p asaries reopened. The supervisor, Maj. G M. Lynch, ve "That the reople are satified th present conitions. Tiere is as dr tung a-d discioder and ne.t as an-,y blind tigers as there were when sper sary was in operation. County Supjrintendent of Educa on R. T. Halum says: 'That th ntin: ent of the people is against the spensary and they do not desire it b:: opented. Ticre is les ci run mnness and disorder. LANCASTER COUNTY. Mayor Wille, of L ncas'ter, is ab nt irom tne city and no expression :ul be o'taiked from bm but the ceing mayor, Warden T. S. Carter, uld: "There bas been great impro :ient in conditions of both town nd county. Virtually no blind igers now. R'-rely see or hear of a ,runk man. Remarkable increase it ash trade of town. People thorough y satis~ed with prohibition " Sheriff John P. Huater says 'There is much less drinking anc trunkenneSS than when the d.spen ary was here. Believe a majority o he people here want to s'ee State anc ounty dispensaries Rip.d off the face r the earth." M. C. Gardner, county superviso: .ancaster: "Conditions over count greatly lmprov:'d. Seldom hear of i lind tiger. Majority of people satis ed with prohibition." I. T. Hunter, chief of police o ancaster: 'Conditions wonderfull mproved in town of Lancaster sine spensary closed. Records snow onl ve (5) arrests for drunkenness for firs1 ix mrontbs ct this year as againsi fty-four (54) srrests for same monthi f 1905. Fewer blind tigers. Jul rade somewhat increased. People atisfied with prohibition " SALUDA COUNTY. G. C. Wheeler, mayor of Saluh ays: "There is far less drinkini nd less disorder in the town of Salu ,a since the dispensary was removed believe this to be true in the c unt] .t large. As to whether or not it i esired that dispensary be reopenet o this county sentiment is divided." Dr. J. W. Pitts, ex-mayor, said The amount of drunkenness an. owdiness has greatly decreased sinc he removal of the dispensary and : m sure the majority of the people o he town and county are pleased a hese results." B. F. Sample, Sr., superintendent o ducation, stated that "there is les [rinking in the town of Saluda sinc he removal of the dispensary, by thi mean that drinking on the part o he people from the county, has de reaei. There are fewer arrests, bul io laxness in the enforcement of law 'he town c f :ials are as rigid as ever could not say whether there is more r less drinking in the county at large ut do believe there is more illic rhskey handled. In my opinion the eople of the county prefer the lega ale of whiskey to the illicit sale of i nd would rather have the dispensar purged of rottenness and graft that ilind tigers." H B. White, treasurer, gave it au ts op'n!on "that sobriety in the own of Saluda has increased at lesi 0 per cens. since the dispensary wai roted out and that there had been orresponding Increase in law anw rder. He further thinks the peopli >f the county do not want the dispen ary reopened. There is less lawless ess In the county and more sobrie B. F. Sample, Jr., sheriff, said There Is considerably less drunken ess in the town of Saluda than whei he dispensary was here. Do nol now how it is in the county at large Lhe order here Is much -better. Thern as much complaint about the wa: he dispensary was managed an( nany of our people in the count: hink that the dispensary, properl; ad honestly managed, If that can bi one, the best solution of the whis :ey question." NEWBEREY COUNTY. Chief of Police W. H. Harris, o iwberry says: "There- is no comn arison as to conditions now ani hen we had the dispensary. Thi >ohce docket will show that lawless ess has been greatly reduced WhilF he dispeniary .was here it requirec he work of two police to keep cowr owdysm and make a certain streel nd corner passable the negroes, icstly dirunk, crowding the thorough ire so. Now that is all changed anc o cffier Is needed there. As tc ind tigers, there are no more noi :ian before; in fact, there are fewer. 'e conditions are better ten to one.' As to conditions in the on'unty, Sher ! Bufford says he can tell only what hears. Tuat there have been re rts of blind tigers in different parts Ethe county, but these reports were so in circulation while the dispen sy was here. ANI>ERSON COUNTY. Sheriff Green says that there has een a great improvement over the uty since the dispensaries were osed. Some blind tigers existed while ie dispensaries remained open, and ne their removal the number of gers has shown some decrease. There *e a few blind tigers, but the offcers e vigilant and suppress them as iey appear. There have been blind gers all the time. Fewer complaints drunkenness and shooting and other sorders reach the offce of the sheriff >w. Mr. Green lives two miles north 'the ci iy on the public roads. He :ldcm sees a case of drunkenness w,but while the dispensaries were >ez men, noisy and drunken, passed og the road. Mr. L. M. Murphy, chief of police, Anderson says that conditions have aproved in the city. There has been me whiskey sold, but this has been small quantities and from jug ship id here to Individuals. That is the :tent of it. There have been three invictions in the police court for lling liquor this year. Mr. E. R. Nicholsoni, county super tendent of education, thinks that nditions have improved since the 2sing of the dispensary. He has not en more than half a dczen drunken en since then. Drunkenness in the untry has been reduced greatly, his servaton leads him to believe. UNION COUNTY. The correspondent says in the city Uionthe police and State consta s are very active now, and have e blind tiger situation so well In ,nd that but very little l'quor Is for Le, even with what blind tigers sold dispensary days. Police Sergeant rans, who has been connected with! forces off and on for the past ten ars, said: "As to drunkenness, it s gnerally decreased. The records >w arrests for drunkenness, June, :5 16; and June, 1906. 6. As to nd tigers, it is much easier to con inst them and the people are aid. the police more In breaking them I believe that If tbe people were I gainst the dispensary than they did co as t year, for the majority do not ai want it at all, and especially after the rd way it bas been run. Q Ate a great w: many prefer h'g : licerse to either pro- ti hibition or dispensary." st Sheriff J. W- Sanders, when asked, al said: " When the dispensary was here hi the jail was nearly always full. Now a it is often almost empty. There is of not one-fifth the drunkenness in this county now that there was in dispen- vi sary days, and I do not believe the tr majority of the people would hate g< the dispensary back." is MARION COUNTY. Si Mr. J. R Wilson, county superin tendent of education, when asked con cerning the situation, said that he thcught there was less liquor in the towns, but there seemed to be more in the country in some places than there was before the dispensary was voted out. He said some had declar ed themselves in favor of the dispen. sary who had voted against it before, and gave as their reason that they a had to prder liquor in too large R amounts. Supervisor I. P. Stackhouse said: 1 "The results of abolishing the dispen nary in this county are, in my opin-1 ion, in every way satisfactory and hopeful to the friends of temperance, reform and moral betterment." a Mr. E C Rogers ( the Marion po lice force thinks there is less drunken ness and disorder on the street than t there has been for years. He says it c is very rae that a man is reported o for being drunk. On being asked con cerning the "jug trade," he estimated t that between 15 and 20 gallons were received here daily. He believes there C are more blind tigers than before the dispensary was voted out. Mr. S G. Miles, mayor of the town of Marion, says: "I think that the general condition of law and order is an improvement. There is not as much drunkenness as before the dis- t pensary was voted out, although trere c are five blind tigers now where there . was one before. The "jug trade" is large, but there is nothing like as much liquor used as before." Sheriff Evans said: "Do not be- 1 leve conditions have been improved by removal of dispensary, blind tigers 1 galore; sentiment pro and con divid 3 ed." CHEROKEE COUNTY. Supervisor Wm. Phillips says that G there is decidedly less drunkenness now than before the dispensary was voted out. Does not know whether or not the law is any better observed. Mayor Little, of Gaffney says that he was mayor of Gaffney for two years befer the dispensary was voted out and be dops not hesitate to say that there were five blind tigers then to one now. That the jug trade, In his opinion is now greater than then. That in his judgment the people are well satisfied with conditions as they stand and that under no circumstances would they have the dispensary-back. 1 That numbers of people whom he knows in person who spent all their earnings for whiskey at the dispensa ry are doing well now and saving money. Chief of Police T. H. Lockhart of Gaffney says that there is nothing like as many blind tigers are running now as when the disyensary was open, that there Is a great deal less wbis key shipped to Gaff aey than when the dispensary was first voted out, that he knows quite a number of people who are dolr-g well now who spent all l they made for whiskey before the dis pensary was voted out. HOREY COUNTY. Sheriff B. J. Sessions says: "I can'st say that 1 see any appreciable enange In the citizens' observance of law and order in Horry county since we voted out the dispensary. The j .ig trade i s enormous. liquor Is ordered in larger quantities, and they seem to have 1 just as much. I can't say that there are any blind tigers, but I have everyi reason to believe there are, and that 1 they are more plentiful now than be-r fore the voting out of the dispensary. Candidly I believe, from the expres- t sions I hear throughout the eounty,d that In the light of present condi ~ tons, if the vote were again ordered, a the paople would vote to reopen the, dispensary. County Supervisor W. K Holt ob- d Iserves: "I can't say as to conditions s In Conway, but my impression Is that there must be less drinking through- , out the rural districts of the county v since the voting out of the dispensary, s yet the jug trade is a great one. fi Then, too, If they can't get the liquor, t: they will make It anyhow. If whis- te key could be wiped out or kept out, I , think that would suit our people, but considering present conditions, I be- , lieve the people much prefer the re- e, opening of dispensaries in this coun- r ty, in Incorporated towns, however, fl for I don't believe they approve of the I, woods dispensaries. In other words, se I hear freq-ient expressions that they p, prefer the dispensary lIquor to blind it tiger 1:'quor, and It's one or the other. bi The mzayor of Conway, Mr. H. L. E Burroughs, speaks particularly of Conway, and says: "There may be m less drinking In Con way now than be- ~ fore the dispensary was voted out of c the county, but we don't have as good tj order. The prevalence of blind ti- t gers, which I believe is about 20 to 1 at increase, keeps the town In a stir. li The blind tigers are reinforced by the m enormous jug trade to which the town it is subject. I know the people are not ~ plesed with blind tigers, and think to .they prefer the dispensary. Were the p vote again had on the question of dis pensary or no dispensary, I think to there would be little change in the be result unless combined with the pri- eg mary when the people turned out then the dispensary, I think, would be voted back." T] Mr. S. 0. Jackson, county supervi- ~ sor, is of the opinion that drunken ness has decreased in the city, but has N shown an increase in the country dis tricts. He says that there are a great T many blind tigers in the county. Mr. R. L. Keys, agent of the ex. IN press company, estimates the Increase in the "jug" trade at 200 per cent. An average of about 50 gallons Is received N< at the local office each day, with an average of 10 gallons per day for the 'W same period last year. GREENVILLE COUNTY. Mayor G. H. Mabon, of Greenville, Br asked to compare the conditions in the county before and after the vot- N< ing out of the dispensary, said. "It is Impossible to get whiskey. The A: tigers are under practially perfect ~ control. I believe I am safe in say ing, off hand, that where there were A] three arrests for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct as a result of intoxi- Ar cation under the dispensary, there is but one now." Tb Sheriff Gilreath said: "Blind tig rs have not Increased in number I since the dispensary reign. The jug Of trade of liquor consumed now 1s about one-fifth of that consumed during the Or dispensary reign. The jug trade per haps increased slightly when the dis- Yo p-nr wa first voted out. The ustahles became exceedingly vigil it, and the jug trade dropped off pidly until today hardly as much aifkey is shipped into the city H trough the express office as was Lipped in immediately following the ,oltion of the dispensary. Crime is decreased very materially and the 8i Tests for drunkenness have dropped f very decidedly." Chief of Police Becknell, of Green lle: "Blind tigers are under con ol and conditions in the city are od. A decided decrease in rowdy- cc m and fewer arrests. Police records c tow that for the six months ending mnuary 1, 1906, (under the dispen 6r)) there were 647 arrests, a.d for B ie six months ending July 1, 1906 m mder prohibitior) there were 337 ar pts, a falling off of nearly 50 per mnt." DARLINGTON COUNTY. Sheriff Blackwell says: "A blind P an can come here and tell the differ- d ace. In fact there is no comparison Ii s to sobriety, law and order. Take b ie Fourth of July, for Instance. o rhen there were several thousand 0 eople here. There was not a disor erly man here and I did not see one k nder the influence of whiskey. All lind tigers of any impo-tance have e .een squashed. Of course there are ri number of pocket blind tigers, but f here is not one-tenth of whiskey sold s s prior under the dispensary. And a here is not any big sight of an in reape in the 'jug' trade either. I S on't know positively the sentiment f the people, but I am of the opinion r hat they are satisfied with present a onditions. I am conident they a on't want the dispensary again." 0 Mayor C. S. McCullough of Dar- c cgton, when interviewed said: "We Lave had a great deal better order ir' he town of Darlington since the dis- d ensary was removed than before. t .he records show that," said he, urning to his books, showing a de rease of fully one-third in C h e cas:s recorded in the ame perioa of time before and since. 'We have less blind tigers in town tow than under the dispensary, but he jug trade Is some larger. I thing be sentiment of the town is that as I ong as Florence, Timmonsville, Bish- t Lpville and Cheraw are with dispensa- S les, the people want one in town a ere to keep trade. But they really . >refer not to have a dispensary at all v ad think that other towns should t rots it'out." Chief of Police A. E Dargan stat- a d: "We have less drunkenness and s >etter order. There are more blind t igers, but most of them are walking i nes. The jug trade has increased, r ut I don't think the people want the c lispensary. back. It is my opinion hat they would like to have a high t icense system so far. as the town of ( )arlirgton is concerned." c Supervisor C. W. Milling gave it as t us opinion that conditions have im- t roved under the prohibition regime, ( hat there is better law and order and I hat drunkenness has decreased. a The superintendent of education E vss also interviewed but be decilned i 0 express an opinion, saying that so ar as he is concerned he does not care e or i:quor in any shape or form. e SAED fROM GALLOWS. ov Eeyward Commutes the Scn tence of Bob SmAlls. Gov. Hoyward Friday commuted to I if e imprisonment the sentence of Bob ~malls of North Carolina, who is under 2 entence of death in Darlington jail. t ~malls was sentenced to be hanged In a da-y of last year, but an appeal was t aken to the supreme court. A ne w t ial could not be :btained and the a ase then ome up to Gov. Heyward. c Bob Smalis and John Noll were two c agabond white .men working at a t aw mill In Darlington county. They d :illed a hard working negro named t 'rank Scott on the 6th of March, e 905. Scott had shot a dog belonging o a Mr. Harper for whom the white ,2 neo were working. Scott was stop- e led on the public highway by these I wo young white men and was shot i town without provocation. The as- t ailants were drinking. They perhaps o ted more in a spirit of bravado than b rith intent to murder, for the wound il ras in Frank Scott's thigh and his b~ eath was caused by anartery being r evered. - After Scott was-wounded, and after- t: rards it turned out to be a fatal a round, Noll, in a savage and reckless sa pirit fired at Mr. Howle, a white , rmer, who was remonstrating with Lie two young men. Noll was sen nced to serve for life and Smalls ras sentenced to be hanged. Gov. Heyward has been deluged d rith petitions in Smalls' behalf. It as stated that this man was hardly si ~sponsible. He had never known h :1 difference between right and 'rong and has expressed great pen'- e nce since. There have been morek ~titlons in behalf of this man than r any other prisoner whose life has en demanded by the law since Gov-.a eyward came into office. e The prosecution endeavored to show alice because of an alleged threat p nals had made. A witness who id not be obtained at the time of A te trial has since made an affdavit g, tat Smalls did not make such a tret at the time specified. This re tr ves the case of the legal aspect of m urder, but on account of the brutal of the homicide, Gov. Heyward tinks that Smalls should be required speud the remainder of his days in son. 00 Smalls was but 19 when he commit- Al d this crims. He was from Ashe- of iro, N. 0., and his case was one to St :cite pity. e Only Two Kilnds, dere are two kinds of people on earth today, be ist two kinds of people, no more, I e t>tre sinner and saint, for 'tis well If. understood,ki Je gooci are half bad, and the bad inf are half good. a atthe rich and the poor, for to count co. a man's wealth ou >u must first know the state of his conscience and health. t the humble and proud, for In on life's little span 5 ho puts on vain airs is not counted Pri a man. wi )t the happy and sad, for the swift- uel lying years, rei 'ing each man his laughter and each th man his tears. n ). The two kinds of people on earth I mean *e the people who lift and the peo- rea pe who lean. nem herever you go you will find the wil world's masses he 'e always divided in just these two ow classes. het Ld oddly enough, you will find, too, I ween, ere's only one lifter to twenty who I lean. con which class are you? Are you 3 easing the loadus overtaxed lifters who toil downbn the road?bn arc you a leaner. who lets others him bearhs ur portion of labor and worry and rg car? in!r] STATE EDITORS t** SD A BIG TIME AT ISLE OF the PALMS. Sou the id Pass Resolutions of Thanks to ser Those Who Contributed to le Their Pleasure. out dut The following were reported by the so , mmittee on resolutions, which was 1 mposed of Messrs. J. R. McGhees, tee E. Nornient, N. G. Oteen, Wm. am nks and Jas. L. Sims, and unani ously adopted: un QERMAN-AMERICAN FRIENDS It has been the good fortune of the embers of the S Ruth Carolina State ress Association to have many, cor- W al greetings from many good friends L many places. Tuese greetings ave had much to do with the life of it Association, and they are among Ti ar most cherished recollections. ta It has now fallen to our lot, in the indly disposal of the gifts which la lame f rtune has smilingly shower- co i upon us, to have a welcome that A. avealed fuller and deeper meaning of wi iendly consideration than was con ;aL tly in evidence in the attentisus p sown us by our friends of the Ger Lan Rifle Club and of the National WI chutzmn Bund. 01 Therefore, be it resolved, That we st agret sincerely that we can find no ne 'ords to adequately express our great g ppreciation of this welcome, graci- ii as and cordial, and of the many in jurtesies that were ours. S Resolved, That in the gryteful ac nowledgments which we hereby ten- ti er to our German-American friends, W at we feel and recognize not only t be value of their kindly reception, t ut that more than all do we appre- I Late this renewed evidence of the hi atriotism and faithfulness which w inds them to their brethren in this, he ieir new Fatherland. .0 Xa. GADSDEN A MEXEB. Resolved, That in electing Col. P. m [. Gadsden an honorary member of his Association, the members of the dt tate press have attempted to confer th distinction which is far from custo- ;b nary; this because of the manner in m rhich Col. Gadsden, as president of a he Charleston Consolidated Railway, g Ias and Eiectric Company, has spared pr .o expense to his company and no rcuale to h.mseif in preparing for m his meeting of the Association, and oL a adding to the enjoyment of the aembers by many courtesies and by wi nremitting attention. Resolved further, That the Associa- m ion is sensible of its indebtedness to or o. G. G. Greenough, commandant . f Fort Monitrie, for his courtesy in t ermitting the members of the press tr o yisit the forts and garrisons of harleston harbor, and to Capt. Geo. U: . Dyer, for his hospitality at home, ax ad to the other cffl ers at the Naval t itation, which, on our next visit, we or Lope to see completed. Resolved further, That we hereby so xpress our appreciation of the mark- tt d courtesy of Capt. W. S. Benson, et T. S. N., for the use cf the Wistaria r the delightful excursio.g In closing this, the most enj ayable u] esson of the State Press Association, a all Its history, be It. at R s 'lved, That the thanks of the at ssociaton are due and here y are rn endered to The News and Courier w] nd the -Evening Post, not only for pi he excellent manner in which they cc ave kept track of the meanderings nd mind wanderings of the members tk f the Association, but also because se f the whiolesouled manner in which rij be men who make those papers have th eserted their eles in order to con- Ba ribute to the pleasure, comfort and ne ntertainment of the Association. Especially are the thanks of the asociation due to the managing ditor of The News and Courier, CC [jor J. 0. Hemnphill, nob only for is genial presence, adding much to te pleasure and interest and vivacity f the meetings, but also because of Gi Is well intended kindness In tender- Di ig his editorial colunsn to the mem- wi era of the Association so that the Ha aders of The News and Courier lie lght be given an opportunity by Ja as comparis'on to appreciate how t's bly The News and Courier is edited po iven days out of every fifty-two D( eeks. an FEAIsE FOE MINE HOSTS. G Messrs Riddock & Byrns, proprie fv >rs of the Hotel Seashore, which was ie headquarters of the Association, H ew this prize:ci Hospitality the world over Is the c mie, except in Charleston, where It O is an enlargement of the heart. We C e at a loss for words with which to ed tpress our appreciation of the many ndnesses shown us. The service ClI is been all that could be deired. Weai te the uniform courtesy of everyse tache from the clever clerks in the s Soe to the bell boys, and in every de- m 1 the entertainment has been comn- n ete, therefore, be it. Resolved, That the thanks of this sp asociaion be, and are hereby, ex- b nded to Messrs Riddock & Byrns,sz *e proprietors, and the .Association h nas that their success as hotelists a ly know no bounds. LANGsTOIN A LIFE M.EMBEE.ta Mr. Banks offered the following: and Rsolved, Tnat on account of his ' spicuously fatihful services to this hea psociation as secretary for a period in tirteen years, the South Carolina but ate Press Association hera.by elects wh d declares that C. C. Langston is tina cted an honcrary member for life. Cha Mr. Norment off'ered the following: his There is no more strong attribute to found within the scop.:, and influ ce of our Association than Is the ,ternal cord that binds together sho idred spirits. With this is linked by ieparably appreciation of service and sen stion of deepest Interest In all that yea cerns each and every member of Le r Association. Knowing that your the nmittee voices the sentiments of in9d Sentire Association, be is resolved, mn~ refore, that we do not need to ex was ass to our brother, C. C. Langston, and o for twelve years has been our val- the and effcient secretary, our sincere com tret at the necessary severing of yea se offcial relations. He does not tiar d to be told that he carries with othU n our sympathy and affection in the pris sons that make his resignation thie les ary. With the prayer that he Obst 1 soon be restored to health, that in p will soon be again numbered among he ~ active workers, we wish him parc ,th, happiness and prosperity, cute MEMORY OF ROSWELL T.eLnAN 1r. N. G. Osteen, on behalf of the vict' imittee, reported the following: Ihen a man dies, who, by having d and improved the talents given Fl tby his Creator, has distinguished ing f iself n his life-work and has put by 111 fellow men under obligation, It is witn it and proper that they should hon-j at M al memory and put upon record 1sarin DIED TOGMTHER. overa Drrwn Tbemaelves Rather Cu Than Give Each 0 her Up Grievously disappointed becauce heir parents would not permit them St 9 o marry, Gustave Kathke, aged 19 plf rears, and Ella Miller, a beautiful girl og )f 18, committed suicide together. E Tuesday night by jumping into the th Delaware river. Wednesday night the bl )odies of the young couple, elapsed In aoh other's arms, came to the sur- ih ace near Chestnut street wharf, Phl idelphia, and were taken from the at river by the police. t Kathke and the girl had been miss- ac ing since Tuesday when they left in their homes to visit friends in another part of the city. He had been paying U attention to the young woman for about four years and was anxious to make her his wife. The parents of both, however, object:d because of a their youthfulness, and these obj c tions .caused the young couple much sorrow. The young waan had often spoken of ending her life if not per mitted to marry, but little attention was paid to her remarks. Before leav ing home Tuesday Kttbke told a cousin he was going ouri for a launch ride on the Delaware river with Miss Miller. He. was in good spirits, appar eatly, and told the relatives that if anything should happen to him not to let the 2oroner bury him. He told the cousin, jokirgly, to hang crepe on the h front door and lay a bunch of 18 roses on his ce fri. The young man and woman failed to return to their homes that night c and the next day they were reported to the police as missing. Toe morn ing mail of Wednesday brought a let ter to the girl's mother in which the a daughter said the mother would never 0. see her again. Nothing more was heard of the con ple until Wednesday night when the churning of the propeller of a tug boat which was tieing up at Chestnut street wharf caued the bodies to come to the surface. The way the arms 14 were clasped about each other it is supposed that Kathke and Miss Miller b embraced and jumoed into the river. - B0MBs hURLi D IN LEOWD. si u And Eight Men Are Iojured by the b Explosion. fi At New York while peace negotia tions between local unions 2 and 480 a of the Plumbers' and Gas Fitters' as- a sociation were in progress Friday eve ning, two bombs or large torpedoes, tilled with bits of stone or metal, were c thrown from the Third Avenue Re- d vated Railroad structure into a group of the members of the latter union waiting outside Teutonia hall at Six teenth street and Third avenue for a meeting to begin. Eight of the grouys suffered cuts and abrasions from the flying fragments. L-cal No. 2 recently lost a strike against the master plumbers. The latter refused to employ any but mem bere of No. 480, which Isafilated with the national organization, while No. 2 Is not, and required the members of No. 2 to join No. 480. Many members were willing to do so and applied for membership of No. 480. There wasa section of No. 2's membership, how ever which opposed the merger, ande it is believed that some of that party were responsible for the bomb throw Ing. Overtures were made, however, for an amic~,ble merger, and both. un ions were in session Thursday night for that purpose, No. 480 In Teuton Ia hall, and' No. 2 in the Clarendon hotel in E ghteen street. About 500 members wei-e inside the ball and 100 others with many of No. c 2's members who were seeking admis- o: sion to No. 480 were outside on the n sidewalk. The bombs fell in the midst E of the group. Several were .kiOCked n down by the force of the explosion, a anid others flung against the doars. N:;ne of the men were dangerously jb injured and most of them were able to * leave the hospital after their wounds were dressed. .- t An Intruder Shot. P Thursday night soine one attempt ed to enter the sleeping room of Miss *' Irma Nettles in her father's residence a & at Lanes. A similar attempt having been made a few weeks previous, Miss Nettles had armed herself with her ~ brother's revolver. Having -been U awakened by the disturbance, shel fired directly through the window blind. An examination revealed ci bloodstains around the window and leaing off therefrom, In the direc tion C Gourdin, the trail was follow ed about three or four hundred yards pi to a spot where the victim had dis- hi arded his blood-stainea garments, to ronsisting of a shirt and overall. The oc bullet evidently took effect about the pa ace or neck, as the shirt was blcody rit from the neck down. The trail could to ot be followed after. the garments ca were discarded, but a piece of shirt flr was found with blood stains on it near be sourdin, three miles distant, which Is an nmistakably a part of the same shirt th E~fforts are being made to apprehend th she guilty party. th Several .Drowned. Six lives constituted the total paid ly Wednesday by Chicago and vicinity to akes and rivers. Two boys were n rewned while swimming. One lostfi is life in an ef E rt to get a water lily nd a man fell from a bridge while ishing. The fifth victim died from njures suffered by striking a timber foi hile driving. The sixth fell into the wI ver while running to catch a ball in Ch ,baseball game. ~ w Co: Married Manv wbi A dispatch to T1 State sajs Rev- fre Ef Harrison But .ghs, the marry- an g parson of Bristol, Tenn- Vs., has the aried his two thousandth eloping ma ouple the count beginning 15 years wh go with the establishment of his Jef -retna G een In the border city. 19( ouple No. 1,999 came from Tennes- hi ae and love-sick pair No. 2,000 came the -om the Old Dominion. g Tne Privalige Tax.se The amount of money going to __a lemson college this year from thesh rivilege tax has broken all previous cords, Up to .date it amounts to 49099.64 T bisis amuch larger sum 'J ian has ever before been collected beg om he privilege tax. Of courseit does and t represent all the income for Clem- scr n coilege, as that institution is for- wh uate in having other sources of in- and me. bell Five Miners illed* an As a result of an explosion of gas In tim Dxon mine at Huger, W. Va., five rooi iners were killed and two injured the riouly. Thoy will die: The men to j arted down a shaft in a bucket ed 1 ten the explosion came blowing left t the buzket to the bottom of whc e shaft. A gasoline lamp was the ,by iimony of their appreciation of his I th and character. 'herefore, *be it resolvcd, That in I death of Roswell T. Logan, the th Carolina State Press AsEocia i has lost a valued member, and State of South Carolina a son who red her well and faithfully. His 1 a for his State and his ability as a t rapaper man were attested through the many years of faithful and ar ius work in the several positions he bly filled. resolved, Tha.t a page in our minu be incribed with his name, age 1 I date of death and a condensed 'rative of his service. Chese resolutions were all adopted mnimcusly and with hearty spirit. EDUCATION OF NEGROES. nts His People to Become Bread winners With Good morals. rhe Chattanooga, Tenn., Darby es, of July 24, says: The enter .nment given at the auditorium t night under the auspices of the ored department of the Y. M. C. was a signal success, a number of ite people being present besides seibly 2.000 negrogs. Tae principal event of the evening us the address of T. E. Miller, of angeburg, S. 0., president of the te college of South Carolina for groes at that point. He was con essman from that district to the ty-first congress as well as being a ember of the state legislature of Guth Carolina for a number of years. His subject was the needs of educe. n for the negro race. He said that en Booker T. Wshington first arted out with his doctrine of a oth brush and a bar of soap as the st needs of the negro, he considered m narrow-minded, listening to him .th horror and. disgust. "Now, wever," he said, "he has broadened s and I admire him when he gets on the platform and asks every ing for the negro, that the white an has." He evidently did not approve of in strial education as the salvation of e negro, as he said he wanted a orough education that would per Bate every crelice where there was aegro and make them the equal of L, making every little negro girl a incess to rule in her community. Re need that education that will eke us bread winners and rulers of .r own homes. "I would not give ten cents for a aite boy or girl who can only scan a em or rattle on a piano and cannot ake acup of tea or cook a beefsteak biscuit when the servant is away." He said he felt the same way about .e negro. They should all have a ode before they went higher. "We want the education that will t us up and make us the : qual of Ly race or any people regaidless of .e color of our skin or the kinks of t hair, "Let us give thanks for the new uth which intends to do Tight by e negro, for they do intend to treat e negro right. "Don't go off and say I told you to _t the dollar. No, I say the moral llar, for the wihite race cannot build >on an immoral dollar." He sought to impress upon his dence the Importance of saving td owning their own homes, thus .king themselves respected citizens, :o should cast their ballot for the tre man regardless of publitic or mbnations. He closed by making an appeal to e negro as a race to uplif a them ves, saying that if they tried to do rt, the white race would assist em, as they were all under the rue God, and all brothers in time at DEMOCRATS BELED .kUSDS. Igressioal Campaign Calls for Cold Cash. Representative .Tames Matthews iggs, of Georgia, chairman of the ~mocratic Congressional committee., 11 be in New York early next week. will be accompanied by his first utenant, BRepresentative Eaton ckson Bowers, of Mississippi. These leaders are going to the metro is to pass the hat around. Tne mocratic committee needs money d it needs it badly, and Messrs. lggs and Bowers are going to in de the money devil right In his lear. is the found expectation of Mr. iggs that Willliam Rmndolph erst, one of the most eminent coin Ictors of this party, will hand r a generous contribution to the gressonal committee. Kr. Griggs is grievously dlsappoint over the acknowledgment of a let he recently forwarded tO Senator ,rk, of Montana, the multi-million e, who, It was believed, would con .t to a seperation from some of his ans "for the good of the party," in fall campaign. The customary itation to deliver a number of eches was sent to Senator Clark, I It- was expected that a reply would received in the shape of a good d check. Mr. Clark replied that1 would be busy In M ntana this fail I that he would not be able to visit other State. The envelope con ing his letter was shak::n again again, but there was no check. te Democratic c mmittee has fine dquarters and a large office force Washington's tallest skyscraper, it has not even a bung-hole around ch to build a "Bar'l" so far as ,nces go, as it Is understood that ,irman Griggs waa requested to pay 2 rent in advance. Attackd a Juror. ass Barefield an ex- convict, was I and killed at New Boston, Tex., I cuis Oom, one of the jurors who I him to the penitentiary twelve j es ago. Barefield killed Dr. Robert c , a prominent young physician of a town. He was himself a man of C tenes and a desperate attempt was C le to save his life Odom, who si on the jury, voted to hang him t] held out on that verdict against eleven other jurors, but finally promised on a verdict of twenty -s at hard labor in the peniten- C y, a much longer term than the P r jurrs wanted to give the 9' mer. Barefield went to jil $ tening vengeance against the ~ inate juror. He did not remainf rison the twenty years for which a ras sentenced, but got out o01 as on. He began at once to perse. u Odom, and meeting him, opened C m him, to wbich O-!om repl!ed, ing two bullets into the ex-con s head.a Deadly stroICe. mI ye persons, all young men rang- se ram 16 to 28, were instantly kill- st htnng on the grand stand while W. essing a baseball game on Simlay O aytowoc, Wis. Four others w.ae sly Inurd. C DAMAGI2NG HAIL STO L ,ps Ruined o n . the L ass Falls Heavl-y and Owoers. & dispatch from Epworth to The i6te says Wednesday morning about )'clcck this community was com tely swept by a terrible hailstorm, 'hing at all being left on the land. en the trees were robbed of most of e foliage and-all fruits and vegeta s are gone. Today the fields are clean and barren as the pub' id. Oae can not conceive or any ing so terrble. It can not be de abed. The bail stricken district is - ' out ftur mi:ea long and from one ; one ard one-half to two miles 3 ross. There are many pecple left ' very, very destitute circuuuances, thout any pr. v sions, no work to do d nothing for the horses and cat-. '. The loss is estimated at 820;000. - any of these families need help and ed i, now. Any one wishing to ntribute to the storm sufferers -illM ndly send contributions to the Ej )rth Supply company and it will be ven to the most needy ones. Ep arth is in Greenwood-County. The State says G.sv. Heyward has Ad a call for help made upon him; id although his sympathies have. en very much touched he has no. utingent fund with. which to help ac sufferers. Enterprising citizens of e State have started hail storm In rante companies, two of them be.. g operated successfully and they tve paid out a lot of money-this ar to people who have suffered. J !e letter which Gov. Heyward re Ived is in part as follows: " "On Wednesday last our communi was visited by4n awful hail storm fat ruined everything. The crops -e totally destroyed. I have heard. d men say they have never seen iything like It. The crops of. cot in, corn, peas-in fact everything :e completely wiped away. Oar r ople need help badly. There a cdiff.rence between this and most imates. In most cases the loss is it ast partly covered by insurance,.but i this instance there is nothing to a recovered. The sfferers are with at anything to convert into money, ith which to pay cft- their~ year's applies, or to buy anything to live on stil they begin another crop. "The crops of about 40 plows havey fen destroyed and many outlying elds have been laid waste. I con-t ider $400 to the. plow a conservatse itimate of the loss on cotton -alone, rhich makes $16,000 for this small rea." Daring Train Robbery. Two daring train robbedes Were ommitted fa Russian Poland Satur ay, one of them resulting in a 'on, iderable loss of -life. A train 'from be frontier station Herby, bound-for zenstochowa, was carrying money re elved from the customshouse to.th ranch of the imperial bank under protection of seven frontier guard a ten. General Z kat, chief of the rontiei guard, General Weitenring hief of the customs service of War-: aw, Co. Bz!-zcki and Captain La huma were passengers. Fditeen per. ons boarded the train at a way aa Ion.- They evidently had been wait 2g for it and made an attack on the nardsmen, who were reinforced b7 ie officers named. A regular skir tish followed In which the two gen rals, to cO ffisIals, fiye soldierm-and ne robber were killed and Col. Baer. :ki and one robber wounded. All the !coded and dea ,er taken .to z natochowa. The robbers escaped. Lking $8,000 and the arms of those ~ho had attemptd to- defend. the ain against robbiry. Killd by stray Shot. At Ohe Fao, China, Lieutenant larenco Eagland, navigating officer ithe Ualted States cruiser Chatta ooga, was wounded at about noon 'riday by a rifle bullet fired by a ember of the crew of the Freneh.; rmored c.-alser Dupetit Thouara, - nd died at 6 o'clcck Saturday -even 1g. Toie Chattanooga, with Lient tant Eogland on the bridge,. was. roceedin~g from the harbor to the irget range, just outside, and was assing the French squadron, which as anchored near tihe American. tuadron and was engaged in small ems practice. The Chattanooga, ter several bullets had 'struck -on te ship, signalled to the -French-. en to case firing, but before this as accomplished Lieutenant Eig nd was struck in the back, asthe wse of the spine, probably by a rico iet.bullet, .which left his body under Le arm. Gsot 1C mixed. It wasn't a Missouri editor but a inter's devil who was going through s first experience in "makring up" rms. The paper was late andihe iy got the galleys mixed. The flest ,rt of an obituary notice of a pena mas citizen had been dumped in the rms, and the next handfall of type me off a galley describing a recentj e. It read like this: "The pall arers lowered the body to the grave d as It was consigned to the flames ere were few If any regrets. For e old wreck had been an eyesore to e town for years. Of course there as individual loss, but lthat was ful covered by insurance." The widow Inks the editor wrote the obituary at way because the lamented part r of her joys and sorrows owed him e years' subscription. A Marrying Girl. Lot yet 17~ years old, but a bride the third time, was the record ICh Clara Miner Duezer Clogg, of arlestown, lid , made Thursday en she became the wife of H. ey, of Louisville, Ky. The .girl, o is wealthy, obtained a divorce m William Clogg several days ago her friends were surprised when ~y 'learned that she and Coley were rried. Mrs. Coley was 14 years old en she married Charles Dlu.z -.r In !ersonville, Ind., On November-17 4, she obtained a divorce from her ibarid and a week later she became twife of Oiogg. The couple lived ~ ether for about a year, when they arated. Mrs. Clogg sued her hus divorce and several days ago a de a in her favor was Issued. Taien marled Coley. Sounde AU Rtgnt. ~he Washington Post says in the Inning God created the heavens the earth, the editor, the sub ber and the liberal advertser ch was good. Nepxt day it snowed He created the man who does not eve in advertising and another does not -take the home paper, . then He rested About that e the devil got into the molding n and created the man who takes paper for several years and falls ay for It. After he had complet his sorry job, having a few lumps he created the excuse for a man - settles bis subscription account instructing the postmaster to