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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
CHAIRMAN JONES INTERVIEWS
Ne Thinks tho Talk OF Reorganization
ID Nonsense-Bryan Probably Re.
tired From Politics..

Senator James X. Jones, chairman OF
the Democratic national commii'sp.
has spoken as follows in q recenU inter.
view
The election result was q. great sur
prise to all Democrats. All were so
confident OF success that the s~weepjnp
republican victory came as q severe
Shock. Even on the evening OF the day
before election r~eassuring tcleErame
came from leaders hat New York WAS
safe fer Bryan and from leaders in
other pivotal States that the D.mo
Gratis were sure to win. It was these
forecasts that buoyed us up To the last
moment and made the actual resul,
more startling.
But MIR. Bryan Is a great man, one
OF the greatest in America TODAY, AND
his influence will be felt for MANY
vars to come in American politics.
be Is Is giant in intellect and simply
interchangeable in the prosecution of 4
campaign. Whether he will be a can.
did ste for the Presidency in the ncyr
future remains to be seen, but it is nos
probable that ne will. IL is moro rea.
sonib.e TO presume that lie would De
clue ne nomination even ahould u be
offered to him.
l~t@organiz .tion oh, that's AL
nonsense. There's nothing in it and II
"lIi oIow over In thirty days. j. +.
pleclpated by those who ucsertcC the
parry and gave aid and comfort to th,
etemy and does not PIE Mt th,
strength or the spirit Of the ]gynu.u,
D1mocracy. What they would CO il
10 ADOPT all tue policies Of the ReBub
lican party and be Democrats only in
name. but, granting that there is
c8u"e or strength for the so-calicd re
on E9n'H@,ion. who ms the power &, M,
the party TO do it now? Not the dis
gruntieu disorgauiZors who have raised
the Issue. II there is to be a rcurgspi.
zatl0n OF national committee or plat
form 1t cannot be cone for four wears.
or until the next national convention.
: AS to the issues, they must depcnd
largely upon the national and interng-
tlohai u~cvciopments of the next four
years. IL may be laid down primarily,
however, that the Democratic party
Will. never vary from its established
fundamentals, IA strict construction OF
the constitution and an unwavering
auhcrenCe 10 It's princiPles 9nC an Geo.
hoihlcally administered government for
Inc heneht OF the governed. The silver
question may solve itself. Should the
amount OF gold produced be ample 10
maintain 8oulliCient volume OF metallic
money, and Insure the stability Of
prices, the silver question will be sub
o~raln"teu but should the supply fall
snort OF the demands OF trade the silver
question VIII nc made prominent. The
question OF Imperialism may also find
u eoiution outside tho ballot box. |
oclleVe the supreme court viii decide
against the Porto Rcau law, and,
should this be done, there will be a
revuislon on the part OF the Rupubl:.
cans themselves against the retention
OF the Philippines. But just what the
issues OF 1904 viii 10 no one can pre-
dlct with any degree Of certainty"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
A correspondent of the Obi,

PERMANENT RECORDS.-A subject
that has been attracting attention on
the part OF governments Is the per.
manency OF the State official records,
which, owing to the fact that man are
printed or written on perishable paper,
are likely to disappear entirely In time
In this respect ancient books and print-
Ing serve 40 models, since both ink and
paper have remained in as good con
dition as when originally used. The
books read by Columbus and his entries
on the margins are extant in perfect
condition, and In the custom holse
records may be found In clear black
letters the reward which he received
for his discoveries. In contrast To this
may be cited the case in which the
slgners OF the receipt for the amount
paid In Alabama claims are beginning
to a and have already turned brown.
reasons are assigned for the
speedy deterioration Of modern paner
first, Its preparation from wood pulp
not thoroughly prepared and second.
ly, the use OF heavily loaded papers
necessary for printing with photopra.
phic process blocks. The Prussian
new demands that paLer
Intended for official use shall come I'm
to certain standards OF quality which
has established and provides for nj.
hcial tests. 1t is believed that paper
OF wood pulp Is not to be altogeth-
or condemned l. the r~esinous matter Ia
and nothing but the wood
celluiose allowed to remain.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
DIR. wHIIsITr GROWS BoLDER
He Declares That the Southern Bap.
lists r Divided as to Whether
They Are Protestants

Iney Are RrOteStants.
Rev. DR.. William II. Whitsitt, late
president of the Southern Baptist Thee
logical seminary, made a notable ad
dress before the Baptist Congress,
which has been in session at Rich
mond, Va, in which he adhered to his
old position with reference to BanLtst
history, which created such q contro.
versy In the denomination, and his
~utterances were even holder than hcrc-
tofOre. DR.. Whitsitt said
"Southern Baptists are divided In
sentiment. One party asserts that Bap.
lists are not Protestents the other as
serts that no man cau be o Baptist eX-
cept in name only, who is not also a
Protestant. To hold and teach the
doctrine OF @ universal spiritual church
which, only with respect OF the inter
nal work o. the spiritual truth OF
grace, may be called invisible, is alike
a mark OF Protestant and OF Baptist
faith. To deny that doctrine Is under
stood to be a mark Of Romanism. Many
Southern Baptists deny that doctrine.
The doctrine that baptism Is essential
to salvation appeared shortly after the
apostolic age, and brought in it's wake
u baptism OF necessity, which, 10 all
ages, has been commonly performed by
aspcTslOu anu Ell uSlOn. III WAS not one
before the distinctive principle OF bap,
tism began by this means to be over
thrown. The last man who Ia shown to
have held and practiced 1t was Manus,
who wrote a lettor to Cyprian, of Car
thage, about the year PAS, ia which he
appears to have advocated the Baptist
contention. After that date, though
many churches and parties held and
practtced immersion, no record has
ever yet been discovered Of any who
held and practiced that 1T is essential
to baptism until the Baptists were
restored In 164l. Furthermore, his
toric testimony regarding the re-intro
duction of immersion In 164l, after the
rite had long been disused, was abun-
dant, definite, circumstantial, consis.
tent and quite as conclusive as tho
historic testimony that Napoleon the
First was named Emperor OF France in
1904. 1t is rejected by our Biptlsts " no
are no Protestants, but that is merely
The result of their substantially Cath
Ollie position"
DR.. Whitsitt declared $50 far as
present research has gone, no Baptist
has been found between a. d. 2S5 and
1871, yet the ~exigencies OF the Baptists
who are not Protestants absolutely re.
quire that a chain OF Baptists shall be
demonstrated to exist in the actual
succession for every day Of that Pc
Rod"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
THE NEGRO AS a 4Sa8KER.

Whites Best for thsS96tton Mills and
Negroes BesL Cotton fields of
tho South.
The queStHon OF the employment OF
negroes @Southern cotton mills has
been taken up by the industrial com
missiQ& before which James l.. Orr,
president and treasurer OF the Pied
mont Manufacturing Company, South
Carolina, testified thai, as u rule, no
negro help was employed In the cot
ton mills except for such labor as is
placed upon scavengors, iremeD, etc.
Mr.. Orr believes thai preference should
be given to white LABOR az long AS II
can be got, because it has had a. hard
time In tic south In com petition with
negro labor, aud this is the ONLY
sphere, As II were, set aside for its
benefit. So far us he is concerned, he
proposes to use white labor whenever
he car 40 50 to advantage. n gro
laoor was used in the South for mum
per OF yeSrs before the war to a limited
extent, ana q case is cited AZ the late
Saluda mill, near Columbia, where
some negro b was emp!uyeG. Some
MILLS use negroes on the pickers In the
picker room.
Mr.. Orr cid not consider Ii desirable
10 mix the races In .hoir employment.
n the first place, between TIE class OF
hands that work In the mill and the
negro laborer there ls considerable
feeling, and, in the second place, the
social feature that it would bring about
would be Objectionable. This feeling
Is not carried to the same extent or
the farms nor in the mines, ~ there
the labor consists principally Of men
whereas In Inc cotton mills there is 9
large number OF women. The tondenc,
OF colored labor Ia South Carolina is tt
WORK Tor a less rate of wages thau thu
white, rs they can live on very much
less, and the effect Is TO hold dow
white labor to a lower level.
, In the matter of the colonix ,tion o
> the negro, which has been advocates
. by some Of the witnesses before tn
' commission, the judgment Of Mr.. Or
, was that 1T would be a great misfor
; tune to the South II any scheme G
colonization should be carried out
= Negro LABOR Is the best for the farr
u that the South can get. Negroes ca
. live on less and they can do more wor
when properly treated than any othe
u class OF labor that the South has. Blu
for the negro labor the South coul
J no. live on five cent cotton, and in hi
II opinion were 1T not for five zen cottO
u the South would not be able to contrt
the cotton markets OF the world.
MIR. Orr believes that the negro he
refrigerated in Intelligence in the low
. er counties OF South Carolina-tnat
since tho control C the whites ht
been rcmoved-wb-re they gather
= large bodies by themselves and wher
u they have no association with tn
y white people. In the neighborhood
= Piedmont the negroes work as ca
u penters and bricklayers by the side
a the whites. This Is particularly see
II In tho building Of mills aud war
houses, etc, upon which negro ca
. penters plasterers and others wor
70 along with the white people.-Ne
York Commercial.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
last day of October closed I'll

The last day Of October closed the
fiscal year OF the State OF New Jersey.
During the year, according to the re.
port OF the finance department, forty.
n trusts were organized under the
laws OF the State with a capital rang
Ing from 80, 000, 900 to $3.50. 600, 600
none are reported under five unillions
and with q total capitalization of
S9OO, 600, 600. During the last two years
State has received from charters
lion OF dollars, while in other years
the fees received from the same source
amounted to only o few thousands an.
nually. The fee for chsrtering q trust
company Ia 5000 on the million.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

The entire number of votes cast for
members OF Congress In the seven dis.
tricts OF South Carolina was 28, 83l, and
In the seven districts OF Mississippi
25,797, while In the seven districts n
Illinois, whore the average Ia about
the same as through the Northern
States, the number OF votes cast was
214,379. Thus, In Illinois 274, 379 voters
nave sever representatives, or an aver.
age of one member of Congress to 80, 1877
voters. In Mississippi there is q repre.
sentative for every 1858 voters, and In
Sou.n Carolina orc for every 4.lI9.
The average ms mber nf Congress from
illinois represents lU.0 coo more voters
than all the seven representatives from
South Carolina or the seven from Miss
issippi combined.
9TH lessons can he drawn from this
comparison. Ia Is equally unjust for
the Southern States to have such an
excessive representation In the cleo.
toral college aud 10 the national CON
ventions which nominate the Presi-
dent. III the negro is not to participate
In the government he should not be-
represented In Congress or In the cleo
toral college, and these who prohibit
mis- participation ought not to enjoy
the advautaEc They receive by the
d~isfranchisem ut Of a part of their
population.
This is not n new question, but 1t will
come at h approach ing session of
Congress with more force than ever
before. Some Of The Republican lead
ers-and / understand that the Presi.
dent is among them-think 1t would
not be wise to do anything that will
excite unfriendly feeling In the South,
eau so many business mon in that
section arc leaving the Democratic
party and coming over to the RepubII.
cans.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

"A resident Of Plymouth, Mass, DR..
Isaac l.. Wood, has brought a couple
OF apples from an orchard at Ham.
loops, British Columbia, Just the ordi.
nary fruit Of that region. One of them
measures 159 inches In circumference
and weighs % ounces, and the other ia
nearly as large. Dr.. Wood was at the
agricultural fair at kamloops where
he saw an apple which weighed 20
ounces. a single apple is enough to
make a pie OF the usual household size.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

There ia in the little town OF Fort
Lee, just over the Hudson, in New
York State, an English walnut tree
forty years old, which once oycry
eight or ten years produces fruit q ute
as fine as any imported from Southern
Europe. There is no other tree with.
In a radius OF 100 miles that bears.
This Is It's fruitful year, and the nuts
are exceptionally fine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

Mississippi furnishes q similar illus.
tration. The largest number OF votes
cast for any member of Congress from
that State was 4,943. In ono district
the Republican candidate received IS,
In another 1913, in another l42, in an.
other 327 and in another III, while in
two remaining Districts no Republican
votes were cast at all.
The country districts OF Illinois offer
q good cnmnariann
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

Nv p III train makes close connections
at Eaiheun Falls for all points on s. a f..
Glese connection at Greenwood for iii
poihes on >. "A. Il. and G. & G. RaiIv ~,
ana at Spartanburg with Southern y -
way, 49,
For any information relative To, tict,,,
iates, schedules, etc, address
~ CRAIn. Gen. PAS. Agent.
W: S,ohlh ST AGL \ngU Va, Ga.
~ tMTtsuN. T~,th" \ anag.t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

Columbia and Charleston have
asked Tor the next session of the South
Carolina Methodist Conferences,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28

GA ~ -, na T. "A.
Beara the The Kind You Haze Ans:s Bought
's' q N1&aAAzm
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 5-Senator
Cushman K. Davis is seriously SICK
and the chances are that he will
not recover. His foot. poisoned
accidentally few weeks ago,
fails to yield to treatment,
and surgeon from Chicago has been
summoned to take charge of the sena-
tors case.
DR.. Stone, Senator Davis family
physician, states that it will be neceS-
sary to amputate part OF the foot,
and that it may mean the loss of the
entire foot if not the leg. If this
should be necessary he fears that
the patient will not survive the opera
ton The senator, it is reported, has
lost hope of recovering, and this fact
renders the case more serious.
1t is thought that crisis will be
reached within the next day or two,
but it is evident from talks with the
physician and members of the family
that the death of the senator would
not be a surprise.
The pus which had formed in the
fore part of the senator's right foot,
and for the removal of which two
surgical operations were performed,
has now gathered farther back to-
wards the heel, and indications are
that it is permeating the entire limb.
The fever with which the patient was
suffering on Friday has returned, and
\ 10 fY,no troon
as formerly. The senator is rest
less, and suffers much pain.
Early in October Senator Davis
noticed the swelling on his foot. He
supposed that it was caused by an
infamed corn, but it developed that
it was blood poisoning caused by the
day from a silk stocking.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
o, MARK.
Humorist Would Not Work Thirty
Minutes for $500


Minutes for $500
New York, Nov. MARK Twain
cares less about the almighty dollar
than any other man in New York. He
is out of debt, the royalties on his
books will provide an income for him
self and family for many years and he
has more contracts for the future than
he cares to fill.
The following incident best shows
Mr. Clemens utter disregard for the
coin of the realm.
A reporter Of The World few days
before the election was directed to
visit him and make arrangements if
possible to have Mr.. Clemens attend
the Bryan mass meeting at Madison
Square Garden and write about what
he saw for The World.
Mr.. Clemens was found at the Hotel
darlington, in West Twenty-seventh
street, where he is stopping with his
wife and daughter
1.-THE World has directed me, Mr..
Clemens said the reporter, ito offer
you $500 if you will go to Madison
Square Garden tonight and tell it's
readers what Mark Twain thought of
the Bryan meeting. A carriage will
take you over there, you will have
a good box seat, and after the meet
ing you will be driven back to the
hotel, where a stenographer will take
your dictation."
''That is very fattering offer and
| want you to thank The World for
the compliment, but I would rather not
work tonight, said Mr.. Clemens in
his peculiar drawl
why, there won't be any work
about it, said the reporter "This
meeting will be the greatest thing of
the kind that has happened during
this campaign and it will interest you
nightly aside from the money con-
sideration.
Yes, but | hate to work when it is
not necessary" replied Mr.. Clemens
1 admire other people who are in
dustrious, but am the LATEST man
alive. I hate work. 1t would destroy
Gal Lily P1CCo vi ctC Iu0 m0SLIuS = IL L
knew had to do some work after it
was over''
"The work will not take long. In
thirty minutes after the meeting you
can dictate all that you will care to
say. Practically you will be getting
$500 for thirty minutes work.
That is true, but I'm tired and
sleepy and would rather go to bed and
get some sleep I missed last night
when | got back from Europe. You
don't know how lazy I am and how
much dislike doing work of any kind.
NO, if you talked to me an hour it
would not change my decision. fully
appreciate the compliment, but I
only work when I have to-"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.

Schools at Menomonie May Have to
Close.
La Crosse, Wis. Nov. 4.-Dr. F. G.
Suffer, member state board of health,
has returned from Menomonie, where
he was sent to investigate smallpox
epidemic. He found several cases ex-
listing, and close quarantine will be
established. 1t is likely that it will
be necessary to close the schools in
that city.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Business is at standstin pending
the result of the election.
Laundrymen of New York declared
war against Chinese competitors.
The London Statist predicts a great
future for shipbuilding in America.
The mother of Lieutenant Peary,
arctic explorer, died at Portland, Me.
Great strides have been made in the
trade of Porto Rico since the end OF
Spanish rule
There was regular exodus Of
office holders from Washington going
home to vote.
General Randalls report states that
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
PICKED WILD RAsPBERRlEs.

DR.. Sprague Found Them in the Town
of Howard Yesterday.
Green Bay, Nov. 7.-Dr. Sprague
yesterday picked quite large cluster
of wild red raspberries in the town
of Howard This is something phe-
nomena1 for this climate. The ber-
ries were about as large as they are
earlier in the season and had all the
flavor and taste of the ones picked in
season.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12

At ST. Louis warrants were issued
by republicans for the arrest of $50
men charged with registering fraudu-
lently. ia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
It's Business noominn.

Milwaukee, Nov. 6.-The great Allis
plant is to be newly doubled in capac-
ity. About $500 men are now en-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-12
SENATOR DAVIS is ILL
SORE FOOT MAY LEAD TO AM
PuTATIoN OF LEG.
CRISIS NEAR AT HAND

Consultation of Physicians at Once to
Determine What Course to Pursue
Trouble all Due to Blood Poison
ing Form a Crocking Stocking
Great Alarm Felt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

Kansas City, NO., play-goers who
were delighted by the high class at
fractions presented at the Orpheum
Theater last season will be pleased to
learn that Manager Lehman who has
lately become stakeholder In tho
Orpheum company, has booked better
attractions than ever for the coming
season, which will open Sunday, Sep.
TENDER l6, with Sam Scribner's vau-
devllle company, headed by that popu-
lar favorite, Ezra Kendall. More
than $4,000 has been spent ON REPAIRS
paint, varnish, go'i-leaf, new carpets,
etc., and the house is now the hand
soonest and finest finished opera
house in the West. The large attend.
ance of out Of town people last season
surprised the management, and to
better care for this class Of patrons
Mr.. Lehman has added several con.
veniences for their benefit and COM
fort.
The 0rpheum Company has added
New Orleans to their circuit, and Ny.
Carl Reiter, who has been Mr.. Leh-
mans righthand man and manager
OF tho Electric Park Theater during
the summer season, will be assistant
manager Of the new theater in the
South. Denver and Minneapolis are
also to DO added To the circuit later
on. which will make the Orpheum the
largest vaudeville circuit in the world.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20

sold specially to France, but indls-
criminately to anyone who saw fit to
buy. Germany, or the agents of Ger
many, could have had all they wished
at the same price, but 1t appeared Bis
marck did not want them. He said he
could pick up better ones on the banks
OF the Loire where they were left by
the French. The German authorities
had no complaint to lodge against the
United States. There was nothing
against neutral obligations in an open
sale free to both parties or their
agents. Moreover, the charge of cor
ruption or bribery was conclusively
disproved. Sumner and Schurz, dis
affected toward the administration
for personal reasons, had gone off at
a tangent and magnified a mole hill
into mountain. Such was the judg-
ment Of the cool-headed German re-
publicans who stood fast for Grant.
The whole incident fizzled out after
several months of agitation. 1t proved
number of things quite clearly, but
first and foremost it displayed the cool
steadfastness of the Germans and the
utter folly of trying to dupe them by
cooked.up charges and campaign cries
destitute of truth.
II such men as Sumner and Schurz,
themselves honestly mlsled, could not
mislead the Germans in 1872, what can
be done with the cry Of miitarism in
1900? Men who could remain perfect
" cool and unswerved under such a
dangerous and deceptive charge as
that of the sale of arms to France are
not to be duped with the cry of Sim
perialism,' IL seems time for the de-
mocracy to learn once more how hard
It is to fool the Germans, and now, as
before, it must be sent to the dear
but excellent school OF experience.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
Naws from FormOsa and Japan.

Vancouver r. G., Sept. 13.-The
steamer Tartar, from Yokohama
brings several missionaries, ordered
home by their religious superiors'
but none from the disturbed districts
Head hunting in Formosa by the
aboraines still continues. On August
q 800 aborigines at Taf%akan went
out on a head hunting expedition
killing number of japanese Off
Gals. On August "a a shaft OF
copper mine collapsed at Higashl
Japan, killing 10 miners and inlur'
ing 30, and on the following day Ii
miners were killed in the ushio
mines.