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A RIOT IN ATLANTA' Races Gash and Many Persons Are Ki!fei Zarc Wc::n4 d When. 4.:m 3 O.he . a Negro~ S;it a Wo man From the Sidew'k th Mlob Let Itself Loose Upon the Entire Colored Popula ion-EverT Incoming Car Was Scanned for Negroes, Who Were Be::ten, Crt and Stamped Upon Streets in One Section Cleared by Fire Department-Negro Women the Most Warlike, Fighting Like Amazons. Atlanta. Ga., Special.-A race war of alarming proportions began here Saturday niht. Through the night it raged with varying vigor. and when iior'nin dawned it found th down-town streets in possession of eiht comlpanies of the Fifth Georiia Infantry, with a battery of lijht ar tillerv in reserve. Through the day litl . i:fpoetance has oicurred. The police claimed, with the aid of th:- uilitary, to have the situation This condition came as the result -af s:mr-sadrepeated assaulhs or ;,tem ed assanlts Upon white* n by :=gr-es. The list of an e. : (ZC: :f such assaults. within 111. i of Fulton coun11ty wili'in the last nine weeks. came Satuirday won: founr attempts at assault were repoetd. Fiaring headlines in the 4ecial editions of afternoon papers wrougt the populace to a high pitch of exciter::eat. The usual Saturday i::-"t erowds were largely increased by men and boys who thronged the (iown-town streets. There was no eadter and no o-:ert act untii late in :lauta. Ga., Special.-Tweidy :r honrs have passed sinCe a race wa- Of no "nean proportions begaii in Adanta. In that period ,it least ten lives have been sacrificed. and the mnbeirM'' Of injured will be at least 40, ,-veral of wh'om cannot recover. At ) ;'clock Sun-lay night the citv was contol'Oiled by the police aided by S n'arl a thonsand of the State mili tia. Exerv !>art of the town is rocd 11y t- idiers and the anihori ti..eem t; have the situai on well i. hml. Governor Terrell. who or dered seven eamrnanies of the State . iitarv serviee from points outside of Atlanta to) aid the eight locail c:>m aic. siant'.d ready to declare- the ein:wie nrartial law, if rhe scenes it arda y night are repeated. He ha. diela red withiP an hour that he sees nol nece'sity at present to take \u-iez' us and per'sistent rumors arie reachingz thte city of negroes as tacking white persons and stoning st re: cae to :the suburbs andl out sk-i o the eitv'~. Mest cof these re ports douhtles are false, hut ;cever:al strieet. ears arriving from t heir runs cret - are reusing~ to go (out. * The !,e pa'rt of the nilitit ry conenrate. in the downto'.n dis tt Marietta and Decatur streets. bot frequented -by negro.es. are crowde~d wit w. hite men. The troops are marcin. throllh these crovas 'ondat try xing to enforee the or Sder it' th may'fuor that the streets shall be cleared. The efforts to clear theI streI'ets, hlowever. so far seem to be n:eet inz with onP~y fair suc.ces:s. Very fz'w of' the better elasa f citi zen wh are not called out by neces sity :1re on the streets. Up to Sunday evening more than 50 arrests hase been made of memn tbers of' Saturday night's mob, charg ing mneitement to riot. Five hundrei dollars bond has .been required ir each ease. Nob namnes of prominence are found on this lis:. Of the eiarl :t is imppossible to get the names. Only partial lists hav? been prepared and no two of these agree BrPlosion Followed Insult. At bou ~t) o'lock a negro man sho' ed n -white woman fron the side -walkm on Wit ehall street, in the .een ter it' tow. Almost simultaneously a negr~lo ro'mana made an insult r g remark~ ta a whiute mlan on an adpim ing 'e-e: a::' he ad'ninistered wht he cniftdered *ke punishiment. From th;k sti'r' the es:eited crowd. whwh'l had h~ecomn' a rab, bezan its we k of! destruertion. Five thiot:sand mn and boys :hronged theC down-to':mn steolati for'~ el neros. c'itims i::simiing thec g'ovenor' of t be Ste. *S:zidmayo of i a '. a tn of ih.n" ihg was5 denoun(cd ml v':or Urge Greater Lynchb'urg. Lyncur, "p~ecial.-The Board of TradI" i:1dorsed the annuexationl pro( poio by a resolutin which: de clare fo~h en-largemecnt of the (Uila . 'trwit a stii' c'm iu- t t Retail Me1,rehlaits As soc04' :. b apointed to :'p pe.' *eoeu 'ity Council to uh': e- ,e:-.:. Th popositionl ' L ' ' 'rt iea.The tiottrrmills Chomblin. nea Pht'ilm. LonC foure . wee 'oue b i:. iance. Th 'aC.'htth i CUBA MUST BEHAVE Unck: Sam Lays Down the Law 'o Warring factions HER EXISTENCE IS AT STAKE While Making it Clear That the United States Are Not seeking to Control Island's Affairs, President Roosevelt's Lieutenants Points Out That Failure of Minor Means to Restore Order Will Forfeit Cuba's Life as Nation. Havana, By Cable.-A second day f conferences with the leaders of the factions in the Cuban conflict has not enabled Secretary of War Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to announce any plan for compromising the difficulty.- So strenuous are the appeals of both the Liberal and Mod erate party leaders that the situation becomes increasingly complicated as the negotiations proceed. However, Secretarv Taft said that he believed, when th'ey are brought face to face with the danger of losing indepen dence forever, all patriotic Cubans will be willing to make concessions. Mr. Taft added that the United States peace emissaries are occupy inga mpst dolicate position and Lave udertaken to heaP all complants, and that until- they have made them selves thoroughly donversant with the political turmoil of Cuba, they can not express themselves freely in the conferences, fearing that possible misunderstandings may have a deter rent effect on the procedings. The only coimsel to the political leaders given by Mr. Taft was on tLe subject of not engaging in fur ther ngitation that might make in tervention by the United States nee essary. This advice he gives audi ence, regardless of party. Life as -Nation at Stake. Mr. Taft has made it clear that the United States is not seeking to ex ercise control over the island or any of its affairs; but he has quoted Pres ident Roosevelt's letter to Minister Quesada to the effect that the .United States has a duty which it cannot shirk. To those whom he has met in conference Mr. Taft has said that now is the time to decide whether they would have Cuba live as a na ion. He has weighed every word carefully and has neither upheld nor eciticised the principles of either fac tion. Mr. Taft realizes tnat unless the national spirit is aroused the commer cial spirit interests will have no con fidence in any settlement that may be reached. On 'this point the media tors are confronted with their chief difficulty for no way has been de vised to obtain the sentiments of those in the field without treating with armed forces, which might be regarded as a recognition of the in surgents. Senator Alfredo Zayas is generally regarded, as the official rep resentative of the revolution, but he cannot claim that distinction in nego tiating with Secretary Taft, as that would make him a revolutionist and terminate free intercourse with Pres ident Roosevelt's representatives. TERRIBLE LOSS or LIFE. Wile Few Foreigners are Missing, Loss of Life Among Native Water Dwellers Has Been Immense, Wharves Were Swept Away, Houses Collapsed and 18 Steamers Are Ashore. Hong Kong, By Cable.-It it now estimated that 5,000 Chinese. lost their lives in the recept typhoon. Re ports are increasing the mortality. Hong Kong, By (hble.-The loss of life and property in the tyohoon which raged for two hours is fa; greater than first reported. A thons-' and persons are missing at Hong Kong alone and the damage is es;i mated at several million dollars. houses collapsed. The military bar racks are in ruins. Eighteen steam ers are ashore. The American ship S. P. Hitchcock was also driven ashore, as were many of the launches that run about the harbor. The British reserve sloop Phoenix and a small gunboat, the Dongola, are ashore. The British torpedo boat Sir William JTervois were sunk. The French torpedo boat destroyer Froude was wrecked and the Fran cisque is ashore. The steamers Kwong Chow, San Chewng. Storsogon and Kongmoon were sunk. The steamers Apenrade and Johanne are partly awash. The harbor is strewn with wreck age thrown up on the shore. Hun drels of Chinese boatment and their families were saved by the bravery of the police and civilians, but several thousand of the Chinese water dwel lers must have perished, many within short distances of the shore. Urges Bryan to Drop It. -Washington. Special.-Senator Jas. K. Jones. twice chairman of the na tional Democratic committee and manager of both the campaigns for the presidenicy of William .Jennings Bryan. has written to Mr. Bryan ad visinz him strongly to drop the sub jct of government ownersip of rail roads and to take a tirm stand in fa vor of an enforcement of the law, thant i< now on the statut2 books. Great Fire Does $150,000 Dam Tacoma. Snecia.-Fire destroyed the Eastern railway depot and freigh: warehouse. a large livery stable and several dwellings. One hundred and fifty horses, many bloodled stock. were in the stable and less than half a dozen escaped. Mrs. Person. v.'ife of the restaurant keeper is believed to have lost her life and two men ar.. unaceonted for. The loss is one hunadred and lifty thousand KILLED IN EXPLOSION 12 Lives Lost and 200 More cr Less Injti.ed A CAR OF DYNAMiTE BLOWS UP Whether Because of Fools Shooting at Mark on Dangerous Car or Be cause a Car Loaded With Iron Was Switched Against It, 20,000 Pounds of High Explosives Work Havoc at Jellico, Tenn. Jellico. Teni.. Special.-Twelve lives were sinffed out. scores of per sons hurt and property damage esti mated at probably $500.000 was done helre Friday morning at S o'clock when a car load of dynamite. stand ing in a track near the Southern de pott. exploded with a report that was ieard for 20 miles. shattering build ings in the business section of the town and breaking nearly every piece of glass within a radius of one mile of the scene. The dead are: George Atkins. aged :0, lineman for the East Tennessee Telephone Company. John Cook, aged 50, ear inspector for the Southern Railwav. Waller Rodgers., ed clerk for 4:nited Cold Stor age Warehouse, cut to pieces and al most unrecognizable. John Gordon, colored, aged 30. James Sharp, col ored. William Lovette. aged 12. Ida Rayne. aged 3 years. James Rey nolds. John Hoch, son of J. M. Cook. Joseph Sellers, engineer on Louisville & Nashville. One body remains un identified, making the total dead at noon. 12. There is bare possibility that other bodies may be recovered from the ruins of buildings, but this is hardly probable. Two Theories of Explosion. The freight ear, one of the Penn sylvania's lines, contained 450 boxes of 20,000 pounds of high explosives consigned to the Rand Powder Com pany, of Clearfield, Tenn. Two causes are assigned for the explosion. One is that three persons were shooting at a mark on the car and that a bul let entered the car and caused the ex plosion. The other is that while the car was standing on a side track a car load of pig iron was switched against it and that the force of the jar. caused the explosion. People here are divided as to the theories, some going so far as to say that they actually saw the men firing at the car with a rifle. Young Man Shot to Death. Spencer, N. C., Special.--G. C. Whitaker, a Southern Railway flag man, of Pilot Mountain, was shot and instantly killed here by P. F. He drick. a Southern Railway conduc tor, of this place. The killing oc curred in a store in the center of town where Whitaker was making a purchase, and it is stated that no words passed between the two men before the shooting began. Alleged attention of Whitaker to Hedrick 's wife is supposed to be the cause of the tragedy. Big Gain in Business. New Haven. Special-It is estimat ed that a yearly loss of nearly three quarters -of a million of dollars to the New York. New Haven and Hart ford railroad as the result of reducing passenger rates to two cents per mile. has already been turned into actual gain in gross receipts through thc increase volume of business. Coal traffic receipts to date indicate not only that the estimated loss has been overcome but there will be an actual gain over the other years. Gen. Wilder Proposed. Chattanooga, Special.-At the re union of Wilder's brigade of the union army of the Cumberland, a business meeting was held at the bri gade monument on Chicamauga bat tlefleflld. The old officers of the as sociation were re-elected. The name of Gen. J. T. Wilder was presented to the department of Tnenessee as candidate for commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. A resolution was adopt ed asking congress to establish a system of traction lines in the nation al military park. The next meeting of the association will be held in Charleston, Ill. The Mongolia is Floated. Honol ulu. By Cable.-The steamer Mongolia. whichi went ashore on Mid way Island, wa floated. She is ex peetedl to reach here under her own steam. The Mongolia's passengers have not vet arrived here. The agents here of the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company think that the Mon goia has sustained little damage. 12 Dead in English Wreck. Loindon. Special.-Twelvye persois are known to he dead and 17 were injred in the wreck of the Setch express on the German Northern Railway at Grantham early Thursday morning. but it was stated late at niht that ther~e are other bodies un der thle wvreek. Which has not yet been ~lare'd. The cause of the disaster is sttili a mystery. aus the enineer anad fireman were killed, though there Georgia Preacher a Suicide. Macon. Ga.. Speial.-A special to The Telegraph from D~upont. Ga.. sas: Rev. Frank Cornelius, a Bap tist minister. near Dupont. was shot through the head while reading on his front'porch. His familyv rushed to his assistance. It was thought he was assinatetd. but indications are that he committed suicide. BIDS ON LABORERS Nine Cents Per Hour Lowest Offer for Coolies TO WORK ON PANAMA CANAL Four Proposals Submitted to Isth mian Commission Under Specifica tions Requiring Contract for at Least 2,500 Men, Commission Hav ing Privilege of Calling for More Up to 15,000-Average Bid About 10 Cents an Hour For Common Labor, Ranging Up to 40 Cents for Physicians. Washington, Special.-Four pro posals were submitted to the isth mian canal commission for the fur nishing of Chinese labor to be em ployed in the construction of the. Panama canal. The requirements of the specifications were, in brief, that the eontractor should agree to sup ply the commission with at least 2, 500 Chinese, the commission having the privilege of calling.upon the sue essful contractor for additional la bor not exceding 15,000. It further was specified that the laborers should go on the isthmus ready for work within three and a half months of the opening of the proposals and that tie contractors should deposit with their proposals a bond of $50,000 as a guarantee faithffully to carry out the terms of the contract. The propositions were opened in the board room of the commission by W. Leo Pepperman., assistant chief of the office of administration of the commission. Mr. Pepperman announced that no award would be made of the contract until the pro posals had- been examined by the commission and its general counsel. In accordance with the specifications the proposals were made for the fur iisbing of different classes of labor at a price fixed by the hour in Amei can gold. A summary of the four proposals submitted follows: The American-China Contracting Company, represented by James R. Morse, of Englewood, N. J.; Common laborers, 10 cents per hour; formen and interpreters, 20 cents per hour; physicians, 40 cents per hour; cooks and laborers 15 cents per hour. International Contracting Company Washington, D. C., represented by Carroll Purman, president; Labor ers and cooks, 13 eents per hour; doe rs 39 cents per hour; assistant doc tors, 26 cents per hour; interpreters, two and one-half times 13 cents per hour; foremen, one .and one-half times 13 cents per hour. Wa Me Lee Hing & Company, Bal timore, Md.; Laborers, clerks and barbers, 12 1-2 cents per hour; fore men and interpreters, 15 cents per hour; doctors, 25 cents per hour. Joel Julian Reuben, Washington, D. C.: For the first 2,500 Chinese laborers, 11 cents per hour; foremen, 40 cents per hour; doctors 60 cents per hour; interpreters, 60 cents per hour; cooks and barbers. 30 cents per hour. For the first additional 1,000 above 2,500 laborers, 11 cents per hour; for the second additional 1,000 laborers, 10 7-8 cents per hour; for the third additional 1,000, 10 3-4 cents per hour; for the four addition al 1,000 laborers, 10 5-8 .cents per hour; for the fifth additional 1,000 laborers, 10 1-2 cents per hour; for the sixth additional 1,000 laborers 10 3-8 eents per hour; for the seventh additional 1,000 laborers, 10 1-4 cents per hour; for the eighth addi tional 1,000 laborers, 10 cents per hour; for the ninth additional 1,000 laborers, 9 3-4 cents per hour; for the tenth additional 1,000 laborers, 9 1-2 cents per hour; for the elev enth additional 1,000 laborers. 9 1-4 cents per hour; and for the balance of the 15,000 laborers, 9 cents per hour. The last proposal is assumed at the Department to mean that -if the com mission enters into contract with Mr. Reuben and wants the full quota of 15,000 Chinese he will furnish them at the rate of 9 cents per hour for comTmon laborers. Bank Robbed by Armed Men. Grianid Rapids, Mieh.. Special. Eight masked and heavily armed burglars had the people of White Cloud at bay, while they rifled the Newaygo County Bank and attempt edI also to rob the bank of R. Gan non & Son. but the citizens gathered in such large numbers the robbers fled. They secured be'-.een t wo and four t houisand 6ilars in cash from the Newaygo bank. Back to Georgia For Trial. Pit tsburg. Pa.. Special.-Thomas W. Alexander, the cotton broker of Augusta. Ga., under arrest here as a fugitive from justice will leave for home in charge of Lieutenant of Po lice William M. Collins, of Augusta, who arrived in Pittsburg. Lieuten ant Collins says the amount involved is between $150,000 and $220,000. Current Events. It is estimated that thousands of lives were lost in the typhoon at Hong Kong. while property damage amcunts to millions. Retiring Governor-General Ide and his successor in the Philippines. Gen eral Smith, were the guests of honor at a dinner giveni in Manilla. Customs dock No. 4 at Buenos Ay res was burnled, the damage being more than $1.O00000. Armenians burned four Tartar vil lages and massacred many inhabi EPWODI LA9GE [[SSONS: SUNDAY SEPTEMDER 30. The Standard of Personal cerycz Rom. 12. 1, 2. The supreme rule. Matt. 26. ':9-42. As to our charace'r:;. John 6. 39 1: 1 Thess. 4. As to our service. Jo;:n G. 5-16; L Thess. 2. 4. As to our acc:tance. Matt. 7. 1-2:;. - Doing his will relates us to him. \Iark 3. 35. Obedience makes us his peculiar treasure. Exod. 19. 5. It is worthy of remark that be hurch, visible or invisible, here or ronder, is frequently termed a king lom. It is not a republic, or a demo racy. where the people rule, but a monarchy. and God is king-immor :al, invisible, eternal. There can be aone to question his authority. His will is sole. Human beings are not o challenge it. We must abandon ourselves to the will of God, and let him have his way with us. We need not fear. It is, fter all, a sweet way. It may be hard 'o die to self; but it is lovely after ou are dead. The apostle exhorts us to submit >urselves to be transformed from the ashlon of this world, and then we ;hall ascertain by a full, rich experi ance what the will of God is: we hall find out what is 'the good, the perfect and the acceptable. We can iot know these desirable things with )ut surrendering fully to the will of od. Jesus was the pattern for all and forever. It is not wrong to de ire that the bitter cup be not put :o our lips, but every prayer for re ef wust have in it in some form the submissive, "If it be thy will." 'It is :omfort to know that, if the bitter Iraught cannot be remitted, it is for some reason founded in deepest love nd highest wisdom. "As to our characters" suggests :he Daily Readings, and refers us to John G, 39, 40, which tells us that the will of God is the everlasting salva ion of every one that seeth and be ieveth on the Son; and then takes is over to 1 Thess. 4. 3, where we earn that God desires nothing short f our sanctification. Then, indeed, s our service not that of servants, but of sons and friends who serve or love's sweet sake, and who, in yloseness of fellowship, have reveal ?d unto them day by day the "secret f the'Lord." It is this kind of ser vice that bears the fruit that remains. 'Being put in trust with the gospel," >h who shall dare to shrink, or dodge, >r compromise for fear of men? NUNIS IINENBEII9NOTIES SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH Gilmour, and Missions in China. Isa. 49: 5-12. Africa Is not the only Dark Contin nt;. it is dark everywhere save where the Light of the World has shone forth. In most nations it Is the "common people" that first "hear Him gladly"; but in the end Christ shall rule also over the rulers. In heathen lands life. is a struggle, most often, for bare subsistence; and the hunger and thirst of the body is olly parallel to the hunger and thirst of the soul. Nothing in the Bible is more re markable than' the way in which, from the beginning to the end, it claims the whole world for its realm. RELIGION IN BUSINESS. Alternate Topic for September 30: Religion in Business Affairs. Gen. 39: .1-5. So much of life is business that If business is not religious we shall have an irreligious world. We can never hope to make a bus! ness of religion unless we bring re ligion into our business. Businesslike ways of conducting religious affairs conduce toward re ligious ways of conducting business affars. If it is not feasible to conduct a business under the. Golden Rule the business ought not to be conducted Young men should consider their hosen business a calling as sacred as the ministry. It is an unprofitable business if the balance is not entered on the right side in the book of the rec'ording NEWSY GLEANINGS. King Alfonso of Spain signed the nodus rivendi with the United A famine in high grades of tobacco s expected unless peace in Cuba is ;oon restored. The Worcester, Mass., Telegram w'ill use President Roosevelt's pho ietic spelling. The work of organizing the ma hinists of Cleveland, Ohio, is ad rancing rapidly. Mint officials say that the world's ;old production will reach the $500, 300,000 mark this year. Mexico has issued strict orders to prevent the use of Gulf ports as bases for Cuban insurgents. Captain Edwin H. Parker has been round in Honolulu. after- three years of absence, by a personal advertise The International Policy-Holders' Committee by resolution deposed Bishon Charles C. McCabe from mem bership. Thomas E Stillman. of New York City. died at Lisieux, France, as the result of injiuries sustained in a mo tor car accident. Ex-President Cleveland rendered a lelcision which stops the "Big Three" life insurance companies from giving rebates to British policy-holderS. The Yosemite Valley has been turned over to the United States Government in accordanlce with a. legislative act of tne State of Cali Josiah - Quincy, Chairman of the Demoratic State Committee of Mas chusetts, in a public statement, urges the nomination of WVilham J. Bryan for President in 190S William J. Bryan. in a commuin cation to the Reception Committee, put himself on record as being with President Roosivelt in favor of put tir a iii to individual fortunes. You can buy a lot of trouble with a $2 bill-if you invest it in a mar. ra-g e lcnse. SOUTHERN *: 70PICS OF INTEREST TO tHE PL All The Cattle Industry in the South. A recent bulletin of the Mississippi Station, prepared by A. Smith and C. I. Brag. states that the "famcrs of that State ahd throughout the cotton belt generally are slow to realize the benefits of stock raising and cattle feeding, and that it is more remun erative than continuous cotton grow ing." Cotton growing has therefore been the chief source of revenue for the farmer; cotton is pre-eminently the "money-crop" of the region, and other branches of farming have been neglected. The feeding experiments carried on at the station with twenty five grade steers, two to four years old, which were classed as medium feeders, using cotton-seed hulls and meal, cornmeal, wheat bran and hay (Johnson grass and a mixture of al falfa and Johnson grass, 2.1) fur nish quite clear evidences that the feeding of beef cattle in Mississippi is a safe and prcfitable investment and a much more economical way of maintaining the fertility of the soil than by purchasing fertilizers. In the wheat and corn belts farm ers have long ago discovered that the continuous sale of their crops could not be carried on indefinitely without impairing the fertility of the soil, and that they must have re course to live stock of some kind to return to the land some of the ele ments of plant food taken from it by the crops grown, thus preserving their farms in a state of pfoductivity more easily resembling the original condition of the soil.' In the cotton belt the beef breeds of cattle are only beginning to take their rightful place among other farm live stock. This is largely owing to the prevailing idea among farmers that raising beef steers for market is not profitable. Dairy farming has many good points of superiority over beef rais ing, but to farmers who are not close to a good market and are handi capped by lack of available and steady labor, the breeding and feed ing of cattle will offer many induce ments. That is is a profitable business in the South is shown by the low cost of raising cattle, economy in produc ing suitable feeds, and the inexpen sive buildings required. With a pure-bred beef sire, a herd of native cows, and plenty of pasture land, a farmer may in two or three years' time develop a good grade beef herd, which will largely in crease his profits and maintain the fertility of the soil. The comparison between the stable versus open-yard system, while show ing some advantage in favor of the stable method, really Indicates that a combinatiol? of the best features of both systems is preferable. This could be done by a.llowing the cattle to run in large sheds with a solid tight floor, which should be well bedded, and the manure all saved. f desired, outside yards connected with these sheds couild be provided, so that the cattle should have some exercise and plenty of fresh air. One of the secrets of successful cattle feeding is in making them as com fortable as possible. Where cottonseed meal and hulls can be purchased at a reasonable price, they i :ove to be very cheap feeds for fattening steers. No bad effects result from feeding cotton seed meal for such short periods as this, and It remaine to be seen whether any ration can be com pounded exclusive of good silage, which can equal it as an inexpensive feed. Black Root or Cotton Wilt. Many complaints are already reaching us concerning the ravage of this disease, which is yearly prov ing disastrous in our sandy sections and which is destined to increase its ravage from year to year, unless in telligent methods are adopted to stay It. The cotton affected begins to wilt or die, without any apparent cause; but if you pull up a stalk and cut into the root or stem, you will see it has begun to grow black, and hence the name of black root. It is caused by a fungus that is in the soil and which attacks the roots and checks or destroys the flow of sap to the top of the plant. There are two remedies. The first and most effective lies in rotation of crops. We have been planting cotton con tinuously too long on our lands. Fields affected with this disease should be planted next year in corn or oats and velvet beans. Do not plant in cow-peas, as this disease also feeds upon the cowpea, and will sur vive in the soil. But if planted in corn, wheat, oats or velvet beans the fungus will perish out more or less completely for lack of food. It has also been found beneficial to plant cotton on such lands late, not earlier than the first 'of May. The second m edy is to secure cottonseed of a N~ews Items. Three 'United States vessels have been ordered to Cuban waters and more than 60 marines are ready to be sent to the scene. Congressman Williams. chairman Griggs and Samuel Gompers all give out interviews expressing their satis faction with the result in Maine. General Vonliarliarsky, as'ing mili tarv governor-general of: Warsaw, was assassinated. Southern shippers. eotton dealers and railroad men appeared before the Interstate Commee C'ommnission to rge a suses9in oft the 30-day' rule in regard 't e.xport rates. Ms. William Muse, of Roanoke, was :urested in Richmond in connee tioi with the murder of C. C. Hen ispie )rwin1 0u!o thef t res m a,'i-a (f T '.noson's hogs. 7AHM R:. fIOTES. rE,!, STOCKMANAN3 TRUCk G.%?gER, resisting variety. The Government has been experimenes:3 this disease for several years. and has found thar sne varioties . ectton resist the anack of thiz binek root much more than others; so they breed a resistive variety and our State Entomologist will be in post tion to supply our farmers with some of these seed next season. We are thankful that the high price of land. the high price of our crop products -the high price of labor- are all tending to 'make our Southern farm ers adapt better methods and learn to do better work. We still have much to learn and more to do. Southern Cultivator. Let the South Help Itself! Perhaps it is necessary to their peace of mind that the newspapers should all take a fling at the Chicago packers. One derives a sense of vir tue from the act of hurling anathema at the wicked. The Pharisees of old used to have a great time at that game, and their modern imitators are not thinning out with time. It seems in order to say, however, ,hat at least Southern towns, cities, and communities. have no right to complain. If at any time they have suffered, either in their stomachs or their pockets, because of the high price or the unwholesome character of Chicago meat products, they have only themselves to blame. There has never been the smallest reason why they should not feed themselves from their own herds, flocks, fields, dair ies, and barnyards. The South is rich in farming and grazing lands, and the inhabitants thereof can raise beef cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry and vegetables of the very finest quality and in - unlimited quantity if they choose. Why need they go to Chica go, Kansas City, Omaha, or any other distant market for food which they can produce themselves? And if they persist in a policy so unneces sary and so improvident, they might have the grace to realize that it is their fault, and refrain from con demnation of others. The pastures of the South can turn out as -good beef and mutton as the stockyards of Chicago can. Southern farms are capable of furnishing as high class butter, milk, eggs, etc., as any farms in Iowa or Kansas. Why, then, do not the Southern people help them selves instead of calling upon Her cules to help them and filling the air with complaint and imprecatior when he fails to answer to their sat isfaction? We do not pretend .to pronounce upon the truth, or lack of truth, in all these nauseous denunciations of the packing houses. We-are quite sure, however, thsat the Southern people would be in much better ~si ness to set about the task of crn for themselves. It is not at all neces sary for them to be dependent on imported food of any kind. When they bewail- the hardships inflicted on them by the Western trust, they remind us of nothing so much as of the Texas ranch owners, thirty years ago, denouncing the quality of the condensed milk they got from Minne sota.-Washington Post. Spot Cash. That has. got to be the motto of the farmer if he ever salts down any very great amount of money as the result of his business. Too many of us have been in the habit of trading off our butter, eggs and other farm produce to the man who "keeps store" at the corner. The conse quence is that he not only keeps the store, but he keeps about all the profit there is in what we raise. He gets a good margin on the stuff he buys of us and makes a fair speck on the calico and the sugar and the tobacco we take home. Now, I want this margin of profit myself, and so I say to the grocery man: "You' pay me a fair price for what I bring you to sell1 and I will do the same by you. If you will not do that, I will hunt up some one who will. I am not obliged to let you have my stuff. I can send it a hun dred miles away to market if I can .~ get a better price than you will give me, and I will do it, too. This talkI about patronizing the home market is not what it is cracked up to be al ways. Let's get this thing down toI a cash basis and see how things will work then." And I know how it will work. There will be more and better things in the house to eat and wear, and we i will have a great dleal more money Ito jingle in our pockets than when we are going on with this old trade system. And the store-keepers will bebetter off, too. That's another good thing about it. They will have a better line of goods, and sell more of them. Let's try this and see.-E. L. Vincent. in Progressive Farmer. Reflections of a Bachelor. Hot tempers cool off love better Ithan refrigcrators. - We need neve~r measure our love until it surpasses the immeasurable love. There is'a good deal of difference between belief in Satan and trust in the Savior. They who love like their Lord do not need to worry over the logic of their ereed. The robe of righteousness cannot be won by giving away an old vest '1ow and then. Y ou cannot warm your heart on the Pible and refuse its light on yourA wav. It' no use a man 's praying for a len heart if lie will not wash his Thev who love God for His gifts nvr know how much His love can So-ne people lootk on home asa