The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 28, 1905, Image 2
Marlboro'
?DO TnOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOL. XX^
BENN ETTSVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1905.
NO. y?.ltf
A PITHY SPEECH
By Senator Newlands on Jeffer
son Day in New York.
WHO ARE DEMOCRATS
The Senator Says the Real Democrats
are in the Republican Party as Well
as in thc Democratic Party,
and that Bryan Will Lead
Them to Victory.
The speech printed below, delivered
at a big Democratic gathering in New
York on Jefferson Day by Senator
Newlands, of Nevada, ls sDmewhat
sensational, but it will bc read with
Interest:
"What ls Democracy? Who aie Dem
ocr ats, and have we a Derne eratic par
ty? Thc?e are the questions to be de
termined before the next national elec
tion. Democracy ls a faith, not an as
sociation. Democrats are tl cse who
believe in that faith, not thO:e who
are simply enrolled in an organization.
The Democratic party should bi a
homogeneous association of men who
intend to put their faith into pract ice,
not of men who make a pretence of
faith in order to secure Lillee and
spoils. Dem ?eratic faith implies equal
rights for all and special privileges for
none. It implies t?ust in the pt opie a
theBOurce of all power. It t^aehisthc
holding of all power c'ose in the hands
of tbe people. Itm<aus g vernment
near to the pei pie. lt rn? ans that cacti
county.as to county affairs sha"' govern
Itself, and tot be go-e ned by tie
State; that each Stat?, as to State af
fairs, shall ge-vern it! elf, ai tl be gov
erned by the nation; that the nation,
in all matters of the g- ueral welfare
and defence, entrusted by the Consti
tution to its Goverurui nt, shall govi rn
Itself and not surrender tho exercise
of Its powers to thc Stati s. It meat s
that the will of tue people, when ex
pressed in constitutions and laws, shad
be inforced a< c TOMI g to their letter
and spirit unatLct d by partiality anti
undisturbed by the changing passions
of the hour, lt means the highest re
speot for and obedience to t? e law,
constitutional and statutory, lt metro
^government bi law, no' ofmeu.'- lt.
imanB that the constitutional els! rio
ution of powers, national or St--ts,
shall be maintained, lt mt ar st batt e
powers of governments':ail oe exercis
ed for and dedicated to the benefit ann
happiness of our own people, and not
for the beneiit or conque .st, and sub
Jeot'ion of other pee,:! s. It mea ns con
struction, not destruction, lt. means
peace, not war. lt means that. ur sys
terns of nuance, transportai ion und
production shall be framtd with a view
to the prosperity of the ma y ano not
for the advantage of the few. It mars
that as to all public utilities, nation
al, State or municipal, the Govern
ment shall either own or control; that
if such utilities are entrusted to pri
vate enterprise regard sha,1 i he h cl
only for a fair return, not specula'ive
advantage. It means the open i o ir
for comp?tition and c ?-(.pera1 ion, rot
the closed door of n o:u poly, lt m aus
the protection of the rights to the
many, not of the interests of the f w.
It stands against eas . . ra. k, and
privilege, lt statins fi r humanity.
DKMOCKATS IN DISGUISE.
Judged hy the, e principes, the re
are men in the Denice .atm organiza
tion who are not Demo -rats. Judged
by these prlnc pies, there are m ri in
the Republican organfz tion who ave
Democrats. Judged hy these prhci
pies, Abraham Lincoln was a Dem' -
orat. Judg cl hy these prim ipi s.
most matters relating to dornest c lc .
lslation Theodore ii o eve it is a D m
ocrat. Should all tbe rt al Demo rat.
in both parties he united in one ur
ganizatlon they wou.rl control tho 1 >"r
lslation of the country. In t he las
campaign the coan., s lowed that tue
Democratic party had lost, hut R ose
vert's message showed th tDtra cracy
had won The Democratic ourcv han
declared for an immediate assurance
to the Philippines of ult?male J.berty
under American pron cl 1 n. Roosevelt
expressed not the assurance, but the
hope, of such liberty. The Denocrat
ic party In its pla form had declared
for many domestic reforn s. lt u^ \ I;
wrote into his Administration plat
form a demand for thes.i reforms.
Democrats, whether in the 1) moe.al
io or Republican organization, will
support this demand, and insure its
accomplishment. Nomischiev usspir
it, no mere desire to dismember tl e
President's party or to . m broil his
administration prompts the s:.;\> r;
by the real Demi erat s lu the D. mo
eratic organizati m ol Roosevelt's oo
mestic policy. They clo ?t ti ?anse it
is their duty to support the man to
whom Provldf nee has assigned PK; op
por tun 1 ty of ace mpli.-d rn nt. tUitune
man can defeat tho accomplishment
ef Roosevelt's domestic policy, and
that is Roosevelt. C u tl we, thu in,
the next four >ear*, tut <.or elves loo e
from the external co ; pilcal ion i which
have absorbed us for Lito last eight
years, we would wi'MS- the trlun ph
ant succ?s- of Dernoc acv in ?ill i bo
domestic refoims now pres :. g up a'
the attention ut the c OM ry. A
these reforms would ba a comp!I Iud
mainly by thc aid if the Demo ra i>
organization, standing he ii 1 a R
publican President or D m :ratlc
faith, who will bring to hi suppori
all the m n of the Republican parly
of like faith.
WHAT UNITED DEMI CHATS OAN Do.
The union of Democrats, whether
nominally in the Democratic or the
Republican Organization-, on the
irrigation question, aeson pl ?shed the
passage of an Act the ino t important
in the history of the last half cen
tury; an Act broad, comprehensive
and enduring, which wilbout otber
legislation will, within the n x'. liftv
years, develop un en.pire hi the re
gion webt of tito Missouri dedicated
tb hotnes^ekers and the home-build
ers, on who-o sturdy virtues the
perpetuity of the Republic rests.
The union ol Demoorats, whether in
the Democratic or Republican organi
zation, eau, within tho next four
ypatb, oyen up the steel highways of
tbs country to the equil, proportion
lite and fair use of the entire people.
Toe union of Democrats, whether in
the Dcmcotatic or Republican organi
2 it ion, can, within the next four
years so tcale the tariff wall as to de
stroy tho monopolies erected under its
shelter. The union of Democrats,
whether in the Democratic or Ra
publioan organization, can, within
trie next four jeans, shape a system of
taxation that will brin< wealth under
proportionate contribution to the ex
penses of the Government. The union
of Democrats, whether In the Darno
LTt.tio or Republican orgaulzatlon,
L*an, within the next four years,
amer-d and reform the publio land
laws so as to preserve the great na
tural wealth of the country-wealth
o' coal, of I rou, of copper, of lead, of
timber, and of land-for the entire
people of the United States, includ
ing generations yet unborn, Instead
of allowing the publio wealth to ho
ibsorbed and monopolized in thl*
(jeuoration by a favored few. The
union of Damocrats, whether in the
Democratic or Republican organiza
tions, can. within the next, four years,
under Roosevelt's courageous leader
ship "shuckle greed and counnlng,"
.radicate graft and fraud from the
public service, and restore tho simple
ideals of the Republic
ONLY JINGOISM IN THE WAY.
All that is necessary to accomplish
db.ls is freedom from external compll
cations. F?r eight years we have
neen engaged In foreign activities.
Starting lu the Cuban war for free
lorn We ended in the Philippine war
for conquest. Having acquired mere
right or way over the Isthmus of Pa
lama by a treaty which guaranteed
Jolombla's sovereignty and bound ifi
0 protect it against tho nations of
world, we, lu a mcment of tempta
tion wnsted by force of arm* that
. ovrrelgnty from Colombia and took
t ours Ives. We have been engag-'d
n diplomatic negotiations for the
ip. n do >r in China; for reciprocity
treaties with Cuba; for the adjust
ing ut of tlic cubis of American re
publics. We have beeu eugaged In
Instructing American republics in the
;t ci n~les of international life. We
nave been engsged In law making for
Hi Philippines and for Porto Rico
and for Panama, Whilst we have
been oona uer lng other ouutrles mo
il poly lias c u quered our own. We
bave time to .'?eitle the railroad ques
tion in tbe Philippines; we have not
lae time to adjust the railroad ques
tion in the United States. We have
cheetima to give a moderate tariff-to
Lae Philippines; we have not time to
correct an excessive tariff in the
United Statis. Wc can expend vast
.urns in Lul a, in the Philippines, in
Panama, in colonial exploitation and
In naval expansion, but we have no
i.ootiey for the internal development
of the Republic. Our harbors and
our water ways are neglected. Our
reform legislation rests in comnilt
L es, a id as a result either of favorit
litri or neuleet In legislation, the
greatest plutocracy lu the hlhtory of
(lie world has been created, whilst we
have kept our eyes strained towards
toe borizjn of imperial aud interna
tional grandeur.
WHAT WILL ROOSEVELT DO ?
Will the many-sided Theodore
Il os.-\cit devote himself during the
: ext four y ars to the Democratic
p licy of domestic reform indicated
by his nu : . ga, or will he continue tc
e g.jge in activities external to oin
co miry, which wm absorb its atten
fcion ;. nd pcs p ?ie domestic reform V
it i.; e form r, D.moc.acy will bo tri
umphant In-fcr^ his adniiriis.tratioi
t cs If, on the other hand, he con
Linnes io dazzle our p< opie with
startliug exhloitions of international
PJ ni' clinics, plutocracy will ba at
tiimly Intrenched at the end of bli
administration a$ lc was at the be
ii in'ii. g, i.nd some other Democrat-:
Democrat who ts not an imperialism
b. aa, as well as at hume-will bi
called upon to lead the destinies t,
T ie country. The country de.mnndi
Da ?ooraey -whether under lt:pub'.l
ca i or Dean eratic administration
Democracy is triumphant now i
Rot s.vc lt stands by Democrati
faith, if not, four years hence Dem
icntcy will gird it:, loins for anothe
struggle against plutocracy i which 1
strengthening In wealth and powe
every day and every hour. And ii
standard tearer will be fie meu wh<
fry. ars have been pre-eminent fe
steadfastness, for courage, for pa
Deuce under defeat, fur faith in th
ultimate wisdom and power of tb
pi opie ; the man who hus been und<
vialing, consistent, courageous ; th
man whose integrity nobody doubl
and in who>e sincerity everybody bi
lievei. The question will then 1
che development of the Republic a
nome. The agency to be employe
wi 1 bo a c.mservntlve Demoorac;
atid the leader of this Democrat
will be the man who has stood tri
to Its principles amidst all the glan
or and illusions of imperial admint
br?lions.
Girl Brutally Killed.
At Little Kalb, Minn., thero
gn at excitement over the dhcovei
of th<! dead body or Minnie Klntop
me woads. The b dy was entire
stripped of clothing, a hatidkerchi
as t ightly twisted about her nci
and the head was a mass of bruise
Two negroes were seen In the vialnl
t f wi ere the body was found ai
. v ch ls being made for them. Tl
girl, who was about to leave for t
northern part of the State to take 1
homestead cl. i ms had been in Lin
Fdls purchasing supplies. She Ii
Di ie Monday evening for Darlh
fr..m which station she was to walk
lier home. After leaving Darling s
A ts not seen again until her body w
found.
(Shook Too Hard.
Tho minister was a great ha
shaker, shutting down like a vi
One day lie shook a llttlo boy's hat
and absent mlndedly irave an aw
sq 1 cze as he said: "My little felic
1 iiope you feel pretty well today
With tears in his eyes the little I
answered: "I did till you she
hands with me."
?TILL AT THJfi iiMl>.
An Fnglish. Army Offleer Bays the
World May Still
Turn to Amorloan Battlrlloltl J'or
Examples of the Hijghret Mili
tary Eflictenoy and Valor.
It takes a long time to s'z?. up thc
merits and results of a tremendous
conlliot Uko the oivll war, and it ls
not surprising that the verdict of
foreign military students is constant
ly changlrg and drawing closer toa
true estimate of the facts. A fresh
review of tue last stage of war, from
Gettysburg to Appomattox, has just
appeared lu Englai d from the pen of
Captain Batttne of the king's hu%ars.
In writing of tbe most critical phase
of the contest In America Captain
Battlne has in mind the recrnt great
military events, and he holds thar
the world may still turn to American
battlefields for examples of the high
est military < tllcicncy and martial
valor. Ile says:
"The history of the Amrlcan civil
war still remains the most important
theme for tho sludfent and the states
man btcausj lt was waged between
adversaries of the highest Intelligence
and courage, who fought by land and
sta over an enormous area with every
device within the reach of human in
genuity and who had to create ev:ry
organization needed for thc purple
after tlie struggle had begun. Justice
has hardly been done to the armies
which arose time and again from san
quinary repulses and from di.-;as"ers
more demoralizing than ruy repulse
in thc Held because they were caused
by political and military incapacity
in high places, to redeem which the
soldiers freely shed their blood, as lt
seemed, in vain. If the heroic en
durance of the southern pe pie and
the fiery valor of the southern armies
thrill us today with wonder and ad
miration, the stiibborn tenacity and
courage which succeeded in preserv
ing intact tba heritage of the Ameri
can nation and which triumphed over
foes sc foimidabie a: o not less worthy
of praise and imitation. The Atceri
cars still hold the world's record for
hard Ugh th g."
The valor of the southern sol lier.-,
has long ht en extolled at home as
well as abroad, and at one time the
eulogists seemed to forget that valor
in any army presupposes equal valor
In the foe. The lighting records t i
the combatants in that great w.-.r do
not rest upon mere speculation. They
were written in blood, and the ho lc
are open to ti e world's Inspeo lon.
And every elite r. g merit and elite
corps on-elthi?r sliJe rru*t and-o?-u
without loss of prestige i-t-nd c >m?
parison with an elite equivalent in thc
raulcs of thc foe. Tho North had
meire regiments In the field t h ui did
the South, but the ratio of hard fight
ing r? gi mtnts was the same. There
were seventy northern regiments
which lost from 50 to 80 per cent, of
their strength in sing.': engagements
and Uity-three BOUtheru regiments tu
tho same cb .-s.
Figures showing kisses In actual
battles are eloquent witnesses nf the
valor of individual organization. Th?
nighest brigade loss recorded In '.ie
confederate army was that <>! Gregg's
South Carolina brigade, whet is
credited with 1 279 killed in battle.
In the non hera army a Vermont
brlgaoe bikes highest pl ac s with a
lusa of 1,172 kill d and the Iron bri
jade is a CiO,e second, with 1,132
deaths on the battlefield. As tilt
northern regiments wen regularly re
cruited, the losses fell upon greater
numerical strength than was the ca e
in the South, where reen:' s wt rt
scarce. Thu famous "Kentucky
Orphan" brigade of the S jut \ being
made up of expatriates from th ; lam
of fighters, was never recruited and
literally fought itself to a "fri zzle,"
as the Boutbernera expressed it.
Gregg's brigade hud the banner regi
ment in the South for los-. In battle
during thc whole war-thoFir.-tS u b
Carolina. Its record was 281 killed,
and the banner regiment of the N> rt::,
the Fifth New Hampshire, went a
notch higher witii a loss of 295 dead
on the lick1 of honor.
And when lt came te? losses In Bingi
engagemeut Balaklava and ali the
old wi rid records were i ?feme both
by "Yank" and "Jhonnie." In a
-ingle charge at Gettysburg the First
Minnesota emerged with a less of 82
per cent, kll.ed and wounded, wi Ile
the First Texas ut Anti: tara lost 32
2 3 ^r cent In the highest numerl
cal loss sustained in a single engage
ment the tighter.! of the North and
South als ? show- cl their common line
age and ((jual valor. A? Gettysburg
the Twenty-sixth North Carolina went
into action July 1 with 820 m n and
loht 58(> killed and wouutied. At Cold
llaruor thc F.r.-.t Maine heavy artil
lery charged an In trend ed line with
832 rank and tile and lest 58G killed
and wounded in the f?pace of seven
minutes. Both of these regiments
continued righting in the same cam
paigns until the cia. of i ho war. lt
is a singular fact tha" over the whole
field and throughout the war every
phenomenal dif.pl&y of valor, tenacity
and stubb.un courage on one side was
duplicated at some, time by the other
side. For the "Bloody Angle," held
by Lee at Spottsylvania, there was
tho "Iloiseshoe Ridge," defended by
Toomas at Chltakamauga, and for
Pickett's charge ut Gettysburg there
was thc rush for the stone wall at
Fredericksburg. In the long run
neither side was outfought. Ho h
sides sustained the prest g a of Amerl
cat s in battle.-Spartanburg Journal.
lunched hy Noicroos.
A special from Mariana, Ark., sais:
Enraged at the Act;on of John Har
nett, a negro, In shootii g and killing
Albert Wals tL-ld, another negro last
Sunday because the latter circulated
the report that Barnett was a i au
gerous man, 20 other negroes em
ployed in a levee camp near Askew,
have taken Harnett put and hanged
him. From meagre reports the story
of the crime Is as follows: Harnett
came to the camp early last week ant!
secured wnrk. Waist1 field had kneiwr
Barnott before and tedd the boss ol
a camp that he was a dangerous n an
Barnett heard of th.s and the shoot
lng followed.
Interesting Figures cn Life In
surance in this State.
NINETY MILLIONS
Almost Now Carried ia Policies. Thc
Three Dig Companies Carry a Third
of the Risks. Interesting Sta
tistic? Gleaned from the
Comptroller General.
There lias been much complaint j
amonts' Ufa Insurance agents ganerally
Li tat tile bitter warfare that bas been
watting In the management of thc
Equitable and tho disclosures that]
this roure-'t has brought out have to a
considerable extent destroyed faith in
life lnsuranre and inadc business mucb
more difficult to write. Hut,says the]
Charleston Post, no Buch condition
is n ll :ctrd in the Comptroller Gener
al's comparative tabulation, just com
pleted, of business dune by all life]
companies operating In this State.
These figures t-.re for the year ending I
D.c. na ber .'{lat la3t, tho figures for
the GrsL quarter of the present year
not having yet been tabulated.
Whet her the ligures for th? new quar
ter will show any falling oil can not
l e said, but certain lt ls that last
year's business showed tho same steady
inert ase that has been manifest for!
tho past several drcades. *
Toe business (if the "three giants"
continues to cilrab In million dollar]
strides. In 1 !?03 the Equitable had
810,120,551 Insurance in force In South
Carolina, wrote 8:?TO,??O In 1004, and
bedail tlie present year wltii 311,022.
055. In 1003 the Mutual of New
York had in force $14,754,362,
wrote 82 040 751 and began the new
yr Ar with $15,756,845, Thc New
York Life in 1003 had in force 812 -
261,697, wrote 82,570,180 and began
Hie prisent year with 813 570,353.
lu 1904 thc Equitable received pre
miums amounting to 3362,621 30, the]
Mutual 3307,225 23, nnJ the New
York Lifo 8446,374 36, as against |
1 saes incurred of 811U,884. 8144,580,
$170,423 37, respectively.
Tiu re is au enjrmous difference be
tween the total amount this State
pays out annually for (usurarios and
thc amount it receives hack In lesses I
incurred. But w!die rbis ?3 an appa
rently v^ry unjust diff?rence lt must j
-nnt-irt> -frrficittea ?Ptmti-CTTc""TrnsrSiT'n?v5'j
being incurred come largely from bus
Inf ss written m my j eats ago, when
the State was not nearly so well pro
:eLto'l by amount of in urance in
force ; that tho reserve or a :tual cash
value of old time insu rai ce policies
r.o~v in foice in this State l as grown
K steadily as the premium! hav^been
paid in and tba' this represents a big
To what extent South Carolinians
are Insured, what they pay annually
for th's and what th;y get Lack in
losses lucurr I are shown by the fol
lowing Interesting table compiled
from the Comptroller General's fig
ures ?-hov.il g . he a mparatlve stand
lng of t e various lite companies with
ri f renee to S m i Carolina business.
Tue figures are f r u?e year ending
Di cr., ber 31, 1004: i
INSU'iANC.'K IN" KO It CK.
li New
V 1 ee Bu* ne---?
Aetna. ....6 2,2OS,502 8 325,426
?ankers. 1,684,814 113,412
Comm Mulual.. 380.900 11,000
ICqtlil iiltio. 11,022,655 3,470,660
Fidelity Mutual 1,450,073 362,543
Germania. 330.880 205,001
lian foul. 032,078 233,533
Home Friendly. 833,470 457,730
I Home of N. Y... 1,130,463 182,508
Manhattan. 014,308 231,575
.Mass. Mutual... 75,147 16,000
I Metropolitan .. 163,208 151,754
Mutai Ile ne ti I .. o.!2;;.27i> 1,472,242
Mutual Of N. Y. 15,756,845 2,010,751
Mutual Kcserve 607,081 I3,lti2
Nat ionai . o'.?,uno lol,?,00
N. E. Mutual... 1,402.105 280,021
N. Y. Life. 13,570,353 2,570,180
t acilie Mutual.. 1,032,160 738,674
Penn Mutual.. -1 ^.I7,.">?ii 1,250,073
Phoenix. l.052,!>36 77.530
Provident. 1,101,054 518,072
Prudential. 2,780.402 1,056,518
Security L.&. A. 162,000 ils.ooo
Sccur. Mutual. 313,441 31,202
Security T & L. 227,279 13,370
ta'.?- L. nf 1. 1,045,600 412,100
Sou. L. & T. 10,000 12,000
State M. L. A... 071,571 251,712
Sun of Canada. 506,517 358,040
Travelers'. 2,503,377 245,406
Guion Cent. 2 856,03'.) 615 860
Washington. 305,784 73,500
Virginia Life... 7,278,363 2,730,816
Total.$86,201,855 $20,757,063
l'KKMIl M i ANI) LOSSES.
Premiums Losses
Kt(rived. Incurred.
Aetna.$ 71,061 8 11,597
Hankers. 52 ..si 3 23,500
Comm. Mutual. 11,070 17,454
Kq u I tallie. 302,021 100,884
Kidd Mutual.. 41,786 ",,7t>7
Germania. 13,520 L,500
I lari lord. 15,121 6,000
Home Friendly 55,409 25,024
linnie ol' N. V... 41,255 ll,OOO
Manhattan. 5,248 1 0,217
Mass. Mutual... 2,400 2,000
Metropolitan .. 2,303.
Mutual Benefit 208,412 41,203
M ut ual ol' N. V 307,225 144,580
Mut. Reserve... 201,387 10,500
Nid ional. 2,o57 .
N. Iv Mutual... 43,470 14,251
N. V. Life. 446,374 170,423
Pacific Mut ual. 33.941 l,00C
Penn Mutual.... 138,032 34,504
Phoenix. 37,032 10,50(
Provider) . 36,354 4,001.
Prudential. 92,086 14,10"
Security L.& A. 4,300 .
Security Mu! ual 7,470 3,00i
Sci urit y T. \ I,. 12,0110 3,50(
Mal.' h. of 1. 27.75S 4,501
Southern L.&T 483 .
Slat?' M. L. A... 33,064 2,07;"
Sun ol'( lanada.. 15,056 2,55
Travelers. 75.707 37,84-1
Union Cent. 76,311 20,201
Washington_ 12,662 1,00t
Virginia Life... 259,879 71,121
Total.82,033,035 $943,82<
Tous it will oe. seen tint SouCC
Carolinians palo out In premiums ovei
two and a half millions and received
In death lo.sses and cash surrend'.i
values little more th.in a third of that
yot tui y arc currying nearly ninety
million dollars worth of JnauraDce
with great reserva values. As lt ls
impossible to Sud out the average per
thousand of this insurance in force
any even expert guess at the oash sur
render value of this total insurance io
force would of necessity be more or
less V??3. That* the total business
has D creased so rapidly, as is shown
by the amount of new business writ
ten, is substantial evidence of the
general prosperity of the people. And
io these figures may be added many
million dollars worth of assessment
and fraternal business, such as is
written by the Woodmen of the
World, Knights of Py thlas and the like,
which are popular among certain
classes, and which insurance, what
ever else may be said of lt ls better
than no insurance at all.
A WOMAN FATALLY SHOT.
By a Man Who Atcomptcd to Kill
Himself Later.
At'Philadelphia on Wednesday Ed
ward Smedes shot Bessie Ilelen Davis '
at the'Tneatrical ihotel, where they 1
were botb staying, Inflicting a proba- i
bly fatal wound near the heart and i
then attempted to kill himself. The ,
bullet/flattened against his skull and
he was not badly hurt. The couple
were members of the chorus in "Tho 1
School Girl" company of which Edna i
May is the star. The woman is known ?
on th? stage as Bessie Dale. She ls ,
23 years old and her home is in He
bron, : Neb. Smedes' home it ls be- 1
lieved is in Vicksburg, MiiS. 1
The shooting occurred shortly after (
noon., Otber guests at the hotel .
heard a pistol shot and immediately \
after Hiss Davis ran screaming down t
tile stMrs and fell unconscious into ]
the arms of a servant. A policeman
who was passing tbe hotel ran into j
the place and when Smedes saw him (
he turned the weapon up in himself.
The wounded couple were taken to a <
hospital, where it was found the young i
woman's injury is likely to prove fa- j
tal. Smedes is guarded in the hospl- (
tal by/two policeman. I
Theieouple arrived at the hotel on \
Sunday and registered as Mr. and |
Mrs. Suedes. Wednesday Miss Davis ,
obtained a position with a company i
now Rehearsing at one of the local ;
theatres, Intending to leave "The ?
Sohon?" Girl" company. She was at ]
tbe t atre in the forenoon rehearsing ?
wit' e new company, when Smedes \
galtiv. admittance to tho play house ;
and sought an engagement. He failed t
to obtain lt. Seeing Miss Davis on ?
the at&ge he went to her and threat- {
.med to shoot ber if she Joined the <
ow c^mpaay. He was ordered from |
ftho pl\\Qe and Miss Davis went with |
j him. The' returned to the hotel aud ?
?Itu ?fl ?d. they renewed thdr i
<\. resulted in ?Lo ohoot- '
lng*.
On the bureau in the room was ?
found a note written by Smedes |
which read: "TJ those who know and \
meet my mother help to sustain and <
keep her." A letter addressed to j
Mrs. T. M. Smedes, Vicksburg, Miss , ,
and one addressed to Miss Dax s' ,
m'ither, at Hebron. Neb., were alsu t
found lh the room.
A Gilt accepted. I
President Sloan, of the South Caro- 1
lina college, has received a letter from !
William Jennings Bryau notifying
h'm that the South Carolina college
has been named as one of the tweniy- ,
five state universities Mr. Bryau is di
rected to name in Article 17 of the !
Philo Sherman Bennett will, setting '.
aside 810,000 to be divided equatlj 1
among such universities. The amount
> ach university will get after Inheri
tance taxes are pai l will be $:i<>8, the '
interest on wbicu is to ba used to pur
chase an annual prlzi for tho best,
i-t-say discussing the principles of free *
government. Tho gilt was accepte'',
with thanks by the executive commit '
tee of the tructees. Mr. Bryan says
lie bas so far established such prizes '
lu nineteen states.
Why Wu Color Karnet- IOKKH. I
The Syrian nightingale has the
loveliest voice of all God's creatures
and tbe saddest song ever heard, says
Mrs. Lew Wallace. Shady coverts
fringing the Jordan still shelter the
bird tbat "sings darling." There isa
legend that the nightingale sat in the
olive tree in the garden of Jo
seph of Arimathca, and the night
before tbe resurrection, through the
darkness, she poured out lier soul In
s irrowing plaint above the still sleeper
in the tomb wherein was never man
laid. Whon tbe first Easter morning
broke over tbe eastern bills the eggi,
in the mst of the brooding bird spar
kled with gold, blue, orange and
crimson, and so we color eggs at
Easter for a memorial of thc lune
singer that sang by tho holy sepulcher
nineteen hundred years ago.
Tired ol' Lifo.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says Alec Vandlver Bay, a
pauper, aged 84 yeurs, made a desper
ate attempt to kill himself near the
county parish Thursday. He was
found lying on the ground near thc
parish church, bleeding from self lu
ll cted wounds lu the legs, throat and
abdomen When carried to the parish
be said that he had tired of life, grlev
lng about his little grandchild from
whom ho was separated when brought
lo the poor house a month ago. He
i gave the keeper 81 to give his grand
child and said that he would die. Ray
used an ordinary pocket knife In stab
1 bing blmself. lils condition is regard
1 ed as exceedingly critical.
Monnlblo I'oople.
I A dispatch from Anderson to The
1 State says the people of Back Mills
1 township In that county havo voted
! an additional tax of four mills for
I school purposes. The vote for the
special lew was unanimous, not a
) single voter having opposed lt. Many
) of the districts lu the county have
) voted special levies to support their
? schools, and the movement for betti r
. educational facilities is steadily pro
I grossing. In one Instance, at least,
i In addition to the voting of a I special
) levy, tho principle of consolidation
I has been successfully carried out.
Killed by Cia?.
, Herman J. Pagel, his wife and two
. women servants were found uncon
I sclous from e.voapln-g gas at Pagei'a
. borne Wednesday Kh Chicago. Pagel
\ and his wife are/expected to survive,
but tho servants failed to recover.
COTTON SACKS
Destined to Replace Burlap Sacks
for Shipping Purposes,
UNLIMITED FIELDS}.
K New Market Right at Our Door. Char
leston Merchants Give Good Rea
son." Why BHgs Make Belter
Packages than Boxes for
. Shipping Goods.
While cotton growers of the South
ire looking across this continent and
icross the Pacitlc for the development
af a new market for their great staple,
they are probably overlooking the best
ind surest market right at their doors
The Columbia State says: Tue farm
ers of the south do not realize the
?lumber of sacks used by the factories
In the distribution of fertilizers every
winter-betwen 4,000,000 and 5,000,
300 are employed to huid the phos
phate bought by Soutli Carolina farm
ers alone. Nor do they seem to under
stand that the material for these fer
tilizer bags might te cotton but is
burlap, Imported from India. The fol
lowing letter, written by Mr. G-o. A.
Wagener, president of the Royal Bag
ging and Yam mill of Charleston, is
iecldedly interesting:
"Tne dlilerence between the value of
:otton sacks and burlap sacks for
fertilizers is 90 cents pr:r ton on seam
ess and 50 cents per ton on the sewed
jotton bags. We purchased last year
aurlaps amounting to $2:iR,000, and
ihe duty on same was S?? 000. Now
'or your further information I will
?.tate that the total Imports of burlars
'rom Calcutta for th<; 12 months o:
ait year fr. m Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st
Aits ?J60 705,500 yards of burlaps and
14,158,700 burlaps bags, and from
Dundee, Sc aland, and other ports
mere were .'10,000,COO yards, maklug a
:otal of aoo,705 550 y arc s burlaps al
together imported. The total revenue
!or the Uiiit?d Si ate government on
ill burlaps and b^gs amounts to abou
?2:5,?OO,?oo annually. 1 cote you say
i.iat you havi: been talking ti tho
'armers on the sui j ?ct, an<1 1 am glad
:o note that t idy are incllued to pay
?.tie dill :rence lu tue cost of the bags,
?ou^ro misr.nkcn,.however, when jou
>ay that lt will take from one to on1
ind a half million bales to make the
eags for fertilizers, for by my cilcu
ition it would take perhaps 20,000,
)00 pounds cotton, ai d. of course, if
,hey would use cotton bans for grits,
:ice, grain, sugar, salt, cement, rt.Q.
t would easily ta'cf. 2.000,000 baL of
:ottou to manufacture these b.igs."
But ?ha ti dd is no', I'mlted to the
JSC of fertilizer sicks; it ls unlimited
? the grocery business, and here i.
vhat the gioe.:rs o.' Charleston havt
?0 s y i n the su J act:
"O * lng tu the scarcity of coop^reg-?
i number of large manufacturers hav<
jac? corr pe led io ship their product
u b.igs Instead of barrels. This ixp.-ri
nee aa; taught many that the ba,,
s bv far thc I etter package, fur thc
olio.vnig rc ?oi s:
"First. No freight to pay on the
package.
"Seco cl. Tlie stck iv cheapr.
" t hird. The sa;k is of value when
un pty.
"Fourth. A sack cf 100 lbs. is easier
ind cheaper to handle than a barrel.
"Fifth. The jobber in loading his
lellvery wagon san put a sack iu lils
wagon with one man instead of two.
"Sixth. The jobber's delivery man
ian handle i,ho sack to advantage
when lie reaches tho retailer.
"Why c ?Hon sacks should be used |
Instead cf burlaps la: |
"First. B caus: the empty cotton
sack is of more value to the consumer.
"Second. Because cotton ls relied
In the United Sates, au J burlaps is
imported hum Itu la.
"We have cxamlued carefully the
cotton sack muuu;'a':tured by the Roy
al Bag aod Yarn Manufaiturlng com
pany of Charleston, S. C , and unhes
itatingly reco.nin.-nd this pickige for
grist and sall, and will give lt prefer
ence tu the burlaps ur barrels when
making our purchases of grist and
salt."
Signed: Finc.ken Jordan Co., II. T.
Foster, S. Ilir-.chman & Son, J. W.
Il bs ?n & Sm, Melcher* v<: Co., S.
ll. Wilson & Co., F. Welters, Blo
hme Milling C >., I. M. Pcarlstine&
Sons, II. Viel, C. Wulhern & CJ..
Welch & Hason, Otto Tledeman &
Sons, 1). Rhodes & (Jo., F. W. Wag
oner & Co., Malo'.iy & Darter.
And here is a further endorsement:
To Cotton Planters:
At a meeting of the South Carolina
brauch of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' association held Wednesday,
the following resolution was passed:
The members of the association use
for all purposes, when possible to do
so, cotton sacks Instead of other pack
ages.
First, because the empty cotton
sack is of morn value to the consumer
than jute sacks.
Second, b-cause cotton Is a product
of the southern States, while burlap
ls Imported from India.
The cottou sacks manufacture! by
the Royal Hag and Yarn Manufactur
ing company cf Cnarleston, S. C.,
have been examined by us very care
fully, and this association recommends
this package for grist, salt, rice, etc
The object uf this resolution ls to
create a mo;c general di maud for cot
ton. THEO. MKLOHERS,
President, S. C. Division, Su.ahern
Wholesale Gr c^rs' A's ciuion.
"Tint Skin ol a Unit."
Tim teacher, picking up an orange
that was lying on the desk, explaiued
that it was a unite. Tho mxt day tho
p clings had teen loft there; so, pick
lng up a couple, she a^ked what they
were. Thero was a pause. Presently
a bright-faced but shy little girl an
swered: "Woy, that's the skin of a
uulto."-Little Chronicle.
1
COMES HIGH.5
Enormous Expongo Attached to the
Operations of Base Ball.
What it Costs tho D?neront Leagues
of the Country to Amuno
tho Public
The Charleston Post says indicative
I of the marvelous growth of baseball
164 clubs are monitors of the national
association, over 2,500 players being
employed. These clubs are in the
principal leagues of the country. Thu
cost, of these oirouits approximate.
?1 658,000 lusalarles, $571,000 intravj
eling expenses and 3680,000 for incl'
dental exoeOBes, makh g au aggregate
of 82,908,400. This is exclusive of
independent teams accounting o?
which would materially swell the to
tal. Organized baseball is provided
for 26,007,205 people, accordh g to the
latest figures.
The salaries of the six South Atlan
tic clubs amount to 836,000, traveling
requires 815,000 and Incidental ex
penses another 815,000. The popula
tion of the circuit is about 222 301.
The managers of the infant minor are
bound to hold their 6alary limit for
the season at 86,000 under the nation
al agreement, which is based upon
population. These figures will give
the enthueiasts an idea of the cost of
maintaining the league. The cir
cult's mileage this season, as already
shown In The Evenir g Post, is 31,120
according to the hobedule.
Salaries ia the National and Amer
ican Leagues alone reach the sum cf
3740,000, and their combined txpsnses
:tre more than 8470,000. Tne A merl
can seives a population of 8,511,994
and the National 9,380,004. Attcn
dance in these two circuits, wbloh
means paid admissions alone, las
year was:
American. 6,048,050
National. 5.328,51i
Tue New York Globe recently gave
these figures for the majors:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Sal- Tray- Other
Cities aries. oiling. oips. '*
Now York.$05,000 ?10.000 ?25,000 w
Huston. CO.000 10,000 25,000 lr
I Philadelphia. to.ouo 10,000 18,<MI
Waahingt n. 40,000 10.000 15.000
Uhio-igo. 45.000 10,000 13,01)0
?L Loui?. -15,000 10,000 15,000 Nj
Cleveland. 55,000 io OOH I?.O?O
Dolroit. 15,000 10,000 IJ.OOO
Totals.?105,000 ?80,000 ?150,000 A
NATIONAL LEAGUE. a j
Now York.?55.000 ?10,000 ?25,000 rt
Brooklyn. -10,000 10,000 15 000
Hpstou. 3(1,000 10,000 15.000 *
Pniladdlphiti. 30,000 10,000 20,000 tit
i llucago. 10,000 10,000 15,000
Pittsburg.-15.000 10,000 18 000 tL
Cincinnati... 45,000 10.U00 20,000 ,
?St. Louis. 38,000 10,000 15/ 00 T
Totals...?..?335,000 ?80,00J ?113,000 it
..-'The - expertes of -trie pnLc?p.-.. ai
leagues of tho United States are ap pi
proximately os follows: m
American-Salaries, 8405,000; ex- fr
.enses, 823&.000; population, 7,511,
994.
National-Salaries, 8335.000, ex
penses, 8224,000; population, 9,380, hi
000. w
Eastern-Salaries, 8150,000: expen- tit
es, 8104,000; population, 2,137,8J2. Lt
American Association - Salarl's, hi
3140.000; expenses, 8112,000; popula- m
tion, 1.445.507. fl.
Pacific Coast-Salaries, 8144,000; ia
expenses, 884,000; pupulatluu, 721,- sp
032. W
Southern-Salaries, 8118 000; ex m
pens'-H 888 000; population. 738,242. V
Pacific National-Salaries, 840,000; 31
*xpo.usts, 832,000, population, 145,- fl)
849. Ul
New York State-Salaries, $48 000;
.xpaus.es, 8JO,000; population, 657,
161.
New England-Salaries, $40,000; w
xpenses, $32,000; population, 468,- I1
479. di
Central-Salaries, 840,000; expen- lr
ses, 330 000; population, 426,823. h
Indiana - illinois - Iowa - Salaries tl
836,000; expenses, $30,000; popula- it
Jon, 151,993. ni
Connecticut-Salaries, 820,000, ex- c
penses 832,000; population, 413 191. q
Hudson lt v? r-Salaries, 318,000; e.:
<>xpenses, 826,000; population, 320,- t<
729. '*
Western Association - Salaries, ti
818 000; expenses, $26.000; population, bl
181,535:
Cotton States-Salaries, 822,400; ox
penses, 826,000; populatlsa, 117.003.
Northern-Salaries, 821,000; expen
seS, 325,800; population, 19(i;309.
North TI??s-Salaries, 810,000: ex
penses, 814,000; population, 334 295.
South Texas-Salaries, 310,000; ex
penses, 814,000; population, 173,643.
Iowa-Salaries, 816.000; expenses.
$21,600; population, 133,197.
Enthusiasts have only to read these
figures to figure where the South At
iantlo stands relatively in the coun
try. _
?Jamo 'foo hate.
Thomas Yandaw, a conspicuous I ^
figure lu Norfolk Va., for over fifty | f
yeais, claimed up to the time o!
death that ho was entitled to a for
tune In California. Five years agi
he was adjudged a lunatic and sent to
the Elstern Virginia asylum at WU
llamsburg. Two years ago he died
and was buried In a pauper's grave
A letter has Just been received at y
Norfolk from the Pacific coast stating 1
that Yandaw was entitled to a Urge t
portion of an estate lu California 1
worth 31,500,000. Yandaw'a wife ls c
dead and he lett no heirs.
Pound Dytiif:.
At New Orleans Thursiay a welt
dressed young man apparently 36
years old was found lying on a bench
in the olty park. Employ?s tried to
awaken him but failed. He was sont
to the hospital where he died from
tho effects, lt was found, of morphine
poisoning. Three photographs of a
handsome young worn in and a note
were found In hts packets. The lat
ter asked that Miss Lola Greon, of
2703CltOHestreet, Anderson, lo-va, a.id
Mrs. L. Matthews, of Turonta, Can
ada, be notified If auythiug happened
to him. |o
1
Humeri tin- Prison Down. /
In an attempt to escap.1. Walnes- t
day three prisoners set tire tn? the t
Parish jail Pontchatoula, La. Henry 1
Taylor, of Vine M nant, Ala., and (
J:ime8 Reilly, of Pnlladelpnla, Pa., t
were cremated, and Lucien George Da s
Las, of La Fayette, La., was tata ly s
, burned. The men were arrested last c
I night for dlsoraorly conduot. |
A FIRE HORROR.
:ourteen Inmates of a Canadian
Convent Burned to Death.
WOMEN AND GIRLS
.erish ia the Flames. Great Heroism
Displayed by the Sisters of Charity
One Man Sacrificed His Life
And Two Otheru Fatally
Burned ia Rescuing.
A dispa'ch from Montreal, Canada,
ays the little village of St. Gene
vieve 1B in mourning over the loss of
4 lives in a fire which destroyed the
Jonvent of St. Anne there early Frl
ay. One nuu, nine children ranging
a ages from 10 to 18 years, and four
ld women perished in the flames,
'wo nuns were so severely burned
hat it is feared they will die.
In their grief over the catastrophe
he villagers find some comfort In re
tting the heroism displayed by Sister
larle Adj jteur, who gave up het? "
nd Sisters Marie Therese and m]
Lober tine, wbo were perhaps far]_
urned in their efforts to save the
ves of their children and helpless old
romen In their charge.
Ono of the first to reach the con
ent after the alarm was sounded was
alphonse Garaud, who lives opposite
he convent grounds. He had two
aughtera in the institution and his
rst thought was na; urally for their
tfety. Securing a ladder he raised
i at one end of the building at a
indow of the dormitory where he
new one of his children slept.
When he smashed In the window a
reat volume of smoke poured out.
'.e rescued one girl and a minute later
second girl jumped from the adjoin
ig winnow. Urged by Sister Marie
djuteur, he ascended the ladder
rain and called put; but received no
isponse. In another moment flames
ere pouring out of the window and
3 was c mp lied to retreat.
Tlqe huiid ng wap a grey stone struo
tre, h. nd- o:ne in appear ince missive
i character and with the church it
irrced a central feature of .the pretty
Lfcle village, St,. G su;vieye. J* a. viU
i i- pari . ,
i Riviere des Prairies, it is three
iles from Beacon!-field and five miles
om Pointe Claire.
i- Irr at Vanderbilt.
At Nashville, Tenn, the main
lildir.g of Vanderbilt University
as gutted by fire Tnursday. The
:e originated in the second story of
ie building from a defective flue. A
gh wind was blowing and in a few
uiw.es the structure was a mass ot
imea. A general alarm was turned
i and every ergine in the city re?
londed. On account of inadequate
ater supply the fi re mn experienced
uch difficulty in fighting the fire,
he loss is placed at ?200,000, with
115,000 insurance on building and
i misti) ogs. The operation of the
diversity will not be interfered with.
Lotti ol' Whiskey.
There must be a great demand for
hisko.y in the dry town of Gaffney.
lie Spartanburg Journal of "Wednes
iy, says a large cjuantity of whiBkey
i jugs, keys, etc., consigned to parties
i GaU'ri^y was put oil train No. 39 at
ie Southern depot Wednesday morn
lg to be sent back to^Gaffney on the
ext north bound train. The express
ir, it is said, contained such a large
nanti ty of whiskey in jugs that the
spross messenger did not have time
3 "put off all of the jugs of liquor and
?as forced to bring much of the stuff
o Spartanburg and send it baok on
he next train for Gaffney.
St i m r Uuoil Juba.
Announcement has been made by
he navy department that 29 vacan
tes now exist in the grade of assist
?t paymaster of tho navy. This ia
he oniy grade of the pay corps to
i/hich appointments are made from
livil lifo. The examination of candi
lates for these positions has been set
or June 12, at the navy yard in Wash
ngton and at Mare Island, California,
md In this selection it is the first time
vhen no political influence will have
>een necessary. The examinations are
.pen to all citlz us who are able to
o present satisfactory letters from re
mtable business ooncerns. Further in
urination can be obtained from the
>ai master general of tho navy.
KtlltcO by lian.
At New York four persons were
[Hied by illuminating gas Thursday
n a tenant hoii.se in the upper East
lido.' Tne-y Were Marry Rogers, 76
.jarsold; Hehn Clark, 12; Kite Clark,
0; und Elizabeth Clark, 7. Their
cielits were found by the father of the
bree children, Samuel Clark, a truck
inver, who with ids wire and young
on, occupied au adjoining room.
Vhen Clark awoke ho smelled gasend
raced lt to the next room, where he
ouud his three children and the wo
nan, a friend of the family, dead.
L'he gas had escaped rrom a defective
ss tove.
Aii't fi (1 lor Ai MOO.
The Columbia Record says a war
ant has been sworn out for t'ie arrest
if J. E. Boyer, a merchant of Brook
at.d, cb laging him wltu being respon
iblc for the Ute willoh burned that
uburb of Columbia last month. It
viii be remembered that this fire do
troyed practically the whole village
ind indicted a heavy lass on the Co
rnubia Mids company and the real
lent owners of that town. Slnco that
.Imo au investigation was ordered ". j
,he ojuptroller g?neral as required by
aw, and Mr. Henry W. Holl j way, of
Columbia, was employed to look intQ
.he matter. Testimony was taken from
eva al witnesses in the village, and
ifter some correspondence with Soll
iltor Timrxerman lt was dcoided to
u*r?st Boyer.