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(iUATEMALAN ANTS. The Texas Cotton Planters Object to the Boll Weevil's Foe. THE CAUSE OF THE OPPOSITION They Suspect it May Prove a Greater Pest Than the Weevil Devastating the Cotton Fields. Tae proposed use o. the "kalep" or Guatemalan ant to exterminate the Mexican cotton boll weevil is arousing great interest in the south. The cot ton crop will soon be ready to pick, and its size depends on the extent of the ravages of the boll weevil. There fore the matter affects not the south alone, but every user of cotton goods. The pest is likely to grow worse and cause greater damage every year un less sime way is found to check its ravages. In spite of two boll weevil conventions, the organization of boll weevil commissions in Texas, Louisi ana and Mississippi, the liberal sums appropriated by these states and by the Federal government for fighting the boll weevils, and the $50,000 prize for a remedy offered by the Texas legislature, no method of getting rid of the destructive pest has been found. At best it has been possible to make certain suggestions whereby, at great expense and labor, the amount of dam age caused by the weevil is reduced. From the start a vague hope has been expressed that some other insect would be found that would kill off the weevil. Is the "kalep" to be the deliverer? The entomological bureau and the agricultural department say it is and ask for a chance to prove it. The have gone to considerable ex pense to search the world over for an enemy to the weevil, and declare that they have at last found it in the Guatemalan ant. They stand ready to make war upon the cotton eater, but the cotton people hesitate to com mit the ants to their fields. The planters are like the European powers in the Russo-Japanese war who wanted to see the Japanese whip the Russians, but were afraid of the complications the war would lead to. Or perhaps they rememaber their Aesop, and the fable telling how the horse secured man for her ally in the war with the stag. Admitting that the "kalep" will do all that is ex pected of it, may not the ant itself prove a more dangerous peril than the weevil? This is the question the plant ers are asking. This has led to a very general dis cussion in the southern press of American and other improvements on nature and the results that have fol lowed. The strongest argument in favor of the "kalep" is the success of the department of agriculture in the importation of ladybugs from Aus tralia as a cure or antidote for the San Jose scale. The latter pest had seriously in fected the Calirornia orange crop, in vaded Texas and was making its way toward the orange groves of Lonisna and Florida, when its ruinous course in the south was stopped by the Aus tralian ladybug. The experiment was a complete success, and no one has yet a bad word for the Australian vis itor. On the other hand, Senator Bailey, of Texas, Ross Clark, of Lavaca, the leader in the fight against importing Central American Insects and turning them loose on the community, and many other planters cite other expe riences against the proposed experi ment. They call attention to the importa tion of English sparrows for the pur pose of getting rid of the worms and bugs in New York and to their spread all over the country, abandoning their insectivorous habits, driving out na tive birds and becoming very trouble some themselves and great destroyers of fruit. The mongoose, imported Into Ja maica to kill off the rats which injured the sugar cane, performed that work successfully, but has since become ten times the nuisance the rats were, for after killing off the rats it took to eating spring chickens. Similarly, the English rabbits imported Into Aus tralia have proved one of the greatest curses of that island continent. The importation of water hyacinths -which came from the same country as the "kalep"-has cost the south millions of dollars and put the Feder al government to considerable expense to get rid of its growths, which have rendered most of the Gulf streams un navigable. Similarly, Bermuda grass, imported from the West Indies, has increased the cost of cultivation in the south '0 per cent, ana cocoa grass has also added to the trouble and expense of the farmers. Two of the most troublesome plants to southern farmers were actually im ported by the United States depart ment of agriculture and scattered through the south before their danger ous character was discoverEd. The first and worst of these was Johnson grass, which was recommended to the farmers as an excellent forage plant. Johnson grass grows with a rapidity that is startling and it cannot be erad icated. You may dig It up or burn it, but you cannot get rid of it. The leg islatures of both Texas and Louisiana prophit its importation, and the quar antine against itis as stringent as against smallpox. The United States department of agriculture also recommended Japa nese bamboo as likely to thrive in the south, and offered samples of it to southern farmers. They planted it. There Is no question about its thriv ing. Mr. Clark, who is leading the fight against the Guatemalan ant, is one e the men who planted the bamboo. It grew so fast that he and his neighbors became alarmed, as it threatened to cover the whole plantation. When he tried to get rid of it he could not, until he built a lavee around his bam boo patch and kept it saturated with crude Beaumont oil. Either the plant flourishes better in this country than in Japan, or the Japanese know some way to holding the growth in check which the depart ment of agriculture forget to get. Bamboo may make very good baskets, Mr. Clark says, but the south is not prepared just yet to abandon cotton and all its other crops and confine its energies to basbet making. With these facts before them, the Texas farmers and their friends have not only flooded the department of agriculture at Washington with In quiries and protests, but also anounc ed their intention to fight- the kalep in the courts to the last ditch. An in junction has already been secured from the Texas district court at Houston, directed against Dr. Cook and other employes of the department or agri culture, prohibiting them from Intro ducing into Texas the Guatemalan ant The injunction recites that it is pro posed to bring in this ant and turn it loose at the United States government experiment station at Victoria, Tex. They say the ant would spread to all parts of the State, would become so numerous in time s> to prove an in tolerable pest, would sting the lator ers in the field and then would ren der it impossible to pick cotton, ulti mately destroying the cotton crop and all other vegetation. The injunction has delayed the opening of the Kalep-Weevil war. The ants will spend some time in New Orleans, until the department of agri culture decides what to do. The collection of these ants cost several months of hard work in Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. The insect I has no scientific name, but is known to the natives or Indians as the kalep. It is red, and about twice the size of an ordinary ant. Dr. Cook has some 5,000 ants, or forty colonies, including a number of queens. They are now in first class condition, active and full of figbt, and eager to be allowed to attack their enemy. Dr. Cook denies all the charges made against the ants. The are in sectivorous, he says, and will not hurt cotton-and the Mexican boll weevil is their dearest foe. The weevil stands no show with the Guatemalan kalep. The latter stings the weevil, producing paralysis, and then carries its victim to its dwelling nouse, where the weevil is torn to pieces or put in cold storage for the winter. Four ants to each stalk of cotton will keep it wholly free from weevils. So effective has the warfare of the kalep proved that it has already completely destroyed the weevil in Vera Paz and other departments which in inhabits. The boll weevil, after practically de stroying the cotton crop of Mexico, in vaded Texas on the north and Guate mala on the south. It seemed to sweep everything before it until it reached the country of the kaleps. The latter have turned the tables on it and are pursuing it fiercely and remorselessly. As for the argumeDt presented by Mr. Clark that it %ould render cotton picking impossible by stinging the negroes on their bare feet, Dr. Cook calls attention to the fact that the Guatemalan natives never wear shoes, yet have never suffered from ant stings. It is admitted that there may be limitations in the effective work of the kalep. It lives mn a porous sandy soil, like that of Texas, but it is by no means certain that it would find life so agreeable in the rich but damp soil of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi, where cotton reaches its highest development. All these facts and arguments have not convinced the anti-ant men. Even if we admit, say they, that the kalep will do all that is expected of it and kill off the weevils, on what is it going to feed after tie weevil are ex hausted? The South is already pretty well overrun with ants, which have latter ly increased in numbers, owing pos sibly to the destruction of insect-eat i'ng birds. The ordinary American ants, red and black, are themselves ef fectual as destroyers of other insects, and indeed are known to kill boll weevil; but in spite of their good ser vice in this respect they are recognized as a nuisance and injurious to the farmer, and their neits are ploughed up -and destroyed whenever they are come across. If their numbers are swollen by importation of larger and fiercer ants, the planters will find it almost impossible to keep the ants under control. In fine, is it not a dangerous experi ment, they ask, becaues we are suffer lng- from one insect pest, to import another? It depends upon the settle ments of these questions whether the courts will allow the great Kalep Weevil fight to come off in Texas this summer. Brain Leaks. The broader the smile the shorter the task. Everything is for the best, even the worst of It. A smile will go a mile while a frown is going a furlong. The "sanest fourth" was where it rained the hardest. Ever notice how long the days is when you start it off grumbling? We'd like to go fishing just once when only the little fish got away. It is a waste of time to pray for wrat you want unless you really need it. The man who never makes mistakes is the man who never undertakes any thing. When a man begins to wouder if he looks as old as he really Is, it is a sign that he does. The writers of the best old s':ngs are dead. The writers of some of the new ones ought to be. The man who never ate watermelon save with a fork has an awfully good time coming to him. The men who talk loudest about the necessity of war are generally the men who stay at home and finance It. We will probably never have enough money to enable us to set aside a hero fund, and even If we do have enough we wouldn't do it. We'll set aside a fund to reward the girls who can bake better bread than their mothers.-The Commoner. Handled Them Well. A special from Danville, Va., says Judge Aiken Wednesday appointed a special grand jury composed or pro minent citizens for the purpose of in vestigating the attempt of the mob Tuesday night to take the prisoner, Roy Seals, who is in jaril charged with the killing of Flagman Armes of the Southern railway. Daniel Talley, one of the leaders of the mob, charged on the officers guarding the jail, but '.e men composing the mob quailed before the determined stand taken by the police. Talley dashed against the officers alone and was captured and disarmed. He was afterwards released by order of Mayor Wooding, who states that he made the order thinking it would probably have a good effect on the mob. The mayor was apprised of the fact that the mob was assembling by a woman. The woman came to the home of the mayor at midnight after te executive had prepared to retire. He granted her an interview and was told the plans or the mob leaders. The woman is the wife of one of the mob leaders. The mayor would not disclose her name. Edward Deaton Convicted. A special from Yorkville to the State says the case of W. Edward Deaton and Mary Deaton, charged with having killed J. Lawrence Pat terson at Fort Mill last May, was given to the jury about 2 o'clock Fri day afternoon. After being out about two hours they rendered the following verdict: "Edward Deaton guilty and recommended to the mercy of the EFORMATION OF DEMOCRACY. Mr. Bryan Tells of the Things He Fa- S vors and Those He Doesn't. W. j. Bryan's plan for the reforma tion of the l'emocracy was given pub- S licity Thursday. In it Mr. Bryau fa- e vors radical changes, but advocates V the election of Judge Parker for pres- ii ident as a good beginning. le de- S clares fur State ownership of railroads, b governornment control of telegraphs e and abolishment of private monopoly and favors the income tax and election of federal judges by the people. Mr. a Bryan says in part: "I have heretofore refused to take t a position upo~n the question of gov- t ernment ownership of railroads, first, y because I had :not until recently r studied the subject, and second, be- a cause the question had not been reach- t ed. Recent events have convinced me that the time is now ripe for the pre- a sentation of this question. Conso'i dation after consolidation has taken place until a few men now control the r railroad traffic of the country and I defy both the legislative and executive e power of the nation. 1 invite the Dem- a ocrats, therefore, to consider a plan t for the government ownership and t operation of the railroads. 1 STATE OWNERSHiP OF ROADS. C "The plan usually suggested is for J the purchase of these roads by-the fed- I eral government. This plan, it seems to me, is more objectionable than a plan which involves the ownership and 1 operation of these roads by the several States. To put the railroads into the hands of the federal government would mean an enormous centralization of power. It would give to the federal government a largely increased influ ence over the citizen and the citizen's 1 affairs and such centralization is not at all necessary. The several States 1 can own and operate the railroads within their borders just as effectively as it can be done by the federal gov- a ernment and it it is done by the Z States, the objection based upon the , fear of centralization is entirely an- c swered. A board composed of repre- I sentatives from the various States I could-deal with the joint tratic of the I various lines. 2 While the Democratic party in the t nation is advocating government own- I ership of railroads, the Democratic i party In the cities should upon the c same theory espouse the cause of mun icipal ownerships of municipal fran chises. GOVERNMIENT TELEGRAPH. t "We have also reached a time when the postoffice Bepartment should em brace a telegraph system as well as a mail system. "The telegraph lines do not reach C as many people as the railroads do and while the abuses to private ownership have not been s- open and notorious, yet there is no reason why their nation should not do what other nations are doing in this respect. "The Democratic party has in two campaigns stood for an income tax. The plank was omitted this year be cause the men In control of the party thought it would jeopardize success in the eastern States. This objection may have weight when the appeal is made to a particular section and to the wealthy men of that section, but it cannot have weight when the party goes forth, as it must ultimately do, to appeal to the masses. "The contest above outlined must1 be made whether the party wins in November or not. If Mr. Parker is elected his administration will rid us of imperialism and of the threat of a race issue and give us greater freedom in the taking up of economic' ques tions." CARGO OF OIL DNi FIRE. Thriling Experiences of the Crew or 1 The British Ship Creedmor. A special from Woodshole, Mass., says Capt. John Humphries of the British ship Creedmoor, and crew were landed here Thursday, having escaped from their vessel which wasC burned off Fire island Wednesday. The crew of the Creedtnoor num bered 18 men besides the -captain. The men lost everything. They left the ship in her own boats and were picked up soon afterwards by a pass ing schooner which transferred them to a tug off Martha's Vineyard early Wednesday. Capt. Humphries and the rescued members of the crew of the Creedmoor arrived in New York city Thursday evening- The Creedmoor, which left this port on Monday with a cargo of 50000 gallons of naphtba, gasolene and benzine for Liverpool, according to the story of the captain and crew, ~ was about 40 miles east of Fire island 'on Wednesday evening when fire broke lout on the poop deck just forward of the main saloon. When the alarm was given Capt. Humphries put the vessel about while the members of the crew under Mate M. M. Adams were doing their best to hold the flames in check. Thea presence of the fire was made known by an explosion which was quickly i followed by others. At first the water poured on the I blazing poop deck had no effect. After about an hour's work the crewv seem ed to have the lire in chcek, and at that time the Creedmoor was making ~ for New York at good speed. A little after 10 p. m. the lire made its ap- ~ pearance again in the poop deck sec5 tion of the vessel and this time the gasolene had become ignited and it was expected that the oil-laden ship would blow up at any moment. Despite the deperate situation, Capt. Humphires and his crew sought a sec ond time to hold the fire in check, 3 but the streams of water only tended . to carry the lire to other parts of the ~ ship and in a few minutes the strug gle was abandoned. The lifeboat and the sh'p's yawl 1 were lowered. The lookout on the a forecastle, a Portuguese sailor named si Marc, was called with the other memn- c hers of the crew, but he did not res spond. He was called again. Then t he leaned over the side of the fore- b castle and appeared to be helpless n with terror. In a few minutes the ship was wrecked from stem to stern by a series of heavy explosions. I Members of Mob Arrested. A special from Danville Friday says Wicker Armes, Solomon Hutchings, A V. Bal Ragland, Frank Childress and 'I William Harris, participants in the C rete attempt to force the city jail for ti the purpose of wreaking yeogence vi upon a negro charged with murder, bi were Friday arrested and the first w three bailed in the sum of $200 each hi for their appearance before the HI mayor's court 3n Tusday next. Chil- wi dress and Harris went to jail in de- ra fault of boned.g THE STRIXE SEITLED. trikers Are to be Taken Back to Work At once. A special from Chicago Wednesday ays: The strike of packing house mployes begun nine days ago and -bich has demoralized the packing adustry throughout the country, was ttled Wednesday at a canference etween representatives of the pack rs, the officials of the meat cutters nion and representatives of all the Ilied trades employed at the stock ards. The whole controversy will e submitted to a board of arbitra ion, both sides agreeing to abide by 7hatever decision this board may each. Pending the decision of the ,rbitration board the men will be aken back to work as rapidly as iossible by the packers and it is greed by the packers that all the id employes are to be reinstated within 45 days from the date work is esumed. If any of the former em iloyes are still unemployed at the xpiration of that time such persons ,re to have the privilege of submit ing their cases to the arbitration oard for settlement. The strikers vill return to work as soon as they an be notitied of the peaceable ad ustment of the trouble, and it is ex >ected that by Friday morning every hing will be in normal shape at all he plants in the different cities where he employes were on strike. Half ,n hour after the decision had been eached to arbitrate, M. J. Doanelly, he strike leader, had secured com unication by long distance telephone with the leaders of the strikers in utside cities and had notified them hat a satisfactory settlement had >en reached and directed the strikers o return to work as soon as possible. THE ALLIED CRAFT. The settlement of the difficulty by rbitration was brought about by the dlied craft at the stock yards, who would have become involved in the ntroversy had it continued much onger. The representatives of these inions, which represent about 14,000 nen, got together and sent a final ppeal to the packers asking for a bree sided conference between the ackers, the strikers and themselves n a final effort to get both sides of the ontroversy together again and ar ange some sort of agreement which ould prevent the strike spreading to ,he affiliated unions. This appeal of he allied trade unions received a avorable response from the packers nd Wednesday's conference was the esult. The agreement reached at Wednes lay night conference is practically the me as the proposition made last aturday to the packers by Mr. Don elly. The only difference is that in saturday's communication Mr. Don eliy insisted that the strikers be all aken back to work within seven days. his the packers refused, although hey agreed to accept every demand nade by Mr. Donnelly. When the men return to work it vill be under exactly the same condi ions as prevailed before the strike as declared, with the exception that he question of a wage scale will be lecided by arbitration. As many of the old employes as can e reached by the offcials of the union vill be notified to return to work. All she strikers who appear at the plants vi be put to work as fast as possible tnd it is believed that all the estab ishments will be running with full orces. $20,000,000 TO BOOST COTTON. outhern Cotton Corporation is Formed in New York. A special to the Atlanta COnstitu ion from New York says: Instead f Daniel J. Sully being made the resident of the new company known s the Southern Cotton Corporation ith a capital of $20,000,000, to im rove cotton culture and method of naking the staple, that post will be accuped by Colonel S. F. B. Morse, vho was a partner in the firm of )aniel J. Sully & Co. The articles of incorporation of this ompany were filed at Trenton. It gill have a capital of $20,000,000, of hich $5,000,000 will be prefered and 15,000,000 common stock. The par 'alue of the preferred is $100 a share, >ut the par value of the common, which will be taken largely in the outb, will be only $20 per share. The decision to place Colonel Morse a this position was made by the inancial backers of the concern be ause of the fact that as the head of he traffi department of the South rn Pacific railroad, stationed in New )rleans, he was very prominent in the ducational campaign which resulted a the diversifying of the southern rops. The company controls the Whit ran square bale press, which is an proved mechanism for baling and inning cotton. it will compress as horughly as the present round bale iut will not meet with such opposition s was encountered by those who in roduced the round baling process. ecause of the less likelihood of fire, his new bale has already been called he "underwriter's bale." A comprehensive were house sys em will also be established, which till enable growers to hold their cot on if they so desire, instead of sell g in the glutted market in the early eason. The board of directors will e announced in a few days. The rincipal office of the company will be 2 that city, with branches in various uthern cities. Found Treasure Ship. News from Tacoma says that Capt. 'inch, manager of the Neptune Sal age Company, has lccated the wreck f the Canadian steamship Islander, hich sank in Alaska in August, bree years ago, carrying down nearly 00 passengers and crew, besides half million of Klcndike treasure. Finch icceeded by use of a big steel diving tge invented by Capt. W. M. Smith, fMilwaukeee.. H~e expects to raise e Islander or recover the treasure oxes and valuables aboard her. Esti iates of the amount of gold In the urser's charge and in the state rooms Epassengers run from $400,000 to No Race Equality,1 During the discussion of South frican affairs in the house of coin ons in London Thursday, Joseph bpmberlain, defending the introduc on of Chinese, labor into the Trans il, contended that white la >rers would not work side by side I ith black laborers on equal terms and thought the white -men were right. e added: "As the dominant race, if a admitted equality with inferior:I ces we would lose the power which II ABUbED FARMERS. Roosevelt on Record as Saying They Are a Base Set. HE EXPECTS FAREERS' VOTES. But All Self- Respecting Farmers Should Vote for Judge Parker, Who Honors Their No ble Calling. Should the Democratic party go up to victory in November next fate will show herself in ironical mood in this year, Roosevelt will meet defeat at the hands of one of that class of our American citizenry which he holds as the basest In the land, for Alton Brooks Parker, Democratic nominee for President, is a small farmer both by birth and predilection, and one of his special delights is breeding fine cattle on the 90-acre farm, his home at Esopus, N. Y. Surely the farmers of no section of this broad land will consider for a moment the possibility of doing aught which will tend to continue in power the man who has expressed such mer ciless contempt for the farmers and laborers of our country. Hon. Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, during the last session of Congress, speaking on the subject of Mr. Roosevelt's estimation of various classes of American citizens, said: "After attributing to the cowboys of the west a moral depravityof which no cowboy has been guilty within a a-half century and against which I protest; after declaring that they were 'brutally dissipated,' that 'when drunk on villainous whiskey they cut mad antics, ride horses in saloons firing their pistols right and left.' etc., in his Ranch Life and Hunting Trail (pp 9 and 10) he adds: "They are much better fellows and pleasanter companions than small farmers or agricultural laborers; nor are the mechanics and workmen of a great city to be mentioned In the same breath.' In a speech made by him in New York in October, 1896, at a 9scund money' meeting in the Wool Ex change, reported in the New York Journal October 28, 1896, Mr. Roose velt said: "Mr. Bryan and his adherents have appealed to the basest set in the land, the farmers.' Search the world over, ransack his tory from the beginning and you vwill look in vain to find another who has in any way maligned the farmers of his own country. It is a mar fel that any party should offer as a candi date for the Presidency a man who has so viciously traduced the character of the best type of our citizenship, the American farmer." It will be the part of wisdom for our farmers of the North, South, E st and West to weigh well what the chances for an administration of the government for the best interests of our.agrncultural population are likely to be in the hands of :a man ;who has expressed openly and on various occa sions both in writing and speech such unmistakable contempt for the char acter and lives of those farmers upon whose votes, it is claimed, he is large ly depending for his continuation in power. Surely there is no farmer in these United States who will not in his turn regard with contempt the character of the man who since his earliest man hood has fought and striven for pub lic office and has lived up-n public money, money gathered into state and Federal treasury in large part as a result of the unceasing toll of the great class cof farmers whom he so thoroughly despis s. Surely again it will give these same farmers the very greatest satisfaction to show Mr. Roosevelt in November next that while he may not despise them quite so intensely as not to take a play for their votes, they do regard him as so utterly unfit for the Presidential of lice that they will cast those votes for a man of their own, a man who while performing the duties of Chief Judge of the Court of A ppeals in the great State of New York is yet living the simple and dignified life of a farmer, himself the product of several gener ations of small, hardworking farmers. It was doubtless this simple and hard ly life which bred in Judge Parker the courage to send to St. Louis that telegram with, he well knew might cause the withdrawal of his nomi nation for President by the Demo cratic Convention. That Mr. Roosevelt has not chang ed his opinion of the lack of wisdom or even good sense possessed by the farmers of the country is very evident since it is constantly asserted in Re publican papers that it is to the rural districts that he is looking for the majority of' the votes which are to give him four years longer occupancy of the White House. He made a big play for the labor vote last summer when he rushed in to the anthracite coal strike but he doubtless knows now as well as do the labor leaders themselves that there is an organized opposition against him in several of the largest branches of the Labor Union, and consequently he is looking away from the cities to the rural districts where reside the men whom~ he has designated as "the basest in the land." Will they in November next honor with their votes this man? Will they vote to continue in the President's chair ,a man whose first act after reaching the White House almost was to find fault with the dweling which had been amply mag nificent.~ for former and wiser Presi dents, and not only to find fault but to proceed to tear out and destroy the beautifully simple and historic interior of the nation's White House weeks before Congress, alone holding the power to authorize such changes, had given its permission or authorized the use of public money for that purpose. More than $600,000 he spent in extravagant and destructive remodel ing of that which can never be re placed. That done he required twice as many servants to run the palace from whose front door always hither to open to all citizens of this free ountry, the "common people" are oow turned away and directed to a aewly provided low side entrance while foreign diplomats and personal riends of the Roosevelt family," the our hundred" only are admitted by ihe broad portico whose door from 1 he time of Adams to that of McKin ey stood open for rich and poor alike. 1 rhe small army of servants now paid1 y the government to keep this royal 1 ~stablishment in order has lately been I nereased by the addition of a naval >tlicer whose sole duty is to raise and ower the flag which tioats over thei ~rivate entran-:e. Well might the Democratic plat-C 'orm declare for a return to a Jeffer- 2 onian simplicity in the manner of 3 fe of our public officinas. THAT SHOCKLNG CRIME. Inquest Into the Murder of Kitt Bookhart. Near Eutawville. A special to the State from Orange burg says the inquest over the dead body or Kitt Bookhart, which was found in the Santee river at Fergu son, near Eutawville. was held Thurs day by Magistrate Jeff D. Wiggins at Eutawville. Solicitor P. T. Hilde brand, at the request of the gover nor, went down the day before and at tended the inquest, assisting in ques tioning the witnesses and bringing out important testimony. Solicitor Hildebrand has associated with him in the investigation of this matter the law firm of Messrs. Raysor & Summers of this city, and Mr. A. W. Summers of that firm attended the inquest along with Solicitor Hilde brand, and he will give personal at tention to the development of the case and the prosecution of such parties as may be implicated by the proceedings. Eutawville is located on the Preg nall branch of the Atlantic Coast Line in the upper portion of Berkeley county, and not many miles from the lower boundary of Orangeburg county. There are the best of people down there, and it is learned here that the best sentiment of that community heartily condemn the killing of the negro and is anxious for the guilty parties to be uncovered and brought to justice. From the testimony it is very evi dent that the parties responsib'e for the death and mutillation of the ne gro are deserving cf the severest con demnation of the public, the severest punishment under the law. -It is thought that the matter will be brought to light in due time, and the proper authcrities are working to this end. It is understood that there was a very large gathering of negroes at Eutawvil:e Thursday on account of the inquest, but they were not de monstrative and conducted themselves in an orderly manner. The inquest was adjourned to some future date to be agreed upon later between the magistrate and the so licitor. The jury of inquest was a representative body of white men; and they will not render their verdict un til all of the testim- ny possible ias been brought out. Such witnesses as were on band or could be secured iere examined Thursday, but there are other wit nesses to be examined at a later date. The jury was composed of Messrs. R. G. Causey, foreman; P. 0. Martin, L. N. Shingler, L. Gourdin, J. W. Mur ray, D. D. Sweetman, W. E. Jackson, Nella Jenkins, J. F. Wetheford, E. M. Gaillard, B. P. Winter and T. S. Gelzer. THE. WEATHER AND CROPS. Section Director Bauer's Report for the Past Week. The following is Section Director Bauer's report in full for the last week: The week ending 8 a. in., July 1bth, has a mean temperature of 80 degrees which is slightly below normal. TheI departures below~normal were greater| on the coast than in the interior. The extremes were a minimum of 60 at Greenville on the 14th, and a maxi mum of 98 at Blackville on the 15th, 'here were no destructive high winds. The relative humidity was about nor mal over the entire State. The sun shine was slightly deficient. There were quite general showers on the 12th, and again on the 16th, but they were local and partial in charac ter, with many places that had no rain. T be relative wet ani dry areas remain about the same as last week, with complaint of too much rain in Cheterfield, Marlboro and Marion counties, and of increased severity of the droughty conditiors In the middle and upper Savannah valley counties, extending into the interior over Green wood. Newberry and Laurens counties, with many smaller areasin the central counties that are suffering for rain. Rain would be very beneficial over the western half of the State, in which division wells and streams are very low, and water for stock is scarce. Laying by crops is general and the work Is well advanced, except that stubble land corn and cotton on red clay lands continue to be cultivated. The condition of old corn is critical in -the dry sections, and the prospec tive yields will be materially lessened unless rain comes soon. Late planted corn continues promising. The cotton crop suffered from an ex cess of moisture in the extreme north eastern counties, and from drought in the western ones, but as a whole con tinues very promising. It has artained seasonable size in the eastern half of the State and remains under-sized over the western half. There are a few re ports of too large a weed. Cotton is blooming and fruiting well in all sec tiors, and many full grown boils have been noted. Icsects infest fields in Greenville, Pickens and Spartanburg counties, whild wilt and blackroot or black rust have been notedAK'Green vlle and Orangeburg f~tities. Con siderable cotton hyybeen laid by in general clean codrlition. Sea island cotton is becopwing somewhat grassy, and is bloomifig freely. TobacedY curing is now general; the crop is a fine one. Rice is heading, and is in need of more fresh water; June rice is doing fairly well in the Georgetown district. Melons are bzar ing well and shipments are heavy. Minor crops vary in condition accord ing to the moisture supply, and range from excellent to very poor. Plaintiff Got a Verdict. A special from Columbia says a ver dict of 2875 was rendered against the Atlantic Coast Line Thursday after con by the jury in the suit brought by E. L. Richardson against that ompany. The suit was interesting lnd the original complaint asked for for 5,000. The hearing of the evi ience consumed nearly all day Wed esday and the argument took part of he time Thursday morning. Rail oad men took considerable interest in she proceedings, because it concerned she sale of a ticket to a point at wvhich the train on which Richardson1 was riding did not stop. It seems hat several months ago Mr. Richard on bought a ticket to Latta and the ule was that change should- be made t Florence for the train which stopp-1 d at that place. However, the plain~ f was put off at Pee Dee, which is bout eight miles this side of Latta, ~ecause the train on which he was iding made no stop, although his icket read for that station. Suit was iled for 25,000 and then the point vas raised that the train should have topped at the station, although there a v'ere orders to the csnstrary. The 'erdict and the whole case will un- 'j oubtedly end in the supreme court, e s the counsel for the railroad, Messrs ~ larron and Ray, have already given y oic of a motion for a new trial., Against Child Labor. An organization to be known as "The National Child Labor Commit tee" has been formed in New York and at the first meeting to complete the organization and elect officers it was announced that the commmittee had secured as its general secretary Samuel McCune Lindsay, commission er of education in Porto Rico. Among those interested In the new organ'za tion are Jane Adams, Felix Adler, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, A. J. Cassatt, Grover Cleveland, Cardinal James Gibbons, Bishop David H. Greer, Adolph S. Obs, Hoke Smith and Senator Tillman. In speaking of the work of the committee, Mr. Lindsay said: "The National Child Laxr Committee desires, wherever its co operation is requestEd, to investigate the conditions under which children are engaged in gainful occupations in all parts of the country, and to help create a healthy public sentiment in favor of giving every child the best possible chance to make the most of its life." Severe Storm in Augusta. A special from Augusta says a sturm of cyclonic proportions swept the eastern and southern section of the city Tbursday afternoon, doing great damage to property and injur ing several people. The Hale Street Baptist church was completely dimol ished; a paint shop of the Central railroad completely wre-ked; small cottage on Hale street complete wreck; the rcof of a carpenter shop of the Georgia railroad blown away; end of house on Lincoln street crushed in by falling tree; grand stand at base ball 'park complete wreck. J. K. Morris was fatally injured; Wmn. Brown, head gashed and ear gone; J. W. Livingston, Wm. McCarty, J. K. Calhoun and W. H. Fenly slightly in jured; all employes of the Central railrcad. Sophia Turner was slightly hurt in Hale strtet house. Killed by-a Train. A special to The State from Tim monsville says a fast through vegeta ble freight which passed there about 9 o'clocix Sunday morning struck and killed a negro man, Robt. Waiters, about half a mile beyond _the town limits. The negro was sitting on the track and is supposed to nave been in a drunken stupor. He lived about a mile and a half from town and had all of his bundles of groceries with him which he had pure'iased the evening before. He had evidently spent the night in town spreeing and was on his way bome. The train was running at a rapid rate and going down grade, making it impossible for the engineer to stop his train in time to save the unfortunate man's life. A, Rosy View. The New York Herald is noted for many excellencies but it is mcst fa mous for irs accurate election predic tions. The Herald says that Parker's telegram has caused consternation in the Republican ranks and asserts that the electoral votes of the surely Re publican States toiay amount to only 180 when they were put down at 304 on Saturday. Acording to The Her ald, New York, New Jersey, Con neticut, Illinois and Indiana are now very doubtful States. That looks like there Is going to be no walkover for the Rough Rider. ;Committed Suicide. Edgar E. Tawes, secretary of the board of trade and Business Men's as sociation and a prominent citizen of Norfolk, Va., comitthd suicide Fri day night at his summer home at Ocean View. He reached home early from the city and went to his room. Standing in the presence of his 12 year-old son, Dawes placed a pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger. He was.instantly killed. No cause for his act can be ]earned. Killed His Wife. Dick Teele, a young white farmer of Carroll county, Ga., shot and killed his wife near Graham, Ala., Friday. He slipped up to the window of her mother's home and shot her as she sat at work. He claimed to belleve her unfaithful to him. Posses were organized for the pursuit cf Teele. He fled Into Georgia. A posse pur suing him found and surrounded him near Roopvllle Tuesday afternoon. Rather than surrender Teele shot himself, and his dead body was se cured by his pursuers. * O1 All Ways to Get Hurt, Four-year-old Clarence Apple, of Reelsville, N. J., was frightfully cut about the feet, legs, arms and body Friday by the knife of a reaper which his father, Milton Apple, was driving. The little fellow stole away unknown to his father and fell asleep in the grain field. Mr. Apple did not perceive him until the cutter bar of the machine struck,.-tha lad. The child's conditonliscrtical. Bov Saves a Train. James J. Cogburn, of Montgomery Ala., eight years old, Fiday stopped a passenger train and prevented a wreck. A storm had blown three telegraph poles on the track. The boy saw the langer and ran up the track, desposit d a torpedo and waved a red flag as the train came down the grade. It ;topped just in time to avoid a smash 2p. The passengers hugged the boy, t~hanked- him and gave him a purse. Animals Broke Loose. At the city of San Sebastin, Spain, here was a sensational scene In the bull ring Sunday. At the moment of i projected fight between a bull and a iger both animals broke loose and stampeded the spectators. The atten lants in firing on the animals struck md wounded several of those present, ncluding the Marquis Pedal, the vice president of the senate, the Marquis uijo and a French tourist. She Was Miss Heyward. Miss Caroline Heyward of Montreal, aturday identified the body of the woman found dead in the Ten Eyck n New York on Wednesday last as hat of her sister, E'eanor Frances Eeyward, who wrote her from New york city that she would be dead in a 'ew days. Miss Heyward had regis ered at the hotel as be'ng from Den ger, Colo. Tbree Hundred Bales Burned. A fire started Thursday in the cot on which had been discharged on he quay at Bremen haven, by the Ltlantian from New Orleans. The ames were subdued but 300 bales of he cotton were damaged by fire and rater. Killed by Lightning. Miss Mary Reynolds, of Bishopville, young lady of 18 years who lived ear town, was struck by lightning 'husday afternoon and instantly kill d. She was sitting on the back lazza with the family, some of whom rere within three feet of her, but I SUPPOSED TRAMP .H r. Aleged to Have Insulted an Un protected Woman. A special to the State from Tren ton says Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock a supposed tramp was shot by Mr. M. W. Hudgens, who lives about six miles south of here near Ereka. Some time during the afternoon, pos sibly about 4 o'clock, a man came to Hudgens' house where there was no one except his wife and little children. He asked Mrs. Hudgens where the old man was and she replied that he was in the or ebard getting some peaches. The man went to the orachard and, not finding Hudgens there, came back and, it is said, called Mrs. Hudgens a liar, and demanded smething to.eat. Mrs. Hudgens fled with her chldren to a neigbbor's house about half a mile distant and asked him to go for her husband who was at Eureka. On the way home Hudgens borrowed a gun from a neighbor. When 'be reached the house the man was still there. Hudgens acked what he was doing and he bagan to get back in-the house at the same time, it is claimed putting his hand behind him as if to draw a pistol. Hudgens fired, the load taking effect in the stranger' right leg. As he turned Hudgens fired again striking him in the small part -" of the back. He staggered back. further in the house and fell. Hudger:s and one personrthe o e3 e wiLness, then took him to Eureka and went - to Trenton for the doctor and wired Sheriff Alderman at Aken7 to come for the wounded man. Thieg man is of average size and is sbbil dressed. He has the appearancet bei-g about 25 years of age. Atfist he told that he was from Floridiad was going to his relatives In Georgi and afterwards siid he was goingto . North Carolina. He refuses to his name. He was still alive Sunday morning and the doctor thinks hei1 ' pull through. Hudgens is- a respectable you&_ farmer, having moved here from rens last year. No one blamesh for shooting under the circumstances To Make one Central Bureau A special -to the State from Wash ington, dated July 24, says: One the first important questions . will be brought to the attentioi-6$ new secretary of the navy,.Mr. r ton, upon his return to Washint early in August to assume charge the navy department, will be tht the consolidation of the several-power . plants at the navy yard of under one bureau, that.there.may one power plant for the several bu reaus. This proposition wasada in the bureau of yards and. docks the chief of' that bureau, Bear miral Endicott. Cut With a Razor. A special from Charleston to Columbia State says: A cuttings occured Sunday night in o at Riddock & Bryanes' restaan Market .street Involving two e known young men. Jim Haight ct Barney Hischman In the beadan neck with a small razor, and butfr Birschman's collar the wound wud have been more serious. As -it I,. Hirschman is thought to be seriousy wsunded and Haight is held atte station house, having been arrested ~ shortly after the affair. The cutting fellowed a quarrel between the mien. Killed Three WhiteMen. Telephone messages say that at Alexander, ten miles from Waynes boro, Ga., Saturday afternoon Samp son Flournoy, a negro, raising a double barreled shot gun, fired on a part of four fishermen, all white, killing James Minor, aged 26, married, and , Evans Tomlins, agedd24, and mortally wounded Edward Minor, aged 23, married. The negroesacaped." Blood hounds are on his track. Be had a quarrel over a trivial matter with one of the party, went away, procured the gun and, returning, fired without warning. At a nearby farm house he stole a mule on which he escaped. Shot While in Bed. A special from Thomasville, Ga. -says: Saturday morning about day, the wife of L. Snips, who lives- at Hansell, a small station below Meigsd was shot by an unknown person. She ' was in bed, the shot being fired through a window. The bullet enter ed the right breast and ranged down ward, through the lungs, liver and kidney. She is In a critical condition. It is thought that the shot was aimed at her husband, who was In the bed with her. Three white boys have been arrested and lodged in Thomas vile jail on circumstanti .~ea~, Fought at Dedication of Cathedral. -At.Armagb, Ireland, on Sunday, an enormous concourse from all parts of Ireland was present at the ceremony of the re-opening of Armaugh cathe dral after four years of work of re. decoration. Cardinal Vanutelli, as the legate of Pope Pius, and many Irish and foreign prelates and other prominent persons were present. Some rioting between Orangemen and Cath olilics followed the ceremonies. Shots were fired and the police were stoned. Killed His Wife With a Wrench. A special -from Norfolk, Va., sa'ys Frank Satterwhite, a Princess Annp county farmer, crazed by jealousy, attacked his wife with a monkey wrench Friday night and battered her skull into a pulp. Sttterwhite -- picked their two-year-old baby from its craddle and fled. He carried the child some distance and threw it into a neIgfibor's yard. He has not been arrested. Fired by lightning. A special from Rock Hill to The State says that on Thursday night lightning caused the almost complete destruction of the home of Mr. J. W. O'Neal on East Main street. The flames burned away the upper portion of the building and destroyed much of its contents. Mrs. E-nma L'.ndon's home on Johnston street, was also damaged by lightning to the extent of about $300. Swipes Twelve Thousand. A dispatch from Boston, sujs that the bureau of criminal invdstiga tion Saturday sent out notices to the police of other cities asking the ap prehension of Fletcher G. Barker, for whose arrest a warrant has been is sued, In which the larceny of $12,000 is charged. Barker was a cashier at the Parker house. On July 15 he dis appeared and simultaneously it was discovered that $225, the property of >ne of the guests, was missing. Kills His Wife's Father. A special to the Journal and Trib mne from Jonesboro, Tenn., says tbas Robert Keys has been shot and kill. d 2y his son-in-law, Joe Martin, at ti e eys home twelve miles from Joins joro. No details are obtainable. Keys was a prosperous farmer. Both fain. a a prominent.