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MOL. XXVII. BENNETTS VILLE, S. G^PR?n|?Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1903. 8E??LEES WANTED. Earnest Men Attend the Immigration /, ,,. - Convention in Columbia. . THE PLAN OP WOEK ADOPTED. . j'-Thoro Were Delegations from Nearly Half of tho Counties in tho State at tho Meeting - libat Tuesday. -.. The Columbia State says patriotic {:'%-:mm pf South Carolina organized in that city last Tuesday, week what in time may bo one of the great aganoies for makiu?,t$be "State as great com mercially and agriculturally as it is in its manufacturing interests. This object they hope to accomplish through immigration, the engrafting upon the citizenship of this State of Bturdy settlers from tbe old country who will populate thc agricultural section now being deprived of its citi zens in order to give them employ ment in the cotton mills. MANY COUNTIES REPRESENTED. There were present representatives -rf-?, from 18 counties when the delegates assembled in the hall of the house of repres?ntatives. Col. Knox Living ston, of Bennettsvllle, was called to the chair and Col. E. J. Watsm was made secretary. A committee on . nominations proposed the following list of officers which was adopted by acclamation: President-A. J. Matheson of Ben nettsvllle. Seoretary-E. J. Watson of Colum bia. Vice presidents from the congres- , sicnal districts in the order named: J. E. Tindal of Clarendon, T. S. Wil liams of Aiken, urea G. Brown of An derson, J. T. Douglass of Union, Le roy Springs of Lancaster, Dr. J. H. David of Dillon, P. H. Hyatt of Co lumbia. The attendance was gratifying and ' the personal interest of . the delegates 1 inspires the belief that the meeting together will not be in vain; that there is a lofty purpose and that the \ representative men who were present \" . . will do what they can to bring to 1 South Carolina settlers who in the years to come will become a part of the State's best citizenship. The original purpose was to discuss the plan proposed by Mr.-A. J. Mathe ' son of Bennettsviile, who had sug gested fn a letter to The State that 1 an agent from South Carolina could " Jind In Scotland sturdy folk of thrifty habits who would ?ive new life to .the farm work wherever they might be . colonized {{.brought to South Carolina. 'Mr.- Matheson's Idea was not acted upqn,.bub all such concrete matters - ' were :ilfA^ to the:, general - committee ^.wtej$ - S^uIat?d^^vu--;;'\ "' ,1 - vc???. jmmxvfj^^a^^v^^^Mm ;was\y then appointed and the convention receded from business until 2 o'clock. Ax -When the committee^ reported, there "waa some confusion/ Many of the .delegates wanted to digest the report, but the Charleston delegation-want ing to leave the oi ty at 4.30-carried its point and the convention remained in session taking up the report para graph hy paragraph until it was dis posed of. The feature of the day was ; the strong and statesmau-like speech of Col. Jno. P. Thomas. Gol. Thomas ' bas been deeply Interested and was ' present as a delegate from Charleston. When the report was presented he ex- 1 pressed his disapproval because of its 1 limitations. A PATRIOTIC SPEECn. \ The meeting was called for a high purpose and that purpose had been lost sight ot in the report. He want ed the document amended so that Mr. Matheson's proposition would be taken up in concrete form. Col. Thomas then discussed the philoso phy of this movement. As he spoke a number of young men became deep ly interested, for he brought to their i attention racial and economic qucs- j tions which they had regarded as but 1 secondary. Col. Thomas told of thc 1 immigration in 1870 with Gen. John- I son Hagood as the moving spirit. It bad been inaugurated by a prostrate State. The movement now on foot has a bright future. He thought the i matter deserving of more deliberation i and very careful thought. A number of others agreed with Col. Thomas, but Col. Gadsden de- < dared that all that is necessary at this time is to organize, and then thc details can he worked out by the com- < mittee. The convention then pro- i cecded to adopt the resolutions para graph by paragraph. When the mat- ? ter of having a representative at St. Louis was reached Mr. McMahan of fered opposition. He preferred to ? send a man to Scotland. The tide of < immigration cannot be turned back I from the west, but wc should catch lt I before the tide comes in. Mr. E. J. < Watson disagreed with Mr. McMahan. i It has been shown hy Mississippi val- I ley States that Immigrants can be i brought this way from the west. At this point Mr. J. C. Hemphill, editor of The News and Courier, pre sented Mr. M. V. Richards, land and Industrial agent of the Southern and a delegate through the courtesy of the Columbia Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Richards spoke earnestly in favor of having a man at St. Louis. The best returns will come from thc northwest. A great many people 1 there are dissatisfied. The effort ls being made to bring them to the south and is succeeding. The Southern railway has colonized I OOO families from the northwest on one branch of the Southern In Vir ginia and every now and then this i colony*brlngs lu a u;ood family from the old country. It is better to bring from the west dissatisfied people who will learn to love the south than to bring in raw emigrants who have never learned - our tongue. This was thc only point In the resolutions which , occasioned debate and the paper was then adopted, first by paragraphs and then as a whole. Following 1B the report of the committee: ?f THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That this convention rec commend thc establishment by the State of a department of immigration which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to securing Immigrants and placing them throughout tho State. Resolved 2, That it is tho duty of ) the general assembly. of this State to make ampler provision for and give liberal support to said department of immigration. Resolved 3; : That in furtherance of the objects of. this movement we urge the appointment of a special agent of the bo?te to - properly^present the re sources and inducements' wo have to otter to immigrants to be'stationed at St. Louis and remain there during the whole term of the exposition. Resolv?d-4, That in order further to accomplish the purpose for - wliieh'we are assembled a committee be elected, to be designated as the "South Caroli na Immigration Executive commit tee," consisting of one f rom eaoh coun ty and each commercial body, of which the president of this convention shall bo chairman, and have power to ap point sub-committees: -.^ . First-To prepare a constitution for the South Carolina Immigration asso ciation, and each county organization. Second-To prepare in suitable form all information relative to the re sources, etc., of the State. Third-To elect a general agent up on whom shall devolve all the duties appertaining to an immigration agent. Fourth-To devise a plan by which to raise the funds necessary to defray the expenses necessarily incurred. Fif tb-To prepare and submit to the general assembly such legislation as may be proper to carry into effect the purposes of this convention. Resolved 5, That in order to get the work launched at once this convention calls upon the different counties, mu nicipalities and commercial and agri cultural organizations in this State to send subscriptions to the committee, thus enabling said committee to meet the expenses of tho inauguration of the mov?raent and of the preparation of such advertising matter as may be necessary. "MATITESON'B PLAN" ENDORSED. Col. Thomas then offered a resolu tion endorsing thc Matheson plan. This was adopted. Mr. McMahan offered a resolution to the effect that the representatives In congress be asked to secure a modi fication of the United States statutes which prohibit the prepayment of the transportation of immigrants under contract to work and prohibit the as sistance or encouragement of such Im migrants. T?e original resolution wanted the act "repealed," but after some debate the word "modified" was substituted and the resolution was adopted. The delegations present suggester] the names of the members of the gen eral committee and the president. Mr. Matheson was authorized to select representative and interested membcn in the counties not represented yester day. The following compose the com mittee: A. J. Matheson, Marlboro, chair man; C. C. Langston, Anderson; E. S Addison, Greenwood; Hon. T. H Rainsford, Edgefield; Senator J. T Douglass, .Union county; Mayor Mac both Yoi. city of Union; E. J Watson, Coi bia; John Scott,-New :ber'ryvJ..:.Er,? dal,,; Clarendon, ,T. C tori;; Rr.iM?lJ .pwh.TFlorericef Br?gii Williamson ?>arlingtoif; Dr. J. H David, D' m^A. B. Watsuu, Salud county; - Wiri. Mitchell, . Batesburg Knox Livingston, Marlboro; J. Y Garllngton, Laurens, who is the pres Ident of the chamber of commerce an bad sent a telegram of encouragement W. B. Moore, Yorkville; Pat. Mat thew, Georgetown; T. H. Ketchin Fairfield, and E. W. Dabbs, Sumter These men are well known in Sout Carolina and their enthusiasm wi carry the movement to success. All of the State officers were invil ed to seats on the fioor and a coramil tee was sent down to invite Gov. Hej ward to participate. When the govei nor entered the hall he was called nj on for a word of encouragement an this he gave earnestly. So the cor vention ls assured of his cooperntio in the matter of asking for legisl; ti on. GOV. IIEYWAKD. Gov. Heyward said there is or thing certain, the future of Sout Carolina is assured when upon such a Dccaslon as this men will leave the work and come together and seek t ind ways to build up the State. Th ias been an agricultural State. Ju: recently lt has become a great mam Tacturing State and white labor hi been taken from the farms. Ile ga' his hearty endorsement to Mr. Math son's suggestions and advocated tl establishment of a bureau of i mu: gration. His office is Hooded with le tera asking for Information, and 1 could do nothing in answering the but for the assistance of Mr. E. Watson of the Columbia Chamber Commerce. "I want to see you su coed," he said, "and while in the c fice of governor if there is anything can do to help in this unselfish woi you will have my hearty cooperation The meeting adjourned without at lddresses or regular specch-makin ?ne of the most remarkable gathe ings In the history of the State. Tl presiding officer is a man of work m if words and the meeting yesterd; jet tho machinery in motion. Tl balking will come hereafter. T ielegatcs present were: THE DELEGATES. The counties represented In the cc vention and the delegations prese were as follows: Anderson-A. M. Carpenter, C. Langston, Rev. H. R. Murchis( from the chamber of commerce. Charleston Chamber of Commerce W. S. Hastie, J. B. Thomas, II. Jackson, F. Q. O'Neill, O. E. Johnst Charleston Commercial Club-J. Heraphlll, C. S. Gadsden, H. A. ft loney, James Cosgrove, Clarence Cu ningham. Clarendon-Rev. R. A. Sublett, E. Tindall, R. J. Alderman, W. Gambrell. Columbia-it. W. Shane!, A. Phelps, T. H. Wannamaker, J. J. ? Mahan, E. W. Robertson, C. W. I Creery, F. H. Hyatt, E. K. Palm T. II. Gibbes, August Kohn, W. Shannon, D. Cardwell, E. B. Tayl J. A. Hoyt, Jr., J. B. Matthews, W. Lurapkin, A. M. Richardson, A. Clark, E. J. Watson. Darlington-J. E. Miller, T. Drew and J. N. Parrott. Edgefield-T. H. Rainsford. ^airfield-Rev. S. C. Byrd, T. Ketchin, W. J. Johnson. Florence-R. M. McOown. Greenwood E. S. Addison. Georgetown-Patrick Matthews Lexington-J. Wm. Mitchell. Marlon-J. D. Hasclden for Marl and Dr. J. H. David and A. : B. Gor dan for Dillon. , Marlboro-A. JV Matheson, Charles Crossland and Knox .Livingston. Newberry-John Scott. Saluda-A. B. Watson. Sumter-E..W. Dabb, R. E. Hay nesworth, R. I. Manning, rr Union, City and County-Maobeth Young, R. L. MoNally? V. E. DoBass, B. P. Townsend, J. T. Douglass, R. W. Hamilton. * SERVED HIM BIGHT. A Yo un K I i fid y Ii na ds a Masher to tho Police Station. , When a "masher" wants to see .^ou_ home you should, not treating him with dainty and disdain/ accept hiB attentions. Then, instead of guiding bim to your abode, steer him to the nearest police station. This is the theory and practice of Miss Lizzie Burgess, of No. 624 Foster "street, Evanston Ind. "Even flirt with him," she says. Miss Burgess had a chance to put her' theory into practice with the re sult that Charlea Scott, who ls said to have attempted to flirt with her, occupies a cell in the Evanston police station. Miss. Burgess bad been visiting friends and was walking home. A mau followed her. Slie gave no heed to the man's remarks until she reached Sher man avenue and Emerson street, about two blocks from her home. She waited until the "masher reach ed her. ''May I see you home?" asked the "masher." "Certainly," said Miss. Burgess sweetly, but instead of going north on Sherman avenue toward her home, she started south with the Evanston police station os her destination. The man waited outside while Miss. Burgess entered the police station to "see a friend." There is a "masher' outside whom I wish you would take care of," she told Sergeant Waldron. The policeman accompanied the young woman outside and she intro duced him to her escort. He iook the umasher" inside and placed him In a cell. _ THE RACE PROBLEM. Bishop Halsey Wants Territory Sot Aside for Colored People. Bishop Lucien nalsey, colored, of the African Methodist Zion Church, shocked some of the delegates to the conference in session in Washington, to consider the race problem in the United States, by advocating the na tional Government setting aside one or more States- for the exclusive resi dence of the negro race. A storm of protests followed the reading of-tho paper...' Several .sptak-. ?r??eola^ ?icm or tue rights of the colored: man which would forever prevent his eleva tion. The paper was read at the opening meeting in the Lincoln Tem ple Congregational Church. "Tue two races," said Bishop Hal sey, "have never lived in harmony in the southland, and I am of the opin ion that it ls impossible for them to do so. We are told the South ls a white man's country, but it lt is, that race has shirked it? responsibility in caring for the negroes. The labor of the South today is done by about half colored men and half white laborers. The colored labor has proven to be the most expensive that was ever em ployed." He went on to say that the white men were crowding the negro out of employment In the South, and that the negro was going to the North and West. He proceeded to speak of the evil of the mixing of the white and colored blood, delaring that lt was harmful to both races. An adjourn ment was taken after thc discussion, but it is believed the Committee on Resolutions will consider the paper, and probably bring in a report on the proposed solution. - Your Opportunity To Do Good. The Thornwell Orphanage is locat ed in Clinton, South Carolina. It is the property of the whole Southern Presbyterian Church. It cared last year for 210 orphans, with 28 teachers and ofticers in charge. Of the or phans, 112 were from South Carolina, 40 from Georgia, 15 from Florida. Every Southern State was represented. And some, Northern. The support of this family and their education was provided altogether from volun tary d .mations. They do their best toward self help. They cook their own food, make their own clothing and shoes, raise all thc milk, butter and vegetables used, and dispense with all servants. They are worthy. They arc your own little brothers and sisters. Thanksgiving day is coming. Show your thankfulness by sending a gift of money or provision to thc foun der and head of the Institution, Rev. Wm. B. Jacobs, Clinton, South Car olina. Here ls your opportunity to do good. _ A Family Kow. A dispatch to The Sate says in a light near Mountvllle, Laurens county, Wednesday Bob Pitts was three times shot by J. Q. Williams, his brother-in-law, and Williams' throat was cut with a razor. Both men are white farmers. It ls said that Pitts was drunk and beating his wife, Williams' sister. Williams re monstrated and BItts slashed his neck. Williams drew his pistol and ll red, thc first ball striking Pitts near thc eye and ranging into the throat. The second struck him in the right breast, where it lodged, and the third, lired as Williams was falling, struck him in the arm. Pitts ls expected to die. Wil liams will recover. It is said that Pitts' wife was considerably bruised. A Good Suggestion. Tile following from thc Newberry Observer ls worthy of consideration by the farmers and merchants: "Numer ous suggestions have been.' made to and by farmers relative to buying fertilizers. It ls to their Interests to get them as cheap as possible, but no matter what tho price may be lt ought to be so arranged that farmers will not have to pay for them 'before tho first of January. Thoro are too many claims against the farmer already fall ing due early In the fall and compell ing him to rush his cotton to market. ENDS HER LIFE Because Her Shabby Clothing Had Been Commented .On FALLS POISONED TO THE FLOOR lilt rein ol y Pitiful Pate of a VounR Girl in Now York Toiling to Support an Aged Mother. A girl killed herself Wednesday in a big office in tho big Constable build ing, in New York, before the eyes of ^dozens of other girls employed there as stenographers like herself, before the clerks aqd the managers. Tenderly . nurtured as a child in a comfortable, happy home, when pret ty, sentive Charlotte Thopas grew to girlhood this home was swept away. Her dead father's estate left a legal tangle that when unravelled found the family in possession of only a few hundred dollars. There were three brothers in the family, but these bad families, and seemed able to do no more than take care of themselves, so in a tiny flat in the Bronx, with her sorrowing, white haired mother, the girl lived. The girl doubtless meant to be very brave and to go out in the workaday world and make her way. But the world was rude, hard and little interested in her. It wounded and jostled her. It was so cruelly different from the softness of thc home surroundings that she had known. On the eighth floor of the Constable building arc the offices of S. Anary gros, cigarette manufacturer. There are twenty or more girls employed there. Most of them are said to have comfortable homes and their salaries to be only so much plnmoney to them money to he expended in the purchase of fashionable clothing and pretty bits of adornment, dear to the hearts of young women. The group is chic, and every member of it quite pretty. WAS OF GENTLE BIRTH. Little Miss Thomas, who went to work thor? four weeks ago, wab pret ty, too. She had the black eyes of the South. The family come from Georgia, and several of her ancestors boro honored names in the history of the Confederacy. The family had an. unfortunate business venture in which the little money that had been left by the father was swept away. Judge Kellogg, formerly of the Court of Claims, was Miss Thomas's guardian. What little of her funds had been In his hands was gone. Her brother, a clerk in the Attorney-General's office at Albany, had secured his sister the place of stenographer at the Anary gros offices. It is.Bald that her gown was shabby, and her black, gloves darned In may places, and that her companions noticed it. ^^^^^^B|| V.~'rrlWv cl ?ne;rit^the;^"iifc^?Etl?3f< *' the office aoAcu^uegm^aiu^ : lt Is believed, why' she. didn't fix up a little and dress like the other girls!' : He was startled to see the girl's hands go up to her eyes and her whole small lorm shaken by sobs. Not knowing quite what else to do, he merely felt of his carefully arranged neckties and. ' walked away. The girl's employers, however, are not to be misjudged in ' the matter. It got to their ears and they handed the young man bis hat. MERELY THOUGHT HEH " QUEER." ! The white-haired, broken-hearted I mother of the girl Wednesday told ' how the thoughtless remark of the i clerk, had prayed upon her daughter's < mind. Nothing but absolnte necessi ty pf earning the money induced her to return to the place. She kept to ! herself at her work, and her com- I panions merely regarded her as "queer." Wednesday Miss Thomas went to a big department store at,noon, and i the money that was to have purchased : her luncheon was spent for a two- 1 ounce bottle of carbolic acid. She must have walked the streets for awhile, brooding on what she meant to do, for when she returned the other girls were already there. She lingered In the hallway, watching i them pass in front of her, raising their hands to remove their stylish hats. As thc swish of the silk skirt of the last of the girls sounded through the doorway little Miss ! Thomas swiftly raised the bottle to her lips. ' She staggered through the doorway. 1 She held the bottle aloft. Her face 1 was livid. A strand of thick brown hair had fallen?across her brow, ner little body swayed. "I've done itl" she said In a whisper that cut sharply through the room where the amazed groups of girls and clerks stood looking at her. "I've done it. I wont suffer any more." A MOST PITIFUL DEATH. She fell and did not rise, a small, huddled iigure In a shabby gown of black. Suddenly one of tho girls ? screamed. Others ran to corners of j the roora, their hands to their eyes. One giri moved swiftly to the pros trate figure and knelt beside her. "Boor little thing," she said and Btoked the brown strand back from i the girl's forehead. But the act of kindness was unknown to Miss 1 Thomas. She was unconscious and very near death. Fifteen minutes later an ambulance surgeon Btood away from the cot on which she had been laid and with a brief movement, drew a white linen handkerchief across the girlish features. ^_^J?D A while afterward one of the girls i went to the little apartments at No. 8(ii) East One Hundred and Eightieth street to tell the mother that her daughter was dead. But she saw the white-haired Southern gentlewoman, the girl could merely say that Miss Thomas was very ill at the offices. Mrs. Thomas went there. They left her alon i for a time beside the lounge. They heard first only a long, sharp cry. Then there was silence. After ward, the mother came out to ask in whispers of what had occurred. Wednesday night the body of thc girl who had been so hurt and worn by trouble was In her mother's home. Many members of St. Paul's Episco pal Church in the Bronx, where Miss Thomas had been a constant atten dant, called to comfort her parent, but they went away knowing that they had not succeeded, for one can not speak to grief that sits with silent, tearless oyes.-Now York American. COLOMBIANS ENRAGED. When Newe of tho Revolution Roaoh '. od Then^They Were W11?Y The, ..royal mail steamers Orinoco arrived at Colon, bringing news of Gen. Torres and the Colomblan.troopB ho took from Panama, on Thursday, after the proclamation of tho republic of Panama. . ,.:'.;,?<,. . ? On ititi arrival of Gen. Torres and his troops at ^??b?geha, news of the events on the Isthmus quickly spread abd caused excitement. Gen. Torres and his oflicera were threatened with arrest as traitors, but the threat was not p?t; into effect. The populace, greatly excited, soon orowded the streete'cr'ying "down with the Ameri cans.'^ - fi United States Consul Ingersoll, fear ing violence, remained shut up in the consulate. The excitement at Barranquilla in creased with the spreading of the news Of the secession of the isthmus, whlcb^was supplemented by exaggerat cd accounts of the alleged part played hy thu'United States therein. Pana ma's declaration of independence was read ffom a newspaper by the prefect to a crowd assembled in the plaza and was ^greeted by furious orles and shouts: pf "death to the Panamani ans" abd "death to the Americans The^prefect followed the reading by a speech, in which he declared that the Colombian government would never 'permit tho secession of the isth mus apel would win back the lost ter ri tory ??t any cost. The crcwd in the plaza -indulged in many extravagant threats. "United States Vice Consul Lovelace was sitting on a balcony of his house at Barranquilla Thursday night when several stones were thrown at bim. He retired indoors and was not further molested by the Colombians. Revolutionary talk began immedi ately afc'BarranqullIa and threats were made agu!nt congressmen responsible for,;jh?:;.hon- ratification of the Hay Herran^canal treaty. Fears" are entertained for the safety of Americans in Colombia, and of the possibility of ' the anger of thc popu lace b?ing vented against foreigners generally. The.authorities at Savanil la-have'mounted two obsolete guns covering the wharf. S HEROIC CONDUCT. Lieu**' Curtin and His Mon Have tho U. S. Lawrence. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says the^jfoism of Lieut. Curtin and sev eral Examen on board the torpedo boat destr?yer Lawrence Wednesday saved that?^raft frpm . destruction. A Hghw^candle taft-by. a workman on a wr'/?eri box in the vessel's, forward co1 '" msntf'.'' cauHcd , a fire which b ' ?riv?f?i^ ' '*t \va.v; Q.si?.n??idslu,d by ^..jtv?- .d'ana??Ww&T&"~-^jiJ? lie. 3?r ; Hames reached the maga zine; \-which a quantity, of explosives werev~$ored. In their battle against the flames Lieut. Curtin and his men were i;o overcome by the smoke that they lost consciousness after the fight was won and were hurried on board the cruiser Olympia for treatment. Their condition is not serious. The fire occurred In a stuffy com partment directly adjoining the maga sine' and had gained considerable ueadyway when lt was discovered The place was filled with a dense smoke that baffled the efforts of the crew and caused them to fall helpless to the steel door. Time and again the seamen dived Into the tire ch am ber and emerged with the unconscious form of a seaman in his grasp. At ter a hurried resuscitation the sea man and his oi?lcer would return only to again succumb to the smoke. A sailor plunged into the compartment and a second later came out with the limp body of the officer in his arms Five seamen in a similar condition were stretched out on the deck. All were hurried on board the Olympia in dry dock, the surgeons soon brought them to consciousness. The damage to the Lawrence was trifling The Gc rnmn Carp. A few years ago we hailed the ad- j vent of the German carp with open ! arms, but to-day we are lamenting the | fact that they were brought to this country. In Wisconsin the fish ward ens have begun to try and clear them I out of the waters of the state, but it | ls almost a hopeless task. The Ger man carp is not what wc thought he I would be. He lives almost entirely on vegetable matter, with the result that thc moss, pond lilies and other growth I have been almost entirely eaten up, thus destroying the protection to I young game fish. Thc latter aro fast | disappearing, and the carp are multi plying at a frightful rate. Most peo ple have a prejudice against carp and will not eat them, and the public in general are beginning to regret the I day they were introduced into ourj streams._ On tho Ki^ht lilno. The Columbia State says: "Negro I sitizen of Boston in mass meeting have | Issued a circular calling on all the col ored voters of the north to detach themselves from thc control of both political parties and organize with an I eye single to the preservation of rights | guaranteed by the last three amend ments. This would not be a bad stop. By means of it the nothern Republi cans may be compelled to give some I substautial proof of their alleged de votion to the brother In black, or eke to cease their insincere pr?tentions. Ho Was i limine. Andrew II. Green, tho "father of Greater New York" and one of the city's oldest and morst remarkable citizens, was shot and instantly killed on the steps of his home, on Park avenue, New York, Friday by Cor nelius M. Williams, a negro who is believed to bc Insane. The shooting was evidently thc outcome of an In sane delusion on the part of the ne gro that Mr. Green had slandered him. _ Philippine Census. Advance reports Indicate that the returns of the recent census of tho Philippines when tabulated, will show a population of 7,000,000, exclusive of the wild tribes of tho mountains, which are estimated at less than 1, OOO.OUO. KOOSEVELT SCOEED ?hennan'B Character and Talents Shelled "Warnily hy Dr. Jones.. ABOUT THE BATTLE ABBEY. Dr. JoncB Explains the Object of the Ca UH o and What Will be Done With tho Institution When Completed. In an address Wednesday in Au gusta, Ga., before the Confederate convention of Georgia Dr. J. William Jones, chaplain commander of the general TJ. C. V. organization, and at the head of the movement for tho ereotion of a - battle- abbey in the South, scored President' Roosevelt In the harshest terms for lils praise of General Sherman and a wilful distor tion of the facts ot history. The ad dress produced the wildest enthusiasm among the old veterans of the lost cause and wus cheered to the echo. Dr. Jones said: DB. JOUE8' SPEECH. "Through the slackness of tho peo ple In the South there has been allow ed to stand as undisputed history statements that aie absolutely arid entirely untrue. This extends not only to the ignorant, but to tho leaders of the land. The president-'? (Voice: I didn't know we had one) -In his speech, made at the unveiling of Sherman's monument, spoke of him as the greatest leader in the civil war. Sherman, who was routed at Manas sas, at Shiloh, so badly defeated by Stephon D. Lee at Vicksburg that he was forced to board his transports and return to Memphis*, Sherman, who was outgeneraled and defeated by the noble Forest, who, with a much smaller force, time and again sent him flying. Sherman, who never waged successful warfare until with overwhelming numbers ho forced hiB way South and made through Georgia, leaving smoking- ruins in his rear. (Voice-Yes, waging war on women and children). Gentlemen, this is thc man that Theodore Roosevelt, presi dent of the United States, character izes as a brave and brilliant man. Roosevelt has written a history of the West, but when he comes to the story of the great conflict between the North and the South'hls knowledge is sadly deficient." A veteran In the crowd mentioned Booker Washington's name and Dr. Jones replied: Booker Washington is a saint compared with him," FALSE HISTOKIES. ] "Comrades, think of this man Sher- f man, who lied on Wade Hampton In f bis official, report to the government {< about the burning of Columbia, apel ) who, ina;history ; written some years } aft?r th?7wi>r,- AV.hloli I always >.keep :? U?^t^^^^-^ '^ .ei^w^littca"-' \ non nr^?au^?Ki1-p?^vc?V)^^-^?.'t'i.i?-' . mine enemy-would write a book,'ac-' :; knowledges'that bs lied, and said that Hampton was a braggart, dod * that he wished to" injure him with his own people. "I saw a history written by a ? Northern man which stated that . there were 2,000,000 men in the Con federate army, when, as a matter of ? fact, there were only 600,000. I won't < say where, but at a Southern univer- ^ s i ty, there was a professor of history who made this statement, and I said i to him: If we had had 2^000,000 men we would have run the Northern ar- ! mies beyond the Arctic Ocean. We only had a small number to fight our . battles and against them were array- j ed mercenaries of tbe world and the negroes, who in the bloody crater at * Petersburg, were sacrificed by their . Northern friends." BATTLE ABBE?. Dr. Jones opened his address In be half of the Confederate Memorial As sociation by paying a magnificent tribute to Georgia Confederate sol diers, relating many instances of valor that came to his notice during the sixties. To the convention he brought 1 the greetings of Virginia veterans to the Georgia reunion. As the representative of the Con federate Memorial Association, better known as the Battle Abbey movement, Dr. Jones entered Into a concise state ment of its affairs. Charles Broad way Rouse, a private in the Confeder ate army, deeded 8100,000 for the erection ot a Coo federate memorial hall, the proviso being that the U. 0. . V. supplement it by an equal amount, they to select tbe site of the Battle Abbey. Dr. Jones announced that already more than the required 8100,000 had been raised. The city of Richmond contributed $50,000 to tho fund. The aim is to greatly augment the present amount on band and build the Battle Abbey on a more magnificent scale than at first planned. He wanted Georgia to take a part in the erection of the abbey. The idea ls to establish a great li brary-a library of true American history. In the building will be pre served all tbe historic records of the Confederacy, where it can be consult ed by thc world in the generations to come. In passing Dr. Jones scored the public schools of Augusta for using what he termed an infamous, lying text book, Eggleston U. S. History. The movement for thc erection of the Battle Abbey was endorsed amid the wildest enthusiasm, and a large num ber present pressed forward to con tribute to the fund. Cards were dis tributed and quite a large subscrip tion list raised for future payment. lleatcn to Dont ti. Fleet Wilkins a merchant at Hicks siding, two miles from Roxboro, N C., died Thursday morning from the effects of an assault committed upon him by a negro named Adam Hunt. Thc negro had demanded money, which being refused he literally beat Mr. Wilkins to death. He was arrest ed and loged In Jail._ A Winning Issue. The only Democrat elected lu a cer tain county in New York is a small man with seven children. He was run on the Roosevelt platform of anti-race suicido' and tho press called on the public to vote for thc little man with the big family. Tho slogan . caught the public car and changed a thous and votes. ? I .;;: : \ ::, .:. ;.dv - . . .? . THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL j Destroyed Millions of Dollars 'Worth of Cotton This Season.' The Columbia State's Washington correspondent says \ Representative Slayden of Texas docs not agree with Secretary .Wilson's" conclusion that the boll weevil cannot be exterminat ed and that the only recourse southern cotton planters haveJs early planting. In discussing tho announced. conclu BIOUS of the secretary of agriculture Mr. Slayden sa>8: "I have profound respect for the ability and charaotor of Mr. Wilson?; - and therefore I regret to have to differ' '. from him. What ho suggests is not practicable-at least not entirely so. Whether cotton is planted early or late in Texas does not, as a rule, de-. < pond upon tho will of the planter. The season regulates that, and the season in Texas cannot be regulated; ; The weevil did millions pf dollars hf damage in south and south central Texas this year" in August and September, during which months cot ton continues to bloom and to fruit. In my opinion, the State of Texas has adopted the right course in offering a reward for a complete remedy for this distressing situation. Our state bas offered a reward of 350,000, open to the world, for the discovery of any practical method of destroying the weevil. "Suppose the federal government were to 'offer five times as much, would it,not stimulate men of science to even greater exertion? I am told that when the vineyards of France were in danger from an Insect a re ward of $100,000 was offered for the finding of a remedy, and that it was found. Whether that is true or. hot I don't know. But it doesn't matter. We can make precedents in this coun f.rir ?"VJ Such a course would not reflect on the able corps of scientists In the de partment of agriculture, whose time is so fully occupied with other matters that what study they can give to the cotton boll weevil is a mere Incident. Mr. Hudson, president of the San An tonio and Aransas Pass- Ballway com pany, in Texas, and it is not one of the very Important cotton-hauling roads told me a few days ago tb at approx imately 100,000 bales of cotton bad been eaten up on the line of his road alone this year. That means a loss of $5,000,000 to the farmers and propor tionately large sums to. thc transporta tion lines, glnners and others. "Haifa million dollars would bea trilling sumfor the government to : pay to exterminate this pest, and if no exterminator were found, no reward would be paid. - Then, by continued ? icarcity and high prices in tho United ? States the cultivation of cotton will ' be fostered loather* para of. the world ?] ind J.we . -may-l loseta, ^market We .. haye il??st.'monp^ rttnatl?n^ ? .'.'{. " " . lio-?.-, _ci;.' ..; The appointment of; Geh; ..Robert ihaw Oliver to be assistant secretary i >f war will be fought, it.seems. Oil-. ^ rer is from Albany,, N._. Y. , ?nd it is 1 laid that certain Influential Republi- 1 jans at Albany have filed a - protest ' igainst his selection for this place. -1 'Mr. Roosevelt," says the New York j iun, "as governor of the State of 1 Sew York, was perfectly familiur at 1 Albany with the social life of Gen.- 1 Oliver," and "as a matter of fact, the ? president has been furnished with in- ( 'ormation concerning Gen. Oliver's 1 loclal relations, not only in Albany, 1 jut in Florence, Italy." The Colum- 1 jia State says manifestly Bobby ls a 1 jay boy. But a president who can itand for Addicks and Crum and the ike ought not to mind backing a fei- \ ow whose "social relations" are just . i little off color. i A Firebug Captured. A special to The News and Observe^ trom Rockingham, N. C., says:^ fe is believed that the incendiary''who re cently kindled two destructive fires here in which lOora?bzen buildings in the business part of the town were burned, is now in uistody. A detec tive and his assistant sent from Ra leigh by StateJFire Insurance Com missioner Yrj^?g, it is alleged, saw Henry F. Sjtfith, a white man of that place, make three attempts to fire a dry r>ods store. Once the fire died ouybf Itself and twice was extlnguish rwi by the detectives. The arrest of Smith followed. RiftKcst BueinesB. N. M. Brooks, Superintendent of Foreign Malls, estimates that In the last year 80,240,700 was received hy this Government as postage on ar ticles exchanged with all foreign countries. Oiiiclal statistics of the postal service in eight leading coun tries of the world shows that the United States leads In tho number of post on ices and employes, and as to the number of articles of mail matter received by and sent to each Inhabi tant. The United States also exceed ed by $7,040,000 thc amount expend ed for postal service by Germany, its nearest competitor. A Slap at the South. Crumpacker has reintroduced irv the house his bill providing for a reduction in the congressional representation of thoso States which have discriminat ed politically against the negro. He has not decided whether he will press measure for consideration this winter or not, but he introduced lt merely that he might have lt on the calendar and be prepared to urge it If he deem ed it desirable to do so. It is under stood to be quite likely, however, that no action will bc taken on the bill,' at least' prior to the presidential cam paign. Japan Hot for War. . A dispatch from Takeo says thc en tire Japanese nation Is burning with a desire for wnr with Russia. The peo ple of all classes, government otllclals, as well as private citizens, feel that only by an appeal to arms can .tho question at Issue between the two governments be settled. Pacific dis patches that have emenated from Eu-1 ropean sources are discredited here. The government ls making every pos sible preparation for war. Prime Min ister Katsura today made an appeal to the people to stand together at the present orisis. ; WANTS AN EAR. A Bich5 "Western Man Offers Five Thousand Dollars 'for Oho. AND MANY ABE OFFERED TO HIM. IT I Will Help This Earless Man ir He Ma?ces Lil*? -E?f^^^^^^S for Me, Baye tho Crowd. ''jjjfBB Tho Now York American says scores ot . women and girls, men and vboys, all eager to sell their ears for ?5fb00, came with a rush last week to Dr. A. V Ii. Nealon's office, in East Twenty- : ninth st reet New York.' ; The doctor has a rich patient, a :-vv? Western mining man, who will pay that sum for an ear which must bo grafted on bis head in place of ah ear; which. be lost by accident. But tho ear must be perfect and of precise dimensions', as d?sorlb?d in the follow ing advestlsement -printed In. the morning newspapers, and which drew the anxious persons who would barter beauty for money: $5,000.00 will he paid for right ear, 21 inches long, ll inches wide, with perfect curves and full lob?.'. Tho ear may be from either male or female and must be from a person in perfect health. Offers by mail .-considered. Dr. A. L. Neiden, 13 East 29th st. FILLED AT ALI. HOCKS. - . The doctor's waiting room was filled at all hours, and many stood outside. Then they ca.me singly, in twos and threes, all the afternoon. At night fall more than 100 ears had been ex amined, and. the respective owners' names and addresses written down. Others *who . came later were turned away and asked to come again today. Telegrams came by dozens from men and women who live out of town and who are willing to Boll an ear for 96,000. Letters will probably arrive in this morning's mall containing similar offers. One telegram reelved;from a woman io Jtmuaio read as iollowa: To Dr. A. L. Neiden: Bead your offer of $5,000 for an ear, I t have a perfect ear?-but have rea-: I?..V^^ ' son to car? no more for the ear or . . other features upon which I once prided myself. Let me know at once if you want me to-come on. IT "WAB A CHEERIiESS ORO CT. In pitiful contrast to tho gay arado of the Fifth avenue throngs Inf . the sunshine Sunday afternoon was'-^^^M the odd assortment of men and wo men who slipped through the procos-. ^' '-? . alon into the shadow of Twenty-ninth ?treetto collect In a .silent j unfriend ly, cheerless group in front of tho bf (V ' ' t.Dr. A. LT. Neiden. . . . .u ;sell an ear for 35,000 ;t-hcs'a In- -,ty . ^&i#^?S^?^d|fe o? ... . ? ,?'.?''.'.I.V.. .''.V?'.'. .^ver^"?6j^s%7^?^^h?": f ?ot -Ug^teh :th? ?tbod; waiting at ?th'?dc^t?r'a0d??i1.; l6 limply added to the bitterness .'of :. .' rivalry. Whatever had been .the object of': ; . ihe surgeon in stating" that he must lave a good ear to grat upon a. rloh patient from the West and was will-\ ng to.pay $5,000 to any man pr wo nan who would give up: the needed > : ar,-it did not enter Into the consld sratlon of the earnest men and women vho besieged his door. They had . 'ead his advertisement in the newspa pers and came ready to receive the noney and turn over the ear. BRINGS A SHAPELY KAU. One of the fi rat of those to arrive with ears to sell was a younir :-*??i?-?' About twen^ei^hJir^fir^age'. She svas att^-'^?fpiainly, but evidently had ?e^jarniore prosperous days. Her eyes racked lustre, her shoulders were Blightly rounded, and her face was : prematurely marked with the Tines and wrinkles of worry and trouble. Her ears, however, were small and shapely. "Does tho doctor live here that wants to buy an ear for $5,000?" she timidly asked the girl who answered her ring of the bell. "You want the doctor to look at your ear?" the giri asked, with a tinge of curiosity in her tone, for up to this time she had seen men only. ''Yes," the young woman answered, and then she asked eagerly: "He hasn't bought the ear yet, has he?" "No," answered the girl. "You may step In and walt for him," and the young woman joined the throng in the ante-room. Murdered a Family. A family of five persons, father, mother and three children, have been murdered in their home in Marianna Fla. Tho bodies found by the mother of tho murdered wife. The family's name was Gaffney. They lived on the outskirts of the town. They had not been seen for over a week when the "wife's mother went to call on thom. She found the door fastened with a padlock, and chains. Noticing blood spots, she summoned neighbors and the door was forced. Lying on the bed was Gallery, and his wife, their skulls rf; crushed with an axe. On this bed al so lay the infant with its throat cut, and the head almost severed. On door lay other children with their heads severed. There ls no oluo to tho murderers. Brynn Sails for Europe. Wm. J. Bryan sailed for Europe Wednesday from New York on tho White Star liner Majestic He paid his compliments to Grover Cleveland Inno uncertain terms. He says tho ex-president has no chance of tho nomination even with the help of Wall Street interests. Even if nomi nated ho could not- carry a single state. Mr. Bryan afllrms that the re cent elections prove nothing and tho Kansas City platform democrats like hoing defeated. They will keep tho money question paramount and whrtx tho submission of the minority. Ho will return In six weeks for the fight. The authorized capitalization of scrct car lines in the United States in 1902 amounted to $2,870,029,310, whilo the gross earnings from opera tions were $247,553,099, and tho next Income, after deducting all expense;;, both operating and fixed eharges, waa ,$30,506,977.