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BRYAN SPEAKS In London on the White Man's Duty to Others TO LMKGK AUBIKNCF. Says Am rica Has Been Moving Along Remarkably Well Hobbling Along on One Leg, and Wonders What It Would Have Done on Two. William J. Bryan was the contral figuro at tho annual Indcpendenc Day dinner of tho Amcrloan Seoloty of London, England, at tho Hotel Eoll Wednesday Dight. Nearly fiOO members and guests surrounded thc society's leard and cheered patriotic sentiments with the peculiar '?cst horne of exile. Ambassador White law Reid and Mr. Bryan engaged In somobbaipo but gucci huincied rail lory and banter over political differ enees,the orov.d evincing ita eijoy ment of thc sport willi ohoors aud shouts of laugi ter. Mr. Reid, In responding tn Sir W. H. Richmond's graceful proposal of his health, sain with rcfoioLcc to Mr. Bryan: '"At homo, as a oitizen, I have openly and squarely ooposod him at every str.go ol his conspicuous career. 1 am reasonably (.ure that when .1 io turn homo 1 slir.il continuo tu do thc same. 1 believe he tonight is r<3 weh satisfied as 1 am, though by different reasoning, that thc country we both love ana try to servo has not boen ruined by ivs gold, Abroad as tho Gfllclal representative cl tho Ameri can people, wit Lout distinction as to party, 1 fem glad to weicenio hero ait a typical American whoso whole life hat, bein lived lu thc daylight and ono whom such a gi eal h bt of my coun trymen have long ti ut. ted and honor ed." Mr. Bryan, ribing amid laughter ana cheers, raia: ' Too temptation to ruakc a politi cal bpooch ib strong within me. 1 have not bad a clmnoc toon so ior Le/, mouths. However, 1 v. ni reattain myself. V?nh roh unce LO tho am bassador's ?emaik? on go.d, 1 wish to say that when 1 btu the progress my country bab n.aoo walking on ooo ion 1 wonaor what it would nave d. u?? walkin? cn tv.o legs. Iv io pleasing to t6suiy that a e a m babb ad r net only bab fought mc, but that ne bas doue lt well. Mo Amoilcan rejoices more than 1 that lie ir. three thous ana mires from ins base. Wut.e abroan 1 have met many gcod Ko pubuci ii.-holding ? Moe-and 1 ooh wish theie w<.ic enough cilices abroad to lake uh the Republicans out of tia country." Chairman F. W. Jenen proposed thc health oi Ku g Edwaid, and Hayward Greenwoou, picsmtnt of tho Canadian aoottty ;.nu mt moor of parliament for the city or Y. ik, pu pcse.t the health Of Pitfbioehv Roosevelt. When they arohe Lo om a metcasts tho crowd discovereo M^a. Nicholas Lougswoitu in IL i gantry ar d cheered and drank ber heel. h. Following too paonne between A m bacs ad ur Reid and Mr. Bryan, lue latter roan his lorindi Speech. Tuc reading of the speech piovtd a dib pvOmtment to tbi orowd, ns tttey wundee to hear Br^an speak, v.ho is;; great actor, unham pered by mbtiu cr.pr-. Tao BUbJeci of Mr. Bryan's feud rc ss v/us "Tu? While Man's Bureen." Tuc follow ing opening paragraphs of his speech will give b.u mea ul huw he treated his subject: The memory ? f tho evening spent with the A...ci.t u Society, Thanks giving o?;y two .ida half i cars i^o, ls aucii a pltiibtiLtj ono that 1 tstecm roy&oif lorim ate lo i o abio lo i ce.pt the invitation LC ku.ely extended bj our dUtlLguiehed e.mba.-.saner, Hon Whitelaw K.ld,tobt your guest on this occasion. Uui E; glibh friends, ULCICI whobe lltg v.i. meet tonight, rccalih g that tiub is tht ..oi.ivv ruaiy of eur na tion's birth, would (roubtlebs pardon ua if our rc j icu g contained some thing cf t oll-cc nui alu.allon, foi lt is at such limes ?.r, Hua ii ac we are wan't to 11 v.c\? tiu. o national ?chli v - ixcnts which have given to ihe United iSti.us iib prominence among thc nailon. Hut 1 hopo I shad not be thought lacking in patriotic spirit If in:,uart of ciawiLg a picture if thc past, bright v.uii heroic deeds and un paiailcllecl tn progress, ? LOU mon you rather to a lulous coi bide talion or the lt&poi sihiiii.y rcbtlng upon those nations whuh asphe to \ ixion rs h ip. This hoe or thought is suggested by a berne of pxoprieo as wen as hy re cent expo li note .. > y a ? erse of pro priety because buch a sui ject will in terest the Briton as weil as the American, and by rco;:i I. experiences because they h..VJ Impietaed me not lebs wiih oil) national not y than with thc hhi (I Ko hy i-i Wt SUru over lOjhl crn civilizauou, Asking j otu attention to inch a thorne tohvnot unll Ling tn ulopt a phrabO coined by a poet to whom America as well KS Keg and can lay some claim, n.d take lor my text ''Tho White M . \> Burdi u," "Take up thc While Man s Burden, 1 n pat i? nco to abid ?? To voil thc Lineal ol terror And cheek thc show Ol pride Hy opt II spot ch anti simple, An billion tl i ii nos inside plain, To seek aiiothi i 's prom , Ami work ttiioi lier's gain," Thus sings K piing aud willi tlv"> exception of tho third line ( f the meaning of which 1 am hot quite bur?) the stat sr. .end) db B the thought which is uppermost in my ali d to night. No ooo ci.n travel among tho dark-skinnedraoeSoi n i t), not with out feeling that Ibo white khan (-cou ples an especially favo lcd position among ti e li.i.i en of men si d tho reci gnlti?u i f i ?dri ii ot Is acccmpanl ed by the conviction thai lhere Is a duty Inseparably connected with t o advantages t njojed. There Is a white man's b?rdet a bun in widen the whiten ;n b/.ould not shirk even li he could, a burel wb ob ho oou d not shirk even if .-o ^ uld. That no one liveth untu himst if oi db th unto hin - self has a national ns veil as an In dividual apt helton. Our dcstinltfi are no inti i . oven tl at si oh t xcrts an influci.ee cdrcctly or iufllreotly upon all others. MAK Wood (?lelil?es thal Senator Platt married her and If this is true it partly explains why thc Republican Senators hate to voie on thc Mormon question. There may bo otiiors In tho saine fix os Senator flatt' \ U *USUAL OPJB?ATION. V Ondot'u l't'K Mario it Ovor Thrro In ohos Loo xor. Walter Wilde, tbo West Point fourth el.-vs m ?rn who last fall had his right kg So bmlly cruRbnd that- when lt mended lt was threo loohes Short or than the other, will re-enter We3t l'oint this fall. 'Po get back to the academy thc cadet has sulTored ?yon ics, ailowlLg tho Ocoiom to rcbreak his kg in several places in order that by weighting it lt'mlght be restored to Its normal o nation. Young Wilde, who lb ono of Presl dent R osevc't'? pcrsouul appointees entend West Point lu tho Pall of 1004. In S. ptembor, last he was Horseback ridlug when tho horse foll, rolled over him, crushing him and breaking in several places tho bones of hts rluht leg. Realizing that lt would bo Impossi ble to omtlnuo his military iduoatlon with such a handicap, Wilde consul ted with anumber of eminent surgeon* who finally told him that If ho would submit to a very painful aud unusual operation his leg might possibly be re stored to ns propor length. Wilde, Immediately consented to undergo tho operation. Accordingly tho young man wont to tho Polyolynlo Hospital, in Pulla delplda, where tho operation was per formed. The bones in tho short le? were broken and Immediately rcHot. This done, t!.a RU rf, eons attached a very heavy weight to tho leg, by means of a rope and pulley. Thc limb was then drawn out from the cot a?.d Wilde was Informed that i would have to remain in that pod Mon until thc bones had roka it. For two months Wilclo lay up n his cot in the Polyclinic with the weight attaohed to nis kg. "N var once did ho complain and his fortitude exclt< d the wonder avid admirat ion of the surgeons at,d nurses. A few clays ago the surgeons examined tho kg and told Wilde that lila suffering was ?,t an end. Tie weight was ie noved and Wilde stood up for the lirst time 'u over eight weeks. His legs were the samo length. Next fall he will io enter the aoademy wLhout any physical rk.fi ct?. T?RKfc KILLINGS Two WhitCB Riot Ono Negro Hliot to Doutt). A dispatch frcm Beaufort to The State says a wl-.ito man, a white boy and a negro mau were killed by ne groes near liardotvllla betv.een ;m sot of the t'-.ird and sursit of the fourth. Witn one ex?, prion tl ls !? thc lirst time for over 30 j ears that a negro bas killed a white mau in tills 8 etion. Mr. Hugo Sohl-?gelmilch of Harriet ville was ki'led by a negro Held hard ut his plantation n milos from Hardeevllle at sundown on the fourth. Mr. A. Sohe?gelmioh was walking through his Held with two compan ions and met two negroes who workod on tl e place. Without waining one of them iihot Mr. Sohle gelmilch through thc breast with a shotgun. Death was instantaneous. Mr. Sohlcgelmlleh had ne vor had' any trouble with the negro, but ono of b s companions had. The negro ese?ped ami had not been caught up ty Wednesday afternoon. Mr. H. G. Hey ward, magistrate at Hardeevllle, received tbe news Thura day morning and went at once to the scene with a posso. Mr. Sohlegel mi.ob was au exemplary young man about 26 years of ago. and a general favorite, He was a graduate cf Oi o ol son ami pcuu several j ears on ranon, es In tho West. Charles Simmons, the 111 year old son of Mack Harrison of Prltohard v.lle, wus wounded in the stomach by a negro boy on the afternoon of the kurth. Thc wounded l?d was cai rlftd to the hospital in Savannah, ao l is reported to bo. dying. The shoot hg occurred about live miles from where Sohlcgelmiloh v.as killed a ill tlc later. The shooting was dot e with a gun and ls said to have been intentional. Thc negro osoapod. Oil the eve of the fourth, a negro carpenti r was killed by a negro le:-im sicr ut Purysburg, about two miles from Hardeevllle, There was a quar rel over whiskey ala gathering, re sult) i g in a fatal knife wound lu tho neck. Toe same night a negro was shot In the shoulder al a negro club house on tho out klrt.s of the town, but not fatally lujurcd. Tributo io Dr Carl hilo. Hon. M. L. Smith, who delivered Lhc literary address b< ('ito the gradm iting clasS at the o< ramencemeut ex iiclscs of the South Carolina Military acach my paid & high tribute to Dr. I. ii. Carlisle of Spartanburg. Tue Jharlostou Keening Post, in speaking it tiie a.idress says. Mr. Smith's ad- i Ires was appropriate t? tho 0C0! . .. ind wlien near the close of bis n\ . cj ne declared that in the gre/.'.. ' jolumn" ot the world the rh< ? . ? portant "ad," was; "wanted-? mai " le touched the keynote of tho har? moulons language in which his I -?111 iant thoughts \soro sounded, ai d ?n ught at once to the cantor of at tention the necessity which faced the t'oung men In the graduating elm s to prove themselves mon lu the battle of lie. tlc showed tb< m that the trend Lovtard materialistic ticas, whieu was mw so evident, in this country, was ian, emus, and he besought them to v;.k." a stan.] against the condition, which threatened ruin to tho country. In closing his addrcas Mr. Smith Com. valid the Characters of Napoleon and Dr. J.H. Carlleh!. Ile outlined clear y the ac* lovomehtsof tho man ot war ul eulogi/.id those of the man of jtace, giving tho palm lo the Chris ?lan knight. Thunderous applause ?as accorded Mr. Smith's magnificent .dd ross. D?At'i ni w Voting WI to. The Columbia Stats say "the death if Mrt.. K ? rna Gardner, a young wo nan aged 25 years, and ino wife of H. H. Gardner, an electrical lineman, a curred Thursday oventbg at about l o'clock at hoi late niblet rv. No ii Kl m wood aveunOi Mrs. Gardner ?avis, besides lier h Us land, a mother, l idow Of hov. .lohn lt -rry of RSCVCS* 'tile, and lour MStois and four broth rs. The romains were t;-.ktn to teevesville Wednesday at 3 p. m.; nd was interred there Saturday norning, the funeral being hold at io 'oh ck at tim llocvesvlllo Baptist burch. " _ l> Killy li ??m liing. Thursday aft? rm on during a severe bunder-torm the three little gn.s of i. P. Humphrey of Mayfield, Ga , i r ' In the yard under a tree. Light* lug sttuck the tieo, killing two of lie ohlldie.'i Instantly and tho other i so seriously Injured that there ls ttlo hope for her recovery. PEOPLE WABNED. Hi)MK KAOTS ADOU1' TUB COTTON I '.TA I ill S PA PK lt COMPANY. The Tradesman Cautions Intending Investors to Look Carefully into tko Business. Tho Chattanooga Tradesman in Its next issue will oall attention to a re cently organic d oompany that has been heralded by its promoters aa ono of groat valuo to the South, in that lt convorts a hitherto waste product into articles of dally consumption and groat comn^erolal importance thereby addlug many millions of dollars to tho productive wealth of tho South. This oompany is styled tho Colton Stalks Products company, and was in corporated under tho laws of Maine with a capitalisation of $15,000,000 as stated In tho original announcements mado conoernlug lt, although another statement from 'ino of tho promoters gave thc Information that this capl bal'zitloo was ou the basis of ?3.000, 000 of 7 p r cent preforrrd stook and ? 12,000,000 of common stook. Ju reply to a lotter from Tho Trades man to Mr. W. P. G. Harding, of Bir mingham, president of tho First Na tional hank of that city, and who was named as ono tf the direotors cf thiB company, Mr. Harding makes tho fol lowing atatement: "The understanding, howevor, upon whioh 1 author's :d tho uso of my name as a director, is distinctly that only so much of tho stook, probably about iaoo.OOO, shall bo offered for sale at present, as may bo necessary to build, iq dp and llnanoo ono mill, to ba located at somo rlisible point, aral that, futuro stock ( I? .rings to the public are to bo based entirely upon Hie actual results obtained hy this mill." In thc announcement made of the promotion of this company, together with an explanation of its plans, and whioh appoared exclusively in the Nsw York Commercial, suoh details aro given as would lndic\to that the enterpriso had passed tho experimen tal stage, for in the hod y of that an nouuoomont, Harvie Jordan, its pres ident, IK quoted as sayli g: ' Paper manufactured from cotton stalks is of the. strongest tax euro and softest fin ish. Several plants will bc erected during tlio next few months io certain seotlonR of tho South, which will bc io full operation by January 1, 11)07." From this statement one would naturally infer that the company was possessed of abundant capital already with which to Inaugurate its plans, for Mr. Jordan distinctly says "seve ra' plants" aro to he erected in the next few months, and yet Mr. Hard lng says lu effect that thc company ls without money and will rely on sales of st< ck to secure funds to creot au ex perlmental plant and on the practical results of which all future sales of So' ck arc to depend, From these coi (Hoting statements The Tradesman fools warrauted lu suggest'' g to toa cotton producers and people of the South that they de mand fa m the olivers of this oompa ny tho fullest explanation of its plans and how its capital stock has been distributed and for what au ? q ilya lent; and wo request tho prcBS of the South to a'd us in this matter to tue cud that no stock rf this company shall bo sold or offered for Bale ?ave under the conditions set forth by Mr. Harding._ A Word to Wives. Y u are a wife. Tho whole making or marring of your husband is lu your hands. A worn au oau seldom bo ele vated by a man, bat aman seldom f;OlH to rise or fall to the woman he loves. Hvime springs up at your feet like Howers at the footsteps of rain and sunshine In thc Spriug-that is, if you are the right kind of a wife. Ten thousand men, however brave of heart, noble of purpose, true of char acter, and generous of soul, could not make one home. Put one pure, loving, generous, tactful and industrious wo n^au can muke a homo for a thousand men. Home making is husband mak ing and child blessing and this ls the divine distinction that opens before you as wife and mother. Hut have, you enture d into tho spirit of thia mls? sion with all thc depths of your soul and all the enthusiasm of your hoart? Cliis ls the "holy of holies" of married life, Vou aro to lose the consciousness of your own existence apart from your husband- y.,u und he are one. Never, ?ifter the day of your marriage ought you to think or speak of "mine" and "yours1 -all ls now ours. Make Homo Happy, Many a time a cheerful home and hsppy faces do more to make good men and women than all the learning and eloquence that can he used, lt has been said that the sweetest words in our languago aro "Mother, H one sud Heaven," and one might almost say the word home Includes them all, for wlio can think of homo without remembering' the gentle mother wl o hauet I lied it by her presence. And is not home the dearest nama in heaven? Wo think of the better land a? the home whore brightness will never end in night. Oh, then, may our homes on earth bo the centers of all our Joys; may tl ey bc as green spots In the debert, to which we can retire when weary of the cares and perplexities of lifo, ano drink the clear water of love, whioh wr know to bo sincere and al ways unfailing._ Alo ?hol 1 rom Om IIA^O. At a meeting of the city council re lie ntl y a resolution was oarried re questing City Chemist W. Lee Lewis i,;i make an Investigation into the possibility of making denatured alco hol from Hie garbage oollccted In Sioux City, tho alcohol to bo used as (ucl to Operate light engines In the ;;ity buildings, Alderman Exlencr subsequently doo'ared that with (Jiumist W. Lee Lewis ho took t/wo buckets of garbage from his bakery kitchen, and they made a quantity of alcohol fully equal anel to all appear ing es as god alcohol as wan ever made from any kind of "wood." As loon PS inventions aro completed to Ti;iki lt possible to uso alcohol to run nc light plant In tho city building ind library building, thc city of Sioux .?Itv proposes to dispose of tho garb vge (,f tho entire city by converting it into fuel Quid. The potato peel ings and biscuits, chicken bones and ipplo cores, old rag? and cherry seeds will all bo boiled up together and con ner ted Into power for thousands of jleotrlc lights. _ (jiiionKo'H Carao. At Chicago mi ordinance limiting ibo number of saloons to ono for every >oo persons became a law without Vtayor Dunne's signature at tho ad ournmr.nt of City Couuoil Wednesday light. Hy tho terms of the measure, io now saloon licenses will he Issued iftcr July :n. Licenses which aro in oreo on that date may bo renewed or oissucd. TSm C???LE TICK. Homo FnOtB About It Not (Jonornlly Known to All, Tlie common cattle tick ls a famil iar sight to all our people but very few outside of these engaged in the cattle luminous realize the important part it plays lu hindering tho develop ment of the cattle Industry in the state. Tho oattle tlok narrien tho "germ" that causes Texas fever, a dlBease very fatal to growc cattle. Cattle that are raised on lane infest ed with tloks aro Inoculated wit t tho gorm by becoming infested with ticks Immediately after birth. At this agc they huffer a very mild attack et che dlsoaso with no visible external tymp fcomu and af tor they have gassed through lt they are then proof against the Infection and oan bo exposed to ticks later lu life without harm. Hut if oattle aro raised on land on vhloh ??hero are no tloks and are aftervards moved to tlck-lufosted lands, thoy will bcoome infcoted with the dlsoaso. Thoy will also suitor from tho disease If they romain on the land on which they woro raised and tlok Infested cat tlo aro Introduced among them. Mecauso of these faots the Federal Government has established a quaran tine line aoross tho country dividing the regions infestod with tick* from those ia willoh there are no ticks No oattle can be moved from tho tick lu tested regions aoross this quarantine line except wheu they aro being ship pod for butoherlug to a slaughter house which has dlreot railroad con neotlnn. South Carolina is placed be low this quarantine Hue among tr*, tick-Infested regions. Uenoo, oattle caunot bo shipped from this state te points above tho quarantine lino ex cept for Immediate slaughter. Cattle for dalry purposes, or for feeding or breeding aro barred. Thus, the market for tho oattlo produced In tho atato is considerably restricted. Some of the states Include within tho tlok-Infested area, notably Vir glnia, North Carolina, Texas and Ok lahoma, whloh had within their Doun darles an area in which tloka exista d only on a few farms or ranchos, have succeeded in having such arcas placed abovo the quarantine lino, thus open lng now markets for the oattle raise 1 thorin. Tills was accomplished by the passage of a law by the legislature es tablishing a state quarantine dividing the slightly Infestod aroa from the other part of tho state and tho eradi cation of tho ticks from tho lufected places In the slightly Infested area. When theso conditions were brought about tho state quarantine line was then adopted by tho Federal Govern mont and made a part of tho national quarantine line. This plau is just as leasable In South Carollua as in any of the states moutloned. lu a great part of tho state since tho pasosge of the stook law tho oittlo t'ok ha^ be come almost extinct and exists only on a place here and thcro. Tho first step lu the matter, however, must be taken by tho legislature. How to b i li ppy. "We are a restless people," says tho editor of a Kansas exoiiange, "Every thin woman longs to ba fat. Every fat woman wants to grow thin. Every town man longs for tn* M mo when ho oan retire in the quiet the country, and every farmer h" a to nome dav qu.'o i&L'? *isiuv( >? to' town, when he can take Iii. ?sy. Country newspaper men would h e to try their hand on a olty dally. The fellows on the big dailies dream j f a time when they oin own a paa r of thoir own. In youth we long fe ma turity, In age wo yearn for the ) -.ppy days of childhood. Tiiere ls r - ox cuso for lt other than that we seem to bo built that way. The gras-? seems to be j.'st a little blt greener and thriftier most any direction from tho place you occupy right now, Con tentment is as near to happiness as you can get In this world." litmHoii Bolon L)un<l. Thc Columbia State Bays Benson Holen, who was shot at Livingston sometime ago died Wednesday night of last week at tho Columbia hospital asa result of a wound in the skull. Molin was brought tu Columbia the Monday night before aud although two operations were performed on him lt was real i/.ed Woduesday that nothing could bc done to beater his condition. Ills brother, William Molin, was present at tho time of his death and arrangements were made to send Mic body to tho home of the de ceased. Tho fuuoral arrangements will be announced from that place. M?lln, lt will he remembered was shot by James Williams and others a? a result of a row at a chu roll Sunday morning week ago. All of those im plloated are In the Orangcburg jail. Killed by lilvo Wiro. Tho maohlnery of thc Clover Cotton manufacturing Company at Clover, In Yolk county, ls operated by electrici ty, furnished by tho Catawba I* ?wer Company, .lames A. Hedgepath, en gineer and general overseer at the mill, was killed by an electrical current. Superintendent Thomas M. Williams, Moss Machinist H. M. Max well and Mi. Hedgepath wen engag ed in cleaning the lightning arrester in the transformer house at the time, the current having been cut lit from tho arrostor by means of a switch, when, without warning. Vir. Fledge path fell dead. Ho is supposod to have unthoughtful^ touched an unin sulated llvo wiro ebove the switch. iiroko Min i.cjc. While playing in a game of base ball at Saluda Thursday afternoon Mr. Smith White, a young man or that town had his loft leg broken about half way between tho knee and ankle. Tho Jarger bone was broken squarely elf and the smaller slightly chattered. Ho was making a run from tl ist to second baso and just as lie was in tho aot of touching second tho ball from the Held was delivered to sftoond baseman and White to avoid ticing put out attempted to slide In feet foromost but coming In contact with second basemau had his left leg loubled under him. Tho break was listinotly heard by thc umpire and s?v irai of tho players. Hain. A dispatch from New Orleans says the first bale of cotton to be shipped from the 1U00 crop hi tho United States was Wednesday night reported in Its way there from Brownsville, Tex. It was consigned to tho New Orleans Charity hospital. Doiully Holt. During a thunder storm at Mar bum, Fla., lightning struok a tree inder whloh three men had takon melter and Thomas Wu fd was in itantly killed. Samuel Green was 'atally injured and George Cavo was eft unconscious for some time. BRYAN VIEWS. Does Not Regard Actions of Va rious States as Binding. AS TO NOMINATION. He Is Averse to "Home-Coming" Recep tion Being Regarded as an Endorse ment for the Nomination. Thinks Others Should Have a Chance. Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan arrived in London from Nor way ono day last week, and was given a big receptiou by tho Americans liv ing or visiting In England. Thoy landed at Newcastle and re mained there over the day. Mr. bryan desiring a chance to quietly oomplcte some writing. Arriving boro, Mr. bryau went to the Hotel Cecil, whoro bo soon was besieged by callers. John Burns, William T. Stead and M'S. Stead came oarly In tho ovonlng and paid an extendod visit. Messrs. Bry an, Burns and Stead engaged In an an imated discussion of economics and of tho social and labor questions. Mr. Bryan roceiyed a groat mass of Amor ICAU mail. When ho had finished read ing his letters ho received a deputa tion of newspaper correspondents and dictated the following statement. "Tue lirst suggestion of a reception for mo at Now York came prior to tba action of any of tho State conventions and before there was any discussion of the next campaign. It carno from the Commercial Traveleri' league, of which Mr. Huge ls president. 1 assur ed him I should bo pleased to meet thc members of the league, suggesting that the reception bo characterise ul by simplicity. "Now that thc actions of some of the State conventions have ralsod a question as to tho political significance of the reception, I am glad to say that lt must not be rcnardod In the light of an endorsement for the presldental nomination. While I appreciate the compliment paid by the various State conventions, I do not regard their ex pressions as binding upon them or up on the party of their S'.ate. I shall not prosecute them for breach of promise if tliey transfer their K IT je ttons to another; 1 will not even pub li8h their letters. To allow the recep tlon to he regarded as an endorsement would In the first place bo unjust to others who may be candidates. "I have seen the names of severin mentioned as possible candidates, among thom Congressman Hearst, Senator IUlley and Governor Folk, who have all rendered oonsplouous service to the party and the country, and their claims should be oousldered Tlic party is entitled to Its most avail able man, and the question of availa bility oannot be determined so far in advance. Circumstances and issues may strengthen tue claims of some one bf the gentleman mentioned and tho Hst should bo an open oue until thc time comes to choose. "I may add that lt would not bo just to mo to bc put In tho attitude of announcing my oandldr.oy or ad mittlng tire certainty of roy being a candidate. It is two years before the convention meets, and I am not will ing to sit on a sto )1 and look pretty that long. 1 pn for to be tn a position to say what 1 think ought to bo said, write what I thl'ik ought to be writ ten and do what I thick ought to ba done. I am advancing lu years and cannot spare two years out of my life just at this time. "I snail be glad to return to Amer ica, although every day of my trip has been enjoyable. 1 shall be glad to meet my friends In Amdrioa, and after 1 have met them thoy will be Just as free as before to clo what they think best on issues and candidates." Died in Toni Oliest. Little "Jimmie" Mccallum, fi year.s cid, after playing with his spade In the back yard of his grandfather's home at 354 West 44th street, New York, rummaging arning some old boxes and barrels in a oornor of thc yard. Finally he pulled out a big tool chest that was empty, lt was Just big enough for a little playhouse. Tho boy dim jed inside and sat down. In moving about he shook the box and thc lld foll. The hasp dropped over tho staple and when "Jimmie" tried to ralsj tho lld ho found it v/as fast. The ohild struggled to raise the lld, but could not and after a whllo he w.is st) tl od. "Jimmie" was not rnlsn o 1 for two hours. Then his grandma started to search for him. He w;s not In thc house and she wont to his parents' borne at f>U0 Y/cst 55iih street, thinking he had g ?ne there. Tlic neighborhood was searched In vain. Filially an aunt, quito by acci dent, lifted the lld of tho tool chest. There she found "Jimmie," dead. The ohild had been dead only a short whllo. S o ver al physicians from Roose velt Hospital worked over him for au hour, but lt was In vain. A H 10'opor tithed. At Bristol, Va., as a train was pull ing out from the union pasirmger sta ll ni bearing Mrs. Nita Orr, wife of lohn W. Orr of Bristol, and George ?. Jones who were about to elope, Mu* husband appeared upon thc scene iud with deadly aim deliberately shot iones in tho back three times, all dints taking cITeot, from which he lied some hours later. Thc tragedy created considerable sensation and was directly due to tho alleged Inti nany between Jones and tlic pretty /ming wife of Orr. The Orrs former y resided at John ion City, Tenn,, tnd Jones ls from Greenville, and a (tone mason. Orr was arrested and sin j \ i I in Bristol, Va. To a cor espondent of thc Associated Press, ic told tho story of his wife's past, ind said that Jones bael robbed him if bis wife's love, and rutv.od bis lerne, and ho had killed him in const; luenco._ Four Drownod. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., ays four men were drowned in St. i din's river ata late hour Thursday ilght in attempting to oross the riv ir in a small rowboat. Tho dead ire: James Robinson, Charles Rich ardson, Adam Hall and Shed Greer, ill omployosof tho Armour fertilizer aotory. Thoro were six men lu the ?oat overloading lt, and lt o.ipsi/.sd. bhn Hall and Babe Sargent clung o tho ovorturnod boat and wero csv a. - / ?BL?HT X i i Mb Bunohod Togothcr fur tho Benefit ot j Buoy ItolH?Oat}. Wo aro told by tho bug mon that thoreare 200,000 different kinds of li * aeota. Wo bolievo lt. bono brands of ooffeo are now adub ter&ted with sawdust. Lot us hope tho sawdust ls ulean. No uian has any right to slay In the ? ohuroh baby carriage whon ho might bo pushing ita bread wagon. Whon a man takes pride In being oonslderod a rough dlamoud lt ls pretty cortain that ho would not ba hurt by a Uttlo polish. Mary had a little lamb, A.id when Bhe saw it sleken She shipped lt off to Paokingtown, And now lt's labolod ohiokon. Little Boo PJOP hai lost her sheop, and don't know where hud 'em; probably up to tho paoklng house, with somo dirty cuss to griud 'em. Next wo will bo hearing about thc government prowling around trying to Und out what tho cheap restau rants have boeu putting lu tho hash. A man In POllldclphla allowed 100 angry hoes to sting him to provo Che ?tings ou red rheumatism. At least lt should prove a mau can forgot rheu matism. 1*-. ls hard for a married man to un derstand how his wlfo can Hud ao> pleasure In watching another woman as she enters Into the honda of matri mony. Solenoe lu forms us that lt ls the female mosquito that does tho Bing lng. It has,been observed, also, that tho singers aro quito expert with their stinger?. Stevo Elkins notes that poor men whistle moro than rloh m^n do; hence thoy aro happier. But the po,>r man frequently pays dearly for lils whis.le. It must not bo supposed that the manufacturera of blaok pepper are con lined to the usc of lampblack and tapioca. They can make au excellent artlolo out of ground cocoanut Bholls. As soon as it grows easy for a man to get along without friends he be gins to lind that their numbers In crease without any c ITjrt on his part. A Now Jersey girl weighing 200 pounds iu lier hurry to greet her lov or, tripped and foll on his neck, break in? it. Seven dootors could not save his life. Baware of tho heavyweight girls. Thc cost of living cannot bo tlx id hy any standard. It varies from 1300 a year for some prcaohcrs to $300,000 a ye%r for so ne stook gamblers; hub some happiness is not lu proportion to lucorae. There aro no orphanages in Ars tralla. Every child not supported oy parents becomes a ward of tho state, is placid in a private family and pro vided with board and clothes until tho fourteenth birthday. Dr. K asmus II dt of Maine says the '.Ugliest possible value of any human >cing ls ?x>.coly 830 344 08. The doo tor ls not optimistic enough, regard lng tho human finally, to make a suc cessful life insurance agent. Tiie publlshor of several agricultur al papers advertises the rural Held as the "only one unspoiled left for the advertiser." Too couutry press might tako notice of tho fact and Impress upon advertisers that the looal homo papor ls the best modlum for this held. Hasten the day when our intelleot ual life has so far developed that a olean paper will be lu greater demand than a sensational one, whon the public shall eat of the meat of knowl edge, rather than feed on tho aroma tic husks that exe;te the passions and fester ?A ual lonni life. Here is where Cupid ls put out of business. The little god la no audi tor of accounts. Whin u^ draws his bowstring he shuts his eyes and if the loosened shaft lodge l i tho heart of a plutocrat o: tao breast of a peasant lt ls a.! I Oho lo id m. Tao world ls iu 1 of want, but of actual starvation there ls Uttlo, Want and need aro by no means synony mous. lt is a nice question whether Ulereare not more people who hava moro than ls really good for them than people who have not enough. lt is estimated by Darwin that thero are ono hundred thousand earth ?voiras quietly at work for the advantage of tim upp?,r six feet of every ?ore of earth. They continual ly turn over thc soil and drag dawn leaves ami grass, and thus they loose en tho soil and fertiliza thc ground, so that the necessary air can reaoh che roots that spread aud grow. The mermtng of tho word luok may he fully explained In tho following: "Luck means rising not later than 6 o'clock in the morning, living on a dollar a day if you earn two, minding your own business and not meddling with other people's. Luck means thc appointments von have never failed to keep, the trains you have nevor failed to catch. Luck msans trusting lu God and your own resources. Tho Standard Oil Co., has discover ed a v/ay to avoid building sidewalks tn front of their business building in cities and towns ah over tho oountry. They simply deed tho land allowed for sidewalks and ttie cities and towns are obliged to build the sidewalks them ;?C!Y.:H. Tho Waterloo lUporter, (Iowa,) says that is what they are doing thore and other places also. Rockefeller c u d give the Dovll pointers on how to run tho in'ernal regions and then give some advice how to keep them running. \ KIIIIK MAH Drowned. A dispatch from Greenville says Ven Ouroton, aged 22 years, proprie tor of a soft drink and q lick lunoh saloon and son of Mr. Thomas Curcton, a well known polloo otlloer of thc elty, was drowned Thurhday morning while In bathing at the lako at Utaick Spring, the fashionable io sort near Greenville The young man drove out to the springs Thurs day ii orning and registered at the hotel. Liter ho rented a bathing ault and went swimming by hlmsolf. Passers-by noticed clothes In one of the dressing ri.oms and no bathor in tho water whlcli led to tho organiza tion of a searching party, whloh drag ged the lake for tho body and found lt. Ouroton ls thought to havo been s I/, id with cramps whilo In deep water. His body was brought to the city Thursday afternoon and proparcd for burial. Out HIM Throat. I<\ N. Woodruff, aged 30, traveling salesman for Marshall Field & Co., of ?hloago, who sailed from Liverpool for Naw York on tho steamer Majes tic, committed suicide on July 2 by .-utting his throat with a razor. The body was burled at sea. Tho reese n ls not known. TAKE A TRIP. Ghoap Kxournlnn lt ?ton VI? tb? Southern lUi:w?y Dunn to all. On account of tho specif occasions mnntioDot?, the Southern Balway wm sell round trip tloketi to points nam ed bnlow. at greatly reduced rates an follow?: To Asheville, N. O., and return Account C nventlon Oommeroul law Lnagueof America. Tickets on sale July 25';h to 27 .h, limited to return August 8on 1000. An extension of thia limit to September 30th may be obtained by the paying s feo of 50 ot?., and depositing tlok?t with Spr-o-1 lal Agont at Asheville. Hate, One Fare Plus 26 ot H , for round trip. To Athens, Qa., and roturo-Ao ouut Uuiverslty Summer School. Tokets on sale June 30th, July 2nd, Otb and 16th, limited to return 15 clays from dato of sale. An extension of this limit may bo obtained by de posltlog ticket with Speotal Agent at Athens and paying a fie of 60 ots. Hate, One Fare Piut> 25 obs., for round trip. To Denver, Ool , O dorado Sprlngi, or PueMo, Ool., and return-Account Annual Meeting B. P O E Tickets on sale July 0th to 14 limited to re turn August 20th. Very cheap. Write for rates and full parsfouhvs. To Kuovvlho, Tenn , and return Acoount Summer School of South. Tickets on aale June 30th, July 7&b 14th and 16th, limited to return 15 days f/om dato nf salo. An fx malou of unis limit to September 30tn may be obtained by depositing ticket wi? h Speolal Agent and paving a fe^ of 60 ots. Kate, Ono Faro Piu> 25 ola., for j round trip. To Lexington, Kv., and return Acoount National Grauri L?dgo Uni oed It others of Friendship and Sis toro Mysterious Ton T okets on sa'e July 20 ih to August 1st, llmltod to return August 5th. Rate, One Fare Plus 25 ots., for round trip. To Mexloo Olty, Mr x , and return Aooouiit international Geological (^ti gress. Tlokcts ou sale August 14v,h to 3lst, limited tn re'urn OJ dayi from date of sale. Rate Ooo Faro Plus 26 ots., for round trip. To Milwaukee, Wis., and return Account Grand Aerls Fraternal Order Eagles. Tickets on salo August LO Ji to 12th, limite'! to return August 22nd. Rato, One Fare P.us $2 00 for round trip.' To Omaha, Neb , and return-Ao count Meeting Baptist Young People's Union of Amerloa. Tiokets on sale July 9th to 12th, limited to return July 18th. An extension of this lim it to August 15 sh may be obtained by | depositing tioket with Special Ageut and paying a fee of 60 ots. Rate, Oae Fare Plus $2 00 for round trip To Oxford, Miss., and return-Ac oount Summer School University Mississippi. Tiokets on sale June 30lh, July 7rti, 14th and 2lst, limited to return 15 days from date of sale. An extension of this limit to S ptem ber 30th mav be obtained by deposit ing ticket with Speolal Agent and pay ing a fee of 60 cs. Rate, Ono Fare Plui 25 cts., for round trip. To Richmond, Va., and roturn Acoount Meeting True R3formers. Tiokets ou sale September 2nd to .''>',!?, limited to return September 13uh. Rate, Oae fare Plus 25 ots., tor round trip. To Roanoke, Va., and return-Ao oount meeting National Fireman's As sociation. Tiokets ou sale August 12 Sh to 13th, limited to return August 3lat. An extension of this limit to September 15 h may be obtalnod by dap mitin,: t okot with Speolal Agent and paying a fee of 50 ots. Rate, One Fare. Plus 25 ots., lor round trip. For fun particulars regarding above I rate ; i!?o regan.lug oheap rateexour s'.ors via Southern Railway on account of Fourth uf July Celebrations, oall oi auy Southern Railway Tlckot Agent, or write R. W. Eu NT, Division Passengor Agent, Charleston, S. O. Jilli (il IO > plo DCM*. The Spartanburg Journal says: "Jim Gillespie, colored, who is known to hundreds of former Wofford Col ligc students throughout the state, riled Friday In Greenville at the home of a relative with wham he resided since leaving Spartanburg where he lived for many years. The announce ment will oauso sincere regrot on the part of many, especially those men nf South Carolina, who have attended Wolf rd College dui lng the past quarter of a century. Gillespie for 30 or more years held tho position as caterer at tho well known Methodist Institution and In that capacity came in daily contaob with ttie student body. He was an upright, honorable colorod man aud was well liked by all tho college boys and tho faculty. He was about 57 years of ago." IMonoy in JPotAtooB. The Charleston Post tells of a South Carolina farmer who made $14 000 net protlt on thirty.five aores of land in Collcton oouuty lu oue year. The orop waa potatoes. The average production per aoro was a few barrels more than 100. The po tatoes 'jold for $5 per barrel or a to tal of 117 500. It ocst tl por bar rel to put thom nu market, or $3,500, leaving a net protlt of $14,001). .?.?*????????????*???????< Chronic Dist Successfu If Buffering fro N'orront Kxhaust Varloooold, Strio I.Ivor, StomAob, 1 Disorders, Kidno to women, otc, OJ 20 jour?' Kxperlc Kopulation fl r nt I ^ our dooks "Hrn?n ftiut "Mon's Dino iidvisod. Addroai I mn" M Uni Min :, i Insurance At J T. S. Scosc, President. PALME ITO MUTUAL FIRE Spartanbi A homofirellnsurance company that Management Capable and Conservative Write for particulars. We Have I }no 25 horno power Tal bott, second ht y boon ovorhaulod. Thia Engine h i groat bargain for anyone who is in I Wo aro headquarters for anything ii irompt al..on! HUI will bo given to all ii ?are. Write us whon you aro in tho i o get our prices before placing your Colombia Sopply.Cu., - - J. mm ii im\w, ti. D. Graduate [lartmoulh 1M Col le^l?M.n.l'rn.N. tiki, Ked.Society, li. MeinUr Staid Hf j. Board of Health, etc. Deadly Ofiolor?. Cholera of a virulent type ha? brok en out awing the natives ot Manila and HUrrou- dbm prnvinco?. The last outbreak of cholera in tho Philippines occurred tn A up us t. 1005. when from August 23 to October 14, 713 eise? and 533 deaths were reported. This outbceak we? biKutfioauO M oomparod with that of 1002, when a total o? 130, 030 oases were reported and 82, 1055 death wore known to have ooour I red. During the . podemio of 1002 the population of many of the towns were 'hon vi ly reduoed through deaths and the dight of panto stricken people. Many of the dead were left unburied for days in spite of the energetic steps taken by tho government to combat the aproad cf the disease and to care for the si ok and dead._ IjODg LlftWMUil J'OMlOlt. The two villages Luoeran and L\n> eoe cine, in the Alpes Maritimes, have Just hold a celebration in honor of the ending of a great lawsu't whloh has kept the two villages divided ever since November 14, 1402. The ques tion In dDpute was the possession of a pieoe of land at Lava, which each vil lage claimed. A fe/? days ago the I court at N;o definitely settled.the {matter by dividing the land equally bctweon the villages. The total cost of the lawsuit durlrg the 444 years i amounts to about 9150.000, while the value of the land In dispute was about 82 000 Tao legal documents whloh ?mo accumulated in the course of the ; centuries were dooketed In 1,850 par cela, whloh weighed 10 tons, and wero ?stored In a large disused ohuroh. Quita tho llano. Ot 1. W W. Lumkln has withdrawn from the race for the U dted States Renate, as will bo deon from the fol lowing atatement whloh ho gave out on Wednesday: ''Oa aooount of the change of con ditions surrounding tho senatorial race, I deem lt best to withdraw from the contest. I have endeavored to conduct my cimpa ga In a manly, straightforward way up to this time, and retire feeling that I havo not in tentionally wronged any one. , FOR SALE. One 60 H. P. Lided Autoraatlo En glue. One 00 H. P. ErlelOity Boiler. One Drag Saw. One Cut Oif Saw. One Self Feed Rip Saw. One H roo m Handle Lathe. One Hoe Handle ,Lathc. Two Polishing Drums. One Hand Lathe. I One Large Grind Stone and Stand. Two Car Loads short lengths of Ash, Walnut, Persimmon and Dogwood. One hundred feet of Shafting. One lot Shafting Hangers. One lot Pulleys1 125 Doz. Hase Hall Bats. The above is situated in a two-storj factory building, dimensions 50x100ft.. with ell attached 30x60ft, two stories. Lot measuring 200 feet frontage and 524 feet in depth. Bail Road Into the yard. In a desirable part of the city of Orangeburg, S. O. This property will bc sold in part or in whole. It oat. be utilized for most any kind of enter prise* For full particulars.apply to JAS. L. SIMS, Orangeburg, S. O. Itching Piles. Curod to stay Cu rod. Tannoplllno Ointment ls a certain and quick cure for blind, Itching, bleed ing and protruding piles. Tho first application gives instant and completo relief, and a cure speedily follows. Not an experiment, but a remedy tried aud tested without a failure in hundreds of the worst cases. TANNOPIL1NE OINTMENT ls sold with an absolute guarantee. Our confidence in this remedy ls un bounded. Hundreds of voluntary tes timonials to its wonderful vlrtues Easy and convenient to uso. Upon being applied it exerts a cooling, heal lng and astringent effect that takes away every evidence of discomfort at once. Cost, a little more than raanv [so-called "Pile Cures," but worth many Mmes the difference, Price $1.00. Guaranteed satisfactory to every purchaser. AT DRUG STORES. Prepared by the Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. ? A Pianor or An Organ Por You. To the hoad of evory family who is Ambi tious for tho futuro and education of his chil dren, wo h ATO A Special Proposition to make. No artiolo in the homo shows tho evldeuc of out turo ?wt does A Piano or OrgAn. No ac complishment givos AS much ploAsuro or is < f A?J groat valu? in nf tor lifo AS tho knowledge of musio and tho Ability to play woll. Our Mundi Paymont Plat S makea owner ship of a high grado Piano or Organ easy. Just a fow dollAra down nnd A small payment eaoh month or quarterly or : . ?mi -io muai ly - ar d tho instrument is youri;, Writ? ns today for Catalogues and ou* Speo lal Proposition of Easy I'ay mente. Addros" Malono a Muslo Go., Columbia ? fl. Atm mo BANK DEPOsfc R.R, Faro Paid. Notes Teto 800 I'll UH COURS8C lOtil? ~ Ill-rnnnrilllHIWim Hoard at Coat. Write < Qt.ORQIA-ALABAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE. Maa?* &i ? ?ases Of Men and Women | illy Treated. m Rheumatism, Speolflo blood Poison, ion, Debility, Brook Down, etc, Catarrh turo, Oleo., any disenso of the Heart, dowels or Lungs) .Skin Disoasos, Blood y or Bladder disoasos, Diseases peculiar [\11 on or wrlto .us. Wo havo had ovor ? mc? in tho treatment of these disensos. X / established. Examination Hank and ? and Nervo Hxhauji-ion" and "Health" X asea" sent free. Pomonal examination ? j DB. HATHAWAY & CO., Sulto 88-D ? iVtiantn, Georgia. ? ( >???*>????????#?*?????????? Absolute Cost. J. H. Atkinson, Sec'y & Treas. ! INSURANCR COMPANY? ir?, S. 0. is SAFE, SOUND, SUCCESSFUL. Agents Wanted. ^or Sale md ongino in stock which has recont i in fust-chess condition an 1 will be ho market for euoh a size ongino. u tho way of machinory supplies, and uquiricH and orders entrais ted to our market for anything, and be ?ure ordors elsewhere. . . Colombia, S, C.