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Mgf*r&k.. . ; ' ;* '- -;7'-. - E p*?"*** VOL L1V, WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1900. NO. 12. 3 SPEAKS FOR RIGHT. |; Senator Wellington Ccm^s Out j! Squarely for Sryan i afuh TP) i s WHY HE DID. j J L The Maryland Republican Senator Renounces f/>cK:n!ey- i 1 ism, and He ard Bryan Speak from the Same L f Platform. W. J. Bryan received an ovation at Cumberland, Md., Wednesday. The L feature of the meeting was the speech ' of Senator Wellington announcing his desertion of the Uejuolican party aca \ Hrr-A-n inr^ Srevenson ' HIS Puppet ?. VI J ? Mr. Wellington was hissed by some of j 1 the Republicans present. but the hisses J j were drowned oat by great chccrs and | in the end there wis a great demon- i etration for Bryan and Wellington J The principal meeting was held at th? ' Ao*d?my of Music, beginning at S o'clock. Mr Bryan was received with ( a volume of applause which fairij shook tbe building. Tho hall was ' crowded, to i:s dome, and the meeting ' ?* *? 1 < was a very entnusiasuc one iaruugu?uu Senator Wellington made the first < speech of the evening. He wa3 fre i quently applauded, ahhougha: times i there were very pronounced hisses The Maryland senator in deoiariog his 1 opposition to the present administra tion and his determination to sup- i port Mr. Bryan, said it was becs.use oi ] his views upon the Spanish war a ad be- i oause of his opposition to imperialism. ! He said in part: "As tbn govemmcn< al policy of Presi- . (lent McKinley was developed I W2s K compelled to differ from it at several ; points and gave evidence ot my c:sa*ree : K ment in the speeches delivered by ine : during the past three years upon the I floor of the senate, touching the Span- j ish-American war, the Philippine islands, Porto Rico and the South African affairs. Uoon the principles there- i in advanced I stand today. I gave < ^ N friendly warning to the .Republican < party that if they became responsible < for certain policies I would not follow j Therefore, the party having become so i responsible, I am compelled to refuse snhmission to its behests and to range ] myself against if for conscience. i <lI cannot see my way clear to in- i veigh against imperialism, against the i unconstitutionality of attempting to i enslave the inhabitants of the Philip i pine islands and the dishonor of break ] ing our pledge to Cuba, and then, be- t cause of the mandate of a sinister in t f flueace which dominates tLs president, ] forswear my convictions, set a nought my declarations and do as Senator Hoar 1 ? wiafc 11 d others, appeal to the past and fu- 1 The past is dead I caanot ! change it. No appeal will reach its ; deaf ear. The future is not in my i keeping and it is not in my power to i fashion it. Therefore, I am here to- j night to reiterate the convictions I i voiced in the senate ana record my op- i position to the principles of President ; & McKinley as evidenced in his foreign polioy, and with all the vehemence of , a positive Eature, protest against the , violation of the principles upon which ( our government is founded; against the J?-nw Af t-Uca <?A>\otihihAn onH t nA ucBcviaviuu vi viiv reversal of the policy which has given us a century and a quarter of national s life, 6uch as the history cf man hath not recorded in any age cr clirue. "I am here tonight to declare my unalterable antagonism to the policy of imperialism acd my opposition to the representative of that vicious principle. It is an occasion of more than ordinary importance for any man to antagonize mi.it TOhi.-?h ho }? ?< CUC pUAitlVCfcl v; WW , for a quarter of a century, to which he has given the best years of his iifo and v for which he has achieved some saccess. It bricgs much bitterness acd vituperation. The vials of wrath have already been opened upon me and there ? will be much that is unpleasant in the work I have to do. I have, however, determined to do that which I believe > to be for the best interests of my country, and I do so in the same spirit whion was manifested by Lincoln when he stood upon the steps of the national eapitol, and in his inaugural address, n . sua: "With roal'.ce toward none, wi h charity for all. with firmness to do the . right ae Grcd gives me power to :>ee the right,' I will do my whole duty, aca in the performance of that duty I find it necessary not only to < rpose tbe reelection of President McKinley, bat to emphasize that position by supporting his antagonist who in this election stands for free government according to the constitution." Continuing, he said the nation was at tbe parting of the wajs and must de* ' - j? i ___ r_ _ Clde lor aii ume ier weai or iur wuc, and he believed the present tendency of the Republican policy was full of daDgers of inevitable disasters. Senator Wellingioa cid not believe there was any dr.rger of material changes in the tariff and fisascial laws in case of Mr. B.-yan's election, '"In the la*t congress," he said "the ^ money measure became a law. ''These questions are seitiea lor tne r present at least. There is no immediate danger of au attack upon the tariff, notwithstanding the fact that tbe .Republican party has surrendered the idea of protectior. And there is not at issue m this campaign any direct legislation upon the mosey question, for there is no possibility tkat there should be, within the nest four years after Mr. Bryan's election, unified majorities in I both houses of contress." BRYAN ON REPUBLICANS. In speakirg of Mr. Wellington's change Mr. Bryan said: "1 have listened to a a speech that ousht to produce a profound impression upon the American people. After you have listened to that speech it is not necessary that- I should address you tlong; out, my friends, I want to emphasize the importance of indepeodence of of opinion and action in a country like ours. I believe with Senator Wellington. (Applause ) I believe with him that a man should make his j arty affiliations suit his convictions, not make his convictions suit his party creed. (Renewed applause.) "In 18%' gold Demojrats left us atid silver Republicans came to us. 1 heard some people hissing here tonight because Senator Wellington left his party upon tbe paramount issue of this hour. T want r<-> ask tnosfi men who hissed jf they hit-fed when Democratic senators Seft the Democratic party oa the money question in 1896. If a Democratic senator had a right to leave the Democratic. j party to save the gold standard, cannot a Republican senator leave the Republican party to we the declaration of in dependence? Which is the more importsac?that you shili have a financial sys tern which you like or that you shall have a government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. Senator Wellington ana I difc-r upon the tariff question. But did n^ John G. Carlisle, the apo-ttlo of tariff reform, support 31 r. >lcKinley, the apostle of protection, when he thought that money was the paramount issue? The tariff question did cot separate those who believed that the money question was more important than the taxation. We do not agree upon the money question, and the money question will not separate thove who beiisve it is more important :hat we ha?e a republic than that we nave any kind of a financial system. We loaned you some gold Democrats in 1896. They have come back, and it is only fair that you Republicans should pay us interest (Continued applause and cheering ) And if I may be per milted to speak for the Democratic par ty, let me say thu [ am willing to ac3epi Senator Wellington as interest and ?ive you a receipt in full. (Applause and cheers for Wellington ) ' - 1 .1 ? ?_ _ J " uourage nas always oeen aumueu, but sometimes people have admired physical courage more thaa they have admired moral courage. To my mind, moral courage is as much above physi jsl courage as man is above the brute. Physical courage is a trait that man shares vnth all animal creation. Moral courage is that characteristic which.distinguishes animal from marj, made in the image of his Creator. It requires physical courage to stand be fore the bullets of an enemy, yet when Eife and drum inspire, few have been Ik. LIU W11 LU iCUCAU L.'CiVig muv moral courage is often wanting where physical courage is present, and what this Dauon needs more than the physi;al courage of its people is the moral :ourage of tbe citizens who would rathsr die right than to live wrong. (Great applause.) It requires moral courage for a man to separate from his party. '"Sesator Wellington has displayed much courage ia leaving the Rhpubli?an party, and may we not hope that the same courage will be displayed by tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands ana millions of his fellow Republicans of the rank and file who are not held to the party by ties so strong and 50 oirtaiDg. aua yes5 is cuere au& euuugu to inspire even a Jtiepublicaa senator to Leave his party? 1 ask not what Senator Wellington did in 1896. I ask cot whu he will do in 1904. The same intelligence and the same courage within his keeping today wi'l be his four rears from now to guide and direst hiru then; but today in meeting the crisis that is upon us, has he not enough io li-tw* fA L' ^iag Qnn An. LU.Cpil O UiU; WAWM v*uvi v ~ dure the hisses o? those who lack the courage to do what he has done?(Grreac applause.) "What is his inspiration? Does hs como to us for monej? No man would come to the Democratic party for money. (Laughter and applause.) Does he come for honor? Hi? own party has satisfied his ambition for honor. What brings him to the Democrrtic party at this time? What makes him act with those who support the Democratic ticket? It i3 his belief that his country is in peril; it is his belief that the course which the Republican party i3 pursuing tends directly toward tJie repudiation of those principles of govern ment which every party advocated until within three years. If there be one of bis Republican associates who thinks that his judgment is erroneous, let that Republican associate read his epesch and then prepare one in answer to it. (Renewed applause acd cheering ) MILITARISM AND IMPERIALISM. ''Senator Wellington believes that an administration thai asks for an army four times as large as the army was whenit?rent into power tends toward 1 onu r\f T-r>ll rH MiD it 1 iJJ. J.VJL iai xz Uww J V* ;v? AW. Why, it pra<? the boast of ^Republicans in years fast that we did not need a large standing arm? in this country. If you can, in one administration, multiply your standing army by four, and make it 100,000 instead of 25,000. will it not be easier for the next administration to multiply by four and make it 400,000 instead of 100,000? Is there not something there to alarm the man who loves his country, believes in its institutions and wants a government 30 crni-ir? fl-ifit' ii- nntsnnJ noofl a laroffl 5VW .? ?v-- ?o ing aimy to keep it in existence, % government so good that every citizen will die, if need be, to preserve that government? (Applause) Senator Wellington believes that the Republican party is entering upon a career of imperialism He is cot deceived by the attempt to hide imperialism under the euphonious came of expansion. He knows the history of his country and he know3 that this nation has expanded before it has extended its limits of a republic and that the constitution followed the Sag. tie Knows tms is not. an attempt to ex- i tend the limits of a republic here, but to have a despotism in the Philippine islands. (Great applause.) k;He knows how this Philippine war broke out. Until the Republican party turned toward a career of empire, this nation has always sympathized with those who were struggling for liberty. He knows that the party to which he belongs put into its plattorm iu i5yt> a declaration expressing the sympathy of Republicans with the struggling patriots of Cuba, and he know3 that thus far, but for the career of empire for which the Republican party now stands, the Republican party would sympathize with the Boers who are fighting tor the right to govern themselves. (Renewed applause ) He knows that a party that can stand silent and see two republics wiped off t'ie face of the earth, can see this republic converted into an empire. (Applause ) There is enough in the fate of this nation to inspire him; there is enough in his love for the principle of self government to enable him to get cut and leave his party, even though Le goes alone. "And if Republicans arc no: able to answer a Deaiocr&tic speech, what will they do when thev retvl Senator Wellington's speech?" (Great applause and loud cheering.) SPANKING A GENERAL. One of Mosby's Daring Exploits uuring the War. I see that tbe Mosby guerrillas have had another reunion?this time at Fairfax, Ya., where Mosby captured Brigadier General Kdwin H. Stcughron ana started on tbe road to fame.?He was enabled to eiiect th;s amazing coup de guerre by Sergeant Jacnes F. Ames, of the Fifth New York cavalry, who deserted from that command becauso, he said, "the war had become a W3r for '.he negro iostead of a war for the Union." Anns led the way to Fairfax, where Stoughton had been enter tainiag royally that night and was now - ? "J XIaoVstt nrcl XJI Ut'U aicepiu^ U'CC^1>. mvow; n?ir*vu up to the bod and pulled off the cover. S ouehton slept oc. The ranger then pulled up his shirt aGd gave him a hard spank, which sat the brigadier up io bad, ruabiug his c-ye?. "Genera!, did you ever hear of Mosb} ?" whispered the guerrilla "yes," W33 the quick reply; "'have you ciptured him?" "No; I am Mosby, and I hsve captured you Stuart's cavalry holds the town and Jackson is at Centeniile." This was a lie to deprive Stm^hton of hope. "Is Fitz Lee taere?'' be asied, ia an excess of agony.?"Yes." "Take me to him; we were at West Point tcgeth- I er." Sioughton's reputation wa3 blasted. He was soon exchanged, but never reentered'rhe army. He practiced law in New York for awhile, then went to Boston to die. Mosby always said that this adventure was never dupiicattd. The northern army got too smart for him. it was one of those acts a man can be capable of only once in a lifetime because the opportunity never offers a second-time. Colonel Johnstone, of the Fifth New York cavalry, was surprised the night Stoug'nton was caught, but escaped from his house in his shirt-vail, hiding in au outnouse till daybreak. When he crawled oat of his hole he tore the shirt off and went to the house stark naked. Here his wife refused to embrace bim until he had been scrubbed and washed down with a hose. He could not survive the ridicule of appearing at headquarters in a state of nature, the guerillas having taken his wardrobe, and soon resigned his commission.?New York Press. What Tillman Says. The Columbia State reports Senator m-.i *-11 ? xinmaii as iwiwwa uu wc ^niuaij, said: "I have always believed that the dispensary had the support of two thirds of the people of the State and this election shows that is about the proportion. The vote for Col. Hojt is several thousand more than the antidispensary vote. In other words his personal popularity and his being an old Confederate soidiers added materially to the support he received - < V -fa. 11. ?c ""AUOtner evidence oitue sireujjLu ui the dispensary is in the complexion of the next ic^ieiature; of course, the figures are not complete, bat I have watched the county papers pretty closely and the members of the house of representatives who will support the dispensary will be more than two thirds " As to his owa vote and the scratching of his name he said: "I was very much gratified to find that the strenuous efforts to array the religious people of the State against me had signally failed. I havo made a careful study of the returns from several counties and I do not believe that 2,000 of those who scratched me were influenced by religious sentiment. The reople could not be made to believe that I had wantonly insulted the ministry or that I was lacking in respect for religion. The scratching came from my old political antagonists of 90 and '92 and any one who will take the trouble to examine the returns from any county can easily verify this. It is very gratifying to me to knew that only about half of those who voted against me in '92 could be induced to serctcti me this year. It shows that the effort which was made * - fVirtfi/wialicTvi cTernali^y IV i ?; * I *0 ^ j ?M*aw?* I and many of my friends who voted for prohibition will, however, result the scratching in the next primary." As to whether there wiii be as large a 7v>te in the second primary as in the first primary Senator Tillman said: "I hardly think so, bat it wiil depend on developments in the next week. The friends of the dispensary will not be caught nappicg lam certain, and if the prohibitionists display any activity the vote may be equalled or even surpassed. There is one tning in ^hich I am sure and trust every one will join ma in hoping?that the result will be decision .snW tViat- tKp Sf-atA will hjivft relief from any farther fighting on the whiskey question." A Rich Man. A writer in the Outlook describes a ride he once took with an old farmer in j a New England village, duriDg which ! some of the men of the neighborhood came under criticism. "Speaking of a prominent man ia the vili a^e, I said: 1 i iHe is a man of means?' 'Well, sir,' | 1 * " 1- -3 <1-- T 'i. u t&e rarmer rcpueu, ae uuau l kol umuu money, but he's mighty ricH.'; "He has a g~eat deal of land, then?' I asked. \Nro, sir, he ha3n't got much land cither, but he is mighty rich.' The : old farmer, with a pleased smile, observed my puzzled look for a moment, and then explained: Tou see, he hasn't got much money, f.ad he hasn't got much land, but still ne is rich, because he never went to bed owing any man a cent in ail his iife. He lives as well as he wants to live, asd he pays as he goes; he dosent owe anything and he isn't afraid of anybody; he tells - ? ?? ? ? ? +?tl ? V <1 lift? every iiiau uc uu>u, <?uu, u,uto nio uuwj by himself, his family and his neighbors; his word is as good as his bond, and every man, woman and child in the village looks up to him and respects him. No, sir, he basn'tgot much land, but he's a mighty rich man, because he's got all he wants." Pity Tills Is True. The Atlanta Journal says "if the Rr>xeM will keen their e"-es ooen they will be able to leara from some of the "Christian" soldiers who have under taken to civilize and elevate China, some valuable lessons ia the science of looting private property, murdering helpless citisens, vutraging women, braining ba bies. The average Boxer appears to be a respectable and harmless fellow beside the Cossack'' i A NOTED CONVERT. Bishop Turner Has Quit the Rs -V11kIi/ ?i? ? Pariu K-"1"""' ' ?' 'J' REASONS POR THE CHANGE. He Wi.l Take the Stump for the Demccrat'c Ticket if the Party Needs His Services. The Chicago Daily News says Bishop XJ \S Tnt?r?Ai? A * 1 o r* * ?"? C\f I Jt x'X. xuiuvl, V* Axunuin| w* the African M. E church, and idolized leader of tho colored race sinco the death of Frederick Douglas, has decidcd to come out for Bryan. The formal announcement of his reasons are to be given in an address Saturday night. Bishop Turner will be attended in his conversion to Democracy, it is further announced, by Bishops Derrick and (IwnJ r>f rKn c!.mp />hrrr.lh Vi?u? j V1 w U.V I^MU< V V w. I This statement was made Wednesday by the Rev. J. A Williams, a colored minister of Atlanta, and the personal representative of Hishop Turner. Just before the departure of ex Governor Stone, of Missouri, to the east, the bishop sent the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee a telegram sayiag that the Atlanta minister had full au-.hoiity to speak for him. CARRY TENT FOR SrUilWNU. Not content with deciding to vote for Bryan, Bishop Turner has also expressed a desire to take the stump for the Democratic nominee, and he has already made arrangements with the Democratic National Committee to speak in Kaneaa, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Illinois. In the last four states the African Methodist Episcopal church has centered a large part of its total membership of over 900,000 communicants. Bishop Turner will take with him on his journey through those states, if he follows his present plan, a huge canvas tent, so that he may always have a hall big enough to accommodate the crowds of his colored brethren who, it is thought, will flock to hear him. Anti imperialism is said to be the mainspring that has governed Bishop Turner's action in leaving the Republican party in which he has grown old. Bishops Grant and Derrick are influenced more by their resentment of the way in which they assert the administration has treated the colored troops. They also blame McKinley for what they call his "apathy" concerning lynohings in the south and his alleged failure to keep a promise they say he made them to appoint a colored man on the labor commission. The decision of Bishops Turner, Grant and Derrick partakes of the startling, coming as it does immediately after the failure of the Africo- American council in the national convention at lndiacapolis this week to take sides with either party. It is also significant in view of the statement of Vice-Chairman Henry B Payne, of the Republican National Committee, in The Dailv News Tuesday, that the dividing of the colored vote between the Democrats and the Republicans this year will mean the breaking up of the solid south whioh has only been held together for the past dosen jears by its antipathy to the colored voters and the additional fact that practically all colored men in the country have been Republicans. MAY MANAGE COLORED VOTE. Chairman Jones, of the Democratic National Committee, is known to be a great admirer of Bishop turner, and to have wide respect for his opinions, and Bishop Turner's friends are already tttavL- /%? Kncr aaSGlllUg mat* bug r> u;a. yi vva * ?*-*| the colored vote for the Democratic ticket will be entrusted to the hands of the Georgia bishop. Thus far in the compaign the colored Democrats have been in charge of J. Milton Turner, of St. Louis. There are now three distinct factions o? colored Democrats. Oacis headed by Bishop Turner. The second is ied by J. Milton Turner, who has gathered about him Frederick L. McGee, of Minneapolis; William A. Crosthwaite, of Nashville; J. A. Sweeney, A, E. i Manning and William Miller, of Indianapolis, and Harvey A. Thompson and and A. T. Waibine, of Chicago. The I third is under the leadership of George | E. Tayior of Oskaloosa, Io^a, who is | president of tne iNegro National L>emocratio League. The support of the National Democratic committee, it is thought, will install Bishop Turner as tho ohief of all the factions, while the leaders of the others are expected to fall into line as his assistants. Thinks Bryan Will Win Dr. H. L. Hall, chairman, of the Democratic State Committee of Nebraska, recently attended a meetisg of the ?1? k/\ J I A rnAflt O f" ULiail jjjau Ui LUC 1U1UU16 nuoi <au Chicago. The conditions as he heard them reported there are filled with hope and he risks hisreputrtion as a prophet on the forecast that Bryan will carry a majority of the states unrepresented that lander. He had a private conversation with each of the chairmen present with the exception of Ohio's representative. He Fa:J. this morning: "Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska were represented There is no doubt that we have gained immeasurely in ail these States since 1896. I am not a prophet nor the s^n of a prophet, but if we don't carry most of the States * ' 1 ? a _ J; _ _ * JJ I cannot reaa present indications. Desperate Bobbers. H. H. Mowry, night operator of the Chicago and Alton railroad, at Marshail, Mo., was held up by three masked robbers. While the men were rifleiag the station money drawer, nieht Watchman Aulgur appeared ana point ing his pistol through the parti? cpoa door, commanded the men to surrender. He was immediately shot in the eye by one of the robbers and died soon after. The rebbers escaped. Killed by Exploding Cannon. Darin? the Austrian military manoeuvers Friday on the borders of Galicia and Bohemia, a big gun exploded killing four men outright and fatally wounding 18 others. THE FARMEES ON TOP The Cotton Crop Not Sufficient to Supply the Demand. 1 A dispatch from New York last Wed i xt * . _ i.i _ vr . i. nesuay says m** od ioe new ior* coiton exchange was characterized by terrifia bull speculation, a wild stampede of shorts and violent fluctuations. Not since tbe great effort made last spring to corner the summer months, which it j will be remembered proved a disastrous failure, has the market been so active or have prices advanced with equal rapidity. The start was to 13 points above the price at the closing the day before was entirely in response to sharp bulge in the Liverpool market. It gradually developed that European spinners were in desperate straits for 1 I ? - 1 il ^ > i \ 2 raw COIICD ana tnai snorts aoroau were E in a precarious condition, rendered the more serious by inability to secure cot- 1 ton through scarcity of freight room at * southern ports. As English market ad- 1 vanced the local contingent hammered 1 away at the under pinning of the shorts ' *?ho were eventually compelled to abandon their position and retreat without ! the least semblance of reserve. The ] south. Wall street and Liverpool del ] uged the market with baying orders and 1 on this support the prices advanced by j great strides, with the near months ' leaning in the rise. The report that 1 fully 500,000 pieces of print cloths had U -<avi a *1 A 4#% I? irrrtt? n OtOTTT f A ? Z) >2U xu x All xiivgi auu a ctvij vu the effect that southern spot cotton holders were refusing to do business cx- ] cept at pronounced advances stimulated 1 buyiDg for both accounts in the after- ( noon. At the close the build were in ' full control with t'no market ruling firm ' at a net advance of 31 to 36 points. 1 COTTON VERY SCARCE. A dispatch from Lancaster, England, f sajs cotton has not been so scarce b-j- , fore since the days of the American civil w&r. The purchasers are chiefly , employers having large contracts on , V A ? .4 T*. ? r? yv y?_/3 lUnf Dlfliafl An UdUU it. iO JJU^UU. Ciidi Diiuouuu ^ may be saved by the arrival of the new , crop from America toward the end of i the month. The same dispatch says the greatest interest is felt in a called 2 meetiDg of the Lancashire spinners, ^ convened by the Federation of Cotton ( Spinners, at which a proposal will be ( brought forward to discontinue buying ( American spot cotton. Since the an- , nouncement was made that such a conference would be held there has , been such a rush upon the smaller , stock3 ot cotton in tae nanas or iiiverpool brokers that today's sales advanced from 3,000 to 15,000 bales, with the result that not more than 100,000 bales are left. A SHARP DECLINE. Friday marked the turning point in the grnat bull movement in cotton in New York, New Orleans and Liverpool cotton exchanges. With a crash amid tremendous excitement prices fell 25 to 32 points on the opening while the -1 - 1?t _ _-i. io c Closing was wea& at a net juao ui xn an 25 points. Between the opening and final phases, the market scored some violent pcndulations, at one time advancing within a point or so of Thursday's dosing. The loss on the first call wiped out fally oacthird of the rise accumulated during the forepart of the week and resulted from a bull paaio in Liverpool. The public was not a loser oq the coliapso of the English and American markets, having sold out pretty thnrmiffhlv durinc the trreat rise of J Wednesday. Manchester spinners vot- ? ed at a meeting Friday to close down 5 their mills, being unable to profitably j manufacture goods at she present ad- 1 normal prices demanded for American 1 cotton. Moreover, there was not suffi- * cient staple in all England to keep * them going for 10 days consecutively. 5 Some traders are talking 10 cents for ' January delivery, but conservative p3r- ' ties believe the turning point has been { rcacbod. Friday's business on the 1 New York cotton exchange was esti- ! mated at 1,000.000 bales. 1 ENGLISH MILL TO CLOSE. The English spinners are trying to I break the price of cotton. At a ; meeting of cotton spinners at Man- i Chester, Eag., Friday it was de- i cided not to purchase American spot i cotton during the month of September. < Four-fifths of the employers in the trade <?rero represented. It 13 anticipated that the decision vriil lead to the closure of scores of mills for several week-;. Most of the Eaglish mills that use American cotton wiil closedown. THE CRISIS SERIOUS. The London morning papers comment upon the seriousness of the crisis which has arisen at Manchester, where suffering is likely to be caused by the enforced idleness of operatives, especially if, as is not impossible, the stoppage continues into October. The prospects of a satisfactory American crop are regarded as slender. Hester's Cotton Statement. Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued Friday shows the amount brought into sight for the we^k ending Friday afternoon to be 90,770 bales, against 155,054 last year and 76 210 year before last. The statement shows receipts a* all United States ports since Sept. 1,51 ? 507, against 95,7-13 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac risers to northern milh and Canada 2 372 bales, against 10:293 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 6,391, against 19,465; southern mill takings 30.500, agaiast-29,534 1 - .*? OS O ? 4 !_ _i? 1 _i. last year ana -u,o-t-?year ueiore jsbs. Foreign f-xports for the seven days have been 13,939 against 20.819. The total takings of American mills, north, south and Canada thus far for the soa- ( poti have been 39,90b' bales, against 52,- ( 046 last jear. Since the close of the commercial year, stocks at American ports aad the 29 leading southern inferior centres have been increased 31875 bales, against an incr -as* for the same period Rpatson nf 77 170. Including amounts leftover in stocks at port3 and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop the supply to date is 213,30-i, against 773,952 for the same period last year. Charleston's Popularity. The census bureau announces the population of Charleston 33 55.807 as against 54,955 in 1890, being an increase of only 852 in ten years. SUPPORTS 13 Pi VAN. 5av':d B. Hiil Causes a Decided Sensation. HE GOES FOR McKINLEY. i He Says the Flag Shall Not 33 Furled in Dishonor, Nor Shall it ba Unfurled in Dishonor. i Ex-Senator Kill's appearance at Her- : :imer, N. Y., Friday evening occalioned something o? a sensation in jolitical circles. He came ostensibly ;o visit his old friend ex-Judge Earl af that place. In the evening the Fort Dayton band serenaded Mr. Hill and a arge crowd of citizens assembled. He was introduced by Judge ifiarl md made a speech, the chief feature of vhich was his reiterated declarations | .21 support of Brvan. There was some :alk that Jadge Eirl was to be aa7an c&d is compromise candidate for governor, jut Judge Eirl emphatically denies :hat his name was to be considered. Senator Hill, among other things, jaid: It is needless to say that I am heartiy in favor of the election of Brjan and Stevenson. They are the candidates )f the Democratic party duly and regularly nominated at a national conrention, of which I was a member and vhich treated me, from beginning to ;nd, with ma:W and unusual courtesy, ind I am honorably bound to actively mnnnrt a tinitet of mv nartv nominated '~rr' ? ? * inder such circumstances. 4iOar candidates represent the interests of the average man?the plain people of the country?the farmer, the me-_ jhanic, the laborer. The issues this rear are very plain and cannot be misinder&tood. "One party favors large standing irmies, immense public expenditures, a 50vernment of grandeur and magnificence, high protective tariffs, a British jolonial poJicv, great combinations of corporate wealth and a centralized jovernment. "me otner party iavors a coduqlance of the p'ain and simple governnent of our fathers, public expendi:ures limited to the actual necessities )f the government, tariff taxation for public purposes only, an army for deiense and not for conquest, competition n business free from monopolistic ;ombinations. "An appeal is made by our opponents ;o our love of country. Country! We leard the same specious appeal in 1896, md we always hear it when our opponents seek Democratic votes to aid iJtieir cause. It is a partisan and not a lincere or patriotic appeal. It is based lpon false pretenses. The country is lot in danger except from those who ire now administering its government, i irVe will protect the flag wherever it < ;oes, but we will see that the flag goes i >nlv where it belongs. It shall not be lauled down in disgrace, neither shall ' t be raised anywhere in dishonor. ; 4'The people are opposed to this government acquiring territory which is not ;o be governed by .our constitution. Ct has no more constitutional right to 1 set us a colonial system than it has 1 :o create a king. The foreign policy of ;he present national admimistration aas been weak, shifty, inconsistent and mpatriotio, and the best thought of :ho country, the best students of history, the most intelligent of Americans ire against it. No right minded man san depend a president who said in his innual message that it was our 'plain luty' to give free trade to Puerto Rico with the United States and then within * few months thereafter signed a measure whioh imposed a tariff duty of 15 per cent. "If wise counsels shall prevail at the Saratoga convention nest week acd we proceed on right lines to plan for victory instead of inviting defeat, and shall so shape our course and policies as to deserve the support of the great independent and conservative forces of this State, we can not only rescue the Empire State from further Republican control, but can give our electoral vote for our gallant national standard-bear er?Wo. J. Bryan. "While, disagreeing with Mr Bryan in some matters, I need not reiterate that I earnestly desire his election. "Our opponents aro entrenched in patronage and power, and the struggle to oust them must necessarily be terrific. "The tide however, is with us. The skies are becoming brighter every day. Let us then all work together enthusiastically for the cause and victory is within our reach." Why They Hate Christians. The Atalanta Journal says none of the allied troops in Chira have been ? T. , x -T.?* Diameiess. AS turns OUC tiia;. uiauy VI the American and Japanese soldiers who have deported themselves decently have engaged in robbing and beating helpless Chinese. Bat the Cossacks lead all the rest in the crimes which are being perpetrated at Tien Tsin and other places. They are the liveliest devils in the entire orgy. They knock down women and pound out their brains - - - - I t- _ L ? with ntle butts. iney pick up dsdics by the feefc and dash their brains out against stones. They impale children and helpless old men upon their bayonets and throw others into the river and club them to death when they try to swim ashore. These things are done before the eyes of officers without rebuke. aud are done so openly and frequently as to convince the correspondent, that they are "the ordinary practices of Russian warfare." Drowned at New York. The body of a well dressed woman of middle age was found floating off the battery at New York Friday morning. Clutched in the right hand were a pair of gold spectacles. Two letters were found in her pocket, addressed to Mrs. Amanda Bunte, Medford, Wis. It is believed the woman was a visitor to this p.itv. A Mystery. At Fort Dodge, la., four men who drank from a keg of beer are dead, and when the keg was opened it was found to contain the skeleton of a rattlesnake. How the reptile got into the beer is a mystery. SHREDDED COriN. 1 Soia.8 Interesting Facts as to its Great j Value. v Mr. F. N. Wieaig, of Forsjth, Ga.' writes as follows in the Southern Cultivator: ~ . . 1 The Georgia Experiment station places the value of c?rn stalks in [Georgia at about ($1 500,000) coliari , per jear. At least 75 per c?nt. of this * is wasted by being left ia the Seld to rot, without material]; benelitticg the soil as a fertilizer, yet very much in the way while cultivating the crop the following year While this waste is going on the poor man's stock is left almost to perish upon ceadgra s during the winttr mocths and the wealthy } man's cattle feed upon cotton seed hulls ( and meal, sometimes to eat timothy a hay, raised, cuied, baled and shipped c from ^ome other State, the same costing \ from $io to $20 per ton, ( Last September I bought an interest t in a McCormic Shredder, cut, shocked 1 and shredded eighteen acres of corn, c having sufficient to winter sixteen cows J asd two mules, using no other forage, ( besides having to feed cows through an 5 unusually long winter. I wintered ] four oiber cows (not my own) upon cotton seed hulls and meal at a cost of from \ $2 to $2 50 per month. < Comparing cost ob the above; a half 1 dozen hands c^n cut and shock eighteen j r\s*vr.a / ?? in o A + rr Q?rr 1 ci v i 3 v a uuiu iu <a vaujt? isJAA iiuuuj could with difficulty pull fodder from 1 about one third as much ground, and ; fodder curing is generally accompanied with a great deal of risk. The corn, if ] well shocked, will not iojure if rained I upon for two weeks, fcr ic should be l shocked as fast as cufc. From The cultivator I see that hoes i are used to cut the corn. My plan is i to break the hock from an old scythe ! blade, batter down the hook end and ; bind with padding for handle. This ! n.*i 11 Kft f/"? Korrn virrVifr 1 n or f Vt 1 rr ill u ^ iy un?g lug iiguw ivu^vu j and weight and serves the purpose much better than a hoe, as the corn may in this manner be laid in straight piles, and gathered easily for shockiag. A careful band should start the shock by placing two aria-fulls of the cut corn together with the butts placed firmly on the ground and the tops placed well together. The shock thus started resemble the letter A. Afterward the other hands may gather up the corn lying near and place equally on all sides. In bottom or very big corn, a ladder of three or four risers may be used in order to reach the top to tie securely. In four to six weeks shooks with two to three hundred stalks in them will be ready for the shredding. In case the shredding cannot be done at z the expiration of the curing period t three or four shocks at a small cost may i be combined, and then the shredding s may be postponed indefinitely. The 1 com wili-not-injure if the tops are well 1 pressed together and the shock shaped to shed the rain. Be sure the corn is well cured before shredding, use a good shredder. ( (I use the McOormick and find that it does more than is claimed for it.) With a McCormick Machine, run by a six horso power engine, I sfcredded from c two to three tons per tour at the small c coast of 75 cents per toe, including r hauling. Try shredded corn one year and you c will continue shreddiDg. I doubted the \ expediency (others will) at first but was a convinced that shredding is more prof- { itable. The same amount cf corn is r heavier than corn harvested in the r usual way from which the fodder has e been pulled. Cattle will fare better r nrtAn if fnf fnn reofflT nrhari fa/1 n r\Ar? n iatigu lasbbi nuru igu g meals and hulls. Am glad The Culti- e vator is doing so much good in this line. z A CLOSE CALL. \ r A Lady Attacked by a Panther While ' Berry Picking. ( A correspondent of the Chicago < Tribun? writing from jRome, Maine, * says: Mrs. Anna Perkins was one of a 1 party of blueberry pickers which wenS < to the Dead River section a week age. TUrt pAviTth /3ot7 n? frkn cf-itT IVfVa P.?r. 1 t iav ivuuu vj. v>uvi uvw; iiiui >. v;. j kins separated from the rest and went '< oii toward the north, where she said < she believed the berries would be more J plentiful. Edward Lapham, another member of the party, went to look for her just be- ' fore lunch hour. He soon saw her 1 among the bashes at work. Almost at 1 the same iuataat he saw a panther 1 peering over the tops of the bashes at ' the woman. The animal was between 1 them. L"ipham yelled to Mrs. Perkins, 1 , j i * i ii. . i l i telling, ner tnat mere was a Deast 01 ? some kind after her, and to run the 1 other way. The woman became excited and ran toward the man, and consequently toward the beast. Suddenly there was a snarl and a leap, but the panther misjudged the distance, and cropped at the woman's feet. Then i there was a scream that the other mem- 1 bers of the party heard. The woman : fell prostrated in a dead faint, and the : panther at once attacked her. Lapham had sccured a dead limd, ; and was aoDroachins as rapidly as the : thick brushes would permit. The ani- : mal tore the woman's dress into shreds i and badly lacerated her legs and body. As Lapharn approached the beast crcuched as though to spring upon him, but Lapham landed squarely with the ; cead limb on the skull of the panther. t He followed up the attack with swift I blows, breaking the old limb several 1 timrs The panther rose up on his hind legs and struck at its assailant. A 1 claw caught in Lapnam's sleeve and 1 tore it from the body of the garment, s Another vicious sweep drow blood on i Lapham's right leg. He continued, 1 however, to beat the animal with the < club, and finally it bounded ofi towards i the woods as the rest of the party came up. Mrs. Perkins, it was discovered, was severely clawed by the panther, but , will recover. j Will SnrmnTf. Rrwan. The latest political sensation is the report thai ex-Secretary Oiney has come out squarely for Bryan, and has written a letter urging all Democrats to support the nominee of the party. Heretofore Mr. Olney had been placed in "the expansion"' as well as in the "gold'- column of Democracy. Mr. OIne/s conversion is second only in imporlaDce to the sensation which would be caused j u n : SLLUUIU VJiUVCi viuvciauu auuuauuc uio allegiance to Bryan. Mr. Olney has been considered by many as the strong- < est man in Cleveland's cabinet. i mm) AND WATER. Wreck a Sad Ruin in Poor Galves* ten Texas. rHOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST. tfany Great Buildings Dragged Down and Heavy Trains Blown Ab^ut as Eggshells. A dispatch from Houston says the ftest Indian storm which reached the 5-ul? coast Saturday morning wrought twfui havoc in Texas. Reports are lonflictiag, but it is known that an ap)alling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston, where, it is reported, a ;housand or more lives have been jlotted out and tremendous property iamage incurred. Meagre reports ?rom Sabine P^ss and Port Arthur also inlicate a heavy loss of life, but these eports cannot be confirmed at this lour. The first news to reach Houston from Via />ifv nf fralvpstnn wag re jeived Sunday night. James C. Timnons, who resides in Houston, and who is the general superintendent of the National Compress company, arrived in the city at 8 o'clock from Galveston. Se was one of the first to reach there seitn tidings of the great disaster which has befallen that city and the magnitude of that disaster remains to be told beoause of his endeavors to reach home. After remaining through the hurricane of Saturday, he departed fiom Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point, where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane. Mr. Timmons said, was the worst ever known. The estimates made by citizens of Gralveston was that 4,000 houses, most 3f them residences, have been destroyed and that at least 3,000 people < have been drowned, killed or are missing. Some business houses were also lestroyed, but most of them stood, though badly damaged. The city, Mr. Hmmons avers, is a complete wreck, * A aamI/I A 3U 1'OX <43 JUC UC'UiU DCC XlVTiU lug n awi !ront and from the Tremont hotel. fVater was blown over the island by the lurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an hour, straight from he Gulf, and forcing the sea water beiore it in big waves. The gale was a iteady one, the heart of it striking the sity about 5 o'clock Sunday evening md continuing without intermission mtil midnight Sunday night, when it ibated somewhat, although it continued ill night. Haavy railroad trains were )lown about like eggshells and great louses were blown down. MILITIA DISBANDED. Jnv TWV>?Ui7patiav t.titi* THanntft* of s. Colored Company. Oa labor day in Columbia the local lolored militia company and another :olored company from Savannah paoled the streets. The soldiere acted rery boisterously and came near predicating a race riot. Several monitors of the two companies broke ranks >nd pursued two young white men in a >uggy who had driven through the aarching line. The afiair occnred lear the State house, right under the iye of the Governor, who ordered the natter investigated. At the investi ;ation it developed that the horse drivjn by the young men had become unnanageable and they were not to blame !or his pluDging through the crowd, rhe cases were thereupon dismissed, rhe eight negroes who broke ranks and nade all the attacks on citizens on jrervais street were fined heavily, and >ne fellow who failed to respond to the summons to court was given thirty days "or this offense and another thirty days )n the gang for his part in the affair. Assistant Ad in tan t General Frost was present and took all the testimony. As i result, an order is now being preparsd by the commander in chief, Gover or JlcSweeney, disbanding the company under the section of the military iaws giving thb officer the right to disband any military organization when the good of the service demands iu Governor McSweeney's order will howsver, give credit to the men who did not break ranks and to the officers who carried out his commands after the trouble commenced. The Governor's action gives universal satisfaction in Columbia. Through Different Glasses. Gov. Stanley, of Kansas, while practicing la?7, dofeaded a negro charged with mnrdcr. His client was convicted ana Jir. Stanley wrote a strong indorsement of the convict's application t'or pardon. New lie Las been called upon to pass another application on behalf of the same man, but, like his predecessor, refuses to grant it, even though baefced by his own letter, saying that as Governor he views the matter "in an entirely different light." So Fear of Conviction. A dispatch fron Akron, Ohio, says all the men arrested there for the attempt to lynch the negro wretch who * i < tried to outrage a *nite gin, " are working men, living in that city." Yes, their hands aad their faces may 06 grimed with the dirt and sweat of tabor, but their hearts are bright crimson with the rsd blood of the white :ace, and, though the law should always be observed, no jury composed of )f the same sort of rnon will decide igainst them. Heavy Republican Loses. The election last week in Vermont * -11 ^ x. a.'L. . T>. tvas doc at an sausiaccory to tne iiepublicans. They carried the State by i large majority, but there was a great shrinkage in the majority from other pears. The vote w*s as follows: Stickaey. .Republican, 43,102; Senter, Demjcrat, 15,919; All others, 1,275. Stickley's plurality 32,183 and a majority )ver all of 30,908. The Republican plurality four years ago was 38,264 and najority over all 36 628. Sewall is Dead. Hon. Arthur Sewall, who ran with Bryan in 1896 died at Bath, Ale., on Wednesday. He was sizty-seven years )f age, and was a very successful business man.