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/ GIVES ms PROOFS. Eon. Grover Cleveland. Winfl OCT A VERY CLEAR CASE fA •are He Made Hie Chargee on Statemente Made In a Hook Written by Fred Donglase a ^ Nine Yeare Ago. Representative Bartlett, of GeorRia, baa received the following letter from Grover Cleveland, blistering Thomas E. Watson for his charges concerning ' Cleveland’s attitude on the negro ques tion: Princkton, March 4, 1904. To Hon. Chas. L. Bartlett, Washing ton, D. C. . My Dear Mr. Bartlett—I have re ceived a number of inquiries similar to yours touching my invitation of Fred Douglas to a wedding reception and signing, while governor of New York, of a bill providing for mixed aohools. Ido not suppose that Mr. Thomas K. Watson believed, or had any reason to believe, either of the allegations when be made them. At any rate, they are both utterly and absolutely false.. \l cannot afford to devote a great deal of time to deny ing such foolish tales. I shall, there fore, attempt to cover every phase of the subject now for all. It so hap pens that 1 have never In my official positions, either when sleeping or waking, alive or dead, on my head or on my heels, dlnhd, lunched or supped or Invited to a wedding reception any colored man, woman or child. If, however, I had desired to do any of these things, neither the fear of Mr. Watson or any one else would have prevented me. When I was governor Of New York a movement was made In the legislature to abolish seperatc colored schools in New York city. 1 opposed this measure and It failed. 1 do not find that I interposed a veto and I have forgotten the course the matter took, but I know that what ever I did was In favor of maintain ing separate colored schools instead of having them mixed. Yours very truly, (Signed) Groveu Clkvelano. WATSON IN REPLY. The following letter from Hon. Thoa. E. Watson In reply to the above Is hot stuff and will he read with in* terest: Thomson, Ga., April 5. To the Editor of the Augusta Chroni cle. Sir: In your Issue of yesterday you publish a letter written by Mr. Cleve land to my friend Hon. Charles Bart lett. - • ’ r -This letter Is dated March 4th. Just why it was kept from the press for an entire month, is not stated. t Mr. Clevelaqd says that he does not suppose tbat-I believed, or had any reason to believe, that my charges were true when they were made. The Intimation that I would wilful ly charge upon him things which 1 knew to be false, does both himself and me an injustice. ■ To publicly make against a man so prominent as Mr. Cleveland serious accusations which were known to he untrue, could only be the act of a knave who was at the same, time a fool. A slanderer, who is simply a knave may whisper falsehoods Which he knows to be falsehoods: but such slanders are never published over the signature of the man who makes them, unless the author is a fool as well as a knave. — - v When Grover Cleveland assfend^i that 1 am either a knave or a fool he will find no respectable man who knows me to agree wlth- Bin^ The gentleman to whom he addressed Ids letter would tell him quickly enough that any such construction put upon my act, or any such imputation cast upon my character, would he repudi ated by both the Democratic senators from Georgia, and by at least a ma jority of the Democratic delegation from this state to. the lower house. People of the state In which my liTe has been passed do not endorse my~ politics, but they do not doubt the honesty of my convictions nor the purity of my character; and Mr. Cleve land vriU not strengthen himself in this state by reflecting upon either. Now let us see what Mr. Cleveland’s letter amounts to, as a reply to my charges. I beg to remind your readers 1 thab the Issue arose out of the controversy which raged around the Booker Wash ington incident. A Republican membefrif congress, to offset Mr. Roosevelt’s treatment of Booker, had alleged that Mr. Cleve land dined C. H. J. Taylor at the white house. Mr. Cleveland denied the statement; and his card, when published, was headlined in such a way as to carry the impression that he had never practiced social equality at the white house. - « •*,: In an-article which was published in the Atlanta News, I pointed out that Mr. Cleveland had cuBUued his denial to the negro Taylor, and that the head lines went further than the. letter—as is often the case. ~ , ■*' Furthermore, I added that Mr. Cleveland had practiced social equali ty in three particulars: 1. In appointing a negro to be min ister to one of the South American re publics. 2. By signing the bill for mixed schools in New York. ? 3. By inviting Fred Douglass and wife to his wedding reception at the white house. l Upon what \grounds were these Charges made? Necessarily, they were based upon current and contemporaneous news paper reports which were not con- tradlcted. How else Isa citizen to have knowledge of public affairs? The newspapers are the source of our In formation; and if a public man allows the newspapers to make gneral and repeated statements about his con duct, he must expect such statements to be credited, unlea denied. . A How do I know that Mr. Roosevelt dined Booker Washington? I was not there. I did not see it. I have not to any one who did see it. Bat made the charge, sod I believe Grover Cleve land made a private and almost secret sale of United States bonds to J. Pierpont Morgan, and by this private deal made R possible for the varadoua Wall street financiers to pocket about ten million dollars of the money of the tax-payers of , this republic? I was not there; yet I know it ha t bap- made he deny »v *•••* in V pened,. because the newspapers such s row about it that Cleveland was afraid to sell any more bonds that way. In like manner, T believed he signed the bill for mixed schools in New York because it was so charged in the news papers, and he never denied it at the time. As to the White House reception, I had precisely the same grounds for belief that the public bad In the case of looker Washington. It was so charged; and no denial was made. It has not only been charged' In newspapers, but appeared in book form. The book to which I refer Is “The Life and Times ofFrederlck Douglass." The author was Douglass himself. In thlq hook Douglass glorifies Mr... Cleveland for the reason that Cleve land treated him and “Mrs. Douglass’’ as social equals. This book was published in 1885 near where Mr. Cleveland lives, and nobody has challenged its statements so far as I know. ^ Douglass was an ardent admirer of Mr. Cleveland. The Democratic presi dent had, for a considerable time, ai: lowed the Republican negro to con tinue to hold one of the fattest offices In Woshlnglon City. But U was not for this that Douglass, loved Cleve land. • What won the heart of the negro was the fact that at a critical - time when both whites and blacks were condemning Douglass for his marriage with a white woman, Mr. Cleveland was brave enough to defy public opinion and to extend social recogni tion to the negro and his white wife. Some extracts from the Douglass book were published last Saturday In tlie Atlanta News, but afl Mr. Cleve land's letter was written a month ago, it becomes necessary for me logo over the same ground a second time. Douglass says that his ‘ ‘false friends” of both colors were loading him with reproaches because he bad recently married a white “Popular prejudice^ among tile hlackkas well as the whites had been aroused by this act of miscegenation. But Fred says that Mr. Cleveland, in spite of all the clamor about the white wife, singled him, out for special attentions. What these attentions were he, pro- creds to state. He says that Mr. Cleveland never failed to invite him and bis wife to all of the grand receptions; and Douglass says that “myself and my wife never failed to attend- them.” At these receptions Douglass states that Mr. Cleveland showed to himself and “Mrs. Douglass” a bearing “not less cordial and courteous than that extended to the other ladies and gentlemen present." Douglass call this conduct of Mr. Cleveland a “manly defiance by a Democratic president of the malignant and time-honored prejudice." What was the malignant prejudice whlchJMr, Cleveland was defying In so manly a; manner? - Obviously, undeniably, Douglass meant’ to give Mr. Cleveland k praise for defying popular prejudice or the subject of social equality. What else was Cleveland’s “manly defiance” aimed at? Again, to show more clearly how Douglass understood the true meaning of Mr. Cleveland’s conduct, the negro gqes on to say that the cordial and courteous treatment accorded him and “Mrs. Douglass" by Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland was extended while he was ^surrounded by distinguished - men and women from all parts of the coun try, and by diplomatic representatives from all parts of the world, and under the gaze of the late slaveholders." - Now, if there ever was anything dear in a book it Is clear that in this book Fred Douglass meant to give Mr. Cleveland credit and praise for defying malignant prejudice on the social equality question, and for treating himself and “Mrs. Doug lass” as social equals In the presence of the representatives of the white race throughout the world. What made this “manly defiance of malignant prejudice" the more exqui sitely gratifying to the negro was that It was done “under the gaze of the. late slave-owners.” In other words, Fred says, in effect, that Southern ladles and gentlemen were present and were compelled to witness in silence the social triumph, .of him self and "Mrs. Douglass:’* Oh, how full the cup of Fred’s joy must have been! And what a sly gleam of victorious insolence there must have been In the negro’s eyes as he looked at the late “slave-owners" to whom Mr. Cleveland was giving his “manly defiance!". That spirit Is shown in his book, and I have no doubt it was shown on his countenance in those blissful hours when he and “Mrs. Douglass” Is the pith and marrow of the dispute. If it be true, as Douglass says,' that Mr. Cleveland often wrote the Invita tions, with his own band, and that he treated the negro and wife at all the white house receptions as social equals, defying the predjudiceand the criticism of the Southern accuracy of my statement stands proved without reference to any particular reception. If Mr. Cleveland will condescend to read pages 646, 647 and 648 of the book referred to, and will then specify to what extent the author lied, be will cleanup the atmosphere consider ably. . Poor old Fred! What a lesson is here, my brethren. In his day and time, Fred Douglass was a power in the land. White politicians courted his support. The highest leaders in the land made much of him. President Grant petted him; Garfield petted him; Ilarrison petted him; and Cleve land—bat that’s another story. Poor old Fred! He is dead now, Pretty much everybody who wants to -kick him can come up and do it. Once upon a time his voice, along the line of battle, “were worth a thousand men." In those days, he was a tingulshed colored gentleman statesman.” How' have the- mighty slipped down bill! At present, he seems to be nothing more than “a d—d nig- were beipg treated just as “the other tb r e if* 3 gentlemen and ladles” were treated in the white house. Heaping up his gratitude and his praise, the negro goes on to say (page 648) that the Democrats of the South fiercely and bitterly reproached Mr. Cleveland for his social recognition'of Douglass and wife, but that he (Cleve land) “never faltered or flinched," and “ontinued to invite Mrs. Douglass and myself” and “often wrote the In vitations with his own hand." Then, to show conclusively what Douglass understood by Cleveland’s donduct, be adds: “Among day friends in Europea fact like this will excite no comment. There color does not decide the civil and social position of a man. Now Ifask all impartial, Intelligent men if these extracts from Douglas^., book do not prove that he undertoddy Grover Cleveland to have defied she malignant prejudice of Sou Democrats by treating him white wife as social equals?. If it does not meapxtfiat, what In the name of common sense does it mean? : Doug lam alludes to the newspaper criticisms which wan leveled at Cleve land because of that vary thing. ’ Did not Cleveland tat them? Jibe Gardens Wara. Affected Curiously Plants Being Killed Iq Spots. did see them, them then? Douglass was alive then. Proofs wen easily accessible then. The Southern negrp was still a political power, then. The ballot which ought never have been promiscuously given to him, bad not been taken from him, then. Why, oh why, did not Mr. Cleve land say then that never on bis head or bis heels had pe extended to any negro that boon of “social equality" which such negroes as Fred Douglass crave and which is denied them by a malignant and time-honored preju dice?” - Some rather peculiar pictures pass through my mind as' I try to fancy what Mr. Cleveland means by stand ing on his head, but, as the preachers say. “I must notdwell.” The point is this: Did Feed Doug lass tell lies on Cleveland in that book? He had no motive for doing so. He evidently did not intend to do so? He, a negro Republican, was praising a white Democrat for conduct which the black man considered heroic. He did not mean to injure Cleveland or to misrepresent him. He was eulogizing that gentleman; he was showering praise upon him; be was throwing bou quets at him; be-was singling him out as the brave, manly Democrat who defined the Southern race prejudice, and who gave to him, the negro, the same treatment which was accorded him in Europe' 11 where color does not decide the social pCsltton of a man." For nine years this book has been thtn in circulation. For nine years Cleve land has been enjoying the credit for all the good things his negro admirer said of him. Doubtless there are thou sands of people, who have thrilled with admiration as they readoTSEe manner in which kfr. Cleveland defied the ma lignant rare prejudice of the South, wrote Invitations with his own hand to “Mr. and Mrs. Douglass,” accorded them the treatment due in one’s house to all ladies and gentlemen, and bold- y conformed to that European stand ard which disregards color in fixing soetel status. And now after nine years—after Douglass has died, and after the Southern negro has been disfranchis ed, cometh the said Grover Cle v eland and declares that he is not the hero Jfc'red Douglass said he was. Is there dny sence In splitting hairs about wedding receptions, and other social receptions, or other social-equal- ty practices? None whatever. The question at issue is: Did Mr. Cleveland invite and receive Douglass and wife upon terms of social equality? That)^ ^ ^ p , anted ^ ^ There was a frost of freakish varie ty last week. Its blight fell in spot and Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director of the weather bureau, Is unable to say just what damage has been done. Tuis all depends upon the amount of moisture. Plante surrounded by dry soli were not affected ss seriously as where there was dampness. In gardens which came tinder Mr. Bauer,* observation the fretet seemed to attack the young vegetables with out any regularity. Qnejfiant appear ed to be killed while thoft around it were unhurt. No news from the peach crop In the ridge section could be learned Tuesday, but as the frost was not altogether destructive here, it is hoped that the peach cr6p Is not hurt—and indeed a slight pruning would not be harmful as there is such an abundance of blooms that if all should nature the trees would be un able to bear the load. Mr. Bauer last week issued the first of his weekly bulletins as to the grow ing crop. This one, under date of April 5tb, says: “The week ending 8 a. m., April 4th, had nearly normal temperature, having been cooler than usual during the first and warmer-than usual dur ing the second half. There were light frosts over the eastern portions on March 29th, IncreagPhg In severity to , 4b the western parts, but aside $-om causing some corn that was up to yellow slightly, no Injury resulted. The week closed with abnormally cold weather prevail ing, and frost threatening the interior sections. - — ' ~ . “There was practically ho precipi tation during the week. On March 26 27th the rainfall was general oyer the State, and was excessive In places, greatly delaying farm work. Unbroken lands aye becoming h&rd ln the north ern counties, but generally the soil. Is In fine condition for tillage. x “The preparation of lands is report ed to be somewhat backward in a few western counties, but is generally.ndr- mally advanced, and made rapid pro gress during the last week,' especially the preparation of lands for cotton, and the placing of fertilizers in the ground. r- ; .‘.‘From one-half to three-fourths of the proposed Iw;reagebe planted, to corn has already been planted in the eastern sections, the percentage de creasing toward the northwestern where this work has only T. G. Croft for CongreM. To mf fellqw citizens of the Second Congressional District: 1 have read with pride and gratitude most-profound the numerously signed petitions asking me to become a candi date for Congress to fill thfe vacancy caused by the death of my reverend father, the Hon. George W. Croft* from the Second Congressional District pf South Carolina. No stronger token of honor, esteem and reverence for the memory of your departed representative can be given, bile reluctant todo so, yet having March is, with few exceptions, up to fair stands, and some has received first cultivation. “A little short staple and consider able sea island cotton has been plant ed, but this work cannot be said to be generally underway, although, soil and weather permitting*- will make rapid progress during the coming week in all parts of the State. “Rice planting has progressed fa vorably in the Georgetown district and was impedfd with heavy rains and a freshet in the rivers in the Colleton district, wliere, previous to March 26th. a considerable area bad already been sown. Tobacco plants are small in the beds, but look healthy and vigorous; none have as yet been transplanted. Wheat and oats continue small, but have improved, except that oats have thin stands In places. Spring- sown oats look well. “Peach trees have about finished blooming In the eastern sections, and are now in full bloom In the western counties. Apple trees are late in blooming. The prospects for all kinds of fruit are excellent. Cabbage, beets, peas and strawberries ate being shipped from the 1 coast truck farms. Pasturage is scant and dpes not afford grazing in the western counties. There is wide- Trtro «,»r uf * Klre “ ) ' 01 ,anI1 ™ i—1= laborers." — faith in those who signed the petitions and in the citizens of the District at large, a majority of whom were his friends, I have decided to make the race, and hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the Sec ond Congressional D4stff6t, to ttlj thfc unexpired term only, subject to the re sult of the primary election. And I hereby pledge myself to abide by and support the nominee in such election and,to support the platform and prin ciples of the Democratic party. . T7T~r ^.Q, : Croft. L. •r. Williams for Congress, To the Democratic voters of the Sec ond Congressional District: An all-wise Providence has deprived you of your direct representation in he lower house of congress, through he death of Hon: Geo. W. Croft, con- f Tessman from the Second South Caro- ina District. This sad loss of an able public se.rvant |creates a vacancy In a position for which it has been my an nounced intention to be a candidate i» the regular primary this summer; and so makes it necessary for me to seek your suffrages earlier than would otherwise have been the ease, for the unexpired term. I am a candidate for the high honor of representing the Second South Car olina District in Congress and ask your Support. —— I am a Democrat and give full alle giance to Democratic principles. AboveaJl. Iam a whitd supremacy Democrat, and believe absolutely In the rble of this country -by the white men, a rule so shaped as to bring the greatest good to the greatest number. “dis and by anybody, whether on their heels or on their heads, drunk or sober; and if ever be got fntd the white house at all he just “butted In:” Old Fred will turn over in his grave when he learns that the great Democratic president vvhem he so much lauded for his manly defiance of malignaut prejudice has caught “the damned nigger” fever, and shows a rising pulse every time we take his temperature. I will make further investigation about the New York school law; ,but if, In the meanwhile, Mr. Cleveland has anything 'to say about appointing that negro as minister to the white repTibllc HI South America, he might ^—r . - . special agents to rep<jrt certain facts write Charley Barlett another ’ head’concerning every person delivered r\9 Vwaxxla*? Ia+Ilav . wVviIa «da ran 44- r ... or heels” letter, while we wait. Tuos E. Watson ’ Six End Thelr'LTVfST"'""^ In New York an unusual number of suicides, at least half of them due to despondency because of inability to secure employment, were reported to the police last week. Three of the six victims chose car bolic acid as a moans of ending their troubles, die chose death by shooting, another by hangidg" and the sixth ac complished his purpose by turning on The most youthful suicide was Eva Pocker, a 17-year-old Brooklyn school girl, who drank carbolic acid after reading a letter, and the oldest, Jacob Relham, 65, of Manhattan, who had been 111 with rheumatism. His twdy was found hanging In his lodgings. The bQdy of another suicide, a wo man, who had ended her life at least two weeks ago by inhaling chloroform, was found In a house on east' Thirty; fifth street. A note found with thfc body said the woman was so deeply In debt that she saw no hope. ^ < The other suicides reported were: James Finney, fireman, who lost his work through drink; Samuel no work, carbolic acid; Egisto Bertoae, stone cutter, scooting, no work;' J. Bender r «.crayon artist, gas. A Queer Notion. 0. M. Strader, a Kentuckian, fore dying in Philadelphia the other day, dictated a will requiring hla body to be cremated, the ashes taken to Louisville and “scattered on the waves of the beautiful Ohio." He concluded: “When this is done, if the angel Gabriel can collect my re mains for the Judgment, I will take off my hat to him, and will be there at the last roll call." The Inttrao- hive been carried oat Criminal Htatisttca. We have received the following from the division of vital statistics of the department of commerce and la bor: ' 'Few social questions are asked more frequently than, what is the in crease of crime? The national census bureau is seeking an answer Co tbls inquiry. It is undertaking to secure a record - of all the persons who are sentenced to the various Jails, peni tentiaries and other prisons during the year 195T. “The wardens of the state prisons and the sheriffs of the counties are being requested to act as go to the very fullest length in sition to any tiling that savors of. r^jee, political or social equality. These are beliefs which 1 hold should be advo cated at Washington as well as enter tained at home. - } , ' I am eternally against trusts and the monopolies they build and poster, and pledge my most earnest efforts, if elected, to work for relief of the people therefrom. South Carolina is now well repre sented in the national house of repre sentatives bK professional men. I would not appeal to class predjudlce, but i do ask: ought not the farmers of South Carolina, who are a majority of the State’^ white voters, to have at least one simon pure farmer represen tative in congress? * * I have been honored by the people of Edgefield county by election to repre sent them in the State legislature, and by the .people of South Carolina, through their General Assembly, to share in the management of the dis pensary, and point to my record as a t ublic servant as an assaj^-nce Lb the iemocrats'bf the Second DisfTkft that if thev choose' me* as their congress man, I will serye them faithfully and to the fuU extent of my abilityr I hope to have the opportunity of meeting the Democratic voters of our district face to face, to fully state from the stump my position on all public questions, which cannot be done in the limits of a newspaper article. L. J. Williams. Ffeat *l§» mt RHEUMATISM. Dmgcfwws •• M R rwa. Easy to car* aaw. A alagia totlla af >•( - Arm »»ob»My 4a lb* wort. Sal caw* rcqilf* tHIOHACIDS caret by (cttlag riC ail Ibt cauac, aa «bal ao trace of tba Citeaae liBjer* la tba arMeai. It yarltea tbe bloo4, talkaca tbe infliiaaaatioa ol tba kM- •eye, tbe ebraflc coaecipatioQ aa4 tbe catarrh tbal fellowi aacb a cea4b tlon •» Ike tyatea. , _ Though hire. Mary >. Welbera. ol High Met. N. C.,le SO yaara ell Oal hal (a Her el (row rheanatiam tor 20 yeara, aha wet completely carea by KH1UM ACIDS, anl laclaret the toele "yeara rooBger" aallt aaztoaa tor all who art auferlag Item aay ol tbe tome ti (hi* I real liaeaie" to try SHIUMACIDS anl be terel. ; ~ ~ . SSV. I. S. WHBILES. a note! Metboliet mlnleter, el Seme mew*. Ml., wrhaa eethaeieetically of RHIUMACIDt, which card btoa. Ea li IS yaara all aal baa beea to the mialnry SO yeara. ( mm ail aerTLi ran mom •OBBITT CHEMICAL CO., PROPRirrOM. 1 ■ALT)MONK, MO. M «rr« AT TNE MINTS MOM TNI INSISS. M THEJLOUD TALKER SAYS- TT THE HEW KIND OF CHEW THAT WON ENOUSH CHEWERS IN A YEAR TO MAKE SWEEP-STAKES' THE tARSEST COMPETITIVE BRAND OF SCHNAPPS TOBACCO. YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriter* and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of ^ „ . MACFEAT’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Uelumbia, STpT W. H. Macfeat, official Court Stenographer. President. The (Juignard~~Br!ck WorksT ' COLUMBIA, S. C. Htnlding and Re-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to nil orders for thousands or To? millions. Everybody Should Read This. We sell the hast goods for the least money that they oan legitimately be sold at I an-tefK***#* > a, t *a»W\rul *T—lie, m —ml I n BM f . ~ ‘ • A. It yon need anything in (he machinery supply Hue write m for pricea. car lands of pipe and car load of iron. Cheapest place in state to buy pipe and irort. G. 1GU1GNAED, Pres. COLUMBIA SUPPLY GO., Utmsoi, Sec ut Tut, s. e. . ’ into tbelr custody. Some countie* have not been heard.from. In some, per haps* there are no jails; in others, perhaps, the local jails are no longer 8. G. May tleltl for Congrees. - To the Electors of the Second Con- fre^lnnal Distrust: “God’s finger has touched” our dis tinguished fellow citizen and Congress- man. Col. George Croft, "and he slee ps. You are now, therefore, without representation in~the lower hou& of Congress. 1 aspire to the va cancy caused oy his death and solicit your supportAfor the position so worth; ily tilled by Aiken’s distinguished son. I am a Democrat, and acknowlege full allegiance to the Democratic party, State and Natiouali- JTusts.and monopolies are undemo- cratic; are hurtful to the trade; rob a^_ free people of their just profits: and are a ipinace to liberty and free gO^ ernmenu"! have worked and legislat ed against them and am unalterably opposed to them and will work not only to thraple thenr^ut to entirely destroyThtren/and thus through Na tional legislation give that relief which could not be secured by State legislation. —— 1 favor industrial development, _ the individual, the County, the State, and of tills Repubiifc. I favor Nation al aid for roads, agricultural colleges and for textile schools to be erected and maintained by'Slate and National aid in connection with cotton manu facturing, that all our people may be educated and trained to manufacture the finest of fabrics which sell for the highest prices, thereby giving the greatest profit to the manufacturer and-the highest possible wages to the laborer. I favor maintaining a strong navy for the protection of our country and the interests of her citizens under our treaty laws. I believe that the South is-fispecially Interested in the awaken ing and dewlopflienrbf 'the Orient^ Columbia., GET OUT OF THE RUT | By Using some of our high grade ready-mixed paints on your house in stead of the home made lead and oil mixtures, they are more thorough ly ground by machinery and will, therefore, give better and more last ing results. * . - - “x GOLEMAN-BALL^AR™ PAINT AND v OIL CO. Wholesale and retail dealers in everything in the .paint linp,'; 3fi7 King Street, Tharleeton, S. C. Palmetto Stain pa, AutoipoLile Ticketa. used; in still others the sheriff -have' for to them we must look for Increased possibly neglected the matter. But the records of the census bureau and the resulting statistics will not be complete until all are heard from, and lids hoped that the pressured other ■business will not cause the" sheriff of any county to block tbls most impor tant Inquiry.” Wd trtist that "all South Carolina officials will comply with tbls request. Such statistics are’ matters of general public interest and are of much importance in show ing the people their actual con dition as to the number of crimes com mitted within their state boundaries. The Jews Crucified. Additional private advices from Lompalanka, Bulgaria, where the anti-Semite ylots werf reported Wed nesday, state that the mob inflicted injuries on the victims resembling tho&e indicted on Christ. They gash ed the sides of the Jews, drove nails in their hands and feet a(id placed crowns of thorns on their heads. The authorities took energetic measures to. crush the outbreak. Tbe Bulgar ian government suppressed the news and is trying to prevent antagonizing the Jewish financiers who frequently handle Bulgarian loans. A Good LimW. The legislature of New Jersey has done well in passing a bill making It a crime to sell cigarettes to a child under fourteen yean of age. Though it may be impoeslble to strictly en force the law, as has usually been the case with such statutes elsewhere, It will doubtless do some good In the way of stopping tbs abominable habit of ohildmi MtoMaff cigarettes. -< 1 \V *1 fr h Uout think that every one whohufigs out a 11IL cULIl maker" is competent to repair your fine watch. 1 _ 1. y ere fully competent are scarce. We do work .only obe way,—tXe KPnninmr b««t—weean make any part of a watch, or a complete watch. often no more than you p»y for inferior work. When dur charge for work i*•50-rrmver we will pay express charge one way. Send ua Ja.-XI^I.AI'M IfHl ITTI.: J* fH I I I'M Vl.i n a, iV. watch. *AGHICHOTTE 4fc OO, Jewelers, 1G4 Main St., Columbia, S. r A111Drug and Tobacco Whiskey I Morphine I. Cigarette 1 ' AUiurugam Habit, - I Habit | Habit | • Habits. Cured by JCeeUry Institute, of 1^. 1329 Lady St. (or Pra Box 75J Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond ence solicited. Southeastern Lime & Cement Xo. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing “RUBEROID.” Write use of cotton goods. It it the field into which the cotton grown by bur farm ers and manufactured by. our wage earners, must in a large part find a market, Therefore I advocate trade rights and open ports in China andthe far East I was elected Senator from Barnwell County in 1892 and served until Bam berg County was created in 1897 from Barnwell territory. Being in the ter ritory thus cut off I resigned my seat and was elected Senator from Bamberg County and at the expiration of my term was re-elected and am now her Senator. * For these twelve years l haye stood for the welfare of all the people of our State and especially for the agricultu ral class because on its prosperity de pends the developementof the country —it is the commercial blood of the> body politic, sap it, weaken it, with draw It and general disaster follows. 1 am a farmer and stand for all that will benefit the agriculturists Rural Libraries, Rural Delivery, Good Roads &c. If elected to-refitesent you, I wiy bring to btear all the powers I possess, trained by years of experience in the senate, for the best interests of this DistrlcLand our State. I solicit your support and -feope't© meet you In the near future face to face and from the stump fully present these and other views to the electors©! this District. .• Respectfully, S. G. Mayfield. "■j. 1 . Overcome By Gm> Oscar Severson, Edward Hammond and Jacob Hammond, young men in their twenties, were all found dead in bed Wednesday morning at tbelr home, No. 505 Richmond street They ware overoomajrlth gas. Inline Cement, I^laaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Ckr lots, small Ibte, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, 8. C. A« to Clemson Sctiolarahipa. President Mell of ClemsDn and Mr. R. W. Simpson, president of the board of trustees, have asked the attorney general through tbe State superin tendent of education for an Interpreta tion of the new act creating 124 scholarships at the institution. Tbe point seems to be that Clemson>does not want 124 free scholars at one time, especially as they would prob ably remain for four years. The act glve.them $100 eachyear and tuition. If 124 free scholars entered Clemson in one year the places of many pay not known whether or not tbe infer ence is that Clemson needs the money.!. Her’income now amounts to about tl50,000. Tbe Citadel a)so bas-many free scholarships but the full number of beneficiaries do not comC to tbe school every four years- What the Clemson authorities wlfeh ti know is If some "Of these scholarships -can. be taken up lu 1904 and some in 1905. The attorney general has not yet con sidered the matter. '•Hi - It will be easier to nominate'Judge Parker than to elect him Who Are They'Z. Senator Burton, of Kansasy-who was convicted of accepting compensa tion to further the interests of a fraudulent concern before the pg»t- office department in his admissions made statements which must have brought consternation among the other senatorial grafters, but to their Intense relief bsnilid not mention any names. He said many of his sen atorial brethren mad 3 large sums of money “practicing before the depart ments,” some of them making as much as 140,000 a year. We agree students would be taken qp. It iS' *^°* U[n GU Record that.it Is aT 1 pity that the senator did not go more into detail and tell the country %bo these men are; What the people want is to get those “big up” in this graft ing business at the national capita). A small beginning has been made, and for the good of the country there should be no stopping until all the rascals are cleaned out. If you 'are urd want to know tin trvth abon'i' your trouble, sen a tor my free booklet? and *elf examiusqon blanks No. 1, Nervous Debllt tv (Sexual V eakness), No. ai Varicocele. No 8, Stricture, No. 4, Kid- ney and Bladder Com “plaints. No. 6, Olseeae of Women, No. #, The Poison Kins (Blood 4?o1sopY, No. t, Oa tarrh. These book, ahou.d be In the hand- of 9T«rr person afflict Ifi, w Dr. Hathaway the author, la reeoe nlaed a® the best ait thorlty and expert I the United Htatee oi , om. Hathaway. theae diseases. Wrtt< or send for the book you want to-day, and l will be amt you free, sealed. Addreea J «*•* ton Hathaway, MU fflt . 28 Building,^ 8. Broad St Horrible Train Wreck. A special to the Chronicle fr6m Carrollton, Ga., says:' A through freight on the Southern Railway ran into the caboose of a local freight train at Temple, Ga., Sunday afternoon, burying Mrs. Fred Dill and two Chil dren three carloads of coal. The mother and one child were killed. In- stanly and the second child cannot survive. _ WHAT MAKES A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials, .Skill, Knowledge, Care and a lot of little things you doD f t cost money—pay as much as We are factory representatives for the most celebrated Pianos, yiz: Chickering, Knabe, Fischer. Yose Behr, Mathushek, McPJiall, knd oth ers. ~ “f’ J° u MS sure MiUone Mimic House Columbia, 8. 0., will entitle you to catalogue, ^