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ihi gta and *tw ROOSEVELT'S POSITION. The President in a Personal Letter Hx plains His Views on the Negro Question. Following are ext racts from a let ter from President Roosevelt to Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Con stitution, in reply to a request for an oxpression concerning a recent letter from Harry Stillwell Edwards, of Macon, with reference to Feo loral ap pointnents in the South. "In making appointments I have nought to consider the feelings of the people of each locality so far an I could consistently d1o no without Haerilicing principle. Tilt primo tests I have applied have boon those of character, fitness and ability, and when I have been dissatisfied with what has been offered within my own party lines I have without hesi. tation gone to the opposite party and you are, of course, aware that 1 have repeatedly lone this in your own State of Georgia. I certainly cannot treat more color ai permanont, bar to holding office any more than I conl no treat creed or birthplace always provided that in other re UpectH the applicant or inctmbent is a worthy and well behaved Ameri can citizon. Jus5t as little will I troat it as conferring a right to hold of lico. "I ask yol to juIdge not ,y what I May, but by what during the last nHvvilte(n mnttihi I have actually (Ic111+9. "In South ('arolinti I have ap poittei a wit ite postmaster to ne IM' d a coloredl IpoatiiinHt1r. Again in Mot lh (;arolinta I have nottmated at clorel 1nan1( to till a v el-cey inl t po 1it1ion of ctl lector of t le port. of (thurlestion, just ai inl (eorgia I havo rt, iJ 110 itpoi tho coloredl lman who is now nerving an collector of t.he port of Savatah. "Roth are fit. nco. Why the ap. pointment" of one should caunso any more excitemtuent, than the appoit ipti, of the other I aiim wholly at a loss to imagine. As I amn writing to a man of keen and trained intelli. gonce I need hardly say that to con. noOt either of those appoint.tments, or any or all my other appointments, or my actions in upholing the law at. I1ndiinola, with such quest ions as sociai equality' and 'ngro loiina tioni' in as abnu rd as to connect tm withI tihe neb)ular hypothesis ort thle theory of atotmn. "'I have coinult ed freely with you r ownI nattors anid conigressnnen ain to the chauractor antd capacity of any ap)pointooi in Ge orgia 'onlcernming whlom there wan quiestionm. "Aly Party advinors in t he State have been Ma,tjor Illansoni, of Macotn, Walter Johnson, of Atlanmta--both of them cx Confederate noldiern, and Mr. 1lanrry St ihvell Edwards, also of NInconi. Am 1 not right~ in sayinig that t he federal oflice holers whom I hamve ap~poited th Ilroughout yonur State arel as a body mon01 antd oemo of a high oider of ('flicincy anld ini tegr-ity ? lueidentally. 1 may mten tion that a large per cotage of t he iiiinc un of Federal oflices in Georgia under me ate, tin I u der standc it, of yout own political faith. it 15 IS nt.i.. "This in true of your owni Sttt; andic by applyinig to Mr. Thomas Nol. son l'age, of Virginia, to (General Basil Duke of Kentucky, to Mr. J1ohn MIl henny, of Loumsiana, to J idge Jones, of Alabamna, anzd NIr. EdLgar S. Wilson, of Mississippi, all of whiomt are D)emocrats and( all of them D)emocrats of the highest st and. ing in t heir respetive comimunit ies, you will find that wihat 1 haive done in Georgia stands ntot as the excep. tion, but as the rule for what I have donme throughout the SouthI. I may tdd that the proportion of colored men among the aippointees is only ab'out one in ai hunidred. "In view of till these facts I have boont surprised and1( somoweihat pained at what. seems to me the incompre hensible outery' in the South about my act ions.an outcry apjparent ly started ini New York for reasons wholly unconnected with the quies tion nomtinally at. issue. I aml con. cortned at the attitude ""'n taken by no many~ of thme Southern people; but| I am not in the least angry; and still less will this attituide have the effect of makmng me swerve one hair's breadth, to one side or the oth from the course I have marked out the course I have consistently fol. lowed in the past and shall con sistently follow in the future. With regards, sincerely yours, (Signed.) Theodore Roosevelt. M'KINLBY AND ROOSEVELT. Senato. Tillnan Gives Out a Statement Severely Criticizing i':esident Roesevelt's Southern Policy. Taking exception to President Roosevelt's letter to Clark Howell, editor of The Constitution, Senator 'Tillman gave out a statement severely criticizing the president's southern policy and contrasting it with that of President McKinley. In this statement he says: "There are some facts concerning the atti tudo of the present administration in this matter of southern appointments as compared with the McKinley ad ministration which are not brought out by that letter. Mr. Hoosovolt has departed absolutely and entirely from the lato policy of the martyred McKinley. President McKinley at the beginning of his first term fol lowed the customary rule of his lHe publioan predecessors in regard to southern patronage. This was large ly controlled by the chairman of the national comilltten and the party workers who had rounded u) the clolOgat,ions in the iational conven tion were given the customary nut her of pllces. 'ThesO places woro often given to colored men. lut after the Spanish war had demonstrat ed that the southern people wore as loyal and patriotic aH any other citi zona of the repbllic, and after Presi dont McKinley had visited the south atli captured the hearts of our po pie by his broad, liberal, generous uttoratnces, tlhero was a change in his policy. I think that an examina tion will show that during the bal. anioc of his term few if any colored tunm were appointed to ollico in the south. As I recall it, l'resident Mc Kinley went, to Tuskegee and in his speech there at Booker Washington's school he advised the negroes to leave politics alone, to cultivate friendly relations between theinselve and the white peole and to look after their material interests as the only road to worthy citizenship. All the good work which had boon don by Mc. Kinley toward the cultivation of a mutual friendly sent-iment and to wards the elinminatlon1 of the pestifor ons negro politician as a factor has booni undone by the present execu tive. Itco feoling is today, there fore, running higher than at any time ini the past 10 years. 'iThe re stilt 01an only3 be intjurious to both races, hut the negrooa will inovita hi3' suffer most.'' Twenty -Fitth AnnIversary of Ills Corona.. tin Observed In the City of Romie. itomue, Marc(h d. 'HT 2tt h aiver satry of the coronat ion of Pope Leo was celebrated today wvith ali the gradeur anid impressiveniess associat. od wit h the high ceremonies of the Catholie church anid amid a display of ent husiasmn and1 emtotimon on the part of the v'ast assemblage gatheored wit hin the walls of St. Peter's sneh~ as vied with t ho gireatest of prev-ious demonstratijons of rever'neo, and affoct it'n for IhIo aged 1pon1 ti. Ion ight al11 the sanered edifices in inris, and also mlanly private hiouses -wre ilium iated it ('ommeinora tion of the event, the Trastevero quaiirter and the Leonine City espe cial ly presenting a blaze of lhght, whije the general oefoot was height ened by the burning of bengal tires throutghout the cit. Pope Leo, who supported admirably the fatigue and excitement of today's ceremony, after having retired, rose again froum his couch and going to thle window of his bedroom gazed for a while up~on this scene of illumination. The view fromt the v'atican11, embracing a st retcht of seven mtiles brilliant withi light, wvas a miarvolous one0, anid his htoliness excim ted as he wvit hdrew fronm the window: "This will, indeed, be a pleasant thiting to d reamut of."' 1Th0 ceromiony ill St. Peter's cat he drail lasted two hours and a quaiirter, anid althiough it wais niot iiealet liat I opo~ Leo felt thle effects of h is re centt co1ld, all wo're surprised to see how well he scented. II is voice was strong, hisgestures vigorous and1( t he frantic cheering which greeted ihis arrival and departure gave htim visi - ble pleasure ad brought a faint tingre of color to his fnae THE TILLMAN FAMILY. The Sotth Carolina Senator Numbers Among Former Relatives D1i-' tinguished Men. The News and Courier prints the following from Edgefleld: Some time ago the papers of the country published a telegram from St. Paul, Minnesota, announcing the death of a grand uncle of Senator Tillman, an aged miser of that place. A few days ago your correspondent chanced to meet Mrs. Anna Swear ingen, the widowed and accomplish ed sister of Senator Tillman, and in. quired if the Mr. Tillman in question was a relative. She replied, "No;" expressing her. self as being glad of an opportunity to correct the error, and then she gave the following short, but inter eating and comprehensive history of the family: "My father, B. It. Tillman, had only three uncles; their names were littleberry, Steven and Lewis. "L,ittleberry moved to Alabama, where his great grandson, Senator Pugh, and other descendants now live. "Steven lived and died in Edge field. The lHughes, Clisby and other families kindred to them, descended from him. "Lewis moved to Tennessee, where he lived and died in Edgefield, a town ho nund in honor of his native county in South Carolina. His grandson, Lewis, represented that Statn in the Federal Congress for several years. This Congressman left sotis, six in number. Some of them are prominent lawyers. living in Nashville andl Knoxvillo, Tenn. One, J. Fonut Tilhman, was rogister of the United States treasury ano his nanio is oftei seen c,n paper money. "Another of his sons, Col. Samuel Tillman, is professor of chemistry in West Point Military Academy, where he has labored for many years. His works on chemistry are used as text books in the leading universities of the world. "My father if living, would be 100 years old on the 5th March coming, as he was born in 1803 "His twin brother, John lM. Till man, died of yellow fever in Ponsa cola, Fla., when quite a young man, eighty odd years ago. "You will pardon the infliction of these genealogical facts, which are called forth by the seemingly tin scrupulous efforts of some to bos. mnirch our name. A history of the fanily is in course of preparation--. written by a member of the North Carolina branch of the name-and I am sure its pages will niot or.roll the name of the miser." A Progressive Famer Eixpresses 111mself' on the Road Question. {Union Progress.] MIr. Ashmuore Vtanderford, a wvell known farmor lhving near Mt. Tabor, was in. thle city Friday, and in con. versation with the edlitor of Progress said: "'I notico in your paper that you are advocating goodl roadls. I for one am in favor of them, and if we could have them in the next ',ear, though I work but a three borse farm, would he willing to pay $30. You haivo no idea how bad roads are ont in the counitry.'' "Howv much do you think bad roads cost the farmers?" was asked. "1 think it takes off at least one or two years from the life of a horse or mnle," said said Mr. Vandrford, "and besides it is brutal and sinful to attempt to carry a loadl to or from town in the condition the roads are nowv and I bielieve if people wvould do it they' would have to buy newv stock to work their crops with. "I1 was reading in a paper from Texas the other (liy how they have bad roads out there too, and one of the farmers opened up and built a good road through his place, charg otg soll to persons who passed over it. It was not only appreciated by the pecople, but made a great deal of money for thle mn. Why I would have gladly have paid $ I to have a good road today fromu he re to - my home, about nine miles, for thbough I comoe on huoraobhack, I found it very roughi. ''As I camue along, I not iced a farmer wvho lives about three miles from here, coming to towni with a dollar load of wood. IHI had four horses hitchedl to his wagon, and at the rate be was coming, could not make but one trip a day. When the roads are goon, lihal haaul., th same amount of wood with two horses and make three trips a day. That shows you what a benefit good roads would be and how they would more than pay for themselves in a very short while. "Am I in favor of good roads? Why, certainly, and I hope that we will have better ones very soon." KILLED BY STEP SON. Deplorable Tragedy at Branchville Tues day-A Clear Case of Self Defense. (The State.) Branohville. March 8.--Mr. N. G. Heape was shot and instantly killed here this morning by his step Son, F. W. Fairey. It seems that Mr. Heape has been on a spree for seve oral days and had become delirious; he had threatened several times to shoot his wife, Young Fairey's moth er, and had run the whole family off the place. Mr. Hoape and young Fairey had always been specially good friends and he started to go and try to quiet Mr. Heape, who had already been shooting at Mrs. Heapo and at any one that passed the place. As soon as Mr. Fairey entered the yard, Mr. Hleape drew his gun, and Fairey had to shoot to save his own life. The verdiet of the coroner's jury was that "I-loupe came to his death by gun shot wounds in the hands of F. W. Fairey, J r., and we believe the same to be justifiable homicide." This is one of the most deplorable affairs that hts ever occurred in this section. Mr. H-Iape wias on of the oldest and most trusted engineers on this branch of the Sonthern railroad. Mr. Faitey will apply f'r boil at On00. And He Didn't Wake. The shabby man yawned. ''Say, Mortimlor, poor old boy, you need sloop,'' he remarkeld to himself, with snother yawn. His head nod ded. He nodded again. An irreproachable clerk seemed to enter the room. "Mr. Mortimler," he said, "I have just made out the year's balance sheet. It showed a little over $800, 000 profit, last year." A real estate agent was ushered in. "I've just completed arrangements for buying that Fifth avenue house," he announced. "The papers will be ready tomorrow. Will you please have a certitied check for $200,000 ready." And he silently withdrew. A horsey-looking miian rapped at the door and entered. "Your horse, Jig Steps, won the New Year Handicap," he said to Mor timer, "TIhie stable will clear about $100,000 on the race." Mortimer nodded carelessly. The shabby man rubbed his eyes and yawned again D)id he wake up? Why, he hadn't been asleep. Mor.. ti mer dressed shabbily to discour age his clerks from asking for a raise in their salarie,s.-New York Sun. A Word to Nursing Mothers It is a well known clinical fact tha babies wvho depend wholly on mother's milk never have cholera, and are exempt from two-thirds the ailments wvhich afflict infants. Some inkling to this has checked the resort to artificial foods and begun to make it " good form " for every mother to nurse her own baby - when she can. Some try it, and grow weak and sick under the strain. With others the milk flow is insufficient, and the poor baby is at last given over to the tender mercies of the milkman with his corn fodder, and stale slops, and wvo:se. If any mother within ter, miles of our store reads this, we want to give them a hint. Try Vinol. There are many mothers who have found that it enabled them to take more nourishment, restored their strength, and made baby healthy, hearty, and happy. Vinol not only supports the mother's strength but transmits to the babe the foundation for a healthy childhood. Vinol contains no dangerous drugs. We are willing to tell you just what is in it and give you the money back if it don't help you. Don't doubt, try it. ~E.EPehami&Son cuJses DSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION. 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A. 8 10 96 6 ....... ielton............... 8 90 10 2 48 9 83........enderson F. D......... 8 40 111 2 45 980.....,.. 1 ndorson P. D......... 8 46 111 ........ 925........W est Anderson....... 8 49 ....... ........ 9 09...............Denver.............. 8 60 ....... 902...............Autun............ 406 ........ ........ 8 55 ...........Pendleton ........... 4 11 ,,,,,,,. ....... 841 ..............Cherry............... 4 18 ..... S 844.. Adatns.............. 4 2t ... .....Jo dania Jut.. 488. ..... 8 2............eo eca.............. 44 6S. ....... 803-....West. Union. 604 ... . 800.........W a . . All regular treina fr Bo ?lton to Wahala, huve precedence over trains of a ame 'las vittx Iiin the opposite direotton unless oth es wvise speolfletl y trit order. take oa and athe following stations to James and Sand y 3 rinasugpra: Phtnney's -. t' AA IUi.84perintendent ,harloston audmestorttarolia pv Co, Augusta and Ashevillo Shot Line. Rohadu)e In Effect July 6, ipg, t.tavo Augusta........0 10 a in j 56 p m terive Oreonwood...........12 44 p in Anderson ............. . -1-pgm Laurons........ 1 48 p"m 10 80 an Waterloo tH.- 8.)... 12 pim -........, Greenville............12 22 p in 984 au, Ulenn Springs...... 4 46 pm Spartanburg......... 8 80 p m Saluda...... ... . 88 p m .: .. '.Hendersonville..... 6 08 p m ....... Asheville........7 5p .itv,A.she,villo ...........7... 7 05p m S artanburg .--..2"a" 8 Gen 8pri-ge......10 00 a m Gareenvillo .... ...12 16 p m I46 p Laurens.......... 2 05 p in 8 0p Arrive Waterlo (i. S.)... 2 88p i ..80.. Greenwood .2&pm 74 pm Ius;vo Anderson .-.. 7 5 a m Augusta ......"...j.p 118 5 a in l.oav." Clutna ........5.. 11 90 am Newberry".-.1 2 pm J Clinton 12 25 pm Arrive Greenvill. pi apartanbu'g".--- 8 pm Glenn b rxtga. I.eavo ion. t.g- --'.10 O a Sreen vill... . 01 pm Arriv.. Clinton """""'" 12 pm Newberry 80pm (Jo bia ........ 4 8 pi Faslest at,d hest Line between Newbetry ,.t.l (Irenville. S.artanburg and U en Springs: mOnr+cf.lo n fre,m Newbo ry ' ia Columbia 'et" bttrry and Lau o..s hallway. "or ""ny info i, lion. wr.te. L1;NSie' W1,. IAtIS. Vo . Pas v. A gt. A ugusta, da. -1.1 t: TIranlll'. " ans.ger.ut, a Li a .P 4 (E .Stt1 s. Slanda.l i'l. 0.) South lr und- Northbound. Kch Iui n:t Fief Augiust 25th 1902. sTATIO S. 8 40 cm Lv Atlanta (s A.L) Ar. 8 M0 pm It 50 ain Atlhottt 0 19 pi4 . niu b Abbevilte 4 0 - pn P- p. U:eonwoo,t 8 35 sm _'1'" .5,Clinton (!)in'r) Lv. 2)11h1 ' Uu..n I.v Ulonn Sl,rings Ar 1 (t" pin - p. P+.aruanburu 8 3*1 1:t 17 2 in Greenville 8 26 pi (IHirris Springs) 1 12 pim Waterloo 2 86 pm - r Laurens (DIn'r) Lv 2 7 pm 52 P.M. PM. 202 Lv Laurens Ar 1 50 2(0" Parks Ar 1 42 2 22 ..Clinton.. 1 80 2 84 (oldville 1 17 2 43 ..Kinard., 1 10 249 ...Gary 106 264 ..Jalapa.. 100 3 10 14ewberry 1244 3 24 Prosperity 1282 3 84 ....11ghs.... 12 28 3 89 L6 Mountain 12 19 AM. 361 ...Chapin... 1209 367 Hilton 1202 4 01 White Rock 11 69 4 07 Ballentine 11 64 4 17...mo... 11 40 4 21 ..Leaphait. 11 40 4 45 ArOolumbiaLv 11 2" pul 41 55 LvColum nbia (1. 6 20 Sumnter 9 20 Ar Chtarlos: Traints53 and52 rri, fo now union depot. Trains 22 and 85 from A. C. L. f.. sidepot WVet (Garval. street For Rates, Time Tables, or further informa Lion call on any Agent,, or write to W. G3. CHILDS, T. 11. EMIERSON, J1. F. LIVINUTN. 11L M. EME Osr. o . l'A. (len1Fi Pas A ATLANTIC COAST LiNE! CONDENSED &CHEDrrLE. WILM INoTON. N. C., July 21st, 134. Throu, h Trains Charleston to Greenville No. 6'2.N 8 7.00 ant..v...Charleston, 8.C...A r 9. 3pj 8.351 am... 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For re to.. ech.rdu'- H, ele , write N C.x'g e Ps. 4. t., Wiligton, T.S tn era,. n, Tnr file Mtttnager. Wiln ing. 14 I' on i~ , '*L ''-ra" e Mas get, lvii. -WHISKEY-. ALL 'i ALL KHINDOS 2 PURPOSES, 'Special Brandl(" Corn Whiskey, $ 1.2& 'Popular Log'' Corn Whiskey. . 1.5 Poputlr Log,"' Old, Smooth, Mellow .. .. . .2 0 'Private Stock<,' 4.'qt. case . . 2.5 'Private Stock," 12-qt. case . 7:00 H untmig Ceek " Rye, l2-96. case 7.00 Old Hunting CreelO" Rye 12-qt. case.......... .100 pl- r 'nd .--.-.-.-.-. .. .0 Charge of 25c. for 1-gal., 35c. for gal., and 45c. for 3-gaL. jugs, and 75g. 4.~ 4 1-2-gal. kegs; we returned pre ud(, they will be taken back at coat. J. C.iSOMERS & CO., Ols., 'A TESVILLE, North Carolina. Dr Wo6l0oy's SENT PRE In a, a 0users of morpo,t, PMNA.ESS or whIsudam lar book of par ,rcO~a eor hisey, a eulara on Jtoahl or kMCuri . OOLLEY 6o,