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ELOQUENT WORDS Of General Stephen D. Lee to ??s Oiii Coau ades. THRILLING SPEECH By Leader of Confederate Veterans at Opening of Reunion at New Or* leans. Words that Wrung Cheers of Pride and Qrief Prom Battle-Scarred Soldiers Following ls the address of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, oommander-in-ohlef of the United Oonfederato Voterans, at the New Orleans reunion, last week In reply to welcoming addresses. Gen. Lea said: "The United Confederate Veterans are again mot in the city of their origin. We are once moro tho guests of those patrlotio and onergetlc men, into whoso labors wo have entered, and to whom tho thanks of all surviv ing Confederates t re due. Again and again, we have returned to taste of tba inexhaustible bounty of your hos pitality; to be refreshed by tho patrl otlsm and enthusiasm of thiB generous and beautiful oity. "The Hags of Franoo and of Spain, of the Union and of tho Confederacy, have Heated over the soil upon which wo stand, but always over brave mon and lovely women, loyal to tho best they know, faithful alike to the living and to the dead; a ol vii Iz *tlon trans planted like a rare ilower of France, b'ossomlng In tho new world, and bearing exquisite fruit. The Confed erate cannot forget tho ol'y of the gallant and accomplished Beauregard, the brave and unfortunate Hood, the olty where Jefferson Davis ljved to walk and whloh honored him In his death with an outpouring of loyalty and grief whloh did honor to the Southern heart. Here ls M?tairie, where Albert Sydney Johnston speaks in imperishable bronze, and the mon ument to tho Army of Northern Vir ginia, rises tall and white, like tbc soul of Its great chieftain. "Wo love you, Louisiana, where the stern blood of the Anglo-Saxon has been touohed with the grace and the genius of Franoo. Here amid the very ohtvalry of patriotism there ls wei como for all who prlzo noble and gen erous deedB, and, most of all, a wel come for him who loved his country best and bore her cross of pain-tho Confederate soldier. We, who grieved for this unhappy olty in tho hour of Its capture and humiliation, rejoice in its p ide today, standing seoond only to New York amongt American ports of export; your mighty river, tilled with the ships of all nations, your historic streets alive with the commerce of the world. We behold with satisfaction great railroad sys tems struggling to cuter your gates and the merohants of a thousand olties listening for the murmurs of your markets. We wait the coming of the day when the waters of the At lantic and Pacific shall minglo to gether, and on both alike shall Uoat tho commerce of this imperial oity; when the sons of those who struggled in vain foi Southern bupremaoy shall here behold a peaceful victory, more magnificent than those of their great armies, a commercial supremacy more splendid than their noblest visions and hero beside the Father of Waters shall be realized the capital of their dreams. "We have lost dear friends and comrades since wc met together, none more beloved and more honored than the soldier who was recently laid to rest at Arlington. Joe Wheeler won his spurs by true and honorable ser vice. Ho was a superb oavalry leader and earned on many a hard fought field the right to lead where bravo men follow. When the heart of our coonoon country yearned to express to her Confederate sons that their wel come home was complete to Wheeler lt was given to show, on our behalf, that every star on the Hag was now dear to us and that wo were ready to follow lt to the very 'Is'es of the Sea.' It was Southern hands that set star after star In that blue field of glory and If any more stars are ever planted there lt will be strange If a Southern er ls not found assisting at tho opera tion. Comrades, there is one thing oom nutted to our care as a peculiar trust -the memory of the Confederate sol dier. So far us Hes In our power wo have striven that history may not lack tho evidence of bis purity of mo tive, his fortitude, his heroism. 1, for one, do not fear that justice, how ever long delayed, will not ultimately be done to ono of the grandest bodies of men who ever battled for indepen dence, or triumphing over defeat, bound up tho bleeding wounds of their country. "There aro three things peculiarly left for our concern. One of those is the erection of public monuments to our Confederate dead, to our leaders, but, above all, to those private soldi ers, who made our leaders immortal, We must not overtask posterity by ex pecting those who come after us to build monuments to heroes whom their own generation wero unwilling to commemorate. The South has reached a position of material pros perlty, which justifies both State and private beneficence to honor the faith ful dead. "In all human lot there has] noth lng bettor been found for man than to die for his country. If there bo any virtue, If there be any praise, this fate is to bc p?dic??cu above aii others. We feel lt ls well with those who have thus fulfilled the highest of all trusts, the duty of a oit 'zen to his native land; and whatever may have been their private faults, their puhllo ser vice on the field of battle has rightly given them a place with tho immor tals. Theirs was tho martyr's devo tion without tho martyr's hopo. Their generation and their ountry Imposed upon them this high service. They fulfilled lt without flinching. .They felt that the Issue of the battlo was with God; tho Issue of their duty was with thom. Glorious youths, who in tho flush of life's morning, poured out their lives Uko a rloh obla tion upon your country's altar, wo gray haired men sal uto youl You on terod tho great mystery with the Joy of the Datrlot in your hearts, the oheor of vlotory upon your Ups. With all our grief wo would not have lt otherwise. You were sparod tho pangs of defeat, tho shame of Ueoonstruo tion; nor will lt bo your lot lo totter down tho dull steep of age or fixed apon tbe shore to watch with weary sycs the r'siag tito o? yea?}, "I urge monuments to the Oonfed Brate soldier, first, for the sake of the [loud, but most for the sake ot the living, that in this busy Industrial ?ge these stones to the Confederate ttoidiei- may stand like great Interro gation marks to the soul of bolder. Are you also ready to die for your country? Is your life worthy to be remembered along with theirs? Do you ohoooe for yourself this greatness of soul? " 'Not In thoolamor of the crowded street, Not in tho shouts and plaudits of tho throng, But In oursolves aro triumph and de feat.' "Tho second thing ls this: Let ut pass the remainder of our days in BUCII wiso, that nothing we shall do wir bring sbame and regret; that we, also were Confederate soldiers. As wt shared with them the glory of theil sufferings, the fame of their victories the tragedy of their overthrow, ant that sympathy of their countryinei whloh covered the defeated as with i mantle of imperishable love, lot us also, share as best wo may their sim pllolty of heart, their scorn of all lg noble actions, their dignity of soul that our descendente may say to ui with swelling hearts. 'He also follow ed Johnson; he also fought with Lee To this day thero stands carved upo the graves of our English anoestoi the symbol of tho Crusader. Thol names aro forgotten, but the oross ri mains. So let it be with the Oonfec orate soldier 1 In the great mustc day ho of the lion heart will take tb hand of the kingly man who sleeps r Lexington, and Bay, 'Brother, m ?cause was also lost.' "And ls thero any message * would give to the Stato we loved, an on whose behalf we drew sword moro than a generation ago? As v havo sorrowed over your devotion, v now rejoice in your prosperity. W ohose for you tho fortune of wa rather than a shameful peace. Vi battled for your principles, rath than yield thom, not to convlotlo hut to foroe. With breaking hear wo lio wed beneath the stroke of fat We chose the only courso worthy Americans. Better defeat than di honor, better the long, hitter story Reconstruction than tame surrend of tho convictions wo received fro our fathers, the principles which \ cherished as tho basis of our libertic We leave our motives to the Jud ment of prosperity. In the ohoi we made, we followed the .dictates conscience and tho voico of hone We sacrificed all that mon hold dc for the land of our birth, and, wh we have no fear that history will i cord our deeds with same, we do u regard even tho verdlot of posterl aB the equivalent of a olear cons ence; nor ought we to have boen fa to our convictions, even to win t eternal praises of mankind. If c children shall praise us, lt is well; our own hearts tell us wo have full ed our duty, lt ls better. "Last of all, let us remember i less prosperous comrades, not for nate even in their death, or In tb survival, to whom have been den wealth and good fortune; alasl often, oven the blessing of heal without whiob all others avail but tie. If we can perhaps sweeten i last years of these old men, br baok, maybe, the light of other d, In their fading eyes, awake in tb hearts tho great memories, they si bless us In receiving more than wc giving. Many of the States, wh they so nobly served, have begun gather them In soldiers' homes, stltutlons which combine the bea of charity with the grace of gratitu But there are many other old vei ans who will never be brought wit suoh hospitable walls, and who left to our personal chargo for a sympathy and assistance as aro li orable alike to thom and to us. each camp continuo its special < for this benelloent labor, and let see to it that true comradeship s cease only when the last old sob 1ms passed beyond human power. "To you, brothers of tho memo association, will be given tho ser of commemorating tho soldier's tues in tho hearts of those who c aftor us, by the story of tho Ulm ous dead, of comforting the heart those who mourn our lost heroes, v such ministrations as bespeak sympathy of tho patriot and thc lng kindness of those who arc faml with the same Borrow. "To you, Sons of Confederate ^ crans, wo will commit tho vlnd tion of tho oause for which wo foui To your strength will be given thc fenso of the Confederate soldi good name, the guardianship of history, tho emulation of his vlrt thc perpetuation of those prlnol which he loved, and which you also, aud thoso ideals which n him glorious, and whloh you cherish. .'To you, Daughters of thc Con erac y, will be given the loving sor of remembering the Confederate d and of ministering to the living were dear lo him, and are in ncc your help and tenderness. Wo dslighters you shall be of the Imi tal women, your mothers, who i to womanhood a new per foot loi heroism and a moro divino exprot of sacrifice and devotion. "To you, bravo people of tho So to you, true heartod Amerloans o\ whore; to you, world-conquer lug from whloh bo sprung; to all everywhere, who prize In man manliest doods, who love In mar love of country, who pralsu lld and courage, who honor self-sac; and noble dovotlon, will bo give incomparable Inhoritanco, tho mei of our prlnooof men-the Confedi soldier." _ Ul ind XlKOrH <J Alight. While at a singing convention ohuroh in Bickens county last Chief Constable Cu ru ton notl( great deal of drinking going on. concealed himself in tho woods by ard noticed a orowd bolow drinking. He mado a run for soone, and tho crowd dlspored, b caught John Leslio with a ph whlskoy. When Mr. Curoton oa him, Leslie attempted to drav pistol and Bhoot him. Mr. Cu prevented. He was lined ono hui dollars which ho paid. On his back Mr. Cureton captured Williams, colored Ho had two of whlskoy on bis person, but bo saw Constablo Oufeton he After Mr. Cureton oaught him 1 riled having tho whiskey. He icon with the bottles and was ; sifter ho denied tho chargo ho whlskoy got on his olothos. Hi that ho was with a orowd down 1 woods and would not drink with ind troy broko tho liquor on (Ie also was tried boforo Magh Harris and convicted and was MOO or 30 days on tho gang, took the 30 days, COTTON 18 KIM. THIS BOUTUKKN COTTON ASSO CIATION WINS AGAIN. Foreifrn 5pim?3rs Visit tiis South it? Confer and ook Into the Condition. The Times says President E. D. Smith of the state cotton association, and national organizer, spent Satur day night In Florence. He had Just retruned from a conference at Char lotte with the representatives of the European spinners assooiatlon who have como over here to look into the conditions of cotton. It ls the plan of the association and ls approved by the representative of the foreign spin ners to sell dlreot from the assooia tlon to tho spinners. Then says Mr. Smith, the New York and Liverpool exohanges may put what figures they please on the boards, the farmers and manufacturers will deal on other terms [suitable to themselves. This scheme, while Utopian In appearance is working out in a thoroughly prac tical form. Mr. Smith calls attention to the faot this ls the first timo in the his- j tory of the country that such a deal has been possible betwoen tho pro ducer and consumer, the first time that representatives of tho foreign countries have como over here to meet and make terms with those people for the purchase of any produot and it ls a viotory for the association that ls not to be discounted. It shows that the assooiatlon is the greatest commercial power ou earth and must bo recognized. It had been thought that thoso representatives of the sptnnors were brought over here to buy up lands for European syndicates to grow cotton for themselves, but Mr. Smith show ed them so plainly the errors in the figures that bad been submitted to them to show that cotton could be made at a paofit for six cents that they have havo changed their minds. Tney will meet at Washington next week for a business conference with the officers of tho assooiatlon on the question of sales dlreot. In tho matter of tho selling of tho next orop at prices now offered Mr. Smith said that ho was not worried, he knew that every effort was being made to buy up as muoh of it?aa pos sible but ho expected to get practical control of the orop for the association and he know that only a small propor tion of the orop would be delivered to these contraots. Ile expected soon to seo in thorough organization the warehouse and holding companies through the south and he fully ex pected next fall to be able to take every bale off the market without straining the farmer or the local banks. He expected in fact, to get tho strain off of the looal banks whioh aro now oarrying it to the dlsoomfort of other business. He would soon have something ready for the press on this lino. Mr. Smith is very enthusiastic over the prospects for the association and its ability to serve its purpose. The greatest Indication of this was in the faot that while BO very few of those who mot with great promises at Mew Orleans a year and a half ago held out in the oruolal tests that the associa tion were subjected to nearly all of them and now coming baok one by one and the work ls going on Just as before. Tho assooiatlon does not have to seek friends now, thoso who want to be friends are seeking lt. He called attention to the fact that he could now sit in his office in Co lumbia and in a few minutes speak to every state dispensary in the country. It ho wanted to get out any certain ! Information he oould got lt into tho hands of every grower in Texas, Ar kansas, or North Carolina Just as quiokly as he could have lt distributed over the city of Columbia and in Just the form ho wanted, oaoh word or let ter italloisod. Asan argument for raising our sup plies at home, Mr. Smith showed a Times' reporter a typical boll weevil, compared with the Tozas spool men ones, which he had taken off thc lapoll of a gentleman's coat in Maysville. The gentleman was standing by a oar load of western hay, from whloh un doubtedly the wee vi) oame. In suoh ways aB that tho pest will come into this state to blast our ootton Holds and we will wonder how lt happened. MON BY IN POLITICS. Campaigns Costa Uoth 1'artlos fjarfco Amount i of Monoy. Did the late Mark Hanna spond six teen and a liMf million dollars on the McKinley- bryan campaign of 1896, in aid of tho ropublioau administra tion? That is the question people are asking since, tho statement made on the lloor of the houso a day or two ago by Representative Sulzcr, of New York, while dlsousslng tho national pnhllolty bill. Tho difference betwoen Hanna's sixteen million of gold and bryan's half million of silver is too great, thoy say, to oarry great weight with lt. His figures, they behove, aro pulled too.wide apart, especially as bryan, in 1800, had tho silver inter ests of tho country back of him and oould, and did, probably spond muoh more than the sum accredited to him. Lincoln was a good spender when it came to politics. In his raoo against Stephen A. Dougiaas for the presiden cy he spent 8100,000, while his demo cratic opponent used Just half that amount. Four years later, in 1804, Lincoln, when opposed by George B. McClellan, spent 8125,000 and Mc Clellan 850.C00. Grant, in his first campaign of 1808 against Horatio Sey mour, apont 8150,000, while the lattor used 875,000. in his second campaign Grant spent 8250,000, then a large amount, as against practically tho samo sum in behalf of Samuel J. Til d?n. Two yea.s lator James A. Gar llold running for president against W. S. Hanoook, used 81,100,000, and the latter 8:155,000. WhonJamosG. Maine opposed Clovoland tho first timo lo 1881, lt cost 81,300,000, and Clove land used a llttlo more-81,100,000. In 1888 Benjamin Harrison used 81, 150,000, and Clovoland 8855,000, while In 1802 tho samo oandldates cost their supporters 81,850,000, and 82,360,000 respeotlvoly, Cleveland again using more than his republican opponont, In 1800 MoKlnley IB said to havo spent ?10,500,000 through Mark Hanna, it Representativo Sulzer's llguros aro 3orreot, whilo William J. bryan spont ?076,000. In 1000 Mckinley spont 80, 500,000, and bryan 8425,000, while tho itoosovolt-Parkor campaign cost ?3,500,000 and 81,250,000, respective ly._ The sermon that does not hit is tho sermon that does not help. A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE In Willoh ? Greenville Farmer Pl ?ye m Leading Part, Tho Greenville Ne??? saya an la tomat* onal marriage with several un usal features oulmlnated Monday evening In the marriage at Toney Creek, in lower Greenville county, of Miss Agnes Thompson of Yorkshire, England, and Mr. E. Holbert Aokor, one of the most substantial planters and best oitizons In the county. Sev eral years ago Mr. Aoker was visiting relatives In Alabama and met Miss Thompson, also visiting American kin. They became great friends and Mr. Aokor was of considerable servloe i to Miss Thompson in facilitating her return to England. A oorrespondenoe that ensued result ed In an engagement, and last Friday Miss Thompson landed In New York, having orossed the Atlantic on the Campania. She was met by Mr. Aokor, but tho marriage which bad been arranged to take place Imme diately upon her arrival did not tako placo. Mr. Aokor felt some delicacy In allowing Miss Thompson to marry him until she knew him better and bad a moro Intimate knowledge of what her environments would be. So he proposed that she oome to South Carolina with him, spend several days In his community, and then make her i decision. If she should feel that her life would be happy with him, they would marry at onoe; if sbe were dis appointed, she should return to Eng land and he would defray her travel ing expenses. They wore In Greenville for a fow hours Sunday on their way to Toney Creek. Tho prospective bridegroom would not talk, pending Miss Thomp son's decision. They went on to his handsome country estate In the lower part of the county, and presumably Miss Thompson found conditions satis factory, for a telephone message from Tonoy Creek said that they wore married the previous afternoon. The brido is a handsome and very attrac tive young woman, about twenty-two years of age. Her husband ls a widower, sixty or more, with several grown children and many broad aores. His home ls one ol' tfte most comfort able In tho county, and ho has been known for many years as a good citi zen, a generous neighbor and a fine farmer. His family ls ono of the best in the Piedmont and his ohildren are respected and valued ol tizo nu of BCV ral communities. THOUSANDS BEING FED. An Irlo* of tho Tnok Confronting tho Food Oomintttoo. A dispatch from San Franolsoo says an Idea of the task whloh confronts food committee may be gained from tho faot that throughout the oity ra tions for 340,440 persons were distri buted Thursday. This ls an average estimate based on reports from a few of tho fond depots. At ono point Thursday provisions were given out to 072 persons an hour for ten hours. This station is neither one of the larg est nor one of the smallest and so its reports wore used as a basis to strike an average. All Hour that was received in sacks is exchanged at bakeries pp.und for pouud for bread. Almost all tho bak eries In the burned region have openod and are selling bread at 5 oeuts a loaf. There ls no danger of a moat famine. Representatives of tho Western com pany In south San Francisco reported to the relief committee this morning that there are now in tho yards 1,600 cattle, 300 sheep and 500 bogs. More than 200 cattle are killed and dressed dally and sheep and hogs are pub under tho knife as fast as they ar rive. Tho full quota of employes ls at work. The Southern Pao!Ho order ed all oattle oars to be rushed to San Francisco with prcoedonoo over pas senger trains. Wholesale grabbing of supplies by some while others are in want has oaused tho military authorities to or der a new system in tho distribution of food. Beginning Friday kitchens and mess rooms will be established where meats will be supplied to all who au ply, but no food will be given out to bs carried away. In the distribution of olothlng pre caution against fraud will be taken by squads detailed to visit eaoh tent or each shelter, list tho occupants and tabulate their wants. Orders will bo given out onbltllng the holders to the needed clothing, boddlng or other stores. Pitiful stories of suffering from ex posure, ignoranoo and helplessness aro Hooding tho relief committee from all sides. Of tho great rofuge camps that in the Presidio, which ls under gov ernment control, seems most thorough ly systematized, and that in Golden Gate park most disorganized, though it ls rapidly assuming a habitable basis. Many tons of fresh fruit were distri buted freo Thursday and Friday. Bun dies of bananas and boxes of oranges were givon unsparingly to the people, who Hocked from the tents along tho beach and about Fort Mason. HuliiK * Ooiuity. An interesting oaso arguod in tho supremo court was that of W. T. Cas tles as administrator of tho estate of John T. Morrison, against tho county of Lancaster, a suit for 850,00d dam ages for the lynohlnt; of Morrison, a white man, who shot anothor white man down on tho strcot. The appoal was from tho ordor of Judge Cage, granting a chango of vonue in the oase to York oounty. Citizens of Lancas ter wore implicated in tho oaso. Killed llluiBolf. At Ashton, Ga., Mr. Jake lloobln committed suicido Thursday by shoot ing hlmnolf, tho ball ontoring near the beare, ile ls survived by a young wife und several brothers. Despondency ls assigned as the causo of tho tragedy, but what caused the despondency ls not stated._ Found lionel. Mrs. Mollie Glover, aged 30, was round dead in bod on Tuesday night In Bristol, Tenn., her hoad having neon spilt open with an axe. Oyl Luttrell, a railroad man, hat beon ar rested, ohargod wish the orimo. Murdorod. J. H. Fitzgerald, a well-known rail road contractor, was killed by Italian laborers ?a Giles county, Va., on Tuesday. The murderers escaped, ?mt nine were caught. Ktiicd Hy Lightning, Mr. Thomas Price, a well known farmor living near Kldgoway, was ?i., I vj and killed by lightning Thura* jay night. The Christianity that must bo ad vertised laoks essential*. nW SCHOOL B00K8. State Sohool Board About to Make Oontraots for Five Years. The state board cf ?ducation win soon ridout tho earle? Of text booka, that are to be used in the public schools of the state. The adoption by tho state board mean? a great deal to the people of the state. It mean? the selection of suoh text booka as are to bo used for the next Ave years by tens of thousands of children. The adoption made by the state board applies to the public Bohools. The graded school or special Behool dlstrlots as a rule adopt and use their own text books. There ls already tho sharpest rival ry going on over the forthcoming adoption of text books for a period of five years. Governor Hevward has appointed a strong and able board, and the outlook ls that the adoptions will be made with caro aud in the best Intorost of the sohool children and people of tho state. The form of contract agreed upon by the state board of education 1B a very long document. The facts of chief Interest to the publlo are as fol lows: (1) The person with whom 1B mado to furnish books to tho sohools of too state must have from Septem ber 1, 1000, co August 31, iou, not less than three depositories or agen cies In eaoh county, with a sulliolent number of the books agreed on to moot tho demand and to be sold at the prices nam od in the contracts The books must be sold to anyone In the state at tho same price-samo prices must bo mainlined at all de poBltories. (2) There must be a con tral depository at Columbia, from which the other depositories will bo supplied. At least 10 per cent dis count allowed to agents. Books must be delivered free of oharge for trans portation. (3) Exohaugo prices to bo named, at which old books will be roplaced by new. This arrangement to end on September 1, 1007. Prices agreed on are to be good for live years. (4) Books must bo equal to samples furnished. (5) Prices must not be higher than those paid by any other state or territory for the same books. (0) IIouso, firm or company printing the books must not bo a member of a trust or combination. (7) Aots of the state legislature re ferred to In contract" aro a part of the contract. It will be of interest to note that there are to be several histories of South Carolina odored to the state board for adoption. Some of theso volumes aro being ospooially prepared to be submitted for this adoption. Several of the general histories that are to be odored the board have boen written by South Carolinians and othors by those who have lived and worked here for a long time. TEJB RICH A YD THE POOR All Fared Alike In tho Groat San Franclaoo Harthquako. A dispatch from San Francisco says the distress of the rich equaled that of the poor. Not a buildlug In the business district esoaped. Not a resldenoo In fully throe-fourths of the olty but what was burned or shatter ed. The arttllory and ? jr nam! bu used to hlow down bulldinfrs broke win dows and shattered chimneys wbioh the Hames did not reach. The people fled to tho forts and parks and hills. R Highly speaking, tho burned district is live miles square A smart breezi was blowing the smoko and ashes away and for tho first time the dimensions of the damago became apparent. In? surauoe adjusters now on the ground estimated that tho property loss will not fall short of 9350,000,000. The insurance loss will aggregate $100,000,000 less. Whether or not all the companies will be ablo to pay ts a question upon which depends In largo moasure tho future of San Fran cisco. Tho prediction has been made that not more than (30 per cent. In surauoe will bo paid. No adjuster places tho total to bo paid at more than 76 per cent, of the entire Insur ance loss. The dostruotion of life was not as great as the reports indloatcd. The exact number of those that perished will never In all human probability be known, for many bodies wore ontirely destroyed. Meohanlos pavilion was used for a time as a morgue and as a plaoo for the Injured. After 200 dead had been taken there and several hundred Injured the Uro reached the building. No attempt was made to remove the bodies, all attention be ing paid to tho Injured. Tho result was that not less than 200 bodies, few of which had been idcntillod, wero cremated. Many more deaths will not bo in directly attributable to the fire. These will bc canned byexplosure and by fright. Thirty-six babies were born at tho Presidio grounds Wednes day. They and their mothers aro be ing taken oare of by tho Red Cross soolety. HoorOB tho Ijftwyor* Tho Columbia ltecord says Judge Ilydrlck again got after the lawyors with a sharp stlok for not being ready with their oases, thereby oaustng ex pensive delay. With over ono hundred cases on the dockot tho roster for the day was exhausted on account of con tinuances and tho court was again loft high and dry with no business on hand. The roster, it should ho explained, is a sohodule of oases which the lawyers tlx up, before tho court oonvones, to suit their convonlonce, a certain num ber of oases hoing set for eaoh day. If no oases oau be reached on tho roster lt has been tho oustom to adjourn tho court for that day, and frequently In this way half the time of tho court ls wasted from week to weok. Judge ir., i i.i. Bt'tdflv istlri fha '?-< f.hat ? ? j ? ? wv B I lUUj! ?UK.? MliU intnjii'ia mn tho oourt must bo kopt busy; that the publlo had rights which should he re spected, and that lt was wrong to keep an expensive court running without business. Ho would, thcrofore, ignoro tho roster whenever lt did not produc? business and would sound the dockot, sontinuing what casoB wero not ready tor trial. Ho would give them fair warning that further delay would not be tolorated. He would go through tdio docket In this way, adjourning wurt sino die whonover no business was to bo bad. Mrs. ??oyv.?. ,? ? i'm > oiumn, Thc State says Mrs. I), c. Hey ward Thursday received a New York tele gram from Mrs. Donald McLean, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Judgo Hoger l'ryor and other promlnont women miking that she lend ber namo as pat roness in tho work of raising food, slothing, otc. for the San Francisco stifforors and particularly the child ron. This request Mrs. Hoyward was only too glad to grant and sent a mes sage to that effect. !JTWI 21?8T BE TSIE??. ItEI'OUT OV THE COMMITTEE IN .?:i Vi-: OltKiGHTON i)t>m<>. His Statement of the Investigation of the Matter by the Committee The Rev. O. W. Creighton, editor ol the Christian Appeal, published at Greenwood, bas Issued in his paper the following statement la regard to the Investigation of the complaints against him: "We cannot at this time publish the full details of the investigation of the complaints made by the presiding elders against the editor of this paper. We shall, however, publish enough to give the nubile au insight Into the methods employed In that proceed ing. "On Maroh 21 last tho committee met in the Methodist Church at this place. W. T. Dunoan, by virtue of his cf il oe, aoted as ohalrman; M. B Kelly served as sooretary. In addi tion W. T. Dunoan had retained the servloes of a stenographer-a very competent, ono. "We were aocorxpanlcd by our oounsel, the Rev. J. W. Daniel and the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, and MIBS Myrtle Davis, our stenographer." "Tho committee was composed of Peter Stokes, a cousin of ono of the presiding Riders; W. A. Masseabeau, a nephew ot another presiding elder, whose term of ofllco la embraced in the period covered by the criticisms of the editor of the Christian Appeal, and who is also under J. W. Kllgo, one of tho complainants, and pastor of Kllgo's family, aud also that of Bishop Duncan, who has been aotive In this matter; T. C. O'Dell, who served on the committee at Confer ence "When the coin nil tteo met W. T. Duncan, by an arbitrary ruling, wbioh IB contrary to the law and praotice of the Methodist Churoh, exoluded Dr. Daniel, the counsel of the accused; the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, his brother in-law, and then also tried to exclude Miss Davis, his stenographer. "The presiding elders made two complaints. "1. Falsehood and slander. To substantiate that ohargo they produo ed ooples of the Christian Appeal con taining an editorial on 'Rings and R'suits,' 'How the Scheme Works,' 'Clerical Usurpation,' etc "2. Immorality. To substantiate that charge they produced ooples of tho paper containing communications signed by 'A Pastor,' 'John S. Mooro,' A Layman,' 'Au Old Layman' and 'Chas. P. nodges.' The alleged Im morality consisted in publishing in the Christian Appeal the communica tions named. "We demanded the right to cross examine the acousers. Finally four of them were put up. During the cross-examinations the presiding eld ors repeatedly refused to answer and they were told by W. T. Dunoan that if they thought the questions "in criminated" them they need not an swer, and they did not. On other Important matters they answered, "don't remember" and other similar replies. We were only allowed to cross-examine four. That concluded the testimony. We were engaged until April 12 In this matter, not in duding the period of adjournment. When the testimony of the witnesses, J. W. Kllgo and W. P. Meadors, as takon by tho stenographer was read, they denied lt ; they were offered the privilege to oorreot it in any particu lar way they pleased; they declined to make any oorreotlons and then refus ed to sign their testimony. The wit nesses had boon kept in the room over the protest of the accused and prompted eaoh other during the ex amination. And yot they refused to approve and sign the testimony 1 "Wo demanded of W. T. Duncan that ho present their testimony to them for their signatures, but he re fused aud, on his own motion, ruled their testimony out. That left thc committee without a word of testi mony before them. And yet they re ported a trial necessary. "There ls a great deal more that we would Uko to publish, but lt is thought advisable not to do BO at pre sent. That a man should be charged with immorality for publishing nomi nations of such men BB John S. Moore and Charles P. Hodges over their own signatures and similar oommunlca tiona of 'A Pastor,' 'A Layman,' etc will bo astounding to intelligent men; that he should be charged with false hood and slander in oritiolslng moth ods and practloes which have given rise bo dissatisfaction and complaints in tho Church for years will bear but ono construction and admit of only ono conoluslon by a liberty-loving people; that a trial should be reported necessary without a word of testi mony by a committee, tho majority of whom aro blood kin to presiding oldcrs and their predecessors in office, will open tho oyes of tho blind and in spire tho ignorant. "Weare not destitute of feeling, but we infinitely prefer to bo in the placo of tue editor of tho Christian Appeal, with that report against him, ] than in tho place of the mon who mado lt." W hito Flood This Time Officers of Hamilton county : Texas, aro scouring the county in searoh of a white man who assaulted the slxtern year old daughter of J. W. Mooro, a farmor. The girl was in tho cotton Held when attacked and was subject ed to most inhuman treatment. Sho lost consciousness and remained in this condition several hours. Her oontlnuod aosonco alarmed tho family and she was found In the fluid still unconscious, but later rovlved. She gave an accurate description of her assailant, if ber assailant Is caught he will undoubtedly bo lynched. Throo Hilled. At Santa Rosa, Cal., an inoident oaused by thu recent earthquake re sulted In the doath of thrco men at tho Groat 10 ^storn quicksilver mino. As tho cage was being hoisted from tho mino a grant boulder dislodged by tho shaking oarth fell down the Hiaft, wrecking the cage and killing Its occupants._ btruiiK Ulm lip. At Oak woods, Texas, a Bovontcen /ear old negro boy was lynohod Thurs day bv a mob of seven men, who took him from the custody of the officers. Tho negro had onto od the homo of a widow near town. He was caught lind fully Identillod and was awaiting transportation to the oounty Boat. The doputy sheriff who had the pris oner in charge Urcd several shots at the mombors of tho mob but without sffeot, Tarrl?? for Korenu*? Only? There is no orop raised in the South ern states that lg protected by the tariff from foreign tax on tobacco, but it dees not protect the grower, for like wheat and corn, tho price is fixed by tho exporting demand, there hoing a surplus raised of all those products, which must be sold in the markets of tho world in competition with other countries which also raise a surplus. The price of these products for home consumption is therefore largely fixed by what tho surplus exported will bring. Cotton, the money crop of the South, ison the free list and there is absolute free trade in that staple. But everything tho Southern plant er buys is protected by tho tariff and is taxed from 25 to 176 per cent, which prevents most.people from buying the Imported goods on account of this tar iff tax being added to the price the im ported goods cost abroad. Thc trusts and combines that manufacture simi lar goodi hore take advantage of this tariff taxation and add to the profits they charge for their products nearly what the tariff tax would boon tho Imported articles over and above what, would be a falr proiit. So the Ameri can consumer, bo he planter, or who ever he ls, ls compelled to pay the trusts and corporations pretty nearly the same tax that would be paid on the Imported goods. The difference be ing that mstead of the government getting thc tax thc trusts and corpor ations collect lt In Increased profit. As some of the border Southern states elected Republicans to represent them In Congress, thc votera must have been led to believe that the pro tective tariff was an advantage to them and that trust high prices were ablessing In disguise. But with wheat corn, tobacco and cattle and protected by the tariff and yet selling ata low urice, while cotton entirely unprotect ed selling at a fairly go"d price, the Bcpublican argument that the tariff proteas the planter and farmer ls shown to be but campaign talk and not borne out by actual conditions. The Ideal condition for thc planter and farmer ls to have the unobstruct ed right to sell In thc dearest market and buy in the cheapest market. That can only be brought about by the Dem ocratic plan, of a tariff for revenue only, to produce enough morrey to run the government, when honestly and economically administered. Tho Lobbyist \ro Wolooinn. A Republican Coi gross ls a rich field for the corporations and trust to get i in their work, and when a b ll is pend ing that ls Intended to plunder thc people their lobbyists gather around the corridors of the Capitol like buz zards at a feast. When Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Crisp were speakers of a Dem ocratic House, thc corrupt lobby was eliminated. But how different now. Reciting the events on the considera- j tion of the Ship-subsidy b ll by the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, a New York newspaper says: "Lobbyists overrun the commit tee room and their leader occupies a place at the head of thc table prompt ing Grosvenor, Littlefleld and Minor when any witness argues against sub sidy." Comment on such ? national disgrace is unnecessary, but voters can draw their own conclusions about who to vote for next Fall, for lt ls hardly necessary to say that all the Demo cratic members of the committee are opposed to the bi ligand every Demo cratic member of tho House is hr line ] to vote against it. Why President Roosevelt recommended this corrupt legislation ls a mystery, but that he encouraged thc lobbyists and grafters to corrupt his partj ls certain. At Chicago eight hundred negro men and women shook Constitutional A. M. E. ohbroh with applause Thurs day night when lila Wells Barnett advised the black man to put a revol ver in his pocket and 1'anticipate the white man in his deviltry." Tho oc casion for the speech was a meeting called to protest against tho mob vio lenco that has marked Springfied, Mo. the last few days. Whek the speaking ? had ended resolutions were adopted ' urging President Roosevelt to take < some steps to proteot the negro race ' from deatruotion at the hands of the < whites. E IT IS very disquieting to the rrerves < of Republican Senators when Senator t Ti II marr each day reads to his colleag- | ues a 'letter, material or affidavit, settiNg forth some particular Instance of unreasonable railroad lates or thc abuse o? power by tho coal trust against the little coal shippers. This ls the way Senator Tillman gently , stirs up the Republicans and reminds them his pitchfork is st ill hr good or- 1 der- This accounts for Ilopkin's. jit taok on Tillman. Wants Ilor Hack. Charles Jones, of Jacksonville, Fla. offers 150 reward for the return of his 2:i-year-old wife, who eloped with his brother, Oliver Jones, some days ago, taking a 2-year old son with her. The , brother who ran off with Mrs. Jones is 28 years of age. j Won at Ij?Ht. Capt Hohmond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac and kissing fame was nomi nated for congress from tho Oth dis- ? triot of Aiioama on Monday, having l dofoatcd Congressman J. II. Bank s head by 405 votes. a Turc Baltimore Sun very aptly rc- ' marks that "Senator Hopkins mu:;t j bc a genius when ho can explain bank looting In Chlcogo by assorting that t Iiis Inquisitor, Senator Tillman, fav- g irs lynching negroes." v - v Tho older a man grows the more f looomfortablo he feols in a now suit. ) s THE GUINARD 1 Manufacturers Briok. 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