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IVIl XVL, MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEBRii 91 PRESIDENT McKIN] lI ANARCHIST PRETENDING 1 SHOTS I Tragedy Occurred at 1 The Data'dIy Deed Was Do teem Were heing Shop The Fiend Capfunr Buffalo, Sept. 6 -President McKin ley was shot and seriously wounded by a would-be assassin while holding a ra ception in the Temple of Music at the Pan- Ame:ioan , xposition a few min utes after 4 o'clock this afternoon. One shot took effec' in the rizht breast; the o'ber in the abdomen. The first is not of a sericus nature, and the bullet his been extra:c d. The latter pierced the abdominal wall, and has not bean located. At 10 40 p. m. the following bulletin by the attending physicians was the only indication of the condi tion of the pu sident's wounds: The President is rallying, and is rez t ing comfortably. At 10:15 p. m., tem pt rature 100 4 degrees; pulse 124; res piration 24. (Sign d) P. M R'xey, M. B. Mann, R. E. Parke, H. Mynter, Eugene War bin. George B. Cortelyon, Secretary to the President. THE ASSASSINATION. President McKinley, the idol of the American people, the nation's chief c x coutive, and the city's honored guests lies prostrate, snffering the pangs in flicted by the bullets of a cowardly as sassin, while his life hangs in the balance. Out on Delaware avenu?, at the home of John G. Milburn, presi dent of the Pan-American expositiun, with tearful face, and heart torn by con flicting hopes and fears sits the faithful wife, whose devotion is known to all the nation. It was a few moments after.4 p. m., while President EcKinley was holding a public reception in the great Temple of Music, on the Pan American grounds, that the cowardly attack was made, with what success time alor e can tell. 8anding in the midst of crowds numbering thousands; surrounded by every evidence of good will; pressed by a motley throng of people; showered with expressions of love and loyalty; besieged by multiudes, all eager to clasp his hand; amid the se eurround ings, and with ever-recurring plaudits of an admiring army of sight-seers rng ing in his ears, the blew of the assassin fell, and in an instant pleature gave way to pain; admiration to agcn3; folly turned to fury, and pandemonium fol lowed. THE ASSASSIN. Down at police headquarters, sur rounded by stern-faced inquisitors of the law, sits a medium-se zed man of commonplace appearance, with his fixed gaze directed on the floor, who presses his lips firmly tegether and listens with an air of assumed indifference to the persistent stream of questions, argu ments, objurations and admonitions with which his captors seek to induce or compel him to talk. The organ re -cital in the splendid Temple of Music witnessed the dastardly attempt. Plan ed with the diabolical ingenuity and finesse of which Anarchy or nihilism is capable, the would-be assassin carried out the work without a hitch, and should his designs fail, and the presi dent survive, only to Divine providence can be attributed that benefc nt result. WHERE IT WAS DONE. The president, though well guarded by United States secret servise detc tives, was fully exposed to such an at tack as occurred. He stood at the ed ge of the raised dais upon which stancs ~the great pipe organ at the east side oi the mnagnificent structure. Throngs of people crowded in, to gaze upon their executive, perchance to clasp his hand, and then fight their way out in the good-natared mob that every minute swelled and multiplied at the points of ingress and egress to the building. Th'e president was in a cheefui mood, and was enjoying to the full the hearty evi dences of g ood will which every whtre Wmet his gaze Upon his right stood John G. MIilburn, of Buff alo, presi cent of the Pan-American exposition, chatting with the president and intro ducing to him especially persons of note who approached. Upon the presi dent's left stood Mr. Cortelyou. THE ASSASSIN FIRES. It was shortly after 4p m , when one of the throng which surrounded the presidential party, a medium si ze man of ordinary appearance and plainly dressed in black, approached as if to greet the president. Both Secretary Cortelycu arnd President Milburn no ticed that the mans har d was swathed in a bandage of handkerchief. Reperte of bystanders differ as to his hand. He worked his way anmid the stream of people up the edge cf the dias unuil he Swas within two feet of the nreiident. Mr. McKinley smniled, bowed and ex tended his band in that spirit of geai ality the American jpeople so well know, when suddenly the sharp crack of a revolver rang out loud and clear above the hum of voices, the shufduing of myriad feet and vibrating waves oi applause that ever and anon swept here and there over the assemblage. THE F'IN CAPTURED. There was an instant of almnost corn plete silence. The president stood stock still, a lcok of hesitancy, almost of bewiderment on his face. Then he retreated a step while a pallor began tc steal over his features. The muh~itude only partially aware that something s IEY ASSASSINATED. 0 SHAKE NANDS FIRES TwO UIO H!M. :1 Buffalo Expositioll. ie While Epressions of Es ered on the President. d and locked Up. while necks were crated and ell eyes turned as one toward the rostrum, where a great tragedy wag being en acted. Then came a commotion. With the leap of a tig r three men threw themselves forwt rd as with one impul.e and sprang towsrc the would-be assassia. wo of them were Uaited States secret service men who were on the lookout and whose duty it was to guard against just such a calamity as had tere befalien the president and the nation. The third was a ba s'and! r, a negro, who had only an instant pre vionsdy grasped in his dusky palm the hand of tie president. As or.e man the trio hurled themselves upon the president's assassin. In a twinkling he wts borne to the grcuar', his weapn was wrested from his gri s? aod strong armfs l i ironed him dowo. Tben the multitude which thronged the efifioe be gan to come to a real:zing sense of the sw'uine ss of the scene of whicn they had been unwilling witne ses. HE MAKES A CONFESSION. Leon Czoiogoz, the would- be assassin has signed a confession covering sit pages of foolssap, which states that he is an anarchist and that he became an enthusiastic n ember of ti at body through the it fluence of Emma Gold man, whose writings he had read and whose lectures he had listened to. He denies laving any confederate and says he decidea on the act three days age and bcught the revolver with which the act was committed in Buffalo. He has seven brothers and sisters in Cleveland and the C'eveland directory has the names of about that number living o2 iosmer street and Ackland avenue, which adjoin. Some of them are butcers anr others in differens trades. He is not detained at police headquarters penning the result of the president's injuries. 0salogoz does not appear in the least degree uneasy or penitent for his action. He says te was induced by his attention to Emma Goldman's lectures and writing to de ede that the present form of govern meat in this country was all wrong and he thought the best way to end it was by killing the president. He shows no sign of insanity, but is very reticent about much of his career. While ao knowledging himself an anarchist he does not state to what branch of the oganiztionl he belongs. EFFECT ON THE PEOSLE A murmur arose, spread and swelled to a hum of cenfusion, then grew to a babel of scunds and later to a panede monium of noises. The crowds that a moment before had stood mute and motionless as in bewildered ignorance of the enormity of the thing, now with a single im pulse surged forward toward the stage of the horried drama, while a hoarse cry welled up from thousand throats and a thousnd men charged farward to lay hands upon the perpetrator of the dastardly crime. For a moment confusion was terri able. Men shouted and fought, women screamed and children cried. Some of those nearest tho doors fled from the edifice in fear of a stampede, while hundreds of others from tne outside struggled blindly forward in the eibrt to penetrate the crowded building and solve the mystery of exaitement and panic which evey moment grew and swelled within the congested interior of the edifice. After the first shock of the assassin's sho:s, the President retreated a steT mnen as the detectives leaped upon his assailant he turned, walked steadily to a chair and seated hims~efI, at the same time removing his hat and bowirg his head in his hancs. In aa instant Secretary Cortellyou and President Milburn were at his side. His coat was hurriedly opened, the President mawhil admanishing those abt ut him to remain csalm and telling tl em not to be alarmed. "But 3 our are wounde d," cried his Secretary, "let me examine." "No, I think not," answered the president. "I am not badmy hurt, I assure you." Nevertheless his outer garments were hasti y locs~ned and when a trickling stream of crimson was seen to wind its way down his breast, spreading its telltale stain over the wite surface of the liaen their worst fears were confirmed. A force of exposition guards were or the scone by th~s time and an effori was made to clear the buildings. By this time the crush was terrific. Spec tatord crow ded down the stairways from the galleries, the crowd or the floor surged toward the rostram~ while dspite the strenurus efforts ol pohice and guards the throng withoul s:roggled medly to obtain admission. EXAMINING THE WOUND As soon as tne crowd in the Temple of Mu ic had been dispersed suffiient ly the i.resident was removed in thc automobiio ambulance and taken to the exposition hospital, where an examina tion was made. The best medical skil. was summoned and within a brief pe riod sey. ral of Buofflo's best knowl pracitioners were at the patient's side. Tie president retained the full exer ise of his facuities until placed on tht operatiing tab"' and subjected to at aas.hetic. Upon the arst examina t ion it was ascertained that one bulle bad taken effect in the right breadI just below the nipple, causing a com paratively harmless wound. The otbe: took effect in the abde.nen, about fon inches below the left nipple, fou I[Continued on page 4.J BRYAN TO LABOR. I The Advice He Qives to the Wot k irg People. r I WARNS AGAINST TRUSTS. a Says If They Were as Aggressive at Elf ctions as they are at Strikes Cendti-ns Would be Differen*, v Labor Day last weak was marked by G the largest and most imposing parade , of labor unions ever teen at Kansas j City, Mo , and by the participation of t Wiuliam J Bryan in the prccession and n exercises. E ght theusand men marci- i ed through the streets, grouped in their unions and each union wearing a dis b t'nguishing uniform. Mr Bryan ooeu a pied a carriage at the head of the line and was chtered as he was recorn zed A striking featu e of the parade was e the Hod Carriers' union, negrocs, 225 a men, led by a negro band. The orator of the afternoon was Wm. R J. Bryan, who was prtceded by Mayor Reed. The pavilion at t e park was crowded to suffocation. Mr. B.yaou took for his text the Bible verse, "Mrs ale not the ox that treadeth out the corn." Mr Br ao sa d: BRYAN S TALK "Et ch decade of our history shows e greater production of wealth, and the a men who produce it have less to show for it. Is this a good condition? A g right condition? The solution of the t prc blems that confront us is in legis lation, .ot in legislation for or against h classes, but for Equal jastioe before u law. The strike is tcday t}-e only t weapon the laborer has, but it is weak i and inefficient. "If the laboring men were half as active on election day as they are in enforcement of their strikes, they would , wield a force that would right the evils , which beset them. THE GREATEST DANGER q "The greatest danger of today is pri e vate monopoly. Not that any monopoly I is worse than others, but the principle I is bad, which tolerates any private a monopoly. "I have heard that the true solution s of the problem is for the laboring man c to divide profits with the trusts. That I has been given as ..u argument for the d trusts. Such a thing would be immoral e and impolitic. It would be like divid I ing the spoils of the highwaymen. It i would be permitting a man to rifle your t pickets and then offer to divide the s proceeds with you. C "'oday the only people who sym a pathize with you are tb )ther who a toil in other parts of the Lrd's vine yard. In the present great stel striW?. where did the first expressiun of Lathy come from? From Texas. ' have no steel mills there. They are ' farmers. They are tillers of the soil v and laborers, like y ourselves. f HIS WARNING. "I want to warn you to resist the overtures of the trust. Beware when corporation. ask you to join them The I farmers can stand the eneroschments of the trusts longer thsa you can. The farmers live off their farms. When trust prices get so high that the farm ers cannot buy they wrill eat the pro ducts of their own industry. Tzieir wives can even go hack to the primitve method of making clothes by weaving. But when the farmer can no longer pay trust prices, then there will t e no more demand for the products of your toil, and you can make no more a wages." "The cffr of the trusts to divide C with the laboring man is a pitfall. Can g you trust the corporations to divide honestly? No. How many of you would a like to try a law suit, when the judge 1 on the bench is the opposing party to the suit? There are good judges, good a juries, yet do you want judges and t juries to try our cases when .they are interested in the outcome themselves? When you permit private monopoly to dictate terms of division, then you place yourselves wholly at their mercy. You allow them to water their stock t and then expect them to divide with labor on a just basis. "You are witnessing a battle between ~a labor and the great steel trust. This trust was willing to uoion'sa some of k its mills, but would have other t open i to non- union labor. Why? Becausea the trust wants some mills that it can depend on in the event of a strike. It is an unequal struggle, for the trust can shut down its mills for a year, but laboring men can not live a year with e ouit work. It is your duty to crush, monopolies with the best resources at your command, the ballot. GOVERNKUNT ET INJUNQTION. '-Government by injunction is an' iniquitous system and one of the ques- r tions demanding attention at the hands l of the American people. The courts are the servants of the people and for a court to rule by injunction, is for a f court to dispense with a urv and to t condemn a man for violating a law that a the court itself made. Uader the pro e cess of government by injunction, the I court constitutes itself the power to r make the laws, execute them, and pass ( judgment on the effender. The whole J thing is wrong. Under the system a t number of employers can organize t themselves, go into court and get an e order prohibiting others from organiz ing for the same purpose. They can get an order prohibiting workingmen from getting other workingmen to re frain from working. The employers t can organize to crus'h labor, but others ( are forbidden to organize. I am op- t posed to government by injunction, not t that it is directed especially against s the laboring man, but that it does a away with trial by jary. It is a menace, 2 not only to one ciass, but to all. It is a within the power of the laboring man 3 to do away with the s3 stem." Mr. Bryan also condemned the action t of the South Carolina mill men who forbade their men to celebrate Labor Day or to join unions. Still a Factor. a The New York Sun says "ten thous and persons went to hear Mr. Bryan I speak at Platte City, Mo., the other day. Democrats who are trying to perauade themselves that Mr. Bryan is i a remnant and a tale that is told please I notice." SEARCHING FOR LECHNER. [is Family Anxious About the Missing Timmonsville Cashier. A letter received here from Tim ionsville says that the family of Mr. 'rank C. Lochner, the missing bank ashier, ' believe that his whereabouts rt unknown to them through no de ire of his own." Speaking of the trange case the Savannah Morning ews says: F C. Lechner, a wealthy banker of 'immonsville, S. C , and owner of a aluable vineyard aid grecery store at riffio. Ga.. has been reissing since Lug. 19, and the police have been atk d totiy and lc cite him. On that date :chner was in Savannab, on his way a Griffin, and he has disappearei as iysteriously as if the earth had swal awed him up. He may have been foully dealt with, ut as far as known he did not have very large amount of money on his erson at that time. Mr. Lochner's family have exhausted very means of finding him and have imost given up all hope. Mrs. L, ch er and her daughter were at Gr ifin rhen the banker and merchant disap eared. He had written them that he rould leave Timmonsville for Griffin n Sunday, 18th, and did so. He has een traced as far as this city, but here he went from her, eatnot be rcertained. Mrs. L chner and her daughter wait d patiently for his arrival in Griffi i nd -upon his failure to ; ut in an ap earance presumed that he had been etained at Timmonsville They re ared to their South Carolina home, ad were smazed t. find that notbiog ai been heard of him since his depart re for Griffin. The ether ffiers in he bang were tq-ially as sorp -i d to earn that he never reached Griffia. A letter was written to Superintend nt Reilly asking him to try . and lo ate Lachner, but the detectives were nable to learn anything of his Rhere bouts. Nithing was said ab )ut the iissing man's position in the financial rorld, and the infcrmation that he ould not be found was forwarded to irs. Leehner. The letter was filed at adquarters and no further thought ras given to the case. Yesterday morning Capt M. Ed. Wil an, who is a friend of the family, re eived a telegram from Miss Bertha L. Lechner, the missirg banker's auguter, asking that he take up the aarh. The telegram explained that Ir. Lechner had been last heard from i this city on the 19th, and asked that be hospitals be searched. Capt. Wil an visited the hospitala, but found no aroiina man. He was unable to get ny further information and wired king of full particulars by mail. Mr. Wilson also cailed at police -'quarters and had a conference supt. Reilly. The telegram from 9 Lechner was. shown to rhe super itendent, but he was unable to ad ane any plausible theory to account yr the disappearance. Supt. R.illy aid that he would do everything in is power to assist in icesting the issing man, but with the limited in .rmation in his possession the ta3k is difficuit oe. The detectives have en furnishe.d a description of Lach er, but have never rue. acrosa him in heir travels. It may be that he has eome temporarily deranged, and has randered in some out of- the way lace. He is a German and speaks rith a decided accent. WST HE LEVr. A dispatch from Timmonville to 'he State says the sudden disappear ne of Mr. Frank U. L achner, cashier the Bank of 'limmonsville is o longer a myster y. When the cashier rat disappeared it was hoped that a iisfacory expianation would t e forth ming, one that would not irnvolve his tegrisy, but an examination of the ank's books dispels such hopes. The irectors have been busly engaged in his work, and although they have only irly begun, it is ascertained that the shier is short some $5,000. What a horough search will reveal no one can resay. It is feared that a much more erious thortage will be found. As he examination goes on it develops hat Mr. Lechner's private affairs are a a very bad condition and he has prob bly worried over them for some time. ls business plans did not mature and e became desperate. Mr. Lechner was ended by a security company to the mount $10,000. N ot Needed. Pomoters of the third party confer nee, to he held in Kinsas City two reeks hence, having stated that Wil am J. Bryan was in sympathy with he mvement he was aked concerning is attitude in the matter. He replied: 'I know nothing ab~ut the third party ovement in Missouri, except what.[ ave seen in the papers. If the third arty is intended to idiluence Miss->uri olitis I do not see that it in needed, r the democracy has shown no inclina on to abandon Democratic principles, nd while the party adhere to Demo ratio principles, as set fbrth in the ansas City platform, new parties are o needed to accomplish reforms. Mr. leveland's administration drove many emocrats into a third party movement, ut I am not willhng to believe that e Cleveland element can again obtain ontrol of the Democratic party." Furniture Factories. In speaking of the furniture indus ry in North Carolina the Charlotte bserver eayfr: "Few people appreciate he magnitude of success of the furni are manufacturing ir~dustry in this Late or in the south. In High Point lone there are more than 30 factories. t many other points in the state there re also factories. These make a great ariety of furniture both for home and usiness offices and do business over he entire United State3." A Novel scheme. A minister in a Kansas town recently dopted a novel schemny for bolstering .p the church collecnons, which had peen diminishing. He informed his ongregation just before the places were aesed around that the members who rere in debt wore not expected to con ribute. The collection was double the 'THE CROP REPORTS. Another Gentrally Unfavoreble We k for Cotten. RUSTING ON SANDY LANDS. Late Corn Continu's 'o Improve. Tcbacco Reported Favor ?ble in All Sections Ex capt Two States. STATE REPORT. The following is the weekly bulletin of the weather and the crops of the Slate issued Tuesday by Acting Direc tor Taylor of South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather tureau: The week ending at 8 a. m., Monday, September 2, bad an equal temperature slightly below the normal, with a maximum of 91 degrees at Blackville and Greenwood, and a minimum of 63 degrees at Greenville There was a notable defisienoy in sunshine, gener ally detrimental to crop . No bail or damagiog winds were reported for the week. The rainfall was above the normal. Florence had 5 29 icoes, Green wood 3 97 inches. St. George 3.48 inches, and Batesburg 2 57 inches. Dry weather and sunshine are generally needed. Cotton is generally reported as rust ing. she iding, and not fruiting well on sandy land, while on stiff c'ay lands there is some ocmplaint of its growing too much to weed. In some places it is re p.rted as ro! ting in the boll. Pick ing is pretty generally commenced, but the crop is abcut two weeks later than usual Making due allowance for spe oial cases, there is little material change in the c~ndition of the crop since a week ago. Late corn is as a rule promising, though excessive rain has interfered with proper cultivation, and in some cases causing it to turn yellow. In places constant and undue moisture is causing the ears to rot. R -garding the corn crop reports are more favorable than a week ago. Fodder pulling has been delayed and the product injured by continued rains. Sweet potatoes are doing well. but go ing too much to vine. Irish potatoes, peas, pea vine hay, and truck crops are doing well. Rice looking fine, but a little late. There is much complaint of fruit's rotting, though in places pears are fine. Pastures exceedingly good. NATIONAL REPORT. The monthly report of the statistican of the department of agriculture snows tie average condition of cotton on August 24 to have boen 71.4 as com prn:ed with 77 2 on the 257h of July; 68 2 on Srpt m -er 1, 1900; 68 5 on September 1, 1899, and a ten year aver age of 74 9. There was an impairment of condi tion during August amounting to 18 points in Texas, 10 in Oklahoma, 8 in Arkansas, 7 in Alab'ama, 4 in Vreinia, 2 in Louisiana, and 1 point in North Carolina and Fiorida. On the other hand there was an improvement dur ing the month in Georgia, South Caro lina, Tennessee, Indian T.erritory and Missouri, amounting to 3, 5, 3, 1 and 4 points respectively. In Mtssissippi there were on appreciable changes in conditions. A condition below the ion year sver age is reported in a msjority of the States, the deficiency is 15 points in Trexas and Arkansas, 6 in North Caro lina, 3 in Tennessee and Virginia and 1 in Aiabama and Fiorida. Oklahoma the condition is 10 points below the average of five years, and in Missouri 6 points below the average of the eight years for which statistics are available. On the other hand, the conditions in Georgia, Mississippi, South Caroling and L juisiana are 4, 13, 5 and 4 points above their respective ten year aver ages and in Indian Territory 1 point above the average for five years As compared with S aptember 1, 1900, conditions at the close of August were less favorable in Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma to the extent of 21, 4 and 10 points retspeo sively, and were more favorable to the extent of 28 points in Mississippi, 20 in South Carolina, 12 in Georgia 11 in Alabama and Missouri, 10 in Louisiana, 9 in Tennessee and Virginia, 8 in Nortu Ca rjlina, 7 in Forida and 4 in Indian Territory. The averages of condition in the States are reported as follows: Vir ginia 82; North Carolina 82; South Carolina 80; Georgia 81; Florida 78; Alabama 75; Missisesippi 88; L ouisiana 80; Teaxas 56; Arkansas 61; Tennessee 73; Missouri 75; Oklahoma 68; indian Territory 76. QENERAL SUMMARY. The weather bureau's general sum mary of crop condition is as follows: "While the weather onditions of the week ending September 2, 1901, have been generally f avorab~e in a ma jority of districts, heavy rains, (in some places exce3suive) have ijred croys and, retarded worx in portions of the south Atlantic gulf States, and hot, dry weather has been unfavorable in te Missonri an d upper Mississippi valleys and on the north Pacific coast. .Exreme heat and drought in localities of Oklahoma and Texas L.ave also been very detrimental to crops. Late corn continues to show improve ment, although it was injured by drought and heat in portions of Kan sas; has suffered further decline in Missouri and needs rain in Nebraska. it has snifered it jary by floods on low lands in Tennessee. Reports indicate that the bulk of the late corn will be safe from iojary from frost by Septem br 15 to 20, but that some very late fids sill reqjuire until October 1 to fully mature mne crop. Another generally unfavorable week 4r cotton. Continued complaint of rust and shedding are received from the greater portion of the eastern and cntral sections of the cotton belt, while Oklahoma and Arkansas report injury from premsture opening. In Texas the early cotton continues to open at d is being rapidly picked, but the late crop is greatiy deteriorated and in a critical state with complaints of rust and shedding. Piaking, while retarded in Georgia and portions ol mlra, is in prgesR in nearly al sections, and with favorable weati will soon be general. Very favorable repcr's concerni tobacco are received from all sEctic except Maryland, wher' it is not c ing satisfactorily, and Virginia, wh the yield is variable. Cutting is k eral and the bulk of the crop is in bt in Wisconsin. A Deserter Captured. Lieut. Hazzard, of the Third naval has brought in here Arthur Howa the American deserter who was rece ly captured by the lieutenant while command of some Macabebe scats the Island of Mindoro. He was placed jdul and will shortly be courtmartial Howard denies that be was tver American soldier. He claims he v born in Spain, that his father i English and hs mother Spanish, 1 that he espouse d the cause of the I ipinos. In 1896 after pear c 3 was deel ed, he says he went to Hong Kong a returned in 1898 as Againaldo's oh of artillery. While in that pzsiti Howard i:so says he made friends wi many Americans b3fore the insurr Lion, including Gen. Green. He o his lot with Aguinaldo at the time the rapture with the Americans and says that he brought in 16 Americ prisoners, under a flag of truce, Angeles, in September, 1899. How' denies that he commanded the force San Mateo, which killed Gen. Lawt He speaks like an educated Englii man. Lieut. Hazz ad says he hims saw Howard at Argeles in 1899. T California volunteets today identifi Howard as a deserter from their re ment, named Wallev of Company who deserted in 1899 The Cotton Crop. The total of Secretary Hester's i r ual report of the cotton crop of 1 United States for last year were p mulgated Wednesday they show r cai of cotton at all Uited States ports the year 1900 1901 of 7,666,452 agai: 6 734 364 last yes'; overland to nor ern mills 1.140,237 against 1,161,1 southern consumption taken direct fr the interior of the cotton belt, 1,57 733 against 1.540,863, making the ci of the United States for 1900.1; amount to 10,383.422 bales agai: 9,436,416 last year and 11,274,840 1 year before. Mr. Hester also gi' the actual production of O dahoma 119.063 and Missoari 25.794. His port on the cotton crop for the differ states is as folioxs: North Caroli: iuc'.uding Kentucky and Virginia, 54 000; South Carolina, 911,000; Georg 1,295 000; Alabama, 1,000.000; Fioril 45,000; Mississippi, 950,000; L t iana, 719,000; Arkansas, 762,01 Tennaessee, including Oklahoma, 1 souri, Kansas and'Utah, 350,000; rex 3 809,000. Total, 10,383,000. Bold Robbery,. Between 1 and 5 o'clock Wednesd afternoon, while the relief operat Mr. P. Pearson, was at dinner the d< of the ticket office at the Atian Coast Lice depot at Kingstree i broden ard about $25 stolen fromi cash drawer. The case drawer v looted and the entire top of the tai into which it was fitted ripped up the thief to get into the drawer. ' drawer contained $44 in currency a about $75 more in an express packs; The thief was probably frightened before he completed nis work and away with only $25. A more dari robbery has seldom been perpetrated Kingstree, where bold robberies not infrequent. A Singuar Meeting. Charles Milton Leighton, who arrested at Buffalo by detectives, rived in New York Wednesday aft noon and was placed in the Tombs. was accompanmed by one of his wiv Ella Smith Leighton. She does1 know where she stands, as Leigh1 confesses having five other wives. has sent out a circular inviting Leighton's wives to meet in New Yi f or a coiiference. Leighton made Dt ness of marrying women for their mor and then deserting them. The wi are so numerous that the caeferenc expected to asme almost a natio: scope. __________ An Ex-Of~cer Sued. Suit was begun in the Uanited Sia district court Wednesday at Charces against R. H. Wearn, formerly a lieut, ant in the First regiment of South Ca lina Volunteers. The ac tion is caum by his failure to turn over vouchere the amount of $1,068.83 entrasted his care for the regiment. Wearn not accused of misappropriatingi money, but msrely as having failed scount properly for the expenlitu Leutenant Wearn was a native of N< berry and was mustered out witht South Carolina troops. His famila said to have no knowledge at all of whereabouts at the present time. A Yarn Nailed. The Anderson D)aily Mail calls Bi op T'urner uoan on the statem made recently in a speech to the cif that in this state when a boy it was 1 law for criminals of certain class to branded on one cheek and have ani lopped off. These things get into cuationi often, and are taken up glas by those who would like to make 1 south, and panticulary South Carol; appear as barbarous as possible. TI ought to be nailed every time. 'I Mail challenges Bishop Turner to p: duce proof of that at-sertion. Wholesale Poisoning. Two hundred and fifty of the Twen seventh infantry are in the hospital Fort McPaerson near Atlanta as a sult of poiso Jing thought to be fri eating a stew which was cooked night. Four of them, Bergt. Weinibe: and privates Coe, Gravely and Be may die. Col. French, in commar has ordered a rigid investigation a the mess sergeant and others at posed to be responsible, will be cou martialed. Tired of dife. Lucy Washington, a ncgress who said to be 122 years old, is dying as t result of two attempts at suicide, Kelsomio, L. ?. She was in childhec a servant in the family of .Preside Madison and remembers seeing Wa; ington. A few weeks ago she was pl ed up at the foot of a stairwray at county poorhouse. Her fall was at posed to be an accident, but her tj niated that she sought to take I ier A DARING HOLD UP. n A Man Describss the Stage Robbery In ir the Adirondacks, : The thrilling t*le of the darirg hold ed up of the Biue Mountain stage at Coon hill, near North River, in the Adiron dacks, the other day by a masked high wayman was told recently at Indian rd Like, N. Y., by Eiward Bernstein, son at- of Benjamin Berstein, a New Ycrk in clothing manufacturer. He was one of in the passengers who escaped robbery. in He said: d. "The Blue Mouitasin stage left North an Creek, the eastern terminus of the Adi ras rondack railawy, about midday. There as were seven passengers, including my u, self. All were bound for Indian Lake. 11- The stage entered a thick wood scon r- after it left North Creek. The road was ad dark and narrow. The old stage rum ef bled along, swaying on the rough road, mn, until it reached the base of Coon hill, .th I should not have known the name of so. the hill had not William Eldridge, the ast driver of the six in hand team, told me. of I was on the box with him from North he Creek. an "The stage slackened up before es at saying the steep hill and began the as ird cent at a very slow pace. As it neared at the hilltop a masked man stepped from )o behind an oak tree and placed himself ih in the middle of the road. He was elf about 25 yards in front of us. co "At first it was impossible to see his ed face, because he had his back toward gi. the sun, but as we advanced another a, yard or two we noticed that he wore a big sombrero, a blue flannel shirt, with an old red handkerchief arout d the col lar. A heavy board that came to a k- point envere d the lower part of the ban he dit's face, and two piercing eyes were ro visible through holes in the mask. He pis stood still, menacing us with a rifle. for Driver Eldrige smil d and nudge d my Bs elbow. 'A tour.st, bet yon!' he said, ih- laughing outright, but the stranger 399 didn't look it. " 'Drop those lines!' ofd 3red the 6,- highwayman. .op "'Drop what lines? asked Eldridge, 101 bringing his whip down with a snap on at the backs of the leaders. 'What are he you giving us? he continued, laughing 'es heartly. 'Get out of the way or I'll run as over you.' re- "The masks d man didn't move an )nt inch, but raised his gun to his shoulder. 2a, " 'Drop those lines!' 2 "Two shots followed this order. It is, looked as if the highwayman meant is, business; for the two leaders of the ,is team reared ard dropptd to the ground )0; deed Those in the coach shrieked ,s. lonaly, and for a moment I thought as, some one had been snot. "'Drop thcsa lines the highwayman commanded for the third time. 'Come, now! Staid and deliver!' y, "Eldridge dropped the lines and or, made a flying leap from the box. I :or didn't think it safe to stop on the coach tic either, so I followed the ariver. ra "I had hardly touched the ground he when a third shot pass dangerously Pas near my herd. My legs gave way un le dr me, and I fell to the ground. I by .'iought I had broken them, but I 'he fond later that my ankles were nd sprained. I crawled far into the woods a. ard hid in thick underbrush. I had cif $7,000 about ry.person and had no in .oa tention of niading it over to the rob ng ber. I remained in hiding for nearly in an nour and then started back for the re road. W hen I reached-it the stage had gone, so I had to begin a six mile jour ney to Indian Lake on my hands and knees." ras For Good Roada. *' Gov. McSweeney has received an er- earnest letter from President W. H. He Moore, of the International Good Roads scongress, which is to be held this year at Bnffalo, September 16.21, in which on he calls attention to the vast importance he of the gathering, urges the governor to all see that South Carolina is represente d .~ by as may delegates as possible, Si- without regard to number but with re ey gard to earnestness of purpose. The re president also earnestly invites Gov. I i McSweeney to attend in person and de al liver an zddress to the congress. In concluding his letter President Moore says "The National Good Roads asso tes ciation is arranging to run a special on 'Good Roads Train,' eqaipped with n.modern machinery and experts, as rsisted by the road department of the roUnited States government, through to your State during the coming fall and twater. We would ask your earnest icooperation in this great industrial he movement."' As delegates to the con to gress the governor named the following, to. stating sta other names will be added eand that he wishes every country hsupervisor in the State to consider ihimself appointed~a delegate and write him notifying him if he can attend: State Geologist E arle Sloan, Charleston; F. H. Hyatt and A. Rt. Stewart, Columbia; W. A. Courtenay, Newry; A. B3. Caivert, Spartanburg; James T. h-t Williams, Greenville; Mayor Tolly, CAnderson; Dr.8Smith, Easley; John H. htDukes Orangeburg; Major Harry Ham be mond, Beaca iland. ar Killed His Father An eleven year old colored boy killed he his father near Thompson, Ga., last ea Sunday. Turner and his wife went to na cnurch Sunday morning and left orders ey with the children who remained at home henot to let the stock get into the corn. On his return Turner found his cows and cattle grazing on his young corn and became so enraged, that he said to his son: "Now, that you didn't watch ty- the stock and let it get in the corn, I'm at going to kill you." The boy took it in re dead earnest and when his father laid >m down for a nap that evening his son all got an axe, walked into the room where 'g; his father was sleeping, and with one ek blow split his head open deep enough dto allcw his brains to ooze out. Death nd was instantaneous. t Killed by a Trolley. Wednesday night a stranger fell from a trolley car on one of the principal is streets of Columbia, S. C., and was he picked up in a stupefied condition. at He died at the hospital Thuirsday od mornling; and at the coroner's irquest nt thedeceased was identified as Dick Wil ih- liamson, who esme from Augusta about k. two weeks ago. He is said .to have a he brother on the Augusta police force ,p. and snother in the Sibley mill. It ilk was shown in the evidence that the ser street car company was in no way re sponsible. GO OUT AGAIN. The Operatives Coto Wor k but Did Not Stay IN THE COLUMBIA MILLS. The Oparativas Claim that the Mill Owners Broke Faith and Did N.ot Keep Their F ramise. It was thought and hoped that the Columbia mill strike was settled last week. In cmpliance with action of the Textile Union Monday night, that operatives should return to their work and that they were not to be asked whethc r they continued their allegiance to the union, practically all of the mem bers returned to work Tuesday morning. The mill folks say that they told the operatives that if they came back to work because of order of the union, and not of their own volition, as independent operatives, willing to abide by the rules of the mills, they were no longer wanted and that they could go out. The management im pressed upon the operatives, so they say, that operatives would be welcomed and gladly received if they agreed to follow the rules and regulations of the mills and not those of the unions. It is stated that after this presenta tion was made the operatives who had been out on strike, practically, in a body, retired, which left the situation just as it stood on any day of last week. On the other hand, .the operatives who went back to work stated that they agreed to return to work Wednesday morning with the understanding that no questions were to be asked them as to the authority by which they return ed and that they were not to be asked whether they abjured the union or not. When they returned to work, they say they were asked if they had de cided to withdraw from the union, and that they replied that they had not and that they were then told by "Sec onds" that they could not work in the mills and that the "Seconds" an t over seers tried to persuade the operatives that it would be to their interest to re main in the mill and that they would be glad to have them remain, but that their orders were that they could not receive them except upon the condition named. The further statement is made that the overseers, not being perfectly satisfied with the status, went to see the general superintendent, and that he told the overseers that if amen were re ceived in the mill that it must be with the distinct understanding that they should not follow the union, but rules and regulations of the mill, and that he had no right to receive any one yho would not agree to these terms of the mills as against those of the union practically that the union must be ignored. With this statement those' who went out several days ago remain ed out and the status continues just about the same as it was last week van the strike was on in full blast. Offcials of the Whaley mills all in sist that they have not changed a par ticle in their position and that any statement to the effect that any change of front has been made is entirely in correct, and that they will- now, .a# they have always stated, receive any of the operatives who went out, back on condition that they abide by the rules of the mills as against those of any one else, and that they have noth ing to do with the factory operatives belonging to the unions, or any other organizations. except that discipline of their mills required that the first obliga tion to be the mills and that no one can return to work in the mills except as an independent operative and not because any union has directed that he shall return to work. AYOrmia AccoUNT. The strike of textile operatives was not settled and affairs are more chaotic than ever. 'The striking employee re turned to work, overtures having been made through reliable parties. The opsratives were told that they would not be required to abandon their organi tion before they decided to go back to work. It appears that these terms were not made by the directors in meeting, although it was stated in the leading lo cal papers that the directors, or some of them, were willing for the employes to come back to work. When the op eratives presented themselves at the mills Monday morning, each was asked it he were a member of the union. Be ing informed that no uinion labor was wanted the striking operatives walked out. The Textile Union had a meeting and the members decided to get their back pay from sthe mills and to leave the city at once. It remains to be seen whether or not there will be a general exodus. The union is said to have a thousand members. The Palmetto and Columnia Mills are in DO way affected and the Capital City but little. The Olympia, Granby and Richland, known as the Whaley Mills, are the ones in which the trouble is felt most. The whole thing seems to be an-unfortunate misunderstanding. Shot and Burned. Bill Fourneery, alias Bill Hilliard, a negro charged with assaulting Miss Wilson at Chestnut Grove, Ata., was shot and his body burned by a mob near the scene of his crime today. Miss Wilson, wh~o is 16 or 17 years of age and the little daughter of Dr. Carroll, aboui 12 years of age, were on their way to school at Chestnut Grove, just across the line in Coffee county when they were overtaken by the negro. He seized Miss Wilson, and the little girl ran off. As soon as she did so the negro fired his pistol at her but missed her. The little girl raised the alarm and soon a posse was in pursuit of the negro.. When they reached the scene of the crime thoy found Miss Wilson uncon scious and terribly bitten in the face and bad abaut the head.