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COTTON -GROWERS. Met in Convention on Monday in the City of St. Louis. DELEGATES FROM THIS STATE. The Meeting is an important One. and It is Hoped That All the Delegates Named At tended. Governor Heyward, in response to a request from Harvie Jordan, president of the Farmers' 'ational Congress, which convened simultaneously with the Southern Cotton Growers Conven tion in St. Louis on Monday, named a complete list of delegates to these two gatherings from this State. In nam ing the delegates, the Governor, realizing the great importance of these gatherings this year, has, after con ference with the commissioner of ag riculture, commerce and immigration, endeavored to select as far as possible men from the different counties who have large farming interests and are much concerned in the cotton situa tion. South Carolina Agricultural Ex periment Station-Prof. J. S. New man, Clemson College. Abbeville-Luther Hadden, Due West; I. Kellock, Abbeville; M. B. Clinkscales, Due West. Anderson-J. C. Stribbling, Pendle ton; B. F. Crayton, T. Q. Hammond. U. E. Seybt, Anderson; R. W. Simp son, Pendleton. Aiken-A. S. Seigler, Crofts; H. C. Hahn, Aiken. Bamberg-W. J. Brabham, S. G. Mayfield, E. B. Dowling, Bamberg. Barnwell-L. W. Youmans, Fair fax; J. S. Calhoun, Appleton; J. Allen Tobin, Barnwell. Beaufort-W. R. Eve, Thomas Martin, Bluff ton. Berkeley-J. B. Morrison, Monck's Corner; Thomas Connor, Ferguson; Fred Connor, Connor's Station. Charleston-R. H. Harleston, Char leston; W. G. Hinson, Charleston; J. B. E. Sloan, Charleston. Cherokee-S. S. Ross, Gaffney; J. I. Sarratt, GaffDey. Chester-T. J. Cunningham, Ches ter; J. S. Withers, Chester. Chesterfield-A. R. Covington, Che raw; W. D. Evans, Cheraw; E. L. Herndon, Plains. Clarendon-J. E. Tindal, Silver; D. J. Bradham. Manning; H. E. Rich ardson, Panola; Abraham Levi, Man ning. Colleton-C. D. May, Walterboro; A. C. Sanders, Walterboro: W. B. Grubber, Walterboro. Darlington-E. M. Williamson, R. . Howle, Darlington; John T. Rogers, Society Hill. Dorchester-W. T. Connors, Geor ges; C. M. Gavin, Georges. Edgefield-Mark Toney, Johnston; W. A. Strom, Self; T. H. Rainsford, Edgefield. Fairfield-J. G. Mobley, Winns boro; W. H. Flenniken, Winnsboro; 3. G. Wolling, Wolling's. Florence-Nathan Gibson, Winona; Dr. G. G. Palmer, Cartersville. Georgetown-D. D. Rhem, Rem's; J. C. Lynch, Lynch's J. H. Donaldson, Georgetown. Greenville-J. W. McCullough, Greenville; 3. A. McDavid, Pelzer. Greenwood-B. S. Addison, 3. G. Gilton; Ninety-Sir; R. W. Hayes, Greenwood. Hampton-B. B. Causey, Hampton; W. 3. Gooding, Hampton. Horry-F. C. Burroughs, D. A. Spivey, Conway. Kershaw-J. G. Richards, J. A. Thompson, Liberty Hill; B. H. Boy kin, Camden. Lancaster-LeRoy Springs, Stew art Heath, Lancaster. Laurens-3. D. M. Shaw, Mount ville; 3. H. Wharton, Waterloo; 3.0O. C. Fleming, Laurens; 3. D. W. Watts, Laurens. Lee-J. Harvey Wilson, Maystille; Eli Cooper, Mayesville; Robert M. Cooper, Wisacky. Lexington-D. 3. Griffith, W. H. Donly, Lewiedale; John J. Muller, 3. H. Wolfe, Bakersville. Marion-B. P?. Hamer, Jr., Hamer; J. H. Manning, Little Bock; W. A. Brown, Marion. Marlboro-C. S. McCall, A. S. Mat theson, C. F. Moore, Bennettsville. Newoerry-P. C. Smith, D. H. Wise, Prosperity. Oeonee-W. 3. Stribling, Walhalla; H. 3. Gignilliat, Seneca. Orangeburg-J. E. Wannamaker, 0. H. Winges, W. T. C. Bates, St. Matthew's;- 3. A. Peterkin, Fort Motte. Pickens-D. F. Bradley, Pickens; F. C. Smith, Basley. Richland--L. T. Wilds, W. D. Star Uing, C. W. Suber, Columbia; Rich ard Singleton, Acton. Saluda-R. B. Watson, Ridge Sprmng; T. S. Wiliams Monetta; Clinton Ward, Ward's. Spartanburg-J. B. Stepp, Switzer; E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; T. J. Moore, Moore's. Sumter-R. L. Manning, Sumter; A. E. Aycock, Wedgefield; A. K. San ders, Boykin's. Union-J. T. Douglass, Union; John A. Fant, Union; T. C. Dnan, Union. Willamsburg-J. M. Nexson, Kingstree; Win. Cooper, Cooper's; F. Rhem, Black Mingo. York-J. D. Witherspoon, Indian town; Jas. Barber, Smith's; T. 0.; W. 3. Roddey Rock Hill; W. 3. Miller, N~ewport. The Killing of Ralph Wells. Arcording to Mr. Johnstone Fo-wles, who returned from Clyde Thursday, feeling is intense there over the death of Mr. Ralph Wells, the Columbia traveling man who died there on Mon day from blood poisoning following an injury on his head from being struck by a soda water bottle at Clyde the week before. Claud Hill, a member of a leading family there, will be ar rested for Mr. Well's murder. It was understood when Mr. Fowles left Clyde that Hill would surrender this week. Claud Hill and his brother, Horace, and Wells were drinking at the time in Herbert Smathers' ice cream parlor. Horace Hill and Wells became involved in a dispute about a bottle of Peruna and Wells turned him over and spanked him. Smathers caught Wells in an endeavor to quell the disturbance. Horace Hill then ran out and as he did so Claud Hill stepped out and struck Wells with a bottle over Smathers' shoulder. Wells bled profusely at the time, but it was not thought then that he was serious ly injured.-iolumbiaState. * ~ A P'atal Bolt. A speical from Port Arthur, Tex.,I says: During an electrical storm Wednesday morning lightning struck an oil tank of the Texas Oil refinery, on which six men were at work, shell ing the roof. The oil ignited, and in the explosion which followed five of the workmen were instantly killed anr1 the other fatally injured. I THE TBXAS nVYER )fInterest'to Cattle Owners Through out the State. The following article on the Treat nent of Cattle for Texas Fever, writ ten by A. S. Sheally, D. V. M., of Clemson College, for the Columbia State, will be of interest to our read ers who raise or keep cattle: As there is such an increasing de mand for the services of the State veterinarian throughout the Stite, 1 take the opportunity to mention a few facts In connection with the many calls to which I have responded with in the last six weeks. I was sum moned, either by wire or by letter saying: "Come at once; cattle are' sick and dying." In every case, with, one exception, I found the same dis ease, which is the only one at present that menaces the cattle industry of the State, viz: Texas fever, distem per in cattle, or southern cattle fever. The deadly effects of this disease have been discussed through the col umns of the newspapers of this State, at farmers' institvtes and in personal conversation for the last four years by Dr. G. E. Neom, my worthy friend and coworker, who ju;t a little over a month ago severed his connec tion with Clemson and took up work in a new field. His bulletins have been universally distributed, yet there continues to be considerable loss throughout the State from the effects of this disease. So much so, till I am forced to believe that our people do not retain facts as they should after they have once been presented to them. At any rate, there are con tinual outbreaks of Texas fever, and while I do not hope to be able to com pletely eradicate it by simply saying a few words to the cattle owners of the State, yet if they should bear in mind that the disease does not occur only when it is produced in a mild form by noculation, unless the common cattle tick is present. Also should they re member that a number of years ago, when cattle were permitted to run at large, the common cattle tick was more or less prevalent on all cattle, and there never was a case of the dis ease noted, as well as the fact that a number of farms throughout the State have become free from ticks, and so long as they remain so the disease dos net occur on these tick free farms. With these facts in mini, they can't help but come to the con clusion that cattle must have ticks and then all the time or else never have them at all. To take measures to produce gen eral infect-ion would be going back to the same conditions as existed before the "stock law" went into effect. And as the environment of cattle at present has a tendency to free them from ticks, naturally it would only take another period of 15 or 20 years for us to gradually rise back to our present situation. I realize the seeming impossibility of freeing a farm of ticks, yet it can be done by a systematic and thorough cleaning of the cattle once every ten days or two weeks during the sum-ner months. And should there be any cattle owners, whose farms are infest ed, wishing to free their farms of ticks, if they will address me I will gladly take the matter up with them. As I have already stated, this dis ease never occurs unless the common cattle tick is present, .and at this time very little can be done to prevent the furthe' spread of the disease except to thoroughly' remove all the ticks from the cattle and place them in a pasture which is noninfested. In this way possibly a number of the herd will be taken out of the iested ter ritory before they have become infect ed and will be placed where it will be impossible for them to contract the disease, unless ticks gain access to them later. The medicinal treatment for ani mas while suffering from the disease Is very unsatisfactory, the morality being at last90 percent~. Yet, Ial ways advise to treat them sympto matically and hope for good results. I have had a few cases that recovered under the following treatment, which is the one I always recommend for cattle suffering from the disease: When the first symptoms of the dis ease are noted ticks that are on the animal should be thoroughly removed and a good purgative given, viz.: Ep som salts, in one or two pound doses, according to- the size of the animal. Within eight or ten hours after the administration of the salts, commence giving quinine sulphate in one-half ounce doses dissolved in one-half pint of whiskey three times a day. Con tinue for at least three days. If the salts have not acted In 24 hours, re peat its administration, giving only half as much as was given in the first dose. The sick animals should be sep erated from the herd and given the benefit of comfortable quarters. Very young cattle have the power to withstand the disease without any dangerous results, and cattle owners can bring calves under four months old to their tick infested farms with practically no danger, provided these calves become infested at once with ticks. Though I always advise the immune to Texas feyer when they are to be introduced on a farm infested with ticks. This inoculatio-1 can be practiced suscessfully only wit~h cattle that are under two years old, though I have inoculated, and with good re suts, cattle much older. The traffic in cattle is very import ant to the cattle owners of the State. If he has a tick-free farm, no animal that is infected can be permitted to enter those premises without very much endangering the lives of the cat tle which are already on that farm. And the life of an animal that has never carried ticks is equally endan gered when it is brought to a farm where ticks are present. I hope our cattle owners will bear these facts in mind as the time is near when our State fair will be on hand and there will in all probability be a sale at that time, both infected and noninifected cattle, which, if bought indiscriminately, may cause consider able loss, This will not be the case, however, if when you are making your purchases you will inform yourself as to whether you have bought an ani mal that is immune or not immune to1 Texas fever, or whether you have bought an Infected or noninfected an-1 il. If the animal has carried ticks it is immune to this disease and you! will take no char ces so far as Texas1 fever is concerned by taking it to an infested farm. You will also be safe in buying cattle which have never carried ticks and are therefore not immune to Texas fever and placing them on your farm, provided it is free from ticks. But if your farm is infest ed such cattle should be inoculated before exposing them. Also should the animal purchased be infected and the farm which Is to bo free from ticks, they should be thoroughly cleansed of | the paraste beoeriing them to A SPICY BOOK. kdmiral Schley Writes of His Service d 0 in the Navy. 1. s HERO OF SANTIAGO TALKS OUT And Establishes isii Rtight to the Credit of Being in Com- r imand in That I)e cisive Battle. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley 1 is guilty of lese r aj .ste. President Rjoevelt, whose province is the whole tield of knowhdge, decided that nobody was in commaLd of the Amer ican fieet at the battle of Santiago on July '_, 1898, when the entire Spanish let was destroyed. And yet bere comes Admiral Schley with a book telling the story of his more than two score years of honorable and dis inguished service in the navy, in which he contradicts the all-wise President and says that he, Schley, was in command at that battle. What is more he proves it. What will happe,n to the Admiral for thus daring to assert himself and guard his hard-won .ame there is no telling. He may be court-martialled or dismissed from service by executive order-but hard!y oefore the Presi dential election. This book, of which the advance sheets have been received, will be published on the 23inst. by Appleton & Co. It is entitled "Forty-iive Years Under the Flag," and covcrs the career of the author. Naturally inter est will centre upon the chapters dealing with the Spanish-American war, and especially the great sea tight for winning which credit was claimzd for Sampson, who was not' among those present. "In these chapters," says the au thor, "the purpose has been to record the events from the writer's own viewpoint, to criticse in a spirit of fairness, tut without malice." He adds--and this casts an interesting light on ex-Secretary of the Navy Long-that "through the courtesy of Secretary Moody recourse has been had to official papers which were not available b:fore his accession to otlie." That Admiral Schley expcets things to happen because of his book is evi dent from the paragraph of his pre face in which he remarks: "In times of danger and duty the writer endeavored to do the wcrk set before him without fear of personal I consequences. With this thought in mind, he has felt moved, as a duty to his wife, his children and his ame, to leave a record of his long professional life, which has not been without some prestige at least for the flag he has loved and under which he has served." - Admiral Schley has doie' his task of truth-tellir g as thoroughly as a man in his position could well ven ture to do. He goes minutely into all the movements of ti e squardron under his command, and supplies t, the historian of the future tne facts upn which an impartial judgment of his conduct can be formed. It is not necessary here to follow him into the details of his voyage from Key West to Cienfuegos and thence to Santiago. Nor is it need ful to go withhim into the difficulties attending coaling at s-a, or the rea sons for the Brooklyn's loop at the opening of the action of July 3. All these matters were made much of by Secretary Long and others of Samp sons partisans, but interest the public comparatively little now. Time gises perspective and places things in their right relative propor tion. If Schley had been a cavalry man instead of a sailor, and had led a terrific, victorious charge against the enemy, winning the war, criticism as to his alleged carelessness about the oat supply for his horses, or a failure to gobble up a straggler or two months previous to the glorious and decisive charge would hardly find listeners among the largeminded.- Yet that sort of carping finds its perfect parallel in the criticism of which Scley has been made the victim-not by petty busybodies merely, but by Long, Secretary of the Navy, and R~ooevelt, President of t~he United States. On the morning of the great day, Sampson, in obedience to orders from Secretary Long, sailed away for Sibo ney to confer with General Shafter, flying the signal, "Disregard move ments of the commander-in-chief." And while Sampson was gone the Spanish fleet came cut of Santiago and was smasired. Smashed by whom? Not by Samp son, certainly. The Colon was the last of the Spaniards to surrender, which she did at 1.15 p. mn., and the New York, with Admiral Sampson on board, did not arrive on the scene till 2.23 p. in., cne hour and eight minutes after-) wards. During the three hours and forty] minutes of this Immortal chase and battle the Brooklyn, Schley's flag ship, led the van. His vessels were hit forty-two times by the Spanish guns, and thirty of these hits were] received by the Brooklyn. The only1 man killed and the only man wound ed were on board the Brooklyn. The Admiral does not by name mention President R-:osevelt, who in his decision denying thei appeal of Schley from the majority report of the Board of Inquiry asserted that there was really no commander at the battle-that it was a "captains' fight." But the Admiral deals with the point on page 298, when writing of the departure of the New York and Massachusetts on the morning of July 3: "Where either ship had gone, or for what purpose, had not been vochsafed to the commander of the Szcond Squadron (Scbley,) whose f1ag, thus left on the blockading lines, in accordance with the naval regulations, constituted the commander of the Second Squadron senior officer pres ent in command. The regu'ations of the navy settle that beyond any doubt. by fixing the responsibility of such officer when the service exigencies im pose such duties upon him. * I the battle had miscarried, or if through mismanagement Ceverea or any of his ships had escaped that day, there would have b:en no dfliculty whatever about who was in command, or who would have had to bear the censure. It is certain in that event that there would have been no effort to prove that the New York was with-a in signal distance, no claim that it was a captain's battle, nor any other o~f the soptiistries that were invented in the aftermath of controversy aboutI this great victory. No instance is re- e cale1 where great success was won rn battle where every participant was I at anxious to share in the glory, but a 2 instance is remembered where any I subordinate ever desired to share with J antiago alone would be unique as one f the world's great battles won with ut anybody being in command. If efeat laad occurred, the commander f the Second Squadron would have Lad to take his medicine just the ame." "The unshakable facts that the irooklyn was in the fight from start o flnish; that she was nearer to the nemy from the beginning to the end f the action at every stage of the attle; that she was struck by thirty if the forty-two projectiles which truck the American vessols engaged; hat she inflicted quite 50 per cent. if the damage sustained by the ships if the enemy, although she consti uted but one-fifth of the attacking terican force: that she and Oregon ompleted the battle by capturing the olon; that the only casualties on the tmerican side occurred o. board the 3rocklyn-these facts are sufficient to ix an unalterable judgment of the ssues." And the finding of Admiral Dewey, resident of the Board of Inquiry, who will be admitted to be a reason bly good author-ty in naval matters: "Commodor Sctiley was the senior >ffcer of the squadron off Santiago Yben the Spanish squadron attempt d to escape on the morning of July 3, .89. e was in absolute command, Ld is entitled to the credit due such :omanding om1a er for the glorious rictory which resulted in the total lestruction of the Spanish ships." In his pages Schley forbears from lirect condemnatory comment upon he behavior of Sampson. But the acts speak for themselves. The dis ppointment of Sampson at being ab ent when the supreme hour came vas as great as it was natural-but e was not great enough to rise above t ani do justics to a more fortunate omrade. He refused rec, gnition of hat comrade's gallant and brilliait pervices and allowed his friends. n and out of otflcial circles, to enter ipon' a campaign of detract!oa which ill forever stain the history of the imerican Navy. The disappoint nent killed Sampson, bat the detrac Jion, the foul injustice to which he ias been subjected, has not embitter d Schley. He krows that history, LS the vast majority of his fellow ountrymen have done, will place the aurel wreath where it belongs, and hat his honest fame will shine all be brighter as time clears away the ouds with which envy has sought to )bscure it. "Forty-five Years Under the Flag" s a most readable book from the first ?age to the last-animated, cheerful, nanly, the book cf a healthy-minded, iigh-spirited ani chivalrous sailor. "In penning these memoirs," he ;ays, in concluding, and his work 3ea-s him out, "There has been no wish to detract from the services of thers, no desire to utter unkind, un lignified or rude words of those who may have differed in their views, but to set forth the facts and services of life that has been clean in its devo ion to home and to country and stead fast in its purposes from ycuth to its meridian in giving the best years of luty conscieniticuisly done for all that is near and dear to man-honor, home, :ountry."' And the Volume, which is destined to make a compelling appeal to the mind and teart of all fair Americans, :0 es thus: "Neither the lapse of time nor the hange of circumstances has ivrought any change of faith in the expressit n from tne heart penned in those first moments after the great battle of July 3, 1898: " ' am glad that I had an oppor. tunity to contribute in the least to a victory that seems big enough for al of us.'" Ordered Ammunition. A special from Hawkinsvi~lle, Ga., says early Tuesday morning'messages were received by the hardware stores there to rush by express ammunition and arms to Pitts, Wilcox county, in anticipation of an expected outbreak~ among the negroes who live there In large nnmbers. On Saturday night Ce til Johnson, a white man, shot and killed a negro and since that time the negroes have been holding secret meetings 250 strong, many quitting their work to attend. Prominent citi sens from Pitts were there preparing for the matter and say the situation is serious but that the white men of hat whole section are resolved to hold the situation in command at any cost. Pitts citizens are armed and awake ready for any emergency. Hawkins ville, Pine View and Cordele have of. fered their services. Died from Her Injuries. A special from Spartanburg to The State says Mrs. G. W. Hodges died Eriday morning, lingering in an al most totally unconscious condition since her fall down a flight of steps in der home 14 days ago. During the time, at brief intervals, she betrayed oy sgns a recognition of those about her, ut never did she speak nor was onsciousness manifested for any Length of time. The deceased was the ldest daughter of Capt. R. L. Bow len and wife of Mr. George Hodges, a well known and popular business man f the city. She was a woman of 35 rears of age, possessed of the best raits of womanhood and Christain :haracter. An Object Lesson. The State says "there are many [armers in South Carolina who see the otton in their fields whitening and tnown they cannot get hands enough o pick it in time, and yet some of these farmers are doubtless opposed to Immigration. They still want ne ro labor althcugh they know that the iegro is not to be depended on or that me is leaving or that he will not work. Why the negro refuses the chance now set before him need not now he con idered but It is a fact that in certain ections of this State negro cotton ickers cannot be hired in sufticient uumbers to get in the crop." What a Negro Says. The Philadelphia Record says a col Ired banker in last week's convention d New York spoiled a good deal of lepublican cratory by declaring that ls race had no quarrel with the white nan; that a colored man was respect :d in the South as elsewhere in pro >ortion as he respected himself, and hat he found no color line trawn in business or finances. The 1epublicans are appealing to the Corthern voters to save the Southern egroes from wholesale reenslavement nd promiscuous incineration. Good News. Chairman Tom Taggart, of the )emocratic national committee, says verybody is lovely for the Democrats :2 the West and he sees no reason why 'arker should not carry Indiana. He Iso tells his fellow citizens in the loosir state that New York, New ersey, Connecticut and West Virgin a omIn fine sha for the party. HOME CIRCLE COLUMN. si th Crude Thoughts as They Fall from the Editorial Pen. hE [A column dedicated to tired moth- at ers as they join the Home Circle at tt evening tide.1 More severing cf tender cords and more wounds that never heal, result b from the mother's death than from any other event that can take place in any home. A well ordered home, where the ci personal rights of the members of the at houseiold are observed, well governed M children, a Christian home-this is a at type of Heaven. ei More hearts pine away in secret an- w guish, for the want of kindness from e those who should be their comforters 01 than from any other calamity in fife. b A word of kindness is a seed which di when dropped by chance springs up a flower. 01 * *w E There is a true enjoyment in that bl friendship which has its sourc3 in the ei innocence and uprightness of a true hb heart. A sympathizing heart iinds je an echo in si mpathizing 1o .ums that bring back cheering music to the spirit of the loveliest. Be all hi nor to true friendship and may it gather yet more fragrant blossoms from the dew-bathed meadows of social inter course, to spread along the toil-worn road of life. * * S1 With all the marvelous drapery in thought, poetry and song, the worth of mother love has never been told. After the zenith of physical capacity 0: has been reached we hold onto the shattered body with a miser grasp. h When mother comes how we love to t] prepare the place for her, giving her f; the easiest chair, how we love to make ] the way pleasant before her aged feet. 1 The little children lay the first violets o: of spring in the withered hands, their a compensation being a loving smile. u Some hearts never grow old and like A wax they are easily impressed. A look of appreciation or a loving word Is a worth more than rubies. 0 As this is leap year it may be time ly to give a few hints to the young mei. We have known young men to meet a pretty face in a ball-room, fall 3 in love with it, marries it, goes to housekeeping with it and boasts of having a home and a wife to grace it. t The chances are he has neither. He i has been "taken in." Her pretty face gets to be an old story, or becomes faded and as the face was all he paid a attention to, all he swore to honor, love and protect, he is sick of his bar- b gain. Another young man becomes en amored of a fortune. He waits upon it 0 to parties and balls, weds it and calls U it wife, carries it home, introduces it c to his friends and says he is married a and has a home. He is not married. t He has no home and soon finds it out. a If a young man would escape these S C consequences let him shun the rocks , upon which so many have made ship wreck. Let him learn to look into the mind and heart of the woman her thinks of marrying.t * * We have just been thinking about present day '-hobbies" and they create t within us a longing for the return of p tpe good old days of our forefather-; e days when callous.d hands warmly i; clasped each other and kid gloves were c unknown; days when at eventide the e family gathered at the old place and p enjoyed the pleasures of home. How iF different now. Take the average b family today and the servant girl is 11 usually the only one at home af ter the t evening meal. The father has gone g to lodge, the mother to her club, a Jane to the music circle, Kate to the t card party, Robert has gone down c town for a game of billiards, Peter to a the reading rcom. If we drop into a b1 strictly religious home, where each member of 'the family has been b taught to fear God and keep His comn- t mandments, a knock at the door t brings only the servant, who tells us s1 the family is all absent. The father a has gone to Prayer meeting, the il mother to drill some young ladies for u a church concert, Thomas to a meet- a ing of the Epworth League, Harry to *i the Junior Endeavor, Mary to the a Young People's meeting and Sarah to fl the choir practice. These are the il most worthy places for members of family to be, but even the most t wothy societies that take the family v from home two-thirds of the evenings i; of the week do not build up that solid t Christian character that is formed ii around the old fire-place at home. a Unless in these matters, we return to k the good old days of our fathers and p parents and children are educated to is enjoy home and made to realize that n there is no place like "Home, Sweet ti Home," we can expect many to fall li by the wayside and our daughters and el brightest boys be ruined at the very a: thresh-hold of life. ii * *1 WORD PAINTING OF A HOME. p We recently visited the home of one iE of our subscribers and we will give you a brief description of what we saw and heard, and see If you can. guess whose home it was. We called ~ about the time for the evening meal sI as we desired to see the head of the ei household whom we knew would be ,e: there promptly for supper-.a Upon entering and being seated Iny a cozy room we awaited the coming of it the husband and father. Th'e good bl wife kept busy at her work and as the h kitchen door was ajar we 1.eheld a a picture that sealed itself in memory's t] casket. It was evident that the day ti had been full of active work for the ti mother. The children, too, had been g busy before and after school, helping tl with the house work, taking care of 01 baby and running about witn cheery at faces and laughter that brought happy al smiles into the mother's eyes. The it odor of good things cooking prevaded ai the kitchen pleasantly. The night it was closing in and baby was sleepy tl and he crowed and whimpered as mother undressed him before the fire, stretching his tiny toes to the warm blaze. Baby was soon sleeping in his little crib. Then the merry talk com menced and grew brighter as the chil dren clustered about mother-s chair. pi The girls had set the table, the chores ai were all done. The oldest daughter e( had a story book ready and mother smiled happily at the eager faces as f she began to read to the children. This was the happiest half hour of a the day. Then a heavy step sounds A outside; a hand was on the knob and mother closed the book with an un- d finished sentence on her lips. d A shadow fell upon the bright faces as a tall, stern-featured man entered p3 the kitchen. He moved heavily and vi seemed to have the effect of subduing w; 'the light of the lamp and even the tl blazing fire as well as the children's rc aes rThe mother4s mouth krent its m eet smile as she greeted him, but e general over shadowing fell across r eyes and brow as she placed the T pper on the table and bowed her ad for the long grace. Any attempt laughter or pleasant conversaticn at rang through the house all day, t is checked by mother' siLft, "Hush, ther do's not like a noise." Do you think this father who has w ,nished joy from his household, was hl drunkard, a rascal or heard-hearted b2 retch. He was what the world calls b good man. Bonest, a member of ai te church, industrious and a good t tizen, and yet his wife who loved ti id respected him could never be her 0 tural, cheery self. in his presence T id his children hated to see him P iter the household. D Now do you know whose home this t' s? There are many such in every mmunity. Life is too short to be er shadowed by gloom. Let us live avely and cheerfully as well as in- d istriously. When we quench the cocent joy of childhood by a word a frown we destroy a part of the )rld's most precious treasures. 4 ery husdand and father should leave d isiness cares behind him when he S iters his home at twilight and lend mself freely to the merriment and c r y of the Home Circle. HOLD COTTON SURPLUS. C c e Farmers' Co-operative Union $ Organized in Anderson. With the purpose of erecting large E are houses all over the State of i uth Carolina in which to store sur- t us cotton, thereby in a measure con olling the price of the staple, a 6 armers' Co Operative union has been S ganized in the thriving county of s nderson, and the organization now as on its ro:ls the names of more c ian live hundred of the substantial q rmers of the county. Mr. Joseph J. f retwell president of the People's ank of Anderson, and a business man c large experience in the cotton E arket, has been employed by the I aion as its selli.7g agent. Mr. Fret ell was in Charleston recently and c ben seen by a reporter of the News I ad Courier courteously .consented to I tline the plans of the new and tuch-talked-of organization. t "Suppose, for instance," said Mr. 'retwell when asked to make a plain atement, 'the world demends eleven illon bales of cotton for consump- t on. This much cotton is necessary )r the filling of contracts, etc., and rie manufactorits are obliged to have . Now suppose thirteen million ales are produced-there is a demand >r only eleven million, yet thirteen a re produced and sold. It is nothing ut natural that the surplus should e sold at a low price for there is lit Le active demand for it. Now the bject of the Farmers' Co-operative nion recently organized in Anderson munty, is to have warehouses erected [ over the state or maybe the South, > carry the surplus cotton crop, and each county organizes, let the in itution be known as the Farmers' 1 o-operative union, for that is what it .Let warehouses be erected at all e impo -tant villages whose cotton e aceipts warrant such action, and let a entire crop be handled through g ese house, a selling agent being em-r loyed by the union. "The purpose of the organization is Splace the farmer in an independent osition, regulating the amount of tton to be sold each month and ereby controlling the price. Of urse, it is not Intended to hold the atire crop, but we only want that art of the crop held for which there little demand-in other words, we ope to regulate the price by regulat ig the amount sold--don't sell merely ecause you happen to have a balet inned, but wait till the manufacturer eeds it. If a man is obliged to sell > provide the necessities of life, of| urse he is at perfect liberty to sell t the market quotation, but if possi le don't sell too rapidly.: "True it is that our organization Is ut in its Infancy and it is probable dat we shall meet with some opposi ton at the beginning; but we hope to. tow what can be done in this direction d trust that other counties will fail line, for the more extensive the nion,' the more effectual will be its lion in retaining the surplus crop. e believe Andersn county alone ill be able to carry her surplus as gured out by the agriculture bureau i Washington. "Personally, I do not think that ere is a farmer in that county who ill not be able to carry his surplus 2s year and I believe with others, at should the whole South take this atter in hand and regulate the mount of cotton placed on the mar et and, force the surplus, that the rice can be controlled. United effort what we desire and we think that o man, when he realizes the impor meea of the movement, will treat it ghtly. Anderson county has organiz I a union, an offce h'as been opened ad a seller employed. We are meet ig with gratifying reports from all ctions of the county and believe that e will be successful in our enter rise."-Charleston News and Cour Boll Weevil Eating Ant. The secretary of agriculture has 1st approved the plan for further s udies of the "kelep," the boll weevil ting ant. 0. F. Cook, who discov. C ed the ant in Guatemala, and three sistants are now In Texas making reparations to establish the colonies ir the winter. Two assistants will sent to Guatemala to observe the abits of the ant during the coming inter and to send more colonies if ie latter are required. It is during ie winter season in this country that ie cotton cr p in Guatemala is :own. The secretary states that of ie 89 colonies already imported only e has been lost and that through an :cident. The statement that the its have died off or have been kIl'ed, is announced, are erroneous. The its are vigorous and are still active destroying boll weevils and all of ie colonies have increased in numa rs since they were liberated. * Hard on Army Oficters. That no army offcer be permitted marry until he has first secured the s ~rmission of the Secretary of War id satisfied that official that his in- I me is sufficient to support himself id family, and that he is ent'rely c ee from debt, is the recommendation ade by Major Gen. Henry C. Corbin, 0 jutant general, commanding the lantic division and department of ~ .e East, which was issued at the war partment. PRESIDENT Rtoosevelt promIses on I oper occasion the tariff shall be re sed by- its friends. Just about the S sy the friends of corruption tried I ie abortion Investigation of the g tenness in the ost Offic Deart NOBoDY CLAIMD TEIK le State Treasurer Ras Written Checks Off of His Books. The Columbia Sta.e says the State easurer has fluished writing off of Le books all old checks for which arrants have been issued and which tve never been presented at the nks. The banks of the State have Ld this money on deposit for years id at the last sezsion of the legisla re it was decided to write all of Lese old claims off an' turn the oney bick into the general fund. ne work ha; been going on for the st two m.,nth-i and the books have )w been ha'atced up to date with a tal of $152 89 writen off. Following : the items: Carolina National bink, check No. 54, p -yab!e to W. M1B. Sloan, and Lted March 21, 1884. tor $3 95 (inter , on consos 54-100 doLars a..d in rest on defieit $3 31) Carolina Nstional bank, check No. 320, pa ab e to Mrs C. A. Adis, and ated Oct. 24,. 1888, for $3.00 (pen on). National L-an and Excbange bank, beck No. 153 payable t, W. B. Low mee, and dated DEc. 29, 1887, for 2.93 (consol interest). National Loan and Exchange bink. beck N. 370, payale to M. A Mit We1l, and dated Oct. 16, 18s8, fur 3.00 (pension warrant). - South Carolina Loan and Tru t Co., harleston, check No. 69, piyable to . . Johnson, and dated Sept. 11, 888, for $15,00 (pension warrants, ree). First Nitional Bank of Charleqton, beck No. 903. payable to D. O'Neill , Son, and dated July 14, 1882, for 1.59 (cou-!ol interest). First National Bank of C':arlezton, heck No. 1931. payable to J. E. B loan, Eror. Hill, dated July 16, 1886, 3r $32 26 (:onso! interes'). First National Bank of Charleqton hEck Nu. 2,000, payable to A. H.' elin, truptf--, and dated Nov. 23, 886, for $13 49 (consol Interet). First Na; ional Batk (.f Chirleston, heck No. 3032, payab!e to Mrs. Sarah 1. Carr, and dated June 25, 1890, for 1.50 (consol interest). People's National Bank of Charles on, check No. 2349, payable to Miss Lnn R R -bartson, and dated D-c. 23 890, for $19.50 (interest on c -nsols). People's National Bank of Charles on, check No. 3928, payable to B ink f Charleston. N. B. A., and dated )ec. 28, 1893, for $4.76 (interest on onsols). Bank of Charleston, N. B. A., check To. 1614, payable to Mrs. M. L Orr. .od dated Jane 28, 1886, for $2.77 onsol interest). Bank of Charleston, N B. A., check To. 26663, payable to H. E Young, ,nd dated July 6, 1889, for $39 15 Donsol interest). Bank of Charleston, N. B. A., check o. 3431, payable to I S remmell, Dor., and dated Aug. 11, 1891, for 6.39 (consol interes*). The above, amonting to $152.89, tas been carrled to tle general fund ,nd is subject to your warrant. Palmetto Bank and Trust Co., heck No. 1123, payable to Walker, vans & Cogsweli Co., and dated Aug. 9, 1897, for $3 25 (dispensary war , ant). This item has been carried back to ~redt of dispensary fund. BNEFEIARY SCEOLAESBIPS 'or the Normal'Classes of the South Carolina College. The trrstees of the South Caralina allege have awarded the normal cholarships. Bach of these gives ree tuition at the c allege and gives he holder of the scholarship $40 in ash with which to pay his board and ther expenses. Tnere were no ap licants from Chester, Abbeville. besterfield, Clarendon, E igefield, eorget own and Berkeley counties. ollowng Is the list of appcintments a announced Tuesday: - Aiken-L H. Shellhouse, Oakwood; rames D. Redd, Oakwood. Anderson--C. L. Watkins, Ander Bamberg-W. F. Hiers, Ehrhardt; eorge McKenzie, Ehrhadt. Barnwell--M. Rt. Wills, Williston; eonard Mellichamnpe. Beaufort-R. T. W. Roberts, Coo awhatchie; George Crocker, Beaufort. Charleston-Aaron J. Huffman, )harleston. Cherokee-J. R. Jefferles, Gaffney; D, S. McKown, Mercer. Colleton-C. J. D. Caldwell, Bells; silis DaTreville, Walterboro. Darlington-C. W. Stuckey, Clyde; . A. Hatchell, Darlington; D. R. Uackmon, Darlidgton; Howard Black non, Darlington; Laurernce E. Lunn, )arlington. Drchester-G. K. Way, R~sses tation. Fairfield-J. W. Coleman, Wood ards; H. H. S'cott, Monticello. Florence-David C. Hill, Timmons thie; J. D. Rollins, Florence. GreenvleVW. E. Rector, High. md; W. S. Miller, Gnrenville. Greenwood-J. Moore Mars, Rileys. Hampton-Geddes G. Dowling, Iampt~on; J. F. Dowling, Hampton. Horry-Willite Singleton, Haskell; Zola B. Lewis, Gallivant's Ferry. Kershaw-J. A. Marshall, Bethune; helby Truesdale, Westville. Lancaster-Willie M. Duncan, Lan aster; 0. B. Adams, Lancaster. Laurens-C. W. Jones, Mt. Gallag er; . C. Burdett, Lanford Station; mith J. Martin, Lanford Station; J I. Sullivan, Laurens; L. E. Reeder, ross Hill; T. V. Farrow, Fountain nn; J. A. Willis, Rapley. Lee-H. H. Evans, Braun; J. 3. haw, Jr., Bishpovllle. Lexington -B. J. Wingard, Lexing on; C. E. Wessinger, Lexington; C. .Shealy, Summit; C. A. Shumpert, tishton. Marion-S. 3. Wall, Eulonia; Step en H. Moody, Dillon. Marlboro-J. L. Bunch, McCall; H. .Ea~sterling, Bennettsville. Newbbery-H. L. Boulware, New. Oconee-J. S. Harris, Townville; V. R. Craig, Stewart. Orangeburg-K. R. Schoenberg, forth; Wm. Smoak, Branchville; 3. .Hungerpiller, Elloree. Pickens-W. T. Earle, Central; 0. . Freeman, Easley. Richland-C. B. Owens, Horrell; ee t. Rawl, Blythewood. Saluda-C. 3. Sawyer, Big Creek; utber B. Wheeler, -Saluda; Ira B. romley, Colemans. Spartanburg-C. T. Rainey, Camp bello; . B. Cash, Cherokee. Sumter-Louis C. Bryan, Sumter; 'rauk B. Sanders, H agood. Union-Robert Beatty, Santuc. Williamsburg-S. A. McCullough, York-W. H. Johnston, Clover; W. .Hutchinson, Ro~ck Hil!; G-eo. B. ~atimer, Yorkville; Dudley C. Stur is, Maynard. The beneficiaries who will enter ot their send ,year in this course L FATAL ACCIDENT. "en Little School Girls Are 'ufocated in a' Vault. ITHERS NAREOWLY ESCAPBD. LH of the Victims Were From the primary Grades. The Acci dent Occurred at the Recess Hour. A. disp2tch from Cincinnati, Oh'o, ays school c'osed Friday at Pleasant lidge, seven miles north of Cincin iati, with the first quar er of the ses i'n when nine, possibly ten gi.ls ere suffocated in a vault during the orenooa recs;, and a -cire of others 2arrowly escapei the same horrible leath. During the rest of the day ;tis suburb was wild with mingled =e'te'ent, s-rrow and indignati )n 6nd Friday nigtt thos openly chaig ng the calamity to official negli ;ence are making serious threats, unong them being many women. The large building is used for a ligh school as well as for all lower de partments. All the victiMis were from ,primary grades. On opposite ides of the spacious ground in the rear of the school building are two authouses. When ,recess was given bout 30 of the smaller girls were in the ou house assigned to them when uddenly the flor. gave way, precipi tating them Into the vault. This vault is 12 feet deep and walled up with stone like a well. There was in it four feet of 'water that would have been over the heads of the children falliog in it singly, but these falling foremost filled up the vault partially, o that others wer- not entirely sub meg-d. Tue girls felt e'guit feet from the fijoring and the bt.uggles, of those who were on top kept at least nine underneatlh uaii they were dpad The frame s'ieds of these vaults were - about 20 feet square without window and only one narrow door way, so thit only one girl escaped from the door. She ran into the school building and told the teachers what had happened The principal and other teachers rsh edtotheres'me.- The screams of the girls were dimly heard while within the vault and they were most of thrm unab'e to speak when re cued. Tie teachers were soon reinforced by the entire population of the town, the police and fire departments rendering most effective service. DRAINED THE VAULT. The firemen drained the vault so as to be sure that the rescue was com plete. Among the first to, come to-the relief of Principal Ztmmerman were a R.ev. I. D. Lambert of the Presbyter ian church and Frank S. Johnson of The Herald and Presbyter of Cincia nati. James Smith, aged 14, one of the pupils climbad to the roof of the school house, untidd the flag and ran to the vault. By means of thia im promptu rope several were rescued. &Marsha'l Wood had great dimculty in spi g the crowd back and fromn ia~ terferring with the rescuers. The Ini portunisles of friends, especially of then weeping mothers, were almost beyond the-control of the offiers. Drs. U. G. Senour and P. T. Snank, with- their assistants, used the school building is a hospital and a morgue until after the dead and, the rescu..d were taken to their hem s. Frank S. Johnson said: "I was standing across the street talking to Dr. Lambert when a little girl acame crying for help. We found Puincipal Zimmerman saving lives. The smalle girls were being forced to the bottom, by the movements and terrtftc stug clesof each other in the vault. Up the adder climbed the little ones, drench. -., gaping for breath and fainting as soon as taken out Into the fresh air. As fast as they cime within reach of the door those who stood at the door way reached down and lifted them from the ladder and passe:1them out to waiting.friends. It was not- possi ble to go down into the vault at- first for the reason that one would impede i thelittle ones who were climbing out. "Finally the last girl that could get to the lader got out and then the-men went in and rescued 'those who re mained." Win. J. Card of McCullough & Sonis in Cincinnati had three daughters in the placs, of .whom Cuarmian and. Fausta lost their- lives. Rotha, the twin sister. of Fausta,- narrowly escaped death. When the. crowd of girls rushed into the place Rotha was knocked out of the door into the yard - ust before the collapse of the fioor occurred. Reports about the fioor having given way last year are denied by the school trutees. A corrected list of the deai folois: Loretta Finke, aged 12; daughter of Henry Fluke of the Schroth Pack ing company, Cincinnati. E-nma Steinkamp, aged 13; daugh ter of John S~einkamp AmelIa Hesse, aged 9: daughter o Herman D. Hesse, dairyman. Martha Buhr, aged 8, father dead; mother, Ella Buhr. Edna Thee, aged 10; daughter of John Thee, blacksmitn. Hazel Glover, aged 8, parents dead; lived with grandmother, Mrs. Wolf. Fausta Card, aged 11, and Onar mian Card, aged 9; both daughters of Win. Card of the firm of McCullough & Sons, Cincinnati. Lillian Withamn, aged 13; daughter of W. A. Witbam, a farmer. A Warning. The Newberry Olnserver says the family of Mr. Bossie Livingston of near Pomaria came near being b~rned up on Thursday night, the 15th in stant. About o'clock mrs. Livingston awoke and discovered a light in an ad joining room. The family hurried to the fire, and found a bureau, which contained nearly all their clothing, in a light blaze. With hard work tiue fire was put out. This is said to to be the work cf rats and matches, and should be a caution to all to keep matches where rats can't get to them. The family lost the greater part of their clothing. Double Suicide. The bodies of Mary and Lizzie Kerer, who lived alone on a small farm near Bucyrus, Ohio, was found Wednesday by section men on the Ohio Central Railroad. The women wrapped themselv~es in a bed spread and laid down on the track Wednes day night and were killed by a passeni- . ger train. They had frequently de clared that they were tired of the struggle for life and wantEd to die. are: hellhoxse, Watkins, Hairs, Jefferics, Caldwell, Stuckey, Black mon, Way, Coleman, Mrarshali, Jones, Burlett, Evans, Wingard, Boulware, Harris, Earle, R iney, McCullough .ad Strgnr. *