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66104 GALLED DOWN. A Gentleman's Reply to an In sult by a Bishop. A SLANDER KR A?SKED Politely to (live Some Reason for In* suiting Charges Marie Against Judge Benet and Proof of Charges Made Against the South ern People Generally. Columbia, S. C., March 21, 1005. Bt. Bev. Henry 0. Potter, Bishop of New York. Bight Eeverend aud Dear Sir. It was my earnest hope that your answer to my letter of the Oth lest, would be ot such a nature as to call for no re joinder. But unhappily you did not give the ''soft answer," but made use of most "grievous words." It waa, however, still my intention to keep your private letter to me out of the public prints fur your own sake, but , when I saw your second interview in the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser and read in The State of Columbia, S. C., yesterday, the 20th inst., your letter to Mr. Gonzales, the editor, In which you said "the ciltl clBmB of Judge Bjnet and your own aro equally unwarranted and Imperti nent," there was nothing left for me to do but to make tho whole matter public I am forced to speak out and to show the public what manner of man thu bishop of New York ls, and how he comports himself in what was expeoted by me to be a friendly and courteous correspondence, lt will surprise everybody and it will shock churchmen to read your letter to me, even it they should think my letter to you gave you suillclent provocation. Ever since receiulng lt the words of the Psalter havo been haunting my memory : "Let the righteous rather smite me filendly and reprove me; but let not their precious balms break my bead. " It ls proper that I should first exhi bit my letter to you: Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1905. Bt. Bev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New York, New York. Bigot Bcvercnd and Dear Slr: In The State (Columbia, S. C ) of the 7tb inst., the editor commeuted on and quoted from some statements of yours recently publis K d in the New York Globe and Commercial Advert?s er, on the subject of divorce legisla tion. It appears that ye u said: "There wou,d be no vinue in abol lshing divorce altogether. We .have an example of what would result from such a measure in Soutu Carol.nj. Prohibiting divorce Is merely putting concubinage at aprtmium." This lb a Berk us oi.aige to make against South Carolina. And wiieu it la made by one who deservedly bolds one of the highest po- ltiou1? In the church, it con.maur s autentico and ii il .ei ces and mi ld-, > pinion. I do not ki ow win re you fouud any authority tor me ? Sst rt ion, but I oo know tba' y u lia ve bei n misled, and that y u t ave unwittingly miarepre SCDti d thc p. ople of tins State. N r do I doubt that when ?cu have care fully and candidly ooubidertd the matter, you will mak.-. the amende honorable in as -.ublic ?: manner as yt u lavo made t unfortunate ohargo. Winn you i-ay that "prohibiting divorce ls merely pu, lug uoncuoinage at a pr> m: .on," ?ne you not lelylng < n Pres.d ni Wo >ls-y at.d the t xt*mer Joel Premiss Bist op, as LU hurl ty? That ls the burden of their indict meLt against South Carolina, and j uti make us? of tlJL.r vu. y wurr s. A few months a^o I reviewed the rtckles.s and gr.iun less charges made by those authors. Tuls I did at the r. qu >t or tue Bev. Bobert A. Holland, D. D., of St. George's cbuicu, St Louis, ;-ni my dear friend and bishop, the Bi,. Bev. Edison Capers, D. D. M> re view to *K the form of au opon letter to Dr. Holland, which was published in The State and ol uer newspapers lu this and other States. Will you kindly take the trouble to n ad it-1 enclose a copy-and tneu Itt tue pub lic, as wtll as mo, know wnether or no you still can assert that tno prohi bition of divorce in South Carolina re sults lu merely putting concubinage at a premium? Enclosed yr u will also lind a copy ol the editorial article, which con-m-jnt ed on your interview, In The State of tho 7th inst., and a copy of thc ex tended editorial comment of The Living Church of November 12, 1904, Btrongly and warmly commending m> open letter. Although I havo not the honor of a p&r.-onal acquaintance with you, 1 have enjoyed the privilege nf sitting as a lay delegate In the triennial council of our church with you as a distinguished member of the house of bishops. But If you desire to know more ahout me, 1 refer you to Bishop Capers, your very good friend and mine. I also refer you to the Rev. C. M. Niles, D. D., of Trinity church, Columbia, S. C., now my rector, and forraeily and quite recently one of your own clergy and well known to you. Both my bishop and my rector, I know, rtro of one mind with me on the subject of divorce and on the happy moral result of the no-divorce law of South Carolina. It was Bishop Capers' intimaie acquaintance with me for over HO j ears of my life as law yer aud circuit Judge that Induced him to request me to examine Into and properly answer the diimtglog avi? baseless charges of President Woolsey and Mr. Bishop. Belli ve me, tills letter ls written to you not with any wish f r controv. r sy, but wltn a sincere hope that it and the matters enclosi d vv 1)1 give you such hf-ima'ht) as that you v. bj gladly uinio the wri ng you have limn tentlonaliy done to South C rolloa. If you ki.ew South Carol utans us Bishop Capers and I know them, you would rejoice with us over the re-uli of our no-divorce law and proudly hold lt up as an obj ct les on 11 oui sister S'ates. I have the honor to he. rfgh* rev erend and th ar slr. yciir obed em. ser vant, W C ii nt t To this let'r r of mine y u tent the following iiiswer: No. 113 Went Fortieth Street. N?w York. March 13 h, 1905. My Detr Slr: T os mon.trig's nv-tl brnugnt me vour lei tor of toe O'th inst., and its enclosures. Neither you nor the riawt.pap.jrs which you enclose took the trouble to verify a statement which they saw In another newspaper before Indulging in ori'i olams equally grotesque and Imperti nent. Ic ia enough to say that I never made the statement, to which you allude, nor ever saw it in the col et m rs of the paper from which you quote. Among gentlemen, it is ouBtouoary, before drawing an indictment based upon printed state monts, to apply to the author for some verification of them. If you had done this, you would have been saved a very foolish le' (er and very discourteous Imputa tions. It is a curious tact that, coming, ss you profess, from a region which boasts of its superiority in manners, you should appear to be un conscious of the elementary conditions of common courtesy Very truly yours, (Signed) Henry O. Potter. The Hon. W. C. Benet. I am sure lt will give neither yoe nor me pleasure to see this amazing letter of yours In the public prints. 1 deeply regret the necessity of publish lng lt; and I doubt not you sinoerelj regret ever having written it. But 1 am glad to place the two letters, your; and mine, side by Bide, and let thi public as a Jury read them and deolH? whether I am guilty or not guilty o tho charges of folly, impertinence discourtesy and bad manners, fo those are the count? in your Indict ment. That you have not questionei my honor and truthfulness leave me something for whioh to be thank ful. Is it not strange that you are, s far as I know, the only man who coe hiders my letter grotesque or Impert? nent or foolish or ill-mannered Those who have spoken or written t me about lt, and they aro not a fen have commended me for the courte ous terms In whioh lt seemed to tber to be couched. It must astonish yo bo be told that such commendatio has come to me not only from layme and from the olergy, but even frot the episcopate. And this emboldet me to request that you will favor tb public and me Ly showing wberel consists the folly, groteKqu?rle, ia pertinence, discourtesy and bad mat uers of my letter. It bas been taid by conics that si clety will tolerate a breach of goc morals rather than a breacb of goc manners. I do not quite agree wit iljchef?ucauld or Chesterfield, yet do confess to an unwllilngi.ess to s silent when you accus J me of dlscour esy, Impertinence and bad manner And bines you not only charge n with a gross breacb of good manner but also charge my State and tl whale South with a grosser breach good morals, lt will not surprise fa minded men that I thus answer yo h Uer and meet your obarges. spite ot the great provocation yi have given me, 1 trust that my la guage shall be temperate and my ma mrs ie.-peet fui, as ls most meet in h.ymau addressing one who occupi tue exalted position of a bishop. Let ms a>k thin, wherein bav6 offendeu? I leave it to the gent! men of the New Y rk press to say it is not a r-.coguiz d rule to accept true and ii' LUI ne what ls publish lu a metropolitan journal as a r-ttt ment made by a public man, pro., nent In state or church, especially aftt r several da;.s SuOh sta ?meut h no', been repudiated by the alleg author. Your first interview a peared in The Oh b . of March 3i You neither repudiated nor modifl anv par', of lt until March 16, nfl your attention l-ad b en called to t editorial in T e (Columbia) State the ?'duor of the State and mys ' D i jon :-erlously think that my fa ure t> apply to you por-onally fo: v?:nHeati<>n of that Interview pro> me "'io bi uno >n-oions of the eleeac >ar> c ndittoos nf c> mn u courtesy What I read tn T>e Globs, am In T Statt?, neither of them chargeai wan "yellow journalism," but b< of ff hera conspicuously conservati new-papen-, appeared to me to genuine and correct, And ev. n If I erred in hellevl that the Interview In The Globe < not correctly state your views, ( that error justify you tn charactei lng my le-tor to you as "grutesq and Itnpi rtinent," and to charge witn having written "a very f'iol lt Uer," snd with having made "vi discourteous imputatlo s?" The head and front of my ofTendl seems to havo consisted in taking granted that y. u had said what v imputed to y.u in The Globe int view. 1 ask }ou to say as a gem man was that, sutllclent cause to title you to apply to me epithets rude and ungentle? J. leave it to Impartial public to say which of two has In this correspondence sho mont courtesy. And even if In that you were corn do you really think you had tho ri j or the excuse to deal an unkln blow over my shoulder at the sou ern States-or Scotland-for lt loubtful to which region you rel ! although I rather think you mean southern Slates. Of course I am terring to your ironical remark ab my coming "from a region wh boasts of its superiority In manner As a Scotsman I tell you truly ti my native country vaunteth not 1 elf lu this regard; and as a southe er I assure you that my adop country is too well-mannered "boast of its superiority lu mannei Do you not know that to boas! good manners is like bragging of i S'Ssing the grace of humility, which it, his been well Haid that ''Ile who ventures to esteem lt lils Proves by that single thought ho h; iL not"? And, now, right reverend slr, w have you done in your short sec interview in Th? Globe of Thurso the 16th Inst ? You certainly h not mended mattera. In tho first tervlew that excellent journal rei seated y>u as saying: "There wc be no virtue In abolishing divorce together. We have an example whit would result from such a mi ure In S >uth Cand?na. Prohibit div -ree ls merely putting concubin at a premium." In the s?corid interview we read ' The attention of Bishop Pol hiving be-ii Gilled to the dem fri m Sou:h Car lina newspapers ;in ai/olo?^ to S-'Ut.'i Carolina hr l.utai tons dlsrpco' ctful to its laws :1 e, he i b er\ d t lat he had no a o^y to make He "a'1 not, he s c 1 tel-'-ii tb" f.'voroe lav nf Sn C troll'a, nor .said any hing of 'a Ishing divo ci altogether.1 He .Imp y rim .rfced that, tn view of pi? vile, o* nf ml-ee/- nttton lo s nth, the 'p<se' of i fry or supe virtue mi the part of Its people, ?! when , hid In it an element cqu c mic and pathetic " 1 nra truly norry that the first trrvinw did net represent \our vi .i?cms" your friends In this sta m 4 I was on" of t.hem-could rea exouse your uiif irtuo^-e s;at?-n about concubinage on tbegrbuni I you had blindly followed the mhl lng guidance of Joel Prentiss Bishop and President Woolsey. But when, lo vour second Interview, dictated by yourself, you speak categorically of the prevalence of miscegenation in the aontb," and this anlely on your own responsibility, you make a cbarg? much graver than the one Imputed to you before, and you mako it against not alone South Oarcllna, but all the southern- States. By "miscegenation" I apprehend you mean illicit interocular* between the white and black races. You can not surely mean Intermarriage, for that ia forbidden by law and made severely punishable in South Carolina and other Southern States. And where do you find authority for asserting that miscegenation, as you understand it, is prevalent in the South P I honestly thought that Bishop and WoolBey bad misled you as to concubinage, but I am at a lo-s to account for your astounding obarge as to the prevalence of miscegenation in the Routh. And yet you say you "simply remarked" lt. Bishop Potter, this will not do. We of the South demand that you furnish us with your proofs of tbe prevalence of miso venation in the south; or that, failing proof, you take back what you said. If you answer without reflection or research, j ou may glibly say that your oase ls proved by tho largo num ber of mulattoes In the South. That naturally gives a color ot truth to vour statement. But a fair and can did consideration of the matter will satisfy even you that this does not justify your charge of the prevalence of miscegenation in the south. 1 concede that the slavery system to a certain extent encouraged or brought about miscegenation. But I do kuow that the influx of northern mon aa soldiers and carpet baggers and ad venturers, from 1866 to 1876 or 1878, made miscegenation far more preva lent then than it had been before or ever has been since. The immorality of that Reconstruction oeriod was greater and grosser than even you would be willing to believe. And 1 feel sura that you will bc glad to know tnat since the closo of that dark period there has been a notable de crease of what you call miscegenation, and that it is still manifestly decreas ing. So much so that 1 am sure that if the offspring of illicit Intercourse lu tbe northern and western States could be recognized by their color, as In the Southern States, you would not .igain speak of the prevalence of mis eegenation in the South. 1 hold n ) brief for the purity of moials in thc South; but Just as tsure ly as we have fie poor always with us, so surely we hive lu all oiuntrleB me Impure always with us. And ir must ba borne in mind that w'.ille the unfortunate women that represent social evil In t'ie north and in other white man's oountries are white wo men, In ?he sou h tiley are with very few i xseptlons negro or mulatto wo men. I now come to the closlrg words of vour dictated interview, wi tere you say of the South, "The pose of lofty ur superior virtue on the part of lt:^ peep e, anywhere, bas in it an ele ;ne:it i quaby comic and pathetic." Bu.-nu; I refrain f-o u com nent lng on this mo.'t unfortunate asper sion. I leave lo to '.be puoiic to pas* their own judgment up m it. The;. will hee as readily and as regretfully as I no with what weat fhppatcy a metropolitan prelate-I bad almost sild pnmati-ba* s;en tit to deal with a subject that demands froru dm, as fr un us ail, the most serious and resp- ctful con dderatlou. It will ils.i grieve ali good men io see how eedle sly and sup rcdhously >oc tl mt with wo ds of rldlouie the white people of th" oathern State*. 1 have the honor to be, right lev irend sir, your na< Bb obedient servant W C. P.ENKT. itulu^t il ino AloiKiy. Congregational membera represent mg Boston and various seoiio: s o New England have protested to tin American board of commissioners fo foreign ml.-sions ag oust accsptanoi by tho boaid of the gift of SlOO.ULH fiom John D. ll ickefeller on tin ground that the Standard Oil com pany stands before the public unne repeated aud recent formidable indict ments lu specific terms for methodi wtiicb are morally iniquitous aud so dally destructive, ai d that "accept ance of such gift Involves cons ti tu oats of board In the relation of imply lng honor towards the donor and sub J.:ctri the board to tho charge of lg uoriag thc moral issues involved." Ovrr thi?|F*lls. At "Niagara Falls Wednesday morn lng a laborer engaged in keeping tb ice moving at the outlet on the In let canal of Canadian Niagara Powe Company on the Canadian side of tb river in some manner was made prisoner on a cake of ice that floate Gut from shore on tho awful curren that rushes toward the Ilorscsho Falls. Several persons on shore sat the man on thc Ice, but they could d nothing to aid him, and as the watched he was swept down the rapid and over the brink of the Horsesho Falls to death. To his employer and fel'ow workmen be was known b tho name of "Freucuie," and there I little ciuo to his Identity. Owing t the icc In the fiver at this season c the year, tho body ls not likely to b lecovcred. Rope- Jumping Kills Girl. In an endeavor to lower the rcoor held by Julia Beal, who Jumped th rc po one hundred times, little Marl Sheridan, daughter of Mr. and Mr; James Sheridan, of No. 4D8 Bald wi street, Waterbury, Conn., has me death. Soo was one. of tho brigitte* pupils at tho Merriman school an vas a leader amorg tier companion.' The It al girl had reached thu coi tury mark in skipping the rope an little Marie told her schoolmates sb would beat the record. As sim Ju ope the one hundredth time she fell l the giou d une nscious. Sho was ri moved to her l ome, bu doctors falle to rest re her and thc same aft^rnoo she di d. The other girl wno jumpe i ne liundnd imis has also dieu sinai although she app. ared tu bj in nu wa aff. oted ;>> nor strenuous work. AK* rt lj-twv* r t. u . .ct. ct At Fayetteville, Ga , Col. Stephe D. Rentr?e, a lawyer ahmt 77 yeal old. .vas convicted Thursday afternoc of the mur .er of his daughter*ln-lav Tlie Jury rec om mended him to tl me:cy of thc court He was sontenoc to tQvvc the remainder of his lifo 1 t'?o St te p niti ntlary. R.uifn quarreled with bis daughter*inda ovor a cabbage patch, the quarrel em lng lu hi3 Btioo log h- r to death wll a shotgun. He claimed self-defens lt nfr.e ls quite feenie, and durh Hie greater pa t of the trial recllnt on au Impr.ivlsed couch in the cou ro m. Tho oise will probaoly go the supreme court. MANY KILLED Ind Injured by the Explosion ci a Steam Boiler. IN A ?SHOE FACTOR!. :lre Followed the Explosion and Those Not Killed Outright Perished in the Flames. Men and Women Pinned Down Begged to be Killed as a Relief. At least Bizty people lost their lives >y the explosion of a boiler In a large hoe manufaotor? at Brookton, Mass., in Monday morning. The explosion vas immediately followed by a flash if flame, whloh consumera the faotory, i long, four-story structure, as If it vere a house of cards, and inolnerat id an unknown number of men and vomen who were unable to extricate ihemselvcs from a mass of tangled wreckage formed by the terrific up leaval In the boiler room. More than half a hundred of the em doyes In the building were maimed, lurned or bruised bv the time they .eached safe ground. Some had jump id from the roof, soms from windows md others bad been injured In the nad rush to escape from tho dromed 'actory, which from all parta emitted .he intense, awful heat of an inferno, Irivlng back the band of beroio res mers who In a few brief moments bad performed gillam Bervlco. Two wood in dwellings near the engine room were practically demolished by the lying boiler, but none of the occupants vere seriously injured. It may never be known Just how nany persons perished in th? wreck ige. No ono Knows exactly bow many persons were in the tao o-y. Thc num icr has been estimated at 400, bu? Treasurer Char es O. Emerson mil Monday night rte doubted whether ^here wen1, so many at work. Two hun Ired cud fifty survivors have been ao ;ountod for and at midnight Monday light the remains of 50 bodies had bern ?ecovrreri from the ruins, Hie search seing contlouid all night. Fragment?, if human frami s which po sl^ly mlg'it jelnrig to bodies other than those en ?mcruted have al-o been f und F. w >f the ri mains have been iden'lflid : he h"nd of ir.arly every casa is miss ng ar d except In rare instance? ic was mp issib e? ven to distingu-sh toe sex Ti e ex.-lrsl in oe ur ron shortly aft.er ihn oper ti ves hid se'tied down to ? ork foi toe day, and without waru og. Suddenly tl e air vibrated with he r;i:;r (;f an explosion. At the same noment the l.irger wooden frame of he factory, a four-story ??true. ure. luiv red an * Iben the rear p rtlon of t col ?ap ed In a fractl n uf a second ibis scc-h-n of the great building bad icen transformed into a. mads of iron ind wood v- reswagf?, in the midst of which human b b gs '.ere pintoni d. In mother moment tire hal broken out n the debi is and death by fire and suf oo.itlon became the fate of. scores of ,he operatives. When "trie boiler^ ex jloded it passed upward almost pre icndicularly, tearing a passage as lt vent, killing many on the way. After ?sing high In the air, lb descended lalf thu distance and then swerving li.rtherly, out bs way like srur.e huge ir< jeotlle through a dwelling hom 3 50 'eel away and pierced anotner dwell ng further along, demolishing the atter struc'.ure. Here Ks courbe was ?topped. Scenes of horror followed fie vrouching apart o? the factory build ng. In the rear the three upper I'jors, weighted as they were with leavy machinery, collapsed with a ira-h that was heard for blocks. Men md women operatives working In du lartraeuts of this section who were )usy at their machines, had time but .o turn In an attempt to tl^e, after be first dull roar, when the flooring ank beneath tbi m and they were car led to tho ground floor, crushed and ?rulsi d, amid the mass of debris, iany fell Into a veritable tiery furnace, ii the sections of the factory which cmalned standing the operatives vere panlcslrlcken as they sought iscape. Many fled down the stalr vays and reached tho street; others o the windows, the fl ie escapes In nany cases having been torn away by he explosion. In desperation many umped from the second and thlrd rory windows to the ground and were langerouslv Injured. The crush on be stairways resulted In numerous nincr injuries. Instant death was the fate of many /ho went down with the fljor that ollapsed. A large number of men nd women who were working near bo supports were alive after the . tors and walls fell. From these un ortunates thrilling cries of agony and error went up. Aim ist all bad been aught between broken timbers, ligb cr wooden wreckage and heavy plec s f machinery. A fe.v persona sue ended in extricating themseles from be wreckage, but moro were roasted D death. By this time nearby clti uns bad arrived to assist tho em loycs who csc iped lu the rescue of heir fellows. Th's task became mo lentarlly m'>re difficult and oofilous, ar the heat from the Uro waa alroo.t nhearablo. By tho use of long pleno-, f timber the re cuers were able to ?Iso parts of the wreckage and thuro y release s me of the imprisoned len and women and then by rushing ito tho smi.ke pull ttir.in from the Jins. With tear stained and haggard faces 'omen aud children b sieged the jctory or St. Margaret's It unan athollc church during theday, plead ig with the priests for Information b ?ut husband, father, sister or rotin r who failed ti return home. little comfort could ho glveu to t leso eoplo At the Campollo p lice sta o a similar sc ne wa- enacted. Bar . in the rlay M >yor Keith, forseelng no confusion which would en-me usted notices in conspicuous places ?qu sting all employes who ha'i leaped to go at once to the police :atiun and give t':elr names. These ame were Immediately posted and mund this Hit of names hovered a irong of womun--many hysterical Ith grief because the list did not in ludo a relative. Back and forth ?ora the ruins to thc station, and om tlie stat lin house to the ruins lese grief str'cki n women filed In a ?ver-endlng prcotssion, looking at ie fragments of flush and bono ns ley were placed lu pine boxes and urrlod away to tho morgue. Only i extremely raro oases was there the ightest chanco of identification. GATE THEIR LITES rn a Futile I Hort tb Rescue Their Fellow -Workmen. An Implosion That Bbook tho Very Found al lon a of tho Mountains ?nd Lighted Up the Heavens. AB a result of tbe horrible explosion la the Rush Ruo and R -d Ash mines near Tliurmond W. Va , Saturday n'ght, twenty-four now ha stark in death In the two mines. Ten of these were killed In the explosion Saturday and the other fourteen were a rescu ing party, who eotered the mine Sun day morning to take from the mines the charred and blackened remains of their fellow workmen. These latter were killed by a seoond explosion and the afterdamp. The first explosion seemed to shake the foundations of the mountains and the angry twin flash from the two neighboring drift mouths lighted up the heavens for mileB around. Soon from the mining villages for several miles up and down the river hundreds of people rushed to the scene of tho dreadful disaster. The lirst ox plosion was caused by a "naked" dame coming in contact with the gai. .'. The flames leapt d from tho drift mouth and set fire to everything in reach that was not blown from harmV way by the force of the explosion. The great drum by which the cars are run from the.drift mouth down the incline to the tipple and tho empties drawn up was blown from its moorina and down the mauntaln side U00 feet, while tho drumhouse caught tire and was totally consumed. The cars that, stood at the mouth of tho mine were blown far down towards the tipple and much of the track of tho in-line was destroyed. The rails twisted and the orossties whipped from their brd> in tho ballast and sent ^cuorclr.'d and charred many yards away. ? The big fan that furnished air in the mine was so damaged that it wa^ several hours before lt ccu'd b? started again. After considerable tl rae tho great fan was repaired and tho power turn ed on and lt hogan drawing one ritrn dred thousand cubicfeetof air through the charnel house a minute. A rescue party was formed and about twenty men entered tno mine in search of the bodies of th ?su who had perished at the that exp'o-don. Toe men r x plorcd tho mmes for two or three hours, putting up brattices, KO that pure air should follow them wherever they went. Finally some of t leoi cime out and reported th it the others were too careless In gdng forward faster th?.n tue good air wis bin. supplied and carr}lng :-.t the sam t.ire a "na?ei" light.. A' 3.45 ?uottier awful pxpioslon i ccurred. oaused by tne gas coming in contact with the "naked flame of a miner's lamp an ? fourteen more souls w?rc. launched into eternity. Mine Inspector Edward P.nckney arr-ved on the g ound M in da- and to .k charge of t he rescue work. _ CH?RG ?1) Wil d HiGxMY. ?ji-fi a Noto Sr.Tin:: tio had Drowned H linnell' In CouRftrCO. A dispatch from Chester to The State says so far as known the fir>t case Involving le^al proceedings in a bigamy case in that county was beard In Ohe?ter a few days a^o before Magistrate J. J. McLure. Ab ait two weeks ago one ttobcrt 0. McCar ter, aliaB Rob. Garter, alias Jack Car ter, . employed in one of the cotton mills In this city, was arrested by a constable frum Cheater on a warrant sued out by his wife In Chester, to whom he was married In December, 1900. After bel?g arrested In Orangeburg McCarter was carried to Chester, where ho gave bond for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday of la3t week, bu' cn tho Saturday night before the trial he "skipped" for parts unknown. Ile left a note addr.s^-ed to one of his children In Chester by one of bis wives In which he stated that his body would soon bo found floating In the Congaree river. This w^is a bluff, as his budy has not bren found fl .ating In the Congaree or any other rix r. lt seems that McCarter believed in plural marriagos, and that 13 what goo him lu trouble. First he married a Miss Susan Botter of Richland County. From this marriage tLer. were live children, when he deserted this wife and the live children, an i married Mrs. Georgi ina W?lling, a widow lady from the Fort Motte sec tion of this county, who had live chil dren by her lirst marriage when she married McCarter. Two children were born of this marriage, when this wife diod in Columbia. The day af tor the funeral of his second wife, McO-.irter married Miss Anna Furtick, of St. Matthews. From this marriage one child was bi.rn. After they had been married uh ut two and a half 3 e us McCarter aban doned his third wife at Hath, and on the 23d of December, lU00.be mar ried a Miss May Wilson, of Chester C .unty. Ile Iud two chlldien by this wife, and abandoned her luso July, lt was on tho complaint of this >v?fe that McCarter was arrested in Orangeburg, Bis third wife, who wasMit>s Fur tl ok, of this county, attended the prelimin ary hearing in C.iestor to testify against him. McCarter was horn and reared near Gadsden, Richland count v; lived on a farm with his tlis^. wife; at the duck mill, Columbia, with thc ?ec md, anil tho mill at Hath with the third wi fe, and at the three mills In Chester with the fourth. He had only bet n in this city a short time winn arrested. When here ho claimed to have omi; from Red Bank, over in Lex lug on County. We hope he. will b^ caught and se'it where ho will have time to n ll .ct on his wloki d ways. He.-,nit ol Primary. A Democratic primary election was held Thursday io several cou ties fur two positions as solicitor and in Char leston f jr memoer of the general as sembly. In the new eighth circuit Mr. R A. Cooper of Laurens ls elected hy a large mr.J irby over Mr. O'. L Schumpirtuf Newberry. Mr. Cooper was a oandid .te for Killel or In the o?d seventh circuit, last year against Solicitor Suase. In ttie new ninth cir cult, created by the recent legislature, toe race for solicitor was amoila Messrs. W. Turner Logan, tit. Julian Jer\e/ and A. E Padgett, the llrht two of Charleston and the last named of Oolleton. There was no election and Messrs. Logan and Jervey will run over. Mr. Amol lus Vander II .rso has been elect d to the leglslatuie from Charleston to till the unexpired term of D. J. Baker, who resigned toucc :pt the position of Judicial magistrate va cated by the promotion of Mr. R. Withers Mcmmlnger to tho olrcuit court beuoh. There was considerable Interest In this race on account of tho candidacy of Vincent Chioco, tho no torious blind tiger king, 'TENANTS X'F ACTOS In the Seduction of the Cotton Crop 01 l?g wvuvu, And They Mum Bo Brought Into Lilne tr tbe Movement Is to Be Diado a Suoocaa. In seeking to wheel into line all the cotton producers, tue tenants must not- bo overlooked. There are twe classes of tenants-cash tenants and shan; tenants. The distinction is, ol cours*, understood by everybody. The oaRh tenants are OD a footing with the land-owning cotton produc ers, that is, tbey plant what they please; they cannot be diotated to by tbe landlord; tbey trust, be appealed to just us you would appeal to thc men from whom they rent. Sbare tenants sustain a relation ship to the landlord exactly tho re verso of cash tenants. Tbe landlord can prescribe the aoreage which suoli tenants shall plant In cotton, corn, etc. Usually, he' makes no require ment, exe -pt as to cotton. He con tents himself with lixing the mini mum production. In the crMs now upon the South, this order must be changed. A limit must be set fur bbare tenants. Th hs is absolutely necessary for the reason that they produce a, considerable por tion of tbe crop. For examp'c: According to the drat cotton estimate sent out by tbe government, the nigb.5 strictly cotton states produced in 1904, 11,035,200 bales. It is a matter of Interest and importance to know the factorshlp of share tcnauts lu the ag^rc^ate. In order to compass this situation, we musl know tho ground. Alabama has 223,220 farms, 42.3 per cent, of which is cultivated by the'r owners, 33 3 por cent, by oasu teants, and 24 4 per cent, by share tenants. Arkansas has 178.694 farms, 54.0 ocr cent, of which are cultivated by tin lr owners, 15.3 per cent, by ca-h tenants, and 30.1 per cent, by s?:are tenants, f; Georgia ?'an 224 G91 farms 40.1 pet cent or which are cultivated by thelt owners, 26.2 per cent, by CLS'I tenants, and 33.7 per cent, by aliare tenants, Louis ?na bas 115 9(59 fm ms ol which 42 1 per cent, arc cultivated b> their owneis, 24 9 pnr cent, hy cash tenants, and 33 per cent, by shan. te"an-s. Mississippi ha- 220,8 03 farms, 37 C per cent, of which soe cultivated by their owners, 32 p- r cent. h> cash I ? enan ls, and 30 4 per cent, by shan ten.-.nts. N. rth Carol!" a has 224 037 farms 53 6 per cent, of which are cu ti vated b, their owners. 8 9 ter cent, by cash tenants, and 32 5 oy shs.re tenants. Si u;h Carolina has 155,355 farm?, 39 per cent, of which are cultivated by tholr owners, 36 7 per c-nt. by cash tenants, aud '?A 3 by share ten ants. Texas his 352 190 farms. 50 3 per cent, of wide i are cultivated oy their owners, 7 3 by casu tauanis, and 42.4 oy share tenants Than fore/oing table, th ro h not one willoh relaten tu the south that has so much to do with the de cree of prosparlty which shall crown ber tfloits It is a table that should be pasted in the bat, of ev?ry mau who goes out to sp.ale to the masses on the great theme which ls today at the fore-front In the minds of thinking people everywhere. For the purpose of showing the part played by owners, cash tenants and snare tenants in conon production, we take the crop of 1904. The re suits in a f iw states will be sunideut for the object in view: Alabama: Bales proluced by own ers ot farras, 541.0U0; bj cash ten ants, 425,000; by share tenants, 312, 000. Georgia: Bales produced by owners, of farms, 707,000; hy cash tenants, 4(53.000, by bbare tenants, 594,000. North Carolina: Hiles produced by owners of farmB, 375,000; by casi: tenants, 54,000; by share tenants 198, ooo. South Carolina: Hiles proluced by owners of fat mt, 351.000; by casi tenants, 403.000; by share tenants 270 000. Texas: Hiles prcdjced by owners of farms, 1,505,000; by cash tenant.0, 218.437; b, share tenants, 1,206.000. The sum of it is that share tenant; produce 34 per cent of the cotton ol thc ti ve state.) ju3t named. These t nan ts must oe brought la to line. But the landlord, in requir ing a reduction of cotton acreage, should m ike some concessions In the matter of rent. Tu cut acreage meat s m ich to share tenants, for they plant 75 to 80 per cent instead of the traditional and customary (32J per cent of their land in cotton. Toe pro posed reduction In the quantity of f?rtil z ;rs used will not disturb them in the least; they make the reduction at the very outset. Cost of produc tion does not cause thom loss of slei p. While the landlords are getting the sbare tenants into line on cotton acreage, their lotete U demand that they h,ok to the matter of a larder quantity of fertilizers per acre under corn aud other supply cr.ips. If this be dime, the result wlil be a revela tion to share tenants. Landlords will protect their own by saving their land from utter ex haustion, If they will tee to lt. in cut ting cotto.i acreage, that they make it so deep as bo auihori/.J and require Heavier fertilization of euch acre; *\ith a view to profit and to the betterment of the land. This can bn dune ar.d yet c inform to the New Orleans sug gestion. ''For the land's sako,,; do this. NJ argument is needed to prove the practicalness of the pjlloy aud practice ur.;e? in tha foreg ?itu pira graph. The demand for both ls suoei exige: t MAitriN V CALVIN. Augusta, Ol , M im i 18 1905. Mimicry Ubtl?ion. Inspector Henry M. Lechtreckcr, In a report to the Slate Bo*rd of Ch.trltn s o:i food condit ions existing a nong tho inmates of the industrial -chools of New York city, says that sf 10,000 children involve 1 In his lu lu .try, he f lund that, through pov jrty, 439 began the day's stonies fre pi ntly without breakfast, 998 with in-.ulfl.Ment food, and 7,415 upon oreukfasts consisting only of either tea or cottee and bread. Tho great ii -.Jorlty of children were anemic for ac* of good and sn tholen t food. An LOdttor Wanted. Tho owuer of Narodny List, a Ser bian newspaper which ls hostile to Ma government, appeals for a respon dble editor. Tho eighth editor in jhroe weeks has just benn arrested and .?ie. editor's wife, oollged to support terselfj tried, lu vain, to get pcrmis don to have an egg shall in the market ?laoo. entertaining and lnslructlv way ot oura In your own h pens? of a local doctor or druggts than n quarter ol a century an? hundred? of men whom X havoc for the book. In theso 25 years 1 now and original and diners wld lo cure men In half tho time. In a simple yet ? way to get back your vitality and strength, worn you aro. and so thoroughly that you will ..roaflcctcd I will ondoso besides tho(H-pagel that 1 can makoaRtudy of yourcasoand rnpor books that 1 will send tomen freo on receint ol write mo today sure. DR. J. NEWTON HATI 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 ? THE GUINARD CO-UUMl Manufacturers Brick, Fire Pro Flue linings and Drain Tile. I or millions. southeastern Lu CHARLES Building Material of all fc "RUBBROT J> " ffiO?Y?WT?LFY! That ls exactly what It Is. a day at the State B air showing lu Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw property should have them. For : COLUMBIA I V' hhjkti Morphin. I Clgaret ??cit, I Habit Hab? Ourod by Keeley '..2i; Lady St 'or P. n. Ro? 7B1 r> OJJGREHH THAKKED By tho Conf? derate Vt torana lor Re turnlrK Battle Flaga. The following general orders, o particular interest to the Confederate veterans, have been issued by Gen Lue: .HdqrH. United C >nfed. Vets., New Orleans, Maroh 1, 1905. General Orders No. 26. 1. The general commanding feel! that he would be derelict in his dutj to his old c .mr ad es who have honoree him in making him commander-in chief ot this great federation did he n >t give expression to the feeling ol atlsfactioo that tills the heart ol every Confederate veteran in contem plating the heartiness and unanimity la wbloh tbe national legislature passed the ' bill restoring the Confed et ate battle flags to the ?everal States, and the readiness with which the measure was approved by the presi dent. This action ls but a fresh evi dence tbat there are now la our grand country no sectional lines-no south no north, east or west; bub that we are all Americans, devoted to one common co intry. 2. The general commanding takeE occasion, in view of this era of good feeling shown by the congress of the Uulied Slates and the president, tc urge upon all parties, north or south, who have colors in their possession, to return them at once to the Stat? capitols. In such depositories these highly prized relics can be properly cared for; aud they should all be gath e< ed there at the earliest moment He Indulges the hope that this wist may be complied with, and tbat pri vate parties may manifest as muct brotherly feeling as tba natlona authorities. li. The general commanding ls sat ,. I tl d that the display In the various f I State capitols of these piecious heir looms, which represent the bigest de votlon, the greatest self-sacriiicj, the most persistent courage witness id in modern warfare, will do a great deal to stimulate the patriotism of the ris ing generation. These evidences of bravery on thopait of their fathers cannot hut add to the p ide that our c.'nldren feel In the heroic and daring exploits of their ancestry, and It ls thc: surcsi way to encourage and magnify that feeling of love of country and willingness to di ) for her sake that should be fostered at all times by the State. 4. Toe commanding general de sires that some oflljlal aoknowledg ment should be made to Hon. John Lamb (ulmself a Conftdarate soldier,) who Introduced the measure in con gre.-.s to the sen:;te and house of rep resentatives, who passed lt without a dissenting voice, and to the president, who immediately approved lt; and he urg \s camp* everywhere to at i nc ; get together and formulate resolutions expressive of their endorsement. By command of Stephen D. Lee, General Commanding. Official: Wm. E Mickle, Aa Jutant G neral and Chi f of Staff. A Slinu fcixpioBHtn. A dlspitch form Princeton, Ind., says six miners are dead, and four In jured, twv' fatally, as the result of an explosion in the mine of tho Princ 1 on Coal and Mining Co., Wednesday afternoon. The dead bodies were res cued two hours af er the explosion, the d lay being caused by the Inability of the rescuers to combat afterdamp. Ton injured were brought to the sur face thirty minutes after the explo sion They were found heaped to geiher In an uuconscl us state. When the explosion ocourred mo-st of the miners bad left the mine. Whether the explosion waa a premature shot or an overcharge ls not known. Within a short time, fifty wonnen, relatives of the miners, surrounded the mouth of the shaft tmd anxiously awaited eaoh ascension of the cage. The min ers worked heroically and a number were overcome by the foul air which tilled the mine. The explosion hurled supporting timbers In every direction In consequence the slato roof gave way In many places and the rescuers were In constant danger from this source. Thia is the second serious disaster in the mine, an explosion somo years ago having killed nine men. The mine was then the proper ty of tho Maule Coal Co. A [ will send free to any man simply upon his writ toa mest a copy of my 64-page book oa lort manhood, rvous debility. Impotency, stricture, varlcocelo, lancement ot tho prostate, blood poison, and rt? K discuses resulting- from tho above, snob as croo ns Of the skis, rheumatism, urinarr ?is9r???& es, rectal diseases, etc. It will tell fn plain anti n>lo language all that you want to know. It 1? e ?nd will open your eyes. It win ?bow ? ol in pla ome. privately and without tho publicity and ex it. 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M ximo Gomez, who was tho tl rsl speaker, earnestly eulogized America's sacrifices on behalf of Cuba. Ho said Cubans wero proud of tue ooportunity t i honor representa* tiv. s of tne United States navy, army and uovernm -nt, and would not forget their ub.lgatlons to the goat republic whose tsons ha 1 made possible all that Cub., had accomplis <ed. Gm, Prayer ?\ndrade, secretary of the hi teri jr, addressing the American officers In English, said they wera heroes ot the seas, knights errant of the twentieth century, who without lu.it or cjrq lest broke the chains of peoples who, by v?rile aotions, proved themselves worthy of freedom. At his mention of tho name of Roosevelt there was prolonged ap* plauso through the floors and galler ies. Commander Colby, tho senior offloer of the squadron, said: "In behalf of the president and peo* plc of the United States we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the manille '.nt reception you have given the visiting squadron. Wa ap* predate it tho m jre because all your kindness to us has come frcm the heart. It ls not alone tho welcomes we have received from those In high places which have impressed us, bub tho acts of tho people in the streets everywhere aro proof of the genuine* ness of the sympathy and appreciation existing between the peoples of the two ropubllcs." The social ovent of the week was tho reception Thursday night onboard tho battleship Missouri. Nearly all the clfloera of the squadron assisted in entertaining the guests, who included about all the higher offlolals and lead ing society Cubans and Amerlcani.