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The 1T(LY .INE" PROJECT FOR BUILDING RUN DEEDS OF MILES OF RO &D. From (harleston to Augusta, Colum bia and Charlotte Via Crargeburg. Mr. C. R. van tten, who is devel oping a plan for organ'zfng the South, Carouna Pu'ie Service CorporatiOn, was in Charleston recently and gave an interview to T.e News and Cour ier. Mr. Van Esen in part said: "Eagineers in the employ of those interested in building the railroad projected by the Scuth Carolina Pub lic Service Corporation have been making investigations through the Carolinas for some time. "The railroad, as originally plann ed, was a system of brarca lines to sonnect the manufacturing towns of the State with Gciumble ; from thence the main line would rsaca Savannah via Augusta, with a branch running from Augusta to Orangeturg. After considerable progrisos had been made along theee lines Mr. Lawrence 1 Pinckney finally suczeeded in bringing stifilient irfluence to bear, through efforts here and a visit to New York, io get the parties interested to en tertain a proposition to run tne main line from Columbia to Charleston, Connecting with the same feeder lines as was intended in the original propo sition at Coiumba. and also building a line from AURuSta, joing the main line at or resr Orangeburg. "After visiting the different com munities with the representatives of the new road and carefully investiga ting their relative values it was finall; decided to ade pi Mr Piackney's su gestion. T wo c'Pa3 of engiaeers a a other working cffl..Ws of the company are already at work on the now loca tion. "This road willbe electrically equip ped, in strict accordazo3 with the highest modern standards, and will be adapted for high speed operation, handling both passanger and freight business in train loads, giving the ad vantsges of cleanliness and comfort to the riding public and placing cars at the doors of factory and industrial enterpris' s for the delivery and ship ment of freight. Tnis lin3 w11 bear the same relation to Charlston that the Central of Georgia Rilways bears to Savannah. All o the other i.- portant railroads in the Sate run paraliel to the coast. Their interests necesarily lie in gath ering business f:om the inland and seaport towns and carrying it to their Northern terminl for reshipment. But this new company nnut, because of its geograpiical position, handle its business through the port of Casrles ton, whiea will be the principal ter minus of the railroad. "Charlsston needs a line th.t will build up tae business Cf the port and add to the prospenty of the city. This can be done only by a railroad reach ing the inlard manufacturing and ag rculture conmunities and carrying their products to Charleston for con entration, warehouuog, expyt or re shipmnent to te Nartn and other markets. Sucht a line will mak-e Coar lestoni a great wholesale and j bbing market, supplying the staple commo dites of lhving and manufacture, that will be consumed by -the merchants and populace of the inland communi ties. --Every student of ccmmercial do vsIopmezzt now realizes that the 'eel fare of any municipality is largely in the hands of its transportationl lines. Hbid the great traos cantinental rail road devrsopment to the West centred at Charlesi~o- Instead of New York city the commercial hist-ory of the Noth and South would have been dif ferently written. It is too late to make Charleston such a commercial metropolis as is New York, but it may become the ecmmercial metropolis of the Soutn and check the present prac tice of sending all Southern products and receiving all Southern supplies over transrOrtation uines that must, from their geographicall ocatOon, work to the benefia of Northern cities and the detriment of their own. "Mr. J. 3. Tiremes, who is the per sonal representative of the financial interests behind the enterprise, and has charge of all financial and legal matters, will after Noviember 10 ye main permanently in the South. Mr. Timmires has extensive real estate and commercial interests mn New York cly and for a number of years has been connected with large financial operatins. "All matters appertaining to en gineering construction, traffl3 and op eation will be under my direction. I developed the freight tnifio of the Broiyn Rapid Transit OC mpany and ad been 1n clharge of sub wy ano other extensive construction work of that line. Pnor to his connection with the B. B T., he had the msuagementL of eilecsric and steam rauiroads and steamboat lines in New -York State and Naw Jersay. "Tue locating engineer, A. T. Jones, was formerly assistant engineer in charge of the Extensive improvements on the Lorg Lland dilvision- of the "Mr. W. 'W. Wells resigned bis po siton as agent in charge of the sur fr~ce !:e!ghto business of the Brooklyn Bs.pid Transit to assist In the devel opmEnt Cf sittilar business here. "Te wo.nder ful development that has mmediately followed toe construc tion of s.m lhr lines elsewhere de mands the c,,ncentiatlon of all busi ness interests of Charleston to the im mediate construction and operation of this road. Charleston ought not fail to grasp the slgnifc.rce of this opportunity, the 'vast advantages of which cannot be overestimated. AUl possIble asstance of every natur *hatever should be exterded to the enterprise, partlcularly as Mr. Plnck ney was Informed that the only condi tion in changing the route placed of the parr~ies at tne head of this under taking was the securing of a broad co operation of the various communities to be berefited. "r. P.zckney deserves the grati tude of this community for the wcrk he has do-e in seCuring the terminl of this company for Charleston, as such a ron~d is the must important factor toward the development of the great natural advantages of our city, that have so 10'r g laid nermant." Mag zMne Fired. A ;wder mig:zne of the E. I. Dupont Co. and situated at T:nley Prk, abcut 30 mles from Chicago, eplded Frdday with such force that windowpaes5 were broken In the ome of the Midolthianl Club three miles distance. One man. who was employed to watch the magsz'ne, was kiled tnt no other lives wer' lst. The cause of the expbston is not known. OUR N Um JZaTNS. EHE IMXIGRANT SHIP WITIE KIND ARRIVES AT Charleston fr,.m Germany With Near ly Five Eundred Passengers Who Come to Stay. The long expected and much talked of NTorth German Lloyd steamer Wit tekind arrived at Charlestcn from Bre nen on last Sunday wirh 475 passen gers on board, being the frst of at least two vessels which the big steamship corporation is to run to Charleston, in the movement inaugurated by State Commissioner Watson to divert the tide of immigration from northern ports to Charleston, that these people may be distributed through South Carolina, supplying much needed ag ricultural, mechanical and labor hands, where they are most desired. It.is prctable that the Wittekind will prove the firT of a regular and par manent line of steamships for both pessengers and freight between Char leston and Bremen, the permanences of the line being in a measure depend ent upon the success of the two flrst vessels. The second vessel is due to sail from Bremen on Dac. 27 for Char leston. Oa the Wittekind were twenty- five cabin paEseneerz; nineteen adults, ive children and one infant. In the steer age were 394 adults, 45 children and eleven Infants. There were 112 fam ilies, 75 single men and two single woMen. It Is worthy of note that the number of married people grew sud de-nlv !n one day, early Sunday morn Ing Commissicner Watson marrying no lEsS than twenty-nine couples, re drecig to his extent the number o' el gib'les for bachelcrs and maids at herme. There were 126 adult Belgians and 22 children, eight adult Hollan ders and three children, and the rest of the party was made up of Austri ans, F.anch, Garmans and other na ttonalities. Vsry few of the immin gr :nts speak English. The rehgion of the immigrants is mostly Catholic, with, however, a good number of Lu. therns. All the cabin passengers left Char leston Sunday af terncon for Columbia and the greater part of the steerage passengers will also go to the capitol, and there be distributed by Coinmis sioner Watson's teffle. The places to which immigrants are ticketed are as follows: Azderson, % hester, Darling ton, Columbia, Fort Mill, Glendale, Greenville, Hartsville, Lancaster, Greer, Lockhart, Welford and War renville, as far as can be now stated. The departure of the passengers was facilitated by the Southern railway having a rumber of cars on the East Shore terminal tracks under the per. sonal :irectiort of Dvision Superin tendent Hunt. The passengers are generally of a fine class. Several of the cabin passengers are particularly well to do, one of the number being a wealthy farmer of 40,000 fizzti, who is going to prospect in this siate. Very few of the passengers will remain in Charleston, notwithetanding the large dem--nd for the help. Trio number of immigrants would have been still larger but for the fact th-t tae agricultural people are under contracts and could not leave their farms. Thess contra.c'.s will, however, have lapsed by the time that the next steamer departs. The present law also f orbids the carn~ lug of second class passengers from Denmark, which will not be in effet at the time of the next sailing. Tne number of pas s'ngers wou.'d have been still larger from the northern part of Elrope but for a publication in a St. lechols pa per of tue most oxggerated accounts of the Atlanta riot. It should be stated to Col. Watson's err dit also that he has secured what no other national or state representa tive has ever been able to secure-the sanction of the Belgian governmnent rm the emigration of the people from that to mntry. Baron de Favereu was especially helpful and cooperative, as was the Ccmmnessaire D'E mdgration Chapelle in assisting him to ecure the sanction of the government. The B31 glan people are especially fine weav ers, and Col. Watson stands committ ed to retura them to their country if they aze not satisfied with their lot here; but he is certain that they will all be well placed and will not desire to return. Young tw oman luled. While attempting to cross the tracks in front of a Southern Railway train, at Duncan's, a ~Email station difteen miles from Greenville Friday aternoon, Miss S. B Hand, a young school teacher, was struck by a south bound :imited and instantly killed. Miss Hand was a sister of Prof. Hand of the Scuth Carolina U~aiversity, and bad been engaged in teachiug in the school at Duncan's. Tne limited was running several hou's late, and It is belived that Miss Band mistook the train for a local, whish stops at Duncans. . It was not until she step pe d on the track in front of the limi ted, which was thundering down up on her at the rate of sixty miles an hour, that some one called to her to look out. It was too late. The young woman barely had time to glance up v.-en the pilot of the locomotive tos ed her body into the air. She was not mangled, but death was Instanta neous. marnas, In waanington. Iudge J..ms F. Islar and M'ss Marion P. Alston were married in Washington OD last Ttinrsday by the Rev John B Williams. This announce ment will bt a surprise to many of the Judge's friends who did not sus pect for a mment that he contem lated such a step. He had made freqaent trips to Washington in the past tew months but only his imme diate family were fully oognliant of the real reason for his visits and had expected the "happy event" for six months or mare. Mrs. Iziar is a ative of Caarleston, a member of the old Aliston family of this t.. State. and is well known throughout this State as Miss Nan Aston. She is of quite a charmtr g personality, and will prove a'welcome adition to the social set of the city. Judge Iz'ar and Mrs. Iziar arrived ome on Tuesday morning-range urg Time' ad Democras Fatal Explosion, At Plttsburg, Pa., one man was kiled, two fatally i' jared and sixteen oter seriously hurt in a dynamite explsio-n shortly after noon, on Woodland avenue, Carrick Borough, where a sewer is being constructed. The men are all foreigners. They sere seated about a fire eating lunch when a dozen eticks' of dynamite, rlaced near the fire to thaw, exploded. Oe inan was blown to pieces, another lst a leg av d the eyes of the third v ere blo #n out. Two were so badly injred thstt they will die MR. JORDAN WILL RESIGN. Says He Will R sin as President About January 1. In the last issue of the Cotton Journal Mr. Harvie Jordan, the pres ident, states that he will retire from that position in January, when his term expires. After referring to the recent diffzrences between the Far mers' Union ofcials and himself Mr. Jordan says: "I shall retire from my present po sitionin the Southern Cotton Associa tion next January, but until that time I sballfaithfully diseharge every duty incumbent upon me, and do all in my power to maintain effective co operation among the people in an ef fort to keep the price of cotton at a prcnable figure to growers." Mr. Jordan has been president of the S4uthern Cotton Association since its organization, and his administra Iion of the cfiae has not given satis faction all the time, but he has had very loyal support even from those who thought he had made mistakes His recent newspaper controversies with cffialaa of the Famers' Union bave to some extent weakened him and have not done the Catton Asso clation any good. It was Jordan who, without authority, demanded the 15 conts' minimum last year, and ib was he who stood by Richard Oheatham, the secretary of the organization, who got mixed up with the bucket shops in Atlanta. It Is stated that the Georgia farm era may put forward, the justly cele brated Tom Watson for president. At a recent meeting In La Grange his name was suggested, and the sugges t0on was said to have been received wlth enthusiasm. The alleged par pose of the Association has been to zo-p out of politics but Mr. Watson ta .rvsr Bhown any ability to keep cut of politics, *ecept when ha was put 1ut by the voters of Georgia and his election as president would cer tainly meet with strong opposition from the South Carolina branch of the Association. In fact, if Mr Jordan retires from the presidency, there is a well defined sentiment for the selectioa of Mr. E. D. Smith, if this- State, for that post, since it is well recognizid that be has been the brains and balance of the Association in more than one crisis. South Carolina will probably present Mr. Smith for pr.sident to succeed Harvie Jordan. TO FIGHT WALL STRUT. Big Cotton Combine to be Organized In the South. At Atlanta, Ga., a movement de. signed "to naintain a orofitable price for cotton against the conspiracIes of Wall street," was inaugurated Thurs day evening at a meeting cf the exe cutive committee of the Southern Cotton A4sociation. The method proposed for accom plishing this purpose Is formation of "the Southern Cotton Company, ' with an authorized capital of $100, 000.000 to build ware houses, buy up ooton at reasonable prices, and other wise endeavor to regulate selling so that cotton shall be traded in on basis of its intrinsic value, rather than on speculation. Fifteen members of the executive committee of tbe Southern Cotton As sociation attend Thursday's meeting. They represented all the co'tton States, and included for most part very prominent planters. A tentative plan for organ'zation of the proposed onying and handling company was resented by a special committee, con isting or Mass's .T. P. Allison, of North Carolina; El. D. Smith of Sruth Caroline; S. A. Witherspoon, of Miss ssipp!; E L. Maxwell, of Louisiana, and .T. 0. Hlokey, of Texas. Tais charter pr~vides for organlza tion of a stack company with an an thorz'd capital of $100,000,000, and an initial capital of pernaps $10,000, 000. It is proposed that the affairs of the company shall be administered by a board of thirty- five directors who shall estimate fair cftton prices, and endeavor to have them maintained. The management of the concern is to erect storage warehous's, and conduct buying, holding and selling. The par value of the stcck Is to be $2 per share opening membership to small as well as large planters, members of the Southern Cotton Association, and others. Should the directora believe ctton to be worth more than the Wall street price It will pay such price regardless of the so-called market val ue and hold the prodcast for a rise. After discussing and amending In some respec:s the plan for organiza tion, it was decided to defer final ac ton on the proj 'et until the next eting of the executive committee, to be held in Janurry. Ubi 0. Minitoan Pardoned. Goev. Beyward Taursday granted a pardon to Ubi 0. Millican, the Spar tanurg boy who killed his stepfather lst spring. The case is one of thle most extraordinary that have. ctma efore Gov. Hayward In his eventi four years' service. Millican killed is step-father on the public square at Sartanburg while there were a great many people on the street. A Winchester rifle was used, and the whole siffair was a speciscular way of avenging what Millcan declares was an Improper proposal to his sis ter. The State says the pardon was granted upon petition of the jury and recommendation of Judge DAnt zer and Solicitor Sease. It appears that the jury brought In a verdict or guilty with the understanding that Millican was guilty, technically, but that the solicitor would recoommend a pardon. Mr Stanyarne Wilson of Soartan ourg was here yesterday and urged this matter upon the attention of Gv. Heyward. The pardon is grant ed on the grounds C f humanity urged y the members of the j iry. Mili ken, when convicted, entered an appeal, but his attorneys subsequent ly abanooned the appeal. Murdered for Money. Mrs. COstberine Sta~uffer, a widow, was fournd murdere d in her bed early Fday at L :bertaville, a small vil lage in Somerset County, Pa. There ust a bullet bole In her head and when dihcovered she was lying in a col of blotd. It Is believed Mrs. Stat ff ar was murdered for money, noL she is suppcsed to have possess ed. A couple of grar doni~dren were livng with her, one of whom, a girl. who is almost grown up. The girl was awakened by the presence of a man in her room. He tried to choke her and cholorcfiarm her, but she made her scape and aroused the nefgabors. When they arrived on the scene the ~an had gone, but they found bis or oromts and are now scouring the THE LULLABY SONG. rhat Soothed Us to Sleep on On I Mother's Breast. Eush, my dear, lie still and slumber! 'Holy angels guard tby bed! Heavenly b.eisings without number Gently faling on thY head. What tender tendrils of memory reach far baok through the fugacious years and cluster about the slumber songs of our infancy ! If there Is one thing in all this world of sordid In fluences that alienating vlccissitudes cannot obliterate lo is the lulaby that soothed us to sleep upon the motber's breast. If there has come into our adult lives anything of beauty, sweet ness and charm; if we have been blessed by the miracle of happiness, or if In the garden of our souls there bloo-s one transcendent blos som it Is associated with the fairy land of an unforgetten home. In the ullaby of childhood there Islove san tiled and unselfish and made pure in a sacrifice as holy as an echo from Cal vary. Perhaps you can't remember all the words of that simple hymn that Groned you to sleep in the dawn of your awakeninz life. The gentle tune may halt and falter when strange emotion clutches at your throat, but the memcry is there in your heart, indelible and all- endurirg. There may be more cultivated voices, more classic phrasing, more graceful expression in the palling world of art, but not to you. That sometimes tremolous vo!ce which you did not know was choked with the dews of sorrow will whisper upon heartstrings when all elsa becomes dim nothing ness. God sends the white souls of children out of heaven Into mother arms that the transition may not be too sudden and he appoints moth erhood his deputy to guide the wan dering feet aright. Too late we un derstand. "Some must watch while some must sleep,"and some must press the tired bodies of children in their arms and lull them into soft forgetfulness. What a blessed priviledge it would be if world-worn.men and women of today could repose onces more in the sacred security Cf all encompassing mother love; if they could only take their heart hurts to the compassionate shrine where little souls are calmed. and with the cellestial lullaby of those sweet days wetting the parch of thirsty ears dream on, and on, and in The News ot the Day ,France will have a Equadron at the Jamestown Exposition. An eighty ton fly wheel burst and wrecked an iron mill at Wheeling, W. Va. Richmond is said to be the head quarters of an organized. business of "shanghaing." The Reading Iron Company has de. cied to raise the wages of iti 3.000 employes. Fines imposed for breaches of the oyster law on the Pvtomac aggregated 465 In one week. An alleged robber caught in Fred erick, Md., proved a 'wizard with handcuffs, getting cut of them easi DynamIte was used in an attempt to wreck a coal tipple near Wheeling, W. Va., as a result of labor troubles. A Pennslyvanla pair got a mar riage license In Oumberland, returned toc tuaIr o irn state and were mar ried. Announcement is make of the ap pintment of William H. Moody toc ce justice of tbe United States su preme court, to succeed Justice Brown. The Delaware, Lickawannla & Western Railrcad has refused the de mand of the switchmen for an in crease of ten cents an hour in wages. Sir William Henry Perkin, discov erer of aniline dyes, arrived in Balti more, and will receive the degree of doctor of laws from John Hopkins University. Mrland's contribution through the Red Cross Society far the Cal! fornia, earthquake victims was larger. In proportion to Its population, than that cf any other state. The homt of Bev. A. B. Ayres, pastor of the Second United Brethren urch at Yor-k, Pa., was entered by burglars and $200 worth of valuables were taken. The house was ran sacked from the garret to the callar. Mrs. L alla I. Sinclair, 93 years old, widow of Commander Arthur Sin clair of the United States and Con. federate navies, died at the home of her danchter, Mrs. Walter Blaki stone, 1810 North Calvert street, Baltimore. Secretary Hitchcock will retire from the cabinet the fourth of next. March and .Ja:nes B Garfield, at present head of the tureau of cor paatons5, will be appointed. Hsr bert Smith, now assistant secretary o the bureau, will succeed Mr. Gar feld. sensible Inatans. The constitution of the new State of Oklahoma wIll be written by Des ocrats. Vernon Whiting, secretary of the Okclahoma Raoublican central committee, cncedes the Demccrats and three delegates while Chairman Jesse Dann of the Democraaic comn mittee says there will be at least 78 Democratic deler-.tes on the fi irr cf he convention. R spublican m?.nag era admit that O.:ci:.homa proved a great disappzintment. Toe "un known" quality of the Indian Terri tory was a concession to the D).eno crat but Oklahoma districts counted on by the Rabublicin leaier were car red by the oposition. The Osage na tion elected tw~o Democrats. Tce In dian as b general rule voted the Dem ocratic ticket. Killed by a Tree. Dock Brewster, colo~ed, was killed Thursday night about 11 o'clock near Simsville, in Greenville County. He and a while man and a negro boy was out possum hunting. The dogs treed and the three set to work to Cu: down the tree. In falling it struck ather tree and lodged, but a moment later sliped from where It was lodged, a huge limb striking Brewster across the head and kIlling him almost in stantly. The'y Get a Raise. The Standard 011 company an nounced Friday the first cf a series of reneral advanoes. in its wage scale, which will permeate the entire sys- I em from the field w~orkers to the ffilse men. The employes of the re ling department are grauted five I md ten por cent increases, the latter ociuding all employes under $200 a r -oth c WILL RAIS. COTTON. Eglehmen Will TryfheIr;Hand at it in America. The recent visit of several cotton mill men of Lancashire, Eogland, to the United Sftates is apuarently about to bear fruit as the following state ment Issued- by the department of commerce and -labor will show: "A scq'iel to the Washington cot ton conference and the visit of the Lancashire manufactures to this Country last spring is the proposed investment of Lancashire capital, in the rasing of American cotton. We are informed that two Lsncashire manufacturers will arrive in tle Unit ed States with in a few weeks and complete arrangements for the pur chase and management of a large cot ton plantation in the South, probably in Texas. The Dlan Is to adopt the most improved methods of cultivation, ginning and bail'ng, and to ship the cotton direct to the Lancashire mills controled by the promoters. There Is said to be ample capital back of the enterprise. It is to be hoped it is said in Eng land that this venture by English manufacturers will be entirely sucess ful. Its success will mean much for the cotton trade. "We have had -a surfeit of precept they say as to the evils that oppress the cotton trade and their remedies, all to no purpose. The evils have grow'1 greater, and those responsible for them have treat ed all protests with contempt. What we need now is an example. The ex ample of a large plantation In the South, producing cotton properly baled ahd shippad to Lncashire and there received in good order at the mills wonid mark the beginning of the end of the present disgraceful methods of baling American cotton. The ex isting combine of ginners that blceks all attempts by planters and mmnu; factures to improve conditions might for a time resist even the irfluance of good example, but eVntually they would be forced to adopt the improv ed processes. It may be safely as sumed that the present methods cf preparing cotton for market cannot exist permanently along of right methods. Tne sormer have continued because all American cotton has been and is baled in an eq2ally bad way. "The Influence of such a plantation on the other evils that a ffl.c6 the cot ton trade are not equauly evident. There Is no doubt, however, but that such influence wculd be entirely for good. A large and well managed cot ton plantotion, owned by cotton manu facturers, producing cotton for the mills of its owners, forming a com ponent part cf one complete industry, might not eliminate the speculator from the cotton market, bat it could not fail to indic ite to the manufac turer a refuge from the speculator's attacks." The commission that is coming here to make purchases will in all probability go over much of the same ground as that covered by tne foimer commission when It toured the South and Southwest In quest of good cot ton lands. Their rout-e will probably take them through North and South Carolina and the other cotton grow lng states east of the Mississippi river, wthi their final survey in Texas. While the object of the commission will primnarily be to secure land for cotton-growing, it is said that there is a possibllity of some large mills be Ing erected by them, should the con ditions prove favorable. Is is known that some of the members of the first commislon dl~scunied the mill. buildi:.g prt j act with men In the different sections through which they passed and that the amount of dividends de clared annually by some of the mills in the Suth struck them with con siderable force. Don't Like IC. The State's Washington correspon dent says a number of negroes in Washington are expressing great in dignation at the action of the presi dnt in disbanding the regiment of negro troops on account of shooting by some of the men in the regiment inl Brownsville, Tex. They say that the president timed the disbanding order, making It af ter it was too late to effect the elections. They have held a meeting and issued a call for a national meeting of negroes to protest against the action of the president and decided to ask Senator Faraker to take up their cause. What they will demand will be the reinstatement of the regiment. This action of the president Is being widely discussed in Washington, particularily in army circles. Iu is the first time that such summary action has ever been taken. Should Stand Togetner. If those whom ycu owe want their money, and many of them are almost compelled to have it, don't sell your cotton if the price is not-right, but put It in the warehouse and borrow money on it and pay your debts, In cluding your subscription to the paper you take. We hove no hesitation in saying that the present price of cot ton is too low. Tne Wail street sharks who never saw a fild of c-.tton are fixing the price, and are not permit ting the farmer to have a vcice in th+ dzing. Dm't let any one deceive you on this quotin. Join ycur brother farmers who are trying to resist op pression. Don't stand idle. Get busy. The Lord helps them who help themselves. "He who dallies Is dastard; he who doubts Is damnedf'' Will you stand ilke a lot of slaves and be robbef.! From the Atlantic tO Oklahoma the cct.on farmers are ris ing up In their migrht and banding themselves together against thier common foe. L ay aside all differences of politios, religion, and personalities and put ycnr shoulder to the wheel. Yu owe it to your wife and children o do so. It will not take thirty days to win the fighit. Let every farmer resolve not to sell a pound of cotton for less thon ten cents or miore.. Yu are masters of the situation. S~ck together and win or divide and e ruined. Warehoose your cotton nd pay your debts but don't sil y our cotton for less than ten cents per pound. _________ Ends His Life. Cornelius Cmdmus, of Otldwdll, N. ., committed sniclde Thursday night t the home of his brother In-law, Lorer zo Conklin, in Roseland. Cadmus efs Castdwell several years ago for Cal ifornia and remained there until last August, when be returned to his old home. Far the last week he had been sting strangely. All of his personal effets he had given to one or nother member of the Conkhin family. Tue family heard a shot firei n his bedroom about 9 o'clock, and te man was found lying unconseicus. The man diled before a physician l rahd his side., BUILDING COLLAPSES. Oine Men Kiled and Many 0;her. Badly Ir jured. At Long Beach, Cal., five steries ci ;he central wing of the new 8750,000 Bixby Hotel collapsed Friday carri Lng nine workingmen to death in the tons of tangled wreckage. About 150 artisans and laborers were scat tered through the structure at the moment it fell, and of these 200 were carried down In the ruins, nine being severly hurt. Thirteen men on the contractor's rolls are unaccouuted for, out are probotly safe. None of the injured will die. The dead: R K. Pirkins. Carlton Brasbear. A. Benseno. Albert Hartle. L M. Phillips. Four unidentified workmen. The injured: E P. Watson, bruises and lacrel tions. Alexander Bavay; ribs broken. George Parker, shoulder dislocated. r. H Imlay, cut about head. H. G. Rinabarger, leg brcken. J 3. Walsh, leg amputated. Niet olson, fell five sto-les, sprain ed ankle. Alexnder Z mzy, leg crushed. F. W. Schulte. Immeadiately after the collapse of the structure hundreds of bystanders lent aid in the rescue. Comp.ny H 7th regiment, Nation al Guards, was called out and lines thrown around the building, all but rescuers being excluded. Pitiful scenes were enacted among the throng who stood outside the lines waiting for news. -An aged mother sat all day long on the bluff overlooking the hotel, weeping and watching for her son. . LONE ROBBE Entered a Puuman Car and Robbed the Passengers. A lone robber, heavily masked, boarded the roar sleeper of the east bound combination, Chicago and Al ton Rock Island California Limited train known on No. 44, between Sla ter and Glasg3o, Mo. Shortly after midnight Tauigday night, robbed three p.asengers securing about $65 and escaped In the darkness. The train left Kansas City Tburs day night at 9 o'clock and was due to arrive in Chicago at 8 o'clock Friday morning. The robber who is describ ed as being tall and wea:ing a long black overcoat, b'arded the rear sleep er at Slater. When the train had gotten well under way he entered the sleeper and observation car, bound through from California. He encount ered the Pullman conductor and por ter and tt the point of a revolver commanded them to prceaed ahead of him and wake up the passengers: The sleeper was well filled. As his com mand was carried out the robber fore. Ing the conductor and porter ahead of him, secured what booby he could as he hurried through the car. When he had made his way through to the front end of the car, he started for the second Pullman. Before the rob ber could enter the second car the porter slammed the door in his face. Tne train then was at a point about one mile east of Gias gow. Rsal zing that he could proceed no further with his work the robber pulled the air rope. While the train was slackening its speed he jumped off and disappeared in the darkness. Early Friday morning offiters were started out from Glasgow, Slater and Kansas City to trace the robber. THS BAPlBST CON YZNTIOJ. Invited to Hold Its Meeting Next Year at Orangeburg. The Baptist State Convention meets in Spartanburg next month. The Baptist Courier says editorially as to the place for meeting in 1907: "The following telegram has been received from Bro. E. M. L'ghtfodt, pastor of the Orangeburg Baptist Church; 'Orangeburg most cordially invites the State convention to meet with us In 1907.' The church took action last Sunday. This will be pleasing news to the brethren cf the convention. Orangeburg has not had tihe conventionstnce 1888 and they entertained it very handsomely that year. 2'The town has grown very much since then, and the Baptists have miade very gratifying progress. Since hen the Atlantic Coast Line has oilt a road running from Fiorance to Augusta, via Sumpter and Orange burg while the Southern trains be ween C~lumbia and Charleston pass several times every day. Thae rail way.facilities are first class, and the cit9 is easily accessible.. O:aaogeburg Is one of the beat towns n the State, and surrounded by a fine country, one of the richest agri cultural sections of the State. Tue effect of the Baptist convention In Orangeburg will be helpful to ocr cause in that town and throughout the country, and the surrunding counties. Is will affird our brethren the opportunity of seeing something cf the Orangeburg Collegiate Iristi ute, a Baptist rciool of decided mer t, and that is doing much for that section of the State." Brute for Buasband. At Columbia a handsome young wo man about twenty-three years old, who, when q-lestioned, gave her maid en name as Nellie Bryant. of Darling ton, was p!ckedi up under a Barnum & Bailby circus oar at the nion station before daylight Friday morning in an unenscious condition. When tisken to the police station, she said she had followed her husband, whose name she refused to disclose here from Darling ton. She found him at the circus, where they quiarreled about his de serting her, but she promised to go back home with hixm after the show. Waen she went after him at the eta b:on, he struck her and knocked her ader the train and left her. Woen hs left the police station she would at say where she intended going. Huge F'ire Raging. A dispatch from Canton, China B'riday reports that a cor~flagation Is ~agibg on river aide oppesite the Eu ~open quarter on tte island suturb >f Shameon. More than 500 houses 1 ave been destroyed, Including all estaurants, brothels and gambling :ouses and is burning fiercely. Ma nes from foreign vessels In the har ior have been landed and are heroic y combatting~ the flames. No lives' Lave been lost, but the damage al eady exceeds a million dollar, The ma isjlunknown. SPIIJGFIELD SUIPUI3D ?rom the Ravages of the Fire ilnd Last Week. Springfield.one of the prettlebt and nost progressive little towns in Or sogeburg County was visited by the ire fiend early Friday morning, and ne of the main business blcoks was snrpletely destroyed. The value of the property destroyed Is estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000. The in surance approximates about one-half of this amount. The fre originated in the home of Mr. M. L. Posey, Just above hi store. It was not discovered until the flames were beyond control. The alarm was quickly given, but be fore the hastily .,wakened inhabitants of Sprngfleld could reach the scene the entire build ing, a wooden one, was in flames. The bucket brigade, the only pro tection against fire which the town, e ffords, did everything possible to oneck the flimes, but so Intense was the heat that the ai'j ining building to the right was quickly ablaze, and not long afterwards-the one on the ief b also. The fire continued Its work -f destruction until the entire block was in ashes. Oaly by the most des perate eff rts was the first store or ohe next block saved. Fortun.tely the xind was not blowing. Among the buildings turned were he following: M. L. Pusey's store md residerce, L. B. Fulmer's general merobandise store; L. B. Falmer'. 'urLiture store, barn and ware house; H. B Fulmer's milinary and dry goods store; A. D. Falmer's store. oarn and residence; a two-story-build tag, between A. D. Fulmer's and H. B. Fulmer's, used as a storage place. The whole block on the front side Is burned to the ground. The origin of the fire has not been definitely dlEcvered. It is thought that it was caused by the Igniting o: matches. Many people from the sur rounding country, seeing the reflection which lit up the heavens far miles around, come into Springfield. Eiery one sympathizes with those whose homes and property have been de stroyed, but it Is hped that the fire will prove beneficial to the town in the end. It is altogether likely that new brick buildings will replace those burning to day, and Springfield will rise frm the ashes a far better town. Work of Vandals. The bror zi tablet on the monu ment erectetd in the Lutheran ceme tery In the outskirts of Brooklyn to the memory of the victims of the burning steamer General Stocum was stolen last night. The cost of the tablet was about $450. The tablet had besn pried off the monument with crowbars. the face of the monu ment being defaced in the op eration. An- unsuccessfl -attempt was also made to remove the tablet from the back of the monument. The tablet is three feet Equare and is three feet square and Is a representa tion of the burning of the General Slocum and the story of the great disaster. Murder and Suicide. Clarence ligenfits, aged 20 years, Sunday shot his sweetheart, Mary Xutz, and then committed suicide. The shooting oceutred at Drytown, Pa., lIg'enfltz had been paying atten tion to the girl for several months, but because they were first cousins, Miss Kutz refussed to marry him. Sunday night Ilgenfltz lay in wail for the girl and her grandmother as they were returning home from church. As they passed, -he shot the girl twice, one bullet entering her head back of the ear and another entering her left thigh. Ilgenflts then placed the revol ver to his forehead and sent a bullet into his brain. Backs Hearst.. Fred Oakes, a No.u York curb b -oker, offered Saturday to bet SI.0! 0 against $10,000 that Hearst will be mayor of New York within a year. He had been commissioned to place the wager, Mr. Oakes said, and believed that the offer would remain open for several days. There was no taker Saturday. Mr. Oakes would not disclose the name of liis principal, hat said that he was aman who be lieved that the attprney-general-elect would have the ballot boxes.. opened and prove that Hearst beat:McClellan a year ago. Eilled by Burglar. Henry Flrth SmIth, 25 years old, son of Joe Smith, a prominent and wealthy business man of Pittsburg, Pa., was shot twice and almost In srantly killed at 4 o'clock Sunday morning by a burglar, whom he sur prised in the diningr room of his lath er's residence, In the east end of sec tion of the city. Hundreds of dollars worth of silver plate had been gather ed Logether by the burglar, who ap parently had been In the house some time before being heard by young Smith. -Kills Her Sister. At Baltimore because she tielieved her husband and her sister. Ida Goff, were too attentive to each other, Mrs. yosAphine Kelly shot and killed har sister in the rear of the saloon c nducted by her husband, Frank K ally. Miss Gcff was a pretty girl of nniteen. Mrs. K ally told the plce hat on returning htm?, she found her sister -there, She took her husband to task for the girl's presence, but he said she had gone to the house with his sister and not at his solicitation. Run Dawn and Killed. Ati Baltimore, Md., George Stro hecker and P .ul Meyer, brothers-kr law, while walking on -the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad, on their way to a cemetery to visit the graves of relatives, Sunday were struck by an express train, Strohecker being In stantly killed and his body horribly mangled, and Meyer dying without regaining consciousness about an hour after the accident, which occurred a short distance from Caroll station. Two Found Dead. At Chicago two girls, Hannah Hei ber, aged 20, and Bose Stuper, aged 20, are dead and two others are dy ng, as the result of a mysterious gas apyxiation case at the Girman ospital. All of the young women were employed In the hospital as lomestics and slept in the same room n the top floor. Early Saturday ,mployes of the hospital smelt gas iad broke opan the room. They all Quit. Every member of thefseulty of Cen enary College at Jackson, La., xcept Prof Moncrief, resigned Fri-1 tay as a consequence of the recent tabbing of the Esv Dr Miller by onrief. Two days ago the entire tudent body left the College for l eir homes on account of the reten 'on of Prof Moncrief. Centienary LONDON GAM13LING IM Rvclaons of an 1iCit bMt Paying Industry. From time to time great public sur pris is expressed when the ann=ouncfr ment is Made in the newsppeP8 tha a quit. respectable looking h0e i an apparenty humdrum Lodo neigh borhood has been raided by the policS and the proprietors heavily fined for occupying the prmisea for purposes of illegal gamilng" Only a few weeks ago two foeQgnrS were Aned 4300-en this was the seventh ocession on which they had. been fined-for using a larMg hCM a fashionable West End squre as the headquarters of a gambling den large ly frequented by gilded youths an4 those idlers who prefer to mak & UT ing by any other men than by ba work. The fine was paid at On", aM: on the -judge expressing his utPrise that so heavy a penalty was alWays paid by the proprietors withot anY difficulty., he was informed by awe known polce inspectr that tU profi of a fashionable London gambling den frequently amounted to amuch as 2500 in a single week. In order, therefore, to fahOm t - mystery of this heavy margin of proMt derived from keeping gambling dens the writer, accompanied by a plai clothes officer, paid a visit to several establisbinents on whiCh for some time the police have had a watchfu - eye. The greatest secrecy is invaria" bly exercised by the keepers of t5553 haunts to prevent any one being ad mitted who is likely to "splt" Sig give information to the "Yard'-hick -wl; justify a warrant being lssed and a raid made on the premises. The interior of a gambling den pre. sents a spectacle which those who "pay a call" for the first time will never forget. Heavy curtains ecta' ally keep out the daylight even on the warmest summer day, while a janitor of unpleasantly pugilistic a pearance guards the door, ready to eject every olient who shows a dspe' sition to complain of his 2Msees1a"g27 been brought about by unfair means In the far corner of the room tdur* racing hours a tape matne, giving' the winners and -starting prices, ti merrily away, while around. a lO table covered with green ba4* A hour after hour, crowds -of biiNr0ON. excited looking gamblers regiSatern their wages and eagerly-discussin the chances of the various cn^dte for each-race. As a general rule, far lath.gee most dear to the heart of the gamblig den proprietor, for onAach band'dealt> a charge of sixpence Is made, and ag frequently upward of sixty hans ar dealt In an hour, it can be easily un derstood that the dealer's-omann soon swells into avery ood sum. Anu not a moment of 'the dIi Is wasted. From early one morning... until early the next morning dome game of chance Is being Nqandii4 as even the most avaricious gameiter' required a few hpus' sleep, the pr - prietor invaribly -has two or thisse friends ready to take charge at thiina while he "turns in" for-a abort time Perhaps one of the moat ntriking featurres of a well-organized'gmbling den Is the elaborate system of kqpping In touch -with the movements of: this police. For Instance, spies are from miorning until night on watch outside to give notice of any suspicious-move. nient on the part of the "gentemean in' blue," while the approach of any9 sti angers in plain clothes to the the building Is invariably signkfled to the doorkeeper, so that time is allowed to conceal the various Implements of' gambling should- a raid be contem plated. -Teacher of Golf. The only woman golf tahr Is England. can proudly point to hier p. sition as being unique. She is a pro fessional Instructor In the game: and gives he'r lessons at the Prince's La dies' Golf club at Mitcham. Mis. - Gordan Robertson has been iiaing for just a year, and In that tUrns ba given over 500 lessons. In one maner< alone she gave 97, for golf Is a game that ladles are taking up with enthu siasm, and they yearn to excel their male friends. "I think women ea teach women golf much better than men," said Mrs Robertson to a repre-: sentative. "It is difflcult for ama to teach .a woman, for the womaa< knows (at least I do) the faults that. women maka In learning the game She knows their .power, strength and their weakness, and can, therefore, ainticipate and overcome their difficul ties. Personally I 'am not a great golf player, but people tell me that I know how to teach it." WIth the exception of two "flnishlng" schools that she visits, Mrs. Robertson only ins ucts members of her own club on the club course and does not go' further afield. "I don't want to enter Into competition with the male pro fessions," she said. No Cheap Man, Either. "She's worth her weight in gold!* the proud American mother amre Assuming .pure gold worth approsi. mately $20 per ounce, and knowing her weight to be 110 pounds, the Count by a rapia mental calculation arrived at the figure $15,400. "Oh, ahr, a most charming young lady, of course!" he said, hastily gath ering up Is hat and cane; "but I had been led to believe-aw, that Is, I couldn't think of that price, you know-"-Puck. Merved Him Right. At Westminister, S. C., ,Taff Keith, a drunken negro on the streeb, slapped . a lady off the sidewalk. The town authorities Immediately took the ne gro inocharge. A party of men1 un known to the authorities of the town, ook him out a mile or two from town and whipped him severely. The ne ro Is now free and seems orderly. Died on Electrio Train. As a result of an accident Thursday fterneon at the Waocamaw Land and Lumber Company's plant at Bol tn, Columbus County, at North Car lna, a young Italian died on an-elee' ie Coast Line train near Wilming on Twursday afternoon, Death over ook the stranger while on his way o Wilmington for surgical treaument. A Victim of Booze. George Timmons, a white carpen er, died suddenly at the Coumbia. ~olce station on Wednesday of con ~eston of the lungs, brought on by