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i DEFENDS THE SOUTH, Sx-Qov. Chamberlain Maintains thal Negro Eulo Is Misrule. EXPERIENCE AGAINST THEORY He Deelares that Illa Ad m I i lut rut im lu this 8tato Proves His Charit? and in Fact Hcinalnti the Same Tn?i*y. To the Editor o? the Beaton nerald I wish to offer a few observations bj way of reply to your several editoria articles on my "Open Letter," to Mr James Bryce, published in the Char leaton (S. C ) News and Courier of th? 1st. inst. The News and Courier havini charged you with discussing the ne gro question with a "fatal narrownes of spirit, and plentiful lack of rea knowledge. .* 1 assume that by thl was meant narrowness fatal to wis or fair and valuable discussion. Thl obarge you resent with warmth, ant on Lii? point of lack of knowledge yoi liken tho negro question to the tariff In that the latter is "a more intim?t and poignant li-sue in some State than others." Do you mean that tin tariff changes with change of locality that the rates of schedules of th< tariff are adapted to different States that the rates for New Orleans ant Loulslaua differ from tbosa for Nev York city or State? if not, what di you mean? The negro question Is ui question at all, except for acadenih consideration, in States that have nt practical question. Another thing the tariff is a law, a written law, : method and theory of revenue whicl can be as well understood In Arer mont and Arkansas as in Rhode Is land or New York. The negro quos tion can only be practically or vitall: understood by those who on the spol have seen it, have known its working; and effects by actual observation. Yoi cite your familiarity with newspapers addresses of Southern men, and ih bates In Congress. All this is well a: far it goes; but the negro is a bu mai being who can be but very imperfectly known except by actual contact. A1 most the only valuable knowledge o him must come from otie's own con tact or the testimony of other actua observers. The former I assume you have not had. as you do not men tion it. Your discussion will, there fore, be, as lt is in fact, theoretic which is to say of little value. Yoi can no doubt ai gue about the negri and what ought to be done with bin and for him far better than 1 can, bu when you come to practically hand ling him, so to speak, you have whal Thc News and Cou vlei describes ai "plentiful lack of real knowledge o your subject." Again, as to "narrowness of spirit." You show lt probably unconsciously in talking about the negroes bein?; "human," that they should haw "citizens' rights, privileges and op portuuitles equally with other clli/.en upon conditions that do not uufa!rb discriminate against them because they were not white men." As 1 anybody any where, who ls of any con sequence, at the South denied all o any part of this! Who denies tba the negro ls human, or that he is en titled to fair and equal treatmeu with white men in all rights, privi leges and opportunities which are thi gifts or subjects of the law? Do yoi know, or can you point to, any In stances of practical or theoretic do nial of all this? No, you cooly as sume that such denial is the c indi tion in the South, and on this unwar ranted and false assumption yen pro ceed to condemn the Southern white and bemoan the cruel fate of tin Southern negro. First, give yoursel a basis of fact, and then construe your argument according to thc tact Not to do this, as you do not, I cal "fatal narrowness of spirit." Again you talk of "disfranchisement in order to secure white supremacy.' Cite your cases. Tell us where this is done or attempted. You are wlsei than I-no violent, supposition, I ad mit-if you can do it. Von probably refer to or have in mind certain pro visions placed in the Constitutions ol some of the Southern States bearing on the suffrage. Kvery one of these provisions bears equally on white;: and blacks. Cases to test these pro visions as to illegal di-crimination have been before the Supreme Cou it of the United States. Has any one of these provisions been set aside'. Not one, I say, therefore, that se loug as the South acts within its le gal rights in rgard to the suffrage, it ls not censurable. The fact that you do continue to censure the South for this ls another evidence of "fatal nar rowness of spirit." You say you try t<i "encourage all liberal Southerners.'' Who are they'; And how do you encourage them? Sc far as 1 can see, you do it only by stimulating, if you have any influence there, a desire or effort Lo overturn laws which the Supreme Court will not overturn or set aside. Tins, too, I call "fatal narrowness of spirit." You ask if tlie Alabama peonage cases were "fakes." 1 am glad you alluded to these cases, for they will serve excellently well to refute your whole attitude toward the South. The Alabama peonage cases were not "fakes;" and they were tried in a Court in which the .lodge and disti iel attorney were both Democrats. They were quickly and effectively tried and peonage was killed in Alabama at one blow. Thc Judge and district attor ney are among thc very f jw, almost the only, Democrats appointed by Roosevelt to any high otllccs in thc South. Thisisit pat illustration, not only of what can be done, ought to be done, and will bc done by the best men of the South whenever they have, the power to act. lt also Illustrates the extreme folly of your outcry about the negro because he is not in politi cal power at, tlie South. Vou make what I may call an ad hoininem argument when you allude to my administration in South Caro lina as showing 'bala "Republican Government, in the Soul hem Stat es was not :i chronic or incurable evil, even with colored men as voters and officeholders." Slr, 1 wish to tell you that my administration showed no Buch thing. It showed precisely the opposite; and perhaps I had better re peat here, if the matter ls of any im portance, what I have said, that the lesson of my administration is that with a preponderating electorate of negroes, lt never was within the bounds ol possibility to keep up a bearable government. 1 will add that lt ls more possible now. Giving me credit for qualities and abilities for management, tact and what not qualities I never possessed what could I do from 1874 to 1ST7? Mere ly retard a little the crevasse of cor ruption and misrule ever gathering force behind me and sure short ly to overwhelm me. it is ungracious in appearance to reject intended compll menta, but I am trying .specially to ' tell the truth on this Southern negro question to ears long inured to un * truth ou this theme. 8 As to social equality, to which you allude In a manner which I greatly regret, let me say that it you regard lt as a mere bogey, of the whites of a ' the South, 1 do not. It is a real dan- j, ger, or a reality, if you like the word n ' better. 1 have seen two Republican Governors entertaining negroes, male *? and female, at their houses, lu draw- f; lng rooms and at tables. That is s what-1 cal! social equal!ly. "what do j you call it? It will happen again, tou, ? If the negroes ever return to power. f I say nothlrg now of the right or I ' wrong of ic, but since you treat it os r * a mere chimera, I take leave to in- s * form you that lt ls a very hard faot. . e To my views on lynching you give an entire editorial article. You call jj ? my attitude "apologetic," a gross in- ^ " justice to me for which you bave no * s excuse. I wrote the Uryce letter . 1 principally to say wbat I did about s lynching. 1 will not traverse lu de- ? e tail what you say in reply, farther s Gian to reiterate all 1 tbere said, and J to add, in no disrespectful splr.t, that 1 the trouble with you, especially on j * this polut, is that j ou have only, in ? ? thc words of The News and Courier, * s "a plentiful lack of knowledge" of the * 3 subject on which you preach and dog- } i matizc. 3 Now will you allow me to say a J > word here In response to the note of ? Mr. Moorfield Storey lu your issue of ? r the 10th Inst? Mr. Storey knows al J ready, I hope, thut 1 bold him In the J } highest regard. For his character, 3 his opinions and his conduct 1 have J as much respect as for those of any ' : man 1 know anywhere. 1 Mr. Storey puts tu mc what lam 's 1 bound to suppose he regards as a per- s ' tlnetib question-why, if the negro is ? ' hopelessly inferior, do thc whites fuar . * the effect of education? Why do they . ' struggle, be asks, against his progress 'J upward. My answer is a double ono- . 4 lirst, Gie whites of the South du not 1 struggle to hinder the negro's progress . * upward; they du just the opposite; " second, Gie whites of tho South Iw- . * lleve, as much as dues Mr. Storey ur 1 as do you, in education for thc negro. ' ' They do not believe, nor do I, in thc sort of education New Langland for thc ' * most part bas given him, as seen in ' ?ably at Beaufort and Hilton Head, j ' S. C. -today thc mest non-progressive 1 spots In thc South, so far as the tte- j " grors are concerned, but the spots , * where education of the kind which 1 , ' suppose Mr. Storey 'believes in has 1 been uninterruptedly applied by 1 Northern teachers fur full forty-two ' 1 years! Lit him gu there with me p and I will show him how little he * knows of the point on which he eal's ?j me and the South to ace mut. Man * of man, 1 do not see how we of tim ' Nor oh, or particularly of New Eug , land- such men as you and Mr. Storey and 1-are better than thc peuple of ' South Ca ulina or Alabama. They 1 -r worship the same Ged, "read the same I 2 Bible, repeat the same prayers, keep , " the commandments as weil as we do, ( s if these be your t&sts. They have, in , 1 fact, une great quality which 1 think ' \ puts them higher than mu.it uf us. I ' mein thc high, almost bigest, great j ' quality fortitude-the quality which , r Burke bau in mind when he wrote ! L this memorab'e sentence: "They ou " ly can aspire tu act greatly whu are of 1 furce greatly to sutler." Of this fnrce . * the Southern peuple have given the i 2 last full proofs.* With our slight, per 1 haps no, knowledge of the peculiar " problem put upon such a people, must . we go oh fuever distrusting, denounc ing, criticising unkindly, ir nut cruel ly, such a people? They have their ' faults, no rlobut; but, for my part, 1 am proud uf them for countryman, I s and I ara ready tu trust them with \ any problem they may meet. Aud I when 1 say let. them alone, 1 do nut ? mean let them alone t o du wrong ur ? cruelty to the negro, but let them 1 alune tn do thc best that, In their bet 1 ter judgment, can be done fjr bim far more and better than we can du, a thousand or two miles oil. ? This, 1 suppose, will entitle me to be called again "extraordinary," at , least by Mr. Storey and thc Springfield Republican. 1 endorse every wurd of Mr. Storey ; when he asserts that ls clear that . thc South should gi\e the negro the ? best educath.ii possible." Up to the . full limit of its ability, the Sou tn is i doing it to-day. Mr. Storey, give us , your bill of particulars: make your . implied and express charges more de - linite and certain, in the phrase of , our profession. Till you du SJ, I can only put in my general denial and ask , judgment on the iusulliciency of your : complaint. When Mr. Storey allies me with tho men uf the Smith who "insist that thc negro is incapable of being raised by any education to an equality with > the white man." he does nie an injus , tice. I hope thc neg ru can be raised to a respectable degree of good sense, ? good capacity for work and service for the white man as well as fur himself, lils lot is and will be to serve, in no degraded conditions, hut fur full com pensation and with fair treatment, the superior race, 1 expect, nu more. This assertiun will, 1 fear, give new appropriateness in Mr. Storey's mind as well as thc minds of others, tu the epithet "extraordinary," applied to my Hrjc? letter an epithet which seems a favorite one with many of ray critics, hut one of which 1 clo not complain. Once I did not think MC. make the mest nf that, as you are sure tu do. But do you and Mr. Sn,rey imagine, that I am going tn coutiuue to live in "a fool's paradise" after I have found it out? You may do .'0, if you like: 1 shall not. That a man at, (10 ur Tu bolds opinions he did not hold ur contrary to those ne held at SO, I think, raises two favor able presumptions; lir.it, that he is honest.; second, that he is more likely to be right than the man who has not changed. For example, bow often do we hear an old man boasting thal he never voted any ticket but the Demo cratic ur Republican, as the ease may be. Such a boast ls a perilous confes sion. Presumably it means that the man has done little ur no political thinking, made nu progress in that great science or study. Now, my dear sir, 1 reach thc end of what 1 have strength or disposition to write, perhaps of more than you can easily lind room for. You have on many occasions In t.ini"s past said words uf respect and compliment of me far beyond my deserts: sometimes, top, when compliments fur me were not tod frequent. . Kvery such word I huid and shall ever hold In trrateful recollection, come what may come. Hut in controvi rsy v/e do not deal lu compliments. Wc take oh* the but tons and thrust at vital points. At any rate, that is what 1 try tn do. Having published this reply you can hammer mc every day, as you have the machinery for doing, but how-1 ever, that may be, 1 shall remain, Faithfully yours, I). H. OHAUBKIILAIN. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER,. ?ven Handred Japancs Blown Up by the Russians. A dispatch from Ghe'oo says a Jap nese column numbering approximate' r 700 men while marching along at tglit on a road in the valley between .orig hill and Division hill met a rightful disaster through the explo [on of an electric land mine, Sept. st. The mine was carefully laid by the LussianB three weeks ago. It covered early a mlle of available marching pace. Tho explosive was placed at he bottom. Rock were placed next nd on top of these clay were paced so arefully the ground gave the ing ression of not having been disturbed, 'he indications of Japanese activity a this vicinity put the Russiaus on uard. Near midnight the outposts ushed In and reported that the Japa ese were approaching. The Russians withheld their lire for ome time. Suddenly they threw a earchllght up the valley. The Japa ese opened with a rille Ure. The Rus lans waited until apparently the /bole Japanese column was in the anger zone. Then the mine was ex loded. The force of the explosion nocked a number of Russians dowu, nd the sight of Japanese rllles, water ottles, legs and arms hurled through he lighted space made by the search ight was an awful spectacle. Some rocks landed inside the Rus ian lines. There was one appalling moment during which the garrison it elf was stunned, then a death-like Hence. The searchlight coldly light d up the road and hillsides strewn rlth dead. The following day the Russians uried the dead, bub owing to their ismembered and mutilated condition he Russians were unable to accurate / estimate the number of killed. A aw Japanese escaped, however. The foregoing Information is eun ained in a small sheet Issued Sept. y the Port Arthur Novakral, a break ge in the press having made it im ossible to issue a full edition. A Chinese arriving there at mld ight confirms the above bo the extent hat he heard the report that many ap??ese had been killed by a mine, ut he did not learn the details. On he nights of Aug. 2(5 and 27 a simi ir disaster befell the Japanese near edoubt No. 2, it is reported, but no etails have been ascertained. THE GUATEMALAN ANT. Viii Feed un All Kinds ol linen nod oilier Insects. A dispatch from Washington says olonics of Guatemala's insect-eating nts, which are now devouring thc otton boll weevil, are to be located in ther parts of the United States and everal are already at work dining pon potato bugs, grasshoppers and ther things on the crop around Lan iam, Maryland. The department of gricuiture has come to the conclusion hat if the ant will eat boll weevils, he a?.y be taught to destroy the pests hat cause hundreds of thousands f dollars loss to other crops, aud the lureau of entomology of the depart ment is now experimenting along hese Mines. The experiments are in barge of O. F. Cojke, chief ento ?oligist who is acting head of the lureau during the absence of Dr. loward. The ants are of the same 3t which was imported for use in 'esas. They came in cages, and were fed pou various kinds of bugs on their /ay uorth for the purpose of deter mining which they liked best and /hlch suited their digestion. The first Dt readied Maryland about a week go, and since then lield experiments ave been made with them. It is as et too early to decide whether they rill prove of use in the northern elds, lt is feared that they will not e able to stand the cold weather. In egard to the reports that several of lie large colonies have disappeared rom the Texas tields, Mr. Cooke said tils morning that the dispatch were wisted. "There was a colony in the back ard of a house in Paris, Texas,'' said e, "that did not seem to be able to et the right kind of food; they died, 'he others, those in the cotton lields re thriving and it, begins to look as hough the experiments will be a suc ass, the ants living and propagating s well hi Texas as they do in Guate rala." The department of agricul ture is gi'ing much study to the ques ion of the destruction of insects, rhich are ruining crops in various arts ol the country. The loss has cen growing slowly but sorely for a coade because, it is said, of tho aughtei of insect eating birds, it. ?emssurprising but experts make the atement, that insects destroyed an ually nearly $100.000,000 in crops. And," concluded an olllccr of the de artment, "if the ant can save eve: uarler of this, he is well worth his Ire." Watson ii Cat's Paw, Though Thomas E. Watson in his peech accepting the I' pullst nomina [iin for President at Copper Union, ?lew York, on August 18, said that Losevelt "stands for those govern lental principles which, in my judg ient, are hurrying this Republic Into sordid depotism of wealth," the ful peech is being sent broadcast as a ['.publican document. The New erk World states that the Republi cs are hoping hy this means to es range "the voters of the Bryan lemucrats from the National Demo rat ic ticket." "A Populistcampa'gn i this state," continues the World, is to be made with a plentiful sup ly of funds, and as?ate organization, j ls said, lt is openly intimated that hero are not a few Republicans who 'onki subscribe liberally to the Popu st cause for the purpose of dellecting ?ryan votes from Parker." In this unncction it is announced that 'bomas E. Watson is to deliver forty (leeches in doubtful states, and, Lrangely enough, at the prceise oints where they might be expected j do most harm to the Democratic icket. Mr. Watson has been in f re lient consultation with a number of len In New York about his plans, onie of these men were formerly losely identified with Bryan, but liey have little or no inlluence in the resent campaign. The followers of Ir. Bryan will not he fooled by Mr. datson, who is nothing but a cat's aw for the Republicans. LlTTAUKit, the president's "statute f limitation" friend, is again a can idate for congress this year from a lev/ York district. He ls the great xemplar of Mie principle of goveru ?eiital "graft," for which Roosevelt nd his party stands. THE COTTON OHOF. Ot Last Year aa Compared With the Year Before. ^Secretary Hester, of New Orleans, in his annual report, which was Is sued last week, puts the cotton crop of 1903 04 at 10,011,374 bales, adt?creese of 71L.185 under that of 1902 03. He says that compared with last year In round tigures. Texas, includion Indian Territory, has increased 45 OOO bales. ! The group known as other Gulf States, consisting of Louisiaua. Ar kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Okla homa, U tah and Kansas bas lost 430, 000 and the group of Atlantic States, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia has fallon off 332,000. Mr. Hester's report on the cotton crop of the different States Is given as follows In thousands of bales: Alabama 1,000 against 1,050 last year. Arkansas 70f? against 1,000. Georgia 1,325 against 1470. Florida 55 against 55. Louisiana 824 against 824. Mississippi 1,387 agaioBC 1,404. North Carolina 503 against 575. South Carolina 825 against 950. Tennessee, etc., 451 against 509. Texas and ludiau Territory 2,870 against 2,831. Total crop 10,011 against 10,728. lie makes the actual production of Indian Territory 200,555 bales;-"ainsi 309,251 last year, of Oklahoma 177, 057 against 18(5,000 last year and of Missouri 34,307 against 35,900 last year, the two last being Included under the bead of Tennessee, etc. He puts the average commercial va lue of the crop at 80L38 against $44.52 last year and tbe total value of the crop at $017, 501,518 against ?480, 770,282 last pear. In reference to thc total value Mr. Hester sajs that while the crop ls smaller by seven hundred and odd thousand bahs less than last year it ls less by 1,203,000 bales than the crop of 1898-99, which was the largest ever marketed, It has brought a better re turn in money values than any ever produced in thc south. Kefering to the increase in values over last year he gives details as to prices, showing that while tbe lowest runge of last season was from Septem ber to January, inelusive, this year the highest range of values was dur ing the period of marketing the bulk of the crop and the result was ttiat farmers obtained more of the advan tage of the risc instead of its coming as usual after the cotton had passed out of their hands. In other words there were marketed up to January :?i of this year In round ligures 8,010,000 which s?ld for ?447,710,000 while up to the same period last season the amount marketed wes 7,985.000, which brought $330,005,000, a differ ence of only 25,000 bales and an in crease in the amount received of over $138,000,000. Further teferring to crop values Mr. Hester says that when it is con sidered that the comb'ned values of the past three crops resulted in pay ment to fanners, merchan's and other handlers of over $1,530,000,000, their importance as a great factor in the prosperity of the south and of the en tire country may be fully appreciated. The consumption bas been di vie ed as follows: Alabama 212,3?8, Increase of 594] Arkansas 1,444, decreases of 1 71. i Georgia 419,701, decrease or ^ Kentucky 20,341, decrease of ?^i)1. Louisiaua 10,121, decrease of 1,882. Mississippi 313,841, decrease of 0,137. Missouri 4,341, decrease of 382. North Carolina 530,814, decrease of 20,988, South Carolina 503,980, decrease of 49,295. Tennessee 44,773, decrease of 2,773. Texas Hi,730, decrease of 0,871. Virginia 50,'.?30, increase of 14,891. Total consumption of the south 1, 919,252, a decrease under last year of 81,477. THE HARVEST SEASON. Tin: Weekly Itaport on tlx: ('rup and Weal lier Conditions. Section Director Baurer issued his weekly crop bullet in as fololws: The week ending 8 a. m., Sept. 5th, had a mean temperature of 7!? degrees, which is about one degree above normal. The temperature was very uniform throughout the week. The extremes were a minimini of 50 at Greenville on August 3oth, and a maximum of 94 at Blackville on ttie 3rd. Thc sunshine was slightly above thc normal amount, and the relative humidity was slightly below. There were no violent winds or any hall storms during tho week. The precipitation averaged less than the weekly normal amount, al though in the northwest eoutith and in the middle Savannah valley e:nm ties there were excessive rains locally, over ?i lite large areas. A number of places had no rain until the Ith, when generally showery conditions prevailed over the entire State. What rain fell dining thc week was generally bene ficial. Tlie moderately high temperatures and general absence of precipitation were favorable and farmwork made rapifl progress. Fodder pulling is under way and nearing completion in the western counties, and is prect ?cally finished in tlie eastern ones. The bulk of the corn crop has matured and lt isa uni formly la-ge crop. On sandy lands cotton has stopped growing and generally stapped fruit ing: it is opening fast with picking general over the eastern and central counties, while picking has just be gun In the western counties where the crop is from one to three weeks late. Rust, shedding and blight continue to cause deterioration on light lands, and rust has appeared on some clay lands and on sea island cotton. Holl worms and caterpillars have appeared in a few lields, but are not yet threa tening. Sea island colton is heavily fruited and is still blooming freely. The weather was ideal for cutting rice, and much of thc carly planted crop has been harvested; late rice ls very promising: rice birds have ap peared on a few coast fields. Consid erable hay was cut and cured In line condition. Peas arc fruiting heavily recently. Nearly all reports indicate a, continuous promising condition of all minor cropi and fall truck. An oftlcial from Filch mond, t^ue., states that in a collision between pas senger trains on the (?rand Trunk railway near lUchmond, Qu.,e nine people were killed and two have since :llcd of their Injuries. The number of injured is not know. A Pata; Fall. Mrs. George Hodges of Spartanburg fell down a Hight of steps at her home in Spartanburg on Tuesday of last week and Injured herself fatally. / FARMERS COMBINE. Th? Objiot ts Obtais Fulivalue for Their Crops. Jl THE PLEA OF S ? LF-DEF?NBE. They Claim That Cotton Milla anti Oil Milln Aro Con.iUiied ?nd that They Have a Right to Combine Also. At Greenville one hundred and fifty of the county's substantial and progressive c itton planters met at the court house Thursday and organ ized the Cotton Producers' Associa tion of Greenville County. The meeting was called to order by Col. S. S. Crittenden, and J. M. Whit mire was made chairman and G. M. Wilkins, Jr., secretary. The following oulcers were elected: President, ll. 13. Tinda'; vice presi dents, Bates, J. M. Whltmire; Fair view, A. S. Peden; Highland, C. Ii. Jackson; O.ieal, Thomas Grocr; Gantt, It C. Wllllman; DonkUn, J. 1?. Knight; Grove, J. P. Moon; Green ville, W. S Milier; Butler, E. M. Wilkins; Oak Lawn, Albert Hean; Paris Mountain, W. P. Cunningham; Austin, W. A. Uamby; Cleveland, W. Ii. Hardin; Saluda, Arthur Hodges; Glassy Mountain, J. M. Center; Chick Springs, W. H. Green; secretaries, T. W. Earle, J. M. Wil kins, Jr. Executive committee: J. S. Peden, S. S. Crittenden, H. B. Tindal; E. B. Smith, J. M. Whitmlre. The following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That we forthwith pro ceed to organize an association to be called the Cotton Producers' Associa tion of Greenville County. "That the prime object of this as sociation is to praect our.elves agaiust all combinations to reduce the price ot cotton iu Greenville county below the legitimate price it should command with open competition in the market. "That as our friends the cotton mill presidents throughout this sec tion by mutual agreement and combi nation lix the price to be paid for cot ton by their buyers day by dav dur ing the cotton season, aud also lix by mutual agreement the minimum pricu at which they will sell their manufactured products, and as ct.ttou seed buyers throughout this section operate by the same methods, so we claim the right to unite and agree upon the minimum price at which wc will Sill our cotton during certain periods of the jeur. "R;s:)lved, That any cotton pro ducer, landlord, tenant or proprietor in this c ninty can join this associa tion by pledging himself to observe its rules and regulations so long aa bis or ber name shall remain upon the roll uf its membership. "The oilicersof the association shall consist of a president, 'ti vice presi dents (one from each towi'.slrp), two secretaries, one treasurer, executive committee of live members to be eleetul annually on the tirsl Monday in September. "Meetings shall be held In the court house eaob salesday and the president or a maj >rity ol" the mern bers of the executive committee may call a meeting at any time. "Resolved, That with if. cotton mills in operation in our county with .? grade of cotton produced all around ^.hem that is not excelled In quality In any portion of the world, our staple should command a price not excelled In this section ol' the country. "That we request the newspapers of this county and throughout the State to publish with every issue the price of spot cotton in New York with the prices paul in their respective markets. "Resolved, That the members (ff this association hereby p edge them selves not to sell any middling cotton of tlie present growing crop fur less than 10 cents before January next, or until further ac'.ion of this associa tion. "That we cordially invite the cot ton growers throughout the south to unite with us In this movemeut. "That our president and txucutivc committee are instructed lo obtain in formation and report at our next meeting as tu the best terms on which the meml.ers of the association can warehouse, with insurance. 10,000 or more bales of cotton during the ap proaching season; and also the best terms on which money can be borrow ed tm ware-house receipts. "That our next meeting shall benn salesday in October at ll o'clock in the eourt bouse." UNLAWFUL SHOOTING. Killing ul' ll? tn anti IIIHCOI Katini; Birds Not Allowed. lt is not generally known that those who shoot bats, martins and other insect-eating hirds are violating the laws of the state and are subject to a tine of $10, one half of which goes to the Informer. Wednesday af ternoon Solicitor Thurmond and Judge Purdy, while in the suburbs, noticed a large number nf young men shooting. The attention of others was called to the matter and as the practice is general all over the state there was reqiies' that the act, which was passed in 11102, be published so that those Ignorant of the law might know the result of the violation, lt is as follows: "Section f>U 1. lt shall not bc law ful tor any person in Ibis state to wantonly shoot or entrap for the pur pose of killing orin any other man ner destroy any bird whose principal food is Insects or to take or destroy the eggs or young ot any of the species or varieties of birds who are protected by the provisions of this section, comprising all the species and varieties of birds represented by the several families of bats, whip-poor wills, flycatchers, threshers, warblers, linches, larks, orioles, nuthatches, woodpeckers, bumming birds, . blue birds and all other species and varie ties of land birds, whether great or small, of every description, regarded as harmless In their habits, and where Heall ls unlit for food, including the turkey buzzard, but excluding the jackdaw, crow, eagle, hawk and owls, which prey upon other birds.-' The linc is # 1 o on conviction, one half of which goes lo thc Informer. Columbia Record. Murder and Suicido. At Lousiville, Ky., W. E. Neal, nu der indictment for thc murder last winter of Assistant Commissioner At torney James K. Simuler, Thursday shot and killed bis wife, Nellie Robin son Neal, and then ended Ids Ufe. The tragedy occurred In a boarding house on west Broadway, where Neal and bis wife bad been living since Sunday as Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Nashville, Tenn. J I ipr -?r , DANGER OF BOLL WEEVILS. i_. Augusta stocked With Xciau Oats to bo Durapod on Us. Tbe Columbia State says lt has beeu stated that tbe act of tbe last legisla ture prohibiting the importation of oats and other grains from tbe boll weevil infested sections of Texas and Louisiana ls practically without effect because under Its terms witnesses may bave to be brought from tbe other end of the line to prove any date of violation, a tbing that will be next to impossble to do. There ls no way to compel the attendance of witnesses. No oftleial opinion bas as yet been rendered but that is the conclusion reached at a conference of State h use otlloials. An investigation of tbs laws of the southern States on this subjot discovers the additional re grettable fact that the Georgia board of entomolgy, which has charge of tnls matter in that State, bas not outlawed the Texas oats, although lt bas forbidden the importation of cot ton heed, hulls, squares or bolls from Texas. All of which facts and circum stances recalls to the mind of a prom inent Columb'a merchandise broker that while he was in St. Louis last week he was shown a letter by a dealer In western grain from the western dt aler's correspondent at Augusta, In which the Augusta man explained why there was practically no market in tbat territory for western grain by saying tbat the town was stocked up with Texas oats. The lettersaid ttat lhere were then over 100 cars of Texas oats in Augusta. Inasmuch as a large part of South Carolina contigu ous lo Georgia docs hs buying Ju Augusta the fear ls felt that these infected oa*s are being dumped into South Carolina. Commissioner of immigra'ion Wat son recently a. ale the following sum mary of the laws of the southern States regarding the intioluotion of oats and farm products from Texas for the information and guidance ut the railroad eomnihsion: "In reference to your r quest as to regulations of the Unitea States or State government bearing upon the introduction of oats shipped from the State of Texis into this State, 1 will say that under the law if these oats come though any of the boll weevil infested districts of Texas or Louisi ana the peisou or corporation bring ing them in is guilty of a misdemean or with tine n >t exceeding $100 or im prisonmeut not exceeding 30 days. With regard to the laws of ihe States of Alabama, G ?orgia; North Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana, nearly all of which prohibit the movement of products infested with the boll weevil, lt would be well nigh impossible for any coinmou carrier to get any such product as far as South Carolina. The law in Alabama for instance, enacted in 1?D3, provides a tine of $600. The Lou siana law ls almost as severe and inc'ud s oats. "For further information 1 will say that thc Infestad eli tr?ete of the State of Texas may b; ni irked on the map of that State by drawing a line from uorth to smith through the northwestern edge of Starr county to the eorthern edge of Stephens coun ty, thence northeast from Stephens county to north end of the dlvlbion line between Crayson and Kanni ii counties, thence in a southeasterly direction to the centre of Sabine par ish, La., thence almost due south to the southwestern point of Jefferson county, Texas. The act of our legis lature clearly prohibits common car riers from bringing into this State any product whatever through the medium of which the boll weevil might he introduced, provided that product comes from districts indicated within the boundary lines glveu above. "There seems to lie m United Slates regulation In regard to this maller, all of the States having act ing upon thc recommendation of en tomology of the Unted States depart ment of agriculture. Should you, or those making the inquiries of you, care to examine Hie acts of the sev eral States referred to other than South Carolina's act and read the recommendations of the special agent who has been conducting the boll weevil investigations for the federal government, they are upon tile in this outee and 1 would be glad to afford you the opportunity." NEGRO ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. A Little White Girl Hnd Narrow Ka cupo from thc Fiend. A dispatch from Hrevard, N. C., to The Slate says about half-past 12 o'clock Tuesday a young negro at temptcd au assault on a little l.'J-year old girl, the daughter of a prominent gentleman ol New Orleans, who is spending the summer at a hoarding house at Hrevard with her uncle aud aunt. The girl, who has an attractive face and dark brown curls, was returning to her hoarding house, after getting the morning mail, when she was ac costed by a mulatto, apparently about 21 years old, who insolently said: "Shake hands with me." "I wont," she cried, and attempted to run in the opposite direction, ?lien he caught her by the throat and tried to choke her, but she struggled and screamed, which frightened the negro, who ran off, while her cries attracted Hie attenti in of tome boys who were near the Hrevard roller (louring mills. When they found her near the mills on the railroad track, she was weep ing and running distractedly, with lier throat hearing the imprints of the negro's lingers, hut fortunately he had been unable to accomplish Iiis terrible purpose. Tbe child was brought to the Tran sylvania lodge, where she was given every attention, while the alarm was given, and in a few moments dozens of armed, excited men were scouring every section of the country. With in an hour a young negro was captur ed, bub when brought before the child she said he was not the right, person. An hour afterwards another negro ssas caught whose description tallied In every particular with that first given by the child, and she laen ti lied him except as to his hands. He was promptly ommitted to jail, and the judge who is holding court here now says -he will bc given an immediate trial, if the posse uow scouring the country do not bring in a man who ls positively Identified. The whole com munity Is greatly excited, but lt ls thought that a lynching will be avert ed. lt is expected that a neg'ro from South Carolina working for a negro farmer named Arthur Ilemphill may, he the assailant, and the road to South Carolina will he strictly guarded. No doubt Hre'r Waring, of the Charleston Post, knows how a candi date feels who baa bien left stranded on the bleak shores of defeat. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CLIIMTOrSI, s. e. BOARD, ROOM-RENT and TUITION .for Collegiate Ye 1117.50. Next Session begin? Sept. 22, 1904. * For Catalogue or information address' tim A1 Osborne's Business College . AUGUSTA, GEORGIA OR TUITION REFUNDED BOOK-KEEPING. SHORTHAND 0 AND TELEGRAPHY WRITE US XS Wi WORMS WHITE'S CREAM Most in Quanti ly. - Belt tn Quanti. ForWYeaiTHa^ Remedies. \ W?r SOIaO BT ALL DH-tlGrClrlBTS. JAMES F. BALLARD, St. Louis.? Fine Watch Repairing. 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Whiskey I Morphine I Clgaret I Alb Drug and Tobacco Habit,. I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of SS. C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. ?. Confidential correspond erne solicited. Iviine Cement, Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina. Portland Cement Co., Charleston, 8. O. r Women's Diseases, How I Cure Them. HOOK BENT FREE ON REQUEST, SPE CIAL MEDICAL LETTER ALSO FREE. Every sick Woman who earnestly dodrea to recover her health should write me, describing bow she puffers, and I will p tint out to her a simple m eu na of permanent cure. At any rate EXECUTION OF A BRUTE. Iicj-nl Execution ul a Piena for a Re .voltin? Crime. George Williams, tbe Jefferson county negro who waylaid and crlmi- * naly assaulted Laura Knade near Harper's Ferty, W. Va., several weeks ago, waa banged at the State prison in Moundsvllle Friday evening aF'fCt?! o'clock. Eleven minutes later life was pronounced extinct and the body was cut down and prepared for burial in the prison cemetary. Williams never J 'ost bis nerve and went to the scaffold .vithout a whimper, declaring to the last bis innocence. The crime was per haps the most revolting in the crimi nal annals ol' the Stale. Laura Knade, a beautiful while girl who.-.e family ls une of the most, prominent in the east ern Panhandle, left ber borne on a bright duly morning delving to Har per's Ferry to board a train for the world's fair. On tbe way Williams waylaid tbe girl and committed the assault. The crime aroused tbe coun trvside to a man aud when tbe negro was captured publie excitement be came so great that the prisoner was taken over the burder into Maryland. Tbe excitement was allayed seeming ! ly and* Williams was taken to Charles Recognized as the oldest established town jail but again mubs formed and and Mosi Reliable Special. | ?*e PJ??ner was hurriedly taken to ii will not t |iose lo euri! Moundsvllle penitentiary to await trial. Guy. White called out the na tional guard and under its protection Williams was taken back to Charles town and tbe trial held under military protection. The night before tbe trial the excitement culminated in the for ost anything to lind out how l pro > your disease, so I ur?;o that you write me without delay. Thousands of sick women have cured themselves up in this way. Out of the ripeness of twenty-live years ex perience as a specialist, I have developed au entirely DBW Kystom of curing chronic diseases and it adapts itsulf especially well to tho ?uro mation of the largest mob Of all and of diseases of women, to which 1 have given assaults were made on the jail but the special study all my 1 fe, J wi I ?V^0/?^ I militia, under Col. 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To such as these, I will guarantee speedy ami complete recovery hy my new original method. At any rate, you should investigate this maller Ini tiier, ami if you will write me regarding your self, I will study \our caso and report to you fully how to ho cured. All this will cost youl nothing. I will also inclose a booklet of my own ' writing going into all the special diseases of women with Symptoms, causes and effects, free of charge. Voil are at HO expense what ever, KO if you really want to lie cured and not he a weakling all your life, 1 expect to leur .'rom von soon. My private address is .1. Newton Hathaway, M. D" 88 Inman Itldy., 221 S. Ilroad St., Atlanta, lia. Try lo write me today. A Private Sanitarium. Dr. L. G. Corbett, for so long at the head Of I lie Keeley Inst it ute in Sunt li Carolina, and of "late connected with tbe original Institute at Dwight, 111., bas returned to South Carolina and es tablished at Greenville a Sanitarium fur tho treatment of nervous diseases, ami the drug and liquor habits. His friends and former patients know that his ability ls unquestioned; and tts bc is enabled to give t bis service at a more reasonable cost than is usually paid, many afflicted with I hose maladies are availing themselves of the benefit tu bo tieri ved there. to bang at Moundsvllle September 9. Tun Augusta Chrouicle says: "An 'indignant subscriber' who writes to stop the weekly Chronicle and whose letter, by the way, came to hand hi thc same mall with two yearly sub scriptions for the dally - wants us to understand that he would 'swim the Savannah river for Tom Watfon.' Although the Savannah river itself needs washing just now, still, we have no doubt that thc performance would Improve his sanitary condition-but otherwlso we are not Interested." Tin: Cullimbin Record says: "The unwritten law in reference to two terms for railroad Commissioner might now he said tu be written, and we think this is shown in the defeat of Mr. G ir ris. lt was generally ack nowledged that be was thoroughly fa miliar with the intricate matter of rates and was well equipped to accept ably lill the duties of the office. He made a great mn, but still the rule prevailed one term fur a railroad com m i sioner." CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 and 'JO Market Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of .Country Produce uro Ko apectlillly Solicited. Poultry, Eggs, &c. Pish packed in barrels and boxea for country trade a specialty. Williamston Female College Will open in its now buildings at Greenwood, S. C. Tuesday, Sopt. 27, WOT. 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