The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 28, 1906, Image 1

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SSL JWBL JSL H?S?P^ yaam "DO TH, uiuoAT r.inu .Ty, nt PI BI ova eovhs AUD MA?? ODR LIVBS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY oaoua Diovcm afcontotn IN THYOAOSB " VOL.>&XI. BEN JSTETTSVTLLE, S. G., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 100?. NO. 40. BRYAN GOMES To Columbia and is Most Warm ly Welcomed by People FfiOM ALL THE ST ATI'. A Cordial R<c<p(ion is Qlvin the Orea: s end Elcqu nt Orator by the People o' Columbia and Thousands of Visitors Prom Othtr Places. JTr. William Jennings Bryan's visit to Columbi* Wednesday was an coca ?ion of Rreat political moment. Tuen woro gathered there to meet him several hundred o' the leading men of the State, and they listened Intent ly to tl e words of wisdom of tho mai who Jr. now rrouldlrg Democratic thc tight and sentiment. Mr. Bryan arrived in Columbia Wednesday morn ing at 3 o'ohek from Charlotte, bis train having been delayed. V.'ed ?enday morning Mr. Bryan wes entortained at breakfast by a coat mitiee invited by the Chamber of Commerce-Mr. li.chard I Manning. Dr C. M Galloway, Dr. Julius D Dreher, Dr. J A. B. Soherer ?nd oth ers,. At io 30 Governor ney ward and escort called in motor oars at Wright's hotel, Mr. Bryan's head qujrtei", and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and ps i ty were ti ken in. motor carH for a fijJo fircund tl e city and out into tb( country. A fte) this the parly drovo up to th roar of Legare college s nd through a baok entrance to the Btap? In iront of which were gathered 2 500 pcopb awaiting the arrival of tho great American citizen. AH the morning tbero had been a throng of men and women around tho doors of Wright'., hotel, eager ind t xpeotant for th? first glimpse (f the guest of South Cardin*. He WAK c? re*ed lustily as he carno out and cn*, ci ed the motor car. Again as hr- ascended the p.at forn. in front of Legare COIICRO tnere was cheering. The morning was beautiful, al though later lt became sultry and shovery. There were many ladle' present and altogether the atmos pher ? was one cf <>uoh frank cordiality for tho speaker, that h&, in effect, deoh red that, be feared ho would lapse Into platitudes. There were no Republicans for bim to face and his speech was not given tho emphasis which perhaps it would btv.-, received had .there been in the air a touch of animosity to the sneaker. Mr^B^yap hjp.eanrio.very^^niiftf-.y. *mw*o..i\ de ' Li? pordtiph/ ; '-?he dua^Vj(^p^ Rbip proposition y ion no m h talked of la* olar?d p? -alji that he ls Wtfw/raiuco speak ..io views, and if they be unpopular bo is not afraid to noe he the olsap proval of thote who disagree with him. Hisspeah V?H In f(ur parts: Wt dlBsaotlon and ridicule ol the ipeeohef on high tariff by Mr. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the trcsury; lils declara tion that Roosevelt is popular not be cause of thc Republican party, but in spite of it, for hts popularity comes from the reforms which he urges, re forms taken from the Dsmi eratic platforrr ; his discussion of the Phillp pine situation in a way to show that had the Derne orallo party been vic torious in 1900, there would have been saved (from subsequent Phillp pine extravagance?) $600.000,000, enough to dig the Panama canal, ano there wouldn't bo the shame of car pet badgers kept in power by bajonet rub ; hr.ally his explanation of the government ownership if railroads wbloh, In a way, ho favuM. Thh< was tho newest and most significant, part ot his speech. Some of tin Qterjogr^.pber's uotes were rendered al most undecipherable hy tho showers which came up toward the latter part of Mr. Bryan's spteoh. When Mr. Bryan and escort mount ed the stand there was great enthu siam in tho crowd, and tho Columbi* orohestra, which had been entertain ing the orowd, began to play ''Our Country 'Tis of Thee " Thc meet lng wat oalled to order by Mr. W. A Clark, ptesldent of tho Chamber of con mfr.ee, who presented Uev. Dr. Sam M. Smith, pastor of tho First Presbyterian cl uroh, who made a prayer full cf patriotism and noble thought. This was referred to very feel,nfc!/ by Mr. Bryan Bubscquontlj in Us ("scussicn of Christian citizen ship. IO .den! ly Mr. Bryan ls not accust? lutd to seeing pclltioal meet ings opened willi prayer. Mr. tdark then took charge of tin proceedingti In the following introduo tory re mar 1rs: Fol hw olt'zms, wc hnv3 as cu gui si today ono of A mer loa's rca,t>v distinguished sons, ono dlstingulscc ss a ol1 z*n, distinguished as a utah H man, distlngu'shed as an orator. II l at kh dly consented to hptak to to> pei plc of Sou h Carolina upon Urns great political <i ?estlons which con cern thc nat on. lt; ls our privilege, therefore, to extend to him a Caro lina ?v?loome. II* ls the g neut no? only ? the city of Columbia, but ol the kt ito cf S( uth Caiollna. lt h. prep* r, therefore, that Columbi!' ^titulo ixtcnd him cur welOome, J Ti? my privilege now to Introdt ce Mt J I n A. Willis, MI- mayor pro ten who w:ll extend this wolcomo. A i. mc UM AN winnis. Mr Willie, nu .-.Ot; a v>. ry tint*, spemh whloh was noe.\cd with frequent in torrup'lons of aiplauNe. On belia) of the city of Columbia, he said: li, lb wita pleasure 1 am here oefor. you today in b hal' of his honor, ru mayor to welcome to our fair city HI distinguished a gufst, a man wei. known tn you sh, ci tl or personally 0 hy remits tion, and a man that Stand* 1 Ighhi tl e 4 ntino tion cf th? Amorl Cor p plo ?*s n ch y.n, writer, slatep man ai d orator. Ho has been wlthh our gw.nM before, iud but a bicci awAy a.drobiifcd cur legislature li open air, and with a pleasant rctror prct of that day wc arc giad to aga;i have the p'av.ure of 0? 0* more wei Doming him to our olty, to cur homet and te our heat tn. And J am confi dent I voleo the sentiment of every man, woman and ohild of Oolumbla. I am glad to seo so msny strangers with us today, to ("o honor to so noted a guert, and I bid them welcome ard thark them for oomlng to aid us in honoring a man who In all bis politi cal oaroer stands out against the hort son of his far-away Western borne with the white 0 g of purity wrapped about him-and no man can j natl > point at him except to name a pure and loyal Amerioan and loved by all who know him. 'Tis true our guest is a courageous mar ; this no ono can doubt. He speaks what ho thinkp and aoU as his consokmo'; dlotater> and fears no man or pirty. He wa? t wice the oholce of the Democratic party and twice defea'ed, V ut tbat did not discourage this God fearing man and if the sign* of the timo are right he will again bo tbolr oboioe, and I trust and believe ho will load his par? y ?oi.uccess and after November, 1908, we mav h VJ the pleasure and honor of again welcoming h'm not as a clti zen alone, but as the chief executive of this great nation. In this dear Southland wo love a man who prove? himself to be pure, true and loyal to his convictions, and to bis people, and as I stand here upon this historic ground and in front of this historic building and basifies theso historio stands from behind which no many distinguished South < arolinians hava spoken, and as I gr. zo upon the p r traits of MoDiMilo, Legare, Prestou, Hampton and the lmixortal Calhoun, methinks I see their faces light up with a sm Ho of approval and bid mc with you all to weloome to dear olO Oolumbla this true and-trled oitiz n writer, statesman aud silver-tongued orator, the H n. Willam Jennings Bryan Mr. Clark then prcsonted Gov. Du: - can Clinch Hayward, who was receiv ed with marked approbation. Gov. Hey ward said: GOVKKNOR HUTWAHD Mr. Ohalrmau, Ladies, and My Fellow Oit z ur: I fee' honored to Bpeak for S uth Carolina on tho occasion which calls as together this mornii g. It ls al wavs a pleasure tome to < xtond to visiting guests the cordial hospitality, the greeting and thc we'e mo of our native State. And toc'ay, my fellow ci'.lzons, it 1B in added pleasure and a privilege in deed, to ext: nd thc right, hand of geo !. ly fellowship, aye, both hands, In .varment greetings to our honored anc! distinguished guest, "Ou: Great Cr al moner," William J? linings Hryan. Slr, you have nmt and mingled with South Carolinians before. You know the fciocerity of our welcome, and 1 trust that recollections cf former visits llDgor as pleasant memo, les with von, as they do with us. Our gucRt has just returned from t long visit to many distant lands. Riverywhoro he B( J urned honors wore oeaped upon Amerioa's distinguished ors, and in England 4 Oor Great Oem moiier"' was termed "the Gladstone ol America." And when be returned to the land of his b'rth suoh a wei .omo was given him as rarelv if evei has been < quailed under the Stars and Stripes of his na'dvc country. Differing lu numbers and in noise, perhaps, but tquallng in sincerity and cordiality ls the welcome which wo South Carolinians give to you, Mr. Mryan, tooay. () >r only regret is idiat your stay must be so brlof. And now, Mr. hryan, I give yoi; into the. caro and keeping of vom South Carolina friends- South Carn Un?an?, I present to you tho Neb raskan, William Jennings Bryan, thc grpat American. Gov. Heyward's ringing speeoh wat followed by c!?eors which swelled let' a ger.uino ovation as Mr. Bryan cami forward smiling. Mr. Bryan was li very line v doe and without difficult) ne maoe everyone lu that big o;Owe hear him. He was interrupted wltl applause frequently. After up'-aklngan hour and 40 min utos, Mr. Bryan concluded, atthougl the orowd willingly would have spem the whole afternoon listening to bli words of wisdom and his call to ao tlon. Mr. Willis announced that then would be a publlo reeoptlon at tin State oapital and there for half a: hour Mr. Bryan stood shaking hana with the South Carolinians who, euge and admiring, crowded upon him. AT LU NO 1!KON. At 3 o'clock Mr. and Mrs Bryai were entertained at luuoheon by Capt and Mrs. W K Gotz.tlesat their hom on Senate rtreet. The guests Invite to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bryan wert Gov. I). O. Hey ward, Mr. Riobard 1 Manning, Mr. Martin 1<\ Ansel, gui ernor elect; Mr. Jno. 0. Sheppard, foi mer g? v rnor of the Stat; ; Mr. S?ai hopo Sams, Litt. I) ; Mr. W. A. Cia* ano Mr. Julius H. Walker. Tho pr.rt remained at the homo of Capt Got /.Jes until the t'.mo for doparturo i tho train for Augusta. There was committee from that city waiting I accompany Mr. Bryan. Tho groat Nebraskan evidently found of Columbia, ll* did not hes cato to say so, and his fi lends bei wore mado to feel that his words wo: genuine. Markot tho Crop Slowly. Mr. Harvle Jordan rays "the rcoei meeting of the executive com mitti of the Southern Colton Assoolatk :>eld at Ilot Springs, Atk., tlxlng tl minimum price on cotton, basis ml diing, at Interior points at 10 cents a low price as any farmer could I asked or advised to hold bis Cotto Ten cents per pound 's practloa! the bread and meat line and nott sold below that llgure, however sllgl ban ly represent the cost of produotlc rinne ls no necessity and no kind sensible rescuing why the Sou should raorilloe at tho present m turing crop at any prloo under cents per pound. There 's no good rr son why this crop should noll for li I v an that of last year, whloh avers i d a little over 11 conta per pour ?1 tho ports. Since September ??04, to Septomber I, 1006, tbf lave como into sight 25,500,000 ba if cotton and of this enormous amou ll bsd been praetloa'ly otu sum xor pt about 800 000 bales." T jrop is short and Mr. Jordan advl: Mic farmers to market tho orop sic ly and the price ls bound to rise. FI?RCK FIGHT, Nil UKO ATTACKS l?N(JINKi;U IN ll IM HNGINU CAB* The Negro Fireman Made No J?fort to Help the Engineer in His Battle. Engineer J. L. Leonard, of tbe M.'uihem railway, had a desperate tight with a negro tn his engine oab Thursday morning Just after ho had left Kingsville and was about thirty wilts abuve Orangeburg. His left ear was chewed nearly off by his ferocious assailant, Daniel Goodwin. | who afteward made his csoapo. Wil liam Wilson, the engineer's oolored fireman, did not raise his hand to help his superior. Just outside ' f Ktngvlllo Thursday morning, while Engineer Leonard was urging his engine to speed in order to get thc morning passenger train from Charleston into Columbia on time, Daniel Goodwin, a negro who had act' d an fireman for Mr Leonard and who Md been d isobar ged some ten days bf f oro, leaped upon tho en gino step% a '.d made his way luto thc oab of tho onglno. Ho announced that he was going to ride to Oolum Ola. Engineer Leonard ordered the bli; negro off the locomotive. It would have been against tho ruloB to lot him rldo. Goodwia refused to go. The. engincor stopped the eugine tr> put the negro off. Goodwin seized a neavy monkey wrench and made a deadly swing with lt at the engineer's lie*d He saw the blow coming lust In time and slid down from his seat Ile grappled with Goodwin, and then hogan the light. I was the en gineer's tank to pr vont G- odwin 'r un bral. i IR him with the wreroh, und at the axwo time tn put the d'sp'.-rate follow fl tho engine. Tbe negro wa - forced steadily baok ward by Mr Leonard, who ls not s big mim, hut who ls well muscled. But Goodwin got a brace against the b. ok of the cab and Mr. Leonard' head brushed agalm.it his faoo. In ntartlv, with the lnatit.ot of a bull dog. G Godwin orushed the engineer's .?ar betveen his teeth, and ohowed. Tho pain was horrible. Tho engineer succeeded In tearing away, and then lt we s'thi\ i Goodwin made his csoapr from the c.b. and disnppearod into nearby woods. Iii scorns to bo a des perato fellow, and had au ally in Mr. Leonards negro Ureman. Although in great pal", tho en giceer drove his engloe into Colum bia, and there WQB Bent to the infirm \ry and received treatment. He re turned to Charleston Thursday night. It is thought that Goodwin will bc captured, as he lives in tho neighbor hood of the plaoo where the assault was made. Tire Charleston P. st) says Mr. I* iona rd hi well Imovm tn Oh leaton. Do ?inn neon an emnucer tho Southern railway f r many years, and is a good man. Ho was able te -eceivc vibltors Friday, but will have trouble with that inj ired ear for some time to o?me. Reports about his in j irks were muoh exaggerated, but ne did have a nairow efc^po. V7ANXTT? B8 PARDONED. litBtol Those Who Will Uo to Purdon Board. Thc board of pardons will meet In Columbia thc first Wednesday in Oe tuber. There are always a grnat many people interested In the work of thh board, and BO that all Interested may know of tho pending oanes the follow lng list of the oases to bo considered at the appr JP ^Mng session of the board ls given: Dan Lt,wo, Aiken Canty, man laughter. R P. and J II ? ahoy, Aadorson, assault and baUory and rcslBtlng an officer. Djck Davis, Anderson, murder, re commended to meroy. C. H. Phillips, Rorkeloy, larceny live stock. George Stone, Cherokee, petit lar ceny. E H. Parker, Chesterfield, murder, recommended to meroy. Kally Davis, Colleton, manslaugh ter. Eddie Patterson, Geovgetown, mur der. ErvIn and Emanuel Limbcrt, lar ceny Uve tioook. Hurwell Thomas, Hampton, mur der. Nod O. Sessions, Iforry, violation dispensary law. Walter C. M;Manus, Linoaster, manslaughter, recommended to meroy. Hill MuCllutook, Laurens, man slaughter. Poinsctt Co,noll and Sol Norton, Greenville, murder. T. J Thaokaton, Greenville, viola tlon Seotlon 382 Criminal Codo. Waltor Allen, Groonvlllo, murder. Waltor Jones, Laurens, assault and battory, intent. A. B, A maker, ct al "A makers," Orangeburg, conspiracy. Freddie Aiken, Orangeburg, ansauh and battery, high aggravated nature. A. Folger Powell, Piokcns, viola tion dispensary law. John Hendrix, Piokcns, burglary, in night time William E llson, Plokons, vlolallor dispensary law. ThcS, C. Aughtry, R ahland, mur .1er. Henry Padgett, Saluda, disposing p*oo rby under lien. lt) I Turnstall, Spartanburg, larceny liVO BtOOl . J. I). Walker, Lancaster, soiling whiskey. Robert Gunnell8, Greenville, assault with intent to rapo. To Norm OM B?tlojr? A. I). Jackson, ohalrman of tbe I) mocratlo Executive Ocmmlttoo of Woods county, Texas, has issued a call for a mass meeting of Democrats of his county at (? dtman Saturday, Septembor lll. h, tu uncertain and ox prosi our .vlshes in regard to instruct ing our Stat? Sonators ano our Rep resentatlves in voting against J. W. Bailoy, for United States Senator from Texas." Mr. Jaokson states that the oall is promptod by reconb devel opments made In tho testimony of H. Clay P.erce kt St. Louis. FIVE ASSAULTS By Negro Fiends on White Wo men in Atlanta Caused k NIGHT OP TKRBOK. Mob invade N g'o Section In D fiance ?f the Pulicc, end Cut, Shoot and Btat Negroes to D nth. Thirty. Plve Aro Killed and Msnv Wounded. The multiplicity of assaults com mitted in Fulton county and Atlanta during tho past three mci'ti ?, live of which occurred from 5 to U o'clock Saturday night, resulted in a bitte raoo war in wbtoh at lca'it thirty ne <?roes wer? killed by tho Infuriated white people of thc city. O \o of thc assaults Saturday evening recurre' Just boyond the outskirt? of the city in Fulton county, aud four others al most In the centre of tho ol ty. Aboul 7 o'clock Mrs. F Arnold, residing lt tho western part of thc. city, was al tacked in her back yard by a negro, but o?caped f un his o'u ches and frightened bim away by her screams The negro was ohased by the men of the neighborhood, who heard th> orles for help, and lator cr-p'tired ano1 taken to tho polios barracks. When tels faofc became known lt fanned a smouldoriUK llame and In a short Urne a small crowd of white per; pie collected a short distance from th. station house, and lt appeared that thero would he trouble. About tie same time nows was received the' Mrs. Obafln, who lives usar the Sol Hers* Home., had been attacked In th same manner by a negro, ai-d a po^si immediately bonan soourlng the w. ods in that vicinity for the ll .nd. These '.wo oocurrenocs, oouph.d .vlth the sov en similar attacks thnt have beet' made upon thc woman of Atlanta lo h week, hoon had th", entire city In > Humo of passion. In very s'v rt order three more r^port^d att?mp:s of tho same naluro were received and abeu 7 o'olf?k tho mob around that scotion of Dcoatur street infes'.ed by the ne groes had grown lo more than 500 people. COUNTY DISPENSARIES. \ro Not Pcrmt?aat)k U udor Unr Ht?to Constitution, To the Editor of the Mews and Cou jiers> I i don't exp;ot. -vou fiO . publish this, as you havo carefully rofraiueo from publishing anything that would tend to dispute ye ur posltb.n, but as the clootlons are ovor and no further use for misrepresentation, I will try you and s?e to what extent you aro 8 . ewspapor. Waat havo you kilned lr che el otion, ud.nltiing for the saki f argument that you hxve tho G over uor aod Legislature in favor of count) dispensaries? This, however, only at argument; we contend that wo havt the Legislature Gan you have county Mspensarlet?? In our opinion youl campaign has been a myth, you can't nave county dlspoosaries without ab rogathig every business priu?Jp!r known to trade sud oom m oreo. Say that you havo both foo G vernor and the Legislature in favor o'count dis pensaries, can you hava them? That ls i>he question. The Constitution o' South Carolin* savs, f f ter enumerating what the Leg islature oin do, in relaid to thc "ll quor question," and may authoriz ind empower, State, county and mu nicipal oillcers, all or either, uuder th. authority and In tho nrouo of the S.ato, to buv in any matkot and re tall wlthl- re State liquors and bev er ages lu jtt package.-? and q 'anti ties und? . such rules and regulations as it dee AB expedient/' Now, ttipposo C arleston wants a county dispensary, lt cannot buy ll quor In Ita own name, but mint buy in tho name of tnc State. So, you see, we oin't have county dispensaries; and the last oampulgn bas Loon IUD upoi, a fraud. Y.?u say we can have lt, but thc State must ba responsible for out purchases. 1 admit thal; but ls thc State of South Carolins, so lAoklng In business qualification as to purmit the ?se of its credit to forty-one couuntte without any bupervlsioi ? Certainly tho State ls not ac ind ld ate for tin lunatic asylum, and wlh prohibition oouutles be willing to bo tax. cl to pay debts of dispensary counties and get no revonui V Hardly. SJ you see ?hat from a business standpoint you havo got tJ havo Stale suporvlslon ol tho dispensary or entirely repeal the law. Now you wouid bo willing to repeal the law aod return to bar rooms, but that was not the Issue in this eleotlon. So, If you will tell me whal /ou havo gained lt will enllgoun me, as I can see no gain with all of this hulcbaioo. W. F. Clayton. Florenoo, S C Hlu'wor ol'Aluney? A dispatch from Now York says as a result of a collision between a trol ley oar of the Btooklyn Rapid 'Pram lt C o i and a wagon owned by thc K,? stein Coal Company, of Manhattan, 30 bags containing about 120 taco lo ?mall ooln wore strewn about tin ?trcct lu Hath H>ach, according tr the driver. All except thc contents Of ??? b?g W?8 htol??i. The rtiYi?l' OMivas b&gfl burst as they went Loth? pivi ment, and the J Ogling coins at i.ractcd a orowd of men and boys wi r helped themselves until thc pjllce ar rived. Ont on Hull Thomas W. Alexmdor, tho cotton broker of Augusta, under arrest In Pittsburg asa fugitive fro"n J istice, left for home ld charge of Lieutenant of Pollco William M. Collins of Au gusta, who arrived In Pittsburg. Lieutenant Collins says tho amount Involved Is bctwoen ilf>0 000 and ?200.000. They arrivod lu Augusta on Thursday, and Alexander was bail ed, the bo-id being $5,000. BfY?N'S VIEWS ON GOyiOKNMWNr O.VNKIISIHI' OF IlAIIiUOAOM. Ho States Bis Position and Says the Monopoly is 'Jor-up in Its Influence." In spiking on the eu' J ot of poy pymont ownerfb'p of railroads M Bryan said that two years airo the S' Loida convention re'levod him of r? sponslbllity asa load'-r ard left him J freo noah, Rnd he could say what b; want?d ?o soy and do what ho want ed to do * ithi'ur fooling hurt hy the Domcoratlo purry. "When I was freo," MT. Bryan sa'.d, "to expr?s myself ? dic'a'ed I had rr ached tbi conclusion that tho railroad monopoly was corrupt in Its 'niluonoo on Amer lean politics, ?nd I wanted to Hod ou> :\ relief for tho ueopln and have th/ railroads administered by the govern mont Uff the people, and not by a fe1" wngnatfcs who enrich themselves, ano '.be stookholdors. "I haVo thought about lt since and I havo made Borne observa'loos abr *nd my;?ouvioMon-. havobe*n Inoreas. rid, snd-.yet thc othnr dav when I ?ale? In New [York that 1 ?till v*llnv-! what I said it.wo years ago l relieved, 1 found II was aooused of disturbing tb*. OarmonV of tho D moo at io party Ooe thhig resulted from my utter -noes, lt relieved me of som? simple loua friends I hod In New York. "For] instance, there was a Stand ard Oil attorney who lived in Ohio who bal come ont and adveatad my oorolnalJon. That embarrsssed me The neit day after the spoeoh lu New York t felt relieved to soe an Inter vlow from bim, whero he said the niau was prjeoosterous, and Rome papers v-^ro beginning to come.around, I feel I oan breathe easy now since they oompliboent me with t'oe'r CIMOIBTOR mstvadjof embarrassing mo wi bb their omplliponts While lt rollevod rn'. from trie support of suspicious char iOters,-;it aroused some fears in my mind fl to mv gooi fr?enos "My fr?en ls, lam still a private oltizftd? The people who say thoy aro 'or mo;'for president are not In a posl l ion td give bond to o infer upon me 'hts btihor whloh they would have me -ii y. i lam not going to walt two years aod was'o two years of my life imd walt for tho possibility of a presi dents olcotlon. No oleotlon could jisV-if? mo in keeping silent when I bink I ought to speak on a question of national inrp^rtavco. (Applause.) "I liave not aitGmpted to force roy ideas iju the oouutry, I havo been ac cused bf lt. Some* p?oplo have acoused me of'iastonlng thc Oiiloago platform on tho Democratic party. You do an Injusttjo to others who had so much *,o do vith writing that platform When ^Ae Ohles go o nvoutlon was held very fPW pe. pie knswmuoh about me. W? - . i^idnauiuu was written by the et )e. I was not able to get n the^ommittoe room. When I ask ed them to reiterate this plank on that platform I did not ask them to Btate a new doctrine that the Democratic party ?lld not stand ?o*. "I cannot fores things on the ooun try even if I wanted to; nobody fore id lt on me cr even c nvinced mo. 1 nave <?atohed the oorrup'.lng influence of tho railroads. 1 know something of how, railroad lobbies Infest evory State legislature and tho national oap ital, I know how they have, o; rrup'fti ur ( lil ilals, not merely the leg lull tures and executives, and hav- s8o.ur ?.d appr)lntments of their emt loy s to jodgef* when appointments wen uk\de "In my state when wc had the tl ?ht over tho rat? bill they io k .<? member of the legislature on asp0ot? engine and carried bim cut of th' State and ho has n< ver dared to return from that day to this. "1 had reach.?d tho conclusion that Instead of attempting the ImposslhUi dy, >s 1 believed, of regulating them .'Itu this tremendous lnlluanc? ar<*ay od i.gvtnst the people, it would bi bitter to n.ogulz. tho inevitable. "I said ultimately I believed this would be the solution, contrail/.% na tional ownorshlj, reserving to th? S .ate tho power of at'ending to its own bv.slnnss, because I saw tho dan gor lu national ownership, and I pro posed the plan by whloh national ownership should bo limited to a fow trunk Hues and leave the o ?hers with the Siato In or-Vr thar, tuey rotght build up In the S ?'o a power to pro too UH from oentra /. :mr.. "I know a goon m ?nv Of my friends do oot agree with me 1 shah not dilT ar with them Oan wrote n e the Other day that he liked my speech, that it wa tfJ per ocnt. g; od 1' 1 CAI be 1)0 per cent, in my Democracy I will oearcr approaoh perice lon theo s ?me I> moorats with whom 1 am ussooia ted in politic-'. 1 I am trying to prevent oentr&l /. power at Washington. To - railroad system wo have today lr the oontrtn of a few men interested In the Blect-lo? of a president centralizes power at Washington 100 times more than bhr plan I propose. M? plan leave., it to thc Staco, if tho Stato wants private ownorshlp lt can have private owoor ship, If lt wants puhilo ownership lt o*u havo lt. lt leaves thc question to be decided by the oommunlty." Floating on it I'iank. Tho capsizing of tho Amerloan sohoonor Twilight and the loss of six of hor orew In the recent storm olT tho Carolina coast is anuounoed In tho fol lowing message reoelved at tho navy department at Washington hy wire less, via St. Augustine, from tho onilser Minneapolis, on her way to Cuba: "The Minnsnpriis. iifty miles east of Charleston, at midnight plok cd up a niAn at sea ligating in a plank. T wo men heard his voloe along si le at 11 Stopped the ship and torn cd on tho searchlight and lowered a Ufo boat. Tho mao's name ls Jamos o don and he belonged to the sohoonor Twilight, whloh capsized at ti o'olook on tho morning of September 17. Then was soven in the orew. We remained in tho vicinity, ueing soarohllghts until eaylight, but say/ no sign of the wreck or any survivors, Fisk, Com mander." Tho Twilight, dpt., Feddcuscn, was of 257 toutiago and her homo port was Wllmlghton, Doh She sailed from Charleston Sopiombor ll for Phlla dolphla. She wss built at JW vst 11a von, Conn,, In 1874. \ MUST BE CRAZY What the "Reverend" Hayes Has to Say About the ?HATH OF HIS SON Who Ile R fused Medical Aid Claiming that Ile Wes a Divine ?ealing Kvangt IIM, Claiming That He Cunio* Cure Ulai With Prayer, Thc following lotter ls taken from . The Live Coala," a paporof the "di vino healing" faith, and was written >y It Ii ria> os, the 1 evangelist" who rs'unce1 to let Ids son have mcd'.oal a!d, claiming that he wa? a "divine healing' cvacgr Hst and could eure hit ^on hy prayer. The young lad was mfftrliiK from an abscess on the brain, and dieri at Anderson after a brief Ill ness. H>yea has hoon avrosted an ri viii b; tried for murder: I) .?ar Live Coals Furn!!?: May the G d of loyo, p-aoeand power ktep yoi: true on all li. ea till J sus oorars t take us away. After the ccuioll meet lng at thin place, of whioh tho unit) ..nd fellowship of tho Hsints and won erful mnetfng still Hogers, I went to Picket Post, Cvone.o oounty, and Join od in a meeting with' Brother Put mm, who already had tho tont up Chat plaoo was what, we gonorally cab 4 "burnt district." where holiness ha' been preaobed. Notwithstanding thcrf lad not leen a meeting thore on the definite lire l;no in nine year>\ a fe* "vvr* st?U standing true, while tin rn? J jritv were In a backs'idden oondt Uon Tho whole oommunlty, espec lally tho eooleslastloal body, legislated a quarantine against tho mooting Thoy Ulled the road* with brush t' keep people from coming to toe tont. While this made the battle bard foi tho fl rat few days, yet wo preacher and those that were ta ?od lay on ou faoss before God until the vlot-rv carno. Some prayed unlit 2 o'aloe' lu tho morning. T o gr^at God of Abraham, Isaao, J;.oob, and E?JL rode down In a oharl->t of Uro and th? Mde rose higher and higher, and In al) unis was tho grandest* mooting we bave been In for years. Two families lived In sight cf eaoh other that had had misunderstandings and old grud ges against oaoh othor for live years and they came together, sottled up. gpt right with God, and nearly all of these families got saved, some sanoti lied, some baptized with fire. The; startod a reknot prayer meeting, ano the meeting closed with vlotory. On Wednesday, thc 15'jh of A igust, aftor the council meeting here, my little son, Baxter, who would have been ll years old the 28.b day of Do oombcr, wont home with his aunt, Mrs. lt am, to Andornon, S. ? , tc spoud a few weeks. He was seeming .y well when he loft home, but wa aken t^e n. xt dar wita chills and :c..uacl.o. He grew worse, and hit. ium was not out on d vtne bealing ..c called in a ductor, and they gave doo medicine, and Rho thinking ht u d :>e allrigbij in a fow days did not le1 know anything aboutit un !l thi 27 b. O tills day I took tb* ont do?. II. aod Tuesday morning 1 arno Vi Wf st Uidon, S. (J., and on n> way ttioro 1 meta man wltb two digrams, ono from home tellh g ra? vi.e ?OWH Miry had boara thc day be fore, an e. cns ?! om Anderson, saying the doctors would have to perform ar. . pu..Mon, BO I mot my wife at Sou los, and wont tu the ohlld at once. Wo found him very low. I went up .own to wiro the children how ho was, and during my absence tho dootor came and told my wlfo that he had abscess of tho brain, and he had done all he could except perform tho opera olon. My wife told him wo were ou: on divine healing, and were trusting Jie L^rd, and she refusod to let him out baxter's head. I at once sent for the saints on my return, and wo pray d and anointed him, and continued to pray. Ho seemed to get hotter every timo we prayed, and when tin saints would como in ho would say, "Pray now." Tho dootor ci m? again while I was away and brought tho policeman with idm and tried to force my wife to havi . .io operation performed, but she re 'used. V?o held onto G.,d, and on friday, B.vxter grew wors^, and I ab aolutely turned bim over to God an< prayod for Him to save him and hay?. His way, so the Hird saved him ano saw Ut to take him, and ho sang thrco .^ongs before he died: "There is j ?y "n the Lord," "Oh, mother I'm saved Vonight," and "I'm going homo to dlr no more." then he passed away at 3 p.m., to bo whore thore will bo nu moro sickness or pain, to live will. Jesus, dust after this I wont to town to wiro homo and havo them dig tho gravo and meet us tho next day, and Just after coming baok the ctBaerf oamo with a warrant and arrested me and oarrled mo to Jail and put me lu toa "murder" cell, I oarrled my bi ble with me and kissed my wife good Oyo, t?lll?K hur to bo truo to tiod and pray for me. Ia the nearest coll to mo wero throo white mon, and 1 ojm monood preaching and praying for and with them. They got undor convlo tlon and begged mc to pray for thorn 1 read in the Ulolo till they shut olT tho llgntb; thon I prayed noarly all night and God filled that dark cell with Hin glory, bless Hts name. I ncvor felt so near G .d and hoav n li. all my life, and notwithstanding that i was away from wife and my dead ooy, Baxter, and my loved ones. Goo ?ai with mo, ard tho glory and Are ol heaven onno down in that dark "murder,' coll and mado lt heaven, glory to God and the Lamb forovor and over. God gavo me the witness Along towards day that He would lot mo out to go homo with my wife and ny dead boy to bury him, and I sang and shouted and prayed. I common oed reading the Bible at daylight, and read fchfl first' so von Oh?Pt??S cl Acts then thought of John Bunyan, who spent 12 v?art in, J*u, and I also thc tight o? George b'ux, and th.? ?po; Wet, PAUI, J >bn, Petey, rid others, and I said, "'L .rd.am 1 worthy to partake of ? little of tbelr suffering?' and then Go:! fwd my soul with Elis glory and I nh u'?;d all r ver that oel) Morning now had cr me, and the beautiful sun was shining in through the bars, and a bom. 9 a. m , tho j ?ll or brought breakfast for four pits: n ors, three others and myself. A small tin pan, along with two email pl oes of bread, and somethlrg like h*lf a cup cf black tar motases, made the mornlr g meal, but I was fasting and praying and did not cat A ? tor awMl-. two sanctified brothers carne and o?U :d me to tho door and said they were trying to got me out on hood, and so ar, last they got mo out on tl OOO oond and I was reb ated about 2 p m. \V? came home on the evening train Nv vii?? Anderson &t 4:47 find arrived at Toncoa srnntitre af er 8. Wo bur .ri Baxter the n .xt morning at 10 a m. Court comes off on Sept. 17, anti I am praying God to deliver mo out of tho hands of the wlokcd. I fee' moro fixed aud settled to go on and be true than ever bof'.re. Lob all toe saluts pray much for me. The men that got out the war cantare the wioked m-nof Anderson, and regular holiness lighting, God ha ling mon, but 1 feel sweet in my soul Howard then, and am pr?ylog for them every day, that G -? may save thom and give them a home in heav f n. I mean to be tina to Ged if I die In the ol aiugang. I am sith saved, ?ranotifkd, tap?'zod with tho Holy Ghost and with tire, b dy healed, and I am looking for Jesus to como. Tecoma Ga. R B HAYKS, DI?tf IN AGONY. AUEKX-IAII Scomod to Hxvo Kcoovorcd liu? Wou ,d VVntm't Honied, Harrowing details are reported con cerning thc death of a strong mau, aged 43, who was tho victim of a bite from a dog nis name was Albin Boehm, and he was tho owner of ar estate a? Piomoutor near Buda Psath. Four weeks ago, while plajing with p small dog, Boehm was bittcu iu the aand. The Aound healed, and he .?bought no more of lt. List wock Boehm b carno unwell, and the doctors ascribed his Uluess to '.ne bite. They scrnt Boehm to thc P iRteur test!'ut"} at Buda-Peath, where tho (looters recognized the s*/ mptouDS of ables, and inoculated tho patient, They wished also to iso late him in a separate room, but Boehm returned home, and informed .lis wife that he was lrretnevaoly lost. In deep grief thoy embraced each oth er, and said farewell. Boobm's condition became BO much worse that ho was Ojndto ,ed agalii the next day, in thu company of twe policemen, to th^ Pasteur Institute .->ud toe d cto/s O?rw-fiV-d that nothing could be done. The unhappy m m de clared tba: he would die at home, so with two str.ng attendants, he rc turned hom j fco Promoutor, wucre tn. was plaood in a sep?rale room In hts hruse. B fore the oprtn d or stood thc two at .ondants wita two polio, mau Thu , B ?chm could spes.k tnrough tue djor ?o his family and friends. F nally hr Oeoarae very wei.k, so bc took to hu, | oed, Mien called the attendants, whe ?trapped him cio^n, after which a vio omt attack se zjd him and .au ?od blt doath. Af-'-er tho death of her husband, the un cappy widow Btated that she also had been bitten by the dog, and, at she had al o repeatedly kissed her hu b Mid, she was taten to tho Buda P?Bth Pasten? Institute. FRI?HTIIJNI? YOb'NG LADIES. N ? groo I'm nu- d Ttirin Hut Waa Nonrod Off and lian. O.i last Tuesday week ago while two young ladles were returning from school, and panging alon?? on a baok street In tho town of Fort Motto a uegro man named Willie Ballard drew i pistol on them and atieroped to tire lt, but SB luok would have lt the pis tol refused to Ure. immediately on seeing the deadly weapon tho young bdles ll d, with the negro man with in a few fcot of thom. Aftor pursu ing them about loO feat or more he burned and, retr?c!Dg his steps, turn ed into a oom Held, where ho was lost .ight of. Within a few minutes a posse of men wero out after the n^gro, who was soon captured aud placed in the .own guard house. He was then taken before tho young ladles, both of whom dentill d him as being the one who pursued them. Immediately afterwards a meeting Of tho citizens of the oommunlty was called. E.ch one prosout was request fid to oller suggestions or advice as to what disposition to make of thc pris oner. After fully discussing ti e mat ter a voto was taken and it was al most unanimous In Hondlhg tho pris oner to jail for tho law to tako its course. t The eitlzans of that community arc to be congratulated on tho ouol man ner in willoh they bandied tho mat ter. The scoundrel was lodged In the Orangeburg Jail, from where ho is likely to go ta the penitentiary for some years Klvo TlioiiHaml Inuit, A dispatoh from Hong Kong, China, says a thousand lives wero lost during the typhoon last week and the damage to property, publlo and prlvato, was millions of dollars. Twelve ships were sunk, 24 stranden, 'JUven damaged and one half the native ora't in tho north ?unk. Tue shipping trado li paraly zed through lack of lighters. Tho ty phoon lasted two hours. Qvor a thous and Sampans and Junks are missing from Hong Kong alone. Tho military oarracks are in ruins. Tho Frenoh torpedo boat destroyer Fruiido was crocked Her guns wore saved, but three potty ortlcers and one seaman lost their llvos. Tho harbor ls strewn with wreckage thrown on tho shore, %nd several thousand Chinese water dwellers must havo perished, many within a short distanoo of shore. Loses in lives and proportv among the Ohl neso is appalling. Ono launch that oapslzed had 130 Ohineso on board. Thoy wert all dsowacd, AWFUL DISASTER A Dozen People Killed und Scores Hurt Friday by \ GREAT } XPLOSION Of a Cir of Dynamite at Jelllco, Teno. The Railroad Station Demolished and Many Other Buildings Arr Wrecked, Causing Heavy L.088. At Jcllioo, Tenn., on Friday twolvo 'ivett were snuff od out, scores of peo ple were hurt and property destroyed to the amount of half a million dol lars by the explosion of a carload of dynamite, willoh was standing on a rack near the Southern depot in that ol ty? The explosion made a roport that was heard twenty miles away, shattered buildings in the business seotlon of the town. Bvorv piece of H\H&H within a radiance ot one mile of ' tho explosion was shattered. Too freight car, one of the Pennsyl vania's lines, o stained 450 boxes of ..'.o.ooo pounds of high explosives oomigned to the Bind Powder Com pany, at Olearflold, Tenn. Two causes are assigned for the explosion. One is that three purtles were shooting at a mark on the oar and that a bullet entered the oar and oaused the ex plosion. Tho other is that while the car was standing on a side track a oarload of pig iron was switched against lt and that the force of the ] ir caused the explosion. The do pot of tho Southern, which -vas looatcd no;r tho soono of the ex plosion, was wholly wrecked. Two hotels, the Glenmorgan and the Car outhorn were badly wrecked, tho . hird story of the latter being who... ^stroynd. O .-te person, Mark Atkins, who was able.p in a room on this door at tho time, is one of tho most seri ously irj ired of the entire list, which ' ill nu~uber fully two hundred, count ing all who were but slightly hurt. Business bouses were badly disfigured, m e'es of goo^s ruined, while residen ces suffered severely, windows and doors blown out of the houses aa far frnm the scene as one mlle. Among tho buildings totally des troyed were the Armour Packing Com pany's warehouse, the Jung Brewing Company's warehouse, Pinnacle Brew lag Company's warehouse, oil tank and w?rehouse of Kentucky Consum ero OU Company a-?d the Standard Oil Ci mpany's warehouse. Besides the two damager! hotels, the Jelico Furniture Company's building collap sed aud tho stock of the Smith Dry Goods Company was practically rulu d, although the building whioh it oc cupied, tlie Oumb rland G ?ora House, the finest sr mot uro in Jolloo, esc Aped with little d.mago. Fully twenty other firms suffered losses, but they occupied ?mali buildings, R-?ouors began work soon after ths explosion and medical aid was asked of Knoxville, wh;oh Bent a dozen phy 8<oians to administer to the wounded. Tvelve of the most seriously ic juted were sent to Knoxville to the hospit als in that ol ty. The holding of in quests over the bodies of the viotims was begun thia afternoon, but waa not completed. It is the most serious dis aster in ttte history of tbe East Tenn essee mining heotlon slnoe the terrible explosion in the Fraterville mines in 1902, when 184 miners, men and boys, lost their lives in a o al mine, n?ar Coal Creek, less than twenty miles from the sonne of Friday's explosion. Mayor R B. Baird issued aolroular, notifying the publlo that all person? found on the streets after 8 o'olook Friday night would be arrested, unless they were owners of building or stocks of goods or agent't therefor. Mauy people are homeless as a result of the disaster, and as almost every ohlmney was destroyed, cooking cannot be done in any of the houses. Some estimates made Friday night on the loss of life place tho number of victims at as high a figure as forty, but it is believed that this a gross exaggeration, and that not more than fifteen have lost their lives, if that many. Tho Governor Knookecl Down. Gov Heyward met with a painful acoldont in Columbia on Friday. He crossed over Main Street from the Jerome Hotel ?J Abbott's ooruer, and j ist as he was passing under an awn ing it was le<< down. Tho heavy pole on which the awning is rolled up struok he Governor ou the head, aud ho was kuookod down. He was taken into Abbotts store, where ho was given attention, and later on ho was taken to the IO ucitive Mansion in a car rido. The aooident was painful but not serious. _ Struok by ? Marble, At Omaha, Neb., a small glass mar ble, dropped by a boy from the top of a building, Thursday oaused the fatal Injury of William Pjrter, who hap pened to ho in line of the fall of the marble. The boy was playing on the fourth door of a building when one of his marbles feb down an eiovator shaft. Porter was working in tho shaft and was bareheaded. Tbs marble fell squaroly on his head and he dropped like a log. The lrjured man was taken to a hospital, ne has been unoonsoious for several hours. F At al MoBqulto Bite. A dispa'oh from Charleston says U lbert H Walton, a well known young man., of that olty, died from the bite of a mosquito. The ineeot stung him on his face and he scratch ed tho plaoa with his finger nails, re sulting in bio d poison setting in and his consequent death. Mlnlator KtltoU. Tho R".v. Frank Cornelius, a Bap tist minister, near Dupont, Ga., was shot through the head while reading on his front poroh. lils family rush ed to his assistance. It was thought he was assassinated, but indications ?re iuas he committed suioide.