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VOL LIV, WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1900. , . NO. 15. 4 BRYAN'S CHANCE Of Being Elected P.ssident Seems to Be Good. A WINNING COMBINATION. I i Teh Electoral Votes That Wou'd i j Carry Him to Votary. States He Is bk-iy to Carry. A Washington dispatch says of lata avast deal of attention has centered on New York, and in spite of overwhelming odds favoring McKin'ey, the possibility of the Empire State giving thirty-six electoral votes to Mr. Bryan are discussed by observing men more than any other {lolitioal topic of the day. There are certain forces in ^ew i orS, Roosevelt's majority forOovernor was so small, and the tendency of a large independent vote is so difficult to fathom, that one is justified perhaps in placing that State at present in the doubtful column, where four weeis ago it seemed but fair to reckon it a^ surely for McKinley by a big irajority^ The saying is a common one that if Bryan carries New York and Indiana his election is assured. Yet it is interesting to note that he might have the electoral vote of both those great States and barely defeat the Repnbliean candi date, or be defeated himself. Accord ing to the best advices the outlook is very bright for the Democrats in Indiana. By carryiBg the following States the Democrats wculd elect Mr. Bryan: Alabama 11 Arkansas S Colorado 4 * Florida 6 4 Georgia 13 Idaho 3 Indiana 15 T7- 1? ia jvensucsy Louisiana 8 Maryland . 8 Mississippi 9 Missouri 17 Montana 3 Nebraska * 8 Nevada 3 New York 36 North Carolina 11 South Carolina 9 Tennessee 12 Texas 15 Utah 3 Virginia 12 Total 225 This list of twenty-iwo States, however, if ail went for Bryan, would give him a bare majoriiy in the electoral . * college, as 224 votes are necessary for an election. It will be noticcd tlat West Virginia, with six votes, is omit ted. The Republicans confidently believe that West Virginia will give her . vote to McKinley, al though it is ad mit ted ^ T^AmAA^ofiA ftTA tiiAb bXXC vuwwvvw MAV wv??w* pggfag on the State ticket and the Legislature. It is, nevertheless, anybody's fight, for the decisive influences may change a half dozen times between new and election day. Delaware i3 also omitted, notwithstandine the oonfident claims of Democrafs that they will have a majority there. The two Republican factions have shown a disposition to unite, all of which substantiates the Republican faith that the smallest State in the Union will vote tor MeKinley, as four years ago. The best judges regard Maryland as Democratic. Kentucky is judged Republican on the State ticket and Democratic on the national ticket. OTHER POSSIBILITIES. With such a list, there are still other Democratic posibilities?not probabilities?to be kept in mind. While Delaware and West Virginia may troop into the Democratic column, something will probably be heard in the next few weeks of Democratic chances in Connecticut. The nominations have only just been made in the Nutmeg State, and the lateness of tin campaign there is the reason that little has been said of its voting proclivities. In years gone by Connecticut has been very much a Democratic State in Presidential years, and when the tendency elsewhere in the country has been against-the Republicans, Connecticut has always been in the mood. If the gold Democrats go back to their former affiliations Connecticut might become debatable ground. The electoral vote there numbers six. Then Illinois has an enormous shifting vote, and the labor troubles are likely to affect the situation. Cook county* which includes Chicago, will probably decide the political complexion of that State's twenty-four electoral votes. Four years ago Chicago con- j tributed a very large portion of the 146,- i 000 Republican majority in Illinois, but this year the Democrats say the ma- j jority outside Cook county will be small, and that it will be overcome by the big Democratic majority m uoofc county. But it is easy to see what the realization of some of the Republican possibilities in the list of twenty-two States, which have been set down by way of fair oonjecture for Mr. Bryan, would bring abouo. It must be conceded that Indiana is a Republican possibility, and New Tork a stroDg Republican probability. The loss of either of those States would relegate Bryan's column of electoral votes to second place. 1 UTAH, IDAHO AND MONTANA. ; Utah is undoubtedly drifting back to Republican moorings, but it is very questionable whether it will get clear back this year. NcT^rtheless, the three votes of Utah er Idaho, even if New York and Indiana go democratic might prove indispensable for Mr.*Bryan. In spite of the decadence of the silver sentiment in those States, it is well to bear in mind the personal following of Mi. Bryan, and the pride that is shared quite generally by far Western people that a candidate for the Presidency should have been selected from their immediate vicinity. Utah and Idaho are now more doubtful than Montana, although a few weeks ago it seemed tne other way. But the two factions in Montana that, threatened Democratic supremacy sre united in favor of Mr. Bryan, and Republicans are disposed to concede the State to him. He attitude of the gold Democrats in Maryland and Kentucky will be decis; ive for ODe party or the o^her, bat, notwithstanding the hope that Republicans have of those States, the drift to date has been against them. The Brown Democrats in Kentucky, who -re to a good degree gold Democrats, have, through their organization, ce ciiied for Mr. Brvan, buc against the Democratic candidate fur Governor. 1 n *nv event, speculation on the out come of the election is bound to revert to .New York. It is a very common thitg nowadays to refer to the war beta ten Croker and Hill is endangering the Democratic prospect, but it is quite piobabic that as the campaign advances this w?r will stimulate tne two ieadcrs to put in their hardest work for Mr. Bryan. Tammany Haii may be accused of bad goveriment, bnt one should not forget mat he iule in liepublican communi ties up the State is known by 2sTew York voters to be disgustingly corrupt, though less widely advertised. The indifference of ^pubs': ir> Sratja itt VftTV i JCUL1 JU. vuv . marktd, and no man can tell how powerfully they will muster at the polls. Air. (Jroker may riot be pleased that the scepter of Democratic power is just now in the far West, but at at the same time the Piatt workers are known to be anything but enthusiastic over Gov. Roosevelt, and a verdict that put him out of .business wouid net be unwelcome. The fact that ail indications point to a niuoli lighter KepTiblican vote in November tban four years ago brings New York, as well as other States, nearer to tne danger line. Deputy Sheriff Killed. A special from Lake Charles, La.', saya: Paul Sloan, a deputy sheriif, was shot and killed while defending a negro from the veogeanc; of a mob. All day there were rumors of the probable lynching of Pierce Soott, a negro io : .;i rcirVi a<s<aar?Itini? Miss J Ail iiCiC vua/ ?.vv? wwwvi?....0 Oswald, aged 73. About 9 o'clock an unmasked crowa gathered at the court house. Judge Miller addressed the crowd and told them the punishment of criminals must be left to the court. He urged the crowd to disperse and promised to take up the ca:e against the Degro in *x;ourt tomorrow. On this promise the crowd broke up and it was thought there would be no further attempt by the mob. Four hours later, however, a fresh outbreak was made by the mob, who advanced toward the jail with an iron battering ram. S. A. 1 ^ ? - ? -2 C1 a/* n ri Ann fx? I ?3.3.rHJUI2 SU'i X iiUi Ui*7i>Uj shenSs, warned them to come no further and then shot over the heads of tho crowd, when eome one in the mob fired at the deputies. Paul Sloan was shot and fatally wounded. He died early this morning. The sherif and deputies then dispersed the crowd at the point of their pistols.. Fight With Pistols After a quarrel which has extended over two weeks, two young men of prominent families of East Point, a suburb of Atlanta, met Friday evening and fought with pistols. One of the men, Sheffield Harrington, was shoe in four daces, and the other, Walter | Hudson, was wounded once. Both are believed to be fatally wounded. It is asserted that both Walter Hudson and another man fired at Harrington. Asa result of the meeting George Hudson is in jail. The specific charge against him, however, is not made public. .Four bullets struck Harrington, one entering the thigh. Harrington tried time after time to fire a second shot, but each time the hammer of his revolver failed to explode the cartridge. Hudson, it:? alleged, was in love with Harrington's sister, and there were re ports that they were to be married. These reports were accepted as true for a time, but filially Hudson denied the truth of the rumcr. A few days ago the youcg lady left for Waynesboro. Harrington, it is said, stated at that time if Hudson did not go there and marry his sister he would kill him. Matters stood in this position as far as reliable information is obtained until the shooting occurred. Over at Last. "The South African war is completely ended, ' said the Lorenzo Marquez correspondent to The London Daily Telegraph. Many guns have been destroyed and hundreds of wagons and thousands of tons of stores of every description have been burned. Burning wreckage lies in every direction in the Hectorspruit district. Any good police force of 20,000 men can effect the complete pacification of the country. It will be impossible for the Boers in the future to mass a force exceeding 1,500. They are sick of the war and the IrishAmerican and other mercernaries are clamoring for payment and they threaten the Boer officials." Napoleon as a Counterfeiter. In 1812 M. Pasquier, Parisian prefect of police, as he relates in his memoirs, discovered a secret printing office where skilled workmen were engaged at night. The house was barricaded, but the police broke in, arrested the men and seized a lot of counterfeit Austrain and Russian bank notes. Soon after Savary, the minister of police, ' ? 5 1 i_i_ i J; i.. _ descended npon tus suuuruiuaie wim a sharp reprimand. He explained that the notes were being printed by the order of Napoleon himself, who designed them for use in the Russian campaign. Napoleon had no intention of wasting good money in buying supplies in an enemy's country. A Destructive Charge September 27 was the anniversary of one of the most terrible conflicts of the civil war. It occurred near Ccntralia, Mo. Nearly 200 Federal soldiers riding out after guerillas met here a bedy of about 250. Scarcely a dozen of the Federal soldiers escaped with their lives, while of the guerillas two only were killed and one mortally wounded. There is nowhere in the history of the world a record of a charge more destructive. Only a few of the older citizens remember the fight. Pirat8s on the West River. Advices .from the West river in China report that piracy and brigandage aae increasing,, and it is considered probable that the river will relapse into its old state of insecurity during the winter unless active measures are taken. Several minor piratical acts are reported and it is also stated that villages near Kum Chuk have been burned by brigands. I A g* THE COTTON MARKET Heavy Receipts Depresses Price of the Staple SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS. They Should Market Their Crop Slow'y and Thus K*ep Ud the Price of the Staple. * J- J--t. t V_?. c?T-0. J\. Qisjiatcu aruax nc? jiui\ oajo. "As is usual at the beginning of the cotton season the attention of cotton tradtrs centers upon the movement of the new crop and the probable continuance of the first rush of heavy receipts. Banks here sra receiving urgent requests from their correspondents ali over tie cotton belt for currency of snail denominations, suitable for crop moving purposes, and it may be stated as a faot th*1 the banks are not giving these rcqu.Ma the attention that they merit. The requests are al- j most entirely for ?5 bills, of which there is a particular scarcity. Frank Vanderlip, ast-istant secretary of the treasury, had been here this week, talking the matter over with back officers aod striving to induce tbem to part with a considerable amount of their treasury notes which are, it wiil be remembered, fxchangrable under the Lew currency law ir:to biiv?r certificates. Mr. Vanderlip, in fact, p'accd a premium on these treasury notes b^- off-.riDg facilities in the form of transportation of currency to the ag ricultural sections in favor of the bank making the exchange of treasury notes. It is quite probable, therefore, that with this premium, the New Ycrk banks will pass over a considerable amount of these treasury notes, and the transfer of money to the South to move the crop will be promptly increased. It will be recalled that under the new currency law silver certificates may b? issued sgainst the retirement of treasury notes, not only at the rate of dollar for dollar, but that the practical result of the law is that silver certificates may be issued at the rate ot about one ani one third for every treasury note cancelled. This is accomplished as a result of the silver certificates being issued not only against the silver dollar as actually coined, but against the profit to the government of coining at one dollar a coin containing less than one dollar's worth of silver. It will therefore be observed that every dollar in treasury notes that the New York banks part with means $1.33 increase in the currenc? suitable for the agricultu ral sections. This is a factor which will undoubtedly ?xeicise an appreciable influence on the cotton crop movement of the near future. 4>The heavy movement of cotton to market has bad the effect of checking, perhaps temporarily, the operations of some of the bull leaders. In other word?, the big receipts are just now scaring bulls. This is only natural, and the trade has been prepared both for the big receipts and the scare arising from them. Without big receipts some time there would be no probability of a crop of even 8,000,000 bales, to say nothing of 10:000,000 or more, as now looked for by many. As is also usual at this season, the exporting element see in the rush of cotton now progressing a crop of no less than 12,000,000 bales, just as they last season pretended to believe as late as March. The estimate of a orop of around 9,000,000 bales divided equally between the sections east and west of the Mississippi, as promulgated by one Southern firm, may prove near the mark in the event of early irost or a collapse in receipts around November 10th. "Inasmuch as there has been great complaint of scarcity of pickers in y. - H i. i many sections it wouia. De wen 10 Dear in mind that in such distriots receipts certainly would have been heavier than reported, had the cotton been gathered with usual promptness. This is a point on whish big crop people here are laying much stress. Indeed there seems considerable logical foundation for this because the movement from many small plantations has been at a complete standstill on account of the labor question; and the retardation of receipts from this cause over a wide area must, in the aggregate, be considerable. We hear of some instances where the yield will be so small and planters are so-comfortably situated that the high price will be a great inducement to hold for still higher prices, regardless of what may be done by the fortunate planters who have raised a good crop and are anxious to sell now. ' 'A prominent exporter?a man whose opinion is well respected here? in discussing the crop situation said to your correspondent: 'Everything depends upon Texas. The abnormal situation there arising from the recent hurricane has left some of our expert statisticians completely at sea in regard to the probable yield. Before a great while Galveston will receive her usual quota of cotton daily, the heavy arrivals at New Orleans of late being in a large measure credited to diversions from the former port. With few exceptions accounts from Texas agree in predicting a remarkably free movement during October, acd are almost unanimous in the statement that present prices are proving a strong temptation to free selling by farmers. A few sec x' u.ii. il lions are oiaimiug a uen*;r uruy wuu last year, but from what we can gather from people who are frequently on the right side Texas does not promise to make a crop of sufficient size to throw the bear clique into ecstacies, while here and there some planters are such firm believers in a small crop for the state that they express an intention of holding their cotton for very fancy prices, a deoision the wisdom of which, is very questionable before the settlement of the question of early frost.' "Commission firms who have been interviewed on the cotton outlook ap .-i.- 11-. pear iu quue geuei<*u,y mat at present price farmers will market freely. Many have advices to the effect that around ten cents farmers are willing to let their cotton go. Just now, with every probability of a very large movement, they are likely to show every anxiety to sell. Undoubtedly the high price already secured has tempted many to portray the crop's prospect.in their respective sections in as most unfavorable light as possible. Reports are coming in from sections of Louisiana just contrary to what has been claimed by various authorities as to the crop outlook. According to these the promise surpasses anything known in previous seasons. Arrivals of cotton in these favored sections have been unusually heavy, so much so as to give rise to the belief that a remarkably heavy yield will result. Inasmuch as these reports are coupled with state ments to the effect that most favorable conditions have enabled very rapid gatherine and that planters are using ?% t fi.y unusual haste to avail tfcemseives or tne high level of prioes it would be unsafe to conclude just yet, that the he?vy receipts indicate a jemarkably heavy yield." A DESPERATE TSIEF. Killed One Man and Wounded Another and Wife. A dispatch from F'berton, Ga., says Thursday morning about 8 o'clock William Branch, colored, shot and almost instantly killed George Bell, a respectable and well-to-do ycung white man. At night, Beli, in company with his friend, ifii Mills, were returning home from Eiberton and met Branch on the road with a load of cotton they believed he had stolen. Mills started toward him, when Branch shot him in the arm Bell, with two other friends, apprehended Branch and begaa marching him to town. Suddenly Branch scatched Bell's gun from fcirn and shot him twice, the enure second load entering the right Iudic. killing him almost instantly. Brat ch broke away, and was wounded by Mr. G. H. McLanahan, but managed to escape. Pursuit was immediately begun. Later the sheriff and posse went in pursuit. About 11 o'colock Thursday night an unknown party went to the window of George H. McLmahan, who lives about three miles below Elbcrton, and shot him and his wife as they were retiring. Mrs. McLanahan is not badly hurt, it is thought that Mr. McLanahan is fatally shot. Mr. McLanahan is one of Eihfirton most resnected and well-to do farmers and the attempted assassination has caused the intense indignation of the entire community. Medical attention has gone to the wounded people , and large parties have gone in search of the perpetrator of the crime. It was found out later that Branch was the assassin. He was captured Friday and lodged in jail, from where he will be legally executed after his trial, which w^lJ take place at once, unless he is hung by a mob, as threats of lynching and burning at the stake are freely made by an excited people. It is believed the sheriff will try to outwit the crowd by taking the Negro to Atlanta. -i- T-"uu?+ -ETiASlC XUia LiX 1U1U liat. The time is drawing near now when interest will be warm in the presidential contest, and when a man wants the data of the electoral vote at his fingers' ends. Not every man is blessed with a ready and retentive memory; and those who are not will find it helpful to cut out the following list of states, with their votes in the electoral college, and keep it for ready reference: Alabama - 11 Nebraska...- 8 Arkansas ? Nevada 3 California. S Ney Hampshire? 4 Colorado 4;New Jersey- 10 Connecticut fc|New York 36 Delaware 3,Nort!i Carolina 11 Florida 41 North Dakota 3 n.n/tw>io. WW* V*?*W Illinois- 24|Oregon- 4 Indiana 16! Pennsylvania -32 Iowa 13; Rhode Island.- 4 Kansas- 10jSouth Carolina 9 Kentucky 13,douth Dakota- 4 Louisiana 81 Tennessee 12 Maine- U Texas 15 Maryland bjlJcah- 3 Massachusetts lb Vermont 4 Michigan 14i Virginia 12 Minnesota ? 9 West Virginia- 6 Mississippi Wisconsin 12 Missouri 17 Wyoming 3 Montana.. 3 ? lotal? 447 Won't Have a Walkover The Washington Post says. The indications of the honr are that Mr. Bryan is practically suie of electian without the vote of New York or any of its neighboring States. It is not at all a bad situation from our viewpoints. What it is from Mr. McKinley's he is ^fr.incr V?T7 Tito AAh'nnB ia a shrewd political!, and he knows ihat unless the tidal wave he is encountering now can be turned back and made to rush in the opposite direction within the next two months his chances of ; exile to the village of Canton in March next are too good to be contemplated without grief. A Missing Child. . The police generally of this (own of I this State have received a comj muoication from the police department [ at Lowell, Mass., asking that they take a hand in searching for George | Arthur Dant, aged four years and six I months, who disappeared from his home in Lowell last week. No trace or tidings of him has since been obtained, j The boy answers to the name of "Artie." A reward of $500 will be j paid for the reiurn of the boy. Murdered in New York Charles S. Peck, one of the foremost architects of Xew York, was found dead Wednesday morning on the sidewalk in front of 403 West Seventeenth street. His head was badly bruised, icdicadng be was clubbed or sandbag ged. An indication of murder is the fact ti.2t nothing of value was found in his pockets. He was a man of large means. All Saved. Though separated bv the storm and washed in different directions, all the members of the Stubbs family at G-alvestom were rescued. Father, mother and two children were on a floating ! : at. f_*.T rooi tnac Broue id pieces, me lauici, with one child, went one way, the mother went another, and the remaining child went in still a third direction. Sunday evening all four were reunited. "THE STATE FAIR." Great Preparations tor the Appro2Ching Festivities. THE GROUNDS IMPROVED The Premium IJst Shews Lage Inceas* in Pr zes Offered. Everything Prom ises Well Columbia, Sept. 29.?Special: Oar State Fair annually bripgs together at the capital of the state not fewer than fifty thousand p-ople, from every section of the s'?ate, representing every class of business followed by our people?the busicets man, the professional man, the farmer and the laborer?who annually meet together to see and p-ofit by the improvements which are being made in art, handiwork, agriculture, mechanic, manufacturing, dairyirg, stock raising, etc., etc. Labor-savicg machinery is put on exhibition; the best varieties ef fowls are exhibited; home raised and high-bred cattle, horsss and muies, hogs, sheep and zca's are brought here and offered for sa'c. The very best products of the farm and garden in greit varieties are displayed. In order to encourage home production of every kind, ihe State Fair annually speeds all of its earnings, as well as the state's appropriation, in prizes for excellence in every department. . The improvements on the grounds will add materially to the comfort and convenience of <.xhibitors in all departments. The southwest corner of the gronnds have Leen graded, and will prove a great benefit to the Midway show people. An additional entrance to the grounds wiil be near the line of the KaaHnard Air Linp railmftO. wh#?TA visitors can reach the grounds without extra expense, and at the lowest possible rates of passage by all railroads. Exhibits by rail will be unloaded on the grounds. These advantages will be appreciated by visitors and ex hibitors. The payment by the Society of railroad freight of exhibits raised or produced in the state will induce the largest and the best display ever seen in all departments on the grounds. The art gallery will be enlarged ard proper light famished for the exhibition of art, of which an unusual display is promised. The poultry house will also be enlarged to accommodate the rapid increase of fine poultry. With thfi (in? hefnrp. tliA man agement, the 32d Annual Fair will eclipse any previous exhibition, and will show that the material interests of the state are in the line of progress. Kecognizing the needs of liberality in offering good premiums, the society has offerered these to the amount of $7;000. There will be $2,500 in race purses. The attraction offered to the people will not be confined to the fair itself. Prominent among the "outside" features will be the encampment, parade and competitive drill of the State Militia arranged by Adjatat General Floyd. It is already certain that a large number of companies from different parts of the State will participate. The citizens of Columbia will do their full part in making fair week a season of genuine enjoyment for all visitors. JLne street amusements wiu bs up to the highest standards. There will be music of most excellent character and plenty of it. * Looking over the whole field it may be safely said that the fair of 1900 will be one of the very best in all the history of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Presideat W. D. Evans and Secretary Holloway have been most energetic in making plans for a splendid exhibition?and a good time for everybody. Will Carry New York. Democrats coming to Washington I* \T -*-r i irom new lor* otaie appear quite confident of carrying that State for Bryan and Stevenson, despite the big majority against them four years ago. It is pointed oat that big majorities in New York States are not always indicative of the result in elections even one year afterwards. When Cleveland was first elected Governor of New York State his majority was upwards of 300,000, and when he ran for President a little while later, his majority was reduced by Blaine to less than 1,000. In 1888 the Republicans carried New York for Harrison, and at tbe same election elected Hill Governor. In 1S9B McKmley'tf majority was more than 200,000, while last year Koosevelt's majority for Governor was only about 2,000 or lees. It will, therefore, be seen that majorities in New York State are not to be relied upon as any index to future eieb:ions in tbe State. Four years ago McKinley carried the city of New York, but this year no one pretends that Bryan will get less than 60,000 maj >rity in the city proper. Brooklvn. it is said, at the lowest estimate can be relied upon to give a Dc mocratic majority of 10.000 this year. This, at the lowest estimate, would give Bryan in the two big counties 70,000 or 75,000 majority, and would make the State extremely doubtful. A Curious Case. A curious case of loss of memory is reported from Worms. A small landowner was stxtck by lightning while pic-wing, the flash passing through his b2t, leaving a hole as large as a fist, th<!r? down his ueck and through the plow handle into the ground. The victim, who was ill for several days, fi" j eauy recuvereu, uut uc uas cuui?; avow his memory. A Good Field. There is a big field for missionary work in Wyoming. Oat of a population of about 75,000 in a large district it is estimated that less than 3,000 are evaneelical Christians, and they are widely scattered over the 97, 000 miles of country in which the centers of population are from 50 to 75 miles apart .jf. HOWARD TO EE HANGED. Ee is the Man who Killed Governor Geobel, of Kentucky. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says James B. Howard, who has been on 1 trial fcr the past ten days charge^ with i hcino- a nrinrvnal in the assassination nf ? r ?r? ? William Goebel, was fouud guilty Wednesday, the jury fixing his punishment at death. ! The faet that the jury had deliberated i all of yesterday afternoon without rea- , ching a verdict led to the belief that it , was fcQpeles&l? divided and this fact made the verdict a shock to Howard ( and those who hoped fvr his ultimate 1 acquitttal. ' Howard did not lose his composure ' when the verdict calling for the cx 1 treme penalty of the law read in the crowded Court room. H3 glanced at ' hia attorneys, who sat beside him, and i smiled and said nothing. After the ; jury had been discharged Howard was ] taken baok to the jul ani here f^r the ' first time he be trayed emotion. He called for a pen and paper ncd wrote a ' long letter to his wife, daring which tears coursed down his cheeks. He was . joined later by his attorneys, who spent ] a good part of tbe day in conference ] with him in regard to the motion for a new trial, wbi-jh will be filed to-morrow, ' and other matters in connection with ' the case. ! Howard and his friends are very ' bitter in their denunciation of wit- . nesses who, it is charged, were in the ! conppiracy to murder Groebel, and who ] have since been manufacturing testimony against others in order to obtain \ immunity for themselves. "Jim" Howard, as he is commonly ( knovyn in the mountains, ia a strik- i ingly handsome man, 44 years of age, ! and would be one of the last to be ^ p;intcd out by a stranger as the man oa trial. He had the record, however, of king the leader of the Howard- 1 White faction in the Baker-Howard feud in Ciay County, in which namer- j ous lives were taken. He had killed George Baker and was suspected of the * aesassinatian of Tom Baker, who was killed after the same fashion as Goebel ! was, and Howard's frieu^s believe that 1 these facts fcad very much to do with the making off the verdict sentencing ] him to the gallfrwa. M?L . i -_/> TT in -f < .ine mat 01 nemy sh. iouisey, 01 Newport, will be called at Geergetown next Friday. < A SPLENDID SHOW 1 i Will ba Made by the Militia at the j State Fair ! The State says it looks now very < much as if the military feature of the i coming State fair is going to be a 1 splendid success. Gen. Floyd feels j very much gratified at the large num- ( ber of letters he has received from com- < panies in all parts of the State. He j stated Thursday that he had every rea- . son to believe tbat the following com- ' mands would be present, giving two 1 full regiments and a battalion of in- j fantry, besides the naval militia force ( and there is s possibility of two more , companijs of infantry, those from j Spartanburg and Clifton, and some . cavalry comine: FIRST REGIMENT. Fort Mill Light Infantry, Co. M. Greenville Light Infantry, Co. A Smythe Rifles, Pelzsr, Co. C. Honea Path Guards, Co. H. Abbeville Volunteers, Co. D. Greenwood Guards, Co. ? , Liberty Hill Rifles, Co. B. Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville, ' Co. L. Lee Light Infantry, Chester, Co. I. Hazel wood Rifles, Cornwell, Chester ounty, Co. G, SECOND EEGIMENT. Kershaw Guards, Camden, Co. A. Bamberg Guards, Bamberg, Co. B. * Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg, Co. C. Elisto Rifles, Orangeburg, Co. F. Richland Volunteers, Columbia, Co. D. Tammonsviiie Uuards, Timmonsviiie, Co. E. . Fort Motte Guard, Fort Motte, Co. G-. Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Co. Q. Georgetown Rifles, Georgetown. Co. I. Governor's Guards, Columbia, Co. L. FIRST BATTALION. Sumter Guards, Charleston. Washington Light Infantry. German Fusiliers. Irish Volunteers. Pa'metto Guards. NAVAL MILITIA. Lafayette Artillery, Second division, Charleston Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Third division, Beaufort. It is thus 6een t&at practically the entire military force of the State, with the exception of the calvalry regiment, expects to be here fair week. There is but one battery of artillery, the German Artillery of Charleston, and every effort will be made to have this organization attend and take part in the parade. There are 11 troops of cavalry in the State. There is no reason why many - i ii I _ ot tnem coma to: riae wrougn me country to attend the ' encampment. Many of them will no doubt make the attempt. One, it is said, is almost certain to do so. All things considered it looks as if the military features of the State fair is going to be on? of the best. If it proves to be 60 Gen. Floyd will have reason to be proud of his work. Porto Ricans Can Vote. The Board of Supervisors of Election of Baltimore, acting upoa the advice of counsel, has decided that natives of Porto R;co who have resided in the State for a year and in the county for six months, when otherwise qualified, may vote in the elections: that they are citizens of the United States, and as such are required to conform to the loeal laws only. v Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic ^ Invigorator has been used in my family and I am perfectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, | A. B. C. Dorsey. P. S.?I am using it now myself. It's doing me good.?Sold by The Murray Drug Co., Columbia, 8. C., and all druggists. tf FACTS ABOUT TRUSTS. The New York World Gives Hanna an Object Lesson Under ihc heading of ' Facts About Trusts" the Sew York World continues to oonsider the epigram of Hanna, "There is cot a tiu t in the entire* United States." First, The World gave a brief bnt comprehensive history of ( Tio tcirs t.rnstand its workices. and the second trust thus considered i3 the salt trust, of which The World says: The salt trust, known as the National Salt company of New Jersey, was incorporated March 20, 1899. Its capital is $12,000 000. This company has i .natural monopoly in interior states, while a tariff duty averaging about 50 per cent gives to it an artificial monopoly on the coast. It is also said to have an understanding with the salt union of Great Britaiii. Under existing conditions this trust is likely to add the Pull tariff duty to the price of its proiuct, which will amount to between 54 000,000 and $5,000,000 a year. The general belief is that this trust is controlled by the Standard Oil people. Its New York offices are in the building of the Standard Oil company, uid the Standard Oil attorneys in Ohio if in cnif orVit* Jit Y w <*C V4. 1VA XV vuw DU.V hrtva5uv i?ainbt it in that state for the purpose )f testing its powers. The trust has closed one plant which it owns and several other plants which it has leased. Since the trust has been established lairv farmers in Michigan, at the ?orks, have been obliged to pay 55 ;ents ? barrel, initead of 35 cents, tbe price in 1896. In New York city dairy jalt costs $1 40 instead of $1, the cost :n 1896, and $1 10, the cost in 1897 [n other interior states which do not ;hemseives prodcce salt the prioe 1 as jeen about doubled. Prices began to increase the moment :he salt-makers got their duty and-p'eriected their combination. Salt had not )nly been comparatively cheap under he Wileon tariff, when it was on the ree list, but domestic production had ncreased more thi.n importations. The addition of the tariff tax to the 11^*0 c.f tVio nrndiiftt won If? ilone make a profit of almost 64 per sent, on the trust's common stock. Evidently, The World intends to ceep up these les;oas on trusts. They jonstitute the best answer that could se'given to Hanna'e foolish statement, *nd the national committee of the Denooratia primary party would do well :o circulate them as campaign literature. A point to which attention should be lirected is that the tariff makes possible the salt trust, just as it promotes :he wire trust and-all other trusts. In proposing to remove, the .tariff from jlasses of gooda mide-tir controlled by :he trusts aod "thus allowing competition from abroad, the Demccrats offer in effective and a practical remedy, for m examination of the matter, such.-as rhe World has made, shows that in 1 J-l- ?v? aeariy every case iuu puwci ui nuc uuoi is fostered by the tariff which shuts sat foreign goods and allows a domestic monopoly which can fix prices *nd regulate the market to suit its own purposes ?The State. ? COGHLAN'S KEMAISTS LOSTThe Casket Was Swept Away in the Galveston Storm The storm which so recently swept Galveston played havoc with the cemeteries, Mountains of debris are piled ap in them, mounds were leveled, bodies disinterred and vaults crumbled* In the recent vault at Lake Vie cemetery were the remains of Charles Coghlan, the actor. The vault in which the body reposed was a heavy granite structure of beautiful architectural design. This vault was not spared. The combined force of wind and waves uprooted the foundation and tossed aside the heavy granite blocks like so much paper. The CoghlaD casket was caught in *.Ha swift finrrenfc and has never since been seen. It may have fl >ated out to sea or op the upper bay. To those in whose care the remains of the dead aotor had been intrusted this freak of the storm has caused considerable worry. A force of men surveyed the cemetery and surrounding country today, hoping to find some trace of the missing casket, but their searching was unrewarded. Coghlan died at the Tremont Hotel, Gaveston, November 27,1898, after an illness of about four weeks. He came here with his company, starring in the ''Royal Box." Upon his arrival lie became suddenly sick, but his illness did not assume a serious form until about two days before his death. At the time of his death it was the intention of his wife to have the remains reshipped to St. Louis for cremation, Coughlan's dying request being that his body be disposed of ia this way. For some reason his wife did not have the remains shipped, but placed them temporarily in a receiving vault, expecting to have them sent East this winter and the wish of tbe dead actor and playwriter carried out. All of the city sex tons in Galveston were drowned with their families." Boers Destroy Things. A. dispatch from LoreDzo Marquez, South Africa, says: Gen. Ian Hamilton's division and that of Gen. PoleCarew have entered Komaffpoort. Not a shot was fired nor a Boer seen during the march. Evidences of the enemy's destructiveness were everywhere to be seen. The bridges have been dynamited, the stores, buildings and homesteads looted and burned, as had also the railway property, all the chief stations being mere masses of smoking ruins, among them Kaap Muiden, Hectorspruit and Komatipoort. At the last place there is an enormous area over which the Boers have wrought destruction. Struck by a Tornado. Two rersons were killed and thirteen injured iu the tornado and cloudburst which struck Ferguson, Iova, Wednesday. The dead are: George, aged 3, and Elmo, aged 1, children of John Lovelady. Three persons were fatally injured and the other ten sustained only minor bruises and will recover. Half a dozen houses, including the Hutson hotel and the St. Paul Railroad depot, were demolished. - V; t: ~ FUNDS NEEDED. j Senator Tillman Wants Some From South Carolina. MARION COUNTY LEADS OFF. Chairman Jones Urges Others j> Follow This Example. Money 4 Needed for Speakers In Ooub fu! States. The Columbia Kecord says Senator Tillman, the member 'rom South Carolina of the national Democratic committee, has again telegraphed to Colonel Wilie Jones, chairman of the South Carolina Democracy, urging him to raise a fund for the employment of $ Bryan speakers. In response to this appeal. Colonel Jones has issued the following letter to the chairmen of the county Democratic executive committees: Dear Sir: I have just received a telegram from Senator Tillman, our national committeeman, who is with the national committee in Chicago, earnestly requesting me to call on the people in the state for contributions in aid of the national Democratic party. The money is to be used to defray tie -3 expenses of speakers in the doubtful states. While we all realize that South Carolina will go for Bryan, it is cer- 4 tainly our; duty to do what we can to help cur Democratic friends in the < doubtful states. I will thank you to take tip this very important matter at :' once and call upon all club presidents in your county, and the people general iy, co caKe up a couecuoa among we faitlifui, and please remit sums so collected to Col. U. X. G-unter, Jr., secretary, or to me as chairman, and the same will be remitted to the chairman of the national Democratic committee. Yours truly, VViiie Joles, Chairman. Colonel Jones earnestly hopes the county chairman will make vigorous efforts to raise money for this purpose. Senator Tillman expects South Carolina to contribute $4,000, or an average of $100 to the county. It takes work ytc raise such a sum. The first contribution came in this morning and was from Marion county. P. B. Hamer remitted a check for $60 for the Democrats of that county.' Weekly Cotton Statement. Sec Hester's weekly ?ew Orleans cotton exchange statement issued today ; shows the amount of cotton brought into si g tit for the week ending this -if afternoon to be 339 222 bales, against 339,729 for the corresponding time last year and 368,593 year before last. This brings the total of the crop moved into sight for the 28 days of the new season to 812,222, against 995,859 last year, "and 830,270 year before. Receipts at all United States ports since Sept. 1 were 561,843 bales, against 691,259 last year; overland, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 17,892, against 50,173 last year; interior stocks in excess of Sept. 1st, ' 123,115, against 132,801; sonthhrn mill takings 109,372, against 121,626. Foreign exports since Sept. ^ 1" have been Z3U ,424, against 1 last year. The total takings of American mills north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 161,144 against 215,600 last year. Sinoe the close of the commercial year stocks at American ports and the 29 leading southern interior centres have been increased 440,654 bales, against an increase for the same period last season of 3?0,269. Including amounts left over from the last crop the supply to date is 934,756, against 1.614,757 for the same period last year. Killed'by His Prisoner. U1U Vjrcui gc <* J nui?.w ??iu) was shot and killed about two miles below Eiberton, Gra., Thursday morning by Will Brausch, a negro. Brausch, who had been charged with - stealing cotton, and had wounded a young man named Miles, who attempted to arrest him, was arrested by Bell and another man. While under arrest Brausch snatched a shotgun from Bell's hands, blew o5 the top of his head with it and >v escaped.. Posses are ont searching for Brausch, and if he be captured by others tnan the sheriff he is likely to be severely dealt with by a mob. Shot by Burglars. Hon. Charles A. Collier, on of the most prominent citizens in Atlania and known generally throughout the South *S was found early Wednesday morning lying at the foot of the stairs in a yard back of his residence, with a bullet hole in his left side in the region of his heart. Before laspicg into unconsciousness flnllier uttered bat, fine word 'Stir glare." Collier did not recovered con- > scioasn?ss and died Friday morning.- ? - His pistol was found back of him under the stairs. HLs head and hand were badly bruised. Gorman Sees Victory. 'Es-Senator Germans believes that Bryan and Stevenson will win. <lIdo not believe eitber party has made a canvass which would warrant a conclusion as to the probable result of the election," he said to a reporter. "It is several weeks before the election and campaigns ran more or less in waves. There is a drift?a very derided drift? in favor of the Democrats, which justifies the hope that J3ry*a will be elec. _ j * iea. jroiiijcji voauuions seein mucn as they were in '92;'" Cracksmen in Spartanbnrg. Thursday night after midnight some burglars endeavored to force open the safe at the Palmetto Roller Mills, Spartanburg, in which was some money and' a quantity of valuable papers. The front and side doors~to the mill were ' forced open, and two drills were driven several mch.es in the front of the safe. The burglars were evidently fricht^nw? away or made too much, noise, for they left the mill without cracking the safe ?r taking anything. ' ' ..-M