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UM ON THE NEGROES. Mr. Thomas Dixon Would Expel Them From the Country. *>, - Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of New York and Virginia, anthor of "The Leopard's Spots," lectured in Balti more on Tuesday night on "The New v, America." Mr. Dixon is an extremist on the negro question and probably leads the class of educated Southerners who ... give expression publicly to their views. That the negro must go is the consen sus of his opinions. "I have knownfc hem from the first **" years o?my life," he said to a report er for the Baltimore News on Wednes day at the Hotel Bennert "My deli b erate opinion of the modern negro in this country is that he is not worth ,-room in-. They will be driven from the South just as surely as they I?swarm that place now. Aiready in t\ Alabama there are several counties, where a negro cannot set his foot. ' This is the way they will be driven out. County after county will drive ?f':' them out and white labor will be sub stituted in their stead. I make the statement that no farmer in the South can make his farm pay with negro labor of the modern sort. I have a farm of SCO acres, on the border lines of Gloucester and Matthews coun ties, in Virginia^ and I employed 100 negroes to work it in grain and other market stuff. I strove and strove with them, but I could do ^ nothing. I discharged them all and have turned to raising Polled Angus beef cattle for the English market. Now I work the farm with two white . men. The farm supported itself last year, which it had never done before; and next year, when my herd grows y larger, I expect to make a little money out of it. I can ship my cattle from Newport News at the smallest possible expense, for the Old Domin ion Line has a pier upon* my lawn, as I have a mile of water front on KMobjack Bay. "There was one young negro with whom I thought I could do something and I labored with him for six months, trying to making a good farm hand out of him. He broke three mowing machines, costing $45 each, in the space of two hours one day on a surface as level as this floor, and I discharged him, That night he came back and stole $25 worth of harness out of my harness room. My neighbor hired him and kept him three months. I suppose he is still going the rounds. There is " hope for the Southern farmer until the negro is expelled and white labor substituted. I have traveled recently in Iowa, the richest State, agriculturally, in the Union. Their magnificent farms have been brought to their high state of perfec tion by whi te labor. There is not a negro in the State employed as a farm hand. These white men?Teutons and Scandinavians for the most part?have made the garden spot of the world out of a desert. Throw wide open the doors to immigration, say L Foreign labor? Why, there ?3 no such thing as a foreigner in this country. We are all foreigners. My people came here 120 years ago from Scotland. Some other man came here six months ago. That is all the difference. "That brings me to the subject of : education,. which is, beyond all things, the cause of the negro's worth lessness. He is educated by the State and then ^fcaere is no place for him. The educated negro does not want to be a farm hand or to cook and nurse and clean floors. He wants to be a doctor or a lawyer or something of that sort, at least; a clerk. The Southern man still prefers a negro as a servant, but it is the old negro he wants, not the educated one. In 25 years there will be no old negroes ; they will be all educated and then will be the time when there will be no place for them4 in the South. They must go, and go they surely will. There is too much universal education anyhow, even among the whites of this country. I do not believe ivi it. It is narrowing what is known as the working class clown further and further, and is the univer sal .breeder of discontent. We must have outside labor, we need more immigrants, the places of the drones in the hive must be taken by workers. Mr. Dixon talked of his farm and : his life there. "We live in a house that was built 200 years ago. The Mob jack Bay is a beautiful sheet of water and the land thereabouts :1s as fertile as any in Virginia. I have a home in New York, but I never go there any more than I can help. We spend much of the time on the water, taking long trips. I am just having my yacht fixed out for a six-weeks gun ning trip in Broadway Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We all go, my wife, my two boys, my young daughter and tutor for the children. The yacht is a large, roomy bugeye rigged schooner, with six state-rooms, and was built at Pocomoke City. We gun each day, according to the tides, and the balance of the time we put in just as we would at home, the chil dren studying with their tutor and I working. Both of the boys shoot and I am now teaching my little girl to handle her gun. We have three in the crew, but I sail the boat, and both of the boys help. I gun for six weeks each fall and four woeks each spiring. Two years ago we were caught in that great freeze, and we were pretty hard put to it for a while. Our. coal and eatables gave out and we had to split up the small boats and wooden decoys for the range and live largely on wild geese. I have 25 acres of oysters laid out in the river before my house, but I only use these for my own pur poses, though my neighbor across the river ships about 83,000 worth of oysters each year. " Mr. Dixon was asked what he thought of President Roosevelt's action in taking up the part of the negroes in Alabama with the Republi can-party managers. " He seems deter- j mined to play up the negro a every opportunity." said Mr. Dixon. "Still, from a Republican standpoint, he is consistent and in line with the history and traditions of the Republi can party. I do not see that we have any reason for criticising him." When asked if he knew Booker T. Washington Mr. Dixon said: "I do not. There is no doubt, though, that he is a capable and intelligent man. To my mind he is creating more mis chief than any one of them with his schemes of education for the negro. It is exactly what I would like to see cried down and abolished.' His educa tion of the negro is doing as much harm as can possibly be done, and he is harming them, for he graduates dis contented people and discontent breed ers." GOAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT Union Miners and Coal Operators May Come to Terms?An At tempt Will be Made to Ad just the Differences Out side the Anthracite Coal Strike Com mission. Scran ton, Pa., November 21.?The Mine Workers, through their repre sentatives, have agreed with the mine owners to attempt to adjust the differ ences existing between them outside the anthracite coal strike commission. The proposition was made on a com promise basis and negotiations, it is expected, .will be at once entered upon, with a reasonable hope of settlement with the aid of the arbitrators. The rough proposition which is to form the basis of negotiations is a 10 per cent increase in wages, a nine-hour day,, and trade agreements between the miners and the company by whom they are employed. The only one of the four demands not touched upon is that of the weighing of coal by the legal ton. While both sides have ex pressed the willingness to settle their not to be construed that it carries with it the acceptance of the terms proposed. They are6 mentioned only as a basis, it is understood, from which a settlement is to be effected. It is possible that the foundation al ready laid can be wrecked by either party holding out too strongly against some question and thus leave the whole matter in the hands of the com missioners, who, in the meantime, will act as a sort of board of concilia tion rather than as a board of arbitra tion. Few persons were aware that an at tempt would be made at an outside settlement until it was practically so intimated by Jduge Gray, the chair man of the commission, who read a carefully prepared announcement from the "bench." The move, one of the most important, in the whole history of the coal strike, created a mild sedation when it became known. The surprise was all the greater when it will be remembered that numerous persons, from the President of the United States down, and that many organiza tion, from the National Civic Federa tion to the small boards of trade of the mining towns, failed to bring the two parties together. It is said it was all brought abont by both sides seeing that the proceedings before the com mission would be interminable and that in the intermingling of the lawyers for both sides the outside agreement proposition was broached and taken a . It cannot be officially stated which party made the proposition first. The attorneys for both sides are averse to talking, but those who were inclined to say something differ in their state ments. An attorney for one of the rail roads said it came from the miners' side, while one lawyer for the miners said it came from die operators. An other representative of the miners said it was a "spontaneous" proposition. It is generally believed, however, that the operators were the first to make the proposition. Wayne Mac Veagh, who carried on such a brilliant cross-examination of President Mit chell, is given credit for bringing about the present situation. He went to New York after he finished with Mr. Mitchell and had a conference with certain persons connected with the coal industry, among them, it is reported, J. Pierpont Morgan. He was in New York today in connection with the matter. The commissioners were informed of the new turn of affairs last night and acquiesced in the proposed arrange ment The public hearing today, and the adjournment proposition was made ostenisbly to permit both sides to com plete their work of preparing documen tary evidence. Clarence S. Darrow, of Chicago, one of Mr. Mitchell's at torneys, brought the matter on when, near the close of today's session, he suggested that tne miners be given a little more time to prepare their evi dence. The miners wanted to present the due bills or wage statements of thousands of miners, running back for several years, and they found that the task of presenting them in a proper manner was a stupendous one. They also wanted to carefully ex amine the company books and this, too, would take considerable time. While Mr. Darrow was saying this the commissioners were all attention and no one outside of them and a few representatives on each side of the case knew what was coming. Judge Gray, in reply to Mr. Darrow, said that the commission would be very glad to co-operate in bringing about the accom plishment of that end. "We have been aware for some time," he said, "that whie the testimony that has been adduced has been very interest ing, and I will not say that it has not been of value, still it has not yet borne directly upon the points at issue between the parties to this contro versy." After delivering this, the chairman read the anouncement, which has been prepared by the commission in ad vance. It was as follows : "Acceding to the suggestion just made by counsel, that an interval of time be taken for the preparation of documentary evidence and for a possible agreement as to certain facts and figures which would forward the work of the commission, the commission desires to express the hope that an effort will bo made by the parties to come to an agreement upon nearly all, if not all, the matters now on controversy, and that they will adopt the suggestion heretofore made by the commission to counsel on ;?;.;.:i sides, that we aid them in such effort by our conciliatory offices, it seems to us that many of the conditions com plained of?and whica have been the subject and study our examination? might be better remedied by the parties to the controversy approach ing the subject in a proper spirit and with the purpose of fairly adjusting them. We hope, gentlemen, that the interval of timo to be granted may bo availed of with tnis end in view. Of course, in the meantime, we shall pro ceed with the work before us as we have begun it." Smart Set at fi. G. Csteen & Co. ? ' HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENTS. For the 82 Days of Season 328, OOO More Baies Have Been Received Than for Same Time Last Year. New Orleans, La, November 21.? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton state ment, issned today, shows for the twenty-one days of November a de crease under last year of 14,000 bales, and an increase over the same period year before last of 166,000 bales. For the eighty-two days of the sea son that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days, of last year 328,000 bales, and ahead of the same days year before last 301,000. The amonnt brought into sight dur ing the past week has been 447,843 bales, against 434,905 for the same seven days last year and 393,813 year before last. The movement since September, 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 3,261,356 bales, against 3,010,489 last year; overland, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Rivers, to Northern mills and Can ada, 312,025 bales, against 344,308 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the com mercial year 486,322 bales, against 432,253 last year; Southern mill tak ings, 542,500 bales against 487,168 last year. The total movement since September 1 is 4,602,213 bales, against 4,274,218 last year and 4,301,311 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 209,565 bales, ? against 213,893 last year, making the total thus far for the season 2,179,808 bales, against 2,124,362 last year. The total takings of American mills, North and South and Canada, thus far for the season have been 1,139,381 bales, against 1,087,072 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty-nine leading Southern interior centres have increased during the week 124,142 bales, against an increase dur ing the corresponding period last sea son of 96,704. . Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 4,S17,287 bales, against 4,633,905 'Jot the same period last year. THE WORLD'S VISIBLE SUPPLY. New Orleans November 21.?Secre tary Hetser's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, issued today, shows the total visible to be 3,213,086 bales, against 3,045,730 last week and 3,325,990 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 2,762,086 bales, against 2,576,730 last week, and 2,907, 990 last year ; and of all other kinds, including last year; and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 451,000 bales, against 469,000 last week and 418,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot ton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,427,000 bales, against 1,648,000 last year; in Egypt 137,000 bales against 1,648,000 lase year; in Egypt 137,000 bales, against 157,000 last year; in India 131,000 bales, against 82,000 last year, and in the United States 1,518, 000 bales, against 1,439,000 last year. Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail. The little daughter of Mr. J. N. Powell jumoed on an inverted rake made of ten penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a second one halfway through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was promptly applied and five minutes later the pain had disappeared and no more euflPering was experienced. In three days the child was wearing her shoe as usual and with absolutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is a well known merchant of Forkland, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and heals such injuries without maturation and in one third the time required by the usual treat ment. For sale by A. J. Chins. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 20.?Joe Nel son of Newark, N. J., rode ten miles at the fair grounds track today on a bicycle against ten horses running in relay. Nelson was motor paced. The horses releved each other in laps of cne mile. Owing to a misunderstand ing the horses were started to pick up Nelson instead of each other. " The bicycle river thus lost with each horse whatever advantge he had gained over the preceding one. Nelson neverthe less finished first in eight of the ten miles. The horse came in ahead in the first and ninth miles. One Minute Cough Cure Is the only harmless cough cure that gives quick relief. Cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneu monia, asthma, lagrippe and all throat, chest and lung trouble*. I got soaked by ram, says Gertrude E. Fenner, Munc?e, Ind., and contracted a severe cold and cough. I failed rapidly ; lost 43 lbs. My druggist recommended One Minute Cough Care. The first bottle brought relief; several cured me I am back to my old weight, 148 lbs. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, relieves the cough at once, draws out inflammation, cures croup. An ideal remedy for children. J. S. Hughson & Co. Washington, Nov. 19.?Minister Wu left Washington yesterday afternoon for China by way of Chicago and San Francisco. He will sail from the lat ter city on the 25th instant The minister is accompained by his inter preter, secretary and a number of ser vants. Madam Wu will also start for China in about two weeks. She has engaged passage on the steamship leaving San Francisco about Decem ber 10. "Last winter an infant child of mine had croup in a vjolent form.*' says Elder John W. Rogers. a^Christian Evangelist, of Filley, ?vio. "I gave -r a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and in a sh >ri time a'l danger was past and the child recovered/' This remedy not only cures croup, bat whern given as soon as the first symptoms appear, will prevent the at tack. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may be given as confidenti} to a baby as to an adult. For sale by . J. China. The Yorkville Enquirer notes the very interesting fact that the chicken and pig industry of that county is about half as valuable as the net pro fits on the cotton crop, not counting the value of the chickens and eggs consumed on the farm. There is no telling how rich the people of our State would be if they would only take care of the small industries. The Alaskan Boundary. Washington, Nov. 21, ?It is suggest ed at the State Department that the inconclusive quest of Lieut. Emmons last summer after mythical Russian boundary stones may be the founda tion of the report now coming from that portion of the United States Canadian boundary on the Stickeen river that the United States surveyors have appropriated a large section of what is claimed to be British territory. For it is stated positively here that nothing in the nature of an interna tional boundary line has been drawn in that section, and, in fact, no at tempt has been made to do that in re cent years. As far back as 1878 then Secretary Evarts drew up a modus vivendi with the British government to temporarily regulate the administration of justice and customs collection in that section of the boundary. A line was drawn between two of the highest peaks in a range about fifteen miles above the mouth of the Stickeen river, which, it was agreed, should constitute a con ditional boundary line between the two counties. That line has remained . a boundary up to the present moment, and in fact the conditions there are precisely the same as exist in the White pass and Chilcat pass, and the Klahana river in the Klahana valley is the border where the limits of Alaskan and of British Columbia jurisdiction stand defined until some permanent arrangement is made by what is known as a modus operandi. Paris, November 20.?Helen Gore, said to be an American, was killed by a revolver shot yesterday in an apart ment occupied by John de Rydzenski, a singer of the Imperai Theatre of St. Petersburg. De Rydzenski at first said Miss Gore committed suicide, but subsequently he declared that the re volver went of! accidentally. castor a Por Infants and Children. Tfte Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature THE WRONG GLASS. If your present glasses fail to give you ease and comfort, there's something wrong. Is it your glasses or your eyes ? That's a vital question with you Either is bad enough and should bring you to us at once. We like to discover unus ual eye defects, the kind that puzzle the average optician. "Glasses Bight, Good Sight." E. . BTJLTMAN, Jeweler and Optician. Dr. Z. F. Highsmith, Opticien, in charge of Optical Department. 17 S. Main Street, Sumter, S. C. Phono 194. Master's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County in the State of South Carolina in the case of Robert R. Christmas, James H. Christmas, Merry F. Christ mas and Margaret A. Ingram, against Mary Emma McLeod and her husband Peter McLeod, I will sell to the high est bidder at public auction, at the Court House in the City of Snmter, in said County and State, on sale day in December 1902, being the first day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate to wit : "That tract of land situate in Sumter County in the State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and four acres, bounded North by land of Dargan Osteen and estate of Jacob Geddings, East by land formerly of Dobson now of L. B. Jenkins, south by land of Tom A. Osteen and West by lands formerly of Jane Kolb, now Mrs. Susan A. Kolb." Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Master for Sumter County. Nov 12 TAX NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the books will be open for payment of tax?e in my office in the Court House from Oct. 15th through December 31st, 1902. The regu lar levy fcr State, county and constitu tional school taxes amounting to eleven and one half mills, except the additional levies for school purposes, noted below, viz : School District No. 1?2 mills. School District No. 2?2 mill*. School Districi No. 3 - 2 mills. School Districi No. ?? mil!. School District No. 12 ?2 mills. School District No, 10 ?2 mill*. School District No. 17--1 mill. School District No. IS?2 mills. School Di-trict No. 20 -4 mills. School District No. 22?4 mill?. School District No. 23?4 mills. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Oct 8? c? PISCES CURE FOR ? -r? ?as .. ? ..?. .: .. , -. .:na.;iN I j .^Vegetable Preparati onfor As - similaling ?ieFoodandBeguIa tiag ihe Stomacls andBowels ef ?" Promotes Digestion?heerfi^ ness andRestContaiiis neither Opium,Morphine nor>fiueral. 1 Narc otic 72 * af(Xd.J3rS?KUELHTCf?ER Pumpkin Seed' jiix.Saiita * R?tk*!USc?t? yict?e Serti * Bapenr?nt - Bi?a?anekSodti* H$im>Se*tl m&?pwmmk riuvur. 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The old reliable, that, in its natural state, has been alleviating suffering for over one hundred years is now being made into most delightful drinks* Try it and we know that you will say, as all others have said, that it is "the best." Drinkers of Ginger Ale will be delighted to get this de lightful and refreshing drink, made with Glenn Springs Min eral Water. Experts pronounce it the finest on the market.. Try it and you will be convinced. Ask your dealer for it. THE GLENN SPRINGS CO. GLENN SPRINGS, S. G Hum ter, S. C, Nov. 1, 1902. Two carloads, FIFTY-SIX HEAD, Just received. Call early and get your pick. 75 Head on hand. ANSLEY D. HARBY. Sept 17