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FAMINE OVER. Relief Has Come to China With Harvesting of Crops. ONE MILLION DIED From Starvation in the Different Famine Districts of China. That Was the Estimated Number of Death., Bitt It Is Thought By Some That the Number of Deaths Was Less. The terrible famine which has rag ed in central China for several months is now virtually over: the crops plant ed with the seed distributed by the relief committees are being harvest ed; the missionaries who have labor ed so acciduously in the cause of hu manity are gradually coming down the coast for a rest, and people are beginning to count the cost of lives and money. The exact number of Chinese who perished will never be known, but the estimate recently made by aprom inent member of the relief organiza tions, judging from conversations with many workers, was very much exaggerated. He computted the loss in lives at over 1,000,000, but on going careful lr into facts it is found that the fam ine lasted less than eight months, and at the worst period the deaths were said to average 3,000 a day, so that even had this figure been maintained for the full Deriod of the famine the total mortality would have been less than three quarters of a million. The smallest estimate is three times the maximum death rate in the area affected, and this would give nearly half a million deaths. These figures are a fair estimate of the toll exacted by the scourage. It may be said, in short, that the famine ha not claimed anything like so many victims as was predicted would b( the case. This is due in great measure to the prompt way in which funds wer( subscribed, especially in America and the manner in which foreigners chiefly missionaries who could speal the Chinese language spoke in th central provinces of the empire, re sponded to the call for workers. Fighting the ravages of famine ha. been a silent war in which Chim alone could have achieved little be cause of her official system, her ba< financial organization and the crud( ineffective system of relief which thi more honest offleials adopted wher left to themselves. It was reserve( for the foreigner to point out th< necessity of relief works both foi their intrinsic worth and to enabl< the authorities to distinguish betweer the really destitute and the inert loafer. Many districts in the famine area can point to the benefits derivec from relief works inaugurated an< supervised by foreigners; but ther< are also some where the Chinese of ficials have followed to good purpos< the example set them- To quote bu one example, many miles of the gran< canal north of Chinkaling are now in good repair, and this will help to pre vent a catastrophe in the future sim ilar to that which occurred last yeal when the heavy rains fell. Much of the severity of the famint could have been prevented by publi< works, of which the neglect can onlb be regarded as criminal. The difficul ty too often was that ofiicials wer< reluctant to spend money on suck works, as they feared they might soon after the inauguration Qf the work, be removed to another spher< of labor, and thus lose the large amount .of money which it woulc have been necessary to disburse frorr the local exchequer and which woulc otherwise have gone into their pock. ets. If order were introduced into Chi nese finances and an end put to the sale of positions the business instinct of the nation would discover that it is cheaper to undertake such works in time rathe'r than wait until the misery their neglect causes has to be relieved. The two relief committees collect ed no less a sum than $1,313,000, and all but a small balance has been ex pended in the saving of life, combin ed. in some cases, with preventive measures against future famine. The small balance, unfortunately, will probably be insufficient for the de mands made upon it this autumn. The devastation of whole provinc es by floods will not cease until the imperial government so rearranges its financial system that it can direct large sums to be spent on adequate repair of canal and river embank ments and the necessary clearing and deepening of the waterways of the empire. _________ COSTLY TO JAIL YEGGS. Trial Wlill Go IDeep Iuto the Pockets .of J-armers. It is not likely that farmers of M onroe and Wayne counties, New Yor, will w ant many yeggmen tok visit those districts, since they have counted the cost of placing behiind prison bars three men guilty of at tempted bank robbery and burglary. The men are Fred Scultz, sentenced to life imprisionment for the mur der of Edward Pullman, a night watchman; Big Ed Kelly, given a like sentence for the same offense and James McCormick. sentenced to 1 years and nine months for man sauhter in the, first degree. The cot of convicting these men will run fra 85S0,000i, to $100,000.. The y r men murdered the night watchman~ the villiage of Sodus, while he was trying to prevent them from robbing Knapp's bank, on March 22, 1906. The men were caught the next morning in Roches ter. Seventeen post offices were robbed in New York state within a few months of the c-apture of these men, and it is believeud they were the guilty parties. Aince the robber ies ceased after tney. were placedl behind the bars. Their trials took nearly a year andl a half. The rob bers did not lack money to tight the law and it is believed that it was furnished by fellow yeggme.~ Sev eral Rochester detectives ania polcee testified for the defense as police from Cohoes, Troy and Tonaw'ahda. The cases are expected to lead to some sensational revelations mn po HE WILL HANG. Pink Franklin, Who Murdered Mr. Henry Valentine, Convicted Of Murder and Sentenced to be Hang ed on Friday, the Twenty-fifth Day of October. The court was occupied Monday with the trial of Pink Franklin. the negro who shot and killed Mr. Henry Valentine, who went to arrest him as ,the special constable of his brother. who is a magistrate at Cope. Frank lin was given a fair trial and was defended, by two colored lawyers :Jacob Moorer of this city, and Jno. Adams of Columbia, but he was con victed of murder and was sentenced !to be hanged on Friday, October 25. Sad Franklin. who was placed on trial with him as an accessory to the killing was acquitted. Franklin's lawyer knew that he was guilty of a cruel murder, but they fought hard on technical grounds to save his neck. Adams, who teaches at Allen University at Columbia. as well as practices law. saw that his client had every safe guard of the law thrown around him. One day last week he raised three constitutional objections to the jur ies, two based on the Federal Con stitution and one on the Constitution of South Carolina. Saturday he ar gued for a continuance of the case pleading some irregularity connected with the proper keeping of the coro ner's records. In all of his motions to quash the indictment and for the postponement he was overruled by the Court. The trial of Franklin and his wife consumed the entire day, the case being called on the convening of the Court Monday morning. Franklin, who had been in the State Peniten tiary since his arrest for safe keep ing was brought from Columbia Mon day morning by Sheriff Dukes, who took every precaution for the safety of the prisoner. Frankiln's wife was kept in the jail here. There was a large crowd in the city to attend the trial. It was perfectly orderly and seemEd disposed to let the law tak' its course. Sheriff Dukes took extra precaution to protect Franklin, but there was no demonstration. By or I der'of Gov. Ansel the dispensary was closed, and as far as we know there was not a single man under the in fluence of whiskey and everything passed off quietly. The verdict as tc Franklin gave general satisfaction, but there are those who think hi wife should be punished for her pari in the tragedy. The crime for which Franklin was convicted was committed by him only a few weeke ago, and if he is hung on the day appointed justice will b( meted out to him as it should be tc all criminals of his class. His exe Icution legally a few months after the commniss.ion of the heinous crime will have a better effect than if he had Ibeen caught and lynched immediately after he had killed in cold blood ai officer of the law, who nad gone tc arrest him. The crime is fresh in the memory of our readers. The doom ed man, Franklin. was a farm hand uinder contract to Mr. Jake Thomas of Cope. For some reason he broke his contract with Mr. Thomas and went to work for Mr. Sol. Spires, of the Norway section, where he was when he bruttally murdered Mr. Val entine. After Franklin left his employ ir violation of his contract Mr. Thomat -had a warrant issued for his arrest by Magstrate Joseph Valentine, who sent his brother, Constable Henry Valentine. to arrest him. The latet went to the home of Mr. Carter ardc spent the night and at daybreak the next morning he went with Mr. Car ter to the home of the negro to make the arrest. The negro was apparent l.y asleep when they reached the house and Mr. Valentine entered the front door while Mr. Carter went to the rear to prevent his escape. When Mr. Valentine entered the front door and reached the bed room door the negro suddenly opened thc door and fired, striking the constable just below the heart and felling him to the floor. The negro. then hearing the approach of Mr. Carter at his back door, turned and fired in that direction, inflicting a painftul wound. which caused Mr. Carter to ertreat Witnesses state that four or five shots were fired and the first three were in qiuick succession. The result was that both Mr. Valentine and Mr. Car ter were wotunded, as were also the negro and his wife. Franklin fled following the kil~ing and managed for three days to elude his pursuers. He made his way tc Denmark and there gave himself up to Ex-Senator Mayfield, whio com municated at once with Sheriff Dukes who went to Denmark. got Franklin and sent him to the State Peniten tiary for safe keeping. The murder of Mr. Valentine cr-eated great excite ment at the time, and had Franklin been caught it is safe to say that the county would have been saved the expense of his trial. Franklin's crimc was a cold blooded one, and he richly deserves the punishment he will re ceive. His conviction was no sur prise, and it will meet with universal endorsement all over the country. The solicitor was asisted in the prose cution by Messrs. Glaze & Herbert. The Orangeburg Times and Demo crat. AIRSHiP LIKE A BIRD). Soared Gently and Smoothly Agains~t Strong Wind. So successful was the recent trial at Farnborough, Eng., of the first military dirigible ba.lloon built in that country, that British aeronauts are elated and predict great things for future successes. In the pres ence of about 100 persons the ship performed beautifully, and with the exception of one minor defect; the breaking of a belt on the machinery. acquitted itself without a flaw. During the trip the wind was blowing at the rate of 15 miles, but, the airship had no difficulty in ad vancing against it. It soared on gently like a ship in a sea-way, the machinery responding well to the canvas rudder. The airship is sau sage shaped, 100 feet long and 30 feet in diameter. It traved at a: rate of about five miles an hour. It can carry three men besides the ma chinery and other apparatus, having' a liftmng power of one ton. It uses the exhaust gas from its engine to* PASSING OF RED MAN In Twenty-Five Years He Will Be Known No More. His Passing is Said to lie Due to the Policy the Govermnenwflt Hlas lur sued Toward Ilii. In twenty-five years, according to estimates made by government offi cials, the American Indian-that is, the befeathered, blanketed and painted Red Man-will have passed into history and in this country will be known no more forever. The passing of the Indian is due to the policy pursued by tne govern ment. Now, and for many years past, the Indians have been wards of the American government. They have been nurtured and protected and fostered in every possible way. At immense expense the govern ment has provided for them, lest they should starve. Reservations have been given them, food has been furnished them and they have been cared for as children. During the past ten or twelve years, a definite policy has been pur sued, the government looking to the limination of the Indian, not in his personality, butin his tribal relations. After years of experience it was found that tribal relations of the In dian were not good for him. They encouraged laziness and shiftless ness. Under the conditions- the In dian would not work. He depend ed entirely upon the government for his subsistence and, having nothing else to do, spent much of his time in fomenting trouble. Congress finally decided to break up, as for as possible, the In dian reservations and to parcel them out among Indians and whites to the best advadtage possible. The lands were allotted among the Indians in severalty. wherever that scheme seemed feasible, so that each Indian I might have a definite portion which he could call his own and which he was at liberty to dispose of as he saw fit. Many of tne the Indians, partic ularly of the Osage and Cherokee tri bes, are in good financial circum stances. Some of them are doing well on their farms and all of them have better chances than white men are given by the government. Francis E. Loupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, who has devoted much of his life to a study of the In dian problem, is convinced that the only way to make the Indian pro gressive and self-supporting is to I place him on his own resources. He says, therefore, that it is the policy of the government to induce the In dians togive up their tribal relation and to mingle with the whites as in' dividuals. Naturally, he says, the Indian is right and is well able to take care of himself, if he finds him self forced to do so. Placed in sur roundings where he must learn ir order to live, the Indian will do well imotistances. and that is just what the government is doing now. Commissioner Loupp believes that it will require twenty-five or thirty years to bring about the complete change in the Indians' condition, but in the end, the change will be of great benefit to the In dians. One difficulty is being expe rienced just now that, of course, cannot he remedied by the govern ment. In the allotment of lands ir severalty to the Indians, many of the individuals of the various tribes have become possessed of a small number cultivate the lands themsel but the majority of them sell the land and live on the proceeds. The last named class cannot be in duced to work at all. They proba bly will not do'a stroke of work un til their resources are exhausted and they will have to work or starve. In view of all the conditions, therefore it is only a matter of time until the Indian shall have been ab sorbed into the nation and shall have disappeared as a distinct .entitty. The Indian of yesterday will have become a tradition and the Indian of tomorrow will work out his destiny as the whites work out theirs and the Indian blood will be a blend of American citizenship. RIVALED CAPTAIN K(OEPENICK. Siberian Imhposter Cleverly Duped Army Officials. The German impostor "Koepen ick,, who created such a sensation by fooling a whole village, has been rivaled in his line of cleverness by a Siberian, who went to Harbin, Sibe ria, and passing himself off as an officer escaned with a neat sum of money. The victims of his bold escapade were army men and offi cials at the Russo-Chinese bank. The man appeared at the head quaters of the frontier forces of the Trans-Amur territory and displaying a document, which purported to be an order, he asked for an advance of $35,500 to be used in paying his men and buying provisions. So well did he play his part that a check was made out for him and he cashed He was forced against his will to take asmall portion of the amount in silver. Telephoning to the barracks for two soldiers, he had them escort Ihim to the railroad station and left them to guard the money bags for a short time. The soldiers were on uard for 24 hours before the trick was discovered. The "officer" had escaped. PREACHER SENT TO JAIL. He Is Given 30 D~ays anid $25 Fine for Assaulting Librarian. The Rev. Eli Tartt, pastor of the Harrison Baptist church, of Peters burg. Va., which has a membership of more than :3,000, was before the Mayor's court, recently, to answer the charge of assaulting J. H. Ma son with a pistol in the law office of '. C. Johnson, where Mason is em ployed. Tartt had declared that Mason had lied to him about Johnson being out of the city. Johnson is engaged in taking affidavits in a controversy inithe Harrison Street church. Ma son is the librarian of the Sunday school. The defense attempted to show that Tartt was -not on the street at any time on the day of the assault. Tartt was adjudged guilty and the punishment was fixed at 30 days in jail and a fine of $25. Tartt took; an appeal to the Hustings court. He was also put under a bond of AN AGED TOAD. Said to Have Been Six Thousand Years Old. A dispatch from Melbourne says a miner has sent to the Zoological Gar dens, Pertch, a live toad which he dug out of a strata of hard cement while sinking a shaft with explosives. It is believed that the creature has been entombed for centaries. When released from confinement the toad was quite inanimate. Its eyes, which were transparent, with no pupil, gradually became normal, and it is now in excellent health. The chamber in which it was con fined was perfectly smooth, and there was no room for movement. The toad is now being examined by geo logists. The secretary of the Zoological Gardens cites an instance of a toad being found in a bed of magnesium limestone 25 feet under the earth. The age of the toad was believed to be 6,000 years. This creature was presented to the Hartlepool Muse um. "It is well known," he says, "that toads at the present day bury them selves in mud when the water in which they have been living dries up, and so remain there till the next rains come. "If a drought sets in, and no rain comes to that spot, there will be no change in the condition of the toad, and therefore, nothing to bring him to a state of animation, and so he may continue for all time, until some one comes along with a plug of gelig nite to unearth him. "This seems very hard to believe, but still we have the fact that the toads are there, alive, and so must have got there somehow. In some cases they have been found at great depths under the surface imbedded in rock, as in the present instance. "The toads seem to be in a state of suspended animation, and do not lose weight when in that condition." THE CIDADEL SCHOLARSHIPS Announcement of Successful Contes tants and Alternates. Following are the successful con testants for beneficiary scholarships at the Citadel: Abbeville-W. E. Bell, Jr.; alter nate, George C. McKelvey. Aiken--B. T. Cripps; alternate, C. S. Hatch. Anderson-J. C. Pickens and H Acker; alternates, J. K. Russell and E. L. McCants. Bamberg--H. A. Ray, Jr.; alter nate, C. 0. Kirtsch. Barnwell--S. S. Pison; alternate, none. Beaufort-C. A. Sanders and Mc Leod Hutson. Jr.; alternates, none. Berkely--H. F. Porcher; alternate, R. W. Wilkes. Charleston-B. R. Legge and J. R. Oglesby; alternates, E. H. Car penter. Jr. and P. H. Gad.den. Chesterfield-J. K. Shannon, Jr.; alternate A. Brock. Claredon-G. W. Green; alternate R. L. Griffin. Colleton-J. F. Richer; alternate, M. B. Garris. Fairfield-H. K. Pickens and J. E. Craig; alternates, de Saussure Clarke and S. C. Lupo. Georgetown-W. R. Buie; alter nate, Ehrlich Jones. -Greenville-C. H. Fowler; alter nate W. E. Kilgore. Lancaster-B. A. Sullivan; alter nate, J. D. Armstrong. Lexington-C. B. Livingston, al ternate,J. S. Steadman. Marion--R. F. Bethea; alternate, Charles Gilchrist. Marlboro-Dargan Odomn; alter nate Earle Dunlap. Newberry--L. A. Lester: alter nate, none. Orangeburg-S. A. Porter; alter nate, J. C. Fair. Pickens--Louis Kay; alternate, none. Williamsburg--J. H. Floyd; alter nate, R. M. Hemenway. RURAL ROUTES IN THE STATE The Number Now In Operation arnd Their Distribution. Some interesting information rela tive to the operation of free delivery routes in South Carolina was secur ed by The News and Courier corres pondent from the post office depart ment. In the state there are now a total of 650 routes in operation divided among the seven congressional dis tricts as follows: First district, 27; second district, 50; third district, 135; fourth district, 114; fifth district, 140; sixth district. 73; seventh dis trict, 106. Each of the seven districts men tioned has several petitions pending before the department, which will be acted upon in the niear future. The whole number from the state is 56. For the United States there are now 37,981 rural delivery routes in operation, which are served by 37, 832 regular carriers. All the routes are served every week day except 724 which have tri-weekly service. The total number of petitions for the service which had reached the department up to September 1, was 54,973, upon which 15,056 adverse reports had been made. There are now 1,411 petitions for establishment pending, 16-3 of which have been fa vorably acted upon and service or dered established-leaving a balance of 1,228 unacted upon. CARRIE Nation says she does not intend to leave Pittsburg until she reforms every man in it. If this is true, Carrie will spend the balance of her days in Pittsburg and when time is called on her she won't be half through with her self imposed TH EY used to know in the old days a good deal more than we modern people give them credit for. This is and old prescription for youth and beauty: "'You must work until you are tired, sleep till you are rest ed, have plenty of fresh air, live in cool rooms, take a daily sponge bath and eat the simplest food." LAST year's cotton crop amounted to over thirteen and a half millioni bales and nearly all of it is now con-i sumed by the mills. In the face of|I this bumper crop prices were higher than for years, and there is no reason why the present crop should not sell at a good pri e All that; is needed to make it do so - a little backbone on the part of the farmers. With a capital of $,30,000,000, the new paper trust figures that it ought to be able to beat its competitors to SEES THEIR FATE. The Prohibition Movement Is Sweeping the Country. More Than Half the Population of the United States is Claimed to Be Living in "Dry" Territory. Prohibition is sweeping the coun try. Its recent advances are throw ing liquor producers and dealers into panics in many places. A member of the Liquor League, states the sit uation in these words: "The onward march of prohibition in some sec tions of the country is advancing like a praire fire, and no hand will raise to stop it." He concludes his statement by saying that five years ago a united liquor industry might have kept back the situation, but. today, it is too late and an effort might as well be made to keep back the Hudson river with a whisk broom. More than half the nation is said to be under prohibition law. Maine, North Dakota, Kansas and Georgia have statutory prohibition rules. More than half the territory in 17 other states is dry, and in 16 remain ing states little intoxicating liquor is sold. The four prohibition states have a population of 5,500,000 and itjis estimated 25,000,000 others live in local prohibition territory of 33 other states. The state prohibition movement is spreading rapidly in at least 11 states, especially where local option has already driven out the open dram shops in large sections. These states inc- 'e Oklahoma, where the prohi bition constitutional amendment is voted on Sept. 17; Delaware, and three political divisions of which vote separately on license or no license Nov. 5; North Carolina, Florida and Mississippi, where state prohibition campaigns are under way, led or warmly endo! sad by the governort themselves. Popular movements for statutory or constitutional state pro hibition in Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa, Ne braska. In addition to this, it is said that Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska. South Dakota, New Hampshire and Vermont may adopt state prohibi tion policy within the near future. A significant straw from Ohio comes ir the shape of a dispatch from Cedat Point, where, at a recent gathering of political leaders, 72 out of 8( members of the Ohio legislature there present, declared informally for ultimate state prohibition and immediate county option. Montana, Nevada, Utah. Washing ton, Tennessee, Arizona and New Mexico are "wet." They-have licensE with little or no restrictions. Cali fornia, Idaho, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvanis and District of Columbia, have li cense with restrictions, different ir each state. All observe a Sunda3 closing law. Local option laws hav been passed in Colorado, Connecti cut, Illinois, Massachusetts. Nebras ka, New Jersey, South Carolina Texas, and Wisconsin, and many o: their towns, townships and countie: have become "dry" by popular vote In the states classed as "dry" more than half the counties and cities have not more than one saloon, and the3 have become "dry" through the ex pression of the voters at the poles though not through a local optior law. These states are Alabama, Ar kansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis sippi, Missouri, New Hampshire Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma, Rhode Is land, South Dakota, Vermont, Vir ginia and West Virginia. A Lapsided Reformer. The Hon. George Leavens Lilley. Congressman at Large from Connec ticut, who has become a millionaire several time over has blossomed oui -as a reformer. But, like most re formers from the land of wooder nut-negs and steady habit, he want, the reforms to be made at the ex pense of some other section besides his own. One of his reform hob bies is to abolish all the navy yards of the government except four, and three of these he would es tablish practically at the North. This, we believe, is his main ob .ect in advocating this so-called re form. He does not want the gov. ernent to spend any money at the South except where it cannot be helped. He says "there is no more use for the navy yard at Charleston, S. C., than at Portsmouth, and neither is needed. The Charleston yard is lo cated 12 miles up a river, back of the town, mna swamp. I never met a naval officer who was willing, on his own responsibility to take a battle ship up there, and one captain said he would resign before attempting it." It can be seen from this extract that his main attack is on the navy yards in the South. While he class es Portsmouth with Charleston, he says nothing about the unfitness of the former, while he slanders Char leston in a most stupid way. There is no better location anywhere for a yard than where the Charleston yard is located. At least that is the opin ion of competent naval officers, who have carefully examined the location of the yard at Charleston. What Mr. Lilley says about naval officers being~ afraid to take a battle ship aroind to the Charleston navy yard is all nonsense. The channel leading up to it could be so bouyed that any of ficer could safely take a battle ship up to it who had sense enough to command such a vessel. The navy yard at Charleston is needed, and badly needed, and we do not think that the attack of this so called reformer will retard its com pletion by the government. If he can have the navy yards at the South abolished he will throw in a few at the North to make it appear that his spasm of reform is not aimed entire ly at the South. But when he is through, it will be found that all the navy yards, except the one on the gulf, will be located at the North, and we believe that is the object this lapsided reformer has in view. FIVE NEGROES KILLED' By a Fast Trajin While They Were Gambling. Five negroes, their heads close to-|I ether, as they were totally ab-sorbed n a game of craps on the Pa ltiore~ nd Ohio railroad near Newberg. W a.. didl not hear the numble of anI tpproaching train. They were ground eneath the wheels and five killed, :he bodies being so terribly mangled ha+ ideontifiction 'has not yet been PRICE OF COTTON. Fifteen Cents a Pound Possible If Farmers Stick Together. But Not Unless the Men Who Raise It and Sell It Work in Harmony to Maintain Price. Last week the Farmers' Union Con vention met at Little Rock, Ark., and the executive committee of the South ern Cotton Association met at Jack son, Miss. The most important ac Lion of each of these bodies was to fix the minimum price for which cot ton is to be held this fall, and each of them agreed on 15 cents. If the farmers of the South to any great ex tent stand by this demand they will undoubtedly get 15 cents. Cotton is now selling in South Car olina above 13 cents, and the crop in this State is generally said to- be in a better condition than in the South western States, a condition which would justify the higher price. But the only way in which the cotton planters can get 15 cents is to hold their cotton until they do get 15 cents. If the crop is rushed on the market when 13 or 13 % cents is be ing offered the price will never go to 15 cents. In discussing the matter The News and Courier says the question is how far can the two organizations of far mers control the marketing of the crop? The Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association are not exactly antagonistic but they work somewhat on different lines and are not affiliated in any way. It is im possible to say how far their respec tive organizations extend and to what extent they can secure an observance of their resolutions. They have taken similar action in recent years and it is undoubtedly true that while their demands have been respected by some planters whe do not belong to either organization there have, on the other hand, been some members of each organization who have not stood by their resolu tions. and consequently the amount of cotton has not been withheld from the market that might have been ex pected. When the Southern Cotton Association demanded 11 cents the farmers stuck to it and got 11 cents; when President Jordan two years agc demanded 15 cents the farmers sold for less and got a good profit. The truth of the matter is that the farmers of the South consider that 15 cents is a very fine price for cottor especially as some of them have sole cotton at five cents and managed tc live. Of course the conditions ther and now are different, but the fact remain. The matter of supply and demand is supposed to fix the pric of cotton as of other commodities but it is not exactly correct to sa3 that this is the case with cotton If however the farmers by combina tion in withholding the commoditi from the market can decrease th supply they can get their price. The difficulty is that so much o the cotton crop is sold before it i picked, even before it is planted; tha farmers who have to sell to mee their fall obligations cannot regard the advice of their more fortunac' bretheren, no matter how good tha advice may be. The organizations have recognized this difficulty ani have endeavored to devise some wa: in which the stronger may proteci the weaker by providing for the stor ing of cotton, etc., but these mean: are not yet perfected and cannot bi at once put in operation. If the farmers' organizations suc ceed in this effort and cotton goes f( 15 cents there will be good times ii South Carolina this fall. The mone: centres report that money is tight anc the banks, even' in South Carolina are not putting out money with grea1 caution; but if the farmers get 12 cents for their cotton and the croi turns out to be as good as the pros nect the farmers will be able al Christmas to loan money to the bania~ and has some to spare. Backbone of the Country. Although not as large as we hop ed it would be, the cotton crop Thf this year is somewhat above the average in size, and it will sell for a good price if the farmers will only act in concert and not rush it on the market. Every man, woman anc child in this county is interested in the cotton crop, and all of us want to see it bring a good price. Then all of us will share the prosperity of the farmer. Cotton is king, and the man who makes it ought to be prosperous and happy at present prices. IAll other crops are abundant, which means that the farmers all over the country are shiarng the prosperity of the farmers who make cotton. The big crops this year will increase the prosperity of the coun try no little, and we hope every farmer will get his full share of the good things it brings. On the prosperity of the farmer depends the wellfare of the transpor tation business of the country, and on that the prosperity of the iron and steel trades, whose welfare has heretofore been regarded as the measurement of the prosperity of the country. With transportation interests and the iron and steel trades prosperous, business of all kinds will continue good, or as Mr. Schwab says, "will give certain promise of at least two years more of good times, notwithstanding the ups and downs of Wall street." Thus the crops of the country determine the condition of its business interests, something that since 1897 has each year reversed the old order of things. The farmer raises the crops and he is therefore the backbone of the country. There are nearly 9,000, 0)0 of him, or one-third of our pop ulation when those immediately de pendent on him are taken into con sideration. In the transportation, industrial and business interests are involved another good third of our population, and, as the welfare of these is assured by the prosperity of the farmer, over two-thirds of the people of the United States are prom ised a continuance of good times. When two-thirds of the population' are prosperous, the other third must be, because dependent directly or in directly on the welfare of the ma jority. Thus good crops mean much to all the people, and should afford general gratification.I A coPPERHEAD snake crawled into a keg of beer in Kentucky and four men who drank the beer died. There are still several million men~ in this country who are risking theirl ives every day, but they are her-,es man not afrai of copperhetads. A QUEER CASE. An Old Man Thinks He Has Found His Son i.ut the Young Man Says He Never Saw His Would-Be Father Any where Before. The New York American says standing in the store of John Galvin, a young merchant, of No. 513 Third avenue Brooklyn, John Galvin, a wealthy manufacturer, of Brattle boro. Vt., late Thursday afternoon pleaded with the former to acknow ledge their relationship as father and son. "Come home with me, John, Moth er wants'you ever so badly," said the old man. "I am not your son. I am not John E. Galvin. I am just plain John Gal vin, and I have lived here all my life," was the reply to the entreaty. a reply the young man had been compelled to make repeatedly dur ing the past few days. Sorrowing and despondent, the old man departed for his hotel at Fourth avenue and Forty-second street, not fully convinced that he had not been addressing his son. For a week the Brattleboro manu facturer has been haunting the store owned by Mr, Galvin, insisting upon their relationship. So confident was he of the ident'fication he had made of Galvin as his boy who ran away from home ten years ago that he en listed the aid of the police, and two detectives Thursday visited Galvin at his store and questioned him about the case, "It was just a week ago that Mr. Galvin came in here," said young Mr. Galvin Thursday night. "He told me he had a son who left home in a fit of anger ten years ago. He had searched everywhere for the young man without success. Then he sud denly put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Your mother wants you home, John. Every night she walk out the rear door and through the lawn to the gate, where she looks up the road, waiting and watching. I frequently have to go for her and take her indoors; otherwise she would stay out until midnight.' "Of course I was amazed, and after I had repeatedly denied being his son, I asked him what had brought him to Brooklyn and to my home. "He said that Mrs. John Green age, of Ninth avenue and Tenth street, Brooklyn, had spent the Sum mer in Brattleboro. He had aske her in his simple way if she ever sav his son John in New York. She told him she knew a John Galvin, and then described me to the father and mother. Both were sure I was thi missing son. "I remembered then that Mrs Greenage had come home and toli me about a rich manufacturer, o: Brattleboro, Vt., who had inquire about mc as meeting the descriptior of his missing son. "At first I was inclined to trea1 the old man's search humorously but the pathos of his story made me feel like giving him all the aid could. When he still insisted that] was his son and wanted to take me back to his wife, I brought him tc my residence at 148 Prospect avenue and had all of my friends tell hirr that I had lived in Brooklyn all of m3 life. We made several trips to New York, New Jersey, Coney Island and other places where I thought the old man might find his son. He carried a picture with him that was taker some years ago, but I do not thinl! it resembled me, and if it does it is merely a coincidence. "The old man appeared quite heartbroken Thursday and told me that he was leaving for his home oi a midnight train. His last words Iwere: "'What will my poor wife say when I come back alone?' ' ENTERED LADY'S STATEROOM And Fellow Passengers Wanted to Throw Him Overboard. The passengers who arrived on the steamship Atlanta from New Yorki at Savannah on Wednesday told a sensational story of an attempted robbery on board the ship and the indignation that was caused by it. It is said that there was a strong ten. dency to throw overboard one or two men who were suspected of the crime. A young lady en route from New York to Macon about 3 o'clock in the morning was awakened by the presence of a man in her stateroom. She was very much alarmed and screamed at the top of her voice, The passengers on board were alert in an instant and rushed to the aid of the terror stricken lady. She told them she had been awakened by the presence of some one in her state room and that as she awoke the in truder had disappeared through the stateroom window. Immediately there was a search for the guilty man. A negro on board was taken in charge. He protested his innocense. A foreigner who was a member of the crew volunteered the information that he had seen the negro coming through the window. Because of the knowledge he displayed he too wa:~ taken in, custody. The passengere seemed to think that the foreigner was trying to throw suspicion from himself by accusing the negro. "Throw them overboard" suggest ed one of the passengers. This seem ed to voice the sentiment of all the men who were gathered about in va rious stages of undress having been aroused from their berths by the young lady's screams. It is proba ble that if the young lady had been able to positively identify the man who had entered her state room that he would have been summarily dealt with by the angry passengers. As it was both the white man and the colored man were released. Tom Lawson's advertisement ad vising people to "buy stocks" are nt so very attractive lust nowj we are looking forward to the 1 eccessity of buying coal. IT now turns out that the carved edicine chest which was presiented o the President by an army officer, was manufactured at the army| abinet shop in the Philipphines at t cost of $153 to the government od the investigation by Col. Gar ington shows a vast amount of sim lar graft in the quarter-master's 163 BALES OF COTTON ON 150 ACRES POOR LAND. Mr. Hudson Gives His Experience of Using the "Williamson Corn Method" for Cotton Planting. It has been the ambition of every farmer in the South to make at least one bale of cotton to the acre. Very few of them have ever tried to make more than one bale to the acre. It can be done. And from recent ex periments it looks as though the time is not far distant when the new "Williamson Plan" will be used by every'farmer in the South. In writ ing of his experiments, Mr. B. M. Hudson of Camden says: "As the 'Williamson corn method' has been such a blessing to South Carolina and as I have been accused of withholding what information I have had on the subject for 'selfish r'otives,' I want to say to the far mers of South Carolina that the Williamson method is just as neces sary for cotton as for corn. "On the average lands of South. Carolina it is impossible to make a full crop of cotton if you have an early g.ring crop, and this I say af ter years of experience. I have no ticed this year my own crop and sev- f eral others and find that the best cottoa today was the poorest the first of July, and the best cotton we had in this country in June is the poorest now compared to what it should be. "While this may be doubted by some. I can prove my assertions by some of the leading men of the coun ty. The method is simple and, un like the Williamson method of corn, will apply to a large amount to fer-_ tilizer, a small amount or none at all. "Plant the first week in April, plant and cultivate flat; your crop will grow slowly in the'spring, but will grow in July and August, when your neighbor has failed. Yours will fruit close and make at lea?t a third more than cotton planted on a bed and worked to get a quick growth in June. The best crop in this section today was considered a failure the first of July. This is the method by which I made 163 bales of cotton on 150 acres and will do as well or better this year. "I write not for notoriety, -but that I may be of some benefit to my fellow farmers. If I was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt I would never give my experience to the public." At 12 cents a. pound. 163. bales averaging 450 pounds would be $8, 802.00 for the ginned cotton. - Think what a big thing that would mean for the south! If this "Improved method"of planting cotton is success fully tried and promoted -by the ma I jority of farmers in South Cairolina I next year there will be such an in crease in yield, and consequently- in money value, that it is almost beyond figures. And the fleecy cotton is not all to be considered. Think of the increas ed -yield of cotton seed. With the growing demand for cotton -seed it will not be many years hoor before many cotton planters will be trying to increase the yield oi' their cotton seed. Along this line a prominent cotton seed expert, who was address ing a crowd at the Jamestown Expo sition recently, said: "Last summer I had the pleasure of introducing my friend, Professor Dolbear, who is, perhaps, our great est living scientist; -to one 'of my friends, a cottonseed oil offcial, who is predestined to become our leading man of oil. In a semi-serious way Professor Dolbear referred to seed less fruits and suggested the creation of seedless .cotton. 'Professor,' the oil man ejaculated, 'you had better make a cottonlessseed, for that's where the money is.' " So many new experiments have been made with the use of Cotton Seed Meal, Oil cake, etc., that it Is almost impossible to keep up with them all. Following is of Interest to those who raise fine hogs: Dallas, Texas, Oct. 27.-A bulletin of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, says: To those wishing to use cotton seed meal for hogs now, we recom mend: 1. For animals on heavy feed, that not more than one-forth the weight of the grain ration of cotton-seed meal. 2. That this feeding continue. r more than fifty days, or that the pro portion of meal be reduced if feeding is to be continued longer. 3. That the meal be mixed with the other feed and all souwed together. 4. That as much green food as pos sible be furnished the hogs. 5. That a close watch be kept, and meal he taken from any animals not eating or gaining well. Feeders who have had experience with the meal will probably be able to exceed these recommendations, which, however, allow the use of enough meal to greatly improve corn diet. One pound of cotton-seed meal to five of corn furnishes the nutrients in the most desirable proportions for fattening, while one or two of corn are more nearly correct for young growing stock. Of course other feeds are desirable for their influences not attributable to their composition, but it is not often that the adopted stan dards can be ignored in feeding any animal for profit. THEY say that Lieutenant Gover nor Chanler's cousin would pay $1, 000,000 into the democratic campaign fand if the former was made the presidential nominee and would promise to make him ambassador to Great Britain. THE youngest applicant for divorce in the history of Illinois is Effie May Maxwell, aged 16 years, who has filed a suit against her hus band, William Maxwell, aged 57, alleging cruelty. She was married at the age of 14 years. Now that Mr. Rockefeller has de :ided to give out no more inter ;iews, there will be less good advice asted on a cynical public. That Chester (Pa.) bride who fainted at the altar is no doubt be ing pitied by the girls who are sure they could go through the marriage ceremony without the quiver of an eyelash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "DID you ever mu a 'M '.leaded woman," asks a correspondent. We never did. Nor did we ever see a woman waltzing about town in her shirt :eeves spitting tobacco ,iuice e verxey thing she came in contact width. Nor did we ever see a woman ak u on mean whiskey and abuse 1er husband and children. God bless