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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEEL? BEN HANDS OFF S.D3.tor Tillman Replies to Accosaiioo * That He 1$ Plowing AGAINST GOV. BLEASE Son of Late Col. T. B. Crews Charges That Tillman Has Joined Hands With Richards and Ira B. Jones to Work Defeat of Blease in Race For Governor. Senator Tillman has been accused of entering into a conspiracy with divers persons to defeat Blease for Governor next year. The charges came from W. T. Crews, son of one . of Senator Tillman's most ardent supporters during his long life, the late Col. Thomas B. Crews, of Lau rens. W. T. Crews, or as he is more widely known, "Bose" Crews, is edit ing a newspaper in Greenwood, the first issue of which appeared on Sep tember 22. Following the "Announcement" and a few other matters, appears an editorial entitled, "The Plot Against Blease" and it is in this article that the editor charges Senator Tillman with conspiring and plotting with John G. Richards and Ira B. Jones to defeat Blease for a second term as Governor. Senator Tillman, who has made public statement to the effect that he win be hands-off in the Governor's race, was naturally a little wounded by the article, especially since it was from the pen of one so closely relat ed to the Senator's staunch support er in the days of the'90s. Consequent ly, Senator Tillman replied to the editorial in a letter to "Jose," cop ies of which were distributed for publication. The letter from Senator Tillman is as follows: Trenton, S. C, Sept. 25, 1911. Mr. Wt T. Crews, Greenwood, IS. C. Dear "Bose": This morr.ing mail brings me the first number of your new paper, The News Scimiter. I was very much surprised to find that you had hatched a mare's nest out of my recent visit to John G. Richards at Liberty Hill, and have been none too tender of his feelings, and have dealt very unjustly with him. Although it is perhaps not worth while, I take the trouble to write you this letter which you are at liberty to publish. Your father was my stauch friend all of his life and it will not add to my peace of mind or contentment to feel before I die that his son is not the same loyal friend that Tom Crews was. I know your paper will circu late, if it circulates at all, among the pronounced Tillmanites of the State because the Laurensville Herald with which you have been connected was always one of the "blue hen's chick ens" and outspoken as regard Till manism. ? I think it unkind, therefore, to lend yourself to any suggestion or scheme which will weaken the confi dence in me of any friend of mine. You know, if you know anythinf, that I have nothing to do and never will have anything to do with that Gonzales crowd, or any emissary that they will send to me. I may be a fool and not recognize such emissary, but I think I have sense enough to know an ambassador or agent of that bunch of politicians should one ap proach me. Your editorial, "The Plot Against Blease," is so unjust to Richards and| to me and so calculated to mislead that I write this in order to set you straight. In the first place, Richards is not the anti-rubber politician and hypocrite you insinuate he is, but an honorable and high-toned man, and should have been elected governor last year, if character and ability to serve the people creditably had been considered by the voters. The sub ject of Jones' candidacy was not dis cussed during my visit to Richards and his announcement was a surprise to me. Richards has known all along that my candidacy for the senate depend ed entirely on the condition of my health, and even if I am in bed un less wholly paralyzed, 1 expect to al low the people of South Carolina who want to do so to have the oppor tunity to vote for me. I am anxious to see whether or not they appreciate my earnest and honest efforts to serve them these twenty-one years. So any hint or suspicion that I can be used in the way you suggest in the editori al is an insult and outrage to me and I am shocked to have such an as sassin's blow come from Tow Crews' son. If I am re-elected I will not re sign but dit in harness. You of all men are the last one to insinuate that I am so cowardly and so easily wrapped around peo ple's fingers that I would join any such combination. I am astonished at you and of course you know I am very -much hurt. I do not expect to take sides in the governor's race next year. It is none of my business, anyway, and my policy as a public mart has always been that of Jeffer son, 'Teach the people and trust the people." Both of the candidates thus far announced are old Tillmanites and the people must judge for them selves which one of them is best en titled to their confidence. Very respectfully, B. R. Tillman. three MAS*? <y rifle MAIL and BAGG,./e CARS. Two Trunks Containing Jewelry Sam ples Had Been Taken On Only Ten Miles Away. Missouri, Kansas & Texas passen ger train No. 29 fron:. Kansas City to Oklahoma City was held up by three masked men early Tuesday near Ok esa, Okla. The robbers rifled the mail and baggage cars, but it is believed got little of value. They did not enter the passenger cars and escaped as soon as they had finished their work. Two trunks full of valuable jewel ry samples belonging to r. salesman for an Eastern firm were put on the train at Okesa, but it has not been learned whether or not they were stolen. A special train carrying a sheriff's posse and blood hounds left Okesa for the scene of th~ robbery. The hold-up took place in a new cut and the train was running slow ly.< Suddenly four shots * ere fired. The engineer ard fireman -saw three masked men climbing over the ten der pointing their revolvers at them. James Myers, engineer, was ordered to stop the train. Myers did. The bandits compelled Fireman Switz Enky to uncouple the baggage and express cars and run them down the track several hundred yards from the remainder of the train. The robbers fled after spending 15 minutes going through the baggage and express cars. The train continu ed its way. The amount of loot ob tained has not yet been learned. The sheriff of Osage county organ ized a posse and with a pack of blood hounds started on the tr.iin of the bandits, which led into the wild Osage hills. IGNORANT OP ITS MEANING. Ate Big Dinners ond Could Do No Justice to the Spread. The Atlanta correspondent of the Greenville' Daily Piedmont says an amusing Incident occurred in con nection with the entertainmet of the International Blacksmith's Union there Tuesday. Many of the brawny sons of Vul can come from the cold provinces of Canada and the Northwest. Out there people have never heard of the word "barbecue." Many of the de legates didn't know, and didn't ask. They simply took for chanted that it was some pleasant form of out door entertainment, and ;n order to enjoy it fully?it was set for 2 o'clock Tuesday?they fortified them selves with good heavy dinners at their respective hotels. When they got out to the woods and learned that a barbecue was something to eat their distress was pitiable. When the odor of the meats turned and roasted in their own juice above the burning coals assailed their nostrils their plight was still sadder. It was enough to provoke tears and laughter. Nor was It a reflec tion in any sense upon 'he learning and intelligence of the visitors for "barbecue" was simply a "dov.n sleuth" word they had never happen ed to meet before. One of the gen tlemen confessed afterward that he thought it was a. tournament, and r.nother had an idea it was some thing like a merry-go round. woman's assailant lynched. Mob Wreaks Summary Vengeance on Georgia Chauffeur. Frank Mack, a negr> chauffeur, from Dublin, Ga., was lynched near Eastman, Ga., Thursday night, by a mob composed of unknown parties, for attempted criminal assault upon the wife of a well-known planter of Dodge County. The negro was frus trated in his attempt by the arrival of several negroes from a field near by by the woman's screams. County oflicers were notified and after a chase of several hour:.*, Mack was' captured about five ir 'es north of Eastman. While returning with the oflicers he was taken in charge by a mob at Gum~Camp. The negro then was tied to a pine tree near the road and his body riddled wiSh bul lets. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Mack came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. rushing cotton to europe Savannah Ships Five Million Dollars Worth One Day. Statements that. the foreign de mand for cotton was of a mere "hand to mouth" character were effective ly refuted by the enormous foreign exports from Savannah one day re cently. The official v ports showed that the day's exports 34,204' went to Great Britain. 10,500 to France, 46.GS0 to the continent a.id 4.372 otherwise. The foreign exports were 01,3S4 bales, representing a value of over $5,000,000. It is be lieved that this is the largest a mount ever exported from any port in one day. June Strawberries Now. Nearly a pint of strawberries were picked the other day by C. F. Kibbe, of Walnut street, in a field in West ?Suffield, Conn. The berries have the size and flavor of June fruit. ORANGEBU TARIFF REFORM Picsilent Park r D fi.es His Pusitieo od Important KatUr THINKS IT IS NEEDED Head of Merger Dissented from the Views Expressed by Committee of Fifteen and Resigned from Com mittee Appointed to Represent the Cotton M?lls by President Smyth. That Lewis W. Parker, president of the Parker Cotton Mills company, and one of the most influential cot ton mill men in the South, differs rad ically from the position taken by the committee of fifteen appointed Ellison A. Smyth to represent the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, in regard to the revision of the tariff, [s developed by inquiries made of ;..\\ Parker by The Daily Record, fol lowing the suggu-.tion, during Mr. Parker's absence in Europe, made in the Daily Record editorially, Aug ust 7, that the fact that Mr. Parker's name did not appear signed to the memorial prepared by the committee might indicate his dissent from the committee's position. Mr. Parker now states that he resigned from the committee and permits The Daily Record to publish, below, his letter to the chairman, Mr. Miller. 4 Greenville, S. C, June 12. Mr. R. M. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Tar iff Commiitee, Charlotte, N. C. My Dear Mr. Miller: I have just returned to the office this morning after several days' absence and find your letter of June 9, enclosing copy of brief submitted to Hon. 0. W. Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee. I regret I must return to yon the copy of the brief sent to me for sig nature, unsigned, as I cannot agree with the iommittee who subscribed thereto, for the following reasons: (1) In my judgment, a policy of inaction, as proposed by the com mittee, Is net in line with what the people of the United States in the election of a Democratic house of re presentatives have demanded; and I believe that it is necessary that the ways and means committee of the house of representatives, in response to this demand of the people, should take some action looking to a reas onable reduction of the tariff on cot ton goods as well as in other sched ules. (2) Furthermore, I believe it would have been a matter of good policy on the part of the manufactur ers to have recognized the demand existing for reasonable reductions of the tariff, and the demand existing In my judgment, to make such reas onable reductions. In my judgment ft""'would have been the part of wis dom on the part of the manufactur ers, generally, recognizing such a de mand, to have rendered every as sistance to the ways and means coin inittee, so that a policy of reduction might have been put into effect in a conservative manner, rather than risk the effect of delay, in which possi bly there will later be necessary more extreme action, which would in my judgment be unfortunate. In my opinion it would be the part of wis dom today on the part of the manu facturers not only to assent to a reas-j onable reduction along the whole line but to render every assistance to the ways and means committee, so that reductions may be made with a knowledge of their effect, rather than that manufacturers should pursue the policy of inaction or "stand-jat ism." (3) I connot assent to the sug gestion of inaction proposed by your committee to the ways and means J committee for the further reason that at the request of what I un derstood to be a committe of the Arkwright club, and, as I had un derstood, with the concurrence of the committee of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, I have al ready made representations to Mr. j Underwood, chairman of the ways! and means commiitee, in which I urged a policy of conservative re duction not only in the cotton goods schedule but in other schedules. If I, therefore, at this dale subscribe j to the brief submitted by your com mittee, I should be completely re-j versing myself in the matter of rep-; resentations made to Mr. 1'nderwood. I regret very much that it is not practicable for me to be present at the meeting of the joint committees; of manufacturers on June C, but as Ij have already explained to you, this, meeting was called on a date when I it was impossible for me to be pres ent. It is my sincere desire to act in cooperation with my brother man ufacturers, and I am always inclined to a compromise of views. In the! present instance the joint commit-' tee has asserted a view which is in no wise a compromise, and which ; in no sense recognizes the views of| ethers, like myself. Under such circumstances I regret' that I cannot act in harmony with j the committee, and as the committee! has already taken action that is not| in accordance with my own views, Ij feel that there is nothing for me to do but resign from the committee, I have therefore this day forwarded Capt. E. A. Smyth, president of the American Cotton Manufacturer's as sociation, my resignation as a mem ber of the committee on tariff revis ion, and beg to enclose a copy there RG, S. C.; SATURDAY. OCTC MOBS ATTACK TRAINS FOUR STRIKE BREAKERS INJUR ED IX RIOT AT HAMBERG. One Train Stopped Just Outside Au gusta and Other Near Schultz's Hill in This State. An Augusta, Ga., dispatch says the operations of trains on the Georgia &' Florida railroad met with the first material resistance from the striking firemen and sympathizers in this vi cinity Wednesday evening, when two freight trains were stopped by mobs and the train crews overpowered. Four employes of the company were seriously injured, one of them sus taining a fractured skull. Sylvested Moriarity of New York, a guard, was struck on the head with a coupling pin, and his skull was fractured. William King of New York was badly cut about the head and face and shot through the arm. William Ray of New York, a fireman, was badly cut about the head and face. All the injured men are strike breakers and are now in the city hos pital. A train leaving for supplies for way stations between Augusta and Douglas was stopped just outside the city limits, on the belt line, and was abandoned by the crew. The other was a train of freight cars being transferred from the Augusta yards to the Hemburg yards of the South ern road, and was held up near Schlutz's Hill, on the Carolina side of the river. Sympathizers of the striking firemen literally swarmed over and took possession of both trains. On the way to Hamburg the guards defended themselves as best they could with engine tools, but were overpowered and forced to run. The injured men were not permitted to get conveyances to bring them to the city, but were forced to walk the long Southern bridge to the city Mor iarity being aided by his companions. An ambulance was called for them when they reached the Augusta side of the river. MORE CONVICTS GO FREE Gov. Blease Turns I ose .Men Killers and Negro Thieves. Robert Pierson, convicted in Clar endon county in 1S99 on the charge of murder and sentenced to life im prisonment in the penitentiary upon recommendation to mercy, has been paroled by the governor during good behavior. The three negro "joy riders" of Charleston, Lewis Davis, Robert Smith and Henry Field, who were convicted in February on the charge of conspiracy, malicious mischief and reckless driving and sentenced to serve five, years each in the peniten tiary, have been paroled by the gov ernor on the condition that they re frain from the use of whiskey. T. A. Brown, convicted in Ches terfield county in June of this year on the charge of involuntary man slaughter and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, has been pardon ed. A pardon has been granted to Har vey R. Smith, who was convicted in Oconee county in July on the charge of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Since assuming office the governor has extended executive clemency in 239 cases as follows: Paroles 12S, pardons 111,. PIGEON FROM COL UM HI A. "Honied" for St. Louis, but Goes to New York City. .A St. Louis dispatch says the car rier pigeon which flew in an apart ment at No. 22G West Seventh-eight street, New York, was released at Columbia, S. C. The pigeon belongs to Frank Sloney, a St. Louis com mercial traveller. He brought tho bird on his trip South and released it when he reached Columbia. Frank: N. Solms. No. .">MS Houston place, said the bird was "homed" for St. Louis and probably became los*' ow ing to storms or rapid changes in the air currents. He declared Stoney frequent took the pigeon on his trips and "honied" it to St. Louis. In each! instance the bird reach there safely. -J Of to yon. In order that Hon. O. w. Under wood, to whom 1 have mad" represen-' talions, shall not be under any mis understanding as to my postion inj tlis matter, I am taking the liberty j of sendng to him a copy of this letter. Had I time. I (hink T could de monstrate many errors and inconsis tencies in the brief submitted by the committee of manufacturers to Mr. Underwood, but at the moneiit 1 can not write at greater length. I aminterested in noting the com plete change of position made by I the committees from the Arkwrightj club and the National Association, of Manuacturers, which change I take to be consequent upon the knowledge j that it is improbable at the present time that- any legislation affecting; the tariff can be passed. In my view this is most unfortunate, for I believe that a failure to have facili litated a reasonable reduction in the tariff will lead to an uncertainty and dullness of business for many months| to come. Very truly, Lewis W. Parner. )BER 7, 1911. HE GAVE UP Penns)l?ania N gro Snrrniufrs Himself to Charleston Police Gave Himself Up Because His Con science Troubled Him.?He Was Surprised to Learn that He Had Killed Two Women Instead of One as He Supposed. Two- people were killed in Ha.ck ett's,. Washington County, Pa., by Stuart Palmer, the negro who sur rendered himself to the Charleston police a few days ago, instead of one as Palmer thought, according to the statement made Thursday to a. re porter for The News and Courier by County Detective William McCreary, of Washington County, who arrived In Charleston Thursday and took Palmer back to Pennsylvania with him. Palmer stated that he had not known that he had killed two, but that it was all the same thing. 'County Detective McCreary arriv ed in Charleston Thursday morning and spent most of his time at police headquarters, whither Stuart was taken* from the jail. He had been notified of the arrest of Palmer a few days before by Chief Boyle, and had left for Charleston as soon as he could secure the necessary papers. He recognized Palmer as soon as he saw him. Mr. McCreary seemed to be of the opinion that Palmer had a. very good case of self-defence. The detective knew the circumstances of the case and treated the negro very kindly. He said that he would report to the authorities in Pennsylvania the good conduct of the negro while in Char leston, and it is expected that Pal mer's behavior here after surrender ing himself, together with his quiet and confident demeanor, will go a long way in his favor. Palmer is a tall negro, between 30 and 4 0 years of age. During the time he was on the road and in jail he grew small side whiskers.. His face Is not an unpleasant one, and his manner is quiet and subdued. He answered all questions put to him 'by the authorities very readily, and tells a very straight story of the whole affair. When asked by the reporter to tell how the trouble occurred, Palmer said that the whole thing began ov er a crap game in which he was playing. He said he had some words with another negro in the game, and that he gave the latter a slight scratch on the cheek with a pen knife. Shortly after this, he said, two women, friends of the man with whom he had had the trouble, threat ened him, but he took no notice of it. The day after this, Palmer said, he went to the two women and asked them if he had offended them. The women cursed him and tnreateued him again, one showing a large gun. In the room. Palmer stated, were olso the mother of one of the women, and the man with whom he had had the trouble originally. 'The woman with the gun, accord ing to the story, pointed it at Pal mer and led him Lo believe she was I going to kill him. Palmer then reached in his pocket for his pistol, and the other man in the room grab-j bed him around the waist from thej back. Palmer then fired two shots' into the room wildly and breaking loose, fled. He learned that one of the women had been killed. Palmer then started South, riding on freight trains and working here and there tc get. something to eat. After four weeks of this, he arrived in Charleston. His conscience, he said, troubled him so that he was ' forced to give himself up to the J Charleston police and confess tho j j killing. Detective MicCleary told .Palmer that two women had been killed by the shots. Palmer seemed surprised I; nt added after a few minutes' thought that he might as well be tried for killing two as one. Pal mer is reported to have told some of the men in the police station that | he was tired of living and was ready to go back to Pennsylvania, even | if they should hang him. DEADLY WORK OK DYNAMITE, Explosion in Fireplace Kills One and Injures Others. At. Cooper Hill, Tenn., .Mrs. Steve j Loftus was instantly killed, Mrs. H. A. Barclay was fatally injured and, (Mrs. C. A. .Tarrard was badly hurt 'when five sticks of dynamite explod ed on Thursday and wrecked the i home of It. A. Barclay, of that place, lit is stated that workmen who had I been blasting a well on the place! had left the dynamite in the house. J and in some way it was thrown into' the fireplace. The Barclay family 1 had just moved into the house, and ! papers and trash were lighted in the! grate where the dynamite had been, thrown. Breaks All Records. At Savannah. Ca., all previous rec orls for the receipt of cotton for one day were broken with the total arriv a lof 27,Gr>0 bales. This exceeds the former record, established October IS, 1909, by 1,639 bales. RAISE ONE BALE LESS TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THIS EFFECT EACH FARMER. It Would Mean Entailed Riches for a Year and a Little Less Work For All. Hhea Hayne, in the Georgia-Caro lina Agriculturist and Weekly Au gusta Chronicle, gives the cotton far mer something lo think about in an article in the last issue of that excellent publication. Here is what he says and we would commend its perusal to every farmer: If you were to grow just one bale less of cotton what would the result be to you individuall? That is a ques tion of paramount importance to the cotton grower. If it were answer ed right the result would be astound ing to the average farmer. It would mean entailed riches for a year and a little less work. Yet the farmers of the South are now in position to act as if they had grown just one bale less of cotton. The holding of one bale to the plow would send the price of the fleecy staple soaring skyward and there would be general rejoicing throughout the country. Even if the growers had to hold on to the ex tra bale until after next season there would be no cause for complaint. They could just plant one bale less for the next crop and the world would await open-eyed for the difference. Of course, it is folly to talk about holding back a whole crop of cotton. The fanner who doesn't owe money and has no cause to sei! his cotton may keep it with propriety, tut the planter who is duty bound to sell some of his crop in order to meet ob ligations should not menace his standing by failing' to sell at the pre sent prices. The world is ready and willing to pay the price that the grower demands provided the grower is in position to enforce his demand. You put a planter in the attitude of seeking a buyer instead of demand j ing a price and the situation is very much changed indeed. The question of growing a cotton crop is now one of the biggest in the country. The north and South and east are at last^coming to un derstand each other and according to the opinion of a leading Southern authority the world is now willing to concede the South's superiority in this matter and willing to help the cotton belt advance. It now re mains for the planters themselves to demonstrate their willingness to go forward iu the scale of progress. The world is daily reaching out to people who will help themselves and there is no doubt but that a new re gime will soon bo instituted in the cotton belt. Every year at this season some thing is started to show more clearly that the farmers of the South espec ially should give more attention to growing the things that are needed at home. If the average farmer were to set out and grow just one bale less of cotton and put the same amount of work on the home crops there would be immensely more pro fit in the transaction. The soil would be enriched and the whole community at interest would take new courage from such action. There is little doubt but that the whole country would soon feel the immeas urable benefit from this action. The ccurso of the cotton planter has too long been directed in one channel and now is the eminently proper time for them to make a ch"i:ge. One of the best movements that can be started now is to inaugurate a great .grain planting campaign in the South. With the turn of po litical machinery in reference to the stitution in Canada by which it is assured that the gra.in of the great northwest cannot got into this coun try free of duty, there will be a rise in food stuffs, including corn, grain of all kind, hay and meat. Tie cot ton farmer under the present system ir, a consumer and purchaser of these products and not producer enough to supply his own home demand much less that of his home community. When these products have to bo purchased, espeeiallly at the prices that will prevail hereafter and have been prevailing for years, there is no hope for him to make any material progress without growing eno'ugh crops of the kind ho needs at home. The average cotton farmer can produce hay and grain just as cheap ly as the richest lands of the middle west, and maybe cheaper. The only thing for Miein to do is to learn this fact. Learn it and begin to practice it. and the South will make even greater material advancement than it has made in many years. When the farmers commence to grow grain they will start out to growing live stock. They will raise more mules and horses and do other kinds of farming that is sure to bring the de sired results. Land will be enriched and there- will be universal advance ment noted on every side. All these things seem impossible to the layman's eye until he goes out and digs up facts and figures. When the cold reality of the situation dawns upon the farmers there will be great changes made. The cost system?figuring out how much more it costs to purchase a ton of hay, or a bushel of corn than it do?.'s to grow it, will be conclusive enough. You figure out the sum total and watch the result in the figures. Fig ure out how much more it costs to grow a bale of cotton with feed for your stock purchased than it does TWO CENTS PER COPY. Italians Bernhard Triptli^Wcen Teils Refuse to Sarrendtr. RESISTED TO TBE LAST Turkish Gunners Are Reported to Have Stood by Pieces After Demol ition of Forts?Town Deserted by People and Many Heuses Destroy ed by the Firing. Tripoli has been bombarded twice jy the Kalian fleet. The* first shot was fired shortly after three o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Shelling was resumed early Thursday morning af ter a quiet night. There was a stea dy but slow fire from the war ships until dusk Wednesday evening, and shots also came from the forts in the town. The French steamer Tafana took a delegation from Djerba to the scene of the hostilities. Among the party was the French consul general, M. Leon, who made several ineffectual attempts to land. The Tafana waa stopped about ten miles from Trip oli by a boat from the cruiser Var ese, which ordered her to return, but she remained for more than an hour, even creeping in closer to the blockaded town. The white buildings of Tripoli were plainly seen and the whole field of operations was unfolded before the watchers. Officers of the Vareee found that the oattle had been delay ed because Admiral Aubrey, com mander of the Italian fleet, had re ceived, a request from the Tripoli garrison for another day's grace and gave the garrison an extra few hours. The battleship Berodetto Brin and armored cruisers Giuseppe Garibaldi and Francesco Ferruccio drew up in line in the harbor. There were no small err ft in the battle line and the Vareee stood O'ff to keep back in truders. There was no sign of life in the city, which appeared deserted, but the Turkish (lag flew from the cas tle and forts.- The first shots were directed toward Chrcehatetti fort and later Kerekerche fort was shell ed. As the first shells burst over Tripoli the garrison seemed to- be awakened. It returned the fire with vigor and energy. A heavy cannon ade was kept up on both sides for a few minutes and then firing became, desultory. So far as could be seen no warship was hit. Vice Admiral' FaravelH at four o'clock ordered his ships to cease firing to permit the town to surrender, but no sign waff given, and after a few minutes the ships began again. This time great havoc was wrought and the fortifications were razed, the forts suffered severely and the light house to the northwest was destroy ed by shells from the Garibaldi. There was no means of knowing the loss of life in Tripoli, but ample opportunity was given the defenders to escape. When the Tafana left the scene no landing had been at tempted by the Italian fleet, and it was feared that during the night the town would be pillaged by nomad Arabs, who had been hovering in tho vicinity. Early Thurr.day the first division of the Italian fleet, under Admiral FaravelH, resumed the bombardment. The Turkish garrison occupied a pos ition behind the forts and responded with a fusillade which fell short. The Italian commander endeavored to avoid damaging private dwellings, but some of them were destroyed, and the governor's palace and the three forts at the entrance cf tho port are in ruins. Tho consulates and churches have not been damaged. The Italian flag floats over Sul tania fort at Tripoli, which is occu pied by landing parties. Part of tho fleet is anchored in the harbor and the warships lie a short distance from the dismantled fortifications. Few bodies of Turks have been found of the forts, and apparently no great among the ruins of tho fortr. and ap parently no great number of Turks e-.vre killed by the bombardment. According to a Constantinople re port, not yet confirmed, the; Italian warships Thursday bombarded Ben ghazi and Derna. Various rumors concerning a naval engagement in Turkish waters, an attack against Mytine and the blowing up the Ital ian battleship Conte di Cavour at Tripoli have not yet been confirmed from any quarter. Captured a Transport. The Italian cruiser Morco Polo brought into Toronto, Italy, Wednes day the Turkish transport Sabah, which she had captured. Great ex citement prevail* ' throughout the day during the disembarkation of prisoners taken on the steamer. These include a Turkish general, colonel ot the medical corps and many soldiers. to grow with food produced at home and you have the logical an swer to the great question?the econ omic question of the Southern plant er. Get ready to plant a big fall crop. Get ready to grow one bale less of cotton next season and plan a method by which you can grow just that much stuff for home use next year. That will mean happiness and suc cess to the average farmer and af ter all you'll find you, reader, are* just one of that kind.