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WILD CHEERS un za' Greet William Jennings Bryan Fi ,.sel as Next Presidept of otl ....... at MRE UNIThD STATES. W1 D The Great Commoner Is Received Vith Unbounded Enthusiasm by lun 8C dreds of Thousands of People oC who Shout His ti Fame. Wm. Jernings Bryan of Nebraska, b w1o arrived in New York harbor 1 Wednesday afternoon and spent the t night with friends on a steam yacht a down the bay, larded in New YCrk v city Thursday atternoon at 4 o'clock 0 and was the recipient of a continuing b ovaticn from that hcu- until Thurs A day night when he had finished a no b table 80-minute address before 20,000 persons gathered in Madison Square it Garden. Mr. Bryan outlined clearY s] and vigorously the principles he 91 thought should guide the DemOcrats b in their next campaign. - Greeted by nearly every prominent a Democrat in the country and accom- ti panied by them, Mr. Bryan a d r en from the yacht landing at the Bat- n tery to the Victoria hotel. He was e( constantly cheered by those on the crowded sidewalks. 02ce at the ho- , tel he was fairly mobbed. by thousands a of his admirers, who called upon him for an impromptu speech and then c shook hands for more than an hour f( with an apparently never-ending line B of citizens. He dined with his family and friends ard then was driven in an y automobile to Madison Square Gar den, where his welcome home was made complete In a series of some of b the most remarkable demonstraticfls ever known. Toe garden m. eting was presided over by Mayor Tom L John son of Cleveland There were brief addresses by Gov. Jos W. Folk Cf i Missouri, Angustus TU.mas, the play wright; Harry W. Waker of the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust league, under whCse aulpices the re :eprion was given, and Mr. Johnson. Mr. Br)an's speech was a Clear out outline of his ideas as to what the C DemocratiO policy should be. The election of Uuited States senators by - the people; regulaiOn of trpsts by the f government. A universal 8 hour day, - a settlement c f all international dis putes by arbitration rather than by resort to force, and revision of the 0 tariff were some of his points. 0 Mr. Bryan declared, however' that v he was merely expressing .his own e .opinions and.not attempting to fore- t ast the policy of his party. Mr. Bryan decla-ed that the trusts a were the great issue of the day. He a called for the enforcement of the aim- a inal clause of the Sherman anti-trust a law and the placing of trust-controll ed articles on the free list. 2 He went Into the question of the b government ownership of the rail-1 roads at great length and declared that what he had seen inother couna tries had served to strengthen his con victions on the suty'ct. He saw no danger in centralization,,.however, and for this reason advocated the federal ownership of trunk lines and the g . State ownership of the local lines. 1 The speaker gave the president some a praise for what he termnel his adop . tion of Demiocratic ideas. Mr. Bryan also addressed an over fliw meeting outside the garden. Hr was driven to his hotel, where he was grsontlly greetid by William Emn d21ph Hearst, who had been loudly 'y cer d as he sat in a box tthe gar din meeting. Mr. Bryan goes to New Haven t a deliver an afternoon3 address and tc i Bridgep< rt in the evening. N,.w, York, Aug. 30.-Snc~h a wel come as seldom In this country's his tory has te68n accorded to a privati '.1 citiz n was given to William Jenning' g: Bryan at Madisen Square Garder Thurmday night in the celebration oiF his return fromn a year's absence, spent in foreign travel. As the guest of the Ccmmercia it Travelers' Anti Trust league, Mr f Bryan-was greeted by more than~ 20. al 000 persons, who flded the great struc- tJ ture from iior to upper gallery. Al t] the same time the streets and avenuec ei outside the garden were chceked fo n b~ocks by other. thousnds who stozei patiently for hours for the privileg' of even a fleeting glance at the dis- I tinguished 'visitor. The interior o01 tihe garden was a waving sea of color itr Every person in the audience had beex provided with a miniature Americar 'i flag and every cheer from 20 006~ te throats was accentuated by the way- o lng cf2.000 tiny staffe bearing the Stars and Stripes. e When Mr. Bryan entere d the ha] ' the proceeding which aleady had ly been begun were brought to a temi al porary pause while for eight minuter -ed volley after volley of thunderouk he cheers rolled through the great build ne lng. When Chairman Tom L. Johnson ga .In his introduction of Mr. Bryan re- his ferred to the guest of the evening as "the first citizen, if not the first of t fical of the land-not yet the first of- t * fial," and Mr. Bryan rose, the great t gathering broke out in unrestraIned cheering, while the band played "Hail th to the Chief." So touched was Mr. Bryan by the sb welcome that as he stood waiting for sh the cheers to subside his eyes filled ce with tears and he strode nervously :lu from side to side of the narrow plat- la form. .ar "How can Ithank you for this wel-m come home?" he said "My heart would be ungrateful If Itti did was not consecrate itself tro your th service. It was kind to prepare this gri reception. It was kind of Gov. Folk SO to come here all the way from Missouri. In It was kind of Tom Johnson, that ex- Vii ample of moral courage we so much need in thisocounty tolendhis presence at here* no' "It was kind in ycu to fully recomn- dea pense me in being absent so long from my native land. I think you. I re turn to the rand of my birth more in proud of my citizenship than ever be- agi fore." th< The dcors of Madison Squa- eGarden are were opened at 5 30 o'clock and by si this time there were hundreds of i ticetholders present iamnoring for the admit tanzce. P.lice lines had been w4 formed three blocks from all th' At the garden entracces. In this way the te early comers were weilhandled. go' Th: ic mense audi orium, e lth Its era ties of bas cot iet and gadler4 s rising to the height of the great glais cover ed roof ,tesan to fill up so qu -kly the that the ushels and polcemen 0 tha t og a rrarFY tF a ' ? X rittd, big natu ed audience, 'which : a cheer on the tongue for every e. As the crowd c!ntinued to ther the cheers increased in vol ie. T1'a '-Netrska Byan's H me iks' arr v -d in a bocy an' were given a jast back of the spe ker's stand. The hall was devoid of decorations er than the bunting and flags placed out the temporary s'age. During the interval before the meet g was called to order a band played r.rrilv. Such tones a "Maryland." Ey 0-d Kentucky Home," "Why own Upon the Suwanee River." and her melodies of the South called ,th tumuturus applause but when is first strains of "D xie" were iunded the thousands of Bryan wel merS were on their feet in an instant Ad the cheers drowned the band for a As each notable Democrat Visito 2tered the hall and was recognIzed, is name was called and the cheering as renewed. Twelve thousand perscns, irany of dem women, were seated by T p. m., ad an hour later not a vacant seat as to be seen. At 8 o'clock, when Mr. Bryan had ot yet arrived, Harry W. Walker, on shalf of the COjmmercial Travelers .nti-Trust league, called the assem loge to order. Gov. Folk was given an ovation and was several minutes before he c uld eak. When he finally secured lence,b e asked the the audience to as quiet as possible. otherwise none the- speakers, not even Mr. Bryan isolf. could be heard, The men on of Mr. Bryan's nam called forth mewed cheering. Then, when quiet ad been restored, Gov. Folk proceed 1. Gov. Folk concluded by introducing [ayor Tom L. -Johnson of Cleveland, chairman of the meeting. The ap lause was doafcning as Mr. Johnson -me forward on the speaker's plat >rm. A. this same moment William ndolph Hearst entered the box hich had been set aside for him. For wo minutes the crowd cheered him rithout interruption When this joint -demonstration had at partily Fubsided, Mr. Bryan, ac mpaned by his wife, entered the arden, and appeared on the plat Drm. The crowd, which had been so free a its obeerig before, was now f-irly ,esde itself. The men shouted and jumpd on ats. They cheered and Whrew their ats into the at , while the women raved bandkercnifis and cheered as yudly as they could. Eventually hairman Johnson secured compara ve q2iet, and introduced Augustus homas, whose every reference to Mr. ;ryan called for additional oheerel. Chairman Johnson then arose to in roducA Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan waq pmsented at 8:40 'clock. As he arose the audience was its feet a? one man. The cheering, rhich began at that instant, did not ad until Mr Bryan waved his hand& rantically in an effort to still the raves of noise. At frst the man for rhom the demonstration was plan ed stood bowing and smiling. T-ien is attitude was one of appeal. Thu t last prevailed, and as the cheering led away, in reverberating echoes ionn the girdered roof, Mr. Bryan Tnere wfere several outside meet as, the principal one of whicha was ddresd in the early part of the vening by R~presentative Su'zsr of few York; Gov. Glenn of N~orth Car lina and Mayor Dahlman of Onaha. When Mr. Bryan had concluded hia arden address at a few minutes after 0 o'clock and appeared outside the all, he received another ovation. He eeded no introduction to the vast rowd, whtch had waited so long to ear him, and spoke bri- flu. Mr. Bryan then was driven, withb [rs. Bryan, in an automobile directly a his hotel, where he was greeted by illam Baindolph Hearst. The party ent to the reception rooms, where tey talked for some minutes. Shortly efore 11 o'clock Mr. Brya, much fa Igued, retired to his apartments. A ypeaIs to Nf-grOE S. In a strong and clear editorial John eple Graves, in the Atlanta Geor ian, appeals to the negro writers, reachers and teachers of the South, >r their wholehearted and earnest -operation with the white race in s eort to find a remedy or a check r the horrible crimes of the negro ainst the white women of the coun y. Mr. Graves says truthfully "One ling which the white man has nev had in the, effort to suppress the agro fiends who assault white women the full cooperation of the negroes o lead the race." 'a e all k-now that is broad statement is absolutely And as t~he,Spart anturg Herald says t is a serious charge against the 4in- 1 iligent negroes who occupy positions leadership among their people' We l know the hitter denunciation the lred editor and preacher has for1 :iching. What they have to say 1 out lynching and lynchers is intend for the white people to read and ar. But we do not hear what the, gro preacher up before his congre- I t ion has to say to the negroes before a n, warning them against the comn ssion of this horrible crime which reatens the ultimate destuction of e race.e -The negro. leader's ministry is to y e members of his race, and if he > >uld honestly combat lynching 3 e 0 ould attack the root of the evil. He i ould th ow his influence into a sin e eort to remove the cause. The A stful worthless negro is the cause of 4~ Arlessnes and unless ,uch characters L denounced and restrained by the le yre respectable and decent members s the race their sins will be visited . on all negroes alike. It is the Chris mn, as well as the patriotic duty 'of negroes who view from higher ~ )und the true conditiops in tt e C uth, so throw the full force of th- ir SJ luenice on the side of right. Let em preach and teach their people g] a deep damnation of the crime, vi tich threatens their own destruction . the hand-s of the white men, if it is b checked, and awaken in them con rination of the deed. p: LNSEI. beat ManninE all to pieces Ci Charleston. Ansel got 1,3183 votes einst 408 votes for Manning. If L sse blind tiger people in Charleston P voting for Ansel under the impres n that he will wink at their viola ri of law if he is elected we think c y will find themselves mistaken. o beleie that either Manning or sl will do all they can to enforce dispensary law when he becomes m ernor -Orangeburg Times-Demo- is HE only wt y t3 stop lynching in South is to stop the horrible crime ,ca ,t causes the people to take the lawjN hei. on hands. Lr SOME FACTS e p: Lbout the Nunber of Prisoners b 0: Held During the War - t 31 NORTH AND SOUTH 0 some Interesting Statistics That Will G be Read With Relish by Those 0 Who Want to Keep the Rec. C 0 ord Straight in Such - Matters. A great deal has been written about bhe treatment of prisoneis North and outh during war. The responsibil Ity for the harsh and cruel treatment 1 Df prisoners is not easily to fix in any pecific or definite degree, and must always be considered as general, ex sept in some special and individual < uases. As to which side was more to blame than he other can only be fair ly considered and estimated by taking a comparative view of the means, powers and resources of both sides for the proper treatment of prisoners. In view of the superior advantages of the United States government, It seems that fair and just judgment of true and impartial history most be; rendered in favor of the Confederate States government. The Confederate government, at best was but provis ional, and was not well established as a permanent and reliable government. Is credit was not well established and could not be counted on for any more than its immediately tangible and visible resources in hand at that time. Its only available asset for ere it was the production of cotton, and at this period of war the raising cf cottcn was curtailed and limited so as to make an increase in substantial supplies for cur armies. The property in negroes at this time was uncertain as to its permanent character or of duration and was not available as se curity for credit. Prisoners were simply so many par asites of the ene ny on the Codfeder acy. They were a lot of idle. non pay ing, burdensome boarders, who had to be constantly fed and guarded and who did nothing to contribute to their own support They were an in cubus upon a government already too -eak to carry its own burdcn, having a population of slaves who did not go into the armies to help fight the bat ,ies for constitutional principles of government wherein they were inter ested as to the whole number of slaves and counted for three-fifths of their number of representation. Our women and children had to be .mupported while our men were enga ged in the war. Then to take on ar increase of hearty, hungry men of more than a quarter of a million was a great tax and undertaking for a people of limited means and resources Such was the condition of the South ern confederacy when taking so many prisoners. With the United States govern enit matters were different, a govern ment wbich the south helped to or ganz and establish, a government o1 'eans, a government of prestige and power, and with unlimited credit and immense resou:es. The United States could afford to maintain as many pris ners as it would capture of the Con tederate armies. They could draw rom the whole world for both men and money to meet their demands in emergency. They could and did h.re1 foregners as soldiers for bounty, while native southern men went to war without hire. The total number of federal prison era captured by the Confederate was. 270,000 by the report of Surgeon Gen ral Barnes, as quoted by Congress man Hill in his famous re ply to Blaine as shown by the official records in the war department at Washizngton. The v hole nu aber of Confederate prisoners captured by the federals was ~22000 At once It Is seen that the ederals were 50,000 more than the Jonfederates. The number of federals who died IrE 3onfederaite prisons was 22.576 and rhe number of Confederates who diec in federal prisons was 26.4'6. So I. ppears by' i ficial records that moret han 12 par cent of the Confederate prisoners in federal prisoners died e imd less than 9 per cent of the a Jonfederate prisoners in federal t risons died, notwithstanding the e -ff .rence and .disparity in means Ld resour ces bet ween the north and ith, considering the superior advan- t gpo of the north over the south for he p oper care of prisoners-.| Ina the north were numerous plac or p Boners. They we.re located at aoInt, as follows: ,f Aleghany, Pa., Alton, Il, Oamr h lutler, Ill., Camp Chace, O, Camp ti X.uglas, Ill., Camp Morton, Iod, t lmira, N. Y., Fort Columbus, N. Y., 'ort Lafayette, N. Y., F art Warrens Ed , rart Wood, N. Y., Fort Pickens. 'I 'Ia., Point Lookout, Md., Rack Is Lnd, I-., Johnson's Island, 0 , Luis ll, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., Nash- g3 file, Tenn. S1 In this essay It Is unnecessary to fc ecify the number of prisoners in ca ach station, as they were distributed ti ) suit the wishes and conveniences in Sthe government, presumably for ai 2eir own convenience for supplies, 3 ards, and facility for keeping. m In the south prisons were locate d at Jpi .mericus, Ga., Camp Sumter, Ander- be mvile, Ga ; Cahaba, Ala ; Camp awon, lllen, Ga., Caimp 0g thorpe, Macan, Ga.; Charleston C.; Florence, S. C ; Columbia, S. C ; barlotte, N. C ; Salisbury, N. C.; aleigh, IR. C ; Danville, Vi.; !,Ich- pa ond, Vs. ; Belle Isle, Castle Thunder, hi rews, Libby, Pemberton's, Scott's, pc ith's Factory. va The supposition is likewise that N rese places were selected for the con- ']1 mience of the Confederate govern mi ent for purposes of safety from raids to t the release of prisoners and for pe oper care of prisoners. th The prison at Andersonville, sel dled Camp Sumter, was the most. co >ted of all the Confederate prisons. i this prison were more Union isoners and more saifering than In iy other prison in the Confederate h' ates. There Captain Henry Wlrz m as In command and to him has be~cn At arged the alleged cruelties and N. imes at the prison. j~A It is undoubtly true that there was ing ch suffering in this prison, but It ott hardly true that Captain Wil z was thi sponsible for all of It, If for any. be He was S'viss by birth a physicien profession, and he came to Aarer i ,long before the war and located In car sw Orleans, La. He entered ti-e'got nfeate army and was severeiy age Durded in a battle, so as to bar him om active field s.rvice. He was signed and detailed for duty al immanding offler at Anderscnville I ison. Atter the surrender he was charged v the federal authorities with various imes at the prison. He was taken > Washington city, and there held ) trial by a military ourt, which andemed him to be hung and he was xPeuted on the 10th of November, 865. The military court which tried and ondemned Confederate Captain lenry Wirz was presided over by -eneral Lswis Wallace, who sub equently became the famous autacr f the book known as "Ben Hur," rhich has been published in numer us editions and read by thousanda of ur people. The work was also dramatizid and resented on theatrical stages to the terest of many thousands of people ,nd vast assemblies of spectators. I wonder it any of them ever thought if the author of "Ben Hur" as the ame man and cfficer who ruled in the allitary court that tried and con [emned Confederate Captain Henry Virz. The circumstances of the Confeder ,te government rendered it practi ally impossible to give the prisoners 11 of their necessities. Ciptain Wirz was condemned and hung as a cruel elon. His cruel judge lived on and Pecame famous. Does it rot really eem like the Irony of fat -? The Uaited States was in better ondition and with more favorable ircumstances for the proper care of rioners, yet they allowed our Con ederate soldiers to &Laf ;r severely, nany of them being put to death without cause or reason. Many of them died from starvition ind freezing, as occurred at ERlira, q. Y., Fort Delaware, Del., and at, )andusky (Johnson's Island). Ohio. At Sandusky and Cbicago are arge cemeteries of our men who died n these prisons. Brave patriots of ihe southland, they were true to the ast, and they now rest in those emeteries in view of those who op yosed their cause, as though they are io be silent sentinels on guard forever or southern znanhood and courage, idelity and fortitude, honor and ieroism. Indeed, It seems appropriate and imely that the United States should Ldopt the suggestion of the lamented PE'esident McKnley, that the federal overnment "should share with us in 5be care of Oontenerate soldier's reves." Hq'sald: "Evnry soldier's rave made during our unfortunate ivU war Is a tribute to American valor." It is simply a tale of horrors to ead now the (fiLial reports of the ives cf Confederate s*ldiers in prison. &. significant fact with regard to t'.e ecords, that in the reports of the mperinten-ents of prisons under the 2eadings of "conduct" almcst invari ibly show "good" and "very good." [-t us contrast these reports of uni lorm good conduct of Confederates in prison with the severity of the nanner In which they were treated 3y their cruel guards. For men whose .*havlor was "good" to be treated -aq hey were was simply wanton cruelty without cause. The sr uih had a double "uty im >osed upon it, In the case <f orisoners n their prisons anid it also contributed io the comfort of Confederate soldiers n northern prisons. Tne Confederate govrrnment sent arge quantities of cotton to the iorth to be sold and the proceeds to ye applied for the purchase of supplies or the Ccnfederates in prison. Confederate General William N R Beall wasq in a Yankee prison. He was released on parole of honor and was designated for the purpose of ectiving and ellng the oatton and muying supplies, and distributing hem amongst the prisoners at varn uns prisons. Eght hundred and thirty bales of otton sent to New York, s.!er being ro erly prepared f~r market: smld at ublic auction February 8th, 1865, at .n average pr'cs cf 82 cents per sound, netted 8331,789 66, which sux as used for the purpose of buying upplies for our prisoners In northern risons.~ Ga August 8, 1864, General U. S Sant sent a telegram to General But er * follows: '0O the subject'of exchange, how ver. I diffbr with General H tch ock. It is hard on our men held It outhern prisnns not to release them. mut it is humanity to those left ii he ranks to fignt cur battiles. "To commence a system of ex hange now which liberates all prison r taken, we will have to fight on ntil the whole south is exterminat d. If we hold those already caught bey amount to no more than so iany dead men. At this particular [me, to release all rebel prisoners rould insure Sherman's defeat and mpromise our safety here." After abundant and indubitable roofs, the responsibility for the suf trg of prisoners north and south as been laid up .n the authorities of ie United States government, and iere let it abide in history. Thanks His Friends. o the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: I take this method of thanking the 'et number of voters, all over the ate, who cass their ballots for me r Governor on the 28th inst., and of ying that I feel deeply grateful to tem for the great confidence reposed me. 1 ask the kind consideration Ld support of all thA Democraticvo rs of the State In the sec -nd Pri any E ec Ion on September the 11th. omising to give to thi State my st thought and a bility.t Respectfully,, t M. F. Ansel. Bryan Is Rlight. W. J. Bryan is right. He prefers to r y his own way and rcfuses to put i iself under obligations to the con rations. Having been offered a pri te car and free transportation from r w York to New Haven, he replied: c do not think it would be fair for ' to accept favors from the rail ids. Let me pay fare and ride as ople usually do." No man can serve5 e people faithfully who puts him- 13 f under obligations to the great C rporations. , g W anted for Murder. t] rim Moser, negro wanted in Lynch- Y; rg, Va., f Jr the murder of Brake- t an Moody in the railroad there i g. 8 was arrested at Greensboro, c ., Thursday night and placed in n tby detEcetives who have been work- ti on the case for several weeks. An- al en negro wanted for comulicity in tI murder Is in the city, but has not Pl nu arrested. Ve extend our condolence to all tl didates who failed to reach the S .1 of amblition, but they can try it ti in when two yrs r-o11 an.A U NM-GM KILLE-D FOR IN:ULTING A WHITE LADY ' N WRILE ALONE. rhe Husband Hunts Him up and Shoots Him to Death in a Store. Mr. Lee Marshal, a farmer, who lives in the Effingham section, ten miles south of Florence, in that ecun ty, came bere Saturday and went to Sher if Burch's cffe at the Court : House and informed the sheriff that a he had killed a negro at EMogham e Saturday morning and wanted to give himself up into the hands of the law. Upon investigation it was found that Marshall had killed the negro for bav- I Ing insulted Marshall's wife while he I was in the field at work Saturday af o ternoon. b Sheriff Burch at once secured the a coroner and the party left for Effng- a ham to investigate the report, and if a it was true to bold thA irquiest. It t was stated that Saturday afternoon 9 one Lewis Gregg, a negro who lives on a the plantation of Mr. James S. Mc- e Call, near Effingham, went to Mr. Marshall's home while he, Marshall 1 was in the field at work gathering 1 fodder. While at the house the ne- t gro, Louis Gregg, insulted Mrs. Mar- I shall by making improper proposals t to her. Mrs. Marshall became fright- t ened and began screaming, as she was e alone, and the negro made his es- it cape. Soon after the occurrence M9r. M1r. t shall came home and was immediately c told by his wife of the insult offered s by the negro He at once got bis gun t and went in pursuit of the negro, but I he could not be found. The search I was continued throughout the night i and this morning when Marshall found I G:egg in the store of Mr. Henry B. 1 McCall, at Effingham depot, having gone there, it is thought, with the intention of getting off on the first i train passing that place. He opened i fire on him, emptying both barrels of I the shotgun that he carried for that i purpose. Gregg fell over as soon. as i shot and expired. Marshall then came directly.to Florence. Coroner C oper I and Sheriff Burch have not returned 1 from Eifiagham yet, but the above I facts are said to be substantially cor rect. Marshall Is a respectable f irmer I and it is said that he proposed to pro- 1 bect the sanctity of his home, and i that his' wi:e should not be insultec ! b, any negro while he was gway from home. According to the croner, the fact I given are substantially as follows: I Gregg went 'to Marshalls house, I knowing that Marshall was In the deld, ar d made improper prop-sals to Mrs. Marshall. Mrs Maraball tol I Gregg that she would cill her motber' who, she said, was In the house, (-ut J she was not.) doing this in order to I frighten the negro. H! persisted in i his proposals and she then told him she wouid call her husband. The ne gro informed her that he had jast left ber husband in the field pulling fod- 1 der, and again insisted Pn his propog al. She then attempted to get away from the negro and be grappled her by the shoulder and tried to hold her, when she began screaming. The negro then left and e&caped to the woods. Marshall camne home soor after and got his gun and proceeded to hunt the negro, not finding hinr until Saturday morning, when he walked in'o McCalls store, and as be entered Marshall, who wa" sitting ot McCall's cunter, opened fire OL. G gg attecmpted to run heb'r.d the couater, when Marshall sLbot the set ond time, killing him instantly. The coroner's jury, witn~ L A. Mc Call, Jr., as foreman, renoerad a vez dict or justI6able homic'de. Mirshal was br- urut bacik to Faoreree and 1 in Lhe charge of the steriff Ev -ry- 1 hing ie perfectly q let at Etflag'am and no further grou.le is awre.enu ed. IN k&BsT IaU IN 1A92N ?. Pays a D brtfH anorcof Vry Long standin~g. Mr. W. A. Brun on furnishes th< flow-ing little story to the Farence Time?,: Capt. M 28. Stanley an- old tlime it zin of Darlngton Is over from ~ aM anon visiting at his slster, Mrs. M. D. Burch, his only su;viving uncle Mr. Peter A. Brunson and other nu merous relatives and friends. The captain states that a meeting d with Col. Richard I. Manning on the ~ day the st ate canvassers met at Man- ~ ning, led to a happy co-in-cidence of b interest in the family events that oc- t curfed some time in 1780 or 1781. ri Capt. Stanley's great grandmother, ay Mrs. Daughtry, whose husband had c: died in the service of Marion's Bri- ~ gade, lived on Jeffrey's Creek near the a aid Garner settlement. Needing salt ,. she was told that the commissary of ci -aneral Marion, then at Snow's Is- fa land, might supply her. .She set ou Lione on horseback, visited Marion'0 amp and procured a peck of salt. Oa her return she met the lIgion of aght Horse Harry Lee somewhere ~eween Burch's ferry and Lyncheb' ~reek, now in Florence county. The dl ffcrs and men of the legion treated 50 ier courteously, but a young leuten of ht of the legion, Lawrence Manning, @ allantly rocie forward and escortec re ier through the lines. This La wrence %t laning was the great great granc M4 ather os ERchard I. Manning. a Capt. Stanley told Col. Mang~n pe hat he had long wante'i to repay 10 Q he Manning family the kinduews pi1 hown to his great grar d mother by m: he gallant Lieutenant Manning and at hat he purposed in some measure to vo pay It by giving Col. Manning his a oe. . Capt. Stanler- Is a veteran of two rars and wearsa sear from a wound ceived In the battle of Chieru::us- co during the Mexican war.L Wantedito Lyneb &Im. At Mobile, Ala., a mob of about ho 00 persons attempted to tke and OP nch William Thompson, a negro, jor nfessed assailant of two little white irs and one little negro girl. The ho. zob broke into the jail yard through Cp] 2 big wooden gates and filled the j r rd. The sheriff's deputies met aem at the door armed with rid es, 'hich they discharged with blank tre rtridges over the heads of the ni ob, thi one being hurt. A committee of* - al i mob was admitted to the j d!, use id after assurance was given that wi] ie negro was not there the mob dis- ma ~rsed' __________ hit IF we are in order we move to make rie. ie Georgia election unamimous. Hoi-e cip mith came very near getting every the ting in sight, and he ought to have to,1 ie alma to restnre harmon. use WILL KILL THIM EW PROCESS OF DESTROYING THE BOLL WEEVIL. nimalculae Are Killed by a Kind p ti of Vaccination of the Cotton C Plant. t To cotton planters throughout the nited States a bulletin issued Wed- c !sday by the Department c-f Agri I ilture on proliferation as a factor in Ae natural c3ntrol of the cotton boll 'eevil, will prove an Interesting and atertalning study. P.oliferation is ie maoltfestation of a tendency of ant cells to resoond to irritation y multiplvinrg or forming new cells. This maruacript was prupared by ir. W. E. Hines, special field agent t represents .the result of long study f the proliferation in the squares and olls of cotton by msans of which a rtain percentage of weevil larvae re killed. It deals with a practical batement of the effect of this forma [on of loose tissue calls upon the boll reevil, based upon a large number of bservations made by the bureau of ntomology. In order to determine whether pro feration caused the dehth of larvae' y starving -them, numerous experi aents have been performed, mostly a Texas with king and other farie ies of cotton that are largelv planted broughcut the South. - Uahatchaed ggs and larvae just hatched have seen placed in the midst of masses of iurely proli'ercus formation, and hese have been kept In a tight, moist hamber and transferred to fresh mas es of proliferation a. frequently as kecessary to preserve proper condi ions for the larvae. Ia spite of these requent transferrences and-the some what unnatural conditions necessary, t was f und that but a small' propor ion of the larvae died. In one series if experiments eight very young lar rae were placed in fresh prolif rous nasses. Of tbese, one died on the irst day, but all others reached ful, rowth and pupated normally in from tine to twelve days, having fed on totiing but proliferuns material. Proliferation usutlly begins in the ayer of the calls aij-Aning the thin, ;ough lining within each section of the oll: By far the greater part of this 'ormation proj.cts through, the rup iure made by the w--evil in the tougb ining -and forms a rather hemispheri al mass protruding from the Inner ide of the carpel and pressing intic ihe lcck. The formation sometimes, ihougn rot always, begios before the nitching of the egg, wbica may be nazv.d qaite a distance, in some cases. >y the presure of the mass behind it. [a other case. the rgg becomes en reloped and the larvae hatches into ite proliferous mass., In such cases it nay De destru)ed early in lefe, thougE t will often make Its way into the ock, eatirg its way as it goes. As It eed, the larvae is continuously injur ng and irritating tissues capable- of zrubferation, whlch thus becomeE tarted all round tWe larvae and grad ally pushes upon It from all direc ions. It may happen In this way that he space which the larvae has eater ~ut as it grew becomes filled by the nasses of celis pushing it upon anc. ar eae can not possibly eat away thb orming mass rapidly enough to pre ierve room for itself to move. ThougL t may be nearly or q.d.te full grown, C can not escape from its narrowing riscn and soon becomes so closely en reloped as to be unable to move~ in any irtcd-n. It is then an easy viciaim or Llhe meentless pressure of forming -ells and is literally crushed to death n its pr'ao-.. In all cases, whatever the stimu ant, one fa~cUor is uniformally essen. ial. There must~ be a cell injury vwi is not sntubiently severe tc ,-ercome imme ka.@iy the vital forc i Lhe li jured org:an or Lti iu:. Prtoll erathn is .simply the maniestatios I a tendency-of plant e*11s to-responc u iiri~ation by musklising or isrrm og new e i 1. It is simply a method if sel .def enso, and in the case of cot on,.zhe lrritation apoeairs to be 1L early all casea sanocimy n~echanical 'he 'uroctun cf prolfera.tion in mnost ises is u'idouba~edly to repair an in ury. Pruif -r us tissue is-not toic j 'aeevils. Death results In most ases in a mechanical way from simple ressure. A Black Scoundrel. There was a good deal of excite lent in B .sley Wednesday afs.ernoon rhen it was reported than a negrt ad entered the home of Mr. Thomp Ion Lessley and forcei his wife- U I lye him a dinner. After eating the1 inner he demanded five dollars, bu; hen Mrs. Lessley told him there wast D money in the house, he begalt reaking open trunks and searching ie house. As soon as the report - ahed town deputiea Chapman and iller together with a large crowd o1 tizmns left in pursuit of the negre 1 .r. Lesslev lives about a mile and a Li! from E sley, just below Pickens- I le. Mr. Lsssley was up:;own at the ection when the thing happened. Se c r as your currespondent has beer. >lo to learn, there was no attemptt sault on Mrs. Lessley, but ~tbe ne o was boisterous in his demands. ~ They a rack kiad The Charleston Post says fully three ths of the vote of the city Chales in was cast for Ausel. Four -fifths It was e .at for Fraser L yon. The lendid mi~ j rity given to Ansel was a gisrered ini oe face of a very strong 0 d intelligently organized support 01 r. Maaning's candidacy and the I ,toral appeal which.- Mr. Manning't k rsonalty ma~de to friends and ac it aintances here. But for the comn- a mentary vote given to Gen. Y -u t ms, Lyan would have polled overa ety per cent ,of the Damocratic te of Charleston czaunty. ~And noi rrafter gave him a ballod F Their Aome Counties. yon's vote In Abbeville, his home ti inty, was L034. That of his cp- mr aents was 1.076. Majority against on 45. Rasgsdale's vote in Florence, his l ie county was 988. That of his m' poents was 581. Eagsdale's ma. F< ty 407. p Iouman's vote in Richiand, his m ne county, was 1,784 That of his fe, monents was 1.564 Y cuman'a ma di, Ity 219. F fail carriers have no authority to on spass upon private property and U: postal law gives them no spec- Ar rights or privileges as regard the gle of roads. The law prohibits any Ti Iful interference with the perfor- of rie of postal service, but such pro- sol ition dces not authorize mail car- the s to disregard state laws or muni- bl1 al ordinances as regards the use of res public roads, nor authorizes them thi villfuliy interfere with the rightful I f public roads, by both parties. me COTTONJRX SPIDIR th an 'as Done Considerable Damage to f0 Cotton In this Star.i E G. Titus, of the department of griculture, haS recent y made a rc- I crt on his Investigations of the cot- or Dn red snider in North and South fo arolina, Gaorgla and Alaba-.a. U1 Injury to cotton by the red Pp'der, ar bis report says has been prevelant in tt 2any sections of the cotton growing or ,ea during the past two years. The t< ause of the irjury Is a minute yel Dwish-red mite that feeds on the cat on plant, principally on the under w ides of the leaves. The mites usual- 01 y appear early in the season, but do t( ittle appreciab'e damsg- until mid t] ummer or later. The Ir j iries rarely b iecome serious unless accompanied by el ong continued dry-weather; in srCb o Lm event the multiplication of the nites Is very rapid, and the coisequent niaries are often sufficent to kill the a plants. Tnls species was first described to t he department cf agriculture in 1900 P Lad the Insects were found in Bator fb Bougbe, Ls. In 1903 and 1904 they I had caused considerable damage there. C The pest is very probable distributed r, throughoutr the entire cotton growing a area of the South, although during !ate years its appearance in inju-iqu numbers had not -been reported until the summer of 19.3. when it caused onsiderable damage to cotton in South Carolina and Gecrgla. In 1904 1 red spiders were found at Batesburg c and in other sections .of South Caroli I na. During the summer of 1905 mans a reports If Its occurrence were received from points In North Carolina, Sout Oarolina, Georgia and Alabama, an e In several of these states the Imsecte e were found in injarious numbers. a From invest'gations made In South t Carolina in l'905 It was noticed that I from a point on the margin of a field t where there were growing large poke berry plants the infestation by the red sp!der bad spread .over a fan shaped area of the adjoining cotton, The de partment believes that when a field ib found to be Infested with the spider that they may be gotten rid, of bj spraying old plants and pulling up or burning the young ones. WRITs PLJ. - 1 Mrs. Matde Bryant Assaulted by Pinee Barton at Granieville 1 A dispatch from. Aiken to The State says a young white-man by thef name of Prince Barton was brought nere early Sunday morning and pladed in jill charged wili committing ar assault upon Mrs. Mattie Bryant, whc l is said to be a divorced woman of, Graniteville. According to Mrs. Bry ant, she had never'seen Barton prior to Sunday night. She says Baitor came to her house Saturday. night while she was at a neIghbor's. Somi of the people in her house balled he. home, saying- that Barton was a nice young man. She agreed to accompanm him to an Ice cream festivaL Mrs. Bryant aays that shortly-after leaving the house Barton made an attack upon her, throwing her to the ground She resisted as best' she could, anc screamed for help. Some people near by ran to her assistance, but BartorL fled before they arrived. Mrs. Bryanit's clothes were badl~y torn, and she was bitten on the fao: and arm. She has been confined tk -er room all day. Barton was crap:ured some time al terwalds in Graniteville and br<.ught here early Sundai morning. Barton fr abo~t 24 years 67ld and Is a mill hand ' When seen by ,our, corresponden'i st the jail Sundsy-Barton said he waL acot responsile for his astlon; thit-hIL 'as drunk and didn't know what hi was ,..ing. He claimed that Mrs. Dry ma threw her arms a ound-his neci. iad said after-that he remember, othing. H1e asserted that he knew iothinag of the assault and delareit hat if ha got out of this trouble at would "cut cut" liquor. Constable Howard made the arrest. There Is no1Smctement or threats ot violence. Captain Wirz a Martyr. Because the women of the South are making an effort to collect the necessary funds for erecting a mnonu [ent to the memory of Captain Wirz, i who'sugerel a vicarious mnartydom, i being made a scapegoat for the pov rty of the ',ogederacy due to the( B~ ederal blockade, the Boston Evening I ranscript under the heading 'A Mis- i ~aken Memorial," indulges editorially, n the following mistaken arraignment i f the dead. It does not, it. says, wish ] o go into the .horrors of Anderson- t rlle for which Wirz was guilty, but t hnks it suecient to state that ,"the k irst prisoners we-0 brought to A nder- u nville Feb. 15, ~4; the war ended r n April, 1865; yeb she national ceme- e ary at Andersonville contains the t >odies of nearly 14,000 Union. .soldiers s vho succumbed to starvation or neg- t ect while prisoners of war there- c o set opposite these graves a statue *u If Wirz will ~provolre indignation p rhich we hope will not be limited to r; he North. The Grand Army have d ent a protest to the ~United Confed- g rate Veterans against the Wirz mon ment project. We hope the Confed- ta rate veterans will see the worse than p nwisdom of honoring Wirz as a p martyr" and throw their influence ci gaist any movement having that a bjedt in view."2' - a The Transcript is cheeky. If Captain qa irz is not a martyr we would like to lj now what he is. What are the facts f( i the case? During the war the total 83 umber of Federal prisoners -cap- E red by the Confederates was 270,000 B Sshown by the official records at ti 7ashington. The whole number of ~ onfederate prisoners captured by the N ederals was 220,000, according to the & me authority. It will be seen that p ie Confederates captured 50,000 a~ ore prisoners than the Federals. The kM imber of Federals who died in Con derates prisons was 22,576 and the imber of Confederates who died in deral prisos was26,436. So it ap- r ars from the offiicial records that p ore than twelve per cent of the Con- ga derate prisoners in Federal prisoms M ed and less than nine per cent of the to deral prisoners in Confederate pris q s died- The Transcript says 14,000 it iion soidiers died of "starvation" at idersonville-"starvation or ne- tlk t." This is knowingly untrue yo iey died of inadequate food and lacle medicament, just as Confederat, ar< diers were dying in the ranks from same causes, due to the Federal m< ekade and the extremely limited "E ources of the Southern Confederac3 sla latter years of ti~e war. Koreover, the Confederate govern- fez Dusands of Andersonville prisoners t marched to the coast, where they ind no ships to receive them, it hav r been decided that Grant's policy "wearing out" the Confederacy by ising to make exchanges was the ly feasible one and the poor feeble esaken prisoners of the North lifted their voices and cursed-the inhum ity of the government for which ey had fought. Gen. U. S. Grant, August sent the following tel-gram Gen. B. F. Butler: "On the sub t of exchange, however, I differ ith Gen. Hitchcock. It Is hard on ir men held in South^rn prisons not : releast them but it is humanity to io.e left in our ranks to fight 'our ttles. To commence a system ex iange now which liberates all pris iers taken, we will have to fight un I the whole South is exterminated. I we had those already caught they ount to no more than dead men. At 2is particular time, to release allrebel risoners would insure Sherman's de at and compromise our-safety here." 'here-was no exchange and therefore en. Grant, and not Capt.-Wirz, was esponsiblefor the sufrering.of Feder 1 soldiers in Confederate prisons. IF we Delieve all the papers said bout Hoke Smith before the primar re must conclude'that Georgia will ave one of the lowest of men lor gov rnor when he goes in. - Butithen the'. ;pers don't always tell the truth bout candidates. Taz wh te fiend over'.in Aiken 'onty who assaulted the lady he was scorting should have his neck broker s quick as he can be tried and convic ed. He claims that be was drunk rhen he committed: the crime and hat if he gets oat.of this scrape he rill cut whisker. Such an excusa Is Lot worth considering. Ir every business-man in our town ould do busincss-on a:strictly cash vtemtit w(.ld b a lMdssing to ps Ul. If we allhad to pay cash .we woula learn to live within our means. .t woula save business men the ex euse of bookkeepers and the loss of iad debts an of ,which xsome one bas. o pay foi. If.our town. could gradu 11y work into a strictly cash system, -ould bebetter forus all. Tz--tlanta Journal threatens hose Georgia congressmev'wbo did. iot vote for:Hoke Smitfin the pri ry with retirement' from offe two rears'frdm now. -This ;s-a poor way o brink harmony to the party. CHINESE POLITEMESS. Its aLarge Part of the Very Lft the*People. If there be one thing more'tha another upon' which the Chinese pride themselves it isnpontheir-po see ite of the thre or - four inches which helacksaom ske his ieight equal to hat of the aver age American, a Chinese ofi1a i full costume carries himself with great dignity' and self and makes an imposing In this respect 'he owes mc o. hiir long dfees, but more to' the eatieiit~ tudy o't'correct carriage. Thir as not a single awkward movemen as the Chinese genea-bow1 h risitor into the 'house: or~ Nap plids um from his on handivithea cup >f tea, which is indispenisable oan terviewl..Notunthi gest is eated will the Chinese host venture otake up his position on theaight and of theformer, and.if'in the ourse..of an excited .conversation he ~hol& raise hiaself~lioweverslight ,,irom his position it is'the duty >fthe other todo de sameM 1~o 3hinese gentleman 'will sit while hiis qal stands. Occasionally, where t is not intended to beover respect 'l to a,viisitor, a servant will bring n acup of tea-.acup in each hand. fhen, standing before his master Lnd the gue'st; he will cross his arms, serving the..gaest, who Is to he right, with his left :handy~ his aster with the right. The object f this is-to expose the palm-in hinese the heart-Of either hand' o each recipient-sof the tee. Itisi token of fidelity and respect.. This tea is not intended for rinking and is called "guest tea.* t has a higher mission-than to-allay birst. Unfortunate is the man who sases his off before ten words have een exchanged. .The oriental will. tamp him as a barbarian. .The~ iision ofthe tea isto beiused by - ither party as a signal that the in arview irat anend. A guest no yoner raises the cup to his lips thaai e voices of a dozen shout to his olies to bring his chair. So, too, 'hen the master of the house is -evented longer acting ii host he ises the cap-'to his lips as if to rink the tea; and immediately the aest's chair is Called for. Strangers'meeting in China may' eely' ek one another their names, rovinces and their business pros cts. It is always considered a. >mpliment to an old Chman to' k him his age, but the- middle ed do not'-as a rule care for the esto and their answers can rare be depended upon. It is also good irm in China to ask'the number d sex of a man's children; also if a father and mother are still alive. is wife, however, must not be men ned, even in the most indirect anner. Friends meeting, either or ith in sedan chairs, stop their arers atonce and get out with all ssible expedition. The same rule plies to acquaintances meeting on rseback.-New York Herald. A Witty Compliment. At the first performance .of DN is' "Etrangere" everybody ap ~red to be so preoccupied and wore eha serious epountenance that rshal Canrobert, who happened be present, remarked it and in ired the reason. Mmne. Brohan, is recorded, answered: "are on the eve of a great bat ,and I suppose f-ear affects us, as a see." "Fear ?" the marshal said, looking >und with a puzzled air. m~e. Brohan immediately sum ned an attendant and briefly said, icard, a dictionary for the mar A neater or wittier compliment li. - rer words it would be ingossible