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fi53fi? i H?llD TIMEIS COMING ! i Many Thousands of Dinner Fails of Workmen Are Empty. HEAVY SHRINKAGE IN TRADE. Throwing Armlos ol Workers Out of Work, Notwithstanding the Re? publican Party's Pledge of Prosperity. The full-dinner pail pledge made to the workmen of the country by the Republican campaign managers four years ago, in the plea for votes to con tinue the Bepubllcuu administration, has proved nothing more than an un fulfilled promise. Trade stragnation and attendant armies of idle workers are evident in all of the business cen tres of the country. Facts gathered by The World from every industrial section of the nation show that there are hundreds of thou sands of empty dinner pails, a larger number of half-filled dinner palls and a rapidly shrinking proportion of full dinner palls. The pledge that good times would endure so long as the Republican party was kept at the helm was splen didly exploited. The full-dlnner-pail promise was shouted lu the ears of the workingmen from every speaker's stand erected during the campaign, lt was a bait that appeared alluring ly In all of the campaign literature. The workingman was to have cease less work. There was to be neither Idleness nor want. The mills were to be kept running every work day in the week and on full time every day. lt was to be four years of plenty and abundance. Business was to boom. Failures were to decrease. The wheels of trade and commerce were to whirl at their ut most capacity. lt was a splendid word picture that the skilled orators so artfully painted. All that the workingmen bad to do to bring to himself four years of gilt edged prosperity was to vote the Re publican ticket. Then he need worry no longer about the dinner pail for himself or family. A careful canvass of the men in this city who are in the best position to judge of the acutal state of the busi ness world shows: HOW BUSINESS II AS DECREASED. That the railroads are carrying be tween 25 and :15 per cent, less mer chandlse than a year ago. That the iron and steel industry has fallen away between I "J aod 55 per cent. ? That the wholesale dry goods trade has decreased between 20 and 25 per cent. That the wholesale meat and pack ing business bas decreased 2f> percent. That the bank clearings throughout the country show an average decrease of between 20 and 25 per cent. That the imports of luxuries have shrunken about 25 per cent., showing that even the wealthy class bas con tracted its expenditures in proportion to the decrease in its Income. Ia practically every Industry but the building trades the number of workers employed in the city is be tween 3 and 'M per cent, less than a year ago. This time last year the building trades were at u standstill because of the great strike which com pletely paralyzed the industry. The building trades are busy now completing buildings which would have been finished months ago but for tlie long strike. All of these build ings will soon be completed, and then the workers In the building trades will feel the effect of the general stagnation which is creeping into every branch of industry. New buildings are not being projec ted on the accustomed scale, notwith standing the peculiar condilli n which New York city occupies in relation to the building industry. The rapid and ceasless growth of its population requires hundreds and tbousonds of additional structures each year. These must go up no matter what the gen eral state of trade muy be, but they form but one branch of the building industry. The important branch is the erec tion of great modern buildings, which give employment to hundreds of iron workers and brick and stone masons. Within the past few years compara tively few structures of this class have been projected. When those now in course of construction are com pleted-and nine-tenths 11 these were started before the strike of last sum mer-the outlook for the men who depend upon the erection of these buildings for a livelihood will be most dubious. CAPITAL IS IDLE. In time of trade depression there is always a great accumulation of idle capital in the banks and trust com panies. This conditiou rules at the present time, and to export authori ties it ls significant of the state of af fairs throughout the entire country, for the money of the nation (lows to the banks of this city for pro Ii table investment. Notwithstanding the fact that over ?60,000,000 of American gold has been sent abroad since April 1, there is still a plethora of idle capital here. Were business going along at a nor mal rate this money wo nhl np t bc idle, lt would be required by the little merchant and thc big merchant. Thc sending out of the country of such a sum as 800,000,001) would cause In normal times a money squeeze of intense proportions, I Ult SJ apathetic Is trade throughout the country that not only bas it not been missed, but there is so little demand for what is left that loans can be made on a basis of 1 per cent, per annuni. These are starvation rates for the banks and ruinous to the trust com pani s, as the latter must pay their depositors anywhere from ii to I per cent. Even to loan out money at 1 per cent, requires bustling on the part of the bankB, so feeble is the demand fei lt. Mo place the country over ls as idle as Wall street. This, the finan cial heart of the nation, is th? first to respond to any change in general con ditions. Each pulsation of the coun try's commerce is felt there. AH Wall street goes so must the rest of the country go is an adage whose truth has often been proven tn thc past. Conditions In Wall street today are where they were bon years ago. This means, In the opinion of the au thorities, that the worst of the trade depression is yet to be seen. Depression in trade eventually gets down to the workingman. The em ployer to make up for shrinking prolits, reduces expenses by cutting down his payroll. The effect of this is cumulative. Every man discharged bas less money to spend. The grocer, butcher, dry goods dealer, shoe dealer and clothier that he deals with losses a percentage of business. When tens or thousands thrown into idleness in a commu nity the trade shrinkage is felt in turn by the wholesaler, the manfao turer and the original producer. Each one reduces the number of bis em ployees, and with every increase in the army of Idle ones trade generally contracts more and more. DARK DAYS ARE All KAI). Tbis process has been in operation for the past ten months, and, accord ing to those who keep in constaut touoh with such evolutions lu the bus iness world, is still progressing with increased momentum. lt began with the contraction in the iron and steel trade, last October. This bas progressed steadily, and, according to advices from all of tho centres of that industry the shrinkage is still go ing on. It is started with the refusal of the railroads to continue paying $28 a ton the price fixed for steel rails by tbe steel trust. Hut for the protective tariff steel rails could be delivered in tbis country for German and British manufacturers at $21 a ton, with a fair margin of profit. It costs about $11.50 a ton to pro duce steel rails. The steel trust bas de livered in far off Syria cn a contract with a Syrian railroad the same steel rails that it charges American roads ??28 a ton for $22 a ton. This Syrian contract was taken on a basis of about $10 a ton for an American railroad. A year ago there were 1(18,000 work ers employed by the United States Steel corporation, which benefits more largely through the protective tariff than any other corporation in the country. The number employed toda ls about 100,000, and many of these are working only on part time. The full dinner pail bas proved a melancholy myth to the employes of tbe steel trust. The workers for the smaller Iron and steel corporations like the Republic Iron and Steel company; the Tonnes see Coal and Iron company; the Scliloss-Shctlield company; tbe Colora do Fuel and Iron company: the Lacka wanna Steel company and the Penn sylvania Steel company are even worse otf. In good times about 80,000 men are employed by these companies. The to tal now at work is less than 40,000. Of tbe still smaller companies, witn no powerful Influences behind them to hand out contracts even at the expense ot the railroads or others which are the buyers, several b?tv? gone to the wall, notably thc United States Steel company, a $.'1,000,000 Massachusitt? concern. Others are tottering upou the verge of dissolution. The railroads of the country being tbe largest employers of labor, have as a result of the contraction in business made i"no largest additions U> the idle army. 120,00.) IIAILKOADBIIS LAID OFF. Since Hie li rsi of thc year fully 120, OUO workers have been discharged by the various railroads, and the weeding out process ls still going i n. The full dinner pail is only a memory with these 120,out) men. Thc cotton null towns of New Eng land have much poverty to deal with. In ordinary good timi s Mu re are200, ooo ope rat ives employed. These peo ple do not earn much money and are able lo sive but very small sums. Most of them do not attempt to save any thing. Thes-2 mills for the past nine months have been shutting down for a few weeks at a time. When they are do ing business they aie run only on two thirds time or four days a week. There is actually only a full week's wi rk for about 100,000 of thu 200,000 workers, but the largest number are given part-time employment through the system of running tbe mills four days a week. This bas bron rue of the most dire ful years to the workers in the history of the cotton mill trade. Many of the operatives are french Canad ans or their descendants: So extreme bas their poverty been during the past few months that thousands of them have gone back to Canada, relying upon the generosity of relatives there ?-j support them in the south, In the manufactur ing district dependent upon the coal and iron trade, there are large num bers of unemployed. DISTRESS IS WIDESIMtl?AD. In the middle west, partlcualarly in the cities where large packing houses arc established, the army of idle work ers is extensive. There are 200.000 packing house employers in times of fair business prosperity, Hctween J.", and 40 per ce nt. of tWese are now idle, or about 75,000 men. The lethargy in the packing bouse industry is most sign!Scant of general trade conditions and of the great idle army throughout the country. When the average workman is idle and is forced to reduce the expenses of lils family to r. minimum tile article of food that ls cut down as much as possible is meat. When only a few cents can be expended upon each meal meat becomes a luxury that is seldom indulged In. lu Chicago alone, where 40,000 men were employed last year lu thc great packing bouses In that city, the number now employed is 25,000, or a reduction of 37j per cent. That the contraction in trade is about the same in various cities is shown by tile .shrinkage in the bank clearings. For the week ending .lune ll the bank clearings were 30.2 per cent, less than a year ago; in Heston they showed a decrease of 32 percent., in Haiti more a decrease of 22.2 per cent, and in Philadelphia 20.0 percent. The tremendous reductions made by tbe railroads to keep down their payrolls are due solely to the decrease in freight tonnage. The passenger traille bas, as yet, not shown any con sequential shrinkage. In fact on many of the roads it isa trille better than last year, but this is attributed to the unusual traille due to the world \s fair at St. Louis. in May the gross earnings of 06 railroads totalled $52,134,881, com pared willi $54,001,002 for May of 100:1. This a decreaseof $1,.soo,181. Tbe railroads in tbe section cast of the Missis.ippi also benefited by the strike in t he (?real Lakes, which prac tically tied up all of thc b >at.s for a considerable period. The lake traille is tremendous in normal times and cuts heavily Into the business of the railroads. Hut for the late strike officials of the eastern roads running out from St. Louis and Chicago ad mitted that Uicy would be suffering for want of freight. A year ago the question of getting cars to meet tbe demands of the ship pers was a serious ono, but for several months there bas been a plet hora of equipment.- New York Herald. Wh< says the Southerners are not patient and forbearing? The man who at thc Nashville reunion pro posed to change "Dixie" was allowed lo escape uninjured, says the Haiti more Sun. / CHICAGO PLATFORM. Ron. John Shark Williams Bees Du. plioity in Franchise Hank HE DECLARES THAT IT ME AND One I i cw tor Massachusetts and Another roi* the South, and Presages A n o t Ii e r Force Bill. The following ls what John Shark Williams, the Democtatlo Confesion al Coder, says of the suffrage clause of the Republican platform as adopted at Chicago recently: "The plank in which the party promises, if it finds the suffrage lu any State 'unconstitutionally limited* by special discrimination, to reduce the representation of that State In Con gress and in the Electoral College, strikes the South us producing an issue upon which all Southerners will meet. The adverb 'unconstituti inally' Is use less and fools nobody, especially when one remembers that the author of the phrase, or at least the voice that read it, was the author of the old 'Force bill.' Whether, or not, the suffrage has been ^unconstitutionally limited' is a matter for the courts to determine, and a reportof a Itepublean Commitee on elections lu the last Congessso con fesses lt. If a man be 'unconstitution ally ' denied the suffrage, then, altera determination to that effect, he can vote-that is his remedy, and the right remedy, and having voted, of course there can be uo reduction of represen tation on bis account. DEFINES TUE "ltKAt, OBJECT." "Rub all this deceives nobody, as 1 said. This real object or the the Re publican party, in so far as this plank ls concerned, however specious the phraseology in which it is clothed, is to reduce Southern representation without reducing that of Massachu setts, Connecticut and other States, wherever in the South negroes are dis-i fracchlsed, rot as such, but because of ignorance, by an educational quail li cation, or because of any other right reason, in any other constitutional way. Disfranchisement of a negro for Ign?ranos in Mississippi is a horrible thing; disfranchisement of a white man of ignorance in Massachusetts is a part of "higher civilization.' "Let not the business interest of the country deceive itself; let th< so controlling it prepare fur another pe riod of uncertainty, unrest, business disturbance and race war in the South ern States, instead of that pt ace and prosperity which holli races now en joy, and which has bern rendered pos sible only by home rule and by white supremacy. Let the South not deceive itself either. "If the Republican party were sin cere in its proposition to reduce South ern representation on the ground of the disfranchisement of the negro rase in the South, thereby condoning the disfranchisement or uhconst tution.il limitation it elf, it could accompany that proposition with another, to-wit; the proposition to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. CALLS IT DOUBLE DEALING. "Their duplicity is shown in this: they wish to maintain thc amendment which forbids the negro, for racial reasons, from being disfranchised, and yet, on tho pretence that he is for racial reason disfranchised, they would have the negro not counted as a basis c f representation in the S uthern States, where he. cb icily rt sides. It ls ?not the white man, as a white man, who is Injured by a recurrence to the tendencies of force bill days-he can and always will maintain himself-it is business, commerce manufacturing, agriculture and the negro himself. "Commercially and industrially the white men of the South will not be so much injured by this ...ort of agitation as Northern people will, because the average Southerner is not rich anvnow, gets his foo 1 and clothes out ol* the world, and these he would get anyhow. The mercantile class would be the lirst to sutler, but as they owe debts to the North and buy from the North, and as nearly everything they sall is manu fae tu red in thc North, they wi uld not be alone in their suffering. This is but the entering wedge to a new period of "Southern reconstruction.' THElit KOA ST AS TO TRUSTS. "The boast that the administration has executed the ant i-trust laws is, of course, ridiculou:;. The Attorney-Gen eral, In response to a resolution of my own, frankly confessed that nothing had been done, and left the inference that nothing would be done toward the criminal prosecution of men found guilty by the Supreme Court (if the United States, In the Northern Se curities case, which owned its i ul tai ti ve to Governor Van Sant of having violated the provisions ol anti-trust legislation, "The Attorney-General, in answer to another resolution (the Hearst re solution), tailed to show that tiny thing substantial was balng done, civilly or criminally, against the anthracite coal carrying railroads and anthracite coal mine owners, const ?tuting together, in violation of law, ene of the great e t trusts in the country. This same "trust-buster," Attorney-General Knox, has just been appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania a Senator from that Stale on the demand of the very men who constituted this trust and who are, at any rate, the presi dents of the railroads and the owners of the mines cmstilutiiu; it." > M its. Mary Anderson Navarro re fuses an offer of 3200,000 to give a series of public readings in the United States. She says: "I have ?ill that I could want or wish for. The glory of a woman is in her luisband, her home, her children. In one word, I have learned the lesson of content." These are noble words, and should be pon dered hy every woman who has a hus band and children._ A bouquet of immortelles from Dixie land should be laid on the grave uf Dan Emmett, the man who wrote "Dixie" and knew not what he wrote. As the Atlanta Ci ns ti tu lion says he gave the world its most thrilling na tional air and the greatest army in the world its musical inspiration. Dixie" will live so long as Southern patriotism endures. May the old man rest ut peace! Tun Pension Bureau estimates that there arti not more than 20,001) veter ans or the Civil War now living who are not on the pension rolls. The pension attorneys have already accom plished about all that thc service pen sion by executive order can accom plish, so far as getting the names on the roll is concerned. RLMEK Oliver, of Plymouth, Pa., s suing Miss Elizabeth Alspaugh for $5,000 damages for breach of promise. She broke the engagement, without any reason, he says, and he wants to teach her a lesson and rake in a few shekels. Oliver ought to be put on exhibition. A COWARDLY ATTACK. Au Atlant? Preacher Assaulted While In a Barber's Chair. At Albany, Ga., on last Monday Ohlei of police R. N. Wesbrook as saulted Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, with a rawhide whip. The attack was made In a Broad , street baroer shop. The encounter caused wild excitement. Tbe trouble started Sunday after noon when Dr. Broughton who in leading a series of meetings In Albany, slated in the presence of a large con gregation that rottenness pervaded the city government of Albany. He specifically charged that Chief of Po lice It. N. Westbrook had been taken from a bouse of questionable resort, in a state of Intoxication. Ile promised to produce atlldavlts to sustain his charges if they were desired. .Ohlei' Westbrook denied the charges. His. friends confidently stated that be would personally resent what they deemed an unpardonable Insult and their confidence pioved to be weil founded. The ball opened Monday afternoon when State Senator-elect Cruder. West-' brook a son of the chief, made a per sonal attack on lt. W. Jordan, who titus been taking a prominent part in the revival meetings and who, it was alleged bad furnished Dr. Broughton v. ith the Information which had been used in the sensational charges made. Monday afternoon just before t? o'clock, Dr. Broughton went Into a Broad street barber shop, accompanied by several of bis friends. In a few minutes he was followed by Chief Westbrook. Dr. Broughton was in a barber's chair. Chief Westbrook made several inquiries as to which of thc several gentlemen who were being shaved was the Atlanta divine. .'As soon as he Identified Dr. Broughton the chief produced a heavy rawhide whip and struck him three or four times, but owing to the interference ?f a dozen persons the blows did hot take full effect. There were several -ide tights precipitated In the1 excite ment. It ls charged by a, number of persons who were present that Dr, Broughton had a pistol and threat ened to use lt. He assumed the defen sive with a heavy iron cuspidore, held tightly in one band, the other band being thrust deep Into one of his coat pockets. Chief Westbrook used some unprintable language in denouncing Dr. Broughton, who dirt not reply. * TWENTY-ONE DROWNED. A HiiNsian Submarine Boat Had Seri ous Disaster at Neva. A dispatch from St. Peter>burgsays the submarine boat Delfin sank at her moorings in the Neva, off the baltic shipbuilding yard, at ll o'clock Wed ncsdiy morning with the less of an officer, Lieut. Cherkasoll, and 20 men. The accident was due partly to the excessive number of the crew, mcstly inexperienced men; and chit Hy to the unfortunate attempt of a man to es cape while Ins comrades were screwing down the manhole. The officers and men detailed for submarine instruction had assembled ar, the Baltic jard and three of the officers decided to go down in the Del tin although her captain was not pres ent, relying on the experience of her skilled crew. A score of novices were anxious to go with the three officers. The Dellin's nominal capacity is tfii men, instead of which 32 e 'tered the beat, bringing her manho?e~ln* ??ll gerous proximity to the river level, .lust then a tug passed, sending a heavy wash against the beat. As soon as the water splashed Into the submarine boat's interior, it cre ated a panic among the novices and one of them tried to get out ot the manhole which the other hands were screwing down preparatory to the de scent, tlie submerging compartment having already been opened. The water rushed in and as the submerged vessel sank like a stone, the officers and some of the men were saved, be ing blown thrtugh the manhole by the rush of escaping air. The Delfin shortly afterward was raised. Lieut. Elaguin, who was one of the officers saved, said to the cor resp ndent of the Associated Press: "The tragedy was like a dream. I remember a sickening sense of suffo cation from the fumes of the storage batteries and then a rush of air and water. Tlie next thing 1 knew I was ashore." The Delfin is Russia's best submarine boat. She was designed by Naval Architect Bnubnoff and Capt. BekelmishelT and underwent a success ful trial In 1893;_ A Cloud Hurst. ( iver SOU homes, business houses and school-houses, a short distance from Pittsburg, Ba., on the Pan Handle railroad, are inundated in two to ten feet of water from llobinson's run hy a cloud-burst Wednesday night. Many bridges and buildings were washed away, horses and cattle were drowned and at least one life was lost. It is rumored that others perished, but the reports have not been veritisd. There were many escapes, lloth electric line plants at McDonald are Hooded and the town is in total darkness. Traffic in the Pan Handle disttict ls com pletely tied up. The only fatality so far known was the drowning of an un known Italian, and his body has been found lloating in Robinson's run this morning. Sold Under Moi-t^uKe. What, is regarded as another failure of negro ownership anti operation of a cotton mill was marked Wednesday when the Coleman cotton mill at Con cord was sold tit public auction under an execution of two mortgages held by the Dukes of Durham, N. C. The property was bbl in for the mortgages at * 1 o.ono. The concern owes *20,uU0. The Colemcn mill was the first in North Carolina to run with colored help. Tlie organizer of the mill was Warren Coleman, a well known negro of Concord. He had considerable means and it ls sa'd that the failure of the venture cost him most of his property. Coleman died some months ago. . ? Pound Hotly Floating. At Miami, Fla., the body of W. A. McQueen was found lloating in the river at the old bridge Thursday Morning. Judge Hill impaneled a coro ner's jury and the body was view at King's undertaking establishment. On McQueen's head there ls an ugly bruise and the theory by some is advanced that he was murdered and his body thrown in the river. The jury has not brought in a verdict at his time. Mc Queen was well known tlierc as a quiet and Inoffensive man. About u Oabbajre Patch. At Fayetteville, Ga., Steve Ren froe, an Old man 7U years old, shot his daughter-in-law throught the head Thursday killing her Instantly. Mr. lienfroe and his daughter in-lcw dis agreed about a cabbage patch. Feeling ran high for awhile against thc old man, but it !a unlikely that vlo encc will be done him. ?-'-! 1 "Dixie." At one of the reuni?n meetings, at Nashville, an effort was made to change the words of "Dixie," but lt met with almost universal refusal. The appeal came from the Alabama Daugh ters of the Confederacy, but was turned down promptly by the old Confederate soldiers at the assemblage. In com menting on the refusal of the old sol diers to change the words of "Dixie" the Augusta Chronicle says: "That a negro medley, utter drivel and trash, considered from an artistic or poetic view-point, should cling thus is a kind of literary paradox, but such ls the case. Dan Emmet wrote the jingle for his minstrel troupe, before the war, with not the remotest Idea that it would be adopted as a sectional battle ballad; but, somehow, lt was picked Up, made Intensely popular and re mains so to this day. lt is the music and the environment that perpetuate it. Nobody bares much, If anything, about the rag-time words; but as they were-assi mi lated to the war spirit and traditionally continue, no change seems possible." Mrs. I. M. P. Ocken don, of Montgomery. Ala., cleverly re wrote "Dixle,"< and submitted- her veris ion. She was highly endorsed by some of our prominent S millern men, but met with rib success, though, on general- principal she deserved it. Here are her proposed substituted verses: 1. In Dixie cotton loves to grow, - With leaf of green and boll of snow, Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie-Lund! Here waves the golden wheat and corn, In Dixie-Land where I was born, Look away, look away, Look.away. Dixie-Land! Chorus, -Then I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! in Dixie-Land I'll take my stand, To live and die in Dixie. A way,'away! ? Away down South in Dixie! 2. In Dixie reddest roses bloom: Toe Jasmine yields Ks rare perfume, Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie-Land! And here the sea-breeze haunts the .South, With orange blossoms in its mouth, Look away, look away, Look-away, Dixie Lauri! Chorus: Then* I wish 1 was in Dlxle,$c. 4. The Dixie skies are Honnie Blue, And Southern hearts are warm and true, Look away, look away. Look away. Dixie Land! Let there be love throughout the world, The pure white Hag of peace unfurled! Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie Land! Chorus:-Then I wish I was in Dixie,&c. 5. In Dixie-Land 'tis sweet to rove, Thro' phiey-woods and sweet-gum grove. Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie Land! And hark, the rebel mocking bird, With sweetest, song you ever beard! Sings away, sings away, Sings away, Dixie-Land! Chorus:-Then 1 wish I was in Dixie,&c. 0. In other lands 't is sweet to roam, But, Dixie-Land is Home, sweet Home Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie Land! And Southern maid with merry song, Loves Dear Old Dixie, BIGHT OR WRONG! Look away, look away, Look away, Dixie Laud! Chorus:-Then 1 wish 1 was in Dixie,&c. The Chronicle goes on to say that whatever our private or personal opin ions mav bc and, however, m.rltous the* change of words, it ls certain I that, while the Veterans remain, "Dixie's" words, though trashy and unworthy, will remain as they are, a kind of reminlscential consecration. What may happen, win n the Confed erate soldiers pass away, need not now be discjssed." Appropriate to the foregoing, however; is the fu?owing from the Houston Post, to which it was inspired by the quotation from the Albany Herald, which is given: Great is '.Dixie"-"Dixie Land" and " Dixe," the song. The playing of the popular Southern air stopped a stam pede from the theatre in our sister city, Americus, a few nights ago. The cry of tire had been heaid. The crowd rushed for the entrance, and nothing could stop the frenzied fugitives until the orchestra st ruck up" Dixie." Then they stood still and yelled. Nb true Southern man or woman will run from anything when they are backed by t be st rains of "Dixie."--Albany Herald. Don't you know it! Dear old "Dixie!" Let t he grand old cadence swell And there's not a Southern living but would seale thc walls of hell! And would wake the deeps infernal wit h the ringing rebel yell! Dear old "Dixie!" Play ls softly; play it soft and way down low, And there's something in its sweetness wakes the scenes of long ago, And old com ratios mareil beside us in the ways we used lo know. Dear old " Dixie," blare it proudly and you'll hear the Southron's cheers. Dear old "Dixie," play it softly o'er the green mounds of the years Till the hearts are tilled with rapture and the eyes are bright with tears. Daily MaNHBcred. The state department Saturday received the following dispatch dated Ispanhan, Persia, and signed "the Armenian bishop of Persia:" "Turkish barbarians are massacreing thousands of us each day. We humbly solicit the United States government, In the name of Christianity and humanity, o save many human lives." May Be Ho. The A gusta Chronicle says an old Con federate officer, in Augusta, while favoring the .Japs, predicts that Eng land, France, Germany. China, and Roosevelt (beg pardon Uncle Sam) will have a general scrimmage in the Far East. In that event, Armageddon may be near. They know Him. The national bank otllclals of Sa vannah were recently the guests at a tish supper of President Leopold Adler, of the Challum bank. After supper a straw vote was taken on the presidential question. Fifteen voted for Cleveland for the nomination and two for Parker. THE Philadelphia Record says: "A Democratic victory would be about as important to the Republican party as to the country, and the Republican leaders, chained to wheels of thc red and gold band wagon which Mr. Roosevelt thinks is a charlot, are con scious of the fact. Never did the Democratic party have so capital a chance to carry the election as lt. has this year. '"We hope wise counsels will prevail at St. Louis, aud that a good platform and candidate will be the result. UNITKD States Judge Emory Speer decided at Macon, Ga., on Tuesday that a police court has no right to sentence a person to the chalngang. The decision has created a decided sensation and will be carried to the supreme court before it ls ended. DR. HATHAWAY. uyn hu re? Most Successful Specialist in th? His line In the United States. bo? Recognised as the Leading and iful Specialist in ie United States. O?I.!A4I MA My cure for thia disease ls R ^IlinYlli fi no cutting or dangerona sui WH ??.???? w ual attention, and treat Its tlon and porenesa ls allayed ond tue canal hcnls II_I,_. This disease Istha enlari w3rBf.nnfilfi the vitality, lt weakens VC?l IUUUUIU form certainty just aa qui any other disease, and their st rength la being dr ed, and learn the cause of your trouble. Send fo m_J _" This horrible disease Binni] rOISOn know just what my i UIUUU I "I?U1I bones, falling hair.o I will tell you frankly whether or not you are ai drusa, tn aa quick. If not quicker, time than any 1 will bo eradicated from the system forever. Sen Worn ?netta down to health thousands ,.t Buffering women'. Send Diseases of Women to health thousands ot Buffering wo Chronic Diseases My apeclalt Disease, Sto Vitus Dancf ls equipped with the most apr lived X-Kay and ?. Home Treatment Sg; oonutrlea. Correspondence confidential. J. NEWT 28 Inman Building, 21* S. Broad S NEGRO STATISTICS. Great Blrtl< ?nd Death Hates ;;rc lince CliarnctcriHtict-. The census bureau Friday issued the tinal bulletin en the negro popula tion of the United States. The num ber of negroes in the United Ssatcs, iuuiudi^g liie entire area cove ed by thc I2t h census (continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii) and Puerto ltico is 0,204,?91, perhaps a larger number than is lound in any other country outside of Africa. The report indicates that between ll and lt; per cent, of the negro population ha ire or are believed by thc enumerators to have some degree of white blood. The centre of the negro popularon is in Dekalb county, Alabama, about four miles from west ern boundry of Georgia, having moved thence from Dinwiddie county, Vir ginia, slt.ee 1790. Over 77 per cent, of the negroes live in the country, against over 57 per cent, of the whites. Almcst 90 per cent, of "the negroes lu continental United States j are In southern States and three tenths uf them are in Georgia, Missis sippi and Alabama. Negroes onstitute a out one-llf teenth of the elby population and about one seventh of the country 1 population of c mtinential United! States. There was an increase among the negroes of 1.345,318 or 18 percent, in contlnential United States but the tate of increase declined steadily through the nineteenth century. The negro s, unlike the Indians and the native white, have a slight excess ! of fin?ales, llliteiauy among them - is about seven times greater than among the whites. There are 3,992,-1 337 negroes in the United States en gaged in gainful o ?eu pattons. Their death rate approximates :?0 per cent, while that of the whites under the same calculation is 17 percent. The proportion of mulattoes to all negroes is usually higher in cities of the great cotton growing Statis than it Is in the districts outside of the cities. The district In which the pro portion of negroes is greatest lies in the Mississippi alluvial region along both banks of the lower Mississippi, where live-eights of the population ls negro, the maximum being in Issaque na county, Mississippi, with more than If) negrcs to each white person. Ne groes form one-third of the population in the south both in cities and In countty districts while in the north tiley are about one-fortietb of city and one-ninetieth of country districts. In the country districts of the south, ex cluding thc population of the 212 cities which had at least 2,500 inhabitants both in 1890 anti in 1900, the negroes increased 1890 to 1900 over 1 ti per cent. ; in the 242 southern cities as a whole they increased 22.7 per emt. Their increase In the country districts was about two-thirds as rapid as that of thc whites in the same area; their increase in southern cities was nearly live-sixths as fast as that of the whites in the same cities. In the live southern cities, having at le.ist 100.000 inhabitants in 1900, the negro population increased 2?.8 pjr cent., 1890 bo 1900; the white popula tlon of the same cities increased only 20.8 per cent. This is the only group of southern cities in which the rate of increase of negro population exceeded that of the whites. In the .'18 cities of this class of continental United States the per cent, of increase was 38 for negroes and 32.7 for whites. The largest number of negroes liv ing in compact masses are found In cut tain urban c ?unties,several of which lie outside of the great cotton growing States. Tlic four each having over 75,000 negroes are: District of Colum bia, cjcxtensive with Washington; Shelby county, Tenn., containing Memphis; Baltimore city, Md., and Orleans parish, in., coextensive with New < ).leans. The general conclusion soems war ranted that the proportion of inula toes to total negroes was found by the enumerators to be high or low, accord ing as the proportion of whites or ne groes ls high or low. Ttic total numbers of negroes repor ? ted -jy the twelfth census was 8,810, 789. To th's number may be added the 3(1.1,712 persons of pure or mixed negro blood in Puerto ll!co, making a total of 9,204,531 negroes under American Jurisdiction, This Includes 8,833,091 negroes of continental Unit ed States, which excludes these of ruerto Riep and a lew in Alaska, Ha waii and the military and navals, rvlce. The social 1st I? now Indispensable. In ?ll walks ot Ufo there ls a demand for tho man ?o can do one particular thing better than any one else, and such, 4 m?? ls one who bas confined a endeavor to, and centered all of his ^ncrgy and ability on the spec! he has chosen for bis e's work. Early In my professional career I realized that Chronic- Diseases w? re not bc>.h;r given tba .en tlou which their importance warranted. I saw that these diseases required a spacial Hi ss which tho busy practitioner could nover acquire. For mon? than twenty years 1 have do ted raynell exclusively to tho study and treatment of tBese diseases, and the foot thatpbytt ins recommend meto their patients ls an evidence ot my skill aud ability iii my special line. I re special counsel to physicians with obstinate and obscure cases. I have devoted particular attention to chronic diseases ot men and women, and no other isa of disease requires more intelligent and expert treatment. It ls a fact that a majority of move the seriousness of their condition to improper treatment, and a failure to real Ito the portancc of placing their case In the bands of a skilled and expert speclaljst. Overindulgence. Indiscretions and excesses are not the only causes of an impairment of sexual strength. Such a derange ment frequently comos from worry, overwork, mental strain, ... which graduolly weakens and injures thc system before the unfortunate victim realizes 5 true nature of hu trouble. Nervousness, weak bnck, dlzzlness.loss of memory, apota before ? eyes, despondency, etc., often aro the first symptoms of an lmpalrmentof manly vigor, and if fleeted serious reeu.'ts are sure'to follow. 'I want to talk toeyery.- sn vrho its sny cf thees inpious ofweakening ofh?s man Fy functions. lean promptly correct all Irregularities, and der my skillful treatment you will have restored all of the strength and glory of your man od. Whether you consult me or not, do not jeopardize your health by experimenting with idy-made medicines, free sr.mplcs, so-called quick cures, etc..!as the most delicate organtot ; body are Involved, and only an expert should b"i entrusted with your case. Send for free iklct, " Nervous Debility and Its Family of Ills." lervous Debility ;entlo and painless! and often causes no detention from business or other dulles. It involve? rglcal operation. Improper treatment will result in serious injury. 1 give each caso lndlvld every requirement. Every obstruction ls removed, and. all discharge soon ceases, inflamma up promptly and permanently. Send for free book on Stricture; lenient of veins of the scrotum, which flit with stagnant blood, causing a constant drain npon thc entire system'nd saps away all sexual strength. 1 cure this dlBease with tho same unl ck as consistent with medical Hulence. Probably moro mon ore afflicted with Varlcocele tuan ulned away without their knowing thc cause. Come to mc at oucc it you think you are afflict r free booklet on Varlcocele. ) is no longor incurable, and when I say that I can oure the most severe case I do so because I treatment has accomplished. If you have sores, pimples, blotches, sore throat, pains In the. r any symptoms which you do not understand, lt ls important that you consult mc at once, and 1 unfortunate victim. I will guarantee tb euro you without the use of strong and injurious known treatment. My cure is a permanent ono, and is not mere patchwork, and the disease d for my free booklet, "Thc Poison King." on who suffer from the ailments peculiar to their sex are cured by my gentle and painless od of treatment, which avoids nil necessity for surgical operations. If you suffer from bearing pains, backache, Irregularities, leuchorrhea, etc., write me about your case. 1 havo rejtorei) for my free booklet un Women's D?SCBBCB. y also includes all othrrchronle. dUcascs, suchas Rheumatism, Catarrh, Diabetes, Bright**) imaoh, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Piles, Fistula, Rupture, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, 8.. !. etc., and all who want skillful, expert treatment should write me about their case. My omeo ?loctrlcal apparatui, BO that my patients get tho benefit of thc latest discoveries of science. yone to consult me without charge, and will refund railroad fare'one way to all who take If yon cannot see me In person write for symptom blanks and full information about my suc if home treatment by which 1 have cured patients lu every State in tho Union and In foreign ON HATHAWAY, M. D. trect, Atlanta, Ga. fjj) At Osborne's Business College C/CkttmiA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA OR TUITION REFUNDED BOOK-KEEPING. SHORTHAND AND TELEGRAPHY WRilt US. naram teed. 1854. COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 1904. An institution for .the higher educat ion of young women. Classified as a College. University plan of studies. Strong faculty. Literaiy, Music Art. Expression departments are under thoroughly competent and experienced teachers. Cistern water. Heated by hot-water._ Health record unsinp?ssed Gieat advancement in Music department. For catalogue address the President, W. W. DANIELf Columbians. O. _ WHAT JDOGJS Vt* COST? Write tons and we will be glad to give you prices that will interest you on PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, etc. What is Calci mO? ;.; COLEMAN-BALL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. 3157 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. 0. YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers,.typewriters^^ and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of I**- _ MACFEAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. 0j?-i-. W. H. Macfeat, otficial Court Stenographer, President. \ Fine Watch Don't think that every one who hangs out a sign os a "watch maker" is competent to repair your Uno watch. Repairers who aro fully competent are scarce. We do work only one way,-tho IV PPiz-liri TIO* Deflt-w0 uin xaa^i0 aay part of a watch, or a complete watch. .tYV^ IJCllll -"f^* Our prices nro often no more than you puy for inferior work. Whan our charco for work is $1.50 or over we will pay express chnrgo one way. Seud us your watch, P. H. LACHICHOTTE & ?O. Jewelers, 1424 Main St., Columbia, 8. C. ll Professors 17 Instructors. Founded In 1050. Graduates 4.49S. MEDICAL STUDENTS Write for Pree Catalogue ot the .Medieal department, UnioerMtif cf Nashville. Curriculum Includes twenty-three lecture courses, each followed by a thorough review qui/.; seven laboratory courses, and three hours of hospital work daily. New building elaborately equipped with modern apparatus and appliances.Expenses moderate. Address J, billard Jacobs, M. D" Secretary, 035 South Market Kt., Nashville, Tenn. . . . tr 4?? Y/E-ArRE LOOKING ?te FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO. COLUMBIA SC. Piana and Organ Bargains. If you want the bargains of your life write at once to', Alalonc music House, Columbia, S. C., for particulars. N. H. In answering this ad. please state which you desire Piano or Organ Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good l in. second band black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00. Columbia, S. C. The macliihery Supply house of tho state. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROI?." Write for prices. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigaret I A lb Drug and Tobacco Habit, Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of <0. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Coniidentlal correspond ence solicited. Inline Cement, Plaster, Terra Gotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina. Portland Cement Co., tT/narleston, R. u. Thu Author ol'Dixie. Dan Hmmett, the author of "Dixie," died at lils home at Mount Vernon, < )hio, last week. Emmett belonged ning of the Civil War itbicome the rallying sting for the South. For a number of years Dan Emmett bas lived a quiet and peaceful lite with to the first negro minstrel troupe ever | bis wife in a little cottage just north organized and was the author of a of Mt. Vernon, O., where be devoted number of catchy songs, Including his time to raising chickens and talk 1'Old Dan Tucker," but pf course, the lng over old times with any visitor fame which was bis, because of the who migbtcbance to como. Hisstor autbotsbip of "Dixie," overshadowed les of the early days of mlntrelsy were all bis other otTorts. j entertaining and be never lacked tor "Dixie" was written on one rainy company, lie bad in his posseslo.n Sunday in New York and sung the j when he died the orignal manuscript next-night, making a instantaneous of "Dixie" and other songs and tho bit. The old fashioned minstrel oom- 'collection will now undoubtedly be? pany which sang the pl?ce was com posed of less than a do/en performers,, sitting In semi-circle and all playing some kind ol' Instruments. Dan E?t?* mell played the liddle. The manager ol the aggregation told Dan after the show Saturday night to compose a new "round" l'or the com pany, and thc next day being rainy and disagreeable, thc old minstrel's i thoughts turned toward thc sunny South, and without hesitancy he wrote the words and music of the song. Everywhere the company appaarod "Dixie" made a bit. and at tho begin quite valuable. Two white men have been murder ed by white men in the county of Mar ion In the last two weeks. Where will it end? GUARAN. / TEED j BY A ?Urs AO?l BANK DEPOSIT (J9\Jm\?\?K? Railroad Fare P?ld. SOO '_ F rt BK Courses Offered. ??BBMRHI Boaidr.iCoM. Write Quick GEORGIA-ALABAMA BUSINESS C0LLCCE.Macon,Ci,