1\v n, ; '/' i :. r-. ar "'i :{ r" w 1 !PS" rr'7 1 \ J E
ZI 33 190
i , X
Of Beirg Eiected P :s n- t
See'ms to. Be C' ..
A WiP.N*Ni COMSA T O
Teh E c. r1 Votes That. W u d
Carry rn to Vet rY.
S:iSs Hte is Lk-y
to Carry.
A Wa-sinston dipatch say- o te
a vast dcal of atuntiOn bas eCutered on
New Yck:. ane in spte of orwhelm
ing cdds favcring McKin:ey, the possi
bility of the Empire State giving thir
ty-six elecoral vo"tes to .li. B ryau are
discusse.1 by ( '.i l.ser ius m n;ore tha
any other political topbe of th day.
There are certain forees in New York.
Rooseve t ma:jority t ovterne-r was
so small, and the tendency of a arge
independent vote is so dificult to
fathom, that ene is justified perlaps in
placing that State at present in the
dcubtful column. where four weeks ago
it seemed but fair to reckon it as surely
for McKinley by a big a ajority. The
saying is a common one that if iryan
carries New York and Indi .ca f is eike
tion is assured. Yet it isitresting
to note that he might have the electoral
vote of both those great States and
barely defeat the Republican eardi
date, or be defcated himself. Accord
ing to the best advices the outlook is
very bright-for the Democras in In
diana. By carrying the following
States the Democrats wtuid eket Mr.
Bryan:
A labam a.................. . -1i
Arkansas.................. S
Colorado ........................ 4
Florida..................... 4
Georgia...... .............13
Idaho . ............. .. -.. ---. 3
-Indiana...................15
Kentucky..... ....13
Louisiana ..................
M aryland............-...... ...
Mississippi..... ....... ....
Missouri.............--.-- .-----.--1
M ontana...-..... -.-.-....... ... 3
Nebraska ............... ...... 8
Nevada ........... ............ 3
New York................ ...
North Carolina.............. ....11
South Carolina.
Tennessee........ .......
Texas........ -------.
T exa ... ... ..... ..............1)
Utah..................... 3
Virginia-------.... ... ..1.
Total...... ............ 225
This list of twenty-two States, how
ever, if all went for Bryan, would give
him a bare majority in the electoral
college, as 224 votes are necessary for
an election. It will be noticed that
West Virginia, with six votes, is omit
ted. The Republicans confidently be
lieve that West Virginia <ill give her
vote to McKinley,although it is admitted
that the Democratic chances are better
on the State ticket and the Lcgislature.
it is, nevertheless, anybodys fight, for
the decisive influences may change a
half dczen times between now and eec
tion day. Delaware is also omitted, not
withstanding the cotfident claims of
Democrats that they will have a ma
jority there. The two Republican fac
tions have shown a disposition to unite,
all of which substantiates the Republi
can faith that the smallest State in the
Union will vote for McKinley, as four
years ago. The best judges regard
Maryland as Democratic. Kentucky is
judged Republican on the State ticket
and Democratic on the national ticket.
OTHER POSSIBILTIES.
With such a list, there are still other
Democratic posibilities-not probabili
ties-to be kept in mind. While Dela
ware and West Virginia may troop into
the Democratic column, something will
probably be heard in the next few
weeks of D~emocratic chances in Con
necticut. The nominations have only
just been made in the Nutmeg State,
and the lateness of th, campaign there
is the reason that little has been said
of its voting proclivitic s. in years gone
by Connecticut has been very much a
Democratic State in Presidential years.
and when the tendency elsewhere in
the country hae been against the Re
publicans, Connecticut has always been
in the mood. if the gold Democrats
go back to their former affiliations Con
necticut might become debatable
ground. Tne electoral vote there num
bers six.
Then illinois has an enormous shift
ing vote, and the labor troubies are
likely to affect the situation. Cook
county, which includes Chicsgo. will
probably decide the political complex
ion of that State's t wenty four electo
ral votes. Focur years ago Chicago con
tributed avery large portion of the 146,
000 Republican majority in illinois, but
this year the Democrats say the ma
jority outside Cook county will be
small, and that it will be overcome by
the big Democratic majority in Cook
county. -
But it L.- easy to see what tne reahiza
tion of some of the Ret ublican possi
bilities in the list of twenty-two States,
which have been set down by way of
fair conjecture for Mr. Bryan, would
bring abouc. It must be conceded that
Indiana is a Repubhcean possibility, and
New York a strong Republican probi
bility. The loss of either of those
States would relegate Bryan s column
of electoral votes to second place.
cTAu, mDano AND) MtNTANA
Utah is undoubtedly drifting back to
Republican moorings, but it is very
questionable whether it will get clear
back this year. Nevertheless, the three
votes of Utah er laaho, even if New
York and Indiana go Demoeratic might
prove indispensable for Mr.-Bryan. In
spite of the decadence of the silver sen
timent in those States, it is well to bear
in mind the personal following of Mr.
Bryan, and the pride that is share~d
quite generally by far Western people
that a candidate for the Presidency
should have been selected from their
immediate vieiuity. Utah and Idaho
are now more doubtful than Montans,
although a few seeks ago it seemed the
other way. But the two factions in
Montana that threatened D)emocranec
supremacy are united in favor of Mr.
Bryan, and Republicans are disposed
to concede the State to him.
'1 arand and t'uey will be decis
ive r oe part'y Cr the other, but, not
w I._. -at iig tihe hope that Republi
casr ir.'e oft hoe States. the drift to
date has been against them. The
:ow D Peuwerts in Kentucky, who
:; ." a oed degree Coid DLemocrats,
ui their organization, do
..ir 3rian. tout against t'e
C candidate Ir Uovertor.
a ny event, speculation on the out
the election is baxuud to rvert
. .ew York. It is a very commLon
ii g nowaays to refer to the war be
tw en Croktr and litii is eodangcernn
. ) iD mcra:it prozpcct, but it is quite
.ati tL s ie cam pain au
\. this w.: wii .iamulate the two
d o r tout in 'h lr a d st wek i3r
if. Bryao. fastrL~ay ila!l! ma~y be ac
e a i3, id 1 ir l - J J t, Uzat "'e
_: he nt iorget that _e rule; in R~e
Lubxa coM:.uiitie. up the State is
owOJ ty New York voters to be dis
u utrty e rrurt, though less widely
adver ised. Tne indiference of lepub
i:-r v.terr aiz the S:ate is very
mi:d, and no nan can teil Low pow
cr uiy they winl Liuster at the Polls.
Mr. t'roktr mtay not be pleaed that the
1ter l)of aoeratie po ~r is just
now iu the t:r \sL, but at at the same
.the iatt w :erke r: ;are kniwn to be
Ru ot-e rm, art a veainet :at put ii
tiut (4 utU-mesa wouid not be uxvwei
mie. TLIe fact that a; iCiois
poin: to a ut:ue lighter iiep.ublican vote
i November than four years ago
brings New York. as well as other
State, rearer to the dancer line.
Deputy Sheriff Killed.
A special fro:a Lake Charles, Ls.,
says: Paul Sloan, a deputy sheriff, was
shot and kiiled while defending a ncgro
from the vengeance of a mob. All aay
there were rumors of the probable
lynching of Pierce Scott, a negro in
jmi here charged with assaulting Miss
Oswald, aged 73. About 9 o'clock an
unmasked crowd gatherea a, the court
house. Judge Miller addressed the
crowd and toid them the punishment of
criminals must be left to the court. He
urged the crowd to disperse and prom
ised to take up the care against the
negro in court tomorrow. On this
promise the crowd broke up and it
was thought there would be no further
attempt by the mob. Four hours later,
however, a fresh outbreak was made by
the mob, who advanced toward the
jail with an iron battering ram. S. A.
Harmon and Paul Sloan, deputy
sherith, warned them to come no
further and then shot over the heads
of the crowd, when some one in the
mob fired at the deputies. Paul Sloan
was shot and fatally wounded. He
died early this morning. The sheriff
and deputies then dispersed the oro d
at the point of their tistols.
Fight With Pistols.
After a quarrel which has extended
over two weeks. two young men of
prominent families of .East Point, a
suburb of Atlanta, met Friday evening
and fougb: with pistols. One of the
men, Sheffield Harrington, was so: in
four places, and the other, Walter
Hudson, was wounded once. Both are
believed to be fatally wounded. It is
asserted that both Walter Hudson and
another man fired at Harrington. Asa
result of the meeting dieorge Hudson is
in jail. The specifie charge against
him, however, is not made public.
Four bullets struck Harrington, one en
tering the thigh. Harrinigton tried
time after time to fire a second shot,
but ch time the hammer of his re
volver failed tc explode the cartridge.
Hudson, it is alleged, was in love with
Harrigton's sister, and there were re
ports tihat they were to be married,
These reports were accepted as true for
a tone, but finally Hudson denied the
truth of the rmer. A few dass ago
the young lady left for Waynesboro.
Harrington, it is said, stated at that
time it Hudson didl not go there and
marry his sister he wonid kill him.
M1atters stood in this position as far as
reliable information is obtained until
the shooting occurred.
Over at Last.
"The South African war is com
pletely ended, ~said the L:>renzo Mar
qe z correspondent to The London Daily
Tegraph. Many guns have been nes
troyed and hundreds of wagons and
thousands of tons of stores of every
decription hnave been burned. Burn
ing wreckage lies in every direction in
the Hectorspruit district. Any good
poice force of 20,000O men can effect
the complete pacification of the coun
try. It wili be impossible for the
Boers in the future to mass a force
exceeding 1,500. They are sick of the
war and the irishAmerican and other
mercernaries are clamoring for pay
ment and they threaten the Beer cdi
cials."
Napoleon as a Counterfeiter.
In 1S12 N. Parquier, Parisian pre
feet of' police, as he relates in his me
moirs, ciiscovered a secret printing oflice
where skilled workmen were engaged
at night. The house was barricaded,
but the police broke in, arrested the
men and seized a lot of counterfeit
Austrain and Russian bank notes. Soon
after Savary, the minister of police,
descended upon his subordinate with a
sharp reprimand. He explained that
the notes were being prmnted by the
order of Napoleon himself, who
desgned them for use in the Russian
capagn. Napoleon had no intention
of wasting good mnoney in buying suP
plies inuan enemy's country.
A Destructive Charge
S eptember 27 was the annivcrsary of
one of the most terrible connicts of the
cvlwar. It occurred near Centralia,
Mo. Nearly 200) Federal soldiers riding
out after guerillas met here a body of
abut 250. Searcely a dozen of the
1Federal soldiers escaped with their
lives, while of the guerillas two only
Iwere killed and one mor Ily wounded.
There is nowhere in the istory of the
world a record of a charge more de
Istructive. Only a few of the older
citizens remember the fight.
Pirates on the West River.
Advices from the West river in
China report that piracy and brigand
age ae increasing, and it is considered
probable that the river will relapse
into its old state of insecurity during
h wanter unless active measures are
Itaken. Several minor piratical acts
are reported and it is also stated that
villages near Kum Chuk have been
brnd by brigands.
Heavy Rectits Dep ss-s Price
c'i the Etap
SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS.
They Sculd Marktt Th ir Crap
Slow:y and Thu Ke*p U;)
the Price cof F;.
Staple.
A tu'jatch from;' NEw York sp
"Asisnuaa Lh benuin lfte
cctter. -'ason t e at-' ion of ott
iradh r; c ntcr- upon th o veimeet of
the new erp and the probbe e:-ein
uance cf t}e first ruh vf e rc
ceig. ilaas here r iving ur
gent r, - !'froi; thi',r corre-pond
I cots all . ti e cotton belt fhr cur
rency oi s :cn1j ;eit-atios, saltable
fo.r croi' n-.oio p es. tnd it 'r
be stated as a fact t : iza:ks are
not gin g th e c regucs: the attenticn
that they merit. Th r-or is are al
m ost cnt:reiy for =: bi-s, cf which
there is a ;articur scar iry. Fra k
V'aoderlip, asin eeryothe
treasury, r.ad b-,n heore thi.s t ec ,
talka' the maatter or u. h b;k o -
thers and striving to i'uce t -- to
part with a e:-r amount
their treaur; n otes wliich are, it will
be reembetre-1. cschr-," able under
the new culrcncy law iv silver cer
titieates. Mr. V nderlip, 1i fact,
p'aced a preamium on these treasury
notes by offering facilities in the form
of transportation of currency to the ag
ricultural sections in favo:r of the bank
making t',e exchange of treasury rotes.
It is quite probable, therefore, that
with this premium, the New York
banks will pass over a considcrable
amount of these treasury notes, and the
transfer of money to the Siuth to move
the crcp will be promptly inercased.
It will be recalled that under the new
currency law silver certificates may be
issued against the retirement of treas
ury notes. not only at the rate of dol
lar for dollar, but that the practical re
sult of the law is that silver certificates
may be issued at the rate of about one
and one-third for every treasury note
cancelled. This is accomplished as a
result of the silver certificates being
issued not only against the silver dollar
as actually coined, but against the
profit to the government of coining at
one dollar a coin containing less than
one dollar's worth of silver. It will
therefore be observed that every dollar
in treasury notes that th- New York
banks part with means 1.33 increase in
the currency suitable for the agricultu
ral sections. This is a factor which
will undoubtedly exercise an appreci
able influence on the cotton crop move
ment of the near future.
The heavy movement of cotton to
market has had the effect of checking,
perhaps temporarily, the operations of
some of the bull leaders. In other
words, the big receipts are just now
saring bulls. This is only natural,
and the trade has been prepared both
for the big receipts and the scare arising
from them. Without big receipts some
time there would be no probability of a
crop of even 8,000,000 bales, to say
nothing of 10;000,000 or more, as now
looked for by many. As is also usual
at this season, the exporting element
see in the rush of cotton now progress
ing a crop of no less than 12,000,000
bales, just as they last season pretended
to believe as late as March. The esri
mate of a crop of around 9,000,000
bales divided equally between the sec
tions east and west of the Mississippi,
as promulgated by one Southern firm,
may prove near the mark in the event
of early irost or a collapse in receipts
around November 10th.
"Inasmuch as there has been great
complaint of scarcity of pickers in
many sections it would be well to bear
in mind that in such districts receipts
certainly would have been heavier than
reported. had the cotton bcen gathered
with usual promptness. This is a ponint
on which big crop people here are lay
ing much stress. indeed there seems
considerable logical foundation for this
because the movement from many
small plantations has been at a com
plete standstill on account of the labor
question; and the retardation of re
ceipts from this cause over a wide area
must, in the aggregatc, be considerable.
We hear of some instances where the
ield will be so small anid planters are
so comfortably situated that the high
price will be a great inducement to hold
for still higher prices, regardless of
what may be done by the fortunate
planters who have raised a good crop
and are anxious to sell now.
"A prominent exporter-a man
whoae opinion is well respected here
in discussing the crop situation said to
your correspondent: 'Every-thing de
pends upon Texas. The abnormal sit
uation there arising fromn the recent
hurricane has left some of our expert
statisticians completely at sea in regrard
to the probable 3ield. Before a great
while Galveston will receive her usual
quota of cotton daily, the heavy ar
rivals at New Orleans of late being ia
a large measure credited to diversions
from th ore port. With few ex
ceptons acutfrmTexas arei
predicting a remarkably free movement
during Umtober, arnd are almost unani
mous in the statement that present
prices are proving a strong temptation
Ito free selling by farmers. A fewv sec
tions are claiming a better crop than
last year, but from what we can gath:er
from people who are frequently on the
right side Texas does not promise to
make a crop of suficient size to throw
the bear clique into ecstae~e.4,whl
here and there some planters are such
firm believers in a small crop for the
state that they express an intention of
holding their cotton for v-ery faney
prices, a decision the wisdom of whbich
is very questionable before the settle
ment of the question of early frost.'
"Commission firms who have been
interviewed on the cotton outlook ap
pear to quite generally agree that at
present price farmers will market
freely- Many have advices to the ef
fet that around ten cents farmers arc
willing to let their cotton go. Just
now, with every probability of a very
larg movement, they are likely to show
in7eh gn r:.e S'T .. S, ur:m t
temIfpted bhan} to ' r':, t 10' r p
ans mos urnavorain ; : a, I'.
telts. - are cclie i rI ' -urI }
LouiG11i-:na Just conna, tt o 1h-'- rr
teen claimed by vru a .:. .
to the crop or:o: k. i. :ri te
these the promise :.urpim- iupi 1e
known in nrvious s
of cotton in these fever..d: cctin T ve
been unusually heavy. ' uitch s'o :-: i
dive rite to the belief 1 hat ar.::dabl
heavy yied will re:uit In u.ih a
these retw ris are cnur !td w a h .t:
ments t) de o vt.ct t hat n:o-t fav'r.s
conruitions have C viL' . rv r'+!'.1 :
cat:e ine and1 :i:,t plars are .
Killed One ta ad o; t trv.:d 9u
other and Wife
A huts': h erini a br.: .:t 1 "'"
liatm 13zanFcol.e" .ct
le a b le Sy i fle it. n
ble at w&""?1o;r:V :.
I A t n ra 13 1 i. i -
irps imileae au reekr .:
AoI wih I l c.1 e. . .
Nat 1C ' ha ila,'1n l u l t" :
arm. >2IN,: t- o ot.
rhe other a.nd ife
r 0hi ,a~ frK Elb p yiai
ia ra c. io l e _
ist int i!e e t i -
lead entrirt the r..b.
him almost Bisani. i
away, and 1as wie rt; . . :
McLEahan bu. mn:iUa :.c :.
Pursuit was oain d ta clt- I.-. u-: I -
the sheriff and p sse we' . Th!:- i m
uknown party went to : of
aeorge H. MeL3nahan, =it ..v sa. ut
three miles below Elbbcrtou and :sot
him and his wife as they were retiring
Mrs. MeLanahan is not b-_dly hurt, it
is thought that . Mobaa an is fa
tally shot. Mr. McLu taan i one of
Eiberton most respected and wc t do
farmers and the attempte d a:sa iation
has caused the intense indignation of
the entire community. M<d.cal atten
tion has gone to the wounded people
and lare parties have gone in search of
the perpetrator of the crime. It was
found out later that Branch was the
assassin. He was captured Friday and
lodged in j i, from where he will be
legally excauted after his trial, hhiuh
wi take place at once, uLess h is
hung by a mob. as threats .' lynching
and burning at the stake are freely
made by an excited M. copLa is be
leved the sheriff will try to ouw tho
crowd by taking the Negro to Alanta.
Paste This in Your gat.
The time is drawing near now when
interest wil be warm in the presiden
tial contest, and when a ma wants the
data of the electoral vote at L~s lingers'
ess. Notevr an iapturedriday a
woge ino jil find ithee h wl ce
wut tae follacen it one unles hwits
heir vote ainb thlctral ollegeching
keep itufrin rady referserefel
maeban.xete ecople.....s.be
crwdby aking..the NegrotA..lana..
Cohertdome.is..drawin nearnow.whe
Dnelret..ill.b warma inrolinpresiden
Ftia.ontst,.an whenh at a.1.s h
degat.f.te.lecorl vhote.ath.s...gers
elns..Not.every maen....esed.wth
readyand.retentie memory;ana.os
woare..not.w.ll find el;-fulto..u
outthe...fol.owi Slit ofsates, it
ti es.in.the electra olegand.
Alab~i~am...........1 lebraska...........
Arana...........s t evada...........
Cafrnian......... te amp. hir.....
Connechiut....... i.. ewror.........4
Delhawae.........i- Nort2nCaroia....
Fltoa...........l Northt 1>arota...
Georgsia......... hcio.........23
Ilinoi..........24 regon............ 8
:In iana........1 P ns la i .....-4T
Kandsa..............e houh arhn!......r.
L tou t th........ vo tenuN e .............y
ofitsh ig b.......n Strnate ........... a1:
alinn as tat.... ro oeut Vi poi....
W1titsissipp ........ . Mieon:i..........is
demsto r tin......1 byh y a oin. -....... i G
shrew tana........... an h--n. s
un on'sth tiH ave he -a Wove
rThi he oshiten r Pstn aw Thei
tienctt ons iths hour are int 31r
Brxi toratiallae of e Mr.a
without grief.t fNw oko n
of tsneigheohing States..I a set a;
almabaniuation from ur) viwpoin.
Wat it ilfro 31rs. MK ali ei
threhdliien, eandohr anr :a
no ahn turnged four eand maei
oth ex two monthsc hihha i.so
exilen to' th vilaoos sii".,' .bra
next aroo gaswr to be en'epae
rtite. Ae receof i i o
puati ornh fre~om thpicdemm t
takeda hand in eX orktem
Arhite-tsnt, e for yei ad
bome iu nt well'~ la:e . No tra h
tiinsto lhi has sinc ben bai
"Aed. A rewmar f Si': : r; e
pactda forth relur of th~e My. i
harlesS. like of aihei f irn
Thchitcsepofatew bek v' a fun
washe i rnt difern 4 ir . e-ith
membiersn ohe wS t'uhe it
ad. tAo cidein wer onr a r
root that nbokehino va'.ue was ad inr
ih pockets chldena o n w ,r
Togh wetanate, by' he arei a-~
and-tg childein seri a hu Ltng
Sunday evening all four were re. u.Cite.
THE STATE FAIR.
Grat P:eparaticris for the Ap
proaching Festivities
THE GROUNDS IMPROVED
The Premium Lst Shcws Laage
Incr.s' in Pr zes Offered.
Evciythnirg Prom
ises Well
c uibia, Se_. 2h--Special: Our
State Fair arni:Jiy brir.gs together at
the Fair al e ; t'e state not fewer than
'irty thus d p ople, from every see
ti.u i r e t ate, representirg tvery
l. f ie followed by ouir peo
rle-t } rsirc-s man, the professional
n:an. the farmer and the laborer-who
annuaily :.eet together to see and p-cfit
by the improvements which are being
made la art, handiwork, agriculture,
nimechnc, t nufacturing, dairyirg,
stock raising, etc., etc. Labor-saving
iahnery is put on exhibition; the
best vare ii s of fowls are exhibited;
:oue rid and high-bred cattle,
or _"and Mules, hogs, sheep and
:s are breu1t here ani offered for
. r best products of the
; in reat varieties are
lI *rder to crc3ur.e home produc
tiou of .very kind. the State Fair an
rually ge.d all of its earnings, as
well as the -tote's appropriation, in
Irizes for excelleece in every depart
me ult.
The improvements on the grounds
will add miatericily to the comfort and
coteniernCe of exhibitors in all depart
men-s. The southwest corner of the
-rounds have been graded, and will
prove a great benefit to the Midway
show people. An additional entrance
to the grounds will be near the line of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad, where
visitors can reach the grounds without
extra expense, and at the lowest pos
sible rates of passage by all railroads.
Exhibits by rail will be unloaded on
the grounds. These advantages will
be appreciated by visitors and ex
hibitors.
The payment by the Society of rail
road freight of exhibits raised or pro
duced in the state will induce the
largest and the best display ever seen in
all departments on the grounds.
The art gallery will be enlarged and
proper light furnished for the exhibition
of art, of which an unusual display is
promised.
The poultry house will also be en
iarged to accommodate the rapid in
crease of fine poultry.
With the light now before the man
agement, the 32d Annual Fair will
eclipse any previous exhibition, and
will show that the material interests of
the state are in the line of progress.
Recognizing the needs of liberality
in offering good premiums, the society
has offerered these to the amount of
$7,U00. There will be $2,500 in race
purses.
The attraction offered to the people
will not be confined to the fair itself.
Prominent among the "outside"' fea
tures will be the encampment, parade
and competitive drill of the State
M1litia arranged by Adjutat General
Floyd. It is already certain that a
large number of companies from dif
ferent parts of the State will participate.
The citizens of Columbia will do
their full part in making fair week a
season of genuine enjoyment for all
visitors. The street amusements will
be up to the highest stanaards. There
will be music of most excellent charac
ter and plenty of it.
Looking over the whole field it may
be safely said that the fair of 1900 will
be one of the very best in all the his
tory of the State Agricultural and
Miechacical Society. President W. D).
Evans and Secretary Holloway have
been most energetic in making plans
for a splendid exhibition-and a good
time for everybody.
VWill Carry New York.
Democrats coming to Washington
fromu New York State appear quite
contident of carrying that State for
Bryau and Stevensou, despite the big
maj~irity against them four years ago.
It is panted o-ut that big majorities in
New York States are not always
iudicative of the result in elections
even one Sear afterwards. When
Cleveland was first elected Governor
of New York State his majority was
upwards of 300,000, and when he rae
:or hP:aaent a littie while later, his
maonity was reduced by Blaine to less
than 1,000i. In 16 tbe liepublbeans
carrie~l New York for Harrison, and at
te same ele;ion elected H ili Governor.
in 15t Mc~inley s maj rity w'es more
than A)00.000, while ia~st secar lioose
velts maj irity for Governor was only
about '1000' or less. It will, therefore,
be seu'tnat unjorities in New York
Ste are not to cc relied upon as any
index to future eleb ices in the State.
~Fur .seats ago 31eKaley carried the
city of New York. but this year no one
pretends thait Bryan will get less than
'j,:; naji ii4rity in the city proper.
I bo. .i n, it is said, at the lowest
e-tont ca e relied upon to give a
D. mueratie majority of 10.000O this year.
This, ait the lowedt estimate. would
dv Brs tn the two big counties
70,000 or 7~5,ijiiii unj rity, -and would
mak de State extremely doubtful.
A Curious Case.
A. Curious case of less of memory is
r orted from Worms. A smiall land
o..ner was sertek by lightnmng while
p wn.the iieh pasing through his
t.lav-ing a hole as large 'as a fist,
theu doi. fis neck and through- the
- lo w handle into the ground- The vie
uim, whmo was ill for several days, fi
aly recovered, but he has entirely lest
his memory.
A Good Field.
There is a big neld for missionary
work in Wyoming. Oat of a population
ofJ about 75.000J in a large district it is
estimated that less than 3000 are
evageclical Christians, and they are
widely scattered over the 97, 000 miles
Iof country in which the centers of
population are from 50 to 75 miles
HOWARD TO BE HANGED.
He is the Man who Killed Governor
Geobel, of Kentucky.
A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says
James B. Howard, who has been on
trial for the past ten days charged with
being a principal in the assassination of
William Goebel, was found guilty
Wednesday, the jury fixing his punish
ment at death.
The faet that the jury had deliberated
all of yesterday afternoon without rea
ching a verdict led to the belief that it
was hopelessly divided and this fact
made the verdict a shock to Howard
and those who hoped fur his ultimate
acquitttai.
Cloward did not lose his composure
when the verdict calling for the ex
treme penalty of the law read in the
crowded Court room. He glacced at
his attorneys, who sat beside him, and
smiled and slid noshing. After the
jury had been discharged Howard was
taken back to the jail and here for the
first time he be trayed emotion, He
called for a pen and paper ncd wrote a
long letter to his wife, during which
tears coursed down his cheeks. He was
joined later by his attorneys, who spent
a goed part of the day in conference
with him in regard to the motion for a
new trial, whi:h will be filed to-morrow,
and other matters in connection with
the case.
Howard and his friends are very
bitter in their denunciation of wit
nesses who, it is charged, were in the
conspiracy to murder Goebel, and who
have since been manufacturing testi
mny against others in order to obtain
imnmunity for themselves.
"Jim" Howard, as he is comumonly
known in the mountains, is a strik
ingly handsome man, 44 years of age,
and would be one of the last to be
p inted out by a stranger as the man
on trial. He had the record, however,
of being the leader of the Howard
White faction in the Baker-Howard
feud in Clay County, in which numer
ous lives were taken. He had killed
George Baker and was suspected of the
assassinatian of Tom Baker, who was
killed after the same fashion as Goebel
was, and Howard's friends believe that
these facts had very much to do with
the making of the verdict sentencing
him to the gallows.
The trial of Henry E. Youtsey, of
Newport, will be called at Geergetown
next Friday.
A SPLENDID SHOW
Will ba Made by the Militia at the
State Fair.
The State says it looks now very
much as if the military feature of the
coming State fair is going to be a
splendid success. Gen. Floyd feels
very much gratified at the large num
ber of letters he has received from com
panies in all parts of the State. He
stated Thursday that he had every rea
son to believe that the following com
mands would be present, giving two
full regiments and a battalion of in
fantry, besides the naval militia force
and there is a possibility of two more
companies of infantry, those from
Spartanburg and Clifton, and some
cavalry coming:
FIRST REGIMENT.
Fort Mill Light Infantry, Co. M.
Greenville Light Infantry, Co. A.
Smythe Rifles, Peizer, Co. C.
Honea Path Guards, Co. H.
Abbeville Volunteers, Co. D.
Greenwood Guards, Co. -
Liberty Hill Rifles, Co. B.
Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville,
Co. L.
Lee Light Infantry, Chester, Co. I.
Hazelwood Rifles, Cornwell, Chester
county, Co. G-,
SECOND EEGIMENT.
Kershawv Guards, Camden, Co. A.
Bamberg Guards, Bamberg, Co. B.
Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg, Co.
C.
Elisto Rfies, Urangeburg, Co. F.
Richlanid Volunteers, Columbia, Co.
D.
Timmonsville Guards, Timmonsville,
Co. E.
Fort Motte Guard, Fort Matte, Co. G.
Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Co.
H.
Georgetown Rifles, Georgetown, Co.
Governor's Guards, Columbia, Co. L.
FIR*T BATTALION.
Sumter Guards, Charleston.
Washington Light Infantry.
German Fusiliers.
Irish Volunteers.
Psametto Guards.
NAVAL MILITIA.
Lafayette Artillery, Second division,
Charleston
BeCaufort Volunteer Artillery, Third
division, Beaufort.
It is thus seen that practically the
entire military force of the State, with
the exception of the calvalry regiment,
expects to be here fair week. There is
but one battery of artillery, the Ger
man Artillery of Charleston, and every
effort will be made to have this orgau
ization attend and take part in the
parade.
There are 11 troops of cavalry in the
State. There is no reason why many
of them could not ride through the
country to attend the encampment.
Many of them will no doubt make the
attempt. One, it is said, is almost cer
tain to do so.
All things considered it looks as if
the military features of the State fair is
going to be one of the best. if it
proves to be so Gen. Floyd will have
reason to be proud of his work.
Porto Ricans Can Vote.
The Board o-f Supervisors of Election
of Baltimore, acting upon the advice
of counsel, has decided that natives of
Porto Ri co who have resided in the
State for ayear and in the county for
six months, when otherwise qualhfied,
may vote in the elections: that they
are citizens of the United States, and
as such are required to conform to the
local laws only.
Gainesvill'. Ga., Dee. 8, 1899
Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator hs
been used in my family and I am per
fectly satisfied that it is all, and will
do all, you claim for it. Yours truly,
A. B. C. Dorsey.
P. S.-I am using it now myself.
I-s doing me good.-Sold by The Mur
ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. 0., and all
FACTS ABOUT TRUSTS.
The New York World Gives Hanna
an Object Lesson
Under The heading of "Facts About
Trusts" the N.-w York World continues
to consider the dligram of Hanna,
"There is not a trust in the entire
United States." First, The World gave
a brief but comprehensive history of
the wire trust and its workings, and the
second trust thus considered is the salt
trust, of which The World says:
The salt trust, known as the National
Salt company of New Jersey, was in
corporated March 20, 1899. Its capi
tal is $12.000.000. This company has
a natural monopoly in interior states,
while a tariff duty averaging about 50
per cent. gives to it an artiicial mo
nopoly on the coast. It is also said to
have an understanding with the salt un
ion of Great Britaii. Under existing
conditions this trust is likely to add the
full tariff duty to the price of its pro
duct, which will amount to between
$4.000,000 and $5,000,000 a year.
The general belief is that this trust
is controlled by the Standard Oil peo
ple. Its New York offices are in the
bui!ding of the Standard Oil company,
and the Standard Oil attorneys in Ohio
have appeared for it in the suit brought
against it in that state for the purpose
of testing its powers.
The trust has closed one plant which
it owes and several other plants which
it has leased.
Since the trust has been established
dairy farmers in Michigan, at the
works, have been obliged to pay 55
cents a barrel, instead of 35 cents, the
price in 1596. In New York city dairy
salt costs $1 40 instead of $1, the cost
in 1896, and $1 10, the cost in IS:;L
In other interior states which do not
themselves produce salt the price has
been about doubled.
Prices began to increase the moment
the salt-makers got their duty and per
fected their combination. Salt had not
only been comparatively cheap under
the Wilson tariff, when it was on the
free list, but domestic production had
increased more than importations.
The addition of the tariff tax to the
price of the domestic product would
alone make a profit of almost 64 per
cent. on the trust's common stock.
Evidently, The World intends to
keep up these lessons on trusts. They
constitute the best answer that could
be'given to Hanna's foolish statement,
and the national committee of the De
mocratic primary party would do well
to circulate them as campaign liter
ature.
A point to which attention should be
directed is that the tariff makes pos
sible the salt trust, just as it promotes
the wire trust and all other trusts. In
proposing to remove the tariff from
classes of goods made or controlled by
the trusts and thus allowing competi
tion from abroad, the Democrats offer
an effective and a practical remedy, for
an examination of the matter, such as
The World has made, shows that in
nearly every case the power of the trust
is fostered by the tariff which shuts
out foreign goods and allows a domestic
monopoly which can fix prices and regu
late the market to suit its own pur
poses.- -The State.
COGHLAN'S nEMAINiS LOST.
The Casket Was Swept Away in the
Galveston Storm
The storm which so recently swept
Galveston played havoc with the ceme
teries. Mountains of debris are piled
up in them, mounds were leveled,
bodies disinterred and vaults crumbled.
In the recent vault at Lake Vie
cemetery were the remains of Charles
Coghlan, the actor. The vault in which
the body reposed was a heavy granite
structure of beautiful architectural de
sign. This vault was not spared. The
combined force of wind and waves up
rooted the foundation and tossed aside
the heavy granite blocks like so much
paper. The Ooghlan casket was caught
in the swift current and has never since
been seen; It may have 80oated out to
sea or up the upper bay.
To those in whose care the remains
of the dead actor had been intrusted
this freak of the storm has caused con
siderable worry. A force of men sur
veyed the cemetery and surrounding
country today, hoping to find some
trace of the missing casket, but their
searching was unrewarded.
Coghlan died at the Tremont Hotel,
Gaveston, November 27, 1898. af ter an
illness of about four weeks. He came
here with his company, starring in the
"Royal Box." Upon his arrival he
became suddenly sick, but his illness
did not assume a serious form until
about two days before his death. At
the time of his death it was the inten
Ition of his wife to have the remains re
shipped to St. Louis for cremation.
Cughlan's dying request being that his
body be disposed of in this way. For
some reason his wife did not have the
remains shipped, but placed them te~n
porarily in a receiving vault, expecting
to have them sent Eaist this winter and
the wish of the dead acter and play
writer carried out. All of the city sex
tons in Galveston were drowned vwith
their families.
Boers Destroy Things.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez,
South Africa, says: den. Ian Hlamtil
ton's division and that of Geon. Pole
Carew have entered K->maff poort. Not
a shot was fired nor a Boor seen dur
ing the march. Evidences of the en
emy's destructiveness were everywhere
to be seen. The brdzes have been dy
namited, the stores, buildings and
homesteads looted and burned, as had
also the railway property, all the chief
stations being mere masses of smoking
ruins, among them Kaap Muiidein
Hectorspruit and Komatipoort. At the
last place there is an enormous area
over which the Boors have wrought de
struction.
Struck by a Tornado.
Two persons were killed and tihirteen
injured in the tornado and eloudteurst
which struck Ferguson, 10 wa, W ednes
day. The dead are: George, aged ->,
and Elmno, aged 1. ehildren of John
Lovelady. Three persons were fatally
injured and the other ten sustained
only minor bruises and, will recover.
Half a dozen houses, including the
Hlutson hotel and the St. Paul Railroad
eo, were demolished,
FUNDS NEEDED.
Senat'r T:lrnan Wants Some
Fr.m Scu-h Carolina.
MARION COUN TY LEADS OFF.
Chairman Jones Urges Others to
Follow This Example. Money
Nzeded far Speakers in
Doub'ful States.
The Columbia Record says Senator
Tillman, the member from South Caro
lina of the national Democratic com.
mittec, has again telegraphed to Colonel
WilieJones, chairman of the South
Carolina Democracy, urging him to
raise a fund for the employment <f
Bryan speakers. In response to this
appeal. C-lonel Jones has issued the
following letter to ne chairmen of the
county Demioeratic executive commit
tees:
Dear Sir: I have just received a
telegram from Senator Tillman, our
national committeeman, who is with
the national committee in Chicago,
earnestly requesting me to call on the
people in the state for contributions in
aid of the national Democratic party. -
The money is to be used to defray the
expenses of speakers in the doubtful
states. While we all realize that South
Carolina will go for Bryan, it is cer
tainly our duty to do what we can to
help our -Democratic friends in the
doubtful states. I will thank you to
take up this very important matter at
once and call upon all club presidents
in your county, and the people general
ly, to take up a collection among the
faithful, and please remit sums so col
lected to Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., sec
retary, or to me as chairman, and the
same will be remitted to the chairman
of the national Democratic committee.
Yours truly,
Wilie Jones, Chairman.
Colonel Jones earnestly hopes the
county chairman will make vigorous
efforts to raise money for this purpose.
Senator Tillman expects South Caro
lina to contribute $4,000, or an average
of $100 to the county. It takes work
to raise such a sum.
The first contribution came in this
morning and was from Marion county.
P. B. Hamer remitted a check for $60
for the Democrats of that county.
Weekly Cotton Statement.
Sec. Hester's weekly New Orleans
cotton exchange statement issued today
shows the amount of cotton brought
into sight for the week ending this
afternoon to be 339,222 bales, against
339,729 for the corresponding time
last year and 368,593 year before
last.
This brings. the total of the crop .
moved into sight for the 28 days of the
new season to 812,222, against 995,859
last year, and 83u,270 year before.
Receipts at all United States ports
since Sept. 1 were 561,843 bales,
against 691,259 last year; overland,
across the Mississippi, Ohio and
Potomac rivers~to northern mills and
Canada 17,892, against 50, 17.31lastyear;
interior stocks in excess of Sept. 1st,
123,115, -against 132,801; southhn
mill takings 109,372, against 121,626.
Foreign exports since Sept. 1 have
been 230 ,424, against 394,9711ast year.
The total takings of American mills
north and south and Canada thus far
for the season have been 161,144
agairnst 215,600 last year.
Since the close of the commercial
year stocks at America ports and the
29 . leading southern interior centres
have been increased 440,654 bales,
against an increasc for the same period
last season of 380,269. Including
amcants left over from the last crop
the supply to date is 934,756, against
1,tiM,757 for the same period last year.
A Fool College President.
A dispatch from Jonesville to the
Greenville News says Misses Etta
H Bames and Lizzie Littlejohn vent to
Hickory, N. C,, to enter Claremont
Fernale college. After the two young
ladies spent one night and looked
around they were dissatisfied. They
would nct be matriculated and pro
posed to return home. The president
demurred and refused to let them go.
They wired home the situation and
their parents wired them to return,
but the president still refused to let
them go. Miss Littlejohn got away
and came home. T. L. Blames wena
over to Hickory after his daughter'and
President Eatton refused to give up
her trunk or the trunk of Miss Little
john. M~r. Blamiss offered to pay the
expense of the girls while they were
there, but his offer was refused and he
employed an attorney, who took out
proceedings of claim and delivery and
the trunks were released and Mr.
Hlames returned wit~h h' daughter and
the baggage. A damas suit may be
the resuit.
Killed by His Prisoner.
Mr. George Bell, a young white man,
was shot and killed about two miles be
low Eiberton, Gsa., Taursday morning
by Will Brausei. a negro. Brausch,
who had been enarged with stealhng
cotton. and had wounded a young man
named Miles, who attempted to arrest
him, was arrene~d by Bell and another
man. Wiie urrder arrest Brauseh
snatchecd a shotgun from Bell's hands,
blew off& top 4~ his head with it and
escaped. I'jes arc out searching for
Brausch. and if' he be captured by
others than the sheriff he is likely to
be severely .ealt vwith Dy a mob.
Shot by Burglars.
Hon. Charles A. Collier, on of the
most prominent citizens in Atlania and
known generally throughout the South
was found early Wednesday morning
lying at the foot. of the stairs in a yard
back of his residence, with a bullet
hole in his left side in the region of his
heart. Before lasping into unecscious
ness C.Ahier uttered out one word 'Bur
glars." Collier did not reovered con
sciousness and died I':iday morning.
.tnpistol was found back of him under
the stairs. His head and hand were
baly bruised.