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OaroUn* Railroad Oommiulon- era Addraaa Letter to Pullman Com- Solicitor Condemning Prao- Hee of Selling Bertha to Negroes on btentate Trains. Serere condemnation of the Pull- man Company for selling negroes bearths In Pullman cars with white people was roiced by the South Car olina railroad commission Wednes day night in a letter addressed to F B. Daniels, the general solicitor of the company In Chicago, by John O. Richards, the chairman. Mr. Richards ards, the chairman. Mr. Richards tetls the Pullman Company that he Is aware of the fact that the train on which he found a negro man in a Pullman car was an interstate train, but warns against the company con tinuing to aggravate the white peo ple in this manner or else an appeal wfll be made to congress for relief. — The letter, which was made public Wednesday night, follows: “On May 14, 1913, I boarded a g ear at Rock Hill, 6. C., for a, 6. C., and was assigned by man conductor to a berth or 11, and was shocked to And th No. 12 was occupied by a shpegro man. Practically every re- gj^ervatlon upon this car was occupied . ay white ladies and gentlemen. "Southern Railway Train No. 31, foiaa, of course, you know, is an inter- Ijqi/ate train and is under national con- ol. South Carolina, however, has her statute books a law whioh t° P r dertakes to separate races in travel whaton ail trains operating in this of th/ 1 * There are "separate coach” . | *0 In every Southern State through *}ch this train operates and carries Mr. Htr Pullman cars. While we may are gli be able to reach your company • vir» haT,n * T l ol * te<1 th ® letter of our ^ . you most certainly are guilty of P^^lolalV” 1 purpose, fl'tie railroad commission of South trollna feels that It should erpreea you in no uncertain terms its con- vnatlon of your conduct in selling sage to negroes and affording -m accomodations on the same chus upon whioh you have white .men and white men passengers you are aware, the Pullman operating in the South is sustained almost entirely by It* white petrous, and thees do not pro pose to aabmtt to conditions which will permit negroes to occupy the “We know full well that national law requires your company to give squal accomodations to both whites and blacks, but there Is no law which prevents your furulshlng separate ac- oommodattons for the races. Just as our ‘asperate coach’ law rwrulre* the railroads to do in South Carolina There are many legal wdyi ojjm your company, that If Vcaorte^ro. would remove the necessity for your company forcing this Indignity upon your white patroas in the South, and the people of South Carolina will moot certainly expect you to provide accommodations in future that will effectually separate the races •Through the exposure of this re- cent occurrence. It has been brought to our attention that your company bos frequently within recent months violated the spirit of the South Caro lina law. With the opening and clos ing of the negro college at Orange burg, 8. C.. we have been Informed that your company sells to negroes reservations on the cars that you know are occupied by white ladles and gentlemen. ‘‘The railroad coromlsaion of South Carolina is aware of the fact that It may entail some additional expense upon your company to provide sep arate accommodations for the races while you are operating within this State, but we are of the decided opinion that if you do not do so, and •peedtly, you will sustain far great- w loss through those who wilt posi tively refuse to patronize your com pany. •‘We wish to impress upon you this fact: That we propose to continue to give this matter our personal su pervision and see to it that the peo ple of South Carolina are kept thor oughly informed as to what your practice Is In future, and If you do not voluntarily give us the relief, we will appeal to our Representatives in Congress for national legislation that will compel you to meet the demands of the white people of this State, and of the South generally.” — Helps Charleston Out. The Post says the pay roll of the civilian employees at the Charles ton navy yard continues to grow with an Increasing number of mechanics at work, pressing close to 900 men. with an expenditure for salaries and wages of nearly $60,000 a month. The yard continued to be one of the moat active industrial establishments •f that aection, with much work In and more coming up, to tha alsa of tha working and tha amovnt of tha pay roll. SOME PLAIN FACTS - —-#• 4HOWINO HOW PROHIBITION HAS PAID KANSAS. *— What It Haa Done for That State It Will Do for This and Other States Is Set Oat in the Following Article. Hon. John 8. Dawson, Attorney Oeneral of Kansas, delivered an ad dress at Chicago, April, 1912, on “What Prohibition Has Done for Kansas”. The constitutional amend ment prohibiting the manufacture and sale In the State, of Intoxicating liquor excapt for medical, scientiflc, and mechanical purposes, was adopt ed in November, 1880. It has, there fore, been In operation long enough ot afford a reasonable test of the ef fects of State-wide prohibition. Mr. Darwson acknowledges that for quite a number of years theilaw was openly defied in many of the larger towns and cities. It took a long bitter fight for the people of Kansas to convince the law-defying liquor Interest that they were really in earnest about banishing the infamous traffic from their State. Hut they are convinced at last and for some time the prohi bition laws of the State have been as conaistently enforced as those agffinst other common forms of criminal con duct. In estimating the results of prohibition, however, allowance must be made for the delay occasioned by this protracted battle against an archy, and yet, in spite of this, these results, as summed up by the Attor ney General, are thoroughly convinc ing. Here are a few of the more important of them: 1. Illiteracy haa been red from 49 per cent, to less than 2 per cent, and this is confined almost en tirely to the foreign element in the southeastern portion of the State. 2. Eighty-seven of the one hun dred and five counties of the State, have no insane, fifty-four have no feeble-minded, and ninety-six have no inebriates. There Is only one pauper in every three thousand population Thirty-eight poor farms have no in mates. In Jufy, 1911. fifty-three county Jails were smpty, and stxty- flve counties had no prisoner Ing sentence some counties have not called a Jury to try a criminal case In ten years, and a grand Jury is so uncommon that half the people would not know what it is. 3. In 1H80 the bank savings de posit in Kansas were $30,000,000; to-day they are $200,000,000. The State is now tha rlcheat per capita tn the Union, the average wealth being $1,700, whereas the average for the nation la only $1,200 Mlsaouri. which adjoins Kansas and is rich In nstarai resources, has an average of less than $300. During the panic of 1107, Kansas sent $50.00g.000 to New York to relieve the money market, while Missouri sent nothing 4. In 1 880 the death rate in Mich- igaa, Wisconsin. Iowa and Kansas was practically the same, seventeen to the thousand. Since the death rate of Kansas has gradually fallen till it ia now only seven and one-half, while of the other States ha* slight ly Increased. 6. The per caplle coet ef intoxi cating liquors In Missouri Is $24. In Kansas Is $1 48. 6. It has demonstrated that the saloon is not a business, but a par asite on business 7. It has taken politics out of the saloons and the saloons out of poll- tiem. Every political party In Kan sas now stands for prohibition, and keeping Joints, dives, and b.cthels out of cities as much the business policy of the average city as keeping the streets clean, water pure, and the public parks attractive. In answer to the question as to the realtlve value of prohibition and high license as a means of abolishing the evils of intoxicating liquors. Mr. Daw son says: There is no relative value High license Is not a means of abol ishlng the evils of intoxicating li quors. The only solution of the li quor business is a bad business. It is a bad business, and a tax upon a bad businesa, a cruel, vicious, and wicked business, means that the State says to the rum seller: You are corrupting the morals of my peo ple, you are undermining the man hood of my young men, yotL are rob bing the cheeks of my young women of their bloom, you are poisoning the blood of my babes, you are wrecking my homes, filling my Jails, and fur nishing a spawn for the brothel You are at the back of all the vil lainies of the age, and are turning my people into drunkards, lunatics, and suicides, and you make a very large amount of money out this infamous business, and I shall require you to stand and deliver to me a very con siderable portion of this dirty money which you are making in this villain ous fashion.” Does prohibition prohibit? “Of course not,” answers Mr. Dawson. "Neither does a gun shoot nor a ship sail nor a piano make music of its own accord. It takes a man behind the gun to make it shoot, a sailor to to sail the ship, and an artist to play the piano; so, too, with the prohibi tion law. It will sleep away the vears In the musty tomes of a law book and never prohibit anything un- lest there are faithful executives be hind it.” It has been ahown in Kan sas, he declares, that it can be enforc ed even In a community where pop ular sentiments is against it. ”It THREE MEN KILLED - ■ ■» NINE WOUNDED BT ACCIDENT AT FONT MOULTRIE A BIG GUN FLARES BACK Privates Baxter, Chriatenaea and Dalton Killed, Two Former Being Cut in Two and Capt Hanna Re- ported Badly Wounded in Side by Fragment from the Block, The News and Courier says three soldiers were killed and 9 or more seriously injured late Thursday n^ght at Fort Moultrie when the breech blew off a three-inch gun which was being used for night target practice. Privates Baxter, Christensen and Dal ton were killed, the former two be ing cut in two and dying Instantly. Capt. Hanna, who was standing with several other officers of the coast artillery, was badly wounded in the side by a fragment from the exploded cannon, Sergt. Lamar, of the hospital corps, was injured in the right arm and hand. Several were slightly wounded by the explosion. It was stated by a resident of Sul livan’s Island that several officers were reported wounded. Capt. Hanna being one of them. He said that it was dlffcult to learn Just how many were wounded when the fragments of the cannon scattered among the soldiers close by. It was reported that the breech had not been properly closed after the in sertion of a cartridge and that when the cap was exploded the breech was thrown back with terrific force. The wounded men were rushed to the post hospital, where Immediate attention was given them. Several Charleston physicians, responding to the alarm, went hurriedly to the fort and assisted in taking care of the vic tims The men killed were members of the Sixteenth company, which was firing the guns of the battery A hurry call was sent to Charleston for ■ nrgeon* and several responded to assist the two army doctors In oare- ing for the Injured The semi annual spring practice was begun that morning, starting with the firing of the mortars at Flattery Carpon. under the new army regulations the practice Is to be en gaged In at night as well a* day The facts of the accident were hard to get Thursday An officer who was asked for a statement would not discuss It except in a general waa. since the accldewt will be a matter of official Investigation by a court of In quiry liOVKD RKR TO THK KXT>. I/eave Rig Fortune to the Children of Old Sweetheart. Although he lost the hand of a girl he wooed In his youth. James Carey Rusaell. head of a coffee brokerage houae In New York, kept green the memoriea of hla romance and reveal ed them in his will In which he be queathed $25,000 to each of the three children of the woman he had hoped some day to marry. Russell died a bachelor and his most Intimate friends were Ignorant that he even had a boyhood romance. When he left Norwichtown. Conn . as a young man in 1 880. to seek his for tune In New York, he hoped to go back some day for Mary Walt, only daughter of former Congressman John Turner Walt. But it happened that in W'ashlngton she met John Howard W’elles, a nephew of Lin coln’s secretary of the navy, and ac cepted h!s proposal of marriage. The Welles had three children, John Phillip, who is now a cotton broker in Norwich, Conn., Winnlfred, aged twenty-one, and Russell, now a student at Cornell, who was named for James C. Russell. After the death of Mr. Welles in 1907, Russell took an interest in his rival’s chil dren and on his own deathbed last March he sent word for Mrs. Welles, who was also dying, of his decision to provide for her children. She died two weeks ago. Must Have Been Crazy. At Sparta, W’is., William Hogue, seventy years of age, beat his aged wife to death with a poker, fatally shot his daughter, Mrs. Guy Wilson, wounded his son-in-law Wilson, then took his own life, by cutting his throat. Hogue, angered at the turn he fancied family affairs had taken, first killed his wife, then attacked the Wilsons in their home half a mile distant. He returned to his dead wife’s side to commit suicide. takes Just three men,” be says, “to do it, a judge, a sheriff, and a pros ecuting attorney. These three aqd no more, who fear God and nobody else, and determined to enforce the law—not all the saloon keepers and brewers and all their followers and sympathizers can prevail against them. Most important of these three is the Judge, and that is the officer to whom the liquor Interests give the most attention and the temperance people the least. You must have a Judge, or your law enforcement is bound to be luefficieDt. orb jsia M. && Your Home and loved ones should be protected from the every-day aches and pains by always having on hand a bottle of NOAH’S LINIMENT—the Best Pain Remedy. NOAH’S LINIMENT is for internal uses as well as for external application. Absolutely pure and clean to use, made in a modern laboratory and compounded as carefully as a physician’s prescription, - NOAH’S LINIMENT does not contain any chloroform, ammonia, alcohol, naptha, benzii.c or poisonous drugs. Noah’s Liniment la an excellent remedy for rheumatism, lameness, stiff joints, backache, neuralgia, strains, sprains, cuts, bruises, pains in chest and side, sore feet. etc. Penetrates and requires very little rubbing. NOAH’S LINIMENT Is one of the best remedies for sore throat, coughs, colds, colic and cramps. A few drops on a little sugar will usually relieve these troubles Immediately. For toothache there Is nothing better—a little on cotton In cavity and applied externally. Look for Noah's Ark—trade-mark—on every genuine pack age: beware of substitutes. NOAH'S LINIMENT Is sold by all dealers In medicines In the cities and out la the country, In three sizes, at 26e, 60c and $XM a bottle. Send for booklets and testimonials. Noah Remedy Co., las., Richmond, Va. Wwt ■ nmmwmigtm. —"I hav« b..n using NoshA U£- ment for mor* then e yoer. find it the l*.t I bev* tor rheum»tl»m. neurelgl* ache* end peln* of eny klnjt — Mr* A. M. Doylo. Richmond. V* For Cold* end Hooroeeooe* ••Noah’* Liniment quickly r«Ueve* cold* end hoar*ene**, and I hev* carried a hotUe with me for ^traveling W. T Burton. WU- Backaehe a»d , »tWI ■m have used Noah's Liniment for backache and •cift Joints and pain* and find it to be the best liniment I ever used.”—Mrs. Saliie Young. Palii Following; CkllU.—“My little girl was suJTeniig with chin* and for the pain following I us< d Noah's Liniment, and it gave in stant relief.’’—A. a Greenwood. Richmond, V* , , For Sore Feet^- M Sufrerlng foi a month with rheumatism in my ankle, instep and toes. I com- menccd to us£ No&h ® Lainlincnv* and my foot has improved won derfully, and can now walk with x ,i) little Inconvenience. —C. A. James, Portsmouth, Va For Pal* la the BacJu—“I Buf fered dreadfully for ten year* with pain a to back. Less than half * bottle of Noah’e Liniment perfect our*"—Sir* ^ XX FOUND A BIG SNAKE COILED IN A CTIARIJCSTON PRI VATE MAIL BOX. and Part of Body Out nt Slit Intended for lidter*, but Mood of Snake Inside Box. To extend one's arm to place some 11 In a perf*trtly Innocent looking mail box and have a three foot snake grin in your fac* Is not the pleasant est experience that can occur to one. the average man will admit. The News and Courier says this wa* exact ly what happened to I/ett'-r Carrier Charlee H Claussen WeJneod*) ■ornlng The Make. It la said by one who aaw It, wa* probably harmless, but It was certainly vicious In appear ance and for a time •hlvere were coursing along several of the spine* In the Immediate nel^hhc-hood of the snake, which waa finally killed by two negraes Letter Carrier Claussen'* route takes him to lower King street. Charleston, where a large proportion of the house# are equipped with private mall boxes and some of these boxes are of considerable dimension* The letter carrier had. as usual. sorted his mall according t) numbers and was going his cheerful way. when be came to such a box and. taking the mall consigned for this number from his pile, he was sbou‘ to Insert In the slit In the box It was not Inserted for some time, how ever The startled carrier s\w the head of a snake sticking through the slit In the mall box Said head was waving nonchalantly to and fro and a very businesslike tongue was pro trudlng in a manner which would have s^ken volumes to a mall car rier or anybody else. The greater part of the snake’s body was Inside the box. as later In vestigation proved. A portion of the body and the head waa outside, com ing through which mall ia dropped into the box. Apparrently the snaka had crawled into the mail box. no other explanamation of its unwel come presence there appearing likely. When the mall carrier saw the head of the snake pointing In such a direct manner at him, he hesitated about insulting the reptile by any rude action, such as trying to squeeze the letters in through the slit while the snake’s head was occupying part of it. But, of course, the letters had to be delivered and the problem of the snake in the box to be faced. MeanwhHe the mail carrier’s di lemma began to attract the attention of passersby, who stopped to gaze at the queer and unusual spetcacle of a snake in a King street mail box. They were careful, however, not to stop too near to the box, because there was no way of telling what fa cilities that snake had for getting out of the box, and since it had been able to get in and appeared to be so comfortable, it took very little rea soning power to-, conclude that it could get out the same way it got in whenever it chose. So no one was taking any chances. No one, that is, until two colored men, probably wise in the ways of snakes, happened along the street and saw the trouble. They ran to a wagon which was passing, .seized a heavy whip and, returning, made: short work of Mister Snake. When the reptile was killed and examined it was found to be & fairly thick green snake, about three feet in length. The species of the snake could not be ascertained, but it is aald to have been harmless. CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE RATE ONE-HALF CENT A WORD. PLANTS. “4'arolina Klee Meal”—The fins stock food. West Petal Mill Co., Char lesion. S. C. For Sale—LooAoat Mountain Seed Irish Potatoes,. $2 per bushel J. K. Thackston, R 1, Powder Springs. Ga Nan« y Hall and Southera <Juem pota to slip*. $1 2.* pw M Satisfaction gusrante.»i Turffilln Farm*. Sails bur). N C Eastern Yam Potato Plants, $1 50 per M special price to dealers Can fill your orders promptly after May 10 W J Deal. Maiden. N C. Sweet Potato Plant*—Early Trl umphs. Nancy Hall. 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This ad will not appear again. S. A. Lowrance, Mooresville, N. C. 100 White Indian Runners—To make room for 3,000 young stock, will sell for $10 a trio for next thirty days. Alabama Leghorn Farms Co., Mulga, Ala. a Registered Berkshire Pigs—Ready to ship. From prize-winning stock. Big bone, short nose type. Write for prices. W. H. Hudson, Tim- inonsville, S. C. Marry If you are lonely. The Reliable Confidential Successful Club has large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexes wishing early marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland, Cal. Ger Married — Matrimonial paper containing advertisements mar- riageble people from all sections: rich, poor, young, old Protestante, Catholics, mailed sealed free. The "Correspondent,” Toledo, Ohio. I will teach you bookkeeping and the collection business.. Appoint you my special representative in your own town. In your spare time. And help to make you prosperous. W'rite to-day for this offer. Brown’s Correspondence School, W’iicoxon Building, Freeport, Illinois. White Indian Runner Duck Eggs from prize winning Carlisle- Fishel-Patton strains, $1.50 dozen; from Imported Penciled, $1 dozen. W. O. Brownfield, Opelika, Ala. SPECIAL ANTB? HIGH SPEED Sweet Potato Plante, express prepaid to South Carolina, 1,000 to 3,000 at $1.75 per 1,000, 4,000 to 10,000, $1.65; Nancy Hall, Triumphs, Porto Rico yam*. C. F. Whitcomb, Uma tilla. Fla. Murder of Girl a Mystery. Although the police have five men under arrest in connection with the murder of Grace Johnston, a school girl, on Monday near Blackburn, Pa., the detectives and State constabulary continue the search for the guilty party. /