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6 CAPERS ON [CKJ He Bosses the Republicans from Start to Finish in STATE CV P N! . Be Makss Dias Cha-rman Who Makes a Red Hot Soecl, Abusiny Senator Tillmar, end Says bt Day fir the Down Trodden N-gro is at Hand The Republican Stare Convention met in Colt mbia on Wednesday. E H. D:as, colored, was elected Chair man over John R Talbert, white. Aside from the usual resolutions, another feature of the convention was the adoption of a rule rt quirir g regis tration or at least proper a:pplicstiC for such, as a preri quisite to voting. Resolutions were adopted congratu lating the country on continued prcs perity under Republcan administra tion, ccmmendlng the work of both branches of congress and "our patri otic" president. Chairman Deas, after calling the convention to order, made a red hot speech, in which he said the conven tion might, if it so desired, ucminate a State ticket. Other business of the convention, he said, was the reorgani zation of the State executive commit tee. Deas warmed up as he proceed ed, raising his voice to a loud pitch, and declared that if the patting to flight of one of the greatest powers on earth by the Japanese, a colored race, was not encouragement and hope for the negro, he had water in his veins. "Today is the time for the down trodden to climb," he shouted. Tbis declaration was greeted With applause. He paid his compliments to Senatui Tllman and the dispensary, asserting that every man who has touched the "rotten dispensary, even the distin guished Democratic State chairman had come out dirty " He said the primary system was a curse ; formerl3 the best element could keep don tal worst, but such was not the case now He said that the negro was no longer plowing "one yaller mule," but that many were now operating six anc eight-mule farms others were bank era, real estate agents, mercbants, etc "Colored men don't want to rule,' said D: as. He declared that the State was . ontrolled by the "under strata of white society." He said "a certain character" had been appoint ed collector of internal revenue anc that he "would die and go te bell be fore he would serve under him." Ht said he told the leaders in Washing' ton that unless the nomination was withdrawn all the negroes in South Carolina would vote the Democratic ticket. L. W. C. Blalock acted as secretary and W. F. Myers assistant secretary of the convention. y3oCEEDflGs IS DETAIL. The convention was called to orde2 in the colored Masonic hail on A ssem bly street at 1 15 o'clock Wedrnesday afternoon, after considerable delay, caused by log' rolling among the virl ous leaders. The expected fight between E. H Dleas and L. W. C. Blalock for ttie State chairmanship did not material Izs, but it developed that the real contest was betwean the factiot headed by N~ational Committeemar John G. Capers, ex district attorney, and anoth'er led by DIstrict Attorney Ernest F. Cochran, both of whom put forward candidates for State chair man, Capers supporting Daas, whc was elected over Johin R. Tolbert, bI a vote of 88 to 26, thus demonstrating that Capers dominated the conven tion and his friends were in absolutE control. Another feature of the conventior was the adcption of a rule which ex cludes everybody fromn the party coun oils, from precincts on up, who Is nol registered or has not made proper ap plication for registration. - On motion of Capers, R. B. Tol bert was then elected vice climan by acclamation and by the same mo tion L.W. C.Blalock and J E. Wil son were elected members at large of -the State executive ccmmittee. Tue other members of this committee are asfollowxs: TEE sTATE CoMITTEE. First district-C. M. B .glish, W. F. Myers, RI H. Jenkins. Second district-W. S. Dixon, G. A. Rled, E. J. Dickerson. Third distrct-J W. Tolbert, H. B. Esudrix, John Scott.' Fourth district-W. T. Smith, B. F. Means, J. W. Dawkins. Fifth distri.-W. B. Boykin, G:,o. Watts, W. M. Goodwin. Sixth distrct-J. R. Levy, J. A. Baxter, Jas. Thorpe.. Seventh district-Abial Lathrop, J. H. Gaodwin, R. H. Richardson. At largs-E H. Deas, R. B. Tol bert, Jr., La. W. C. Blaloct, Rsv. J. E Wilson. Following is a list of the county chairmen: Abbeville, Rt. R Tolbert, Jr.; Aiken, Rbert B. Perry ; Ander son, 3. 5. Adams; Bamberg, D. D .Jeter, Jr.; Barnwell, W. S. Dixort; Beaufort, Samuel Green; Berkeley, F. S. Edwards; Charleston, T. L. Grant; Cherokee, W. M. Goodwyn; Chester, A. Davit; Chesterfield, C. A. McAllis ter; Clarendon, S. M. Walker; Cole ton, D). W. R~binson; Da.rlington, John T. Rafra; Dorchester, T. H. Pinkney; E 'gefield, Paria Simkim; Fairfield, 1. S. Byrd; Florence, W. C. Rsh; Gaorgetown, J. A. Baxter; Greenvilie, J. A. Brier; Greenwood, J. W. Tolbert; Hampton, -; Borry, G. C. Singleton; Kershaw, W. E. By kin; Lancaster; J. D. iDle; Laurens, P. 8. Suber; Lee, John R. Smit; Lexington, W. A. Smith; Marion, R. B Moore; Marlboro, E J. Sawyer; Newberry, J. C. Young; Oconee, A C. Merrick; Orangeburg, A. D~. Web ster; Pickens, W. H. Chastin; Rich; land, La. C. Scott; Saluda, J. M. Jones Spartanburg, R. P. Rodgers; Sumter, R. H. Rich~ardson; Union, J. p. Sar tor; Williamsburg, Jas. Thorpe; York, -George A. Watts. After addressing the delegates in a heated speech in which he took a fii~ng at Senator Tilmnan, the dispensar~y and the Democratic primary system -Chairman Dleas -announced the varn one committees, af t whca the con vention took a recess. The recess was not had, however. withe ut someS -opposition, the chairman dem.ing to heasr from the delegates as to the propriety of putting out a State tIck et, saying "I see a rLumber of 3 oung men surcharged with speeches." TUE FLATFORM. John G. Capers was appoir ted cairaman or tne committ en nat fyns and res .ut:cns, which made the The U iu J;publican party of South Carolina in convention assem blcd in the ciry of Columria on his 8:h day of August, 1906, congr .tu lates the country, in its entirety, up on tt.e p'eva'lirg peace and plenty which blesses us all and upon the prosperity, loyalty and patriotism of cu- people. "We rejoice in the realiz.tloni of iMe great strergth rid power of tha United S' ates, and in the lofty dig nity and ir S rence of our nation in all international affairs. The attitude ct cur country in tnese re=peC s is cue, in large measure, to the con structive statrsmansh!p And emrt leg islative Eta :rts of the Republicans in both branches of cong-ess, always aid ed and often guided by our versatile, industrious and patri"tic president, whore sp'end!d administration we most cordially endorse. "With jast party pride we direct attention to the fact in this conven tion, that since the year 1892 the R - publican Party has triumphed in six general elections for congress and in three elections for pastient, and that from nortn of the Mason-D non line and ea,;i of the Mielssi'opi river there is not a single Demociatic senator in bhe f -ty-nineth congress and in fact five Rspublican senators from the c,.om Dd S uthera St.ates of Dsla ware, West Virginia and Miosourl. "Such R publican membership in our national legislative halls carriei grave responsioliipies. but the party in power bravely and wibely assumes its legislative burdens and delights it its successful efforts for all classes of Azerican p.ogle. "In our State afsirs, and in fac1 fith few exceptions in the State af fairs of most of the Southern States we et joy a fair share of this genera prosperity, but we experience a diw tinct discouragement in matter, political as they i f .ot the politica rights and privileges of those amosi us who wish to lend our efforts and ballots to the great cause of insurir a continuance of the administration of the affairs of our country by thi Republican party. This curtailmen of political rights is primarily due ti the unfair and discriminating admin istration of election laws of our Stat by every icer of it down to the su pervisors of registration in the severs ounties, who are themselves mor responsible for the discriminatil than all of the other adverse force combined. In this connection wi urge that this convention adopt some measure which will establish a Stat registration board with a State chair man and secretary and a chairmal and secretary for each county in th State. These efflC 1s to be appointee by the State c: airman with instruc Lions as to the full responsibility o their cices and the hard work er tailed upon them if they faithfull: carry out the duties involved. Ii this way only can we force our right upon the Dem cratlc supervisors o registration and managers of elec bions, or at least lay a foundation to a contest, when federal elections ar involved, which would be sustaine by congress in passing upon conteste cases. "We declare our firm adherenco t the principles and platform of the R publican party as those principles an that platform were adopted and prc mulgated by the Republican natloras convention at Cnicago in Jane, 1904. The Bank Examine~r's Statemen Concerning Them. The statement as issued by Stat Bank Examiner Hlollman, upon th reports of the 193 State and privat banks, is as follows: The attement follows: aasoUEaCEs. Loans and discounts.. .834,444,344 8 Demand loans. . 2.236 600 5 Overdrafts ......... ..578,007 2 Bonds and stocks own ed by the bank.... .. 3,592236 8 Bankinghouse.... .....513,787 0 Furniture and fitures. 280,088 7 o her real estate... 260,725 8 De from banks an bankers.. .... .... . 3,940523 7 Currency............. 817 838 9 Gold ................11598 4 Silver, nickles and pen nies............... 376,952 7 Checks and cash Items. 374,063 5; E changes for t h e clearit'g house. .... ...28,441 2; Total.............847,584209 7. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in *7.467,420 41 Surplus fund...... ... 1,397,666 94 U~ndivded profits, less current expenses and taxes paid...... ...2214,595 72 Due to banks anti bank ers................ 786,821 5i Due unnaid dividends.. 22,428 5! Individual deposits sub jct to check....... 26 475 599 35 Demand certificates. 741 249 5( Time certificates. .. ...2.514 129 42 Certified checks.... .. ...15 315 52 Cashier's checks. .......47.885 56 Notes and bills dis counted B Ils payable, including time certi c a t e s representing borrowed money.. 3,880,120 3d Total...... ........247,4209 71 Condition or Cotton Crop. The following table shows the con dition of the cotton crop on July 25, for this year with respective ten-year average: State July 25, 10-year 1906. average. Virginia... 83 86 N. Carclna.. .. 75 85 S. Carolina. . 2 83 G eorgia....... 4 84 lorida ........ 72 85 Alabama. ... 83 83 M ississippi .8 6 81 Louisiana. 8 82 Texas ......... 86 80 Arkansas .8 .. 9 82 Tennessee ... 88 85 M issouri .. .. .. 5 86 O klahoma...2 66 Id. Ter... 5 88 United States 82 9 82.4 These are the figures Of the govern ment agricultural bureau, and we be lieve that they are padded. We have no 'onfidence in old man Wilson a ad his gang, and t~ oIs our opinion that the cotton planter will never get a suare deal from that bureau until Wilson and his henchmen are kicked Robbed of $3,500 in Gold. Mrs. Matilda Foote of Frederick towl, 0., was Tnursday robbed of 335t0 In gold coin, which she had in sic ng in her house. Mrs. Foote drew e noney fromn a barnk to purchase .h farm on which she lived, and the rbbery was committed while she was WHITE GAP RAID Cleaned Up "Jockey Corners" and Made Things Better. TAR AND FATHERS Used by a Whole Town on Four Women and One Man Out In Michigan Be cause They Would Not Behave Themselves After Being Warned. "I've run 'Jekey Corners' for thir ty years, and I'm going to keep on running it just about as I please:' said old George Simpson, Civil W. veteran, when other farmers of the vic:nity of Fowlerville, Mich., sug gested certain reforms for tae good ol the community. Thereupon the protestirg farmer: held council with their wives, and shiortly ' Jackey Corners" was the mroolit scene of one of those weirc and semi savage core monies whict seldom occur except in remote rura neighborhoods. In this instance the bustling town of Fowleiv;lle is closel. identified with the affair. Ac a result, Vaterau George Simp, son-is "rampa'gin' " around threaten ing heavy damage suits against half s d z .u young farmers, while his houn keeper one young woman guest and hip former wife, who dwelt nearby, are it the care (f doctors whose c :1ef task i to overcome the effects of a recent cos of tar and feathers. This is one of those eases where thi law was u:abtis to make up its mint that its majesty had been , ff aded .oordingly the law was appealed ti in vain to "clean up" "Jockey Cor ners." Old George Simpson's remark quot ed above was well calculateti t strengthen neighborhood suspicion that the convivlal doings at his hous were prejudicial to the interests o strict morality at "Jockey Corners Tae veteran is about a;xty-five year old and quite a stubborn charaecter. A few years ego Simpson and hi wife were divorced. The same pro ceedings divided the Simpson propez ty, a hcuse and thirteen acres of lane fall rg to the share of the wife, whil Simpson retained the homestead any twenty acres. This homestead is a the juncture of two highways, anJ owing to the gencral sporting proclis i ties of old George Simpson, came t be known as ' Jckey Corners." Divorced peroons are not s^-cail popular around about "Jockey Cot ners." Wuen the divorced Simps) promptly engaged as his nousekeepe Mrs. Coia E-liott, herself recently di vorced, his popularity, and hers also experienced a atill further dtciine. With growing resentmefnt th neighbor farmers and toelr wiv::s d:~ cussed various untsdotes tending t throw unfavorable reflections upo~nt characker of Mrs Eliott. Oae of the! tales undoubtedly had its due share i her subseq'lnt humniia2tion. On the day Mrs. Elliott left he husbaad she :s ssid to ha 'e gone int the corniteld waere he was at wor arnd, bussing her youngest child upo a shcck of corn he had just cut, re marked: S"Tnere's your bra'; take il-," an thereupon left the premises, never 1 return. In the discussion of these and otbh aales it was usual for these ferme and their..wives to speculate upon tI occasion for the prolonged visit of rather handsome young woman-MiF Bssie Oliyer, of Gowen, Mich.-a Simpson's house. When, recent] Miss Oliver was j ined there by an< ther girl from the same place-a ver young and delicate-looking girl name Glayds Emnmons-the speculatior took an indignant tone-aspecia 1 with the farmers wives-which bode )ill for the "Boss of Jockey Corners. 3In fact, it was only three days af be Miss Emmons's arrival that the stati ling crisis occurred. )All day there was suppressed cai citement at a dczan farmhouse where the influence of "Jockey Coi n ers" was felt. Several of the youcg -er men visited each other casually conferring with-each other mystertous ly while pretending to be cxnminini each other's live stock. Ia the afternoon the news was cat red about that Simpson and Mrs. El lott, his housekeeper, had driven int town, but would be hace In the earl: Ievening. They had left the two young women at home. It was further signi deantly mentioned that the forme: Mrs. Simpson was at home in ber owi house a short distance away across the fields. On the road to Fowlerville, a shor: distance from the Simpson house there is a grove warre a small strean is crossedA by a wooden brige. Wher hoses and vehicles cross tnis bridgE there is always a clattering on thi loose planks that can be heard for quartef of a mile. Soon after duck a farmer driving light wagon in which there were sev eral bundles and something coverec with a horse blanket turned his horsE silently into the gro :e by the bridgE and hitched it to a tree. Presently hE was joined by two more who had ar ived on foot. Then came others singly and in pairs. All disappearec among the trees and made no noist that could be audible to any one ir the road. They busied themselves in taking articles from the light wagon and It unwraping the contents of the bun Suddenly the men In the grove has tened their mysterious preparation., for there fell upon their ears the clat tr of wagen wheels on the bridge. It was Simpson driving home from tow'. Beside him was the housekeep er, Mrs. Elliott, and on the rear seat was a joung man of such high stand ing in the community that his name has been mentioned only la whispers, and only among those who know him. Te Simpson team was tired and was proceeding at a walk. Just as the wagon rolled cf' the bridge the nigh horse snorted and shied. "G.ddaz I" said Simpson. T e next instant both horses were snorting, but the wagon was at a standstill in the road. T wo men with their heads and shoulders swathed in white, with holes through which their eyes gleamed, were at the horses' brI dles, while a dozen others, simiiarly disguised surrounded the wagon. Mrs. Elliott screamed. Simpson lashed out avagely with his whip. The young man on the rear seat jumped over the wagon's tailboar d, eluded the hands atecedott cantun him, and ped down the road, esc::ping in the gloom. "Get out!" commanded the lead: r of the white caps. The housekeeper obeyed, trembling with fear, and was seized by one of the white caps. "You'll suffer for this," and Simp son, lashing cut with his whip again His whip was torn from his grasp A. dcz .n hands reached up and to' e him from his seat and fung him to the ground. The Simpson team was hitched to a tree beside the road. The woman was half carried into the grove. It required the united strength of half the party of white caps to follow with rA'e struggling, wiry old "Boss of Jockey Corners." When Simpson finally succumbed and sat sullenly quiet on the ground four other white caps suddenly ap peared, two h;ll1 carrying two fright ened girls-Miss Oliver and Miss En. :nons-while the other two escorted she former M's. Simpson. At sight of the slender, very youth ful and delicate-locking Miss Emmons the leaders of the white caps with drew to a little distance and conversed earnestly. Oa their return to the rain group they whispered to one of the older members of the party, who ;ook the young girl silently by the :and and l .d her away. It was afterward learned that this farmer carried out.his instruotions to immediately escort Miss Emmons back to her home at Giwen. The "Boss of Jockey Corners" and the women in the hands of the white caps were not long left in doubt abou: the fate that awaited them. Neirty Qung a kettle over a fire of dry branch es and in it bubbled a dark, viscid substance whose smell left no doubt as to its character. It was ordinary builders' tar. 'You fiend! "' shrieked the former Mrs. Simpson to the men who were searing off her upper garments, while others were half stripping Simpson and other women. "I know now why you stole my pillows. Bat I'll die firs !' The white cap answer was in the form of thick splashes of warm tar over the marked shoulders of all the victims. The woman shrieked f r mercy, but were not spared. Mrs. E'liott scratch ed acid bit so furlouly at first that she was dipped in the stream to cool the ardor of her resistance, and then was treated to an extra thick coat of tar. Simpson struggled and swore, tarea;ening all sorts of dire things, while receiving his coat, till one of the white caps slapped him in the face with his tarred brush. After that be was silent from necessity. When the tar kettle was empty and the v:ctims were thoroughly coated with tte sticky substance. Mrs. Sitrp son's pillows were ripped open and their anfiy contents sprinkled thickly -ver all the tar-covered shoul-!ers. . Toward the last of the ceremony the white caps threw discretion to the winds. They charged Simpson r with his alleged cffences, naming the wo-nen as his confederates. N t sats fled with the costume of tar and feathers, they kicked sand over the unfortunates. Thlen, as though fren zied by the spirit of 'cruelty which ru e e. them, they began crying out for efurther vengeance. "L t's ride them on a raIl," said one. wagon ana let me drag them througb the to wn," said another. But at last wiser counsels prevail ed. The miserable obiacts of theh d vengeance were dragged into the roac by the white caps and ordercd t 0 "Stidd& I" which they did-and the .avengers of the honor of ",Tackey Con' nerns" separated an-1 disappeared. Probsoly only those who have been euo'ortunate eogtobe victims of a the serious consequences of such treat ment. In more than one case the re sult has been death. The coat of tar, which hermetically seals the pores ci 'the skin, can be remoyed only by the persistent use of the right chemicala. s In the meantime, the victim su~ez from a raging fever, which can be con ,trolle-1 only by restoring the skia t<c rn Whnteetr body hras been coated C:h tar the danger is pro portionately greater. In this case, happily for the victims. oaly the up. per ptrt of the body was so coated. The former Mrs. Rimpson went hoine -and endeavored to remove the tar with kerosene,~ which only made it -worse. She. m~anaged to get: to Fow larville that night, where doctors took her in hand T wo days later, though still in a miserable plight, she was able to travel to the home of her son at Farmington. Miss Oliver is believeved to have re placed her dress waist over the- tar coat and to have gone as speedily as possible to her home at Gowe. The action of Simpson and his housekeeper was more radica1 and bel ligerent. Wnen the laat of the white c>.ps had disapperared they reseated themselves in the Simpson wagon and drove to Howell, the county seat. There, after ibtaining medicsa atten tion, they called on Sheriff Prs.tt and Prosecuting, Attorney Green. They were sick and defseted, but they made formal complaints against several of the "Jockey Corners" farm ers. Later Simpson filed damage suits against four or five of his neighbors, demanding $10,000 in each case. But public opinIon in the neighiba~r hood is strong for the 'white caps whoever they may be. Every !farmer for miles around wears an air of inno cence while warmly commrending their action. The women folk,. while lam e-nting the scandal of it. all:, declare that the measures takena were neces sary, inasmuch as it see~ned impossible to take any legal ac'don against the alleged offanders: Not only has Simpson employed prominent attorneys of Lansing, the capital of the State, to prosecute his civil suits, but, he has made a person al appeal to the Governor for the ar rest avid punishment of his assailants And there the matter stands. Who is there who will supply the necessary evidence to convict, and who hesides the victims themselves will suffilent ily identify the defendants as the men who actually participated in the tar and feathers ceremony ? Forn the present, at least, the ob noxious establishmzent at "Jockey Car ners"~ is broken up. SImpson occupies his house alone, the housekeeper hav ing left his employ. To Exploit Cuban Lands. The Cuban Investing Corporatibn of New York, which will conduct a general agricultural and manufactur ing business in Cuba, has been incor porated with a capital of $3,000,000. The directors of record include E C. .Fosburgh, H. M. Kerr, L. W. Shelton, C. H. Kayler, W. W. Dey, Jr., Nor folk, Va.; B. J. Camp, Franklin, Vi,.; andi C.' T.Laon Atlanta, G. CO)TTON ASOCIAT-10 ITS VALUE TOTBE PLANTERS OFF THE SOUra. Two Crops of 25,000,000 Bales war- ti keted At An Average Of Ten tC tl and Cne Falf Cents. n The value of the Southern Cotton a Asscciation to the cotton planters of i ,he South is apparent from the follow- a ing statement: In the two years ending September t 1st, 19L6, two crops of cotton, aggre- p gating practically 25;000,000 bales, a will have been marketed at an aver age price to Southern producers of nearly 10 1.2 cents per pound. In the two years ending September 1s, 1898. 22,500,000 bales of- cotton. f were produced and marked at an aver age pr'ce of 6 1-8 cents. This increase in price is an aggre gate of about $550,000,000, and is very iargely the work of the Southern Cot ton Association. In comparison with. such an achievement the cost of main tainigg its organization is but infi oitesmal, and it enters upon the com ing cotton season with the greatest confidence in the ultimate realization' of its purpose, namely: fair prices for the product of Southern labor; the avoidance of over-production of cot ton; and the protection of the South , in its God-given privileges of furnish ing the world with the cheapest cloth ing ever known at prices which will repay the Southern farmers for their arducn3 toil and the trained inteli gence employed in producing it. T;ae Southern Cotton Asoociatioi has made its mistakes and has had its enemies to fight. The mistakes have not, however, been I nportant, as shown by the result, and its enemies have for the most part admitted its power and have been forced ultimate ly to align themselves with its pur poses. The 1st of September, 1906, will find the world absolutely bare of cot ton. The visible supply will be the smallest on record. The 25,000,000 bales c f cotton with which the South has supplied civilization during the Dast two years are all consumed. The United States Department of Agri culture estimates that it will require 42,000,000 bales of cotton to adeo hate ly clothe the world's population, and the progress of civilization is rapidly advancing the world's population to a point at which it will rtquire to be adeqaately clothed. Whatever the siza of the coming cotton crop, there is no reason why it should be sold at anything else than the average price obtained for the last crop, through the effortsof the South ern Cotton Association, namely: 11 3 4 cents and 12 cents a pound. In iorested and self- constituted authori ties have of late been endeavoring to zampede Southern holders and pro ducers of cotton into the belief that th ! coming crop was likely to be an aonormally large one, produced from an acerage very much in excess of any previously planted. This disposition seems to have penetrated even into the Crap Estimating Board of the United States Government, who ap parently have not as yet fully eman eipated. themselves from the mala -iroit Influence which resulted in the scandal which the titarts of the Southern Co"ton Association last year disclosed. - That the cotton crop for th~e season of 1906 '7 is likely to be superabundant. or even a large one, the Southern Cfl ton Association does not believe. Its reports from its thousands of members and correspondents throughout the entire cotton belt indicate that the increase in average over last year is only 2.52 per cent., and the scarcity of ist-or; the lateness of developrrzent, thle erressive rains in many sectionb and drought in the region west of the Mississippi Valley foreshadow any thing but a full yield for the season cortmencing September 1st next. The publisted opinion c-f 150 mem bers of the New York, Liverpool and Southern Cotton Exchanges Is that a crop of about 11,000,000 bales will be worth. during the coming season 13.37 cents par pound, and those pro ducers who part with their product for less than this figure are needlessly curt-ailing the hard-earned prcfits of their toll and depreciating the value of their fellow-producers' crop. It is not the purpose of the South ern Co4'ton Association to advance cotton to an exorbitant price, nor one not instlfned by conditions. It Is it-s purpose to keep its constituency in the South fully informed as to the outlook and crop prospects, and to the end that it may have the best ~possible information upon this subject, for the purpose of more intelliganly reaching a. correct conclusion and to be accutrately informed as to condi tions: at the Associat;on mfeeting to be held at Rot Spring, Ark., Sept. 5ah, 1906, it requests every Southern cot ton pl?.nere to whose eye this may come to fill out at once, detach the accompanying blank and enclose it in an enrelop and mall to The Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga. C.. C. Moore, President North Caro lina 11ivision Southern Cotton Asso clation. E. D. Smith. President South Carc lina Division. M. L. Johnson, President Georgia Division. W. H. Seymcur, President Alabama Division. Walter Clarke,President Mississippi Division. T. (1. Long, President Tennessee Division. P. M. Potts, President Louisia~na Division. B3. H. Burnett,. President Arkansas Division. R. T. Milner,. President Texas Division. L. B. Irvin, President Oklahoma Division. Harvie Jordan, President. Richard Cheatham, S:cretary. Headquarters S~uthrn~ Cotton Asso ciation, Atlanta, Ga., July 16, 1906. The undersigned harvested f or tune season ending September 1st, 1906 .....-...bales e& cotton fron-... acres. Thre undersigned expects to harvest .or the season en sing Septezcher 13t, 1907-..bales of cotton frc'm.. acres planted. Name.................------- -- Post Ofce............-- -- -- --- State-....... .....- ...--- --- - Basiness.......-.......-------. County..-.............. Date.....-............-- -- -- Served Him Right. When the steamer Henry M. Stan ley was two miles from Galliopilis, Ohio, a negro entered the cabin of atE womian passenger and attempted to as-1 sault her. He was discovered and driv en over the side of the boat by the catain. and was ,dropwned. ZELL TO HIS D3ATH rom the Dizzy Height of Five Thousand Feet. Pitifully tragic was the ending of te career of William Johnson, bal onist and parachute jump~r, of Li e Falls, N. Y., Wednesday, after Don, while making his first ascen on in a series he had been engaged > make as the feature of a street fair t that city. He began his flight at few moments past two o'clock, :ating from a vacant lot. After at Lining a height af 5,000 feet, at a oint this side cf the G.ilf Bridge, bout a q'iarter mile from his start g point, he cut his two parachutes xose from the balloon. Tae first out was splendidly made ud Johnson began to descend grace ully, but the second parachute to rhich the trapeze was attached, did got open at full length, one portion eing "lopsided." Because cf the ack of air resistance Johnson then lescended rapidly. He alightd in the reat web of the Western Union ires that skirt the New York Cen ral tracks on the north side near the xulf Bridge. He bounded up,,n the wires a fea econds and then he dropped to thi ocks below, a distance of about fift eet, rolled off to another ledge o ccks and fell to the roadbed of thi ew Y ark Central, about seventy ive feet from the top of the wires When picked up he was uncorsciou md died in the hospital about 3:3 )'clock. The balloon and the first par lcbute released sailed a short distanc Go the eastward and f !ll into th burnt rocks owned by the John Pierc c arry Company, of New York City It is found upon inspection that ring ir the parachute had broken an e rope cut which prevented the pal achute from opening fully. This de eca probably would have been disco sed had Johnston inspected the ba loon carefully before going up. FIVE DAPS KILLED and Others Arrested for Unlawfui Killing Fur Saa1s. Further details of the killing of fil Japanese Poachers in the Pribikif Il lands is contained in a. spacial to Tr New York Herald, dated Dutch Ha: nor, Alaska, July 26, which sae s: Five J-spnese weresshot and killed c the Island of St. Paul of the Pribilc group, by order of an agent of tI Deparament of Commerce and L tbo on July 17, as a result of a raid t four Japanese schooners on seal roe. aries. The revsnue cutter McCollout reached here today- from St. Pai with twelve prisorer, two serious wounded, who were turned over Deputy Marsoal Harmon. The raiders were discovered lyit near the northeast point of St. Pa by native lookouts of tne North Ame scan Commer i Company. TI raid&r refused to surrender whs commanded and tried to make off wil their booty in small boats, several which were drawn upon the shor:: An agent then ordered the guard naives to open fire. The Japanese fer~d no resistance being without til arms. Three of the ralderd fell ies on the beach, a fourth was seen be thrown overboard frcom one of tl boats that escaped, and a fifth boe drif ted ashore later in another boat The nen had killud more thad 2 seals many of them cows. Those M escsped carried away about 120 skir Te raid is believed to have been concerted ff arL by the Japanese. wl have been bacglrg around the islal for months, and giving the revc caste.Zs mnuc1 troubte. ? Tnet hiswspaper. There seems tSo be a reeling amo: a certain c'ass of business men th a newspoper has no right to ma money. Why not? It is the most acting business in the world' the mt trying in every way, It means lo hours and the greatest care in it c duct. The ne wspaper hlas the enti Dublic to deal with. It is criticised every hand. It has to deal with cranks in a community, and to do ti successfully requires judgment sa patience. It has powver, and th power, to the credit of journalism nearly always wielded for the pub go~d. No question of vital conce to the people fails to, find a stro support from the piper, and this t without remuneration. The publish spends his money to -further the projects and the community nev gives a thought to the matter of cc to him. It is not paid out of t: public pocket. The hewspaper wal every concern to prosper. W shoud not this good will be mutua To make a profit a newspaper mu have living rates for both paper a' advertising space. Jesse Jamee's Son. Jesse James was the most noti outlaw in his day, and the story of b -wild deeds, together with the accoun of his murder, has been read by mj lions of youngsters. At Kansas City few days ago, the son of the bandi bearing the same name, won first ho r a class of 37, and he is now lawyer, a quiet, orderly young mal with no ba~d or vicious habits, ai with the one desire of being looki upon as an upright and honorable ci !zan. He was highly compllment4 and c~mtnendied for his excellent e: a~mination in law before the Slai board, and in the court he won tt first case in which he appeared. E def ended a prisoner charged with bu: glary. The story of the son's achievi ment ought to be printed for the be] fit of the youngsters. It might sho1 them what the son of a dishonore father can do when he is actuated b the rght motives and principles. Maltiny Among Marines. Five marines are in double chaIn on ooard the receiving ship Lancai ter at the League Island navy yard and ten sailors are under arrest as th result of a mutiny on Monday nigh in which two of the mutiners wer badly ir jured. The men had smug irled beer into the yard and while un der the irficence of intoxicants at tempted to leave the yard,and attack d the corporals. Alarm whistle were oundedi and the men of th Lancaster quickly responded. A gen ral fight ensued during which sev ral shots were fired. Burnett, one o he ringleaders, has his throat cut Ater nearly an hour of fighting thi rutineers were subdued and the prin :dpals were placed under arrest. Fiye Children Burned. In a fire which destroyed the homi >f Dr. Geo. L Miller. of South O-ma ia, during Wednesday night five chil iren of Thomas O'Diel were burn ad to death. Their ages ranged frorr ihree to thirteen years. Mrs. O'Dan el is in a precarious condition asa esault from burns sustained in her ef ort to sa her children. BRYAN THlE MAN tl SENATOR TILLMAN THINKS BE R ILL BE ELECTED. n q Re Thinks Roosevelt Wants the Ee t ci publican Nomination But Would be Beaten. t t A dispatch from St.. Louis to Tb' News and Courier says United State, Senator B. B. Tillamar, of Scu : Carolina, spent several hours in thai city Friday while waiting for a trail to York, Neb, whey e he is to delve: a Chautauqua address The Senato: i has his famous pitchfork with him and was rtady and eager to thrust the tines into one Theodore Roosevelt on slight provocation. Speaking of the approaching Presi dential campaign, Senator Tiiman said: "Roosevelt is a candidate for 1 the nomination and he will be sorely disappointed if the Republicans do not force it upon him. He is just itching for the place again and is using every possible moans to turn the sentiment toward him and make the Bepublic ins force him to accept the nomination again. "I think Bryan wi 1 ar quet'or.atly be the Demcratic nomiL ea f r Prebi dent at d has excellent chances t> win,. and if he can't beat aoosevelt b. can't beat any body. He is tolay f r stronger than he has ever been a&--h D the American people and there is scare:ly any dloord in the Democra. pic party. This leaves the party e with a splendid chance to elect its e candidate at the r' x. election. "If Bryan and Bosevelt are nomi -nsted by their respective parties; I L b-lieve Bryan will be elected, ftr a comparison between the characters'of the two nmen is so greatly in fav3r of Bryan that the American public cn readily see the d:fference and vote for t Bryar. He is popular, ccns.rvativ and is one of the ablest-men in Amer Ica today. -.Hs personal popularity is greater than that of any other man and with his views on the important Y topics of the country he outclasses B 'osevelt. However, I cannot say much against the character of Roose e velt, only that he calls too many good i- men liars. The tariff question will be i8 one of the principal issues of the next r- campaign." n WILL BUY SILV. B. if Unicle Sam's First Parchase in Thh teen Years. For the first time in 13 years the ii government announced its purpose to Ly purchase silver for coinage purposes. O Tenders are invited at the cffile of the director of the mint in this city or ' Wednesday, he 15th inst., up to 1 p u m., and evary Wednesday thereafter r until further notice. Those tenders are ie to be fr-r delivery at the Philadelphia, ,n New Orleans or Denver mint, settle a ment to be on the New York basis, of of bullion ;;guaranteed 999 fine. The treas uwy reserves the right to reject all of tenders or accept such part of any tender as may suit its convenience. It -~ I3 understood that anticipating that d its reappearance as a purchaser might to temporarily disturb the market undu e ly, the-treasury has obtained control 7y of considerable amounts for future de livery, so that it is in a position to DO drop out of the mnarkot for severa] o monhs If desirable. The average re -. qulrements of the treasury through. a out the year will not exceed 100.000 lO ounces per week and It will be the pol. d icy of the department, while keeping a te8 reasonanle amount In hand to so dis tribute his purchases throughout the year that its demands will be uniform and not an element of uncertainty In i the market. - - SThe government has been out of the market for the purchase of silver Ssince 1893 txcept as thie agents of the t PaiiIpine government in the pur gchase of a little over thirteen and one nhalf million ounces c-osting S7.376,995 e or anaverage of 0f5412 - ~The lowest price for silver was ltouched on Dec 3, 1902, when the s price on the L'indon market was d( .equivalent to 80.4'78 per fine ouner; tthe average for last year on the Lon s don market was 61 cents per ounce C and for the month of July last 66 e ents per ounce. oPassed a FlIoating Island r Passengers who arrived In New se York August 2, on the Clyde Line r steamship Arapahoe, from Charleston t and Jacksonville, told a tale of a ficat e lug island, which yarn Is partly borne t out by the ship's log. The Arapahoe y was a day out of Charleston on July ? 31 and was on the edge of the Gulf t Stream, about twenty miles south d west by south of the Diamond Shoals -light ship, when at 8 30 a. mn., the officer In charge of the deck saw a group of about a &z in trees on the 3d starboard bow. They were about a s mile away and a; peared to be a varie l ty of bamboo. They stood out of the 1 water about twenty feet. The theory a was that the roots of the trees were t, intertwined and that they had1 been - dislodged by a storm and sent adrift a From the' Arapahoe's deck the trees really resembled a small Island. Ld Africa For Africans. bA dispatch from London says it is dbeing suggested that the negro preach ers who have been advocating an E thiopian propaganda on "Africa for the Africans" should be deported from eSouth Afrca. Th~e government has not taken any action, and it Is a gaes ,.tion whether it will. The agitation .against thepreschers has been revived Sby the recent trouble at Cape Town, Sfor which they are held by certain London papers to be partially respan sible.; They have made no secret of their mission to South Afrci, advis ng the natives to use their efforts to secure black supremsey an that part of the wor:d. Murder in His He~art At Jennings, La , Drew Dobbins, whll despondent, Friday took a re Svolver ecntainiug three loaded car tridges, fired the first bullet at his wife and missed, then deliberately aimed the second at his baby but again missed, and sent -the third Sbullet into his own body, dying in a Sfew seconds. A neighbor was slightly wcuiaded by one of the shots. Badly Wounded. In the red light district of Green. vlle Friday night Geo. Burbage, a young man about town, was seriously ct up with an axe by a Greek fruit dealer about a woman. Greenville Is a dry county. ~utned by Uigazettes. That an alarming percentage of young men in the cities of the South are unfit to enter the army, owing to cigarette smoking, late hours and other bad habits, Is the statement of Harken to t- R',-ord. In discussing all public questions ae objcct should be to arrive at the ruth and nothing but the truth. In o other way can a discussion of such uestions be made of permanent bene t. Take for instance the whiskey uestion. There are statements made a reference to it that will not stand he test of truth, and we regret to say hat these statements, are sometimes aade from the pulpit.by men who ave not thoroughly investigated the natter. Whiskey is a demon that is oing up, and down the world seeking vhom to devour. Most men who have iven the whiskey problem any hought will agree to this statement. Chere is a great difference of opinion is to the best mode of m tmaging this lemon. Some contend that the best way is to vote it out and not allow it :o be sold legally. Others think that Ghe best way to control it is to collar it as South Carolina has done and sell it under the moststringent law. With us there is no sentiment about the whiskey question. We want it handled so as it will do the least harm, and from our observation and study of the subject we are satis fied that the dispensary system hones tly administered will accomplish that result. Dispensary whiskey is just as bad as any other whiskey, and we would advise every one to do as we do, let it alone, but we do not believe that voting it out would stop people from drinking whiskey. At least that has been the result in every place where it has been. tried. Take the syposium we published last week of the socalled dry counties. There was not a report from one of them but what admitted that blind tigers were at work. These reports were gotten up by a paper that would like to have been able to say that not a drop of blind tiger whiskey was sold in these so-called prohibitio.s counties, but it could not do so and tell the truth. In the face of these reports it would- be a falsehod to say prohibition prohibits in this State. So much for South Carolina. Now wtat is the record-in Iowa,. Kansas and Maine, which are generally held up by prohibitionist as model prohi bition States. In referring to these three States a.preacher in a sermon is reported to have said recently. "I have heard people say that you can't stop the traffc and that 'prohibition won't prohibit, until it makes me sick, for I have been o 'er the grounds in these States and I tell you, gentle men, that if a majority of the citizens make up their minds to put out whis key and keep it out they can enforce their will" Now let us see if this preacher knew what he was talking about, or was only painting a word picture of conditions as we would like to see them. We shall not do like the preacher, give our opinion, but we will give something more substant!al on which to base our conclusions. The preacher says. he "has been over the ground in these states" and knows that prohibition prohibits~ in themu Now let us see what the United States census figures say on. the sub ject. The eensus bureau has j'st issued a bulletin containinig statistics of cities having a population of 8,000 to 25,000. The tables give, among other things, the number of arrests for different causes and comparison has been made by olfcials and men interested in socd oiogical problems between prohibition and license states for the purpose of studying the efrects of prohibition, and the result is surprising in many respects. The total population of the cities between 8,000 and 25,000 of Illi-, nois is 360,260, of Indiana 275,953, of Ohio 369, 288, of rowa 164,506, of Kan sas 104,745, of Maine 118.541. Three ofl these states are license states, three are prohibition states. The number of arrests for drunken ness among each one thousand inhabi tants in these states is as follows: Illi nois 19.30; Indiana, 17,58; Ohio, 25.00; Iowa, 27.50; Kansas 14 61; Ma Ine, 25. 39. For disturbance of the peace the numbers of arrests are; Illinois, 6.53: Indiana, 1.72; Ohio 5.10, Knsas, 7.64; Maine 0.32. For both causes together. Illinois, 25.83; Indiana,19.30; Ohio 33. 22; Kansas, 22.25; Maine, 25.71. Tb ese figures show that drunkeness is much more prevalent in Iowa and Maine both prohibition states, than in either Illinois, Indiana or Ohio. And if the arrests for drunkennes and distur bance of the peace are taken together which is quite proper, because drunk en persons are in police stations, quite frequently slate-1 for disturbance of the peace, Kansas makes almost as bad a showing as Illinois and a consid erably worse showing than Indiana. Further comparison is still more in teresting. The total number of ar rests for each one thousand inhabi tants in the states named was, in Illinois, 44.23; Indiana, 41.94; Ohio, 59 61; Iowa, 60; Kansas, 46.29; Maine, 33. 64; and the number of arrests for other causes than drunkenness and disturbance of the peace was in flli nois,18.40; Indiana, 22.64; Ohio, 26.39; Iowa, 27.40;-Kanas., 24.04; Maine, 7.39. Here again figures show that in re spect to the total number of arrests Iowa takes the lead and that Kansas is far ahead of Illinois and Indiana Exactly the same results appears in considering the number of arrests for all other causes but drunkeness and disturbance of the peace. This how ever, is very Important, for after the elimination of drunkenness and distur bance oX the peace, the remainder of. the causes consists principally in actual crime. Somewhat astonishing is the small number of arrests for other causes but drunkenness and disturbance of the peace in Maine, but whatever cause for it may be..the fact that the num ber of arrests for ar..ikenness in that state is very large, larger thna in eith er sta te on the list, I wa excepted amply proves that drink is not, as pro hibitionists declare, the ca'ise of the most crimes. If it were, the number of arrests for other causes but drunk enness and disturbance of the ;eace in Maine would necessarily be consider erably larger. There is no gain-say ing these tigures. They are issued by the census bureau and were gotten on the ground from the police records and must be accepted as the truth. Such statistics as these from so-called prohibition States is what causes us to support the dispensary system in preference to prohibition, while strongly believing that the controll aent of the whiskey tratlic is a most desirable thing. We cannot stultify mur intelligence by advocating a sys bem that will multiply blind tigers. 2ravnehu nToimes nde Democat,