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IARI'S PLEA For White Republican Party In the South. CAN SEE NO DANGER Of Negro Domination, and Says Race Proble:n is Eliminated Politically. He Asserts That This Section's interests Are No Longer Bound Un in Democracy. New York. Dec. 7.-President elect William H. Taft, who came to New York today to address the North Carolina society of this city, was given a tumultous reception to night by the members of the organ ization and prominent men from all parts of the South at the annual din ner of the North Carolinans at t,^ Hotel Astor. Five hundred members and guests of the society filled the brilliantly decorated banquet hall. which was redolent of the pines of the resinous trees formging the back ground for more fragrant blooms. which were scattered everywhere ov er snowy linens and flag-draped walls. Intertwined ensigns of the State and nation were conspicuous in the decorations of the banquet hall, and larger flags were displayed in front of the hotel throughout the day and evening. Mr. Taft, in the course of an address. which was confined entire ly to the South and its problems urged again that the voters of the South should break away from the outlived sentiment and traditions of their past political affiliations and cast their ballots in accordance rather with their economic and real political beliefs. Mr. Taft declared that nothing would give him greater pride during his coming term in the chief execu tive office than so to direct the policy of the national government with re spect to the Southern States as to convince the intelligent citizens of the South of the desire of his ad minstraton to aid them in working out satisfactorily the serious prob lems before them and of bringing them and their Northern fellow citi zens closer and closer in sympathy and point of view. White Supremacy Assured. "I am not going to rehears the painful history of Reconstruction or -:hat followed it. I come at once to the present condition of things. stated from a constitutional and po litical standpoint. And that Is this: That in all Southern States, it is possible, by election laws prescribing propsr qualifications for the suff rage, which square wita thA 15th amendment and which shall be equally administered as between the black and white races, to prevent entirely thie possibility o'f a domina tion. of Southern State, county or muulelpzlity governments by an ig norant electorate, white or black. It is also true that the sooner ench -lags when adopted are applied with exact equality and justice to the two rac-es the bAtter for the moral tone of the State and community concerned. Negroes should be given an opportunity equally with whites by education and thrlft to meet the requirements of eligibility which shall lay down in order to secure the safe exercise of the eloctoral franchisze. Th~e n'egro should ask for nothing other than an equa& chance to qualify himself for the franchise and when that is granted by law and not denied by executive discrimination, he has nothing to complain of. "The proposal to repeal the 15th amendment is utterly impracticable and should be relegated to the limlte of forgotten issues. What we are considering is something practical something that means attainable progress. It seems to me to follow. therefore, that there is or ought to be a common ground upon which we can all stand in respect to the race question. in the South and it'. po litical bearing that takes away any justification for maintaining the con tinued solidity of the South to pre vent the so-called negro domination. The fear that in some way or other a social equality between the races shall be enforced by law or brought about by political measures really has no foundation except in the Im agination of those who fear such a result. The federal government has nothing to do with social equality. The war amendments do not declare in favor of social equality; all that the law or constitution attempts to secure is equality of opportunity be fore the law and in the pursuit of happiness and in the enjoyment ot life, liberty and prosperity. Social equaiity is something that growr out of voluntary concessions by the in dividuals forming society. Reasons of Sentiment." With the elimination of the race question can we say that there are removecd all the reasons why the people of the South are reluctant to give up their political solidity and divide themselves on party lince, in ztcrordance with their economic and political views? No. there are other reasons: perhaps only reasons of se-ntimnent, but with the Southern peop~le, who are a high strung, sen stive and outsnoken people, consid erations of sentiment are frequently quite as strong as B'ose of some political or economi character. In the first place, it is now nearly 40) years since the South acquired its poliri - solidity and the inten sity of feeling by which it was main taine-d and the ostracism and social proscription impnosed on those white Southerners who did not sympathize with t.hA necessity for such solidity could not but make lasting impres sion and create a permanent bias tha.t would naturally outiast the rea son for its original existance." Mr. T-ift referred to the trials of the R~conruction period which1 accenftuated the greater trial of thei la. and the slow rnturns of pros perity to the South f~2osging the1 civif? strife, as further agencies thatI help to keep alive the feeling en gin dered by that controversy, and cont inued: But times change and men change; with V'e in any community, hor: evmr fixen its thoughts or habits. and many circumstances have blessed us with thier influence in this mat- t t-r. The growth of the South sincef 1900 has been marvalous. The maD-C afacturing capital in 1880 was $150. 500,000; in 1890. $650,000,000; in 1900, $1,150,000.000, and in 1908, $2,100,000,000, while the values of .he manufacturers increased from $450,000.000 in 1880, to $900,000. 000 in 1890, to $1.450,000.000 In 1900, and to $2,600,000.000 in 1908. "The farm products in 1880 were $660,000,000; In 1890, $770,000,- B 000; in 1900. $1,270,000.000, and 1908, $2,200,000,000. The exports from the South in 18S0 were $260, 000,000 of dallars; in 1890, $306, 000,000; in 1900, $484,000,000, an in 1908, $648,000,000. "In this marvelous growth the t manufacturers of the South now ex- b ceed the agricultural products and r thus a complete change has come e over the character of her industries. The South has become rich, and only a the surface of her wealth has been i scratched. Her growth has exceeded ti that of the rest of the country, and she is now in every way sharing in its prosperity. c State Rights and Democracy. C "Again, the Democratic party has n not preserved inviolate its traditional s doctrines as to State rights and oth- n er issues and has for the time adopt ed new doctrines of possibily doubt ful economic truth and wisdom. Southern men adhering to the party and the name find themselves, through the influence of tratdition and the fear of a restoration of con ditions which are now impossible. supporting a platform and candi date whose political and economic theories they distrust. Under these conditions there was in the last campaign and there is throughout the South among many of its most intelligent citizens an impatience, a nervousness and a restlessness i;' voting for one ticket and rejoicing in the success of another. "Now I am not one of those who are disposed to criticise or empha size .the inconsistency of the positior in which these gentlemen find them selves. I believe it would be wise If all who sympathize with one party and its principles were to vote its ticket, but I can readily understan. the weight and inertia of the tra dition and the social considerations that makes them hesitate. I be lieve that the movement away from from political solidity has started and ought to be encouraged and 1 think one way to encourage it is to have the South understand that the attitude of the North and the Re publican party toward it is not one of hostility or criticism or opposit ion, political or otherwise; that they believe in the maintenance of the 15th amendment, but that, as al ready explained, they do not deem that amendment to be inconsistent with the South's obtaining and main taining what It regards as its polit Teal safety from domination of an ignorant electorate; that the North yearns for closer association with the South; that its citizens deprecate that reserve on the subject of poli tics which so long has been main tained in the otherwise delightful social relations between Southerners and Northerners as they are more and more frequently thrown togeth er. "In welcoming to a change of party affliation many Southerners who have been Democrats ve are brought face to face with a delicate situation wb~ch we can only meet with frarnkness and justice. In our anxiety to bring the Democratic Southerners into new political rela tions we should have and can have no desire to pass by or ignore the comparatively few white Southern ers who from pr~,ciple has consist ently stood for our principles In the. South when it brought them social ostracism arzd a loss of all prestage. Nor can we synmpathize with an effort to exclude from the suppor'. of Re publicanism in the South or~ to read nut of the party those colore~ voters who by their education and thrift have made themselves eligible to ex ?rcise the electoral franchise. Matters of Education. "We believe that the solution of the race questien in the South is largely a matter of Industrial and thorcvgh educ'titon. Some South e-ners who have winnf expr-ssion to their thoughts seem to thing that the only solution o.. the nemr ques t~on is his migrion to Af'rica; but to me such a proposition is utterly fatuous. The negro Is essential to the South in order that it may have proper labor. Thceir ancestors were brought here against their will.1 They have no country but this. They know no flag but ours. They1 wish to live under it and are wil ling to die for it. They ar3 Ameri-1 cans. The proposition to increase< the supply of labor in the South by errigration from Europe, is seems to1 me. instead of being inimical to the cause of the negro, will aid him. As the industries of the South continuet to grow in the marvolous ratio al eady 3.y the demctaJ for labor must in.:rease. "Primarily an industrial educa tion for the masses, higher educa tion for the leaders of the negro I race, for their professional men, their clergymen, their physicians, t their lawyers and their teachers, will1 make up a system under which thei: improvement, which statist'es show 1 to have been most notowo)rthy inc the iast 40 years, will continue atC the sato. rate.s "On the whole, then, the be't public cymnion of the North and the best public opinion of the South seems to be coming together in re- - spect to all the economic and politi cal questions growing out of pres ent race conditions. "The recent electir' has made it c a probable that I shall become more or less responsible for the policy of the next presidential administration and I improve this opportunity to 1 say that nothing will give me greater pride, because nothing will give me more claim to the gratitude of mvy fellow citizens, if I could so directh that policy in respect to the South er States as to convince their in-0 telligent citizens of the desire of the idministration to aid them in work ing out satisfactorily the serious problems before them and of bring- C g them and their Northern fello~w tc ~itizens closer and closer in sympa U hey and point of view. During the ast decade, in common with lovers tv >f our country, I have watched with a: elight and thanksgiving the bond di f union between the two sections ;row firmer. I pray that it may be fa dven to me to strengthen this move- co nent, to obliterate all sectional lines d leave nthing of differences be ween the North and South save a di riendly emulation for the benefit of he MAILING PRESENTS .- F NCLE SAM ISSUES USEFUL IN FORMIATION. S w y Observing a Few Simple Rules 1 Persons May Save Themselves and s n Postoffice Clerks Trouble. Just now with Christmas .less 'Y U ian two weeks off, Kriss Kringle's t usy season is coming at a rap'd tl ate. Not only have the retail shops a verywhere made their preparations a a iready for the yuletide by display- h ig their most tempting and attrac- t ve wares, but there are many other igns showing the season of good I beer to be near at hand. The head f the house hurries to worksho', n iill and office loaded with the sea- t on's cifering for friends far and ear, and takes his place in the long ine before the stamp windows at he many postoffices awaiting his c urn to weigh his gifts and place 1, hem in Uncle Sam's safe keeping a or delivery. o And it is just here that Uncle 3 am-always kind and generous to t tis 90,000,000 people-comes for- s rard with some timely Christmas I uggestions and tells all of his riends, big and little, how to enjoy i o the fullest the holiday time. These c uggestions are in the form of in ormation for Christmas shoppers c who send their gifts through the c nails from one part of this big :ountry to the other, and by the due >bservance of these simple rules, ersons may save both themselves Lnd the tired-worn-out clerks at the >ostoffice much needless worry and rouble. t Uncle Sam's first chapter in. the ittle primer that he has just is med, tells the people first to pro ride themselves with a generous sup ly of good, stout cord, plenty of 1 trong wrapping paper, and, If nec ssary, to prevent damage, some ight pasteboard boxes, after all th' sifts that are to be sent out through he mails have been bought. Then after the bundles are wrapped and ied and duly marked, provide your self with a set of library scales that will cost not more than half a dol lar. Now your presnets will be divided, according to Uncle Sam's methods of doing business-and he does a con siderable amount of it at times into two classes, either "third" or "forth," and, perhaps, most of them will fall into the last named class! fication, though books, it must be remembered, comes in the third class. Provide yourself with plenty of stamps and do not forget to se cure a generous supplay of the one cent kind for the odd cents that wit be needed to send your gifts out. Take your packages and weigh them carefully on the scales you have previously bought, or perhaps borrowed from a neighbor, and re member that these are the -require mnents: One cent for each ounce cr part of an ounce, except seeds, bulbs, roots and plants, which cost only half as much, and which will go to all parts of the United States for one cent each two ounces. See that no packages weigh more than tour pounds as that is the limit, and those in exces of that weight will be rejected. Should you wish to present you' friends with books, these will come under the third class, and the re quirements will be one cent for every two ounces-or just half that of the ordinary Christmas gift. The next chapter in the primer tells Uncle Sam's people what to place on the wrapper, envelope ,tag or label in order to insure speedy transportation and delivery. In ad dition to the name and address of the addressee, there may be writ ten or printed the name, occupation and residence of the sender, preceded by the word "from," but nothing else that would savor of a personal correspondence. There is -no objection to placing cards inside the boxes or packages bearing such words as "with love," 'merry Christmas," "happy New Y'ear," or some similar greeting suit able to the occasion, but there must ae absolutely nothing more. Any addition to this is a violation of the postal regulations, and subjects the xender to a fine of $1,000 or to im risonment for a long period in one >f the Government penitentiaries. "We frequently find," said one of Jncle Sam's posto;ffice officials to lay, "that many women and children~ --and sometimes men also--violate he lawts in sending letters-which tre first class matter in packages inder fourth class, or lower rates. )f course, there are many cases of his character that we do not pros cute, because, upon investigation, it s found that the violations have not t ,een wilfully committed, but aret he result of ignorance. No writinge vhatever should be placed insidee he ordinary package, but a cardq >earing a suitable greeting and this an be done in three or four words.s )f course. when we have reason to j uspect that pepole are doing thi; o evade the payment of letter pos age, prosecution follows, and thev .sually pay the fine, and the case nds there. Many persons who haveI o intention whatever of violrating he law, huxriedly prepare their lIt le gifts for their friends in other 3 ities, dash off a note of perhaps a half-dozen lines, place it inside a de package then diepoist it for trans- ti iittants through the mails. We bject to this; it is a violation of the tw, and often results in needless rosecutions, but there are also iany instances where the trouble a as coime about entirely through ig- ~ orance and inattention to the post- r (fice rules." * k Dairy Pointers. tI Whatever wie should give our >ws to eat we should never neglect provied them with plenty of water id pure air.n Ventilation and cleanliness are 0f ro matters which are going to cutit important figure in the future ta tiry business. r It may be set down as an absolute ui et that an animal in an unsound in ndition cannot give pure milk. * r Sometimes a naiu can performi hit st ity with a fairly decent grace if ar can't find anything else to do. nc THE PANAMA SCANDAL. ormer Senator Discusses Pending Inquiry Into Matter. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10.-Former anator J. U. Millard, of Nebraska. ho was chairman of the senate coni Littee on the Panama canal, when ie investigation was made by the mate as to the details of the man er in which this government ac uir'-1 the Panama canal, said in an terview that the French govern er" -as not cc^:nected in any way 'ith the deal which was made rough William Nelson Cromwell. 'ho acted for the canal company, ad who blocked every effort of tee amrniit.tee to h-cure the list of stock oldeis 'f the company. to whom the e $40,000,000 was paid. Senator Millard says many of the Latements contained in President oosevelt's letter to Foulk, were 'rong, among them being the state ient that the $40,000,000 was paid e French government. Mr. Wil Lrd says this money was paid J. P. [organ & Co. "The French government had othing to do with the sale of the anal property,' 'said Senator Mil rd. "About the only man who had nything to do with that, so far as ur committee was able to find was illiain Nelson Cromwell. We were ever able to find the names of th3 tockholders of the company, which e represented. "I am certain there was no graft ng on the part of any government fficial in this country." "Was Douglas Robinson or any f the Tafta members of the syndi ate?" was asked Senator Millard. "I don't know. We never could et Cromwell to answer a question Is to who the members of that syndicate were. Cromwell knows. et hold of him or make him Lnswer, and you will know all about he Panama deal." A Rhymed Wedding. According to the Mexico Ledger rohn Stoble, a Wellston magistrate, nited a negro couple with this cer 3mony. Jim, will you take Bet Without any regret, To love and to cherish 'Till one of you perish, And is laid under the sod, So help you God? Jim having given the usual af armative answer, Judge Stoble turn d to Bet: Bet, will you take Jim And cling to him, Both out and in, Through thick and thin, Holding him to your heart, 'Till death you part? Bet modestly acquiesced, and the newly married couple were dis missed with this benediction: Through life's alternative joy and strife, [ now pronounce you man and wife. Go up life's hill till you get to the level And salute your bride, you csky devil. * Rules for Guests. Guests are requested not to speak~ to the dumb waiter. Guests wishing to get up without being called can have self-raisinig four for supper. The hotel is supported by a beau tiful cemetery; hearses to hire, 25 cents a day. -Guests wishing to do a little driv ing will find hammer and nails in the closet. If the room gets too warm, open the windows and see the fire escape. If you're fond of athletics and like good jumping, lift the mattress and see the bed spring. If your lamp goes out, take a fea ther out of the pillow; that's light enough for any room.. Any one troubled with nightmaro will find halter on the bedpost. Don't worry about paying your bill; the house is supported by the foundation. . * Poultry Notes. While oats are a good egg pro ducing' food, better results can be ecured by alternating with bran. Rolled oats soaked in sweet milk is a good ration to commence feed ing young chickens. Scald out the drinking vessels ynce a week. Filth is easily carried o the system through drinking wa Clean dry earth is one of the best absorbants for the poultry -house. catter it liberally over the floor. Sprinkle the nests with a solution f diluted carbolic acid. It will ai I narerially in keeping down lice. Boiling milk that is fed to the owls will increase its value and les en the risks of its producing dis 'ase. * She Knows How. St. Louis, Dec. 11.--James Sharp, he leader of the onslought against he police has not yet been captur d. Mrs. Pratt who, with her four hlldren, is being held at police head uarters, now states she knows harp was a false prophet and wishes he had remained in "the good old ~aptist church." Mrs. Pratt's hu.3 and was killed in the row. * Commits Suicide. New York, Dec. 7.-Leaving two ~tters, in one of which he said he ad "suffered more than anybody the world," Louis Evans, of. rooklyn, a youth of nineteen years. 10t and instantly killed himself in hospital where he was undergoing eatment for tuberculosis. Explosion in Magazine. Calcutta, Dec. 7.-An explosion at military station, where men were~ ngaged in 'converting rball cart dges into blanks resulted in the Elling of eleven men and woundini; twenty-six others. The casual es -vere all among native soldiers. A Fast Flying Bird. The most wonderful bird flight >ted is the migratory achievement th virginia plover, which leaves s haunts in North America andi king a course down the Atlantic. aches the coast of Brazil in on' 1 ibroken nlight of 15 hours, cover g a distance of 3,000 miles at the te of four miles a minute. Some 1 ars ago some of these birds were randed in Orangeburg by a storm, Ld several pepole who saw them ted their swift flight as they ~ro- 1 TOO BIG A UAR I FOR DIM TO TACKLE SAYS ED ITOR LAFFAN, Who, In Dignified but Scorching Words, Roasts Roosevelt, Refusing ON to Bandy Epithets With Him. Mr. Laffan replies to the Press- Fir dent's letter as follows: "The editor of the Sun presents F his compliments to Mr. Roosevelt and acknowledges his active sensi- St bility in respect of the attention which Mr. Roosevelt has been good enough to pay him in his letter to at the Hon. Willam Dudley Foulke, of Indiana. K "Notwithstanding the directness shad of this challenge, the editor of th' whit Sun declines a controversy with Mr. men Roosevelt. He is by no means in different tc the implied compliment Whit discernible in Mr. Roosevelt's tirade, this but Mr. Roosevelt has shown in his3 of p frequent collusions with various per- fata sons of distinction that he has an pverwhelming advantage over any Juri respectable antagonist in his, Mr. T Roosevelt's complete freedom from Job any sense of personal obligation in as respect of the Lruth. -.e editor of the Sun is fully alive to the extremi- ap ty of the inconvenience which at- old, taches to a personal controversy with gear a man who has shown himself cap- and able of suppression and perversion flce of individual correspondence, an act occi which, in ordinary life, would, in cro' the cognizance of any club or asso- prof clation of self-respecting gentlemen. an entail his prompt erpulsion. F "In saying these things we can- ven not disguise our chagrin and humil- Mai lation that the person wl'o is ad- of dressed is also the President of th . cor United States. as "It is curious that the Mr. Foulke a c is a preferred repository of these Sel; confidences of the President. It was dre to him that Mr. Roosevelt sent his yea memorable letter denying that he ner was using the Federal patronage to to I aid Mr. Taft's candidacy, a letter cro which at once took its place among her the most valued incunabula of ve- per ractly." chi: WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. ani ser Travel Ten Miles a Second by Stand- nig par ing Still. Off Butler, Pa., Dec. 10.--Rev. Phil- ide lip Shredanovich, pastor of the Greek Orthodox church here and editor of res Justness, yesterday announced a dis covery which if it works out, will bu put Newton Franklin and Edison far in the rear. The pastor-editor wh declares he has invented a means by o which the- rotation of the earth on Go its axis may be taken advantage of Go in travel, and that by standing still h one may go round the world in an twenty-four hours. He has found a way, Rev. Mr. A Shredanovich says, by which men ni may lift themselves above the earth rid to a point where they will stand till while the earth, rotating fromst west to east, will do their traveling of for them. The secret is jealously tee guarded by the pastor and his wife, sta whom he credits with suggesting the idea. D Rev. Mr. Shredanovich said: "We Da will hoist ourselves above the earthhs and await the coming of the desiredhi place, then we will lower ourselves h where we desire to be. In this way ,h we may go from America to Europe in less than twelve hours. My secre't ser is how to stand super earth. and notpr be trailed by the earth's attrac tion." *pr1 CHOKED) TO DEATH. p pre Man Paols Over Dash Board and Is wh on Killed'.n Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 1 0.--Lu- tht then Thompson, aged 35 years, a he well known young farmer of the In- str man section of the county, was found Th dead in his buggy by members of ina his famly. He had fallen forward, lii' his head hanging over the dash . board and it is believed that he was int strangled to death. in From what can be learned it ap- wa pears that Thompson went to a still int in North -Carolina on Monday. Re- me turning to his home late Monday night he drove into ,his lot to put up brc his horse and buggy~ and being ini tio: an alleged intoxicated condition, he !fleE fell forward and his head caught over ;lou the dash board and before he could the extricate himself, he strangeld to fat, death.* boc death. GREAT WATER MAIN BREAKS. ma fat] Traffle Blocked at Brooklyn Until and Hole is Bridged. bos New York, Dec. '.-A good sized low area in Brooklyn in the vicinity of had Washington and Johnson streets was still wet today after last nighgt's deluge, caused by the breaking of was a twenty-four-ineh high pressure wa- of ter main. das With a roar that could be heard drol for blocks the water shot upward for of twenty feet. sending with it a shower and of paving stones, sprinkling every- of body within fifty yeards. Traffic her was blocked until a hole in the oar! street ten feet square was bridged. mer1 Police reserves and an emergencyv shot crew from the water department the were called out to hold the crow'n face in check and prevent a panic. No T one was injured. At she First "Diving Press." pani It is nearly a century since Adolph of t Siebe invented the first crude "div ing dress," which, after the ' iner of inventions. has been greatly in: proved upon since then. Today a Youl iver can remain eight hours deep :own under the ocean with as much :omfort as his brother workman a: :he surface. in this way the unde" world of the sea has.really been op Pant -ned up, and on every hand has been Nati 'ompelled to give up irs 'irownmed ion, old. For ships carrying enormous drou luantities of treasure-gold and sil- the 'er and precious stones. jealot'sly the tored in the bullion room--are just nort] is liable to misfortune as their hum- not yler sisters. * TI trip A man is willing to have most any turns tind of disease for an excuse for to st is family to support him. dent! If a girl doesn't l-ike flattery it's No ,ecause she doesn't get enough to she pil her. cnmii 1 FATAL FIGHT gious Fanatics Precipitate a Row in Kansas City. E HUNDRED SHOTS I in Riot in Which Party of inatics, Let by "Adam God," and veral Policemen Engage, Re Iting in Three Deaths and Prob ly Four Fatal Injuries. ansas City, Mo., Dec. 8.-In the ow of the City Hall a riot in h religious fanatics and police were participants, and during; h a hundred shots were fired afternoon resulted in the death oliceman A. 0. Dalbow, probable ! injuries to four and slight in as to two other persons. hose probably fatally injured are i Sharp, known as "Adam God," the preacher; Michael Mullane, atrolman; Lola Pratt, 13 years and Patrick Clark, a police ser it. Harry E. Stege, a policeman, George M. Holt, a probation of , were also hurt. The trouble irred while the streets were vded. While the fight was in tress the participants traversed entire block. robation Officer Holt, of the Ju le Court, today went to Fifth and n streets, to investigate a case alleged abduction. Near that ier he met John Sharp, known Adam God," who was exhorting rowd. With Sharp were A. \J. er, and a woman and five chil a, ranging in age from 3 to 14 rs. Holt did not like the man in which the woman attempted et money contributions from the wd, and he decided that she and male companions were not proper sons to have custody of young dren. he woman announced that she t "Adam God" would conduct vices at Poor Man's Mission to ht, whereupon she and her com ions started toward the mission. cer Holt then inquired as to the ntity of the children. The woman nediately assumed an attitude of entment and replied that the of :r "had beter attend to his own mess." 'Adam God," who wears a long, ite beard and hair, threatened the cer. Officer Holt was not armed, stood his ground until "Adam I" struck him a heavy blow be d the ear with a pistol, making ugly wound. Holt then started the police station for assistance. Holt moved away the preacher d to shoot him, but the cart ges failed to ex1,!ode. )fficer Holt rushed into the police tion and announced that a band religious fanatics, armed to the th, were at the threshold of the tion, and he warned the officers prepare for trouble. The sergean. iharge ordered Patrolmen Charles lbow and Harry E. Stege to arrest trp and his followers. Sharp and companions were within fifty 'ds of the police station when officers stepped into the street a Sharpites gave evidence of fren and, with profane abuse, they ved notice on all that they would 'ach right "under the eaves of the Ice station and the police cannot vent us." rhe officers did not, he wever, ex t serious trouble ' - were not pared for the voi .f bullets ich met them after they appeare.l the scene. Dalbow was killed tantly and a bullet passe? ough Stege's arm. Other officers tring the firing, rushed izito the set and a general fight ensued a officers refrained from sh 'ot ,for fear of endangering the ~s of innocent people. ieutenant Clark, who had com - the street unarmed, was sans~ the eye, and Patrolman Mullane shot in the back as he hurried the police station for reinforce cits. n the meantime a riot call ught policemen from all direc is. Thoroughly aroused, the of rs closed in on Sharp and his fol ers, firing as they went. When firing ceased "Adam God" lay Ily shot through the head and t was later learned that Sharp' e companions was Louis Pratt. ter of the five children. Pratt. arrested uninjured. The woman the children fled to a house t, in which they lived on the! souri river. Fifty policemen fol ed them, and found the woman barricaded herself in the house t. Standing on the boat with a tgun, she shouted to the officers: Come on, you fiends." The boat only a few feet from the hans the river and several officers ied toward it. The woman ped her weapon, and seizing twe. he dhIldren sprang into a boar began to row Into the middle he river. The officers called t~' to stop, but she only plied the more vigorously. The police fired a volley at the boat. One struck Lola Pratt, tearing away greater part of the child'i .She died later. he woman then surrendered :he police station she said that was Mrs. Pratt, wife of the comn on of "Adam God," and mother he wounded child. DROWNED IN POTOMAC. ig Men Go to Death in Trying to Shoot the Rapids. ashington, Dec. 6.-Joseph H. er, aged 30. a boaanist in thej anal museum, and his compan Robert Wallace. aged 16, were ned today while trying to shoot rapids at Stubblefield falls, in Potomac river, about 1 0 mniles t i of the city. The bodies have been recovered. e young men were on a fishing in a small canoe, which over ~d in midstream with them, duec riking a rock. Both were resi-e of this city. matter how innocent a girl is. :an get to be more so by be- Ij " healt tious wh BA A -L The mad( Grap of T 'Made f Grapes PANAMA INVESTIGATION. Democrats Want Inquiry Into That $40,000,000 Purchase. Washington, Dec. 7.-Democrats of the House are planning to demand an investigation of the purchase of the Panama canal property and in conformity with this program Rep resentative Rainey, of Illinois, in troduced a resolution directing the Speaker to appoint a committee of five to 'ascertain how much of the $40,000,000 which appears on the record to have ben paid to the French company, was really paid to that company." It is said that the National Dem ocratic committee requested Rainey to present the resolution, which provides that the committee shalt ascertain if any portion of the $40, 000,000 was directly or indirectly paid 'to American citizens, to an American syndicate, and if any member, or Senator, profited by the transaction. BRYAN WAS ARRESTED. His Hunting Party Had Killed Too Many Ducks. Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.-Wil liam Jennings Bryan fell into the hands of a game warden yesterday, when he and three other hunters were arrested at Lake Surprise, the famouns game preserve of Banker Moody, of Galveston, in Chambers county. Bryan, Moody and two frjends were .charged with having violated the State game law by killing more than 25 fowls each. The law lim.: the number of ducks to be klld by one person 25 in 24 hours. More than 150 dead ducks te< fled to the work of the four rme~ up to the time the game warden at, peared. Then it was sworn that Bryan had really killed but a few canvas backs. Moody and the other two Nimrods pleaded guilty and ac cepted the penalty, the fine being $25 each. S BAD MAN WITH A GUN. p Saloon -Keeper Shoots and Kills Three Negroes. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11.-After a brief argument with a crowd of negroes engaged in e, game of bil liards at a saloon on Desota street near Beale, sho:-tly after midnight this morning, William Latura, a white saloon keeper of this city, shot and killed three of the. negroes and wounded four others, one mor tally and the others seilously. One of those wounded is a woman. According to statements of by standers the negroes were grouped about the table when Latura enter ed the saloon. As he appeared a few heated words passed and in the next instant Latura had drawn his revolver and begun firing. Each of his bullets took effect with the result as stated. Latura, who it is said had been drinking, was taken into custody after the shooting. * MAIL CARRIER HURT. Thrown From His Buggy and Per haps Fatally Injured. Spartanburg, Dec. 7.-Jesse L. Wood, a well known letter carrier,l was thrown from his buggy early Sunday morning and seriously in ured. The horse Mr. Wood was: riving took fright on east Main treet, just in front of the FIrsit ~resbyterian church. He was' hrown violently to the sidewalk and nocked unconscious. When taken o his home it was discovered that hree of his ribs had been brok'en nd one of his shoulders terribly in. ured. He is threatee with pneu onia, which makes his condition rebly worse.-The State. PTLED FROM BURNING HOUSE. ~Iother Passes Children Throug2 Window to Safety. New York. Dec. 10.--Ten persons 'ere dragged to safety from a burn g tenement in Williamsburg last ight. Mrs. Mary Kilcoine, after eing awakened, called for help andi hen-- two policemen responde t, anded her two smal'l children rough a window to safety. Her an Zeigler and his father, aged 5. and the old man's wife, aged< 0, were overcome by smoke, but ere rescued, as were the famil" fMitchel McDermott, who were1 rried to safety after having been ~und unconscious. * One of the worst things about ht g rich seems to be how unhappy more 't hful and Len raised )ly baking from Ro-; - e Cream artar4 -a GINNER'S REP0RT OF COTTON .GINNED TO DECEE - BEB ONE. 11,010,864 Bales and 26,983. Gin neries--Iacrease Over Last Year. S. C. Shows 1,052,547 Bales. A total of 11,010,864 bales of cot ton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December 1, and 26,922 -acjve ginneries, against 8,343,396 bales ginned a year ago %were announced in the bureau repo't "on cotton gin ning Tuesday. The 1907 crop was 31,057,822 bales, of which 75.5 was ginned to December 1, the 1906 crop, 12,383,201, with i..2 to De cember 1 and 1905 crop, 10,495 105, bales with 82,8 to December-i . . In 1906 there were 10,027,86, bales and in 1905 8,689,669 bales ginned to December 1. The report couats round bales as half bales and ex cludes linters, It Includes 200,818 round bales for 1908, 154.636 for 1907 and 227,145 for 1908. Sea island bales included 68,497 for 1908, 55,299 for'.1907 and 41,250 . for 1906.~ Today's report gives runnin'' bales ginned to' December 1 and.' active ginneris respqbtively by States a; foniows: Alabama,, 1,171,404. bales and! 3,429 ginnerles.- ''. Arkansas, '176,153 bales and 2, Loiin,897;1i9 als~ and I 645 ginneries. Mississippi, 1,297,291 bales an~d. 3,422 ginnerles. Missouri, 45,750 bales and 70 gin neries. North Carolina, 554,002 bales and 2,681 ginneries. Oklahoma, 432,077 balesend 97S ginneries. South Carolina, 1,052,547 bales~ and 3,184 ginnerles./ .Tenncsste, 278,679 bales and g25 ginneries. Texas, 3.200,221 ba~les and 4,091 ginneries. Virginia, 5,773 bales and 92 gin neries. The dist-ibution ',f sea Iiu-. cot ton by State. is: Florida 28',003; Georgia, 32,155; South Carolina, - 8,339 bales. Th~e corrected statiatics of the quantity of cottan ginned this sea son to November 14 are $9,595,809. bales. NAkRROW ESCAPE. Train Running Fifty Miles an Hour Turns Over. Bismarck, *N. D., Dec. 10.-The wreck of the west bound North Coast limited at 'McKenzie, 20 miles east of here last night may be consider ed one of the luckiest in the annals of railroading, aecording to railroal men. The faet that an almost en tire train going at the rate of 50 miles an hour, eontaining more than 200 persons could turn over and go down a 10-foot embankment with out killing anybody is marvelous. The train struck a broken rail. The engine got over safely, but the tender went off the track, followt ed by the baggage and mail cars. Then the coupling broke and the throe day coaches, two sleepers and the observation car went down an embankment into a deep snow drift and turned over without breaking a coupling. The hard packed snow saved the train from destruction. Eight babies on the train were not even scratched.* A FATAL PLUNGE. Fireman Who Fell From Window -Dies From Injury. Macon, Ga., Dec. 10.-Thomas Fulford, the 21-year-old Central of Georgia fireman, who fell .from the second story of his boarding house >n Third street yesterday afternoon, lied at the city hospital today. Fulford came in from his run eeling badly, went at once to i.?s oom, feeling feverish. He went to pen hIs window and fainted while n the act. While in this .condition le fell forward to the ground 35 feet >elow. His skull was fractur'ed. He vas unmarried. His home was in tmericus. Half the people in the world 4re Iways doing something to take 8ff