1 lie Alarlboro Democrat
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BENNETTSVILLK, S. a, FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1000.
NO
- HOW HE VOTED
On Certain Bills and Why He
Did So Stated
BYSKMTO?MAiNNIM.
He Refutes the Charte? Made Against
Hins by Bivege and Gives
Good Reasons for Alt thc
Votes He Cast in thc
Senate.
The following statement from Son
^jvtor Manning explains itself:
"I did not proposo to bo drawn
away from my plan of campaign or
into any controversy, but 1 intended
to conduot my oampatgn on a high
plan?, without mud-slinging fori do
not intend to ask for tho KitTrago of
the people ol South Carolina by de
tracting from or Injuring the oharao
ter or reputation of my opponents.
But, inasmuch as mention bas been
made of my votes lu tho legislature on
oertain measures, 1 feel it necessary
to keep tho record straight. 1 will
therefore have to oorreot certain
statements which havo been made.
"Mr. Klease io bis speech In Colum
bia spoke with a great deal of feeling
when discussing tito work of tho In
vestigating committee of the oruolty
of injuring a man's reputation by in
sinuations or su? pit loi .s. He has not
observed tbts rule in his reference to
me, for lt will be found that lu giv
lug my record vote on certain meas
urcB he bas given only a part of that
record on those matters, and has done
me an injustice and created a wrong
Impression. He may not have intend
ed this, and lie said to me that he
would himself make the corrections to
which I called his attention in a per
sonal cor.versa' lon, but he has not yet
^<}?one so, and 1 will therefore set this
Record straight myself.
I wish to say, with reference to the
bill regulating tho rate of interest in
1893, rcduclug tho rate of Interest
lrom 8 to 7 per cent., that I voted
against that bill. My only business
at that time was farming. 1 was a
borrower of money annually, but 1
iolt that if money lenders could not
" get tho current rates for money from
farmers that buoy w;u,r1 'end monoy
elsewhere, and the farii Jj instead of
getting n ouey from ba??cB with which
to conduot their business, wculd bc
forced to get advances from commis
sion merchants on a lien at a rate of
interest running from 10 to 30 per
cent, for advarces. For this reason,
I voted against the reduotlon in the
rate and believe that that action has
proved to be in the interest of thc ag
rioultural olass.
"On the child labor bill of 11)00, 1
votod against the bill because of an
understanding had with Coi. Jas. L
Orr, Mr. Lewis Pal ker, Capt. Ellison
Smyth, that they would use their ef
forts tu have tho mills regulate this
matter themselves, If wo did not pass
the law. I then on that understanding
voted against the bill. They made this
eff-jrt with the mills, but failed. Thc
following year 1001, thc act was again
introduced and I voted for the bill,
worked strenuously for its passage and
spoke In support of the bil), as will bo
found In Senate Journal, 1 HO 1, pages
205 and 340.
"On the bili to prohibit trusts, Sen
ate Journal 1002, pages 462-472, my
reasons for voting as 1 did are as fol
lows: There was a section in thc bill
exempting agreements with regard to
the salo of agricultural prcduots. lio
Vfore this, an act had been passed in
Tennessee and Texas containing a
similar provision. Tho act of Texas
bad been thrown into the courts and
had been passed on hy the supremo
court of the United States. Tho de
cision of that Court was to the iffeet
that tho whole aot was invalid, inas
much as this discriminating clause af
.feoted the whole aol in favor of one
olass and rendered the act null and
void,
"In the senate, 1 moved to strike
Otit that section, bec*-noe it would
make the bill unconstitutional, nub
and void. I was try Inn to save the
bill. The senate refused to strikeout
that section and I then said that in
the face of the decision of tho euprc
me court of the UnlUd StatcB, which
was so clear and positive, lt was sim
ply child's play to pass an act when
we knew that the act would be null
and void.
"As 1 said, my purpose was to have
a bill that would stand the test of the
courts and prohibit trusts and monop
olies.
"Mr. IJlcasc again quotes from the
record in part and doc? me an injus
tice in the matter of the relief bill. 1
opposed the bill when it was Intro
duced because lt was stated, both by
tho railroad authorities and the em?
ployetts of the road, that it was en
tirely optional with the employees
whether they Joined this relief depart
ment or not. Hut Mr. Blcase falls to
?tato my voto on tho bill the next
mr.
"In thc meantime, I had Investi
gated this matter and made inquiries
among tho railroad men themselves.
I supported the bill In 1?03, because
I was satisfied that it waa not option
al with the employees, but was prac,
tically a matter of oom pulsion that
they should Join this depa-tment or
would lose their position. My vote
for the bill ls found in tho Senate
Journal, 1003, page 243.
"With referenco to my position on
tho Caughman aot of 1000, I will si,
I voted against a billin 1802 w..h .
provided for a partition in car, but
gave no separate toilet accommoda
tion for olio sexes, which would have
bien Indecent. This bill failed be
cause of Its glaring defects.
Tho separation cf the races was pro
vided for by tho act of 1808, when I
was not a member of tho legislature.
When tho bill was before the senate
in 1000 to amend tills bill, I voted
against an Indefinite postponement,
whloh would havo meant the death ot
tho bill. C?rtalo amendments wore
put In In the senato whick did not
meet my approval, and I voted
against the bill as amended. On the
report of the oommltteo of confer
ence, tho house rofused to agree to
tho senate amendments. On motion
that the senate recede from Its amend
ments, lt was movod to lay that mo
tion on tho tablo and on that motion
to table I voted "Nay" which shows
that I favored tho bill as passed by
thc house and as dually passed,,with
me minor amendment, and which
amendment 1 agreed to in committee
of free conference. Senato Journal
1900, pane 412.
"I was then put on tho committee
of free conference, on tho Caughman
bill. That committee recommetidod
that the senatereccd from some of its
amendments. I as ono of this oom
mittee, of freo conference, approved
the bill as passed, which was satisfao
tory to the author of the bill, and 1
voted for it as lt passed
"With reference to my volo on the
repoal of tho charter of the Virginia
Carolina Chomlcal company, I desire
to state that the bill provided tor the
repeal of the charter of that company
without any process ot law, which
was a proposition for which 1 felt
that 1 couid not stand, inasmuch as
such an aotlon would bo entirely Hie
gal aud unjust and would destroy pro
perty rights In an unconstitutional
manner and would be a violation of
my oath. "Richard 1 Manning."
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
I?l (innis omi ??a net li i/:; of Trolley Ours
Nour Buffalo, N Y.
Five porsouB wera killed and about
twenty it J ired in acollisslon between
two trolley trains on the Internation
al Railroad company's line between
Buffalo, N. Y., and Lockport Wednes
day night.
A train of two trolley oars, west
bound from Look port, and duo at
Touawanda afc 9.15 o'olook, ran Into
an open switch at a siding j ist east
of Martinville and crashed Into a
trolley freight motor and a train of
seven freight cars which were lying
on the siding walting for thc passen
ger train togo by. Five persons were
killed outright and a score, h jared,
some of whom may die.
Tho passenger cara were going at a
high rate of speecd when tho accident
ocourred, and the impact was terrlf
?c. Tho foremost car was utterly
demolished. Tho wedge-shapod end
of the freight motor cut lt In half,
and the rear car completed the work
of destruction. The rear car remain
ed on tho tiacks.
Tho dead aie: Jouh Blttlemau,
Lockport, N. Y. mor tor man: Charlea
T. Hutchinson, Lookport; unknown
workman, head crushed; gljrland boy,
supposed io bc uroth.br abd sister
names unknown, and Mrs. Henry
Eitcll ano 0.year-old son.
The moBt seriously irjured are:
Theodore Neat man, -Buffalo; Dr. K
A. Wieland, Ri ll ile; H. J. Wau,
Buffalo; Mrs. Emma H. Maloney,
Buffalo. Mr. J. D. II alb, Niagra
Falb; Lee Johnson, motorman will
probaly die.
Tho switch Into thc siding was not
closed, for the passenger came thun
dering along, took the turn and
crashed upon the freight engine.
There were about forty pas ongera on
tho two cars and most of them were
killed or Injured. The motorman of
che iii sb passenger coach was killed,
and his body was still, in the wreck
lato Thursday night.
Fell Fro in Trowt lo.
A caboose and two passenger coach
es, left on the cur vd of tho long over
head bridge by which tho Seaboard
enters Columbia from the south, wore
knocked oil and thrown Into a heap
of splinters twenty feet b now Wed
nesday morning, by a freight coming
Into thc city. Conductor S o ead was
fatally hurt, but lt ls thought that
F;agman Burgnay, who was carried
down with him, will recover. These
were the only ocoupants of tho condi
es. The coaches wcro part of the
ilrst soctlon of tho through freight
which orashed Into them and had
been left emly for a faw minutes, In
order to divide the load going around
thc curve. Engineer Rogers, on the
second section, stuck to his machine
i and waa uninjured. His colored tire
man was only Hllfchtly hurt. Flag
man Burgnay was waving at tho ap
preaching train as thc oiash carno.
Will) BOAtOr Killed.
Oliver Bryant, a coal miner of
Vandcrburg county Ind., drank to
excess, and when ho went home ho
quarroled with bis wife and ended by
giving her a boating. Neighbors
hoard the screams of tho woman, and
a mob was organized, and while Bry
ant was sleeping oi? the etlect of the
liquor, they broke into his house,
took him out, and beat him so terri
bly that he died. Bryant was practi
cally helpless in thc hands of thc
mob, but he was kicked, beaten with
clubs and pounded over the head with
thc lists of the orowd. Tho mob ls salo
to have been led by A. J. (Helen, a
prominent farmer and fruit grower,
and bc was arrested, charged with
murder.
Work of Floncie,
In the wreck of the westbound
freight train on thc Southern railway
near Petersburg, Ind., Fireman Man
ning, of Princeton, Ind., and Brako
man Capehart, of Winslow, were
killed. Engineer Mcwilliams was
Scalded and crushed so badly he will
die. After the wreck it was discover
cd that both ends of the switch were
spiked. The cast bound passenger
train was dolayed and thus eioaped
being wreekod. Bloodhounds hac
heen sent for and an effort will bc;
mane to hunt out the wrcokors. The
railroad company owns the Moren
Coal mines which paid the advanced
scale demanded by the miners recent
ly and caused some resentment in cer
tain quarters.
HWAIIOWOII IIIH Teeth.
At Frederick, Md., Ooorgo Benner,
son of eX'Shcrlff A.. P, Benner, who
accldentlly swallowed a sot of false
teeth abo nine weeks ago, was oper
ated upon at the Fredcrlok City Hos
pital and tho tenth were removed.
Whon Mr. Bonner ilrst swallowed thc
, teeth they were forced Into bis stom
aoh and ho expcrlaeced no inconven
ience. Af tor ward an operation was
' deemod ncoestary,
He Has Surprise fpr Those Who
Think He Has
CHANGED POSITION.
More Radical Than Ever, and Still Be
lieves In Principle of Bimetallism
But Says Question Has Been
Settled by the Discovery
of Ould.
William J. Bryan, who is still in
London, having had the opportunity
of reading American newspapers, con
sented Thursday to discuss somo of
the questions whloh have been raised
slnoo bo has again bocomc prominent
as a presidential possibility. Ho said:
"I notice that 1 am now described
as a conservative, and in ordor that
thero may bo no misunderstanding on
that subj .ct pormlt me to say that In
ono sense 1 always have been a con
servativo. Tho Democratic policies
are conservative in that they embody
old principles applied to now condl
tioii8. There was nothing new in p;in
ol pie lu either of the platforms on
which I stood. We were accused of
attacking property, when in fact the
Democratic party is the defeuner of
property because it oudeavors to draw
the line between honest accumulation
by honest methods on the one side
Mid predatory wealth and Immoral
methods on the other, lt ls to the
interest of every honest man that dis
honesty should be exposed and pun
ished; otherwise the deserving aro apt
to Bullir for the undeserving. If,
however, by thc word conservative
. hey mean that I have changed my
position on any public question or
moderated my opposition to corporate
aggrandizement they have a surprise
walting for them. 1 am moro radical
than 1 was In 1806 and have nothing
to withdraw on economic vi questions
which have been under discussion.
"The only question we discussed in
1890 upon which there has been any
apparent change, is the silver ques
tion, and that has not been a chango
in thc adv.cates of bimetallism but in
conditions. We contended for more
money and urged tho freo coinage of
silver as tho only means then in sight
of recuring it. The lnoreased produo
. ion of gold has brought lu part the
oem. iii wi. v.xpdotiG? to ac cure from thc
restoration of silver. The per oaplta
volume of money In the United States
is almost G per cent, greater now than
lt was In 1890, and tho benetlts
brought by this Increase have not only
vindicated the quantliivo theory of
money but have proven the benetlts
of the larges amount of money. No
advocate of the gold standard can
claim thc triumph of his logic.
"I believe In bimetallism, and I
believe that the restoration of silver
would bring still further prosperity,
besides restoring par lu exchange
between gold and silver-using coun
tries, but 1 recognize, as do all other
blmetallists whom 1 have met abroad,
that the unexpected and unprecedent
ed increase in gold production has for
the present removed tho silver ques
tion as an issue.
"While the money question has
wanod In importance other questions
have been forging to tho front and to
those questions we must apply the
same principles wc applied to the
money question, and seok to secure
the greatest good to the greatest
number by l?gislation whloh conforms
bo the doctrino of oqual rights for all
and special privil?ges for tiona.
"On tue new questions many will
act with us who were against us on
the money questions, for, notwith
standing the discussion of that quos
tlon, millions did not understand it
and were frightened Into opposition.
We cannot expect the support of any
ono who ls Interested In tb king ad
vantage of the people either through
trusts or through any other illegltl
mate form of business. Our efforts
should be to distinguish between
those corporations whloh aro legiti
mate and those aggregations of wealth
willoh aro organized for purposes of
public plunder ano appeal tor support
to those only who aro willing to have
the government protect each person
In the onjoymentof his own earnings.
"Tho nowapapeis lia ve been trying
to creato friction between what they
call 'old friends' and 'new friends' in
politics. Those are friends who are
working towards a common end, and
each campaign brings to some extent
a new alignment. In lsyti tho party
lost many Democrats and was rc
emited by a great many who bad been
U-.publicans up to that timo, and we
welcomed them. In 190U sumo caine
back who were against us lu l.syii,
and we did nob shut the door against
thom. 1 have no Idea that tho party
Will require tickets of admission In
the coming campaign. Usually par
tios aro so anxious to secure recruits
that past dltroronces arc not empha
sized If thero hi a slnoero agreement
on present Issues.
1 do not know that we oan lind a
better plan than thc bible plan, which
admits the cleventb hour comecr to a
place in thc vineyard and to share the
reward with those who began earlier.
1 think this ls sound politics as well
as sound religion, provided the now
recruit cornea to work and not to In
tel fore with the othor laborers, hut
of course when an overseer has to be
selected, experience cannot bo lef
out of consid?ration. The worker who
came lato would, if honost, be too
modest to assume an attitude of supe
riority over thoS? who had toiled dur
ing the earlier hours. Whllo the
question ls one of purpose, a man who
recoge.z;s the dangers that ti-,.oaten
our country and ls anxious to avert
them wlli not lind it th o '.alt to eslab
llsh friendly relations with thone, win
saw dangers at an earlier dato.
"If the dilToronces hotweon the sin
cere and tho pretended friends reform
cannot bo discovered before, they will
booomo apparent when tho platform
ls writton, for, If prcsont indication
oount fur anything that platform 1B
likely to be so plain that no ono can
mls.ako lt, and su strong that no ene
my of Democratic principles will bo
drawn to tho party."
Mr. Bryan added that he would dis
cuss the trust, tariff, railroad and la
bor questions, Imperialism and other
issues at length when he reached
America.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan wore tho guests
of Ambassador and Mrs. Held at hm
cheon at Dorchester house Thursday.
Among tho.o Invited to moot Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan wore Slr Elward Grey,
the Rev. Dr. William Boyd Oarponter,
the foreign seoretary; the bishop of
Ripon and Mrs. Boyd Carpenter,
Charles Pago Bryan, D. O. Mills and
Secretary Ridgcly Carter of the
American ombassy.
THE LOST POUND.
Tho HOT. Wm Alkon Kully Turns Up
In Ufmi loxton.
Rev. W. Aiken Kolly, formorly pas- i
tor of Graoo Methodist ohuroh, North i
Augusta, after being lost to his con- '
gregatiou for nearly two years, hes i
been found, and tho opinion prevail
ing at tho time of Mr. Kally's disap- I
poarance that he was suffering men
tally is practically substantiated.
It will be recalled that during a pc-. <
riod when el?orts were being mado to 1
oreot a new ohuroh in North Augusta, I
when the pastor and a oommltteo of 1
tho mcmborsof the church wcro work- 1
lng dllllgently to accomplish that pur- 1
pose, Mr. Felly suddonly disappeared
and no positive trace could be found ,
of him. Tlie morning of his disap
pearance ho was in the city of Augus
ta and visited several supporters of '
his church, some of the members and '
several friends. Lato tho same after- '
uoon ho was seen to board the car ?
bound for North Augusta and juBt bo
fore dark was noticed by two or three !
people to bo wandering about listless
ly a considerable distanco from his 1
homo. '
Later, during thc night, when Mr.
Kelly did not oome home, Mrs. Kelly ,
appealed to several friends in tho vii- ;
l?ge and a search was Instituted, but !
no trace of tho preacher could be
found. The following morniug furthor !
search was made, and telegrams were
sent to nearby towns, but as the day
wore on thoro were no results.
A dispatch from Charleston Bays ,
the Rev. William Alkon Kelley has .
been discharged from the Roper Hos- .
pital and is now at homo recuperating j
from tho effects of tho operation upon
his brain, removing a dot of blood, (
which lt ls thought, will result In his ,
complete restoration to health and ,
enable him to resume his, ministerial i
duties. Mr. Kelley spe?u so oie time |
in Virginia and was for a long time .
at Charlotte boforo oomlug to Char- (
leaton. His whereabouts were estab- ?
llshed shortly after he deserted his j
pastoral charge, but lu view of bis
a ill lotion, his family and close porBO- .
nal friends kept tho mattor quiet and
lt was not until his coming to Char
lenton recently for thc operation upon j
his brain that his movements bocame
publicly known. His trouble was
diagnosed by a Charleston surgeon to ,
be blood pressure upon thc brain, and
upon thc opening of the head the CJU
altlon was found to exist, as stated
and the operation was huccessfully
performed.
The surgeon ls said to have given lt
as his opinion that there will be no
return of Mr. Kelly's formor brain
trouble, and his numerous friends
through the State sharo In thc hope
that his c judi lion will continue to
1 m provo, and that ho will bo soon
able to rosumo his ministerial func
tions in the oburch which he served so
well.
Lose Mt Se?.
Clydo steamer Apache arrived lu
Charleston Thursday afternoon 'rom
New York with ono passenger short,
Waltor Irving of Florence. Ho was
missed at the breakfast tahlo Thurs
day morning and Investigation devel
oped that he was not aboard the ves
sel. Ills berth has not beon ocoupied
and the presumption ls that he fell
overboard or deliberately elected this
mothod of tho ending of his existence,
ile was socn about midnight Bitting
in an easy chair on thc deck in
bright spirits and gave no indications
of any mental trouble which would
have Induced suloide. lie ls said to
have been drinking and lt ls possible
that be hat on the deck rail, lost his
balance and fell overboard.
kio IM ljookuU lo.
At Charleston on Thursday Aaron
P. Brioloau, th? nog rn congressional
aspirant, surrendered himself at the
United States marnhal's ehljc and was
takon over to thc county jail to begin
his sentence for tampering with the
malls when ho was running as a rail
way clerk on the Atlantic Osast Line.
He has boon lu Washington contest
ing tho seat of Congressman Legare,
but ills contest having been dismissed
he now deserts tho walls of tho capi
tol for the steel cages of tho county
prison. Ile ls to serve three mon&hs
and ono month additional, if he does
not pay a lino of *f>0.
ii.MI ic Iii Midair,
At Now York eight stories above
the street, on a ll.msy Mjorlng of
planks laid aorosa girders, nearly one
hundred union Iron workers employed
on a hotel building at Kifty>ninth
streot and L'lfth avenue, attacked
tbreo special policemen, who wore
kopt there to provont trouble botweui
union and non-union workmen. O.10
of tho special policemen, Miohael hub
lor, was thrown from the platform
and foll two stories to thc sixth Ho r,
being latally Injured. Tho other two
wcro seriously but not fatally hurt.
Dc HI rue l Ivo Uloiio hiirot.
A cloudburst and landslide on July
IO at Ooampo Chihuahua, Mexico, al
most completely destroyed tho city
1 and killed seven or more persons.
Many others were Injured and it ls ox
' ptctod sumo of thom will die All the
killed and Injured aro Mexicans. The
> American residents are alleviating
the Bullering of tho wounded and are
recovering the bodies of tho dead as
i rapidly as possible Robort Prooks,
I of thoW.C. Groone?Dld & Sllvor Co.,
i at Ooampo, ls In charge and is hand
? ling matters satisfactorily.
DEAF AND BLIND
In thc United States as Reported
by thc Census
NUMBER THOUSANDS.
The Total Number of Blind is Nearly
Sixty-Five Thousand, and the
Total Number of Deaf
Is Nearly Ninety
Thousand.
The bureau of oonBiis has Just issu
od a special report on the blind aud
ieaf in the United States in 11)00.
The Inquiry was conducted under thc
llrcotion of Dr. Alexaudor Graham
Bell, who determined the scope of the
Investigation and wrote tho text of
tho report on the deaf.
The report on the blind gives not
Duly data concerning color, sex, na
tivity, marital condition, school at
tendaucO; and occupations, but also
much information In regard to the
ugo when blindness occurred and tho
muse of blindness.
The total number of blind persons
In the United States in 1000 was 64,
703-or ?bout one in every 1,200 of
tho totfc.1 population. There were
55,045 totally blin5, and 2?, 118 par
tially blind. These ligures, however,
jan be considered only as tho mini
mum, as an unknown proportion of
the blind were not located by the
snumerators. The number of partial
ly blind hy no means represents the
facts as to defeotive eyesight, but rc
presents only "veritl3d oases."
Of tho total number of blind, 37,
354, or 57 2 per cent, were males, and
?7.7O0, or 42 8 per oent. were females,
?il i ico in the general population ouly
51.1 per cont, were males and 48.0 per
sent wsro females, it is evident that
jllndne^s occurs moro frequently
unon?: males.
About 65 per cent of tho blind re
ported wero totally blind and about
15 per c?vit. were partially blind, A
lightly smaller proportion of blind
males than of blind females were to
bally blind,
Almost 05 per cent, of tho blind bc
mme billi"1 after 20 years of age, and
july al /tf> ) more than 30 per cont,
oefore ?rx years., Thus lb ls seen that
M!- V -? r defect Of nrtnH,
Ufo. interesting to note that
ibout ona' fourth of the persons blind
[rom ohMdSood, or about ono tenth of
tho total number of blind, were born
olind.
The number of blind per 100,000 of
population was greater among tho
negroes than among tho whites, and
{realeramong tho foreign born whites
Dhan among the nativo born whites,
thc difference in each caso being more
marked tor tho totally blind than for
lihe partially blind. Thc difference lo
the proportions for tho native and
the foreign horn whites are due large
ly to the difference in the age distri
butions of the two classes, the great
majority of the foreign born whiles
being adults, among whom blindness
Is moro common.
The most Important oausesof blind
ness were, oataraot; injuries, acci
dents, and operations; congenital
blindness; old agc; and sore eyes. Un
known causes were responsible for a
slightly greater proportion of cases
than any of tho above causes.
The principal causes of blindness
occurring after birth and under 20
years of age were, injuries, accidents,
and operations; sore eyes; catarrh;
measles; and scrofula. Thc principal
oauses of blindness occuring In adult
lifo werf, cataract; Injuries, acoldents,
and operations, old agc, affections of
the nervous apparatus, military ser
vice, sore eyes and neuralgia.
Tho report on the deaf gives not
only tno dato concerning color, sex,'
raoo, nativity, marital conditions,
school attendance, and occupations,
but also much information in regard
to deafness as a defect and to thc
ability of thc deaf to communicate.
According to this method of class
ification, the total number of clea'
vras llnally determined to be 80,278,
or one in every 850 of thc general
population. Thore wore 37,420 total
ly deaf and 61,801 partially deaf.
Among thc total number of deaf 2,
772 were also blind and 24,300 dumb.
Of tho total number of deaf, 40.
016, or 52 5 per cent, were males, and
.12,372, or 47.6 por cant, wero females.
Since in the general population onlv
61.1 por cont, were males and 48.0
per cent, wero females, lt would semi
that thore ls some truth in Die h i
thesis that males aro moro expi'seu to
accidents than females, or more sus
ceptible to the diseases which pro
duco deafness.
Negroes constitute ll 0 per cent, of
thc general population and only 6.2
per cent, of tho deaf. That thc no
groos seem less susceptible to deafness
than tho whites ls probably due in
part to less completo returns from thc
negroes doaf. The proportion of nd
groos ls larger among those becoming
doaf in childhood and also among the
totally deaf than lt lain tho aggre
gate deaf population.
The ago when deafness occurred ls
definitely stated for 81,600 persons,
and of these 60 per cont, became deaf
beforo the age of 20 years, 48 per
cont, before the age of 10 years, and
10 per cent, beforo the ago of 6 years,
and 18 per cont, wero born deaf?
Of the totally deaf, 01 per cent,
woro BO from childhood (nuder 2C years
of ago), and 30 per cent, from birth.
Moro than one half of thc totiilly deaf
lost all power of hearing beforo they
wero 2 years old.
Of the partially deaf about one
third beoamo deaf beforo thoy were
20 years old, ono-third between 20 and
40, and ono?third after roaching IO.
Of tho 80,287 persons roturnod as
deaf, 65,501 wero ablo to speak well,
0 417 were able to speak imperfectly,
and 24,300 oould not speak at all,
Praotloally ?ll of thoso who spoak im
perfectly or not at all last their hear
lug lu ohlldhood (under 20 years oi
age ) On tho other hand the majority
of doaf who speak woll lost their hear?
int< ia adult life. Gf the deaf and
duml), moro than 3U per oent. wore
reported as totally deaf. It will thu3
bo seen that thc ability to spoak is de
pendent largely upon two factor-the
period of lifo when deafness occurred
and the degree of doafness. Djaf
ness interferes rather with tho ac
quisition of spoooh than with its re
tontion after lt has once been acquir
ed. _
TAFT CALLED DOWN.
J ml ?o l'Arkor Hays lin lo Trying to
Dooolvo tho ?PooplOt
Former J udgo Alton B. Tacker, in
a statement given out at New York
Wednesday took issue with some of
the uttterauces of Seorctary of War
Taft lu tho speech delivered at
Greensboro, N. C. by Mr. Taft last
Monday. J udgo Parker declares that
the secretary in his spoeoh sought to
have tho publlo draw tho Inference
that tho reoont prosecutions of alleg
ed Illegal oomhlnatlouB arc &duo to
new statutes. To this J udgo Parker
taken oxceptlon and to support his
contention he quotes from his lotter
of acceptance and a speech subse
quently delivered during tho last
presidential campaign. lu both the
speech and tho lotter J udge Parkor is
quoted assaying that tho lawson the
statute book were entirely adequate
if enforced.
Judge Parker in hU statement says:
"Tho lnferenco that Secretary
Taft would have thc public draw
from ids uttorrnoes ls that these
things are due to now statutes; that
who vindication which the law ia now
receiving ls duo to congressional ac
tion sluco 1904, But that ls not so.
Not one of tho successful prosecutions
for which the existing administra
tion ls now entitled to credit ls bas
ed on any new statute. lOvory sin
gle one of them down to this date
rests solely upon the law as lt stood
In 1004, and lt should not bo lost
sight of by a discriminating public
that tho law could have been enfor
ced In 1004, and In 101(3, and lu 1002,
just as woll as today. Had lt been
the wrongs from wu lob the poople
suffered would not have so multipli
ed."
Beware ol' iliu U mi Orto w.
A few weeks agna promising teach
or, educated, earnest and relined, wah
drowned at Charleston. Ha wont IP
bathing and wa? drawn out by th?
undertow. A few days later a soldlei
*t Wilmington, N..C, waa caught lb
tho undertow and ctrried to the plac?
of death. In commenting on these
sad ovents the Carolina Spartan says:
"Tho undertow ls not discernible on
Sttrtf.OOf^Wblob -upn??c? ?af? ?vtxl
smooth. Very few of those caught by
lt have powor to resist. Tho pull out
ward and downward ls too much for
them. Bub there are a hundred vlo
tims of tho undertow on land to one
In the sea. Wasted hours, vicious
habits, ugly tempers and scltiahnosh
draw many people downward. Then
many a man falls a victim to lntcm
poranoe, being deceived by the de
lightful sensations of tho first plunge
before ho reaches tue irresistible pow
er of tho undertow. Noone outers on a
life of debauchery suddenly. Few In
tentionally prostitute mind and body
to a career of vice, lt Is thc captiva
ting superiiolal appearance that lum
them on to irreparable ruin. Beware
of thc tieacherous, deadly undertow
I in social life."_
l>lil Not Mean it.
In his message to oongrcss lu De
cember, 1005, President Roosevelt
said: "All contributions hy corpora
tions to any political oommitteo or foi
any political purpose should be for
bidden by law; directors should not
be permitted to use stockholder's
money for suoh purposes; and, more
over, a prohibition of this kind would
ho, as far as it went, an cffeotlve
method of stopping thc evils aimed at
in corrupt practice ac'.s, Not only
should both the national and the sev
eral state legislatures forbid any chi
cer of a corporation from using the
money of the corporation in or about
my election, but they should also for
bid such use of money.In connection
with any legislation save by the em
ploymcut of counsel In public maimer
for distinctly legal services." Several
hills along this Une were introduced,
out tiley failed to pass.
Hevon Dio in Fiamos,
Ills wife and six children dead and
his home destroyed and himself badly,
If not fatally burned, ls the fate of
Solomon Gobba, whose residence was
on the outskirts of Lafayette, 111.
Thc dead of tho family arc: K,.
ohael, 10; Freeman, 12; tiny, 10; Mar
quis, 8; li.Uti), 6; brooks, 2; and da
ran, the mother 38. Gobba wa:? in
the yard and saw llamos oomlng from
the upper part of the house. IL
called bu his wife and together thoy
rushed up stairs to awaken the chil
dren. Both were overcome by ?moke.
Gobba managed to crawl to a window
and in an effort to raise it foll to the
ground and sustained painful Injuries.
Killed In Ila tl lo.
Gin, Begfdado, former president ol
Salvador and thc leador of tho Salva
dorean troops In the present coi (Hot
with Guatemala, wt?s killed in battle
Thursday. Tomas R.galado war
president of Salvador from 1800 tc
lOO.'h A provision of the Salvadorean
constitution prevented him fri in hav
lng a socond term Immediately fol
lowing bis llrst, but ho was a candi
dato to succeed Prosldcnt I'licalon
whoso term will expire next year,
and doubtless would have boon oleo
ted as ho was a popular Idol who bar
achieved much fame as a soldier.
Many Hon.il Letters*
The report of tho division of tin
dead lottors for tho mouth of J um
shows that 834,362 pieces of unclaim
ed matter were received, against ?61,
373 In the same month last year. Tin
number of unmallablo letters receiver,
i was 135,026 against 121,780 1H June
i 1905} number of letters returned ti
senders, 100,002 against 81,021 b
i 1906. As oompared with Juno, 1006
tho number of lettors received oon
? tabling monoy deor<\asod from 0,73(
, to 0,300 but tho amount of mono]
contained in the letters lnorcasoi
from 14,040 in 1005, to $5,667.78 ll
I 1900,
WANTS EVIDENCE
ON W1II0H TO PAOOEHD AGAINST
OEUTAIN OFFlUIAIiS.
Attorney-General Youmans Pays That
Lanallan Has Denied Parkers
Testimony.
Mr. LoRoy F. Youmans, attorney
general, waa instruoted by Gov. Hey
ward about a month ago to proceed
with prosecutions against certain dis
pensary otllolals. Mr. Youmans has
been 111 slnoe that time. Wednesday
day he wroto to Gov. Iloywary, In ef
feot, that ho could not proooed on the
testimony which tho supreme court
ordered Mr. Parker to givo boforo tho
Investigating conmitteo. Following ls
the letter to Gov. Hoy ward:
Ddar Slr: lb was stated in tho Co
lumbia Stato of Juno 8th that "the
announcement was made yesterday
that Governor Hey ward had noti?ed
the attorney general, Mr. Le Hoy F.
Youmans, to prooctd with criminal
prosecution against dispensary ofll
dals, suspeotod of misconduct by roa
son of the testimony of Mr. Lewis W.
Parker."
Tue testimony of Mr. Lewis W.
Parker referred to ls to bo foond in
tho isbue of tho State of June 7th.
On the receipt of >our letter, X had
a conversation with you, in which 1
stated my views In regard to the most
important fundamental legal proposi
tion connected with the mabtor.
As tho announcement referred to in
the issue of The State of Juno 8th
has been often iterated and reiterated
without any mention of what tran
spired in tho conversation between
us, I think it propor to state In writ
ing brleily the position I then took,
?ind to whloh 1 still adhere.
lt will bo seen by reference to thc
testimony of Mr. Lewis W. Parker
alluded to, that lt consists in the main
of portions of what was said to him
.n conversation by a Mr. Lanahan,
who ls a citizen and resident of Mary
land, and whom our criminal court6
lave no power to compel to testify tc
:he matters whloh Mr. Parker says
Lanahan told him. So muoh of the
itatoment as relates to misconduct on
.he part of dispensary dilu?ais, con
dsts solely of what Parker says Lana- I
ian told him (Parker) as having baer;
lommunloated to him (Lanahan) b)
L. W. Byokln, a member of thc- dis- i
jensary board.
1 did not then think, and I do not
mw ni ink that anything revealed by
"bo testimony of Mr. Parker afforded
oeuabie ground on v/hloh any proseou
Olon proper and necessary to vindicate
ohe law could be Instituted against a
dispensary ctllolal.
Parties chargsd rd.tb. the--c?i??irfa~ ?
?ton of such ofleuoos as aro spoken of,
eau logallv ho arrested only on war
rauts Issued upon probable causo of
che commission of those t lTenses sup
ported by oath or atllrmatlon. (Oon ,
stitution, art, 1, seo 1(3 ) A warrant
is a precept under hand and seal of
i person authorized to take up any of
fender to bo dealt with acoordiug to
lue course of law; is properly issua
ole now upon al?ldavlt, which atlldavit
must accompany the warrant.
A prosecution at this stage of the
M??.lr, based on the testimony given
would, In my judgment, be premature^
ill-advised and unwarranted, lt wlh
be remembered, too, that In the very
carefully prepared resolution, hy
willoh the legislative commltteo was
appointed to investigate tho State dis
pensary, the committee is to roport it*
Undings to the general assembly. What
further devolopmonts may be hold be
fore this committee I, of course, can
not anticipate. 1 have so often seen
Ill-advised and premature prosecutions
result in tho miscarriage of lustlce
that 1 have found lt very unsafe to
depart from established preoedent?
and well-established practicas. As 1
understand from your letter, tho in
vestigating committee has made no
report to you of this mattor, and what
you s\w in the public prints produced
nefore tho Investigating committee as
Lhe result of a ruling of the supremo
court, is the manner in which tba sub
ject was brought to your attention.
When tho conduct of Hlaok was re
ported to you by tho investigating
committee, as there was no atlldavit
or sworn statement, I advised you not
tc take any steps looking to his re
moval as a mern uer of the board until
there had boon at least an atlldavit
Ol sworn statement of what objection
able action it was stated that Hlack
bad been guilty. O? being Informed
of this by you, thc allldavlt was at
once supplied. I see no reason, if a
prosecution ls to bo Instituted In this
case against a dUpons.iry olnolal, why
it should be taken out of the domain
of the general and well-established
law. lt ls perhaps worthy of remark
in th's commotion that tho press
which Informed ns of Parker's testi
mony, informs us also that Lanahan
docs not agreo to tho version made
before tho Investigating commltteo.
Vory respectfully,
Lie lio Y F. YOUMANS,
Attorney General.
Hovon H Iris Drowned.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, seven girls
wero drowned Thursday in Cedar
Rapids river, only throe blocks from
i homo, whilo wading. Tho smallest
> child slipped Into a deep hole and in
> trying to rescue hor six others were
drowned. Ruth Klersoy was tho only
one of tho party to escape. Tho dead:
Lucile, Hazel, Oladys and Josie
Sweeting; Ruth and Cora Coyle, and
, Clara Gabor. The girls ranged lu age
from 7 to 10 years. Tho Sweotlng
- children lived with tho fattier near
l Hills park on tho outskirts of Cedar
Rapids. Clara Usher was tho daugh
ter of Sweeting's housekeeper and
the Coyle children wero her nlecef,
> who Were on a visit from Sioux, Ia ,
'? Four of tho bodies wero quickly ro
? moved from tho water, but it was too
- lalo to resuscitate thom. Tho other
'< bodies wero recovered lator.
HbootiiiK AIVr*y.
') lu a shooting atTray following a
i party at whloh some of thoso presotit
had been drinking 12 miles from Ma
! riana, Fla., W. N. Donaldson, a well
} known stook doalor from Tampa, shot
f Waltor Nloholds in tho shoulder, his
1 son, Ross Nloholds, In tho leg and
] thon killed himsolf. It is alleged that
the quarr ol star tod through jealousy.
SHE KNOWS NOW,
A White Woman from the North
Assaulted Near Aiken
BY HE? NEGRO PET,
Who Made H!s Jiscnpe, and the Offi
cers are Trying to Catch Him.
She Was a Great Friend to
Thc Negro Race Gen
erali}.
A dispatoh from Aiken says nows of
a horrible or imo that was perpetrated
about live miles from that piaoo reach
ed there Wednesday afternoon, but a
coherent account could not be obtain
ed until thin morning.
On Monday morning about 2 o'clock
Mrs. L. S. Ohapin was assaulted tn
Uer home by a negro man named
Isaac Knight. The fact that Mrs.
OUapin ls an old lady, at least 66
ycais of age, makes thc crime all the
moro revolting. The negro who as
saulted her had boen in her employ for
over threo years. Mrs. Chapin lived
in the house with no white person,
rtie negro man, who liyed in a room
at tho side of dbe house next to the
altouon, and a negro family living In
ino yard, wore tue only ones who
stayed near her.
lsaao Knight had been off all day
Sunday and did not come baok to Mrs.
Jhaplu's home until early Monday
oaorniug. Hearing a knock at the en
trance of tho house, Mrs. Onapln went
to the door to see who lt was. She
oponed the door and found it was
Kulght. She went Into the dining
room and was fixing tho negro seme
supper when ho commuted the assault,
rue negro left tho community and
nas nub necu seen since.
Mrs. Chmpin bas no near white
neighbors, so she could not report the
case at once. When the sheriff learn
ed of lb yesterday morning, he went to
?be oummunity at once and tried to
capturo the negro, but ho could find
no traces of him. Tue orlme had not
ueoomo generally known In Aiken uti
oil late yesterday afternoon, v/hon a
posse of about 50 men pnder the lead
ership ol the sheriff organized for the
purpose of catching the negro.
It was distinctly understood before
they lott hore that there would be no
lyno?i?g, but tnat they would do
averything possible to catch tne negro
and nave ulm plaoed la jail. They,
toft boro last evening amt searched
oho country thoroughly, but they
could lind no traces of bim. Further
search will be made for bim,
Mrs. Chap?n wanted the case drop
ped, as she did not wish to appear in
court In such a case, but, of course,
tho sheriff and the people of the oona*
.nullity will not allow tbe negro to go
unpunished it lt ls possible to capture
ulm. Every cffjrt will be made to
orlng tho scoundrel to justice, but the
people have agreed that there will oe
no lynching. The posso went armed
last night so as to be prepared to meet
any opposition, for lt was rumored
chat tho negroes In the community
intended to give some trouble.
Mrs. Chap?n ls a Northern lady, and
ueforo her misfortune did not under
stand the negro. She baa put every
trust in Knight and bad even consid
ered him tho equal of the average
wblto man. Shu bad treated bim aa
well as she could have treated any
white person, thinking that bo was a
gontlemau. She oven deoiared on one
occasion that ho was a perfect gentle
man. Knight was always respectful
to Mrs. Cnaplu, but lt could bo seen
ny his notions among other negroes
bhat the treatment tnat be was re
ceiving was giving bim a false Idea of
ula Importance. On Monday morning
the naturo of tho negro assorted lt
self; it could be held in ohcok no lon
ger.
Mrs. Chap?n was originally from
Manonester, Vermont, but she has
made her borne near Aiken for a num
oer of yoars. White people have warn
ed her several times that sho should
not stay alono with no ono near ber
except negroes, but sue would pay no
attention to them, thinking that the
negro v/as wortny o' trust. She oamo
douth with the New liiaglauder's usu
al idea of negro character, and no ar
gument that could be put fortn could
snake tire negro from tho pedestal on
which she had plaoed bim. While
che white people of tho community
are not lu sympathy with Mrs. Cha
pin's treatment of the negro they are
aotcrmiued that be shall be brought
to justice. A white lady bas been in
sulted-that is onougb, punishment
must follow.
When the posso collected last night
there wcro no signs of mob violence.
They wcro a quiet determined body of
men bent upon tho oapture of the
scoundrel who had dared to insult a
lady. Although they did not succeed
in capturing him last night, they are
determined fosearon for bim until ho
is captured._
Hold Wlt'o ?nd Child.
Fourteen-year-old Lorotta Uosen
grant, who was sold, with hor mother,
for ?3 to Raymond Palmer, of Forks,
Wyoming County, Pa., in 1000, was
Kridav married to Ciando Kose, tk
lumberman. Hor father, George Hjsen
grant, in 1U00, mado a bargain with
Palmer by which ito sold bis wife for
*;< and throw In the little girl, Loret
to, to hoot. All involver! In tho trans
action wore woll satisilod. Lorotta
had to get her fathor's consent to be
married. Ho gave it readily. Sho
will bo 14 on August 27. Her husband
ls 23._
AHBftHBinntod,
A dispatch from Scbaitopal says
Vloo Admiral Cbouknin, corn ?w?nde*
of tho Blaok Sea tl ?ot, who was shot
Thursday supposedly by a sailor of the
battleship otohakoff, died Friday
morning without regaining conscious
ness. Tho under gardener of Admi
ral Chouknin's villa ls suspected of
having knowledge of the murderer, as
he has disappeared ?