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CORRUPTION FUND To Debauch the Ballot Only Hope Of Roosevelts Managers. REMARKABLB SCRET CIRCULAR Republican Defeat Represented as BeingPossible. Independent Vote and "Fickle Labor Element" Must Be Controlled. One week from next Tuesday either Alton B. Parker or Thedore Rocse velt will be elected president of the United States. If Georga B. Cortel you, official fat-fryer of the Republi can party, knows what he is talkir g about, it is all over but the shouting, Roosevelt is as good as eketed, and the votirg on the 8th of Novembe will be a mere matter of form. Mr. Rcosevelt, so the offcial fat-fryei would have the public understand, will have the jolliest kind of a walk over. Indeed he will have so many electoral votes that, like the old wo man In the shoe, with her numerous children he won't know what to do with them. But will Mr. Roosevelt have a mer ry, or any other kind of a walkover? Tom iWatson, Mr. Roosevelt's side partner, who is running a Republican annex, says he will. "The unspeat able Addicks" agree with Watson. Former Senator Peffer, of Kansas. described a few years ago by Republi can organs as "the bewhiskered and lantern-jawed calamity howler," is o. the same opinion, and says so from the stump. Astrologers and palmists have been consulted and have added to this convincing array of evidence. And last, but by no means least, Elijah II, otherwise knowni as Dowie. the Prophet, has had a vision which confirms the predictions of Cortelyou and his distinguished. aids before mentioned. cA'rHE Fm)ENCY BE BOUGH'? Despite the apparent confidence dis played by these em'nent conserva tives, Messrs..Cortelyou, Watson, Ad dicks, Peffer and Dowie, Roosevelt will not be elected, unless supportern of Parker and Davis in Bew York, Tndiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, West Virginia, Montana, Nevada Colorado, )elaware, Wisconsin and Illinois prove to be less vigilant than it Is believed they are, and will be un til the close of the polls. There is no doubt that the Republican managers have planned to buy the presidercy. Zvidence accumulates that they are preparing to use an enormous corrup tion fund in the purchase of the float jng vote In certain stakes. They have been accused openly of this intentio. by two high-class independent news -papers, the New York Times and the Brooklyn Eagle. ' The accusation Is supported by that sort of circumstan tal evidence which oftentimes is-more convincing than direct evidence. That the disclosures made to the newspa pers named, and which have been published by them, and not denied b) the Republican managers, are true no 'honest man doubts. The victims who furnished the Information arn the heads of large corporatons which are not particularly interested in the Bepublican campaign, being among the corporations which do not depend for business success upon the tariff or other class legislation They were "sandbagged" and forced to give large sums Of money to the re publican national committee, the in ference being that it-they failed to do so they would "hear something drop.' Mr. Cortelyon, It should be borne in -mind, was formerly secretary of the department of commerce and labor, a department created- ostensibly for the public benefit, but actually managed in'the peronal and poltical interest of Theodore Roosevelt in anticipation Iof his,nomination for 'the presidency. Whether or not the Infamous plan to buy the presidency for Roosevelt can be put through, depends upon the vig - lance of the local committees and in divliual voters, who are earnestly supporting Parker. and Davis. The Democratic national committee is in Ipossession of evidence .from every state in the union which convinces it that the clean, unpurchasable vote of the country which favors the election of the Demccratic ticket is at least a third larger than the like voge favor ing the Republican ticket. And the - cmmittee is convinced that the drift Is with the-Democrats at the present time. Parker and Davis will certainly 'win the election If the wholesale de banerv of the ballot contemplated tiy the Republicani managers can be prevented. To this end the Democratic *national committee, with powerful aid from Democratic and Independent sources, Is bending Its energies. If every Democratic voter will consider himself on guard to protect the purity of the ballot, Parker and- Davis will make as great asweep as did Cleve land and Stevenson in 1892. M~ IFlUAOUS EFUELICA. CIECUIA. The Bepublipan corruptionists, with millions already In their campaign chest, are crying, begging, browbeat lng toget more. They have made a secret appeal to Wall street Interests, which belies their professed confidence -In a Ecosevelt walkover, but indicates that they intend to raise every dollar possible and buy the presidency at any cost. A Wall street man who -received one of these appeals from the headquarters of the Republican na tional committee, sent It to a personal. friend, Prof. Henry Lcomis Nelson, a member of the faculty of Williams college. Prof. Nelson says of it: "Its English is the English that would be used by a district captain of New York In bidding for votes in announc *ing his annual picnic on East river. From the beginning to the closing sentences, the circular fills one with shame that such a document should isue from the headquarters of the *great party which is now in power in every department of the government, and which is asking the government to maintain It In power. The appeal is made for those who have money, that they pay for the election of Mr. Boosevelt. "The circular says that the real campaign has not yet begun. It says furthur that the election depends upon the votes of men who are In dependent, and itis to win these votes that money is needed. It significant ly declares that among the indepen dents, upon whose votes 'all political contests depend,' is 'the fickle lator element.' The 'great class not iden tified with any party' is also mention INEEDENTs AND LADOE MEN SLANDERED. "The indepent vote, including the! 'fickle labor element,' is according t> this circular, to be obtained before success can be had. A great company of speakers,.'tons of literature,' and: 'all the outfit' of a campa~gn 'alls for a broadgauged managent and lots of money.' "Again alluding to the indepen dents it is stated: "This latter class (men not identi ied with any pa: ty) was responsible for the election of Grover Cleveland in two national campaigns, a man of peculiar faults, utterly devoid of the qualities necessary to cope with the duties of the high cice of president of the United States. Tnis unmanly And contemptible slur is made in a circular written and published in order to secure money to be expended for the electicn of Theodore R osevelt. "The circular attributes the great. ouilding operations in Ne x York to the Republican party's control of the national government, and stys that "if Judge Parker is elected those who now dwell in New York ho, els will be driven to the tenement houses.? The writer of the circular further re marks: 'I know of a hundred con cerns in this country that would ra ther give $50,000 each than have a change of party." "The circular then proceE ds to deny its own story of the prosperity which bas followed the administration and xntrol of the Republicin party, and its author, assuming a confidential air, says: 'If 3ou must know the truth, let me tell you that there is 'danger ahead! With Maryland and Kentucky out of the Republican column, with 50,000 men out of em ployment in Chicago, with the failure of crops in the Dakotas, with .he odds against us in Montana, with an inside fight on in New Yurk (half the Republicans ready to knife O-ell (sic), with a cotton mill slump in New England, with such conditions no Republican with large invest ments can afford to run any risks.' "Again: -'Nut one dollar of your money will be thrown away. It-will be your bread cast upon the waters, which shall bring you. not only good returns, but you shall have-four years more of prosperity, because you will we protected!" Was there ever so hameless a promise made in behalf of a candidate for president? It is here proclaimed that a return in profit (bread) and protection (by the tar;ff nd from the operations of the anti trust law) will be paid back and given to campaign'fund contribut.rs, at the expense of the taxpayers. "Why not help a gotd thing? Do it today! Do It now! Hon. 'Cornelius N. Bliss is the treasurer of the Rt ublican National Committee, with flice at No. 1 Madison avenue.' " These are the last words of this ex sraordinary circular. Comment is hardly necessary, but again it is well to repeat the assertion of the Bro: k lyn Eagle and New York Times, tMat ahe preisdency is to be purchased if It can be, and to add that this circular appeal to monied men furnishes evi d~nce of the method to be employed. True it is, as Professor Nelson stys: 'The Republican campaiCu depends n money, not on principle, not on ar gument, but on money, and such vast sums are asked for that all intelligent men know that the money is not to go for legitimate expenses, but for cor cuption, and, furthermore, the cir cular bears evidence of the promise gven that to contributors shall be furnished" bread" and "protection" for the next fcur years. In the hWstory > all democraces, no such scandalous assault upon the integrity of a people nas ever been made as that which the Republican leaders, with Mr. Roose velt's Cortelyon at their head, are now making. A Splendid Gift. The Charleston Orphan house has become the recipient of a donation of $100,000, -In bonds, $86,000 city of Charleston 4 per cent. bonds and $14, 000 city of Columbia bonds, Mayor Rhett being cfficially notified Thurs day by Chairdia~n G. W. Williams of the board of commissioners, but the name of the donor was held pirivate. The money is to be known as "The W. Jefferson Bennett Fond" and the interest Is to be used in the mainten ance of te eInstitution. It is sup posed, that the dondr is Mr. A. B. Murray, a well known monled man of Charleston, who married a daughter of Mr. Bennett, In whose name the fund has been created. Mr. Murray was an inmate of the orphan house, and was adopted by Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a son'of Gov. Bennett, and a prominent merchant and plan ter of Charleston. He was the foun der of the Bennett rice mill of which air. Murray Is now the president. He was especially noted for his interest in education and charity, and was at one time a member of the board of commiioners of the orphan house. The Bennett City school Is named for White Men Convicted. "We find Simon Miller and Russell McCormick guilty of manslaughter and Joseph Miller guilty of carrying an unlawful weapon." Such was the verdict of the jury rendereda at 9 o'clock Wednesday mornirng in the case of the state against the Miller boys and McCormick, charged with the killing of the Truesdale negro at Long bridge in Saluda County in A pril last. The case went to the jury at 4 o'clock Tuesday, who after re mainings out for 17 hours returned their verdict. The defense put up a strong fight and the testimony put up by them was contradictory at al most very material point to that of the state. The plea of self-defense was interposed. -How They Helped Hirn. In a speech at Greencastle, Ind., Win. J. Bryan said Indiana needed the Democracy atd the Democracy of the nation needed Indiaria. Speaking f what he called the Republican ar ument that the silver and gold Dem acrats could help Bryan by voting gainst J~udge Parker, Bryan said: "If you want to see how the Republicans want to help me, just see how they belped me in the last two campaigns. They bought every vote that could be bought; they coerced every voter that ould be coerced and they misrepre sented every arguinent that could be made in the country." Shot Wife and Self. At Mobile, Ala., Wednesday after noon as a result of a quarrel, Charles Hardirg shot his wife, Mahley Hard ring, three times and then turned the pistol on himself, the bullet entering the base of the brain, In conveying arding to the city hospital the ambulance was struck by a trolley car and wrecked, the driver being thrown out a~n3 severely bruised. Harding and his wife are fatally wounded. Wisconsin in Doubt. Senator Jonn C. Spooner of Wiscon sin in discussing the Bepublican situ-] ation in his State, said last week in New York: "The conditions are mix sd, and it is not certain that the elec-b toral ticket will be carried for the Re publicans. Much depends upon non HOME CIRCLE COLUMN Crude Thoughts as They Fall From the Editorial Pen PLEASANT EVENING REVERIES. A Column Dedicated to Tired Mothers as They Join the Home Circle at Even Ing Tide. WHEN GRANDMA SHUTS HER EYES. Within the chimney corner snug Dear grandma gently rocks, And knits her daughter's baby boy A tiny pair of socks. But sometimes grandma shuts her eyes And sings the softest lullabies. Across her face the happy smiles All play at hide and seek, And kiss the faint and faded rose That lingers on her cheek, While thoughts too sweet for words arise When dear grandma shuts her eyes. Yet, sometimes, pictures in her face Have just a shade of pain, As golden April sunshine when It mingles with the rain; And then perchance Fhe softly sighs Does grandma when she shuts her eyes. Sh 's growing younger every day, She's quite a child again; And those she knew in girihood's years She sp.mAks of now and then; And su eet old songs feebly tries Does grandma when she shuts her eyes. I used to wonder why her eyes She closed, but not in sleep, The while the smiles would all about Her wrinkled vissage creep; But I have guessed the truth at last; She shuts her eyes to view the past. * * * If we would get the most out of life, we must learn nnt only to look but to sde. The sun is not partial to the rainbow and the roe; he scatters his beauty everywhere, the only de feet is in our vision. * * A man is no better than his wife will let him b-. Oh wives of Ameri ca, sway your sceptres of wifely influ ence for God and good homes. Do not urge your husbands to annex Naboth's vineyard to your palaces of success. whether right or wrong, lest the dogs that come out to destroy Naboth, come and also devour you. Right eousness will pay best in life, will pay best in death, will pay best through all eternity. * In our efforts to have the mother of every household appreciate her influ enc3 over. her children we are apt to forget/ the wife's influence over the husband. In many households the In fluence upon the husband is the only home influence,- for there are no chil dren. In a great multitude of the best and most important and most talented families of the earth there have been no decendents. There is not a chiW or a grandchild, or any re mote decendent of Washington, Chas. Sumner, Shakespeare, Cooper, Pope, Addison, Isaac Newton, Goldsmith, Dryden, Moore, Lord Byrcn, Walter Scott or scores of others we could mention. Multitudes of the finest families of the earth, are extinct, as though they had done enough for the world by their genius or wit, or pa triotismn, or invention, and God with drew them. THE OLD HOM~sTEAD. So surely as the years roll onward that home In which you now dwell will be gone, the -property will be turned over Into ther possession, you. yourself will be In other relationsbips, and that home, which only a few years ago, was full of c-mgratulation, will be extinguished. When that pe riod comes you will look back to see what you did do or neglected to do In the way of making home happy. If you did not sm oth the path of your parents toward the tomb; if you did not make their last days bright and happy; If you allowed your younger brother to go out into the world un hallowed by Christian and sisterly in fluences; if you allowed the younger sisters of y.our Homes Circle to come up without reeling that there had been a most worthy example set them ion your part, there will be nothing but bitterness ot lamentation. That bit terness will be increared byball the surroundings of that home; by every coair, by every picture, by the old time mantel ornaments, by every thing you can think of as oonnEcte] with that. homne. Young woman, have you anything to do in the way of making your father's home happy? Now is the time to attend to It, or leave it forever undone. Time is flying very quickly away. We sup-~ pose you notice the wrinkles are gathering and accumulating on those kindly f ices that have so long looked upon you; there is frost in the locks; the foot is not so firm in its step as It used to be, and they will soon be gone. The heaviest clod that ever falls on the parent's coffin-lid is the memory of an ungrateful daugh ter. Oh1, make their last days bright and beautiful. Do not act as If they were in the way. After long years have passed and you go out to the grave'where they sleep, you will find growing all over the mound some thing lovler than cypress, something weeter than the rose, more chaste than the lilly. the bright and beauti ful memories of fillial kindness per formed ere the dying hand dropped on you in benedictio'n and you closed the lids over the weary eyes of the worn out pilgrims. * * OUR QEANDMOTHER'S BIBLE. On one of the shelves of our library, surrounded by volumes of all kinds, on various subjects and In various languages, stands an old book, in its plain covering of brown paper, unpre possessing to the eye, and apparently out of place among the more preten ions volumes that stand by Its side. To the eye of thestranger It certainly has neither beauty nor comliness. Its covers are worn; Its leaves marred by long use; its pages, once white, have become yellow with age;yet worn and old as it is, to us It is the most beau tiful and most valuable book on our1 shelves, No other awakens such as-i sociations, or so appeals to all that is best and noblest within us. It is, or rather it was, our grandmother's BI ble-companion -if her best and hall Es hours, scurce of her unspeakble oy an consolation. It was the light to her feet and lamp to her path. It was constantly by her side and, as her teps tattered in the advance pilgrir- I ge of life, and her eyes grew dim with age, more and more precious to ber became the well-worn rages. One mncrning, just as the stars were rading into the aawn of the coming 1 sabbath, the aged pilgrim passed on3 oeyond the morning, and entered Intoe ~he rest of the eternal Sabbath-to l1 ook upon the face of Him of whom he law and the prophets had spoken, Ld whom, not having seen, she had oved. And now, no legacy is, to us, ] nore precious than that old Bible. 1~ rears have passed; but It stands there t m its shelf, eloquent a ever, witness i of a beautiful life tbat is finished. When sometimes, from the cares and conficts of external life, we come back to the study, weary of the world and tired of men, that are so hard and selfish, and a world that is so un feeling-and the strings of the soul have become untuned and discordant, we seem to hear that book saying, as with the well remembered tones of a voice long silent, "Let not y-:ur heart be troubled, for what is your life? It is even as a vapor." Then our, trobled spirit becomes a calm; and the. i little world that had grown so grear i and so formidable, sinks Into its place < again. We are peaceful. We are I strong. There is no neel to take down the volume from the shelf, or to open it. A glance of the eye is sufficient. 1 Memory and the law of association 1 supply the rest. Yet the! e are occa 1 sions when it is otherwise; h urs in I life when some deep grief has trobled the heart; soxe da'ker, beavi. r cloud is over the spirit a, d over the dw21 ing, and when. it is a comfort to take down that old Bible and search its pages. Then, for a time, the latest editions, the original la'!guages, the notes and commenta i :s, and all the critical apparatus which the scholar gathers around him for the study of the scriptures are laid aside; and the plain old English Bible tbat was our grandmother's is taken from the shelf. AN AIKEN SENSATION. An Aldcrman of the City Charged With a Serious Crime. The committee fr<.m the Aiken city council appointed to investigate the charges against Alderman L. M. C. Oliveros and which implicated former Superintendent uf * Streets Wesley Johnson and the police force, helds its final session at the city hall Tuesday morning and has submtted Its reporL to council. At the meeting W. L Davis, Esq., of the firm of Davis, Gunter & Gyles, attorneys, appeared in behalf of Mr. Oliveros. Some effort was made to have the investigation conducted in accordance with the rules of evidence as practiced in regular courts. Chair man Wessels stated that the matter in band was not a trial and all the committee wanted to learn was the truth. Former Supt. Johrsan was sworn and stated that he bad collected money from,the policeanen which he intended to give to Mr. OQiveros as a present for his eff)rts in getting the salaries of the men raised. He paia Mr. Oliveros the money, $60, in fiont of L. Bradwell's residence a day or two after the salaries were ralsad. He said he centributed $10 of the money himself, although his salary was not raised until later. At first Mr. Johnson intimated that the money was a voluntary offering from the policemen and himself, but on cross-exa.ination Mr. Johns=n ad mitted that Mr. Oliver)s knew prior to the raise in salaries that the money would be forthcoming. Policeman J. S. Black was sworn and said that he gave $10 to Cnief Doby to give to Mr. Johnson for Mr Oliveros and later he gave $1.40 addi tional to make up a deficit in the amount agreed upon because of the failure of one of . the men to hold3 to his agreement. Immediately after the conclusion of the investigation.a meeting of the city council was called, the committee sub mitted the following report: To the City Council of Aiken: The undersigne-d committee to whom was referred ;the communication of W. M. Meyer and the affi~avit 'of J. Mi. Richardson, asking leave to report that they have taken, the testimoay herewith reprted and they recom mend that it and said communication be handed by our attorneys to Solici tr Davis, with the request that he take such immediate steps in the ort of sessions, as the gravity in the case demands. (Signid) Respectfully, F. W. Wesse's, E. A. Sommer, Henry Busch. The following resolutiors offered by Alderman G. W. E. Thrope were adopted: Resolved. That the report of the committee to whom was referred the communication of W. M. Meyer, and the affidavit of J. M. ichardsoni, be received as information; and that our attorneys, Messrs. Henderson, be re quested to hand said report and testi mony to Mr. Soliciter Davis, and- re quest him to proceed according to law thereon, and that they give Mr. Davis such information as they have in the matter. Resolved further, That any action of council as to the members of 'the police force in quesion be held over till tbe action of Solicitor Davis. Alderman Oliveros arose at this juncture and stated that he only wish ed to call attention to the facet that the report of the committee and res olution of council both seemed to have been prepared before the evidence was oncluded and their action seemed to be pre-determined. The paper are now In the hands of Solicitor Jas. F. Davis, and court now being In session here the matter will probably be referred to the grand j ury at once. A Horrible Death. At New York, acting on the impulseC f the moment Paul Goddard, a dis inguished Frenchman, who has been i this country but a short time, leap- I d from the new Williamsburg bridge LO a horrible death on the cobble t stones of thea-street below. He did I at go out over the river, but.jumnped o the street, a hundred feet below. Elis legs were driven up Into his body. t r Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! md all kinds of Fresh and Salt Watei v ish and oysters. If you are dealing in y Bresh Fish or intend to deal in them rite for prices and send your ordrs to [ERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. >r COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO olumbia S. C. We ship only fresh c aught fish and our prices are as low C ,hey can be sold at. Write us. Try t is and be convinced. 'I Die or Thirst.t Because of the drought in Alabama t lanters and stock raisers are in aa erious plight. N~o rain has fallen ince September 5, and in some rl ices h yells and springs have run dry, r ecessitating the hauling of water for h nany miles almost daily to prevent , attle dying of thirst. I Killing Filipinos. inder Lieut. Pogge, of the constabu- n ary, has defeated a large number of 19 a~lajanes, In the mountains of east- t< n Samar, killing the notorous out ni aw, Oyomo and fifty of his followers bl Four Scholars Per!shed. T At Shelboville, Ill.. the Woc dworth ki Iigh School was destroyed by fire le Vednesday. Four children are known re o have perished and others were in are by inmping from windows. h, AFrBi THE BOLL WasVIL. Lonther Suggestion As to How to De stroy the Insects. The destruction or limitati9fn of the otton toll weevil of the South is the ubject discussed in a circular issued )y the bureau of entomology of the lepartment of agriculture. The de ;truction of the dead stalks of the lant daring the fall months Is the nethod advocated by the departms nt ,or the destruction of the pest. All )ther means cf eradication, the de )artment conclules, are simily aids to jais. 'An early crop is a necessity, but many farmers are incll ed to stop at 5bis point and to lose sight of the fa.t bat the stalks, with their loads of ,ests, must be destroyed it success is ;o crown the farmer's efforts. Tae :ircular is from the pen of W. D. Eunter, entomologist in charge of cot kn toll weevil investigation, and Mr. Hunter gives four reasons for the lestruction of the plants in the fall. First, he sai s, fall destruction pre vents absolutely the development of a multitude of weevils which would atlerwise become adult within a few weeks of the time of hibernation. S x.d, a proper manipulation will )ring about the destruction of a great nany weevils which are already adult Third, it has beea shown conclusive y that the only weevils which survive se winter are those which reach ma xarity late in the season. Those ma uring are unable to survive the long period of hibeination. Fourth, clearlr g the field in the fall makes it p'ssib:e to practice fall plowing, which is not only the proper procedure in any system of cotton -aising, but also greatly facilitates he early planting of the crop tte fol wirg spring. The proper time for the destruc ion of the plants in the fall is when ver the weevils have become so num ,rous that there Is no prospect that my more cotton will be made. There are two effective' methods of removing the plaits from the ground. Dne of these, the method to be pre erred, is to cut the roots two or three Inches below the surface by the use of in ordinary plow or lister. The Atber is pull the stalks by the use of a lever with a toothed notch whicb grasps the base of the plant. The lat cer process is better wnen the plants have been killed by frost. When they ire green or the ground is dry it is frequently a dificult matter to remove them with these levers. The depart ment's ger eral . recommendation. Lherefore, is that the planti should be p'owed out. After the staks have became dry enough, they should be burned. The pzint maybe ralied that the burning of the plants In the fall re movcs valuable fertilizing constitu nts and that the continuance of the practice would reduce seriously the fertility of the s:il. Mr. Hunter's an wer to this is that the present gen eral practi.,e is to burn the plants in the spring and that therefore the only additional draft upon the soil is In the burning of many of the leaves and a portion of the root. Mr. Hunter 'concludes his circular a~ fel:ows: *Concerted action in fall destruction is, of courne. desirable. Te greatest, benefit will result unly when whole c mmunities adopt the method. But no planter sl~iould hesi tate on account of the indigerence of hi:s neighbors. The fact th~t weevils move about little until the time when the bulk of the crop is safe-will assist materially in saving one field, thongh tearby fields have not been properly reated. Even under, such circum tances the succession of the metliod rill bha -powerful stimulus t 'ward Its general adoption the following sear on.", TWO XAJY EUSBANDS'k Lhinking the First Dead a Woman Marries the Second. "Wha t shall I di.? Both these men ire my husbands! Not that I love Jim ihe less, .tut that I love Lump more,' A d Mrs. Turner-Lowe, as in the pres mce of Magistrate J. -W. Bates, of onesville, S. 0., a few days ago, she yrokenly asked the question and then mrat -int tears, the'two Anen stand ng on either side also weeping silent It was a startling and unusual situ .tion for an~y woman and any' magis rate too, for that matter to be in, nd while he deliberated the woman ~old her story-about as follows: She was a Miss Evins from near ~ich Hill, and married Jim Turner everal years ago. He left her. She ieard he had been killed by a soda ountain exploding. She mourned his lemise for a year, then came Lump owe and happ*Iness into her -life again. Lowe is 22 years old, Turner about 35, and be* age, which having >een married twice she does not at emnpt to conceal, is 25. She has been married to Lowe for ne year and both Gf thEm had work d in the spinning iroom of the JonES rille Manufacturing Company for ome time, but little seems to be :own of them. -Tiien came Turner, rho it seems has no' occupation, as It rere from the dead. Coasternation brevailed, and threelhearts that had eat as one. ached in a manner not to 'e described. "What shall I do," pshe tearfully re leated. And Magistrate Bates, knowing hat only in far Thibst was one wo ian permitted to have~ as many -hus ands as she 1,ked, apd that that ountry had never been ipenetrated by ut three living persons .and they were 1en, delivered himself tylus: "Go to North Corolina-. Get a di orce from Turner, and li ie thereafter rith Lowe, for when m trrying him ou thought be was your only living uband." When he had spoken urrner went ut on the street. Ther4 he was seen rying. Presently he cfled to the >rmer.Mrs. Turner. She went to him. 'ogether they wept. Tl n she return : and informed her 1p'ause No. 2 at his presence was desired. When ce two men met, It (wsnot with ogry words and blow,. Their tears ingled freely, one veeping for he ad lost, the other-levidence fail to veal the fact that it was for what e had gained-it ,as out. of synr ,thy for his predefesor izr matters atrimonial./ Here the stry ends, so far as the ynesville folk kqow, except that next Loning Mrs. Ltwe boarded the train ith the suppced intention of going >see her br ther, reported to live ar Rich H' Jl, but an inquiry about1 er of a w J11 known person there, iled to roduce any infornation. urners ,hereabouts are not now 1wn. w~e, the next day, It Is said,J ft nt train bound In the same di- 1 etio and is quoted as rerrarking: 1 "S i's my wife and Turner shan't ~ ~v Ier.-Atliit Jounal THE TARE ON COTTON. The Cotton Buyers and the Farmers Fall About It. Farmers and cotton buyers are in terested in a recent order issued by cotton buyers in several of the coun ties concerning the way cotton should be bated and tied. The order stated that no cotton would be received with more than six yards of bagging ani six ties, and as many of the farmers had already exceeded this amount. a notice has been issued by Mr. K. W. Thompson, master of the Georgia State grange, as follows: "The a:cepted weight of cotton is about 500 pounds per bale; the cus. tomarmy tare on cotton baled for market, fixed sy fcreign markets, is .06 cent. The Liverpool cotton ex change, the Amsterdam Cotton Brokers' asso'ciation and the Bremen cAtton excharge admit that this tare a -lowance is correct. Now this will allow as tare for an Am r'can bale of cotton 30 pounds. Six yards of bav ging weighs 12 pounds when the u.uai brands of bagging are used. The Fariters and the Standard weighing f.om 1 to 2 pounds to the yard. and six ties weigh 9 pounds, mak:ng 21. pounds actual weight. Thus it will be seen that the cotton exchange: claim and fix the ?r'ce to cover 30 pounds tare when in reality only 21 pounds actual weight of bagging and ties is put on, when 6 yards of bagging and 6 ties are us d, and, besides, the bagging is resold to the farmer for about three-fourths the price of new bagging aLd the ties are spliced and resold for a little less than new ties. "Thus you will see that the cotton exchanges and the manufacturers are annually. robbing the farmers of Z pounds of cotton, besides getting back three-fourths of the orginal cost of the b3ggaingand ties. Now I con tend that 6 yards of bagging will not suffiziently cover a bale of cotton. Six 3 ards cover the top and bottom, while the sides are left entirely un covered and exposed, and I would not advocate, neither would I advise, the larmers to use any surplus bagging in covering their cotton, but I do ear nestly advocate the use of a sufficient quantity of bagging to completely cover the bale, which is absolutely necessary for the prot ction 'of the cotton against exposure to dirt, trash and for the diminuation of lessen n the danger by fire. "For such a complete covering it will t ake at least 9 yards of bagging, which with 6 ties, weighs 27 pounds, being three pounds less than foreign cotton exchanges deduct for tare. But there is another phase of the question that I wish to call your earnest attention to. it is this: What right have these cotton buyers, cotton exchanges and cot'ton manufac turers to dictate to the farmers how we shall wrap our cotton? We would not, and do not, dictate to' those we buy from hcw they must wrap their parcels, and I most earnestly adviis the farmers not to be dictated to In this matter. The cotton world fixes the price that we must take, the merchants fix the price that we must give'and now come the cotton buyers dictating how we must wrap our cot toa to suit them, adding the threat that if we do not do as they say they wll dozk our cotton to suit them. "Fellow farmers, are you going to. submit to such arrogance? 1 earnest ly and urgently advise -cur farmers not to submit. We ha.ve some rights. We have the numbers, the influence and the power, and If we assert our rghtsas we should our influence and power will be feit. Let every commu nity at once call a meeting of farmers acd discuss this matter, and resolve to stand together as one man and re sst this 'proclamation of the co'.ton buyer. Wrap your co'ten up, not~ using more than enough bagging to do this. Offer it upon the market and if they -don't want it hold, some body else will want it, and if you sell and a single pound Is docked go to the nearest trial justice and saie for cotton not paid for.", . F.The Cotton Outlook. ,* S.'F B. Morse, the New York cot ton expert, advises the planters to "stand firm and dictate the price." Ini a communication to the Manufactur ers' Recor'd he says: "I am reliably in formed that foreign cotton commit ment for Ootpber exceeds 3,000,000 bales. Strenuous efforts wilh be made to depress all fnture markets. AdvIse planters to stand firm and dictate price." To this warning of a bear combina tion the Record also adds its testi mony, saying: "The Manufacturers' Record has also learned from other sources that the speculators have just formed a very powerful combination t~o force prices down, and as every bale of this year's crop will be needed and can go into consumption at a fair, not an extravagant price to the farmer, with profit to the spinners if the spin ners will work as hard to advance cot ton goods as many of them have to de press the price of cotton, it Is irrpor tat that the cotton planter should get the real value of his crop." The Atlanta Journal says "the warning of Mr. Morse and of the Re cord concerning a bear combination, reveals only the usual state of affairs. There always is a concerted effort to keep the price down until after the farmer has parted with the greater part of his crop. The advice to "stand frm and dictate the price" is good, as a general proposition, but it is easier for Mr. Morse, and for us, to advise the planters to hold their cotton than it often is for them to do so. We should advise them to hold it as lor~g as they can do so; but the length or time which it can be held must neces sarily depend on the circumstances of the individual holders. The advice is all right-the only trouble Is that a great many will find It pretty hard to follow." Alabama Town Barned. A telegram from Hon. J. W. Britt, mayor of Gordon, Ala., to Mayor happell of Columbus states that the ntire town has been desroyed by fire and asks for assistance. Gordon is a small town of abcut 400 populatIon on the Atlantic Coast Line railway and n the Chattahoochee river near Alaga, Ala., and just above the F'lorida line. It is the shipping port for a vast section of country and one >f the most Important ones in the battahoochee valley. Loss unknown. Mother and Son Killed. A special from Athens, La., says: Ers. Ike A. McGee, wife of a faimer, wd her 10-year-old son, Ham, were Eled Friday by an unknown person, who cut their throats. Posses are cut unting for a negro who is supposedI o have committed the crime. The gerlif has arrested a man named 3raihead, the haf brother of McGee, nho was on the place at the time. raighead is In the parish jail at amr. A lynchingr is fared. RAILIO&D ACUIDRNZW. Some Interesting Figures A Number Killed and Injursd. Recently the Pall Mall Gazette, re- . ferring to railroad accidents 1n. the+ United States, said: "They are too common In America, especial o late. The fact that it is a large coir;' try with plenty of room for them to happen in is not sufficient to. explin tbem. Probably the fundamental cause Is the hasty and.imperfect con qtruction of the. lines, the make-shft arrangements for saving time and the et',neral rush of strenuous national lfe." This statement prrmpted a writer in the New York World to compie. some interrsting figures. These-fig ures include only persons-killed, or jured in actual accidents, not enormously larger number who-aze killed or Injured each year -getting. and off the trains or working - them under normal condtlons Killed. Last quarterof 1903. 446 January, 1904...... ..: 56 February.................1 March ....................... 5 April............ ........ 77 May. .......... June....................... 43 July.............. 101 m August ....... ...... 127 Sept (approximated). 120 Total.......' 1122 The last quarter of 19056was tl most prolific of disasterInthe of railroadirgi and theM u A sengers killed was three &lmasa as in any similar period previousli The appallinr dbast ers of t1| la twelve months follow: Oct. 17, Lambertville, Nff7 Oct. 31, Indianapolis, Nov.,14, Kentwood, La.. .-. 38 Nov 19, TremonbtIl.. 1 Dec. 21, Godfrey..an. Dec. 23, Laurel Run,P.. 3 Dec. 26, East Paris,Mich Jan. 6, Wilaid, Kan.. Feb. 20, JacksonUtah. March 5, Hammondsiillei March 8, KewaneeissM April 7, M 1I1l. April 30, o.5 Ju 2,Tony,.Wls..2.g - July 3: LitchfieldIll..4 July 5.- Cameron, Mo.. 1.1 July 10, Midvale N. J.&.3 July 13, Glenwood, Ill 8... Aug. 7, Eden, .Col ........ Ag. 8, Spottsville Ky Aug.9, ca, Il. Sept. 6, Pendleton, Mo. Sept. 10, PortsmouthVa. 4 Sept. 24, 3ewmaket Tnn Sept. 26 PeoriaR. Sept. ;26, LewistonMe -The sevensgreu r ,an hist.;ry are.-asflow Year eLocality 3 1870. Ashtabula, O 188..... 18-8......Mud B 1904.....de,Col.a 1904...Newmarket Tnnrm & SS. C. Dunbam. presidenit cident Insuranes conmpany i a' lecture at Ya4gavetl igures. shownghsirelati of railroad ta h~ n cate thatthera .areno all doing' so muc *todeclmte populton as some other-claedof cidentsprodneers: P 1er " .AacientsW estrians.... Horses and vehicles....ai At home (outdoorsX....... Recreation.s.. .&. .. . Railroad. trvl.. Bicycle acient.. Street-car travel. Miscellaneous... . Total............/.'-4 Orient andMard~a[ t(g~~ Tmorrow :mr streetsanva vlewpoints will be rogdt - laall the glories andsns Forepaugh ud Sll t~4 Shows' street parade, and~ assemblage promises to her in with ithe unusbai size and haracter of lte displayif.s s'.mdard gay, glittierinig and pageant offrixig haracteristde bgger circas~esthere are-sn uncommon pompous aid ditions, wich the OrientaladC t-ry sections will command un atentiodl and are striking tionsl. The former Is a regaBl d nic and rich reprodcinote cnt gorgeousState Durbea~ in which the natie piie 0 tes and oth-r notabiles of all received andidld homage to~the-Bzita Viceroy, making the oceo indescribably ostentationa-And Ji display of priceless jewiels and~u~ es. The show~ in question7 hass elephants, supero horses,cotyia pngs, people arid paapadrnalre quisite to appropriatelypre one event. ,In the mihtary'1ection~t the parade will be found matter ofui nirual and striking historical~ our country's matrialI rges~r~ Bunker Hill to Santiago, being lls~ rated and symbolized by thda~ij ace of represeneatives,amei ecsumed exactly as were tihehoS. wno foughtr under WashingtonSt< Taylor,.Lee, Grant and Miles.A r4 the morning parade a fredslf$ Japanese daylight fireworka ~e~ given on the show grounsds z4~ which, discharged from. h~d i~ mortars, will float, sail and divehy~ ward the huge apd moststg j'j grotsqne slmilitudes of fabu~~ monsters, dragons, sprites and bian Nights' fantasies, accompaniedV by pyrotechnic rainbows aidnd r~'A ful wreaths of smoke. Tam fact that odds are offered on certain candidate Is no certainty whatever that he will be elected. In 176 Hayes nad the betting odds-. right along. 'In 1884 Blaine was-a to 1 favorite for weeksafe nm nations had been made, and odds weie given on him right down to the eve of election. Yet Tildeni beat2 Hayes and Cleveland defeate4 Blaine. THE Augusta Chronicle says It doeS - "not hesitate to proclaim any south emn white man who aids, either directly or. Indirectly, in the re-eieOn ion of Ecosovelt, an enemy to his, people and iris section. Whether he kows it or not, he Is helping to force a race coniliot upon the South, and, :ons quently, to- handicap her Indus trially andi commercially." GROVEE Cleveland made a speech Saturday nigbt in New York before a great audience which went wild -with nthusiasm. The speech was an effec ive puncturing of the Republicant buble claim of credit for everything that has been done for .the country'M cod. Imperialism and bad faith in the Panama affair were vigorously sorea. We believe that Cleveland's ~pech will help Parker in New Yo ew Jersey and Connecticut. ON WINNING A WOMAN. Herbert Kelcey Enumerates 'Thf teen Ways of Courting. The New York Journal recently published a symptsium of opinions as to "The Way to Win a Woman." Herbert Kelcey, who, with Effie Shan non, has just scored an enormous sue cess in "Taps," at the Lyric Theater, suggested the following thirteen methods: 1. . Be considerate of her in small things. Small things make up a wo mau's life. - 2. Remember always that every where in the animal kingdom kind and not sex makei-difference in brain. 3. Need her and -let her know it. Women understand best that it is more blessed to give than to receive. 4. ' Let her feel before, and partic ularly after marriage, that she is more important than your business. You %ouldn't care to be supplanted in her thoughts, by constant musing over that $3.17 that slipped through her hands yesterday. 5. Before marriage kiss her as ,though she were your wife-afterward kiss her as though she were your sweetheart. 6. Never abuse her confidence. Her faith in you is capital, which you will have to invest many times. 7. Compel her respect. R!spect is the mother, and admiration the -fa ther of love. 8. Take an interest in her affairs. You would be hurt it she took no in terest in yours. 9. Devote at least a quarter of the thought to entertaining her during a lifetime that you'would devote to en tertaining her pretty sister half an hour. 10. Don't "nag." Men nag as much as women, and vaccination, the s!ow scraping away of the skin, pains more than the quick incision of the Sur geon's knife. 11. Remember that she Is the bet ter half of ycurbelf and "to thine own self be true. 12. Be generous, not lavish. When she is your wife, she is your partner. Never compel her to ask for money. A woman feels dependence as much as a man would. 13. I have devoted as much atten tion to the subject of wiLning the woman you have won as to winning the woman you haven't. It is more important to keep the love of. your wife thai to create love in the dbject of jour attentions. Eternal vigilance is the pricesof eternal affection. Never say to yourself. "rve caught thecar." You may fall off. A Fatal Fight. At St. LoAis in a desperate bittle Friday between five detectives and three suspc'.s. whem they were en deavoring -to a-rest, two detectives were killed and one seriously, injured and one of the suspec s was killed and two others badly wounded. The dead: John J. Shea, detectiva. Alb rt Ro e, susp. c 'Tbomis Dwyer, dettc iv. The wounied: J-mas McClusky, detctive. C. C. Biar. fugitive. Harry H. Vaugo; iogitiv. The fightfor e irrediin thef o tt rcom of a house on Bine street and them mn wt om the detectives sought to arrest were suspected - I beirg tmy'icated ini -a train roobery at Centralia, Ill., a fw weeks ago. The house had been under the police surveillance :for sev ral days bnt Friday was the irst time that ay fi theasuspcts weze seen to enter or leave. ..Blair, noting the fact that Detective Shea had his revol'ver drawn, pu'led his own gun' and emp tied it into the faces of the invaders. e shot six times without a pause. There were no miss fires and so clo e were the suspects, and detectives that the powder frcem the gun in'Bir '.s hand *burned their clothes. To Mave sweethears. At McKeesport, Pa., James L. Car ley, aged 21, a 'draughtsman at the East Pittsturg works of the Westing house Elecetric company, at. a date sour Thusday-night gave up his life to save his sweetheart. .Curley and a companion, naimed Myers, were escorting Misses Walters and Kesler to their homes, and while crossing the Baltimore and Ohio track at Eleventh street, a sw tch engine suddenly bore down upon them. Curley: gave the alarm in time for Mr. Myers and Miss Keer to reach safety, but he and Miss Walters were a step or two behind the first couple and Curley seizd Miss Walters and threw her bodily clear of the track. Before he could recover his. balance the engine cnt him to pieces. .One Man Killed. At New York one man was killed and numerous persons narrowly escap ed serious injury in a collision on the Third avenue elevated. The dead man is Irving Lamphere, motorman on one of the trains. He was pinned under the wreckago and -died. shortly after being removed. . An engine'and several cars 1'ere beIig svwitched to the express tra'ck when they ran into a train standing at:112Lh street. Iron work on the wrecked cai- came in can tact with the thiud, rail and caused a serious of explosions like a cannonade. Old Men Fight. At Holyoke, Mass., Patrickr Clang helay and William Gillawe, each 70 years old, roommeates in the Bright side threw a chair at him and as he was about to pick up another Gillawe hit him over the head with a cane; A scuffid followed and some men about t2e place separated them. Claughe lay did not appear to be the worse for the aar; but on going to bed he fell lead. Gillawe is much affected over bhe death of his old friend, but says be struck in self-defens~e. iNgro ktot at Gu-ca1s. At Brunswick, Ga., there was a riot last week at the John Robinson circus grounds between negroes connected wth the circus and ltcal negroes. 'ifteen or twenty shots were fired td it is believed tbat several were in ured, but nothing definite can be as ~ertained. The circus negroes fought ith spike hammers, and it is stated. ,hat several of the local negroes werei rocked out. SCME DemCcrats have become de pondent because the New York Her id says "it seems a foregone conclu ion that Roosevelt will be e'ected." [he Herald knows no more about it hau we do. In tbe New York major ty contest last year the Herald on be day of the election predicted .ow's election by a .large majority, >ut when the vote was counted it was ound that McClellan had won by a ma ority of nearly sixty thousand. Ir he Herald could not guess better han that in a small city election why hould t be ab e to 'decide a national lectin three waes -In adva.nce.