University of South Carolina Libraries
VOL. XXI. MANNING, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUA ISSUES ADDRESS. Mr. E. D. Smith Discusses the Cotton Situation Fully. PROPOSES A REMEDY. ie Says All Are Fighting the Producer, and That Therefore the Farmers, Having a Monopoly Should Offer a Concerted Resiitance. To the People of South Oarolinai We have just passed through per haps the most peculiar year In the growing of cottcn and are passing through now an equally strange one in the marketing of it. Eist of the Mississippi an unprecedented seasor in the growing of cotton was experi enced, This section suffered two of the se verest storms that ever visited the cotton belt. A frosn, earlier by three or four weeks than ,ever visited the belt and with more disastrous results. West of the Misslsslpi i the growirg season was perhaps above the average, the gathering season fairly good; the ield promising to be in this section phenominally large. In the earlier ginners' reports these conditions and their results seemed to be borne out. In the later glnners' report, to the .surpris of every one interested in the cotton business. the yield in the frcs and storm stricken section was saf prisingli large and in a like propor tion the return from the favored see -tion was correspondingly small. In additicn to these surprising a-c disturbing facts, the New York er -changes met and widened the difie ence in the value of grades so muo :so that the better grades ot cotton I. -ulace of commanding the ordinary dif 1erence of 18 to 1-4 per cent. pre nium have advanced from 125 to We high as 175 points difference. A mar having spot cotton, under these con ditions had no practical idea of wha. bs cotton was worth. In addition to this the board price r ,the future market, which in forme, 7ears indicated the value of cotton dE waemd in New York and in New 0 eans basis middling, now has no re;a %ion whatever to .ny such relativ value. To-day. for instance, January. the spot month, is quoted in Nov York at 9.47 basis middling, wti, middling spot cotton In the samC market is quoted at 10.75, and the same grade of spot cotton would read Ily bring 10 75 or m-xe on our loos market. All this confusion is the re sult of the disturbing factor of the farmers, the producrs of spot cotton demanding the value of their product 'eretofore the price of cotton waw flxed arbitrarily by the New York ox change and the value of middling cot, ton and other grades was determine6 ~by deducting the carrying charges -froa here to New York frona the Nevs -York quotations. To-day the value of spot cotton in the South Is deter mined entirely by the disposition c' the farmer to sell. In the last few months I have visit ed most of the cotton growing States and I found throughout the Souti hat there is among the masses di growers a clearer knowledge of lh. general situation and a more practica conception of what is necessary V meet the conditiens for the benefit o the producer of cotton, and a clearei Idea of the common laws of businer involved In the transaction of produc tion and sale, supply and demand and this Is surely working a revolutio' in the cobton business. It is elimi nating to a large extent the effect a: gambling in futures on the value a spot cotton and is rapidly divorciDj the gambling factor from the legiti mate trade in the actual stuff. Another element which is tendini to bring about this result is the I ac that the unprecedented demand to cotton goods through the world is en abling the mills to contract for thet output on a basis where they can pa: a remunerative price for cotton an' still declare a large dividend for the' stockholders. Tae Southern mill also having the advantage of positio can pay more for the cotton at thel doors than mils not so ravorabiy ai nsted. The rapid increase in the ooi sumption of raw cotton ii owing 1 the increase of spindles. The rapid increase of spindles intil South and the consequent Increase I the consumption of raw cotton I Southern mills have rendered them potent factor in making it possible 1 maintain a higher general average fi -the price of cotton. Let no one, 'ros rover, be deceived by these conditiol a thinking that these circumstanc ,jone will solve the great problem thi confronts the Southern people. TI cotton exchanges, the cotton broker abe cotton spinners must of necessil depend upon the margin of differen between what the- cotton Is original bought at and what they ultimate 11 elIt at for their profit. Therefore, to sum up the whole si -it resolves Itself into this oj O onlilf: That the producer of c tonI e13 one out of whom must cor athe is gltg that are mide by eve all e Svdualw'ro handles his prC one Inoter wordas, If the ultima suce. is cot in the form of ri aero i o the finished produ shwatet .r ot of one cent or ic cens p e pud above that which ceall- d fo t, he has gotten one c or four cents, as the case may be. than his prouc is wth. prdu who hadleas the cotton, handles i1 make a profit out of It The logical situation Is to ge from the producer as low as possi so asto make the margin of profi tween him and the ultimate consul tioni of his cotton as great as pos Therefore the buyers of cottoil the brokers and the mills are seek to bear the price, while the prodn of cotton must raise the price. has the world by natural law arm agant him; hehas the best bi and capital employed against him. thoroughly understanding the situa tion, getting statistlcs, studying con ditions. knowing ju3t when and hov. to combine their forces to strike Am when he is weakest, and to take ad vantage of his Ignorance and his lack of means to control the situation. Now the work of the Southern Cotton association is to bring the producer of cotton in the South to a like under standing of their side of the question, and combine their brain and -capital and to force the world to divide the profits in cotton with the man who produces it. There is no sentiment in this thing; it is an entirely business fight between the buyer and seller to main tain a profitable business. The South ern Cotton association, with this con dition clear in its mind, has done missionary work for two years, and the sentiment seems to be right throughout the South to crystalize the knowledge and capital of the pro ducer Into a practical form for his benefit. This calls for a considerable change and modification of plans heretofore adopted. At Birmingham there will be an entire revision of our methcds and modifiaation of such of our plans asI have been found partially practical up to the present and the introduc tion of those that experience has taught us to be necessary. We all realize the blunders that have beEn made, but we also realize the absolute necessity for the continued existence of our organization. Though there is not the same apparent entbusLasm, yet there is a deep and abiding de termination in every Stats in the South to continue the work until the problem is solved. The South will continue to grow cotton for an indefi nite length of time. The deeire of the grower to share in the prof is wil' continue as long as cotton is grown. And by a patient applica tion of brain and capital, we will olve the problem. In conclusion, I want to urge every man who can possibly do so, to attend the Birmingham convention, and give whatever aid he can in helping to for mulate she new plans of campaigr for another year. -Let me give a word as to the condi tions in reference to the outlook for the price of cotton. Referring to the widening of differehces between mid 'lingcotton and the grades above and ihe grades below middling, I want to sarn the holders of spot cotton not -o submit to any such an outrage. re fact of the business Is, because >f the bad weather and the conse quent Increase in the amount of low grade cotton does not warrant such a diference between the better grades id the lower grades. The brokers and those who are ac customed to sell to the mills certain grades of cotton at a certain number -i points abovA quotations for the gh grade, an. a certan number of points below for the lower grades, Ccund themselves unr.ble to get snough of the higher grades to fill their contracts, and consequently Ghe premium of these grades was ad vanced rapidly. And in order tc ;ave themselves, the discount on the ower grades was made equally as Itreat in order to make up on what *ver low grades they delivered for what they lost in their failure to de liver the higher grades; and the man ho Is holding cotton ought not to ubmit to any such an outrage If there Is such a tremendouE amount of low grade cotton, and the spinners cannot get enough high rade cotton to fill their contracts, oey should not be allowed to dis count the lower grades to make up or their lose. Let every holder o1 cotton demand for his low st-rict middling, good ordinary and ordinary price reasonably relative to thai which is offered for the high grades. In other words, if mIddling cotton is orth ten cents per pound, demand 9 3 4 to 9 7 8 for strict low, and from 1 0 to 1-4 cGf, according to the grades oelow this. It Is monstrous fo: -strict midd'ing cotton to be bringini 10 3-4 and 11 cents, and strict 1ov middlng cotton bringing from 8 3 - to 9 cents. The world will need al your low grades as well as your higi grades, Do not sacrifice tne low be cause tihey seemingly offer a premiun on the high. E D). Smith. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 3, 1907. Government and Private Enterprisei As usual, the postoffice departmenl reports a deficit, and the public I busy guessing where the retrench mnent ax will fall. It Is plain tha somebody must pay more for posta failities than heresofore or the ga: between recelots and disbursement Swill continue to turn up each yeaa The proposal to increase rates of poi Stage on second class matter is me -with the argument that periodica stimulate letter writing and are feeC era for the postal matter paying fire Sclass rates. The Spartanburg Journi says a novelty of the situation is ti '*proposal of a private party to tal over the entire postal service, and ru Sit as a private enter prise. As figure Sout in detail the scheme Is based c the theory that the government hans l ng of the postal business is wasti ~ ul, the department extrava~gant as t graft eaten. Just at this time whi ~-Is seriously proposed to increal Sthe activities of the general gover: ment it is a matter of moment to ha the business abIlity of this Importal Sdepartment of public service challen ed with the assertion that it couldI run at one-half the present coat toti dpeople for postage. The farming 0 of privileges in order to secure 13 Sprovement is a leap Into uncertanti and not to be thought of until aft other methods have failed. Burned to Death. f:The Augusta Chronicle says Eng Sthe two-year-old son of Mr. and M J . .6lover, whc reside at 1013 E to met street died Wednaesday aftern( at 3 o'clock from burns received as IL result of his clothing having caug b>1fire. The little child went out on1 b- front porch of his father's reside: p Wednesday afternoon a little befa le 3 o'clock and in some way he obtai nd a match. It was struck by the et In and his clothing was ignited. 'l ser blaze soon spread over the wb ge dress. The child died almost by yedm tme ndical aid could be summ MANY KILLED In Appalling Railroad Disaster Near Washington,1D._C. COLLISION 'OF TRAINS. At Terra Cotta, and Many Persons:Wait-' ing at the Station to Board the Train Either Killed or [lvjnred While Waiting. Another appalling disaster occurred about seven o'cloo Sunday night on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Terra Jotta, about three miles from Washington, D. C., in which thirty eight persons were killed outright and over sixty injured. many of them so seriously that they Nill die. The ac cident was caused by the collision of train No. 66, aue at Washington 'at G 25 p. m., from Frederick, Md., known as the Frederick Special, with a deadhead passenger equipment spe olal of eight cars. Over 200 passengers were aboard the ill-fated train. As soon as the news of the wreck reached Washington all ambulances available ith as ma.2y physicians as could be ass-embled were sent to the scene. Of the injured seven were taken to Freeda.an's hospital, 15 to the U aited States Soldiers' Home hospital, and 20 were brought into Washington on a special train to be carried to various hospitals. Among the injured was District AtLorney Baker of Waaling ton, who, despite his injuries, walked almost two miles to Brookland and brought the first news of the wreck. He was completely exhausted and af ter medical treatmentwas sent to th city. Describing his experiences Mr. Ba ker said- -'I ras in the second car from -the engine comiag from my home In Germantown. I was four seats from the end of the car, and just as the train left Terra Cotta station the crash came. We were carried in the wreckage for some distance. 1 do not know how I got oat of the wreck age, but Mr. Darby, of Washington, 'ssisted me to the drug store." Frank P. Bcdlitz, a newspaper man of Fred erick, Md., who was slightly inj 4red, In dcscribing his experience said: "%I was in the car next to the smoker talking with a gentleman and his wife from Detroit, Mich. We were all standing up, the car being crowd ed. Suddenly we heard an awful noise and then a crash. Women be gan screaming and the next thing I knew I found myself rolling down an embankment where some one picked me up and I found I was not badly hurt. Is is impossIble to describe the scene. Women and children were run irg about crying for their parents, and mothers and fathers were rushing around trying to find their children. The dead and injured were st-ewn ,*long the ktrack for a distance of a mile." The dead bodies werefounld lying beside the track for a considerable listance. The wreck occarred at 6:39 p. m. A dense fog w---s prevailing and made odjects perceptibb~ but a few feet a.head. It as impo sible at first to determine the exacst cxtent of the atatrophe. The moment the first of the survivors reached Brookland a general call wes~ sent out- for doctors and ambulances. Dr. R. W. Fis ohorn, Dr. Stern and Dr. J. H. Brooks of Brookland responded and were taken to the scene in automobiles. One member of the ore V of the Pas senger train, who hobbled into a drug store a half hour after the aclent, said: "I can't tell ho'a many have :1been killed. It Is awful. I don't even Iknow just how it happened. The ~freight engine went through the en Itire train and It seems to me as li Ievery one was killed in the last coach IAand many in the first." IWhen the news of the accident ispread through Brookland, may citi zens with their wives hastened to the scene to give'their aid and comfort tc the wounded. Mrs. H. F. Fishe: while responding to the call of a suff Serer, almost stumbled over the body sof a two-year-old child lying near the -track. The baby was terribly bruis Sed, butw was still alive. It was saic tht the mother of the infant bha '~been killed. The inl-fated train runs only 01 Sunday for the benefit or Washing tonians who either have country plac I-es on the line or go to visit relatives tIt leaves Frederick at 4 o'clock in thi Lsafternoon and Is scheduled to. react -Washington at 6;25 o'clock. 0. 'W ab Galloway, superintendent of trani LI portation of the Baltimore and Ohio bestated that it was impossible yet ti :e determine the cause of the wreck. n It is stated that the danger signa :d at Takoma Park, a short distance frox n the scene of the accident, was se -- when the train of empties passed -- The train was going at the rate of 6 Id miles an hour and Engineer Hilde b-and stated that on account of th ee heavy fog he could not see the signal a- His train ran into the Frederick tral ! just as it was pulling out of Terr 2t Cotta, where it had stopped to tak -- on four or five passengers. T woC be these were among tho killed. e Both Enigineer Hilbebrand and tI tt fireman on the train of the empi 1-- oars were placed under arrest an .e brought to Washington in the charg e of cfices. One of the worst featur< of the catastrophe was enacted at il station of Terra Cotta. Here a nux r of a passengers were waiting1 i, take the train into the city when t1 ra collision occurred. Of the large nu! a. ber only two escaped; the remain onwere either killed by being throv munder the train or injured by flyll a pieces of wreckage. de eceovered Bis Sight. ce The Rev. James Boulton, of Ni ore wich, aged 92, lost his sight five ye: edd ago. He recently consulted an er dl nent eye specialist, and, after s' beeI nitting to an operation, recovered] bole sight. He is the oldest Primit: hhe Methodist minister in England, 8 on- s now superannuated. He has bi jin the ministry for sixty-fie years WBECK AND MURDEI ATTEMPTED BY FORMER SOUTH ERN RAILWAY FIREMAN. Diabolical Crime Was Frustrated by the Runaway Train Running Into Two Engines. The passenger train that left Branchville Friday evening, Decem ber-28, bad a narrow escape from be ing wrecked by a runaway train sent out from Augusta by Royal Sego, a former freman of the Southern Rail way, for that express purpose. It seems that Sego had some grudge against Engineer Oliver Ewing, who was running the engine attached to the passenger train, and in order to injure him opened the throttle of an engine in the railroad yard at Au gusta and started it on Its errand of destruction, thereby imperriling the life of every passenger as well as the crew of the passenger train. The fal lowing account of the attempted crime, which we take from the Au gusta Chronicle of last Friday, will be read with interest: Royal Sego, a white man at out 30 years old, was arrested yesterday by Oonstable Kelly and taken to Magis trate Nurnburger's office, between 2.30 and 3 o'clockr, charged with hav ing opened the throttle of the engine which pulled the run away traln out f the Southern coach yard last Fri day night and which was only pre vented from wrecking the incoming passenger train by colliding with en gines 3045 and 1404 on Washington street, between Broad and Reynolds. Sego is a former fireman of the Southern road, and he claims that the company owes him to the amount of $33.00. He was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the railroad company. Judge W. H. Nurnburger being the magistrate, the evidence warranting the issuance of the paper having been furnished by M. E. Boyett, an em ploye of the road. Boyett states that a day or two ago Sego came to him and stated that he was guilty of opening the throttle of Southern engine No. 1752, the one which pulled the train of two oars through the heart of Augusta. Sego stated that if the two freight engines had not been on the track at the time of the collision, he would "sure have got Oliver Ewing." Oliver Ewing is the engineer who was pulling No. 17 last Friday night. the passenger train from Branchville. and which train would have collided with the runaway engine and coaches, if it bad not been for the presence of the two freight en gines In the path of the runaway. Bsyett also states that Sego en deavored to persuade him to assist in derailing another train, but he says that he refused to accept the fellow's villanons invitation. When the au thorities of the road heard of the statements which had been made to Boyett, and investigation was held, and the arrest of Sego was the result. He was arraigned before Magistrate Nurnberger shortly after 3 o'clock, but in default of bond he was commit ted to jail. When making his statement to Judge Nurnbar, Sego absolutely de nied that he had made any statements whatever to Boyett, and vehemently claimed that he was innocent. Boyett says, on the contrary, that Sego even went so fa.r as to describe his manner of starting the engine, saying that he sieaked up on the engineer's side of the cab, pulled the throttle half way open, and then jumped off. He then ran into one of the nearby trainmen's shacks, and the suspicions of the man inside were aroused, but he paid no especial attention to the matter. OCnsidering the fact that the charge is one of the most serious which can be brought againet any man, it is generally thought that, In case he Is proven to be guilty, he will received a very heavy sentence. It is said that Sego Is at times slightly demented. Message at Sea. There has been washes up on the beach at Castle Rock in the north of Ireland, a bottle cntaining a mes sage from several members of the crew of the steamship Huronla, which disappeared in the spring o: 1902, to the effect that she was sink ing fast. The message, however, givei no location. This Is the second timi the Huronian has been heard frotr since she sailed from Glasgow on Feb ruary 11, 1902, for St. L~hns, N. S The Huronia belonges to the Aller line. She was first reported overdui in March, 1906, and when ncaling had been heard from her by the 1st o -April, all hope ror her was given up -In spite of this, however, the Britis] -admiralty, at the request of the own era, ordered the cruiser Thames t search for the steamer, and in the lst ter part of April the cruiser Bellon: was ordered to the North Atlantic ti help the Thames in this work. Th search was kept up by these twi cruisers until well into MaI , but n trace of the Haronlian was ever found SA report from Montreal, dated Jun S17, said that~ on June 2, a bottle wa picked up forty five mils east of Hal 0ifax, containing the following not wrien on a scrap of paper: '"Steame eHuroian turned over Sunilay nigh in Atlantic. Small boat, fourteen c Came Too Late, ifW1l1 Harvey, a negro, was hange at Marysville, Miss., Thursday thre Le minutes before notice that haP sehter i ce had been commutted reached ,, id sherff of Isaaquenai County. Thuri :8 day Harvey's attorney was notified b ss Governor Vardaman that the negro ee sentence had been commutted to in 0- prsonment for life. He hurriedly ca' o0 ed up the Issaquenafl sheriff, but ti ee latter did not reach the telephor Q- until three minutes af ier the dri er fell. Harvey was. sentenced to1 a 1hanged for the murder of a negro nar gg ed Pete Bromo, in March last. Watching Whiskey Fight. A letter to the Atlanta Journ r- says the people of Columbus are ta rr ng a great interest In the whisk ni fight in Atlanta. They watch the b-- ports of the urogress of the conti hi very closely. Columbus people, at les lye many of them, feel that It will not id a great while before there will be isen fih n the whiskey question in tl GOV. GLENN HOT ABOUT A SLANDER STARTED ABOUT HIM BY Congressman Blackburn, John Capers or Some Other Republican in Washington. A dispatch from RPleigh, N. C., says Gov. Glenn announced Wednes day that he would leave for Greens boro to appear before the grand jury which will b asked to indict Con. greasman Spencer E. Blackburn of the eight district on a charge of criminal libel. "I have not been able to hear from the solicitor of the district," said the governor. This action follows charges made in a letter from Blackburn sent out from Washington on Saturday last, in which he stated to Congressman R. N. Hackett,-the Democrat elected in the eighth district, his grounds for contesting the election, alleging among other things that there had been a conspiracy In which Gov. Glenn used his infinnce to secure Hackett's election, and, as a member of the State's text book commission, voted to put books of the American Book company on the State list of public school books, in return for which the American Book company contributed large sums of money to corrupt the voters of the eighth con gressional district, while in return Hackett was to use his influence to have Gov. Glenn elected United States senator to succeed the present senator from North Carolina, Lee S. Overman. in a card published today Hackett denies Blackburn's charges. "I shall prosecute Blackburn to the full extent of the law," Gov. Glenn said to the Associated Press. "One of two things must be done. I must be impeached or Blackburn must be sent to jail." This afternoon Congressman Black burn sent the following statement to Solicitor Brooks: "the statement ii last Sunday morning's papera concerning a notice of my contest upon Mr. Hackett and the redections upon Gov. Glenn is without my authoriztion. My notice to him signed by myself will be suffi cient for public scrutiny. Thus far any signature appearing in the papers purporting to be mine is a forger). In the notice of my contest which 1 have issued there will be found no suggestion of corruption on the part of Gov. Glenn. The notice will speak for itself. (Signed) "E. Spencer Blackburn." The Washington correspondent of The State says: E. Spencer Black burn, the lone Republican represent. tive from North Carolina, recently defeated but contesting, ordered ar rested by Gov. Glenn on the charge of criminal libial In a statement publish ed in the papers last Sunday, says he didn't say it. The statement declared that Gov. Glenn had secured the adoption of the books of the Amercan Book com pany in return for campaign contrib utions used for the defeat of Black burn. Blackburn declares the statement a forgery and says he will sue all papers which publ.ished it for libel. Capt. John G. Capers, federal pie dispenser for South Carolina is Mr Blackburn's attorney in Washington. Mr. Blackburn's secretary gave out the statement to the newspaper cor respondents Saturday night and said it had been prepared In the omoie 0f Capt. Capers and that Mr. Blackburn would himself that night mall it to North Carolina. Capt. Capers will not confirm or deny this. "I will say noth ing whatever about that statement,' he says. Suspcted of Murder. Fletcher Harris, George Stevens and Albert Adkins, three young white men of Danville, Va., have been ar rested and placed in the city jil as suspects in the supposed murder of J i. Thomas, whose dead body wat ound in a ravine near that city 01 "usa morning. The young mer are said to have been seen with Thomn as late in the evening preeeding th finding of the dead body and althougl all of them deny any knowledge 0: the tragedy, circumstances pciu strongly to them as being connecte< in some way with Thomas' death. shot at JuZage. At St, Louis, incensed at the recen decision in the partition suit unde: her father's wmf, Miss R:>sa Wei attempted to assassinate Judge Mc SDonald, of the circuit court, Wedines day Her aim was unsteady and th bullet went wild, passing dangerous1: near the judge's head. After the wc man had been overpowered and re moved to the private offie of th sheriff, Judge McDonald calmly re sumed ho.ding court. BFired into Train. An employee of the Mobile an Ohio railroad brought word that esouthbound freight was fired upo SThursay morning by six heavy arme Snegres, at Shuquiak, not far froi Scooba, Miss. The lantern was shc out of the conductor's hand. It wa still too dark to distingu!sa the face dof the shooters. The train pulled oi e.of the station without any attempt L- retaliation on the part of its crew. . H angs Herself. At Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Le 's Howard, wife of a real estate agen . who is said to have left her some tin .- ago, committed suicide this morniz a by hanging herself to the bed post ee her room with a leather strap. S] had been to the state asylum years b efore and was reputed to he mental - unbalanced. Her brother-in-law, 3 Halleck, with whom she lived, foul her hanging-this n~crning. al Good Use of Whiskey. - The city dispensary at O0ill, G: ey was closed about the first of last SE -e-tember and the city had about $7 at worth of whiskey left and the coun at ordered it poured out. The chief be polica hauled it out of the city a a oued it out on the ground. Ti is vas a good way to dispose of I whiskey. A WARM TIME. Atlanta's Mayor Scored by One of the Aldermen. AL ABOUT WHISKEY. The Alderman Said The Mayor Was Do. ieg as Dictated to by a Boss, and the Mayor Replies With Strong Epithet and the Lie Was Passed. The Augusta Chronicle says proba bly no more sensational or raw meet ing of a municipal body in the state of Georgia was ever held than that of the City Council of Atlanta on Tues day evening of last week, called for the purpose of investigating chargeE made by Mayor Woodward against an unnamed member of the body, on the allegation of imprdperly receiving re muneration from the l'quor intercsts of the city In connect-lor with the re cent weeding out of whiskey licenses. Both Councilman Key and the May or became so exceedingly raw in their scathin criticism and so freely ban tered the word lie, that it finally be came so conumon as to pass unnoticed by the other members present. The result of the investigation was a complete vindication of Councilman Key and absolute freedom of Conlcil. man Pomeroy from the rumored con nection suggested by certain newspa per publications, and a severe scath ing of the mayor. Council met as a committee of the whole and Immediately took up the charges made by Mayor Woodward. The mayor gained the floor at the out set and, as he had indicated In the public print he would do, at once named Councilman Key as the mem ber to whom he ha referred. His talk was rather rambling throughout, and his entire charge and the Incident statements were based on a state ment which he said bad been made to him by a man by the name of Min hinnett, who was formerly a saloon keeper here, but whose license was not renewed. He was also a member of council at one time. The state ment. as alleged, was to the effect that Councilman Key had been known by Minhinnett to have received fees from applicants for liquor licenses. When called upon to substantiate this Minhinnett denied absolutely that he had ever made such a state ment to the mayor, hence his charges against the councilman fell flat, and the bQdy adopted a resolution vindi cating Mr. Key entirely. Another resolution was introduced severely criticising Mayor Woodward and censuring him for making suon public charges on such flimsy founda tion and for bringing such matter into council, but it was tabled. Immediately after Msyor Wood ward's statement Mr. Key gained the floor under a question of personal privilege, and the words he used In chracterzing the mayor were about as rough as ever uttered in such a boy. He termed the mayor a dirty liar, called him a fiunky and said he was under the direction of a political boss. Mr. Key said he had received Absolutely no money from the retail liquor dealers of Atlanta during the recent investigation and during the weeding out of objectionable saloons. He frankly adited that some time ago he had received a fee of $150 from their association for drawing their constitution and by-laws, buE that was long before there was any kind of liquor agitation, and purely In his capacity as a lawyer. that he had never received another cent fromr them or other liquor men for any work In a legal capacity or for any. hing else. He said the liquor dealers of the city had come to him durng; the investigation and asked that he take their side of the case when the licenses were being gone over and he had emphatically refused to do so, stating that he was a member of coun oil. He says they asked him to re commend counsel and he flatly refused to do so, explaining that any such act would lead to an Influence upon his vote, and he could not have any con nection with the matter except In thi capacity of a councilman He said hi ad tried to be a friend of the mayor, Sand when he first went into council I1 ! ras with that intention; that hews theb mayor's friend up to a certain pa rod, but soon found that a rriendshi] between them was impossible. He sait since he bad been in coancil theri Fwas no act of his of which he wal ashamed, and none which he could bi justly criticised; that he would defa he mayor or any other man to suc cessfulily paint to one; and that If thb mayor had wanted Xact:s In this casi e could easily have gotten them b: going to the 1!quor association. Con Stinuing he saidl: ."But that Isn't It, he hates me be '~cause I nava advocated a polic: d against that dictated to him by hi i boss. and he has shown It in counci t and in the mayor's chair." "He I -s one of the most willing fiunkies thi '5 city of Atlanta has ever had In th it mayor's chair-" Mayor Woodward here interrupte with the remark that the assertio: was "an inaoslie." Continuing Alderman Key said: " iu do not propose to take his alang an ,~ longer; he has to be called down. a Turning to the~ mayor and speakin g directly at him, Mr. Key said: "I 2 tel you thIs, and I want you to carr ie the message away with you. Yot e-boss has been trying to assassinaten: ly character; he has tried It reyeatedl: - buthe can't doit. Hebhas been tr: dd lng in every way to injure me, but I can't succeed. The only way he wl ever succeed is to assassinate me PE sonally. He might meet me on ti , street and strike me down. That wi P do it, but it's its the only way." 0 He then reverted to the charg 1l made by the mayor, and said: of brand It an in-ernal lie, and I brar td the man who uttered It as a dirt *at vulgar liar. It is one of the penalti he of a public servant that he comnea In contawth and Is forced to associa with some people whom be would otherwise not be brought In contact with; that he has to submit to mud. slinging from them." Mayor Woodward again gained -the fisor and is a strong re jilnder denied that he had any bos3 or that be was influenced as had been indicated by Mr. Key. He said he had never, with one exception, thrown mud at any body who had first thrown mud at him. The re.-olution absolutely exhonor ating both Mr. Key and Mr. Pomeroy and declaring %he entire confidence of council in their integrity was passed after the statements had been made and several witnesses heard from. The resolution condemnidg Mayor Woodward was tabled by a vote of 9 to 8. A DR3EA OF H BaVuN. What It Means to the Storm Tossed Weary Land. Every enlightened soul who has never given the matter serious thought, has some conception, some ideal of heaven. There be many, to whose imagination the representation appears dim, intangible, immansur able, but an elysium of grandeur, riches and indolence. Humanity striving for the Joy it longs to reach in the beyond, hopes to attain all things denied and sought for through out life. To the lonely, starving heart, heaven means love, satisfying ineffable love. To the poor, weary and overburdened, freedom from toil and trouble, to the wayfarer, earth ard and without where to lay his head, the hope of home with its com forts and delights. To the obEcure, but deserving, the "poor in spirit," recognition and the promise of reward richly fulfilled. To the shepherd out on the bleak hillsides, searching for lost ones, guiding them into the kingdom, It is the sheltered fold from which his flock shall never stray. To the storm-tossed, soul-broken by zor row, and wrecked by hardship too heavy to be borne, heaven means-, rest-one long, sweet, peaceful, ever lasting rest. . What a balm for the weary and heavy-laden, what a cure for ills and 2ffM ctions. People often wonder, and express concern about the heavenly home, and what it shall be like, but for me, says a deeply pious but terribly: fice ed soul, I shall not care what abodes others may choose among the glories of the celestial city, my own little re fuge has long been prepared and is awaiting me. Years ago, in a time f heart breaking anguish, I was er mitted to behold it, as one may look upon a beautiful picture from afar and througt years of af ilction and in times of deepest trial, is come to me a living reality, a solace, a joDy and a glorious hope that shall be realized when.the gates are opened for me. I have no desire for the mansions of pearl and crystal, a marble palace, whose steps lead down to golden streets, possess no charms for me. I would not wish to dwell near the glittering, jeweled gates, where multitudes tnrong the way. Itmay x ms before I shall be permitted to see the great white throne, or to hear the sweet, gentle voice of The Lamb of God. It takes an eternityto see and en jy the beauties of heaven, and so in that time of waiting and of prepara tin, I shall .have a little, retreat where my soul shall rest, free from pain, from toil and sorrow. It is a itle, quiet nook, nestled within an arm of the hll~s, that embrace the green pastures. There is no shelter or roof, for none is needed; the warmth of heayenly sunlight makes it one long summer day. The ether above is as blue as sapphire, and the verdure of the hills and valley soft and shimmering as the rarest velvet, strewn with myriad scented flowers of wondrous beauty and bloom. In the distance echoes the song of birds, and the music of children's voices and above all hovers the pure spirit of peace and sweet repose. Into this itt.e secluded valley I shall enteJ some day, when I have earned the heavenly rest. Then indeed, will bi happiness and rejaicing, when the felicity so long desired shall be at taed. There will be no burdens -no heartaches, no tears, nothing bul rest and peace forevermore. This then, Is my earthly consolation, m: sustaining hops, dream of heaven. Detective Shot. B. D. Blackburn, a detective o the Louisville and -Nashville railroat and former marshal of Warrior, Ala. was shot at that place at midnigh Wednesday night and is dying in - hospital hered He was on his wa: Shome when he was flred on from am ibush and as he was wounded by batl a pistol bullets and buclthot from E shot gun it is evident that more thal b one man prrticipated In the assasii i tion. The guilty parties are suppose -to have been negroes, who had B grudge against Blackburn, and escaj B ed. _ _ _ _ They Are Knuwn. It- is stated on good authority tha Sthe investigation conducted by Ai y sistant Attorney General Purdy s Brownsville, has revealed a clew thi I will lead to the arrest and probab: s conviction of every negro soldier wi r particpated in the raid on Brown e ville. Lem Baeves, a negro soldie revealed the names of the two me d missing from his company at I u time the souni for arms was given Fort Brown immediately after ti I outbreak... y Died in Fire. "At Delhi, N. Y,, three lives wel glost in a fire that destroyed tl 1American hftel at that p'ace Sunida morning. The fire was discovered I pirtets of Mr. Winter and b y wife on the third floor and by ti V1 time the firemen arrived the stru 'ture was a mass of flames. O'Conn< ie also occupied partments on the thia floor. The other guests escaped I r leaping from the windows in the nght- clothing. ineUd by Gas. S The entire family of George Devi: I at Winooski, Vt., consisting of id persons, the father, mothmer and fo y, children, were killed during Sund 6 night by illumingaing gas3 whic:1 to ered the house from a break in t te str-e main brmg a seer pipe. ANOTHER WRECK. lead-On Collisitn of Passenger Trains on Rock Island IN WHICH MANY DIE. Many of the Victims Were Pinioned In the Wreckage and Their Bodies Were Cremated in the Fire Which PoIlow. ed the Disaster. Thirty-four persons, all Mexicans but two, were killed and the bodies of 30 Mexicans were Incinerated early Wednesday in a head-on collision of ewo passenger trains of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifl railroad near Volland, Kansas. The wreck occur red whils both trains were running on a curve in a cut where the grade was steep. A:1 the killed were in the south bound train except a tramp who was on the baggage car on the northbound train. This tramp, a.negro porter and a workman accompanying a gang of Mexican laborers were the only Americans killed so far s known, al though a passenger says that a woman and a child were burned in a tourist car. There were 32 Mexicans and five Americans, composing a gang of rail road workers, In the smoking car of the southbound train. Of these, 30 Mexicans were burned in the wreck age and two died later. Most of the injuries were due to the setting of the emergency brakes. Most every passenger in the southbound train was thrown to the car floor by the quick setting of the brakes. The northbound train was running 10 miles an hour up grade, The Mexicans were pinioned under the seats and the doors were Jammed so they could not get out. In the chair car, also, many passengers were held down by the seats. The train caught fire from the gas tanks. Then came the cries for help among the Mexicans in the smoking car and the people pinioned fast in the chair car. Every man or woman ca the train tried to rescue the unfortu nates, but the flame soon became too hot to permit of approaching the car. The injured were removed from the chair cars with less difficulty and ap parently all were rescued alive from these cars. William Gane, conductor of the southbound train, has a broken collar bone and is much bruied about the' face. He said: The train was just pulling clear of the Volland yards and was travelling about 30 miles an hour, -I dropped into the front seat of the smoker and dozed. There were 3 Mexicans sitting two in asset back of me. also Link, an in terpreter, a foreman and five paid fares. "I was awakened by tne setting of' the brakes. I jumped head first out of the window and struck on my shoulder. "When I turned and looked at the train I saw flamesleaping 50 feethigh from the smoker. The foremost tourish sleeping car of the southbound train also burned, but all the occupants etesped serious in jury. John Lynes, 19 years old, telegrap.h operator at 'Volland, who let the south bound train get by his station, where it was to pass the northbound train gave the following statement before being takeni to jailh "I bad been awake all night and was sober. At about 4 or 5 o'clock' this morning the train dispatcher gave me four orders; one was for the south bound train to meet two traint. at Volland instead of at Alta Vista as previously arranged, The southbound train headed into a switch and let one train pass. backed out of the switch and headed down the -main line with out waiting for the other train. I thought It was going to stop to take water, as trains have been doing, but instead It went by at about 10 miles an hour. The southbound board was at 'danger,' according to the lever in the cffice, but the train did not stop, ad I ran out with my antern. but with two swings across the track It went out. I( then ran to the pump house, grabbing the pumper's lantern, waved a few times and it also went out. I went back and told the dia patcher that the southbound 'train went by and we waited tosee If it was going to come back or hit the north bound train. I told the dispatcher Ithat I was coming to Topeka and was trying to get there when arrested." Felled and Robbed While on his way from Augustia to ~Alken on Tuesday night Mr. Preston Ergle was knocked from his buggy, tchocked into unconsciousness and rob tbed by Gus Glover, a negro of the lat eter place Mr. Ergle was driving through the cenntry alone and on reaching Bobinsonl's pond, about three ,.miles from Alken, some one approach ed from the rear and before he dis covered the Dresence of the highway Sman Mr. Ergle was felled to the eg'oand. Tue negro then robbed him of the money on his person together with his watch, knife and glows. The highwayman was captur.6 and jailed. & Poor Excuse. 'Anthony Koocher, of Plttsburg, who Is l'i a critIcal condition from selfinnicted wounds on his thrst and LC'bdomen, made with, a razor, said: "I .tried to kill myself be:ause I was tir r ed of kill myselt because I was tired 3 of living in this kind of weather." Koocher ought to have cam~ South rand his cause for suicide wojuld have been rewov-d. Firty morees kLoasted. A dozmeron wore injared, 4 ofamilies were made homeless 2,00O i persons were driven temporarily from r Itneir homes, 50 horses were roasted s o deata and prcperty valued at e200, 000 was destroyed Tuesday in the e worst early morning fire New Yurk . . nin many months.