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VOL. XXIII 3MAN:NING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER SOUNDS ALARM Henry Watterson Describes Sit uation as He Sees it. SCORES THE G. 0. P. With His Inimitable Wealth of Dio tion the Famous Kentucky Editoi Makes a Vigorous Assault on Re publican Ramparts In His Firs1 Campaign Speech In Sixteen Years, A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., says Henry Watterson 'as the priu cipal speaker at a Democratic rally in LA.-Matite Theatra Thursday Ight. As this was Mr. Watterson's first political speech since 1892, and will probabiy be hit, only platform utterance -aring the present am paign, much interest was manifested. He spoke in part as follows: "I truly rejoice that I have lived to look upon a reunited Democraey. I was born in a Democratle camp during what proved a bad year for Democrats, and attained my majority just in time to see the party go over the precipice of sectionalism to what seemed its ruin. "The politicians tell us there are many issues, but I see only one. If we cannot change our rules at will, If an organized and defiant minority inside a fortress can withstand the siege of an undisciplined and ill equipped majority on the outside. how shall talk about trusts and tar is;- about rebates and bank deposits, about money and morals and stocks and bonds profit us? "I behold now an almost repro duction of the evil condition of fifty years ago. The Republican party, grown corrupt and arrogant, Is put ting forth a tremendous effart to retain the power wh.ch it has si much abused. If it succeeds it Will never surrender it short of some dire tataslysm, making its exit the signal for, it may be, a civil war. To that all Its policies of militarism, favoritism and class distinction have long been tending. I pray God that this may never come. The way to avert it is by occasional change of party, bringing home to our pubac men their subordination to the peo pe.V "If I were a Republican I should vote for Bryan. If I were a Re publican I should let the chief with his 'big stick' go hang. If I were a Republican I should turn my back on a candidate, no matter how per sonally acceptable, who represents the vicious methods of ring rule and the steam roller. "Whatever usefulness the Repub lican party possessed it has for the time outlived. It stands today a. menace to equal taxation and ' n omic administration, if not to o. .:rly government and free institutIons. Its leaders know this and knowing It. they began early to prepare for the Scoming Presidential battle ,to for tify a field which they thought to make impegrnable by the outlay of vast resources and enduring skIll. "They expected to draw us into this bloody ambuscade and to slaugh ter us like sheep in the shambles SDisappoited in their plan, what do we now see? We see all disgulse of decency thrown aside; the black flag of trustism run up to the mast head; the decks crowded with corpo rationl counsel. The occupant of the White House summons the unspeak able Hea.st as his star witness. The honest rich are invoked to mak~e common cause with the lawless rich. All the perspective of truth and so berness and common sense are lost anid the roar of rant and cant of sef-glorifying laudation and self accusing promises of reform, with Aldrich and Cannon, with Payne and Dalzel and Sunny Jim Sherman for -their examples. -"aving pitched the campaign on a false note, starting out with a. man of straw on a platform of impor ture. no argument is too absurd, uo llstrtion is too rank for the me, and the interests that do not mean o be dislodged - if fraud and force can save them." Referring to a reported speech o Cngressman Longworth at Rock sa , Ill., where it was alleged the~t M ~r. Longworth spoke of Presiden Roosevelt as successor of ata P esident eight years hence, Mir. W att rson -said: "Niholas LongWorth, the Prest 'nfs son-in-law, says he did not say tt.But nyve thousand listeners say ?i(Cid. The notes of two steno ra be 3say he did. What boots ih her he did or did not? Nc on w ho knows what is going on i -he N.atolal Capital and has been wi;on for a long time, needs tc ha old that they are undermining~ t e opuar foundations of our Dem oic Government and convert in it into an imperial republic. with no1.ing wanting of monarchism and ta' ar nobility, except the nomG " he White House Is already the re e of a king. The President u a e~dy a sovereign in everything ex c i the name. Why should not 'eber of the Court circle blurt Il 'it that Taft is expected merely tC :3 down the job for RoosevelU nn'e it was thought premature t< i Roosevelt for the immnediai sne -ssion? -The campaign was, and iL is, family affair. If the machine whic' no.inated Taft was so merciles: tard the Republican allhes wh< cdred to resist it, why should it '5 cconted on to share our free is iutions after eight additional year of onved accretion and augmente - ny this can aceount for the pe soal interosition of the Presides who throws duty and dignity to th wid. ad Set. dewa like a maatdo Id t%e bul r!!t mud-stined es WILL BOLT TAFT A REPUBLICAN FAMILY T:ISC1i ES POLITICS And as a Result Will Vote f Bryan-They Give Reason f the Change. The following letter, which w published in the New York Wc r one day last week, shows the tende cy of Republicans at the North vote for Bryan and Kern this yea To the Editor of The World: My father (who has voted the R publican ticket since the organiz tion of the party), my three brot ers and myself (all of whom hai Toted the Republican ticket sin( we turned twenty-one) have bec discussing the campaign. Last nig] we made our decision, and it Is thi we shall vote for Mr. Bryan, for tb following reasons: 1. The Republican party has bee in power twelve years and has for( ed upon the country an iniquitoll tariff (the cause of all our tru trouble), and now only because c public clamor It promises a "re vision." 2. Republican administration have constantly been more and mor wasteful of the public funds. 3. Because every trust in th country is arrayed on the side of th Republican party. Why? 4. Because we are tired of Speak er Cannon overriding the will of th people who elect what they inten to be their representatives in cou gress. 5. Because the President a tte issuing a loud warning to all hi officer holders to keep out of pclitie during the campaign, is the principa and worst violator of his own rule 6 .Because the President was no honest in his answer to Mr. Bryan 7. Because the President ha created or attempted to create crown prince. 8. Because we believe in guai an tee of bank deposits. 9. Because of the hypocritical at titude of the Republican platforn on publicity of campaigu contribu. tions. We shall vote for a Democrai; governor because in case a kin< Providenee should remove one o1 both of the "dead ones" occupyin the New York seats in the Unite States senate who will assist Mr Bryan. We shall vote for Democrati< members of the Legislature for thc same reason. And we shall vote fo: Democratic congressmen. THOMAS ENDICOTT. New York, Sept. 30. GOING TO NEW YORK. Bryan Will Again Visit and Speal in That State. That William Jennings Bryan wil: ake another address in New Yort and visit up-State cities was an ounced Thursday by Vice Chairmar udpeth, of the Demoeratic national ommittee . Bryan, he said, wi! peak in Madison Square Garden or ctober 26. in Brooklyn, on Octobe. 7, in Albany, 28; Syracuse, 2! Buffalo,. 30, Chicago, on Novembel . , Hudspeth added that it is nov xpected that Bryan will wind up the ampaign with speeches in Omaha o3 he night before the eiection. It was also announced at Demo cratic headquarters *hat John W Kern will make his first address o: he campaign in New York city oi :e night of October 13. in Tamman: al. Kern also will speak in Brook lyn, Boeton, several Connectidu :ities. Newark and Jersey City o1 :ates yet to be fixed. The national committee, it was .an nounced Thursday, will make publi: n October 15 all contribuitons t< the campaign funds. THE EDITOR'S LOVE LETTER To Those Subscribers Who Have No Yet Paid Up. Dear darling delinquent Ou precIous subscriber in arrears! Yoi are so shy! Do you think we hav sold out and gone? No, little suga plum, we could not get away if w wanted to. We are stll at th same cld stand dishiag out the ner: n sweet promises and bright es pectations. They make an exceller diet, darling, with a little pudldin flavored with a word of encourage ment to serve as a desert. We ar waiting and watching for thee. dal ling, our turtle dove. We longt hear thy gentle footstep approachin and hear the ring of th"e happy do lars within our of.ce. Dear one. w feel unusually sad and Ioneir witho: you, dear. Now. little pie crust, wi you, will you come? Do we he: you answer in a voice so sweet ar only the winds that around our of' roar? We pause for further dere opment. The above is the pathei pleading of an editor with his d hnquent subscribers. If you ha not paid for your Times and Dem crat this year consider the abot letter written to you. Tried to Lynch Him. At Los Angeles. Cal., there was scene of riotous disorder mn Justin court Monday. in which several pe sons were slightly Injured in ana tempt to lynch Edward Martin. negro, who. on Friday night assaul sed Miss Edith Ralston, a conce singer of college grove. Martin w spirited array to Superior Jud Wilsurs' court where he plead guilty and wa sentenced to life i aTr~ionflmedt. y. CAMPAIGN FUND, Official List of Amounts an Givers to the Democrats ur or TO BE MADE ON OCT15 IS There Have Been Fourteen Conti, Id . butions of $1,000 Eact to Demo cratic Campaign Fund-One Cent, the Smallest Contribution, Receiv. ed from One of the Unterrified. The Democratic national commit tee is preparing to announce this week the amount of its campaiga fund and the individual contribu Lt tors of amounts of one hundred dol t lars and over. The lists, which have been compiled to date and sent to New York from Chicago ,show that the campaign fund is a little over $220,000. Of this fund something over $180,000 has been collected from contributions, whinh with $42. 000 of the Denver Con rention fund, is the total fund now in the Demo cratic treasury. It is learned that there have been 14 Individual contributions of $1,000 each. There have been no contributions of sums between $1, 000 and $5,000 to date. The Den ver headquarters of the national committee has collected $5,000. which is said to include a check o! $1,000 from former Senator William A. Clarke, of Montana. The smallest r contribution received was one cent, which came in the mail from Monroe, Wash. The largest cortributions to the Democratic campaign fund fol lows: Delancy Nicoll, New York city, $1,000. Jacob Ruppert, New York city, $1,000. Nathan Straus, New York city, $1,250. National Democratie Club, New York city, $2,500. W. F. Sheehan. New York city, $1-,000. Archibald McNeil, of Bridgeport, Conn., $1,000. Guy B. Tucker. Little Rock, Ark., $1,000. M. F. Dunlap. Illinois, $1.000. Roger Sullivan, Chicago, $1,000. Perry Belmont, New York city, $1,000. Robert Owen, Oklahoma, $1.000. J. J. Hogan, LaCross, Wis., $1,000. E. 0. Wood, Flint, Mich., $1,00'). E. F. Goltra, St. Louis, $1,000. Moses C. Wetmore, St. Louis. $1,000. Norman E. Mack, Buffalo, $1,000. Melbert Cary, Connecticut, .$500. Jefferson Levy, New York city, $500. Dr. John Cox, Connecticut, $500 William F. Burns, New York city, $500. -K. S. D. Mallory, Selma, Ala, $500 Nathan Cole, Los Angeles, Cal., $500. IP. W. Burns, Chicago, $500. Jos. Fels, Pennsylvania, $5 00. William B. Rodgers, Pittsburg. $500. Carl S. Vrooman, Cotnit, Mass., $500. Melvin E. Ingalls, Cincinnati, $5 00. W. R. Burt, Saginaw, $500. Murray Carleton, St. Louis, $500. F. B. Lynch, St. Paul, $500.. T. J. Walsh, Helena, Mont., $500. W. B. George, Billings, Mont., $500. R. S. Ford. Great Falls, Mont., $500. The major part of the Democratic -campaign fund has come from dollar cenutributors and from the 'Demo cratic press, which started campaign subscriptions. PREACHER KILLS NEIGHIBOR. Family Feud in Alabama Results in Tragedy. News has just reached Athens. Ala., of the killing late Friday of Andrew Jackson, living near the Lauderdale county line, by a preach er named Livingston. 'i he men are said to have disliked each other for a long time, and when they met 3de-Livingston fired on Jacksou. SLivingston was later caught wander ing about the woods barefooted and clad only in his underwarments. La ter in the night he made his escape. it is thought that his mind is un Sbalanced. tSTJD INTO THE MIS$ISSIPPL. $75,000 Worth of Property Lost at New Orleans. 0Sovrenty-ve thousand dollars worth of railroad property slid into re \iisissippi river Friday when a sec'ion of eart.h 300O feet long and ~hout 200 feet wide caved in be twee Washington avenue and 4th ste. Nw Orleans, carrying along seve~n freight Cars and four lines of railrad treeks. Utndermining of the~ bank by:. high water wvas t1:0 caus. The cars and two of the tracks~ relonged to the Illinois Cer. ctral Rairoad. and the other twe tracks b&longed to the Publiic Belt e' Rilroad. W OMAN KILLS HERSELF. aI Faing That She Woutld Go to th~ s Poor House. .Fearing that she would be ser. 1 to a ponlr house, Mrs. Carolin: -Fishwr. fs years of age. comittec rt suicide at her home in the base as mn: of t92 East Fifreenth stree O s New York. by inhailing gas. Mr~ edBrbara Alharts, a friend, found he nbody in a ebair. Until three month eIago Mrs. Alberts had lived with he Geon, who was a -euteher. She lot ot jthee afer s~rrelirt'e af d~uf CAUGHT HIM AGAIN TEDDY TAKEN TO TASK B JUDGE PRIEST. Who Says Roosevelt's Friend an Not Him Was Standard Oil Attoi ney in Missouri. In his last rejoinder to Mr. BryaE in the debate growing out of th case of Governor Haskell, Presiden Roosevelt responded to Mr. Bryan challenge to "name a single ofilcia connected wita a law-defying corpo ration" who had declared or wil declare that he is supporting Mr Bryan, by quoting from a St. Loui: paper an interview with Judge Henri Priest, of St. Louis, who, according to the President, represented the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, the Western subsidary to the Standard Oil Company, in which he stated thal no would support Bryan. Judge Priest has taken notice o1 the matter in an interview in The St. Louis Republic, and his state. ment illuminates a little more Mr. Roosevelt's recklessness of his owi exposure when he lays about amona his enemies. Judge Priest says that he is not nor has he ever been a! official of the Waters-Pierce'company, nor or any other oil company. In 1904, he states, his firm was retain ed by H. C. Pierce to represent his minority interest in the company in a suit instituted by the Attorney General of Missouri against the Stan dard Oil Company, as the holder of the majority interest in the Wa. ters-Pierce Company. The Standard Oil interest in the suit, he states, was represented by the firm of Finkelnberg, Nagel & Kirby. While the suit was pending, says Judge Pries-, President Roosevelt appointed air. Finkelnberg Unit dI States district judge . Mr. Nagel, con tinuing as senior member of tne fir and representing the Standard Oil's interests, is now RepuUAcan nat-on'd committeeman for ---.souri and i. engaged actively in.L..e management of Judge Taft's campaign ior 6 Presidency. Senator Foraker has pointed out that Judge Taft recom mended to the President the appoin'. ment of a Standard Oil attorney 'n Ohio to the Federal bench, and Judg Priest has now shown that the Pre; dent actually appointed an oil trucst representative to the benc... in Mis souri, while a suit against the coti pany. which he was defending, w' , pending, and that another member of the same firm Ls and has been ;: a long time prominent in Repuu.acan party affairs in Missouri. The Charleston Evening Post says for every remote affiliation with the trusts Mr. Roosevelt has attempted to show against the Democratic party there has been uncovered a hundred fold greater and closer association with the Republican party. Even in the case of Governor Haskell it was shown that the protection of the Standard Oil whic~h Mr. Rooseve4. ited against the Governor as proof of his control by such interests, was originally Instituted by the President himself, during the territorial regime in Oklahoma. In the very nature of things it necessarily follows that such developments must result from an exposition of the trust situatioa in its relation to public affairs, for the Republican party is and has been for years, and especially during the trust growing period, in almost un disputed control of the country's ar fairs, and whatever advantages arc enjoyed by these great corporations against the public interests are due to the complacency of the party in power. This is so Inevitable and so utterly beyond dispute tihat it is utterly futile and fatuous for the Presidera or any other protagonist of Judge Taft to attempt to argue it otherwise, but it is peculiarly brazen in Mr. Roosevelt, who has had intimate cs sociations with trust magnates and lifted laws for their benefit and ap pointed their agents to high of fices, who is, in fact, surrounded with the representatives of such interests and obligated to them enormously Zo~ inancial support to his candidates. But Mr. Roosevelt has wielded ab solute authority so long and has become so accustomed to have his lightest word prevail against tr most solemn truths from other sourc es, that he has thrown himself intc the campaign melee without regarC to consequences, and he can not yel understand how it is tt he is coy ered with wounds. If he continue: his participation in the campali at close range the Roosevelt legel is likely to be hacked to pleets by the enemies he is kicking up fron every bush. WIFE WANTS DIVORCE From Husband for Failure to Bath' in Eleen Years. Failure to bathe in the 11 year of his married life, is the principa ground for divorce alleged by Mr~ Elise Er-ny, in her suit against Will iam P. Ern~y. wherein the master' report. was filed Thursday. Mr~ Erny declared that, to the best o her knowledge and helief, her anus band declined resort to tub or shov er. The master recommends that divorce be granted. CARNEGIE GIVES TO TAFT FUN1 Co(kntibution of $20.000 from Stee King is A4nnounced. The fact that Andrew Carncz bas contriibuted to the c-ampiern~ fun of the Republicadr national commi tee was announced Friady l-y Ne .York State Cheirman Timothy i .Woodruff . Mr. Woodruff ao aJ Snounced that Mrs. Russell Sag. h~ Scontributed $1l.000 to the same fun r There have been no other large co tributions from individua~ls. M - Weodruff sid, but samII sums as I nmin'e in from varinus ,nnreem BRYAN AND TAFT Fellow Guests at the Chicagc Association Dinner d EXCHANGE GREETINGS In Friendly Fashion and Eugage in t Mutually Animated Conversatiou a as Two Gentlemen Would Who Had Met to Discuss Present Day Prob lems With Mutual Friends. William J. Bryan and William H. Taft, rival candidates for the presi dency of the United States met Wednesday night at the fourth an nual banquet of the Chicago As sociation of Commerce. The meeting is said to have been the first of its kind. Mr. Bryan, having been in Chicago all day, was the first to arrive at the banquet hail in the Auditorium hotel. Mr. Taft having delivered a speech at the opening of the Deep Waterway convention in the for& noon, went to Galesburg, Ill., to die liver another address during the afternoon, and returned to Chicago tonight after the banquet was well under way. Intense interest in the meeting had been manifested since it first be came known that the two candidates were to meet in public, and every seat in the banquet hall was occu pied when the first course was served save only a commodious chair reserv ed for Mr. Taft., At the speaker's table during the speech-making were the following: LaFayette McWilliams, H. N. Higgin botham, John V. Farwell, Walter H Wilson (representing Mayor Busse), Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, David R. Forgan. Mr. Taft, President Reinhardt C. Hall of the chamber of commerce, Mr. Bryan, A. C. Bartlett, Governor Deneen of Illin.-Q Jorn G. Shedd, Charles H. Wacker, President Kav anaugh of the Deep Waterways as sociation and Don Farnworth. An ear-splitting shout gave. warn ing of the arrival of Mr. Taft. Mr. Bryan, in common with every one else. rose and looked toward the en trance. A huge frame, moving like a ship amongst a swarm of tugs, was moving slowly up the narrow aisle between two tables. Those at a di: tance occasionally could catch C glimpse of a smiling face acknowledg ing greetings. A policeman in uni form and assistants in plain clothes aided in the progress of the distin guished guest. Mr. Bryan, who had ceased on the destruction of some !.rt of a chop suey masquerading n'r a French name, turned his I head slowly as his political rival Irew near, smiling slightly. The dramatic moment which had been an ticipated with such deep interest was soon over. Mr. Bryan's hand await ed that of Mr. Taft. A-single lint ering pressure, a word or so which none could overhear because of the tumult, and the Republican leader passed on to a chair at the right of Mr. Hall. The cheering continuedl for a minute or so after those si the speaker's table had taken their seats. At the first moment the noisc subsided Mr. Bryan. leaning to one side and smiling broadly, asked Mr. Taft if he had had a good day. This display of friendly feeling on the part of the two candidates stirredl the crowd to renew cheering an d words were useless in the din. Mr. Taft stroked his throat for an answer. Then Taft laughed and the applause increased. "What Is the matter with Bill?' cried some In stentorian tones. "He's all right." "Who's all right?"~ "Bill's all right." It took music' by the orchestra an:i a song by the gu.ests to restore semblance of quiet. When talking Iin ordinary tones became pWossible the two candidates entered into an ani mated conversation. in which Presi dent Hall joined. The speeches or both Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan were nonpartizan. This was in conformi ty with the wishes of the Chicagoi Association of Commerce, which is a nonpartisan organization. Besides Mr. Taft and .Mr. Bryan the speakers of the evening werea A. C. Bartlett and David R. Forgan. Mr. Bartlett was the. first speaker and Mr. Forgan was sandwiched be tween Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft. Iu introducing Mr. Bryan, Presidenit Halsaid: a "As I look upon my distinguished associates I am forced to resort to the familiar protestation of the per plexed lover. 'Ho0w bappy could I be with either, were t'other dear' enarmer away.' The evolution of politics has brought to a commiandl ing place in the eyes and regard of his countrymen a citizen of Ne braska. His life has been an honor able progress from the day he re' ceived his degree from his alma mater to the hour of his choice as~ -sadard bearer of one of the great national parties by legions of eni Sthusiastic countrymenCf. With the . principles of an American he has f 'sought and held leadership in at - career of courage, fidelity and kin'i ness. Millions accept his captaincy. tne energy of his ser';ice, the viuri! ' of his patriotism. Gentlemen. ME. Bryan.'" The introduction of Mr. T1aft foi lown the fortunes of war we a quired alien and subject races. Our government assumed thbe tack of leading them' to the lofty emine:1m of American civilization. For th acc~omplihmert of this puropse the -president sent to the Filipinos a typ. i'al citizen, an eminent counselo and a man with the enurage of hih -convictions. He accomplished th' Spurpose of his mission. ::Inuing hot1 L the confidence-of his countrymen anc 1the love and gratitutde of a natiot r.to be. Suecess and honor hav eero'sned his wery effort in an aeth MADE BAD BREAK RIDICULOUS MISTAKE OF A RE PUBLICAN NEWSPAPER. Quoted Alleged Utterances of Mr B*yan and Later Found it Hai Quoted a Republican Plank. The people of Nebraska are havin. a good laugh at the expense of Mr Victor Rosewater, editor of the Oma ha Bee. Mr. Rosewater Is a mem her of the Republican National Exe. cutive Committee and head of th( Republican bureau, and is consideret the leading Republican of Nebraska The Bee, which is the leading Repub lican paper of the btate, one day last week published an editorlai criticizing an abstract from a sup. posed speech of Mr. Bryan's on the tariff question. The words complain. ed of in the editorial were: "In all tariff legislation the -true principle is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as wi.J equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with reasonable profit to American industries." The Bee stated editorially: "Nothing prettier in the catch-all line has been offered in this cam paign. The most hide-bound stand patter in the country can accept that as satisfactory and the rankest free trader can find delight in it. The declaration means simply nothing, an attempt to legislate along that line would simply open the way to inter minable wrhngle as to what consti tutes 'a reasonable profit,' for hair splitting on wages on the industry, price of raw materials on another, rebates or drawbacks in a third and so on through the list of thousands of articles that are now on the tarif revision at Bryan's direction would serve only to halt industrial and commercial progress and keep busi ness unsettled during his term of office." The World-Herald, a Democratic paper published at Lincoln, Mr. Bry an's home city, called attention to the fact that the words complained of by The Bee are not a part of any speech made by Mr. Bryan but are a part of the Republican National platform, on which Mr. Taft is suo posed to be running. Then all Ne braska laughed at- Mr. Rosewater's expense. Commenting on the ludicruoust mistake made by The Bee Mr. Bryan said: "Mr. Rosewater is right in mak ng fun of the language, he is right in saying that 'nothing prettier In the catch-all line has been offered In this campaign.' He is also right In saying that 'The most hide-bound stand-patter' in the country can ac cept that as satisfactory and the rankest free-trader can find delight in it.' He is right again in saying that. an attempt to legislate along that line would simply open the way to what constitutes a reasonable profit for hair splitting on wages on ne industry, price of raw materials In another, rebates and draw-backa n a third and so on through thc list of thousands of articles that are now on the tariff list." Mr. Rosewater, who had gone to Chicago, said when his attention was called to the mistake which hadJ been made on his paper: "I is quite possible that one of my editorial writers may have made a break as charged. Personally, I first heard of the matter after I reached Chicago today. I do not think Mr. Bryan should charge me with personal responsibility for everything that appears in my paper. any more than I should charge Mr. Bryan with everything that happened while he was engaged in daily journalism." SUICIDE IN POLICE STATION. Young Woman Prefers Death to Trial in a Court. Rather than be tried in. the police court on the charge of violating the city ordinance in appearing in a pulic restaurant, at Spartanbhurg, Jeannette Walker, a young white woman while a pr-isoner in the po lice station. She went to the lava? tory to bathe her face and drank the contents of a bottle contain'ing carbolic acid, dying within ten min utes after drinking the poison. Sh. formerly lived near Duncan, and wa~ highly educated, being a gradluat' of a well known female college ir this State. FIVE NEGROES DROWNED. Rowboat Capsizes in Stream and th Occupants Perrish. At Chattanooga a rowboat con taining five negroes capsized in th: Tennessee river late Monday an all the occupants were drowned Three of the victims were .men an. two women. The party had r-owec across to Moccasin bend, and whil returning one of the women be-cam frightened and in attemp~tinlg t( jump fr-om the boat the light craf was overtuirned. But one of th number could swim. The other fou clung to him and all sank. None o The bodies has been recovered. Schoouers 'Wrecked. The schooners Lutcia and Solida< were wrecked on the coast of Mirdor 'uring the storm on Se'ptembe'r 27 and all the passengers and crew c the Solidad hg one were 'Irowned Capt. J. C. Heinsehein and nine men' hers of the crew of 'be Lucia wer also drowned. and cabinet ofiicer. Through all h' career and in our insular possessio he has stood for the integrity of h' government and the majeety of righb 1G~een.n Mr. Trft.' FIGHT SAN JOSE SCALE -CLEiSON EXPERT SENDS OUT INFORMATION. Use of Winter Sprays the Only Means by Which the Fruit Tree Pest Can be Brought Under Cntrol. Mr. A. F. Conradi, entomologist of the South Carolina Experiment Station, has given the following in formation and directions for far mers concerning the Jose scale which is so Injurious to fruit trees In cotton sections: The season Is rapidly approacching when we must, be seriously con sidering the question of San Jose scale control. It is with winter sprays only that this pest can be brought under subjection, and these must ?e applied when the trees are dormant and leafless. 91though th insect is very resistant and any spray sufficiently penetrating to kiJl the in sect under the scale; if applied in summer it would kill the tree. In this article we consider the essen tials of a good spray pump and the grades or Ingredients. Blundering when purchasing the equipment and material may make spraying expen sive and unprofltable. "In selecting a spray pump the orchardist must be governed by the ircumstances. Cheap tin or copper pumps cannot be used for this spray nor do we recommend knapsack numps for this puropse. A substi tute pump with brass working parts should be secured. It should bf aitted with 25 feet of hose, ant in case of large trees an extensior -od should be used so that all partf if the tree can be reached. Light extension rods can be purchasef :rom any dealer in spraying appa -atus or a serviceable one can b< nade of gas pipe with threads cu' it each end to fit hose and nozzle Where Qnly a few trees are to b( sprayed the end of the hose contain ing the nozzle may be fastened t, . pole, and in this manner the top< >f trees can be reached. In all spray ing operations with lime-sulphu; xash a Vermorel or misty nozzl 3hould be used. These nozzles throx -one-shaped, misty spray and do no 'ecome leaky. A Bordeaux nozzlb ;s unsatisfactory, as It soon become: leaky. When buying Vermore nozzels, they are generall: supplied with several cap: having holes of differen izes. The medium-size hose, whicl is about 1-16 inch In diameter, 1' est adapted for spraying this wash Where only a few trees are to b sprayed,. a bucket-pump, costin: --bout $8, will answer ths puropse. In orchards of one hundred o ore trees, a barrel-pump, costin, From $15 to $20, Is recommended It may be fitted with two leads o hose, the barrel having a. capacity o' fifty gallons, thus economizing time and labor. The 1-2-inch four-ply hose is gen erally used. It costs about 10 to 15 ents a foot. The best quality host cots about 16 cents, and Is the cheap est in the end. A wire-wound hose although heavier, will stand mor, abuse, as well as a much highet pressure. Every barrel pump shoulc be provided with a good agitato: is well as an air chamber sufficiently large to Insure steady pressure When the working parts of the puml re above the barrel or tank It pre vents the parts from becoming rust: 1nd corroded. On the other hand, Is often desirable to have the work ng parts in the barrel to facilItat' getting around trees with low, spread ng branches. For large orchard. ! several thousand trees, the pum' s mounted on a wagon tank o hree hundred gallons capacity. Suci 1tank costs labout $15. A doubi' ction pump is recommended for thii. ~quipment in all cases. "It is recommended that calciur ime be used in.- all cases as magne im lime does not unite so well wit~ he sulphpr and furthermore it ofte: ontain lumps that will not slak: Such lumps are a nuisance whe: reparing the wash. Any grade c ime that does not lake completel s undesirable. Great care should1 aken to avoid the lime becomin ir slake. Where It mu'st be kep na hand for sdme time It is well t sake it and keep it covered wiF water in a pit. "The two grades of sulphur use n~ making this wash are 'flour' an fowers.' Both grades are satisfa' ory, but as 'flour' is about 50 pe ent cheaper it Is recommender here are other -brands of sulphr a the market, but frequently ar ampy and undesirable unless groun Nefore using. The price in sma' nantities should not exceed 5 cent er pound, while ground, or flou f sulphur bought In 100-pound lot hould not exceed 3 to 3 1-2 cent er pound. f. o. b. original shlppmn point." WANTED TO EXPLORE The World Beyond and so She Tool Poison. Curious to learn of the othe lanes of life, which she believe o exist beyond this world, Mis dit.h Rankin, 26 years of age ahi'er of a local restaurant at Lo' neles, Cal.. committed suicid ih poisonl. Miss Rankin was an ar ent stutdent of works on spirit at subjects. She fregnently tolW er friends that she would like t' dy-trce to the "next stage." Sb: ad a religion in which reincar'ne on figur"'d to a certain extent an' n se ~veral occasions she asked he - iends to joim her in a suicide club -nd all commit suicide at once, it rder to pass to the other spherp an" here delve in the mysteries hidde: trm morta! eyes. MANY KILLED By a Terrific Explosion in _Large Grain Elevator. A BIG FIRE FOLLOWS The Concussion Blew Up the La - Elevator Building, and the Debris, Inmediately Took Fire and the Whole Structure Was Destroyed, Entailing Heavy Loss. At Richford, Vermont, with a con cussion which shook the entire vil lage a large grain elevator, having a capacity of 500,000 bushels, ex ploded late Wednesday, causing the death of seven workmen and a we man, The explosion blew off the entire roof of th'e building, scattering tim bers in all directions, and almost instantly flames burst out all over the structure. Twenty-one men were employed in the building of-- whomi eleven are missing and undoubtedly perished. All lived in Richford. Mrs. John Jelifore, who was walk ing with a companion along the Canadian Pacific railway track close to the elevator, was burned to death, a-nd an unknown woman who was with her was burned so seriously that her life is despaired of. The elevator was owned jointly -by the Canadian Pacific and.Boston and aine railroads and was occupied by :he Quaker Oats Company of Chicago. The amount of grain it contained was very large. The flames, which are supposed to have been started by spontaneous combustion in the dry dust of the grain, spread so _quickly that the limited fire apparatus of the village was of no avail. The heat set Are to a flour shed near the elevator and the shed, to gether with 75:freight cars standing near it, was burned. Late Wednesday night the fire was still burning, but no other property was threatened. The total loss is estimated at $400,000. POSSE HUNTS FREND. egro anitor Attempts an Assault on a White Teacher. Citizens of Greer and surrounding aountry are searching for a frend by he name of Atrhur Johns6n, a negro, who, up to last Saturday, was the janitor of the Greer graded school. n the afternoon named he seized ; yoing yoman teacher of the school while shi was practicing at the p1 ino. Jackson slipped up behind the roung woman, grabbing her about he neck and pulled her on his breast sking if she did not want to rest n his arms. The' girl screamed- loudly for help, and Jackson fleds from the chool building. The young woman urried to her boarding house, where she told of the'-occurrance. A mob was organized and the ountry was scoured all night Sat rday and Sunday, but no trace of ackson was found. It is reported ere that he went to Asheville and - party of citizens of Greer are hut ying into North Carolina In search f the negro. A dispatch from Greenville says heriff Griffith and a party in an uto have just reached the city with :he negro Johnson. wanted at Greers, or assault on a young woman music eacher In the public school. The ~osse has been hunting since Satur lay afternoon and the capturing arty came into the city with the ~egro in an auto at a forty-mile 'lip. Johnson has been taken .to he penitentiary for safe keeping. FATAL FAMILY RUMPUS. Wife Left Him, Shot Her Sister and Father and Left. John W. Richardson, a young far nr living in the Lamberts Point ection of Virginia, Wednesday shot nd killed his' sister-In-law, Mrs. Tosephne Cromwell, his father-ia aw, Beverely Cromwell, and comn .ltted suicide after he had killed as father-in-law's horse. Following omestic troubles Richardson and his .Mfe, a young daughter of Mr. Crom ~ell, separated last Friday. Mrs. romwell was returning with the e-year-old son of the Richardsons a the touse when Richardson rushed ut with his gun and shot her twice. he fell dead. The father-In-law :as approaching in a buggy wheni lchardson rushed into the - field, iet and killed him by blowing the ged man's face to pieces. Richard n then killed the Cromwell horse d returned to his farm yard and ew out hit own brains. Xnnboy 0mfwyshrdlubgkqjmfwYP FELL DOWN SHAFT. 'our Miners Met Instant and Hoa" rible Death. A white man and three negroes ere thrown down a shaft 400 feet -leep at the Arminiuls mines near lneral Vale, Va., Thursday and heir bodies were broken to pieces. he names of the negroes were un known, but the white man was WV. i. White, of Fluvania county. The accident was caused by the hoist an failing to apply the cable brakes -.fter cutting off steam from the el vatr. The tour men, who were :mnug up in the lift fell to the bot -em of the shaft with the elevater nd were crushed into shapeeu -nasses. The hoistman is desperately ill on account of the accident, and is aed~ se will .loee his mind. *