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RO A The manufactur ing Powder b - to produce a c at the sacrifice c Royal Baking P pure grape cre the embodiment possible to be - est class baking Royal Baking I fair price, and at its price than agent, because quality and abs< fthe food it M Mixures made in imitation of baka are frequently distributed from door t stores. Such mixtures are danger< France, Cermany and some sections prohibited by law. Alum is a physicians condemn baking powders The label of alum ba show the hI READ TH GOOD FOR LEVER Comes Out Flat Footed for the Farmers Free List in a Speech. LUMBER WAS ILUDED Congressman Lever Makes Effective Argument for the Free Entry of Tariff Necessities, Including Lum ber, Which Reverses His Vote in the House for a Duty on It.. Two South Carolina Congressmen spoke in the House debate on the free list bill Tuesday. They were Messrs. Byrnes and Lever, in the order named. Both spoke with good effect, and received generous ap plause when they made telling points, as they often did. It was Lir. Byrnes' maiden effort as a member, and his colleagues con gratulated him warmly upon its suc cess. Mr. Byrnes twitted the Repub licans for their flop from support of Canadian reciprocity to opposition to the "farmers' free list," and de recated sectional arguments. Mr. Lever spoke at length upon accomplishments of the Democratic party already in this session, and upon the free list bill now under consideration. He began by vigor ously controverting the idea that the party was wanting in constructive ability, initiative or cohesiveness. He charged that it was a time-worn argument of the Republicans to frighten from the suport of the Dem-1 ocratic party, the over-sensitive bus iness element. Mr. Lever said "the action of the majority of the HorJte, during this short session, must be a cause for unutterable chagrin and disappoint ment to those who expect in the future to rely upon it. We have done business in a business way; we have shown both our power of initiative and our capacity for con structive work oi the highest order and a sincerity and unity of thought most gratifying to all atriotic citi zens who desire a correction of the abuses which have grown up under Republican administration." He reviewed briefly the work so far accomplished, pointinz Out first. the reform in the rules. which. as he argues, has restored the House of Representatives to the plane intend ed for it by the Constitution, this being done through the_ selection ot a committee on committees to as sign members to committees, rather than to allow that authority to con tinue with the Speaker, who abuses it. Secondly, the election of Senators by direct vote of the people, which will make the Senate a body respon sive to the people and prevent the recurrence of the scandals connect ed with election to it. 'Thirdly, he pointed out and com mended the action of the party in passing the Corrupt Practice Act, in tended to purify election and ":o prevent the use ofmoney for the de bauchery of our citizenship-a pirac tice which has become a stigma upon the honor of our country.'' Fo'urth, the pasage of the Cana dian reciprocity treaty he laud'-d as the result of Democratic legislction and in line with the Democratic pol icy. lHe argues, that it is a long step in the right direction. He pointed out strongly that these substantial legislative reforms "have been accomplished without the nec-'s sity of the application of the gaz rule, so well kna-vn an~i r~e i 1:pon under the old regime. when 'Car'non ism' was in contro'. It means ,Aat the rights of te indi'.idual eti of the House have be. ' res-ered1 to him.'' Finally he took up the free list bill and argued that it intimtates an ecnOmic revolution, and means an LI Powder ers of Royal Bak ave always declined .eap baking powder if quali;. owder is made from an of tartar, and is of all the excellence tttained in the high powder. 'owder costs only a is more economical any other leavening of the superlative >lute wholesomeness akes. ag powders, but containing alum, : door, or given away in grocery >us to use in food. In England, of the United States their sale is dangerous mineral acid, and al containing it. king powders must gredlents. LABE. Those Wicked Denocrati. The New York Sun exposcs a hid ous conspiracy anon; the wicke< Democrats in Congress to "do noth ng to spoil .the chance of electin, i President" and to "leave nothinj andone to promote the -success o :heir party in the election next year. ro this despicable etd "they are go ing to put revision up to Presiden raft and the Republican Senate. an in a way that makes co-operatioi mpossible; and then they propose ti go to the country and say, 'We hav done our best to revise the tariff but we have failed because we d ot control the Government.' " The New York World says thi miserable plot is enough to rais< oose-pimples on the skin of ever Republican patriot, but it can b, hwarted. Suppose Mr. Taft and th, Republican Senate were to allos hese godfors~aken Democrats tj have their own way about tariff re vision. If the revision were unsat isfactory to the country the blam :ould be thrown upon the Democrat ic party, which would be sternly re buked at the polls in 1912. If I were satisfactory the Republican would share in the glory. We fine sothing in this Democratic progran af tariff revision which "makes cc aperation impossible" on the part o Republicans who sincerely desire ti liminate the abuses of the Payne Aldrich schedules. Preaching vs. Practicing. Business men who declaim agains mail order houses are not alway consistent. If a local merchan wants local people to trade with hit be should not himself patronize th mail order houses at the North. Ye this is what many of them do whet they want something not in thei wn line of business. Business mei f all kinds, and their families, sen to catalog houses and then complaii that local trade is bad. Is it an; aonder when they set a bad exampi to others whom they expect to d< business with them? attack upon a system under whic1 trusts, combines, and mnonopolie have grown strong alr.:s'. ',ee' ud th, power of the Government to con trol. It is a measure to give reize from the burdens of high protectio: to a large- class of ow' people a:i that, too, without regard to section al lines." It is noe a free trad. measure nor a step in that directloz "The Democratic party has neve stood for free trade." The bill is built up in accordanc with the six principles laid down il the Walker report of 1846. "Thi free list seeks not only for 'impera tive' reasons to relieve the tariff taa payers of the country of some o their burdens, but at the same tim carries into effect the righteous pria iple that these burdens shall dis criminate 'neither for nor agains any class or section.'" He quoted from a speech delivere, by him in Columbia during his camn paig, that "a Democratic bill woull have given the WVestern farmer fre binding twine, the Southern farme free bagging and ties, and the lumu ber consumers. alont the Canadia: border line, free lumber." and thea quoted Chairman Underwood. of tb ways and means committee. to thc same effect in language almost iden tical. to show that there was no dif ference between the rank and file o the party in the House and its acc rredited leader. He combated the charge that th bill was sectionai in its character an argued forcefully that all section were treated with equal and exac ustice. He contended that the hil would be beneficial to all classe without regard to sections becausei makes agricultural implements. fre fr the farmers generally, cotto: bagging and ties for the Souther! farmer. boots and shoes and ffonc wire for every section of the coun try. food products for the citiet lumber for those along the Canadia: border line. Concluding he gave as surance that the revision will b thorough, but sane, conservative an gradal. seeking to correct abuse and discriminations and to destro: GIVEN HERO MEDALS THREE HEROES RECOGNIZED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. John R. Graham, Albert Appleby and Boyce Lindsay, a Negro, Honored by Carnegie Commission. Thirty-five awards in recognition of icts of heroism were made Mon day at the spring meeting of the Carnegie hero fund commission at Pittsburg. Pa.. and the issuance of nine silver and 26 bronze 'edals were authorized. In addition the money accompanying the medals. amounting to $14,100. and pensions to widows of heroes totals $1,310 annually. The money is apportioned as fol lows: $6,000 for worthy purposes: $2.200 liquidation of niortages, 43, 7t0 for other indebtedness: $4.001 purchases of homes: $14,000 or edu cation: $3.200 death benefits and $1,000 for restoration of health. In nine instances the heroes lost their lives and the award is made to a member of the family. Twenty of the awards are made in connetcion with rescue from drowning, five from Lailroad contains, six runaways; five in mine suffocation cases, and one for the rescue of an insane patient from a roof cornice. In Monday's awards a number of heroes in the South are recognized as follows: Richard C. Williams. aged 23. sav ed 'Melvin B. Mayo from train at Reusens. Va.. June A7, 1906, bronze medal and $1,600 fcr a home. - Park S. Rushford aged 25, saved Elbert G. Cunningham from drown ing at Mannigham, W. Va., Jan. 19. 1907, bronze medal and $1,000 for a horne. Benij. Cottle. aged 24, rescued Morris M. Caldwell, aged 3. from runaway at Wilniington. N. C.. Aug. 28, 1910. bronze medal and $1,000 as needed. John R. Graham, aged 26, a tele graph operator of Thicketty. S. C., was awarded a bronze medal and $1,000 to liquidate his indebtedness. but the Carnegie Hero Fund Commis sion Monday, for a heroic attempt to save C. Lee Lipscomb. a farmer, May. 9, 1910, from drowhing in Lit tle Thicketty Creek. The men were seining: Lipscomb got beyond his depth and Graham. carrying a meal sack with five pounds of fish. swam and-continued his effort at rescue un til exhausted, barely saving his own life. Albert J. Appleby, Holly Hill, S. C., received a bronze medal and $2,. 000 for educational purposes. Apple by, a farm hand, saved Ruth Ella M. Harbison, aged 40, from being run over by a train at Bowyer, S. C., March 11, 1910. The woman was near-sighted and deaf and walk ed in front of a train traveling thir ty miles an hour. Appleby shoved her out of danger as the .train rushed :Boyce Li'ndsay, colored, aged 16 of Catawba, S. C., received a bronze Smedal and $2,000 as needed for edu cational purposes, for saving the lifE of E. Reynolds Smith. aged 11, at Spartanburg, May 28, 1910. Step. ping over in front of an approaching train of box cars, Lindsay flung Smith off the middle of the track, where he had fallen from his bicycle. Lindsay was struck on the ril ha shoulder by the train. SBABY ONLY TRAGEDY WITNESS. -Athens. Ga., Man Kills Wife, thes Commnits Suicide. -With a little wide-eyed baby girl. the only witness, Rt. WX. McKinney, until recently of Newport, Tenn. shot and killed his wife and then himself at 9.30 o'clock Monday night, within earshot of a revival, whicb> was progressing at the Young Harris 1 emorial Methodist Church. at Ath ens, Ga. It was at first believed that the two people had been murdered by a third party, but a careful exam ination of the ground and room It which they were found by the police served to convince them that the man had first shot his wife and then himself. No cause for the shooting is known. Teddy to Come Again. According to the Washington Times plans are under way for the renomination of Teddy Roosevelt fox the presidency next year. It is claimed that he will be backed by the Insurgent Republicans and many of. the Regulars also, The Times goes on to say that it is being frank ly admitted by leading Republicans thatRoosevelt is the only Republican who can prevent the election of a Democratic President next year. The split that has continued to widen in the ranks of the party, despite tht results of the November elections, 1is regarded as unbridgeable by any leader of either faction now -in harness, and it is argued by thi' political commentator of The Times that this task can be performed by Mr. Roosevelt. The Spartanburg Herald believes that Teddy is "thc only man in the Republican party who can stand for everything that is regarded as essential by bo0th the Progressives and the Regular Repub -licans. His course in the past has shown that he would find this sort Sof "straddling" to be mere child's rplay. And we have no doubt that -he can straddle still further, and not Ionly stand for all that the two fac 1tions of the Republican party hold dear, but he can stand on these twc platforms and at the same time per -suade a lot of people th-at be is firm -ly planted on all the essential plankl Cof the Democratic platform." Saves Doctor's Bills. If all understood the value of the Itomato, and the comparative ease swith which it may be grown. nc tgarden would be without, and every 1family would eat then: three times a sday from early June till frost. Theix tacid and mineral salts are very val u able, especially in; warm climates A cool. crisp, fresh tomato eaten fox breakfast all through the summer is both an appetizer and a corrective that helps to keep the system in or der, thereby maintaining health. sav Iing suffering and doctor's bills. It seems to be irapossible t~o bury "htLr'.mer matter." The case is olc that whitewash enougt an not be pu! on to maheQ it 10014 WORTH TRYING A Better Staple of Cqton is Desired and It Can Be Raised Here. BRING HIGHER PRICE As Result of Experiments During Past Year it Has Been Learned That the Better Grade of Cotton Can Easily Be Cultivated in the State of South Carolina. A movement of consequence that has been inaugurated in South Caro lina by the United States farm de monstration work and the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' as sociation is that for a better staple cotton. The culmination of this movement will be a cotton exposition to be held in the fall in con nection with the state fair and sev eral thousand dollars in prizes will be given for the best results to be shown. The movement for a better staple of cotton was started in a quiet way last year by Ira W. Williams, state agent of the farm demonstration work and Lewis W. Parker of the cotton manufacturers' association and the state department of agricul ture. It is the purpose of those in terested in the movement to induce the farmers of the state to grow a staple of cotton that can be used in the textile plants of the state in stead of the raw material that has to be bought in the Mississippi val ley and elsewhere. The demonstra tion work has chosen lonz staple seed which have-been distributed general ly throughout the State. As a result of the experiments some valuable facts have been ob tained. It has been demonstrated that whereever first-class seed of sta ple cotton was distributed this cot ton has been producing equally as much and in many cases, more per acre than short staple. This has proven most encouraging to both the manufacturers and the farm demon stration work. It has also been de monstrated that the staple of the cot ton grown has been such as to en able it utilization in the most suc cessful manner in the mills of the State. The cotton sells readily and last year, for instance, a lot of long staple cotton in Lexington county, brought as high as 23 cents a pound. In the past one of the greatest losses to the State has been in the raising of a poor staple of cotton both as to length and strength of staple. Many possibilities have been opened up by the campaign and it is toward these possibilities the cot ton exposition will tend this fall. . The pushing of an active cam pai-gn in this regard and the deter mination to announce the proposed cotton exposition for this fall was the result of conferences held between Mr. Williams and GMr. Parker. it was deemed that the saving to the state all the cotton growers would pro duce a better staple o'f cotton would amount to about one-third of the total value of the cotton crop. Not only are the mills in the State, but the mills in New England and Germany are very much interested In the growing of a better staple from the varieties recommended bY the farm demonstration work. The campaign Is not designed to cut down the volume of the South Carolina cotton crop, but to add to its money value by increased yicids per acre on the same or less acreage and by reason of the improvement of the staple. Another feature of the campaign for the growth of long staple cotton is found in the fact that it will be readily bought by the South Carolina mills and that a great saving will result both to the farmer and maau facturer in the matter of heavy freight charges. Makes Bad Break. The Spartanburg Herald thinks that former Secretary of the Treas ury. Leslie If. Shaw, will have to learn to control himself a little bet ter if he expects to continue to re ceive the invitations to make speeches to alumni associations. The fact that the other night at such a gathering in New York, Mr. Shaw saw fit to denounce the so-called "Progressive' tendencies in politics at the present 1time, and in t'fe course of his Ire marks to denounce the course of Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer sey. fully warrants the Herald in saying what it does. The rebuke-Mr. Shaw got from those present wini never be forgotten by him. After denouncing Goy. Wilson's course, Shaw mentioned the Jersey execu tive's doings, the diners cheered "'ov. Wilson. with such shouts as, "Wil son will be our next President." and the like. Mr. Shaw utterly disgus ed with the turn of affairs sat down, and. so far as the newspaper reports indicate, he never did finish his speech. Hie was "very sore'' over the action of the diners, whose guest of honor he was. But, as the Herald says, Mr. Shaw should have known better than to speak disparingly of any prominent character at a non partisan gathering, such as an alum ni diioner necessarily is, and it seems that he has no one but himself to blame for the turn that was taken in the evening's proceedings. Fight About Money. At Walter, Ala., Monday afternoon F. W. Hosey shot and killed WVil lam Black, a well known citizen. One of Black's sons took the gun from Hiosey and shot him, and when Hosey's son interfered, shot him also. The fight grew out of a debt. which Hosey owed Black and for which Black took him to task. The admission of President Hines. of the Lumber Trust. draws a heart rending picture of the tribulations of fiat robust infant industry. According to Hines it apparently pinned its pure young faith to one Congress man Stephenson. "There is Steph enson." wails the poor, abused trust, "we elected him and now he is work ing for free lumber." It next re posed its tender trust in a Judas cal; ed Representative Boutell. "We had picked Boutell f'or Senator." it sobs, "but when the lumber schedule came up be voted for free lumber." It finaly threw itself upon the bosom GAVE A GOOD TALK MILLER CITES SOME FACTS ON THE NEGRO COLLEGE. Reviews History of Institution, its Hard Fight for Existence and the Success Attained. In bidding farewell to Orangeburg and the State Colored College, Wed nesday, President Thos. E. Miller, who has been its efficient President since its establishment, reviewed briefly his connection with the Col lege, his efforts to secure its estab lishment and the struggle he has .en countered in the administration of the president's office. In the course of his address he cites some facts that will be of gen eral interest to the people of both races. 'It is recalled that R. S. Wi' kinson was recently elected to suc ceed Miller. The full text of Presi dent's 'Miller's address is as follows: "Sixteen years ago the Constitu tional Convention met for the pur pose of disfranchising the negroes. It was composed of not less than one hundred and sixty members, all of whom save six were of the white race, Smalls, Whipper, Wigg, Reid, Anderson and myself were the Re publican members. The six of us managed, by a brave and bold fight to secure for the negro race this College. "About eighteen years previous two negres, Bruce Williams and Thos. E. Miller, made it possible, by their votes and voice, for the South Caro lina College and-the grand old Cita del to be restored to the white youths of the State. That was a bitter fighi between the Hampton faction and thE other Democratic faction. The op position to those two -colleges had a majority of two in the State senate. It required the votes of Senato Bruce Wiliams and myself to malic it a tie. The tie was secured, and that grand commoner, Gen Kennedy voted with us; the tie was brokpz and these institutions were once more made the shrine of learning t( and for the white youths of the State At that time the faction led by Gen Hampton promised us this College but it was more than eighteen year, before I was able to force the whit people of South Carolina to redeen that pledge. Some day I will give the people of our State a full histor3 of how I won this College in th Constitutional Convention for m3 people. "I had no intention of becomin president, but I could not have secur ed the school for my people withou1 leaving active political hlfe. I mad( the sacrifice: we have had the Col. lege these fifteen years. The past o: its existence is secure; the verdic1 of our people is that we have don( well; we have made good in this College. We have matriculated more than 10,000 students; we have grad uated more than 700, and those wh< have attended here have gone out it the world industrious, prudent, suc cessful citizens. We never left Got out of the equation in the manage ment of this school. The College' motto Is: "The Glory of God and th< Good of Mlan.' 'By the sweat o: thy brow thou shalt eat bread i; the command of God, and our air here has been, and is my ferveni hope ever will be, to inculcate int< every and all of our students mora rectitude, lofty idea of patriotism thrift, obedience, frugality and clinging devotion to the Golden Rule "Very many presidents have oni: to look to the government and man agement of the College, and theil task should be easy; but mine has been a duplex administration. Wher I came here some of the white peo pe of. the State were against the higher education of the negroes. Thb negro denominational colleges weri fighting us and the one across tn< fence, through Its president, vowe< our annihlation. Hence, it becalm my lot to so act and speak as tt show to the white people of thia State, that it was, and is their duty t< plant, support, protect and maintalI this institution for the negro youth I had to prove to the negro that the best school in South Carolina is thi. school. Then, again. I was surround ed in the beginning by a cabal o: preachers on my faculty, who has little or no experience as educators who were against industrial educa. tion, and they permitted no oppor tunity to escape, one and all of th-em in their endeavor to destroy my ad ministration and break up this Col. lege. If they had been hired by the people across the fence instea~d o: by the State of South Carolina. the: could not have been more persist ent in their efforts of the destruc tion of my administration and thi: College. "Those of us who have been her< for the past ten years, with very fev exceptions, have been faithful to ev ry trust, and we have done all tha man can do for the good of South Carolina by instiructing, faithfull: instructing, all who have come with in our gate. Hence, I leave this in stitution with the best wishes an esteem of all the white people o this town. Words are not mine w't which to thank them all for the en couragement and support they hay given me during the fifteen years have been here. The best certifical of success that I carry from herei the high regard my work and mysel are held by these very excellenL cit izens of Orangeburg town and coun ty. I have but one personal regre in leaving, and it is this: That thes good white people will cease to hb my neighbors, but I shall ever re member them, and prove by my labo wherever I may go, that I have beei and will remain worthy of their con idence. "Students, the best and greates asset of a State or nation is he labor. The State whose 1l:hor profligate, the State whose labor i immoral, the- State whose labor ! gnorant, is doomed to poverty. Heal me, the motto of South Carolina is: 'Prepared in mind and in wealth. I she ceases to be prepared io in tellect, she will cease to be preparei in wealth. 'A fool and his mone: soon parts.' Whether it be individ ual or State. Therefore, my partini word to you is this. Be up' Up an< doing with a resolution to become educated in the arts of thrift au< frugality, morals and industry and devotion 'to South Carolina: Le1 these principles become a part of ur ry portion of you, and then South Carolina will never have cause t< regret the money, let the amount of larg or sall. she sends upon thi. PILLAGE AND MURDER GUNBOATS KILLS TWO HUNDRED REBELS IN ONE CITY. Chinese Brigands Have Sacked Half Dozen Important Towns - The Dead Lie Unburied in the Streets. A dispatch from Hong Kong says rebellion, brigandage and anarchy are stalking through the western half of Kwang Tung province. The loy al troops are fighting desperately to crush the uprising, the seriousness of which is revealed in further dispatch es from Canton. Wu Sum, the Chinese who was ed ucated in Japan, is the leader of the revolt against the -Manchu dynasty. The brigand chiey, Luk, of Shuntak, is at the head of a horde of outlaws whose object is robbery and murder. These combined forces have thrown themselves with fanatical disregard of their own lives against the troops and since the first outbreak Thursday night much blood has been shed. Se dition is rife among certain of the troops and It is feared that the dis affected soldiers will desert their of fcers if the revolters appear to have the upper hand. Official advice and the refuges ar riving from Canton confirm the sinis ter reports. Bodies of the slain lie in the streets of the city. Famine prices are asked for foodstugs and the shops generally are closed. In the panic there have been few at tempts to bury the dead and the stench from decomposed bodies fills the air. Retreating to the countryside, the revolutionists attacked and captured Sam Shui, 30 miles west of Canton, and murdered the prefect. The troops were put to flight and the rebels moved on to Wen Chow and Woo Chow, both of which towns they took slight resistance. Tuk's brigands following in their wake looted the shops of the three towns. Tfie triumphant sweep of the. revolutionaries continued west ward along the West river and re ports from that district say that the movement is spreading and the revo lutionists are murdering and pillig ing in other places. While the movement to the west was being directed by Wu Sum, Luk led personally a force to the north and seized the market at Chunglok, 20 miles north of Canton. Then he made a wide detour to the west of Canton and fell upon Fatshau, a town, 15 miles south west. Here he first destroyed the palace of the assistant magistrate and then turned the town over to his followers to be looted. The battle was a hard fought -one, the imperial troops giving battle at Tung Shi bridge. Thirty-seven sol diers were killed before the troops fell back. Advices state that Shui Hung, on the West river, has fallen to the revolutionists, who murdered the prefect. institution and upon you. "To my people, the negroes, who have sent their children here to us, I have not words with which to thank them for their loyalty to me and this College, and I assure them that I have been a father to their chil dren at all times. The humblest and most needy have received my strong est love and best devotion. It is my prayer that they will give my successor their undivided support in the future. "Professors, instructors, teachers. I leave here with the best wishes for this institution and for you. I pray God that all of you shall see -your duty and discharge it. Do not re main here only for the money you are getting, but do all in your power to prove to the enemies and friends of this institution that it is the best place in South Carolina for negroes to send their children. Be faithful to every trust, be true to each other, be loyal to your president. For him to be successful he needs untiring service from you, he needs your con fidence, he needs your loyalty, and South Carolina demands the fullest discharge of every duty intrusted to you. Here is your new president; on the 30th of June the keys to this College will be handed him by me. with -them my. burdens will fall upon him. May God give him prudence, patience, health, strength, and above all, fidelity to every trust, and the wisdom of Solomon to execute the task. Honorable trustees and devoted friends, how can I say to you fare well? I have been here servin-g you and South Carolina for fifteen years, and I have never been associated with or under better men. The su perior of our board of trustees is not to be found in the State. Governor Evans permitted me to name the trustees of this School in the be ginning, and I selected Bradham, Floyd, Brice. Kibler, Lowman, men of honor and integrity and patriot ism. And as soon as some of them have dropped out they have been succeeded by Mrssrs. Dukes, White, Sawyer. each and every one of whom have proven the equal of their pre decessors. But the future only will reveal the fact if South Carolina has in her confines the equal of Major D. J1. Bradharm. He has been the devoted, trusty, I say the fathers of the board in patience, prudence and devotion to the task assigned him in the management of this school. lie is now succeeded by Mr. Hodge. The name is a good one. the Hodges of America have been the leaders in partiotism and educated thought. I pray for him eminent success in the management of this school. All of you gentlemen know why I have been forced to leave you; I opposed the elec-tion of our Governor. I have never said an unkind word about him: I wrote and spoke the truth. I uttered only facts. God forbid that I should ever publicly or privately slander any man. yet I can thank my God enough for having given me dourage to speak the truth, let its cost be ev er so dear. I"My task here has been heavy. I have given fifteen years of devoted service, my very best of manly exist ence. Governor Blease has emanci pated me from the heavy burden. Words are not mine with which to thank him for my freedom. I leave here with a heart full of gratitude to Governor Blease for my emanci pation. He is a gited young man: his enemies are praying to sum up Ihis administration when he shall have finished it, and truthfully pla'.e MANY WERE LOST Survivor of the Sultana Tradegy Recalls Awful Catastrophe NOBODY WAS PUNISHED Closely Following Assassination of Lincoln, Disaster Which Cost 2, 000 Lives Iseceired Scant Atten tion-Most of Victims Were Sol diers Just Liberated from South ern Prisons. Although forty-six years iave passed since the famous Sultana dis aster, one of the most tragic events of the civil war, the details are still vivid in the mind of E. W. Stevens, veteran of Bloomington, Ill., and he relates a thrilling story of the wreck which cost 2,000. Only a handful of survivors live and the recurring anniversary recafls gruesome inci dents of the .remarkable event, prob ably unparalled in the marine annals of the world. It was April 27, 1865, that the Sultana was lost. The boat was a side wheeler plying between Mem phis and New Orleans and was re garded as one of the finest boats on the river at that period. As was the case with most of the Mississippi River steamers during the war, she was Impressed Into the Government service and was in constant use, transporting soldiers and supplies up and down the great water way. On what proved to be her last trip, the Sultana left New Orleans April 21, 1865, and at Vickslbnrg on April 24. and picked up 1,965 enlist ed men and thirty-five oficers who had been paroled after being imates of Confederate prisons at Anderson ville, Macon and Cahaba. They were en route to the Middle States and many were in a sad condition phy sically from wounds and long impris onment. The captain of the Sultana pro tested vigorously against taking such a load, stating that one of the boil ers was weak and he doubted wheth er it would stand the strain of the long drag up the river. Gen. Mor gan Smith, who was in command of the post at Vicksburg, ordered him to take them all, however, as. the lives of many depended upon their reaching home where they could re ceive the care of their families. Gen. Smith ordered the commander to run slowly and cautiously and expressed confidence in a successful voyage. At Memphis, a portion of the car go of sugar was unloaded and the journey resumed. The number of persons on board when the boat left Memphis, according to Mr. Stevens, was 8,434. It was about 1 o'clock in the morning of April 27, at a point known as Hen and Chicken Island, eleven miles north of Memphis, that one of our boilers of the Sultana exploded with a deafening report. The boat was in ..fames almost in stantly, the wind blowing a gale at the time and fanning the fire until it spread over the entire boat, forc ing all who could move to leap ovei board. The pilot, an unnamed hero, head ed the boat to the shore and grcund ed it. The river was high and rough and this increased the death roll. Life preservers were scarce and the other means of rescue were limited. Many clung to cotton bales which had been placed around the rail of the steamer to protect the passsengers :nd crew from stray bullets fired from the shores. Some of the cataways who floated a dis tance of forty miles were rescued. The great width of the river at this point hindered the work of res cue. M.l'any who swam for miles fin ally sank from exhaustion. Ihun drels of the soldiers were instantly killed by the explosion of the boil ers. As the night was cold, scores were huddled against the smoke stacks and over the boilers and were blown Into the river. Manf of the dead were never identified. Others wh realized that they could not be saved, scribbled their names and ad dresses upon articles of apparel and thus made known their identity. The War Department ordered a thorough investigation of the great disaster but it amounted to nothing. Nobody was court-martialed and the only tangible result was the exoner ation of the saptain. It was brougnt out that he opposed the overload and only yielded when peremptorily ordered. To have refused orders of such a character at that period would have meant death. Despite the enormity of the disaster, it at tracted but little attention at the time. The public mind was inflamed with the momentous events of i~be great struggle between the North and the South, the assassination of Lincoln, which had occurred but two' weeks previous, holding the .at tention of the entire world to the exclusion of all else. It was nev er known absolutely how many per sons perished in the wreck of the Sultana, but the number was not far rom 1,800. The survivors, a few years afer the war, organized the Sultana Reunion Association and each year the ewing remaining as semble and recall the incidents of that terrible night. Died in the Bath. With his face and the upper portion of his body lathered, George L. God win was found dead in the bath tub at his house in Augusta Suziday. Death was due to an attack of acute indigestion. Godwin was seen to go to the bathing room Saturday night, but was not missed until Sunday morning when his body was found. Moses. Jr. But my prayers are for the good of South Carolina and him, that God may direct him, protect him and keep him from wrong, that when the impartial historian shall take up the pen to write his administration, he will be classed in truth, with Moultrie. Rutledge. Piuckney and Mc Dufie, and last but not least, with the i-nmortal Wade Hampton. "Only one more word, and I am through. Teachers. my succesor, students let all of you remember that 'In union there is strength.' Hence take unto yourselves this mot to. "We are Many in One.' Fare well'' MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DR. H. B. BARUCH WILL BUILD ONE IN THIS STATE. . To be a Charitable Institution and Will Cost One Million or More Dollars. The State says Columbia will prob- , ably have an opportunity to secure a charity hospital costing about $1, 000,000, the erection of which, it is understood, is contemplated by a former South Carolinian, now one of the wealthy physicians of New York City. The report Is that Dr. Herman B. Baruch of New York city is investi gating desirable points in this State with a view of lacinfANOIakTEElM with a view of placing such a hospi tal at the most desirable point. This charity hospital will be a memorial to his late father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. Simon Baruch, formerly residents of Georgetown. For such a hospital Columbia of fers many and superior advantages, as the climatic conditions are ideal. and with the steady growth of this city and the State of -South Carolina at large, such an institution located at Columbia would mean much. This was brought out at a meeting Tues day at which the situation was dis cussed. The medical fraternity, as well as the Columbia people, will-ocer every inducement to secure this memorial to his father and mother, former South CaroljnIans. Physicians of the State have avail ed themselves of the present hospital facilities offered in Columbia. Hpw ever, with the increasing growth, of the community, 'present facilities are not ample. Information as to the erection of this memorial reached Columbia as a rumor; however, it is known that there has been a meeting of the medical fraternity to outline the ad vantages of the city and offer such induwements as would attract Dr. Baruch's attention favorably to' Co lumbia. ELEPHANT HILLS TRAINER. Hundreds of People Witness the aHorrible Tragedy. Hundreds, of persons yesterday saw an infuriated elephant hurl its trainer into the air and then after. crushing him with its weight, re peatedly piece the body with its tusks. The tragedy came while James Hildebrand, the trainer, was endeav oring to put the animal, which be- - longed to a wild west show, Into a car, Hildebrand was adjusting the chains which bound the elephant to its mate. Without warning the elephant be came enraged and, wrapping its trunk around the trainer's body, lift ed him in the air, and then dashed him to the ground. It is believed he was instantly killed. .With its rage still unsatisfied the elephant beyah kneading the trainer's body with its forefeet. Then It dragged the body 20 feet along the rairoad tracks in the yard and repeatedly thrust its tusks into Attaches of the show ran .to the rescue with pitchforks and drove the. elephant frcm its victim, It is not subdued until its sides were stream ing with blood from the goads. Immediately after the tragedy the elephant was shot. Hildebrand had been the trainer for years, and fre quently slept beside the elephant. A Quality That Needs Cultivating. The Santa Fe railroad has done a good thing in issuing a circular en einin--? its conductors and other of ficials to exercise courtesy toward passengers. Not that the subordi nate officials of that road are sin ners above others in their demeanor toward the public. As a rule the men employed in responsible posi tions on all the railroads are con siderate and obliging, yet there is room for improvement, not only on railroad and steamboat lines, but also in all -concerns where employes come into contact with the public. In the police force of some of our cities there is oftentimnes a painful lack of civility, to say nothing of cour tesy. It is admitted that the patienco- of many officials is often sorely tried by the foolish questions frequently put to them and by the fussiness which many people show. At the same time it must be remembered. that what seem foolish questions to the Initiated do not seem foolish to the people putting, them. It would be well for every public servant in dis charging his duties to bear in mind that it is well to put oneself in the other person's place. This would re sult in a greater forbearance and courtesy in dealing with others. If by courtesy is meant the giv ing to others what is their due and giving It in kindly spirit, then it is a quality which may well be practic ed more widely than at present. In the mad rush that characterizes this age many people are not sufficiently considerate of the ri~ghts and feelings of others. There is too frequently a brusquesness of speech and manner which hurts. The old fashioned courtesy of our forefathers may have been a little too elaborate, but some return of It would be welcome. Where Was John? A San Francisco woman whose husband had been dead some years went to a medium, who produced the spirit of her dead husband. "My dear John." said the widow to the spirit. "are you happy now?" "I am very happy." John replied. "Happier than you were on earth with me?" she asked "Yes." was the answer: "I am far happier now than I was on earth with you." "Tell me. John. what is it like in heaven?" "Heaven:" said .John. "I'm not in heaven." The swell Metropolitan Club of Washington has turned down the ap plications for membership of two prominent Democrats. Some one wants to know if the club has become partizan, or do the rejected candidate play too good a game of poker to suit the admirals and generals and. nobob who io in the e.lnh rooms.