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Men * Jtof kt Jtff* J B Cd 1 u 4 Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor. . • LJgflR UW BIFFED • New - York Child-Woman - n Statute Declared Illegal. * Mb — * INVASION OF BIGHTS e° D'dl.™, Judge Olmetead In Court Decision—-fcie Right to -Hlr# and Work Is’ Termed a Property 9 * Right. • The state-law of New York restrict. ^ lng the labor of women and chll^lrelP to ten hoursday and sixty hours a week in a factory, was declared Fri day by Justice Oknstead in a decis ion handed down , in the court of spe cial sessions in New York city to be “an unwarranted invasion-of const!-- tutional. rights.” The ruling wds concurred In by Jstice McKean and Justice Deuel. Judge Olmstcad declared that the law w-as class legislation. * Justice Olmstead said in his decis* ionc ‘ ^ “To labor and employ labor art inherent and inaiienable^rights of ou» citizens, and catrnot be taken awaj in ■fthole or in part unless upon ths broad ground of public good, which must be apparent, and cannot be pred icated upoif legislative dictum. ‘It may bo stated -as a well settled legal proposition that the* right to labor and contract loj- that labor is both a liberty and a property right; when therefore the legislature enacts a statute such as that under consid eration it must be admitted that it has infringed in the enactment the rights which are^^^clearly accord ed by the constit«irto*the individ ual citizen. “The people, therefore, are called upon to justify this invasion, and there is but one plea in justification; that the statute was enacted to pro tect the comfort, welfare and safety of the whole people, and the individ- . ual must suffer this curtailment of his grrnted rights in the interest of the common gcod. “In the case under' consideration the right of the employed and the right of the employer are equally in volved. Nothing to the contrary ap- ^ring it must be assumed that the was a willing worker for a sloyer—aad that the result wa^ mutually satisfactory and profit able. “The present constitution of the state of New York was adopted * in 1894, and became effective January 1, 1895. All of the rights which &dult women possessed at that time were -c^nfiimod by Ui U fleruniml» Bar (if PITIFUL TALE IS TOLD AIKEN. 8. C~ THURSDAY MOKNING. AUGUST !), 1906. SPICY TESTIMONY EstablisHed 1881. Price $1.50 a Tear, in Airacci'. By Alleged Lumber Camp “Slavee” Before United States Commissioner in Pensacola, Florida. tbose rights certainly w-as the right to contract for her labor and to work when and where she pleased without reference to the position of the hands of the dial of the clock. “It was not until four years after that the lawmaking pow-er sought to place the limitation under considera tion upo nthem. What w-as the leg islative intent in doing this? The at torney general finds and urges no other reason than that the general welfare cf the state demands that the progeny of women of the factories have mothers w-ith healthy bodices to the end that the state may have sturdy citizens. Does the state look merely to the children of the factory wpmeu for its future good citizens? Why should not the housewife, the woman who toils at home, in mercan tile houses, in offices, or she who toils not at all—the society woman— he exempt from legislative interfer ence, injunctive or mandatory, for the same reason? Some of them may be mothers of future citizens, and it should be of great interest to the state that their progeny should have birth and breeding to conserve its welfare.” The Investigation of peonage and slavery conditions at the 4fckson Lumber company camps at Lockhart, Ala.^^HHKHHB|^^scourt corn- Fla., FTiday^an^^^mcluded Friday night, and resulted in 4h e unearthing of a terrible state of affairs, if tho statements of the witnesses told upon the stajid are true. • Three of the men are held to the United States court for trial under heavy bond. They are Robert Galla gher, Superintendent; W. N. Grace and Oscar S. Dander, the two latter also employees of the company. Many wit nesses were examined and all testi fied directly or indirectly as to how men had been beaten and ill treated at the camps. The tlimax came when Manuel Jar- d^msi, a for#igner, % who had been brought frem New York, w-ith others, was placed on the stand. ^ So weak and exhausted that he could scarcely, hold himself In » seat, suffering from bruises over the body and burning up w-ith fever, he told his story. H« had been betRep with whips, struck in the face with clenched fists and kicked in the abdomen and lower portions of the body. lie could not speak English, but pointed out Gal lagher in the court room as the man who had inflicted most of the pun ishment. His story was told through an interpreter and so pitiable w-as his condition that whefl he concluded and could hardly leave the court room, a purse was taken up to place him in a hospital, and give him proper treatment. Frequently during the time he was on the stand he woulfi place his hands upon his stomach and through his interpreter signify that he was in pq^ from the kicks he had received. Mrs. Mary Paul Jones and Mrs. Gibson, ladies living near Laurel Hill, saw- .the men overtake a foreigner near their ’ houses with hounds and while one held him under cover with a revolver, another beat him unmer- cifuly with a whip. Brought Out at Investigation by Cotton Association. CHEATHAM ON THE RACK Representative Anderson Specifically Names Cheatham and Fairchild as Parties Referred to in His Speech Before the House. PRINT SHOP ^HAKE UP. Two Foremen Dismissed from the Government Printing Office. W. A. Miller, assistant foreman of bindery of the government printing office at Washington, who was sus pended by the public printer on July 21 for insubordination and insolence, was dismissed fron. the government service Friday. Miller's former sus- dre—ctrtr caTiuo—&& Coal Miners Gain Every Point. Coal miners and operators of the Coshocton, Ohio, field completed a settlement of the wage controversy Friday, the miners winning out on every point. The new scale adopted is exactly that of 1903. MUTINEERS NOW IN CHAINS. Russ Officials Succeed in Turning the Tables on Rebels. Advices from Hensingfors, Finlan i, state that one thousand of the muti neers are now in chains on Skatud- en Island. The missing number 650. A correspondent was permitted to look over the fortress of the main island as well as other fortifications overlooking the town. The scenes prove the truth of the statements pre viously cabled, that the mutineers had the upper hand in practically all the fortresses until the arrival of the war ships. ESCAPING CONVICT KILLED. Negroes Make Desperate Attempt to Vacate Chaingang Camp. In a mad rush of desperate prison ers to escape from the convict camp of the Palmer Brick company in At lanta at about 12 o’clock Friday night, one of the convicts, a negro named Hargrove, was shot and killed by Guard O. B. Jones, and another, Willis Harris also a negro, made his escape. IOWA GOVERNOR RENOMINATED. pension Tu President Roosevelt's order declaring the government printing office and all offices where workmen are employed by the government to be "open shops.” The public printer also dismissed Milo Shanks, foreman of the second typesetting division. The case of Shanks furnished the president an other opportunity to again express himself regarding the conduct of the government printery. Shanks had com plained to the president that he had not received fair treatment. Secretary IjOeb wrote Mr. Stillings that inas much as he Is charged with the ad ministrative details of the office, the president would not interfere with him In his efforts to put the govern ment printing office on an economical and efficient basis, or In securing proper discipline among the employ ees. “What the president expects,” says Secretary Loeb, “Is results and he will hold you responsible therefor. In the obtaining of results you will not be interfered with.” CONDITION OF FLEECY STAPLE. Average on July 25 Was 82.9 Accora- ing to Government Report. The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture at Wash ington in a bulletin issued at noon Friday finds from the reports of the agents of the bureau, that the a\cr- age condition of cotton on July 25 was S2.9, as compared with 83.3 on July 25, 1906; 74.9 on July 25, 1905; 91.6 at the corresponding dat«* In 1904, and a ten-year average of 82.4. The following table shows the coodi- Virginia .... .83 North Carolina . . 75 South Carolina . .72 <jeorgia • • • .74 Florida .... .72 Alabama . . . .83 Mississippi . . . .86 Louisiana . . . .88 Texas .86 Arkansas . . . .89 Tennessee .... .88 Missouri . . . .95 Oklahoma . . . .92 Indian Territory .85 END OF FRISCO STRIKE. Southern Pacific Grants Demands of Freight Handlers t The Southern Pacific company haa granted the demands of the freight handlers in the yards at Oakland, Cal., who went on -trike last week for more pay, but returned to work when the company promised to con sider thei/ wishes. The company agreed that men employed for more than sixty days shculd be paid 25 cents an hour and all new men 22 1-2 cents until they worked sixtv davs. Cummins Again Selected in Republi- can State Convention. I* * ^ Gbr. A. B. Cummins has been re- rommated py the republicans of Iowa, ihere were three names placed be- ■■e the convention, those of the gov- •or, George B. Perkins and S. W. Rthbun. The ballot resulted as fol- bws: Cummins, 93s; Perkins, 693; .athbun, 104. SPEED LIMIT FOR AUTOS. Georgia House Passes Bill to Regulate Their Running on Highways. By an overwhelming vote of 119 to 2, the Georgia house of representa tive Thursday passed a bill to reg ulate the running of all automobiles and other similarly propelled vehicles upon the public highways of tEeHtilTe. The measure conforms to the law of most of the northern states. At the Investigation in Atlanta Wed nesday of charges made by Rcpreseu- tativ# Anderson of Savannah against ofticcrs of the Southern Cotton A» sociation, the most sensawonal ev*’ dence was given at the afternoon se^ siou by Holland Curran, an employ# in a brokers’ company in the city. Mr. Curran got angry, he said, at the manner in which Secretary Rich ard Cheatham acted, and he proceed ed to tell "all he knew” about Mr. Cheatham's speculation in cotton. At one juncture, Mr. CViatham con tradicted Mr. Curran and the latter remarked that he “would see the gen tleman later out in the street.” Mr. Anderson made his statement In the morning, and after he had done so he proceeded to line up his wit nesses, the most important of whom was W. R. Fagan, local manager of a brokers’ firm. The room, which was an office of the Southern Cotton Association, was well filled all day. The committee was bent upon getting through as quickly as possible without slurring the Investigation, and three sessions were held during the day, just enough time being given for meals. The room was close and the committee, along with spectators and reporters, wet©' very much jaded and worn. The gist of the investigation was that Mr. Cheatham admitted buying cotton futures, but claimed the pur chases were made for a friend. Mr. Fairchild admitted he had bought stock In a bucket shop and claimed he was not a salarred officer ot the Southern Cotton Association. The meeting was called to order at 10 o’clock in the morning. The five committeemen were present as follows: M. J. Johnson of Cass Station, Ga.; chairman; W. L. Peek of Conyers, Ga.; W. K. Seymour of Montgomery, Ala.; J. P. Allison of Concord, N. C.; J. O. Smith of Marianna, Fla. The full testimony was taken down by President Jordan’s stenographer. Representative Anderson proceeded to give a history of the charges, and .made a statement about the. Boykin - an*;l-future bill which has passed the house and is now in the senate. Mr. Anderson was irfterrupted by tjie chairman, whio (suggested .that President Jordan be first heard from, as he had called the committee from the Southern Cotto., Association. President Jordan read what Mr. Anderson had said in the public prints and on the floor of the house as to the officers of the association buying cotton futures and having stock in a bucket shop. “I believe we should have a full and thorough investigation,” said President Jordan, “as the charges have been sown broadcast over the cotton belt.” Mr. Anderson replied by saying that he would lend all the assistance he could. The charges in Mr. Anderson’s speech before the legislature wei^e: First—That some one in the head quarters of the Sou**iern Cotton As sociation had been speculating in cot ton in the name of Mike CUGrady, and signing the checks or receipts for the money in an official capacity; and that some one in (here had been spec ulating In the name cf P. A. Lee. Second—That some official of the Southern Cotton Association had been connected with a bucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage com pany, and had held one eighth of Its stock, and that some one in the of fice of the Southern Cotton Associa tion had had the stock standing In his name. DOLLARS ARE ROLLING IN. Every Reoublican is Asked to Give Just That Much for Campaign. Congressman Sherman, who is the chairman of the republican congres sional committee, reached New York ing from their District Conference at from Utica Wednesday and formally got to work on the voluminous mail whi^n has accumulated since he ap pealed through the newspapers to ev er} republican voter to contribute to tne campaign fund. Mr. Sherman sail that the result of the appeal was extremely gratifying. TWC IMPORTANT MEASURES Passed by the Georgia State Senate at Thursday's Session. The Georgia senate Thursday pass ed bills fer the election of railroad commissioners by the people and for the lease of the Western and Atlantic railroad for sixty years at |60,000 per month. The bill for the election of railroad commissioners by the people was passed by a vote of 31 to 7. The senate immediately transmitted the bill to the house. GIGANTIC STRIKE IS ON. Host of Workingmen In St. Petersburg Quitting Their Jobs. ^ general strike was formaly or dered to begin In St. Petersburg Sat urday at noon and as a preliminary tbe men employed in a dozen estan- lishments went out at noon Friday The strike affects 150,000 men, in cluding Che employees of the electric lighting plants. “FOES OF THE NEGRO.” Scored by Atlanta Colored Bishop at Meeting of Negro Young People’s Congress in Washington. The Negro Young People’s Chris tian Educational Congress, having for its object the educational and moral uplifting of the race, began a five- day’s session in Washington, D. C., Tuesday, with several thousand del egates In attendance, representing ev ery state in the union, some coming from foreign lands. The first day’s scssio w-as devoted to addresses of welcome ^nd speechmaking, Bishop W. J. Gaines of Atlanta and Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte being the prin cipal speakers. Taking up the question of the at titude of the whites toward the ne groes, Bishop Gaines said: “We have had to submit to the aw ful humiliation arising from separate car laws on both railroads and trol ley lines, but we must not be dis couraged. The mob laws, the hang ings and the burning at the stake of negroes in many southern states, though most terrible to reflect upon, must not darken our minds so that we despair. “I have said we have made great progress, though we still have * giant burden of ignorance and law lessness to carry and to endeavor to destroy as we move upward. “Yet I find I can thank God that though we have so many enemies we are not without friends. I must soy that we could not stay in this country if it were not for our white friends and their strength of char acter.” Bishop Gaines then specifically named as avowed enemies of the ne gro Senator Tillman of (South Caro lina, Governor Vardaman of Missis sippi, Governor Jeffersoji Davis of Arkansas, Thomas Dixon of New York and John Temple Graves of Georgia. Secretary Bonaparte spoke on “The Future of the Negro Race in Amer ica.” He said that the part it would play in civilization was a question no less difficult than Interesting. Secretary Bonaparte declared that the negro race was the only one which has ever been able to live with white people. NEPHEW TO CONTEST WILL. Relative of Russell Sage Says He Will Contest Document. James H. Sage, nephew of the late Russell Sage, declared Tuesday in Troy, N. Y., that the will of the late millionaire would be contested. “I have made up my mind to got that which I am entitled to as a blood relative of Russell Sage,’ he said. TO EXPLOIT CUBAN LANDS Big Syndicate is Incorporated in New York with $3,000,000 Capital. The Cuban Investing Corporation ot New York, which will conduct a gen eral agricultural and manufacturing business In Cuba, has been Incorpo rated with a capital of $3,000,000. The directors of record include E. C. Fos- burgh, H. M. Kerr, L. W. Shelton, C. H- Kayler, W. W. Dey, Jr., Norfolk, Va.; R. J. Camp, Franklin Va., and O. T. Ladson, Atlanta, Ga. WONT PAY FRISCO LOSSES. Trans-Atlantic Company Turns Down Claims for Millions. A San Francisco dispatch says: The Trans-Atlantic Fire Insurance Compa ny of Hamburg, Germany, has re fused to pay San Francisco insurance claims approximating $4,000,000. A statement to that effect was given out by the local official of the company. CZAR VIEWS BATTLE Gory Conflict Raged Near Palace of Russ Autocrat. IS PREPARED TO << SKID00 ,, Rebels Were Finally Subdued, But Battle Caused Wild Panic Among Czar’s Household—'Situation at Other Points BULLETS RIDDLE RAVISHER. — 1 —*3 '' Mob Makes Quick Work With Negro Who Assaulted White Girl. Annie I auric Poole, a 14-year-old girl, was the victim of a brutal as sault by a negro Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock near her home in the sub urbs of Atlanta, the negro being run to earth by maddened men, who shot him to death the moment he was identified by the young girl he had wronged. — ' > As unexpected as was the outrage, was the vengeance taken by the friends and neighbors of the little girl. The negro was captured and brought to her home for Identification. The moment she saw him she clap, ped her bands and cried “That’s him,” and hardly a second intervened between her words and the sharp, deafening reports of over thirty re volvers which sent hurtling lead Into his body, one of the bullets striking the hand of one of the men holding the prisoner. The young girl had left her home, as she had many times before, on a mission to a near neighbor's to pur chase some vegetables. She stopped in the field on the way to pick some cantaloupes, when a ne gro suddenly emerged from shrub bery on the edge of the road an,1 before the girl had time to realize his motives he had her by the throat, and brandishing a huge oak stick, salil that he would kill her if she screamed. Despite her screams the negro boldly caught hold of her hair and dragged her across a space of 40 feet to tho woods, the girl plucklly putting up a brave fight until she became unconscious. A small negro boy w-ho happened to be walking along the road was attracted by her cries, and running to the residence near by notified the family. The news of the crime spread like wild fire, and in a few minutes the whole neighborhood was in arms, and in pursuit of the assailant. The girl was found on the edge of the road un conscious and the ground around for many yards was torn up in such a way as would indicate a terrific strug gle. A St. Petersburg special says: Foj six hours Wednesday night, within sight of the czar’s palace, wherein the czar was preparing to flee, there raged the most desperate battle of the revolution. The sailors of the twenUieth and other equipages, to gether with the sappers and miners and other units, managed to useape the surveillance of the guard and oth er regiments which were stationed at the barracks and revolted. The rebels, however, were finally crushed. When the firing began there ensued a wild panio In the imperial palace at Peterhof, as the palace lies under the guns of the fortress. All prepara tions had been made in advance to flte to Tsarskoe-Seloe, but the report afloat during the afternoon that the emperor and his family actually had fled in the middle of the night, was de nied later at the chancellory of the imperial household. It was explained, however, that on account of “dampness” at Peterhof arrangements had been made for the return of the imperial family to Tsars- koe-Seloe. The cruiser Asia has revolted and the mutineers are sailing towards Sveaborg. Mutinies have been planned at Ri gan and Libau. Although mutinies at Sveaborg have been ended and the one at Cron- stadt has- been practically put down, the outlook Is still black. The revo lution sts, whose hands were sudden ly forced by the premature rising at Sveaborg, aparently are undaunted at these initial reverses and Intend to persist in their programme of calling a general strike. »»» One of the leaders of the revolu tionists with whom the Associated Press correspondent spent some time boasted that the word had gone forth and that the fire of revolt would spread to the corners of the empire. His closing words to the corespond ent were “Now watch Reval, Riga and Libau.” In the Sveaborg mutiny seven com panies of artllery were concerned, of »he fortress steamers, the Vie- troll, Puskar, Rabotschi, Imgeffire Mars were In the hands of the muti- neers, v hile the Bomba Opit and Sveaborg remained loyal. The Opit was furiously bombarded by the mutineers, and they threatend to sink the Bomba at the first oppor tunity, even if she hoisted the red flag. During the Skatudden island mu tiny, only one, the Finn, of six v es- sels stationed In the north harbor fired on the marine barracks occu pied by the mutineers. The others re mained passive. Martial law has been proclaimed at Cronstadt and In the Donete basin, the center of the mining and smelting district. NORTHERN NEGROES ADVISED. Delegate from south Calls Down Racs problem Agitators. Before the Negro Young People’s ducational Congress at Washington, Thursday, A. J. Cobb, of Barnesville, Ga.. in an address said: “You nqgroes in the north let the southern negro alone. He can take care of himself. He is a friend of the white man and the white man a friend of his. You discuss racial prob lems, never forgetting to bring the white man in. Let him alone. Stop an- tagonizing him and mind my words, he’ll be your friend. Why, down south I have actually forgotten that I was a black man until I looked into the looking-glass.” NEW LEASE FOR RAWLINGS. Georgia State Attorney Hart Saye Speer Acted Within the Law. According to the opinion of Attor ney General Hart of Georgia, render ed to Governor Joseph Terrell, -Wed nesday, Judge Emory Speer acted within the law in granting a stay of execution in the case of J. G. Raw- lines, and the action of the federal court judge must be respected, thus giving Rawlings a lease on life un til the appeal of his attorney to thd United States supreme court is de cided. FROM MOB TO SCAFFOLD. Negro Executed Legally In Kentucky in Space of Fifty Minutes. The hanging of Allen Mathis, the negro who criminally assaulted Miss Ethel McClain, took place at Mayfield, Ky., at 8 o’clock Tuesday night In a legal manner In the yard of the county jail. Fully ten thousand peo ple were on the scene, but only a few hundred could see the execution. It was only fifty minutes from the time the jury was sworn in until the negro -xas pronounced dead. Tho petit jury is not an entirely ideal tribunal for the settlement of criminal responsibility, and the pro tection of society, observ-cs the New York Globe, but it is certainly far more likely to attain the ends of jus tice when the evi.l°nce is put before it in strict legal foru. ?.t the proper time and place, than when presented through the newspapers with the vari ous garnishings inseparable from this organ of publicity. ^ A A A A Palmetto Stale News; T nJUIT ■. DIBBLE, JAMBS FBWBLL, President. Tie# President. W. W. MUt'KfcNFlT*«, Cashier. I ' -rv»**»***» » •- Selected Charleston Teacher. The Atlanta boarc. of education un- ' tnimously decided upon the selection | of Miss Elizabeth Getz of Charles- ' ton to succeed Professor Utterback, resigned, as supervisor of drawing and manual art in the public schools of that city. Miss Getz is conceded to be one of the most efficient instruc tors in tho country, and is said to be eminently qualified to assume the . duties of the office to which she has just been elected. * * * Mill Elects Jennings President. At (lie recent meeting of the stoi k- ! holders of the Beaumont Manufactur ing Company, held in Spartanburg, ' for the purpose of electing a presi dent to succeed the late James II ! Sloan, D. L. Jennings was chosen He has been connected with the man- ' agement of the mill for a number of ! years and is thoroughly familiar with j the affairs of the company. The selec tion is considered a wise one and the business cf the mill will go on in its successful course. The Bank of Aiken, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. o&t; W. J. RUTHERFORD & DEALERS nr BRICK. LIME, PORTLAND AND ROSINDALE CEMENT. PLASTER HAIR AND LATHS READ! ROOFING ETC. Corner of ffaoiiiaftoa aid lopaoldl Street*. LCULMtA, • - • d«OX**l J* To Probe Whipping of Woman. The alleged whipping of Mrs. Ha- burn, which is said to have been near the Spartanburg-Union line, is being investigated, and it is probable that arrests will be made. Solicitor Seasc has instructed Magistrate Hogan of Union to proceed and issue war rants which he may deem proper af ter investigation. Just at present, however, no one seems willing to sign the warrants, but it is expected that this step will be taken by some one residing in the vicinity where the outrage was com mitted. Theater At Auction. The opera house building at Spar tanburg will be sole, «n October 1st, to the highest bidder, with an upset price of $10,000, this being the effect of a resolution passed by the city council of that city. The building will be dismantled and a portion of the site will be devoted to the straightening of Main street. The council also accepted the propo sition of the C. anf? W. C. railroad, of $5,500 for the colored cemetery, near its depot. The railroad company will defray expenses incident to the removal and re-interment of the bodies and provide another cemetery. The money will be placed on deposit and tho interest used in keeping the new cemetery in repair and good or der. Unique Booze Advertisement. In the middle of his recent speech in Laurens, Senator Tillman stopped and took from his hand satchel a small cardboard fan, on which ap peared the picture of himself and Chicco, the famous Italian “blind tiger” of Charleston. “Tillinan-Chicco’’ appeared at the top of the fan and just below the two men's photographs “The Deter mined” is printed in bold type, ad vertising the famous Chicco's bar, ad vertising beer and whiskey for sale by the chief of blind tigers. Senator Tillman showed the fan to the crowd, explaining that it had been sent to him by a newspaper man, who said that the fans were freely distributed among the press associa tion at its meeting. The senator declared that he was going ;« send the fan to Governor Heyward, and dismissed the subject by saying it was a gross insult to him and bis high office, linking his name with a blind tiger advertising scheme, and severely criticising the governor for not enforcing the dispensary law in Chaileston. Agent. Fire, Lila, Cycloi Aooident Insurance, -AND AIKEN. S. C. STONE! STONE!! Eatiinata* given and order* prompt .ly filled for atreet curbings, and oroas inga, flower bed borders, sidewalks ir, blocks, hitching posts, door and ter race steps, door and window sills cemetery lot copings, rough anr dressed ashlers for fronts of build Ing*, hearth stones, eto. Lake Tier stone a specialty. Stem# *rom othei 'merries if preferred. H. K. OHATFIKLD, Aiken, 9. Q. fraction of six inches, but it. has been enough to keep the ground wet and prevent grass killing. This is parti cularly noticeable on heavy lands. On the other hand, growers on sandy lanl are complaining of the weed “firing.” Estimates on the condition of tho ^cotton crop vary greatly when givy~i from 50 to 75, aco-rding to locali ties, but there is less variation in the estimate of state yield. Allowing for improved conditions from this time •forward, it is believed 850,000 bales will be produced—it may not exceed 800,000. If the former estimate is correct the reduction compared with last year’s crop wi!,l lie 200,000 bales. At this time that looks like a con servative estimate for South Caro lina. Except in low lands and heavx soils, the conditions that have mill tated against cotton have benefited corn, and the prospects are that tho habit of buying western corn will be broken on many farms next wintei. Tho Williamson method of corn grow ing is being given a thorough test in thi.-> stale. It promises well and if successful will be generally adopi- ed and take South Carolina out ol the column of corn buying stales. The main features of this method arc starving the corn stalk and feasting the ear. the fnrtili/.ftr being applied iato in the growing period. Excessive rains ha'o been injurious to (be truif, particularly peaches, and have also afflicted the quality of wa termelons. Loilarfl Iroi forts B59B55S5 t.f Augusta, Ga. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather ana Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters aud Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power plant* and ateel bridges, store front*. • DON’T FAIL TO WRITE US BEFORE BUYING. .. rmjwDED ii Truck Growers Happy. The past truck season was the larg est and probably the most successful that the farmers about Charleston have had. The profits above expenses of making and marketing aggregated $1,297,000. The acreage tinder eulti- vation was 24,200, and the largest net profit per acre was $53, as against a normal profit of about $30. The net returns to the farmers of this section from their produce during the past year were $3,717,000, and the cost of making the crop $2,420,000, practi cally all of which was spent in Charleston. | A comparison of business this year with the average of the past five years makes an interesting showing. The average number of acres under I cultivation for five years was 26.400, against 24,000 for this year; value of product, $2,787,000, against $3,717-' 000; cost of making, $2,112,000, against $2,420,000; net profits, $675,000, against $2,420,000, and profit per acre, | $25, against $53 for this season. Tho greatest of the crops was the cab bage. which returned nearly one and a half million dollars from 6,6'»0 acres, producing 1,180,000 crates. As a pro fitable crop, Irish or white potatoes came next, with a return of $864,000; cucumbers, $562,000; beans, $275,000: strawberries, $135,000; asparagus, | $105,000; green peas, $50,000; sweet potatoes, $10,000, and other vegeta bles, $300,000. DEAN OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ’•Major” Osborn of St. Louis Cele brates Eightieth Birthday. Charles Jones Osborn, tho St. Louis c ;rrescpondent of the Associat ed Press from 1855 to 1902, marking a continuous service of forty-seven years and entitling him to the dis tinction of dean of the Associated Press, celebrated his e’ghtieth birth day Tuesday. Mr. Osborn, who is familiarly known throughout the ser vice as “major,” an honorary title, re tired from active work four years ago, but is still affiliated with the Ht. Lous office in an advisory capacity. Southern tin Richmond, Va., -O- THE OLDEST PROTESTANT EPIS COPAL CHURCH paper in the Uni ted State?. All important diocesan * and foreign news. Religious miscel lany and interesting and Instructive family and children’s departments. $2 a year; $1 for 6 months; 50 cents for 3 months. Trial subscriptions 25 cents for 3 months. To clergy men $1.00 a year. Disease and Health Farmers Blue Over the Outlook. A Columbia news item says: South Carolina cotton growers are blue. The showers that began six weeks ago con tinue. There is an occasional dry day, but as frequently a general rain. In July there has not been one cloudless day, and latterly the nights have been too cool for cotton. Con sidering the frequency of the rains, little water has fallen, the excess over normal in six weeks being within a BLOODSHED AT AN ELECTION. Two Men Lose Lives in Row at Polls in Memphis. One man was killed, another fatally wounded and a third injured in a duel in a polling place at Memphis, Tenn., within a few- minutes after the polls closed Thursday afternoon. J. G. 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