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RAOE ISSUE. W? Senator Morgan Would Make lt a Straight Test by a WHITE MAN'd PARTY. Want* the Ihmucracy to Declare in lia Platform That lt Stands tor White Supremacy Alone and He Think? lt Would Win Next Election. "Sewlteil, Tha^ tho D;romette party of the United Stratas id bud hua always been a white man's party." Thia plank, Senator J. hu T. M ,r gan, of Alabama, believes, should te Inserted in the Domooratlo national platform. Ho hello vos further that aome Southern State, through its dele gates, should press this plank bofore the oommlttee on resolutions with the declaration that the delegates will withdraw from the convention in ease lt is not adopted? He would prefer tbat tho declara tion come from a Northern delegation, but if none suoh advance lt he advo cates that la be presented by a South am State. His own State, Alabama, comes finit on the alphabetical hst, and the high regard in which the Senator's views aro held in that State insures that its dolegate to the next Democratic national convention aro more than likely to 'no Insistent upon the adoption of such a plank. "So?ld any one State submit this plank with a declaration of withdrwal In oaao lt ls rejected lt would carry through," said Senator Morgau. "Moreover, it would oarry the Presl denoy. It would overtop every other iiaue. In the Southern States tho question is aoute today, and auch a declaration on the part of the nation al convention would bring the negro question Immediately home to the people of the North, who, sooner 01 later, will have to meet it faoe to face, Just as xre of the South aro do ing today. "If any oandidate for tho Presi dency should deollno to mount thi platform, I would not help him to do BO by yielding my oonvlotlon, not would I refuse to support him If bc was fairly the nominee of my party. I.would say to him, 'When you are better acquainted with the found a tlons of our government you will wei oome this saving truth to whioh we will turn at last in order to purify it and make lt porpotual.' "Alabama has this duty before it, but it must bo approached with due oaro and olroumsp&ctlon without dis turbing tho vantage ground we now oocupy. Borne was not built in a day, yet lt standB a monumental les son to the world upon its uovon hills, after many vicissitudes. "I have expected this movement and this demand to como from the white men of the North as a reaotlor from the extremo aotlon taken lr 1860 to 1810, when popular fret zy wai employed as a driving foroe to rusi: through Oongress the disastrous pro gram of negro political and soda equality in the provisions of force blllis and. bills to secure the equal rights of negroes In hotols, theaters and places of public resort. That ora has passed away, the North having rejeoted its follies, and it may novel return. "The poor whito people of thc North arc feeling tho fatal poison of suoh enactments and aro exasperated at the new era of brutality that soolal orlmos have developed among the negroes everywhere. Tho whito people of the South have resumed control of their looal affairs and need have no fear that tho evil days will return upon them in any now and seriouB way if they are true to their oountity and its organic laws. "The instruments by whioh this deliverance has boon accomplished are the ballot box and the ootton plant. I do not presuma to ignore the blessings of Frovidonoo. 1 be hove that the spirit of tho Most High was the controlling forco that directed the work of tho convention that framed the constitution of the United States and submitted lt to the States and the people for rabiiloa rrtlon', I believe that the'peoplo of the United States' were then set apart to establish and exeouto that plan of government whioh had no preoodent or model in the wisdom of nations. I do not behove that the Indian tribes ortho African rtoo.w?ro ohoseu for that great trust lu the birth hour of the republic. I find no place for either of them in that new politloal oreatlon -'the people of tho United Stat??.' 'The people' instructed wlbh that vast and preolous duty were namod in tho preamble to the constitution. They and their delegates were all white people, assembled from many countries, and of many languages. They oame together by a common im pulse, like that of the Wise Mon, who, lod by a star, mot at tho stable in Bethlehem to bear witness to a royal birth. "This was the Inauguration of tho sovereignty of tho governing peoplo of the United States, as a raolal na tion or dynasty of whito people In dians in tribes were then inhabitants Of vast areas and were segregated from the people of tho United States, and were recognized in tho constitu tion as a self-governing people with whom treaties could bo enter?"*dnto. "Negroes were here, in every Stafco and Territory, but they wero slaves, and not even recognized In thc con stitution as constituting a peoplo or a tiibe or as having any right that did nub boiong aiiko to ah human beings. There were no other people in the eountry, and the negroes and the In dians were not represented in that eonventlon. When the constitution, ttl the preamble, declared that 'wo, t&e people of tho United States, do ordain this government for ourselves and our posterity,' the Uno of delimi tation was made as clear as if the Chinese or the negroes In the Free State of tho Congo should ordain a written constitution or eating a government whose sovereignty should belong to thom and their posterity. We established 'a people' whoso raolal distinction was that of the white man and confirmed to them the sovereign ty that had won from tho British orown."_ TUM Demoorats would have an ox lOellent ohanoo of winning the next ??residential clcotion if thoy could only together, but that seems imposai SOME PLAIN TALK HOW AUK IiUON IiAW lStfFHOT? 'KHK I.AMOK SITUATION. A Condition That Hutt be Char sod Benora We Can Booomo Truly Proiperoui. The Elttor ot tho Saluda Standard was In Newberry recently aud whilo there he learned that somo ot tho merchants of that thriving little olty aro afraid that they will nob be able to meet their obligations, bi OAUJO so m-.ny people they have furnished will nos pay out. We regret to say that this oouditlon ls not peculiar to Nor berry, but is almost general ov. r the entire Stato. The Editor of The Standard uses what he heard over in Newberry as a text for a lav -ermon ou bli ruinous oredit system tbat is co prevalent in this State,. Hi' Bays 'ooklog at tbcBe conditions fro n tho standpoint of a white man who has found l?ilmuoasihle to g?'t labor since I lb has become BO very easy for the ordinary nogro to get himself 'fur nished," tho situation is not t"uderly pathetic Ile thon goon on to throw cut thc following ohunka of horae sense for the benefit of all concerned. 'The Nowberry merohaut who losos very muoh mouoy on tho Saluda sido has nobody to blamo but hfmtolfl most of his losses aro ou worthless no* groes who bavo heoomo too hlgotod to work undor a white farmor, and who know that thoy oan get a 'plug* somewhere and beoome tooters and go to Nowberry and got all tho lien and kindred accommodations that thoy want. Were lt not for conditions like those tbo white man could con trol labor; ai it is oom trol is almost Impossible, and wo must ront onr land to the nog roos or let them lie out. Tho whlto mau could control all this labor and make a liv ing for himself and his laborers, and the uoerohauots would then be paid. A " it ls, ino white man oan't muka money with all brains and no labor, and the negro oan't make raonoy with all labor and no brains: aud so bet wean tho upp?r and nother millstones tho merohant loses. And who is to blame? Is not the merohant who Is so anxious to 'furnish ' tho negro, whlob to that extent makes him in dependent of tho white man, largoly responsible for tho situation? "Give the ordinary negro an inch and ho will take a mlle. Lob bim get a lien and mortgage, and ou these he will got him a buggy and harness and other things, and beforo they have hardly been uaod he will mort gage thom again and again to other morohants-all tho time play lin; tnt prauks already taught him by thu morohants. If furnishing merchants lose on thom this year lt may bo a blessing In the long run. Let these merchants try to do more busbies* with capable white mon, aud lot tho worthless nogroos work for thom, Sovoral timos tho last summer wo saw young negroes of theol&sswe moutioa with mule, buggy and harness and clothing of tho bout, but not paid for, driving in stylo with kid gloves and cigarettes on display, and tho Impu dent eooundrels would hardly give any road in passing nor would they oven reoognizo the fact thoy mot white ladies and gentlemen In tho roid, much loss to raiBo their hats. Con dition aro getting worse and worse, and if they get much worse there is going to be a change, even if lt takes ku-klux, red shirts, whido caps or something oise lo brin ll about. In conclusion ho says those "fur nishing" morohants who have so long thought that there money lay in tho negro trade aro to somo ox bo t re sponsible for thoso conditions, and wo hopo they will make an effort to fur nish tho ordinary negro tnruugh the white man moro than beforo. Ile says there are exceptions, but that what be says above will apply gener ally. There ls muoh truth In what tho Editor of tho Standard says above but are tho "furnishing" motohants, as ho calla thom, more to blamo than thc landowners who ront their lauds to shiftless negroes. It scorns to us that they aro moro to blamo than the merohant from tho faot tho shlftlosi negro ls opmpelled to rent land befom the '"furulsniug" merohaut will give bim one oonts worth of credit. If the land owners want to stop tho pre ".out suicidal polloy that is being pursued, all they have to do IB to refuse to ront their lands to negroes who are not oompetant to oultiyato them profita bly, and we will guarantee tint huoh nogroos will get no advances from mor ohants. The farmers have tho whip bandle in their own hands is they will only uso lt. Our proaant system will domorall/s any labor in the world. Think of it for a moment. An, id'e, thriftless negro with no cash and no 'bualn-sa sense to make any cash, goos and routs himself a few aores of land, then oomos to town and makes arrange ments with some merohant to "rim him" then buys a mulo, buggy and harness all on a credit and siarti out to soo the county and Incidentally plant a little cotton and corn. Thin ls no fauoy ploture, hut ls an every day ocourranco lu tho early part of caoh yoar. When he eats out the Hon ho gave the morohanb he goes to aomo other merohant aud_mo.'tgiget? his outfit for BHpplka to carry him to harvest time. At thaond of the year he skips and loaves hardly enough to pay hi? ront. Under suoh a sy? em ls lt any wondor that so many of the negroes aro worthless, ltzy, shiftless creatures. What incentivo i? there for him to work when ho can supply his wants without working. There aro many honest, hard working ne groes doing well, and thc above does not apply, but v/o refer entirely to tho worthless, shiftless, follows, who have not tho buslne.is oagaolty to manago a farm successfully. Let us ohango our system if wo want to become prosperous and hippy, lt will help tho negro as weil as tho whito man. ProHhlont Npononr'a AddroBN. Tho address of Samuol Hpoocer, presldont of tho Southern Railway, bofore tho Alabama Agricultural As sociation at Montgomery, Ala., on Oelber 25 w\\ .1 rn istdtly presta tion of tho relation ship of the rail roads to tho people. Many facto v. ero brought out tliat people never realize when they aro considering the rail roads and their short comings. Many popular Ideas oonoorning tho magnifi ed power and alleged opprescivo meth ods of tho railroads were completely refuted and tbo uoter Impracticability of many proposed reforms and regulations in railroad control was oonvinoingly shown. Mr. Spon oor voiced tho deep intcroat of him self aud his company in the welfare of tho South and showed how their own interest?, if nothing oise, impels them to do ovorythihg possible for tho devolopmonb.and enrlohlng of tho South. v ) Pathetic Tragedy ot the Recent Storm in the Gulf. MOY LIGHT HOUSED Ocr Solitary Reefs and Islands Were Twisted, Crumbled or Swept Into 1I?e Sea, and Their Keepers mid Tnelr Families Made to Suffer. It was a tidal wave that wrought the direful havoc-that strange and awful marino phenomenon, mystrr ious of origin, whloh ls the over pre sent dread of tb'jio who dwell along the shores of tho Gulf of Mexico. The nows dispatches have told of tho mischief that was done dnrlngtb.f reoont Berles of hurricanes on that coast; of the enormous destruction of property, and of tho great number of human lives lost. But in all this his tory of tragedy the most striking and romantlo feature han hoon the literal wiping out of a whole sorlca of light stations-tho very outposts established by the Government to keep watoh upou the storm f?enos, and bo restrain thom from inflicting rreyentablo darcgo. Not on auy known ecaot of any of the continents was there ever the qual of this spectacle. Between tue mouth of the Mississippi River and Mobile, Alabama, no less than forty four lighthouse Btruoturcs were either uprooted bodily and toppled Into th/} sea, or bo raokod and twisted by the impact o? tho groat wave that they arc now uaoless minn. Whothor they stood on tho main land ooat? t or upon the islands that fringo it, nono oould withstand the weight of tho dreadful wall of wator. Though tho skill and experience of Government onglncora had boen exhausted and had been believ ed to havo mado those structure?) Impregnable to much Uorocr prencuroa of wind And waves that had over boen recorded, this oataolysm crushed, bwlated and otherwiao disabled btu rn, or oven obliterated with them tho very shoals ou whloh thoy stood. In most Instances, happily the keep ers of tho lighthouses and their faani? Hos eithor got away In their owab uls 01 wore reboiled; but ia otho; oases were not BO lucky. According to latent roports received by the Light house Boaid at Washington, thu light at East Pasc?ronla ia gone,, entirely, though at that point thoro was no loss of Ufo. But this was owing to tho extraor dinary heroism aud persistence of Maxtor at Anus Poterson and Quar termaster retortion, of the U i?t?:l States rovenuo ouH6r Winona. When tho Winona arriv id off the P&ucagou la light there was nothing lett bull the tower, whloh swayed like a lUg staff in a galo and threatened every momont to pltoh into tho sea. It waa ooon seen by the ker per whose wife aud two bablon had sought re fuge In the tower, that UUIOHS ?.peedy relief was given thom thoy must bc lost. Tho two Petorsons embarked in a small boat with other member of the orow, and after a desperate light with the waves readied tho baso of the tower. Tho koeper throw to thom from the? top a line, whloh ha had carried up. One after tho other the two Patersons ollrobod up the rope, whloh dangled from tho tower. Tho wind raachod thora, hurled them against tho building with such foroo as to bruise thom badly, and they were oeveral times almost com pelled to louso their held upon the ropo, but thoy tluallj m ched tho top, and then they lowered to the mon walting below, ' first the two bablos, then the keeper's wife, and then the keeper himself. When all these had been saved, the two men Blld down tho rope and returned to the Winona. At Sand Island tho dwelling cf tho keeper baa disappeared, togethei with all tho etiler buildings on the island. Wot only this, bub tho Isla id itself has vanished. There ls no longer such a pl8oo of terra furn?, afi Saud Island; aud only a bint a in twisted tower, torn half asunder mid way of its height, to f.iiow that while lb vms balug undermined on ono sido tho great wave struck its top on the other, remains to mark the spot. Horn Islaud, too, is gone; aud here a dreadful tragedy was enacted. For lt appoar? that the keeper and his wife wore both drowned, together with two daughters and a little grand daughter. Tao tidal wave oame aud overwhelmed them; and at tola mo ment there is a deep channel whero tho island formerly was. Incidental ly, of courao, tho lighthouse has vanished. The koeper of the Horn Is'.and Light waa a hardy Swede me? (Jharloa Johnson, and his &H8I tani ?as his good wife, Ka to. Soc had proved herself e fil?lo nt in more than ene past emoline)', and a? a reward ?jbo was appointed not long Kgo to a ululant koepernhip i?t ?440 * ye Ar. Uer husband's salary wftfi ?770 per yokr so the two Logothor rcc??ved ?1,110. In addition they enjoyed an hilo wanoc from tho Government) of three c:,r >. ot lirewood, dollv?/dd every twelve moncha. In some oases tho Government pro vides lighthouse keepers wit h r?lions bini only when they are so situ?t to bo unable to obtain food supplies. In this way grooeries, cured me: liomo kind of canned gooda are fur nished. But tho station kn pi, by John sons, while somewhat remote was .1 it InaooOiBibi?; they visited tho main land occasionally, whan tho weather was good, and having at their dlope-a al a small patoh of tillable toil oloae uy the lighthouse, they were able to ralso suoii fresh vegatablrs as they needed. Besides, tho fishing lu the neighborhood was oxoollent. Thus, being provided with a dwol ling to live in for the big lantern chat warned marinors of bangers fat .>ut in the Gulf formad a sort of ou pola to their house-tho Johnssona wore able to got along vory comforta bly. Tho light whloh it wan their onslnesu to tend, was one of the "fourth order" not revolving, but so manged that a red streak was thrown torosa the part of the nearby wAters whloh was especially dangerous-tho vhlto light, on the other hand, indi cting to tho mariner the way to safe ?y. Storms aro frequent along tho 00. >t, md tho Johnsons wero BO far accus omed to tho raging of tho elements hat even a hurrloane could not fright n thom. Porhapa the most pathot lo part of the story which ended BO tragically (or them te th* incident I of tho Government tugboat, whioh I cfferod to resouo them when M} wan ' I not yet too late-though at no little Irlak to the orew of the tug. They rofuaed, being convinced they were In no sorious* peril. Hut, of touaro, they reokoned not upon the tidal wave, ?viilch huit a dov .n hours later tore tho island bodily from ita mooringa, so to speak,and distributed the frag monta of home and lighthouse ovtr the waters of tho Gulf. Peril, when one la habitually ex posed to lt, becomes so far a mat ter of oourse that little attention la paid to it, Under such olroumv.anoea a man-or, Indeed, a woman-goes aboub tho routine duties of life with out paying, muoh attention to tho dr-"gar, however Imminent. Tho edge of f ar is dulled by tho contin ual preseneo of the c. uro; for thus, if explanation he asked, are human being? constituted. No better illustration of this f*ot oan bo found than la furnished by tho people who dwell in the lonely light nouses along the Gulf coast, which within the last few daya have naen EO ruthlessly assailed by the Storm K lug. Tliey have two thinga to fear, tho hurricane and tho tidal wave thjugh in reality tho two are one, for tho tidal wavo appeara to be at least the bastard ollspring of ! tho Wind Demon. A direful parent truly I Ouo learns from the reports of the Wcathor Huroau that during tho rcocnt sorlas or atorma whloh wroaked suoh havoo along the ?moros of tho Gulf States the wind at tained a velocity of ono hundred and thirty ?vo milos an hour? . '? COmiN STALKS CAN LS 10 UH 101) FOll MAKIN? NEWS PAPJ3R? The P.V0C088 is About Perfected For tb.e Utilization of Great Waste Material. Dismissing the new industry of util izing cotton stalks, a mau prominent in cotton clinics says the manufacture of papor from tho tiber of tho cotton stalk ls ono of tho latest and most in l renting inventions of the n w con tury. tfor m^uy years export Invent ors-have boen busily experimenting with tho colton stalk, and now it ap pjrs from rccont developments that their labor ?.nd expenditures ot money aro to bo rewarded with signal and s'orlklog Buccs33. Not only have these Invoii tl gallons passed the experiment al stage, but they are rapidly bel?g Kiiapu'.l to bo plaood In praotioal oper ation, lt baa bt.oD unquestionably do mou8trated tliav, all grades of papor from tho boit form of linen prado to the lowest, can bo manufactured from cotton stalk*, lu addition to this, a v .rioty Of by-products, suoh as alco nul, nllrogeu, matorial for gunootkon a'.ul smokeless power oan also beseour od lu payl lg quantities. Tho time ls not now far distant when paper plants, equipped with all modem mticiluory and devises for making p. .por, and tho utilization of >iia other by-products referred to will bo built and plaood in oparattoo. throughout tho ootton-growlng statei of tuc South. Tho establishment o iheso mills for the manufaoturo o paper iron- cotton stalks will at one! tiovotop a new industry of quite enor-1 moun proportions, and Instituto the utiliz .olou of a waste product whioh at the present time has oom par aviva ly Jioblo or no value. It will prove the onterlug wedge of checking the pre seut iin.u oi.sti,g cost of paper, whioh ls booomlng suoh a burdon nponthe news per industry of tho country. I v Ls c:.ti mated that on an area of land pioduoing a bale of ootton at I . Bb one too of stalks oan bo gathor Upon this basis of oaloulatlon II ! i s nev industry oan auuually depend upon from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 LOOS of raw material. This will not ciily furnish ail necessary supplies to m .cit ali home demands, but will also permit of the export of pulp or finiah ad products co foreign oouutrles. At ta present time their is approxi irately $287,000,000 invested in papar milla in tho United States l i but fo.v plants' looated in tho S nth. Tao bulk of tho material go tog Into the manufaoiuro of paper at ho ptoa ;. t-imo ls spruoo pine whioh : ?.u l / becoming moro oxpenslve la tho depletion of the forests and the high pilcos whioh suoh timber imanda In tho markets for other uses. The utilization of a waste pro ust., suob a:i tho ootton stalk, manu (ftoturod into oommerolal paper, will ilia hoon of Inestimable value to the whole oouutry. The pr, otleal effaot of this now in vention will bo to inor?se tho prosent value of tho South's cotton crop nearly ?ioo.ooo.ooo annually. Tho ? ro ver Yflll ba amply paid for tholr Heida and delivery to the papor plants, and in addition thereto roooivea prof it on this product of tholr labor. In oho aouthv/otitorn section of the oot too bait tho now luduatry will eapeo lally be of value and a biassing. With tho rc nov il of tho ootton stalks form . lelda in rho carly fall tho death knell of tic boll wcovll will bo sounded and its pr?s ent devastation h. Humees roduoed to a minimum. So that from overy standpoint the ?peedy development ..ii extension of this now industry viii bo wi lo uno In all seobtona of the ootton bolt. Paper manufaoturod fro n the cition stalk is of tho strong texturo and softest finish. It ls reportod that several plants will be or.o od during the next fow months Inc . .ons of thc South, whioh w i li in full operation by Januraty I, 1007. Football li'atftlltos. Rleven players woro killed aud 104 wore Injured in thc United States during the football season of 1906, v. cur- big to ino Ohlcago Tribuno, i ti ligurea are compared with the - ii u.r: g of 1006, whou 18 players . killed and lftOwerc sevoroly In? j id, and according tb The Tribune i-iini "dobrutallzad11 football accomplished in a largo degree obj ot aimed at, in rendering tho i o lesa dangerous to life and limb, r.m decrease in oasualltios ls espoo lally markod among high sohool play ors. In 1005, cloven high sohool players woro killed and 47 Injured, while in tho season Just olosed aeven .rict'i Lilied Mid 20 weso hurt. All ool leg u and high school games thia year ware played under tho now rules ? ra nop after tho olose of last season bo satisfy tho agitation for less dan germs football. Thia year not ono ?Iby has oooured in the gamea played Joy tho largor Amer loan col leges. _ The Pcnsyl vania lines west of Pitta burg announoo a 10 por oont luoroaae In tho salarlos of employes, A ? . . ? . ON ?'tHH PHIVATR fil^H O Sf ItEV, SAM J ?WI?. H. i _ -. Ai Rooordod In the Baptist Courier by the Rev. A. W. Lamar. Baptist Preacher. SOBNK ONH. Some ten years ago Sam Jones made up his mind that he would have to ohango his base o? operations and leave Oartorsvllie. His burdens bad become vory great by roason of the large number of people in Oartersvllle and in the oounty who wore depond lng on bis generosity. They waylaid him at the train when he was expect ed to arrive; they way-laid him on fiis way to the train; they way-laid him at bis home; so he deolded to make a move. He weut over to Marietta and bought a ten thousand dollar home and paid two thousand down to seoure the trade. He went home and told his wife that when he returned from bia noxt evangelistic trip, she must bo ready to make the move. In the meantime, the news of his removal got out in Oartersvllle, and upon Sam's return home, his wife mot him at the door of his home aud said "Husband, the house ls full of people. The parlor is full of white people, and the dining room ls full of negroes. They are all here to protest against your leaving Oartersvllle. You would botter go right In and seo thom. " So Sam went Into the parlor. The bank ers, and merohants, and teachers, aud proaohors, and lawyers, and dooloro and prlnoipal oltizona woro all thoro One of them ats spokesman said it substance: "Mr. Jones, wo have oume to entor our protest against yourloav lng Or.rtersvllle. You bolong to us. You have spent your life here and we all love you, and wo cant stand your leaving us. We feel you ought not to go, but should spend your remaining days among us." Sam thanked them all and dismissed tho mooting, no then repaired to tho dining-room where he found tho leading negroes, merohants, teachers, proaohors and laborers. The leading negro said in substance: "Mr. Jones, we don't know whether you caro muoh about us niggers, but boforo the Lord wo all lovo you. There ls not a nigger in thiB community that v/ould harm a hair on the hoad of one of your fami ly; there is not a niggor in this oounty but would set up all night with his musket and guard your homo from harm if ho know it was threatened; thero ls not a nigger In this county what knows you but loves you. You'se been a f atber to us and our best f nend. Many of us wore oonverted in your Tabornaole meetings and we owe everything to you. We does hate to see you leave Oartersyille. lb will be hard on us poor niggers, if you leave us. j Mr. Jones, if you must go and wll/. go, wo will try to boar lt as well aa ve can, but wa have oome to bog yot' for the Lord sako, If you will go no? so take your wife with you. Mr. Jot] is, she is the guardian angel of this community. If there is any poor w* e people or any poor nlggors in ole, she ls there. She is the min ing ango!. For tho Lord sake, 3 her with us if you must go. " un sat down and oiled like a boy . the negroes cried with him. ally when he could oontrol his w * i v he said, "Niggers, lot's pray 1" Th ail foll on their kue e and pray ed id as they rose Sam said, "Nig ger I ain't gwine. I'll stay right he\ jin Oartersvllle till I go to heav en/ I ' was well loved in his homo town. Nv /body knew that howovor hard the flows he'd strike for the homes of e people, for civic righteousuosii anc for Go3, they knew ho was great hoi led and loving as a little ohlld SCKNM Two. ?. me.yeara ago Sam Jones held a me bing with tho leading Methodist oin 'Oh in Little Rook. Ia his ohar act j istio stylo ho wont for thc fash ioD I nd the frivolty aud tho worldll nei I of the "3awclety folks," many of wb m were In that ohuroh. Thoy we a muoh soaudallzed and offended as elks of that class often woro with his ; donunoiatloua of their doings. So ie two or more years thereafter, Sa t was to hold a union moating thi re and some of the "pilnoipalist br? ibron" wont to their youug pas toi ind Bald, "Paster, aro you going int tho Jones moetlnK?" "Yea," sal me, "I am why do you aBk?" "V hy," said they, "When Mr. Jones wa here boforo ho scandalized us ba tor this oommunity and hold us up to Idloulo' and we can't stand for sui I treatment. Wo havo come to asl rou not to go into that mooting. Ye. aro a promising young man, an-! vou are very popular with this pod ?lo and it will In j uro your useful net if you go against their feelings in ii iii matter. Wo wish you would not/do it." Tho young man said "I'll toi' you what I'll do. You all moot nat in my study to morrow night and Pi? give you my reasons for believing I snould go into tho Jones moating for all I am worth, and aftor I'vo told you If you still believe as you do, 1 will not dolt." They agreed and the next night they woro all on band. The young proaoher said. "Years ago my father, a Methodist olrouit rider, died sud donly in Georgia aud loft my mothor with us six ohlldron and nothing lu the world except the pittanoo tho confercnoo provided for tho widow and the orphans. My mother went to tho country town and found that she oould got a house for tl,500, and by taking boarders abe might bo able to keep her ohlldron with her and ed uoate and raiso them until they woro old enough to help. I was a lad of fourteen, hut whore to got that fifteen hundred dollars mothor did not know. Finally sho wrote to Brothor Sam Jones, whom s bo knew was my fathers frlond, and asked him if ho oould put put her in tho way of borrowing tho money on long time till shu oould pay for it gradually. Tho mail soon brought a letter from Brother Jonos onoloslng bis personal oheok for fifteen hundred dollars as * t?'il'u to uiy mother, i'hus, sue was able to keep her family togot.hor and whon I wautod to study for tue minis try, Brother Jonos beoamo my father and saw me through oollogoj Now, If you think: I ought to go back on t man of God like that, you all say io." They all hung their hoads I At loart, they wore good men. Tho tears began to lill their eyes and final y tho leading brother who had been noak prominont In opposition to Sam laid, T,Lot us pray," Thoy foll on moir knees and their hearts woro H-oken up. When thoy aroso tho-j ill took tho young pastor by th0 und and said, "Go into tho Jone n nootiug, pastor, and wo will back yo u 'or ah we are worth." And they av j. l?to hiM OUT. Th* QM Who Xanghed Last X??gl^O? Longest. A man who WM evidently from tho country had occasion roceutly to go to ono ot our large town? on a matter o? business. The morning after his arrival ho was going to keep an appointment, whon he lost his way. Greeting the first police man he met ho asked him for in formation. "How can I best roach Streetl** wa? tho countryman'* question, "Oh/* replied the pollcomen, who always thought himself exceedingly smart, "you can take a cab, or you can take a motor-'bus; or, lt ls only about two hundred yards from lie re, you can walk." "Ah, yes." said the other, smiling, as though ho wished to show au ap preciation of tho Joke, "I know I can walk, but what I want to know 1H tho way." "Now, that's different," respond ed the polioeman, with an air of su periority. He then proceeded to glvo the ne cessary dlreotlonB, and tho country man put his hand into his pocket as if to lind a tip. "Will you take a drink?" ho asked, and the constable exprosBod his readiness to do BO. "Well/* the countryman contin ued, "you had bettor go and got one. and you can either pay fov lt your self, or you can got someone else to pay for it, or take it without paying at all." Truth Crushed to Kart li. Thore ls a gentleman In Brooklyn known to Marshall P. Wildor, who tells the story, who is particularly careful to eoe that nono of the youngsters In his family Bhall escapo the penalties of telling a falsehood. Ono evening a caller, taking some intorest in tho eight year old lad of the family, endeavored to get the boy to draw noaror, desiring some confidential chat with him. But tbo boy hung bock. "James," sharply exclaimed tho father, "won't you go to Mr?. Blank?" "No, Blr," sullenly responded th? lad. "Why, don't you like mo?" asked tho lady, Interposing a remark bo foro tho father could speak. "No, ma'am, I don't," was th? frank response. "Look hero, young man," shouted the now angry paront, "what do you moan by talking so disrespectfully to this lady?" "Indeed, father, I don't know how to please you," said tho lad; "yester day you nearly licked the lifo out of mo for telling a lie, and to-day, when I'm taking no chancos, you got mad because I toll tho truth."-Success. Bruin and Muscle. The superintendent of a factory wont into the storehouse one day and saw the storekeeper tugging away at a big case of goods. Ilia face was rod and the musclos of his neck were bulging out. "Hold on, thoro, Jack," cried the superintendent, "allow me to demon strate to you tho power of bruin over muscle." Ho then grabbed a hook that was on a shelf and stuck lt in the OAse, gave it a quick jerk and toppled ovor into a pilo of rubbish. Ho got up axxd looked at tho store koeper, and sala: "Dlamo lt, thc handle was loose." "Yes, str," replied Jack, "that'i why I didn't uso it." Girls. Girls aro funny things. They all wont to be boys. They don't like tc jump and swim and steal watermel ons us hoya does. They just want tc play with dolls and tin dishes an*] look purty. When girl tot big they don't have but one ago. My sistei Sal has boeu 2 2 ever since I can rec ollect. If I koop on growing, her aui! mo will he twins. Sal dresses mlghtj funny whon she goes some place She puts on a wad of cotton on hoi back and on hor breast and Bho looki just Uko abe wa? stuffed. Ooee, I'd think lt would be awful in ho weather. His Sensible Advice. You grumhlo at de weather's wayo, A-drownin' yo' delights; Olo Noah etood it forty days Forty days an' nights! You keep a-frownln' at de sky, An' weep, an' wall, an' whine*, You'd bettor all be satisfy, An' rise yo'Bolf an' shined Didn't Know fer Sure. "2B your b:-othor a vogotarlan?" "No; I think lin's fl T |onhyterian. Movoliaut "fclllhi Chief, J. S. Johnson, n merchant of La nett, Ala., shot and instantly killer Chiof of Police J. W. Jones in Lanotl Thursday ?itcriiuioj. No oauno foi tin tragedy ls known., Johnson gavo him ?elf up, but fearl og vlolonco, asked t< bo taken to the oounty Jail at LaFay otto, whioh was dono. Dr. lOdwIn Mlms wins tho Pattersor Memorial (Ino for tho heat hook ni oho year by a North Carolinian. IT? will alw?.ya remain a mystery t< ns 'now Homo peoplo who oan't paj Choir debts can afford to glvo bin fu notions. South Carolina honorod the mern. C ry of ono of her greatcs tsons cn Tues < lay whon tim monument was unveiled to Wado n*mpton In Columbia. Tine southern immigration conven tion at Nashvillo last week was well a'tonded. Gov. Heyward wa? thc oontral figure of tho convention and made an address that has been very favorably oommcntod on. Ile wa?, ejected president of tho association, The next session will be held In Bir mingham, Ala, BBWAEDBD FOE BR AV BR Y. 9: OP ?h G?2??iot WS-CHOIIOB Gun from | fmutttlo'e Hand, At Paris, Franco, an extraordin?r* sot of bra very por foi mod by an escap ed oonvlot ha? resultad in his obtain in? what 1B praotioally a free pardon. The man is Francois Pl vet, wht F ay cn years ago . was sontoncod to ('oath for n urdor. Th? sentoroe wa# atteiwards commuted to penal servi tude for Ufe. Plvet however succeed ed in escaping, and nothing more was beard of him until a few days PRO when be reappeared it Nantes under extraordinary olroumstinoes. A lunatlo barricaded himself in his house and from an upstairs window IL ou shots luto the crowd of people tn the street. Several persons were ii jo red and great exolacment pre valed. Suddenly aman spr?ngforward and ccal.ng thc wail of the house, wrench ed the gun out of the madman's hand. The Mayor of Nantes specially con gratulatod the stranger on hi? re markable coolness and bravery when suddenly a polloeman present reoog n'zod bim as the missing oonvlot. Ile was arrested, and was taken before the tribunal. The trial was short but sensational. The crowd cheered and applauded Pi vot and olambured for bim to bo set free Ir stead of balng pent back to pen?1 s* rvitu le for life he was sentenocd to one month's imprisonment, after which be will bo freo "in considera tion of hi? bnrolo deed. " DoMhof an Editor. Editor Paul Brioc, of the Record i one of tho best known newspaper men in South Carolina, for years conneot ed with various newspapers in Colum bia and known generally by publ?o men of the ?tate, died Wedneaday morning at ai? early hour at bia home in Winnsboro, of oanoer of tho ton* gue, after a long and tedious Illness. Mr. Brice was 43 years old. One of the remarkable features of Mr. Brloo'H last illness was the splendid grit and nerve he displayed in sticking to hie work. He almost literally died in har ness. He was regularly at work io his office until Nov. 3, resting occa sionally on a oot he kept by the alda of his desk. Even after this ho kept up his work in his room. The last edi to? lal he ever wrote appeared in the Record Nov. 16, under the cap tion, "The Castellano Dlvoroe," and was olear, strong and logical, as if he wore in the best of health. He knew that death was oreeplng toward, lnoh by inoh yet he never faltered. Mr. Brice waa a Mason and an Elk. He in survived by & father, a stepmother, two half-sisters and three full brothers. Tho brothers are Robert E, W., Osoar and J. Clifford Brice. Anothur h'lvo at HpringOeld. On last Thursday morning at three o'olook fire again broke out in tho progressive town of Springfied, and three buildings on the opposite side of the street from those burned a abort time ago were destroyed completely. The lire on Thursday morning origl nated in the dispensary which wai looated in an old wooden building, whioh burned like tinder. It waa completely wrapped In flame J before tho lire was dlsooved. From the dispensary the flames spread to the building Just adjoining, occupied by Mr. L. A. Hutson. This building was burned to the & round, and a small building to the left ot it, used as an ellice, was also destroyed. OJ eaoh side of the buildings burned, i i about two hundred feet apart, was a two-story briok building. Had lt not been for these the whole block would havo been destroyed, as was the oasa in the Are two weeks ago. The em tire stook of the dispensary was de* stroyed, and Mr. Hutson suooeeded in saving only a very small part of his goods. Ho oarrled a stook of jewelry and repaired watches and dooks. He saved most of his watohes. His stook of goods were valued at about 12,000; he had $400 insurance. Tho 8outh and the Male. Tho Baltimore News says "in cher ishing the mule the South has shown Its patriotism by following the path blazed out by the Immortal Washing ton. It has also exhibited its genius for business, as the mule 1B, by odds, che moat economioal of farm animals. In time, we may indulge the hope that the North will overcome its op position to this distinguishing feature of Southern civilization, - and that even in conservative and hide bound New England the mule may be ac corded that recognition which ho hat so justly won in every part of Dixie. We Have One 25 horse power Talbott, second '. ly been overhauled. This Engine a great bargain for anyone who is in Wo are headquarters for anything prompt attention will be given to all core. Write ns when you are in th? to get poarrioes before placing yon Sidombla ffaaply fi?., . Chronic Dil Succeisi ~*Jt unstring f Nerratu Mxkat Y&rioocol*, fl tr Livor, Btonaoh DUordtn, KI4i tO WOMWLtU^ QC year?' BIMI Ropat&tloa Irn our kook? "Bra1 an? "Moa's Oil a?rtto?. kinoy i ?start ?pialo? blank. Add ron Lunn Bttlldluj i. mm 8 ?MW, a a hofeut tart with M.CoH l?p<Ui.h?rt?I.N.Klcti, IW.Mety. h. lamber KtUlri.fc., tmi ?flealU,e>4 1 Early Cabbage Plants Gua 2 'j?ftfeS^sfl?? EARLY JERSEY. CHARLESTON SUCO WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPS Tho BftMIOlt WAKEFIELD Tho Rt Cabbage Orovrn Sooond Earliest Hoad PRICE: Inlott oft to 4 m. at $1.60 per m., Biol F. O. O. YOUNG'S ISLAND, S. C. My C I guarantee rinnt fi to giro pnri OUaianiee prloo to ?ny onstomor who la < grown In tho opon flohi. on Honooa.it or Bon KI ou hue tho hanlloat plnntn that can bo uro ?innot In tho Intorlor of tho Houthorn fltafos March. They will atand novoro poid without bago Two to Throe wooka ooonor than lt ye frames. My Largest Ouatomora oro tho Market O tho Bottth. Their profit <lepon<la upon thoio 1 rh '-m my planta for their oropa. i also grow a tull Hue ot other Plants and tato Planta; Applo, l'oaoh, Poar, Plum, Che ??>???i Utmi to pe??n? who muk? np club 'ai' ardor?, Will? (Of Jllu?tttW4 catalogue, ? as TILLMAN FOE PRK Si DBUT 4 "Savoy**!*" A'hlnkw He Would Alaka . M iu> K* ?ont Ivo, "S* ojard," tho woli known Wall ington correspond eut, writes: Beu Tllhniu ls bluff, blunt, honest, in tonsoh Southern end intonsely Amer ican. Ht oan got moro votes In Wis oonsln, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota f an William Jennings Bryan or William Randolph Hearst and I make nu doubt that against tba oran the Republicans are .likely to nom?nate he oan get a butch of elec toral votes out of that rquad. Andi why not ? Hir only fault ls that ha jpeaks the truth. Oan you And other In him? I have tried and failed. Will st me gentleman put me on track ot one? There he ls, standing up before the American people, his heart on bia sleeves, and all oan seo that he would not flatter Neptune for his trident nor Jove for his power to thunder. Ho too, would oarry a big stick and a deck of cards, Not as able a man as Bail ey, perhaps; not as cultured a man as Williams, certainly; not aa self-poised as Oulberson, manifestly ; ba has mor?' of the human In bim than any one), ot them, and with him Ohrlst would have sat at meat.. If every voter of the . United States knew Ben Tillman by hand grasp, had rubbed up against bim, felt his splendid personality, realized bis wondorful individuality? he would be tho hext President of the United States as sure as the, Ameri can people put oh?rsoter above pla oe. - ' As'I said at the outset, the Demo? oratio party is Invincible when lt ls '* united and impotent when it ls divid ed. It has been demonstrated that0 Mr. Bryan oan not untto lt. It was shown that Judge Parker could not . unite lt. It ls clear that Mr. Hearst . oan not unite lt. . 1 Ajay man at the North who would vote for any of those three would vote . . . . for Ben Tillman-that la to say, un less Mr. Hearst should xun as an in dependence League candidate, as he probably will. And it he does he will poll as many Rapublloan votes as ha will Demoorats. Oertain lt ls, the oountry ls tlrtd, tho times ara out of Joint. For the Republican party the returns ar? ominous. The oleotlon was not a vote of confidence in even the Ropse- fs?<"v velt administration-oortainly jnot'TjbT'" tho G. O. P. It is also hore that the returns say to tho Democrats in avery language and In bf ery dlaleot of every" language: "You are .tco big a fool to be given place and power at this time." Put Ben Tillman on a safe' and sane platform and let him tour the North, spitting out the truth as only he oan do lt, and we would see a good many things In the returns you wot not of.. Truth ls mighty. Let us Demoorats ~\ try lt, If only for a change. Vessel Lost on Hoof. $ . A vessel supposed to be the bark Magda bas been lost on Red island reof with all aboard. She oar ried a. ' i orew of 14 men. When , she sailed from Quebso she carried" as pilot Oharies Pelletler of St. Michael. Pel- ? -' letter haa not been landed . anywhere \nd unless he has been carried to-, aaa, the Indications are that lt ls the Mag- 'is. da whloh struck on Red Island reef . " and that She went down with all on . . board. Should the Republicans nominate Roosevelt- for a third term. he would beb?n i 1 Fountain Pens For Sale. "We have several dc^** good Foun tain Pens for sate. Guaran ted 14 karat. Prices 91 and $2 each, postpaid. Leather Pockets for two or three pena 16 cents eaoh. Mail orders solicited. Address SIMS' BOOK STOB?, - Orangeburg, S. O Cb ff i\?\?\ BANK DEPOSIT 3>3?AIUtLf R'&FtnPaid,Not?Taft* r i i? mssssOssa aaoRaiA-AUBAMABueiNitsoeu4rsa.rai>aa,at> An Organ that will last a life time is Iwhat you want. Our Organs have a pure tone and lovely cases. Wo can supply you with an Organ that will pleaae^o every particular for only $06 and ?7Q, delivered. Write us for our special terms of payment, and for illustrations of the beautiful Organs roferred. to. If you prefer a Plano wo haye beau tiful and good now Uprights from S186 up on eaftv terms. . ."? Addrob s Malone's Muslo House, Columbia, S. 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TRUCKER - FLAT DUTCH ? t - : irllostFlat Allttlolater Sargent nnd J.atost ?J Variety ?hun B.uooosilon, . Oftbbago ' S >m.a?$l.26p'erm.,10m.andov?nfttSl.O? patin. 3 .' Special Express Rate on Planta ls Vary Low. Q phaser satisfaction, pr will refund tho nurphnso ~ llnnatliinod st on<t of season. Thfso planlr-ajo ? ft ttl Carolina. In a ollmuto that ts Just suited to .(J , ? wn In tho United Mutes. T-hosojplnnts oan bo '? ?lur?iiff tho month? of January, February, ana 3 . boin* Injured, ami will maturo n head of 0?t>- ? m grow your own planta in bob botte and cold y ard ono?? near the Intdrlor towna and pities of ja laving Karly Oabbuffo; fortbat reason they pur- jj , Fruit Trocs, such as 8trawl)0rry and Swoot Po- * i rrvand Apricot Tr.^K, Vi? liushaa and Grape * TC GERATY, YOUN0'8 ISLAND,*.C, X.