Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fToowT J?n s RePly to an inVoLjy'" m*y A SHARP R'4 askm' ~ ?iome Reason for InA. B. Williams to* ,^ At??,t Judw tiers of Bishop l^of 0( cJr,? rfilnHI the SouthIBOUT Til Wv'eople Generally. /s. 0 , Marob 21, 1005. Editor Ch.l^;J" ?' P?"Cr' ""'b0P lUgbt^Reverend and Dear Sir. It was my e^m st hope that your answer to my letter^f the 9th Inst, would be of such a nature as to oall for no reJoinder. But unhappily you did not Klve the 1'soft answer," but n.ade use of most "tfrlevous words." It was, ItnutaDor ct.tll mu Intjtnt.inn tn Irnon I nvi*'?| uvi * *" j tuvviivivu wv ?v your private letter to me out of the public prints for your own Hake, but when I saw your second Interview In the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser and read In The State of Columbia, S. 0., yesterday, the 20th inHt., your letter to Mr. Gonzales, the editor, in which you said "the criti cisms of Judge ILnet and your own are equally unwarranted and impertinent," there was nothing left for me to do but to make the whole matter public. 1 am forced to speak out and to show the public what manner of man the bishop of New York is, and how he comports himself in what was expected by me to be a fi iendly and courteous correspondence. It will surprise everybody and it will shock churchmen to read your letter to me, even if they should think my letter to you gave you .suHicient provcoatlon. Kver since receiuing it the words of the l^alter have been haunting my memory: "Let the righteous rather smite me fiiendly and reprove me; but let not their precious balms break my head." It is proper that 1 should tlrst exhibit my letter to you: Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1905. ^ Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., LL. I)., Bishop of New York, New York. lligut Reverend and Dear Sir: In The State (Columbia, S. O ) of the 7th lust., the editor commented on ana quoted from Home statements or yours recently publlsded In the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser, on the subject of divorce legislation. It appears that you said: "There would be no virtue In abol lshing divorce altogether. We have an example of what would result from such a measure in South Carolina. Prohibiting divorce Is merely putting ooncubiuage at a premium." This is a serious charge to make against South Carolina. And when It Is made by one who deservedly holds one of the highest positions In the church, it commanr s attention and 1l 11 uences and molds opinion. I do not know where you found any authority for the assertion, but 1 do know that you have been misled, and that you Lave unwittingly misrepresented the people of this State. Nor do 1 doubt that when you have carefully and cand'ddy considered the w'^~17ra<^;,^|you WL'SNjpake the amende honondol^lfi^BvJbllo a manner as you have made tne unfortunate oharge. When you say that "prohibiting divorce is merely putting concuoinage at a premium," are you not relying on President Woolsey and the textwriter joui i.-renuss uisnop, an auuioruy t That Is the burden of their ludictment against South Carolina, and you make use of tnelr very words. A iew mouths ago I reviewed the nckless and groundless charges made by thns, authors. This 1 did at the r< qu ?t or the Ilev. Robert A. Holland, D. D , of St. George's church, St Louis, an my dear friend and bishop, the 1U. Rev. E.lison Capers, D. D. M> re vlewtook the form of an opeu letter to E.7^ Holland, whioh was published in The State and other newspapers in this and other States. Will you kindly take the trouble to read it?I enclose a copy?and then let the public, as well as me, know whether or no you still oan assert that the prohibition of divorce in South Carolina results In merely putting ooncublnage at a premium? Enolosed you will also And a copy ol the editorial article, which commented on ypur interview, In The State ol the 7th inst., and a copy of the extended editorial comment of The Living Churoh of November 12, 1904, strongly and warmly commending my open letter. Although I have not the honor of a yv personal acquaintance with you, 1 vmadjay^njoyed the privilege of sitting as a lay delegate in the triennial counoil of our churoh with you as a distinguished member of the house of bishops. But if you desire to know more about me, I refer you to Bishop Capers, your very good friend and mine. I also refer you to the Rev. C. M. Ntles, D. D., of Trinity churoli, Columbia, S. C., now my rector, and formerly and quite recently one of your own clergy and well known to y you. Both my bishop and my rector, I know, are of one mind with me on the subject of divoroe and on the happy moral result of the no-divorce law of South Carolina. It was Bishop V Capers' intimate acquaintance with me for over 30 years of my life as lawV yer and circuit Judge that induced \him to request me to examine into /fMbrul rroperly answer the damaging foBteed baseless charges of President m theblsey and Mr. Bishop, ftth ifclleve me, this letter is written to a# 5u not with any wish for oontroverf By, but with asinoere hope that It and the matters enolosed will give you suoh Information as that you will gladly uudo the wrong you have unintentionally done to South Carolina. If you knew South Carolinians as Bishop Capers and I know them, you would rejoioe with us over the result of our no-dlvoroe law and proudly hold it up as an object lesson to our sister States. I have the honor to be, right reverend and dear sir, your obedient servant, W. 0. Benet. To this letter of mine you sent the following answer: No. 113 West Fortieth Street, New York. Maroh 13th, 1905. My Dear Sir: Tnls morning's mall brought me your letter Of the 9th Inst., and its enclosures, you nor the newspapers whlck^V k - V ^uble to verity a li '^"they saw In another a n*j!?e?Mrtore indulging In orlrl- 1. c(a ^tRttly grotesque and Imperti- v I of -? It la enougn to say that 1 'never made the statement to whioh t you allude, nor ever s*w it In the ool- o umrs of the paper from whloh you n quote. y Among gentlemen, it la oustouaary, o before drawing an Indictment based a upon printed statements, to apply to the author for some verltication of y them. If you had done this, you t would have been saved a very foolish n letter and very discourteous Imputa- ^ tions. It Is a curious fact that, 8 coming, ss you profess, fro n a region a which boasts of Its superiority In manners, you should appear to be un- . CODSClousof the elementary conditions of common courtesy Very truly yours, ' (Signed) Henry C. Potter. The Hon. W. C. B .net. 1 am sure It will give neither you nor me pleasure to see this amazing letter of yours In the publlo prints. I deeply regiet the necessity of publishing it; and I doubt not you sincerely regre' ever having w ritten It. But I am glad to place the two letters, yours and mine, side by side, and let the public as a Jury read them and decide whether I am guilty or not guilty of the charges of folly, impertlnenoe, discourtesy and bad manners, for those are the counts In your indictment. That you have not questioned my honor and truthfulness leaves me something for which to be thank ful. Is it not strange that you are, so far as I know, the only man who considers my letter grotesque or Impertinent or foolish or Ill-mannered V Those who have spoken or written to me about it, and tbey are not a few, have oommended me for the courteous terms in which it seemed t.h?m to be couched. It must astonish you to be told that such commendation ! Mas come to me not only from laymen aud from the clergy, but even from { the episcopate. And this emboldens ( me to request that you will favor the | publio and me Ly showing wherein consists the folly, grotesquerle, lmpertlnenoe, discourtesy and bad manners of my letter. It has been said by conics that so ' ciety will tolerate a breach of good ' morals rather than a breach of good manners. 1 do not quite agree with ' Kochefouoauld or (Jhestertield, yet I do confess to an unwillingness to sit ! silent when you accuse me of dlsoourt esy, impertinence and bad manners. 1 And since you not only charge me 1 with a gross breach of good manners, but also charge my State and the whole South with a grosser breach of good morals, it will not surprise fair minded men that I thus answer your letter and meet your charges. In spite of the great provocation you have given me, 1 trusj that my language shall be temperate and my manners respeotful, as is most meet in a layman addressing one who occupies the exalted DOsitton of a hiahnn Let me ask thin, wherein have I offended? I leave It to the gentlemen of the New York press to say If It Is not a recoguiz d rule to acoept as true and gei ulne what Is published in a metropolitan lournal as a statement made by a public man, prominent in state or church, especially If after several da>s such sta'emeot has not been repudiated by the alleged author. Your first Interview ap peared In The Globe of March 3rd. You neither repudiated nor modified anv part of it until March 16, after your attention had been called to the editorial In T .e (Columbia) State by the editor of the State and myself. Do you seriously think that my failure to apply to you personally for a verltlcatlon of that Interview proves me "to be unconscious of the elemen lary c- ndltions of common courtesy?" What I read iu The Globe and In The State, neither of them chargeable with "yellow journalism," but both of ?them conspicuously conservative newspapers, appeared to me to be genuine and correct, And ev?n if I erred in believing that the interview In The Globe did not correctly state your views, ril l that error Justify you in oharacterlz Ing my lc'ter to you as "'grotesque and impertinent," and to charge me with having written "a very foolish letter," and with having made "very discourteous Imputations?" The head anri front of my offending seems to have consisted In taking for granted that y< u had said what was Imputed to y u In The Globe Interview. 1 ask you to say as a gentle man was that suttlcient cause to en* . title you to apply to me epithets so rude and ungentle? I leave it to an impartial public to say which of us , two has in this correspondence shown most courtesy. [ And even if in that you were correct, do you really think you had the right or the excuse to deal an unkindly blow over my shoulder at the south , em States?or Scotland?for It is doubtful to which region you refer, although I rather think you mean the southern States. Of course I am referring to your ironical remark about my coming "from a region which boasts of its superiority in manners." As a Scotsman I tell you truly that my native oountry vaunteth not her' elf in this regard; and as a southerner 1 assure you that my adopted country is too well-mannered to "boast of its superiority in.manners." I)o you not know that to boast of good manners Is like bragging of pos scssing the grace of humility, of whtoh it has been well said that 'He who ventures to esteem it his Proves by that single thought he hath It not"? And, now, right reverend sir, what have you done in your short second Interview In The Globe of Thursday, the 16th Inst.? You certainly have not mended matters. In the first Interview that exoellent lournal represented you as saying: 'There would ' be no virtue In abolishing divorce altogether. We have an example of ! what would result from suoh a measure In South Carolina. Prohibiting I divorce Is merely puttingoonoubinage i at a premium." i In the seoond interview we read: t ' The attention of Bishop Potter i having been called to the demand < from South Carolina newspapers for i an apology to South Carolina for !m- i putatlons disrespectful to its laws and life, he observed that he had no apology to make Hp bad not, he said, critlolsed the dlvoroe law of South ' Carolina, nor said anything of 'abol- ( Ishlng dlvoroe altogether.' He had < simply remarked that In view of the prevalence of miscegenation In the 1 south, the 'pose' of lofty or superior 1 virtue on the part of its people, any- * where, had in it an element equally f oomlo and pathetic." c 1 am truly sorry that the first in- * terview did not represent your views, fl because your friends In this State? 1 and 1 was one of them?oould readily * I excuse your unfortunate statement 0 . the around that r -t?U ag guldanoe of Joel Prentiss Bishop nd President Woolaey. But when, a your second Interview, die's ted by ourself, you speak categorically of 'the prevalence of miscegenation In he south," and this solely on your a wn responsibility, you make a charge auch graver than the one Imputed to ou before, and you make It against ot alone South Carolina, but all the outhern States. By ''miscegenation" I apprehend ou mean illicit interot urs" between he white and black races. You cantot surely mean intermarriage, for hat Is forbidden by law and made everely punishable in South Carolina ?nd other Southern States. F And where do you find authority or asserting t i&t miscegenation, as -ou understand It, Is prevalent In the louth? 1 honestly thougnt that Hlshop and Woolsey had misled you ls to concubinage, but 1 am at a lo s o account for your astounding charge ts to the prevalence of mlbcegenation n the south. And yet you say you 'simply remarked" it. b Bishop Potter, this will net do. g| IVe of the South demand ttiat you urnlsh us with your proofs of the 0 )revalenoe of mlsc -geuatlou in the w Louth; or that, failing proof, you take o >ack what you said. a If you answer without reflection or w esearch, jou may glibly say that rour case is proved by the large num- e >er of mulattocs iu the South. That * laturally gives a color of truth to t rour statement. But a fair and can- v lid consideration of the matter will ^ Latlsfy eveu you that this does not justify your charge of the prevalence p )f miscegenation In the south. I xjneedo that the tlavery system to a r certain extent encouraged or brought e ibout miscegenation. But 1 do know a Jiat the lrllux of northern men a.s n Loldters and carpet baggers and ad- f ?uuiu era, irom 186U to 1876 or 1878, t made miscegenation far more priva d ent then than It had been before or c jver has been since. The immora'lty p jf that Heconstructlon oeriod was e greater and grosser ihan even you v would be willing to believe. And 1 fl reel sure that you will be glad to v know that since the close of that dark period there has been a notable de- ti irease of what you call mice genatlon, a and that it is still manifestly decreas In#. So much so' that 1 am sure tliat if the offspring ?f illicit intercourse in the northern and western States sould be recogn zed by their color, as In the Southern States, you would not again speak of the prevalence of mis Ocgenation in the South. I hold u > brief for the purity of morals in the South; but just as surely as we have the poir always with us, so surely we hive in all <X u itries the Impure always with us. And it must be borne in mind that while the unfortunate women that represent social evil in the north and In other white man's countries are white women, in the south they are with very few i xceptlons negro or mulatto wo men. 1 now come to the oloslrg words of your dictated interview, where you say of the South, "The p^ise of lofty or superior virtue on the part of its people, anywhere, has in it an ele ment tqually comic and pathetic." Bui?no; I refrain f.o n com nent ing on tills most unfortunate asper slon. 1 leave it to the public bo pass t their own judgment upon it. The> i will see as readily and as regretfully ? as 1 do with what what tlippaicy a 1 metropolitan prelate?I had almost I said primate?has s^en lib t> deal t with a subject that demands from | him, as from us all, the most serious I and respectful con lderatlon. lb will i also grleve all good men to see how i needlessly and 8up*rcilllously you 1 tl >ut with wo.ds of ridicule the white t people of the toithern States. i I have the honor to be, right lev- 1 erend sir, your mi st obedient servant. 1 W (J. lilCNKT. 1 Knf'UHt'd thu Money. Congregational members represent- , ing ltoston and various sections of 1 New England have protested to the 1 American board of commissioners for foreign mUslons against acceptance ? by the board of the gift of $100,000 . fiom John D. Rockefeller on the t ground that the Standard Oil com- , pauy stands before the public under . repeated and recent formidable Indict- v ments in specltic terms for methods which are morally iniquitous and so- t daily destructive, ai d that ' accept- ; auce of such gift Involves constltu- j ents of board in the relation of Imply- , ing honor towards the donor and sub- , Jects the board to the charge of lg- t noring the moral issues Involved." , Over thniPallH. I At Niagara Falls Wednesday morn- 1 Ing a laborer engaged in keeping the j ice moving at the outlet on the in- ' let canal of Canadian Niagara Power ? Company on the Canadian side of the ( rlwai" ? ' 1 a..vi iu numo iimmiur was made a ' prisoner on a cake of ice that tloated r cut from shore on the awful current that rushes tjward the Horseshoe N Falls. Several persons on shore saw c the man on the ice, but they could do a nothing to aid htm, and as they : watched he was swept down the rapids and over the brink of the Horseshoe * Falls to death. To his employers 1 and fellow workmen he was known by ? the name of "Frenohie," and there is 1 little clue to his Identity. Owing to c the ice in the river at this season of c the year, the body Is not likely to be 1 recovered. 1 z Hope-J urn pin k Kills Girl. p In an endeavor to lower the record t held by Julia Real, who Jumped the n rope one hundred times, little Marie f Sheridan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. u James Sheridan, of No. 498 Baldwin o street, Waterbury, Conn., has met r rlpnt.ll Sha tnao """ ~' 'L- ' ' " * ^ww?ui muu nno UliO U1 tllC UriKH^eHt ^ pupils at the Merriman sohool and a was a leader among her companions, h The B;al girl had reached the cen- n tury mark In skipping the rope and little Marie told her schoolmates she * would beat the record. As sbe jumped r< the one hundredth time she fell to 0 the ground unoonsclous. She was re- h moved to her home, but dootors failed a to restore her and the same afternoon b ?he died. The other girl who jumped L Dne hundred times has also died since, p although she appeared to be in no way tl iffeoted b> her strenuous work. 1] tl Ased lawyer Oonvloted. p At Fayetteville, Ga., Col. Stephen r( D. Renfree, a lawyer about 77 years & >ld, was con vloted Thursday afternoon st >f the murder of his daughter-in-law. Q; The jury reoommended him to the ai nercy of the court. He was sentenoed tl <o serve the remainder of his life in w ?he Stite penitentiary. Ranfree C1 [uarreled with his daughter-in-law fr tver a cabbage patch, the quarrel end- f r ng in his shooting her to death with tl i shotgun. He claimed self-defense, ni 1-nfree is quite feeble, and during tl he greater part of the trial reollned tt >n an Improvised couch In the court hi oom. The oase will probably go to in k ^ ^ V . . 'l " MANY KILLED I nd Injured by the Explosion of a Steam Boiler. 1 IN A SHOE FACTORS i r i Ire Followed the Explosion and Those ^ Not Killed Outright Perished in the ? Flames. Men and Women f t Pinned Down Begged to t be Killed as a Relief. t g At least sixty people lost their lives \ y the explosion of a boiler in a large t hoe manufactory at Hrockton, Mass., t n Monday morning. The explosion 1 ras immediately followed by a (lash { f flame, whloh consumed the factory, t long, four-story structure, as if it r rere a house of cards, and ir.clncrat d an unknown number of men and romen who were unable to extricate , hemselves from a mass of tangled > wreckage formed by the terrific up- 1 leaval in the boiler room. i More than half a hundred of the em- I loyes in the building were maimed, 1 /s. J 1-.. 4. ~ * ? - uiu',u ui uiuiat'u uy tut) uinitf LU?y 1 cached safe ground. Some had jump- < d from the roof, somj from windows ' nd others had been injured In the 1 uad rush to escape from the dconed ' actory, which from all parte emitted 1 he Intense, awful heat of an Inferno, 5 riving back the hand of heroic resuers who in a few brief moments had I >erformed gallant service. Two wood- I n dwellings near the engine r >om < vere practically demolished by the 1 lying boiler, but none of the occupants * rere seriously injured. It may never be known Just how nany persons perished In the wreck .ge. No one knows exactly how many < >ersons were In the fac'ory. The num- 1 >er has been estimated at 400, but Treasurer Charles O. Enerson said rtonday night he doubted whether here were so many at work. Two bunI red and tifty survivors have been ao- : :ounted for and at midnight M >nday light tho remains of 50 bodies had been ecovered from the ruins, the search >ehig continued all night. Fragments >f human franus which possibly miglit 1 >elnt?g to bodies otlicr than those enimerated liave aho been found. Few if the remains have been identified i The head of nearly every case is mhs ng and except In rare instances it was mpossible even to distingu'sh the sex The explcsl >n occurred shortly after die operatives had settled down to ivork foi the day, and without waning. Suddenly the air vibrated with die roar of an explosion. At the same noment the larger wooden frame of die factory, a four-story structure lulvered and then the rear p rtioti of t col!ap-ed In a fraction of a second diis sec: ion of the great building had ieen transformed into a mass of Iron md wood wreckage, in the midst of vh'ch human bel: gs were plnlooi d. lu mother moment lire had broken out n the debnsand death by tire and suf ooation became the fate of scores of llii nrvoro I itidu U-.l 1 / av> vp^iavi too. H HCI1 II1U UV'IICI" ''X I jloded it passed upward almost prependieuUrly, tearing a passage as it vent, killing many on the way After ising high in the air, it descended lalf the distance and then swerving lortherly, cut lis way like some huge jrujectlle through a dwelling liou.se 50 1 'eet away and pierced another dwellng further along, dem olishlug the atter structure. Here Ks course was itopped. Scenes of horror followed the * wrenching apart of the factory bulldog. In the rear the three upper ( loors, weighted as they were with ( leavy machinery, collapsed with a jrash that was heard for blocks. Men ind women operatives working in deDartments of tills section who were i jusy at their machines, had time but xi turn In an attempt to 11 e, after ] jhe first dull roar, wlien tlio tloorlng ( lank beneath tin m and they were car led to the ground floor, crushed and j mils- d, amid the mass of debris. Vtany fell Into a veritable fiery furnace. Ln the sections of the factory which -emalned standing the operatlvas were panlcstrlcken as they sought >scape. Many 11 d dovvn the stairways and reached the street; others , A) the windows, the tire escapes in nany cases having been torn away by j ihe explosion. In desperation many ( umped from the second and third- , itory windows to the ground and were < langerouslv Injured. The crush on ] die stairways resulted in numerous { nlncr injuries. . Instant death was the fate of many ] who went down with the fl )or that soU&psed. A large number of men ind women who were working near he supports were alive after the ' I iors aud walls fell. From these un- . uiuuuubea tunning cries or agony and j error went up. Almost all had been aught between broken timbers, llgh- ] er wooden wreckage and heavy pieces ] if machinery. A few persons sue c ceded in extricating themseles from 1 he wreckage, bub more were roasted 0 death. Hy this time nearby cltlens had arrived to assist the em- | loyes who escaped In the rescue of ( heir fellows. This task became mo- a nentarily more ditllcult and perilous, s or the heat from the tire was almost 0 nbearable. Hy the use of long pieces (] f timber the rescuers were able to e alse parts of the wreckage and there- q y releaso s>me of the imprisoned ), len and women and then by rushing ^ ito the smoke pull them from the t ulna. n With tear stained and haggard faces |, romen and children besieged the actory of St. Margaret's It >man athollc church during the day, plead1 tr with thn nvlnota ^ 'P, nivn VUU |>IIC9UI 1IJI IU1U1 limilUli J bout husband, father, sister or 0 rother who failed to return home, ti tittle comfort could be given to these q eople. At the Campello p >llce st.a C Ion & similar scene wan enacted. Ear- I f In the day M lyor Keith, forseelng he confusion whioh would eniue >sted notices in conspicuous places v iquestlng all employes who had leaped to go at once to the police 8I :allon and give their names. These ame were immediately posted and round this list of names hovered a tv irong of women?many hysterical hj 1th grief because the list did not in- p ude a relative. Back and forth om the ruins to the station, and om the station house to the ruins lose grief stricken women filed In a 31 jver-endlng proc<sdon, looking at in le fragments of flesh and bone as rl ley were plaoed in pine box s and w irrled away to the morgue. Only oc . extremely rare oases was thera the a ighteet ohanoe of Identlfioatlon. Je - ? jgv/ GAVE THEIR LIVES n a Futile 1 ffort to Rescue 1 heir Fellow Workmen. in Kxp'nslou That Shook the Very Poundtiloniof (he Mountain* and LlKbtrd Up the Hratnna. As a result of the horrible t xplosion the Uu>h Hun and It d Ash mines icar Thurmond W. Va , Saturda> l'ght, twenty-four now lie stark In leath in the two mines. Ten of these vere killed in the explosion Saturday ind the other fourteen were a rescung party, who entered the mine Sun lay morning to take from the mines ihe charred and blackened remains of heir fellow workmen These latter vere killed by a second explosion and ?he afterdamp. The tlrst explosion teemed to shake the foui d itlons of .he mountains and the augry twin lash from the two neighboring drift nouths lighted up the heavens for | ntles around. Soon from the mlalng ! j Milages for several miles up and down I (he river huudreds of people rushed; o the scene of the dreadful disaster. ! The list ex ploslou was caused by a' 'naked" ilame coming In contact with die gas. i The tlames leaped from the drift nouth and set tire to everything In each that was not blown from harm's vay by the force of the explosion. The treat drum by which the cars arc run 'rom the drift mouth down the Incline (O the tipple aud the empties drawn jp was blown from its moorings aud iowu tire mauntain side 000 feet, wlille the drumhouse caught lire and was totally consumed. The cars tl at itood at the mouth of the mine were elown far down towards the tipple ind much of the track of the int line was destroyed. The rails twisted and the orosstles whipped from their beds in the ballast and sent schorched and sharred many yards away. The big ran that furnished air in the mine was ?o damaged that it was several hours before it oou'd be started again. After considerable tlmo the great fan was repaired and the power turn ed on and it began drawing one hundred thou-and cubic feet of air through the charnel house a minute. A rescue party was formed and about twenty men entered the mine in search of the bodies of th ?se who had perished at the tirst explosion. The men ex plored the mines for two or three hours, putting up brattices so that pure air should follow them wherever they went. Finally some of them c tmeout and reported that the others were too cireless in going forward faster than the good air was being supplied and carrying at the sun* t inea "naked" light. At 3.45 another awful explosion < ecurred, caused by the gas coming in contact with the "nakf d llame of a miner's lamp an" fourteen more souls were launched into eternity. Mine Inspector Edward Pinokney arrived on the ground Monday and took charge of the rescue work. Night I'd wling Thieves Croup and Whooping Cough come like a thief in the night, stealing in to fasten the langs of mortal disease upon the children as they peacefully sleep in their little beds. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar, the new discovery for Coughs and Colds, will drive out these death-dealing demons before the doctor can arrive it m-e tccts tlie lives and lieult li of the little ones. Contains no opiates. Keep it handy I)r. K. Norton Killed liy a llloiv. At Philadelphia, Pa., John II111, a negro pugilist, is dead as the result of a six round bout Friday night with "Kid" D trsey, colored, at the Broadway Athletic Club. lu the sixth round Hill was knocked unconscious and never recovered. The proprietor of the club and the seconds have been arrested. Lewis Bailey, proprietor of the club, is held in three thousand dollar ball, and "Kid" Dorsey without bail. A l>eHtruotlvn Fire. To draw the lire out of a burn, or heal a cut without leaving a scar, use DeWitt's Witch llazcl Salve. A specific for piles. (Jet the genuine. J. L. Tucker, editor of the Ilarmonizer, Centre, Ala, writes: "1 have used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve in ray family for Piles, cuts and burns. It is the best salve on the market. Every family should keep it on hand." Sold by Dr. E. Norton. Noted ltohl,or Knca|)oa, Albert F. Boll, one of the mast noted mail pouch robbers in the United States, made a successful dash for liberty at the United States prison )f McNeil's Island and escaped. Bell was wanted in many cities. Ila was jervlng two years for a mail robbery. He made a daring escape two years igo by jumping from a passenger train while being taken from Denver to Philadelphia. . ..? )> Ky the Ton to Ho&te. The pills that act as a tonic, and iot as a darstic purge, are l)e\Vitt's Little Early Risers. They cure Ileadiehe, Constipation, Rilliousness, etc. Warly Risers are small, easy to take ind easy to act?a safe pill. Mack Hamilton, hotel clerk at Vallay City, S.I)., says: "Two bottles cured me >f chronic constipation." Sold by 3r. K. Norton. HunKrr Children. Inspector Henry M. Lechtreckcr, n a report to the State Board of charities on food conditions existing < .mong the inmates of the industrial * chools of N iw York city, says that f >f 10,000 children involved In his in- t luitry, he found that, through pov- \ rty, 439 began the day's studies fre uently without breakfast, 998 with , asufll3lent food, and 7,415 upon reakfasts consisting only of either ea or coffee and bread. The great / ?/ ui v uiiueii wero anemic ror , ick of good and sufficient food. h Pleaimnt and Harmlria. ' Don't drug the stomach to cure a Dugh. One Minute Cough Cure outs * he mucus, draws the inflammation / ut of the throat, lungs and bronchial 1 tibes, heals, soothes and cures. A I uick cure for Croup and Whooping I dugh. Sold by I >r. K. Norton. An Rd>ior Wan ?;<?. The owner of Narodny List, a Ser ian newspaper which is hostile to ae government, appeals for a response editor. The eighth editor in aiee weeks has Just been arrested and ae editor's wife, oallged to support erself, tried, in vain, to get permison to have an egg stall in the market iaoe. tit. Ijouta Lawyer a Suicide. Chas, Krd, of St Louis, a lawyer, S years old, was found Wednesday i his apartments at the Hotel Impeal suffering from a self inflicted ound In the left temple. He will reiver. No cause is known. He had large sum of money and valuable welry. I J I THE BEST I I MEDICINE I If0" WOMEN I If you are nervous and tired out I j I continually you could have no H I dearer warning of the approach I I of serious female trouble. Do not wait until you suffer un- I 9 bearable pain before you seek treat- I ment. You need Wine of Cardui I I now just as much as if the trouble H were more developcd and the tor- I I taring pains of disordered men- I struation, bearing down pains, I I leucorrlioea, backache and nead I ache were driving you to the un- I I failing relief that Wine of Cardui I 9 has brought hundreds of thousands H y of women and will bring you. 9 Wine of Cardui will drive out I I all trace of weakness and banish H I nervous spells, headache and hack- I j ache ami prevent the symptoms I 9 from quickly developing into dan- I 9 gerous troubles that will be bard I to check. Secure a $1.00 bottlo of I Wine of Cardui today. If your I 9 dealer does not keep it, send the H 9 money to tho Ladies' Advisory I 9 Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine I I Co.. Chattanooga, Tcnn., and tho I 9 medicine will bo sent vou. \wine?f\ CARDVl DeWlTTS WITCH HAZCL SALVE THE ORIGINAL. A Well Known Cure for Piles. Curoa obstinate aorea, chapped hands, ?? itma, akin diseases. Makes burns and scalds painless. We could not improve the quality if paid double the price. The best salve that experience ean produce er that money can buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWttt's Is the original and only pure and fenuino Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for the name DeWITT on every box. All other* are counterfeit, prbparbd st K. O. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAOO. Dr. K. Norton. R B. SCARBROUGH OONWAY, 8. 0., ATTOIi NET AT LAW H.H.WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. S. 0. r-rt SaTir imv Jl Illy 17. 1^7 1 1VL/ \ IV I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conw ay-Seashore R R DAILY SCHEDULE. Lt Myrtle Hsaoh 7 a m Ar Conway 7:40 a. m Lt C mway 0:80 a. m Ar Myrtla Beach 9:45 a. m Lt Myrtle Beach 1:30 p m Ar Conway 2:16 p. no Lv Oonway 6:20 p. no Ar Myrt e Beach 0:10 p. m T. S. HOI LEYjVUN, M. D., THE SPECIALIST. uures all diseases of men. Los manhood, syphilis (blood poison) gonorhoea, gleet, strlcturo, varloceele, hydrocele and all private diseases of men. Catarrh In all forms cured julckly. Piles cured without opera tlon or detention from business Under guarantee. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard building, Augusta, Ga Write for home treatment. Otllce hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday'* 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. 5 MUSIC. 2 When you make up your 2 mind mat home is not home 3 without a Piano or an Organ, 2 come here, or write us, ana S we will sell you the right S J sorb of an instrument. g X Hatty term*. and full Tklno. 2 Addre&s. 2 MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, f S COLUMBIA, S. C. I PIANOS AND ORGANS. 1 The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage and Injrease your income by putting in a imall canning plant. Large profits in canning all kinds of 'rults, vegetables, terries, et^. A car 1 X) us will bring you desired 'information. Ranky Cannku Co.. Chapel Hill, N. C. L.KAKN IKLKUKAPMY ' 1 v^d R. R. AOENCY?Wo als> t'a'n you for j ( T>eU. SIGNAL ORPd. School oitab- 1, iHhod 17 yoi'B. Chean board, low tui ion, ! nd Our Plan INSURRS po? tion. Catd >gue | ? roe. OA. TKLBQ RAP JI COLLBO K. Senoia, Ga. I iMnnnnHMHMMBMiu The Old Standa Grove's T has st*ood t?he t>es over One and a Hi of merit* appeal t*c Enclosed witdi every bottle is Kammm?maa?mmmmmi To Cur Take Laxative Brom Seven Mfflon boxes sold In post 1Z moi i ? i g I will send free to any man simply upon his wvltMtf r jgwijfr ;V^xT ? request a copy of my <V4-pa<re book on lost manhood^ f nervous debility. impotcncy, stricture. varicoool?h m -*B W- \ enlargement of tho prostate, blood poison, and r? m vG/W^-V'ISteStjvlilV ~ '-i-i > flex diseases resulting from the above, such Htnss Opr ifi'i'*! ' ,in V^'lT^ tions of tho skin, rheumatism, urinary disorder^ ? > '**1.' ' ' i? fmi'* 1 |>llcs, rectal diseases, etc. It will tell In plain and Ei>> simple lanfc-uotre all that you want to know. It is JR entertaining and Inst -uctlvo and wlilopcn your eyes. It will show a simple f way of euro In your own homo, privately and without tho publicity and ex< A w b?nso o? ?loeal doctor ordrustrlst. I have been practicing this spec..tllty for mors \ ?-// than a quarter of a century and hnvo In my vaults tho names of hundreds upea ww/ hundreds of men whom 1 have cured of theso diseases after they had written ate for tho book. In theso 25 years 1 have developed a system of cure that Is entirely now and original and differs widely from tho old methods. With It I am en.tblsd to euro men In half tho time. In a simple yet effectlvo way. v Write mo and I will show you the way to set back your vitality nnd strength, your manhood and health, no matter how old or worn you aro, and so thoroughly that you will stay cured forever. If you will montlon how you are affected 1 will enclose besides tho&l-pago book a Self Examination Illankon yourdtseaseso that I can make n study of vourqasonnd rot>ort to you free of charge. I havcolghtothermodlca* books that 1 will send to mend roe on receipt of name and address. In a plain unmarked euveku* Write mo today *uro. L>K. J. NBWTON HATHAWAY. 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 South Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. > _> s The Guinard Brick Wop; i! COMTMHIA, S. O. \ \ Manufacturers Hrlok, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Huildlng HI or, o Flue linlnjfs and Drain Tile. Prepared to till orders for Uk? | > or millions. < MihMf MMMBf MflWf Southeastern Lime & Cement Co j CHARLESTON, 8. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roo. "RUBEROID." Write for prices. KliHREpKILm ? That Is exactly what It is; aFire Killer. I) s a vittratloa every* * day at the State Pair showing its lire fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO.. Col tirr*l>is~i The machinery Runnlv linns? of tho State Whtsko | Morphine I Clgaret | \11 Drug and L'ob&ooo Habit, I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley ln?t it ute, of O. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Rot iKWYOumhl*. K P. Oenfldent.lal ocri-espon* Q>rj V t < i Baptist Minister Cired of Consumntion 1 Rsv. H. G. Reed, Eminent Divine, and Editor of the Sunday School Lesson, Restored to Health and Strength by Duffy's Pure Halt Whiskey. ?' I owe my life to its use. I have lost one daughter by consumption and I believe had she had Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey she would be alive today." 425 W. Union St., Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 10, 1004. Gentlemen?For several years 1 have suffered greatly with throat trouble and weak lungs. The doctors said 1 had consumption, i was ul?lo to keep up with my work with groat difllculty, but I llnnlly got, so bad that I had not strength to deliver an address. A member of my congregation recommended and brought mo a bottle of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. I took tout one, and lutor on several more bottles, accordiucr to dir<v>? .? uuu ib mis completely cured mo. I ami op|?os?<l to v hiskoy asn boverngo, but I know that your whiakev, which la sold ns a tonic, is a most valuable medicine. 1 fool thnt I owe my life to it. 1 have lost one daughter with consumption, and 1 believo that had ulte had Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey she would have been alivo to-day. I trust that 1 can bo of service to others by recommending your great medicine to them before it is too luto. ltov. II. G. HEED, Raptlst Minister and lid. Huuday School Lesson. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Consunijuion seldom attacks until the system Is run down and woakonod by slcknesa, tverwork, worry, exposure or inherited tendencies. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey ia tha greatest strongthener and liealth builder known to medicine. It not only checks the ravages of the disease itself, but replaces tlio weakened, destroyed tissues; helps the ttomach to moro porfoctly digest and aKsimilato fo<Hl in order thnt more, richer and purer blood will come from it; and regulates and govorns tho heart's action, so that the circulation will Ih> strong and powerful, carrying health and vigor to every organ k ul part of the human body. Duffy's Puro Malt Whiskey is absolutely puro and free from fusel oil?the only whiskey rocognized by tho Government as a medicine. It has l?een prescrilied by doetors of all schools and sold by rniiuhlo druggists and grocers evory wliefe for over50years. $1.00 a bottle. Every testimonial is published in good faith and guaranteed. Medical booklet freo. Re pure and aak for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. It la the only absolutely Pure Matt Whiskey which contains medicinal, health-giving qualities. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey la sold In sealed bottles only, never In bulk, book for the trade-mark, tha "Old Chemist," on tha tabrl, and see that the seal over the cork Is unbroken. For sale at all Dispensaries in fteutk Carolina,* r direct, $1.00 bottle. Duffy Malt Wblskay Co., Rochester, N. Y, Be sure and ask for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. It Is the only absolutelyif 'ore Malt Whiskey which contains medical, health-giving qualities and thdH >nly Malt Whiskey recognized by the government as a medicine. Duffy's Pure M ilt Whiskey is sold in sealed bottles only, never In flask dflgp >ulk. Look for the trade mark -the old chemist -on the lai*?i and ??<? ? - , wvv vut? mm ue seai over me cork is unbroken. ^ For sale at all Dispensaries In Sout h Carolina, er direct $1.00 a bottle. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CX>., Rochester, N. Y. WHamm+mm . i - m rd 1 asteless Chill Tonic I t 25 vpnrc A\/onA?rft -i ?i? 1 j v/a A ? V VI Qlllil^CU SA16S I ilf Million bottles. Does t*his record I > you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. I e a Cold in One Day 1 o Quinine Tablets. a rv /, ??wy I ith t. This signatiire, box. 35c. | *** * "