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r THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. J VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901 ~~ . . isro l q |^, AGUINALDO CAUGHT )y General Funston and Carried PH^B to Mar BETRAYED BY TRAITORS, And Taken Prisoner By Men He Thought Had Surrendered ^ to Him. Hew It Was Done. A dispatch from Manila says: "Ocn. Frederick Funbton's daring prcject for I the oapture of Aguiualdo in his hiding Slaoe in ?tho province of laabcla, aland of Lmon, has proved completely sioocHBful. AguinaMo tas oapturcd there March 23. The United States OnnKflftf VinlroKnrff ^ 11 Barry, with Gon. Funston and Aguioaldo on board, arrived hero this rnornr' ing." Upon landing from the Vick?burg (Aguinaldo was taken befor Gen. Mao Arthur at the Malaeanaog palaoo. Ho talked freely, but seemed ignorant concerning recent events. He appeared to be in good health and was very cheer ful. He lunohed with the officers of Gen. MaoArthur's staff and was then esoorted to the Anda street jail. Aguinaldo's oapturo was attendod with considerable difficulty, an insurgent major being killed at the time of the event. Twenty rifles and a number of important papers were captured. HOW V ,/AB DONE Gen. Fuup ' .. made the following statemnt 001 jtrniog tho capturo of the Filipino leader: Tbe confidential agent of A<uinaldo arrived February 28 at PatitabaDgan, in the province of Nueva Eoija, northern Luson, with lett? rs, dated January 11, 12 and 14. These letters were from Emilio Aguinaldo and direoted Baldormero Aguinaldo to tako command of the provinoes of Central Luzon supplanting Gen. Alejandrino. Emilio Aguinaldo also ordered that four hundred men be sent him as soon as possible, saying that the bearer of the letter would lead these men to where Agui naMo was. Gen. Funston secured^ tho oorrosM fc^ondenco of Aguinaldo's agent and plans accordingly. Somo ^HHfl^H^^^mdously he had captured tho n i Gen Laouna'B Obtonsi or Taaalog olotbiog oomKrag PPCodcd by ^ H^BBfra of the 18ih U. S. volunteer ^P^^cavalry. With him was his brother, Lieut. Oliver P. M. Hazzard, of tbo same regiment. Capt. Harry W. Nowton, 34th infantry, was takon because of his familiarity with Casiguran bay, and Lieut Burton J. Mitohell, of the 40th infantry, went as Qon. Funston's aide. These were the only Americans aooompanying the expedition. With the Macabebes were four ex insurgent officers, ono being a Spanish and the other three Tagolos, whom Gen. Funston trusted implicitly. Gen Funston and the American officers wore plain blue shirts and khaki trousers. They oarried each a half blanket but wore no insignia of rank. The Maoa bebes were carefully instructed to obey the orders of tho'four ex insurgent c Hi cors. On the night of March 8th the party embarked on the United State < gunhoat Vioksburg. It was originally intended to take oasoocsfrom the island of Polillo and to drift to thomain land, but a Btorm arose and threo of the cascoes were lott. This plan was abandoned. At 2 a. m. March 14 tho Vicksburg put her lights out and ran inshore 25 miles Bouth of Casiguran, province of Prinoipo. The party ro*r< h to Casigu ran. The Americans had never garrisoned this place, and the inhabitants are strong insurgent sympath zcrs. Having arrived there the ex insurgent officers, ostensibly oommandir g the par ty announocd that thry wero on the way to join Aguinaldo between Pautobagan and Baler, that they had sor prised an American surveying party and that they bad kiilcd a number, capturing live. They exhibit) d Gen. Funston and the other Americans as the prisoners. The insurgent presidents of Cast guran bolievod the story. Two of tho Lacuna letters, previously concocod, woro forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palanan, province of Isabcla. Gon Fan si on and tho othcrd w< ro kept imprisoned for three, days, giving orders at night. On the morning of Maroh 17, taking a small quantity of oracko i oorn, tho party started on a DO mile maroh to Palsnan. Tho country is rough and uninhabited, and provisions could not bo scoured Tho party ato small shell fish, but wcro almost starved. Wading swift rivers, ol:mV ing precipitous mountains and penetrating denso jungles, they marched seven days and nights and on March 22 bad rcaohed a point eight milos frcm Palanan. They w< ro now so weak that it was necessary to send to Aguinaldo's oamp for feed. Aguinaldo dis patched supplies and directed that tho Amorican prisoners bo kindly treated but not be allowed to enter tho town. ^ On the morning of Maroh 23 tho ad vanoe was resumed. Tho column was met by tho staff tfficors of Aguinaldo and a detaohmcnt of Agninaldo's body guard, whioh was ordered to take charge of tho Americans. Whilo ono of the ex-insurgent ctficors conversed with Aguinaldo's aido, another was sent as courier to warn Gen. Kunston ' and the rest who, with 11 Maoabebos were about an hour behind. Having reoeived this warning Gon. Funston avoided Aguinaldo's dotaohmont and joined the column, avoiding obsorva1 tioo. The Tagalogs wont ahead to greet Aguinaldo and tho column slowly lollowed, finally arriving at Palaoan. Aguinaldo's party had troops, 50 men in neat uniforms of blue and white and wearing straw hats, linod uo to roceivo tho now corners. Qon. Funston's men crossed the river in small boalB, formed on tho bank and marohod to tho right and tl.un in front of tho insurgent grenadiers. The Tagalos entt rod tho houso whero Aguinaldo was. Suddenly tho Span'ah officer, notioing that Aguinaldo's aiao was watohing the Americans suspiciously, exclaimed. "Now, Maoabebcs, go for them." Tho Maoabebcs opened fire, bui their aim was rather iuetteotivo, and only three insurgents were killed The robAl? i .L. C-. /a i ? cio luiuruiu inu urc. wii ncariug liio tiriog, Aguinaldo, who evidontly thought hid men were merely celebrating iho arrival of reinforcements, ran to the window and shouted: ' S op that foolishness!?quit waiting ainuiuni tiou." Hi'ario Plaoido, one of the Tagalog ofliccrs and a former insurgent major, who was wounded in tho lung by the tiro of tho Kansas regiment at the battle of Caloooan, threw his arms around Aguinaldo, cxolaining ''You are a pnsonor of the Americans." Col S moon Yillia, Aguinaldo's chief of staff, Major AUmbra and others attacked tho men who w? re holding Aguinaldo. Piacido shot Villa in tho shoulder, Alambra juuipod out of tho window and attempted to cross tho river. It was supposed that he was drowned. Five other insurgent officers fought for a few minutes and then fled, making their escape. When tho fighting b.-gan Gen. Funston assumed com mand ar d directed tho attack o" the houso. personally as-isting in tho capture of Aeuinaldo. The insurgont body guard fl-sd leaving 20 r.fl s. Santiago Barcelona, tho insurgent treasurer, surrendered without resistance. When ciptured Aguinaldo was tro mencously excited, but he calmed down under Gen Funston's assurance that ho would bo welt treated. Gen. Fan ston scoured all Aguita do's correspon dence, showing that Le had kept in oloso touch with tho sub chiefs of the insurrection in all parts of tho archipelago. It was also discovered that Aguinaldo, on Jan. 28 .h,had proclaimed himself diotator. Ho had been living at Palanan for seven months, undisturbed cxicpt when a detachment of the Sixteenth infantry visited tho town. On that otctsioa the entire population took to the mountains and remained there until the troops retired. Aguinaldo admitted that ho iiad near to boiog cipitured befo.ro, but ho ' asserted that ho had never been ! wounded, adding: "I should never hava been taken except by astratcgem. I was completely dcooivt(i by Lacuna's forged sigta'ure." He feared ho might Dj aent to Guam ^dho was quite gl^q to come to Ma ^ ^^^fl^^HtVvua'-dcd by nuuierH Dur ^^BHMgotnone of the M'icabcbes woundod. T1 ^cxpeditif\i rested J March 24 and then marched JG miles ' tho following day to BaUt.an bay, where Gen Funston found tho Vioks- ! burg, whioh brotight him to Manila. Commander Barry, of the Yioksburg, 1 rendered flcn Fnnatnn ?nl.i. .ti<t tanoo. AguinaMo, who ta'ked freely of past evoDtn, caid he supposed (ion. Traiaa wculd proclaim hi msi If dictator, even not knowing that Trias had aurrondored. He behaved oourteouslv iiu gave no troublo. Gon. Funslon 6aya Aguinaldo ia above tho avcrago in intelligeLcj and haa propoaeaaing manners. Killed About a Bicycle. The record for maDalaying is not being diminiahedin aryway, and Greenville county is t till the tin aire < 1' operations rj hh 1 cgrccs teem determined to maintain the record, if the whites are not aoactive and aggreasiveas formeily. John Dixon shot and killed Jamas Bannore on the farm of T. A Ash more TLursday afternoon, and tho caupo of the quarrel was a bioyole owned by one of them. The killing took place near LendcnuiD, It) miles south of tho city of Greenville and the two negroes wrro 1 at work in a fie Id not far from the Achnioro residence both men have been in the employ of Mr. Athmorc for several years, and they 1 ave always been friendly until ibis difficulty, wnich arose wnh out any signs ol previous trouble. The culmination of thequ&rrol was when Dick-on drew his i i-tol and B&utore picked up a rook Dickson fired his piatol aud Bannore tied for his life, with Dickson pursuing him and firiDg as he wcDt, until Htnnor fell to tho ground and the olinnx was over. Banooro was dead and Dickson was tho slayer. (Joioaer Black held an inquest and tho jury rend red % ve-rdiot in accordance with the facts given. Dickson was arrested at once and has been placed in Jail. A Tempest at Sea. Bitten d ty tio oe peas and tossed about by terrific gilts, tbo Frt noli Lino steam* r La Gaso igno arrived Wednesday atNe# York :r ni IK vie, 4H houri ovcrduo. The liner left H ivic on >larch , 16 and until March lilt had very fino woalhor On tho morning of tho 21at the wind came up from tho norrhwoBt and tic gales lasted throughout the fo1lowir g throo days, and several times tho steamer was obliged to turn tail and run beforo tho fury of tho blast. Groat s( as broke over tho starboard 9idc with t notmous fore >, the lifeboats on tho upper deck woro wrenched from tho davits and smashed, tho davits being bent almost double. Two of tho lifo ( rafts were lifted bodily from tho upper deck and dropped d >wn upon tho upper struoturc, smashing skylights and ventilators. Tho rafts woro atoved in many plaoes and damaged beyond repair. Fortunately none of tho passongcru was hurt. After tho Czar. An attempt was to bo made to blow up tho palaoo of theemporor Nioholas at Tarskoo Sals, f-ovcntcon miles south of St. Petersburg. A inino filled with tho highest explosives was accidentally unearthed. Had the mine been 1 exploded, tho palaoo would havo been ' blown to atoms, and cviry ono, including tho emperor, killed. Several officials are implicate d in the plot to assassinate his majesty. Tho arrest of several important personages aro expected today. The Kussian press is forbidden to publish news of tho disocvery of tho ' plot. BETTER WITHOUT What An Ohio Judge Has to Bay About Divorcer Ev.donee continually multiplies tbat South Carolina's laok of a law works better than divorce laws in other states, even though thoy be not very liberal. Ooo day lat>t week, Judge Frank E. Delloobaueh granted seven divorcer in tho divoree division of the common pleas court in Cleveland, O. In gtanting the seventh ho said: "Tho number of divoroe ca-ew coming befoio this court is appalling." Hunting for an tx plao'iop, he said: ' T?vo-thirdh of tho divoroo ca'ea that oome before mo are due to oarly marriages. 1 believe that the Bimo wou'd hold true in all divorce courts. Young people marry before they are old enough to form sensible views on matrimony or on tho oharaoter of thoso they marry. There have been young wiveB v, J ucig nci'1 1US ,or Qivoroos WOO ILU3t havo boon bo young at tho timo they woro married that sprnking would havo booD more appropriate. Young men are aa groat foolB as young women. There is another olafls of foolish marriages in whioh matrimony is contracted boforc tho parties havo bcon acquainted long enough to know caoh other thoroughly. TheBo hasty and unfcriunato marriages aro usually oontraoed by vory young porsocs, so that it oomts baok to the samo proposition of too oarly marriage. When tho injudicious marriage has been made thero ia nothing left but a lifo of misery for eaeh of tho parties to it or the divorce court, and as the divoroe record show keeps growing. It is shameful, and the lessons of tho divoro eouurt ought to teach young people who aro in a hurry to gat married to go slow." It seeus to The Kcoord that tho Ohio judge beat around tho bush for tho real and palpablo reason for tho condition for which ho was seeking a csuso If in Ohio, as in Sjuth Caro lina, divorces were prohibited, there would not only bo no divorces, but the marriage contract would havo greater sanotity. Knowing it to be binding, peoplo would not so lightly onteainto it as they do where they know that should the marriage fetters prove gaU ing, it is a very easy matter to get a | judgo to romove them. Worse, if a port>on after marriage meets some one whom he or sho fanoirs more that the first partner, tbe divoroe oourt effers a roady way of defying tho divine com- i mand, "Whom God hath joined to- i {.other, let not man put asunder," and j so faking it possible to gratify the Fancy. From all auoh evils South Caro- j lina is free, and may she ever be freo t From thorn.?Columbia Keoord. The Quarrel Over Manchuria. J In unmistakable terms Japan has < piven nt-ioo to tho powers of her strong ] ibjeotion to the treaty regarding Man- t shuris; wh-.oh liuesia desires China to lign. fOomul Gereral Goodnow, at ] Shanghai, Hvy Ud-u .. .hat Ae proposed treaty had again boon i nubmi?ked to the Chinese emperor, and LlusshSiad demanded its signature. He added the suggestion that the United States join with Japan ani Great Britain to protect tho Chinese goveroment. Mr. Qoodnoyr'a suggestion will not be adopttd by iho president, as it has no intention of fcroibly interfering in China, but it is loarned that Japan ontemplates making vigorous opposition to the ratification of the Macchurian convention. To moot theobjootion of tho powers, Russia modified tho treaty in several important particulars, but evon as modified tho convention is not satisfactory to Japan, nor is it aooeptablo as shown by the exchange of notos that has occurred between tho Tokyo and other governments, to any of the nations approached A Noble Act. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., to the Atlanta Journal says .John Carey, a whito cmv'of, sent up from Laudordale oounty for burglary, and who iB now serving a term of twelve years in tho Mississippi penitentiary, will in all probability bo pardoned by the govf rocr in a few days, because of his heroic ao tion in giving warning to a jasstnger train and thereby saving it from wreck sod pi rhaps a number of liveB. Carey was upon Okloy plantation, in Hinds oounty, and being siok ho was allowed to take a short walk down tho railroad track. Ho saw that one of tho steel rails was broken, and knowing it was about time for tho pastonger train to pasB, he ran up the track as far as ho had timo and flagged the train. The pasaengorB on board the train, whoso lives ho probably raved, havo gotten up a petit on asking tha he bo pardoned, and after tho pardon is reoe in mended by the bear! of control it will bo presented to tho governor, and it is thought ho will grant it. A Narrow Kseape. Little Francis Starfield, tho seven.1 1- a # ? I ?* jcoi uiu u&uguur oi mr. o. ii. stanfceiil, or K( mo, Ga , ctmo very near beiig drowned during tho storm. Fraruis was on her way to school when ovcrtikon by tho delugo of rain near th c inotory. The littlo girl was swept off tho sidewalk and washod into a largo gutter and the ohild apod along I y tho swift ourront to tho mouth of a sowor. Tho grl's screams attraotod attention of several children, who rescued her from a horrible death. Aside from a few bruises, Franois was not injurod. Cattle Killed by Storm. Thousands of doad cattle, ahoep and horses strew plains of WcBtorn Nobraska and Kastorn Colorado as a result of tho blizzard. In hundreds of ravines and dry beds'of creeks, tho animals crawled to bo oovcred with drifting snow while othor countless numbers struggled against tho blizzards to roach sholtor but perished on tho ridges. Incoming passengers ovor tho Burlington and lloion Pacific say that in ovory gulley aro seen tho carcasses of animals and that tho bodies aro scattered ovor tho plains in overy direction. Blind Leading Blind. Tho Atlanta Journal says tho oivil scrvioe commission is now ready to hold examinations and reoeivo applications for positions in the government serviao in tho Philippines. Thus wo will begin to send over thousands of young men, who never boforo sot foot outaido of their nativo statos, to help govern a people about whim they know littlo and osre loss. "Manifest destiny," fororsoothl?manifest arroganoel AH AMU8IH0 LETTER In An Answer to a Want Ad. of a Merchant. In the Colombia State of Tuosday, March 26, appeared the followiag advertisement in the want eolumn: "Wanted?A bookkeeper to post a light set of books. Can bo done at night. Knu>nneratioD $ 1.00 per week. Address 'Z Z care The State." The bosineas roaa who put in this advott seinent did not think for a momoot of how it would sound to the goncral public. What ho wanted wan to arrange with some bookkeeper who, after his regular work was done, would stop by for not more than 15 minuio-t caoh evening and post up his day book for him, soinothing that bookkeepers commonly do for bouio six er eight firms caoh tvenimr not onlv h.>r.? lint everywhere, at about the prioo indicated. The way the advertisement was understood, however, is shown by the following anonymous response received Wednesday by the morohant referrod to, whioh ho enjoyed as an cxocllcot joko on himself: Box 6085, Columbia, 8. C . March 21, 1901. Dear Sir: In roply to your advertise mem, in today's State for a bookkeeper. I beg to offer you my Herviocs. 1 am a young man 22 years of age, 1 having had a business exporionoo of 1 olevon years, and feel confident if you will give mo a trial that 1 oan prove my 1 worth to you. i I am not only an export bookko^par, profioicnt stenographer and typewriter ezoellent operator and orudite college 1 graduate, but havo sovoral other ao- ' oomplishmenta whioh make mo quite desirable. 1 am an experienced snowshovcler, a first class peanut roaster, havo some knowlcdgo of removing superfluous hair and clipping puppy dogs' cars, havo a medal for rt citing ! "Curfow Shall Not K'"ng Tonight," am a skilled chiropodist and practical farmer; oan also cook, take oare of ' horses, crease trousers and repair urn- ! brellts. Being possessed of great physical ( beauty, 1 would not only bo useful, but ( ornamental as well, lending to the ! saorcd preoints of your offiro that do lightful artistio charm that a Sateuma . vase or a stuffed billygoat would. As.to salary, 1 would feel that I was robbing the widow and swiping the sponge cake from the orphan if I weie to take advantage of your munifioenoa t bo accepting the fabulous sum of $1 00 1 per week, and I would bo entirely will- c icg to give you my serviocs for lets, i and by accepting 33 cents per week i would give you an opportunity of not i only increasing your donation to the s jhurob, pay your buioher and keep up t pour life insurance, but also found a borne for indigent fly | apt r ta'esmen and endow a frso bod in the cat borne. Should my application meet your approval, pleaso'wnto me at the ....1 ~:ii ' ?i IUU ;uu Will UUHK-, J Yours very respectfully, All Arcuad Man. Go^K brick Men. , A special wdif patch to the At'anta ' Journal Goldsboro, N. C . says, ' Tho chief of polioo is ia receipt of a letter , from E M. Jones, of Athens, Ga., sty- ( ing that tho description of tho threo gold brick swindlers confined in jail < here fits tho men who recently robbed ' a oitizsn of that plaoo of a considerable ' sum of money. lie asks for photographs , and full descriptions of all three. I). II. Wheeler, of Newberry, 8. C., ( arrived last night and identfied tho prisoners as tho men who a few week ago swindled him out of $7,01)0 They 1 ;avo him the same names as they opor- 1 atcd under here and worked the same scheme on him that they attempted at this plaoc. He was approaohed by tP- ? miner, who made a proposition to take 1 him into partnership. The gold bricks were exhibited and tho assaycr oertifiod < to their gonuiness. Later tho Indian < became dissatisfied, and Mr. Wheeler 1 was persuaded to purchase his intcieU 1 for $7,000. Then, when tho men had < gone and it was too late, he discovered 1 that had been buncoed. A bulletin just 1 issued by tho detective committee of the 1 American lljnkrrs' Protective assooia tion contains a splendid pioturo and a good description of one of the swindiers in jail here. Howard, aliai Thompson, alias Fuller. Tho bulletin sa\s his i home is in Brooklyn, N. Y., and that i fc is a painter by trade and a bank i burglar, gold brick swindler and oounlefeitcr by occuja'ion." Boss Piatt Defied. Senator T. P. Piatt, "the easy boss," and h?rutoforo tho dictator of tho Republican pa-ty in New York state, is in a fight for his political life. His op pomcnt is Governor 11. B. Odcll. the man tohnjA nAlitinal VI? Dl-ii ? nuv<v (/uimuai IU11UU19 Kir. I jail has helped to mako. The outcome is j problematical, but maoy disinterested observers believe they boo tho beginting 1 of th'j end of Mr. Piatt's political career. In New York Mr. Piatt mado apolitical statement that breathes dofianoo of tho governor and a determination to kill him politically if he votes a police bill which will removo from Now York city control of tho police foroo. Prom Albany comos word that Mr. Odoll stands by his ultimatum that he will veto such a measure. Albany also has it that Senator Piatt has backed down and will not prtsj tho bill. Governor Odcll is boiug prai cd by his supporters for tho stand he has takon, and the first skirmish of what promises to bo one of the greatest political battles in tho Btato has awak coed universal interest, rrrespoolrvo of { party linos. Blowed Himself. Samuel Ilagorty, a prosperous and ' wealthy fatmor, living tl ree eouth of Plymouth, Ohio, committed tuicido in a most shocking manner. Ho took a < quantity of dynamite and went to tho field, announcing his intention to blast stumps. Lator a violent explosion alarmed thn neighbors and on investiga- i tion thoy found a few scattered remnants of tho dospondent man. E quire Rubin was called and held an inquest i which disclosed tho faot that the dooraBod farmer had plaocd scv< rat pounds of tho explosivo in a largo stump, tat thereon and doliberatoly lighted the fuse. Despondonoy over the loss of his wifo ia thought to bo tho causo. THE COTTON MARKET The Holders of Spots Can Control Situation. NO REASON FOR DECLINE High Time f >r the Sru.h to Assart i*8 Irdeperdence of Speculator Who Depress Piici of Cotton. TK.uk. ? * -1 ? * . w.v |?u! uji ui pi cr BiPU ID 001ton in due entirely to manipulation is the positive opinion of some of tho best informed n*n in the trade. Tho Au gusta Chrouiele save it is pointed out that there is no more cotton in sight than ncootSiary for can Buinption and it is urgod it at tho south hold on to tho staple until a more normal condition of tho market has again oomo about. BMALL??T STOCKS ON RECORD. Mr. Alfrod B Shepperson in bis ro view of tho season of 1899 1900 and tho prc9ieot for 1900 1901 says that at the oiof-o of the Euiopcan season on September 30 tho stocks of cotton of all growths in European markets were tho smallost recorded in fifty-right years, with tho exception of 1863, when in oonscquonoo of the oivil war the Euro pean stocks wire reduoed to 250,000 bales. Tho stocks la<t September were not enough for two weeks' consumption of European Bpinners. Tho consumption of American cotton last season by American and foreign mills was abrui 11,000 C-'O bales. My friend, Mr Thomas Klison, of Liverpool, calls it 10,99 ),COO. being 566,000 bales more than the estimate published by him at the beginning of the scaeon. In hisoircu lar i f 0 t bat20 ho estimated a r< duo ion this season in American an 1 Japanese consumption of 378 000 balos, and an increase in European consumption of 10, )00 bales and with tho expectation of latVrr supplies than last season from oountriosoilier than Amerioa stated ihat an American crop of 10.382,000 oalcB would bo required in older to keep ho stocks at tho end of tho season from 'ailing below the limited supply at the ommeLccmcnt. WILL 11E NOSURl'LUS. So we see that tho leading exports igreo that a crop of more than ten milion bales is neooessary to meet the roluirtinjents of the spinners and yet Mr. jhepp^rson's estimate of the crop made n December is 9,900,000 bales. Allowng foil a wide divergence there is not tny more ootton in the wcrld than tho .rade needs. NO L ELI EE KOR SPOT MARKET. Again Mr. Shepperson says: "it is most likely that there will be 1 ul? /I *. 2 ? - ' * ^vuamcibuiu lucrcaie id ILC cotton tOla uV'liiuj uwa? i aol wotild doubtless depress 0 soma degree tho prios of "future lelivopios" for the next crop, it would iot reliovo tho market for spot cotton. L fully agree with Mr. Fllisonthat there would^notbe any ;lethosa of oniton ven if the crop should exceed 10,750, J00 bolts, an tho distribution would bo prcat ever such a wido area that there wou'd be no great accumulation of itooks anj whero." Allowing for all the adverse condi:ious in tho oolton goods outlook and .he rumors of trouble in Asia there is 10 rcasan why the south should throw tier holdirg* of cotton on tho markot. The South must a;-sert hir independence. "T le pouth," said ono gentleman, 'canifot afford to play into the hands of ihc 'ftknipulators who would rob this *eot:'"? of the honest fruits of toil, F'.ere never was a more opportune time or this section ^asserting its indepenlence, It is in their power to sacrifice the rimrtDt of the crop that is here." And this is not merely a view from 1 southern standpoint. In tho A'lanta Journal of Wednesday is a letter addressed to Co mm" sooner (J. B. Stevens from a prominent New York ootton factor who urgi s Mr. Stevens to continuo his efforts with the farmers not to in sreaso their ootton acreage, ilia letter follows: Now York, March 19, 1901. Hon. 0. B. S.tvons, Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ua.: Dear Sir? 1 have observe d that what ever has come from you in regard to ootton has carried considerable weight, and I want to say that unl* S9 something is done that the southirn farmer will bo confronted with five c:it co'.ton again next fall. Tho idea prevailing that it will take years for the stanleto go back to that price i-t all wrong. Cotton in January s >ld at 12.75 and today next January a Id at 7.40, a doolino of about 4 1 2 cents par pound in six weeks. This condition has been brought about by tho mills absolutely refusing to | ay the price, and a combin c?l ctt jrt on tho part of tho Mills, dry goods pooplo, cotton factors and speculator. Should the acreage be in largo as last year, mills all over tho world will buy from hand to mouth until the new crop is made, should conditions bo fav< Table As every well posud porson knows wc oouid have easily made 12 1 2 millions last jtar wit favorablo seasons. Should tho aorago bo increased to any considerable ex ent and conditions rcm*in good for tho growing crop with present trade oc nditionn six conts will look I igh for cotton next November. Tho only hopo tho farmer has is to out his crop, and not plant all cotton, but, corn and othnr itiinna raiiiiers cut t* oil cotton crop one-fourth this year, th?y would yet a big frice for ootton now held by them. Alto, for tho next crop, and in the ovoDt tho next orop is increased they will soil what they now havo cheaper than they should siid next at the most ruinous price, considering tho cost of labor, provisions, etc., wo havo ever seen. Everybody is against tho prioo of ootton exoopt tho southern farmer. Considering 7 to 8 cents a big prioo, tho only hope tho scuth has now is to ourtail aorago in cotton and raiso plenty of everything tho uses at homo. h'lcaso tako this matter up ard a k every secretary of agrioulturo in the south to help you to inoroaso this important faot of planting less cotton. After the orop is onoo in tho ground tho south is bclploss with gocel seasons. Providenoo will not intoifero every years it did last. Yours vory truly, h. E. Pari ion. k 8EVEN BOLD B&HD1T8 Raid an Ohio Town and Blow up a Bank BuildingSeven bandit* partially wreokod tbo State bank of Somereset, Ohio, early Wednesday by exploding a heavy charge of nitto glyocrino in tho vault doors, tcsured $5,000, app opriatod two livtry rigs, held a pobbo cf oitixons at bay, and escaped in the face of a h< avy fire. Bonds and securities to the amount of $30,1)00 and $5,000 in gold c >in wore overlooked by tho bandits Iho back was fully insured and its business will not be interrupted. A heavy explosion in the bank building shortly before 2 a m. aroused oitizsns living in tho vicinity of the Bank of Sonorset. John Hayes, whoso home id opposite tho bank building, raised a window and quietly observed four men stationed in front of the bank. He saw that tho whole front of the two story briok building in which the institution was looatcd bad been sbattcred, and believing he oould frighten away tho men who, it was evident, were rnuoh alaimed by the strength of tho explosion, hastily donned his olothes and sallied forth. Whon ho reaohod tho sidewalk he was ohallengod and, uader the influence of four rifles pointed at hiB head, again mounted tho stairs and Boomed arms. Meanwhile many other p? rsons began to appear in the darkened straets of the village. Wm. Lovott opened fire on tho bandits with a rifle, but his aim was not of the best and his shots only served to draw the fire of tie robbers. The shooting soon beoame general as the oitisons cropt toward the batk from all directions, and the rob- ( bcrs evidently kegtn to think of escape. At a sign from the four on guard, three others emerged from tho bank, bearing several saoks in which they had hurriely placed their loot. Tho robbers wore under good discipline and their leader gave his orders like a military , loader: "'All rrady, forward, march." j Sinrlc file the" marched undor tho , shadows of tho trees whioh lined the ; sidewalks, turned a corner, climbed into j two rigs and drove in a northwesterly , direotion. Citisens took up tho ohaso j and at 4 a m. found tho rigs, deserted | along tho roadside. The sheriff of Perry county had been notified by telephono and arrived at daylight with a pack of bloodhounds, whioh wrro utcd in the ohase. Tho robbers were suo- , ccssfully traoed around town by the hounds. It was fouad they had broken open a blaokemith shop to scouro tools, and then had taken the rigs in whioh they escaped from a livery stablo noir the bank. Tom Heed's Plain Talk. Ex- Speaker Thomas B. Reod hai a mind and a tongue of his own?a very bright and well-stored mind and one of mu 0f the tongues that m^L! now waggiDf, n.. u..ii rile tho present national administration ' and does not mind saying so. He was 1 in Baltimore a few days ago and The ( News of that city has this to say of tho ! manner in whioh he unbosomed him- ] self while there: "On the great questions now before the people Mr. Hoed 1 has deoided opinions, and doos not . hosititato to express them He reaffirmed most emphatically his opposition to 1 the imperialistic polioy of the adminis- 1 tratfon. In his opinion, Dewey have 1 sailed away from Montejo's float, leaving tho government of the islands to the Filipinos. Cuba atd Porto llioo, too, should be loft to tbeir own devices. The present polioy towards Cuba ho regards as piece of hypooiisy. Mr. Hoed 1 like the late ex-President Harrison, is an ardent friend of tho Bjer?. '1 sym- , pathizc with any pooplo on earth,' 6aid 1 he, who aro struggling for freedom.' 1 Asked whether ho thought the Filipinos 1 capable of self government, ho taid: 1 think every pooylo is capablo of selfgovernment. It may not bo the kind we have or want, but it is the kind that is satisfactory and sufficient for them." ! Mr. Heed is treading dangerously near tho verge of "treason," aocordiog to 1 tho imperialist definition of that crimo. 1 Atlanta Journal. A Plucky Governor. Wbu-n Thomas C. Piatt entered the II. 8. Senate in 1881 he was so over- l shadowed by his illustrious colleague, j Hotcoo Conk ling that he was dubbed i "Mo Too." Since tlatlimo Piatt has i become tho most powerful aud uiost ar bitrary boss his party has in New Yoik and has his own "Me Toes," a brigade of them. In this number (Jovurnnr t Udell was generally inoluded unlil a < recant date. It was said that ho was i nominated at Plait's diotation and it 1 was expected that as tho ohiof cxecu ] tivo of New York ho would bo little < more than Piatt's tool. Governor Udell i has proved, however, thatthis was 1 loo low an estimate of him and I that he is no man's man. die has 1 tUtly refused to recommend or sign a < state polios bill though Senator Piatt I has thrown tho weight of his influence in favor of that measure and i has dono his best to make gover- < nor Udoll pull with him for it. His i independent and oourageous couise i has won the respect and praiso of < Democrats as well as Republicans and Udell is now a bigger man that Piatt in New York. The firm stand ho has taken will probaly bchango the I course of Republican politics in tho I stato v<ry decidedly aLd many mark < tho beginning tf Boss Piatt's over 1 throw.?Atlanta Journal < i New Trials Granted. I Tbo Kentucky oourt of appoals Thurs- , day granted now trials to Caleb Powers and .James Howard, sentenced in tho ( lower oourt to life imprisonment and death, rotpeotivaly, in connection with j the shooting in February, 1900, of Gov. j Wm. Goebol In the Howard care tho cntiro court oononrred, bat in the Fow- ( ers dcoision Judges Hobson, Fajntcr . and Whito dissented. The dcoision in , the Fowors case holds tho Taylor par- ] don invalid, but orders a new trial on tho ground of erroneous instructions to tho Jury and admission of inoompetont < testimony. Tho Howard oaso is reversed bcoause of erroneous instructions, in- i competent evidenoe admitted in the trial and other minor points. Tho trial of ' Fowers (robably will take plaoe at Georgetown, in May. Howard's oase probably will be passed until the fall [ term. HB ATE 48 B&NANAS Qui. Keller Batiified a Great Craving for a Noble Fruit. Charlotte Observer: Mr. and Mrs. Qua Kellor, mill operatives, visited the store of Severs & Lawing, on North Trayou street, last rooenily, and while diicussing the mayoralty eleolioo atd divers other topios, Mr. Keller's eyo rested fondly on several fine bunohes of bacaoas. Ho observed that ho was something of a banana fancier and had never in l)is life satisfied a craving for that fruit, liow many did ho think ho oould oat, he was asked. "Ou'bout four dosen," he replied. Mr. H. F. Severs, of tho firm, then told Kollcr that he would give him four desan banana* if v- ? ? ? nv?*.vi ?a?v WHO 111 thoa and there, bat if ho failed to eat that Dumber he would have to pay for what he ate. Keller aooepted the proposition. Mra. Keller remarked that ale, too, had never soothed tho inner yearning for bananas, and asked that the offer made to her husband bo extended to her. Severs was Dot averse to this, but stipulated that Keller should first enter the oontcBt. Kellor wont at those bananas like a man who had fasted for dajs. He ate one dozen whilo a peaceful smile illumined his face, he ate two dozen and said his appetite was still on the improve; he ate three dozen, uulcosened his waistcoat and began to look serious. Commencing with the 39ih banana it was up hiil work with Keller. Ho no longer smiled and prespiration gathered on his brow. But he shook himself, sat down and laboriously stuffed one banana affr another down his throat. His hea.. was no longer in his task and he eommonoed to "swell visibly beforo tho Laked eye." When he had, within 20 minutes from tho start oonsumcd his 48th ban ana Keller's wife who had been watching him closely, said she believed she did not want to repeat his cxperimsnt. She called upon hor worthy spouse to and go home with her, but he could not rise from his chair. Ho grew quite sick had to be oair cdkome. Heroic lemedics wcrd resorted to, but when last heard from Keller was too still fall for oomfor table utterance and mist unhapy man. a murder mystery solved. 1 Cruel Man Chained His Wife in a Dungeon. Workmen removing a collar wall anler a delapidated building just north )f tho bridge that crosses Fair Haven river, 4 a quarter of a mile above Jarvir'a Falls, Vermont, have apparenty unearthed evidenoo which solves the nystery of a murder which occurred 70 pears ago. The discovery was ma le by icoident. tho laborers haviii* f*H?n imn l pit while trying to lift some heavy pit v? hn?? nieht feet leep, with h solid stone wall about 20 nohes thick surrounding it. In the tenter of the pit w*j set a solid iron ^ost attached to which was a heavy ron ohain and an old fashioned pair of landouffi. Nearby was a heap of hunan bones. Inquiry disclosed the fact that in L831 Perry Borden, a young Frenohnan, brought his young wife to Poultley to live in the house whioh the workmen are tearing down. She was witty and vivacious and attracted oonliderable attention. In a short time ttorden became jealous of her and forbade her visiting a certain tavern near jy. Tho wife would not submit to be lictated to. Ono night in February, L83I, she var at the plaoe when at about lOo'oltck Bjrdcn called for her. She left the plaoe with him. She never was jeen by her friends after that. Mr Borien said his wifo had deserted him and 9cd to Canada After a year Borden went a^ay and was not hcaidof again until 1882, when he suddenly reappeared in town. He *aid ho had been at sea for the 50years ho had been away. Ilia mind seemed shattered. He went to the litt'e house find remained two years, neighbors supplying him with provisions. He finally Look aiok and the town took charge of him. He died in 1887 and was buried in Potter's field. J'he discoveries made by the workmen have led every one in this vicinity to believo that Burden chained his wife in the underground cellar and left her to dio a horriblo death. Daring Kidnappers. A daring attempt was made to kidnan Hi ward It ?.??? --W -w- * 1 1 ?? Jft ?i a U1 , if Welkeeoane, IV, Wednesday. Two men piokoi biui up id tho >ard of his Father's bouse, oarriod him to a surrey, placed a handkeiobjef, saturated with shloroform over his noose and- drove away. Tho child bjoamo ucocnsoiaui From tho drug aud when he survived Found himself on tho baok seat of tho ?ehic'o which was then Jarring over a jo u a try road. Young MoAvoy jumped from the carriage. One of the men ran after him but tho youngler's cries attracted tho attention of theoccopants )f another carriage which was passing at tho timo and the kidnappers bolom ng soared, whippod up fehoir horses and ii^ appeared. Hits Us Ilartf. Oar consul at Chcfoo , reports tl-at the doolioc in exports from the United States to China following tho Boxer utbreak does noj .nearly represent the less in trado which this oouotry has incurred on. that aooouut; for large amounts of merchandise sinoo exported From the United States are piled up in Dhincse ports and are yet to bo sold or XArV< rl / ff rl'K Ck 1 A*ci< a IA A ? v >4. A uu tvouD IU inu ximunusn jotton trade alono ho estimates at $3,100,000. At homo of tic Chiocao pons, Niuohwang, for example, American trade was practically annihilated. This is bad enough to fifeht about. Hut out Washington government has evidently sonoludcd it will not pay to fight; in fact that it will pot pay to do anything at all. Shall we let it go at that??Co lumbia S'ato. In tho market reports of almost any of our nowfpapera you may road, "Country produce soaioo and prices strong." Vou may also noto that tho piioo of ootton is btoadily declining. Tho Gaffnoy Lodger very truly says theso short statements are m >ro eloquent than sermons, and that farmers who is not impressed by them is in a state of blind infatuation. jl. 'some side lights On tht Pacification of the Philipnino islands HUNTING THE FILIPINOS. How Our Soldisrs Kill and A>e Killad. An American Olficar's Na-rcw Escape from Amigo Bullets. Ad officor of one of the New Yoik voluLtocr regiments in the SpanishAmerican war, who ib now a first lieutenant in ti'.e Twenty-sixth United Statoe Volunteer Infantry in the Phil| ippinea, tells, in a letter to his former enlnnnl n? nJ , mtM VU1JOI vu vjru V. V7UC11 8 at&ff, of tho tactics pursued in hunting tho Filipino band on the Island of Panay. His account, under the date of January 29, throws a remarkable sidelight on the Manila cable dispatches, which announoe that the island of Panay has been pacified. The writor was stationed, at tho time the letter was written, near the town of Zursga, and ho states that aotivo operations were being pushed against the natives. "With the exception of the first two weeks after landing at Iloilo," the lieutenant writes, "L have been almost constantly in the field, so much that I have not been able to say what 'shaok' or 'oasa* was mine to call home. Fieldwork began on November 10, 1899, when, in command of my oompany, I was sent to drive in the enemy's outposts, before the advance of the Eighteenth United States Infantry. This we not only accemplished, but had the brunt of all (he fighting that day. Hut with all my experience since then 1 bclicvo today I have as mortal a fear of a bullet, at tho beginning of a 'scrap,' as any man in or out of the service. After the first few rounds, however, one gets one's blood up and does not mind it. I have had many a tight shave, and in some of them I am not ready to believe it was no luck, but rather Providenoe. I "On one occasion raoently I had charge of several small pueblos, and was sleeping in a convent at one of them. Near my bed on a shelf was a pioturo of my wifo and the boys. At night about 300 of my 'muoho amigoa' (Filipinos) got through the outposts and past a patrol to within 200 yards of the convent. Knowing, perhaps, the exaot location of my room, about half a dozen of them olimbed a mango tree and took a few shots at my room before the general shooting began. One Mauser bullet went through the pioture of my wife and the boys, four more struok my bed, and one pugp- H tured a pocket in my trousers, which H were under ?B ever I got into. I only had forty ;? ... j--?- 1 -* * ?. .. nMi *ci j uar&, dui we ued mem on the run in leas than three- quarters of an hoar. When it was over I found that I had one man killed and two w6unded. Their loss, I was told, amounted to thirty. None of them could be found when daylight oame, not even an empty shell. Both of my lieutenants, Fernal and Wagner, have since lost their lives, one of them drowned and the other killed in ambush. I have also lest eleven enlisted men, which is the highest oompany loss in the regiment. "3ince the election of MoKinley, we have been pushing the insurgents hard and fast. Orders aro very open now, so thAt you aro not afraid of being recalled from a scrap before you could got iLto one, as was many times the oaso before eleotion. 1 have been in the field sicca eleotion day, and until recently I could run into as many as j three or four tcraps a day, but now dry weather is coming on, and together with McKinloy's eleotion. and our hitting them hard all around, things are more quiet. You have to hunt for a 'sorap' now. . I bava been given a district to olean up, and have a detaohmeat of forty five men together with some native sou's, Work here is quite hard from the nature of the ground, and tho fact that you begin your day's wcrk in most oases at 1 a. m , andeovor from eighteen to twenty six miles a day; jet when you find a"striko" you forget (hat you arc tired until it is all over. That wa3 a pretty good 'hike' we had together down in Virginia, from Camp Alger to the Gap, but this is of a different color. We are not troubled with stragglers here. They keep UD without narninfT ? * "?/ know their fate if lh?y drop "behind, and fall into the hands of the bolomen. -v "Men oat here in the volunteer service who are anxious to got a oommission in the regular army, think it is 'bard lines' to be comuelled to stay right on hero two more years without going horn). A person staying here two years without a change oannot stand it without serious results. I have got along pretty well?native fever twice and dysentery once?losing about one month in the hospital. "The other day I ran down a chief of a notorious gang called the Polahans, whom 1 had been after for more than threo months. I surrounded his barricade with icd men at 2 a. m., and waited fcr daylight. When it came, it took U9 ha'f an hour to foroo our way iqsido, and then we oould not find our \ man. Wo were about to give up, when we raw a nile of baenhoo vestigation it was found to ?over a . bole in the g'ound which led to au un- ' dcrgreund hut, out of whioh we smoked the ohief, also forty-three members of his gang. Ho fought hard, and two of his men were killed before he surrendered."*? New York Evening Post. An Unstable Jury. There is no telling what a jury will do. Oq March 6, in Spartanburg, a jury found Matthew Burke guilty of < violating the dispensary law. He was sentenced to three month's imprisonment or to pay a fine of $100. The next I day the jury got together and deoided that Uutko was not guilty, after all, J* that the oiroumstantial evidenoe upon lj? whioh he was convicted was insufficient and that he had been oonvioted more & on ?uspioion than proof. A petition for w bis pardon was promptly prepared and fl ss promptly granted. Burke is 67 yean % old and was a Confederate soldier. %