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6 TO THE FJM' APPEAL OF pRESDENT sITa TO THE COTTON GROWERS. To Eeduce the Cotton Acre -ge and Raise Their Own Focd Crops This Year. Mr. E. D. Smith, organizer for the Southern Cotton Association and president of the South Carolina divis Ion, has given cut the following state ment: "This is the first time that I have been able to be out since my returL from the West. I am glad to report from Louisiana, Arkansas and Txa a very :jurishing condition of the as: sociation. Wherever I have been anc spoken the people have readily grasp ed the idea that this is a sim~ple busi ness proposition ard that the powei to control their crop lies entirely with in their own hands. "ThrougOut the State of T.?xa there is quite as muca enthusiaE and determination as there is in an. other State in the Union. They dic not hcld their cotton as other Statei have done; practically bccause so-' of their le ders, not Ccl. Peters, ad vised them against p'e8gizg theli 0 ,tton for 15 cents a pound, on the contrary advised th- m to sell it a: long as ,hey ctuld get 11 cents pe, pound middlitg. Tne cons: quenc was that Texas sold her crop. "Tne conditions for this Sate foi another year, so far as my observatiot and opionion are to be depended upon, are these: Last year the spring wa so cold and wet - ha' It was imposibi to plant corn ai.:d oitis in Mrci and April. In this State of Texas if cori and oats are not planted in Marcd anc April it is useless to plan them at a for the reason that the excestve hot dry winds of Jane and Juiy practica. ly destroy the cura ai.d blight the oats. Hence, as said b. fore, tb( spring was so baciwarc that the tim4 for o';rn and oats pla.ting had pas before any plantingz ccu d oZ o The consequece was ttat as ca-t-: could be plant- d as late as July au. still make a fairly gcod yieMi, zhe graiD lands of T. xas were p..uted iz cotton jast year. T.is year, tE.cs: two months, Fcbruary ana Mar% n being ideal for putti-g in. sral gral and c:rn, the farmer-, havieg on ac count of last y ear's lai.ure Q3 'e bu:.' lng corn now will he apt to McrEa: their grain crop for this year. Be sides this, in eastern and cen -ral T xas there will be a large voluutary reauc tion for varius reasons, princicall among which is tue organ.z '."on o the Southern -Cotton asc :ion a-r the practiCal good sense-of "is will adhere to its tea chImgs. "In northern Texas there will b possibl an increase io acreage prici pally through the opening up of ne' lands. "In Arkansas I flind, much to m3 astonishment; that State saying thI least and doing the most, so iar a standing by tne association is con cernied. They not only have not solc their cotton but have provided them: selves with war ehouse facilities ang ample means, and are not goinig to sel It until it reaches the price for wh.ic] t-iey have pledged to hold. I saw ni Indications throughout this S iate~ tha there would be any prac-.cl ncereab of acreage, but a determination ci the part of those to whom I spoke And from the general impressiot gathered frcm this State, I tidni that a greater amount of determina tion will be practiced this year that ever befo-e. "In Louisiana the conditions ar' such that no one can predict what the outcome may be. For the first tim' last year the boll weevil got in his de structive work, and, with the ba' season, Lnuisiana made practicall no crop; neither . has she made an; corn c-op. "The price of cotton Is unusuall: high. The prospect before them c having to buy an enti~ year's sup ply, with the knowle se that thei land will make corn, and on accoun of the boll weevil, the dispositiol seems to be rather to increase thea: food supply crop. "These are three States that I cav ered in my absence and where I work ed night and day. I have not for on' moment lost faith in the movement and in the ultimate vindication of thi stand that we have taken. Those whi have spot cotton who have resolutel: held It in the face of all organized of fort to force them to sell at othe: than their figures have a brightte: prospect of victory today than eve. before, "The ginners' report of linters, sel ls'and cotton, the amount of cottol which should have been reported ii last .year's crop, and the d fference it the weights of bales this year and las1 all deducted from the total, will mnak the crop practically 10.000,C000 bales With the woria's ccesumption re quiring at least 12,000.000 bales out oj the present crop, by twe fi :st day 01 September next the condition of th( spinners can easily be figured out and the statistical report of cotaton easill appreciated? "Tue prospects are that we will te gin the first of nrzt year with practi cally the stock cepleted, and if tne farmers will but exe;cise go d comrmo; sense and rec uce their acreage in cot ton, acreasing their food produots there will be no need to hol, cott'; another season tor any iergth of tinme because the world will be clamorou for it from the beginning. "It has been of great berefit to m to be able to p-Ant to South Carhin: as standing wholly by her p.ege. I Is no Idle boast, nor is it said in th 'prit of a boast, but rather to suoi the r~sponsibility that is upon US when I declare t.bat the eycs of th other cotton growing Se ales are upo us, and South Cart lhna tis year wi1 determine by what she does largel; the fate of the Scuthern Cotton Aso claton. "One word before clo-ing this inter view as to the far-sigtedneis o f semi of our pecp'e. Because the mills 1a bought sulc~.ent cotton to enab4 them to stay cut of the market for short while the bears took adivantagi of this and br gan to hammer prices A great many becsme frigtened anc threw their cotton on the maraket The speculators, realiznrg the str ngt~ of the statistical position of cot ton bought the surplus, and from now 0! they will reap the reward of bigtl prices Instead of those whom it woulc most benefit. "Surely after so many repeated les sons, the people of the South will learn their strength and not -allow themselves 10 be niide servants of the gambling speculau rs. "We will celebrate another jubileE thIs year. I sincerely hope th it as many will rejoice as did last yeai when we celebrated the 10 cent vic. "To all the co'ton growers of the State let Ire trake this plea: If you bava rot red'ucd ycur screage, and if you have already prepared it for cot ton, let me beg you as a business pro position. as a good sense proposition, to reduce your cotton acreage now, and ir crease your corn and food crops, supp'y yourselves with more hogs and cattle and reap the~reward of prosper ity. "Hold your spot cotton!" REDUCTION OF ACREAG3. What a New York Business Man Says About I-. Superintendent William V. King, of the New York Cotton Exchange has addressed the Southern Cotton Association on the subi ot of over production. His letter says in part: "In my opinion the coming plant Ing season will prove to be the mat tr; ing if not the most critical in the experier-c3 of the cotton growers of the South. Try in:z, because there are many who believe 10 or 10 1-2 cents will prove so serious a tempta. tien to the plantation that he will put every available acre in cotton. This opinion is not cor-fiaed to ths section of the country alone, but is endorsed by many of the good people of the South. not pl.nters of cotton, I am glad to say. It will Indeed prove a critical season for the planter and for the entire South should the temptation to over-plant in cotton -e carried out. Toe years of splendid wi rk of your as&cciation, together with that of others who have co-oper ated, will be swept away, and a con diion of servitude for the p an!%. will be re-enacted with its cons qust six or seven cents for cotton. Tnis is rot an extreme pio ure. It is certain to occur utiless tac p-auters sttnd sol id y together and for their own prc tection diversify the pi Inting. put ting in a moterate acrage only in coaton. If .he planters will not prc tect tbemselves in a matter of suc3 vi al in!ereSt, to whom can they look for he;? Certailny Co,: to tte buy er and con.umer. To sum up the mitter, the situation for weal or for woe, for seven cents or for twelve1 , is enti:ely in the hands of the Vianter. In a brie interval of tim' the world will know whether he has roven f;lse to imself or has bai the courge and maaliness to resist. the temptation whcth now tOrcaen: to wrest from hIm the control of the situation.' THE GaME LAW. Many Dn'c Seem to Uaderstand the New Act. The Columbia Record of the 21st instant said "a party of about tf y Columbia sportsmen organized to make a trip to F.rt MAte Ns week ti shoot birds, apparently unmindful of Lhe fact that the last legislatu-e amended the game law so as to pro vide for a clossd season from the 1t iof Ma'cia instead of from the 1st of -April, as heretofore. A similar m.sun I drisrandio~g seems to pre vul torough I out toe state. A state uific::r's secre it-ary received an ievitatioa We'ine5 day from a Yorkville party t-> g-o cu for a hunt "before the season," bat he wired his regrets, saying th- eaton bad already closed. Tne new game law provides. "It shall not be lawful for any per son in this state between the 1st day of Maren and the 15 .h day of N e vem' ter, exc pt in the countics of B.iau errt H-op-son, Drcnester, Colleton, Charleston, Barnwell. Berk ley, Aiker Oconee, Lsxmngton, Fairfield, Sal'ida SG:orgetown and Clarendon, whereitJ - the time shall be bet ween the l.it day of April and the 1st day of Novembei in any year hereafter, to catch, kill, or injure, or to pursue with such in' tent, any wild turkey, partridge, qui,l Swoodcrck, Mongohian or other pueas' f ant, or at any time within five yesrn from March the first, 1906, to sell, of r er, or expose for sale, snip or expor~t for sale, or to pot hunt, net, trap, o1 by fire-ligot to cat c'i, kill or ir j trer, or to pursue with such intent, any 01 the birds hamted In this section; no: shall any person or persons de::troy o2 -ro the nests of any said birds. And any person so dolog bhall be deemEdr guilty of a misdemeanor, anc upon conviction therefore shall be fin >ed not more tthan t Jenty dollars or be rlmprsoned not more than thirty days Provided, That nothing in this act shall prevent the importation for sate of any said birds. Provided, further, Taa~t the own handling, pcssession, control or ownership of any of the said birds sold, cfered or expos'd far sale, or shippe.1 or exported, shall be prima facie evidence of a vi:'lation of tha act, and the burden of proof shall be of proof shall be upon any pers:on sc handling, passessmg, controlling or ,owing any of th- said birds, to shiow -that they were imported fromn anothel state or territory." Snow alIide. A dispatch from Alama.sa, Cal., says not since the terrible snow slide and blockad:e of the winter of 1884, when the Denver and R o Grande branch road between Alamosa and Duarange was imnp:ssable for "'eek, tas there ben st ch trouble experienced in this i gion as at the present time. No 1 trains have arrived at Durargo fo;r s van day s and evt ry avaliable man Is > eirg taken to the lar.:e snowv slide on Cumbres hill. Six dead erngines are C nowwed in between tlat place and Du re.go, aso one of the oig r, tary snow plows. A retary snow plopv was sent Cfrm Salia Tuesony, pushed by- three engines. Ic has been sn~owir'g con tinuously for seven days in the moun Ctains we:- and south of Alamosa and the canyons are fu:1or snow and In many places the tops of tall trees are j~st visible. Coal and eatables hay: been sent from bere to the wtrkir g crews and goods are be'ng taken te the snowed in train on Combres hI:t to keep the people there from starv Ing. Echo'~s of the storm.' Four saiig .vesselb lay wrecked on the V[atia and North Carulna casts nTursday. These vessels are I e three-masted schooner Ray mand T. MaulL, Capt. Bigbie, frcom Georgia t Palladefghia, which lies beached on Gull shcals, N. 0., south of Hat ters; the three inasted sctooner Har land W. Houston, Capt. Gas~riis, from New York to Beaufert..N. 0 , which lies water-ldgged at Hatteras int; the British saiag 'ship Clyde, Cp. Erans; from the South for New York and Calcutta, which Is stranded Iscuth of Cape Hatteras, and the four m ased schconer Harry T. Hayward, Cnpt Colcord, which was beached in *side of Cape Henry f-;llo wirg Ler colli slon with the German steamer San Migul. BLIND 'I 1W. RS. A PROHIBITION FIEND AGENT CLaSSU IES THEM. The Yumber in Each County That Have U. ited States Iev enue licenses. A stsff 'correspondent of The AsEo ciated Prohibition Press, who has made an investigation of the liquor trn ffl conditions in this State and a special study of the blind tiger situa tion in Charleston makes an investi gating report on "the fruitage of law lessness and corruption in the wake of the Stste saloon system." He says: "There are 469 Federal tax receipts of 'retails liquor dealers' and 'retail dealers in malt liquors' now in force in South Carolina. "Including those that have been voted out during the past year, there are 107 regular and thirty-six beer dispensaries in the State. This leaves a total of 326 'blind tigers' in the State that bold a Federal tax receipt for selling liquor. There are, there fore, nearly two and a half times a-; many 'blind tigers' in the State as legal sellina establishments. "ThesZ 143 dispensaries in the State represent but ninety-one towns and cities where liquor has been legally so)ld during the past year. In twenty 1f th.se places, the people have voted out the gregsbops, so that there are now but sevnty-one '.owns and cities where intoxicants are legally sold. "A most striking fact comes to the surface of this blind tiger si*uatior: Of the 326 blind tigers of the State only twenty-nine are to found in pro hibitinn districts. Tie balance of 297 are all located in dispensary towns and cities. In this connection, It I; inter esting to compare with the above, the dispensary cities of the State and their co-;deiron as to blind tigers. 'B Iow is given a list of the town. and cities of South Carolina where there are more Federal tax receipts ir forc than there are dispensaries. or have been dispensaries during the past year. The rumber noted as 'bl.ndti gers' represents the excess of tax re cAipts cvar cispensaries. Disp-nsary Citiet: Blind Tigers. Ander-on..... ....--. Aiken ----. ----- B1aufort... .... --4 Camden...... .------ 2 Chiarleston and environs. 213 C. urb:a.......... 22 Darlington........-... 3 Eigtfield ... .......... 2 F irence--------............... G(orgetown.. .. .. . .- -- 1 G:enille....--..........-6 Lvurens..-..-..-....--. J .hn's Island. 18 Mouitrieiville ....- .3 M.uit P.easant.5 S):angeburg............ 2 P-ort Royal............. Newberry.......--...--. 3 Spartanburg ..... .... 6 G utter . . . . - --1 Summerville.......--...---2 Union...... ..... .... Total...........--.----29 "The official records of the ce-llecto3 f internal revenue and of the Statt dispensary show therefore, that ther4 were during 1904 more than tel times as many blind tigers in the ninety-one dispensary towns and cit ls as in all the rest of the State com bned." Wtile this may be true as this cor respondent states, it is interesting tC note that < f the 297 blind tIgers Io cae h the dispx nsry territory 231 of them are located in Charleston M ultrieville, Mount Pleasant and J >hn's Island. The three last namec places are near or adjacent to Charles ton, where the authorities, like those of Charleston, wink at the illicit sali of liqu r. It will be further noticel that 48 of tbe 58 blind tlzers that arn left af.er deducting the 239 that are located in Charleston ann vic-nity arc locat-d in C 'lumbia, Anider.,on, Dar lingon, E igeflid, Greenville L u~ens. Newberry, spartanburg ans Union, all of whicht place Excapt Co inurbia has voted 'Out the d-spensary This w~und leave only 10 bliud tigen for the di pent ary cg.uaties not includ ing Char:eeton ii. Winity and Co lubia. Teis is not as bad a& showing as the correspondent 'nakes out fo. the dispensary counties, which are trying to enforce the law. The cor respondent goes on to say: '-The habitat of tue tax receipi blind tiger is chiefly in the large; cties. Toe rural moonshiner tights it out with the deputy marshals as best he can without giving up to the govrment the price of the ta~x re capr.. In C-Sumbia, the capitml city the tiger is far less arr. gauL than he was a tew y'ars ago. There are now twent -two blind tig.ers ia Columbia, wh~icn pay the tax rt c -Ipt, most of tu m beiwg located within pistol shot f tae capitol building and lying in the territory between it and the mait State dispensary builci: g" Cocerning CJharleston, the point frm wtiich he writes, the correspond ent says: "Bu: it is in Charleston and envir :ns Ltat the blind tiger principsly thrives. Here he aides and doe: basiess with but little serious inter ferece. "In 1902. In gathering some ev' dec for the Department of Justice for use in the case of South Carolina vs. the U.Ated States involving the rght of the g :vernzeot to taix dis gemaries, which was sffirmnatively decided in the United Sta; es Supreme Court last month, I had occasion to prepare a blind tiger map of Caarles jan. This map snows the location of 2C8 'bind tigeis' in the principal part of ~he city. "I have just completed a new map of the city, whica shows 201 blina .igers In the same territory as tney exl,t today. As the previcus map was made diurirg the Charleston cx p-sitioo, there were .turall~y a l~rger number of b~lind tigers than there are now. A comparison of the two maps showshat the greater portion of the olind tigers of 1902 are stillin exis tence after-a period of four years.'' Ont Ibouisandi Kinled. A dispat ch from Tokyo to The Lon .nally Telegraph says: "Advices tron Taihokui (capital of Formosa) tate that by the earti quiake on that iland, in the prefecture; of K~Agi alone 1,400 houses were destroyed, 1,014 persons kiiled and 695 in jured. "The war department ha< lst usd the follow ing: "One-half of Kwi has been de troyed. The garrison were marched outsiide, where they are now camping. Al the soldiers are safe. We are send nr them to Tainan. Trains between i a nd Tornkn have beein stopped." SENATOR TILLMAN AS SEENTBROUGHTBE EYESOF A REPUBLICAN. As A Prophet He recries That the Blind Money Worshippers Wont See. The New York Press, which is strongly R publican in its sentirrente, says "the eternal principle of t qua! opportunity for men is the object for which Senator Tillman contends in his report to the 'United States senate on ihe railroad rate bill. Argument in support of that demand we do not behold the ranting demagogue of old armed with pitcufork and blustering a blasphemous tirade. This Ben Till man is the cool logician, the calm cor troversialist who writes an earnest, dispassionate and unanswerable brief. for contr...l by the American people L f the highways that should be their own. Ben Tillman of the wool hat slips out of the mind's eye; in his place looms a statesmanlike figure. "The fate that intrusts the repre sentative of a discredited minority wiih the leadership of a momento's iegislative battle, on whose outcome the fortunes of both majority and de mocracy are staked, reveals to us the shninng worth of this human dia rnond in the rough. Cnief wonder of his perfirmance is that the railroad crew in the senate, being resolved to assassinate the -quare deal program and having relir quished the majorit, a duty to the minority in order the better to ply their knives should have appoiLted as chief mourner a very Antony to make ths stones cry out in mutiny. "Senator Tillman, once the most rampant of radicals. cif. rs here a plan at which the younger generation will live to marvel for its moderation. We nive here the most fret zied of the -Bryan agitators preaching th i dt c trine of conservatism as the only es caps from political and scc!al revolt: tion. The bre king down of party l:nes in the seAate on this issue in the strange manner he describes, is onli one of the unprecedented features of the struggle between people and priv lege. In the new alignment of force we see on the side of radicalism, pas sionately urgiLog immediate govern ment ownersb!p or outright socialism men heretofore known for their mil. insistence on caution. On the othei s de, pleading for the minimum of ef fective government supervision, ar( the "middle-of-the-road" non-compro misers, te brandishers of pitchforks, the "burn- your-cities" horde of tw incendiary campaigns. Your genuit crs rvatives of today, the leaier whc stand for reasonable redress oi existing wrongs as against thoso drastic and c anvu!sive remedies t: which the people would repair as thel alternative, are the Tillmans and Bryans, and even the Tom Watsons of yesterday. & "There is not a line in the Tillmat program to which the supporters a the Roosevelt Republican policy car nos subscribe. "Reasonable returns to railroads but always and only on actual capt tal invested, and not on oceans of wa ter. "Prn'hibition of railroads from creating the freight in competitiol with their shippers In addition to car ry ing it. "Cor firnation of the long-used arn long-na~challenged power of the Inter state Commerce Ommission to abolisi extortionate rates. "'Prison etripes for rebate crim nals. "To- these just provisions somi things need to be added. Nothiri can br takt n away without continui the cruel ir j .rstice which railroad! an-l their c:eatures Standard oil, bee: trust, coal trust and a hundred pri vsate monopciles, are enflicting daill upon the people. "With his single prophetic eye thil champion of Americ mn freedom fron economic shackles can decry the disas ter that the blind and blunderiri knaves will not see. Standing almos1 solitary in that wilderness of s:.rata gems and spoils, with Lincoln-likt simplicity and Tillman-hike fearless n. ess he utte:s his impressive forecasl of the doom the Amerlcin judgmen1 holds over the traitors and of thi wreck American wrath will make aj their odious system. "The cit~zea who is not struck b: the import of the Tillman messag' misses the meaning of the prologue t< the most stirring drama since the Wai of the States. Pay small Bills. There Is far too much negligence everywhere about the small amounts of money. It not uni: quently hap pens that men will have a sinal] amount charged when they have suf fict money in their pockets to puy .t, and subject the creditor to the trouble of sending it for collectioL wten Le needs it, taking the chances of learnir'g that the debtor is away rom his place of business or fromr home and perhaps sur'jecting him tc the Imputation of being in a needless hurry for payment. More attention to tols point, and especially by those to whom the payment is immaterial, who can pay at one time as well as another, would be a fast improve ment on ta.e present mode of many persons in domng business. The prompt payment of small bills is a matter of more importance than is generally attaened to it. A Bact Woman. At Rayville, L i., charged with poisoning her husband with strych nine, in order to be free of martial des and to marry a younger man, Mr3 Bettle E. White, 38 years old, of comely appearance, has been convict ed of manslauguter in the district ccuri here before Judge W. J. Gray, wno sentenced the woman to a term of fif teen years in the penitentiary. The most sensational feature of the ral, which lasted a week, was the estimony of Mrs. Miry B.:ssett, Of Ravile, elder daughter of Mrs. A nite, who identified the handwrit ing of her mother in numerous billet doux alleged to have been sent by Mrs. Wniue to Manf red Cook, 23 years old, her alleged accomplice in the pol on consopira'y. Fora une in Trash Pile. At Hattisburg, Miss., Thursday morning the negro porter in the Con ner Bros. shoe store was about to pitch the sweepings of the store Into the rea.r alley when Polin'man Nor wood reached down into the pile of rubbish and picked out an envelope from which he drew greenback, bank checks and other negotiable papers to hebvau of$31,983.12. The money and papers were the property of Dr. J. A. B Syki s of Iron City, Ga., who spent the early part of the week here and traveled on to N~ew Orleans be f.are he discovered that his fortune, A LUCKY MAN, FALLS ONE BUNDRED FEET AND LANDS SAFE AND SOUND Blanco's Umbrella Acts as a Parachute When Fe TS Blown from Pal isades. The New York American says one of the mst remarkable tricks ever played by a gale of wind was perpet rated by the blustering March storm Thursday night when it bliw a man uver the Palisades, where there is a sheer drop of one hundred feet, buov ed him ua by his umbrella until he had f ated down the greater part of the distance, and then dropped to the ground, where be was found scratch ed and bruised but without a bone broken. Salvator Blanco was the srtferer from the prank of the storm. He lives on River avenue, in Cliff-ide Park about four miles north of Hoboken. Blanco was returning to his home Wednesday evening, protecting him self from the sleet and rain with an old fashioned, wooden-handled um brella of large siz. As was his cus tom, he was walking along the path close to tne brow of the Palisades, when a strong gust of wind caught the'umbrella and almost wrenched it from his grasp. Forgetting any possibility )f perss uial danger, Blanco held on tightly to the handle ef his umbrella, while the force of the gale dragged him to the edge of the Palisadrs, ana then be lost his balance and a puff of wind car riEd him cut into spece. The wind was blowing straight over the river and Blanco was carried clea of the cliff , wh n the wind got be neath the umbrella, converting it int( a parachute, and Blanco began to floal gently downward. For a space of several seconda the gradual drop continusd, the strong ribs and cloth of the umbrella holding against the weight of the man. Blance was within twenty feet of the ground in the leeward of the cliff when a slant of wind struck the umbrella, turning it inside out and collapsing it completely as a support. Blat co shot downward. But the luck that had sustained him thus fai did not desert him, and he fell Into E clump of bushes on the shore below jolting, bruising and scratching bin severely, but doing him no serious in S3 ary. As soon as Blanco found his voici he yelled for assistance. He was foun among the bushes, still clinging tc the wreck of his umbrella. When hi told of his drop from the cliff abov those wh) had found him hastenec to call an ambulance, believing thal the man's body mast be crushed s( that he could not live. When the surgeon frcm St. Mary'i Hospital in Hoboken arrived he coul find no indication of serious injury but he took the man to the hospital, There Bianco was found to be suffr lng more from fright and shock thai anything else, and he was kept ove: night. The surgeons believe thal Bianco can look back with more calm ness on his terrifying experience anc with his nerves restored he can ye turn to his family. The umbrella hal been perserved for Bianco.* SEVEN PJKOPLE XILLED By a Train While on Taeir- Way toa Family Reunion. Seven persons, representing threi generations of one family were kllei Saturday on the Philadelphia Railroat at Bass Crossing one mile south oj Sunbury, Pa. Tae dead: G. H. Neldig, aged 6: years: Clarence Neidig, aged 41. SIla: Nedig, aged 36, sons of the firs1 named; Mrs. Clarence Neidig, agec 20. and their three children, Mary, aged 4 years; Blanche, aged 6, ani Gibert, aged 2. All of the victims were instantly killed except Blanche, who dicd later at a hospital. Taere was to have been a family reunion Sunday at the bomne of G. W. Ni4dig, at Augustavlile, and thi latter had driven to the nome of his srms to convey the party to Augusta' Sville. At Hass Cro..sing the Pennsylvania Railroad run parallel a short distance apart. *A curve renders on road in isible from the other and to this fact e accident wa; due. The wagon containing the seven persons h..d crossed tne Pennsylvania Riilroad tracks, and bad just reached the Reading tracks, wnen an express train, north bond from Snamokin, dashed into the vehicle. Tue occa pants of the wagon were thrown or dragged many feet by the loc~m~tiva and their bodies were terribly man gled. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Blooded Horsen Burned. At Greenville four blotd horses 4.e longing to 0. R. Taylor were roasted alive in fire which destroyed his stables at an early hour Thursday morning. 0 ao horse rescued will probably die. Mr. Taylor Is in Georgia and therefore It is imopossi ble to obtain the actual loss, butt it is approximated at 82 000, with the loss of the stables $1,000 extra. The ani mas lost have won several pr'z is at fairs. The fire is supposed to have originated from the bursting of a barrel of lime which became damp. A negro asleep In a room adjoining the stables awoke In time to open the stall doors and to lead out three horses, one of which ran back into the flames and was killed. killed in snow Slide. A dispatch from Granite, Colo., says an enormous snow slide came down Thursday evenir g in the Win field and Clear Creek mining district, killing, It is reported, at least half a dozen men. Among the dead Is Barry Wineborn, the pioneer prospec tor and mining man of Chaffee noun ty. A relief party was organized by James Ball and has gone to the scene of the disaster. The news of the slide was brought to town by a cour Shor Eis .Uead Ofr'. The five year old son of J. T Treadwell, near Whitesburg, Ga., has had the top of his head shot (ff. He and his twin brother climbed on the bed and reached up for the gun, to play with as was supposed. It Is be ieved he bad the muzzle of the gun in his mouth while the twin brother pulled the trigger. Tue mother hear ing the report of the gun, rushed in o see her boy with the whole top of h i headr shot oE. THE 8UU 1UfVW8 DAP. THIRTY TaOUS.-ND CONFEDER ATES DIED IN PRI EON. Nearly Ten Thousand of .Whom Are Buried in National Cem eteries. The recent appointment of Col. William E!liott of Columbla, as Com missloaer to mark the graves of Cc:r federate soldiers who died and were buried near Northern prisons duriig the war, reveals the fact that in 89 localities there are buried 30,152 Con federate prisoners of war, viz,, col cer, 455, en'iited men 28,490, uzknown 726 and cit.zins 481. Many of these were long ago buried in trenches (as in the case of the removal of the Con federate remains from Fat Delaware and Pea Pazch Island, Pa., to the Finn's Pjint, N. J., national ceme Tery) and it is said that it will be al most im.racticable to identify individ ual graves, notwithstan.ding the face that the names of maoy of the per sons may bet f;uad on record. Approx imately 9,300 Confederates are turi ed in natlonal cemeteries. The contract price for headstones that are to be used in the marking of Confederate graves will be $2.13 each, at the place of manufacture, and it is estimated tbat in round numbers $70. 000 will be required for the purchase of the stones alone. To this must be added $1 25 each as the cost of trans porting, handling and setting the stones. According to the records of the War Dcpartmert, the following is a com plete list of United States prisons used to conline Confederate prisoners of war: Alton, Il., Camp Butler, Pa., Camp Chasp, O.:io, Cimp D ugias, ill., Camp Morton, Ind., E mira, N. Y., Fort DZlaware, Del., Fort Mc Henry, Md., Johnson's Iland, O.iJo, L ,uisville, Kv., Fort LaFayette, New York haibor, Newport News, Va., New Oleans, La., Old Capital Prison, Washington, D C., Paint Lookout, Md., R elk Island, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Ship Iland, Miss., and Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Mass. It will be noted that with the ex ception of the prisoners in Louisville, Newport News, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, all of them were located north of Mason and Dixon's line, the place where most torture was suf fered by Confederate troops, possibly being Camp Chase. At the Elmira prison there were 2,980 deaths; all are marked with the exception of about 52. At Fort Del aware there were 2 502 deaths, and of this number all hava been heretofore marked with the exception of 817. At the prison at Frederick, MI., 226 Con federate3 died, and all but three have been marked. There were 3 446 Con federates who died at Point Lookout, Md., acd of this number 852 remain as vet unmarked. At Rack Island, Ill., 1,922 died, and of this number all but 302 have been marked. In the 89 localities originally men tioned there app ar to have been 726 unknown Confederates buried, but there must be added a total of 26, 774, who died as prisoners of war in the hands of Federal authorities in otber places. Of this number the graves or 19,920 have been heretofore - narked, leaving at this time, accord ing to the figures at C e War Depart menit about 7,000 yet to be marked. There are anown to be in existing national cemeterieb 9,200 Cmntederate dead, so that more tnan twc-thirdi of the Confederate prison dead are buri ed in places other than national cem eteries and presumably not undes gov enent control or receiving the care of the government at this time. While it appears that about 30 000 Confederate soldiers died In Northern prisons, the statEm'nt is made by the War Department tha~t the numbar of Federal soldiers dying in Confederate prisons reached 22.576, also that while the Federal authorities held 220,000 Confederate prisoners, there were held in the South 226,490 Union soldiers. DISPENSARY STOCK The Old Board Loaded Up Over a Million Dorlars. The surprising statement is made Iby the legislative investigating corn mittee (aot the Christernser-Lyon Hay investigating committee) that the dispensary has over 81,000,000 worth of stock on hand. This report is made by the legislative committee whch checked up the business, for the transfer cof the system from the old to the new board of control. Tais comit~ee reports that there is over $1000,000 wprth of liquor which has been supplied to the 0 .unty dispen sares or is in stock in Coumbia. The law contemplates a maximnum st ck of $400,000. A statement se cured frcm the alvance sheets of the legislative committEe's re por t shows over h-alf a million dtel ars in execss of the $400,000 limitatikn placed by sratue. The stock on haud amounts to $603,362 18, inclhsive of $100000 worth of real estate and supplies, the fixtur s, etc , bringing the total up to 8730,421 50 T.ae stock on hand in the eighty- odd sub dspensaies throu~ghout the State totals up to ?$1.057,149.93. The iures are.a burprise even to Commissioner Tatum, who has been estimating the stock on hand there at not more than 8400.000. Tase detailed figures: are given of the secok on hand at the State dispen Stock on hand .... .. .. 6)3,362 18 Contraband ............1,026 20 Supplies............ ...82 53u 50 Machinery & -.,tiee fixtures 6 491 56 Real estate............ 36360 56 Teams and wagns..... 64 00 Empty barrels ... ..... ... 587 03 Total.............. $730,421 50. It would be most interesting if the committee could get a board of ex perts to work anAd give figures as to what this m~liior-dollar stock would bring at public auction, cr If sold to the best possible advantage for the State and ccunties interested. served isim Right. At New York on Tnursday after deliberating fourteen minutes, the jury in the case of Robert S ~riggs, the negro proprietor of a resart, where it was alleged white warren were detained against their wilz, brought in a verdict of guilty of the second atfense of abduction. Spriggs was remanded for sentence. The ex reme penalty in such crimes is 20 ears imprsoniment, and that will be Spigg's punishment. GEN. Wood will be known in his tory as the butcher of helpless women a t cahi.'Iren. J CIASED BY WOLVES. & NIght Traveler Attacked by the Hungry Beaste. A dispacth from Ontonagon, Mich., says George Biggs, chased by a large pack of hungry wolves had a thrilling Bxperience in the wilds of Carp Lake township. He was hauling a load of provisions from there to his home, at the old Nonesuch mine. The dis tance is twenty miles, and the way lies through a practicallY unbroken forest Night overtook him before he had covered more than half the distacce. He continued on his journey, and be tween 9 and 10 o'clcck he was startied by the howling of wolves close at hand. He had no weap)ns witn him He urged his horses to a faster gait: but as the road is up a heavy grade, progress was slow at best Biggs had onl gone a short dis tance farther when he noticed twenty five or thity of the animals emerge 'rom the brush Into the roadway just behind him. On the front of his conveyance was a lantern with a re flector. Mr. Bigge se'zad this and turned the strong ligab upon the wolves. It frightened them and they slunk back into the shadows of the woods. But they soon became bold er and commenced closing in upon tVeir prey. Mr. Biggs realized that he was in a desperate plight. In the sleigh was a tin pail with hay-and taking it to the rear of t'he conveyance he applied a match. The flames cowed the ani mals. The fire was kept burning brightly, and at the same time the team was lashed and urged onward. The wolves were kept in ch: ek for a time, bat they gradually came closer and closer, advancing along the sides of the sleigh. The supply of hay was giviz out. Mr. Bigs in desperation tore open a box of-canned goods, and sommenced hurl'ng cans a? them with some effect, c-eeking their progzress for the third time, Just as he was about to give up the struggle a small clearing was entered. The wolves dropped behind and the man hurried the jaded horses into one of the old mine buildings, and, closing the doors as securely as pos sible, passed the night there. The robes which were left In the sleigh were found in shreds in the morning, and the snow round the bul.ding was packed solid by the animals in their endeavor to gain entrance. Negroes to N ,groes. The following was adopted by a colored farmers conference recently held In Aiken: 1. We congratulate the country upon the steady decrease in the run. ber of lynehings as indicated by figur es for 1905. We recogniza the fact that nelpful and wholesome influen css have been at work among the peo ple, and we hope that 1906 will wit ness far less than the 66 lyr.chings ol 1905. 2. As a race, we pledge our -up port to law and order, by endeavoring not to furnish the material for the mob rule. In this Effort, we urgently appeal to our people to condemn and aid In reducing the number of crim. lnals, loafers, neducated dissipatori and disrespr-ctful toys and girls. 3. Tue Negro workman Is called upon to give their employers such satisfaction that in case of a change In employment, the position will al ways be open to him. 4. Since ownership of land and homes is one, of the highest Incen tives to American citzenship, we ap peal to our people to come in posses' Aion more largely of soil, etc. 5. Real z ng that so many piatt patchei, strawberry beds, vegetable gardens atd p'antations have beer put into the: bouth Carolina Dispen sary we advise our people to invest their earnings In supplying family needs, making home attractive anc Inviting and educating their children. 6. We declare ourselves free from any desire for social equality witi our wbite.- neighbors. We loud-lj clamor for equality of opportunitY. 7. In view of the real power ci the Southern woman, we urgently call upon her to manifest,. more and mre, a deeper interest in the welfare of the colored people. 8. We confess, that as a race WE have faults. We ask our white friends to help us remove thesE weaknesses. Earcourage the race, and the European immigrant will not be needed. 9 We denounce, as unsafe and ir. sane, any incendiary advice advanced to our people by so called leaders touching racial conditions In the South. We recommend the above to the Negroes every where. There is much sound sense in what is said and if followed out by the Negroes genral 17 would make them happier and more usefa! citizsns. We d) not know who drew up these resolutions, but whoever did, is a good true friend to the Negro and wishes to see them prosperus and happy. It is anl ap peal froin Negroes to Negro-es, and should be heeded by the race. The Best Life. Why tire of the "simple life?'' It is the best life. Thre man who has enough to live comfortably--who can avail himself occasional opportunities to assist and cheer a fello w being who possesses the love of his family and thie confidence and esteem of his friends and neighbors--who can lay down the gift of life with a conscience void of c ff ense toward God or man, has lived the very best life mortal can enjoy. But riches, for which we are so earnestly striving. sacrificing health and comfort and peace of mind, and character, even, what do they bring? Ask Rcc'cefeller, despled among men. Ask Yarkes, who died neglected and unloved, deserted even by the wife of his bosom. Ask Depew and Mltchtell and Burton and a hcst of others who sacrificed honor for riches. -Blessed is the man who can live a contented and unselfishr life and wose-grea0 anbition is to make hinself and his fellow man better and happier. _________ ..Sruck By L'ghmning. . While preaching to his congrega tion Sunda?, Rev. J. B. Lentz, pastor of a Latter Dlay-Saints church at Car. son, Iowa, was struck by lightning, which caused his death within an hour. The bolt -was communicated by a chandelier. The church took fire, ut the flames were soon extinguish Three CThildren2 Cremated. The three children of Junlus Bach nis were burned to death in their rome near Oxford, Fla , Suoday night lnring t'he absence of the parents. L'he children were too young to knuw vbat to do to escape, cne being five, me t wo years old, and the other ao fant. Tue hourse was destroyed an I USED BY NEGROE4 IN CHATTA NOOGA ON TUESDAY Following the Fummary Txecution of Cne of Their Esc f.r Assault. A dispatch says law rud order won a signal victory in Chattarooga, Tenn., on Tussday night when a squd of less than 100 polictmen, backed by fcur companies of militia, neld a large crowd of negroes, various ly estimated from 2,000 to 4,000 in number, in check; preserved peace; and pr vented a riot which might have resulted in & great loss of life. With the exception of a small fusil lade of shots on E ist Ninth street, aear the intersection of A., in which ;wo white men were shot, ard the ourning of a house on West Ninth. street, there was no further disorder. Up to midnight the following ii jar ed had been reported: Jahn Curtis, a railroad man, shot in shoulders by unknown negro. Dike Light., deputy sheriff, shot in haud by unknown negross. Taesday night 3pened with every eviderces f trouble. During the day all the manufacturing plants in the city were closed because of the refu3sal of the negroes to work, and by night they were forming into parties which the cfMicrs broke up as fast as poasi ble. The trou'.1e was causi by the lyn ching of a negro named E t. Johnson for commL ting an assan t an a white woman some -weeks ago. Johnson had been tried, convicted and sentenced to be hung. He was co-fined in the jail at Chattanooga awaiting exicu tion, which would have taken place on Friday. The case had been appeald to the United States Supreme Court, which bad issued an order postponing the execution. This so exasperated the people that they took the fand from the 1311 and lynched him. They were afraid that he would escape his just punishment for the terr.ble crime he had committed. Johnson was linch ed on Monday, and this caused the negroes to attempt vengeance. Had che thing not been nipped in the bud hundreds of negroes would have been killed, as- the whites were fully armed - and ready. The YeJIog Perit. It is believed by many In Europe, who are in a.position to know, that there is a storm brewing in the Far East, which will break cut sooner or later, and which will surpass in vio lmce anything the world has ever seen. These people claim that the yellow peril Is no longer a mere spec tre, but is now beginning to material Iza. It Is said that the cffi3lal -cables which have been received from French consuls in China, as well as from the governor of French Id) China, it is evident that the present disturbanc3s in the Chinese empire are more than a spontaneous outburst of native hat red against the whites. The impres sions is that the Japanese through their secret agents, of whom they have thcusands soittered in all parts of China, are nursing the Ill will of the lower classes of the natives against all foreigners. There is said -to be strong evidence showing that the Clii nese servant, who attemrpted to kill the st cretary of the French municipal council at Shanghai while he was asleep, had been incited to do so bya Japanese agent. Of late a. ru nber of Japanese have appeared In the French China colonies and are being watched ver-y closely by the authorities, as there is reason to. believe that their Intentions are not - of the best. Even to their ally,-Great Britain, the Japanese are falee, and It is said on very good authority that. the government at Tokic is endeavor ing to mrake China denrand the evsa nation of Wei-Hal-Wel by the British' in a very near future. The reduc tion of the legation guards at Peking and the reduction of the China squad ron are being made the most of by the .Tapanese agents, 'who tell the Cinese that these are signs of Euro pean weakness, and who are readily believed. These are the reports that are being cixculated in Paris and other European capitals, and It is believed oy many in Europe and in this coun try also that as soon as CJaina get her army and navy In the shape she wants it that she will become very aggressive and drive out all foreign ers. It is certain that China is organ izing a great army and that it Is be ing dribled by Japanese officers, ,.who nave been sent to China for the pur ose by their government. Dr. Young J. Allen, a missionary to China for nearly fifty years, with hea'quartes at Shanghai, in an Inter view published in The Atlanta Jour nal recently comments upon this great, blind- movement of the Mongolian masses. "There are four classes In China," he says. "the literary class, which comprises the aristocracy; ',he agriculturlsis, the artisans and the merchants. The inerciants are the lowest, for they contribute no labor-they are not producers. The last three classes have became tired of being ruled by the liter?.ry class', and hey want a constitnuional govern ment. They want a government of the Chinese for the Chinese. The Tar tars rule the country: although there are ouly 12.000.000 of them, against 400,000,000- Chinese. They were the military corquerors of China, but, strangely enough, the cor querors adop ted the civiliztion of the conquered. Now, .the Cninese, having become educated, 'want a charge. They are coming to realize their manhood. The dowager empress, realizing that mat ters are coming to a cr'sis, has ap poted a cCmmission divided into three sections, and headed by Prince Tsal Tseh, to go to various countries and Investigate constitut-ional govern ments. They will meet later In Switzerland, and there formar.late a report to be submitted later in the government." Four GuestsBurned. Thc business portion of the 'village of Tutin, Osceolo county, Mich., was destroyed by fire which started in the hotel Compton .from a defective fur nace. Ten guests- escaped in night clothes while four were burned to den. The financial loss Is $21,000. " AUGUSTA Confederate veterans have tabled a motion to send~delegates to the propcsed Wheeler memorial to be held in Atlanta. Theyido not believe in mixing the Blune and the Grey. Src'i tollerance is out of place, and we re glad to know that there Is not much of It Eorth or South.