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VOL, XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23,1905. NO. 22.
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NU tiUFES Ut Ft Alt
It Now Looks Like An Agreement On
terms Will Be Impossible
AN ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY
Tate of the Peace Conference is Regarded
by Most at Portsmouth as
Virtually Sealed, and it is Expcctod
That the Adjornment Taken to
Tuesday Means Merely an Exchange
of Farewells.
Portsmouth, N. *H., Special.?Dlack
pessimism reigns at Portsmouth. Tho
Drevailini? view ie that tin* fnt? nf
peace conference is already sealed,
that it lias ended in failure and that
all that now remains is for the plenipotentiaries
to meet Tuesday, to
which day they adjourned Friday afternoon
upon completing the seriatim
consideration of the Japanese terms,
sign the tinal protocol, go through the
conventions and bid each other farewell.
In other words, that the meeting
Tuesday will be what diplomacy
calls the "seance d'adieu." But there
is still room for hope of a compromise.
Neither Roosevelt nor the powers
will see the chance of peace shipwrecked
without a final effort, and that
pressure is being exerted, especially
at Tokio, to induce Japan to moderate
her terms, is beyond question. Just
what is being done or is to be cione, ,
has not transpired. King Edward is
understood to be now lending a Helping
hand the financiers of the world are
known to be exerting all their lntluences.
At Tokio and St. Petersburg
the final issue will be decided. The
Japanese have been implacable
throughout the six days' sittings. They
have listened and explained, but they
have yielded not an iota of the sunstance
of their original demands. Mr.
Witte accepted outright seven of the
twelve Japanese conditions, one in
principle and four, including the ma'n
issues, indemnity and Sakhalin, '10 iciectetL
Tll(? nthor film liniiln* i.... ..?>
naval power and the surrender of the
interned warships, might have been
arranged had there been any prospect
of agreement on the two points upon
which the digergence seemed irreconcilable.
In the oral discussion of the terms,
Mr. Witte yielded upon two articles,
but substantially the result of the
thirteen sittings of the envoys has
only been to emphasize the position
taken by Mr. Witto in the written
reply he presented last Saturday to
the Japanese terms. And now both
sides turn to home for the last word
before the cards are thrown face upward
upon the table next Tuesday, for
the impasse reached Friday by the
oq o) pazmSoDaj s{ soumjjuojodiuoid
only a diplomatic fiction. If in tlio
interim istructions are received by
either side compromise is yet possible
But the chances aro recognized to be
slim. So far as the Russian plenipotentiaries
are concerned there never
was a chance of their yielding both indemnity
ami Sakhalin. The cession of
Sakhalin without indemnity was, according
to the best inside information
the extreme limit to which Mr. Witte
would ever consent to go and the Emperor
has not yet given the word even
to concede that. And suddenly a new
factor has heen introluced which, in the
opinion of those most competent to
judge, lessens materially the chances
that he might do so. namely, the Issuance
of his manifesto granting a popular
representative body of his subjects.
The bearings of this "historic" document,
as Mr. Witte described it a few
days ago, upon the issue are easily com
prehensible. It is bound to ameliorate
the internal situation in Russia.
The manifesto is Emperor Nicholas*
answer to the Japanese demand for the
payment of a war tribute. The grant
of this broad reform is regarded as virtually
an appeal to the Russian peo
il>l Bli|iJ)uri ID I't'SlSl It.
At Toklo it is impossible to toll what
view will be taken. Peace probably
tan be even now secured by the sacrifice
of the indemnity Vague intimations
tonight come from the Japanese side
that "the demand for the cost of the
war" might be moderated, but Mr.
Witto's reply is that he will pay liberally
for the maintainau 'O of the Russian
prisoners in Japan, but "not a copeck
for tribute."
Tonight the situation can he summed
up in a single sentence?prompt and
heroic action by outside influence alone
can save the conference.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special.?Tbo
prospects for peace are distinctly
brighter. The plenipotentiaries aro
laboring with a seriousness and earnestness
which leaves not the slightest
doubt that both aro anxious to
conclude a treaty. Though the main
points remain to he contested and tha
plenipotentiaries of each side speak as
though the conference would go to
pieces unless the other side gives way,
the spirit of compromise is in the air.
"VVhcn he returned to the hotel Wednesday
night. Mr. Wltte, who was
tired out with his hard day's work,
said:
"I am doing all I can for peace. Of
the eight articles we have already considered,
1 have yielded seven. No
other statesman in Russia would have
dared to do so much, and I have done
what 1 havo on my own responsibil*
*y."
SIXTY-TWO NEW CASES IN A DAY
Yellow Fever in New Orleans Grows
Better and Worse Alternately.
New Orleans, Special.'?Official report
to G p. m.:
New cases, 62; total to date, 1.2S5.
Deaths, 8; total to date, 188.
New foci, 16; total to date, 278.
Number of cases under treatment,
415.
The figures for Friday show nothing
of special interest. Eleven of the
sixteen foci are above Canal street.
Two more cases have appeared in
the French asylum on St. Ann and
Dorbigny streets, making five in all.
That is the only asylum affected up
to date. Of the deaths, two were in
the Charity hospital and two in the
Emergency hospital. One occurred in
Algiers.
News from outside the city continues
unfavorable. Dr. Brady, the medical
inspector of the State board, who
is also health officer of Jefferson Parish.
spent most of the day in his own
parish on a still hunt and found severaf
cases. He found one case in Hanson
City, just above Kenner, two
cases ill Slirewshiirv. flvo inilov: fmm
New Orleans, and one rase in McDononghville,
across the river from New
Orleans.
Dr. Brady also visited Pecan Grove
plantation, in St. Charles parish, and
found live cases in two houses.
Patterson reported six new eases
and no deaths.
Alexandria's one patient. G. J. Hayden,
died Friday.
Dr. Goldberger, of the Marine Hospital
Service, has been assigned to
take charge of the work at Alexandria.
l5r. J. A. Devron left for Thibodeaux
Friday to visit the nest of infection
at the mouth of Bayou La
Fourche. It will be Impossible to hear
from him for at least three days.
There were no new cases at Mississippi
City.
A Surgical Feat.
Louisville, Special.?Employing the
ciHn of healthy brown sheep, the head
of Miss Edna Seifert, whose scalp was
torn off in an accident at the NelsonBethel
Clothing Company, August 2,
will be covered by the grafting process.
Dr. A. R. Bizot, who has been attending
her at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth
Hospital, stated that work of placing
the skin on Miss Seifert's head will
commence this morning. The operation
will require several months, as only
little "islands" of the skin are dotted
over the surface close enough to
ultimately grow together. In a few
weeks the success of this somewhat
unique and original operation can be
determined. If it is not successful,
then the skin of a human will be nsed.
Miss Seifert is twenty-one years old,
and boards at 2400 Griffiths avenue.
She was an operator at the factory
of the Nelson-Bethel Clothing Com
iint; am- wnis adjusting a refractory
bolt, her hair caught in tlie
shafting. She was dragged across the
machine, and her entire scalp and part
of her cheek were torn completely off.
At first her life was despaired of. hut
her injury responded promptly to
treatment and her recovery is now confidently
expected.
Sunday a piece of skin taken from
Miss Seifert's heel was grafted to her ,
forehead, but to cover her entire head
with a substitute for a scalp was a
problem which the attending surgeon
is now endeavoring to solve by using
sheep skin. The animal was purchased
from a Jefferson-county farmer, and
is in fine condition. The brown sheep
was selected because that was the color
of the wig she will hereafter be forced
to wear.
Adjourned tc Tuesday.
Portsmouth. N. H., Special.?The
official statement of the Friday morning
session of the peace conference is
as follows
"In the sitting of August 18. the conference
has continued the discussion
of article 11 and the discussion of the
article will he resumed at J o'clock."
The following is the official bulletin
of the afternoon session:
"Not 'being able to arrive at an
agreement on article 11, the conference
passed to the discussion of the '
last article, which has been settled
uiiniiiiiiuuaiy. nit' ui'Xl snillli; Will
take place on Tuesday. August 22, at
3 o'clock in the afternoon."
Article 10 relates to the limitation
of Russia seapower in the Far East
and article 12 grants the Japanese
fishing rights on the Russian littoral.
Slayer Dies of Wound.
Baxley, Ga.. Special.?A. J. Chestnut
who a few days ago, shot and killed
Marshal Mike Aspinwall, and, being
pursued by the sheriff and a large
number of citizens, was wounded, died
Wednesday evening. Will Smith, a
carpenter, of Waycross. engaged here
at work on the school building, shot
Chestnut with a ritle and since become
insane and is now in tne asylum.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Chairmad Slionts, of the Panama Canal
Commission is back from the Isthmus
and states that provision for the
housing and supplying of the workmen
must precede the actual digging of tha
waterway.
Awards to the .'mount of about $632 000
have been made in the case of various
claims against Venezuela.
The train known as the "Fast Flying
Virginian" ran from Morrlstown nearly
to Philadelphia with the engineer dead
at the throttle.
Miss Gladys Roosevelt, a cousin of
the President, was severely Injured in
a runaway accident nt Sayville, 1* I.
PLUNGED TO DEATH
Loaded Excursion Train Goes Into
Open Draw Bridge
CARELESSNESS OF THE ENGINEER
Excursion Train Ran Into an Open
Draw Bridge, the Engine and Two
Cars Loaded With Negroes Going
Into Deep Water.
Norfolk, Va., Special.?Owing to the
inability of Engineer D. L. Reig to
control his air breaks, an excursion
train from Kinston, N. C., bound to
this city, plunged through an open
draw in a bridge over the western
branch of the Elizabeth river at Bruce
station, eight miles from Norfolk,
Thursday afternoon, and a halt hundred
persons, mostly negroes, were
drownnH *
... ^ 4, ?i iuiu nour inursuay
night only seven bodies had been recovered
from the wreckage. The list
of injured, so far as can be ascertained.
numbers nearly one hundred,
though most of these are slightly hurt.
A large number of physicians from
this and nearby cities have gone to the
scene.
Only Two White Victims.
Among the victims, the only white
ones were Edward juliffe, manager of
the excursion, and Edward Forbes,
who assisted him, both of Greenville,
N. C.
Tho Merritt wrecking organigation
dispatched an expedition to tho scene
for the purpose of raising tho sunken
cars, which lie in about 35 feet of water.
Until the cars are raised, no accurate
estimate of the number of dead
can be given.
The train was composed of an engine
and six passenger cars. The engine
and two cars went through the
draw, leavipg the four rear cars on
the track. One car was completely submerged
and the other partly submerged.
Nothing is visible of the locomotive,
not even the smoke stack. It i3
believed every occupant of tho lirst
car perished. The dead can be gotten
out only by diving under the car.
Struggle Terrible to See.
The scene following the wreck was
one of indescribable horror, with the
shrieking of men, women and children,
who were drowning, struggling
out of the partly submerged coach and
floating in the river.
The passengers who were uninjured
immediately started to rescue those
imprsoned in the cars. Norfolk and
Portsmouth were communicated
with and the physicians were sent out
on a wrecking train. Many people in
the neighborhood went to the scene
of the wreck and helped in the rescue.
The injured were taken to the track
embankment and were attended there
by the physicians.
Collins Ferguson, the colored bridge
tender of the Atlantic Coast Line, was
knocked from the bridge by the impact
and killed. Engineer lteig and ,
Fireman Alfred Cooper, colored, es- i
caped by jumping.
Trains before and Behind.
The wrecked train left Kinston. N. |
C., at 7 o'clock Thursday morning |
with 1C5 colored excursionists for !
Norfolk. It was due to arrive at Norfolk
at 1 o'clock the same day. Following
this train was another excursion
over the same road bringing 300
excursionists from Kooky Mount. N. C.
Preceding the wrecked train was still
another excursion train carrying some
300 merchants and others from Augusta.
C?a., Charleston, S. C. and Jacksonville,
Fla., hound to Kaltimore, Philadelphia
and New York for the purchase
of fall goods.
The first train arrived at 8:30
o'clock Thursday morning without accident
and the Augusta, Jacksonville j
and Charleston merchants all left for |
the North Thursday night by water. |
The Rocky Mount excursionists nnd
the survivors of the wreck were j
brought here over the Norfolk & West- j
ern.
Ennineer Couldn't Explain.
The Atlantic Coast Line officials are
at a loss to know why Engineer Reigs
failed to stop his train before coming
to the draw, as required by the rules'
of the road. An investigation of the
cause of the wreck will be made at
once, and the responsibility placed
where it belongs,
j Reigs, himself, could make no exi
planation. He was brought, to Norfolk.
He wns taken from the barge on
the shoulders of three men. He entered
the hospital ambulance on his
knees, crawled to a pillow in the front
I and buried his head in it. He could
only tell that his name was S. 11. ;
i Reigs and that his home was in East
Radford. Va. He could not give the
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lance was hurried at once to the hos-1
pital.
Ey Wire and Cable.
Capt. Rnser, of the steamship'
Moltke, reports unusual activity on
the part of the Gulf Stream in the path j
of steamers.
Chicago advices indicate that the
sugar rate war between Eastern railroads
and the Gulf lines has been ter
minated.
A negro entered the home of an
Episcopal cdergyman in New York and
struck down the minister and his wife
He was himself killed by a policeman
in trying to escape.
The Japanese papers are divided in
their views as to the outcome of the
peace negotiations.
FALLING BIRTH KATE
State of Affairs Tiiat Presents Sonn
Interesting Phases
ONLY ALIEN AND NEGRO NORMAJ
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Country Now Largely Dependent Up
on the Foreign-Born Woman Foi
Its Increase of Population Excepl
in the South, Where Progressive
Decrease in Rate Since 1860 Has
Been Much Less Marked.
Washington, Special.?Thnt there
has been a persistent decline ot the
birth rate in the United States since
1860 is the conclusion reached in t
bulletin issued by the Census Uu
reaiL The bulletin is by Prof. Waltei
P. Wilcox, of Cornell University, and
it i? ovnlnlt?o?l -1* *u'
-- vm1/.i?uivu (uui aitliuu^ll I III
analysis made offers many suggestions
as to probable tendencies in the birtl
rate of the United States, it is, pri
niarily, not a study in birth rates, but
indicates a study in the proportion oi
children to the total population or tc
the number of women of child-bear
iug age."
"The result of the study shows that
at the beginning of the nineteenth ecu
tury the children under it) years oi
age constituted one-third and at the
end less than one-fourth of the total
population. The decrease in this pro
portion began as early as the decade
of IS 10 to 1820, and continued uninter
ruptedly, though at varying rates, in
each successive decade, lletween 1850
and 18G0 the proportion of children tc
women between 15 and 49 years, the
child-bearing age, increased, but since
18(50 it has constantly decreased. It is
stated that the decrease has been
very unequal, but that if the compu
tation is made upon the basis of 20
yoar periods it has been regular. In
1860 the number of children under 5
years of ago to 1,000 women 15 to if
years of age was 634; in 1900, it was
only 474. The proportion of children tc
potential mothers in 1900 was only
three-fourths as large as in 1860. Nc
attempt is made by the author of the
bulletin to determine the probable
causes of this decline. An extended ar
gument by Gen. Francis A. Walker i?
given, suggesting that it is largely due
to the influx of foreigners and the resultant
shock to the population in
stinct of the natives.
In the general decrease between
1890 and 1900 not a sngle State of tlit
North Atlantic division took part, in
seven other States, also, there was nc
decrease. In only six States, Maryland
Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and
Indianq. did the proportion decrease
in eaeli of the five decades; and in
only Delaware, District of Columbia,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon
and Colorado did it follow the tendon
cy for the country as a whole, that is
increase from 1S50 to 1860, and decrease
in the four succeeding decades,
tu Vimi fin- ihn TT?lt,?l etntuc >.. o
whole, the proportion of children was
only two-thirds as great in cities as in
tho country districts. In the North At
lantic division, however, it was almost
as great in the cities as in the
country. In the Southern division it is
hardly more than half as large in the
cities as in tho country; while in the
far West the difference is interme
diate in amount. This, it is explained,
is probably due, in largo measure, to
the fact that the immigrant population
who have been swarming into the
Northern cities of recent years, especially
into the cities of the North At
lantic States, havt been multiplying
lahtic States, have been multiplying
by numerous births with much rapidity,
while the corresponding laboring
class which has immigrated to South
ern cities from tho surrounding coun
try districts has not been thus increas
ing."
A comparison is made between the
proportion of children born of native
mothers to 1,000 native women ol
child-bearing age and the proportion ol
children born of foreign-born mothers
to 1,000 foreign-born women of childbearing
age. In 1000 the former pro
portion was 402, the latter 710, the
difference indicating the greater fecundity
of foreign-born women. The bulletin
continues:
"The comparison also indicates that
the total decrease in fecundity ol
white women between 1890 and 190(1
was the result of a decrease for native
white women, partly offset by an in
creaso for foreign-born white women,
"In the Atlantic divisions, how
ever, there was a slight increase in the
proportion of children born to native
white mothers, ami in the South central
division there was but a slight decrease.
The decrease for the whoh
country, therefore, was the result very
largely of the great decrease in the
North (entral and Wet stern divisions
Was Offered to Mr. Cleveland.
Norfolk. Va., Special.?In connec
lion witti mo selection of llarrj
St. George Tucker for the presldencj
of the Jamestown Exposition, whirl
was announced recently, it has devel
oped that the presidency was offeret
to former President Cleveland sev
oral months ago and that he consider
ed the offer for some time before final
ly makinc up his mind that it would b<
out of the question for him to accept
Mr. Cleveland will probably be chaii
man of the advisory board of one hun
dred dist i.igahdied Americans who wil
be asked to serve the exposition.
I THE " DOBfll
of a woman's life?, is the nam
of life." Your menses come ;
?0 scantier until they stop. Sonv
entire change lasts three or i
^ much pain and discomfort, wi
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mill troubles. Wi-will tonil fr c :nlvu >
raj <?'? plain, s?ui>,>l envelope), bow to
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Tho Nile dam at Assouan has saved
j Egypt's cotton crop.
( Norway still favors a monarchy, says
( the President of the Storthing.
, A Michigan court lias decided that a
i husband is the heir-at-law of his wife,
i Within a few years the Steel Corporation
will need 20,000,000 tons of ore a
year.
L Since the tlrst of the year this coun1
try has Imported $2,000,000 worth of
' automobiles.
1 A Kentucky woman, only thirty'
three years old, has just acquired her
ninth husband*
Horace C. Sllsbury. inventor of the
steam tire engine, is dead at ills home
in Seneca Falls, N. Y.
, Mine. Sarah Rernhardt's extrava,
galice is well known, and her house in
Paris shows it in every way.
The telephone and rural free delivery
of mall have increased Georgia farm
i lands from $10 to $100 an acre,
i The Yaqul Indians, of Sonora, Moxi
fco, ih"? lg of the long, dlnstroua war
ui;iiiii?i .no uovernment, are now asking
pence.
Tlie New York Central Knilro.nl has
obtained the State's co-operation in its
plans to abolish all grade crossings
.within fifty miles <>f New York City.
Of the wounded Russian soldiers
treated at Harbin, lL'oo were found to
have mutilated themselves by cutting
off the first lingers of the right hand.
Twenty-six school teachers at Chicago
attached a tourist car in which
they had traveled to Portland. Ore.,
claiming they had not been fed as well
as agreed upon.
The annual report of Postmaster
George H. Hihbard shows a revenue
from the Huston district of $4,308,7-13
for the fiscal year ended July 1. The
cost of clerk and carrier hire was $1.020,073,
and of the rural free delivery
^ service, ?!)72,381.
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! President Not to Visit Tennessee City
It. Price president of the chamber of
; commerce, through which body au inI
citation was extended to President
Roosevelt to visit Knoxville on his
\ Southern tour, is in receipt of a letter
staling that the President's South
ern trip lias been planned with a view
to visiting the principal cities of only
i those States not included in previous
i tours. The President will have no time
' to visit Tennessee cities.
i Georgia Legislature Adjourns.
Atlanta, (5a., Special. ?Georgia's
Legislature adjourned at 9:45 o'clock
> Fridany night, closing its session, constitutionally
limited to 50 days, t'ntil
almost the last moment the light lasting
for several ilnv? Imtn-omi ti.r.
branches of the Legislatme continued
over a l it! fixing the general State liquor
license, the Senate contending for
$: ??0 an.! th" House fi>: $"?n0. The former
flgute was agreed upon. Other features
of the sessions ha\ hern the
notion ?".i' ' -it new counties, mnkii:.r
th< loir.! 1 a!. > the disbanding
g: the live ! < . i <>. lpnnies in tiio State
nd'tta.. cruai.ization.
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Georgia Tech Presidnet Dead.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?A special from
Dansville, N. Y., annottnees the death
at a sanitarium there early Thursday
of Captain Lyman Hall, pteident of the
Georgia School of Technology, at At
I lantn Cnittnin IToll 'inn A..^n
age. graduated at West Point Military
r Academy in issl. but resigned his comr
mission in the army on account of an
j injury received while in the military
school, lie has been connected with
the School of Technology since 18SS,
1 when he accepted the chair of mathemaltr.
His death was due to nervous
prostration brought on by overwork.
AN INSl'RANCE VIEW.
Howell?Don't you wish you could
live your life over again?
Powell?Well, 1 should say not!
j I've got a twenty-year endowment
policy maturing next month.?Judge.
Judge.
MS PERIOD" |
ie often given to the "change B?
it longer intervals, and grow |B
? women stop suddenly. The
our years, and is the cause of BE
inch can. however- niroH
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epilll I
rsI
In Distress. C
.iin, nervousness, irritability, H
fainting, diz/.iness, hot and H
I feeling, etc. Cardui will H
lis "dodging period," and 39
10 rest of your life. Try it. HI
EVERYTHING BUT DEATH |?
1 r.-l." writ ? Virginia Robson,
f a.. : .:i, V.d., "\.?til I took Cardui, ufl
wl'li/li ciimI n.c o qttickly it surprised i (
my doctor, w'.w didn't know I was Ej?|
ta'ii'i'f it. l I had known of
Cardui earlier in life." '* *3
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PERSONAL GOSSIP
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Secretary ltoot went to Labrador
fishing.
Dr. Iloratio W. l'nrker is dean of tho
Yale Musical School.
Dr. W. G. Grace is the most famous
cricketer in England.
Sara sate, the great Spanish violinist,
has a belief in talismans.
Colonel Daniel S. Lamont left residuary
bequests to his daughters.
Congressman Frank L. Dickson is
extremely youthful In appearance.
Dr. Joseph Spencer Kennanl is to be
t.0 t-l -< -?
uiueuivu uj liiu I^llln Ul Ililij at IU?
next levee.
Tlie late C. J. Ilamlin, of ItufTalo. N.
Y? the veteran horseman, left an estate
of $1,543,000.
William Pinkney Whyte. former Governor
of Maryland, celebrated his
eighty-first birthday.
Sir Anthony MacDonnld. Under Secretary
for Ireland, lias undergone a severe
surgical operation.
Alfred do Rothschild, a member of
the famous banking family, has a private
circus at his country seat.
The Swedish decoration entitled
"Litteris et Artibus" has been awarded
by King Oscar to l>r. John A. Knander.
Alplionse Kertillon. tlie inventor of
the finger print system of identifying
criminals, is described as a quiet, modest
man.
Charles Ilouxel, lately professor of
belles-lettres in tlie University of Honduras,
was sent .to the workhouse in
New York.
The late Speaker of the British
House of Commons. Mr. Gully, on his
elevation to the peerage, took the title
of Viscount Selby.
Colonel "I>ick" Martin, who introduced
in Parliament in 1822 an act for
tllf? nrntection nl' nniniiU n.mlnst nm.
city, >vas the pioneer of sucli legislation.
Growers Will Control Prices.
Washington, Si>ecial.?The Southern
Cotton Association has determined that
the price of the principal product of
the South shall he fixed by the growers
and not by Wall street. This is tho
substance of a declaration made by
Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of tho
Southern Cotton Association. Mr. Jordan
has been here for the past few days
on business connected with the present.
grand jury investigation of the Department
of Agriculture cases, lie appeared
before that body as a witness.
Nursery Association Meets.
Norfolk, Special.?The Southern Nursery
Association, which embraces the
principal fruit interests south of Baltimore
met here. J. Van family, of
l'omona, N. C.. is president of the association.
There arc about 7"i dr legates
in attendant'- at the convention. The
time of tho body was taken up prt/ici
pally with the reading of reports and
papers on s,w.inl ; .V- of interest
U> nurserymen.
Can't Pass Through Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?State
Health Officer Sanders said that persons
from Infected districts in other
States who want, to rome through Alabama
going to other States will not
be allowed in Alabama until their seven
days' dentention are up. even if tney
do not stop within the borders of Alabama.
Ifichmon.l cmpeiiteis are ordered t?
strike lor an eight hour day without
reduction ?.) wages
FEMININE Sl'BSTITl'TFJ.
Myer?I wonder why young Do
Bullyon does not marry? Ho has all
kinds of money.
(Iyer?Oh, I suppose he thinks a
wife isn't peeetf.ary. Mr any t alks,
you knew.?Chicago Daily N< ws,
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