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11 mm | rf-rri^n -*-* I ' * jF V ?s"i,.i.t>.'?ii *. tTT Tillman talks. Hs Will Not Answer the Governor's Last Letter. L GOES FOR McLAuniN. Says the Junior Sena'or Acted Dishonorably In Withdraw.rg His Resigna'hn. as it Was a Joint Compact ft The Columbia State says when Senaft tor Tillman passed through that oity jft^ Wednesday on his way to Rook Hill, he had not received Gov. Mo8wocn?y's letter but was hown aoopy of it a? given ft to the proes. Ho read this at d then ft said that ho saw very littlo in it to call B for notioe from him. "Ho'b a littlo hot ho feels that his dignity has boon I outraged a little, oto., oto. Ho doesn't " say anything about tho really important point, that ho had olaimcd tho righ, to decline tho resignations. L acknowledged that ho had tho right to return the resignations but he did not stop thore. Ho wont on to assumo an au > thority ho did not possoss." 1 The senator was then askod if ho had ft notiood that Gov. MoSwoonoy was re oeiving a great many lottcrs of Conors mondation in regard to his oourso in [ this matter. Ho anBworcd that ho 1 ad and thon went on ti say: "I notioo that most of tho letters ho has rcocivcd are from my old, invotorale, dyed in the wool onemios. I also sec that ho has received one from a Richmond capitalist. It is rather rcmarkablo that our governor should bo takiug tho ad vice of mon from Richmond in regard to looal matters. LOTTING M'LAUKIN OUT." "Tho hue and cry that has boon raised about 'breaking tho pcaoo,' and interrupting tho prosperity of tho State' has been the main lovor of thoso opposed to this campaign and Gov. MoSweeny himself has used it as an excuse for lottiag MnLaurin out of his dilemma. Next year, judging by tho last oanvass, wo will nave at least 25 ^candidates for State offices. Tbero will not Jl* logs than live or six aspirants for MoLaurin Ivwaat. Thero will bo, then, an aggregation "?">* .30 mon going around over tho Statu acicunpting to discuss publio questions and show'Ahoi: fitness for tho highoEt offices in tho gift k of tho people. ft "The only possible result will be that ^k MoLaurin will olaim, if ho enters tho Hk race then, that ho is being doublotcamcd on and persocutod and ought ^ , to have moro timo than his opponents, which, ot oourso, will he unfair to them, for no man oan disvuss thoso matters in less than an hour or an hour and a half. So that with five candidates for senator it will take all day for their discussions. Rut this | yea: wo would have had an opportuni ty to discuss these matters without rofcrenoo.to anything else. "Gov. MoSweoney has dofcatcd it aDd lent bioiself to MoLiurin as a ladder of esoapo. Now if the people think ho is right of course 1 can do nothing but tako what comes. I have offered myself as a target to be shot at and was ready to permit a combination between any candidate Gonzales might |T have gotten out with the MjLaurin And 1 believo that as the .understand fully the result of ' Gov. "inoSwoeney's action that instead ( of patting -h'.maelf on the back and taking tbo lutlo dezen or two doz^n or forty or a hundred It - ho has reoeived as a consensu: ' opinion ^ ho will find that ho has can awful b.'uoder as a Democrat. ii ? ^ tpinlf tho r unless some sohemo is arrauged by the Democratic oommittco to have a douhlo set of canvassers meeting each other from opposite Bides of iho Stato, will bo a faros. Thirty men cannot get up and address anybody with any satis faotion to themselves or anybody elso in one day. All of the minor candidates will have to bo ruled out. Thero arc some people in the State who wou'd be glad to kill tho primary." Being asked if ho would resign his seat and enter tho raeo against Me Lauriu next smmcr, ho said: "1 will i not enter the primary next year. I I only resigned to got at MoLaurin. 1 It never would have gono to Gaffney but ^ for the fact that the candidates who ' wanted to get at hiin were not in a r position to do so, and ho taking X advantage of tho situation to go abcu. the country propagating Republican doctrines. Thero will bo plenty of oth ers to attend to him text years?i' he f don't get sick And by tho way, that sickness of his is rather funny. New you see it and now you doo't." "I was invited to Newberry," ho said, "but declined ou the ground that 1 had already an appointment to speak at tho oollego commencement and did not want to speak thero twioo within a few weeks." A QUESTION or HONOR. "In rogard to this question of whether 1 am entitled tn rnwiirn nr net if Senator MoLaurin did not have a Republican senate in Washington that would almost certainly maintain that ho has tho right to withdraw his resigns tion, I would contest tho matter there; but as he is in full acoord with that orowd they are not going to vacate his seat and establish a precedent. lie is the first man, though, in tho 125 years that wo have had a government that ever resigned and afterwards withdrow his resignation, so far as my investigations go. This is not a parliamentary question at all. It is a question of honor. He mado a compact with mo and among gentleman suoh compacts are not brokon unless both parties aro willing to do so. Ho has Hunkod out of this proposition through Gov. MoM Sweeney's instrumentalities. If 1 had W known ho was going to try this gamo f and that tho governor was going to al low him to get out I could have written tho resignations and sont thorn to Roosevelt. Rut I was not looking that far ahead. Ilo was making out as if he was 'spiling for a fight' and 1 really fhnnokf Ka id a rnadn f ai? # V> r? "Tho olaim that a vacancy had to bo oreatcd before any action could be taken by tho Democratic executive committee is contrary to all precedent. Senator MoLaurin's term will not bo ended until the4th of Maroh, 1903; but his successor will bo ohoson at the Domocratio primary in August, 1902, and the legislature in .January will oboy the orders of tho pooplo at tho primary, two months boforo his term expires." Tho sonator was asked what piano ho would havo pitched tho campaign upon this summer. Ho said: "I would havo k pitched it upon as high a piano as 1 would havo beon allowed. Mr. DcCainp hero," ho said, ''was at OafTney and he knows that MoLanrio began his speech with personalities and that gave me an III exouse for doing as I did. AH TO MEDDLING. "Tho effort to mako mo appear as a ^ moddlor won't wash whon tho pooplo Or" * 3 ^ \ ""'"^ 'i ? ' ?? ?TO?.iH'??U^WiM?M think it all out. TLo people will get T more and more di3sa tit fled at iho gov- ' einor's action when llioy folly realise its oora-quoncea. "In regard to that special from Ben- I nottsville that Mr. MoLaurin has an explosive in store, it is vory strargo that he does not u?c tho ammunition Mr. MoLaurin ought to be a?hamcd of hiin?elf to have suoh iosiiuations made public wb?n ho is too oowardly to withdraw au i ti<ht it out no v." Asked if ho thought the Democratic T party of South Carolina endorsed his views, ho answered that he was satisti >d that he had the party behind him "Tho State convention olootod by the people," ho said, "adopted tho platform of principles which was formulated by Col. Iljyt. Thoro is not a thing in tho State platform that is not in tho national platform Tho Kansas City plat- 03 form is /u'ler and oovors moro ground, Si that's all. Kvory plat.lt of tho Stato hi platform is incorporated in tho national enunciation of principles." "Will you aiewerOov. MoSweonoy'a barter to resign immediately?" " "Why should I pay any attention to tc it. L havo been accused of aoliog like hi a school boy in this matter, but his ao , tion is school boyish from tho grouu up. Thoro is no exeuso or reason for my resigning to before tho people C just for fun. Thoro are others who can attend to MoLaurin in tho regular cam- (t paien. 1 don't care to disouss Gov. , McSwconcy any further. ,1 shall watoh K' tho signs of tho times to see if there ?! has boon a dicker or indications that 01 there was one."?Tho Stato. ,. li NOT ENCOURAGING u r it The Weekly Crop Bulletin Stwtea That tl Cotton is Getting Graisy ^ Mr. J. W. liauorissuod tho following H weekly crop bullotin, staling in general ' that cotton is pitting grassy and other l' crops aro not making tnuch prowr-i's. ' Tho week eudipg Monday, Juno 3rd, had a tcnipcraturo of t?6 digrcos?abcut 11 10 below the normal?with a maximum 0 of 8ti at Columbia on tho 2ad, and a ?. minimum of 41 at Groenvillo on May 29.h. Tho cool weather, and a defi c. oienoy in sunshine, were detrimental to all crops. 0 Although the rainfall for tho week ?' averaged but littlo over one and oco- V balf inches, yot this amount is much abovo tho normal, and following tho 8 heavy rains of tho week immediately , prooecding, kept tho ground too wot to . work, exoopt for a day or fo on woll 11 ^niincd uplands. Tho work's rainfall ? ran&^d from loss than an iuoh to near- ^ ly four\inohoB, and oovered tho entire f Stato. v'Tbc ground is saturated, and the exoess)vo moisturo is proving in- a Jurious to Uiost field orops by prevent- ' ing cultivation. Complaints of grassy ? fields oomo fro.ui ovcry county and every : fe jt'on of the Stato. Cotton ohoppr ng midc slow progtes", c and cultivation practically nono so P that fields arc boaoming foul, and in a p ho says should bo positively prohibited, c and makes tho startling statement that n in every cano as rnuoh of tho hurtful chug is used in preparing a pound of meal or a quart of liquid as is prcsorib li od as a regular dose for an adult, and h in many cases soven times the ordinary dose. Professor Bipclow says that he o had great difficulty in obtaining samples p of most of tho injurious preservatives, <j their manufacturers and agents evident- h lv knowing that thoy woro engaged in v an injurious and diBroputablo business. / By his exposure of these frauds and monso s to hoalth Professor ihgelow has done the country good scrvioo and G has suggested a most appropriate sub o joot for both federal aod stato legisla- r lion. vi Wants a Third Term. Senator Dopew Friday launched Me- v K-nley as a oaniidato for a third term, a II - 8*>8 (he immense eonseivativo busi- h ness interests want him, and thero is u nothing in tho aritton or unwriton law e forbidding it. si few localities stands arc dying. Rust and lioo have appeared at a few points. ? Tho weather was too oooi for tho growth 1 of ootton, and at many places it is 1 loaiog its previous healthy apperanoo. '' There has been a slight improvement in 11 sea island 0 Upland oirn mado little growth, but retains its healthy look, while on low 1 lands, all of whioh are vory wot, some corn is turning yellow and firing, for laok of surshino and oiltivAti in. Bn- ^ toiu land planting an 1 replanting has A not boen finished. R nlaoos eoru iui 0 proved, and in others it deteriorated. . Tobaooo, with few exceptions, is doing poorly, aud is iu ur.cat need of dry hoi weather. Rico undo fait growth j and planting is in places finished Rust is spreading on late wheat, but the ?rop c I generally is free from rust, and all will sjon Oo harvested, but tho wMjther ha* ' bo- ti unfavorable for this work. The fruit proBpoots. especially for 0 pjaehesand apples, are not so bright a* 1 tticy have heretofore been, but wild P berries, ohcrries and plums are pica a tiful. Gardens show tnarkt d improve 1 uicnt. Pastures afford fine gracng 1 Melons need warmer weather. Ltrge shipments of beans and other truck are ' being mado to northern markets. ' Tho freshets of last week wcro more a destructive than first reports indicated, * atd the ovciflowcd areas have sinoo 0 been kept wet by frequent rains, giving little or no opportunity to replant the 1 fertile lauds on which the crops wire * destroyed .uangerou8 rr. served Foods. 1 Presetvrd fruits and vegetables aro a now in such c3tumon use that it is 1 very important to know the quality of f thes3 articles, especially sioco so many (l of them oonlain elements which aro ' unwholesome, if not positively danger- * ous. I he Year Book of thj Federal 0 depart in rnt of agricullure, soon to be 8 published, will contain much important 0 informal on for housekeepers aud the ^ public generally. Professor W. 1) Bigelow, one of tho governuiont's chern- s ists, has mado a long series of invesli- I gations of tho use of tood preservative* p in this country, and has made somo I startling discoveries which tho depart- b merit will publish in its forthcoming p report. Professor Bigolow says that I this business has btcomo so largo aud s employs so many tiurtful chemicals s that a law for its stringent regulation t should be enacted at onoo. There are ii a gro t many tastcloss preserving fluids e on tho market and Professor Bigolow t declare* that every ono of them is in- I jurious to tho digestion, lie anal} z :d h ?7 samples of preservatives which aro n used largely and found that 33 of them v contained borax or boric acid; It) so.- e ium, potassium or caloium sulphite f, 8 salicylic acid or its sodium oompouud7 benzoic aoid or its sodium compound, t 1 boric acid and salioylio aoid; 1 oori; t acid and ammonium fluorid; if forma); dehydc; 1 ammonium 11 jorid; 2 pyrolig- d ncous aeii, and 1 beta naphthol. Pro- t 1'osHor Bigolow dividos tbeso adulter- d atcd preservatives into two olassos? c thoso which aro undoubtedly injurious, r such as formaldehyde, silieylio acid t: and sulphites, and those whoso toxic o notion is disputed, like borax and Don- f zoic aicd. Tho sain of thn (iml nlaua t 2, I . iMWT imwi ti HE EM PI RE COMING he Found itions of the Rspublie Are. Assailed * J - i BY THE SUPREME COURT. I I i he People Must Repuciate its u?c<9ion or Krepare for th* Man on Horsw BaCK. Hon. Will J. Bryan has given out an ttondod statement bearing upon tho nprcuao Court in tho imu'arca?c8, and 1 a uBos for his text tho wordB, "Emperor ( IcKnlry." Mr. Bryan deolarcs tho ill rjmo Court has j lined hands with io Prisidoot and Congress in an c tf >rt i change our form of govorntuont, and a calls upon tho poople to repudiate loverd'eu Mr. Bryan sa\B in part: "By a voto of 5 to 4 tho Supreme ourt has doolared President McKinloy mpcror of Porto Kioo and, aooording > the press dispatoh, the Emperor has ladly and gratefully acoeptod tho title inforred upon hiui by t ho highest j idiial tribunal of tho lacd "Those who were enoouragrd to hoove that thn constitution had caught p with tho tlag were doomed to disap0 ntuiont. In the Downes case, decided nmcdiatcly afterwards a unjority of 10 court, composed of Justices Browo, Iray, White, Sbiras and Mclienna, eld that Congress could deal with Porto iioo, and tho ramo logic applies to tho 'hilippinea without regard to tho limi atious of tho constitutions Chief ustico Puller and Associate Justices lerlan, Pockhamani Brewer d ssentcd 1 j;rorg and vigorous latguago, but the pinion of tho majority, ovon a majority f one, standi until it is reversed, 'his is ono of tho most impirtant doitiona, if not the most important, roncrod by tho Court; it not only dol&rcs that Congress is greater than tho onstitution, which created it?the orea nro greater than tho creator?but it snies the neoessity for a written oon titution. "The position taken by tio court is ofended, or rather excused, by roason3g whioh, if followod out will destroy onetitutional liborty iu the United tates. Every reason given by Justice trown could bo used with even moro orce to supper, a decision nullifying 11 limitations placed by the constitu ion on Congress when dealing with the itims of the several States. If tho 'orto Kicsns can trust the wisdcui and ustico of a Oongr< as which they co not leot and canoot remove, why do tho ocplo of tho United States need a con titution to proioot them from a Conrosa whioh thev do elect and oan re love? Tho decision, in effect declares hat tho people are not tho source of iow. r it defends taxation without re resentation and douios that govern lents derive their just po wer from the ons^nt of the governed. "It assails tho foundations of tho Ho lublio ana does so on the ground of extdienoy. Tho dissenting opinions ristlo with precedents and burn with atriolism. They ough to awaken con oicntious Ucpublicans to a realization f the meaning of imperialism. "This deoimoQ, like the Urcd Scott ccision, raises a political issue whioh uust bo settled by the people. The iupremo Couit has joined with the 'resident and Congress in an attempt to hanee the form of our government, ut there yet remains an appeal to the >eoplo. "In order to fully understand these pinions it must be known tbat in ruling hat the Diogiey ia>-iff rates coul 1 not rcvail against I'orto 11 cothe oou't did lot act on tho theory that tho cousiituion followed the Hag during any of hose periods under eons dcratiou. "This ruling was i ade bcctuso, in ho opinion of tho court, a la* enacted or the purposo of levying tariff duties gainst a foreign oountry could not be ppltcd in levying tariff duties against a ountry that was not 'foreign.' "In other words, if immedtatcly after ho ratification of the peajctreaty C>nrc-rs had enacted a law levying the >ingley rates, ospeoielly against }'or<o f'.co, those rates would havo prevailed, u the couri's opiuion the legality of ny tariff rate between l*. rtr? Umn be United S'.atos simply waited upon a ornial act of Congress isiablishing hoso rates a? applying to Uorto Kico. 'tie logic of this opinion as it applios 0 tho right of Congress to levy tar 1 ff ustoms would make it possible for Courcss to levy tariff duties on artio.es outing from any Territory of the United Itatoa. "With respect to our now posses ions tho decision is an unfair one, iccausc it denies to them equal tralo irivileges with other portions of the Jnitcd States whoso sovereignty has eon established over thcin, and tho urpose of the legislation in providing or equal tra lo pr.viloges was ihat no ection bubjoot to United States overeignty shall ever become tho vie im of discrimination. The principle 1 in lino with tho very foundation prin iples of this government, which con rmplated that all the people of the Jutted Siatos should have equal priviBgcs should be exempt from disorimi ation and should enjoy the immunities ihioh tho constitution makers oonceivd to bo essential to the perpetuity of ree insituiioni." After an extended summa-y of Jut icc Brown's reasoning Mr. Bryan ooninuos: Throughout tho majority opinion, elivcrcd by Justieo Brown, runs to neory tnat tno Amerioan Congress jay do anything not forbidden in tho ocBtitutioo. I bis is one of tho moot opugnant features of the opinion .Jus io Brown seems to have touched tho onstitu ion for prohibitions rather or that grant of power which tho tmorioan people have always ojnooivd to be tho truo ofh jo of that instru sent." Mr Bryao concludes as follows: "To what a glorious field for inspeo ion this justice of tho Supremo Court as invited tho Atnerioan people. "Under this opinion wo aro about to tnbirk on Great B.itain's colonial olicy and to reassure oursolvos, to uiot our oonaoienoo, wo havo but to ook at tho history of Groat Britan to pards its outlying possession since tho tinciioan Revolution. ''An inspiring spcc.aelo, indood! "Wo may look at South A'rica where iroat Britaio's unrcstrainod possession f power has destroyed two promising rpublios and has drcnohed the soil pith tho blood of pitriota; wo may look t India, whoso people havo been dying iy staivation (or years, at Ireltnd, there on s<v<ral oooasiotH tho bounty nd generosity of tho American people ave been neo? mry in order to savo hu jan beings, living under tho novorignty of Groat Britain, from death by larvation." 'I i i ii I i i * . i-i ii A FATAL ACCIDENT. In Abandoned Engine Deshrs Into a Paoenger Train. A twitch engine in the yards of tho not doother<) railway t-hops near tho oitv Oi limn* (f Atlanta, dashed into a patten- (Ji ter train as it was passion Tu sday, on killing threo passengers and 11 jilting en tixteen, throe of t' cm, it is fcarcti fa- at tally. th Tho doad: sei Mrt. A. A. Lernnon of MoDonough, ol< n? ii n lrmt, 10-year old daughter of Mrs. vo LeuimoD. tb 11. II Vlckors, Flovilla, Ga. an The injured: lb Mra. Julia Karat v. Atlanta, may die. icj A. F. Bunn, McDonough, Ga., may bo Jin. ha A. F. Fouoho, McDonough, Ga , iu*y is die. hi D. A. Oairgc, Ilex, Ga. oi| Win. Richardson, Stookbridge, Ga. gr Miss Rosa Withers, Washirgton, -? D. U. Miss Aliua Massenborg, Washington, Hi D. C. I" M a F. M. Smith, McDonough, Ga W. F. Tidwoll, McDonough, G*. Rosa JiC?, Stookbridge. di Mrs. J F. ltidloy. Iluulsvillc, Ala. u\< Mrs. A F Ruon, McDonough,Ga to Miss Kuur, McDonough, Ga. Hi N. II Vickera, of Floviila. ni Pu roe Stewart, MoDouougb, Ga. en Young son of Mrs. Lemmon. Just beyond the Southern sbops are T1 the ooal chutes and all about these th are sidetracks. Oo ono of these side wi tracks and only a few feet from the or main tiack an engine wat standing so that had only a short time boforo been fo abaudoueC by itB engineer and fireman. m As the tr*iu was passing the junction lo of this sidetrack, the switch engine sud- iu denly dashed backward into tho moving at train. The first olaes day coach was ag throw; over on itB side and partly tie- p? tuelishcd, tho Pullman car "Arcturus" oa was thrown horn the track and one end at tuia-ihcd into kindling wood while tbo oj trucks wero knocked from under tho 01 combination smoker and passenger fa coach. Thcso killed v.cro in the day hi coaoh. Physicians and railroad clliuftls oe were quickly on the sot no, sonio of the nt injured were taken to the hospitals and C tho dead brought to Atlanta. al Soon after the wreok, G. B Dunton, cc an employe of tho Southern road was sti arrested charged with disorderly con- ec duot. The charge was made only that al Dunton might bo hold, bio waB really cc arrested on suspicion of having run iho w wild ODgino into the swiftly moving pas longer train. Dunton denies that ho ni had anything to do with tho wreck and w says ho was not on tho engine. Tho m Southern officials claim that he was seen y< to get on tho cngino, and they say fur- ai ther that ho had no kusinesi there, an ai be is a yard oonduotor. Dunton bad st soveial gathes in his head which head- hi oiitB recoiving in the wreck, but ho in maintains that ho waa not on the en- 6t gtno. Tho officials of the Southern soon ci after tho wreck cocurred dispatched a it spoo'&l train to MoDontugh to bring up m Mr. Limiuoc whoso wifo and daughter if wore killed in tho wreck. Tho father t( accompanied the bodies back to Mo gi Douough. W A Remarkable Mouth. *j The Columbia State saj s the month S of May was remarkable, not only for a its political ecnr.itions, but for its il weather antics. The total precipitation it for tho month was 8.52 inches. ri That stateuu nt sounds very tamo to h one not a etudeut of meteorology but it V means that the rainfall for May, 1901, ,f< was nearly 30 par cent, mere than for,1" tho same month for any previous yeak y on record. , . . 1 * Tho average for the monVaMMLJu fir tho past 13 years has boon 2 83 in - W ches. This amount was exceeded this p Ma/ by 5 69 iccboi. There wero six I clear days during tho month, six cloudy 'n and 19 partly cloudy. o Tho moot excessive prooipi'a ion for " one dav during the month ju it ended si was 4 88 inches in 21 hour', on the tl 20th-21-t. n The next highest monthly prrcipita tioo for May was 6 69 itches in 1891, tl and 6.66 in 1888. Tho lowest vrat 'J 65 c in 1899 and 6 95 in 1889 01 Tho temperature for the month just c CDded was equitable, the tneaa for tho e; month bciog 72 degrees. The maxi ti muai point reached was 92 on the 31; tl and i ho lowo-l point was 50 on the 28th. a Oa the 1st day ef May the thermometer h started to work in tho morniag regis d tering 50 and woucd up with a gain of p 40 degrees in one day. ul Yesterday was like a winti r day in h that respect. Tho thermometer kept tl up a steady lick ail day, varying but fl ssven degroes all day long?from 58 to t< 65 The mean temperature for May ai far the pa?t 13 years has boon tho same oi as for May this year. u el Fly Wheel Burst. h A fly wheel at the power housj of the e Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas ? and Kieotrij Light company, Iff foot in diauitcr and weighing IS ions broke into a myriad of fjaguicnts at 11 o'clock Fri day night, one of which killed a negro l' womaD. At tho time of the accident the 0 wheel was making 150 revolutions a min c uioand ernorajous picccB went through l' iho wall and roof. One piocc, five foot *] long and woighing about s. ton struck a shauty 1150 feet from iho power home and tilled Lydia lljnncau, a noero wo \ man. lo iho bod by her side was her l, husband who was untouchod. After k illiog tho woman the cua'S of iron bur.-t 01 through ths shanty and fioally half 0! buried itsolf in the ground 15 feet away. ^ Lovers For Sixty years. pi William K 9wanton, aged 'JO years, T and Mrs. Mary Langloy, aged oightysovon, wore married Monday in Tipton m oounty, Ind. Tho oouplo wire lovers h sixty years ago. Tho day was appoint- y< ed for the marriage, but at tho eleventh tl hour an estrangement broko off tho b< niach. Swanton went Weal aod mar ft ried. Mrs. Langloy remaicod ia In- tl din rift ft Tl ft! an wnrl ^ y?anlAf? k ma nv boon it widower for ton years and for Ij fivo years Mrs. Langloy has worn w widow's weeds. Relatives of the ajred h train rooontly brought about a mooting ?t and tho marriage furnished tbo inter- si osting sequel. ft! Crazed by Dime Novola. Ijtroy Grove, tho lt? year old son of si a prosperous farmer liviug near Napo- tl loon, stabbed his sister, agod 'JI to tl tho heart, killing hor instantly, lie pi thon strangled his VI year old brother it to death, and, firing tho barn, ran in ti and shot himsolf through tho temple, h It is thought ho beoamo insano by road m ing dime novols. ei ??? ai I hat Decision. w Uourko Coohran happily oharaotorieos di tho dooisions of tho Suprotno Court in ai regard to insular mattors by saying that I "it hold that tho oonuitutioQ follows ai tho tUg, but at suoh a oonvonicnt dis- ft tanoo that tho Porakor aot oan stand It between them and the administration ri bo allowod to osoape from a very sor- w ious prt dioament." at BILL ARP OH PREACHERS. ; , > Does Not Like the Modern Benin- i tional Sermons Thoro eceun (o be an unusual oom nion in tho ti *l?i of religious thought it i f two or three hundred diff^reot iristian creeds atd forajs of worship, o would rui pobc there wero already c ugh to obooee from, hut some now a startling orcti keep mining in ao?i i 0 eager, oravirg winds of tho un- ! tiled people aro falling out with tho I 1 and falling in with tho now theories d doctrines. Thcro is no cauto for < ry great a'arui in this, for it proves < c natural instinotive desire of weak ' d uosetthd minds for somo religion at will satisfy and comfort the lotg i r heart It proves the universal I lief in God the creator and tho univer- 1 I dis re to secure li s favor. There < nothing now or btraogo in this. It is i story repeat*d. Oae hundred and* i ;hty years ago Alcxacd r Pope, the eat poet and philosopher, wrote: < 'or modes of faith let graceless lealois < fight; | > can't he wrong whose life is in the right. faith and hope the world will disagree, it all tuaitkiud ? coucern is charity-" Pope was a groat and good ui?n and ed a Christian iitu devotion to his other was intense and beautiful Ho ok tho tend* rest care of her and she rod with him until sho died, in her nc'y third poar, This is tribute iough for any man. There aro many men of many minds, hero are some in our day just like obo of Athens of whom St. Paul roto, ''Who spent their time in tolling hearing somo new thing." Even me preaohcrs have a morbid - craving r sensation, and thev create a comotion wherever they go They b-v ng to the ohuroh militant atd believe thunder and lightning and cyclones id even war as agenoios for the prop ;ation of Chrisiiauty. Tho newaipors are oro wdod with abstruse tays on the new religion both for id against. Those distract tho skepti il and unsettled minds of many, but ily for a time. Spiritualism did tbo mo thing for half a century, hut (ppily il has run its ooursoas tl o last msus shows a largo decrease in tho ltnbcr of its followers. But truo hristianity moves on serenely amidst 1 these oommotions. Meteors and unots may come and go?evon tho tn itself may for a briof interval bo ilipeod; but, liko Christianity, it tines on year after year, ocniury afttr intury, bringing light and life to the orld. Map bo this sensational preaching is jeded in these degenerate times, hen the spirit of war and tho love of loncy seems to h .vo demoralized tho jung men ol tno land; when murder id suicides arc of daily occurrence, id gotiing money by gambling in ocka and other short cuts to fortune as become a national hid. But to my iind, the old, conservative modes are ill the best. L don't like the pteaoh : who ascends the pulp.t with a whip i his hand and cracks its lash at every lalediotion. That would bo all right every man had a pulpit aid a whtp, > that he oould fight back, if I were ood enough to bo a i readier I would ike a text and stick to it reverently d plead with the people in the name f tho Lotd. Old Dr. Axson, of avanLah. was my ideal of a preacher; man of God whese very prcscnoe in tc pulpit increased our revoronco for His texts still linger in the memo es of those who listened and carry ith them more endaring solemnity. Then l)a7id pleaded wi.h the Lord ir forgiveness and said, "Kcmcmtur ot agaicist mri tho intqu'ties of my outh," every one rcoalled with grief nd sorrow thyb many, m&oyorrois "i 11 UV'.Dg I f PNVhit * fit f t.' v. : y ian arc the sins of his youth and how arnestly he wishes they could bo lotted ou. from his own memory. I -'call another text, when Dav<d ex laiuicd ia tho agoDy of his he r<, My sin is ever before mc." Whai ? nbjccl for au earnest, eloquent divine ao impossibility of escaping from tho lernory of siu. But the lovo of God was his favorite leme, and the helplessness of man in intrast. Wo know not whence wc line nor whither wo am going. We ar.not add a day nor an hour to our ristcnoc. Wc cannot foresee atllicons nor calamities nor fortify against hem. Wc are utterly helpless and re dependent on tbo O/ta'.or. Thin c gave a poetic picture of the woa rous lovo of the Creator for His crt aires and proved it by the idajtation f our soensos to the beauties and lxurics of nature?tbo moon and stars, 10 mountains, rivers, trees, fruits and owcrs; the birds to sing, the Hiwirs ) bloom, the earth to bear us food, nd how carefully He holds the rolling irth in (lis mighty hand while we sleep ncooseiGUH of any danger, and too fien forgetful that our M?k;r is at the elm, watching ever us and counting eery pulso that beats. "Young man, cuog man, stop and tkiokt" ho ex 'aimed, in tender, teaii'ul pleading That is the kino of prcaohirg I like i is well to have orccds and a faith In icin. but oreods aro at last thn work F nu and are oontroVi rt?.d ar.?l hawk 1 at by thoro who ditLr; but when io L rd sayp, "Do justly, love mercy nd walk humbly with ihy 'J.id,' Humblo yourselves under the mighty and of God," "Ljve the Lord with >1 thy strength and thy neighbor as lysolf," and "Live is the fultillingof ie law, ' thoro la no nocd of any bolter reeds. Humility is one of the chicfost irdiual virtues. A man who is vain r conoeited is close akin to an idiot, bo poet says, why should tho ;iirit of mortal be proud," aud the salmist says, "Lord, what is man that hou art imindful of him?" Hat 1 didn't start to preach s serum although 1 nmild nr..?nh if I ad a pulpit and a congrogation of sung people. 1 was ruminating about K80 blessings of a kind providenoo eoause 1 bad strawberry short cake ir dinner and felt grateful. I have a lousaod plants that I planted?1, me, ynolf, uo nigger in tho woodpilj >at year they did not fruit well and I rote to Mr. Horokman about it, and o said 1 must uno ashes instrad of able manure. Sj I scoped cut a lueor like spaco arouod every plant ad filled it with ashes, snd this year icy aro literally loaded and are cf largo zi and fine quality. As tho fellow rid cf tho mosquitoes: they arc so large tat many of them whoigh a pound Ity io soale, twonty of them do weigh a ound. 1 iui proud of my suooees, but does look liko a pity that it should ike a man scvonty five years to loam ow to grow strawberries. Our fl ?wcrs ever wcroso beautiful, and wo have nough for a wedding every wook ad 1 wish they wore wanted. My ifo actually praises ma almoit every ay, and it takes a good deal to do mo ad she known it. 1 want some when kavo worked so hard to plraso her ad tho children. I don't want to wait >r epitaphs on my tomh?tono and obi larics in tho now-papeis. 1 had ithcr have some praise right now in ords that 1 can understand. 1 want imo of tho flowers plaocd upon my fn Ml ' MIIIMI. -I ? Srata and a r.7?i bash planted near, iD<l tfiey might write on my touib tone lt? w ?1 i roan of words and deeds. Me kept his gtrdeu oleau of weeds; And when the weeds hepan to grow He stayed theui witu his garden hoe. Hill Arf Shot at by a liurglar Thn S?a?e sajs: Mr. A F. H. Dukes, member of the board of d>r?o'ors of the S-a'o dispensary, had a thrilling cx pcrienoo with burglars at his houio at Hranohvillo a few nights ago. He told tho faots to an iot?r sod crowd of drummers in Columbia one night lval weok. On tho night in question, Mr. Dukos was informed fiat somebody was in his store. Investigation showed that there was a robber in tho building, and that ho had lighted a lamp and was deliberately looking through simc shoes. Mr. Dukes stationed his son in law at ono door while he himsell went to tho other. When ho had opened tho door cautiously, Mr. Duktt sprang into tho atoro at d levelled hit gun on tho burglar. Tho latter raised up and this motion saved his life, foi hemiesed a load of No. 2 shot wbict would have struok hun but for a side wiso motion in arising. Tho burglar fired. Five times a pis tol ball whistled past Mr. Dukes' head sad tho latter stepped out o tho door As t c did so he s iw that the barglai had an accomplice. Mr Dukes' son-in law had rushed toward the front doo: when ho heard tho racket. The bur glaro blew out the lamp and bolted ou tho bach door. Mr Dukts' bou in lav fired fivo times with a revolver at th< retreating form?that of a negro. / whtto man hal fired at Mr. Dikes Htoodliounds wero ordered from scv oral places, hut oould not bo gntton Tho conduotor on a train from Cbar lesion stated that hp had scon a mat about a mile down tho road who an swered tho description given by Mr Dukos. Two young mm went down tho roa< in a buvgy aud fouud tho stranger do scribed by tho conduotor. Tfccy go him iotoihe buggy, ho having accept cd their tffor of a "lift" ou tho wa; toward Orangeburg. Whon thev ar rived at Branohviile, Mr. A. F. II Dukos rcoogn z;d tho party as tho mat who had exohtnged courtesies witl him. Tho stranger protested his in nooenoe, gavo his narno and said h was from Iredell county, N. (J. "Lo mo seo your pntol," oommauded Mt Dukes. Tho stranger got out his gun There wero fivo emptied oat ridges, ha< ; fi ... J Ki. - ' ?... ji>n uucuuicy, i uu HI a U 9 l?(Jl UUO the burglar's track around tho Btorc Furthermore, tho burglar had left nai cbel detaining a No. 40 coat, th atrangor's siz?, and a pair of trouscr 38x36, again fitting the Btranper. Th lrtdoil county man wan looked up. 1 tho fusilado of 11 shots nobody wa hurt. Love Among Savages Among tho Arabs of upper Kgyp tho youth who prosposes to a girl mus submit to a whipping at tho hands o all her male relatives, and, says a dr narrator, 4'if ho wishes to be oousidero worth having ho must reoeivo tho ohai tibcmcnt, wmoh is someiiincs t xosec iugly severe, with an expression of oi joyment." Not infrequently it is the maide herself who imposes the test. Th S*kaiava girls of Madagasoar make thei lovers eiaad at a short distanoe from cLver spear-thrower aud catch betwee the arms and s.dc every weapon dun at them. If tho youth "displays fci or fails to catch the spear he is ign< tuimou-ly rejeottd, but if ibere t no tiuchirg and tho spears aro caugt l.o is at once proclaimed an aoceptc lov r." ? -^-efss-lhaa this is the trial enforce upon their suitors by tho Dongolowe girls Whoa in doubt at io the respt iv merits of two riva's tho youu 1 . v a tins a sharply pointed knife i *ja i.oow; then, seating herself b ac id her lovers, she drives thcblttJ a.\ into their thighs, and the hn who takes the greatest length of stei without a mumur wins tho brido >l*jor Mitchell, in Lis "Expedition Into ihe Interior of Eastern Australia, says of tho natives on the River Dar ir.g, that all their ideas of fighting at associated with tho possession of gut aLd wives, and that after the battle th wives "do not always follow tbo fugitive husbauds from the field, bi iicquemly go over, as a matter < course, to tuo vic.ots " "None bu tho bravo disoive the fa r" is a raax.i of most baibtrio races. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local application", as thoy cinn< reach the diseased portion of the ca There is only one way to euro deafnesi nod that is by constitutional rcmedici Deafness is caused by an inflamed oot diton of the mucous lining of tb Eustachian Tubo. When this tub gets inflauicd you have a rumblic sound or imperftot hearing, and whe it is entirely closed deaf ness is the r< suit, and unless tho inflammation oa be taken out and this tube restored t its normal condition, bearing will t destroyed forevor; nine oases out of to are caused I y catarrh, which is notl ing but an inflamed condition cf th mucous surfaces. Wo wiil give One Hundred Dollai for any oaso of Deafness (oausod b catarrh) that can not bo cured by 11 *11 Catarrh Cure. Send forciroulars, t'rei F. CHEN 10Y & CO , Toltdo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7f>o. Hall's family Puis are the best. Cuba a Colony. The G.iffaoy L.dger cays the Pla amendmeut, which virtually make Cuba a colony of the U lited Statos, be bocn rammed down ..ho throat of tb Cubau Convention. Too vote stood 1 10 i < lor ua adoption. It was that < military domination and subjdgalioi and a baro majority of tho Conventio swallowed tho bitter pill. Jonventiot generally register the decrees of the mastors. And yet Cuba "is and c right ought to be freo and iodeponc eut;" yot wo have co designs whatcvt upon licr freedom; yot wo helped h< tnrow i tf tho yoko of Spain for pui humanity's sake! dust so. Hah! Our Philippine Revenues. The figures of tho war departmet giving tho amount of revonao oollc< tions from our Pnilipnino traio betweo Apiil 11, 1891), and February 28, 1901 show that duritg that period, ncarl two years, tho total government eo leotiois on go?ds seat from tho Unite States to the Philippines was $1,1)12 92r?. 1 )u<*ing tho samo period tho toti oollootions at our ports on goodsimpor ed from tho Philippines was $1%, 14*. These arc pitifully petty amounts ojd pared with tho hundrods of millions < dollars wo havo spont on tho Philij pines. An Excited Editor. The Now York Kvcning Tolngrai savs we noliej that General 8 H !V Young has just bion orderod to Sa Francisco to reliovo M?j>r Goneri Sbaftor. Goodncssl is that FalstatVn hero still getting his head rubbod i the expense of tho tax payers? "? | A / ' I I ? I I ill III I in 1. 11 II I WiT3 PROTECTED A MURDERER | T A Georgia Sheriff Uphold* tho Law Even to the DeathThe nerve of to ebtooro G?ork'?? Shcnd whose name is Joseph M- rrill at / Carrolltou, G i., Friday upheld ihe u? f \ of the Stale mod sa\ed the life o' a ioftro / V i from a mob. Ia protooting the negro, / =3f! who was saved from too gahowo only a \fi few hours before throigb the effort* of jjr i his lawyers, one life was h st aul two men were wounded The airiv?i oi ihe m State militia prevented thioaiened |a | trouble Friday night, and at II o oiook a r, special train, bearing the mgro whme / . ' ertma was tho murder of a li.de white ( boy whom he found fishingaloDe, and his }Z4 } guard, was speed ng towards A lanta >5 The man killed in a tanking tbo j a> 1 .... r vii Goorgo Bauiiit ofCairuiltoo. ui, I and tho wi unded are Thomas S. Word, ? ' j father of tho uiurdored bey, and an uu ) known mtn, presumably a farmer. 1 Williams, the neirro. was tried and *" J. found guilty of murdering O.ii Word, k Jtn. 1st, this Jon and sentenced to u? Said hanged Friday, being refus da new trial N 1 by Judge Harris Friday mir ,iog. Ills piui attcrm ys, ltocso, Smith & Hijkin, r<i filed a Dill of ixcuptions aud carried Alld , 1 the case to th) supoinj oourt. A large ^V)l 'r crowd of people had oou c o t'-wn to She i witness the hangiLg, ajd when it v as Ant learned that au appeal had been tnk-n ~~ 'th to the supreme oiurt, do'aytcg execu t lion, thcio was uiuoh ta k, whioh ory< Co f ta.'itod soon after in the formation of' a diem mob. of rri 9 p At noon the mob made an assau't on 1 r the jail. Th? y battered down the out. eilo iron door, despite iho warding of best , the sheriff, and cute red iho building ^ ( r . They made a demand on the sheriff 1 ns i for the key to the ue?r<;es ooll, but . wcrorcfuied. With the refusa', thoy Mr . began their advanon upon the sheriif worl an i i ho few dtpi'ius whioh ho had Mr 1 been able to sumuioa to his aid. They Mn were told to stop or th ;y would bo fired tin* t 'on, but the order was not obeyed. As muki thay advanced down the corridor to ies. f wards the sheriff, the order was given to fire. !3enno>t fell, dying almost in . stanity. Thomas Word, trio father of tori( ! Williams' Vijtiin, who was in the front xv.m ti of the mob, was badly shot, as was aUo 1)|t, an unknown couo<ryman. .... c Tno unexpoottd fight of tho sbsriff ..y t and his posse frightonod tho moh and ^urr . th> y rotraatod outside the jail. II jre j)ea] thay broke and ran and wero toon div d d cd into litt'o groups diicussing tho d event. Sheriff Merrill at once consult* c ^ i. Judge Harris, of the oounty oourt, and Bom' a it was decided to call upi n Gov. (.'and even e lor for aid. Tho giVcrnir was com- " ' & munioatod with by ulephoae and t-aid c ho would sond two companies from 1 n Atlanta as soon as th y oould be ar- ncen s somblcd. During the afternoon tlio m b tolophoned tho situation to friotd.in the ferr aajuiuing towns of Vi' a Ki-a aid n - Temple and made an app> al for mors 'J men to effect tbooapt ire of the nn-ro ca*u, '* This was oommun oat.d also to Gov jie c y Candler and the governor toon wir d a J proclamation to tho people of the oounty. It was road from th* s'eps of T< '* thj oourt bouse at 4 o'clock ty the ?or< l* mayor. Tho goveraor oouimandod ihe in f peoplo to disperse and said the entire Si n military aud oivil forces of the Slaw 1? would boused to enforoo order if neoes- Ci lr sary. Tho reading of the proclamation a ?p.arently had a good eff ct, as many n p.ople wero seen to mouot their horncs I K and leave town. Much apprehension wai fell for the 5 tight end the thtriff and eity and , 10 - in .1-1 * - - I-juuLiiy luioiain, aner a ousultation 121 decided io lako the prisoner out <?f the couutv for Kwiejujp^i^^ , aiil??m^WWffWrmiiutn!^TTjjrlTTr >13 (1 kcr, arrived about 0 o'clock, and odc 0 hoar later escorted the cegio and 1 ? sherff to the train wl ich was eoon | 8 spccaitg southward for Atlanta. 0 i- Massacred and Eaten. 'e News has reaih<d Berlin that the ^ members of the First (ijrman Smh 1. " Sea expedition on the Cannibal island of St. Matthias has been itiassaorod and eaten by oannibils. O jly one. Dr. . Iloinroth, escaped. It seems that the ( vessel whioh carried the i xpedition to ' ro tho island of St. Matthias loft, afur a I 1S few days for Hcrbertsh-np, Now Bfi- | 10 tain, to got coal and fresh 6uppl ov 1 r During its absence the *-av?gcs w o had ' ind x. hitherto appeared frunuiy, although I vvoi \ known to t?e rabid cmnibals, p'aea.d \ 1 to kill and rob tho diminished part}. i '? 11 Tho plot was carried out oso inorniug while tho mt oilers i f tberxp-ditun who had a body guard of 40 t'a ill01 puans, wero cleaning their rifles, which r. they had taken apart. Sudrltnlj 80 u of too islanders broke frcui the brashes, s. raising war orios and brandishing Bpi ar , 'AO( ) with which tboy slabbed to deaih the ^ OI l0 leader of the party, Dr Mencken, his slid ,c secretary, llerr Caro, and a whi.o ?ailor i?OI g who was asleep under a lent. Dr. .m. D Heinroth erupted his revolver into hs 5 assailants while tho bodyguard in tho unt n meantimo rotired to the botts with tho ,o wounded, and Dr. Hoinr<-tb, leaving 12 132 ic dead. J bo boats put off loan is aLd ii not far distant, whcro tho exp.dition try j. vassal rescued them. Subscquomly the ie survivors returned to the isiaed of Si Matthias, where they f?.uad that the - a bodies had fccjn devoured and 'ha c imp Kiy absolutely looted. r; j A Cyclone. # I A terrific oyolono passed ac os* tVo ' \ rxtrome noithwcs ern corLcr of 0,?e- T?i lousas, La., Friday afternoon and ?) J?; mott completely demolished the ex- v| tensive buildings o' the Sao Lacd<y ' jj R cotton oil mill, killed a white boy ayid gjj :s 14, named Albert Gauiretux, aid ser*9 iously itjuried John Z >dor, a ><ur?g '? white man, benh of whom were rin.i'oy ' ed there oompletelv demolished the resi >r denoes of W. 11 Lewis ar d Bon Malan'? oon and damaged a portion of the otb 10 pj | n building of iho Opelonsas loo B )ttting Is works The path of the cyclone was . only about 400 feet. A I >f To (let Riil of Flies. ,0 .r , r;0 ir People in the oouotry who arc ai- ly e noyed by flies should riuiember that in clusters of fragrani o'ovor, whioh grows A abundantly by nearly every roadside, C%1 if huoi? in ibe room and l?fi to d*o l'J >t shed its faint fragrant perfuuio through ?'M| 3- the air will drive awty moro thrs than K n tho Htickey saucers of niolassffl and C I, ohter fly traps and fly paper can over y colleot. I- W. d Poor Old China. >j Poor old China has at last agreed to t k' pay the nations $327,000 000 for her > 1 humiliation, and the nations accept it ? ' as an unwilling tribute to justice, hu- j ^ l~ raanity, and civilization. Tho world " is fast ripening for destruction and the yjg P" nations are toppling to a fall. ? | i ? Address, B. W. Gxtsinokr, paid Box 105, Spartanburg, S. 0. 1 1 ou ask for niy daughter's hand. You'll find it a pretty heavy on% ig man. She's just broken u plate her mother's head!" ? Ally ;r. Tltelr Dreams. . he: "Wife, you're crowned with your beauty; one can dispute nve In that." she: "If you'd but do your duty be crowned besides with a new hat." that iilK>it when they both slept upon It. S at visions their llsht slumbers fill 1 lad a swret "dream of a bonnet" I he a bad dream of the bill, lie's Weekly. Heat for All Concerned. medy?I noticed you in the au? ce Inst night. What did you thinh ly pnrt? iteek?-It suited you. medy?What did you think the tiling I got off? iteek--The stuge.?Philadelphia s. Heroic Treatment. irjorie?She is one of the linrdest ced girls in the city, idge?Why, what does she do? irjorie?Follows the directions in Sunday papers showing how to e her face beautiful.?Town TopAn r.iprrt Opinion. ur new cook is way up in his al novels. Yesterday she had a n discussion with my wife over fate of Joan of Are." new all about it, did she?" os. She's something of a steak irr herself."?Cleveland Plain er. One War to Oct Itld of It. ou say my wife lias swallowed r foreign substance, and you can't i to reach it, doctor?" 'hut's it, exactly." Veil, what can wo do, doctor?" would recommend six days on an in liner."?Yonkers Statesman Tlio Difference. ttle Clarence?Pa, what is the dlfnce between a professional and an iteur? r. Callipers?Why, one docs it b?se he has to, and the other becaus* loesn't have to.?Puck. Very Important. rachcr?Name something of imUot* existing to-day that was not existence 100 years ago. nail Pupil?Me.?Boston Herald. 1W Mills, Uorn Mills, "?i CaiieMilK, Hioo J ea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, laners and \f <1 f /l ll A I itxu tV/ HVy E. Swing Saws, Rip Saws, t all other kinds of wood king machinery. My Sernt Log Ream Saw mill is heaviest, strongest, and at efficient mill for the ney on tlie market, quick, urate. State Agent for H. Smith Machine Company xl working machinery, high grade engines, pla n le valve?Automatic, and liss, write me: Atlas, Ltertowu, and Struthers I Wells. V. C. BADHAM, H Main St., Columbia, 8. C. iSS^N -Sri " a fH I 1 11-J *?<r 1 enty of Places e Open graduates of the Columbia Business Uoge. xd'1 c'fry graduate in thorough lualified to fill r. responsible position itii- business wor'd young men anil women for business reers, an i assist them to secure good siiiona ' ipetial suumer ta'os, and catalogues ring full information, send at once to olumbia Business College, o?n VIBIA, p. c. H. NEWBERRY, President. " " trills i t,v'x\ 1 ?9ED BuGS.RoAfiHES.ANTs -^4aI ??!0S$<** li'Ki* L*ICO, 1 LCAO, || 5S5R9SB9 AND ALL IN^LCT Lire. jf >&q 10 AND 25 CENTS I ^ i - SA.\. DF.AlF,R5t- 1 i(klM/' </(</ r? fl * / .3 emr/MOPe-. Afo." : Death Dart ie not for sale hy your I >r, we will upon receipt of '2b cent* 3 you the large package ty mail poet- I April-16. 8t 1