MKfWy 3fiEW
THEY FEEL BLUE.
Republicans Are Afraid That Taft
Will Be Defeated.
THEY ARE WORRIED.
Bren President Roosevelt Thinks His
Man's Election is Doubtful?Record
of Congress Fur From Satisfactory
to the Majority Party, and
Republicans Are Anxious.
A Washington Letter to the
Charleston Post says the Republicans
I iu vuugrm are m a bad humor.
Things legislative und political have
not broken well for them during the
last winter. They are disappointed
and anxious, and the leaders arc
trying to foist tho responsibility for
existing conditions from one to another.
Many blame President Roosevelt.
The President, on the other
hand, blames the Congress.
No doubt exists that the Republicans
are concerned over the Presidential
and Congressional elections
that are to take place next autumn
They are not scared, but the facl
that the legislative program whicli
was recommended by tho President
has not been carried out leads tc
the belief that something may happen
during the approaching campaign.
An apprehension 1b felt that Secretary
Taft, if nominated for the Presidency.
may be defeated. The realisation
is that Taft will be nominated;
and It is not going too far to say
that the Republicans, in and out ol
Congress who Jiave carefully gone
over the situation, are fearful of the
result.
President Roosevelt regards Taft'!
nomination as a foregone conclusion
Ho, too, entertains some misgiving!
about the result next November, bu
he lays the blame for the conditior
that may oring about such n resul
at the door of Congress. He point!
to the fact that the leaders in tin
two branches of Congress have taker
this year to settle some old scorei
with him. There is no doubt ol
that fact. With an assurance tha
Roosevelt would succeed himself
Congress undoubtedly would havt
treated his recommendations wit I
greater consideration during th<
last winter. It was taken for grant
ed, however, that he was to retln
early next year, and the Congress hai
played horse with him.
More bitterness of feeling than evei
before has been created between tin
House and tho Senate. Criinlna
tlonn and recriminations have beei
made by the one branch and by th<
other. Speaker Cannon has beer
charged with all sorts of things b:
the Senate and the leaders among th<
Republicans of the Senate have beer
charged with ignoring the public wil
and standing only for their own sel
fish desires
Thus, n serious condition of politi
cal affairs has been created. Gen
erally, it is believed that Tuft am
Bryan will be the opposing candi
dates. A short time ago, it was ex
pected that the Republican candi
date would have practically a walk
over at the election, but in the las
month there has been a notable chnn
ge in sentiment. Among both Re
publicans and Democrats it is con
ceded that Bryan has a strong chanct
of winning this year. Some Repuhil
cans even are pessimistic about th<
November results if Taft bo nonil
nated. Tt Is realized that there wil
be a spirited contest with the resul
much in doubt.
It Is ^prfectiy evident that the Re
pnh)!c?n physicians have not beei
able this year to prepare the countr;
for the great operation next fall. Ii
a speech on the financial measure i
few days ago, Senator "Bob" Taylor
of Tennessee, told this signitlcan
story:
"I am confident that before the Re
publican flnancinl physicians ge
through with the Job they will hav<
the country in the condition o
the old man in my State who wa:
very sick. The doctor examined hln
and said: Old man, you are dying
have you any wish to express before
you pass over the river?"
"Yes," whispdred the feeble old
man. "1 wish I liad got another doctor."
* *
A Home-Mude Refrigerator.
Tako two large boxes, the second
somewhat smaller on ull sides, and
bore two one-luch holes in each cor
respondingly, to give drainage and
ventilation. Fill np the bottom ol
the larger box with powdered charcoal
(or sawdust, if charcoal cannot
be procured) until the smullcr box
will stand on a level w? the top of
the larger box. Put the inner box in
place, and fill up all tho space around
the sides with the charcou). Fasten
lids on both boxes to fit tightly. On
each side of the inner box, by means
of cleats, put several shelves, leaving
a space in the center for the ice.
A rack made of lathing may be laid
at the bottom, for the ice to rest
upon. Legs may be added, also, and
the drainage and ventilation In this
WAV ha rrt*1' ~
?V ,.ii|.iw.ru, 1 I1IH IS H rollgll
refrigerator, but It will save your ice.
Confessed to Bigamy.
The Columbia State says W. C.
Fogle, an Orangeburg cotton mill
operative, recently came to Columbia,
Wednesday confessed to bigamy hofore
Magistrate Riley. Ho says his
first wife, whom he married five
years ago when ffft was 16, was Miss
Nell Bryant, who left him and married
another man. Afterward, two
years ago, he married Miss Idllle
Herring, of Orangeburg, with whom
ho has been living with since. The
prosecuting witness is also a cotton
mill operative named Brown, who
came here with Fogle about three
When r. man Is forced to eat crow
he is apt to consider a bird in the
bueh better than two In the hand.
I
I
THE COTTON PROBLEN
NOT TOO LATE TO REDUCE TH1
ACREAGE.
Tho Farmers iluion Advising It
Members to Plough Up Cotton an
Plant Grain.
I The Farmers Unio*- Is advising il
members to plow up 25 per cent, c
their cotton just planted and put th
same land In oth*?r crops. This 1
the only effective way to get u pr<
fitable price next fall and the Unlo
will push the plan to the utmost. Tli
effect of this action on the preset
crop yet In the farmers huuds woul
i be instaneous. The Carolina Unlc
i Farmer has the following to say c
, this subject:
i The plun to remove the possibilil
i of low-priced cotton is simple, pra
1 tlcal and effective. It is simply I
i go into your fields and plow up
given amount of cotton aud plai
the land in peas, corn or some fo
age crop. This will cause a Chun*
' of your plans, you say? Of course
will, but the change is absolutely n
cessary to win your fight. \ u can
afford to follow an uncertain at
i foolish plan in this contest, whe
. there is a sure and certain way. Yc
t can't compete successfully with tl
i cunning brain of the gamblers wit]
t out using your own brain and bus
? ncss sense. The way to defeat i
i enemy is to deceive and surprise lil*
As a plan for winning this fight ft
- the pric<Lof cotton.lt is better to plo
up the cotton already planted, tin
to have reduced the acreage to th
extent at the beginning. This nctk
r taken now is at a time when it
f too laie for the Southern fools ai
traitors to increase their coton a
' reago, as they would have done,
this action had ben taken earlier
' the season. It will not only defe
. those who would be disposed to a
3 the traitor, but it will attack tl
t gamblers' stronghold in a place lea
i expected, and their defeat will I
t inevitable.
3 It is a fact sustained hv his ?tr?
i and by trade conditions that a te
1 million bale nop of cotton will brii
s more money in the aggregate th;
f a 15.000.000 bale crop. We ure
t business organization and as such \
. must learn business ways from bus
? ness, men if we succeed. When tl
i manufacturers find that they are n
? Retting as big profit on their gooi
- as they want, they meet in organizi
; "shut down" until the price advance
i Inasmuch as the manufacturers ha
decided to "shut down" rather th:
r pay the Minimum Price for cotton,
i is putting into practice tho best kit
- of business sense for farmers to d
l cidc to "shut down" by plowing i
i a part of their cotton crop.
t By plowing up a portion of tl
7 cotton crop the benefit will come
? us in a twofold way. It will cau
l the price of cotton to advance to
1 point where the acres that are left
- cotton will bring more money th:
the whole would have brought. Thei
- fore, whatever crop we raise on t
- land where we plow up a certa
1 amount of cotton, that crop will r
- present a clear profit over and abo
- what we would have otherwise ha
- iu the windup. The corn, peas
- cane that Is produced on the lai
t on which cotton is plowed up. w
- add that much more value to o
- products next fall, and the best pa
- about the whole plan will he tl
i beautifully crushing defeat of tl
- gamblers who Intend to price o
a cotton at 8c, or less, next fall.
- the fight worth winning? This is
1 matter that appeals to the patrlotls
t of every Southern farmer and tes
the loyalty of every Farmers' Unit
- man. Shnll cotton prove to be a
l other "lost cause" in the South? I,
i* oach individual answer this questh
1 bv Kointr nrnmntlv tnln Klo ft..1,1 ?
i do Home plowing that will yield a b
, ger profit than the same amount i
t plowing has ever yielded in this eou
try.
t NKCSRO PKOTKITS WIKK.
* f
Shoots and Kills A Very Itad \\ hi
3
t Man.
Uoyce Stone was killed Mondt
afternoon on the outskirts of (!re<
I by Henry Fowler, colored. It seen
that Stone and two other white nu
, went to Fowler'H house and attemp
ed to criminally assauii his wif
Fowier came in answer to calls ?
Ins wife, lie expostulated with tl
' men wuen he was set upon and bad!
I *
' beaten. Recovering from the attacl
he seized his gun and fired at clos
; range at the firHt man in sight. Tli
contents of the load hit Boyce Ston
killing him instantly. Fwler :
once surrendered to the authority
and was committed to jail. Ston
was about 24 years of age and wk
a bad fellow. About four years ag
Policeman coster of Oreer was fou
iy assassiuated and St no was trie
for the criqie and was acquittec
Since this .time he has lived unt
recently in the far West, where h
was again tried for murder but cam
clear. Stno hns always been a wll
and reckless life, and the sn?l endin
to his career was what every one ex
peeled.
War is made on stray dog
all over the country in an effort t
stamp out hydrophobia. The time ha
come when all dogs must be muzzlei
or killed if found at large. This i
right. It is better that a thousan<
worthless curs should be killed thui
that one human being should di<
from rabies. This county shouU
join the procession.
We congratulate Columbia on th<
saving of her boat line. The publit
spirited men who came for ware
and saved it from going out of ex
isterce appreciate the great advantage
this boat line is to Columbia
and are willing to make sacrifices tc
rrantam it. The great wonder is
that a place the size of Columbia ha;
nor got a great many more such
public spirited citizens.
| TEN LOST AT SEA.
Greek Ship Sunk After Going Ashore
on Bahama Island.
B
From Information received by their
relatives in Pensacola, Fla., it is believed
that four Greeks, two of whom
are young girls, and six of the crew
s have been lost in the wreck of the
Greeks steamship Cycladus, which
^ went aground and sank off Bahama
Islands, May 11. The four passengers
on the vessel took passage at
ts Pensacola, intending to go to Ge>f
noa. and there secure passage to visit
le relatives in Greece. The Cycladu's
Is left Pensacola aiter taking a part of
) a cargo, and went to New Orleans,
n where she filled out for Genoa. When
ic ofT the Bahama Islands, from inlt
formation received here, she went on
d a reef and later sank. The crew and
m four Pensacola passengers got off
m safely. The men were short of food
supplies. One of the boats, the
ty largest, has reached Nassau, N. P.,
c- and this contained the captain and
to fifteen members of the crew. The
a other boat, which contained six of
it the crew and the four passengers,
r- has not been heard from. It is fearte
ed that the smaller of the boats has
it been swamped.
e
t BOTH LEGS CTUSHED.
id
sn A Sumter Colored- .Man Meets With
iu
ie Vnfortiinate Accident.
At Sumter Charley Lawry, one of
the colored scavenger cart drivers
in of the city, met with a most terrible
n' accident Saturday night about 10.30
ir o'clock in being run over by a
w switch engine in the Atlantic Coast
1,1 Line yards. Both of his legs, just
below the knees, were so badly crush>n
ed that llier had to be amputated.
^ His chances of recovery are fairly
1( good, but it will require several days
c" yet before any definite idea may be
" formed. The accident occurred near
the water track, on a frog switch, and
,lt it Is said that Howry was sitting
down on the track and. that one of
lu bis feet became wedged in the frog
and that he eould not get his foot
1)0 out in time to get out of the way.
ry FIVE THOUSAND PObLAltS SHOUT
u-|
That's Why a Florence >lan Left
til
a Monte Some Mays Ago.
ve
jj. A dispatch from Florence says the
l10 ofllelals of the Bank of Florence gave
out another statement in regard to
d8 the Lee Branson affair. After go^
lng over his hooks very carefully
>s. they have found a shortage of $5,ve
000. They have not yet finished
an their work on his books, but it is
it not thought that the shortage will
a(j exceed this amount. This informa[e_
tion comes as a severe blow to the
up many friends of Leo Rrunson there
and throughout the State. When
hc the statement was given out that
(G there was a shortage in Brunson's acse
counts, his father. Judge W. A. Bruna
son, and the other relatives promptly
jn made good the shortage, and any
an other that may bbe found, thus ob e.
viating any prosecution of IBs bond,
he
jn A LAI>Y HUN OYKit.
e
ve And Killed by a Train on the Atluutic
Coast Line.
or
ad Mrs. Wilson, ag? d about 65 years,
ill was run over and instantly killed by
ur Atlantic Coast Lino southbound pas
ri senger iram iso. Kngineer Houshe
ton, at Jackson. S. C., ten miles from
he Augusta, Tuesdaj morning about
ur 9,3.r? o'clock.
Is Mrs. Wilson stepped directly in
a front of the passenger train from a
in position behind a freight car on the
ts adjoining side track, and the engi>n
necr had not time to stop. The Coast
n- Line passenger train makes no stop
et at Jackson, and was therefore not
>n running at slow speed when the woid
man made her sudden appearance.
ig
of He Does Not Know I's.
n# Gov. John Johnson, of Minnesota,
should learn something more about
the political conditions of this country
before he comes forward again
u' as a candidate for the Presidency.
According to an Associated Press
report of an interview with him at
l> Norfolk on Saturday, Gov. Johnson,
*? i.t the course of a general denuncia.?
tion of the Crumpackor bill for ret
duction of the South's representaL>
tion in Congress said he did not be"
lieve the President would sign such
i a measure should it pass Congress
and he believed it would cause the
<e aeieat ot Secretary Taft. "That
IC measure," said Gov. Johnson, "will
(( array the solid South against Mr.
,8 Taft." In commenting on this had
10 break on the part of Governor Johnis
son the Charleston Post asks "what is
? the 'Solid South' if it is not a fixed
J and immovable opposition to Mr.
i Taft or any other Republican candi11
date for President? Why should
e the passage of the Crumpacker
'j amendment have any effect on the
? Republican candidate's standing in
. the South? The Minnesota Governor
knows the conditions in the South so
little that it would never do to com8
mit their guardianship to him."
() Every word the Post says is true, but
* what could we expect from a man
s who knows nothing about us or our
1 politics. He lives too far away to be
1 much interested in us and would nev,
or have known us had not the presi1
dential bee got to bu/.zing in his ear
and sent him among us in quest of
votes.?Times an * Democrat.
' The News and Courier is a politi
I cal dreamer. It still contends that
. a ma.ior.ty of the people of South
. Carolina are oppo-cd to Bryan's
i nomination and that Johnson will j
1 be nominated by the Denver conven!
tion. Dreaming is a harmless
i amusement, and we hope Trie News
and Courier will enjoy it.
SERVANT PROBLEM.
]
EXGLKH GIltLS TO BE U8E1) TO
SOLVE IT. * 1
The State Inimigriit ion Bureau Entering
Upon uii Experiment of
Great Interest to the State. ,
A letter from Columbia to The 1
News and Courier says in the ex- '
pertinent which Commissioner Wat- 1
son has started of substituting a 1
high type of English-speaking house- 1
hold servant girl for the negro servant
girl he is convinced both from
employers and the girls themselves 1
that he has finally laid the foundation
for a successful, practical solution
of the vexed negro servant problem
in this State, and if the experiment
proves a success here it will be
"a go" throughout the South. After
repeated failures during four years'
hard work the commission is now satisfied
that success is at hand.
The first experiments along this
line were with foreign-speaking i?eo
pie, and In every case this proved a
failure. These are the kind of foreign
servants that are being placed to 1
a large extent in the North. Commissioner
Watson then concluded
that this section would have to have
a higher type than is used in the
North in order to supplant the negro,
who is daily growing more useless
exacting and that the new servants
must speak English. He was further
persuaded that the newcomers in order
to be satisfied tnemselves and
render satisfactory service would have
to be ih touch with the other members
of their families, so as to give
the home touch and alleviate the social
alienation which had made other
experiments with English-speaking
, girls fail tires. Accordingly j?ei sistent,
energetic work was carried on
in the desirable farm section of England
with literature, lectures and
personally conducted tours with big
vans.
The thirty-three English people
brought here less than a month ago
, and located in and around Columbia,
Edgefield, Abbeville, (Jreenville and
elsewhere in the State, have all written
letters to the department expressing
satisfaction, and every girl so
located has written letters through
the department to friends and relatives
abroad, urging them to come
on to South Carolina and live.
FARMERS' HOI.I) YOUR COTTON.
Advice (liven by Mr. Harris, President
of the Union.
President Harris of the State Far,
tilers' union has issued the following
circular to the 25,000 members
of the order in this State:
"Cotton has advanced $7.50 per bale
. in 10 days and if we will hold to it.
and not be influenced to sell, it will
In the next 10 days make the same
. advance and the minimum will ho
reached. Remember the 1907 crop
is 4,500.000 hales short. This makes
cotton SCll ! < ?? tint aimixrl, f
..v, V VMW Ugll IUI LUIIsumption.
Crop conditions the lowest
in 2 0 years.
"On the 24th, Texas and Oklahoma
were visited by the most destructive
flood that has evcrr been known.
"May 10th, our national rpesident,
C. S. Barrett, issued a circular
letter, asking the union men to plow
up 10 per cent, of the cotton planted
and put it in food crops. One million
acres has been reported plowed up.
This looks as if the boys mean business
and will stand behind their guns.
"Do not listen to those who tell
you to sell, it is going lower, when
they know it will go upward by
June.
"l)o not forget that corn is $1.10
per bushel and plenty of time to
plant yet. Well filled corn cribs and
smoke houses will always make cotton
bring the minimum price.
"Both the European and American
mills are about out of cotton, so hold
to your spots and get the minimum
price."
VOTES OUT WHISKEY.
Xortli Carolina Goes Dry by Forty
Thousand Plurality.
North Carolina was carried for
State prohibition Wednesday by a
majority that is estimated at from
40,000. The prohibition ticket carried
78 out of the 98 counties by
majorities approximating 4 8,000. The
anti-prohibition ticket has 20 counties
by majorities approximating 5,000.
This calculation is based on
some estimates and the prohibition
leaders say it. is possible for the prohibition
majority to reach 50,000. A
dose estimate of the vote would give
a prohibition majority of about 45,000.
The election passed off very
quietly, no disturbances of any moment
being reported. The total vote
cast in the State was abbout 175,000.
Was Xot Sure. '
The opposition to Bryan in the 1
I Democratic Party has now become
helpless. Governor Johnson himself,
addressing the American Cotton
Manufacturers in Richmond, Va , 1
Thursday humorously remarked that ,
he came South partly to gratify
what he supposed to be a cerain cur- <
iosity on the part of this section to 1
see and hear him, but since getting |
the returns from Alabama and South f
Canolina, he was not sure that any
such curiosity had ever existed?
IN speaking of the coming presi- a
dential campaign the Sprinfield Re- ?'
publican says "there is going to he a t
fight, with Mr. Bryan nominated, ^
which will make the Parker cam- j.
paign se^m like the dead march from
Saul." This is the opinion of an in- ^
dependent Republican paper publi h- i:
ed up in Massachusetts an 1 indicates '
pretty well what the non partisan 11
press of the North thinks of Mr ii
Bryan as a candidate. c
THE DIVINING ROD.
Ho Mysterious Virtues hidden in tl??
Ikwwr's Wimd.
Iii experimenting with a divining
rod as used for discovering under- (
ground supplies of water one of the (
geologists of the t'nited States Geolo
leal Survey found that at points
It turned downward Independently of
his will, but more complete tests
showed that the downward turning
resulted from slight and?until
watched for-?unconscious changes in
the Inclination of his body, the effects
of which were communicated
through the arms and wrist to the
red. No movement of the rod from
causes outside the body could he detected,
and it soon became obvious
that the view he'd by other men of
sclen~e is correct that the operation
of the "divining rod" is general
ij u 11 f 10 unconscious movements of
tho body or of the muscles of the
hand The experiments made show
tl at these movements happen most
frequently at places where the operator's
experience his h\l liim to believe
that water ina\ be found.
The uselessncss of the divining rod
Is indicated by the facts that the rod '
may be worked at will by the opera- '
tor, that he fails to detect strong '
currents of water running in tunnels >
and other channels that afford no surface
id?v.ations of water, and that his
locations ii. limestone regions where 1
water flows in we'l defined channels
are rarely more succssful than those
dependent on mere guesses. In fact
Its operators are successful only in
regiors ir which -round water occurs
in a definite sheet in porous material,
or 1- more or less clayey deposits.
Buch as the pebbly clay or till, in
which, although a few failures occur,
wells would get water anywhere.
Ground water ocuts under certain
definite conditions, and as in hum! t
regions, a stream may he predicted
wherever a valley Is known, so one
familiar with rocks and ground watet
conditions may predict places where
ground water can tie found. No ap
pliance either electrical or mechanical.
has yet been successfully used
tor detecting wate- in places where
I'aa. common sense or good guessing
. ould not have shown its presenei
just as well. The only advantage
of employing a "water witch," as 'he
operator of the divining rod is sometimes
called, is 'hat skilled services
rre obtained, most men mi employed
being keener and heMer observers of
the occurrence and movements of
ground water than the average person
Scientific American.
Symbol of i lie Marble Gallows.
You will read in "The Cloister and
the Hear'h" of tin* gallows of white
marble and fine workmanship that
stood over again M the dukes palace
In Venice. It was there as an everpresent
warninc to the
servant that if he was faithless to his
trust he would hi' hunted.
We are phased to consider that
later period of the middle a^s as
rude and simple. In its familiarity
with all forms of coldly administered
death it would justif> tills untliotight
ful estimate. Yet ?nt?n in that sinister
marble admonition of vengeance
there is a certain symbol of good
faith, of high ideals of public service
that shows strong in any ei <*ili uition.
With all our justly cherished pro
gr< t we might wish tor as Hue a
sense of honor in our public stewardships.
Let us claim at once that the basis
on which our public service rests Is
fat better than it was In even the
Italr n civic republics. There is not
the caste of h rlh there is not now
the fatalistic ( !?- i cation of rank, at
least politically timi while there was
in the period of tit ilcnaissattce a
reward for culture, learn . g. and arts,
nnd craftsmanship, saill. today, # ?
have a fairer field which many more
can enter Hut when that claim is
made and allowed l' ere was a certain
something in the old noblesse
oblige which has not y t permeated
democracy as it can and must soiw
tlay pervade it.
A burgomaster In a free Dutch or
Gerntun city. 1 duke or magistrate in
nn oligarchical Italian republic, even
n feudal lord in any country , exemplified
a respect for the obligations imposed
by itis position that our experience
ilR- shown us is not s.i nr?v
now Lei us acknowledge that much
in a ijstem of government, a frame
work of society, which is happily lefi
behind. Let us admire the ci\io vir
tue of those Venetians who "let no 1
man. not even their sovevreign, h
above the common weal." And lei
use realize that, even in the great ad
vane in the social and political ordei
we have made since that fifteenth
century of "The Cloister and the
Hearth" there is still lacking the re 1
spect for the place of trust, the fii?>
reve'-ence for the common weal which !
eventually will lie the perfect dowers
of popular government. Kansa.Clty
Star.
The Mercenary Thunderbolt.
A party of American tourists win
were comfortably established In c j
hotel In Germany, discovered a new
contr button to "F.ngllsh as she is
spoke," only this time I hey found It
in th* written word. The building
hud been recently wired for electricity
and unde. the bulbs in each room
directions were posted in French,
German a.id Knglish. The French
was Irreproac table, the German near .
ly so. The Knglish read as follows I
' To open and shut the lightening
electrical on. is requested to turn to
the right hand. On going to bed it
rrust be closed. Otherwise the lightning
must be paid."?Boston Herild.
"From now on. according to th<* j",
,nti Bryan leaders," says The Washigton
Herald "the struggle to deermine
who shall control at Denver
fill he confined to the South. Mary ?
and, Virginia, the Carolina*, (ieoria,
Louisiana and Arkansas, will be!
attle grounds." The Charleston
ost thinks the fight in South Caroina
should be particu'arlv interestng
after the decree of the d.ait I
onvention a week ago. j
' ' - ? - . - .
HA11KY THAW IS INSANE.
tluycr of Stanford White Will Reniaiii
in Asylum.
Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stan'ord
White, will not be released from
ho Lunatic Asylum. This is the decision
reached by Justice Morselauser
of the New York supreme
ourt, in an opinion tiled early Tueslay
morning in the matter of Thaw's
implication for release 011 a writ of!
lalieas corpus, Doth points brought
ip by Thaw's attorneys are decided
igaiust him. The justice declares
hat Thaw is now insane and should .
?ot be allowed at large and he t'ur-|
l?oi* ilnnlotiAa *1? ?
wi.it me commitmen! to
he lunatic asylum by .lustic Howling
liter the last trial of the case, was
titirely legal.
FLAtiMAN KII.LKP.
ell in Krout of Kiiginc on ltlne
llidgc Itoail.
While flagging his train at An.
'on Monday morning Mr. C.eo. I teed
Keith fell in front of the engine. The!
trucks passed over his logs, completely
severing both of '.hem below the
knees. He was <|uickly picked up
und hurried to the Anderson hospital.
At 10..TO o'clock he had sufllclently
recovered from the severe shook accompanying
the accident to undergo
a surgical operation. Moth of his
legs were amputated above the knees.
He was. however, unable to recover
from the wounds, and be died at
12.15 o'clock Monday afternoon.
CiltOWlXti KAIMIH.Y.
Interesting Statistics of the Soul hern
ll'iptist Church.
Pr. Lansing Harrows in bis statis
<ics for the Convention minutes give
the following figures for the lifteeStates
In the Southern Haptist Con
vontion: 2 1.2nr. churches; 1 15
baptisms; total membership, 2.015
(ISO; contributions for missions. $1.
134.695: contributions for all purposes.
$7,8t;:i.416: value ot church
property, $30,861,43S. lie places
our colored membership in the 1 "nit-1
od States at 1.1?no,oo0: our total
membership in the Cnited States at
5.05b.133; and Hie entire number of
ltnptlsts In the world at fl.oni.liofi
T-iK campaign over in Georgia i;
red hot. As a s:\mple of some el
the elegant language indulged in In
some of the unlit irinns inst tint*/ t .! <
thin from .Judge Twiggs, who us pa} ing
his respects to the ft v. L? i
Broughton, of Atlanta: "Ho isnothing
but a foul-mouthed scave- ger
of the filthiest falsehood, a lai
tern-jawed political polecat." P.ec.c
pass the smelling salts.
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When you can buy a superior orga
'roin your factory representative f<
less money, and on easier terms, an
have absolute protection in the pun
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low prices and grant from one to t\\
vears, without interest, for setilemet
ind only bind 'lie organ as speuriP
We save you money and supply Orgai
that will prove a life long pleasuf
Write at once for catalog and sped;
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An KfTort lu Save Souls.
In the Southern Presbyterian Assembly,
now in session at Greensboro,
N. C., the following resolution
on evangelistic work was presented
on Wednesday tin.ruing by Rev. Dr.
A. A. Little: "W wreas, we believe
that the great nee i of our church is
more evangelism i preaching on the
part of our pasu t and a more diligent
efTort on th part of the church
to reach the uneh t ched and unsaved
this general asst nibly would urge on
all our ministers to seek more and
get more of this si it it of prayer for
the salvation of > uls and to use
more evangelistic t fiorts in the pulpit
and out of it t?. bring souls into
the kingdom of C >d." This resolution
hits the nai on the head, and
if it is adopted and acted on it
will accomplish grt at good. If the
churches were doing their duty
there would be no need of such a
resolution, but we fear that the
churches of ail denominations are
too much engrosM d in money getting
and oth< r material things to
bother with trying to save souls.
The greatest preacher that ever
lived said in an immortal sermon:
"But seek ye first the Kingdom of
(lod and his righteousness, and all
?he*e things shali be added to you."
Let the churches follow this, and it
vill have no need to bother about
nor.ey and other material things, as
hen pe. pie wilt give without the
.iking. What ail of our churches
red more than a y other thing is a
.*up, genuine baotism of the Holy
host extending from the door to 4
ie pulpit. Then the old dry I.oi.es
oi.ld be made t? live again.
Minte <i llust.
It seernis thai the people of Richmond.
Va., was very much disappointed
in the soeech made by (lov.
Johnson, the N ws and Courier's
j candidate for fb sidcnt. before the
| American Cotn.n Manufacturers
Association, in!'at city, which he
had I em invi ? d to deliver. 1 he
Uit hit ord F.vci.u g Journal, in commenting
on the -peech, says: "We
hai ll> think ar association of men
s ? thoroughly fan iliac with the eott
?i business in yl! iis details would
have invited a man from far-ofT
lii ncsota to eive them information
ip n a subj' ct jo nut which he him
tall [acknowledged ho knew little,
.vl that litt'e what he gathered
? -n government statistical reports
'h ch are open to all. We must
i? refoie, eonc ade that Governor
nsor was it vitod here in the exudation
that he would make an
Mrvss upon the vital issues of
if day." Wr see no reason why
iy one should expect Gov. Johnson
? ut derstand 'la South, her people,
M" needs or lu institutions, and it
; nonsense to expect hin. to discuss
u m intelligently. He was afraid
> say anything about them and
i< refere he disclosed the old thieadi
e subject ?.f v< tton, about which
it auditors kn? w more than lie
?"n!d tell thrm >n a 'hundred
5,) eches. If (i- < . Job? .-or has ever
eon South before he came down
iere in the last few weeks vote huntig
we have never heard of it. If
lovernor Johnson knew more about
he South ami her people his name
'ould never have been associaed
with that of Gen. Miles on
t Democratic presidential ticket
v his chief hacker and most inti
ante personal and political friend,
'( ngressman Hammond, of Minnesota,
who claims that this man who
treated President .Jefferson Davis
with extreme cruelty and brutality
while a helpless prisoner in Fortress
Monroe would make an "ideal running
mate" for C.ov. Johnson. No
doubt Gov. Johnson agrees with
Congressman Hammond in his choice
of a running mate.?Times and
Democrat.
lb iioiiiicc K\? linage MhIkhIs.
The committee of the Cotton Manufacturers
Association, which was
appointed to invo Ggate the methods
of the New York cotton exchange
and to reccomend a change
in the form of c->tton contracts, has
made a very exhaustive report.
They denounce the speculative feature
encourage! especially by the
New York exchange and lament the
fact that it is not possible for spin
ners to depend on quotations for
the purchase of cotton. The variations
in the market and especially
the discrepancy between the spot
market and the contract prices,
makes the exchange of value only to
speculators The committee recommends
quite a number of changes in
tl e classification, which it is hoped
will tend to make the contracts
more definite. Cotton spinners aswell
as cotton growers are interested
in anything that will tend to
give stability to ori. ?? <. This will
ho promoted by the propos go,
in the form of o-?*ions.
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