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KM ATI) K TIJLLM \ \ SAYS h\ HIM? ER SENATOR SIIOl I 1> MAKE WAR ON FUA Asl lSM. Thinks It Hin Only diumv to Retrieve HI* Pest Error*?S<*>rv* Sim* for Hin Blee sol-nt?- I*o ml Mouthed Shoatera at Hlc.t-s* Banquet Ah only OfbVv seekers. Washington. No . 2.?-Discussing the announcement made a day or two ago by Former Senator John L. Mc l.aurin that he would not become a candidate for governor of South Car? oline In the prtmury of next year, and denominating this statement us the "?wan song ? of a very brilliant man who failed to be a very great man. and declaring further th.it he disowns being the father of Bleasclsm. Sena tor B. It. TiUman today gave the press an interesting story concerning these matters. "I read in the South Carolina papers this morning." said Sfttat ? TiUman, "McLaurln'a farewell address or state? ment withdrawing from the governor's race and bidding adieu to politics for? ever, it la a pathetic utterance?pa? thetic because It is the swan song of a very brilliant man, who failed to be a very great man because he lacked the moral fibre to always he true to himeelt and his conviction of right rather than ullow ambition and sei Hahnestf to warp him. His life, in a way, la a eermon which young men everywhere ought to take to heart. Nothing In the State's hlatory Is more lamentable. If he had only been true to the TUlmanlsm to which he says he waa converted in 1890, he would be in the United States aenate now and would be an ornament to It. "McLaurin saya. 'It Is the irony of fate that I who suffered most Injustice from TiUman personally should now be the nob- defender of Tillrnanishm.' "There are two things about this statement upon whl -h I dealre to com? ment. I never did have any peraonal 111 will towards John I* McLaurln, and have none now. I denounced him In the senate because 1 believed he was a traitor to the people of the St Ate who had sent him there. The people were convinced thut my charge was true and have austained it when? ever they had an opportunity. "When he saya he is 'the aole de fender of Tlllmaniam,' he meana among thoae Bleaaeltea to whom he was speaking. He, of course, knowa there ere tena of thousands of Till man I tee, some of whom voted for and some against Oov. Blease last year, who have never wavered in their ad? herence to Tlllmaniam aa they under stand it, and aa he now understands it. "Mr. Charles Carroll Sims out he roded Herod in thia Blease ism. pro? claiming thut It ia higher than Tlll? maniam fie lllustr *Sjg Hymn's couplet: "Tie atood a foe with all the zeal Which young and fiery converts feel.' "fie is no doubt as sincere in his lUeaaelam now as he was in his Has kelltsm In 1890. He never under? stood Tlllmaniam at all. Inheriting a grand name, he (bought he was an aristocrat and has en led by becom? ing an anarchist and vunta to run Into th* governor's office on dema? gogy. Truly, 'politics does make strange bedfellows.' and if the Till man I tea who deserted me last year on account of Blease vote for Slmma for governor it will be a remarkable trans? formation. It will only ahow how lit? tle wisdom or reaaon governa their actions "There are some things about Mc Laurln's statement that are very ad? mirable, und I suy now that I for the first time since I denounced him on the floor of the senate believe he has at last become a patriot and wants tvj do the State all the servic e he ? an I during the be tan OS of his life, of ????ur.se he has play-d polities aa lOttg and uaed diplomacy s? much thai even now he can gat dfOg th?? role gill at once. 1 have felt heretofore that he was trying to 'come buck' Into poll tlca I have been hoping that (Jov.j Blease would indorse him as a sue j ceaeor in the governor's ofhee. feeling that that would be enough to damn; both ?>f them in the e>es of the pco pie. But Blease had too much psjMttt hi sense to Ranke SOSh a Mundet as thai. \t?dUanrta la wan la withdraw ing once for all Into pi in ate life." Senator TiUman heft gt M info some detail In deiivmg that Hhasclsm I* Us! hornet ehlM of Tlllmanlsni and Koes on to say that the governor hu* Siefen ansjefc ..r tax oM time Ttllaaai thun-W u'iiat m- i jMirln aeya iboul *fat tt ?nalism making South Carolina ?< little Mexico' is all too true.' th?- | utoi Continues, "and I uaree I till v with what he says ehcajl the neeeaalty foi the good and true men of laatll fo tlons getting together :md electing . governor who will b?1 gga/affgof el all the people .tn.i n .t .!>? K..< emor of ?hla friends' onlv. \b I Jiurin has i! ,\ n -i been a shrewd potHtclan, and ha reallaef toll/ aa all thouKhtful men MU8( realise, that the hctd-i it>ulh?d '?bout ( Ml at tho Blouse banquet are 'OfflCS M't'ki-rs' and nothing more. "The statement?I don't suit them; they don't suit me, so I had jist as well be a man. That is hotter than being governor'?is very very admir? able. But 1 would have liked it bet? ter in this form: T do not suit them. They do not suit me, so 1 will he a man hereafter and my own master? i not a slave to ambition. That If bet I Iff than being governor.' "McLai rin has such great ability ihat it is a pity his brains can be of no service to the people in a public eareer now that he has come to hi/ senses. I agree with him that his Political career is ended, but he is still a gJggflM of South Carolina, and there are many avenues open to him ' for dftiBg the people service. He itionld seek out the one which he likes best gad work for the better? ment of the State and its citizens. He gni no equal in the State as a stump speaker. 1 know, because 1 trained him, as he himself will acknowledge. "If McLaurin will run for the Unit ? ed States senate In order to ho Per? mitted to speak at the meetings- -the rules of the party would bar him if he were not a candidate?he can j analyse and thus destroy Bleaseism I far better than any other man I know of. He can do what my health will no longer permit me to do, and make I . amends for hla past sins and blun d .8. 'If I had been able to make even three speeches in South Carolina last year, I do not believe Blease would . ever have been elected governor, and if I were able now or dared to make speeches he could not be elected to the senate. Because I have faith in j my own hoonesty of purpose and pa i triotisrn und think 1 could show be? yond possibility of doubt that he is i unlit to come to Washington as a senator from South Carolina and is no more to be trusted than was Mc? Laurin. I would undertake to do this anyway had not the physicians, all of them, warned me that it would result In my death while speaking. 1 am willing to die for the State if neces? sary, but I realize only too sadly that my strength now is not. equal to the task and 1 can no longer play the role of the gladiator on the hustings. It may be that the good (Jod will re? store my strength so that I will be able to take the risk. But if McLau? rin, as a penance, will undertake the work, there will be no need what? ever for me to speak a word. All J the moral force I possess?and I real? ize I have a great deal of it among my fellow citizens?will be exerted in this fight for decency in State politics." OITWTTKD BY BEARS, Uncle Sam I'ays for llcef for Brtdn's Breakfast. Washington Dispatch to Xew Yorit World. The war department has allowed the soldiers of Troop I, First United states cavalry, stationed in the Yel? lowstone National park, $10.80 for beef stolen by bears. Tho department refused at first to allow the ciaim. but upon receipt of the details of the theft, did so. Col L. M. Betts explained that his men had taken every precaution to j save the meat from the bears, hit were outwitted. A screened frame containing the meut was suspended by wires attached to four trees, ftinn? ing a square. No pi rner of the frame was within ten feet o,' any tree. To get meat for meals the cocks used a ladder. One night a bear climed .me of J the trees, went out on a limb twelve feet above the meut, dropped on it und bore it to the ground. When morning came moat and boars were gone. New Kind off Cane. Yorkvllle Knqulrer. Mr. James 1). Land of the Boershe ha neighborhood has h it at The Fn qulrer office a sample of molasses made, from Japanese Ribbon cane, the seeds of which he got from Dem? onstration Agent Blair last spring for experimental purposes. The molasses is far superior in both laxly and fla? vor to ordinary sorghum, and indeed Compare! favorably with the best pure syrup to be had on the oonuner olnl market Without being aide to dlaeuas the matter scientifically, we have no hesitation ii. saving thai it i> nn unusually line produ* t. Mr. Land says he plnnted three rows of th< cam e.i< h about ||fl feet long, on land that would make pounds of seed cotton to the <.ue. without fertiliser* and fertilised with ><-2-3 at tin- rate of 300 pounds to the acre. When . ii cane came it etooled out at the rate of from I to 6 stalks to the bill, and tu-, of the larg.-M stalki that were matured, measured nine feel long, six Inches in diameter and weil u tl ? Ighi pounds Prom the three roWI Ol cam In- made II gallons <?f molnsses He Ut delighted With the experiment and, v ill go still further into tin matter. . Ml W <; Mllhbs of <}|een\i11e |S m tin- city, bavins, been called here on a< . ount of ike de lib of \Jr. (! R mblm, CHARLESTON S NEW RAILROAD THE CHARLESTON NORTHERN asks for a CHARTER. IrYopoood Line Between Darlington and Metropolis Of State Believed t<? Ik? connecting- Link of Bonbonrdi to Moot Lino Building out From Hamlet, n. c. ? capital $28,500, with Right to Increase to One Mil? lion. Columbia, Nov. 1.?Papers were Died today with the Secretary of State for a charter for the "Charles j ton Northern Hallway," a road fifty I seven miles long, with its principal I place of business at Darlington, run J ning thence through the counties of I Georgetown Berkeley and Charleston I and terminating in the latter city. This Is taken here to mean the Sea? board Air Line Railroad, The road has a minimum capital of $2S,500 and has the right, according ,to the papers, to increase its capital ' to $1,000,00<K The petitioners for 1 the charter are: 1). T. McKeithan and Bright Williamson, both wealthy und prominent citizens of Darlington, and Jas D. Kvans, a leading mar. of Flor? ence. This road, it is understood, will con? nect with the Georgetown and Wes? tern Railroad in the township Of Black River In Georgetown County, and is thought to be a part of the Sea? board building from Hamlet, N. C, into Charleston. This will give the metropolis of South Carolina another railroad. It means a great thing for the future development of the port and foreshadows the importance of Charleston with the opening of the Panama Canal. Investment in Motor Trucks. When the motor truck industry was in its infancy, only a few years ago, a close student of economic conditions predicted that before many years the total investment in motor vehicles would equal the present investment in the railroads of the country. Any industry which gives promise Of such gigantic proportions touches the public interest closely. As the pleasure automobile has revolutionzed country life, added untold acreage to cities, and created anew a nation of lovers of the out-of-doors, so motor transportation is creating a revolu? tion in the manners and cost of liv? ing which affects every individual, even thuse whom the pleasure car has not yet reached. The consumer, the merchant, and the manfacturer, and the maker of motor trucks have problems to solve I in common?on the solution of which nil) depend whether in the moto? truck society has a new and powerful servant, cheap and efficient, cr j whether it is being burdened by a ! costly and wasteful additotl to the machinery of civilization. All of these classes have a concern in the factors which affect the efficiency of motor ve? hicles. A motor-truck installation may be ' a protllable Investment?or it may nut. It should be. It would be dif? ficult to point out a class of delivery in which some type of motor vehicle i cannot be made more profitable than the horse-drawn vehlc.j. Thr gen? eral efficiency of the motor truck Is an admitted fact. I The tigures which prove this general efficiency are astounding, but they are' Incontrovertible. Considering it but from two broad instances of economy, j out of many, contrast, if you please, j the stable that houses a fair-sized! equipment of horses and wagons i with the garage which would amply1 shelter the trucks which might dis place them. Add to this result of a simple substruction in ground rent] the factor of being able to locate the garage at a greater distance from the store or warehouse, with no loss of time or exhaustion ol horses, und this one economy assumes tremendous pro? portions. Consider also the cost of horse mortality, Assuming that only 25 per cent of the 25.000,000 horses und mules were used lor city trucking and delivery, and that the life of these ti,250,000 averages six years, we have an annual mortarilty represented in COld cash, at the valution of $125 per hornet by the sum of $1:10,012.500. If WO ask where business men are to get the $125,000,000 which optimis te friends ol tin- motor truck say w'll be invested In it in 1914, we may also ask bow they can afford to lose tin- larger sum, ami there are ?hose thai claim that the hgures are low? that nearly 40 per cent of the horses are used in Commercial work, and th.it tie- average prh a should be at bast $150, Even discounting these Hgures to the limit leaven a good bal? ance to the credit of the motor tru^k. American Itevlew of Reviews Mrs. Pnnkhurst's American tour is turning out to be a frost because a woman who preaches lawlessness and violence cannol challenge serioun at? tention in a Isnd where the ideal wo? man is neither a tsrmlgunl nor <'> bouseburiier? -^Wilmington star WHAT CANAL WILL DO FOR THE NAVY. Secretary Daniels Discusses ivospeets Conceding the vast benefits that will accrue to commerce through the j opening of the Panama canal, Sec? retary Daniels told delegates to the Southern Commercial congress thai" the opening would not double the efficiency of the navy, lie denied claims that the furthered mobility of i the fleets would add so much to the sea power of the United States. He acknowledged, however, that such mobility would render the navy much more efficient. "During the long campaign to in? duce the American people to pay the millions necessary to construct an lfcuimian ca-ial," said the secretary, "one of the strongest arguments for* the large expenditure was that such g canal would double the efficiency of the navy. We were told also that j it would make for efficiency in the army and make the United States the dictator of the western hemisphere and the mistress of the seas. "Now that the canal is nearing com? pletion and the day is near at hand when ships will sail from San Fran? cisco to the Caribbean in about 2401 hours, as against 1,824 hours it took the Oregon to sail around Cape Horn, I ! we are told that tho building of the I canal demands twice as large a navy I as formerly, and that control of tho i j canal demands a large standing arm$ I on the isthmus." 1 Secretary Daniels referred to the; j declaration of Count Maurice de Pe- j j rlgi\y, a celebrated French explorer, i ' that "this gigantic and remarkable 1 work of the United States is insuffh clently protected in a military sense." The Frenchman calculated that 20,000 j men would be barely sufficient to guard the waterway. "Put In these statements," Secretarv Daniels continued, "as la almost all other things, the truth lies between two extravagant assertions. The canal will not double the effectiveness of our navy, but it will greatly increase Itli ability to defend every part of the coast on the Pacific as well as on the ; Atlantic. It will not virtually multi? ply the numbers of the army. It will make necessary fortifications and troops, but it need not be nearly so expansive or require one-half so many troops as our distinguished French? man predicts. "No great achievement comes with? out sacrifice and cost, but the benefits to be derived will be worth the mod? erate cost its protection and operation will require in all the years to come, and with the expansion of trade, the j benefits will increase n hundred-fold, : where is the expense will remain prac t tically stationary. j "The Panama canal is a mammoth carvin? knife that cuts and slashes I distances in a record-breaking way. I And cutting and slashing the distances I between New York and San Francisco j means to revolutionize naval, as well ! as commercial, conditions. The mill-' J tary significance of the canal, of course, is that it enables the quick movement of the fleet in either ocean to the other in time of war. "It will be the most vital chord in that system of transference by which the navy of the United States can j come promptly to the support on leth-1 er coast of the local defenses. With { a competent navy, and with the canal secured, not merely as to tenure, but with guns of such range as to insure deployment in the open sea at either end?a necessary condition of all sea coast fortifications?invasion will not he attempted, for It can lead to no adequate results. Without the canal it would require four months for an Atlantic fleet to round Cape Horn into the upper Pacific; with the canal it will require less than four weeks.'' Secretary Daniels, referring to j Spanish-American war days, lauded1, the battleship Orgeon's hazardous trip Of 13,400 miles in record breaking time, declaring the cruise helped pow? erfully to buid the canal. "A few months hence," he. added, "the navy?the chief cause which leu \ to the construction of the canal?will I proudly sail through the majestic wa? terway from the Atlantic to the Pa? cific. Headed by the Oregon, *he im? posing fleet will teach to all the world the fact that the navy of the republic, long anchored In one ocean, has hoist? ed anchor and is Squally at home on the Atlantic and the Pacific, the pro? tector and defender of American hon? or and American interests. 'It it 1-e given to those who haw* gone before to look out of the windows of the skies and find happiness in the doings of this world, the heart of John T. Morgan will thrill as he sees the realisation of :> dream that took him out Of the lowlands of thought ami Rave him the vision that comes only t<> those who live upon the mountain tops of public duty and of private thinking, where they tin given the power to prophesy and dream drca ms." "All men are born free ami equal. but Some of them keep tooling i round till they get unequally yoked.?Wll? mlngten star. of the Waterway. FACTORY REOPENS. MoKElYFR'S door, sash and BLIND FACTORY BEGINS OP? ERATION'S in BUILDING SUPPLY company plant. _ Burned Out Last Sunday Mr. MoK elv? er by Middle or Week Oeses Con-, tract for Other Plant in Which to! Continue Ills Bushiest?Will Install Necessary Machinery and Enlarge Plant. The McKelver Door, Sash and Blind Factory, burnt to the ground on last Sunday morning and utterly ruined, today begins business in the former Building Supply Company plant at the foot of Kendrick and Levi Streets and is ready to receive orders and carry on its former business, almost as if nothing had happened to it. It was reported on the streets the. latter part of last week that Mr. Mc Keiver had purchased the Building Supply Company plant in which to in? stall his business, which was burt out; at its old place Sunday corning, but at that time Mr. McKeivxer was notj ready to give out any particulars for ? publication as the papers had not j then changed hands. However, he was ready this morning to give out his plans, as he had closed the contract | and all of the papers had changed j hands and he was ready to go ahead with his former business. The Building Supply Company plant which has now been converted into McKeiver's Door, Sash and Blind Factory is not sufficiently large at present to do the business of the fac tory, so Mr. McKiever will have it en-j larged in the near future. It is prob? able that a second story will be put on the present building and additional1 quarters erected to take care of the business of the concern. Some ma? chinery was acquired with the build? ing, but it will not be sufficient for the needs of the new business, so Mr. MeKeiver has made arrangements toi order all necessary machines at once, In order that the work of his plant can go on, as if there had been no disastrous fire. Mr. McKeiver's factory has been doing a good business in Sumter in recent years and has proved a valu? able asset to the city. His many friends and the business men of the city are therefore glad to know that j he has decided to reopen again in so j short a time in this city and they ? wish him a continuance of his excel? lent business. WEALTHIEST NEGRO IN WORLD. (.irl Lixlng on Oklahoma Oil Lands Has Large Income. New York Herald. Sarah Rector, a 10-year-old negro girl, who lives in a humble cabin near Muskogee, Okla., is said to have the largest income of any man or wo? man of her race in the world. The royalties from the oil wells which the small negro gin owns are coming in at a rate which makes her annual in? come twice as large as that of th* president of the United States. De? spite the fact that she is receiving the sum of $4 75 every day of her life, which amounts to $14,250 a month, or $171,000 a year, Sarah lives as sim? ply as any of the other negro boys and girls whose parents, like her own, are tenant farmers and cotton pickers. When she is old enough to be sent away from home she will be entered at some boarding school tor negro girls and some of her money will be spent In making her a well educated and accomplished woman. Sarah is the owner of 160 acres of i oil land, which she has leased through her guardian, T. J. Porter, to the Prairie Oil and Gas company. , Two wells have been sunk, one of Which yield 2,000 barrels a day, while ] the second yields 1.800 barrels. Nino more wells will soon be in operation, ! and it is probable than Sarah's wealth will then soar much higher. Plant Heavily of Oats. Calhoun Advance. Farmers don't forget the oat crop., It will pay you to double up a little on your acreage In this crop this sea- i son, and be prepared to sell oats and hay to your less fortunate neighbor next year. The extremo drought that prevailed for auch a long period this summer in the western States, cutting the cotton crop short, also cut tin hay and corn crop short, in tremend? ous proportions, and those of u.< who are so unfortunate as to have to bu\ any of these articles next summer Will have to pay pretty dearly lor it.' Therefore you should take time by the forelock ami put In a big oat crop, manure it well, add a little vetch, to tho seeding and you will be on the safe side next summer, when you can sell dry food to others who do not take the precaution to provide for the shortage. Forewarned is forearmed, and there is no excuse for you to be caught napping. When our friends ^o back on us we take up with their old enemlee. Wilmington star. EDISON AND THE LAW. Edison versus the Law.?There is a note of regret in the judgment rendered by Thomas A* Edison upon laws as administered today. The al? most magical inventor has suffered much at the hand of the courts, one place of litigation, that compelling Jay Gould to keep a contract, having been prolonged for forty years. This is his verdict: "There is no justice in law. It has resolved itself into technicalities and formulas. A case will he thrown out jf one court and carried into an? other; it will be sent back on writs and bandied back and forth more for the exercise of legal practice than for the- attainment of justice. Where an important case might be settled in a short time by the use of common sense, it will be prolonged for years through the technicality of Jurispru? dence, the whole -ourse of object ernor's standing, as chief executive, clear and virtually unaseailed. The whole trial turned upon his campaign receipts and expenses last fall. There was no attempt to show that he had spent money improperly to secure his election. It was, however, shown that various supporters had given him considerable sums of money at that time, which he did not expend and which were placed to his private ac? count. A number of those who had contributed such sums testiefid thai, they had been willing to have Mr. Sulzer use the money as he saw fit, whether to relieve hum elf of person? al debt or to pay legitimate campaign expenses. From the standpoint of a private gentleman, Mr. Sulzer'c collec? tion and expenditure of money last uul has not appeared in a pleasant or creditable light. But that anything disclosed on the t.rial should have been held as sufficient ground for impeaching a governor is ridiculous. If Governor Sulssr had been willing to do even a part, of the things Mr. Murphy desired, there would have been no thought of impeaching him.? American Review of Reviews. Tammany and the Sulzer Case. Fortunately, the country as a whole has not failed to understand the Sulser case at Aloary. In the estimation of the public, it has not been Governor Sulzer who was on trial, but his ac? cusers and hie judges. The Legisla? ture belonged to Tammany, and obeyed the mandate which ordered the disposition of a stubbornly honest and upright governor. The trial of Sulzer has been the most shameful proceeding in the history of American administration. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson iras an. ill-advised and mistaken thing, but it rested upon intense conviction, and it was dig? nified by the sincerity of the accus? ing house and the high character of the senate. In the case of Governor Sulzer, the charges were brought by , a joint investigating committee which had started out to see what could be found against the governor. The in? vestigation and the trial left the gov i sought." , When it is understood that Edison has been called upon to defend prac? tically all of his great inventions at enormous experse and through great tribulation, his severe language will be forgiven. Upon his own statement he lost the German rights to his car? bon transmitter through the inser? tion of a comma, which entirely changed the interpretation of the patent. It is not against the law he inveighs, but rather against its In? terpretation by the courts and their officers, which term includes lawyers. Nor Is he alone in this bitter com? ment. Only last week a judge of the common pleas court at the capital declared from the bench that ques? tions which delayed for four years an accounting with the city of Columbia by a public service corporation might have been answered off hand by any bystander, even though a layman. With his marvelous brain and tils long and varied experience with the administration of the law the wizard of invention might, if he set him? self to the task, produce a system of practice which would eliminate the evils of which he complains.?Cincin? nati Enquirer. The Strand Magazine. The Strand Magazine for Novem? ber contains a number of excellent Short stories by such writers as J. J. Bill, Horace Annesley Vaehell, Aus? tin Philips, Mary Tennyson and Frank Savtle, besides a further intalment of "Unto t'aesar" by Baroness Orcey. An article that will attract the women Is by alary Boazman, the subject be Ing, In Which Profesion is the Ideal Lover to he Found?" Apparently, clergymen should be loved at a dis? tance, authors and posts have too much of the feminine in them to main ideal loVeen, while artists are not much better. According to this Wrtsr, sailors are not fickle. In fact, they make Ideal lover*. Pavlova writes on "The Pins Act of Dancing" ssd Ellen Terry. Hiram Maxim and Chevalier din 1st ret li describe "The Most Impressive Sights" they ever saw. "Concerning Cyril Maude" is an interesting account of the well known English actor who ia now on S v Isil to this country.