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DECLARES NORTH HYPQGRITKG.
vi NvroH IM ?HAH sPF.AKS PLAIN?
LY ON II \< K <Jl I STIOV
In opposing Sutherland Amendment
to Resolution for Direct Flection of
I nltc?| Mttl<"? Scnnlor>. Idahoun
Maintains Treatment A'vordeU Ve?
gro In North no Better * >uu that
t.Uen In South or Flsewlicrc?
Hnase Racv Prejudice shown.
Washington. Feh. I?.?That preju?
dice against the negro Is Just as In?
tense In the North as in the South and
that the North play* the hypocrite in
Its I .>nt? iitl.?ns to the contrary, _^?ts
boldly and bluntly asserted In the
genau today bv a Republican Senator.
??Bator Borah, of Idaho, was the
speaker. His declarators regarding
l tfje- negro were made at the close of
a prolonged speech. In opposition to
LS the Sutherland amendment to the
" genets resolution providing for the
election of Renators by popular vote.
The amendment would have the ef?
fect of giving Congress control of Sen?
atorial elections.
Mr. Borah's pronouncement on th?
^pSaaee question was made In response
to the recent aasertlon of Senator
Hoot, that without the Sutherland pro
vtslcsajsUe resolution would deprive
the southern negroes of Federal pro?
tection 14. exercise of the franchise.
Mr. Borah dissented from the New
Yorker's view and In doing so used
language which elicited congratula?
tions from man) Senators.
Notwithstanding Mr. Borah's notice
that he would ask the Senate to sit
today until a vote could be reached on
the elections resolution, the proceed?
ings on that measure were confined to
his own discussion of It. He succeed?
ed, however. In getting ? concession
that the resolution should be taken up
tomorrow, immediately after the dis?
position of routine business. The
postponement was granted to ac?
commodate a number of Senators who
still desire to speak on the subject
Mr. Borah contended that as the
resolution stands, notwithstanding It
gives State Legislatures control of
Senatorial elections, Congress would
still have the right to Interfere In
C protecting any cltlsen whose right of
franchise had been Interfered with.
The Idaho Senator expressed deep
regret that the race question had been
brought Into the controversy and as?
sorted that Its Introduction was in?
tended onlv . imperil th re 1 . tlon.
^ hi
H * I pis 'h* h 'pocrl . id the
mcTU rO' d a ' ' r.
smman? mmm aawtu usni Ufca4 s*v
tlon always had assumed more wis?
dom and more tolerance In dealing
with this problem thsn had been dts
Cyed elsewhere. He Insisted that a
I of the roll of the Northern States.
In which there Is any appreciable num?
ber of negroes, would demonstrate
that the North had not dei>t more le?
niently with the negro than had oth?
er sections.
Osk "The Northern States have ex
Minted the same race prejudice that
has been shown elsewhere." he as
"In the North we burn the
at the stake and there, as In
other sections, we have our race wars.
We push our negroes to the outer
?ige of the Industrial world. We ex?
hibit the same prejudices, the ume
jeaknesaes. the same intolerance that
I apparent In the Southland."
Mr. Borah declared that If Congress
had power under tne existing provis?
ions of the Constitution, giving Con?
gressional control over Senatorial
?elections, It should he exercised. "If
that right exists, the North has the
greater bllgatlon under it. because it
makes .?im to It. We assert the
power, but we admit that we haven't
had the moral courage to exercise It."
For himself, he denied the existence
l4tf any such power, and said tbat he
resented such a position because of
the position In which Congress was
placed by It.
Concluding he said "The negro
has been used an a politic al football
about as Ions as our own sense of de
Y^ney and his developing Intelligence
will permit. U . h .Mbl no |, n?. r
mistreat him. bat we should b.r. ih<
rourage ! ? Int. ti hlrn as to the real
sttuat.on. It does not benefit him to
mske nil.-* th. subject of our sopho
Otic rhett.'le. The negro has ad
|red to the point whelu we \\.||
may dispense with the perennial dis?
tribution of soothing syrup and give
him solid food hi the way of facts.
We should tell him the truth and
conceal nothing.
"The negro In beginning to realize
4r\at the white m.tri of the North If < f
the same race aa the white man of
the South, and that In his blood Is the
virus of dominion and power, He
should know, whlb* his slave chains
have been broken, the chains of In?
dustry are being forged around him
rfsd will continue to hold him unless
ne himself breaks them. This badge
was placed upon him by his maker,
and It can he removed only by the n -
gro himself, with the aid of thone who
have the ourage to tell him Iba
truth, whlrh Is that we have the pjw
ggaxga guarantee to him the equal pro?
tect him
' 1 -
against discrimination. To attempt
anything more would he runlous to
the colored political body. He must
work out the problem under the Con?
stitution.
When the exigencies of debute are
r It will he found that no measures
will he offered In this Senate to pro
t i any supposed right of the colored
man anywhere. If those who are In
rX sted will turn to the Constitution,
U v will find there the one universal
rule of equality, the only rule to be
applied to the negro, and the only
rule under which we can legislate. If
applied, It will bo proven to be the
correction rule, the rule for all of
us."
NEWLY WEDS THREATEN JOK?
ERS.
Forced Into (irotesque Costumes and
Haubd About Town.
Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 17.?Ola S.
Ewer is threatening to prosecute a
? and of Jokers, who made the first
evening of his honeymoon one of
horror instead of Joy. Mrs. Myrtle
Cleveland had Just becomes his
bride.
They were married last night and
were on their way to the station
when seised, forced to don grotesque
costumes and enter a vehicle Impro?
vised from goods boxes and the
wheels of a farm wagon and hauled
about tow a all night, with the crowd
growing larger every minute.
When the hysterical bride had sob?
bed herself to sleep and the bride?
groom had become sufficiently fren
sled to satisfy the tastes of the Jok?
ers, the crowd dispersed.
FIRE AT JONESV1LLE.
I
White Men Arrested for Looting at
Fire which I>ocs Homage to Amount
of $08,000.
Columbia. Feb. 17.? special from
Jonesville says that a h.e there this
morning caused $68,000 damage, with
Insurance totalling $41,000. The
building burned included Mrs. Julian
Llpscomb's millinery establishment,
the J. J. Alman company's place, In?
cluding two store rooms, the building
owned by J. J. Alman personally, the
J. J. Littlejohn rooms and warehouse,
the JonesviiU) Manufacturing com?
pany office and the S. Q. Oault build?
ing. These were all modern brick
buildings. Aid from tyaton prevented
further *4j>r- e i tne fbwne*. IV o
White men fr ii I Sp^rtunburg Vrert UN
Piated r re ? wim looting,
AAit,(ii. ini.i, in COME VP.
Senate BUI Making Slander Criminal
Offense to Be Passed at Present
Session.
Columbia, Feb. 17.?The house to?
day refused by a vote of 56 to 32 to
continue until next year the Hall sen?
ate bill making slander a criminal of?
fense. It came out In the debate to?
day that this Mil originates from cer?
tain rumors spread during the last
State campaign.
SOUTHERN TRESTLE BURNED.
Traffic Between Charleston and Co?
lumbia Tied Up.
Columbia, Feb. II,?The trestle of
the Southern Hallway across Hamp?
ton's Creek, four miles below Colum?
bia, on the road to Charleston, was
destroyed by fire shortly before mid?
night tonight.
All traffic on this line was tied up.
The trestle will be replaced as soon as
p. ?-slide.
MAYOR (.IBIU S DROPS DEAD.
Mayor of Columblu and Prominent
Man of Affairs.
I'olumbln. Feb. 17.?Thomas Hggstl
GlbbOS, ('a diler of tho Hank of Co
i imbltt, treasurer of tho Columbla
Newborry and Laurens railroad, and
twice Mayor of Columbia, died today
at the age of fifty years. He had jusi
?n from bed und fell back sud?
denly and expired. He was one of the
best men In Columbia.
Desired Whipping, He Got <>ood One.
sr.fUord. Ky., Feb. It,?"I got
enough whippings when I was a kid
and i liked 'sen so well that 1*4 rather
take an old fashioned beating right
than work out a tine on the
1 " de< hired a prisoner, accused of
Intoxication to Police Judge Mettefee
"f Stanford this morning.
The result was a transfer of court
' ? an Improvised whipping post,
where the Judge, in the role of "pro
n* aim ex* utor," plied a horsewhip
hi las prisoner, Lee Long, who was
arrested h< re hist night accused of
Intoxication. A hi* crowd cheered the
Judge In his l tt .rt to mete out pun?
ishment.
While Texas is ? ei. bratlng Onion
Day, the other loyal Democratic States
are looking forward with equal Inter
? t to Flum Day at the rational cap?
ital. Birmingham News.
TRUSTEE MATTER F?R COURTS
JOHN RICHARDS, JR., so
WRITES GOV. BLEASt?,
Rays ills Recommendation as Member
of Clemeon Board Will Jfot Deter?
mine Issues Involved.
Columbia, Fob, 17.?John Q. Rich
ords, Jr., a member of the railroad
commission, yesterday addrt ^'nl a ht
ler to Qov, Bleaae asking that the
question of the right of a trustee of
a State college to hold a public office
he Anally decided In the courts of the
State.
Mr. Richards is a member of the
hoard of trustees of Clemson college,
having been elected by the general as?
sembly. He .says that he will refuse
to resign until the matter has been
finally decided by the courts of the
State. He takes the position that his
resignation will in no way decide the
issues involved.
The Letter.
The letter of Mr. Richards to Gov.
Blease follows:
"I have read your message to the
legislature, in which you call atten?
tion to what you regard as a violation
of the constitution upon the part of
myself and others who are serving as
trustees of State college while holding
other positions under the government.
1 have also read the report of the sub?
committee of the senate and house, in
which they give it as their opinion
that 'The Hon. John Q. Richards, Jr.,
who Is an elected trustee of Clemson
college and also railroad commis?
sioner of this State, Is holding one or
the other of the said offices contrary
to the constitution of the State."
"1 was elected upon the board of
trustees of Clemson college without
being a candidate for the position
and by practically the unanimous vote
of the general assembly. I was at
that time a member of the legislature
and served two yeasr as a member of
that body while a member of the
Clemson board. The question involv?
ing the same issue as raised by your
message was submitted to the legisla?
ture by resolution during the session
of 1909 or 1910. The judiciary com?
mittee of that body, as I recall it, ren?
dered an opinion that the holding of J
a trusteeship of a State college or
school, while serving in another gov?
ernmental capacity, was not a viola?
tion of the constitution and there the
matter rested. J haVi D< ' f? II
T or do i *eel now' t :?r I am /lolatlug
the lea of th< 8tat< la h< l< if i " 1
two positions. I will In I 11 i ? ? tl
on this question, some holding that
a trusteeship of a State college or
school Is an office as contemplated by
the constitution and others that it is not
The question, therefore, is still an open
one and will remain so until finally
settled by proper authorities namely
the courts of the State. The decision
of this sub-committee Is merely an
opinion and may or may not be cor?
rect. It certainly has no binding
effect and it does not settle the ques?
tion. I do not wish to in any way vio?
late the laws of the State nor wiil I
do so when convinced that any course
I may be pursuing Is In violation of
its teaching, but, as 1 see it, my resig?
nation from the Clemson board will in
no way determine the issue involved,
This question Is far-reaching in effect
and involves every trustee of every
school and college In the State who
may be holding any position with the
government and should be settled once
for all. The sub-committee of this
legislature appointed to Inquire into
this matter recommended that the
attorney general Institute proceedings
before the proper tribunal to deter?
mine whether or not certain trustees
of Clemson college are holding these
positions contrary'to the constitution
and I respectfully request that the
proper proceedings be Instituted to
determine this question in all its
phases at the same time. I feel that
this la the proper course for me to
pursue and that it is best for all In?
terests involved."
Jack Johnson Gets Challenge.
San Francisco, Feb. IG.?The Chron?
icle this morning publishes a chal?
lenge Issued by Tommy Hurns In be?
half of his protege, Jack Lester, to
Jack Johnston, champion heavyweight
pugilist. Referring to an interview in
Which Johnson was reported to have
said he Would like to meet Lester.
Duma said:
"No doubt Johonson Is talking for
diversion, if he win box Lester in a
finish cont< si within two weeks in
private or public, winner take all, the
match is on."
Teacher's Examination.
The regular spring examination of
applicants for certificates to teach in
the public schools of Sumter county
win be held during the month of May,
the date to be announced biter. Ap?
plicants will be required to pass an
examination on Agriculture In ad?
dition to the regular branches. Those
who contemplate taking the exami?
nation should prepare themselvei on
agriculture.
[* The Origin of Roystcr Fertilizers.
Mr. Roystcr believed that success awaited the
Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality
above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster's
idea Twenty-seven years ago and this is his Idea
today; the result has been that it requires Eight
Faictories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers*
F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY,
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FRETTING DOESN'T PAY.
Peace of Mind Destroyed, Balance of i
Judgment Sadly Impaired.
What suffers when one frets! Cer?
tainly, says The Baltimore American,
one's peace of mind is destroyed, cer?
tainly one's balance of judgment is
impaired, certainly one's ability to
rise to occasions becomes dulled.
Ambition is deadened; buoyancy,
there is none. Sleep fails, wrinkles
come upon the features, the eye loses
its genlalty and the dead light of care
obscures the soul's rays, or else the
flashlight of resentment is quick to
rise. Home is made unhappy, friend?
ship less valued, the world wrapped
In gloom. Around the corner is a
sanitarium that seems to draw the
habitual fretter with irresistible enrrio
He may i pcape It, he m ly i ? ? re
lAing is oecause It is a process of j
fraying the nerves. One takes wool
or flax, and to v.i* the term of the
laboratory, tears It out until the
minutest strands are separated, one
from the other. There is no longer
organization, simply organic matter
that has lost its function. It is so
with the nerves when one habitaully
frets. Worry wears and tears the
tender nerves that do the tremen?
dous work of carrying sensations to and
from the brain and that surpass any
registry ever devised in their regis?
tration of emotional values.
As fretting lacks harmony It Is not
lit for transmission along a system de?
vised for accord; as it lacks logic. It
has no place in a system whose pur?
pose is primarily to bring the sensa?
tions that enter the brain Into right
forms of thought or impulse. So fret?
ting Is only a wearing and fraying
process. It Is the delicate nerve sys?
tem that suffers in the process. One
feels that he has a brain as heavy as
lead, a mind that simply will not re?
spond to the ordinary process of
quickening because it has becom?
sodden, leaden and lifeless.
Why do people fret? It is not
pleasant to portray the delights of
peace and placidity. But at times It
becomes necessary to awaken fret
ters to the peril they invite in order
to make them desist from the most
neediest and the most cruel self-pun?
ishment that they can suffer.
Fretting is altogether a habit. it
is often much .m< e disastrous than
any of the habits that society organ?
izes to combat. Why then do people
fret? When they feel the dull sense
of fear, without be ing able to ascribe
it to any particular fact, why do they
not resolutely turn the mind to other
channels? It can be done. The habit
ual fretter should practice pain?
stakingly, day by day, the art of self
control and secure the development
of nerve force, It is not a work of
a moment, but the moment one re?
solves not to fret and register that
resolution deeply in the brain cells,
that moment has he marked his
enia nclpatlon.
\\ hen one determines no longer to
fret he seeks something as a foil t<
the Inducement, and In so doing h<
finds some aid, hi finds some com?
panionship, he finds some consolatory
books, he finds some legitimate and
helpful cult, Every one may find the
auti fretting helps that will enable
him to overcome the debilitating hab?
it of worry.
If Somebody must lose a Congress?
man, couldn't It be arranged so thai
Pennsylvania would be a few shy?
Milwaukee Journal.
HINDUS FOR COTTON FIELDS.
California Woman Has Solved The
Labor Proposition To Her Satisfac
t ion.
Mrs. S. P. Wiles, a wealthy resi?
dent of Los Angeles, who has sever?
al thousand acres in cotton here?
abouts, has solved the labor problem
to her own satisfaction by employing
Hindus. She spends much of her
time on her plantation superintend?
ing the work, and she says the Hin?
dus do their work well and cheerful?
ly.
Mrs. Wiles has already met with
difficulties, not the least of which is
the feeling of antagonism among the
whites toward her. Hindu cotton
pickers, similar to, though not as
strong as, that felt against the Chin
...v mj vwio are naving their
own troubles.
Robert E. Goepel, of Port Gibson,
Miss., whoso family has been raising
cotton for many years on their plan?
tation in Callborne county, Mississippi,
is here arranging for the building of
a cottonseed oil mill. He sticks to the
the old Southern negroes and will use
them on the big plantation his
family has purchased here.
"Negroes on our plantation in Clai
borne county will be brought here as
soon as we can begin planting cotton,"
he said. "The boll weevil has written
the doom of cotton In Mississippi. The
planters are moving away. I know
of a number of planters who have
bought land in imperial Valley, and
they will bring hundreds of negroes
from the old plantations to work the
tlelds.
"A few years ago Caliborne county
yielded 27,000 bales of cotton in a
season. The last crop was only 4,
50C bales. At one time the Port Gib?
son oii works crushed 40,000 tons of
( otton seed a year. That has dwind
1? d almost to nothing. The passing
of cotton in parts of the South is a
tragedy Which the planters do not
know how to meet. The negroes
know cotton and cotton alone; they
Will not tend any other crop. The
only recourse Is imigration, and the
planters when they emigrate will take
their negro workers with them."
11 FRF IS A REMEDY THAT WILL
cntE ECZEMA.
"We l*rorv Ii."
Why waste time aud money ex?
perimenting with greasy sah??? and
lotions, trying to drive the ecssms
germ from underneath the skin when
DeLorme's Pharmacy guarantees
Zemo ,a clean liquid preparation for
external use to rid the skin of the
germ life that causes the trouble?
One application will relieve th? itch?
ing and otfen times one bottle Is suf
ficlent to cure a minor case of eczema.
In over 2,000 towns and cities in
Amercia the leading druggist has the
agency for Zemo and he will tell you
of the marvelous cures made by this
clean, simple treatment. Zemo la rec?
ognized as the cleanest and most
popular treatment for eczema,
pimples,, dandruff and all other
forms of skin or scalp affections
Whether on Infant or grown person.
Will you try a bottle on our recom
mendatton? DeLorme'i Pharmacy.
No. l.
The ground hog saw Irs ihadow and
went back to his hole, i>ot the warm
weather Is still with us, Lexington
i >< ?patch.
FIELD DAY NOTICE SENT OCT.
Circular Letters to Trustees and The
County Teachers Being Sent Out.
Superintendent of Education Hay?
nsworth has made out about one
hundred and fifty typewritten letters
which he intends to send to all of the
school trustees and teachers in the
04 unty, and as many of the patrons as
is thought proper.
The letters are written out in type?
written form and ask for the as?
sistance and cooperation of the par?
ties to whom they are sent, in the
Field Day exercises and in the corn
raising contest.
Spring.
Truly this is a big country of ours.
We read of snow storms and blizzards
and suffering from cold in the North.
s fci!e a ? with till a ' \%r stretch to
? .?? ' J ;: I0H1
anu an nature calls men to witness it
gardually replace its sombre winter rai?
ment with its gay and many hued
dresss of beautiful spring, and the
breast of man re-awakens to the an?
nual call of God through nature.?
Georgetown Item.
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