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START OUT WELL The Republi of Pettgese Has Been Safely Landed and THE POPLE WILL RULE Quiet Now Reigns in Lisbon and the New RepubUcan Government 6 Now in Oomnplete Control.-The Revolution the Outcole of Phidt Dophical Ideas, Sas the Prebidttl'L The establishment of a Rpub. In Portugal is an accomplished fact. For a city that has just pass.ed tarY the throes of a bloody revolutioa and sustained a bombardment. Lir, bon is now In cloudless sunshine and wears a remarkably smiling aspect The Republican flag flutters on nearly every building and from ev ery vehicle; the streets are thronge' with promenaders. shops and offce: have beer re-opened and busineas generalbi has been resumed. TwE only evidence of the recent pertur batlon are small bodies of trop: stationed In the principal opea spaces of the city and the passag now and then of Red Cross amhba lances. The noticeable outward signs o the new regime are the presenc< overywhere of the green and red flai of the Republic and the comple disappearance of King Manuel's por trait from public exhibition. In fac not a vestige is now seen of the pic ture post card portraits of the Kins or of any other member of the ro) a family. Thee have given way to picture of members of the Government anc photographic records of the revoiu tion in the shape of groups of arme leaders and companies of insurg-n troops, not in action, but posing to the camera. The damage done to the city b the bombardment was surprisingl slight. On the journey down to Lh bon one heard at each stop ping of the train blood curdlin recitals of thousands of persons hav ing been killed. and whole quarter of the city having been devasta'e or wiped out. The total number of killed ha not yet been defnitely ascertaine< but it probably does not exceed 304 A couple of hotels near the statio bear traces of having been struc by shells and of bullet marks. Th streets wear a busy aspect. Ther Is no unusual excitement. The r cent events which startled the wor are discussed by all classes wit phlegmatic calm. The most Intersting man in Po: tugal at the present moment Is tb new President. Theophile Brag: who may be said without exaggen tion to be the father not only < this revolution, but of that in Brn a!1. having by his standing as a pr< fessor of history and Philosoph prepared the Government for bot movements. Braga received the corresponder of the Assnciated Press. H e parti4 ularly desires It to be understoo that the revolution had n miltary or personal aim. bt like these in Brazil and Turke: was purely the outcome of philosc phicaly ideas. The Bragazas dynast failed to keep abreast of moder progress, he maid, and had done noti ing to render the people masters c their own destines. This revolutlo of civil life untrammeled by prejuc Ices of clerical domination. 6enior Braga added that he ha was aimed to complete realizatio every confleduce in national re sources, and was convinced that a honest administration would snflc to put the forces of the country o a satisfactory footing and achier the moral arel philosophical inE provement the nation so much needi ed. The Government is about to orde a revision of the voting lists pre liminary ,.o holding elections for constituent chamber. The Provision al Government will not remain in ol See beyond three months.. The chief points in the Govern ments program are: First, the development of publ Instruction and national defences o: land and sea. Second. administrative decentrai Ization. Third. colonial autonomy. Fourth. to guarantee Federal lib * erties by judicial power. Fifth, expulsion of monks sni nuns. Sixth, obligatory civil registra Seventh. lay instruction. Eighth, separation of church an< state Ninth, the strengthening of thi credial and finances of thie country. ATIATO)R DASHEn TO DE~ATH. Manevichz Falls 2.3 Feet at St Petersburg. At St. Petersburg Capt M4acievich the Russian military aviator. was killed Friday in a fall from a Voisor biplane. The accident occurred dur Ing an altitude competition. whict was won by Lieut. Matyovien,. wnc reached a height of 3.93S feet. Macievich had risen 3.930 fee' but decided to descend. Whe a? .height of 2.452 feet his macbin' suddenly stopped and the aviar. was thrown out. He carn~e down likc a plummet, reaching the grouind b. fore the biplane. Every bone in hii body was broken. It is the belies the physicians that he died of he im failure before reaching the. ground. The fall of the aviator throu.:b space caused a panic among the spc tators. Women shrieked and fa:n'. ed and the wife of Maclevich becaine delirious and It Is feared, she wil be permanently insane.* Raskell Snube. Teddy. Govenor Haskell. whose quarrel with Theodore Roosevel-t is of long standing, has beaten the pr'.sidenit to~ it for once. In a eiarcas:ic !e:'er. he declined an invitation to deli-..r a speech at the Arkansas state~ !air. October 10. g#vng as his reason :btt Roosevelt will te there. He~ declar er that he would not sit on the sa~rte A TREASURE SHIP. How the Centurion Captured a Gote Laden Spanish Vessel. Of the many incidents of Anson's great voyage round the world in the middle oL tie eihteenth ce~ntury. non. has made a ;-reater impression on the popular ni' -han the capture of the great treea:- ahip Nuestra Senora de Cabadono.'. e-n April 20. 1743. '.a *5e the irr.t pt1 e. the value of the PrT was enorm(usiN i'. the second. tie dui hetwen -.t Centurion an i t.easure ship was a fine singie-ship action: iand In the third place. the victory -anme at a time when Anson's fortunes -eim.-d to be at a low ebb. when one b disaster after another had reduced his 1 squadron to one ship. and when sick ness had reduced his gun-s crews to two men eaeb. Th. Nuestra Senora de Cabadonga. or as it is also called. de Govadonga. was a treasure %hip from Manila. coM mand.ed by U n Geronimo Montero. f and laden with specie and merehan- I dise she was 5ighted at sunrise from -he nasthead of the Centurion. and Master Richard Walter. Auson-s chap- r lain and historian. tellt, us that *a general joy spread through the whole shtp.' Calleons nearly always cruised C in couples, and it was supposed an- ( oth-er must be near. The Centurion at orce sted towari the Sppaniard. and - before & ('%lock her officers could sIe :. .eniy from the deck. The dring of a gun by the galleon was taken by Ar.-n's men to be a consort to make I h.te and rejoin. and -to amuse the I Dons" the Centurion herself fired a cun to leeward. But flon Geronimo I ontero had no consort. nor dId he underrate he prowess of his opponent. The Spaniards knew they were fare tc fa'e with Anson and -he Centurion. and :o-v were keen to .iht. Through :t ih. forenoon the two ships crept cl!oser and closer together. till by mid day only a league separated them I Then the Nuestra Sonora de Caba douga brought to under topsails. with, ; her head to the northward. and at the top-gallant masthead the standard 0( . Spain was flying. Anson was riot skow to accept the challente. and he laid his plans %itl. r great foresight. Into th, tops he -e 30 picked men. the best small armt r marksmen in the ship. His broadsid( pins were manned only with two men eaca. and to them he gave in - structions to do nothing but load their - rn. The rest of the men were divided Snto gangs of 12. with orders to move b up and down toe battery for the sol* purpose of running out and tlr'ng the guns as they were loaded. It was an unconventional way of Lghting. con - tinuous independent fire was the las, - thing the Spaniards expected. and It threw them Into as much confusion -I ;id t:ie dis.aster which Oveitook' e them within a few minutes of th e opening of the fight. A mass of mat and hammocks in the netting of th galleon caught fire. burning fiercel. and blazing up nearly as high at- i. nizzen toll. The two ships were prat - tically witbin pistol shot. and it wa, e| .u...tly ...- uwane. irone -l- e' L turion which started the blaze. T. - -ree t m"lves from' the danger waM i no light task, and it took the Spanis - -eas a j...c .zuie to cut the ne:ting - away and tumble the flaming mass EY eerboard. and in the mieenwh.ie . son' marksmen in the tops were sub jecting the gall.-on's upper decks to a, t incesant fusilade. Walter des rihe the effect as "prodigious havoc.- anna adds that the marksmen succeeded ii. --kilhng or wounding every officer but one that appeared on the quarter dckl -and wounding in particular the gea era) of the galleon himself." FThe fight raged in for two hours SAnson changing from rotund shout 1' -grape in the second part of the en gagement with deadly effect. Th . hips were- so near that some of th Spanish officers were seen runnina about with much assiduity to preven: the desertion of their men fronm theil quarters, but all their endeavors were in vain. After hav'ing as a last effort n fred five or six guns "with mor. judgment than usual.'' they yielded up* the contest; ad the galleon's colors being burned off the ensign taff at the beginning of the en;:agemett she struck the standard at her main top gallant masthead. The Centurion did not escape undamaged; at the momen: the galleon struck Anson was informe' quietly that his ship was ont fire near the powder rooto. He rccetmeet the news with apparent emotion. and tak ing care not to alarm his people. gave - he necessary orders for ext.inguishin; the fire. The specie in the Nu.-stra ienora de Canadonga included 1.313.S43 pieces of eight. and 33.68:1 ounces of virgin si? - er. and the total value of the prize was assessed at .C313.000'. And in thi' connrtion it is interesti'tg to note that two other Spanish treasure shIp aptured by English commanders bor. names similar to that of An.on's prize There was the Nuestria Senora del Rosarian. wshich Drake took. "andi t it great booty.'' from that most haug~h ty of Spanish seamen. lDon Pedro lo. Remedios. which w-as taken very rchly laden by the Royal Family privateet off Cape St. M4ary's three years after Anson-s great capture.-Lonldon Globe The man without a purpose is likt Virtues of the Dog. The dog is a noble animal. compared with man. because he neT er borrows your money to trend on mIdnight sup pers for- chorus girls, and because it he did he would pay you back. insteac .f black-nardi.ng you to your triend> for a skinflnt.--New Ycrk Press. Love Feast Ends Fight. Differences existing between Col- 1 onel W. Bennett and Jasper Wyld- ( ing. which created such a sensation at Waycross. Ga.. Friday. were amti caly settled at a love feast of th-eCc members of the First Baptist church and the Central Baptist tabernccle. Apoliges were extended and accept ed and hand-shaking followed. *. The t'nwritten Law- a Menlo Moore. a theatreal man of r. Vincennes. Ind.. shot and killed Ed- ca ward Gibson. a millionaire. Moor-3 rn charged Gibson with undue intimacy a with his wife. * tl ' IIg The Florence Titr~s says: "h Republicans in the sev-ent5. disttist tI wil put out two candidates fr' con- te :res-. ~Eidetly the carel msues nt the Democratie voters in ir d-.- si tit and their apparent indiffer- Ici ence to the fundamental principles d< of the Democratic party, have giv- D en the Republicans hopes that the ATENTION FARMERS HE SOUTH ATLANTIC CORN EX- e POSITION WILL BE d eld in Columbia. at Which Eight Thousand Dollars is Prizes Will C C Be Offered Eibt thousand dollars will be of )red in prizes fc: the best corn at :e South Atlantic Corn Exposition C eld in Colu:mnhia December 5-3. be South Carolina Corn Breeders' ssociation, who have been promot : the exposition met in the State ouse Thursday and completed lans for the exposition. The organ tation was perfected and prominent arm.:rs will act as superintenents 2 the various deportments and pro jote the exhibition of corn from the a various districts of North Caroli ,a. South Carolina and Georgia. Prizes were arranged for ea-;h ounty In South Carolina. for the ongressional districts in South Car lina and for the three zones of ach North Carolina and Georgia. weep-Stakes will be offered for the est 10 ears of yellow corn. prolific rhite corn. single ear variety white orn. single ear and bushel lots. rom all the States. All these ex ibits will come together in Grand weep-Stake and Grand Champion ;weep-Stake classes. The largest prize has been offered 'or the best 10 ears of corn grown n any of the three States. The win ier of the Grand Champion Sweep ;take prize for 10 ears of corn will -ecetve as his reward prizes approx matIng $400. This is intened to >r!ng out the best corn that can be produced in the South Atlantic 5tatets and $400 for the best 10 ears rill cause the farmers to put forth heir very best efforts in making this exhibit the finest that can be secur d. t is raid this exhibit will carry rreat honor with it for an exhioit :f 10 ears of corn that are the best that can be grown by any one ex hibitor in any of the three states of Sotsth Carolina. North Carolina and Ceorgia. will within itself be a prize worthy of the highest consideration. A separate department will be set anart for the Boys' Club and the boys' exhibits. These will have spe eial prizes and will be under the di rect supervision of the officers of the Farm Demonstration Work in Souta Carolina. An .raportant feature of the ex position will be the individual dis plays, there being prizes offered Mr the best individual display in each of the three states and also for thi Grand Champion individual display. The one who wins the individual dis play in either of these States will receive prizes to the value of $23 and the one making the best display at the exposition will receive an ad ditional prize of $50 in cash, thus, rewarding the exhibitor who makes the best display. In order to maite this premium list as large as it is the South Carolina Legislature, last winter, enacted a bill providing fc' $1000 in cash to be offered as prize~s to the exhibitors of South Carolina alone. At the same time $500 was appropriated for the use of the Corn Breeders' Association in furthering its cause. Various machinery houses. fertilizer concerns, newspapers, and business enterprises have contribu: ed large prizes. The International Harvester Co., alone has contributed approximately $600 and the John Deere Plow Co.. has made liberal de nations. The South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers' Association has also appro priated $300 in cash to be used for the best corn exhibits made frovu South Carolina. In the beginning it was intended to raise only $4.000 In prizes, together with the $1.000, ap propriated by the State Legislature would make $5.000, but the enthus iasm In the exposition has been so widespread, the interest In corn growing in the South Atiantic States so great and the liberality of the 'ared interests of the South Atian ic States so marked that larger przes have been secured un~il the total with aggregate $8.f000 In ma rhinery. fertilizer cash. etc. W.ork :m the premium list has been com pleted. and it will come from the press in a few days and be ready for listribution. At a meeting of the Corn Breed rs Association Thursday the follo av-' ng organization was completed: President and General Manager -4 k. D. Hudson. Newberry, S. C. t Secretary and Treasurer--R. K. iayes. Pages 3M111. S. C. Superintendent of Entries-Mal-1 olm Miller. Columbia, S. C. Superintendent of Judges-A. G. . mlth Columbia. S. C. Superintendent of Exhibits-A. D-. c ludson. Newberry. S. C. Supaerintendent of Boys' Exhibiti-t ,L. Baker. Bishopville. S. C. Superintendent of Exhibits-flirt I istrict. James Reeves. Turbeville. econd District W. T. Walker, Black ille: Third District. W. C. Brown. ewberry: Fourth District. P. i t sailey, Laurens: Fifth District.. E. a t. Brown. Camden; Sixth District.t L K. Hayes. Pages' Mill: Seventh c )istrict. W. McD. Green. Oswego. p Superintendent of North Carolina n xhibits-W. J. McKinnon, Lykos and. S. C. t Superintendent of Georgia exh!- a *its-W. F. Cleveland, Ridgeland, 5. tl C Superintendent of Machinery-LA. a .Chappeli. Lykesland. S. C. Mr. Hamiby. Secretary of the o hamber of Commerce. was also A resent at the meeting to arrange for ' de work of the Columbia Chamber a; f Commerce in connection with the it sposiion. Craven Hall has been tb< xured and the Chamber of Comn- it erce. through Mr. Hamby will look a' ter the securing of the railroad pa tes. the decoration of the hall. the ti mductng of the Information Bu- hb ~au for the benellt of the visitors at :id will look after the printing of U; ae tickets and the caring of the re ate receipts. A: In connection with the exposition ere will be a corn judging con- i st and an institute program upon i hich there will be somc oft the het in aakers zn the country 'i;<>n a::ri- at iltural subjects. Thee will be uin- w: er the direction of the Extension PC epartment of Clemson College. ot So enthusiastic and so confident in kGAIN THE FIRELESS COOKER. The fireless cook store, the old bay box- of northern Europe. has itablished itself as one of the regu tr supplies of the house furnisning I epartments. It is a very different iing. however. from its ancient pro >type. In its latest manifestation , looks like a shirtwaist box or book ase. and is an ornament rather than tbcrwise to an apartrnent. In the .)rmer case it is a low chest and in he latter a taitor case, with two deep rawers. %which. upon drawing out. rove to 1'- pat:-d and fitted with ushions 'rd i:tonsils which exclude he air :n.a! r.-fam the heat. Such ones .-cst fron it to $:. They are .#I hv nodern wencn. as they re a1 Aa' beei by European peas n:?. ,Eo :or ine eason or another Ind it ne -...r-ri ., reduce the pre :ration (it the family meal to the <-i..: l~bl-- c-p~xire of time and -"r. Runess women. farmers i-.es and oithers %lo do their own To ai'"k he-in: in the hay box pre ir.- thbtm .,- foir ipfking and pack I hen awa while the'y are hoiling. .ave them for eight hours or more nd then. 1! they are wanted with a i rust over the top. brown them in the 1 ren. For a pot roast. select a four or o ive-pound plee of rump steak and rown it in a frying pan In suet or 1 trippings. Then put into the pot. over with boiling water and boil for talf an hour. At the end of that Imp pack the kettle away in the box or six hours. Just before serving emove the meat and thicken and ^eson the gravy. Old-fashioned rice pudding can be nade in the hay box. Wash a third f a cupful of rice, and put it into a pan with a quart of milk. a third yr a euipful of sugar. a saitspoonfu yf salt. two teaspoonfuls of buttet nd a bit of grated lemon rind. Bring the milk to scalding point over hot water and cook there for 15 minutes 'hen pack away in the hay box for live hours. The idea, in cooking the rood for some time over the stove iF to heat it thoroughly. There can, of ourse. be zo more heat after it is paked away than it takes into the box. and all the heat possible is wanted. Helps in the Sewing Room. On- of the nicest darning balls ro could use is an electric light bulb which has had the sharp poini knoeked off. It is light in color and on can see the work more easily. and it is light in weight. Remember ihe truth of the old saying. "a :titch in time saves nine." and mend any worn places or torn parts in all garments before sending them to tb laaedry. and the time added to the ife a: the garments will more than repay you. What is only a small hole in a Earment before it is snt to the laundry oftentimes will be a fair sized rent when I; re t urns. It is essential that all linens fo' wearing apparel should be shrunker before being cut. It is well to send it to the firm from which it was pur- - chased, for the work will be thor ughly done and the expense will be emall. The new look will remain, as it will not if shrunken by an ama ter. Get Rid of Mold. Gimt a magnifying glass and look at the mold of one day's growth on a piece of bread and you will see a plant bearing leaves, flowers and seeds. increaning with incredible rap dity; for in a few howrs the seeds spring up. arrive at maturity, and bring forth seeds themselves, so that many generations are produced in one day. necessitating immediate attention to prevent mold on food in pantries, closets. etc. SAILOR$ ARE DROWNED. Wel Loaded Tender Bound for a Battleship. Several sailors from the battla ahip New Hamtpshire were drownd l by the upsetting of a tender in he North River off One Hundred nd Fifty-.eeond street at New York saturday night. Estimates of the lead vary from three to as bIgt is 12 but as no official count has >een made of the number aboard e tender and as many men have ihore leave, it was impossible ac utely to fix the list of missing. [he sailors were returning to the Cew.ampshire after shore leave Lnd more than 100 of them, It is 'stimated. had crowded aboard the' ender. which was being towed to, the' attleship. About 3I00 vards off, bore the craft either swamped oir as upset and the entire load of sail irs was precipitated into the water. rs Association and the exposition ificials of the success of the expo ition, plans are already set on foot make the exposition a permanent ffair. Messrs. A. D. Hudson. R. K. layes. L. L. Baker. E. J. Watson. >. N. Barrow. W. R. Perkins, Ira W ,. tillams. A. G. Smith and J. N. Hiar er were appointed as a committee : draw up plans for forming a per tanent organization. This commit re will report at the next meeting f the Corn Breeders' Association and rovide for holding an exposition an tally. c The committee was also instructed ' iconfer with representatives fromt ii the .sthern States lookingt to I -o organization of an interstate or Exposition that would serve as climax for the various expositions' Pltns were also miade~ for carrying c t of the work of the Corn BreederN ssotion this fall and next yeair.f he Columbia State has offe'ed $1. 1)O in prizes for the best corn br'.ed g done in South Carolina; $500 to t tome available in li911. and $5ac 92. It was arranged so thact:r tone wishing to comtpete for this F -ze could secure the assistance of i e Farm D~emonstration Agent in s county or the adjoining county. td then next year carry on the work Sc ider the direction of the Speciat ~e pesentative of the Corn Breeders ti ssotat ion.. e very member was very enthusias- al over the outlook of the exposi- S< n. and judging from the premium Ci r. t he co-ope'rat inn o f t he ta rmners e d interest manifested Thu'rr-day. it II not only be the first corn ex- i sition ever held in the South. but tt e of the greatest educational meet- m es ever held for the benefit of II DEAD IN FIRE be Raging Flames Sweep Fear line iota Towis f the Kap TRAINS ARE BLOCKED eventy-five Bodies of Settlerm Lmat ed.-Death List May Total Three Hundred.-Other Towns in Immi nent Danger.-Men Crazed by Lo.s of Family and Property. Beaudttte. Spooner. Hitt anc ;raccton. Minn.. have been wiped oif he map by a forest fire. The 6odies if 75 settlers have been located and t is thought the death list amion; he settlers will total upwards of Wagor loads of bh!"'an bodies ar >eing brought into the railway s'ta ion at B-audette. It is reported that many settlers razed with grief at the loss of theh amilies and property. are roaminut he woods. and searching parties ari -onstantly lookin;t for the injured be dead and the demented. One an.ly of nine. ote of seven and on. tf Se were destroyed on Frida: light. At s:::t o'clock Saturday evenin; i tornado of fire struck Beaudoru ind Spooner. and within three mtnu tee after the first alarm all th< Iuildings were abiaz". and within at our were heaps of ashes. The peo ple of these two towns had just sufi -ient time to escape from the' homes. They were loaded onto passenger train that was standing a the depot and taken to Rainy River Dntario. The whole country earst of ther is on Ore. Roosevelt. Swift. Willia.n and Cedar Spur are in great danger All the women and children are be Ing rapidly removed to places o safety. The Canadian Northern ha stationed trains at every station a the service of the people and Is doin everything In its power to relieve th situation. The people of Beaudette and Spen ,er and the settlers all through th north-central part of the State hav lost everything. Five thousand ar homeless and the greater part c them absolutely destitute. Substar tial help must reach them In the nex day or two. The greater part c them are half clad. It will be impossible to get detail and names of the dead and the it jured before next week, and some c the dead will not be fnnnd until ncA spring. The wind has shifted and i carrying the bamps away from Roos velt. UCnless the wind changes agat the town will be saved. Canadian Northern Railway train have been stalled here. a frei train went through a bridge nea Pitt. The c:rew was saved, and tt Conductor walked into Beandette which town he reported as destro) ed. only the water tank, the schot house walls and the depot standinj He says he walked over human bi ings on the way. but could not sa how many. Mtany settlers tookt the woods and have not been hear from since. A mother and five chi dren are known to have been burz ed. T'u iar.me are still raging and th smoke is dense. M1en from Wa Road helped to save Roosevelt. Call are coming in to help settlers twelv miles south. Wires are down an news obtainable only as refugee come in. Rainy River. Ont.. was on fire trot the international bridge to Sit streets, a distance of a half mik Included in the burned area are th Rat Portage Lumber Company-s mil and lumber yard. containing 10'.)00 000 feea of lumber. the Western Cat ada Flouring Mill1s Company ani surrounding buildings. Fifty houses were destroyed an< scores of people are homeless. Fir Is raging In the woods as can b seen along the south bank of Rain. River. 31ost of the women and children v people of these towns have beenz taka en away on special trains. and man, more are on steamers ready to leav< ihould the wind change and the flr' tpread. The fire, driven by a furious norTh west wind. is beyond control an< :ust burn itself out. The known dead are: Six unidentified resident of Pitt Sin. Unkuown woman and boy. nea: Pitt. Two entire families, one of eigh members and one of seven, resident en miles east of Pitt. recently ar ived from Grafton. N. LD. .John Tulley and five members os al family. recently arrived frou: 'ulerton. Neb.. burned to death wesi if Spooner. One servant of Albert Ber'ig. o0 spooner. .Four land. spectators from D~aven 'rt. Ta.. recent arrivals at Hebatu lette. caught by flamnes while out fot tomesteads on sou'th side of Heau' lette River. John Simmons. of Red Oak. Ia.. imber and ranger. c-au;:ht by flames n railroad track while trying to en ape to Rainy River. Mttson Her;: atnd fiyv' maembers of is family. burned to death on out kirts of Sp~oone'r when his house was etroyed. They. attempted to we.ath. r the r-ea of flames in a big stone elar and were suffocated John Rolin and fatliy of eight. rom Pitt. Severt Ilagen. Gen". Weaver. C'has. aker and Patrick Omera .of Arling n. M1inn. The mioine include some 2.;""' midents of Bteaudette. Spoomner and itt. sonie of whom ar" dead. ut te mo, of am bomn are safe m tai ver and the adliacon- tons, 'it the anadian '-ide of thc line. Th.' most riouis asp.'r- of the mis.-.ing inc'lud a e hontmsteaders a4nd farme'rs in te 'ush for a diatance of 1"" m:les tst and 2" miles south, of whom >olttely nothin;: can b.- learned for me time as searc'hina parties don't i"" pene'trat'' ther stil :1 smokm.: ftor 'c ear-rward o'n thA north 41'1' of e Ratny Rtver at a vel',city of 5' les an hour. the great body of tes passed revealing a calamity HUGE GORN CROP RASISED BY CAPT. J. W. BUNCH AT TI TilE ASYILM FIAIl1. Will Gather an Average of One Hun- D dred Bushels Per Acre on One Hundred Acres. The Columbia Record of Thursday tells of a wonderful corn crop made by Capt. J. W. Bunch on the farm of the State Asylum in Columbia. Here are the facts as given by the Record: T Capt. J. W. Bunch has grown on a the farm of the State lHospital for the Insane a 100-acre crop of corn that will easily run 1100 bushels to the acre--and this within ten minutes walk of :he State capitol. No fancy figuring is required to arrive at this estimate of the yield. So many .estsr have been made and these ha,.e been a so distriibuted over the fields as to indicate on their face a production considerably in excess of the amount mentioned: but Capt. Bunch prefers d to err on the side of conservatism and says: "Lt it stand ]3) bushels: at that. it is probably the best corn crop in South Carolina." And the vaine and interest of Capt. Bunch's exemplificatien of the gentl-i art of corn culture is the greater for the reason that it is on a large scale. Capt. Sunch bas not taken a select-d acre. of special fertility, spent money extravagantly upon artificial manures and endeavored to force a prize yield without reference to the cost per t bushel of the product. Such exam pIes have little practical value as rontributions to the sum of agricul r tural knowledge. Capt. Bunch has taken a problem such as every far mer faces: he has had in mind. just as the private planter has..the show ing of a balance on the right side of the ledger at harvest time. and he has worked It out with just labor. tools, machinery. seed and fertilizer as the average farmer planting on f this scale has. It may be urged that the lands Capt. Bunch used as In fine tiltii. rich. well drained and in good me chanical crnditton. This may be suf fciently answered by sawing that when Capt. Bunch took charge of e these lands they were considered oF low value for agricultural purposes typical Richland sand, with a clay subsoil. ther fertility low and consid erable tracts swampy. If now they are among the most productive lands in the South. rich and well drained. It is simply because they have been well used. Capt. Bunch has mixed brains with his fertilizer-and his knowledge of farming was not ac quired in college either. He is no a mere dabbler in agriculture. Last , year he made this fa~m. with its 250 a acres under cultivation, yield $20. 000. "Capt. Bunch, you do not let your Sland rest even at night," 'isitors have frequetitly said, after an inspection Sof the farm. It is true that every acre is required to yield its maximum and that constantly. but 'then Capt ,Bunch for his part plays fair with ,his soil. Crop-making constituents taken from it this year are faithfully y returned to it the next. oStable manure produced on the dplace goes back into the soil. The .necessity of humus is never forgot - ten The variety of crops grown Is not suffcient to permit of a four ecrop rotatIon, but two exhausting -r crops are never required of the same stract in succession. The swampy elow grounds are tile drained. The dasylum farms gets a square deal and aresponds with bumper crops. It has enjoyed Capt. Bunch's equal gl"e nand-take policy for 20 years and the bresult is that it is a farm which gladdens the heart of any man wno eever loved the soil.I ICapt. Bunch does not follow the -Williamson method of corn-growing. -"I would not be understood as con-t Jdemning it. though." he said Thurs day "For the lands on which it iwas originated, level, sandy. Pee Dee esoils. It is. I believe, the best sys tem: but to use it would be a mis Stake on lands of such tilth as these here. We tried it and round that fon our farm it caused a decrease of -25 to 35 bushels per acre belew the normal .ie'ld." SIt is tisgured that the ear' corn harvested from corn tracts on the asylum farm is clear profit. the ex- ; jpense being met by the fodder. and istalks and the ensilage yielded by grass and the peas broadcas'ed through the crop. The bulk of ther cern crop this season is of the alarl bcrough stock. Experiments with the IBatts corn have been disappoint ing. Th is is the seed with whicht Mr. Batts of Raleigh is said to have secured a prize-acre yield of 2::6 bushels per acre last year.t ('ONVENT STOR3IED). e New Government of Portugese O~p posed to (Convents. o .\ dispatch from Lisbon says the authorities sent a force to sieze the convent at Gracoa and arrest the - Friars. On arriving there they found ho doors barricadled. The soldiers tnid meumbers of the populace fired several volleys into the buildi ng. whereupon the Friars returned t'uc U ata'.-. their bullets striking the o roadwa:y andl adjac'ent buildings. The t attaikers ::xen withdrew for ronsul- C1 tation. Soon they returnedi to thet attack, assailing the be'a'y doors of o the convent with battering ramn 1 When the doors yielded the soldiers at and people rushed int and searchced t r-er nook and enrner of the dinde. di but not, a Friar wais to be found. It I is surmised that 'hey made their es l cape b"' undergroundl passag-s. m where they' arc now in hiding.* Offer's Big Th-ward. Moe than a riuarter of a million dolar., :n rewaird will be offered f.rk the arrest of the dynamiters. of Theb Tmes bu'iildrnr. when more than a e I re were killed 31erc'hants of tLos Angeie'i will post a reward of $':.9- T *do. according to plans tunder w.7 while S1..') already has been a: f.-r.d.* of :an in'ernattonal diaster. k im the p.ath .f rihe f1amr. and a vast eo ar-a !a 'a to) be er'hed for dead. 4 while towns of Spoon~er. Beaudette Efl and Pitt. with a loss that cannot e i SPLIT IN THE PARTY KAT IS WHAT THE CALL OF CAPEIS SURELY IA EANS elegate% Are Asked for Another Meeting oPf the Iepublieans of ThLs state. The passing of the negro from Re- Di ublican politics in this State and ie upbuilding of the personnel of ie party. as has been mentioned in he State. would seem to be true s the result of the circular issued ad published several days ago by hn G. Capers. national committee ian from South Carolina. The ai -hite members ->f the party have it een called to meet in all of the' T ounties of the State on October 216 S nd elect delegates to the State con- 1 ention or "party reclamation meet 2g.** to be heid on the following C. ay in Columbia. a The negro Republican couveatinn ras he;d in Columb!a several weeks - go and after much discussion electE e J. W. Tolbert to the State Char manship. The negro. Ed. Deas. was d musted. Now it seems that the na ional Repub!ican party will refuse o recognize the negro Republican onvention and that the convention S vas held all in vain. according t. ohn Capers. t .%t the time of the negro con'en ion there was a strict let-alone pol . cy adopted by the white Repubail :ans of the State. Only three white nen attended the convention and one f these was elected chairman. The negroes in several districts >f the State have declared that t'ter will put a ticket in the field fr ongressional honors.' This means .hat there will be a black Republ an. a white Republican and a Dem >crat all seeking the same office. It as been stated that W. L. Richard ;on. a negro. of Sumter will oppose A. F. Lever from this district. Nov ores the white comvention and a :andidate will very likely be placed in the field ag-airst Levt- and Rich irdson. Just what. the issues be tween the white candid -e and the egro candidate will be x- not known. Call Issued. 'The call issued by Capers says at part: l'Therefore. as the members of the national Republican committee for our State. I write you to say that after full consultation with per sonal friends and due notice you will please cause to be assembled at, your county seat at 12 o'clock Wednesday. October 26. a meeting of men In sympathy with the policie-i f the national Republican party. and from such a meeting elect (blank) delegates. and an equal number of alternates. (the numb-r allowed county by law), said dele gates to meet in convention at the opera house in the city of Cotumbia at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. Ot tober 27. for the purpose of partY reorganization. "Those in your county who have participated recently in the Deme, tratic primaries, the candidates be-1 ing for purely local or State offices.1 are entirely eligible to come as can--1 dates to the convention hereln mer tioned, If they are in sympathy w'tsi the Republican party and Its adm' stration and national affairs. at! which are of vItal interest to the whole country, and particularly at this time to the South." * WARNS THE SOU'TH. Pinchot Says Our Water Powers Are Already Gone Gifford Pinchot. .at the initial meetinr of the Southern Conserv& ion congrees at Atlanta. Friday. de-1 Iared that the South is as vitaily oncerned with the movement. or he censervation of the nation's nat ral resources a~s any section of the ountry'. and he warned the South irners that the big corporations al eady were actively working to se -urc monopoly of the resources of hIs section.C "Your water .power resources : ere in the south are so completely n th" hands of the D)uke intered c md of the General Electric compa- c iy's interest." he said. "that it will ye almost impossible for independ-' 'nts to break into the water power; narket." "in the North we have not un I'rstood how fully the spirit which overns the Insurgent movement is he same as dominates the move-f nent in the South. ft is a fight for olitial independence on the part of i1 he vroers. I am not advocating a e iew political party. The lines of leavage. however. are not- between 'l tepulicani and lDemocrat. They are b et ween the men who believ-e the law d hould hw ad ministered for the good c f special interests of humanity." P TPHOON SWEEPS ISLANDS. a d housands of People Are Homeles And th. Crops Miuch Damaged. At Mlanila. P. I.. a typhoon of un sual severity swept over the valley the Cayagaen rive'r In the prov i~es of Cayagan and Isabella. north-' rn Luzon, on September .24. l-'our ewns. Including ilagan. the capi-ae isabella p'rovinceP. were praeeal demolished. .\ thnusand persons still horneless and! de.,tiente. but e dispatches so far received in ate that there were no casuazi es. The toba'co crop was sertous damaced. The government is aking re':ef plans. Necgro Bandits lKilledi. At Hunt%'tlc. .Ila.. Joe and Ed 4 ander. necro hihwaymen se-re e!. and E~l FBlack. a third mewo- an -r of the gaing. was mortally wound- is .early Sunday morning by Shot'- de Sithe1; and sqluad of deputies. t negrocs have be'en terrorizing eon f the town for several er IDamage In ('rop. Flr. r;au--.'d M "ne rain:, of the ni. Inon Pt the extent of 'e'arl' $1 - Re 't.A"n in *he .\ issip n*llet. bit rorts are being made to drain the a ntatons and prevent fu~rther dam- jpr< C' J d TOTAL WRECK rs . e iinis Tacies Syste Crash Wih Dire Resak TIRTY SEVEN KILLED sregard of Orders Cause a Colis ion.-Car% Are Completely Demol ished. and the Passengers, 'nabse to Escape. Flung in Every Pos' tion and Mutilated Terribly. Thirty-seven persons were killed ad from sixteen to twenty-five iu red in a collision on the Illinois raction system. two miles north of aunton. Illinois. late Tuesday eve ng. Three of the injured will die id maybe more. The collision occurred between lo tl train No. 14. north-bound, and i excursion train. No. 73. headed >ward St. Louis and loaded with e assengers on their way to view the arade of the Veiled Prolpbes at St. ouis. The accident. it is said. was ue entirely to th- disregard of or ers by the crew of the local, which -as in charge of M. A. Leonard. onductor. and John Liciman. of taurtun. motorman. Train No. 14 had orders to pass rain 73 at Staunton. The latter rain was running in two sections nd the orders given to No. 14 were xplicit that it should pass borb sec ions of the south bound train at taunton. The first section of 72 ulled out on the main track and tarted north. At a sharp turn In the road at the Ottom of a decline. the two train ame together in a splintering crash. 'rain No. 14 and the second section f 73 were both on the down grade ind moving at a speed of about orty miles an hour when they met. The crew of No. 14 and the crew >f No. 73. which was composed of V. V. Dincan. conductor, and E. 7. icung. motorman. both of Spring leid. Illinois. leaped for- their lives Ls soon as they saw the collision vas inevitable. and all four escaped rithout serious injury. They were >adly shaken up. but were able to end aseistance to the injured an nstant later. None of the passengers bad any hance to escape, as the crash be ween the cars followed immediately be crier of warning issued by the onductors and motormen as they umped from the trains. The cars ame together with a terrific crash. nd both were demollabe4l and piled n one huge mass of wreckage. brough which the bodies of the dead nd wounded were scattered. It is -ertain that by far the larger por ion of the passengers on both cars were either killed outright or desper tely injured. The two trains were to closely twisted together that it - ras a marrel that anybody escaped leath or injury. As quickly as possible word of he accident was telephoned Spring ield and Peoria, and a special car aas immediately rushed from these yoints. Other cars were also sent iorth from (ranite City. Ill. These ast took many of the injured and aurried them back to Granite City. ihere they were placed in hospitals. As fast as the dead were extricated hey were placed in one of the cars ient .from Springfield. In a short hue a car was containing t~'enty ight bodies, and it was sent to Car iosrille, where they were placed in in undertaking establishment. Late uesday night only three bodies had been dentifled. General manager Chubbuck. of the Eraction Company, was in Peoria rhen the news of the wreck was re d-ied. Accompanied by minor oai :als. he started at once for the areck. At Springfield all the avail able physicians were placed on Mr. Thubbuck's special car and hurried o Staunton. Within a few minutes after the ollision occurred farmers from the urrounding country and' nearly er -ry man in Staunton was en route o the scene of the accident to ren ter whatever assistance .was possi 'le. The early comers were greet d with a spectacle such as was nev i before seen in that part of the ountry. The two car.; had come togther rith such awful force that they were ot only telescoped. but they were ctually battered out of all sem lance of their original shape. They rere simply a mass of splintered rood and twisted iron and steel eight eet high. In this pile of wreckage be dead and wounded were flung 1every conceivable position and er ry imeginable form of mutilation. Some of the bodies of the dead -ere torn apart, and streams of lood flowed down the debris in a ozen places. The farmers and the tizens of Staunton worked with des erate haste, however, and In a short me had taken from the wreckage i of the liin and most of the ead. Postai Saving Banks Postal savings banks opened Oct. at. Whatever may have been the onflict of views as to their desira lity they are now an accmplished et and doubtless will bec a boon *o large number of people who from mtidity have hidden their money in ocks. under trees. below the kit en floor and in other places rather an deposit it in banks. The sav g instinct does not seem to be so onounced In Arnerica as it is in .ny other countries and if the stal banks develop that instict :t !i be a good thing. In Great Brit a 1I.000.000 depositors have over 0900.0 to their crvdit, an aver e of S7'0 each. France comies ne.dt. th 4.00l0.l depositors and is fol red by Russia. Germany, Japan 4I many other countries. All this icates industry, thrift and conti nce. The receipts of the Federal gov linen? from all s-urce~s for the tis I year to September 21st have ,n $152 >5~3 and the total ae aidefiit of S19.911.411 for >i."rind ITia of this fa. publican newsapers and speli iers are declaring that the n.ow lif law Is such a good revenue >ducer that it has wiped out the