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THE VOLUME XVill. CAMD1CN, S. C., FRIDAY, JUMC 7, NO. 22. m rails II Veterans of the Lost Cause Splendidly Entertained in Richmond, Virginia,/ OLD SOLDIERS ARE HAPPY; Governor Swanson and Mayor Mc Carthy Welcome the Veterans to the State and Richmond, Both Be ing Received with Enthusiastic Ap-' plausc Old Sobers Rise to Their Feet ond Greil Gcnera.1 Lee With the Utmost Enthusiasm. Kichmond, Va., Special.?With th?; largest number of von federate Vet erans gathered together sincy tl^e war* an.I I lie vast horse show building* ill Which I he convention was held* hcttii tiinl with flags anil hunting and por traits of the leaders of the Confeder acy, the .twelfth annual reunion of the Confederate veterans hegap here under the most auspicious eoncilTtMis. Gem-mi Boiling introduced Rev. J. William Jon*s, eliuplnin general iff I lie grand camp, who presented HeV; j l>r. J. R. Gravatl, of this city* rind llie latter offered Il:c opening prayoh Governor Swanson of Virginia* ' mid the wildest enthusiasm, Wei coined the veterans to the Old Do minion. Mayor McCarthy, of Richmon.l, | welcomed the visitors to the ci'.v ! which -lo years ago they defcnd"d Against lhe armies of Rurnside, I'opr, ; McClellaii, Sheridan and (Irani. R. R. Morgan, ??f the local camp j Sous of Veterans, added the welcome i of those lie represents to the wel comes, which already had been cx piessedt General Rolling introduced the eonl mainler-in-chiof of Ihe Confederate, Veterans, Gen. Stepheli 1). Lee, and the old soldiers rose to their feet and received him with lite utmost gut bus- ' iasni. General Lee assumed the grivct of the presiding officer and deliver** I lii< annual address. i!o said among other things, that the coining-of a Confederate veteran1 to Richmond was like the return of a s long-absent child to its mother?thai ! Richmond is to I he Confederacy what J Calais was to that French Vrjnoo. who compelled to livo in England, gald: "When 1 die, you will find en graved on my heart the ono word j 'Calais.' " At noon- the first session of the re- J union adjourned, for the veterans lo take part, in the unveiling of the \ equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. R. J Stuart, erected #by the Vavalry asso-' ciation of tho Army of Northern Vir-1 gi?ia. The parade incjdent to this cere mony started at 2 p. Sh. and was a ! brilliant pageant. feather was j beautiful, and tho dityday was wit nessed by a vast concourse, estimated fo number 75,000 to 80,000. The people were packed along Uio whole course of the parade, a dis taneo of about two mi I canton tho side walks, on the porches and in t'ne windows of tho buildings on both sides of the street. The* whole number in line and on I lie sidewalks is estimated at from 125,000 to 150,000. There are about 10,000 actual veterans in the city. Of sons of veterans and other aux iliary bodies, military and so on, , there ^?re about 20,000 and in addi- i tir.n to those, there are about 20,000 visitors drawn hither by the reunion ceremonies. ? Monument Unveiled. The grand serenade at 2 p. m. at the unveiling ceremonies at the Stuart monument were all that could be desired, both from a scenic view rnd the elegant manner of its being cariied out. Veterans Stirred By Col. Lee. Richmond, Va., Special.?In his speech, which aroused the Confeder ate veterans' convention and which proved to be the leading feature of tho reunion thus far, Col. "Rob" Lee sa\d in part: " Thefov never has bceh n more critical period of American' history tiiaii that which ushered tlve year 1S(50 upon the world's stage of act ion. Thtf lroiitde was of recent or-* j.rin, it was not the spasmodic out burst of an hour, nor tho stubborn and senseless resistance of ft factionx maintenance of {groundless opinions, but was the result of the existence of antagonizing forces operating for a long time in the country, the seeds being first sown by the forefathers, some in the fertiJ?? v*ll*y |j?e | ,lnnies, and soinv frll uywn on *.?c rock-bound coast of New England. Section at difference* exhibited them Bjph AoquitUd at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Fred Boah, charged with assault with intent to ^$jpnrit murder, ura# acquitted. Baah was chanted with sanding an infer nal machine to the home of Mm. Julia McCarthy, on May 8th, the Jir Jirtaialj injured and ?!???> ksr itow atSlSt She ' .'J* if***? V . \ , \ ? , \ j selves long before the adpotion ofL the Federal eohstitutioiii / "For the |Mirpose of this occasion! we care not (low the African slave first placed his unhallowed feet on Southern soil. Suffice it to say that although (lie Honth had at one I no inconsiderable earner ot maritime adventure, 'no ship or shipmaster ol hern had ever in a single cA*e been implieated in the illicit African slave maintained slavery to ho the tno*t dangerous element in the country. Frolii the b6#ih?ing the stilttteman of the South Wented danger in the great nw'e Jiroiileih with which they were being saddled and lh^. question that SVaS tippbrihOst ixi thvif tyiiuis was, wliat shall bt> dottfe with the Mndiiei pated seiH Tild Evils Of Slavery; "Much as t deplorb slavery*' said Patrick Henry, 41 nee that prudence forbids its abolition.' Henry ( hiJn asserted that 4The evils of slavery are absolutely nothing in compari son with the fitt* greater-evils which would inevitably follow 1'rom sud den emancipation;' Aiui ittfJUff ho sayS: 'if 1 wer?J to invoKfe the greatest blessing oil Oa^Wi which lujavoiij lii its tnereyj j^uiid bestow on this iinlio.i, it would! be the sep aration of t'.ie ni/st numerous races of its populaj^on and their comfortable astablf^nincn^ in distant and distinct count lies.' Mr. Mason, of Viriiiniil. went farther in deflat ing 'Till1 Itnllic is infernal.( To per mit it ,1m against e\ery principle honor and safety.' Mr. Calhoun was of the ophioh dial the existing rela tions between master and servant cannot be destroyed without subject ing (lie Dvo races to the greatest ;??? 1 amity rtild the section to poverty, desolation. and wretchedness/ "Virginia in October, 177tf, and Oeorgiit) lit 1.708, passed acts pro hibiting tho importation of slaves^ The foriuM- tiCl provided for n pen ally ? f 1,000 pounds, and also 'every -I: ve itliputied contrary to the true interest and meaning of this a>*t shall, upon such importation become fice,' tint:5, io llie everlasting credit ? if 1 Ire South, upon whose devoted In ad the vials of holy wrath have been so unjustly and brutally pour ed out for propagating, nourishing and harhoting slavery, she leads the* world in an earnest attempt to pre vent Vie very thing of which she is accuse!!, " 4 Ilow can the Union bo saved? thundered Mr. Calhoun from the floor of the .Senate 11 years before the be ginning of hostilities. 'There is but one tray by which it can be, with certainty, and that is by a fqll aim final settlement on the principles of .justice, of all the questions at issue between the two sections. The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought nol to take. She lias no compromise to offer but the Con stitution.' "When the red curtain of war rolled upon the American stage it revealed the Sputh in arms reacly and willing' to defend all that ma Ices life worth living, the Free dom of' country,* flic honor of the peo ple. ?I he. sanctity of home." To Meet Next at Birmingham. .The Grand Camp, United Confeder ate Veterans re-eleetedd its general officers as following; Commander-in-chief General Steph en D. Lee. Lieutenant General, Department Ai'rtiy of Nortehrn Virginia, Gen. Ir vine "Walker. Lieutenant General Department ot Tennessee, General Clement A. Lv nns. Lieutenant General, - Trans-Missis sippi Department, Gen. W. L. Ca bell. All the officers were chosen by ac clamation. Hirmingham was chosen as the,| city for tjie next, the eighteen, an nual reunion of the veterans. Other cities competing were San Antonio and Nashville. The vote at first stood about. 1.000 to 800 in favor of the Alabama town. ^yflie report of the committee on ^solutions was adopted without de bate. It recommends that the speech es Vf Gen. S. I). Lee, Senator John \V. Daniel and Col. K. E. Lee,?Jr., be printed in pamphlet form for distri bution and endorses the objects and aims of the Arlington Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery. On the correct representation of the Confederate hot tie flag the reso lutions committee submitted as a sub stitute "that the action of this* a|r ... _ A ? a .. a : ? l*i j SOvIaliOiVf ot i in ^tnivciiuv^i ticiu Ail Nnshhviile, Tenn., in 1904, be en dorsed and reaffirmed. j Ntfro T?QMt Killed by Tanner. Americus; Ga.,^Spscial?Charles Grant, a prominent farmer of 8umtex county, in an altercation with a ne gro tenant, shot and instantly killed tlio latter aftlr^Ming struck with a brick. The tenant abused Grant be CAQM of bttof rtpriaattdtd tot wt] kit ? * ..... THE DAVIS MONUMENT UNVEILED ? vol/ Member of Reaiaaats of Armies of tho Or&y "Who Could Walk at All Took Pait. Kuhiaoiuij Va.< Special;? Under a perfect sky; with bauds playing bundling music in whic^li "Dixie" and "Mainland" wore preeminent, the remnants of the armie-j of the gray Monday pasMs| through the streets of Richmond and out ou splendid Monu ment avenue, unveiled an enduring memorial to Jefferson l)a\ i^, the tlrst Hud Ohly President of tin* Confeder ate States of America. Tiie *-\rmt t-juue as tin1 climax of Ule reunion of the I ailed Confederate Veteran* and every- member of the body of old men who was able to walk ai ail to k part. The day and the event is one that will live forever in the memory of those present ami the expression# of beautiful pentimenl which were tillered by the speakers are destined !<? become a part of the history of the South. Second only to the tribute given to the memory of Dixieland's great chieftain we*e those offered on every hand to the women of the South, whose gift the monu ment is. The cerMtlony tvas om< of the Sou.h. No other section hint riuy part in it. The veteran* Mio fought for I he "Lost Canst*" Were gathered together -1<> pay their tribute to the man wlWi memory it revered above ..11 others. Their descendants weie as-, sembled because it is bred in them to cbeiish that memory and because they wish Jo imbibe new lessons. ThO sjK'eches Counseled the leaching of loyalty to I lie cause for which there was nothing in the tcacjiiug but what excited the sympathy/'ami approval of visitors frohi the nthcr sections. THe lirst addess was by (lov, Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia. The speech of (Jovernor Swanson was a welcome to all veterans io Richmond and Virginia. In the course of his re murks the Govern >r spoke feelingly of the "Lost Cause." Governor Swahsoii was followed bv Mayor Carlton McCarthy, of Ri<-:i inoml, who introduce<l (lem-ral Evans as orator of the day, who said in pari : 1 Gen. Evan's Address. General Evans began hi* address with a tribute to the women of ihe >*outli, through whose .efforts the sta tre to Mr. I)avis had been- erected. Taking up fffoii the influence wliicli had moulded the life of the futuro president of the ('on(ederuey, the speaker traced his lineage from Eng lish ancestorrs. I lis falher and gfand ' father, on his father's side, had fought in the revolutionary, war and three older brothers had borne arms in the war of IS 12. The speaker point ed out how Mr. Davis after a service of seven years in Indian eompaigns <luring which he "won fa mo which Ins country gladly gave him then and should not forget now," returned to his Mississippi iu?me; served in Con gress; led a regiment of Mississipppi Rifles in the Mexican war; rendering Viilliant service at Monterey and Huena Vista and later serving in the United States Senate and the Cabinet, Gen. Evans discussed the issues which led to the civil war, mainly the righI of secession. He said: "Mr. Davis accepted Ihe ideas of the eminent makers of,the constitution and believ ed that they had ordained and estab lished a general government, which had ample powers lo oonud.net tha. Slate to Ihe broadest and loftiest national glory, without having con. ferred a grant of even one power tc oppress citizens, nor to discriminate against a section or scourge a Stale.*' Ho quoted Mr,. Davis' words, "As long as I held^a seat in the Senate my best efforts were directed to ilie maintenance of the constitution and the Union resulted from it, and tc make Ihe general government an ef fective agent foV its prescribed pur poses. As soon as the paramount al legiance due to Mississippi forbade a continuance of these effoits 1 with drew from the position." Greatest Day of Reunion. All of the work of the reunion iias been done and the lifth and last day was devoted wholly to the payment of the tribute lo the niomory of Davis The streets were brilliantly decorated. There was scarcely a house or busi ness building in the city that was >t profusely draped with the Confeder ate colors and bunting. Young Women Attract Notice. A beautiful young woman in white, Miss Roberta Caldwell, attracted 'i?l miiation at the head of Troop A, of Nashville, Tenn., of about 40 gray uniformed old men with aabers. ^Vliss Caldwell carried a "'Con federate battle Hag. Among the interesting features of the parade outsicc the appe-iranee of the veteran bodies, were the spon sors from various Confederate ytute*, attended by sc ?re:? of m nds of honor. These attractive ym:::g women in I white, wealing t lic? cashes oi red, ro.li. in carriages and h*i a charming auui tion to tlie long line ot' gray. The Davis Monument Unveiled, j Mrs. J. A. Hayes, of Colorado Springs, Col., daughter of Mr. Davis, palled gently the cord that held the canvas shroud which covered the bronze etatue. Her two young ?one the prandaona of the Confederate President, taught the two eords used j to complete the uneviljnp. The monu ment was one of nevojr to bo forgotten i imppressivqnese. One moment of *tb solute silence, and then cheering burst fortbtaj- btsit alwtf *ad Ik* Rl?fe Iftrttt, uA wthwtow i?J POSTAL SALARIES RAISFD Increase in Salary For Carolina Post mafitors. Tlu? postoffice department announ ces (lie increase of salaries of 34 post masters in South Carolina to go into effect Jniy 1. The increase* in S^th Carolina are ad follows 1 Aiken, $*? 100 to $'2,200; 'Allendale, $1,100 'o $1,200; Anderson, $2,.*>00 to $-,000; Bill I1WI.I1, $1,400 to $1,500; Blltesburg, $1,300 to $1,400; Helton, $1,200 to +1,400; Bennett?ville,$l,H00 to $1, 000; liisliopville, $1,300 to +1,100; Bhuksblirg, 1^1,000 to +1,100; Black ville, $1,400 (o $1,300; Chester, $2,100 * Cleinson ('ollege, $1,400 to $1,500; Columbia, $3,200 to $3,300; Conway, $1,:100 to $l,.r>o0; Denmark, $1,200 to $1,300; Dillon, $1,000 to $1,700; KdgoHcId, $1,400 to $1,500.; Florence, $2,100 to $2,300; (Jalluey, $l,SO0 to $2,000; (S recti ville, $2,800 to $.{,000; (Jreenwood, $2,300 UJ> $2,400; Kiugs tree, $1,200 to $1,30^; Lancaster, $1, 000 to $1,700; Leesville, $l,(f00 to $1,100; Lexington, $1,000 t?? $1,100; Manning, $1,400 to $1,500; Marion. $1,700 to $1 ,M()0; Mullins, $1,300 10 $1,400; Newberry, $2.1.00 to $2,200; Spartanburg $2,S00 to $2,000; Siun ter, $2,500 (o $2,000; Timmouvillc, $1,400 to $1,500; Union, $2,000 to $2, 100; Westminster, $1,200 to $1,300. Another Killing. flohlville, Special. ? Laurens coun ty has another homicide marked .1 gainst her, but the coroner's jury >ms returned 11 verdict that the killing Sunday was justillahle. .John Mc Morris, colored was killed in the home of Mr. If,, lihctt Crawford by Mr. John Boyd. The negro's purpose* there was robbery. Mr. Crawl..id conducts a si ore* aboul three miles from tSoldville and for some time 'ms been missing"* articles therefrom. The store adjoins and is a part of his res idence. lie has observed that the fobjjerics had occurred generally on Sundays. Last Sunday he prepared it trap for the thief or thieves. I lis brothers-in-law, Messrs. .John C. Boyd and .John L. Dickett, remained in the house while Mr. Crawford and his family drove off to church, after g j in;;' through the I'oiin of locking up the house. When the Craw lords were weii oil their way to church ??! (ioiil ville .John McMoiris came out of the woods and walked boldly up to the house, taking a key from his pocket ami opening the doov. Once in the duelling bo would have had 110 trou ble to gel into the store. When Mr. lloyd ordered the negro to halt and throw up his hands McMorris drew his pistol and fired twice. Mr. lJoyd return! the (Ire with a Winchester rifle and the negro fell at tlnr'llrst shot with a bullet through his brain. The doroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. Mr. Boyd re grets the occurence very much. It is believed that others were implicated with McMorris in these robberies. Mayor Carniichael in Marion County Jail. Marion, Special. ? Mayo Carmieh acl, {lie lo-vcar-old negro boy who was reported about three weeks ago to have attempted to assault the 10-year old daughter of a Mr. Sawyer, near Mullins, am! who was reported to have been killed by tlie pursuing parly, was arretted near Brownsville and lodged iii jail here. He admits his identity and says he escaped his pursuers and has been working since (hen up to the last few days for Mr. ?I. ('. Sellers, near tellers, having gont? to Brownsville after leaving Mr. Sel lers. lie denies 'any intent to com mit any crime. The arrest lias-caused 110 excitement. Steamer Evans .Sinks in Port. ? Brunswick, tJa., Special. ? The passenger steamer (II. Kvans, ply ing between Biv.nswhk and Sat i I In river [loints with a full cargo, sank while in port. The crew had a nar row escape. 11 is thought the vessel sprang a leak. 1'iTorts are being made to raise her, but the cargo is almost a total loss. Four Ncgroea Drowned, on Thoir Way To Funeral. Spai tanbuj'g, Sj>eciat. ? Four ne groes, Mamie Robin-op, (leneva Sel lers, Kssie Mmitgomcry and a baby of William Strobles,' were, drowned near Moores, in this county, Sunday afternoon when a spijii of the bridge over the T.vger river gave awav wi;h a mule team and wagon occupied by I I Rp,vroes, who were following tne remain^H?.XLiy>lored friend to'a neigh boring cemetery-<or burial. It is saici none of the bodie.v, have been recov eied, \ Cotton Mill at Washington. Washington, Special. ? Th^ro is a movement on foot among a large number of citizens to establish a cot* ton factory in' this city. At present no Special plans have been formulated but it it stated on good authority that a qui? be r of outside capitaliata are anxioqr-to establish such an en terpriea in. this eitjfa and if Wash raise iogton dfttzens will msa half the re quired teOttl ft* wiU put up tbt TtwalwUr, . r * ? "N ? ? Or riMlSTIC SKCRKTAKK OF AGRICULTURE WILSON ?('artpun hy lim-vinan. in (lie \Vaaliin<r'?)? Sf \r. GIRL VICTIM OF Panic in Tents Whan Enrngod Animal Ghargatl oa Crowd and Attacked Ponies. Twin Falls, Idaho.? FOur-year-obl Ruth Jtozell, who was attacked l?y a ! Itoyal IJengal tiger wMrli escaped I from lis cage al Ilie-1 performance of j the Sells-Kioto cirrus hero. has di<-i] from her injuries. Mrs. Uo/.< II. the ! mother of the child,who w;in ktinclti'd I down and badly shaken bv the tiger, Is overcome.,wit h grief and the shock of her experience. TImir far ? o crim inal action has been brought against j the circus management. and. while the panic following the breaking of i the animal from its cn^o mid the en suing trhgedy are the solo,topic of; convention, there lias been no dem- j onstrtftlon made against tho circus, by citizens because of the unfortunate ! occurrence. The tiger Charged into the crowd. 1 killing H>p 1 i 111 r? t?fpl and n Shetland pony, ami mauled several other spec- j tators and ponies before it was shot j and killed .by a man in the audience, j For a few moments tliero was a panic i in t he menagerie and women screamed and fainted. The elephants tugged at their chains and trumpeted wildly, and there was great commotion until I tho tiger rolled over dead in front of ! the main entrance. Hundreds were in the menagerie tent at tho afternoon performance J when tho time came for feeding the | animals. Maskcl. tho tiger, and his j mate, Agne9, had been restless for | some time. At the sight of the meat , Mnrkel beat furiously with his paws on the door of the cage. The door gavo way, and the tiger sprang from his cage to the neck of u Shetland pony fifteen feet away. The tiger's keeper seized a bar and struck the animal between the eyes. Market released his grip on tho pony's neck and leaped upon the back of an other pony. Again tho kooper felled him with the iron,and ho relinquished his hold of the second pony only to seize a third. Another stiff blow from the Iron drove tho tiger from his prey and he leaped Into tho crowd. The tent vras well filled, and the people fled In every direction, most of them crowding out under the can vas. One woman scrambled to tho top of an animal cage and refused to come down uutii long after the tiger was killed. ' Shrill criet from thefrightened ele phants aroused the keepers to furth er activity. The guns kept by the keepers for emergencies were seven ty-five feet away, and had they been GIRL ALONt ALL NIGHT IN JUNGLE *. Daughter of Mr. and Mi-h. <\ .7. Hell Loses Way in Indian Wilderness. Washington, I) C. ?? Miss Helen i Hoi J, daughter f>f Mr. and Mrs. Chap. J. Hell, has just returned from an ! eventful winter in India, the mosi I thrilling episode r,f which way a night j aiono in the jungle Miss Bell loft here early In (he ! winter to spend several month;? In In- j dia with English friends, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I<\ Hopkins. I'ai t of the time Mr. and Mrs Hopkins and then party, Including Miss Dell, were camp ing near Hyderabad and hunting big! game. The men of the party started out I on a hunt one morning, and toward j night Miss Boll rode out from camp i to meet them. She missed the (rail j after a few miles and j-oon found her- { self getting fun her Into the heart of | the jungle and unr.ble to get her h mi- j Ings Darkness came on, and with It a heavy rain. Alone with only her Horse atjd a } few tyog?, M??k Hell faced a nlghl in\ that finely wildr i-n< 3.*'. known lor its j venomous 'si>a!?o. Tht uir.ni wore j on and no help came, and. unable to '? TERRIFIC WMSTKR.V sNoWfiTOltM Six Inches of Hnow ot Many I'lnccs in Michigan. Detroit, Mich.?Michigan felt the grasp of the worst May storm ever known in the State. After violent rain and light ing? storms, the feath er turned cold and in many part* of the State heavy snow fell. At ShuII ate. Marie there 14 six inches of snow. At Mackinaw the snow was driven A forty raUt fait. Reports ivom ^ W* HU IN wy aviii' }>lo they could not liavo boon iist*tl on account of the danger to spectators. Women seized their oli11?1 roit find dragged ihom from the path of the maddened 11??*r. and hundreds of Ut ile children clung to the skirts of Ihelr terrllied mothers and scrambled to g.et away. Market headed for tIto main on trance, Jorty foot away. In his rush he struck several people .with his shoulders, knocking them down. Mra. H. 10. Itozell, of Twin Kails, and her little daughter Until could not escape the tiger's rush, and were borne lo the ground. The tiger held Mrs. Ko/.oll with his pawn while his laugs sank iyto the neck of the child. I. W l'i*ll, a Twin Kails blacksmith, was standing beside Mrs. lto/.ell when she was attacked. I lis wife .and chil dren, too, wort; with him and at the mercy of the beast. Thrusting his family aside Hell drew a revolver and opened lire on the tiger at a distance of three feet. When the flivt bullet struck Market behind the shoulders he winced and opened bis jaws, growling viciously and lashing his tall against the wall of spectators. The second bullet caused him to release Mrs Ifjzell and her dunghill* from lite grasp of his l awn, and the third to put.him on tho run, tlf'U f'?llo\vod, Hiring three move bullets* into the lleeing tiger, as It ran outside the tent. Market wan syiety bit, but iie managed to crawl some distance before ho collapsed. Recovering bis strength for an in stant the tiger turned and started back toward the stampeding apccta lors. P.el| was waiting .for the at tack with his revolver reloaded, but the big beast had enough, rolled over,' snarling and biting at his wounds, and expired in a fow moments. Meanwhile the news that the tiger had escaped hail spread, nud specta tors continued to fleo from the tents. , Many of them fell or were knocked down In the confusion, but talned serious injuries. Mrs. Kozell and her dq(u$\)j taken to the olllce of . a where'everything possible Iwas (fone for the child. It whs found that the teeth of the tiger had frightfully lac erated the neck and breast of the lit tle one, and much blood was lost bo fore the wounds could be closed. The little girl died, and Mrs. Iloze.U was removed lo her home. .Market was reputed to he ono of the largest and host proportioned tig ers on-exhibition, and was the pride of the manager. lie had shown no previous signs of ill temper, and the management of the circus was aston ished at. Ills behavior. Many persons thought that the door of the tiger's cage might have been more secure. The keepers were helpless on account of the confusion, and had it not been for Hell's presence of mind and prompt action In risking an <vicoun ter with the angry tiger more lives might have been sacritlccd. find her way in daylight, she was still more helpless in the thick darkness. In the distance she heunl the roaring of panthers and other wild animals. I Her horse and doga heard the sounds and became a':voxt unmanageable in their fright. ' The rain, which poured down stead ily, wiij'ii Idej-xiir: in disguise, though she Knew it not at I lie time. ller friends told her later it was undoubtedly the rain that prevented Iter beii?.g surrounded by reptiles. It kept them under cover and sho was unmolested. ^. Mlaa Lull's friends sent out several hundred coolies to beat the brush. They tailed to find her, but at day break she found her way to a clear ing. and meeting a nativo \vho-eould speak Home Hnglish was directed to th^eainp. Miss Hell returned to the United Slates by way <>r Japan Tho vessel on which she'Jook. passage had Just left Yokohama when It ran aground ?mi a reef. It. was safely floated, and sturle?V,o.n i<s voyage, but a few days later tunaIIpox appeared on board, and for fourteen days the passengers were quarantined on the Pacific coast. Miss P.c.i finally reached her home rafely, with a stock of exciting stories for her relatives and friends. She Is now wiiii itr.v jv.'i ^iltS at Iiicti Cuuu liy place, Twin Oaks. wifjs and sox slay ori*i;Ksso:; So It Ik CU:ujc?a Wlien(V,TU*jr. Bait! render to Author! tie*, PaHcerftbufg. W. V?.?A#lt*p fo Yoh*, ? farm#/, n??r McFavlan, Rltcble Coua ty,' wm ?hot mid killed, tt It allefed* by hl? rrIfe and son. Th? tavrder took place aftelr ti bitter quarrel, W wbleh Yob? unmercifully best fcl* Wit# *?<! tbetf boy, about *Jr?, TefticyM Ifct Mh 4 m4wHU??MVfiUlRv^ A POOR COTTON OUTLOOK j Latter Prom Texas and Elsewhere Produced?The Warehouse Plan?. President K. 1). Smith of the South ( aroliua Cotton Association has ia sued a statement to the public in which ho says that tho outlook seems to bo for u short crop. Letters ure given from Texas and Tennessee t j support this statement, which will b? of interest to the entire South. The statement is as follows: '?* "Having written to the Slate pres idents us to tho condition of the crop and the outlook, I want to give to tUo public a few of tho replies that have come to me from irfeu whose stand ing in their community attests their integrity; therefore, what theyf>say may bo relied upon. "From Henderson, Texas, J. S. Hickcy, president of thhe First Nat ional .bank, writes under date of Mny 27, as follows: 'The outlook iu Texas is sorry indeed for cotton. Fastf Tex as lias reduced her acreage fully 40 per cent'., and many farmers are still plowing, up cotton and planting peas and corn; ninny have planted three times and still have a sorry stand. The boll weevil is. here in great num bers, and many farmers have no hopes of making any cotton at all. So you ?an see why they are replanting iif something else. Middle Texas?the blackland district ? has nearly all been replanted, and the crow will bo necessarily lute. I. talked with some fanners from Kllis county last Thurs dif^-itnd they told nie they had lo plant the second time, ami are not done planting yet. Further west, iu Mitchel, Coleman, Taylor and Torir (Ireen and that"whole section, have had no rain since December, and con sequently could not plant corn or eot^ ton. If they make any iu that scctioii it is yet to be planted. South Texas was forced,to replant, and, as a con silience, the crop is lute, with mueh complaint of: boll weevil?are punc turing the squares on all early cotton. Farmers told mo Saturday that on early planting they find three or four to the stalk. So tho general outlook in Texas is really bad.' "T. ('. Loin^-^un Jackson, Tenn., under ttrtfo **f May 28, writes in part as follows: 'The outlook for a cotton crop^frn Texas is extremely bad. The entire crop was planted over, and it is not yet up. Under very favorable conditions we may raise a halt crop. This morning njereqry down to 40 de grees and frost visibfe. You can draw your own conclusions,' "These two letters are in keeping with those from Mississippi, Arkaitoaa Louisana and Alabuma, South Caro- - | linn. North Carolina and a portion of Georgia, neem to be best off/while 11|0 ! outlook in these Slates iw certainly below anything like an average cjfop* The public will bear in mind that ti is tho lot of Juno. And since <f_ ^writing of these letters quoted torril r>lial rains have covered tlio entire / ton belt. Wo have been struggling for three years to get the situation to our hands. It seems as if Providenee has given us the opportunity^ reil i/.e our hope. From tho present oni? look and from the principles involy ed it does seem as if the fanners and uiorQianls would refrain from seniorV cotton for fall delivery at a price which neither tho outlook of a crop *>or tho present price of manufacture ed goods warrants. So far as the Sou thern Cotton Association In itf rela tion to the cotton world is. concq^ned the majority of us do not propose to tako advantage of a cotton' famint and tho disastrous scarcity of cotton , to force the price to unwarrantable heights; no more than we propose when seasons pfe propitious and the supply is ov^aoiuidant fo allow, tho price to be disastrously depressed. As I have often Moid before I Avnnt this to be n sjuare deal. I waiit our share of ,|he profits that wo are en titled to in being the source of sup ply for the world's liber. The Warehouse Situation. "Last week 1 wan at St. Mitthows, and found that their warehouse is practically completed, ami Oran-^e iniitf county i* still it*, line, doin^ ne'r djjiy.. On Auj,'. (5 they will hcivo a nw>eting of all the counties to go into ilie question of preparing for the coin* ing crop in detail. I shall be preaeiit at this meeting and hope every fann er in Orangeburg county and every., business man that can possibly be pfbscnt will be there, io thai we can staft unitedly in our cooperation with the other comities of tlf) Souths "From Yoik county C. B. Spencer sends me a copy of their application ? for charter for their warehouse aud holding company. . If-space permit ted I would like to give to tgfe public his entire communication as to t^a progress of out* work. . "We have on hand a number of" books of membership eetttflaitefc wwiBji Sue wii Oi iiio dM^mip? 4wi up jn_jitt|-actlve iona, w^l:: tb? presidents of tjls diftsrs&t counties will tupf^ ttaMtifts ?o m to furnish a?h W ptyiof rfWISS; theMeelfa I Mmb# hit dues a oertifteaia, sod A? sattoa iBeraawf ??? UU