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HvW WE MdAY WINa Figures Showing Several Ways to i In Elect Judge Parker. XUST CARRY DOUBTFUL STATES. Names of Some of Them that Parker g May Carry. Success Depends 0 on Appeal to Indepen- 0 dent Voters. The New York Evening Post which 11n Is an independent Republican paper. publishes the following interesting ar- I ticle on the possibilities of the presi dential election: ii Judge Parker's message to the St. d Louis convention and its acceptance by that body, followed by the nomina- t tion of Henry G. Davis of West Vir ginia, a Gorman Democrat, for the v vice presidency, were events which v greatly accentuate the anticipated movement of the Democratic party c eastward and goldward. It has for c mcnths been generally assumed that d the recent convention would nominate t a ticket far more acceptable to the a east, and less so to the Bryanized States of the west, than thcse of the last two campaigns. But the conven- s tion has gone further in this direction 1 than was generally expected. While t Parker's nomination was not un- t expected, the dramatic way in which I his adherence to the gold standard in- - terests of his party was emphasized, t has made him preeminently a favorite e of the Democrats of the east. Davis' y nomination is in the same direction, a although less so than would have been a the selection of a man identified with t, the Palmer and Buckner movement, 0 like Judson Harmon of Ohio. The 14 convention insisted on making reg- b ularity in 1896 a requisite for either place on the ticket, but having satis fied that requirement it went a long way towards meeting the wishes of the east and its conservative element. 1' It is generally conceded here that Parker and Davis will carry Maryland 9 and West Virginia, States which in the last two presidential campaigns e have been found in the Republican column. The Democratic ticket would have stood a good chance of success In these States, particularly in Mary land, without the Davis nomination, but with it, and in view of the fac tional fight among the West Virginia t Republicans, and the growing of the Democratic strength in Maryland, they will both be likely to land in the Democratic column. This is the re spect in which the action of the con vention has most specifically affected estimates of the result. Before the convention these two States were placed in the doubtful coaumn, one with Democratic and the other with c Republican leanings. Today they by a common consent belong in the Demo. t cratic column. It will at least take an extraordi- L nary fight on the part of the Republi cans to save the State of Davis' birth ~ and that which he has represented in e the senate. Mr. Roosevelt personally r is not strong wherever the negro con -stitutes any considerable part or the population. Tne proposed Republi ~ can Inquiry into disfranchisement in c the south operates in the same direc- ~ tion. Maryland is naturally Demo cratic. It was the German Democrats ~ of Baltimore, and quite conspicuously V the Jewish vote which rebelled at the free-silver ideas of Bryan and took 2 the State out of the Democratic p column. Isadore Rayner, who has p now been elected to the senate, will 'i take the stump in behalf of the Demo- q cratic ticket, and few men exceed him t in effectiveness as a campaign orator I He will feel it incumbent to hold s the Jewish vote for the Democratic ticket, now that the free-silver scare Is passed, and that he has been elect ed to the senate- E veything is ap parently ready for Democratic success 0 in a presidential vote. West Virginiab is something of a "follower" of Mary- a land, although naturally less Demo cratic. The Davis nomination will doubtless make up the difference.c GBOUl's THAT MIGHT WIN FOR DEMO-I CRATS. The 13 States of the old south s1 which are not open to real contest, U cast 151 electoral votes. To these the 13 15 votes of Maryland and West Vir- a ginia may be added, making 166. Of c~ the 476 members of the electoral col- q lege, 239 will be necessary for the ti Democrats to elect a president. Were c: the ballot to fall 238 on each side, the ce contest would be transferred to the present house of representatives, e, where with each State casting onep vote, the Republican ticket would o, prevail by a vote of 30 to 15. The t, Republicans thus have the trifling, 'j though interesting, advantage that rt 238 electoral votes would elect their a ticket, while 239 will be the minimum ri required to elect the Democratic. y It will be necessary, therefore, for d' the Democrats to get 73 electoral ti votes north of Maryland and West n Virginia. Several combinations might p, do this, but for any one of them which si is within reason New York State will y be necessary. Should New York's 39 t electoral votes be cast for Parker le there would remain necessary fcr Dem ocraticsuccess only 34 more electoral votes. To carry New York and to pick up these 34 extra votes, besides saving a Maryland and West Virginia, is thus the problem that confronts the man agers of the Democrtic campaign. st These 34 votes might come from a either of the following combinations: Group one-New Jersey 12, Dele ware 3, Nevada 3, Montana 3, Indiana 15; making 36, two more than necces-t sary, or 241 In the clectoral college. Group two--Indiana 15, New Jersey 12, and Connecticut 7, making an even 01 3,restoring the "solid south(epcd Deleware), New York, Indiana, New t Jersey and Connecticut." This would P be victory on tte old battle ground, ~ with lines unchanged. e In each of these groups Indiana has c< been placed. Democratic victory in i that State will, from ordinary appear ances, require a hard fight. In pro portion to population the State gave, a larger Republican plurality in 1902 than did Massachusetts. Fairbanks is tl on the Republican ticket. No Indiana t1 man is on the Democratic ticket. t] There has been a large migration of u: negroes to Indiana of late years, par-c ticularlyin the cities where they help c] to swell the Republican totals, but are t( not sufficiently numerous to drive ,st white men out of the party, as would i be the case further south. A consider-R able section of the Indiana Democracy, s is poulistic in this tendencies, and can- o01 not be expected to warm up for the a Parker ticket. For these and other d reasons along the same lines, many Republicans here maintain that Indi- tl ana should be excluded from these groupings. At all events, Parker's fight a2 there will be an uphill one. Let us see e where the 34 votes can be had without, vi this Sate: Group three-New Jersey 12, Con- I cticut 7, Deleware 3, California 10 id Nevada 3: total 35. Group Four-New Jersey 13. Con !eticut 7, Deleware 3, Montana 3 evada 3. Utah 3, Idaho 3; total 34. But many observes here think Con ecticut, which figures in both groups iree and four. an unsafe State for emccratlc caculations. Its vote for vernor in 19o2 stood 69,000 to 85, 00, with 5,000 votes scattering. The epublicans tben received 53 per cent. the total vote, and the Democrats ightly less than 44 per cent. Thevote r congressman-at-large stood: Cum dings, Democrat, 70,590, and Lily, epublican, 83,666. It will obviously quire a very considerable overturn in pular sentiment to carry the Nut teg State for Parker, but that this Is e progress there is considerable evi ence. With either Indiana or Connecticut! 2e best combination would be this: Group five-New Jersey 12, Dele are 3, California 10, Colorado 5. Ne ade 3, Montana 3: total 36. But why should California be in luded in these lists at all* Many Pa [fic coast people insist that it is a oubtful State, in spite of the fact at the imperialistic issue operates bout as advantageously for the Re ublicans there as an aggressive naval olicy would for New Jersey, if all ips for the navy were built at At tntic City, California has done a large usiness in furnishing supplies for the roops in the Philippines. Its people em mad with the lust for empire. 'he uniform of the army is a passport > almost everything that is most veted in San Frisco. The State gave [cKinley in 1900 a majority over Bry a of 40,000, the largest even given ay presidential candidate in the his ry of the State. If it were to go Dem ratic now it would be an unparal ,ed overtured. Whence arises the ope or expectation that it will do so? Two years ago the Republicans bare saved the State on the gubernatorial cket, because the Democrats had iade a combination with the union Lbor party by which the latter were iven the congressional nominations nd the Democrats the State ticket, ach side supporting the other's candi ate. That alliance has since been to considerable extent broken, and the nion labor tide seems to be receding. hat such a combination, or anything ke it, should this year offset the ad antage in that State which the Re ublicans derive from the imperialis ic craze is hardlylexpected, although here is a strong conservative element rbich has become very weary of |oosevelt. The canal which has been ushed under his vigorous, if question ble methods, would seemingly be a 'epublican asset. Colorado it will be necessary to in lude in this last group if the Demo rats should perchance have to get ong without both Indiana and Con ecticut. It is too early to say how e reign of lawlessness there in which le mine owners have become identi ed with the Republican State ticket nd the Western Federation of Min rs with the Democrats, will affect a ational contest. Before this strike egan it was acknowledged by leading >emocrats of the State that Colorado rould support Roosevelt. Its three angressmen are now Republicans as re the county officers nearly every rhere in the State. The Republican ajority in 1902 on the State ticket 'as 7,000. The "three-vote" States of Montana, revada, Idaho and Utah were all Re ublican, except Nevada, when their litical photographs were last taken. 'hey change their appearance fre uenty, however. The labor issue or 2e Morgan issue between now and ovember might turn their faces iuarely around. GOIN~G WIDER AFIELD. Other groupings will, of course, be ade by enthusiastic claimants. Many Sthem may be described as possible, at not probable. Wisconsin, for ex nple, will be claimed by the ae Dnmocrats on account of the fac onal warfare between the two wings the Republican party and the diffi uty in marking the Australian bal ts correctly under the existing coin icatons. N~o one supposes that In a raight fight between Parker and osevelt, with other issues complete removed, that Parker would stand y large chance of success. In these rcumstances it would seemingly re aire heavy blundering on the part of ie Republicans to permit the Demo 'ats to take It now, but that is of >urse possible. Illinois has 27 electoral votes, ough to upset the balances coin .etely should it get over on the Dem ratic side. But conditions there are >day unfavorable to the Democrats. hey are badly manned locally. Their cent State convention instructed for earst. It was run*by the Hopkins ng of "reorganizers" with a defiance fair play and decency that has sel m been equalled in the politics of 1s country. Independent voters are t likely to be attracted toward a Lrty whose State orgagization is in I tch hands, unless they think that! rker's election would mean an over rn and a restoration of better adership. Twelve years ago, with Judge Alt. >ld making an appeal to the labor a te such as few men of this genera on have ever made, with Cleveland ithe head of the ticket attracting] e high-grade vote; with tbe genuinei rength of the tariff reform issue I ong the independents, and the i ;ht of the German Lutherans over i e school question, the State was rung into the Democratic column a plurality of about 3 per cent. of i Le total vote. That is the only timea ie State has ever gone Democratic a a presidential vote since 1856. It a es not yet appear that there is to- a y any sutficient approximation to' e conditions of 1892 to bring the 1 t.rker electoral ticket near enough Sthe level reached by the Cleveland ectoral ticket in 1892 to insure Dem iraric success. But if the campaign <. pitched on a high plane, prospectsj ay improve before November. EPUBLICAN FIGHT FOR NEw YORK. 2 The Republicans intend to centre ' ueir fight squarely on New York,i rning their heaviest artillery upon t le Democratic stronghold of thei ban end of the State. If it becomes ear that they cin bring out a sutli- I ent up State majority for Roaseveltt offset what will obviously be a very rong Democratic tide in the city, Ii le election will be over. But if the t epublicans lose New York, they will ill require the opposition to show 2 ie of these 34-vote combinations, id that may not be an easy thing to1 A study of these groupings shows I uat the Democrats must put their ist fo:t forward if they are to stand 1 iy chances of winning. If they rest I ntent in getting out the Democratic >te which has habitually gone to the le5 fr the ast0, ten years, they will8 ie hopelt ssly beaten. It is only by ittirg the campaign on a high plane, Lppealing to the independent vote ot ,he cuntry, that they can hope to F0 ,vercome the odds against them at ,he start. That the campaign will >e pushed along lines resemblinft .hose of 1892 there is considerable TI vidence. The same class of people who supported Mr. Cleveland then ire, with almost as much unanimity, !ailing into line for Parker now. Tuis: means a new alignment of States and )f electoral votes. Without this new appeal, the Democratic cause would bave been hopeless. Its success today depends upon the thorough and earn- 1 est work, convincing country that the ml restored Democracy means a clean th and progressive national administra- th tion _ co THE WEATHER AND CROPS. he of on Section Director Bauer's Report for on the Past Week. he The following Is the weather report Do as issued by Section Director Bauer vo Wednesday: be The week ending 8 a. m., July 25, had a mean temperature of SO degrees be which is nearly two below normal, due at to excessive heat during the first half wl and abnormally low temperatures dur- i ti( ing the last half. The extremes were th a minimum of 56 at Greenville on the fr 24th and a maximum of 104 at Black- pr ville and other places, on the 21st. tjL There were numerous damaging high pa winds and hail storms accompanying thunder storms, but the resulting in- pr jury to crops was contined to small vc areas. The sunshine was deficient, to and the relative humidity below nor- of mal, caus-ng corn and cotton to wilt, nc during the first half and was above tb normal during the latter half. "] Numerous and well distributed qt showers occurred in all parts of the co State, materially reducing the extent pi of the droughty areas, but there are fo till a number of widely scattered sec- se tions where crops are suffering for p the want of moisture and where the need of rain is urgent. The week's m rainfall ranged from "trace" to 8. 14 or inches, the latter in eastern Chester- pr field county, where lands were badly w: washed and lowlands flooded, destroy- w1 ing the fine crops on them; lowlands k, were also floded in parts of Spartan- g burg county. Wells and streams con- H tinue very low in the central Savan- D nah valley counties, but generally T] stock-water is more plentiful. There tb is need of more fresh water for flood re ing rice fields, as the lower reaches C( f the rivers are very low. 011 As a rule all c. ops have been laid tb by although excessive rains in a few tu localities delayed the work, and in C1 some sections cotton is still small enough to be cultivated. Generally vc felds are clean, but there is an in- el reasing number of exceptions, espec- sa ially in the northeastern counties in where the fields are grassy. hE The high temperature early in the si: week caused corn to wi~t and fire, but eli the fall in temperature and the ac companying rains checked the dam- ati age befo:-e it had become serious. O0d se arn was too nearly ripe to be much ag benefted by the improved weather :onditions, and in the driest sections Ca is nearly a failure; young corn is gen- in arally promising.|t Cotton continues to make satisfac- le14 tory growth and is fruiting well. The mi middle crop gives indications of being pr a heavy one. There are numerous re- w] ports 'of cotton shedding leaves and Pt ;quares, but as yet the injury is not sti serious. The crop as a whole con- of tinues very promising, with less cjm- re, plaint of inscts and diseasa than last sti week. Sea island cotton is small, of th good color and blooming profusely. foi Tobacco curing made only fair pro- m; ress owing to the numerousshowers eal Ghat hindered the work. Early rice on is heading well; late needs more fresh twi water for floading than is available. kelons are plentiful; peaches fairly shb plentiful, with shipments of both still he leavy; apples are generally scarce; ca) >ear trees are bearing well. There of s a general improvement in pastures, wi lardens, peas, sweet potatoes and tic ther minor crops. Ground is being by repared for small truck, in the coast Co listricts. coi foi POISONEBD WATXERLON oti tic Cills Ike Dickson, a Negro, Near fo: Columbia. Ike Dickson, a negro who has live.d ~rom "hand to mouth" for a number f years, and has been giving the ountry people a lot of trouble betw een Jolumbia and Gadsden by pilfering md stealing from the fields, d.ed l'ursday in Columbia as a result of ] >artaking of forbidden fruit. ike is mny 20 years old, but beyond iishing dif n a desultory fashion for a living he ] ias never worked, it is said, and has ] >een ordered off a dozen farms en ac ccount of his habits as a vagabond ] .nd his nightly pilferings of the crops, i ~ardens and fowl houses. Several armers have threatened to shoot Ike ( f he ever returned to their farms. It was reported Thursday night ( hat Ike's career had ended, that ( everal nights ago he had stolen a tio atermelon from a patch near Sims' ta~tion, and that the melon was loaded o the rind with deadly p'jizon for I ke's benefit or fur others of his ilk. 'or, trusting, confiding ike carried ( he enticing and bewitching object of is natural and hearty appetite to his tiv ten and there did voraciously satisfy tai is yearning for "watermillion." ent Shortly afterwards Ike was given a ude physical start and then he knew sha te had done it once too often, but he an< ras stoical and "kept his muof shet M. ad sed nuthin.'" After a while the les1 gony was too much for easygoing Ike, A. nd he went to a physician and M. 'fessed up." He was brought to Co- ma umbia and there he died. for all More Whiskey Sold. tiol Chief Constable Hlammett In his cut uarterly report last Thursday says: ma sy reference to the previous report Co ou will find that there is a consider- for ile decrease in the value of the seiz- pol .res made and a very heavy increase! I a the sales of the dispensaries Ex broughout the state. This, I think, 'at attributed to the better enforce- mo ent of the law. Certainly, thire is elet ot as much liquor being brcught into to be state as formerly. Quite a num- the er of persons who have been engaged the retailing liquor have gone out of Gei he business and you will note that 27 anc ilicit stills have been closed up. The Chi .ttention of the board of directors has mit seen called to a number of cases in fof which parties, who have been granted Coi ,permit to distill, have violated the fle aw, and favorable action by them is 1 nticipated. 1 am pleased to report for hat matters in this department are in rogressing very satis'actorily and I CbA m receiving assistance and encour- Cot geent from citizens all over the mit etate san THE RULES r Governing the Membership of remocratic Clubs, [E QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS, d the Conduct of Primary Elec tions of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, as Adopted Last May. rhe following rules shall govern the .mbership of the different subordi te Democratic Clubs of this State, e qualification of voters at the pri try elections held by the party, the aduct of the primary election to be Id on last Tuesday (the 30th day) August, A. D., 1904, and the sec d primary held two weeks later, if e te necessary. Rule 1. The qualifications for mem iship in any subordinate club of the =mocratic Party of this State, or for ting at a Democratic primary, shall as follows, viz: The applicant for ,mbership, or voter, shali be twenty e years of age, or shall become so fore the succeeding general election, d be a white Democrat. or a negro io voted for General Hampton in 76, and has voted the Democratic :ket continuously since. Provided, at no white man shall be excluded m participation in the Democratic imary who shall take the pledge re ired by the rules of the Denocratic .rty. The managers at each box at the imary election shall require every ter in a Democratic primary election pledge hmself to abide the results the primary, and to support the minees of the party, and to take e following oath and pledge, viz.: : do solemnly swear that I am duly ialified to vote at this election ac rding to the rules of the Democratic Lrty, and that I have not voted be re at this election, and pledge my If to support the nominees of this imary." Rule 2. Every negro applying for membership in a Democratic Club, offering to vote in a Democratic imary election must produce a itten statement of ten reputable 2ite men who shall swear that they iow of their own knowledge that the plicant or voter voted for General ampton in 1876, and has voted the mocratic ticket continuously since. e said statement shall be placed in e ballott box by the managers, and turned with the poll lists to the >unty Chairman. The managers of ction shall keep a separate list of e names of all negro voters, and re rn it with poll list to the County tairman. No person shall be permitted to te unless he has been enrolled on a ib list at least five days before the id primaiy election. Provided, that Charleston County the voter must ve his name on the club list at least ty days before the said primary ~ction. The club lists shall be inspected by d certified to by the president and :retary and turned over to the man ers to be used as the registry list. Rule 3. Each County Executive immittee of the Democratic Party this State shall meet on or before e first Monday in August of each cton year, and shall appoint three iagers for each primary election ecinct in their respective Counties, 1 shall hold the primary election vided under the Democratic Con tution, in accordance with the Acts the General Assembly of this State rulating primary elections, the Con. tution of the Democratic Party of is State, and the rules herein set th. The names of such managers ,y be published by the Chairman of :h Canty Ezecutive Committee in e or more County papers at least o weeks before the election. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary all vote two ballots on which shall printed the name or names of the didates voted for by him for each the offces to be filled, tcgether th the name of the office. The kets to be voted shall be furnished. the State and County Executive mmittees respectively, and shall itain the names of all candidates -the representative offces and no 1er tickets shall be used. The kets to be voted shall be in the lowing forms, one for Limted States Senator. Sovernor. leutenant Governor. secretary of State. Jomptroller General. state Treasurer. Ad jutant and Inspector General. state Superintendent of Educaticn. ttorney General. ialroad Commissioner. ['he other with spaces to suit the rerent Counties. ?or Congress District. r Solicitor Judicial Circuit. tate Senator. ouse of Representatives. sheriff. rudge of Probate. lerk of Court. lounty Supervisor. Joroner. )ounty Superintendent of Educa 'reasurer. Luditor. iagistrate. daster. jounty Commissioners. o vote for House of Representa es shall be counted unless it con ns as many names as the county is itled to representatives. tule 5. The managers of election ,11 open the polls at 8 o'clock A. M., shall close them at 4 o'clock P.] ,provided, that in the city of Char on the polls shall open at 8 o'clock M., and shall close at 6 o'clock P.1 A fter tabulating the result, the. nagers shall certify the same and ward the ballot box, poll list and other papers relating to such eec 2, by one of their number of Exe ive Committeemen, to the Chair. n of the respective Democratic mnty executive Committees within y-eight hours after the close of the tule 6. The County Democratic cutive Committee shall assemble1 ,beir respective Court House on the ring of the second day after the ~tio2, on or before 12 o'clock M.,1 tabulate the returns and declare results of the primary, so far as same relates to members of the; ieral Assemply and County Ofiices,1 shal forward Immediately to the ~irman of the State Executive Com-. ,tee at Columbia, S. C., the result the election In their respective uties, for U. S. Senator, State of-1 rs, Congressmen and Solicitors. sle 7. The protests and contests; County Oflicers shall be filed with. ive days after the election with the Lirman of the County Executive mnittee, and said Executive Coin tee shall hear and determine the i' e 'The State Executive Commit Lee shall hear and decide protests and :ontests as to United States Senator, State Officers, Congressmen and Solici tors, and ten days shall be allowed for ling the same. Rule 8. Candidates for the General Assembly and for County Officers shall file with the Chairman of the County Executive Committee a pledg in writing, to abide the results of the primary and support the nominees thereof. Candidates for other offeus shall file such pledge with the Chair man of the State Executive Com mittee. Provided, That the pledge of such candidate shall be filed on or before 12 o'clock, meridian, of the day preceding the day fixed by the County Executive Committee or the State Executive Committee for the first campaign meeting of the County 1 or State respectively; provided, fur ther, that in Charleston County the 1 candidates for congress, solicitor and county officers shall file their pledges and pay their assessments within tWe time fixed by the County Executive Committee. No vote for any candi date who has not paid his assessment nor complied with this rule shall be counted. The following is the fcrm of the oath: "As a candidate for the ftice of- in the Democratic primary election, to be held on the last Tues day in August, 1904, I hereby pledge myself to abide the results of such primary and support the nominees thereof, and that I am not, nor will I become, the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Demccratic nomination." If the candidate is running for the United States Senate, or for the United States House of Representatives this additional pledge shall be Yequired: "I will support the political pinciples and policies of the Democratic Party during the term of Office for which I may be elected, and work in accord with my Demo cratic asscciates in Congress on all par ty questions." "This the--- day of -, 1904." Rule 9. In the primary election herein provided for, a majority of the votes cast-shall be necessary to nomi nate candidates. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two weeks after the firbt, as provided for under the Constitution of the party, and shall be subject to the rules gov erning the first primary. At said second primary the two highest c :ndi dates alone shall run for any one ocflcD, but if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office, then double the number of candidates shall run for the vacancies tobe illed. For in stance, in a race for Sneriff the two highest shall run. Rule 10. In the event of a tie be tween two candidates in the second primary, the County Chairman, if it is a County Office, and the State Chairman, if it is for U. S. Senator, State Officer, Congressmen, or Solici tors, shall order the third primary. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office, and not by the whole number of votes cast in in the primary. Rule 11. Each County Executive Committee shall furnish the managers at each precinct two ballot boxes, one for the State Offiers, and the other for Congr,.ssman, So'.icitor and Coun ty Odficers. WII.IE JoNEs, Chairman State D.mocratic Excutive Committee. J. T. PARKs, Secretary. THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL. Additions to Be Made Which Will Greatly Increase It Facilities. For some time those in charge of the Columbia Hospital have contem plated an addition to the present struc ture, which is inadequate to the de mand almost daily made upon it. After consultation it has been decided to make an addition which will in crease the facility for accomodation fifty per cent. Also an operating build ing will be erected. The plans were inspected and Shand and LaFaye were chosen as the architects. The present main building now used for private patients will be the nurses' quarters. This building is very com fortable and is fitted with hot water heatinfg apparatus, electricity and sim ilar conveniences. The two wards, wooden structures, which ran south from the main building and are con nected by corridors, will be moved to the west of the block on which the hospital is located, In the expectation that in the future they will be replac ed by more modern buildings of brick. The plans now decided upon are al most ready for the contractors to bid upon and it is hoped that advertise ment for these bids will be made in a~bout three weeks. Connected with the imain building which as said will be used for the nurses' home) by a stoune corridor, running to the east, wiil be the oper ating building. This building, which will have the same frontage as the present main building on P~ain street, will be 48 by 38 feet in size and in ad ition to a large operating room will1 have an anaesthetIzing room, a steri izing room, a stock room, a surgeon's room, etc. Another corridor will connect the perating building with the ne w wards o be erected, and which will be located with a frontage of $1 feet on Plain street and 124 feet on the Harden street side of the hospital. On either< side of the entrance will be an office md a reception room. Running south I corridor extends the length of this( uilding with room on either side. I There will be twenty-five rooms, eachi )f which will be provided with a full t .ength window to the floor. These win- I lows may be opened and patients re noved to the terraces just ouside ofI he rooms will be connected with pri- 1 vate baths. At the rear of this building will be I semi circular solarium or sun parlor I :onstructed almost entirely of glass t Ld for the use of convalescents in the a winter montbs. -I The ccst of the operating buildingt will be about $4,000 to 85,000. The 5 plans were furnished by C. C. Wilson, rchitect, and the contract has been t et to Geo. W. Waring. Ground for c his building will be broken in a few weeks. Its beginning has been de ayed by the fact that the location of he other new structure had not been r lefinitely decided upon. This latter uilding will cost about $15,000 and already said Is hoped to let the con ,ract in about three weeks. It is. ~robable that the additions will be ~ompeted and ready for occupancy by [anuary first of 1905. The Co'umbia Hospital is an institu ion which has struggled through nany viccissitudes yet is daily more a Lppreciated. The testimony of its pa- ~ ~ients is its best advertisement. The superior board of health of t exico City, reports no new cases of Ib ellow fever in the hot country and I s n the coast towns andi cities. I )IED OF HIS WOUNDS. lave Name as "Bud Madison MO Cloud" of Star, N. C. US DYING STATEMENT IN FULL t'ramp Declared Before Death that He Gave No Provocation, but from What ie Says His Mind Is Affected. We clip the following from the Liken correspondence to the State, which says: On Sunday afternoon the passenger rain from Trenton brought a badly wounded white man frim Eureka sta ion, 12 miles from Aiken, who was in harge of Mr. G. P. Seigler, who ,tated that the stranger was shot by Ar. M. W. Hudgen; on the afternoon f the day before. He died Thursday norning about - 35 o'click. The man was brc.ught to the jail tnd Dr. Chas. Toole, the county phy. ician, and Dr. H. T. Hall were sum noned to attend him. Why the man was shot could not then be learned. I'he physicians' examination showed ;hat he was sufferir g from two gun hot wounds, one in hne right thigh, md one in the small of the back, and oth were declared dan.eous. The man was told of his se ions con ltion and was advised that if he had L statement to make he had better nake it. His dying statement and >her statemen's in the presence of wvitnesses were la effct as follows: His name is Bud Madis'.n McLoud, 19 years of age. Has recently re Durned from Bullock county, Georgia, where be had been at work. Was born and reared in Star, Montgomery ounty, North Carolina, and his fa ther, Calvin McCloud, a brother and several sisters are now living at that place. He has been tramping for rome time and recently came into A.iken county, and last Saturday he was very hungry and seeing a man In the real near Eureka asked him where e could get work and something to eat. Tne man directed him to a house nearby (Mr. Hudgens' house,) and he went there and asked t':s lady of the house if her husband was at ome as a man told him to ga there, and be could get a .ob. The lady told him that her husband was in the rchard and would be back shortly. He told her he was hungry and asked ner if she could give him some dinner, and she told him that she had nothing ready to eat, but she would cook him some dinner. This was about 5 o'clock in the afterncon. SAT ON DOORSTEP. McLoud said that he went around the house and sat on the dcorstep He heard the lady bustling around in the kitchen until about 10 minutes before her husband came up. When he first saw Mr. Hudgens the latter was coming towards him rapidly, cocking his gun as he ran. McLoud jumped to his feet and before he could say a word Hodgins fired and wound ed him in the right thigh. McLond then turned and ran through thie house, and Hudgens ian clkse up bie hind him and shot him a second time, the charge taking effect in the ba~ck, and he fell upon the floor. Hudgens dragged him out of the house on to the ground and sent for a buggy, and he and another man who came with the buggy carried him to Ereka. Mc-Loud's head sank upon his breast from weakness, anid Hudlgens saId: "Hold up your head, I didn't mean to shoot you so bad." MLoud said that he did not say anything to Mrs. Hudgens that would alarm her, and did not see her again fter she went into the house to pre pare his dinner. He stated that he din't know why Hudgens sh t him, as Hudgins didn't say anything to him when he came up, and he looked like a good, kind man and treated him well a'ter he was shot. McLoud seemed to be of a simple, illiterate type and had peculiar no tions. For Instance, he stated that the wanted the doctors to urry up and get him well, as he had a, lot to do. He stated that the Lord ;ave him a little wheel in his head that worked up and down a little post, md when people treated him right ihe wheel would run up to the top of the post, and when people were not ireating him right the wheel would run down the post, and by this means e could always tell when he was in langer. He said that while out in eorgia the people pestcred him so uch and would not let him work, md that finali; the wheel ran away lown in his head, and he had never >een able to use it since. He said ihat when he lost the influence of the mheel he lost his only chance of edu ation and the opportunity to make a nan of himself, and that otherwise he ould have made a good doctor or a ood lawyer. He said that if he had iot lost the wheel in his head he vould have known what danger he as in on Saturday afternon and could iave avoided being shot. At the ime McLoud was telling this he was lot delirious, and It was probale his eal estimate of his mental capacity. GIVES HIMISELF UP. Mr. Hudgens went to Aiken Wed lesday afternoon, accompanied by his nole, Mr. M. F. Wharton. Mr. ugens is a young man 26i years of ge, hears an excellent reputation and* onducts himself well. His evidence was given clearly and rankly. He regretted the tragedy ex eedingly, but seems convinced tbat is acts were those of a man .protect ng his life and his home. He is a na ive of Laurens, where his mother and amily now live. He is a nephew of Col. Wharton of ateroo, who is a member of the Lome is situated about 250 yards from is nearest neighbor, and on the even og the tramp camne to his house Mrs. udgens was alone with her two lit le children, and this neighbor was way from home. His statement be ore the coroner's jury was practically he same as was published in The tate Wednesday, except that he did ot state what his wife told him of he actions of the tramp when he ame to the house. RETURINING HOME. In short, Mr. Hudgens had been to lureka and was returning when he 2et a neighbor, a Mr. Morris, who old him that a man had run his wife way from home. He stopped at a Ir. Duncan's and told him what he ad learned and borrowed his gun. r. Lloyd Bay, he said, accompanied irn to his home and was present when he shooting occurred. On the way he iet his wife, who described the man, nd lie and Mr. Day went to his house nd found the tramp in the ball door. [e asked the man what business he ad there and the man made no reply ut stepped behind the door and put is right hand to his hip. Hudgens ot him in the right leg, and as he inrned ton he shot him in the heik both shots with No. 7 bird. Tbi tramp fell In the dining room aL Hudgens and Day put him in a bugg3 and carried him to Eureka. Mr Hudgens sent for a doctor and wirer Sheriff Alderman to come fur th tramp. Dr. H. T. Hall, who attended Me Leod in jail, told of the nature of th( wounds and stated that these wert the cause of death. Mr. HAdgens told your corre:pon dent that when the tramp came t his house Mrs. Hudgens told him tha her husband was in the orchard ani the man then went 'to the orchard and not finding her bu band he cam back and cal ed her a liar and demand ed something to eat. She told hir that she would get him something ani he sat down in the kitchin door. H got up and went around the house ani came into the front dour and starte, through the house. Mrs. Hudges thei ran off with the two children. Afte sbe left the tranp vient into th kitchen and telp d hims.lf to som bread and preserves which were cob ing on the stove. The verdict of the jury of inqucs was th-.t "The deceased Bud Madiso1 McLeod came t his death from gun shot wounds willfully infllcted by M W. Hudgens." An effort was mad to get bill for- Mr. Hudg-ns, bu Juige Aldrich being out of the city this was not possib!e and Mr. Hudgen was committed to jail. The body of the deceasid McLeo was given a proper buriil Wednesda by the count autziorities. FROM THE BoY'S FATHER. In reply to a telegram sent by Jaile John Vernon, on Sunday, the 1oilo% ing letter was r, cAlved Welnesday: "Star, N. C., July 26, 1904. "Mr. John Vernon, Jailer, Aiken, S. ( "Dear Sir: I receivd your tA gram y(sterday stating that my so Madison was shot. I am very scrr to hmar it; I can't see how I can gc I have nr.t the money. I hope some bsdy will look after him. I am to ol' t make the trip, if I were able I would b glad if you would be kin, enough to write me the particulai and bow he is getting along, and if h should die (which I fear he will) se that he has sime sort of a decer burial. Kindly write me about th matter and I will appreciate it. I an "Yours very truly, (S:gued) "CALVIN McLEOD." RAILWAYS IN UNITED STATII Total Mileage of Our Immense Ral way Systems. The total single track railway miii age in the United States on June 31 1903, was 207,977.22 miles, having i creased 5,505.37 miles in the yeE ending on that date. Ihis increa& exceeds that of any previous year sin( 1890. The 19 States and territori for which an increase in mi'eage e: ceeding 100 miles is shown are Arkai sas, California, Georgia, Illinoi Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mi sissippi, Missouri, North Carolin North Dakota, Pennsylsania, Texal Washington, West Virginia, Wiscoi sin, Indian Territory, New Mexit and Oklahoma. Most of the railwa mileage of the country, excepting tbe of street line s, is covered by repor: renderedi to the commission by li carriers. For the year under consideratic operated mileage concerning whic substantially complete returns we: made was 205,313.54 miles Includir 5,902 b7 miles of line on which tracl age privileges were exerci ed. Ti aggregate length of railway mikage including tracks of all kinds, wa 283.821.52 miles, being clacsified I follows: Single track, 205,313.1 miles; second track, 14,681.03 mile third ~track, 1,303.53 miles; fourt track, 963.36 miles, and yard trat and si-lings, 61.560.06 miles. Thi It appears that there was an increai of 9,626.16 miles in the aggregal length of all tracks, of which 3,339.1 miles, or 34.69 per cent., were duel1 the extension of yard track and sli ings. The number of railway corporatioi included in the report was 2,078. C this number 1,036 maintained operal ing accounts, 805 being classed as ,r dependent cperating roads and 23en subsidiary roads. Of roads operate under lease or some other form of coi tract, 316 received a fixed money rer tal, 150 a contingent money renta and 275 were operated under cond tions not readily c'assified. In tb course of the year railway companie owning 11.074 19 miles of line wer reorganized, merged, consolidatec etc. For the year 1902 the correspoi ing item was 7,385.99 miles. The length of mileage operated bi receivers on June 30, 1903, was 1,185. 45 miles, showinag a decrease of 289. 87 miles as compared with the prevj ous year. The number of roads- i the bands of receivers was the san: as at the close of the previous yeal nine roads having been taken froi the hands of receivers and a like nun: ber having been placed in charge c the ecourts. Died in Austria. A special from Trieste, Austria dated July 28, says Lieut. James Wil kinson Clement of the United State battleship Kearssrge, who was lel there in a hospital when Admira Barker's squadron sailed, died of ty phoid fever Wednesday. A specia from Washington dated July 28 say Lieut. Clemen* was a native of Sout] Carolina. Ti cruiser Ma3 flower wi) remain near I several weeks to tak aboard othe- aaval offcers and me. who are now ill with typhoid fever iF the hospital there. The Mayxiowe has been detached from Admira Barker's squadron for this purpose Lieut. Clement was taken ill soon at ter the arrival of the battleship flee at Trieste and when his condition be came serious he was removed to th .ocal tospital. If satisfactory arrange ments can be made his remains wil be brought to the United States fo interment. He had been in the nav: since September, ''895. Fruits of the Work. The Columbia State says: Tb fruits of the work of the departmen1 of agriculture, commerce and im migration are daily made evident Tuesday Mr. B. H. Crandall ani family of Rhode Island arrived in th city, having come from New Yor1 city via the Cly de line and Charleston Mr. Crandall had been South a shor while ago and on his return wrote very complimentary article describini the resources of South Carolina, whici was reprinted in the newspapers 0: Providence. He has now brought his family to this State and has purchas ed a farm of 200 acres to engage ii truck farming. Several of his friends and neighbors have become so interest. ed in his move that they have deter mined to come to the South. Oni will arrive within the next month and will open a city market at som4 point in the State.* We Will Cling to Thee. When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil, When summer's balmy showers refresh the mower's toil When winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood, In God the earth rejoiceth still and owns his Maker good. Shall man, the lord of nature, expect ant of the sky Shall man, alone unthankful, his little praise deny'? No, let the year forsake his course, the seasons cease to be, i Thee, Father, must we always love Creator! honor thee. * The birds that wake the morning, and those that love the shades; 3 The winds that sweep the mountain, or lull the drowsy glade; e The sun that from his amber-bower I rejoiceth on his way, I The moon and stars their Maker's name in silent pomp display. r The flowers of spring may wither, the 8 hope of summer fade; a The autumn droop in winter, the bird - forsake the shade; The winds be lulled-the sun and moon forget their old decree; But we in nature's latest hour, 0 Lord, will cling to thee -HEBEE. e THE GUATMALAN ANT. Government Will Nurse the Experi ments Closely. There is a great demani for the Guatemalan ants from the cotton planters of Texas, says a Houston let r ter; but the government entomologists are to ke p the imported colonies carefully during the remainder of the season and through the winter to see what their ha.bits are. The ants are in the government laboratory at Victoria under the di re( t charge of Dr. Hunter, in charge of that brach of the government wcrk in Texas; Entomolcgist Cook, who D brought the insects fr<m Guatemala, td Prof. Lowton, curator of the civic useum of Philadelphia, who is at s present engaged in the government e work in Texas. e The ants were brought into Texas t in bottles, the heart (f the nest with e the queen cell having been carefully encased and Guatemalan dirq placed in the jar. Tte colonies have multi plied greatly since the ants were put in tne tottles, and Entomologist Cook . arrived with about 6,000 healthy specimens, difided into eighty-nine colontes. Several facts have already been de teimined in the experiments which are being conducted. It has been found that the ants will not seek the weevil, but that when they run across - a moving insec they will at once at 6r tack. The weevil plays possum, and le so long as it stays perfectly still the e ants crawl over and around it without s any attempt at molestation. When a r weevil moves it Is seized at once and i- an effort made to force back Its head i, that the ant may get its sting on the 3 exposed flesh of the neck, the armor s, of the weevil protecting its body else V, where. If one ant is not sumclently 1- strong for this work It is assisted by a o fellow, there appearing to be perfect y harmony between them and an under et standing as to how to work together. i So far no weevil has been found to te escape when once attacked. There being a fear that perhaps the n imported ant woold not be able to h hold its own against the native red *e ants, which are generally considered g as being vicious, a number of them E- were p-ocured and p'aceod in a nest of e the Guatemalans. Tne result was B, ascertained within a very few seconds, s ghe Texans being wiped out and put In s5 torage as food inasmuch as thie Texas 4 ants are generally regarded as a 'nuisance by the farmer, the Guate h malans may prove a relief from them as well as from the weevils. s It has been further ascertained that ~the ants frequent the cotton plants Sfor the nctar thereof. They appear 3to be very fond of this secretion, and so are the boll weevils. The ants -swarm over the cotton plant and at tack the weevil as quickly as found, ' seeming to prefer the lntsect food to Sthe nectar. -It Is proposed to establish colonies of the ants on the farm near Victoria - d controlled by the government for ex perimental puposes. The plan Is to inclose a place about 12 feet square and to establish a colony at each corn 'er thereof. The nests now contained in the bottles will be taken therefrom an e n the ground, it being the e hope that the ants will at once resume their normal habits and go to house -keeping without loss of time. Thick stakes and sheets. of tin will be sunk Into the ground to such depth as will make it as certain as may be that the ants cannot burrow beneath them, arnd the tin will be extended upward to prevent them crawling over the etop of the stockade. Here they will be led on cotton plants within tihe In closure, so that the ants may be at liberty to attach them with out hay. ing the task forced upon them. The study of the habits of the insects will be maintained at all times and an accurate log kept. They will be ubserved at night as well as by day to determine as to their nocturnal -habits. s It Is expected that they will hibar nate during the winter, as do the na tive yarieties, but the latter have some bad habits which will be looked for in the visitors. Arrangements will s be made to so construct at least one of the colonies that a portion of its in terior may be observed from time to: e time. SThere will be nothing further done about the injunction asked by Ross Clark. Dr. Hunter has given his per sonal -pledge that there shall be no liberation of the ants until it has been definitely determined that there is no tdanger of their becoming a pest, and as that was the sole point in Mr. Clark's contention he rests satisfied. A large number of applicatior.s are already on file from cotton planters asking for colonies of the ants and agreeing to take them on any condi-. tions that may be imposed by the government. Five Badly Injured. - In a freight wreck on the Southern .railway at Patton's mill, four miles I west of Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuesday a morning, caused by the spreading of the rails, five persons were injured,. .two seriously, ten cars were wrecked and two engines belonging to the Cer: tral of Georgia railroad being trant - ported from the Baldwin Locomotive Works were badly damaged. The wreck blocked the line for seve n hours. The most seriously Injured Ia John R. Snow of Philadelphia, whoc was traveling as caretaker of the ne f engines. Oae of the wrecked cars' .leaving track was thrown into a c"' -tage near the lineand timbers flyi: g, from the demolished porch of tt~ house injured Miss Mollie Patton. Snow was taken to Telford, Tenn. His condition is critical. *