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i nc "DO THOO, QRBA.T UBI STY, Iii BPI RB OUR 80UL8 A.NI> MAKE OUR LIVES IS T?rK!SSK3?IOS HAPPY OR OOS DEATHS GLORIOOS IH THY OAUm" voii,y^xi, BENN??TTSVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1906. NO- i?5, DIRECT CHARGE Ol Qraft Made Against Tx-Chair mari Evans By a MWBEBRY WITNESS*. He Say? Evans Told Him He Qot Cash Ircm Whlfksy Drii?imerp, and that Evana Saw Towlll and Boykln Accept a Bribe. Other Testimony. W. G. Childs, president of the Bank of Columbia and of tho C., N. and L. railroad, won a completo victory 1B tho oontemptcase against him befoee the dispensary investigating commit tee last week. He was unanimously excused on making apology for sweat ing before the oommittee, and all but Mr. Lyon voted to relieve him of re peating the rumors and Jokes he said would unjustly reihet upon dispen sary f fllcials even in executive session Mr. Lyon's suggestion that Mr Childs bo heaid tbout these J ikes tc txaoutive session so that t ie commit i tee could bo thc judge of their relevan oy was unanimously voted down by the other members of tho committee, whr took tho position that ho si euld not bo required to rereat, things to the committee that WHS not to go to the publio, the legislature having provid ed that these LearlrgB should be pub lio. USEU A BKlBB. Mr. Lyon then put up A. A. Bris tow, a well known traveling man and member of the Greenville clothing Arm of Smith & Bristow, who testi ihd that 18 months ago he had a con versation with a wblBkey dummer named Abo Hamberger, of BahiDj<?re, lu whloh Hamberger told him that he had gotten an order for $07,000 worth of whiskey from tho stato dispensary, and had to pay $8 OOO to a member of the board of control for it. Hamber ger would not give the name of the dispensary elli dal and did not say when the order was obtained. Us said this was the only order he ever got from the dispensary. Han:ber ger last Augmt repeated this s ate ment In Baltimore in the presence of Mr. Brlstow'a partner, lease R. i.-mlth. Hamb:rger told them ho got the bribe back by doctoring the whis key, whloh was so mean ho feared lt ^ould be shipped back. He Bald he paid the bribe in cash, lt is a pity Hambergor did not give the name of I the member of thc board ho bribed. I A UOT TRAIL. Tho Dispensary Investigating com mit tee struck a hot trail Wednesday. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, who manages one eighth of the npire?les in r,outh Carolina was put on the stand to tell of something which the committee belie?ed that he knew. He declined to talk and was arrested on motion of Mr. Lyon. Habeas corpus proceed lugs were Instituted and at a special meeting cf the supreme court thlt afternoon, the witness was placed en tlrely In tho cust( dy of thc commit tee. When lt was put up to hhr to talk or to go to jail he told the hot test evi dence that has been put up yet. He Btated that as president of the Olym pia mills of this ol ty he bad bad eon sultations with S. J. Lanham, ol Baltimore, and that in four occasions, Mr. Lanham had complained to hlu that notwithstanding bis business in terests In South Carolina, bis lirm har received very little Lu Ines? and he hinted to Mr. Parker to ^uggtst thi name of an agent In this state, whr would bo Inlluontlal with the board. Lanham had stated that he had thought that he had had everything arranged once when be had sicurec the services of Mr. L W. Boykln, then a member of thc beard, bu later Mr. Boykln bad told him that another whiskey house was doing woli by Mr. Boykln's brother-in-law, Mr J. M. Cantey. Mr. Lanham bsd ex plained to H. H. Evans and the lattei had sworn that Mr. boykln woulc have to atlck to his propcsHicri, RS t lie'hoard had every tide g arranged. Mr. Lanham had made staicmoj ts ol thia nature to Mr. Billson Smith of Pelzerand IC. W. Robertson of Co lumbla and they had declined to givt him any advice In thc matter of \c curing a middle man. Mr. Parker stated that on (?nc cc e, inion when Mr. Lanham WHS com plaining of tho bad treatment which he had received bo deo'ared the board had secured at least 15 OOO at that meeting. The committee declined to back Mr. Lyon up In bis h q iiry ai fcc the name of tho man aecu ed by Mr Lanham, after ho bad been turned down by Mr. Boykln. Mr. Parker stated that the salary was 82 OOO a year for this middle man. There wai amusing twisting and turning by thc members of the committee as Mr Lyon pushed tho quos Ol on, for lt h Biispsotcd that tho party ia a morcbor of tho legislature. Mr. Parkor ad mitted that he ls sumo kind of an ofiloer holdor. Mr. IO. VV. ll ?herIson, president of the National Loan a d 10?change Bank and of a number of other Co lumbla enterprises and Interested a> director In a number of cotton milla throughout tho Stato, coroboralee; the testimony of L. W. Parker as te Sumuol J. La?aban having Director Boykln aa his State middleman, lint thoro was a decide I difference as tc what Lanallan said about having middleman now who IN a Slate r nic o but not conneotcd with tho dispar. Bary, Mr. Parker said M*. Lana ban's statement was made in Nov York in thc presence of Mr. lt ?bert son, but Mr. It ibortson el.el nob rc niembor this and thought Mr. Park er muat have been mintakcn as LO lilli point. STAUTMNO UK VIOLATIONS. Tho moat startling revelations tba have yet obaracter//,?d tho ellipensarj Investigation were disclosed Thursdaj morning when the much talked o i Newberry situation was entered upon for tho first timo In a really aggros sive manner. C. O. Davis, a Newberry contract or, who bad worked on ex.?hairmati H. H. Evan's fl oe new house in New berry, in a oool and somewhat reluct ant manner told of Evans admitting to him that on various occasion he had been Rotting presents of various kinds and much money from the whis key houses he took oare of on the dispensary purchasing board. Evans showed him ou several nco is lons bili bunches of greenbaoks of all s rt s of denominations, bills as high as ii,ooJ and several of these in eaoh bunch. On one ccmslon when the witness told Evans a certain d^or in tho house had better bo movei Evans pointed to a beaver hat sittlr-g on the door, full of greenbaoks of large denominations, and asked if be did not think thal would movoit. Evans never did cal: lt rebates or graft, but admitted ho got the cash as well tho presents and said they were in consideration cf his serviocs on the board to these houses Among the presents, the witness said, WBR a handsome suit of furniture with a $500 poker table among the oieces which Evans admitted ge ttl np as a present from Bluthenthal & Blckcrt, of Atlanta. Witness denied that Evans told him he br ught tho big Kinard plantation in Newberry with dispensary graft and a'so denied that Evans said lie used poker playing as a blind. He denied that Evans told him on one occasion ho won o io ooo in a poker game with some whiskey drummers. A whiskey man named johuili L:ob told him that, in order to get a show ing he paid Evans $2 a case on several thousand eases. Tue most lrrp irtant part of Davis' testimony was, perhaps, that Involv ing a direct charge of bribery against two of lOvans' associates on the board, John Hell Towlll and L. N. Boykin The wlntness said 83vans told him that he (Evan?) wfts not getting the propc r showing for his friends in the purchases and that bo and Bridge Wilson, of the R/chland Distilling Oompany, hero laida traj?n which they caught Towill and Boykin. Evans' whiskey friends acoor?iog to the wltnefs, got Towlll and Boykin In a hotel room hero and Evans and Wl - son standing on a table In tho hall way saw the other two dlreotors paid tho money. TERRIBLE IXPL0810N. An Infernal Maohlnu Wrecks tho Georgetown Depot. A dispatoli from Georgetown to the Florence Times Bays a terrille explo sion occuired at the Gcorgetwn and vVestern railroad dopot Thursday .norning at 10 minutes to six. Tue shock wa? so great that it awakened many Bloopers from- their ..morning nap. Li L. Bjllook tho baggage master ls very painfully, but not necessarily ser iously injured. O. C. Farllly who was it tho depot on the outside of th plat ff rm and a negro brakeman were A'BO slightly Injured. From the baggage room going south, tho depot Isa wreik. Tho foroo of che explosion went south, about ?10 feet of the roof ls torn away. Picots A tho building were thrown several aindred feet away. Glasses In the stores aoros8 the street and also on tho passenger train were broken. Tho railroad authoiitles arc at a loss to understand the oauseof the ex plosion. Some of thom think it was oither an infernal machine or dyna mite in a trui.k In the buggage room. Killed by a Pall. Tho Spartauburg Journal cay.1; Markley Lister, aged 16 years, hon of Mr. and Mrs. L T. L?stor, died at che home of his parents on Pine itreet Thursday morning about 5 i'cloek from the i tfects of injuries received last Friday week, while play lng base-ball on tho green near his home. Some time prior to his death Markley and a number of his friends ?ere playing baseball on a vacant lot .ind during the game the young man fell and a companion fell on top of lim. Vouug Lester fell so as to cans1 als elbow to ntl Ike him In the side, nlliotlng internal Injuries. Peritoni tis sot In almost immediately. Every bhlng possible known to i killed physi cians was done for thc young man, out death resulted carly Thursday norning._ Di plorfbto Ac o Mont, Tho Sparlanburg Journal ssys Eugene Kubanks, aged 14 years, was Accidentally shot and killed by Ins sister, MIssGiaud E thanks, last Tues day about 11.30. The shooting oc curred at the Fob oiks homo several miles from Woodruff. It teems that Eogene and Miss Gluadia Kubanks were playing with a breech loadlog hotguo. The yi ung man removed the Bhell and after snapping it several times replaced tho shell, it ls said, und placed tho gun on the bod. She not knowing that ho Iud replaced the shell pinked up thc gun and snap ped lt. To utter horror the gun was charged and her brother fell to the lier, having neon shot over tho heart. IIs died within a short time. Cy olone Killed M .-.ny. A dispatch from La Cro'se, Wis., says da)light Thursday rovealod a scene of terrible devastation along the path of a cyclone which swept South? urn Mlnnasota and Wisconsin Wednes day uight between Freiburg and Cale 1 donia. The wlfo and two children cf Doter Meyer were k lied. S x members Of tho family of G. Z Ingloit were In 1 Jorod and somo pethays fxtally. Thc entire family of L.T. Kruger was burt 1 and scores of farm houses ware demol ished. Indications from present in completo reports Ind?calo that many ' others were killed and Injured near Stoddard, Wis. Many bridgea in the [ path of tho storm were swept away. HIIOOI-H at .?> i h -11. V Tho Now York Sun, which ls own ed hy the trust, sneers at General Miles for saying that he know about . c militions In Chicago sovtral year? ? ago. i t it* wwii kU?w? th&t thc Gen eral did know a great elcal about thc unsanitary and dangerous condition t n the packing-houses, and that thc Uopublloan administration took very / good oare to seo that those condition! \ were not exposed and remedied, TOOK PAY TWICE. That ls What the Investigating Committee Is SAID TO HAVE DONE During the L^Rlelatlve Session, Took Sal ary as L/glslators and Paid Them* Hilve:' as AU mb jr? of thc loves* ligating Committee. Ode Member Refused it. lb having curuo to tho cars of the Columbia Record that all tho mom bora of the dispensary investigating committee except ono bad drawn dou ble per diem during the session of the general assembly the first part of tb is year, and not believing lt posslblo th;'.. members of a CDinmltteo investi gating graft would do any tiling of that sort about the propriety, at least, of which there could ba so much quos tlon, the Record man addressed thc following letter to Hon. J. T. Hay, ohairman of tho committee: ''I have been Informed that your committee, all of whoso morabeis are altio members of tho general assembly of this state, held several meetings during tho rooent session of the gen oral assembly and that?, with one ex ceptlon, the momborsof your commit tee dre? pe- diem pay for tho same 'lu y H butti as members of the genera) isscrr.bly and thc Investigating com mlttee. It was not atattd whether they also drew dcuble mileage. I ask ed tho comptroller geueral If these things were so and ho replied that he was not the disbursing (lll;er for the payment of membors of your commit tee, but that If he were he would not give double pay foi the same day. "I nive no deslro to do anybody an in justice. 1 believe that the gentleman who gave mo the Information knew what he was talking about, but I do not care to glva publicity to thestate ment until 1 asked you as chairman of tho committee if trie charge b tiue. If lt ba true, I am alsi willing to glvo publicity in The R:cord to your explanation. Did any of the members of your committee draw per diem or mileage for meetings held dur ing the sct-slon of the legislature ? Did they also draw per diem aud mileage from the legislature for the same daytV A prompt anewer will bo appreciated, tor, if this charge bo true, I think the people of the Btate ought to bo put Jr. o >; o. .,;: ni o?- thc ;'a-ob. I w;?t;?cu; . to the member of youro mmlttea who is said not to have takeu double pay a rf quest for a statement on this sub* J dj. I would Uko to have your an jwer lu time to publish with his state ment. " Thc gentleman who gave Thc Rec ord Its ilrst information of this mattet had stated that Mr. (J?le L Hieasc, a member of the committee, had refus ed to take double per diem OIL the ?round that he was not entitled to it. $o tlio following letter was addressed to Mr. Hleasi : "I was lutormcd that the dispen sary Invest getting committee held several meetings during tho recent session of thc general assembly, of which Its members are alHO members, and that, with tho exception of your self, tho members of tue committee drew per diem pay both as members of thc general assembly and as mern b^rs of tuc committee for thc same da>s. 1 am not informed au to wheth er they also drew d. u ile mileage. Cm this bj trut? If so, I think the pop ple of the state cu?ht to know lt. You will oblige me by a prompt answer." Mr. H lease got lils letter too late to reply by mall, but a Record reporter saw him upon his arrival in tho city and he s:ild that ho was Informed and believed that the report was true. The committee had discussed their right to double per diem and, despite his protest, had expressed the opinion that they could draw pay for tho same days both as membars of the legisla ture andas mcncbjfHOf tho commit tee. Chairman IIa.y had off ;red him a chick for per diem fir meetings held during toe session of tho legislature und he had declined to take it. Tho R cord man met Chairman Hay this morning and asked the chairman if lie had received the letter publish od ahi.v j. Chairman flay replied that bo lind, bub that he had been too busy to an swer ll; besides he did uot know that ne would answer it; that the commit teo was not on trial, at least ho had not heard that it was. Thc Ricard man replied that the committee was on trial at the great har of public opinion and that the public, winch paid the committee, had a rig.it to know how its money was .spent. Cnalrman Hay replied that lt was truo that the puhl'c paid the commit tee, but paid lt very little "Yes," replied the reporter, "hut the members of tho committee know how little the p*y would bc lu ad vaneo of accepting service on it.1' Thc reporter then asked Chairman Hay did bc decline to answer whether or not he or other members of the L'ommlttco had drawn d juhle pay. Ohairman Hay replied that ho would require time to decide whether or not . o would answer and also to look up che rocords to seo what was the trutn about the matter. Toe R cord says "tho reporter did not say that as Chairman Hay wah paymastc r of tho committee and drew the cheeks he ought to know ilf land whether he p:tld members per diem as members of thc Investigating om mlttee for tho same days on which they had drawn per diem as mcmbors ' of the legislature; and that it ought ' especially to be too fresh In his own k mind to need any reforcnoo to the rec ord* t? know whether he himself had '' aooeptcd MM-, i double pay. 1 The reporter was not at. all unprc 1 pured for a failure to elicit informa tion as to expenditure of tho people's ' money by the committee, for the leg islature had been troated just as the reporter was, it lnstruoted tlie com mittee to make a report of Its expert ditures, willoh report has nevor been made. It is said that suoh a report would disclose H. . mo other transactions fully as interesting as this making two days in ono. It may be that sr me further information as Interesting as the above will be published shortly in spite of the rel notions of (Jual r man Hay to answer questions that any cit f?90 and taxpayer bas the right to ask and the right to obtain an answer to BRYAN BNDORSED By tho Go'd Win? ot tho Domooratfo Parly. A dlspatoh from Jefferson Olby, Mo., nays what in generally regarded is the most significant feature of thc D imoratlo State convention held there last week, was the pointed and absolute endorsement 0* Wm. Jon nings Bryan for the presidency in 11)08 by David R. F ands of St. Louis, former govornor and the secretary of tho interior io Presldont Olevel?n1V cabinet. Former Go/. D. R Fraucin was invited to address the oouvontlon. Ile spoke, in part: 1 I wish to ask this convention to send its.congratulations to tho nation al Democracy on tho disappearance of oer dill rcnoos. There aro no differ .mers uetween 113 now. In 1 ??4, what ls known as tho conservative clement of our party asked that it bc allowed to make tho platform and name the oandldate. Right liberally did the radical faction oonooie the honor to tho oonsorvatlvo elomeut. You know the result. Now another campaign ls approaching. Those of us who belong to what has been the conservative fae tlon would not bo magnanimous, worthy Djmoorats, If we did not say to you that wo will support your can didato and your platform this time. The d.fferences that have divided tho Dimociaoy exist no longer." G JV. Francis described Bryan as "a sincere lover of humanity and a pa triotio citizen of the United States." lie eulogized both Bryan and Cleve land amid wild cheering. Governor Folk also spoke, declaring that Bryan would bo nominated for president in 1?J8 and would bo elected. He said tue pr ino t pies whloh Bryan has advj oated In 18U0 were then ooutddarod an arohistlo, but now are considered the acme of patriotism. F irmer Gover nor Dockery spoke la a similar vein. A DEADLY 8TR0KE. A Man and Hts Urandeon Killed by ?j'ftbtninft A special dispatch from Laurens to The Stato says that within a few hundred yards of old Poplar Springs ohurcb and almost In sight of his home Mr. Newton Y. Manly, a Cou fedcrr.te vet oran, ?god 65, and W? * year old grandson, Jodio Manly, were killed Instantly by lightning Monday afternoon about 3 o'c.cck and Hill Manly, son of Mr. Manly, senior, and father of tho boy, was perhaps fatally Injured hy the same bolt. Tue fath er, son and grandson weroout locking after their cattlo when they were overtaken by a rain and eltc.rloal storm. They wero returning to tho house and were evidently walking abreast in the road as they foll sid by side on their faces. A negro man living nearby witnessed the tragedy and gave tho alarm. Mr. M inly, senior, and the lad was killed out right while Mi. Hill Miiily was om pletely paralyzed and rendered un consettui. He roceived medioal aid and at last accounts lie had shown s'gnB of returning consciousness al though his condition is very critical. Will Not Hun. TheStatesays Speaker M. L. Smith oas decided not to enter the raos for governor. Mr. Smith made the an nouncement v/hllo In thc city. Mr. Smith has had strong pressura to eu er tho raco and his prospects were re garded as good. Mr Smith has, how ever, for some time been In bad healtn. not serious, but unsatisfactory. Ills physicians advised him that it would oe exceedingly unwlso to undertake a campaign. Mr. Smith thought that ho might bc able to get in shape for the oontcht and has been hoping up to thc last moment to be able to enter the light. He has, however, consent ed to accept tho serious advice of his physicians and will not enter the con test for governor, but txpcots to take a complote reBt. Wauled io Jaynell Illili. G JV. Braward, of Florida, Thursday on request of Sheriff Carter, ordered the Brooksville company of State mil itia to precaed at once to inverness to prevent the lynching of Jim Davis, alias Dago, the negro who shot and killed Robert Russell, a well known business man, last Tuesday. Tuc Lees burg company has aLo been ordered to hold itself in readiness to go to In verness if needed. Russell was at tempting to cjllcct a debt from Davis, who, with no other pro /ocatlon, shot and killed Russell and tho negro boy who was driving lils team. Davis was captured Wednesday and the Indigna tion at his orlmc 1? so great ?hat Sher iff Carter fears attempts will bo made to take him from thc jail. Her Bung Answered. A party of young people, omprls ing two men and two women were re cently returning from a day in the country to thier homes In O nalia. At a railroad orosslng thler carriago was struck by a train and ono of the yeung wornon was killod, while tho other members of the party were severely Injured. The O.naha World-Herald says that, at tho lr quest one of the survivors -said: Wo woro returning LO the city as J >lly a sot of young folks as you oversaw and, aa we were driv ing along Miss-proposod singing 'Hello,Central, Give Mo Heaven,' and started singing. Nono of tho rest of us J lined her, so she ft ilshod tho song alone and had Just liaishcd the words 'Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven, when thc engine struokus and she was killed." _ .in... '?'.?i ni iio'.h. John Kllbridgo shot and killed Mrs Mary Kelly, aged 24, and her 50 year old husband, John Kelly, in Brooklyn M. Y., last week. Ile was In lovi with Mrs. K Hy. HT PACKING _ Horrors Brought to the Atten tion! jof Congress Last Week BY THE PRESIDENT. Ile Calla Attention to the Need of Addi? Uanoi Legislation to Enable the Ex ecutive Department to Pie vent the Distribution of Poisonous Food?. Tho following message from the President to Congress oxplalns Itself: "TbcSpuato and House of Represen tativos: "I transmit horcwlth tho report of Mr. .1 . .u. i Bronson Reynolds and (JomrnUBloner Charles P. Nell, thc speoiaj Committee, whom I appointed bo lP.r>:stl|rato Into tho conditions in the steck yards of Chicago and report thoroori to mo. Tnls report ls of a preliminary uaturo. 1 submit it to you now b cause it shows thc urgent ueod of immediate action by the Congress in thedireotion of providing a drastic and thoroughgoing I ns pea tl JO by tho Federal government of si stock yards aDd packing houses and of their products, so far as thc latter outer into intorstate or foreign com morco. Tho conditions shown bi oven thia short Inspection to exist in Chicago ?took yards aro revolting. Ii ls Imperatively neoessary in tho in tero it of health and of dooency thal ohoy should be radloally ohauged Und^r the existing law it is wholly imposblblo to secure satisfactory re suits. "When my attention was drat di rected to this matter an investigation vas mado under tho bureau of animal industry of thc department of agri oulturo. When the preliminary state monta of this Investigadox were brought to my attention they showed .men defeots In the law and such wholly unexpected conditions that I doomed it best to have a further lm maoiato investigation >iy mon not con nected with the bureau, and accord ingly appointed Messrs. Reynolds an?] Neill. It was impossible under thov existing law that satisfactory woipc should bo do oe by the bureau of anibal Industry. 1 am now, bow eve/, examining tho way iu whlo i the WOK aotually was done. "vtofore I had received tho repori of fjdssrs. Reynolds and Neill I cai ?* ed that labels placed upon any #? of moat food produots should j th<t o?trn?u?<? of r-ho ani mal f.,jm which the moat was taken had been inspect >d at the time of daughter. If inspoction of meat food products at all stages of prepararlo is not seourcd by the passage of t b leglslati n recommended 1 shall fee' compelled to order that Inspection la .ols and certificates on canned pro duots shall not be med hereafter. . "Tho report shows that the stock yards and paoking bouses are not kep reasonably olean, and that the moth od of handling and preparing foo products is une'eanly a?d dangerous tn health, ?nder exis iug law th? National Government has no power to enforce Inspection of the rnxny forms of prepared meat food produots that aro dally going from the pack lng houses Into Intonate commerce. Owing to an inadequate appropria tlon the department of agriculture is not even able to place inspectors in all establishments desiring t',etu T ie present law prohibits the shipment of uninspected meat to fore gn coun tries, but there la no provision forbid ding the shipment of uninspected meats in Interstate commerce, and thus the avenues of Interstate com meroo are left opjn to traillo in dis eased or spoiled meats. If, aa ha* boen alleged on seemingly good au thorlty further elvlls exist, such as tho improper usc of chemicals and dyes, the government lacks power to remedy them, A law ls needed which will enable the lnspeotors of thc gen eral government to lnspeot and su pervise from thc hoof to the oan tho preparation of the meat food pr uluct The evil seems to bo much less in tho sale of dressed carcasses than in the s.vle of canned and other prepared produots; and very much less as re gards products sont abroad than as regards those used at home." "In my Judgment the expense of) tho Inspection should bo paid by a (oe levied on each animal slaughtered. If this ls not done, thc whole purp ige of the law om at any tim? be de feated through an hornill lent apprt priatioc; and whenever thero wai ni part'oular public Interest in the so > hot it would be not only eas./ but natural thus to make thc appropru Lion Insufficient. I' lt wore not for this consideration I should favor tho Government paying for thc Inspoc Lion." "Tho alarm expressed In cirtu in quarters concerning this feature should he allayed by a realization of Dbe fact that lu no 0*130, under suoh a law, will tho oost of Inspection ex ceed 8 oents per bead. "1 oall special attention to thc fact that this report is preliminary, and thai the investigation ls still un nu tshell. It ls not yet possible to report on the alleged abuses In the use of deleterious chemioal compounds In oonncotlon with canning and preserv ing moat produots, nor, on tho alleged doctoring" In this fashion of tainted meat and of produots returned to thc packers as having grown unsalable or unusable from ago or from other rearons. Oravo allegations aro made IQ reference to abuses of this nature "Let mo repeat that under the proicnt law thero ls practically no method of stopping theso abuses, If they should ho discovered to exUt. Legislation Is needed In order to prc vont the possibility of all abuses in tho future. If no legislation is pass od, thon tho excellent rosuits accom plished by the work of th!o spaolal ( committee will endure only so long an tho memory of tho committee's work ls fresh, and a rcorudosoenco cf thc abuser, ls absolutely oertaln. ; 4 ''I urge the immediate enaotment Into law of provisions whtoh will en able the department of agriculture adequately to inspeot the meat and meat-food products entering into in torstate oommerce and to supervise the methods of preparing the name, and to pre: erl bc the sanitary condi tions under which tho work shall be performed. I therefore commend to your favorable consideration and urge tho enactment of substantially thc provlBlons known as Senate amend ment No. 29 to cbo aot making ap propriations for tbe department of agriculture for the lineal year ending Juno 30, 1007, as passed by tbe Sen ate, thia ameudment being commonly known as the beveridge amendment. "TUEODOUH ROOSKVKLT, "Tho White Hiuie, Juno 4, 1000 " COTTON FIGUttK? W?ONO. HcorotMry Wilson I ii n. Serious Plaoe ?8 ? K.Hlllt. There seems to be moro graft and juogllng on the part of the United States Agricultural Department In referouoo to the figures on the grow lng cotton orop. A spcoial dlspatcl bo the ( Marleston Post says great in terest ls shown by Southern member* of Congress In the resolution Intro duced by Mr. E lerbe calllug on th? Secretary cf Agriculture for Infor mation r lative to thc compilation of cotton estimates. Mr. B lerbe said Thursday that hi did not caro what Secretary Wilson ittld o mcernlng the matter he Would stand by tho Interview given the ^resi that ho Is prepared to Bbov. -mat tho government reports aro ab s lately wrong. M.\ L-ivor and other members o' che agricultural ommlttee have beor Closeted witii Sdorctary Wilson foi several hours and refuse to give ou information bearing upon tue mai ocr. Tnoy say, however, tho situa tlon ls serious for Wibon. A pro; jsltlon was mado to Wilsoi before the estimate was made to al ow certain members of Congress t? witness the tabulation, but h refused absolutely to do so. Tbe general belief is that Wilso bas been too viotlm of shrewd n vu ipulators who have used the Informa Hon for personal ?rain_ WOOING BY ?lAi'UTzi. linn >k hie Hil*. lutroduo > t in tl) I nu ii,I. H.". I ji : 1 ll l*< '. T. Spencer S nlth, a momberoi thc Louisiana Legislature int.r duc.:d freak bill In that body on Thursday It ls intended lo regulate marri ig ooutraobs and prevout raoe suicide. T bil) ouly applies tj w i tes au J rro vides lt soall bc unlawful for a>. < vonng man to attempt to couro an young woman before ha is twouty-four Ho.oro makiug suoh an attempt h i ihaUba?orm tue parents or guardia; m i.., ni?-ih.;, h. proposes to. coo<-t, < uls intens! n to co so. Hi snail alsi make affiUvit tba b s cou 11, ulip will oe in good fall, an i for tn^ purpjso of trying to con vince tbe young woman ttiao lt wi. bo profitable for nor to mar y h.m 1 di.iil be umaw?ul for widowers Or"e forty to attempt to omit a iv wonna u .der elguteen beyond the c milnes o Aid parish or thier resldenco. All children born to lo?? illy mirried peupla Biiail oe raised and etlucated at public expense. All mah c il ld ron abai) be sent io tt e state uoivensity at Bat on Rouge and all bundo ciildron tt tiie slate normal sohool at N itchltc shes Appropriation of 817 OUO.OUl is provided to oarry out tho educa tional feature. indian* tor Bryan. The Democrats of 1 idtaua In con- . vention Thursday adopted a platform strongly Indorsing W. J. Bryan foi president and selected a state ticket for all cillearB ?. xcapt Governor ano r?purcer of tho Supreme Court, lknjamln B\ Sblvely was permanont chairman, in his address, he said, 'Teat which is today eulogized and approved as broad statemansliip ano enlightened patrotism in Theodore Roosevelt was only a few years ago denounced as reactionary, revolution ary and unpatriotic in William Jen nings Bryan. Tao afterlight of thc one is almost equal to the foresight of tho other." Dtoa from Dote Bite? Asa result of the blto of a mad dog indicted four weeks ago, -1-year-old Bernard Buxton, of Girard dleo Thursday at the Baptist Tabernacle Home and lulirmary in Atlanta Wnen thc child reached Atlanta hy drophobia had already developed, and tiie phys o ans could do nothing but give tiie child opiates to relieve uls sufferings. It appears that Ber nard wa3 playing near a uaw mil) at Girar I, four weeks ago, when uno dog came to bim. Too animal Aas apparently harmless, although li .co. a little queerly. Too child p ayed with lt when suddenly the do* sprang at thoohlld's iaoe and blt him on tho oheek._ 1,(1/11' 11 Ai?'. Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican woman Is said to poss ONS the longest bair of anv person lu the world. Her Height ls tr ve feet ,and when she stands creel lier hair trails on tiie greiuid four feet eight inahes. Tie hair ls SJ Ulick that she can completely hide Herself in it. Sao has cut lt very inc ipiently, a? it grows quickly, enabling ncr to sell large tresses to bair dealers every month. l'en i lui K v< iij;o. A landowner namod Labonle, at Sz I/.eg, Hungary, refusing to. allow pt asauts to H. o lard cam ad tho out-1 raged tenants to make an attack on I Ulm, He willi thirty-three Borvants were seized and burled downwald i?\ the ground, leaving their legs pro truding. A great many peasants were arrested and tho authorities are trying to tlx the blamo for tho out rage. _ Uooior'u Bl tl niter? A report oamo from Webster City, Iowa, of a woman who was operated on for appondlcltlis and In whose body t.boHurgeon sewed up a napkin. Perhaps we may yot hear of one who i sewed up In his patient a door mat or a typewriter. Tue io inoldentu s may go far to make "surgioal opera tions" unfftsulouabio, TAH PRESS ASSOCIATION. Program or tho Meeting to be Hold This Month, Mr. C. 0. Langston, seoretary ol tho State Press association bas issued tho following programme of the an nual meeting to be held at the Isle ol Palms on Juuo 27 29: WKDNKSDAY, JUNK. 27-10 A. M. Weloome meeting In the hotel auditorium. Appointment of committees. AKTKUNOON FKHSION-3 O'CLOCK. Report of otllcers, of committees, :ni8cellanoous business, ole. Papers will bo read on the followlup ml J iota by tho persons named: "Personality of the South Carolina Press as ( bierved by Mrs. Virginia D. Young since 1891''-Mrs Virginia I) Young, Enterprise, Fairfax. "Tbe A<ivertlslng Agents"-A. G Kollook, N ws Darlington. General dlsousslsn of the above sub hots. ICVKNlNO SKSSION-8 3) O'CLOCK .'Voting Ojntests, Gift Propositions ec. Do Tboy Pay?"-O. W. Wolfe, Record, Ktngstreo. Should the Foreign Advertiser It J .elvo a Lower Prloa than tbe ?Local Patron?"-W. H. Wallao3, O server, Newberry. General discussion of the above Sub j cots. Opening of the question box, and lisouislon rolaUve to the q a ss Mons mk 2d. Miscellaneous business. TllU USD AY,-9.30 A. M. "Orr Countfy Cousins"-J. 0. tleunpblll, Nows and Gourler, Char rston. 1 "Getting tho Nows"-P. H. Pike, Herald, Spartnnburg, General discussion of the above sub jects. Miscellaneous business. EvrcNiNO SKSSION-8.30 O'CLOCK. Miscellaneous business. " The Business Eid of Ii '-J. L j1 ms, Tao Times and Democrat 0 rsru'tltog. "? iort P.ragraphs"-W. E. GOD 4vies, Tho Stato, Colu tibia. Jenora) discussion of tho abovo sub 1 O'S. Q i iiilng the question box and dls u.sloo relative to tho questions ask* d. Miscellaneous business. FlilDAY--9 3) A. M. Mls'cll in? our. buiirors. "i'iie St lt Poe.' - John T. Mei an, Oitlz ri, Ciicraw. '.The Publisher as an Ad. Wrlto >r bis P per"-J Ititledge McGaci. odex, Greenwood. 'Toe Afternoon Paper,,-Thcs. Lt. Waring, Evcuirg Post, Charlct in. G meral d'scussion of the.abovo sip - ec s EVKNINO 'BSSION -9.30 O'CLOCK. V u l a1 .. '.tn^-VLiriOft'l'jn'ous bus n sa, e eotion of i Ulcers, ero. Annual address oy Ambrose E 1 ir-?des, Tno State, Columbia. At the o inclusion of toe adir?s ne ass.dation will be tendered t .ai quel by the host*. During the meeting Col. Thcs. E ;re.v-of the Liurensvllle Herald an vir. N G. O,teen of the Sumtei .Va?obmin and Southron will roa< -apors oo their porsnal recollection* ,ud experiences of j urnaiismoi tin ?tate for tUo last half oentury. U Sl^DnPLAT?^T??K. Donounocd to Hin Faoo as a Dirt} Bnotaklnjr Spy. The Columtila Record says the sen lational incident in the dispensary in vestigation Friday was the revolt oi elie committee's own c tllplal utenugra oher at tho ungentlemanly oonduci )f Representative Lyon and his detec Ive, Mr. Klingenberg, In dragging icforethe cmmLtce a private, oasual conversation that thore was nothing in, made at a whist party in the pre lenee of a party of guests at D . E ir Io's home. The stenographer, Capt. A. M Deal, well kuown throughout th' nate, and who has been prominent iii .loclal al?alrs here for several years ienounced tho detective, whom ht nad introduced at Dr. Earle's hem i, is "a dirty, sneaking, spy" for "golni? to a gentleman's home in thc capacity of a gentleman and aotlug as a detre tive," and be would apologm foi taking him into tho presence of ladle* and gentlemen. Aud In the succeed ing breath, shaking bis Unger at Ri preservative Lyoa, who was a guost at Dr. Eirle's and at Mr. G. R. Rem nert's, told bim that bringing out suoh m itters in tho clroumitinoes did not i (pure with lils ideas of what oonstituted a gentleman, If it did with Mr. Lyon's. Mr. Lyon several times attempted to suppress Mr, Deal, but failed, ano even the committee quieted him cul) after repeated efforts. Mr. Loyn defended htmsolf by ask ing Mr. Djal If he did not know Mr Kllngenberger's business when ht escorted him to Dr. Earle's homo. "Yes, I die ; but 1 took him then as a gentleman, and not as a spy,' was the hot reply. Mr. Klingeuberg Is a Western man of apparently limited opportunities li ?ucl matters, and lils oonduct ls not so great a surprise as that of Mr Lyon, who was ored a gentleman. Plie tilt started on the heels of tin I te t mony of ex-May cr Ev e who wat indignant at tue turn atfilrs tock though bo did not hesitate to answ er questions. Charged willi ?Unidor, Dr. Frank A. Drown, ono Of tin vealthlcst planters of Ouotllta parish Louisiana, was hidioted on Tuesday at Tallulah, Li., on the ohargo o murder. It ls said bo was the leade In the lynching of Robert T. Rjgen last week, hiring a speolal train am bringing the mob to Tallulah for tin purposo. Rpgers was in Jail for kill tug Dr. Brown's brother. Washed AVV ?y. Scott Town, a village 20 miles nortl of Ironton, O alo. with a population o ?00 WUM wantinu min, X ?CUGi}. JKC a notise was loft on Its foundation Mrs. Layre and daughter were drown ed. Bridges wore washed away an telephone lines are down. FOUND IN RIVER. Tied Hand and Foot With a Rope a Man's Body TAKEN F?OM WATER. Mono Hughes, the Dead Man, ls Thought to H ?ve Been Murdered for a Crime for Which Others Are Held, But Nothing'js Knowe. A spoolalj dispatch from Union to Tho State says wit 1 hands tied be* lind him and feet ropod together;--"^^ Mose Hughes, cd ired, ag 2d about 50 years, was found late Tnursday after- > tuon in Tiger river in a remote see* tion of the oouuty, 10 miles fron Union and ono milo below Hodges' Ferry. lt is strongly suspcoted that he has aeon murdered as a result of being ^bought to ba implicated in an lncen* Hary burning or vaiuible proporty n that seotton about April 27th, at vhic > time a lynching was narrowly '.voi ced, and ono of hts sons ls now in jail charged with two otherj with lestroylng the proporty. Io seems ehac Mose Hughes waa at oho borne of Doo Stewart, a negro, Jnnday altornoou and left his mule mere as tuc river was high and ne ?anted to cross. He wont around by .ueSeaooard Air Line railroad bridge, md that, so fir as coi be learned, vas tho last seen cf bim alive. As be did not return borne the ne* {roes lu the oomrnuuity soon began to luspect foul play and organizad search ag part es aud wino along tho river, uuer Tnursday afternoon some of ne.n oame upon tils bidy wltb the muds and feet tied and roe ic-J evi 1 :iitiy in the pocket-) au 1 other parti ti Iiis clothing apparently Heaviest at .ne trouher legs. His bead wai under water and, with ibo natural fear of interfering with me body before viewed by a ooroner's jury, they would not disturb it to Bee vuoro be bad been wounded or what .ad oauscd his death prior to his bo ng thrown into the river. Tho source from whiou this story is ?otten is a mm wbo heard lb from the ps of those who found too body , In lie stream and lt was understood that ri .^hu?alo W. E.Rjbu-uford of Uarllsle a^ to ii..vo bmu MI m moued Friday norning to held an inquest, but In a ^euiai LO ono i.r?.t; ..?..>.> u?,w Carlisle > 3 10 F,iday afternoon Mr. Ruch yru s;.ys onao he had never oeen uoti* L'O aud knew none of tue particulars. Tuero aro two stories ni oirouiaorou ,0 Cardale,'ouo brougnt iu oy a uegro j'.luay morning ls t?o ono faoc that a lolored wow au thougho to be Mose's /ttei said onat ;-;o .iue.y attarnooa sue aw two men carrying Mose Hughes 0 the river anu timt no had a bullet ..olino lu his turoat. The other story ls that Friday morn ug an unknown white mau before loarding tuc Southern train at 8 43 .nnounced to some bystanders that a icgro had been killed and thrown ina Iver. Tats man's Identity is unknown, ind be, possibly and likely, bas no jonneotlou whatever wi oh tho affair. O.i account of tbero bel?g absolute* y no telophono, tolegrapuio or other acuities for oomrnuulo&tlng with tho iectiou whero tbe crime ls alleged to lave been committed, details arclaok og at 8 o'clock Tnursday night. Ot ico rs went to tbe sono Thursday Corning. MilOt ll mimili. At Pittsburg, Pa., Thomas O'Oon rcr Jones took his own life bcoauso he jould not marry his beautiful cousin, Madeline Liughlluo who on April 17 jcoame tno wife of tho Rev. Dr. .viaciano Alexander, pastor of tue (Pirat Presbyterian Church of Pitts mrg, and wiio is now travolllng in Wu rope witn her husband. This is .ne Urm belief of all his friends and icqualntanoes, wno openly admitted ma dlsoussed his suicide. Jones was reveted to Misi Laughlin, but both iambics frowued on bis suit because mo wasbls cousin. Io 1B understood 10 did not givo up hope of winning Miss Laughlin until hu stood lu tno First Presby tor lan Church and saw uer become Mrs. Alexander. Then ie went homo wltb a white face and collapsed. Ho asked his mother to locp into auothor room for a few minutes andselzad the chance to blow out lils own brains. On the Right Line. G jv. I lev ward Tnursday morning ?ent a lotter to the attorney general laying: "Dear Slr-1 see through the public prints that, as a result of the .Supremo Cnurt, evidence was pro duced before tho Investigating oom* miotec charging former members of ono board of directors of tho dispen sary with malfeasance, aud corruption tn thc dlsonarge 01 their otllcal duty, i direce oula matter to your attention 00 thc end thao you promptly cause such prosecution to hu Instituted as ?nail be proper and ueoessary to vin dicate tho law.^_ Murtluruil in ll i.s.Minto, John K. Gruob, postmaster and mercnauo at Aoeion, Va., was mur dered Wcduesuay nigho by unknown persons and ntssooro was burnett after? wards. Tile body of tho murouant shows unmlooakaole ?vidences tuao he nad been knlou by a blow ou nts nead ueforo tho building was tired. Roo 1 I bery was evidently olio motive. Se? s I ei-.i.i suspeoos have boen arrested and nlooduouuus were put on trail Tnurs day afternoon. Grubb was a union veteran, but had lived at Aceton tor many years. Don't Know Him. Dispensary cfttOUis oiaim that they f I never noa ru of 'Hamoorgor," wno told A. A. !'. V vi <5.e?:>V"'A tim a no had paid a oribe Ot 48,000 00 got a i* I whiskey order from thu soute board, d I and onao no SUCH person has over sold the stato any whiskey.