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CUBA HIT HARD Ik IsW Safered Creates! Material Daaafe a History. ? A STORM PLAYS HAVOC ? ??? Many People Have Been Killed In the Interior Region, and It Is Be-; Sieved That Many People Have . Been Victims of the Terrific Storm That Swept the Island . A dispatch from Havana says the island of Cuba has probably sustain ed the greatest material disaster in her history in the practically contin uous cyclone which began with light rains on Thursday morning, develop jjj ed inio trrental- floods and. devasta ting hurricanes until Monday after noon. The western half of the is land suffered more severely than the <?ast. The first cyclone of which there ?was some warning had hardly abated . oh Sunday night, when suddenly the cyclone blasts swept over Maianzas, Pinar del Rio and Habana provinces, .'completing the destruction wrough-. '3>y the first storm. At nine o'clock I Monday night the rain was still fall ing in frequent heavy gusts, but the Nvind had abated considerably and the 6ea was falling. It is impossible even to estimate roughly the amount of damage that ?lo?btles will aggregate many mil lions of dollars. In addition to the great destruction of sugar and to bacco plantation, many thousands of -. peasants in the western provinces have been rendered homeless and de stitute by 'the loss of their homes and the food crops. It now seems probable that the republic may be dompelled to request international aid for the relief of these sufferers whose condition is most deplorable. In the city of Habana the losses will ; probably exceed $1,000,000. j TTew fatalities up to the present have been reported. Three men were drowned in the harbor but no death from the storm occurred in the city. It is probable, that the casualty I lot in the Interior will be large. jFor hours during the night and all through 'Monday, morning Cuba , was in the grip of a storm .which blew with great violence-from. the south west and attained , its greatest v.force shortly before noon. Then the -wind shifted to the west and the . t*ea. begun to rise, the waves sweep ing in upon the city of Havana. Within an hour the pounding of jj "the .waters had opened a breech in -stho Malecon sea wall. The waves -quickly increased to mountainous ."Aeughi, engnlfing the Malecon drive "way and flooding the handsome resi liences facing thereon for a distance ?of a mile. The waters, still rising, invaded all the seaward part of. the city un . til three o'clock in the afternoon, ?when the' section bounded by the Malecon, the Prado and the boule vards Calzada de Galiano and Ani snas were several reet under water. The residents of the lower floors -wore driven to seek refuge on higher levels, while detachments of soldiers, Tural guards, police and firemen, as sisted- by members of the Red Cross and fishermen with boats which "were dragged from the harbor, has tened to the submerged district, and rescued hundred from building that threatened to collapse at any ?moment. Vedado, a residential suburb, was ?exposed to the full fury of the storm. The sea advanced some hundred yards inland, demolishing many ^amall structures and probably caus ing loss of life. The rumor that the city had been struck by a tidal wave added to the general panic, which was allayed shortly after three o'clock, when the -wind perceptibly abated and the wa ter ceased to rise. The upper part ?of the Prado was then filled with Jthrongs of panic-stricken negroes, carrying such household effects as they could rescue from their owu 'homes. The jail in front or the Prado was completely surrounded by water =ftnd the prisoners, mad with fear, clung to the barred windows, clara ?orously demanding to be removed to a place of safety. It was feared !for a time that th* prisoners woii'e ?break loose, but armed guards held ?lihem in check until the warers be gan to recede. All steamers iu the harbor remain ed at anchor, the engines working holding their ground. At Il.oO p. m. the rain ceased, but the wind re mained strong from the northwest. "The barometer stood at 29.23;hav ing risen eight-tenths of an inch in two hours, giving rise to the hope that the worst was over. Practically all communications with the interior were leveled and therefore news concerning the ef fects of the storm in other parts of the island is lacking, but no doubt "the damage was enough, especially -"In Habana. the Pinar del Rio provin ces. The Almendares river and oth er small streams in the vicinity of the citty are over their banks, flood ing the lowlands and carrying off fcultfi, barns and cattle. Probably many people lost their lives in these -sections. The barge containing all the out fit of the divers working on the wreck of the old battleship Maine *was carried away and stranded on hes a week. BLAMES OPERATOR WHO FAILED TO DELIVER OR DERS TO THE TRAIN. The Telegrapher Says He Pulled the Semaphore and That it Failed to Display Signal of Danger. The blame for the death of the victims of the collision on the Char leston and Western- Carolina Rail 'way, which occurred near McCor mick on last Sunday evening was placed on Browder, the telegrapn joperaror at that place by the coron er's jury which held an inquest at the scene of the collission, The facts elicted at the inquest showed that the train dispatcher had given orders for the two trains Nos. 2 and 8 to meet at McCormick. iBTOwder failed to give orders to the conductor of train No. 8, allow ing the train to clear from the sta tion before the arrival of No. 2. the result being the head on collision half way between McCormick and Plum Branch, the next station. iBrowder states that-he pulled the semaphore on the receipt of order to hold train No. 8 at McCormick and thinking the danger signal had worked, he proceeded with.-his oth er duties laying the train c-rder on bis desk. - He says that the-.sema phore failed to work, leaving train No. 8 a clear signal. He was busy with an uiausual rush of ticket sales and thinking the dan ger signal was displayed did not hur ry about giving the conductor hi? train order. As soon us be could he started to find the conductor and was dismayed to find that the train had pulled out of the station and that only its tail lights were visible. In a few minutes the crash of the colliding trains was heard although distant about two miles and h half. SENATE IN DANGER.; DeuuocraAs Stand Good Chalice to Control That Party. .' The complex political battle of the day does not end with the for midable attack of the Democrats up on the House of Representatives The United States Senate, for years Republican, is in danger of losing its old-time control. The Republi cans have now,,nominally, 26 njajori ty,' that isv'a. majority of ?6 Isen* ators -representing Republicj? .conr. stituencies. { Howerer, among these 2(1 must be included from seven 'b 12 "in surgent" senators. ? who i.-equently vote with the Democrats. There are 31 senators whose terms expires this year and whose seats must be filled by the legislatures. Twenty-four of these are Republicans. Political exl p'erts think it is possible that by the time the new Senate in ready for organization after March 8 next there may be enough new Democrats and new "insurgents" in office ? *.o turn over completely the control of that body. It is practically assured that a Democrat will succeed the conserva tive Senator Hale, of Maine. Then, too, ??insurgent" senators will suc ceed Sneator Flint, of California; Senator Burrows, of Michigan, and Senator Piles, of Washington. As things are turning out in New York state, even Senator Depew may trem ole for his seat. * MANY LIVES ARE LOST. Lifeboat m Bravely Strive to Resrr.e Mariners Who Are Imperilled. At London. Eng., the English coast is strewn with wreckage as a result of the storm that has continu ed for two days. The casuality list already reported is long. Friday morning the bodies of live seamen from the coasting steamer Cranford were picked up off Hartl" pool. It is believed the vessel, which carried a crew of twenty, foundered and that the men were attempting to reach shore in a small boat when they were lost. Some ol the wreck age coming a shore indicates th-n a sailing ship met a like fate. Life boats from many points were out all Thursday night, and in some in stances affected rescues. In other cases they were unable to reach dis tressed crafts. * Tried to Stop Train. Tbe Augusta Chronicle says a ne .ero maii who was walking along the track and saw the two trains ap proaching each other tried to preveut the. collision near McCormick last Sunday evening by signaling one of the trains, but the darkness prevent ed his signal from being seen and be saw the trains go together. the rocks of Moro castle. Later the so'diers of the fortress succeeded in saving some of the apparatus, but all of the divers houys, stakes und other marks around the .Maine were swepl away, which probably will ser iously delay the work of raising the wreck. President Gomez visited the inun dated sections and other threatened parts of the city. He directed the work of rescue and encouraged the soldiers, police and firemen, and lat er he visited the hospitals to which many injured and destitute persons had been taken. Arrangements aiv being made to quarter the hotne lessin the barrocks and other govern ment buildings. O?ANGrEBTJBO, ST?RMJRAGES Does Great Damage, Extent Uaknowo, V Down in South Florida. THE WORST EVER KNOWN The Lower Part of Florida, From Tampa in the West to St. Aug.in itine on the Coast, Cut off from the World, and. the Worst Is Feared for the Island. At 4.20 Tuesday morning The As sociated Press wire from Jackson ville to Tampa, the last single thread of communication with any poiut in the storm swept territory south of the former place, was severed. (With the entire Florida peninsula south of a line from Tampa on the Gulf Coast, to St. Augustine on the Atlantic without communication of any kind.to the outside world since six o'clock Monday night when a wind velocity varying from 70 to 90 miles an hour was reported, accompanied by ill-boding barometric changes, the effect of the West Indian hurricane in this vast trucking and fruit grow in? belt^is a matter of conjecture. That the property damage has been heavy.' however', is indicated by, the few brief bulletins that came from the east coast and'the extreme south ern keys before communication was finally cut off last "night. Conserva tive estimates place the loss to the orange growers alone at one million dollars. Trucking has suffered heav ily, the Florida East Coast railroad is believed to have sustained many thousands of dollars damage and the property damage along the 300 miles of the Atlantic Coast south of St. Augustine probably will surpass that of any hurricane of recent years. The last message from Key West reported a wind velocity of 90 miies an hour, a barometer reading 28.80, high seas and water rising to alarm ing depths in the streets.. Shortly after that message was sent the wire less apparatus, the last remaining means of communication failed. Last , year a similar disturbance- wrohght $2,000,000 in this, extreme Southern city 'and resultedin a .small loss of ; lffe. ' The1 last message from St. Augus tine reported the waves rushing over -the seawall, endangering property on ; the water front while the marshes for miles around were already inun dated. The wind was increasing and the barometer falling. Similar re ports oame from Fort Pierce and Tittuaville before communication failed. Many miles of the Florida East Coast railroad were under water on i.VIonday night, serious washouts had occurred, several, barges employed on the roads extension had been suuk and traffic over most of the line has been abandoned. For miles this jroad actually bridges vast stretches oT the ocean with masBive concrete arches and although forewarned, fears are entered for the working crews employed on the lower exten sion. Railroad traffic on all lines south of Jacksonville practically has been abandoned. The telegraph compan ies report practically all wires down south of Tampa and it may be sev eral days before communication is reestablished with the storm swept territory. The last dispatch frc|n Tampa, re ceived shortly before daylight read: '"South Florida faces a disaster un known in extent, but which it is feared will be as bad as the memor able freeze of 1895. As yet. Tampa has not felt the full force of this ed dying destroyer. '"In that territory which stretches between Tampa and Punta Gorda He many small hamlets, where thous ands of fertile acres on which lux uriant trees bear their golden offer ings, and some of Florida's richest orange groves are exposed to the hur ricane. It is here that the greatest damage will be done to property. "It. is further on. across on the other side of this five hundred miles of devastating atmospheric disturb ance, that it is feared the human toll will be collected. "Reaching a velocity of between fifty and sixLy miles an hour at an early hour this morning the storm continued without abatement. Corn ins first, in great gusts it finally set tled into ii steady blow which un roofed buildings, played ping-pong with street signs, upset closed cabs, tangled telephone and electric wires and stripped small craft in the bay of their rigging. "Not since early Sunday afternoon has there been any communication witli Punta Gorda and other smaller towns south of Tampa. Incoming trains from thai section lu'uugiil news of high winds, interrupted tel egraphic service, damaged shipping and damaged orange groves. Xolll iny has been heard from interior points. "Ill every port along the Gulf sea board large and small era 1*1 nestle beneath the protecting lee of some frugal sand key. So heavy has been the sea that ocean going liners have refused to leave their berths and only one beat has come iulo the port in five days." S. C, THURSDAY, 'OCT PICKED UP AT SEA THE AIRSHIP AMERICA IS^LEFT . TO ITS FATE. & The Crew Abandon it on tlie Ocean, ' and ICeturn to New York on a i Steamer. The attempt of the Wellman air ship America 'to cross the Atlantic ocean came to a thrilling and disas trous close Tuesday when the Brit ish mail steamer Trent picked up Wellman and bis crew, from the wreck of the airship, 375 miles off the North Carolina coast. The news of the rescue came in two wireless messages frorn Capt. Down, of the Trent, one reporting to the company's agents at New York and another informing the New York Times of the result of the ex pedition in which it had taken a lead ing part. Both wireless messages practically told the same story. Cap"t. Down reported that at five o'clock Tuesday morning he first sighted the airship in distress. Sig nals of distress and calls for help were given. For three hours the Trent maneuvered in. the heavy sea to get alongside of Wellman and his wrecked companions. f. (The entire party were finally taken on board and the cat also, which was taken along as the mascot, shared in the resuce. Capt. Down reports all members of the crew well. The America was abandoned where the rescue occur red in lattitude 35.43, longitude 68. 18. This, brings to a climax one of the most remarkable night? by an airship ever undertaken. The position reported by Capt. Down indicates; that Wellman and his crew were picked up at a point about 150 miles due east "of...Cape Hatteras, on the North Carolina coast. Wellman. left Atlantic City on last Saturday for Europe. YOXUG GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE. Disappointed in Love Affair and Ends Jiife With Strychine. Miss Emma Norton, the 17-yeai old daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs, Yancey Norton, living in the lower end ol Stewartville township, about one mile below John Station,- died a sui cide Tuesday morning.. Dr. W. D. James, ;of the. James Sanatorium, was called to s.ee.-the: girr?nd.;reach ed her" side only a few moments be fore the ends. .She was far beyond any help when, he arrived, having taen strychnine several hours before he reached her.. The cause of the sad event seems to have been disappointment, in ;in affair of the heart.. . She ha.i leli her home on a runaway marriage trip to South Carolina with a young man whom she. was engaged, and had got as far as Red Banks when she was overtaken by her. father, who seems to have opposed the match, and brought her back home. Afterwards she . was discovered in the throes of death from a dose of strychnine which she had adminis tered to herself.. Her father had the strychnine for . the purpose of pois oning rats and troublesome dogs, it is said, and had It locked up, but the girle succeeded in getting to il in some way with .the very ;aial result stated above. The young girl is said to have been a very tine look ing in perfect health, and the only cause ascribed for her rash act i.s that stated above. . 0 SUFFERS HORRIBLE DEATH. Little Girl Dies from Drinking Whis key in liny. :A dispatch to The News and Cour ier from Florence says one of lh-j saddest deaths that has ocurred iu this city in a, long while was that oi* Martha, the bright and beautiful lit tle six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McLemore, who resides in West Palmetto street. It is stated that Martha and two other little children were playing In the yard about the home ol lier parents, and one of them suggested that they play ?"doctor." The. sug gest'on was quickly taken up, and a bottle of medicine was sought for. The only thing found was a pint flash of whiskey, and this liquid was administered to the little girl. It was pllly a short time before the whiskey began to cet in its dire ful effects and Martha was suon thrown into convullions. A neighbor, seeing the condition of the little girl, called to her lather, and lie quickly ran to her. and. picking her in his arms, carried her into the house. Drs. McLoed, Smith and Mo.Vtasl.er were .hurriedly called, |bHl it is stated that the child never regained con sciousness, death relieving her about one o'clock Monday afternoon. Stormy Election. At Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe, six were killed and eighteen others wore wounded during election riots 'n Hasse Terre. the capital, in an at tempt to prevent alleged frauds in voting lor municipal officers. There is much excitement throughout the island. Konnd Dead on Street. At Hohoken. N. .1., a well dressed man registered at a hotel about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning as Mar tin Egger of Philadelphia. An bout later his corpse was found on the sidewalk helow his room. OBER 20, 1910. THE SNAKE GOD Which is Worshipped by a Fanatical Religions Sect io Haiti. CHILDREN SACRIFICED The Details of a Ghastly Afflair That Has Just Come to Light.?A Bar rel Containing Picketed Human Flesh Found in the House. I Some people have a queer idea 'about religion. The "Cologne Ga zette" gives details of a ghastly af [ fair in Haiti, according to which a I woman named Esteis Liberis, aged 124, has murdered and eaten hve I children. The woman in question is a member of the secret religious seel worshiping ("Voodoo")' the Snake God, and Inspector of Police De Camr faronal has submitted to the author ities a full report of his Investiga tions into the matter, from which the "Gazette" quotes the following. iln her house I found a barrel containing pickeled human flesh, the remains of a child, aged about 12. It is unfortunately well known that the Vaudoux faith has still many adherents. In name, these natives are Christians; but in secret they re main devotees of their Snake-God, and hold private meetings at which he is worshipped. The priests of the cult are all-powerful, and the sacri fices are usually animals, but occas ionaly, as in the present instance, young children are immolated. The god himself takes the form of a snake, and his mouth piece is a priest who is assisted by a priestess, Esteis Liberis, the young woman con cerned in the present affair, was at the time High Priestess of the cult. At the great ceremony in honor of jthe.,.Snake-God, the High-Priest and Priestess "sit. on a-double throne, the woman being clowned in nothing but a gorgeous girdle. 'Worshipers of both sex?s attend with red cloths round their 10.1ns. On an altar Stands a wooden box con taining the snake .which is brought from its box and worshipped by ail present, gifts being placed on the altar while the populace pray for the fulfillment of some great public desire. Then begins a wild dance, headed by the Chief Priestess, who discards hor girdle as the dancingutrows more furious and a. halt is not called un til the people begin to fall exhaust ed to the ground. If any misfortune has befallen the people a sacrifice is offered to the god. It was on one of these occa sions that Esteis insisted on the sac rifice of a human . victim, and, .in? concert with a man named Conzo Pelle, decided to kidnap a girl, a niece of Conzo. The child's mother ?was enticed away, and on her re turn was informed that the Chief Priestess had called for her daugh ter. The mother seemed greatly hon ored and a special ceremony was im mediately arranged. When all were assembled the girl was fetched from her hiding place, laid in front of the altar, and stran gled by her uncle. Her head was cut offd all those present drank some of the blood, which was collected in a bowl. The flesh was subsequently eooked at Conzo's house and. in stead of being eaten, as had formerly been customary, was preserved. Two girls, who had overlooked the cooking of the flesh, were declared to have offended the god, and these two were then similarly sacrificed, their deaths being followed by two more a few days later. BETTING AGAINST STI.MSO.V. Heavy ihU\s .Are Placed on Uie Elec tion of Dlx. In .N'ew York betting odds against Col. Roosevelt's candidate for gov ernor has lengthened, commission ers with large blocks of Dlx money being unable to place any at 10 to 6 1-2. In the Waldorf one well known commissioner had $50,000, .which he offered to place to 10 to U. without takers. This man had previously tried to place some of his money in Wail street at these figures, but without result. "Colonel Roosevelt's candidate has no friends with money." said a man ager of one cafe, where big electiou bets are usually made. "If one should come here with any money, he'd think it was Christmas?there's so much Dlx coin." Twelve Drown. The British freight steamer Port Mar nock is reported ashore off Cape Flo. Twelve of the crew were drown ed. The Port Marnock sailed from San Forenzo. Argentine, on October 5tb for I.eith. Scotland. Pomh Meads Ticket. At a meeting of the committee of four appointed by the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention la.-i week the names of Ham Ii n and RKey were withdrawn and Foss was unan imously nominated for Governor. Football Claims Victim. ?Claude H. Buell. a student at the Western Hi?rhi School, at Detroit, died Tuesday of injuries received in a football game Saturday. He was kicked in the head and suffered from hemorrhage of the brain. HUGE CORN GROP THIS STATE \VTLL MAKE FIFTY MILLION BUSHELS. It Is Estimated That Thirty Thous and Dollars in Prizes Is Offered in South Carolina. Corn fairs are being held in a number of counties of the state, and there are many farmers who have re ported a yield of over 100 bushels on one acre and several who show more than 150. A conservative estimate of the amount of money to be of fered in South Carolina this year for yields is $30,000. There will be prizes at the corn exposition aggregating $10,000 'in value. The different counties of the | state will give in all about $10,000 for prizes to the members of the boys' clubs. The state corn contest commission will award large prizes. These prizes are being given by the) state and Federal governments, com mercial bodies, business concerns and private" individuals. The result of the increased activ ity in the culture of corn is that at least 50,000,000 bushels of corn will be produced this year, which will be an increase of 13,000,000 bushels ov er the crop produced last year. The crop last year was 8.000,000 bushels igreater than in 1908. The increased production of corn in South Carolina means that several million dollars will be saved to the farmers in the state and that the corn cribs of the West will be moved nearer home. The climax of the increased pro duction of corn will be the South Atlantic States Corn exposition, which is to be held in Columbia from December 5 to 8. The exposition will be held for South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The president of the exposition is A. D. Hudson, of Newberry. VICTIM OF A FIEND. Columbia Woman Is Attacked by a Black Brute. EdKgrd Byrd, a negro, is in the Penitentiary at Columbia, the identi fied criminal assailant of the wife of a well know^ white painter and paper hanger residing on Lincoln street. Columbia. , >-< The heious' crime'Was^^iffuTTued Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock at the home of the woman, the assail ant using a stolen pistol to force bis victim to yield. The woman's con dition is critical. Bryd. who from his actions is thought to have been under the in fluence of whiskey or cocaine, was threatening to shoot a merchant, who keeps a store near the home of his victim. A call was sent to police headquartery for an ofllcer. Police man Hite responded. Before the ar rival of the policeman, Byrd had en tered the home of the woman and ac complished his purpose. Calmly walking away, the negro went in the direction of the Seaboard yards, and at Park and 2d street was arrest ed by policemen, who were not aware of his crime. Later he was carried before the lady who positively identi fied him. She said she easily recog nized the pistol. SHOT WIFE, THEN HIMSELF. Cashier Buslinell Com mitts Murder und Suicide. At Pensacola. Fla.. R. M. Uush nell, cashier of the Citizens' Flank, shot and killed his wife and com mitted suicide Tuesday. The bodies were found in the Bushnell home by officials of the bank. "When Mr Bushnell failed to make his appearance at the bank us usual a search was instituted, and when the president of the bank, accom panied by several of Bushnell's best friends, entered the house, they found the couple dead in bed with bullet holes in their heads. Mrs. Bushnell was lying as if in sleep and apparently had never moved alter 'being ?bot. No motive can be ascribed for the murder and suicide by rhe friends of the murdered couple. Both were prominent in social ad church af fairs, and Bushnell's accounts at the bank are said to be in good shape. MORE SCARED THAN Hl ltT. Did Not Want D Known She Had limy/.*' in Her Valise. The Augusta Chronicle says the greatest cry of pain and claim of in jury after the collision of the two trains near McCormick on last Sun day evening was put up by a negro woman. Jenny Payne, of Greenwood. She was supposed to be badly in jured, and had a large grip, of which she took too much care during the whole time. She was in the car next to the baggage car. and her car was hurt so little that less than $5 repaired It, and was on another trip to Greenwood Monday night. When an examination was made of her. and her baggage to gain some identification of her. the grip was opened and found to lie full of bot tled liquors. She was proven to be hurt about the least of all. and is thought to have lieen more scared at havins her liquor discovered than at anything else. rWO CENTS PEE COPY SHOWS UP STEAL How the People Are Fleeced by the ?e~ publicans for Trusts. TARIFF ROBS FARMERS A Democratic Candidate for Congress in Ohio Turns on the Light, aad Shows How the Farmers Are Plan* dered by the Iniquitous Tariff Cor the Trusts. 'F. S. Monnett, Democratic candi date for Congress in the Twelfth Ohio district, in the following com munication, addressed to S. B. Dietz, Secretary Madison Grange, Canal, Winchester, Ohio, has answered some questions put to him by Mr. Dietz on his position on the tariff and oth er questions. The facts and figures therein are easily verified- from the* records he has at his office and he says he will only be too glad to take up with any one disputing any of 'the facts: ' iWhen the Payne-Aldricb tariff bill went into effect, the farmers of. Franklin county were receiving from eighty to ninety cents for corn. The September option has just closesd at 48 %c. per bushel, a difference of 66 per cent of the value to the farmer, in less than two years, and only 35 cents per bushel offered for the new crop. Last year September wheat sold at Chicago at the close of the mar ket at SI.20. This year it sold at 93 1-2 cents, a difference of 29 per cent, or one-fourth of the farmer's income. ?'Last year I received 33 1-3 centy per pound for my clip of Ohio wool. This year the best I have been offer ed is 22 cents to 25 cents per pound for the same grade of wool, a differ ence of about 33 per cent of my in come. Last year September oats closed at 48 cents per bushel, in the Chic ago market, and this year at 31 1-2 cents, a difference of 52 per cent, or more than one-half of my income . from oats. (Woolen blankets from the same wool have increased 25 per cent; wire nails made by the Tn^ftsLJ?S^ga. ' ^eeT^4nts^rlSrW--^r".i JWIPHWW* per cent higher than before the trust, fired the arbitarary prives. Farm machinery, mowers, reapere and the repairs thereon, wagons, en gines and manure spreaders are sell ing from 50 to 150 per cent more than they cost, under the manipula tion of the International Harvester campany. Now under the tariff bill, the far mers of Franklin county get no pro tection upon their hay, their oats, their wheat, or their corn, besause they export 24 per cent of these pro ducts. Therefore, the tariff in no way pro tects any of the farmer's products, except wool, and with a tariff of 11 cents per pound, wool forthwith shrank S 1-3 cents per pound in Ohio. The latest report of the Americas Woolen company, according to'their report of August, 1910, shows they increased their income from $29, SS6.000 to $48.000.000, a net in crease or profits from $1.287,705. to $5.798.059, or more than 400 per cent. After paying all their dividends on the watered stock and flcticious bonds, they increased ther surplus $2.000.000 and their current assets $8,000.000. The net prolts of the American Woolen company were as above stated, and it is the sole buyer of the wool in this state and coun ty, having increased its profits under the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill 4 0 per cent, and the farmers, in the mean time, lost or depreciated their profits 25 per cent. These figures can be verified from Moody's .Manual or by inspect ing Otis and Hough's records at Columbus. Ohio, or any other re liable financial house in the city. f will offer a $50 prize for the beta paper prepared by any resident of the townships of Franklin county, Ohio, to jajer not io exceed two thousand words, and "To furnish the best reasons why farm products, un der the Aldrich tariff bill have made 'this depreciation and the manufac tured products used by the farHier have all Increased or maintained their monopolistic prices." ff there are more than fifty competitors. L will give $10 as the second prize, the papers to be passed upon by suitable judges. I will use the liest of these papers ?in the Sixty-second congress and have them placed in the Congress ional Record by any of the contest ants that wish to have it so done. All contestants' papers must be filed at my. oftiec. Columbus.O., before No vember 1910. Fi S. MONNETT. Candidate for Congress, Twelfth District, of Ohio. Columbus. Ohio. October. :;. 1910.' Toner lllown Down. The wireless tower, 208 feet high, at Savannah. Oa.. was blown down Tuesday at midnight. The sea at Tybee is rapidly encroaching upon the island. Government concrete walks to the pier are washed away and Tybee road from Fort Screren to Point Station has given way.