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1 HAS SOLD OUT Claim to be a Democrat But Really a Republican HE NAMES THE PRICE For Which lie Is Willing to Sell Out the Farmers and Other Residents of the South, and Is loudly Applauded Time and Again by the Republicans. Washington, April 5.?In the House today Mr. Clark, Democrat, of Florida, got a round of Republican applause, when ho said that incident nrotection absolutely was necessary in certain cases. "Are you a protectionist or not?" inquired Mr. Randall, of Texas. Mr. Clark declared that all legislation was the result of compromise. "I don't expect to write the tariff bill for this majority," lie oxclaimedr "but 1 say to you that if they put into this bill what my people want, what they sent me here to get, 1 shall not dictate to them what else they shall put into it." The Republicans again applauded and cheered, and the House was thrown into an uproar when Mr. Randall asked "if the gentleman belli vs in the doctrine that if a Representative hero gets some of the swag, he ought to go with the Republicans in making this bill?" Mr. Clark took violent exception to the use of the work "swag," and said that as- long as the people of the South had to bear the burdens of the protective tariff system they at least ought to have a division of the benefits. "Call it swag if yon will." hr> Kiiid. "Iml I rnnroRonl :i district equaly as intelligent, as conscientious and as patriotic as does the gentleman from Texas." "Are you a protectionist or not?" Mr. Randall still wanted to know. Speaking slowly and gradually raising his voice to its highest pitch, Mr. Clark evoked thunderous Republican applause when he declared "I am in line with the Democratic party, but I am not in line with the Populistic element that has controlled it recently." Mr. Clark quoted from the resolution of the recent Democratic caucus, which declared that the members of the minority were left free to vote as they choose on constitutional questions, and also when instructed by their constituency to pursue a certain line of action. He called attention to memorials of the Florida Legislature, that a duty be put on lOgypiion and other long staple cotton coming into the United States in connection with the sea island cotton; also that a duty be put on citrous fruits, pineapples and the like, ho OYoI Jl i lllOil "I am imstninl ed in tfiat regard, and no hawkers and opinionated Democrats can make me violate a solemn obligation 1 owe." Mr. Rucker (Missouri) Interrupted to call attention to the fact that all tho thunderous applause had come from the Republican side, but the Chair admonished him that he was out of order. "The gentleman can't hurt me by those things," said Mr. Clark. "The people of my district know me." Laboring under the belief that Mr. Clark's remarks about Populism applied to him, Mr. Randall denied that any Populism was contained in * his record. Mr. Clark, in reply to that, said he merely wanted to state where he himself stood. "I stand on my platform," he exclaimed. "I am not for protection per sc." "Did you hit; nd for the Mouse and the country to understand that the Democracy is in any way affiliated I with Populism?" was Mr. Randall's further question, but the reply of the l'loridian threw the House into a ir nzy. "J will tell you what I want tnc country to understand," he said deliberately. "Wo don't intend, so fat as I am concerned, and I believe the people I represent, to follow youi Nebraska Populistic leader an; more." * "Does the gentleman stand witl the New Jersey Democrat that think Rravn knew ten mnoh nf tho logue to be President of tho Unite States?" propounded Mr. Randall. "I think," responded Mr. Claris with some feeling, "that the Sout.1 ern Democracy never made a greatr mistake than when it turned its bac on its Democratic friends in the Ha* that it has driven from the party, an tied up with Populism out in Nebrai ka." l Mr. Randall declared that Mr. Pr; ^ an needed no defence at his hand and asked Mr. Clark if lie was (Cleveland Democrat 011 tho tari and If he stood for the doctrine ( free raw materials. "I am Just a plain, old-fashione Democrat," drawled Mr. Clark, ami shouts of laughter. Declaring that the people who ai jt sumed to speak for the South wer NttDY bCnUULb APPLY TO TIIE STATE FOK 1 HELP. Kourtwii Count ion Keport School Term Averaging Less Than Eighteen Weeks. Columbia, S. C., April 8.?A large number of communities over the State are applying to the State board of education for State aid to lengthen their school terms under the Garris Act. "And in many localities the interest manifested is most suggestive," said State Superintendent Swearingen today. "Many schools have already closed for lack of funds to pay the teacher's salaries, but these will be in position to take advantage of the new law during the coming school year. The showing made on some of the applications would furnish a clear insight into economic conditions it; it any localities." Fourteen crunties in the State are having school terms averaging less than 12 weeks for the cities as well as the country. Colleton county's average was only eleven weeks and Horry only 12. One district <in '.Williamsburg could raise only $50 with an extra levy of three mills, and another Williamsburg district with a 12-mill levy raised only $200. One district in Saluda county gave its negro school only $12, its white school had just a little over <t i An .(i I ir 'f. lli-ro is an eloquent specimen from about the best conditioned county in the State, Spartanburg: lu High Point district the total resources were $1S5). There are two white schools and no provision of any kind for negroes. One of the schools is "caring for" 50 children, whose teacher gets $3 5 a month. On this school $125 was spent. Presumably the remainder, $00, went to the other school, in which there are 25) children. The State board of education will bold a Meeting on the 23rd to formulate high school regulations and to name the various county boards of education over tho State. The board is made up of Governor Ansel, ex-oflieio chairman; State Superintendent Swearingen, ex-ofllcio secretary; W. K. Tate, Charleston, assistant secretary; M. F. Rice. Aiken; Prof. I). \V. Daniel, Clemson College; Prof. A. G. Rembert, Wofford College: A. R. Ranks, Columbia; A. T. Thaekston, Orangeburg. In a statement issued today to the press Superintendent Swearingen says: "The date of the next teachers' examination has been set for Fridn .r 14 A _ A\ - Ml urt.v, iMii.v i t. /\s inere win do no county sumnuer school work this yoar, teachers might flncl it convenient to take thfc; examination rather (than wait for a renewal of certificate already granted. The new hoard's of school trustees will probably lie hunting for teachers in July, and applicants for schools should not run the risk of being caught without a certificate. "The Reading Circle questions w'1' bo sent out on April 14, and toothers taking this course should see that their name and address is furnished the State superintendent by that date." * Preacher in Trouble. Oriffin, C,a., April 8.?The congregations composed of the churches served by Rev. J. A. Drewery have passed a resolution endorsing their pastor. He is being sued by Mrs. Louise Castino for breach of promise. not entitled to that right, Mr. Clark said: Finley Gets into the Game. "1 am sick and tired of hearing my Southern colleagues talk of the 'poor men of the South.' I want to do something to take them out of 1 that class. The factories of the East are going to the South, where their raw material is to be found, where 1 living is cheap, so that we can soon defy the World in the cheapness of their manufacture." Replying to a question by Mr. Finley, of South Carolina, Mr. Clark said that if the Republican party would put in the bill 1 what his people had instructed hin ' to get, ho would vote for the bil regardless of anything else. 11 "Jlave you no convictions?" nsket s Mr. Finley. "I have," responded Mr. Clark d "on convictions of men who represen nothing but a short bale of cotton c, a nigger and a mule." i- Thunderous applause on the Repub r lican side interrupted the speaker k and when quiet was restored he con it tinned: (1 "The Democracy ought to he pro 9- gressive if it is anyting. It ough to keep abreast of the times. I /- ought to meet conditions as the find them. I do not consider tha a you, gentlemen," he declared, looh ing around on tho Democratic aid >1 of tho House, "represent Pemocrac any more than I do. We will mec d at the next National Convention, an d we will then see who Is to contrc and who will represent the Demc cratic sentiment of this great Re ? , public of ours." a UaSTkO LANDS 1 II10 LEAVES Tin: STKAMKK AT FORT I >10 FRANCE. Very Much Annoyed l>y American (iovcrnineut'g Interference Willi Ills lMan of Visiting Venezuela. Fort de France, Martiniquo, April 7.?Cipriano Castro, in a rage against the British government and the State department at Washington, left the steamier Guadeloupe at this port today and has taken up quarters on shore. Finding all ports in the West Indes, excepting Fort de France, barred against him, the pres> nt course was the only one left open to the former Venezuelan dictator. Senor Castro's wife will continue on board the Guadeloupe to LaGuaira. The American monitor Montana came into port this morning. The Guadeloupe, on hoard which Castro and his party sailed from France, March 28, after four months spent in Europe, came into Fort de France late last cvning. While at Fointe-a-l'it re of the island of Guadeloupe, where the steamer touched yi sterday, Cast ro was noli ft <1 by the British consul that the British government had decided not to permit him to disembark at Port of Spain, Trinidad, consequently Castro decided to leave th^ Guadeloupe hero. The decision of the British, acting on a request from the State departin nt at Washington not to let him land at Trinidad, was unofficially communicated to Castro a second time this morning. 1 lo expressed himself as annoyed and angry at this decision, which he characterized as a violation of the rights of man. He is furiously angry with the Ann rican government and the French Steamship Company. The latter refused to let him continue on board the Guadeloupe to Colon. After expressing his annoyance at this unexpected turn in his affairs, Castro disclaimed tlie bellicose intention with regard to the existing political situation in Venezuela with which he; has been credited and ho declared that his only purpose in returning to Venezuela was to give his attention ito his private business. Castro appears still to be in ill health. The steamer Guadeloupe left, here at noon today for Port of Spain and Venezuelan points. She was followed out of tlie harbor by the cruiser Montana. WILL SlOltVK MIS TIM 10. drought Hack ami Put in the State Penitent inry. Columbia, April 7.?Sheriff Causey has brought to the State penitentiary Henry liaynes, the desperado who was arrested in Jacksonville a few days ago and brought back to this State to serve out five years for manslaughter and 1 6 months on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent 'intent. THe arrest of liaynes is the culmination of 10 years of evasion of the law?for liaynes, although convicted in 1899 of manslaughter, lias succeeded in keeping away from the ollicers of the law until Sheriff Causey got on ins tracK and located mm in Jacksonville. Haynos escaped from Monck's Corner before he could be brought to Columbia to begin his sentence just after lie was convicted in 1899. The guards from the penitentiary had already started for Monck's Corner to bring Haynos and a number of other prisoners here when it was learned that Haynes had made his escape. Since 1899 Haynos has been able to keep away from the officers of the law. Sheriff Causey 'states that just as soon as he came into office he started to track Haynos and Anally was able to make the negro move out of the State which ended in the arrest at Jacksonville. ( All IXMPKCTOK KILLED. (\ \V. Sanders Crushed to Death in Seaboard Yard. I Columbia, April 11.?C. W. Sanders, car inspector and repairer for I the Seaboard Air Line, was instantly killed in the Seaboard yard here I this afternoon at 4 o'clock by being mashed between two box can that were unexpectedly brought to | gether while Sanders was standing between them. At the inquest helc ' tonight the verdict of the jury wai that Sanders came to his death a: a result of his not complying witi ' the rules of the Seaboard Air Line." COMMITS SUICIDE. t. t Former Convict Warden Shoots Sel ^ at Macon, Ga. > Macon, Ga., April 5.?W. S. Ty e son, aged 60, married and tho fatho y of nine children, Bhot and kllle t himself hero this afternoon while i d a fit of despondency caused by th >1 loss of his position as State convic >_ warden. Sous of Tyson live i ). Birmingham, Ala., Savannah, Ga Cordele, Ga., and Helena, Ga. t VtKY BOLD PLOT To Blackmail a Rich Man of Atlanta Failed I THE TRAP PREPARED Ity Detective** Provw Effective and an Eighteen-Year-Old Youth, a Member of liis Would-be Victim's Sunday School Class, Is Caught and Confesses It All. Atlanta, Ga., April G.?Charged with attempting to blackmail Asa G. | Cndler, president of tiie Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, banker, and , Atlanta's wealthiest citizen, out of $35,000 by "lilack Hand" methods, ' Daniel \V. Johnson, Jr., J 8 years old ; and a member of Mr. Candler's Sunday school class, was arrested tonight at the instance of the postoflice j inspectors and lodged in the Fulton ! ' ounty jail. Johnson admits writing the letters a*d tak- s his arrest very cooly. Tie. : however, declares that he was the ! catspaw of three strangers, who, lie claims, dictated his every action in . connection with the alYair and forced ; him to write the demands for money ! under penalty of death. Ho furnished tin* ollicers with a description of the three men. On Friday of last week Mr. Candler received the lirst of the two let tors written by the "Black Hand" ; plotters, In which ho was askeil to j place $35,000 under the stops of the pastor's study of the Ionian | Bark Methodist church, on Monday I night, April 5, "or you and your ! family will meet a horrible death at our hands." Sunday he received a second letter warning him to comply with the demands, and further threatening him and his family if hd failed to comply, or if he made mention of the matter to a living soul. Mr. Candler called George M. Sutton, chief postolllce inspector of the Atlanta division, in consultation, and it was decided to trap the blackmailer. Mr. Candler drew $35,000 in cash from the hank, of which he is president, so as to guard against J any possible betrayal of his plans. Monday night he made up a package and placed it at the point designat- j ed, the real money in the meantime remaining at his residence guarded by detectives. Two detectives kept watch near where the fake package was placed, hut no one appeared during the night for the package. This meriting Mr. Candler received a telephone message demanding j that ho place $1,000 at a secluded spot on Morelatid avenue, between Annabel street and Walker alley. Again a fake packago was prepared and placed at the spot designated tonight, and Johnson appeared from the darkness, grabbed up the package and started on a run, hut was in the grasp of Detectives Lockhart and Coker before lie was aware that ho had been observed. lie was then taken to the Tower, and after a gruelling examination made a confession, admitting having written the two letters, hut saying lie acted under compulsion. The po lice give little credence to his story of having been forced to write the letters by three strangers. The first letter, dated April 1, warned Mr. Candler that if he failed to put the sum at the spot indicated, "you alone shall meet death. Tell anyone of it and you and your house ?that is, all that live with you? shall meet the most horrible death at our hands. Pony up with the sum and keep your tape closed about it, and all will be well. Fail to put the sum there or blab it, and hell will be to pay?nothing more nor loss than death." The second letter advised Mr. Candler to "slide up close to the side of the steps and put it under them, and then '23' as hard as you can. Do not fail, or you will be blown to 'kingdom come' before day Tu sdav. April (?." Mr. Candler was little disturbed v over the incident, and it was stated tonight that he would lose no sleep over fears of his home being dynamited. (i.WIO COOP SI M. A Thousand Dollar Dill Put ill Col' lection Plate. t Washington, Pa., April 0.?The inr aortion of an advertisement In a lo1 eal paper today that there sad beer s found' in the collection plate of the a Rohcoo Methodist Episcopal churcl i near here aftor the services last Sun * day night a $1,000 bill, developer the fact that the church officers think the donor made a mistake The yearly collections of the churcl f do not average much more than this amount and the officials, in the ad vertlsement state that they will re turn the money to the owner if h< wants it back and can prove he in r advertently dropped it into th d plate. 1 n ? Fishermen Drowned. * Naples, April 7.?By the burstin n of a dyke today at Catanzaro, 2 ? fishermen were swept to sea. Elevei of them were drowned. 0+ ee: SEND US YOUR NAME ANI) POSTAL CARD, FOR OUR UA R ROOK, CONTAINING OVER T TIONS IN COLORS, OF FUKNH HEWING MACHINES, ETC. Thin Hook will snvo you moiu on earth. ! VanM 1313-1310 Maiu Street. if its 6IBBE Watch this spa Southern States #IVI 3 e h! ri o r y Plumbing [ '(fttt'l , rV I'ltrfj i 1--" -r'nri r~~\ I i i iv a n v_^ i ii vi rrs LYNCHFD IN FLORIDA. .Hob Strings I'p l^lciul for Most Hiatal Attack. Arcadia, Fla., Ap|ril 11.?John Smith, the negro who yesterday dragged a young lady from her buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in an attempt at criminal assault, was taken away from the sheriff and his deputies at an early hour this morning and hanged to a tree. The lady, who had been to the city on a shopping tour, was returning to her home, four miles from the city, when the negro sprang into the buggy, seized her and dragged her into the bushes, throwing her down and choking her. The young woman begged, fought and prayed the black llend to let her go, and offered to give him $1()U in cash if lie would accompany her home, but this did not stop the brute, who was about to force his victim inno submission, when she I saw Will Knowles ami his brother walking at some distance from the st cue. With renewed vigor she screamed, and this attraotod the Knowls brothers, who rushed to her assistance. i iie uruie inaue ins escape, aiul after taking the lady to her home, the men rushed to this city, spread the news and bloodhounds, followed by a posse of three hundred men, were soon on the trail. The negro was found at a turpentine camp, taken before his victim, who positively identllied him. Sheriff Freeman and his deputies succeeded in placing Smith in jail, but being afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit him out of Arcadia, when they were met by an automobile party, held up and forced to give up the I prisoner. The negro, seeing that he was I doomed to a horrible death, pleaded ! for mercy, but there was none in the hearts of the mob, who carried him to the edge of the city, where I they strung him up to a tree where ; his body was still hanging this morning. His intended victim positively I identllied the clothing on the negro and pointed out the shirt she had ; torn in her efforts to escape. * 1 Kills Two Young Lads. Pittsburg, Pa., April 6.?Two boys were killed and several others seriously injured today when a car on the St. Clair incline, running from Josephine street, Southside, to Mount Oliver, broke away about the centre nf t ho hiplino o ivl J ? 11 ' , v..^ viiiio (t 11 vi jiiiiii&t:u LU IUO | , bottom. __ I 1 Dept. 50, ORGAN AND PIANO llAHGAINS Some good square Pianos from $45 to $75. Some good used Organs from $25 t to $4 5. > Should the purchasers of those \ instruments desire to exchange them - in a few years for a new piano, we 1 will allow their market value as a 3 credit on the new pianos. Write at once for particulars, as i bargains go quickly, a MAIiONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, - "The Home of Good Instruments." Columbia, S. C. e ??? ???? * amMj Ou the HHM* Col ' ' E3 IEjI MAILING ADDRESS ON A GK, NEW, MAIL ORDER WO HUNDRED ILLl'STRAfURE, IJARY CARRIAGES, 'y. Our prices ure the lowest % .ETRES Columhiu, S. C. 8 IT IS GOOD Gibbes Economist (3 inl) ^jfe%rLANKR MATCHER MOULDER l)f8tjrn..(l ?>8|HH'liilly for fltmplirlty Olid U8(*fllllll*H8. Coill|kH<*t. llfftKOUHblO ^ prl<*?*. Hi'Ht work. CoiivonL-nt. Rest quality iltIV t Intra. Hoi f oillnir l><*arin(r>*. IMhiio U4 iuch ivldu. . > Fuller Information on application to vJ GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY, r ) Sollorn "Gibbcs Ofiarantood Machinery," till kinds Box 1290, Columbia, S.C ,ce next week. Supply Company Supplies p|n^?B I A. B. C. Agents Wanted; To handle our household specialties ? Olocks, Jewelry, etc. Make $30 and more weekly. Ideal Dust Pan?-Something new, every housekeeper wants one; saves her back; sols on sight, by mail prepaid 4 5 cents. Oriental Polishing Cloth? Gives a brilliant lustre to gold, rilver and . tlier metals, 10 cents. Elite Cleaning Pad?Removes dirt and greas? from clothing nnd dress fabrics, speaks for itself, 10 cents. Mail Order Buyers?Write today for free catalogue. Windle Horn2 Supply Company. 403 North (13nl Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Eggs for hatching from thoroughbred Single Comb Rhode Island Reds at $1.00 per setting of 13. G. L. B. Penny, The Tar Heel Cabbage Plant Man, Raleigh, N. C. ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY. 1 lot CmIIuhIi'iiI St., Baltimore, Md. Wo make you handsome and durable Rugs from your old wornout carpet, any size to (it a room or hall. Let us send you a price list; just write for one. Special?35 handsome post cards, all up-to-date, for 2 5 cents. Elkinton, 1)29 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. Soja Beans for seed, also field peas. Sample and price on request. E. Adams,"Lake Landing, N. C. For Sale?One Am. 1 5-horsepo .ver steam engine; practically good as new; can be seen running. Address .T. E. Johnson, Supt. Neely Mfg. Co., Yorkvilie, S. C. Lady Agents, or any one else that wants to make money, send 10c for the latest thread cutting thimble; saves teeth and time. I Every lady should have one. i Cooper Novel i v f.n tuw r,i Orangeburg, S. C. Wont Let llim Land. Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 6.? At the urgent request of the State department at Washington, communicated to the London foreign office, the British government has decided not to permit Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, to land at Trinidad. 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