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-ssJUijjjlJllU j RAClTri?BLEM Discussed hy President Roose velt at Lincoln Banquet. GIVES SOUTH ADVICE And Pays Tribute to this Section sud Commends the AnU-Lynching Cru sade. After Ail the Negro Must Learn to Dcpead on Himself. As the guest of honor at the Lin coln dinner of tho Republican Club in New York last week, President RoOFevelt made a speech on the race . problem. He appealed to the north to make its friendship for the south all the greater because of tho "em barrassment of conditions for which she ls not alone responsible," and said that the problem was to "so adjust the relatlors between two races of dif ferent ethnic type, that the backward race be trained so that it may enter into the possession of true freedom, while the forward race is enabled to preserve unharmed thc high civiliza tion wrouKlit out by Its forefathers." The dinner was held In the main banquet hall of the Walde rf Ascorla, and in the number of guests and elaborateness of decorations is be lieved to have exceeded any fur ct iou of its oharacter ever held in Now York. The guests numbered more than 1.300, including 275 women, who dined In the Astor gaile ry. TI1K PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. The president said In part: "In his second inaugural, in a speech which will be read as lung as the memory of Ibis oaolon endures. Abraham Lincoln c!o>e? by saying: " 'With malice toward none; with charity for all; with tlrmncss In the right, as God gi ves us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work wc are in; * * * to do all which may achieve and cherish a Just and last "^V lng peace r.mong ourselves, and willi >>all nations.' ^-fiJNCOLN OF SOUTH Eil N Mimi. "Thls"^ the spirit lu which mighty Lincoln s'flUKht to bin i up the na tion's wounds when Its soul was jet seething wl?h iicrce hatred, wjfch wrath, with Rancor, whh -sKTne evil and dreadful pas?&fi3provokf d by civil war. Surely this ls tho spirit which all Americans should sh w now, when there is so little excuse for malice or rancor or hatred, when there ls so lit tle of vital consequence to divide brother from brother. "Lincoln, himself a mau of south ern birth, did not hesitate to appeal to the sword when he become satisfied that in no other way c~>ulri the union be saved, for high though he put peace . he put righteousness still higher Ile warred for the uni jn;he warred to free thc slave; and when lie warred he wor red In earnest, for it ls a Blgn of weakness to be half hearted when Hows must be struck. But he felt only love, a love aa dee-p as the tenderness of his great and sad heart, for all his countrymen alike in the north and in the seuth, and he longed above everything for the dav when they should once more be knit tCKether in the unbreakable bonds of eternal friendship. BPIR1T OF LINCOLN COMMENDED. ' "We of today, In dealing with all our fellow cit zens, white or colored, north or south, should strive to show just the qualities that L'ucoln showed: His steadfastness lu striving after the right, nnd his Intinite patience and forbearance w^?-fj those who Baw that ""jl^lit less clearly than bc did; his earnest endeavor todo what was best, and yet hs readiness to accept the best that was practicable when thc ideal best was unattainable; his un ceasing effort to cure what was evil; coupled with lils refusal lo make a bad situation worse by any ill-judged or ill-timed effort to make lt better. "The gnat civil war in which Lin coln towered as thc loft cst ligure left us not only a reunited country, but a country which has the proud rii^ht to claim as ita own thc glory won alike by those who wore tl t- blue and by these wi r wore the gray, by those who followed Grant and by those who followed Lee; for both fought with equal bravery and with equal sinceri ty of conviction, each striving for the light ns it was given him to see the light; the i gh it ls now clear to all that the triumph of the cause of free dom and of the union was essential to the welfare of mankind. Wo. a-e now one people, a people with fallings which we must not blhk, but a peo pie with Kreat qualities in which we have the right to feel Jost pride. FRIENDSHIP KOK SOUTH. "All geed Americans who dwell in the north must, because they aie good Americans, feel the nost earnest friendship for their fellow-country men who dwell in thc st uth, a friend ship all the greater beca ise it ls In the iiouth that wc lind in i s most acute phase one of the gravest problems be fore our reople; the pr< hiern of so dealing with the man (J.' one color as to secure hun the rights that noone would grudge him if he were of an other color. To solve this problem it is, of course necessary to educate him to pei form the duties, a failure to perform which will render him a curBe to himself and to all around him. DIFFICULTY <>K NKOOR PRORLEM. "Most certainly all clear-sighted and generous men In t ie north ap preciate ti e difficulty and perplexity of this problem, sympathize with the BOuth in thc embarrassment of condi tions for which slie ls not alone re sponsible, feel an honest wish to help her where help is practioaole, and have the heartiest respect for those brave and earnest men of the south who, in the face of fearful difficulties, are doing all that men can do for the betterment alike of white and black. The attitude of the north toward the negro is fur from what it should be and there ls need that thc north also should act In good faith upon the principle of giving e;tch man what is justly due him, of treating him on bis worth as a man, granting him no special favors, but denying him no proper opportunity for labor and the reward of lab)r. Hut the, peculiar circumstances of the south render the problem t aere far greater and far moro acute. JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN. "Nelthe- I nor any other man can say that any given way ot approaching that problem will present In our time even an approximately perfect solu tion, but v e can safely nay that there can never he such solution at all un less we approach lt with tho effort to do fair and equal justice among all men; aud to demand from them in rc - .,,"., 11 tmm i i,- "nw ?ar-n fu ? turn Just and fair treatment for others. Our effort should be to secure to each man, whatsoever bis color, (quality of opportunity, equality ot treatment before the law. As a people striving to shape our act lom in accord ance wi th the gre ?t law of lightcouo ness we cannot afford to take part in or be indifferent o the oppression or mal-treatment of any man who, against crushing disadvantages, has by his own industry, energy, self-re spect and perseverance struggled up ward to a position which would eutltle him to the respect of his fellows, if only his skin were of a different hue. . MUST H ELI* ALL HEH UP. "Every generous Impulse in us re volts at the thought of thrusting down instead of helping up such a man. To deny any man the fair treatment granted to others no better than he is to ctmmlt a wrong upon him -a wrung sure to react in the long run upon those guilty of such denial. The only safe principle upon which Amer icans can act ts that of all men up,1 not that of 'some men down.1 If lr any commuuity the lovel of intelli gence, morality and thrift among thc colored men can be raised, it is, hu manly speaking, sure that the same level among the whites will be raisec to an even higher degree; and it ls nc less sure tbat tho debasement of thi blacks will In the end carry with lt at attendant debasement of the whites THE PROBLEM STATED. "The problem ls so to adjust th relations between two races of differ eut ethnic tyne that the rights o neither be abridged nor Jeopardized that the backward race be trained s that it may entar into the possessloi of true freedom, while the forwan r2ca ls enabled to preserve unharme the high civilization wrough out b its forefathers. The working out o this probkm must necessarily be slow it is not possible in oflhand fashion t obtaiu or to confer the priceless boon of freedom, industrial efllcienoy, pol! teal capacity aid domestic mora'ltj Nor is it only necessary to train th colored man; lt is quite as nccessar to train the white man, for on h shoulders rests a well nigh unparalle cd Kociolog cal responsibility, lt ls problem demanding the best though the utmost patience, the most eari c-t effort, the broadest charity, of tl ?tateman, the student, thc philautro; 1st; of the leaders of thought lu p.vei department of our national life. Tl church can be a most -mportant fact in solving it aright. But above all el we need for its t ucc.R fl^l Polution, tl sob-, r, ki.ndl; steadfast, unselfish pe fofmance of duty by the average pla citizen In his everyday dealings wi h s fellows. KEGRO MUST HELP HIMSELF. "lu the lirst p'ace, it ls true of tl colored mau, as !t, is true of the whl man, that lu the long run his fa must tlepeud far more upon bis o\ effort than upor the efforts of ai outside friend. Every vicious, vern or Ignorant colored man is an ev greater foe to his own race than the commuuity as who'e. The dior man's self-respect entitles him tc that share in the political work of t e uni ry which is warranted by bis 1 dividual ability and Integrity and t position he has won for himself. B the prime requisite of the race is mi al and industrial uplifting. NEGRO MU?T A1UIOR CHIME. "Laziness aud shiftlessness, the and above all, vice and criminality every kind, aro avlis more potent harm to the bli.ck race than all a< of oppression of white men put gether. The oloredman who fs to condemn crine in another coloi man, who fails' to cooperate ail lawful wa/s in bringing e orcd criminals t > Justice, is the wo enemy of his own people, as vi as an enemy to all the peoi Law-abi ling black men should, Cbc Sake-nf ti:eit race, b? foremost relent U ss and unceasing warf; against law-breaking black men. the standards of private morality a industrial efficiency can be raised bl enough among the black race, then future on this c mtlnent is secure. 'J stability and purity of the home vital to the welfare of the black ra as lt is to the welfare of every race DUTY OK WHITE MAN. "In the next place the white m who, if only he ls willing, can h the colored man more than all ot! white men put together, is the wi: man who ls his neighbor, north south. Etch of us must do his wi duty without dimming; and if t duty is national it must be done accordance with the principles ab laid down. But In endeavoring e : to be hJs brother's keeper it wise to remember that each san r mally do most *or the brother wh< h's immediate neighbor. If we sincere friends of the n?gro let each in his own locality show it by action therein, and let us each si lt also by upho ding the hands of white man, in whatever locality, \ ls striving to do Justice to the r. and tlie helpless, to be a shield those whose need for succh a shiel great. ANTI LYN?'HINO CRUSADE. "The heartiest acknowledgcme are due to thc ministers, the Juc and law officers, the grand juries, public men, anc. the great dally ne papers in tho south, who have rec? ly done such effective work in lead the crusade against lynching In South; and 1 am glad to say that r lag the last time months tho retu: as far as they cm bc gathered, si a smaller number of lynchings t for any other two mouths dui tlie last twenty years. Let us hold in every v ay the harris of men who have led in this work, 1 are striving to do all their wori this spirit. I an about to quote f the address of the Right Rev. Roi Strange, bishop coadjutor of N( Carolina, as given in the Soutl Churchman of October 8, 1904: SOCIAL EQUALITY QUESTION. "The Bishop iirst enters an phatic plea agatnst any social in mingling of tho races; a que*> which must, of cours?-, be. left to people of each community to se for themselves, as in such a ma no one community-and indeed no Individual-can dictate to any ot always provided that in each bo: men keep in mind the fact that t must be no confusing of civil p legen with social intercourse, t law cannot regulato social pract Society, as snob, ts a law unto lt and will always regulate Its own r. tices and habits. Full recognitlc the fundament!.I fact that all should stand on an equal footlni regards civil privilege.?., In no wa terfercs with n cognition of the thor fact that, ?ill rellectlng mei both races are u llted In feeling race purity must bo maintained. WHAT WHITE MAN SHOULD Dt "Tho bishop continues: "Wh?t should tho white me the south do fer the negro? 1 must give him a free hand, a field, and a cordial godspeed, the two race? working together for their mutual benefit and for tbe de velopment of our common country, i Be must heve liberty, equal opportu nity to make his living, to earn bis bread, to build bis home, ile must have Justice, equal rights, and pro tection before the law. Ho mu it ( have thc same political privileges; the 1 suffrage should be based on character t and inte lllgcnce for white and bia jk , alike. He must have the same pub Io , advantages of education; the pub!io , scbools ara for all the people, wbi.t ever their color or condition. T-ie J white n en of the south should give hearty and respectful consideration to tho exceptional men of the negro , race, to those who have the oharacter, , the ability and the desire to bo law- , yers, physicians, teachers, preachers, , leaders of thought and conduct among their own men and women. We should give tbcm cheer and opportu nity to gratify every laudable ambi tion, and to seek every innocent sat is .'action among their own people , Finally, the best white men of the siuth mould have frequent confir erces with tho bett colored men, w ie rc. In frank, earnest, and sympa tl et ie discussion they might under 3tand each other better, smooth dial celtics, and so guide and encourage ; the weaker raes.' "Surely we can all of us Join in ex- , pressing our substantial agreement with the p inclples thus laid down by this North Carolina bishop, this rep resentative of the Christian thought of the south. RELIEVES IN TUE SOUTHERNER. "Throughout our land things on tbe whole have grown better and not worse, and this is as true of one part of the country as lt lt of another. I believe lc the southerner as I behove in the northerner. I claim the right to feel pride in hie great qualities and ti's and in his great deeds exact ly us I feel pride )n the great quail and d>:eds of cveiy other American. For v eal or woo we are knit together, and we Bhall go up or down together; und I believe that we shall go up and not down, that wu shall go forward instead of halting and falling back, because I have an abiding faith In the irenorosity, the couiage, che resolu tion, and the common sense of all my countrymen. "Tb? sctTchern states face difficult, problems; and so do the northern states. Some of tbe problems are the same for the eutire country. Others exist in greater intensity in one seo tlun; and yet others exist In greater intensity in another section. Uu? iu the end they will all be solved, for fundamentally our psople are the same throughout th's land; the st.me In the qualities of heart and brain and hand which have made this re public what it ls in the great today; which will make it What it is to bi in the infinitely greater tomorrow. ADMIRES THE BOOTH. "I admiro and respect and believe in and have faith In the mcu and women of the S' uth, as I admire and respect and believe in and have faith In the men and women of the north. All uf us alike, northerners and southerners, easterners and western ers, can best prove our feslty to the nation's p3st by the way In which we do the nation's work tn tho present: for only thus cm wo be sure that our children's children shall Inherit Abra ham Lincoln's single-hearted devo'don to the great unchanging creed that 'rlghtt ousucss exalte th a nation.'" ASKED TO BPEAK. Secretary Hay Invited to Soutliern iCducatlonnl Confcronco. As cue of the prRcipal speaker i of thc So ithern E ?ucational Confer-, nee to be held in Columbia, Governor F!ey ward oas invited Secretary of S .ate John Hay, quite a noted orator ai d a man who has displayed a great 'leal of interest in the movement for jet tying educational conditions In the smth. Preparations are going right ahead for the conference there in April end Monday a letter was receiv ed from Mr. E^gar Gardner Murjhy asking that Mr. Hay be Invited th ;re. Governor Heyward Tuesday sent the f Mowing letter: Sir: As you are doubtless aw ire, the Southern Educational Board .viii hold Its approachh g annual con'cr ence in Columbia on April 2(1-28 next. In behalf of the people of my slate und alho wirb the added consid?rai lon of furthering the cause of education, I have the honor to request that you will attend tills conference and de liver one of the addresses. Thc pleasure of wolcomlng you cord ially and sincerely will be our.i, and your visit will give us the added grat ification of knowing that valuable aid has been given to all who are Inter ested in the work of thc board. Permit me to urge that you will give thlsy cur care'ul thought and that you will accept tl.ls Invitation, which ls so earnestly anc cordially tx-.ended. I have the honor to be, very re spect! ully and truly yours, D. C. HEY WARD, Governor. Hon J-ihn Hay, Secretary or State, Washington D. C. Sumo. Qa-ier DotiiM". There are some queer doings In tho so-called high llf? of tho people of the North. A dispatch from Newp ?rt, lt. I., says as a si q'iel to two divorce cases which two y^ars ago caused sen sations-those of Mrs. Hollis H. Ilun newell and Mrs. Nary Isabelle Kemp -lt was learned recently that mit hart been brought or was about tc be brought against Hollis il. Hunnewell of Wellesley, Mass., now the husband of Mrs. Kemp, to recover for counsel fees in connection with securing the divorce of Mrs. Kemp. The .suit is brought by Col. Samuel R Honey, and it ls stated on trus-worthy authority that the amount claimed is t2,r>,000. Mrs. Hunnewell is a daugh ter of Mrs. Frederic Neilson and a sister if Mrs. Reginald O. Vanderbilt). She brought action for divorce against Mr. Kemp in the Rhode Island courts, and the case was heard and a divorce granted at Newport on May 20, 11)03, the grounds hoing neglect and refusal to pr >vide. Under the laws of ltiu.de Island Mrs. Kemp had to walt B'.X months before the divorce became operative, and on November 27, 1903, an absoluto decree wa:* granted by Judge Dubois at Newport, and an hour later Mrs. Kemp was married to Mr. l unnewtll by Juc'ge Dub-ifs. Mr. Hunnewell was divorced from bis wife about six months prior to t ils, alic afterward marrying John S. Tookei. This ls certainly a mess. A man ht lng sued for tho lawyers Ices sccurirg a divorce for his wife fiotn her former husband is something ml (jue, ai d could only take p'ace nm mg people who havo mislaid what little morals they may have statarted life with. BANKERS WILL HELP rho Formers to OrgAnlSfl to Fight the Hucoralntoro. As has alredy beei published, at v meeting of Southern bankers held in New Orleans January 26tb, at the Lime the Southern Cotton growers ?as in session, a resolution was passed agreeing to raise a find of tlO.OOO to lid the farmers tn their efforts to or ganize for the pivrposi of reduolrg the sott?n acreage. Mr. B. F. Mauld'n, of Anderson, was appointed as the South Carolina member of the executive committee to raise this fund, and he ls sending bbe following letter io the bankers of the state: "Anderson, S. O , Feb. 14, 1905. "To the Bankers o;' South Carolina: At a meeting of Southern bankers heh? in the city ot Now Orleans, Jan uary 26th, 1905, a resolution was pass ed recommending that the banks of the South contributo S10.000 to aid Sou ihern cotton planters Ir their ef for: to orgao!z9 for the purpose of cut lng down acreage. An executive con mlttee was apjiointed at this me ting to take this matter In baud, anc Mr. John D. Walker, of Sparta, Ga., was made the treasurer. I en olo?3 his circular which lays the mat ter in a clear business like manner before you. "As president of the South Carolina Bankers association, and as a mern bsr of the executive committee above referred to, I beg heartily to endorse this circular. Prompt action In the matter is very important, as what is done in .the way of rcduolng acreage must be done at once. In view of the laige*. cotton crop of 1904 05 it ls a matter of vital importance that some systematic plan l>e made and carried out to insure a small crop for the pres ent year, as another large orop wcu'd Burely bo disastrous, not only to the farmer, but to the banker as well, and indeed to all c.as ?CB to a more or less extent. "In order that contributions may be ^equitable, Mr. Walker, in his cir cular has given a graded scale. "Remember that prompt aotion in this matter is all important. "Make your remittance to John D. Waiter, Treasurer, Sparta, Ga., at once. "B. F. MAULDI:;, "Member Executive Committee, "Southern Bankers." 'Blind Tlurr Whisker. Greenwood ls a prohibition town, so far, at lea*t, as dispensary whiskey ls concerned, but the blind tigers that are evidently doing business there in violation of law munt dispense a terri ble brand of whiskey, if we are to Judge it by recent occurrences in that town. Some three weeks ago one c f the policemen of Greenwood, under the infloence of blind tiger whiskey, shot and killed his own son, a lad about sixteen years of age. The father said the whiskey be drank bad made bira crazy and he did not know what ho was doing when he murdered his little son. We are disposed to believe that the poor fellow told the truth, as people who run blind tigers, and sell whiskey in violation of law, are not apt to be very partioular what sort of poison they Bell their customers, ^he people of Greenwood had not rec . .:? ed from tbls shockln nrder before aaother killing ten.?. >?,..... "n their streets. This time s prominent young business man shootu and kills a negro boy whom he had boen teasing a short time before. The teasing evidently made the negro marl, and he threw a rock at the young man. Then the shooting took plao with the result ab >ve stated. In w riting up the kitt ing the Greenwood Journal says that lt does not know that whiskey was In any way connected with it, for it ha3 not been informed :is to whether the young man had been drinking on the might of the killing or not, but the Journal ventures the assertion that whiBkey is at the bottom of every such tragedy. We rather agree wit i tho Journal, and that is the reasn i why we celleve that whiskey should bo sol 1 under the restraints of law rather tb .n by the irresponsible people wh > ru i blind tigers in so-called probib . ti? a towns like Greenwood and othert. lie ,h in theory and practice we are i te totler individually, but we muc i pr fere the band ing of wblske/ though tho dispensaries, with th; re: trants of law thrown around it, th .n to have lt handled by tho me J who usually run blind tigers. We d > not helieve thal Orangeburg wou? 1 auder much In oomparison with Greenwood for law and order. Strictly Non Political. One of the sections of the constitu tion of tho Southern Cotton Growers, Association provides that "this Or ganization and all of its associates, under its system of state and county ind sub civil division organizations, ire and should bu non political. They ibid not cooperate with any politi sai rarty, norm any manner use their organizations, or membership to aid any pdlt'oal machinery, policy, or combine, but shall exercise and per form all powers and duties herein provided as a non partisan agrlcul Lural and commercial organization, leslgned alone to further tho purposes recited In article 1 of this constitution by and through Its sys tem of organizations, strictly in ac ?ordance with law, and by suggestion, presentation, to such law making tiodies, ns, from time, becomes nccss ?ary, without refer? nco to parties or party policy. Should any tUlcer of ?lils association publicly announce llmself as a candidate for any nation U, Btate or county t moe, su?h au lO'.incement shall Immediately vacate lis position as an alicer, and no per ion offering for, or holding any of the ibove named political otllces, Bhall not ?O eligible to any position in this as iodation." ThlB isa wise provision, ind, if adhered to, will steer the as .oclatlon safely pass the rocks upon which the alliance and other promis ng organizations among the farmers ivero|wr; c':ed. This movement amor g .ho. cotton growers ls of too much mportance to bo endangered by adi hiting with any political party or nade the stepping atone *o olllce by leslgnlng pol I tlc'ans. In the tight ;he cotton growois are engaged in tho lympathy and support of every man, vornan and child In tho southland ia ?ceded, and every effort should be nade to enlist them in the cause. For ,bls reason as well as others we are rlad that the Southern Cotton Grow irs Association has been made strict y non political. /.ll are welcome to ts ranks, regardlens of their politl ;al affiliations. _ Hoi voa lili i Right. Richard Davis, colored, was sen enccd in Columbi!, on Tuesday to en years in the penitentiary fo hooting at two ladles on tho streoti rf Columbia two nonths ago, while ir:lng on a street car. KILLED A MAN. Mri. Bivens, Wife of l<anator Bivens, of Porchester Cciuiy, tthootn and Kills a Peddler for Ia? h alii UK Her at Her Homo ia tbe Count ry. Tbe Columbia State says just after the senate convened for business Sat urday morning Senator J. D. Bivens of Dorchester received the following telegram: "Your wife killed the Jew. Come home at once. Particulars later. "J. A. Llmehou8e.n The State further says that Sena tor Blvens was dumb-founded on re ceipt of this news fr >m the deputy sheriff of his county, and immediate ly left for his home. Just after he had rone communication was estab lished on the long distar, ce telephone by a friend, tut this disclosed little. Just before he left, Senator Blvens said that he supposed the telegram referrad to a Jewish paddler named GreenbUTg, who had intended opening a stote in the neighborhood of Rave nel, where Senator Blveus lives. When The State received the news of the tragedy it Immediately Bet about to obtaiu the pattlculars, but the district has so very few white people that this was difficult. Thc telegraph operator at Ravenel knew nothing of the killing, and so The State wired its correspondent at St. George, the county scat of Dorches ter. The following message was re ceived: "A telephone message from Sum merville Bays Mrs. Di cia T. Bivens. wife of State Senator John D. Blvens. killed a burglar peddler who entered her home Friday high*? Mr. Blvens' home ls some 10 miles from Summer ville and 25 miles from Dorchester. Tho particulars of the killing cannot be afcertalr.ed." Next thu news was sent to the Charleston correspondent of The State, who wired as follows. "A dispatch received here Saturday afternoon states that Mrs. John D. Blvens, wife of Senator Bivens of Dorchester, killed a peddler named Greenberg Friday night, and Satur day the jury of inquest exonerated her, finding a verdict of justifiable homicide, it appears that Mr. Green berg was arres'.ed at D >rchester a week ago for Insulting Mrs. Blvens, but was relea- ed aud prosecution drop ped on h's promise to quit the town. ITo returned Friday n'ght, calling at the residence of Mis. Blvens, who raised ar. alarm, bringing a number of neighbors to her assistance. The premises were searched and Greenberg was found in an outhouse. Ile ventur ed the explanation that he had re turned to tho. plac? at the re quested of Mrs. Bivens, and the re mark enraged the woman, who accom panied the partv, to such an extent that she raised her husband's shotgun which she carried and shot Greenberg, killing him instantly. Mrs. Blvens was released on a nominal bond." Saturday night Senator Cole L. Please of Newberry, who is a close friend of Senator Blvcns and who BO companied him home, having been eu gaged as counsel for Mrs. Blvens, wired The State following message: "MagistrateCummings held Inquest over the dead body of Greenberg Jury returned a verdict of just! liable homi cide. Mrs. Bivens relca-.ed under bo.:d to appear at next tero: of court." The Associated Press explained the tragedy in the following telegram: "Givhans, Feb. 11.--A killing took place near Dorchester friday morning at about 6 o'clock. A peddler named Greenberg frequently visited the hems of J. D. Bivens up to about a week ago, when he made advances to as sault Mrs. Bivens and v.as arrested. Ile promised to pay a Une and leave the neighborhood if they would free him, which was done. But he came hack Friday night and entered the Blvens' house and made the same ad vances toward Mrs. Blvens, when she shot bim with a shotgun, tho load en terlrg tis neck. Magistrate Cum mings was notified of tbe killing, and tie summoned a jury of inquest, the vord ot being justifiable homicide. Mr. Bivens was in Columbia at the time." A letter from Rldge\i'le to . The Stotosajs Greenberg was the habit of stopping at Mrs. Bivens when in tte neighborhood and th it Mrs. Blv ecs lind him arrested for threatening ber life and mak.ng improper propos als to her. This charge was dropped upon Greenberg promising to leave the neighborhood and not return. On tho evening of the 10th of February Greenburg returned to Mrs. Hivens'. About 3 o'clock the following morn ing, Mrs. Bivens sent for her neigh bor, Mr. Platt, to como to her home. On his arrival sho told him that Green burg had attempted to criminally as sault her. Mr. Platt, leavldg Mrs I Blvens and Greenburg in the house, went to Mr. R. M. Llmohouso, a neighbor who lives about two miles from Mrs. Blvcns. Tue two returned to Mrs. Blvens' about G o'clock the sanie morning. As they reached the hall door Mrs. Blvens came to the door and they heard some one running through tbs back door. Ou entering the Loire Mrs. Blvcns told them that Greenburg lad run Into tho shed room. They found the door locked. Mrs. Blv ens brought a hatchet and thoy forced the door open and found Greenburg In the room sitting on a bax with his hands in his pockets. When asked why he had returned there ho said Mrs. Blvens had sent for him At that mo ment Mrs. Blvens eutered the room aod fired upon Greenburg with Mr. Matt's single barre! breechloadlng gun, tho shot taking effect in the neck, just below the chin, causing in stant death. Mrs. Bivens then said, "God knows 1 did not wish to kill him, but 1 had lt to do." Clot Kl vi! Yearn. George Rogers, alias Oeorgo Brown, colored, who killed another negro in Columbia live years ago and escaped, having been arrested lately In At lanta and brought back, was c m vlcted in Columbia on Tuesday of manslaughter and sentenced to live years In th'' penitent ia? v. THE bill to establish a State Re formatory passed the House by a majority of 78 to 20. TIIIB ls the meas ure advocated by the Womens'.Clubs* led by Mrs. Martha On Patterson, and the bill was iutroduceel by her son, Mr. Lawrence Orr Patterson, who Isa quiet but brainy and industrious mem ber from Greenville. This ls one of tho most Important measures brought up lr thc legislature this session. WITH tho creation ol' two now judi cial circuits by the legislature it ls hoped that the congested condition of thc courts will be rellived and that thero will be less cause for complaint against the law's delay. It was urg ed bj tho advocates of tho ten-clr cult measure that two new clroults woul d cost less than the special courts whlca have been held. We shall see. My Valentine. What shall I send my love? The Ho w ers are dead; The scent of summer roses long have fled: The blasts of winter long ago have blent With dying leaves-their mission well nigh spent. I sent my love when she and I were young, With many a dream undreamed and song unsung, A valentine-such words as lovers write When hearts are young and happiness in sight. What shall I send her, now, from out the past The days so sweet, that could nor would not las':? Nor flowers nor words the distance can o'erleap 'Twixt hearts thi.t languish or 'twixt eyes that w.*:ep. The years that parted us have brought us pain; Naught can assi age it till we meet again; But thouht can bridge the distance to her shrine, And thought, tonight, shall be my vallentine. FARDOH REFUSED. George W. Ennli Will Have to Servo Oat His Lilla Term. The Columbia Record says on Tues day Governor Ffeyward refused to pardon Gcorgo-W. Ennis, a white man serving a lifo sentence in the peniten tiary for arson. Strenuous efforts have been mr_de to secure the release of the man by bis neighbors where he for me e y lived, In UI^IOIB, and Represen tatlve Warner, w o wrote-a personal letter to Senator'I'lllrxan and to Gov ernor Eleyward'Sbout the case. It seerrr, teat Ennis was originally from Ililno's and after serving in the Northern army came to this state and settled In 1808. He first sattled In Orangeburg and afterwards moved to Barnwell, whero he was finally tried in 1892 for the burning of a saw mill and a shed and sentenced tu t>3 hang ed. Afterwards his sentence was com muted to life Imprisonment and since then he has been serving out his sen tence in the penitentiary here. Governor Hevward took considera ble pains to look up the case and Its hlBtory, on account of the very strong showing made by the man. Judge Witherspoon, who heard the case, has since died, as bas Solicitor Murphy, but Mr. G. Dunoan Bellinger, of ibis city, assisted In the prosecution, and facts which warranted the refusal of the pardon were obtained from him. It appears that ever sire A the man bas been in thlf- state he has been in trouble. He was tirst tried In 1881 and given six months for obtaining m mey under false pretences. Since then other charges of arson were brought against him, but, his Anal conviction was not obtained until the last case, when he was sentenced to be bung and had the sentence commuted to life im prisonment. Good Democratic Doctrino. There ls no doubt but that Presi dent Roosevelt ls now preaching good Demccratlo doctrine In his tight on the trusts. Everything that the Presi dent has done so far In the Interest of the people against the trusts waa ad vocated by Bryan In his speeches and In the platform upon which he ran for "president In 189C and 1900. Tbe p atform of the Democratic National Convention, which met In Chicago in 1896, and nominated Bryan, declared that "the absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of our leading railroad system-;, aud the formation of trusts and pools require a strict control by the ?ederal Government of those arteries o:' commerce. We de mand the enlargement of the towers of the Interstate Commer?a Commis sion and such restrlot'ons and guaran ti es in the conti ol of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppressloa. " Tho platform adopted by the Na tional Democrat ic Convention, which met at Kansai City in 1900 and which ngain nominated Bryan, after denouncing tru- ts and unlawful com binations as a meunce to benetieial competitijn an i on absta.de to per manent business prosperity, especial ly denoanced re mes und discrimina tion by transpo "tatton companies as the most potent agency in proxotlng and st.rengthenii g these unlawful con spiraclej against trade, and demanded an enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the end that tho traveling public and shippers of this (Government may have prompt and adeciuxte relief from the abuses to which they were subjected In the matter of trnnspartatlon. In both the campaigns following the adoption of these demands by the National Democratic party Bryan In his speeches OL the stump pledged himself to carry them out as far as he was able Bhould he be elected. In fact ho was the author of these demands and had them put In the platforms In the face of these facts it must be most gratifying to Bryans to have President IV o ovelt adopt his views and'bls party's platforms and attempt to carry them out. It shows that Bryan ls a great man, and that, while he was defeated by wholesale bribery and tho purchase of the election by the Republicans, be so Impressed his views upon tbe country that the Re publican president had to take them up and try to curry them out to save his party from defeat in the next presidential cleotion, when no doubt bryan and the same Issues will lead the Democratic host to vlotory. Uno Cotton P.SKRI The recent suggestion of a Kansas milling company that the troubles o tte Southern planters could be cor rected to some extent by the more general uso of cotton bagging for Southern products, h being generally discussed and many business men en dorse the Idea. It depends, of course, upon the farmers whether they will use cotton covers Instead of juto for their cotton bales and many uses to which the proposed new wrapper could be put. Evon wi h tho products which the farmers do not originate, they ojuld secure tho uso of cotton wrappers by insisting upon receiving these- foreign products only In cotton covent. In this way they would be oreatlng a demand for their own staplo and thus help maintain the price. Many mills stand ready to make a stouter cotton wrapping clcth if the di n nu id ls only created, and tho oost will bo llttlo, if any, higher to the farmers. ThlB ls a matter worth con sidering, and we suggest that the Southern Cotton Growers Association take lt up and consider it. There ls no good reason why cotton should not bf put up in notion bagging. If neces sary it could bo mado Ure proof, and would afford bitter proteotlon for cotton than jute bagging. Let us get out of tho old ruts. THE GUINARD ] COJLVUMB; Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Spe Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Pre par for millions. Southeastern Lim CHARLE8T Building Material of all kio "RUBEROID." *5 KILFYRE! KILFYR1 That ls exactly what it U, aPi day at the State Fair showing Its fir< Every Farmer, OH Mill,- Saw Mi property should have them. For sal COLUMBIA SI Columbien, 8. O The ma* Whlske I Morphine I Clgareb Habit, Habib | Habib Cured by Iteeley I 1329 Lady Sb. (or F. O. Box 76) Oolu enoe solicited. TWO SEW JUDGES. Mr. R. Withers Meratninfrer and Mr. George E. Prlnoo. In j >ln b assembly bhe legislature of ' South Carolina Tuesday eleoted li n. Geo. E. Prince of Anderson Judge of the tenth oircuit and Mr. P.. Withers Memmlnger of Charleston judge of tho ninth circuit. Mr. Memmlnger was the nominee of the bar ot Char leston and as suob had little opposi tion. The other nominee from the ninth circuit was Hon. Wm. J. Fish burue of Colleton. There was a very close race between Mr. Prince and Hon. Thos. P. Cubhran of Greenville. There was no extended speechmak int; in placing the names of the can didates before the members of the general assembly, but Mr. Slnkler's brief remarks in nominating Mr. Memminger presented the plcturo of a high-minded judge in a manner which can bub give to laymen a more exalted opinion of the bench. Senator Peurifoy of Colleton placed in nomination the name of a mau "whose ability as a lawyer and whose Integrity as a man are beyond dis pute, a man who would wear the er mine wi bb credit bo bhe State-Mr. William J. Flshburne of 00116100." This nomination was seconded by Mr. C. P. Sanders, who declared that P. .. was with unfeigned pleasure that he paid this tribute to the friend of bis boyhood, a man of mature Judgment, of high character and one learued in the law. Tnere were no other nominations, and the balloting resulted in the el ec- ' tlon of Mr. Memminger. The vote was as follows: ? Memmlnger-Senators, 28; repre- ? sentatives. 82. Total, 110; necessary t bo a choice 76. 1 Flshburne-Senators, 8; representa- I tives, 32; total, 40. Mr. Flshburne's ? candidacy bad nob been pushed and ? bhe vobe which he received was very 1 complimentary for bhab reason. Tue \ Charlesbon delegablon had been work- I ing as a unlb for Mr. M mmlngcr. 1 The nominations of candidates for \ Juige of bhe tenth olrcuib then being c in order, Mr. John R. Harrison of t Greenville nomlnabcd Mr. Tournas P. i Cobhran of Greenville. This WJ s sec- j onied by Messrs. L. J. B owning of i UnloD, T. B. Fraser of Sumber and < B. K. Keenan of Aiken. Senator Hood of Anderson noni , nated Hon. George E. Prince and bois i was seconded by Mr. Richards, Mr. 1 Bruce, Mr. Mosrs, Mr. Beamuuard, \ Dr. E. J. Etheredge and Mr. Klrven. ? When the senate had balloted lt 1 showed that there was a difference of j six votes In Mr. Prince's favor In that body. When two-thirds of ihe h iuse bad voted the result lu that budy was a tie, 39 to 39. But when the last 35 names in the house had been -?ailed lt was seen that Mr. Prince had gained 5 votes at the very last, and this insuied his election by ll votes. st ruc U by a Train. A dispatch from Barnwell saya Mr. Barney B. Easterllng, while oa his way home from his farm Friday even lng was struck by the northbound Palm Limited train ab bhe ensuing above bhe oil mill. His horse wis In stantly killed, his rubber-tired buggy ground to pieces, while he, lb ls fear ed, ls seriously Injured. Ile was ru on bo Columbia on the same train that Injured him, where an examination was marie by physicians. Saturday morning he was carried home, where he will receive such care as only friends and a home can give. Tho de tails surrounding the lr jury are con flicting, but it seems that Mr. Easier ling's ho.se, while crossing the brack g >b his foot hung some how on the crossing, ab which moment the Palm Limited came dashing on, with the above stated result. ltunaway fr'roin Homo. The News and Courier says about two weeks ago a yt ung man named Dick Davis went to the home of Mr. It. J. Burckhalter, about ten miles j from Aiken, asking for employm?nbi asa painter. Mr. Burckhalter em-j ployed him, and while working there be became Intimate with Mr. Buick baiter's son, Alvin, and on Monday* r.ighba week ago induced him to leave his home. Before leaving they took 810, a pistol and a raz r. The boys left before midnight and have not been hoard from up bo this time. Al vin Burckhalter is but 14 years old, weighs about 90 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair, wearing grey suit of clothes. Dick Davla is ab^ut 18 years old, weighs abc nb 116 pounds dark complexion, black hair aud grey eyes. Wears black coat with 3triped panta and black overcoat. Mr. Burckhalter has made every possible effort to lo cate his son, but up to this time has h jen uuable bo do so. Hilled on a Trestle. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Carrie Hammond, a colored woman, while walking on the little trestle botween the Charleston and Western Carolina dopot and bhe Soubhern station, was struck by the locomotive of the Glenn Spring train, and killed. The body of the woman was tossed to thc embankment on tho left of the traok. She had a most walked across the brestle, whet, tho engine sbruck her, and lb is probable bhab she slipped between the crossblcs. Euginecr Cummings tried his utmost bo sbop bho brain, which was pulling oub slowly. Her face and breasb were orushed, aud death musb bave bean Instantaneous. BRICK WORKS; IA, O. dal Si:apea to order. 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I MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, i lu Opera IIouso Block, COLUMBIA, S. C. 8 FUIUUKH showing a big increase in .bo immigration to the United States rom Russia are made public by the jureau of immigration recently. They sover the month of December for the rears 1902, 1003 aud 1004, and. show .hat for the first period named the m migration from Russia reaches the ?tal of 10,184, for the second period ,hey were 10,441, and for the last jorlod they were 15,092, an increase iver Desembsr, 1902, of 57 per cent. This Increase ls supposed to be due to ,he desire of tho immigrants from the ealm of the czar to avoid obleotlon ible military service in the war with rapan. DIHAS trous Piro, Indianapolis, Ind., suffered from a , disastrous fire Sunday night. It is stlmated tbat the money lost will .mount to il, 5(0,000. F jr four tours the wholesale district bounded ty Georgia and Meridian streets, ackscn place and tho union depot hods was menaced. At 9.30 o'clock bree general alarms brought Into oo loo every engine in the oity and uhurbs. When the ft^re was brought in 1er control eight buildings, among .1:ich were three hotels, had been orapliitely destroyed. One fireman ?as hurt by tailing walls.