The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 19, 1906, Image 6
DEAF AND BLIND
In the United States as Reported
by the Census
NUMBER THOUSANDS.
The Total Number of Blind Is Nearly
Sixty-Five Thousand, and the
Total Number of Deaf
Is Nearly Ninety
Thousand.
The bureau of census has just issued
a special report on the blind and
deaf in the United States in 1900.
The inquiry was conducted under the
direction of Dr. Alex&uder Graham
Bell, who determined the scope of the
investigation and wrote the test of
the report on the deaf.
The report on the blind gives not
only data concerning color, sex, nativity,
marital condition, sohool attendance,
and occupations, but also
much information in regard to the
age when blindness occurred and the
cause of blindness.
The total number of blind persons
in the United States in 1900 was 64,763?or
about one in every 1,200 of
the total population. There were
35,645 totally blind, and 29,118 partially
blind. These tlgures, however,
can be considered only as the minimum,
as an unknown proportion of
the blind were not located by the
enumerators. The number of partially
blind by no means represents the
fscts as to defective eyesight, but ro
presents only "verilied cases."
Of the total number of blind, 37,054,
or 57.2 per cent, were males, and
27,709, or 42 8 per cent, were females.
Since in tiie general population only
51.1 per cent, were males and 48.9 per
cent ware females, it is evident that
blindness ooours moro frequently
among males.
About 65 per cent of the blind reported
were totally blind and about
45 per cent, were partially blind, A
slightly smaller proportion of blind
males than of blind females were totally
blind <
Almost 65 per cent, of the blind became
blind after 20 years of age, and
ouly a little more than 30 per cent,
before 20 years. Thus it is seen that
blindness is chletly a defect of adult
life. It is interesting to note that
about one fourth of tne persons blind
from childhood, or about one teuth of
the total number of blind, were born
blind.
The numbor of blind per 100,000 of
population was greater anions the
negroes than among the whites, and
greater among the foreign born whites
than among the native born whites, I
the difference in each case being more
marked for the totally blind than for
the partially blind. The difference in
the proportions for the native and
the foreign bom whites are due largely
to the difference in the age distributions
of the two classeN, the great
majority of the foreign born whites
being adults, among whom blindness
Is more common.
The most Important causesof blindness
were, cataract; Injuries, accidents,
and operations; congenital
blindness; old age; and sore eyes. Unknown
causes were responsible for a
slightly greater proportion of cases
than any of the above causes.
The principal causes of blindness
occurring after birth and under 20
years of age were, injuries, accidents,
and operations; sore eyes; catarrh;
measles; and scrofula. The principal
causes of blindness ocouring in adult
life weri?, cataract; injuries, accidents,
and operations, old age, atfectlons of
the nervous apparatus, military ser- j
vice, sore eyes and neuralgia. I
The report on the deaf gives not
only tue date concerning oolor, sex,
race, nativity, marital conditions,
school attendance, and occupations,
but also much information in regard
to deafness as a defect and to the
ability of the deaf to communicate.
According to this method of classification,
the total number of deaf
was finally determined to be 89,278,
or one In every 860 of the general
population. There were 37,426 totally
d?af and 61,861 partially deaf.
Among the total number of deaf 2,
772 were alio blind and 24,309 dumb.
Of the total numbor of deaf, 46,916,
or 52 5 per oent. were males, and
42,372, or 47.6 per o*nt. were females.
Since in the general population only
61.1 per oent. were males and 48.9
per cent, were females, It would seem
that there Is some truth In the hypothesis
that males are more exposed to
accidents than females, or more susceptible
to the diseases which produce
deafness.
Negroes constitute 11.6 per cent, of
the general population and only 6.2
per cent, of the deaf. That the negroes
seem less susoeptlble to deafness
than the whites Is probably due In
part to less complete returns from the
negroes deaf. The proportion of negroes
Is larger among those besoming
deaf In childhood and also among the
totally deaf than It is In the aggregate
deaf population.
The age when deafness occurred Is
definitely stated for 81,590 persons,
and of these 59 per cent, became deaf
before the age of 20 years, 48 per
oent. before the age of 10 years, and
40 per oent. before the age of 5 years,
and 18 per cent, were born deaf*
Of the totally deaf, 91 per cent,
t
were ho from childhood (under 2C years
of age), and 3(5 per cent, from birth.
More than one half of the totally deaf
lost all power of hearing before they
were 2 years old.
Of the partially deaf about onethird
became deaf before they were
20 years old, one-third between 20 and
40, and one third after reaching 40.
Of the 89 287 persons returned as
deaf, 65,601 were able to speak well,
9,4n were able to speak Imperfectly,
and 24,389 could not speak at all.
Practically all of those who speak imperfectly
or not at all lost their hear
Ing In childhood (under 20 years of
age.) On the other hand the majority
of deaf who speak well lost their hearing
in adult life. Qf the deaf and
dumb, more than 3(5 per cent, were
reported as totally deaf. It will thus
be seen that the ability to speak is dependent
largely upon two factor?the
period of life when deafness occurred
and the degree of deafness. Deafness
interferes rather with the acquisition
of speech than with its re
tention after It has once been acquired.
THE DBAKK CORN.
How tho Corn Wen Fertilized aiul
Cultivated.
I)r. W. L. Davenport, Washington
County, Va,, made the following re
quest of tho Southern Cultivator;
"Please give the largest authentic
yield of corn for one acre of ground,
the kind of sjil, its properties, fertillz
ing, variety of corn planted, distance
between rows, and plants in the rows,
cultivation, etc., in fact all the aswan
tlal details of production." The following
Is the answer of the Cultivator:
The largest corn yet recorded was
grown by Capt. Z. J. Drake of Marlboro
county South Carolina. Not only
Is this the largest grown in America,
but In the world. In one season and
on a single acre he produced 255 bushels
and thus secured bhe American
Agriculturist's prize of $500, besides
several other awards offered locally by
fertilizer and other manufacturing
companies. The dctalli as to how this
remarkable crop was produced were
published in Amercan Agriculturalist
in March, 1880. The following facts
regarding It will be of interest to
others:
I The land on which the crop was
grown was originally a saudy soil on
I which formerly grew oak, hickory and
long-leaf p.no. Three years previous
this particular ?cre was especially fertilized
and prepared by Capt. Drake
and planted with Peterkiu cotton,
from which he harvested 917 pounds
of lint ootton. The land was especially
prepared for the corn contest. In
February he hauled upon it 50-one
horse wagon loads of stable manure,
at the same time broadcasting 500
pounds each of guano, cotton seed
meal and kalnib, all of which were
ploughed under.
Following the plough 000 bushels of
whole cotton seed were distributed in
the furrow after the nlmiuh irmmori
lately following this a subsoil plough
turned this 12 inches deep. The tield
was laid c IT alternately six feet be
tweentwo rows, then three feet, then
six feet, etc. One bushel of the common
gourd varloty of the southern
white dent corn, of & strain Improved
by 20 years' selection, was planted
March 2. Five or bIx kernels were
dropped In the row to each foot.
The crop was still further fertilized
during the growing season as follows:
April 20th 200 pounds each of guauo,
cotton seed meal, kainit, acid phosphate
and animal bone sown in the
furrows; May 15th, 300 pounds nitrate
soda in rows and worked In with the
harrow; May 25th, 200 pounds guano
were applied In the three furrows run
in the wide rows; Juue 8th 500
pounds of an equ*l mixture of guano,
cotton seed meal and k&lnit was
strewn in the wide rows; and finally,
on June 10th, 100 pounda nitrate soda
was broadcasted In the narrow rows
and hoed in.
HAfA vfiQ onrtjoiin/1 T .,
_... w xtni oui tojtcu ii uuu ?u|h
by William B. Alford. The hai vesting
was done November 25th in the
presenoe of representative farmers,
including J. 0. Campbell, and (tliolal
representative of the American Agriculturist..
There was taken from the
field 17,407 pounds of corn in the ear.
of which only 110 pounds were ioft
and considered poor. By making
several selections the average test
showed that 82 per cent of the total
crop waa kernels, and equivalent of
14,273 pounds shelled corn, or 254
bushels and 49 pounds, estimated at
60 pounds per bushel.
This waa an elaborate experiment
to prove how much corn c uid be ac
tually grown on an acre, the oost of
production having been a secondary
matter in this case.
The seoond prize in this contest
was won by Alfred Rose, of Yates
county, New York, who- produced
213 bushels of Early Mastodon corn.
He planted one kernel every foot in
rows three feet apart and fertilized
with 800 pounds Mapes corn manure.
The soil was a sandy loam.
Third prize was awarded to George
Gartner ot Bawnee county, Nebraska,
whr? wftloo rt 171 huaholo ~ -
^ ? VMUUWIO KJL 1UAI ijr
Mastodon ?n a black, rich loam, fertilized
with 90 loads of barnyard
manure, planted In hills three by j
three feet.
The average weight of the entire
45 crops raised and entered in this
contest was 104 bushels shelled corn
per aore. In every case the crops
were well X?^!lized:
There are no orphanages In Australia.
Every child not supported by
parents becomes a ward of the state,
Is placed In a private family and proTided
with board and olothes until
the fourteenth birthday.
HE LOVED WADE HAMPTON.
Stnatoi Tillman Telia Why the Old
Hero Was Defeated.
At the Bamberg meeting on Friday
Senator Tillman read an editorial
from The News and Courier uuder
the caption "Senator Tillman at
Aiken." This editorial Is concerning
the defeat of Hampton by Tillman.
Toe senator commented on this by
saying: "Very tine writing. Why
did 1 make allusion to this at AlkenV
Bicauso during the last 10 or 12 years
these papers have said that 1 objected
to Hampton taking the stump in
SouthCCarolina. I tcld at Aiken
what occurred; I told It for the
purpose of stamping out the record
of lying newspapers."
lie then proceeded to glv" a narrative
of the events preceding the meet
Ing held in Aiken when Hamptou refused,
he said, to ride in a carriage
highly decorated with emblems of
agriculture, on one side of which was
a placard beaming "Reform," and the
other side "Hampton " lie said that
this was done to show that the people
looked upon Hampton as the
leader c f'70, and upon himself as the
leader of "Iteform." But Hampton
rode with Earl, he added, and when
thespeaking began Hampton gradually
began to discuss "independentlsm"
among white people, and the danger
of dividing the State as Mahonc h*d
done In Virginia. "Two thirds of
the people wore backing me, and they
were insulted by what Hampton said
and they began to howl, like they
used to do; you people don't know
how to howl these days. They
wouldn't let Hampton llnlsh the
speech.
"So far as I'm concerned, we all
loved Oen. Hampton, but he bad no
business there try In# to stand up for
one man against another. This is
what these men have seized upon.
What I objected to was Hampton's
throwing his l^lluence for Earl. He
went away; he ought nover to have
come."
Senator Tillman said that he and
Col. Haskell are personal friends now,
but he (Haskeli) ran in 1890 because
he had lost his head. There wero a
lot of them that lost their heads. It
was bitter medicine; the physic was
bad. All you have to do Is to keep
your eyes open, and th*re never will
be need for another '90 reform
Hampton in a letter to somebody in
dorscd lliskell as a good Democrat
and worthy of honor. Hampton did
not vote at the election because, as lie
said, he bad left his registration ticket
in Washington; but who would
have challenged his voteV The State
says that 1 ordered Hampton's defeat,
but never says anything about the
circumstances leadiug up to it. Let
tuese sweet-scented papers In Columbia
aud Charleston stick to the truth,
and think as much of Hampton as I
do. and his famr> will Via ?Mnr??Htu
fame is secure without them. 1 want
tjicm to tell the truth, and then I'll
leave llampton dead, and we'll honor
and revere him. I will not he lied
upon like these papers are doing without
telling you the truth. No one
can refute or dispute my statement."
Cioort for the OrntianH.
A dispatch from Anderson to The
State says the will of Mr. Isaac Callaham,
who died Thursday at his home
in the county, was probated Friday
morning in the judge of probate's
oourt. lie left his estate, after mak
ing a number of small legacies, to the
Connie Maxwell orphanage of Greenwood.
The estate consists of several
hundred acres of good farming lands
and under the will the exeoutors are
authorized to sell the lands and give
the proceeds to the orphanage. It is
estimated that the b'quest will
amount to *10,000 or *15,J00. Mr.
Callaham was an old man at the time
of his death. He had never married.
He was somewhat ecoentric and lived
a quiet eeoluded life.
Murder and Itohbory.
Robbery was the motive for the
murder of Millie Ellison, who was
found dying amid the llarnes of blazing
alcohol at the National hotel at
Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Miss
Ellison had lately sold out her millnery
business at Ellsworth, Wis., and
had gone to the Twin Cit.ipn with
about 15,500. No such Bum was found
In her room at the hotel. Invest^*
Ucn at Ellsworth shows that Miss
Ellison hah always borne a good rapu
tat) on. Nathan Riggs was arrest* d
at E'.roy, Wis. Riggs Is a conductor
of the St. Paul and Omaha road. lie
Is accused by Miss Ellison's family of
killing her and wlil bo brought back
to Minneapolis for examination. Rlggs
Is said to have been Miss Ellison's
business adviser and there is evidence
tending to show that he accompanied
her to the National Rank of Commerce,
when she bad a draft for $2,741
cashed.
No Stritddlnra Wanted.
The Newberry Observer agrees with
Senator Tillman that this Is no time
for fence-atraddiers, and says: "We
don't want men who are really In favor
of the dispensary and pretend to be
against it; nor do we want mon who
say they are against It and yet are doing
and saying every mean thing they
nan 4-V**v ^ ?1? u??
uwu uu ui^icviAtK UUC 1UUI1 WHO U&V6
done most to uncover the rotteness
of the institution. Id a contest of
this sort the water man is on the
right side; but he ought not to try to
'carry water od both shoulders.' He
is liable to spill some of it."
KiiioU tne Htii rill'.
Sheriff ^Charles Wilson of Clay
county, Fla., was shot and killed on a
train near Green Cove Springs on
Tuesday by a negro prisoner. The
sheriff's deputy then shot and killed
the negro. Wilson was very popular
and had recently married.
INSANE MAN KILLS
HI? WIFE AND CHlLiDllKN WHILjK
THEY SLEEP.
Informs His Neighbors oi His Mad
Heed and Describes the Horrible
Murder.
A dispatch from Walterboro to The
State says Wednesday morning Just
before daybreak J. W. Irnegan, a
well-to-do farmer of Ruftlni, Colleton
county, took an axe and slew his wife
and three ohildren, while they were
Mleep
The dead are Mrs. Olivia Irnegan,
age 34; his children, Carrie, age 8;
Thomas, age 4, and Lillle May, age 2.
As soon as he had slain his family,
Irnegan went to his nearest neighbor,
Mr. Isaac Salsbury, and reported it to
him. Mr. Salsbury and several of the
neighbors took Irnegan into custody
and carried him to Magistrate Ulmer,
who sent him to Jail hero. When
seen by a representative of The State,
said he had killed his wife and ohildren,
but did not know why he had
done so, that he loved them dearly
and that they had always gotten along
well together, lie said he did not
know when he killed them, but that
it was almost daylight, when he had
gotten through. lie said he used an
a
oaoi
Irnegan is a well to-do farmer, and
lives about one mile from Rutllns. He
is industrious and has a nice farm.
He seems to be a man of about 45
years age. He came to this country
from Swecden, and kept books for J.
M. Daunelly, a great many years. Ho
married Miss Olivia Andrews of Williams,
this county. There is no doubt
about the man's being insane. He
tried to lake his own life alwut two
years ago by cutting his throat with a
rixor. The neighbors say he has been
acting strangely of late. He was a
juror at the sessions court held here
last week.
Later?George Irnegan, eldest son
of J. W. Irnegan, who was thought
to have been slain by his father, has
Just been brought to Walterboro on
che train from Renins. His head and
face are both crushed in but he Is htill
alive. He was carried to the iutirmary,
where he is now being operated
on by Dig. Ejdorn and Ackermau,
and his condition is said to be critical.
RBLIUluOa FANATIC.
.
KJIIh ilor Brother in a Railroad Station
at Seattle.
At Seattle, Wash., George Mhchell,
o a. 1
n jruuuu t*uu lUUCHLiy tUlOO ALIO KlilCQ
Franz Edmund Gretlleld, a '"Iloly
Roller" prophet, and was acquitted
of the charge of murder on a plea of
Insanity, Thursday was shot and
killed by his state?, Esther, in the
union station.
Esther Mitchell joined the "Holy
Rollers" sect .at (Jurvallta, Oregon,
and was one of the most ardent of
Grtlttceld's followers. When her
brother pursued the leader of the
"Holy Rollers" to Seattle and shot
him in the street, he pleaded in justlticatien
that Grctlicld had deluded
and wronged his stater.
George Mitchell was acquitted of
the charge of murder on Tuesday, and
nearly all of the following day he
spent in searching for Eituer in Seattle
lodging houses. Sae refused to
be comforted after the deatu of Greffield.
Esther Mitchell, when found, finally
agreed to see her three brothers i li to
their home in Oregon. The Mitchell
brothers, George, Perry and Fred,
were silting with Esther on a bench
in the station waiting room talking,
apparently on the best of terms.
Wheu the Oregon train was announc|
?d George Mitcnell rose and started
for the door. Ills stater stopped to
I his side and pointing a revolver at his
head tired a fatal shot before any one
else in the room realised what was
happening.
Miss Mitchell was arrested shortly
after her brother fell dead by her
hands. She had refused until Wednesday
to have anything to do with
her brother slnoe he shot Grstlleld to
avenge Grertleld's treatment of Miss
Mitchell.
Wednesday night Charles Mitchell,
the father, and his daughter Esther
reached a reconciliation, the girl for
several davs havinu refused tn uoa
even her father, After the shooting
Ferry and Fred Mitchell were arrested
as witness. They were found together
on a bench in the station, sobbing
on each other's shoulders.
Kitla His Neighbor.
A special from Rural Retreat, Vs.,
says: "J. H. Smythe was fatally snot
and J. S. Gormany badly wounded as
the result of an altercation near there
Thursday. There has been a grudge
betweeu the men for years. The Immediate
provocation of Thursday's
trouble was caused by Gorm&ny setting
his dogs on Smythe's hogs. In a
quarrel Smythe shot Gormany with a
revolver. Gormany's son, who was a
witness, went to his home, procured
a shotgun, returned to the scene of
the dltlloulty and emptied the entire
load into Smythe's body. Smythe
lived a few hours. Smythe and Gorm&ny
were neighbors and substantial
farnrifirH. Nn arrfiflfr.a hnwo ?r>ori? ??
*? ? V MWVU U4IIUCI
Fatal Motor lttdo.
Owing to the brakes failing to aot,
a motor omnibus running from London
to Brighton, dashed down a steep
hill near Oarwley Friday morning,
and was overturned. Eight passengers
were killed and a score badly
hurt, some probably fatally. Later
details show that eight persons were
killed. There were 34 passengers on
the omnibus, mainly merohants, all
, were either killed or injured.
taft called down.
Judge l'ttkor 8#y# Hb ia Trying to
Dooelve the People.
i
Former Judge Alton B. Packer, In
& statement given out at New York
Wednesday took Issue wltli some of i
the uttterauces of Secretary of War ?
Taft in the speech delivered at
Greensboro, N. C. by Mr. Taft last
Monday. Judge Parker declares that
the secretary in his speech sought to
have the public draw the inference
tLab the recent prosecutions of alleged
illegal combinations are )?due to
new statutes. To this Judge Parker ,
takes exception and to support his
contention he quotes from his letter (
of acceptance and a speech subsequently
delivered during the last
presidential campaign. In both the 1
speech and the letter Judge Parker is
quoted assaying that the laws on the
statute book were entirely adequate
if enforced.
J udge Parker in his statement says:
"The inference that Secretary
Taft would have the public draw
from bis utterrrcos is that these
things are due to new statutes; that
the vindication which the law is now
receiving is due to congressional action
since 1904, But that is not so.
Not one of the successful prosecutions <
for which the existing administration
is now entitled to credit is based
on any new statute. Every single
one of them down to this date
rests solely upon the law as it stood
in 1904, and it should not be lost .
sight of by a discriminating public
that the law could have been enforced
in 1904, and in 1903, and in 1902,
Just as well as today. Had it been
t.htt u/ r?o f a.i_ ? ' -
u&jtp tv l lUlii WlllUll bill) pOOplfi
suffered would not havo so muitlpll- 1
ed."
Ikwaro of tho Undertow.
A few weeks ago a promising teacher,
educated, earnest and rellned, was J
drowned at Charleston. lie went In
bathing and was drawn out by the *
undertow. A few days later a soldier <
at Wilmington, N. C., was caught In (
the undertow and carried to the plaoe |
of death. lu commenting on these (
sad events lue Carolina Spartan says: ;
"The undertow Is not discernible on ,
the surface, whiou appears safe and
smooth. Very few of those caught by
It have power to legist. The pull out- 1
ward and downward Is too much for {
them. Hut there are a hundred vie 1
tlms of the uudertow ou land to one
lu the sea. Wasted hours, vicious
habits, ugly tempers and selfishness
draw many people downward. Then <
many a man fails a victim to intern- i
perauce, being deceived by tbe de- r
lightful sensations of the tirst plunge i
before ho reaches the irresistible pow (
erof the undertow. No one enters on a ,
life of debauchery suddenly. Few In ,
tentionslly prostitute mind and body
to a career of vice. It is the captivating
superficial appearance that lures *
them ou to Irreparable ruin. Heware
of the tieacherous, deadly undertow 1
In social Hf"." <
Nfisrlv Cm Iln H?? nhn<r r
John Coulter, (J year-old son of Wil- ?
liam Coulter, of Brownsville, Md., ?
made a very narrow escape Thursday 1
from being cut to pieces by a mowing ?
machine driven by his father. As It a
was the lad was seriously injured. 1U s
playfully hid In the grass ahead of the '
mower and was not seen by .his fa- 4
ther until the sicklebar struck blm. '
He was shockingly lacerated on both J
arms and legs and several of his toes *
were split by the rapidly moving t
knives. I)r. J. T. Yourtee attended t
him. I
Decided at Dnnt.
The Newberry Observersiys: "The
supreme court lndeolding flaally that u
men cannot Bell cigars and chewing- d
gum on Sundays by means of slot-ma- *
chines while the rest of the world Is 1<
forbidden to sell by means of clerks o
will strike the average citizen of av- t
erage Intelligence as the only possible ci
conclusion to come to. The only won- a
der to him Is that a court would have t
to ponder over the question longer q
than two minutes." i
r
Destructive Ulmirt burnt. ^
A cloudburst p.nd landslide on July c
10 at Ooampo Ohlnuahua, Mexico, al- \
most completely destroyed the city (
and killed seven or more persons. r
M iny others were ir j ured and it is ex- v
peeked some of them will die. All the f
killed and Injured are Mexicans. Tue a
American residents are alleviating i
the sutierlng of the wounded and are
recovering the bodies of the dead as
rapidly as possible. Robert Brooks,
of the W .C. Greene G ud & Silver Co., g
at Ocampo, is in charge and is hand- t
ling matters satisfactorily )
ltattlo 111 ?Aicl?lr. V
At New York eight stories above ^
tho street, on a flimsy flooring of *
planks laid across girders, nearly one e
hundred union Iron workers employed ^
nn a hnf A1 -*
Vu ? uuvm nunuiii^ aii f iny nintb u
street and Fifth avenue, attacked 8
three speolal policemen, who were v
kept there to prevent trouble between 8
union and non-union workmen. O le '
of theapeolal polloemen, Michael but- '
ler, was thrown from tbe platform
and fell two stories to the sixth lloor,
being fatally injured. The other two
were seriously out not fatally hurt.
Br?xUlian Ateyolr, c
k
The London Leaders' correspondent c
at Lisbon says aocordlng to intelll- 1
gence rec?ivea mere the insurrection c
in Matto 0rosso, Brazil, is swelling to q
huge proportions. The insurgents, it r
is reported, have organized a large t
army and are marohing on ltlo Jaoei* t
ro and already have captured several q
oities. Oen Rlberfoe, with 40,000 r
federal troops, has been sent againH d
the revolutionists. Fearful carnage C
is reported and the the killed are said ?
to be already more than 4,000. g
Drolareo for Ilrjmn.
Congressman .John Sharp Williams
has made a public statement in response
to many rexuest for liis opinion
on the regent ratiier sudden so-called
movement back to W. J* Bryan as a
prospective Presidential candidate* He
says, in brtef: "1 do not think it is
coming back to Bryan, for there has
never been a moment since 1896 that
a majority of the Democratic party
could not have nominated him. They
looked for other nominees in the hope
that they might possibly win, while
Bryan might possibly fail again. But
they wanted Bryan. He has faults of
course. Sometimes he holds to an
idea when hope of a practical outcome
has ceased. But he is honest in
act, speech and thought. He is sincere
where few national politicians
are sincere, altogethers in all things;
tirmly grasps the fundamental principles
of the apostles of Democracy, and
a man who does that can be forgiven
some vagaries. 1 ie is no Socialist, but
rather an inherent individualist* He
may make some mistakes about the
means but never a bout*! he ends he
wishes to attain. Those who once
trusted him trust him yet; thousands
who distrusted, trust him now, and
other thousands are beginning to
trust him. lie will be elected."
ufvfi u^aaon uryan,
Did you ever see such an exhibition
of good, sound sense as Mr. Bryan has
jiven us in the past few days?" asks
the Spartanburg .Journal. "In the
midst of al1 the f >ror over him in the
United States lie calmly says that lie
wishes any reception to him on his return
to be of a non-partisan character.
In addition lie states that he does
not wish to be considered a candidate
for the democratic presidential nomination
for the next two years, as he
wants to feel free to do what he thinks
might to be done during that time,
itid besides some more available canlidate
may arise. He is unwilling to
nose as a candidate for two years. All
)f which very tinely exhibits the great
Xebraskan's good sense and good
iaste." Bryan is a modest, levellieaded
man, and it comes perfectly
natural for him to do tho right thing
it the right time* He will make a
jrean president.
Tribuffl to S -mat.or Till man.
The Washington Star of Fridav bn?
i large cartoon on it's front page representing
America crowning Senator
Uillman with a laurel wreath and
inderneath the words: "A lit tribute
othe grand, big-hearted, noble-mind:d
champion of American womanlood."
It is a tribute, as the Newjerry
Observer says, to the tight Senitor
Tillman made In behalf of Mrs.
Morris, who was so brutally dragged
'roni the White House by the orders
)f the man Barnes, whom the Presilent
afterwards appointed postmaster
it Washington. Senator Tillman did
ill in his power to defeat thecontirnationof
Barnes and to get an investigation
of the entire all'asr by the senite,
but failed. The senator had the
atisfaction, however, of roasting the
idministration in a speech that he
nade in the senate just before the adournment
protesting against the conirmalion.
The galleries were full on
hat day, and it was with difficulty
he presiding oilicer kept.down the apjlause.
Atitinipivd to 10?oJki)o.
Black Diamond Rlgsbj, a negro
mder sentence to be hanged, made a
lesperat.? break for liberty Wednesday
rhlte being conveyed from New Organs
to PiaquemlL.e, La., to be exeiuted.
Rtgaby an'd George Poindexer,
another nes-ro, both under the
leath sentence for one of the most
ematlonal murders in the history of
he States, wore on their way to Pla[lemlne
under the guard (if Sberifl
'ettt of Iberville parish. Petit's
jrisoncrs had tcou brought to New
)riea:ifc from Piaquemine, the seen*
if the murder, to etcipe threatened
vnohtng. About 70 miles from New
):leans Rlgtby suddenly produced a
cvoiver and Phot the sheriff In the
high. The officer struggled with hia
irieoner until an armed passenger sent
i bullet through Rlgaby'a head, killug
him instantly.
Negro Mute Killed.
Tom Baxter, colorod, was killed by
louthern freight train No, 71, tw>
nhes from Newberry at 0 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Baxter who
van deaf and dumb, was walking In
he middle of the track with an unairella
up when he was killed. The
nglneer, as his train c&mo around
he curve down grada, blew the whl?le
and rang the bell, but did not
laoken speed, thinking the negro
vouid get off. Baxter had a big hole
-.nocked in his head and his right
eg out off above the ankle. He died
n 1(1 mtrmlM-u a/?/?? ?~ -
_ M.w??vva mvi/i uciliKl/TUCKi
Hotom Die in Flames.
His wife and six children dead and
lis home destroyed and himself badly,
f not fatally burned, is the fate of %
iolomon Gobba, whose residence was
?n the outskirts of Lafayette, 111.
The dead of the family are: Ra- j
thael, 16; Freeman, 12; Guy, 10; Marluls,
8; Edith, 6; Brooks, 2; and S&-.
ah, the mother 38. Gobba was in ^
he yard and saw llames coming from
he upper part of the house. He
tailed to his wife and together they
ushed up stairs to awaken the chilIren.
both were overcome by smoke,
lobba managed to crawl to a window
nd in an effort to raise it fell to the
round and sustained painful injuries.