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VO^.XXLX.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1904.
74jr\ tc*
lilt BULL WhtVIL.
Action of the Colton Growers
Convention Last Week,
SE VEE AL GOOD TALK*3.
Reislatisai Adapted Providing for the
Tfearangfa GrganUstioa of All Cot
tea Growers to Co-operate
Wita the Government in
alighting the Weevil.
st week the National Cotton Con
ventlbn mat at Shreveport, La., with
?ver Via hundred delegates present
repratwbttnp the cotton pioduolng
?State? and others. Many able speeches
bavo boen made by the delegates and
visitor?. Gov. Blanobard, In welcom
ing the delegates, said:
WOULD BB A CALAMITY.
'The question that bas brought
au here to hold this convention ls
not ona affect lng merely the cotton
growing region of the South. It af
fects intimately and directly the
whole country. If the cotton crop of
the South is to be destroyed by this
eat-If the growth pf cotton as a
ammerolal product In the South is to
esas? as the result of the Invaslou of
this lnaect-lt will prove a world
wide calamity. It will affect ruin
ously large commercial Interests; it
will affect disastrously every commer
cial interest and every lino nf trade
[the world over. More,"perhaps than
lany other single product of the soil,
?cotton permeates and adjusts and ri g
lulates the balance of the world's
Itrade.
'Its culture and harvesting, Its
preparation for the market, ita trans
portation to market, its marketing,
lits manufacture and the sale of ita
[fabrics give employment to millions
people in our own country. Its
portatlon abroad gives ?employ
nanny thousands of ship
fed seafaring men, and its
tures, give emp?8,mlllIons of
mon and women there. ,.
. "Asa merchantable y.., i
well-nigh indisponible to tue v
trade. But more than this,
continued growth of cotton in
Southern States semis absolu'
dispensable-- t*v *""". , ., . . enc
.?ttMaaiwiii?^..- ;&yfl.even almost, foot
V
ir.u:nce itself, of the people c
world. In tte far greater pa
people ot the world depend on <
fabrics with which to clothe
selves.
OTJK COTTON .NEEDED.
"Their relit nee is cn the Soi
States of the great American U
Ho for that which clothes thu
here in the South we have tho p
cal monopoly of tbo giowth <
cotton plant. Great effort and
expenditures of treasure have
made to develope its growth In
regions of the world's surface
without success.
"The cotton In the world |
outside the United S. ates has sc;
an appreciable effect on the c
market. The eyes of all are o
South's cotton. What ls the A
can crop going to be? Wba
price it will likely brin?? The
the questionu men ask of one ar
the world over.
"The South, gentlemen of th
vention, is tho clothier of tbe *
Lot its crop of cotton fail for
years consecutively and the pee
the world will go In raga and ri
cass. Suppose, now aa threaten
this pest of tte boll weevil, it
permanently; ind what will th
plo do for clothing? Wool an
and ramie fancies will not go r
as staple articles of clothing, to
than a third of the world's popul;
Are the people to go naked?
"That is r ot too broad a qui
the truth and Bay this: wo tri
many years to live In Misslsslpp
share noverel|. nty, and dominier,
tho negro, and we saw our inst Ii i
crumbling, we saw the cl viii;
that our forefathers had fuugt
passing away, and tho lnw ol
preservation being the first la
observed lt. We rote In the m
highest typa of Anglo-Saxon
hood, and tc ot tbe nins of g(
ment cut of tie bands of tho <
bagger and negro, and, so he
God, from now OP WC will never
any sovereignty cr dominion
him again."
THE BOLL WEEVIL.
An important address was del
by Dr. W. D. Iiunter, of tbe b
of entomology, department of n\i
ture at Washln^t^n, wbo ban c
vcf tho boll weevil investiga
which ls being ccniucted by tb
partment. Ills subject wa? thc
Weevil Situation." He said In
"The ravages of tho bo'.l .
have affected not only the cotto
ducors of Texas, as well as c
United States, but have abo dh
ed tho general economic celui
throughout tbe south and bave i
.disturbances In every quaker 1
?globe where American cott/m ii
in the factories, lt has caused
person in the world, who uses <
tn any form, to pay more for it
formerly. The pest was first 1
to occur In Texas In tho vlclnl
Bro, ' svllle about ?1802. Sine
date lt has ar'vanced annually
Cb miles, and there seems no ]
it.avy iii in o ik wwi iiunci ?ntually
eJLe parts of i the south*, where cot
[produced, if lt duos not Indeed
jtther cotton producing countrln
mt tho Infested territory i
vtlcally all of the coi Lon pi
inntioH in Texas and the
"of six parishes of Lou!
sports regarding tl
IQ pest outside c
,been mentlouet
and found
uisifury o? ine peas reveal few facto;
that .seem to Indicate that lt will d
out as has been che case with some <
the Injurious Insects, although lt)
not beyond the range of possibilit?
that some suoh an occurrence ms
eventually take place. The only aug
gestion that has bean offered toward
checking the invasion of the pest I
in the establishment of a wide zone o
lai d In which the cultivation of cot
ton should be prohibited. On acooun
of the many difficulties in the way o
such a procedure and ou account o
the reasonable degree of success tba
has attended efforts toward oontroll
lrg the pest in Texas it seemed doubt
fui if such means would be Justified.
RAVAGES OF TUB WEEVIL,
"The effects of the ravages of th<
boll weevil in Texas may be summar
ized as follows:
"1, It has during the past live
years caused a loss of at least S80,
000,000.
. "2. It has increased decidedly the
area required to produce a bale of cot
ton.
"3. It has practically destroyed the
credit of the small farmer, who has
been In the habit of depending upon
cotton, although farmers who have
diversified their crops are still able to
obtain necessary credit.
"4. It bas had the effect of driving
large numbers of negroes from the cot
ton lands of the State. Negroes lend
themselves poorly to the modifications
n the system of producing the staple,
which are necessary on account of the
.a vag es of the pest. Intensive oui
ilvation, to whloh negroes can be
jrought only with great difficulty, ls
ino off the great essentials In produo
nc a crop.
"6. It has forced a diversification
>f crops, and In this way ie considered
.y'many parties as a b?n?ficient In
luence. Wullo thlB may be the ultl
?ate result of the work of the boll
reevll, the depression that comes
rom tbe changes neces?ary before a
omplete system of diversification
lay be followed is apparent to all
arties who have investigated the
latter In Texas.
"It will be noted that cotton
uctlon In Texas has deoreased
ually (with the exception of
ear, 1900) since the Invasion of
est, although the reduotlon has not,
i the whole, been very decided. This
jsence of a great falling off in pro
action ls due to two principal fae
?rs-(1) that there has been a con
derablo Increase in acreage, and (2)
llowlng the suggestion of the bureau
entomology of the United States
'partment of agriculture and their
m experience, the planters of Texas
e becoming familiar with the pro
r sj stem that must bo followed to
Itlgate the damage by the pest.
?)f^?t['g\.J^/Lmrfl?n'i?ri ^.?tetaefrpj?
' pattmeut of agriculture, as
pro
an
one
the
these
tly in
e and
be ex
it tyne
rt the
;otton
them
ittieru
le pub
lia, for
iracti
if the.
vast
been
other
i, but
jrown
arcelj
JtittOl
n the
.merl
t the
-e an
lotbe:
e con
vorld.
three
pie pf
laked
ed by
falls
o peo
cl silk
ound,
more
atlou.
rstlon
ed for
tl and
i with
Jtions
Kation
lt f; r
' self
w, wt
ajrstj
man*
jvern
ali pet
dp us
share
with
Ivered
ureau
:ricul
barge
tuns
ie dr
"Rul!
part:
weevil
n pro
if tue
h tu rb
itlons
:8Uied
t f Hie
H USW
every
:OttOD
i than
cnown
Itv of
s that
40 or
proba
reach
.ton is
reach
s. At
ou vers
rod nc
larger
siana
ie oe
?f the
1 have
to be
suit of several years' study of t!
its of tho pest, and experimen
a largo Beam in. various parta o
^ ..v... "V.- -rJie- 'c
sajstem.* Tue greatest aang<
feared" from a further Jnvaalor
cotton belt is that this system,
has been found to work well in
may be less applicable ?ls?
Many conditions of climate an
tatle n practice show that the
be Increased difficulty when t
reaches the alluvial lands, whl
duce the bulk of the crop In tl
ern portion of tho belt. Tl:
phasi7.es the continuation of
perlmental work of the depa
in regions that are about to
invaded."
MUST BB DESTROYED.
The Convention adjourned V
day, after being In session thre
Before adjournment tho fol
tes.ilutions were adopted:
"That we extend our sincere
to the department of agricult
he Uulted State for the timely
auec it bas afforded In an efl
cv. re: mc thc otti n boll weevil
"That we thank the departe
entomology, headed by Dr.
Hunter, which has accomplis
cellt nt results in educating the
regarding tho ur-turo and ha
tbe boll weevil and other Inst
and for the well conceived pla:
work of experimentation alon
line.
"That we heartily appro
methods already employed as
Loth scientific and praotloal, at
we emphasize the idea of tb
preparation of the cotton landi
duotlon of acreage, the rota
crops and Intensive cultivation
mont vigorous efforts to secui
manning cotton for all the be
vii dist riots.
"That the cotton plants) s tl
out the Infected districts are
urged to co-( perate with the i
^overnm?nfc in the plans for oi
lug this devastating pest.
"'That it ls the sense of tl
vntion that the Legislature!
cotton States bo mr moralized
adi ttringent laws f ir the pro
of all Insectivorous birds, the
and young."
"It was further resolved tha
orous campaign c f public edi
should be Inaugurated throuj
farmers and pedagogical Instil
the several cotton States, tb<
and through the public ecnools,
"Resolved, That lt ls the 8
this National Cotton Gonventh
the early fail destruction of
cotton stalkn in the boll wet
fected arcas cf Tcxa and Lou!
an absolute necessity.
"Resolved. That we comm
the legislative bodies of any ii
area, thc urgent necessity of
Immediate steps undor thc ?mp?
f pr;.per authorities to burn t
ton stalks of next year systemi
and at once behind the pickers
KAKMBIti TO OKOAKIKR
A plan for organizing all the
growers of the South to coan
boll weevil was infcreduced by
Wilson, statistical agent of th
ed Slates department of agrlc
statlur.si at Fort Worth, Tex
received and incorporated as a
the resolutions. It Is as folio'
"The result of the txperlenc
tho scientists and practical i
In the boll weevil area up to tl
cnt time ls that cotton can h
even under boll weevil Infesti
thc f-ir mei s aro properly orgar
"This means the adoption c
Is known as-tho cultural meth
order that every farmer In th?
j may have theboneflt cf this <
o life j method, weJ^Bimmend,
Lhepon
I
"That the pr?sident of this Co
ventiou shall select five members wb
with himself and the secretary,- stu
I constitute the general cxeoutive cot
! mlttee.
'That the Tice president of eac
State shall select six prominent mt
from each State, who shall constitu?
a State, executive committee.
'The State oxeoutlve cemmittf
?shall organise each county In the!
respective States by appointing
I chairman, who, In turn, will selecta
I executive committee to .assist him.
"The county executive oommitte
will enroll the names cf all the cot to
farmers of their county, sendlrg tb
same '.o the State executive commit
tee, who, In turn, will report to th
national executive committee.
'We recommend that each Stat
raise a sufficient fund among the cot
ton farmers, merchants and banker
to carry on this work.
"We recommend that the variou
(State Legislatures and the depart
ments of agriculture, through the bu
reau of platt industry and the dlvis
i lon of entomolcgyy, co-operate in thc
campaign of educat ion with the Sta'?
executive committee and count}
executive committee, to reach eacl:
Individual planter, as they have done
In Texas, and that a sufficient ap
propriation be made by Congress tc
provide the necessary literature and
instructions to carry out the cultural
1 methods.
"Until some remedy is found which
will destroy the boll weevil and eliml
! nate him from the cotton fields of the
j South, to make a ootton crop will de
Ipend upon tho individual efforts of
each cotton farmer, and without this
organization the Government caunot
aid farmers as they should ba aided.
"As 72 per cent of the cotton farm
ers are tenants, it ls absolutely imper
ative that they and their laudlords be
organized. As fifty per cent of the
ootton farmers are negroes, lt ls more
important that they bo all orgauizud,
as the boll weevil will affect the ten.
ants and negroes more than the land
lords, or those who own their own
farms." ._
Sont linell to Scot Inn ,1.
The fiist deportation of an immi
grant who came direct to this state
took place Wednesday, although Com
missioner Watson hos been at work on
the case' for several days. 'The imml
grant Is Hugh Gorman, from Scotland,
md he ls suffering with a severe case
af asthma. How he got past the strict
Inspection of tho Uuited States de
parment at Philadelphia is a mystery,
out the man was evidently anxious to
some to this state where lila |onjM
;een working for Romeu^^Hhv^hmc,
limo way managtuLt^'^ deceive
pector at_rj^?^^Rnatlelphia. The
^^^rvernment are very rigl
these lines and the steamsb
paules will be made to take hi
free of cost.-The Record.
the re
he hab
la upon
f Texas
t of the
, which
Texas,
?where,
d plan
re wi il
he post
ch pro
le east
ds em
the ex
rtment
become
AiobOcd Himself;
ali-* kl .gs>?-v-Ti"-"i ' -dat
" mobbed Jacob Roose \ Wc
n'ght. Their plan to tar and
him was almost carried Into
Boose waa bound with ropes z
en and slapped by the girls,
tackers were employees of th<
glove factory. Roose owns t
tory building and has been
,ff the waler which supplies th
it ls alleged. The girls were
by the loss of time. Roose w
mt of the building, tied with
and dragged toward the gas
?h?re the tar and featbei
ready. He slipped out of bi
locked himself In his factory
7ednes ^irls tried to break in, but w
e days, vented by their employer. -R:
llowlng badly frightened and bears m
rough handling. He has 1]
saulted by the girls once befor
thanks
,ure of
assist
tort to
I.
Lient of
W. D
bed ex
people
bits of
t pests
nr. and
ig thiB
ve the
i being
id chat
orough
3, a re
lton of
i, ^Ith
e early
?ll wee
trough
hereby
?reneral
'ercom
?e (Jon
i of the
tc en
tectlon
dr eggs
b a vlg
libation
?rh the
iutee of
> press,
onse ci
m that
all the
jvil in
dana ia
end to
c?acted
taking
irvlslon
ihe cot
atlcallj
Lot lt Alono.
Gov Ileyward has written
ana well to the secretary of I
Monal Child Labor Aesioiatlor
approval of the agitation that
made .'or further legislation 1
Carolina against employment
dren in the mills. Tne move
for a f arther restriction upon
ployre sot of children. The 1
puts tie age minlmun at twel
for employees In the mills a
proposed that this bo raised I
teen years. Gov. Heyw&rd pol
that tue law ls working to th
faction of everybody and tin
good to come of a further a?lt
this time. The Governor is
right. ? _
A physician r f Regen, Ark
thorlty for tae s atemcnt th
Lowne.y, residing three mlle
that city, has just completo:
Imposed fast of 48 dava with r
feet. She weighed 240 pound
beginning of her instand lt
tho purpose r>f reducing her
that the task was undertake
now weighs 200 p linds, aud a
for 48 days s' e subsisted e .tl
water, she is in the best of te
cotton
hat the
Oiwald
e Unltr
sulture,
part ol
ws:
:e of all
farmers
ie pres
ie made
ltlon il
llzed.
if what
od. In
? South
lultural
Wtiolofiiilo Murdor.
News nf a wholesale mure
just reached Berlin from the
of ModerHtlen Saxony. Hen
denburg, wifo, and three child
two grandchildren were murde
the perpetrators set fire to tin
to hldo the crime. The polk
arrested the neare-it relative i
plclou.
Hoer Bottle Fight.
At Spartanburg A. L. La
white, was struck In the face
times with a beer bottle In
ton's beer dispensary Thursda
noon. Ile was boriously but u
y wouuded. Two young men
ind Wooten, were arre toi,
with making the attack. Tin
ulara of the difficulty are not I
Pardoned.
Govi Hoy ward Wednesday p
Henry Jackson, who waa som
Hampton county for three y
teallng a sheep. As pubil
The Stato Tuesday, Judge
asked for this pardon volunt
ho feels that he passed too
sentence upon the convicted r
fr'uoliati llojs.
An entire class of studen
withdrawn from the Vlrginl
cultural and Mtchauicle ctr
Blacksburg. Ono of tb?
the commandant lt
pelled there?
left beoau
MORMONS AGRE!
To Mutilation for Disobeying th
Mandates of the Church.
MARRIAGE A FARCE
One Man Stood Proxy Pear Tims fo
Marriages 'of Living Woman to
Dead Mea. Mrs. Geddes'
Youngest Child Not Yet
Six Years Old.
Several witnesses were heard In the
case of Senator Reed Smoot before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, the committee resuming ita
Investigation after a long recess. The
first witness v. as the Rev. J. M. Buck
ley, editor of the Christian Advocate
of New York, who told of a Mormon
meeting he attended In Salt Like
City, Utah, last summer, in which
President Joseph Smith declared he
would not give up his plural wives.
Geo. Reynolds, a high official.nf' tho
church, testified in regard to the core
mool:s that have taken place in the
endowment house and concerning eo
clesiastlcal divorces granted by the
church, and John Henry Hamlin told
of the plural marriage of his Bister,
Lillian Hamlin, to Apostle Abram
Cannon, which ceremony, he said, he
understood to have been performed by
President Smith since the manifesto
of 1890. Most of the testimony re
lated to the Inside church policy, but
did not connect Senator Smoot with
any of thc alleged violations of State
or national statutes.
Dr. Buckley told of a speech of
President Smith on the subject of
marriage. Tho witness 6ald Presi
dent Smith declared that tho mothers
of his own ohlidren bad been given
bim by God and were saints of God.
Dr. Buckley said President Smith de
fended the Marmon marriage, and
declared that polygamy was not adul
tery, but waa a system ^of marriage.
t?
; the In
ru'es of
d along
ip coui
im back
y giris
dnebday
feather
effect,
ind boa
The at
? Brown
hs fae
turning
B power,
angered
as lured
a rope
house,
.s were
s bonds
7. The
ere pre
lose was
arks o.'
>ecn as
wisely
She Na
i in dis
ls bein?
n South
of cbll
rnen t is
thu em
aw now
ve years
nd it is
o four
nis out
e satis
;re ls no
,atlon at
entirely
:., is au
ist Miss
8 from
I a self
io ill.ef
s at the
was for
weight
n. She
lthough
rely on
.ill h.
1er has
village
. 1?'rem
iren and
red and
? 1 louse
ie have
on SU8
,vrence.
several
Tkacks
ly after
ut fatal
, Shaver
cha g 3d
? panic
known.
iardoned
up from
cars for
shed lu
i Purdy
arlly as
severe a
nan.
ts have
la Agrl
liege at
Mg
ex
S's "as saying
give up any of his wl\
In answer to questions by
Overman, Mr. Reynolds said
?Ig-s were performed with do
sons in thc endowment house.
Mr. Taylor then asked if i
we rc g ra nted , in, Who ..endo VJ
those who have beeb married :
and eternity, but does not div
gal marriage until the cour'
acted," said Mr. Reynolds,
marriages are not recognized
courts and therefore the chun
not cousult the court lu grant
vorces in cases of such marrlaj
Senator Furaker asked If s
vorces weie granted from de
sons.
'Tn a few Instances only, I
say," said the witness.
For something done after di
before?" tho senator asked.
'Tn life time."
"ls the dead person given ai
tunlty to be heard?" the
asked.
"No slr, lt is beoauBo such c
held to bc unjust to the dead
Chat so few divorces of this k
granted," said the wltnes.
"Is any one appointed to del
accused?"
."Never; but the complaii
given a hearing li satisfaoti
dence is furnished to tba chur
Mr. Reynolds testified th
president of the ohuroh alw;
had the authority to issue eec
cal divorces.
Mr. Tay ?or showed the wi
contraot of separation befcweoc
T. and Ellen Watson, which S
nolds acknowledged he exec
1807. He stated that he does n
now whether the marriage he
ed was a plural one or not.
"Are you a polygamist?" M
1er asked.
"Yes air," answered Mr. Ri
"Have you any children ma
polygamy?"
"I believe so; one daughter.
Mr. Reynaldfl teatitlcd that
20 children.
Mr. Reynolds gave the ni
the seven presidents of tho se
of which he ls the fourth In ri
He testified that three of tl
were polygamists. Senator
asked:
"You have two wives now,
lieve, Mr. Reynolds, your fii
Oeing dead?''
.'Yes sir."
"If you were to marry anot
man tomorrow which would
legal wife?"
' The one last married."
"Would not that bo adulter
"lt would be If 1 continu?e
as the husband of the other
but I do not sustain luch i
with more than one."
"Mr. Reynolds tald he uni
that Hie manifc.-to of 1890 pe
him to live with hls^plur&l wiv
out vitiating the laws, but
further wives could bo con
Despite Hits testimony lt was
out that the witness bas had <
hy two wives since the mani
1800, and he acknowledged th
luinoss of these statements. Ir
to questions by Senator McCor
Reynolds said he had never ;
against polygamy nor had he
get. others to do so.
Mr. Reynolds said ho did ni
of any ellon made by auy off
the church to carry out provl
the Woodruff manifesto put
end to polygamy. Mr. Reyne
he was one of the advisers wi
In perfecting the Woodruff nu
whloh was first submitted 1
dent Woodruff's handwrittl
testified that committee had
the manifesto. "1 believe th
festo ls said to have been in
asked Chairman Burrows.
"It was a revelation.from
mighty."
.'And 3'0? changed it?"
' Hot the meaning."
"You Jua
gy?"
You Just changed the phraseolo
Yes, slr."
"ThenVas I understand it," Bald
Senator Burrows, "when this revela
tion rama f rom the Almighty, the
granular was bad and you o.rreoted
itt'?
The witness said the phraseology
had nob buen Inspired, but was Presi
dent Wobilruft's own. This testimony
kept the oom ml tte room In an uproar.
Mr. Hamlin sal 1 he was the brothe?
of Lillian Hamlin, who, the protes
tants bava tried to-show, was married
to Apostle Abram Cannon on thu high
seas In IfjO?. Mr. Hamlin said it? was
the family convention that his sister
was married to Mr. Cannon ia the
summer if 1898, and that the cere
mony was performed by Pre lld en t
Smith on the PaolQo coast. Lillian
was said .by ber brother to have been
an attractive young women. He said
he had not heard from her for four or
five years and did not know where she
was now.. She had one child, he said,
a daughter who goes by the name of
Martha Cannon
"Well,'nobody doubts that the ohlld
ls Abram Cannon's daughter?" asked
Mr. Tyler. '
"No sir, was the refcly.
J. H. Wallis, Sr., of Sr*lt Lake, said
he bad stood proxy four times for
marriage, of living wom?t to dead
men. Ho had been through ?be endow
ment house twenty times. \fIo was
asked to give the oaths taken ti,- t>
who participated In the ceremj
and thia he did, together wi tl
sorlptlotlof the secret signs
by eaoh '(orson. Nearly all <?
ligations .were that those
part would not rev sal a~ "
saw or beard, on penal
rion ot the person, a
passed through t
witness, ?was co:
conditions lat?
'Tho pen
by-Mr.
WHERE HE STANDS.
Senator Tillman Defines Eil Position
Towards tho Nefro im
REPLY TO A NORTHERN CRITIC.
Doole* tbat He ETerUied tbe Rate
Ieauo In Any ot Hla Politi
cal Oamonlfrns and
Never Will.
The New York Evening Post pub
lishes the following letter from Sena
tor Tillman:
The editorial pago of The Evening
PoBb ls conducted so ably that one 1B
surprised to find therein an attack on
a public man which ls both unjust
and unfair, as well as untrue. In
your Issue of December 10 I read:
"Senator Tillman's own attitude on
tho negro question Is worth dwelling
upon In thlB conneotlon. No one can
surpass him In his ranting about it;
no one can make a more disgraceful
speech about lt to our college stu
dents. No one has defended lynching
more openly, or preached the doctrine
of the forcible suppression of the
gro more boldly. No Southerner
approached him In the tears ho
wept over the Orum oase or the
turing of the borrlb
were cer
rena
divorces
mmenb.
'ic-.. tu
for time
orce le
ts have
"Plural
by the
ah does
/lng di
zea."
luch dl
ad per
should
?ath or
a oppor
senator
ases are
accused
Ind are
fend the
nant ls
>ry evl
oh."
at the
iyi han
l?alas tl
tn ess a
i George
Ir. Rey
uted in
ut know
[disaolv
T. Tay
synolds.
rrled in
vengea
Mr,
said he
ligations
that he tho1
sldered fchemyHn tho same way
George H. "Bromball, presldeat of
the Rrh;ham Young university, testi
fied thau he had two wives, married be
fore 1800. Ho Raid Senator Stnoot fre
quently addressed the students and
aiways urged them to obey tho law.
Josiah Hickman, a teacher In Bilg
ham Young university, testified
that for ten years he lived with two
wives and had oblldron by both of
them. He said he had taken no steps
to conform to the law in relation to
marriages.
''Then, as you understand lt, you
are not legally married to your present
wife?" asked Mr. Taylor.
"No, slr."
Tho witness said he took tho wo
man, who became his second wife in
1800, to Mexico, ?ni that the cere
mony had been performed while they
were walking through the country.
He said there were no polygamous
marriages performed in the United
States at that time.
Mrs. Margaret Geddes, of Salt Lake,
said she became the plural wifo of
Wm. Geddes In Logan,- Utah. Si e had
four children. Hor husband dljd in
Oregon and Bhe then went to her hus
bands first wife and there their baby
was born. She broke down crylug as
Bhe gav? this testimony, lt was
brought out that her husband died
thirteen years ago and that hor young
est child in five and a half years old.
She said abe had not been married a
second time and refused to give the
name of ber youngest child's father.
ho has I Wo Hold tho Reourd
The Norfolk Landmark congratu
imes of lates Virginia on the smallness jf the
venties, Srclallst vote, sayintr lt believes that
ink. State polled the least number ol Deb
ie seven votes In the galaxy of States. "Vir
DuBois ginia gave the Socialist candidate (10
wbilo tho Palmetto State tendered
I be-1 him but 22, so South Carolina leads,
st wife And this State gave Tom Watson but
|one vote, while Swallow drew a blank
ls not that the national record? -Th
her wo-1 State
be your
oise," and I have exercised the
liberty of thought whloh you
for yourself, backed up by loni
perience on the ground, to expre
opinion of tho result of such a:
poi n t:rn en t.
So far, there ls nothing In yon
tor lal whloh gives offonca exoep
expression of your opinion of m
my public acts, and for that I <:
care. But when you Bay, "H
risen to his present estate and
up a ?.ervlceable muchine which
cording to present prospaots,
keep him in the Senate as long i
lasts,'" you are entirely outside c
record, and have Intentionally o
Intentionally uttered what is m
I did not make tho negro an l&i
either of my races for Govemoi
was it an Issue in either of my
lions to the senate.'
Tho race Issue had nothing
-vor bo do with any of those
Hons, and my hold upon the ]
of South Carolina, if I have
does not rest upon any such fo
tion.
That I am willing bo treat "c
ouily and kindly" a worthy o
man ls only the truth. That
ready to aa?lBt negroes In any 1
mate effort In becoming better
and women is equally true, but 1
not "swung myself Into offl<
making use of a prejudice
arouses popular passion." Agali
say: "It bis political welfare de:
ed lt, he would drop his 'sacred
sade' In behalf of tho integrity c
white race precisely as he has
doned his unyielding opposltlt
Cru m In tho face of Theodore \
velt'3 ad ml rabio refusal to thro\
that nominee." This portrays
a self-seeking demagogue, whiot
not ; but let it pass.
Whatever may be my future,
cally, 1 will always bo found h
ranks of those Southern peopli
leader or as a prlvato who are p
ing a orusade against negro eq
liitiubor GoeB Up.
Thc Georgia Int?ntate Mill associa
tion held a meeting at Valdosta, Ga.,
last week which wa? largely attended.
Reports Indicated the greatest Ira
elations I provemant in the demand for lumber,
capt? chilly planing mill stock, during
the last 60 days that has ever been
known. In consequence tho price list
for 1006 on coastwise stuff was raised
ll per thousaud feet. Tho interior
prices remain the same. Tho rules
whloh were formulated in Savannah
last week wero adopted with the ex
reato of ccptlon that a modification is wanted
e truth In the adowance on 12 Inch si ees and
over.
y?"
I bo HT?
woman,
ierstood
rmltted
es with
that no
tracted
brought
children
i answer
nas, Mr
?reached
tried to
ga lok Wi lie.
In San Francisco tho other morning
Dr. and Mrs. Gerlach, leadorB of so
olety, quarrelled at the breakfast
table. Exactly ?0 minutes late MrB.
Gerlach was In court tilling a demand
? for dlvoroe. That is only ono of the
KSftJB 18weet privileges of living in a state ot
matrimonial uncortalnty.
A Pbthmlo Case.
Fred Marax, residing near South
Bend, Indiana, has been informed
that his father, George Marax, li?
been sentenced to hang January 20 In
Norwich, Conn., for murder of
hired man. Young Marax ls penni
less but bas started to walk a thous
and miles to say good bye bo father.
at know
le?ais of
slons of
dds Bald
io aldad
in If esto}
n Prosi
ng, ne.
revised
o mani
spired,"
the At
\
n behalf of the Integrity of the
race. I will never consent or pi
1 can ?elp it, negro domin?t!
South Carolina or amalgam?t!
the races anywhere, and if I ha
elded that 1 will not obabruot
n the Senate on Orum's nomln
lt ls because I see no good tba
my longer coma from such a cc
Bellowed To De Iioat.
Thc three masted schooner W
Churchill, which mailed from B
Mass., November 7 from Wilmii
N. C., has not yet arrived at he
tinatlon, and tho owners beliovt
the vessel hos been lost. Th
should have been completed In
10 to 15 days and the Churohi
now been out 33 days, Capt .
was tu oommand and shipped a
of eight men, all foreigners,
Boston._
TWO RU iud.
South-hound Atlantic Coast
passenger train from Hooky *
N. C., to WiUmlngton was w
Wednesday by running Into an
switch at Overman's aiding,
miles north of Warsaw. En
GulHord F. Homo of Wllllamsb
ni* colored fireman, Sterling Or<
Rocky Mount, were instantly
None'of the passengers was se
Injured although the entire trai
tho exception of a Pullman wai
up alongside tho traok. Ooasl
officials hero are of tbe opluli
bwlbch was tampered with.
THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Ol the Capt ai n, Bia Wife and Crew of
a Barkontlne.
A dispatch from Beaton, Mass., says
a story of hardship and miraculous es
cape from death was revealed by the
crew of the New York barkentlne
Snits, which wa? brought to that
port Wednesday by the Clyde line
steamer New York. The Olyde liner
rescued the unfortunates Sunday,
Deo. ll, 16 hours after they had been
carried adrift on a fragment of their
vessel.
The Emita, whloh left Fernandina
December 7th with a cargo of lumber
for Fall River, struck on Diamond
Shoal, ( ff Cap? Hatteras, Saturday
night, Dec. 10, during a heavy storm
and was pounded to pieces by the fur
ious seas within half an hour after she
touched bottom, yet not a life was
lost. Capt. W. E Reemle of Machlas,
Me., his wife and a crew of seven men
Iwere In the vessel when It stranded.
The barkentine suddenly struck
bottom with a terrific shock and
brought up on Diamond Shoal. In a
few minutes tho vessel swung around
land great waves threatened to sweep
^11 hands from the deik.
The entire orew and the captain's
?wife found shelter In tho forward
In a few minutes th
Causes thc Death of Three M*n
on a Battleship.
CAUGHT IN A TBAP.
Tares Civilian Boilennakers Meit c Har
rible Death os the Battleship Mag.
?acbusetis on Account of De
fective Machinery or
Carelessness.
Caught in a tra;j and helpless to
save.themselves, three men lost their
lives and four othejs.includinc
Wm. C. Cole, i
Thursday by a rt
lng watej
ex
my
ap
rtial
elec
>eople
any
lunda
mrte
ilored
I am
regltl
man
have
by
which
, you
land
om
if the
laban
W to
lose
over
I me as
I am
loll tl
thc
as
roach
uallty
white
urrnlt
on
on
ve de
vote
I&tlon,
t can
ursa.
[illlam
leeton,
igton,
|r des
that
trip
from
111 has
Tossen
crew
from
nolds In ha
prevent the
moonwealth
another lynchl
the people of
In dispersing an
their homes when thus asstrflid ftl tat?
sure and speedy administration of jus
tice upon the two orlminala, John
Butler and Guy R-2ld, was not only
admirable, but should be disseminated
broadly on account of the effect it
should have as an examale. " J ustlce,
swift and sure, as in this case, will
soon abolish thc lynching habit, ex
cept for one crime. All honor to
Judge Hammond, Solloitor Reynolds
and the law abiding people of McDuf
fio Oouuty, Gi. May other sections
of the country follow their worthy
example.-The Times and Democrat.
Lived Cheap Died Rich.
There is 8169.000 In special publlo
bequest? In the will ofQObarles E.
French, a retired drug merchant,
whose death occurred in Boston w? thin
a week. There ls also a gift of the
residue of his estate, after satisfying
those bequests and several personal
bequests, to the Boston Provident
Association and the Associated Charl
ties, the Income tobe used for individ
uals worthy of charity. Tho city of
Boston ls to get $98,000 all told, the
purpose being to promote good soho
larship in the public schools and to
take care of the Colonial Burial
Grounds, the old state house and the
oldest and largest trees on the Com
mon. The testator's homo was In
Commonwealth avenue, but he was
found dead in an office building he
owned in BoylstoaBtreet. Mr. Frenoh
acted as Janitor and elevator man be
sides scrubbing the floors. He boasted
of living on 21 cents a dav
Line
fount,
recked
open
Tw?
rineer
in and
Jseoh of
(killed
riously
|n with
piled
Lino
m %h9
Two Firemen Duad.
Jacob Miller and John Follows, fire
men, killed am' two other firemen
hurt and a property loss of $050,000
tells tho Btory of the Ure that threat
ened the business section of tho city
of Minneapolis. The houses totally
destroyed are: Bouterclle Bro3.,
furniture house; Peck's photograph
supply house; Blnllff Manufacturing
company, art goods, and three build
ings occupied by these concerns on
Fifth street and first avenue. Other
property in the vicinity was badly
damaged. Miller lost his lifo by fall
ing down an olevator shaft where he
was lnolnderated, while Follows was
burned to death, being cut off by tho
Hames from esoape._
Tho Hughes Tranjody.
The coroner's Jury brought In
verdiot on Monday that the Hug^
family at Trenton oamo to
death by the hands of person;
known to the Jury. The publ"
ett'^d down to the conviction tb"
B. B. Hughes, in a tit of luna
murdered his wife and two
and then .ocnmltted sulcld
and to this promt
caped -death owe
first to enter th? Hi
Cole. Without hesitatlnt
scalded by the hot water ann**'Bteara
ho entered quickly, and dragged the
men from the place to the door where
they wore taken lu charge by others.
Bubb and Hamilton were dead when
found, thc Ritzel died a few minutes
after being taken on dock.
Whether the gasket was defeofcive .
or whether lt had bean carelessly pub in
place remains for the official court Of
inquiry to determine. It is said the
boiler had been thoroughly overhauled )
and tested under a tremendous pres
sure of steam. At the time of the ac
cident the steam pressure was only
sufficient to run t ie Bhip's heating
plant.
The accident wil cause little or no
delay in preparing ohe battleship for
sea.
Hanj?od Either Way.
A. white man was arraigned bsfore
a colored justice of the peace during/
reconstruction times for killing a man
and stealing a mule. It was in Ar
kansas, near the Texas border, and
there was some rivalry bot ween the
state, but the colorid justice tried al
way to preserve and Impartial
of mind.
" W'se got two kine
vere co't," he said. "Tel
Arkansas law. Whloh will y?
The prisoner tho ight a mm?T
then guessed he w ould take the"1
kansas law.
"Den I discharge you fo* stealln'
de mule an' hang you fo' killing de
man."
"Hold on a minute, judge," said
the prisoner. "Better make that
Texas law.'1
' All right. Under de law ob Texas
I fine yo' killin' de man and hang yo'
for Blealln' de mule."
A T.'aftct;
A special from Sar,
E. E.
of Mag
J. E
sohool
was
Beque
Wood