The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 11, 1908, Page 6, Image 6
THEY MUST GO.
Secretary Straus Issues Sweep
Ing Order About Anarchists.
Says He Wants Commissioners of
Immigration Inspectors toLookAf
ter Deportation of Alien Criminals.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus Wednesday issued a sweeping
order to all commissioners of immi
gration and immigrant inspectors in
charge, directing them to confer with
the police in their respective jurisdic
tions, with a view to "securing the
co-operaton of police and detectives
in an effort to rid the country of
alien Anarchists and criminal fall
ing within the law relating to depor
tatior-.
The order of Secretary Straus fol
lows:
"To all commisisoners of immigra
tion and i mmigrant inspectors in
charge:
"It s hereby directed that, with r
view to promptly obtain definite in
formation with regard to alien Anar
chists and criminals located in the
United States, you shall confer fully
with the chief of police or the chief
of the secret service of the city i'
which you are located, furnishing
such officials with detailed nfornr
tion with regard to the meaning o'
the term 'Anarchist,' as used in tb
Immigration Act of February 20
1907, and with regard to the inhib i
tion of the statute against aliens of
the criminal classes, explaining the
powers and limitations imposed by
said statute upon the immigration
officials with respect to such persons.
"You should call to the attention
of the chief of police or the chief of
secret service the definition of the,
term 'Anarchist' contained in Sec
tions 2 and 3 contained in the Act of
February 20. 1907, and provision of
Section 2, placing within the ex
cluded classes *persons who have
been convicted or admit having com
mitted a felony or other crime' or
misdemeanor involving moral turpi
tude, 'pointing out that if any such
person is found within the United
States within three years after land
Ing or entry there he is amenable
to deportation under the provisions
of Section 21 of said Act. The co
operation of said chief of police
should be requested, making it clear
that in order that any particular
Anarchist or criminal may be de
ported evidence must be furnished
showing (1) that the person In ques
tion is an alien subject to the Immi
grant Acts, (2) that he is an Anar
chists or criminal as defined in the
Statute, (3) the date of his arrival
in the United States, which must be
within three years of the date of his
arrest, (4) the name of the vessel or
the transportation line by which he
came if possible, and (5) the name
of the country whence he came; the
details with respect to the last three
- items being kept at the various ports
of entry in such a manner as to be
available if information is furnished
with respect to the Anarchist's name,
the date of his arrival and the port
of entry. -
"It is desired that the above in
dicated steps shall be taken at once
and that no proper effort shall be
spared to secure and retain the co
operation of the local police and de
tective forces in an effort to rid the
country of alien Anarchists and crim
inals falling within the provisions of
the statute relating to deportation."
THE USUAL CONTESTS.
Filed By Dantzler, Meyers and Prio
leau for the Fees.
March 24 is the day fixe for hear
ing the contests filed for the seats of
Mess. Legare, Patterson and Lever
by the three negroes. who claim to
have been elected to congress. Aaron
P. Prioleau, who has been figuring
some in the prints of late, and who
once figured in jail for robbing the
mails, Is contesting the seat of Le
gare. Isaac Myers from somewhe-e
about Aiken, is contesting the seat
of Patterson, while A. D. Dantzler
contests Lever's seat. All three of
these negroes have contested before.
and, finding it profitable, have done
it again. They each get $2,000 al
lowed by congress to any one who
files a contest. The wonder is that
there are not a dozen negroes every
time, instead of one in each district.
All they have to do is to get up and
run, then fie a notice that they were
rightfully elected and cheated out of
it. It is not necessary to get votes
at all. The election committee of
the house, which will hear the con
testants, will have some fun out of
the negroes who appear before them
and then vote unanimously to throw
their cases away as being without
any justification.*
CAN'T BE FOUND.
Relatives of a Dead Man at Asheville
Can't Be Located.
The body of James Orlando Ami
don, who died in a hotel at Asheville
several days ago, still lies unclaimed
in an undertaking establishment in
that city. The body is embalmed
-and dressed ready for burial, and the
-lodge of Masons is using every ef
fdrt to locate the relatives of the
deceased. A badge found on the
lapel of the stranger's coat indica
ting that he was a memiber of that
Order. . The deceased is said to
have a brother named G. Fred Ami
do n at Framingham, Mass., and a
siV er named Miss So Amidon at Mid
* be- N. H., but telegrams to both
placs failed to elicit any response.
In th- "ockets of the dead man's
clothing -ns found a postal card
from the iH::wkins Publishing Coin
.pany of Wate,-ille. N. Y., addressed
to the deceased :sMiami, Fla. *
Marked for Murder.
Father Jacob Aust, pastor of St.
Stanislaus Polish Catholic church,
of Hazelton, has received a letter de
claring that he is one of six priests
of this country marked by the anar
chists for death in the same manner
in which Father Heinrich, of Denver,
was recently murdered.
Sold Game Birds.
In a Magistrate court at Sumter
on Tuesday the case of the Dixie
Cafe was tried for unlawfully offer
ing for sale game birds. and the cafe
owners were found guilty by a jury
of selling six birds, one offence, and
fined $12.50 or fifteen days in jail.
COL. IANKS HONORED.
Presented With a Loving Unp By H1is
Comnittee.
The State says one of the
plea.ant incidents of the pres
ent session of the general as
seii.!y was the presentation Thurs
day of a handsome silver loving ctp
to Representative J. A. lsanks of Or
angeburg. the chairman of the ways
and means cdmmittee. by the other
ment-rs of that committee. -Mr.
Banks has worked hard to make a
record while in charge of this. one
of most important parts of the gen
eral assembly. and his committee has
been an unusually harmonious one.
But Mr. Banks had not an inkling
of the pleasant surprise in store for
him when the committee met Thurs
day morning.
Mr. Dick was selected to make the
presentation speech and in a few
words he told of the high esteem in
which the chairman was held and
hoped that the cup would be accept
ed as a token of the love and es
teem of the members.
Mr. Banks. in receiving the cup.
expressed his appreciation and made
the statement, much to the regret
of his friends. that he would onl ac
count -of business reasons, hardly ask
for legislative recognition from the
baby county. "Calhoun." However.
the other members of the committee
state that Mr. Banks must come back.
even if it is necessary to elect him
State senator and send him to the
upper branch of the general assem
bly.
The cup is a handsome one and is
engraved with the date and the en
time rembership of the commit
tee.
RO3ilCIDE NEAR LAMAR.
Old Dispute Over Land Line Ends in
a Murder.
A dispatch from Lamar to The
News and Courier says Wednesday
afternoon J. S. Parnell shot and in
stantly killed Robert Randolph about
two miles from here. Both parties
are white. It appears that trouble
has been brewing between Parnell
and Randolph for several years over
a land line.
While laying off rows in his field
Wednesday Randolph, who is a quiet
and well liked man. was placing a
guide stake when Parnell approached
from the side, and, taking deliberate
aim with a breech-loading shot-gun,
fired at Randolph. The entire load
entered the neck and face, killing
him instantly. Parnell went to his
house, and getting his coat fled, car
rying the gun with him.
Two deputies of Sheriff Blackwell
are on their way to the scene and a
posse is being formed to hunt down
the slayer. A lynching is feared if
Parnell is captured before the officers
arrive. Randolph was about 45
years old and leaves a wife and three
small. children. Parnell is a ma-1 of
about fifty years. The tragedy was
witnessed by David Paul, a negro.
FIRE RAGES, PUPILS SING.
Scholars Marched Singing fronm the
Burning School Building.
While a fire raged in the fourth
floor of the five-story public school
building n 19th street, New York on
Friday two thousand pupils .marched
from the building singing "Anteri
ca,"~ under the leadership of their
teachers. The children were engaged
in their singing exercises when the
fire gong rang, and they continued
to sing as they marched out of the
building.
There was no sign of a panic and
a few minutes after the first alarm
was sounded all the children were
assembled in the school yard wait
ing the word of dismissal. Fort in
ately all of the smaller children were
in rooms on the lowver floors of the
building and many of them did not
know of the fire when they were call
ed upon to march out by the regular
fire drill. The fire was quickly ex
tinguished after causing $200 dam
age.
FEA.RED FOR NEGRO'S LIFE.
Alleged Assailant of Young Girl Re
moved to Penitentiary.
A special to The News and Cour
ier from Laurens says as a matter of
precaution Sheriff Duckett carried to
the penitentary a negro prisoner.
Fred Eldrege, who was lodged in
the prompt action of Constable El
ossaulting the 7-year-old daughter
of Mr. MacGambrell, of Princeton.
The child is reported to be in a
serious condition and much excite
ment prevails in the Princeton sec
tion. When the matter becanme
known efforts were made by large
parties of citzens to run the alleged
rapist down, but were thwarted by
the prompt action ac Constable El
ledge, who arrested and carried the
negro to jail, thus for the time sav
ing the boy's neck. Late in the af
ternoon, however, rumors reached
the sheriff that a lrowd was being
organized to make a raid on the jail.
hence the prisoner's remov .1. *
MAN FOUND DEAD.
Familiar Object of Charity at Green
ville Passes Away.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
News and Courier says P. A. Ham
mett a well known and pathetic fig
ure on the streets for the past year.
was found dead in a lonely and al
most unfurnished roomt he called
home early Wednesday morning.
The body was taken in charge by
the coroner. Heart disease was de
clared the cause of death and no in
quest was deemed neenssary. The
body has LPean enb~almed to he kept
for identification. He was about 60
years old and because of a disease
of the eyes could not work. The
Salvation Army gave him a room and
he begged on the streets. He had
no friends and no one knows v i re
he came from, or whether he left
any relatives. There was nothing to
give any definite clue to his identity.
Merry Makers Killed.
At New Orleans the had accident
of the Mardi Gras Carnival occurred
Wednesday night when three negroes
were killed b.- a street car. The ne
groes were in a wagon and were part
of the merry-makers en route for the
entre of the city to witness the
Comus parade, when they were run
down by a street car.
Even if you can not toot a horn
you caon folno a rform band.
BENEATH GROUND.
In a British Co!umbia Gold Mine.
When the manager of a gold mine
at Rossland offered to take us down
we accepted readily, and it was only
when we were invited to "step-in"
that we thought of the light summer
suits which most of us were wearing.
We had left the boat at .obson and
come on to ,.ossland to learn some
thing of that vast mineral wealth up
on which. with lumber and fisheries
and fruit growing, the cominer-ial and
industi'ial future of British 7olumbl,a
is to be built. At the Centre Star the
sant of the shaft is one of about 60
d&egrees and the body of tne skip slopes
baI1cKi to the rails upon which it falls
into the depths. Which means that
when the eight of us are pacKed tight
lv in the innocents who uave entered
first find themselves tilted on their
heels, their backs upon the cold, wet,
rusty iron, and held fast oy the ov
erlying strata of human avoirdupois
which fills the skip.
It was at the third floor window
that the man stood who heard the Op
timist, hurrying by on his long fall
from the roof of the twenty story
skyscraper, murmur to himself that it
was "All rigliL so far," It Is at about
that stage of his downward journey.
probably. that the man who descenas
a mine for the first time begans to
take the cheerful view. His earlier
mind is complex, elusive and difficult
of analysis, but at any rate i': is not
chetrful. Sudden blackest darkness;
the feeling of falling out of one's hair;
the whirling cable that may snap;
the engine man who may lose .ontrol;
an upward glancing of the soul to all
Defending Powers: and then oblivion
-an oblivion cloven as it were, in
past the openings. one below the oth
er, of the dimly lit galleries at deep
er and deeper levels. The skip slack
ens speed, hovers hesitatingly for a
moment and then comes to a stand
and we step out.
"You'll want candles," says the
manager, and on the threshold of this
new world we light them propitiator
ily, as upon an altar. It is a world of
gray. The walls before us and the
roof above, upheld by huge ti-mbering,
are gray, relieved only at a nearer
view by the shimmer of the imprison
ej metals. The galleries that extend
to right and left, the cars wnich pass
us laden and the men who oend be
hind them are gray as the ore which
they dump between the rails into a
chamber below. The electric lamps
which line the roofs of the gallerles
burn gray, as it seems, and the very
air is gray. On the mountain above
the sun is shining, and thank Goa
for the green world that one can look
upon thence.
"Ollabo'd:" cries our guide. Obadi
ently we clamber into the little sqaare
trucks which have been brought up
I in a row to carry us through the
mine. Each nian has his truck, rides
alone upon his own plank and lights
I himself with his own particular can
dle.
In a moment we are in the gallery.
As we meet the sharp current of air
I the hot wax gutters over onto our fin
gers and we slant the candles back to
the horizontal.
At the end of a long gallery, where
a second shaft descends, we cumb out.
penetrate a gloomy, narrow passage
in which heaps of ore lie waiting to
be trucked away, and croucemng enter
from below a little chamber, some 8
by 8 feet. blasted in the rock.
Here, where the air is still full of
the odor of gelignite. is a driller at
work with his machine. We squeeze
ourselves flat and bend low against
the sloping walls and watch.
The heavy iron arm shoots out and
in, striking t'he face of the rock full
square perhaps fifty times a minute,
every blow falling with tne weight
of 1.000 pounds. twisting as it strikes
as if to bore through what It cannot
break away. The man behind the
Idrill turns on us an impassive face.
No one speaks or would be heard 'or
the echoes of the thrust and thud and
the vibration of the machine. We
wonder that beneath such blows and
amid such din the sleeping masters of
gray unde'rworMl should not awike
and bring the foundations down up
on us.
At the bottom of the shaft we wait
while the men of the night shift flash
by us, skip after skip, to Ler wort
in the lower depths, and then we
are drawn out. of the void as we came.
-London Daily News.
Bread in SIxty Minutes.
Reaping began on a fielu of wheat
at Blocklev. in Worcestershire. at 9
o'clock in the morning and'was serv
ed as bread just 60 minutes after.
The 'coon hunters of Three Springs
Huntington county this state. recent
ly treed a 'ccon, shot it, anc then had
a dog fight under the tree. and all tae
fun and excitement belonging to a
Igenuine 'coon hunt, only to find later
that it was somebody's tabby ('at.
There are now in Germany 116
cities with special schools for back
ward childrei. The total number of
these schools is 203. and tue numter
Iof pupils is 13,100. Berlin has 31 of
these accessory schools.
If you are prosperous you will be
envied and if poor despised; get in the
middle of the road and turn on steam.
-Cuero Record.
"How fast does your automobile
"I can't say," replied the motorist.
"It all depenas on how many sher
ifs we meet on the route."
Many a girl surrenders at the piano
Looted a. Bank.
A telegram from Chihuahua, Mex
i'co, late Wednesday afternoon says
that the Banco de Minero, owned by
Amassador Creel has been robbed
of $295,000 in Mexican money. No
per sons have been arrested.
FRANK H. Hitchcock has resigned
as first assistant postmaster general.
-e will be succeeded by Charles P.
Granfield of Missouri. Mr. Hitch
cock will take charge of the Taft
hoom, and see that the colored bro
ther is kept in line for his man.
A WASHINGTON lettet to the Au
usta Herald says "there is no get
ting around the fact that Senator
Tilman is a very popular man
among the people at large, if one
may believe one-half of what he
hears concerning the South Carolina
enator from men who are gathered
in Washington from all parts of the
DECLARE FOR BRYAN.
Nebraska Populist s Instructs Dele
gates to Vote for Him.
With the largest number of dele
gates at any Nebraskan Populist
meeting for four years, the Populist
convention was called to order at
Omaha Thursday afternoon. Resolu
tions reaffirming the Omaha platform
enunciated in 1892 and declaring for
the support -)f Bryan by all Populists
were adopted. The convention af
terwards listened to speeches of the
true Populist brand made by differ
ent leaders. while the committee pre
pared a platform fiery enough for
the old-time Populists. After a de
bate lasting two hours the conven
tion decided to respond to the call
to the national committee and to send
a full delegation to the Populist na
tional convention at St. Louis. Thir
ty seven delegates were selected 7or
that purpose aml instructed i vote
and work for the interests of W. J.
Bryan.
GOT THEIR MONEY.
Certain Whiskey Houses Paid by the
Dispensary Commission.
A dispatch from Asheville to The
State says Judge Pritchard in the
United States Court Thursday made
an order in the Wilson case. other
creditors intervening authorizing the
South Carolina dispensary commis
sion to pay certain creditors amounts
agreed on between the commissioners
and creditors.
The total amount ordered paid out
by Judge Pritchard. in accordance
with the judgments rendered by the
dispensary commission, is $14:8,724.
89. The sworn claims filed with the
commission in the 14 cases amounted
to $174,079.56. The total amount
of "graft" and overcharges recovered
by the State in these cases is $25,
354.67.
HIDDEN TREASURE FOUND.
Many Million Dollars Discovered in
Ruins of Old Castle.
Hidden treasure valued at eight
million dollars is reported -o have
been discovered in the ruins of an
ancient castle at Kamenietz, near the
Russian-Galitzan frontier. The treas
ure consists of thirteen tons of pure
gold and of much jewelry and pre
cious stones. It was concealed by
Prince Galitzin when he fled from
-Kamenietz, exactly 110 years ago.
Efforts to learn the details of the
discovery are blocked by those who
are In posession of the facts.
Burglar s Notebook.
"Here Is an interesting find," said
Lecoq the detective. "It Is a bar
glar's notebook. Instructions for the
burglarious young. Listen and I'll
read you some extracts."
He opened the little yellow book
and read:
"To keep from sneezing close eyes
and open mouth and press upper lip
till desire vanishes.
"Use turpentine to drill iron If it
is hard.
"Put hard soap into cut when saw
ing off padlocks.
"Black the face when doing job
and carry soap and piece of mirror
to wash off with; also carry towel
"Put rubber washer on bottom of
vise to make soundless.
"Carry vial of tincture of arnica
fr cuts and bruises.
"Try all chisels before using.
"Use electric lamp, never the old
fashioned oil lantern.
"To break window, cut with dia
mond and then spread thick white
tad on flannel and press from.
"Hold lamp always at arm's leng
th when lit. Then, if It is shot at
you will not be hit.
More Than Merely Discreet.
There is a Chicago lawyer who.
his colleagues aver, has a positive
genius for malapropos suggestion to
his witnesses on the stand, says
Harper's Weekly.
Recently this lawyer was counsel
In a suit for divorce, wherein he was
examining a woman who had taken
the stand in behalf of the plaintiff.
"Now, madam." began the attor
ney, who is always saying the wrong
thing, "repeat the slanderous state
ments made by the defendant onl
this occasion."
"Oh, they are unit for any re
spectable person to hear!" gasped
the witness.
"Then, madam," said the attor
ney, coaxingly, "suppose you just
whisper them to his honor tha
judge."
Measure for Measure.
"And the name Is to be-" asked
the suave minister as he approached
the font with the precious armful of
fat and ficunces.
"Augustus Philip Ferdinand Cod
rinton Chesterfield Livingstene
Snooks."
"Dear, dear!"' Turning to the sex
ton: "A little more water. Mr. Per
kins, If you please."--London Tit
Bits.
Only Pai-rot Talk.
Abrose Austin, an English musician,
had a parrot. On one occasion the
late duke of Edinburgh, son of Queen
Victoria, spoke to it. Thereupon the
parrot angrily said, "You're a snob!"
to the horror of Its loyal owner and
the delight of his royal highness.
The pulpit would profit by looking
at it from a pewpoint once in a while.
SPEAKER Cannon's little presiden
tial boomlet thas met with great
encouragement ' being endorsed
by the republic tittee of Guil
ford county. . Ir. Cannon
was born in th t c
SOME papers tce rinding fault be
cause too many candinates are com
ing out. This is a free county and
every man who feels like it can run
for office, and we don't think the
gentlemen of the press should ob
A white man was acquitted in
Barnwell on the charge of murder
but. The State says "now he is in
real trouble, being charged with at
tempting to steal from the treasury.
Murderers and scientific grafters
need not worry, but the white thief
Their Occupation Is Fraught
With Perils and Hardships.
OF LONG EXISTANCE
No Marine Industry in These Days
Brings Such Hazards-Daily Dur
ing the Sealing Season Hundreds
of Men Risk the Dangerous ice
Flows.
There is a seal fishery which has
had a far longer existence than the
fur-seal fishery of the Pacitic, and en
joys greater vitality, and mnat is the
hair-seal fishery of Newfoundland and
Laoradur. u marine imuustry ii
these d.:ys b. irs s:ci hazards to
crews aj:d slups as thi:: o-e. Da1:
during the sealing season hundreds of
men risk their lives on the floes, and
the vessels face arctic "nips" which
often crush them. When the hunt op
ens, stout steamers, built for this
fishery and carrying 5,0G men, sail
from various ports in quest of mighty
floes swept south from Greenland.
Somewhere amid these the herds will
be found, the mothers having mounted
tne ice to drop their young, which
are cradled there, the parents fishing
In the adjacent waters for their sub
sistence. The seal-ships must ven
ture amid the floes for their quarry,
and the seal-men must hunt these
"pinnipeds," as scientists call them
across the frozen wastes, subjected to
all the perils of such a pursuit, with
out tents or other shelter, fire, or
the raeans of making any, and no
chance of retreat to their ships if a
blizzard besets them when they are
far from the vessels, and often they
go six or eight miles across tne crys
tal wastes in the excitement of the
hunt.
The crews always start off at day
break and remain out till night. They
are clad in flannel underwear and can
vas outer garb, but carry no over
coats, that they may travel tue easier,
and take along only a little food, for
the same reason. Hence, when bliz
azrds assail, they are Ill provided to
defy them, and if the storm is pro
longed, they cannot withstand the ri
gors of a night on the floe, with its
benumbing cold and gnawing huxger.
Never a year passes but some seal
ship will shelter ten or twelve hun
dred men for a night or two, the
whole assemblage on the floes making
for the nearest steamer when storm
or fog threatens, lest they lose their
way in trying to reach their own and
fall victims to the perils with which
they are engirt.
One of the most serious tragedies in
the annals of this industry befell the
crew of the steamer Greenland on
March 29, 1898. Up off Labrador at
this time winter has by no means
spent its fury, and on this eventful
day, while her two hundred men were
scattered over the floes, a blinding
snowstorm began, with a startling
drop In the te:mptrature, the vscl
was driven helplessly setwasrd, and
the hapless crew were La to their
fate, no other ship being near and
they being far from land. When Lm.e
tempest ended, after two days an^
nights, It was found that forty-seven
had perished and sixty-three were se
verely frostbitten, some .so severely
as to be maimed for life. The story
of the sufferings of the wretched par
ty was appalling. A few years ago
the steamer Huntsman was penned
in a floe off Labrador and driven
against a rocky islet, where she went
to pieces, forty-two men perishing
within an hour amid the contending
ice, reefs, and fragments of th'e ves
sel. The rest of the crew crossed the
floes ':o the land; but one man, named
French, had been left Oehind, uncon
scious. As the ship struck, he was
fung against the rocks, having his
shoulder, two fingers and two ribs
broken and his head badly gashed.
But he was wedged in a crevice, and
when consciousness -returned he
crawled, with the aid of his uninjured
hand, to the top of the rock, where
he lay for forty-two hours drenched
by the spray and battereu by chunks
of ice, lacking drink and food, and
agonized from the pain of his wounds.
ti" the ice closed in solid and enabled
ham to make his way to the coast,
which he did safely and ultimately
recovered. That same man, aged 70,
was seal-a.unting this year, it being
his 54th consecutive season.
Record For Good Cows.
James Miller. of Schultzville, Lack
aanna county, Pa., has a herd of 16
cows that yielded 15,6?,1 pounds of
milk in one month, an average of al
most 1,000 pounds a cow, or about 16
quarts a day.
The laws of Norway compel- a man
who chops down one tree to plant
three saplings.
By emigration Europe loses 960.000
natives every year, and in me same
peiod 200,000 return.
Ma's motto for framning: Keep busy
and you won't have to read books
on how to be happy.
When a man get~s away from home
he can wear a blue shirt with a red
necktie,-if he wants to.
Some weddings are little else than a
dress suit case.
IT is a pity that the work of the
dispensary commission has been in
terrupted by the United States
Court, and we hope that the matter
can yet be amicably arranged so as
the good work being done by the
commission can be continued.
WITH 88,000 men out of work in
Chicago and 90,000 in New York
the full-dinner-pail argument is
likely to be badly battered up be
fore the next campaign opens.
C. W. MORSE, of New York, anoth
er eminent "defender of the nation
l honor" is now engaged in a tus
sel with the sheriff and a bunch of
legal wits. The idols continue to
THE three most popular and most
thoroughly trusted men by the mas
ses n the United States today are
Wiiamn Jennings Bryan, Theodore
Should Be Instructed.
Herman Ridder, editor of a New
York paper, recently traveled
through the South urging, so the
the New Orleans Times-Democrat
says. the Democrats of this section
to see to it that Mr. Bryan is not
nominated at Denver. In an inter
view with the Times-Democrat Mr.
Ridder says: "I am convinced that
Mr. Bryan can not carry a northern
state, and I would like to suggest to
our southern friends that they
should not instruct their delegates
for Mr..Bryau, but tha- they should
go to Denver uninstructed, so that
the Democrats all over the country
may consult and advise together in
regard to the best man to put at the
head of the ticket. Perhaps by
that time Mr. Bryan himself will
come to the conlusion that by his
public utterances he has made him
self impossible and will agree with
the other Democrats in nominating
a winning ticket."
But why should the rank and file
of democracy leave to their repre
sentatives the duty of doing what
the rank and file should do? The
men whom Mr. Ridder represents
would, according to the'Philadelphia
Press, be satisfied with "anybody
but Bryan." Why not "trust the
rank and file to say what the party's
course shall be? So far as Mr. Bry
an is concerned he has not asked
and will not ask for the vote of any
man or of any state. He does say,
however, that it is the duty of Dem
ocrats in precinct, county and state
convention to instruct their dele
gates as to the choice for the Dem
ocratic nominee.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
puts it well when in referring to Mr.
Ridder's "no instruction plan" it
says: "We think that the will of the
constituencies can not be made too
plain. An uninstructed convention
would present boundless possibilities
of chicane. No candidate should be
considered, unless his record will
stand the probe of popular scrutiny.
Under our primary system. we have
earned to judge candidates on their
merits and have forever foregone
the assistance of the middlemen who
used to pack conventions and thwart
the people's will. We once labored
under the delusion that United
States senators could not be choosen
without days and weeks of wrang
ling in state legislatures. But, hap
pily, all that has been changed and
we can not see why the democracy's
standard-bearer should not be se
lected in like fashion. Whatever is
done, let it be done in the open.
The dark horses should be kept in
the stable-and so should the jock
eys who are so eager to mount."
Democratic Opportunity.
"We are not likely to have a
walkover in 1908, and this is not the
tme for dissensions within the par
ty ranks."---Leslie M. Shaw.
The Washington Herald says' this
obvious truth, uttered by the recent
secretary of the treasury, and refer
ring especially to the republican sit
uation in Iowa, is equally applicable
to the country at large. Party lines
are broken everywyere. All well
informed republicans like Mr. Shaw
keenly appre're that no "walkov
er" is in pro t for 1908.
Dissensions are the rule, not the
exception. A great party is work
ing at cross-purposes. It is at log
gerheads as to men, wide apart as
to measures; uncertain, undeter
mined, and afraid.
It is as a house divided against
itself.
Six months before Harrison's ov
erwhelming defeat in 1892, possibly
arty conditions were as bad as they
are today, but certainly no worse.
Rooseveltism is almost, if not
quite as strong as ever it was, in
spite of adverse material conditions;
but Rooseveltism, as everybody
knows, is not republicanism, and
the only republican who, apparently
can keep alive the whole of this
Rooseveltian sentiment--Roosevelt
himself-has eliminated himself
from the presidential equation.
Mr. Shaw puts it mildly enough
when he says "we are not likely to
have a walkover in 1908." Repub
licans of somewhat less prominence
are saying, '"We shall be lucky if we
escape defeat." They are fast com
ing to believe, in fact, that but one
of their number-Hughes, of New
York-cen safely insure the party'
salvation, and Hughes, of New
York, strange to say, is not to be
permitted to have the nomination,
[if the administration can prevent it.
Hence the clouds now hovering
over the g. o.p.
If the democratic party is really
lacking in optimism at this momen
tous juncture, as it seems to be, we
1can account for it only upon one of
two theories-either it does not read
the signs of the time aright, or made
sick at heart by hope long deferred,
its pessimism is become chronic.
And the most hop'eless type of pessi
mist, we may add, is that still too
ubiquitous democrat who obstinate
ly refuses to see in William Jennings
Bryan the man of the hour-the
democrat of all democrats to whom in
1908 the presidential nomination will
be least likely to prove a forlorn
hoe.
If Rooseveltism passes, be prepar
ed for Bryanism.
IN a speech made by Bryan at
akson. Miss.. Saturday, the Ne
braskan declared that money is being
used by interests representing the
trusts and the railroads to secure'
the election of delegates to~ the rh
ver conventions oppo.Ced t ..ih.3 a m
PI
Absoiu
The only hs
made with
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FIVE AT A BIRTH
The Same Family Has Had Twins
and Triplets Before.
Five perfectly formed children
were born at Steuuenville, Ohio, to
Mrs. George Campbell. Three of the
babies died within an hour. One
boy and one girl will live, the ; hysi
cians think Mrs. Campbell weighs
less than 100 pounds. The combined
weight of the infants was twenty
four pounds.
Campbell who is a mill worker,
has four brothers. In the families
of two of these twins have been born
and each of the other broth'e-rs is
the father of triplets. Campbell's
first wife died after becoming the
mother of triplets. -
Campbell was for twelve yeats in
the United States Navy and fought
under Schley of Santiago. Two of
his brothers are now with Admiral
Evans' fleet in the Pacific.
SHOT BY STRAY BULLET.
Young Lady Sustains Serious Injury
From Rifle Ball.
Miss Russie Prather, one of the
best linotype operators in Spartan
burg and a young woman of wide
acquaintance and popularity, was
seriously wounded by a stray rifle
ball, while walking in the surburbs
Friday evening. She was alone at
the time, and was returning from a
visit to a relative. The ball pene
trated her right hip inflicting a
wound that bled profusely, causing
her to fall from exhaustion before she
realized that she had been shot from
ambush. Who fired the shot is un
known. --
HERO WORSHiP.
Bchurz in His Autobiography Teils
How Sherrnan Was Applauded.
When he (Gen. Sherman) called
himself a "happy man" there was a
tone of just exultation in his words.
He was, indeed, a happy man. He
had won great renown as a soldier
and an immense popularity all over
the Northern country. This he knew;
and he thoroughly relished it. All
sorts or societies and public organi..
zations had made him their honorary
member, and he appeared among them
as often as he could. Whenever he
entered a theatre, which ne did very
often, the orchestra would strike up
''Marching through Georgia"; the
whole audience would rise and clap
their hands, sometimes even singing
the tune, and his rugged face would
fairly glow and beam with pleasure.
Every social circle greeted him as a
most welcome guest, and at receptions
and evening parties and other gath
erings the pretty girls would come
up and kiss him-and how he did
enjoy all this'-McClure's Magazine.
Tested With Drops of Water
A drop of water, even three or
four drops, falling on the head seems
a thing unworthy of attention;
nevertheless in China a slow and con
tinuous dropping of water on the
head has been found to be a method
of torture under which the most
hardened criminal abjectly howls
for mercy.
When a professor in the Sorbonne
stated this to his class the other
day, says the London Chronicle, one
of the students laughed increduously,
and said it would take a good deal
of that sort of thing to affect him.
The professor assured him that
even one quart of water dropped
slowly onto his hand would be be
yond his endurance. He agreed to
experiment.
A quart measure filled with water
was brought in, a microscope hole
was bored in the bottom and the per
formance began, the professor count
ing.
During the first hundred drops the
student made airy remarks. With
the second hundred he began to look
less cheerful, then gradually all his
talk died away, and his face took on
a haggard, tortured expression.
With the third hundred the hand be
gan to swell an look red. The pain
increased to torture. Finally the
skin broke.
At the four hundred and twentieth
drop the sceptic acknowledged his
doubts vanished and begged for
mercy. He could bea~r no more.
Cures Sleing S'iciieSr:
Professor Koch. the great German
medical authority, who has been in
Africa about 18 npaths, inquiring
into the causes and cure of that
strange and widely prevalent mala
dy. the sleeping sickness, has become
famous throughout a large portion of
the Dark Continent. He has treated
and cured hundreds of black men af
ficted with the dread disease men:
tioned. and has, therefore, been given
the title of "Great White Wizard."
Clothing Caught Fire.
While passing in front of a fire
in an open fireplace the dress of the
seven-year-old daughter of Jule
Thompson, of St. George, Ga., caught~
-e and in h'e fright she ran into
the yard. She was so badly burned.'
DER
tely Pure
Toyal Crape
if Tartar
.ime Phosphate
APPOINTS BOARD
Judge Pritchard Asks Commission
to Manage DispensaryFund.
Arthur, of Union, Accepts, But the
Other Members of the Commis
sion Will Decline.
At Asheville on Friday application
was made to Judge Pritchard In. the
United States Court by counsel in
the case of Fleischmann & Co. vs
W. J. Murray, et als, and Wilson' Dis
tilling Companyvs. W. J. Murray. et
als, for the appointment of a tem
porary receiver for the South Caro
lina dispensary fund.
The defendant commissioners were
represented at the hearing by Daniel
W. Rountree of Atlanta, Ga. who
waived the required notice of motion
as to.the Fleischmann Company, and
after hearing the petition, the Court
granted an order appointing the de
fendants, Messrs. W. .. Murrar, C.
H Henderson, Avery Patton, . John
McSween and B.. F. Arthur. as tem
porary receivers for the dispensary
funds now in their posession.
The petition upon which the mo
tion was granted stated that a bill
had been introduced in the South.
Carolina Legislature directing the
defendant commissioners to - return
the funds now in their hands to the
State Treasurer.
The commissioners were Imme
diately notified of their appointments
as receivers, but up to a late hour
Friday night only one response had
been received, that of Mr. B. F. Ar
thur, who stated that he would ac
cept and would act as a receiver.
Dr. Murray has declined, since to
accept would be to admit the Juris
diction of the Federal Court. Messrs.
Patton, McSween and Henderson will
not accept Whether or. not Govern
or Ansel will call an extra session Is
now the question.
A SPLENDID SELECTIONE
F. H. McMaster Is Elected State In
surance commtssiflbn.
Mr. F. H. McMaster, of Columbia,
was elected insurance commissioner
Wednesday afternoon and will be the
frst to hold the new position, which.
carries a salary of $2,600 per year.
The office was created at the present
session of the General Assembly, and
by Act the commissioner Is charged
with all duties pertaining to Insur
ance companies which now devolve
on the Comptroller General and oth
er State officials and with new du
ties imposed by the Act
Mr. McMaster is one of the best
known and most popular young men
in the State. He is a native of Fair
field County, a. graduate of Pouth
Carolina College and holds a diploma
in law from that' institution. He was
at one time in partnership with Sen
ator F. H. Weston, at the Columbia
Bar, and later entered the newspaper.
business in Columbia. As business
manager of the Charleston-Evening
Post he made an excellent record.
Several- years ago he became circula
tion manager of the State, in which
position he has also done good work.
He now holds this position.
Mr. McMaster during his residence
in Charleston represented that coun
ty in the House of Representatives
and he has always taken an active
interest in public matters. He has
an Intimate knowledge of Insurance
matters, having been private secre
tary to Mr. Edward L. Cornand, gen
eral agent for the Mutual Life In
South Carolina at one time, and lat
er Mr. McMaster was special agent
for the Mutual Life.. He is frily
competent to fill the position, both
by character and ability.
TRYING TO FOOL THEM.
Roosevelt and Taft Beg for the N.*
-gro Vote.
Jack McGhee in his letter to The
State from Washington says the ne
gro tickling plant of the Ohio plat
form, upon which Taft is to run for
the presidency. and which it is un
derstood was drafted by one T. R.,
at the White House, is causing con
siderable comment in Washington.
This plank is to cut down representa
tion in congress of the Southern
States because of the disfranchise
ment of the negro. It has often been
agreed by Southern statesmen that
if the North will frankly admit that
the Southern States have a right to
disfranchise the negro then there
would be no objection to cutting
down the representatirf 'ecordingly.
But there has been no M hie
ment of the negro beause he is a
negro, but Necause he is ignorant or
ropertyf .
T'eok the Wire Route.
For a murder committed less than
hree months ago, George Wilson, a
egro, paid the extreme penalty in
:he electric chair at the state prison