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..im ' ■ ' 'Sk OF SEXES. Wm* Some Interestini Fads and Coo- dosioos from the Census. t THE FIGURES SHOW r" Hat lh» Jblet Are Ahesd la the Raral •' ■' . * ’* L. -w s. ' :. y. Districts, Sat the Females Are Ahead la the Cities. The Death Date, Males Exceed Females hy One*Nlacteeatb. A study in the proportion of sexes in the United 8tates was published by the bureau of the census Tuesday as bulletin 14: t The discussion and analysis appear ing in Bulletin 14 were written by Prof. W. F. Wlllcox, of Cornell uni versity, the tables themselves, de rived from the main population re ports of the twelfth census, were pre pared also under Prof. Wllloox’s su- ' pervUlon. Some of the conclusions reached are of scientific and practical importance, and may thus be summarized: The whole population of continental Unit ed States was first counted with dls ttnotion of sex In 1820. During the seventy years from 1830 to 1900 the absolute excess of males was greater at each census than at any preceding census with one exception, that of 1870, .when the excess of males was leas lean In 1850 and i860. This reduction of the excess of males between I860 and 1870 by about £00,000 was doubtless due .to the deaths in the Civil war and the di mlnished immigration during the de eade.- The greatest relative excess of males was in 1890, when in each 10, 000 people there were 242 more male* than females. By 1900 this excess had decreased to 216 in 10,000, less than the rela live excess in 1890 and 1860, but ‘ greater than that at each other census. In continental United States there are 1,638 321 more males than fe males or about two in each 100 peop Probably in the population of the world as a whole, and certainly in that half of it wh'cb has been counts with distinction of sex, there are sev eral millions more males than females In continental United States, how ever, the relative excess of males la greater than the avAfage-for all ooun tries. Xirope has an excess of females every other continent, so far as known, has an exocss of males. The divisions of continental United States with the Mnallest proportion of males are the District of Colombia (47 4 per cenO Massachusetts (48 per cent), and Rhode Island (49 1 per neut); those with the largest are Wyo mlug (62 9 per cent.) and Mon- Una (61.6 per cent.) As a rule sparsely settled regions have an excess of males and densely settled regions an excess of females. Between 1890 and 1900 the diverg ence among the several states In this respeot decreased and the proportion of males and of females in different sections became more nearly equal. In 1880 about one-fourth and in 1900 less than one sixth of the Ameri can counties bad an excess of females. in the total population of the United States, there are two periods «H*frat which the reported number of females la greater. One, extending from about 83 yean of age to tbe end of life, ia probably due mainly to tbe longer average life of woman; the other, from 16 to 25, la probably ap parent rather than real, sod due mainly to the greater number of wo men who claim; erroneously, Jp belong to this age period. ' ^ Among tbe negroes there are e few more females than males; among the Indians, a few more males than fe males. Tbe marked excess of males among whites and Mongolians is doubtless due to thnlQfluenoe of im migration. T~- ~-- r " “ The death rate of males in the reg istration eras of the United States in 1900 was 19.0 per 1,000, and that of females 16 6 per 1,000, tbe former having a leath rate higher by about one-seventh than tbe later. In the 346 regtstrstic □ cities tbe death rate of males wa> 20.0 and that of females 17.2 per 1,000, the male rate exceed ing tbe femalt by one-sixth. In the rest of the registration erea the male death rate was 15 8 and that of fe- maler 15 0 per 1,000, the male rate exceeding tbe femile by une nine teenth. Tbe difference in the death rate of the sexes is apparently least between tbe ages of 6 to 14 and greatest at the youngest and oldest ages. Life tables for Massachutts, Eng land, Prussia, and Norway confirm these conclusions and make them pre else. They Indicate that male children tAi n date, the question is asked American cities as a rule have more fmalea. Id the 1,861 cities, each having in 1900 at least 2 600 inhabi tants, there were 201,959 more fe malee than males, and this notwith standing the many Western cities which had more ma ns than female tbe enormous number of foreign born In tbe Country, five-ninths of them male and a large proportion of them living In (he cities. This tendency of American cities to develop a population having a ma Jorlty of females bad increased since 1890 when, In the 1,490 cities, each having at least 2,500 Inhabitants, there were 6.929 more males than females. While the excess of 6,929 males In American cltlis in 1890 became an excess of 210,959 females in American cities In 1900,.the excess of 1,519,559 males In country districts in 1890 be came an excess of 1,840,280 males in 1900. Or, expressing the facts In ratios, of each 1,000 inhabitants of such cities in 1890, 600 were males and In 1900,1497 were males; of each 1,000 Inhabitants living outaide these cities in 1890, 519 were males, and In 1900, 520 were males. Tbe difference-thus In tbe number of males or of females between an average thousand of city and of country population In 1890 was 19 and In 1900, 23. This conclusion is not materially modified when a more accurate meth od Is employed and a comparison made between tbe figures In 1890 and 1900 for the same list of cities, name ly, all.which had at least 2,500 Inhab itants at each date. A marked Increasing dissociation of the sexes between city and country like that in the United States bas been noted also In the leading coun tries of western Europe. On the other hand, there is a large excess of males in the principal cities of Rumia and Indlz, and in Hongkong and Manila. This exoe« of females in the cities Of western Europe and eastern United States is probably due mainly to the greater opportunity for women to find employment in those cities and / to their migration cityward In conse quence. ~ Bat even smong ohlldren under five years of age, a alight dlffarenoe ap pear* between cities having at least 25,000 inhabitants and tbe rest of the country, in such cities there are 503 to eeoh 1,000 children; outside 506 males to each support, bat do not , that the proportion birth is slightly under three years of age have uni ftrmly a higher death rate than fe male children. There Is a period between 5 and 21 years of age in which the death rate of females is slightly higher than that of males. According to tbe Messachut- etts life talle this period covers sev rnteen years. 5 to 21; according to the Norwegian life (Able, eleven years, 5 to 15; according to tbe Prustlan life table, ulne years, 8 to 16, and accord log to Eaglish life table, eight years, 14 to 2h According to all the life tablss tbe death rate of women between 2o and 30 years of age, at which ages proba bly four-fifths of the child births/ oc our, was less than that of miles. CREATES A SUBSAflOff. - President DUmlMM Leaders of Let terOarriera’ Ateoolatluna. i, » The president hvi created a”great sensatioi among letter carriers of tbe iiintry jy dismissing fnm their po rtions as letter carriers J. 0. Keller, of Oleve’and, Ohio, president of tbe Vatl-'nal Letter Carriers’ association, uio Frank Cunningham, of Omaha, Nebraska, president of the Rural Free Delivery Letter Carriers’ assoc! atlon. Keller has been atxeat from duty for a long time without leave and has been ordered to return. He said be could not comply at the time. He was given three days in which to explain himself. He did not do so, and was dismissed Tuesday by tbe president. Cunningham sent in bis resignation several days ago, but it was not ae oepted, and he, too, was dismissed on charges of absence from duty and per nicious politlmir activity. Cunning- Him, as explained,' In dispatches heretofore, used the Rural Free De livery Letter Carriers’ association in the November election to try to de feat seveial Republican congressmen, who bad not voted in the last con greas In favor of increasing the sala ries of rural free carriers, and the con gressmen made oom plaints. The postoffice officials have an nounced that they will dismiss any letter carrier known to be ooutribut- Lng money In maintaining a lobby here in behalf of legislation, and the president bas approved the announce ment. This is & big blow to the letter car riers’ org&nlzitlons all over tbe ooun- try. . ■ : ■ Lived Cheap Pled Kieb. There is 8159.000 is special public bequests in the will of Charles E.. French, t retired drug merchant, whose dea <h occurred in Boston wl thin week. There Is also a gift of the residue of his estate, after satisfying those bequests and several person at bequests, to the Boston Provident Association and the Associated Chari ties, the lhoome to be u^d for Individ uals worthy of charity. The city Of Boston Is U> get 898,000 all told, tbe purpose being to promote good scho arship In tbe public schools and to Ake care of the Colonial ' Burial Grounds, the old state house and the oldest and largest trees on the Com mon. The testator's home-was In Commonwealth avenue, but be was found dead In an office building he owut d In Boylston street, fir. French iicterl as Janitor and elevator man be sides scrubbing the floors. He boasted of living on 21 cents a day. CbrlatmM Moat Here. Tie fact that Christmas and tbe Yule-tide season is almost here, isevl dent on all sides this week, and £s it s just a few days over one week re ft, Santa Claus makes his yearly rounde there is not much time left to mak >reparation for tbe coming of Kris Iringle. All of the stores have open ed up their holiday stocks and there is such a display of Christinas goods as was never seen before in Orange burg. The city merchants and dealers n holiday goods have this year excell ed all previous effortain .their desire x> get the best and to please their cus tomers. As a result toe shopper is be wildered by the virlety and largeness of the stocks found in every store, all of which bears witness to tbe fact that the Yule-tide U going to be a memorable one thb year, because everybody la more than ordinarily sup plied whh money and all over the country there has been a general pros parity. mspYteswilson: :;- - ■ ' — XaiseafaU Thimks Mixeea is Yery Probably Eight. PREDICTS HIGHER PRIORS. fiat!mates the Crops at Blsvea Mil lion Two HaadroA and Fifty .Tboasaad Bales fbr .~-r- This roar. T. E. Massengale, a prominent Georgia farmer, writes as follows to tbe Augusta Chronicle from his home at Norwood, Ga., on the cotton situa tion: Editor Augusta Chronicle: Falaus In uno-falaua In omnibus, la a trite maxim, aa old as the granite hills, and that being true, Mr. Secre tary Wilson having eckpowledged his error to the acreage planted previous ly given out, It stands in reaedn that be could have made a moat alarming error in tbe estimation of tbe cotton :rop. That an error in the glnners report bas been made is no longer In doubt, it matters not who mule It, "the department of commerce and labor known as the bureau of tbe census, ” or Secretary Wllson’a report (as some claim the latter of Mr. Mlx- soh is somewhat mixed up between the two. That an error has been and could have been made, one can readily perceive from the following: In giv ing the ginning by months to a oer- Qfve Him a Chance, conviction of Prloleau on The conviction of Prloleau on the charge of tampering with tbe United States mails will temporarily remove from our mldat a standing. Republican candidate for congress. It Is to be that Prloleau wHl secure a sus- order that his seat of Congressman Lagan may be presented to congress and the contest allowance collected. Her should not bo jliacrlmioated "How much have you ginned to a cer tain dite In the moatb?” A number of gli oers have Included the whole amou t ginned, from the first com menc< ment of tbe season. The wrl ter sa v error of eleven hundred and twent / bales, made by one of our two glnne s here, which, however, was corrfc wed as soon as attention was called to same; but, how many couk have .cen and were forwarded wrong? I have no Idea that tbe amount claimed ginned was really ginned, and yet the amount being published, no doubt Influenced tbe secretary of agriculture to make his enormous guess, as it came out sometime before the agricultural bureau's aerial gues and there is no question about Mr Mixon receiving the ginnery blanks from tbe source be claims, as Is evl danced by the same being In the bands of the Chronicle. This crop is tbe earliest crop on record, as to growth, opening aoc the cotton on account of improver ginning devices, the quickest ginned axei knuwo, and tbe being a truism— and prices good—the earliest market ed. It was much earlier than tbe largest crop ever grown of 1890 419, when , the crop was 11,235,483 hales, and yet that year’s crop the amount of 5,634,381 bales over one half of that bumper crop was in sight on Decern her 1, and that being a fact, then It stands to reason that over one half of tbe crop was in sight by December 1 his year. So I have figured from that standpoint, and cannot figure over eleven and a quarter million bales. For tbe sake or argument let’s take the crop of last year, and take the amount In sight up to December 9, which was 5,7u5,450 bales. There was at that time 56 per oent of the crop in, 44 per cent remaining, the crop being 10,216,000, left only 4.510, 550 bales to come, to make the amount. We will now take present crop and follow the same ratio. Oj December 9, in sight 6,640,605, 56 per cent would indicate a crop of eleven and three quarter million bale i, but take off 60,000 bales, as that much came ia per week, and the crop was seven days anyway, earlier than last year, and we have a crop of ten and three quarter million bales for this year. Throwing in then a half million bales to our secretary, to help him along, and we cannot get over eleven and a quarter million, and like Peter, the apoetle, who said: "Upon this rock I build my house, and the gates of hell shall not pre vail against it,’’ and upon.tbis estl mate I stake my reputation, and shall not give up until the last bale is counted, September, 1905. " There Isa growing tendency among the people that tbe government Is "agir ’em,” and they will no longer furnish evidence to inji.re themselves. None of the cereals, nor even tobacco, are given the attention by the govern ment that cotton reoeivee, and from the cradle to the grave the balance of the world makes v&s upon the most useful articles In creatiou. When still, the speculators are bombarding and beating down the pricos. So vir tually cotton Is hounded down from the time a furrow Is made until It’s out of the hands of tillers of tbe soil. Admitting that Secretary Wilson Is In the muiu correct, which In the main 1 do n )t, over three fourths of a mil lion bales of cotton will remain In tbe hands of farmers able to hold, until xt crop and would not enter te crop of 1904 and 1906; so It bi the same as If the cotton ot made. And cotton should down, but remain at 10 cants, or ab >ve, as the world needs every bale o^ cotton raised. England and the balance of Europe have been de vising means In all their possessions to successfully cultivate cotton, say ing that the south'oould not raise euougb. Now when its reported on doubtful authority that the crop is 12,000,000 bales they stand aghast, and say you have overdone the thing. WhaUa the <iee of destroying the boll weevil if we can make more than tbe world’s needs, with him to depredate? If we destroy him what will become of us? In the long run he may prove our best friend. I look for an ad vance after the holidays. ^ Respectfully, — T. E. Mash skoals . the i Into ts would was i not gi Claimed That the fowth l« Feeing a Monetary Grtete. At a meeting Wednesday night of the Southern Cotton Growers’ Protec tive Assoolatloa, at Shreveport, La., presided over by President Harris Jordan, of Georgia, tbe following res olution was unanimously) adopted: £ "Tbe Southern Oottnn Growers* Protective Association recognizes that the South faces a monetary crisis, due to tbe recent depression In tbe prioe of ber greet money staple crop cot ton.” QTbs resolution speaks of tbe bear ish speculative Influences and con tinues: "We know that at tbe pre-ent prices of manufactured cotton goods and tbe splendid trade condition throughout the olvil zod world, that the mills can absorb the entire output of tbe present crop at 10 cents per pound, paid to the producers. We, therefore earnestly call upon the hold ers of spol cottou in the smth to sumd firmly together and demand a minimum price of 10 cents per pound for the remainder of tbe cotton crop in their possession. We earnestly in voke the aid of tbe bankers, mer chants and other allied In te rests throughout the south la successfully resisting tbe present crisis which confronts southern agriculture and commercial industries, and we wish to emphasize our high appreciation of the voluntary proposition of southern bankers to finance the present situa tion. "We urge the farmers of tbe south to organlei as speedily as possible in order that they may have a uniform system of cooperation and protec t loo— T __ "We authorize the president ofThis issoclation to confer wjth .the official 1 eais of allied orgar izations through- (ut the south for the purpose of hold lug & southern ipterstate convention st the city of New Orleans, or other conveniently located city in the cot ton belt, on the fourth Tuesday in January. 1905, to consider the n interests of the produesrs with refer ence to the cotton industry of 19j5. "We urge curtailment in produo tiou of cotton and an Increased pro duction of ford supply crops. We congratulate the producers of tbe south in the firm and loya 1 stand they have taken s’nce December 3 and their financial ability to hold their cotton and prevent its confiscation at prices which are illegitimate and be low the cost of production." A resolution was al o passed com mending tbe correctness of the re ports of the government statistician at Washington. YERY LARGE REWARD. One Thousand Dollar* Offered for tbe Capture of Adams. A reward of 81,000 has been offered for tbe arrest of. J. H. Adams, Col leton county, who walked out of jail x>me time ago while under death sen tence and is still believed to be in the vicinity. This action was taken by tt e governor Weduesdiy after information had been received in hts tffi.e that Adams was still in the county and that be had not been captured. The cue ia one.cf the most peculiar that has come before the governor and tbe reward Is as high as any ever offered in the recent years Governor McSweeney off.ring the same amount for Warren, the alleged Orangeburg desperado, Mho was charged with robbing an express com pany. Adams was c n vie d of tbe murder of Jas. Jacques in Colleton county about two years ago and sentenced to be hung. B*tb are white men and both families have strong friends and factions. Adams appealed bis case tx tbe supreme court, but lost, and was sentenced to be hung. Then be escap ed and a reward of 8500 was offered for his capture. Since then letters havel&n written and received by the governor to the effect that Adams Is lu the county and tbe reward was doubled. ’ " siould a man go after him it is simply taking bis life into his own hands. On tbe other hand the governor bail no. means in his power to make a sheriff do his duty, ^nd the only thing to do n cases of this kind is to make tbs reward such an amount that many will be tempted to capture Adams. Hanged Either.W*y. A white man was arraigned before colored justice of tbe peace during reconstruction times for killing a man and stealing a mule. It was in Ar ranges, near the T?xas border, and ^oere was some rivilry between the s Ate, but the colored justice tried al- way to preserve and Impartial frame of mind. ‘W’segot two kinds og blof In dls vere co’t,” he -said. "Texas law and Arkansas law. Which will you hab?" The prisoner thought a minute and then guessed he would take the Ar- kansis law. , "Den I discharge you fo* stealln’ de mule an’ hang you fo’ killing de man."-— "Hold on a minute, judge,” said the prisoner. "Better make that Texas law.” "All right. Under de law ob Texas I fine yo’ killin’ de man and hang yo’ for slealln’ de mule." The Moat Worshipful Grand Lodge, of A—lent Free Masons, of South Car olina. which met in Obartastoo last week, oofhpleted Its labors Wsdnes- day, bolding morning and afternoon sessions, and adjourned at 5 p. m., to meet again at noon on tbe second Tuesday of December, 1905. The work before the grand L rige was dis posed of in * very satisfactory manner and many important matters were discussed and decisions reached. Four gprtratte of Past Grand Masters ware presented and frill be placed in tbe Grand Lodge room. Tbe first session Wednesday was opened at 11 o'clock, by Grand Mu ter Bellinger, and after the disposal of some routine matters eeveral pre sentations were made. M. W. Bro. Orlando Sheppard on behalf of the Grand Lidgi, presented a beautiful silver service to M. W. Bro. W. Mr Wnitehead, in reoogoittun and remetqbranoe of his services as Grand Muter, 1902 and 1903. Bro Whitehead, In acoepting this mark of esteem, made a graceful little speech, expressing bis appreciation. - W. Bro. J. Wright Nash, of Spar tanburg, presented to the Grand Lodge a portrait in Oil of P, Gr M. Wm K. Blake, on behalf of Sparta Lodge and the Blake family. R. W. Bro. James R. Johnson, of Charts ton, presented an oil p rtr< of P. G. M. Walter M. Whitehead, on behalf of Orarg) Lodge, No. 14 W. Bro. W. W. Wannamaker of Orangeburg, presented an oil portrait of P. G. M Jv>. F. Izlar, on behalf jf Shibboleth Lodge, Vo. 28. * R. W. Bro, R T. Joynes. of Wal- halla, presented an oil portrait of P. G. M. Stiles P. D ndy, on behalf of Blue Ridge Lodge, Nj. 92. The Grand M ister received tbe pic tures with appropriate remarks, and said that they wou d be bung In tbe Grand L rige room. At tbe hour of soon tbe Greed Muter aonouneed that tbe annual election would ba held. Tbe result was a re-electioD of all Grand officers. Some* changes were made, however, in District Deputy Grand Masters. The list of officers elected follows: Grand Muter, John R. Betllnger, of fount ^rg. Deputy Grand Muter, F E. Harri son, of Greenville. Senior Grand Warden, J. L. Mlchle, of Darlington. , . Junior Grand Warden. Jami Johnson, of Charles' oh^Uw^ '^ Grand Chaplain, the Rev.? Thayer, of Rock Hill. Grand Secretary, Charles Inglesby, of Charleston. Grand Treasurer, Zimmerman Davis, of Charleston. Senior Grand Deacons, J. P. Duck ett, of Andereon, and J. F. Kennedy, of Marlboro. .Junior Grand Deacons, J. C. Wat kins, of Anderson; A. M. Barton, of Chariest >n. , Grand Marshall, John Kennedy, of Eigefield. Grand Pursuivant, Wm. Murchison, of Marion. Grand Stewards, C. H. Roper, of Laurens; R. H. Smdiver, of Bock Hill. Grand Tiler, W. A. Winkler, Charlestxn. . _■ District Deputy Grand Muters: 1. W. G Mazyck, Chartleston. 2 S. H. Fodgers. B auf >rt. Jv A. Jenkins Barnwell. W. A. Giles, GranitevlHe. L. C. Angel, Ridge Springs F. L. Morrow, Abbevl le. ^ T. C. WalOih, Anders >q. v R. T. Joynes, Walballa. S. Rowell, P.edmoat. Bishop, Ionian. Darwin, £ aok'burg. _ Harrison. Lancaster. M jDor.ald, Winnsboro. Davis, Manning. 15. J. H. Read, Georgetown. 16. W. E. James, Darlington. 17. J. S. Sellers, Latte. 18. Wi L. Glat", Orangeburg. _ Swllt Justice. Dealers In PIANOS, ORGANS SEWING, MACHINES, ^Furniture, House Furnishings, Small Musical Instruments. Crockery, etc. PIANOS, all prices. ORGANS, $15, $25 to $15<l. SEWING MACHINES, ^ ' $12.50 to-$G5. * FURNITURE, all grades. - HOUSE FURNISHINGS. to/svr tar Writp fur prices and descriptions. ; ■ Reasonable Prices Assured. Fair Terms Extended. , Only Reliable Goods Sold. 1 706-70.8-710 ! Bread ;st., Augusta, Ga. of 3r 4. 5. 6. •v 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. I will send free tonnriran *lnip!r upon his written request a copy of my M piit’O bock on lost manhood nervous debility, impouncy. stricture, varicocele rotartrement of thq prostate. bU>< d po|son. end rw tions of the sltln. rheutnati-m, urinary disorders, plies, rectal diseases, etc.. It will tell in plain and . simple l&ciruage that you want to know. It Is entertain In? and Instructive and will open your eyea. It will show a simp!* ty Of cure in your own home, privately anclwlthout the publlcltv end es- of a local doctor ordrugirWi. I have been pracUcin* this speciality former# than s quarter of a century and have in my yaults the r nmesof hundreds upon hundreds of men whom I haVe cured of these diseases after they bad wiltten me for the book. In ‘ Dew and original toeure menin haK the tixnri. 1*. - r ..w -- -• - - —. - _ % - way to get back your ▼iuaUtv and strength, your manhood and. h''a h, no matter bow old of worn yon are, and so thoroughly that you will «taycur*d 'oiw* r. 1M cu will m< mion now you are affected I will enclose bestdcstheW-peKebooUaSc f KinmmariOn J« roardisenseBO that I can make a study of v’ou r case and report to soufr*'-of c! ..rye. I tv- c: -tit ether medics* I will send to men free on reoeitOfcf tan ••1 r, -s. ny •|»<tln maj.kci. envelope ). DR. J. NEWTuN HATHAWAY, lamau H , »• Broad-Bl, . ' A.UV.o. Gw - ■' ' , in th< so *5 years I have developed a system of cure that ts entirely ptnal and differs w idely from the old methods. W ith ft J am enabled imc. in a simple yet effective way.Write m»' and I will show yoo the bookstbatl w Write mtHoda The Guinard Brick Works, e. Building and Re-PresWBrick Special S ups U> order. FireProof Terra <k>tta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders fur thousands or for millions. Wbuke | Morpaiue i ‘(Jigaret Habit, | Habit I HaUt Cured by JCeelev Institute, of 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Uolumbla, b. 0. Confideo enie solicited. : - ' : '' - • f ddU I'UUKM. JO labiu. e. dal correspond A. B. J. L J. W. C B. T. C. The people of McDuffie County, Ga , have given tbe entire South a most worthy example to follow io tbe mat ter of law and order. About two weeks ago two nrgro men, Butler and R. id. killed a Mr. Story, a very prominent The case is a rather difficult ona for the governor to face and yet it is one that under the present law might be brought up at any time. Adams, know ing tbit he will be hung if caught, is oltiKD ot Hit, couuly. He a„ eat, sxjn die as be taken back. Tnerefore .. . H a Wa* Monroe Wells, agtd 22, son of a carpenter at North Birmingham Ala., secured a pistol Wednesday and fired at his mother, the bullet nar rowly missing her, Mlaa Addle Beale, an aunt, rushed to tbe reams of Mrs. Wells, when tbe young man shot her in tbe neok Inflicting a fatal wound, He then turned tbe weapon upon him- sglf and blew out his brains. Wells hid' but recently been releered from the Insane aslyum at Tuscaloosa. He was committed some time ago, but waajtbpugbt to be oared. Mire Beale ia expeotad to die before night. , Found Dead la Bed. Mr. James W. Snider, county dis penser at Yorkvllle was found dead In bis bed Wednesday morning.. He bas been quite a sufferer figjm rheumatism and it is tboygatJt attacked.his heart. He was in usual health Tuesday night and attended- bOLbls business during the day. . ^ ATvowedy. * A special from Saratoga, Miss., says E, E. Mangum, a prominent citizen of Megee. was shot and killed by Prof. J. K. Woodward principal of the high school Thursday. A son of -Mangum was whipped by Woodward and rife- sequently Mangum mat and knocked Woodward down, j*.,: mable and popu ar citizen, and his brutal murder naturally caused great excitement, and there was talk of lynching, but, Judge Hammond, of Augusta being notified of tbe fact, hastened at mica to Thomson, where the two negroes were confined. As scon as he arrived In tbe town he ad- dressed the large crowd of people as sembled, promising them that the law should be administered at the earliest possible time. Th; law-abiding citi zens of MoDuffie accepted his asur- ances and having pledged themselves to uphold the majesty of tbe statutes of the State, dispersed, to reassemble Tuetriay morning following to be pres ent at the special session of tbe Su perior Court that Judge Hammond bad called for that date. Tuesday tbe trial took place and tbe men convict ed, without reooenmendatk n, were sentenced to be hanged December 27th, tbe minimum twenty day, set by law, being the brief remnant allow; ed them. We agree with the Augusta Chronicle that "the prompt *pd thoughtful action of Judge Henry C. Hammond and Solicitor Joseph Rey nolds in hastening to Thomkm to prevent tbe good name of the oom- moo o wealth being stained by another lynching, and that of the people of McDuffie county In dispersing and returning to their homes when thus assured of tbe sure and speedy administration of Jus tice upon the two criminals, John Butler and Guy &eid, was not only admirable, but should be dlimminated broadly on account of tbe effect It should have as an examsle. ” J ustloe, swift aqd sure, is in this caw, wilt soon abolish the lynching habit, ex cept for one crime. All honor to Judge Hammood, Solicitor Reynolds sad the law abiding people of McDtf- fie County, Ga. May other sections of tbe country follow their worthy example. —The Times and Democrat 304* IfortMfc 4p)ored, lost hM left baud In tbe oil mill at JoneevHle, Union county, oo Friday, KILFYRE! KILFYRE !! KILFYRE !!! jThat Js exactly wfist it is, a :*’irv Kill ir. 1) i m istratlon every day at the State Fair snowing its fir** fig nipg q.i iniies. Every Farmer, tklF Mill, Saw Mill, Gamtiry aMMy one Owning property.should tiave tliem.^ lor vile by COLUMBIA SOPPLY 00, ft O '1 he machinery Supply house of the State Southeastern Lime & Cemeet Co." CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Hoofing “RUBEHOML’ Write for pricea*- manu Togcih.r. I<armor*. - We bone 'the farmers all over South have determined to re;i>t efforts ot manipulators to futoe price of cotton down tbe the the starvation prlo- s, and, if they will organ.z pr p trly atd stand together firmly, they will control the cotDn piiuatIon and get fair p ices for the cotton they have on ban 1. ’ But,” as the Grc vllle News says, "they must not ex peot too much. Cotton at seventeen cents was out of the question, p wr not worth that much, and it wot*- nevtr 1 ave reached-that point «x:ept for tbe speculators, who reaped th> ir fortune after the bulk of the crop had been sold and when the bull campaign wss simply calcu’afcd to squerzi the mills. It was with the expectation of sensationally high prices that lea the farmers to plant every available acre In the product, and with the aid of exceptionally fine seasons they produc ed a crop which is larger Thau any known before In the history of tb f e world. This tremendous yield natural ly had Its effect, and It wlll-requlre a powerful co-operation to p*event 5 further crash. By refusing to unknd in bulk at present quotation?, aud with the friendly assistance of mer chants and banker?, tbe South miy survive tbe Imp nding w eck, and It may find that it is cheaper to hold ttu supply than to go on planting wh ‘n tbe world is too heavily shocked. By ’he determination of the planters to decline to sell, and the agreement to reduce the aereage next spring, the - market will feel the grip of the pro- duers and ,lt will respond to their touch." twawfw w : i Pianos and Organs For Christmas Gifts. Write at once for catalogue ahd special - hargitiUH for Holiday * MALONES MUSIC HOUSE, • COLUMBIA, S. C. T. S. H0I.LEYMAN, M. D., . The Specialist. Cures air diseases of m^n. Lost manhood, syphilis (blood poison), gonorbrea, gleet, stricture, v irlooeele, hydrocele and all prvaD diseases of T-vn Catarrh In all forms'cured quickly. P ies cured without opera tion or detent l n from business. U ider guaran oe. Rooms 421 and 422 L'ooard building, Augusta, Ga. Write f r home treatment. Office hours: 9 a m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 2 p. no. - Value of i'Abie. The'woman who has to be satisfied with one suit in a season wis.-ly choote a material and style which so harm >d- Izeand adapt themselves to her figure and complexion thjit the observer will note the general effect of harmony and be attracted by it rather than by one Item of the whole.. A Woman Is well dressed when she brings about r® 0 1° such a result, „ r v Fordon^d. Gov, Heyward Wednesday pardoned Henry JSOcson, who was sent up from Hampton county for three years for stealing a sheep. As published In Tbe State Tuesday, Judge Purdy asked tor thjs pardon voluntarily as he (Mis that he passed too severe a •snteoos upon the oonricted mao. $5 non bank deposit M'V-F Railroad Fare Paid. 500 PHKK Courses Offarad. . Boar list Coat. WrltaQuick UOtflU-ALASAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE.I Let !i Alone. Gov. Heyward has written wisely and well to the secretary of the Na% tional ChltT Lab »r A -s relation in dls- ' approval of the agitati m that is being made for further Icgie ation in South Carolina agaiust employment of cbil- ' Tae movement Is for a further restr'c loa upon the em ploy meut of children. The law now puts the age minlmun at twelve years for employees in the mlHs and it is • proposed that this *ba raised to four- , teen years Gov. Heyward poicybTout ' that the’iaw is working to the satis^' faction of everybody and there Is no good to come of a further agitation at Ibis time. The Governor Is entirely right. ^ «t * v-> , *• \ ; '.X