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t VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1008 SOMEJWT STUFF Ttddy Brand* Two PromiMt Id- Itos a$ Mendacious Liars. PANAMA CANAL DEAL Miikc* Roosevelt Very Mad, and He Hands Around the Lie Right and Left Blit He Does Not Throw Any Light on the Matter Under Dis cussion. White House, Washingtou. Dec. 1, 1908. My Dear Mr. Foulke: I have re- xeived your letter of the 29th ultimi and have read it in connection with •.= your previous letters enclosing quotations from the Indianapolis News, a paper edited, by Mr. Delavan Smith. The News states in one of its issues that probably some of the documents dealing with the matter have been destroyed^ This is false. Not one has been » destroyed. It'S states that the last documents were sent over in June of this year, the object of this partlhtlar fairehood being, apparently, to^ connect the matter in sonif way with the nomi nation of Mr. Taft. As a matter of fact, the last papers that we have received of any kind were sent over >M< to us in May of 1904, and they have been accessible to every human be ing who cared to look at them eve r since, and are accessib e now. ♦ f * You quote the News as stating that ."the people have' no official knowledge concerning the Fatuun#- Canal deal.’’ The fact is-that the people have had- the most miivnte official knowledge; that every im portant step in the transaction and every important document have been . made public in communications to Congre.-s and through- Hre daily press, and t,he whole matter has lieen thresh'd over In all ith details again v and again and aga^n., • • * The fact has - been officially pub- -,,lished again apj^TiRafn that th* Government paid $40,000,000,000. and that it paid this $40,000,000 dl- to the ‘French Govemmant, "ggr ting the receipts of the liquidator appointed by the French Government to receive the same. The Unite 1 States Government has-Tnot the slightest knowledg as to rhe partic ular individuals among whom the French- Government distributed the sum. This was the busine>s of the French Government. The mere suo- position that any American receive! from the French Governpient a ‘ rake off" is too absurd to lie dis cussed. It is an abominable falsehood, and it is a slander, not against the Amer ican Government, hut against 'the French Government.' , • • • • The President's brother-in-law was involved in no scandal. ^ir. Del i- 'all Smith and the other people who repeated this falsehood lied about the President’s brother-in-law; but why the fact that Mr. Smith lied should be held to involve Mr Kobin- »on_j,n a ‘'scandal'’ is difficult *o understand. Th scandal affects no one but Mr Smith, and his conduct has been not merely scandalous, hut infamous. Mr Robinson had not the slightest connection oUany kind, sort or description at any time or untty. any‘circumstances with the Panama matter., N ither did Charles Taft. * • * * So far as 1 know there was no syndicate; thee* certainly was no syndicate in the United States that •to my knowledge, had any dealings with the Government direct’y or indirectly; and. in isrfmrh as then was no syndicate, Mr. Taft natural!' could not helms to It. The News demands that Mr la*;; appeal to the evidence hp which it means what It call® "the re<'ofds.'* * * « AH of thrse documents that pbs ' FeG>ed -any importance- is illustrat ing any featn-e of th° transactions have aiteadv heenr*-made public There remains a greet-tnaas of docu mente of life or no importance which the AdmiaistraMon is entire- Willing to have m'hilglmd. hut which hecatise of their mass and pointlessness, nobody hhs ev-'r cared to publish. Any reputable man can hav? full access to these, docu ments. * * * r Mr Delavan Smith is a consplcu ous offender against the laws of ho' l es , v and fit tfulno*-?, h it he does not stand alone He occupies, for intfance, the same evil eminence with such men as Mr. Laffan, of the New York Sun, editoiia'-j of whose paper you or others have from time to time called tp my attention, just as you have called to my attention these editorials of the Indianapolis Nows. Of the editorials thus sent me there is hardly,, one which does not contain some wilful perversion of the truth. . fMr. ftcosevelt quotes for an «t- KWplw his refflU idatement TEDDY USURP POWER HAD NO RIGHT TO TEAR DOWN BUILDING. Ool. ferovmwell Qlafqig He Cited Fact of Lack of Authority, Roosevelt Giving Direct Order, Anyhow.. Washington, Dec. M.—Attention was called today to the fact that the utterances of the President in re gard to the action of Congress In limiting'the use of the secret service force is mot the only action of the executive that Is considered by mem- hers as objectionable. — It became known -today that the sub-commltteekof the committee on appropriations, having-In-charge the preparation of the legisjgtive, execu tive and Judicia 1 appropriation bill, has been investigating the raising of the old Pennsylvania station that was located on the Mall until the President had it torn down. That the committee failed to ex punge its inquiries about this action from the printed hearings is tako:i to Indicate the temper of that, com mittee toward the executive. When Col. Bromwell, military aid' 1 to the President, and superintendent of public buildings and grounds, ap peared before the committee Repn sentatlveBurleson, of Texas, asked him If he had not requested an ap propriation last year for a watch man for the old depot. “I think so," replied Col Brom well, "but I have not had any cr eation to use it. because I have torn down the railroad station.” “What? Torn down the railroad station!’’ exclaimed the Texas mem ber. Col. Bromwell explained that he tore down the building on the writ ten'order from the President of the United States. * Do you know of any law on th*' statute books that authorizes any executive officer to sell any of the property of the United States of that character, real estate?" Inquir ed Chairman Tawney, of Minnesota “No, sir,” replied the President’:-, aide. “I called the attention of the- higher authorities .to that fact, and I received- the order to tear the building dQwa.“_ .— GRAND LODGE CLOSE THE MASONS ELECT OFFICERS AND ADJOURN, After a Very Pleasants and Har monious Session of Several Days in Charleston. The Grand Lodge of Masons of South Carolina, which met in Charleston on Tuesday, closed Its one hundred and thirty-second annual communication at 1 o'clock Thurs day, afleruopn, after a very harmo-. nious session in which much impor- tant routine husine-w was transaMel and some very interesting points of concern, to the craft discussed; At noon“Thursday the annual elec tion of officers was held, the follow ing ‘being chosen, practically no chang s being made from the roster of last year. _ Grand Master, J. 'L. Michje. Dar lington. ~ Deputy Grand Master, James R. Johnson. Charleston. Senior Grand Warden, George S. Mower, Newberry. JutiiBr G rand Warden. George T Trmieft*: Greenville. Grand Treasurer, Zimmerman Da is, Charleston , nran>i Secretary. J, T. Barrem. Columbia.'” 1 ^ Grand Chaplain, W. P. Smith, Spartanburg. Senior Grand Deacon*, J. P. Duck- - ett, Anderson, and J. F. Kinney, Bennettsville. Junior Grand Deacons, W. J. Rog ers, Darlington, and J. W. Roberts, Jreenville. Grand Steward. A. L. N Harton. Charleston, and O. F. Hart, Cotum- bla. X ~ Grand Marshall, John Kennerlt Cokesbury. Grand Pursuivant, Vtfrr Smith. Newberry. Grand Trier;—W-.—A.—Winkler, Charleston. The Grand MaVcr appointed the following district deputy £rand mas ters: William G r Mazyck, Charleston. First District. • S--H.' Rogers, Beaufort, Second District. * Ryan A. Gyl .s, Blackville, Third Replying further to the chairman Col. Bromwell said that he knew i t no immediate necessity for its re moval. » *• The committee als^ went Into an examination of the government of flelais to asctfQaln what right the commission on country life appoin:- ed'hy the President, had to use the franking privilege, as It claimed was being done. Members of the com mittee referred 4o the qhmmision as “one created without authority of law." ’ • Killed in Runaway. „ Odersdale, Ga.. Dec. 8.—-Mrs. Ben Dillard was thrown from, a buggy In which she and her sister. Mrs. Neal Harman were riding. She was in jured in the head and died without regaining consciousness. Best Man Hangs Self. Minneapolis. Minn., Dec. 8.—After acting as best man at the weddinfc nf a young woman he had hirmelf long wooed in vain, Edward Thomas went home and hanged himself with a strap. are paid by outsiders to say what is false, or whether .profit conies front the circulation of-the falsehoods, i., i matt r of small consequence. U s utterly impossible to attempt to answer all of their falsehoo Is When any given falsehood.is extio r- l hey simply repeat it and cirhulate tnoth r. If they were mKtakoi: in he facts, if they possessed in th'd nakc-up any shred of h nesty, i would be worth w.iile to s t them right. But there is no question a all as to any “mistake'-!—or “mis mderstandlng" on 'heir part. The; “Mate what they either know to ■' untrue or could by the slightest Inquiry find out to be untrue^ * • Ordinarily I do not and ca '’TV heed to these falsehoods. If ~id I would not be able to do ty\ '•ork. to a New York Sun Btorv. •ntiUed the most CQirtlDt "Boo/evelt and Prarie Oil,” and tuen continues:) The fact is that these particular newspapers habitua’ly and continu ally and as a matter of business ,»j ‘-r verv. form of mendacPy known to man from tV suppression of the ^ruth and the suggestion of the false to the"TTe~direct. Those who wri’ ? or procure others to write th sj articles a-e /isgaged In th- practice 6f mendpettv for hire, and surely there cul be no lower for* of gaining * llvoJUiQ4)4. Whether thpv M'S’ plan has been to go ah»' n 1 do th>* work an 1 to let Xht-s iecrple and those like them yell; ami then to trust with abaiding confi dence to the good sente of th? American people-Jn the assured con viction that the yells will die out the falsehoods be forgotten and the work remain. * * There is no higher and more hon orable calling than that of the m_en connected with an uprigjt and truthful'newspapfr, no calling in which a man can render greater service to his fello countryman. Th best and ablest editors and writers in the dally press render a service to the community which can hardly b»- paralleled by the service rendered by the best and ablest of the men in the pi^bilc life or of this proposition Is The mo«t corrupt flpta are no greater menace to this coun try than, th* newspaper men oY th- type I have above discussed. Whetb er AJ^ey belong to the yellow press or to the purcl$a^ed press, what ever may be the stimulating cause of their slanderous mendacity, and whatever the cloak It may wear, mat ters but little. In any event they represent one of the potent forces for' evil in the’ community. • Youra verv truly, vl Theodore Roosevelt. W*. Dudley Foulke, Richmond,-Ind WILL GET EVEN The Wounded Religious Fanatic Swear VengeancomJDlficers HE PLANS REVENGE On Police of Kttnsae City, Who Hhoi Him in Street Row—A Pltabiv •— i Story of Fanaticism and Supersti- _ tlon Told i»y One of the Dupes of the Holly Hollers. w ' -“ram not V I am going to get well Kansas-City, Dec. II going to die and live to kill a few more men.” That is the assertion of Louis Pratt, self-styled “Adam God,” the religious fanatic, who is lying in the general hospital, seriousl|^|Founde t | in a battle between his fdflowerteatf^^ the police Tuesday night. As a result of /the fight Pratt’s 13-year-old daughter, Lula, and Policeman Alber O. Dalbow are dead and two other oolicemen are in a critical cond'Gon. ' James Sharp, known as “Elijah II,” and Who was the real leader of the little band of.religious enthusi asts, is still at large?. Shortly after the shooting Tues day he walked Into a saloon, laid down his revolver with the remar<, 1 am satisfied; I give up." \s there was po-pollceman present and no one seemed inclined to take him into custody. Sharp waited a moment, then picked up the-weapon, reloaded it and walkedjinit. -'He Jias not been seen since. “ “"v.; Mrs. Pratt, with two of her young daughters, spent Tuesday night in the matron's room at police head quarters, but Mrs. Sharp, who Area two of the shots that struck Policf- nian Michael Mullane, was confined TEDDY FROTHS ROOSEVELT THREATENS TO SUE J THE NEWSPAPERS. He Says “If They Out be Reached For (Yimlnal Libel, P will Try Tr Have Them Reach d.“ Washington, 'Dec., 10.—"If they •w- can be reached for criminal libe*. { shall try to have them reached* aid President Roosevelt In speaking this afternoon about "those Ameri cans who have been guilty bf-Infa mous falsehood concerning thlT ac quisition of the property andi-tlf; construction of the Panama Canaf l»self." - ' Jr. . * • . It was to the committee of one hundred of the LaKes-todhe-Oo.f Deep Waterway Association; headed by Governor Deneen, of Illinois, who were received by the President In the East room of the White Hons \ that he made this declaration. * Twelfth Thi’- Mstrici. — — Wm A. Giles, Granittvillo, Fourth District. B. E? Nicholson. Edgefield, Fifth District. p Rt^A; Cooper, Laurens, Sixth Dis- rict. J C Watkins. Anderson Seventh District. K7 Doyle, Eighth District. A. S. Rowell, Piedmont, Ninth District. «*. ** B. B. Bishop. Inman, Tenth Dis trict. George Y^—Hunter, Prosperity- Eleventh Histriet. E. C. Scores!, Lancaster District. x—} Joseph Lundsay, Chester, teenth District. G. L. Ricker, Sumter. Fourteenth District. R K Wallace, Kingstrce, Fif- eenth District. ^ ^ W E Jones, Darlington, Slxteent • District. ■ . John C Sellers, Sejlers. Sveru teenth District. William L. Glaze, Orangeburg Eighteenth District. The Grand Lodge being called from the third to the first degree the newlv el cted and appointed of- ers w^'pe - installed in full and moient form itnd received the pre- ■ecrili d salutes of their brethren after which the Grand Lodge re turned to ihe third' degree for final vork of .the session. \t tbo -ession W lu'^div night » boautiful memorial tribute to th- late Past Grand M ister. John R Dellinger, whose death had occurro'* sine' the meeting of the Grand Lodge ’ast year, was read bv Past Grand Master R F Divver. from the coni- nlittee appointed by the Gran Master to prepare an address. Th’’ report on the Masonic Or "ban Home fund was made by Depu ty Grand Master Jam^s_R. Johnson ihowU-oc^an a'idition of nearly eievoa ♦ hotisand dollars to. the fund, dur- ng the past year. The total rfow in the city jail. "I’ve been in trouble before," said Mrs. Pratt, and if I can be killed for, righteousness Bake I shall be eternally happy." Mr%’ Pratt bemoaned the death of her other daughter, Lula, aged 14L who, was shot during the second stag* of Tuesday's battle when the woman and her children pulled off in a rowboat in the Mississippi river and attempted to escape. At the hospital it was said that Patrolman Mullane had small chance of recovery, but that Ser geant Patrick Clark’s condition was slightly improved.* A. J Selsor, th*- by-stander, who was hit -by a stray bullet, also is expected to get well Mary Pratt, the little 11-year-old sister of (he dead girl, displayed tlm same remarkable coolness shown bv ter leaders when questioned by the hand—for—t-tr~- this instituHon is whleh has b-'en collected within the past 7hNo* years. • No recommenda tion was made as to the b'ginnin! of the home, but it is generally understood that nothing will be done until the fund has grown to $. ! j0,- (tno, which, at its present rate of progress should be - in the next two years. At the Thursday morning session reports of committees were submit ted and disposed of. Some unus- uaUv interesHfiv and Illuminating discussions of idasonic jurisprudence were made, and feme poin*s of in terest to the craft in the work of tha lodge were determined It was decided to impose a penalty oL 1ft per cent, on all subordlnsftH lodges hereafter fall to make establishment nearly $24 0(X' Association, and made a few remarks to which the ■ President replied as follows:. ^ "I have felt, as the Governor has well put it. that no more important eeryioe could be rendered to tUi,h country than thu building of -..o Panama Canal between, the Atlantic and the Pacific, and one thing I am proud of In connection with the building of that canal is that there has not been legitimate cause, for the breath of scandal connected with any feature of the proceeding. We have cause to be ashamed of only one set of Americans who have been guilty of infamous falsehood con cerning the acqulsltloif of the pro^ trty and th$* 'construction-:.of iWte canal Itself: If they can be reached fop-criminal libel, I shall try to,have them j-eached. If not, at any rate all the facts we know or ever have known are at the disposal of each nd every one of you here, and ot any one in Congress or of all Con gress if they wish to nee them “Next only in importance from physical standpoint to building the Panama Canal comes the question of developing the use ot,our own water ways. That must he done by the policy of irrigation at the headwa- erg up—In the-a-rid—regions; an<L hereyou come froip, gentlemen, i: to he done by making our coa-t akt^a big loop in from the Gulf < Mexico to the Gnat Lakes, and we !H see tlfkt the work is done; and no work could have been done from beginning to end more hones'ly or more efficiently.” * police She did not cry when_LoiiL of her sister's death. Mrs. Pratt, in a statement to the assistant prosecutor, told of the band's work. “Mr. and Mrs. Sharp our leaders," said Mrs Pratt, "were known to us as Adam and Eve and we believed their teachings. It was revealed to Mr. Sharp last summer that our meetings were not to be Interfered with again.* We armed Mirselves. ’If the police attempt'to irrest you, shoot,’ our leader said. They cannot kill me. I'll five for- »yer.’ The first 1 heard of the •rouhle Tuesday was when Lulu and Mary came running down to the boat md told me that the shooting was going on. ' ’ Then the offioe.rs dame and want ec! to take' us away. I got my rifl ■ lown off thewall. Wold Lulu to gei i gun, an t^ s t^' 7 all got into a skiff 'hat w^s tied to the houseboat. ®at in t;he bow with my gun in m” hand. 1 was not going to shoot un- 'ess I had to,‘ because I had no hance to ask either Adam or Ev< what to do. I'm sorry I did wot re sist. I'm afraid I have lost my ternal life because I think Adam would have, advised me to shoot. “Lulu got into the hark of the klff, which was covered, and Mary *ook The oars and we started across 'he river. The officers'/ffegan shoot Ing at the heat. We drifted up.to *h' bank and when l saw blood ou Lulu’s ear I knew she was shot rhen Mary-»n4- 1- 'go-o^t- awd-h-iwife Secretary by November T^* It wae resolved toehold-the. next meeting-of the Grand Lodge tn Charleston on thd second Tuesday i. Ded?mber, 1909. The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form m theThird degree in Masonry. • VMiHhe side of the boat until thev captured us.” Mrs. Melissa Sharp, a slender wo man of tniddlf age, whose statement was taken hy another officer, detailed fbe occurrences leading up to Tues day’s fight and then told mf the wanderings of the hand “I was horn in Mount Grove, Mo 37 years ago. on a farm." said Mrs Sharp. ’T married Sharp, a farme.' twenty years ago and we went to Arkansas. Later, we went to Okla homa and took up a claim. We had no religion then. About six years ago my husband came homo one night and said he did not think w< were, lining right.! “He had had a revelation o.f the fkith of God ' Wft began to read th** Bible and a week latey.I got the rev- ShPregeBtedq Deadly Hot Supper. ’ Cartersville, Ga , Dec. 10.—Hamp Harris was shot and instantly killed by Walt Boozer *t a negro dance Wednesday night, near fRilYaborO. Both af« negroes. • two weeks, not because, we wanted to. but bo cause we‘ could not help it. We gold our f%rm and gave the money away to people who needed it, and start ed on the march. Since then we hffve traveled through Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis fourl and Illinois. Then we went north to Minnesota, and last summe we spent in Canada, in Manitoba and -Saskatchewan. W§ lived on_ gifts made by converta and by smail sums offered us. One man who found the PRAISES THE SOUTH DISTINGUISHED ^’GLISHMAN SPEAKS OF THIS SECTION. Hays South Has Made vanoenient and Has r: -; r Future. , Great Ad- a Glorious Washington. Dee. 8.- Expressing the coavictlon that a great future is about to dawn upon the South. Jas. Bryce, the British ambassador, today received a notable reception from ijie delegatee In attendance up" on the South’rn Commercial Con- jjressj following a speech in which he declared he is a well-wLher ol the South. The ambassador was the centre o f at,traSti^n, although hi- 1 * visit wa-^ unexpected. ^ Mr. UrycV^ came into the_hall simply as a spectator, ini; the audience soon noted tiis presence, and immediately shouts of "speech. sjj>e”ch,’’ filled the air. and he wa? Governor Deneen had presented^^,,,.,,^ tQ yleld t0 the dl , 8lr ^ 6? copy of resolutions adopted hy trie ^; onKre!J3 - great! “Since I 'tame hero eighteen months ago,"-'Said Mr Bryce, "I hav* Xwlf.0 visited the South. 1 can hard ly express to yotl the contrast be tween what I personally witnessed 27'-'years ago and the,present con ditions. Wherever I have, been in -Hie—Smith—I lu-e_n. si ruck by signs of activity, progre-rs and de velopment. 1 see the land being brought more and. more into culti vation; more and more being "don-* for the agricultural methods. 1 saw the r< sources' of your soil, of jeoal and Iron, being brought to light and l saw a new spirit in the South which desires to make educational progr-vs Tuiiiniensurati 1 with—material—devol- NO. 17 MAD WITH TEDDY mmmmmmmmammmrn Committei Wilt Consider Roose velt’s Criticism of ACTION OF CONGRESS Statements - In the Annual .Message Relating to the Secret Servl« Will Receive Uareful Attention and the (Committee will Recommend What Course to Pursue. TWO MORE VICTIMS. A Fanatic and a Brave Policeman Dies Froiji Wounds. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11.—Two opmewt. ' ' v /t ^— - The ambassador pointed out the enormous difficulties with which-the South has h adto contend since the civil war “Now,' however," he con tinued, “there is a gread door open before yon, and as one of the well- wishers of the South, who believer in its greatness as a flourishing and important part of the. country, ven ture to congratulate you*on what is being done and to say that still jift'eater prospects are before you." NARROW ESCAPE. more, names were Thursday added to the list of dead a? a resplt of Tues day’s battle between religious faiwu- ies and the police here, the total number now being four. Shortly before noon today Ixmls Pratt, 45 years old. the foremost disciple of James Sharp, died at th‘ General hospital and an hour lati' - Michael Mullane, a policeman, sue cumhed to his wounds at St. Joeeph's hospital. Policeman Alliert O. Dat how and Lula Pratt died immediate'v after being shot Tuesday, Mullane suffered himself to be mortally wounded because he would not shoot a woman. According to witnessep he dodged behind a wagon when Mrs. Sharp attacked him wo,. revolver and, though she contin ued firing, he made no resistance though armed. “Boys, I could have killed th-* woman, hut I would not," he clatrr. ed as he sank to the pavement pierced hy four bullets. ‘ * — ,; ~ Train Running Fifty Miles an Houn % Turns Over, Bismarck, N. I)., Dee. 10.-—The wreck of the west hound North.Coast jlimited at McKenzie, 20 miles east of here last night may tie consider ed one of the lurkiefct in the anna!« of railroading, according to rallroat men. The Tact that an almosV^Tm tire train going at the rate of 50 miles an hijjir, containing more that. 200 persons rmild turn over and go down a 10-foot embankment with out • killing anybody Is marvelous The train struck a broken rail. The engTne got over safely, hut the tender went off the track, fo’llow’- ed by the baggage and mail cars .Then the coupling broke and the three day coaches, two sleep! rs an 1 f he observation car went down au mbankmont into a d*ep snow drift and turned over without breaking a coupling. .The hard packed snow saved the train from destruction. 4-- Eight babies on the train were not even scratched. . * ■r ■ F VVashington, Dec. 11.—The indig nation of the members of the House of Representatives over the para- graph 6f the President,’s annual -ipessage relating to -the secret ser vice found expn 8sjon..tMay....ln.„*. res olution offered hy Mr. Perkins, Re publican, of New York, providing for the L appointment of a committee of five .to consider the subject and re port what action should be taken fft connection with the matter. The resolution was as follows: "Whereas, there was contained in the /sundry civil appropriation bill which passed Congress at its last session ami: became a law, a provi>- ion in reference to the employmeni of secret service in the treasury de- pnrtmont; and, “Whereas,' in the meRFagh of the President of the United State* to the two houses of Congress ls ; #as stated in reference to that provision. It is not too much to say that this amendment lias been of benefit only, a lid cijuld he of benefit only to the criminal classes,’ and It was further stated the ‘chief argument in favor rvf Hu* jii m Is ion was that the Con gressmen' did not themselves wish to he investigated by. secret service men,’ and it* was further stated^ 'l>4t if this' is not considered desir able a special exception could he made in the law. prohibiting the use of the secret service force in in vestigating members of Congress, li would be far heiter tojicr this than to do what aetuairy^aas done, and strive to prevent or at least to hamp- •.r effective action against criminals by the executive branch of the gov ernment.’ Now, therefore, be It ’Resolved, That a committee of DEATH pY “t TRAIN. Loses His Life luon After Leaving the'Court Room. Cuthhert, Ga.. _ Dec. 10. Mr. James Cheslre, a well known cttl ■sen of this country residing mar E»»nntain Bridge, was run over by the Cenrtal of Georgia pasoiig"r train, No. o, yesterday afternoon. aU the-Bell s pong erottefngr _i>n>-half mile north of the depot, and died a few hours later. Mr. -Cheslre had lieeYi to Cuthhert, where he was serving as a juror bn the Randolph superior court and was on his wav home when the accident occurred.' light, sold all his property and put $7,000 in. We kept all the money in a common fund ‘About last August, when we came back from Canada, we built a house boat and started down the Missouri from a place in Montana mar White Eapth - “We ffodted Tloyqi the. river, stop ping and preaching at towns j»nd sometimes ctynping in the woods Jn .many pTsces we have been nerso take our children away and make them go to school. . ./ “We have been going armed fo; many months and have practiced shooting. None- of the children can read or write,^ We teach them, but we teach them righteousness. Paul says the wisdom of this world is foolishness. Christ chose his disci pl?s from Ignorant people.^,Chris did not go to school My husba id and I can read and write. That is enough to teach the-Bible." th” President, and report to 'the House he appointed by the Speaker o consider the statements contain ed In the message of the President and report to the House what action. If anj should be taken in reference ther to." . • STILL REMAINS SOLID. Democracy's Hold on Old’, North QUEER DAMAGE SUIT. t "Lndy Sues for lU-ing Carried Off hy Balloon. New York, Dec. 10. -Mrs. Mary S Roper, of Brooklyn, tomorrpw will endeavor to convince twelve men in he supr me court ML Kingston, V. Y., that her feelings wer<J lacerated to the extent of $25,000 when her foot was entangled in th° anchor rope of a balloon, and she was car ried skyward In an Inverted and ur- comfoTtable position In the presenc • of more than 5,004) person's.' The Anglo Society, under whos-- auspices the balloon aFcension wa« given, is the defendant. The suit is the sequel to a story which thrilled 'he country on the morning of Aug. 30, 1900, the day after Mrs. Roper, unde.r protest, accompanied the bal- loon skywat'd. But the Agricultural Society goes Mr?. Roper one b ttef and charges her with having spoiled Hie exhibition. State Strung as Ever. . ^Washington, Dec. 10.—"It’s all tomiay-rof" about the Republicans making gains ’In the South,” says Governor Glenn, of North Carolina who is here on a visit. "While I; ’s trin that my majority was about 15,000 greater than that given Oo/- crnor-elect Kitchen, the Democratic vote was larger 'by nearly 18.0O0 than it ever has been. The Repubii- cans polled a bigger vote, of crons'*, which showed that greater Interest was taken in the last campaign thin in any past election. "Why should the Southern States change their politics? Individually the staUs of thr South are morir prosperous than the Republican States of» the North. There never was a time when the South was more prosperous. If, therefore, we ar® prognssThg, why, I repeat, should we change our politics? "Because Mt. Bryan was defeated, is no ‘reason for a change of mind on my part regarding him. I con- b-r frtm one of the greatest Amer icans that ever lived, and history will prove it." .- • 8UDDENLY STRICKEN. Was Prominent In This State Dur ing Reconstruction. Washington, Dec. 10.—II. 0 Worthington, a former representa tive from Nevada, was stricken with paralysis in the hliuse of represen tatives today. Mr. Worthington, who is a resident of Washington was removed to his home, and phy sicians called. Th^s l^his second stroke. Mr. Worthington, It is said Is the only surviving pallbearer cf Abraham Lincoln Worthington was a prominent politician 1" fionth. tefCarollo* during- the days of Recon struction. Among other offices he held the Collectorshlp at Charleston tpn. . ■ Ifolly Rollers Dlspuraed. i Holly Roller organization at Berlin Heights, itiics ^ >v . dered disbanded by irate towTfspo®- ple today, and the organizers, Jacob Hoppinger and D. K. C. Deecken. of Buffalo, N. Y., were terved with notices to leave the community. * BALKED AT ORDEAL. Captain Minus Refused to Take the Test Ride. Washington, Dec. 10.—Orders a', th - war department direcUJhat more ifficers shall appear before retiring boards, because of their failure-to 'ake the prescribed horsemanship test while otr their examination for promotion. These are officers below the grade of major who, by the or der issued last May, are required te take the horsemanship test, aa a part of their examination for promotion. To take ii£ the cases of three or fovfr such officers, a new retirement hoard has been appointed. The first casl? to come before the board will he that of Capt. J. C. Minus, Six teenth infantry, military Instructor at the Clemson agricultural college. .Clemson, S. C- * GETS THIRTY YEARS. A Prominent Man Must Pay Penalty for Q|Hyma> Raleigh. N. C.. Dec. 10.—Accord ing to a ruling just made-bytha au- preme court' finding no error in the trial below. Lute Banner, fpnner member of_ the State legislature, postmaster of his town, international reve'nue officer of Wtontauga county must serve a sentence of thirty years in the penitentiary for the murder of Ambrose Cline. A plea of insan ity was set up. but the supreme conrt declare* there was. no evidence of insanity produced, and Ranaer was Incky in escapint the gallews. *