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TTO BETTOR COTTON CONDITIONS Farmers, Bankers, Merclmnts, Busi ness Mon Attend Big Meeting. Columbia, Sei>t. 2 8.-Resolutions commending the Montgomery Cotton Congress, in its efforts to bring to its proper lovel tho prevailing price of cotton and the adoption of other res olutions meeting with the views of those present, marked the conference of growers, bankers and business men at the meeting held here this al ternoon and evening. With the elec tion of Commissioner Watson as per manent president; J. Whittier Held, secretary, and W. C. Brown, of New berry, assistant secretary, the cotton convention commenced this afternoon a determined meeting, actuated by the business-like purpose of market ing the cotton crop In a manner which will Insure a reasonable proflt to the producing farmers. Tho meeting hold until midnight, and various resolutions were adopted looking toward the profitable market ing of the crop. Talks were made by a number of business men from various parts of the State, among them being Senator E. D. Smith and President E. W. Dabbs. of tho Stato Farmers' Union. Against Exchanges, The "iniquitous" cotton exchanges were repeatedly attacked on the floor of the House of Representatives and two resolutions of procedure were reported by the committee, formed by one member from each Congres sional district and appointed by Com missioner of Agriculture E. J. Wat son. W. P. Pollock favored a peti tion to Congress, asking that the use of inter-State means of communica tions be denied the exchanges, but this meeting with objection on the ground of possible legal resistance, a substitute motion was adopted af ter the debate. An agreement brought about was that Congress be memorialized to regulate dealing in cotton By the ox changes so that real cotton will be the baslB of all contracts and actual delivery be had. Resolutions Reported. When the committee made report at the night session, with one excep tion, all rejected resolutions went by I without debate. The exception was the suggestion of J. R. Fairey that a man bo designated in each town shin to report on the nnnihnr nf hnlnB . . ? DO. the objectionable feature which seem ed to be the section relating to the price, The idea of communication seemed to strike the convention as a happy and practical or. . Later. Senator E. H. Smith advo cated the extension of the operation of the resolution so as lo place upon the secretary of the Farmers' Union the duty of communicating with sec retaries of other unions. Hot h the Fairey and Smith ideas prevailed. Bankers Speak. During the afternoon session a number of ban .ors addressed the convention, ann ng the speakers be ing John M. lenard, of Newberry; Skottowe V..una maker, of St. Mat thews; lt. H. Bleser, Sumter, and T. H. Stackhouso. Their words cre ated a spirit of co-operation. Mer chants present at the night meeting stated that they had never pressed their creditors into sidling cotton at a cheaper price. The convention consumed about vix hours. There were more than a score of speakers who dwelt upon subjects as they arose for debate. The attendance was sufficient to fill the hall of the House of Representa tives, and tho interest at all times was unabated. Coin missioner Witt son announced before adjournment that he planned to have a campaign for the education of cotton growers, and invited Senator Smith and Sena tor .John Sharp Williams, of Missis sippi, to take part, to toll the grow ers the truth about the marketing Of the stai>le and a remedy for the evils that result in the lowering of tho price below normal. To Cnnvns Stat?'. The following resolution was also adopted ni the night session of the convention : Resolved, That the County Farm ers' (Inion of the different counties of Nie State be requested to appoint a committee consisting of not less than three tuen in each township in each county to canvass the farmers of their county and ascertain how ninny bales of cotton they will pledge themselves to hold for the agreed minimum price unless otherwise in structed by the Statt; Farmers' Union to sell. That the secretary of the County Unions be requested to for ward reports from these, committees .to the State secretary and that the secretary and president of the State Farmers' Union be requested to co operate with Mr. Watson to have this plan carried out in all of the cot ton-growing States. Ho it. further resolved, That the president of the Stale Fanners' fu ton be requested lo keep tho local O. W. HALL SHOT ANO KILLED. Was Drinking at Time-Hud Been Beating II is Wife. (Anderson Mail 28th.) Oscar W. Hall, a well known far mer, living six miles west of the city, was shot and instantly killed Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock by his son, Walter Hall, 01,'od 18 years, who ls 111. He was shot three times with a .22 calibre pistol, each shot taking effect just below the shoulder blade, to the left sido of the back and penetrating the heart. Death was in stantaneous. Coroner Beasley went to the scene last night in company with Dr. J. C. Harris, and held an Inquest, at which Dr. W. O. Pepper, who ls attending young Hall, 111 from gastiitls, and who was at the home when thc coro ner and Dr. Harris arrived, was a witness. A verdict was returned that the death of Oscar W. Ball was due to gun-shot wounds inflicted at the hands of Walter Hall. According to the evidence brought out at the inquest, the elder Hall had been In the city during the day, and had returned home in an intoxicated condition. Ile attempted to give whiskey to the sick boy, when his wife interfered. He then secured a broom, it is said, and attacked Mrs. Hall, beating her over the head. She ran from the house and around to the front, entering and passing through the room In which the boy lay il). Prom a window in the yard Mrs. Hall said she saw her husband take a rifle from a rack on the wall. She then mitered the house, passing through the son's room and hiding behind a door in another room. After she had been there for some little time, she said, she heard shots, and on re-entering Walter Hall's room, saw him come staggering in with a pistol in his baud. He said he had shot his lather. Both doctore who test Hied at the Inquest said that Hall had been kill ed instantly. His body was found ly ing partly within a wheelbarrow in the yard, he having been shot by the son through an open window. Hy the position of the body when found, lt is presumed that Mr. Hall was seated on the wheelbarrow at the time he was shot. Dr. Pepper told Coroner Beasley inst ntp'bt iimt tt would be dangerous hiu.o. llb .??.. bean . > ';, I .. . a i i;--; 'I to-d'.;' by Coroner lb.-.-.od?y | .?**id..?er.V?? .h? Bi.-?..t'y olu-rltY y, B. ' Martin. It ls understood that attor neys will be employed and bond ask ed for young Hall. How's This ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O. Wo, the undersigned, have known F. .1. Cheney for the last Hf teen years and believe bim perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obliga tions made by his firm. Walding, Kliman & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sen! tree. Price 7fx\ per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Life Term for Alltoist. Toronto, Canada, Sept. 29.-The court of General Sessions here has lound Alexander Tracey, of Port Huron, Mich., guilty of criminal neg ligence in operating an automobile. The penalty is Imprisonment for life, Tracey was driving a motor car at a furious rate on September 4, and ran into a crow d of people, injuring four or five, some of whom had lo be taken to the hospital. Tracey plead ed that the brake on his car would not work, but witnesses thought he was intoxicated. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A S T O R I A unions posted as to the number of bales of cotton pledged in the dlf I feront States in conformity lo this r?solu t lon. He it further resolved. That the chairman of this body be and ls hereby authorized to name front each county a special committee of busi ness men and bankers to represent each and every bank in said county, designating which banker is to be the chairman of said committee, thc duties of this committee being as follows: They are promptly to ascer tain from every special committee appointed (O canvass the cotton grow ers the number Of bales of cotton to be held, promptly arrange for financ ing as many bales of the said cotton as possible." Foley Kidney Pills supply just the ingredients needed to build up, strengthen and rosto rc tho natural action of the kidneys and bladder. Specifically prepared for backache. headache. nervousness, rheumatism and all kidney, bladder and urinary Irregularities, J. W, Bell. CROSS-COUNTRY KLECTWO LINA Interesting Humor in Ooiincetion With Merging Tower < ompanh Atlanta, Sept. 29-One of the early developments incident to the recent ly announced consolidation of all the hydro-electric development in the Piedmont section of North Georgia, it is understood, will be the construc tion of an interurban electric line crossing Georgia to the South Caro lina line, where lt will connect with the lines now projected by the com pany of which James 13. Duke ls at the head. The Duke Interests have already begun the cons? ruction of Interurban lines in North and Sorell Carolina, which will ultimately be extended on to Washington, 1). C. From Wash ington Interurban lines have already been constructed practically through to Boston, Mass. Another five years, lt ls said, will see the completion, therefore, of in terurban electric lines extending all the way from Georgia to New long land, so that it will be possible to make the entire trip by trolley. When announcement was first made that the new Georgia Hallway i and Power Co. bad applied for a charter with a capital stock of $27, 000,000 there was belief in some quarters that a rival concern to the Georgia Hallway and Electric Co. was about to come into existence; but lt now seems that tile former has planned to absorb not only the latter, but all of the electrical development in the northern section of the State, Including tho $10,000,000 Georgia Power Co.. which has just begun the development of Tallulah Falls as a source of electric power. The Interests back of the new corn ial uv are practically the same as those which organized the Georgia Power Co. for the development of a number of water-powers In North Georgia, including Tallulah Falls, the Ftowah river, the Chattahoochee, near Gainesville, and the same river in Heard county, near the Alabama line. lt was stated in former an nouncements that this company pro posed to develop a maximum of ap proximately 200,000 horse-power from these various sources. It was this company's work at Tal lulah Falls which brought on a con test before the Legislature and a Kcneral movement to prevent the de nt not '>. o/ thfi natiftai s?eh?r,\ o' ... jU??s, vi'o i.' ? "v ' \ at tybrk In thal ifs tto?i of tim sta^O^ta-^ u wu < hary:-:(i the legislativo (lifchi?'WaA 1 nothing b,<i on the Georgia Power Co. The new company, however, had absorbed both of these interests, and so far as they are concerned that ends the light. Organizations of Georgia masses have, however, taken up the light for the preservation of the falls, but it is doubtful If they will now be able to do anything in Huit direction, be cause all the rights have been secur ed and title to (he lands and falls have passed into the hands of inter ests which are engaged in their de velopment . Strangely enough the capital for all this hydro-electric, activity and ex tensive combinations of electrical in terest conies from Canada. The names of the Canadian citizens given in the application for charter are J. M. McWhinney, Charles Magee, H. Matheson and George A. Kingston, of Toronto, Canada; and these are presumed to be practically the same or representatives of the same inter ests which formed the Georgia Power Co., since the capital of this organi zation all came from Canada. Perhaps the biggest feature of the new organization is the absorption of the Georgia Railway and Electric Co., of Atlanta, which owns and controls all the electric lines in and around the city. This company has a capi tal stock of $10,714,COO and out standing bonds of $13,570,000. lt is stated, however, that the company's organization is in no sense io he af fected, and that the new company takes it over and will operate il as it is. guaranteeing 8 per cent divi dends on its stock. other companies taken in include the Atlanta Water and Electric Power Company, which owns the big plant m Hull sluice on (he Chattahoochee river, from which the Georgia Rali way Company now secures the great er part of ils cur rout, and the At lanta Hydr-Eleclrlc Co.. the Louis ?. Magid development in tho Tallulah falls section. .lames C. Habituai), "Cowboy" Mayor of Omaha, "Throws the Lariat." Mayor las. c. Dahlmnn started his career as a cowboy, and is at present mayor of Omaha, and has the follow ing record: Sheriff of Dawes county, Nebraska, thr'jfi terms; mayor of Chad ron, two terms; Democratic Na tional Committeeman oighl years; mayor of (Minaba six years, and lu I'.'ln ca '. 'o>r Governor Of Ne braska. ) Foley & CO., Chi cago, lu have taken Foley Kbines hoy have given mc a g rea I er, so l cheerfully recomm . Yours truly, (Signed . Dahlmnn." .1. W. Heil. W. M.^MCIAiKY FOUND ?KAI). Coroner's Verdict Heath from Acute Alcoholism-Wu? Bankrupt* (Atlnntn Journal, Sept. 28. > William M. Mulkey, contractor, 14 years of age, was found lying dead on a couch in his otllce, 610 Austell building, by a negro Janitor early Wednesday morning. He was under Federal Indictment and, had he lived, would have faced a jury Friday on the charge of having held back funds he was supposed to have repotred In a bankruptcy case. The coroner's jury returned the verdict that Mr. Mulkey had come to his death from acute alcoholism. On August 14 Mr. Mulkey and his associate in business, L. C. Townsend, filed a voluntary petition tn bank ruptcy In the sum of about $6,000. Soon after this ho and Mr. Town send went to New York on a pleas ure trip. It is said that In New York Mr. Mulkey was arrested on a mis demeanor charge. It ls alleged that since July ll Mr. Mulkey had spent $15,000, which has not been accounted for by his fam ily or friends. On July ll, it is claimed by prosecuting attorneys, he drew $6,500 from the account of Mulkey & Townsend in the Fourth National Hank, and had never ac counted to the trustee lu bankruptcy for this sum. Alleged failure to account for this caused his arrest and indictment some weeks ago. At the time of his death he was under bond of $2,500. It is also said that at later dates Mr. Mulkey drew from his personal account in the Third National Hank tho stuns of $4,500 ?ind $4,000. It was stated by members of his family that th<\v bad received practically none of this aim that they had tio Idea in what manner the money had . been spent. For about three weeks Mr. Mulkey ! had remained away from his home, I one of his sons saying that he would not come home because of shame at tending his arrest. Mr. Townsend, his partner, .stated that he had not seen Mr. Mulkey since Thursday, and had no idea where he had spent the week. He stated that Mr. Mulkey had been drinking heavily, but that he had been optimistic. When the negro janitor went Into Mr. Mulkey's office late Tuesday af viiL- found in the p?u? postar?, 'ind 1 W?:> not ti?- ?Ul b-'d vYhen the j. uh ?day, Air. Mulkey had not moved, I lt was discovered that he had been i I dead, apparently, for six hours or more. In one of his pockets was found a pint of whiskey, out of which ap parently three or four drinks had been taken. Mr. Mulkey's home was on Oak land avenue, Oakland City. Ile leaves a wife, Mrs. Janie Mulkey. and five small children. Ile formerly lived at Anderson. "Generally debilitated for years. Had sick headaches, lacked ambition, was worn-out and all run-down. Bur dock Wood Hitters made me a well woman."-Mrs. Charles Freltoy, Moosup, Conn. WOMAN ESCAPES OPERATION WasCured by LydiaE. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Elwood, Ind.-"Ymir remedies havo cured me ni. 1 I "nave only taken six bottles of Lydia K. I'inkham's Vegeta ble Compound. I was sick three months and could not walk. I suf ! "cl all the. time. Tho doctors said I <.<mill not get well without sm opera tion, for I could Ita rd 1 y stand tho pains In my sides, especially my right o ie, and down my _ right leg. I began to feel belier when I bad taken only one bottlo of Compound, but kept on as I was afraid to stop too soon."--Mrs. SA I) I ii M n.t.KN, 2728 N. 15. St., El wood, (nd. Why will women take chances with nu operation or drag out a sickly, half-hearted existence, missing three fourths of lite joy of living, when they can lind health iii Lydia li. Piukham'a Vegetable ( ?ompound '/ For thirty years ii bas been tho standard remedy for female illa, and bas cured thousands ol' women wlio havo boen troubled with sxch ail ments as displacements, inllnmmnllon, ulceration, fibroid timmi I? ties, periodic pains, back: ?ion, and uer-, us prostri If you havo tlteslig >t that Lydia J'3. IMnkli II fabio Compound wil h ti, write to Mrs. I'lnklia t ii? MUSH., for advice. er i>iil bo absolutely < ii? audi tho advice l'ree. WINTHROP'S ENROLLMENT T.V2. Largest I? History of Institution Sonic New Features. Winthrop College, Sept. 30.-Spe cial: Winthrop College began her seventeenth session with the largest enrollment in her history-732 stu dents. Dr. Johnson conducted the exercises, and in his remarks showed tho high standard, mental, moral and spiritual, held by the college. His words were calculated to inspire best effort during the coming months of work. He mentioned the plan of self-government which will be inau gurated during this year, and said that he believed much good will re sult therefrom. At the last meeting of the Legisla ture they decided to give six schol arships to glrlB who have received A. B. degrees. These girls are to teach three hours a day in the de partments In which they have receiv ed the scholarship. A new banking Bystem has been started this year. The girls are to deposit their money with the college book-keeper and receive check books. This system insures the safe keep ing of money and gives the girls an excellent opportunity to learn busi ness habits. A reception was given the new stu dents Saturday night. The reception was held on the front campus.. Ice cream and cake were served and the occasion was much enjoyed. After exposure, and when you feel a cold coining on. take Foley's Money and Tar Coin pound. It cheeks and relieves. I so- no substitute. The genuine is in a yellow package al ways. .1. W. Hell. HOY KILLS RIYAL AND SELF. Marriage License Found In Pocket - Slayer La uglied Over Deed. Charlotte, Sept. 2ft.-Resenting, it ls said, thc efforts of his alleged ri val, to persuade his sweetheart to leave him, Clyde Childers shot and killed Hank Morse at the girl's feet last night at Rockingham, N. C., and then turned thc pistol upon himself, indicting probably fatal wounds. Competition for the hand of pret ty 2 0-year-old Hen la li Stone bad been keen for mom hs. and on the strength of a promise that she is said to have given Morse, he secured a marriage license last night and started to her h iir>*.? Sh'* had av-ir. i?> *. i walk ci til Ch .ii . ? a:,?j when Moi'&c, iii hi* bu ' overtook Hiern lu- 'iii,.,h .ed II ni .'le.'f'i f.i pei .vu* d-*- fro p|r.j to ><o<-M'. Mim To tili?; Childers d' u.'-Ti'I, drew lils pistol and fired at Morse. As Morse staggered away desperately wounded (.'hilders fired two more shots Into his sinking foe and then shot himself twice, falling wit'du a few feel of his victim. The mar riage license was found in Morse's pocket. Rallying on his pay to tho hospital. Childers laughed over his deed and declared he had no regrets except that he had not finished himself. AI'TO STRUCK LITTLE GIRL. Five-Year-Old Child at Hanley Prob ably Fatally Huit. Fasley, Sept. 27.-About dark last nigh! an automobile, driven by War ren Smith, of Liberty, struck and probably fatally hurt little Fay Smith, aged the years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith. Warren Smith was returning inj his car from Greenville and was en tering Fast Main street when the ma chine struck the little girl. It seems that two children were standing Olli the sidewalk watching a passing train when little Fay Smith started across the road. lt is probable that above tho noise of Hie locomotivo she COM bl not bear the approaching automobile, bul when she had gone about half way across the road ?he observed the car and started to turn back. She then became so frighten ed thal she stood still. When Mr. Smith Inst saw the child he was In a few feel of her. as she had run out from the shadows into the road. He Immediately turned his car as far to on. side ?is possible and thus avoid ed running over lier. However, the fender struck her on the left cheek bone and knocked her to the ground. She was picked up and carried into a residence and two physicians were immediately sum ino n cd. The child was unconscious. Thc injured child was moved to her parents' home last night bandy alix e. An encouraging dairy note from Hie Wichita (Kans.) Beacon: "nes sie, a Guernsey cow. lias broken tho world's record for milk and butter fal. . During the year past she pro duced 12, Mi? pounds of milk, con taining l,75f? pounds of milk solids, and 0.">(?.2 pounds of butter fat. nes sie is only three years old, which bespeaks for her a long and useful career In her chosen field." Farmers, mccbiuiics, railroaders, laborers rely on Di. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. Takes thc sting ont of cuts, burns or bruises at once. Hain can not stay where it is used. LETTER FROM ROUND ROOK, TEX Recalls Some Incidents of tho Past. Texas Crops Hurt. Hound Rock, Texas, Sept. 22.-Ed itor Koo wee Courier: Several months ago 1 saw In The Courier an article written by our old friend S. K. Dendy, in which he brought up hap penings and doings ilfty years ago. 1 knew about lt all, and lt was quite a pleasure for me to read about the past, while I was a boy. 1 hopo never to forget the past. Then from Rich land I had the pleasure of reading several good and thoughtful articles of that section; In fact, I never lay the old Courier down until I look lt through. I am not writing this article to make any corrections. -1 only want to write about two occasions that our friend Dendy failed to note. The first was a school exhibition at Old Clearmont Academy, as we called lt then. The eloBe of school (taught by Upele Kit Speares) was a great day. The children did well their parts, bul the part that was most Interest ing to me was that performed by the clown and the music, the latter fur nished by S. K. Dendy and Thomas ?laynes. and they did their parts well also. I felt then that was the best part of all. Now, let me ask one question: How many are around there now that were there on that day? 1 can think ol' four others be sides myself that might ( or should) have been there -Mrs. Sallie Gilll I son (Miss Sallie Hums then), Mrs. Elisabeth Hughs, Mrs. Warren St rib ling and S. K. Dendy. The next was a Sunday school pic nic at Old Westminster Baptist church. That was all the Westmin ster there was then. That was ano ther great day. The several Sunday schools formed a Une down the road that led to Sun'l Addis's, the column headed with the same two boys. S. K. Dendy and Thomas J nynes. I was enjoying the music very much, but I had it Axed in my mind that when the boys got to the steps one would occupy one side and the other the other side; but they went right In with their liddies, playing, and I thought then that a fiddle In the church would give me the "all-overs," but they went in all the same. This was In my boyhood. We all looked then as though age could never gray our hair. But most of us have gone, and those that are left have become . .. y Wi li ago. ; Hut h>t nw v.,y something about ' .. \as ... i hi. e .u pf thc > Late ai least, i :Oats was rusted oct Wftli rain 1? 1 Maren and April, with fl yield of only, I about 30 bushels per acre; corn ls I short, say 20 bushels per acre. As to cotton, I will place that as a prob j lom for you and your many readers, i We have a fine gin plant at Oeorgo ? town, ten miles north, running ten ; gin stands; one fine gin at. Hutto, nine miles east; another at Leander, twelve miles west, and we have two lat Round Rock-one big gin, eight j 70-saw gins. On six stands for the last three weeks the big gin made an average of ninety bales per day, run ning three days a week. The big gin ginned one day !>i>, another day 100 and the third day 107. They com mence at f> o'clock in the morning and run till 1 I o'clock at night. There are about three farmers that live over five miles away from the gin. You may wonder or figure how much cotton they make. Before I forget the Important part of the story I will say something about the rainfalls. During this aea j son we had very good rains up until the 10th of May, then no more fell till the 17th and 1 Sth of July, and lt has been very dry and hot till to day, the 2 2d of September. Now. Mr. Editor, when you meet those lovely correspondents from I Richland and Walhalla please say to them not to stop writing up the old i times. Keep it up. We older fel lows away from the old home enjoy them. I will close by asking Hod's greatest blessings upon you and your many readers. H. T. Cllnkscales. HELPFUL WORDS. From a Walhalla Citizen. ls your back bum; and painful? Hoes it adie, especially after exer tion ? Is lhere a soreness in tho kidney region ? These symptoms ind?calo weak kidneys; There ls danger in delay. Wenk kidneys fast gol weaker. Clive your trouble prompt, atten t ion. Donn's Kidney Pills aid. quickly, They strengthen weak kidneys. 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