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MANY DEAD And Fifty Thousand People Are Made Homeless by VESUVIUS ERUPTION The Property .Loss Is Estimated At Twenty Million Dollars. Over-Eight Hundred Bodies Recovered from the Ashes. Number of Victims Increasing. A frigh:ful disaster rcurred on Tuesday in the centre of Npics. Two hundred people, it is estiaLet, were buried in the ruics c! the market of Monte Oliveto, when the rcof c.la sed under the wight of cinders fror the volcano. The ditsaster was appall tug. The court yard covers six huz dred feet squire and was roofed. TLe space within was uswaually croded wI m buyers and their chidren. The rec - dent happened at an hur when tra'e is most brisk. B.val dis cayer n( f fl,, : era screamed their wazes ani j :ksla with their customers. Li:tle chiar,-en played about the stands, add.iAg gayg? ty to the scene, the like of wich is not to b3 witnessed ou's.d- of Nape:. Suddenly witnq scarCly a trcmar o: warniug there %as a terrifying crash and the brilliant sight disappeared in clouds of dust whiie shrieks of agn.r rent the air. WORSE AND WORSE. A dispatc- rrom= Naples says a great eruption o! cand ts observec on tne east side of the sc crater Wcdnes day morning. T!,ii is w rse tha.n ashes, as It is heavier. Tue ti jcticn of as'-es seems to have dimis'. ei:. Fash shocks of eart-quakes ar b:-i !;:l, e.pecia Ily in the directn o 0.:n, Som ma and Nota. Fu'iu.;-y ine .rea amount of zahes tn the griund em to have coun.--rac ed the nction cl the shocks. Antr.t r par, o. tI e cCc of the vc.icar o La: fi:.n in, cauiLg a great discharge t f red h...; stnes, flames anc smdAe. E ports trem Sicil. state that astes from Munt Vsuvaus are noticeable there. RESU3MG ACTIVITY. The v->icaz-o Is re.um:.g activity, especially at Ce:cola. The stream of Iaa wh-ch staited anew in the cirec tion of Torre dell Annuzziata reached the cemetery of that tLw.2 and then turned in the direction of Pa pf-i. The trccps aie c. nv-irg provisions, surgical accesoiieb and n.ateyial to te mea for the relief of the irju:ed In the vicinity of OtUjro. The work of rescue is being actively prcecuad. A violent atcrm cf sulptucus rain cc curred Tuesday at San Giuseppe, Ve suviana ard Saviano. Five hundred persons have perished in the district between 0.taj no and San Guiseppe. MAN~Y TEREBLE SCENES. Terrinie r p..rto a: reacning Na ples from points througho~ut the dis tricts surrounding 0O.t. jano. & ports incicate that an enormous area is turled beneath ashes and Gin ders. All efforts on the part cf tae press representativ-.s arnd autzaorities tjoasceraink the exact number whot have already fallen vict:mns to tle. eruptions of Vesuvius have so far fail ed. Tnis is seounted fer from thE fact that the buried villages are not of access and b-cause th-e people who fled when their haires iegan to fall have scattered thrcugeout the coun try districts. The finaag of ninety six bcdies it de-ermined as follows: At San Giuseppe 49, at To: z'gno 20, at Ottajano 27. Tire weather sucodenly changed Tuesday af'ernoon. The wind blew strongly toward Naples and as es from Mount Vesuvius brgan falling fast over the city, wnich Gcnsequent ly soon resumed its gray app.arance. The high wind also made breathing difficult. MANY CHILDEEN LOST. Forty-nine ouaiea Lave s.izeasy b::er taken out of ens of thre churciles atl Ottatajano. Tno fate Cf many children at Otta jano Is unknown. When the mihtarl carts arrived at the ecene of cisastez Monday night the soldiers arranged to have the children and aged people get Into the carts, but when the ve bicle had gone a few hundred feet it was fcund that although there were four horses harnessed to each 'wag.;n, they could not pull their loads throigh the deep ashes. This caused a panic among the chil dren, who expected to be buried in the ashes fromt the volcano and taesy fled In all directions in the darkness and blinding rain anid have n-ct since beeon heard of, Seiarching parties went after the children but in spite of c::ntinuat; shouting and camng no tr: cc was found of them anid is is feared that the children have been smiotiered in the ashes. Twenty-six more dead -o-di::s nvge been curn in the churcu cf San Giu seppe, making a total c-f soveney nine. The recent eruption of Vesuvius was one of the tro-1 desructi :e to life and property la uhe his'.ory of that famous voican-o. D sp-i-che from that uniouute ree4Ion on Thursday mornirg statvd tnt tr~e whole cf the Vesuvius dis:rict as far as Naples, Castrta and Castellamnmare Is one vast Sabaran desert. Thre blockade of Icca tratfic continues sut service on the main l1i:es of railwa.y has been re-stabihed alihougat . greatly disarrangea by the nesS o able co: faion in the8 stations where foreigners, not fuhy undierstanding the situation, in'eign aganat the de lays and disccmforts to wh.ich they have been sujc cd. A dispatch from Naples says Thurs day was a ohqume;tig day in tuat city. The people, alarm~ed by wniat has happened, ceserted their shops, and the manufactornies were nearly alt closed. The cro-wds were in a tern per for any excess. It would cnli have re quired a spark to start; a co;. flagratiotn. Tee arrival cf Kig Victor Emimanuel a..d Q ceen Hea La! did mucn to restore caum. Tney were received with great j.y, esp-chaily ~ten the sovereigrns mIt a hospite. after a visit to ;ne wounded there-. One poor woman exelai:d: "I w~uld consent to be ;cucdeli for the sake of being kissed b-y on ee. There is great d:mZity in acer taining the actus: c zditi. n or affairs In that part of tr~e strceun distrio! nearest the volcano. Tne trama and railway tracks are deep under sand and ashes, the roads~ ar-c otl:Imated. and even the fishermaen wO0 ply thir calling on the Biy of N..pes are afraid to venture Out on 'de waeer '-any where in the vicknity of Ves e-vius :o give an intellgent estimate of the o0s of prrerty. One estimate is :htt $20,000,000 damage has been Ine an-! that 50,000 persons bave. been randered homeless. Everywhere in Naples and Castel lammare and in the lesser towns nearby out of the danger zone, are beggared refugees who only a few days ago were prospercus and happy. though living almost underneath the shadow cf the perpetual menaca, the volcano of Mount Vesuvius. For these people, wtor-e homes and crOPs have been destroyed, there is little crsolation in tbe statement of soien tits that ultim3tely the valleys and hillsides will become as fertile as ever they were. Until ccmmunication can be restored and search made of the hcuies in the 01Uii-ted districts it wili us i-eposible to determine how malt peodle bave perished in the eruption. I; now estimated that at least 2,000 ge rle have lost their lives as a direct result of the eruption. Al readv 8o bodies have been found and every hour adds to the number. Tie l1ss to prcperty and devastation i gr-at an-, trrcts of fertile Ituds, esti mated at fully 880 000, have been de stryEd. T-le unearthing of victims wh:oe b-dies have been covered by .se; and cinders, or who wsre four-d in the ruined buildings shows at most of them died in great agony, as terror and pa:n are depicted on thc:r tes utes nos set in deatu. The at ituds of others, some of whom were found kneeling in prayer, show they were kiled by desdly fumes coming frcm -he volcano. At NaICs the theatres, cafes and p'acs of amusement throughout the city have been closed and before all the sacred images in the streets can dies are kept burning, while smailer images are being carried about, in many cases being set down in the open air and surrounded by candles. Troops are ergeged in clearing the roos of bu'lirgs of the accumul tion of sand and ashes, which endank er the structures. The large glas covertd galleries throughout the city, which are much frquented, have been ordered closed, ilESS the weight upon the roofs cause t-hem to c-llapse. In the road at Torre del Greco three persons were found dead from= suff. c tion. The pepie who remain i: Torre dell' Auznurz'ata are in anger of peris ing from btarv tiou, all the shops having been closed Ratio-ns for 200 persons have been sent there. Two Amerircn girls, who had Leedlessly ventured into the Vsuvius district, where t^e abandon meut of the train by which they were traveling caused them much disco:nm fort ane no little peril, were brought to Naples by the steamer St. Bon. So widespread is the catastropbe that It is estimated it will require an a"ranizcd body of 100,000 men and the expe:diture of many millions of dollrs to raze .houses made unsafe for babitation by the accumulation of shes and cinders on the roofs, erect temporary huts of refuge for the thousands who have been obliged to flee from their hcmes, clear the roofs of buldings that may yet be saved and extricate from the ruins of fallen structures and bury the dead. Otta jano, where many lives were lost on Mondsy, is now practically buried. It is now cfficially admitted that Ott-jano has been buried. Toe csualtles there and in the surround eg villages is not known, but 300, it is be ieved, would be a low esti'nate. Een Cepri, a small i;!and coff the e ast of Campania, 19 miles south of Naples, a favorIte resort for touda~ts and artists, has b.en covered with ashes and h'as been abandoned by its foreign popu:ationl, which included seveal An erncans. Tae magnitude of the disaster is almost indescribable Munt Vesuvius has spread dasolation and terror over an immense tract of country. The village of San Gennaro has been partially buried in sand and ashes and several houses have fallen. At that place three persons were kilh ed and more than 20 injured. Some Idea of the difficulties en countered by authorities in obtaining accurte knowledge of the situation may ce gained from the fact that Minister of Finance Salanilra and Under Secretary of State Derava were olokaded at Torre dell' Annun zi~ta by ash heaps and were compeL d to go to Castellammare in an auts moile, reaching that place witia ret diffi rulty. Tiiey hoped to get a ba: at Castellammare to take them from there to Naples, but even the fiheren refused to run the risk of crossing the bay zf Naples as the'i -sud have to p:-ss Mount Vesuvius, wnich is situared about half way bs ween Castellammare and Naples. The train which brought Premier S~nnino to Naples from Rome was cnsderably delayed by ashes. The distress amcng the tens of thousnds of fugitives is appallig. .~ne government bas forwarded sup ties of food and money, several of t.;e ILalan cities have done the same, -ad private citizens are centributh-g scney for the assistance of thre suf fereS, b-t more hel]p is needied. King Victor E nmanuel has plsced e royal palace at Cappjdimonti. s-ituated a'otv Naples at the dispou-I of the injured refugees and early in ce day announced his intention of returing to Nsples from R ;me in or er to personally direct the relief wrk. Tne news caused much satis 'ctin and wnen their im-ajesties tah.d Naples they received a most entau.iastic greeting. Later the king and queen visited the sufferers n the hospital and were heartily cbered as they passed through the streets. Couron R--port. Seretary Hester's analysis of the c-'toa movement for the seven montas of the season from September 1 to March 31, inclusive, shows that, cmpredi wit-h the crop movement of' ist year. Texas, including Indian Te~rriory, has brought into sight this season in round figures 152,00C bales! less; other Gulf states, which include Arkansas, Lcuisiana, Mississippi, T~ennese, Missouri and Oklahoma, have marketed 959,000 less, and the -roup of Atlantic states% which in eude North and South Carolina, Gergia, Florida, Ahtbama and Vir ginia, are 181.000 less, making the uet decrese in the total crop market d .192,0(. Mr. Hester shows the~ ameunt brought into sight by groups -f Atlnflic states for the seve n mnts of tne season to be 4,020.541 ass. Total crop in sight, close o~ March, 9,340.388 bales. -, Triple Tragedy. At Birmingham, Ala., as a result of jealou-,ly, Dr. W. B. Burton shot and kiled his divorced wife, fatally woundAd Thaxton, a derntist, and cut his own throat, dyIng shortly after A ares. T:ext .n is in a critical co-n dr ; . T.se ragedy courre1 at the ou- of Mt s. Burt-.n. Aadivmre was! rn. obut a month ago. T.ie par tsax e all pnmminent. t4 AMA . SOME Fl-.URES COLLEECIED BY COMVtIS'IONE~ IWATSON. Who Writes Lbaut the orn !ontest a::d Czher Subj -Ats of rub lie Tnterest. CommisMonrr Watson bas gotten up a M sZ irtrresir'g ststement with regard to i..e growir.g tendency to wards div riier.if ~nm this State. The figures dea l.ugly with O:ange bu g C unty, w'ere Cornmissioner Watson hs jhast :.i a close tu'iy of the fi;:Zur s and reports from 522 fa-rmer na tbat wid-awake c,-unty. Wat 0.Mina-ieni-r V;ttonu h&as to say on th is suibj :t Is of special in t-rs. a d is as fo.'v. " in v r.atly Impr.ved in he- egri uitr.'1 u-lork fo'r Sout Caoonssi cs the s a 'f 1905,a mka advr-es b expecte.' t*is year. The '.141 f th k of Ithe Cottin A--: c ato t- 3e:S-.t for rtAiQning t ,if c- -"f tb . ork done, and la c iictgte with toe rIJ'z i.i.:n a* ast on ti partf th. S .h fm.er a*?'e in purCas-rg frm 1-.e W .s- supcl s hlut he can raa e-.'ivr and b:: er r.t hwm - l a '-.s tt of cro duvio-, Cv ar, b:.-:ied t ; btr co.2diti...ns. Thi 'arm-r is fnirg out t thr a-e spladid mrk.t. fr r t,2hirz t- a t h 2 c 1 rat w i-. ba litrue e f :, taki;gs he haS hug'ed at h-r.tofore, ar.d all ever ti Ste hc i-isg to his opportunity, l,-.ng is proper asunu of cit, bus al the same time brnclingout on ot.::er a.d more profitoble, lius. The tffec; of the Drraching cf the d-c-Ane of diversifi caion by me:2 who have th initercst o f t: -e Sta ta .t he1rt caM s:en this s:.ri-g 3So he- wdsasOne ries from the slope- of OC:eo Cou-. tv all the way to the ea at B -aufert a.nd Ct.rhstrm. T-ne farmer is pro serous exu.uh this year to exp-ri men t a litte, ar~d greenca.rpeted rain 2ad forage Iields are ev'ry where rd cvttle c0.n to - . on the hills. The farmers also arc fixleg up their home , and troughcout tbe S-at new hcvses built on mndern lines and ealy petM %re to ! --- NEED OF BOG AND flOMEINY. "Srr:ki:gy iurtive of this agricultUral rean;ernieg was the meeting of the farmers of 0 ange burg Couuty last Saurdy, v-hich I h.d tle pleasure of atzending. It we a Cotn Aisoiation mAting, and the a::settbled farmers, in about 20 minutes, autaor:z-d the p'.yment of an assiessment of $1 000 for the oros:cution of tlhe Stt- A,:ciat!on's work, bLing pr. b .by the f.rst in the Stae to respoud to the 19'6 call. On this occasion these men met to dis cuss 'diversication,' the raising of home supD.ies, and tey cald it "a noh and hominy meeIng There was an utter ab3ence of the usuai air o? 'Oh, well; t'.at's all very well, but y: u are talti.g tiheory.' Taee man were in dead ear:e t. Tney listened to facts and &,k- d aestimsi, and when that active worker for the uplif ing cf the agr-cul urailonustry of South Carclina, Mr. J.'nn B. Wan amaker, preserzted ard, cLod facts as to co:diti:s tz:e like of which exist m a'mcxt enry S->uth Carolna com munity the facial exore siuns bore evdrc> of a resolve to better toem. Ir was somzewhat of a revela tion when it was Co.on wi::t the two prircipal towns in this lead'irng eg retural C:u t~ were puecIasing le Sway of -Ju;;plis tha could be ra'sad at hom.'' Itm: izhwn that 7he town of Orag.--.: hadz b.ht and sold to i mers a d e-4hers, djur. ing the mo;rth of M~ca 1936. alone, the fel.o.sing suppies, most of them purchased far be'yond the borders of the S:ate: Curn.................. . 880 Hay...... ............-3- - Gnts..... ............6 Fiour............. .....--..50i Me- not inclu-Lng b:,ef... 13 443 Total..................830.(80 In ot.>'r er.3 tis county t:...dig centre IS ev.n :. buyin an"' iv omntirg the c-jli m.?n2s, $24,640 w~orh o supplAs:; ra.....ed at om. Tie t .cfc St. M:.ttQes it -s further bucvf .1 wil se Lhis yea~r :e :oro'~ing ?u.li:s bough: ele whr ad hippd an to be sold to farmrs and ,e.ners: 25 crs of bacon, lard hams, etc.. ... .........--. . $50 000 14 cars of corn (-t.:1 Westen ).. 6.000 10 cirs hay (decmestic and Wster;)................. 2,000 15 cars of grits and meal... . 6 00 10 crs of rice and ric' fi-.ur 9.000 25 c::rs of tlur and bratn... 10 0i00 4 crs of oats (-.A Westerr).. 2 00') Toal.................885,000 THE 1906 COTTON ACntEAGE. "T.s: figur..s w.J e.t -e waken in ng:racer an3 t.beir eftet as mark"d. How many tradie centres in, th State are in an~y tetrer caditior.? "But all wts not gloom~y. Oher f g re, coairaed airecrly fr. me~ plaa .s, were pressoc'rd tLat I trust are in io'ive of the~ entire S'.ate, as they v :culd be, considering that Orange-I burg is the largest c son producing count y in the mat and tne large':, but one, In thte c :ttonl belo. Fro~in 522 frm, some as larme as 5 000 acr~s, rporting to Mr. Wannamker, the cotton acreage of 1906 shows a decrease s cpreti t'' list yet-r- The tigures r: 1904, 29,758; 1905, 26.510; 19C6; "At the sa~ne time the corn acreage hs materially 1rciense", the figures ei. 1905, 18 823; 1906, 29.388. "This is gratifying, exceiing grat itng, when it is conside:-ed that the 1C6 uavy pu: chas-: of fertl.zars has gne in larg.e m'eaure under tue core :d sliar crops. Lasa ye3.r these 522 0:ngebrg farms plnntted 4,756 acres o ats, T.-.is yzar there has been a nkei lrc:.as , tut the figures are "T:ese facoa are quoted because the'y are sis.-Anii:t~u tue rapidly de vlopig new orde"rc' thiogs, whichib sure to b:ih:g oCoat a w'ons:f-ilreviV al agriult.r 3,carrying with it conf COtN CONTEST'S DOUBI.E OBJECT. " .I 1 urge t'e GreneralAssem by to ma "'n appogrtion to en ae Sut2 C roi* famars to cnter yar it we n. 0's the r:-at becefit toscmto ~cuCth ' - ia ad~ved:Is iugwwat bel-g .-he ouat Southern SStte to Secu-Ce~ alibiliiy-thaut pr~mpted tht r-Ommendation. One o the chief pur pm~Cs we t * mulate the raing of corn, and takrm a stepJ tward the muuh ne.:ded1 e va:-.ii Jia of crop-the rai-:ing cr -pplies a t home. Wien the com s mt dmne the method~ of d .rlbu ti of pr zs a purtion of the mo'cney . w~s et asid e s.kr~ eo l children's prlzes, the members taking the view that the contest would have a splen [:id Eff-!ct i the direction indicated r.bove by fsmiliarizing the future far mer of the State with the methcds of corn culture. FOURTEEN COUNTIES IN THE CONTEST. "It !& with gratification that those interested in the future rt South Car olina note already that 23 representa tive farmers from 15 of the counties of the State having filed their entries in the corn growing contest, and that ss many more have indicated a purpose to enter. And one has gone into the naticnal oat growing contest. The counties already represented in the corn growing contest are Bamberg, Barawell, Charleston, Clarendon, Col leton, Fiorence, Hampton, Kershaw Lszeaster, Marlboro, Marion, Orange burg, Richland, Sumter and Williame burg, The entries from t! e school children have not yet begun, but this was not exp:cted so early. "it looks ro7 as if nearly every o-unty will be in the contest, and as if South Carolina's corn crop of 19C6 w:iil be m ich greater than for many years. 72 here is no question that the gra Iu crops of 1936 will materially ex cued those of last year. TnUCKING INDUSTRY GROWING. "I have rccently visited tte truck !rg sectien. ,l the State and the de n.rzment is now making a census of is inou:.try. Both observation and the reports sent in by the individual piamiers snow that our truck crop this gear is far in excess of that of last year, and so far things look as if this is to be a very successful truck season. I';e trucking and melon industries are devaecping rapidly and substan illy. Just at this time also there is more interest taken in cattle raising c.an at any period since the civil war. Tne figures received show that the people are becoming interested in this industry, and active steps are being -:ken to eradicate the worst Stumb clng block, the cattle tick. "The 3arge purchases of fertilIzers this spring does not mean a large cot t .n acreage. It does mean the plant ing of larger diversified crops, the in trod"uction of the more intensified forms of agriculture and the raising of more to the acre in consequence. The scarcity of labor has been a ma tenal ele-nent in bringing about these improved conditions, aud in this sense is pro.ving somewhat of a blessing in dsguise."_ F3ARFUL EXPBEIENCE. Two Garman Balloonists are Caught In A Gate. The progress of balloon experlmcnts in the Geraaan army has jusi received a severe setback by the fearful exper Jences of two members of the Aero static corps, named Wolff and Braud. who have returned to Berlin after hav ing been g4ven up for dead, following a balloon ascension, during which they completely disappeared. The two men were blown all-the way from Berlin to the Baltic sea, where they were driven by a gale clear across that body of water, and finally landed, half dead, in a little village in Sweden, traveling alogether m-ore than five hundred mies. Tee story of their filg~ht Is one of the most thrilling in the history of ballooning in Earope. The two balloonists, caught in the gale in the upper air, were blo wn at terrflc speed for three days/'unable to make a descent without being dashed to death. As the wind seemed to s cken, the balloonists opened their valve, preparing to descend. What was their horror noon seeing as they dropped from the clouds that the open sa was beneath them. They tried to cu; tha valve, but were only partly sucesful. When within a few hundred feet of he water, the velve was closed by Wiff, who climbed up the cordage surrouding the gas bag to do it. But the balloon still dropped nearer the sea. Finally, desperate, the balloon ;sts climbed Into the balloon's rigging a'd cut the basket from under them. With the basket went all their pro viions and instruments. Clinging to oue cordage about the balloon, the two men hung between hope and fear for a few moments as the bag seemed to bovor uncertainly. Then, slowly, it began to rise once more. After clinging for hours to the cor dage, thousands of feet in the air over the sea, the two soldiers made out the land. As soon as it was safe, the valve was opened again, and the bal on was allowed to descend slowly. Te two men landed in a snow back within a few miles of a little S wedish village. They had to walk two miles, almost exhausted, through the snow, and collapsed just as they reached the frt cabin. Tney were given food and frsh clothing, and were able to bor row money to get them back to Ber A dispaltc2 from Plainsfield, N. Y., says every train that has arrived dur ing the last 30 hours has brought to znis city delegates to the meeting of the Church of God and Saints of Crt. When it was annonc d some time ago that this denomination, which consists of negroes, was to as emble here, it was supposed that the meeting would consist of a hundred r so delegates in addition to the lit ole band of followers here who have been locally known as "the feet wash ers." Instead, however, they have been pouring into the city by hundreds. M~ny of the strangers failed to fir d accommodations and tonight at least five hundred men and women are walking the streets unsheltered. The municipal authorities probably will have to relieve the situation. Dele gates are here from Richmond, Lynch burg and Fredericksburg, Va. With a Crash. At Pittsburg Pa., with a crash that could b3 heard for Equares the five story building at 622 Liberty avenue, recently vacated by J. G. Lauer, the toy dealer, cllay-a The building was being demolised and about 25 workmen, mostly foreigners and ne groes, were caught by the falling wals The majority escaped with slight injuries, but several, just how many is not kiown, were buried under the debris. Up to 2 o'clock one body had been recovered. It Is believed that at least f:.ur men and a team of horses are still in the ruins. Uuhtappy Princess. The tragic death of Princess Louise &f Schaumburg-Lippe, which occurred at the castle of her fatber-in-law, Prince William, in Nachod, Bohemia, WVednesday, has aroused the deepest sympthy for her owning to her un ampy married life. She was tte eld Sd?.u.;er of the present king of Danmark, and her death occurred only tve hours after Prince William expir ed at the same castle from an attack THE SOUT'S MOrOPOLY. Andrew Carnegie Says She Has the World at Her Feet. Andrew Car..egie, one of the world's greatest manufacturers, says to the south: "You have the .greatest monopoly on earth, in the growing of cotton, and you have the world at your feet." There is an estimate worth con sidering says the Atlanta Journal. It Is a statement the truth of which we to whom it is made only balf realiz,. We have the only cil mate and soil on the round eartb capable of producing in any markot able quality and quantity the greatest commerclal commodity in which man kind deals. This we all know full well, but what are we doing with it that proves our knowledge of it? We raIse cotton, pick It, gin it, bale it, and then let it go for what the outside purchaser wants to give us for it. All the time, toil and trouble incident to bringing the stapie to a marketable shape Is ourn; the outside world must have It from us; we let it go at whatever figure they offer. Such a situation is nothing short of a reflecision upon the south's bu-siness ability. Men like Andrew Carnegie come bere amongst us and repeat time and after time that we have the "greatesr monopoly on earth in the growing of cotton," but each succeeding season finds the south marketing the crop just as though it grew on every soil and was common to every nation under the sun. As Mr. Carnegleintimated, though, there is a gleam of hope ahead for the south. He names one of the condi tions here that promises to evolve for the suth a full measure of reward from the natural monopoly which she enj ys. "Even in my day ycu have b-come a great manufacturing center," he says, "and this indrstry is leaping ahead with tremenduus bounds." The south Is beginning to manufac ture her own product in the rougher and less costly form, and therein lies the hope that some day she will be able financially to manufacture it into the finer material of which the cotton staple Is capable, and thereby cme into her full reward. At pre sent the mills of the north, and of Eagland, France, Germany, Jaran and other nations reap the profits from the manufacturing of the finer grades of cotton goods-profits which in comparison to those the -scuth re ceives from the raw material and the rcugher manufactures are simply en ormous. The first question to which the cotton growizng states must apply hemselvAs, according to the best -..uthorities, is that of markting the crop. The several states have learn ed the art of growing cotton. That is the monopoly of which Mr. Car negie speaks, because no other nation and no other section of thiq n.tion knows this art or t as the natural en vironment even if tney should acquire the knowledge. Now these states must learn the business of marketing the crop so that a profit may b3 gair. ed commensurate with the time, tol ad natural difficulty attendant upon the growing, together with the com parative rarity of the staple. Until this lesson is well grounded; until the aims cf such organizations as the Soutnern Cotton Association are realized, the scuthr cannot hope to enter upon the full measure of her reward in connection with her "mon poly." In the first place, she will not be financially able to develop her manufacturing plants to their full capacity of turning out the flaer pro duct of cotton goods. Though six undred millions of dollars are poured into the south annually for her cot ton, still it is not enough to enable the cotton producers to become cot ton manufacturers of the higher type; that is, of the type which enj ys the geater profits from the Industry. M ist of that enorm aus sum goes right back to the source whence it con es, and mainly for the purpose f bringing back to the south the finished prcduct manufactured from her own raw material. Should the cotton states ever reach the point where the cotton crop could be marketed in a business-like man ner, then we may hope to see the mnufaturing enterprises advance in even a greater degree than Mr. Car negie describes as "leaping ahead with, tremendous bounds." As the situation now stands, the suth offers magnificent opportuni ties for the investment of capital in cotton manufacturing enterprises of the higher type. Andrew Carnegie, one of the world's greatest manufac tures, publicly declared himself along these lines, and well known men in the commercial world have said so be fore him. To See -'U.scie R ems." Thre visit af Andrew Cirnegie to Atlanta, fou:: of whose institutions have been chre beneficiaries of his gen erosity to-the extent of more than $200,000, was memorable in more ways than ene Friday. Returning from the Tuskegee anniversary, be made a stop of about s'x hours, with the avo'ed rurpose of meeting Joel Chiar dler Harris, Uncle R imus." Mr. Car negie was accompanied by a party of csiderable siza,includihg R iv. and Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Robert (2. Ogden Isaac N. Seligman, George A. Plimp ton, Dr. H. B. Frizzell, president of Hampton institute, and Mrs. FrIzzell, Willace Butterso, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Vllard of New York- and several others. Wanted to Enow. An old Pennsylvania farmer while on a visit to Philadelphia la~tely was s'zed with a violent tootuache, says The Pniladelph~ia Ledger, and, calling on a dentist, was informed that the tooth must be taken cut, but that he had better have gas for the operation. He agreed to this, and then started to count his money. Tnle dentist re marked: "Ona, you need not pay me until .I have finished." "I reckon not," replied the farmer, "but If you're agoing to make me unconsci ous 'd jest like to see how I stand." A Centre Shot. The Columbia Evening Record quotes "a leading business man" as denouncing the attempt of the police cmmision to enforce the Surnday law. He says: "This town is too big for that sort of thing, an-i it can't af ford to be held down in this way." The Newberry Observer says in reply Columbia is a pretty big town; but It isn't as big as Sodom yet; and Sodom has been held down pretty effectively for the past several years. SaloonS Abolished.. The townof Abingdon, Va., Friday abolished sal-oons by popular election and endorsed the dispensary system, an il be.i effect before May 1st. SNUBBED BY BOARD COMMITTEE AND STATE BOARD OF COUMISSIONERS Fave Some Interesting Correspond ence About the VWhiskey Bills and Samples. The state board of dispensary directors has "sat on" Senator Chris tensen and Representative Lyon, o' the dispensary Investigating com-1 mittee Jr the rratter of the latter's dem-nd for a list of the purchases made at the last meeting with prices and amounts ordered out, and has re fused to keep the samples "intact." Director Black replied throuuh Clerk Mobley to the letter from Mr. Cnristenscn along this line, to the effeci; that while the board was at all times ready and willing to assist the committee In protectivg the interests of the state and that the books and records of the board are open at all times to the members of the commit tee, "they do not feel called upon to furnish you with a copy of the orders for purchases," and "they wish to say that the board is the custodian of the samples." Mr. Christensen was not satisfied with this and wrote to ask that at least one other member of the board pass upon his demands. This is the reply he got, dated yesterday: "Dear Sir: I am diTeeted to say that the board concurs with Maj'r Black in my letter to you of Marc: 31st." These purchases have been referred to a number of times in the recent spirited controversy between Senator Tillman and Mr. Lyon, Senator Till man Intimating that the investigat ing committee Is trying to assume the purchasing power and needs in vestigating itself and Mr. Lyon ia sinuating that the purchases have not been made to the lowest bidders. Here is the correspondence in full: Beaufort, S. C., March 28 Mr. M. H. Mobley, Clerk State Board of Control, Columbia, S C. Dear Sir: Kindly furnish me at your earliest convenience with the copies of the list of purchases last made with the pencilled memoranda as to amounts awarded, ordered out, etc., so that they will be exact dupli cates of the sheets you showed Mr Lyon and myself. Who are the Belroy people ? Is the proof of liquor furnished gen erally given on the invoices of the firms from whom the state has bought during the past few years ? Does the Anchor Distillihg com pany liquor bear the labels of that concern ? and has the state bought from that concern the M3.natee brand, or the Henrietta brand or both? I presume you have informed the board that the committee wants all samples submitted at last meeting kept intact. - Very respectfully, N. C'ristensen. Columbia, S. C., March 31. Hon. N. Chriatensen, Beaufort, S. C. Daar Sir: In reply to yours of the 28'b inst. beg to say Major Black be ing the only member of the board in the city at the time, I laid your let ter befors him, atd he directs r's to say that the board will assiet the committee In every way possible to protect the interest of the state, ar.d that the books, records, etc., of the dispensary are at all times open for inspection by the committee or~ an? member of it, but they do not feel called upon to furnish you with a copy of' the orders of our purchases. In regard to the samples, I am di rected to say that the board is the custodian of the samples. In reply to the q'iestion "who are the Belroy paaple?' will say style of frm Is Beiroy Distilling Co., of Louis ville, Ky. Replying to question "Is proof of lIquor furnished ?" will say it Is not generally given on Invoice, but ap pears on barreL. In answer to question, "Does the Anchor Distilling company's liquor bear the labels of the concern," wili say the Anchor Distilling company's goods bear the lab'els of the firm, Hen rietta being one of their brands. Can not find where they sell such a brand as Manatee. Very respectfully, M. H. Mobley, Clerk. Beaufort, S. C., April 3. Mr. H. M. Mobley, Clerk State Board Control, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Yours of March 31st to hand. Ple.ase have same passed on by at least one other member of the state board. Kindly mail me copy of my letter to which yours above referred to is In reply. Very respectfully, N. Christensen, ,Tr. Member Dispensary Invest. Corn. A HOUSE RUN AGROUND. The Curious Condition of Things on L ang Island. A dispatch from Baschon, L. I., says the running aground on a mud bank of a big house, with a tower four stories which,. is -an occurrence probably never before recorded. Yet, It is a fact that the large dwelling house owned by Commodore Adolph Mollenhauer, of the Penataquit Cor inthian Yacht Club, Is standing in the mud at the mouth of Awixa creek and can not be moved until it is floated by some unusually higb tide. .. The building, which weighs about two hundred tons, is being moved from the site af j ining the Mollen haer country seat In Awixa avenue, to a site in Maple avenue, a half mile to the west. It was impossible to move it overland, owing to the long, circuitouis route that would have to be taken, and It was decided to at tempt conveying it by water. The structure was placed on skids and slid about one hundred feet to fig~e big ecows, on which It was safely load. ed. The scows were then floated down the river but when opposite the coun try seat of' Charles C. Coddington they ran aground In the mud. Now noth Ing remains'to be done than to await rescue by some unusually high tide when, it is hoped, the task of mov ing will be completed. Swept By A To.-nado. A special to The Statesman from Bertram, Tex., says: The town of Briggs, about 18 miles north of this place, in this county, was swept by a tornado about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and almost completely de stroyed. T'.o persons are reported killed an 30 i'jued. THE "irresistible impulse of con science" seems to ha~ hardly strong enough with the great majority of Republican Congressmen to make them give the people a square deal by r is aincr the tarifft LN9ZI Mlrder. It is charged by the Appeal to Rea son, a SoociaUst paper published at Girard, Kansas, that the Stlie a-a thorities of Idaho are getting ready to legally murder three men by the name of Mayer, Hayward and Pettibone, of ficers of the Western Federation of Miners. According to the facts as pub lished in the case these men were ar rested on the most flimsy testimony by detective hired and paid by the Mine Owners Association in connec tion with the murder of ex Governor Steunenburg, of Idaho The case grew out of the strike of the miners in Col orado and Idaho a year or two ago. It will be remembered that the enemies of the miners used every means in their power to crush them then in Colora da. They were charged with almost every imaginable offense. But juries would not convict them, because the evidence was so plainly perjured and unreasonable. The juries surely would have convicted if there had been the slightest excuse, for they were in near ly every case seleted by courts under the inflaence of the mine kings. Failing to convict in Colorado, the mine owners -found in the murder of the ex-governor an excuse to haul the union officers into Idaho. There they are now held without regular process of law. There their accusers will con front them with all the testimony that professional witnesses can invent. There, with the machinery of the law, in the hands of their enemies, these union workingmen will be tried. If it is possible to find in Idaho twelve men with hearts -f hyenas to sit as jurors those union miners will be convicted and slaughtered. That they will be killed by the agents of the mine own ers is practically certain. The legal butchery of these men might be pre vented by united effort on the part of the decent newspapers and. the people of the nation who believe in at least a semblance of justice. From what we have read of the case we have no idea that these men are guilty of the crime of which they are charged, and they should be saved. It must be remembered that the detectives who are to furnish the testimony upon which these nLocent men are to be legally murdered are the paid bgents of gold-besotted law break ers, who stand ready to violate every law that stands in their way. We all remember how the owners of the coa mines in Pennsylvania afew years ago used detectives to oppress the poor ig norant miners because they refused to obey their masters. The mine owners of Colorado and Idaho are rich and powerful. They have unlimited money at their command, and it is possible for such a powerful class of men to hire witnesses, pack juries and convict innocent men in a trust ridden State like idaho, but will the American peo ple stand by and see it done without raising a hand to save the victims. We do not believe they will. Fooling The Voters. The trusts and tariff protected cor porations are in high glee at the turn political events have taken, by the con centration of public opinion upon rail road rate legislation. Mr. Payne, the Republican ]eader in Congress and chairman of the committee on Ways and Mcans, which controls all revenue legislation, has declared in a signed statement that there will be no tariff bill reported at this session of Con gress. This Republican stanidpat policy was agreed to last Fall by President Roosevelt acid Speaker Cannon, .and he personnel of the Committee of Ways and Means was selected by Speaker Cannon, so that a majority were ardent protectionists. Thus those Re-ublican voters, who favored the revision of the -tariff that fosters trusts and allows them'to charge plun dering profits, were again fooled after voting for many Republican can didates for Congress who promis ed to vote to revise those tariff sche dules that protected the trusts, pre vented competition, and allowed the trusts to sell cheaper abroad than here. 'When those Republican Congress men who were pledged to tariff reform, elected Mr. Cannon as Speaker of the House and adopted rules that gave him autocratic power over legislation, they knew they were selling out their constituents to the protected monopol ies, and giving the party machine the power to defeat or pass such legisla tion as it pleased. The same condi tions will obtain at the election this Fall, and the question is, can the vot ers be fooled again to vote for Re publican candidates for Congress who will stand pat and let the trusts con tinue to plunder the consumers? Prom ises of Republican candidates are of no avail unless the pledge is given to keep out of caucus and vote for a Speaker who will agree to give tariff revision the right of way. That Mr. Cannon will nevei accede to, for he is an ardont protectionist. The member ship of the next Congress will be more evently divided between the parties and the-result in any district may de termine which pa-ty shall control. The trusts and corporations will pay money to the Republican campaign fund with the understanding that their interests are to be protected, but none but the voters themselves will furnish funds or efforts for the elec tion of the Democratic candidates. Tat alone should be their recommen dation to independent voters, if they measure up, as they should to the Jef fersonian requirements of ability and honesty. An Adamless E:1en. A traveller In Slam is sale to have discovered an Adamless Eden-a town of 9,00Q nhabitants without a single man. 'he last man who ventured into this' exclusive circle, was stuck to death, each of the inhabitants using a hat-pIn 100 tImes on him. The Spartanburg Journal says: ".We are sorry the report of this discovery is so meagre. We would like to know how many clubs they have, If Bridge or. ginated there;4if bargain counters at tract, and something about the spring openings and Easter decorations. We have a pretty fair idea of what Spar tanburg would be if all the women were transported far beyond the deep1 blue sea. It would be no Eden. LITTAER. the New Yort Congress man, who figured a few yeais ago in a rmy glove contract, has announced his determination of returning at the end of his present term. He evidently Another RepublIcan eandal The exposure of the scandal of the shameful doings of our Convuls in the East is further proof t f the degeneracy of Republican poloticlans. When President Roisevelt appointed these consuls on the recommendation of Republican Senators and Representa tives, he knew they were political strikers for those Republican leaders. He was on notice that they were most ly grafters or the Republican politi cians would not be urging them for aupointment. The only palliation for the Administration Is that Mr. Pierce Assistant Secretary of State, was de tailed to make aspecialE investigation of the Consular Stervice in the East, and his private report made to the President and lately called for by the Sena e exposes the scandals. S me of these consuls are stated to be drunk ards. others grafters men who accept ed office merely to fill their own pock ets legally or illegally. The President has, no doubt, endeavored to cleanse and improve the service by forcing the resignation of some of the grafters for "the good of the service" but many worthless incnmbentsstill remain. -While there has been much- prog ress", says the New York Post, "there are many consuls who do not reflect credit on the country. There was the one at Ceburg, for instance, who turn ed the consulate into a disreputable resort and made every exporter con tribute a "sample" for use in furnish ing the consulate, or to be disposed of for the benefit of the consul's pocket. Careful investigation would have shown the man ur fitness for office be fore his appointment. The State Department removed him for the good of the service,' but Mr. Boose velt, in the eyes of the CoburgeIrs, added insult to Injury by appointi- g as his successor one Saylor who obtain ed unenviable notoriety by trying . to defraud the Statp of Pennsl Ivana when serving in its Legislature, and who was officially denounced by the Govergor. There are-plenty- of ather cases on record in which the Pre.ident or the State Department convinced at the appointment of unfit men. Their records and the disgrace they have brought on the country, make the ears of every American, when traveling'abroad, tingle with the re marks of foreigners, who :point tothe official representatives of this country as typical citizens of the United - States The demoralization of the Republican politicians seems ublqult ous, yet there are plenty honest Re publicans who would do us credit but they seem to have no chance in the race for office as they do not generally belong to toe polittal machine, Went aganhem. Prior to the city: elections -in the fall of 1905 representatives of both parties in Columbus, Ind., signed an agreements prmisingthat e.uther money, llqaor nor anything of alu would be used by eitherside for the purpose of infiuencngvthe-vot~eof any elector. It was further agreed that escu committe would, prior tjoelection day, submit a full re,.ort to the -other of the money collectied and thisource. of the same, and that after this repor had been made no further cnerthu tions would be received by eithercom mrittee. Also that within ten- days aiter the elction each committee would make a report showing the dis bursement. It was further agreed that there would be assessment of candidates for city offices-except such as essments as would be agreed upon by the final agreement of both parties. Walter 0. Galbraith, editor of the Columous Democrat, writing to-The Commoner says: "This agreement was carried out to the letter and It rebonceed to the Interest of the dem ocratic party, just as the same thing would all over this country. Our coun ty committee has adoptied the same. plan for the campaign this year, but the republicans will refuse tio sign iti, and will retiurn to the old methods of corruption. The honess~ votie-of this nation is with democracy. Leti us all do what we can to displace corruption with honest and moral principles, and thus elevate the moral standing of our country as well as to restore democra tic principles. The Bepublican-party naver has and never will stick to hon est methods in elections. That party thrives on corruption and bribery in elections. A Great speech. Senator Bailev of Texas made a great speech in the senate on Tuesday on the railroad rate bill. The Asso eated Press gives a good dealof space to the speech and the Washingtion representative of The State pronoun ces It a great effort, and quotes a -'prominent senator" as saying, "The speech winl take ranzk in bisaory alongside the great speeches of Web ster and Hayne." Senator Bailey spoke for four hours, and during the whole time nearly every senatior was in his seat and the 'galleries were crowded. A t the conclusion of the speech the senator was heartily con gratulated by democrats and republi cans. _ _ _ Aged Paupers. Weak from exposure and starvation and with nowhere to go, a woman 103 years old and her son, aged '73 years, were picked up by the New York po lice. More than fifty years ago they. came over from Italy and until recent ly had been able to make a living. But in the richesti city In the country in their old age only the streetis re mained for them. Binled BimselL. ev. J. R. Badgett, for many years promient In the Methodist ministiry of Texa, was taken Into custody at Wilboro in that State suffering ap arently from a mental derangement, and Friday morning his dead body was found hanging from a -bar of the sell window, a blanket haing been used as a rope. Accidentally Killed. Mrs. Lena Crabb was accidentally killed by the sheriff of Laurens coun ty, Georgia, on last Thursday while being ca-ried by him tio Dahlin jail on the charge of abandoning her hildren. His pistol fell from his pocket and exploded, the ball striking the wom"n. b11Unc7 haP Inetantly. A MISsOUBI docter says that death is abad habit. We don't know so much about the habit but It is a thing