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r''' MnggnHn j HINTS AT CRAFT bf. Blriie Tkiiki There it Tee Back Meeej Bdhi Beticrj Hill. I HE HAS NOT LOST HOPE In Letter to the Governor of Iowa m to tlie Penological Conditions in 'fThis State, Please Gives His Views On Statement of Penitentiary Directors. Governor Blease on Monday gave his first Impression upon the Penii. ^ ^ li ? Mia /\ra 1?UUH17 biiunuuii Diuuv Lite mi wtuio made public their latter informing the Governor they purposed standing by the hosiery mill contract. The views of the governor were expressed In a letter to Governor Carroll, of Iowa, replying to inquiries concerning penalogical conditions in South Carolina. Prison labor is employed in part, tho letter says, on farms and roads, but "In part, I regret very much to | say, in a hosiery mill, located within I the walls of the penitentiary, which (mill) is a common nuisance and a death trap caused by tuberculosis. I am now doing my best to get rid of the hosiery mill, but it seems there is too much money behind it, and I am having a hard fight. However, I have not lost hope and have appealed to the solicitor of this circuit and asked him to bring suit to abate the nuisance. Why the board of directors are figthig me, I am unable to say, unless it is personal political prejudice." The Governor says that if this is not the reason he would not care to state what he "and a good many of the people" believe to be the reason; ? but "anyway their action is certainly peculiar." The letter follows: His Excellency, B. F. Carroll, Governor of the State of Iowa, Des Moines?Dear sir: Your letter of July 14 received, in which you ask: "How many penitentiaries and reformatories have you in your State?" In reply, I beg to say that we have one Penitentiary and connected therewith a reformatory for colored youths. We also have an industrial school, or reformatory, for white boys. The Penitentiary is self-supporting and last year turned something like $8H,000 over to the State in profits. The reformatory for white boys is !n its infancy, and has not yet had a fair chance to show what it can aceomnlish. In reply to your question, "IIow is your prison labor employed?" On the farms, on the roads, sometimes In shops, and, I regret very much to say, In a hosiery mill, located within the walls of the penitentiary, which is a common nuisance and a death trap caused by tuberculosis, this having been reported by the State board of health and condemned, by my having called attention to it at the last meeting of our General Assembly, and I am now doing my best to get rid of the hosiery mill, but it seems there is too much money behind it and I am having a hard fight. However, I have not lost hope and have appealed to the solicitor of this circuit and asked him to bring suit to abate the nuisance. Why the board of directors are fighting me on this matter I am unable to say, unless it is personal political prejudice. I would not care to state, if this is not the reason, what I and a yood many of the people believe is the reason, but, anyway, their action is certainly peculiar, knowing, as they do, that it is a death trap and a menace to our people. In reply to your last question, "What is your prison population?" I cannot give you exact figures, but I suppose to be about ten or twelve hundred. It would have been much heavier, possibly, but in the last six nonths I have reduced it considerably by exercising executive clemency, and will reduce it some more now soon olnnnr Din cnmn linn Any other information which I can give you I will be pleased to do so. Very respectfully, Cole L. Tllease, L. Governor. Columbia, July 17. Hoke Smith Melon. A Washington dispatch says watemelons grow so largo in Georgia nowadays that they are christened. One weighing 62 1-2 pounds arrived at the house office from Gnady county, Georgia, consigned to Representative Rodden berry of that state. It was placed on exhibition |r at the entrance to the building. Carved in the rind was "Hoke Smith," the name oi the Georgia Sentator-elect and present governor. I Another New County. Jasper County wtas placed on the map of South Carolina by a vote of 283 to 24, or 12 to 1, in Tuesday's HiOtlnii In the race for the county eat Ridgeland won over Gillisonville by a vote of 285 to 91. The election fMuwed off quietly, and without any disorder. The territory involved containt 627 aqul&re miles, and is taken from Hampton and "^aufort Coun YELPS our AGAIN HEYBUKN MARKS A FOOL OF HIMSELF ONCE MOKE. I>espito the Chronic Kicker's Antic* the Senate Takes up Hill for a Confederate Monument. The bitterness between Senator Hoyburn, of Idaho, and Senator Williams, of Mississippi, on the subject of the Confederacy, broke out anew in the senate recently. Senator Heyburn objected to the taking up of a bill appnopratiny $100,000 for a Confederate naval monument in the Vicksburg military park, but Senator Williams \v-on its consideration by a vote of 29 to 19. Tfte vicKsuurg parK commission and the senate committee on militar> affairs approved the measure. Mr. Williams said it was desired to have the monument complete or the semicentennial "blue and gray" reunion , t Vicksburg in 1913. Senators Cummins of Iowa and Works-of California urged its passage as proper recognitions of men who exhibited bravery in a cause they believed right. Senator Ileyburn again attacked the principle of federal recognition of Confederate acts. He declared it was "intolerable" that the deeds of Confederate armies should bo recited in laws that call on the public treasury or contributions. He characterized the history of the War Between the Sections as "history of murder." He attacked the newspapers of the country, declaring many of them disloyal "and delighted to express their disloyalty." He had been characterized as waiv ing the bloody tlag in the senate, he said, and had been so misrepresented that he was receiving scores of anonymous letters from "cowards" threatening him with physical violence because of his opposition to useing government funds to recognize Confederate service. He displayed a letter he had receivfrom Idttle Rock, Ark., the envelope of which bore a Confederate flag. He said the post-office department said there was 110 law to prevent the use of tlie flag 011 mail matters. "No law ought to be needed," said Heyburn, "there is but one flag in this nation entitled to such representation. Senator Williams abruptly left the hamber when Heyburn began to bray and so Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, took up the issue, and scored Heyburn. "The war is over," he said, "time has pulled down the forts and healed the wounds. The men who wore the gray delight to honor the men who wore the blue, but they do not to delight to honor the men who never smelt powder, and who stand here and unlimber their batteries of bitterness against the simple proposal to erect monuments to Southern heroes." The senate immediately adjourned by a vote of 2 6 to 25 and the question was eft unsettled. KILIjEI) avith a brick. Two Nogpor#; Have a Fight and One Was Fatally Hit. The Columbia Record says John Young died at noon Sunday in that city from paralysis as the result of a lick In the head dealt by Tom Wise, another negro. The quarrel between the negroes, who lived at Hyatt's park, arose over an alleged insult to the daughter of Young. The daughter told her father of her treatment at Wise's hands, it is said, and Young took up the matter vigorously. A ierce puarrel ensued, which ended by Wise grabbing a brick, which h broke in two and used one half to disjoin Young's head from his spinal column at the back of his neck. Wise is held in the county jail, having been apprehended Friday night. Young was carried immediately after the occurrence to the hospital. When he arrived his body from his shoulder down was paralysed. Attacked in her Home. At Rockingham, N. Y., Mrs. M. F3. Beck, a well-known widow lady of 00 years, is in a serious condition as the result of an attack by a man, who broke into her home early Sunday morning, entered her bed room and choked her into insensibility. The 1 J Ilia. 1- ~ ? n t In ? 4 h Ill 6III 1 iy III 11121 <t MBit 1 I (111 I HUB IIWL eon discovered. The mayor and citizens offered a reward of $;>00 for his arrest, which has been supplemented by an additional $4 00, authorized by Gov. Kitchin. ? ? llcfuNcil Tainted Money. By a six to three vote the city ; council of Jacksonville Florida rei fused to appropriate money for the , maintenance of a Carnegie public 11> brary. The philanthropist had oft fered $25,000 if Pensacola would raise one-tenth of that amount. The people turned down the proposition several weeks ago on a referendum , vote. The argument was advanced - that Carnegie's money was "tainted." Ought to Stay There. Jack Johnson, the black pugilist, prefers England to America, and in an interview in a Dublin paper says England is just treating him dandy. He stays he would never fight for America if war would come, but would gladly fight for England.. '-TR w V -* ( '? ? 'T!3^ ' HE OPPOSES IT Gtv. Blease Net id Faser ei Cearertiof High Scbesl Beys lite MILITARY COMPANIES rhe Governor Thinks That the Boys Are Better Off Without the Training They Should Get if Such a Law Was Passed and Put in Force. Governor Blease does not by any means >agree with Adjutant General Moore, in the latter's opinion thiat it would be a good thing for this State to adopt the California plan of organizing high school students into military companies of 4 0 men each and drilling them with Krag-Jorgenson rifles. Adjutant Gent Hal Moore told reporters the other day that he "heartily approved" the suggestion of Mr. Robert Shaw Oliver, acting assistant secretary of wlar, that other states adopt the Oalifornia system. In transmitting Mr. Oliver's letter, Adjutant General Mjoore wrote to Governor Blease impart as follows: "I heartily concur in the suggestions offered and also approve of most of the sections incorporated in this (Oalifornia) act, but I feel satisfied that in order to have a similar act passed by the legislature of this State it will be necessary for the war department to provide at least the arms and equipment necessary without cost to this State, together with the assignment of an officer from the regular army or from the retired list for instruction and supervision of aiirvVi e Minnie 'l c ill n V PntllP 1111 fl AT t Vl O provisions of this iact. Governor Blease addressed t>o Mr. Oliver Thursday a letter in which he presents in plain terms his views, which differ radically from those of Adjutant General Moore. The governor's letter follows: Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War and President of Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, Washington, D. C. Sir:?Your letter of July 13th, transmitted to me July 19th, by Adj. Gen. W. W. Moore, received. In reply I beg leave to say that I cannot concur with the adjutant general of my State in approving your bill. In the first place I do not believe this Country is in danger of any serious war, now or hereafter, as I think arbitration is more humane than war and that by peace conference differences between countries will be settled without bloodshed. I do not believe in educating every boy that he has to shoot somebody. They have enough of that in them already. Futhermore, our State has not the money to make the appriation necessary to carry out this bill. However, my most serious objection to your bill is that I am unalterably oppostd to arming negro school children with rifles and amunitlon. Our state has trouble enough with federal bayonets in the hands of negroes and their allies. It was only a few years ago that our adju tant general disbanded all the negro companies of the State militia, for which he bad my most hearty approval. The white schools of our Sbate, under the provisions of your bill, requiring forty or more students, fourteen years of age or over, would he at a disadvantage, because in the white schools there are sometimes not as many as forty students, and they generally cease to go about the age of ninetee n,while in the negro schools there are nearly always forty and they Uange in age from five to thirty. Consequently, in my opinion, the bill you propose would be disadvantageous to the people of my State. Therefore I cannot recommend the passage of such a bill, and if passed would be compelled to veto it. Very respectfully, Cole L. Rloase, Governor. Death Cheated the Gallows. Charles Hickman, who was to have been hanged at Heaver, Pa., for tut, murder of his wife, collapsed in his cell in the county jail during the nigiht and died Friday morning at 8 o'clock. Hickman escaped from 1ail twice after bis conviction and Saturday night last attempted to take his life by inhaling gas. He repeat J 1" A ?. 1 J ? /v?? A M/ln 'h /I AXfOr (Ml ij' mm nit) Kiiiii us 'iiv wi/wiv* iivj > v> live to be hanged. Typhoid Girl Guarded. Miss Rose Beersma, known as the typhoid girl, is being guarded by a city detective on a dairy farm south of Chicago and may be quarantined for life, according to health department officials. Although enjoyingper oct health, she is said to he a carrier of the disease germs and directly responsible for three deaths and fifty cases of ever In the south divisoin of the city. Kngtneer Killed. Leaning out of a window of his engine, J. H. Jester wias struck on the head by a pump at Asheville, fracturing his skull. He died Tuesday night In a (hospital In that city. His remains were taken to Nlashvllle, iTenn.,, his home. * ' - ' ; GAVE DP CIS LIFE ? YOUNG MAN AND GI11L DIU>WN AT MYltTLE BEACH. In Effort to Save Miss Annie Sessions , I Robert Nichols, Eighteen Years 01dr Loses Life In Surf. A dispatch from Conway to The News and Courier says a gloom was cast over Myrtle Beach and Conway Thursday morning .by the drowning of Richard Nichols, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols, and Miss Annie Sessions, the 12year-old daughter of Mrs. G. Robert Sessions, both of Conway. Two sisters of Mr. Nichols, both younger than himself, were resc.ued from the surf by him, and in his effort to save little .Miss Sessions both were drownod. The drowned bodies were found within a short distance of the scene. The sad tragedy occurred about nine o'clock Thursday morning, quite ia crowd of young people were in bathing, not more than waist deep when a swell came in and knocked over the three little Nichols children and Miss Sessions. Being junable to swim and unaccustomed to surf bathing, it is thought that the wuve passed over them and thov lost oontrol of themselves and ,oecame strangled. Young Mr. Nichols, seeing the condition of the girls, rushed to the hill with his little sister, and went back to the scene In a heroic effort to save their companions, but being himself exhausted and tightly grasped by the young lady, together they went down. One of the young ladies rescued suffered only from slight strangling, while it required a great deal of effort to revive the other. Young Mr. Nichols was cold when found ana several hours work on young Miss Sessions failed *o bring her to life. News of the sad occurrence reached Conway only a short time after the arrival of the morning train from Myrtle Beach. A physician was rushed to the scene by auto and a short while following, a special train was run to the beach, which carried other physicians and a large number of townspeople. The two bodies were carried to Conway on the noon train. MANY KILLED IN WRECK. Train in Germany Jumps the Track Near Mullhcim. A through express from Basel, Switerland to Berlin, crowded with a heavy tourist traffic, was wrecked at Mullheif Monday. The latest estimate is that 14 persons were killed, while scores of others were injured, manu of them seriously. The accident occurred as the train, coming from the south was entering the sea tion. The locomotive was derailed and was followed from the tracks by four cars, a first class, a second class, and two third class coaches. These cars telescoped each other. At the same time the remaining cars thrown to the opposite side of the track and piled up against a train standing on the southbound rails. Not a passanger in the first three can] of the train escaped injury.^ THE GRAY AND BLUE. President Taft Will Follow Bull Run Retreat. When President Taft goes to Manassas, Va., 25 miles southwest of Washington on July 21 to speak at the joint reunion of the blue and gray armies on the battlefield of Bull Run, he will travel over the same old turnnike that thousands -of Union sol diers used 50 yffars ago. The President will motor down from the capital with Secretary Hllles and Maj. A. W. Butt. Much of the ride will be over the road used by Gen. McDowell's soldiers when the tide of battle turned against them and they fled back toward Washington. i Ts-pi" WMN RIMCOV CO. 9? ,1 i, Every Horse Owner draada that most dangaroua diaeua, Colic. Be prepared for am emergency by having a bottle of Neah'e Colic Remedy on hand. More animals die from Colic than all other non-contagious diseases combined. Nine out of every ten cases would have been cured If Noah's Colic Remedy had been given In time. It Isn't a drench or dope, but Is a remedy given on the tongue, so simple that a woman or child can give It. If It fails to cure, your money win be refunded.. If your dealer camnot supply you send Nc la stamps and we will mall a bottle. I Noah Rwnedy Cow, ha, Hilaasil, Ya ! ORANGEBURI ;: ORANGEBU < > !! This school, with a great (a J; University trained teachers, will < September 20th. Expenses hav JI of everybody. Board, the best i <; Fine healthful location. Elect ! Broad open fireplaces. Thorouj !! Bookkeeping. Fine Conservato \ \ number of new students. We a < * < > tion. No safer school for your c i t today for our beautiful new catal if President W. ][ 147 Broughton St. . / . < Has since 1894 given "Thorough Instra influences at the lowest possible cost. RESULT: It la to-day with its faculty Its student body of 400, and its plant wor THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOC $150 pays all charges for the year, inclu( heat, laundry, medical attention, physical except music and elocution. For cataloi REV. THOS. ROSSER RE m.A<'KHTO> LOViRA' s?Forthi BEGINNING JI Vow Is the time to begin to prepare fc Lessons by mail if desired. Positio ns Southern ConjfQi Calhoun & Meeting sts.f Charleston, S. Salisbury, Durham, N. G. The highest South Atlantic. Enter any time. Wi CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Sale?Several hundred bushels good clay mixed cow peas at a reasonable price. The H. G. Leiding Go., Charleston, S. C. Agents.?Miake money manufacturing honey, cost ten cenfs quart. ? This formula with 100 schemes to get rich 25c. Buckhalt- Co., Enterprise, Alia. ^ \\ You can start a mail order or light manufacturing business at home during spare time with small cap- ? ital. Valuable circular free. U. W S. Specialty Co., Greenock, Pa. Wanted?Men to learn cotton business in our sample rooms; two ? weeks to complete course; high sal- A aried position secured. Charlotte Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. Men make $25 to $50 weekly selling ? our household specialties. Exper- P ience unnecessary. Write to-day. Household Supply Co , Talladego, Alabama. oalo?QAiithn/Aat nor*r f f a fnrma a* vf* u vii ?? vmv vi v\/ n a>* ? ??* ??*m No finer lands; no better prices. ? We speak from personal knowledge. Write today for new list, t Epton & Switzer, Spartanburg, S. C. 1,000 acres, 2 1-2 miles Ry., 1,000 acres In cultivation, 50 tenant houses, good barns, excellent fences; 3.000 acres timber; $20 per acre. Harris Realty Co., Clarendon, Ark. Perfume Gloss In Starcli?makes clothes white <as snow, and leaves laattncr nAvfnniA <if Frpsh Azure Violets. Sample 4 cents. Agents [ wanted. Shipman Agency, Dept. _ R., Buffalo, N. Y. Tuberculosis conquered.?Write for testimonials of prominent people and booklet why Nature's Creation w eaves consumptives. Reliable ^ agents wanted. E. D. Morgan, g Hippodrome Bldg., Cleveland, O. SJ Farm Lands for Sale.-?In southwest c< Georgia, the country that Is com- ri lng to the front in great shape, not only the land of promise, but the land of fulfillment, write ue for land list. M. T. Levie & Son, P. D O. Drawer 57, Montezuma, Qa. b b Farm for Sale.?-In Houston county, nc two miles from Fowersville, one B mile off the Macon and Fort Val- a ' i COLLEGE i RG. S. C ;; ?___ *- t o* ^ r*^n j ! [ iCUliy OI jixicch vxjiicyc cuivi ( > begin its Eighteenth session < e been placed within reach !> In the State, at actual cost J; ric lights. Artesian water. I * ;h courses in Shorthand and ! I ry of Music. Rooms for a J [ bsolutely guarantee satisfac- ;; hild in all the land. Write <? < > ogue. Address J t ^ < > S. Peterson, i: . . Orangeburg, S. C. < i * i ifj | |T|TV if|]il n|7JT? iSyUgMjUMU ction under positively Christian ?? of 32, a boarding patronage of 328, th $140,000 >L FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA ling table board, room, lights, steam I culture, and tuition in all subjects gue and application blank address, EVES, B. A., Principal. i M, V/%. rr c N rNTfl FIRST. >r the fall and new year positlp*, guaranteed. No vacation. ;rclad School *C.; Wilmington, Winston-Satan, endorsed Business College in the rite for full Information. ley road, and five miles from Fort Valley. I offer for sale 279 acres of good, level farming land, half cleared; nuore can bo cleared y' 1 if wished. Two good fourroom houses and two good wella of water. For further information, apply to Box 384, Fort Valley, Ga. SUMMER RESORTS Wanted?Boarders at the Chapman ^ House, Glenn Spring. Board and mineral water, $9 a week. le want you to be one of 2,000 vl?.Itors to The Land of Waterfalls; write for booklet. Board of Trade* Brevard, N. C. djL t Glenn Springs, 8. O., The Garner House offers good serivce. Splen did fare and the best location. Write for rates. oplar Cilen, Saluda, n! C. Near post office and depot. Modern conveniences. Reasonable rates. Special rates to families and large parties. Address Miss Minnie M. McFaddln, Saluda, N. C. ^ Notth'i Llnlwntto the beat remedy for Rheum atism, Sciatica, Lamo Back, nSSS^TTl s 11 fl Joints and Muscles, lilySSKM Soro Throat, Colds, Strains, I Sprains, Ctits, Bruises, Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia, L Toothache, and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle A c h e and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every package and looks like this . cut, but has RED band on front of package and "Noah's Liniment" always ^B in RED ink. Beware of SV-T*~r^r Imitations. I/arge bottle. h*Tmn, 25 cents, and sold by all mmmmtmm dealers in medicine. Guaranteed or money reBWBBHi funded by Noah Remedy 555552Co., Ino., Richmond, Va, Surprised Him a Little. Joseph Kfngward, of Tarrytowir, f. Y., wias in a swing painting the ater-tower there when the rope roke. He dropped i&u reet.strucK a iiard wire tui ned a complete somer*ult eind landed on his feet. He V* miled and said: "I didn't expect to ?me down this way, but I'm all w iftht." WtoloMle Massacre. At Livingston, Rhodesa, German {strict Commissioner Von Fnankenerg and two white sergeants and 14 lack police and 20 carriers were laesacred by the Okanango tribe, ritlsh territory was the scene of the iassacre. I 1