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i ne Marlboro "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.' BENNETTSVII^LE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1904. NO. 16 MR. WATSON TALKS. The Commissioner of Immigration Tells New York Paper OF NEW STATE DEPARTMENT. Comm ?OH ?oner Wu? son Makes A State ment of What He Hope? to Accomplish Infringing Whito Labor Hero. By an act of the South Carolina legislature which went into effect on Feb. 26 there was created in the State a department of agriculture, com merce and immigration. E J. Wat ftn of Columbia,-a representative >f the new generation of energetic young business men who are the impelling force bick of the recent awakening of southern industries and commercial activity, lias been selected by Uov. Hey ward as the iirst commissioner of the new department. -." Mr. Watson has been In New York for several days on business connected with his ofllce. This summer he will make a trip to Denmark, Norway, Sweedor. and Germany, with a view to presenting the advantages ol South Caro1.ina as a field for the desirable class of immigrants who come from tbo.se countries. S pea king-Wed nes "day of his visit to New York and of the 'circumstances which led to the creation of the department of which he is the head Mr. Watson said: "M'y presence In New York at this time is due to the new conditions that have arisen in the middle south, and it is no unmeaning errand considered in the light of the development of the country. The rapid development of southern manufacturing and the con sequent robbing of the Heids of the white tenant farmer class, the demon stration given to the world last fall of the dependency of its cotton manu facturing interests on the south for raw material, not alone in this coun try but abroad-these and Hie ten rlr?nf\v nf the negro to move to t'no centres of population and thence "to the cast are the three essentials to be considered. "It ls perhaps a strange and yet r.ot unexpected condition that the very rapid development of the manufac turing industry of the tooth-particu larly in my State-should result in in jury to.agricultural interests. The explanation, however, is easy. "When we went ahead 'and put nearly $-10, 000,000 into cost?n n^|ls, which could .only be operated wiS; '-Re labor for reasons it is nut nccc^,.. Jy?p discuss, we simply rubbed our frelds of the te tenant farmer class and left :-^i?uRura! interests'' in su- x a e WUOre^C?tlw^. ._..u~T facturlng wofrd Its dependency upon the cotton growing states of this country, accentuating the acuteness of a sit nation already seen and realiz ' ed.. Tho farmers fared well and they have proliRed. Now they realize their power and their opportunity, but they lind themselves without the neceisary labor, and intelligent labor they must have. They consequently want something and want it quickly. "Another phase of this situation is the negro question. Cur farmers have .always bad plenty of negro 'abor on their places. Today they are crying for labor with wliich to work their crops. Having lost the white tenant farmer for the reasons assigned, they have suffered the additional partial loss of the negro farm laborer. This Is due to the fact that the negro's ten dency, In our State at least, In the ? last few years has been, Iirst, to seek ) the larger centres of population and commerce. In the citits he linds him - ^ejfpoorly clad, irregularly and ill fed and aTfiatural victim of immorality the consequent sulfercr from disease-i which ?end to balance the death and birth ?ate. Again, his tendency is to Beek- rpilroad construction camps and to mo\'e north and east. Thc exempli ?cationlof this can bc must strikingly found IN Washington and Baltimore, and event here in New York, the in crease In'the negro population in the two first (name cities having been reached in the last two or three years. "All of tr?ase things have combined, together with the appearance of the boll weevill in Texas, to awaken the agricultural interests of the South toa realization of ?he fact that something must be dune. Thc great need is white settlers from this country and abroad. My State has seen the situation, and that is why I am here. Our farmers know that the boll weevil, unless an insect to destroy him is discovered, is likely to cross the Mississippi at any moment and do *what Sully had done this year, with t>je additional feat ure that the effect oi} prices w ill bc per manent. Tiley knovv that il the weevil does come prices wifi. romain high, and that the danger of the pest is an cle ment in the situation. They realize that they want diversified and inten sified farming, and, knowing this, they have succeeded in establishing, near the heart of the State, diversifi cation farm No. I. i y the federal gov ernmanO, under the boll weevil appro priation. ./ "Further, knowing the need of in telligent labor, the State has estab lished its department'.of agriculture, commerce and Immigration, at the head e>f which I have beten placed for four years, with the view of Inducing desirable Investment? and settlers from north Kumpeln and American points toc?me toScKgth Carolina-the real garden spot of thea world, possess ing a soil and climate producing sonic crop the year round. \v\' have thous ands of acres of land 1) ines Idle at this time, and it ls .the provence of the new department to bring Mahout their development. "ft "The department has ln^en fashion ed upon the best features gol' national and State departments uf 'Bike nat ure, and the scope istarcT?cTenough to admit of Its handling ?tiny conditions that may arise affeotln?g Industrial develop ment. V "I am here now to set the ball In motion toward gratti ng that which wc so greatly needy Intelligent white labor of Saxon origiln. The work, so far ls of construct!i&Kfi character, but 1 trust lt will be prolific of genuine results. 1 am dealing wi* '.th-all having V .. * V. any interest in tbe situation that ls attracting attention to tbe middle south-the southern France of Amer ica-and thus far effectively. I am trying to see all who are interested In any way, for I feel that those who invest or settle in South Carolina have -a bright future awaiting them. When thc waste places have been populated the act under which wc are operating is so constructed that we can turn our attention to other plans of develop ment as the necessity for them ar rives. "There ls no part of the country that olfers so many inducements as does the middele south just n''.w to the native and foreign settler and Investor. Our State department has just been launched, but 1 believe it is constructed upon better and broader lines than any similar State depart ment in thc country, and 1 expect noteworthy results. We are now in a position to oiler to thc desirable farm er from across the water lands upon which he can raise something tlie year round, aud with due considera tion to all conditions I cannot see wherein the element of failure enters. 1 know we have obstacles to sur mount, but obstacles aro ever an clement in tlie success of any Import ant undertaking which is of itself a departure from the beaten tracks. "All tlie Southern States are begin ning to awaken to thc value of their own resources, and it is safe to pre dict that in the next few years this part of the United States will become a considerable factor in the produc tion of the wealth of the country at large. Bistern capital is at this time paying more attention to southern land and other investments than'ever before, and the spirit of progress is today running strong in places where a few years ago tlie people seemed to lie ignorant of their opportunities." Baw York Sun. Five Wero Sun'ocuteil. Five persons are dead and anothci is dying as thc result of a fire that oc curred Wednesday in the Columbia hall building, a metal sheathed three story structure located in Wilson Place at Mount Vernon, N. Y. Tlie Nathan Frey, (?ti years old. Isidore Frey, 12 years. Stephen Frey, V) years. Henry Krej, -*t years. (iossie Dohring, 10 years, a cousin of Mrs. Rebecca Frey. Mrs. Frey is dying in a hospital. The iirst Hour of tlie building was occupied by tlie Columbia Piano com pany. On the second floor was Co lumbia hall, with ante-rooms and on the third door were apartments oe copied by the Frey, Parry and Lavignefamilies. Fire'spread through out the toop lloor with great rapidity. The inmates were aroused Dy the smoke and heat and i\H endeavored tc ;-naJ><\ rjifdr esr***!* bu 'io mrniSert uo . .u? uri ,an? Kirs, starry atid Mr. aird Mrs. Lavigne managed to reach windows on the third lloor and were brought down ladders by the firemen. All "Mic dead are more or less burn ed, bul their deaths probably resulted, directly from suffocation. The prop erty loss is estimated about $'50,000. Studeiita Shoot a Mun. At Lexington, Ky., Coley Hayden, IS) years old, was shot at the State college baseball park Friday by Lee Andersen, a State college student who was acting as guard at tlie park, The bullet entered Hayden's lcfl shoulder and indicted a serious wound Police Capt. Brown went to the pari lo ur rest Anderson. As sion as Ander son learned his mission, he pulled hil revolver and declared he would liol submit to airest. A crowd of 201 State college students backed him u| in Iiis refusal. Capt. Brown rushet in before he could shoot, however, am af 1er a tussle, disarmed Anderson, lb was placed under arrest an< thc students made no fur the attempt to keep him from th? police. Later lie was rclcasei on bond. The State college an< Central university were engaged In i game of baseball, and Hayden wa looking on through a crack in tb fence. Anderson ordered him awa; when, it ls said, Hayden cursed him Anderson there upon shot him with out further words. Gava Mic l'or Friend. Four men lost their lives in an ex pit sion Friday at thc Pi nt sch t?a Compressing company's plant in south west Washington. Thc dead are Stephen Henson, Charles W. t?rigsby Joseph Cumberland and an unknowi negro. Henson, Cumberland and th negro were instantly killed. Grigsb, was seriously burned and died at til hospital. His injuries were Hie rt Milt of an heroic attempt to rescu his comrades. Ile. rushed into th . ngine room and catching the arm o Cumberland, who was buried in th debris, tried lo drag him out. Th Hames rapidly enveloped Grigsby bu lie released Iiis hold on Cumberlan only after the arrival of the liremei He told the hospital physicians tin Hie disaster was caused by Hie gas bi coming too high and Hie inability < the men to lind tlie leak. "Tl lonin," said he, "must have been ful t he gas kepi rising and the roof WI blown ollVJ_ A Trust "Hunter." Congressman John W. Gaines, i Tennessee, in a speech against an a propriation for building a road Alaska, said that his const!tuen needed good roads and besides we j oppressed by trusts, but Hie oppn sion of the icc trust had been relievi by Chief Justice Allon B. Parker ai others in New York, when Hie D un crats applauded the name of Parke and Mr. Gaines again provoked a plausc on Hie minority side by say In "We ure going to put him in tlie Whi House. He is going to crush the bi ance of Hie trusts in this countr which the Republicans will never dc Sin; IMuycd The Knees. Thc story is circulating in ollie! circles and exclusive society, th Miss Alice Ko* sevelt luis been banish to New York for the rest of t Washington racing season because8 made I.els on races and was pbol graphed in Hie act by some pliol g ra plier on the grounds. The in who took the snap shots tried to s the pictures to newspapers, but t president and friends suppressed t i pictures. WANT TO COME Hi.BE. Views of^a ?ew Englander Who] Wants His People TO SETTLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. One Atuonjc Many Who Wish to Settle | In a Moro Temperate Climate. A sincero Yankee Deo laratton. To the Editor of The State: I have received two letters from my friend, Mr. Howard, who is.deeply in terested in getting Massachusetts) men to settle In South Carolina. In his letter of March 23d Mr. How ard says: Ware, Mass., March 23, 1904. Col. John P. Thomas, Charleson, S. C. Dear Sir: The Columbia State at hand. Your editorial O. Iv. I aro inclined to think Mr. Watson thinks you and I have too much to say. At any rate he don't condescend to ac knowledge our good intentions. I see M. V. Uichards has sent a m?n to Columbia in the interest of Southern railroad. We no doubt will see the workings of the bureau of immigra tion In goori time if we only will have patience. Mr. Watson is no doubt working his brains. Thc class of peo ple this very State of Massachusetts has allowed to come in last year are a curse to any country, and are contin ually dumped over here-to thc bene fit of the country they leave, and a curse to the one they come to. If you don't believe it visit any of the manufacturing cities of Massachu setts. 1 am, Very truly yours, W. V. HOWAHD. In his letter of March 21th Mr. Howard says: My Dear Colonel: 1 sent you a few clippings yesterday and 1 see one in last night's paper I thought 1 would send you today, with my views of it. 1 have advertised my property for the last three weeks iu 10 papers, viz.: Huston Globe, Boston Herald, Wor cester Gazette, Springlleld Republi can, Springtield Union, Sprhmlield Homestead, Hartford Courant, Ware River News and Harre Gazette. Yes, 10 papers, and 1 have had but one mau to call to look at my farm and some six letters of inquiry. The trouble in New England is thc cold winter for me; that is thc one great reason 1 want a change and I can't see why thc west part of South Caro lina is not an ideal place for me, a full blood, dyed-in-the-wool Yankee, and lots more of us who have always been workers, and are willing to let our arm out if we. can come with the right hand of fellowship extended. U. oouJi?<?aTU^ u'po^?i7ue ??Now England Yankee as tricky, sharp and always looking for the almighty dollar. Tills may be so to an extent, but these yarns as to the Yankee be ing a. "negro lover" is all bosh; the class of people I would like to see have a chance lo better themselves want none of it. There may he in and around Harvard college and llea cou street a few so-called "nigger lovers," but they want them at arms length. Now in my town of 0,000 people there has never been in the past ?O years but one colored family. Ocr people outside of the cities know nothing of them and want nothing of them, only they would like to see Hie colored man, as long as the Great Creator has put him on tin; earth, given a chance to have a home and country and sume of (Jud's blessings that are given tu uthers; and the most of the peuple, that is, thc class 1 have requested you to present' to the chief of the bureau of immigration for his consid?ration, would much prefer this government (Instead of the millions that have been blown in foulis dy and needlessly in the Philippines on a lot of peuple who want no part of us, and DU per cent, of the people of this country want nu part of them) would give tu the iiead of every colured fam ily a hume of 25 or f>0 acres of land in, we will say, Central America, Cuba ur Jamaica. (Jive the colured man a country of his own and a Hag; establish him on his land with proper looking after and advice till his chil dren can have the benefit of schools. That tlie colored people can live in this part of tia: world and a white man would have a hard time of ii, i^ well known; that, is the way the Yan kee who works tor a living would suive the negro problem. My (har colonel, I started to tell you how 1 was trying to sell out here and don't have the success I could wish; the fact is there are 1,000 farms for sale to one buyer: farms aro a drug iu New Kngland. I intend t" write you from time to time anyway in order to keep posted as to immi gration, etc. 1 am, Very truly, etc., W. V. HOWAHD. This is one clipping Mr. Howard scuds: "The Hartford 1'ost lightly says: 'Pour Waterbury hotels were plum full the other night when a colored clergyman applied for a room in one after another ot them.' It is for this reason that so many northerners see tit to protest against the Introduction ot' Jim Crow cars in the south, 'i le y have an easier method here.'" Spring field Republican. This is another: "Tables of figures showing the lift migration Of foreigners into Nip England during 11)03 have, just boen completed by Kev. Joel S. ives ot Hartford, who for the past fooryJirs has conducted a census of the forngn population of the six Stales in bjiall of the Congregational Home Mission ary society According to his Heures, the influx of foreigners last ye* was as follows: Maine, 1,997; New Hamp shire, 1,801; Vermont, 1,011; Massa chusetts, 05,757; Rhode Island '),lt>7, and C nnecticut, 21,813, a jbtal ol' j 102,f)0t). Southern Europe ?lippiled ? a great number of these Inmigrants, for of the total 28,151 were Italians and 1 1,877 Poles."-Springleid Re publican. Thc third clipping I gi vi is from thc same paper, the Springfield Re publican: j "The south wants wbiU immigra tion, but is denied it; and why that / section In vain seeks to attract such Immigration is tbus stated by tbc Wilmington (N. ?.) Star: " 'As long as we lynch In the south, and furthermore draw our guns and shoot each other to death on the streets, we are wasting time In estab lishing immigration bureaus. People will be deterred from Immigrating to a State where a bi?i murder record ls made year in and year out.' "The Charleston News and Courier says of this that 'that ls thc plain truth plainly spoken. Only the des perately adventurous and most unde sirable would seek residence In a com munity or State where a cit ?zen's abil ity to draw a pistol and shoot tirst ls his greatest security.' Such talk from southern newspapers ls very en eucouraging. No situation, however bad, is hopeless where the truth linds outspoken and fearless utterance." Whereupon Mr. Howard comments as follows: "There are knifing, cutting, shoot ing and crimes of all sorts 00 percent, more in New England than in the south." I wish to add that Mr. E. J. Wat son, the Stale commissioner, has In formed me that it ls his purpose to communicate with Mr. Howard with the view of ascertaining how he eau advance thc cause of immigration to thc south in New England." It is such men'as Mr. Matthcson anti Mr. Howard and such railroads as the Southern that advance In a prac tical way the main purposes of the hdrcau of immigration. Let them be encouraged and sustained for the public good. J NO. P. THOMAS. March 30, 100 I._ CONVICTS REVOLT. An Uprising of Prisoner!) in th? Mis souri State Penitentiary. A desperate attempt was made by about liffey convicts at the Missouri penitentiary to blow up that institu tion early Wednesday morning, killing all thc guards who interfered with them and to turn Innseon Jefferson j City some three hundred criminals. At 10 o'clock Huck Williams, a guard in charge of the jail, heard some one call, "hold up your hands" which was immediately followed hy a shot. Williams grabbed a poker and yelled at a convict, "tire awaj." Yardmaster Lehugh heard the shot and sounded a general alarm. John Hrunner assistant yardmaster arrived, and breaking a window lev elled his gun at a convict who dodged into a cell after tiring another shot. Several guards with guns appeared but Hrunner was the only one who had nerve togo into the cell building. Taking an extra gun Williams ?ind Hrunner entered the building and with Williams proceeded to a cell, where the convicts had been seen. 1% .?r.i^j- ul, inc- g-?ai?bj nutu up your hands!" Hut later brought their guns into play and the convicts submitted. A search of the cell was made and twenty p ninds of dynamite, besides a bottle of nitro-glycerine, two revolv ers and a box of cartridges, were found and a number of skeleton keys, lt ls not known how i he weapeons or ex plosives were obtained. Hinting Kollows Strike. Although it was announced Tues day night that thc strike at the American Can company's plant in Chicago had been settled tue rioting around the place was fiercer Wednes day Dian lt has been at any time and one ?nan, .John Nichols, lost his life by a bullet fired, it ls said, from a train on which were a number of non union men being taken back to thc city after the conclusion of the day's work. The lighting beagn early in the morning, when 300 Creeks who have iieen employed during the strike at tempted tu conic to the factory. They were met at the gates by a large mim bi i of union pickets who attacked them with stones and clubs. A large detachment of the police had their hands full in protecting thc Greeks when a shot fired from the crowd aroused the Creeks to fury. Those who had entered the factory came pouring out armed with knives and revolvers and attempted to attack the union men and their sympathizer who were assaulting those Creeks who had not yet reached the gateway. The police after a desperate struggle managed to keep the two bodies of men apart. In this light a number of men were haltered up. At night when the .iud Greeks left the plant they were attacked by a mob fully 10.000 strong that pelted them with stones, sticks and bot tles. Tile New Stumps. The new scries of stamps commem orative of the Louisiana purchase ex piation will be placed on sale by the p istotllce department April ?10 and will ba continued till December 1st. Thc designs are as follows: One cent, with portrait of Llobt. lt. Livingston, United Stales minister to Prance, who CC ducted the purchase negotia tions; two cent, red, portrait of Thos. JelTcison, president at the time the purchase was made: three cent, pur ple, portrait of Jas. Monroe, special ambassadi r to france; live cents, blue, poitrail William McKinley, who as president approved tho act of con gress tfllcially connected with the exposition: ten ci nt, brown, bealing United States map, showing the ter ritory of the purchase. Mail Noni! to (.'ut. The House of Representatives in Washington was considering a bill to prohibit the docking of horses' tails. Congressman Perkins was speaking in favor of the measure when he was in terrupted by Mr. Cuopcr of Wiscon sin, who asked: "Why does anybody dock a horse's tall?" Mr. Perkins re plied: ''Ch I elly because it looks a great deal totter. Why do you cut your hair instead af having it clown over your sholders." Tue humor of this reply il any, lies in thc fact that Mr. Cooper ls about OS bald as a tu ni I p. A Foolish Denver Mau. In order that she may get photo graphs of the face of a man hi the greatest agony for reproduction in a realistic painting, Mrs. Josephine Devcl, an artist of Morristown; ?. J., bas hired a Denver man who has con sented to have bis hand mutilated while thc camera acts. HORRIBLE DEEDS Told by a Presbyterian Missionary to tho Can o Free State. THE CANNABAL ARMY MURDERS Innocent Women nnd Children Who Are Captured to Show that Work of IlafdiiiK Villngos ls Well Done. Dr. W. M. Morrison, Southern Presbyterian' missionary to the Congo Free State, in an address at Louisville, Ky., gave an impressive recital of alleged barbarities practiced on the natives of Congo by the authorities, and of the obstacles thrown in the way of their correction by the of ticiuls. Ile said: "1 lived with those peo ple seven years, and know what I am talking about. King Leopold has there a native cannibal army of twenty thousand men, oilicercd by i white Belgians and armed with repeating lilies. They are men re presenting the worst and most savage type of natives, caught and carried far from their homes and forced into military service. In tum this soldiery ls used to com psi the natives to bring iu enormous tribute of ivory and rub ber. It ls wot th nothing that the Klug of Belgium is today ls reputed to be the largest dealer in ivory aud rub ber in the world. "As a result of forced military sorv- j iee and laboi, great and unspeakable I cruelties are practiced on the natives I I have seen live thousand fleeing to the forests to escape the cannibal soldiers of King L:Ouoi?. i nave seen soldiers scouring through the forests catching men wanted by the government as laborers and taking the.captives away with ropes tied around their necks. MRaids upon villages are constantly made, some are killed, others sold Into captivity and others forced into labor and military service. One can buy all the slavo w tuted for tenor tifteen dollars each. In these raids innocent women and children are killed or cap tured. Their hands arc cut off tob; taken hack ui thc Belgian olllocrs to show that vite work has been well done. On one of those raids near tho mission stations, one of our misi?n aries counted eighty hands out off. drying by a tire to be taken to an officer and forty-live dead lying near. "The Belgian government make stereotyped denial ot all charges. I . have seen personally thc G jveruor of i the Congo Prec State and have been in nhe palace ol the King of Belgium: nether will do anything. The British government ls Interested in the situa-, tic'i. Consul Roger Casement, as the ;.?-*tQiioij ?AU ,\-v^i.. i ... .opreijopfefttivo to Congo, has lust made a tour of In vestigation. His report ls now in the hands of the government at Washing ton and presents a most deplorable situaci?n." Clearing ix Mystery. The first trace of Mrs. John C. Burns since her disappearance from a Chicago lionel two years ago was found last week when James Taylor, a negro, was arrested at Cincinnati. He had in his possession, Mrs. Burns' Daughter of the American Revolution pin, engraved with her name, as well as several articles of jewelry which bore initials. Toe prisoner is said to have disclosed the hiding places of other Jewels, which are alleged to have been the property tit* .Mrs. Bums. Tlie total value of the property re covered is nearly $5,000. About two years ago, Mrs. Itu ros announced that sin: was going away on a short visit. Uer husband was believed to bein; Ku rope. Taking several trunks, but ', leaving many of lier belongings in her room, Mrs. Burns left the hotel giv- , lng instructions lo hold mail until she sent lier forwarding address. From ? that clay to this no word has been re ceived Irom her or her husband. Mrs. Burns was prominent as a member ot thc Daughters of thc American Revolution, and also was connected with several women's clubs, most of the organizations to which site belong ed having beei- located in the K.tsl, where she resided before coming to Chicago. Stoic tho Mormon's Wives. Prospectors from t hc lower Siena Madre Mountains of Mexico, south west Of Kl Paso, bring the story of a raid made by ("nan Colorada, a'.ais '".lohn Bedhead," upon Don Felipe, a newly formed Mormon C Ku iv. Thc noted bandit timi Iiis band pillaged the settlement, carrying away t hree of Elder Hiram Johnson's wives, one of which is the favorite of bis large household. A posse of Mexican rural pol ice .and a squad of Mormons, who asa vigilance committee, style them selves ''avenging angels," pursued the! bandits for Ihirty-six bouts and final ly surprised them in (lu: fastness of the Sierra Macha Mountains. A light toole pluck in which two bf thc out laws were wounded. The baud Med, ' leaving the wouien. They had been kept, I wo days in a cave, where a coi - siderable amount of bullioh treasure was found, which, it. is believed, was .stolen from a pack train recently. (?rent Trust Grower Unqucsli nably Thcddcrc lt ?ose velt is the greatest friend Hie t rusts ever had, judging from tile ligures. Under eight years tit Cleveland $200 - 000,000 wcith of Industrial trusts wore formed, under Me Kinley about $2,200,000.00, while under Boose ve lt tlie capitalization of these colleens reached the fabulous sum of $3,070, 000,000. Never in thc history of tho world hilve the trusts flourished in such rank luxuriance ?ii they have under the benign influence of Abdul Boose volt. Served Hint Itight, At Savannah, (?a., Henry Olson was found guilty in cbc United States coull Wednesday morning of shang haiing sailors out of Savannah. A re ceipt was shown in court, indicating that Olson nad received $250 for the Shipping of eight negroes who wero subsequently discharged penniless in Bristol, Eug., whence they were re turned to tliis country by tho Ameri can council. There ?ire ot her cases of a similar character against Olsen. SHOT BY CONSTABLES. They Were Assaulted by Ono White Man and Two Negroes. ? dispatch from Charleston to The State says M. S. Sullivan, a lineman of the Postal Telegraph company, was shot and seriously, perhaps fatally, wounded in an affray with State Con stables J. T. Owens and C. T. Hud son, which occurred Thursday night on the steam launch Hornet, between 11 and 12 o'clock on the cove beach at Mount Pleasant. The shooting grew out of the capture of contraband li quor which Sullivan was conveying from thc Clyde wharf to a storehouse on thc water front. Two negro men were with Sullivan at the time, one of whom, it is said, was also wounded by the constables. Their names could not be learned, for neither has j been seen since the affair, ll >th ne groes lied from the boat, it is said, when the shooting commenced. lt is not positively known which ! constable shot Sullivan. At the St. j Francis Xavier infirmary Thursday, Sullivan, it ls alleged, stated that he was shot by Constable Owens and that the negro was shot by Constable j Hudson. Sullivan is thought to be in j a critical condition. Ile was brought i to the city Thursday about 3 a. tn. and sent to the Infirmary. An I operation was performed upon him and it was found that the ball had passed through his left arm, entered thc side and perforated the Intestines in six different places. The bullet was not located. Constables Hudson and Owens ar rived in thc city this morning at 3 80' o'-lock with 10 gallons of whiskey, which they had captured from thc Hornet, Sullivan's launch, having lured a row boat at Mount Pleasant and rowed the goods over to Charles ton. Chief Constable Holmes was immediately notified of the shooting of Sullivan and the capture of the li quor. Chief State Constable Hammet was informed of the shooting early Hr nay morning by Constable Holmes and he ls expected in the city soon to make an investigation. Consta bles Owens and Hudson, acting upon the advice of Constable Holmes, sur rendered to Sheriff Martin about ll o'clock Thursnay and were sent to Jail to await further developments. A WOULD-BE SWINDLER. Coughed up the Money When the Doctor Dosed Him. At Columbia Wash Kinsler. a young negro man, will be given a prelimin ary before United States Commission er Vernor shortly on the.eharge of at tempting to pass, counterfeit money. The story of Kindler's attempt tq "Escape anti his ..-at tom ot to..evade the charge ls strange. IvinsTer "wafk.efl into the fruit store of the Syrian, Gjorgo Mack, on upper Main street, Saturday night at 12:30. He purchas ed a pair of cheap earrings and some fruit and carelessly threw down what purported to be a $2 bill. Mack spott ed the counterfeit at once. O Ulcer Dunning happened to be passing and was called in. The situation was taken in at a glance and the officer grabbed Kinsier. Ile was just a little too late, however, for Kainsler rammed the bill in his mouth and swallowed it, despite t he choaking he received. Then Mr. Dunning called for Dr. Pope, the city physician, and the rest was easy. A hy perder m ic injection was given Wash, which acted asan emetic and the bill "came up" in about three minutes. The negro was searched for more counter feit bills. No bills were found, but a watch he had stolen was recovered and the negro st amis a chance of serv ing a tenn for the State for larceny and for the United States forattempt ing to pass counterfeit money, the penally for the latter, according to the revised statutes, being from live to fifteen years. The bill which Kinsler attempted to pass is an old Richland Building and Loan certifi cate, this association flourishing about 1878. The certificate looks very much like money and there are a num ber of them Moating around. Kinsler lives on Gates street, near Senate, and his reputation heretofore lias been very good. Knile in the Brain. At New Ha ?ran, Con., a portion of a long thin knife blade, which had been imbedded more than twenty years in his skull, penetrating an inch into thc brain, was rem ived from the head of Christopher osborn by I>r. M. .!. Adams. The patient is .. negro, f>7 vetos old. I le is employed by Prof..!. M. Weir, of Vale. According to ( ?shorn's history of the knife blade, he. quarreled with another negro, who struck him in thu head with a knife. The blade broke off and the steel close to the skull. Osborn was sent to jail for his share in t he light, but recover ed and suffered no inconvenience until a few weeks age), when he began to have convulsions. They grew in fre quency, until last week he had them every half hour and paralysis be gan. Dr. Adams says the man will recover. Passing of a Pad. The Chicago board of education has condemned the vertical system of writing. Through its official bulletin thc hoard says: "lt is an injustice to tile child to impose a system of hand writing upon him and force film to adhere to it through his growing years at the cost of not only suppressing bis individuality In this acquired mode of expression, hut also at tho sacrifice of his time and the mental lluency that comes with the case which accompan ies a mode of expression fitting the individuals characteristics." New Costal Caril. A new style of postal card for re turn message will he issued hy the postolficc department as soon as the stock of the present s?ries ls exhaust ed. The card will boar two portraits, one of Cen. William 'Tecumseh Sher man for the side hearing the message and one of Gen. Phil Sh? rldan for the return side. Many millions of thc new card will bo ready for distribution at an early date and all ('dices sending requisition for them will receive their quota as rapidly as they can be sup plied. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Official Programme of the Meet!og to Bo Held in Colombia. Mr. William E. Pelham of New berry, secretary of the State Sunday School convention, bas Issued the pro gramme for the twenty-seventh an nual State convention which meets in Columbia on May 2nd. The conven tion will be held in the Washington Street Methodist church and will be attended by a large number of Sun day school workers from all parts of the State, The programme ls as follows: Monday eveuing,- May 2.-8.30, Devotional and song service; 8.45? ad dress by the president, Prof. E. L. Hughes of Greenville; 9.30, address, "The Sunday School's Call for Men," by Rev. ll. W. Spilman of North Car olina; enrollment of members; ap pointment of committee on nomina-j ? tion of otllcers. j Tuesday morning, May 3.-9.00, Devotional and song service by F. F. Whllden; 9.30, primary teaching by Miss Minnie Macfeat of Winthrop college: 10.15, open conference and ? questions; 10.30. "Teacher Training," Dr. George il. Cromer, president of Newberry college; 11.30, open confer ence and questions; 12.00, "The Sup erintendent," Rev. B. W. Spilman; 12 30, Conference and questions. Tuesday afternoon, May 3.-3.30, Devotional exercises and song service; 4 00, practical primary work, Miss Minnie Macfeat, before a class; 4.30, lieport of otllcers; 5.00, "An Amateur with a Blackboard," Rev. B. W. j Spilman of North Carolina. Tuesday evening, May 3.-8.30, Devotional exercises and song service, Rev; F. H. Wardlaw; 8.45, "Christas a Teacher," Rev. James A.B. Soberer, Bb. D., Charleston; 9.45, "A Study of a Bible Character for Sunday School Teachers," Rev. B. W. Spilman. Wednesday morning, May 4.-8.30, Devotional exercises and song service, Ilev. J. B. Knox; 9.00, '^Iow to En list and Hold Voung Mos," Rev. W. B. Duncan, Laurens; 10 00, confereuce and questions^ 10.30, "A Look Ahead," William E. Pelham, chair man executive committee; 11.00, "The Question as a Factor in Teach ing," Rev. B. W. Spilman; 12.00, business session. Wednesday afternoon, May 4.-3.30, Devotional exercises and song service; 4.00, reports of departments: (a) exe cutive committee, (b) treasurer, (c) superintendent primary department^ (d) hoirie department. Wednesday evening, May 4.-8.30, ' Devotional exercises and song service; 8.45, "The Teacher Getting Ready for Next Sunday." Rev. B. W. Spil man; 9.30, "Christ the Great Teach er, His Subjects and Methods." Dr. II. N. Snydors, president Wofford col lege; adjournment. Thc Sundayfichool association i ter-dcnomPiat ~x *"s" """"" I build up tho.'9untray*S^c.w^_ South Carolina. Its present aim i? rju organize every county In South Caro lina. Every wide awake and progres sive Sunday school of South Carolina may send delegates. "Pastors^ super intendents, teachers, workers, all are eligible. The otllcers of thc organization are the following: Prof. E. L. Hughes, Greenville, President; John F. Tol bert. Laurens, vice president: Prof. B. W. Gctsinger, Spartanburg, secre tary; Rev. W. I. Herbert, Columbia, treasurer; II. E. Itevenel, Spartan burg, superintendent home depart ment; Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, Newberry, superintendent primary department; executive committee, William E. Pelham, chairman, Newberry; Rev. T. H. Law, D. 1)., Spartanburg: J. H. Ellerbe, Esq., Sellers; Rev. J. W. Shell, Spartanburg; S. B. Ezell, Esq., Spartanburg; Rev. W. B. Duncan, Laurens: Dr. E. C. Jones, Nesvberry: Rev. George A. Wright, Newberry; H. IO. Raveuel, F.S(|., Spartanburg. Stoical Death ot' White Horse. Sixty-three Indians in a special car cn route to Washington to see the President were smashed into by a mail train on the Chicago & North western, two miles west, of Haywood, lil., Friday morning during a heavy fog. Three Indians were killed in stantly, three fatally wounded and 20 others more or less seriously injured. White Horse in charge of the Indians on tho train, was fatally injured. The bodies of the Indians who had been killed were laid on the prairie beside i the the track. Chief White Horse i being carried with them. He said, that lie knew that death was near and requested that hebe placed near his , deatl companions. The chief was I propped up and sat stoically while physicians worked on his injuries. Ile smoked a pipe quietly, anti gave, no si^n of the pain he must have sul?er ed. Persons on the train say thc \s reck was nuques' ionably caused by a fog. which stretched many miles Hom Lake Michigan. The Indians were from the reservation at Rush ville, Nebraska, and on a journey east ward primarily for show purposes at .New York._ Five AV ?ire Drowned. Five persons, members of a pleasure party from the Florida Methodist, col lege at Sutherland, Fla., were drpwned near Anclote lik'ht house Sunday night. Toe dead are: Mrs. Walker, wife of the president of the college. Miss O'Connor of Atlanta. Miss Slaughter of Sutherland. Miss McCray of Sutherland. Mr. Bouland of Sutherland. President Walkerand Miss Newton reached the beach alive. The bodies of Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Connor have not yet been recovered. The bodies of the other thiee who lost their lives were washed ashore on the beach and recovered. President Walker had taken tuc party out for a cruise tn thc bous?, but met with rough weather and the boat was over turned in the gulf. The Florida Methodist college is located at Suther land, on the west coast of the gulf, about 30 miles from Tampa. Hint a Fight. A dispatch from Huntington, W. Va., says that John McFarland, chief of police r f North Fork, and J. A. Ballard, a bunher merchant, are dead, as the result of a pistol duel which followed the Republican district con vention at North Fork. They mot after thc convention, the lie was pas ed and tho shooting occurred. 1 I BACK EEOM NEW YORK CommiBBloner Watson Well PleoBed Wi*h Prospect for Immigration. GREAT INTEREST IN THE EAST. Xho South's Opportunities Tor Bet tlers and I livest munta Ar? Attracting Attention in All Classes. The Columbia State says Col. E. J. -Watson,, commissioner of commerce and immigration of South Carolina, returned Wednesday evening after a ten day's trip to. New York in the interest of the new work of which he has been placed In charge. The commissioner has the faculty of taking up everything he does un dertake with enthusiasm, and this in stance is no exception. He is highly pleased with the results of his trip and seems fully imbued with a deter mination to accomplish something-in the lieiu to which he has been called. The interview and editorial is re produced from the New York Sun show that Col. Watson "caught on" in New York, as such a paper as The Sun dees not open its columns to a nobody. Soon after reaobing the "city Wednesday night Cd. Watson had a talk with Gov. Heyward and the governor was well please with the Jn- . formal report which he made. Wednes day the governor received the follow ing note from Mr. William Williams of the New York department of com merce and labor: "Mr. E. J. Watson, the head of your department of agriculture, com merce and immigration called at Ellis Island today with your letter of in troduction; It gave me great pleas ure to see him and I will assist him to the extent of my ability on his present mission to the east." When seen Wednesday night Com missioner Watson talked most inter estingly of his trip and the prospects for his work. While all that he had learned, considered and undertaken could not bo reviewed in the time then at his disposal, he consented to tell of a few things that had come un der his observation. "1 have been in the east," he said, "for the last ten days giving the most earnest attention to the southern im migration problem, and arranging all I the preliminaries for the founding of the work of the new State department upon a substantial basis. I knew at the outset that the work was one of man ami li ca ti o ns, and that speedy actitn and vigorous measure be necessary. Since st -1 iditions^anc ! tho can Say :Xt inc ^ no easy one. "I am greatly gratified at the man ner in which I was met by the offlolals of the government and by those whe* really' control the tide, of immigra tion, and feel that the first fortnight of. the new department's career has been well utilized. "What struck me most forcibly in the east was the widespread Interest in all circles-whether Wall street or on Ellis Island, or in eastern business or otllclal circles, or at the national capitial-In the movement in the south for immigration and emigra tion. The federal government, I gathered, would be glad to see jthe title turn southward, thus preventing the congestion in large centres of commerce and the consequent misap plication of intelligent, farming olasses to trades and callings for which they are totally unlit, resulting in depor tations. Never ha>o the eyes of tho east been so thoroughly turned to the middle south not only in population movements but in investments. Tho easterners realize the value of our re sources better than our own people, and I have received the heartiest as surances of earnest aid and co-opera tion on all lines. "In Washington the liveliest inter ; est ia manifested on all sides, as has been manifested by the prompt, favor ! able action taken on Senator Sim > mons' immigration information meas , ure. 1 ara more than ever convinced , tif the opportuneness of the move [ ment launched in this State, and 1 sincerely trust our effort will bo crowned with success. Ono danger is in the people expecting too great results In a short time. The work is necessarily slow, and when it is based upon a determination to handle only such matters as posses the elements of success, patience is an es sential. However, 1 trust results can be shown in certain branches of the work at an early date. Another dan ger is in the possibility of landowners wishing prices for their lands at first that wi 1 make their utilization difll eulf. I trust that this danger will not materailze. In a few days a call will be issued for information wanted immediately in this ohMeo concerning available lands, and otllclal blanks calling for the exact information will be furnished the land owners. Tho department is already receiving scores of inquiries from all parts of tho coun try. "of what, has b;en accomplished and what balls have been sot in mo tion at the count ry's chief port of en try l do not care to speak just now, as competition in immigration work is i so strong 1 can only say that results i thus far obtained exceed my expecta tions. "Concise pamphlets of information as to our resources aro badly needed and these will be issued at the earliest possible moment, ltriof ones will bo issued in the different, north European languages for speedy use." A < >necr Notion. Mr. C. M. Strader, a Kentuckian, before dying in Philadelphia the other day, dictated a will requiring his body to be cremated, thc ashes taken to Louisville and "scittered on the waves of the beautiful Ohio." He concluded: "When this ls dono, If the angel Gabriel ci.n collect my re mains for the Judgment, I will take off ray hat to him, and will bo there I at the last roll call." The instruc tions have been carried out.