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COTTON FUTURES. — J~ - - 'Afr- .JS&l:. Jli. j' 4-^ ' " . ■f--'~;T?f r V-'*'V *—r - ■* Ii it OmbUlf for a Pertou to Daal U Tfc«a? I.' OLD OOTTOV BXALIK’B OPIHIOH r Vj ' Tbe IMfltoreno* Between Speculation •ad Aotnal InTMtmcnt. There 4 Lie* the Morel of the Whole Qaeetloa. IV) tbe Editor of Tbe Suoday News: TVsretber with maby other Christian ministers, I bare been perplexed about "Gotten futures." I bare, therefore, •ought tbe opinion of a brother clergy man, who was for many years in tbe cotton business, both at. borne and abroad. With tbe hope that many Christians may appreciate tbe Impor tance of tbe subject, I append bis re ply. ' ^ Clergyman. ■ - i>v- -%cr I am not surprised at a great many being perplexed orer tbe "Futures" situation gnd a great deal of barm has been done by men talking of busi ness problems wj^o do not know any thing of tbe subject and will listen to no argument from those who do know, such as one or two wbom I know and could name. Even with tbe number of years experience 1 bare had in tbe cotton business I feel it a subject that requires great caution in its treat ment. As I believe there is good and bad In it 1 Have treatod It as looking upon it from both sides ip an impar tial manner. It would be a splendid thing if a law could be passed and enforced prohibiting employees from giving speculative orders without tire written consent of their employers, but as we do not live in tbe millen nium such could never be done. I am hand in glove with any sensible^plan that will stop gambling young men. Tour first question: Is dealing in cotton futures any worse than dealing in corn, wheat or meat future? Answer: I have never dealt in any thing except cotton and do not know enough about these other articles than to express a mere opinion. Nb, it Is not. it gi Answer: As a hedge, (explained in my paper,) no, but as a bet with the bucket shop as to whether the market will go up or down, yce. Also, If the article is below the cost of production and you demand the Cotton^you have bought on future contract, no. It is tben an Investment. Third question: Wb*t Is tbe dis tinction between gambling and legiti mate speculation? Is fully covered by my paper. Tbe subject of dealing in cotton anyonie who may sneer at what I written the question: "If an employer of labor, would you Ingly have a gambler in oottog fu tures filling, a position of tnifet to your employ?" I know what your answer would be—and not only that, but you would not care to transact any business with a young man whom you thought to be dabbling jn futures. It was just the other day that the president of one of our leading mills tbld a young broker, with whom he had transacted a good business that if he thought be was speculating in any wav It would cause tbelr mutually pleasant business relations to cease. Young man, keep your bands off gambling in futures, cotton, grain, stock, meat, in any other form. Now let us look at what-I have termed the legitimate use 6f "cotton futures," and which almost everyone who bandies actual cotton is obliged to deal in. Years ago, when there were neither cables nor telegraphs, futures had no place in trade, (by fu tures, 1 mean what is now known and dealt in as "future contracts,") there were not many dally fluctuations as at present. Instead of selling from this side to merchants in Liverpool, Lon don, Hremen, Havre and other well known markets, cotton would be con signed and a commission paid to the broker In the port to which the cot ton went to sell It at certain prices,, or to sell "at best" on arrival; there was no communication with this side except the mall and that by sailing vessels, so you will readily see there was not the extreme uncertainty that nowadays exists, business was not conducted In the harum-scarum way It is done at present, life was lived at a slower rate. "Kooseveltlan strenu ousness" did not exist, but with tbe ooming on the scene of cable and tele graph until today, when fluctuations in Liverpool or other cotton centres r . , are recorded wlthiu a minute or two aa$ongst! after occurrence, some means bad to be found to protect both the buyer and seller, and that means today is found in "cotton futuns.” Suppose A. af 9 o’cloclcjuJiL^reL cetvcB an order from Liverpool, ^ay, to buy five hundred bales of cotton; say middling, at such a prl.oe; if he ,ITTLE VICTIMS. can buy at that priqe he immediately cables Liverpool In cipher, "Have Second question: is it gambling? bought at euch- A Bricq •» Mi»y that the baby whose body was recently applies to the Southepff merchant or futnm is one that can call for a con-1 exporter-aekL. to some extent to the tiderable amount of controversy both pio and cod, and It is with no oontro- verslal desire that this article is pen- ded, hut, Instead, to try and show how in certain aspects dealing in "cot ton "futures" is just and legitimate, whilst from another standpoint it can be made nothing more nor less than gambling of the worst form and now adays more so than a few years past, when the cot ton market did not en gage tbe attention to tbe name extent of those who were prominent In tbe financial world, and who can to a greater extent "put up" sufficient margins to cover their "paper con tracts," either on the 1 "bear” (those who sell what they have not got) or the "bull" side (those who buy what they do n>t want) and In both cases bales," and the house In Liverpool at once sells an equal number of bales of cotton in futures to protect them selves in case of Huotuatiooa between the time the coM*h tg- bought and arrives in Liverpool; and as the cot ton is sold either In small or large lots tospttHicrs, the buyer for every ^hun dred hales of the five hundred be sells buys In one hundred futures until the baW«in the.cellar of her Jiouse; 256 whole five hundred ajjLclosed out, ° r —"" thus minimizing thethe same mills also, add I am firmly of opinion thgt where "cotton futures” are used to such an end it Is entirely legiti mate and vflthout them I do not see how the export businefs any way could be worked and, instead of add ing to the speculative feature, con siderably reduces It.” - " * 1 " . Sunday School Convention. - The tweiitr-seyenth annuaf State twenty-seventh convention of UnrState Sunday School Association will be held In Columbia, May 2-4, in the Washington, Street Methodist .-church. The program 61 the meeting will be announced later. A number of distinguished speakers wIk) have given much thought to the work and risen high in this branch of ! church work will deliver addresses at have no idea of receiving any actual j convention, and all preachers, cotton on their contracts or vice versa tendering any at tbe due time.— First of all then let us look at "oot- on futures." from the "gambling" end. A man goes into either the "bucket shop” or tbe exchange and, after-looking over the quotations on mt biackooftra, givea nm orot r 10 ouy or sell a certain position on the board (tbe different months are called posi tion!) which be thinks a good one to trade in, be may be an outsider, un able to tell a bale'of low middling from one of strict good middling, has oept'possibly some absorbent cotton) in his life nor does ever Intend to own any. With this sale or purchase, as the ease may be, be puts up, or rather, did pat ap to within the last year or two/cne dollar per bale margin and, as you are unable to make a future contract through a respectable house for less than one hundred bales, that makes to all intents and purposes a bet of one hundred dollars that tbe market, if he has bought dred bales, wlll -ga up m, "sold, that it will go down so mknv points from which he hopes to take in a profit plus tbe amount of margin put up, and more often than not these hopes are doomed to be shattered and B. W. Spllmaii at and took lt away." who is recognized Sunday school superintendents and teachers are urged to be pres- nt. .\mbhg those who will attend the con vent Ion will lie “ ■North Carolina, everywhere <%s one of the brightest and ablest Sunday school expert*. ttroads wttt grant the usqal re= duoed fares, and the membere who attend will be the guests of the Capi tal City. Wm. E. Pelham of New berry, chairman of the State execu tive committee, is anxious that all preachers and superintendents will never owned an ounoe of cotton (ei- fo r | n g the convention to tlie attention of the meuybers of their respective Sunday schools, lu order that the at tendance may be as large as > possible and a creditable recognition of the great work being done by the asso ciation. ■‘7 Murder and llobbery. Three masked men held up the Ore gon ex press, s«Ut hi >ound. on the South ern 1‘jtiatfc railroad, Friday night at one hun-! Uoplcf', near Keswick, Col., killed W. if he ba»tJ. UiNelfl, the express messenger HhV tbe margin wiped out and in days of rapid fluctuations at, considerably more gone besides. With some genuine "bucket shops" Ot is also almoet entirely a brace game, as no mercy is shown to tbe lambe who are eo easily shorn Look at this pure and simple gambling from an- of had so Informed him. He stated that be got George.Clark in tbe room and asked where th& child had been taken, .... , ,aod Clark finally broke down and cou- and carried off the contents of the ex- Tesscd that he had thrown It into a prets box. The train is known as No. it) and stopped at Copley, a small station, for water. As tbe train -earoe to a standstill, three—mmv these [ jumped on' and cut tbe train in two, times taking the engine and express car down tbe track a short distance. They Stopped the engine and deliberately killed O"Neill by shooting him through the head. The bandits then robbed tbe express car Of its contents but It is not known hosoBUch, they obtained or even legitimate iabes free on the blackboard to all who come in tbe quotations, you see a number of young fellows, elerka In offices or stores, giving on the quiet Other.atandpolnt. la the bucket shop After robbing the car the men cut it -nurse who w^ala my employ, came to house that furn- loose and uettinu on the entiine oom- me. I told her that I would not take )uiet ^hi their orders to tbe manager. Theviai maif 0-' may have saved up the requisite gin for oommencing to "trade" and for the first two or three deals have taken down profits; and here let me say that this is that can happen much better that be should lose at the outaet, when ;the gambling fever ean be checked, but with the taking iff of his profits tbe fever, the gamb ling fever, increases, rises to top notch and he does not see that it cannot always go bis way. He; gets on tbe wrong ride of tbe market and grad- riUDy the profits he baa made vanish then the beginning of the end •bums. If be Is a married man bis %Btty begins to suffer, his own life is a merry and burden to him. Do you the company through which be mm gmmblittg, 1 don't call it Bay compassion on him? , by threats of his employers the young the necessary often by die- bringing die- ‘ himnelf. loose and getting on the engine oom pelled Engineer Joeslnk to go ahead. When near Keswick the men dropped off the engine and disappeared, with heir Sunder. They have not 1 been Tptured. , Killed HU Son in Law. Walter McNeal was shot and killed Tuesday morning near Pearson, Ga., the greatest curse! by Henry Cook, his father-in-law. to any young maq, The kill ing was the finale of a quarrel that had been nursed by the two men for some time. Cook met McNeal and ordered him out of his buggy. McNeal compiled, whereupon Cook drew his revolver and fired three times, all of the shots.inking effect Cook then spurned McNeal’s body with his foot. Ci ok left the scene going in the direction of Douglass, presumably to surrender to the au thorities. A Philadelphia Hi h Society Woman Held In n Sensational Oms. t BABIK8 BOLD AT AIT ?BI01. And When n Pnrebneer Could not be Found the Little Innocent , Children Were 8tarred to Death. With "Dr.” David Mozier declaring be would send all the people with wbom be was concerned to tbe gallows unless they stopped "knocking’! him and a shocking revelation of tbe methods of baby farmers in Philadel phia, Ooroner Dugan’s Injulry Into tbe workings of the Illegal practice closed Friday. _ , It was shown that babies could be bought at tbe farm for 150 each; that they were s:nt tbe rounds of the farms to find purchasers; that they were sBld to farms for 110 or less or sent to them by the syndicate from Its hos pitals." It was shown t/lat babies not for tunate enough to find a purchaser were starved to death or allowed to die through neglect -in one specific case put to sleep in the kennel with the dogs and their bodies thrown Into sewers or abandoned In churches and alleys. . _ "These institutions area btttbed-of crime," said the Coroner, "and I have undertaken this Inquiry to show how easy it is for any one to secure a child for purposes of deception. I have evidence which in^ftsstes that cbil- den who have falileh into the hands of these people have been banded around and then palmed off on unsuspecting victims. No records of tbe little ooes are kept. No one knows where they go. Frequently they die from neglect and their bodies are cast aside." Coroner Dugan hopes to bring hpme the many oases of dead and live in fants found abandoned to the doors of baby farms. Hundreds of these cases have puz zled the authorities for the last five years. Specifically, he expects to prove found in Ihe church at Forty-eight and Lancaster avenue had gone the rounds of baby farms. ,Clews to many other startling developments, are pouring in on the Coroner by mall and from other sources. ••-—• rY . Dr. Moisei Friday swore before the Qoroner that ije had seen Mrs. Ellzi- eaifr: beth Ash me burn the bodies of South Twelth street. Tfe was himself held to await tbe action of the Grand jury to answer for the death of an infant. Mosier was ar raigned with George Clark, tbe father >f the baby, and both men were re committed to prison after tbe hearing. Clark, it is charged, deposited the body of tbe child in a sewer, where It was recovered by the authorities. The morbid crowd In tbe Coroner’s court room Friday was disappointed In thenevldence. The testimony of a little woman, pale and so weak that she could harldy stand, was sufficient, however, to warrant holding Mosier and Clark. The only testimony that brought tbe audience in the court room lean ing foward in a listening attitude was given in a whisper by Nellie Boyd. With her hands covering her eyes, she said: I was alone with George Clark when the baby was born. I I was so sick that I don’t remember why George placed the baby on the table. It lived for an hour-wml a tydf. Then George wrapped it’ up Spsak louW,^ J6quest6<f%ie Cor oner. "I can't. I am still so weak," tbe rejnUed in awhlspet At the conclusion of the evidence the Coroner’s jury held Dr. Mosier re sponsible for tbe baby’s death, and George Clark as an accessory. ° Dr. Mosier went ouFlnto the corrl dor, laughing and joking with Detec tive McKinney, but Clark, a shrivelled little' middle-aged man, Was pale with Detective McKinney was witness called to the stand. the first He said No. 2649 North fourth street dying from the effects of Illegal practice. He arid that. Dr. Joseph H. Kin North sewer. McKihLey went with Clark to Marshall street and Lehigh avenue and lowered Clark Into the sewer. Clark, after diving In the mud, fished out the body. Dr. King was then called to the stand. He said that he was graduat ed from Edinburgh University In Scot land, and had practiced medicinq for thirty years. From a diary he read bis evidence. It was: February 29—Nellie Boyd, a former Game Too Late. Edward M. Sturgeon, who died sud denly In El Paso, Texas, last week met fortune and death together. For twenty years ha had searched In Vain for gold and had traveled from Brit ish Columbia to Mexico in his endeav or. A short time tgo he found the great Eltlgfe mine iq Mexico. It Was •rid, bat beforeeoaid enjoy the fruits of the dVriovery EH-kn&Sar ' tbe case, as It was almost sure to re sult in her death. February 29, 2 p. m.—Nellie Boyd returned this afternoon and Mid that she had been operated upon. She Mid that Dr. Mosier bafe* taken the case and bad asked for 125, but finally ac cepted $10, as she was at poor woman. ^iMarch 4.—Mr. Boydi (who after ward proved to be George Clark) came to me and said that his wife Nellie was seriously ill and needed medical attention and money. I gave him 12 and advised him to see Dr. Mosier for help. "At 2.30 p. m. the following Satur day," King testified, "I again got a call from George Clark. 1 went to see the Moslers and saw Mrs. Mosier, I told her that tbe doctor had better supply Nellie Boyd with money and medical attention or troubla waa sure to follow." ernity Home, North Marshall street; Mrs. Mary Ryan, No. 1208 Green street; Mrs. Morris, No. 2930 Danghin street; Mrs Blaney, known -as Dr. YanuM No. 074 North- Eleventh streetf Willis Robinson, No. 1204 Haverford street; Mrs. Susie Dutz, No. 739 North Seventy-fourth street; Catharine Gerhart, No. 839 North Sixth street; Annie Brandt, No. 004 NorthJBlxtb street; Madeline Hughes, No. 603 North Sixth street, and Eliza beth Oibourner. No. 2447 NortbTentb street. Some of the women admitted they adopted babies for 950, and hired them out. In some of tbe places there have been alarming death rates among tbe children. Tbe Cjroner Mid be bad ordered several of them not to adopt any more Infants, hut they bad done so notwithstanding, r Dr. Caras, tbe chief medical inspec tor of tbe Board of Health, was pres ent at tbe Invitation of the Ooroner to hear the testimony. Elizabeth Osbourner Mid she was a registered midwife. "Do you take children to board?" "Yes. I get some infants from a home on Westminster aVenue." "Do you take children from other baby farms?” ^ — "Only one.” "Did you take a child kuown as Marlon Smith?" "Yes." The witness admlted that a child which had died at her place had beeo taken to Dover, Del., for burial. The' death certificate hid been obtained Henrietta Moons, of 2936 Dauphin 1 street, admitted taking children for 1 adoption. ■ ^ v "Sometimes I get 035, sometimes 140; once I got A3o for adopting chil dren,’’ fchereald "Hnvf do you fix the value?" "It depends on circumstances." "How often was Marion Smith taken away from your house?” ■ Only onoe. I got 135 f jr adopting her and gave Mrs. Oibourner 010 to take her away." / The witness admitted that she had seemed. KjQhildJffir Dr. YaaDe, who hM was acting as the agent of "peoplei who needed one." Don’t you know that Dr. Yanne is in serious trouble in the West?" asked the Coroner. The witness produced a record as to babies m wather bouse. Those in cluded E Izabetb Camden, Walter Camden. Peter Camden, Paul Camden and Boy Manayunk. It was develop ed that these last names indicated the locality from which the children were secured rather than the parents. The identity of the latter was lost. In the caae-ef-E izibeth Camden _ questions, whic DHi bsGy IMd bhriT WAM aWm Mia HHiitn of ii newspaper ank>te. Norris in a Camden railroad depot and tbe parent subsequently vanished. "Boy," Manayunk’s father and mother had hidden their responsibili ty for his future in a false name and address. ^‘Are not infants taken from you for purposses of deception?" asked the Coroner. - "No.” - - "How do you do; what became of "Boy" Manayunk?” ^ . 0 "Tbe people gave me a false name addrere.” Mrs. Clara Blaney admitted that six deaths had occured in her estab llOpment. She Mid Mrs. Yanne owned it, and she paid tbe rent. Catbeiio Kerbart, of No. 839 North Sixth street, admitted the adoption of babies, and It also developed that she was A sourcirof supply for the show IV!en and Women CAN • Th» Ii now In<1l*pen*4ble. In *11 W*lk* of life there li a foe th * “*■ whoe*iid.,„nc i,.iril. jlar t ila ; bolter than any on* el*e. *ndvucli * m*n n onawho ha*oonfl Ul. endeavor to, and e •n’terea all of UH energy and ability on-lhe ;pect*lty he has cho**n for bl* life’* work. „ _ ' * ^ • Early In ray pro.'entonal oart-er I realized that'ChronTe PUeaeoj were not being K 1 ’*" ‘jj* t'yttUioa ir-iic.i their lmr> >riMCC warranted/.TB2tvr~th.it these dlaeaset required a ipeclai at* / nefta which the bu»r | ractitioner could never acquire. For more than twenty jeari I havede- voted myself exclueiv.-ly to the study and treatment'of these diseases, and tb* fact that phyal- ~d! dans recommend me t > their patients U an erldihc* tfay *U11 and ability in my apodal lln*. ^ five •pecl4lco«n»*Atopii;:*Ulaut with obstinate and obscure cases. I have demoted particular attention tp chronic disease* of men and women, and no othM elass of diaease require* more intelligent and expert treatment. It 1* a fact that a majorlty^f men owe the .erlousntaa of their condition to improper *treatment, and a failure to reallae th* Importance , f placing their ease In the hand* of a ■killed end expert ep*clall*t Nervous Debility DR. HATHAWAY. Recognized ay the Leading and Moat Succevalul Specialist in His Hoe in the Uni ed States, Overindulgence, Indiscretion* and exceasee ar* not the oily cause* of en Impairment of eexual strength. Such aderanga- « ment frequently cornea from worry, overwork, mental strata, etc., which gradually weaken* and Injures the- system before the unfortunate victim reaiwe* the true nature of his trouble. Nervousness, weak back, dullness, loss of memory, spot* before the eyes, despondency, etc., often are the Unit symptoms of an impalrmentof mmily vigor, anoir neglected eerlot)* re-nlts are sure to-fellow. 1 want to talk to every man who hss any of these symptom* of l i" ‘n > iennw 'if Ids manly functions. I can promptly correct all Irregularities, and under mv skillful trearYnent y will have restored all of tae.atrength and glory of your man hood Whether yon consult me or not. do not jeopardise your health by experimenting with ready-made mediotnej, free sample*, so-called quick cures, etc., as the moat delicate organtof the bodjr are involved, and ohly an expert should b* entrusted with your cas*. Send for Ire* booklet, “ Nervous IjeMUty and Its Family of 111*." stricture My cure for this disease Is gentle and t^inless, and Varicocele often causes no detention from buslnes* or other ddties. It Involves noeitttl*g or dangerous surgical operation. Improper treatment will result In serious Injury. I give *aeh ea** Indlvld- usi attention, and treat It* every requirement. Kvery obstruction ,s removed, and all discharge soon ceases, inhamma- Lion aud rorencss U allayed and the canal heals up promptly and permanently. Send for free book on Stricture. Thr* di-ease Is tbe enlargement of veins of the scrotum, which fill with stagnanfblpod, c* .sing a eonstant drain upon the vitality. It weakens the entire system and sans away all sexual strength. 1 cure this disease with the same uni form certainty just as quick as consistent w+th raeaieal science. Probably more men are afflicted with Varicocele loan any other disease, and their strength Is being dralnedaway without their knowing the'cause. Come to me at once If you think you ate amiei- td, and learu the cause of your trouble. Send for free booklet on Varlcicele. ■ - '■ ’■ • This horrible disease H no longer incurable, andwhen I aav thatl can cure the most sever* esa* f do»o beehttse I 'know Yunwrhat my treatment has aocomplUhed. Ify&u have sores, pimple*, blotch**, sore throtM, pains in th* bones, falling hair, or any symptoms which you do not understand, it Is Important that you consult me atone#, *a« ill tell you frankU whether or not you are an unfortunate victim. 1 will guarantee tocure you without the u*e of strong and lajurloa* drugs,In as quick, if not quicker, time than *ny known treatment. My cure is a permanent one, and is uot mere patchwork, and .he Will be eradicated from tbe system forever. Send for my free booklet, “The Poison King.” > Blood Poison di Diseases of Women to health tho'usjm'* ,,t suffertnj; women. Women who suffer from method of treatment, which avoids all neceaslt down pains, backache, irregularities, leuchorrl Send for my free booklet on Women’s Diseases. the aftm»nts peculiar to their sex are cured b; ' * for surgical operations. 1 hi lea, etc., write me about your c**e. 1 have resto: >y my gentle and palnleaa f you suffer from bear!ng- - - at • pa. Li#L My specialty also Includes all otherehronU*. diseases, such as Rheumatism, Catarrh. Dlabete*. Bright - fahramn IJlSHHSftS Di****e,Stomach, 1,1 ver and Kidney Diseases. Pries. Fistula. Rupture. Paralyata. Locomotor Ataxia, r Will UIIIU ,l/lwv)ta*yv^ Vitus Dance, etc., and all who want skillful, expert treatment should write me about tbelr ease. My ofle* 1* equipped with the most approved X-Ray and electrical apparatus,ao that my patients get the benefit of the latest discoveries of science. Home Treatment a J. NEWTON- HATHAWAY* toaatrlM. I Invite everyone to consult poe without charge, and will refund railroad fare one way to all whe treatment If you eanSiot see me in person write for symptom blank* and full Information about atyavo- c-essful plan of home treatmem by which I havsearsd patlaats la every * tat* la th* Vatom and la foreign Correspondence osaadentiol. . D. share in (he management of the dis- pensary, and point to my record as a f ubile servant as an assurance to the lemocrats of the Second District that if they choose me as their congress man, 1 will serve them faithfully and to ttie full extent'of my ability. I hope to have the opportunity of meeting the Democratic voters of our district face to face, tqfully state from the stump my position on afl public cannot be done in the L. JTWilliams. 8. G. Maj field for Congree*. To the Electors of the Second Con gressional District: "God’s finger has touched" our dis tinguished leliow citizen and Congress man, Col. George Croft, "and he sleeps.” You are now, therefore, with>ut representation in the lower house of CongfSss. I aspire to the va cancy caused oy his death and solicit your supports for tiie position so worth ily tilled by Aiken's distinguished son. —lam a Democrat, and acknowiege full, allegiance to the Democratic party, State and National. ^ Trusts and monopolies are undemo cratic; are hurtful to the trade; rotxa free people of their just profits; and are a menace to liberty and free gov- 'ernment. I have worked and legislat ed against them and am unalterably opposed to them and will work not only to throttle them but to entirely buslnett. She had furnished some of t destroy them, and thus through Na tbe living exhibits for tbe baby incub a tore for use in the Pan-American Exhibition and at Ooney Island. T. G. Croft for Congress. Ta my fellow citizens of the Second - Congressional District: I have read with pride and gratitude most profound the numerously signed S etttlons asking me totbecome a candt- ate for Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death <M my reverend father, the Hon. Georire W. Croft, from the Second Congressional District of South Carolina. -'Wh No stronger token of honor,;'esteem and reverence for the memory of your departed representative can be* given. Wl “ T> " ‘ - tipnai legislation- give that relief which could not be secured by State legislation. . I favor industrial development, of tbe individual, the County, the State, and of this Bepublic. T favor Nation al aid for roads, agricultural colibges and for'tdtlile schools to be erected and maintained by State and National, _ aid.in connection with cotton mana- faeturing, that all our pcop e may be — educated aud trained to manufacture tbe finest of fabrics which sell for tbe highest prices, thereby giving the greatest profit to the manufacturer and the highest possible wages to tbe laborer. ' v ''r..:'. ~ 1 favor maintaining a strong navy for the protection of our country and 'the rhieiests of her citizens under our treaty laws. I believe IhALUieJsonUhk is especially 1 htermeflnh ttnr'gwaken- hlle reluctartt tddhso, Jet hdving faith in those who signed the petitions and in the citizens of the District at _ iqilarge, a majority of whom were his IiDg and development of the Orient- tie bad beard that Nellie Boyd was at friends, I have decided tb make the for to them we must look for Increased race, and hereby announce myself a - . candidate for Congress from omLCongressional the Sec- ‘Dh H. .King uiju vyougicsaiuuaj District, to till the , Ton>ir' 1 ^rro^HfflfDexpired term only, subject to the re- lenth streex,T^ lt the primar?r election . And i hereby pledge myself to abide by and support the nominee in such election and to support the platform and prin ciples of the Democratic party. • T G. Cbaft. *L. J. William* fur Congrees! To the Democratic voters of the Sec ond Congressional District: '-wise Providence has deprived it An alf- you of your direct Tepreseiitaliuri In the lower house of congress,''Through the death of Hon. Geo. W. Croft, con- f ressman from the Second South Uaro- ina District. This sad loss of an able public servant [creates a vacancy ih a position for which it has been my an nounced intention to be a candidate in the regular primary this summer, and so makes it necessary for me to seek your suffrages earlier than would otherwise have been the case, for the unexpired term. I am a candidate for the high honor of representing the Second South Car olina District in Congress and ask your support. ; 1 am a Democrat and give full alle giance to Democratic principles. Above all, 1 am a white supremacy Democrat, and believe absolutely in the rule of this country by the white ipen. a rule so shaped as to bring the f reatest good to the greatest number. go to the very fullest length in oppo sition to anything that savors of race, political or social equality. These are beliefs which I hold should be advo cated at Washington as wpll as enter tained at home. I am eternally against trusts and the monopolies they build and poster, and pledge my most earnest efforts, if elected, to work for relief of the people therefrom. South Carolina is now well repre in the national bouse of repre- sentatives by professional- men. I would riOt'appeal to class predjudice, but I do Mk: ought not tbe farmers of use of cotton goods. It is the field into which the cotton grown by our farm ers and manufactured py our wage earners, must in a large part find a market, Therefore I advocate, trade rights and open ports in China and the far Last. — - 1 was elected Senator from Barnwell County in and served until Bam berg County was created in 1897 from Barnwell territory. ••-Being in the ter ritory thus cut off I resigned my seat and was elected Senator from Bamberg County and St the expiration of my 1 erm was re-elected and am now lier Senator For these twelvCyears I have stood for the welfare of all the people of our State and especially for the agricultu ral class because on its prosjperity de pends the devqlopement of t he country —it is the cotnmercial blood of the body politic, sap it, weaken it, with draw it and general disaster follows. 1 am a farmer and stand for ail that will benefit the agriculturist—Rural Libraries, Rural Delivery, Good Roads &c. • If elected to represent you, I will bring to bear all the powers I possess, trained by years of experience in the senate, for the best interests of this District apd our State. ' I solicit your support and hope to meet you in the near future face to face and from thestump fully present these and other views to the electors of this District. Respectfully. S. G.'Mayfield. Eight baby farms were investigated by Ooroner Dugan Inqueeri ^ ^ into the deaths of fife InfanU which 'South Carolina, who are a majority of were found dead at various places Id tbe dtj •treeto. While UM,Ooroner had bo evidence connecting the baby farms with these particular oalM be called tbe following alleged "farm, ere” u witnesses: Mrs. Draper, Prince of Peace Mat- least one simon pure farmer represen tative in congress? . I I have been honored by the people of Edgefield county by election to repre sent them in the State legislature, and hr the people of South Carolina, through their General Assembly, to whaT makes A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials, Skill, Knowledge, Care and a lot of little things you don’t see, all cost money—pay as much as you can. We are factory Representatives for tbe most celebrated Pianos, vis: Chickering, Knabe, Fischer, Vose, Behr, Mathushek, McPball, and oth ers. Whatever you pay us, you are sure Qf a GOOD PIANO and a Mring of 125 to 875., Address, Malone Mueic House Columbia, S. C., wilt entitle you to Catalogue. F»l«ano« A Orgaua THE NEW KIND Of CHEW THOT WON ENOUGH CHEWERS IN A YEAR TO MAKE SWEEP-STAKES THE LARGEST COMPETITIVE BRAND - QF SCHNAPPS TOBACCO. ... Do you suffer with painful menstrual ion? Either retarded, exoeamv*, or If ao, commence at once to take Ottoman Female Regulators, and thewill air* prompt aad permanent relief. Theef pill* cure painful monthly sicknen, whit**, afonialng pains 4a* to list* the heart, Idct—* tb* appetite, *44 pill* cure iuppremed raeuatniatiorf, regulate the bowel*, stimuli OTTOMAN FEMALE REGULATORS. and act aa a general tonic to the female generative organa. They are especially oaeful M atonic after child-birth and will speedily restore the patient to her normal condition. PBU particular* of this wonderful remedy sent with each box of pill*. Prio* $1.00 par box. Bret by mail in plain wrapper upon receipt* of price. ^ ~ Ottoman Remedy Conipany, . , P. O. Box 123, Wilmington, North OaroHna. clear op the complexion GET OUT OF THE RUT By using some of our high grade ready-mixed paints on your house In stead of the home made lead and oil mixtures, they are more thorough ly ground by machinery and will, therefore, give better and more last ing results. ' o COLEMAN-BA.EL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. — Wholesale and retail dealer* in everything in. the paint line. 367 King Street, Charleston, S. C. Palmetto Stamp*, Automobile Ticket*. , Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing “Trite for prices. * Everybody Should-Read This. ■*- We sell the best good* for the 1m*1.money that they can legitimately be told *L If you need anything in the machinery supply line write us for prices. Just receiving tw* ear load* of pipe and car load of iron. Cheapest place in state to buy pipe and iron. 9. i. 9019HA9D, Pm COLUMBIA SUPPLY,CO., c, itm*. StcuiTmt Columbia, 8. C. Fine Watch Don't think that every one who bangs out • *ign a* X “wxlob- maker” ia competent to repair your floe watch. Repairer* whe are fully competent are scarce. We do work only om way,—the be*t—we can make any part of a watch, or a complete _ Our price* are often no more than you puy for Inferior When our i watch. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I Habit, j. Habit | Habit 1 Cured by JKeeley Institute; of 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, C.' .Confidential enoe solicited. fifing. Our prioea are ofteu'no more than you puy for Inferior work, -ge for work ii $1 JO or over we will pay express charge one way. Send Ul vent P. H LACHICHOTTE 4k OO, Jeweler*, 1424 Main St, Columbia, S. & AlliDruAnd Tobacco Hablti. . i-rime cement, JPleuriter, Terra Ootta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Oar lota, small Carolina, PorUmnd Cement Co., Clurtl ‘ Ife