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WHITE AND BLACKS 11AVK SOCIAL Kgt'AMTY IHNNKH IN NKW YOltK. "While Women Sandwiched in lie" tweoii Negro Men and White Men lletween Xt'Rio Women. Nothing in recent years has so stirred the white people or this conntry as t he "social equality" dinner given in New York on Monday night week under the auspices of the Cosmopolitan club. The purpose of the dinner, and of the movement of which it Is a part, was, frankly and confessedly, to hreak down the social barriers between the two races, and the advocacy of intermarriage, expresed by whites and blacks alike at this remarkable dinner, was greeted with the loudest enthusiasm of the evening. There were ninety-three people at the dinner, the proportion of negroes being about two to one. while among the whites were a largo number of ML* \\ i t O U'nmot) ?_? Hi 1 i o i <~wl 1 I 1% ''i.oll lo " v/iiivii( IIIII I iu?v \| " IUI nvlll'" I ment" work and socialism. The seating arrangements were so devised that a white w< man inva iahl.v s.it between negro men. A l>l<;sKHVKI> I'ltOMOTION. <Vil. It. \Y. Hunt Made Siipcriiitendent of Train ('ollectors. The announcement contained in a Washington dispatch Hint Col. Kobt. W. 11 unt had been promoted by the Southern railway, being appointed superintendent of train collectors, was welcome news to bis friends in South Carolina, who feel that any promotion given him is deserved. Col I Inn) was for many years division passenger agent of the Southern, with headquarters at Charleston, and last year was promoted to the position of assistant general passenger agent wi'. ) beadquarters at Atlanta. The train collectors of the Southern railway hn\e heretofore been under the direct personal supervision of the auditor at Washington, but in order to facilitate and improve their work it has been decided to enlarge (lie force and to have thorn report di.ecc to a superintendent in charge. Col. Hum has had long experience in the passenger service ol the Southern and when it was decided to create the new ollic.e of superintendent of collectors he was decided upon as being the man host qualitied for the position, lie will continnee to liavo his headhunt tors in Atlanta and will report direct to the comproller of the Southern, Mr. A. II. I'lant, at Washington. He began his new duties on .Friday. Col. Hunt has been succeeded ns assistant general passenger agent l>y Mr. J. L. M"eks, formerly division passenger agent at kuoxville. WILL FLAY HALL. The State League Will Open on Next Thursday Afternoon. As agreed on by the club owners of the State League towns, tlie South Carolina State league season will open on Thursday, May 7 and will close July 2b with 7 2 games played by each of the four towns. The following is the schedule of games for the lirst week as arranged by Secretary K. B. Housoal: May 7, 8, 0?Orangeburg at Sumter; Chester at Rock Hill. May 11, 12, 13?Sumter at Orangeburg; Rock Hill at Chester. * Each of the towns in the league has been wired by Secertary Houseal to the effect that the league will open on the 7th in order that the towns may be prepared for the event. In Sumter there will be "big doings" on the 7th. This is the big day of the T. P. A. convention and other festivities that have been arranged and it is probable that there will be a record breaking attendance for the opening game of the State league senfoii. Everything has been arranged ko that the game will not conflict with the other parts of the day's pro' gramme. , DESPERATE BATTLE. One Man Kills Another After Being Shot Down. Dr. J. E. Garrison, shot?and killed J. D. Williams, an electrician for the Consolidated Coal Company, at Flat Creek, Ala., in a duel in the public road. Previous trouble had existed between the men about family affaire ? ?i tirnn^ L ^ anu wneu wuiiuuis buw uarnouu u? asked him to wait a few minutes, and securing a pistol, shot Garrison down While on the ground, the latter shot Williams to death. Garrison is dangerously wounded. . / Now Mr. Hearst no longer holdt communion with Democrats, is it not time he was called upon by the Democratic National Committee tc resign as President of the League oi Democratic Clubs. If a "reasonable number" of Re publican members request it, Speak er Cannon agrees that the bill foi free wood pulp and print paper will be discussed at the caucus. That it quite a concession from Uncle Joe. shie pin im\ Lending Money Upon Propem As Old As Society. PIUS II. OPBNED THE MRS i Tlio .Mont tie I'lcto a (iccat Sun i< Paris?It's I & it ii in the Interest o the Poor Inder Direct (iovciii iii4*iit Control, mill Is a Itoon t? j Humble Polk. i | . . f Lending money upon propel *o great and small is probably as old i.* human society itself, lint il was n ?: until Middle Ages that author.') Biopsied in to prevent abuses in thi.connection and protect the masses of the people from usurers. In the middle of the tlfteenth con tury there was between the churci and tiie monarolis a third pow u*. which, altiiough it worked in secret, nevertheless dictated terms to tin Premdest nobles. This power was ten purse of the Jew. In 14(54 Pius II. opened tlie first State Pawnshop in beautitul oiu Perugia?that ancient cradle of art on the quiet Pmhrian Hills. 1 lieidea was to relieve the peasants and humble laborers who uuqucstionabl> often passed their lives in utter ?.?r vitude to I ho money-lenders. The necessary capital was obtuui ed by pious appeals to tho rich and t!ol)le, and in a fo\v years branch?? wore founded in every city in Italy. For generations thereafter these es (ablishnients wore under church con trol, i>ut gradually they became a part of the public service. The system took three centuries to c.ross the Alps into France. It wde in 177k that M. Nocker, t lie famou" minister of Louis XVI. caused the first lantern of the Mont de I'iete to be hung out in Fails. Twelve yearslater, however, the revolution brokt out and the constituent assembly ;le elded to close up the short-lived institution. Naturally enough the old pawn tinkers and usurers at once resur.i-d business and were more extortion I. than ever, the game being now " ) .tirely in their hands under peculiar ly advantageous conditions. Theh oppression Indeed became so gr?u an evil that the provisional govern ment had sense enough to restore t i. now famous Mont de Pieto, as tti? State l'awnbroking Department j> France is called. This vast national concern is ru? In the Interests oi the poor under T reel, control of the government. It e a kind of state hank, receiving deposits from ti?e people on which \ now pays about four per cent, in terest, and it lends money at nin per cent. No private person is allowed li lend money on goods in Paris or ii any other part of France. This i a state monopoly conducted as \s. shall see with machine-like precision with no unseemly haggling. :u hurry, no discourtesy and no in kindness. The Mont de Pleto r deed with its auxiliary otiices in every quarter of the great city o. Paris and "snccursales" or hranche.throughout tlie provincial cities i; beyond doubt a very real boon u millions of humble folk. it wil take into safe-keeping and storag. iho stove of tlie street elitism u seller at tlio upprouch of spring and takes charge of tlie "fountain of the iced drink peddler when chill October warns lilm his trade is at <u end. It will lend the out-of-w. rl laborer sixty cents on his tools th<* lie may go here and there in searc. of employment. 'I'lie headquarters of Die institutioi are in the Hue des Plane-Manteaux and there are two great branches o succursules, one in the Hue Iloquet le, and the other in the Hue de Urn, aparte. Tlie latter Is the more ini porlant and is somewhat incougru ously placed near that noble iustitu lion tlie Ecole des Beaux Arts. Om enters through a passage leading in to an open court surrounded on al sides by the various buildings of illMont de Pie*e. On the left, as v i iiier, is tue dtpaituieiit of 'l)ega<> ments," wliere the prosperous re deem their pledges. Next comes tin 11 ~ a * i f .1 a a ? ? --- u - - nitii ui jmiKitKi'iutmiiM, wnui e a. ii clcs are received and beyond that Mi? immense auction room where unre deemed pledges are sold. [ It is curious to observe that a I though crowds are present in th? various departments, pledging, re I deeming or buying at auction, ther , is no noise or excitement and cor tainly no confusion. It is an anxio.i* . crowd but a silent one which passe: [ about the counters of the receiving . department. Here is an artisan o?n , of work, a dry goods clerk, an el? I gantly dressed lady "pawning" ho sables instead of putting them into i cold storage for the summer. Tin ' whole transaction is looked upoi > as most matter-of-fact. Parcelbanded across the counter are taken to an inner room to be valued b\ J the appraiser who never so much <? ' sees the applicant. The first pa ice 5 l? perhaps a christening sot of silver > cup. fork and spoon. The valuer p turns to his little weighing machine 1 weighs the silver, tests it and dispassionately calls out "Twenty-five. A malacca cane follows with a top alleged to be gold. It Is rubbed on a test stone, flicked with acid and " promptly denounced as an Imposter [ 'Diamond rings and brooches gc j through most searching exaralna< tlons. There la no aentlment. ^fl#T Ts MAN-KATKK8 OF TI1K BEEP. Ocean Timers That Are Both Feared and llated by Seamen. Imagine a whole school of 4,000 pound monsters swimming at rail ro: <1 speed And w.th vast jaw-? urmcd with 12 rows ot liiuugiUi.' t?*eth that spring erect like snake fangs when prey is struck in a Ugh* ning dart! Such, says the New York 1 Press, are the voracious atul dreu led ocean tigers, the largest of the maneating sharks, feared and hated oy every seaman 21 Hont. Last year tin? British cruiser HJurydlce was at anchor off Santa Lucia in tiie West indies, and a party ol marines were disporting themselves iti the sea around the great armored wails. The water was most inviting for a swim, and Petty Officer Henry Pe?1 was giving an exhibition of fancy diving to his mates. Ills record was a fnl! minute under water. They watched him swlin^ downward into translucent depth, and glance along tiie mighty steel hull nearly ; i x fathoms below, feeling the velvety moss and weed as lie went. "Sharks!" the word struck terror, (lie mere sight of racing, knifelike dorsals threw the helpless men into a panic. But they wore soon out of harm's way, swarming up the sides of the vessel. This took but a few seconds. lienry Pell was still below. He had left the weedy hull, however, and was swimming away from her under water. Suddenly, lie paused, about to 1 ise. Something vague and big took shape a shadow or blur at first against tiie lovely blue. Then a mighty dun-colored form, tigerswift in movement, maneuvered so rapidly with the peculiar side or lateral swing to its great tail that the man seemed to meet the awtul creature face to face. He could almost have touched the sharp, upstanding dorsal tin. Poll knew he was in frightful peril. With smhleu resolution iu? shot up, and as he did the terrified monster sharks are notoriously timid swung its huge tall and swept away in a perfect cyclone of mud and sand. Once on the surface the man Deheld as he knew he would a little flotilla of the fateful triangular fins. Ho was perhaps 300 yards from the cruiser and saw a boat being lower ed. Slowly and with much deliberate splashing lie began his return. Now and then he would pause to le"?k behind, and saw always the looming shadow of the giant that had located him first. A most ferocious creature. Now and then It would spring level with him, but at a respectful distance on one side?an apparently effortless bound?rolling its hideous white belly and to bring the little gray eyes to hear upon its living prey. Pell was fast losing lit self-control; he was tiring and crying out to the men in the approaching boat. The immense shark, now bolder, more determined, was lash ing right around him with incredible speed, churning tlie blue sou at the surface and narrowing the circles at each revolution. A terrible sltua tion for a helpless man. Once? twice ?thrice It flashed .ts vast jaws, only to dart back as Pell splashed with the fury of desperation. But the boat was alongside. A (ut/.t-n paRpr lianas seized the swimmer, while others attacked the monster with boathooks and bayonets. ltnt It was not to bo denied. HJven as Pell was In the very act of being hauled over the side the creature made one last plunge through the water, dyed with its own blood, ami snapped off the man's left leg above the knee. Not all the efforts of the surgeons of the Kurydice could savs him. Pell died next day. These horrible creatures attain an enormous size?up to 40 feet, or as large as some whales. I have seen a specimen taken off the Great Harrier Keef HG feet long. It had eaten a horse thrown overboard from the Port Moresby steamship; and its serried rows of fangs were the most dreadful sight 1 have ever heheld. Some of them were nearly 2 inches long and 2 Mi wide. The New Country Schoolhouse. "The old country schoolhouse not so long ago will soon be a relic of the past," said James TIghe ol Altoonu, Pa., "Although one travel ing through the country sees man) of these old-fashioned structures, he does not realize that they are rapldlj being deserted, and that a consoli dated schoolhouse will be met witl farther up the road. These nev buildings are graded, and many hav< several high school courses, so thai one teacher now teaches only on< class, whereas in the old days th. pedagogue taught everything fron the alphabet to Latin. Of course the consolidated schoolhouse is no so convenient to all the children, ai they have to go a greater distance but all of them ride to school now adays. The consolidated school i much cheaper to the community, am what the farmer saves in taxes h i puts in sleighs and wagons, so tha his children may ride. Pupils cai also remain at their home school much longer than they formerly couli and this is also a great saving. W may expect great results from thi change, for the farmers with thel poor schools have turned out som wonderful men, and they should d< even better under the new condi tions."--Washington Post. I Of all the boy workers In Londoi i newsboyfe are the healthiest, barbers boys the most unhealthy?a trlbut to the open-air life. ru I Can This lie True. We saw it stated in a letter from Washington the other day that the figures of the internal revenue bureau for the fiscal year 1907 show that in the State of Virginia, where saloons are ! e? n-ed in u.HVit i t cm munilics, there were granted 2,357 licenses to retail liquor dealers. In the State of Kansas, where the sale of liquor is forbidden altogether, but where drug stores do a rushing business, a total of 2,583 licenses were granted to dispense liquor at retail. The population of Virginia is nearly one-fourth greater than Kansas. Licenses to retail dealers in malt drinks like beer were issued in Kanto the extent of 637, while in Virginia the total was only 172. There were 101 licenses to wholesale dealers of malt drinks in Kansas and only 82 in Virginia. The letter goes on to state that in the State of Maine, where prohibition has been upon the books for fifty years licenses to retail malt liquors were granted to the extent of 468 against 172 for Virginia. The population of Maine is less than half that of Virgina. In the the State of North Dakota, where pro-J hibition is State wide, retail liquor dealers were granted licenses to the number of 1,055 and yet North Dakota does not have one-fourth the population of Virginia. In the same State were 850 men holding licenses to sell malt drinks. According to population there is one retail liquor license in Kansas for every 428 population, while in Virginia there is one license for every 794 people. In Maine there is one license for every (501 people while North Dakota makes a worse showing than any the others, by having one license to every 241 people. According to the census figure in 1900 the deaths from drunkenness furnish almost as startling figures. For every 100,000 people in Maine there were 2.16 deaths from drunkenness, while in Alabama where saloons were then licensed, the figures are 1.10. Kentucky, where booze was as free as water in 1900, made a far better showing than Maine, the average being 1.68. Can these figbe correct? Corruption luiul in l'olltlcn. Under the above caption the Augusta Herald says Mr. W. J. Bryan, logical candidate of the Democratic party for president, has recently made charges to the effect that money is being used in an attempt to defeat his nomination. This is vehemently denied by anti-Bryan papers, which assert with a violent air of injured innocence that the talk of an anti-Bryan corruption fund is for political effect only. All the same, there is quite a lot of circumstantial evidence to prove that money is being so used. It must be considered that from present indications Taft is reasonably sure of being the Republican nominee. He is not very acceptable to the predatory corporations, because it is believed that he will con unue me nooseveu policies it elected. He is a weak candidate, because thelabor vote of the north will go heavily against him, and with Taft the Republican c?ndidate the Democrats stand an excellent chance of electing their ticket. Now it may be accepted that the predatory corporations do not take any more kindly to Mr. Bryan than they take to Mr. Taft. They would undoubtedly much prefer to have some other man nominated who has not such an anti-trust record as Mr. Bryan has by profession. In the Democratic convention it requires a two-thirds vote to nominate. If more than one-third of anti-Bryan delegates should be sent to Denver Mr. Bryan's nomination would be held up. There is a reasonable chance, in case the convention should be deadlocked, of a dark house being chosen, and that would put Mr. Bryan out. During the past few days a mass ' of literature has been sent out. from i New York in the interest of Govcrn' or Johnson's candidacy. This costs money. So there is evidence of money being spent to defeat Bryan's i nomination. Who is putting up this r money? , The Democrats in Concrress are t still demanding the consideration of * the campaign publicity bill; a bill to [ put wood pulp and print paper on , the free list, and the anti-injunction i bill. These measures are insisted . upon by Mr. Williams, the Demo* cratic leader, as all part of the Prese ident's legislative program. Mr. Carnegie has given five mil" lion dollars more to his pension fund d for educators; but as long as the t tariff protects the Steel Trust, n the money comes easy. ? d ThE Taft boomers declare it is all e over but the shouting, but then "the * allies1' claim Taft will not be nomiJ nated, so there you Republicans 0 are, still up in the air. Republican Congressmen are still standing pat for the Trusts, ? the universal kick of the newspapei i' publishers about the tariff protect 1 ing the paper combine notwithstand ing. Ilryan on First llallot. The New York Herald, whose political forecasts are remarkably accurate and entirely impartial, estimates that Mr. Bryan will have 765 votes on tho first ballot at Denver, ( or 113 more than the two-thirds needed to nominate. Of this number 217 have already been definitely instructed to support Mr. Bryan, and 548 are classified as "probably" for him, these being the representatives of States which have not yet held conventions and of some which have elected delegates without instructions. In this list are included the delegates from New York, who were elected without instructions. At the time the New York convention was held it seemed that the delegates from that State would be against Brvan, but the situation has materially changed and the leaders of the New York Democracy have been frightened into support of the Nebraskan by the great strength he has developed, which he might use to exclude them from representation ' in the convention in the face of an attempt to unseat them bthe yelement of the party that was outrageously excluded from the New York convention. "The Bryan sentiment in Illinois," says The Herald, "compelled Mr, Sullivan to play fair, and while the support given way have been somelirVlllt nntirill !?>/* if nmn num. uii w 111111 p?j , iv. w an iicvvi incil'^ given and will suffice. The result is that in one day the entire Democratic situation in the United States changed. Almost every State in the Union that was wavering began to trend toward Bryan." With the exception of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massacheusetts and Minnesota, all of the States which have as many as twenty votes in the national [convention are counted for Bryan. Minnesota is, of course, for Johnson, but as soon as his candidacy is shown to be hopeless, the delegates are practically certain to go to Bryan, who has been extolled by Gov. Johnson on more than one occasion. Pennsylvania will probably be against Bryan, but the supporters of the Nebraskan have not yet abandoned the fight for the delegation. New Jersey has shown anti-Bryan tendencies, but, according to The Herald, as soon as New York breaks tothe Nebraskan, New Jersey is likely to follow. Massacheusetts has not yet acted, but there is strong Bryan sentiment in that State. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin, with an aggregate voting strength of 156 in the convention, have instructed for Bryan. New York, with seventy-eight votes, is practically certain to support him. Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina Ohin Trtnnocv/Wi Tnvnii v..iwt 4viuvan.i., itAao, ? 11^111" ia, each with large representation in the national convention, may be reckoned for Bryan, and a troop of States with smaller votes. The Charleston Post, from which paper we clip the above says "Mr, Bryan might devote himself to his plowing entirely from now until the date of the Democratic convention and he would be called to the head of the ticket. It is ridiculous to talk of anybody else, and the thing for Democrats to do now is to put in their time shaping up for the campaign to elect Mr. Bryan President." Senator Culberson, of Texas, has authorized the statement that he is not nor has he been a candidate for the Democratic nomination. "There is absolutely no doubt, furthermore," states Senator Culberson, "that the Democrats of Texas in convention this month will instruct their delegates to the Denver convention for Bryan. I believe he is the choice of the Democrats of the country." Senator Hale's recent comment on "the frequent and unncessarv nh. sence of Secretary Taft from his post of duty,'* and the Democratic criticisms of the Secretary for his absence from his post on campaign missions, have had their effect at last; and it is said that Taft will resign. Why shouldn't he? Why should he draw a large salary while canvassing in his private intprPfltf Ton'f if ?-1 ww v iv uiouuilCBtj 2111(1 unworthy of a pubiic servant? Isn't t worse than common grafting? The New York Sun says that "among Republican politicians Mr, [ Bryan has always been the favorite Democratic candidate for presi> dent." The State asks if Mr. Bryan , I is such an "easy mark" for the Re publican, why do not Republican papers like the Sun join in - the delectable task of luring him on i to certain and overwhelming defeat? ' I Will Not He Bound. The News and Courier makes straight answer to the question of the Charleston Post as to whether it * will accept the judgment of the State convention on the candidacy of Mr. Bryan. It declares that it 4 will not be bound bv the action of that convention, because it will not A be a member of the convention, and is not even a voter. In answering The News and Courier The Post knocks it completely out of the box. Here is the answer the Post makes: "Of course we understand that The News and Courier is "vox et practerea nihil," but we understand that it claims to be a Democrat voice, that it speaks to South Carolina Democrats as a Democrat, that it is laboring with them against Mr. Bryan as an exponent of South Carolina Democratic sentiment. If it is only expressing an independent view, without any claim to familiar consideration, that is all right. But if it is submitting its propositions to the judgment of the South Carolina Democracy as an organ of Democratic sentiment in South Carolina, that is quite another thing. "It is willing to be bound by the action of the national Democrtic convention, yet it will not be a delae gate to that body nor will it have a vote at the polls for the ticket put forth there. Why might it not submit to the State convention as gracefully? Because, it says, its constituency is not confined to South Carolina. . So The News and Courier is prepared, if the State convention instruct for Bryan to appeal from the judgment of the South Carolina Democracy, to the party at large. That is all right, too, if it does not approve the action of the State convention but it can not, in such circumstances, claim to represent the views of the Democrats of South Carolina. Unless it would deny the authority of the State convention to speak for the State Democracy. "Perhaps that is its attitude, for we read in its issue of today: If the State convention sends a fetering delegatior to Denver, it will be sent in defiance of the people's wis es." Who made thee a ruler or a juag eover isreal'.' Who gives The News and Courier war rent to overrule the action of the State convention, in the name of the people of South Carolina. If our contemporary denies the authority of the State convention to instruct the delegates to the Denver convention for any candidate, we take it that it would justify any of the delegates disregarding such instructions. That is the logical deduction from its judgment of the convention for itself coupled with the declaration that instructtions would he given in de fiance of the people's wishes." Who Is Mi*. Lodon? One J. T. Loden, of Charlotte, N. C., is widely quoted in the papers as having been talking in Washington about how sore the farmers are over holding their cotton in the south. Now we have, savs the Flnrnnr?o Times, no fault to find with the press correspondents for giving any man's views if they think him prominent enough for his views to count any-thing but who is J. T. Loden? In a matter of this kind, when the fortunes of the farmers of the south are at stake, when our own people are lined up on the one side or the other it is a very serious thing to say that the farmers firing line is wavering unless one wishes to injure the cause of the farmers and inspire their desperate enemies with greater hope. It means that the last line of the defense of the southern people is breaking and theiiyforces will end in rout. That is if it is so. Is it so? Who is Mr. Loden, on which side of the fight does he generally stay? He is a type of man that does a good deal of talking just now. A type of man that fights neither on one side nor the other, but, being a friend of both sides carries all the news he th:nk will be gratefully received to both sides. Are the statements borne out in fact? Its it not true that at every convention of the farmers they pledge thfjrnselves 10 renew enorts in behalf of whole class and interests of the farmer and his allies and dependents. Many people tal?c carelessly in these matters because they do not realize how greedily their words are taken up by the opposition if they are the words that they want to hear. They do the cause of the farmer injury, they , cause suspicion of the strength and j loyalty of the rest of the line, and if you have ever been on a firincr line you would know that such a suspicion caues a more deadly panic than bullets or death or any thing else. Don't do it. Remember that the j the farmer's interest and if you cannot fight with him do nr^ weaken him by talking against him: If Mr. Loden has any knowledge of the facts in the case he has misrepresented them, either carelessly or willfully, . ,l| for the purpose of shaking the confidence of the friends of the farmer in his cause. When one talks this way let the newspapers tell us just who he is and fet us conclude whether he talks from selfish interest or is juet making himself inter| esting to the newspaper men. I