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QTS VERY HOT. Senator Blease Answers the Tes timony of Mr. Lewis Parker. NO LANAHAN AGENT. Submits Affidavit From One of the Firm and From Members of Board of ControI-Says There Is a Con spiracy Against Him by the Gov ernor and Mr. Patton and Some Others. One day last week Senator Blease of Newberry, arose in the State Sen ate to a question of "personal priv ilege" and made some remarks re garding the testimony given before the state dispensary commission by Messrs. Lewis Parker and E. A. Smythe to the effect that he had been employed by Lanahan & Son to rep resent them before the former board of directors of the state dispensary. He said: I wish to ask the Senate to allow to be published in the journal five affidavits which I hold. "Just before the campaign of 1906, Mr. President, the report was circu lated that one in the employ of the State was an agent for a liquor house. I had not auy idea in the world, sir, that that meant me, and I never thought so until Senator Till man, riding on a railroad train one day, was asked the positive question as to who he referred to and he said to this gentleman, whom I suppose he thought was a very intimate friend of his and not a friend of mine, that Blease was the man whom he meant. "I immediately sat down and wrote to the different gentlemen and asked if it was true, and if it wasn't true to send me an affidavit. I read those affidavits at Union at the cam paign meeting two years ago. Just about the opening of this campaign, this year, just after I had something to say about Mr. Avery Patton, aong with this winding up commission, again this matter is brought up. The governor is from Greenville, Mr. Avery Patton, of the winding-up commission, is from Greenville, both of the witnesses are from Greenville, the correspondent of the News and Courier is from Green ville. Right at the opening of this campaign of 1908 here comes the governor with his--I want to be mild and I want to be polite-his wit nesses and his appointee Patton of the winding-up commission, all from Greenville "And in addition to that a news paper correspondent from Greenville, and if it ain't a political conspiracy:] have never seen one--a newspaper reporter from Greenville county mak ing his report come out, headed 'Blease Hired by Liquor Houses, They put a question mark after that andA it in well that they did. "Now, Mr. President. I want t< thank the Columbia State once in m: life for being fair, honest ani straightforward in this transaction; not only the correspondent in thi: chamber, but' the man who is iI charge of that office, with the wa: it is put in the paper this morning: 'Blease is Alleged to Have Been the Man.' "I am not afraid of this matter Mr. President, because I have nevel represented any whiskey house In m: life in the capacity of a sales agen and the people of South Caroline after this thing was circulated ani when I had hardly time to answe: it gave me nearly 18,000 votes foa governor; and this summer Gov. An the conspiracy botween him and hil sel will answer to those people fol Greenville allies and newspaper cor respondent. He will not only an swer politically,' but he will also an swer to me as a man, face to face be he governor or be he what he may." Senator Blease here read an affi davit from Sam J. Lanahan sayini that he never told Lewis W. Parkel or any other person that Cole L Blease was in his employ to lool after his interest in the whiskey busi ness in South Carolina; and as a mat ter of fact he did not have Cole L Blease so employed. "Now, Mr. President, this~ affidav it was published in the summer o: 1906. -Lanahan was then living and Parker did not deny it. or attempt t< have Lanahan retract It. Now Lan ahan is dead and can not speak; and the Greenville witness shows up Why? Because I hit Greenville's Pat ton and am a candidate for governo3 against Greenville's Ansel. Yes, sir that Is my belief as to the reason If a man, Mr. President, says-I: my good friend, the senator fron Richland says-that the senator fron Bamberg told hlm thus and so, and if I go to the senator from Bamberi and he says that the senator fron Richland is a liar, what more can] do? The fight is between them Equally so the fight in this case is between Lanahan and Parker; and why did Parker wait until LanahaI was dead? I do not say that Parke> is a liar, but Lanahan says that Par her is a liar. If Lanahan said that] was his agent he lied; and if Par her says that I was Lanahan'S agen1 he is a liar." Senator Blease then read affidavit: dated August 7, 1906, from Jodie M Rawlinson, John Black, Jos. B. Wy lie, H. H. Evans, John Bell Towill -1 L. W. Boykin, who composed the two last state boards of control of etate dispensary, all of whom say '-' Cole L. Blease has never directU ,.-indirectly solicited busi ness or as .-1 that purchases be made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any other party engaged in selling whiskey 0r other articles to the State dispensary. "Now, Mr. President," continued Mr. Blease. "there is the record. That is all I have got to say. I do not want to be harsh in this matter. I have endeavored to speak without feeling and without temper, and I have told this senate what I believe. I have told this senate what I pro pose to tell the people of South Caro lina. And the man that will come to may face and tell me that I was Lana han's agent, then, Mr. President. the world will find out whether he and I are both brave men or not. "I thank :ihe senate for its kind ness and ask that these remarks and .AFT ER THE EXPRESS COMPANY :ailroad Coiniission Says it Must Publish Its Ratcs. The Railroad Coninision has K dopted an order relating to e-xpress rates which is very important. Bills ii line with this order have from ,.;.me to time been presented in The eneral Assembly and there have een some complaint in regard to the olicy of the express conipanies in ;egard to the matters treated in t.he order, which is as follows: Columbia, S. C.. Feb. 1. 1908. To the Southern Express Company. it is hereby ordered: 1st. That on or by March 15. 190S. iIe Southern Express company file ith this commission, print and keep .osted, nd keep open to public in ; ispection, at each of their offices or ag-encies in this State. schedules howing all rates and charges for Ie transportation or carrying of any e"-eight; and -.Lid schedules shall -ontain cla' - rication of all freights. 0aid schedule of rates, charges and classifications to be open to public jispection at any time during office 1ours. 2d. That no rate. or change of classification of any article. be made I ntil 30 days' notice be posted at all ffices or agencies and not until this ommission has had 30 days' notice i ud its consent given to the proposed he proposed rate or change in class ictation. 3d. On or by March 15, 1908. the outhern Express company shall I paste conspiciously on each package eceived by it for shipment collect, a 'abel as herein set out: Amt..--... --.--.--.--. Weight.. ...--.... .. .. Date....-.. --.--.--. 4th. On or by March 15. 1908. the Southern Express company shall paste conspiciously on each package received by it for shipment prepaid, a label as herein set out: Amt . ... -- .. .. Weight.... .. .. .. .. .. Date........_....... .. .. 5th. On each of these labels shall be written in ink, or indelible pencil, by the forwarding office, amount col 1ect or to be collected, the weight of I the package and the date received for shipment. B. L Caughman, Chairman. John H. Earle, J. M. Sullivan. Commissioners. ESCAPED FROM JAIL. They Have Some Queer Ways Down in Dorchester County. The Dorchester Eagle says "last Thursday night week Sheriff Lime house was greatly surprised when J. M. Walker, the white man con victed of killing Joe Denicola at Bad ham over a year ago and sentenced to 15 years in the State penitentiary, walked up and applied for admission into the county jail. -The situation was explained when Walker told his story. "He showed a false key which he had cut from a piece of broom han dle. With this key he- unlocked the doors and freed himself. After trav eling a few miles, Walker decided tc come back and give himself up to the sheriff. The whole matter sounds mike a fairy tale, but the facts are there. "Walker has been awaiting a de cision of the Supreme Court upon the question of a new trial, and a few days ago the Court decided to refuse a new trial. Walker was tak en on Tuesday to Columbia where he has begun to serve his 15 years sen tence." Agrees With Bryan. The Charleston Post says those twho advocate the election of United States Senators by direct popular vote will find good argument in fa vor of their position in the Kentucky Legislature's deadlock, over the choice of a senator. The Legisla ture has been in session for a month and the term of its sitting is half over; a ballot has been taker> every day for Senator, and nc choice has yet been made, the rela tive positions of ex-Gov. Beckhiam, he nominee of the Democratic ori mary, and of Ex-Gov. Bradley, the Republican candidate, being un changed at the end of the month's contest; only one measure has.ben enacted into law, that providing a stenographer for the governor, -though important legistion is de'sir ed by the people of the State, aff3ct ing their material innterests. The whole time of the session has been given to political play, and that without any result. and the end is not yet. The deadlock seems to be complete and it is not impossible that the Legislature will adjoairn without making any choice of a Sen ator and without accomplishing any thing of the people's business for which it was elected, If Senators were elected by direct popular vote that condition would be impossible. It is impossible now in many States---South Carolina, for exam pe--in which the primary system -of nominations is the established or der in politics, the choice of the pri mary being. in effect, an election by popular vote. In Kentucky the Democrats submitted the Senator ship to a general primary and Goy. Beckham was nominated by the iar ty at the polls, but the nomination has not been accepted as binding by some of the Democratic members of the Legislature, who hold that Mr. Beckham employed methods to ad vance his own interest which have brought injury to the party. Wilile election of a Republican -Governor gives support to their contentions yet the light of the primary system as it is accepted in Scomb Carolina and some other States, the argumert is spacious, and undoubtedly a danger ous precedent is established by their attitude, which may arise to phague them in future. Gov. Beckman mnay not be the ideal Senator for Kem uc ky but he was the choice of the State for the office and it is not so easg to dafend the position of the protesting members of his part'- in the Legislature. If Senators were elected by popular vote there would be no chance of deadlocks and no State would lack its full representa tion at Washington, as many have lacked in times past, and the Leg-is latures would be able to devote ther time more completely to miak A LITTLE SERMON. It Was Against His Principles to Work On the Sabbath. Bishop Thonmas 1lowmiian, on the celebration at Orange of his ninetieth birthday, spoke wisely of religious toleration. 'The older one grows." said -.he famous Methodist biship, "the more one dharegards the little. unimpor tant, uselesss things that separate one denomination from another. Ona fixes one's mind on the great things that bind all denomuiuatiowis together. And they who, neglectinig the great things, neglecting charity and up rightness. and honor. wrangle over smarnll denominational differences, seem to an old man as absurd as the Taoist and the Shintoist. "Perhaps you know the story. "A Taoist-I think it was a Tao ist-once fell down a well, and a Shintoist--or some such person ran at full speed to his assistance. 'Oh. brother.' cried the Shintoist, leaning over the well-curb, *be of good cbeer. A ladder is at hand, and I shall have you out in a jiffy. -The Taoist was paddling about in the dark down below, up to his chin in the icy water. "'No. no,' he grunted, puffing painfully. 'Fetch no ladder. bro ther. I'll climb no ladder today, for this is Tuesday, the day conse crated by all true believers to the Most High.' "Aghast, the Shintoist poured down prayers and arguments into the well; but prayers and arguments alike were of no avail with the de vout Taoist. The other. obliged to leave the man to his fate, departed sadly shaking his head at the sound of the grunts, puffs and splashes which ascended from the blackness far below. "The next morning the Shintoist returned to the well. He peered over curiously. Yes, the Taoist was still there. The noise of his struggles still rose up. "'Ho, brother,' shouted the Shin toist, 'is all well with you below?' -All is well,' replied the Taoist, in a very weak voice; 'but I pray you, brother, fetch that ladder at once.' "The Shintoist threw up his hands iin shocked surprise. " 'Fetch a ladder today" he cried. 'Heaven forbid! Don't you know th it this is N\ edesday, the Shintoist Sab bath?' "So sayig. the Shintoist departed. leaving the Taoist blowing and splashing in the well." Feminine Reasoning. A.,A Husband (.: they arrive at the station a minute too late)-If you hadn't taken so mcuch time with your toilet, we shouldn't have been to. late.. Wife-And if you hadn't made me run, we wouldn't have to wait s long for the next train!-Tran~sat lantic Tales. A Jolt for Hlini. Miss Ellabelle Mae Doolittle, the Leesville poetess, effectively squel' ched a young man at a dance the other night. renmarks the Denver Post. Miss Doolittle, when the fad tirst became fashionable. was oper ated on for appendicitis, and the young ma~n knew this. In a waltz she had with Thim he said: "Miss Doolittle, It seems to me you dance better since you had your ap pndix cut out." "Is that so?" replied the graa~t poetess. I"Yes," he said. '"Well," came from Mie Ellabls Mae, "why don't you have yours :ut When She "Raised ' Him. According to the Watchword a young man who had not been mir red long, remarked at the dinner table the other day: "My dear. I wish you could maks bread such as mother used to make." The bride smiled, and answered in a vo'&ce that did not tremble: "Well, dear, I wish you could make the dough that father used to make" - The L'sual Way. "I reieved a lot of rejected mann scrpts to-day," said Titmarsh. "Did you?".replied his f-iend. ' i bad no idea you had an ambhitin to shine as an author," "Not exactly that." said Titmarsn "You see. my girl and I quarrl'ed, and she returned all my letters." Answers. *In Trade. Mr. Hans--Doc. I ain'd got much money. Vill you dake my bill out in drade? Dr. Gans--Why. I might. What's your business? ''I'm der leader' off her liddle Cherman" band. \'e'll play in front off your house effry efening." Cleveland Leader. THERE were during January com mercial failures aggregating $57, 639,514 while for the same month last yearathe amount was $13,638. 126. This evidence of Republican "prosperity" would indicate that al though the tariff protects the trusts it does not help general business. THE Newberry Observer says "it is sincerely to be hoped that every man, high or low, ,vho has been guilty of grafting in connection with the state dispensary will be exposed and called to account before the courts as well as before the bar of public opinion." To which we most heartily soy amen. MR. Bryan spoke at Jersey City, N. J.. and referring to his meeting an Associated Press dispatch says: 'An enthusiastic reception was ac corded William J. Bryan at the Ma jestic theatre this afterrnoon. He was introduced as 'the next presi ent of the United States, which evoked applause from the large PARKER REPLIES.1 Says Blease Admitted Knowledge of the Lanahan Matter IN A TALK WITH HIM At Wright's Hotel ill June, 1996, and in Justice to All Parties Con cerned Calls on Blease to Name the "High State Official" Who Rep resented the Lanahan Firm Before the State Board. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Please pardon a few words in answer to Senator Cole L. Blease in his recent remarks in the State Senate with reference to my testi mony before the winding-up commis sion. The absurdity of the charge of conspiracy as made by Mr. Blease must be apparent, but there may be some conditions not understood by all. Neither Capt. Smyth nor my self was a supporter of Governor Ansel in the recent campaign. For myself, though I had the highest per sonal regard for him, I differed with him on the issues of the campaign and voted for another. I have never had a communication with him or any one else referred to by Mr. Blease with reference to my testimony. except with Mr. Avery Patton, to whom, after having been subpoenaed as a witness before the winding-up commission I wrote on December 30, urging him "not again to put me to the humiliation of ap pearing in a matter about which I know practically nothing." To this letter I have had a reply and had not seen Mr. Patton until I appeared before the commission a few days since. Mr. Blease asks the question why I waited until after Mr. Lanahan's death to answer the question as to who Mr. Lanahan had told me was representing him in South Carolina. I agree with him that it was unfor tunate that the answer had to be made subsequent to Mr. Lanahan's death, but I had no choice in the matter. No one- knows better than Mr. Blease why the question was not an swered two years ago at the time of the hearing before the Lgislative committee, in June, 1906. It was upon Mr. Blease's own motion and by the effort of his own vote that I was excused from answering the question at that time, against the earnest protest of Mr. Lyon, now Attorney General. and two other members of the investigating com mittee. Having been excused by the investigating committee from answer ing the question then, it certainly would have been improper and incon sistent for me subsequently to have rushed into print to make public statements which I had asked the Legislative committee to excuse me from making before them. Having been excused then from disclosing the personage referred to by Mr. Lanahan, I was not called upon tc note any denial by him that Mr. Blease was the person referred to. It will be noted, however, that Mr. Lanahan never denied any part o1 the conversations referred to by me in my testimony. He merely denied that he had told me that Mr. Blease represented him, which at that time I had not testified to before the com mittee, because, as stated, I had beer excused. Mr. Blease certainly surprises me, however, in his statement to the ef fet that he had no idea that I re ferred to him in my statements be fore the investigating committee. When I testified in June, - 906, Mr. Lanahan had been advised of mI having been subpoenaed and of the necessity of my testifying to my con versation with him if the Court de creed that IL should do so; further more the attorneys representing Mr. H. H. Evans had _ been advised be fore I testified of the purport of my testimony. As the intimacy between Mr. Blease and Mr. Evans was well known,J had presumed that it had been com municated to Mr. Blease what my testimony would be. This precaution was confirmed it 'my own mind by statements of Mr. Blease to me. On the evening of my testimony, whilst Mr. Haynsworth and I were supping together at Wright's Hotel, Mr. Blease, vwho had been taking supper at a table some distance away, stopped at our table a moment, and after expressing hh approval of the position I had taker with reference to testifying said it effect that he was familiar with all the facts with regard to the employ ment of the party referred to by me by Mr. Lanahan; that he had no apoligies to make to anyone for vot ing to excuse me from giving the name, but that in justice to the party referred to he wanted to say that that party had not undersood fully the service expected of ia m when he accepted the employment, and when he did learn what was expected he declined to serve furthr, and re ceived less than two hundred dollars for his compensation. I understood the statement of Mr. Blease to be a diplomatic acknowl edgement of his connection with the matter, and, as, expressed in legal terms, "a plea of confession and avoidance." Mr. Blease now denies that he had any connection with Mr. Lanahan. I may add that I am advised by Mr. Win. Elliott of Columbia, who was my attorney in the proceedings before 'the Supreme Court, that Mr. Blease made to him practically the Isame statement as made above. In justice to Mr. Blease himself. and in justice to the memory of Mr. Lanahan, Mr. Blease is now, it seems to me, called upon to say who was the "high State offcial," whom Mr. Lanahan had employed, as he has acknowledged full acquaintanceship In the matter. Whilst I cannot c-on ceive that I have been mistaken as to statements made to me by Mr. Lana ham. still if there be error in w'hat Mr. Lanahan stated to me, Mr. DBease can clear it and should do so. iespectfully, Lewis A. Parker. Grenille, S. C., February 17, 1908O. The tariff that protects and fosters the trusts rnay not have caused the panic, but it certainly did not pre serve prosperity as our Poepubhcan frends deae it would. HOME TRADE PAYS. Some of the Disadvantages of Buying Goods by Mail. By Proper Newspaper Advertising the Local Merchant May Compare Successfully With Big Outsider. In a recent talk Elmer S. Batterson of Chicago. a noted town boomer. made the following pertinent remarks con :erning the mail order trade and kin dred topics: "The mail order house has no advan tage over the local stores. The cata logue house sends out a catalogue to the farmers once or twice a year. The local merchant may reach him daily in the local press. It costs at least $1 apiece to get out the catalogue. The local merebauts send out little for ad vertising. Every new customer costs a catalogue house at least $1. The local merchant seenres his patronage at a less figure. A mail order house has a large force of clerks with a large ex pense in a large city, and its goods are shown by pictures and printed pages in catalogues. A local merchaut can show his goods In his window daily. A local merchant has the advantage. He can give you goods on approval and exchange them easy. It takes time to make an exchange with a mail order flouse. "Catalogue houses do not undersell the local merchaut. This is true. One item is but a fair test. Take ten arti cles or compare a business of two months with a local merchant and a mail order house and see. Catalogue houses do not run an illegal buriness. They run a legal one. If they did not they would have been excluded from the malls long ago. as every commer cial club is on the lookout "The mail order house receives an order for a parasol for a baby cab from a woman on a rural route. This is enough. The mail order house at once surmises there is a baby in the family. It must have clothes. It will grow. In another year more clothes are needed and still more the following year. This child must have a father and a mother, and probably other chil dren are in the family. They need household articles and, being on a ru ral route. live in the country and need farm implements. Holding the letter up to the light. It is noticed that the paper Is branded and is of good qual ity, so the people must be well to do. "Merchants may go into the cata logue business. Get out a circular every so often. Have the type stereo typed. Save the plates, and when you have a dozen or so you ma get out s catalogue at a nominal price. "You must take care of your custom ers even if you lose money. No mer chant should turn down a customer. He should see him provided with the kirticle desired. A quick sale is bettei than having an article on hand for a long time. "If farmers do not come to town, something is wrong. Investigate it by asking them. If it is because lumbel as advanced and can be bought cheap er in a nt'ghborng city because theni Is but one lumber dealer in your town organize a new lumber company com pising the merchants. "All selfish motives should be cui ut Do as much business as possible but don't get jealous If your neighbol does more. An unfair merchant is traitor to his town. "A large store in a small town doe: not hurt the small stores. It takes II a large trade radius. If your town 1! four miles in radius and you dram trade from five miles surrounding it the ratio is 90 to 4. If you increase the radius one mile, you increase the trade radius almost 46 per cent. A new de partment store with improved method' will increase the trading radius. I: :nerchants in neighboring cities ge1 the advertising space in local papers it is because the local merchants den'i want it and the outsiders do. "'The town does not stop at the city limits. It takes in the farmers in thi surrounding country. A market day ib a good thing for a small town, a bar gain daty also, when farmers may set: their goods at auction. -The refunding of railroad fares also draws. Get up a banquet for the farmers. Have a re vival in a country church. Get peopl4 to come to town by giving them a prizi contest "Let the parcels post come. Let il live. It will prove a good thing. The local merchant may get better advan tages out of it than the mall ordet house if he takes advantage of It. "Merchants should spend 4 per en of their earnings in newspaper adver tising. The majority spend less thaz , per cent in small towns." Evolution and Transformation. It is possible that the most telling et fet of the past ten year:' campaign is he cause of outdoor Improvement i the influence It has had in broadening eut Lchool education. The many lines it which this may be observed, in giving the subject a few moments' thought; is remarkable. Arbor day, school gar dens, later the tentative efforts to in troduce elemental agriculture into the rural schools and lastly the introduc tion of the subject of landscape gar dening as a part of the agricultura]. college course really owe the credil for their rapid development to the growth of public sentiment in favor of the improvement of our homes and public places, upon which the realiza tion has been forced that to finally suc ceed in making a beautiful America education to that end must begin al the bottom. POWDER rLANT EXPLODED. Four White Men and Twenty-Foul Chinamnen Killed. With a force that shook the entirs bay region like an earthquake. the packing house of the Hercules Pow der Works at Pinole. 14 miles nortia of Berkely. Cal., blew up at 4 o'clocl Thursday afternon, and in the ex plosion four white men and twenty four Chinanmen were killed. Ter tons of dynamite went up in the ter rinc blast, shattering the sheds tc dust and splinters. W. M. Stilwell. foreman of~ the packing house, was blown to atoms at his post of duty. Manuel Enos. Joseph Grace and W. A Rodriguez were the other white mn killed. The twenty-eight dead included every man who was at work in the p)ackinlg house. Flamcs burst forth in the ruins fol lowing the explosion and threatened the gelatine house. whiere two score of girls were at work. A panic ensuod and many were cut by flying glass and crushed and trampled in the mad rush for the OFFICERS KILLED By Violators of the Law They At tempted to Arrest. Murders Took Place in Columbia, S. C., Dillon. S. C., and Fayetteville, Three officers were killed last week while trying to a--est violators of the law. The first was in Columbia on Saturday, when W. H. Sellers shot and killed Constable Jas. Farmer. Sellers is a notorious blind tiger, and Constable Farmer and Detective Ogg went to his house, where he stores whiskey, with a search warrant to hunt booze. Sellers refused to 'let them in and they forced the door. Sellers fired and jumped behind the door. Farmer fell mortally wound ed and Ogg beat a retreat. Sellers was arrested and is now in jail. Another Constable Killed. Mr. Ragland R. Brunson, of Dil lon, who for several months has been acting as constable for upper Marion, was shot and instantly killed at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon by a ne gro whom he was attempting to ar rest. He had previously arrested a negro on Dr. Stackhouse's place, about eight miles above Dillon, and was returning with him in a buggy when he met another negro for whom he had a warrant driving a buggy As he got down to serve the war rant, the man drew a pistol, firing three shots into Mr. Brunson, who turned and endeavored to get into -... buggy. With the- assistance of the negro already under arrest he got into the buggy and requested the man to assist him to Dr. Kellar's of fice, about two miles back. He lived only a few minutes, dying in the bug gy. Great excitement prevails in Dil lon, Mr. Brunson being a very popu lar and highly esteemed man and having a large family connection in the town and surrounding country. Chief of Police Killed. Jas. H. Benton, chief of police of Fayetteville, N. C., was shot and kill ed early Sunday afternoon by a ne gro. The murderer, Sam Murchis on. was captured an- hour after the crime and despite three distinct ef forts to lynch him was safely lodged in jail. Murchison quarreled with one of his own race and shot his antagonist, inflicting a slight wound. Chief Ben ton started out in search of Mfirchis on and after a few words the negro drew his pistol and shot the officer through the head. Murchison fired one shot at a cit izen who attempted to stop him and was wounded by one of three shots fired by Charles Benton, 17-year-old son of his victim, who took his fath er's pistol and started in pursuit of the murderer. Murchison continued his flight to the outskirts, when, af ter 30 policemen and many citizens had hunted him for an hour, he was overhauled. An unusual circumstance of Sun day's tragedy is that it is the second time within a year that Fayetteville has lost a police chief at the hands of a desperate negro. Less than a year ago Chief of Police Chesson and one of his officers were shot by a negrc 'desperado His Pleasant Expression. Discussing the traIning of dogs at a recent club. meeting an authority oE canines said: "Yes, training is an art. The simplest appearing of canine' per formances Is, properly understood, a difficult thing. It looks easy, but it is hard, and thus It Is like th~e man at the photographer's. This man, sitting for his portrait, said Impatiently to thz artist, 'Well, have I got now the pleas ant expression you desire?' 'Yes. thanki you,' said the photographer. 'that will do nicely.' 'Then hurry up.'' growled the man. 'It hurts my face.' " Work Wil Begin. Regarding the probability of Con gressional action on the Appalachiar Park bill, Governor Smith of Geor ia. who recently returned home from Washington where he with a number of other leading men fromi many sections of the country went to appear before the committee which has the measure in hand, had this to say in a published interview: "I know we have made a strong showing from a purely argumentive and business basis. I believe that the committee will take up the matter with earnestness and I have a strong reason to hope that the present Congress will start the work. It i~ necessary, it is urgent, it is vital. and it will be acomplished. The people are becoming aroused over the demand for the preservation of a large part of their forests, and are understanding the questions as they have never understood themr before. There can be no doubt of the movement." It is most gratifying to know that Governor Smith feels so encouraged over the prospects of getting the foresty measure through Congress. Governor Smith was the chairman of the committee that went to Washington. He made one of the three addresses delivered before the committee of Congress. AFTER pointing out that a presi dential victory for the Democrats would still leave the Republicans in absolute control of the Senate, the administration organs tell us that so many men are out of work because a fear of Democratic revision of the sacred Dingley tariff. The ad ministration editorial force ought to get together. THE boom launched up there in Pennslyvania somewhere for Judge Gray will never get beyond the con fines of the section in which it was put afloat. It died abornirng. WHY not make the lien law an is sne in the campaign this Summer, and find out exactly what the peo ple want done with it. MR. Bryan believes in the integri ty of the common people and that is why he is wiiing to trus* them to elect Unitea State S.:n- a:i all others. INO C and strictly rohibits the saleotalum baking powder So does France So does Germany The sale of alum foods has been made illegal in Washington ar the District of Colum. bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as Inri*"s- To protect yourself against alum, when ordering baking powder, ROYALiNWN and be very sure you get Royal. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestbilty and whole someness of the foodL SHOT AT HIM. LATIMER DEAD,.. An Attempt Made to Assassinate nttem Madea tof As te The Senator Dies Thursday Morn the Marshal of North log After a Short Illness. ho is a Son of th Late B. A. Jeffcoat, Who Was Assassinated a SHOCK TO STATE. Short Time Ago. It is reported that an attempt was. made a few nights ago to assassinate U S Ws Operated on For Mr. William D. Jeffcoat, a son of Apj.endicith at a Washington Ho. r. R. A. Jeffcoat, who was shot and killed from ambush a few pital on Sunday.-At Pint He Go months ago. Mr. Jeffcoat is the chief of police of North, and it was there that the attempt on his life Folowed and He Soon assed ws made. It- is reported that Prof. Carl Away. Schoenburg and Mr. Jeffcoat entered the waiting room at the depot of the. Seaboard Airline Railway a little af- Proyilenc& HoSDital at Washington ter dark. The waiting room was @3 Tzursday morning after a few well lighted and so was the plat- days illness. He was taken sick on. form outside. They did not notice Sunday night and was taken to the any one about, and had not the least hospital at once, where he was oper suspicion that an assassin was lurk- atqd on for appendicitis. H. got ing in the darkness. But he was, so ox very well til Tuesday, when it seems. complications setin, and tbpeSenatoj Prof. Schoeuburg remained in the grew rapidly worse until Thursday waiting room but a short time wh n id away at e left, leaving Mr. Jeecoat alone. As aa lc. oon as Prof. Schoenburg was well Us aie n w agtr ut of the way, some one opened fireweepaut hnteedcme n Mr. Jeffcoat from some cotton SntrLtmrwsaotffy eed houses nearby, but fortunately svnyasod ehsbe n one of the shot hit Mr. Jeffcoat. AthSeaenrlsxyas.Bfe earch was made Immediately for gigt h eae esre e the would-be assassin, but he had erinteH sesaRpest otten away. !i. ewsacniaet uce There is no doubt but the intentionhislanwodhaebnvtd as to assassinate W. D. Jeffcoat,fointepmayhs u er nd possibly the same part-- who kill- Hireas wrebogtfm d his father shot at Mr. Jeffcoat.WahntnTusyngt ncre ooner or later the assassin will beofacmitefSntrsnde aught and punished. The attackjrsnaveonapciltinnd oesn't seem to be on the people of itre tBloa hc lc.h orth, but is a prolongation of the lvd eao aie a ih feud that has existed in the Jeffcoat tndu-ih etea. H a amily for several years. Suchbenoryasam brofteet heings are unusual in this country. oltCuc.H evsawf n There is said to be a very strongserachlen uspicion as to who the assassin is. Axogtepopciecniae There are more than one person con- eeoe frteuepie emt ected with the dastardly affair, ac-betld ythLgsauearE. ording to a report that is being cir- 1ro Rukr fAnrsE ulated. Every effort should be made Sekro h os au .Gr o bring them to justice by the prop- o bemSntrL~adWl r officers. If the parties are caught kro ereon t will go hard with them. The good people of North should v FRS AT . not b~e subjected tO any such outrage _____ and we hope it will not again occur. HsMn red rigHmt The assassin is after Jeffcoat and no one else. If this was not the caseEne eRa. e would not have waited until Prof. 5choenburg got away before frgChretnPssas"ynoucg n Jeffcoat. The affoir has caused ls "lta ewsntgigt onsiderable talk in an'd about North.enr erac fobr Unte States dienat ProrideecurgoTimesland Weshingto atoi thrde cmoing maignr A. FOOLIH YOLG M frinday wih had urge hime to hem Get inSerousTrubl Fo Rasi aospta Latoer, Mr.Leer heas peve anyd earnest appendls mdfengt a Money dor.vprts c el S untainat Tusayounen A folis youg mn b t~naechmself.tin Jstin an the n entor I is notningowhn a he refuses toa bein of . 0 Waren wh lied es tre.e Lat is n time auhts I Kin, n mbrgCouty hs t-thtre prosnt sayeno he sed ame tenIno srius roblebyhid Senat oin Ltomeru spas abot fisey honety.Warrn i chagedw sth Mr evrs d He poar aendi raisng notoficemone orer goinhar workn th C.ngessman anrvd ten thewarantforhi arestwasW y~ erstr in the House . 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