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The Horry Berald, CONWAT, S. C. THURSDAY J* _ MUST BE TRIED. KEPOKT C)?^ THE COMMITTEE IN \ THE CltKIOUlON CAHE. Hit Statement of the Jnvestigation of the Matter by the Committee. The Rev. C. W. Crelghtcn, editor of the Christian Appeal, published at Greenwooo, has Issued In his D&Der the following statement In regard to the Investigation of the complaints against him: "We cannot at this time publish the full details of the Investigation of the oomplahlAj made by the presiding 'U elders against the editor of this paper. We shall, however, publish enough to give the public ho insgnt into the methods employed in that proceeding "On March 21 last the committee met In the Methodist Church at this plac?. W. T. Duncan, by virtue of h<8 (til .re, acted as chairmar f M B. K >lly served as secretary, lu addi cou W. T Duncau bad retained the servloea of a stenographer?a very competent one. "We were accon panled by our counsel, tbe Rev. J. W. Daniel and the Rev A. J. Cauthen, and Miss Myrtle Davis, our stenographer." "The committee was composed of L Peter Stokts, a cousin of one of the ^ preiid.ug elders; W. A. Masseabeau, a nephew of mrtber presiding eldtr. whose term of cilice is fmbractd in the period covered bv the criticisms of the editor of the Christian Appeal, and who la also under J. W. Kllgo, one of the & mplalnants, and pastor of Ki'go's family, and also that of Bishop Duncan, w^o has been active In this matter; T. C. O'Dell, who served on the ccmmlttee at Conference ' When the committee met W. T. Duncan, by an arbitrary ruling, which Is contrary to the law and practice of the Methodist Church, exciudtd Dr Daniel, the counsel of the accused; the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, his brotherin-law, ard then also tried to exclude Miss Davis, his stenographer. ''The presiding elders made two complaints. "1. Falsehood and slander. To substantiate that charge they produo ed ooples of the Christian Appeal containing an editorial on 'RlDgs and R suits,' 'How the Scheme Works,' 'clerical Diurnal inn ' "2. Immorality. To substantiate that charge they produced copies i f the paper containing communications signed by 'A Pastor,' 'John S. Moore,' 'A Layman,' ' n Old Layman' an* 'Ohas. P. Hodges.' The alltged immorality consisted in publlstiing In the Christian Appeal the commuuica ttuns named. "We do sanded the right to cross examine Me accusers. Finally four of th*m were tut up. During the cross-examinations the presiding eld ers repeatedly refused to answer and they were told by W. T. Duncan that If they thought the questions "incriminated" them they ueed not answer, and they did not. On other important matters they answered, "don't remember" and other similar replies. We were oulv allowed to ct ss-examlD? four. That concluded the testimony. We were engaged until April 12 in this matter, not in eluding the period of adjournment When the testimony of tue witnesses, J. W. Kt go anu VV. P. Meadors, as taken by the stenographer was read, they denied it; they were offered the privilege to correct it in any particular way they pleased; they decdned to make any corrections and then refused to sign their testimony. Trie witnesses had been kept in the room over the protest ofthe accused and prompted each oifter during the examination. And yet th? y refused to approve and sign the testimony S "We demanded of W. T. Duncan that he present their testimony to them for their signatures, but he refused and, 011 his own motion, ruled their testimony out. That left the committee without a word of testimony before them. And yet they re ported a trial necessary. "There Is a great dial more that we would like to publish, but It is tbougbt advisable not to do so at present That a man should he charged with immorality for publishing nr minaMoris of such men as John S. Moore mad (Jhnrles P H dges over their own signatures and similar oommunications of 'A Pastor,' 'A Layman,' etc. will be ast( unding to Intelligent men; that be suould be clarged with false hood and slander In criticising methodsand practices which have given rise to dissatisfaction and oomplalnts in the Oburoh for years will bear but one construction and admit of only 1 one conclusion by a lib .rty-loving _ people; tbat a trial should be reported necessary without a word of testlmony by a committee, the majority of whom are blood kin to presiding elders and their predecessors In office, will open the eyes of the blind and inspue the Ignorant. "We are not destitute of feeling, but we infinitely. prefer to be in the place of tne editor of the Ohrlstlai Appeal, with that report against him than in the place of the men wh< made it." TarrtfT for K?Tfnn?i Only. There Is no crop raised in the Southem .states ..that is pip tec ted by the tariff from foreign tax on tobacco, but it dees not protect the grower, for like wheat and corn, the price is fixed by the exporting demand, there being a surplus raised of all those products, which must be fold in the markets of the world in competition with other countries which also raise a surplus. The price of these products for home consumption is therefore largely fixed by what the surplus exported will bring. Cotton, the money crop of the South, is on the free list and there is absolute free trade in that staple. But everything the Southern planter buys is protected by the tariff and is taxed from 25 to 175 per cent, which prevents mosti people from buying the imported goods on account of this tariff tax being added to the price the imported goods cost abToad. The trusts and combines that manufacture similar goods here take advantage of tills tariff taxation and add to the profits they charge for their products nearly what the tariff tax would be on the imported articles over and above what would be a fair profit. So the American consumer, be he planter, or whoever he is, is compelled to pay the nusis aim corporations pretty nearly the same tax that would be paid on the imported goods. The difference being that instead of the government getting the tax the trusts and corporations collect it in increased protit. As some of t lie border Southern states elected Republicans to represent them in Congress, the voters must have been led to believe that the protective tarilT was an advantage to them and that trust high prices were a blessing in disguise. But with wheat corn, tobacco and cattle and protected by the tariff and yet selling at a low m ice, w hile cotton entirely unprotected selling at a fairly good price, the Republican argument that the tariff protect the planter and farmer is shown to be but campaign talk and not borne out #by actual conditions. The ideal condition for the planter and farmer is to have the unobstructed right to sell in thedearest market and buy in the cheapest market. That can only tie brought about by the Democratic plan, of a tariff for revenue only, to produce enough money to run the government, when honestly and economically administered. T|.p lii hliyiHi <\re Wplomno. A Republican Co? gross is a rich field for the corporations and trust to get in their work, and when a bill is pending that is intended to plunder the people their lobbyists gather around the corridors of the Capitol like buzzards at a least. When Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Crisp were speakers o' a Democratic House, the corrupt lobby was eliminated. Rut how different now. R? c ting the events on the consideration of t/iie Ship-subsidy b 11 by the House Committee on Merchant Marine, aim Fisheries, a New York newspaper sa .s: 'Lobbyists overrun the committee room and their leader occupies a \ I ice at t he head of the table prompting Grosvenor, Littletield and Minor wiii-n <iu> wnness argues against subsidy." Comment on such a national disgrace is unnecessary. Cut voterscan draw their own conclusions about who to vote for next Fall, for it is hardly necessary to say that all the I>emocratic members of t he committee are opposed to the bill at d every Democratic member of the House is in line to vote against it. Why President Roosevelt recommended this corrupt legislation is a mystery, but that he encouraged the lobbyists and grafters to corrupt bis part: is certain. The Spartanburg Journal very truly says that in the earthquake that shattered Charleston twenty yea s ago the i firemen proved the heroes of the occasions. In the darkness and the danger they climbed over wrecked build^ ings and into uncertain alleys, with walls still crumbling as succeeding ( shocks caused the lrosened bricks and mortar to give way, to tight the dozen i tires that sprung into existence with i tlie fiast distastrous shake. These men oy heroic effort requiring as great l cniirai'P J?c pvor mnwod f"'? ? n ... v < VI lUUTCU UK 1) IU IdCC en* miesguns in battle, saved Charleston's total destruction by fire after the great damage from earthquake. | At Chicago eight hundred Degro men and wrmen shook Constitutional A. M. B. cbbrch with applause Thursday night when Ida Wells Bamett advised the black man to put a revolver in his pocket ai d "anticipate the white man in his deviltry." The oc> casion for the speeoh was a meetirg called to protest against the mob vio, lence that has marked Springfied, Mr. > the last few days. Whek the speak'ng * had ended resolutions were adopted r urging President Roosevelt to take : some steps to proteot the negro race from destruction at the h&ndu nf the , whites. Tiik Baltimore Sun very aptly rc. marks that^ "Senator Hopkins must be a gc*' litofian explain bank > looyi ?Still printimiflTva\rBcrry c i ha t by the thousand. Send in yo 1 (lev in time. / I ) A ' l PLANTINU AH ORCHARD. It maj be that soma of the readers of these notes arc planning to put out an orchard thin spring, large or small, as the case may be. A few suggestions ' gained from practical experience may be of usaintance In doing the work so na to ! eture !n a measure satisfactory results. First, the varieties planted , should be few and should be secured ou the recommendation of /our nearest reliable nurseryman. When stock is bought from a distant firm or of an itinerant peddler whose location Is unknown. there is danger that trees may prove not only unsulted to your lati- * tude, but also untrue to name. Almost | any soil that will produce an abundant ( field crop will be found suitable for orchard purines. The location is a matter of secondary importance, al- * though it Is usually considered that a 1 nortlieust slope is preferable for the J purpose. The writer has found that a bolt of timber skirting his orchard 011 the west and south has served as a c splendid wind break and been the means of saving a large amount of ' fruit that would otherwise have been blown from the trees. The ground should be put into good condition before the trees are planted, and if the ' orchard p'an is a large one?an acre or more?the hard work of planting ' may ne greatly ngntened by a plowing of furrows of tt good depth in which the trees may be planted. They should be set In rows north and south, which provides protection frotn the sun when they have attained any size. If they are set so as to form rows east and west the cultivation of the orchard for the tlrst few years is greatly facilitated. The trees should he planted from twenty-live to thirty-live feet apart each way. depending somewhat upon the variety, and be set in the earth from live to six inches lower than they stood in the nursery and should tilt slightly to the southwest, the object of this being to have the tree shade Its own trunk during the hottest portion of the afternoon. During an experience covering several years we have found that the greatest source of danger to the orchard and particularly to young trees is the root borer. The beetle lays lis eggs on the trunk of the tree Just above the surface of the ground during May and early June, and these hatch during the month following, the baby borers being so small as to lie almost Invisible. They work In the tree near the place of entrance the lirst season, bore down and to one side the second year and early in the third take an upward course, emerglflfc from the tree during the latter part of May and June at a point three or four inches above the ground through a perfectly round hole about an eighth of an inch in diameter. If the borer is not discovered because of grass or earth about the trunk, the fate of the troe is practically sealed. Three borers in a five-year-old tree will kill it outright in three years or will at least weaken it so It becomes the inevitable victim of the first heavy windstorm that strikes It. While washes of different IHnrlil ora crf\ ml lt? fholr n'n tt tira Ko vo H found nothing ho uure us u close ex- ^ amluatlon of eueh tree with n sharp Jackknlfe. A careful scraping of the t earth from the trunk to an Inch or * more below the surface will show at * once If borers are at work. If the ' bark shows green and firm nil the way 1 round and there are no evidences of * the sawdust-like excreta. It Is pretty ' conclusive proof that there nre no bor- ' ers at work. If found, they should Ik? ' cut out and killed. A sharpened slen- * der twig will often reach them If they are bedded deep In tho bark. Grass ' and weeds should be kept hoed from ' the trunks of the trees, so as to leave a clean spot about two feet In diain- ' eter. 1 For the flrst live years and longer, If ' the trees do not Interfere, crops should be grown among tho trees?beans, corn ' or other crops that will not seriously 1 rob the soil, yet which will Insure a ' thorough cultivation. At eight or nine 1 years It is well to put the orchard into ' clover or alfalfa or other nitrogenous ' cover crop. Even under these circum- ' stances it should be plowed every third or fourth year to kill out the blue grass which Is sure to creep In. The last crop or growth of the season 1 should be allowed to stand to serve as < a catch for the snow, which will nro- < tect the roots of the trees. As winter comes on precautions must be taken to protect the trees from the mice and 1 rabbits, wire screening or wood shields being most frequently used. Keep ull 1 stock out of the orchard. TOO MUCH ROPE), A friend of ours lost a fine Jersey cow the other day?tied her too long. She got tangled up In the rope and i broke her neck?a case of too much i rope. How many Instances there are i In life that are counterparts of the i abovel The cherished of our hearts, our own flesh and bone, are often allowed to gradually slip away from us i and out from under our control, all be- i cause we love them so much and hate to restrict their pleasure or say "no" to k them. They are out a little bit late, but they are our boys nnd girls, and they will be all right. Perhaps later on It Id imiKIIa s1nr%/*s\ a /tnn/k # Vv/vam a v>/1 rt nip |/MMJIV; \IU1KU, CI tUOU \J L UtTI U1III I ft Rftme of cards with ft ten cent ante, < nnd the first thlnpj we know nil Is lost, and we nwake to the realization of the fnct, only too late, that It was Just like our friend's cow?a case of too much rope. S>? b#ys nnd fflrls with your boys and Rlrls nnd at the same time be manly men and womanly women, and your boys and girls will grow up like you, be proud of you and you of them. ;? d t COTTON IS KINli. r?!K SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION WINS AGAIN. Foreign Spinners Visit the Sonth to Confer and ook Into the Condition. Tnfc Times says President K. D. Smith of the state ootton association, md national organizer, spent Saturlay n 1 kht In Florence. He had Just 'etruned from a conference at Charotte with the representatives of the European spinners association who lave come over here tc look Into the sondltioDB of cotton. It is the plan >f the association and Is approved by >he representative of the foreign spin iers to sell direct from the assoc<a ion to the wnlnnem. Then says Mr. >mlth, the New York and Liverpool xchanttes nuav put what figures they please on the boards, the farmers and manufacturers will deal on other ;erms suitable to themselves. This icheoce, while Utopian in appearance h worklnt( out In a thoroughly prao /leal form. Mr. Smith calls attention to the 'act this is the first time in the hlsiory of the country that such a de.il ihk beeu possible between the proiucer ard consumer, the first time hat repre-entatlvts of the foreign lountrles have come over here to meet ind make terms with these people 'or the purchase of any product and t Is a victory for the association that s nut to be discounted. It shows <hat the association Is the neatest lommercial power on tarlh and must )e recogniz d. it had been thought that these e present all ves of the spinners were iruught over here, to buy up J&i da for European syndicates to grow cott n or themselves, but Mr. Smith show 5(1 them so plainly the errors In the inures that had been submitted to them to show that cotton could be naae at a paotit for six cents thai they have have changed their minds In the matter of the selling of the lext crop at prices now ell :red Mr. Smith said that he was not worried. 10 Knew that every itlort was being nade to buy up as much or it as pos uble but be expected to get praotical control of the crop for the association ad he knew thai only a small proportion of the crop would be delivered to these contracts. He expected rood ;o Bee In thorough organ;zition the warehouse and holding companies through the south and be fully expected next fall to be able to take jvery bale off the market without training the farmer or the local lanks. He f xpected in fact, to get the itraln off of the local baDks which are iow carrying it to the dfsoomfort of ither buslr e^s. He would soon have lomething ready for the press on this ln?. Mr. Smith is very enthusiastic over ibe prospects for the association and ts abl ity to serve its purpose. The rreaieat in ilcatlon of this was In the 'act that while so very few of those who met with great promises at New Orleans a year and a half ago helaout n the crucial tests that the association were subjected to nearly all of them and now coming back one by one ind the work is going on j ist as before. The association does not have to seek rlends now. those who want to te irlends are seeking it. lie called attention to tbe fact tbat ne could now sit In his crtice in Co lumbla and in ji few minutes speak to ivery stale dispensary in the country, if be wanted 'to get out any certain Information be Of uld get it into the nands of every gr vpr in Texas, Arkansas, or North Cvolina just as juickly a? he could h, v i? distributed jVer the city of Colum -ia And in just Dte form be wanted, each word or letter italicised. As an argument for raising our sup plies at h< roe, Mr. Smith showed a Time8' rej.orter a typical boll weevil, compared with tbe T.xas specimen ai.es, which he had taken <. fT the lapell 3f a gentleman's coat in Maysville. The gentleman was standing by a car load of western hay, from which undoubtedly the weevil came. In such ways an that the pest will come Into this Htate to blast our coitcn fields and we will wonder hew it happened. A Boy Killed. At Bethune on Saturday as a southbound freight train was shifting cars ear Main strpet, the 12-year-old son of Mr. C. V. M^ers, a highly respected farmer who livts a tew miles west of here, was nin o*er by the train and n-itamly killed*/1 From the testimony >f Police man H or ton. who was toe only witness sworn at the coroners inrjuest, it sterns that the bov was running across the railroad ou Main street when the engine bumptd into the cars which were standing on the crossing, knocking him down, with the result ibove stated. The sad accident cast a floom over the picnic crowd. Mr. Myers and family have the sincere sympathy of everybody In their sad a miction. If you evtr bought a b of Witch Hkzel Salve that failed to give satisfaction the charc8s are it d'd not have the name "E. C. DeWitt & Co." piloted on the wrapper and preyed in the dcx The original DeWitt's Witch Bezel Salve never fallstoglve satisfaction for burns, sores, bolls, tetter, cracked bands, eto. For b'lnd, bleeding, itching and protruding Pllei it affords almost immediate relief It ?txps the pain. Sold by Conway Drug Oo. It is said that a sucker Is born every second, and it does look so. BANK OF CONW> CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSF/1 OFFB B. G. COLLINS, Pwmid.ht C. P. QUATTLUBACM, V-P?w. Our R?I, baiif local iaatitnl buiMii| ol Hoary Cowtj and for tb mum this policy in Ukt platan re u MtooBodittai allaii eon si steal will W?A aratatvda for tha liberal cordially solicit year future buaioaai Reapectft D. A. SPIVI Robt. H. Scarborough, H. , President. Vice-1 BANK OI Cunwa Capital Stock DIUE( Robt. IV Scarborough, Hal L. Brick, George J. HoUiday, We will jiay you 5 |>or cent. inW ish seringa banks to tboae wishin Try our plan for saving your nickles these little banks and the interest w< help yon. ?.rHAIPAi 't \*| i shoe FGI This brand on a shoe means The best for ynor money call J- IS. T 1 1 .j.l . i" vi 1 Don't lie a cough or a roid up in your system by taking a re ?dy that binds ihe bowels. Tske Kennedy's L .x'tivp Honey ai d Tar. lu is different from all other cough syrups It is hotter. It opens the boweh?expels all cold from the system, reliev-s cough, oolds, croup, whooping cough etc. An ideal remedy for young and old. Children like it. Sold by Con way Drug Oo. It is very disquieting to the nerve of Republican Senators when Senate Tillman each day reads to his colleagues a f letter, material or atlidavit, setting forth some particular instance of unreasonable iailroad lates or the abuse of power by the coal trust against the little coal shippers. This is the way Senator TijWn tn gently stirs up the Republicans arid i(?minus them his pitchfork Is still in good order This accounts for lJopkin's at tack on Tillman. What tfooa does it ao you to eat If your stomach falls to digest the f >od? None. It does you harm?causes be chirtt, sour stomach, flatulence, etc. Wnen the s?omach fatys a little K dol Dyspe^Bia Cure after eac i m^al will digest what you eat and makes the stomach sweet. Conway Dru^ Co. liAMl IO It HI. Admiral Paul Jones' body, brooch t from Paris, where It hao Jain buriec for nearly a hundred years, was placed lu Bancroft hall, Anna polls, 01 Tuesday amid Imposing ceremonies Including a speech by the prcsidentol t hp ITnltorl Utufon fV>? livM> IY Btglected people smffet with constipation, biliousness, ^B headaches and fevers. Colds attack B the lungs and contagious diseases B take hold of the system. It is safe I to say that if the liver were always I kept in proner working order, B illness would be almost unknown. I Thedford's Black-Dranght is eo I successful in curing such sickness B because it is without a rival as a B livex regulator. This great famih fl medicine is not a strong nrd I drsatie driic* Knt *** i 1.1 .....1 _ n * - ?"" ?? healthfnl laxative that cure* con stipation and may be taken by a I I mere child without possible I harm. The healthful action on the liver H curee biliouene?R. It has an in- H vigorating effect on tho kidneys. Ih fl Because the liver and kidneys do H I not work regularly, the poisonous I )'-l acids along with the waste from H k'l the bowels get back into the blood I |1 and virulent contagion results. H Timely treatment with Thed- I | ford's Black-Draught removes the I I dangers which lurk in constipation. H Si liver and kidney troubles, and will 1 i iM positively forestall the inroads of pi Bright's disease, for which die- I 3 ease in advanced stages there is li i no cure. Ask your (fealhr for a K 25c. package of Thedford's Black- H . Draught. i CONWAY' f \Y, S. C. 8UURPLU8 flJKD, $20,000. rs, $i80,ooo.(o. CERSD. A. SPIVEY, Cabhiki. I M. W. COLLINS, ABUT. Cabhiw lion, kn alwaya striven for the *J> heltermeat of her citicena. In peri extending to our customers ertry i aound backing. patronage received in the jxiat, we i. illy yours =-YCash i e: r L. buck., Vvill A. t* room an, President. Cashier. i" HORRY, y. S, C. $25,000 rrous: W. R I,ewis, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman >rest on yearly deposits. Will furng to open small accounts with us. and dimes, and you will find that 9 will pay you on your savings will B SHOE. IJIR ?MEN *5something! If you want for "The Hub. For sale by SJichols. j Professional Cards. / McCord & McCord, J SURGEON DENTISTS, , Conway, S. C. I |t^"Over Hank of Horry. rTbTscarbrough! CONWAY, S. C., \ ' ] ATTORNEY AT LAW. ) Conw ay M arket ]\ Fresh Meats and Saneage always on hant? Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. Geo. L. Marsh, Pic pietor. Livery aid Drayage. ' Phone 86. Horry Tobacco W arehouse, J. E. Coles. H^M- Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S- O H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counselor atlLaw, | CONWAY, S. C. B. Wofford^ Wait, _ ATTOBNEYfATJI AWjj Conway, S.C.?,Q Office in ypivey*Building." 1 Conway, Coast ana western R. R. DA 11 Y SCHEDULE. EAST BOUND.; Lv Conway 9:00 a. m Lv Kne A.mucl 9:30 a. m. Ar Myrtle Beach 9:45 a. m WEST BOUND. Lv Mvrtle Beach...... .. n. m. Ar Plus Island ... 3:60 p m. Lv Louwey 4.t6 y. m. Hon J Capt. Rlcl ncODd Pearicc Hoy v Meirlrrac end kiaaiEfr fame wear . v Dated for corprem frrmtbe/ x y trlct of Alabama en Monday x' defeated Congrefgman J. J _ head by 496 vote*. / aM /