Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Qentkman’s Reply ta in ln- ult by l Bishop. SLANDERER ASKED noald nJolM with ot ottr tlM mall of oar Do-diToroe law and proadlj hold It ap m ta objsot Imoa to oar "^nurnTth* honor to be, right re? trend end deer itr, pour obedient eer rent, W- 0. Benet To this letter of mine 70a tent the following enawer: Ho. IIS Weet Fortieth Street, Hew Tort. . — v ■ . Meroh ISth, 1906. My OeeT Sir: This mornlng’e mail brought me your letter of the Obh Inet , end Ite enoloeuree. Neither you nor the newepepere which you encloee took the trouble to Yerlfy e state meat which they saw In another newspaper before Indulging in criti cisms equally grotesque ana imperti nent. It Is enough to say that I never made the statement to which you allude, nor e?er saw it in tba Col umns of the paper from which you quota. Among gentlemen, It is customary, before drawing an indictment baited upon printed statement*, to apply to the author for aome verification of them. If you had done this,* you would have been aaved a very foollah letter and very discourteous imputa- tions. It is a curious fact that, coming, ai you profeea, from a regi jd which boasts of its superiority in mauners, you should appear to be un conscious of the elementary conditions of common courtesy Very truly yours, (Signed) Henry 0. Potter. Tde Hon. W. C. 11 u< t I am sure It yrUl ff!** neither you nor me pleasure to aee this amazing letter of yours Id the public prints I deeply regret the necessity of publish ing It; and I doubt not you sincerely rvgre r aver having written It. But 1 am glan to place the two let'ers, yours and mine, side by side, and let the public as & Jury read them and decide whetLer 1 am guilty or not guilty of 1 he ohariteaof folly, Impertinence, dkcfurtesy and bail manners, for those are the counts in your indict- PoUiely te Give salHag Charges Made Agaiast Judge Benet and Proof of Charges ■■ ~ ■ t*"' "■ —~ ■ ii,ii ;v i rte®” Made Agaiast the Soeth- ern People Geoerally. Columbia, S. 0, March 21, 1005. Rt. Rev. Henry O. Potter, Bishop of New York. Right Reverend and Dear Sir. It was my earnest hope that your answer to my letter of the Oth Inst, would be of tuob a nature as to call for no re joinder. But unhappily you did not give the ‘ soft answer,” but made use of most “grievous worda” It was, however, still my intention to keep your private letter to me out of the public prints for your own sake, but when 1 saw your aeoohd interview in the New York Globe and Commercial Adveititar Si d read in The State of Columbia, S. O., yealardav, the 20lh lost.,your letter to Mr Gonzales, the editor, in which you said “me critl cisits 01 Judge Benet and your own are equally unwarranted and intpertt nent,’* Uure was nothing left fur me to do but to make me whole ma’ter public. I am for ed to »pe/k out and to snow the 'public wont manner of man tus bishop of New York l*, and bow be comports himseif in wbal wa* exp<oitd by me to be a filendly a&d Courteous correspondence. It will surprise everybody and It will abook obuicbmen to read your letter to me, even 1( they should tuiuk my letter to you .gave you sufficient provicuion. Ever alt ce icoeiuing it the words of me Psalter bave been haunting my mt mory! “Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and leprovejme; but let not their precious balms bn ak my bead. ” It la proper that 1 should first exhl bit my letter to you: Columbia, a C., March-9, 1905. Rt. Rev. Henry .0. Potter, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New York, New Turk. Right Reverend and Dear Sir: In The State (Columbia, S. 0) of the 7tb Inst., the editor commented on and quoted from e< me statements of youra recently publiajed in the New York Globa and Commercial Advertis er, on tba subject of divorce legisla tion. It appears that you said: “There would be no virtue in abol lablng divorce altogether. We have an example of what would result from such a measure In South Carolina Prohibiting divorce is merely putting ootkcuhlnage at apremtuia” This is a serious charge make against South Carolina And whan It la made by one who deservedly bolds one of the highest positions In tba church, It commence attention and influences and molds opinion. I do not know .where you found any authority for the assertion, but I do know that you have been misled, and that you have unwittingly misrepre sented the people of this State. - Nor do 1 doubt that when you have care fully and candidly considered tba matter, you will make the amende honorable In as public a manner you bave made the unfortunate charge. Wuen you say that “prohibiting divorce la merely putting concubinage at a premium,” are you not relying on President Woolaey and tba text writer Joel Prentiss Bishop, as authority? That is the burden of their indict ment against South Carolina, Ifid you make use of tnelr very worda A few months ago I reviewed the reckless and groundless charges made by those authors. This 1 did at the request or the Rev. Robert A. Holland, D. D , of St. Geoige’s church, St Louis, snd my desf friend and bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, D. D. My re view took tbe form of an open letter to Dr Holland, whiob was published In The State aud other newspapers la this and other States. Will you kindly take the trouble to read Itr—1 enclose a copy—and then let the pub lic, as well as me, know whether or no you still can assert that toe prohi bition of divorce in South Carolina re sults Id merely putting concubinage at a premium? Euclost d yi u will also find a copy ol the editorial article, which oommtnt ad on your Interview, In The 8ta|e of the 7ih inst., and a copy of the' ex tended editorial comment of The Living:Church of November 12,1904, strongly and warmly commending m> open letter Although I have not tbe honor of a per onal acqualmanoe with you, I have enjoyed tbe privilege of sitting as a lay dele gate In the triennial ooutoil of our eliuich with you as a dia 1 guihbtd member of the house of bistups. But if you desire to know more about me, 1 refer )OU to Bishop Capers, vour very good friend ann mine. I a ao refer you to tbe Rfr. C. M Niles, D. D., of Trinity ohuiob, Columbia, S 0., now my rector, and toimeily aud quite recently one of your own clergy and well known to you. .Both my bishop and my rector, I know, «re of one mind with me on the subject of divorce and on the hap^y moral result of tbe no-dlvoroe law of South Carolina. It was Bishop Caper*' Ibtliuaie acquaintance with me for over 80 years of my life aa law C and circuit judge that Induced to request me to examine into and properly answer the damaging and basaleae chargee of President Woolsey and Mr. Bishop. V Believe me, this letter Is written to yon not with any wish for oontrover-1.,-, tn .-V. iFTi you- will poo have unln- rUvwHww Carolinians aa tar view that excellent journal aented you «• skying: Thera be no virtue la abolishing divorce al together. We have aa example of what would result from such a me ure In South Carolina. Prohibiting divorce Is merely putting oonoQbiuage at a premium.” In the second Interview we read: ' The attention of Biahop Potter having been called to the demand from South Carolina newspapers for an apology to South Carolina tot Im putations dlsre*oeotful to its laws and life, be obaerv d that be had no apol? ogy to make He bad not, he said, criticised the divorce law of South Carolina, nor said any thing of ‘abol ishing divorce altogether.’ He had simply remarked that in view of the prevalence of mlecegenatlon In tbe aouth, the 'poee* of lofty or superior virtue on tbe part of its people, any where, had in it an element equally comic and pathetic ” I am truly sorry that tba first In terview did not represent your views, because your friends Id this State— and 1 was one of them—could readily excuse your unfortunate statement about concubinage on the ground that you had bdndly followed the mihlead- lug guidance of Joel Prentiss Blsuop and President Wolsey. But when, in your secoud Interview, dictated by, yourself, you speak categorically of “the preyalenoe of mlscegenatii n in tbe south,” and this solely on your own rasp nslbllity, you mike a charge much graver than the one imputed to you befi re, and you make it against not alone s outh Carolina, hut all the southern States. By “misoegeoation” I apprehend you mean Illicit intera urs* between tbe white and black races. You can d<>t surely mean intermarriage, for that is forbidden by law and made severely punlsnable In South Carolina and other Southern States. And where dj ycu find authority for asserting-.tnat mlso-gen^tlon, as you understand it, is prevalent In the South? I honestly thought that And Injured by the Explosion of a Steam Boiler. IN A SHOE FACTORY Ire Followed tbe Explosion and Those J . r M*ad VIWmA Aiilafwfcl Sga 4lam not Aiiica uuinfill rcnsHca in me to go at once to the noUee and give their bamaa. These 1 Immediately posted and around this Hat of namas hovered a throng of women—many hysterical with grief because the Hat did not in- dude a relative. Back sad forth from the ruins to theatatton, and from the station house to the ruins these grief stricken women filed In a never-ending procession, looking at the fragment* of flesh and bone 1 they were placed In pine boxes and hurried away to tbe morgue. Only In extremely rare oases was there the slightest chance of Identification. gavjTtheir lives : rrv- IwUtsieitrMi ty. Impoteney. , IWBUlt tiona of tba akin. 1 prostate, l natal etc. It will urinarr ( II tall fit 1 entertain Inf and loat'-ueUve laatmaa d wUlopc all that yea want tn open roar eve*. ItwiUabowai way of eon la your own bona, privately and without tba p->bnclty at e of a local doctor ordniffiat. I harm been praotlcinf this ■pee.^U» tor ft Quarter of ft oontunr ftnd Iulto in wf Tftulti tbe dmots of huftdredi hundreds of n>«a whom X have cured of these disease* after they had written ■» for the book. In these K years I have developed aqrstem ©four* that la enUreto new and original and dlffera widely from the oldmethode. With It lam eaabM to eu re men In half the tune. In a simple yet effective war. Writemsandl wlUshewjrosthe way to get hack your vitality and strength, your manhood and health, ao Batter how older PrO ftuOCtOu I Will CnCIOSC DCSiOCS vnooe U04Ma toOW** 1 anaBasB waa^via* that I can mmke a study of youreftso and report to you freepfehorgo. I hare eurotother modi f'a* hooka that I will send to men free on receipt of name and ad-’rose. in a plain wmmrked «nvakiaw : Write md today sure. OR. J. NBWTON HATHAWAY, 88 Imnao Building; 22 1-2 South Broad street, Atlanta, Qa. Hemet. Women Honed Down Begged to be Killed ns a Relief. At least sixty people loot their lives by tbe explosion of a boiler lu a large shoe manufactory at Brooktcn.'MaM., Monday morning. The explosion Immediately followed by a flash fn a Futile Iffort to Bason* Their Fellow Workmen. Lb Explosion That Shook the Very Foundai ions of the Mountains and Lhthted Up tbe geawea*. \ on was of flame, which consumed tba factory, a long, four-story structure, as if it were a house of cards, and Inolnerat ed so unknown number of men and women who were unable to extricate themselves from n mass of tangled wreckage formed by the terrific up hesval in the boiler room. • More than half a hundred of the em pluyes In the building were maimed, burned or bruised bv the time they reached safe ground. Some had jump- qjl from the roof, soma from windows and others bad bean injured In the mad rush to escape from the doomed factory, which from all parts emitted the intense, awful heat of an inferno, driving back the band of heroic cuers who In a few brief moments bad ^performed gallant service. Two wood- meat. That you have not questioned \ en dwellings near the engine room nd truthfulness leaves “k* W*** 1 **? bad misled you were practically demoltabed by as to cotcublnage, but I am at a lo s my honor and me something for which to be thank -ful. u It not strange that you are, so far as I know, the only man who coo fcid> ra my letter grotesque or imperil pent or foollah or lll-maunareQ ? Those who have spoken or written to me about it, aud they are not a few, bave commended me for the oourte ous terms In which It seemed to them to be ftouehed. It mast astonish you to be told that such commendation baa ocme to me not only from laymen and from the clergy, but even from the episcopate. And tmt -emboldens me to request tbat^cu will favor the public and me ly showing wherein consists tba fully, grote-qu rle, im pertinence, discourtesy and bad man ners of my letter It basbeeo said by oonloa that so dety will tolerate a breach of good morals rather than a breach of good manners. .1 do not quite agree with R johefouoauld or CJheaterfleld, yet do confeas to an UDwlllinguasa to alt silent whan you accusa me of dlsoourt eey, Impertinence and bad manners And sinoe ycu not only charge me with a gross breach of good manners, but also charge my State and the whole South with a groaaer breach of good morals, It will not surprise fair minded man that I thus answer your letter and meet your charges. In spit* of tbe great provocation you have given me, I trial that my lan guage shall be temperate aud my man ner! mpeciful, as la most meet'In layman addressing one who occupies the exalted position of a biahop. Let me ask then, wherein have I offended? I leave It to the gentle men of the New York press to say If It la not a recognized rule to accept as true and gen ulna what Is .published In a metropolitan tournal as a state ment made by a public man, proml nent in state or church, especially if after several days such statement has not bean repudiated by the alleged author. Your first interview ap peered lu Tbe Globe of March 3rd. You neither repudiated nor modified anv part of tt bntll Mtrcb 16, after your attantlou bad been, called to the editorial In Tue (Columbia) State by the editor of the State and myself. Do you seriously think that my fail ura to apply to you personally for a verification of that Interview proves me ‘'‘to be unconscious of tbe elemen 1 ary conditions of common courtesy ?” What I read in The Globe and.iu Tbe State, neither of them chargeable with “yellow Journalism,” but both of ithem conspicuously conservative newspapers, appeared tp me to be nnfiaattil*oneefc7 ■ ' And even If I erred In believing that the interview In The Globe did not correctly'state your views, dli that error justify you In character!! |ng my letter to you as “grotesque aud Impertinent,” and to charge me with having written “a very foolish letter,” and with having made “very discourteous Imputations?” The head aud front of my offending aeems to have consist! d In taking for granted that y* u had said what was imputed to you in Tbe Globe Inter view. I aak you 10 say aa a gentle man was that aufflclant cause to en title you to apply to me epithets so rude and ungentle? I leave It Load impartial public to aay which of us t*o ban in this correspondence shown most courtesy. And even if In that you were correct, do you really think you had the right or tbe excuse to deal an unklndl* blow over my shoulder at the south ern States—or Scotland—for It is doubtful to whiob region you refer, although I rather think you mean the southern States. Of course I am re ferring to your Ironical remark about my coming “from a region which boasts of its superiority in manners.’’ As a Scotsman I tell you truly that my native country vaunteth not her- elf Id this regard; and as a southern er 1 assure you that my adopted country la too well-mannered to “boast of its superiority In manners.” Do you not know thst to bosst of good manners Is like bragging of pos •easing tbe graee of humility, of which it has been well said that to account for your astounding charge as to the prevalence of mUoegenation in the aouth. And yet you say you “simply remarked” It. Bianfbp Potter, this will not do. We of the Soii'.h demand that you furnish us with your proofs of tbe prevalence of mi-c genatlon in the aouth; or that, falling proof, you take back what j£ojr said If you answer wlthoutart flection or research, jou may glibly say that your case la proved by j£he targe num b;r of mulattoes in the South. That naturally gives a color of truth to vour statement. But a fair and can did consideration of the matter will satisfy even you that this does not justify your.charge of the prevalence of mlsoegenatlou lu the south, concede that the slavery system to a certain extent encouraged or brought about miecegenstiou. But I do know that the Influx of northern men as soldiers and carpet baggers aud ad venturers, from 1866 to 1876 or 1878, made miscegenation far mors preva lent then than It bad bean before or ever baa bean since. Tbe Immorality of that Reconstruction ueriod was greater and grosser iban even you would be wllUag to believe. And feel sure that you will be glad to know that sinoe the close of that dark period there has been a notable de crease of what you call miscegenation, and that It la stijl manifestly decrees Ing. So much so that 1 atn sure that if the offspring of illicit Intercourse in tbe northern and western( StaUie could be recogn zed by tbelr color, as lu the Southern Butes, you would not agalp speak 6f the prevalence of mis Oigenatlon In the Bduth. I bold n? brief for the purity of morals in the South; but just as sure ly as we have the poor always with us, so surely we have in all oouatrles the Impure always with us. And It must be borne in mind that while the unfortunate women that represent social evil in the north and In other white man's countries are whits wo men, In the south they are with very few txceptlons negro or mulatto wo men. ^ I now come to the closing words of your dictated Interview, where you say of thd Soufb7~“The poae of lofty or superior virtue on tbe part of its people, anywhere, has In It an sle ment iquaby comic and pathetic. ” But—uo; I refrain from com nent- log on this mo>t unfortunate asper sion. I leave it to the public to past? their own judgment upon it. Tbe> will see aa readily and as regretfully as I do with what what flippancy a metropolitan" prelate—I bad almost said prlmatf—hai aien lit to deal with a subject that demands from him, as from us all, the most serious and respectful oou'ideratioa. It will alao grieve all good men 10 see bow needlet-sly and sup rcilllously you fi mt with wo r ds of ridicule the white people of the tOithern States. I have the honor to be, right lev- erend sir, your most obedient servant. W 0. Bknjct. H not”? liMR ^ And, now, right reverend sir, what have you doot in year short second Interview to The Gtofce of Thursday, the 16th Inst, f Too eertatolr have Is the tot to- fttefused I he Monpy. Congregational members represent ing Boston and various sections of New Eoglend have protested to the American board of commissioners for foreign missions against acceptance by the board of tba gift of 9100,000 fionr John D. Rockefeller on tbe ground that the Standard CM com pany stands before tbe public .under repeated aud recent formidable Indlot- ments in specific terms for methods which are morally Iniquitous and so cially destructive, aid that “accept ance of such gift Involves constitu ents of board In the relation of imply ing honor towards the donor and sub ject# the board to the charge of ig noring the moral Issues involvedy” flying boiler, but none of the occupants were seriously Injured. It may never be known just how many persona perished in the wreck age. No one knows exactly bow many persona were In the factory. The num ber has been estimated at 400, but Treasurer Charles O. Emerson said Monday night he doubted whether there were so many at work. Two bun dred and fifty survivors have been ac counted for and at midnight Monday night the remains of 60 bodies had been recovered from the ruins, the search Asa result of tbe horrible (xploslou In the Rush Run and Red Ash mines near Thurmond "W. Va, Saturday n'ght, twenty-four now lie stark in death in theTwo mines. Ten of these were killed lu the explosion Saturday and the other fourteen were a rescu ing party, who entered the mine Sun day morning to take fiom tbe mines the charred and blackened remains of their fellow workmen These latter were killed by a sicood expl-wlon and the afterdamp The first explosion seemed to shake the found itlons of tbe mountains and the angry twin flash from the two neighboring drift months lighted up the heavens for miles around. Soon from the mining villages for several miles up and down the river hundreds of people rushed to the scene of the dreadful disaster. Tbe fi:8t explosion was caused by a res [“naked” flame coming In contact with the gas. The flames leaped from the drift mouth and set fire to everything in waa uot blown from barm way by the force of tbe explosion. The great drum by which tbe care are run from the drift mouth down the Incline to the tipple and the empties drawn up waa blown from Its moorings and down the mauntaln side 600 feet, while the drnmbouse caught fire and was totally consumed. Tbe oars that stood at tbe mouth of the mine were blown far down towards the tipple and much of tbe track of the in' line was destroyed. The rails twisted and the crossties whipped from their bf ds lo the ballast and sent sc torched and The GF&inard Brick Works, j COIvfTTVTBIi^, S. O. * Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Gotta Building Blocks, for Flue linings and Drain The. Prepared to fill orders for thousands or millions. ' . • ■•■•■••■■•■•■•••••■••■•■•■■•■•■••■•■•■•■•■•■■•■•■•■A : Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Booling “RUBEHOTO ” Write for prices. KILFYBE! KUFYREII KUFYREIII That Is exactly what It Fair showir is, aPire Ktlhr. D; nnitratljn every day at tbe State Fair showing its Are fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning proper* teoo.0 (JO..- *■ Columbia, 8. C. The machinery Supply house of the State flE ARE LOOKING 'FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MfC CO COLUMBIA S C being continued all night! Fragments [charred many yards away. The big of human frames which possibly might belong to bodies other than thoae en umerated have also been found. Few of the remains bave beeh identified Fhe head of nearly every case ta miss log and except la rare instances It was tmpoMlble even to diatlngu'ah the sex The explcslon occurred shortly after the operatives had settled down to work foi the day, and without warn ing. Suddenly the air vibrated with the roar of an explosion. At the same moment the larger wooden frame of the factory, a four-story structure, quivered and then the rear portion of it collapsed. In a fraction of a second this section of the great building had been transformed Into a mass of Iron and wood wreckage, In tbe midst of which human beings were pinioned. In another moment fire had broken out In the debris and death by fire and suf location became the fate of scores of the operatives. When the boiler ex pioded It passed upward almost pre- pendlcularly, tearing a passage as It went, killing many-on the way. After rising high in the air, it depended half the distance and then swerving northerly, out Us way like aome huge Hanwnr Children. Inspector Henry M. Leohtrecker, Inn report <to the State Beard of Chart tits on food conditions existing among the inmate* of the Industrial schools of Niw York city, says that of 10,000 children Involved in his In- duitry, be found that, through pov- ertL 439 (Egan tbe day’s studies fre qumtiy without breakfast, 998 jrj|h insuffloieot food, and 7,416 upon. projectile through a dwelling house 50 feet away and pierced another dwell ing further along, demolishing the latter structure. Here Its course was stopped. Scenes of horror followed t'le wrenching apart of tbe factory build ing.. In the rear the three upper floors, weighted as they were with heavy machinery, collapsed with a crash that was beard for blocks. Men and women operatives working In de partments of this section who» were busy at their machines, had time but to turn, in ao attempt to fl. e, after tbe first dull roar, when the fl raring sank beneath them and. they were o*r ried to the ground fleor, crushed and hruls d, - amid the mass of debris. Many fell into a veritable fiery furnace, lu the sections of the factory which remained standing the operative- were pantostricken as they sought ’escape. Many fiHl dovn the stair ways and reached the. street; others to the windows, the fire escapes in many oases having been torn away by the sxpl"8ton. In desperation many jumped from the second and t drd- s ory windows to the ground and were dangerously injured. The crush on the stairways resulted in numerous miner Injuries Instant deith was the fate of many who went down with the fl rar that collapsed. A large number of men and women wbo were working near the supports were alive after the flrare aud walls fell. From these uu- fortun&tes thrilling cries of agony and terror went up Aim At all bad been caught bitween broken timbers, ligh ter wooden wreckage and heavy pieces of machinery. A few persons suo ceeded In extricating themseles from tbe wreckage, but more were roasted to death. By this time- nearby citi zens had arrived to assist the em ployes wbo escaped In the rescue of their fellows. This task became mo mentarily more difficult and perilous, for tbe beat from the fir* was almost unbearable. By the use of long pieces of timber tbe rescuers were able to raise parts of the wreckage and there by release seme of the imprisoned men and women aud then by rushing into the smoke pull them from tbe ruins. ^— With tear stained and women and childreu besieged the rectory of St Margaret’s Boman Oatbolic church during the day, plead ing with the priests for information about husband, father, sister or brother * who failed to return home. Little oomfort coold be given to these people. At the OamptUo police sta tion* similar scene was enaotad. Mar fan that furnished air in the mine was so damaged that it was several hours before it cop'd be started again. After considerable tithe the great fan was repaired and the power turn ed on and It began drawing one hun dred thousand cubic feet of air through the charnel house a minute. A rescue party was formed and about twenty men entered the mine In search of the oodles of th we who had perished at the first explosion. The men ex plored the mines for two or three hours, putting, up brattices so that pure air should follow them wherever they went. Finally some of them came out and reported that the others were too careless lo going forward faster than the good air was being supplied and carrying at the sami time a “naked” light. A’. 3.46 another awful explosion occurred, caused by the gas coming In contact with the “naked fl ime of a miner’s lamp ann fourteen more souls were launched into eternity. Mine Inspector Edward Pinckney arrived on tbe ground Mon- day and took charge of tbe rescue work. ' Result ol Primary A D*mooratkH>rlnttary election was Whlske I Morphine I Cigaret I All Drug and Tobaooo Habit, I Habit | Habit' | Habit*. Cured by Keelejr inertitute, of @. C. 1389 Lady St (or P. O. Box 76) Colombia, S. O. Oenfidentlal eorreepono oenuiijiul BANK8 WIVE MONEY. T, S. HOI LEYMAN, NLD., Nearly All of Amount Asked For I Is GiYen. Treasurer of Cotton Growers’ Asso ciation laauee a Statement. State ment Also leaned Here. THE SPECIALIST. Cures all diseases of men. Lot manhood, syphilis (blood poisoa), gonorboea, gleet, stricture, varlooeele, hydrocele and all private diseases of men. Catarrh in all forms cured quickly. Piles cured without opera tion or detention from business. Under guarantee. Rooms 411 and 422 Leonard building, Augusta, Ga. Write for home treatment. Offlo* hours;. 9 a m. to 7 p. m. Sunday’s 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. •SUSHItSMMBq——1 tea or oooae and bread, mijority of obUdrso were Tb* breakfasts consisting only of either ly to the day Mayor Keith, fometng held Thursday In several oou-itles for two positions as so Icitor and in Char lesion for member of tbe g neral as sembly. In the new elghtb circuit Mr. R A. Cooper of Laurens Is elected by a large maj >rlty over Mr. O L. SchumPijrt of Newberry. Mr. Cooper was a cindidue for solicitor in tbe old seventh circuit last y$ar AgsTpiF Solicit>r S ia-e. lo the new ninth cir cuit, created by tbe recent leg slature, the race for solicitor was among Messrs. W. Turner Logan, St Julian Jer ey" and A E Padgett, the Ijrat two of C'l&tleston and the last named of doUet'n. Tnere was no election aud Messrs Logan and Jervey-will run over Mr. ArnoDus Vander H rso hat- been ei< ct d to the legislature from Cnarle tpn to ill the un *xptred term of D. J Baker, who re.-lgtjed to < oc -pt the position f judicial magistrate vi • ated by the promotion' Withers. Memmlnger to tbe circuit court benen. There was o insiderable interest In thl# race on nooountof the cindidacy of Vincent Chicco, the no torious blind tiger king. * 1 ' O5 i Agrd Limwyer Convicted. . At Fayetteville, Ga , Col. Stephen D. Ran free, a lawyer about 77 years old. was convicted Thursday afternoon of tbe murder of bis daughter In law. Tbe jury recommended him to the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to serve tbe remainder of his life in the St ite penitentiary; Ren free quarreled with his #4agbter-in-law over a cabbage patch, the quarrel end ing lu his shoo tog her to death with * shotgun. He claimed self-defense, R-nfree is feeble, and during the greater part of tbe trial reclined on an Improvised couch in the court room. The case will probably go to the supreme court. Another Negro Officer. The president has appointed Ser geant George S. Thompson of the Twenty-fifth Infantry to be second lieutenant In the Philippine soouts, thus adding one more ue^ro to the commissioned ‘ force of the army. Lieut. Thompson was appointed on bis merits, haring received high com mendation for herolam and efficiency during tbe ln#uxrecte<Hnrtha Phlllp He la one of the eraek sbots In the army and his received several medals for rifle and pistol shooting He Is now stationed with his regiment at Fort NFbrora, Neb. Badly Hart. G. (L Jewell, a foreman In Southern's shops at Columbia dangerously Injured by being struck on tbe bead by 0. L. Milford, a ear repairer. The trouble arose from a dispute between tbe two meolnffideof » oar; According to s statement received from tbe treasurer of tbe Southern Cotton as elation, tbs banks of the cotton growing states bave contributed about 97,000 to tbe movement and only 93.000 aldltional is asked. Tne amount agreed up >□ at a meeting of tbe Southern banking committee was I 110,000, and Mr. John D. Walker, tbe ■ treasurer, states tbat this money will [ § be used as Is all of tbe other oontrlhu- • lions received from fettlllz.-r com- ■ pan<es, oil mills aud other concerns. * President E D Smith, the president of the South" Oaroiloa hraucb or the association Wednesday morulng gave out tbe following Intervie-v: “We have won the fight as to re daction of acreage and fertilizer \Lst any man wbo dt ubi s do as I ve done— go to tbe stateorhere the land Is p e- pared and being prepared ,and then honestly and faithfully say that the acreage is not reduced and the use of fertiliz:r for cotton not reduced like wise. . “’Tiaan InsultIto tbe IntehigenoR ,, - , ... and bus'neas sense of the farmers toP laut , ,, aay that they do not apprec ate tbJ f r Jit/vegetal ‘berriea situation. 'Tia a scandalous libel on I-1--K et * )le3 ber . ries , e . tc : 4- <* r <l MUSIC. When you make up your mind that home is not home wit)iout a Piano or an Organ, come here, or write us, and we will sell you tbe right sort of an rnstrumeot; — Easy term*, and foil vela*. Address. /VULONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA. & C. - PIANOS AND ORGANS. The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage abd In crease your income by puttlag in a tannin? nla-nt/ rhe South to say tbat the great New Orlears convention, the most repre smtative gathering ever convened in the South, pledged themselves to a lie. j That tbe several slat-a comp » to us will bring you desired tnforma- tloh. “ Rani desired ■tky Cawnne Co. Chapel Hill, N. C. learn TELEGRAPHY A’d R. B. AGENCY—Wa ala> fa fefas- ing tbe cotton belt lu their subs; q lent of ‘Mr~E conventions ffijarectertmnjy"their ,, and conservative b’lri-jMd Oor PuTiNsURES p-. tion . CatUi free. GA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. the arnestntM and conservative ness tone were represented by Hare, or at best by shallow and unstable en thusiasts. For onoe In the history of the cotton belt the producers have a word in the price of their product and so sweet and glorious is tbe feeling, to sure Is the prospeot of its continu ance, that none need fear that the slaves of ignorance fantL poverty will dominate them again. “Now the next step is the erection of warebousee at every station ship ping 2,000 bales and up. These ware houses can be built at a coat of 91 per bale,. Including^ the water equlpmept Insurance can then lie had at one- half of one per cent. By. bonding tbe office in charge tbe warehouse re ceipts become negotiable In banks acd the cotton tbos stored can be held and marketed as the price justifies. “We bave a monopoly of ootton at a profitable price. We are able to control the market and will from now on. The entire South—not tbe farmer alone—is alive to the dazzling possi bilities and the world Is realizing that fact and all right thinking and right hearted men are applauding our cour age and manhood. Let every one board, law tni loo, a tion. CatU igu* Haaoia, Ga. OVrr At Niagara Falls Wednesday morn ing a laborer engaged in keeping the ice moving at the outlet on the in let canal of Canadian Niagara Power ' v C jmpaay on the Canadian aide of the river In some- manner was mads a prisoner on a cake of ice that floated cut fromahore on tbe awful current that rushes toward the Horseshoe Falls. Several person# on shore saw the man on the Ice, but they could do nothing to aid him, and as they watched he was swept do wn the rapids and over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls to death. To his employers aud fellow workmen be was known by the name of “Frenoble,” and there is little clue to his identity. Owing to the Ice in the river at this striiion of the year, the body Is not likely to bs recovered. Rope-Jam pin* Kin* qi^ . tbe record held by Julia Beal, who jumped tb* rope one hundred times, little Marie ■lady the situation and get a firm' Sheridan, daug'hto™Mr"Md'M£ grasp of tbe principles Involved and James Sheridan, of No 498 d “ preach and teach them nnMl no one street, Wat need be|deoelved (again. The farmer and banker and merchant of the South have been to school and have learned, and their learning, their education, Is bringing fruit. Already It has borne fruit tc the amount of 910 per bale. It will continue to bear fruit to the amount of from four to six millions as an annual profit on cotton and its produtt. J q “The South Is destined to become tbe financial center of these United Stitea We have the brains and are rapidly aqoumnlatlng tbe capital. Lot 11 street, Waterbary, Good., has met death. She was,one of tbe brightest pupils at the Msyriman school and was a leader among her oomDanloos. The Rial girl had reached tber oen-'' ^ ln #w PP*nf the rope and little Mari* toid her scboolmates she would beat the record. As ih* jumped the one hundredth time she fell to the ground unconscious. She was re- 10 honM - tot doctors felkd ekafltoA*^ and the “u* Afternoon