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VOLKXXI. 1?ENNETTSVILLE, S. C. FRIDAY, ?M?UARY 26. 1906. NO. 5. COES FOR TEDDY. W Senator Tillman Arraigns Presi dent Roosevelt In the Senate. SENATORS LISTEN Io Breathless Silence, While the MOP Hs Incident White House Inj ct menf, the Fllzalminon's Letter, Juivlitsu are Used in a Fierce Denunciation. Tho recent fo:o'l/o removal from the White House i f Mrs. Minor Morris was made tho sut j <ot o? emphatlo de nunolationby Mr. Tillman In tho sen ate . Wednesday. Ills remarks called out remon8trauces from Messrs. II ile Hopkins and Daniel and led to the very abrupt dosing of tho doors and the sudden adjournment of the senate In the middle of tlie afternoon. Tho Bpeech abounded in Mr. Till man's peculiar expressions and was character I z xl by many severe aad ex copMonally personal thrusts at the president. At times he w pt over what he regarded as the indignities to Mrs. Morris and his eyes were full of tears when he deolan d in the f ce of protests from his follow senators that he would demaud au in 'estimation i r the White Houso incident. The referenoe to the treatment o< Mrs. Morris constituted tho latter hali of a speeoh based upon the senators resolution making Ir.qulry of the pres blent concerning the status of our re lations with the republic of Santo Dj mingo, and was added to ibu trato his theory that the pieseut ad mi' istra tion is tending toward Importaban . In the first part of the address he oJUrae terlz:d thocour8cof the United State? in Santo Domingo as a great oxten sion of the Monroe Doctrine aod said that if pursued the policy would leaa the country Into many serious o impll oatlons. Heaccuied thc president of putting the treaty into ex?cution in the fooe of the senate's refusal to r.C, denounced the senato as willing to oubmlt subserviently to all that is ask ed of it, and implored senators to show their iudopendenoo aid thus teaoh the executive a lesson and at the same time serve the country. TUB MORRIS INCIDENT. With reference to tho Morris ocour euee, he deolared that thc president had been derelict in falling to punish his subordinates for their course and quoted statements from persons said to have boon witnesses, tooUpw t hat .MW proceeding Mil boen inhuman. Ho informally presented and said that he would tomorrow formally present a resolution for an investiga'len of the entire incident. It was the introduc ion of t ?is res olution wbico. called out the protest from Mr. Daniel, while Mr. Hale ob J?cted to tbo.presentation of tho mat 1er at all except upon proof. Mr. Till man deolared bis determination not to be guided by their advice and clos ed with tho reiteration of his deter mination to bring in thc resolution tomorrow. The announce m ont occa stoned a number of hurried oonferono es and lt 1B understood that as a result Mr. Tillman will be urged not to carry cub his purpose. Prominent senators on both sides said that the resolution would command few votes. Mr. Tillmam's r?f?rer c i to tl e M jr rls incident was preceded by some re marks on the power of thc p;cs? lu whloh he charged that the president had gradually assumed to direct that c Horts of the press until White House news has become colored and doctored in the interestsof the administration. "Seoretary Loeb is the apothecary, he said, "and pills on Panama, pills on Roosevelt, pills on railroad rates and pills on everything pertaining to public altilrs are administered in this way. The newspapers have L?en thc funnel through which this quack phy sic has been sent aoroad and when some newspaper man refuses to print that whloh thc president wants there is great wrath at the executive man sion." Illustrative of some stories whloh [/orop out "over and trough the bars" Mr. Tillman sal:! that "tho sa'dest and most pitiful oxample of anything that has over been associated with the name cf a president was tho recent outrage on Mrs. Minor Morriu at thc White House." He said thal because only of tho transgression of some rule the woman sitting quietly In tho of fice had been dragged rudely away, her clothes torn, an ear ring turnout, and thrust Into a carriage and taken away. 8BNATOII DALE PROTESTS. At this point Mr. Hale Interrupted Mr. Tillman to protest against the lat ter's representation concerning tho Morris Incident. "I hope," ho said, deliberately, "that I may novar figure In this body as a general apol ?gist of the administration or any one connec ted wJth lt," and continuing sahl: "Hut I say to tho senator from South Carolina that ho is making statements and assuming faet.< for whloh thcro ls no warrunt, and that he is making tho most serious and defam atory oharges against tho executive of is country, tito president of all the United States, having nothing what ever that ho adduces as pm f. "I must sly to tho aer ator that 1 do not deem it seemly chat here In the Renato he should make this tho occasion Of discharging hofore us the personal feeling of ill-will he has against tho president of the United States. lb ls not a spcotaclc that any of us can look upon either with satis faction or toleration." The in terr option had not been ex peoted and lt created general Interest throughout tho senato chamber and In the galleries. The ti ilet that pre vailed was aimost oppressivo, and ll waa none tho loss marked when Mr, Tillman roso to roply. He said: "1 have 8UCh rospecb for tho grcal ability, high oharaotcr and patriotic services of tho senator from Maine, and havo l ad buob intimate associa tion with elm during my service limo, which ls not halt so long as his own, that he oannot say anything in the way of reprimand to oause me to l03e my tomper. I want to say to you, slr ( undressing Mr. Hale direotlj), that I am not defaming Theodore It .cse vdt and I have not allowed my per sonal feelings, suppi sing I have any, to dic'ato one utterance of mino to? *<iv I w?nti te say to you, slr, that if you will offer a resolution appoint ing a oommittee of this body, com posed of Republicans alono, to examine into the facts, I will give , ou the names of four witnesses as reputable as you or I, who will swear to the statement 1 havo made as to what actually ( oourred." Mr. II Ale-L3t the Senator produce bis testimony. Mr. Tillman-You present your committee. Mr. Hrh -And his aflliavlti before he stands up before the "ountry and assails in this rude way the president of the United States. Mr. Til'man-* Al ! Will you then i IT r .your res dut lon appointing a committee to cet at the fa o I.1 y Mr. Hale-Lot the senator himself cir T it. Mr. Tillman-It ls none of mj bustnofs. lt ls your business. Mr. II ile- lt ls as much thc sena tor's business as lt. ls mine. Mr. Tillman-No, you have j ist ao cosed mc of having personal au! mest ty and hatred to gratify. DISOIIBDITS T1I1C 1MIKS8. Mr. TIale-Ido not credit tho(xlg gera ted stafome')ts of t'.ie nowspapor pnsi about this looldent. I h..llevo they are all rxtravnpent, swollen and not Justltlcd by thc fuots. but when i vcr any Senator up ii his respo.isiblil y declares that there should bc an luv .s tlgatlon so that we may have, not statements, not virulence, not denim c allon but facts, nobody on this Bide -1?l object to that resolution. Mr. Tillman-I will offer it and put you to tho test. Mr. Tillman then quoted the elli olal statement concerning tho Morris incident and said that and said that in Ignoring tho matter the president had practically endorsed lt. He added hat ho had b ;en told that another ndy bad been treated at tho White House very muoh as Mrs. Morris had been. Mr. Hale again remonstrated with Mr. Tillman for making tho senate the arena for the display of his perso ual prc] ldlces. Ho declared that lt ls not true that the senate is lucllucd to bond the pregnant hlugesof the knee to tho preddont and that t ie presl dent bad already learned that the senate ls an Independent body. He added that senators consult must free ly with him. "N me of us hesitate to tell him If wo do not agree with him," he ad ded. ''Thesenator Is wrong In undertak ing to create the impression tuat tue soi-ato is fiurrendorlng Its rights. 1 will not submit t? this arrange ment. Mr. Tillman said in reply that he thought Mr. Ha o should not, In view of his own disavowal, had repeated ibo stat? m ut that he had spoken as he had because of personal feeling. Mr. Hale replied that tho seuator must be bis own jud,e as to that and Mr. Tillman answered that tho state mont was unj uss tl lied DEN IUD PKUSONAL KBKLING. "I say before Almighty Gud, lb lfi not ttOB, he. exclaimed with feeling. Mr. Tillman then read u typewritten statement from a newspaper reporter who ha said was an eyewitness of the Whi.e House ii cident in which the reporter btatcd Miat he had seen Mrs. M irris carre 1 cl? like a taok of salt with a neuro at her beds and bei barging dress from lier knees. "Give us tho name of the witness,' Mr. Galllngcr suggested, but Mr. Tillman declined saying that ho pre ferred to bold it for the proposed in vestlgation. He added that ho had names cf four men who would testily to these faots as stated. Here Mr. Tillman stoppod abruptly to move thc appointment of a oom mltte.e of Investigation. Ho suggos ted that live senators be named foi the purpose of inquiring imo tho in otdent. Mr. Halo suggested th v. as the motion should bi witheriwn an1 brought in proper shape tomorrow and Mr. Tillman cons^ura^. Herc Mr. Hopkins Interposed an ob jectlon to thc entire proceeding say lng that bo saw "no more reason wiv the senate shou'd Investigate tho af fairs of thc president's household thai that the president should Investiga;, the personal aff*lrs of the senate from South Carolina " Mr. Hale said that he had not prc tended to bind any senator by assent lug to such a resolution, but that R far as he was concerned he would no oppose tho resolution, SION ATO K DAK UCL'S I'LKA. Mr. Daniel then took the floor an entered a most earnest plea with Mi Tillman not to present theresolutlor He cvl lontly regarded the matter s or very groat moment and scarcol raised his voice above a conversatloi tono. He referred to his foel.ng i attachment for Mr. Tillman and sah "This Isa very delicate matter an 1 hope thc senator will refrain entlri ly from presenting such a resoluth; as ho has Indicated. It ls to bo pr sumed," bc went on, "that the pros dent will do what ls right In his ow house, tho house of tho first, citizen < the corni'.ry, and regard such a resol tlon as an invasion of tho comity government." Not 0 A.ly did ho reprobate thc pr scntatlon, but he expressod regr that any allusion hud been made thc Morris affair and hoped that not lng more would be heard about lt < thc tl nor of the senate. "This ls n a tribunal which ought to take Jur diction in such a matter," he adde and after expressing his own attltu of respect for the female sex repoat his request to Mr. Tillman to let t matter drop. Mr. Tillman doclhiod to ace:de i tho request, declaring that his resci I mont of tho mistreatment of aj la was such M?M.. he ccu'.d not ?&iO?iv > sllenco and Inaction with his Idoa propriety. Referring again to t testimony of witnesses his oyo* 111! j with tears and his voice was aim? 5 ohoked with emotion when ho quoi i ono of the newspaper men who li been present as saying that "be had since upbraided himself with tears In his eyes, even at the risk of personal injury, that he did not .rush to the rescue of Mrs. Morris." ' "And what are you going to do about it?1' he asked in a volee now attuned to a high key. "Let these imperialistic practices con Ou ue? Nothing! Then, indeed, will th?j senate sink into con tempt, into a contempt that will be deserved, tho contempt of every good man and woman in tho country. I cannot be a party to suoh a course, but I will take the oons( quenocs. I will c flor tho resolution and the sen ate can do as lt plo tuon with it." TUE FITZSIMMON'S LBXTKRi Continuing his remarks he said that "these poor, pitiful liars, the news papers," bad reportod that about the timo the Morris < j lotion coourred the president had writton a letter to Prlz3 Fighter Fitzdmmons, showing that his dignity had not been so great as had been represented. Nor had he been t"o dignified to engage in a trial of thc j u jitsu system or to put on tho boxing glovou. In vlow of these reports he had waited in the hope that "the president would tako somo aotion apropos of the brutal treatment of Mrs. Morris that would do oi\ il t to bim as a gentleman, and it was on!) after ho had shown suoh besotted indifference bo public opinion that 1 felt oalled upon to present a true statement of the inoldent and ask tor an investigation to disprove thc talsehoods and garbled statements given out by Mr. Barnes." Mr. Tillman closed with a doolara tlon of his high regard for woman hood, taoght him by bis association with his mother and wife, and said that they had "taught him to love woman, and when I see a man Ignore his plain duty to right a wrong to tho sex I would he false to my nature if I remained silent." The South Carolina senator closed abruptly and wai evidently dcep^ af fected as he took his seat. It was understood that Mr. Spoon er and Mr. Lodge w^re to make reply. But neither roso. Instead Mr. Halo again add-eased the ohalr. Tho chair was asking "what shall bo dono with tho resolution," when, Ignoring tho query, the Maluosenator moved au exeoutlve session. Tho mo tion prevailed and In less than two mir. utcs tho doors were closed and one of tho tensest days in tho recent his tory of the senate came ti au end. A SWINDLING G A MK. rina Boats All tho Othor Film-Flam Bohemos Qoiiiif. A dispatch to The State from Greenville says Grotnvlllo has been invaded with a small army of film ll im artist s for some time, but the game werked by Will Brown, colored; among members of his own race Sat urday and Sunday is perhaps tho slickest and most daring yet perpe trated in this midst. Brown struck tue town Saturday and went Immediately to work, on gaging lodging for colored laborers of tue Western Union Telegraph oom pany, whom ho stated would soon be In this vicinity on a big j b of work. Enormous prices were paid by the company he stated, for board for the mcu and that a bond was r quired of till who took these men. Tno b nd was llx(d at *25. Several negro hoarding houses were oaught by Brown's scheme, and the bond money was paid in advance. He wont from one hcu .e to another collecting money on his scheme until a shrewd colored womau in Oioar street "smelt a rat" and notified the police department. Of course the Western U don had no such men em ployed to secure boarding places for Us men and no work ls in progress In this vloinity anyway. The matter was placed In thc hands of Olli >ers Brown and Atkinson lato yesterday after noon and they had the man in a ver.? few hours. Oilloer Brown has long boen noted for his olevor dotootlve work, and In this case he did one of olovercst pieces ol' work ever entrust ed into his hands Ile was soon on the track of Brown and he was arrest ed shortly before (> o'clock. Ile was given a hearing beforo Mayor Mahon today and sentenced to the works for lf>0 days, the extreme penalty of the law. Mayor Mahon says ho ls tho slickest negro lie has ever had before him. He secured money from a half dozen good colored people, who were innocently taken in by his ?lick triok. A new game ls found by the trickster every olino an old ono ls discovered and ex posed. The trick worked by Brown was altogether now in this ol ty, ?.nd exceedingly c eveily worked. He ls a shrewd negro and his game was well conceived. He had considerable money on hts person when arrested and most of these who were defrauded woro re paid by Shoriir Beckncll eui of theso funds. Kllletl a Wolfe" Atlanta ls hard to down. Jim Smith, a woll known Fulton oounty negro, last night on the Black Shoals road, near the Soldiers' Home, shot and killed a big blaok wolfe. The beast had been terrorizing the neigh borhood for a week past, and In his midnight marauding had killoe) many line fowls. It baa also killed two largo and lino shephord dogs which had en gaged with lt In combat. Wolfo hunt ing bad como to bo pasttlme in that neighborhood, until the death of tho benni, ended lt last night. It was dis covered that thc left forefoot o! tho wolf was off, supposedly from being caught In a steal trap. i Ani'iltKxl. V. Te Sanford, formor tax collector of Floyd county, Ga., was acquitted ' at Home on Saturday of tho murder 1 of George Wright. He acknowledged 1 tho killing and his dofenso was that Wright had intorfrrred with his do ' mestlo relations. Ho ls now suing his wife for (Tv TOC. , Brok? 11 o?- I'JKKH. r Mrs Staniford of Reading, Kansas, i has brought claim against tho Atchl I son, Topeka Sc Santa Fe railroad foi t, $1.40 damages for breaking a dozor I totting eggs that were being snippet I to her, MILLER'S IDEAS. SaysjLaborj awsjind Trial Jus tice System Drives NEGRO tfAKM HANI'S Prom the State, and That There Is No Desire for Social Eqanlity on the Part of Negror s, Who are Under Obligations to the Whites. President Thomas E. Miller, of tho Colorod Sbato Col 1 ige, made a some what romarkable spoeoh at that In stitution on Emancipation Day. In order that our readers may seo for themselves what a highly educated colored man thinks of the problems that confront the South we make some extracts from tho spec c i. After speaking of the Emancipation of the n. gro, ho took up tho subjoot of his address, whloh was, ?"the things that offeot the negroes hi tho South afcer forty years of freedom." Here are some cf the roasons that ho olaimod was affecting tho negroes for tho ill: First, tho law msking body of South Carolina ls responsible for the destruction of our labor. If they had been c m ployed by the enemies of an agricultural South to run off the la bor from the South they oould not have done tho job any moro thorough ly and completely than thoy have done lt. E >ery law that has been enacted in the last 28 years has been Intended to protcot the agriculturists and keep them a full supply of labor; the ri <hl or protection of tho labor has never been considered in a single one of them. Hence as thc labor law was against tho laborer he has become more shy year after year; and when ever and wherever he could got away from lt he would leave tlrst to little towns, then to thc cities, then to the North. The second cause of the unrest of the laborer is tho trial justice system with its plenary powers, and Its Ir responsible constables. 1 have seen the Irresponsible con stable In tho country us? his ready revolver on helpless acoused charged with tho sllghtost misdemeanor-with ?o punishment coming to the consta ble. If I were an enemy to my drar be loved Southland I would have paid agents and lobbyists bagging our Legislature to coutiuue In power the irresponsible, harassing trial Justice system. Of all tho Ills that t ff ct, retard and prevent the progress of the South thc trial justlco system, with its un limited power and lack of respousi biilty to ti (1 or man, is thc greatest. Hence the things that affact us and the South, above all other Ills and dostiuotlon, are tho labor laws and tho trial justice system. Continue them as they aro and wo shall nut only succeed In driving a wt-, y black labor, but wo will never get white immigrants who are so greatly nco.led to come anl stay in our limits. Thc third ill U the lack of proteo tion in tho little towiiB. Hence cu people run away from the labor la* and the trial justice system to the little town? fur police protection and when they fall to get lt there they go to the big cities, and from tho big cities to the North. What is tho worth to community tn money of an honest laborer-mau or woman-botweon the ages of 16 and 00? Under tho slave values a laborer was worth il,OOO; hut tho host toach era of political economy claim that we must take into ons doratlun of a laborer the power to consume and produce. This would mako the value of each laborer to our Commonwealth about $0,000. Tho price of bis pro (Suction annually plus the price of his consumption ls not leia than $490 This is 10 per cent on i l OOO. Anti to his produolng and consuming pow cr must be added thc wealth tba' comes from his increase in Urspring, whloh would make his value to the Commonwealth greater still. Honoe, evory able bodied man or woman that has loft S >uth Carolina in tho last 28 years is a loss of not less than $4.000 for eaoh. If the United States census ls relia ble wo have lost by reason of our peo pie having loft tho State not loss than 75,000 able bodied laborors In tho last .10 years; each one of them "alued at not less than 81,000. We havo lost from the Held of pro duction and consumption $7?> ouu multiplied by $4,000, or $300,000,poo And for what? Why did we not keep these people? Why, beoause wo aro short sighted. Wo havo legislated In thc wrong way. They are gone, and what? Wc must now appropriate annually thousands of dollars to coax and beg the Huns, tho Poles and tiiu Italians, and In timo the Chlncso, to como here and take their places. I, as a negro, want prosperity In the South; and If I had lt In my pow er I would bring here and locate every nationality from Europe and by en couragement, and ropeal of tho obnox iou? foaturcs of tho labor law, and by the curtailment of thc groat power of tho trial justice system keep thom boro. Tho South needs their prrsence their coming cannot In any way In jure us rrfcgrocs, but Instead will bein to develop our country and enlarge the sphere of their own and the ne , gro's usefulness as producers. Wc want tli?? labor and tho cheap est, easiest and readiest way to got lt is to turn tho pages of our statutoi and blot thnrcfrnm every labor law that y* detrimental to tho common man, -ito and black. Tile? is another matter that J 1 touch tiphn lightly. In Massauhu i sotts, irIUIIC. Island or Iowa lt tako; I about 40,000 legal voters to oioot ont Congressman, while in Mississippi il take^.t?ss than 11,000; and in my be lovi}''>'Statn tho beggarly iminbar of abo?'ijLOCO. Thq cry of tho greatest Araorioan agitator a?d orator, P.urlok Henry, was: '\No taxation without reprcsou tatlo)r;n lt was tho nonti mont that struot?m lesson to tho throne of IC og land timi gave us tho land of freemon. The/North has been aroused over this jjujbdltlon; hence there is a move raontjfyn foot tooe.o down tho South's roprej?htattou in Congress, and in tho Electoral College. Owtff'riends claim that this move mentfi? for the bonellt of us negroes. Uut,ipeople of the negro race, bo not deceived; for to out diwn tho South'^ representation oan In no way bmeflr. UK; biro, on the other band, lt will worklgreat injury to us hero In the Soutp, To cut down the South'B representation will fan and set ablaze the ii-uno of sectional prejudice and hate Milich will rebound upon negroes as tbl prime cause, and will atti c? us and Injure us. That provision in tho 14th amend mont - was a compromise, and tn thc fullness of time tho 16th amendment waa lias led, which guarantees to us the hillot, and tho proteotlon to cast it; and If tho North were sincere and wanted us to vote Congress wmld seat the contestants from the South, and tho Supreme O nut of tho nation would lind a way to enforce the 16th amendment. No. fellow oltlzms, Ictus stand up and look this question squarely in the face. ) We do not, as negroes, want any l?gislation by Congress that will embitter tho South against us. What we need 1B a united South-blaok aud white-what we neod 1B freedom from outside interference; what wo need is Ire si protection and a chance to labor and ba paid for our services; what we need is tho destruction of mm law that is misnamed lynch law. Lv? is the voloo of the people, and wo ueed tho Jaw that will come from the pulpit, press and tho tlresldc of our Southern homes! that will prevent Southern sheriffs and constables ar resting us to turn us over to the mob violence that wo may be butchered, drowiied or burned. These improvements oan only oome to us from within; and the great Southern conscience ls not asleep O.J this subject. The best element, ot whom. Governor II ey ward ls a fore most representativo, has resolved to deliv?$r tho Southland from mob law. For which lot us return thanks, on this our day cf Jubilee, to G jd and tho Southland. Thero ls no bad deed commuted in a community that will not and does not atteot the entire people. Wo, whltejand black, of the South are a Christian, God-loving, God fearing peopl^ Therefore, let us appeal for the proteotlon gu ?.van te od us as cl bl zens And mon. Lat us so conduct ourse)ros that they will seo that we ny of e*ery protection that should be given. Wo haust banish ti e criminals from our Boolal Intercourse, wo must a*-slst In turning every evd djer over to tho law; we must te.* eh honest toll, loving service, and frugality; wo must teach morality every where; we must In struct tho young that this ls our home; that we must love all of Its oltlzd?s and ob?.y Its law; wc must put our trust In (Jod and tho South land, and do the right. For God ls not dead and Ile will reward us If wo preparo ourselves for tho full ci j vyment of cltiziu ship. The third thing that &1T jots us is our great Ignorance and our helpless poverty. Ignora' c) ls tho tn ither of all vices; and while we have many schojls still tho great mass of our race ts untouched by the civilizing lniluenco of Christian education. For thero are not more than 16 p r cent of the children of our race In thc pub lic school* < f oho S mth; and they are permitted to attend school about four months p^r year. Then again there ls not more than half a million of our people out of the servant class; there are about nine million of our raes among tho wage earners, or servants of tho nation. I am fearful that wc have waited almost too long to purchase homes and farms; for tho farming lands of the South have advanced In thc last decade In selling valuo moro than 800 por cent. We need be frugal In all things. To be ii il lentlal we mustseouro property -all kinds of property, but especially real estate, There is no st c i thing as social equality anywhere under the sun. So cial equality ls founded upou caste distinction, and it has always boen foundid upon casto distinction; and ? no one but a fool would attempt to form lt upon any other basis. What v/c need ls tquality under the law and equal administration of the law, and an equal proteotlon of our possessions, lire and liberties. This may sound Idealistic t) the thoughtless, but tho foundation of this government guarantees, these snored rights that aro Inalienable from human existence, and they must and will come tous If we prepare ourselves for tholr onj )ymont. Wo have at the hoad of tho Govern mont tho groatest American sb c Lincoln. He ls broad, oatbollc, cour ageous, prophetic and patriotic. noosKVKi/r's VISIT. His visit to tho South last fall ls a lesson that thc South and thc nation will ncvor forget. His every utter ance was the speech of broad patriot ism -yes, of broad Americanism. Ho was not speaking to thc South for tho South; ho was not speaking to tho white man for thc whlto man; to tho negro for tho negro; tait he spoke as thc greatest living American tc Americans- -all of every section; for Amorloans about A mer.'0 WS. Hut In his speeches we were not tor gotten as an Integral part of thc A mcrloan people. At Jacksonville and atTuskogeo hil admonition to our ra co was that of an anxious parent to a helpless child i wholesome and sound advice wbioi i should ncvor be forgotten. ' Then again he (lld not fall to ad i monish thc South against Its dlrefu and destructivoagenoy, mob law: Hui I that was not all. In North Carolin: ho explained to the full oxtcnt bli ? meaning of a square doal. No mai ) eould have said more for us than hi j said. Hearken tc his words; "If th i negro ali:molo, help him up; but if he lie down let bim He." Tbat is all wo need and all we should expect from tue South, from the laws of the land, or from North ern philanthropy. Yes, if the negro s'unable wliilo ascending the heights of American civilization; If ho B'UIQ ble wblld he is diming the rugged cl'ffs of advanced American citizen ship he should ask, and does ask, of the white man, who has assisted in making lils burdon heavy by two hun dred years of slavery, not to push him down and trample upon him, but to step one side and lend h'm the band of help; help him to st^nd fend walk ?8 the path of rectitude, tho path of thrift and industry, tho pith of mo milty, the path of frugality ; all of whloh lead to tho high plain of Amer ican citizenship. Lot us upon this, our day of Jubilee roi urn thanks to Qjd for having giv en the American people this greatest of Amerloans, Theodore Roosevelt. What have 1 to say, you ask, about tho future? Fellow cit z ns, If wo negroes have a futuro it ls In the South. She is undeveloped, teomlng with millions of wealth oi the fields, forests and miner; walting for enlightened skill to light tho furnaoo Ares that will start the buz/, of manufaoturlug industry upon every hill top and amid the valleys. Thero la standing room hero for us, and a lighting chanco for the acoumu latlon of wealth and tho possession cf refinement. The industrial development of our groat Southland has Just begun, and ovory avenue of honest toll and aohlovement Is oponed to us, ber black sons and daughters. All wo have t J do is to remain hore, Join hands with the white man, and pub our shoulder to the wheel of ma terial progress and prosperity, and wait the result: for the white man of the South has been doing and is doing his part toward us in very mauy more ways than we have given him or ed lt for. Ile ls reidy and willing to help us; and If we remain as wc have been, faithful to overy trust, he will wlp< fri m the statute books overy law tba' In any way frightens us, runs us off. or oppresses us. Ho will give to us all needed prcteo Mon; he will tax himself and us for our education and Improvement; bi will help us bo make tho Stubb th? heme of us all with no proscription by the law. or under tho law. Any negro who does not believe this dod ri ne that 1 am laying down and cannot bo couvorted thereto should not live In the South. For the history of nations te&cics that all great reforms, lasting reforms, comes from within. Thon lot us be jubilant on this our freedom's jubilee; let us praise God In songs and prayora for having given us the apostles of freedom who assisted lu making lt possible for Lire du t > free us and seal cur commission wltn bis life blood. Let us praise God for the now na Mon that was founded t f jer Appomnt tox, and let us praise Him above ali fjr the NJW South that is educating itself to ita full duty to us neg rood. Lit us stand hore prepared to answer every cab; to do every service; to love the while man, and to stand hy him lu a spirit of forgiveness and forbear ance and thankfulness, with a heart free from rancor, strife, or blttemc s, laboring for the good of cur country, the uplift of all Americans, white and black, and tho glory of God. Let us always remember that the South ls full to overlljw with good, well-meaning white men, ot whom Wade Hampton was the ripest typo. Let us not forget his dying bene diction of the blessing ol poaoa, poace, peace. TILLMAN3 SPEECH. Til o X wptpH* Mon Aro UI*<1 Ho Went tor Koosevolt. A dispatch from Washington to The Charleston Post says never In tho history of legislation has anything stirred the people to such a high pitch of expectation and astonishment as the ( pctch of Senator Tillman. The speech came as such a surprise that the peoplo aro dumfounded and amazed ttiat ho had courage to handle Itoose velt as he did. General sentiment ls divided, some holding Mic opinion that the President should not have boon made tho sub jed. of such a bltt?r attack. O liors hold thc opinion that ho failed In his duty In not ordering an Immediate In vostigatlon concerning thc Morris o iso and that by so doing lt became tuc s sary for some ono to take action. The specoh has developed the fact that outside of Ssnator Halo and Ld ge tho President has weak b tok ing in tho S?nate and that he bas lost weight on account of his attli ude in making himself of too much Impor tance in public matters generally of late. The "peeoh also shows that outside of Hale and Lodge, the President has few strong friends In tho Senate to he'p him out In an om rgonoy. News paper men aro with Tillman and say that he has mado them all his friends on account of tho stand taken for them in the press censorship matter. Tho resolution by Tillman to loves ligate thc Morris case, just Introduo ed, was v ted down on moth lon of Daniel of Virginia. Pul) ioly DiHiiilBEori* A dlspa'ch from Anapolls Md., say at noon Wenncsdav when tho ful! brigade of mid shipmen woro paraded for tho regular formation. Midship man Peterson Harto Mu.zoni and ?? W. Foster of the ilrst class and Tren mor Oi illti, Sr., of tho third class woro publicly dismissed from tin United States navy for hazing plebes or fourth classmen. Tho order of tin secretary of the navy was a short om and In each case was ad tressed per nally to th? midshipmen directl: concerned. ?- " - * Woro 10 xe o u tod. Six JAWS, numbera nf tho pjlant I anarchists oommlttco, convicted b: \ court, wore today executed In th< i court yard of Warsaw Citadel. Thc: s wcro arrested a fortnight ago, ohargci i with engaging In tho revolution?r; II propaganda, manufaoturjng bombi o and extorting money. REMARKABLE OISE. ADWAltFOF TWIONTY-KIGtUT IN. qui!}* IN HKIO'JLT Gives Birth to a 8ix round Infant in tho ( ity of Green vi)'e. A tPspatoa from Greenville to the State says Wednesday afternoon at tho Greenville ?anitarJum, there was bb rn to Mr. and Mrs Charles Boykln % daughter. There attaches more than tho usual amount of Interest to the birth of this ohl'd. Mr. and Mrs. n ykin aro dwarfb and aro said to b i too smallest per sonB in America, They havo beor assoolated with the Barkoob Carulval oompany for some timo having o mt to this olty with this aggregation three mouths ago. Mrs B ykln IP famlllary known as Dolletta, and vas tho leading figure In ono of tli3 show*, with this amusement company. Sine* the fl-st two or three psrsorm Anees lr this city hhe has been at the Green ville sanitarium. Mrs.. B )ykin isex\ct.ly 28 Inohes in height and her baby is 18 inohes. weighing six pounds. Mrs. Boykln ib tho daughter cf parents of normal size and ls tho only dwarf known in ber family tn.cod back for many gener ations. Hor husoand boars tho sam? uu'q ie record of hoing tho only dwarf lrr-his family, his parents also belnp normal in s:'/.3. T?e physicians state tins accounts for tho i flaring of tin dlm'nutivo parents being well devel oped and of normal biz \ Mrs. B jjkln is sosmall she cannol ?ot Into a com non chair without as slstauoo. S ie cannot got int3 bed without a footstool or fit me other con trivance upon willoh to climb. When seated tn a chair her feet are 14 Inches frc m the floor. Uer body ls well de veloped, however her shoulders being tread and muscular. She ii infcelleo tual to a r markable degrto and her ut ad is crowned with a wealth o vavy, nut brown hair. Showaseduoa red along with her si ,tors at . their rv mo in Ohio Njt until she was married t) Mr Uo. kin did she j ?lu a theatrical troupe but she says her lifo on the road has been ono of pleafureand profit. She Is particulary fond of the latest bookf ?ind durli g her spare mom nts she linds a gre it deal of plcasuro in read lng the latest novels. Mr B >yk!n ha-* been wltli his little wife a'most ?instantly sinos she har been in Greenville, although he did not ?vive up his engagement with the Barkoot popio. Tn ey will now rc turn to thslr hocuo in Dhlo for s timo. . ._: - M'-s. B lyidn R v;\ years of age and has boon married ab mt one year. Probably the only persons who would c mp ire wibi hor aol hor hu lb lu 1 known to tho, people of this stotioi wore Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, all though Mrs. Ho*kin ls f-ald to be much smaller thin Mrs. Tom Thumb. KI LL SD H ?RIK I-F. A Vonni: l< Miy Shoota Herself While Aw Ay at .School. A special dispatch to Tho State from Darlington says Miss Sallie Ham a young lady about 18 years of ago, klPcd herself Thursday after noon by shooting herself in the breast with a pistol. The deceased was a daughter of Mrs J K. Ham, of Tim mouiiville aiid a cousin of Mr. J, K, Doyl?Of Darlington willi "whom slit wa? living it the time of the tragedy She h::d iieeu in Darli igton only a short while, having gone there last f.dl to enter the graded sahool. She was quiet and reticent of manner and given sc mo what to melancholia. This, however, was not the reasrn assigned for tliis rash aob. It ls scat ed by tlioso who knew that disappoint ment in a loveatialr oaused her to be como despondent and determino to end hor lifo. 1 i seeim that she was in ?0V3 with a joung man at her home at Tlmmonsville and liad been sent to Dallington by net family, who obj C. ed to thc rr arriiige, Which they sup pose J would ojtu If !;he remained at home. On her return to D ?rlington after tho holidays she had shown a distaste for Behool and ab tn'edherself fr mit recently. She was iiard of hearing and had keenly sensit.V ? feelings, but showed no .slgni of a demented condl tion at any time preceding the trag edy, lier mother and brother visited her in Darlington Thursday and inala ted that she attend sch ol regulary. lt was s )on aftor they left that stu shot herself. The shot was Hr tl while the rest of tho family was at dinner, at which time she was in a n orn alone. The ooronc_i'.< jury brot'ght in a verdlot that the deceased cime to her .death by a gunshot wound in (Hoted bv a weap ii In her own hands. Tue Jury attempted bo assign no oauso for the aCt, lt ?uolutloii Doioattd, O.i Thursday Sonator Tillman In troduced tho fjilowlng rosolutloi : ' lt .'solved, That the president of the Sonate be authorized to appoint a com mittee of live Senate rs to invest, gi'c tho recent unfortunate Incident lu the White llouso resulting lit cxpuldon 1 from the exeoit?v? cilices of Mrs. 1 Minor Morris and report to the Sjn ate." 1 i representing the resolution 1 Senator Til nun hald the ii lostlon at " Issue involves t^o vital prop isltions, i Tho ll st rolatod to the protection ol J tho President icon dangerous oh ar ac 1 tors, and the second the protootion ol J tho rlghbs of tho pooplo. He declared 3 to ab olutely prolcot tho President . wou'd bo to make him a prisoner. Ho proceeded to say that in caso of thc removal of tho President he could bi replaced and "probably with a bottei . man." VlUit," ho added, "when thc - iiueriies or tue i'copio a?e ci stnyec 9 nothing ls left but despo ism. " Tut 5 Tillman resolution was ima bri th'<i 7, tabb ; yeas 64, na. s 8. Tilo negativ? 1 votos woro Blackburn. bVazlor, Mo V Oreary, Mclaurin, Money, Stone 1 T liman and Latlmor. NEARLY LOST. Ensign Hugh Walker Graphical* ' . ly Describes His AWFUL ?XPEBIMCJE On the III Pated Steamship Cherokee, Which Weat As fiore ia a S tomi. The Captain Finally Told Tb m That It Was Too Ute to Save the Ship. Tiie following grapbio description of tbe wreck of the Steamship Chero kee was given the Augusta Harald by Eatlpn Hugh Walker of Augusta. Ba* .dgn Walker is ono of the passengers who were on the ill-fated steamship Cherokee who were rescued on last Su Dd ay. Tho Chor o koo was one Of olio caok boats of the Clyde JintfThrtT"*'^ foundered off Atlantic City on Friday. Tbo passengers and crew of tbe ateamor were rescued by a volunteer orew under commaiH of Capt. Mark (hnto. Among tho passengers was 10 islgn Walkor. Ile nacl been sta tioned on the government supply boat v,uikeo in tbe West Indies and was on his way l.ooao on tho Cherokee. When asked directly as to the three days privation JO .sign Walker told a graphic and oltar out story. He said Gbat on Friday and Friday night, although the Chorokee was hard ignuad on the Brigantine Shoals off Atlantic City there was little alarm among tho passengers. They had joon assured that the situation was 00 came for worry. Friday night there was given in the cabin a vaude ville entertainment in whioh every one took part a id although there was 1 little uneasiness there was no real fear manifesiod. As tbo night wore on tho seas com menced to run heavier and the gale increased. Tho water was washed;' over the deck iu suoh a manner tha* all of the h}\i ches had to be closed. \ 11 was a sleepless night. As the gale moreased tho woman commenced to ?ry and there was a fear aroused in tho men. ''Saturday some of the pas sengers appealed to the captain to do somethirg f >r us, and bo waa forced 00 admit lt was too late, and that? iinless the storm abated there was lty ole chance of our ever reaching shore igainVLsatd, Jilalan Walkerv Tlils to many wUu a death knell and obe fear imo grief among the passen gers was evident from this time on ward. Tuc ship wau taking water fast and thc pounding of the heavy sens had torn 1 jose the engines. Every iv wt was made by the engineers to put the engines into condition but the ;old was tilled with water and all at tempts in this dlreotion had to be ibaudoned and during the last 24 lours the engines were absolutely us loss. 10 isl g n Walker then went on to cell of the harrowing and ezoltlng times that followed. Boing a man of tho sea and there fore one who can well tell tales of the Bea his account ot the disaster sounded like one of the famous tales of Cooper. Easign Waiker theu went on with his narra tive whioh ls given in his own lan guage: "Tiie last night was one of terror. Wo triod to keep up c Mirage by play ing a phonograph and singing, but about 10 o'clock we g .vj up all hope. Tue ship rose high in the air and oamo duwn first on her bow and then her stern. We expected that every p urge wouM be the last aod that she would brake in two on the next ward. ''There was a torrlflo noise whioh oould ba heard above the wind and sea. I feit that tho end had come it last, and for the first time I lost my nerve. Eve)y man dropped to bis knees and muttered a prayer, and ibo women lay moaning on the /loor. T?ore was not a light bum'ng, and the water poured in through the hatches which had been burst open by the crash. "Wo bade good bye to coi other and all prepared to die. Wo waited In silence and almost hoped that the suspense soon would ba over. After a long while the first mato came into thc oabln and told us that several (?lat.es had been ripped off the steam* er's hull, and that she was sinking. Wo could feol hor settle and felt that it would not be long until the sea woo td close over us forever, "lo was tho cook who oame to our 1 rescue. Ho took us up into the gal* ley, whero wo would be away from the hungry waves a littlo longer. There was a fire there and ho spread blankets on the fl ?or for the women, and there wo remained until morning. The galley boy tried to sing to oheer us np, but he dually gave up the off rt and burst into tears. "Tho wi.tor ran in slower then we expeotod, and when we were taken olT by Captain O isto the water had Just begun to covor the oabln iloor. We had no food or wator all day, and 1 don't think wo oould havn lived through tho night." Tue steamer Chorokee is a total loss and thc Cl/do Uno ls minus ono of its best ships. From Mr. Walker's account lt will be soon that the days of ad vont ure aud excitement are not ev. r bub that they aro as yooi adven tures on the sea as there ware tn the olden times. Juinpoct Into? Well. ; A dispatch from Swansea to th? ? State 9ays Nrs. Nool S i*rpe wno liv* 1 ed noar Gaston, committed sulolde ' about 12 o'olook Wodnes?ay night by 1 i'imping l/ito a well 100 foot dsep. * isho loft tho homo and as she did not ' i return In a reasonable* time, the I family began a search forherjand ! i found that tho woll Ox tu re? had hann ' moved. Tho nody was taken from * the woll about 12 o'olook Wednesday. 1 The right side of her faoe was con* 1 sldorably bru'sul. She loaves a hus band and snv aral oh! ld ron. MraSharpi * was at Lexington Court House Wed nesday on a law suit of some kind.