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Democra DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE. L LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL ?sax. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C" ' ERIDAY, MAY 27,1904. NO. 22. STATE CONVENTION. Damoorats of South Carolina Met in Columbia Last Wednesday. COL. D. S. HENDERSON CHAIRMAN Mayor Rhett and Colonel Will : Jone? Delegates nt Large by Vote. GOT. Heyward and Senator ".'ill man by Acclamation. The Democratic State Convention met in Columbia last Wedne day at 12 o'clock, and was called to order by Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic executive commit tee. Nominations for temporary chairman being called for, the uame of Mr. E. Marion Ruckcr of Ai derson was presented by Mr. John E. Bre azeale. There being no upiosltiou Mr. Bucker was elected by a? elaina - tion. Upon being escorted 'AI the chair, Mr. Bucker declared th it the day of the transient in S.iuth Cirolina politics is at an eud. lie expressed the hope and the belief that the con vention would bc conservative io tem perament. Thc temporary organiza tion was then completed by the elec tion of Mr. T. C. Hamer ;is ch rk and Mr. J. T. Parks as assistant clerk. These secretaries were subsequently made clerks of the permanent organ i . tlon. Theroll was then perfected. 1' li KS] I)KNT I). H. BKNDKKSON. There was a great surprise In store when the election of a permanent chairman was held. For some time | no name bad been mentioned except that of ex-Guv. Mcsweeney, and it was supposed that he would he elected without opposition. However, the friends of Col. I). S. Henderson ol Aiken decided Tuesday night to put up bis names, and by a vote of 213 to HO Col. Henderson was elected. Gov. Mcsweeney was nominated in a very graceful speech hy Mr. W. S. Smith of Hampton, who referred to the envialbe reputation of his candi date as a citizen and as governur of the State. Mr. W. F. Stevenson of Cberaw in a ringing speech presented the name of Col. D. S. Henderson of Aiken, which announcement was greeted with considerable applause. During the seconding of these nomina tions Gov. Mcsweeney's name was also applauded. It was seen early in the ballot that Col. Henderson had a big lead. At the conclusion, Gov. Mcsweeney called upon the cou von tion to make unanimous the nomination of Col. Hendersun and this was doae. Upon taking the chair, whither he was escorted by Gov. McSweeney, bCL,.. i.O,", ' a>. T> 'finnan ' ttUO Bil. Stevenson, Col. Henderson declared that he had no speech to mak-:-. Ile had not known of the fact tb it bis name would he presented and had not heard even a rumor of it until alter be had retired the night before. He was proud o? tlie honor, as well an., man might be. Wheu ile looked in to the faces of these delegates his mind traveled hack over ;J0 years o .' State political history. He spoke >f the "Taxpayers' convention" in 1872, when the oppressed white men net in Beeret halls up town and with hatea breatli discussed tlie condition ? into which the State had been drugged. "All we could do was lo advise, to keep heart anti to hide our tin e," be said. He saw some in the conventh n who on that fateful August day i i 187G had fought out thc proposition tu put out a straight ticket or a comp omise ticket. Ho saw in the cons ;ntion Bourne who ii: the fall of 18D? lu d met t ?Iframo lite fundamental law if the StaVte and who went away a intied Derri ocracy, ever to be tlie party of the limited white people of tlie State. ''WIMJV are we herc tod lyV" he ask ed. 'V'hc "Rough Kider'' has taken chargeVof thc White House-the man who isYwilling to have at lils social board thc; Booker Wash li gtons of tlie country t?.nd who is willing to insult the wnitta people ol' tlie a unt -y and particularly of S luth Cai ulina I y put ting in etnVce the 'Crums of the land.' The man 1M> the White 1 lons- may at any time\lead us inti anarchy at home rind l:.Vo trouble in loreign launs Th.; Dyuiucratie party bas al way ii stood lon good goxernme it and will insure activity along such i ues In the future." NKKD A QOOpJ UKLKCrATION*. He men th med jth? poss! hie candi dacy for presideiiit of a prominent New Yorker, and declared with grath ? ficatlon that the pivotal States of the I east and of the weist seem to have set-1 tied upon him as meir choice. Indiana has spoken in no uncertain terms, say ing that she willi supp ?rt thc man whom New York Kv ill present to the nation-a man above rcproac i and above scorn in puhl\ic and in privat? life, lt is not h's province as presi dent to suggest whait should he done but he advised the members to Und out how every candidate for the St. Louis convention stands with refer ence to thc men spoken of in connec tion with tlie nomination for the prcsi doney. Whether the'delegation is in structed or not there should tic none on thc watch tower but honest and true men. At tlie conclusion of these remarks, the president announced that It would be proper to have a vice-president from each congressional district. The following were chosen: First district-Upi. C. S. Gadsden, Of Charleston; second, Mr. S. G. May field of Bamberg; third, Mr. F. B. Gary of Abbeville; fourth, Mr. M. V. Ansel of Greenville; fifth, Mr. W. F. Stevenson of Chester field; sixth, Mr. P. S. Wall of Williamsburg; seventh, Mr. W. A. James of Lee. TI?K TWO UKI COMMITTEES, The following committee of one member from each county was appoint ed to consider resolutions ttud to frame a platform: . Abbeville, I. II. McCalla; Aiken, C. E. Sawyer; Anderson,.!. E. lin t/.eale; Bamberg, 0. W. Garr?s; Barnwell, J. "W. Jenny; Beaufort, II. I). Elliott; Berkeley, J. B. Morrison: Charleston, J. C. Heinphlll; Cherokee, N. W. Hardin; Chester, J. E. Nunnery; Chesterfield, Edward Mciver; Claren don J. E. Tindal; Colleton, M. P. Howell; Darlington, C. S. McCullough; Dorchester, T. It. Tighe; Edgetleld, Bi Ii. Tillman; Fairfield, T. S. Brice; Florence, J. W. Ragsdale; George town, W. H. Dorrlll; Greenville, J. A. Hoyt; Greenwood, H. J. Klnard; Hampton, M. B. McSweeeey; Horry, J. A. Lewis; Kershaw, M. L. Smith; Lancaster, T. L. Strait; Laurens, O. G. Thompson; Lee, W. A. James; Lexington, A. F. Lever; Marlon, James Norton; Marlboro, J. P. Bunch; Newberry, W. ll. Bunt; Oconee, J. H. Cook; Orangeburg, J. A. Banks; Pickens, R. F. Smith; Richland, J. C. Haskell; Saluda, B. W. Crouch; Spar tanburg, C. H. -tenry; Sumter, R. P. Stackhouse; Union, 1 F. Peak; Wil liamsburg, P. G. Wall; Yolk, J. H Sayc. The committee on constitution and rules consisted of the following mem bers: Abbeville, J. It. Blake: Aiken, W. A. Giles; Anderson. E. M. Rucker; Bamberg, H. C. Folk; Barnwell, J. E. Davis; Beaufort, W. C. Vincent; Berkeley, E. W. Williams; Chaileston, J. P. K. Bryan; Cherokee, W. J. Sar ratt; Chester, John M. Wise; Chester field. D. M. Barreutine; Clarendon, J. S. Wilson; Colleton, Chas. Wltsell; Dari ngtoa, D. T. McKcithan; Dor chester, J. A* Biers; Edgetleld, T. G. Talbert; Fairfield. J. G. Mobley; Flor ence, J. W. McCown; Georgetown, Dr. Olin Sawyer; Greenville, M. L. Don aldson; Grcenwocd, E. G. Graydon; Hampton, T. H. Gooding; Horry, G. J. Holbday; Kershaw, J. T. Hay; Lancaster, L. C. Hough; Laurens, T. B. Crews; Lee, E. D. Smith; Lexing ton, G. A. Guignard; Marion, F. M. Covington; Marlboro, R. M. Pegus; Newberry, J. A. Sligh: Ucunee, F. M. Carev ; Orangburg, D. O. Herbert; Dickens, O. R. Dcyle; Richland, J. T. Sloan; Saluda, J. B. Suddath; Spar tanburgi J. J. Gentry; Sumptcr, R 1. Manning; Union, W. F. Bates; Wil liamsburg, J. D. Carter; York, W. B. Smith. TAPISUS PRESENTED. When the organization bad been completed, there was a great rush ol papers to the desk. E?-GOV. Sheppard presented tho draft of a plantform which he had been asked to prepare as it might facilitate matters to have something to begin on. Col. J no. C. Haskell also presented a draft of a platform. The committee Wednesday afternoon subsequently referred these two papers to a sub-committee of live consisting of Seuator Tillman, Col Hoyt, Maj. J. C. Hemphiil, J. E. Tin dal and Edward Mciver. UNIT ItfjLE RECOMMENDED. The last part of the draft of Un platform offered by Col. Haskell was embodied into a resolution and receiv a favorable report. It requires th< delegation at St. Louis to vote as : unit. Tlie committee on platform and re SOb Hr" ~ y* "^icb^v - ^^,^", was chairman, made an unfavorable report on the following matters: Mr. McCalla's resolution endorsing the plan of national aid for good roadf which is now before congress. Mr. O. G. Thompson's resolution, that thc delegation be Instructed tc vote for no man whose loyalty to thc Democracy may be called lntoquestlor because he failed to support the nomi nee of the,party iu 1800 and moo And a similar resolution from one o tlie Newberry delegates. Mr. Wingard's resolution commend ing lo the national convention tin name of Juc-ge Parker. Col Haskell's resolution * endorsini the candidacy of J udge Alton Brook! Parker, "a Democrat on whon all factions of cur party may unite' and the "antithesis of the present oe cupant of thc White House;" and "i man of the highest character, of tin simplest tastes, of recognized ability; ? man of bread th. yet of cotiser vatisn and dignity, and one who understand and sympathizes with thc souther! pei >ple." Mr. W. A. James withdrew his re solution demanding "that the presen volume of money be maintained," be cause of the fact that through "th righteous and brilliant campaigns o the Dem jcratic ps.rty the Rep?blica party has been forced to grantameai ure ol relief to the country. " Such ir crease is declared in the resolution t be Hie cause of tho present "big price of our raw material." Col. Henderson's resolution requli ing the aspirants for places on th ch leg itit n to St. Louis to state thel positions In refer?ence to president; candi lat >s was rejected as unnecessar as many delegates had been elected a ready. NO GUANOES IN I'KlMAltY METHOD: Th : committee on constitution an rules, of which Senator Manning Wi chairman, leported unfavorably on a the proposed changes in the rub governing the primaries, notably tl following: Resolution adopted byvMken count convention and presented by deleg: tlon, authorizing county executb committees to have dispensers ar conni y boards voted for in primar! as magistrates aro in some coontie Also a resolution to provide for a tee porary chairman to be chosen In tl organization of county convention Also the resolution to permit clubs organize on Monday when for ai reason they fall to meet on the four Saturday In April. There seems to be a strong sen ment In the State in favor of restrle ing participation in primaries to thc tjual i tied to vote in general electloi Resolutions to this effect were olTci hy the Sumter delegation, the Chest delegation, the Richlanel delegati and the Greenville delegation. All these received unfavorable, reports. Col. Hoyt and Senator Manning al offered resolutions to the elfect tb the constitution he so amended th the rolls of every club may be revis not loss than three clays nor more th live days prior to each county con ve tlon. This receivod unfavorable acti from tlie committee as did the re lution adopted by the Richland coi ty convention, requiring candida to pledge themselves not to spe money or to usc whiskey In primar and to make under oath an item!, accouut of campaign expenses. NIOHT SESSION. Without a word of discussion I convention last nigh udoptod the pl from offered by the sub commit! [Continued on page four.J SOUTHERN BAPTIST Convention Holds Its Forty Ninth Annual Session in Nashville. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS Of the Work Hoing Dono by the Church in td i H anil Foreign LiandH and ol'Churolioa and Members. " Tho Southern Baptist convention began tts 49tb! session in the city of Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13th, at the Tabernacle In which the convention met eleven years ago. President Jas. P. Eagle, of Ar kai ?sus, called the convention to order, and lt was ascertained that more than a thousand delegates were In attend: nee. Thc tirst business In order was to ef fect a permanent organization, and President Eagle was re elected hy a unanimous vote, together with the following cillcers: Lansing Burrows and O. F. Gregory, secretaries; (i W. Norton, treasurer; W. F. Haivcy, auditor. Governor Eagle said ho had for some time been debating an to whether to allow bis name to be presented, aud for certain reasons would not protest, but lu future he would decline the honor. Ile said he regarded it as un wise for one man to bold the olliee In definitely. The vote on vice president was an nounced at the afternoon session, the following being chosen: John W. Thomas, Nashville, Torin.; C. II. Wil lingham, Macon, Ga. ; E. W. Stephens, Columbia, Mo.; Robert C. Ihickner, Dallas, Tex. James Ferguson, of Colombo, Coy ion, was invited to address thc Con vention, and said that bc hud come ten thousand miles to meet the cou-, ventlon. Ile showed the great possi bilities of mission work in Asia. He emphasized the importance ol' th'- ed ucation of women in the foreign fields. Memorials on the negro question were presented by representatives from Virginia and South Carolina, and referred to a committee. These ad vocate appointment of a committee to study thc negro prob'em and deter mine what methods the Baptist shall adopt in aid of the uplifting and wel fare of the race. * The afternoon session was devoted to bearing of reports. Thc Sunday school board report shows the largest annual receipts in it? history, thc 8100,000 mark being passed. The Home mission board's report shows receipts of $127,800 for the ytiar. The Foreign mission hoard reports contributions of $247,512.02. The second day's session of the Southerd Baptist convention was rr ade luciliUJiVKlr, Vi*}' <UOUVf IboWOYlB .lgg .rv": ai -1 lng $52,95)1 to the endownraent lund of the theological seminary at Louis ville. There was several gift?s of 35, 000 each, one coming from a Boston man, and one from an Atlanta wo man, Mrs. W. Ai Wiggs. The report of the visiting commit tee to the South Baptist theological seminary at Louisville was presented by Dr. A. J. S. Thomas, of Greenville, S. C. Be said thc church should iai.se an endowment fund of a million dol lars for thc seminary. Judge George Hillyer, of Georgia, spoke on his resolution to change the name of the body to "The baptist Convention of the United Slates." On motion of Judge Hillyer tho re solution was referred to a special e.tm mittee to report upon it next year. The convention refused to consider a communication from Rev. A. Diaz, of Cuba, asking for a commute on ar bitration to hear the troubles which have existed for years in Havana. A resolution to place Hie Cuban work in tlie band of the foreign mission ?board was reserred to a committee. There had been anticipation cf a ripple in the convention when the committee on work among the neu roes made its report, hut it was rece ved and adoptctl in a harmonious man 1er. This committee, of which Dr. A C. Davidson, of Birmingham, Ala. is chairman, considered thc Virginia me morial, asking for appointment cf a commission to study the uplifting ol" the negro in all its phases. Afb r a session of live hours the committee ar rived at au agreement satisfactory to all Interested, lt provides for the ap pointment o? a ropiest ntatlve 1 rom each State to confer with the H une mission hoard with n gard to plan- for carrying on the work. The committee on nomination for place of holding Hie next conven loni held a session and it is understood that Kort Worth, Texas, was favored by a majority. Kansas City and St. Louis were under consideration, and at thc night session Kansas City was selected as thc next meeting p ice. The nominating committee repeled in favor of Fort Worth, but sentit cut of thc convention was overwhelmingly thc other way and before, a vote was taken Fort Worth was withdrawn No business was transacted! by the Southern Baptist convention on Sun day. Tlie various pulpits of the city were occupied at morning and evening services by visiting ministers and large congregations greeted them. In the afternoon a rally at thc tabernacle in the Interest of Sunday school anti evangelistic work was at tended hy :?,(>OU persons. South Carolina's part in the total statistics of the Southern Baptist con vention as presented hy Secretary Burrows is as follows: Association-;, 30; churches, 1)30; increase hy baptism 5,509, by letter 3,870, by restoration 500; total white membership, 10-1,010; Sunday schools, 084; pupil 47,0:58; value of church property, $1,220,540. On account of the death of Julius C. Smith, of Greenville, a new mern ber of the board of trustees of the Louisville Theological seminary had to be elected. A committee was ap pointed to nominate three men from whom to select the member, J. I>. Capman, of Anderson, bein.,'chairman of that committee. Later tlie com mittee reported the nani's of K M. I'oteat of Greenville, H. A. Bighy of Greenwood and L. M. Rjper of Spar? tanhurg. f' The following Sout/j Carolina pas tors were named for preaching on Sunday: /. T. Cody of Greenville, L. M. Roper of Sparenburg, IL A. Bag Icy of G reen w od, E. M. Poteat o* Greeuvillo, W. S. Dorset of Hurts ville, V. 1. Masters of Greenville, A C. Wilkins of Abbeville, W. M. Jones of Wllllston, A. M. Sims of Gaffne and C. E. Burts of Edgefleld. Tbe South Carolina vICe presidenta were all changed this year, J. D. HugJ gins of Paxville being put on thi home board, J. D. Pitts of Lauren^ on the foreign board, aud J. B. Par-i rott of Clinton on the Suuday school board. The women's mission union, auxil-J iary to the Southern Baptist conven tion, was largely attended. The South Carolina representatives were: E. C. Watson, J. I). Chapman, O. C. Scarborough, L. M. It'ce, lt. A. Subs lett, J. A. Parrott and Misses Carrie Mathis, Lois Buker, Minnie Moore and Daisie Cummings, Mrs. Watson was a very prominent participant in the meetings. Mrs. Scarborough was named on the committee on plan of work; Mrs. J. D. Chapman was elected on the nomi nations committee; Mrs. L. M. Rico on the obituaries committee; Miss Lois Baker on the apportionment committee; on resolutions, Miss Daisie Cummings; on literature, Mrs. E. C. Watson, chairman. South Carolina ls entitled to 151 del egates in the convention and at tho roll call on the opening day 05 re sponded and others have come in since. Tlie last day's session of thc South ern Baptist convention was opened with an hour of prayer. The ques tion of work among the negroes was entrusted to a commission tjo report at the next convention. It ls com posed of sixteen prominent men of the Southern Stales. A special order of the day was t he consideration of the work of the Sunday school board and reports submitted by thc commit tees. A general discussion of reports fol lowed. Dr. Ford entered a vigorous protest against teaching children that there is such a man as Santa Claus, lie said ii was a myth and a hurtful abomin?t ion t hat should be relegated to the rear. IL taught children to be deceit fui. Officers recommended fur various church Ixiards were for home missions, W. W. Lmdrtim, president, and B. D. Gray, corresponding secre tary. Sunday school, E. E. Folk, president, J. M. Frost, secretary. Foreign missions, J. B. Dutson, pres ident, and lt. J. Willingham, secre tary. RUSSIANS CLAIM A VICTORY. They Say Japanese Advance Has Been Kharply Checked. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says following on the heels of the news cf the disaster to the .)ap??ese " . ... . ,-. ; - ywjjj inicial advices of the defeat of tb'e fapauese force which was marching from Feng Wang Cheng for the pur* pose of executing a Hank movement, an Mukden. Since Cen. Kurokl sent lils column northward to gain the road leatling directly west of Mukden, Gen. Kuropatklu has kept it under the closest surveillance, awaiting the moment when it should bc so distant from thc main Japanese army as to prevent tts early reenforcement. Deserving Hus plan the Russians withdrew and the Japanese, not lind-' lng a stn ng force <?l the enemy before Lhem, continued to advacc. When tbe time for action came f?en. Kuropatkin let Gen. Rennen kampf! loose from leash. (Jen. Ren nenkampfi had lintier his command july a few regiments, but they were I be dower of the Cossack cavalry. On May DJ he fell upon thc enemy, whose number has not yet been revealed, with such vigor as Lo eon.pel the Japanese retirement l l mlle toward I he base, near enough, iL is presumed, Lo have received rein forcement from [?en. Kurokl, who immediately must haye been relic vo l of an awkward predicament. Thc operation is de scribed by Die general stall as just web a move as it was expected Gen. Kuropatklu would make and for which leu. Ucnucnkamptl was lined and chosen. Tbe casualties sustained by the op posing forces nave not yet been an nounced. Apprehension of Renn ?nkanipil's [Jassacks Hovering north, the authori ties say, may explain the cautious ac tion of Cen. Kurokl In establishing^ ?arong base al Feng Wang Cheng aid ballin). L ie column which was inarch ing on Hal Cheng. IL may also bia solution of the mystery of Nsw fJhwang, which at first was reputed 10 have been evacuated and wilka ls now saul Lo lie reoccupied by Lbe 1-us slans, for if Kur.iki has definitely slopped bis westward movement Iuiro patkin could safely continue tqhold 11 without danger of lbe occiDylng force being cut otf. The general staff took occasicp Fri day to deny the report o? a battle having been fought at Kal t/iou In which 20J Russians were killet. As j a matter of fact thc Russians luletly withdrew from Kai Chou, belg un- ! willing to expose their force ai thal point to the attack of a coln nu naroh ing from lbe east-that laded in southern Lian Tung. Thc rep;t that Kuropatklu bad Bent 70,000 hen to relieve Port Arthur is declare!by the general staff to be incredible. That the Japanese will strap every nerve to Lake Port Arthur hiview of thc tlisastcr to thcli tleel ls nt ques tioned in naval circles, and itfiplle of the danger of Russian minesLdmiral Togo is expected to coop?rai In the assault upon Port Arthur. SuicidCB Irooi Train A dispatch from Stuart. Mi.. says: Swinging to ono end of a ros which was around bis neck, Lbe (her end being Lied to a car brake, Ll body of Ludwig lladcl, a wealthy faber, was found iMjunding along in Lhrearof a northwestern passenger tra!. R?del had committed suicide byjumplng from the moving train willthe rope around his neck and bad bc* dragged several miles before being ^covered. Almost every bone in hlspody was broken. Several times recitly R?del bad threatened suicide. Yterday he boarded a north vvestcrn passenger train and went to the reaiplatform. Shortly afterward the condt,tor found the body being dragged byhe train. TWO SHIPS LOST. Cruisers Kasuga and Toshino Collide and the latter Sinks. BATTLESHIP STRIKES A MINE. A. Great DlBoater to tho Japs. Both of tho Vusoolfl Lost Were Very F i ii o L Ones. j A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says 'Vice Admiral Toge has reported as i follows: I "A report from Rear Admiral Dewa '?says that the cruisers Kasuga and 'Yoshlno collided during a ?cg off Port ?Arthur, on May 15. The Yoshlno sank, only 90 of her crew being saved, t "Ou the same day the battleship jllatsuse struck a Russian mine and isank." j Giving details of the disaster, Vice lAdmlral Togo says: j "At 14 minutes past 1 in the after* ii' on of May 15, lu a deep f ig off Port .Arthur, the Kasuga rammed the Yo shlno, sluklng the latter in a few minuses. Ninety of her crew were saved. j "Tbesam: morning the ITatsusc, while cruisirg oil Port Arthur cover ing the landing of the soldiers, struck ?j mine ten knots southeast of the tarbor entrance. She signalled for j nelp and Instantly struck auother I -pine. She sank In half an hour. I ifhree hundred of her crew were saved ! ,'y torpedo boats." trfThi! Yoshino was a cruiser of 1,180 e?ms displacement, and l? OOO indicat 1 horsepower. She was built in England, was launched In 1892, was 350 feet long, had 4? 1-2 feet beam ?ind her draft was 17 feet. Thc .armament of the Yoshlno consisted af four 6-inch guns, eight 4.7 inch j?uns and twenty-three ;t p Minders, ribo had live topedo tubes, her armor . ?d deck was 4 1-2 Inches thick and lier ?un positions were prot?t ted by I Shields 4 1-2 inches in thickness. Thc I prulser's speed was estimated to be 23 (knots, hercoal capacity was 1,000 tons and her crew numbered .'500 men. ? The ITatsusc was a battleship of 15,b00 tons displacement and of the latest model. She was only completed In "1900, was built in England, was tlOO feet long, had 70 12 feet beam, ( trew 27 feet of water, had 10 300 in |?lcated horse power, and was titted e.itb water tube boilers. She was ?i?mpletely armored with steel. Her rmament consisted of four 12-inch >?nns, fourteen 0-inch guns, twenty !:',-pounders, eight 3-pounders and ?I mr 2 1-2 pounders. She had four rijrpedo tubes; ber estimated speed .ae.iO il knots, lier crew number y iT~3;?patcn"*.Vo'Ji" Sh. Peteisburg sfays In naval circles thc Japanese fiatastrophe is a matter for rejoicing, /though regrets are expressed that \'v;ave men have lost their lives. Hut tt?ilB feeling of sympathy is swallow ed! up in the greater thanksgiving for tho, blow indicted on tbe sea power of tb? enemy. It is pointed out that thye Hatsuse was one of Japan's li nest battleship, and that thc loss of two aind possibly four warships at intervals ojf a, few days cannot fail to deeply affect Japan and to inlluence thc ooursc of the campaign. The g?nerai staff Thursday night is without bout elriect news of the sinking ol' theShik ishma and the Fuji, but there is an impression that it may be true. The reports, at any rate, have Infused r!resh life and enthusiasm in olllclal circles, where it Is bell vsd that the tide has turned. No surpris? is ex pressed by the admiralty at the Japa nese vessels .striking Russian nines,! the admiralty expecting sucha mis hap to Vice Admiral Togo particular ; ly since the naval commandeisat Port ?Arthur have faithfully duplicated his I , plan which resulted in the sink! lg of ! the Petropavlovsk. Wherever oil Fort ? Arthur the Japanese squadron appear ed during tl e day, that same night Russian torpedo boats stole outland j carefully planted contact mines w dcb, ??oatlrg below the surface, would nit I he touched b/ the destroyers, but thc ?ships of ha\lcr draught cruising lu the mine Heids would be sure :ostrike them. The 'avorite point selected by tho Japanes: for bombard menial of Fort Arthur is Lian Ll Shan promon j tory ?,nd th" water there his been 'thickly sown with Russian mines. ?Other point! besides Ltao Ll Shan j have ? Iso been mined and it has been 'dangerous fer the Japanese ships to ?cruise In tho:,o waters._ Ka j H All Wore Black, "(?od never made a white man. In the b< ginning all men were black, lau in their wanderings on the earth many of them became bleached. In their unnatural pallor, these bleached men now look with contempt and in diff?rence, o ten with prejudice and hate, upon '.heir brothers, thc ne groes, who nave retained the color God gave tl em." So Rev. II. M. Turner senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church in an ad dress at the annual conference at Chi cago s lld rece illly. Many negroes were presett and applauded wildly. The bishop continued: "What the ne groes need is more, education. We should write books of our own poen s, and scientific treatie s ot our own, In harmony with our color and race. Don't leam songs like "Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow," a song 1 would not telorate to be sung in my presence. 1 don't want to be misun derstood and will sav to the white men, whose race at the same time is the meanest and best 1 ever saw, that wherever our race tries lo rise, as a rule, bc will help us." A Itomarkahle Woddlnjc. A remarkable wedding accurrcd at Boonk, Ind., on Wednesday. Wm. Walker has tho smallpox, and his) sweetheart, Miss- Maud Cox, visited the house where he lay 111, but was not permitted to enter. Walker pro posed to her through an open window. ; Slie accepted and went and obtained a minister. The clergyman stood lif ty feet away from the house and in a loud voice went through thc service, making Walker and Miss Cox man and wife. The bride Was then admitted to the sick room, where she will re main and nurse her newly made hus band. HELD FOR RANSOM. Bandits Kldnappod Two Rich Men at Tangier, Africa. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says an American citizen named Per dlcarls and bis stepson, Cromwell Var ley, a British subject, were carried oil by the well known bandit Fralssoull and his followers Thursday night and will doubtless be held for a heavy ran som. The captives were staying at Predicaris' summer residence, only three miles from Tangier, when the baudlts attacked and captured them. Perdicarls is of Creek origin, but is a naturalized citizen of the United Statis. Ile ls very wealthy and has lived In Tangier for years. Ile mar ried an English woman, whose son? is his companion in captivity. Fralssoull bas notified Mohammed ElTorres, the representative at Tangier for foreign affairs Of the sultan of Morocco, that he requires the removal of the sultan's troops from his district, the removal of the governor of Tangier and the release of a number of imprisoned ban dits. When these conditions are com plied vith Fri issouii will notify Mu ! hammed El Torres of the course he proposes to pursue with the captives. Perdicarls was seated at the table with los famiiy when the bouse waa suddenly surrounded by crowd of armed Arabs, 'bllowed by the famous brigand Fralssoull, who gave orders to seize Pericai is and Varley. At the sar..* time the bandit leader handed to a domestic the letter for Mohammed El Torres, notifying that functionary of his terms. This letter was trans mitted to Mohammed El Torres after midnight. It is understood that the Morocco authorities will accede to all the demands ( f tue brigand chief In order to secure the release of the pris oners. A dispatch from Washington says the state dep? rtment bas received a cablegram from United States Consul Gummere, dat jd at Tangier Friday which, after gi JITIR the facts as to the kidnapping, sa. s: "Mr. Gummere and Hie British minister arc acting with energy In thc matter. They have sent a special carrier to thc court to Inform the sultan's deputy to comply with all requests they make lu this matter and to insist that rue terms demanded by Fralssoull shall be granted in order to obtain thc release of the captives.'' The demand made upon the sultan by I Mr. Ciummere that he pay the ransom demanded In this last case ls said to be in accordance with oriental cus toms. Payment is necessary probably to save the lives of the captives. Orders were sent to Hear Admiral Citad wick Flrday which he will re ceive when bis command, the South Atlantic squadron, reaches Teneriffe, ivV,ltH\.r v. Asja,S? $??ft 1 rect i n.g, bi m a s soon i ships and send it to Tangier, ile has j the Brooklyn and Atlanta and two gu u boats. THIRTEEN PERSONS PERI H. By IHnaster to ,-ajnl I,nilen Vessels on thu St. Lawrence, I The worst marins disaster In the ?history of the St. Lawreus river coal j trade occured1 Friday off Cape North, , thc'uorthernmcst poin of Cape 1 rt ton, ( Nova Scotia, when the steamer Turret ! Hay laden with coal and bound from Sydney to Montreal, struck tn the rocks off St. Pjul's Island, anc sank in deep waler 20 minutes later, caus ing a less of 13 lives. (July nine men I from a crew of 22 were saved. The dead: .L W. Hayden, captain. M. A. McCa-ra, tlrstofficer. G. V. Gray, second oilicer. W. IL Adams, chief engineer. IL S. Matthews, second engineer. George Johnson, boatswain, to gether with Hie steward, name un known, cook, mess roam boy, two lire men, a seaman and a helper. According to Hie government agent at St. Pauls Island the steamer struck near soi bb west light about S ?IO Fri day m< nlng. A delis? fog prevailed at ile- imo an 1 Hie sea was running mounta a high. .Almost Immediately the Turret Bay backed off into deep water !. it sank within 20 raluules. The jrew attempted to cut the \ boats clear but while thus engaged the vessel p ungtd down, bow tirsl, carry ing eve y man aboard with her. Some of the men struggled to the surface and clung to ll atlng pieces of wreck age. V urteen persons were taken off Hi : wreckage I y the lifo saving crew that put out from the island, Lut rive of them died before reaching Hie is land. Tile survivor: say that they did not know that the.' were In danger until the vessel struck. Tue fog was so thick that the .* hore could not be seen and hearing Hu fog horn at the light house they mis ook it for the whistle of another steamer. The disaster occured 1!) miles off Cape North. T ?ere ls a lighthouse on the northwest point of St. Paul's Is iahi, and also one on the southwest point, and a st-am fog whlst'.d ls sit uated near tin southwest light. It was this whlstb that thc crew of thc Turret Hay beard. The Turret Hay was owned by Wm. Peterson, limited, of Newcastlc-on Tyne, and under time charter to the Dominion Coal company, was carrying coal from Sydney to Montreal. The steamer was built in 1?<IM at Souther land and was a steel ship of 2H7 feet and gross tonage 2,211. Money Pound. At. New Orleans attorneys for the heirs of Mrs. Amelia Noquez, an ec centric old widow who died about l.wo weeks ago, broke open an old safe lo her late borne recently, under order if thc court. In thc safe they found {old, silver and eurrrency amounting to more than forty thousand dollars. Mrs. Noquez had lived a simple life md bad been boarding the money for nany years. Murder and Suicide. Ticing her five-year old daughter -o her waist Mrs. M. B. Copeland cn 3i| unibus, Ohio, jumped from the >f Jge Into thc Scloto river and both v 're drowned. Efforts to rescue them V;rc unavailing. * TES PRICE OF COTTON In Now Fixed In the Home Marketa of the Staple. The department of agriculture will sho r Ll y Issue a comprehensive report on the consumption of cotton com piled by J. L. Watkins, the cotton ex pert of the bureau of statistics. It traces cotton manufacture in this country from its inception to the pres ent time and reviewing the Industry in the past 20 years says that not withstanding the great increase in the world's consumption of cotton the overshadowing feature of che period ls thc ph?nom?nal Increase In con sumption in the cotton States. This consumption In the south increased 1,007,000 bales or 509 per cent., the consumption in the north bas in creased 702,000 bales or 59 per cent, and in the whole country 2,309.000 bales or nearly 148 per cent. This, the report says, is of immense significance to the countries consum ing American cotton because every ad ditional 10.000 bales consumed in tnis country means shorter time for some foreign mill, perhaps Its shutting down, assuming, of course, that no further expansion of the American ero" will take place. During the past 20/years the United States bas in creased Its cotton crop nearly 5,500, 000 or about 90 per cent.-, India's crop bas increased 1,500,000 bales of 400 pounds each or 73 per cent.; Egypt's crop bas increased 570,000 bales of 50C pounds each or vu per cent.; Rtssla, which used to draw so largely upon this country for ber raw cotton, is now supplying her own mills with 200,000 bales grown In her trans Cas pian provinces; Brazil has almost ceased exporting cotton on account of thc- home demand for her crop; and thc continent of Europe has increased its consumption of cotton 2,492,00C bal !s, or about 95 per cent. The consumption of cotton In East India, the report points out, bas lu cre tsed 1,200,000 bales or about 200 per cent. In the last 20 years, and her mills now use about half of the crop produced there; Japan har. erected mills equipped with 1,333.000spindles and ls consuming from 000,000 to 700, 000 bales of cotton annually, nearly 25 per cent, of which is Americau: the world's consumption of cotton ha: Increased nearly 7,000,000 bales oi about 94 per cent, and the Unit c States, the largest producer, als > bat become the largest consumer of cot ton; hence the price of its staple fi now regulated lu the home market in stead of Liverpool. Every year sinct 1S90 there has been an Increase in the number of mills and spindles In opera tion and with the single exception o 1093-94, an Increase in the number o bales consumed. Beats Marconi's. - JU^la,as^tch from. vyiUEojibarrflr-4",?r i says a wireless telegrap?Tsystem In i vented by Father Joseph Murgas o the Sacred Heart Church, this cltj has been perfected, and Tuesda? ht was notified by the patent office ir Washington that the sixth anc. seventh patents on bis apparatus har] been granted. The systsra, Faxhei Murgas believes, is greatly superior tc that of Marconi in that lt is more simple and speedy. This is as fa r as Father Murgas will say, except to add that exhaustive experiments made witli it have all been satisfactory. If Father Murgas makes money out of it, he will devote it to the church. For seven years Father Murgas has been working upon bis invention, having established bis workshop iu the rear of the rectory. He has also ?established a station two miles away from his home, and from these two messages have been sent and received in all the stages of the inventor's de velopment. Father Murgas took de greis in electrical science iu Vienna eighteen years ago, and has kept abreast of the delopments in electric ity ever since. * A Sad Accldont. A dispatch from Charleston to The Slate says the first and only casualty of the Confederate reunion occurred this afternoon io the capsizing of a small catrlgged sall boatbetweeu Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island and Fort Sumter, resulting in the drown ing of J. I). Carmichael of Dillon and I J. W. Hf r mon of Lexington.' J. H. Bond of Lexington and another man 1 from the same place had a narrow cs .capa, being rescued in an exhausted con lltlon, requiring medical treat ment at the army h?pital on the is land. Sullivan, Nelson and (iibson, thr ;e Charleston men, were also saved by i;he line work of the life saving crew on the beach, assisted by several men of thc garrison. The boat was owned by Sullivan and the party was on a pleasure sail. A hat was blown luto the water, and in putting about sudmly, the boat was capsized. The bodies of Carmichael and Harmon wer3 recovered. A Good Joke. Sixty members of the Northwest Missouri Editorial association, going to St. Louis from St. Joseph, were ' held up"' In the famous "hine Cut," near Kansas City, by one of their number. Will E. Williams of St. Joseph, unnoticed by the others, donned a mask and with a formidable looking, but empty pistol, marched Into the car and ordered the editors to hand over their cash, passes and other valuables. They,complied with alacrity and at the next station began sending telegrams home asking for money. They did not learn of hoax until Uley arrived at union station at St. Louis, when their property was re stored to them. Killed by n Locomotive. A dispatch to The State says Dub lin Rush, a colored man, was killed near Darlington on Thursday by a train. Rush had been grazing his sow near the railroad. He was in .a sitting posture when the engine struck Iii m and lt ls supposed be bad fallen asleep. The Whistle was sound ed repeatedly and on nearing the ob ied and recognizing it to be a man the engineer endeavored to reverse als engine, which continued on its :ourse until lt struck the man. The nan must have been sleeping very soundly for the whistle and the roar >f the train not to have dlstutbcd Ulm. THE PLATFORM Adopted by the State Democrat? ia Convention in Columbia. A GOOD AND STRONG DOCUMENT. Tho Present State GoTcrnment Bo] dotted and Commended. Tba Prosperity of tho State Commented On. The following iBthe platform adopt ed by tbe State Democratic Conven tion, which met in Columbia last Wed nesday: . n The Democrats of the ?state of South Carolina, in convention assembled by their duly constituted representatives, hereby renew their pledge of fidelity to the fundamental principles of Jef fersonian Democracy as heretofore re peatedly announced In our State and national platforms. We heartily approve the admin Istra tion of our State government as wise, conservative and patriotic. Each of the departments of the government, executive, judicial and legislative, has faithfully performed Its functions within the limitations prescribed by the constitution. And we congratu late our fellow citizens that the affairs of our State have been so satisfactorily conducted that the prosperity and welfare of the people have been pro moted, and there have been peace and good order within our borders. , We commend the services of our senators and representatives . in the congress of the United States as faith ful and efficient. We commend the services which rer suited in the adjustment of the ac counts of long standing between the State and the national government, whereby the payment of a large sum of money long since due the State was secured. ,,7""_t_,,__--3 * U rtft?H.i/.t We coptiiirtiij cvimuciivi une wu\.uv?v of our senators irr, their determined and so far successful protest against the persistent and pernicious purpose of the president to Indict upon our State a collector of customs at Char leston who is not only unacceptable to the patrons of the ofllce, but is un fitted bv tralnine and experience to perform "its important duties. And we declare that more racial antagonism bas been aroused by the policy and language of Mr. Roosevelt than by all ; other administrations during'the last \ quarter of a century. We believe that the president in his I repeated appointment of the negro . Cr um, as collector of the port of Char . leston, without advice and consent of the senate, has been influenced more i by a purpose to advance his political " aspirations than by a desire to pro ? mote the efficiency of the public ser j vice. We affirm that our treatment of our f colored fellow citizens does not justify f the purpose and endeavor of the presi dent to produce friction between them and ourselves. We make generous provision for the education of their children. In their efforts to acquire property, to secure ?. homes, to enjoy *?h?rfc?innatoj>iavate_ * their race, we accord tb" them the full [ prot ?ction of the law. ' But we believe it to be indispensable i to the permanency of peace in the i State, and essential to the welfare of I our people, white and colored alike, ! I that in matters political the will of the . white people shall be supre>me- and we avow our purpose to maintain white supremacy. " - -. 1 Concerning national issues we make i these further declarations: We believe that the executive, judi cial and legislative departments of the national government should be forever separate and distinctfromeach other, without the right of either to usurp or encroach upon the functions of another. We view with alarm the assumption of power by the president and the surrender of that po -ver by the congress. We believe that the rights of the State should he maintained at all haz ards and that every tendency toward the centralization of power in the national government, to tue detriment of the sacred right of home rule should be obstructed and arrested. We believe that honesty in the pub lic service, and economy in the expen diture of public funds, are essential to good government; no taxes should be levied nor tariffs imposed jpon the people beyond the actual requirements of the government economically ad ministered. We therefore urge such reasonable revision of the existing tariff that manufacturers shall not ob tain a higher price for their products at borne than they demand for such products abroad and such further re vision as will admit free of dury pro ducts that are manufactured/within the United States by trusts r/?d mo nopolists. lt is essential to the material inter est of the people and the development of the incalculable resources of our country that there shall bc no unjust restrictions upon healthy industrial competition. We therefore demand the rigid enforcement of all laws en acted for the prevention of trusts and combines and tlie speedy trial and punishment of persons engaged In their violation. Tlie rights of labor and capital are identical. They are entitled to equal protect ion under the law. Evidences exist in other parts of the country of growing hostility between these two great builders of national wealth. We deplore such conditions its result in the lockout and the boycott. Wc be lieve these conditions will be amelior ated under a system of government granting no special privileges which enhance tlie proiits of the rich and In crease thc cost of living to the con sumer. Convicted ol" Forgery. George AV. Murray, the former con gressman from the Tnird dlstrlot, was Friday afternoon convicted of forgery at Sumter after a desperate fight by bis lawyers to save him. The trial consumed nearly two days. Murray ls the largest landowner In Sumter county, holding about 8,000 acres. Ile was ably defended and the conviction was the result of the strongest possi ble evidence of guilt, mainly documen tary, and a part of which was given and sworn to by Murry himself in a civil suit held last year at which time he produced the forced contract and offered it in evidence in support of his ase. Negro Lynched by Negroes. A negro tramp was lynched at Sea board, N.C., last night by a crowd of bis own race, who swung.him up for an assault upon a seven-year-old col ored child. A policeman was on his way to jail with tho man, who gave bis name as Dick Whitehead, when be was overtaken by an infuriated mob of blacks, who tore the prisoner from the officer's buggy and hauged him to a nearby tree.