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BRYAN WILL WIN Says Senator Tillman if Republi cans Nominate Taft in TALK WITH THE STATE Represen int i vu nt His Home in Trou ton-Tho Senator Getting Retter Will Work for Democracy In Octo ber if Health Permits-To Visil * Adauta und Theil CJo Abrollt! With Mrs. Tillman. A representative of The State call ed on tho Senator al his home at Trenton Tuesday morning and found him alone in his library. Me was lv I *\ lng upon a couch leading his morn ing's mall, hater he changed his po sition to a huge rocking chair and had bis breakfast brought In. He ate heartily and seemed lo relish bis food During and after breakfast Sen ator 'hillman talked upon a great va riety of subjects, ranging from anat omy to national politics. In appearance the senator seems to be in his usual good health. He does llOt, however, feel I li; I ho Will be able to return to congress this session. Ho expects to go lo an Atlanta sanitarium as soon ns he feds strong enough to stand travel ing. Ile. with .Mrs. Tillman, will re main there for several woOkSj after 4?V which the\ will go to Kurope for a Complete list. Senator Tillman said that he felt satislied thal he must not take on any more work just now. and that it would rei) ul rc time to show when lie will bc able (0 do so. He said that he had no plans with regard to politics, as he could hot now see far QUO Ugh ahead lo make it worth while. He could not "iow toM v in the. he would attend the State Democratic convention, hut indicated that il his health permitted he would do so. As lb Instructions. "Senator, do you favor an instruct ed delegation to tho Denver con tention?'' he was asked. "\y r>l? ? '.- ? ?? - - - ? . i II au depends on Olm thing: li the Republicans nominale Taft foi president at the .lune convention; 11 ryan will undoubtedly ho named li the Democrats abd I I li Ink he will Will. Hui on the olin r hand, if the Republicans lock tip the convention and stampede it for Roosevelt ?ii?') nominate hun. I do not think thal the Democrats can n>it ^2jj Just two we No trouble t i < to go lo "That I am Una nie ... plied thc senator. "Win n do you expect Atlanta?" ".lust as soon as possible,:" he said. "I want lo take a special treat ment of massage, baths and electri city. Pu rt lier than this I have no plans for the future, i nm going to Kurope just as soon as I feel strong ?.nour.h to make the voyage." Intended lo (In Abroad. SenatorTHlmnn sahl that for a long time he had boen intending to take a Dip abroad and that just as soon as lie fell able to take it he would do so. Ho intends to visit Haly first, h ceil USC of thc good cli mate, and afterwards lo go to Kur laud. "Will you study the question of immigration while there?" "Study? No! I'm hot going over there to study. I want to rest and ri - s * new my acquaintance with Knglish \ ^nlstory and literature." Senator Tillman's conversal ion in dicated that he had no idea or ro 1 ing tushed his wokr for thc State and nation. Mc said Ibo real fight in tho national campaign would not open up until October and that it his physical condition permitted, he would gb into tho campaign tooth and nail and work for the trill mph of Democracy. Detter from Senator ('handler. Among I he letters the senator was reading when The State's rpr?se?tn (ive reached his home was one from Dormer United Slates Senator Wih liam Vi. Chandler, a Republican, ol Now Hamp hi? . Senator Chandler and Senator Tillman, as ls Well known, are wann personal friends. Ile said lliat Senator Chandler, at the age of Tl!, is still vigorous and in full possession pf his mental powers. Up lo a year ago he was president ' ' of th? Spanish-American war kiims commission. Since thal time lie has been practicing law In Washington. Senator Tillman paid a high irlbnti to tho former senator from New Hampshire. Although a Republican Senntor Tillman sahl that he could not question his patriotism nnd that ho regards him as a very high mau. Whon asked if he would not allow tho letter to be published, tho sena tor at first declined, but afterwards consented to its publication. The letter follows: "My Dearly Beloved; The papers say you aro staying in bod. Good. "Stay there. "If you know how many pluocrals that fact pleases you would realizo that in no other way cap you cause so much happiness to humans. They may not he the class of bipeds whom you live to please and praise but God works In a mysterious way His won ders to perform. "There is a lime for amnesty to ward all criminals. "If you were here you might dis turb Mr. Tell's plan to gel nominat ed. "(I) All pending prosecutions of trusts to be kept on the docket until tho district attorneys report that they can soe no evidence, and then dis missed. ( L') A statute of limitations vs. ?lew prosecution^ after ono your not before. " ( V, ) Tho labor unions to boycott everybody nt will, and no injunctions to he issued. "(il The Sherman law to bo so modified that trusts sha 11 be deemed reasonable and sacred until a court at the end of a lawsuit shall say they ure unreasonable. " ( ~i ) Tho railroads may make pooling contracts ad lib, divide traille and proceeds and agree not to com pete with each other. "The plutocrats and proIetrUl all for Taft! If VtOt Wc'e to get out ol' bed Von might expose this plan ami defeat Mr. Bryn iii, "Stay in bed and Bryan willi win. "You kin>\\ i have often told you you were a great help lo the Repub lican party by >iiur talk. Now you will help ii by keeping quiet (?) See! "W hile you nie away 1 shall urge Mr. Burrows to gel I bro Ugh a public ity bill and take th.- credit away from you. W ill he do it ? "Seriously now take a rest. Do not be worried. Shep, walk in the garden and see the glories of tin Howers. "Vis medlcutrlx naturae. He a farmer again and not a stateman any longer. faithfully yours, etc., "Wm. IO. Chandler.'' Mis. Tillman Shipping Asparagus. During Hie conversation ol' two hours or mote between Senator Till man and tho representative of Hie State, Mrs. Tillman was busily en gaged in tho packing house, along and lias orders for all that sin- can furnish. At presen I tin1 market pried is id to 50 cent- a hunch. When lust approached Senator I'A ly and del i bera I 0 niue, up lo quos! ions m his obi tim?' lire While ho is soiile sically. Ills mind is is was evidenced bj cs he disc lissi d lil li r and the interest he ale and national al lalor was tl rsl strick I lie nt tack cami' upon isl) from a gun. tte iresenl illness lo that suffered 1 I years aim. is eye. Ile was stinl heu and has had sev a like character since Sen:.tor Tillman's wishes are to got away from everything and have ab solute rest for a time and he feel: and hopes Dial this will restore him to hs former vigor. During the course of conversation reference was made lo the recent speech ol' Senator Tillman in tho sen ate, in which he took the Republi cans to task and incidentally gave President Roosevelt a walloping, lb' said that never before in his life had lie felt loss like making a speech, nor bad he ever before experienced such ti strain and effort as he did while delivering his address on March 10. He said that he was in lull posesslon of his fact; and thoughts, but still he was unable to assemble hts ammunition as he should like to have done. He gave notice on Saturday ol' his intention to deliver the address on Monday and had but a brief period to pre pare his remarks Altogether, il may be said that Senator Tillman, as well as Mrs. Tillman, hope that I he senator will soon lie restored to his usual heatlh and will resume his place in Hie flglll for Democracy's supremacy. "Senator, did you seo ni Ucl) of Hie late Senator William James Hryan of Florida, and what was your Opin ion of him?" "Weil, he was in the senate only a short lime, bul lie gave every prom ise of being a valuable add Hon io itu Democratic side.' Ho said that Senator lilyan's death had grieved him very much, as ii had other sena tors, especially became of his youth and groa! pi'oinlsi for Inline devel opment. Ile (hough! that the Flor ida senator would have made a name for himself and reflected credit upon Ills State. He said that the vonni; senator had been married I.ul throe or lour years, having won a bride al Lexington, Va., where he attended college ai Washington and Lee uni versity. A Campaign lin (ton. Among other things of interest re ceived in tito morning's mail of the senator was a "Bryan hutton," which he presented to the correspondent. The hutton, which is probably one of the il-.-st received in South Caro lina, id just a little larger than a stiver dollar ??nd contains tho Uko? nesscs of George Washington, Tilom as Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln with Mr. Bryan in the center, under whose picture ls (his inscription: 'Tho People's Choice' At the top is a legend, "Enemies of Special Privileges," and on the bot tom is "Upholders of Equality of the Law. Just above Mr. lilyan's head in the picture are inscribed "Ideal Americans," and "Popular States men." WILL ADDRESS Pit ESS MEETING. Third Assistant Postmaster (?eiiornl Accepts .Mr. Anil's Invitation. Third Assistant Postmaster Goll ern] A. L. Lawshe has accepted th? Invitation extended t>y President Aull, on behalf ol' tb?' South rr.irolina state Press aisiii'iiiii'i'i io attend the meet ing to be bold in Qa ff ney beginning .lune 15, and to make an address. Mr Lnwshe will discuss thc topic, "Tile PostofUee Department and Hie Legit limite Publisher." Mr Luwshe Will spent al least a dav with tlio Association, and il. is hoped tin t lu- will bo able lo spend a longer time. His address will ix? Interesting and valuable, especially at ibis lithe, in view ol' 'bo ruling by tho postoltice department, which went into offeei April I. (hal newspapers could not be mailed as second class maller to subscribers in arrears. Mr. I.awshe is a pleasant genllo lunn pud lite members will enjoy bis presence amone (hem. Ile was for many years the publisher and edltoi ot a country newspaper, and he knows something about the innis and trib ulations of wrestling with delinquent subscribers. Therefore, ho will lid at home among the boys at Gaffney. Hard lo Keep Dow II. The Florence Times says ' when so good a (own as Hallsville develops a blind tiger we very much doiibl ii ii would he possible to entone prohi bition in any town where two or three men are gathered together, ll Halls ville cannot keep the tiger out we do not think thal others need try.'" THE Constitution of the United States and the principle of national right seem to be regarded by the ftMi?fe p? ennveniont shelter whnn and include th?' policy of plundering the multitude without responsibili ty; l r is said that for cverhT) > foreign laborers arriving in tins country, 147 arc leaving it. To have nearly three emigrants to one immigrant is something now in our experience, lt indicates hard times. Nothing like it Cv?r happened while the Dem ocrats were in power. Til KHK is to bc no pruning of thc tariff unless grafting is allowed til thc same time. A little pruning and a great deal of grafting is thc idea of thc friends of thc tariff. They call this tho non-partisan method. Pa., after eating fifteen plates of oysters one day ?md thirteen thc next. What else could be expected of him, A POLITICAL bureau in Washington that is fighting Mr. Bryan in season and out of season says Lee County, Iowa, Democrats refused to endorse Mr. Biyan for President. But it failed to state that thc Democratic ('(invention of Iowa had instructed the delegation from the State to the Democratic National Convention for Bryan. SENATOR Tillman bas the sympa thy of .'ill the people in the Stateein his illness: Oldest Wooi in m England. Mrs Honor Coleman, wno occupies a little cottage at Cleeve, In thc coun ty of somerset, is gem ia,.y consider ed tin ddest woman in bugin nd She is 107 viiars of age ip r mother was a ccu le?ar?an, her grandmother died at l"l and her daughter is 80. Commercial Valor of Peanuts. The farmers of Hui ma nave recog nized the commercial value ol the peanut, and have this year increased thc ana [dan I ed to VS,Tb! inen ??7,110 acres last y bar and it ls reported that a much larger area will be planted to this tuber tu xi sesaon. Marquess a Floriculturist. Thc Marquess of THsa is an enthus iastic floriculturist, and at Culzean Castle, Ayresiiire has niaiiagc<| tb grow Howers which can nc .seen no where else in Scotland. Fluent Writes. H. 0, Wells, nie English ..iterntonr, In his youth Oftoii wrote 8,ooo wonts a day, while Conan Doyle, it is said, once wrote a M. rj of p.-.n in words at a writing. A rich man never has lo spend money the way a poor mau does to provo ll, Poetry Worth Reading. Under Voices. Behold the rose-the peerless one, Bits laughing In the Juno day sun! Her kisses wide around she throws; So sweot and gracious her estate. All hearts on her with worship wait But hark! A murmur upward grows; It takes the wave of summer air, lt gathers increase everywhere. And to the dim horizon How?; "We grass-we wild howers of the plain, We lowly are. that thou mayst reign We are that thou mayst be The Roset" , Now, while this legionary sound The leafy commonwealth llowod round An Under Voice, tn kindred (ono. Was horne from out Lite's garden close, From hearts unnumbered lt arose; From spirll unto spirit blown, Softly Imperious ll carne. Seeking the Great In deed and fame; "We win no trophies, mount no th rone; But foil your gifts, your valor bright; We are the Dark; ye are the Light We are that ye may shine alone!" Craftsman of Song whoe'er thou art The tinder Voice beats on thy heart. Crying: "No truth that thou mayst bring Divinely t) our waiting ears, (Whether it be tull joy or tears) To us can come an allen thing By our humanity Impelled Thy thought to utterance ls swelled, As draw;- the riser from Its spring: We, though nu unregarded throng, Aro still thy fostering source of song And we ure mute thai thou mayst sing ! " KD IT H M. THOMAS. Thc Poet s Pleasantry. Von man of shreds and patches, noodle, thread, Won't you, please, come another day? These dunning visits drive me off my head; Refleci- did yon e'er know ? poet pay? Why bother tue, you butcher, grocer why ? The age of miracles is long since o'er. Can dollars from an empty pocket Hy? I ooo i For even bards must have some nutriment. You've other customers more prompt th?'h i; I'm .- ire they'd pay if you made request ; On (noni I think you might as well rely And let a hard work od pool hiv? a rest, Vet some good faith Pd really like lo show Hy writing each of you a tripping rhyme, Which may why, what s yOur hurry must you go? Good-by1 i'll sea yon, p'r'aps, ?onie other time! DA TOUCH F. HANCOCK. Song of the W inds. The winds they come like hounds of the night. And they will not let me be; Whirling the lea\es In their wayward flight, Sweeping the hill and lea. What of their aoug when thc bran ches sway, lire t'ne night shades lift lo thc dusk of day, A ship ls lost and a heart in vain Walls and hopes ut the window pane. There by a cold, gray sea. The winds those trailing (.or.;- ol Ol the li i fill t. Hark, hark lo their whispering! They moan of a soul that has taken flight. And never a hope I h ey tiring. The lights of the night gleam cold, so cold, Over tho hills and the upland wold - - And yonder a night bird, lonely, grieves For you out there 'neath tho sod and leaves And tims do thc night winds sing! Milwaukee Sentinel A l uise Promise. (When the web ls on the grass No rain cnn come to pius. -Old saying.) "Ill pul my umbrella by, My rubbers Hin? away; Though somewhat dubious is thc :ky. ll cannot rain to day." Sho wore lier very daintiest gown. Her (limy hat was white. I within an hour the Hoods Cn hu down Alack, tho piteous Rigid! Oh. all the towelled webs were out Hy tm .il elfins SpUit) And shall Hie little people doubt 'Tho fealty of the sun? ADA POST 13R MURRAY SOI H?tt SIS Alexandria Silenced in Ten Hours, Short Record. AWFUL BOMBARDMENTS Gibraltar, Although Week After Week 6.U00 Shells a Day Were Hurled at it, Withstood Allied Fleets of Spain and France for Eight Hun dred and Seventy-four Days. In shortness and decisiveness ii will be dilhcull to beal the record ot Alex andria, every gun of which was effec tually sih need within len hours hy our Hoot under Admiral Seymour, says London Tit-Ul ts. Hut these few hours witnessed such a destructive deluge of shot and shell as might well havo laid a big city in luins. No fewer than 10,000 projectiles wore burled against the forts of Alexandria, many of them monsters of 1,700 pounds weight, hied from 81 ton guns. Sin gularly enough, this murderous hail of iron did little damage to the forti fications, the majority of the shells burying themselves harmlessly in tho parapets of sand which had been raised to protect tlx- batteries. Hut so terrible was the havoc and si..lighter wrought among thc: adher ents of Arabl Pasha by the hying fragments of the shells which explod ed that tho forts were quickly evacu ated; while sonic of the shells started a lire which destroyed almost the whole of the town. Sabastopol, With its -grim, massive forts were quickly evacuated, while some defended by 700 runs, many ol Hiern of heavy cal bro, held out against the combined annies ol Kra nee and i England for :"27 days. When, however, | the place was evacuated, it was lound j thal 'he town was lil ruins: and to ' complete thc work of destruction such ! docks and forts as still remained Standing were blown up by tho engi neers of the allied forces. It took 132 days for the (lennans to bring Paris to her knees a gener ation ago. During January. 187J. no fewer than 10,000 shells were rained on to the doomed town every day. and of these 500 fell Into the city proper. During a single day. January the Prussians hurled 25,000 projectiles at Paris at a cost of C 60,000. Thc havoc they wrought was Mirflll, am! tho resultant tires th:.. ned to dostroy j whole districts During the siege no | and tried to hew their way through the Russian levions. Osman Pasha commanded his gallant remnant in person; three lines ol' i retienes wero pierced; bul the mids against them were too creal. Surrounded by al most countless houb s of the enemy, his men mown down by sweeping tor rents of bull?is ami snells the brave loader al last yielded to fate and al lowed the white flag to (Inlier from the roof of the hin near which ho was lying mut ?lated and in agony. Khartoum withstood the Mahdi and his hosts for 311 days, tinder Ibo bravo direction of Gordon; and in Kars, Gen. Williams, with IT..otto men, with pro visions for three months ami ammu nition for three days, kept an invest ing army of 50,000 at bay from Juno to November "Gell Williams." wrote Mouravleff, thc Russian general, to his gallant foe, "you have made yourself a name In history, and posterity will stand amazed at the endurance, the courage and the discipline which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Lei us arrange a capt? (Illation which will satisfy the de mands of war without disgracing hu manity." Gibraltar, ns all the world knows, stood impregnable against 'all flic as saults nf Spain and PmtlCO for SV1 days, although week after week fi.000 shells were hurled at it every day. ami, in spite of the coin!, med attack of forty-six sail of the lire, a count less Meet of gun and mortar boats, and floating batteries which had cost ie 500,000 to construct. Richmond, Virginia, was defended by (Jen. Lee through a year of terrible fighting, nail! the seizure of Ins lines of supply compelled him to evacuate it on April. 2, 1865; Lucknow held out for (dullly six days, when Ger.'. Have lock caine to its relief; and Strasburg, with all its strength, defended by a garrison of 17,000 men. h ui 10 sur render to the Gormans aller a siege of forty-eight days. Amone ? r not able sieges Mafeking sun ' seven months. Kimberley 1 a. Lady smith IIS. Pol chef sit i ninety four Met/ seventy two (a seventy seven, and Chili ?'I fortv 'ix days. A much eic raf lol io the siege of Port Ai" an be found ll) the bombard; >>t Sn Ul Iago during tho recent between America and Sp:>' 1 e Pulled states warships 'IV . I nd I a IUI and Ihooklyn opened i.. Hie towns at a rill)ge of six is, and lor I h rei4 hours poured ..?Us inlo it willi sucii (b adly effect . hat. alt hough the gu?aers could not .\en see theii' tatu?!, lifly-seven buildings were wrecked lind sot on lire, am it was said thill ?i U w hours nore firing would dave bed the bob' place in ruins, lb i ll more effec .ive was tho (huiibrallzatlon caused by the bombardment, which directly iud tu ila surrender of tun tuwui - FOR MER SAKE a By Killel Mny Shorey. Au ominous slleuco prevailed In tlie president's office at the W- Nat iouul liuUK. livery fuco in the room wore a look o? condemning severity and tue two young inuit faolng the director-] kuew intuitively that no! morey would be shown. Tho meet ing had benn called for an unpre cedented occurrence $10.000 hud, mysteriously disappeared from the bank, and the only persons to whom, lt could reasonably be laid were the two yoong men referred to-Grey, ami Davison. The discussion was at its height each vigorously protesting hi? inno cence. Young Groy had been in the employ of the bank for several years to bu sure, lila integrity had never before been question e.I ; but when such a serious charge wag brought -forth and lay between him and Richard Davison, son of Judge Davison, hi., spotless recorr? was In Borne unaccountable manner parti ally forgotten, for Davison came from the tirst family lu town, while Groy was alone, and had gained hi- pre sent position only by diligent la I th? ful work. Each faced tho directors frankly and withstood all tosta. but while Urey's eyes never lett Davison's face the latter's never met his once dur ing the long, trying ordeal. As denial after denial, accompanied by appar ent proof, fell from. Davison's lips a sarcastic little smile hovered abouti Grey's lace. At last he sprang for ward Inipulslvely "I can stand tills no longer, gen;le~ men." he cried. "I have waited to see If l could be spared the disagree, aldo task of turning Informer, but when one's honor ls ut stake ono cannot step at trifles" lie hesitated and g lu aced nt Davison, whose eyes were fixed for the lirst time on Lis. "1 know where tliis trouble lies--!" Ere he could Un lah, the door Hew suddenly open, staying the words oa his lips an a rosy lace peeped In. "O, I beg your pardon.'' a imrry vole? exclaimed, and tho color mount quickly lo the brows of both young men at sight of that bewitching laughing faro. "I wanted to speak with father 1 thought he was a lone," and With a t*i"!i'*'* Mille uo.l she closed the door softly. During this slight respite Davison had been rapidly writing on a slip of pa lier, and while attention waa rao iul o ?um nu Cl tl tull ed Ul tue ue.-m ut sido hi.i) as he crumpled the paper in hts hand and searched the other's fa?o keenly "Now, Mr. Grey, you were say ing?" began the president. ' Nothing," came the low repb"- "1 prefer Lo accept your unbiased de cision I have nothing to say.' A look of relief crossed the tacos Of the illQIl. ll would cailSO lend feelings and show little diplomacy to accuse Judge Davisons son, and Grey's change of manner proved only tod well his guilt. After much talk ing and arguing, during which the young men stood white and silent painfully silent It was decided it' tho money was re'urned Indore thc week was out ?un? the embezzler left town the maller would be dropped. Grey looked up quickly, bul three low whispered words fell oil his ear "For her bake!" and he turned In differently away. When thtt directors loft them, Davison held out his hand. "Grey, name your price," he began, hut tho look on the other's face slopped him. "Her happiness," Grey answered Shortly, then passed from the room, Ignoring Davison's outstretched hand. Great wonderment and many com ments were occasioned by Grey's hurried unannounced departure, * ? ? ? * * . Some two years later, one beautl ful Bummer day. when all the world was wrapped 111 a warm, peaceful calm, a young man stood leaning ni an old rustic stile, hid eyes gazlug ongingly at n rambling white house hewing between the trees. Suddenly a girl appeared at the door an wnlk .d down the lane toward him At (?rsl he started as If IO leave, then stopped and awaited her coming. An she neared him she raised her eyes "Juck! Mr Grey!" she cried, ex tending holli hands with an Impul sive little gesture of welcome. "I'm "n glad to see you! Father was afraid his letters would not find you." "I received no letters from any one." ho replied. "Why. father wrote several right after Richard Davison's death and confession didn't you know he was dead"" she broke off, reading aright the look 0? surprise on Grey's faed ' Ile died tw? months ago, and at tho end told it was he who too'r tho money, and how he lied to you and you bravely stood nil the bl?me and banishment tor for the s.ikj of Sollie one you you both loxed, tho girlish voice lowered to a scarcely audible whisper. "Win VVet'Q >eu lo noble, i> self sacrificing?" "For your fake dear,' ho replied. "1 th?Ugh! lt was the only war to give you happiness. 1 thought ho spoke the truth, that you would bo heartbroken ll you knew all -bu eause you loved him."