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VOL. XXIII ANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 - BRYAN REPLIES To The Criticisms of, Congress man Clark of Florida UNABLE TO APPEAR So He Writes a Letter to the House of Representatives of Florida, Which Had Invited Him to Ad derss It-He Discusses Several Matters of Importance. "When a representative cannot con scientiously do what his constituents conscientiously desire him to do, he ought to be conscientious enough to resign and let them select a repre sentative in harmony with them." This, in brief, is William J. Bryan's attitude on the pending tariff bill. presented in a letter addressed to the Florida general assembly and read in the house Tuesday night. Mr. Bryan found it impossible to accept the invitation extended by the leg islature to come to Tallahassee and address them in answer to Mr. Clark's criticisms of the Nebraskan and certain doctrines contained in the Denver platform. The reading of his letter was greet ed with prolonged applause. "There are two schools of thought," says Mr. Bryan, "in re gard to the duty of the 6fficial: The aristocratic theory is that people elect representatives {to think for them; the Democratic theory is, on the contrary, that people think for themselves, and elect representatives to -give legal expression to their thoughts and to voice their senti ments. "I am suspicious of the official whose conscience is dormant during the campaign and only active when he wants 'to find an excuse for do Ing what his constituents do not want done." Turning his attention from Mr. Clark. Mr. Bryan addresses himself to- certain proposed legislation as follows: "There is a reform which shoild receive the support of all, whether ther believe in prohib!tion or not. This reform Is this, that the Federal government should discontinue the issuance of licenses far sale of liquor In territory where loc~al authorities decide to prohibit its sale." Touching on trusts and monono lies. Mr. Bryan declares that "the trust question is on with which the State must deal. 'Under our dual form of government the monopolis tic corporations have been playing each government against the other. They contend that they are engaged in interstate commerce 'when the State attempts to legislate. and are staunch advocates of States rights whenever the federal government at temnts to restrain. "The regulation of corporations Is usually the most difficult subject1 with which a legislator has to deal. because of the influence brought to bear upon the legislator by the cor porations. "State government should em ploy their powers for the protec tion of the public against the evils of private monopoly and I believe that the best as well as the simplest solution will be found in legislation fixing the percentage of control which a corporation shall exert over the product in which he deals." As to the need of more adequate banking laws he says: "The banks are not now sufficiently secure, as is evidenced by the fact that the national government, the State gor ernments, counties and the cities all require special security. A large part of the banks prestige is due to the fact that it does business undet a charter granted by the govern ment and is so regulated and inspect ed as to give the depositors coni dence in its solvency, and it is only fair." In conclusion Mr. Bryan said: "The initiative and referendum a'. heing adopted by State after State and they perfect our represon'tativ'e form of government by bringing the government nearer to the peo ple." A WEIRD STORY. Trained Pack of Wild Animals Eat Up a Child. A weird tale of the lonely north land is brought to civilization by Fred Allingham and two companions. James and Mack J. Curtin, of Saska toon. Sask., who have been spending the winter around Moose Lake. northwest of the Pas, according to the Indianapolis News. A traper secured a number of young timber wolves which he train ed for driving, as they developed re markable endurance and speed. On one occasion the traper was away on a long journey. A fter finishing up a hard day's run in which the animals had not received any food, as is the way of treating dog teams while traveling, as the driver and the team approached the shanty that was their home, his little three-year' old child ran out to meet them. The famished animals jumped on her in a flash and she was devoured be foi-e the father could raise a hand. Seizing a sharp axe from his "boat." the trapper went at the wild creatures and never stopped until he had killed the entire lot. Electrocuted. Joe and Isham Taylor, two more of the negroes who figured in the recent terrible Powhattan county tragedy in which Mrs. SkipWith and Walter Johnson were murdered, were electrocuted in the penitentiary at Rmchmonld. Va., Wednesday. THE POTASH TAX CONTROVERSY BETWEEN LEVER AND THE DAILY MAIL About the Matter-Mr. Lever Does Not Claim That He Killed the Proposed Tax Alone. The Anderson Mail printed the following in its editorial column of April 20: The glory that Representative Le ver has gotten out of the removal by the house ways and means com mittee of the duty on potash salts is amusing to those who know some thing of the facts. Mr. Lever is a member of the agri cultural committee, and he has doubtless availed himself of whatever advantage this may have offered to urge that fertilizer ingredients be placed on the free list, but it may be positively stated that he was not the only congressman from South Carolina who urged the committee not to tax potash salts, and it is very doubtful if he was the first to do so. It is also very doubtful if the tax on the raw material will be worth a cent to the farmer. It is certain that the manufacturers and not the farmers poured in telegrams to the ongressman to have thie tax re moved. We doubt if Mr. Lever can show a single telegram or letter 'rom a single farmer in regard to Mr. Lever, with the Democratic party, is voting for free products )f leather on the ground that free tides with a duty on the products )f hides, would help only the manu acturers. This may not be good easoning, but it is good Democratic octrine, and if it is applicable to he shoe manufacturers it is also pplicable to the fertilizer manu acturers. The practice with some national tatesmen seems to be to grab every hing in sight. While their right to oist themselves upon t.he people is ot questioned, some little regard hould be shown their associates who ray be affected thereby. The friends f these public servants should not ake press comments touching their avorites too seriously. For instance. his from the Newberry Herald and ews: "'Congressman Lever won the fight or the farmers. not only of South arolina. but wherever commercial ertilizer is used. By the way, who an tell who the other members of ongress from South Carolina. are? e are proud of Lever. He is a lit le Newberry college boy." Perhaps other congressmen need o inject more energy into their press gents. or to do a little more press genting themselves. But the claim made for Mr. Lever s amusing the sensible people. ~ancy Messrs. Payne. DalzelI and all *he other Republican bosses, fall g info line when Mr. Lever cracks s whip. Fancy their having heard hat Lever was opposed to taxing otash salts. and then breathlessly raiting to find out if the report was rue. Congressmen from the North. est, East and South. equally in-1 erested, were asked to stand aside ntil Mr. Lever had his way. Lever ~poke. and then the objiectionable :ax was removed. Hurrah! XUso anzai! The Herald and News may claim s much as it pleases for Mr. Lever, t it should not attempt to dispar ge other congressmen equally as ~arnest and equally as faithful in he discharge of duty. The Herald nd News' flink comes with mighty oor grace from a city which has -ecently been given a $50.000 public uilding solely throu'rh the work of e other member of congress. Th" ewerry paper displays rank in ;ratitude, to say the least of it. Letter From Mr. Lever. Editor Daily Mail: My attention has been called to your edie -iai. Mr. Lever and the 'lax on Potr.h " i your issue of April 20. in which you ridicule the idea of my being ab'e to accomplish the removal of the~ ty on potash salts and basic slag. Your editorial is an answer to one y the Newberry Herald and News hich gives me all of the credit for this fight. In your answer to this 'ditorial, you go out of the way to ?ritcise me for an alleged claim that [ have never made. -I am sure that "ou want to he fair in all matters. for we have been personal friends for many years, and no one has a higher opinion of your ability as a newspaper man than have L, and hence. I want to call your attention to my own statement, published in the Columbia Record of April 9. The Record's Washington correspon dent has this to say: "Mr. Lever said this morning that the whole delegation had stood behind him in his fight. When questioned as to the effect of the amendment which will be introduced, Mr. Lever had this to say, 'I have received num erous resolutions from the various farmers throughout the State. and have been materially aided by the entire South Carolina delegation and other members of congress in this fight. Commissioner Watson and Prof. Harper have responded prompt y and splendidly to my request for information.' " I take it that this Is sufficient an swer to your editorial. Ordinarily. I would not feel called upon to make any statement in reference to an editorial, such as the one referred to. but I feel that in justice to my colleagues from South Carolina thaT I should do so. I wish to say in behalf of all of them. your represen tatives and all. that they are always diligent in all things that affect the interests of South Carolina. and they were no less diligent In helping tc rroe this tax on commercial fer tilizers, which would have amount .ed to a bnrden of more than a quar WILL NOT VOTE For Protection on Lumber or Anything Else. TILLMAN AND SMITH Takes Their Democracy Straight and Will Fulfill Their Party's Pledge By Voting to Carry Out Promise Made in the Democratic Platform for Tariff Reform. Zach McGee, writing to The State from Washington, says Senator Smith showed some "emotion Friday when he saw The State, containing the extract from the Virginia paper stating the new South Carolina sena tor was going to vote for protection on the products of his State. He was at that time turning off a lumber lobby, which wanted to convince him he ought to vote for a duty on lum ber. Some of the lumber lobbyists see ing the piece in the paper. supposed that Smith was open to a proposi tion, or at least ready to be con vinced. This, in spite of the fact. the senator says, that he had told them that he was going to vote the straight Democratic ticket, one plank f whose platform declared specifical ly for free lumber. The Virginia paper referred to Senator Smith of gouth Carolina. 'There are a good many Smiths in the country," said the senator. 'Even the senate here is loaded with hem. This particular Smith is a Democrat and whenever he can not ict in accordance with the Demo ratic party's principles, he's going :o resign his job and get out." The lumber lobbyists have been alling on both the South Carolina ;enators. Senator Tillman told them 2e same thing that Smith told them -that he was going to vote in ac -rdance with the platform which alled for free lumber. The lumber lobby, by the way, hich called on Senators Smith and rillman represented themselves as rom South Carolina. Six men called Lt Senator Smith's office one day. elling him that some of them were -rom Solith Carolina and some from ther States, who had interests in outh Carolina. As they came out met them. Do any of you gentlemen live in outh Carolina." I asked. "Well.' answered one straightfor ard, lionest-looking fellow, "I have terests there, but T can not ex etly say I live there. I live in New ork." "Are eny of the others from South aroli?' I asked. "No sir," was his reply. ZACH McGEE.* NO RACE SUICTDE HERIE. !he Father of Fifteen Children Passes Away. A special to The News and Courier rom Hampton says Mr. George Stan ey, an aged man and an old Confed trate Veteran, died there a few days go. Eight sons and five daughters 'ere at the bedside of their father as e passed away. -Mr. Stanley has ng been a resident of Hampton ~ounty, and is well known in this section. His health has been very bad for the last few years. Mr. stanley was 78 years old, and was married four times during his life. Fle is the father of fifteen children, rwo of whom are dead. His many rriends will hear of his death with sadness. Capers Resigns. A dispatch from Washington says Royal E. Cahell of Richmond. Va., 1ias been selected to succeed John. . Capers of South Carolina as comn 'nission'ir of internal revenue. Mr. Capers some weeks ago sent in his i'esignation, effective July 1. Mr. Capers is very ill in Washington. * ter of a million to the farmers of the State. You ridicule the ides that Messrs. Payne and Daizell, and 'ther Republican bosses should fall in line when I crack my whip. I rel admit that personally I have no infuence with either Mr. Payne r Mr. Dalzell. I am sure. however, hat I have many influenitial Repub ican friends who, in this fight, did not hesitate to let Messrs. Payne nd Dalzell and other members of he ways and means committee know hat they were interested in seeing 'otash salts and basic slag put on the free list and that this interest was largely due to their friendship or me. I m'ention among these. \Messrs. Weeks of Massachusetts and Currier of New Hampshire, two men ith whom I have been intimately associated with in the many fights that we have made here for the Ap nalachian bill. It so, happens also that several of my close personal Friends on the Republican side were. t the same time, members of the ways and means committee, and to *hese I went. Of course, you know that this mat er of a tax on fertilizers was called o my attention by a telegram from Commissioner of Agriculture Wat aon, and I presume that he got in ouch with me first because of the fact that he lives in my district, and for the reason that I am a -ember of the agricultural commit tee. and presumed to be in very -lose touch with matters affecting he agricultural interests of the coun ry. I make this statement to you n justice to myself and because T am sure that you 'want to be fair, and also in justice to the other mem ners of the South Carolina delega tion-all good men and true. Very truly, A. F. LEVER. ashin. April 26. DREAM OF TRAGEDY WIUCH LEADS TO THE ARRES OF THE MURDERER. Three Men Arrested Charged Wit] the Murder and One Confesses t< the Chief of Police. Prof. James H. Hyslop, of thi American Society of Psychilca: Ie search, who, with Dr. Isaac M. Funk has revealed many of the mysterie: of spiritualism, relates, in the forth coming Journal of Psychical Re search, the renarkable case of Mrs Susan Dellinger, of York , Pa. Prof. Hyslop has spent many year, in endeavoring to discover any actua: facts which would prove the exist ance of a spirit world. In the cas( of Mrs. Dellinger he believes a ma terial fact has been found. William E. Hooper and his broth er, Curvin, were shot and killed near a little church yard at York. Three young men were arrested and charg ed with the murder. Mrs. Dellinger, according to Prof. Hyslop, dreamed two nights after the crime that she had seen one of the alleged slayers, Henry Snydor, pick up a revolver and throw it over the cemetery fence, where it fell by the side of a grave, on which she read in her dream the epitaph of "Curtis Site." On relating her dream the follow ing day to her son, Mrs. Dellinger de scribed minutely where the revolver wa:s seen by her in her vision, and said that it could be observed from outside the fence. The son went to he ceme..cly and found the weap.n xactly wire she had de crihed. Sydnor s,.bsequently coifessed to thq chirf of police, accordiig to Prof Hyslop, and said that he had dis posed of the revolver in exactly the manner described by Mrs. Dellinger in her vision. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. Supreme Court Decides Case in Their Favor. The Charleston Post say the United tates Supreme Court has just ren ered two decisions, which are of much 'inlres (o Itruck grogers through the State, involving more onsiderate treatment o nthe part f railroads in fostering the promo ion of the industry. In both cas s J. N. Voorhees. a truck farmer in It. Andrew's parish, was the plain :iff. and the Atlantic Coast Line and ther roads the defendants. A de ision favorable to truck Interests ras rendered in both suits. * In one case the plaintiff shipped ix carloads of cabbages from St. ndrews to New York, for the trans ortation of which the defendants ~harged less than the carload rate, ecause the initial carrier performed he loading service. The decision f the court is that these shipments aving been offered in carload quan tities were entitled to the published arload rate, and in the absence of necific tariff provision, no additional harge could be awfully collected rom the comp' to cover load ng service p. -- by the rail oad company. In the other - . a question of reasonable" r; the court de cided that the charge of sixty-three ents per half-barrel crate was "un easonable' and a rate of forty-eight ents a fairer one than the thirty wo cent rate which had been urged by the complainant before the rail road commvission. Th~e 'orders of the court in both cases provide for refund ,of excess charges. The mount invloved is not large, but the rinciple is of much moment to the ruck farmers and the decision is eing received with much pleasure nd satisfaction. SHERIFF KILLS PRISONER. n a Life and Death Struggle in a Dark Cell. Ely Holmes, a desperate negr prisoner in the Lee county jail at Leesburg, Ga., was shot to death Wednesdav afternoon in a hand-to hand figa with Deputy Sheriff H. D. Logan. in a dark cell in the jail, a fight in which the loser could no, leave the cell alive. Both men rea lid this, according to Deputy Lo gan, and when his chance came hi killed the negro. He had entered Holme's cell, and the negro attacked him, it was stated, with a stool eating the officer unmercifully be fore the latter could draw his pis tol. Then a fight began for its pos session, which ended when Deput: Logan fired, and the negro droppe' to the cell floor dead. The office: was exonerated. GOING TO TURKEY. Former Secretary of Commerce an Labor 0. S. Straus. Oscar S. Straus, former secretar: of Commerce and Labor, at Wash ington, has been selected for an assador to Turkey, and W. W. Rock hill for ambassador to Russia. Mi Rockhill was formerly assistant set retary of State and latterly ministe to China. Mr. Straus was twice before mit ister to Turkey. l He succeeds Anr bassador Leishman. who goes t Rome in place of Lloyd S. Griscon wo has expressed a desire to com home. Mr. Rockhill succeeds Ar bassador Riddle at St. Petersburg. Mr. Straus telegraphed from Ne York his acceptance of the mnissio to Turkey, to Secretary Knox. is not known at the State departme: when he will take up his diplomat SLAYED HIS FRIEND MANIAC IN ALABAMA. Shoots One Friend to Death and D Then Turns Pistol on Another, Who He Wounds. e An awful tragedy took place at _ Huntsville, Ala., on Friday, by which one man lost his life and another was badly wounded. Here are the par ticulars: J. Robert Jones, senior member of the insurance firm of Jones & Ri son, was shot and killed by Wm. L. Halsey, president of the Halsey Wholesale Grocey Company. A. D. McDowell, shipping cle'rk in the Halsey establishment, was fatally shot and is expected to die. Mr. Halsey is in jail and is said to be insane. The shooting occurred .in the Hal sey store, where Mr. Jones had gone to adjust s'ome matter relative to insurance. No quarrel occurred so far as known, and the shooting was as unexpected to Mr. Jones as to Wm. L. Halsey, Jr., son of the slay er, who sat in the office and was the sole witness besides McDowell. McDowell was. shot several minu les after Mr. Jones was killed. He had telephoned for a doctor for Jones and then perceiving that 3Mr Halsey t bad gone Insane, attempted to es cape from him. He was shot in the back, the bullet coning out Irl his abdomen. t Haht-y has been under treatmeni for incipient insanity for some time and his afrairs have been managed by a his son. - Before going to see him Jones said t w1e ,is "afraid of the job." '' he ,wo 'men were scaJOlboys to gether and have been life-long friends and business associates. V McDowell, who is a young mar- b ried man, has been employed by a Halsey several years and was a fav- t orite with him. t THRONGS VISIT BATTLESHIP t d ississippi, Which Lies Off City of p c New Orleans. Lying off New Orleans at anchor, h in the great stream whose name it N bears, the battleship Mississippi was P board and inspected by a throng a of visitors Friday. Little interest was taken among 0 the officials of the battleship in the d resolution of Congressman Holligs- 0 worth, of Ohio, questioning the plac-: h ing of the picture of Jefferson Davis on the silver service, to be presented to the Mississippi next month. While the officers were adverse to making statements for publication on the subject, they left the inference *that they were not at all in accord with the terms of the resolution. - All endorse the general expressed sentiment that "sectioal feeling among the officers of the navy has entirely disappeared." h VETERANS' HOME READY. b a Institution for Homeless C.onfeder IV ates Completed. 0 At a meting in Columbia Friday a the commission charged with the du- d ty of planning, erecting and furnish- s ing the Confederate Soldiers' Home 'j in that city finished its work and b turned the institution over to Coin- 9 m andant W. D. Starling complete. It is furnished and provisioned and on Monday will receive its first oc cupants. The law provides for the admis ;ion of not more than two Veterans Irom any one county. Many appli cations are on file, but no action on any of these has yet been made pub-. t i. A member of the commission 3 said that the Institution could, if 1. necessary, take care of fifty or more 3 Veterans with comfort. * THE STATE ASYLUM AFFAIR. The State Is Responsible For Its E Condition. A dispatch from Columbia to The Charleston Post says those who are expecting any stirring sensations1 from the legislative investigation in to the affairs of the State hospital for the insane are going to be disap pinted, unless the unforeseen hap pens.4 Members of the committee who have been probing as deeply as pos sible and who have listened to all the complaints against the manage mnent preparatory to putting the wit nesses on the stand, are thoroughly -satisfied that no series of crimes are to 'e charged against the manage ment. th. netgainwl But th netgto ilbe of great benefit as unconveing the true rconditions at the hospital, over crowded conditions which the State should have remedied long ago. GOMEZ TO TOUR THE STATES. President of Cuba Will Pay Us a Visit Soon. Returning Friday from Havana. .where he went to investigate health .conditions, President Harvey Dillon. of the Louisiana State board of health,. said that President Gomez, *r of Cuba, will soon make an extensive tour of the United States, although - .no definite date has been set. In a - conversation with Dr. Dillon. the Cu o ban Executive said the health con 1, ditions on the island were excellent. *e and that no fear was entertained of 1yellow fever this summer.* w Wagon Driver Slain. n The strike ifE the bekers at Chi [t cago Thursday resulted in the mur it der of Henry Teetilbohmn, a bakery ic wagon driver. He was shot and WERE IN PRISON Seaman Had Been Mourned For Dead THEIR SHIP SEIZED An Escaped Prisoner From Ven ezuela Tells a Strange Story About the Missing Captain and Crew of the Whaling Ship Carrie Knowles Thought to Have Been Lost. It may be that Capt. Collin Steph son and the crew of the Ameri- c an whaling ship Carrie D. Knowles, 3 ong since thought to have been lost v L, sea, are still in a Venezuelan t >rson. An American seaman, who gives he name of Payne, an escaped pris >ner from Venezuela, has made his 1 vay to Kingston, where he laid be- t ore the authorities an astounding I tory of the seizure of the Carrie D. nowles at a Venezuelan port, where he arrived five years ago In dis- 1 ress, and the incarceration by the r renezuelans of the captain and his s en. V The authorities at Kingston have v aken steps looking to a speedy and f, horough investigation of the case. v On January 27, 1904, the Carrie f . Knowles sailed from Province- n on, Mass., on a whaling voyage. Her i aptain was Collin Stephenson, and ii er first mate, H. A. Martin. In b ddtion she carried a crew of about si dozen. Payne asserts positively n at all are at the present time con- e ned in a Venezuelan prison. h The vessel was supposed to have ei een lost in a West Indian storm, o, ith all hands. Some of the men elonging in St. Vincent, and after 1 11 hope was given up of their return, ti ieir relatives put on mourning and it ie local insurance company eventu- a: ily paid the claims against it, on it ie assumption that the sailors were t< ead. The story Payne' told to the a Dice authorities caused great ex- it itement. u Payne declared that the whaler ti ad been disabled in a storm off the = 'enezuelan coast and had made a< rt in distress. This was five years f, go. She was at once seized and it ie captain and crew were made pris- e: ners and thrown into jail. The etails of Payne's escape from pris- h a are not known, as the police have o im in charge. t( LITTLE GIRL KILLED. cl elivery Wagon Crushes Infant to t al Death. li A special to The News and Courier om Greenville says Eugenia Gil H ath, the sixteen-months-old daugh- l r of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gireath. t E Greers, was run over a few after- a cons ago by a delivery wagon and er skull fractured, death resulting 5 once. A young white man named ub Glenn, was driving the deliverys t 'agon, and while looking over an' rder book, ran over the litle girl, 'ho was in the street. He had not nown of the accident until he had riven a couple of blocks. It isv aid hie is almost frantic with grief.v he little girl had slipped out of the ouse and into the street, where she e ras killed. c d STRANGE ACCIDENT. ack of Guano Exploded and Injur t1 ed a Man. Thursday afternoon on the planta- 1 ion of Mr. S. L. Moore, between Vaterloo and Harris Springs, a very i nusual accident occurred. A ten- 1 ear-old negro boy while trying to s Intie a sack of acid had his left k and torn and lacerated by a ter- o ible explosion. No one seems to now the cause of the accident. The ti hock and jar were felt by others a t work in the field and resembled V ynamite. The boy suffered pro- 9 ound shock, sand and dirt being lown in his face and eyes. His humb and fingers were amputated y Drs. Wilbur and Fennel, who are ttending the case. EX-GOV. McSWEENEY BETTER. ndition Still Serious, but Recove ry is Possible. A special dispatch from Hampton o The News and Courier says Ex iv. M. B. McSweeney, who wasi tricken down while on his way from iis office to his residence on Tuesdayt evening, and who has since that time jeen in an unconscious condition, s much improved. Although the loctors in attendance entertain hopes < >f his recovery, still they will not t say that he Is out of danger. The 1 :rouble seems to be acute indigestion,i but the former Governor has been < in failing health for the past two years, and his condition is still very i serious. POISONED BY STRYCHNINE. Rev. Dr. K~ilgo's flness Caused From a Poison. It is said that the recent critical and sudden illness of the Rev. Dr. P. F. Kilgo, one of the, leading mem bers of the South Carolina confer ence. while on a visit to Cheraw, was due to strychnine poisoning, due ap parently to a bottle of Carlsbad salts which he took with him on his trip to Cheraw from Florence. It ap pears that strychnine was *at the bottom of the bottle and got stirred up in traveling. Dr. Kilgo was so severely shaken with convulsions that his shoulder was thrown out of place. Ne is resting easy at his home in SEWING MACHINE [NVENTED BY GOULDING BU HOWE GOT THE CREDIT. ;oulding Was a Native of Sout Carolina, and Designed the Mi chine While at College. An interesting story that !,as mor han the ordinary earmarks of trut] vas tumbled upon, by the Greenvill )aily News correspondent whil ,ambling around in the vicinity o listoric old Abbeville. Here is th tory: Back in the 30's there were in th ld univers;iLy at Athens, Ga., tw -oung men who both- became after rard Presbyterian ministers of mor han local renown. One was a quie tudent, who devoted his heart an( aind to his books and afterwar ecame, in connection with his minis rial work, a professor in old Ers in College at Due West. The other, a young man of rest ss, energetic, inquiring turn oj iind, was always trying to solv4 )me problem, the solution of whict rould lighten the burdens of th4 rorking people. Among his "ne% ingle" machines was one whici rould do the needlework of thi Lmily in much quicker time that kany seamstresses could accomplist . He was enthusiastic about hit ivention. It was a crude machine, ut it did the work-a simple lock :itch mechanism turned by hand and Lounted on a stand table or what er was convenient. His pride in is machine was such that he show I it, and discoursed upon it on all :casions. There came one winter between 830 and 1831, a young man from Le North to winter in Georgia. The ventive young student, who was Eterward the Rev. Francis R. Gould g, of Georgia, showed his machine i his Northern friend after their :quaintance. He was struck to see s possibilities, and its value and pon his return North appropriated Le design, mechanism and whole achine to his own use without the vance or consent of his Southern iend, and patented the first sew g machine. The young Northern was Elias Howe. . . Young Goul6ing was amazed and rror struck at what deprived him his rights, for being a boy o' but oderate means he had not. yet funds take out letters patent on his ma ine. This story was told by the'daugh r of young Goulding's classmate yove referred to, the late Rev. Wil am McWhorter. In his teachings in schools and >lleges wheneypr he saw Elias Howe entioned as the inventordf the sew g machine, he would always close e book and tell the class the story Jove given, always ending with the atement: "Now, boys, always re ember it was not Elias Howe who Lvented the sewing machine, but e Rev. Francis R. Goulding, a ,uth Carolina boy at Athens, Ga., niversity, whose design was appro iated without leave or license by ias Howe, who saw it while on a tsit to Georgia." This story he urged his daughters, 'ho became teachers, to tell their asses also. That justice might be ne to the geinus of Francis R. oulding, a student of Athens U~ni rsity between 1830 and 1835, whc as the inventor of and maker of e first sewing machine. Williazi [cWhorter and Francis R. Gould ig graduated at Athens, Ga., iI The two daughters of the Rev riliam McWhorter lived near Ab eville and have often heard th4 tory from their father's lips, anc now that he was a fellow studeni f Mr. Goulding. The Greenville News would lk' hear from any of the decendanlte f the Rev. Francis Rt. Goulding, anc rith them assist in making a some rhat tardy atonement to his honor. NAVAL NOT SECTIONAL. apt. Fremont Does Not Object ti the Portrait. Capt. John C. Fremont, command ag the United States battleship Mis issippi, does not object to the plac aig of the portrait of Jefferson Davi Epon the silver service which the wa -essel is now on her way up th fississippi to receive from the Stat n whose honor she is named. Re ponding to a telegraphic request a whether he and the other ol icers of the Mississippi were in syn athy with the antagonism which th lacing of the likeness of the dea ieftain of the Confederacy upo he silver service had aroused, Capi remont wired The News and Coul er as follows, his dispatch bein lated New Orleans: "The navy vthout sectional prejudice, and it >atrotismf knows no boundaries say hose of the great country a Charged With Stealing Whiskey. Carl Summers and Jim Subur, tw rung negroes, have been arreste ipon the charge of stealing whiske >ut of a box car at the Lexingto fepot a few days ago. These t~ eellows undoubtedly had becomf rery thursty and in order to quenc this thurSt resorted to this mear > securing the necessary beverag To Establish Airship Lines. At a meeting of the Wurtembur Aerial Navy Lea:-..e, it becant known that the Zeppe' a Airshi Company would establish a regulb line of airships from Luecerne< Friedrichshafen to North German: via Frankfort-o-the-Mainl, to ope fo +ramae neit year. HODJIN SAVED r Moslem Marauders Put to Flight by Troops UVING ON GRASSES Attempt to Set ,Fire to the City Frustrated-At Harni Every Man Was Killed, the Mohammedan' Sparing the Women and Children Under Ten Years of Age. A dispatch from Rodjin, Asiatic ) Turkey, says motwithstanding the - presence of the troops here, the situ ation is desperate owing to the lack of foqd and medical supplies. The L troops arrived just in time, as the besiegers had succeeded in setting fire to a house on -the edge of the city. The fire spread, but as the breeze was blowing away from the 'town, only five buildings were destroyed. A heavy rifle fire was kept up against those who tried to extinguish the flames. The Mohammedans outside the walls who seemingly numbered many thousands, pushed -their attacks en ergetically a'gainst the inhabitants, killing and wounding many. They were so eager to get inside the city and plunder the place that they did not observe the approach of Loufti Bey and his troops until they were close upon them, where upon the Mohammedans fled precipi tately, carrying off all the cattle out side the city. A letter received by messenger from Harni says that . every man there has been killed. Only women, girls and boys under 10 years of age have been left alive. The churches and houses were plundered and most of them were. burned. Th'e letter, which Is from the widow of a clergy man says: "We have nothing to eat or wear. We are living on grass uiike animals. Worse than this, the Moslems are trying to force the women and girls to become Mohammedans. Already some of the women have been car ried away." Lucius 0. Lee, a missionary here; says: "We 'are trying to send food to Harni, although- it is dangerous, and to bring away the women. as well." Much .excitement has been cuased here by the attempts of the authori ties to arrest some of those who have murdered Christians. FIGHT TO THE DEATH. A Poultry Raiser Has Contest With a Wild Cat. John Simonton, a poultry raiser, at Deep River, Conn., had a desper ate battle for his life with a fifty poundi wild cat. Simon-ton heard a noise among - the ehickens ?before daflight iand when he opened one of the henhous es he enocuntered the wild cat. As Simonton's dog jumped at the brute the animal turned and struck Simon ton a blow with one paw that tore his head open. The poultry raiser: seized a club just as the beast sprang for his face. He missed and -the cat sank its claws into his arms. He shook it off, but it leaped again. They went down together and for fifteen minutes were engaged In a~ terriffe struggle, with the dog as sisting his master the best he could. Simonson finally brought-the club down on the wild cat's head; killing it, but not until he had been fright-n fully lacerated. HIDES IN COAL MINE. Will Be Forced to Come Out or Starve to Death. An' unidentified negro, wanted for murder, Is concealed in an abandon ed mine, twenty miles west of Birm ingham, and with a rifle and plenty of food and ammunition is defying the authorities. He has been con cealed for four days and It Is be lieved that friends carried him large supplies before the officers located him. The officers are unable to see down the slope, but the negro in the darkness below can watch their movement at the opening. The depu ties believe that it will be necessary to starve him out. Wml Soon Be Gone. Within ten or fifteen years, ac cording to J. H. Finney, secretary and treasurer of the Appalachian SForestry Association, there will be s not a stick of timber standing east s of the Rockies and within fifty years e the entire country will be as barren t of timber as the American , desert * unless something is done to avert the disaster. o Stamp Out Black Hand. d Determined to stamp out the Black y Hand, a number of wealthy. Italian D residents of New York City are rep o resented to have offered $2,500 a e year to Thomas Colesanto, a detec h tive of Waterbury, Conn., to go to s New York and, as far as possible, .take the place of Joseph Petrosino, who was assassinated In Sicily. g Dies After Fight. e At Anniston, Ala., Friday Hosea p Bryant, aged 12. dIed as a result, it iLr is alleged, of a fight with playmates >r of about her own age. Her head 7, was badly mutilated with stones. n Complicationls set in before she died.