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vur -w & / VOLUME XI. . CAMDEN, S. C\. KltlDAY. ()("I'OBK It 12. ISMio. / NO. i<) A TRAGIC SCENE. Youlsey Calls Witnesses Liars in Opeu Court. HCITEMfiNT IN KENTUCKY COURT. ? 'I he Defendant Becomes histeilcal and Acts Like a Madman Declare* That Ooebel Is Not Dead. Georgetown, Ky., Spccial.- Out- of tho most remarkable scenes over enacted in a Kentucky court occurred in the trial of Henry K. Youtscy, charged with being a principal in the shooting of Governor (loebcl, (lie defendant him self living the chief participant. The .eotyft room w. h i rowi'e t at the tints and the excitement wan intense. I). K. Armstrong the Louisville detective, had Ji'Ht tohl of his talks with Youtaev v mimt liis nil iv-1. Then Ar thur GoeLol was put on the stand and Judge Hen Williams, who for the time helng appeared tor tin- prosecution did the questioning;. f Arthur Goehrl said: I (ulke.1 with Youtsey the (lny he wua un'Wte I la ft in the jah |u Frank r fort In referent i! in TA^iWrdcr or' m> brother." Just at this point Youtney aro?e be hind his attorneys and in a loud voice *ald. "It in untrue: it Is a lie; 1 never spoke a wpjd to ilint man in my life, nor he to me." Col. Crawford told hitn to be (iniet and sit down, and^otfiers took bold if him. v-r. "I will not sit down. I never said a ] word to that man?it is untrue." He was shouting by/thia time, and every one was becoming excited. . Youtsey's ! wife sprang to'his side and wllltC en- I dcavoring to make^Jilm sit down, could 1 he heard,raying: "So^r-'you have killed j my husband. I suppose you arc satia- | fled." Then Youtsey hysterically shouted again: "I am Innocent?there Is <|io blood on mv hands; these men i aro swearing my life away." Two or i thrte deputy sheriffs 'went over and grabbed him. He stiuegled wildly and SAld: "Let rro alone?I will not sit down." Arthur Ooebel meanwhile sat tphynx-likc In the witness ?hair and never turned bis head. Finally, after Youtsey was forcd into a seat ho Hhouted again. "(Joebel Is not dead? ?H (!>?? demon* in hell ronld not kill him." 'Mr. Sheriff, if I ho defendant does not behave M:r. ;;'lf, i>nt handcuffs uix him." said Judge Can trill. Meanwhile the audience could not ho forced to keen their .statu until the judge threatened to fine those who stood. Voutaey j-ettled hack In his chair. clo.-ed Mb ey*s and see me 1 in a Htate of collapse. He waved his hand kerchief above his head In an aimless sort cf way and groaned and cried hys terically. Finally quiet was restored and Judge Williams askrd Arthur Ooebel another question, when Col. Crawford asked a postponement of the trift 1 on poeount of the defendant's con ' (llt'on. Judge Cuntrill said h?* could see no cause or region for the defen dant's outbreak/- T>utvIn ju?-1!t*c to his attorneys he would postpone the cte. Mr. Franklin said the Commonwealth had not the slightest objection to ad journing. and court so adjourned. . Youtscy still occupied his chair wit'i his eves closed, apparently in a half fainting condition; After the crowd pa?scd out. Jailer Reed and d'putl .1 carried Youtscy to the jail, as lie was unable to walk.' Various reasons are deigned for his outbreak. the first be ing that his long confinement and strain of the trial caused him to be come hysterical and lose control of himself. Another is that he is really demented, asA?shown by his remark that Ooebel was not dead. He Ls be tyig attended bv physicians and rela tives at the Jail and his condit'on is deemed critical. Frankfort. Ky., Special.?The Jury in ? be Youtscy case was brought here at noon to vlrw the State cspltol building and other points of evldenc In <011 . nectlon with the Ooebel assassination. The Jurors were first sftfcwn the spot where Ooebel fell, the buiTet ho e In the ha- kberry tree and then tak' i to the executive building, whery they wer? shown Yontaey's desk, in the SCiTrtiiry of Staff's otnee. from where ?he shot Is n'leraJL to have be, n fired, ?nd other poiuls*t>f Interest. rVfieavy Compslgning in New York. Albany, N. Y., Special.?Over 700 /meetings with double that number ot speeches have, been' arranged by^the Republican State committte for the last four wfiPkn of the campaign ? i* this State, in addition to the two flying trips through the^S4*r\e b,\j Governor ?Roosevelt, and Chnunce^\M.bepew,dur ing which speeches will "be made at over 150 plates. - Passenger Agents nect. Newport N*we;?Va- Sperrtal.- Tha Alnerlcan Traveling Paattenger Agents ? Association convened in annual ses sion at the Hygela Hotel, * Oli l^lnt Comfort Tuesday morning, u\ili 400 jn embers in attendange. President ,L, _jy?_lrMUbngn. arTtlrsa?d Us body, \sk log as hi# theme, the aims and objects of the aaaocUiion a&dwaa followed by Mb D. fptta,general passenger a<ent ot the Chesapeake sad Ohio Railway, srhofoheaieag Uie aame jraea. Au MOdrtm ae Wttimt wii ?Il< fcy John - _JM 1 !L ** B*mw ,1m. is irtOrttf MS at the Rr|tw Jl?. . . _ . . ?-JW-fpfrfiip Clmtltaioa. r? M the jBMMs AftH" * " Sr. w r?t??w?e4 SOUTHERN COtrON .WILLING. Newsy Notes Concerning the .Manu? factiying Industry. Another Die Hill for Cleveland. A deal Involving many thousand did lars which has been pending for sev eral months has boon consummated and Cleveland count'^111 ?i>?n boai-t the additon of another hlg cotton mill to her alrta'ly large 1 it of indu-Uriul enterprises. Mes-sra. .loiin 1?\ S heiuk, of Uawn.lale, anil Capt. Joseph (!. Morrison, of Lincoln county, haw pur ihasod from Dr. and .Mis. It. II. Moni I >n the magnificent shoals an 1 wati r powor known as Stieo'.s shoals, anil hituated on Hroad river, about .seven miles south of Shelby, The location is an admirable one for a cotton mill; Inlng within about three miles of the South Carolina and (Jporgia Railroad, with splendid building sites, well drained. The purchase prlre for the .shoals, togither with .'HK? acres of laud whs Mcsns. Si hen. k and Mor - rison propose to orguniz * a stock com pany with a capital of $100.UOO aud ^ wftv Sd iivriti worn ny ."lau nary 1st, at least. Will Hulid In (ieorgin. The appeal in tin* cast* v.i I-'. J. Pol i zer et als., agaiujU^he Pacolet Mann- ; factoring ConipJmy. hap been with- i diawn hy Messrs. Monlecai ) den, a?. d tho Pacolet Manufacturing j Company will now tike stops tovv.u?l< j 1 nihil UK a bianch cotton mill a | Gainesville, (?a. Horno time .'k > It wiM i bo remembered, the Pacolet Manufjc- | turlng Company decided t> invest its KiirphiH earnings in a cotton mill war ' (Jalnesvllle, Cla.. hut Mr.Pelzer and sev eral other Kto Khol h- n protested an 1 . commenced proceeding-; ngSUnKi. the j tompany from carrying out Its plan. . claiming that a coinpmy chartered tin- i der the laws of this State did not have , a right to engage in businrsy in an ! other Stall'. The question wai argued j before Judge Ahlrhh a' (5 -e'-nwood Koino time ago. and he dieidod in f:i\o;* J nf the Pacolet company. The plulntifis j gave notice of ..pp al, but a f w d.iy ago decided not to flfiht the < and j withdrew the appeal. Conference Agreement. A apodal to the Charlotte Observer from Philadelphia, dated October l. say ft: Tho conference bet ween the Southern Cotton Spinners' Associa tion and the cotton yarn dealers in this city was conclude 1 will) the adop t.ion of a new s/hedule of pric es. Tho meeting was devoid of any contention,k and the schedule is suit! to equally' satisfy both spinnois and dealers. Tho new prices are about 10 per cent, in crease all around over last year's flgurrs, and they were basid on the present eClidit!un of Ifye cotton mar ket. which "seems prosperous enough at this time to permit an increase from (> to 7 cents per pound for manufac tured warp over current prices of raw material. The schedule is so arranged as to meet futher increase or decreases in pricoB in the cotton market. The J Southern delegates left for their homes ! immediately after the schedules were j adopted. Textile At 11 Matters. The Liberty Cotton Mills, reported during past, week as incorporated, ?will put hi C.COO spindles and 2'?0 looms; building Ih now being ereeted; J. 1'. Smith, president. Work on the new Barker Cotton Mills, of Mobile, Ala., is going ahead at a very satisfactory rate. The roof id being placed over the main build ing and will be finished in a few days. Part of the machinery has already been ereeted ami additional shipments are coming in every day. It is ex-| pected that the mill will be making cloth about the first of November. Work on the construction or the next i Woodruff Cotton Mills .of -Woodruff, S. C\, wa.3 begun on Wednesday last. J by contractor J. W. Cagle. The side I track from the ('. and W. C. railroad j to the mill has benn completed. The construction of the mill at present is [ under the supervision of O. II. Cagle. The new Edgemont Cotton Factory, near Durham, N. C.. is now nearing completion and the officers of the com pany expert to be installing machinery at an early date. The John P. King Mfg. Co., <<>f Au- j guu^ta.. Ga.. will resume operations on j Monday next. This mill haa been shut ' down several weeks in order to make i necessary repairs to the plant. The Charlotte Cotton Mills, of Cl>;;r- , lotto, N. C., have again started up al ter a shut down cf one week. The en- j gine has been thoroughly ove:Miauled ami put In first class condition. The shafting, ete.. throughout the mill has been strengthened; thrt walls white, ?washed and all the nnchlncry scoured. Everything is now In good shape and with the cotton now coming in <IV^y expect good results both in quantity and quality. ?Construction work on tne u?*w I>i?r- j ham Hosiery Milfa. of Durham. N. C. is being pushed foiWdrd. Thi.i build ing will tie four sto:ies high in connection with It will lie operated a yarn mill. The semi-annual meeting of the shareholders cf the liuntsvllle Cotton Milfa, of liuntsvllle, Ala . was held lut AMk. At this meeting the old board of director w<^e r?-elecUd In cluding Ibr following^HTicers: S. H. Moore, Prt*id(nt; R. K, Spraglns. vice . president; l^uke 'Matthews, treasurer ?ad general -manage, and J. a. .Tones, teemtry As previously stated this COOXMfiy declavsd a * owl-annual divt cf IS per rent, last Jane. This has been in operation continuous. la Iab n Ml caam.. .. - The brick work on the buildings of. ?KeHnns Wilis. of computed with in ? Mr dajrs. Th% machinery bn ? time and w?I be tb?..1lrr 'In opertf-J !HOUSESARE WANTED ! Cliifa Barton's Strong Sta^mciit lu ltie Business Men. HI:IP IS N 1:1:1)1:0 IMMEDIATELY. ? ?? Building notorial and Mouse furnish lugs .Must ho Supplied in Order to * Avert Ureal Suffering. (S.il\? siuii, '1\\., Si?i?.? ir?I.? Mtss Clara iiuiton, president ui tin- National Itcd : C:o.-s so ii-ly, has Issued the following [ stud iiit'iit to ti?o. manufacturers and I business men of the country, in which j she appeals to ihcia fur aid in the way of niat? ? i iJ to hi: tued in the building i of homes lor those who lost their all ! ill llic l't.i i.'Jit Jiifuim | To the manufacturers and dealer* it. luiiibiT. hardware, builders' materials aad household goiaU, and to tin* busi ness men in general of the. United | States. (Senllemt n 'I Ins unfortunate scapoit island ?.? ml town had, four week* ago, a population ol about 40,000 persons. in one (hi/ and night i( i0? estimated that iippt'osiinJil' ly 10,000 of these worn either drowne 1 or killed by the fury of tho storm, 'i'hesc buildings were largo Iv slate or metal roofed; this broken lotk and metal must have been hurled through the air iik<> c.innon shot. Tho bodh s found are hadly nmngled. W e belit^ve it is reliably stated that there is nof one house in tliarea of the stoMu undamaged h> if. A largo proportion of those j?? rsons formerly occupying them are entirely without homes or even shelter, save such u: persons nearby ,';s destitute as tluin f-'clvc^ eon offer them temporarily, to their own great Inconvenience and cost. The number of this homeless da s is estimated at S.nuo or more Winter l* bus than two months away.. Although a mild climate, still snow and Ice are known here. If truts would protect, which they would nol, the seas and the quicksand would not hold them down; the first norther would leave their oc cupants aa unsheltered as before an ! hardships, ?tobl. )>neiuuonla and con sumption Would finish what tho storm had left. Home s ibf-'t mil .1 shelter must bo bad nt once for these people, and it would j seem to be the duty of those on the j ground to put tl.fc facts in an intelli gent form before the people of tho country, who are not here and cannot see for tlw?ni?*d\e-t and who eotud not ' comprehend without seeing . With this view the National Tied Cross has, with the co-operation of the : general committer obtained estimates of thi' best arehltects of ihe vicinity regarding the material needed for the construction of the necessary number | of houses, tenements or homes for tho ; suitable (sheltering of tlieso now un j sheltered thousands of suffering peo* I pie. The following summary represents .substantially the lumber and building material that would bo required to sin Iter about N.000 per.-ons in the mosl ordinal y ono-idory weather proof houses built singly or In blocks of ten ements. Summary: Hough lumber, snruco or pine, 35,000 pieces 2x10, If. feet long; ^!flU0 pieces O'jctl, 16 feet long; 3,500 pieces 4x6, 16 feet long; 5,500 piero? 4x4, 16 feet long; 6..">00 pieces 2x4, 16 feet long;' 15.0W pieces 1x12, 12 feet long; 80,000 pieces ! lx.?. 1L' feet long: 35,000 pieces 2xj?r"HJ feet long; 1,000 pieces 2x1. 16 feet/long; - %Ji0.000 pieces lx(i. 16 feet long. J Tongmd and grooved tloorinjr ?0.000 pieet* IxH. Id fe?d Njong; 4.600 window franus and sash, 2 iJ^etT foot six; 4.000 door frames and doors 2 feet Sxi feel six; 4,000 hinges, 3-inch and screws; 4.000 hanks and staples; 5,000 brick for chimneys; 7,000 spuares of felt roofing 3 ply; 50 kegs 8-penny nulls; 17 kegs 20-penny nails. Carpenter's tools for 100 carpenters. Hedsteads. bedding chairs, tables, stoves, crockery, cutlery and sewMng machine3 sufficient to furnish about 700 four-room bouses in a modest, I comfortable manner. Some 4.GOO dwellings and all of their contents were absolutely washed away or lie In flie piles of wreckage?worse than woithlees mass, a menace to th?? safety of the remaining portion of the city. .- - - - - - 7 Vnndcrbllt's Jockey. New York. Special.?William K. Van derhllt at Morris Park engaged Jockey McJoynt to ride-lils horses in Krar.re. ; McJoynt's salary ha* not been made public, but he is u fairly good rider and could haidty be secured for les j than $10,000 a year, particularly If he i had to go to France. Next year .Nir. j Vanderbilt will put a wiring of racei* j on tho Frenrh turf. Tin Plant* Resume. IMttabuig. l'a.. tpeelai.?Th?> Am*aU . can Tin Plato Company will have in operation this week 20 of Italili-plnio plants out of 35. giving employment to at least 35,000 workmen. The tin plate company employs In all over 50,000 workmen, and wtthln a fow weeks it la said every plant in the country wltyL,' bo working. The monongahela mil), of this city, the Doamiler plant and the one at N>w Kensington started to day. and the others will follow aa aoost a3 possible. Nearly every plant In the gas belt win commence at onee ihh! by the end of the week every one of the 20 will be In. operation to their full \ capacity. rtormorns Cannot Preach In Savannah Savannah, Ga.. Special.?Wilford BesakM>. of Idaho; and Jamee racer, of Utah, Mormon elder*, ?*?U*4 Mayor Myara for permission to ?reach J ia the atreeta and to offer Mormon book* and other literature tor ?alo. T*e mayor coaaulted too city altornay with ! r?ptl to hfa authority ta th# vm*a- \ 4mb aaff was la formed that It w ta < Whether (omMoa thereupon do work of run constables. Tltc> No? Have ti< Report l.flch Week Ni.n.k question.^ bitve L'f'-il ft"kcA It cently us to wh.u the constabulary : force is doing. i*\?f bonu' tir.i-j *? h . synnp3CH have been given of Hi" w ark . of lliu *'??. !? inout.i N <\v tu ts Hint more complete repot Is .i!*? h."1 itin' re.ptin ?1 <>t those officers and (tu>v have to le s ni i'..ili week. Aci'Si ? to these reports is allowed Tin- **liicic , ai" required to giv* <? statement ?f thr work act omp'hdu d. thr names if the putbs fiom whom seizures w.ue a ad' the k!11\I and quantity oi eoo U m I nil) a summitry fot the woi^^sliow i.ik the number of gallon* of whmtr.v, wine i or brandy seized. thr mint her of bo th* of beer, the uamher of team-;, the | number of still., and the numb v >f ' -on vh t ions oht tiiii i The repovts ,tb sumiiiulzed n)h>.\ Division rt ( hint sttte Cottjt.iVe S. T Howie, IIv* men "The *\h: ?.y seized hi?> week was all seized ili .-in ill ' "? ! ~?l!. T-VS It N *?>N> V* \ s 'o m-t this amount. \\*c seized ^ii'.i bo' 1I. - of beer." Vine-Mil Chicc ?. Charleston--" \V. seized one small white stall'on, wagon and harm s- am) > quarts of \\;nr and one qtr.tit t" Kin >n the "silt Sep' . 1 "0, niter night a." Total seizures for the week: 11 l i irtlions whisks, :!">?' I dozen bottles (.if beet. DO gallon 'im i i.i k gs n,5,l one team. I>i\ Ision t'f Chief Cun.-.tabi'.- .1 I'. Ilnteman. Columbia. five met. "I'artlei 1 i'om whoa. ?.".'?tics were mad" dnHiri; the v.ei-V It. i\ i-'i iiley, Columbia. ! J gallon* corn lli|t"??- Wrlitht Keilry, Co lioiil'ia. tlttee gullons t orn liqnoi : C. l'ojit. Crtl ituhla, one gallon rom II,pan ; various : leers k^Hous coj ?? !.fji.??r; H. A. Griflltli, .Ielici\son, Kallous e nit liquor; J. Ij. Muill, Columbia. 13;! bot ilt-.t beev;*(.lladden and Ken Columbia, Mi boitles of beer; Wrivhr K'dley, | Columbia. bottles of ben. various tigers, IL'j bottles of beer; \\\ M. Hoof. Hidseway, 5 gallons of liquor; it. Din* an. Hidgewav, 2 gallons of liquor; Jak? Slither, Orangeburg. 1 .-till and outtU.I by .1. F!. I.i'.-htrooi 11it;il seizures for the weefc: .'II gallons whisky, beer 12 , dozen; stills, 1. Clib'f State Constable \V. W. Sellers r< ported -"First of we?d; Constable H? : raided several parties tit Sievero, but i found nothing. He i.-- now at Beaufort, j Constable M- assisted In raid* at Siev- , ern and assisted me Itt raiding for stills in Aiken county, ('onstnble C ? made severttl raids in Heanfort, also lookw-l after matter at Sotnimde. l(e. also assisted me in raiding for sllll in Aiken county. Mr. II? has worked in : Me.tufort for tbo past week, but baa i made no seizures. Constable 1*?has ! not repot'ted for work. No seizure ? a t o | |- +Hpurte?l to have br?u made for tlni J ' week. j l-nision os Cniel Constable .lobn O. j : Watson, live men "Men worked in llisbopville. in I lorry county, tit Flor ence, at Miillins and NieholH. No i.Mires reported by men at special stations, (me .?-eizure of one crate of brer from Singletary Uros.. of Lnko City. Chief .I |{ I ant and seven men TIiito eases sent up to court. Parties and amounts seized: llroom ^ Tlromer, Strothers, ."> gallons corn; Fred Sliur I lv. Hock Hill. 2 galloifs corn; Hob Hop<i Hoek Hill, 1 gallon corn; Hob Comer, Hock Hill. L' pillions corn: T. D. Hrookfl Hock Hill. I gallon ?pin: I). MttUnax, i 1'nlon. 4 gallons coin; L. V. Trlmbly, Ho.k Hill. 4 gallons torn?total for j week, !!? l-l gallons whisky. I Chief li-jfar with four men?"Seized j t! 3-4 g lions corn whisky. Inr fixtures, I eounters and tnit rots from Marion and I yew is >Sim:nons. C.reenville; convicted twi) jand put them In the chain ^gjttt^f sent one cjse up to court." Chh f (.'. L. Cureton, with Jive then? "Convicted three <a-ts in the Anderson court; fine ?1?'0 cae!i or fottr months. Su'ze.d three gallons of corn whisky from ,tohi> Cal\ in, postofllee unknown." At Lexington l-'alr. aI. c. Hutb*r, it H announced, has accepted the invitation to be pre.s? cut ai the reunion of t!io Confederate veterans of Lexington county during 1.1jo ?oi?iiiy fair soon to 6c lield. (len. C. I Walker Iih * aHo consented to Ik present. (Ion. M. I.. Bonham, com mnnd/tnt of the Kouth Carolina division of ih?> .Sons of Veterans. lias written h^s regrets as to hi* probable inability to be present. Col. I*. It #Hrook-i 01 Columbia, U to In- the orator of th'j occasion. Cotton has lie en pouring into Wil mington in unprecedented quantities. The receipts each day are far in excexi of what they were lust year. All the compresses tire working .steadily, but they uf>- making only slight headway. Tljn-wnre about thirteen hundred inr.j 011 the railroad lines unload mF Tim glut of cotton Interferes will, ire>i>tk nf nival stores, as many puck ngc.i of the latter are store:! siw.iv ;'??\i>ng the cottun in the unloaded cjrs. The Wlllanl hosiery mill at Hulcigit now employs 1 'Jo persons. and the hour ly juiiiiut ?ldzcn pairs of. hOMu About half the fo7nier machinery ha* been iapui44<4l with that- making fln<i goodn. The sessions of the corporation eom mUeion. which wu.s to have l>een hcl.i thiK .week, ha* been postponed until next week. At it the question of lowe.* freight rates will be specially taken ^p. The cotton spinners' association will Hend a delegation. Mrs. Palijier, the widow of John IT Palmar, the engineer who was killed In -ff-tallroart accident on the Carolina and Northwestern railroad, near Len oir. l ist week, has brougttt suit against that railroad for 130.000, and has re tained Mr. Frank R. MeNl?w?H, ?f c*nr-. lotte, a? her attorney. IwwWB HvW?# WaTiiw Mm wftlthHeaaoqfoOf Haytl. In tke'Ciffbbean Sea; aon eiB h* atahtMl fNMi tk* rflfrfca Af ?^?>t? paMlnc rrott New Yorkto ta? laUunu tlM i am****# *&;k^n-r??- T-" V4>^ * ' ./-.. .4/ i??- . - - * "7; v CROPS IN Till: SOUTH j ciencral Resume (?f the tuiioii; Hell Siluallou. ? (iATIIEKING OF nil; VI AK'S CROP. All I lit* Cotton Belt Mate* Show n Heavy Decrease in the N lelti-?(len? era! Crop Notes. The weather conditions weie vn> favorable ./or galhei in^ cotton except in the northwestern portion of the belt. w here rains interfered to some extent. The continued abnormally high temperatures which prevailed J over the whole belt were very fa\or towards maturing the top croi). I wane the moisture in the ground checked the premuture opening The I inilk o( the crop will have been picked j L?y the middle of October east of t!o? j Mis i.-nippi while went of that ii\er. picking is less advaiiee.il. Then, ahu, the crop seems to have improved pro-- ! peMs of a top crop. The ultimate of the crop depend* largely on al> ' tM'iico of front. It la a fuir estimate that, compared with last year's produc- I tlon. there will he nearly a million more bales grown west of the Missis sippi this year, and that e:ist of that division about h half million fewer bairn this year, making the crop from nine to nine and a half million bales. An early frost in Texas would reduce theuo figures. for Ihet u the < rop ?s very late, (.specially in the southern por tions. lit North Carolina th? week wus warm amHrtry, conditions very luun ? nblo for picking cotton. which mado rapid progress. Alroadv over three, fourths or the crop has Iiwii gathrred. In South Carolina i-olton picking made favorable progress, ami from half to seven-eights of the crop has been gathered.' Yields art* rati mated at from hair to nearly three-fourths mi average crop. Many correspon dents state that picking will he prac tlcally completed by Octo! or l.?ih. which is unusually early, due to (ho continued heat and dryness. 1 here will be no tup crop of any account Sea-Island yields aro also light, and half has been gathered. In Georgia the cha.ractrri.stb fea tures of the past week were almost continuous sunshine, high tempera ture a,nd absence of rain. TIi''k? ren ditions have been moat favo:able foj picking and saving cotton, the bulk of which has been saved, and picking will bo practically completed during the first decade of the present month. In some sections there is complaint of cotton shedding its leaver. This pio cludes all possibility of any new frlut. In Florida the weather prevailing during the week enabled runners to pick the bulk of the cotton crop and house It in <tn excellent condition. In Alabama warm, dry, < !e:ir werith. er prevailed, the temperature aver aging several degrees above the nor mal. with practically no rainfall. These conditions wore very lavoruble r^r gathering cotton and corn. Most of the cotton is open, much of it prema turely; the greater portion of it his been picked, and it Is being ginned and marketed very rapidly; while scar city of labor is retarding picking in some sections, the bulk of the crop will be Hsved during /Hie next 10 days; some sligltf damage by boll worms, rust, and shedding Is reported; the I'nt Is or fair to goqd quality; there will be no top crop wo; thy 'jt mention, and reports still indicate a light yield. In MisslsalfVM. cotton picking has ad vaneed raufdly U>e staple is opening very.fasty In so^teXlocalltle* picking has bee.il retarded on account of the extremely warm ' weather, while In other sections It has been rushed ami is now Hearing completion. The yield appears to grow lighter mm picking progresses. In Louisiana the week was v. am. a:t-J dry, conditions r.ivorabW- for harvest ing and marketing ?otton, \vhi< h opening fast and tricking Is b.-ing v ig orously pushed.About two-thirds ol the crop 1? open, and it WT being timr keted as fast aa picked. Worms and caterpillars are reducing tho top crop. In Tennessee the week of warm, dry weather following the rains has been very beneficial to late maturing crops, and favorablo for gathering the ripened fall products. The ralvs started a growth In cotton an<1 checked the rapid opening, picking Is in full progress, and the Htaplc Is being rapid ly marketed In view of the present prlcee; the crop will be short. In Texas only very light scattered showers ww# reported during the, early , part t^the week. The greatest local ratrffafv *as .*4 of an Inch at Beevllle. There was no rainfall for the week at many stations. The h?avy rains Just at the close of last weok re tarded cottou picking generally. Much cotton was damaged by these rains. Picking was rushed during the great er portion of this week and much cot top baa. been plckekd. Pickers are scarce in many sections, dome cotton on low lands over the central and northern portions of the State was damaged by overflowing. Bolls ba4 commenced (totting on the etalk ii places on acooqat of wet weather ?nl the 4ry weather this wssk wss rtrf beneficial for tbe crop- Worm, are still reported from some section, toptthe, crop a* a whole will be conetde^htf below aa average, particular!? or*** ill# PTMfli ioV for counflE exhibit. Supt. McAlahao I'rge.H a "College hikI School" Day. ? A few days ago mention wan made :?f a plan on fool to have Friday of btutc fati week made a great "vol it go" ami ' school' day. The follow ? ng circular recently ?>ciii out from the jfliir of the State superintendent of education t?> tlie county superlnten jonts and tho titv superintendents, will probably result in adding to tht ?si itt- fair a most interesting ultra.: I mai Su l wlnli to ? all to tho at tention of the school officers ami v.it lu i? the possible benefit-* of mak irg ?t ihc Statu fair an exhibit of pub lit school work Of courso. tho heat ct.nl!, of the woi k of the schools can not bo represented in an exhibit; III tie .an be shown besides manual work, ?;nd this is being done In very few > hools in our Ki lie A'.Jv/v''A."c-s. I -xhHilt can be matlc that will be of value in its suggestlveneas such work lis globes, maps. drawings. paper out I Hug ami folding. etc. li any school wishes to conttlbuto to the exhibit, the teacher is requested ; to communicate with me at onc e Very tru)v youru, JOHN J. Mi MAI I AN State Supt. Education j The esxhlblt* that are assured ar<* | liawings made under Prof. .). Win. t'attlson of the Chicago Art Institute; lirawings mailt* in the county sunimet schools of the following counties: An ders-on, Kalrlleld, Florence, Ciretu vllle. LaUJen.s. Newberry, Orangeburg. Itichlnml, Sumter and York, physical ipparatus ami specimens of manual work made at the State summer school tlllder tho direction of Prof. Wm. I". v I In mine I of the Maryland State Normal. Baltimore; maps ami globes made at the State summer s< hool by the pupils under Supt. K. Ij. Hughe* of (Jreenvllle. It Is expevted that Supt. Hughes will make a very full exhibit >f this kind of work done by the pu pils In the (ireenvllle city schools. Mr. McMahan h'iis also been endeav oring t<> bring about the attendance of college students and school chil dren upon the fair, on a day to bo known as "school and college day." He luus lately returned from a visit to iJreenville and Spartanburg whore tho plan met with encouragement. The purpose of this gathering will appear in the circular following, which was sont to the members of the State board of education. Tho plan may not, however, materialize, a? the au thorities of the State fair association have not yet consented to the free ad mission: Columbia. S. G\, Sept. 18, 1900. Dear Sir: I have been thinking thai popular interest In education may bo stimulated, and tho average man's knowledge of the work of the school system enlarged, if we should have nt the State fair ail exhibit of work done In the schools?drawings, composl tions, etc.?and should also have. a "School and College Day," when thero would be a parade of faculties and stu jfenti! of colleges, and 4 teachers an<l pupils *of schools, in bodies. Tliia "College Day" wan suggested (o my mind some years ago, in con uectiou with the visits of Clemson, Winthrop, and the Citadel to the fair (although not all at the same time). Suppose all of the State colleges should come nt the same time?suppose all of Ihe private colleges, for women as well as for men. should also come, what a grand and Inspiring sight for the crowds that gather here for the fair! Add to thisc some leading city schools and some country schools, and the display would set before the eyes of the people in a most impressive manner the greatness of the educa tional work that rests upon the peo pie^oi_Lhe_^tftte. I think this kind of spectacular effect, although It may In /Jne sense seem cheap and without direct bearing upon the betterment of the schools, will be of special value at this time. Just as country school cele bnH^lons^jind other school and' college ?om men cements havo been instrumen tal in awakening the interest of the people of the communities and direct- . Ing attention to educational matters^' which the average man is likely to give no thought to. We wish the* leg islature to make an appropriation to the public schools to supplement the constitutional taxes. This is a neces sity, now that the last legislature has diverted the dispensary profits from the schools?unless we are to let th* school term be shortened and the schools fall in other respects below the standard of recent years. Let us then , concentrate public thought upon tho ; school question. School children can 111 afford the expense of attending the fair. Vet with an. excursion train to return the mme day, there would be a very low rate, and a majority of pupils-from nearby, town* at least?wonhlsejie the oppor tunity to attend. There would doubt lees be a food reprenentaUon from al most evg^y large school, even as far off as "A"ftderson, Oreenvills and Char leston. I feel, however, that theXpir association should admit the** bodies free, thua affording an additional en couragement to attend. The?falr Will be the gainer by the succese of tbls plan. The presence of ao many stu dents and pupils will brine relatives and friends from far and largely Increasing the general {attend ance on the fair, and tkt Winthrop college gives no. holiday, and parent# will coma & the fair to see ifcefr^anghter*. Mqnorer. IL/it la known, that tWe will, be #*?? rented the onlQae algfel of tkousade vl college etudents and. school elill drcn In ?l?e. there le no one bst wonld Ind hi thin n? additionalJBtMBftiulS fl?* Mr - Before visiting the lair Ml. the hdMe eC I ARC TOO INDEFINITE terms Offered Striking Miners Not At All Satisfactory. ? ?. - * ? ? 100 MUCH ROOM l:0# EVASION. Olfer of 10 IVr Cent, Increase rieans Practically Nothing to the Miners In Its Present Shape. Hazleton, Pa . Special.?As was g'.'U oiallv expected, tho coni'Mslons of fer*nl i<? the striking miners hy the individual coal operators, A. Pardov and Co . tin\ i* hi'i'it without the slight* est effect in inducing those of their men who are on strike to return to ^ wxuik. The t oucessions aie identical with those offered hy the l<ehlgh \ alley and the other big coal companies ami are entirely too vague and uusatisfuctor.. from the miners' point of view. While a not increase of It) per cent, is of fered. It Is not stated for what length of tiiue or whether on a permanent ot ii sibling scale. The same complaint of vagueness is made against the promised reduction in the price ot powder. No fixed prbo i? promised, and the offer that powder will bo fiold to mi nets for *1.00 a keg and that th f difference between this rate and thn old rate of $J.7r. nli tll be taken into at count. in IIkuiIuk tlic net advance of 10 per cent , the miners say. admits of lou many different Interpretations atid ~ Juggling to be at all satisfactory. ? What they want and probably will get is a plain, straightforward proposition on the part of the opera tow nn?f cott?~ panies which cannot be misinterpret ed. and which In every way definitely llxts terms and dates. lfyesldent Mitchell reiterated, In so - many words, that an offer emanating ? from only a blugle flrni cannot be eon-^ ^ hldered and no action would or woul^l bo taken by him or his colleagues until all the operators and companies had offered terms of settlement. Still, al though no definite declaration to this effect liis been made a aottlotnent of the Htrlko is likely to be made very shortly. A number of local unions have ainjady chosen delegate-* to the convention which is to be held soon, and this Is a moat significant step, de spite tlie fact that union officials say that It was entirely premature, Other wise there whs no notable change in I in" strike situation here. * Onfy one demonstration of violence took place and that occurred at an early hour in the morning at the L?attl n er colliery of A. Pardee and Co This colliery has been working almost. full handed. The. subjugation of the men working at this plant was determined on several times and raids were made np but were prevented by l?.e leaders, However, the place was carried by Ti lurge display of force and strategy combined, which was not without Its amusing features. The colliery office is situated at the extremity of a long and narrow lane, flanked by the houses occnple^by the miners of the company. 1 Down this street and directly toward the store and office, the men marched nt an early hour with a band of strik ers headed by "Mothcr,, ? *v riving In front of the atore, Mother joneH began addressing the crowd, and this attracted the deputies and police officers who /left the colliery and stripping, several hundred feet back or the offlre, almost.unguarded. While this was going or. a crowd of strikers, numbering perhaps 1,000, had quietly proceeded to a position back of the workings. Suddenly, while tire at tention of tho police and doputle* was attracted by the occurrence at the or ice the s^ond crowd swooped down tjpon the workings and prevailed upon tho men to go out. They scattered ltKb a flock of sheep and did not return to work, so the plant had to dose down for the day at least. Whether It will try to resume or not la not kuown. In the Moosfer State. ~ Indianapolis, Ind., Special.?William J. Ilryau began his day's campaignvio. Koblesvllle. Ind. He arrive**" at. 8 o'clock and spoke from a 'etand near the depot for fifteen ininwifs. His au dience numbered people, wno 'were liberal- with their applause. Mr. Bryan rapidly traced the Democratic position on all the Issues of the cam paign. He said that the duty. x>i tha nation is determined by the people; -and tfyat if each man will do hlaXult dutv-Ibiuicioutlously next Nov^ga&cr;-? the country's duty in the present emergency will be properly indlcated.'v flay be Scnl to tlie Bone. Washington, D. C., BpecIaV.?^hebat tleshlp Texas i? about to be passed upon by a board of survey at Norfol^ to determine whether II, If iror while- to spend any morW* tnosey on this Obsolete type of ship. If tlw overmnnfrfv ctn ho brought rath " sooaWe limits. It la prohabU that it w|H be authorised, but H the snas re- --r. quired Is large the reeael practically Waahfgum, ~P^Gr*: W?f l.-Th? War Department has m*4+ public a zrrr rg'