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-"l?'S Salicy JY ESTABLISH State g TAFT'S VOTE in Georgia Is Twelve Per Cent Under the Average OF REPUBLICAN VOTE The Republican Leaders Are Badly Disappointed?Georgia Still Solid ly Democratic?A Careful Analysis of the Returns Shows Some Very Interesting Facts. Atlanta,' Nov. 9.?The Journal, -which is a staunch Democratic paper, and one of the best newspapers in Georgia, 3ays the vote polled by ' President-elect William H. Taft in last Tuesday's election ? in Georgi t -was not the record-breaking Repub lican vote received by a G. O. P. candidate in the Empire State of the "Solid South," although an im pression to this effect has been gath ered by many people. Mr. Taft's vote exceeded by several thousand the vote polled by Presi dent Roosevelt four years ago, it is true, but the Republican vote in Georgia last Tuesday was far below the average for the nine preceeding presidential elections?from 1872 to .1904. The average Republican vote its Georgia for the period indicated was 47.123)5, so that Mr. Taft's vote was 5,831.5 under the average, or about 12 per cent. That the Republican vote in the State was a disappointment to tlm party leaders will be better appre ciated when' it is recalled that State Chairman Clark Grier, of Dublin, estimated that Mr. Taft would re ceive at least 60,000 votes in Geor gia. He also placed Mr. Watson's vote at 35,000, so it appears he was wrong in both instances. He over estimated the Republican strength by about 33 per cent, and the Btrength of the Republicans' ally a-' nearly 50 per cent. In cpnnaction with Chairman G-rier's estimate it is interesting to note that in the county of Laurens, where he lives, Mr. i Taft received ? only 73 votes. 'President Roosevelt, four years ago, pelled 390 votes in Laurens county, and eight years ago Mr. McKinley received in the same county 395 votes. The heavy Republican loss in Chairman Grier's home county prob ably accounts for his unfounded pre-election estimate as to the State. The reason was so many people have been mislead into believing that Taft's vote in Georgia was abnormal for a Repubican is capable fo two explanations, either of which is log ical. It is probable that, the two together have served to deceive many people. In the first place, the Democratic vote was particularly light, which is explained by lack of interest, not by the number of Democrats who turned their coats. This assertion will be more fully developed later. In the second place, the Repub lican vote in 1900 and 1904 was un usually small, even for Georgia. In 1900, Mr. McKinley received only 3^5,035 votes, and, in 1904 Mr. Roosevelt's vote was only 24,003. But in 1896 Mr. McKinley polled 60,091 votes against Mr. Bryan's 94,232, and the Democratic plurality was only 34,141. Now consider the comparative votes of Bryan and Taft last Tuesday. Bryan received 78,739. Taft received 41,292. Bryan's (the Democrat's) plurality over Taft was 32,447 votes. Thus is is observed that Bryan's plurality in Georgia this year w'.s only 1,694 votes, less than it was when he first appeared in the arena as leader of the Democratic forces ?and this, in spite of the misrep resentations of Thomas E. Watson, and the further fact that Hearst's party was actively in the field in Georgia, attempting to break down the Democratic party. i The Republicans, however, made a decided gain in the number of counties they carried this year. In 1900 and 1904 the Republicans car ried 11 counties. This year they captured 27 counties. Appling county, carried this year by Mr. Taft, serves to develop an interesting poiat, w(h|ch explains this seeming inroad upon the Demo crats. Mr. Taft received 250 votes in Appling county, giving him a plu rality of one vote over Mr. Bryan. In 1904 Mr. Roosevelt polled 237 votes by Mr. Parker, the Democratic candidate, by a plurality of 117 votes. He polled 354 votes. In 1900 Mr. McKinley, in the same county, polled 446 votes, yet Mr. Bryan, then the candidate, had a plurality of 31, receiving 4 47 votes. Appling county serves, then, to strengthen the assertion that the Democrats, for want of interest, did not vote. Mr. Taft carried the coun ty, although he received 196 fewer votes than did Mr. McKinley In 1900, and only 13 more than did Roosevelt in 1904, and neither of them car ried the county. And what is true of Appling coun ty appears also to be true of many other counties carried by Mr.. Taft. He received practically the nominal Republican vote, yet carried the counties because of the failure of the Democrats to vote. ? A WOMAN SWINDLER OBTAINS SECURITIES BY MEANS OP WORTHLESS CHECK. Brokers Who Sold Her the Bonds Do Not Care to Prosecute and Woman Goes Away. With $20,000 in bonds which she is said to have obtained from the firm of Babcock, Rushton & Louder back, bond dealers in the Rookery building, Chicago, a woman known as Alice Cheney Brown was arrested a few nights ago at the union depot In that city and made to return the securities. She had a ticket for Denver and was aboard the tram waiting for its departure when De tective Frank Repetto found her prepa^ng. to retire for the night. Repetto's instructions from the brokers were not to detain the wo man if she restored the $20,000 worth of bonds. This she readily assented to, and she took them from a handbag on the seat beside her. The woman had also passed a worthless check, it is charged, for $63 on the management of the Con gress Hotel Company. Detective Kepetto, who Is employed by the hotel company, had this little score to settle with the woman. She made good the amount of the check and was allowed to go her way. The method by which the woman ,] obtained the bonds was by passing 1 a worthless check on the brokers for $19,720. Soon after the transaction Orville E. Babcock, one of the firm became suspicious of the genuineness ' of the check and telegraphed to the ' Farmers Loan and Trust Company, of New York, en which bank it was dnawn. Ap answer was received that the woman, purporting to be Alice Cheney Brown had no account with the Farmers Loan and Trust. It was 1 known to the brokers' firm that Mrs. ' Brown was staying at the Annex, and a messenger was sent there to find her. At the hotel it was learned that the woman had paid her bill 1 and left. She had paid with a check on the Farmers Loan and Trust Com pany and had ordered a carriage to take her to the LaSalle station. Major Southgate of the Annex ? examined the check passed on the hotel, and inasmuch as the check on the brokerage firm was wothless, he declared that the smaller one was worthless also. Detective Reptetto was called in, and-with Mr. Babcock went to the municipal court where a warrant was sworn out chargiug 1 the woman with operating a con ! fidence game. The cabman who drove the woman from the Annex was found, and he ' said she discharged him at the La Salle street station. It was learned that a woman answering the descrip tion of Mrs. Brown had engaged another cabman and that he drove her to the Northwestern depot. Af ter discharging the second cabman she entered a third vehicle and was driven to the union depot. In the baggage room it was dis covered that the woman had checked a suit case to Denver, presenting her railroad ticket at the time. The Burlington train for Denver did not leave Chicago until 11:30 o'clock and Repetto remained in the depot until a short time of its departure. How the woman got past him and aboard the train without being seen is a mystery to the detective. When questioned on tha*t point by Repetto she looked out of the car window and laughed. At first Mrs. Brown pleaded for the leniency, asking that she be per mitted to pay, the hotel bill and con tinue on her trip to Denver. The detective agreed to accept the $63 for the hotel bill and she paid him in cash. Then she turned over the bonds. When she did so she to:! amid sobs that she had planned to obtain the bonds so she' could get funds to aid a brother who is under arrest in the East for some offense. The securities were turned over later to Mr. Babcock, who was wait ing for Repetto at the Annex. Mr. Babcock said the firm would make no effort to prosecute Mrs. Brown. The bonds were twenty in number, of $1,000 each. They are first mort gage 5 per cent bonds of the Madi son River Power Company. Mrs. "Brown" went to the Annex last Thursday. She registered as "Mrs. Frank E. Brown, New York." The day following her arrest she called on Babcock, Rushton & Loud erback witn letter, presumably forged, purporting to be from a New York broker. Negotiations were be gun for the purchase of the bondt,, but the deal was not closed until Wednesday. It was learned after the Denver train had departed that Mrs. Brown got through the station without be ing seen by Repetto by a clever ruse. Outside the station she saw a tired woman holding a baby und engaged her in conversation. Without arous ing the woman's suspicion she induc ed her to let Mrs. Brown hold her baby and then accompanied the child and its new friend to the train. In passing through the depot Mrs Brown was seemingly intent on the child, and as she was not supposed have a baby passed unnoticed. * Governor Threatened. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 5.?The stand taken by Governor Patterson in his attempt to suppress recent night rider outrages in Lake county and other sections of the State has been followed by several anonymous threatening letters to the goveronr but they are causing him little, wor um OBANGEBTJBC THE CRUEL CLAN That Tennessee's Military Power is Now Rounding Up. ? ? ? ?* IT SWORE ITS OATHS In Dripping Blood, Enforced Its Orders With Torture and Wanton Murder, and Lived Up to Its, Mot to, "Dead Men Tell No. Tales," En forcing Without Mercy. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 7.?Dead men tell no tales. Neither do the oath-bound mem bers of the dread Night Rider clan, men who took their obligation in the wild forests around Reelfoot lake and signed their names in dripping blood, while about them the stillness fit a night as dark as Erebus was bro ken only by the weird scream of the heron or the loud too-hoo of the swamp owl. But the terrible secrets of this fierce clan are being given up?and I by the living. Lips that have been sealed through fear of death, through fear of the silent riding ' band of masked men and horses with muffled feet; Hps that have feared the oaths, the threats of the mid night assassin, the noose, the swing of death. The bloody rule of the night riders was enforced by torture and wanton murder. It was unchallenged while the sufferers were residents of the wooded country surrounding the lake. It promises now to be broken by the power of the State backed by the flashing bayonets of the nat ional guard. Crimes local in their character had been safe. When the red-handed outlaws lynched Captain Quintin Rankin and attempted to kill Col onel R. Z. Taylor they awakened the law-respecting sentiment of the State and brouight their leaders to the shadow of the gallows. "Thank God, I,can talk at last; and I will," was the cry of a mother in the Reelfoot lake country when I she beheld the soldiers and realized that law was to supersede the rule [of murder. She was the mother of a lad who had been forced to join in a raid to Hickman, Ky., where a family of negroes was wiped out by the night riders. This boy, who went unwil lingly, never returned, and after the soldiers arrived a story leaked out of a newly made grave in the woods. A sweet-faced girl, wearing black in memory of the lover who lay in the grave, came to camp and the secret of that raid was revealed. "Tid" Burton, who was induced to turn State's evidence, is a hunter and fisherman. For hours he was silent and defiant, but the temptation of the promised reward of $10,000 and a feeling pf safety inspired by the presence of the soldiers won him over to the side of the State. He re vealed the secrets of the night rid ing clan, and this and other informa tion gained by the authorities his resulted in the arrest of 100 men. Governor M. R. Patterson, who is personally directing the work, be lieves that the ring-laaders are among the prisoners,, and that the blood of Captain Rankin will be avanged. Tom Johnson, who is 3aid to be the captain of the night riders, is one of those taken into custody. He has maintained a dogged silence. His time is spent in pacing the nar row confines of his cell, while he gazes furtively and longingly toward the recesses of the forest. While the grand jury investigation is held secretly as possible, 'it is said ;that the constitution and by-laws of the Night Riders clan have been offered in evidence. The penalty for betrayal of the obligations Imposed by the ritual is death. The names of members are signed with their own blood. The clan decreed that members should not employ negroes after June, 1909, that banks should not exact over 6 per cent interest on loans, that merchants should not make over 10 per cent profit, and that cotton and other commodities should not bring less than a certain figure. Many of the men who have set tled on the lake are said to have left for other regions between two suns. In fact, at Reelfoot, as in the Pan handle of T-^xas, it is said to be "bad form" to ask some peopile where they came from, a breech of etiquet that will be promptly resented. Crack shots, men who know not the sense of fear, men convinced thit others of means were depriving them of their just right to make a living? of such are the night riders of Reel foot. It is believed that prompt and ef fective action by Tennessee will tend to stamp out the scourge of night riding that has spread from Kentucky over a wide area of the South. * Hand Cut off. Jonesville, Nov. 5.?Mr. Ed Little john, a prominent planter of this section, suffered a serious injury Monday morning, his hand being caught in the machinery of a gin and severed from his arm. When the accident happened Mr. Little John was attempting to remove lint! cotton from a gin. i, S. C*. TUESDAY. NOVI GETS FIFTEEN YEARS TWO RICH BANKERS CONVICTED OP FRAUD. Former Ice King and Steamship Pro moter Will Serve Term in the Federal Penitentiary. New York. Nov. 6.?Charles W. Morse, one time "ice king," "steam ship king" and a controlling force in a long string of hanks in this city, whose personal fortune a little more than a year ago, was estimated at more than $22,000,000 and Alfred H. Curtis, former president of the National Bank of North America, spent last night in a cell in the Tombs prison. They were convicted yesterday in the United States court of viola tions of the national banking laws in connection with their conduct of the National Bank of North America, of which Morse also was an office'. Today, when they arose, simulta neously with hundreds of others in the grim city prison they faced the possibility of many years behind the iron grated doors. This morning they arose with the other prisoners, and partook of the regulation prison breakfast. Morse was sentenced today to fif teen years' imprisonment by Judge Hough in the Federal court. Sen tence on Curtis was suspended. The sentence on Morse was on the verdict of guilty of the misappropria tion of the funds of the National Bank of North America and making false entries in the books of that bank. It is understood that the Atlanta Federal prison will be where Morse will be confined, If he goes to prison. A stay of ten days in the execution of Morse's sentence was ' granted, and it is expected that appeal will be taken immediately; The scene in the court room when sentence was passed was dramatic. The wives of the two defendants were present early, but it was the husbands and not the wives who nroved comforters. Morse sat like a stoic when he heard the words con demning him to prison but the strain was too great for the women. Mrs. Morse collapsed and ?ntill sobbing was taken to an anteroom, where a moment later her husband held her in his arms and sought to con role her. Mrs. Curtis fainted. After granting clemency to the case of Curtis. Judge Hough said: "In the case of Morse there is little to be said. As in all bank fraud cases, criminal legality is only a part of the larger general scheme. In this case it was to use the bank and the depositors' money for specula tive purposes. If such schemes Were permitted to be carried out the pub lic would be at the mercy of a band of adventurers. Therefore I sentence you to fifteen years in the Federal prison at Atlantk. Pending action on the appeal Morse was paroled in the custody of the United States marshal. Morse was taken to the Tombs this afternoon and its was announced that no application for release on bond would be made today. * CAR KILLS SMALL BOY. Mangled Body Found on Brake Beams by Motorman. New York, Nov. 5.?Carrying on its brake-beam3 the mangled body of small boy, a trolley car ran for more than three miles along Second ave nue last night without the motor man knowing that he had ever hit. much less killed a persoD. The motorman told the police when he was arrested, charged with homicide, that he remembered a bumping of the car at 99th street, but gave it very little attention. At 96th street the bumping was repeat ed several times. At 46th street the car stopped and the motorman crawled under it to see what was the matter with the motor. He was horrified to discover the horribly mangled body of a boy apparently about nine years old. He collapsed and was assisted from under the car by the conduc tor. The car was filled and when the passengers found out what caused the delay several women fainted. It is thought that the boy was Salvator Canrplope, although the body was so badly mangled as to make Identification, except by the clothing an impsoslbility. Another child of the same family was killed by a trolley car three years ago. * TYPHOID AT WINTHROP, t Several Cases Have Developed so Far Up There. Rock Hill. Nov. 8.?Prof. James I. Kinard, acting p-esldent of Win throp college, made the following statement today: "Two of the suspected cases of fever at Winthrop have been pro nounced typhoid. This makes in the infirmary today six cases of typhoid fever. There are also in the infirm ary nine suspected cases I reported vesterday one additional suspected case, but in sonv* way th* correspon dent from Rock Hill failed to ?et word "additional' Dr. Boyd reports that the slok girls are doing well. Miss Nellie Ray, who has been very ill, is better today." ? t 2MB ER 10, 1908. BRYAN TALKS HeSayc He Has Faith That Dem / ocratic Principles WILL PREVAIL YET And Private Monopolies Be Abol ished?He Says "It Is For the Peo ple to Decide What They Wont"? He Did All in His Power to Bring Success to the Democracy. At Lincoln, Neb., Wm. J. Bryan last Thursday gave out tbe following statement. "The election has gone against us by a decisive majority. The returns are not all in and it is impossible at the present time to analyze them or to pay what causes contributed most to the Republican victory. "We made our fight upon a plat form which embodied what we be lieved to be good for the American people, but it is for the people them selves to decide what laws they de sire and what methods of govern ment they prefer. I have faith that the publicity which we asked for will yet commend itself to the American people, that the electiop of Senators by the people will be secured, that the iniquities of the trusts will arouse an opposition that will re sult in the elimination of the prin ciples of the private monopoly. 1 a confident that the people will see the necessity for the labor legisla tion and the tariff reduction which our platform demanded. I am con fident, too, that the educational work done in this campaign will re sult in securing greater protection to hank depositors. "The above are tbe most promi nent reforms for which we labored, and I believe that these reforms will yet come together with more ef fective regulation of railroads and independence for the Philipinos. "I desire to commend the work of our national committee. I am entirely satisfied with Mr. Mack as the chairman and with the members of the committee. I do not see how they cou'd have done more than they did, and as for myself, I put forth every effort in my power to secure victory for our cause. ? "The nomlnatlqn came from the hands of the voters. I have obeyec their command and have led as bei: I could. Words will not express mv gratitude for the willingness of the Democrats during the past twelve years. Neither am I able to ade quately express my appreciation for the kind words which have been spoken since the election. If J could regard the defeat as purely a personal one I would consider iL a blessing rather than a misfortune, for I am relieved of the burdens and responsibilities of an office that is attractive only in proportion as it gives an opportunity to render a large public service. But I shall serve as willingly in a private cap acity as in a public one. God does not require great things of us. He only requires that we improve the opportunities that is presented, and I shall be glad to improve the opportu nities for service presented by pri vate life. "In this hour of national defeat I find some consolation in the cordial support given by my neighbors, by the citizens of Lincoln and by the people of the State of Nebraska. With a Democratic Governor and a Democratic Legislature we shall be able to put into practice so much of the Denver platform as relates to State legislation, and I trust that | our State will set an example that will be an influence for good in the nation." ? NINE MEN KILLED. Seven Other ItalUon Laborers Were Buried Under Rocks. Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 5.?As a result of a premature explosion of dynamite, nine laborers, all Italians, who were working in a deep cut north of Dryden on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad company's lines, were killed today. Three of the men were rescued badly injured, but two of them subsequently died. Sevca other laborers are still buried under the rocks. A report from Ingoln states that another premature explosion north of there on the Grand Trunk construc tion work killed three other men. * Whole Family Perish. Swan Lake, Manitoba. Nov ? The home of E. W. Carey, a farmer, living a few miles south of hero, was destroyed by fire today and Mrs. Carey, five children and Miss Gilles pie. a young school teacher who was staying over night with the family, perished in the flames. Carey was badly Injured and cannot recover. The fire was caused by Carey light ing the kitchen stove with coal oil.* I Run Down by Car. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 5.?Mr. and Mrs. T. J. LIpscomb, Jr., and Mrs. T. J. LIpscomb, Sr., were seriously injured by a street car colliding with a carriage in which they were rid ing late tonight. The party had just returned from Newberry, where the funeral of the elder Mrs. Lip scomb's husband took place this SOME FAIR TALK FROM PRESIDENT ELECT WIL. LI AM H. TAFT. But We Fear It Will Amount to Nothing Practically WTien He Be comes President. Cincinnati, O., November 5.? Speaking to the Cincinnati Commer vial Club, where he has been a mem ber for fourteen years, William How ard Taft tonighc sounded the keynote of prosperity for the county for the next four years. "Every business man who is obey ing the law may go ahead with ail the energy in his possession, e/ery enterprise which is within the stat utes may proceed without fear of in terference from the Administration when acting legally, but all interests within the jurisdiction of the Fed eral Government may expect a rigid enforcement of the laws against dis honest methods," was the keynote of what Mr. Taft said. The speech which Mr. Taft de livered here tonight created a pro found impression among the business men of the city who are members I of the club. The speech was pre ceded by expressions of friendship and neighborly felicitation on the (part of the distinguished guest, and I was responded to with the greatest enthusiasm. "Seriously," Judge Taft declared, "the indications are already -appar ent, and the hopes which I entertain are that the business communities and the investors of both foreign nations and among our people will take heart in carrying out the great enterprises which have been protect ed, and must be carried to a con clusion if the country is to reach its full need of prosperity and business attending. "Business men are to be shown the lines of legality, and are to be di rected in keeping with these lines, which have been emphasized durin-; the last four years. Business men shall know that they are to conform to the laws upon the statute books and that no favors are to be expect ed for those who break the laws. "This shall be so that the men who conduct a legitimate business may understand that the Government is back of them and does not intend to do anything to interfere with their legitimate advancement." After the applause which met the declaration had subsided. Judge Taft added: "It is a question of the definite knowledge of the statutes and of their clear understanding which shad make the honest progress of our bus iness possible. And that is, in my belief, all that is necessary to make that progress substantial and en during." Judge Taft apologized for direct ing his words into such a serious dis course. "I know the difficulties that will arise in my career," he added, "and I know that there will be questions which will arise that I do not know of now, and that times will come when many of my friends here w^l /shake their heads and say, 'poor Bill,' but all I ask is for suspension of judgment until the situation may be understood. Its decisions will rest upon the principles of sound and honest business policies, which 1 have outlined, and Its intricacies may be ascertained and applied. ? These details will, I am sure, explain what may appear to be errors of judg ment and mistake." * BRYAN CONGRATULATES TAFT. And His Successful Rival Thanks Him for the Message. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 5.?'Please accept congratulations and best wish es for the success of your adminis tration. (Signed) "W. J. BRYAN." "I thank you sincerely for your I cordial and courteous telegram of congratulation and good wishes, j (Signed) "Wm. H. TAFT." These messages were today ex changed between Lincoln, Neb., and Cincinnati. The messages from Mr. Bryan came while Judge Taft was addressing the General Conference of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church. He received the message on his return to his residence and answered it at once. * Suffering and Dessolation. New Orleans, Nov. 6.?Passengers who arrived on the steamer Dictator from Bluefleld say that the great suffering and desolation prevails along the coast of Nicaragua, where a huricane recently destroyed the towns of Rio Grande and Pinzapulka, and devastated the coast country for many miles. ? J Many Perish. Tokio, Nov, 7.?News has reach ed here of the loss of the steamer) Talsh, which was sunk during thji storm off Etori Island. One hundred and fifty persons were drowned. The vessel was crowded with fisher men and passengers. ? Chinamen Drowned. Amoy, Nov. 6.?A small .earner carrying 600 passengers from Amoy to Tungan, a few miles distant, sank last evening. Two hundred of the passengers were drowned. Chinese junks rescued the others. ? 4 $1.50 PEB ANNUM. DARING ROBBERY A New York Family Has Most Thriliing Experience.' LEFT WEDDING RINGS Three Burglars Invade Home of Wealthy Resident of Brooklyn and Two of Them Cover Members of Family With Pistols, While the Third Packs up Valuables. New lork, Nov. 8.?With the piercing ray of a burglar's dark lantern shining in their eyes and two revolvers, held by masked men cov ering them, the five members of tha family of Charles E. Tayntor, a wealthy granite dealer, lay ia bed in the Tayntor home at Borough Park, Brooklyn, for more than an hour this morning, while a third masked burglar packed up $10,000 worth of jewelry and silverware. The three burglars bound Mr. Tayntor hand and foot and escaped with their boot}. The robbers apparently spent many days planning the burglary. Mr. Tayntor, who has a number of rich granite quarries In New Eng land, is known as a crack shot, be ing a member of the New York Stat? Rifle Association and havi::^, been a contestant, it is said, in the recent Olympic pistol tournament at Bislev, England. It is believed that the burglars knew this and took no chances with him. The three men when they gained entrance to the house, went im mediately to a bedroom on the sec ond floor, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Tayntor. One of the burglars struck Mr. Tayntor a crushing blow on the head with a blackjack as he lay asleep. The blow stunned the sleep er and a few minutes later when Mr. Tayntor recovered his senses ha found three revolvers levelled at him. Mr. and Mrs. Tayntor were made to sit up in bed and two of the burg-" lars held them covered, while a third began a. search of the room. The noise awakened Alice Tayntor, the 15-year-old daughter of the granite dealer, and she came into the room crying. The burglars ordered her into bed with her parents, and the child obeyed. A moment later Chas. Tayntor, aged eight, and Harold, aged twelve, came into the room, having been awakened. They were made to sit on the side of the bed. The burglar who was ransacking the room found a jewel case with two wedding rings in it on a bureau, and was about to take them when Mr. Tayntor asked him not to. The burglar replied that he would take everything of value that he could find. Then one of the burglars standing guard over the family spoke up: "Don't take these wedding rings." Iam amarried man, and have some sentiment about wedding rings," he said. The rings were left, but two toy banks belonging to Charles and Har old, the Tayntor boys, were broken and rifled of $17. The boys cried and were ordered to be quiet. When the room had been completely searched the third robber when down stairs and packed up the silverware. He later returned to the bedside and commanded Mr. Tayntor to give up a $500 diamond ring he wore. The ring would not come off, so one of the burglars grimly drew a jack knife and was going to cut Mr. Tayntor's finger off. Mr. Tayntor protested and asked permission to go to the bath room and soak the ring off with soap and water. "We will do that ourselves," said the man who appeared to be the leader of the trio, and he did forth with. Then the three men produced a rope and hound Mr. Toyntor'a hands and feet. They told him not to make an outcry for fifteen min "utes, saying one of their number would remain on guard that length of time. They then hurried away. It was an hour before Mr. Tayn tor could notify the police, as the telephone wires were cut. He was able to give a perfect description of the men, but this will hardly be of any assistance as the burglars were all dressed alike and wore masks. The burglars wore black suits, black derby hats, kid gloves and white masks. They had woolen "sneaks'* over their shoes. " HIGHER COTTON PRICES. Ionian Says Crop Will be Far Short of Record Yield. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 8.?Harver Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, speak ing tonight of the outlook for mar keting the present cotton crop, sai.'r "The national election is past and millions of dollars of orders for manufactured goods have been plac ed in the past few weeks. Raw cot ton will feel the impetus given to other Fines cf industry. While the glnners' reports indicate a larger amount of cotton ginned to date than at any previous period in the his tory of the census bureau, the gin nings for November and the succeed ing months of the year will indicate a heavy and continuous failing off. The total yield of the year wlTl. In my opinion fall far short of the two big crop years of 1904 and 1906." Mr. Jordan emphasized his belief that the price of cotton will rise speedily. *