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When to Marry. farts when the y:tr is nle. A !ways iov in:7. : ind and t rue. Whtn February birds do mate. You may wed. nor dread your fate. If you wed when March winds >+W .Joy and sorrow both you'1l know. Marry in April when von can. Joy for maiden and for mau. Marry in the month of May. You will surely rue t he day. Marry when . tine roses blow: Overland and sea you'll go. They who in Julv do wed Must labor always for their bread. Whoever wed in August be Many a change are sure to see. Marry in September's shine. Your living will be rich and tine. If in October you do marry Love will come. but riches tar:'. If you wed in bleak November Only joy will come, i-remeber. When December's snows fall fast Marry, and true love will last' ARP ROASTS SLED). The Creator Made the Negro Inferior and He Will Remain So. NO MATTER WHAT IS WRITTEN. Sledd, Bill Says. ' Must H a v e Had a Diseased imagina tion When He Wrote That Article. Little things fret us more than big ones. If I write that Neptune is six teen hundred millions of miles from the sun and it comes out in print six teen millions it worries me. If I write that the doctor sewed up harelips and it comes out hair lips. I don't like it. The type didn't know that a rabbit had a slit under its nose. If I write -that I walked out into the garden to let my choler down, meaning my an ger, the typo thinks I meant my shirt collar, and so changes the spelling to suit his own idea. But since I read an editor's defense in a New York pa per I feel better, for he says it is amazing how few of these mistakes are made in the great dailies that have to be rushed through with light ning speed. The constant pressure on type setters and proof readers is tremendous, but they rarely make any serious blunders, and the intelligent readers can generally correct them in his mind. And so I will not worry any more about it. There are some other little things that are of more consequence just now. Our cook has quit, and so has the house maid-gone of to Rockmart for a week or two gone to a house party, I think. That is all right, for the eook has been faithful a long time and needed rest. She is a good servant and keeps a clean kitchen, and we have had a house party ourselves for several months. I have been sick. but now we are re duced to the regular family of five and have but little to cook and can get along on two meals a day. My wife arranged it for me to fire up the stove and fill up the kettles and grind the coffee and put on the homniny and then ring the bell for the girls to get up and finish up the breakfast. Sue said that if I felt like it I might sweep out the hail and the front veranda and settle up the front room. Well, of course, I had to split up some kind ling and bring in the stove wood, but I am gettingalong fairly well and my wife the exercise is doing me g (Last night she hinted that .4e veranda was badly tracked up -- since the rain and needed a good wash ing. S3o this morning I turned loose the hose pipe on it and she praised me right smart and I brought her some roses from my garden. We let ner sleep until breakfast is ready, for she cleans up her room and makes up two beds and then sews all day for the grand-children. But I want that colored house party to break up as soon as possible, for I don't banker after this morning business as a regular job. Mrs. Mimms says she likes it. and I think she does. She has a good room in thie back yard and good furni ture and a handsome lamp to read by, and her little grandson lives with her, and I don't know of any colored wo man that has a better time. In fact, I know of lots of good negroes in town who are contented with their situation and will continue so if they are let alone by the northern fanatics and southern cranks. What craze has come over that man Sledd to cause him to write such a fool piece for the Boston magazine? What good can it possibly do, even if it was true? But it is not true and only the product of a diseased imagina tion. I would write hard things about him but for his family connec tions. For their sake he had better have smothered his feeling and his pen. The Atlantic Monthly has. never shown any love for the south. and why he should select that as his organ passeth comprehension. Pro fessor Sledd says the negro is an in ferior race. Then why does he in sist that we give him a place in our own churches and hotels and railroad cars? It was the work of the Creator that, made him inferior, and he will remain so-and neither education nor misce-, genation will ever change it so far as social equality is concerned. Moses' -violated the law of G;od when he mar ried that Ethiopian woman, and he .had to discard her, and naron and Miriam chided him for it long after wards. Numbers xii. The story goes. according to Josephus, that the Egyp tians were at war with the Ethiop ians and had suffered defeat in every battle until Pharaoh was advised that no one could command his army suc cessfully but Moses. So Moses was given command and he marched with the army to the borders of Ethiopia and met the enemy and defeated them and then marched on to Saba, the royal city, and attacked the walls. and Tharbis, the daughter of the king. saw Moses from the window of herl tower, and he was so handsome that she fell desperately in love with him and sent a mesenger to him to say that if he would marry her she would surrender the city and army to arm. Moses agree to this and their ma~rri was at once consumamted. Then' Moses returned with his victorious army to Egypt. lie did not tk with him his Ethiopian wife, but not long after he married Zipporah.b the daughter of Jethro the Midianite. So we must suppose that Mnses married the Ethiopian princess as a war measure and with no idea of keeping his promise. At any rate it cnae tue ndr name in the fami ,e-e.. \ Wickiths, earpe te h a as a intr an1 drmes eiut sal idl gt att (lraveul are all il ,"L:s lies and washer:W0onieii lid i satlt employaent-arid they re nut only c.ontented. hut sometimes are ti be merr ax nd augah. W!"1: id Sledd get all that rot abut ki: ng and cursing and beatini2 Ile ile 'roy We never hear sih' treatmient n this region. lr. Milain. a truthful entlemaiin. who'se binlkes keeps him >n tI: stret. i e i. tile other day. :hat he had !eard IL one oath ut ered hy anybody within a year. and hat w y.v a Northern man towards negroN- wio asked him a civil ques ihn. t )eiulmani.ed. indeed: Ask iriiblC and Brown. who give their lwps the most patronage. What -idiculous f..Ily to demand :eats in our :llurches for the uegroes. They have :hurches of their owni that were built nainly by the charity of the white olks. Thev don't want seats in our :hurches. They have scho is of their wn that we sunport. and they hay' excursions and baseball and watermei )ns and funerals and )auglhters 4t 'ion. Oh. for shame on Sledd : 1 pity his family and his kindred. le Chinks he has found a mare's nest. mnd for lack of something fresh has raked up Sam Hose again. lie la :ents. the lynchings, but not the out rages. and he proposes a remedy. Mr. ledd can set this down: that the lynchings will not stop until the out rages do. When a negro dehumanizes himself and becomes a veritable beast he ought to be lynched. whe ther it is Sunday or Monday. Let the Lynching go on. That is the senti ment of our people, and let Boston and the Atlantic Monthly and Sledd howl. We are used to that. Not long ago we had a lynching in Rome that was to my notion. The beast was strung tip in Broad street in the davtime and shot to pieces, and no body wrs disguised. The judge lived there. and sheriti and t jwn marshal and policemen and a military com' pany. and the governor wasn't far away, but not a soul said nay. That suits me exactly.-Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. His Opening Speech. The following is the opening speech of Mr. Cole L. Blesse at Sumter at the tirst campaign meeting. June 1t;, 1902: Fellow citizens of South Carolina: I appear before you today for the second time as a candidate for the otce of lieutenant governor, and I beg leave to call your attention to the fact that at my home club, two years ago, I received 215 votes out of a total of 253, and in my town and county I received a large majority of the votes cast. At the meeting of the Factory Democratic Club of Newberry, of which I am a member, on the 21st of April of this year the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted: " Whereas our fellow member, Cole L. Blease, Esq., is a candidate for the otice of lieutenant governor of South Carolina: and 'Whereas he has always been. both in private and public life, a true 'riend to the laboring classes, at all imes advocating measures beneticial to us and our interests: be it 'Resolved, That we. the members the Factory Democratic Club of 'Sew berry, S. C.. do hereby endorse him for the said position, and recommend him to our fellow laborers and Demo cratic voters of this State as one worthy of their confidence and thor Dughly competent to discharge the duties of said office. and ask of them to give him their support."' At the meeting or the Democratic convention of my counyt. held on. the ~>th day of May of this year, tile following resolution was unanimously idopted: "Resolved. That we, the members f the Democratic convention of New berry county, do hereby endorse Cole L. lease, Esq., for the office of lieu tenant governor of South Carolina, nd recommend him to the Democrat ic voters of this State as one thoroug y competent to disclhorge the duties :f said ottice and worthy (If their con tdence and support." At this same eon vention 1 was unan ously re-elected a member of the itate Democratic Executive com ittee for the third term and also lected a delegate to the State Demo ratic convention which was held in: olumbia on the 21st day of May. I have served three terms as a mnem per of the house of representatives md twice as presidential elector from this state, as county chairman of my :ounty, and am now city attorney of Newberry. I mention these ma-:ters to show what experience I have had and whe her or not I have the backing and mdorsement of my hon-e people: and f any feel that I should not mention ~hem. I plead in exter uation of the ~at that I am a c-nd;.date before a proud, independent and well informed people for one of thc highest and nost responsible offices within their tift. and that they have a right toI now something ot my standing at lome and my fitness for the position. My platform is based on the same rinciples that I advocated two years wgo, when I was a candidate for this osition. I have not changed my >rincioles and .1 am a candidate for :he same ojtlice. I favor the national md state Democrati: platforms. I am in favor of the Dispensary aw, believing. as I do. that it is theI est solution of the wniskey problem. I am in favor of biennial sessions of he general assembly. 1 a;a in favor of a law prohibiting bildren under twelve years of age ?rom. working in cotton mills. I am in favor of making liberal ap >ropriations to provide for our Con federate sotdiers. I am in favor of liberal bult not ex ~ravagant appropriations to our state stitutions of learning, and in favor f building up the free school system. ;o that every white child in this state ran b~e given a good commnon school ducarion in comfortable and con ~enient school houses. I am in favor of the taxes paid by he white people going to and being ised only for the education of wvhite :hi ld ren. i will discuss these different ques ions and any others that may be rought into the campaign as best I :an in the few minutes allowed me t each campaign meeting, and regret hat I have not more time in order hat I might fully discuss them, as I eeve that they deserve the co:isder tan oi each of the Dem:neratie voters i tis state. THnE post-u hice receipts of ~I1 iiolumbia or tie past year show that the city is - nakig rapid strjdes. In la the re eipts were $ 17.40.2( and in 1891 2.420.20. Last year they were $45.- 1 4..This is an admirable show le ti L Class of Criminals About Whom Little IS Known. (1 LHEY ARE VERY BOLD THIEVES. 'T rwey Ltg t Country Postotices. Rai!- a road Stations and Stores. t Sudden Appearance and isappearance. Robberies b' the class of criminals <nown as 'yeggs" have been compara Lively few about New York city. The "yeggs' ilouri:sh in the southern and; the v ;rn part of the state and in the country districts of all the other states. especially those in the south. The safe blowing and robbery by "veggs" at Port Chester last week in- r licates to those who know the habits T )f this oueer class of criminals that a band is working this way. It is on i the cards for them to be heard from 1 soon in New Jersey or down on Long island. although in the past the n "yeggs" have bothered Long Island very little. 9 The men whose business it is to know t all about criminals. their ways and d the peculiar marks by which their c work may be told have had a hard s time in studying the "yeggs. Onev reason is that the "yeggs" are a com- r paratively new class. It is only with- a in ten years that they have become s known in this region. If they were c known previously .n other parts of the it country detectives here never heard e of it. Very little of their origin is known. but that they have a imore complete organization than even the common American tramp is well established. I Their work is all of the same class. t They loot country postottices and rail road stations. country stores and o- I casionally, but not often. a country residence. They use dynamite in blowing open safes always, and they depend upon t the terror that their boldness spreads t over a neighborhood for success. Some I of the raids that they have made t right in this state are unequalled for t boldness by anything ever done by the stage robbers of yellow fiction. a The "yeggs" :are really tramp crim inals. They must not be confused with the country road tramp who 1 loots kitchens and hen-roosts, because t they do not belong to that class at all t and hold such petty criminals in great r contempt. "The "yeggs" are bright, clever thieves, who dress well and plan all I their operations with care. Their i chief characteristic is their utter 1 fearlessness. When they mark a place for a raid. they don't sneak up to it, C throw out guards and use other pre cautions. They just march up with E their implements, break open as many doors as may be necessary, charge the safe with dynamite and touch it off. Then they take what they want from I the interior and disappear.C If any one interrupts them they I shoot at him. Almost invariably a3 fusilade follows ary attempt to inter- t fere with "yeggs." and this evident willingness to shoot recklessly always' has the effect of keeping people off.1 It must he remembered that the "yeggs"~ work almost exclusively in country places. where there is no or- 1 ganized police force to interfere with them. Some folks think the ''yeggs"' are gypsies. but they certainly don't showC any signs (f belonging to that race. They don't camp out anywhere and they are seen very little on the road. What road travellIng they do is done i; night. as it is a part of their busi ness to keep their movements secret. Occasionally "yeggs"' are caught. Then they are found to be men of un usual intelligence. They are of all nationalities, and seem to come from so many different walits of life that the notion thai they are a class like the gypsies is exploded. It is the organization of the "yeggs" which excites the admiration of men who have seen something of it. They - have ways of communicating with one another that are mysterious and ef-( fetivye. They will swoop down on at country postomiee. blow open the safe. shoot several people. and then get away with the loot without leaving 1 the slightest trace of their movements. They haven't been seen coming in and they' haven't been noticed going out. A general alarm sent out over the sur rounding country never seems to re suit in catching the participants in any of these raids. They seem to melt away. A remarkable instance occurred last summer in Southern part of New York. A gang of about thirty "yeggs" descended on the place. Instead of N robing stores. they carried out a carefully planned raid in the residence district. This town has a uniformed police force 0f Some thirty men, but! despite this the "yeggs" imarched in, 1 wert into houses without bothering. to tind out.whether any one was at home or not, took what they wanted. shot at any one who objected and at some who didin't, and then went away. They walked through the main streets of the place with their loot, tired shots in the air, and so ter riied the local police that the latter dd not dare to interfere. C The next night they came around and went through the same perform ace. The third night they (lid it igain. On the three nights they got, ver t andbout $110.000) worth of sil emdjewelry, and not one wvas ar rested. The "yeggs" fired about 300o shots ' during this time and never injured a erson. Th ey probably never meant to. Tneir object in shooting so much ad so freely was to create terror, and they succeeded. Alarms for these marauders were sent far and wide, but not one of them was ever captured. Where they stayed. :uring the daytime on t his particular raid no one ever found out, although it must have been somewhere inside >r iust outside of the town. And what is more mysterious is what they did with their loot. They aever could have got away wit all :her took from this town themselves. They must have had some way * thipping it. Detect ives say that the "yeggs ;hip everything they steal right into New York by express. At this end it s handled by a "fence,'- and they get heir share when they return at the endI > a t rip. C "Yexgs" will be heard of in one lace and next heard of 200 or 200 niles away. All of thei r movemnents Le mysterious, and lihe fact that they ( re rar-ly arrested proves thir wis lomn in this respe ct. Some detectives profess to believe ha. thec routes of time "ycggs" are all napped out for them before they take the road. The ate of eh raid l as carefully scheduled as . NaUonai ague ball game. they believe. This may or may not be s-. Only we 'yegs" can tell that, and "yeggs" ike their medicine without saying vthr.gz when arrested. Ilundreds of "yeggs" live in the owery lo d ing houses in this c t y wring the winter. it is thought. hey prefer these places because they ri safer there and are among corn wuions of the under world. They re well equipped with money and en y life. They stand by one another. )o. as is shown when a "ye g" is oc isionaliy ^rrested. Money for his efence. if a defence is worth making. always forthcoming. --New York un. OTHER CROPS THAN COTTON. otton Conditions Are Not at All Favorable. The following is the weather-crop sport issued last week by Section )irector Lauer: The temperature averaged ab.'ut degrees per lay above normal dur ig the week ending Monday, August 1. with a mean of 82 degrees. a iaximum of 100 degrees at. Florence n the 5th and a minimum of 60 de rees at Greenville and Liberty on he Sth and 9th. There was slight eticiency in sunshine and the week losed with cloudy, threatening and howery weather prevailing. There ere numerous wind storms, but the' esulting damage to crops was slight nd confined to small areas. Widely eparated points reported hail, but nly in Pickens and Kershaw coun ies did the hail damage crops to any xtent. As during the previous week no eneral rains occurred, but light ceal showers are reported from nearly very portion of the state-heavy in I Villiamsburg. where. at Kingstree, he weekly amount was 3.47 inches. here were numerous localities that tad no appreciable or beneficial .mount. The drought conditions are nost severe in the middle and upper ;avannalh valley, and adjacent see ions and Fairfield county, where the otal rainfall for July amounted to ess than an inch. At most places he week's rainfall amounted to less han an inch. Ideal growing weather prevailed .long the coast and in the eastern See Dee region, with favorable veather at a few paints in the cen ral counties and in the extrem wes ern portion of the state, but over he larger portion of the state crop: teed rain badl.y and have deterior ,ted. Old corn was not affected by the revailing weather, but young corn n places is suffering for rain and is ess promising than last week. while >ottom land corn is very fine. Fod ler pulling and curing are general, .nd nearly finished in the southeast :rn counties. The condition of cotton is more romising this week than it was:last n a few of the eastern counties, but ~enerally less so owing to the. spread f rust and continued shedding. At nany points the plants have turned -ellow and are seemingly dying. Ma ,ure boils are opening freely and some >oils prematurely, but picking has not >ecome general, although it has been >egun at a few points and will soon >e general. Tobacco cutting and curing con inue in places, and arc finished in >thers. Rice is heading and the leads are tillin'g well. Fall truck is excellent along the coast. but gar lens are poor. Peas for firage and weet potattoes nee:i rain. Sugar ane and sorghum arc douing nicely, .nd some syrup has been made. Hay ng has begun under favorable weather onditions. To The Voters~ of South Carolina. It affords us pleasure to give you ur estimate of Mr. G. Lawrence Valker, a candidate for the office of omptroller General for South Car lina, whIch estimate is based upon everal years acquaintanceship with Ir. Walker, and a close observation f his administration of the affairs of ~ouny Treasurer for Greenville Coun y for eight years. First. lie is a man of irreproacha le char strict integrity and fine usiness ability. Secound. As an o tlicer he is faith ul and conscientious in the dischar ge f his duties, and, in the administra ion of the affairs of his office as Coun y Treasurer for Greenville County, e so systematized the business of the lice that we doubt if a single error las committed by him in his transac ions with the public during his whole erm of office. We are not extrava ant when we say a better ofiicer ould not be found. Third. II is services as Cou nty Treas rer thereby familiarizing him with he fiscal affairs of the County. and is services as Chief Clerk in the ~omproller General's otlice for three ears, thereby familiarizing him with he duties of that ottice, added to the ual ifications above mentioned, make im particularly adapted to discharge he duties of the office to which he as ires. We trust that you wiil investigate is character and <iuali ications before asting yotur vote. Hiamlin Bteattie, President National ~ank. Greenville. Frank Ihammond. President Peoples ank. IHenry Briggs, President American ank. Jlas. T. Williams. ex-Mayor Green ille, S. C. Mahon & Arnold, Wholesale and etail D~ry Goods. G. II. Mahon, Alderman 1st Ward. reenville. S. C. Jas. L..Orr, President Piednmont ranufacturing Company. John M. Cureton. Farmer. J. H1. Morgan, President A merican pinning Company. W. lIi. Garrison. Farmer. B. N. Shumnan. Attorney at Law. Jos. A. McCtullough. Attorney at ,aw. Bi. A. Morgan. Lawyer and Member [ ouse Representatives. W. P. Hicks. Arudito' Greenville ounty. C. (C. JIones. Mayor Greenville City. Henry J1. Southern. Treasurer reenville County. J. 1). Gilreath. Sheri It Greenville J. A. Mclaniel, Clerk Greenville ounty. D. P. \'erner, Master Greenville (unty. Jas. H. D avis, County Superinten u-nt Education Greenville County. J.eE.iSpeegle. County Supervisor revleCountyv. W. \'. Austin. Register Mesne Con yance G reenville County. John C. Halley. Judge Court of Pro PLRSUING A BRUTE. rhe Scoundrel Fiercely Attacks a Young Lady. CAUGHT TRYING TO STEAL. He is Said to Have Cut Her In the S:ruige. The Scoundrel Has Not Been Caught. The quiet little village of Vaucluse was aroused Monday afternoon by the bold act of a negro man, who assault ed Miss Susie Clark, daughter of Mr. Eldridge Clark, a well known resident of that section. Miss Clark and her father reside about two miles from Vaucluse. There are no other inmates of the house. Mr. Clark left home early in the morning for Vaucluse. At Lbout 7 o'clock Miss Clark was en gaged in some work in the garden, when she heard some one movinz in the house. Knowing that her father was away, she at once went into the house to investigate the cause of the noise. As she entered the house a burly negro rushed upon the young lady and knocked her to the floor. He then made away to the woods. When Miss Clark recovered from the blow she diseovered that the house had been robbed by the negro. As soon as her father returned home he was acquainted with the facts and the residents of Vaucluse and neigh boring towns notified to look for the negro. At once citizens organized a searching party and began scouring the woods. At noon a negro answer ing to the description Miss Clark had given of her assailant was arrested at Aiken and will be taken to Vaucluse for identification by Miss Clark. There is great excitement in Vaucluse and that section. A dispatch from Aiken to The State says an armed cavalcade of rough riders passed through Aiken Monday afternoon, in search of an unknown negro who attempted a criminal assault upon Miss Susie Clark, a white girl, 22 years of age, near Vaucluse, early Monday morning. Miss Clark is the daughter of Eldridge Clark, a truck farmer living about two miles north of Vaucluse. Clark had gone to town. Tho negro had eterned the house evidently with the intention of robbing the place, and discovering the girl alone he assaulted her. Miss Clark. although bally shocked and cut by a knife in the hands of the negro, finally beat him off and escaped to the house of a neighbor and gave the alarm. To Kill the Boll Worms. A correspondent of the Greenville Mountaineer says one of the most ef fective means of destroying the boll worm. that is now beginning to attack the cotton, is to drive stakes over the field, allowing them to project above bhe cotton. On these stake places tin pans, from two -to three Inches in depth, and in these pans put ordinary house lamps. Fill the pans with water nearly to the top, having the surface of the water covered with oil -castor oil or melted lard will suffice. Light these lamps about twilight every evening, the weather permitting, and let them burn during the entire night. The insect that bores into the boll and deposits the egg that produces these worms, invariably flys against the hot lamp chimney, becoming para lyzed, falls into the oil, or grease that covers the surface of the water con tained in the pan. The substance be ing too heavy for the insect to extri catel itself, holds it fast and it per ishes. Locate the lamps from 150 to 200 feet apart. At a cost of about 70 cents per acre you can destroy these devastators. It is necessary that every neighbor act in concert to obtain a complete riddance of this uninvited visitor, best known as the "sharp shooter." Will Plant Cotton. The South is to have another rival in cotton production. New York, Pennsylvan~a and Ohio capitalists have purchased 350,000 acres in Cuba for cottcn culture and $4,000,000 will be expended at once in improvements. The Cuban crop, however, will hardly be large enough for several years to materially reduce the price. And there is compensation also in the fact that these northern capitalists will soon begin demanding "protection" for American cotton against cotton from Egypt and other foreign coun tries, and ln this protection the South will share. G reen and Gaynor Win. Judge Caron. of the Canada Super ior court. Wednesday morning denied the motion made in behalf of the United States government for the dismissal of th~e writs of habeas corpus in case of Green and Gayner. The decision permits the defendants to go free temporarily. It doesn't touch up on the writs of extradition proceedings pending. The decision nullities the effort to get the men before Montreal instead of the Quebec court. Seventy Gaijons Each. The last census report showvs con sumption of liquors in the United States to be 17.3 gallons per capita for the population. Presuming that but little of this bitter luxury is used by tho women and children, the aver age for each man would be 7o gallons per yeor. Thls makes an enormous drain upon the country and that ought to be checked as much as possible. Snow in Germany A dispatch from Berlin says the weather continues cold and rainy. Tje temperature Friday in soutnern Saxony stood at 33 degrees fahrenheit and snow jell in the mountains in Al saace. The North sea summer resorts are practically deserted. Army 0111 er's are wearing their overcoats. The Claims Filed The time for tiling claims against the Charleston Exposition Company expires on Friday. The claims date to aggregate 82i9,l26.44. According to the order of the court, all claims which have not been filed, will be debarred payment. The company ow'es Capt. Wagener over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Killed byy Storm. A severe ra in and wind storm passed zer Gaff ney this afternoon. One ne ro house was struct by lightning and urnt. One barn was set (on fire but sa ved. The roof of the supply mill was blown oil and Mr. Eugene Meetze was' killed by falling timbers. The Atlanta Journal says the way to keep cool is not to worry about the veather, and just think how much ooler you will be next winter-if the mice of calo keenps rning up. JOHN G. MOBLEY. A Statement of His Position and his Prospect frr Railroad Comiiiioner. The indications are that Mr. John G. loblev of Fairtield will be in the second primary for railroad comiis sioner. with an excellent chance for nomination and election. Ile has made many friends by his speeches and by his conduct in the canvass. Mr. Mobley believes that there can be much improvement in railroad freight tariffs in South Carolina. and while he would award srtict justice to rail roads he would see that the interest of the public is protected. He finds that Charleston, instead of occupying her former position as the metropolis of this state and adjoining territory, is now much injured by the fact that rates are made to induce shipments of cotton and other goods to more northern parts. The mill men of the state have made a strong petition to the railroad commission to have rates between the upcountry and Charles ton reduced. so that the products of the mills may have the benefit of greater ocean transportation and thus secure better terms for the eastern trade. Mr. Mobley would see that Charleston is unbottled. Fortunate ly the rates from the Piedmont to Charleston lie within the jursidiction of the state railroad commission. Mr. Mobley has practiced law, but prefers to conduct his tine dairy farm. He therefore knows the law and the facts. He is fearless and incorrupt ible and is a marvel of energy. No man in the race possesses as many favorable qualitiations for the position as Mr. Mobley, and his election would add great strength to the commission. Rules for the Primary. All Democratic white voters who have been residents of the state 12 months and the county sixty days preceding the next general election, and all negroes who voted for General Hampton in 1876 and have voted the Democratic ticket continuously since, are entitled to vote in the Democratic primary elections. Each voter must swear that he is qualified to vote, that he has not voted before in this elec tion and that he will support the nominees of the primary. No person shall be allowed to vote unless his name has been enrolled on the particu lar club list at which he offers to vote at least five days before the primary election. The club list is to be in spected and certified to by the presi dent and secretary and turned over to the managers, to be used as the regis try list. Township chairmen are urged to see that this matter is care fully attended to. Registration certiti cates are not required in the prim.Lr. elections. Two boxes shall be used. one for United States senator and state offices and the other for congress men and county officers. The names of all candidates will be printed on the tickets, and voters must scratch out the names of those for whom they do not wish to vote. No other ticket will be allowed. Partly written and partly printed tickets cannot be used. The polls will be opened at 8 o'clock in the morning and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. All protests for county oflicers must be filed with the county chairman within five days af ter election. The second primary election will take place two weeks af ter the first. The first primary will be held on Tuesday, August 26. and the second primary on Tuesday, Sep tember 9. Cut this out anid keep it for reference. MOORISH PRISON SYSTEM. Sultau of Morocco to Begin a Reforms to Correct a Pitiable and Brutal State of Affairs. A dispatch to the London Times from Tangier, dealing with the announce8 ment that the sultan irntends to re form the Moorish prison system, says anything more pitiable than the pres ent state of the prisons it is impos sible to imaginse. Any Moroccan sub ject is liable to be seized and incareer ated at any moment, often without the pretense of a trial. The rumor that he has saved a few d~llars is sufficient excuse for his inmp'sonment. The state of afiairs in the prisons in the cities is bad, says the Times' cor respondent. That of the prisons in the country bafles description. Many of them consist of small, high-walled ards, with no shade, no shelter, no water sui.pply, and no sanitation. To add to the horror, the prisoners are chained by their necks to a long, heavy iron chain, sometimes as many as 50 to one chain, without a yard be tween each. Heavy sbhackles are also riveted to their legs. The conditions in the subterranean dungeons are even more awful. The sult an intends to change all this. He will overhaul the prisons. sending inspetors to report upon their condi tion. The pr!.soners are to have suf ficient rations, supplied to them by the local officials. Both Murdered. The dlecomposed body of M:s. Jessie Tuman was found a hundred yards from her home near Muscatine, Iowa on Saturday night, and her husband. unconscious and with mortal wounds, on the Iloor in the house, which showed signs of a desperate struggle. The couple are known to have had confiderable money which cannot be ound. Dan Williams, who for two weeks made his home with the Tu mans, has also disappeared. Williams is said to have come from Texas. The murderer of Mrs. Tumian had evident l follwed her when she had made an effort to escape and brained her with an axe which was found close to her body. _____ Storm ini Georgia. A severe electrical storm with high wnd passed over the southern section of Georgia Saturday night. At Still more the roundhouse of the Air Line railroad was blown down and wrecked. A t Wayneshoro a dwelling was blown don and one man killed. At Bartow the Baptist church and the academy building were struck by lightning and narrowly escaped destruction. At Swainsboro a huilding was struck by lightning and burned. All the open ing cotton in the section was ruined, the loss from this source being con siderable. A Burglar Killed. Edward Lenchan died at Emergency hospital at D~etroit Mich.. on Sunday from hemorrhage caused by a bullet from ()llicer F. .1. Lemond's revolver. Patrolman Lemond discovered four burglars entering a grocery on Brook ln avenue Saturday :norning. lie endeavored to arrest them and they tpened tire on him. The policeman fired but one shot in return and it struck Lenehan in the hip. penetrat ing into his abdomen. A seond of t-he hnrg-lars is undler a rrest. SOME TRADE FAUTS Proportion of South American Com merce Held by United States. While Trade with Countries on Car. ibbean Sea Is Fairly Satisfactory That with Countries Farther South Is Very Poor Indeed. The recent departure from Wash ington of the special train carrying the United States and numerou: other delegates to the approaching Pan-American conference to be hel< at the City of Mexico lends espesia interest to some figures on the comx merce of the United States with the territory at the south, which th4 treasury bureau of statistics has com piled for the convenience of th< United States members of that con gress. The importance of develop ment of our commerce in this partic ular direction is pointed out by thi: publication, which shows that ou; exports have shown less growth ti the countries of Central and Sout] America than to any other parts o the world. "The commerce of the Unite< States with the American countrie: lying south of her borders," say the opening page of this discussion "has long been an object of solicitud, to her statesmen, economists an< business men. With the English speaking people of American terri tory lying upon the north her com mercial relations have rapidly growl and proven mutually satisfactory With those of another language, oc cupying the contiguous territory a the south, the growth has been slow er and less satisfactory, and as the distance increases the growth de creases. To British North Americ the United States supplies 52 per cent of the total imports for consumption to Mexico, equally adjacent, bu speaking another language than ou: owr, 40 per cent.; to the Centra American states, next removed b; distance, though readily reached b: water and now being tapped by rail ways, 35 per cent.; to Colombia, i trifle father removed, but equally ac cessible by direct water communica tion, 33 per cent.; to Venezuela equally accessible, 27 per eent.; t< the West Indies. which lie in clos, proximity, but which have been ui to the present time controlled b; commercial nations whose policy ii many cases has been to retain thei: commerce for their own people, 21 per cent.; to the Guianas, also readi ly reached by water, 25 per cent. o the imports of British Guiana, 1 per cent. of those of Dutch Guian and but less than 6 per cent. of thos of French Guiana. "Up to this point the study of th growth of commerce between th United States and other Americas countries is fairly satisfactory. Be ginning with 52 per cent. of the im port trade of Canada, 40 per ceni of that of Mexico, and ranging down ward along the Gulf of Mexico an' Caribbean sea, a fairly satisfactor; share of the commerce of those coun tries is enjoyed by the people of th United States; though it will be con ceded that her people have a righ to expect a larger share of the coms mnerce of the countries lying so nes at hand, especially in view of the fac that our purchases from them ar much !arger than our sales to thers Even this somewhat unsatisfactor; condition of trade with the countrie bordering upon t-he Gulf of Mexic and the Caribbean sea is, however gratifying when compared with th traffic relations of the United State with the countries of South Americ. bordering upon the Atlantic and Pa cific oceanse. Of the total imports o all South America, 87 per cent.i taken by the countries borderin1 upon the two oceans, and but 13 pe cent. by those upon the Caribbear On t-he eastern coast of South Amer ica we find Brazil importing in 189 goods to the value of over $105,000,00( of which the United States supplie about 10 per cent.; Uruguay and Par aguay, $26,000,000, of which our shar was less than 7 per cent.; and Ar gentine, $112,000,000, of which abou 10 per cent,. was from the Unite States; while a tour of the Pacifi coast shows imports into Chili of S38 000,000, Peru $8.500,000, Bolivia $11, 600,000 and Ecuador $7,000,000; th proportion from the United State averaging about 10 per cent.. Thu the northerri coast of South Amerie fronting on the Caribbean sea, irm ports goods to the value of $26,000 000. of which we supply an average o 25 per cent.; the eastern coast, front ing upon the Atlantic, $275,000,00( and the Pacme coast, $50,000,000; o which our proportion is in each cas about 10 per cent. Corporations in England. A curious illustration of the powe of corporations is reported fror England. From time immemoriali has been established law there tha bequests made for the propagatio: of secula~r or freethinking doctrine were subject to confiscation by th king, and thousands of pounds hay been thus confiscated. Recently hoiverer, it occurred to some perso: to try a new plan. A compan; known as the Secular society (lirs ited) was incorporated for the spe cific purpose of receiving such be quests, and the best English lawyer say that under its charter it can re ceive and use bequests for the ver; purpose so long held unlawful. corporation is a strange entity. Mas Fortune of Ner Own Probabli A titled Englishman is going t marry an American girl who has n rich father. She must be really at tractive, remarks the Chicago Rec ord-Herald. Sheep Die oI' Thirst. Advices received by the steame Mioweria. from Australia. tell of tei rible drouth in New South Wales an Quenland which has devastated th sheep ranches of that section of tb southern colony. Millions of shee have died and men formerly considere wealthy have been compelled to see employment. Samuel McCaughe) the sheep king of Australia, lost ove a millIon sheep of his herd of a millio nd a qiuarter, and other large herder have been equally unfortunate. Th work of wiping out the natives of th Soutn Sea Islands continues. Th Australian papers give an account C ne expedition by Germans to the Nem Iebrides to avenge the murder of Mrs. Wolff. This expedition corn pletely wipped out a village, native from which had committed the mnurdei ne hundred and thirty persons wer kiled. ________________ One Trhousand Killed. A dispatch from Pekin says th viceroy of Sze Chuan reports that im~ peial troops attacked the rebel pos sessors at Inchawan Angust 17. On housand rebels were killed and thei eader, Tong Yur Ihung, was capture BOUNDARY SURVEY. Work of Unusual Importance Re cently Performed. Dividing Line Between the United States and Canada Redetermined by Arduous Work of Gov ernment Employes. E During the past summer the United Stares geological survey and the coast and gcodetic survey have been co pueratnxin in a work of unusual im portance and interest in redetermin imr the line of the international boun-,.::y betweern The United States arn ( anwica from the crest of the 1:oe :A,.itainsl 7) the Pacific ocean. T ie original treaty, si:gned in 1846, which esablished the boundary at the foir-:.:rth parallel, did not pro ,ide for its immediate survey over this st et ion. This was lue partly to e ext reme difficulty andi even danger c rio n:ting~ surv ys in this region at :he nlu, and partly to the prevail 1 :.::ir :1at so rough and distant a regon: would be settled only in a ver' r:mote future. T..is view still pre ailed to a certain exent when in 137 to 1SG1 surveys were actually carried .:1. for it was tlrn agreed by the 2owni-.,iions represe:,ting both governn :ts that it was inexpedient to incur the expense qf locating and marking th bemd:ary continuously hec:suse. as they say in their official reort. the couttry woid not be oc upied for generat.ons to cme. These co:nmi ssio:s did. hower -r. determine the furty-ninth paraili .3y astroncm ie:(l observations, and establshed monune(es accordingly on each large 1 strea:m and every important trail that crossed the boundary, says a Wash i n t a::e: n -e :,:pi- rni :: and settlement have far outstr:pped the expectations enter tained 4( years ago; in those section where valuable minertal deposits are supposed to exist the location of the boundary has for several years past been a question of more or less inter esting dispute. The old cuttings and monuments have become obscured, and in some instances rumor has with purpose circulated false reports that the monuments placed by the old commission were incorrect. Canada and the United' States are both inter ested in having the line precisely fixed and steps are being taken toward the establishment of a commission whose determination shall be final. In the meantime provisional but accurate work has bees done by the joint pa iy of the geological and coast and geodetic surveys to redetermine the forty-ninth parallel in the sharply disputed sections, while three other parties of the geological survey have reconnoitered the entire stretch of 410 miles from the crest of the - Rockies to the Pacific coast. The line traversed two mountain districts, the Rocky mountains and the Cascades, and an intermediate I country which though hilly is not so high. The mountains carry heavy forests, and along the line are difB cult of access because the trails, once kept open by the Indians, are -now Lgreatly obstructed by fallen timber. The surveyors frequently find the rgame trails worn by bear and deer the easiest routes to follow. The ex treme easter'i range of the Rockies is of Alpine character, an~d glaciers and precipices lie across the boundary line. The work of the parties has been arduous, but has been success fully carried out, and a report will shortly he made through the interior department for the information of our state department. Mrs. C. F. Sprague Imports am Historic House Which Will Bo Erested in Boaton. Mrs. Charles P. Sprague, a member of the famous Weld family and wife of a former representative in congress now in an asylum, is about to outdo Mrs.* Jack Gardner in the fad of im -porting and, installing an italian house within greater Boston. Mrs. Sprague - -has bought one of the handsomest .of the old-time palatial piles-in 'Venice. The entide building, all pieces being carefully packed, and its valuable fur nishings are mow on their way to Bos ton. -The. materials this secured are to be used in transforming Mrs. Sprague's country home at Brookline into an Italian palace that shall surpass Mrs. Gardner's. -Mrs. Sprague has about $20,000,000 at -her command. Mrs. Gardner is popu larly credited with the possession of Mrs. Sprague's residence, which is of wood, will he incased in a shell of brick and Italian marble. All the wood, marble, tapestry, furnitui'e and. rugs of the new ballroom will consist of the furnishings of that formerly in the Venetian palace. TRAINMEN SCARED BY SPOOK. Ghostly Figure Annoy. the Engineer. and- Crew on the Colorado Midland. Engineer Gene Smith, of the Colo rado Midland, doesn't believe in ghosts. and that's what troubles him. He was rounding a deep cut near King sta tion one day the other week when he saw the figure of a woman dressed int white lying across the track. "It was too late to apply the brakes." he said to a group of trainmen. "I gave the whistle. It was an echo oV fhe despair ing wail that rose from my heart. I losed my eyes, but we struck nothing. Looking out from my* engine a me ment later I saw before :ne floating up and with the hand waring w'ockinr lv at me the figure whnh T had .iust, seen lying prostrate on the tracks." J. D. Cowley, who runs another train over The same route, confirms Smith's story. Both are men of unqifestioned veracity. There is much apprehension ~among trainmen over that branch. and eit is said there is a strong demand for rabbits' feet and other talismans. We More New Instruments. The government will save a good deal of money as a result of the de cision of the quartermaster general of the army to buy no more musical instruments for army bands until the present stock, which is quite ex tensive, has been exhausted. It has been the practice in the last few years to permit the bandsmen to in dicate the particular make of instru ments deemed most suitable for the requirements of individual musiciane. The choice was limited to imatru ments of domestic manufacture. For the time being calls for instruments must be confined to the make at present on hand. The reserve stock ihas reenl increased owing to tho turning in of the instruments of abandomud hand.. IA nyibody can kill a poor lit tle young Ipartridge. D~on't shoot theni now, but wait until the birds are grown and the a is out, Nov 1st.