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BAUD OF YEGGMEN WUKUB OF WAJtNlMO COTTON OBOWEB8. I* Mi to to Ooalif «r in to Ito . ' . r SUtt. ,•< — *, •T r —■ggwj ■— Beaten o Ml to Prle- oe fa fftii State tar ftobblac MBBfci aad PoetoSoee, A IbDg of T^gmen bad safe blow- tn are reported to bare deeoended In tftta direotlon and the police autborl i ' tiee geoerallj oter the state are male- \%\w%mA a sharp lookout for suttpioious Sbaxaoters, aemal of whom hare al- ready been rounded up on general chargee of vagrancy, save the Char- detective force of Charleston Is •Iso exercising vigilance, but this city seems not to be the headquarter* of * tbs gang, as It was during the expo* slttoo and several subsequent periods dnes the yeggmec first started their operation) In South Carolina. If the gang le using Charleston as their base, they are keeping very quiet, but the reports indicate that their base is up tbs stats, probably at Columbia, which plans the Noland-McKinley gang, four of whom are now doing time In the federal prison at Atlanta, having been convicted In Charleston two years ago, made their base of op erations. Detective Brennan Is pro bebly the best Informed of the local foies about the habits and ways of the yeggmen, having been associated with the postoffloe Inspectors in tbe •sCBvlotioo of Edward Morgan, John King and J&udolph Bihens, a Char leston man, with their numerous i at the April term of tbe Unit. f he President of a New York Bank Talks Cat sd Stats* circuit court. Tbe u etate authorities are being mater 1 *!!/aided In their surveillance of tbe suspicious characters by the bright secret service m?n, who are endeavoring to rid this section of tbe safe blowers who have been giving trouble for several years. Poett ffioe Inspectors Gregory, Pulsipher and Martas an keeping a pretty close match through Sooth Carolina and lower North Caroline, while Inspeoar Balia, of Virginia, who with Inspector Gregory has done the larger share of the work of aending up the yeggmen from this aeotlon, it also operating with the inspectors of this Immediate •rotion. Inspector Pulsipher, who Is avlsn- •d to the section of the state above Columbia, paid a flying trip to Obar baton a few day ago, but bad-nothing to lay about bis mission. Insp o'o Xftagory hat not been In Charleston o, ’ some weeks, having been giving some * attention of the oases against Jjbn * '*-'--7 alias “Oonnectlcy Shortly” and Day, who are held by Sber- r* Aomeaster for tbe robbery A j bank last spring In- ry has a number of esses against^Plsher, he being one of tbe men indloted untried for the Lalta poatofflo* robbery, for wblch Morgan, King and Habeas were convicted last April, and he also has a case against O’Day, wbola.ac equally notorious yeggman, forpjetoffioe robberies in Virginia and North Carolina. Tbe government has. however, yielded tbe mento Sber ff Hunter for the South Carolina statutes provide life Imprison ment, whereas tbe limit of the feder al law Is only five years for burglarly, and since tbe state seem 4 to have a dear ease, the inspoetor w tuld rather that the state put the na n out of business for tbe rest of tbelr days. Tbe ■usplolous circumstances con nested with V e arrest of several men recently t ;• ugh the state c onfirm the authorities nr the presence of the safe blowers. O .0 of ths characters ar rested at Ciioton a few days ago had la hie possession a d igram of the town, with the sit* of tbe bank mark ed and the contiguous streets, which la considered by the authorities as in- erlmlnsthig evidence against him. Thirteen men have been sent up in loath Carolina during the past two and a half yea s for breaking p et office safes and robbery of government funds and stamps, and a obetk has been placed upon the operation of the yeggs in this section which was rmst Inviting at the etart. Morgan, King and Babens were the last bunch to be convicted. Bibens case was appealed by bis attorney, Mr. W Turner L egan and the case will be called this month before the court of appeals at Rich mond, Dotted States District Attor ney Capers going to Richmond to reprsaant the government. The yeggman are the most danger ous class of criminals, and tb* punish ment of tbelr pals seem to have but little deteraing force upon them and tbelr operations can be controlled by only the strictest vigilance and proee- outlon. Tha History of the flyman Republic May B> Repeated Unlaw Graft- . an Are Cheeked. Dishonesty in high places In the state, tb* J .idtolary find great finan cial Institutions and corporations and palliation of suoh by the masses grave ly threaten the future of the country, according to views expressed Thurs day by J. Edward Simmons, president of tbe Fourth National bank of New York, In an address before tbe Mary land Banker's Association at Annop- olls. Md. He pointed to the lessons taught by tbo fall of the ancient R) man republic, the reign of terror in France and the disasters wblch befell Russian arms in tbe recent oooflot In the far east, all of which, be said, were da* to palliated dishonesty. "I hear voices from the east and voices from tbe west,” said be, ‘ 111 boding voiew, from tbe pulpit and the divine, volocs from tbe college aud tbe educa tor, vote s from tbe bench and tbe bar, voices from tbe press and Its sag es, tbe voice of tbe president him self, denouncing In ringing tones and deploring tb* uni venal spread of selfishness in its meanest and most re pulsive form—the form of dishonesty| They bewail one universal carnival of dishonesty. Alas, these voices are not unoon firmed.” He deplored tbe conditions which have led men to tolerate the terms “graft” and “grafters” and aald he feared tbe very use of the words was an Indication of men’s tolerance of a tbief and his trade. He called upon the members of the association to give tbelr assistance In remedying a condl lion which makes It possible “for men wbo pose as tbe salt of tbe earth and who condemn, wUtnut reserve, those who steal fifty dollars or forge a check for a hundred dollars, or accept a bribe, to themselves make millions by lying, by misrepresentation, by fraud and by bribery, without receiving punlsnment or even oriticism, while tbe man who etnals the paltry gam Is sent to JUl. He denounced tbe man of stainless private life, who, “In the interest of corporations, of the trust, of the gas company, of the railroad company, of tbe insurance‘company, have reooures to every villi iny damned In the deoalrgu ; who does tbe d ied of a highwayman with air of a salat.” Mr. Simmons said that the work ings and dangers of great corporations «nd multi mIHonaire enterprise have not been and are not as fully under stood as tbelr advantages. He belley ed that tbelr dirk side sboull be in vestigated and set out as lucidly and forcibly as their bright side. He re ferred to the growth of the Socialist movement, as shown by tbe latft pres- tdentlal flections, as due largely to tbe fact, be eald, that the miss as'see great fortuiea accumulated by dis honest means and when so aocuoou’a- ted. combined to some other Individu al enterprise. He believed, however, that the situation was not without bqpe. as tbe very foot that tbe ooua try has awakened to tbe conditions, aud that fearless and able man are or fanixliig and leading a campaign against dishonesty are grounds fox hop* that a far-reaching remedial pro cess has already begun. BOMJt MUJM GRAFT. Cotton Bales Ginned. Thh census bureau has Issued 1 bulletin showing the quanlty of cot too ginned from tbe growth of 19IS to September 25, to ha 2.358,031 bales. The report Is ion* of a series whtob will he Issued regularly until tbe completion of tbe ginning of the onpot 1905. Be ports by States are; Ajahama, 230.308; Arkansas, 9,253; Florida, lfi,804: Georgia, 600,212; In, dlaa Territory, 14,695; Louisiana, 44- 794; Mississippi. 98,617; Mln urt, 154; North Carolina, 121,243; Okla- ? boms, 8,826; South Carolina, 326,882; Tennessee, 3 255; Texas, 777,446;.yir finis, 393 Two round bales are counted as one square bale. The num ber of round bales included Is 78,199. Maa*ted Body Poand. T. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn., was found toad to the pit of the ele vator shaft at the Bodmann Tobacco Warehouse on Front Street Cincinnati, OklOb Thursday. His chest was crushed and it appeared as though he had been kUb* jt the elevator descending on - tom. Hctnose of whet were said to be dreamstences the coroner fibs polios ate investigating on ff Wist tbs nan and than placed In fibs ele vator pit to avoid eosptoion. 3 on Bond. J. R. Move, WlB Moore and Hugh wlfitt tbo murder of PsnUeton 11 Hones ver to tourfi Hlohlond County 8nld to Huve boat Fifty Tbouannd Dollar*. The committee appointed to loves tlgate tbe financial affairs of R oh land county Thursday submltud Its report to Gov. Heyward, aa was re quired by tbe set of tbe legislature According to tbe report of tbat corn- mlttee the oounty has lost 150,000 by tbe maladministration or the misman agement' of the affairs of the office; The report, itself is sensational in tbe extreme In the very calmness In wblob it it stated, but tbe recommendatlona made by the committee occasioned great surprise, for tbe committee baa suggested tbat tbe former feuparvlsor, S. H. Owens; tbe former olerk of jthe oounty board of c mm sdoners, Oapt. 0. M. Douglass; a member of tbat board, J. E Harmon, and two other parties be arrested on criminal charg es In short, it Is claimed that the oounty has lost 960,000 by fraud. The chargee are tbat warrants for pav of parties alleged to have done work for the oounty were Issued when those parties had never done such work, and that by forgery their sig natures were placed on the papers as If tbe parties had received the money, when in fact toe money was paid to some other person, presumably Capt. Douglas«, There are varlcus other charges in tbe statement given to the press by tbe committee, but those are the most damaging. It Is also alleged tbat pay vouchers properly approved were used as the model from which to forge tbe signa tures of tbe members of the oounty board In approving claims. Tbe cor rectly signed voucher would be laid upon top of a blank voucher and by means of carbon paper tbe signatures would be traced slightly upon the blsnk voucher, The signature on this blank would then bo retraced In Ink and the paper filled out, the money going, preaumably, to Capt Douglass. Got Off Litftbr. The president of one insurance company borrows 9100,000 from Mr McCall’s company at the Interest rate of 1 1 2 per cent, per annum; then Mr. McCall borrows 175,000 from tb* other president’s company, at tbe same rat*. Of course, both compan ies loet money, but why complain? Tbe Columbia State says the policy holdrrs should commend these gentle men for their moderation; they might have taken toe mbhey and made the companies pay them tbe interest. More Graft. The investigating oomaittoe in Greenville oounty, of which Avery Patton la chairman, continue to find things. They have found where a magistrate was paid 16 months salary in 1902 and 19 months salary In 1904 They have also found toe oounty chargad with 9440 for mulct bought from a autoin dealer who says ho did not sell to* mules to the oounty. Their Immediate Duty is to Crgan'si end Stick Together. They Should Perfect Local Orffuuls- * .±—• •tlon la Every County in the Cotton Belt. The following oommunloUlon, which w* take from the Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant of Raleigh, N. 0., we commend to the considers atlon of our far men: Messra. Editors: Is the farmer a •elfish, conceited being who thinks he can go It alone without the help of his neighbors? No, I think that is not the case; I think the great army of turners have not yet considered what a power In tbe land they would be If In some way they oould combine their strength and sot In concert. When N ibemlah oonoelved toe Idea of rebuilding tbe ruined wall of Jeru salem he did not undertake the re building alone. You remember how be said, “Gome and let us buildup the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reprcaob;” and tbe people gave ans wer, saying, “Let us arise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands fur tbelr good work. They were laughed at by Sanb«llat, Tobiah and others, but this laugh of sorn did not stop the work. . _ * Now I wish every ootton grower would lay tbit paper down, get the Book and read all about bow tbe wall was rebuilt—not only ootton growers, but every other farmer also read about this great undertaking, tbat you may get the Idea tbat it was tbe work of tbe Individual man helping bla neighbor that was the power and tbe strength and the sucosm in the work. Oae other ease I will oall attention to. Do you remember the story you read In the old school book where tbe mother bird came to tbe neet In thel wheat field to find the little birds al excited because the farmer and his sons were heard to say their neighbors would cut the wheat to morrow? The wise old bird said: “Birdies, you are safe; tbe wheat will not be cut.” Again, tbe next day she found the little ones more exotted. Tne farmer bad been near to the nest and said to his sons: “Our neighbors did not come, but to morrow we will get our relatives to cut this wheat.” Was the- wheat cut by toe kin folks? No, but when the little birds told tbe motner that tbe former bad been cut tbe third time, and said: “My neighbors and re latlves have not come; I will o it tbe wheat myself,”—then tbe old bird s&id: “Children, we must move; too wheat will be t ut.” Firmer, you must bo tbe man to or gaalx* a branch of tbe Coitun Grow ers Association In your neighborhood. Mr. Harvie Jordan, Mr. Cunlngbam nor any other man Is g Ing to do it for you; and pray tell me why you should wait for any ont? You seewbat has already resulted from the awk ward, unwleldly, unmanaged asaocla tlon, so why do yuu not go to your neighbors, tell them they must get their shoulder to tbe wheel? Every time you see a forme'*, spring this subject of organization at him—ask bim If he thinks be can paddle along alone when all tbe other Industries are getting Into Hue with toe aim of bettering their conditions, and tbat only toe farmer Is trying to “go It” alone. ^ J Dear reader, you are tbe man to dT this s anting. You are as much inter ested and will be as much benefited at- any one. so why should jot wait to begin? Get right out and tat k e the first farmer you meet, t'tTl hTm "your township will bold a meeting ai a certain place at a certain time, make him pre mise to be there, and promise also to bring with him at least tore* -other men. Hurry up now and let North Carolina get into line with other cotton states. Toe ootton grow ers of North Carolina must organize fully this fall. We must be in shape to keep ourselves informed as to crop conditions, extent of crop, and fair price to receive for crop Reader, If you do not understand this Cotton Growers’ Association It Is time for you to wake up and learn about it. Tbe quickest way for you to obtain this learning is to atals your neighbors Into holding a meet' Ing, write to Sroretary T. B. Parker for constitution of township organlz ation, read tbia at your meeting and elect officers at onoe. That’s tbe way to do it, and you are the man to do it. Your wheat won’t be cut If you wait for your neighbor. _ „ C. 0. Moons Mecklenburg Co., N. C. Average Condition of Ootton. The crop estimating board of the bureau of statistics of tbe depart meut of agriculture in its bulletin Is sued Tuesday, reports tbat ths aver age condition of condition of ootton on September 25 was 71 2, as com pared with 72.1 on August 26, 1905 75 8 on September 15, 19J4, 65 1 on September 25, 1603, and a ten year average of 66.1 The following table shows the condition of the ootton crop by States on September 25, with tbe ten-year averages; Stpt. 23. Ten-Year 1935. Average. Texas 61 Georgia ..76 70 Alabama. . Mississippi ...70 67 ...68 67 South Carolina.. .. .74 69 Arkansas ^72 66 Louisiana ...69 68 North Carolina.. ...77\ 70 Indian Territory. ...78 70 Tennessee ...79 71 Oklahoma ...80 71 Florida ... ...76 Missouri ...81 / 78 Virginia ...77 74 Killed by Fall. Saturday night week, James Epps, a colored lad shoot 18 years old, while out hunting with several others near Shiloh, In Lxe county, attempt ed to climb a tree In which the dogs had treed a possum, and after he had aeoeoded to a considerable height, by some means lest his bold, fell to the goound and brokv hla neek. He lived only a few minutet HOLD YOUR COTTON. AnTJrfeat Jppeal to the Farmers, B • Merchants aid Bankers' lodfoatloma That Urowers Are Not Pattlrn Their Prod act oa Mark et In Some Sections. The following appeal to tbe far mers, merchants and bankers of the State is made b> the president of the Southern Ootton AMoclatlon, Mr. E. D. Smith.: To tbe Farmers, Merchants and Bank ers of South Carolina:. Id view of the present decline In tbe price of ootton 1 consider It my duty to make an appeal to the farm ers to hold their onton off the mar-' ket. I ask that the merchants and bankers assist them In ddng this. The merchants by not pressing them, and tbe bankers by lending them suffl dent money on tbelr ootton to enable them to meet tbe obligations that oannot be deferred. The price fixed by toe executive committee at Asheville at 11 cents may seem to some rather high, but when toe New Orleans convention fixed ootton at 10 oents the difference between the current pries at that time and 10 cents was veey much greater than tbe current price now and 11 cents. You will recall tbat ootton when the New Orleans oon ventlon assembled was under seven, about six and a half. By. standing together, by unity of setion, by a lit tle sacrifice and patriotism, the S >uth- ern Ootton Association forced the oonsu nor to pay to the producer more than 10 oents. Have you thought what that difference in price meant to the individual anl tbe south? Tbe grower has a right to fix the prlpa of bis product, and can fix it TT’He wIIT stand by tbsl assjcl&tion, which Is making a gallant, fight tp keep the speculators from getting cotton at their own price. Let every farmer withdraw his cot ton fn m the market. This will check tbe receipts, and the market will be obliged to ad vanoec If you have to sellj try to find some man wbo will buy it and retire It from the market. There are plenty of men In each conn ty of scffl Ment means and patriotism to do this. In spite of the report olrou’ated by the bears and tbelr allied Interest wbo are Uylng to depress the prloe of your ootton, we are reliably Informed throughout the southern states, through the in fiuence of the Southern Cottou association, that tbe farmers are bolding their ootton eff toe mar ket. Let us stand by our southern brothers in this great fight. It means the financial emancipation of our oe lov> d southland. In a word tbe situation resolves it self Into a clear, clean-cut battle be t •ixt tbe former and toe speculator. Had the government report been bull Ish and o editions reported such as to warrant an advance In tbe future mar ket, It would have been claimed tbat conditions warranted or brought about toe minimum price for whlon we are contending. As it is tbe government has brought out another ridloqjous timite as to condition, and toe bears are confidently predicting a large crop, therefore if tbe formers gtnd mer chants will now bold off their ootton- sbsolutely bold it off—the spinners must have tbelr supplies and coming into the market will quickly raise the price to tbat of our minimum. This seems almost another providential op portunity Ike last year to test our ability to control the market. Let every man soe to it that be will ab solutely withhold his cotton for 30 dajs. E. D. Smith, President S. G. Dlv. S. G. Association. A Bole T licit. In the city of New-York in broad daylight and with hundreds of people on the stree t, Louis Brown a negro, made an attempt to rob a~ Malden Line jewelery store of 12,000 worth of diamonds Tnurtdiy. His attempt was frustrated by Oscar Windorff, a clerk, wbo grappled with tbe would be thief, and who was stabbed by tbe negro during the fight. Brown lea carrier for Jcwelery Salesmen, and he entered the store of Gross A Beguin, and asked to see seme jewel ery. Windorff noticed tbe negro put a tray of jewels under his ooat and be immediately seized him. -Brown drew a knife and slashed toe clerk un til he |n&lly got free. A gehase pf several blocks followed, Bnwh swing ing right and left with bis weapon as be rushed through the crowd. He was finally captured by a policeman, who be attempted unsuccessfully to .stab. W indr off was not seriously injured. Fight With Burfttara. In an attempt to capture two burg lars on Hartford bridge In Hartford, Conn., early Friday morning, Police man Hayes was shot through tbe breast and band and Officer Oowley was grazed by a bullet. Tne burglars had dynamited a safe In tbe store of Howe A Son, Glastonbury, eight miles from Hartsord. The noise of the ex plosion awakened persons, wbo saw the burglars drive away In a wagon. Tae Hartford polios were notified by telephone, and Hayes and Oowley were detailed at toe bridge to apprehend tbe burglars. When the latter and police met, tbe burglars abandoned the wagon and ran away. The police gave obase and a running! fight fe suited in a dozen shots twlng fired The burglars escaped through tbe woods. A posse is bunting them. Toe deserted wagon contained a full set of burglars’ tools and a quantity Of dfnamlte. Exploded • Bomb. A bomb filled with dynamite and a quantity of Inflammable oil, was thrown at the rear of a crowded tene- nfent bouse at E ghth avenue and One Hundred and Forty third street, New York, Friday. More than a score of sleeping persons were hurled Trom thetr brdi by the explosion and two were carried from the house un- conscious. Within a minute after the explosion toe flames bad nearly enveloped Mm rear walls of ten tene ment houto. Tbe polios believe tost “black hand” Italian a—amine threw tbe bomb. Toe object of too attack was toe rear door of an Italian barber shop on toe ground floor. luxno TO DBATH. A New York Tenemant Fir* 3lAfm« Three Children. In Itow York Muse o ilWren were burned to deatb, their parents ret sued and token in a dying oonditk n to St. Mary’s hospital. Five other tenants s*nt to hospitals stff ring from burns and two fireman hurt Id a fire In a four-story list bourn In Reid avenue, late Thursday night Other incident* of toe lire were tbe birth of a child while toe mother was being removed from toe burning build ing and an aooldent wbleb wr<.ektd Fire Chief Oroker’s automobile, and in-Vvhieh tbe obief narrowly escayed serious accident Tbe fire U believed to be Incendiary. The hsHwaysof the auildlng were fi led with iUmea aud smoke and every occupant of the building was asleep when the fizmes were discovered by William Tease and James Nugget, fireman, wbo were off duty. They found a ladder la the back yard, and after climbing np toe fire escapee, awoke the tenants by break ing into their apartments. At tbe top floor tbe fif$ had spread meet rapidly. The two rescuers were compelled to carry Mrs. Jo eph Hanleln, cne of the tenants of that fl x>r, down the fire cseape. Ingoing so the ladder at the bottom br< ke add tbe woman fell on Tease, injuring him strlouny. Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly, wbooocu pled the other part of the upper fl tor, were afterward found unoonsoloae on the floor of tbelr rooms, wbere they tried to reach a window and failed. They were brought out, but the firemen did not know that their three chiIdreni were asleep in their beds until tbelr burned bodies were found later. . ^ Other occupants of the tullding were swung from tbe windows acrufs those of an adjoining building or wire dror ped Into the arms of men below and when tbe fire department arrived the building was afire from top to bOt' 0.3. M r Rose Moses was carried on e mat *ss across tbe street wbere she gave birth to a bey. Fireman Christopher Leavy was knocked from a ladder by a stream of water and suffered concussion of the brain. While hurrying to the fire, Chief Groker’e automobile was upset and the obief thrown out and badly shak* •u up. Jeremiah D.nnelly and his wife, are suffering from hiving inhaled flames or tmoke and are not likely to recover. » ' ^ J’ ■ * Helplea* .Co Save Him. At New York notwithstanding a desperate strugg e of his wife and son to hold h m by tha feet after be bad fainted and toppled over tbs sill of an open window, GenogeF. Krapp. ctsh ler of, tbe C wper Exchange Bank, fell to tha st eet from the fourth floor of bis home at No 2< 9 West 97th street today and was killed. Mrs. Krapp sod her eon, Herbert, saw Mr. Krapp wbo was In 111 health, suddenly fall over backwards. B >th mother aud son jumped to the window in time tr •elzj the falling ^man by the fee’ They held him ssfely for a few see oads, tcreamlng for help, but the ax slstanee was alow in ooirl^g, and Mr. Krapp’s weight begwr to slip awav from bis rescuers. Tbe realixUlonof this terrible fact caused tbe wife’s strength to leave her completely and the son, with bis motber helpless at bis side, compelled to bold his father alone, was too light for his father’s superior weight. Exhausted and on the point ofbelcg d*at g ‘d over the wk'd m sill hi nose f, the boy lost bis grip and Mr. Kraop fell to toe strait He died soon afterwards. Had L f Her. A Canadian fsrm r, noted for his absent miadedness, »e 16 to town one day and tr&nasoied bis business with tbe utmost precision- He started back; »jn bis way honre, boaever, with the firm convictlor that he bad for gotten someth* g—what it was be oould not nci-fl, try how he would. As he net* j home the conviction in creased a/ three times be stopped his b . se E-* 1 went carefully through hi pcckell;jk la a vain endeavor to .isoover whit he had forgetten. In due course b 3 reached home, and was met hy his daughter, who looked at him lurorlse, and exclaimed, v Why father, wbere have you left mother?’ MlMlnft From Home. Nothing has been heard of Edward Beeman, a bookkeeper of a lumber concern near Charleston, who dlsep neared from there about three weeks ago. His dkappearace is a mystery He Is known to have- bad - about 9300 oh bis person when ba left ther* and it Is thought he boarded a train and is some distance from Charleston, probably at or en route to Oregon where be has relatives, He baa 1 wife and one child. He was mirrled sb;ut a year ago a.uou»ta:, oa v. • Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type-writing, Ei glish branches, Full guaranteed course 20 weeks. Single course of either Business or ShojfU Kxnd, 8 moe. 12 calls for graduates in about 20 days. Xaui supply de mand. Write. - ' ^ Killed Himselft At Philadelphia William Hi Kil patrick, the Philadelphia agent of tbe Northwestern Mutual Life In surance company, of Milwaukee, was found dead Tuesday morning In the bathroom of his apartments with a bullet wound In bis bead. He had shot himself sometime during the night. Mr. Kilpatrick had b^en In ill health for some time, and tbat Is supposed to have been the cause of his suicide. Votsd It Oat. An election was held In York coun ty Tuesday en the question of remov ing tbe dispensary at Yorkvllle, the only one lb tbe county. Eight hun dred and thirty seven votes were poll ed, 706 being against tbe dispensary, and 131 In favor of Its retention Yorkvllle is the. borne of Senator Brice, author of toe law under which dispensaries are being voted 1 out fiof toavartous counties lathe itate. . Boat Lost. Major General Got bln, cabling to tbe war department regarding the re* 03nt typhoon In Manila, says tbat all of toe offiosrt and six passengers on ward tbeLsytc, tbe government coast guard boat, were lost. Tbe dispatch adds that temporary shelter pests at alx points were destroyed. ' : t- ■ ~—" TT' O R S B O R N m $- Cotton (Sinners and Machinery Owners. Write us for prices on the following; Babbitt, Belt, Gandy; Belt, Leather Collars for Shafting, Couplings, Drills. Drill Press, Ejectors, I* lies, Fittings Guages, Guage Ooclcs, Hack Saws, Hammers, Injectors, Lace t^atoer, Lubri cators, Oil Cups, Oil Cans, Packing, all kinds; Pipe, Pulleys, bbaftlng. x And anything else ih machinery supplies COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., CeJambia, S. C. *■ MMMMBBBMHMMMMMHHBBBBBMBMBMHBHHMBSMMto——1 1 . .. - f TbeGuinard Brick Works,i Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Gotta Buildlig Block V Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to fill orders for thou and* « or millions. ' ™ - 5 TO RAI8S PRICE OF C3TT0N. > Bi ill Pool Hm Million* tor tbe Par- p ■* 8»jr* Bayne. A dispatch from New O leans tajs thst Frank B. Hayne. tbe noted cot ton bull operator returning to New Orleans after a three month’s absence on tbe floor of the New York ootten exchange, declared that the l.u'l pod now operating to ralsr^b® f ootten is the richest pool ever organ !z;d In America and is amply alls to do what it has set out to accomidito Hayne’s statements regarding th< pod have broken the mystery sur rounding tbe new agkreg*Uf n wlkh experts to put ootton ou toe top no ch. Heretofore the greatest secrecy has been maintained regarding ev< jy oe tall of the po.'h personnel a: d tno\e- ments aud even Mr. Hayne was n n ready to give the whole matter to tbe public. Hz stated, however, that the pad was not Ojtnposed of southern men. •.though many New Orleans men, he declared are very bullish on cott n Mr. Hayne would not admit nor deny that he was in the pool himself, but stated tbit his ideas were in line with the ideas of those in tbe derl, wbl h wax tosnmTOrTf toeap at ttfg pres ent price, and tbat during no m nth of tbe coming year will tha staple sell for lees than 10 oents \ Hsyqe estlmit s tbe crop at lo\ 500,000 bales. The d msnd^he says will be enormous. Hayne il very suc cessful ootton man, having made mil lions of dollars in a very short time by bis deals In ootton. What he says on. the subject of ootton has great weight in New Orleans, where he is well known. He thinks ootton cheap at ten cents. A BIO SYNDICATE. _ ao Expert .Specialist it Your Own Home. Seek the Advice of the South’s Most Skillful Physician—lie willCoun-i sel and Advise Any Sufferer on- Any Disease Without Charge —1~> Years of Experience. * ! Valuable Books Free— Write for Thom. President Jordan and Brcretarj Cheatham Now In Nt w York. ... A,.. ' * Harv'e Jordan, and R'chard Cheat bam, secretary of toe Southern Cotton Association, arrived in New Y >.k on Saturday and have since that lien: been In oloee com ui tall on wlih the c i- pltalists who are interested in the 1,- 000,000 bale purchasing syndicate p o- j ot. John Martin, agent of tbe Farm ers’ Union, Is also In New York, sod is Interested in the same matter Although tbe plan was not formally presented at tbe Aiheviile meetiig, Mr. Jordan has b en in constant com munlcation with those interested since tbat time. He would have been in New York before bad it not been that bis msny duties detained him In the South. The project seems to meet with the hearty approval of All those wbo are Interested In a higher price to the cot ton producers for bis staple, and k it said tbat the New York capitalists who are interested in the matter ban tbelr money ready and are wiHtog to at once put up 91,000,000 if it is de sired to bind themielves to carry out tbelr part of to* project. Mr. Jordan is very confident tha'. tbe farmers will hold for 11 cents any way, but thinks that this purchase syndicate would insure an ll-cant minimum price, ' The jplan, as.has been explained be fore;Ja an agreement between a syn dicate and toe Southern Ootton Asso elation and tbe Farmers* Union, by which tbe syndloate agrees to buy 1,- 000,000 bales of ootton at mlnixux price of 11 cents a pound. The aseocla tlon will obtain tbe cotton from Its members, each man selling only a part of his crop to tbe syndicate, and hold ing the rest for tbe minimum prl 'c. Tbe project, wblch is a most elabo rate one in its details, and which would make the syndicate the biggest and most powerful spot ootton factor in the world, has been submlted to some of tbe leading financiers and bankers of New York and approved by them. It is expected tbat an im port ant announcement will be made iu the matter in a few days. . ^ / •appended. Govenor Hevward Wednesday morn ing, on a report filed by toe comp troller general, suspended Dr. J. T. Pattlson, county treasurer of E Ige field oounty. The report filed by the comptroller general ard bis experts charged tbat the treasure? was some thing over 94.000 short In his accounts After suspending Patterson the gov ernor notified the senator from tbat oounty and the oounty auditor of that DR. HATITSrWAY, Evpiyoffitctsd reader of tjs p'V.’W tv Invit ed to coug:ilt-tfx. J Newton Hathaway of At lanta, tia.,* the South’s -'os Keli.tble Special ist, ou any disease, absolutely without charge. This nr eat *pecuilist has had over twenty five years ot expe ienoe in the study anl treat- ireit of diseases of a chr ui i or lingering na ture, and we unhesitatingly s»y tha there i* no case, no matter h .w severe, that he cannot thoroughly under lard from the very tint, and prepare the correct In* men', which il, bound to eiTect a perm •nent'eure. Ry the aid of his sys em of home treatment, he places at the dis-xtsa 1 of every sufferer his advanced methods of treatment, of w.Joh e is the orig inator, no matter where he > r she resides. FREK MEDICAL ADVICE. If you suffer from auy diseita i of a chronio natu-e, such as Ne-vous Debilry, Stricture, I Va ic xele, Wood Poison, Kidney or Bladder I Trpuble, Directs s of the Heart, Liver orstom- ; acli. Throat and i.un » Trouble, Lost Manhood, -Hydrocele, I’rina y Disorde a. Skin Diseases. 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The sermon was punk.” , . “Diye Sonkcy died at his home in this place. Tne doctor gave It out as heart failure. Tbe fact la, he was drunk, and whiskey li what killed him.” "Married.—Miss Sylv a Rhodes and James Ccnban, last Saturday evening at tbe Baptist parsonage. The bride la Ajery ordinary town girl wht does’t know any more tjian a jTck*rabblt oounfcy, requesting the latter to look after'tbe book, until tbe WrgatlM oould meet eed aeleot a inocefiior. I mother three dije In h.r life She la Got off Liftht. Columbus W. Walker was ed at OovlngUn, Ga., on Monday wife-murder and, the Jury baring re commended him to mercy, waa sen tenced to the penitentiary for life. not a beauty by anv m. &rs, and hap a gait like a fat duok. TbegreomMs convict - *en known as an n p to .daw loaferT of He’s l>een living eff the old folks kll bis life and don’t amount to shocks. They will have a bard I fe. 4 - ; The paper had no wooer reached the public than a committee was sent (o him bearing a petition asking him A Calitobnia paper lays bad water kllla as many people aa bad whiskey to continue In" the good old way, and does. Tbat may be ao, bat then we itated that they believed him to be a don’t have to pay for the water. 1 1 rutoful and he neet man. s