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THE ORGAN RECITAL. A Very Enjoyable Musical Entertain? ment. The sacred concert at the First Meth? odist Church last Wednesday night was one of the most artistic and enjoyable musical events of the season. The church was crowded to its full seating capacity by a delighted audience that seemed to be enthusiastic from begin? ning to end of the program. Mr. Edwin E. Woodham of St. John's Episcopal Church, Savannah, presided at the organ. As the first notes of the big organ pealed forth in melodious strains, it became evident that a master hand was no the keys; and making good the claim of the pipe organ to the first place among musical instruments. Mr. Woodham has high standing in his profession and sustained his reputation. The variety of selections brought out per? fectly all of the many sweet tones of the organ. Misses Hutehsrson and Harby with their violins and Messrs. E. K and Eugene Wilder with their cornets added very much to the pleas? ure of the occasion. Our sweet singer, Mrs. -Karby, was at her best Mr. Oakes, of New York, sang "The Palms," a tenor solo with ?ne effect This was not Mr. Oakes' first song before a Sumter audience, -and he will always be a welcome visit? or here. The hit of the evening was little Everett Stothart, the boy so? prano, whose highly cultivated voice was a revelation to the audience. To Mrs. L. B. Durant is due much credit for the success of the Recital. She has been untiring in her efforts, and is to be congratulated upon the class of musicians she succeeded in securing. Another recital in the near future would not be a bad idea. ANOTHER MUSICAL SUCCESS. The Band Concert dgi? Entertainment Was a Creditable One. The people of Sumter should be proud of their band. The entertainment they gave Thursday night in connec? tion with several other features was a decided success in every respect The selections rendered by the band were given in up-to-date style. Mr. Winn, as band master, certainly knows how to dril) and control a band. The first number on the program, Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" march, is a beauti? ful piece of music and the band knows how to play it All the numbers were thoroughly enjoyed. Although the band was the star attraction of the evening, there were other features. The "Hoop Drill", from "Puss in Boots" by the young ladies was an improvement on the drill in "Puss in Boots" given last week. Miss Hutcherson, the graceful and talented violinist of the Sumter School of Music, delighted the audience with several beautiful violin solos. Her playing deserves the highets praise j and she charmed the audience. The prize drill by the Sumter Light Infantry was an exhibition of fine military training. Maj. Bradham and Prof. Hunter, of the Sumter Military Academy acted as judges. The first prize was won by Private Sam Gilles? pie and the second by Corporal Wilton Barrett The audience was a large and appre? ciative one, but should have been much larger to have done full justice to the merits of the entertainment4. The programmes for 'the evening were gotten up in quite a unique and novel manner. The were distribated to the audience in envelopes and in each envelope was a package of sachet powder from the Sumter Pharmacy and DeLorme's Pharmacy as well as the printed programme. On the enve? lopes were small advertisements stating that the powder was on sale only at the above named pharmacies, It Happened in a Drag Store. ^One day last winter a lady came to my drug store and asked for a brand of congh medicine that I did not have in stock," says? Mr. C. R. Grandin, the popular drug? gist of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disap? pointed and wanted to know what prepa? ration I could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Chamber? lain's Congh Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giv? ing it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the .money to bring back the bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Congh Remedy. I consider that a very good recommenda? tion for the remedy." It is for sale by Pr. A. J. China. Accident at Coast Line Yards. Mr. Johnson, the night yard-master at the Coast Line yards, came near losing his life ?late Monday afternoon. He was having a train of cars made up in the yard near Levi's platform, where the Columbia track, or main line, makes a curve. Mr. Johnson, it seems, did not see the Columbia train coming in, or did not know it was so near on him, and stepped back on the track just in time to receive a blow on the head from one of the coaches. A little further back and he might have been killed. He was taken home and Drs. Hofman and China are attending him. Dr. Hofman said yesterday that Mr. Johnson received a blow on the head, behind the left ear, and a contusion on the chest He did not think the wounds serious while they were quite painful. It is hoped that Mr. Johnson will soon be able to be out and at his post of duty. Rejoicing in Lee County. Special Correspondence to The Daily Item. Ashland, Oct. 23.-Men may rise up and crush the truth and right down, but she will rise again. By a vote of 103 to 48 Ashland yesterday declared the fact that she prefers to be in Lee county. This is where the opposition was so strong four years ago, so when the result at this box was made known 1 yesterday the advocates of the new j county began to rejoice as it was an evident fact that the entire territory in the proposed new county had gone for Lee beyond doubt. Telephone com? munication late last night confirmed this fact. H. H. P. TROUBLE AT THE S. M. A. Capets May Be Expelled for Causing Fire. Monday night abont 8 o'clock, there was an alarm of fire from the Sumter Military Academy. The fire was found on the grounds in the rear of the main buildings of the institution. Last Thursday about 1 o'clock, there was a similar fire at the Academy. Little damage was done by the flames either time, but there might have been a very serious fire, as all of the buildings are near together, had the fire department not responded quickly, or the wind been blowing in another direction. One fire was not so bad, and no trouble was caused over it, but when the samething occurred again Monday night, it was a little too often, and the authorities took the matter in hand. At nine o'clock yesterday morning, the cadets were called for formation and the faculty met in the oifice of the Academy. They immediately consti? tuted a "Court of Inquiry" and pro? ceeded to examine the cadets one at a time. The " Court" did not adjourn until after twelve o'clock and the ca? dets waited in formation during all that time. What the exact finding of the "Court" will be cannot be defi? nitely found out at present, but from what can be learned, the Academy may be short two or three students hereafter. While the matter may seem a small one, yet the people of the city are much interested in the affair. "I am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure for my present good health and my life. I was treated in vain by doctors for lung troubles following la grippe. I took One Minute Cough Cure and recovered my health." Mr. E. H. Wise, Madison, Ga. j -J. S. Hughson & Co. 3Mr. H. H. Gillespie, baggage master on the Southern Ry., was suddenly taken ill Thursday morning. Dr. Van Telberg Hof man, surgeon of the South i ern Ry., had him removed to the Private Hospital of Dr. Mood, where he was operated upon for appendicitis. There was an alarm of fire about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Mr. D. L. Rambo's residence on Church stree} having been discovered to be on fire. The flames were soon extinguished and no damage of any consequence was done to the house. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve should be promptly applied to cuts, burns and scalds. It soothes and quickly heals the injured part. There are- worthless counterfeits, be sure to get De Witt's.-J. S. Hughson 6 Co. . Mr. J. J. Harby sent two fine colts to the Fair Monday morning.* One of these colts took the blue-ribbon last year and the chances are that both will come back this time decorated in a similar manner. There will be a groat deal of work connected with the collection of the i county exhibit for the Charleston Ex? position and no time should be lost in starting the work. The work should be done systematically and thoroughly. A new remedy for biliousness is now on sale at Dr. A. J. China's drug store. It is called Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It gives quick relief and will pre? vent the attack if given as soon as the first indication of the disease appears. Price, 25 cents a box. Samples tree. The foot-ball team at the Sumter Miltary Academy is progressing nicely and is getting in some good practcie every afternoon.. A game may be ar? ranged at an early date with Caroli? na's second team or the King's Moun? tain Military Academy team. A bad complexion generally results from inactive liver and bowels. In all such cases Dewitt's Early Risers produce grati? fying results. J. S. Hughson & Co. Sumter county makes a big hay crop this year, and thanks to the fine weather, it has been saved in good con? dition and is of exceileont quality. It will be needed next spring and sum? mer. Poor crops and the general financial depression of the oountry does not ap? pear to have any effect upon the at? tendance at fairs and circuses in this part of the country. The great and only Blind Tom will give one of his wonderful performan? ces at the Opera House Thursday even? ing, October 31st. 5 Blind Tom is known to all. He is one of the won? ders of the world and has appeared in all the great cities of America and Europe,. This may be the last oppor? tunity to see and hear this musical wonder, so take advantage of this chance to see him. There was an alarm of fire about 8.15 Monday night. The fire was found to be at the rear of the S. M. A. grounds. The hose teams were soon on hand and the flames did no material damage. The # blaze at first looked quite large and it was thought that some large residence was in flames. This is the second fire to occur at the Academy in the past few days. ?The advertising car of Robinson's Circus arrived in the city Friday morn? ing and the bill posters were busy all day putting up the paper for the show. From the advertising matter used on the boards and displayed in the windows, the circus promises to be the biggest thing yet. It will exhibit here on Friday, November 8th. "For three days and nights I suffered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers," says M. ?. Lowther, clerk of the district court, Centerville, Iowa. I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen differ? ent medicines, but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Chamberlain'*! Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and three doses relieved me entirely." This remedy is for sale by Dr. A. J. China. Before very long the President will have to appoint a postmaster for Sum? ter, and there is not a little talk on the quiet that there will be several candi? dates for the position. Mrs. White? more, the incumbent, will undoubted? ly be a candidate to succeed herself, and it is said that two or three of the old liners as well as some of the new lights who will hope to have the backing of Senator McLaurin. The Southern Railway's Good Roads special will leave Washington on No? vember 1st on the trip through the South, but as no effort has been made to have it come to Sumter there is not the least prospect of it coming this way. Those who want to see how a road is bailt by experts will have to run over to Columbia to see it done while the train is there. COUNTY BOARD MEETS. j Mr. A. W. Suder Chosen to Manage Ex? hibit at Charleston. The Board of County Commission? ers met on last Saturday. The matter of electing a person to collect the ex? hibit from Sumter county and to take charge of it in Charleston was dis? cussed. Mr. A. W. Suder was elected to fill the above office and Messrs. W. Y. L. Marshall and J. T. McNeill were elected to assist him in his work. Mr. Suder will have charge of collect? ing all exhibits and attending to the advertising of the city and county at the Exposition. When the Exposition opens, he will go to Charleston and be in charge of the Sumter- County ex? hibit Mr. Suder has already commenced preparations to get the work assigned to him under way. A depot for the re? ception and storing away of the vari? ous articles offered for exhibition will be opened in this city at once and all the exhibits will be kept here until the time comes for transfering them to Charleston. The necessary money for collecting and preparing a creditable exhibit is on hand, and every effort will be made to use it to the best advantage. There will, no doubt, be a handsome advertisement of the city and county at the Exposition. SUMTER COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIA? TION. Reorganization and Ratification of the Constitution. The Sumter County Medical Associ? ation met last Friday night in the Board of Health office and a good num? ber of members were present. The same officers of the past year were re-elected to serve again. The constitution was ratified and the asso? ciation reorganized and other routine* matters were transacted. The subject for discussion for the evening was: "The Mosquito Theory of Malarial Fever.'* The discussion was led by Dr. Parler, who read a very interesting paper. The essayist of the evening, Dr. J. J. Bossard, asked to be excused on account of be? ing unwell. The subject for the next meeting will be "Appendicitis." The discus? sion will be led by Dr. H. M. Stuck ev. The essayist appointed was Dr. S". C. Baker. The association is in a good finan? cial condition and the members re? quest all physicians of the county, who are not members, to join at once. The association adjourned to meet on the last Friady night in November, the regular time of meeting. v After the meeting, the members went to Manheim's restaurant for re? freshments. Health Officer Reardon has been re? quested by the Board of Health of Florence to bid on the vaccination of the town of Florence. It seems there ! are quite a number of people in that city who have never been vaccinated and the health authorities are trying to have them all vaccinted in order to be on the safe side. There was an alarm of fire last Wednesday afternoon, but it proved to have been unnecessary. A lamp ex? ploded in Hood's bicycle shop, on Liberty Street, and a small boy threw it out "the door and called "fire. " The flames were extinguishedd at once by some one passing and there was no need of the hose companies. #W. L. Wallace, M. D., of Kingstree, S' C., says : "In my practice I have used a lot of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, the great rem? edy for indigestion and other stomach troubles and have had no failures but re I lief in almost all cases. This is the first time in 45 year's practice that I have ever ! had occasion to publicly advise all dyspep i tics of a certain remedy in Kodol Dyspep ! sia Cure."-J. S. Hughson & Co. j The Charleston-Columbia train came l-,near net reaching Sumter Saturday. I Fire broke out in the Charleston yard among the coaches soon that morning and the two passenger coaches, of the Coldmbia train were destroyed. In all, eight coaches were burned, six be? longing to the Coast Line and two to the Plant System. The origin of the fire could not be found out here. The Mayor's Court has done a good business for the* month of October. The fines collected have amounted to $143 in cash and the prisoners who did not have the wherewith to pay the fines imposed have worked out their time on the gang. There have been few days when the Mayor has not had a full house before him. A com? bination of one-X ancf an active police force is responsible for this result. The water-sprinkler certainly puts enough water on Main street Neatly every morning, there are puddles and streams of water running over the street, and the dirt becomes quite muddy. Of course, all of this will change when the street is paved, which will be done soon.(?) It is a nity some of the water on Main street could not be used about the passenger depot. "I wish to truthfully state to you and the readers of these few lines that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is; without question, the best and only cure for dyspepsia that I have ever come in contact with and I have used many other preparations. John Beam, West Middlesex, Pa." No prepara? tion equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as it contains all the natural digestaDts. It will digest all kinds of food and can't help but do you good.-J. S. Hughson & Co. WORK FOR THE BOUNTY EXHIBIT. To the Citizens of Sumter County : -The undersigned having been ap? pointed an agent for Sumter County to get up an exhibit for the Exposi? tion to be held at Charleston, now requests the citi2ens and farmers to prepare such atricles as show excel? lence in the departments of the Field, the Soil and the Forest and to foward the same to the undersigned at Sum? ter. W. Y. L. Marshall. October 28, 1901. Fire at Ryttenberg's Brick Yard. About 2 o'clock Saturday morning fire broke out in Ryttenberg's brick yard, near the city. The fire started in the wood yard, and before the Hames could be extinguished about two hun? dred cords of wood were destroyed. A change in the wind at an opportune moment was all that probably saved the whole plant. The crowd going over to the Fair this morning was mnch smaller than usual on Wednesday of Fair week. There seems to be a general falling off in the crowds, for neither*the Bennetts ville nor Charleston train came in crowded as usual, and there was not the customary crush at the depot at train time. The decreased crowd is to be accounted for in two ways-poor crops and resulting scarcity of" money, and the near approach of the Charles? ton Exposition for which many of the regular Fair visitors are holding themselves in reserve. Half the people who have not gone to the Fair reply, when asked why they do not go, that they are going to the Exposition and cannot afford two outings, in one fall. Columbia's loss is Charleston's gain and the prospects for a big crowd from Sumter and vicinity at the Exposi? tion is as bright as. it could possibly be considering the financial condition of the counry. A number of Bishopville people pass? ed through the city this morning on the way to Colubmia. Corner Stone Laying of First Baptist Church. Arrangements are being made for the laying of the corner-stone of the First Baptist Church, under the aus? pices of the Masonic fraternity, on the first Sunday in December. Rev. H. C. Buchholz has been invited to preach at the usual morning hour and Dr. A. P. Montague, President of Furman University, is expected to de? liver an open air, address of 30 minutes from the church steps at 12:30. This will give the members of all the city churces an opportunity to attend their usual places of worship and to hear Dr. Montague, also. It is hoped that the dedication ser? vice will take place on the first Sun? day in January' 1902. Reward Offered. Columbia, Oct. 23.-The governor yesterday offered a reward of $100 for the capture and conviction of the party or parties who recently set fire to and burned the barns and other houses belonging to Mr. J. D. Crouch at Wedgefield in Sumter county. There have been several other incendiary fires in the same neighborhood. The citizens of Wedgegeld have also offered an additional reward of 8100 for the apprehension of the guilty parties. Cosmopolitan Magazine. As we come toward the Christmas holidays, larger space in the magazines is given to fiction. The Cosmopolitan includes a tragic story of the Mexican foot-hills by Thomas A. Janvier, a very clever society story by Carolyn Wells, one of the Old French Ro? mances by Richard Le Gallienne, an unusually interesting Indian narrative by H. T. George, and a weird story by S. R. Crockett. The November Ladies' Home Journal. The November number of The La? dies' Home Journal is full of good things. The Thanksgiving spirit is embodied in an interesting article telling " Where the President's Turkey Comes From," and a delightful short story of "A Daughter of the Pil? grims," by Hezekiah Butterworth. Edith Jiing Swain tells of some thrill? ing ascents she has made, and in "A Voice Heard Around the World" Cleteland Moffett presents much that is new about Ira D. Sankey, the' greatest of living evangelists. A ne'w romance by Frederick M. Smith, enti? tled "Christine," begins in this issue, and Miss Laura Spencer Portor's de? lightful "Gentleman of the Blue Grass" is continued. One of the most attractive features is the first of the rooms in the "Bradley House," de? signed for The Journal by Will Brad? ley. The breakfast-room opens this series. Miss Johnston continues her series of ' ' The Foremost Women Pho? tographers in America," and John El? frath Watkins, Jr., contributes an ar? ticle about "The Way it is Done in Washington Society." Mr. Bok's ed? itorial is devoted to advice to young married couples. The Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., founder of the Christian Endeavor Society', writes ably on the question, "Why Should a Young Man Support the Church?" and Edward Howard Griggs deals with the child's awakening to man? hood or womanhood in the second of his educational series. There are three pages showing Christmas gifts that can be made at home, and all the regular departments are unusual? ly good. The illustrations include a double page of beautiful photographs of "Animal Life on the Farm," and a "golf-girl" cover by Thomas Mitch? ell Peirce. By The Curtis Publish? ing Company, Philadelphia. One dol? lar a year ; ten cents a copy. JOHN ROBINSON'S SHOWS - Will Be in Sumter on Friday, Nov. 8th. The acme of scenic splendor was reached when John Robinson produced the great spectacle of Solomon, his temple and the Queen of Sheba. No court was greater in all that per? tained to magnificence than Solomon's and as historically reproduced with dozens of calcium and Vari-colored lights on the brilliant costumes and scintillating armor, it has received unstinted praise from all who have been fortunate enough to witness the grand spectacle. The circus has been characterized as''the most interesting in its unexcep? tional features and in the general ex? cellence of its ring performances. The menagerie is large and comprehensive and includes living specimens of the rarest beasts, birds, reptiles and am phibi. The colossal Roman hippodrome is in itself a feature that has no duplica? tion and carries the spectator back to Imperial Ceasar's day. The show will exhibit at Sumter, Friday, Nov. 8. Three booths were burned at the N. C. State Fair and a negro boy perished in the fire. Constantinople, October 28.-Those who have been hourly expecting favor? able news regarding Miss Stone and her companion have again been dis? appointed. Nothing definite has yet been reached in the dealings with the missionary's abductors. BUFFALO BILL'S SHOW WRECKED. One Hundred and Ten -liing Horses Killed. Charlotte, N. C., Oct 29.-One hun ' dred and ten of the ring horses of [ Buffalo Bill's wild west show were crushed to death in a railroad wreck near Lexington at 3 o'clock this morn? ing. Among the horses killed was "Old Pap," Col. Cody's favorite sad? dle horse. "Old Eagle," the star ring horse, was killed and his mangled body fell on top of one of the wrecked engines. The team of mules that drew the Deadwood coach were also killed. Col. Cody spent today at the scene of the wreck and is heart broken over the slaughter. He savs his loss is $60,000. The accident was the result of a head-end collision between a fast southbound freight train and the sec? ond section of the show train, and was due to a misunderstanding of orders. Several train hands were injured, but no one was killed. Twelve thousand people greeted the wild west show in Charlotte yesterday and it left at mid? night for Danville, Va., where it was to have made its last stand ofgthe sea? son. At Danville the show was to have disbanded and the animals sent to Bridegport, Conn., to go into winter quarters. The show left here in three sections.^ Near Lexington as the sec? ond section was going at 25 miles an hour, a fast southbound freight train crashed into it. Both engines were wrecked. Next to the ?engine of the show train were two large stock cars containing the horses and this is where the salnghter occurred. The cars were smashed into huge, distort? ed heaps and only two horses escaped alive. The scene was sickening and from the mass of wreckage blood poured in ?a stream that ran alongside the railroad track in a small rivulet. Co. Cody's engagement at Danville was called off in consequence of the disaster, which marked the close of a very successful tour. ANOTHER CIRCUS WRECKED. New Orleans, Oct. 29.-The Fore paugh and Sells circus, which left this city last nigth, collided with a freight train near Baton Rogue today. Three men were seriously hurt. A number of elephants got away and after a chase were driven into Baton Rogue and corraled. None of the other ITni mals escaped, although four cars load? ed with cages were wrecked. Chamberlain's Audacity. Edinburgh, October 25.-Mr. Cham berlin, the colonial secretary, address? ing upwards of 8.000 persons in the Waverly Market, Edinburgh, to-night, announced that the Government in? tended to frame new rules for the ! House of Commons, so as to limit Irish obstruction. He also declared the Government intended to bring meas? ures in at a future date to reduce Irish representation in Parliament. In reviewing the war in South Afri? ca he said the Government acknow? ledged that it had made a mistake as to the time of ending the war. "I think the time has come, or is coming," said the colonial secretary, ' ' when measures of greater severity may be necessary, and if that time comes we can find precedents for any thing we do in the actions of those nations who now criticise our ' barbar? ity, ' and 'cruelty,' but whose example in Poland, in the Caucasus, in Alge? ria, in Tonquin, in the Franco-Ger? man war we have never approached." EUGENE HALL DISAPPEARS. Florence, Oct. 26.-Mystery shrouds the whereabouts of Eugene K. Hall, son of Mrs. Walter G. Hall of this city. The young man disappeared from Montgomery, Ala., where he was employed by the Seaboard Air Line, on Tuesday, September 25, and though the police of Montgomery and other officers have made a vigilant search no tidings have come to relieve the terri? ble anxiety of the sorrowing mother. She heard from him on September 29. The letter was dated "Sept. 17," but had been missent. Shortly after this there came an insurance policy issued by the New York Life for $1,000. The policy was dated August 24. No letter or word of any sort accompa? nied it. Union, Oct. 25.-This morning a scaffold at the Aetna cotton mill fell 50 feet with three negroes on it. Ar? thur Saxton had his leg. broken in two places, his arm badly scarred and a hole made in his head. The other two were hurt but not very badly. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 28.-A spe? cial from Meridian, Miss., reports the shooting of A. A. Crenshaw, a New? ton county farmer, and his 15-year-old daughter by a lawyer named Foy, who had called to serve a writ of attach? ment. The farmer and his daughter opened fire on the lawyer and he re? turned the fire. Crenshaw is thought to be fatally hurt but the girl will re? cover. Foy escaped injury. mmm - MISCEGENATION UNLAWFUL Charleston, Oct. 27.-The court of common pleas in Florence county, last week decided that a marriage contracted in this State between a white man and a nergo woman in 1867 was invalid, and that the children born of such*marriage do not inherit from an estate left to the lawful grandchildren of the testatrix. It was shown that in 1865 the South Carolina legislature passed an act prohibit? ing the intermarriage of white and colored persons and reiterated it in the act of 1866. Under the code of 1872 these two acts were repealed by the Republican State government. Under the present State constitution intermarriage between white and col? ored presons is prohibited. The real estate in dispute is said to be valua? ble and the loss will be heavy to the mulatto claimants. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CZ0L60SZ ELECTROCUTED. Sullen and lndefferent to the Last -Refused to See Priest. Special to The Daily Item. Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 29.-Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley has paid the penalty of his crime. He was electrocuted at 7.15 this morning. The current of seventeen hundred volts was turned on twice. Death was instantaneous. He maintained an air of sullen in? difference to the last and made no statement throwing light on his crime. He refused to renounce anarchy and obstinately refused to see a priest. In the statement he made jnst before be? ing placed in the electric chair, he stoutly reiterated the assertion that he had no accomplices and was himself alone responsible for the killing of the President. He said that he shot the President to benefit the working peo? ple. His last words were : *1 Sorry I did not see Father." The an topsy was commenced imme? diately after the body was removed from the, chair. The body will be buried in the prison cemetery. President Explains. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Dispatches printed elswehere in the Times-Democrat of this morning make it perfectly clear that the presi? dent has failed in his effort to explain away the Booker Washington dinner incident. After reading what Mr. Roosevelt has to say in palliation Of his unprecedented act, Americans of the southern states will be compelled to feel that the president is either pitifully ignorant of the race question, or, being informed, is warily attempt? ing to evade the one definite point at issue. A It is idle for Mr. Roosevelt to imag? ine that the American people will fail to discriminate between the political and social significance of this unhap? py incident. It is absurd in him to suppose that by entering the plea of political necessity he can blind the southern people to the social aspect of the subject* The south has no quarrel with Mr. . Roosevelt, because in his official capaity as president cf the na? tion, or because in his political capac? ity as the leader of a great party, he elects to confer at the white house with men of influence in the negro race. Indeed, the southern people have rejoiced to observe that the pres? ident summoned to these conferences not the "professional negro politi? cian" but black men of character and ability. That to which the south does obiect, however, is that the president, in order to inform himself upon south? ern conditions, should feel it to be necessary and requisite to violate the social precedents established by Wash? ington and continued throughout each administration until Mr. Roosevelt succeeded Mr. McKinley. There was, there is, there can be no possible-justification of the act. It was in no way essential to the president's purpose that a negro be en? tertained at a private dinner in the white house. When the president states that, in his judgment, it was essential, he gravely imperials his reputation for good taste and for sound sense. The southern people who know him, will decline to take him seriously whenever he talks so unthinkingly. It is difficult to believe that a man of his reputed depth and breadth could suddenly become so warped in judgment. The explanation, like the incident itself, suggests the . "going-off-half-ccoked" spirit which ' certain critics have^ been unkind enough to predict mig'ht in emergen? cies mar the president's administra? tion. It suggests also that the chief magistrate of the nation is lamentably ignorant of the temper, disposition and convictions of the American peo? ple. The president's explanation, though unsatisifactory, is yet an explanation. It is fortunate that he is recovered from his more humorous mood and is now sufficiently serious to reflect upon the consequences of his act. It is not probable that his reputed threat of again inviting Booker Washington to dine at the whitehouse will be execut? ed. Time-even though it has run through but four days-has taught the president wisdom, or at-least discre? tion. He has had leisure to think it ' over; and though he does not in his "explanation" disclsose the fact, yet it may be inferred that the president realizes how gravely he has erred. The indignation he has aroused in the south is based upon convictions formed not by prejudice but by rea? son. As pointed out by a-correspond? ent in a ietter printed elsewhere in the Times-Democrat of this morning, the south denies the proposition of racial social equality, for the reason that its acceptance would open wide the door to racial miscegenation and racial amalgamation. As it is the abiding judgment of the southern people that racial amalgamation would produce a deterioration of both races, it is clear that the proposition cannot for an in? stant be granted. This is the reason, deeply felt if not completely under? stood, why the white citizenship of the south will enter its prompt and em? phatic denial whenever racial social equality in this section is advocated or in any way encouraged. ^ Though the president was quite unmindful of this conviction in the public mind when he sat down to dinner with a negro, he will, we trust, straightway recog? nize and reckon with it. In view of his explanation and *>f his effort to "square himself" with a section whose people cherished for him only feel? ings of friendship, it may be wise to * consider the dinner incident closed. It has served an enduring purpose. It has taught a lesson upon which Americans "with straight hair" re? quired no instruction. - am--.????. ? cai - London, Oct. 28.-The South Afri? can mail brings news that several Boers who were captured wearing khaki uniforms were courtmartialed and shot. It seems also that Com? mandant Theron crossed the Cape Town lines west of Touwse river station . Sept. 23.