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cp«\r - _ ' *V~s ip *. if == S5== ■I* 1 - 1 ! ."A 1 -'A~- ■»xua- . e VOL XVIII —— BARN®JELL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1004. dispensary: Wbat ftnator HUauu nUksOftfbt to ba Dona With It KAI81 IT ABOTI8U6P1CIOI Or Farm It Ont to Home Reaponalblp Private Individual or Firm’ To Manage Monopoly. Aa A .• ? x Jr ’*1' Senator Tillman, in a ccnvertatlon regardlrg tie dltpenpary law, the oldct uft/i ^wixin Mr* xvoiid oi Neat and Courier staff, aald that it would be very unfortunate In more ways than one if nothing ware done at the approact ir g session of tba Gen eral Asst mbly to straighten out the dispensary system, and raise it above the cloud of suspicion that is over it. He said tbat in bis opinion the whole point was the betteime.it of the ays tern. V s hat the General Assembly would hive to do aould ba to straigh ten out tbiigs, remove the doubt about tbe conduct of the business snd raise tbs purchasing and other feat ures of the system absolutely above suspicion. It ought to be nothing more than tbe consideration of tbe practicability of tbe suggestions made along these lines. Senator Tillman Id that if nothing were done at tbe thing session of tbe General pmbly, most likely at the mat aould be rirproposltit n bad better go, before tde people, as tbe General Xtormbly gemnl'y declined to take any radical steps at its second session, and on that aorcut t he 1 oped very much for tbe sake of the dispensary tbat tbe toning up of tbe dispensary law would be undertaken at the approach ing session. In tbe opionion of Senater Tillman it la utterly Impracticable and ill ad vised to have county msoigf ment of dispensai ies. He urges that the same incentive tbat it is suggested now so tastes one b srd to making money Out of the dispensary, would exist amorg forty beards, sod tbat if there is corruption in one central board it would be spread out among forty boards, I m bead of one, If there were no change in the method of purchas ing and the manner of conducting the sysU m. Senator Tillman rays th it he does cot for sn Instant charge tbat there is ti is corruption or this mis- mansgemt nt, but that tbe system has to be raised above suspicion to satisfy tbe people. And then Senator Til'man went on to relate a bit of history. He said that, during tbe prugrt as of the dis- eufsion of the dispensary system in tbe Constitutional Convention there were all sorts of surges ions made as to the clause io the Constitution rela live to the ooocuct of tbe whiskey business. The dUpenssry was being attacked on all sides, and there seem ed to be no way out of tbe situation. Mr. McCalia, who was a delegate to tba Convention, aiose and said tbat It waa remarkabie to-btm that tbe fath er of the dispensary system, mi Senator Tillman, had not said a word and that be had allowed tbe discus alon to go on without even making a suggestion. Senator Tillman then doe* oot seem to be disturbed at all. Ha says tbat tba vote was not as large aa it mlgnt have been, and that there was by no means a full ballot, and tbat tba advocates of the dispen sary law were discouraged And demor- slited with the present condition of talk about tbe dispensary, and tbat they are in no poaltlonto make a fight for it, unless the dispensary can give tn entirely clean bill of health that will satisfy th* people. Senator Tillman is of the opinion tbat tba Gaffney victory was mere of a victory for prohtbliljn than a pro test against tbe dispensary system The dl ipoaltlcn aU over tbe South, be believes, is towards prohibition, and towards the UCehski syste m, tbe probibitlonl'ts, he says, are earn- e»t and xealoua workers who do not oy opportunity to eaoape, and who Sre making rapid gains with their views all over tbe South, and unless the General Assemb y purifies the at mosphere around tbe dispensary sys tern, Senator Tillman is firmly coo vinoed- tbat prohibition will make very muoh more rapid progress in this State than is expected. He remark ed that two-tbirda of tbe S'Ate of Mississippi Is row probioltion, one half of Georgia, sod a very large per tion of North Carolina, and that such a disposition seema to be growing all over the country.' Senator Tillman says that be has no objection in the world to prohibi tion, but tbat in bis opinion it simply means that they wlil have sITi f j[be evlta of liquor and none of tbe bene fits of tbe dispensary system, and be is satisfied that tn Cherokee Couoty rfitm be a reguiaT'TfoCefcfiTfror Jugs and demijohns at every depot along the railroad. A HUGI HAVY. TALK WITH TILLMAN. What the Old Leader gays About Yew State Questions. BKIBFJLY THI OKI AT BAYOU That Threaten* the Primary and Urge* Strong Action Against Those Who Resort to ; the Prsetlce. The protest In Greenville County against the primary system and ifid | eTWttoh Of supefftiorwi Mr. Spregle has naturally attracted a great deal of Interest. It is, perhaps, the hardest blow tbat tbe primary syrtem has received since it has been m vogue in this State. Senator Till man, however, does not appear to at tach very much importanoe to tbe G'eenville incident, and in a talk with Mr. Kobn of thfe News and Court* er staff about that matter a day or two ago at his home he said tbat tbe whple * rouble aroee from tbe partisan- ship and blindness of tbe county ex ecutive committee to their duty to the people who bad selected them. He is .convinced that, if. the Q^qpit- tce bad ordered another primary and tbe people settle the contention at a regular—Demoeratto' -primary, -tbere would have been no trouble, and that the voters would have been satisfied, but tbe difficulty was that the people thought that they had been Cheated, Tillman said tbat In his opinion any candidate who used thoney illegiti mately In securing his election was not a bit too good to reimburse him self after hla election through bis office. Tbe fact that a man uses money In an election ought to defeat him, and be believed that if it were generally known tbat any candidate used money to obtain bis election that that fact alone ought to defeat blm. Tbe use of “strikers,'’ he thought, was of very doubtful propriety, and tbe man who would offer himself as a “striker" to any candidate for money was Just as liable to sell himself as a striker to the next man who came along. Tbe real and effective work BOLL WEEVIL WAR. Yasui of Delsfatoa to Convention to be Held at Ihrovepert BATTLX TO BY FUBYYD HARD. The Pest of the Fields Is Texas Cotton Now e Men* to the 1 1-' 1 ■oath. Wat Ire done by volunteer friends, and not by men who aocept money for their ser vices. He does not believe that any man Is fit t> hold office who will start tbe campaign with the Intention of buying bis way Into office. He Is sat isfied tbat there are as few purchasa ble votrf s Id South Carolina as in any other Scat* in the Union, and tbe sooner this tendency to buy votes di rectly or indirectly is stopped the bet ter It will be, snd tbat there ought not to be tbe least hesitancy on t be part of any one knowldg tbat a candi date is using money illegitimately to let it be known, and he. thinks that is tb^ most effective way of killing out the improper use of money. If tbe use of tbe money Is continued in the primary systx m it will so demoralize it tbat tbe people will go to tbe Jegal election, and that will mean even a worse conditlou of affairs by the in troduction of the purchasable vote of The State says: Gov. Heyward is taking a great deal of interest in tbe tfiy~€St dtdate was I meeting of the cotton *+r-m-frtther word-* had not -been-fa’rly ffiafff registered negroesT growentb "Be held at Shreveport, La, on tbe 12tb of December. At the snggeetion Commissioner Watson, tbe following gentlemen were appointed Tuesday to represent this State at tbe meeting: M. L. Donaldson, Greenville. J. E. Wannamaker, St Matthews. L. A. Sease, Prosperity. E. J. Watson, Columbia Charles E. Chambliss, Olemson Col lege. . E. D. Sipltb, Magnolia. E. W. Da> b), Goodwill. J. C. Stribllng, Pendleton. R. M. Pegues, Che raw. H. B. Tindall, Greenville. P. L. Hardin, Chester. J. J. Fretwell, Anderson. E. E. Vertter, Seneca. —— R. P. Hamers, Jr,, Hamer.’. . A. W. Ldve, Chester. * Sumter Brabham, Manning. J. W. McCloud, Manning. Parltngtiop: “ Vast: 1 of Money On It to intlnne for Years. ' gross and stated tbat tbe right of the k State to deal In liquor bad not yet W been settled by tbe Supreme CiurV and that be was unwilling to enact a —provision that left no leeway to deal with tbe issue. That afiarnoon be prepared a substitution for tbe pend ing propositions, and tbe suggestion that be mt.de is now the fundamental law as enacted in the Constitution. In tbat constitutional provision there is s clause which provides tbat tbe State can create an absolute monopo ty and “farm it out.'.* Id other words, tbe State might turn over the dl>ip< n sary to any responsible firm unrier x bond, aud iheh n quire tbat they con / duct tbe gale of liquor under tbe con- •^ stltutloual provisions, requiring first, that liquor be scldonly In dayligh! second, that no liquor should be oou sumed or opened ou the premises ~ where sold, and third, tbat no liquor should be sold In less than half-plots. With the enforcement of these funda mental principles Senator Tillman in sists tbat it will be far better for the State to farm out the liquor sailing privilege, or in other words, to create , a monopoly, and then see tbat it is carried out according th law, than to allow the syst* m to continue ut dcr suspicion, cr to permit the counties’ handling the dispensaries, u has been suggested. Senator Tillman’s Idea Is that tbe , talk about tbe dispensary must stop for tbe good of tbe State, wbetber tbe talk be with or without cause, snd tbe only way to do It Is to raise - -jt afreve aurpioton by. putting the-Rar: obasiug power io tbe hand.) of p" pie wto do not want to have that privi lege, and who are not candidates for tbat position, and if some such a- mendment as he suggested tn bis Gaffney speech cannot be adopted, tbat as a last resort it would be bet tar to “fxrip out" tbe liquor business and have some responsible firm con duct it undtr proper bond and re ttriotions. ; He is satisfied that such an arrange ment oould readily be made,- but bis ,^ohlef objection to it is tbat it would bring tbe element of personal gain into the sale of liquor, and th* chief virtue of the dispensary law, if pro perly enforced, ha insists, is that there ia no element of personal gain to any one oocneoted with tba dls pensary ays’em, and if tbat personal equation can be eliminated the dls pensary wiU be ran upon tbe line* tbat be bas always hoped to see. As to the victory against tbe 0U- penary la Gaffney, Senator Tillman With Secretary Morton vk’rg v n- gress to give tbe navy tU4 520 648.34 for Us expenses In the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1905, it is apparent tbat tbe fleet tbat costs IIOO.OOOOOO a year hts oome to stay. This vast expenditure means that tbe policy of naval expansion will go on until tbe American navy is seootd only to tbat • f England in sluv and will remain, aa no*r, second to none in ship to ship efficiency. When all tbe Ameaioan warsblpa now building ar* completed tbe navy will ba tbe third largest io the world. Eng land and France will be first and sec ond. Tbe sentiment which caused tbe upbuilding of tbe navy was awakened twenty jears ag >, when naval exp n dltures were small. Only 114 819, 916 80 was approprlkted by oougr. s- In 1883 Tbe cost gradually Increased until 1898, when, with tbe Spanish- A meric tn war in sight, It aggregated 933.003 234 19. The exp*pdituies In 1899 J in ped to 956,098,783, and since then by leaps and h uuda they have: increased as ship after ship has been added to the list. Tbe navy by January 1, 19 6, upon tbe brunt of service wiu fall In event of war will be: Battleships, 13: armored cruisers, 8; protected cruis ers, 21; torpedo boat desirovers, 16; t >rp:do boats, 35 Not all of these ships are now in commission. Tbe most notable additions will bs tbe ar mored cruisers Colorado, Penusylva nla, West Virginia and South D iknta. No armored cruisers have been added to the fleet since tbe Brooklyn and the New York were nut In oummta (don, more than ten years eg ). When s battleship is paid for It has only begun to eat up money. New ships mean more men, more officers and larger nayaT ittnoar where the ships may be dry docked and repalre There must be a larger clerical* fora in the navy department. Tie pur- chi 9 of supplies must incea e. A battleship bas sn installable maw for Fuel must he carried mile- aqr^the seas in great colliers If it bad in plentiful supply and aattsfaStcry quality abroad. Congress has usually been generous in authorising new battleships and has readily inoressed the number of blue Jockets to man them. The en listed personnel In 1885 wss 8 260; in 1898, 1X750; in 20.000; in 19ul 26,050; in 1903, 31,0^d; and in 1904, 34,000. Provision for more officers was made two yean ago by doubling tbe representation of tbe country at larg in tbe naval academy. Twice as many midshipmen will now study there and be graduated to receive commissions. All this c sts more money. Tbe establishment of larg* and well quipped naval stations at Guantanamo, Cuba, and at Olongap ». P. I, a’so swells the financial r» q tire meats of the service. treated, and that the result was large ly accomplished by a trick, may or may not have been wo, buti people'All the same got the Impression that there was a trick about tba mat ter, and they would not consent to any such business, and they took the bit in their t^eth and showed their diasppruval of the work of the pom- mltfee and elected Walker. BAD EFKHCT OF ORUNVIIXB BOLT. Tuen he went on to talk about the effect of this elf ction of Mr. Walker would have upon tbe primary system, and s Jd tbat in bis opinion it would ei courage Independentlsm wherever there is any sort of an excuse for It. It would tend to relax tbe discipline of tbe party; sod In tbe Piedmont sec tion, where tbe negroes are so scarce, tbe only salvation for the primaryis bo have it so honestly and so fairly aod openly conducted that no mao cm complain. These people in ’the Pieda.onrt sect ion never suffered as did those in the balance of the State dur- ii g the Reconstruction era and (be days of good stealing. They 'never bad negro domination nor carpet bagism except as to the State Govern ne t, and therefore they are less tolersnt of abuse io the primary than the people in the tide water section, who know that the possibilities of the mgro vote really are. The people in the tide water section are going to hold steadfast to the primary system and keep it absolutely intact, because they have greater reason to do so, as they are very mueft v like the .burnt child. As a matter of fact Senator Tillman thought that in .nearly all <>f tbe counties of the Sta a the prt miry system was coqductei with ab solute Integrity and honesty. .Then tie went on to talk about the necessity f keeping tbe primary system above su plcton, snd preventing the use of money In connection with the direct or Indirect purchase of votes. He suggested that be had seen that tbe Law and'Order League, of Aiken, had organized, and that one of the com mendable features of its work Is to cleanse tbe Augean stables in connec tion with the primary system.. DANGER 07 BRIBERY. S nator Tillman remarked that he hsd been told by well-informed men from ibe Horse Creek VaHpjrscettcm tbat there were at least six hundred votes in the Horae Creek Valley that were, absolutely for sale in the last election In tfiaELerrUory. He knew of his own knowledge very many of the old time residents of Vaucluse, Langley, Granlteville and the older mill commuuities, and be was satis- tied, in his own mind, that this de ar oralization and corruption does not lie at the door of these self-respecting citizens who have lived In that com- nninity for very many years. The "fljaters” from the Horse Creek Val ley, who were most in evideooe, must, be thought, be new comers, who have gon«. there to run the new. mills or to go i; to other work. Ha has never thought that any considerab’e propor tion of home people were purcha able. If these sta errents as to the number of votes that were tffered In Aiken Ouun'y are true,’and if the reports from 01 her parts of tbe State are so, It is a horrible condition of affairs, a r d the General Assembly, he thinks, THE PRIMARY CONVENTION IDEA. _.Then wg had quite a long discussion as to whether tbe primary system* sa at present operated, was really the best method of choosing candidates, and If better results could not be' qb t lined and better men oould not be in- d iced to run for office, especially of fices other than tbat of -Governor, if delegate* to a State convention were elected under the primary system, and tbe nominees of the party chosen by such oonvention. Senator Tillman slid that unfortunately the primary sys tem had gone somewhat astray in this respect, as the candidates for State of fices, other than Governor, bad very little to show in the campaign, and tbe best men were not always select ed, but he wss satisfied that tbe peo ple would not consent to any change in the primary system, nor would they consent to a convention of delegatee or electoral college selected under a primary system. He thought that the people were sat sfied with their selec tions, and they were cot going to give up any of the rights that they now had under the primary system, and that there was no chance at this time for the electoral college idea. LEGISLATORS VOTE FOR *AC$ OTHER Then Senator Tillman branched out and said that unfortunately tbe very best results were not to be bad from even smaller bodies and life cited tbe past elfbtlons by thXQgnerai Assem bly in support of thto'ptopositlou, an said tbat be had always been cbnvlno- eff tbat it was poor policy for a body of 1 his kind to setoefc-most ofitbe elec tive officers fromaihong.tiA-fcwn mem bers, but such a policy of reciproc ity seemed to exist and to be grow ing. He thought that t his was not at all in the right line, but that It simply indicated what an electoral coll ge election under the primary system might do, and that perhaps the peo ple were right in holding ffist to every privilege that they now had under the primary system. A Dasutrdljr Crime. A dispatch from Cokesbury to The State says some evil disposed person attempted to take tbe life of R:v. K. R. Anderson, pastor of St. Paul A. E ohur* h, at Cokesbury on Sunday night. Tbe would-be assassin secrect- ed himself at the end of the church under tbe bay window and as the pas tor was entering the hack- dour he sprang out and attempted to shoot him but the pistol failed to fire. The alarm was immediately given and pur* suit commenced. The would be mur derer however, had gotten' tbe start aod then he fired Into his pursuers, which somewhat demoralized them, he escaped In the darkness. The church bas offered a reward of 960 (which amount bas been deposited in tbe Bank of Hodges for this purpose) for the apprehension of, with proof to convict, the party who committed the crime. Dr. W. D. Hunter, bureau of etomo logy, U. 8., department of agricul ture; “Louisiana Legislation and tbe Work of Her Crop Pest Commission,” Dr. W. 0. Stubbs, director Louisiana experiment station; general dlscua- Afternoon session 2.30 p. m.—Dls- cussiors by tbe representatives from the various oolton growing States, limited to 15 minutes each. Third day, Deo. 14, 1904, 9 30 a m.—“Tbe Ootton Factors’ Interest in tbe Boll Weevil." D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte, N. 0 ; “OottonJ* 8. F. B Morse, 74 Broadway, New York city; “Ootton Transportation," E. L. Bus- tell of tbe M. and O railway, Mobile, Alt! genefal dlscussRm. Afternoon session 2 30 p. m.—“The Interest in Cotton." Ei ward A'kirs n, Boston, Mass.; “Tide World’s Interest In Cotton,” Baron Speck vod Sternburg, German ambas sador to ttelJnited Stater; general discussion. Fourth day, Dec. 15, 1904, 9 30 a m.--“What the Weevil Has Dm* What the Weevil May Da, and Wha the Weevil Must Not be Allowed tc Do,” Prof. J. |H. Cornell, editor o‘ Farm and Ranch, Dallas, Tex.; “Can Natlocal Legislation Prevent the De struction of Our Cotton Industry ? ’ Congressman A. S. Bur eson df ICxa : general discussion. Afternoon sesilon, 2.30 p. m.— “Ways aod Means,” speeches limited to 10 minute-; committee reports; adjournment. t YO CBALLTYGX. _ : ought to meet the condition by pass Wants Damages. I irg a law^TmpTsTng k heavy penalty The Boston says papers io a suit fir i hot>» upon the man who (ffera a bribe and upon the man who receives it In addition to this penalty by law, public opinion must be arrouaed so that convictions can be obtained, be cause without the cultivation of pub lie opinion upon this line absolutely on good can oome from such s statute. He was very glad to see that the Law and Order League of Alken 'bad un dertaken to purify tbe elections, and which is running in a maga-l-to bulid up the.jmoral t©nepf the peo ple, and if this is successfully don* It will Accomplish much good. BRIBERY SHOULD BE PUNISHED. Senator Tillman Mid this corres pondent bad quite a long discussion as to the possibilities of ste pping this practice, and of informatioc. that bad be a n received of when candidates had been asked t > pay for the time of men while they were at work in the inter ests of these candidates and very many 9350,000 were served Tuesday after noon ou Tboa. W. Lawson, th* noted copper magnate. The suit is brought by New York parties supposed to be acting for tbe Standard Oil interrs’s. It Is also stated tbat tbe widow of At torney George Towle will sus Mr. Lawson for libel. B *tb suits are the result of alleged disclosures mule by Lswson in his story “Frenzied Fi nance, zine. A Deadly Fight Six negroes engaged in a drad’y fight in a fourteen-foot ring, near Curtis, La., tbe p.rtlcpinta being armed with shot guns and pistols. After the Battle three lay dead. Tbe other three escaped A woman and two childrea were also In tbe room during th* affray, but were not harmed. Th* trouble aroee crer the Result 01 a Dream. At Chicago as a result of a dream, Mrs. Lizzie Couet, 41 years old, lost her life Thursday and her husband sod infant child were fatally burned io a fire wbich destroyed their home. The woman dreamed tbat her savings had been stolen from a biding place Th ttfS bOttom uta sugar Jsr m the pantry. Startled by tbe reality of the dream she took a lamp In one hand and her baby under her other arm and. went to Investigate. The lamp fell from the woman’s band and exploded. Her husband, aroused from sleep In an adjoining room, made a brave attempt to put out the fl imes and finally succeeded with tbe aid of a mattress, but only after be, as well ss tbe wife aod child, bad been fright- fuUy burned. Mrs. Couet died while being taken to the hospital: Oat HD Throat. ^ Rimer Johnson, the man who gave himself up to officers at Jonesboro Ark., a few days ago for a murder committed in Chattanooga, Tenn., sixteen years sgo, cut bis throat [ Thursday- morning in bis cell, where I he was held awaiting tbe arrival of Bright Wtttiamson D. B. Cook, Hartsvllle. N. 8. Gibson, Winona. J. H Manning, Dillon. C. S McCall, Bennettsvtlle. ▲. J. Matheson, Bennettsvllle. W. E. Lea, Timmonsville. J. LewisXee, Conway. S. G. Mayfield, Denmark. E. 8. Addison, Ninety-Six. J. C. Lanbam. Edgefield. , J. B. Stepp, Switzer. J. Allen Tobin, Barnwell. W. T. Jones, Santuo. E F. Strother, Batesburg- Harry Hammond, Beech Island. W. D. Evans, Gberaw. J. W. L> brand, Wagner. B. S. Booser, Newberry. J. G. McCollougb, Brnsar. T. J. Moore, Moores - W. Q. Hammond, Anderson. W. G. Hinson, Charleston. ^ R B. Watson, R dge Spring. t I. F. Sttil, Blackvllle. W. S. Middleton, Clark's Hill. A. E. Ayoock, Wedgefleld. B. H. Boykin, Boykin. D. F. Bradley, Easley. Richard Singletpn, Ac*on. D. A. Spivey, Oooway. A. K. Sanders, Hagood. / J. A. Ptterkin, Fort Motto. D. K. Norris, Pendleton. JamesNnrton, Marion. J. 8. Catboart, Winnsboro. D. F. Efird, Lexington. John H. Wharton, Laurens. W. T. Ayoock, Columbia. F. H. Weston, Columbia. C'. B, May, Walteiboro. Gov. Heyward^ requests that all ’who can attend will notify Ocmmis- sloner Watson at once. Tbe three delegates first named are members of the State board of entomology, shd P.of. Chambliss is tbe entomologist at Clemson who went out to Texas this summer to study the boll weevil. ▲ MENACE TO THE SOUTH. The executive committee of tbe ua tional 0 jtton oou van tion in It* address says: “No more serious menace has ever confronted any crop in any country Since 1893 the cotton boll weevil baa spreag and devastated the greater part of the ootton growing area of Texas and has this year invaded sev eral parishes of Louisiana. The flight of tbe weevil during the summer of 1904 has been fully 50 miles north and east Into territory heretofore un- Infested, and indicates s habit tbat is beyond the power of Individual States to control; “In an (ffort to protect tbe produc- tlon of ootton from the ravage* of tbe weevil, large sums of money have been spent by tbe national government, and the States of Texas and Louis iana; and most of tbe ootton grow States have enacted laws prohibiting the importation of the product from infested areas liable to introduce the weevil. These pest efforts have been of untold value to tbe territory In volved, but nevertheless* 1 emphasize Id ho uboeriain tones tbe danger threat enlog tbe 0Jtton crop of this coun try, unless Immediate, definite and co-operative action is taken by every oobton v growing State and every oot ton Interest to utilize the result of past investigatioos to further perfect remedial endeavor. A division of opinion snd Interest In a campaign against tbe weevil will bring disaster and defeat. me «ontirs Pi9'p«f Aintude To words Oongrfsstcraal Reduction. A BLACK n Mil Shoots Twice *t Young tMj ' Ytoetj-M*. CAK1 Bill LYYGYXD. it, to Hoar to Proposed reduction of Southern rep resentation, as voiced in the Chicago platform, is little credited among the well informed. Congress In neither branch is likely to enter upon such s programme. But the subject contln ues in the forum of political discus sion, where it is kept by many of tbe very Republican leaders who, in pri vate, emphasize the utter Impossibil ity, if not unwisdem, of such action. In meeting such a discussion, th Southerners differ widely in tbeh views. - A few days ago Representative Bur leson, of Ti xis, told Tbe Post that be would practlcUly welcome s ich s crusade, if tbe Republicans wanted to enter upon It. Representative Sims, of Ti naesaee, who comes from one A be close congressional districts of the !k>utb, but, after untiring work, baa been reelected b) a good majority, lit tie effected by the general Democrat!* slump elsewhere in th* state, thinks that is not tbe correct attitude to as- sum*. “I graqCtbSE the possibilities of ac tion by congress to rtduoa our repre sentation are remote,” says Mr. Sims, I am one of those who think that not even the house of representatives will undertake any legislation of tbat character, to say nothing of thq sen ate, where the battle would be fought to tbe last ditch. But 1 do not believe that tbe Democratic party should challenge Its opponents to tbe step. It renough for us to be ready to defend oureelves whenever we are attacked. We have a good defense. And yet it not necessary for us to constantly provoke tbe Republicans by intltl them to make a great issue on tbat plank In their platform." Mr. Sims says that pluralities in several sections of Tennessee were Largely reduced at the recent election. Congressional districts that have be* n going D. mocratlc by 5,000 or 7,0< 0 returned Demooratic members by le-s than 1,000 plurality. Ibe ludlffereoot of the voters was very marked all dur ng tbe cSovass. No Interest in Demo cratlc speakers was displayed by tbe audiences, which seemed dead to po litical appeals; -Only by the most ani mated personal work was be able to get tbe voters to the polls.—Washing tun Post. authorlt'es from Chattanooga. John-1 other Indirect ways of getting' at theism is in a dying condition snd ia not I turs* Strings of oandldatoe Senator expected to survive the night. „ - ■ ’ . - tbe purpose of disouaslng and organiz log a uniform plan of campaign opportune and expedient and the pro ceedings of tbe oonvention should reach tbe fireside of every ootton far mer of the south, aod should so stimulate natloaal interest aa to make this vexed prob’em much easier solution. Let no State fail to tntelli gently shoulder Its share of the re sponsibility." THE DmCIAL fgQBMMME The following programme has been arranged: First day, Dec. 12, 1904, 2 00 m —Address of welcome, Governor Blanchard of Louisiana. Response, th* governor of Tennessee. Election of officers, appointment of commit tees. Second day, Dee. 13, 1904, 9.30 a. m.—Address, Hon. James Wilson, secretary department of agrioultare, U. 8. “Tbe BoU Weevil Situation," Compromised. ' The damage suit for 965,000 against the Southern railway brought by tbe family of the late James L. Andrews of Greenwood has been compromised. The road offered toppa# 910,000 and his amount bas bMo accepted. Tbe leath of Mr. Andrews was ucumallj sad. v He was one of the best known business men of Greenwood and at tbe time of bis death was president of the Dunt-Andrews company, a large wholesale and retail general merohau diae concern. Lie was standing In a car watching the unloadlng of some flour and while so doing the car was moved by a shifting engine and Mr. Andrews was thrown out violently on the ground and sustained injuries from which be died a few da^ lb a hospital in Augusta, Ga. KlileU st Haluda. .dlapatoh from Sa)qdg. tp The State eays late Tuesday .afternoon Will Oulbreath, colored, tbe negro who was driving the wagon the night W. M. Morse waa killed, was shot and instantly killed, It Is said, by Hit Morse, 8. D. Gillon and others He waa plowing for a bother of W. L. Henderson and was killed in the field. He was shot ooly once, the weapon used being a pistol. The wound was in the bead. It is said tbat they had gone to arrest Oulbieth and that he attempted to run when they firedupon him. Horrlbto Crime. At Wanenton, Va., three negro children whose mothers looked them in the room together, were burned to death In a fl*e which destroyed three dwellings. Tbe fire mu of Incendiary origin, and the belief la expiemsd the tbe parents of tbe children atortod the conflagration. BUI Williams, tbs IsawM tbe Greeawood Jail With tbs Awfal OsUoa ot Bratal AsaaolL '' p ~" A special dlepatcb from Greenwood to The State says Bill WUliana, a negro, was brought there Monday night by Mag strata W. L. Fooobe d Mr D. Sidney Haltlwanger of N ne‘y S x and lodged in Jail, charged vita atiemptirg e criminal samult upTnULs Ludie Smith, the 19-yaw* •id daughter of Mr. Milkdge Smith, a w**il known farmer who Uves below Nuiety-Sit, about half a mile from Sister Springs church. The s’ory of the attempt, ss told by MMs Smith, is suts’aotiaUy u follows: Tuesday ifteroion sbe was out In front of bar fa; her’s bouse sweeping up leaves and burnuiHbem end otherwise cleaning up tbe yard. Her father and mother were both away from home, and her two brothers were picking ootton in a rieit atertit 160 yards back of tba hoi se. Between 2 and 3 o’clock, wnlle s^e was sweeping as above de scribed, sbe beard a noise back of bar, and, turning to see what It waa, saw a young negro man advancing towaida her. His appearance was forbidding, and becoming frightened sbe started to rufi. Ha ordered her to atop, and followed his order by a threat to sbuoi. Sbe did not stop, snd he drew a p'stol end fired. At the first shot s as glanced over her shoulder, and be again ordered her to stop. She had n >w realised her danger folly and ran in tbe direction of tbe field where her brothers were at work. Toe negro fired a second shot at her, bat both failed of th ir aim. In a few eeoonde sne bed reached her brothers and told them of whst the negro had done, — aod they both rushed to the hoaeo only to floi tbat the brute had made good his < scape. Tbe news spread rapidly, and at 3 0 clock the news had reached the shi-rtff's office in a request for Mood* < bounds with whioh to trail the negro, it wa* k pt quiet, bat tbe dog* were sunt at onoe in charge of Deputy S ftinif Charlie Duke* and Oapt. Jim McCombs, who has charge of tbe county cbalngang. • Judge E.-oest Gary who is hero bolding tbe court of common pleas this week, heard of the attempt and ae at once had himself pat in lake- phonic communlosttoo with Ninety- Six. and In a con venation with Y. M. L'pecomb, pres dent of th* Ghmj T ortf ge bank;there, end Oapt. Jamas Rogers, former magistrate tnd now coun'y t u,erlijteadent of edres- tton for this county, be urged upoa th se two gentlemen the neocmlty of using their Influence to prefent s lynching, ind told them to prcfeeel Wi lUn s there and bring him 4o Greenwood and that he (Jut'ge Gary) would see to it that he waa protected here. Both these gentlemen sad many others, all men of sound, calm common sense, at doea left tor the scene to use all their Influence to hay* ^ the law upheld. Meanwhile the drgs had arrived ia oharai % Mmsre. Dukes aod Me mos snd they wen pot to work, hot to many people bad visited tbe place and had been ridirg and waMdcg so promlfcuously around the piemiem tbat the dogs oould not make e start. Finally tbey g)t off on aom* trail sad ran It a short while, but finally gave it up. - While this was going on, and a majority of the crowd were watch ing with feverish Intorst the work of tbe dogs, an tber party were at work or a due wbioh a few had got bold of e^d which had been kept from the mala body of men. Following u? their elue, they soon had under arreel ' : tbe negro Bill Williams. He wee carried before Miss Smith, who oould oot p altlvely identify him, bat she sito tmwroaboutths rifhAMaa,and- tnere were other similar marks of irientiflcatloa. She thought that the negro who fired at her bad on a dove colored bat, but tbe negro BUI WU1- sms was wearing a black hat. It was ascertained that he had changed shoes in tbe afternoon, and It to. like ly, or it is pomtble, that he might have changed bis headgear. He waa not armed when found, hut IS BS search was made of the bona* to < which be was found, this toot does not go as far as it might to bis favor. Tbe negro lives shout a mile from Mr. Smith’s house. Tuesday afternoon ne came up from Chappel’s to Dyson’s on a kg cart belonging to another Mr. Smith. From Dyson’s he started out to walk to bis home. On the way he stopped aod had some talk with a negro, aod this coni was denied by Williams, although tbe other negro held to it tbat he .Jm isms claimed that be did not go regular road by Mr. Smith's, it around the back, a rout* tbat was in the neighborhood of a mile and a half out of the way. Others saw bl home tbat ferent from what 1 Even If there bad a lync ring, there was the negro to wan sat and there was certainly against turn to wsnaai other negro answering the description oould he maklpg him pay the aity Hi tbe some other negro liams will have dastardly to the in the G.eenv lotto laKfltoBmHEaitti