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SHOWS UP TEDDY S Sensational Charges Made Against Him and Others TO SWINDLE PANAMA Congressman Rainey Makes the Ac C cusations and Declares That the Present Administration and the President-Elect Have Aided in R. R. Frauds in Central America. Washington, Jan. 26.-Represen tative Rainey, of Illinois, this after noon delivered a scathing and sen sational speech in the house, upon the Panama canal purchase. He at tacked President-elect Taft, William Nelson Cromwell, a number of New York financiers, and others. He said, in part: "It is to be regretted that the time of the president of the United States has been so much taken up with outdoor sports and among the pleasures of the lighter literature. He knows nothing -of the drudgery. physical or mental, that is required to arrive at matter of fundamental importance. "Declarations of alleged facts that come with so much assurance and such frequency from the White House are not always entitled to the weight we would like to give to communications from the chief ex ecutive of the nation. The state ments with reference to Panama ca nal matters are sometimes particu larly inaccurate. "For some weeks the secret serv ite agencies of the government have been at work investigating the senior senator from South Carolina. They have succeeded in discovering that he used his frank inadvertently in private correspondence, and so de prived the government of revenue to the amount of two cents, and the matter was considered important enough to be embodied in a special message from the president to con gress. The senior senator from Massa chusetts. I believe, is still invited -o White House dinners, is the presi ent's friend and advisor and the -mbinet maker of the incoming presi dent. I have not heard of'any secret service agents disturbing the senior senator from Massachusetts, and yet he Is directly, Individually and so! emly respcnsible for the fact that on the trst day of January of this year for the purposes I have named. there was taken out of the treasury f the United States over one million -f!'rs. "We have embarked now upon the stormy seas of Central American polities. Our flag is floating now - t"e Tqthmus of Panama. It seems that the Constitution doeis not always olow the flag. In fact, it has not followed it at all in its recent ramb 'in gs, but a coterie of New York City .fEnanciers follow It and flock around like vultures, wherever it goes. They have followed it to the Isthmus of Panama and have already, undei its sheltering folds, pounded down u.pon that defenceless little conlutry. They have taken everything In this country that is not nailed down and it was they that have commenced their operations on the Isthmus of Panama. "It becomes necessary now to know something about Central Amer ica politics, and I desire to intro duce to the country Senor IDon Jose r'omingo de Obaldia. It is impor tant 'to know something about the career .of this interesting Spanish American statesman." Senor Obaldia's connection with the Panama canal and Its purchase by the United States was then gone Into, the speaker declaring that Obaldia and- William Nelson Crom well, together with high officials at Washington and elsewhere had agreed upon certain actions not te their credit. "There is pending now In the gen eral asembly of Panama,' he said, "the 'most infamous railroad .propo sition ever submitted to any gov ernment. That Infant republib has had no experience in building or managing railroads. This propo sition Is being seriously considered and about to be adopted by the gen eral assembly. Randolph G. Ward, of the city of New York, is the per son who appears on record in the matter and who seeks to get for his successors, his heirs or assigns, most valuable concessions." Mr. Cromwell's record, as general counsel for the Panama canal com pany was gone into and also his legal connection with E. H. Harri man and the trans-continental rail roads. Mr. Cromwell's organization1 of an American syndicate to pur chase the canal was referred to. Af ter he had obtained $3,000,000 out of the $5,000,000 subscribed for the purchase of the Nicaragua canal1 project, Cromwell gropped that scheme and sought to sell the Pan ama canal company to the United States government for $109,000,000, but finding It Impossible, reduced hIs price In one hour to $40,000,000. "I propose to discuss later how much of that $40,000.000 ever reach ed the creditors and share holders6 of the French Panama canal com pany. "Through all the career I have diescribed," he said, "Mr. Cromwell has remained the trustee advisor of Secretary Taft in all matters per ianing to the Isthman canal. It is hard to explain why all the agenciesC of the government are now being used In an attempt to indict certain r newspapers for saying unkind things about Mr. Cromwell and some oth- T ers." b After referring to the alleged at tempt of certain-New York and other financiers to obtain forests on the Isthmus, and also the right to re claim certain lands on the Isthmus. Mr. Rainey, adds: "Since the election of last Novem- u~ ber, bread lines have commenced to form in the South and in our prin- fc elpal cities and today mn the capital te city, on Pennsylvania avenue. under.a the shadow of the dome of the capi-t1 tol, a bread line appears daily, con stantly increasing in length. If we fa permit the scheme of William Nel-t' son Cromwell, Roger L. Farnham, at Crie P. Taft and others to go Id UQUOR QUESTION V ENATOR LIDE WANTS PEOPLE R - TO SETTLE IT a a Special Election to be Held M Next August and Decide it For Good. An important bill has been intro uced by Senator Lide of Orange- q urg relative to the ordering of a n eneral vote throughout the State to C e taken upon the question of wheth- T r the State shall go prohibition or t: ot. h This referendum proposition is -1 aid to meet with the favor of many 0 neibers of the house and of the f enate. It has even been stated that s ome of the prohibitionists are in s avor of this measure. The bill provides that an "elec ion shall be held to determine the *tates policy regarding the sale of Llcoholic liquors on August 24, t 909." The object is to find out just iow the people stand upon this ques ,ion.E As is generally provided in such otes there will be slips of paper pro ided with two questions as follows: 1. Are you in favor of local op ion between county prohibition and t county dispensary system? 2. Are you in favor of extend ng local option between a system of )rohibition or license or a county lispensary system? These questions will praetically ettle the attitude of phe people of outh Carolina as to the liquor ques ion. The managers for election and the other necessary provisions are made in the bill for the electiox. OUR VOTE NOT CAST. Every Other State Has Sent Its Electoral '!ote. Washington, Jan. 29.-Somebody in South Carolina is in danger of having to pay a fine of $1,000 for not delivering the State's electoral vote to Vice President Fairbanks, according to the requ4liements oi the Federal statutes. According to he law on the subject the time for iefivering the count of the last Pres mential vote expired last Monday. At that time three States, Colorado, Montana. and South Carolina, had not been heard from. The two Western States have now shown up, however, leaving only South Carolina unheard from. In order that there might be no trouble in the matter, Senator Till man today telegraphed Governor An sel advising him of the situation, ad suggesting that whoever is -tharged with the duty of bringing he count to Washington do so im mediately. It is assumed that upou receiving this telegram Governor Ansel will take some action looking to having the State's vote brought LEVER IS RIGHT. Limited Parcels Post Would Help Farmers and Merchants. Washington, Jan. 27.-Congress man Lever in the debate on the post office appropriation bill took occa sion to criticise the action of the committee in not making provision for a. limited parcel post on rural delivery routes as recommended by :he Postmaster General. Congress man Lever said that a limited par. cel post would be of benefit to the small merchant in the country town and that the oppoisition to it comes rom the express companies and the arge department stores in the me tropolitan cities. .hrough on the Isthmus of Panama, this government will haye there a bread line containing four hundfed housand people. "The men who are attempting to steal and to appropriate to their wn use the revenues of this republic are in reality about to impose enor nous additional burdens upon the :reasury of the United States. To lay the deficit in the treasury is over $74,000,000. If we permit these nen to rob the republic of Panama, e will place upon the United States he oppressive burden of providing L government for four hundred housand people there. "I do not charge that the gentle nan who will be inaugurated presi ent of the United States on the ourth day of March as a party to his infamous scheme for robbing his little country. I have only pre ented the evidence. His friend. 3romwell, his selection of Crom rell, Faruham and Drake as mein iers of the board of directors of the 'anama railroad. his eontinued en orsements of both Cromwell and ~arnham, hs iinterference on the sthmus of Panama, which compelled he election of a corrupt statesman. bsolutely under the control of Crom ;ell, as president of that republie. "All these thir~gs and other things or which the present administration responsible made possible the igning of a co-itract by Obaldia hich may bring the gentlemen in- fl rested 'therein riches beyond the h reams of avarice. It will not be w )ng, f this scheme goes through, S ofee the campaign contribution5s ti tade by some of the gentlemen in- ai rested in this enterprise, will be ai turned a hundred fold. "If we permit the plans of Mr. S3 romwell and his associates to go qi irouh on the Isthmus of Panama, si d if these treaties are confirmed. es iere ill be no revenues in Panama t of which to pay this indemnity. ti he United States government will gr c::.lledl upon to pay it all, and if vi Lese pias for the spoliation of Pan- dr na proceed to a successful conclu on, it will not be long until im- m ense burdens of a different char- to :ter with Panama will be imposed es yon our treasury. "Tese patriotic gentlemen. there re are being permitted. not only rob the republic of Panama. but ea directly to rob the treasury of he e United States, and in their efforts ag ths direction, they have had so fr< r the complete co-operation and th< e active assistance of the present ho ministration and of the next presi- w IANT TO HELPTAFT N EPUBLICANS ANXIOUS TO CON- F4 FIRM CRUMS NOMINATION. eesrs Rhett and Waring of Charles- A ton Sununoned to Washington by Senator Tillinan. Washington, Jan. 29.-If the uestion of the appointment of a N egro as collector of the port of O harleston is to be put up to Mr. gi aft at the opening of his adminis- al -ation, it will have to be done by a si erculean physical task by Senators a, 'ilman, Gary and what other Dem- b crats they can get to assist them, D :r the Republican leaders of the 1 anate are determined that Crum i hall be confirmed at this session, l nd the confirmation is on its way. C4 Mayor Rhett and Hon. Thos. R. aring of-Charlestos were here to- a ay, having come in response to a tl elegram from Senator Tillman yes- b erday, which stated that the senate t ommittee on commerce had report- n d favorably the nomination of rum. Messrs. Rhett and Waring t ad a conference with Senator Till an and left this afternoon for harleston to get up data and put orces to work to help Tillman, who old them he could not make bricRs vithout straw and it was up to them o furnish the straw. But it is the opinion of those who Enow what is working in the rinlds 8 if certain Republican leaders friend y to Mr. Taft that it will take more :han straw to make bricks hard mozgh to hold off this confirma ion. Senator Frye, president pro :em of the senate and one of the big >osses, is in charge of the matter. ie it was who had the confirmation rought out of the committee. The nomination had been referr d to Senator Simmons of North arolina, the leading Democrat in :he committee. He refused to re port it to the senate, even after enator Frye had secured a majori y of the committee to vote for a ravorable report. Frye declared that e would roport it himself, and he Eid. When Crum's nomination was first made by President Roosevelt, Sena ,or Tillman was able to hold it up t for two years. But now things are 5lghtly different. Then there was a good deal of sympathy for him and senatorial courtesy prevailed. Now there is not that sympathy for Till man nor any consideration for Charleston on the part of Republi -an leaders. Besides all, there is an incoming president, the rising and not the setting sun who wants Crum -onfirmed, and the senate leaders on the Republican side are decidedly rriendly to Taft. They will do anything to force through this confirmation in order to relieve Taft of embarrassment. he only thing Tiliman can do to block It is simply to get the floor and hold it day and night through all executive sessions from now till 12 o'clock March 4. If he gets the whole Democratic side to help him and makes up his mind to go through the strain he might be able to do it, but the indications are that he is not going to get much help from his old friend, senatorial courtesy. ZACH McGEE.* MONEY~ AND A MEDAL iven Mr. 3. B. Goldman for Sav ing a Negroe's Life. Greenwood. Jan. 27.--Greenwood ounty has probably the distinction >f being the first county in the State :o have one of its citizens receive -ecognition at the hands of the Car egie hero fund commission. ihrough the efforts of Mr. W. H. icholson, now a member of the Leg- I slature from this county, and a )omneut young attorney here, the ~ ttention of the commission was di- ' ected to the heroism of Mr. James 3. Goldman. in saving the life of a egro, Warren Finlay, at Waterloo, >n June 29, 1907, by pulling him out >f the way of a passenger train. oth Mr. Goldman and the negro ere hurt. The award of the commission is 9 hat Mr. Goldman is to get a silver S nedal and the sum of a thousand t ollars to be applied towards the C urchase of a farm or other such ~ vorthy purpose as may be appreved a >y the executive committee. M~r. " oldman is a young white farmer, 0 ving near Capt. J. H. Brook's place c .t Cambridge. Ho has a wife and ' everal small children, and the mon- P y that he is to get will go a long 0 rays towad . setting himn up in lifeY d giving him an opportunity to ' ave a home of his own. In this ase the ward of the commission is iost meritorious and worthy, and h [r. Gcidmian's friends are congratu- q uing him on his great good for HNDRED REPORTED KiUND t u y Earthquake~ Shocks in Differentb cc P'arts of Spain. p1 tc London. Jan. 30.-A dispateh th -om Tarrasa says that Barcelona tu as been overwhelmed by a tidal ave. The loss of life is unknow?.. bi bterranean roarings preceded the sa dal wave, causing a fearful panic is nong the people on the promenades 1. id in the buildings of the city. to A dispatch from San Sebastian, of nin. says that a terrible earth- be ike has devastated several towns bu d villages in South and South- a stern Spain. fu A tidal wave partially submerged mi e coast, near Barcelona, and a to eat landslide at Geuta buried the th, llage of Romara and several hun- of ed inhabitants. so News from Malgaga says that f'r< any houses were damaged in the of wn of Totana and several villag- hi: in the province of Murcia. *m Shocks in Turkey. di: Smyrna. Turkey, Jan. 19.-Sharp sai rthquake shocks were experienced ter re this morning. No local dam- i e was done. Reports received here gr< >m Phocaea. twenty-five miles to th4 a northwest, say that a number of thE uses fell and that three persons I 1 re killed. Buildings were dam- thi lEANS SQUARE DEAL )R THE FARMER AND SHOULD H( BE PAS6ED. Measure That Will Eihwble Farm- W re to Tell in Advance Probable Demand for Cotton. A special from Washington to The ews and Courier says the prospect up favorable consideration of Con- Tc -essman Lever's joint resolution, dr r:horizing the director of the cen- w4 is to publish additional statistics qi to the amount of baled cotton on 1L' Lad on September 1, November 1, bc eember 1, January 1, and March w is very bright. The resolution of gre4t importance to the entire w ttou trade, but especially to the b >tton grower in that It gives the P .ter full information as to the prob- ix ble demand during the course of ie season for his product, and there- fc y enables him to put his cotton on hi ie market in a more Intelligent fI anner. a The census committee, to which is resolution was referred, gave a [r. Lever a hearing yesterday, at m 'hich time the director of the cen- E uE, Mr. North, and Mr. Roper, who e ; in charge of the Issuing of the inners' report, appeared with Mr. ,erer in support of his resolution. t is the opinioa that these gentle isa made a most favorable impres- G l0a upOn the gomgittee, and that he eommittep ix a short time will eort the resolutis favorable to he House. In support of this ree lution, Mr. Lever said among other f hlag~: hiag: V A "The committee is aware, of n ourse, that the census bureau is ollecting statistics from time to time howing the amount of cotton pro tueed, the amount of cotton grown, b .nd at the same time the statistical I >ureau of the department of agri- t :ulture issues a general report on d he first of :December, estimating he amount of cotton that has been aised during that year, so that the 'overnment is furnishinig to the cot on world at this time 4gures as to he amount of cotton produced, but s giving only partial statisitcs as to he amount of cotton needed from ime. to time by the manufacturing t orld. The gutton farmers throughout he South, in my observation, com >ain about this system. - They are illiug to have the amount of cot .on ginned flom time to time, pub ished as is now being done by the :ensus bureau, they are willing to iave the government estimate on C he -amount of cotton that has been >roduced during the year, but they ontend, and I think with justice, hat if you are to furnish to the man ifacturer, the buyer and consuming world, the amount of cotton pro- C luced, it is no more than right, no i nore than just, that. you should at I he- same time, furnish to them, the f elling world, the produoing world, he necessities of the buying world, " s is indicated by the stock on hand c a the various warehouses and the x ike, -and this resolution undertakes s o furnish a complete statistical pic- I ure, both as to the amount pro- t ueed and the amount needed to .1 eet the demand of the mills. We can illustrate this In a homely vay perhaps by putting two parties pposite to each other on either side g f a table in a game of "seven up.'' o 'he cards are dealt and each is care ul that he conceals his "hand.' .C 'he government steps in and says to a ne, in this case the cotton producer, a he cotton farmer, "lay your hand onr he table face up." The manufactur r sees his hand and plays his cards ccordingly, and, of coarse, the armer gets the worst of the game. 'his resolution intends to lay both Lands on the table face up, so that ach player will have a square deal.0 'he sotton farmer Is entitled to this5 onderation. This eliminates to some extent the eature of speculation, and gambling b a cotton, in my judgment, and gives.1 oth parties, the buyer and seller, b square, fair deal at the hands of c lie government, so far as. statistics. or cotton go, and that is the only urpose of the resolution. I will.e ay in this connection before I close, dat for the first time 'In the history f the government we have reached point where congress can legislate S long these lines, Hitherto we have.E 'M Nxen able to get these statistics h< f cotton on hand in the various st >untes, and the warehouses of the* al orld so as to present a complete o Iture, but through the good work V< the census bureau during the past N ear, an'arrangement, I understand, io as been made with the foreign con amers of cotton by which they will rnish to the census bureau their aldngs from time to time as re- e ested by the bureau, so that now t e are in a position through this solution to collect the figures from m te United states, and at the same et me supplement them with the fig- he es ~that we get through the census slI ireau from the foreign holders of Wl tton, and thereby present a comn- It eteand absolute picture of the cot- -SC trade, the amount produced and -- e amount needed by the manufac- is rers." TI In answer te questions by mem- m< rs of the committee, MLr. Lever -lej id further: "The census bureau now issuing a report on September ch The heavy selling peried of eot- re: n, when it goes cut of 'the hands ty the farmer, ranges from Septem- [eI r to January 1. The census reau is furnishing only one report uec year, that of September 1. That tic rnishes rather incomplete infor- yo, LtiOn and this resolution proposes in give to the cotton world, through ,ga: heavy selling period, the figures Ito consumption and stock on hand, try that the farmer will be informed Mir m time to time of the necessities iti the manufacturer and may put tes cotton upon th~e market in a the re intelligent manner." sen In the course of his remarks for ectr of the census, Mr. North, of d: "I regard cotton from the in.. it 'national point of view as the most inft portant crop that this country ers >ws, and there is no doubt that ift ise igures are as valuable across get ocean as they are in this country. pos hink also that there is no doubt we t the price of cotton is frxed by; pas 'elg coandin more tr .than I tl DARING BANDUITS )LD UP AUTOMOBILE OF A I PAYMASTEI. Eich Was Guarded by Two- .Police men, One of Whom Was Rifled by the Robbers. London, Jan. 26.-A daring hold was perpetrated on the streets of ttenham, in plain view of hun eds of people, but so bold was the )rk of the two bandits, and so ickly did they work that it was ,t until they had secured their oty ~and fled that a general search ts started. An automobile, containing twc eks' wages for the Sherman Rub r company, was enroute for the ant at noon today, guarded by two licemen, when suddenly, without 1ruing two men leaped upon the ot board of the automobile. Both ld revolvers in their hands. They -ed, killing one of the policemen, id dangerously wounding the other. The chauffeur brought the car to halt and the satchel containing the oney was stolen brom beneath the at of the tonneau. There is no ew to the robbers, although the ,ual police drag net Is thrown out. THE WAGES OF SIN. eorgia Lag shot Down in a Crap * Game. Alpharetta, Ga., Jan. 25.-Lying ice upward in a pine thicket near lpharetta, with playing cards and Loney scattered about the body of 'rank Webb, aged nineteen, was >und late yesterday evening, with a. ullet wound through the heart. he coroner's jury i3 busy today in -ying to learn the details of his eath. Five white boys and eight ne roes are locked in the Milton coun r jail today following the investi ation. They were companions of ung Webb in a game of cards, it i alleged, and the evidence points )ward the shot having been fired y one of the gamesters. Some of e negroes said this morning that white boy fired the shot. Young Webb's father, E. C. Webb. ra sheriff of Milton county five ears ago. A WOMAN FIEND. koxfessed She Murdered a Baby Be cause It Had Cried. New Orleans, Jan. 29.-Judge, I illed my adopted child, five months ld, and I want to be punished for t. I strangled the baby because I .ave a 'very bad temper. He cried or his milk and- it angered me." Such was the startling declaration -Mrs. Alice Thompson, 25 years 13. of Fort Worth, Texas, today, llowing her unsuccessful attempt t suicide in the M~ississippi river ere yesteray. The ofmcers believe he woman is insane. The child was illed last January. Miners Killed. San Louis Obispo, Cal., Jan. 23. ix miners were killed and eight thes were severely injured, by an plosion of gas in the Stone Sanon oal Mine at Chanve11er's Friday ght. One of the miners entered room with a lighted torch. The om was full of gas and the ex losion follewed. Most of the men ere Italians. Norfolk Shocked. . Norfolk, Va., Jan. 26.--A section f the city was thrown into excite ent yesterday afternoon by the rintng through the streets of R. .Armington?, in nude condition, fol wed by .men and boys, white and lack. Finally he was taken to po ce headquarters, where he had to e put in a straight-jacket. He pro aimed he was the re-incarnation the original Adam, and command i by God not to wear clothes. Jumped Into the Ocean. Norfolk, Jan. 28.-James T. :huer, 26 years old, unmarried, a .ember of the wholesale dry gooda use of Aslel & Company, Walker reet, New York, left his room oard the steamer Princess Anne. Sthe Old Dominion line, while that1 ssel was on her way here from1 aw York and leaped over the rail] to the sea. Works Like a Charm. "Laying on hands" for complaints. C pecially in children, is now takinx; e place of Christian science. A other cured her boy of the cigar- t te habit with one dose. She laid i r right hand on one substantial a pper, and then laid the slipper o uere it would do the most good. a effected a cure and a relapse is t: t looked for. Suppose you try it. g -p the case with any other staple. S is Is the fact which these gentle n have in mind in desiring this sx ~isation." S The Hon. D. C. Roper. who is in ri arge of the issuing of the ginners' n: yort, also discussed the advisabili- ir of Mr. Lever's resolution at some tC In conclusion Mr. Lever contin- cl : "If ther; are no further ques- te s, I am very much obliged to i for your courteous attention, and ax conclusion let me say that I re- s -d this as a very impittant matter E the cotton industry of this coun and as suggested by the director, E: North. there is no opposition to ar *rom any source. It is not a con- he between the cotton growers and in cotton manufacturers in any NE se of the word. It is only an ef- sp t to complete the cotton picture ba this country so that we may see th .n its fullness and act upon full ba rmation both as sellers and buy- on I shotgld be very glad, indeed. cui he committee sees fit, if we could aix a favorable report at the earliest ioI sible moment in the hope that a may be able ,to get the resolution to sed at this session of Congress. A MONEY SAVER 'OR THE COTTON FARMERS OF THE SOUTH. aluable Invention of a South Caro linian That Will Revolutionize the Handling of Cotton. A large manufatcuring plant is to >e established in Richmond, Va., to nanufacture the Neely compress, vhich was invented by Mr. Samuel L Neely, of Chester, S. C., and vhich it is claimed will revolutionize he handling of cotton that is ex yorted to other countries. According to the figures that come rom the census bureau at Washing :on there were about 12,500,000 )ales of cotton ginned in the South rn States last year, and it took ;omething like 30,000 gins to do his work. Ginning means the sepa ation of the cotton fleece from the seed and putting the fleece into >ales; large unweildy bales that are but poorly fit for shipment by steam r to foreign parts and that cost antirely two much in freight, storage a.nd other charges. To meet this situation there have >een established in the leading South ern cities during the past decade or two various compress companies, which take the bales of cotton as they come from the country gine and compress them into smaller areas and put them in a kind of shape for shipment to Europe ports but as a matter of fact there has been but little change within the- past three quarters of a century in the manner of bailing and compressing cotton for foreign shipment-, except that the iron screws has been substituted for the old wooden screw that was used by our forefathers. Of course, there have been many improvements in the gins that are in use so far, as the mere matter of the separation of the seed from the lint is concerned, but all of the im provements made in the matter of compressing the ginned bales ready for shipment have been primarily in the interest of large curporations, which control the comparatively few compress establishments in this country. The owners of.these steam compesses have been enabled to form one of the most gigantic and most autocratic of the trusts. In the olden ,time* the cotton grown in the South that went to all parts of the world was ginned at the ::ountry and village gins and con !ensed in the old-time bales of great bulk, pounds. These bulky bales took up a great deal of platform space at the storage points and a great deal of car space when the railroads came to haul t'hem to the seaport points for shipment to for eign manufacturers, and also a great deal of space in the ships that took them across the waters. The compress became a necessity, that is, a steam compress that could take the bulk bales and squeeze them into,.smaller space. These steam compresses are few in 1:he number, being established only In the sea port cities of the South, and In time, as before stated, the compress men became something of a .trust, and then later on one of the most arro gant of all the trusts. The ships re fused to receive for transportation the old-time bulky bale direct from the country gin, and thus the farmer was placed at the mercy of the com press men. At least 8,000,000 bales of our cotton are exported, and every one of these exported bales must. go through one of the few existing com presses located in the cities. This export cotton has to be shipped from the gin to the compress and be com pressed before it is put' on ship board for shipment to some other country. All this costs money and it comes out of the pockets of the Southern farmer. To obviate all of these interminable troubles and to bring about some peace of mind to the Southern cotton grower and to increase his profits .on the sweat of b~is brow inventive genius has been t work for several years. As a result of this study several nventions were made and came on he market, but none of them en :irely filled the bill, until Mr. Samuel VI. Neely, of Chester, S. C., who ived in the cotton country, brought >ut his cheap and in every way suit tble compress. After years of study, Lfnd just before his death, Mr. Neely nvented and had patented a comn iress that is believed to meet the ituation and this Is the machine hat a million dollar company has >een organized to manufacture in Uichmond-. The Neely machine Is very simple. .nd will be made in time for this ear's crop at a cost to the ginner 1 f about $1,500 each, and their greatt aving to the cotton grower is suf cient to guarantee that every one f the thirty-odd thousand gins in lie country, will sooner of later ave one in operation with the gin; nd by this means the cotton growers f the country will be guaranteed saving in the business of a frae on over $3 per bale, or in the ag regate $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 3 ar annum on the cotton crop of the , outh. e The means by which this great 5. tvings to the cotton growers of the >uth can readily be seen when it is membered that one of the ordi- r try railway cars will take from the g terior, that is, direct from the gin 1 the exporting point, 100 bales of tton compressed by the Neely ma .ine, whereas under the present sys mn of ginning four ears are requir for that number of bales. Then other big item of economy is the M ving of freight in shipping tok ircocan countries.H The ships which carry cotton toA :rope charge by cubic foot space d not by weight. Hence there will by a great saving in freight charges, i ismuch as nearly double as many ely bales can be placed in a ship's ace as of the steam compressed les, for it has been demonstrated at whdie the 'steam compressed he le is compacted to a density of S ly about twenty-two pounds to the .23 ,ic foot the Neely bale. with its bu eliminator and its other super qualities, condenses the cotton to [ensity of about thirty-two pounds the cubic foot. sht rhis density insures a cheaper in-- anc AbsolutelyGrapes Pare y the chief in the active princi , and healthfulness POWER Insures wholes( cious food foi in every No Pho No Almu to consume. cotton by fire if it is packed with this density and is ab solutely free from air, and in ad dition the Neely bale is thoroughly and neatly covered with burlap in-. stead of the fire-inviting jute, and is so packed that the covering holds good until it reaches- the spinner wherever he may be, thus making it a package that in every way pleases the spinner of the East and makes it more- valuable to him. This mode of packing is not new except in America. The East Indian and Egyptian cotton shippers, who annually land many bales in England and other European markets have long since been far ahead of Ameri cans in their system of baling, and na a consequence they have not been subjected to the tare charges which every American shipper has suffered from. These tare charges amount to $15,000,000 annually, and these millions the South has lost by in ferior and improper baling. All of this trouble' is to be overcome by the Neely compressing system. The thing can be easily figured out, foi it is no secret that American cotton landed in foreign ports under the ole system of baling is subjected to E iscount of thirty pounds tare on each bale. FIGHT TO THE DEATH. Two Duelists Are Dead as Result of Encounter. Beatrice, 'Ala., Jan. 25.-As the result of a dispute over a negr. whom both planters claimed, Ed. English, of Coy, Wilcox county. fought a duel- with H. C. Walston unday afternoon at 5 c'clock. Botb men are dead after a bloody en counter. English went to the plantation of Walston and asked for a negro, who.. e claimed, was under lagreement to work on his farm. Walston seemed to deny the rights 'of English and following a dispute, the two men drew their guns and went to shooting. FOUND IN A WHALE. he Leg of a Man Taken From Its Stomach. Messina, Jan. 28.--The work of xcavating among the ruins of Mes ina goes on without cessation. Many bodies are discovered daily, ut all are unrecognizable, owing to he length of time - they have been uried beneath the debris. An enor ous whale has been captured on he coast of Catanal, and in its stom ch was found the leg of a man, with shoe on the foot. The shoe in icated that it had been worn by an talian sailor, who probably was a1 victim of the great tidal wave fol owing the earthquake of December 8th. THREATEN TO KILL LAWYER. eports Circulated Growing Out -of the Land Cases. Muskog-ee, Okia., Jan. 27.--Some hing of a flurry was experienced ipon the circulation of rumor of b hreats to assassinate M. L. Mott, t Lttrney for the Creek Indian Na.- ' ion, and others ~conectedoffcally vith the land investigation. Noth g tangible obtainable, however, Las developed, and it was impossible trace the origin of the rumors to y definite source.g - NEW BREAD LINE. a of dvation Army Undertakes to Care is for Hungry People. a New York, Jan. 27.-To Nen oZ ork's several "bread lines" hac sen added a new distributing st' n in Harlem, the first of its kin' that part of the city. It is ir. iarge of th-e Harlem headquarters the Salvation Army. Coffee and lls are to be distributed nightl. m a wagon at Park avenue anc i5th street. Some 300 homelen - n were provided for last night. ~ Killed About Woman. Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 2 6.-Sam ssellwhite and Sapp Watson, wel! h >wn white men, are dead, and R Owens is in jail here as the re- . lt of a fight today at Jonesville. woman, it is said, was the cause the trouble. Watsua was killed Owens and White interfered, los- a Shis own' life.. Good Cow to Have. Chicago, Jan. 27.--A Holstein >ai Lfer on the farm of Senator Isaae saz ~phens. at Kenosha, Ill., produced ne, pounds of but.ter last week. The :ter sold for more than SS. net Severe Earth Shocks. ictE fonteleone, Jan. 25.--The earth hc cks here average a dozen daily and apparently they are increasing coni pjvea yrdient, ple, to I fr :Pure ime and deli. every day homq hates A: ROBBERY CHARGE 4ADE AGAINST YOUNG MAN NA1D HIS WIFE. Chey .Lured Employer Thei Home, -Where He Was Give Order for $,600.25. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 29 -Fet ester, traveling silesman for te Southern Supply, Companyg of ,this ity, 'and his wffe are fail char ,d with holding up-Haria'way Youn ' president -of the company.at pont of a revolver; and robbing Af $5,600'25. The allegedpobey ccurred at the home f'theLeste this afternoon and wras nat [n the extreme" .' 't is charged'that Lestre honed to Youi to-comeo t home on business-onuected' w Wale of stock whies the company As soon entered the Lester ho i . leged, Lester hield himu t point of a revolver and force-hfflkto write an orderohisc ing him to pay Mrs Leste the amount of stock wichL69te' is said'to have owiedIn t 'CO. pany- - Mrs. Lester tool'thepiderO ashier, who wrote out a the amount acompaneds. est er to thelankindidetaiedhesid the check was"cashed.. SMssr then returned toglier "dome Yourig alleged::he -was Jeld tthe point. of a rev61ver dunn sence,: and fa~e the.~eiobe husband.a who then adviseO ng" that he could- depart.~W~~ Two h'ouser:Ytao12ng Sworot warrants against/Mr. and Ms-Ls ter, -cbarging .them with ~obr and they were 'longed inthetcountY The affair is said tbetheou come of a' recent-nnfsun between Lester and Young ncrg~ ing certain business: ~ala .RULES BY A' WSEO L Which All Girls Would D eltn Adopt As she was passing the other Lternoon, in getting somnething out f her pocket, a young woman.dO d a slip of paper on -h'e :ground. 2ne saw it and picked it up~intend ng perhaps to return it, but a glane'-' t the cleancut angular hanwr ng iduced him to. i-ead it throuh or publication, and here it is '1. I don't let a man smoke whn le walks o'r drives with me.I e knows no better than to do t promptly ,tell 'him what; I. tbii 2. 1 don't give my photograph' o men. I..used to ,occasionally, but am wise now. 'I should hate bye .nd bf to know that my face might e hanging up in Tom, Dick -aid Har ys room. . I o' e a aem r ren he walks with me. If he' does tell 'him .pr~eb m to give me. is arm. ' 4. I don't go 'om~t wit" nf lust' ecause he asks~ me to.- I like it etter if he asks another to go, o-his sister'- for ;instance. 5. I don't let any man "see me Dne" from church. If - he hasn't at gumption enough to take me ire and sit thrdough .the service' ith me, he can stay away alto 6. I don't let any man give me present, unless it is something a trifiing cost-like fruit or 7. I don't encourage a man who not perfectly polite and agree-. le to my mother. .Whaever cal me sees a good .deal of her. RARE FORM OF 'INSANITY. fortunate 'Man~ Sufrers When He Is Under Observation. Ka'lamazoo, Jan. 27.--Claude Van rwall has been admitted as a pa nt at the State insane asylum here Eering from a rare form of insan .When the man is spoken to his fy becomes rigid and relief seems ome only with the feeling that is entirely unnoticed. Even when t alone and unobserved he chang his position but little. Yesterday a local court room he stood an ir with one arm outstretched, rer uttering a word or moving a ;r. Food is asiministered to him regular intervales by force.. good housewife never opens the densed milk can with her hus d's razor, nor will a loving hus d curry the horse with the nut grater. nn exchange truly says: - "The nest and most despicable char r in any community is that man is envious of others' prosperity is always heard speaking in a eiptuous manner of his neigh naannlw citizens."