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VOL.A -x.-1! +iS MR W1LBORN TALKS ABOUT CCMING CATHER!NG CF COT TON GROWERS. A Preltminary Visit-H- WftL G a Over to Atlanta This Week to :ccure the Hall and Make Arrange ments. President Wilborn of the State Far mers' Alliance, who recently issue: the call for the convention of the Cot ton Growers of the South which is to be held in Auanwa on December 14. Was in the city for a short time yes terday. Daring is stay he was seen by a representative of The State and talked most interestingly of the cut look for the convention. Mr. Wilbcrn had a big ile of kt ters endorsing his action and convey ing the intelligence that delegas would be present from all parts of the South. He said that a number of them came from southern ban hers and merchants, and he found that this class of citizens was as outspoken in regard to the purpcse of the conven tion as any other. Mr. Wilbora says that the Southern Bankers' convention has been called to meet in Atlanta on the 15th, I -e day following the gathering of .bt cotton growers gatheri g. He miil invite its members to come one day earlier and be present at the growers convention. In regard to Mr. Hector L-se's call issued the latter part of last week:, he says he does not take it that that call is in any wise in con flict with the con vention be has cal, d He understands that Mr. Lane is president of a per manent organization which meets once a year and that this convention is simply the annual meeting cf that organization. He has written Mr. Lane enclosir.g a copy of the report of the recent State convention held here and inviting him and his associ ates to join forces with the growers who will assemble in Atlanta. Mr. Wilborn states that he has bier in correspondence with the proper au thorities in regard to the securing of cheap railroad rates for delegates from all points in the southern States. He is satisfied from a letter he has recent ly received from Commissioner Rich ardson that the rates will be granted. Mr. Wilborn says that early next week he will go over to Atlanta and make all the preliminary arrange nents for the holding of the conven tion. He will secure a suitable hall. He says that the advices he has re ceived indicate that one of the largest halls that can be, obtained will be necessary for the comfort of the con vention. Mr. Wilborn will remain in Atlanta for several dars. M.. Wilborn has received a very strong letter from Mr. I. A. Suggs, the secretary o the Cotton Growers' convention held at Galveston, Texas, in August last. Mr. Suggs is locate d at Greenville, N. C.; in his letter he offers hearty co cperation and says: "If the matter is stirred up properly in the minds of the farmers a remedy can be found and I think the most effective plan is the one suggested by the convention of August 2." The following extract from these resolu tions, a copy of which was enclosed, will be of some interest: Whereas, the history of cotton pro duction shows that the world's demand has increased at greater ratio than the world's supply, and as measured by the surplus on hand at the end of each cotton season, the surplus has grown less for more than twenty years. prov ing the falsity of the cry of over pro duction as prclaimed by speculators and revealing facts that under proner conditions would have made prices steady and improved during that time ; and Whereas, these other conditions make is necessary that legislation be contrived and enacted to relieve cot ton prcducers from these oppressive, unjust and ruinous conditions; there fore be it Resolved, That we urge the people of the cotton-growing states, isitig; the co-operation of the citrzens of ali other States of the Union, to irsstt upon and secure legtislation in every possible form to prevent the existing injury to our cotton trade produtced by speculation and gambling in our mnarkets. We ::ommiend as just and necessaryI the suppression of cotton "futures," .and to that end we ask the co opera tion of all people in securing such State and Federal legislation as shall -come within the legitimate domasin of -Federal and State legislation. We urge legislation to suppress the opera :tion of any system of dealing in what :is cornectly known as futur es; that it -may be made unlawful for any firm, -corporation or the agents of any such to ceal in the sale or purchase of cot 'ton "futures." It should be made urdawful for any bank or banking institution, telegraph telephone, express or other corpora tion or person, their cilicers or agents. to take, receive or transmit any ~es. -sage money, bid or de posit for invest ment in cotton futumes in our respect ive States, or to be transmit'e.d b, others from such States; that i:1.e made unlawful for- any person, firm,. or corporation to p.ulilh or prin. or1 circulate by any method the pricesn bid of the proposition of sale or- pur chase cf futures in the Statesso legis lating. We urge that these at d other neces sary measures for the relief of tr-e peo pie be taken up by political con'.en tions regardless of party lin.es, incor porated in their piatfIorm's a-' d made into laws for the common gocd;- be it further Resolved, Tr~at national legislation is necessary in the mcre comp jlete sup pression of m'arket gambling, and v:e urge our fellow citizens of every State to use all honorabie means tc secure sucn legislation as shall comply with the constitutionai linmitations of our federal power; that iney urg upon their representative in congress to en act such legislation as vill p'event any per son, trnr or corpora-'-', orl their agents from traras 'itting fo one State to another pro)osines fo the sale or purenase o0 fuures '-rom one State to the cit zo-s ciats that all expre ss, Itlera..n, tele phone or other companies or perhaps ti an interstate capacity shou'.ld be preves-~ ed from promoting furuore gamnoimg between the States; that the transmis sion of money, mzessages or any comn munication regardirng the sale or par chase of futures be excluded from the United States mails, to the end taiat this public evil be suppress d anid the people be freed from ine rumroos con dlition now throst upon them by ine~ concentrated mnanpulation of specu lators and gan:.lers in trade. We respecaudy recomaiend to the memorial ze congress thrcu2h tiier 'esn'ectivc State i?seatures to enact :tich laws as will protect t.e people from this grent and growin evil kroa ss ccmrnercial gambtling n fut urts.-Clunbia State. IT WAS ONLY IN JEST. But YNw Both Art Sorry That They D.d R. Scelal circles in East Macon, Ga., a pretty little suburb of Mac:n. are all stirred up over a j-ke perpetrated by two clever and popular young people and its conse quences. At a pleasant ittle social -athering Sunday nignt. Miss Sailie May Block er, a charming young lady of the set, and Mr. Clifton R. Mann, a promising young railroad man of social standing, also, suddenly annrunced that they :er: n:arried. This surprising state nrent was received by the youug peo ple preteit l:ke a thunder clap from a clear sky. It was known to all of them that the young foiks have been exceedingly fond of each other's scci ety recently, and that Cupid was slyly working an inroad into their hearts, was pretty generally believed, but the announcement that they had been se cretlv married some time age, was re neived as a huge joke for a time. They both, however, avowed that it Was true, and tiat they were not joking. The situation grew somewhat seri ous when the lady of the ho's', Mrs. Sykes, decided to make a test. She said it wasa matter that ouzht not to be joked about, and it is said by par xies who were present, that she pleas antly remarked that if the young peo pi_ were really married a good test I vould te for them to then and tihr! give the salutations that a duti'u& bridegrcom would bestow. and a ge: uine bride, however, demur, right naturally expoet- In plaia words, as the story goes, the young people -e asked to kiss etch o-her in public to prove that they were not j-s lag a ou' treir marriage, and it is said thit th:s stipulation was readily met by the .oviug c'Luple whc, it sers, were de :ermined that the j ,ke. having been started, nu't go, ttough this p r, f the story is daied by the young la iy. So far all went well, and the youn :e:ple were warmly and cordially congratulated. But they little draam-! ed that they were playing with fire The bridegroom left that night for' H-lena, where he holds an important place with the Southern railway. The bride remained in Macon at the home of Mrs. Sykes, where she had be boarding and where the affar occur red. She declared the next day that it was all a j )ke, and then dirs. kes said if she had reilly not married the -oung man she would have to leaven her housl She said the j lke haa been ca-r:ei f.:r. Cue ycuug lady did not lea'v'e the boardin house. and so far as the vorlu nows. there has een no marriage yt. The young man was in Helena today, and sa to the Constitution that these was no trueh in the report that he was mar ried He claimed igr.orance of the lit tie occurrence. He simply denitd the report that he was married, which re port, by the way, had appeared in solemn form this morning in the Mi con paper without the ghost of a smile to let the public know that it was a joke. Just what will be the outcome of the affair is not known. Both of the young people are well known agd higaly esteemed. It ma r be that their wedding day is fixed for the near in ture, and tney were just a little too jestful by reason of tLeing overjoy ful in annourncing it in the rather singu lar manner they engaged. The folly of their joke has appeared to both cf them. Their friends de plore the affair resulting as it did in so much publicity. It seems to have proved a tragedy of errors fron be ginning to end. All of their friends pleasantly -.eclare that notning is left for them to do now but make the joke hold good by getting married sure encughi. The srtart ot Oae Muua1n are-. "HIad I 'caught my train that night," laughed the man wno had nothing to do for a quarter of a centu-y but sit and waca pine trees grow to swell his bank account, according to the Dstroit Free Press, "I would probably be a farmer now, try ing to raise a mort-I gage and a fe# other things. I had' gone to a little town in lower Wiscon sin to see a colt there that a man want ed to sell me. I was a good jadge of stock and shrewd on a trade, 'out a greener country lad hal nevor broke into town. I would have walked back to the farm after I found myself too iate for the train, but I saw a handbill announcing a show that nighit and couldn't resist the temptation to see i though it did cos: :. quarter. "In my hilarious appreciation I was more of an entertainment than the'. had on the st ;ge, espt cially as I was sterly oblivious to the fact that I dYi not look lke any one else in tae audi ence. Towards the end a huge felio ' came cut, tossed cannon balls in ta air, held men out at a-in's leemth, an li'ted heavy weights. A~~e t'si shonint of h:s prowess ne otice~d $ i 'oanv oze whom he could not taro : :n 2 minutes. I was :he cr.,ck wre:-t er of all cur s~ciion, thougn no one ares-nt kue v i:, and i fe - st~u tue~ cn:.li-ae was sime" durc:v me. I turnied hot and~ co-ld dun fen seconds of i.tense sile~e T'C I spranig up, and as I camie ou rm old blouse, shotd; ''l go .ua losh.' Laere wvas a roar of 'ag ter, and then some of tus2 a' nt m urgeJ me no: to g up~ t-uere anad ha r my neca Ole3au. But one o- mia tldtmeo 'in. I- wa a ~g b through the lisor- wih ae. tigoe There was a li:ce esia-ey a'xus a t igme tne $'9 Gut tne crowi nue methome with him, and inaw-~ nad charge"o all the **s~s in ":, l er campli. Ia tiue I ocane a erI ter, and hec cared h way to1u' mie rich. Tait vas real a :natchfo a niuiion." i... fa o l tv . . a- tr a -''i~-ig ti.s. the caot caoj caut -hi*r'. Tle o' zz at o-nce ui ope a rhad. Sa ran aerea~niug. int n cing roo n. Her fati happened ;tobe in, and, keeping hi presene of 'udad,' sez d a ;>aca:: of "ater and p u-ed. it over the- dre neI Tne l:Ins were s-.ctced, o aO4 tefore ah ner ri was ba'reed it and a large section of~ the~ sei: a. ed. Hler cotning alsog:tea snu e arms, back and shoulders wtere gadl~ HO c'W PATR C~~ ;vLS EL YOR viTH VOTES TO . Up :u Uir:b;y or Voters Ch2aTgtd l a) ! S:dera-Tho Colored tMian ad' lirth Sells Hi j ate to the Htghesc iadd' r. the ens nnit a.'.' hotly A n1% 'ted i'onever held ia Augut,, (Ga., res ulteUl ed esd&u in the c .ioUi o r:\ 1it '.d St.tt na*6 r: :k Wtalsh fo~r M.u:, i"~ scam" a tr re cx~ . ..ed t: 'v eea1r . and Cc"nCiIind ?)?_ ' - r. Wr~cIIwas electd b ai puaity.. na:was a "'str:C : ) oar sis:^r c2 thre". good m~e:. ,'"thd no etc:--e fu~r passion and v" peto2; it invcl dC no Vital public 'iter-sts. Yet it wasSfl 'catsadcutriirez and was tnarka -: a'_ i:.ri :i :nta ii,.iv. Tre tl c::c as a st::U great er disgri.ce. T e Augu'sta Ereni'ec I Hierald, which supprorted Yr. K rr. ist very frank in' it.~s . e is to the way ia dvale" V N' ' 5eired, Sty iAt 1 o'cicc : it\ o Zenerai~y t?" ken. for ,rant tat.~ 'dr. W::1:: Lad .on and of a 'arg no:mlt~ ~ by- a ms;' ;rt , trap:'~a T- 5.]~ .'o' .." 'a .i '' a 5 s ge'lerai o^n:r2 'nen,:'a ci; .l :to 6-e a' :"' was~a the bstrLa"s' t):. wh se hands Lad z. t: yV, t Ws s~t" t 2iJ rite .!~'L.s that knAX 2) uf ' . cn ' as nrxxci as .ii:; :v Ke*'. men a')~t get a-'c'a ou mmi. I' the .-r. mne~ t:' s groii was b-?c:L"+ thWa -sea c ttist votes :-,re b-113' C "~ld , ne H-erald say~s f 1*'.: SOi FI:ed..; r 31 .,_ thlen rcLxre a j'rgl 'vcre bou,;ntrrt tJ ....Z i:.. Sae c that t:.e o:o . L...- J' .he nrgmoes wire cirne', ;i_ tIlo was no;t made to persiP'. or 2!-A1.1 them It as to see ." e" tl'i mak the uMne at hand gof. t1.: man nmost ad~ept at br . o .e-I man who could make mney v o fa thes. with the negroes-,; as t: wci k--r -rho was in demand. in w~e discuassing" t'his feat're 1. ^. c~"aul paiga. It ha~s had its tu. n i !nq Iestiona3c cr ve; made. toaooy by Kerr men, ti V Lse and Ds, t r !iin tuiat frthoaLst time i! A J1F E'S RCM= NE. A y-(n:.xx m i:'n o Watched seventy Years H:- La .er. - ihe in aven frierds cf Mss ie-ind a Day learned Thursday of her d"ath in 1pringfe d. Mass. She was S ve rs old and a representative of the oldest families in New England. She h ad lived all her life, with the ex eption of a few years -pent in this n c. io the old Day homestead'. )s Dv as the oldest daughter of . '- D 1 an.d was corn N vember 181) Tne old homestead is near " he f r* c urch in West Soringfleid. a quaint old house, a landmark n the to -n. and was never shown to -:i~itors without the accompaniment of a ro:n n tic story o love and con staricy. S'-ver t years a . 2.i-s Day had a CV a 'r. hte lver was a sailor, and cn 'nis d -.a e for his last voy ae Miss Day R, :&se(i to place en ry m a ghE. ctaudle in the wiidow o .:et hi: if Ye returntd in the a t e nievce returned. but Miss Day never abandoned hope of seeiner hIm n.ai, suad last night was the first i several Tears that a cindle has n.t sore in the wdi.;. It was because the taid that had so faithfull per ior:d that duty was lying cold in Miss Dar was theeidert of six chii dr., ^ll ofbm liveL to more than lotted Ibree score and ten years. ie'" ea ' was s;)n~ at home, : : h.ted in the public ois Ater she attain e tsuetschool for o r, t m, Iatver.ale. Ltr she e -e to \e U" ilra to c--ntiuae her ya',whie - e s^-3 _r:ed a smiali ;;} :Ce acucol. :y c::c s'e conducte oR' ont a _ -ar. : Dav :vs no and! ahat unt i - --r 1 J'tn a ?"'_Rw 't o, n d aeath, n o as'esut1ir-d as 'rokeof paral I - ears azo :r' last 5i-se .1.t. fev dary' d'nration. S :e .'a-es ta s s:er -Mis Lydia Oakis -i Hrs E idow of Is.nae. :,:d v r.ird with r la I. o d-ns- &d am '' Ar -sarda~~ l<si of tmsAbfa te sko Li<:fl?e --o cosc-Pre:: sor De&- of ::; Ydae T-:-_o'occal school d Hir.e- D y, o' ti's city. T:e old Dav om-.stead is one of !.e Ts: picturesc1e p'e: .u the to.'. I as buit i & 1J by Miss Dy's r r::ndfather, J->sat Day, on bwd o 'd by t ae fir.t minister o? t 'tenm .;ra: :u sav that bac:. e nas ws an ud errouind p.s S o i~ne d's:a .ce a ti b - It ss S.asd l se !) .tvs c rnas me the Sintaen red' iaes n iteon urd a',te free u ca n 3 to :' 'oard. Mss D. . 's d ed to t ceh r and lay se eel th .r -arolhe r ten left br fre h av ing th; madte a cut wita a a:C't on toe Jtiaiuscotius f h frwat room, which remats there to S.+etrlo WahSi Moonstine.T rMn :oonshiners Wedesdy made a Cigar against United Stat auty uarshals ive riles from Greenville and store.d a victory. Marshbals Way ne Ferusan, J. B. and A. A, P tilips and L D ;:uart :.de the raid. Te moonspacnge ar opsd theail bt thina elae The ispreoosearcn wasd walted itae itmah s The ait daauger i. :rfter andh sn.cheyr .ranh manshne~ stsad it. At ight iCentrarrne for wthei cuputy bonr sh~alet re aid stilro Pittelandv miles A.v G enille t ~ on ad ar rims, the mar~shais ent toip thentp ;ad thled itos ambush.n Thed wast :uauswerearme wit Winchesters and he arshlarpistls. apfirst i-Surtfell withhstigh boneip shatere. Helid whr he fsell si rest then-moces-inrs. Piis.I wnt .o ard tehous o3. P2.t-: and waofies aa-ec. t the pant of th ncester. G' a', ita Pittuian, oand wntile tng twc a o-t1 c marshals ppeare the dei :n mra. It was :aaned -vner e fell and after ite o:..r eLliger le:~t he was subeta to - av ria should seek re e Ur:i 'Oni*: fads is a en1 .co. F'or suen. u emi e Pes may - --H. s amy..' peopia u t~d .hedar ad u-.or n, 1I:, i - .0 a . cc -hLI - r? anWd nzdoy.LWhi 1THOU SHALT NOT K!LL B!SHCP CAPERS ADDRESSES THE CLERGY OFTHESTATE. Crime in Carolna-calls on tiinisters to Preach Against Alarming i:crease of tcmic!des-Day Se: A part, In the light of the recent statenent that the record of crime in this Sta; during the year just ending as show: by the solicitors' reports to th iimct of the attorney general. is just about twice as heavy as it was last year, so far as me number of bornicides is con cerned, the following address to the clergy, ;-sued Thursday by the bishop of the diocese of South Carolina of the Episcopal Church, will Le re::d with t some interns;: Diocese of South Carolina, Episcopal 1sidence. Columbia, S. C.. De.. I, 1597. To the Clergy of the Protestant Epis cooal Ch, ch in the Diocese or Scuth Carolina, and to cur ren, all other Ministers of the G:: | pel throughout tne State. Greetie: Beloved in the Lord, at the las. meeting of our diocesan council the following preamble and resolutions were adopted, to wit: Whereas, the groving disre;ard of human life has caused the crime of homi:ide to become more and more orevalent and brant in our land. until the biood guiltiess cf our peo nie has becaine an ctiance and crying shame to thisensibiiiies of the church and State: and Biving that public cpinion should be g eaty intiaenced, a:id can be most sio[y formed. upou the principles o' Christian miora ity. Resolved, That this council do e:. p'e's its solemn condemnation? of tbn terri-le evil; and in order to arouse wholesome publicsentiment upon th mo;: serious sui c:, P:soled, fureer, rat the bishop b' retq aested to call u L tot 'r:y of th? disc e t, Ureic uJn so'm" Sacday. to b, aopot am: i b6y I-r. R~esolved, r ther, T16 ibe ishe or 'tjt:ed toyissue an addr essj pay i-g, in tse r aie o! this counelL, the C. operation Of the clergy o: al chwuch~es and: religious dlenomiestions in this effort, and rtques':cg taen to j)ia the clergy of tis church n up one day to be so aopinted, in prec'. in, u-" one subject, and appeli ,: to ise people of the S te to put a': the curie of blood guiltin -s, wa cries out, a's frona the la1i aga as. In. com'piiance wi th e a . en 1 el, I beg to address yoiu this r. Ti'e sin of nurder is uponu H omic.es are of freq vna di~sess m !ocr:r- ce, and in our judgrmcat tae nubli conscience ne'-ds to b- ist:uc zed a :d iut pub:it mind aroused to a sense cf the danger which tareatens the character of our People. They need to be instructed upon the sacretuness o human life as a girt of almighty Q -4, whose prerogative is to take why. ,e alone can give. Without .irrant from him no man may lawfully take his broth-r's life. The soldier on tne battlefield, the coffcer of the liw in dis hsrge of his prescribed duties, the c:tizin de feice of his own life may a ife, without incurring the guilt of mur der, for they act by warrant of dele .ted authority of "rulers," who are -Gd's ministers," an'd "baer the sword," by Divine authority, "to pun ish evil doers,' but such murders as have of late outraged the law of God, and degraded the sacredness of life, and dishonored the courage and char acter of our people, can lay no claim whatsoever to the sanction of Divine WeufeeL beloved, that public senti ment needs to be aroused to a higher and nobler estimate of human life. IWe call upon our clergy to re buke the murderer. an~d to proclaim the ia of AlMmighty God given to coineorate and bless the~ life of ev-ery man, made in his iage, upheld by His Provi dence, und redeemed by the precious blood of His only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. I there fore appoint Sanday, the 19th of December, trie fourth Sunday in a dvent, on whic.- day i.call upon tM clergy of the diocese to preach against the crime of murder,no -v so prevalent ~in our State; and I most respectfully invite our brethren, the iaisters oi Christ, of all denominations, to unit: Iwith us on that dsy la upholding ti-: maj-sty of God's la, the sacredaes of nu~man life, and the honor of our belovedt State. Faittfudy. Etusos CaERS. Bishopo t he Diocese of Soutn Caro sufr :i-:g on the Kionclike. TheCainet Tziursday considered :e abjc. of sendin relief to the . vde i' the Kboudike. Presidea! " 0J~inley receiv a telegram fro~ For se :egr, C a:nber of Cor m.:c:- s*aia thttee was du-ng 1 d.mu.n 'ud iLcing on0 me LIry food for ree i n ootto.Te abne conide eve v y e Cewsieu tined c sted ay an cae.nso l res.A )- I: as dete arLtL .:ts Sup le/ i'.. Indy~ ~ plaas2 Ipa Itis pra,; asv,,t b ed so throug the-i hea.-- son ura ouned 1 (itash a, sC ld. e Bloohou::s wer *4. u l\ i -~ - . rights . L ,.r the t'"71: 0 men7- i:' Sa1i U ' F 'l~r t. J N e a _ F". Icr5ivyuc 1 MYV Al .7,I~a PM C ! L -n M=tT(Ac I.e~v~i tr SYK at * :'A' (_"... - - u~ tin s:tawa : "C.' ,:'_: " 'teS . 'J''a'as *y <' e 'n. \l D T: 17 1'a_:. y.lu illcoanpnd-tA m'i ee v ns Y ~ -r. ~r Op' :a rear t rt y 0 anti CE?'( '7 'vo" fit 'Sd ON' "te "TM""] .f1_ ': "h as-. . X O '.a uCUVC-SflZX' s.Q. it a _ ys: yore-iD' "a. a':.wi a gable'" acc rkj)5ie "'re t "_i C~ir an a - V- CjaC:.J~a7:: t ,., : S s y . \J~ i. 4na an o.o.r. U2'; WT AND BOYCOTT. 'UH A>O AS2UT POSTAL OF -a e I Treub:es-oolored .Ostmssa a -i s'ant Fzed a:-Said to be Thor ~ ^CJD~toDt. e rif Associated Press dispatch i Te iser yesterday gave infor n sion of an alleged attempt to shoot : sss:t .c-stmaster at Lake City, nae . Brailsford. Frther fac:s learned yesterday rim a getleman living in Williams r urg co uty, indicate that possibly Stre is te be a repetition of a Georgia atfi r it. , 11s state. Tne postmas er at Lake City is a negro named Brker. Before he aasum ed t:h d uties of his office, he was shot by sa'ne uoinncwn party, but was not secriouiy hurt. Baker didn't make a& much fuss about it as his black broth postmaster in Georgia, and very little _as ever been said about it. BD.ker, of course, believes that he :s =hot because of .is appointment, as i.s after the rc nination that the b..t before he took a o e ui e. He immediately : oed autaori es at Washing: 3:.t'er evidenay didn't conid e l h to bother with, as the S ifor med him that it had ao j 1. &ont i. the matter, as .oiz ' Qid not occur in the post ;iL. Tnas Baker barely missed an zraity of attaining national no info-me . the postoifice depart wen: : lter on, that the white people, :io do all the p>stal business of the ,ere refusing to patronize the )r~'Oca, but mailed their letters on h e trai. As B .ers salary comes '; m she cancella ion of stamps, this w a moe serious matter to him than > i sht, for it meant he would f.: glory only. The govern ': e 1):.a hi rescue and ordered ip sa"crs to be locked when - n passed Lake City, and in *t: the po :al c:rks not to receive i uli. Thais compelled the people tronize the postoffice. This t did not want to do for two :e as: irst, beca.use the postmaster aud is assistant are thoroughly igac sn: and inconpeteni. Second, bec.use the postoffi.e is sit aled in a negro cabin, half a mile 'ro.r tie bacess portion of the town. a:: p ostoic is ina pasture, and near :tie p'e'ra la.e. The mail is handed oa: a id- w and there are no ac co'n istns whatever for patrons ii:. Taere is no protection n eeher. No wonder the Sd o: a to conduct impor Siaess in such a place and with a7raa nr3, too. s siia :at tne oostmaster andhi3 ,.ans have no more idea of what a o-aey order is, for instance, than a has of Suads7. They have sense enough to acknowledge this fact, and .hea a money order is asked for they frankly state that they don't know anything about them, and advise peo oe to try the exprass company, which hey are forced to do. The shooting of Brailsford, the as. sist an, occurred outside the postoffice, also. hance, the government is with ou' jarisdiction. Te gestien n who furnished the pacts related, stated that Rev. A. McA. P...an aot on his bicycle and rode oner to tepasture to get his-mail. It had to -iss t arough the paturei pte to re .:n the postofice cabin, and ais mail we~s handed to him by Brajis ~ford, who very kindly consented to o:>en and close the pasture gate for him. While performing this service, a shot was fired at him. Mr. Pittman called out at once to the snioeter to be careful, as he was .oteut. No more Liring occurred, and wis i ound that several buckshot had odedi Brailford's anatomy, but c0 stuc a vital spot. Tepostmaster telegraphed this to I ash"ngon but seems to have gotten 'e :'mr b hert. -S is uosedrthe tw worthies wiUl contmue~ : hold their joos and possi b.y be m ets in the future for after dark gu..:ners, until some great com motion is created in the country. L e Caty people have had consid eb - tr"oil with their republican postmas.ars. Harrison appointed a [very o noxious white man to the :a: and rte people transferred their c'usiness to the Scrantan postoffice. Ine aahoriis soon realized that an I *o".petnan hr: been put in of I dee and had him remnoved. Wheth erth resent administration will fol o r the example, remnains to be seen, bu:inepeoleof Lake City think 'm 'se:tie their postofilce trou t -ouambia Register. One Lene Bobber. ci from Keokuk, Iowa, says rcober, with his face hidden ~ a and armed with a revolver dto rob the passengers on the biad tSt. Louis. K~eokuk and :. .estern train which arrived ea Thurs~day morning. A p andi a theatrical comn ~ard :hecars. Therobber trange, about forty mile. .Soon after the train left - iJ et drsperado, who had a * in tesmoking car, put a s face, and drawing a re r:ed t brough the car. Pis d. he demanded the money bles of~ the passengers. There :u&le t get out of his way, of the men in the coach r *ou'd and attempted to '- a:dt,~ who fired three -.*i'aver, none of which *e *0: h is mask in the i dilyescped from the - rwih esprang to the .anwas going at bandit secured no es~ LAcid Lj. o-" the Georgia estties, composed of prominent politici s Wedneyday, held e n the Ozeefinokee d to give ap acon ve Someof the - n~tee were Rp Ino-nas, Craig, - Bayaton and other. - :' aconvict camp in purpose of inspec Sepu in a freight car tre miles over a se camp.Oa the re ahemidst of the opped the train and e frt ~ om each for the . te amount was :a as stopped again 2:~s e nduet: returned more money. He was was in the party and