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Happening! in tbe State.
Ah Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents
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DIEM or HU WOUMDS. C
Darlington, Jan 8.?Mr. J. N. 1
Melton, who was several weeks *
ago shot by his son-in-law, Robert 1
Clements, died Wednesday. Cor- 1
oner Clanton held an inquest in *
tbe afternoou and thererdict gives 0
the wound inflicted as the cruse of ^
death. Clements was arrested and B
is now in jail awaiting trial. *
UKOrPKD DEAD AT DILLON.
Dillon, Jan 7.?Nsil Arnett, a
prosperous farmer of the (iraddys
mill neighborhood drore into Dillon
today about 1 o'clock, put hi?
tortm up at Wiggins' stable, took
a sent by the stove in the office
and asked for an orange which he
begun to eat. In a short time, with
out u second's warning, he fell
over and when examined by a
physician who was ealled at once
he was dead.
> Mr. Arnott had, it is said, been
drinking for several days,
DIBD FROM A BULLET WOUID.
? Cheraw, Jan. 7.?Another de?
plorable accident eccured hero
this afternoon. W. C. T? ay wick
was accidentally shot and killed.
Trayw'ck works for tho Chesterfield
Lumber company. He left
their office near tho ^Coast Line
depot to inspect some timber
rfuVa tone-fourth of a mile towards
the river. He was absent about
one hour, when he was seen r?fl
turning.
He motionod for help. On go
ing towards him he fell and was
unable to articulate. In about
five minutes he died. On examination,
a bullet hole in his breast
was found. As yet no one knows
how he was shot er who did it,
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luuugu n is supposed to Dave be?n .
accidental. ,
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An inquest will be hsld as soon \
as the coroner arrives. (
Tray wick was about 4# years j
old and leaves a wife. He was <
well thought of by his acquaint* <
ances. <
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' Hester's Weekly Statement. t
New Orleans, Jan 6.?Secretary ^
Hester's weekly cotton statement j
issued today, shows for the six j
days of J umiary a decrease under
last year of 68.000 and a decrease
under the same period year before
last of 83,600.
For the 128 days of the season
that have elapsed the aggregate is
ahead of the same days of last
year 1,024,000, and ahead of the
same daye year before last 1,250,000.
The amount brought into sight ]
during the past week has been ,
281,662 bales against 323,217 for ,
the saiue seven days last year, and ,
309,104 year before last. :
Including stocks left over at i
ports and interior towns from the j
last crop and the number ef bales
brought into sight thus far for the
new crop, the supply to date is 8,- |
371,766 against 7,364,044 for the |
same period last year.
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A neglseted cough or cold tcaj
lend to eerio.us bronchial or lung
troubles. Don't tako cbancen
when Foley's Honey and Tar af
fords porfoct security from serious
clfeot9 of u cold . Sold by Fundoiburk
Pharmacy,
To Cotton Producers.
As you firmly bold the cotton
ow in your possession, determine
nd prepare to cut down the cotton
creage for 11)05. Reduction of
etton production at this time is
he keynote to success. Upon the
creage we plant this spriug will
argely determine the price of coton
wewno hold and that we expect
o make in 1905. Mako a abort
rop and get rich. Produco ahunlantly,
and tinancially ruin the
uth. Rotter shut down the mills
han to shut down thousand* of
aruiB.
As you decrease your cotton
loreage, increase your food supily
crops. Upon an intelligent
lolution of this problem will de)end
the future success of our
people. Make your farms self
mstaining and whip your omansipation
from the dominion of the
:o?mercial world and the gambler
)f Wall street.
Let no supply merchant run
pou, but from this day forth begin
to prepare to be your own muster.
Learn to market your cotton alow
y and thereby regulate the supply
to meet the legitimate demand
jf the mills. Keep the mills uc:irely
in the market buying sup
nliee and tuko the business of conrol
out of the hands of spoeulalon.
If money is needed, borrow
t from your local bunks and break
ip the iniquitous time business.
No farmer can make money and
pay a supply merchant 50 per cent
for supplies to farm with. The
fertilizer people are fully organizad
and all firms charge a uniform
prico for their goods. Hut if the
farmers refuse to buy at present,
prices will go down later.
The situation is simply this,
the farmers cannot afford to pny
iiigh prices for gusno, mules and
plantation supplies generally in
L905. The farmers must proceed
;o organize in each county and
prepare to buy together, buying
is little us possible. Now is the
iuie for ecomomy. Buy guano
>nly for cash or cotton notes.
Vlake no promises to pay for
>uano in money. Mako your
:otton notes on a basis of ten
>nn(ii nov rtrtiirwl Thn pnHnn in
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worth it. You cannot ufford to
aise it for le68. The fertilizer
people might just as well carry
lart of the risk as to undo''take to
!orce it all on you. This one-sided
lusiness of eternally puttiug all
he burdens on the farmers is
wrong. It o -ght to be stopped.
Che fertilizer people are entitled
;o a pro tit on their goods. So
ire the farmers entitled to a profit
in the products they produce.
Che price of the supplies we need
ian't stay where they are, as ii
:otton was selling for 12 cent*
per pound. We will be forced tc
hold our cotton and reduce the
eotton acreage and the expense ol
making tho crop. 1 therefor*
urge all farmers to make no trade!
for their guano at this time. A'ai
thirty or sixty days nod get together
on tho demand for a reduc
Lion in price* of what let wanted.
Buy the acid phosphate, meal and
kunit ftud mix your own goods nt
licme, Tuoee are perilous times.
Don't be in too big a hurry to
make debts for 1905 or heavy expeneo
accounts.
Harvie Jordan.
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Boars tho f K"l(l i Havo Always Boujf
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?Stibscnho to The Lodger.
The Matter With Farmer*.
Tha trouble with the farmer is
that he does not put in time
enough. lie begins in the spring
and rushes in his cotton and eorn,
cultivates until laying by time,
when he has nothing more to do,
wduo tuere it enough hard wovk
to keep him busy twelve months
of the year. There are weeds and
briuh that ought to be cat, fences
to build aod repair, and the woed
pile needs to be replenished. And
then there are the roads. Great
scott ! The roads some farmers
travel ars an abomination, when a
week's concerted and concentrated
effort on the part of the farmers
of a neighborhood would put near
ly any road in good shape. Bat
the farmer is a strange animal,
llo will not work on the road if
he can help it and when he hae to
i he does more carsing than work.
What enhances the Taiue of a
farm more than a good road leading
to it I But X think the farmer
i is beginning to see the light and
j when he does he will wonder why
i ho remained in darknese se leng.
. | Another trouble with the farmer
11 is, ho.has too much land. He for
^ets the fact that a small farm well
tilled it* a better one than a large
one not half worked. I am a be
liever in iatsnsive farming. Wa
should keep something growing
on our land all the tima; and the
most of the farmers do, but the
[ main crop is weeds. I believe
; by crop rotation, and a proper
i cultivation, we can keep vp our
. land and make it yield much more
than it does now. We ought to
keep more stook, but before we
rush in and get the stoex, we
should make sure of something to
feed it on.?Southern Cultivator.
Evacuatiou of Fort Arthur Cam*
pleted.
Port Arthur. Jan. ?Tha
Russian garrison at Port Arthur
today marched out of the city,
which was at onae occupied by
the Japanese forces, under General
Nogi. Only eight of the Hassian
officers have given their
parele. The remainder will re?
main as prisoners of war. They
will probably be sent to Japan
shortly.
Brothers Badly Lacerated.
Bristol, Ya., Jan. 7.?A special
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iu x no iiuiniu xruiu jDUU?r| I vuu,
bays Clayton Donnelly ana hi*
brother, Jeff, were blown almost
to pieces today by the explosion
it a slick of dynamite which they
were attempting to ignite for the
purpose of killing tish in Wautaga
river. Roth men are aliTe but
> there is no chance of their reooT>
ery. The eyes of both were blosrm
5 out, their faces terribly lacerated
' and both of Clayton Donnelly's
5 hands are missing.
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( Cruin at Last Confirmed.
Washington, Jan. 6.?Thenom*
, ination of W. D. Crum, tc be colI
lector for the port of Charleston,
t S. C., was confirmed by theSeni
ate in executive session to -day by
i a vote of SI to 17. Crum haa
been nominated by the President
threo times, and in addition to
theno nominations has received
three recess appointments, and is
nnw cArvinof nnrl?r the list Ctf
those. Confirmation w&a opposed
l?y Senator Tillman, who objected
to tho oppoiatment of a negro.