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FROM TEX OOIVXX8 REPORTS.
Over Kleven Million Bale* Ginned
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Ginnerira and the
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The census office Tuesdiy made pub
lic the tinal aKureo of cotton produc
tion obtained from the reports of cot
ton glnners. The quantity of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1902, ex
clusive of llnters, amounted to 11,078,-
882 running bales. Rales as pressed
at the ginneries are equal to 10,830,-
945 bales of a 500-pound standard, or
counting round bales as half bales lO/*
588,250. During the four years cover
ed by the ginning reports of the census
oflcc the average crop, exlcnslve of
Haters, has been 9,902*2117 tales of 500
pjunds. The crop of 1902 shows an
increase of 728,088 bales over this
average. While tlic crops of 1899 and
1901 show a decrease of 550,886 and
892,532 bales respectively. For the
crop of 1902 there ha i been a general
increase In all the States, both east
and west of the Mississippi river, with
the exception of Alabama ami Texas.
Drought In Alabama jind thel o’l wee
vil In Texas arc responsible for the
losses in those States.
The report contains many Interest-
Ing details concerning the variation of
production in the various sections of
the country. For instance, attention
is called to the degree of compensation
which has been raaintalned“T6r the
past three crops between the divisions
of the cotton belt as made by the
Mississippi river. East of the Missis
sippi production decreased in 1900
313,25« bales. This was more than off
set by the Increase west of the Missis
sippi river of 1,090,892 bales, or 25.7
per cent. i n l902 th6 territory east
of the Mississippi Increased its produc
tion In a manner which largely com
pensates for the material loss west of
the river. The per cent, of the coun
try’s production grown in 1902 east
and west of the Mississippi was 53.6
and 40.4 respectively, against 47.2 and
52.8 in 1900. To show the extent of
the reduction In the cotton crop 4n
Texas It is shown that whereas in 1900
that State produced 34 per cent, of
the entire crop of the United States,
or about one-quarter of the cotton
supply of the world, in 1902 the Texas
product was only a little over 23. per
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Groff frofi'bfcelng F'avorel’jf/ fodi
* Marnier Weather la Mtfedad.
The following Weekly crop bulletin
was isaued last week by Section Direc
tor Rauer:
The mean temperature for the week
ending 8 a. m., Monday, May 4lb, was
about 05 degrees, which is 3 degrees
below normal. There wore few warm
days during the middle of the week,
but tbe first and last days were un
seasonably cbot, and unfavorable for
tbe germination 6f planted seeds and
the growth' of young crops. Tue
ground remains cold, and owing to the
lack of rain, has become hard and
crusted, this being especially true of
bottom lands and clayey uplands.
Frost occurred on the 28th at a few
northern points, but did no percepti
ble damage.
There was quite a general rain on
April 20, accompanied by hail in the
.northern counties falling to a depth of
six Inches at Hickory. This rainfall
beneficial, but was followed by
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A HAD X0XIS.
DAkherf Into a Flat ttomitl Id Furvult
of So9mi ChMdttfuJ
Pu aued by * faar-Eriaddaned horse
up the door stepe, In through tbe dou
ble duon and part Fay up tbe lint
flight of stein In tbe flat-house at No.
164 Eaat Seventy-eighth street, four
children fled in terror Wednesday
night. Grace Mullane. Six yean old,
faltered on tbe stain, and the bone
seized ber dress in Its teetb, bruising
her leg at the knee. She tore herself
away and ran to ber home on tbe top
floor. Lem LifschiU, eig itycanuld,
was knocked down by one of the
hone's hoofs. Tbe blow lamed her
fypt and cut her shoe. Evelyn Mul
lane, aged eight, and Alice Foster es
caped through the rear hall. .
Among a dozen persons who wit
nessed the flight of the children was
Mn. Danzlger, of No. 160 East Seven
ty-eighth street, who was watching
ber baby in a carriage near the stoop
of that address. Sbe saw tbe bone
Tbe AlUata Journal says tl hard
the promise this year of tbe greatest
crop bf wheat pn record A new
record Fajs made last year lb winter
wheat* the aggregate reaching 441,-
000,000 buihels. But tbe present pros
pect Is wholly unprecedented. There
are two million more acres in
wheat this year than there were last
and the conditions of tbe crop is re
markably high. On the first of April
t ist condition was 97.3. as against
78.7 a year ago, when a great crop was
produced. Tbe average condltlon of
t ie wheat crop on the first of April
to' the last ten years has been 82.1.
On the present acreage and c*>ndl
lion a crop of 590,000,000 bushels is
confidently counted on. In tbe next
two weeks this immensely valuable
crop will be out of danger. With a
winur wheat crop amounting to 593,-.
hno.ooo huaheis an average yield of
spring wheat will carry tbe grand
total,of wur wheat production to 800,-
000,000 bushels, of-,more. The largest
crop ever grown was that of last year
when tbe aggregate reached 756,629,*
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Crushed Ou
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Details reached Roanoke, •; V*.,
Thursday morning of a fearful catas
trophe which occured last Wednesday
evening In tbe east end of the West
End tunnel, known as Tunnpl No. 2/
at Eggleston Springs, Giles county, o^
the Norfolk and Western railway,' In
which nine men were killed and live
Injured, three of them fatally, while
two others were almost miraculously
saved. Railroad contractors were en
gaged in double tracking the two tun
nels at tbe point named, and it was
to their operations that the accident
happened. , It seems that when tbe
tunneling force bad removed the earth
and stone for the 1 tracks at tbe point
where tbe calamity occured, a huge
slide of solid stone gave way on the
mountain side and came down at an
angle of about 45 degrees, striking tbe
was beneflclal, but was
drying winds, and the need of rain
again noted over a large portion of the
state, more especially in the truck
raising districts. Showers occurred
over the central and eastern counties
on May 3rd, the effects of which will
be noted In next week’s correspond
ence. _ -
The dry weather enabled farmwork
to njake rapid progress, and planting
of the staple crops is nearly finished,
except that some upland and almost
all bottom land corn remains to be
planted over the western tier of coun
ties, and bottom lands in the central
counties, though some have -already street
been planted in the latter.
rarly corn Is coining up generally,
and much has received Its first work- “
log, but stands average only fair, and 1
are poor in localities, Dwlng to the
vages of birds and worms, and to
Imperfect germination. Replanting is 1
done extensively. The weather bis
whizzed by. The horse reared, throw
ing Rartocoina, and dashed Iniio Fifth
avenue. A bicyclist near tbe entrance
tried to stop the runaway and was
knocked down, sustaining painful
bruise. Policeman J. H. Kelly hurried
to Rartocclna’s assistance. A park
cent, of tUq entire product df p Ihls
country.TThe^tates showing the
most n. tlceable increases in produc
tion in 1902 are . Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
been too cool for favorable growth.
Cotton planting is .nearly finished
and will be entirely finished the com
ing week If the weather remains favor
able, but owing to the prevailing cool
ness germination Is slow and some
seed failed to germinate at all. Many
such fields arc being replanted. Some
fields have- fair stands and are being
cultivated, but plants look sickly.
Tobacoo Is almost all transplanted,
but is maklng-ao perceptible growth.
Rice Is In the same condition, which
growth is at a standstill. The George
town districts are being sown at this
time. N
In a few localities oats are promis
ing, and while still poor, show some
improvements, but correspondents re
port the oats crop generally unpromis
Ing. with. probably half an average
yield. They arecheadlng low.
Wheat is also poor, owing to rust
and the hessian fly.
Tim lnciease In Arkansas Is remark
able, being 264,622 bales, or more
than 37 per cent, over the total re
ceipts for the smallest crop —that of
1899—and 157,2 1, or over 19' per
cent, over thatof 190J, the largest
crop prior to that of 1902. There
was- also a large increase In the pro
duction of Indian Territory and Okla
homa. The combined crops of these
territories for 1902 were 545,382 biles,
as compared with 215,591 bales for
1899, an Increase of 329,791 bales, or
153 per cent.
The figures on the ginning industry
show that therp are 30,948 ginneries
In the United States. The average
.number of bales ginned per active
‘ establishment in Texas was 563,
;«.4>a£r tress are beginning to blight In
ervarlF
In Charleston county,
county a green Jiuse
fir
Indian territory 855, and,!n Oklahoma
993, against 254 In Alabama, 292 In
Georgia and 206 in ^orth Carolina.
This great difference in tbe average
number of bales of cotton handled per
establishment is due to tbe extensive
employment in the newer cottbn pro
ducing States of modern methods of
handling seed cotton and a more gen
eral employment of round bale presses.
The values of the crop for 1902 Is
estimated at 8501,897,134, making It
the second most valuable crop of the
United States, corn taking first rank
and wheat third. The value of the
raw cotton exports for 1902 Is given at
$290,651,819, giving that article the
first place in value in American ex
ports. The export price for 1902 was
about 1 cent per pound less than that
of 1901.
The value of the cotton crop of 1902
In the States Included in the Louis
iana purchase Is given at 8113,885,044,
or more than $5,000,000 more than
the original price paid to France for
that territory with Interest at, 2 per
cent, compounded to tbe present
tl me.
The rapid development of the cot
ton seed oil Industry is represented
as annually increasing the quantity
Captured Ten Foryi.
A dispatch froo* ifanila says Capt
Pershing's coluam-has defeated the
sultan of Amparugano’s strong force
of Moros In the Taraca country, on
the east shore of Lake Lanao, Island
of Mindanao. The Americans cap
tured 10 forts. One hundred and fif
teen Moros were killed, 13*. were
wounded and 60 were made prisoners.
: The Moros captured Included the sul
tan. Two Americans were killed and
?£ven were wounded. The 10 forts
constituted serious and stroug-posU
lions on tbe banks of tbe Taraca river
and from them the Moros vigorously
resisted Gapt^ Pershing’s advance.
The American troops attacked the
i
v
clal world by tbe reglnnlng oT cotton
seed for oH^ertraction. A canvass of
this Industry Iiaadeveloped the fact
that 530 cotton seed-oil mills have
been operated during the season of
1902 3 and that they have'Thtalned
from the reglnnlng of seed of The
growth of 1902 llnters amounting tq
* T 196.223 bales of 500 pounds each.
Cotton bulletins are promised at
more frequent intervals In future
years. The first report uext season
will cover all cotton ginned of the
growth of 1903 up to Sept. 1; the sec
ond, to Oct. 18; the third to Nov. 18;
the fourth to Dec. 13; the fifth will
be the final report, and will covet the
total growth of the year. '
Two Men Killed.
At Moultrie, Ga., Col. M. J. Par-
sall, solicitor of tbe city court, and
Dr. Frank Daniel, physician for tbe
Georgia Northern railway, were killed
Thursday night by Dr. Danielle motor
car colliding with a log train on the
Georgia Northern-,., TM' gentlemen
hiCPfteen Ttsfeteff and were gttuming
to town in the motor oar. A heavy
xaiq was driving In their faoes and
'they held an 6 umbrella In front.
Neither saw the, log train, which was
*■ " * ' * the train were
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Tbe Dpor Closed. ', Jj
Tbe Washington Poet eays the
United State) supreme court has
closed tbe “door of hope” right in the
fa& of those Alabama negroes w1k>
regarded tbe ballot aa their inallen
— able asset.
v
us local.ties and peaches to drop
Id the same
D damaging
FrUlt continues prornistng^althoagtr dose behind:—■-The children , ran
through the vestibule and had reach
ed the hall when the horse took the
four steps leading to the street at a
bound. ~
Evelyn had climbed nearly to the
head of tbe stairs when she heard
Grace scream.. The horse, carried by
theMnomentam of Its leap up tbe
J stoop, went up the stairs and appar
ently snappelnt Grace, catching and
tearing her dress and bruising her
leg. It then tumbled back to tbe
white polities.
Rai
in and warmer weather would be
of great benefit to ah crops.
them without suffering any losses,
though the 36 obsolete cannon mount
ed on the fortifications were served
with the best of the enemy’s ability.
The garrison of tbe ninth fort resisted
fiercely and Capt. Pershing ordered
the forts to be shelled-'flnd captured
by assault, which Mgg done. Lieut*. ~
Sbaw and Grade, leading two compa
nies of the twenty-seventh Infantry
and a detachment of cavalry surround
ed tbe tenth fort, where tbe sultan
bad sought refuge and it surrendered
Tuesday. The forts hav£\ been dls-
manUed.
Held for Jtanaom. _
Col. Martin Ericson, worth several
million dollars - and well known
throughout the Southwest, has been
captured by the Yaqul Indians of
Sonora, Mexico, and hpld for $500,000
ransom. Two weeks ago h£ Tfift
Mexico City for Sonora, after secur
ing a concession Jor a large tract of
af short, cotton saved to the commer- agricultural and mineral lands on the
jr^i a
Yaqul,j-Tver; While- on his way to
his property he was captured by the
Indians, who have since demanded
ransom for his release. The Ameri
can refused to pay the sum demanded,
and - he Is still held by the rebels.
General Lorenzo Torez and Cplonol
Kosterlltsky, who are In command of
the Mexican military forces in Sonora,
have been asked to rescue the cap-;;
live, and they have set In motion twp
large detachments -fbrthst purposed
Americans along tbe border desiring
to aid in tbe pursuit have also been
asked to assist the troops. One regi
ment of troops will pursue the Indians
from the north and the other from
the south, and Colonel Ericson is al
most certain to be rescued, unless he
Is murdered, -O
A GodtL Berth.
John Farron,’head of- the great
hanking house of Farron, Leach & Co.
which does a bond business of 850,-
000,000 a year, is in New York in
search of an ideal servant girl. Far-
roir fives tb ChfcAgo amflft hts splen
did home suites of rooms are provided
for servants. To the woman who
fills his requirements he will give a
home and good-wages In his life, and
at bis death a bequest of $1,000,000.
Sbe must never make an error In ta
ble service; must know the likes f
dislikes of his guests at a glance,
must never sulk, must not discuss
household affairs with outsiders, must
be a good nurse, a good cook and
know something about dressmaking.
Who will win tbe $1,000,000 priw?
coming toward her child and tried to
drag the carriage up the steps, but
fainted from terror. The horse Is the
property of the Rev. Father Eagan,
of the Church of Our Lady of Good
Counsd, op Blast Nineteenth street-
It is a bang-tailed oob and was not
known to be vicious. F’ather Eagan
loaned tbe bone Wednesday afternoon
to his friend, John Rartoccina, of No.
033 West One Hundred and B’ortj-
eighth street.
Rartoccina had enjoyed a center lu
Central Park and was returning home
shortly before 0 o'clock through the
East Drive, near the Seventy-ninth
entrance, when an automobile
673 bushels. The average crop of the gang ( a j r iy an d literally crushing tbe
last ten years has barely exceeded SOO, -
000,000 bushels. /We exported last
year no less than 155,000,000 bushels
of wheat, receiving therefor about
$113,000,000.
it seems practically certain tbat we
FU4 have quite as much wheat to sell
this ypar. No-other country ever ex
ported wheat or any other agricultural
product to such enormous value and
very few countries have had the total
o' their surplus crops to reach such a
magnificent total as the sales of oi r
wheat abroad did last year. Ami it is
likely that even this superb record will
he surpassed thts year. There are
many good reasons to expect that the
phenomenal'*; prosperity which lias
blessed our conntry during the last
four-er-five years willcouLinue at least
ambulance took Rartoccina tdfPresby-
terian Hospital, where the surgeons
found he was suffering from severe
contusions of the legs and body.
The horse ran doFn Fifth avenue to
Seventy-eighth street, where it turn
ed eastracatterlng home-going crowds
and causing excitement at the cross
ing of tbe Madison avenue and Lex
ington Arens© tjcoWSfRne*. Fifty
men and boys gave chase, and were
not far behind when the horse reached
the block between Lexington avenue
and Third avenue. Tbe police be
lieve that the horse was maddened
with fear when It turned swiftly to
south sidewalk and made for tbe stoop
at No. 184, where the four children
MMBIIlllug. 1
They had watched the horse ap
proach, but were caught unawares as
It ran straight toward them. Evelyn,
caught her sister’s hand and.dragged
Grace in through the open doors.
Lena Lifschltz apd Alice Foster were
landing—and started down the hall
where Lena Lifsch'tz was overtaken
and knocked down. Mrs. LifschiU
had heard the commotion and grasp
ing her daughter, dragged her Into
their flat.
The driver of a coal cart, and his
helper, bad seen tbe horse-dash Into
the house and followed. It was kick
ing and biting Mvagely wh^p, they
got It by the bridle and backed it out
Into the street. The tenant&Tn the
house were almost panic-stricken by
life out of nine men. This strata of
solid rock was found, on examination,
to be connected only by clay seams
and when the foundation was remov
ed the strata, some 50 feet long, came
with tremendous force and without
warning, catching the men In the
death trap. One man was In a niche
of the tunnel-way and was only grazed
on the face and head and escaped with
slight Injuries. He was removed with
out great difficulty.^ A second mae L
who stood on the outer edge of the
slide, was only slightly hurt, but three
others . were more unfortunate and
so badly ihjared that Is Is feared they
will die. The bodies of the other uii e
men, some of whom are white, ate
upder the mountain slide. A wreck-
- _ .Idg car and derrick-was taken out
for the next year or two. One of the f r0 m Radford, but so far have been of
best assurances of this prospect is the no aTa ll. There Is no likelihood that
the bqdles can be recovered soon, as
tbe rock will have to be dynamited
and removed by the bit. This is con
sidered a most dangerous proposition
as tbe length of the strata cannot be
ascertained, and there is imminent
danger of a second crash as soon as the
magnificent yield of wheat that Is now
maturing.
. For The Ladies.
A Chicago chemist has made the In
teresting discovery that 75 per centof
the so-called silk used In skirts, blouses
and dresses is nothing less than tin.
Speaking to A reporter for the Chicago
Tribune, this chemist said that “the
practice of substituting tin for vege
table substance originated in Ger-
many. ^Se vegetable matters were
no detriment, though equal brilliancy
of color was not obtainable, and there
was not the same sheen and ‘feel’ when
handled as that prodned by real , silk,
which has tbe rustle so pleasing to
ladles’ ears. ‘The practice of tbe
dyer,’ he explains, ‘to whose band?
the silk yam Is intrusted for dyeing
and weighting, Is to boil It, and In so
doing he reduces every sixteen ounces
to twelve, thus eliminating the nat
ural gummy substances and the for
elgn matter added for the purpose of
spinning., The twelve onces were then
brought up to fourteen by the use of
Tbe New York Times says ^what
looks very much like a substitute for
the slave pension scheme as a means
q* turning negro Ignorance into money
h is been rev.-aled by a letter recently
received by William Pickens, the
colored Y^le student who delivered
tbe notable contribution to the de-
bite^on Haytl. The lettef is from
base is removed, and a consequent losf L. N. Musgrove of Sturgis, Ky.,
of other lives.
The
had three
Broadway
A Bad Showing,
other day a young man who
reveolversjufilimbered on
In New York and began
to “shoot up the town” after a style
the uproar. Mrs. Joseph Dahlinger,
fort* Monday *ad -captured eight nf Janitor,-Jhallros ln the
“I thought
when I heard
the
the
basement, said: ~
house was falling
noise overhead.”
h Father Eagan sent word that be
would make good any damage the
horse had done in the house.—New
York World. •
Pay Up Or Marry.
In the Argentine Republic they
have solved to their own satisfaction
the “bachelor problem” by the simple
method of making it cost an unmar
ried man as much money to live in un
married bliss as it would cost him to
marry. A man Is marriageable in Ar
gentina when he Is twenty. If from
that date and until he passes his
twenty-eighth birthday he wishes to
remain single, he must pay 85 a month
lathe state. For the next five years
the tax Increases 100 percent. Between
thlrty-five and. fifty, the. bachelor is
mulcted to the tune of $20 a month.
From his fifteenth year to seventy-
five, 430 a month Is the tax, but hav
ing reached the seventy-fifth year,
the tax is reduced to $10ayear. After
eighty, a man can remain single with
out paying anything. There Is a
paragraph relating to widowers, - who
are given three years in which to
mourn, and pick a successor. It is
said that the new law works like a
charm. H".*
tannic acid, etc. ‘Today,'ty the sub'
stltutlon of fin,-the twelve ounces are
raised to sixteen oiinces, or evenrtblfty
ounces. The proportion of' “ weight
ing,” is more than in black silk,’ said
a manufacturer to whom. thl4, state
ment was, submitted. ‘B'requently
only one-fourth of the woven material
is real silk; the other Ittroe^ parts are
tin and dye.’ ” This chemist
"Arr^^wo
whether the silk she Is-buying is tin
weigtned. Let her hold some threads
in s Aame, and the genuine will leave
an ash resembling tbat of wool when
burned, with no traces of filament,
while the tin weighted simply loses Its
color and tenacity, each thread re
maining distinct In a thin wire
gauze.”.. — .
The Problem of Saving.
Up lb this the great burden of tbe
labor reformer has been on the ques
tion of how the working man shall
earn his moneyv and how much he
shall earn. These have not been ftHly
settled; but therels another problem
that Is coming to the front. Improv
ed conditions depend more on saving
than on earning, five dollars earned
In any kind of labor, with four dollars
of it spenUor strong drink. Is not so
much to borne and family as two dol
lars, or even one dollar, .earned and
upftht for the home. Of the billion dol
lars spent for drink each year In this
country, probably four-fifths of it
comes out of tbe pockets of the work
ing men. Qleat corporations are com
ing to see this more and more. Many
of them are now temperance organiza
tions, as they require total abstinence
of their men. Recently the naval de
partment of tbe United States threat
ened to shut it* great plant at Bremer
ton, Washington, because of the im
moral conditions that prevail
Uncle Sam Isa magnanimous employ-
that Is still popular in Arizona but
decidedly passe In the effete East.
The police reckoned that they had
captured, If not Deadwood Dick, Jr.,
at least Montana Kid or some equally
notorious outlaw. They escorted-the
gent to jafl, relieved him of bis arse
nal, a large quantity-of morphine, 10
hypodermic syringes and discovered
that he was a young Pittsburg mil
lionaire ’wbdT)ad~Been'~Bavlng “a bit
of a time.” The more you- think of
■Plttahnrg’s smart set, i|eys the Spar
tanburg Journal, the more you are
disgusted. The Violet Clark divorce
case was a Pittsburg affair and tbe
odor ( f it Is still mixed with tbe
smoLe laden atmosphere of the steel
city. Another Pittsburg millionaire
gave a $50,000 dinner to 50 exceeding
ly Immoral women of Paris. It is
.9 U
eer Case.
to Mr.
irflng
ilsdeath in an
State says a mule belon
Henry Walker came to bli
unusual way two days ago. He was
drawing a plow In the field when a
queen bee, piloting a vagrant swarm
of the industrious stingers, took a
fancy to the ears of his muleshlp and
alighted on the tip of oue of these un
stable appendages. The whole swarm
followed the queen and was Soon set
tled over the head of tbe unfortunate
animal. Ills efforts to free himself
from the undesirable propinquity but
enraged the bees, which stung him to- movements there by the various gov
such an extent that he died. -■ ernments.
Whereli He?
L. L. Copeland, postmaster at Be-
thune, a station on the Seaboard Air
Line about 50 miles from Columbia,
disappeared from his home on April
29 and slnoe that time nothing has
and been heard of him. Copeland left Be-
tbune April 29, purchasing a railroad
ticket to Camden. When the train
reached Camden he decided to oome
on to Columbia, paying the difference
In fare. He was expected to retcyn
to his home on the same day'
er. He pays
i magr
good
short hours with easy tasks
that existence of dens pf
gambling, brothels, saloons, and all
the attendant train, ruin bis men, and
has given an extra hitch to bis trous
ers and his foot down* The result is
an awakening of tbe authorities of the
town and some reform. Youwg men In
stead of throwing away your money In
riotous living save up and buy a home.
The Deadly Parlor Rtfla
The Atianta journal say* “a parlor
rifle In the hands of Clyde Walters, a
12 year-old boy, Thursday afternoon
death of little George Pur
dy, a 10-year-old lad. The shooting
wages and grants was errtlreljr accidental and young
He sees
In spite of denial the
preparations
decidedly
under way by Russia are
warlike and are arousing great oppo-
where vigorous action 1
is being called for against the aggres
sive policy of Russia. On April 29 it
was announced that the state depart
ment had received a dlspatclrfrom
Ambassador McCormick at St. Peters
burg to the effect that there Is no
foundation for tbe report that Russia
intends to pursue an aggressive policy
In China, but tbe fact tbat Russian
authorities say nothing about tbe
evacuation' of Manchuria as agreed
upon In the original treaty Is taken to
Justify the close watch upon her
This is a Georgia boy’s account of
bis father’s entrance Into politics:
“Dad has took the stump.- I dunno
who run him np lt—-but he’s on it,
Jest the same. Dad Is after a offis.
One paper says be Is a born liar;
nutheiL one says he stoled a boss,
an’nuther one says he run off with a
wtdder. When ma heard all these
things she said she thought she know-
ed him before; but she’s glad sbe’a
done found him out at last, an’ Jest
Fait till sbe ketches him agslo!”
the orgyCbut ft niafle folka look up and
taka notice an
And now a Pittsburg girl has pur
chased a title. The thing is shop
worn. It has been on the bargain
counter for years. . Its owner Is notori
ously hard-up- 11awants money. He
can’t get It without the incumbrance
of^a wife, and there you have the
Fhole story of the comlng_alllance
between London and Pittsburg. The
Journal goes on to say that the Pitts
burg fast set Is Rfi- worse than similar
organ.zations lu other cities. It has
been found out oftener; has occupied
more columns In the newspapers, add
has therefore earned a reputation for
rottenness that Is perhaps, not entire
ly deserved. Idleness-and. wealth,
when combined, are responsible for
more immorality than poverty ever
cau-cd. Givb a young man a million
or two and nothing to do except
amuse* himself, and the chances are
in favor of disgrace. The trouble
with Pittsburg Is that there are too
many young men there who have In
not Inherited character; who are rich,
and who know nothing of tbe value of
money. And the thing that Is a
trouble In Pittsburg is also a curse in
every great city.
Walter*Is heart broken over the death
infamy, fof bis chum and playmate. The
shooting occurred Thursday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock, in the rear of 48
Druid Circle, Inman Park. Death
was lustantaneons. No arrests were
made, a* the shooting was the result
of an accident.
A- White Man Convicted. ■
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says: ’ Aftef remaining
OQt all night, the Jury hl the Rian
chard case retufned a verdict of guilty
of manslaughter, recommending the
Blanchard la the white mao who slew
Martin Hardy, a colored blacksmith
of this city. The court has not pro
nounced sentence In tbe case.”
Beauty Foods.
One thing to be set down as gospel
to begin wltb, Is tbat all of the adver
Used beauty foods—“skin foods,” et Id
genus omme—are humbugs. The best
pf them are useless and not a few are
harmful., The only real foods for
beauty are of the every-day kind, but
to be properly and Judiciously selected.
Mrs. F. Lee, a wealtby woman oT
Buffalo,' N. ¥*, at Charlotte,. N,
C., Wednesday morning, from effects
of a chicken bone lodging lu her
throat. She was on ber way home
from Florida accompanied by ber bus-
band. ' - -
A monum ent to the Confederate
army and navy was unveiled in Baltl
more on Satuisday. It was erected by
the Maryland Daughters of the Con
federacy.
Tbe greet
■ of rheumatism,
but
remedy not only cures
makes radical cures of
every
Contagious Blood Poison,
Scrofula, Sores, Bolls, Catarrh,
■d ell disooao* arising from Imparities la tbe blood.
Endorsed by pbyelclane end prominent people every
where after thorough trial. ^
DOES NOT INJURE TBS DIOKSTIVB ORGANS.
— ————— kawobi h. a
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TV*r “ Rkvmaoldb.*' Two botUMour** mr aon of a h«* c«m. LftbUwll
I of fc&r to r«i I* tivttuei} rear marltortoui rMuSy. you Ma um It
Yawn truly, W. H. BANS, Stewart State BMn4 /nWttuttea.
All Druggists, fi.oo; ar prepaid an receipt af price.
BefcMtt Chemical C#., —
The Guignard Brick Works,
, CQLUMBIA, S. C.
Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. ~Ftre*Proof Ter
ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands or jfpr millions. ^
and Its writer, as secretary nf aaocie-
ty named the Sonrof Freedom, par-
poses that Picken^ take part in the
organization and > equipment of an
army here for the Purpose of ensur
ing Haytl and setting up there a new
government by .American negroes!
And a most peculiar government, too,
R wHIIms If the plans outlined are
carried out. While Republican In
form, It is to be administered as a
greate corporation, with every citizen
a stockholder. AU land LiUe» and
franchises are to vest In the State,
and if this latest brand of Utopia pro
duces any criminals they are to-be-set
adrift . In well provisioned bo^t* to
make their way—iltheycan—toother
shores. Agriculture and manufactur-
log are to be encouraged, schools
established, and perfect liberty as-
pured to all^-to all, that Is, who will
obey the rules and do what they are
told. In return for Ids cooperation
Pickens Is told -that perhaps he will
be made president of the society, fcnd
meanwhile he Is to deliver lectures
and .raise money for the purchase of
doubtful If he got much fun out nof ann*and battleshipsani the payment
tern-
Ruberoh)
Roofing.
Inexpensive to lay.
Easy to keep In repair.
\ Light and very durable.
Waterproof and ordorle&s.
Not affected by change of
pent lure.
Elastic.
Acid and Alkali-proof.
Fire-resisting and oil-proof.
Vermin will not attack It.'.
AH ready to lay.
Needs no painting or coating.
^ Will not deteriorate with age.
-WBIjTE FOR PRICES-
- SOUTHEASTERN
TIME & CEMENT
COMPANY.
All cl
building material,
CHARLESTON, S. f». _
. ...» were present the doctor came upon
the swuc. Malt was in a semi-stupor
Of salaries, including his own. This
purposes. Somebody ought to investi
gate the purposes, and until this is
done we would advise ohrcolored fel' 1
low-citizens to have nothing, to do
with the^cheme, unless they are anx
ious to get buncoed out ol their hard
earned dollars.
A (Strange Caae.' t ^
A-Urange case In which a man’*
speech was restored-by-a fit of anger is
reported by the Helena correspondent
for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Accord
ing to tills story, John Matt, for many
j ears an employe of the Great North
ern railroad, was stricken with par
alysis more than fifteen months ago.
When he was able to walk again he
found to hls sorrow that he could hot
utter a word, altboygh he could hear
distinctly. About two weeks ago he
was taken ill and condfined to bis
bed. For several days he hovered be
tween life and death.. One afternoon
several friends called, and while they
present the
and seemed unable to recognize even
his most intimate friends and rela
tives. The condition of his health
was discussed, and tlie visitors were
unanimous, in expressing tbe belief
that death was inevitable. When
Matt heard this he rose from his pi 1-
low naif by magic and exclaimed in
terms far more forcible than cJegaht
that be was not a dead man, nor did
he intend to die. Then, .suddenly
realizing that he had recovered his
—» BpetmlHlM RlgHlv . ^ *
A special from New Bern, N. C.,
says George Vann, a negro ex-convlct,
who had shot at a young white man
Thames Green here, wee shot
to death on on excursion train here
by officers last night. He was, resist
ing three officers and fired atjDfflcef
Dllon, wounding him In the thigh.
He then attempted to throw Officer
Lupton off the train. A fusilade fol
lowed and the negro was instantly
killedw
DR. RIGGERS HUCKLEBERRY ~
FOR THK , ““
Bowels end Children Teething.
It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN
REMEDY for the bowels.. It is one
of the moot pleasant and .efficacious
remedies for all summer complaint*.
At a season when violent attacks of
the bowels are so frequent, some speedy
relief should be at hand. The wearied
mother, Toeing sleep by nursing the
little’ one teething, should use this
medicine. V -
FROM HENRY W. GRADY.
The Constitution Editoral Rooms.
Atlanta, Ga., May 23,1887.
Dr. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir.—I have never given A
certificate on merits of any medicine,
but I take pleasure In breaking my
ruleon.thls subject in behalf hi jour
Diggers Huckleberry Cordial. I t is the
best medicine I have ever seen for use
in the family. Fiftycents invested In
a bottle of this medicine, and put on a
dielf convenient for use in the beg.
ningoi any
save life, and will save in almost any
imlly ten .time Its cost In doctors’
ills. I bare a friend whose life, In my
reanziug t.un, ..e uau .ceuvere.. '"S^lnteu^as saved by the prompt use
voice, he apologized profusely -for the 0 f this cordial- It ought to be In ev
abuse.be had heaped upon his physl
clan and friends and became fervefit
In his thanks for tbolr presence.
“Had you not come,” said lie, "and
made me angry I do not believe I
would haver, overed my vole*'.” From
that moment bis recovery has been
rapid, and in a few days he will re
sume his wot k. 1
etenr
fjynMy In the land,* especially:! this
SCASOn of the year. I take pleasVhe In
thus testlfv/tng to It merits
, - •‘Veiyliuly yours, \
HENRY W. ORAp
For sale by all druggists. 25c tc r 5. JVs
per bottle. - \
Haltiwanger-Taylor Drug Co.,
| I’roprlcioie. A-felaiU*. Ga
f* 1 '/ >'
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r In nf«*4 of th«
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l-.t* !V'*a,.**« he lithe
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and hat the Last rep
utation. He ourea
where other* fall;
there la no patchwork
cr experimenting iu
hta treatment. Per
sonal attention by Dr.
Haihaeaj;, alto spe
cial eouiiael from'ala
asa-Toiate nhystoiana
wheat aeeeaaa»y f wtoah norther uf&ce ha*. If
yoa can iC>l call, write fur free booklets and
question blanks. Mention your trouble.
ary thing strlatly confidential. J. Nawtoa
Ma tha way, 11. 1>.
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have to say about this piece of good*.
DISTRIBUTING AGENTS.
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HATHAWAY.
615IM>iln^t^ Columbia.S^
A Democratic Victory.
" . At Baltimore the board of election
supervisors recounted the ballots of
six of tbe 14 wards Thursday. No
material change was shown from the
unofficial returns of Tuesday's mu
nicipal election which- gave McLane,
Democrat, 500 majority for mayor
over Congressman Prank, C. Wachter,
Republican. On Joint ballot the
cooiMrila will stand 18 Democrats to
IS Republicans, Although several Of
the wards are very dose, and the offi
cial count may changes rote or.two.
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