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I : THE FORT MILL TIMES. I ^ ' 1 1 1 " 1 ' ** - - ... ... . , - . .... - ? I 16TH YEAR PORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1907 NO. 30 1 SCORES KILLED. An Indiana Town Practically Destroyed by Terrific Explosion I HUNDREDS INJURED. rowilfr Plant Blown Up, Scattering Destruction in Every Direction? The Concussion Was Felt Two Hundred Mile* Away?All Build* ingn in the Town Wcru Wrecked and Inhabitants Killed or Injured. The town of Fontanet in Indiana was practically destroyed Tuesday by the explosion of the plant of the Du pont Powder Company. The dead number from twenty-five to fifty. More than six hundred persons were Injured and every building in the town was wholly or partially levelled to the ground. Where stood a thriving and busytown of 1,000 people Tuesday morning; Tuesday night there is ruin and scattered wreckage. Five hundred inhabitants, all more or less seriously injured, have been taken away. Five hundred inhabitants, all more or less wounded, remain to gather their scattered household goods and ?le?p under tents and on cots, guarded by soldiers of the State. Without warning the powder mills, seven in, number, blew up at 9.15 o'clock Tuesday morning. They employed two hundred men, und of these seventy-five were at work when the first explosion occurred in the pros mill. In quick succession the glazing mill, the two coining mills und the powder magazine blew up, followed by the cap mill. In the magazine, situated several hundred yards from the mills, were stored 40,000 kegs of powder. When It blew up the concussion was felt Dearly two hundred miles away. Farm houses two miles away and school houses equally distant were torn to pieces and their occupants in jured. A passenger train on the Big Four Railroad, four miles away, had every car window broken and several passengers were injured by flying glass. The mill went up with three distinct explosions, followed ninety minutes later by a fourth, even more serious than the others, when the magazine blew up. Immediately following the explosions the wreckage Caught fire and the inhabitants of the town, who rushed to the rescue of the mill employes, found themselves powerless to aid those burning in the ruins. They worked frantically, in constant danger from possible succeeding explosions, unmindful of their ruined homes. Dead and dying were picked up and collected. Eighteen bodies burned and mangled were carted to a protected spot to await identification, while the badly injured, numbering upward of fifty, were put on a special train and taken to Terre Haute for hospital accommodations. \!ilO rl nvor\r r*no r\ f t Un Ann t hniio i and inhabitants carried blood on hands and (ace from his or her own wounds or those of people who had required aid. The mills were located one mile south of the town. With the first explosion the employees ran for safty, but most of them were killed or wounded by the quickly following explosions in the other mill. When the heat from the burning mills exploded the main powder magazine, later, practically destroying th? town by the concussion, many o those engaged In rescue work wen badly injured and severul were kill , ed. ' Superintendent Monahan, of the plant, was killed while sitting in hit office, and his wife and sster-n-law were killed in their home some distance away. That the death list is not far greatw Is due to the fact that the people in town had left their houses at the S m first explosion and were not in them when the explosion or the 40,000 kegs of powder in the magazine jjHF hurled their homes to pieces and scattered their household goods in heaps of debris. Among the buildings totally destroyed in the town were the Methodist and Christian churches, the depot, all business blocks, including a large block just completed, a large ware bouse and 500 homes. Three school buildings were destroyed, two at Fontanet and one al Coal BlufT, two miles away. All were filled with school children ?.n<i every one of these were more* or lest Injured by the collapse of the buildings. A four-room school building wat torn to pieces and not one of the twe hundred children escaped unhurt, none was fatally hurt. The schoo building at Coal Bluff was turnet over and collupeed. The teacher ant ninety pupils wore more or less in Jured. Terre Haute and Brasil sent physi clans and nurses with supplies it i \ carriages and automobiles acrosi || the country, while special trains wer< 9 made up and run qver the Big Foui f Railroad for the cat* of tb? injured i -' MORE MONEY NEEDED , And 6ov. Ansel Wants ta Raise The Tax Levy. His First Annual Message Will l>eal largely With the Problem of Taxa* tiou and the Needs of the Behoofs. A dispatch from Columbia to Th^ Florence Times says in his annual message to the legislature Governor Ansel will recommend that the state tax levy be increased, but just to what figure he has not himself yet decided. He has hoen mnaM?rin. the advisability of recommending an increase of two mills for three consecuetive years, being anxious to yank the state out of its disastrous floating debt policy and place it upon a firm cash basis to remain, but the legislature would never do anything of the kind with an election coming upon them next summer, and so it Is likely that a more moderate increase will be recommended. Bay something like half a mill. The present levy is four and a half mills, having been decreased half a mill by the present legislature and a half mill by the preceedirig legislature. In 1905 the levy was placed at 5 1-2 mills upon the recommendation of Governor Heyward, also for the purpose of placing the state on a cash basis. Afterwards the leglsla ture banking on an increase in tax values reduced the levy, although it increased the appropriations each year. The reports of county auditors are coming in rapidly now, and the comptroller general's office will in a few weeks be in a position to say what the total tax values for 1907 will be. N'eurly every county so far show a decided increase over the previous year, due principally to the increase in railroad assessments. Some of the counties show increases of over a million dollurs, while many show additions of half a million or more. It is estimated that the total increase will be about $20,000,000. The railroads alone have been increased over $12,000,000. The state's total assessment for 1906 was $249,534, 532, the Increase being due to the quadrennial assessment of real estate. The 1907 assessment will therefore be about $269,500,000. Half a mill additional levy on this would vield $134,500 and the five mills on the twenty million dollars Increase would bring in another $100,000 bringing up the total income for next year $234,000 above that for the present year. This would about cure the floating debt evil, provided the appropriations are not increased. The state treasurer has already borrowed $2 50,000 this year for current expenses, in spite of the big increase in tax values for 1906. It seems practically certain that the appropriations of the coming legislature will reach high water mark in spite of the warning of next summer's elections. A strong tight, lead by Governor Ansel himself, will he made to have the salaries of all state officers raised, and an equally determined effort will be made to have the supreme court and circuit court iudges' salaries raised and each court stenographer provided with an assistant. Which will mean an additional appropriation of about $10,.100 to $15,000. Winthrop College will ask for $60.>00 for a new dormitory, the eleclons will cost $20,000 extra, the date board of health will ask for the establishment of a $50,000 tuberculois hospital for the state hospital for he Insane, the reformatory at Fior nce wants sabout $5,600 to pets it* >ork properly started, the new high hool system will need about $50.000 and the militia! will ask for bout $110,000 to enable it to so -nulp itself as to be able to pass the requirements of the Dick law. Governor Hanly, at Indianapolis, or dered the Terre Haute company of the Indiana National Guard to patrol the ruined district and to protect life and property. The governor arrived Tuesday eveniug about the time the soldiers reached Fontanet. Tie brought with him 700 tents and cots for the use of the homeless. The condition of the bodies were rrightful. Ilurned and mangled in i every conceivable way. writhing and s distorted, the rescued heap of dead and dying presented a ghastly sight and the screums of agony were nerve : wrecking. I The powder mill, which has suffer i ea neavy josses in previous explosions ? gave employment to 200 men, work ing In three shifts. At the time of the exploson about i sixty-five men were In the plant. > The first explosion destroyed the press mill and the glazing mill, the I coining mills and powder magazine I and the cap mill followed. I The country school near Fontanet, - with an attendance of fifty children, hid just been called to order when - the explosion occurred. i The roof collapsed, but none of a the children were seriously injured. ? The teacher. Miss Susan Bishop, of r Terre Haute, was struck by a fall. ins beam and fatally injured. ^ WILL BE SUED. Both Drs. Bates and Timmerman, 1 Lata State Treasurers, DECLINE TO SETTLE. Dp. Timmerman Kays Bonds Wrrr Stolen by a Subordinate Not of His Choosing, and He Holds That 1 Neither Legally Nor Morally Can 1 f He Be Held Responsible For the ^ Acts of a Subordinate. t Attorney General Lyon has re- c rotvo/4 a ??' - ? s ...-vu iwtvi uuui i/r w . tl. 1 mimorman, former state treasurer, in 1 reply to Mr. Lyon's letter requesting c him to arrange the shortage caused ' by the theft of bonds from his office * during his incumbency by a clerk, 8 who had charge of tho bond de- c I partment. Dr. Timmerman declines t to recognize his liability for the c theft of bonds by his former clerk, p Daniel Zimmerman, and consequent- 1 ly the attorney general will institute * suit on the former treasurer's official _ bond for the amount lost during his L. administration, which is about $14,- j 000, including interest. The letter from Dr. Timmerman is as follows: Hatesburg. S. C.. Oct. 14, 1907 Hon. J. Fraser Lyon. Columbia. 3. C. s Dear Sir:?Yours of the 12th in- c stant is received in reference to stolen bonds claim. In answer thereto I t will say that 1 do not consider myself morally or legally bound for the t value the said bonds. I therefore will abide the decision of the courts upon the question of liability. I will be slow to believe that the state of South Carolina will be so unjust as to require of me payment for the ^ stealage of a self-confessed thief, with the aid anJ instigation of a convicted criminal, neither of whom has t as yet received any punishment for their crime. And especially since 1 was denied by statute the free exercise of my judgmeut in the naming of clerks in the state treasurer's office, do 1 refuse to make settlement. Very truly yours, W. H. Timmerman. Dr. Timmerman'8 reference to the fact that he was not allowed to put in thp nfRpfl rlprl/c r\f Kio ? >..% w-tvv v,.? no wi aio U n II DCICIT" tion refers to the fact that when he went into the office he desired to appoint a kinsman as bond clerk, but under the statute forbidding nepotism r he could not do so and he then re- j taiued Zimmerman, who had been appointed by his predecessor. l)r. W. j T. C. Bates. ^ Zimmerman has confessed the t theft of nineteen state bonds, worth ( $12,500, but his case has been ap- , pealed on a technical point and will not be argued until this winter. ( Meanwhile he is on bond. His alleg- ( ed confederate. T. J. Gibson, quite an ( old man, a broker of Columbia, was convicted of receiving stolen property, knowing it to be stolen, but Gibson has not been well enough to appear in court and have the sealed sentence read to him, so that he too is virtually free, so far as the sentence of the court is concerned. i DR. BATHS WONT ??AV. 1 i He Too IHwlines to Make 1'p the 1 < Ho ml Stcnl ShortuRc. Dr. W. T. C. Hates, formerly state I treasurer, has taken the same course ! as his successor. Dr. W. H. Tlmmerman, and will decline to make pood the amount stolen in bonds by his 1 \iond clerk. D. Zimmerman, during the administration of I)r. Dates. In a letter to Attorney General Lyon, acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Lyon's letter in reference to the matter. Dr. Dates says: "I cannot admit responsibility, by reason of any act of mine, far any reissue of State bonds by such clerk, and therefore I respectfully decline to make settlement as requested by you in your letter." The amount for which it is held Dr. Bates is liable is $1,517.50, inpi 11H in c? intoro?t It is an interesting fact that Mr. Zimmerman was first appointed to the clerkship in the office of the state treasurer by Dr. Dates and was then retained by Dr. Tiramerman and by Capt. Jennings. State Treasurer Jennings, who is liable for several thousand dollars, has indicated his probable intention to settle without suit. KILLED RY INDIANS. Seven Persons Are Anibuslied and j Murdered in Texas. A special from El Paso, Texas, I says: Four men and three women, j one of the former being a govern- i ment mail carrier, were ambushed and killed between San Jose de Hila and La Colorado, east of Herraosillo, in the lower Sonora county by the Yaquis. The killing was discovered a short time afterwards by a party of American mining men who were traveling over trail with an escort of Mexican eoldiers. _ ) TRAINS CRASH. T Horrible WrecK on the Southern i RaHway Near Greensboro In Which Four I'fnons Were Killed j Outrighf and a Score Injured in the I>entoli*hed Cars, A horrible wreck occurred on the ? Southern Railway near GreenBboro. V. C., Friday morning before dayight, when the northbound passenger train. No. 34 ran into an open switch at Rudd. a small station only VMI P mllfta ri- * ?< uiiico uui lii ui urwusuoro, ana ushed at full speed Into the engine if a freight train standing on the iiding, killing four and injuring be- H ween thirty and forty persons, some o' if them so seriously that they will, A n all probability, die. The passen- ? jer train was runnng at the rate of tl ibout sixty miles an hour, and the ti rash was terrific, as the cars fell in s< ulns along the track. When the M errlflc crash came the engine turned e< ?ver and the baggage car was com- ir, iletely demolished. The car next to w he baggage car was spilt in two, and hi u this car the large number were inured and some killed. Strange to '< ay some of the passengers in this ri ar escaped uuhurt. The people in a Millman cars were only slightly in- tl ured. H The dead: t Mrs. June Thomas, of. Danville. a D. Allen Bryant, travelling repre- tr entative of the Richmond Paper el ompany. ui A foreigner who could not be lilen- tl ifled. m The colored fire man of the freight w rain. p< The injured. vi Jim Shelton, Danville. ti A. M. Gregg, Portsmouth, Va. fc John Lineberry, Randolph county. |{ R. \V. Dunaway, Kernersville. W. /a. June Thomas, Danville. A man from Canada, who refused h o give his name to the reporter. n John D. Ferrell, Danville. Va. c, Charles Holton. p W. C. Davis, of Gustonia, N. C. r Mrs. \V. C. Davis. Gastonia, N. C. H< O Wemple, Danville 8, J. D. Kitcbin, Clay county. f, Dr. F. D. Moor. Charlotte. W. M. Giles, Charlotte Samuel A. Kindley, Gastonia, X. C. Mrs. George S. Wells. C. M. Clayton. Danville. v Joe Sledge, Daville John Gordon, colored, Virginia. |f At the passenger station Thursday ? tight was a hundred or so of people tI rom Reldsville and other local ? Kiints north of the city who were Attending the fair and who were p rery anxious to go on No. ;>4 hut the S) icket agent would not sell the tick- w ?ts, making them wait for local train S'o. 12. The head brakeman of the freight Lrain, who left the switch open and caused the disaster, ran and has not aeen heard of. p TWO MKN SHOT 81 __________ 81 P \t Res Moines, la., by a Pool Room f( Keeper. s a At Des Moines, la., C. H. Morris, S mine owner, canitallst and former u president of the lown Mine Operators' association, and E. C. Johnson, man- u tiger of the company store at Enter- p prise Mines, eighteen miles north of that place, were shot Thursday morning by J. C. Cain, proprietor of the 0 Enterprise Pool Hall. p Physicians hold out hopes that Mr. o Morris will recover, but it is not. be- p lieved Johnson can live. e Cain is still at large. Johnson and a Morris had been instrumental in hav- p ing Cain arrested on a charge of c "boot-legging" and the ill feeling t which resulted was the cause of the H shooting. |] NEGROES ARRESTED. c e Attacked I>ady and Daughter in the f Streets of Danville. j, John Basce, the negro who attack- 1 ed Mrs. Ferrell and her daughter in r the streets of Danville, Va., Thursday ' and his brother-in-law, William Hen- H derson, were arrested that night be- 1 fore the hounds put on their trail e came up with them. There was dan- 1 ger of a lynching for awhile, but It c passed. 1 TREMENDOUS STORMS. s t Tho Whole of Southern Europe in the Grasp of Floods. The whole of Southern Europe is in the grasp of a tremendous storm, accompanied by torrential rains. This coming on the heel3 of unprecedented raiu falls and floods of the past three weeks, is causing great distress. PRISONERS SHOT. Fire Men Killed by the Government of Hayti. Five political prisoners were shot recently in Hayti. according to a dispatch received at the state department at Washington. 4 KICKS AGAIN. fhe State Superintendent of Education Scores Gov. Ansel. )BJECTS TO A LAWYER tolng Appointed on the Hoard of education, and Writes a Caustic Letter to the Governor For Not Consulting Hini and Appointing n Lawyer?Says He Will Not Stand For Re-election Next Year. The appointment by Gov. Ansel of [ayne F. Rice of Aiken as a member f tU. Qi.t. * - i mo oiuio uo?ra 01 education to 11 out the unexpired term of J E. oland, resigned front the second dis ict, has caused Mr. O. M. Martin, te State superintendent of educaon. to write Gov. Ausel that the election is not satisfactory because tr. Rice is a lawyer and not an iucator. The letter also makes the iteresting statement that Mr. Martin ill not be a candidate for the office e now occupies again. The situation in what is called the cabinet" by the newspaper men is ither strained Some time ago Gov. nsel announced that he had offered te vacancy in the second district to on. John C. Sheppard. Superin ndent Martin wrote the governor very strong letter of protest and i the controversy Mr. Sheppard deined to serve. The vacancy resided until after the meeting of le State board of education last ionth and when the appointment as announced Tuesday it was supjsed that harmony once more pretiled. The letter notifying Mr. Marn of the appointment was as fol?ws: on. O B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education, Columbia, S. C. Pear Sir: I have appointed the ou. Hayne F. Rice, Aiken, S. C.. as member of the State hoard of edultion to filll the unexpired term of rof. J. E. Rolaud, resigned. Mr. ice has taken great interest in :hool matters for years, and I feel ire that he will make a very useil member of the board of educa on. Yours Very Truly. M. F. Ansel, Governor. Mr. Martin received this letter on Wednesday morning and at once relied with the letter published be>w. In talking over the matter, he lid that he did not wish to withdraw om his educational work as he planed it. He believed, however, lat when the terms of the resent board expired Gov. An?1 would appoint, lawyers or men ho are not familiar with education1 work and thus interfere with the ork of the educational department. The announcement by Mr. Martin !iat he would not be a candidate for selection will probably cause a numer of announcements to be issued hortly. He was regarded as the trongest man in the coming camaign for the office and therefore his rmoval will change the line-up conIderably. So far only one man has nnounced himself. E. C. Klmore of partanburg, but several others are poken of for entrance. Mr. Martin's letter to Gov. Ansel ras as follows: ion. M F. Ansel, Governor, Columbia. S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter notifying me f the appointment of Mr. H. F. Lice of the Aiken bar as a member f the State l>onrd of education was romptly received. So you have suceeded in appointing a lawyer and Iso in not consulting the officer who i responsible to the people for the onduct of the educational affairs of he State. I wish that it were posible for me to think of your action 11 this whole matter other than as mall-minded, officious and perniiotis. I prefer to think of the govrnor of my State as liberal minded, otential and statesmanly. I note that you say that Mr. Rice ias taken an interest in school maters. Likewise many of our school nen have taken an interest in law ?ut it does not follow that they hould be put upon the supreme >ench. They are hardly competent to ixamine applicants for admission to he bar and to discharge the numerous complicated but tecnical duties of he supreme court. To take a charitable view of the lituation 1 believe you utterly fail o grasp the duties of a member of he State board of education. Some ime ago when you made your second ippointment of a lawyer on this >oard. I characterized your action with such language as seemed at that ime appropriate, I applied the milliard plaster which afterwards seemed ather pungent. The conclusion is aow hearing down upon me that you ire furnishing a concrete exemplification of the characterization above referred to. The appointee whom I ihall designate as lawyer No. 2 happened to be too broad-gauged a man to accept any appointment in a department whose head had been ignored. Appointee lawyer No. 3, "Prof." Rice of Aiken bar, may he of a similar calibre but if I am to believe the report given to the press concerning BADLY FOOLED. A Young Woman Became Engaged to a Man She Had Xever Seen nud Went to l^ake ) Park, tin., to .Marry Him und Found Her Intended a Negro. A dispatch from Valdosta, Ga., says the spectacle of an intelligent and good looking white woman coming 2,000 miles to nierrj' a man whom she founa to he a negro has greatly exercised the people of I^ake Park. Ga. Information of the affair reached Valdosta Thursday. On Saturday afternoon there alighted from a Georgia Southern and Florida train at Park Lake a young woman who was a stranger to the people there, and who. afte.- awaiting around the station some time, as if expecting some one to meet her ventured to inquire of bystanders, if they knew Rev. J. J. Roberts. The man first appealed to thought a few moments and finally confessed that he did not know of any one by that name in the town. Another party told the lady that the only J. J. Roberts in the town was a negro preacher known locally at "RurntEyed Jake," who got his name from the fact that he had lost one eye in a fire. The lady was escorted to the Lake Park hotel by some of the sympathetic citizens, and it was there that she told her story. She said her home was in Vermont. Some months ago she began a correspondence with Rev. J. J. Roberts, of I^ake Park getting in communication with him through a matrimonial paper or correspondence bureau. She had become engaged to him and he had sent her money to pay her way to Georgia, where they were to marry. She fearlessly began the long journey, believing that her affianced was, of course, a white man, and one prominent iu his section. After hearing her story citizens of the town went out to look for the negro, and he appeared as greatly surprised as the wotnnn had been He admitted that he had been corresponding with a lady in Vermont, but thought she was a "cullud lady." He protested that he had never dreamed of his correspondent being a white lady. The citizens of Lake Park were very gpnorous in ineir proners 01 assistance to Miss Mlddleton. and will aid her in returning to her home If she needs assistance. I'RKACHEH WHO EI/OPED With a Married Woman IK'clami to lie Deranged. The Rev. Maxwell Walenta, pastor of St. Lucas's German Evangelical Lutheran church, Sutton street, Williamsburg, N. Y., and his affinity, young Mrs. Dora Mauer, were arraigned in the Manhattan avenue police court. The case resulted in the discharge | of the prisoners, with, the preacher consenting to accompany his father, an aged minister, to the Brooklyn supreme court, where he confessed his willingness to be sent to a sanitarium. Young Mrs. Raur wus taken by her lawyer to the home of an aunt, to live. But as her aunt took her away, she cried: "I will always love Mr. Walenta and when he call me, I will go to him. I will love him to the end of the world. I will love him as no man was ever loved before, and although we may never meet again, 1 will keep nn Invintr hint until tho nti/l !*%-?** " his appointment I should say that he is at least ambiguous, amphibious, ambidextrous, uhiquitious and indeterminate. These characteristics may appeal to you. As you perhaps know you have next year the appointment of the remaining members of the State board of education with the exception of the secretary who holds the position ex officio as State superintendent of education and I have the supreme satisfaction of knowing that 1 do not have to sit with them nor be bound by their actions. I wish to give yo i the pleasure of knowing here and now that I shall not be a member of that board any longer than is necessary for me to discharge my duty and obligations to the people of South Carolina. For two terms I have been elected State superintendent of education without opposition I have discharged my duties fearless ly and vigorously. I feel the satisfaction of having done some good for my people. I shall not ask for reelection. I mention this in order that you may indulge and cherish the fond hope of getting a satellite of your own ilk. I am somewhat in the pos^ ition of the old negro woman who went into a dry goods store and asked for three yards of red ribbon. The clerk was very bow-legged. He staged across the store and said: "WalM this way." The old woman said, "No sir! I'll do without the ribbon before I'll walk dat way " And I'll do with out my ribbon before I'll walk you. way. Sincerely yonrs. 4 O. B. Martlu. .J3b k GRAND OVATION Given William Jennings Bryan People of Spartanburg. LECTURED AT NIGHT On "the Prince of Peace" in lh? Itaptist Church to Kightecn Hundred People?The Most Ilrilllant Audience That Kver Assembled ir Spai-tanburg, Not Excepting the Music Festivul. In speaking; of the visit of the Hon. William Jennings IJryan to Spartan burp on Inst Friday the correspondent at that place of The State gives the following account of the honors paid the distinguished gentleman by the people of Spartanburg. The correspondent says: This day has been largely given over by the people of Spartanburg to the entertainment of their distinguished guest, William Jennings Bryan. During the morning the ladies of the city gave their time and attention to making beautiful the interior of the Y. M. C. A. hall, where at 5 o'clock this afternoon a public reception was given in Mr. Bryan's honor attended by fully 2,000 persons, with whom the Nebraskan shook hands and greeted with that broad smile so characteristic of the man. Tonight Mr. llr.van addressed an audience of 1,800 people in the auditorium in the First Baptist church, delivering his lecture, "The Prince of Peace,' He was presented to his audience by Dr. Henry Nelson Synder. president of Wofford College. This day has been ideal and tonight was perfect, in great contrast with the weather conditions which greeted Mr. Bryan here three years ago when a terrific rain prevailed and the crowd that heard him wns small. A wreck on the Southern railway delayed Mr. Bryan's arrival two hours and a brief stop at Gnffney between sections of his train added another half hour to the time. The crowd in Spartanburg had to wait, thus putting him here a few minutes before four o'clock. At the station ho trac nhrvnro/1 nnH nltnnf tv H man ..1, ...... .... ......... shook hands with him before his carriage left the depot, carrying him to the home of Prof. Game well on Wofford campus. In the hour he spent there before going to the reception in his honor he received a State representative and talked of his recent trip in North Carolina. When asked if he would tie a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1908 he smiled and replied: Now. young man, you are getting on dangerous ground," and declared that he would have something definite to say along that line later in the fail. The reception of Mr. Bryan this afternoon was the most largely attended event of its character ever held in Spartanburg. The great company of citizens and people from the county who passed in line to grasp the hand of their guest being augmented by a line of ."00 young ladies from Converse college and fully as many Wofford students. Those in the receiving line were: Senator and Mrs. Howard Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs.. Stolio Simpson. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Nelson Snyder. Dr. and Mrs. John S. Wntkins. Ml', ana mrs. jonn n. v^iev^mun. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Payne Pell. Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Roper. Mr. and Mrs. John Gary Evans. Prof, and Mrs. D. A. DuPre. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Massabeau. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Jones. Prof, and Mrs. John G. Clinkscales. Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholls. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Warren DuPre. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. F. Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Burnett. Congressman and Mrs. Joseph T. Johnson. Judge ancrMrs. D. E. Hydrick. Tonight Mr. Bryan's audience in the First Baptist church was one of the most brilliant ever gathered in the city not excepting the great festival crowds. He did not leave the text of his lecture upon Christ as the Price of Peace, and only in the briefest way spoke of things politcal and the problems of government. The address is a powerful sermon upon religion as the basis of all government and the idea that hv a man's service to the world is his greatness measured. Speaks at Gaffney. A dispatch to The State sayH Hon. J. C. Otts, representing Gaffney's hoard of trade, and J. R. Bell, ropro senting the city of GafTney, left i for Charlotte Thursday night to meet Mr. Bryan and escort him to Gaftney > where he spoke. Mr. Bryan spoke for twenty min; utes at GafTney Friday while on his , way to Spartanburg between trains. ? More than 1.000 people heard the great commoner. A large number of people crowded around the train to shake his hand after be had finished peaking. * / ' *