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MILLIONS LOST in Cotton Steal by Investors In All Parts of the NORTH AND SOUTH. Not Only Were the Reports (liven Out in Advance, bat They Were Juggled With So As to Make Any Kind of Market. What a New York Broker Says. "Millions of dollars have been lost by men who can be regarded in no sense as speculators or gamblers, through the mishandled, doctored Gov ernment reports that were framed up in Washington by one crooked clerk, in order to make half a million dollars for an obscure cotton operator in New York, and less than a hundred thou sand dollars for himself." This statement was made to a Re porter of the New York American last week by a New York cotton broker who has been hit badly at times in the past, through the weird crop reports that have been issued by the United States Agricultural Department, and his declaration was corroborated by several others gathered in a corner of the Waldorf-Astoria cafe Wednesday night, duscnssing the sensational scan dal in Washington. "These crop reports, especially those dealing with cotton, have always been used by growers and manufacturers, as as well as by speculators, as the basis for their transactions," he continued. "They have always been regarded by the planters as above suspicion, and each report has always established the price of the white staple approximate. ly for the month following. "It is now known that these prices were as false as the reports themselves. and the cotton growers of the South have been made the victims of this gang of sharpers for two years through the instrumentality of a department intended solely to advance the inter ests of the planters. "Deaths and suicides, as well as the loss of great fortunes, have followed the operations of Edwin S. Holmes, the Agricultural Department clerk, and the coterie of gamblers of whom he was the tool. "It has been shown that he delib eratnly changed the actual figures in the Government reports and made the cotton market the plaything of these gamblers, playing with loaded dice, who not only knew in advance what the reports would say, but caused Holmes to juggle the figures in the re ports so as to make them say what they wanted said, and led to the down fall of some of the strongest cotton houses in the country." The effect of the revelations in con nection with this scandal will be of the most unpleasant sort. The Govern ment spends $200,008 a year collecting the statistics, and the declaration that heefe they will be safeguarded In a anrto make leaks impossible Is regarded in Wall Street as a iest. Strong commercial influences will be brought to bear upon the President to order the prosecution of Holmes. The Southern Cotton growers' Asso eiation is preparing a case for crimi nal action and will demand that It be submitted to the Grand ,Tury. That no attempt has been made to prosecute Edwin S. Holmes, the clerk responsible for the leak In the cotton reports, is regarded as incomprehensi ble in New York, unless there is an underlying explanation based upon an effort to save some other official with a stronger political pull. It is now known that the cotton re port of last Monday was the first that has beena given out in that city in two 'eisthat was not anticipated thers a-- by some one in collusion with the au thorities at Washington. It Is also known that these advance advices regarding not only cotton re ports, but wheat, corn and other crop reports, went to a number of opera tors in N~ew York. There are at least six decoy "inves tigating departments" in Wall Street that never investigate, and which have been established as blinds in order to make It possible for the men in touch with Holmes and clerks of hisilk to give a semblance of respectability to their operations. Whenever they have hit the market just right, they announce that their -agents throughout the entire South have sent them in reports which have tallied exactly with those of the Gov ernment, even when, as now known, the Government reports have been doctored to favor a bear or a bull mar ket. It is known that last Mor day's re port was not tampered with, and it is certain that no advance Information regarding its contents reached N~ew York before noon. As a result the cotton market jump ed 100 points In five minutes. Something of technical knowledge is required to understand this phase of dealing in the cotton market. Each month the Agricultural Department sends out its report showing the acre age of the cotton crop and its condi tion. This latter is based upon 100 as a full crop. Acreage and crop condi tion taken together fix the price of cotton in speculation, and any altera tion in these figures can be made of great value to a crooked operator in the cotton market. The June report was 'cooked" more daringly than any report In years. The actual crop condition was 75. It was made to apppear in the report '7,2. The acreage was about 12i below the normal, and was made to appear much less. These statements In the Govern ment report would tend to show a greater production of cotton than would be shown by the correct tabula tion of the agents figures, and was in tended to make a bear market. When the .Tuly report came out It showed the correct acreage, and gave the condition of the cotton crop as '77. This showed a smaller crop than was shown by the June report, and was something so utterly unexpected that a panic followed in the Cotton Ex change such as has not been in years. -New York American. Fatal Runaway. A special dispatch to The N~ews and Courier says a distressing accident happened at Batesburg Monday morn ing. A mule driven by Robert Kneece ran away. Kneece got tangled up in the lines and was thrown from the wagon with much force and killed. Her 1aves'a wife and several children. A COTTON BUYI G TRUST. he Greenville News Publishes an Interesting Article About it. Is there a cotton buying trust in South Carolina? The Greenville News says. The full story of the cotton syndi cate was not published on Friday morning, --d as the other chapters are rorthcoming it shows that the farmers are practically forced to take the bull by the horns and protect themselves against the evils which are depressing the market. In the interview Friday a man familiar with the methods of the mills stated that all competition had been removed and that the daily price was fixed by the president of the syndicate, who hap pened to be the president of a cotton mill in Greenville. It might be well to says just here that the things which have caused such bitter complaint from the farm ers are not confined to this city alone, Anderson, Spartanburg, Union, Co-, lumbia, and in fact all mill centres of North and South Carolina, have to battle with the same influence and element. Georgia and Mississippi are not in the clutches of the mill trust, and export houses, which are not per mitted to buy in this state, can pur chase all they want in Georgia, for instance, and sell it to the Carolina mills. But they cannot buy direct from the Carolina farmers, for if they do it means a boycott. There are probably a dozen cotton brokers in Greenville. They represent all of the leading houses from New York to Texas, and they sell direct to the mills. These brokers never handle any actual cotton. That is to say, they receive pri::es every day, and if the manufacturers are satisfied with the limits, sales can be made. Then the cotton is shipped in the mills. If these brokers could go into the local market and buy cotton from the farmers it would mean higher prices, greater competition, and thousandsof dollars to the planters at the end of the year. But they cannot do it. Why? Simply because this mill syn dicate has given notice that if any ex - port house attempts to buy in Lhe Carolinas it cannot hope to sell to the mills. There is an understanding and agreement between the spinners and the exporters and as a result, practi cally all of the Carolina product is saved for home consumption. XTLTn BY OUTLAWS ' Who Are Put to Death Later by a Persning Posse. C. S. Calhoun of Kansas City, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail way detective, was shot and instantly killed at Cedarvale early Wednesday by two outlaws. who were shot down later by a posse of citizens at Hewins, seven miles from Cedarvale, close to the Oklahoma State line. One of the outlaws, Ed Madigan of Ponca City, 0. T., was killed instantly by the posse. The other, William Chadburn of Winfield, Kan., was fatally wound ed. The outlaws exchanged shots with the posse. During the exchange J. M. Pope, a merchant, was shot through the foot, and a woman named Malone was struck in the leg by a stray bullet. Madigan and Chadburn held up and robted six traveling men at the Brettun hotel at Winfield on Sunday night last and es caped. At Cedarvale Tuesday night Detective Calhoun encountered both of the outlaws on the street. Not be ing positive of theIr Identity. Calhoun secured the city marshal and one of the traveling men who had been robbed. All then started In a carriage in search of the outlaws. Early Wednesday the party drove past the men In a side street. The traveling mau Identified them, and the triod-n the carriage were just in4he'act of mak ing a stand whien either Madigan or Chadbuzrn opened fire. Calhoun was shot through the heart and the out laws made their escape temporarily. Murder and Suicide. At Atlantic City, N. J., a murder and suicide Wednesday afternoon ended the lives of Edward 0. Dough ty and Mela S. Clyde of Philadelphia. Doughty, the murderer, was insanely jealous of the woman, and she in turn, desirous of discarding him, stirred his fierce jealousy by taking a walk with another man. Doughty met her on the street and upbraided her for be ing false. Drawing a revolver he chased her into a crowded grocery store at Baltic and North Carolina avenues. She ra~n behind the counter and tried to hide, buthe followed and there sent several bullets into her breast. She expired within a short time. Doughty had a room in the building over the store and he at once went upstairs and deliberately shot himself in the breast. He died in stantly._________ Gets Ten Thousand. The State says the jury in the Pickett case Friday awarded young Pckett $10,000 damage for the loss of his right arm by being run over by a Southern train at St. Matthews four years ago. - The case was first heard two years ago and a verdict was ren dered for $8,800, but the railroad ap pealed to the supreme court on the ground of excessive damages. Tihe appeal was sustained and the case re manded for ahiother hearing. The suit was first brought for $10,000 ac tual damages and $5,000 punitive dam ages, but this iast time the amount demanded was conly $10,000, as no pun Itive damnges were asked for. LIt is unusual that every cent of such a large amount should be allowed by a jury. The case has aroused much in terest. A Mystery. Mystery surrounds the death of Miss Lillian Demmelt at the Cone) Island hospital, presumably from carbolic acid poisoning, caused Coroner Har tung, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to order an investigation Wednesday after noon. Miss Demmelt, who is said to be the daughter of Edward L. Dam melt, a banker at Pocahontas, Ark., was found Ill In her room at a Coney Island cottage by a maia.. Miss Dam melt was unable to speak when found. Her symptoms Indicated carbolic acid poisoning, but no trace of the drug could be found in her room. A Striking Career. A striking career was that of the late Charles Hackley, lumberman and philanthropist, of Muskegon, Mich. Hackley went to Muskegon when a mere boy, in 1856, with only $7 in his pocket, having worked his passage across Lake Michigan on a schooner. He amassed a great fortune, his wealth at his death being estimated at 15,000,000, while his benefactions to Muskegon alone amounted to more than $4,000,000. Although he is said to have contributed to every 'church in the city, he never attended any, and never witnessed a perform - ance in a theater. AWFUL SENE. Eight Men Were Blown Into Fragments by an Explosion. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT On the Pennsylvania Railroad Ne a New Cumberland, Pa., on Saturday Morning. The Body of One Man Picked Up Two Hun dred Yards Away. Eight mnen were blown to pieces and two others injured by the premature explosion of a big blast of rock powdei on the Pennsylvania railroad improve. ments near New Cumberland, Pa., al r.:30 o'clock Saturday morning. ThE accident occurred directly across the Susquehanna river from the scene ol the Pennsylvania railroad wreck or May 11, in which twenty-three per sons were killed and many others in. iured. All the victims of Saturday's disas ter were employes of P. S. Kerbaugl & Co., Incorporated, contractors, wh( are building the double tracks for thr Pennsylvania railroad to connect witi the Enola Yards. The bodies of thi men were terribly managled and par tieles of flesh and bone were scatteret for 200 yards from the scene of thi explosion. The dead are: James Wiseman, aged fifty, dyna mite boss, 98 Front avenue, Buffalo N. Y. Arthur Green, colored, 23 years o: age, steam driller, Harrisburg. Robert Thomson, colored, 23 yeari old steam drillers helper, Harrisburg Frank Mullach, a Slav, 43 year old. Three Italians and one Slav, knowi only by numbers. The injured are: William Reed, colored, 20 years old a steam driller, skull fractured and in jured internally. Reed is at Harris burg hospital. G. C. Miller, 53 years old, of Ida ville, Adams county, bruised abiu body, but not seriously. Not a trace of the two colored mel who were killed can be found and it i supposed their bodies were blown int the river, which is being dragged. An iLquest was held Saturday after noon by Squire Coble, of Lemoyne The jury rendered a verdict of prema ture explosion from an unknown causi and no blame is attached to the con tractors, All the killed and injured wer laborers aside from Wiseman, whos body was terribly mangled. Wha could be found of it was identified b; the fact that he dyed his hair. HI scalp and a portion of his head wer found on a hill, 230 yards from th blast. Wiseman has been with th Kerbaugh company for five years, an< had gone to the scene of the explosioi to personally superintend the prepara tions for what is called a "big shot, to be fired Sunday morning. A "big shot" consists of a series o blasts, the holes having been drille; In a row, and the charges being se off simultaneously by an electri spark. Five of the holes had beel filled with powder and the men wer on the sixth when the explosion oc curred. It Is supposed that a smnai stone had gotton into the -hole an< that the Iron bar with which the mnei were "tamping" down the charge caused a spark by scraping on th stone and that this ignited the pow der. John Shetter, the fireman of "dinky" engine, 150 feet away, wa thrown to the ground by the force o the explosion and slightly injured b: fying debris. Miller was sitting a the door of the shack were the mei bunk, 200 feet from the blast, ani was blown 20 feet and badly bruised One Italian escaped because a fel low workman had playfully snatchet his hat and ran with it. The owne ran af ter the man with the hat anc had just got out of the range of th explosion when it occurred. An Ital ian water boy, 12 years old, who wa on his way to the men with a bucke of water, was hurled 50 feet. Ever3 stitch of clothing was torn from hil body. A leather belt containing $31: in paper money, supposed to belong t< one of the men, was picked up nea the scene of the explosion. Pieces o: flesh and bone were found fastened ih the telegraph wires over the railroad tracks. The fragments of the bodie: were placed in rough caskets after thi coroner's inquest, and they weri buried Sunday. There were no buildings In the im mediate vicinity of the explosion anc there was no damage except for th< destruction of a few telegraph pole: and 'a large tool shed in a nearby quarry, which was -torn clear out anc drawn fifteen feet toward the scene o the blast. The explosion shook the countrl f or miles around and broke many win dows in Harrisburg and towns ac.rosi the river. Twelve hundred and fift: pounds of rock powder had been un loaded just before the explosion, bu it was not disturbed. Burglar Shot. A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says "Sellers Crumley, a- negro, who wa killed In a shooting affray near QOmul gee Park; was a noted burglar and wa: being searched for at the time of hij death. He was charged with having entered several homes in Macon ii the past month, and his death is con sidered a relief to the community Charlie Johnson, the negro who kille< him used a revolver after Crumely had fired into a street car loaded with ne groes. Crumely had disputed witt Johnson and was attempting to end his life." To Put On Passenger Trains. The railaoad commissioner wil make a formal Inspection of the Unior and Glenn Springs railroad from PridE o the city of Union. While making the inspection they will go over to thE big power plant at Neal Shoals whern Co, T. C. Duncan and his associatei have built a great dam r'moss Broad river and have one of the finest watel powers in the south. The road hal not promulgated a schedule for its passenger trains, having waited foi the roadbed to settle before inaugura. ting passenger service. A Bloody Fight. Three were killed and a number wounded is reported as a result of a bloody riot between members oj Texas Bill's Wild West show and B. and 0. Trainmen at Cowen, Md., Wednesday. The riot occurred on the train and the coaches were said tc be iddled with bullets. THE BROWN SHORTAGE Commissioner Tatum Gives Out a Statement About It. The following statement was made by Commissioner Taturn in regard to the money lost by Dispensary Inspec tor Brown: "Inspector C. L. Brown was sent to Charleston by me to do some detec tive work; he usually has been used by myselt, as well as my predecessor, for this kind of work when needed. While in Charleston performing these duties, Mr. S. S. Matthews, dispenser at Charleston, failed to remit to the state treasurer, as required by law. I had adopted a rule, which requires each dispenser who fails to remit dur ing the week to be visited and inspect ed, and under this rule Mr. Matthews statement was sent Mr. Brown, he be ing on the ground. The report of the settlement shows that on the 12th day of June Mr. Brown made settlement with Mr. MatttLVe and found him short $1,648.4., and received payment of that amount. This report was re ceived at this office on the 14th; same day Mr. Brown reported to me verb ally his misfortune, stating that he had some other moneys in the lost pocketbook belonging to the state along with some of his own. To set tle up Mr. Brown's account, we made up 81,824.87; Mr. "rown paid 8242 00. This amount was made up by my friends and myself, not a cent being contributed by any one not connected with the institution; all voluntary; no one being asked by me to contribute. The, question of bon- did not enter the matter at all, as I was advised by the assistant attorney general, inas much as the law did not impose the duty to collect such money on me or the inspector, that neither my bond nor Mr. Brown's was liable for a cent of the money. But the dispenser was still liable on his bond. The law pro vides that dispensers remit directly 1 the state treasurer. His receipt is the only legal discharge for them. "It was entirely a moral question with me. I did not propose that the state lose anything during my admin istration by myself, or appointees. The custom has been ever since there has been an inspector for him to col . lect shortages, authorized by the . board, as records will show. I have however, since I found that they are not responsible under their bonds for any moneys collected, issued the fol lowing order, which records will alsc show: "'To Inspectors of the South Carolina Dispensary: "'In making settlements with dis pensers where there is a difference in favor of the state, do not accept that difference in money, but require dis penser to make remittance to the state treasurer, as required by law, either by pcstoffice order, express order, ex press, or certified check. "'See that this is done and -ther give them credit upon the presenta tion of the receipt from one of these sources that the amount has been for warded to the state treasurer.' " "W. 0. TTUM." PASS HIM AROUND. A Young Rascal Who Worked Col umbia and Skipped' rThe Record says W. A. Morris if the name of a smooth article wat worked Columbia last week, and search is now being made for him. Morris went to Columbia representing himself as an artist connected ~ witt -Munsey's magazine. He claimed tC 1 be one of ability and was generally be. lieved. Several of the prominen1 young men around the city took uj with him and he was generally treat ed well. Requests were made once or twici for an exhibit of his skill as an artist but he generally had a way of dodg E ing when the time came f or a sketch. So rapidly did this young man wonl his game that in a shert two days he made his first application for a loa& and got it. Only one of his new ac quaintances had suspicion that every thing was not all right and he tele graphed the Munsey people in New York. The following reply was re ceived: I"Have no one on artists' staff named Morris Must be imposter." Morris must have had an idea that he had been found out, for he disappeared at once before the telegram could be brought to his attention. Incidentally he neglected to settle a board bill and one or two other little matters that had been termed llnes of credit. All efforts to trace him have failed and Munsey has offered to bear all expense of prosecution if he should be found. People everywhere should be on the lookout for this smooth article. The Rice Crop. The government monthly crop re~ port shows that not all the reduction has been in cotton acreage. The acreage in rice is lessthan that of last year by about 172,000 acres oi 6 per cent, The condition of the Icrop is also below that of last year. These facts are of vital interest tc the rice planters of this section1 who have for the last two or three years been forced to suffer the depression in prices resulting from a tremendous increase in the. yield of American rice A reduction in acerage of 26 per cent should have its effect upon the prices of the cereal next fal. The State. Buried Long Ago. A curious discovery has been made in the course of some excavations that have been in progress in St. Martin de Re, in France. The excav. ators unearthed trenches in which lay skeletons which were presumably those of.the citizens who fell fighting there in defending the town against I the English in 1627. Among the skeletons was found a spherical iron bomb containing a moist black pow der, which was found to consist of a Ibout a third of nitre, a third carbon, and a fiith of sulphur, the remainder being iron oxide derived from the rusting of the ironshell. The Bonapates Interest is one of the great romance of history-the romances of the Bona parte f amilv-has been revived by the appointment of Chas Joseph Bonaparte of BaltimLe, as Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Bonaparte is a grand nephew of great Napoleon. His grandfather was Jerome Bonaparte, and his grandmother was Miss Eliza beth Patterson, of Baltimore whom Jerome married during a visit to America in 1803 when his brother was First Consul of France. He Will hang. A special dispatch from Sumter to The News and Courier says Monday af ternoon, after a trial lasting three days, Colcolough Stukes was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on August 18 for the murder of Capt. David E. IWells, at Privateer, on May 12 last. REPORT OF FERTILIZER BOARD. The Statement Showing the Amount 01 Tag Tax Receipts. The State says at the meeting of the Clemson trustees the board of fer tilizer control submitted the following report of the fertilizer department, for the year ending June 30th, 1905. As the annual tabular information in full cannot be available, until bul letins covering the whole season's work is published, and all bills in the bands of the treasurer, this report is only partial. "The receipts from sale of fertilizer tags amounts to $126,627.45. "The board of fertilizer control con ceding the importance of having the fertilizei fiscal year correspond with that of the college, changed the time so that the fertilizer year shall end hereafter on the 30th of June each year, The secretary was therefore in structed to notify the manufacturers and dealers of fertilizers to send in for redemption in money all unused tags in their possession, by the 30th day of June. "In compliance with this notice, tags have been sent in amounting to $8,167.63, which have been redeemed. "By deducting this sum from the total, viz: $127,627.82, we have left a balance of $118,459.82 frcm which the expense of inspection and analyses is to be deducted. Of this sum, the amount of $20,805.50 was received from cotton seed meal tags, which is $10, 236.75 in excess of last year, due to the tagging of all meal used for stoci food, and which has hitherto been ex empt by law. 'On account of the vastly increased business in fertilizers, and the evident importance of a closer and more rigid inspection of fertilizers, the board deemed it advisable, in fact necessary, to double the force of inspectors. It was also found necessary to increase the wages of these inspectors, In order to get suitable men for the work. "In order to keep the people of the State promptly informed as to the quuality of fertilizers being sold, the chemical force was instruced to Issue wc ekly bulletins of the analyses of fer tilizers and mail them to the people of the State. "The board of trustees will readily see that on account of these increased demands the cost of inspection and an alyses has been increased considerab ly, and if the demands of the people are met for full information as to the analysis of fertilizers during the com ing season, and your committee be lieves they. should be, the cost will still be more increased another year. "Respectfully submitted, "J. E. Tindal, "Chairman Board Fertilizer Control." THREE ABOMINATIONS. That Should Not be AHowed to R: main on Any Farm, There are three things on farms that are abominations. The three are mean teams, rusty tools, and crooked rows. These three evils are the farmer's own fault. A good team can be had at any price. If you have a "run-away" team you have yourself to blame. They show their "raisin'." Treat them kindly and rthey will treat you right. A team tha.t you cannot trust is not a team for the farm. Get rid of "runaway"s horses. Get first-class tools and keep them in first class condition. You have seen while out in the country a plow here, a harrow there, and a cultiva tor yonder, and mowers and binders in the shade of a tree. Won't there be a happy time when the farmer who left his tools and machinery out in the weather starts to farm? Won't his old plow "shed" the soil rapidly? Won't his cultivator shovels work smooth? Well I guess not? It will take several days scouring and in that time he has lost more religion than he can get hack in a year's time. Keep tools in the shelter. Some farmers make rows so crooked that they cannot follow them and they blame the team, the tools, "the old boy" and all things on earth ex cept the man who laid off the rows. Straight rows tell the world the love to farm and you love it enough to giye your bast attention to keep the rows straight. Keep your rows on a bee line on a level piece of land or comparatively so. If land has terraces follow them. Three points more and I am done. Get a good team. Get good tools. Make straight rows and see how much easier it is to farm. INJURED IN WLRECK Derailment of the Engine of Freight Train Near Blackville. The State says an engine on south bound freight No. 73 was derailed at Walker on the Southern railway four miles this side of Blackville Saturday afternoon and Ben Horace, a colored fireman, whose home is in Columbia, was buried uuder the overturned en gine but escaped being crushed to death by marvelous good fortune. He sustained a cut which laid open one of his elbows, and bruises of a less serious nature on all parts of his body. Engineer H. 0. Wilson, who also lives In Columbia, was more fortunate and escaped with slight Injuries. The train was what is known in railroad parlance as a double-header, that is it was pulled by one engine and push ed by another. Ii was the rear en gine that was derailed. Horace was arried to Columbia Saturday night and was attended by Dr. F. D. Ken dall, the surgeon of the Southern. The exact extent of the injuries could not be stated, but he is not thought ta be in a dangerous condition. En gineer Wilson remained at the scene of the accident. Tte track was blocked and passen ger trains Nos. 33 and 34 were detour ed by way of Branchville. The South ern train No. 33 had left Columbia for Savannah when the news of the accident was received and it was stopped at the first telegraph station and brought back to Columbia and then sent around over the Charleston division to Branchville and thence to Blackville. It was delayed cshout five hours. The northbound train No. 34 was brought around the wreck the same way and arrived in Columbia Saturday night at 9.40 o'clcck, which was less than three hours late. Gets off Light. Thomas Dewey, the man who was convicted Saturday of embezzling over $100,000 from a North Carolina bank has been given a sentea~ce of six years in the Raleigh penitentiary. If he has any of the money salted away, the years in the penitentiary will net him about $17,000 each, not a bad ar's work. IMMORTAL WOMEN Who Nobly Worked and Suffered for the Lost cause. L Movement on the Part of the Pec pie of the South to Erect a Monument to Them. The following resolutions were un Limously adopted at the Louisville, L905, Convention of the United Con lederate Veterans: Whereas, at our reunion of 1909 our lederation turned over to the sons the iacred duty of raisirg the funds for he memorial to the women of the Donfederacy; and Whereas, in so .%ing we never re linquish our deep and abiding love for the cause, or our intention to aid and assist it by every means in our power; and Whereas, we have clearly shown this by our appointment of a committee to co operate and by the work, which this committee and many other Veterans in all parts of the South, have done during the past year; and Whereas, it will ever be our most earnest desire to see this tribute paid to our glorious women and we are most anxious to further co-operate with and give substantial aid to our Sons in the performance of this sacred duty: Therefore, Be it Resolved: . 1. That each camp of the United Confederate Veterans, immediately after the adjournment of this Conven tion and the return home of its dele gates, shall appoint a committee to actively canvass its respective com munityLto raise fundsfor this memori al to the women of the Confederacy, to which noble, worthy and just cause this federation has repeatedly and solemnly pledge itself and Its com rades. 2. That in case any camp does not take action within one month by ap pointing this committee, it shall then become the duty of its commander to make appointment of such committee. If no action is then taken by the commander any member of the camp who is enthused with that high sense of his duty to this holy cause and de sires to honor our Gadlike women is urged to personally take charge of the matter, secure the endorsement of his local camp or its officers and make such collections as he can from his com munity. 3. That all funds collected under re solutions one and two shall be deposi ted in some home bank-at interest to the credit of the chairman of the ,UnLited Confederate Veterans' commit tee of co-operation, (Gen. C. Irvine Walker, Charlestan, S. C.,) and that he shall be promptly advised of such deposit. 4. That the above resolutions are not intended to be obligatory upon camps as have already taken similar action or have already contributed to this fund $50-or more. 5. That each camp is urged to en deavor to raise from ttommunity, as its quota, at the very least, the sum of 850. 6. That all camps shall complete this work by January 1 906, and on that date make a report of the results achieved, to the chairman of our com mittee of co-operation, Gen. 0. Irvine Walker, Charleston, S. C. 5UGGiESTED INSCRIPTION For the memorial to the women of the Southern Confederacy, to be erec ted under the auspices of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans: To the Women of the Southern Con federacy whose loving ministrations Nursed the wounded to health, And soothed the last hours of the dy ing, Whose unselfish labors Supplied the wants of their defenders In the field: Whose unwavering faith in our Cause, Shown eyer a guiding star, Through the perils and disasters of war; Whose sublime fortitude Sustained them under every privation And all suffering; Whose floral offerings Are yearly laid upon the graves of those whom they still honor; and love; And Whose patriotism Will teach their children To emulate the deeds of their Confed erate sires But wbo with a modesty excelled only By their worth Have ever discouraged This tribute to their noble virtures. GOD) BLESS THE MIOTHERS. The women of the Southern Confed eracy ! Devoted, loyal, patriotic herol nes! Let their sons and their daughters, Let their husbands and their broth ers, Let every true Southerner, Testify to their undying respect and Love! HOW? By raising a mest splendid memorial To these glorious women! By assisting the United Sons of Con federate Veterans Who have taken up this most loving Duty. WHEN? Now-to-day-to marrow-the next day-Forever-till the word is done. Contributions mar be sent to James Mann, chairman, Norfolk, Va, or Gen. C. Irvine Walker, special representa tive, Charleston, S. C. The Depopulation of Ireland. The emigration statistics for Ireland for the year 1904 furnish melancholy reading, in that they show how Ire land continues to lose some of the best of her population. Last year 36,902 natives of Ireland, a n'imber equiva lent to 8.3 per L.000 of the population, left their homes, the vast majority to go to the United States or Canada. The total of 36,902 Is a slight falllng of as compared with several recent1 years, and Is indeed the smallest ag gregate since 1898. But, unfortunate ly, the outward flow has continued. for since 1851 no fewer than 3,997, 913 of the Irish people have left their native land. A large proportion of these are among the flower of the race, for it is almost an axiom in Irish history that the energetic and enter prising go, while the more helpless remain. Leaved to His Death. One man was killed and* number of others had narrow escapes from death by a fire which gutted the double houses 27 and 29 East Forty-fourth street, New York, Wednesday. The dead are Arthur Nealy and his broth er. . Tennyson Nealy, publisher. He leaped from the fourth story window and dashed out his brains on the pavement. With a rope made of sheets, John Frozier, an inventor, lowered his wife to the ground safely. He then came down himself, but the rope broke, though he escaped with few injuries. The loss was about un nnn0. BTAEF UMUEE AEE01TSJ. 3olonel Thompson Assumes the Com mand of the Second Regiment. Col. Henry T. Thompson, the new ty elected colonel of the Second regi nent of South Carolina National Quard, Tuesday announced his staff. The gentlemen named are all experi mced in military affairs, the adjutant being Capt. M. B. Brooks of Colum bia. Col. Thompson's order is as follows: Headquarters, Second regiment, N. G. S. C. Columbia, S. C., July 10, 1905. General Orders No. 1. . I. Having been elected and com missioned as colonel of the. Second regiment of infantry, National Guard of South Carolina, I hereby assume command of the regiment. II. Tne following are announced as the regimental staff: Surgeon, Maj. S. C. Zamp. Camden; adjutant, Capt. M. B. Brooks, Columbia; quartermaster, Capt. G. W. Hutcheson, Sumter; commissary, Capt. A. C. Doyle, Or angeburg; assistant surgeon, Capt. S. K Deal, Columbia; assistant surgeon, First Lieut. C. W. Barron, ~New Brookland; chaplain, Rev. E. M. Lightfoot, Orangeburg. Henry T. Thompson, Colonel, Second Inf., N. G. S. C., Commanding. The non-commissioned staff ap pointments will be announced later. The following special order was also issuid: Headquarters, Second Regiment, N. G. S. C. Columbia, S. C., July 11, 1905. Special Orders No. 1. I. Under section No. 48 of the mil itary code of South Carolina an elee tion is hereby ordered to be held on Tuesday, July 12, to fill the existing vacancy in the position of emptain of Company K, Second regiment. IL Under section No. 48 of the military code of S3uth Carolina an election is hereby ordered to be held on Saturday, July 15, to fill the exist ing vacancy in the position of first lieutenant of Company H Second regiment. By order of Col. Thompson, X. B. Brooks, Captain and Adjutant. Company H (Conway) has been as signed to the Second regiment, mak ing 12 companies to that regiment, which is the only one that has the full complement as yet. The regi ment goes into camp, July 27. BRAIN LEAKS. Bright Sayings of Will M. Manpin in The Commoner. The wise man will not ask for a wo man's reason. The man who guesses at his worl gasps at the result. The bent of the boy cf ten indlcatei the breaking of the father. Gif ts given with expectation of re turn are little If any better thaE bribes. Man may buy immunity from man made law, but there is one law thai is above purchase. The waitless barber shop would do. prive a lot of men of an excuse foi staying down town late on Saturdai night. We'd give a whole lot if we conic enjoy burning blisters on our fingeri like we did about thirty yeaas ago, Wouldn't you? The man who is always looking foi the smooth road has no reason t( complain If other men drive first tc the goal of success. The man who undertakes to fighi the devil with fire is going to fint himself engaged with an antagonis1 who is thoroughly famimar with the weapon. We may be wrong, but somehos or other we have suspicions about the men who are forever agitating about a "noiseless Fourth." The man whC has forgotten that he was once a boy might forget to De a man ina businesE deal. The Grpsy Moth. They have an insect in Masahu setts which Is threatening to eat the State bare and clean of vegetation. It is c tlled the Gypsy moth, and it was introduced a few years ago by a naturalist who was experimenting with silk-producing bugs. He im. ported the eggs of a Gypsy moth from France and accidently left a few ol them in a paper box on a ledge out. side of a window. The box blew a way, the eggs doubtless hatched and the mischelf resulting has cost Massa chusetts some hunfreds of thousands of dollars already. Threw Himself Under Train. Mr. .Tohn A. Hendrix, formerly a resident of Columbia, S. C., threw himself under a moving train at New Castle, Ky., Wednesday. He had be come short to a small extent in his accounts with a special agent of a bonding company, representing the Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Hen drix was, until recently, a clerk in W. D. Lever's shoe store in Columbia. Up to afew months ago he was cor rect in his habits. Remedy Found. In South Africa thousands of cattle die every year from a fever caused by the bite of the tsetse fly. Prof. Bb ert Koch, the eminent bacteriologist, telegraphs from German South Africa that he has discovered in the fly the infusoria that causes the disease In the cattle. This, it is thought, will result In the perfecting at an early day of a specific for te fever. Vernon Nettles, aged 21, son of Rev. Hiram Nettles of Kershaw county, commirted suicide on Tues day by shooting himself In the head with a pistol, because his father reprimanded him for some offense, No Free Passes. Secretary Bonaparte has fixed hia attitude in the matter of accepting free transportation from the railroads by returning all the passes sent him with the statement that by reason of the public position he occupies he feels himself unable to avail himself of such considerations. Beware. Girls. High heeled shoes caused Mrs. Lot tieWilson to trip and fall to the pave ment at Fifth and Howard streets, in San Francisco, Wednesday eve. ning, with the result that her left leg was broken just above the ankle. -A Cave 1n. Three men were killed and five in jured by the caving in of a rock at Sayreton mines, north of Birming ham, Ala., late Wednesday afternoon. The mines belonged to the Alabama nsonidated oanmd Iron Co. Before I trust miy fate to thee, Or place my hand In thine, Before I let thy future give Color'and form to mine, Before I peril all for thee, Question thy soul tonighi. for me. I break all slighter bonds, nor feel A shadow of regret; Is there one link within the past That holds thy spirft yet? Or is thy faith as clear and free As that which I can pledge to thee? Does there within thy dimmest dreams A possible future shine, Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe, Untouched, unshared by mine? If so, at any pain or cost. 0, tell me before all is lost! Look deeper still; if thou cans't feel, Within thy inmost soul, That thou has kept a portion back, While I have staked tbe.whole; Let no false pity spare the blow, But in true mercy tell me so. Is there within thy heart a need That mine cannot fulfill? One chord that any other hand Could better 'ake or still? Speak now, less at some future day My whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit, change, Shedding a passing still On all things new an strange? It may not be thy fault alone But shield my heart against thine Own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That fate, and that today's mistake Not thou-had been to blame? Some soothe their conseince thus; bu tbou Wilt surley warn and save me now. Nay, answer not -I dare not hear The words would come too late; Yet I would spare thee all remorse, So, comfort thee, my fate: Whatever on my heart may fall, Remember,- I would risk it all! TWINTY LIFE MAIS. The High Standad Adopted by the Late Thomas Davidson. Thomas Davidson, of the Adiron daeks, is dead, but he has left twenty life m3xiMs for those who may wish to follow in his foostseps. Them maxims are: 1. Rely upon ycur own energies, and. do not wait for or depend on other people. 2. Cling with all your might to ycur own highest ideals, and do not be led astray by Fu3h vulgar alms as wealth, position, popularity. - Be. yourself. 3. Your worth consists in what you are and not in what ycu have. What yCu are will show in what you do. 4. Never fret, repine or envy. Do_ not make ycuraelf unhappy - by com paring your circu nstances with those' of more fortunate people; but make - the most of the opportunities ycu ha e. Employ profitably every mo ment. 5. Associate with the noblest peo . ple you can find; read the best books; Ive withthe mighty. But learn to - be happy alone. 6. Do niot believe that all greatness and heroism are Uinithe past. -Learn to disetvar princes, prophets, heroes and saints among the people about yon. Be assured they are there. 7. Be on earth what good people. hope to bain Heavin. 8. Cultivate Ideal friendships, and gather Into an Intimate circle alh your acquaintances who are hunger ing for truth and right. Bamember that Heavan itself can be nothing bat the Intimacy of pure and noble souls. 9. Do not abrinirfrom any useftl or kindly act, however bard or repellent it may be. The worth of acts Is - measured by the spirit In which they are performed 10. If the world despise yion be cause yt.u do not follow Its ways, pay no heed to it. But be sure your way is right. 11. If a thonsandplans fail, benot disheartened. As long as your pur poses are right you have not failed. 12. Examine yourself every night, and see whether you have progressedin knowledge, sympathy and helpfulness during the day. Count every- day a loss in which no progresB has been made. 13 Seek employment In energy, not in allmance. Our worth is masured solely by what we do. 14. Let not your goodness be pro fessional; let it be the simple, nat ural outcome of yourcharacter. There. fore, cultivate character. 15. Iflyou do wrong, say so, and make what stonemenit you can. That is true nobleness. Rave no moral debts. 16. When in doubt how to act, ask yourself, what does nobility com mand? Be on good terms with your self. -17. Look for no reward for goodness but goodness itself. Bemember heaven. and hell are utterly immoral insltu- - tions If they are meant as reward and pnishment. 18. Give whatever countenane and help you can to every movement and instItution that is working for good. Be not sectarian. .19.. Wear no placard, wlhthin or. without. Be human fully. ,20. Never be satisfied until you have understood the meaning of the world, and purpose of your own life; and have reduced your world to a ra tional cosmos. Pointed Paragraphs. Some rich thieves are called fluan. ciers. Dishonest grocers resort to legal measure. Joke on marriage are funny only to those who are not married. When the landlord raises the rent he expects the tenant to raise it also. A girl seldom refuses to eat corn from the cob unless she has store teeth. How wonderfully developed must be the furniture mover's bump destruct iveness! A woman never judges a man's abil ity as a liar by the compliments he hands her. When some men have no better oc cupation they hunt sonething for their wives to do. If a lawyer's success depends wholly upon the gift gab, there would be more woman lawyers. If a girl refuses a young man's pro posal he thinks she doesn't know her mind, so he doesn't mind her no. A woman is asold as she looks, but every woman imagines she is the ex ception that proves the rule. Many a man who has succeded In carving out a vast fortune for himself would not be able to carve a boarding house turkey. Many a girl has been sorely disap pointed because d young man asked her to marry him Instead of asking her to accmnany him to the theatre.