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Too Late. If I had told her in the spring The old, old story brietly. When the sparrow and the robin be gan to sig, And the sowing was over chiertt. But haste inakes waste, and the story sweet, I reasoned, will keep through the a sowing, t Till I crop the corn and sow the wheat, And give them a chance for growing. Had I even told the tale in June. t When the wind through the grass was blowing, Instead of thinking it too soon. And waiting till after the sowing. Or had I hinted, out under the stars. E That I knew a story worth hearing. E Lingering to put up the pasture bars, Nor waited to do the sliaring. Now the barn is fu!. and so is the bin, But I've grown wise without glory, Since love is the crop not gathered in, I For another fellow told her the story. STORMh SWEPr. Much Damage Done in the Eastern Part of the State. The storm of last Tuesday night and Wednesday did considerable damage in different parts of the State. At Georgetown on Tuesday night, 13th Instant, the wind began to rise at about 9 o'clock, coming from the northeast In gusts that increased in violence each hour accompanied by heavy showers of rain and attaired a mamimum velocity of about 80 izilcs an hour near midnight. Towards morning the wind changed completely around, blowing strongly from the southwest. The storm came without warning from the weather bureau and the rice planters have suffered severely. A large part of the rice crop being cut down and lying in the fields. The damage to property in town will fcot up fully 810,000. MARION SUFFERS GREATLY. A d-spatch from Marion to The State on Wednesday says a terrible storm has been raging since last night. Houses are blown down, trees up rooted, telephonic and telegraphic communication is entirely suspended. Crops are ruined and the electric light wires are broken down in many places. Communication even by private conveyance is cut off. No fatalities have been reported, but Information as to the extent of the damage in the county is very meagre. SEVERE IN FLORENCE. A dispatch on Wefdnesday to The State from Florence says a severe wind and rain storm struck this place last night about 12 o'clock and raged incessantly until 1 o'clock today. A great many shade trees in the city were blown down, several fences de molished and considerable damage done in breaking skylights and plate glass in show windows. Reports from the country say that the cotton crop is badly damaged. The roads are blockaded with trees and the tele phone wires are badly broken up. In the city trees were blown on several houses but none were damaged to a great extent. DAMAGE AT GOODWILL. As a result of high winds from early Tuesday night to 1 o'clock with light rains until 9 o'clock, crops are badly blown down as well as some fencing and trees at Goodwill. At one time this morning it looked like the storm of 1893 would be repeated. Cotton felds are a queer sight, the wrong sides of the leaves turned up and cot ton not more than half as high as it was Tuesday, one row lapping over another. sToRM AT LATTA-. A heavy wind and rain storm began at Latta about midnight Tuesday * and continued steadily until about 2 o'clock next afternoon. Cotton that remainedin the fields unpicked was damaged considerably. No other damage reported except the blowing down of shade trees. NARY LIVUS LOST. One ofthe Fiercest Storms on Record Sweeps Atlantic Coast. ~A number of lives were lost, much *property damaged and several, ships * were wrecked in the storm which swept up the Atlantic coast Tuesday night and Wednesday. It was one of -the fiercest September storms on record, thunder and lightning adding terror to a howling gale which swept drenching sheets of rain over sea and land. The greatest loss of life was near Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel W. -Dnrham, with acrew of six men and four other men employees of the American Dredging company, was swamped in the Delaware river early Wednesday during the height of the storm. Eight of the ten persons on the little craft were drowned. Halifax, N. S., is mourning a 3500, 000 fire. While this fire was not di rectly due to the storm, the flames were fanned and driven forward by the high wind which prevailed. New York suffered comparatively little. The wind and rain and light, ning and thunder was terrific, but little damage was done. Nineteen coal barges went adrift in the bay and their wreckage strews the shore from the battery to the narrows, but no lives were lost. Several small vessels also went ashore on various parts of the coast near New York. One fa tality was reported in New York -when a piece of cast iron fire escape was blown from a building and struck Carl Hertzner, killing him instantly. A fishing steamboat, Joseph Church, of Greenport, N. Y., struck on Peaks Hiil bar and was smashed to pieces. The captain and crew of twenty-one men were saved. From Wilmington, Del., comes the news 'that great destruction was caused by the storm. Trees were uprooted, houses flooded and crops ruined. In Chesapeake Bay the storm was par ticularly fierce. Incoming steamers arriving at Baltimore report that never in their experience has so severe gale swept down on them at this time of the year. One man was seen adrift in a small row boat in Chesapeake Bay, but It was impossible to rescue him.' Trivial Accident Caused Death. The Anderson Mail says the wife of David Dooley, the well-known colored blacksmith, died Monday morning under very peculiar circumstances, death resulting from blood poisoning caused by a fish bone which penetrat ed her hand about two weeks ago. No attention was paid to the trivial ac cident at the time the bone became embedded~ in the fiesh, but within a few days the hand became very in ' flammed, with the discoloration of1 the tissues surrounding the wound which accompanies blood poisoning. BarAN says he is ready to take the | stump for Parker. I 1 SHOULD BRING TEN CENTS. 'armers Urged to Get That Price or Hold Their Cotton. Hon. Harive Jordan. one of the best nown farmers in the nLited States, 'ho is president of the Southern Cot on Growers Association and the sational Farwers Congress, is out in , strong interview, in which he urges he farmers of the south to bold their otton back and not flood the market ith it. He says it will mean higher rices, and better times. Tbe inter iew is of vital interest to merchants nd farmers throughout the south ,nd Mr. Jordan says if the plan can ie successfully worked out, it will ean additional millions to the outh's wealth within the next year ir two. Mr. Jordan's interview fol ows: "The rapid and continuous deteri )ration of the cotton crop due to Irouth, wilt, insects and fungus liseases in the old states east of the Aississippi river, and heavy damages n Texas from storm, boll weevils and :oll worms render the situation very lifferent from what the outlook pre sented on the first day of August. "The late crop is virtually a failure hether we have frost before Novem Der or not. There are but few honest tatisticians who would say that this rop will reach more than 11,000,000 bales of cotton. The estimate ,frcm be Texas people places the yield at 10,000,000 bales. But even if we arvest 11,000,000 bales there must ecessarily be a shortage in mill stocks before we can plant and culti ate another crop. Sme of our argest mills in Georgia are actively aying their supplies at present prices lor the next year's consumption, which indicates that Georgia spinners realize that we are faced with another short rop and also that present prices for Lhe raw material are not too high. Farmers who are paying high prices lor cotton pickers so as to get their :otton out to be ginned and thrown n the market quickly are doing more :o depress prices right now than any andy else. Gather the crop as rapidly possible, but do not rush the staple too fast on the market. Store theseed :ottou in outhouses or have it ginned ind hold it. "Let every producer determine that ten cents per pound shall be the minimum price at which his cotton 9hall be sold. The mills can well ifford to pay 12 cents per pound for dll middling grade cotton under exist ing canditions and if the market is zot rushed higher prices than those it present will soon be cff rzd. 1 can 2ot fully emphasize the hign impor ance of moving the crop slowly to the markets this season. "Sixty days later when the situation Af the crop is fully known to the trade it home and abroad the demand fox )ur cotton will be intense and those who have the staple still in their con rol will receive its full value. Sell )ly enough cotton to meet the press ing demands of the present ana if the balance Is held at home, store It un der good cover so as to protect the staple from the weather. "Those who need some money to meet maturing obligations In October can store their cotton in local ware houses and use the receipts to secure loans from local banks. Your cotton as already been sold for future de Livery by brokers and exporters who expect the markets to be deluged with the rush of the staple as in past years. Check this rush and teach these speculators a lesson during the next sixty days. The cotton mills are quite willing to pay prices ranging between 10 and 12 cents per pound for this crop, and it will simply be a needless sacrifice to sell any cotton under ten cents per pound. "Stand steadfast for high prices this season and your position will be maintained. This crop should bring to the producers not less than $700, 000,000. Hold your cotton seed fox igher prices and refuse to accept the present low prices offered by the rep. resentatives of the cotton seed oil mills. "Every ton of cotton seed is worth $15 as a fertilizer, and no farmer can afford to sell and deliver a ton of cot ton seed to the oil mill ior less than $18 to $20 per ton. The present price of cotton seed is fully $6 per ton too low." DEMOCRATIC GAINS. [ate Returns from Maine Show Gains for That Party. A dispatch from Portland, Maine, says returns from the small towns in listant parts of the State and a care ul revision of last figures place the Republican plurality in Monday's state election at about 27,000. Returns from 450 cities, towns and plantations out of 550 give William T. Cbb, Republican, 75,954; Cyrus W. Davis, Democrat, 50,158. The same places in 1900 gave Hill, Repub lican, 72,541; Lord, Democrat, 39,714. The Republican gain over 1900 is aow estim'ated at 5 per cent., the Democratic gain at 24 per cent. N'ext vear's senate will probably stand 27 Republicans and four Demo rats, as against 29 Republicans and 2ne Democrat in the last legislature. [t is estimated that the house will be 121 Republicans and thirty Demo rats. The last house stood 131 Re publicans and twentiy Democrats. The heaviest Dexihocratic gains were [n Cumberland county where the par ~y re-elected Pennell as sheriff, a sena bor and county commissioner. Chair ian Simpson of the Republican state :ommittee, telegraphed President Roosevelt that the party had carried bhe State by more than 25,000. President Roosevelt replied saying te was delighted with the result and :ongratulated Mr. Simpson and those who had worked with him, most beartily. Every one knows that Roosevelt is not delighted over the result, because the Republican ma lority of four years ago has fallen off bout seven thousand. * Smothered in Cotton Pile. Bryant Partin, the six-year-old son >f Frank Partin, was smcshered to eath Tuesday while playing in a pile f lint cotton In front of his father's ome near Raleigh, N. C. The boy playfully dug a hole in the cotton and umped in. He had not been missed t the house and his dead body was 'ound by his little sister, who was dig. ring into the loose cotton.' The child vas found standing on his head in the enter of the pile of cotton. Farmers Institutes. Farmers' institutes will be held in )ecember in the follrowing counties: arion, Horry, Florence, Williams Eurg, Georgetown, Olarendon, Berke cy, Charleston, Dorchester, Orange surg, Bamberg, Colleton, Beaufort, ampton and Barnwell. Applica ions for institutes must be in by tovember 1. These applications must SEVEN LIVES LOST And Six Others Seriously Injured in a New York Fire. HEROIC RESCUES BY FIREMEN. Men Sought to Escape First but Thurst Back While Women and Children We re Taken Out. At New York seven persons were burned to death and six others were injured seriously in a fire which parti ally destroyed a tenement building at Nos. 68-70 First street early Tuesday. More than 20 families were asleep in the building and acts of bravery ac companied their rescue, which was ac'omplished by firemen and polic3. It was shortly after 2 o'clock wher the alarm was given. Within the few moments that had elapsed the flames were found to have gained great headway from the first floor and the neighborhood was in a panic 01 terror. Women and children were being dropped from the windows oJ the lower tloors and dozens of growr persons were fighting in the hallway. to reach open air. A policeman clambered to the rooi of an adioining building and by cling. ing to the -cornice with the smok pouring into his face, reached dowr to the -windows of the fifth floor anc rescured seven children who were handed out by their parents. An offi cer winding a coat about his head entered the building from below and rolled down the stairs the body of 2 half suffocated man. Three times the officer came back carrying two persons in his arms. i Then he fell, exhausted Meantime, ladders had been run tx the top of the building and firemen, clambering up, rescued at least 2( tenemefit dwellers who were about t< jump. Men sought to reach the fire men first, but were thrust back whil the women and children were taker out. One fireman although badl3 burned, took seven persons from single window on the fourth floor When the work of rescue bad beei completed and the flames had beei brought under control, the firemer hurriedly searched the crowded flat and on the fourth floor, they fount six members of the Konovitsch famili dead. On top of the building an unidenti fled man was found dead. Palic, Capt. McDermott and the firemer who first reached the burning build ing, believed the fire was of incendiar. origin. Their theory is borne out b, the statements of the janitor of th building who says that an attemp was made to set fi- e to the tenemen: last Thursday night. * THE RURAL SCEOOL LIBRARIES Number of Librraies Established i The following list shows the num ber of rural libraries established this year and the number yet to be estab lished in each county in order to re celve the benefit of the appropriatioz for 1904, under the Aull library act Supt. Martin is anxious, now tha1 the county campaigns are over, fo: the county superintendents, teacher and patrons of each county to besti: themselves in order that none of thi: appropriation may be lost in an3 county at the expiration of the time Dec. 31st, of this year. Each countl is entitled to 12 libraries under thiu act and should by all means avail itsel: of this rare opportunity of outside aic before it is too lgte. The list is: To be Estab- estab lished. lished Abbeville........... 7 5 Aiken......... ....... 9 3 Anderson.............3 5 Bamberg ..... ....... 3 9 Barnwell. ..... ......7 5 Beaufort ... ..... 3 9 Berkley............. 3 9. Charleston............ 2 10 Cherokee....... .....4 8 Chester............. 7 5 Chesterfield........... 1 11 Clarendon .... ........ 9 3 Colleton.............. 6 6 Darlington ........-..9 .3 Dorchester..... ... ..0 12 Edgefield....... .....12 0 Fairfield....... .....12 0 Florence............12 0 Georgetown.......... 1 1 Greenville............12 0 Greenwood..........2 0 Hampton............. 5 7 Horry.............. 5 7 Kershaw.... ........ 7 5 Lancaster ............'7 Laurens............12 0 Lee..... ............... 3 Lexington ...... 5 7 Marion............... 4 8 Marlboro.............12 0 Newberry............9 3 Oonee.............10 2 Orangeburg...... ....12 0 Pickens............. 5 7 Richland ............ 12 0 Saluda.. .... .. .. ...11 1 Spartanburg..........12 0 Sunter............. 9 3 Union ............... 6 6 Williamsburg ..... .. ..3 9 York ...............12 0 Totals............ 303 189 Collapse of a Bridge. At Stillwater, Mich., the bridge across Lake St. Croix, which is a hail mile long, extending to the Wisconsin side, caught fire late Thursday after noon. The fire created some commo tion and the fire apparatus in respond ing to the alarm was followed by the usual crowd of persons. The fira had so weakened one end of the spans of the rather ancient structure, that when the fire apparatus and the crowd attempted to cross it, it fell into the water, twenty feet below. About twenty persons were precipitated with the wreckage into the water. Adolph Boo, aged 22, and George Mc Grath, aged 16. were killed, and fiv-e others were s-eriously injured. The financial loss was smoil. Caught mn a Gale. What is known as the "Mosquito fleet" of boats owned and manned by daring negro fishermen, went beyond the bar to the Black Fish banks, out of sight of land, Wednesday morning. Three out of these boats andi their crews of four men each have not been heard from 11 o'clock at night, and are almost certainly lost. One boat, "The P'ride," capsized and sunk and the captain, John Wyilie, and nine others were drowned. Jos. Butler was the only one of the crew rescued, another fishing boat having picked him up. The squall which struck the fishing boats is the edge of a small gale that has been sweeping up this oast all day. TO ELECT ROOSEVELT. The Trusts Have Subscribed Nearly Seven Million Dollars. The New York American recently published a list of the leading contrib utors and amounts pledged to the Re publican national campaign fund of. 1904. According to the American near ly $2,000,000 has already been paid to the national committee. The remain der is to be had on call. The list shows that J. P. Morgan is the largest individual subscriber, while the Standard Oil, Gas and Elec tric Trusts are the most generous of the corporation. The American says the ultimate plan is to collect $10,. 000,000 more if necesary, as against $6,000,000 in 189(; and about $5,000, 000 in 1900. These are the pledges: Standard Oil, Gas and Elec-ric, through William G. Rockefeller, $1,000 000; J. Pierpont Morgan, $250,000; United States Steel Corporation, through Andrew Carne gie and H. C. Frick, $750,000; Ameri can Sugar Refining company, through H. 0. Havemeyer, $800,000; Consoli dated Tobacco, $500,000; Charles M. Schwab and his allied interests, $6CO, 000; National Paper and branches, $250,000; Pennsylvania, Reading and coal Trust, through A. J. Cassat, $500,000; New York Central system, through the Vanderbilts, $250,000, other railways, $500,000; National Biscuit (cracker trust,) $200,000; American W2ol, $200,000; National Lead, $200,000; manufacturers, through Messrs. Dolan and Dobson, $500,000; James Stillman and other bankers, $250,000; total so far pleged, $6,750,000. The American adds: "The list of contributors and sums prInted above comes from a source of the highest authority in the Republican party, a member of the great trusts, a man of millions, who was induced to give the facts because of the reports that it was "hard to raise money to elect Roosevelt." GINNER'S REPORT Up to September First of the Present Cotton Crop. The cotton report of the census bureau as issued Thursday shows a total of 390,414 commercial bales pressed at the ginneries, ginned from the growth of 1904, prior to Septem ber 1, against a total of 17,587 com mercial bales in the corresponding pe riod of last year. The report shows 7,567 ginneries operated this season prior to September 1; while the num ber operated to the corresponding date in 1903 was 2,176. The report points out that-in comparing the statistics of the two years due allowance must be . made for the different conditions of the two seasons. The total com mercial bales which would number but 374,821 if the round'bales were counted as half bales, compose 358, 796 square bales, 31,187 round bales and 431 sea island crop bales. The crop by states and territories follows: Alabama-26, 456 commercial bales, total corresponding period last year 1,314. Arkansas-76 commercial bales. last year 17. Florida-1,956 commercial bales, last year $82. Georgia-63,193 commercial bales, last year 6,283. * Indian Territory-1,055, last year 4. Louisiana-5,570, last year 448., Mississippi--2, 703 commercial bales, last year 384. North Carolina-134 commercial bales, last year 35. Oklahoma-43 commercial bales, last year none. South Carolina-4,215 bales last year 254. Tennesse-2 commercial bales, last year 1. Texas-285,011 commercial bales, last year 6,761. No figures are given for Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri andi Virginia. These statistics were collected through a canvass of the individual ginneries of the cotton states by 667 local special agents. The report. will be followed by five others, showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1904 to October 18 to November 14, to December 13 to Januay 16, and the end of the season. The final report will give the quantity of cotton ginned during the entire season and will include the quantity of linters obtained by the cotton seed oil mills from regaining cotton seed of this year's growth. What Is the Matter? The Galveston 19ews draws atten tion to the fact that Galveston is now the leading cotton port of the world, having last season taken first place from New Orleans with receipts of 2,406,032 against 2,000,357 for the Crescent City. Following in third place comes Savannah, with 1,168,191 bales, which will doubtless be improv :' onthis season. Norfolk comes next with 479,642 bales, then Wil mington with 321,324, Mobile with 201,676, Charleston with 147,852, Pennsacola with 121.368 and Bruns wick with 92,28S6. What is the mat ter with Charlestond According to the above figures she is very much in the back ground in the matter of handling cotton. Savannah handles over one million more bales of cotton per year than she does: Even Wil mington doubles her. There must be something radically wrong somewhere, and the business men of Charleston should find out what it is and remedy it. We would all like to see the good old city of Charleston take the place commercially that her wealth and grographical position entitles her to. Let her awake, put on new life and enter the lists against Savannah and all other comers with a determination to win, and she will do it. Trouble Avoided. Several days ago James Horne, a leading merchant of Metcalf, Ga., re ceived an anonymous letter advising him that he had been marked for slaughter by a "Before Day Club." The letter was followed at an early hour Friday morning by the firing of Hoe's store. This was done with Ikerosene and was the work of icendiar ies Early risers saw the fire and ex tinguished it with slight loss. The Ibetter class of people counselled aI mass meeting. This was held. More negroes than whites were present. S. A. Inddenberry, mayor of Metcalf, and R. W. Branch, presiding elder of the colored Methodist church, spoke. The meeting seemed to clear the at mosphere and it is now thought that no trouble will follow. The negroes seem to be anxious to avoid trouble.| They have submitted the books andj by-laws of all lodges to the inspection' of th whites. THE CHUEESE INDUSTRY. Several New Factories to Be Estab- Ti lished in South Carolina. The Columbia Recor3 says it i s likely that a number of creameries P1 will be established in the state as w a conference with the commissioner st of immigration by C. G. Voigt, of tv Union, is known. Mr. Voight came here from Illinois several years ago cc and has been instrumental in estab lishirg seven cheese factories in vari- c ous parts of the state. Mr. Voight p1 is enthusiastic about the industry for ki this state and says that it is one of the best paying and cheapest invest- A ments thought of. Negotiations are b( now in progress with a Virginia dairy- w man for the removal of his entire g: dairy to this state and an effort will ai be made to bring others here, Gs the y factorifs find great trouble in getting al a sufficient quantity cf milk. st A sample of the cheese was brought S1 from Union Wednesday. and the qual- ti ity is so much better t han the W est- a] er article that it readily sells for ti fifteen cents per pound against ab ut nine cents f >r the other. Mr. Voigit rE says that the dairies here sell a much ai better supply of milk, and because of t] the superior pasture lands the cheese tl is correspondingly bAtter. A c'ieese ti factory starts of. with a capital (f s about $1,500, and the work is very t] simple. As stated, the trouble is 5 to secure a sufficient quantity of t] milk to keep the fLctory running at v full capacity, and cf cen it is only running half time. The article finds a P sale at once and the factory never has il any stock on hand. Arrangements are I being made with the next factory (s t tablished to have put in an apparatus t] for making any kind of cheese. . p A BOLD RASCAL. r _L _ a An Atlanta Lady Attacted by a Neg- e a ro in Broad Daylight. t The residence of M. Benjamin, at C White Ball and Fair streets, was the 9 scene Thursday morning of a bold rob bery, when an unknown negro brute a attacked Mrs. J. F. Robics'n, drag- I ged her about the house, and looted f several of the sleeping rooms. The a man esca ied before assistance reached 0 the residence, but the police have a C good dcscription of him and hope to effect his capture before night. r It was about 11:30 o'clock when the d negro rang the door bell at the Benji- e min residence. Mrs Benjamin and other members of the family were away from home at the time, having gone to the city to do some shopping. j Mrs. Robinson, who is a governess in the family, was the only person in the house, save the cook, who was in the rear. Mrs. Rotbinson answered the ring of P the bell. The negro confronted her and t his actions were such as to arouse sus picions. Is there any on at home?" asked the c Lman. Mrs. Robinson told him that several t members of the family were- in the d house, hoping to frighten him off, tut c the negro had evidently been watch- I ing the place and seen the members g of the family go down town. t "Well, I'll see who is at home," re- t piled the negro muttering an oath. a At the same time he caught Mrs. c Robinson and pulled her in the house. a He handled her so roughtly that the ,I waist to tbe dress which she was I wearing was ripped and torn to 'l pieces. The negro dragged the help- c less womon through the hall to the i staircase, and pulled her up the stairs t to the second floor, where he lofted e very room. The drawers were pulled I from the dressers and their contents were scatt ered about the floor. Beds a in the looking bor money. 11 Much jewelry was thrown over the i floor, and the negro got away with a I purse containing about $12. . is As a result of her experience with the negro, Mrs. Robinson is prostrat- t ed. -Atlanta Journal. c FEIGNED SICKNESS. : C But Was Convicted and Sent to the t Penetentiary.a A special dispatch to The State says t an unusual incident transpired in ses sicns court Wednesday which will afford a break from the dull monotony of sitting under the stern dignity of his honor and hearing the endless t talks of the lawyers, the hesitating, stammering statements of witnesses and the sonorous voice of the court crier. Arthur Salter, colored, was ar raigned for stealing live stock. That is, Salter was brought into the court room. Just after he had been placed in the criminal docket, he fell down 1 and gave vent to a number of gutter al, groaning sounds, at the same time twisting and writhing his long, lank body. Judge Gary had a physician 11 summoned, who, after a careful s.ex- '] amination, pronounced the negro to b'e perfectly healthy. Salter refused to go by his diagnosis, however, and con- e tinned in a prostrate condition in the s docket, at times groaning and howl ing. As the negra kept up his game, is the judge selected the jury, and the is case was tried. In the meanwhile Sal- a ter was removed from the docket to a 51 bench where he lay hat on his back, vi feigning sickness. He was found guil- 'I ty. When the court asked for him to ii stand up he could not be moved by the si court officers and Judge Gary pro- p nounced sentence on the man as he q lay on the bench. "Your sentence is 18 months at hard labor on the roads di of Spartanburg county-this is six ti months additional, Salter, for your ex- o0 ibition this monrning," remarked his ci honor. Court officers had to catch the II negro by either arm and forcibly carry e: him from the court room. A number of cases of minor importance were dis- fi posed of. it Ras a Hard Time. Consul Proffit, at Pretoria, has for- o: warded to the state department a gi petition by a dozen American negroesa in Transvaal, charging discrimination by the British government against te American negro. They allege that the liberties once enjoyed under ab the Boer government are now abrogat9 b ed. The petition says they a're de barred from riding in second class i railroad coaches because of their color; b that they are prohibited .from walk-b ing on the sidewalk "for which we of are thrown about like chattles," that they are not allowed to do busi ness because they are Americans and lastly, they are told "that American natives must expect the same treat- of ment as Africans." .all Miss Helen Gould has organized an H, attack on the boll weevil. She be- ba lieves a bird brigade will exterminate Ca the pest. Secretary Wilson pins his t faith to ants. Meantime the weevil an says the Augusta Herald, is sawing nuc HONE CIRCLE COLUIN. Crude Th)ughts as They Fall from the Editorial Pen. [A coluiin dedicated to tired moth ers as they join the 11ome Circle at evening ide.I TIE V ALUE OF A SMLE. 1 The thing that gues the fa tlhest toward mak ing life worth xhile. That costs the least uid dues the most, i, just a ple.sant smile. The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men Will drive aw -y the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again. It's full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent It's worth a million dollars and it doesn't cost a cent. * * * Late hours are shadows from the grave. The pr sent tine is tte raw mater ial out of which we make whatever we will. Do n:t brood-over the past., or dream of the fai'ure, but seize the initant and get your lesson from the hour. The man is yet unborn who rightly measures and fully realizes the value of an bur. As Fenelon says, God never gives but one moment at a time, and does not give a second until he withdraws the firt. * * In the came family and under the same circumstances one rears a state ly ed fie, while his brother, va-illatZ Ing and ir c 'mpe ent, lives forever amid the ruins. From the same ma terials one may fashion vessels of honor or di-honor. We find what we are lookir g for. The geologist sees design and order in the very pave ment stones- The botanist reads vo' umes in the 11.wais and gra3ses viich most men tread under their feet. "Is your fat her rich?" som-oneack ed a five year old girl and the little one replied ccalident y, 'Way, of cnrse! He's got me." An- she was right, t:o for the fatbPr of a sweet, living, helpf A litLtle daug'ater is r.clu er than s -mre million, ires whose mon ey caa not buy hemn tue love of a sin gle heart. H w about your father? Does he feel that he is a rich man be cause of the daughter at home? There are households where itis hard "to make both ends meet" but where there is plenty of thst better wealth of love and goodness and loyalty. Is yours one of them? Just a few words to the boys and girls. If you have the opportunity do not waste It. Make your school days count to the best advantage. It means work, of course it does, but you need nevt r expect t g t anything of value without an. equivalent. Many of the common laborers of today who gain a mis.rable livelihocd at the hardest kind of lab, r x ill tolf you that they brought the trouble; on them s:lves -by idling away the golden hours of se'onl days. The mere the work the better. You need to exercise the body to keep it strong ahd in the best of health, and so you must exercise tae L.rain if yod would have a healthy gvo-vth. D not gbto schlool j t to avoid heavy work, and make your self a shirk cr asa idLr; butt go re solved to stand at th'e head of your Class and earn the place by systemlatic, conscientious study. Your entire future depends on the foundation you lay in youth. Appreciate the sacri fice your parents are making for your benefit and s'iow them it is not in vain. We sometimes hear a clergymau consoling a mother, distracted. over the death of her darling child, by tell ing her thata mysterious Providence has taken it from her for wise reasons, and that she mu4 find comfort in her bereavement. What! has God snatch ed from loving parents a beautiful child just blooming Into youth? Does the Creator of harmony prcduce d s cord? ;Does the Author of health and beauty smite his noble t work ere it is finished-a work Into which He has breathed his own ~image, and which He has endowed with aspira tions and possibilities as high as heaven itself? It is a libel upon Him who has fashioned the human body, so, wonderfully and fearfully wrought, that it may withstand -ravages of time for. a century. Gad does not murder nor totture his children. He rather tries in a thousand ways to induce them to keep the laws of health, which If obeyed, would car ry them Into a ripe old age. He tries in every way to prolong life after we have forfeited every right to it, and have become useless drones. Labor, the mighty magician; walks forth into a region uninhabited and waste; he looks earnestly at the scene, so quiet in Its disolation, then weav ing his wonder-working wand, those dreary valleys smile with golden har vests; those barren mountain-slopes are clothed with foliage;.the furr ace blazes; the anvil rings; the busy wheel whirls round; the town~ appears; the mart of commerce, the hall of science, temple of religion, rear high their lofty fronts; a forest of masts, gay with varied pennons, rise from the harbor; representatives of far-cif re gions make it their resort: science en lists the elements of earth and'heaven in its service; art, awakening, clothes its strength with beauty; civilization smiles; liberty Is glad; humanity re joices, Ifor the voice of industry and gladness is heard on every side. Work ing men walk worthy of your vccation. You'have a noble escutcheon; disgrace it not. Labor, allied with virtue, may look up to heaven and not blush. The man and woman who are above labor, and despise the laborer, show a want of common sense. Labo'r achieves more grander victorit s, it weaves more durable trophies, It holds wider sway than the conqueror. His name becomes tainted ard his monuments crumble, .but labor converts his red battle fields inta gardens, and erects1 monuments significant of better things. The noblest thing in the world is honest labor. * * SEND TBEM TO SCHOOL. It is often asked why the boys and] girls do not attend school longer. Many-by far too many-of them :rop out at ten or twelve, and it is seldom that the boys attend after( heir fourteenth or fifteenth year. This should not be so and it wouldt ot be the case if parents used the I proper encouragement. Because a o oy gets restless in the schoolroom hisy arents need not conclude that it is a a aste of ttme to send him. He will o well if encouraged and kept at t si t is poor economy to put the boy e.t f, ork when he ougzh to be in schol1, y uless it is a necessity. Give him the e est education he can get, and fit t im to do something in the world. n ecause you succeeded with but little b ducation is no reas'on that your soula 1houd1Ay ep arived of all he can et. WILL NEGROES DIE OUr? Lberculosis Said to be Increasing at an Alarming Rate. While the population of Augusta is actically evenly divided between 2ites and blacks, the mortuary itistics of the city show that from Fo to three negroes die to every aite person. The fact is causing nsiderable discussion since the re nt vital statistic ordinance has been it in force and more complete records pt. The new ordinance went in force gust 22. So far 68 deaths have en recorded with Secretary Cald el. Of this number 48 were ne ces and 20 white people. An ex nination of the records for several ars part show that this ratio is out corect, sometimes the records owing an increased ratio. Monthly sxton Calhoun reports from two to iree times as many interments as e made during the same time in the vo white cemeteries. When questioned as to the probable ason fur the greater death rate roog the negroes physicians declare iat it is due to the unsanitary condi on of their homes, the poor atten -n give n to the s'ck, carelesness in immoning medical aid to their sick, ieir careslessness in exposing them Ives to diseases, and also to the fact iat constitutionally they are the easy tims of a nua-b:r of maladies. It is authoritatively declared by ysicians that tuberculosis is increas ig among the negroes at an alarming te. They seem to have a predisposi on to the disease. It is'also a fact 2at this disease is one to which they iore quickly succumb than white peo le. While lcoked upon as a robust Lee, pbysically strong, it is said to be fact the course of the dreaded dis se is much shorter when they are tacked. It is probably true that his is in part due to the unsanitary ndition of their homes and the er osed occupations they pursue. It is also true that the birth rate mong the race is on the decrease. 1ooked upon as a prolitic race, this ict viill cause considerable surprise mong the laity. In tb opinion f many eminent students of medi ine, as the race is brought up to a igher state of civilization, the death ite will increase and the birth rate ecrease until the negro is practically rterminated.-Augusta Chronicle. WILL OPPOSE LEV.ER. 'be Republicans to Put Out a Candi date Soon. The Columbia Record says the Re ublican congressional convention for be Seventh district will meet in umter on Septemblr 24th and this nvention will, it is understood, place 2 nomination some one who can cip ire some votes. A delegate to the istrict convention stated that this andidate would not be Dantzler,,who ad announaed himself. Tue dele 'ates said that they wvere not running his cindidate this time for the con est money, which is $2,000, but he dmitted that the money would be ac epted If the Republican congress warded it. It was positively stated, oweer, that if any candidate was ut up it would not be Dantzler. here is a possibility that no candi ate will be put in this district, and a s not known what will be done in he First district. A number have been mentioned as lossibilities In the Seventh., Among ese is F. 0. Aldrich, of Lexington, ,white man, and a R epublican of >ng standing. Mr. Aldrich, however, one of the electors and he would ave to resign that. If he had the lea of running In his mind he did not 2ntion it when named as an elec or. C. C. Scott, colored, of East ver, is also mentioned as seeking the onor, as Is J. H. Weston, also col red, of the same place. The chair ian of the Seventh district con ven ion is J. H. Fordham, of Orangeburg, d it is pretty well gpjderstood that ny candidate named by him will gc brough. From what can be gathered it is videt that there was considerable iscusssion Thusday night which was ot given to the press. There Is lit Le doubt that the G. 0. P. leaders in his state are preparing for a fight, if ot this time, two years hence, and hey are counting on getting support :om sources not heretofore given. SENATOR TILLKAN'S VIEWS. aks Plainly About the Murder of the Hodges Family. In a letter to the Supreme Court eporter Bryant of Lincoln, Senator ilman of South Carolina speaks out ery plainly about the crime that msed the Statesboro lynching. He "The act of the mob at Statesboro to be deplored, but more deplorable the fact that a whole family of hite people have been butchered, amped out, by the two fiends who ere lynched and their accomplices. he more dep'.orable is the condition the Southern States which make ich a thing possible and which romises to make them of more fre ent occurrence in the future. Mobs are bad, but they are evi mce of the spirit of liberty. We of ie South have thrown off the yoke the black majority. We did it be tuse life has ceased to be worth liv Lg in the terms and conditions which dsted f:om 1868 to 1876. "F om ncessity we used force and and to overcome the negro major y. The negroes have the memory eight years or licence, and, in ired by the actions and utterances President Roosevelt, they have yen evidence only too plentiful of hope and bellet that their time will me again. Race antagonism and Ltred grow apace. 'The whites are resolved to govern whatever cost, because experience s shown that any other course eans ruin. Negro equality is some .ing that will nut be tolerated, and it comes to war the negroes will exterminated. The white people the South are on the top and they 11 stay there." Better Stay at Home. The Anderson Yail relates the story a citizen of that county who sold his lands, goods and chattels and )ved West to better his fortune. utterly failed and will now come k and start all over again. South rolina is as good a state as any in a union, and superior in some pects, for agricultural pursuits, d as The Mail says, a man who can make success of it in this state 1nd no benhtter anywxhere elke 'o-ditions have all chaneed in the ast thirty y-ar.. IU requires mo 8 kill and traicing to rise in the wodl 'i han it did when you w,.re a boy. :our son will become a better me 3hanic, a better farmer. as well as I, oetter business man by having a good !ducaLio2. Your daughter will be a oatter houseie-per, a better wife and . better mother by having all the ad vantages that the public schcols tf Dur land affor3. You can affcrd to. stint your children on fne clothes, fine houses and fancy food much bet ter than you can afford to starve their intell cts and compel them to narrow, sordid lives because their natures are not developed. You can afford to bear extra burdens for a long while in order to fit them for the burdens of life. They will thank you for it in after Sea:s. A Woid to Farmers. What will farmers do with their cotton seed? Do they understan their value? Every 1,000 pounds.. of lint cotton yields one ton of seed. The seed is worth one-seventh the price of cotton when. the latter sells at 10 cents. One ton of seed will yield - 300 lbs. (40 gallons) of oil.. 750 lbs. of meal. 40 lbs. of linters. 900 lbs. of hulls. 20 lbs. of waste. Placing the crude oil at 25 cents a gallon and the other products at te .-_i market 'price, the mill gets $2L60 f rpm the ton of seed. 'One ton of seed, 66 bushels, con tWins: 78 lbs. of ammonia. 13 lbs. of phosyhoric acd. 23 lbs. of potash. Pacing the plant food at the whole sa'e price, the tOn of seed is wort $11.42 to the farm-r.- freight' add the retail profit a ton of'se would be equal In valui to a c.n n .r cial fertilizer worah sr5 to $17. Consider th.'ee fi ures. Can the far.ner affird to sell his seed !al 15 cents a b-ile ? Thav -Lre wothi-t cents, used as i feridtz.C. It aflz changes seed for meal he should 1,500 to 1,600- pounds for a seed. We do not advise any one to' seed for cash. Exchang& for meal -put It back on the land. Hulls been retailing at $10 a ton'. gnd meal at $1.40 a hundred The prices will drop when the.* start. . We' advise farmers to hold twice as many seed as will be needen,-. to plant their next crop. Sell the bzDA, ance provided they can get their price.. , If farmers will sell for'cashto mills they should not take less than. the fertilizer value. If they ichng .-'-r for meal they should get at least 500 far a-ton of seei. We .icomm the above from the Greenville oun taineer to the thoughtful cobsidera. tion of our farmers. Belit ves in Divorcee. William Tell TL'oha one. of wealthiest men in Wolfe countyr ,' -'v' has just filed suit for divorce from hs - sixth.wife. He aleges."iucomVito ty, born of differences over oN.d ' 3 and 4. 1No. 5 is dead, out it isa that even she figured in the'srn~az" debates between the party 'of the fru part and No. 6. 'Tolson' Is 51 ya. ~ old and was not married un_ reached the age of thirty. Aill 1 wives were regarded by the n~hos'' as estimable women, bateonly oneevy sued him for divorce, and he helped ; her to g t it. .The others'wre sued\~. by him and tihey helped .him to ui - the tangle. After the divorces had. been granted, his former wives and> 'i Tolson were great friends, and wvhen,> another wife would be taken* the ex wives were Invited-and were, 'present at the ceremony and the subsequent feast. ~Tolson gave them what was regarded as an elegant homelas their turns came as Mrs. Tolson, bn'tItdidC not take each wife and her husband. long to weary of the bdnd, and -with no hard feeling the divorces followed. No children were ever born tobecome entangled in the complication. Kimed on the Track' .Aspclal to The News and Courier from Greenville says while on his way to the Monaghan Mills a yard engine , on the Charleston and Western (Caro lina iRailway at this place ran over and killed Willam Henry Morgan and Arthur Davis, two mill operatives on the "Smali Rabbit" Railroad, about/ three hundred jards beyond the Southern Railway, Saturday at 8:2O9 p. m. ,~The engine, which was in charge of Engineer Bearding, was shoving four cars from the depot out ' to the Monaghan Mills. The cas. were in-fron', but Conductor Wilsdn, who was nchre ofthetin % several other of the crew, were ridinge~' at the forward .end when the me&"' were struck. Morgan was employed by the Woodside Cotton Mills and was. about 19 years of age. He was ua married and leaves a father, a sister and several other relatives, who work at the Monaghan Mill. Davis Is said to have been about 20 years of age. .. It could not be learned Saturday nighit whether he had any relatives here or not. He was employed in the weave room of the Monaghan Mills. - The War News Lies. Somebody in Berlin .as taken the trouble to tatulate and analyse the statistics of the war news since the struggle between Japan and Russia opened. The result appears In the Berlin issue of Lloyed's 'of recent date. The compiler assumes that every telegram told the truth. Here, then, is the result, and figures don't lie: Russia has lost 28 battleships like the 2Retvizan, 38 of the Peropav lovsk type, 145 cruisers, 411 torpedo, boat destroyers, 1,487 torpedo boats, , with 93,000 soldiers killed, 86,500 wounded and 186,000 prisoners. Ja p:n has lost 49 armored cruisers, 84 ther croisers, 98 destroyers and 549 torpedo boats, while her losses In men bave been 98,000 killed, 131,000 wounded and 119,000 prisoners. Port rthur, according to the saine mthority, has been- twelve time atr ~acked, has been carried by storm mee and has capitulated no less than ix tines. White Man Convicted. At Spartanburg on Saturday after rguments had been dihed in the - )ean case the jury retired to their 'oem and in forty minutes reported a erdict of guilty of murder, with a ecommendation to the mercy of the ~ourt, Judge Gary inimediately sen enced him to life imprisonment in he Penitentiiry. The killing of Mc Uinney occurred nearly two years ago, ai the roadside, near Duncan's. He ias accosted by Harry Dean and hortly afterwards the shooting took 'lace. Dean claimed that he shot in . elf-defeace. Attorneys for the de ence gave notice of an appeal, which riil suspen-1 the execution of the sen-. ence until the Supreme Court decides 'ne case. The former jury made a. 1str'al in this case, a few of them eng in favor of acquittal. Dean~is white man, and has innuential con etins.